Chapter 1: A Gift from Another World
Chapter Text
Third POV
It was a quiet day at U.A. High School, one of, if not The, Best Hero School in the world. It would be nice to that it was a normal day as well, but given this world full of superpowers, Heroes and Villains, and typical, teenage, high school drama, any semblance of the word 'normal' has been proven moot.
Nezu was walking around the school whilst classes were going on, hoping to hear about any gossip, to intrigue his intelligent, sadistic mind, or find any evidence of any possible leak to the League of Villains. Nezu hated the thought of a traitor among the school, be it student or staff member, but after multiple encounters with the League that only U.A. staff would know about and many of the students having the right Quirks and intellect to ease drop easily, the evidence that one of their own was a leak to the Villains was growing more and more evident.
'They haven't made a move so far, but it is good to find out, so that we do not get caught with guard down, again.' Nezu thought.
Suddenly, as he was walking outside of Gym Gamma, a mysterious portal suddenly materialized.
Nezu jumped back, startled. 'A Villain attack?!' He thought with confusion and surprise. Nezu looked at the portal that appeared it front of him, careful to not be too distracted against a swift attack, and quickly deduced that it wasn't one of Kurogir's Warp Gates. The Warp Villain's Gates were swirling portals of black and purple mist, whilst this portal was instead blue and cosmic-looking.
Nezu quickly reminded himself that the Warp Villain was also in custody and locked away inside Tartarus Prison for the better part of a few months, so the portal being some upgraded version of his Quirk was highly unlikely. Nezu also noticed that the schools alarms weren't going off, meaning that it wasn't some outside intrusion of a Quirk being used, so it was even more mysterious.
As Nezu took hesitant steps towards the portal out of a sense of curiosity, an object materialized out of it. It was a large black box, highly advanced looking as evidence of the neon techno lines coming from it. On top of it was a note taped onto the box.
Then, as quickly as it appeared, the portal shut close and vanished into thin air.
Nezu was in shock at what occurred and hesitantly walked towards the box, cautious if if was a bomb or trap of some kind. As he reached it and examined it critically, he found no such evidence of explosives or mechanisms that would indicate a trap.
He looked to the note taped to the top and opened it. As he read it, he grabbed his communicator and said "Aizawa, report to me by Gym Gamma, I have quite the surprise."
An hour later...
Aizawa arrived to where the mouse-bear hybrid principal was after a few minutes, noticing and looking to the mysterious box next to the principal with confusion and suspicion. Nezu explained to him the events that occurred recently and they decided to call up the teachers, especially Power Loader to inspect the box, and the visiting pro heroes to report to the teacher's meeting room.
An hour later, the teachers and visiting heroes arrived to the conference room. The teachers consisted of Nezu, at the head of the large wooden table, Aizawa, All Might, Midnight, Present Mic, Cementoss, Vlad King, Power Loader, Snipe, Ectoplasm, Recovery Girl, Thirteen, and Hound Dog. The visiting pro heroes included the current Number 1 Hero, Endeavor, Miruko, Mt. Lady, Ryukyu, the Pussycats, Kamui Woods, Death Arms, Fatgum, and Gran Torino.
They were all confused as to what merit another meeting so soon and the bow that the Principal had beside him. After they finished sitting down, Nezu spoke "Thank you for convening on such short notice."
Endeavor spoke up, blunt and angry as always, "What is this meeting for? I was hoping to see my Shoto's progress when you had to call off the training session and sent the students back to their dorms."
"Apologies Endeavor," Neziu responded. "But this situation is of dire importance."
"What is it sir?" All Might said. "Does is it involve that black box you have there?"
"That is correct, All Might." Nezu said. "Earlier today, a mysterious event occurred right before my eyes. As I was walking by Gym Gamma, a mysterious portal opened up in front of me."
The heroes went rigid, surprise and unease evident at the news. All Might quickly said. "Was it the League again? Was the portal Kurogiri's doing?" They all knew about the warp villain and his troublesome Quirk all to well, but we confused if it was him, due to his recent imprisonment.
"Impossible." Gran Torino said. "I locked up the smokey bastard myself. Its impossible for him to use his Quirk outside or inside of Tartarus."
"Thankfully, you are right, Gran Torino." Nezu said. "The portal I witnessed was blue with a more spacial and cosmic appearance towards it, inconsistent with Kurogiri's Warp Gates. However, as I went to slowly investigate it, this object materialzed out of the portal, with the portal colsing shut afterwards."
"What could it be?" Midnight mused. "A bomb or some kind of trap?"
"I at first thought so." Nezu responded. "But after I carefully investigated it, I found no signs of any trap or bomb. Regardless, I called in Power Loader to investigate it before you all arrived."
"Yeah." Power Loader said. "I did a once over on the device, as much as I could without dismantling it, and I didn't find any explosive ornaments or traps in it. In fact, the design and engineering of the device is technologically device is extremely high tech, maybe more than anything we have currently in the world."
"The box also came with this note taped to the top." Nezu held out a letter and began to read it to the heroes.
"Dear whoever it may concern, this is a message from beyond the corner of creation. My name is Wizard, but you may refer to me as Wiz. I'm from another Earth, more specifically, Earth-420. I know that may sound insane, but if you found this box then you should have also seen the portal that was used to transport this precious piece of cargo. I find myself quite the genius and with the creation of my new Multiverse Warp Gate, I have invented first-hand, human access to Multiversal Dimensional Travel!"
The heroes were shocked at what was said. Despite living in a day and age where Quirks of varying degrees of weirdness and absurdity, the very concept of traveling through dimensions and universe was both mind-boggling and unbelievable.
Nezu continued read the note. "The reason for this letter and for this package is a rather grim one. You see, in my universe me and my college, sometimes best friend and sometimes annoying headache, Boomstick (yes that is his name), run an internet program known as Death Battle, where using our advanced technology to scour information throughout the infinite multiverse and compare it to our world's information and connection. We study, analyze, and pit two or more combatants, from two different universes, into simulated battles to the death to prove who is the superior fighter. Barbaric at first sure, but it was all the name of good fun and entertaining for our audiences. We intended it to be a fun, harmless program where our viewers could figure out which heroes, villains, or individuals were to come out victorious in a consequences-less battle to the death."
The heroes faces soured at the notion of a battle to the death, but were eased at that they are simulated recreations. Endeavor, being the battle-hungry and his history with proving he is the strongest and best of the best, payed more attention at this 'Death Battle'. All Might thought the concept of battling to the death was indeed barbaric, but figured that a fight to prove who the strongest was seemingly justified, as he could picture his successor's, Izuku Midoriya's, rivalry with Katsuki Bakugou.
"What we didn't expect was quite disturbing. Our country's government approached Boomstick and I, already aware of our capabilities to peer and study the multiverse, and demanded that we contribute all our research and technology to them and to work under them so they can create their own army of super soldiers. Me and Boomstick, of course, refused but where given a month to comply or we would be hunted down, eliminated, and have our work taken anyway."
Now the heroes were truly shocked at the implications of this. Whilst the heroes can agree that some, if not most, governments can be easily corrupt and extreme at times for the sake of 'national defense', to go so far to achieve such an end for power was disturbing, especially for Nezu as he read, as similar product of government experimentation.
"With little choice left, Me and Boomstick decided to pour our efforts into a final gambit. we uploaded all our research, including unreleased videos and data into this one data box, all our lives work, stored into this final treasure. Me and Boomstick then secretly scoured the internet, mostly me, and wiped all traces of our videos, programs, and ourselves from the net. Yeah, I'm that good. Me and Boomstick also created the Multiversal Dimensional Warp Gate to send our life's work out into the Multiverse with instructions to travel to a random universe with the intent to safeguard our work from those who would exploit it. However, the Gate can only send non-organic material through, so we cannot go with."
"As I write this, we have destroyed all our work and now prepare to flee into exile before we can master this technology and retrieve the box from hopefully safe keeping. We will also destroy the portal so nobody could travel or track down the device and interfere. To whomever obtains our work, be cautious. Such knowledge, I now know, is a burden and a great responsibility to wield. I implore whomever obtains this to keep the data safe until we can retrieve it ourselves. In the meantime, you may watch our videos and enjoy yourselves, but be warned, should any tampering or attempts to copy and duplicate our work for ill intent, the device is programmed to self-destruct and erase all of its data completely. So please don't. This has been Wizard, keep our device in safe hands, and I will see you all soon. -Wiz."
The heroes were left speechless. They felt pity for these 'Wiz' and 'Boomstick', if their names are to be believed, about their situation and hope that they are ok right now in their own world.
Aizawa decided to speak out "This information, if true, could be quite detrimental if it got into the hands of the Villains. If these two individuals were able to peer into multiple dimensions and we just so happen to be included, then if this got out to the Villains-"
"Then we would be at a severe disadvantage and in serious danger." Mandaley cut in. "If we are included in the data, as Eraser suggests, then they could gain access to our real life identities and weaknesses."
The Heroes mumbled in agreement. Snipe decided to shoot out the question "So what should we do? Keep it locked up and hidden away until these two show up?"
Nezu responded "That was what I had in mind at first, but after careful consideration, I believe I have come up with a solution to this predicament, as well to our leak problem."
All Might still didn't like the idea of a traitor among the staff or students but nevertheless asked "What do you propose?"
Nezu simply smiled and said "Aizawa, Vlad King, All Might, inform the Students of Class-1A, 1B, the Big Three, and students Shinso Hitsoshi of General Studies and Mei Hatsumei of Support Course to report to the auditorium. We have some videos to watch."
Meanwhile at Class-1A Heights Alliance dorms...
Izuku Midoriya was sitting in the common area with he rest of Class-1A. He was sitting and eating a bowl of ice cream, thinking about the recent events that had transpired earlier today. Many pro heroes, including the likes of Endeavor and Miruko, appeared to view their progress and give helpful tips on how to utilize their Quirks.
Izuku was especially glad to hear the Pussycats were also coming, mostly because Kota would come too, wishing to see if the boy was doing ok. He also thought it would be good for Eri to know another person around her age.
But before their training session could even begin, Aizawa got a call from Nezu and postponed the training session until further notice and, from the looks of it, called in the rest of the teachers and Pro Heroes into a sudden meeting.
Izuku and the rest of his class now sat in the common area in their school clothes, told to stay there and wait. Of course with the training session postponed so suddenly, it had the rest of Class-1A talking.
Momo, Asui, and Kyouka were discussing among themselves as to what the teachers were discussing. It had to be urgent in some capacity to bring in the teachers and all the visiting Pro-Heroes, including Endeavor, Ryukyu, and Miruko. Koda, Sato, Ojiro, and Tokoyami were wondering if the practical cancellation of the training session and their waiting could be a possible Villain attack on the school or nearby.
Mina, Toru, and Aoyama were passing the time along by break dancing, Sero and Uraraka cheering them on. Mineta was currently sulking in a corner, mumbling something about being unable to show off to Miruko or the female Pussycats. Todoroki was thinking to himself quietly, with a tiny smirk on his face. Izuku didn't want to assume or be grim about anything, but he felt that Todoroki might be smirking about being kept away from Endeavor for a while longer and knew that being called away from his 'prized creation' would be irritating.
Bakugou was, typically, pissed off that the chance for him to 'kick the extras' asses, especially Deku's since they were paired against each other, was practically cancelled. Kirishima and Kaminari were trying to calm him down. And Iida, meanwhile, was trying to keep everybody in line, waving his arms like a robot and wildly, which made Izuku chuckle.
As for Izuku himself, he was currently watching Eri and Kota get along, the son of the Water Hose Heroes cutely blushing as Eri compared her horn to the ones on Kota's hat. Izuku smiled and talked with the two, Eri clinging and holding onto Izuku, much to Kota's jealousy.
As Izuku played and talked with the two kids, he didn't notice the girls turning their attention to Izuku. The girls smiled happily and warmly at the sight of Eri riding on Izuku's head, like he was a pony, and Kota throwing punches at Izuku's open palms, trying to show off his own strength to his unofficial idol.
Izuku, eyes closed, let out a chuckled and smiled. A smile so bright that seemed to make the sun pale in comparison. The girls blushed brightly, each with their own thoughts at the sight.
'Deku is so sweet and charming.' Uraraka thought.
'Adorable. Ribbit.' Thought Asui.
"Midori is so cute and sweet! EEEEEHHHH!' Were Mina's thoughts as she held her herself immensely back to not rush over to hold him.
'He looks like such a doting and loving father to the two. He looks so cute and yet handsome.' Momo mused internally, her hand clutching at the seem of her shirt as her heart ache and longed for Izuku's smile on her.
'Dang, I knew 'Zuku was sweet and charming, but now he looks...cute.' Kyouka thought, blushing wildly, trying hard, and failing to deny herself what she thought and desired.
'OMG! Izuku is so Cute! Oh! He's like a Super Cute, Bunny Cinnamon Roll!' Toru squealed in her mind, practically bouncing on the spot.
Sero noticed Mina and Toru stopped dancing and looked over to their line of sight and smiled at the happy sight. Todoroki also noticed the group of Momo, Asui, and Kyouka stopped their discussion and looking over at Midoriya. While he smiled at the sight of Midoriya being such friends with boy from the Training Camp and Eri, he wondered that caused the girls to look at Izuku with such blushing faces. Were they sick? Or could Midoriya's smile be so bright that it is like moths to a flame? Todoroki also saw that Izuku's smile looked similar to All Might, both in display and effectiveness. This got his mind ticking at his Dad-Might theory.
While the other guys noticed Izuku's time with the kids, and smiled at the sight, except Bakugou who scoffed and seemed more ticked for some reason. None of the guys noticed all of the girl's blushes or stares at Izuku, except for Aoyama who smiled mischievously and pondered if he should inform Izuku or subtly push him into the right direction.
A moment later, Aizawa came into the common area. "Alright, Class quiet down and line up. Principal Nezu has called in an assembly. So stop what you are doing and get ready. Midoriya, bring Eri and Kota along too."
The students got themselves together, especially the girls from their blushing states, and lined up, except for Iida who was telling the class to line up, oblivious to him being the only one that wasn't lined up. Izuku also walked with Eri and Kota holding his hands, making the girls practically rush over to get behind Deku.
Reasons? Reason one was a simple one: To get closer to this sweet and caring display. Reason 2 was more hopeful: Hope that Izuku and the two kids notice one of them and since the made it obvious that they see him like a father figure that they might see on of them as the Mommy, especially the innocent Eri. And Reason was their secretly perverted, and openly perverted to the minds of Mina and Toru: get a closer, more discreet look at Izuku slightly bent over, firm, good-looking ass.
Mina won, smiling mischievously and in victory at the girls behind her, who silently fumed, especially Uraraka, at their defeat. They fumed even more in jealousy as Eri noticed Mina and also innocently asked about Mina's own horns.
A few minutes later, they arrived at Gym Gamma. As they arrived, they also saw Vlad King escorting Class-1B and All Might escorting the U.A. Big Three of Mirio Togata, Nejire Hado, and Tamaki Amajiki, and Histoshi Shinso from General Studies, soon to be Hero Course Student in the 2nd year. Class-1A were confused as to what would garner the whole of the First Year Hero Course, the Big Three, and Shinso to be summoned to Gym Gamma with the teachers and the Pro Heroes.
Nezu spoke up "Alright, now that all the students are here, let's get started. I'm sure you are all wondering why we are all here and why we had to cancel Class-1A's and Class-1B's individual training sessions. well, earlier this morning we had received quite the surprise and gift. A gift from another world, in fact."
The students were all confused when they arrived, but now they were all completely lost. Gift from another World? Were they hearing that right? Judging from serious faces of the teachers and Pros, they though right.
Nezu continued with "The specifics would be tedious to explain, I imagine, so I will simplify it. In short, a pair of individuals from another dimension created a device that could transport inanimate objects into other universes. They did this with the intention of hiding a box full of data and videos in hopes of safeguarding it in our universe from the hands of their corrupt government."
The students were now shocked at the news of what they have been told. Izuku grimly noted that the fact that they sent this box to another universe instead of keeping it and hiding it meant that they couldn't hold onto it or travel with it, and, at worst, was a last ditch effort.
Nezu kept it up with "The information that is stored within this box if filled with videos and data on a program called the 'Death Battle'." Some of the students cringed at the name, except for one smirking, spiky, ash-blonde hair pyromaniac. "It claims to contain data extracted from other different points in the multiverse, ourselves potentially included, with the intent to gather this data and create simulated matches between two or more individuals to see which one would win a battle to the death."
The students' opinions varied, from thinking of it as a fun and creative experience, since it was simulated, while others thought it vulgar and barbaric to have these matches be to the death, even if simulated. For Izuku, he started to sweat profusely and internally panic at Nezu claiming that their own world is a potential world that they gathered data from.
Izuku panicked, thinking that if they could gather data on individuals enough to have two or more clashes to the death, from perhaps strengths, weaknesses, and backstories, then they could very well have gathered info and data on perhaps all of them, which would be detrimental if the villains were to gain possession over it. But what worried him most was that they could have gained information on All Might and Izuku, especially about One For All. Izuku knew that if the Villains had That particular piece of information, the Izuku wouldn't be safe and Villains from All over the World would try and steal it, harming his friends and peers in the process.
But that still doesn't explain why They were all here.
Iida decided to unknowingly ask his question. "If that's so, what is the purpose of our meeting here with the Pro Heroes and the work being done over there?"
The work being done was referring to seeing Cementoss manipulating a large amount of cement and Mei Hatsumei and Power Loader working on a large white screen and pieces of machinery, along with a mysterious black box that Izuku deduced was the device that was sent over.
Nezu answered "With the note that contained this information, we are also informed that the creators of this box and program will be working to one day bring themselves over to our world to find the box and find a safe haven from their pursuers. In the meanwhile, the note also claimed that we can use the device to view their work and I thought it would be a splendid idea to invite the First Year Hero Course Students, along with Mr. Togata, Mr. Amajiki, Ms. Hado, Ms. Hatsumei, and Mr. Shinso to join us, the U.A. teachers, and Pro Heroes into watching these Death Battle videos!"
The Students were shocked, yet excited at being able to watch the videos but still had questions as to any logical purpose in doing so.
Momo asked "Could you please explain why you made this decision? Whilst I admit that I find myself curious to watch this Death Battle, I can't help but not find a reasoning behind this."
Aizawa answered. "It was agreed upon that in watching this program that it would work in benefit to the teachers, Pros, and students. If the information is accurate in that these fights are simulated matches between beings that reside in our apparent multiverse, then it would mean that they are real and that if one universe was able to access inter-dimensional travel, then so could others."
The students' eyes widened at the implication of what they were getting at.
Midnight jumped in with "To put it simply, we believe that if these individuals do exist in our multiverse and that such technology or even abilities with the power to go through other dimensions, that they could use that technology or power and potentially travel to our world, and if some are of villainous intent, then it would be beneficial to learn of these potential threats should they ever come and know how to defeat them."
All Might finished with " Plus, some of these individuals could also be Heroic or have powers similar to those of you students, in which you could learn from their abilities and incorporate new moves and ways to further train your Quirks to their fullest potential."
The students eased at the final words from All Might, glad that, as always, All Might managed to give them a sense of peace and comfort, even after his retirement. The students then got excited about being able to find new ways to enhance their Quirks by learning of other multiversal individuals with similar abilities, maybe even learn if some of these combatants are different versions of themselves or others they know.
Nezu continued with "We have also enlisted the assistance of Ms. Hatsumei from the Support Course to help, alongside Power Loader, in creating a viewing screen capable of incorporating the data of the box safely. We also have Ectoplasm and Cementoss create seats for all of us to sit down and relax."
Bakugou then spoke up, rather bluntly and rudely as always "Why don't you just hack into the damn box and download the fucking data instead of accessing it?!"
Monoma from Class-1B interrupted with "Hmph, typical of Class-1A and their villain in all but title to resort to thievery and taking and using the work of others to better themselves!"
Bakugou didn't take kindly to the insult and screamed out "SHUT THE HELL UP YOUR PIECE OF COPYING, HYPOCRITE SHIT! WE WERE ALL ALREADY GOING TO USE THE DAMN THING TO BETTER OURSELVES, ALL OF US, INCLUDING YOUR PANSY ASS! PLUS ACCESSING IT MEANS ITS MORE LIKELY TO BE A TRAP AND UNLEASH A FUCKING VIRUS!"
While the students and teachers sighed and frowned at Bakugou's language and behavior, they did see where he was coming from. His concerns about trusting the words of strangers and a seemingly unknown machine with unknown capabilities.
Before Monoma could angrily retort, he received a chop to the side of his neck from Itsuka Kendo, the Class-1B Rep, knocking the blonde copycat out and gave an apology for his behavior.
Nezu spoke up "Despite the vulgar language and attitude,you are right in your concerns, Mr. Bakugou. Trusting in an unknown device that claims to be from another world is a big pill to swallow and trust. However, we have investigated the device and found no signs of a trap or virus inside the device. Furthermore, the note also explicitly said that should we try copy or tamper with the device's data or function, then it will programmed to self-destruct. So in order to preserve that knowledge and not run the risk of having the device explode with an unknown yield that could very well threaten the entire school, including by tampering with the self-destruct program, it is better to access it rather than copy it."
The students nodded at the reasoning. Bakugou simply made a tch sounding scoff and remained silent. Nezu continued "Now with all these formalities and information said, I believe we have some Death Battles to watch." Nezu turned to Power Loader and Hatsumei and said "Is the screening device ready to go, yet?"
Mei hopped up front from what she was doing and said "Yes Sir! My latest incredibly baby, The Data Projector Reader, is up and running! With this baby of mine, we will have the perfect viewing experience and access the data from the box with little to no danger! Plus, I've added some neat little features that will sure to come in handy!"
The students, especially the likes of Izuku, Uraraka, and Iida, were not fully convinced of Mei's little to no danger claim. In fact, there were even more worried.
Nevertheless, the teachers, Pro Heroes, and students all got themselves seated on the finished seats. Starting from the bottom row of ten seats, and going in order from left to right from the screen facing them, sat Mei, who opted to stay as close to the device as possible, Iida, Asui, Uraraka, Izuku, who had Kota beside him in a mini-seat, Mirio, who also had Eri in a mini-seat beside him and beside him and Deku, Amajiki, Kirishima, Bakugou, who was typically pissed that he wasn't at the center, and Sero. The second row housed Shoji, Toru, Mina, Kyouka, Momo, Todoroko, Nejire, Tetsutesu, Kaminari, and Mineta.
Row three held Ibarra, Yui, Itsuka, Monoma, Shinso, Ojiro, Koda, Tokoyami, Sato, and Aoyama. Row four included Reiko, Kinoko, Setsuna, Pony, Jurota, Rin, Sen, Shihai, Kamakiri, and Honenuki. Row five had Vlad King, Tiger, Ragdoll, Pixie Bob, Mandaley, Awase, Kosei, Shindo, Manga, and Bondo. In row six sat Midnight, Present Mic, Eraserhead, Nezu, who was supported by a booster, All Might, Gran Torino, Thirteen, Snipe, Ectoplasm, and Power Loader. And finally, row seven had Mt. Lady, Kamui Woods, Death Arms, Cementoss, Recovery Girl, Endeavor, Miruko, Ryukyu, Fatgum, and Hound Dog.
(Sorry for the long list of rows but just make a grid and you can pretty much see how the people are seated.)
"Now that we are all seated," Nezu said. "Miss Hatsumei, May you please do the honors and start the program?"
"Right away Teach!" Hatsumei said with a salute.
As Nezu saw the Support Course Student activating the machine and the students talk about what they will see, Nezu thought back thee secret reason they are watching these videos.
Flashback...
Back in the meeting room, the Heroes and Teachers were confused as to why Nezu asked for all the Hero Course students and teachers to watch this Death Battle.
Mt. Lady raised her hand and asked "Um, not to be overly blunt sir, but how is this a good idea? If there is a leak in the school and could very well be one of the teachers or even the students, why run the risk of having everyone take knowledge of the device and even see it? Sounds like a recipe for giving the Villains valuable intel."
Nezu nodded and responded "I'm afraid I cannot answer that as if the teachers, including the people in this room, are the leak then to reveal any sort of trap or plan to catch this leak would be proven useless if someone here is the leak and knows about it, though I also can't fully prove to you all that I am not the leak either. For now you will have to trust my judgement and know that secrecy is the best form of making this situation the best it can be."
The teachers and Heroes nodded though way and suspicious of nearly everyone in the room. They decide to trust the genius animal and hope that he wasn't the leak himself.
Flashback over...
As before, Nezu hated to suspect the teachers, Heroes, and most especially the students, but it was a necessity, for they can't have the League play them for fiddles any longer than they ave. Last times, All Might was around to ease people and stop the Villains ploys in both the USJ Incident and the Camino Ward Incident. But now that the Symbol of Peace has been forced to retire and has lost his powers, any mistake up to this point could be proven more disastrous than anything they have seen yet.
So Nezu knew that if one of the students were the traitor, then one of them will try to steal the valuable information an get caught in Nezu's trap. If it was one of the teachers then they know that the genius Principal of U.A. has a trap in place for anybody who would wish to steal this valuable set of information and would make no move in fear of getting caught.
And if anyone tries to record or copy information here then they would risk the info's destruction and/or be exposed by the number of individuals in this room. And if any of them were to try and sneak out to inform the villains through phones or other devices, then Nezu's hidden cameras around every nook and cranny in U.A. will notice them and inform Nezu.
It may not be the most elegant or thought out plan, but it was the best the rodent principal could conceive in such a short period of time.
Nezu could only hope that all goes well.
He watched as Mei raised a large remote and pressed a button and the large screen in front of them turned on.
Chapter 2: Boba Fett vs Samus Aran
Summary:
U.A. watches the first Death Battle video, Boba Fett vs Samus Aran
Notes:
HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! HERE'S ANOTHER CHAPTER! TWO DAYS LATER! HALLELUJAH! That's right boys and girls, Zayden is her once again to deliver this story another chapter after only two Days. And no the sky is not raining fire and brimstone.
After seeing this story get so much attention after only two days, I decided to hell with it and update super quickly to not leave you guys hanging. I also want to make this clear after so many questions about it, here and in Fanfiction.net, I Will be going by order of videos and not just showing random videos all over the place. It is better to get the first batch of episodes done with as quickly as possible to get onto the better stories, but I may also omit some Death Battles, change the winner of some Death Battles that are rather infamous, or even add in fan-made Death Battles if I get enough asks for it.
I also will not be having them react to joke battles like Justin vs Selena or Goomba vs Koopa, just as Spidey said in Spiderverse about his infamous Spider-man 3 dance walk, "We don't really talk about those."
Also here is a list to know who is talking:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wiz dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or mental dialogue
"Zayden." -All Might or Boomstick dialogue.
"Zayden." -Device and combatants dialogue
But enough jibberjabber, as always, I don't own My Hero Academia, belong to Horikoshi and Bones Studios, Death Battle, belongs to the Youtube channel of the same name, or any of the fandoms or characters that will be shown in this chapter and future chapters.
With that said, IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLLLLLLLLLLLEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
As Hatsumei pressed the button and the screen turned on, Izuku and the students prayed to any god that existed for the machine not to blow up. Thankfully, their prayers were heard.
The screen turned on and showed a large white screen. The device turned on suddenly and started making several noises that had the teachers and students wary. It sent out a pulse through the system of wires connected to it and the top of the screen shined a red, scanning laser over the students, teachers, and Heroes.
They were about to demand what that was but the device already answered them. It spoke in a male robotic voice "SCANNING SCANNING! IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS THROUGH MULTIVERSAL DATABOX STORAGE INFO! IDENTIFYING MULTIVERSAL VARIANTS OF IDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALS! SCANNING INFORMATION AND DATA OF THIS WORLD'S NEW OUTLETS AND HISTORY! DETERMINING EARTH!...EARTH DETERMINED! EARTH-626 CONFIRMED! NOTABLE POINTS OF TIMELINE INCLUDE MANIFESTATION OF SUPER POWERS CALLED QUIRKS, THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUPER HUMAN SOCIETY, AND ONE FOR A-ERROR! ERROR! PROTOCOL DICTATES NOT TO REVEAL INFORMATION DETRIMENTAL TO WORLD'S CURRENT TIMELINE!"
Whilst all the students, heroes, and teachers were busy gaping at the capabilities of the machine and likewise confused onto what it meant by detrimental information that it kept classified, a few certain individuals were already starting to sweat nervously. Izuku, All Might, Bakugou, Recovery Girl, Nezu, and Gran Torino, the individuals who knew about One For All, were already panicking internally that the device knew about the Quirk. They did breathe out a sigh of relief when it cut out.
The device continued and said "ACCESSING VIDEO MEMORY LOGS! WILL YOU LIKE TO WATCH DEATH BATTLE?!"
Hatsumei immediately pressed the yes button on the remote, which the students near her found that convenient. The device said "ACCESSING VIDEO MEMORY LOGS LABELED IE-DEATH BATTLE! SELECTING AND OPENING VIDEO FILE NUMBER 1: BOBA FETT VS SAMUS ARAN!"
The group was intrigued at the name of the fight, even more so when the screen showed a loading screen with the faces of a man covered in high tech, rusted armor with a jetpack and an intimidating helmet and a red, yellow, and green suit of armor.
"Amazing!" Momo said. "This kind of technology and sophistication is perhaps leaps and bounds away from current society's capabilities."
The classes sweat dropped at Momo's intelligent use of vocabulary and weren't going to bother with a response, but a certain green haired cinnamon roll did anyways.
Izuku responded with "Well it isn't all that surprising. This universe both learned how to perceive different earths and mutlidimensional travel, so I could see how their society's technology should be more advanced than ours. Plus, if it weren't for the appearances of Quirks and society collapsing into a brief state of unrest and chaos, we would have already have access to interstellar travel or exploration by now."
The students and teachers gaped at the knowledge and wisdom in Izuku's words. All Might smiled proudly, choosing not only a compassionate, pure hearted successor, but also one with an intelligent, analytical mind. As for Momo, she blushed to new extremes, which made the girls all the more jealous.
The video started soon after.
Rocking music sounded off that made the more hardcore students like Bakugou, Kirishima, Kaminari, Tetsutetsu, and Jirou bob their head to. The screen showed the words Death Battle, some of the letter splashed in blood and the surroundings filled with blood stained chains and spikes.
A series of images and videos popped up with two voices monologue off-screen. One sounded intelligent and high-pitched, while the other was rough and tougher.
"The Bounty Hunter. Galactic Pirates of Living Beings." said the intelligent voice.
"They blow shit up for cash." said the rougher voice.
A prime example is Boba Fett, the most feared Bounty Hunter in the galaxy."
"But don't forget Samus Aran. She's so badass, whole planets explode when she's done with them. BOOM!"
"I'm Wizard." The first voice, now identified as Wizard, introduced.
"And I'm Boomstick!" Boomstick introduced.
"And its our job to analyze the weapons, armor, and skills of these two beastly killers and answer the most important question of all: which of these warriors will win a Death Battle?" Wiz said. "In these videos, we will be assessing their capabilities and determine the fight through simulated fights and will be following a certain guideline of rules:"
DEATH BATTLE RULES:
"Combatants shall posses no knowledge of each other, to make it a fair fight."
"Combatants are simulated versions of these characters, created by our multiversal thingamajigs and our own world's knowledge of them. So don't go crying over their deaths, because they are not real."
"To ensure a true fight to the death, character personalities that restraint them from murder are completely ignored."
"All character traits and tactics will be represented fairly and largely. Anything else is fair game!"
"And research source prerequisites are generally determined equally unless specified."
"No Outside Help!
The group looked at the rules and found them legit and fair. The more sensitive of the group were also gald that the deaths portrayed are not real. Izuku meanwhile was excited about this and was glad that he brought along with book bag full of notebooks, antsy to draw up the info. Just because they couldn't copy the core info inside the box didn't mean that Izuku couldn't copy it by hand. Plus, he saw this as using it for good intentions instead of any ill intent.
"Now that we got that covered," Wizard said. "Its time to begin!"
Boba Fett
"Boba Fett is well known for his cunning, ruthlessness, and brute force. But his killer intstict relies on his diverse arsenal of death." Wiz explained.
Most of the guys were intrigued at the bounty hunter, especially Bakugou when he heard the words 'ruthlessness' and 'death'. Izuku was curious about his cunning nature, and Kirishima was curious over his supposed brute force.
The teacher and Heroes were already anxious about the description of this individual. Bounty Hunters and mercenaries aren't usually of well repute or status.
MANDALORIAN BODY ARMOR
Nearly Indestructible
Micro Energy Field
Penetrating Radar (Mineta grins pervertedly)
Protection from Fire, Poison, Acid, and Cold (Peaks Todoroki's and Mina's interest)
Retractable Drinking Straw (Made a few people chuckle)
"Plus, he wears the most badass space suit ever." Boomstick said.
Everybody agreed that the suit looked impressive. Power Loader was curious over this Mandolorian Armor, especially its properties and material, while Mei was already drawing up designs with a fervor after she snatched one of Deku's notebooks.
"That's no ordinary spacesuit, Boomstick." Wiz clarified. "That's Fett's Mandalorian Armor, forged from nearly indestructible Duraplast containing a Micro Energy Field for dispersing impacts."
"This guy can have a freakin' bomb blow up in his face and still walk away."
Bakugou flashed a sinister smile. "That sounds like a fucking challenge!"
Iida said "I must say that for a mercenary, his use of armor is impeccable. Also, LANGUAGE!"
WRIST GAUNTLETS
Flame Projector (Intrigued both Endeavor and Shoto)
Fibercord Whip (Intrigued Uraraka)
Wrist Laser
Concussion Missiles
Stun Missiles
"His gauntlets house a flamethrower with a reach of five meters, a fibercord whip, and numerous concussion and stun missiles."
"Hah!" Bakugou exclaimed. "Those missiles and grenades have nothing one me and My Gauntlets! They make those look like fucking firecrackers!"
"The amount of things that one gauntlet can do." Momo mused. "I would try to make that with my Quirk, but without the molecular structure of the material, it would be difficult."
Hatsumei perked up and said "I can help with that!"
EE-3 CARBINE RIFLE
Fires in Short Bursts
Scope-Outfitted
Shoulder Sling
Rock-A-Bye Rifle (Weirded out a lot of the crowd)
"His weapon of choice is his EE-3 Carbine Rifle, an extremely accurate and powerful weapon which Fett often cradles like a child." Wiz explained.
"Why would he cradle that thing like a child? One wrong touch of the switch and he could blow his own head off." Kaminari said.
"Really?" Kyouka asked sarcastically. "That's what you are worried about? Not that no one sane person does that?"
"Yeah, uh, I do that with my guns too..."
"That's not weird at all, Boomstick." Wiz said, sounding a bit weirded out.
Most of everyone chuckled at the comedic timing. Jirou blushed in embarrassment.
"Fill us in on Fett's heavy weaponry." Wiz asked to move things along.
MITRINOMON Z-6 JETPACK
Hands-Free
Up to 1 minute of flight
Max Speed: 145 kph
Magnetic Grappling Hook
Anti-Vehicle Homing Rocket
"Well, everyone and their grandmother knows that Fett can zoom around on his badass jetpack, but that jetpack also has a single anti-vehicle homing rocket, and believe me, you don't wanna see this thing heading your way." Boomstick stated.
"While the rocket's power is impressive, I can't help but think that a single rocket would do much in effectiveness." Todoroki wisely said. "Multiple, shorter yield rockets would probably be more effective." He was unaware or uncaring of his father looking down on him with a proud smile at his wise analysis.
Izuku said "You are right about that, but the jetpack though is so cool! Think about the air maneuverability and Hero work you can do with that!"
Mei perked up and walked straight up to Izuku's face and said "Like the Buster Hero: Air Jet, right?!"
Izuku barely flinched at Mei's proximity, engrossed in his Hero Knowledge to notice a girl was almost nose to nose with him. he said with vigor "Yeah! And just like your jets from the Sports Festival, they were amazing! I'm sure if you could gain the proper design of that jetpack, that you can make such awesome equipment!"
Mei blushed and smiled more at Izuku's words of praise. The Class-1A girls', and Nejire's, eyes twitched in annoyance and jealousy. Even Pixie Bob and Mandaley, that last one being unknowingly, frowned and gained a dark aura of jealousy at the two's closeness.
After settling down, they resumed the video.
"That's right, Boomstick. In short, Fett is a human Swiss army knife. He's killed hundreds of criminals, politicians, and Jedi. he even held his own against Darth Vader...twice."
"Holy Shit That's Hardcore!" Boomstick exclaimed.
The image of Darth Vader with his red lightsaber and black attire and mask made the students shiver in fear, even Mei, who wanted to pay more attention to the blade of light in his hand, was too focused on the large dark-suited man. All Might, Gran Torino, Bakugou, and the members of the Bakugou Rescue Squad from when he was kidnapped by the League, couldn't help but shiver and fearfully compare the dark-suited man's helmet to that of AFO.
They were also shocked at the fact that Boba Fett could go toe to toe with this guy twice and survive. Momo was even more so intrigued with Fett's comparison to a Swiss army knife of a man, much like Quirk makes her able to be too.
"He became leader of the Mandolorian mercenaries after the Galactic Civil War, and battled Mace Windu to a draw when he was 12 years old."
"Sam Jackson's got nothing on him!" Boomstick stated.
"Don't know who this Sam Jackson is, but being that badass when he is only 12 years old is so Manly!" Kirishima yelled.
"But with all his awesomeness, every so often, Fett will totally blow it. He's fallen into the Sarlacc three times. Three! And the Sarlacc's not exactly running around, looking for snacks." Wiz exclaimed.
"THREE TIMES?! How Do You Even Do That Once? It's a giant hole in the ground with teeth, and he's got a jetpack!" Boomstick yelled, sounding angry.
Izuku and Mirio were quick to shield Eri's eyes from the Sarlacc after she squeaked in fear of it. Bakugou was yelling in annoyance at how this badass of a mercenary could fall into the same movement-less pit with teeth three times.
"Still even with his ridiculous flaws, Boba Fett is a whole new level of deadly." Wiz stated finally.
"No disintegration." Darth Vader said, his chilling voice shivered almost everyone's spines.
"As you wish." Boba Fett said.
The screen paused to black and they paused the video to get their thoughts on that info. Most of the boys liked Fett, Deku liking him for his range of equipment and skills, Todoroki for his cunning and tactical mind, and Bakugou and Kirishima for his range of explosive weaponry and badassery. The Heroes respected his strength and fortitude but disliked his history of liking politicians and his mercenary life. Some of the girls, like Kyouka, Uraraka, and Setsuna, thought that his armor was cool and his skills were impressive.
They continued the video.
The next individual was a woman wearing a red and gold plated armor with a green visor on her helmet. Kaminari and Mineta were practically drooling over the blue-skin tight suit woman but were held back by a slap from Dark Shadow and a iron hand smack by Tetsutetsu.
Samus Aran
"Samus Aran was infused with bird-like Chozo DNA at a young age, increasing her strength, speed, and athletic ability far beyond those of a normal human being." Wiz began.
"How do you do that?!" I want me some bird DNA!" Boomstick said.
Tokoyami was intrigued slightly at the abilities gained through bird DNA, thinking about his time interning under Hawks.
Kaminari said "How do you get Super Strength, Speed, and Agility through bird DNA? Shouldn't you be more likely to sprout wings or a beak? No offense Tokoyami."
"None taken." The emo bird said.
"I don't know, they are alien birds." Sero said. "Maybe mixing human DNA with theirs causes a different reaction then one could expect."
"A-At least when I ingest bird DNA, I get their attributes." Amajiki managed to mutter out, while transforming his hand into a claw.
POWER SUIT
Shield Entire Body
Environmental Protection
Easy to Upgrade
No Restriction of Movement or Flexibility
"She wears the Power Suit, typically in Varia form, shielding er entire body without restricting any movement or flexibility." Wiz explained.
"Too bad it makes her look like a dude." Boomstick plainly said.
The guys fought back the urge to chuckle, while Mineta and Kaminari frowned and agreed with Boomstick, ticked that a gorgeous woman was hidden behind a suit of girls were slightly ticked off at the comment, but did admit that the suit was less than stylish, those last comments coming more from Mt. Lady and Midnight.
ARM CANNON
Easy to Upgrade
Power Beam
Charge Beam
Ice Beam (Intrigued Todoroki)
Grapple Beam (Intrigued Sero)
Missiles (Starting to Intrigue Bakugou, but was still grudgingly unimpressed)
"Her primary weapon, the Arm Cannon, has acquired numerous awesome upgrades over the years. Though, the basic Power Beam is a pea shooter with a pathetic range." Wiz expalined.
"I have six shooter with more range than that." Snipe spoke out, causing laughter from the Heroes and students.
"But when its fully charged, it'll blow your face off. BAM! SHOOP DA WOOP!" Boomstick said excitingly.
Snipe lowered his hat in embarrassment in not having any weapon with That kind of caliber, Ectoplasm dis his best cheering him up with a pat on the back.
"The Arm Cannon can also use an Ice Beam, a Grapple Beam, and a plethora of seeking and super missiles." Wiz explained.
"Hey those kind of remind me of your Quirks, Sero and Todoroki." Kirishima pointed out.
"Yeah, she could be hyper cooling the air into a beam of liquid nitrogen just like how my Quirk functions, but it seems she can do it with thin air rather than physical touch." Todoroki said, looking at his right hand and wondered if he could do the same.
"Yeah." Sero said. "And That Grapple Beam reminds me of how I can swing around using my tape. How about her missiles, Bakugou?"
Bakugou simply grunted and said "The missiles are a nice touch, but they got nothing compared to my explosions."
Izuku looked to Todoroki and said "You think that her multiple missiles will be more effective against Fett's anti-vehicle missile?"
Todoroki nodded his head and said "We'll have to wait and see."
SCREW ATTACK
Powerful Electric Charge (Kaminari Intrigued greatly)
Temporary Invincibility
Extremely Fast
Namesake of an Awesome Website (some chuckled at this and they wondered if it was the website that these two used before for their videos)
MORPH BALL ALT-FORM
1 Meter Diameter
Can Release Bombs (Bakugou rapidly approving)
Jumping Ability
Also called "Maru Mari"
Can access Small or Hard to reach places
"Samus controls the skies with the powerful and speedy Screw Attack, and if there's trouble on the battlefield, she can curl up into Morph Ball mode and slip away unnoticed."
"WHAT THE...?! How does she Do That?!"
"Bird DNA, Boomstick. Bird DNA."
"UGH ENOUGH WITH THE BIRD DNA BULLSHIT!" Bakugou yelled out.
Kendo this time spoke up saying "Well if the Bird DNA increased her speed and agility, then it could have made her bones more flexible."
The students and teachers nodded at her intuitive thinking.
Kaminari said "Regardless of that, that Screw Attack looks Awesome! I wonder if I could do something similar with my Quirk?"
Izuku looked to the blonde teen and asked "When this is over, want to practice with me and find out if we can both do it? I think we could do something similar with incorporating Kacchan's Howitzer Impact."
Kaminari pumped his fist up and said "You're one Midoriya!"
"DON"T YOU DARE COPY MY MOVES, YOU DAMN NERD!"
POWER BOMBS
Huge Blast Radius (Bakugou approves more)
Deals Massive Damage
Crystal Flash Healing Ability
Deployed Only in Morph Ball Mode
"Samus also has a freakin' huge supply of Power Bombs, which will destroy Anything on the screen in seconds! Nothing Survives!" Boomstick yelled out excitingly.
Bakugou practically leapt out of his seat and yelled "HELL YEAH! NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL EXPLOSIONS! I'M DEFINITELY TRYING THAT OUT!"
The rest looked at him with a mix of annoyance and worry. Most thought him unbelievable in his obliviousness and hypocrisy.
"She is known to be the bounty hunter capable of taking on impossible missions, fighting massive beasts and even wiping out an entire species." Wiz explained. "However, she often makes mistakes. Somehow, she always seems to lose all her power ups and upgrades at the beginning of every mission."
"Man, someone get this chick a purse."
Bakugou said "I take it back. This chick is stupid! Who loses all their power ups just like that?! Does she have no common sense?!"
Iida meanwhile yelled "BOOMSTICK THAT IS HIGHLY SEXIST AND RUDE TO SAY!"
While the girls thanked Iida for his comment, Kyouka said "Um Iida, you know that the guy can't hear you right?" The boys meanwhile agreed with Iida's comment, but also tried hard to suppress the funny joke. Offensive, but funny nonetheless.
"Time to go." Samus said, the screen cut to several shots of Boba Fett and Samus.
"Alright, the combatants are set, let's end this debate once and for all." Wiz said.
"Yeah, its Time For a Death Battle!" Boomstick yelled.
As the screen turned black, the group talked among themselves on who would win the fight. The Boys liked both Fett and Samus for their badass weaponry, while the girls mostly liked Samus, more so for supporting a badass female warrior and her skill and power. The Heroes and Teachers were conflicted between the two, both being mercenaries, where one kills politicians for money and the other blowing up an entire planet and species.
The video paused by itself, much to the confusion of everyone, until the screen then showed a series of digital 3D images of the two combatants and their data, numbers filling the screen. The numbers stopped and the robotic voice called out "SCANNING FOR MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS IDENTIFIED! BOBA FETT! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: SPINNER! SAMUS ARAN! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: MOMO YAOYOROZO!"
The audience was shocked at the results of the counterparts. While they praised Momo for having a strong counterpart, the heroes and teachers were more interested that this Boba Fett's counterpart was a member of the League of Villains.
"Yaomomo!" Mina yelled excitedly. "You are Samus?! I didn't know that you were an Intergalactic mercenary!"
Momo blushed in embarrassment and said "I-It's not me everyone! It's just another version of me! I have never been a mercenary! Much less one that committed genocide."
The students felt awkward now about that info, until Izuku came to the rescue with "Don't say that Momo! Sure your other self may have done things, but we haven't heard the whole backstory on it. For all we know, those species were probably dangerous if someone wanted them all exterminated. Don't be ashamed of yourself for something that you yourself had no doing in! I'm sure that since she is you that she didn't do that without a good and just reason!"
Momo blushed brightly but smiled warmly, her eyes shining with barely kept tears. "T-Thank you, Izuku." Momo said, wiping away some tears. "That made me feel better. I won't judge her for her actions till I know better and if she did those things for horrible reasons, I won't hold her sins onto me."
Midroiya blushed red upon seeing Momo's smile and quickly turned away, nervous and stuttering. "N-N-No p-p-problem, Momo!" The guys and girls chuckled at his typical Izuku-ness.
After a few more minutes discussing who would win, they placed their bets. All of Class-1A voted for Samus in support of Momo, Bakugou claiming that it was because he liked explosions and nothing else. Most of Class-1B did the same but some still chose Boba, but apologized respectively towards Momo, who accepted and understood. The Heroes and Teachers even bid and placed most of their votes towards Samus.
The video began once again, starting the fight.
Samus's ship was floating through space before it was attacked and blasted by Boba Fett's ship.
"Oh No! Momo!" Uraraka said worryingly.
"Relax, Ochako." Asui said, her hand on Uraraka's shoulder. "I doubt that the fight would be over that quick without there actually being a fight."
Momo's ship was sent hurtling towards a planet that looked like Earth, the ship smoking and flaring stock alarm sounds made the more sound-sensitive, like Kyouka, cover their ears in pain at the loud annoying noise. The ship crashed, but Samus exited out of the ship unscathed, whilst Boba Fett hovered down on his jetpack. The two stood on opposite sides of each other and prepared themselves, red health bars on the sides of the screen.
FIGHT!
Samus started firing pea-sized energy bolts that faded before they hit Fett, the bounty hunter out of her range. He retaliated with his own blaster fire from his rifle, red laser bolts striking Samus, her health bar lowering due to the dame she sustained.
"Oh yeah, I forgot that Samus's weapon only fires in such short range." Setsuna said.
"Pathetic!" Endeavor said. "Who in their right minds would use such an ineffective weapon with such a short range and not have it fixed or improved before a mission?!"
While the group thought that Endeavor's words were slightly rude towards, they had to admit, Momo included, that it really wasn't smart to have such a flawed weapon and the disadvantages are now being shown.
Samus spun up into the air to avoid the laser bolts. Boba raised his rifle to fire on the target, only for Samus to fire a missile at him.
"HELL YEAH! ITS MISSILE TIME BITCHES!"
Iida shouted "BAKUGOU! LANGUAGE! THERE ARE CHILDREN PRESENT!"
Bakugou responded "FUCK OFF, GLASSES! I HEARD MY MOM CURSE AT THEIR AGE AND I TURNED OUT FINE!"
Everybody sweat dropped at that, and Izuku and Mirio made an extra effort to close the kids' ears.
The missile struck, dealing damage to Fett, but when Samus landed in front of him, Boba Fett brought out his gauntlet and fired his flamethrower, burning and hurting Samus before she spun away.
"It seems the fight is coming down to range and weaponry." Tokoyami said. "Fett seems to have the advantage with that rifle at long range and his flamethrower for short range instances, keeping Samus at bay."
"Yeah." Shoji agreed. "And Samus only has the advantage currently with her missiles and agility."
Samus fired another missile, only for Fett to fly out of the way on his jetpack and soared through the air. But he was struck down to the ground by Samus, who struck him from behind with a electrifying Screw Attack.
"Yeah!" Kaminari yelled. "Electric Power!"
Fett landed on his knees, Samus right in front of him. Fett tried using his concussive missiles from his gauntlet, damaging Samus some more. He then fired his anti-tank missile from his back, but Samus rolled away before it struck, striking only the ground with a large explosion, smoke and fire the only things that Fett could see.
Todoroki smiled faintly and said "Seems that one anti-tank missile didn't work after all, and Samus's maneuverability with her ball form worked to her favor."
Boba Fett waited for the smoke to clear, finding no sign of Samus. The mercenary crept up slowly, unsure of his target was eliminated. Suddenly, Samus rolled up from behind stealthfully.
"Nice use of stealth skills, Yaomomo!" Torru cheered.
"Thanks Hagakure." Momo thanked.
Samus dropped a bomb behind him and rolled away again. It exploded in a flash of bright light, stunning Fett and vastly hurting him.
"HAH! Take That You Jetpack-wearing Loser!" Bakugou taunted. "Explosive Bomb To Your Face!"
"Well it was more on his back than anything." Nejire replied. Bakugou gained a comical tick mark on his head in response.
Samus quickly spun back in front of Fett, who fired another grenade at her, but Samus predicted it and dodged. She fired an Ice Beam at him, leaving Fett frozen and vulnerable. Samus charged up a more powerful blast.
Gran Torino said "Smart of her. Used the explosion to stun and mess up Fett so that he would fire less effectively. She then took the advantage by freezing him with an Ice Beam, giving her ample time to charge a more powerful blast."
"I feel like the kids might need to cover their eyes in a second." Mandaley said, feeling the fight was going to end bloody.
Samus, after fully charging the blast, rolled close to Fett, till she was right in front of him and aimed her arm cannon onto his head from above.
"You're mine." She said. She fired a powerful charged blast and Boba Fett's head exploded in a burst of blood.
"OOOOOOOHHHH!" The students yelled out in a mix of shock, horror, and excitement. Thankfully, Izuku and Mirio shielded Kouta and Eri's eyes from the gruesome scene.
K.O!
"YAY!" Mina cheered. "MOMO WON!"
"Technically it was Momo's counterpart, Samus, that won." Iida nitpicked. "But semantics aside, yes, congratulations on winning Yaoyorozo."
"I knew you could do it, Momo!" You agility, stealth, and weaponry were amazingly used!" Izuku cheered.
Momo blushed again and said "T-Thank you everyone. T-Thanks, Izuku."
Whilst everyone chuckled at Momo's bashfulness and cheered for her, Todoroki couldn't help but notice that mumbled thanks to Izuku from Momo. Todoroki smiled, he may be dense, but even he could realize what Momo felt about his first friend.
"Holy Shit!" Boomstick exclaimed. "Did You see that Wiz? That was Insane!"
"Fett battled like a champ, but in the end, Samus's superior technology and athletic skill trumped him, hard. While her basic Power Beam failed miserably, Samus put her Chozo DNA to work by jumping and dodging around Fett's offenses. Boba Fett, who relies more on cunning and brute force, simply didn't have the means necessary to catch Samus." Wiz explained.
"That makes sense." Thirteen said. "Her agility and skill kept Fett's more advanced weapons from hurting her for long and Fett's more stealthy and cunning battle strategy wasn't effective in a head on fight."
"He was shooting all over the place, but that space chick was just too quick for him. He even tried to use his homing rocket, but anybody whose blown up a lot of shit knows anti-vehicle rockets don't work too well with people." Boomstick explained.
"Exactly. Samus is about four times smaller than the average vehicle, so there's only about a one in four chance for a direct hit from Fett's rocket. Not to mention, she kept moving, preventing Fett from getting a solid lock on her."
"No Shit Sherlock!" Bakugou yelled. "Why would an assassin use a one-off weapon like that for a straight fight that could easily miss?!"
"Young Bakugou, perhaps he uses it as a form of escape, to create a big enough exit by blasting a hole through the wall blocking his path or a big enough distraction to escape a fight through the smoke." All Might said.
Bakugou tched again, not satisfied with the answer but since the answer was from his idol, he shut up.
"After that screw up, Samus managed to sneak around Fett and left a little surprise at his feet."
"Fett's micro-energy field managed to minimize the damage he took, from the power bomb, but by that point, it was all over. Samus froze Fett with her Ice Beam and finished him off with a Charge Beam to the face."
'Oh yeah, I didn't even realize that first part!" Kinoko said. "Makes sense when they say that the bomb destroys anything, but he still shroomvived the blast."
"Samus sure stopped him cold." Boomstick joked.
Some people chuckled and groaned at Boomstick's bad joke. Todoroki however was thinking that the joke would help him be more receptive with the public and make him seem more approachable when he does pro.
"The winner is Samus Aran." Wiz finished.
Everybody clapped for Momo's victory, much to her embarrassment.
"She didn't even show off her grapple hook." Ser mumbled depressingly.
Everyone hushed when the screen turned black and showed the words 'Next Time' with Boomstick voice saying "Next time on Death Battle."
There was a flurry of punches covered in purple flames and then an off burning symbol hung on the screen. They then heard a creepy chilling voice.
Unknown: "Your soul is mine."
Kirishima was shaking in excitement. "That looks so cool!"
"Yeah bro! It looked straight Manly!" Tetsutetsu agreed.
The Heroes however were wary about the voice, their instincts and years of experience pretty much screaming 'Bad Guy'.
After a consensus of agreements, Mei pressed play on the next video.
Notes:
AAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNDDDDD SCENE! Phew that took longer than expected.
How did you guys like the first Death Battle? While I can agree that the first season of fights aren't as entertaining and detailed as the later seasons and episodes, I would rather go through them regardless and build up to the better fights. And again, don't worry the joke battles like Goomba vs Koopa or Justin vs Selena will never see the light of day.
Also, what did you guys think of the multiversal counterparts? A mouthful to say I'm sure. I figured that Samus versatile use of weapons and incredibly attractive figure would match well with Momo and her own attractive figure and versatile Quirk, while I thought Spinner would be a great Fett, especially if you picture Stain as Jango Fett.
I will be adding in that after every analysis of the characters and seeing the reactions of the characters of who they are in their world, but also be warned that I might repeat some characters as counterparts since they are main characters. Guess all you want about who Akuma and Shang Tsung will be. I am also omitting the ads and sponsors for their videos before the fight, because its unnecessary.
With all that said, hope you guys liked the chapter, comments your thoughts below, constructive criticism is always welcome, comment down what fights you are excited to see and who's counterpart is whom in the future fights, and read my other stories if you like.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and remember to Go Beyond! Plus Ultra!
Chapter 3: Akuma vs Shang Tsung
Summary:
The Heroes and Students watch Villains fight to the death.
Notes:
HOWYA DOING MY FANFIC BROTHERS AND SISTERS! ITS ZAYDEN STORMVOID AND WELCOME BACK TO ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE!
As always, I'm astounded by how much support and likes I'm getting on this story and my other story. So in gratitude for being awesome readers, I give you another chapter!
Here is once again a list of who is talking:
"Zayden." -Normal diaogue
'Zayden.' -Mental or internal dialogue
"Zayden." -Wiz dialogue
"Zayden." -Device or Kombatant dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick or All Might buff form dialogue
As always, I don't own My Hero Academia, Horikoshi and Bones Studios do, or Death Battle, that belongs to Death Battle channel, or the fandoms and characters that will appear in this and future chapters.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
Everybody went quiet as the rocking theme of Death Battle and the bloody logo appeared on screen.
"Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat. Kings of the fighting genre. And every good fighter needs awesome villains." Wizard said.
"Yep we were right." Miruko said. "This fight is going to have villains in it."
The students and the kids were worried about what villains were going to be seen and worried if they could be one of those threats that could come to their world in the future.
"Like Akuma, the ultimate badass with martial arts." Boomstick excitedly said.
"And Shang Tsung, the sorceress vanguard of doom." Wiz said.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick." Boomstick intreduced himself and his partner.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skill to find out who would win… A Death Battle" Wizard said.
"So this fight seems to have a magic user vs a martial artists with strong power." Fatgum said.
The screen showed of multiple images and showed the first combatant.
The first contestant is a muscular man wearing a sleeveless black gi with a piece of rope tied around him like a belt and brown eastern style sandals. He also has spiky, blood red hair, one part of it tied in a vertical ponytail , menacing fangs, and demonic, red, glowing eyes. And a big goofy looking nose.
Akuma
The students and some heroes shivered are the demonic look of the menacing villain, though they relaxed a bit because of his goofy nose, which Bakugou and Kamakiri laughed, but they soon thought the nose wasn't going to ease them for long.
"Akuma, Master of the Fist. Known as Gouki in Japan, he's a living weapon. Ten times stronger than nearly every other Street Fighter." Wiz explained.
"Plus, he looks Freaking Awesome. I want me some red glowing eyes." Boomstick said excitedly.
"Big Deal!" Bakugou said. "I've got red eyes right here and I'm way more badass."
"Me too." Kirishima said.
"But do they glow?" asked Itsuka.
That shut the two boys up.
GOU HADOUKEN
Total Control
Can Fire Multiple at Once
Shinku Hadouken
Can be Charged
Usable in Midair (Zanku Hadouken)
"Akuma has dozens of powerful special attacks including the Gou Hadouken. A powerful blast with precision control. He can even use the almighty Shinku-Hadouken, which is, basically, a giant fireball of death." Wiz continued explain.
Seeing the said giant fireball of death in action, Bakugou wondered if he could do the same with his quirk. Endeavor saw the attack as feasible for him to do, but would definitely struggle a bit at the controlling part.
"Man, if I ever throw a Hadouken in real life, I'm gonna die happy." Boomstick said.
SPECIAL MOVES AND ATTACKS
Gou Shoryuken "Dragon Fist" (Izuku, Rin, and Kendo all liked this one)
"Air Slashing" Hurricane Kick (Iida liked this one)
Teleport
Hyakki Shuu "Demon Flip"( Ojiro was intrigued and thought about combining it with his tail)
"Akuma also uses the Shoryuken uppercut, a teleporting ability, a swift multi-hurricane kick, and the Hyakki Shuu, aka the Demon Flip." Wiz said.
"Wow!" Mina said in awe. "Look how far that guy went from just that punch!"
"I feel a punch to the jaw with that much force would break and knock most people out cold." Shoji said.
Tokoyami grimly said "It could evenly kill someone."
"I wonder if I could perform the Hurricane Kick?" Iida mused. "Maybe if I use my engines as a booster?"
Izuku chimed in with "That's a great idea, Iida! With your quirk, you could use your engines as thrusters to stay in the air and kick whilst mid-air! Come to think, you could probably use your engines as thrusters if you are ever in a mid-air situation!"
Iida hummed and said "You are right, Midoriya! I never thought of it that way before. Though if I'm going to perform a technique like that, I going to have to be more flexible."
Izuku said "I can help you and so can Mina. She did wonders for both of us during our training for the Cultural Festival." He turned to the pink-skinned girl. "How about it Mina? Can you help us?"
Mina blushed at Izuku's praise and question before shaking her head and giving him a thumbs up and smile. "You got it Midori, Iida. I'll whip you boys into shape."
After Iida and Izuku thanked her, Mina internally squealed at spending more time with Midori. She couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in not being just her and Izuku, but Iida needs help and as a good friend she should do what she can to help. Plus, it might make her look better in Izuku's eyes. Mina was unaware of glaring, jealous eyes from the girls.
The teachers were looking at their students proudly at already coming up with new techniques and helping each other. Now if only they didn't have to gain the inspiration from a Villain.
SUPER ARTS
Shinku-Hadouken
Kongo Kokuretsu Zan
Shun Goku Satsu "The Raging Demon"
Literally Translates to "Instant Hell Murderer" (Funny Flashbacks played on the students' minds about a certain Pomeranian classmate of theirs)
"Also, Akuma's got a ton of Super Arts, but two really stand out. First there's the Kongo… Kokuretsu za… how do you say that?" Boomstick asked his co-host.
"No idea." Was all Wiz said.
"Maybe just call it Kongo, to make it easier?" Kaminari said.
"Yeah, but then it sounds like you are talking about a Konga line." Mineta said, that actually got a few chuckles.
"Well, I'm pretty sure that's Japanese for "Fuck You Up!" 'Cause basically, Akuma punches the ground and things explode." Boomstick said.
Seeing Akuma create exploding shockwaves by punching the ground, Bakugou lept up in crazy glee. "OH HELL YEAH I'M USING THAT! GET READY TO EAT DIRT DEKU!"
All Might intervened and said "Maybe save it for the robots first, Young Bakugou? Before you accidentally cause major damage to both the ground and Midoriya."
"Wow, that's some power to be able to cause shockwaves by punching the ground." Miruko said. "I could possibly do it with my feet, but probably not to that extent."
"He shattered a Whole Frigging Island Just By Punching it. HOLY SHIT!" Boomstick said in awe.
The jaws of students and heroes jaws all unhinged and dropped to the floor at the feat they saw.
"Ok, scratch that, Now I KNOW that I Can't do That! Holy Shit Indeed!" Miruko said.
"Even I probably couldn't do that." All Might said, gulping in slight fear that such a being exists somewhere in the multiverse.
"With that power, he could give even All For One trouble." Gran Torino said grimly.
"But that's not the deadliest weapon up his non-existent sleeve." Wiz said.
"WHAT?!" was what almost everybody yelled.
"What could be Possible More Powerful than Punching a FREAKING ISLAND TO DEATH?!" Kaminari yelled.
His answer was given when Akuma slid towards his opponent before the screen turned pitch black. Then a flurry of punches covered in purple flames appeared in rapid succession. Afterwards, the screen showed the fighter on the floor dead and Akuma standing with his back turned to them with a symbol on his back glowing.
The heroes and students were amazed, horrified, and shocked at what they just saw.
Kaminari was so stunned that his brain was short-circuiting. Mirio saw the attack as faster than his own attacks and shivered a bit in slight terror. Even All Might had a shiver run through him at the sight.
"The Shun Goku Satsu. Also known as the Raging Demon literally translated as "Instant Hell Murder"" Wizard said.
"Well, apparently we found a more powerful move." Monoma said still stunned.
"Man, I'm totally gonna name my first kid that." Boomstick stated.
"That's Stupid!" Bakugou yelled. "Who Would Be Sane Enough To Name Their Kid Something Like That?!"
"Says the guy who was apparently sane enough to name himself 'King Explosion Murder'?" Todoroki cooly said. The students and heroes laughed at the burn.
Bakugou blushed embarrassed and yelled out "HEY SCREW YOU ICY-HOT! BESIDES I CHANGED IT, DIDN'T I?"
"Bakugou, wouldn't say 'Lord Explosion Murder' is any different." Midnight said, trying to contain her laughter before she giggled. More people laughed, with Bakugou screaming out "SCREW ALL OF YOU!"
Returning to the video.
"The Raging Demon at full power is fatal. It attacks the souls of victims by the weights of their own sins. Man, This guy is a freaking onslaught of pain." Boomstick said.
"That's right, Boomstick." Wiz said. "Akuma lives for one thing and one thing only: Fighting. He travels the world day and night searching for worthy opponents. He's an unstoppable human holocaust, Losing only once to his brother Gouken. But after a brutal rematch…" Wiz started before stopping for a moment.
They then saw an image of Gouken's body slumped by a wall with a kanji symbol painted in blood above him. The students and heroes were horrified at the sight. Some of the students, like Mina, Uraraka, and Mineta, began feeling a little queasy and the heroes like Endeavor and Miruko growled in rage at seeing a Villain do such a thing, to their own brother no less.
"Oh hey look, he can finger paint." Boomstick jokingly said.
"Oh no, to soon, Boomstick! Too soon!" Honenuki said.
"Indeed..." Iida said grimly, the memories of his brother Tensei maimed by the Hero Killer: Stain flashed in his mind and left him feeling drowned in rage. He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked to see Asui, Uraraka, Izuku, and Todoroki looking at him worryingly but supportively. Iida snapped out of his rage and gave them a look of gratitude.
Kamakiri then voiced his thoughts with "Although to be fair, Boomstick could have tried to make a joke to give some levity over the depressing, horrifying scene."
The audience thought about it and agreed that it was possible.
"It was rumored that Akuma sacrificed his soul to a demon in exchange for the strength to defeat Gouken. But this has been declared non-canon." Wiz said.
"Akuma's got one major problem, though. His stamina is absolutely pathetic. He can dish out the pain, but he sure can't take it."Boomstick.
"It's crucial for Akuma to have total control over the fight. He takes an extremely offensive approach. Always moving, always attacking." Wiz explained.
"So he's sort of a glass cannon." Fatgum deduced. "He sacrificed defense over raw strength and power to defeat a foe as quickly as possible."
"Yeah." Ryukyu agreed. "It will probably be bad for him if he has to fight against someone who absorbs damage, like you Fat, or can attack from long range, like Endeavor."
"Though he also has that teleport ability, so he could maneuver his way out of long range attacks." Ectoplasm said.
"Yeah, Screw defense, give me more ways to hurt people!" Boomstick said excitedly.
Akuma: I am Akuma, and I will teach you the meaning of Pain!
The heroes and students had mixed feelings about the demonic-looking martial artist. Whilst some, like Bakugou, Kirishima, Tetsutetsu, and Endeavour respected his strength and power, they also found his weak stamina pathetic. Others like Izuku, All Might, Mirio, and Iida just saw the man as a demon of a man who was clearly despicable and not someone they want coming to their world anytime soon.
The video continued, moving into the next fighter.
The next combatant is an old man dress in a purple robe, but then they see a man younger man dressed in yellow pants and wearing a black mask that covered only his eyes...
Shang Tsung
(Cue Mortal Kombat Music!)
"Shang Tsung is the cunning sorcerer from Outworld and scheming pawn of Shao Kahn. He's extremely adept in magic and a well rounded fighter." Wiz explained.
"So we moved in from demon-looking martial artist to an evil sorcerer." Ojiro said. "I wonder what the connection between these two are that they are paired against each other?"
"Maybe it's simply because they are bad guys?" Sato said.
FLAMING SKULLS
Can Attack in Rounds of One, Two, or Three
Fire Damage
Swift and Deadly
Unlimited Supply of human scalps
"This guy can shoot flaming skulls, which is pretty awesome, but, where the heck does he keep them? I mean, seriously, how many skulls can a person carry around with them?" Boomstick asked.
"One word." Kyouka said. "Magic!" She jazzed hands, which made people chuckle.
"It's still kinda disturbing to have flaming skulls to fire." Ibarra said. "I don't even wish to fathom where he gets those from."
HOT ESCAPE
Teleport Ability
Extremely Fast
Wide Range
Burns Victims when Appearing Close Enough
Sucker Punch!
"Tsung can teleport around the battlefield with a special move called "Hot Escape"." Wiz explained.
"Wah! Sucker Punch, Bitch!" Boomstick said excited.
Most of the guys and girls laughed at that.
Sen after laughing said "So he also has a teleport ability, like Akuma's. That combined with his flaming skulls and Akuma will have a hard time in their fight."
MORPHING
Can Change into Anyone he Knows
Copies Abilities and Stats of Subject
Enables Hundreds of new Strategies
"He can morph into whoever he wants, giving him tons of skillsets, it's like fighting a hundred different foes combined into one." Wiz continued to explain.
"That's actually quite deadly." Jurota said.
"Reminds me of my quirk." Monoma said. "Except for the part where he can turn into other people."
"Plus with his shape-shifting, he could even use quirks that even you can't copy like Mutant quirks." Shinso stated.
"His ability also seems like Himiko Toga's quirk, in transforming into people." Eraserhead says. "Hopefully, Toga can't use other people's quirks of those she transforms into for all we know."
All Might and Izuku both were worried about this sorcerer and if he could use One For All if he could turn into one of them. A power like One For All in the hands of an evil sorcerer is a recipe for disaster.
"Man, I wish I can morph into anybody I wanted. I can have some fun with That!" Boomstick said.
Sensing the perverted tone of it, the teachers, heroes, and students groaned. Mineta however was envisioning the possibilities of being able to do that before he was knocked out by an uppercut from a pissed Bakugou.
STRAIGHT SWORD
About Three Feet Long
Secretly Hidden
Of Unknown Made
Prefers Fists and Magic Over Swordplay (Kirishima and Tetsutetsu approved, the fists part anyways)
"He also has a razor sharp Straight Sword, though he usually keeps it hidden for a surprise attack." Boomstick said.
"Shang Tsung possess one other strange, but useful ability. Long ago, when he was caught cheating in the Mortal Kombat Tournament, he was cursed, by the elder gods, to rapidly age until an untimely death." Wiz explained.
"Nice to see that even in other universes, karma is still around to cause cheaters like him the consequences they deserve." Itsuka said which they all agreed.
"The only way to prevent this fate would be to absorb the souls of his victims." Wiz said.
"WHAT?!" The heroes and students said with horror and shock.
SOUL STEAL
Sustains Youth
Restores Energy and Health
Gains Opponent's Memories and Skills
Uses Skills for Morphs
"He can literally eat your soul. Your soul! Not only can this heal him, but he also gets the memories from the souls he devoured." Boomstick explained.
"This helps him copy the move sets of other fighters as he morphs." Wiz said.
"It doesn't look like karma did its job correctly, Big Sis Kendo" Setsuna muttered grimly.
Now Izuku and All Might were sweating profusely at the thought of Shang Tsung stealing Deku's and perhaps the souls of the past One For All Users and using all of their quirks.
"So really, his curse became his deadliest weapon. *Sarcastic* Good punishment there, gods." Boomstick sarcasticly said.
"Yep, those gods don't seem too bright if that could happen." Kaminari said.
"You mean like you after you use your quirk." Kyouka said, the mental image of Kaminari's dunce face making everybody laugh slightly, much to Kaminari's pouting displeasure.
"While I find it resourceful to use one's debilitation as a weapon insightful and cunning, stealing souls of others to heal yourself is disgusting." Nezu said. Everyone agreed.
"Shang Tsung has lived and fought for over a thousand years. His sorcery, powers, and brutal fatalities are rivaled by few, and he's claimed the title of grand champion of Mortal Kombat several times. Almost bringing about the winning streak necessary to allow Shao Kahn to invade Earthrealm, key word being "almost"." Wiz said.
"Yeah, unfortunately for Shang Tsung, he actually pretty much sucks at accomplishing his goals. He's super powerful, but like most villains, he can never get around some goody-two-shoes getting in the way of global take-over." Boomstick said.
Whilst everyone was shocked at a guy being able to live over a thousands years, those who know of AFO taking it slightly better, and being so powerful, they were glad to know that there are still heroes that beat the villains in the end.
"His only notable victories have required treachery and deceit. But keep in mind, Tsung's not fighting any ordinary meat-heads. He's fighting demons, fellow sorcerers, and gods, and even in defeat, he somehow keeps coming back more lethal than ever." Wiz said.
Shang Tsung: *Pointing his finger at his opponent* You… will… DIE!
Everybody's feelings of Shang Tsung were less mixed than Akuma's. Whilst Akuma was a demon, monster of a man that kills his own brother, he still fights like an honorable warrior, at least from what they know, whilst Shang Tsung is a cheat, evil, and scheming villain that steals the souls of others. But they were understandably worried about how powerful he was that he was able to fight against demons and gods, if that was to be believed.
Izuku then said "Now I see why these two are paired to fight."
Everyone looked to the green-haired teen. Mirio asked "What is it?"
Izuku said "Other than the fact that they are both villains who have done horrible things, they also have a thing to do with souls. Akuma, from what is shown, attacks people's souls, especially with his Raging Demon attack, and uses his soul for power, whilst Shang Tsung uses souls to power himself and grow stronger. Plus they can also teleport and shoot flaming projectiles from their hands and still employ martial arts in their fights."
Everyone was impressed with Izuku's deductions, Endeavor and Bakugou more grudgingly than not, especially All Might, Nezu, and Momo, the later smiling warmly at one of the many reasons why she fell for the cinnamon roll.
Izuku noticed everybody's attention and started stuttering "I-I mean, I-I'm p-pretty sure that's it is!"
Everybody chuckled at his antics, and Momo sighed wistfully and fondly at yet another reason she, and the other girls, fell for him: his humbleness and cuteness.
"Alright the combatants are set, and we have run the data through all possibilities." Wiz said.
"It Time For a DEATH BATTLE!" Boomstick yelled out.
The screen froze and, just like what happened in the previous video, the 3D images of the combatants appeared and numbers flying around. As it stopped, the robotic voice spoke "SCANNING! SCANNING FOR MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS! SCANNING COMPLETE! AKUMA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: ALL FOR ONE aka ERROR! ERROR! TRUE IDENTITY CLASSIFIED BASED UPON CURRENT TIMELINE"
"WHAT?!" Everyone was shell shocked as the villain that nearly took down All Might was the counterpart to this demon of a man. They were all more terrified over the Symbol of Chaos for being an evil, monstrously powerful being in another universe and maybe more. They were also fearful of AFO could do the same island breaking feats of Akuma
All Might was straight horrified and furious that such a man as heinous and evil as AFO was able to live in another timeline and ruin the lives of others and murder his own brother just like he does in their own.
The robotic voice continued with "SHANG TSUNG! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: DR. DARUMA UJIKO AKA KYUDAI GARAKI!"
The audience was confused about the name, even more so when an image of an old man in a doctor's coat with weird green and gold glasses was shown. Well, all but one.
Izuku gasped in shock, standing straight from his seat and looking at the image in horror. Memories of the old man from when he was four flashes in his mind and the words the old man said that continue to haunt him.
'Sorry kid, it's not going to happen.'
Everyone looked to Izuku with surprise and concern. Uraraka asked "Deku? What's wrong?"
Izuku answered his horrified eyes still on the doctor "I know that man, from a long time ago."
All Might asked concern on his face "What do you mean Young Midoriya? How do you know that man?"
Izuku looked down, shadows covering his eyes. He then said "Do you guy's remember, how I said that my Quirk was a later bloomer?"
Everybody nodded, still confused and wondering how Izuku's quirk manifested longer than usual for it being so strong, with All Might, Bakugou, Nezu, Recovery Girl, and Bakugou knowing the truth.
Izuku continued "Well, when I was four and my Quirk didn't come out then, me and my mother went to see a doctor to find out my Quirk. He told me that I didn't have a Quirk, told me that I was Quirkless, something that I believed for most of my life."
Everybody was shocked and felt immediate pity for the boy, having to spend all your life thinking you are Quirkless when wanted to become a Hero.
Todoroki's eyes widened in realization and asked "Wait...Midoriya does that mean-"
Izuku cut him off by saying "That man is the same doctor. He told me then that I was Quirkless, to give up on my dream."
Reactions mixed from gasps of horror and realization, growls of anger and rage, and the crackle of tiny mini-explosions.
"WHERE IS THAT SON OF A BITCH?!" Bakugou yelled, for once angry over someone harming Deku. "THAT SICK FUCK IS GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE MEETING BETWEEN ME AND MY EXPLOSIONS!"
The girls of Class-1A and Nejire and Mei comforted the green bean, including Eri and Kota, as well as a supporting hand on the shoulder from Mirio, Kirishima, Iida, and Todoroki. The heroes were angry but also suspicious over something.
"Izuku, are you sure that that is the name of the man?" Nezu asked with a creeping feeling of unease.
Izuku gained an inquisitive look before saying "No, the doctor's name was Dr. Tsubasa, but I know for certain that that man and the one who tested on me are identical."
The heroes became more suspicious, from the fact that this man's counterpart was a heinous villain, the fact that he told a child to give up on his dream rather rudely, and the name said and the name of the doctor Izuku saw being different. Nezu decided with All Might that they would have Detective Tsukauchi investigate the man discreetly.
Meanwhile,
Unbeknownst to the heroes, said doctor, in his underground lab with his Highend Nomus was sneezing and feeling incredibly nervous for some strange reason.
At the same time in Tartarus Prison, a captured AFO was feeling a sense of unease and slight, unexplained annoyance over Dr. Ujicko. He also felt a tinge of rage over the doctor and concern over a certain someone but shrugged it off and continued to think.
Back at UA,
After that particular bombshell of reveals, they decided to continue on. They placed bets on who would win, though the votes were mixed, considering that they were both villains and one was the Symbol of Evil's counterpart and the other's counterpart was a man who hurt Izuku when he was a kid.
In the end, Ojiro, Sen, Izuku, Bakugou, Kirishima, Tetsutetsu, Tiger, Iida, Todoroki, Shinso, Uraraka, Momo, Asui, Mina, Torru, Kyouka, Nejire, Eri, Kota, Itsuka, and Mirio were the most notable bets for Akuma's victory.
Shang Tsung was voted by Monoma, Mineta, Kaminari, Sero, Endeavor, Snipe, Vlad King, Amajiki, and Shihai more notably. The girls had a slight bias towards Akuma, due to Shang stealing souls and his doctor counterpart hurting Izuku.
All Might declined to vote, refusing to vote for either a man who hurt Young Midoriya and could have contributed to his insecurities or his arch nemesis who killed his master and gave him his wound.
With all the bets in they played continue and watch the fight.
The video began with Akuma shuffling onto the screen, prepared for a fight, before he sensed something and jumped away from where he stood.
Where he stood suddenly was engulfed in flames as a Shang Tsung teleported onto the field. They faced each other, their red health bars appearing the sides, prepared to fight.
FIGHT!
Shang Tsung immediately fired a Flaming Skull at Akuma, who jumped high in the air and dodged the attack. He then fired two Hadokens in mid-air towards Shang Tsung, who crossed his arms and blocked the attack.
However, Akuma landed and performed a leg sweep attack that caught Tsung off guard. Akuma continued and struck with a Hurricane kick and then a Shyoruken launching Shang to the sky.
"Woah, Akuma's really laying it on him." Sen said. "His attack speed and strength is impressive."
Tiger spoke up saying "He distracted Shang Tsung with his fireballs and then caught him off guard with a flurry of attacks."
Akuma jumped up and performed a mid-air hurricane kick on the still mid-air sorcerer, struck with a downward elbow and then fired a Shinku Hadoken onto Shang. The attack send the sorcerer flying onto the floor, half of his health already gone.
"Wow." Tokoyami said. "That was rather quick. Half of his health is already gone."
Shihai responded "They did say that Akuma was all about speed and power, so that could be a problem for Shang Tsung."
"WOW!" Kirishima said excited. "THAT WAS FREAKING MANLY AS HELL!"
"I AGREE! SUPER MANLY!" Tetsutetsu agreed.
Akuma walked over to the downed Shang Tsung but before he could deliver the final blow, Shang Tsung glowed green and transformed into a yellow and black clad ninja.
People were confused about who this person was but decided to continue and ask questions later. Shang Tsung as the yellow and black clad ninja rolled away and fired off a spear pointed blade connected by a chain wire towards Akuma saying the signature "GET OVER HERE!"
The attack connected, a burst of blood shooting out as it struck in his chest. Akuma was dragged towards the sorcerer who uppercutted him into the air. As he did, a random man came out a yelled in a high pitch voice: "TOASTY!"
Everybody laughed at the strange, sudden yet hilarious thing that happened.
Shang Tsung reverted back to normal and raised his hands as Akuma was coming towards the ground. Pillar of exploding fire spring out of the ground and blasted Akuma into the air til he was behind Shang. Akuma grappled onto Shang's backside, rolled and tossed the sorcerer away.
Akuma teleported behind Tsung and attempted to kick him, which the sorcerer blocked. Akuma fired a fireball at the sorcerer who teleported away and slashed him in the back with his straight sword.
"Looks like Shang Tsung is giving Akuma a hard time." Snipe said.
As Akuma was distracted by pain, Tsung picked him up by the collar and they started glowing green showing that Shang was stealing Akuma's soul. Shang Tsung's health rose while Akuma's decreased.
"Oh Well That's Not Good!" Present Mic shouted out.
"Shut up." Eraser groaned at his loud voice.
"He is right though." Midnight said. "Shang Tsung is gaining health and stealing Akuma's soul."
Before Akuma's health dropped to zero, the demon martial artist broke free and slammed his fist to the ground, causing a shockwave that blasted the sorcerer away and attacked him till all his new health was gone, till they were even.
"YEAH EXPLOSION FIST FOR THE SAVE!" Bakugou yelled out.
"They are all tied up in health." Iida commented. "Things could go either way."
"Don't forget that Tsung absorbed some of Akuma's soul." Ojiro said. "I won't be surprised if-"
The video cut him off by Shang Tsung transform himself into Akuma himself.
"-That happens." Ojiro completes with a sweat drop at the timing.
The two readied themselves and left up into the air, the two moving in slow motion. Until they connected and attacked and blocked at high speeds that many of the students and even heroes lost track.
"Woah they are really going at it." Midnight said.
"This is so Intense!" Present Mic shouted much to Eraser's annoyance.
"They are evenly matched, in both power and speed now." All Might commented.
Until Shang Tsung-Akuma punched the real Akuma into the ground and prepared his own explosion fist.
"Looks like Shang is going to win." Sato said.
Izuku knowing otherwise said "No, Akuma just won."
They looked to him with confusion. Bakugou yelled at Deku "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT DEKU! THAT ONE THAT IS STANDING IS CLEARLY SHANG TSUNG! HOW DID YOU MIX THE TWO UP!"
Deku didn't react to his yelling much to his and everyone surprise and replied "I know which is which, Kacchan, but even still just watch and see."
As Shang was preparing to strike at the downed Akuma, the martial artist killing machine picked himself back up and teleported to Shang Tsung as he was prepared to strike. Then the screen turned pitch black.
Everyone was confused at what happened until the flashes of purple flames appeared in rapid succession. Akuma used the Raging Demon. When the screen showed color again, Akuma was standing with his back turned to them, with his back symbol glowing and the false Akuma reverting back into a dead Shang Tsung.
K.O.
Everyone was shocked and monetarily frozen at the speed of events, but recovered and clapped for Akuma's victory, reluctant as it may be. Bakugou was still frozen, mostly due to him mentally berating himself for making himself look foolish compared to Deku. Kirishima and Tetsutetsu cheered and roared out that that was manly.
"Oh, man. That was way too close!" Boomstick excitedly said.
"Ya think." Snipe said. "I guess this battle took more precedence on speed and who could land the final move than anything else."
"While defense is important to have to withstand any blows that you could suffer and outlast you opponents, strength and speed are also crucial in making sure you defeat the foe as quickly as possible, else he could harm further civilians and property." Nezu wisely said.
"No kidding, Boomstick! Akuma's raw power and speed pressed a distinct advantage early on. But Tsung's own cleverness and wide array of skills quickly even the odds." Wiz explained.
"It looked like Akuma had the whole thing wrapped up, but Tsung's morphing skills saved his ass." Boomstick said.
"Akuma's pride for battle almost cost his life, as he stopped to see if his new face was worth a challenge." Wiz said.
Fatgum and Kirishima both recalled their fight with Rappa and compared that statement from Wiz to then.
"After switching up strategies, Tsung managed to steal enough of Akuma's soul for some extra health and new abilities." Boomstick said.
"But, it wasn't enough. In the end Akuma's skills as a fighter proved unmatched." Wiz said.
"I mean, Tsung loses to Liu Kang all the time, and compared to Akuma, Liu Kang's the nicest guy in the world. There is no way he could take Akuma's constant punishment." Boomstick said.
They saw an image of a shirtless, young Chinese man with long black hair, black pants, and a red belt and head band. This must be Liu Kang.
As Tsung isn't used to winning on his own, he wasn't perfect on delivering the final blow." Wiz explained. "Leaving him wide open for the experienced Akuma to unleash his ultimate weapon."
"The Raging Demon of Instant-Hell-Murder-Awesomeness!" Boomstick said excitedly.
Most of the boys chuckled at Boomstick's excitement and funny lines. The heroes nodded their heads at their analysis, especially when even if you can copy someone's powers it takes skill and practice to make them truly effective.
"And so Shang Tsung fell once again releasing his devoured souls, again." Wizard said.
Everybody liked that part of how Akuma unintentionally did good by releasing all those captured souls, most which probably were probably of good people. All Might smiled as well, with a small part of his smile being vindictive at the slight sick thought that AFO would Absolutely Hate to do something like that.
"Look's like Shang is all souled out! Ha ha, get it, Wiz?" Boomstick asked his co-host.
The same mix of groans and laughter occurred from the bad joke.
"The winner is Akuma." Wiz said.
Despite the two combatants being villains, they enjoyed the fight, and were satisfied at having learned new techniques to learn and copy off.
"Next time on Death Battle." They hear Boomstick said.
The music was composed of angelic choir along with brass instruments. The contestant was another female combatant wearing a skin tight, red and blue outfit, with stars on them, as well wearing metal bracelets on her wrists and wearing a golden tiara on her head. She sports long black hair that flows past her shoulders. Her stern face is beautiful to the male, and some female, eye and she also has soul piercing blue eyes.
Unknown: Goodnight Sugar.
Mineta was drooling like a pig and almost hounded Mei to play the next video. He was tied back to his seat thanks to Sero and a slightly pissed off Izuku, which they found kind of terrifying.
Izuku strapped Mineta onto the seat, and spoke to Mineta with a smiling, yet terrifying face. He said in a sickly sweet voice that was also cold enough for Todoroki to shiver. "Now Mineta, here is how this will work. You shape up, calm down, and stop with your disgusting, perverse actions or there will be consequences. And if I hear so much as one perverted peep out of you about the girls, the video, or any fucking thing, I will use you as target practice for when I try out that Shyoruken and let Kacchan blast you away for as long as he wants."
He opened his closed eyes to stare at Mineta with cold, glowing eyes. "Do. I. Make. Myself. Clear?!"
Mineta nodded his head in lightspeed, so terrified that he started crying out blood and his pants felt warm and wet.
Izuku returned to his regular cheerful self and said "Ok."
He walked back, unaware of the fearful looks that everyone was giving him. While the girls and heroines were glad that Izuku put the pervert in his place, they were completely terrified at Izuku's change in demeanor. It was almost like they saw a glimpse of a villainous form of Izuku himself.
The guys were likewise shaking in fear of the cinnamon roll, with Todoroki and even Bakugou shivering in terror. The heroes themselves were stunned at the perhaps most promising and heroic out of all the students look and act out like that that they were praying to whatever god existed thank you's for having this kid want to be a hero.
All Might'a mind flashed to AFO for a second when he saw Deku's chilling smile and eyes. He shook his head and immediately erased the absurd, yet true, comparison from his mind.
Meanwhile,
Said compared villain suddenly felt a surge of vindictive pleasure and pride go through him that made him smile. He didn't know why he was feeling like this but he decide to go along with it, hoping that it was a jab at All Might, at the very least.
Notes:
AAAAAAAAANNNNNNNDDDDDD SCENE! Oh boy, I bet you guys didn't expect that last part, did ya? Expect for Mineta to under constant surveillance next video.
Also, yeah that was a little OCC of Izuku, but what better way to scare Mineta, and the others, shitless by having Izuku go off like that. As much as Izuku and Shigaraki are dark reflections of each other, Izuku and AFO are also reflections of the other. AFO is obsessed with Quirks, a cruel and dark mastermind, and we have little to no idea of who he really is or what he looked like before he became a potato. As for Izuku, he loves Quirks and analyzes them to great detail that most find startling, he is incredibly analytical and smart, and, conveniently, we have no idea what Hiashi Midroiya looks like or if he really is in America. Horikoshi said we will be introduced to him in the future, but maybe not in the way that we expect.
Also my reasoning for the counterparts: For AFO as Akuma, it makes sense. After all the battle between Akuma and Gouken, along with their conflict of morals and the lights and dark side of their martial arts is similar in sense to not only Star Wars but the clash between AFO and OFA. Plus, it also theorized that Akuma is Ryu's father just as much as AFO is theorized as Izuku's father.
And as for Dr. Ujiko as Shang Tsung, one is an evil doctor that has experimented and possibly killed heroes, villains, and civilians alike to stockpile their Quirks for AFO, is a servant and right-hand man of AFO, and created the Nomu, whilst Shang Tsung is an evil sorcerer that steals the souls and powers of fallen Kombatants for his own, was mostly a servant under Shao Kahn, and is infamous for creating other monstrosities and fellow Kombatants such as Mileena and Ermac. Plus, I thought that the inclusion of the Doctor would be a fun way to tie into canon on how the heroes got the info on the Doctor like with Kurogiri.
Also, hope you guys liked how I incorporated more of a few of Nezu's reasoning for watching Death Battle, to study the villains of the multiverse on the prospect that they learn multidimensional travel and travel to their world and have the students learn new ways to incorporate their Quirks. Like imagine Iida doing the Hurrican Kick or Deku performing the famous Shoryuken.
Anyways, that's all from me for now! I hope you guys liked the chapter and how this story is going, comment your thoughts down below, constructive criticism is always welcome, keep yourselves safe and healthy, and read my other stories if you like.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and I will see you in the next chapter! BYE BYE!
Chapter 4: Rogue vs Wonder Woman
Summary:
The Heroes watch as Heroes fight to the death, and Mineta fights against himself.
Notes:
HOWA YA DOING MY BOYS AND GIRLS! ZAYDEN STORMVOID HERE WITH ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE!
But don't get too comfy with these quick updates. As I said in previous chapters and stories, I've already pre-written and rewritten chapters of this and Welcome to the MCU before I posted them during an experimental phase. But I didn't pre-write all of them, so you might see more slower updates around Chapter 12 I think. But just because they will be slower than these once a day updates, doesn't mean that I will give up on them.
Anyways, last chapter the group watch Villains duke it out, now its time to see fellow Heroes fight to the bitter end. Just be warned that this battle isn't one of my favorites, especially with the flimsy excuse to match these fighters together.
But anyways, here is an index:
"Zayden."- Normal dialogue
'Zayden.'- Mental or Internal dialogue
"Zayden."- Wizard dialogue
"Zayden."- Boomstick or All Might buff form dialogue
"Zayden."- Device or combatant dialogue
And as always, I don't own My Hero Academia, Death Battle, or the fandoms that will be represented in this and future chapters. My Hero belongs to Horikoshi and Bones Studios, Death battle belongs to their channel, and the fandoms belong to their creators and others.
Now, It's TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
After the group calmed down and quickly tried to erase the Izuku that they saw, they quickly played the next video.
"Superheroines. Millions have been drawn to these modern myths of comic book lore." Wizard starts.
The heroes and students were excited that instead of morally questionable mercenaries and vile villains, that they now can see actual superheroes taking each other on. The Death part of Death Battle made them feel for a moment guilty for wishing a fight between superheroes to the death but they remembered that they are mere simulations to see which one is superior.
Anyways, the girls and superheroines were super excited at the mention of having this fight between two female superheroes and see which had the greatest girl power.
The boys were just as curious as their female counterparts but quickly tried to reign in any impulse or thought that could even be slightly perverse, less they get targeted by Izuku's wrath like Mineta. Bakugou was the only one not worried because he knows that no matter how hot the female will be that he won't go drooling like his pig of a classmate.
"Or you could, uh, just to be drawn the way they're drawn." Boostick says, perversion in every word on his every phrase.
The boys could not say the same for Boomstick. The girls were already getting annoyed at Boomstick's perverted phrasing and they felt that they will have to put up with it for the rest of the video.
"Like Anna Marie, the Rougue..." Wiz introduces the first character.
"And Diana Prince, the Wonder Woman." Boomstick introduces the second.
"He's Boomstick and I'm Wizard." Wiz introduces himself and his partner.
"And we're here to watch two chicks duke it out! CATFIGHT!" Boomstick yelled excitedly.
"Boomstick! Behave yourself!" Iida said.
Sero said "Um Iida, you know he can't hear you, it's just a video, right?"
Iida blushed embarrassed and sat back down, much to everyone's amusement.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills..." Wiz started before Boomstick interrupts him.
"And maybe a few other things." Boomstick said.
Cue the groans from 90% of the viewing audience.
"To find out who would win, a Death Battle." Wizard continued.
Rogue
The first contestant is a young, attractive woman wearing a green and grey mixed skintight suit. Her hair is curly and brown with big white streaks in it. They all found her quite attractive and wondered what her powers were.
"Owen and Priscilla lived in a back-to-nature hippie commune in Caldecott County, Mississippi. Here they gave birth to Anna Marie who enjoyed the attention of her Aunt Carrie, from her mother's side. The commune's failed attempt to use Native American mysticism to reach the Far Banks resulted Priscilla's disappearance." Wiz explained.
They all felt for the future heroine, knowing that losing the life of a family member is devastating. The one who could understand it most currently were Iida, Mirio, and All Might.
Iida knew how it felt to nearly loose someone close to you, such as when his brother was maimed and nearly killed by Stain. He couldn't fully sympathize with fully losing a relative but if it was anything close to his own experience of nearly losing Tensei, then he could feel for her.
Mirio has the same thoughts in mind with the death of Sir Nighteye. Mirio knew how it felt to lose someone close to him upon Sir's death, who was like a father or uncle to him. Mirio also knew that Eri would likely feel the same when she finds out about her own parents, but that's a story to tell some other time.
All Might also knew what it was like to lose someone close to you. He has suffered with both his predecessor, Nana Shimira, who was like a mother to him, and Sir Nighteye, a brother in everything but blood.
"They were probably so high at the time that they didn't notice she was gone." Boomstick said.
"That was a little insensitive don't you think?" Torru said, flinching slightly.
Miruko voice her thoughts with "They tried to perform a Native American mystic ritual and they are hippies. Doesn't sound like something one does when sober."
"Carrie took over Anna's care and, in her grief at the loss of her sister, was strict and authoritarian guardian. Anna Marie was a rebellious child and her equally poor relationship with her father prompted her to run away from her home as a young teenager. This prompted her nickname "Rogue"." Wiz continued to explain.
Already they were feeling that she has had a difficult life, and felt like things were only getting worse.
"At some point, Rogue grew close to Cody Robbins. In the heat of the moment, Rogue kissed Cody. For some reason, her latent mutant power emerged, and Cody was left in a coma. Traumatized by the experience, Rogue decided to pack up and leave." Boomstick continued to explain.
"And just when you think it can't get any worse, you have putting your crush in a coma by kissing him." Kaminari said, wincing at what she must have gone through.
"Mutant?" Momo questioned. "Could it be related to Quirks?"
Nezu chimed in with "Actually, back when Quirks started appearing, Mutants was one of the throwaway suggestions to call these superpowers individuals but they decided to go with Quirks. I'm not sure if it was meant to ease the the public by making it sound more natural or meant as a stigma to ostracize those with Quirks."
Izuku spoke up with "As for it being related to Quirks, it may be. Boomstick said Mutant genes, which points it out to be a biological evolutionary factor rather than bioengineered or magical."
"Fancy words and history lesson aside, I feel for the girl." Mina said. "Couldn't have been easy to have such a hard life and then have your crush get hurt because of you. I know that's how I felt when I kissed my first boy."
"Wait what?!" Class-1A said. Izuku momentarily flinched as well and had a nasty feeling in his chest at hearing Mina kissed a guy.
"I didn't know you dated a guy before." Torru said. "What happened?"
"It was just a crush, my first crush really, nothing too special. And we weren't dating either, it was just flirting." Mina explained, trying to not let the others get the wrong idea, especially Izuku. "But we did kissed and I accidentally activated my Quirk and burned his lips. He didn't speak to me ever again and I felt terrible."
"Well you shouldn't!" Izuku said, surprising Mina. "It wasn't your fault that you couldn't control your Quirk back then, and if he did blame you then he wasn't worth the time!"
They were shocked that Izuku would say anything so harsh on a random guy, but Mina blushed and had tears fill her eyes.
Kirishima voices in too saying "Yeah, it was an accident! If he didn't have the stones to face you or forgive you for an honest mistake, then he's not a real Man!"
Everybody agreed with Izuku and Kirishima, Mina tearing up more and thanking the two, with Mina holding her friendship with Kirishima more dear to her and her love for Izuku Midoriya growing more than ever.
"Not that this isn't sweet and anything, but are we going to have a cry-fest or are we going to watch a Death Battle?!" Miruko shouted out.
"I AGREE WITH BUNNY EARS! QUICK THE SOB FEST AND CONTINUE THE DAMN VIDEO ALREADY!" Bakugou yelled out a more impatient, vulgar version of Miruko's words.
After some time finding herself, she finally found her place among the X-men."
PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES
Height: 5'8''
Weight: 120 lbs.
Eyes: Green
Hair: Brown with white streak
"Rogue has possessed a variety of different powers over the years." Wiz said. "For this duel, in particular, we will use the most well known version; the original iteration from the comics and television show."
"Wait she has had more than one power?" Kirishima asked. "Like more than one Quirk?"
"It could be a hybrid quirk of two different Quirks, similar to mine." Todoroki implied.
"Or it could be that he is talking about multiple versions of Rogue from alternate multiverses or sources. He did say that they are using data from different sources." Izuku said.
POWER ABSORPTION
Activated Through Contact
Absorbs Memories, Talents, Personalities and Abilities
Temporary Transfer
Can Use Copied Abilities
Can be Lethal Through Prolonged Contact
"Her deadliest weapon is her own skin. With just a touch, she absorbs a person's memories, talents, personalities, and abilities, whether superhuman or not, to use for herself." Wiz explained.
"Sounds like a more powerful version of your Quirk, Monoma." Itsuka stated.
"Perhaps." Monoma said. "I could only copy a person's quirk, excluding energy-storage based quirks, hold only a few at a time, and then use them for 5 minutes. She seems to be able to absorb their memories and skills to use their powers properly as well, while I have to use a person's quirk in the most basic level."
"Plus, her version harms the individual when she does it. Not sure if that's considered a plus or curse?" Shinso said.
"I'm guessing that it depends on the individual she is absorbing. If it is a fellow hero then it could be problematic, especially long term use that can be fatal, but for a Villain, it could make them incapacitated easily." Momo deduced.
"To bad it knocks them out cold, and if she holds on long enough, it's game over." Boomstick said.
"See?" Momo pointed. Nezu smiled. He definitely is going to find a way to have Ms. Yaoyorozo join Midoriya in their after-school analysis classes.
"Tenacious foes, like Juggernaut, can resist it, but in the end, no one is safe from Rogue's parasitic touch. For every second of contact, Rogue can keep these powers for a full minute. Though sometimes, there's unforeseen side effects." Wiz explained.
"Ok, that is stupidly overpowered." Setsuna said. "Unless the lethal side effects take seconds as well, then she basically can hold someone for 10 seconds and use their powers twice as long as Monoma can."
MS. MARVEL'S POWERS
Super Strength
Flight at Subsonic Speed
Near-Invulnerability
Enhanced Reflexes
Telepathic Resistance
Seventh Sense
"She held on to Ms. Marvel for so long she absorbed her powers permanently. Now, she's got super strength, speed, and near invulnerability. Not that I blame her, though. I'd be holding on to Ms. Marvel for as long as I could. Plus, when she's unconscious I could…" Boomstick started before being stop by Iida and Wiz.
"WOAH WOAH WOAH! TMI!" Kaminari said.
"BOOMSTICK! THIS IS HIGHLY UNETHICAL AND SEXIST OF YOU TO SAY!" Iida screamed out.
Sero mumbled out to Kirishima "Did he forget what I said a few minutes ago?"
Kirishima shrugged and said "Whatever man, just let him do his thing. Trying to get him to stop would be like trying to force Midoriya to stop mumbling or Bakugou to stop yelling all the time."
Bakugou replied to that with "DID YOU DAMN EXTRAS FORGET THAT I'M SITTING RIGHT NEXT YOU?!"
They continued on with the video, most getting rather annoyed at Boomstick's increased perversion in think his video.
"She's also gained a seventh sense, the ability to subconsciously predict her opponents' move."
"But her seventh sense doesn't always seems to work. That or the writers forget about it, 'cause Rogue gets her ass kicked a lot."
"For plot convenience." Wiz answered.
"First of all, lame." Kaminari said. "Second of all writers?"
The video paused with the robotic voice of the box saying: "NOTE: MANY OF THE UNIVERSES SHOWN ARE ALSO SHOWN IN WIZ AND BOOMSTICK'S UNIVERSE IN THE FORM OF COMICS, T.V. SHOWS, AND MOVIES. MOST OF THE WRITERS AND SHOWRUNNERS OF SAID FORMS OF INFORMATION HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT UNCONSCIOUSLY PEER INTO THE MULTIVERSE AND PASS THEM OFF AS FICTION! WIZ SUSPECTED THIS AND MANAGE TO CREATE THE TECHNOLOGY TO PROPERLY VIEW THE MULTIVERSE IN A MORE COHERENT FORM."
Satisfied, yet still slightly confused the specifics of the mechanics of their world, they decided to continue.
"And damn, she's got a hot ass." Boomstick said out of nowhere.
"What?" Wiz said dumbfounded.
Cue 95% of audience groaning at Boomstick's perverted comments. Mineta agreed and would have voiced it if he didn't have the watchful glare of Izuku and Bakugou still looking at him. Kaminari noticed their glares at Mineta and slightly praised himself for, while admittingly more perverted than most of his classmates, that he wasn't as perverted or desperate as Mineta.
"Never mind!" Boomstick corrects himself.
"Ain't that enough?" Rogue says.
The heroes found her Mutant ability to be quite useful, especially for incapacitating villains with just simple touch and being the bonus of having enough power to fight without resorting to just power absorption.
Nejire asked "Wait, about her powers from that Ms. Marvel person, how was she able to gain those powers permanently? How long did she hold onto Ms. Marvel? How did Ms. Marvel survive? Can there be probably other people she can absorb to fully gain their powers without killing them?"
Everybody sweat dropped at Nejire's rapid fire questions but did not expect for Izuku to answer her.
Izuku said "Well Wiz did say that they were side-effects, so maybe there was something in Ms. Marvel's biology and powers that allowed her to survive for so long for Rogue to fully gain her powers. Also Wiz did say that people can resist, so they could either resist her powers fully or resist being incapacitated or suffer lethal injury for longer than most."
Kota managed to stop the two from diving into mumble question fest by splashing the two with water. It made everybody laugh and the afflicted people to realize their relative closeness, that being a few inches from their noses touching and quickly backed up. Izuku went as bright as a tomato while Nijire blushed hard but smiled at her progress of being closer to the cinnamon roll.
The video continued with the next combatant:
Wonder Woman
The next combatant was wearing a red and blue outfit with stars on her blue parts and a golden eagle on the W of her outfit over her large breasts. She wore red and white boots, a golden, glowing lasso on her side, and a golden tiara on her head. She had a waterfall of raven black hair that seem to shine and wave with perfect elegance and her Amazonian form and shine was simply stunning and powerful.
Most of the males in the room were blushing at the sight of the woman with the beauty of a goddess. Even the likes of Todoroki and Bakugou were not immune to the woman's beauty, blushing and trying to hide or shake it off. Izuku was likewise star struck at the woman's divine-like beauty and the power and presence that she shone with but tried to shaking off the feeling, not wanting to be a hypocrite by being just like Mineta.
Said grape-headed teen was going mentally crazy and was almost willing to say 'Fuck it' to Izuku's warning if his smiling, dark face and the prospect of both him and Bakugou beating him to a purple pulp didn't settle down the boner he had. Though since his max length was about 2 inches, nobody would probably notice.
"To the uneducated nerd, Wonder Woman may seem a cheap clone of Superman." Wiz began.
"With superboobies!" Boomstick says once again out of nowhere.
Kaminari actually had a nose bleed and asked for napkins, trying to pass it off as accidentally hitting his nose, but everyone and even himself didn't it, but didn't blame him. Not even the girls. Momo made some napkins for him, to which he thanked her.
"But in reality, she's a whole different story. Created from earth, born by gods, trained by ancient warriors…" Wiz started.
"Maker of Wonder Bread!, designer of the Wonderbra!" Boomstick continued for Wizard.
Cue now 99% of the audience groaning at the perverted string of comment from Boomstick.
"Boomstick, that's not true!" Wiz tried correcting his co-host.
"See, I can do it too Wiz." Boomstick said.
"Wonder Woman is the incredibly powerful and near invincible ambassador of Themyscira, and self-appointed protector of the Earth." Wiz continued to explain.
"So she acts as both a hero and an ambassador of this Themyscira." Ryukyu said. "Admirable."
"But what the hell is this Themyscira anyway?" Mt. Lady asked.
Momo answered with "Its a magical island in Greek mythology that is said to be home of the Amazons, godly warriors that serve the gods of Olympus."
Everyone looked at Creati with raised eyebrows, where she said embarrassed "I like to read."
"And she dresses like a stripper, a patriotic stripper." Boomstick says.
"Ok even thought that is still perverted to say, he isn't exactly wrong." Death Arms says.
Mt. Lady said in reply "Doesn't sound like a very sensible thing a hero to do. Flaunting off your goods so easily."
Midnight interrupted with "Says the hussy that flaunts her ass whenever she wants attention."
Mt. Lady yelled back "HEY YOU ARE NOT ONE TO TALK, YOU WHORE!"
Midnight yelled back "WHAT DID YOU SAY, YOU LITTLE BRAT!"
As the two pro heroines started their own catfight, Momo and Torru both quietly sunk deeper in their seat so that no one can refer to them and Momo's more revealing suit, whilst Hagakure is just essentially naked all the time.
They noticed a pair of eyes on them, that being Izuku. He simply made a shh sign with his finger and mouth and a zipping the lips sign. Both Momo and Torru smile appreciably.
"I have to say that the glamour of red and blue, and the stars, is simply magnifique!" Aoyama
"Yeah, patriotic stripper look aside, it actually reminds me All Might's look, mainly the red, white, and blue." Izuku said.
Said former pro suddenly turned into his buffed form and said "HA HA HA! I AM GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE ARE OTHERS OUT THERE THAT SHARE IN THE SAME STYLE AS ME! HA HA *bleugh*" All Might reverted back to his weakened state and coughed a bit of blood.
MASTER COMBATANT
Trained Since Childhood
Born From Clay
Skilled at Armed and Unarmed Combat
Prefers Fist Over Blades
The Best of The Amazons
"Diana Prince has been trained by the amazons as a master combatant since childhood. she dueled the best of the best for the right to be crowned Wonder Woman." Wiz said.
While everyone found it weird for her to be born out of clay, they couldn't deny the skill and prowess that the female superhero had.
"That's rather admiring." Itsuka said. "She didn't became Wonder Woman for her powers and strength, but rather because she earned it."
Izuku and All Might looked at each other, with the former pro giving the kid and smirk and a thumbs up. Izuku smiled.
"Her unearthly powers are divine, granted by ancient Greek gods and goddesses." Wiz revealed.
POWERS FROM DEMETER
Superhuman Strength
Superhuman Durability: Resists all but Blades and Bullets
Magic resistance
Enhanced Healing Factor
"From Demeter, she received superhuman strength and durability."
"And you know that bitch mailman god with the wingy shoes?" Boomstick asked slightly miffed.
"Hermes?" Wiz and Iida say at the same time.
"Whoa, Iida you know about Hermes?" Izuku asked.
Iida replied "Hermes was one of the main inspirations of the Iida families hero costume designs. I also find Hermes magic powers over speed to be similar in many regards to me and my family's Quirks. Plus I am as well educated in mostly in Greek and Norse mythology."
Momo smiled and said "That's great Iida. I am particularly interested in most Greek mythology, as well as Roman, and Egyptian."
"So am I!" Izuku said with enthusiasm. "I'm a huge fan of the Tales of the Trials of Hercules and the Gigantomachi War. I also love Greek, Norse, Egyptian, and Japanese. Maybe we can discuss sometime in a club."
Iida and Momo found it a great idea but decided to talk about it later.
POWERS FROM HERMES
Flight up to Mach-5 Speed
Superhuman Reflexes: Faster than Superman
Superhuman Speed: Up to Hyper-Sonic
"Whatever. He gave Wonder Woman the ability to fly and move at hypersonic speeds."
"Wow." Asui said "Looks like she can go faster than you Iida." The mentioned engine Quirk use me was currently waving his arm robotically at hyper speeds with a look of shock.
OTHER POWERS
Enhanced Sight, Smell, Hearing, Touch, Taste
Multi-Lingual
Increased Wisdom
Superior Empathy
Animal Rapport (Koda liked this especially)
Other Useless Stuff
"She was given numerous other powers from enhanced senses, animal rapport, and blessings of wisdom and empathy." Wiz says
"Hah!" Bakugou yelled out "I like how they just have the balls to put other useless stuff!"
"Still with such an arsenal of abilities and skills, she is quite powerful." Itsuka said.
Nezu also liked the increased wisdom and wouldn't mind having a battle of wits with the Amazon princess.
"Besides the obvious cannons resting right below her neck, she's got pretty bizarre mixed weaponry." Boomstick joked.
Cue the groans of over 99% of the audience, now including loud facepalm slaps.
LASSO OF TRUTH
Forged by Hephaestus
Unbreakable
Infinitely Elastic
Forces Prisoners to Tell the Truth
"Her Lasso of Truth is a piece of unbreakable string that, well, makes you tell the truth." Boomstick said.
"What other depraved thoughts must you be thinking?" Diana's mother, Hippolyta, asked a man tied up in the Lasso of Truth.
"God, your daughter's got a nice rack." said the tied up man, Col. Steve Trevor.
"Hell yeah, she does!" Boomstick loudly proclaimed.
Bakugou looked over to Mineta, swearing he also heard Mineta say the exact same thing. Mineta just whistled silently with a look of innocence, but Bakugou gave him a seething glare and an 'I've got my eye on you' expression.
"That lasso could be quite useful in interrogating villains." Snipe said
Nezu almost leaped in surprise and joy at the mention of a tool as useful as that, and silently prayed to whatever god existed to help him in his search for something that to find the leak.
BOOMERANG TIARA
Returns After Each Use
Razor-Sharp Edge
Can Cut Through Most Substances
"She uses her tiara as a long range throwing weapon, using it's razor sharp edge to slice open her enemies' throats." Wiz said.
"She uses a girly accessory as a weapon? That's so lame!" Bakugo said groaning.
"How about you say that when she is tossing that to your face, Bakadocuhe?!" Mina said.
"IS THAT A CHALLENGE I HEAR, ALIEN BITCH?!" Bakugou explodes out.
BRACELETS OF SUBMISSION
Indestructible
Formed From the Aegis of Zeus
Blocks Blades, Bullets, Beams, and other attacks
Can Discharge Lightning
"Wonder Babe wears the Bracelets of Submission, indestructible steel gauntlets forged from the remains of Zeus' legendary Aegis. These babies can block all sorts of attacks." Boomstick said.
"Ok, even I can admit that those are awesome." Bakugou admitted.
"And they can discharge Lightning?!" Kaminari said excitingly. "Now that's awesome!"
"Hmm I wonder if I can do that with my Iron?" Tetsutetsu mumbled out.
"She has persevered throughout the years, fighting a huge variety of foes, even killing the Greek God of War, Ares." Wiz revealed.
"Here that, Kratos. A chick beat you to it!" Boomstick said
"What?! She killed Ares?! That incredible!" Momo said shocked.
"But who is Kratos?" Uraraka asked.
"He's a spirit or god of strength and power and a son of Zeus, but I don't believe I have ever read a part of Greek mythology that had Kratos trying to kill Ares." Izuku said
"Alright the combatants are set. let's end this debate once and for all." Wiz says.
"Now it's time for a catfight Death Battle!" Boomstick excitedly yelled.
The video paused as it was canning for multiversal counterparts like always where the heroes and students discussed the two combatants.
"Sounds to me that this Wonder Chick is going to win easy if she managed to defeat the God of War himself." Miruko stated.
"I would agree, with her being powered by the gods, but I feel that Rogue stands for a chance at winning." Endeavor said.
"How do you figure?" Snipe asked.
"It's simple." Endeavor said. "Despite the use of the lasso and tiara as her only projectile or long ranged weapons, it seems this Wonder Woman mostly fights hand to hand, and against someone who can beat you with but a mere touch, it might only take only touch."
"Plus, Wonder Woman's lack of clothing, especially in her arms and legs, allows for Rogue to have an easier time to have skin to skin contact." Midnight pointed out.
"And Rogue's increased senses will aide her in avoiding and predicting Wonder Woman's attacks." Cementoss added. "Plus if she does absorb Wonder Woman's powers, combined with her own, then she could overpower easily."
The robotic voice, finished scanning, said "SCANNING COMPLETE! ROGUE! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: TORRU HAGAKURE!"
"Nice Torru!" Mina exclaimed. "It's your turn! And you are a powerful heroine at that!"
"It's kinda sad though." Kaminari said. "Hagakure is stuck being invisible so no one can see what she looks like while this one can't actually touch anyone she likes because they could get hurt."
The room was silent. They then heard sniffles and saw Hagakure's floating clothes shaking, indicating that she was starting to cry. This resulted in the girls immediately cheering up Hagakure and a certain green bean to lose his shit.
He zipped towards the electrification user and grabbed him by the collar, a dark aura around him and rage in his eyes. Izuku yelled out "APOLOGIZE RIGHT NOW OR I SWEAR THAT YOU WILL JOIN MINETA IN KACCHAN'S PUMMELING SESSION WITH ME AS BACKUP!"
Kaminari shook with fear and then as he was threatened and apologized profusely to Hagakure, who accepted the apology but her mind was too busy squealing over Izuku sticking up for her so loudly.
Eraserhead wrote down to remember giving Mineta and Kaminari detention, as well as give Bakugou and perhaps Midoriya counseling and therapy sessions. All Might looked as his successor with pride at him sticking up for his friends, perhaps more if the girls have given much indication over.
The robotic voices continued with "WONDER WOMAN! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: MOMO YAOYOROZO!"
"Yamomo again?!" Uraraka asked out.
"Wow Yamomo." Asui said. "You have a lot of different version in the multiverse, this one probably more beautiful than even you."
Momo dumbly nodded, shocked that the literal demigoddess was actually her and that she found another version of herself.
Jirou then realized something and said "Wait then that means that, in a simulated, multiverse way, Torru and Momo are going to fight to the death."
Torru immediately started crying out apologies to Momo to which the Class-1A vice rep calmed her down.
The teachers weren't pleased that their students were going to be fighting to the death, but they figured it was alright for now since they were merely simulations. Though that didn't mean that they still didn't like it.
Afterwards, the bets were set. Izuku didn't want to bet against either of the girls, but he bet for Wonder Woman because of her mythology ties, same with Iida. Kirishima voted for Wonder Woman, as well as Itsuka, Tetsutetsu, Uraraka, Todoroki, All Might, Gran Torino, Eri, and Koda. As for Rogue, the ones who voted for her were Monoma, Ojiro, Kota, Mirio, Bakugou, Kamakiri, Tokoyami, Shihai, Endeavor, Cementoss, and Kamui Woods.
They continued the video and started the fight. It started with Rogue in a green and white hero suit flying through the air until Wonder Woman appeared and kicked her towards the ground. It had Rogue land on the ground and dust of her thighs, with Wonder Woman landing before her.
FIGHT!
Wonder Woman tossed her tiara at a charging Rogue, which slashed her head and stunned her. Wonder Woman quickly appeared behind the Mutant, catching her tiara, and round housed kicked her away.
"Looks like Wonder Woman is opting to finish this fight quickly." Ryukyu said.
"She is going to need to strike as fast and hard as possible to not let Rogue get the opportunity to take off her gloves, much less touch her." Mirio said.
Wonder Woman launched towards Rogue and let loose a flurry of kicks to her sides, before speeding in front of her trajectory and punching her away again.
"COME ON! HIT HER ALREADY, YOU WHITE STRIPPED BITCH!" Bakadouche yelled out at Rogue not even attacking.
"Wonder Woman is just too fast for her to keep up." Setsuna said.
Wonder Woman grabbed Rogue with her Lasso of Truth, snaking her onto the ground until she brought the Mutant to her and upoercutted her into the sky. She then unleashed a fury of attacks at high speeds all over Rogue.
"Wow! She is going so fast that I can barely even keep track of her." Mina exclaimed.
Then Wonder Woman punched Rogue in her exposes cheek, where she glowed yellow in a faint hum.
"And she fucked up!" Miruko said.
They agreed with the Rabbit Hero as they saw Wonder Woman pause from her physical contact with Rogue, enough time for the Mutant to recover and latch onto Diana's thigh, continuing to drain her.
"Lucky bitch." Mineta mumbled jealousy.
"You say something you grape-head midget!" Bakugou said.
"NOTHING!" Mineta quickly responded, sweating profusely.
Diana grew pale as she was drained, every second giving Rogue more time to drain her of her powers. Diana broke free but Rogue was instantly on her, attacking with super fast punches of her own and Diana's strength combined. After a flurry of Rogue's attacks, Diana flew back and launched her Lasso again to restrain her. This time Rogue caught it and flung Diana onto the ground.
"Let that be a lesson students to not rely too much on your support items, or your Quirk the same way over time. A smart enough foe can anticipate and predict your attacks if you rely to heavily on your tools." Nezu said.
"It's even worse for Wonder Woman because Rogue's absorption powers also include absorbing their skills and personalities, so Rogue can predict Diana's attacks." Momo said, now worried for her alternate self.
"Plus, by adding in her sixth sense ability, and Wonder Woman is toast." Mirio said.
Rogue landed behind her, before Diana recovered and super sped around behind Rogue. She tossed her tiara which was blocked and left her open for Rogue to slide and attack her legs before finishing with an uppercut.
Wonder Woman retaliated with a flurry of punches, that ended with Rogue recovering, blocking, and kicking Diana to the skies before flying off after her.
Rogue flew into the sky and looked around for Diana, before she was struck with another barrage of super speeding punches."
"Yay, Wondy Woman is fighting back!" Eri cried out, making everybody's heart swell in how adorable it looked and sounded.
Rogue blocked one final punch behind her, struck Diana, and then unleashed her own barrage of super speeding punches as well.
"Now Rogue is figuring back!" Kota yelled excited. "This fight is awesome!" The excitement of the two kids made everybody smile.
After flurry of attacks and blocks from the two, they landed on the ground preparing for a final attack. As Wonder Woman soared and tried to deliver a powerful high kick to Rogue's head, the Mutant's sixth sense activated and dodged it with Diana now close to her.
"Sixth Sense for the Save!" Mirio cheered.
"Now Diana's vulnerable and dangerously close to Rogue." Ojiro said. "Looks like its game over."
Rogue grabbed onto Wonder Woman, grabbed her face and brought her lips to the fellow super heroine for a deadly kiss saying "Good Night Sugar."
The fight ended with Diana's pale body in the ground fatally drained and dead, and Rogue posing sexually in victory.
K.O.
Those who cheered for Rogue cheered in victory, mostly Bakugou directing it towards Deku, while those who voted for Wonder Woman were sad at the Amazon's defeat but clapped respectfully at the Mutant's victory. Torru and Momo also shook hands respectfully at the good fight between their multiversal others.
"Woo-hoo-hoo! This goes down in history as the best DEATH BATTLE ever!" Boomstick yelled excitedly.
They audience agreed that this fight was by far the best one yet, though it was the third one so it was to be expected.
"Poor Wonder Woman was more than a match for Rogue, but then, she touched Rogue's face." Wiz explained.
"Wonder Woman is a trained fighter, so naturally, she would strike her opponent's weakest spots, like the neck, stomach, joints and, well the face." Boomstick explained as well.
"And that proved to be her demise." Kamui Woods said.
"In the end, her failure was a result of her thorough Amazonian training."
"And her stripper outfit. Her leg was begging to be grabbed there. Though personally, uh, I might have grabbed elsewhere." Boomstick said pervertedly.
"I would too." Mineta whispered out pervertedly, before shutting his mouth in horror as he slipped. He looked towards Bakugou who heard, who had a deranged, maniacal look on his face that screamed 'You fucked up' and pressed his thumb over his neck in a 'You're dead' motion.
Mineta grew ghostly pale and knew he should might as well sign his will after this. Sero bowed their head in sorrow that Mineta signed his fate while Kaminari did the same, but also in prayer to whatever god was listening that Mineta screwed up before he said it too.
"Wonder Woman's powers may be godly, *Picture of the Juggernaut appears* but Rogue has take similar powers before, so there's no reason to say she couldn't here. Adding Wonder Woman's strength and speed to Rogue's own power gave her a huge advantage, drastically turning the tide." Wiz continued to explain.
"A few high flying combos and our favorite X-Girl had Wonder Woman on the ropes." Boomstick says.
"And with her combined speed, reflexes, and seventh sense, she outmaneuvered Wonder Woman with one fatal kiss." Wiz says.
"Rogue sure "made out" this fight." Boomstick punned.
And one final 100% audience face palm smack and groan at the corny joke from Boomstick.
"The Winner is Rogue." Wiz claimed.
Claps for the video sounded and discussion were made over the video, with many claiming that it was indeed the best one they had yet, despite the sexist comments from Boomstick. But one question was voiced most frequently:
"I get why the first two pairs fought each other, but why did those two fight?" Kaminari asked.
"Yeah, Samus and Boba Fett were mercenaries and Akuma and Shang Tsung were deadly villains that had soul powers." Sato thought over. "But what does a Mutant Hero with absorption powers compare with a super powered demigoddess?"
"Maybe it was because the two were simply heroines and they had similar powers of both flying and super strength?" Izuku deduced.
"Nah!" Bakugou said, his arms crossed behind him and looked bored. "I say that it was just the lazy excuse of them being females with a good ass and rack. Pretty lazy excuse if you ask me."
"Next time on Death Battle." Boomstick said.
The music is 8-bit and what they see is a field with strange floating blocks with question marks on them. A red, mushroom shaped creature with, legs angry eyes and a mouth enter the field. Shortly after, a four legged turtle also enters.
FIGHT!
They audience saw the next two combatants with a mixture of confusion and annoyance.
"Well...it's an...interesting match up, I'll say." Kirishima tried saying, but even he could see the absurdity of this fight.
They proceeded to play the video and continue.
Notes:
AAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNDDDDDD SCENE! And before you go raging that I lied and that next chapter is Goomba vs Koopa, its not, its just a fun little gag. The next fight, next chapter, will actually be Haggar vs Zangeif, a personal favorite of mine.
Now reasons for their counterparts: For Wonder Woman being Momo, the reason for that is not just because they both have long black hair or attractive, but rather also because they both use more melee weapons like swords and bo staffs, they are both insanely powerful and haven't unlocked their full potential, and both go through crises of identity and usefulness.
As for Rogue and Hagakure, it is technically like Kaminari said, Rogue has lived a hard life being unable to touch someone without hurting them, especially a loved one, and being a Mutant in a world that hates Mutants, while Hagakure faces a similar hard life being seen as a freak for her invisible nature, and chasing off people she likes because nobody can see what she truly looks like. I admit that I thought that Mina was also a suitable candidate, especially given the backstory I just gave on her, but I figured that Hagakure needed some love.
Anyways, that's all for now! As always, comment down below your thoughts and ideas, constructive criticism is always welcome, keep each other safe and healthy, and read my other stories if you like.
This has been Zayden StormVoid, and I will see you all later! Excelsior!
Chapter 5: Haggar vs Zangief
Summary:
The group watches the Manliest battle they have ever seen.
Notes:
WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO ANOTHER MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE CHAPTER! I AM YOUR HOST AND AUTHOR EXTRAORDINAIRE, ZAYDEN THE STORMVOID!
We have finally reached one of my favorite Death Battle fights, HAGGAR vs ZANGIEF! And you can easily tell who else will love this fight.
But let's not waste anymore time, Here is the Index:
"Zayden."-Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.'-Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden."-Wizard Dialogue
"Zayden."-All Might buff form and Boomstick Dialogue
"Zayden."-Device or Combatant Dialogue
And as always, I don't own My Hero Academia, that is Horikoshi and Bones Studios's baby, or Death Battle, that belongs to its channel, or the fandoms and characters represented in this and future chapters.
But enough talk, It's TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
Fast forwarding a boring, uneventful Death Battle later.
The group sighed as the boring Death Battle finished. It was certainly an interesting match-up, but a match-up that nobody wanted to see a whole video on.
"I CANT BELIEVE WE WERE STUCK WATCHING A VIDEO ABOUT A WALKING PIECE OF LITERAL SHIT FIGHTING AGAINST A WEAK ASS TURTLE!" Bakugou yelled out.
"For once, I agree with Bakugou." Todoroki said. "Even if they were to come to our world, they would be pretty easy to take down."
"Alright alright, enough trashing the weak minions." Kirishima said. "Let's move on to those muscly dudes from that preview."
Mei moved onto the next video, showing images of large muscular men.
"Capcom has produced hundreds of deadly warriors, but few can best these hulking leviathans." Wiz started.
"Haggar, the mayor elect of whoopass!" Boomstick said.
"And Zangief, Russia's red Cyclone." Wiz says.
The guys of group were excited at the names and looks of the two fighters, especially the more meat headed, muscly types like Kirishima, Bakugou, Sato, and Tetsutetsu. The heroes like All Might and Death Arms were also interested in these two giants of pure muscle.
The females of the group were less interested, focusing more on how strong the two combatants are and some looking slightly disgusted at Zangief's rather large amounts of chest hair. Only Miruko seemed to be the most excited of the group wondering how strong they were.
"These two wrestlers have never met in person but their rivalry is legendary and it's about time they duke it out!" Boomstick said excitedly.
"How does that make sense?" Sato asked. "How can they have a legendary rivalry if they had never met?"
"Sato, remember how the note said that their Death Battle videos were originally showcased on the internet and how that some universes are seen as fiction or entertainment in their world?" Izuku said.
"Yeah." Sato confirmed.
"Well it could mean that in that world, Haggar and Zangief were viewed as similar individuals that others wanted to see fight so they must have received requests to see them fight." Izuku explained.
The group nodded their heads at the explanation and continued the video.
"I'm Wizard and he's Boomstick, and it's our job to analyse their weapons, armor and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle." Wiz introduced himself and his partner before the battle started.
The first fighter was a muscular man that appears to be in his early-to-mid forties with a thick mustache and brown hair. He wore jeans, supported by a shoulder-belt strap. Some depictions show him wearing finger-less gloves.
Mike Haggar
"He looks so manly!" Kirishima yelled.
"Look at that mustache." Kaminari said. "It's looks glorious!"
The girls chuckled at the boy's enthusiasm and admitted that he did look rather powerful.
"Standing 6'7 and weighing 266 pounds, 30 of which is in his manly mustache, it's Mike Haggar!" Boomstick introduced.
That mustache comment earned laughs from the group, especially from Kota.
BACKGROUND
Height: 200 cm / 6'7
Weight: 121 kg / 266 lbs
Fighting Style: American Wrestling & Scottish Back hold
Mayor of Metro City, former wrestler
"For many years, Haggar was a champion wrestler of Slam Masters until being elected mayor of Metro City, a metropolis overrun with street gangs." Wiz says.
"That's awesome!" Tetsutetsu praised.
"He must have been very well liked if a wrestler was able to run and be elected mayor." Aoyama deduced.
"He's also Scottish." Kaminari said. "That's a cool touch. Wonder how much beer he could chug?"
"Probably enough to close down a pub." Sero joked, causing the students and some heroes to laugh.
"Too bad there aren't more badasses in office. Most mayors put up laws against crime or increase the police force, but Mike takes matters into his own hands." Boomstick says.
"Now that's the kind of badassery that I can respect!" Bakugou praised. "Much better than the usual, corrupt, bitchy idiots nowadays!"
"While I can commend him for being determined, isn't taking matters into your own hands rather a form of vigilantism?" Iida asked.
"While vigilantism is illegal and unfavorable, some forms of vigilantism are necessary, even in our society." Eraserhead said. "Sometimes the law needs to be bent a tad to get the job done."
"Plus he Is a mayor, so he can get away with it." Present Mic pointed out. "Talk about cheating the system in a right way."
AMERICAN WRESTING
Grabs
Holds
Twists
Quick Strikes
Submissions
Tie-Ups
"Haggar is a former throw American wrestler, specializing in grabs, holds and quick strikes. He's of Scottish ancestry and proud of it, even having a Scottish flag on his gym." Wiz said.
"This man sounds more admirable and amazing every second." All Might said. "Remember kids, to never be ashamed of where you come from and take pride in it. Make the most of it and grow from the strengths of those before you."
The students nodded, while Sato, Kirishima, and Tetsutetsu were too distracted thinking about how to implement some of Haggar's fighting styles with their own.
SCOTTISH BACK HOLD
Focused on Balance
Grappling
Pressure
Sustained Grip
No Groundwork Involved
"It's likely he has also trained in Scottish Back hold wrestling, which involves bear-hugging an opponent and keeping your balance while overpowering theirs." Wiz explain Mike's fighting moves.
"Sounds like something that I could use with my Quirk and strength." Sato deduced."
"Same here." Shoji added.
"Want to hit the training grounds after this and work on that?" Kirishima asked. Shoji and Sato nodded their heads in agreement.
"Hey man, can I join in too?" Tetsutetsu asked.
"Of course, man! The more the merrier!" Kirishima said.
The teachers and heroes smiled at seeing the students grow and become more friendly and supportive of each other.
NOTABLE MOVES
Suplex
Piledriver
Back Flip Drop
Body Splash
Spinning clothesline Lariat
Spinning Piledriver
"Haggar's got a devastating moveset ranging from suplexes, body splashes and his own invention the Spinning clothesline double lariat. Which Zangief stole for his own use. To even the score, Haggar copied Gief's spinning piledriver."
Kirishima, Sato, Shoji, and Tetsutetsu were already trying to memorize the moves. Izuku offered to show him some of his notes of those techniques that he is currently copying, with the four men bowing to the green bean like he was a god, much to everyone's amusement and the green bean's embarrassment.
Miruko was also thinking about implementing that spinning piledriver, a technique that would be really effective with her Quirk and fighting style. Same with Death Arms about the Spinning Clothesline double lariat, and Fatgum with Haggar's body splashes.
STEEL PIPE
Favored Melee Weapon
A Decent Projectile
Master Skill
"When Haggar isn't overpowering people with his pure manliness, his weapon of choice is a blunt pipe. Hey, he's a mayor that kicks ass and recycles." Boomstick said.
"That sounds awesome!" Uraraka cheered. "Both cool and environmentally conscious."
"But why a pipe if he's a mayor that can afford and use any other kind of weapon?" Jurota questioned.
"Anything can be a deadly enough weapon with enough skill." Momo said. "I took lessons on bo staff fighting that help me out when I use my Quirk to make a weapon that is non-lethal."
"Even after his victorious election, Haggar continues his rigorous training."
"It's rather commendable to continue one's training in their spare time." Ryukyu praised.
"By Piledriving Sharks!" Boomstick yelled excited.
Jaws were dropped at the sight of the wrestling mayor pile driving a freaking shark.
"I don't think you can get any manly than that." Kirishima mumbled weakly. Testsutetsu, Shoji, and Sato nodded weakly, too stunned by the fear of pure manliness.
BULL SHARKS
7 to 11 Feet Long
Up to 500 lbs
Very Dangerous
Swims Near Shores Often
Wrestling Demonstrates Scottish Back Hold
"It appears Haggar wrestles Bull Sharks, one of the deadliest sharks on Earth. These can grow up to 11 feet long and 500 pounds. Wrestling these brutes, Haggar's proficiency in the Scottish Backhold, as he keeps his balance against the thrashing sharks until he can piledrive them into the beach."
"No offense Fatgum, but I Want This Man To Teach Me!" Kirishima shouted out excited.
"None taken, Red Riot." Fatgum said. "I actually join you in sentiment. Hey Tamaki, think you can eat some bull shark so we can wrestle you?"
The pros and students laughed at Fat's jest, with Amajiki cowering and mumbling how cruel Fatgum was.
"Next Jaws movie needs more Haggar!" Boomstick said.
"Unfortunately, during his time as mayor, Haggar was undoubtedly forced to prioritize politics over training. It's likely he didn't have much time to learn new techniques or train against many other wrestlers." Wiz said. "As a result, he uses moves and skills from an older era."
"Well that sucks." Ojiro said. "Sounds like he could vulnerable towards more modern era fighting styles."
"That is the price one has to pay when prioritizing their jobs." Endeavor said. "It is still rather admirable to focus on ones job than their own self-interest."
"And they seem to work pretty damn well!" Boomstick says.
"He certainly hasn't lost his touch." Wiz said.
"I sense that the two sound rather excited over this fight." Ibarra said.
"You can't help but see why." Itsuka said. "Men often pay more attention to two, testosterone alpha males being alpha males than anything."
They boys would have tried to refute that statement but were too distracted in the video to notice.
"Mike Haggar, the candidate that puts people first." They hear the announcer say before seeing Haggar growl and kill a Bald Eagle perching on his arm by punching it, which disintegrated into nothing but feathers.
Laughs occurred, whilst All Might and Koda were horrified at the bald eagle's demise.
The next fighter is a huge, muscled man flexing his muscles with an intense, almost rabid look on his face. His rock hard body is covered in thick chest hair, much to the girls' snd Aoyama's slight disgust, and he even appears to have scars scattered across his arms, legs, shoulders and back, much to Izuku's relatableness. He has a nearly bald head with a short, thick Mohawk on top and a stunning beard. He's wearing nothing but red wrestling trunks with a gold belt, red and gold wristbands and red wrestling boots.
Zangief
"Zangief stands 7 feet tall at 350 pounds, weighing in as one of the strongest on the Street Fighting circuit."Wiz began.
BACKGROUND
Height: 214 cm / 7'0
Weight: 159 kg / 350 lbs
Hobbies: Wrestling, cossak dancing, vodka drinking
Fighting Style: Russian Wrestling & Sambo
"Jesus!" Sero exclaimed. "He looks almost as big and strong as All Might or Endeavor."
Said mentioned individuals nodded at the man's size and wondered how strong he was in comparison.
"And as a testament to his manliness, check out that Wicked Shin Hair!" Boomstick said.
"Ugh, I prefer for my chest to be prestige and spotless, thank you." Aoyama said disgusted. "To have such vulgar amounts of hair in repulsive."
"SHUT YOUR FACE SPARKLE TURD!" Bakugou yelled out. "QUIT ACTING LIKE SOME FANCY PANTS DOUCHE AND WATCH THE VIDEO!"
RUSSIAN WRESTLING
Grabs and Holds
Tie-Ups
Throws From Tie-Ups
Push and Pull Opponents to Throw Off Balance
Counter-Attacks when Foe Loses Balance
"Zangief is a champion wrestler in Russia, using push and pull techniques to throw his opponents off balance." Wiz said.
"So is this fight basically a Russian vs American man fight?" Sen asked.
"Seems like it." Shihai said.
"Either way, this is quickly turning into my Favorite Death Battle video!" Tetsutetsu exclaimed.
SAMBO
Mix of Wrestling and Martial Arts
Uses Tactics from Vikings, Tartans, and Golden Horde
Grappling, Groundwork and Submissions
No Leglocks or Chokeholds
"He also specializes in Sambo, a combination of wrestling and martial arts. He's not skilled in Leglocks and Chokeholds, but his grappling, submissions and groundwork are second to none." Wiz says.
"WRESTLING AND MARTIAL ARTS?!" Kirishima exclaimed. "THIS MAN IS A BEAST!"
"Kirishima, correction: HE IS A MAN!" Tetsutetsu said.
"I have to admit that this Zangief seems quite interesting." Itsuka said, looking to see what kind of moves he had and if she can use them herself.
NOTABLE MOVES
Double Lariat
Flying Power Bomb
Atomic Suplex
Body Splash
Banishing Flat
Spinning "Screw" Piledriver
"Zangief's best moves include his double lariat, Atomic Suplex, Flying Power Bomb, and a wicked backhand called the Banishing Flat, a move Zangief learned specifically to counter projectiles. Zangief… Hates… Projectiles!" Boomstick explains.
"That's So Cool!" Sato said.
"I wonder if I can do that with my Quirk?" Itsuka mumbled, thinking of a way to implement her Big Hand Quirk by enlarging them at the point where her hands meet the projectile to help with long ranged attacks.
"His signature move is the Spinning Piledriver, which he learned while getting caught in a cyclone while piledriving a bear."
The feat send jaws to floor once again.
"THIS GUY SO MANLY!" Kirishima screamed to the heavens.
"NOW THAT THIS IS MORE IMPRESSIVE!" Bakugou yelled.
"Wait...b-but...h-how..." Both Izuku and Iida mumbled out, their brains working overtime in how someone survives being tossed from a cyclone, much less piledriving a bear at the same time.
"That is the most awesome thing I've ever heard!" Boomstick shouted.
The men of the room, and Miruko and Itsuka, nodded in agreement, much onto the sweatdrops of the females.
"Actually, wrestling bears has been Zangief's favorite training exercise since he was a kid." Wiz revealed.
"Come again?" Mt. Lady sputtered, whilst jaws were dropping like flies.
USSURI BROWN BEARS
Up to 1500 lbs.
Twice as Large as Grizzly Bears
Rarely in Packs
Occasionally he Wrestles Polar Bears
"Supposedly, he wrestles Grizzly bears, but these are not native to Russia." Wiz clarified. "It's far more likely he wrestles Ussuri Brown Bears, which can grow to 1500 pounds, well over twice the size of a full grown Grizzly."
"ALRIGHT! SCREW HAGGAR PILEDRIVING SHARKS! THAT IS SO AWESOME THAT THIS GUY IS GETTING MY VOTE NO MATTER WHAT!" Bakugou yelled.
"He also fights polar bears?!" Shoji questioned
"M-My brain cannot seem to handle this kind of absurdity." Momo said.
"HOLY SHIT! He piledrived one of those things into a tornado!?" Boomstick asked completely dumbfounded.
"Battling such a massive beast corresponds with his Russian wrestling training perfectly, forcing the bears off balance and knocking them out cold. Zangief is a loyal Russian through and through, always fighting for his country rather than personal gain. He is often employed by the Russian President as the country's official fighting representative. That said, Zangief is pretty dim witted, more of a follower than a leader. He fights with instinct rather than reason." Wiz explained.
"Sounds like that will leave him more vulnerable to advanced techniques or forms of deceit and trickery." Mirio said.
"So the American guy's weakness is lack of new technique and training because he is a politician and this one is dim witted." Nejire deduced.
"Pretty much!" Mirio said.
"All the more reason to get out of his way!" Boomstick said.
Zangief suddenly attacks a dog (the Duck Hunt Dog) and piledrives the poor mutt, breaking his neck.
This got a good laugh from everyone, except for Eri and Koda who were whimpering at the sight of the dog's fate.
"Alright the combatants are set." Wizard announced.
"The Unstoppable-Force against the Immovable-Mayor!" Boomstick says.
"Let's end this debate once and for all." Wiz said.
"It's time for a Death Battle!" Boomstick yelled out.
The video paused as the two combatants were scanned. Finished the video said "MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED! HAGGAR! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: TOSHINORI YAGI AKA ALL MIGHT!"
"ALL MIGHT?!" The group said in shock, surprised that the former Symbol of Peace was counterparts to one of the combatants.
All Might smiled, buffed out, and said "HAHAHA! I am honored to be a counterpart to a patriotic, admirable mayor and wrestler to such impressive skill! Haha *blech*" He reverted to normal and coughed up blood.
"Actually now that I think about it, it kinda makes sense." Sero said. "All Might obviously is patriotic from his time in America and both of them are super strong, cool guys of heroism."
The robotic voice spoke again "ZANGIEF! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: ENJI TODOROKI AKA ENDEAVOR!"
"ENDEAVOR!" Shouts of surprise rang again.
"Hmph, so this is a battle between you and me, All Might." Endeavor said with a smirk. "How fitting."
All Might raised his hand and said "May the best man win." Endeavor took the hand and shook it, the teachers and heroes smiling at seeing the competitive Endeavor be civil with his rival All Might.
Bets were made on the fight. Izuku, mumbling about how he didn't realize the similarities between All Might and Haggar, voted for Haggar, followed by the girls of Class-1A, Nejire, Eri, Kota, Mirio, Tetsutetsu, Sato, Aoyama, and more for Haggar. The ones who voted for Zangief included Shoto, Bakugou, Kirishima, Shoji, Amajiki, Sen, and more.
The video began the fight with Haggar and Zangief standing before each other in a rundown street, a red cloak around Zangief and Haggar in a business suit.
Without one word, Haggar grunted, flexed, and his top part of his suit ripped off his body showing the muscles underneath, a feat that All Might smiled at the similarity. Zangief flung the red cloak aside, flexed, and downed a bottle of beer before crushing it in his hand, the confident *cougharrogantcough* show making Bakugou smirk.
FIGHT!
The two rushed forwards grabbing each other in a grip, pushing and trying to overpower the other. Soon Zangief tossed Haggar behind him and jumped after him.
Haggar recovers quickly to block a drop kick from Zangief, followed by a chop, punch, and another chop that were also blocked. Zangief followed it up with a Double Lariat that Haggar ducked.
Haggar punished Zangief by grabbing the Russian off guard, suplexing him, followed up by a Spinning clothesline Lariat that struck and spun the mid-air Red Cyclone around, and ended with a kick that sent the Russian away.
"Man this fight is intense!" Tetsutetsu yelled. "Haggar is owning it to Zangief with his own Lariat!"
Zangief quickly recovered and grabbed Haggar from behind and suplexed him, followed by a roundabout suplex before ending in a Spinning Screw Piledriver followed by tossing Haggar away.
"Now Zangief is turning the tide and piledrived Haggar away!" Kirishima yelled out. "So Manly!"
'They are failing to realize how they are mirroring each other, don't they?' The girls all thought.
"This fight does appear to be equal in terms of skills." Gran Torino said. "One shows to be better with a lariat attacks while the other shows his superiority with grapple and piledriving attacks."
Haggar, a black eye gained, slid down, a steel pipe beside him as he stopped.
"Oh steel pipe equipped!" Kaminari yelled out.
"Although that may help him, I fail to see how it was just there." Momo said, scratching her head in confusion.
"Convenience." Jirou shrugged and said.
Zangief stalked towards Haggar who jumped onto him with a successful drop kick and attacked with the steel pipe and kick.
"Hey no fair!" Kirishima said. "Drop that pipe and fight like a man with your bare hands!"
"In a battle to the death, you have to employ any advantage over the other, especially one that mirrors and copies your own moves." Eraser said.
"Agreed." All Might added. "Its how I managed to defeat the Nomu made to face me back in the USJ."
Zangief blocked a follow up attack from the pipe and launched it out of Haggar's hands with the Banishing Flap.
"Banishing Flap!" Bakugou cheered. "He was like 'GET THAT WEAK ASS CHEAT OUT OF HERE'!"
Zangief chopped Haggar into a building and went after him inside.
The video scaled up the building, sounds of destruction, grunts, and womanly screams were heard with various objects flying out the building, such as a couch, a globe, a blonde princess in pink, an orange ball with a red star on it, a large humanoid purple cat, and a pedobear.
The audience was laughing, confused yet incredibly amused by the random objects that flew out. Eri and Kota especially laughed at the princess and large purple cat flying off.
It then showed inside, Zangief and Haggar matching punch for punch, punch for block, and block for punch. Haggar unleashed a series of attacks on Zangief, who blocked them, who grabbed and suplexed the wrestling mayor, and attacked with his own string of attacks that Haggar blocked.
Zangief then threw caution out the window by tackling Haggar and sending them both out the window.
"Talk about throwing safety out the window." Kaminari joked.
The fight continued with Zangief and Haggar grappling each other's legs and sides, spinning around in the air.
"What the hell are they doing?" Mineta questioned.
"They are trying to put the other in a position where when they land on the ground, the other will absorb most of the impact, perhaps enough to be fatal, while the other will survive the crash." Izuku deduced.
"Correct, Mr. Midoriya." Nezu said.
Zangief and Haggar spun and spun, the two ending up on top of the other. First Haggar, then Zangief, then Haggar again. They continued spinning till they were both but a blur of circular movement.
Finally they crashed in a burst of debris. Both fighters were on the ground...until Zangief rose in triumph, the dust revealing the small pool of blood underneath the now dead mayor.
K.O!
Those who voted for Zangief roared in victory, especially Endeavor, who bragged on All Might, and Bakugou, who bragged on Deku. Meanwhile, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu merely shook hands at the former's victory.
"Aahh… a great man has fallen today…" They hear a depressed Boomstick say.
The Haggar voters, and some of the less petty of Zangief voters, saluted in Haggar's death, even if it wasn't real.
"Haggar and Zangief's similar move sets appeared evenly matched, anticipating each other's moves and countering with their signature attacks." Wiz said.
"*lamenting* He led a long, productive life, kicking ass, ruling Metro City and keeping the beaches safe from rogue sharks…" They hear Boomstick lamenting.
"Why does it feel like a depressed Boomstick is the same as a sad, depressed puppy?" Mina cooed.
"Not only Zangief is almost 100 pounds larger than Hagger, He's also 13 years younger and has been training all his life."
"I'm gonna miss that wonderful mustache!" They hear an upset Boomstick
All Might comically saluted and tear dropped in honor of his counterpart, much to the annoyance of Endeavor and Eraserhead.
"Zangief's youth and lack of political agenda were enough to give him a slight edge." Wiz said.
"True." Fatgum said. "Zangief's better experience and larger amounts of training defiantly overwhelmed Haggar, who was hindered by his time being a politician and older, more slower state."
All Might couldn't help but feel another touch of similarity at that last statement, relating to his weakened state and responsibility as a teacher and Symbol of Peace.
"Poor Hagger. He may piledrive sharks, but Zangief's bears were three times larger and probably twice as dangerous. Sure, Hagger can grapple a half ton shark without falling over, but if Zangief can push around 1500 pound bears as a hobby, Hagger didn't stand a chance." Boomstick said, had finally calmed down but was still a bit sorrowed by the battle.
"Plus, Zangief piledrived one for those bears in a cyclone so he had a better handle in out-balancing his opponent." Miruko said.
"He definitely put up a good fight, though." Wiz said
"That, he did! He just found his 'window' of opportunity." Boomstick joked/lamented.
The group rolled their eyes, but the guys couldn't help but smile fondly at Boomstick's string of terrible puns.
"The winner is Zangief." Wiz finished.
The group clapped at the amazing fight and Endeavor managed to shake hands with a smiling, teasing All Might, smirking himself.
"THAT FIGHT WAS SO MANLY!" Kirishima yelled out. "Definitely my favorite!"
"Amen Brother!" Tetsutetsu cheered.
Bakugou, Fatgum, Sato, All Might, and Shoji shared that sentiment.
"Next time on Death Battle." They hear Boomstick say.
The video showed the next contestants but instead of two, there were four.
All of which were a pair of large, anthropomorphic turtles...as Ninjas?!
One had blue bandana with a two katanas, the next has a purple bandana with a boe staff, the third was a shorter turtle with a yellow bandana and wielding a pair of nunchucks, and final one was a taller turtle with twin sai and a red bandana.
Battle Royal!
"Wait so the next one is four fighters instead of two?! That's awesome!" Izuku said.
"I'm confused." Momo said. "They are turtles, but they are also ninjas? Do they all have the same Quirk?"
"Plus, aren't turtles slow?" Jirou said. "How are they ninjas then?"
"Guess we will find out in the next video." Asui said.
"If you would, Miss Hatsumei." Nezu said, curious himself for this Battle Royal of four fighters.
Mei presses the button and started the next video.
Notes:
AAAAAAAAANNNNNNNDDDDDDD SCENE! Phew, I hope I did this fight justice. Also, it was pretty obvious who were going to like this battle the most, right?
Now the reasons for the counterparts: As shown, All Might was the most sensible option for Haggar, since they are both patriotic, All Might's Smashes and costumes inspired canonically by his time in America while Haggar is an American Mayor, they are both compassionate about saying those under their protection, such as All Might being the world's Symbol of Peace and Japan's Number 1 Hero while Haggar fights the criminals of Metro City himself, and they both have things that hold them back, ie All Might's wound that limited his time as a Hero and his search for a successor and training Izuku while Haggar was busy being more political and more focused on his work as a Mayor.
Now for Endeavor being Zangief's counterpart, they are both large and masculine characters but the true factors of comparison include, similar red color theme, rivalry to All Might/Haggar, Zangief being Russia's prized Red Cyclone while Endeavor is the current Number 1 Hero, and while Zangief is dim-witted but loyal to his country, Endeavor is hyper focused on surpassing All Might but incredibly stupid and horrible towards his family.
With that said, that is it for today's chapter! As always, thank you guys for the overwhelming support, comment your thoughts down below, constructive criticism is always welcome, read my other stories if you wish, and keep each other safe and healthy if you like.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and I will see you all in the next chapter! BYE BYE!
Chapter 6: TMNT Battle Royal
Summary:
Nothing hurts more than a Death in the Family
Notes:
HOWYA DOING TODAY FOLKS! ZAYDEN STORMVOID HERE WITH ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE!
Now its time for a BATTLE ROYAL! This one was rather difficult because I was unable to watch the fight itself on Youtube, so I had to look of other written forms of it to know what happened. Also I will be adding some extra dialogue from Wiz and Boomstick that will make this match-up less bitter and more sympathetic towards this battle between family to the death.
I will also be using a different font for the Death Battle itself, because a comment asked if I could since the fights blended too well with the comments and reactions from the group. Comment if you find it suitable, and, if not, comment what kind of font should I use instead.
Now, without wasting anymore time, here is the index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal and mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wizard Dialogue
"Zayden." -All Might Buff form and Boomstick Dialogue
"Zayden." -Death Battle fight and Combatant and Device Dialogue.
And finally, I don't own My Hero Academia, Death Battle, or the fandoms and characters represented in this and future chapters, and they are owned by their respective owners, such as Horikoshi, Bones Studios, and the Death Battle channel.
Enough talk, ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
After the manly fight between Haggar and Zangief, Hatsumei pressed the button and played the next video: the TMNT Battle Royal.
"TMNT?" Setsuna asked. "Wonder what that stands for?"
(Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 Theme Song)
A catchy theme song started playing with the screen showing a look of space with a shine of one star before rushing down towards a New York City sewer grate smoking out green smoke.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
It showed a humanoid rat man, with bandages in his arms and a crimson red gi, setting four regular turtles onto a puddle of mysterious green and blue ooze.
Heroes in a Half-Shell! Turtle Power!
The turtles then flowed bright and became larger and more humanoid.
Here we go,
Its the lean, green, ninja team!
The video followed with the four kid turtles kneeling before rat man. The rat man gave one of them a red bandanna, and the scene changed to see the four turtles, each with their own colored bandanna with blank white eyes looking at the screen looking cool.
On the scene, cool teens, doin' ninja things!
The one in blue was shown, in a blue background, wielding a katana and showing off his skills by jumping and perform some slashes.
So extreme, out the sewer, like laser beams!
The screens changed to the yellow bandanna turtle, showing off his skills with a nunchuck.
Get rocked with the Shell-shocked Pizza Kings!
The screen shifted to see the purple turtle showing his skills with the bo staff.
Can't stop these radical dudes,
The final turtle, the red bandanna one, showing of his twin sai and yelling out.
The secret of the ooze made the chosen few!
Emerge from the shadows, to make their moves!
The screen then showed quick scroll of an army of black ninjas, bearing a banner with a black foot on it, led by a large humanoid fish-man with robotic legs, a large humanoid dog man with spikes on him, and a ban in silver and black armor with blades all over his body slashing at the screen.
The group shivers slightly at the sight of the bladed man, wondering if they will see him in other video.
The good guys win and the bad guys lose!
They did see the turtles driving around a modified looking dump truck with the yellow ninja turtle firing a cannon made of trash, Mei and Power Loader impressed with how they modified it.
They then see the blue ninja turtle hanging on the of the truck, who had a serious face, and then see him kicking a punching bag.
Leonardo's the leader in blue!
Does anything it takes to get his ninjas through!
The purple ninja was shown fixing the truck with goggles and buck tooth.
Donatello is a fellow, has a way with machines!
The next ninja shown was the red ninja turtle playing an arcade game with an un-mutated turtle on his shoulder, and punched the machine when he got mad.
Raphael has the most attitude on the team!
The final ninja turtle shown was the yellow on riding around on a skateboard.
Michelangelo, he's one of a kind,
And you know just where to find him when its party time!
A girl was shown reading a magazine on a tire swing with the rat man in the red gi nearby.
Master Splinter taught them every single skill they need to be-
It showed the turtles assembled looking badass with their weapons, then posing with Mickey having rabbit ears behind Raph.
One Lean, Mean, Green, Incredible Team!
A few images were shown of them fighting ninjas and weird looking robots.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
Heroes in a Half-Shell!
Turtle Power!
"That song was kinda catchy." Jirou admitted.
"They looked so cool." Setsuna said, more interested as she was a fan of reptiles, even mutated ones.
"Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were grown from ooze and raised by a warrior rat in the sewers of New York to be the world's most fearsome fighting team." Wiz says.
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." Uraraka said. "Huh, so that's what TMNT stands for."
"That sounds lame!" Bakugou complained. "Who would ever give a shit about turtle ninjas that are teenagers?"
"Most likely everyone." Izuku said. "I'm probably guessing from what we saw that they don't have Quirks there, and back then in pre-Quirk society, and even now, people are always afraid of what they don't understand."
"Probably why the song said 'Emerge from the Shadows'." Tokoyami said.
"Wait a minute." Momo said. "Their names. I think they were named based on Renaissance artists and sculptors."
"Really?" Uraraka asked.
"Yes, now I think about it, you're right as ever Yaoyorozo." Iida said. "Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance artist who was famous for painting the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper."
"Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was also a Renaissance sculptor artist." Momo said. "I remember him mostly from his works on the painting, The Creation of Adam, and the statue of David."
Ibarra continued with "Raphael Sanzio da Urbino was another Renaissance painter. He painted the Transfiguration and the School of Athens. Donnetello, however, I don't remember."
"He was famous sculptor who was best known for making the statue of Saint George, Saint Mark, and the Equestrian statue of Gattamelata." Izuku informed.
"Wow, Izuku." Nejire said. "How do you know that?"
Izuku shyly said "M-My mother and I once went in a trip to Italy when I was younger. We visited those statues and I looked them up so that I could impress her and make her happy."
The girls cooed and awed at Izuku at that, while the guys were both impressed and jealous once again at the girls attention.
"Lot's of superheroes have some weird origin stories but this one is just plain ridiculous." Boomstick said.
"Agreed." Shoji said. "It's is quite a stretch."
"Not to mention having their Sensei as a humanoid rat." Ojiro added.
"I still find them cool." Izuku said.
"They look nice." Eri said. "I like to watch more of them." Izuku and Mirio smiled at that.
"Their greatest advantage in battle is their family bond and teamwork. But on their own, which turtle is deadliest?" Wiz asked.
"An admirable quality and strength that these brothers share!" All Might said.
"Kind of sad that we now to watch them duke it out to the death." Mandaley said.
"I have to admit Wiz, I love Death battle and all, but isn't this a step too far?" Boomstick questioned. "Killing family isn't exactly something that I'm ok with, and that's saying something."
"Case in point." Mandaley said.
"Agreed. But we chose our grave when we decided on this in the meeting Boomstick, we just have to push through." Wiz said.
"Alright. Well, He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick." Boomstick once again introduced himself and his co-host.
"And it's out jobs to analyze their weapons, armor and skills to find who would win a Death Battle." Wizard said once again.
The first turtle shown was the blue one with the katanas named Leonardo. He looked serious and deadly, and seemed to be the leader of this group of ninja turtles.
Leonardo
BACKGROUND
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Master of Ninjitsu, Bushido, & Swordsmanship
Skilled in Using Environment
Favorite Color: Blue
"Leonardo, the leader of the team is smart, strategic with a strong sense of honor." Wiz said.
The group of watchers were starting like the turtle from get go. The heroes respected his honor and his strategic mind, with All Might, Nezu, and Endeavor respected him more for his responsibility as a leader.
The students, mostly Momo, Izuku, and Iida, liked him for being smart and strategic and honorable, qualities a great hero should have.
"Too bad he traded his sense for humor for that sense of honor. This guy always means serious business." Boomstick said.
"It is a honorable sacrifice to become a more dependable and efficient leader and hero." Iida said.
"Spoken like someone who has made that sacrifice, right Iida?" Uraraka said.
Laughs occurred from Uraraka's unintentional diss.
NINJAKEN SWORDS
2 Ft. Long Blade
Designed For Swift, Deadly, Offensive Strikes
Also called Ninjato
Commonly Referred to Katana
Invented by Hollywood
"His weapon of choice is the Ninjaken swords: shorter, sturdier and straighter than an ordinary Katana, and designed for swift deadly strikes! Out of all the Turtles' weapons, the Ninjaken is the only one specifically designed to murder people! And What's better than one Ninjaken? Two, dammit!" Boomstick said.
While they were iffy on the whole murder part, they did admit that the swords looked cool and deadly. Except...
"Are you serious?" A bored Bakugou said. "They don't look all that deadly or different than a regular katana!"
"I disagree." Todoroki said. "As it is said there, it's shorter and sturdier."
"Yeah?!" Bakugou asked challengly. "And how would you know that?!"
"Me, Midoriya, and Iida has to dodge and survive from Stain's katanas." Todoroki said grimly.
That shut Bakugou up, as well as the mood in the room. The students looked at the three mentioned individuals, remembering how they heard they survived an encounter from the Hero Killer.
Endeavor and Gran Torino grew tense at the mention of the Hero Killer, his dark, murderous aura flashing in their minds. Endeavor especially sweated as he remembered and knew what exactly happened and who really took down the Hero Killer.
He was unaware of questioning gaze from Aizawa on him, suspicious of Endeavor's demeanor.
The scene changed to show the intimidating man from the theme song, the man covered in blades. He looked like a tall, armored ninja with a three-pronged horn metal samurai helmet, and shoulders and limbs covered in sharp blades.
Named Oroku Saki at birth, this man was the young brother of Oroku Nagi who was killed by fellow ninja Hamato Yoshi, the owner of the turtle's rat mentor, in a feud over a woman named Tang Shen resulting in Yoshi fleeing with Shen to the United States." Wiz explained.
"Why the hell would they do that all for a chick?!" Bakugou said.
"Love is one to the strongest strengths one can wield against their foes, but it is also one a great weakness." Tokoyami sagely said.
"Pissed at the death of his older brother, Saki joined the Foot Clan and trained to be a ninja, he quickly became one of their deadliest warriors and rose up the ranks and was chosen to lead the Foot's American branch. He became The Shredder, and Saki avenged his brother by killing Yoshi and Shen. Talk about long term goals. Under the leadership of Saki, the Foot took part in drug smuggling, arms running and assassination." Boomstick explained.
"So he became just another petty crook and criminal." Fatgum said, having experienced taking down his fair share of drug traffickers and arms selling thugs.
"All that skills and power and he wastes it by being a criminal. Disappointing." Eraserhead said, he too knowing his fair share of those kinds of criminals as an Underground Hero.
"Wait." Ojiro said. "Did he name himself after a cheese grater?"
"Shredder was presented as extremely cunning and was described by Splinter as the most dangerous adversary they ever faced. Shredder's intelligence persevered throughout his various portrayals, and it is claimed that Shredder has an IQ of 300."
"Impressive!" Nezu said. "Even though my IQ still skyrockets that, it is still an respectable level for a human."
"That kind of IQ is almost twice as much as the world's greatest minds!" Momo said stunned.
"In many timelines, Leonardo's the one who ultimately defeats the Shredder, though always with plenty of help." Wiz revealed.
"So, they also have multiple different versions of themselves in the multiverse?" Shinso asked.
"Seems like it." Izuku said. "Though for Leonardo to defeat someone like that is amazing!"
SKILL SET
Expert Strategist
Sword Master
Strong Both Physically and Mentally
Serious Devotion to Training and Family
Bushido Code
"As leader, he's is the strategic mind of the group. He does his best to achieve the best possible outcome of the current situation." Wizard explained. "He spends most of his time training his body and mind under Master Splinter's instructions and follows Bushido, a strict samurai code with honor and duty.
"Bushido?" Kaminari said. "Can the nerd brigade help me out here."
"It is a Samurai code that means 'The Way do the Warrior'. It is mainly about living life with honor and duty." Both Izuku and Momo said, the two blushing profusely afterwards.
"Heh, I asked the nerd brigade to help me out, but I guess nerd couple duo works too." Kaminari teased.
Following results led to Izuku and Momo blushing red and with steam comically flowing out of their ears, with the two muttering and stumbling telling Kaminari that it wasn't like that, at the same time again, which only made it worse.
It also had side effects, including dark blank looks of jealousy from the girls, Mineta wailing in jealousy, Iida confused and waving his hands robotically, the male heroes, especially All Might, Nezu, and Aizawa, smiling teasingly at the sight, the female heroines' eyes flinching and twitching slightly for some reason, Gran Torino laughing his ass off, and Nejire, with a blank look of dark jealousy herself, almost choking the life of Kaminari.
"At one point, he even fought and killed a sort of physical embodiment of the Devil!" Boomstick said.
That led to Ibarra sending praises and thank you's to Leonardo.
"One of Leonardo's most prominent qualities is his determination to believe in the good and the best in people, even potential enemies."Wiz says.
Izuku smiled at that, he himself following that principle as well.
"Pacifism is just a bullshit excuse for weaklings to not do what needs to be done !" Bakugou typically said. "It just gives the villains more time and opportunity to get away or kill others."
Izuku, for once, tightened his hands in a fist and gain a serious, and slightly angry, look on his face.
All Might, likewise disturbed by Bakugou saying, began to say "Young Bakugou-"
He was cut off by Izuku saying "While what you say has truth to it Kacchan, you aren't fully right either. If all you do is attack and beat down people without giving them the chance to do the right thing or explain his side of the story, then you are no better than a villain. Taking away ones chance of redemption is wrong and giving someone the chance to make things right could make the villains give up and rethink their ways and set an example for both Heroes and deter others from Villainy."
The group was stunned at Izuku's words, mouths agape at hearing such serious and angry tone in the green cinnamon roll. The girls smiled at Deku and his courageous and kind heart, hearts circling around Izuku in their eyes. The heroes smiled at Izuku's words, agreeing with kid and actually inspired to do the same. All Might smiled proudly at his successor, along with Nezu, Erasehead, Recovery Girl, and Gran Torino.
Endeavor gained an inquisitive look on his face, thinking back somewhat with guilt and wondered if any of the many criminals and villains could have been given that chance and he never gave it to them. Bakugou just glared back at Izuku, not bothering to say anything back, part by shock and rage at Izuku's boldness to speak out against him and call him a villain and part because he didn't know what to say back to Izuku's sound point.
"However, Leonardo finds it difficult to accept failure." Wiz explained. "Should things go horribly wrong, his concentration can quickly slip away from him, leaving him sloppy and imprecise."
"AKA Leo, doesn't like to lose." Boomstick said.
"Sounds like something you two share, Young Midoriya and Bakugou." All Might said, Izuku nodding humbly and Bakugou huffing and looking away. All MIght smiled regardless, his comment quickly breaking away the thick tension.
"Quit clowning you guys! This is serious!" They hear Leo say.
The next competitor was the purple ninja turtle, Donatello. He was skinnier and taller than the rest of the turtles, wielded a bo staff, and appeared more nerdy the rest by his buck tooth and goggles.
Donatello
BACKGROUND
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 175 lbs
Master of Ninjitsu & Bojitsu
Brains & Technician
Favorite Color: Purple
"Named after the Italian sculptor, Donatello is depicted as the smartest and second-in-command of the four turtles" Wiz explains.
"He does Machines!" Boomstick said.
Cue resulting chuckles.
"Right, Boomstick. Master Technician and Programmer. Don has a genius-level intellect with a rumored IQ of 637, he even earned a degree via mail." Wiz said.
"Holy!" Mina said astounded. "That's twice more than Shredder's IQ!"
"He also does machines!" Mei said. "So he must been the one to make that dump truck tank! I would love to bring him here to teach me!"
"Don't get any ideas Hatsumei." Power Loader warned.
"The Resulting intermix multi-polar flux should create an Electromagnetic Pulse." Don mumbles out.
The jabber of technology stuff made all the students, even Momo, and some pro heroes scratching their heads at what he was saying. Kaminari was so lost his brain started sparking.
"What the hell did I just hear? All that gibberish probably means he trains less than the others, ruining more of his time for science!" Boomstick said.
"Donatello shows greater interest in technology than his Ninjutsu training." Wiz mentioned.
"That seems like it will be a detriment, especially in something called Death Battle." Ojiro said.
"In fact he almost died more times than you would think." Wiz continues.
"I rest my case." Ojiro said.
"He became a cyborg after his body was partially destroyed from being dropped out of a helicopter." Boomstick continued. "His brain was drained out of mutagen, and his consciousness separated from his body, sounds like one of my of my Saturday nights!"
"Rocksteady, a mutated Rhino, smashed Donatello's shell nearly killing him." Wiz said.
"Jesus!" Kyouka said. "I know they said he has nearly died a lot of times but holy crap that seems excessive."
"That's the dangers of being a Hero." Eraserhead warned. "Sometimes there isn't a way out and even if you have the most training there can be a time where that training will not help and leave you vulnerable and likely to die. Which is why we constantly improve ourselves, adapt, and Go Beyond our limits, Plus Ultra Style."
"Plus Ultra!" The students yelled out.
BO STAFF
6 Ft. Long Bo
Durable
Oak
Longest Reach of all the Team's Weaponry
Rocksteady's Worst Nightmare
"Let's talk about his weapon, he uses a Bo Staff that makes up for his constant lack of training. Durable Oak and six feet long, the Bo gives Donatello far more attack range than his other brothers." Wizard said
"Smart kid-er-rather smart mutated, ninja, turtle kid to make up for his weaknesses." Midnight said.
"The range is nice, but it takes a lot of time and patience to kill anyone with a stick." Boomstick said.
"Yeah!" Bakugou said. "How is a stick going to be useful! Give him something deadlier!"
"You do remember that as heroes in training we are suppose to prevent deaths, not cause them, right Bakugou?" Momo sarcastically asked.
"Shut it Ponytail!" He shouted back.
"That's why he modified his staff to convert to a Naginata, a Japanese halberd." Wiz explained.
"Ha!" Bakugou cheered triumphantly. "See that Rich Girl, that's how it's done!"
"Though I think that is used many for more durable foes like those robots from the theme song or maybe to use it to cling onto a wall of falling." Izuku anaylized.
Momo and Bakugou heard that, with Momo was smirking victoriously whilst Bakugou steamed in rage.
SKILL SET
Level-Headed
Bojitsu Master
Master Technician and Programmer
Rumored IQ of 637
Fluent in Techno-Babble
"He's no expert strategist, that's Leonardo's turf, but Donatello is considered the most level-headed of the Turtles." Wiz explains. "Even with his time spent tinkering, he's still a very capable warrior, easily keeping up with his brothers and even killing the Shredder in an alternate future where the team fell apart after he vanished."
"Nice to see that Donnie there is getting some love there." Setsuna said.
"Eh, I'm making this up as I go." Donatello said.
The third combatant was the shortest and youngest looking of the ninja turtles. He wore orange, wielded nunchucks, and went by the name of Michelangelo.
Michaelangelo
BACKGROUND
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 170 lbs.
Master of Ninjitsu, Nunchakus, Oriki-Gusari, & Whirling Pizzas
Party Dude
Favorite Color: Orange
"Named after the Renaissance artist, Michelangelo, of the turtles, Mike was initially depicted as fun-loving, carefree, and while not as aggressive as his other brothers, always ready to fight" Wiz explains.
"He typically spent time joking and socializing with others, Mike has a fondness for Pizza, even beyond that of the other turtles, Just like me and beer!" Boomstick stated.
"I would definitely like to party with this guy!" Kaminari said. "Seems like my best friend made from heaven!"
"I thought I was your best friend?!" Mineta screeched.
"You are dude, but he seems less like a perverted, desperate grape head." Kaminari said honestly.
"Employing a "surfer slang" vocabulary, he customarily spoke with a unique hybrid of a Californian surfer accent and what may have been a stereotypical "Stoner" accent. It is likely just emphasizing his laid-back and somewhat innocent attitude, Michelangelo's trademark phrase in this is the famous "Cowabunga"." Wiz explains.
"He was often seen as a 'Party Dude'." Boomstick added.
"I feel like that maybe his laid-back attitude might hinder him in the fight." Iida said.
"Though this accounts for only part of his personality as people look over his playfulness, empathy, and easygoing nature, during a battle, he was temporarily blinded and later captured by the US Military, whereupon he was interrogated and tortured, he was eventually rescued by his family and save the life of the man who tortured him." Wiz explained.
"Wow!" Itsuka said. "That was dark but also rather admirable of him."
"Mike even adopted a stray cat, which he names Klunk, and he also stopped thieves from stealing toys meant for orphaned children." Boomstick said.
The girls awed at the acts of kindness that Mikey displayed, with Mineta falling further into an abyss of desperate depression at seeing how an anthropomorphic mutant turtle was more popular with the girls than him.
"Now let's get to his weapons." Wiz said, getting the attention of the students.
NUNCHUCKS
Also Called Nunchakus
Consisting of two sticks connected at one end by a short chain or rope
Used in Okinawan kobudo and karate
Used as a training weapon
Variation of the two section staff
A Farming Tool
Good for strangling
Obviously, Mikey Strangles Enemies Off-Screen
"He usually dual wields Nunchucks, but he has also been portrayed using other weapons, such as a grappling hook, manriki-gusari, tonfa and a three-section staff. Still, the nunchucks don't seem like much of a weapon." Boomstick said.
"Nunchucks were actually farming tools back in ancient Japan." Iida informed.
"Wait so why did people start using a farming tool as a weapon?" Kaminari said. "Plus how is a nunchuck a farming tool?"
"Back then, Samurai swords were expensive and those how could afford them had to wait a long while for them to get made." Momo said. "So they had to use whatever had as a weapon and it caught on from there."
"Plus the nunchuck was used mainly to beat down rice and wheat and used as an alarm with a piece of wood for village night people in case a fire or attack in the village occurred." Izuku added.
"Anyways, even though he seems to be the most versatile of the turtles, none of those weapons seem rather deadly." Kamakiri stated.
" Luckly, Mikey's nunchucks have been modified to turn into a Kusarigama for more lethality much like Donny's staff" Wiz explained.
"I feel like we pretty much have a repeat of earlier with Bakugou and Donatello's staff." Torru said.
"Makes sense, since those two seem to be like carbon copies when it comes to egos and rage." Kyouka said.
"Shut Up Ears!" Both Kamakiri and Bakugou said at once, making the two falter and huff embarrassed and laughter from the rest.
"Mikey is is regarded as being the most athletic of the four, and possessing the single greatest potential on martial arts out of the four turtles, although unfocused on training mentally, which prevents him from reaching his fullest potential, he has certainly proven he is an effective fighter when need be."
"I'm starting to like him already!" Mina said.
"Obviously, you both are athletic and laid-back and have concentration issues." Asui said bluntly.
"Tsu!" Mina mocked cried. "You are so mean!"
"But true." Tsu said undeterred.
"Ho ho, someone's cranky!" Mikey said.
The final fighter was the red turtle who wielded twin sai, looked more vicious than the others.
"I feel like I just figured out who's counterpart is for him." Tokoyami said, directing his gaze onto a certain ash-blonde douche.
Raphael
BACKGROUND
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 190 lbs.
Master of Ninjitsu & Sais
Hot Tempered brawn
Favorite Color: Red
"Named after the 16-century Italian painter Raphael-" Wiz started before Boomstick interrupted him.
"Raph is cool but crude! Hell, forget crude, this guy's borderline psycho!" he said.
Practically the entire group, including the teachers and heroes who know him, starting staring at Bakugou, with explosion quirk kid being obvious to the stares.
"Sure to throw the first punch, Raphael is currently the most vicious of the team." Wiz said.
"He even almost smashed Mikey's head in with a pipe after Mikey beat him in a sparring match." Boomstick said.
"I'm staring to like this guy!" Bakugou said.
The students and teachers tried incredibly hard not to snicker, laugh, or make a retort on that. Izuku was certainly trying, with uncomfortable memories of Bakugou's past temper tantrums over losing or being insulted helping him out.
"...I stand corrected, Raph is the most violent turtle and has a tendency for going berserk either in battle or when his temper flares up, he is generally the most likely to experience extremes of rage and anger, and he is usually depicted as being aggressive, sullen, maddened and rebellious, when he isn't angry, which is somewhat rare, he is more sociable." Wiz explains.
"Gee, I wonder who that reminds me of?" Kaminari asked sarcastically while doing his best to not look at 'Lord Explosion Murder'.
"That temper, I feel, will likely be a hindrance towards his fight." Snipe said.
"Indeed, a smart enough opponent can capitalize on it and manipulate him into falling into a trap." Ectoplasm said.
All Might coughed up a bit of blood, almost looking at Bakugou in the eye by accident, much to the suspicion of the ash-blonde teen.
"This guy is in some need of serious anger management, the reason behind why he is so angry all the time is not always fully explored." Boomstick said.
Unbeknownst to the characters, a certain 4th wall breaking author is currently having a coughing fit and looking at the ash-blonde douche that he wished he could write into a fiery pit of hell.(jk)
"He is naturally hot-headed and sometimes loses control of his rage. He is much more vicious than the other turtles and, at one point in the comics, even became the Shredder himself." Wiz said, much to everyone's shock.
"He Became What?!" Izuku crier our in horror.
"Why...How...What?" Momo asked stunned.
"You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain." Tokoyami said grimly.
"If that were true, wouldn't All Might have snapped and tried to murder all of us." Todoroki said grimly.
"He did seem rather villainous during Deku's and Bakugou's Final Exam." Uraraka pointed out nervously.
"I still am quite furious at what you did to those boys All Might!" Recovery Girl yelled at the former Symbol of Peace, while hitting his head with her cane. "You even nearly broke Midoriya's back entirely beyond repair!"
All Might would have retorted back an apology but get a shiver go up his spine. He nervously looked towards the origin of those glares and found them being from most of the entire female population in the room, with glares that if could kill, would have made him turn into a thousand disintegrated pieces.
"Raph is cynical and witty with a sarcastic sense of humor, and he is not particularly fond of the supernatural" Wiz said.
"Hey Bakugou, are you afraid of ghosts?" Sero asked teasingly.
"What?!" Bakugou yelled out. "Of Course Not! I'm Not Afraid Of Anything! Why Did You Even Point T-That Out!"
He felt a tap of his shoulder for him to turn his head to find a stereotype blanket with eye holes ghost beside him that shouted "Boo!"
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Bakugou yelled out like a little girl and unleashed a powerful explosion in attempts to destroy his greatest fear.
The results led to Aoyama being saved by Deku from certain point-blank destruction, Mineta looking like burnt toast, and laughter from 99% of the room at the sight of big bad Bakugou scared off a puppet.
"SHUT UP YOU BASTARDS AND BITCHES!" Bakugou yelled out, red as a tombstone from both rage and pure embarrassment. "WHO THE HELL DID THAT?!"
Momo, who created the puppet, Reiko, who controlled it, and Setsuna, whose mouth that was inside the puppet and yelled out 'Boo', discreetly high fived each other.
"I hate ghosts too Wiz!" Boomstick said."I'm pretty sure one of them is responsible for the moans I hear behind the walls in my apartment!"
Laughter ranged even more at Boomstick's comment and stupidity, with even Bakugou joining in, already forgetting about the prank.
"Eventually Raph met a vigilante named Casey Jones, his foil, who is more violent and unstable than he was, despite their brutal first meeting, the two have since formed a close bond." Wiz says.
"Come on Wiz, after this we'll go to Vegas!" Boomstick said to his co-host excitedly.
"After what happened last time, we may want to hold off on that for now, we are still not allowed in New Mexico..." Wiz told Boomstick
More laughter and chuckles occurred, with many of the watching audience wondering why they were both banned from an entire state.
"Shame...Anyways, getting back to Raph, he is always butting heads with the other turtles and challenging Leo's leadership." Boomstick explained.
"Yet another hindrance and flaw that will become quite troublesome if not worked out." Eraserhead said, mentally reminding himself to set up some anger management classes for Bakugou.
SAI
A Dagger-Like Truncheon
Used Against Swords
Primarily Defensive
Traps and Controls an Opponent's Weapons For Stabbing, not Slicing
"He uses twin Sai, which is like a combination of a pitchfork, dagger and Wolverine's claws." Boomstick explained.
"Who's Wolverine?" Kamakiri asked.
"Maybe he is someone we will see in a later video." Izuku said.
"Like the nunchuck, they also humbly began as a farming tool but were re-evaluated to counter the oppressive samurai." Wiz explained.
"They're best used as a close ranged offensive weapon. The triple prongs are designed to block, trap and control an opponent's weapon, while using the pommel to beat enemy into submission. Raph's sai can even snap swords."
"Sounds like they could be useful against Leonardo." Momo deduced.
"Plus that weapon suites his rather barbaric, head first fighting style." Iida added, waving his arm robotically.
SKILLSET
Vicious and Brutal
Sai Maser
Arguably the Toughest of The Team
Hot-Headed with Common Fits of Rage
Enjoys Fighting
"Raphael is not exactly the smartest fighter, usually rushing into a brawl without a plan and just overpowering a foe." Wiz said.
"Hey guys!" Kaminari said. "Who wants to make this next bet on who is who's counterpart? A million dollars that Raphael is Bakugou!"
"Hey! No fair!" Mineta said. "You'll bleed the rest of us dry of no money!"
"Yeah, sorry kid but no bets more than hundreds and especially not million dollar bets." Endeavor said. "I prefer to not go bankrupt."
Meanwhile, said betted on individual was once again muttering angrily at stupid, idiotic, correct bastards.
"Because of this, Raphael spends much of his time honing his combat skills. It is very likely he is the physically strongest turtle." Wiz said.
"All the more reason to be careful around him." Boomstick said and most student mentally nodded not to anger Bakugo.
"DDDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNMMMMMMMM!" They hear Raph scream.
Alright the combatants are set. Let's end this debate once and for all." Wiz said.
It's time for a Death Battle!" Boomstick yelled.
The video paused with the four fighters being scanned, while the counterpart bet was going on. In short summary, Momo's entire allowance, a 'humble' five hundred thousand US dollars in yen, was betted on Bakugou as Raph and Izuku as Leo, the last one being more analytical and biased.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS MATCHED! RAPHAEL! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KATSUKI BAKUGOU!"
The roses of cheers of triumph occurred, with some students growing richer, some heroes getting more richer, ie Eraserhead scamming thousands of yen from Mic, and some retaining their money, with half of Momo's betted allowance safe and secure.
Bakugou simply grumbled to himself and pictured blowing up everyone's faces off in his head to cope.
"MICHAELANGELO! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: DENKI KAMINARI!"
"Ha!" Kyouka said. "Knew it!"
"Yeah yeah, keep your yen, I take it as a compliment to be the most athletic and capable of the turtles." Kaminari bragged.
"But not the smartest." Eraserhead said.
Laughs occurred once more. "Aizawa! You too!" Kaminari yelled out in despair, much to his teacher's amusement.
"DONATELLO! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: TENYA IIDA!"
"Wow! Nice one Iida, we found one of yours!" Izuku praised.
"I feel honored that a version of myself form another universe is the brains behind this hero team!" Iida said proudly, his arms like malfunctioning robot arms.
Meanwhile, Sero was ponying up his money to Kirishima and Sato to Koda.
"LEONARDO! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
"Wow Deku!" Uraraka cheered. "Way to go! You are the Leader of that group and we found a counterpart to you!"
"I'm quite surprised that you guys didn't bet more money on that." Momo said. "It seemed quite obvious, especially more so when they said that Raphael challenges Leonardo a lot."
"Wow!" Eri said with wonder in her eyes. "You look so cool and fun Papa!"
If weren't for the quick and valiant acts of Recovery Girl and Kaminari's electricity, then most of the watching group would have suffered from clenched hearts full of adorableness and minds refusing to take air from either shock or similar thoughts of 'My life is complete. I can die a happy man hearing that'.
After all the bets were in on who would in, and their hearts started beating properly, they continued the video and began the fight.
The video began with tall skyscrapers being shown, the camera zooming to a manhole that leads to the sewer. Inside the sewer, the students see Leo, Raph, Don and Mikey facing each other. They drew their weapons and readied themselves to fight to the death.
FIGHT!
Leonardo made the first move and attacks Michelangelo, while Raphael and Donatello face off. Mikey flips back and both him and Leo are now trading blows. Mikey, thanks to being the shortest and lightest of the turtles, was quick enough to easily dodge Leo's attacks with graceful agility while he hits back.
"Looks like Mickey's using that agility to his advantage." Momo said.
"Yeah!" Kaminari cheered. "Go non-real, teenage mutant ninja turtle me! Dance and flip Midoriya to death! Uh-I mean, no offense Midoriya."
"It's alright." Izuku said in reply.
Raph tries to hit Don, but every attempt led to a bo staff to the head thanks to Donnie's superior range. Raph was forced to go on the defensive.
"Seems like this fight is a poor match up for Raphael." Ojiro said. "Raph is mostly a close range fighter and Donatello's staff gives him wider range."
"Come on, mutated turtle bastard of myself!" Bakugou screamed/cheered. "Kill the Cheap Son of Bitch!"
"Wouldn't that be your mother to?" Sero asked jokingly, much to Bakugou's comical tic mark of annoyance and being caught wrong.
Leo flips backwards a good distance until Michelangelo catches the blue turtle off guard and lands a couple of hits. Leo counters with a stab, flips over the orange turtle and cuts his arm off.
Michelangelo exclaims in pain, while Leo ends his life with a decapitation. Mikey's headless body collapses to the ground.
The results of which led to audible gulps of held down vomit from a lot of the students, flinches and grimaces from the adults, the kids being blocked to the sight, and Kaminari feinting in shocked horror at seeing himself, even if it was simulated, die.
Raph and Don are still fighting, Raph still unable to land a hit on Donatello. Leo continues watching on as the fight between the two turtles continued.
"Hey, that seems rather unmanly to just watch do nothing!" Tetsutetsu yelled out.
"Actually bro, I think it's just that Midobro's turtle self is letting Bakubro's and Iidabro's fight continue to let them settle it like men." Kirishima explained.
"Oh!" Tetsutetsu said. "Manly!"
The rest to the audience watched the scene between the similar Quirk teens with sweatdrops and deadpan expressions.
"Yaoyorozo, translation, please?" Tokoyami asked.
"I think they believe that Leonardo not attacking is noble in letting Raphael and Donatello finish their fight, but what I think is that Leonardo's letting the two tore each other out so that he can have an easier chance of victory." Momo deduced.
"Not Manly!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu yelled as they heard.
"It seems like a viable strategy, especially for someone who is known to be a strategist and tactician." Izuku said. "It's easier to let your enemies fight each other and tire themselves out."
"Manly!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu switched out again, much to more sweatdrop and deadpan expressions.
Don was landed several heavy hits on Raphael, then turning his staff into a spinning discus on his hand that he then uses to smack Raph at a rapid rate. Raph tried to attack from above but Don caught him and threw him across the sewer, landing unconscious by the floor.
"Is he out?" Mina said.
"He seems unconscious for the moment." Iida said. "An opportunity for Leonardo to attack."
Leo now faced against Donnie while the red turtle was out, for the moment. Leo and Don traded blows until Leonardo misses and gets his sword stuck in a crate. Donatello takes the higher ground on the stack of crates to his advantage and begins hitting Leo on the head.
The camera focuses on Raph who is still out cold, until Raph's eyes open with pure rage burning out.
"Uh oh." Uraraka said, nervously. "Raph's temper just broke."
In a fit of rage, he charges at full speed, shattering and scattering the crates he rammed into. Leo is knocked away and Don hits the ground hard, knocking him out. Raph jumps onto the unconscious purple turtle and begins stabbing Donatello. Raph's begins stabbing harder and faster, blood was spilled everywhere. He was attacking like a wild animal.
"Holy crap!" Mineta screeched out. "He looks almost like Bakugou when he attacked Midoriya at our first Battle Training! He look insane!"
Bakugou and Izuku flinched at the memory of that, with the two having flashes of memories of Bakugou's similar treatment of Izuku, at least with less stabbing and bloodiness.
Raph finally stopped, the only remains of Donatello being a bloody, gooey mess.
Results: lunches forcibly launched into Yaomomo issued paper bags, herself included, children's and Koda's eyes secured shut, and Iida bowing his head in respect to his simulated counterpart's demise, his face neutral but his head being flooded with memories of Tensei's injuries from Stain and wondering if something close to this happened to his brother.
Even Bakugou flinched at the sight of the results, looking at his hands and wondering if that could have easily been himself doing it to Deku in a fit of blind rage. He gritted his teeth as he wondered if he already did something like that in their past, and mentally screamed at himself.
Raph and Leo are staring daggers as the final fight begins at this moment. Both charge and appear evenly matched in terms of strength and skill. Raph lands a lucky hit and sends Leo into the water. Leo slowly resurfaces as Raph jumps in. They again trade blows until Raphael catches Leonardo's swords with his sai. The two clashed and pushed against each other, the tension of the music rises.
Both the two brothers are locked in a struggle as they try to overpower each other.
"I'm shaking with nervousness!" Mina exclaimed. "Come on Midori! Win!"
"I agree with you Mina, but Bakugou's sai are said to break swords." Iida said. "Even if Midoriya can strike it would have to be precise and quick."
A moment later, both turtles stab each other at the same time. Raph stabbed Leo in non-fatal spot. Leo, however, with what remained of one of his swords… stabbed Raph in the throat.
"DAMN!" Raph and Bakugou screamed out, one in bloody pain and the other in losing the bet, to Deku no less.
Raph slowly falls into the water with a loud splash, the water starts turning red, with that as the end of red ninja turtle. Leo slumps over with a piece of the sai still in his side. Leo, a grim, sad expression on his face for the deaths of his brothers won the fight, but felt like he lost the war.
K.O!
Respectful claps rang, the mood to somber to cheer, but they still clapped for Leo's half-hearted victory.
Izuku was glad he won but understood how painful it must be for his other self to kill his own family.
"Whah hoo hoo! Somebody call an ambulance! Or a vet, I don't know." Boomstick said.
"Oh too soon Boomstick!" the now conscious Kaminari said. "Too soon!"
"For once, I agree with you Jamming Yey." Kyouka said.
"There is a reason why Leonardo is the leader of the team. Not for strength, which would be Raph, or speed and athleticism, that's Mickey, but for strategy. Leonardo understands the strengths and weakness of the other turtles. His biggest threat was Raphael's sword snapping Sai, so he attacked the weakest of the group first." Wiz explained.
"Oftentimes, that's what separates the leader from all the rest." Momo said. "Without the strategy to lead others and use their skills properly to situation at hand, they would crumble and fail."
"I would follow your lead any day Momo." Izuku said suddenly.
Momo burst in a mumbling, near catatonic state of blushing, even more so when people started agreeing with the green bean.
"This means Leo let Donny beat the hell out of Raph who couldn't compete with Don's range. By the time Raph got his revenge, Leo was in way better shape for the final duel." Boomstick said.
"A sound strategy." Nezu said. "Especially impressive being that it was on the fly quick thinking."
"And I can hear all the fanboys raging *imitating an arrogant, misunderstanding, whining fanboy* "But Raph won in the movie! He should win here! Nyah nyah!" NO!" Wiz said.
"While I do not know what he means by movie, I do admit that's a pretty good expression of whining fanboys." Snipe said. "God knows that they are a headache for us pros."
"Amen to that." Fatgum replied.
"Four reasons. One: The result of the fight was specifically plot constructive which is rarely accurate. Two: Leonardo absolutely decimated Raph in the fist fight beforehand. Three: Leonardo didn't want to fight at all. If he did, he would've killed Raph right here." Wiz said.
"So, if they are still Midoriya and Bakugou in that movie, does that mean that Midobro absolutely decimated Bakubro?" Kirshima teased.
"DEKU!" Bakugou screeched out. "LETS FIST FIGHT RIGHT NOW WITH NO QUIRKS AND LETS SEE WHO IS BETTER!"
"Sit down Bakugou, now!" Aizawa yelled out, his eyes glowing red and hair sticking up for emphasis.
"And four: That whole movie made no sense to begin with. Why should this?" Wiz said.
"I-I know this box only has Death Battle video for all we know," Izuku stuttered, still a little shaken up from Bakugou's attempted impromptu declaration. "But do we actually have that movie in there? I would love to see it."
The students nodded at that and the teacher's decided to see if the device did have any additional videos after all this.
"But, hey, Leo can still die from that stab, right?" Boomstick asked.
"Doubtful for several reasons. Turtles proportionally have smaller vital organs and far more muscle mass than humans, meaning there's little chance Raphael actually hit anything important. Leo's actually been stabbed plenty of times in the series and walked away, and all four turtles have been trained in Chi Kung and can control their breathing and heart rate to survive extreme conditions." Wiz explained.
"That makes sense." Setsuna said with a grumpy frown, not happy to see the reptiles kill each other.
"Raphael's sai may not have punctured anything vital for Leonardo, but a blade to the throat for any poor soul or creature is quite fatal." Ibarra said.
"Looks like Leo got to the Point of this battle." Boomstick joked.
"The winner is Leonardo." Wiz stated.
Another round of claps occurred.
"Man this Death Battle was cool, but also the more deadly." Sato said.
"Agreed." Shoji said. "Though it isn't surprising given the weaponry. The last Death battles, except for the first, were fought mainly hand to hand, while this one used blades."
"Next time on Death Battle. Leo may taste victory now, but the fight is just beginning." Boomstick said.
As Leo was shown once again, his opponent was revealed to be an humanoid looking frog or toad.
"Wait, Leo's fighting again!" Kota said.
"Sheesh, even in a simulated Death Battle, you can't catch a break Deku!" Mirio said.
"I am curious about his opponent." Tsuyu said. "I feel torn already."
"How come?" Nejire asked.
"Well, I like frogs and even toads obviously given my Quirk and looks, but then there is Midoriya and I don't want to bet against the cute cinnamon roll." Asui said bluntly.
Izuku became a stuttering blushing mess while the girls gave dark glares of jealousy towards the frog quirk girl.
"Come on! Come on!" Eri yelled out excited. "I want to see Papa Deku fight and beat the toad man!"
Compelled by Eri's adorableness, more strongly than even Shinso's brain-washing quirk, they continued to the next video.
Notes:
AAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNDDDDDDD SCENE!
And that was the TMNT Battle Royal! Hope I did it accurate sense I couldn't watch it. And I hope you guys like what I assume is the most bloodiest and longest Death Battle I have made currently.
Now for the counterpart reasoning: For Izuku as Leo, its fairly obvious. Both live by a practical code to see the best in people, Heroes, Villains, and undeserving bullies alike, both are strategic and analytical, looking back on all of canon, in whatever group he is in, Izuku is the one that normally takes charge as a leader.
For Bakugou as Raph, come on, do I need to explain it? Bothare rage-filled and angry to the point of psychotic, Raph nearly caved Mikey's head for beating him in a sparring match, Bakugou nearly killed Deku in the First Battle Test, and both have a unnatural, not-fully-explored or clearly defined hatred towards Deku/Leo, though we can easily assume that it stems from a mixture of both a superiority and inferiority complex, pride, jealousy, and misguidance.
For Iida as Donatello, its more difficult. While Iida is by no means a genius to match Donnie or a tech prodigy like Mei or Donnie, he is incredibly intelligent to land the Number 2 Academic Rank of his class and he does end up figuring the purpose of whatever activity he and his fellow students undertake in and explain it. He also is similar to Donnie in that they are the tallest of their group of friends/family, and, while Deku clearly outranks him in the broken bones territory, Iida has had his fair share of trauma. Just like Donnie was almost killed by Rocksteady, Iida was almost killed by Stain, where Donnie got a broken shell, Iida got a broken hand and multiple stab wounds.
For Kaminari as Mikey, it is more simpler. Kaminari, I will admit, is one of my favorite characters of all MHA, ranking up my personal Top 10, and one of those reasons was his Eletrification Quirk. Its insanely powerful and, witht he proper use and training, would make Kaminari a powerful foe to be reckoned with, but he ends up short-coming himself because his own stupidity, laziness, and poor effort. Just like Mikey has the single greatest skill for martial arts out of all the turtles, even Leo, but is deterred by his own laziness and chill attitude. Plus, both Mikey and Kaminari share a similar childish, funny attitude.
Also, I know that some of you are bummed that I didn't have Spinner be any one of the turtles, especially since he is a straight parody of them, but I see him being more similar to Shredder, they both have a pension for large amounts of bladed weaponry, or Slash, Raph's former turtle pet turned giant, psycho-killer mutant.
With that said, I hope you guys liked the chapter, comment your thoughts below, constructive criticism is always welcome, read my other stories if you like, and keep each other safe and healthy.
This has been Zayden StormVoid, and I will see you dudes later. Cowabunga!
Chapter 7: Zitz vs Leonardo
Summary:
The group watches the followup fight between a victorious Ninja Turtle and a Battletoad.
Notes:
HOWYA DOING TODAY FOLKS! ZAYDEN STORMVOID HERE WITH ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE!
Last time we had the Battle Royal between the Ninja Turtles and we have the follow up battle between Zitz and Leo and how the cast will react to watching Izuku's counterpart's 2nd fight.
But let's get started quickly! Here is the index:
"Zayden."-Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.'-Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden."-Wizard Dialogue
"Zayden."-Boomstick or All Might buff form
"Zayden."-Device, Counterpart, and Fight Dialogue and description.
And finally, I don't own My Hero Academia, Death Battle, or the franchises shown in this and future chapters, they belong to their respective owners, yadi yada yada, let's just get this going.
Enough talk, IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
The next video played out as Mei pressed the play button.
"Last time on Death Battle, The Ninja Turtles battled to find the deadliest of the team, and good ol' Leo used cunning strategy and swordplay to come out on top." Boomstick said. "And uh...yeah...still guilty about that."
"But the fight isn't over yet. Leonardo must now face his most powerful imitator, Zitz, the leader of the mighty Battletoads."
"I can see why you don't like to choose in this fight, Asui." Kaminari said. "It's between Midoriya and a toad like you."
Asui's response was a tongue slap to Kaminari's face. "I'm a frog." Asui said, a ticked off mark on her head. "But I like toads too."
"Why me?" Kaminari wailed depressed.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick." Boomstick said.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle." Wiz said his usual catchphrase.
The first contestant is a human sized, anthropomorphic toad with bluish green skin, wearing thick gloves, a belt and knee pads. He stood next to two other battletoads that appear to be his teammates; one with a lighter shade of green and wearing some dark shades while the other appeared the biggest and most muscular with brownish colored skin.
Zitz
"Zitz was a computer engineered as one of three ultimate amphibian warriors in a gladiatorial video game reality show called Battletoads." Wiz introduced the first combatant.
"Huh?" Honenuki said puzzled.
"This accidentally opened a dimensional gateway into another galaxy. Everytime the game began, the galaxy became the battle arena for their superhero war against the Dark Queen and they..." Wiz started explaining before his co-host stopped him.
"Woah, woah, woah, what?" Boomstick asked, completely confused, the students and even heroes shared in Boomstick's confusion.
"Three nerds made a video game, got sucked through it to another galaxy, and became toad superheroes." Wiz explained in a simpler way for Boomstick to understand.
"That sounds more ridiculous than the TMNT backstory." Monoma said.
"For once, I agree with you." Itsuka said.
"Okay, got it." Boomstick said.
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Morgan Ziegler
Height: 6'8"
Weight: 196 lbs.
Leader and Strategist
Superhuman Strength
Was originally Yellow, but is now Blue-Green
"Zitz was originally colored yellow, to differentiate him from Rash, but he is now officially a blue-green hue. He leads the Battletoad team with a laid back yet strategic attitude." Wiz explains.
"So both Zitz and Leonardo are both strategic, humanoid, reptile leaders." Setsuna deduced. "Makes sense."
"I wonder if Zitz is also Midoriya?" Sero wondered.
"Unlikely." Momo said. "I wouldn't describe Izuku as laid-back."
"Yeah, Sorry Deku but you tend to be a little extreme." Uraraka said.
"Yeah no problem." Izuku said, rubbing his neck.
"He chooses to go with my personal favorite battle strategy: beat the shit out of everything that moves!" Boomstick said.
"That tactic seems more like a Bakugou strategy." Todoroki said.
"You Got A Problem With Me, Icy-Hot?!" Bakugou yelled out.
"Yes, but let's just watch the video." Todoroki said nonchalantly.
SHAPE-SHIFTING
Can Transform Body into Weaponry
Giant Fists, Boots, Horns, Hammers, Weights, etc.
Technologically Advanced
Added Drills, Blades, Saws, Spikes, and Dozers
"And as a Battletoad, Zitz can shape shift his body into various weaponry: Giant fists, heavy weights, ram horns, you name it." Boomstick listed.
"That's quite a useful Quirk." Tiger said. "It's like a more advanced version of my Pilabody Quirk combined with Ms. Yaoyorozo's."
"Seems he already has an advantage over Leonardo with versatility." Ragdoll said.
Over with the students, Yui said "Him using those giant fists reminds me of your Quirk, Itsuka."
"Agreed." Itsuka said. "Along with Pony's horns."
"Unlike his teammates, Zitz has used his inventive genius to mechanically advance his weaponry far beyond those of his fellow toads. By combining technology and brawn, Zitz has added blades, saws, and drills to his arsenal." Wiz explained Zitz abilities.
"NOW THATS MORE LIKE IT!" Bakugou cheered. "LETHAL POWER IS THE BEST KIND OF POWER!"
"Not to put a damper on things, but that kinda reminds me of the Nomu that chased me and Yaoyorozo during the Training Camp when the villains attacked." Awase said. "Especially the drills."
"Oh yeah I remember." Yaoyorozo said. "If it wasn't for you Welding Quirk I wouldn't have been able to tag the Nomu for the heroes so thank you again Awase."
Awase blushed slightly and said "Your welcome."
While that was happening, Izuku was gaining a dark shadowy look over his eyes that seem to scream jealousy.
"This guy could be the world's best handy man, if he always wasn't getting sucked into an alternate dimension every time someone turns on a video game." Boomstick said.
"Despite having almost no actual combat training, Zitz have proved strong enough to power through some of the toughest games ever made." Wiz said. "And yes, the games excruciating difficulty is canon as it was specifically programmed by the Battletoads themselves."
"Yeah, try and wrap your brain around that one."Boomstick said.
"Confusing reality breakage laws aside, Zitz's powers and skills do seem quite impressive." Iida said. "His powers would be perfect for clearing away debris in a disaster and versatility in combatant."
"Sounds like something Deku would say." Uraraka said. "Right Deku?" No response. "Deku?" Uraraka asked again, turning to the green-haired teen before shaking his shoulder.
This snapped Deku from his trance and replied "Oh yeah, sorry I was thinking about something else."
They shrugged and continued on, all not knowing that inside Izuku's mind was him formulating plans to keep Awase and Momo as away from each other as possible because...he wanted to have Momo spend more time with him and Iida in their soon to be arranged Mythology and Religion club...yeah...that's it...
"I'm a big bad mother of all toads!" Zitz says.
The video continued and the group once again sees Leonardo.
"We've briefly covered his abilities last episode, but there's plenty to Leonardo." Wizard said.
"WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT SHITTY DEKU AGAIN?!" Bakugou yelled out enraged. "WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT HIM!"
"Maybe we are getting some new info, Bakubro." Kirishima calmed Bakugou down. "Wiz just said that there is plenty more to Midobro's counterpart."
"Plus they probably had to skim over some of his skills and other feats because they had to cover the other turtles." Sero added on.
BACKGROUND
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Master of Ninjitsu, Bushido, and Swordsmanship
Leader and Strategist
Skilled in Using Environment
Favorite Color: Blue, obviously.
"He's trained in Ninjitsu and Bushido all of his life, shaping his mind and body to master close combat, swordsmanship, honor and the art of invisibility." Wizard said.
"He's also the strategist of the turtle team, who are all dead. Sooo…yeah...I'm Gotta Take A Swig Of This Beer And Drown My Guilt In Alcoholism!" Boomstick said depressingly.
"Ok, one, thanks for reminding me." Mina said sarcastically. "And two, we already know that! Give me more information on my Midori!"
Izuku.exe has stopped working. Rebooting...Error Error...Mind Plagued by Stuttering Virus and Blushing Embarrassment.
As Izuku's mind was having a mental breakdown, the girls snapped their head towards the now blushing pink girl,who just now realized what she said aloud.
"Your...Midori?" Uraraka asked, an air of vile anger and jealousy around her.
"Yeah...please explain, Mina?" Toru asked, similarly pissed.
"Um...well you know...I meant like um Our Midori, you know like um like Our Class 1A's Midori...right?" Mina said, feebly trying to correct herself. "Oh look the video is continuing!" Mina said as she turned the video back on.
The girls decided to let it slide, but not without giving Mina a warning glare. Meanwhile the rest of the room was confused, amused, and jealous of the green bean.
Mineta was bashing his head of his seat with blood tears coming out while Sero and Kaminari hung their heads in depressed jealousy. Most of the other guys were sending silent prayers of safety to Mina and pity to Midoriya for having to potentially be hounded by the girls, but with some sending curses towards the green-haired teen for his luck with the ladies. The other girls of Class-1B looked to the recovering green bean and seemed to mentally agree to investigate how the green haired teen snared a harem unintentionally...and wondered if they should get on board as well.
As for the heroes and teachers, similar reactions occurred with the female heroes, the male heroes were either amused, annoyed, jealous bla bla bla moving on.
"Leonardo is also especially skilled in use of the environment to outsmart and outmaneuver an opponent. He is the Ninja Turtle in any timeline who has studied under two masters, Splinter, the Ninja Turtle's Rat Sensei, and the Ancient One."Wizard explained.
"Hey Wiz, Look! It's an asian Yoda!"Boomstick said only to be met with silence. "What?"
"Who is Yoda?" Reiko said.
"Don't know, but he seems to be a master teacher of some kind." Shindo said.
NINJAKEN
Also Called Ninjato
Shorter and Straighter Than Katanas
Designed for Quick, Deadly Strikes
2 Ft, Long Blade
A Hollywood Invention
"Leo wields two Ninjaken swords, which are best for swift deadly strikes and are designed with the idea that a good offense, is the best defense. They're usually mistaken as Katanas in the shows and comics, even though they are obviously straight, rather than curved." Boomstick said.
"The Ninjaken is, in fact, an invention of Hollywood, as there is no historical evidence of the weapon's existence." Wiz explains.
"Like the moon landing!" Boomstick said.
"Shut up!" Wiz angrily told Boomstick.
"Is that true?" Tetsutetsu asked.
"There were rumors back in the Pre-Quirk era but they were disproven right before Quirks started appearing." Iida said.
"While he usually relies on his brothers' solid teamwork, he has proven to be a very effective warrior on his own too, defeating all sorts of enemies like ninja robots, giant monsters, war-torn aliens and even the Shredder."
Leo is seen swiping his sword at a foot ninja who keeps ducking. Leo suddenly stops and the ninja ducks anyway which looked pretty funny.
"Gotcha! *kicks the ninja*" Leo said.
"Wait That's it?!" Kimono asked. "Aww! I wanted some more inshroomation!"
The group sent her questioning glances. "Mushroom pun?" Setsuna asked.
"Yes." Kimono said. "Like it?"
"Eh." Setsuna said. "5 out of 10."
"Alright the combatants are set. Let's end this debate once and for all." Wiz said.
"It's time for a Death Battle!" Boomstick said leading way to an advertisement.
The video paused as the robotic voice spoke out "MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART DETECTED! ZITZ! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KATSUKI BAKUGOU!"
"HELL YEAH!" Bakugou cheered!" "MY OTHER SELF IS GOING TO BEAT YOU DEKU! NO WAY YOU ARE WINNING TWICE AGAINST ME!"
"Why do I feel like he is going to eat those words?" Present Mic whispered to Aizawa.
"Shut up." Aizawa mumbled out annoyed.
Bets were placed, with a surprising equal half voted for Izuku and half voted for Bakugou. Leonardo voters because either he was Deku's counterpart, because he is strategic, intelligent, and skilled, and/or because they already seen Leo won a fight. Zitz voters because of Bakugou loyalty, ie Kirishima, Kaminari, and Sero, Zitz's versatile powers and tech, and his own strategic skill. Asui and Setsuna respectively omitted to vote.
The video continued with the beginning of the fight.
Zitz jumped over a fence and landed in the streets of a city looking around, before Leonardo shot out of the sewers, swords drawn and ready to fight.
"Well at least they are making it fair by having Leonardo healed and ready." Thirteen said.
FIGHT!
The fight began with Zitz charging fast at Leonardo, ramming into him with ram horns into the fence. Leonardo bouncing back to Zitz like a ball, who shifted his feet to grow giant and kick Leo into the fence back and forth three times. He finished by smacking Leo away with a giant fist strike.
"HA!" Bakugou yelled out. "Look At That Deku! I'm Literally Kicking Your Ass Back and Forth!"
"Zitz is defiantly a lot faster than I originally thought." Iida said.
Leo landed onto the pavement before rolling out of the way of Zitz's shapeshifting drill hand and blocked a punch from the Battletoad. Leo took advantage and kicked Zitz in the face, followed up by a two more kicks to Zitz's body.
"Yah! Leo's fighting back!" Uraraka cheered.
Zitz pushed the ninja turtle back with a giant fist. Leo jumped in the air and slashed at Zitz, who blocked the attack by shifting his hands into an iron wall with spikes. Leo tried slashing again but to no avail.
"Nice Defense!" Tetsutetsu yelled out. "If I could Shapeshift by iron body I would definitely try that."
Zitz quickly struck Leo in the face and unleashed a barrage of quick punches and heavy attacks of Leo. He shapeshifted his hands to become a pair of tambourines and clashed them against Leo's head.
"Ooooh!" Most of the students yelled out at that attack.
Zitz unleashed a few more strikes before picking Leo up and tossing him away.
"Zitz is really laying it onto Leo." Mineta said.
"Dude, is everything you say have to be perverted or can be turn into a perverted innuendo?" Sero asked.
Mineta remained silent.
Leo recovered quickly before blocking an attack from Zitz. He then kicked the battletoad twice before shading across his chest. He tried attacking again before shifted into a heavy weight, making Leo's swords clang away uselessly.
After a few more attempts, Leo ceased his attacks and fled down the manhole with Zitz following in hot pursuit.
"Where is he going?!" Kirishima yelled. "It's not Manly to run from a fight! Even if you are losing!"
"GET BACK HERE AND ACCEPT YOUR DEATH SHITTY DEKU'S MUTANT UNIVERSE SELF!" Bakugou yelled.
"Why is he running?" Pony asked.
"He could be changing scenery in order to lead Zitz into a trap." Itsuka said.
"Or he could be gaining a simply home field advantage in the sewer." Setsuna added on.
"Plus he is a ninja." Momo said. "They are known to retreat and use deception and stealth to their advantage."
The screen changed to see Zitz in the sewers, looking around for Leonardo before slowly moving in caution. They could see Leo in the shadows of a tunnel lying in wait.
"See." Momo said.
"Reminds me of similar tactics you pulled before, Eraser." Midnight said. "Does that make you a ninja?" She asked teasingly.
"No comment." Aizawa said.
When Zitz walked past, Leo leaped our and slashed at Zitz's back. The battletoad tried retaliating but struck nothing as Leo leaped away. Leo came back behind Zitz but jumped away as Zitz tried to slash at Leo with a shifting saw blade.
"And interesting showcase of their skills." Nezu said. "Leonardo is using his Ninjutsu training of stealth, agility, and quick, deadly strikes to weaken the more physically powerful opponent, while Zitz showed his use of his strategic mind to anticipate Leonardo's attacks."
Zitz chased after Leo only to find the ninja turtle gone once again. He looked around once again, before getting struck once again by Leo who fled the tunnel once again.
"STOP HIDING LIKE A COWARD AND FACE MY TOAD SELF AND DIE!" Bakugou yelled out annoyed.
Almost in congruence with Bakugou's outrage, Zitz too became annoyed and pissed. He then attacked the tunnel, striking at it with vigor as he shifted his hands and feet onto a multitude of weapons. His attacks shook the sewer with their strength.
"Looks like Zitz blew a fuse." Kaminari said.
"Is he trying to cave in the tunnel to bury Leonardo?" Shoji asked.
"Looks more like he is attacking like a wild animal." Tokoyami said.
"Well, he technically is an animal." Kosei said.
As Zitz continued his feeble attacks upon the sewer tunnel, you can see Leonardo's shell in the water, sneakily swimming past Zitz.
Just before anyone in the crowd could say anything, Leonardo leaped out of the water and in a flash of white, Leo stood before Zitz and jumped away. All the whole Zitz stood frozen, his body spewing out blood as his upper body slid right off, leaving behind a anthropomorphic toad man corpse.
K.O.
The room was silent before lunches got ejected from more people's stomachs, awws of disappointment and cheers of victory rang, and screams of Bakugou raging followed.
"Yah! Deku you won again!" Uraraka said. "I was getting a little worried there, to be honest."
"I never had a doubt!" Toru said. "Nice job on the stealth work there Midori! I'm so proud!"
"U-Um, thanks Uraraka, Hagakure." Izuku said.
"Screw last name calling, Midori." Toru said. "Just call me Torru."
"Right Hagaku-I mean Torru." Midoriya said and corrected as Torru playfully chopped at Izuku's head.
"Damn!" Was all Boomstick could say.
"I agree with Boomstick." Mirio said. "That ending was just wow."
"Zitz was more than a match for Leonardo in a simple brawl, using his brutal arsenal to overpower him, but when it came to using the environment, Zitz couldn't handle Leonardo's ninja skills and his lack of training left him unsure of what to do." Wiz explained Leo's victory.
"Looks like you are right again, Nezu sir." All Might said.
"Like always." Nezu said.
"While Zitz is a strategist, he always relies on his brute force and once Leo went in stealth mode and turned the tides, Zitz decided to bring just the whole sewer down."Boomstick added.
"Reminds me of our first Battle Training where Bakugou tried to blow up Midoriya with a massive explosion that nearly destroyed the whole building." Kyouka said, shivering at the memory of Bakugou's viciousness. "Almost thought he killed Zuku in that explosion."
"Speaking of which, I'm still pissed that you let that happen, All Might." Aizawa said, angrily glaring at the former Symbol of Peace.
"Hey, I did tell him to not to do that again or I would fail him." All Might nervously replied.
"Whatever." Aizawa said. "You are lucky that I wasn't there Bakugou, or I would have expelled you right then and there."
"Y-Yes sir." Bakugou said, gritting his teeth angrily at having his mistakes being mentioned and thrown in his face, especially right after he witnessed the same Izuku counterpart kill another one of his.
"Hey, c'mon, Leo fights all kinds of mutants and monsters at least once a week. From giant Monster weeds, mutated Rhinos and Warthogs, and even fellow Mutated Turtles." Boomstick added.
"Of all the toads, Zitz certainly stood the best chance with his technologically advanced weaponry, but while the Battletoads are known for accomplishing impossible odds, so are the Ninja Turtles. Leonardo made quick work of Zitz as soon as he had the chance." Wiz explained even further.
"In the end, Zitz just needed to pull himself together." Boomstick punned.
Groans and boos rang from perhaps the worst pun they had heard to date.
"The winner is Leonardo." Wizard finished.
"Again..." Boomstick added one more time.
"Even though I'm mad that Zitz lost, I did enjoy that battle." Kamakiri said.
"I'm still surprised you voted for the counterpart to Bakugou." Sen said. "Or did you vote for him because raging deadly bro's stay together?"
"Shut it Sen/Drill Hands!" Bakugou and Kamakiri said at the same time, resulting in more laughs and more Bakugou and Kamakiri embarrassment.
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick yelled.
The screen then showed the next two combatants, one being a cute green dinosaur creature, which made the girls, Eri, and Koda coo in its adorableness, and then a large, vicious looking raptor, which made the more hardcore guys cheer, and Koda shriek in horror.
"Play the next video! Play the next video!" Kouta yelled out, pumped, much to Izuku's amusement.
Mei obliged the kid's request and played the next video.
Notes:
AAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNDDDDD SCENE! Sorry if this chapter was super short but the fight in of itself was also rather short.
Anyways, hope you guys liked my attempts to make this chapter longer and more attempt at humor.
Anyways, my reasons for having Bakugou as Zitz: While having Izuku as Zitz would make sense because his intelligence, one thing that most people forget, or blatantly ignore, about Bakugou is that he is just as intelligent as Izuku, but is bared by his pride and rage and sometimes overestimates his opponents. Bakugou and Zitz are also similar in that despite their supposed intelligence, they usually take a more head on approach and focus more on beating their foes up.
And, as stated before, in the fight, Zitz chose to have in the tunnels with brute force rather than analyzing and predicting Leo's movements and attacks, choosing to rather destroy the whole area in an attempt to trap Leo rather than use his smarts. Now why does that sound familiar? Oh right, because did the exact same thing in the Battle Training, opting to use his gauntlet's mega blast to nearly kill Izuku rather take his time, despite him nearly destroying the whole building, including the bomb he was protecting, just Zitz tried to cave in the area despite the possibility that he would probably cave himself in by trying to bring down a whole sewer.
And there's no need to explain Izuku and Leo, because I already did.
But anyways, that is where I will leave it for today! As always, hoped you guys liked the chapter, comment your thoughts in the reviews, constructive and helpful is always welcome, check out my other stories if you like, and keep yourselves safe and healthy.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and I will see you all in the next chapter! BYE BYE!
Chapter 8: Yoshi vs Rpitor
Summary:
The group watches adorable fight savagery.
Notes:
HOWYA DOING FOLKS! ZAYDEN STORMVOID HERE ONCE AGAIN WITH ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE!
Last time, we had the Izuku as Leonardo slashing Bakugou as Zitz in half and Asui and Setsuna both disliking seeing their favorite type of animals killing each other. Now, we Yoshi vs Riptor, the ultimate fight between adorability and savagery.
And so to speed things up, here is the index:
"Zayden."-Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.'-Mental or Internal Dialogue
"Zayden."-Wizard Dialogue
"Zayden."-Boomstick or All Might buff form dialogue
"Zayden."-Device, combatant, and fight dialogue
And as always, I don't My Hero Academia, Death Battle, or the franchises referenced here and in future chapters, and they are owned by their respective owners.
ENOUGH TALK! IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
The next video played with the hardcore boys, such as Bakugou, Kirishima, Kaminari, Tetsutetsu, Sen, Kamakiri, and Sero practically jumping in their seats at the raptor. The girls, and Koji were more nervous at having that raptor fight against the cute dinosaur.
The heroes and teachers were themselves curious on how such a cuddly, and innocent looking creature could fight against a dinosaur that looked like it was born to kill.
The video began, interrupting their thoughts.
"Who doesn't like dinosaurs?" Boomstick asked no one in particular. "No one, 'cause they're awesome?"
"HELL YEAH THEY ARE!" Setsuna yells out, pumped as well for the fight against the two dinosaurs, being the only female student who didn't feel nervous at all.
"Like Yoshi, Mario's happy-go-lucky steed..." Wizard introduced the first combatant.
"And Riptor, the Dino Warrior with a Killer Instinct." Boomstick introduced the second.
"I'm Wizard and he's Boomstick and it's our job to analyse their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle." Wiz said.
The scene changed where we see the cuddle, green dinosaur, orange bumpy spikes on his head and tail and saddle-like shell on his back, and wearing Brown shoes. He had large, innocent eyes, a white underbelly, and a large nose. The creature's cute appearance made the more sensitive girls, such as Mina, Toru, Eri, Nejire, Pony, Kinoko, Mt. Lady, Pixie Bob, and Ragdoll squeal, along with Koji.
Happy and cheery music played out that made the girls and Koji smile. Upon closer inspection, you can see Bakugou gagging and pretend hurling at the happy, cutesy vibes.
Yoshi
"Yoshi is a cheerful and friendly dinosaur who's race happens to be Bowser's most hated enemies. Why?" Wiz asked.
"'Cause they're so goddamn happy all the time!" Boomstick answered.
"My heart cannot take this much adorableness!" Mina said.
"Agreed!" Toru said.
"I feel like anymore of this squealing and I'm going to go deaf." Kyouka muttered annoyed. Momo and Izuku sent her looks of apathy and compassion that made the rock star girl smile appreciate.
BACKGROUND
Bowser's First Nemesis
High, Strong Jumps
Can Resist Knock-Back
Naturally Skilled in Basic Combat and Speed
Constantly Followed by Incredibly Happy Music
"Yoshi is considered one of the fastest characters in the Mario universe and has a higher and stronger jump than even Mario." Wiz explained.
"Oh yeah, I remember Mario from the 4th fight, he seemed rather important." Izuku said. "I wonder if we will see him in a later fight."
"Seeing as how you have a knack for guessing right on that regard, I agree as well, Muscles." Mei said.
"Despite his cute and cheery demeanor, Yoshi's powerful enough to put down this Goliath singlehandedly." Wiz continued.
The group watched in awe as the cute dinosaur suddenly demolish a giant of a monster on its own. They also saw how he threw egg projectiles from almost nowhere.
"That's A Cute, Yet Manly Dino right there!" Kirishima said.
"But where is it getting all those eggs from?" Ojiro said "His ass?"
"I rather not think about a cute dinosaur pooping out and then throwing eggs, Ojiro." Sato said.
"He's able to keep up with experienced fighters, like Solid Snake, Link, and even previous Death Battle champion, Samus Aran." Wiz continued to explain further.
"Wow, if that dinosaur can keep up with Momo's counterpart, then it must be strong." Izuku said, already drawing up notes on Yoshi.
"And either he doesn't have any ears or he's Really freaking patient, 'cause he Somehow can put up with that whiny-ass Baby Mario." Boomstick said slightly miffed.
They watched as Yoshi bummed into a creature with a red mash and cover their ears as they hear the floating away Baby Mario's annoying cries. Kyouka looked like she was in extreme pain while Bakugou looked like he was going to rip off his own ears.
"If it were me, someone would have found him in a dumpster on the next level!" Boomstick stated.
"Remind me never to have Bommstick babysit Kota." Mandaley said.
"He isn't wrong in that that baby's cries are so annoying." Pixie Bob said. "For a creature like that to put up with it and still be happy is a god damn miracle."
"Also, while Young Yoshi's are dumb enough to run off cliffs, they learn quickly over time, eventually start driving go-karts, playing sports, and surviving the greatest death trap ever created: Mario Party!" Boomstick said.
After seeing Yoshi participate in series of deadly games, especially jumping over a rope made of fire, Uraraka yelled out "How is that a party?!"
"A part in hell?" Kaminari guessed.
"Looks like it." Shoji said.
YOSHI EGGS
Maneuverable Projectiles
Light-Weight
Can Carry up to 6
Different Eggs Create Different Effects
Made From the Souls of Devoured Victims (Everyone took a double take on that)
"Yoshi has a large arsenal of eggs to use as light-weight projectiles and can even create a giant eggshell to use as an all-encompassing shield." Wiz explains.
"Interesting." Iida said. "But how are those eggs any effective against opponents or useful as a shield?"
"The shells could be made of a different material than regular eggshells." Momo said. "Probably something both lightweight to carry and throw yet durable enough to form as an effective shield."
"I'm more concern about that 'made from souls of devoured victims' part." Shinsou said.
Nods of agreement followed.
"What is it with the creatures from the Mario universe using their babies as weapons?" Boomstick asked. "Is it that effective? I'm gonna have to test this out. Maybe some sort of Baby Launcher."
"Woah Woah Woah!" Miruko said. "That's a definite nope there!"
The students and heroes alike were disturbed at Boomstick's demented idea of a weapon.
"Boomstick! That's a terrible Idea!" Wiz said in a shocked tone to his co-host.
"At least, Wiz is the voice of reas-" Momo said before the video interrupted her.
"Anytime you want to reload, you would have to wait 9 months." Wiz responded.
"...Nevermind." Momo said.
"Anyway, Yoshi's greatest asset is his stomach." Wiz said changing the subject.
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Long, Stretchy Tongue (Asui grew intrigued at this)
Can Eat Almost Anything
Can Get Special Abilities or Produce Eggs
Can Trap Enemies in Eggs
Has Trouble Swallowing Koopa Shells
"Yeah, Yoshi's got a bad eating problem, and devours everything in sight with his long, stretchy tongue. He can swallow almost anything, even Fire." Boomstick said.
"It's like you Asui." Uraraka said cheerfully.
"Yeah, but at most it seems like that's about 5 feet. Mine can go for far longer." said Frog teen said. "Although Yoshi being able to eat fire seems weird. Ribbit."
"That's right, Boomstick, Yoshi has the strangest digestive system I ever come across. Certain meals can even grant him special abilities" Wizard said.
They then see Yoshi blasting out fireballs and flying around on angel wings.
"That's...weird." Shoji said.
"Hey Tamaki, it's almost like your Quirk!" Mirio said.
The incredibly shy teen slumped his head and said "But it's so much better. I can't eat anything that will allow me to blast fire."
"Yeah I guess so." Mirio said. "Oh! How about a dragon?! They can spit fire!"
"Unfortunately, there are no dragons around, Mirio." Nejire said. "Even Ryukyu when she goes dragon mode can't spew fire."
Over to their side, Izuku said to Todoroki "Hey, Todoroki, can you spit fire from your mouth?"
"Never tried before." Todoroki said.
"After consuming a foe or item, Yoshi… uh… ejects an egg spawned from the subject. The egg may have special properties from said object contains the victim within." Wiz explained.
"Come again?" Itsuka said, looking confused and weirded out.
"Wait, that's how he makes eggs?! Are there any female Yoshis?" A confused Boomstick asked his co-host.
"I don't think they're male or female. Yoshis may be assexual." Wiz theorized.
"That poor miserable creature." Boomstick said.
"This Yoshi creature just gets weirder and weirder." Ojiro said.
"Egg projectiles, egg constructs, digesting and redisplacement, ability manifestation, this creature's powers are so versatile. I wonder if he could spin around in his egg shell like a boulder and mumble mumble mumble." Izuku mumbled out, writing notes frantically, oblivious to the stares of the group.
"Looks like even Deku is stumped by Yoshi's powers." Uraraka said.
Deciding to continue, they video showed the next fighter. This one was a straight up velociraptor, it's weirdly, humanly-shaped and muscled body colored reddish-brown and it's underbelly yellow. It had sharp claws and talons, a set of razor sharp teeth, and a tail that looked similar to a whip.
Riptor
Izuku and Mirio had to hold Eri close as she whimpered in fear of the menacing looking raptor.
BACKGROUND
Height: 7'0"
Weight: 700 lbs.
Genetically Engineered (Nezu grew more interested)
Designed to be Smart and Vicious, but Backfired
Only 4 years old, so has Little Combat Training ( The age raised the eyebrows of a lot of people)
"Riptor was genetically engineered by UltraTech to be the perfect combination of human intelligence and animal brutality." Wiz explained.
"So that's why it chest's looks more muscled and human looking than an actual raptor." Itsuka said.
"I can't help but compare this creature to that of the Nomu." All Might said. "Created to be a living weapon for the purposes of others."
"Disgraceful." Gran Torino agreed.
COMBAT
Tooth, Claw, and Tail
Fiery Acid Projectile
Rushes Opponents with Combos
"His tools of death are his teeth, claws and an impaling tail, and he knows how to use them well, pulling off insanely bloody combos. And when he's not fighting up close, he can spit a fiery acid."
"Oooh!" Mina said intrigued. "Mama has found her favorite."
"Not surprising." Kyouka said. "The word acid is said and you go all gaga for it."
"Don't judge." Mina pouted.
"Can you spit acid too Mina?" Torru asked.
"I tried once but I burned the inside of my throat and couldn't talk for a few days before I could recover." Mina said. "Plus remember when I told you guys about my accidental acid kiss?"
"Oh yeah." Torru said.
"This Guy Is Definitely Getting My Vote!" Bakugou yelled out. "Those Claws, Teeth, Tail, and Acid Are Perfect!"
"Agreed!" Kirishima yelled out as well.
"Double Agreed!" Tetsutetsu jumped in.
"Riptor is only 4 years old and yet, already, he's a nearly unstoppable killing machine." Wizard said.
"That's one ass kicking toddler." Boomstick remarked.
"He has reached a point where his human emotions and reasoning conflict with his predatory instincts. Often confusing him to the point of blind rage and aggression." Wiz explained.
"Sounds like it could be a problem in his fight." Jurota. "I'm similar with my Beast Quirk when I use it for too long."
"Yeah, I can still feel the bruises from your attack." Kaminari said, subconsciously massaging his body.
"Riptor may look, sound and act like a Velociraptor, but he's really something else entirely. He's twice as big and twice as slow. And I don't think Velociraptors can shoot acid, they were awesome enough without it!
"Actually there is a dinosaur that's similar in terms of appearance to a velociraptor that can spit acid known as the Dilophosaurus." Setsuna, the resident reptile lover, said. "It spits acid to blind it's target before going in for a kill."
"Although it looks similar to a velociraptor it falls more in line with the Dilophosauridae and Dracovenator family, and relates more to the Coelophysidae than the raptor." Izuku suddenly said.
Stunned silence assumed as the group looked at the One For All User with wide eyes.
"W-What?" Izuku asked nervously.
"Since when do you know so much about dinosaurs, Green Mop?" Setsuna asked Izuku via one of her nicknames.
Izuku was at first taken back by the nickname with confusion before immediately recovering and replying with "I looked up some old pre-quirk movies when I was little and found a movie called Jurassic Park. I watched it and really liked it so I looked up some more information on dinosaurs and got really into it. It was a hobby of mine past heroes."
Setsuna was eyes widened before she grinned widely, a tiny blush forming on her cheeks. 'Oh yeah. Definitely going to spend a little more time with you, Izuku Midoriya.' She thought.
Aizawa was currently rubbing his head, thinking 'I have to listen to Midoriya reveal anymore of his secret talents and interests and I'm going to have a migraine.'
"Anyways." Kyouka said, her eye subconsciously twitching in jealous annoyance. "Going back to Riptor's info, seems like his speed could leave him vulnerable to Yoshi, who seems faster if he is the fastest character in his world."
"Indeed." Iida said. "A Velociraptor can run over 40 mph, so Riptor could run only 20 mph. Yoshi could be faster."
"However." Nezu interrupts. "His greater size and strength, along with perhaps more lethal weaponry, could prove more useful in taking those blows and counterattacking successfully."
Mina was currently zoning out from all the science and analysis, while Kaminari has a dunce face on while his head starting sparking as his brain short-circuited.
VELOCIRAPTOR INSTINCT
Brutal and Cunning
First Incapacitates Victims
Hunted in Packs
Stealthy
Alone, they Rushed and Overpowered Opponents
"With a limited amount of combat training, Riptor relies on his raptor instincts in a fight. Raptors were pack hunters, preferring to flank their victims with stealth, speed and secrecy, though, they were no pushovers by themselves. On their own, they usually just rushed their opponent and overpower them with ultra combos, and if 'Jurassic Park' has taught us anything, is that raptors are clever sons of bitches." Boomstick explained.
"Huh, they have Jurassic Park in that world too." Kaminari pointed out.
"That's what you got out of it?" Kyouka looked at Kaminari with an incredulous look.
"Looks like that Riptor is going have to rely on attacking first and striking hard, which could prove hard in that first part of Yoshi is faster and more reactive." Bakugou analyzed.
"Wow." Sero said, wide eyed. "Having Bakugou talk analytical looks weird. It's like he is challenging his inner Midoriya."
"DON'T COMPARE ME TO THAT NERD YOU TAPE ARMS BASTARD!"
"And he's back." Kirishima said.
"Riptor is also cunning so he could outsmart or trick Yoshi into a trap." Tokoyami said, ignoring the raging pyromaniac below.
"Wow Boomstick, I didn't know you knew so much about dinosaurs." Wizard said, sounding impressed.
"First Midoriya reveals he's a Dino nerd, then Bakugou channels Midoriya's spirit and talking nerdy-"SHUT UP GRAPE HEAD!"-and now so does Boomstick?!" Mineta yelled out over-dramatically. "Where does it end?!"
"Yeah, I always wanted me a pet raptor. I was gonna call him Barney after I found out what irony was."
Cue chuckles from the more light hearted members of the group.
"And Boomstick's back too." Tetsutetsu said.
Supreme Victory! Riptor roars in victory and eats the remains of his prey.
Izuku and Mirio quickly blocked Eri and Kota's eyes from the Finisher. Unfortunately they couldn't do anything to the queasy stomachs and gulps from the rest of the more sensitive and weak-stomach of the group.
"Alright the combatants are set let's end this debate once and for all." Wiz says like usual.
"It's time for a Death Battle!" Boomstick proclaims.
The video paused in its routine counterpart match. The group talked among themselves about their thoughts on the combatants and who would win.
Most of the female students, along with Eri, Pixie Bob, Mt. Lady, and Koji, still thought that Yoshi was adorable, despite the weirdness of his abilities. They mostly decided to vote for the happy green dino, especially Tsuyu because of Yoshi's extending tongue and Uraraka for Yoshi's high jumps and cute jump, all except for Setsuna, who preferred Riptor's raptor nature and ferocity than Yoshi's adorableness and skill set and reluctantly, Mina, who was a bit biased towards Riptor's acid spit.
The boys were mostly down with Riptor, especially the more violent members such as Bakugou, Kamakiri, and even Monoma. The other guys, like Kirishima, Tetsutetsu, Kota, and Sen thought Riptor was cool and vicious, while Jurota and Tokoyami voted for Riptor for their similar struggles with their more wild and destructive second natures. In the end, most of the guys voted for Riptor, with exceptions being Koda, for obvious cute animal reasons, Iida, because of Yoshi's greater speed and wide range of abilities, Todoroki, mainly due to Yoshi being able to spit fire, Amajiki, because Yoshi's similar manifestation like powers, with Mirio following his best friend's vote, and Izuku, who said that he had a gut feeling.
The heroes and teachers discussed their thoughts as well. Most of the heroes agreed that while Riptor seemed like the obvious choice to win giving his fighting nature and history, that Yoshi was a unique wildcard that had several means to take victory. Notable mentions to Yoshi's side included, Nezu, All Might, Gran Torino, Mt. Lady, Pixie Bob, Midnight, and evening Hawks, while other notable mentions for Riptor included Endeavor, Mandaley, Ragdoll, Snipes, Ryukyu, Miruko, and Present Mic.
The voice spoke up "SCANNING COMPLETE! YOSHI! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KOJI KODA!"
"Aww! Our resident Class-1A cutie pie is still adorable through other worlds!" Torru squealed.
Laughs occurred while the Ani-Voice user, covered his face with his hands in shyness and embarrassment.
"RIPTOR! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: NEZU!"
"Oh dear." Nezu said. "It would that me and Riptor are one in the same, after all."
"Who knew that you could be so vicious in another world, Nezu sir." All Might said.
"Although from what we've seen of this Riptor, he appears to be some sort of Villain in another world." Nezu responded honestly.
The heroes frowned at how a fellow Hero was a Villain in another universe, albeit one who didn't have choice, and wondered what other people in this room could be Villains in other world.
The video continued onto the fight. They see Yoshi dancing in happy music around in the Mushroom Kingdom, earning awws and chuckles from the crowd at its playfulness. Until Riptor jumped out of the green pipe behind Yoshi and roared, scaring the green dino creature in fright and ending the happy music background.
Yoshi flew back in fear and surprise while Riptor landed before him ready to fight.
FIGHT!
Immediately Riptor launched towards Yoshi and unleashed a furry of slashes and attacks onto the green dinosaur, blood splashing out.
"Oh no!" Uraraka said, getting teary eyed at seeing Yoshi getting brutally attacked.
"I was afraid of this." Iida said. "While it seems that Yoshi can fight, well enough to fight Samus, but it seems Riptor is the superior and more experienced fighter."
Riptor finished his string of attacks by striking Yoshi with his tail, sending the lovable Dino flying a few feet away. At the end they heard a voice called out "AWESOME COMBO!"
"What was that?" Pony asked confused.
"Don't know." Sen replied. "But it sounds a lot like one of those of announcer voices that call out a combo in a video game."
Riptor moves closer to the rising Yoshi who tossed a few eggs onto him, all of them breaking apart with no visible damage shown, body wise or reaction wise.
"HA!" Bakugou cheered out. "THOSE EGGS ARE ABOUT AS USELESS AS DEKU WHE...Never mind."
"Woah why did you stop your ritual loud proclaims Bakubro?" Kirishima asked.
"It's...it's nothing." Bakugou scoffed the question aside, but not before looking at Izuku faintly. He almost let it slip about his bullying on Izuku before UA and he didn't want it calm that out to the teachers and students.
Plus he wished to forget about that time, seeing now how much of a jerk and monster he was towards Izuku, especially during that day with the Sludge Villain and his 'advice'.
Kirishima frowned and noticed Bakugou looking at Izuku for a second and started questioning what a bit more Bakugou and Midoriya's past since it seemed to make even Bakugou back off and quiet down.
Back to the fight, Yoshi frowns at his failed attacks. He crouched down, squeezing and pushing hard before popping out a larger egg, which he then tosses. It actually does damage to Riptor, the genetically-engineered dinosaur flinching in pain. The egg broke apart to reveal a Baby Yoshi, which cried out its name.
"Awww!" The female population of the room, and Koji and Mirio, cooed.
Riptor proceeded to slaughter the Baby Yoshi and eat of its head.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Scream for horror followed from the mentioned people, with some of the guys joining in, along with the loud gulps of barely retained puke.
"WAAAAHHH!" Yoshi screams out as it dashes away in fear. The green dino ran until he ran into a Koopa which he promptly latched it with its tongue, swallowed it and fired its shell back onto Riptor. The raptor fighter knocked the shell back to Yoshi, who created an egg shield around him to block the shell. Riptor followed it up by attacking the shell viciously until it cracked and broke apart, leaving Yoshi defenseless against the raptor who unleashed another fury of attacks.
"This fight seems kind of one-sided." Sato said. "Yoshi's attacks don't seem to be doing much damage and Riptor's just slaughtering him."
"Don't Care!" Setsuna yelled out. "GO RIPTOR! Show that Adorable Dino That Deadly Beasts Cute!"
Yoshi then unexpectedly struck back, parrying Riptor's attack and left the Dino open. A voice called out again saying "COMBO BREAKER!"
"There is the voice again." Sen said. "Definitely makes this fight seem more like a video game."
"Yah!" Pony cheered. "Yoshi is fighting back!"
Yoshi attacked the stunned the raptor by jumping up into the air with his jump before crashing onto the downed Dino. Riptor got back up and fired an acid spit.
"YAH! ACID SPIT!" Mina cheered.
Yoshi then swallowed the acid, popped out an egg and chucked it wizards Riptor, which broke and struck acid onto the raptor's eyes. The raptor soldier roared out in rage and pain at the burning pain of his own acid.
"WHAT?!" Mina and Setsuna yelled out befuddled.
"Oh yeah, if Yoshi can swallow fire and consume fire then acid could work too." Todoroki said, smiling at his vote turning the tide of the fight.
Riptor roared in rage and pain as he charged blindly, literally, towards Yoshi. Yoshi shot out his tongue and swallowed Riptor and, after entering out more, sprout Riptor into a large egg behind him.
The egg cracked open to reveal Riptor springing out...over a large hole. The raptor fighter from Killer Instinct fell down the large hole till he landed on the hood of a flame-painted car, the Dino motionless and dead as smoke came out of the wrecked car.
K.O.
Stunned silence filled the room. Mouths agape and eyes widening in pure shock.
Suddenly, cheers of victory rang out, along with the groans and yells of protest from the loser side.
"WHAT THE FUCKING HELL WAS THAT?!" Bakugou, Mina, and Setsuna yelled out.
"Riptor let his rage blindly let him attack into a dangerous situation, which allows Yoshi to take advantage." Izuku said.
"Midori sweetie, thanks for the info but still, WHAT THE HELL?!" Mina said, the last part shouting.
Similar cries of complaint came from the losing team before Aizawa cut them off by yelling "ENOUGH! Just because a fight didn't go like you wanted doesn't mean that you should whine and complain about it like a bunch of spoiled brats! Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose! Remember that the very reason for watching these videos are is to learn from them, not complain! What this fight shows is that you mustn't let emotions cloud your judgement or blindly attack or you can end up being tricked by a smarter opponent. And possibly be led into a trap that can lead to your own death like that fight. Use this a lesson to learn and be better and suck it up!"
Silence once again filled the room, as the complaining students shut their mouths and nodded in silence to Aizawa's words.
All Might seeing the situation go tense and awkward decided to step in with "And besides, Yoshi, Young Koda's counterpart, won. Congrats on winning your fight, Young Koda."
"Also I apologize for the actions of my counterpart towards your own, Mr. Koda." Nezu joined in. "Even if it is all a simulation."
The students remembered and started congratulating the shy boy who meekly accepted, smiling gladly that his other selves's victory managed to make things more cheerful.
The video continued onto the results of the fight.
"NOOO MY CAR!" Boomstick yelled out in horror and misfortune at his car's demise.
Laughter once again filled the room at the co-host's misfortune. The females of the room felt smug at seeing the perverse violence loving co-host get his commumpence for his perverted jokes in the Rogue v Wonder Woman fight.
"Yoshi couldn't compete with Riptor's tough and brutal viciousness, but his varied arsenal ultimately produced a winning move."Wiz explained.
"Riptor's a freakin' beast in a fist fight, but while Yoshi looks all cute and stuff, he's actually a deadly, devouring machine, like my ex-wife!" Boomstick explained.
More laughs rang from the men side, while most of the females scoffed and were annoyed at that comment.
"That raptor mind of Riptor's may be cunning and clever, but tooth and claw can only accomplish so much." Wiz explains.
"Yet another lesson for you kids, brute force only goes so far, especially in hero work." Thirteen said. "Logic and reasoning are important during hero work, especially rescue missions and even talking and reasoning a Villain to cease attacking."
As the students nodded at the info from their teacher, Bakugou couldn't help but a feel a cold, hard slap of reality smack his face.
"Yoshi's bizarre digestive system rebounded the acid spit, blinding Riptor and leaving him vulverable." Wiz continued.
"Wait but wouldn't Riptor be immune to his own poison?" Kosei asked.
"Not really." Mina said. "They didn't specify any immunity and its more likely a resistance. Just like my acid. I'm immune to it but only for a while before it starts to burn me."
"Nice analysis, Mina." Izuku said.
"T-Thanks, Midori." Mina said, blushing.
"Riptor may be smart, but Yoshi can drive cars. Show me another dinosaur who can do that." Boomstick asked no one in particular.
"Heh, while that's funny, that's actually quite intuitive." Itsuka said. "I didn't even catch that. It makes sense that for all the adorableness that Yoshi has that he would be smart enough to drive a kart over what looks like a racing map."
"Even with a Velociraptor's strong sense of hearing and smell, Riptor's confused and vengeful mind wasn't able to process the change of tactics fast enough. Even so, he was already finished." Wiz explains.
"Even if that conveniently placed cliff haven't been there, Riptor would've lost his whole face pretty quick to the acid." Boomstick said.
"Phew, sounds like we got lucky not having that happen." Mirio said. "It would have given Eri such a Burning reminder!"
...
...
"Man! That was not funny at all!" Mirio cheerfully said.
"I think your jokes are getting worse Mirio." Nejire patted the Big Three member's back. "Perhaps you should stop reading Ms. Joke's Comedy for Dummies."
"That's your problem." Aizawa said. "Getting comedy advice from that woman." The Class-1A teacher shivered at the memory of Ketsubutsu teacher.
"Shivering, Shota?" Present Mic said. "Getting a cold or are you getting excited at thinking about ole' Joke?" The UA teacher nudges his shoulder at Aizawa at that last part.
"Shut. Up." Aizawa grunted out.
The Class-1A kids laughed at their teacher's misfortune, while Mina and Toru were writing down more information in their Romance Ship Notebooks, provided by Izuku under false pretenses of Hero note taking.
"He just didn't have the stomach for this dino— mite, Dino— fight." Boomstick joked.
Cue faceplams, chuckles, eye-rolls, and groans.
"I think the only person that surpasses you in bad jokes Mirio is Boomstick." Tamaki said.
"Yep! He sure does!" Mirio cheerfully said.
"What?" Wiz asked unamused.
"I'm clever!" He declared.
"The winner is Yoshi." Wiz finished.
"Even though the fight ended with my voted fighter losing, I say that this was my favorite fight yet." Setsuna said
"Me too." Mina said.
"*Sigh* Typical." Both Itsuka and Kyouka sighed and said.
"Next time on Death Battle." Boomstick said.
The screen was dark until they could see the forms of two individuals. One was a female girl but also a...cat? Confusion aside, she looked like a cat girl, her sexy body barely covering anything by white fur, her hands and feet as paws, a white cat tail, emerald eyes, and two white cat ears poking out of a large main of blue hair. The other individual was a girl wearing a hoodie that can only showed her large razor sharp toothed smile and glowing red eyes.
"Meow!" The cat girl cutely posed and said.
Before anyone could comment on what they saw, Mineta screamed out "PLAY THE NEXT VIDEO NOW! I NEED TO SEE THAT SUPER SE-*BAM!*"
Mineta's head was buried in the floor, his body limp and unconscious. Izuku stood above him with a fist brought down and sparking green lighting all over. Izuku actually had a serious look on his face that lighting seemed to be seeing out of his glowing emerald eyes.
Without so much as a care, Izuku turned to loom at Nezu and asked out loud "Permission to tie up Mineta outside for the next video?"
"Granted." Nezu said, a smile on his face.
"Thank you, sir." Izuku said as he grabbed the unconscious Mineta and dragged him outside the gym.
The rest of the audience stared blankly at the retreating form of Midoriya dragging Mineta away with wide eyes. Most of them didn't even see Izuku move, much less strike Mineta with as much force to crack the floor.
The girls blushed and smiled at Izuku acting the chivalrous white knight to their rescue from the disgusting pervert. The guys nodded in respect at Izuku's actions. The teachers were currently wondering if they should either expel Mineta or keep him at a minimum of 10 meters away from any female. The heroes paid little attention to the grape-headed pervert and more of the heroic green bean that moved as fast as, ironically, lightning.
Endeavor smirked in satisfaction that the boy seems to have improved in speed and power since his training under him, along side his son and Bakugou. He looked pensively at Izuku as he, along with All Might, Aizawa, Nezu, and the rest of the Top Ten heroes presents, were among those who were able to see Izuku when he attacked. Miruko looked at the green bean that worked under her in her Team Up, alongside Uraraka and Bakugou, and started considering if she should break her No-Partner rule and take him as a full intern or work study partner, maybe even on as a sidekick when he goes pro.
Meanwhile, Kaminari was watching the whole thing with pure utter terror on his face at seeing his fellow pervert so viciously destroyed, paling at the though that if he'd say anything that he would also had been struck like that. He felt a shiver run through his spine and looked to see Bakugou grinning menacingly at him, his eyes and crackling hands begging him to say something like Mineta. Kaminari raised his hands and shook his head so fast that others thought he got whiplash.
After a minute or two, Izuku came back, no Mineta in sight. After sitting down like it nothing happened, Mei pressed the button and played the next video.
Notes:
AAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNDDDD SCENE! Also before people start ranting, no this is isn't Mineta bashing this is just straight up Mineta branded comedy, unless you think Asui tying him in a burlap sack and hanging him upside down is considered bashing, unlikely since it was written by the creator himself.
And again, the reasoning behind the girls crushes on Izuku will be explained,and if you think I'm being a suck-up to Deku, than you clearly didn't read what I put on Bakugou and haven't seen other Dekuverse stories or anime in general.
Anyways, onto the counterpart reasoning! For Koda as Yoshi, I thought it was time to have the big adorable lug to be more important than as a side-character and so when I thought of giving him a counterpart, I couldn't anyone better than Yoshi. Both are adorable, both at times are shy scaredy cats, and I can just see Koda using his Ani-Voice to command a herd of wildabeasts or even Yoshis to stampede on the enemy like Yoshi's super.
As for Nezu and Riptor, both were genetically experimented on by humans only for Nezu to become a Hero and teacher while Riptor became a villain. Enough said. But if you want more, both are also slightly more humanoid, both have cunning and intelligent minds, Nezu's being superior, while Riptor is physically stronger and more aggressive.
Anyways, hope you guys loved the chapter and the fight, comment your thoughts in the review, constructive and Helpful criticism is always welcome, comment what your thought on the fighters, and check out my other stories if you like.
This has Zayden StormVoid signing off for today! High HO SILVERFISH! AWAY!
Chapter 9: Felicia vs Taokaka
Summary:
The group watches a literal cat fight.
Notes:
HOWYA DOING MY FANFIC PEOPLE! ZAYDEN STORMVOID HERE WITH ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE
Last time, we had the group watch Yoshi vs Riptor and Mineta getting punished for his pervertedness. His punishment to be to not watch Felicia and Taokaka compete in a literal cat fight.
So to not waste you guy's time, here is the index:
"Zayden."-Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.'-Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden."-Wizard Dialogue
"Zayden."-Boomstick and All Might buff form Dialogue
"Zayden."-Device, Combatant, and fight Dialogue
And as Always, I Don't Own My Hero Academia, Death Battle, or the franchises represented in this and future chapters, and I Don't Take Credit for them, and inspiration of this fic's existence and attributes are attributed and given thanks to Yugo Akia Tokusatsu, a fellow awesome fanfic writer.
Now enough talk, ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
After Midoriya sat down, finished typing up Mineta in a spot that he wouldn't get away from, Mei pressed the play button for the next video.
"Catfight!" Boomstick cheered loudly.
"Oh boy, I forgot." Sero said. "We got rid of the grape headed pervert, but we can't do much for the pervert in the videos."
"How much money do you wanna bet he makes about 8 or 10 perverted comments before the video is over?" Kaminari asked.
"Screw that!" Sero said. "I'm keeping my money."
"It literally is Boomstick. Not only do we have two ferocious ladies in the ring today, but they're also, well, cat girls." Wizard explained.
"Any chance one of these gals end up in this universe, we can try and recruit them?" Pixie Bob asked her telepathic teammate.
"Let's consider this as their audition." Mandaley said.
"Felicia the pop-star, demon, cat chick lady from Darkstalkers." Boomstick introduced the first fighter.
"And Taokaka, Blazblue's speedy vigilante." Wiz introduced the second.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick." Boomstick introduced.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skill to find out who would win a Death Battle." Wiz spoke before cutting to the analysis.
The first fighter was a cat lady with a mane of blue hair with white striped, a white tail, sharp clawed paws for hands and feet, and white fur markings barely covering her more private areas.
"She's practically naked!" Ibarra shouted shocked. "How sinfully scandalous!"
The rest of the girls agreed with her, some feeling a tiny bit insecure at seeing how incredibly attractive and well wounded the cat lady was. Even Pixie Bob was twitching in jealous rage, starting to reconsider her offer to to recruit the scantly clad fighter.
The guys were doing their best trying to settle the hardness in between their legs and focus on her face. Though since they all agreed her face was still cute and hot, it wasn't much better. Kaminari was trying his hardest not to nose bleed in fear of being knocked out by Midoriya or Bakugou. The male heroes weren't any better, with notable instances include Snipe trying to cover his eyes with his hat, All Might coughing up blood in shock, and even Eraserhead bringing up his scarf over his eyes.
Even the white knight, green bean Midoriya was having trouble keeping a straight face. His mind practically went wild at seeing the woman and his face was a blushing mess. What he focused on to distract himself was that cat lady looked familiar.
Felicia
"As a Catwoman, Felicia faced discrimination all her life." Wiz explained.
"I feel her pain." Mina said. "I was once made fun of for my looks looking too alien."
"Same here." Asui said.
Others who shared more animalistic appearances such as Pony, Tokoyami, Jurota, and Kamakiri nodded there heads too.
Nezu, who likewise shared in their pain and history, said "It is unfortunate, but those with metamorphic or metamorphic-like quirks are often discriminated in this society for their appearance being non-human, especially from Purist Cults."
"She was raised by a nun and inspired to become a successful pop-star, a passion that would ultimately lead her on a quest to bring humans and cat people together to make children happy." Wiz continued.
Smiles arose as they agreed with her passion and felt inspired by her drive and passion against all odds.
"What the hell? I thought we were talking about a deadly, demon warrior and… is she naked?!" Boomstick asked.
"Let the perverted comments begin." Kyouka said dryly.
"Yes." Wiz answered Boomstick's question.
"But… she's a cat." Boomstick said.
"Yes..." Wizard answered once again.
"Hmmm… do you think I'd be wrong too-" Boomstick started to ask before Wiz interrupted him.
"Yes!" Wiz immediately said.
"At least we're can count of Wizard to be the voice of reason against Boomstick's depravity." Momo said.
"Unless it involves things like Baby Launchers." Todoroki said, earring some chuckles at the reminder.
BACKGROUND
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 128 lbs.
Race: Cat Woman
Raised by a Nun
Happy-Go-Lucky-Attitude
Superhuman Strength, Speed, & Endurance
Cat-Sense
"Felicia is a Darkstalker, a creature of the night, and naturally possesses supernatural strength, speed, and agility. She can also use her unique cat sense to sniff out enemies from extreme distances." Wiz explained.
"So instead of possessing a Qurik, it's more magic?" Nejire questioned.
"Yeah." Mirio said. "And with skills like those she would be a perfect scout and stealth hero, since she is so used to the night."
COMBAT
Long, Pink Claws
Strong Tail (Ojiro approved)
Speed-Based Combos (Iida approved)
High-Damaging Grapples
Can Charge Energy at Will
Natural Athlete
"She can tear into her foes to pieces with her sharp claws resting in her big ass paws, each several inches long and capable of tearing through all kinds of armor weapons." Boomstick said
"To top it off, her tail is extremely strong, able to lift her entire body on it's own." Wiz said.
"It's sort of like a more powerful version of our claws." Ragdoll said to her Wild Wild Pussycats.
"With That speed, power, and the addition of that tail, she would definitely be a worthy and powerful comrade." Tiger said.
'If only she didn't make me want to tear her face off from pure jealousy.' Pixie Bob thought jealously.
'Hate to agree with you, but same here.' Mandaley said to her Pixie Bob with her telepathy.
SPECIAL MOVES
Rolling Smash
Delta Kick/Cat Spike
Hell Cat Grapple
Rolling Buckler: Links to various attacks
"She's undeniably one of the faster Darkstalkers, and can get around the battlefield with her unpredictable Rolling Smash, Delta Kicks and Rolling Buckler." Wiz said.
"*singing* Felicia… she can really move… Felicia… shes' got an attitu-ude-" Boomstick singed.
"Yes Boomstick. We get it, she's like Sonic." Wiz said, annoyed at his co-hosts joke.
"Sonic who?" Mei asked.
"No idea." Iida said. "But from what I can tell from context, he seems to also be fast and possibly perform similar body spinning moves."
"He could be in another video too." Shinsou said. "At this point, I'm betting on it."
SAND SPLASH
Short Range
Low to Middle Height
Also Called Litter Box Kick
"Anyways, as a Darkstalker, she has a natural affinity for magic, able to use it in her only range attack, Kicking sand." Wiz stated.
"At least she's litter box trained." Boomstick joked.
Earning a few chuckles from the group, Bakugou decided to spoil the mood by screaming "What the hell is so special about kick sand at someone?!"
"It's most likely in reference to her cat like nature and could actually be effective in blinding physically stronger foes for either an opening or to retreat like a smoke bomb." Izuku deduced.
"SHUT UP DEKU!" Bakugou yelled.
"But didn't you want to know why it was so special?" Todoroki blankly asked, his eyebrow raised confused.
"SHUT UP ICY-HOT!" Bakugou yelled again.
"Should we try point out his hypocrisy too?" Kirishima whispered to Kaminari.
"Forget it." Kaminari whispered. "He's a lost cause."
"As she was raised by a nun, even becoming one herself, she has little to no combat training, preferring to focus on her singing career and running an orphanage." Wiz explained. "As such, she relies on her lethal, feral instinct in a fight."
"That lack of training could be pretty bad for her. We saw what happened with Haggar." Sato said. He, Kirishima, Tetsutetsu, and Shoji saluted to the Scottish American Mayor, much to the rest of the group's amusement.
"If I can speak honestly, it's kind of a shame that she became a nun." Kaminari said. "I mean don't get me wrong, her becoming a nun is great and all, it just seems a let down for men in her world to miss out on such a hot chick."
The girls looked to the electrification user with mixed looks.
"Is he improving?" Momo whispered to Jiro, wondering if the second most perverted guy in their class was straying from Mineta's path.
"Not sure." Jirou replied. "Knowing him he can turn back any second but I'm guessing he's just trying to act decent so that he doesn't get a Midoriya or Bakugou beating."
Kaminari, heading every word, slumped down depressed and mumbled "I'm unloved. And I tried hard not to say that is super hot." He was given a pat on the back from Nejire and Kirishima.
"Well these same instincts also lead her to be easily distracted by ferocious enemies like butterflies, rolling balls of yarn and paper." Bookstick declared dramatically.
Laughter ensued from the hilarious blunders of Felicia, mostly from the students. For the heroes, while some chuckled and even laughed, most frowned at cat lady's naivete, thinking that she could more of a hindrance than a helper.
"The other Darkstalkers often consider Felicia to be one of the weakest of their kind, but with the help of her friends, she somehow manages to hold her own against demon lords, spell casters, and all-powerful aliens." Wiz explained.
The heroes did a double take on that, some thinking they thought too harshly if she could defeat such foes despite her shortcomings. The students were also impressed at the girls skills and her feats.
"She's one cat you don't wanna cross!" Boomstick stated.
"I sure could use a catnap." Felicia said before transforming into a cat.
Mixed feelings were thought about Felicia. Many of the students found her adorable, kind, and impressive, most in regard of her inspiring passion and speed, while the heroes frowned upon her weaknesses and hoped that whatever happens shows the students to not be as careless.
The next combatant was shown as a rather unique cat girl. She wore a beige hoody with a cloak that held cat ears with cat themed long sleeves on her arms and cat themed high-heel boots. While her hood was up, she looked creepy with red glowing eyes and a large toothy smile, but underneath she had brown skin, blonde hair into pigtails, a black tail that poked out of her cloak, and an orange bow.
Taokaka
"That chick wearing a cat hoodie?" Boomstick asked.
"No, that's a special cloak designed to fit her Kaka body." Wiz explained.
"Her what body?" Boomstick asked.
"I'm no expert on languages but isn't 'kaka' a Spanish word for poo?" Sero asked.
"I think so." Honenuki said.
BACKGROUND
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 93 lbs.
Race: Kaka
Descended from Genetically Engineered Weapons
Guardian and Vigilante
Superhuman Strength, Speed, & Agility
Incredibly Stupid
"Taokaka is a vigilante of the Kaka tribe, a catlike people descended from genetically engineered living weapons. Her genetics provide her with a natural fighting instinct. She is the guardian of the Kaka, implying that she is the best fighter of the tribe." Wiz began explained.
The audience took a double take on practically half the information that was said.
The students, especially the more studious ones including Momo, Izuku, and Iida were curious about her being species being descended from living weapons and wondering who made their race. The heroes were also interested in that regard, especially Nezu, while many took note of her title as both a vigilante and a guardian of her tribe.
"But while she may be a good fighter, she is one dumb cat." Boomstick stated.
"Unfortunately, Tao has an incredibly severe case of ADHD." Wiz continued to explain. " While she hunts bounties intent on improving her fighting skill and bringing money to her family, she often winds up completely forgetting about her mission at the worst times. Often even befriending her would-be targets."
"Yikes." Mei said. "Even I'm not that bad at forgetting stuff."
"Says the snake that humiliated me at the Sports Festival and forgot my name." Iida said, waving his arms robotically.
COMBAT
A Total of 12 Retractable Razor-Sharp Claws
Speed-Based Combos
Expert Air Control
"Dancing Edge" Drive is Extremely Fast
"She has twelve retractable dual-edge blades on her hands and feet. While the're not very long, they can transform from basic claws to hooks and saw-blades. Damn, I don't even want to think what those could do to my couch." Boomstick said.
"Those retractable knives almost sounds similar to your Quirk Kamakiri." Pony said.
"I suppose, but my blades are longer while hers are more versatile with hook and saw-blades." Kamakiri said.
Meanwhile, a certain explosive Pomeranian is currently jumping in his seat, completely interested in this character and her assortment of deadly weapons.
SEITHER
Uses Instinctively
Uses for Special Attacks
3 Powerful, Fast Distortion Drives
Astral Heat
Limited Amount Available
"Tao's genes allow her instinctively access and utilize Seither: a raw powerful energy seething through the air." Wiz explained."Tao can use Seither to empower and transform her claws, as well as to execute incredibly vicious attacks. However, there is only so much Seither in a given space, and once she runs out, Tao will lose many of her deadliest attributes."
"Intriguing." Todoroki said. "So both this Felicia and Taokaka are creatures born from and use magic, cat girls, and get distracted easily."
"Taokaka seems like she has the edge on magic but Felicia might have her beat with paying attention in battle." Ojiro said.
"Also, apparently, Tao likes to carry around a lot of random shit, which she then uses as projectiles during a fight, such as bowling balls, apple cores, pillo— a pillow? Really?!" Boomstick asked to no one in particular.
Chuckles and laughter ensued from that last part.
"Oh come on!" Sen said. "How is a pillow going to be effective in a fight?"
"In other fights, probably not much. In this fight with an easily distracted cat girl, probably well." Itsuka said.
"She's the fastest of the Blazblue cast, darting around the arena with incredibly fast combos. However, she also has the weakest stamina and doesn't have many defensive options."
"She is similar to Akuma." Tokoyami said. "Incredibly fast and powerful but their defenses are their weaknesses."
"But if you wanna kick her ass, you gotta catch her first." Boomstick said.
"Aah! It's the boobie lady!" Taokaka said referring to Litchi Faye-Ling.
"Alright the combatants are set. Let's end this debate once and for all." Wizard said once again.
"It's time for a catfight Death BATTLE!" Boomstick said in excitement.
The video once again paused as it scanned for counterparts.
Votes for the two cat girls were very mixed. The girls, heroes and student wise, were split in their choices, with the girls who possessed animal and other looks voting for Felicia, such as Mina, Tsuyu, Torru, and Pony. Ibarra also voted for Felicia for being a nun, Uraraka and Nejire as well to stick with Asui, Itsuka and Yui to stick with Ibarra, Eri because she looked sweet, Mt. Lady and Midnight like wise voted for the practically naked pop star fighter, and finally Mandaley and Pixie Bob.
The rest voted to Taokaka for a few reasons. Setsuna voted for Tao because of her cool blades and speed, same with Ragdoll, Miruko, Ryukyu, and Kinoka. Reiko also voted for Tao because of her mysterious look with her hoodie and Momo and Kyouka because of how well Tao was similar to Akuma in power and speed.
The guys side was even more mixed. The most obvious votes for Felicia were Kaminari, Mirio, Sero, Sen, Kosei, Todoroki, Tokoyami, Tsubasi, and Izuku. Others voted for Taokaka, the most notable being Bakugou, Kamakiri, Kirishima, Tetsutetsu, Tamaki, and Tiger.
The scanning for multiversal counterparts ended and the video showed the results.
"SCANNING COMPLETE! FELICIA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: NEJIRE HADO!"
"Wow Nejire, we managed to find one of your counterparts!" Mirio said.
"Now that low attention span of Felicia makes more sense." Tamaki said, causing some roaring laughter to ensue. Nejire would have probably blasted Tamaki with a straight smiling face if not for the millions of thoughts roaming in her head
'Oh my gosh! That's me from another world! I guess it makes sense with both of our blue hairs and Tamaki's joke, I'll get him for that later. Glad that I voted for myself and Eri too voted for me. I hope I win! Wait...didn't Izuku vote for me too? Oh! Now I HAVE to Win to not disappoint my Cinnamon Roll Sweetie!'
"TAOKAKA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: HIMIKO TOGA!"
Gasps sounded as the they found out that this supposed vigilante and town hero was in fact their world's villainess, Himiko Toga. Most of those who voted for Taokaka were now apprehensive about their votes but stuck too, opting to ignore it and and not pin the blame of one counterpart's actions onto another.
Nezu frowned at another member of the League of Villains being mentioned but was intrigued by how this Toga was a vigilante and, arguably, a hero in this other world.
The video started again with a peaceful looking river dock shown, green plains and blue skies shown in the background. We then see Felicia there in her nun outfit, something Ibarra smiled and prayed to see. We then see a butterfly appear and fly over next to her. Felicia becomes excited and tosses her nun outfit away to chase the butterfly.
Kaminari almost made a perverted dunce face at Felicia stripping before quickly shaking if off and looking away, attempting to not notice Bakugou's feral smile, daring him to make a perverted comment and suffer the same fate as Mineta,
Only for her to accidentally strike Taokaka and enrage her. "Alright!" Taokaka screeched in anger and the two cat ladies took a stance to begin their fight.
FIGHT!
Taokaka immediately launched herself onto Felicia and unleashed a flurry of razor sharp claws onto the pop star nun.
"HA! I knew It!" Bakugou yelled out. "It's going to go the exact same way as Akuma vs Shang Tsung and the speedy chick is going to win!"
Taokaka finished her chain of attacks by launching Felicia into the air. As Felicia landed on the ground and Taokaka chased after her, time seems to slow as Felicia bounced back in a roll and counter attacked.
"Yeah!" Nejire cheered. "Go other me! Give that cat hoodie girl a beating she won't forget!"
Felicia unleashed a chain of jabs, kicks, and swipes onto the kaka before performing a spin dash and uppercutting Tao into the air. Felicia jumped up onto Tao to strike at her with fast mid air attacks. She then tossed Tao onto the ground, only for both Tao and Felicia to land on their feet.
"Apparently cats do land in their feet!" Kaminari joked, only to get a tongue slap from Tsuyu.
"No more bad jokes." Asui said, her eyes glued to the fight.
Tao tried to attack the now landed Felicia only to parry and attack with her Rolling Buckler. Tao fortunately manages to snare Felicia and proceed to attack so furiously a dust cloud formed.
"Heh, I'm betting by the time that fist cloud vanishes that that singing, nun, cat bitch is but a bloody pile of shreds." Bakugou cheered darkly and evilly.
The students and teachers looked at him oddly.
"I think we defiantly need those anger management session for Bakugou, ASAP?" All Might whispered.
"Agreed." Nezu said.
The dust cloud disappeared to show Felicia performing her Hell Cat Grapple and tossing Tao away.
"You were saying?" Kaminari said.
"SHUT THE HELL UP YOU DISCOUNT PIKACHU!" Bakugou yelled out.
Tao recovered and the two cat girls faced each other, ready for the either strike...until the butterfly came back. Before their eyes, the two cat girls quickly forgot their fight and began chasing after the butterfly, happy time music playing in the background.
Laughter and chuckles ensued from most of the audience. Eri was watching the scene adorably fixated and happy, while Kota was growing bored quick. Mirio laughed hysterically at the sight, while Izuku was trying hard not to chuckle.
Some of the girls like Mina, Uraraka, and Torru were sighing happily at the sight. Even some of the guys like Kirishima, Tetsutetsu and Koda were sighing happily at the sight too, though Kirishima and Tetsutetsu would never admit it in fear of losing their man cred. Some of the guys, like Kaminari, Sero, and Death Arms were laughing hysterically at the sight, while Aizawa and Endeavor were groaning in annoyance. Bakugou and Kamakiri were about it blow a fuse in anger and annoyance at the fight's interruption for this nonsense.
Before the two could say anything, Taokaka slashed at the butterfly, the poor thing exploding into blood.
"Oopsie!" Tao said.
Shrieks of horror came form Koda and Eri, with the girls ending up consoling a crying Koda while Izuku, Mirio, Nejire, and Kota calmed a nearly crying Eri. The sight of the two crying was so uncomfortable that even Bakugou wasn't willing to say anything.
After the two calmed down the fight continued with a shocked Felicia starting to cry. "No no no!" Felicia cried out. The cat lady cried out like an enraged cat and then jumped onto Taokaka ready to rip her to shreds.
"Pussy Time Is Over! Death Battle Begin Again!" Both Bakugou and Kamakiri yelled out.
The fight began again with the two cat girls slashing and striking at each other, the two pushing against each other blow for blow.
Until suddenly Taokaka was slashing at nothing but air with no sign of Felicia. She looked around confused, looking for the fellow cat girl before said cat girl reappeared and grabbed onto her slashing and spilling blood.
"Seemed that she started attacking more strategically by performing a sneak attack." Mandaley said.
Felicia jumped away and before pouncing back towards Tao who counterattacked with her saw blades. Felicia jumped back and tried using her sand splash only for Tao to jumped over in slow motion and dive into Felicia.
Tao proceeded to strike at Felicia at super high speeds before finishing the fight by slashing Felicia in two!
The fight ended with Taokaka performing a victory dance with the frame of the video only showing Felicia's dead lower half.
K.O.
Stunned silence followed before the obvious happened.
"AHA!" Bakugou yelled out. "HA IN YOUR FACE DEKU! I TOLD YOU THAT THAT POP CAT BITCH WAS GOING TO GET BISECTED BY TAO AND I WAS RIGHT! WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO..."
Bakugou stopped as the sight before him would stop even the most heartless men. Izuku trying to console a sobbing Eri, telling her it all wasn't real, while the girls all looked at him with immense amount of hate. Some of the guys, even Kirishima gave Bakugou dirty looks.
Bakugou took that cue to shut the hell up and stay silent.
"Even though my voted character won, I kinda now feel vindictive having Bakugou taunt Izuku like that while Eri was crying." Momo whispered.
"Not that I'm saying that it doesn't actually hurt to see it, but it's good thing we have our secret weapon to shut Bakugou up: a crying Eri." Kyouka whispered back.
After they finished consoling Eri, the video started back up again with the results of the fight.
"Felicia just got put down!" Boomstick said.
"Too soon Boomstick. Too soon." Kirishima said.
"I think we are just starting repeat ourselves here." Ojiro said.
"Well this one was very close. Based on their movesets, Tao appears to have a slight speed advantage. Though Felicia had the endurance of a Darkstalker, Tao's superior agility eventually gave her the win." Wizard explained Taokaka's victory.
"Not to mention, she's got freaking razor blades for claws!"
"And while by our own rules of any behavior traits against killing are to be ignored, Felicia is more hesitant to deliver killing blows and only fights for the sake of others and rarely by anger, her inexperience giving Tao did edge."
"I guess Felicia didn't have nine lives!" Boomstick said.
"The winner is Taokaka." Wiz finished.
"WAAAHH!" Nejire cried out dramatically. "I'm So sorry Izuku for dying! I failed you!"
"No no no!" Izuku said. "You didn't do anything wrong Nejire. Your counterpart fought her hardest and that's all that we can ask of."
Nejire ceased her crying, gained a happy smile, and jumped Izuku, hugging him and rubbing her cheeks on his. The next few minutes were spent with the girls trying to rip Nejire away from Izuku and Kota splashing Izuku to his senses with a weak water blast.
"Even though she lost, I say that Felicia has a welcome spot in our team." Mandaley said.
"As long as we can make her put on some clothes." Pixie Bob grumbled. "I don't need that hussy stealing my spot as the hottest of the team."
"I'm sorry, but did you say you were the hottest one on the team?" Mandaley turned to Pixie Bob, a challenging glare directed at her.
"Maybe I did." Pixie Bob said.
Tiger had to restrain the two before they could rip each other apart.
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick once again said, getting the attention of the students.
(Cue God of War III music because its so good and chilling)
The audience looked agape at the next two combatants. One of them was a large pale white, muscular man in a red skirt with red markings covered all over his body. He also held two large blades attached to him with chains. The man looked like he had permanent rage face with a furious snarl.
The next figure was a man covered in a black suit with white markings, glowing green eyes, covered in a red flowing cloak. The suit of the man was also covered in skulls, spikes, and chains.
Kratos vs Spawn.
The audience was agape at the next fighters, especially Izuku, Iida, Momo, and Bakugou.
"K-Kratos?" Iida asked. "As in The Kratos? The Spirit and God of Strength and Battle?"
"It appears so." Momo said astounded. "It appears we going to watch a fight between a god and what looks like a demon straight from Hell."
That last part had Ibarra brought to her hands and knees praying to God. Izuku felt a tiny headache upon seeing the two, flashes of memories not of his own popping up in his head before.
Images of vast carnage, blood, and suffering. A woman and child, dead in his arms. Hellfire and screams of pure pain and horror surrounding him. The eyes of what Izuku could only describe as a Demon. He quickly shook them off and tried to pretend that it didn't happen.
Bakugou meanwhile walked numbly towards Mei who had the control. He then looked straight at her with a feral grin and a maniac look in his eyes.
"Play. The. Next. Video. Now." He said darkly, pure excitement oozing out of his voice.
Nezu called out to Bakugou saying "Sit down Mr. Bakugou and we will. I will also like to say that this will be our last video of the day. We will retire for the day and then resume more videos tomorrow."
The students were about to complain before a pointed look from Aizawa and Vlad King shut them up.
Mei then pressed the button for the next video.
Meanwhile, outside the gym, Mineta woke up from his knocked out sleep a few minuets ago and has been struggling to get free from his restraints.
Said restraints included being tied to a chair, his mouth duck taped, blindfolded, chains around him over the rope, and the chair hanging suspended from the top of the U.A. main building.
Notes:
AAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNDDDDD SCENE! Oh I can't Wait For Myself To Write This Fight Down!
And yeah, you can easily figure out what's going to happen next fight, given that little tease I put in.
But anyways, let get tot he reasoning behind the counterparts:
For Nejire as Felicia, it was clear as day. Both have long blue hair, both giddy, smiling, cute, and are a bit of airheads. They are both sweet and compassionate, with Felicia as a nun and pop-star to make kids happy and Nejire as a hero, and during her performance in the Cultural Festival, one of her motivation was to make the students, and Eri, happy. Also, to be honest, they are both hot.
And as Toga as Taokaka, when you look at the two, the similarities start appearing. They are both fast, Tao's a cat girl while Himiko's eyes look like cat eyes, they both have large feral, feline smiles, Tao uses blades while Himiko uses knives, Tao's fast, jumps around a lot, and is a vigilante and mercenary, while Himiko is quiet the acrobatic, villainous assassin. Plus, I wanted to show Toga a bit of love by having her counterpart be a Hero in another world, sense I find Toga's story of how she became how she is to be quite traumatic and shows that she isn't a full on evil person, but misguided and was sent down this path of villainy because her parents refused to give her blood which she needed to drink to survive and she went crazy from it.
So having her counterpart as a vigilante in other world is a way to both show that Toga's path could have been different and to showcase a Villain as a Hero or Vigilante in another world like Nezu as a Riptor, a Villain, in another world.
And next fight is one I waited for a long time and one of my favorites from Season 1, alongside Mario vs Sonic.
And with all that said, that is it for today! As always, I hoped you guys liked chapter, comment your thoughts below, Constructive criticism is always welcome, and check out my others stories if you like.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and I will see you in the next chapter! BYE BYE!
Chapter 10: Kratos vs Spawn
Summary:
The group watches the two Godly Killers fight and what's wrong with Izuku?
Notes:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, ZAYDEN! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! Well really late birthday sense it was last Saturday, but regardless I'M BACK BITCHES FOR ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE! AND FINALLY KRATOS VS SPAWN!
Sorry for the long wait but I've had one hell of a crazy week. Birthday celebration, becoming 21 and an official adult of drinking age, taking some well-deserved time off, and being the supporter to my little brother's Confirmation. Yeah, crazy week. But I'm back with another chapter and thanks SO so much for the support from you guys, my fanfic brother and sisters.
Anyways, before we get into the chapter, I should inform you that the analysis over the two fighters will be a little different, with some small new pieces of information, most of which was helpfully given to be by reviewers on my other site, FanFiction.net.
And without further ado, here is the index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wizard Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick or All Might buff form dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, combatant, and fight dialogue
And finally, I do Not own My Hero Academia, or Death Battle, or the franchises shown and represented throughout these chapters, they belong to their creators and owners, like Horikoshi and Bones Studios for MHA and Roosterteeth and the Death Battle channel for DB.
Enough talk, ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
Mei started the video, most of the guys jumping in the seats from pure excitement, especially Bakugou.
"Of all the warriors who entered this arena, none could compete with these two titans of Death." Wiz proclaimed.
"That actually worries me since the first episode included my counterpart that destroyed an entire species and the second one had a soul stealing sorcerer." Momo said.
"That Just Makes Me More Pumped Up!" Bakugou yelled.
"Kratos, the Ghost of Sparta who single handedly annihilated Olympus." Wiz introduced the first warrior.
"A-Annihilated Olympus?!" Izuku muttered astounded.
"S-Single handedly?!" Iida said as well.
"And Spawn, who managed to dethrone both Satan and God!" Boomstick introduced the other one.
"Come again?!" Itsuka asked.
The destroying all of Olympus feat shocked a lot of the group, but the mention of defeating both Satan and God themselves made everyone's jaws drop. Ibarra started praying to forgive said God for watching such 'blasphemous videos'.
"I'm Wizard and he's Boomstick and it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle." Wizard said again.
The first fighter was a tall, muscular man who appeared to be in his late 30s at most. He was bald with a goatee on his chin, ghostly pale with a red mark going down his left eye to his shoulder, another scar on his other eye, and wearing a permanent looking scowl that made the students and some heroes shiver at the amount of pure hatred in them. He wore only a Spartan warrior skirt with sandals, Golden armaments on his wrists and chains wrapped around him that attached to wicked looking blades.
Kratos
"THAT MAN LOOKS SO MANLY!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu said.
"FOR ONCE I AGREE WITH YOU SHITTY KUNCKLEHEADS!" Bakugou agreed.
"He kinda scares me." Eri said. Kota reluctantly agreed as well.
"Okay you two how about you guys come with me?" Mirio said. "We can skip this battle and we can go to the dorms and see if Deku has any extra candy apples."
Mirio led the two kids, one white/haired cinnamon roll drooling at the thought of candy apples, away to the door and left. The group proceeded with the video.
(cue God of War music because its Awesome!)
"Kratos is a demigod, raised among the Spartans as their greatest warrior, until one day, his people were threatened to be overrun. It was then he struck a deal with Ares, the God of War." Wiz revealed.
Ares appeared to be a giant of a man, wearing reddish-brown armor and his hair and beard all made of fire. He also looked suspiciously similar to Endeavor.
Todoroki glared at the video, subtly feeling like he wasn't going to like this guy, and that's not even counting the annoyance and slight hatred of this guy looking like his father.
Endeavor would have felt flattered that this was possibly one of his counterpart, except he could feel that with it being the God of War, that it wasn't going to be something to brag about.
"Ares would give him the strength to protect his people and in return, Kratos would become his champion warrior." Wiz continued.
"Striking a deal with a god, especially the God of War doesn't sound like a good idea." Jurota said.
"In fact, many of the myths and legends from Greek mythology involves mortals making deals and bargains with the gods only to be betrayed, fooled, or lose more than they gained." Momo said.
"Kratos became super powerful and really vicious, but was tricked by Ares into killing his own family." Boomstick said.
The group gasped as they saw Kratos, covered in blood and looking horrified at his dead wife and daughter. Izuku suddenly felt a sharp and heart wrenching pain in his heart, tears of pain and loss reaching down his eyes.
The students and heroes looked on the traitorous God of War with hatred, even Endeavor looked upon his possible counterpart with hate and anger.
"It's a good thing that Mirio took Eri and Kota away." Nejire said. "Even though we let them watch the Death battles, I think even this would be too much."
"But hey, he saved some money on child support and divorce." Boomstick commented.
Izuku also felt an unbridled rage like never before go through him and was about to leap through the video to punch Boomstick's face off. The others had similar looks of anger and disgust.
"EVEN I KNOW THATS FUCKED UP!" Bakugou said.
Todoroki's left side started sprouting flames at random in anger and Tokoyami's Dark Shadow starts for grow bigger and more angrier, only to be held back by an angry Tokoyami.
"Heh heh, oh man that...that was bad even for me. No joke, that's rough." Boomstick said.
"At least he has some standards." Momo sighed in exasperation.
Izuku, Tokoyami and Todoroki calmed down after hearing the the clear remorse in Boomstick's words.
"As the white, hot ashes of his family clung permanently to his skin-" Wiz started.
"Oh god!" Torru said. "That's awful! Why did that happen?!"
"It was likely a curse from Ares to leave a permanent reminder and even fuel Kratos's rage." Momo deduced. "Ares in the myths always loved sprouting hatred and rage towards his enemies and allies alike."
"Just like Michael Jackson!" Boomstick interrupted
"Who the hell is Michael Jackson?" Bakugou asked.
"No idea." Shinso said. "Though his name sounds familiar to that famous pop star. What as his name again?"
"Miracle Johnson was his name!" Present Mic said "And making sick music was his game!"
"-His quest for vengeance against the gods of Olympus began." Wizard continued.
BACKGROUND
Over 6' tall
A Spartan Warrior
Holds the Rank of Captain
Self-Centered Anti-Hero
Superhuman strength, Speed and & Endurance
"As a demigod, Kratos possesses incredible strength, speed and endurance. He can survive the pummeling of a Titan and best the power of Hercules." Wiz said.
The group watched in awe as Kratos fought against not only Hercules himself, but a massive Titan the size of a Freaking Mountain!
"THAT THING IS FUCKING HUGE!" Kaminari yelled out.
"Even I can't reach a size that high!" Mount Lady said, astounded and terrified at the size of the creature.
"To fight against a creature of that size and power is...unreal." Iida said utterly flabbergasted.
"I'm not sure even All Might could fight a monster that big and strong." Uraraka said.
"Sadly, I think I can agree with you on that Young Uraraka." All Might said.
"Not only that but he fought against Hercules!" Kirishima said. "That's SUPER MANLY!"
BLADES OF EXILE
Dual Short Swords
Wield with Chains Seared to Arms
Hooked Design
Made from the Remains of the Blades of Athena
The first weapon shown was the Blades of Exile. They appeared as two short swords with wicked cool designs. The blades were jagged and had a yellow glow to them, attached to hilts that sported demonic mouths in its design, and were connected to chains that wrapped around Kratos's arms.
The overall design of them made Bakugou's and Kamakiri's mouths water.
"Kratos wields the Blades of Exile, twin short swords bounded to his arms by chains. The blades have a hooked design which Kratos can use to cut right through his enemies or snag them and whip em' around. And like most badass weapons, they can somehow emit fire!" Boomstick explained.
"I SO WANT THOSE WEAPONS!" Bakugou yelled out. "TECH BITCH, BUILD ME THEM!"
"I think not Bakugou." Aizawa said. "If you are going to be a hero, I don't believe hooking your enemies with hooked and deadly blades is the right way to do it."
"Kratos is well trained in sword combat and possesses what may be the most powerful sword the Greek gods have to offer— The Blade of Olympus." Wiz said.
The sword was incredibly long, glowing in blue ethereal fire and light, and its hilt looked incredibly excessive and yet majestic.
"That sword looks so...so..." Shihai said.
"Heavenly." Ibarra said, astounded. "Beautiful."
"It's very glow of it through a screen is making me feel weak." Tokoyami said.
"The Light! The Light! It Burns!" Dark Shadow screeched.
BLADE OF OLYMPUS
Can Kill Gods & Titans
Contains God Powers
Fires Blue Energy Waves
About 5 Feet Long
"After Kratos killed Ares, uh, Spoiler!" Boomstick said.
Cheers went up at the traitorous God's demise, yet they were still shocked that Kratos was able to kill a god, an immortal, 'unkillable' being.
"He was made the God of War, but Zeus tricked him putting all of his godly powers into this sword. Making him mortal once again." Boomstick continued explaining.
"Why would Zeus do that?!" Uraraka asked.
"Like Father like son." Todoroki mumbled bitterly.
"Zeus is by far one of the most heinous, traitorous, and disgusting deities of all mythology." Izuku said, his voice rising higher, as if he had first hand experience. "He betrays his own godly brothers and sisters for power, his lies and tricks mortals into doing his bidding with promises of glory and reward only to fool them, he seduces countless women to satisfy his lust and rapes them if they resist!"
The students were stunned, but not by Zeus's deeds, but rather the look of utter rage and hatred in Izuku's face, as well as lightning sprouting out of him. Uraraka looked at Deku worried as his look of hatred looked similar to Kratos's.
"D-Deku, calm down." Uraraka said. "I know that Zeus is a horrible person, but he's not real. He's only in another world and I'm sure he will get what's coming to him. But just calm down."
Izuku breathed in and out and his look of rage vanished, confusion taking its place. "I-I'm sorry. I didn't know what came over me. I just felt...not like myself."
All Might and Nezu looked at each other, worried about Midoriya and sought to talk to him about it later.
Meanwhile, Hound Dog sniffed the air and perked up when he smelled something off, something...new.
"And making the Blade of Olympus a deadly harbinger of death to even the toughest of Olympians." Wizard explained as the video continued.
GOLDEN FLEECE
Gold Armlet
Blocks Attacks
Deflects Projectiles & Magical Attacks
Strong Enough to Counter the Blade of Olympus
"His most versatile defense is his Golden Fleece. Armor capable of blocking powerful blows and deflecting magical attacks."
"A nice solid defensive weapon to match his offense." Momo said.
"That Fleece looks awesome!" Kirishima said. "It reminds me of my Quirk! Yours too Tetsutetsu!"
"I know Right!"
"But there's a whole lot more to this guy's arsenal." Boomstick announced.
BOW OF APOLLO
Can Rapid-Fire Arrows
Charged Fire Arrows
Does Not Drain Kratos' Magic Limit
Quick with Long Range
"Like the Bow of Apollo, which can shoot a rapid stream of arrows or charge up deadly fire arrows." Boomstick revealed.
"A nice long range tool against far away foes." Todoroki said.
CLAWS OF HADES
Used like Blades of Exile
Spiked Chains & Hooks
Rips Souls from Victims
Can be Resisted
Can Summon Souls
Slower than the Blades of Exile
The next weapon shown was a pair of hooked, razor sharp blades, compete with spikes and attached by chains. They glowed a purplish, ethereal glow that made Tokoyamia and Shihai shiver in anticipation.
"Then there's the Claws of Hades which mercilessly rips the souls out of their victims. Though, tough opponents like Kratos can resist them." Wiz explained.
"So dark. So deadly. So powerful." Tokoyami said. "Revelry in the Dark."
NEMEAN CESTUS
Giant Metal Gauntlets
Lion-Like Appearance
Originally Owned by Hercules
Incredibly Strong
Can Create Shockwaves which Stun Foes
Slowest of all the weapons
"The Nemean Cestus are giant, ultra strong gauntlets, which can stun foes with brutal shockwaves." Boomstick explained.
"I WANT THOSE TOO!" Bakugou tried claiming.
"NO!" Kirishima yelled. "You just can't have All the weapons Bakubro! Leave some for the rest of us! Those gauntlets would work perfectly with my Quirk!"
"Don't forget about me!" Tetsutetsu yelled. "Paring those shockwaves with my heat absorption and defense would be a perfect unstoppable force!"
BOOTS OF HERMES
Greaves with Small Wings
Improved Running Speed
Can Run Up Walls
"The Boots of Hermes give him superhuman speed so fast that he can run up walls." Wiz explained.
"Sounds a lot like your Quirk, Iida." Uraraka said.
"With a dash of Asui's wall crawling." Iida added out.
"Agreed. Ribbit." Asui said.
ICARUS WINGS
Can Glide and Fly
Huge 18' Wingspan
Slowly Falls Apart During Flight
Ripped from Icarus' Back
"And when battled the infamous Icarus, he ripped those huge wings off the old fool's back and took them for his own, giving him powers of flight." Wiz explained.
"He has flight too?!" Kaminari said shocked. "How many weapons does this guy have?!"
"Holy crap, that's a lot of weapons! I like this guy." Boomstick declared.
"Exactly!" Kaminari said.
"Kratos is not invincible, but he's really difficult to kill." Wiz said.
"Hell, he can't even kill himself!" Boomstick stated.
They watched with horror and sick curiosity as Kratos impaled himself with the Blade of Olympus, a bright beam of light shooting out from him and sparkling over the sky.
"Why did he stab himself?!" Pony questioned. "Is it because of that beam of light?"
"Kratos held the power of hope inside of him and when Kratos destroyed all of the Olympians and brought upon the apocalypse, he pierced himself with the Blade of Olympus to free the power of Hope to give to the mortals to survive forward."
Stunned and shocked looks appeared towards the one who said that: Izuku.
"H-How do you possibly know that Midori?!" Mina said. "Are your powers of deduction that OP?!"
"U-Uh...I-I don't know." Izuku mumbled as he suddenly was snapped out of a trance. "It...it just came to my head...like the anger from before..."
Nezu frowned and thought about why Midoriya was suddenly experiencing these episodes. He, All Might, and Izuku and definitely going to have a talk after this. Hound Dog once again sniffed the air and picked up the scent from earlier appeared. Hound Dog could sense it coming from Midoriya and it smelt like burning brimstone and...mistletoe? Hound Dog also sniffed the air and picked up another scent coming from somewhere else in the room, a smell that he doesn't recognize but it was everywhere.
"In his rage, he tore apart the ranks of Mount Olympus and slaughtered every god upon and below it… except for Aphrodite." Wiz explained.
"For obvious reasons." Boomstick said.
Kaminari and Sero didn't even both trying to hide their nose bleeds over the goddess of love. Guys and girls alike were blushing, especially Izuku, who felt phantom touches of pleasure, especially below the waist.
"In doing so, he ultimately brought about the end of the world. Without the power of the gods to keep the chaos in check, the apocalypse had arrived. And it's vanguard was Kratos." Wiz continued. "But don't mistake his actions as purely destructive, as by in the destruction of the Olympian Gods, he freed humanity from their corrupted tyranny and, upon striking himself, gave the power of hope and choice back to humanity."
"Huh, you were right Young Midoriya." All Might said.
"I can kinda feel sorry for the guy." Boomstick said. "Lost his family, killed his other family in the most massive temper tantrum ever, and couldn't even kill himself to ease the nightmares."
"He truly became Death, Destroyer of Worlds." Wiz said. "But he at least has found the paths of a new beginning and a new family."
A scene was shown of an older Kratos, with a thick beard and an axe on his back, holding a young boy with bow on his back.
The students smiled at that. Izuku himself held a tear as he felt fatherly pride and love course through his heart before disappearing.
"I was trying to make you a great warrior…" Ares told Kratos.
"You succeeded." He responded. He then stabbed Ares through with the a sword, killing the God of War.
Mixed reaction ensued upon Kratos. The heroes defiantly didn't like him over causing the apocalypse and his near senseless murder of everybody in his way. Bakugou and Kamakiri loved the guy and his brutal strength, power, and deadliness. The rest of the students were especially mixed and confused. They of course didn't approve of the murder and viciousness of Kratos, but feel sympathetic for the loss of his family and his understood his thirst for revenge.
They continued the video to find the second combatant.
Spawn.
This combatant was first shown as an African American man dressed in black tactical gear.
"Al Simmons was trained to be a deadly, stealthy soldier and assassin, and proved numerous times he was the best of the best. But, when his morality got the better of him, his boss terminated his contract permanently." Wiz explained.
The group watched in horror as Simmons was burned to a crisp while his boss stood above him, saluting to him.
"Guess these two are no strangers to betrayal." Sato said.
"That's when Simmons met Malebogia, one of the demon lords of Hell, who struck a deal with him." Boomstick continued.
"And the two made pacts with beings that you obviously don't make deals with." Shoji said.
"Yeah, you must be incredibly desperate to make a deal with a freaking Demon!" Ojiro said.
Malebogia was shown as a monstrous demon with large green eyes, horns, a large mouth with razor sharp teeth and a long tongue, and sporting long, raggedy white hair.
Izuku flinched, the phantom feelings of anger and rage appearing again. He also couldn't help but compare the creature to look like a more demon looking Shigaraki.
"He would get to see his wife again if he became captain of Hell's' army. He agreed and was reborn as a hellspawn. But as with most demons, it tricked him, leaving Spawn with a fate worse than death, and of course, Spawn swore revenge." Boomstick explained.
The group watched as Simmons came back to life only to find his wife married with another man with a daughter.
"Ouch." Kaminari said. "At least it's better that she's alive and not killed."
"I don't think he would agree." Izuku said, looking downcast. "Imagine it. You are given the chance to meet with the woman you love once again, a woman you love so much that you gave up your soul to a Demon to be with her. Then you come back and she has moved on with another man and they have a daughter, a life that you could have had, now torn away forever."
Uncomfortable silence ensued. The girls looked to Izuku's sadden look with concern. The guys too looked concerned that Izuku has recently been expressing so much connection between the two fighters.
Moving on, Spawn's official look was shown, much to the stunned amazement and excitement and even fear. He was tall, covered in a black skin-tight suit with two streaks of white over his chest and suit, chains and red armaments on his legs and writs, ghostly green eyes, and a torn up long red cape that flowed as if it were sentient.
BACKGROUND
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 450 lbs.
Skilled Assassin
Superhuman Strength, Speed & Durability
Composed of Necroplasm
Regeneration Healing
"Being a hellspawn, he has superhuman strength and speed. He's nearly invulnerable and can use his own powers to heal and regenerate." Wiz explained.
This interested All Might and Endeavor as the two heroes that have fought incredibly powerful regenerating Nomus.
"In addition, Spawn can feed or draw from the evil auras of others for the same effect, it really saves him on band aids." Boomstick said.
"Revelry in the dark." Tokoyami and Shihai muttered.
LEETHA OF THE 7TH HOUSE OF K
Symbiotic Suit
Limited by Imagination
Can Create Chains, Spikes, Claws, Shrouds, etc.
Has a Mind of it's Own
Feeds off Necroplasm of Natural Evil Energies
"He wears a living, parasitic, symbiotic suit named Leetha of the 7th House of K." Wiz said.
"Sounds an awful lot like your Dark Shadow, Tokoyami." Momo said. "Minus the feeding off Necroplasm feature."
Tokoyami nodded.
"Leetha has ridiculous powers. Basically, anything she or Spawn wants to happen, can happen. The suit can create and control chains, claw spikes and morph itself into anything Spawn wants, like a badass cape that can trap enemies and protect Spawn from all sorts of danger."
"That's amazing!" Izuku said. "It can function as both an offense weapon from short and long range to a defense shield and even camouflage!"
"Sounds like it could also keep up with Kratos's plethora of weapons." Shinso said.
"The suit has a mind of it's own, and can operate while Spawn focuses on other parts of the battle. It's strong enough to easily smash through brick and fast enough to block bullets." Wiz said.
"Interesting." Todoroki said.
"However, Leetha feeds off necroplasm energy when using the suit's power; a hellish matter which Spawn is entirely composed of. If Leetha uses too much, Spawn will be sent back to Hell. However, like Spawn, Leetha can also feed off the evil and sin of others." Wiz said.
"That would be the perfect weapon against villains!" Izuku said.
""Indeed." Aizawa said. "It can absorb a villain's energy enough to weaken them or incapacitate them and strengthen him at the same time. A truly vicious combination."
MAGIC
Can Alter Matter
Communicate with Animals (Koda likes)
Flight & Teleportation
Necroplasm Projection
Healing the Sick & Even Resurrecting the Dead
Elemental Control
"Spawn's also got tons of magic powers, he can teleport, transform, blow things up, turn invisible, alter matter, talk to animals, fly with his cape, *draws in breath* reads minds and opens portal to Heaven and Hell. Ho-ly Crap!" Boomstick said with amazement and nearly running out of breath.
"And he can control the elements, often using fire and water to clear swarms of enemies." Wiz explained further.
Jaws dropped left and right at the plethora of Spawn's magical abilities. Everybody pretty much agreed that if Spawn ever turned bad, not one of them could stand against him.
"However, even with all these godlike abilities, Spawn often refers to his most primitive weapons." Wiz said. "As he was trained in Special Forces for so long, Spawn is most comfortable using a gun."
EXPERT MARKSMAN
Weapon of Choice
Least Effective Weapon
Skilled in All Types
"He's an expert in the use of any firearm imaginable." Wiz said.
"Now that I like." Snipe said. "Makes sense too. With that training, a warrior would be effective using a weapon he is an expert at using rather than something he's not."
SPECIFIC WEAKNESSES
Magic Necroplasm
Holy Weapons Forged in Heaven
His Dwindling Amount of Necroplasm
Can only Die through Beheading
"Only two things can break through Spawn's defenses and hurt him, Necromagic and holy weapons forged from Heaven, in addition, he can only die if he's beheaded." Boomstick said.
"Seems rather obvious that heavenly weaponry can slay a fearsome demonic creature like himself." Ibarra said.
"Spawn has fought and killed all sorts of powerful enemies; assassins, cyborgs, vampires, ghosts, Angels, Demons, other hellspawn, rampaging deities, and even Satan and God. Yes, that old lady, is the God." Wizard explained.
The audience was once again astounded by Spawn's feats, especially the Satan feat, that made them fear him even more, and the God feat that made them all pretty much terrified of the hellspawn.
"Really?! God looks like my nana, am I a demigod?" Boomstick asked.
This made the more lighthearted people chuckle, the serious ones roll their eyes, and Ibarra going down on her hands and knees praying that all of this was not true in their world, her Class-1B female classmates noticing steams of comical smoke steaming out of her ears.
"And, after being granted unlimited power by the Mother of All Things, Spawn banished God and Satan from the Earth, which he wiped clean and rebuilt into his own image. He then willingly sacrificed his own god powers and eventually returned to his hellspawn form." Wiz explained.
"Aah, why the hell would he do that? He must've been really bored." Boomstick joked.
"Except that was all proven false." Wiz suddenly said.
A record scratching noise sounded.
"Say what?" Boomstick asked.
"Huh?" Was the audience's similar response. Ibara raised her head in silent hope.
"Well ok long story short, the God and Satan that he banished were actually impostors." Wiz explained. "And soon the real Satan appeared with a demonic army to try to bring on the apocalypse. Then the real God returned and she, yes I said she, also returned, was actually super good and nice, and helped Spawn by giving him a super powerful weapon known as the Sword of Spirit. Spawn then took on the real Satan, even stronger than ever and fought of Satan off, who was as powerful as the real God herself."
"Huh, what do you know? You learn something new everyday." Boomstick said.
A wall burst forth in an explosion of fire and and out of the rumble came out Spawn, guns in hand. "Knock Knock."
The group was still reeling from the information that they heard, but they most accurate reactions were sheer shock and total fear towards Spawn's power, Kirishima's and Tetsutetsu's brains short-circuiting in from Spawn's 'acts of pure manliness', Mina's, Toru's, and Kaminari's brain short-circuiting from trying to understand all that was said, and Ibara doing a happy jig proclaiming 'Hallelujah' that her prays were answered, much to the comical sweat dropped amusement of her classmates.
"Alright the combatants are set. Let's end this debate once and for all." Wiz said.
"Its time for a Death Battle!" Boomstick yelled out.
As the video searched up multiversal counterparts to the two fighters, they voted for who would win.
Those who voted for Kratos that were noticeable included Momo and Iida, for his mythological ties, Ibarra, who had a bit of a grudge towards Spawn defeating God, even though she didn't know the reasons, Uraraka with Asui behind her, because of their sympathy for Kratos's family that he involuntarily killed, Todoroki, because Kratos killing Ares, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu, who respected Kratos defeating Hercules and his armor, Mount Lady, for his victory against a giant Titan, and a reluctant Bakugou, who was extremely divided by the two fighters but chose the one that had the cool weapons in the end.
The most noteworthy votes for Spawn included Tokoyami, because of his similar sentient, symbiotic creature, Shihai, following Tokoyami's mindset and affinity for darkness, Shinso and Mandaley for his mind reading powers and magic, Kaminari, because he figured a guy able to control the elements could also control lightning, Aizawa because of his plethora of abilities, short list of weaknesses, and assassin training, Snipe, because of Spawn's affinity for guns, and Nezu, who only smiled cryptically.
Izuku was the only one who opted out of voting.
"Why Deku?" Uraraka said.
Before Deku could answer, the video answered for him. "SCANNING COMPLETE! KRATOS! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KAT-ERROR! ERROR! OUTSIDE COSMIC, MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTERVENTION DETECTED! INTERVENTION IDENTIFIED AND ACCEPTED! KRATOS! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
Shocked silence filled the room that the adorable, friendly, and heroic cinnamon roll of Class-1A could ever be connected to a raging, hate filled, destructive, and violent demigod like Kratos.
'Could this be why Young Midoriya experiences those random and out of place reaction to Zeus and how he knew why Kratos stabbed himself?' All Might pondered in thought. 'But if that's the case, then why now with Young Midoriya and not the rest of the students during the previous fights, or when Midoriya was Leonardo? Could it have to be that Kratos is a demigod and connected to magic?'
"SPAWN! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
"WHAT?!" Was the general reaction from most of the audience.
"HOW COME SHITTY DEKU IS COUNTERPARTS TO BOTH KRATOS AND SPAWN?!" Bakugou said. "IF ANYONE SHOULD BE KRATOS IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE ME AND SPAWN WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE EMO BIRD BOY OVER THERE!"
"Honestly, I have to agree with Bakugou for once." Todoroki said. "Tokoyami's symbiotic relation with his own Quirk, Dark Shadow, would fit with Spawn's symbiotic suit and Bakugou definitely has the temperament to be Kratos."
"Yeah, and I can't honestly see Deku as either of them personality wise." Uraraka said. "So why is it that Deku is both Spawn and Kratos from their world?"
As they pondered on why this could be, the video once again asked their question. "SCANNING IZUKU MIDORIYA! CONNECTING WITH MULTIDIMENSIONAL ENERGY ACQUIRED FROM WIZARD! CONNECTION ESTABLISHED! IZUKU MIDORIYA'S RELEVANCE AND STATUS AS 'MAIN PROTAGONIST' OF THIS UNIVERSE AND SIMILAR MULTIVERSES, ADDING COSMIC INTERVENTION FROM UNKNOWN CELESTIAL AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL DEITY, APPEARS TO CONNECT HIM WITH THESE TWO COMBATANTS!"
"So Izuku's connection with the two is simply because of some cosmic hi-jinks from some Multiverse God or something?" Kyouka said.
"Also that Main Protagonist Status it pointed out is interesting." Momo said. "Normally that would mean that if this world of ours was a show, movie, book, or anime, then Izuku would be considered the one that is most looked on."
Izuku is squirming in his seat at the attention, especially with being cast into this role of a typical Chosen One role. Bakugou meanwhile was currently fuming at not being the 'Main protagonist' himself.
Before Bakugou could yell out his discontent, the video interrupted them and answered for them for the third time. "SCANNING FOR SIMILARITIES AND COMPARISONS BETWEEN IZUKU MIDORIYA, KRATOS, AND SPAWN! COMPARISONS INCLUDE: BETRAYAL AND TORMENT FROM AN ALLY MADE ENEMY AT A YOUNGER AGE, MULTIPLE UNIQUE UNIVERSE SINGULARITIES IDENTIFIED AS QUIRKS DORMANT INSIDE GENETIC MAKEUP SIMILAR TO BOTH COMBATANTS' ABILITIES, SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH AND SPEED, AND TACTICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ANALYSIS RELEVANT TO SPAWN'S SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING AND KRATOS'S SPARTAN MILITARY TACTICS AND PUZZLE ANALYSIS!"
Silence again filled the room. Nezu, Gran Torino, Recovery Girl, and All Might were practically sweating bullets at the black box referring to One For All and the hidden quirks of the past users. The guys were seeing Midoriya in a new light that bordered between amazement and terror.
The heroes and teachers, especially Endeavor, looked to the Class 1A student, with slight suspicion over the multiple hidden Quirks that was said. Aizawa looked to All Might who also looked nervous but in a different way: his face wasn't that of shocked revelation but of recognition, like a child being caught red handed. He made a point to speak to the former Symbol of Peace when they finished with the video.
The girls of Class-1B were stunned at Izuku's suppose importance and comparisons with the two fighters, most especially Setsuna. She had her eye on the similarly haired teen and this was just gas to the fire to further her curiosity.
The girls of Class-1A, Nejire, and Mei toned out everything that was said after the part where Izuku had 'similar experiences of betrayal and torment from a suppose ally in the past. Their brains starting proposing things they didn't want to think: bullying or abuse. They decided to hold off their thoughts on the matter for later.
Izuku and Bakugou, however, were looking at the screen frozen with pure horror. The two were obviously concerned about One For All being practically hinted towards the whole group, but what truly terrified them was the machine spilling the beans of Izuku and Bakugou's past, a past that had two childhood friendships turn to betrayal from one of them, becoming a bully and practical tormentor to the other.
A secret the two wish to keep secret for the same and different reasons.
Nezu spoke up with "I know many of you wish to further elaborate on this but may I remind you that the purpose of this gathering is to watch these Death Battles. When we leave for the day, you may gather your thoughts later, but for now, let's us resume this Death Battle please?"
The group nodded and decided to continue. The video continued with the voice saying "ADDITIONAL MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS RELATING TO CHARACTERS DETECTED!"
"Huh, so we are getting the counterparts to the others shown in their backstories?" Iida said. "Intriguing."
"ARES! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: ENJI TODOROKI AKA ENDEAVOR!"
Endeavor sighed knowing that this would be the case. He stood and gave Izuku an attempt at apology for his counterpart's actions towards his own. Izuku mumbled that it was unnecessary.
"LYSANDRE AND CALLIOPE, WIFE AND DAUGHTER OF KRATOS, MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS: OCHAKO URARAKA AND ERI! ATREUS, SON OF KRATOS! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUMI KOUTA!"
Uraraka was sent into a spiraling blushing storm over being married to Deku in another elite, only to come to senses when she remembered that she died along with Eri as her daughter and how that caused Deku to suffer.
Izuku's grunted in a headache as images flashed in his mind. He saw images of Uraraka in Ancient Greek clothing smiling lovingly at him, images of Eri running around and looking at him with happiness and love, love and happiness that he didn't deserve. They then changed to him running alongside Kota through snow woods, hunting a deer. Izuku snapped out of his images and surmised that they belonged to Kratos, his counterpart, and decided to talk with All Might about these episodes.
"MALBOGEIA!" MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: TENKO SHIMURA AKA TOMURA SHIGARIKI!"
"I knew that demon looked familiar." Uraraka said, frowning at the memory of Shigaraki's hand around Deku's neck. "I should have noticed the striking similarities, one demon to another."
"ZEUS! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: TOSHINORI YAGI AKA ALL MIGHT!"
"WHAT?!" The students and heroes gasped.
"How can All Might be anyway related to Zeus, especially this Zeus that betrayed Kratos?" Mina said.
"Well Zeus was known as the King of Olympus and the strongest of the Olympian Gods." Iida said. "It's not hard to compare him with All Might strength and position wise with All Might as the Symbol of Peace and semi-leader of Japan's Hero Society and Strongest Hero."
All Might ended up spewing apology after apology towards Midoriya who, likewise to Endeavor, said that it was okay and that he shouldn't be held accountable for the actions of another.
With all that said and done, they decided to cease the question and ponderings and focus on the video.
The video began the fight with an underground castle illuminated by torch lights. Kratos was shown walking up a flight of stairs and onto a wide platform. As he walked past it and almost reached the other stairs, a burst of green flames exploded behind him. Out of the flames stood Spawn. Kratos brought out the Blades of Exile from his back.
FIGHT!
Kratos tossed his blades towards Spawn in hopes of snagging him, only for Leetha to sprout chains from his body that parried the attacks. Kratos continued launching attacks with the Blades of Exile with Leetha blocking's every attempt, whirl Spawn himself was standing perfectly still.
"Damn." Kaminari said. "That's badass! He's just standing there doing nothing while Kratos fails to hit him!"
Spawn, getting bored, brought out of nowhere a large machine gun and fired onto Kratos. The demigod blocked the bullets using his Golden Fleece armor.
"Nice defense!" Kirishima yelled.
Kratos slashed the gun away from Spawn's hands and attempted to capitalize by slamming both swords onto Spawn. Spawn, using his magic, teleported away in a burst of green fire. Spawn appeared again behind Kratos and attempted to strike the demigod with an uppercut.
Kratos sensed the attack coming and blocked it by crossing his arms. Spawn unleashed a Necroplasm powered punch that knocked Kratos back a few feet. Kratos then launched his right blade into Spawn's gut and dragged the hellspawn towards Kratos who delivered a good old Sparta kick and knocked him back.
"Impressive use of his blades to strike from afar and drag enemies towards him for close range fighting." Nezu said. "Reminds me of your fighting style with your capture scarf, Aizawa."
Aizawa nodded.
Spawn landed and dodged other attack from Kratos, the demigod running after the hellspawn that continued to evade him.
"GO BACK THERE SHITTY DEMON DEKU AND FIGHT SHITTY DEMIGOD DEKU!" Bakugou yelled.
"Is he angry because Spawn is running, or because he just wants to see Midoriya's counterpart's fight each other to the death?" Sero asked.
"A bit of both." Kirishima said. "But I agree a little bit. If Spawn defeated both Satan and God, why is he evading and running?"
"They said that Spawn was trained in Special Forces as an assassin." Momo said. "While it is the reason why he uses guns more often than not, training to be an assassin means deploying hit and run tactics and putting the battle under their terms."
Kratos rushed into the room to find no trace of Spawn. As he looked around, he failed to notice Spawn hanging from the ceiling, camouflaged.
"He has invisibility too?!" Torru said.
"He also appears to be able to latch onto walls like me." Asui said. "Though mine is because of my Frog Quirk and the other is probably due to his talons or spikes."
Spawn descended and struck Kratos with a swift downward kick form above. He followed it up with a quick jab and a devastating roundhouse kick that sent the demigod flying. Spawn quickly exploded in green fire and teleported to where Kratos was heading, striking him upwards, teleporting again and unleashing a flurry of super fast strikes onto Kratos from the air. He then smacked him away and teleported.
"Kratos seems to have the advantage in a head on fight with his brute strength but Spawn has the speed and stealth advantage that makes hit and run fights more in his favor." Iida said.
Kratos recovered as Spawn, who stood above the stairs, launched a ball of green Necroplasm onto him. Kratos brought out the Golden Fleece armor and bounced the attack back at Spawn. He then latched onto the hellspawn with his blades and brought him over to him. Kratos brought out the Nean Cauctuses and slammed them onto Spawn in a devastating haymaker.
"Wait, where is he even getting all those weapons from?" Sen asked. "He's wearing nothing but sandals and a skirt."
"Maybe he is using his own magical powers to create a pocket dimension to store his weapons." Izuku said. "Or maybe they just magically appear on him when needed."
"You would know." Sen said. "He is you. Both of them actually."
Spawn recovered next to a chasm and as a Kratos rushed him, he jumped and floated above the chasm, laughing tauntingly at the demigod from above.
Spawn fired more blasts of Necroplasm at Kratos, who blocked them with his Golden Fleece armor as they bounced away. Kratos magically brought out his wings of Icarus, flew into the air himself, and slammed into the hellspawn that defeated God.
The two slammed into the ledge on the other side of the large chasm, Kratos hanging onto the ledge as Spawn hovered above him. "You are pissing me off." Spawn said in a deep, menacing voice.
"That voice sounds so menacing. And sexy." Mina said as she shivered in both fear and arousal.
Izuku displayed a contrast to the menacing hellspawn by blushing and burning up so much his forehead was as hot as hellfire.
Kratos responded but latching onto Spawn with the Blades of Exile, drawing green blood from the hellspawn, and dragged them both downward onto the chasm. The two fell before landing in on solid ground unscathed. Kratos immediately brought out the Bow of Apollo and fired a stream of arrows towards Spawn. The hellspawn that dethroned Satan commanded Leetha to shield him with his cape, the arrows bouncing off the armored piece of clothing.
Kratos charged up a fire arrow to attack, but Spawn reacted by using his elemental magic to make the flames explode out. The flames shot out of control and engulfed Kratos in the flames, Kratos screaming in pain. Spawn doubled down by creating another ball of Necroplasm magic and tossed it over, causing a series of explosions.
"HEY SHITTY DEMON DEKU! I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN CAUSE EXPLOSIONS! GET YOUR OWN SHTICK!" No guesses needed to know where that came from.
"Is it over?" Uraraka questioned.
Kratos lunged out of the fire, the Blade of Olympus in hand, and brought the sword down only for Spawn to teleport a few feet away.
"HES ALIVE!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu exclaimed.
"And wielding the Blade of Olympus." Itsuka said. "Since I guess it's considered a holy weapon, then if Kratos strikes at Spawn then-"
"He will Kill him!" Setsuna finished her train of throught.
The guys who voted for Kratos, ie Bakugou, Kirishima, and Tetsutetsu cheered for the slayer of Olympus to defeat the hellspawn.
Spawn unleashed a flurry of chains to attack Kratos, Kratos slashing through with the godly weapon as he neared the hellspawn. He then rushed forward and stabbed the holy weapon through Spawn's gut.
"YES!" Bakugou cheered. "KRATOS WON!"
"No he didn't." Tokoyami said, smirking.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU ON BIRD BRAIN?!" Bakugou yelled out. "SPAWN IS WEAK TO HOLY WEAPONS AND-"
Bakugou has his question answered as Spawn teleported behind Kratos and grabbed him by the demigod's head. "Die!" Spawn said, as a spike erupted through Spawn's hand and through Kratos's head, piercing the demigod's brain and killing him instantly.
K.O!
Bakugou's mouth dropped in shock, disbelief written all over his face.
"Spawn can be killed by holy weapons, but only if he is beheaded." Todoroki said, eyes widening as he remembered that important detail. "Kratos only stabbed him through his chest and while I'm sure it hurt, it didn't kill him out right."
Tokoyami let out a smug grin. Bakugou decided to just sit back down and try to hold back every thought in his head that wanted for him to strangle the bird headed hero student or Icy-Hot.
"Oooh man, here comes the rage from the God of War fanboys." Boomstick said.
"SHUT THE HELL UP YOU DRUNK GUN LOVING IDIOT BEFORE I BUILD MY OWN UNIVERSE HOPPING MACHINE AND GO OVER THERE TO BLOW YOUR FACE UP!" Bakugou yelled.
"Kratos is a very difficult one to beat, but Spawn's magical powers and near indestructible body proved too much for him." Wiz explained.
"Yeah, normally, that last attack would've meant the end of his opponent. But not Spawn." Boomstick claimed.
"And while much of Kratos' arsenal were forged by Olympians, Olympus is composed of earthly elements, and is not another plane of existence like Heaven. So it stands to reason no Olympian weapons can kill Spawn." Wiz explained.
"I guess that makes sense." Kyouka said. "I wouldn't exactly put mythological pagan gods on the level of The God, if they exist, or compare Olympus to Heaven."
"Except the Blade of Olympus, but it wasn't enough. Plus, this is the same guy who beat the shit out of Satan himself!" Boomstick continued.
"No decapatation, no dead Spawn." Ojiro simplified.
"Plus, Spawn and his suit have plenty of evil energy to feed on during the fight, since Kratos is literally covered in his past sins." Wiz explained.
"I didn't even realize that!" Nejire said.
"That means that Spawn could have fought Kratos for as long as he needed to to tire the demigod out and finish him." Ryukyu said. "And the more the fight progressed, the more Kratos would tire and be unlikely to strike a fatal blow against Spawn."
"And even then, if it makes those God of War fanboys feel any better, Kratos can just fight his way out of the Underworld, like the last times he died." Wiz said.
"He fought his way of Death?!" Kirishima said. "THAT IS SUPER MANLY!"
"Well that was one 'Hell' of a fight." Boomstick punned.
"Meh, I give that joke a 4 out of ten." Kaminari said.
"The winner is Spawn." Wizard finished.
"Phew, that was my favorite battle thus far." Kaminari said.
"Same here." Sen said.
"Agreed." Tokoyami and Shihai said at the saem time.
"Are they just gonna say the same thing over and over every time something dark comes along?" Kosei asked.
"Probably." Awase said.
"Next time on Death Battle." Boomstick said, dramatic music picking up afterwards.
Slayer of Dragons
Explosion Extraordinaire
As the words that described the next fighters, it hyped on the students and intrigued the heroes, especially Bakugou at the Explosion Extraordinaire part. They expected for these two fighters to be like knights or beings of magical power.
Only for them to be shown the image of a blue guy in an all white suit with a jackhammer and air pump and a goofy looking man with a cartoon bomb in hand.
Silence.
"PfffftAHAHAHAHA!" Kaminari laughed. "OH THAT'S HILARIOUS! THOSE GUYS LOOK RIDICULOUS!"
The students and some heroes followed suit in laughing, with the more serious people, ie Endeavor, Aizawa, and Iida, only rolled their eyes, groaned, and wave their arms like a juiced up robot with a stunned face.
"As much as we would all like to see how this battle turns out, this is the last video for the day, I'm afraid." Nezu said. "We shall call it a day for now and tomorrow we can continue with some more fights."
The students first complained but a pointed look from Aizawa and Vlad King ceased their arguments. As they filled out of the gym and headed towards the dorms, All Might called out "Young Midoriya, can we speak with you for a moment?"
Izuku and the rest turned to see All Might, Gran Torino, Recovery Girl, Aizawa, and Nezu standing by waiting for him. Izuku turned to his fellow classmates and said "You guys go on ahead to the dorms. Tell Eri and Kota that I had to stay behind for a while, but I'll be back."
The guys nodded and proceeded to walk back to the dorms, while the girls of Class-1A, Mei, and Nejire were hesitant at first before nodding and walked away as well.
As Izuku and the teachers walked towards the U.A. main building, they were unaware of a certain green haired teen, trailing behind them in tiny split and hidden pieces.
Notes:
AAAAAAANNNNNNNDDDDD SCENE! Oh Boy I can just feel the hate comments coming my way.
Ok first off, let me explain before people start crucifying me for my choices. First off, as I have said time and time again, this story will be More than a simple reaction story and will have some actual plot and story to it, and what I have done with Izuku this chapter will be explained and reacted to next chapter.
Speaking of which, next chapter is an interlude chapter or rather a break from the reaction towards Death Battle and focusing more on the plot of the story and of what's to come. It Does NOT mean that this end of the story and they won't watch anymore videos, they still will but they will only react to a certain amount before they take a break for the day and continue another time. So don't worry this story will still continue to react to Death Battle.
Plus next chapter you guys can finally find out why the girls of Class-1A, along with Nejire, and Mei like Izuku.
And finally, the reasons behind the counterparts. Going into more details of what was said in the story, Izuku's connection towards the two fighters were because of his past with Bakugou, they were friends, the best of friends actually, before Bakugou got his Quirk, became consumed in his arrogance, the praise of others, and became a douche, while Izuku didn't get a Quirk and as such the two's childhood friendship crumbled into a bullying relationship, like imagine you and your best friend made a pact to stay friends until later on when they broke their promise and want nothing to do with you, that can be interpreted as a betrayal because they broke their promise and your trust.
And so that similar betrayal, not to mention Bakugou's 11 years of bullying and Suicide baiting, pairs up well with Kratos's and Spawn's betrayals. Hell, you can even go into a dark route and say that Spawn and Kratos were the Izuku's who actually Attempted Suicide, since the two fighters have done it before.
Also, Izuku and the two fighters also share similarities of being the main characters of their franchises, multiple powers/Quirks at their disposal, Izuku's Black Whip can be compared towards Kratos's own Blades and Chains of Hades and Spawn's Leetha suit that is basically like a Symbiote and chains, Izuku's super strength and speed can be easily compared towards Kratos and Spawn's own strength and speed, and Izuku's future Quirk of Float, spoilers, can be comparable towards Kratos's Wings of Icarus Spawn's Levitation. Obviously, Izuku doesn't have as many powers as the two Titans of death and destruction, but he is technically the only Hero of the series with the most Quirks inside of him, with the only ones that surpass him being the Villains, including Shigaraki, AFO, Gigantomachia, and the Nomus.
As for the other additional counterparts, hope you guys like that little inclusion, if Izuku is Kratos then it would be obvious, even though it hurts to write it, to have Uraraka as Kratos's/Izuku's wife and Eri as their daughter. Endeavor as Ares since they both sport fiery beards and are assholes, Shigaraki as Malbogia because they ave the same hair, sort of, and the two are evil demons in their rights, Zeus as All Might because Zeus is Kratos's father and All Might is Izuku's father figure, and it seemed like a nice little tease of an evil All Might in the multiverse.
Phew, that was a lot said, so I will end on that. As always, hope you guys liked the chapter, what is happening with Izuku, who was the cosmic intervention, what was Hound Dog smelling and who was following Izuku and the teachers? Please leave your thoughts and opinions in the reviews, check out my other stories if you like, and keep each other safe and healthy. P.S. Yes, I am alive and well, thank you for the support and care.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and I will see you all in the next chapter! Excelsior!
Chapter 11: Interlude 1: Theories and Answers
Summary:
Class-1A talks about the previous Death Battle and Izuku, Aizawa and certain lizard girl find out a truth, and questions are answered.
Notes:
HOWYA DOING MY FANFIC BROTHERS AND SISTERS! ZAYDEN STORMVOID BACK AT IT WITH ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE! Now with less Death Battle in today's chapter.
This chapter is an interlude chapter, ie no Death Battle reactions and a pure plot driven story chapter, so if you aren't interested then you will have to wait for the following chapter, but to those who are interested in the plot of the story and don't want to miss a chapter and not be confused, then welcome aboard! In this chapter, we will seeing the aftermath of the previous chapter and reveal the truth by behind the girls' feelings towards our resident cinnamon roll and Izuku's recent episodes.
And so to not waste time, Here is the Index for the chapter:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal and Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Flashback or Referencing Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device Dialogue
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
Class-1A arrived at Heights Alliance, saying goodnight to Mei along the way as she walked towards the Support Course dorms and Class-1B as they went to their dorms.
As they arrived at the dorm they found Mirio playing Super Hero Smash Extreme with Kota, while Eri sat on the couch eating candy apples with a happy smile on her face. Uraraka flinched in pain, remembering the recent Death Battle and what it entailed for her and Eri, the image of her and Eri's...best to not think about it.
"Wow, you're kicking my butt in this game, Kota!" Mirio praised the son of the Waterhouse heroes.
"Of course I am!" Kota said. "Who would ever choose Hawks to fight against Endeavor and expect to win?!"
"My bad!" Mirio laughed it off.
Eri noticed them return and immediately hopped off to meet them. "They're back!" She called out excited.
Mirio and Kota quickly paused their game and walked over to the returning group. "So how was it?" Mirio asked.
Nejire and Tamaki looked at each other nervously before nodding. Tamaki said "Mirio, you might want to sit down for this one. Alone."
Mirio frowned but nodded. He turned to Eri who looked around expectantly. Eri turned to Mirio and asked "Where is Deku?"
"Deku has to talk with All Might for a moment." Uraraka said. "But he made me promise to tell you that he'll be coming back in a little while. Ok?"
Eri looked disappointed but nodded in understanding. "Hey, Eri." Mirio said, gaining the little girl's attention. "Why don't you hang out with the class for a bit while I talk with Nejire and Tamaki for a minute? I'll be back soon."
"Promise?" Eri said, easing her pinky finger.
"Promise." Mirio said smiling.
Eri smiled and walked over to living room with Kota, the little boy nervously asking Eri if she wanted to know how to play Super Hero Smash.
The Big 3 walked outside to catch up on the last Death Battle. Kaminari then said "Oh yeah, we forgot about Mineta! Sero, mind helping me find the scumbag and free him from wherever Midoriya tied him up?"
"Sure." Sero shrugged. "I can't wait to see what Midoriya did to that little shit!"
"I'm not. Perverted scumbag he is, but my friend nonetheless, and I might get nightmares of Midoriya doing the same to me." Kamianri said.
The two walked out in search of the purple ball-haired pervert, leaving the rest of Class 1-A to watch over Eri and Kota while digesting the last battle, and the mysteries that popped out from it.
"Man, that last Death Battle was crazy." Kirishima said, nervously chuckling at the awkward tension. "I know that we were suppose to be watching those videos to learn but...don't you think we are biting off more than we can chew?"
"Yeah." Ojiro said. "We learned that we, the heroes, and even the villains have counterparts in those other worlds. We even found some new moves for us to incorporate."
"Oh yeah!" Sato said. "Wait doesn't Midoriya have the notebooks with all those moves and info?"
"I got it right here." Todoroki said. "Midoriya gave it to me before he left with All Might and teachers."
"Speaking of Midori, what do you guys think about what that video said?" Mina asked. "About Midori's comparison with that Kratos and Spawn guy?"
"I don't know." Shoji said. "Didn't it say that one of Midoriya's similarities to them were because he has multiple Quirks dormant inside of him?"
"Oui." Aoyama said. "It said that. But should we be certain that the video is telling the truth? What if it is misleading or incorrect?"
"You mean to say that everything from that machine was a lie?" Iida proposed. "Perhaps, but it would seem illogical for Principal Nezu to showcase it to us if that was the case. Plus, it knew All Might and Endeavor's civilian identities, and seems to know the identity of that All For One villain from Camino and the name of some mysterious doctor that Midoriya knew. We might have to accept that everything it has shown to us is the truth."
"But if that's true, then does Midoriya really have multiple Quirks?" Torru asked.
"It wouldn't be the first time Midoriya has surprised us." Asui said. "Think about it. Midoriya seems to be a constant enigma in our class. He claims that he is a late bloomer, his Quirk is so unique and powerful, and remember the Joint Class Training where Midoriya's second Quirk appeared? What did he call it?"
"Black Whip." Momo said. "It was those black tendrils that shot out of him. They seemed completely different from his first Quirk."
"The same could be said for Todoroki." Tokoyami said. "His fire and Ice Quirk are direct opposites. Did you manifest any of the two separately?"
"No." Todoroki said. "When my Quirk manifested, I could use both Fire and Ice at the same time. Also, while I got my Fire Quirk from my father, my Ice Quirk came from my mother."
"Bakugou." Uraraka called out the explosive teen who separated from them a few feet away. "You and Deku knew each other before U.A., what were his parent's Quirks?"
"Auntie Inko has a telekinesis Quirk." Bakugou said. "She can move small objects towards her. As for Deku's pops, I haven't ever seen the dude before, but from what Deku said, he could breathe fire."
"Where is his father?" Todoroki asked.
"How should I know, Icy-Hot?!" Bakugou yelled out before he huffed. "All that Shitty Deku said about him was his Quirk and that he went on some business trip in America after he was born."
"That doesn't make sense." Jirou said. "People's Quirks usually are copies or variants of their parents' Quirks. But Zuku's doesn't seem to match either his mother's or his father's."
"But there are some Quirks that are completely different." Kirishima said. "Like Eri's." They looked to the little girl playing with Kota. "From what we know of her after we rescued her from the Hisaikai, her Quirk is completely different from her parents' Quirks. Maybe Midobro is the same?"
"That still doesn't answer the multiple dormant Quirks part." Momo said. "Having a completely different Quirk from your parents, manifesting it late, manifesting another one later, and now multiple other Quirks dormant inside Izuku, it just doesn't add up."
"Well, I don't want to suspect this but, remember that villain that All Might fought that Iida pointed out that the device knew, All For One." Ojiro said. "His Quirk allows him to take Quirks and give them to others, you don't think that maybe Midoriya-"
"Deku Would Never Associate With That Monster!" Uraraka said. "He's By Far The Bravest And Most Determined To Be A Hero Than Any Of Us! There's No Way He Would Ever Be In League With A Villain!"
"I agree." Iida said. "Likewise it would be illogical for Midoriya to have anything to do with the League of Villains given his past interactions with them being clearly antagonistic. I don't believe Midoriya would ever be some secret traitor or in league with the Villains."
"Yeah, he saved both me and Mineta from the Villains back in the USJ, it wouldn't make sense for him to be a traitor and be clearly against them at the same time." Asui said. "And remember how damaged he was after the Training Camp? That kind of near fatal damage isn't something that one can fake or stage."
The students were silent after that, not wishing to suspect their own classmate and friend as a traitor.
"Putting that ridiculous assumption aside, no offense Ojiro." Momo said.
"None taken." Ojiro said.
"The device said that Midoriya's other multiple Quirks were dormant." Momo clarified. "Even if All For One gave Izuku multiple Quirks, they would have been usable from the start not hidden and dormant from even Midoriya himself."
"Well, even if we might not know about this whole other Quirks thing, there is something else that the thing said about him." Kyouka said.
"Right." Momo nodded. "The 'Past Betrayal and Torment from a once ally'. It's what compared him with the likes of Kratos and Spawn and their similar betrayals. But what could it mean?"
"Midoriya doesn't like to talk about his past." Iida said. "Aside from his Quirk manifesting late and his admiration for All Might, he never talks about his life before U.A. Not even to me and Uraraka."
"Could it be that...even if I don't like to suggest it or want to think that it could have happened...but do you guys think that Izuku was perhaps bullied or abused? Especially from a former friend?" Uraraka said.
The class was rendered silent again, the very thought of the smiling, friendly, and most compassionate member of all of them being bullied or abused left a sour and vile taste in their mouths.
"It...It would make sense why he is so shy all the time." Mina said, with growing horror and tears in her eyes. "Maybe he was bullied for so long that he's nervous around everyone thinking that someone would...would..." Mina couldn't continue.
"He does show symptoms of bullying." Momo said. "Shyness, self-demeaning thoughts and words, social anxiety, touch starve-"
"Wait touch starve?" Kirishima said. "What the heck is that?"
"Touch Starve or Touch Deprivation is when someone has little to no physical contact with another living thing." Momo explained, hand gripped over her heart with further worry and concern. "Contact with other people is important for social interactions with others especially around a younger age of development. One time when I put my hand on Izuku's left shoulder-um just to ask a question mind you-he flinched and jumped back at me and for a moment...I thought I saw genuine terror on his face."
The students were rapidly growing more and more concerned over Midoriya, with one in exception growing all the more nervous and fearful.
"But Midobro couldn't have had that little interaction with others." Kirishima said, nervously trying to deny that happy, positive Midoriya could be suffering from such a thing. "I mean I'm sure he must have had some friends growing up. Like Bakubro! You two were friends before U.A., right?"
"Yeah..." Bakugou said, the fire in his voice sounding weak almost nonexistent. "We were..."
The others payed no mind to it, assuming it was just Bakugou being his usual anti-social self. Todoroki however stared at Bakugou with suspicion, pieces fitting together in an image that he almost didn't want to think about. He just continued to stare at the explosive teen with suspicion, almost tempted to imagine him with the same ruthless eyes and flames around his body.
"Touch deprivation doesn't necessarily mean that he was never directly touched or interacted with others." Momo said. "Touch Deprivation also can occur when said victim has little Positive interactions, like hugs, high fives, or the occasional pat on the back from a friend. Touch Deprivation, while low in occurrence and normally occur early in a person's age of development, can be a symptom of someone who has experienced numerous and long standing amounts of bullying and other negative interactions, like abuse and assault."
A thick air of fear and worry hung over the students as they continued talking and coming with thoughts about Midoriya, his past, and the weird interactions that Midoriya had during the video. The Big 3 came back from wherever they went, with Mirio looking pale and angry, probably about Eri's counterpart's fate.
Bakugou flinched as he heard them talk, wishing he could simply walk away without it being suspicious. Bakugou was the only one who knew exactly the device meant, about Deku's multiple Quirks coming from the past holders of One For All, and especially his and Deku's past.
Meanwhile, the girls were increasingly more worried over their crush. Uraraka looked down and thought over what Deku must be going through with the teachers.
Meanwhile...
"Ok, spill it." Aizawa said, looking at group in front of him.
Seating in the teacher's meeting room was Izuku Midoriya with All Might sitting next to him, along with Gran Torino and Revovery Girl. Nezu sat close by at the head of the table while Aizawa stood across from Midoriya and Toshinori.
"S-S-Spill what Mr. Aizawa?" Izuku asked nervously.
"Don't play dumb with me Midoriya." Aizawa said, narrowing his eyes. "You too, All Might. The both of you have been acting weird during those Death Battles, especially that last one where I was told that one of my students has multiple Quirks dormant inside of him and experienced a betrayal and torment from a past ally."
"Plus, during that whole video as those two dunderheads discussed the two fighters, you were behaving erratically, Problem Child." Aizawa said to Izuku. "Suddenly getting angry over Zeus like it was a personal vendetta, knowing information about that Kratos person before the video, describing Spawn's feelings, those out of nowhere headaches I saw you experience."
"And you All Might." Aizawa turned his attention towards the former Symbol of Peace. "When the device said that Midoriya had multiple Quirks inside of him, you were looked nervous and looked like you knew before hand. I'm not an idiot. I want to know what the hell is going on with my student and if it will affect the others."
Izuku and All Might looked at each other nervously. Izuku gazed at All Might and nodded at him, said former pro sighing in defeat before nodding towards Nezu.
"I suppose that it is for the best you know of this Eraser." Nezu said.
For the next half an hour, Izuku, All Might, and the others told Aizawa the truth behind Izuku's Quirk, One For All, Izuku unlocking the dormant Quirks of its past users, and the Quirk's origins tied with All For One.
Aizawa sat down, digesting the heap of information that he was just privy to. "I guess that explains the multiple Quirks part and why you were so interested in Midoriya, All Might. You were training him to be the next you."
"Yes." All Might said. "When Midoriya showed me his bravery, his heroism, and selflessness, I knew then that he was worthy. I spent all of 10 months before U.A. training him so that he could inherit my Quirk without experiencing any negative side effects."
"Such as?"
"His limbs exploding out for one."
Aizawa looked to Izuku and said "So you mean that you took the Entrance Exam without first testing the Quirk out?"
"Well All Might gave me One For All the morning of the exam." Izuku said nervously.
"You gave a Quirkless middle schooler your Quirk, that from what you told me will become stronger than when you had it, and didn't give him any beforehand training with it?!"
"Well, we were on a crunch time." All Might said, rubbing the back of his head.
Aizawa started at the Problem Child of his class and thought 'If what they told me is true, then the first time he used it must have been when he saved Uraraka. It explains why he had so little control over it during the Entrance exam and my fitness test. He only had a Quirk for less than a year and he already has shown impressive growth and skill to keep up and even surpass his other classmates.'
Aizawa sighed and rubbed his eyes. "Does anyone else know about One For All?"
"Aside from the people in this room and All For One himself, my friend in the police department, Detective Tsukauchi, my former sidekick, Nighteye, before he died, and Young Bakugou." All Might revealed.
"Bakugou?" Aizawa questioned.
"A-After the Battle Training in the beginning of the year, I told Kacchan about my Quirk being given to me." Izuku said. "I felt that I needed to explain to him, but he didn't believe me. Then after Camino and the Licensing Exam, Kacchan figured it out and confronted me about it, which led to our fight. All Might showed up and Kacchan agreed to keep it a secret."
"Is there any chance that the students will get affected by this in any way?" Aizawa asked, putting the safety of his class before any one student, no matter how chosen or important.
"I assure you Eraser that Mr. Midoriya's Quirk is well secreted and won't cause any trouble to your class or U.A." Nezu said.
"And the multiple Quirks, how many does Midoriya have left to awaken?"
"Excluding Black Whip's awakening during the Joint Class Training Session and myself since I use the base power of One For All from the First, Young Midoriya still has 5 Quirks left to manifest, each one possibly more stronger than the original users." All Might said.
Aizawa rubbed his eyes and sighed exasperated. "You just keep getting more problematic, Problem Child. Alright, I'll keep this secret. If it were to get out, not only will it cause societal unrest, but make Midoriya a target to every Villain hoping to steal the Quirk of the former Symbol of Peace. Can it be stolen?"
"No." Gran Torino jumped in. "From what Shimura, the 7th holder, told me about the Quirk, OFA can only be passed down by ingesting the current holder's DNA but only if the current holder allows it. It can't be taken forcefully by Quirks like All For One's either."
"But that doesn't mean if it got out that Midoriya would be out of danger." Recovery Girl said. "If it were to get out about One For All, Villains would try and take people hostage so that Midoriya could give them his Quirk."
"Alright." Aizawa said. "That settles the multiple Quirk issue, but what about Midoriya's episodes during the video and the 'past betrayal and torment'."
"That is primarily why we are here." Nezu said. "Mr. Midoriya, how did you feel when these episodes occurred?"
"I...I don't know." Izuku said. "One moment, I just felt normal, then I would feel as if I wasn't myself, like another person's memories and feelings popping up in my head."
"It must have been the memories and emotions of this Kratos and Spawn, your counterparts." Nezu said. "Somehow, you experienced the same emotions this Kratos had towards his family's demise, Kratos's anger towards Ares and Zeus, and Spawn's feelings of rage towards Malebogia and his wife moving in."
"But how is that possible?" Recovery Girl said. "The other students that had revealed counterparts didn't experience these same episodes."
"Could it have been because One For All acted up?" Gran Torino said.
"I'm not so sure, Teacher." Toshinori said. "Midoriya didn't react either during the TMNT Battle Royal and the following video. The blue ninja turtle, Leonardo, was also Midoriya's counterpart, and he appeared for two episodes and yet Midoriya never experience any of the episodes from the last one. Plus, I had my counterpart as Hagar and Zeus and yet I never experienced anything, even if I don't have One For All anymore."
"Huh, seems you have brain up there after all, Toshinori." Gran Torino said. "A shame that you fail to use it most of the time." All Might hunched down in slight depression over his mentor's words.
"Regardless of All Might's bad teaching skills, this does raise the question why Midoriya was affected so vastly from the latest video." Nezu said, ignoring All Might's exasperated 'Come on.' "Could it have been because Midoriya had a deeper connection towards Spawn and Kratos than Leonardo, or could it have been that said combatants were of godly and demonic power?"
"That sounds like a half-ass excuse." Aizawa said
"Doesn't hurt to bring it up if we are to examine all base possibilities." Nezu said. "Speaking of which, there is another possibility to Midoriya's sudden episode, remember what the device said about Midoriya's greater connection towards the multiverse?"
"Yeah." All Might said, perking his head up. "The device also said that there was some unknown cosmic intervention from some unknown person. Could it be that someone hacked into it from the outside?"
"Not likely." Aizawa said. "The note that came with box said that if it sensed any form hacking that it would self-destruct. Also, the device said that it was from some unknown celestial and multidimensional deity and the moment it sensed the intrusion it allowed it. Could something like that be possible?"
"When discussing about the possibilities of a multiverse, some of which we have seen include gods, demons, angels, and magic, I wouldn't dismiss the possibility of some kind of deity of the multiverse." Nezu said. "The box itself was sent from another world."
"Um can I ask something?" Izuku said.
"Of course Young Midoriya." All Might said.
"Um perhaps the only way of figuring out what is going on is by asking the box itself?" Izuku said.
"What do you mean Midoriya?" Aizawa asked.
"Well we have seen that the box can process and comply with questions." Izuku said. "The reason why it said all that information was because we were asking about how I was counterparts to Kratos and Spawn. Maybe if we just ask the box or input some kind of command into it, then maybe we can have some answers to it."
"Hmm, an excellent idea, Mr. Midoriya!" Nezu said. "I'm quite surprise that I didn't come up with it. It's settled then, we will go down to where Power Loader keeps the box in safe keeping and simply ask it. But first, would you like to accompany us, Ms. Tokage?"
A startled yelp came from outside the door, which cause Gran Torino, Aizawa, All Might, and Izuku to stand up in alarm. Slowly, the door opened to reveal Setsuna Tokage, sheepishly smiling.
"Oops." Setsuna said. "Um sorry for eavesdropping." The teachers noticed a suddenly moving object move from the corner of the room: an ear. The ear floated over to Setsuna and reattached itself to her.
"You were listening in our meeting?" All Might asked surprised.
"Yup." Setsuna said.
"How much did you hear?" Aizawa questioned, his eyes narrowed.
"If you mean did I hear about Green Bean being freaking All Might's successor and the whole thing about One For All, then don't worry, I know when to keep a secret." Tokage said. "By the way how did you know I was spying on you guys anyway, Principal Nezu?"
"I have been aware of you following us ever since we left the gym." Nezu said. "I also noticed you slip in your ear before the door closed and the door shaking slightly when we revealed to Aizawa about One For All. My question to you now, is why did you intend to follow and spy on us?"
The confident Setsuna suddenly blushed in embarrassment and started rubbing her neck. "U-Um...I was following and spying because I wanted to learn more about Midoriya."
Izuku suddenly burst into a blushing mumbling mess, something that earned the chuckles of the adults. Setsuna herself wasn't faring any better herself, her face scarlet red from blushing and twiddling her fingers.
"I see." Nezu said. "So I suppose that this attempt at spying was merely a teenage act of curiosity and concern over a fellow classmate."
Setsuna was the twinkle in the mouse-rat thing of a principal's eyes and immediately took it, less her developing crush towards the green bean since the Joint Class Training session were to be revealed in front of said green bean.
"Yeah!" Setsuna said. "Sometimes my curiosity just gets the better of me and I just followed along!"
"And you swear to keep the information you heard a secret?" Nezu questioned further.
"Yes."
"Ok." Nezu simply said , jumping out of his seat. "Then let us continue towards the black box."
"Wait that's it?!" Izuku said shocked.
"Yes. Now don't fall behind." Nezu said, waking by Setsuna and leaving the rest to shake off their shock at the unpredictable teacher and catch up with him.
Meanwhile, Nezu thought 'So Ms. Tokage isn't the leak. I let her tag along to see if she would be wondering where the safe was and to try to steal it but seeing her act so embarrassed towards Midoriya proves that she was simply worried about a school crush. Lucky you, Izuku Midoriya. You have an unofficial harem of girls, if the reactions of your fellow classmates was any indication. Although I might have to let Ms. Midnight teach the students about Sexual Ed sooner than expected.'
As the group walked, Izuku hanged around back to talk with Setsuna.
"So um...Tokage-" Izuku said before Setsuna interrupted.
"Nah none of this last name crap, Great Bean." Setsuna said. "You can just call me Setsuna or even a pen name as just our little secret. You know other than One For All."
"O-Ok, Setsuna." Izuku said. "But speaking of which, did you really spy on us just because you were worried?"
Setsuna blushed before immediately saying "I uh I was, but I was also curious. The other girls of Class-1B can testify that I can get really nose in other's secrets, comes nicely with my Quirk allowing me to be great at snooping on others."
"Oh yeah, I have been meaning to ask you more of your Quirk!" Izuku said, immediately switching from nervous blushing mess to excited Quirk fanboy while also pulling out a notebook out of seemingly nowhere. "You Quirk allows you to separate your body parts and let them fly them around in all sorts of places. How many pieces can you split into? How strong are your pieces when it comes to physical attack power? Can you regenerate your pieces of they were destroyed?"
'Where was he keeping that notebook?' Setsuna thought with a sweat drop as Izuku asked her question after question.
"Well, my Quirk allows me to split myself into multiple different pieces, with the biggest limit I have for being able to split apart is 50 pieces." Setsuna explained. "While they do pack a punch they aren't strong enough to knock someone out immediately so I prefer to strike fast and hard to weaken my opponents down for a decisive blow from me or my teammates. And yes, my pieces can regenerate but it's really taxing on my body so I avoid having my lives get destroyed in battle by going fast, hard, and stealthy."
"That's amazing!" Izuku said. "With your Quirk you could make an amazing scout and tracker! You could stick one piece secretly onto a villain and track them down to their lair, communicate with others heroes or police that are far from you if you separate your mouth and ears to talk and listen..."
Izuku continued to go down a Quirk obsessed though train. Setsuna sweat dropped at seeing Midoriya not only dissect her Quirk's weakness and strength and capabilities, but also do it with just so little information that she said.
'I can barely even keep up with his gibberish talk.' Setsuna thought. 'I can see why Monoma says that he is a nerd but...he looks...cute when he talks like that with so much energy...that shy, sweet smile...
Setsuna snapped out of her ramblings and shook off her blush before snapping a finger over Izuku's face. "Slow down Green Bean! I might be a great listener but even I have limits with the word vomit that you spew out like a machine gun."
"Oh! S-Sorry." Izuku said, shyly retreating into a metaphorical shell.
"But I have to say, you look cute when you get all excited." Setsuna said cheekily.
Izuku went back to a blushing mess that caused Setsuna to laugh.
"But seriously, don't go around telling your class my weakness if we do another Joint Class Training Sesh." Setsuna said. "I don't have a problem with your class like Monoma, but I rather not have my class grill me out for possibly spilling are weaknesses to our 'rivals'."
"S-Sure." Izuku said.
"Hey relax Green Bean, loosen up a little bit." Setsuna patted Izuku on the back. "It's just a little talk between friends, that's all."
Izuku gaped at her and asked "Y-You see me as a friend?"
"Of course!" Setsuna said. "I wasn't lying when I said I was curious about you and now that my curiosity is sated and we talked, yeah I see you as a friend."
Izuku blushed at Setsuna's smile before smiling back and said "I see you as a friend too, Suna."
Now it was Setsuna's turn to blush. 'Suna...I like it.'
Meanwhile, in front of them, the adults practically heard every word.
"They do know that we can hear everything they are saying, right?" All Might said.
"Heh, the kid's got game." Gran Torino said.
Aizawa sighed and said "Why do I feel like Problem Child is getting himself a harem?"
"You saw it too?" Gran Torino said.
"I may be tired but I'm not oblivious to the stares the girls have towards Midoriya and any girl that gets close to him."
"Ah young love." Recovery Girl said.
"You better hope that they take it easy when they find out, Chiyo." Gran Torino said. "I bet you wouldn't want to have a whole group of girls asking for condoms or birth control pills!"
The response to that was a whack to Gran Torino's stomach with a cane (:'(), All Might coughing blood at the thought of his successor being sexual with his classmates, and Aizawa groaning at the unwanted nightmares to come.
They were also unaware of the two blushing green haired teens behind them. They could hear what they were saying too.
Meanwhile, back at Heights Alliance...
The Class-1A girls, Nejire, and Mei, calling in on a video call from a laptop, were huddled around in Mina's room, while the guys and the kids spent the time playing games while waiting for Izuku.
"Okay, no beating around the bush this time, we are getting to the bottom of this!" Mina said dramatically, wearing a fedora and sunglasses.
"Where did you get and why are you wearing a fedora and sunglasses?" Kyouka asked.
"I Said No Beating Around The Bush!" Mina said, dodging the question. "Show of hands, Who here is in Love with Izuku Midoriya?!"
All hands were raised, including Mina's.
"Well fuck." Mina cursed, tossing aside her fedora and sunglasses. "Alright, how did the adorable cinnamon roll woo you?"
Ochako went first, blushing and fiddling with her fingers. "W-Well, it started when Deku saved me from the giant robot in the Entrance Exam. He risked his life to save me, broke his arms and legs to save my life. Even though it meant that he wasted his chance to get points, he didn't think twice on it and just saved me like it was instinct. I was amazed at his strength, resolve, and courage, and overtime, these feelings just got more intense. And whenever someone brings it up or I see another girl with Deku...I just feel all weird and messed up. I knew since the Licensing Exam that I liked him, but I wanted to hold off on saying it because I didn't want to distract him from his goal on being a hero."
"I got attracted to Midoriya same as you, Ochako." Tsuyu said. "I was intrigued from him at first with his strength and how it was similar to All Might, but during the attack on the USJ, Midoriya was so calm and collected and ready to throw himself in danger for me and Mineta's sake. And when Shigaraki was about to decay me and Aizawa stopped him, Izuku immediately tried saving me by attacking that villain. I tried to write off these growing feelings when I find out that you liked him too, Ochako."
"Wait you Knew?!" Ochako asked blushing hard.
"Yeah. Ribbit." Asui said. "But the more I saw Izuku, his adorable shyness, his analytical mind, him forgetting to me Tsu all the time, it hurt to try and forget these feelings. And when Izuku was so broken after the Training Camp, I...I just couldn't take it, seeing him try to save Bakugou."
"So that's why you were so adamant on us going!" Momo said.
"Ribbit." Asui nodded. "It hurt to see him risk his life over and over for others before himself, like a hero. And when I saw him fight against Chisaki during the Raid at the Hisaikai, I found him incredible, I felt drawn to him."
"I know what you mean, Asui." Momo said. "I'm ashamed to say that when I first met Izuku, I didn't think much of him. I saw him as the short, awkward kid that got picked Class President over me. And then choosing Iida over me for Class President didn't really do any favors of my option of him. But over time, I began to see more of him."
"What do you mean?" Ochako asked.
"Remember my fight against Tokoyami at the Sports Festival?" Momo said. "Well, after that I began to have a drop in confidence. I felt so low, so insecure. Todoroki helped in our Final Exams but I still couldn't shake the feelings of whether I deserved to be here or not. Then came Izuku, comforting me, telling me that my Quirk was so unique and amazing and doing that cute rambling of his about they many ways my Quirk can be used, that I was brilliant, resourceful, determined, passionate, and beautiful, heh he became a blushing mess after that last part. But he was my shoulder to cry on, a pillar of support when I needed it, and by then I saw more him."
"He told me that he chose Iida over me not just because he was a great and passionate leader, but because he felt that I was a perfect voice of reason to Iida's well Iidaness, and that he didn't want my creativity to be weighted down by my responsibilities. I use to hate how people treated me like glass, like some fragile jewel, but with Izuku it felt sweet, caring, and trusting that I could take care of myself, he trusted me and so I trusted him. And soon that trust slowly turned to what I feel now."
"That's so sweet, Yaomomo." Torru sniffled.
"Thank you, Hagakure." Momo said. "Tell me, how did you fall for Izuku? I always thought you were interested in Ojiro."
"Yeah no." Hagakure said. "Oji's a great guy but I guess he just wasn't my type. Izuku however, he just clicked with me. Whenever I saw him, he was this sweet, cute, socially awkward guy that would always make a big impact, something I wanted to do myself, because of my Quirk. So I admired that about him. But what really got me thinking about Midoriya like now was one time when he accidentally caught me coming out of the shower with only a towel."
"Really?" Asui said.
"Yeah, he had the cutest large blush on his face and immediately turned away." Torru cooed. "I told him it was alright that he didn't have to look away, you know not much to see when you are invisible. But then Midoriya said something that just stunned me."
"I have to look away!" Midoriya said. "It's not polite to look at a pretty girl while she is undressed."
"I was shocked when he said that and I asked him how did he know I was pretty." Torru said. "He said that he didn't have to know what I looked like to know I was pretty. My bubbly nature, my enthusiasm, my infectious energy, my laugh, those were all he needed to know that I was pretty."
"Aaaaawww!" The girls cooed.
"Yeah, I did the same after he ran off embarrassed." Torru continued. "I started looking at Midoriya differently. I saw how heroic he is, how kind and compassionate, how cute he looks when he is writing in those notebooks of his. But every so often I see when he is alone, he has this look of sadness on him, his eyes looked empty, without that positive energy that he always brings out in people...it hurt my heart to see it. So I whenever I saw him like that I made it my personal mission to make him smile again and have his eyes that I love to see gain life again."
"Ok stop gals, you are making me want to cry!" Mina said, rubbing her eyes.
"What about you Mina?" Ochako asked. "I always thought you were into Kirishima."
"Nah, me and Kiri are just friends." Mina said. "Sometimes I look at him like a little brother, a little brother that I love to tease and feel better. But with Midori, he was different. He was always fun to tease, and he does look cute rambling on and on about Quirks and such. I guess I stared to love him around the Cultural Festival. After we would practice, Midori would always come to me asking for extra lessons. He looked so adorable whenever he missed a step but he kept trying with this determined look. After a few extra lesson, I asked why he was so determined and he told me it was for Eri."
"For Eri?" Momo asked.
"Yeah, Midori told me that when he and Mirio visited her at the hospital, she told them that she didn't know how to smile. Izuku was so intently focused on showing Eri a good time so that she could smile. My heart went so fast I thought I was going to explode. So I worked extra hard to get Midori ready, I even gave him more time to dance in the show before he had to go and set up the pulley for Monoma. And when the show was over, he came over to me and thanked me with such a big smile on his face, showing me that Eri was smiling, and my heart just melted. And I knew then that I fell for him, the boy with the heart of a hero that would go through hell and back to make someone smile."
After a brief moment to wipe away the tears from her eyes she turned to Kyouka. "Alright Jiro, what about you?"
"W-Well, I guess I also started having feelings for him before the Cultural Fetsival." Kyouka said, fumbling with her jacks. "I went to Midoriya for help on how to organize my notes to teach the band."
"That was Izuku?" Momo said.
"Yeah." Jirou said. "And he was so enthusiastic about it that he helped me out immediately. He looked over my notes and he just kept praising me on how good there were and only made some slight tweaks to them and by the time he was done, they looked amazing. I thanked him for helping me but he then suddenly asked why I was so nervous about music if I was so amazing at it."
"I didn't know why I told him, but they way he looked at me with this gentle expression...i-it was like I could tell him anything. And so I spilled the beans and told him how I told my parents that I wanted to be a hero and not a musician like them. I was so guilty because I felt like I was putting all their work teaching me to waste. But then they told me that they were fine with it, saying that it was my choice what to do with my life and that I could be both a hero and still love and do music."
"Then Izuku started spilling to me about his past."
"What?!" The girls cried out in shock.
"W-Well not all of it!" Jirou waved it off. "Just a certain part of it. He told me how ever since he could remember anything that he wanted to be a hero, the kind of hero that saves people with a smile of his face, the kind to give people hope. But nobody truly believed in him. Said that a Quirkless loser couldn't be a hero, that he was worthless. But he never gave up and kept running towards his dream that he was envious of me for having people who believe in me and what I could be."
"I immediately said that he would be the only person envious of me. I started to degrade myself, saying that I wasn't pretty like you gals, but Izuku immediately shut me down and said that it wasn't true. He said I didn't need to look as pretty as others girls, because I was already pretty. I was shocked. He immediately apologized but I just hugged him and thanked him. I knew right then that my heart belonged to Izuku Midoriya."
"Wow." Nejire said. "That was very sweet of him. So Izu of him."
"So what about you Ms. Hado?" Momo asked. "How did you start to like Izuku?"
"Hey hey, none of that Ms. Hado." Nejire said. "It's just Nejire. But as for me and Izu, I guess it all started after the Hisaikai raid. When I saw Izu fighting Overhaul, I was absolutely amazed. He looked so powerful, he looked like All Might with more lightning around him, he kicked Chisaki into the air with one kick! But I knew that he though he was fighting, he was strategizing, he sent Chisaki up into the air to minimize damage and tossed him near the hole and away from the homes. Back then was when I started to look at Izu with more interest."
"Then he visited me with Eri before the Cultural Festival." Nejire continued. "Mirio was there too but when I saw Izu with Eri, like a dutiful father with his daughter, my heart started to beat faster, and even though I may be a little bit of an airhead, even I knew that he was staring at me. I actually got so embarrassed deep down but also pleased that he was looking at me. And not with the looks that most guys have, but rather amazement. I didn't know why then, but I wanted to try extra hard at the talent show."
"So when I saw him with Eri and Mirio during my performance, I was so happy and more determined to do my best." Nejire smiled. "He congratulated when I won and I swore that my heart had more butterflies than when I was on stage. Then after the Cultural Festival, he told me why he was late for the Festival."
"Oh yeah." Mina said. "He said that he was going to get some new rope for the pulley to support Aoyama, but I was curious why it took him so long."
"He said along the way he fought against Gentle Criminal." Nejire revealed.
"WHAT?!"
"Yeah, I was shocked too." Nejire said. "He told me that Gentle Criminal wanted to sneak into the Festival to show his greatness. He told me that he fought him so hard, so determined not to allow him to go through with it because of us. He said that he saw how hard we all worked, how hard I worked, for the Festival, how he promised Eri and wanted to save her from her darkness." Nejire started to tear up. "He then said 'You were working so hard for your dream and you looked so beautiful that I didn't want it to go to waste. I fought so that you all could smile and be happy'." I knew then that I loved him. How couldn't I love a guy so thoughtful, charming, cute, and compassionate as him."
The girls started to tear up too. They all gained a new reason to love Izuku Midoriya.
"Huh, just when you think Muscles can't make you fall for him harder, he just proves you wrong." Mei said over the laptop.
"What about you Mei?" Uraraka asked. "What made you like Deku so much? I always thought you saw him as just a customer?"
"Yeah, at first I saw Muscles as a way to advertise my babies during the Sports Festival and afterwards as a guinea pig to test them out on the field." Mei said. "But over the time that I worked on his gear and talked with him over it, something changed. I noticed how I started to enjoy talking with Muscles, how I was always so eager to have him come in and talk, about his gear or what I'm working on, how much I ft my heart beat faster when he said that he needed me."
"He put up with my admitting my eccentric personality. He helped me test my babies even though he always had that fearful look that they were going to blow up in his face." Mei continued as she looked down, guilt in her face before smiling. "But he would always help me out with a smile, said that it was the least he could do for all I've done for him, said that seeing me smile was payment enough. So I soon pieced it together why I worked so hard to build him his gear, why I spend day and night working on them with more vigor than any of my other babies, which coincidentally are also the ones that don't blow up all or fail. It was because I fell for Midoriya. Cute, oblivious, muscly, passionate, heroic Midoriya."
The girls smiled at that, picturing Izuku in their minds, smiling at them.
"And it doesn't hurt that he's packing." Mei suddenly said.
"EEEEEEHHHHH?!" All the girls cried out, blushing like crazy.
"W-W-What do you mean by that exactly?!" Jirou cured out blushing.
"I-Is this about when you were feeling Izuku up before the Licensing Exam?!" Uraraka blurted out.
"Yep!" Mei said, a blush on her face. "Felt him up to get his measurements just right and boy did I like what I felt. Those muscles, his pecks, his downstairs package..." Mei started to drool, blood leaking from her nose.
"WHAT?!" Momo cried out. "HOW INCREDIBLY BOLD OF YOU!"
"WHAT SIZE IS HE?!" Mina screamed out, her eyes practically oozing pure excitement and desperate want.
The girls moved closer to the screen as Mei whispered it to their ears.
"That's not bad." Mina said.
"Soft." Mei added.
...
The girls' minds momentarily shut down at the last piece of information before restarting. Uraraka started blushing and muttering so much she started to float. Asui was staring at nothing blankly, a small, ever growing blush on her cheeks. Momo hid her face with her hands but they didn't need x-ray vision to see that she was blushing and drooling. Mina's mind went completely blank before her mind flooded with rather descriptive imagery of Izuku while drooling with a nose bleed. Jirou straight up fainted. Hagakure's expression was hard to notice but if you squinted and heard you could see that she was drooling and giggling like a mad woman. Nejire meanwhile had a simple smiling face, however her eyes were wide and clouded and her nose was leaking blood.
The guys and kids at the living room all were completely puzzled when they heard a loud, ear piercing chorus of girlish shrieks.
Back over with Midoriya, Setsuna and the teachers, they reached Power Loader's lab, where the device was hidden and safely secured.
Power Loader noticed them come in and hopped over to them. "Oh Principal Nezu!" He called out. "Glad you are here! Listen about that thing you asked abou-" Power Loader stopped at the pointed look from Nezu. "S-So, what are you here for?"
"For the device, Power Loader." Nezu said. "After Midoriya's recent episodes during the last video, we have decided that the only possible explanation would be asking the device itself. Would you please retrieve it?"
"Sure thing." Power Loader said.
He walked over to the far end of his lab where he pressed onto a piece of the wall and pushed on it. The part of the wall moved back, another piece of the wall next to it sliding open, to reveal a highly technological-looking safe. He pressed a series of codes while Nezu went over to him and the two both stared at a retinal eye scanner. The safe opened to reveal the black box that stored the Death Battle Videos and data.
They moved it to the work table and gathered around it.
"So, um, how does this work?" Izuku said. "Do we press a button or something?"
"Actually," Nezu said as he pressed a button on the side and the device soon activated. "That's exactly how it works."
The device shifted, the top of the box shifting before a holographic screen popped up in front of it.
"DEATH BATTLE BLACK BOX STORAGE DEVICE ONLINE!" The device's robotic voice called out. "HOW MAY I HELP YOU TODAY?"
"Wow." Setsuna said. "That was easy and straight forward."
The teachers looked to Izuku, as if expecting him to ask the question. Izuku gulped nervous. Setsuna placed a hand on his shoulder and gave him a supporting smile. Izuku shield back and steeled his nerves.
He looked back to the device and asked "U-Um can you tell me why I experienced those recent episodes during the last video?"
The device responded by scanning Izuku with a red light. "SCANNING INDIVIDUAL WHILE ACCESSING MEMORY LOGS! SCANNING COMPLETE! INDIVIDUAL IN QUESTION TO BE IZUKU MIDORIYA! EVENT IN QUESTION REFERS TO EPISODES THAT OCCUR A FEW HOURS AGO! IS THIS ACCURATE?"
"U-Uh, y-yeah." Izuku said.
"MEMORY LOGS AND VISUAL USE CAMERA DATA OBTAINED DURING THE EVENT IN QUESTION DETECTS A SUDDEN SURGE OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL ENERGY CENTERED AROUND THE AFFECTED INDIVIDUAL KNOWN AS IZUKU MIDORIYA!" The device said.
"Why did Young Midoriya experience this event and not the other students, teachers, or heroes?" All Might asked.
"CAUSE OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL ENERGY SURGE CAUSED BY TWO KEY FACTORS!"
"And those are?" Aizawa questioned.
"KEY FACTOR NUMBER 1: INDIVIDUAL KNOWN AS IZUKU MIDORIYA HAS BEEN SCANNED AND DETERMINED TO BE A CATALYST AND KEYSTONE FIGURE OF THE MULTIVERSE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A NEXUS POINT! ONE OF A STILL YET TO BE DETERMINED NUMBER BUT THEORIZED INFINITE NUMBER OF THE EVER EXPANDING COSMOS OF THE MULTIVERSE!"
"Wait so, Green Bean, uh I mean Izuku, here is some kind of important person in the multiverse?" Setsuna said, correcting herself after a pointed look from Aizawa.
"CORRECT!" The device responded. "EACH UNIVERSE IN THE MULTIVERSE HAS A KEY FACTOR AND FOCAL POINT THAT TIES ITSELF WITH OTHER PARALLEL UNIVERSE! SUCH FOCAL POINTS CAN INCLUDE PEOPLE, CERTAIN KEY EVENTS, AND EVEN BIOLOGICAL AND SUPERNATURAL POINTS OF INTEREST! THIS UNIVERSE, DESIGNATED EARTH-626, KEY FACTORS INCLUDE THE APPEARANCE OF BIOLOGICAL ANOMALIES KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC OF SAID WORLD AS QUIRKS, ALL FOR ONE AND THE FIRST USER OF ONE FOR ALL, ACCESS TO THEIR IDENTITIES CLASSIFIED GIVEN TIME ZONE OF SAID UNIVERSE, ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL, TOSHINORI YAGI AKA ALL MIGHT, TENKO SHIMURA AKA TOMURA SHIGARAKI, AND IZUKU MIDORIYA AKA DEKU!"
The group was shocked. All Might was surprised that he was a key factor in the theorized infinite multiverse, and while that was an definite ego boost, he was more worried that his fears over OFA being knowledge to the device were fully realized and Shigaraki to be an important figure too. Izuku shared the same reaction to his predecessor. He then thought of an idea.
"U-Um computer or box or-just whatever, can you possibly restrict mention of One For All and it's connection with me and All Might?" Izuku asked.
"REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGED!" The device said. "FAILSAFE CODE AND VOCAL AUTHORIZATION FROM REQUESTED USER NEEDED!"
"Izuku Midoriya. Code: Um uhhh..." Izuku said, trying to think of a code to say.
"REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGED!" The device said. "FAILSAFE CODE: UM UHHH ESTABLISHED BY IZUKU MIDORIYA! INFORMATION REVOLVING ONE FOR ALL AND CONNECTIONS TO IZUKU MIDORIYA AND TOSHINORI YAGI AKA ALL MIGHT RESTRICTED FROM MENTION UNTIL REQUEST AND FAILSAFE CODE FROM REQUESTED USER!"
"Really, Problem Child?" Aizawa said with a sigh. Izuku rubbed his head in embarrassment.
"At least Young Midoriya is the only one that can access and change that order." All Might said, patting Izuku on the back. "By the way, very smart of you Young Midoriya."
"T-Thanks All Might." Izuku said, embarrassed still but happy at his mentor's praise.
"As wise as Midoriya's decision is, I believe that there is one final reason for Midoriya's episode still to be known." Nezu reminded them. "What is the last reason?"
The device responded with "KEY FACTOR NUMBER 2: OUTSIDE INTERVENTION FROM MULTIDIMENSIONAL INDIVIDUAL!"
"WHAT?!" Izuku yelled shocked. "What do you mean by that?!"
"FROM GATHERED DATA AND INFORMATION FROM DEVICE'S CREATOR, CODE NAME: WIZARD, CERTAIN UNIVERSES OF THE MULTIVERSE ARE WATCHED OVER BY A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO POSSESS INFLUENCE AND POWER OVER THE MULTIVERSE! SAID INDIVIDUALS CAN BE SIMILARLY CLASSIFIED AS DEITIES OR WATCHERS OF THE MULTIVERSE!"
"INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR EVENT OCCURRENCE IS IDENTIFIED BY A SINGULAR NAME: ZAYDEN!"
"Zayden?" Nezu said. "Who is this Zayden?"
"ACCESS TO DATA OVER MULTIDIMENSIONAL BEINGS IS RESTRICTED BY USER: WIZARD!"
"Dammit." All Might cursed. "Can you tell us why he would want to harm Young Midoriya?"
"ALLOWED DATA OVER MULTIDIMENSIONAL BEINGS STATE THAT THEY ARE RESTRICTED FROM HARMING INDIVIDUALS OR DIRECT INTERFERENCE UNLESS GIVEN CLEARANCE BY THE COUNCIL OF RICKS OR BY ANY HIGHER FORM OF MULTIVERSAL INFLUENCE!"
"I don't know. Looked like harming to me." Setsuna grumbled. "Also, Council of Ricks?"
"MESSAGE RECEIVED AND OBTAINED BY MULTIVERSAL BEING KNOWN AS ZAYDEN!"
The group was shocked once again. Nezu frowned wondering if this message was a response to their questions.
What does it say?" Izuku asked.
"MESSAGE SAYS: BECAUSE IT WAS FUN AND AMUSING!"
The group was now full on shell shocked and on guard. Nezu frowned, looking around to see if they could see if this Zayden person was watching them from anywhere. Aizawa frowned too, for so on edge and angry that some multiverse god or something shit harmed his student just for fun.
"Is there any way to safeguard, Young Midoriya from these episodes again?" All Might asked. "Is there any way to also safeguard the other students, teachers, and heroes?"
"EPISODES UNLIKELY TO OCCUR TO OTHER VIEWED INDIVIDUALS DUE TO LESSER MULTIVERSE INFLUENCE THAN AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS!" The device said. "DEVICE POWER SUPPLY UNABLE TO FULLY HOLD BACK POWER OF A MULTIDIMENSIONAL BEING! HOWEVER, A TEMPORARY IMMUNITY TOWARDS OUTSIDE MULTIDIMENSIONAL ENERGIES RELATED TOWARDS MULTIVERSAL BEINGS OR CONNECTION TOWARDS MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS THAT COULD RESULT INTO EPISODES CAN BE APPLIED TOWARDS IZUKU MIDORIYA! AUTHORIZED CONSENT IS NEEDED!"
Izuku looked to the teachers who nodded. Izuku said "I accept."
The devil responded "PRESS HAND UPON SCANNER BELOW!" The front side of the box shifted to reveal a hand scanner panel. Izuku nervously placed his hand onto the panel. "APPLYING TEMPORARY MULTIDIMENSIONAL SHIELDING!"
Izuku felt a flood of energy rush into him that almost cause him to fall to his knees, nausea and vertigo clouding his sight. Images poured into his mind at lighting speeds that Izuku could process the images before they faded away.
Suddenly, the images stopped and Izuku's wave of nausea and vertigo suddenly left. Izuku almost dropped to the floor but All Might and Setsuna grabbed onto him.
"Izuku!"/"Young Midoriya!" Setsuna and All Might said, concerned.
"What happened?" Aizawa said with alarm.
"SHIELDING APPLIED!" The device said. "IZUKU MIDORIYA IS NOW SHIELDED FROM OUTSIDE MULTDIMENSIONAL ENERGIES! SHIELDING WILL PROVIDE TEMPORARY IMMUNITY FROM FURTHER EPISODES! SHIELDING TEMPORARY AND WILL LIKELY FADE AWAY WITHIN A FEW DAYS OR WITH ENOUGH MULTIDIMENSIONAL ENERGY EXPOSED TOWARDS SHIELD!"
"I guess we can be assured that you won't be having any more episodes, Green Bean." Setsuna said cheerfully.
"Yeah." Izuku said, his voice tired and woozy.
"MESSAGE RECEIVED AND OBTAINED FROM ZAYDEN!" The device suddenly said.
"What does it say?" Nezu asked, a frown of worry on his face.
"MESSAGE READS: DO NOT FEAR I WONT INTERFERE AFTER THIS...MUCH! HAVE A NICE TIME WATCHING THE VIDEOS! I'LL BE WATCHING OVER YOU! AS ALWAYS!"
"Well that's not creepy at all." Setsuna said sarcastically.
"Nezu, should we continue these viewings of the videos?" Aizawa asked. "I find that we are being watched by some multiverse god or whatever to be quite concerning."
"I understand your concerns, Eraser." Nezu said. "However, if this Zayden is to be believed he has already been watching us and is continuing to watch over us regardless of what we do. Plus, the device said that these multiversal beings seem to only be able to watch over us, not interfere so I doubt that this Zayden will reveal anything to the Villains or harm out students and staff. We will continue the videos tomorrow, especially now that we are certain that what occurred with Izuku Midoriya won't repeat or affect the other students, teachers, and heroes."
Aizawa stared at the rodent principal for a while before giving in with a "Fine."
Nezu turned to Izuku and the rest and said "With that I feel that this is enough for one day." Nezu gave a pointed look to All Might before he could raise any objections. "Ms. Tokage, could you please escort Mr. Midoriya to Class-1A's dorm? I feel that after such an experience that Mr. Midoriya is too tired to walk on his own."
"Yes sir." Setsuna said.
With a nod between Izuku and All Might, the two walked out towards the dorms.
As they left, All Might turned to Nezu "Nezu, sir, I know that Young Midoriya has already been through enough, but it doesn't sit right with me just glossing over that other fact the device revealed."
"You refer to when the device said that Midoriya's connection towards Kratos and Spawn were because of some early betrayal and torment from a former ally or friend." Nezu said it as less of a question but more of a statement. "Rest assured All Might that this won't be glossed over or swept under the rug. I have my suspicions of what it entails but I feel it best to leave it unsolved for now."
"I have to for once agree with All Might on this sir." Aizawa said. "I think I have the same suspicions as you and if that is the case, I feel that leaving this issue unresolved could be a recipe for disaster later on."
"And I completely agree, Eraserhead." Nezu said. "But given Midoriya's state, I feel if we pull on that thread that it could also lead to disaster. The boy is obviously overwhelmed with what happened and is likely to face more when he arrives at the dorms. If we push too far, Midoriya might very well unravel or even keep it to himself."
"You believe Young Midoriya would hide it from us?" All Might questioned.
"I saw Midoriya's look when that comparison was revealed and it was a look of both recognition and terror. He knows but if we push him too hard, he will close up and withdraw from us." Nezu said.
Aizawa sighed and said "Fine. I might not like it but we'll follow your lead. I have to go out on patrol soon, so I'll see Midoriya back at the dorms before I go off."
All Might sighed too defeated and walked off with a goodbye.
As Nezu saw them leave, Power Loader reappeared into the room.
"Now," Nezu said. "I believe you were about to tell me that someone tried to steal the device?"
The next morning...
A black limo stopped onto the curb, it's two escorted passengers stepping off by the gates of U.A. High, the rodent principal waiting by the entrance.
The oldest of the two was a man in his late 30's-early 40's, with brown hair, glasses, tall, and wore a regular polo shirt with khaki shorts. Beside him, the youngest of the two, was a 17 year old blonde girl, with glasses, and wearing a blue short skirt and emerald green blouse.
"Welcome to U.A. High." Nezu greeted.
"Wow, this place looks just like Toshi said it was." The man said. "Big."
"Is Izu-I mean Uncle Toshi and Midoriya here today?" The blonde girl asked before blushing and rewording her question.
"Yes they are." Nezu said with a hidden smirk. "I believe they are already finishing up today's classes. You two can inspect the device and see them in time."
"Thank you, Principal Nezu." The man said. "We are really excited to see this 'inter-dimensional black box' for ourselves."
"Of course." Nezu said. "Right this way, Shield Family. Best not delay, I'm sure a few certain friends would very much want to see you again."
Notes:
AAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNDDDDD SCENE!
Hope you guys liked the chapter and the plot so far. And yes, I am in this story as a typical multiverse watcher and Guardian. Yeah I know, Oooh original. But I actually have already done this on my other story, Welcome to the MCU, and what better way to cause some multiversal shenanigans than little ole me.
Also hope that you guys liked the reason why each of the girls fell for the cinnamon roll and remember that these events are only occurring in my fic's timeline and not in the canon timeline. I wanted for each of the girls to be attracted to a different part of Izuku, like Mina attracted to Midoriya's compassion and determination for others, Momo for Izuku's care, trust, and mind, Kyouka for Izuku's honesty and kindness and so on. As for Tokage, she is one of my most favorite characters out of Class-1B and really underrated and cool and you can expect for some hi-jinks to happen when the girls find out about two more girls after the Green Bean's heart.
And also, yeah David and Melissa Shield are in the house and present for possible future All Might's and Izuku's to meet their gory and gruesome ends in simulated Death Battle fashion. Yeah I know, I'm twisted son of a bitch.
Also, if you guys are wondering why I put a sad smile face after RC whacked Gran Torino...if you are not manga reader don't ask and if you are one, then you might want to check the latest chapter. I send my regards to your future wailing selves.
Also, fun note, this was the longest chapter that I have ever done so far for this series, and you can expect future Interlude chapters to follow the same trend of length and plot importance.
With all that out of the way, hope you guys like the chapter and leave your comments in the reviews, check out my other stories if you like, guess away on which characters will be who in future Death Battles, and keep each other safe and healthy.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and remember to Go Beyond! Plus Ultra!
Chapter 12: Bomberman vs Dig Dug
Summary:
Death Battle continues with some new guests.
Notes:
In the recent and creepy words of Billy Butcher: "Daddy's Home!' Zayden StormVoid here again with another chapter of MHA watches Death Battle now with actual Death Battles to watch.
Last time, we had an interlude chapter where the fragile secrets of OFA and Izuku and Bakugou's past were nearly revealed in by a little of my intervention, Aizawa now knows about OFA, the girls of Izuku's unofficial harem had a much needed chat where their feelings come out, Setsuna and Izuku grew close, and now the Shield family is in town.
And we are back with Death Battle! But first, the index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wizard Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick or buff All Might Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, combatants, or fight dialogue
And with that said and done, as always, I don't own My Hero Academia, Death Battle, or any of other franchises that are represented in previous, current, or future chapters, credit and rights belong to their creators, Horikoshi and Bones Studios for MHA and Roosterteeth and DB channel of DB.
Now, enough talk, ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
After another day of classes passed by, which included lots of anxious students, the students, teachers, and heroes gathered towards the gym.
"I told you guys, I'm fine." Izuku said to his persistent classmates.
"But what if you have another episode, Izuku." Momo pestered worryingly. "It's not healthy to experience such attacks so often."
"I got checked out by Recovery Girl and made sure those episodes won't happen again." Izuku insisted. "I'm alright. No need to worry."
The class wasn't fully convinced, especially after what Izuku told them about the cause of the episodes (choosing to omit anything regarding OFA or Setsuna finding out), but they decided to drop it knowing that trying to convince Izuku to stop doing something would be like asking Bakugou not to swear.
Izuku turned to Mineta, who was walking behind Izuku nervously, probably worried that one wrong move or comment would cause Izuku to attack again. Izuku slowed down and walked beside the shorter teen and said "Hey Mineta."
"*Gulp* Y-Yeah?" Mineta said nervously.
"I just wanted to say I'm sorry for you know, what happened yesterday." Izuku apologized. "I didn't mean to go overboard and everything."
Mineta looked at the green-haired kid in shock before saying "No no, its cool. I totally had that coming. Although I won't forgive you for ridding me of seeing that super hot cat chick."
"Even if said 'super hot' cat chick ended up getting killed right in front of your eyes?" Izuku asked.
Mineta paused and his eyes suddenly widened in horror. "I take that back. Apology fully accepted."
"So still friends?" Izuku asked.
"Wait, you see me as your friend?" Mineta asked shocked.
"Of course, why wouldn't I?" Izuku asked confused as if he asked the simplest question in the world.
Mienta was shocked before smiling and responded "Yeah, friends."
Izuku and Mineta smiled before Izuku gained a serious look "But I hope that we never have to do a repeat of last time. Right?"
Mineta shivered in fear, especially the last part that sounded more of an order than a request. "Yep!"
Meanwhile, behind them Sero and Kaminari walked, their eyes droopy and tired. "He should be apologizing to us too." Sero said. "Took us hours to find Mineta from where Midoriya tied him up."
"Yeah." Kaminari said. "I mean Mineta is my friend too but the purple bastard practically deserved his punishment. We on the other hand had to find him and pull him up. It took So long that I barely got any sleep.*Yawn*"
As the students gathered into the gym all anxious to get to their seats and watch the next videos, Nezu came up to speak.
"Thank you for convening here so quickly." Nezu said. "Now before we get seated and started, I would like to announce a few things. Firstly, Kamui Woods and Death Arms as you may see will not be joining us today. They are called away on hero duties, but will keep the secret of this device. Also we have two new guests today that will be joining us for the videos."
Nezu gestured to the doors where they opened on time to reveal David and Melissa Shield.
"Melissa!" Izuku exclaimed excited.
"Izuku!" Melissa exclaimed excited as well, running over to drag the green haired teen into a hug, one where the green cinnamon roll had his head pressed between her breasts.
The guys snickered and groaned respectively about what seemed like another girl interested in Midoriya, much to the green bean's obliviousness. Mineta was meanwhile crying blood in a corner while Kaminari awkwardly pats him on the back, keeping a distance at the bloodworks.
The girls of Class-1A, Nejire, Mei, and Setsuna immediately gained a malevolent aura around them. 'Another rival!' They though menacingly.
"Oh! I'm sorry!" Melissa yelled, releasing the near suffocated OFA successor, after blushing and realizing what she was doing in plain view of everyone. "I'm so sorry, Izuku. I guess I was just so excited to see a friend again."
"No no it's ok." Izuku reassured her. "I'm really glad you are here too. You as well Mr. Shield!"
"Thank you, Midoriya." Dave said gratefully, Toshinori standing beside him with a smile.
"Wait, All Might, you knew they were coming?!" Izuku figured out and asked. "Why didn't you tell me?!"
"I wanted it to be a surprise." All Might said. "Plus, after what happened with the device and last night, I guess it must of slipped my mind."
"Um not to be buzzkill over this sweet reunion." Mina said, her left eye jealousy twitching at the sweet part. "But can someone tell us what's going on here?"
"Everyone, meet David Shield and his daughter Melissa Shield." Nezu introduced.
Most of the students immediately recognized the Shield name and gushed over the famous David Shield, the world-renowned inventor that was a partner of All Might while he was in America. Mei was so excited over meeting the Support Item building legend that it took several students to hold her back from rushing over to Dave or her daughter.
"Now now, calm down students." Nezu order to which the students complied. "Now that we have that settled, we will watch some more Death Battle videos. As for the seating arrangement, I will have Ms. Shield sit in between Midoriya and Uraraka and Mr. Shield behind All Might."
Uraraka was definitely not pleased being separated from Izuku, while the rest for the girls, while secretly, pettily happy that Uraraka was held back in the their race for Izuku's heart, they also didn't like that Melissa suddenly was so close to Midoriya. Momo and Kyouka knew of their closeness that formed during I-Island, especially when they and Uraraka encountered the two of what looked like a date. Setsuna was also pissed that she was still the furthest from Izuku, especially since their budding friendship from last night.
They were especially not happy when they saw Melissa smile brightly Izuku who delivered his own nervous smile. Izuku felt a dark chill run up his spine as he turned to find all of the girls of his class, plus, Mei, Nejire, and Setsuna starting at him with dark eyes of jealousy.
As Izuku fended them off for his life, All Might whispered to Nezu. "Nezu, sir, why did you do that? Not that I'm not grateful that Melissa and Izuku are getting along, but you just basically sent Young Midoriya to the worst hell imaginable. A woman's wrath. Worst yet, multiple women's' wraith."
"You've seen how Midoriya has a knack for attracting women to him. I thought you would be overjoyed to have Melissa to take an interest in Young Midoriya?" Nezu explained.
All Might froze and looked to the two kids, and contemplated. Even All Might could admit to himself that he started to view Midoriya as a son he never had, much like Nana to him was like a mother, and he was practically Melissa's uncle and godfather. So having the two get together would be...like a family.
All Might smiled.
"Plus, I find Young Midoriya's girl drama to be entertaining." Nezu chuckled with a dark grin.
All Might's smile faltered. 'Scratch that.' All Might thought. 'The boy is going to die before he ever graduates.'
After Izuku survived the girls, they all sat themselves in their new seats, Uraraka still glaring daggers at the back of Melissa's oblivious head.
Mei activated the device, which drew the attention of the two Shields. They were already informed by how it worked by a run down from Nezu during classes but seeing it action was intriguing none the less.
Mei pressed the button to the next video and it played, the familiar rocking music playing.
"Oh man I almost forgot how rocking this music sounds!" Kaminari exclaimed.
"Shut Up So We Can Watch, Sparkplug!" Bakugou yelled.
"Doesn't look like he has changed much, huh?" Melissa asked Izuku.
"Yeah, classic Kacchan." Izuku said.
"Today, two experts of destruction and masters of terrain will fight to the bitter end." Wiz starts.
"They also look adorable as heck!" Torru squealed.
"Agreed." Mina said. "Look at those cute purple hands!"
"White Bomber, the Bomberman." Boomstick introduced the first fighter.
"And Taizo Hori, a.k.a, Dig Dug." Wiz introduced the other fighter.
"Bomberman. Huh. Not a bad name." Bakugou admitted.
"Better than your last options." Todoroki bluntly said that made a couple of chuckles.
"SHUT UP ICY HOT OR I'LL KILL YOU!"
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick." Boomstick introduced himself and his co-host.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle." Wizard said before starting.
The video played and what they saw have them confused. Instead of the same design as the first one, they saw human like robot surrounded in a maze full of fire.
"Wait a minute, he looks completely different from before." Pony said.
Bakugou looked more pleased at the shift from childish to violent.
"Bomberman is a psychopathic, cyborg slave forced to duel other slaves in dimly lit maze-like arena for the entertainment of alien terrorists." Boomstick explains.
This confused the audience more until Wiz interrupted.
"No, no, no, not that Bomberman, Boomstick." Wiz corrected. The images now showed the actual Bomberman. "White Bomber, the Bomberman: an alien robot warrior from the planet Bomber, who belongs to an intergalactic police force protecting the galaxy."
"Oh that make sense." Kinoko said.
The screen changed to show the actual design of Bomberman. He looked like a cute humanoid creature in a purple suit, an radio antenna on his large head, black vertical, cartoonish eyes, no mouth shown, wearing red shoes and round ends with no fingers for hands.
Bakugou was disappointed in the change back to colorful cartoon while Torru squealed in delight.
Bomberman
BACKGROUND
Alien Robot Warrior
Can Generate Bombs
Defender of the Galaxy
Uses Explosives to Save Helpless Planets (Bakugo reluctantly approves)
Young and Naive
"Oh. Well, his method of saving those planets is blowing the shit out of them, so, he's alright with me." Boomstick explained.
"So basically, Bakugou." Kaminari joked. Laughter at the expensive of the explosive teen ensued while said explosive teen had to be restrained from blowing Kaminari up.
"Right, Bomberman cares little for the environment he is suppose to be protecting, making him an unpredictable opponent." Wiz explains.
"Ok I'm betting my allowance in that Bakugou is this guy's counterpart." Momo said confidently.
More laughter and snickers occurred with Bakugou fuming in silent rage.
"Speaking of which, we might have train the kid to be more environmentally conscious." Present Mic suggested.
"Agreed." Aizawa said bluntly.
"Bomber's answer to every problem is well, Explosions! Got a locked door? BLOW IT UP! Behind on Taxes? BLOW THEM UP! Have a naggy wife? BLOW HER ASS UP TOO!" Boomstick said.
While Bakugou, this time, shamelessly laughed at the jokes, the rest of the reactions were slightly mixed. The girls were a little ticked at the blowing up the nagging wife part, while the guys were having a hard time either face palming or keep their own laughter in tow.
BOMBS
2 to 3 Second Detonation
Cannot be Defused
Upgrade-able
Can be Kicked & Thrown
Can be Powered Up by Being Held
"His arsenal consists of bombs, bombs, and more bombs, which usually take about 2 or 3 seconds to detonate." Boomstick explained.
"That's a lot of bombs." Kaminari memed. His punishment: earphone jack into his ear and pain.
"Jokes aside, where does he keep all those bombs?" Sero asked.
Before Izuku could respond, he was beaten to the punch. "It could likely be some support gear that shrinks and holds all of his bombs on him." Melissa said. "It could also likely be the same as a Quirk that he can summon bombs or that he has a teleportation device on his person that summons his explosives."
Melissa finished her analysis to find silence and wide jaws and eyes."What?" She asked confused.
"This is getting out of hand. Now there are two of them." Kaminari memed again, gesturing to Melissa and Izuku. Kyouka stabbed her earphone jack into Kaminari's ear once again as punishment.
"And while the explosions start out small, heh, they can be upgraded to destroy an Entire Acre, All At Once!" Boomstick continued excited. "Plus, he can charge a bomb up to 4 times its size for maximum destruction!"
The audience saw how Bomberman's explosives grow in destructive force and somehow magically change its size to become bigger and more destructive.
"Kind of reminds me of your Quirk, Yui." Itsuka said. "You know, increasing the size of objects."
Yui nodded silently.
Bakugou meanwhile was smiling like a maniac at seeing the destructive yield of those bombs. "Now That Is What I'm Fucking Talking About!" Bakugou screamed out excited.
"Language!" Iida shouted.
"Screw Off, You Four-Eyed Swear Police!" Bakugou screamed back.
POWER-UPS
Bomb-Up (At this point Bakugou is mentally writing notes for his own Ultimate moves)
Accelerator
Armor
Explosion Expander
Bomb Kick
Power Glove
Super Bomb
"Whilst blasting his way through planet after planet, Bomberman, finds numerous power-ups buried beneath the Earth." Wiz said. "Bomb-Up gives him extra bombs, Accelerator increases his running speed, Armor gives him temporary immunity, the Explosion Exapander gives his bombs a power boost, and the Bomb Kick and Power Gloves let him kick and throw bombs at his own leisure."
"Sounds like standard sounding power-ups." Midnight said.
"And when he picks up a Super Bomb, you Know he means business!" Boomstick explained. "I'm talking T2: Judgement Day Business!"
Jaws dropped at the explosive power that turned people to nothing but dust and bones.
"Nevermind." Midnight said, both amazed and horrified. "There is Nothing Standard about that."
"Who in their right minds would give basically a Nuke to some Bomb crazy psycho?!" Mineta screamed out.
Bakugou meanwhile was grinning from ear to ear, more excited and pumped up at seeing more of his official vote.
ROOEYS
Easily Tamed
Super Speed
High Jumps
Can Step Over Bombs
Sometimes called Looeyes or Louises
Pink Ones Dance (Cue awes from Mina, Torru, Eri, and Koda)
The screen showed images of Bomberman riding on green, purple, or pink adorable kangaroo-like creatures.
"Bomberman can also hatch and tame wild Rooeys'." Wiz explained. "Kangaroo-like creatures which give White Bomber a distinct advantage in battle."
"SO CUTE!" Mina and Torru shrieked in joy.
"It's official." Kyouka said, whilst holding her ears in pain. "I'm going to go deaf hearing from these two screaming or Jamming Yey's horrible memes."
Koda and Eri looked at the kangaroo-like creatures with adorable smiles, especially at seeing the pink one dance.
Bakugou however detested having this explosive centered character resort back to 'kid shit', as he put it.
"Each Rooeye has a different ability." Boomstick jumped in. "Though generally, they're very fast, have incredibly good jumping skills, can step over bombs, and sacrifice themselves for Bomberman if need be. Kinda like Yoshi. Oh The Adorable Creature-manity!"
Izuku and Mirio had amazing foresight, that Nighteye would be proud of, to cover Eri's eyes and ears before Boomstick uttered those last words and the sight of seeing Yoshi being ditched by the Mario guy and seeing the green dinosaur fall to its doom.
They unfortunately couldn't do the same for Koda who had to be appeased by the guys.
"That's horrible!" Uraraka said. "Who would be so heartless as to let those creatures get killed for them?!"
The Bakusquad slowly looked at a certain blonde Pomeranian, who noticed their stares. "WHAT ARE YOU ALL LOOKING AT, YOU IDIOTS?!"
"Which brings up Bomberman's weakness: His own weapons." Wiz revealed. "If White Bomber's careless, he can easily get caught in his own explosions or trap himself between a wall and his dropped bombs."
"Yeah, Bomberman's good at blowing shit up, but he's not so hot when it comes to diffusing his own explosives." Boomstick said.
"Talk about being your own worst enemy." Itsuka said.
"Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Ibarra voiced out.
"Did you just quote a verse from the Bible?" Setsuna asked incredulously.
"That sounds like something Ibarra would do, so yes." Yui said.
"That aside, that is something to look out for students." Vlad King said. "Do not let your pride and recklessness take the better of you, or it will be your downfall."
"But he survived through a crap ton on of games, leaving behind many smoldering piles of rubble that used to be planets, towns, and families. Are we sure he's a good guy?"
"You tell me." Wiz said.
Bomberman backflipped, completing a mission, and cheered "I did it!"
Thoughts over Bomberman were mixed. The heroes and teachers frowned at Bomberman's methods, especially with his careless use of explosions and recklessness. The students found Bomberman's explosive abilities to be astounding if not also a little frightening. Torru, Koda, and Eri all loved the Rooeyes and hoped that none would end up dying in the Death Battle. And Bakugou was so pumped up over the Bomberman and his destructive potential that he no longer cared about the teasing of him being his counterpart. If anything, he hopes so.
The video moved onto the next fighter. The combatant was a man with blue skin wearing a white, red-striped suit and white helmet with red bumps on its side and a blue bump on its top. He also was wielding a jackhammer and a bike-pump (that last one confused the audience). He looked like some miner from a sci-fi movie.
Dig Dug
"Dig Dug is an expert excavator and executioner" Wiz revealed. "He constantly traverses the underground to slay dragons."
"Wait he slays Dragons?!" Kirishima said excitingly at the man slaying beasts of legend. " So Manly!"
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Taizo Hori
Translates to "I want to Dig."
Honorary Chairman of the Driller Council
Father of Mr. Driller
Ex-Husband of "Kissy" from Baraduke AKA Alien Sctor
"His real name is Taizo Hori, which literally means "I want to Dig." Wiz continued. "He's also the father of the more recent phenomenon: Mr. Driller."
"I have a feeling I know who this guy's counterpart will be." Midnight said.
"Same here." Nezu said, staring at said discussed counterpart.
"Dig Dug has two loves in life: Digging and Killing." Boomstick stated nonchalantly.
"Weird mix of loves but after seeing god-killing war machines and egg-powered dinos, I shouldn't be surprised."Kyouka said.
"I Stand By The Dude's Goals!" Bakugou yelled out. "The Last One Mostly!"
PUMP
15' Harpoon-Like Hose
Forcefully Inflates Foe (Audience becoming really disturbed and weirded out)
Stuns Enemies for a Short Time
Injects 10 PSI per Pump
Pumped until the Victim Explodes
"His main weapon is one of the most cruel and deadly weapon I have ever seen." Boomstick said. "Its pretty much a cross between a bike pump and a harpoon."
"An odd weapon which I would normally question the efficiency of." Wiz interrupted.
Comical question marks appeared over the audience's heads as they stared in pure confusion.
"Why would his weapon be a mix of a pump and a harpoon?" Nejire asked.
"Maybe to shoot dragons and pump his tires at the same time." Mineta jokingly responded. His reward was a miniature explosion to his face.
"But when he stabs you with it, oh boy, you're going to wish you die any other way than what ole' Dig Dug has planned for ya." Boomstick claimed.
The screen showed Dig Dug impaling a weird red ball creature with goggles for eyes and feet and started pumping, the red creature expanding and inflating like a balloon until *POP* the creature exploded in pieces.
Stunned silence was the reaction of practically all of the audience.
Momo quickly created several new paper bags that were quickly snatched by rapidly nauseous and green-faced students. Eri and Kota yelped in horror with Izuku and Mirio cursing themselves for being careless and having to comfort the two kids. A few of the heroes, ie Mt. Lady, Pixie-Bob, Midnight, and Present Mic, even felt nauseous while the rest of the heroes either remained shocked or looked horrified.
Hell, even Bakugou, Todoroki, and Shinso were stunned at the gruesome display.
"Well," Nejire said, her face green. "I guess that's what his weapon is for."
"That is Horrible!" Mina screamed out. "What kind of psycho does that?!"
"Not Manly!" Tetsutetesu and Kirishima said, their faces looking queasy too.
"The average human body can only take around 15 pounds of air pressure before death is assured." Wiz explained, he himself a bit disgusted yet fascinated with Dig Dug's weapon. "Every time Dig Dug pumps, over 10 psi is injected into his victim, quickly immobilizing them. 2 or 3 pumps later, and Dig Dug's target meets its popping end."
"A well-explained scientific explanation!" Iida complimented. "I, however, wish it were applied in something not so Disgraceful and Sociopathic!"
"What do you think, Dave?" All Might asked.
"About the weapon?" Dave questioned. "Highly unethical but effective. About this video? Now, I see why you don't want this falling into the hands of the Villains."
"That is one horrible way to die!" Boomstick exclaimed, equally horrified and excited.
A picture was shown of Dig Dug, his face blank and expressionless, pumping the red creature to its death, the creature's intestines and blood spilling out.
If the previous show of Dig Dug's form of murder made them nauseous, this picture caused lunches to be forcefully ejected into paper bags.
Izuku and Mirio learned from their mistake and blocked Eri and Kota's eyes and ears, with Shoji and Sato doing the same for Koda.
"OH MAN UP YOU PUSSIES-*GULP*!" Bakugo yelled out, unconvincingly holding back his own disgust and rising nausea. "WE ALREADY SAW DEATH BATTLES WHERE THEIR HEADS EXPLODED AND GOT CUT IN HALF!"
"At least those were quick!" Uraraka protested, her back patted by Asui and Deku. "That death is slow, incredibly painful, and Worse than the others!"
Meanwhile, Pixie-Bob herself was puking into her own paper bag. "Are you serious?" Mandaley said. "You have seen plenty of gruesome sights while rescuing civilians from disasters. Like those guys that we had to amputate their shattered legs."
"It doesn't mean that it gets any easier to watch." Pixie-Bob retorted.
Boomstick continued with "Imagine after being impaled, you're then slowly filled with air until you explode! Oh Man, This guy is sick!"
"OK WE GET IT!" Kyouka yelled out. "MOVE ALONG!"
JACKHAMMER
Burrows in 4 Directions Instant Start Up
Fast & Efficient
Can Tear Apart Islands (Cue raised eyebrows)
"Dig Dug also has a jackhammer, which he uses to burrow through the earth at unimaginable speeds." Wiz continued explaining. "He has total control over his terrain and can maneuver through the ground as easily as walking through an empty field, climbing and crawling without slowing down."
"I guess that's why he is called Dig Dug." Sen said.
"But how is he walking up the side of the tunnel he made?" Kosei said.
"It is probably some support item that shifts his gravity to the wall or his boots must have some wall-climbing and latching features." Mei explained.
"Impressive observation." Dave complimented, causing Mei to shake in her seat in fangirl excitement.
"That jackhammer can ever force entire islands to split apart!" Boomstick yelled out.
"Wow, that's actually hardcore." Sero said. "Just like how that Akuma guy shattered an island with a single punch?"
"Wait what?" Melissa question, taken back at the mention of the concept of an island destroying punch.
"Tell you later." Izuku said.
"But the strangest thing is the sound it makes." Boomstick continued. "You'd think a jackhammer would like this." Shows a regular jackhammer in action and the sound it makes. "But Dig Dug's sounds like this."
A weird and annoying sound sounds off as Dig Dug tunnels through the Earth.
The loud sounds quickly cause some of the students, especially Kyouka, to clutch her ears in pain.
"GAH!" Bakugou screeched in pain and annoyance. "QUIET THAT FUCKING THING BEFORE I RIP MY EARS OFF!"
"Ironic coming from Class-1A's resident Banshee." Monoma taunted. "Always yelling out in that pitiful raging voice like a wailing child!"
It took the reluctant efforts of most of Class-1A to hold Bakugou back from exploding the other blonde douche to oblivion.
"Actually Boomstick, that sound seems to occur every time he takes a step, not just when he is drilling." Wiz clarified.
"Oh yeah!" Itsuka said. "You can see he makes that noise when he's walking up the already dug walls."
"So, its his feet?" Boomstick questioned. "Man that would get really annoying real quick, no wonder this guy's a psycho."
"I know if I had to listen to annoying, loud sounds all day, I would start to lose my sanity." Kyouka said dryly, looking over at Bakugou and finally at Mina and Torru.
"What?" The two girls asked.
"Dig Dug possesses great physical endurance, climbing and digging tirelessly for unprecedented amounts of time." Wiz said. "And yet, he is easily defeated when tackled by a tomato with eyes and feet."
"What?" Mineta questioned, voicing the similar confusion of the rest of the audience.
"What?" Boomstick asked.
"Yes, Dig Dug battles both ferocious, ghostly, fire-breathing dragons and living walking tomatoes." Wiz revealed.
"WHY THE HELL ARE WALKING TOMATOES A THREAT TO HIM?!" Babkugou screeched out annoyed. "AND HOW IS HE SO WEAK THAT HE GETS KILLED BY GETTING TACKLED BY ONE?!"
"As much as I hate to, but I have to agree with Bakugou." Momo said. "It seems rather weird that those kinds of creatures would be of any danger to anyone."
"Maybe it has to do with why they are so big." Kaminari offered an explanation. "I mean they are as big as Dig Dug so they must be some kind of mutated tomatoes that are dangerous."
The students looked to the Electrification Quirk User in silence.
"What?" Kaminair asked.
"Just wondering who are you and what have you done with the real Jamming-Yey." Kyouka said dryly.
"You guys are mean!" Jamming-Yey shouted.
"And he's back." Mina said.
"Who in the hell thought that walking tomatoes with goggles were on par with fire-breathing ghost dragons?!" Boomstick questioned dumbfounded.
"EXACTLY!" Bakugou shouted. "Even if he says some fucked up stuff sometime, I like this guy!"
"Wait." Melissa turned and whispered to Momo. "Could Boomstick's counterpart here be..." She paused and looked at the explosive blonde. "I mean, if everyone has a counterpart in another universe, then the same should be said in their universe."
"That is...actually brilliant." Momo whispered back, looking between Bakugou and the screen. "Should we possibly same something?"
"Nah, best to keep this to ourselves." Melissa said with a wink. "Wouldn't want to look foolish if we are wrong or have Bakugou be anymore annoying. Just a little girl to girl secret."
Momo smiled. 'Maybe she's not so bad after all. If only she wasn't clearly interested in Izuku.'
Dig Dug explodes the last dragon monster and jumps in the air victorious as the iconic victory music plays.
The audience's thoughts over Dig Dug were also mixed. The heroes and students found his choice of weaponry to be rather sociopathic and extreme. They did like he did those things for seemingly to protect others from those monsters, but were iffy on his methods. Eri and Kota liked the music that played after Dig Dug won, finding it enjoyable. Kyouka asked Momo for a pair of earmuffs, predicting that the following Death battle will have that annoying sound play as Dig Dig walks.
"Alright, the combatants are set." Wiz said. "Let's end this debate once and for all."
"It's Time For a Death BATTLE!" Boomstick announced.
The video paused as the screen started its traditional multiversal counterpart scanning.
Meanwhile, votes were cast on who would win. The most notable votes for Bomberman were Bakugou, for obvious reasons, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu, Izuku, Mina, Torru, Eri, Koda, Endeavor, Manga, Miruko, Mineta, and David. Mina and Torru voted for White Bomber for his adorable design and, in addition to Eri and Koda, for the cute Rooeys. Endeavor and Miruko chose Bomberman, believing that his city-leveling bombs would secure an easy win.
As for Dig Dug, his most notable votes were from Mei, Power Loader, Kaminari, Nezu, Momo, Mirio, Kota, Pixie-Bob, Aizawa, Honenuki, and Melissa. Despite his lethal, brutal methods, Aizawa and Nezu voted for the tunneling killer, noticing that Dig Dug is strategic by knowing where to tunnel and drop boulders onto his enemies. Mei and Melissa, while initially and still disturbed by his choice of weaponry, they still found to be intriguing, as well as Power Loader, who also voted for the digger's similar digging traits. And Honenuki and Pixie-Bob voted for his similar affiliation towards the ground like them.
"SCANNING COMPLETE!" The device sounded. "BOMBERMAN! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KATSUKI BAKUGOU!"
"HAH! KNEW IT!" Mineta yelled in victory.
"Whatever!" Bakugou yelled back. "At least I'm still an exploding badass in other universe!"
"So this is the multiversal counterpart feature that you said about." David said to Nezu. "Its fascinating. Can it explain to us the reasons as to how it two characters are counterparts to each other?"
"The only time it ever directly explained to us the connections between counterparts was the last video yesterday." Nezu clarified. "When it connected Mr. Midoriya to two rather destructive, deadly individuals and we directly asked it. Coupled with last night's rather interesting development, we can clearly confirm that the device can understand and answer questions, if allowed by its directives."
"Hmm." David hummed in thought. "Perhaps we can ask it later on for a more concrete way to answer our questions? Like a notepad or phone?"
The device finished with "DIG DUG! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: HIGARI MAIJIMA AKA POWER LOADER!"
"Wow Mr. Power Loader!" Mei exclaimed. "We found one of your counterparts! Is it because the two of you both dig underground."
"Seems like it." Power Loader said. He turned to Bakugou and said. "May the best counterpart win."
"OF COURSE I WILL!" Bakugou yelled arrogantly.
"Dude, just take a chill pill for once." Kaminari said. "How are your lungs not wrecked with you yelling all the time?"
"BECAUSE I'M AWESOME!" Katsuki fired back.
Kaminari face-palmed.
With all bets and counterpart scanning done, the video resumed.
The video showed Bomberman riding a green Rooey through a pain field with bright blue skies.
"Awww." Torru awed. "He's riding one those Rooey's! Its so adorable!"
"That just makes me worried that it will get hurt in the Death Battle." Itsuka said.
"Oh shit." Mina said.
Bomberman on his Rooey stopped in front of a waiting Dig Dug.
FIGHT!
Dig Dug fired his harpoon at the White Bomber, only for the green Rooey to back up in time to get out of range. It sped away and suddenly crashed into Dig Dug, running past him before striking him again.
"Impressive speed." Iida complimented. "With the Rooey, Bomberman has a clear speed advantage."
"BEAT HIS ASS UP OTHER ME!" Bakugou cheered.
The attacks let up and Dig Dug found a bomb placed in front of him. An exclamation point appeared above his head, indicating his surprise, before he dug straight downwards, evading the explosion.
"However, Dig Dug there has some good evasion by tunneling underground." Mirio said. "Kinda like me with Permeation."
The blasted part of the earth revealed a power-up with a smiling flame. Bomberman and the Rooey went to retrieve it, only for Dig Dug to come up from underneath and fire his harpoon straight at the Rooey. A few pumps later and the expanding kangaroo-like creature exploded in a burst of blood and fur.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Koda cried in horror, Mina, Torru, and Pony also crying out as well. Mirio and Izuku quickly covered the kids' eyes.
"Oh god, I'm getting sick again." Uraraka said, her face turning more green.
"I hate being right all the time." Istuka sighed.
"And now with no Rooey and how quickly he can tunnel, Dig Dug now has the speed advantage over Bomberman." Izuku analyzed.
Bomberman flew off and landed in the ground, but quickly getting back up. He rushed back to the hole that Dig Dug tunneled out from, holding an enlarging bomb in hand. The White Bomber tossed it down. The bomb landed next to Dig Dug who only looked back for a split second before tunneling quickly, once again escaping the explosion.
Bomberman quickly walked down and grabbed the multiple power-ups revealed. He looked down the tunnel where Dig Dug fled, brought out another bomb and kicked it down the tunnel.
"One of those power-ups must have been Bomb Kick." Melissa said.
The bomb sped flew towards Dig Dug who batted it away with his harpoon. Bomberman, who quickly sped up towards Dig Dug kicked it right back. A few second went by of Dig Dug and Bomberman kicking and batting the bomb back and forth.
"Talk about the most deadly game of Pong ever." Sero said.
"With rather Explosive consequences." Kaminair joked, resulting in an explosion to the face.
"And there is Your explosive consequence." Mineta joked, resulting in the purple perve to also get an explosion to the face.
Losing his patience, Bomberman tossed another bomb to stop the previous one, the two fights fleeing away as the two bombs exploded. A new power-up was revealed, this one of a large red bomb that Bomberman quickly grabbed.
"YEAH TIME FOR MEGA EXPLOSIONS!" Bakugou shouted.
While Dig Dug tunneled above, Bomberman held the large red bomb over his head, charging it up and growing in size, before finally tossing it. As the slid to a stop, it released a enormous explosion, so much so that Dig Dug was left standing on empty black space.
"HOLY SHIT!" Kirishima exclaimed. "THAT WAS AWESOME!"
"AND MANLY!" Tetsutetsu exclaimed.
Dig Dug fell and landed next to Bomberman, who held another large red bomb in hand.
"GAME OVER YOU PSYCHO DIGGER!" Bakugou yelled out in pre-mature victory.
Before Bomberman could throw it, Dig Dug fired his harpoon, striking at Bomberman head on.
"I think you spoke too soon." Sato said as Bakugou comically froze.
Izuku and Mirio hovered their hands near of Eri and Kota's eyes, expecting to see Bomberman explode in bloody chunks.
Dig Dug pumped a couple of times, Bomberman expanding due to the air, only for Dig Dug to stop and tunnel away.
"Wait why did he stopped?!" Kaminari asked loudly. "He had dead to rights there!"
"Did you forget what was also there?" Tokoyami said.
Bomberman deflated only to realize that he was in front of his bomb, with 3 seconds already passing. Bomberman's eyes widened comically and screamed in horror before the White Bomber was engulfed in a monstrous explosion.
As the smoke cleared, no trace was left of Bomberman while Dig Dug returned to the large crevice of Bomberman's last explosion.
K.O!
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Bakugou yelled in fury and defeat. "THAT'S BULLSHIT! HOW DID MY COUNTERPART LOSE TO A PSYCHO, TOMATO KILLER!"
"If I tell you, are you just going to explode my-Nevermind." Kaminari said before stopping after seeing Bakugou's comical glowing red eyes of rage.
"We might also want to get that kid some anger-management lessons and make him more accepting of losing." Midnigth added.
"Agreed." Aizawa said, reading himself in case Bakugou was reading an explosion at another student.
"Congratulations, Mr. Power Loader!" Mei cheered. "Your counterpart won!"
"Thank you Hatsumei." Power Loader thanked his secretly favorite student.
"To be clear, this is a simulation, right?" Melissa asked Izuku. "They aren't really dying, right?"
"Yeah." Izuku said. "That was also one of the less gruesome deaths."
"The most gruesome being?" Melissa asked nervously.
"Getting slashed in half by a crazy cat girl." Nejire answered.
"I found the one where that red ninja turtle smashed the other turtle's head into paste more gruesome." Tamaki muttered.
"That was definitely horrible!" Mirio said with a still cheerful smile and tone. "Though I thought the one where Midoriya's turtle counterpart slashed that Battletoad in half was more gruesome in my opinion."
Melissa paled, visualizing those deaths. "I had to ask." She sighed regrettably.
"YEAH, EXPLOSIONS!" Boomstick cheered.
"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Bakugou yelled pettily.
Kirisshima gasped in horror. "Bakubro yelling about someone about explosions! Quick Guys! Check outside to see if fire isn't raining from the sky!"
Laughs from the audience resulted and, even though the hardening Quirk user was his friend, it took all of Bakugou willpower not to send 'Shitty Hair' flying to the moon.
"Dig Dug is a difficult opponent for anyone to beat, not for brute strength, but sheer maneuverability." Wiz explained. "Dig Dug had almost complete control of the terrain off the bat, while Bomberman was forced to rely on his power-ups for success."
"Taking this fight into the ground gave dig Dug a huge advantage." Boomstick added.
"Agreed." Nezu said. "Drawing in your enemy to a terrain or environment that suits your abilities is a tactical advantage. Much like how Quirks or skills based on darkness and stealth would be more formidable and dangerous in dark areas."
"Also, even though Support Items can you help you kids out in a difficult situations, remember to not rely solely or overtly on them." David Shield added. "Over-reliance on one thing can be detrimental for a hero or society to grow."
"Wise words." All Might said. "Especially coming from the best Support Item builder I know."
"Yeah well, I had to learn that lesson the hard way." Dave said, looking over at Izuku and Melissa, recalling the events at I-Island. He created a device to power up All Might in a desperate effort to restore the Symbol of Peace to his former glory only for it to backfire and hand it over to a Villain that nearly destroyed I-Island. It was only by the efforts of his daughter, Melissa, and Izuku Midoriya that made him realize his mistakes, growing overly reliant and safe under All Might's Symbol that he was too afraid of a world without him.
Dave smiled at the two kids as they talked and laughed. 'Definitely learned the hard way. But at least I know that there is hope for the future.'
Wiz continued wiz "Even after if it looked like Bomberman had taken the lead with that huge explosion, Dig Dug proved that he could control his opponent just as much as he can control the terrain. Like paralyzing his foe long enough so that his foe's greatest weapon to be his own downfall."
"Bomberman sure went out with a Bang." Boomstick punned.
The gym was filled with the sounds of loud smacks of hands smacking their foreheads.
"That has to be worst pun yet." Kyouka said. "Even worse than Jemming-Wey's."
"You cannot even begin to comprehend the bounds of my genius!" Kaminari memed in retaliation.
Kyouka sighed in annoyance.
"The winner is Dig Dug." Wiz declared, sighing in annoyance of his co-host's pun.
"Next time on Death Battle!' Boomstick said.
The screen showed a bipedal animal that looked like an anthropomorphic hedgehog. Its walked out of the smoke, its fur glowing golden with red stripes on its standing quills, wearing white gloves and two golden rings on his wrists and red and white shoes on his feet. The creature glowed in a golden aura.
"I am Shadow, the Ultimate Life Form!" The hedgehog announced.
The screen then showed another figure glowing in golden aura too, this one a man. He wore an arrogant smile, spiked-up golden hair and eyebrows, glowing sky blue eyes and wearing a strange outfit that looked like armor and a jumpsuit.
"And I am the Prince of All Sayians!" The man said.
Vegeta vs Shadow
"That looks so cool!" Kirishima yelled, pumped for the next fight.
"Wait a minute." Sen said. "Was that a hedgehog?"
"I believe so." Jurota said. "And that man proclaimed himself a prince of...Sayians?"
"How about we stop asking questions and get on with the next video?" Setsuna said.
With a chorus of agreements, Mei pressed the play button on the next video.
Notes:
AAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNDDDDD SCENE! Hope you guys liked the chapter, took me some time to finish this up with a usual writer's block.
Now as per tradition, the counterpart explanations! For Bakugou as Bomberman, it was kinda obvious. Two heroes who specialize in blowing up everything in sight with little care for collateral damage. The only difference is one is adorable and innocent while the other had eternal resting bitch face.
And as for Power Loader as Dig Dug, this was also kind of obvious. They are both heroes in their respective worlds and both are known for digging and going underground using their equipment. Enough said.
And now, next chapter we will have the Prince of Sayians collide with the Ultimate Life Form and see how the audience's eyes will pop out of their skulls at the power and speed of these world-destroyers.
With all that said and done, hope you guys liked the chapter, leave your thoughts in comments, keep each other safe and healthy, leave your thoughts on who will be counterparts to whom and check out my other stories if your are interested.
I am Zayden StormVoid and I will see you all in the next chapter! BYE BYE!
Chapter 13: Vegeta vs Shadow
Summary:
The group meets these Super anti-heroes and a dark secret gets revealed.
Notes:
WHAT"S UP YOU LOVABLE PEOPLE! ZAYDEN STORMVOID BACK WITH ANOTHER MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE! Took me a while to make this, what with other fics, aspergers, renewing my license, and yadi yadi yada, who cares about my personal problems let's get going.
So last time we had David and Melissa Shield arrive and now watching Death Battle with the group, with that particular battle including a psycho adorable version of Bakugou and a psycho digger that pumps you to death. We also had some girls jealousy, Mei fangirling over David Shield, and Bakugou yelling like a maniac.
Now we move onto VEGETA VS SHADOW! Both my 2nd favorite characters of their respective franchises and now let's see them beat the life out of each other. And before you guys point out, I will Only use the Vegeta that was shown around the time this battle was held, meaning no fusions, which is outside help that doesn't count, and no Super Saiyan Blue.
So without further ado, here is the index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or Mental and Flashback Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wizard Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick or buff All Might Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, Combatant, or Fight Dialogue
And finally, I don't own My Hero Academia, that belongs to Horikoshi and Bones Studios, or Death Battle, that belongs to Roosterteeth and the channel of the same name, or the franchises and characters shown in past, present, and future chapters, nor do I take credit for them.
Now ENOUGH TALK! ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BATTTTTTLLLLLLEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
Once the cheers of agreement silenced down, Mei pressed the play button on the next video, the rocking music of Death battle playing as the images of the combatants were shown.
"Antiheroes." Wiz began. "Walking the mysterious gray line between good and evil."
"They do what they want, however they want, when they want." Boomstick said.
The students were intrigued with learning more about the concepts of anti-heroes and vigilantes, while the heroes frowned slightly at the notion of the their more unlawful counterparts. Aizawa mentally recalled his own encounters with a certain pair of vigilantes.
"Vegeta, Prince of the Saiyans and rival to Goku." Wiz introduced the first fighter.
"And Shadow, The Ultimate Life Form and rival to Sonic." Boomstick announced the second one.
"So both of these two are rivals to another character from their own universes and can be classified as anti-heroes." Iida deduced.
"Don't forget about when they were shown with golden forms." Izuku reminded Iida.
"Nezu, do you really think its wise to show the kids anti-heroes?" Snipe said. "They aren't exactly a gold standard for the next generation of heroes to follow or take inspiration from."
"I believe that it is a perfect time to showcase an example of an anti-hero." Nezu said. "While the government and some of the public frown at them, even we heroes have to admit that some vigilantes are more benefit than criminal."
"Plus this could also benefit the students in showcasing what vigilantes should be pursued as threats to civilians and which we can 'overlook'." Aizawa added.
"I'm Wizard and he's Boomstick and its our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle." Wiz finished the intro.
The video began with the first fighter who appeared as a man with spiky black hair, thick black eyebrows over sharp eyes and a confident smirk on his face. He wore what appeared to be a mix of a jumpsuit mixed with body armor, with the suit being a tight blue suit, and also wearing forearm-length white gloves and white boots. His armor, white and gold in color, covered his upper torso. Other images shown him with the same armor but with long white shoulder pads and with a bushy brown tail circled around his waist.
"He looks rather cocky and proud looking." Sero said. "I wonder where I've seen that before." Sero silently peered to his right towards a certain explosive blonde.
Vegeta
"Born a Prince to a warrior-like race of human-looking aliens known as the Saiyans," Wiz began.
"So he's an alien?" Mina said. "I guess that explains the monkey tail around his waist.
"And he's species are also warriors." Kirishima pointed. "I bet they are so Manly."
"Vegeta's people were slaughtered by an evil alien tyrant known as Frieza" Wiz explained, showing an image of Frieza destroying the planet with a ball of energy from his finger tips. " Who brought the young Saiyan into his forces and molded Vegeta into a deadly, ruthless killer."
"...I guess not." Kirishima muttered dumbfound. "Because they are dead."
Jaws dropped left and right at the sight of the planet being destroyed by one alien...who only lifted a single finger.
"What Kind Of Monster Is That?!" Mineta yelled in fear. "He just blew up a planet! With just his finger!"
"And he wiped out his people and made Vegeta into a soldier for him." Uraraka added. "That's horrible!"
The heroes were practically sweating bullets at the sight at the alien tyrant. All Might was practically praying to whatever multiversal god was watching them that such a threat would never find his way to Earth, from somewhere in their universe or from another world, and that they would never make friends with All For One.
BACKGROUND
Height: 5'3
Weight: 123 lbs
Saiyan Prince
Elite Warrior Class (Bakugou and Endeavor smirked at this)
Trained in Martial Arts (Ojiro and Tiger liked this too)
Current Leader of the Z-Fighters
"Overtime however, Frieza's iron grip over him led to Vegeta to rebel, ushering Frieza's final defeat by the hand and help of fellow Saiyan, Son Goku." Wiz revealed, showing an image of Goku.
Izuku felt a mild headache ring through his head before shaking it off. 'Not again.' Izuku thought. 'I thought that shielding was suppose to keep those away.'
"After struggling with adapting to life on Earth, Vegeta eventually became one of the planet's strongest defenders." Wiz said.
"At least he managed to break free from that tyrant and found a purpose in life." Todoroki stated.
"Are we not just going to mention that this Goku dude somehow defeated this Frieza?" Kyouka pointed out. "And that if by the introduction to this guy, Vegeta is suppose to rival Goku?"
That raised some eyebrows in shock, already feeling that this Vegeta guy is going to be powerful.
"He even got hitched to the hot, rich, tech chick, Bulma, breaking poor Master Roshi's heart. Oh and Yamcha too." Boomstick added. "They even had a kid named Trunks."
The video showed a familiar looking woman with turquoise-colored hair holding a purple haired baby, a short bald man with a large stick and sunglasses, and a tall man with an x-shaped scar over his cheek and long, wild black hair.
The girls awwed at how this gruff and constantly angry dude found love and had an adorable kid, though they also had a shiver run through their spines, for some reason, when seeing the image of Roshi.
"Why I am getting the creeps when I look at that guy?" Kyouka said.
'Why am I feeling like I like this guy?' Mineta mentally pondered.
"Vegeta can move and fly at hypersonic speeds, he can survive underwater and in the vacuum of space for a long, yet definite, period of time." Boomstick continued. "He even has the endurance to survive a Freaking Nuclear Blast!"
Jaws once again dropped in unison at mention of surviving a nuke.
"That's Fucking Awesome!" Bakugou yelled excitingly.
"Vegeta can use a natural inner energy called Ki for devastating attacks." Wiz explained.
"Ki?" Ojiro questioned. "Do they mean chi?"
"What's chi?" Honenuki asked.
"Chi is a fundamental belief in Taoism and other Chinese culture." Rin said. "It is believed to be the vital life force inside all living things and is run by the positive and negative energies in your body. Although I guess in this universe its some kind of energy source that can be taped into for power."
KI ATTACKS
Galick Gun (Bakugou approves of name and mentally writes it down)
Bang Beam (Mineta snickers perversely)
Big Bang Attack (Bakugou approves again and smacks Mineta upside the head)
Final Shine
Energy Bullet Barrage
Final Flash (Bakugo is practically grinning ear to ear at the names in excitement)
"His trademark attack is a destructive purple laser by the name of Galick Gun." Boomstick revealed.
"His Big Bang Attack unleashes a hug explosion of energy covering a vast distance and can be narrowed to a beam for concentrated accuracy." Wiz jumped in.
Bakugou smirked at the explosive power of Vegeta and compared the Big Bang attack to be similar to both his regular explosions and his AP Shot.
"He can launch a volley of energy bullets, pounding his foe with dozens of deadly blasts." Boomstick said.
"Hey Bakubro, isn't that similar to your explosions and that AP Shot: Minigun mode that you use?" Kirishima asked.
"Yeah, don't know why but, I like this guy." Bakugou stated, choosing to ignore the deadpanned looks of his classmates around him.
"But his most devastating move is his Final Flash Attack, a huge beam of golden energy that can Destroy ENTIRE PLANETS!" Boomstick yelled in excitement.
Cue dropped jaws and widened eyes of disbelief as they saw Vegeta unleash a massive golden blast of energy that shot out from Earth.
"Oh. My. God." Melissa said in amazement.
"Yeah. Wow." Kyouka agreed.
"Good thing that this guy is at least an anti-hero and not full-blown Villain." Dave said, eyes widened at the astonishing attack.
"Yeah, I don't think even I in my prime could handle him." All Might agreed.
"Vegeta's Ki is quite versatile and not limited to these four attacks." Wiz explained. "He is never without a weapon."
"Versatility can be a powerful weapon in of itself." Ectoplasm said. "It can evolve the most basic of Quirks and powers to become incredibly powerful and effective."
"But wait! There's More!" Boomstick said excitingly.
"What?!" Setsuna said. "What can be more than having the power to Blow Up Planets?!"
SUPER SAIYAN
Can Reach Levels 1 and 2
500% Increase Per Form
Can be Activated At Any Time
Sustained Through Own Energy
Nearly Indestructible
Level 2 Drains Even More Energy than Level 1
The video showed Vegeta yelling out, glowing in power, before transforming into Super Saiyan. Vegeta's spiky black hair was now standing more upwards and turned golden, his eyebrows too turning golden, and his entire body was sheened in golden energy.
"..." Setsuna was silent, alongside the rest of the group at the powerful and imposing form of this new form of Vegeta.
"That's right, Boomstick." Wiz jumped in. "Vegeta can reach to the legendary status of Super Saiyan, a near indestructible form which increases his power output by 500%." Wiz explained.
"And he can take this form to the next level for yet another 500% increase!" Boomstick revealed. "That's a lot of power in math!"
"Wait...does that mean that at his most powerful, Vegeta's Super Saiyan mode increases his power by over 1000%?!" Izuku yelled in awe and astonishment.
"Huh." Setsuna said. "I guess that is something more."
"The Super Saiyan form is sustained through Vegeta's remaining energy in a fight." Wiz explained. "Also, despite reaching the levels of Super Saiyan 4, which dwarfs Level 2, he was only able to do so with Bulma's Blutz Wave Machine, and cannot do so naturally."
The video showed Vegeta getting blasted by a weird machine by Bulma and transformed into a new form. This one had Vegeta have a long mane of spiky black hair that reached behind his waist, red bags below his eyes, and bushy red fur all over his arms, legs, and the sides of his exposed muscled chest. His tail was also red in color.
"HE CAN GO EVEN STRONGER?!" Mineta yelled out.
"Although its quite a shame that he can't achieve this level of power by his own." Aoyama said. "That means that he can't use that power in this fight. Although, I for one am relieved that we don't have to see more of that horribly hairy figure."
"SHUT THE FUCK UP, TWINKLE TURD!" Bakugou yelled in anger. "THAT'S TOTAL BULLSHIT!"
"And in Death Battle, we don't allow help from spouses." Boomstick noted.
The drew some chuckles from the students.
"Vegeta is cocky, arrogant, and proud." Wiz listed. "He seeks to be the best and is willing to fight the best to do so, even allowing his opponents to reach power levels much greater than his own. Often much to his detriment."
All of Class-1A slowly turned to their explosive blonde, them all pretty much figuring out where they heard that similar trait before.
Unfortunately, Bakugou noticed and didn't choose to ignore it this time.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU ALL LOOKING AT YOU FUCKING EXTRAS?!"
"While this had led to him dying, Twice, so far, he's still around somehow, kicking ass and being a dick." Boomstick added.
"Wait What?!" Itsuka yelled in confusion. "How is he still alive if he died? Twice?!"
The device decided to answer her question, as the video paused and spoke in its robotic voice saying "CAUSE OF VEGETA'S TWO RESSURECTIONS WERE DONE BY THE POWER OF THE DRAGONBALLS!" The video showed an image of seven orange balls that size of tennis balls, each with a number of red stars on them, ranging from one to seven. "THE DRAGONBALLS BELONG TO VEGETA'S UNIVERSE AND ARE MYSTICAL ORBS OF POWER THAT WHEN COMBINED TOGETHER SUMMON THE NEAR-ALL POWERFUL DRAGON, SHENRON!" The image gained life and played, showing the Dragonballs glowing before shooting a bright light that subsided to reveal a ginormous green dragon, bathed in a golden glow. "WITH THE POWER OF THE DRAGONBALLS, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT GATHERS THE DRAGONBALLS TOGETHER MAY ASK ONE OR THREE WISHES TO WHICH SHENRON WILL GRANT IF IT IS WITHIN HIS POWER. SUCH SUCCESSFUL WISHES INCLUDE THE POWER TO BRING BACK AN INDIVIDUAL FROM THE DEAD!"
At this point, the whole group were considering going to a doctor after this with how much their jaws practically dropped to the floor.
"The power to grant any wish." Bakugou muttered, imagining himself becoming the Number 1 Hero.
"That you desire." A certain pair of girls, including a blonde genius, mumbled while their noses bled from their thought over wishes, some of which ventured into M-Rated territory.
"Amazing." Deku muttered, imagining himself a full-fledged hero, powerful enough to protect all those who he held dear...and All Might there to see it all with pride.
"Anything." Mineta and Kaminari muttered creepily, imagining themselves with the girls of their class, 1B, and female pros all beneath their feet, sucking their-*WHACK*!
The perverted duo ended up with their heads back in the ground by the combined effort of a certain pissed off green bean, annoyed explosive blonde, and a fuming purple-haired girl.
"I Am A Super Saiyan!" Vegeta shouted out, releasing a massive blast of white light that blanketed the screen. "AND YOU CAN BURN IN HELL!"
The group was still reeling from the revelation about the Dragonballs and their power to grant any wish they can imagine. After they snapped out of it, they thought about Vegeta, about how he was certainly powerful, perhaps stronger than any fighter they have seen yet, including Kratos and Spawn. Bakugou especially liked the Saiyan Prince for his power and confidence and could definitely say that he would love to be this guy's counterpart.
The video continued showing the next fighter...which was a hedgehog? The hedgehog stood on his legs and appeared anthropomorphic in nature. Its fur was jet black with streaks of red lining his quills that curved upwards at their ends, pale khaki chest region, and a puff of white fur on his upper chest. He wore white gloves with golden rings on his wrists and white, red, and black shoes with holes on the heel. He had piercing, ruby red eyes in a permanent glare and an intimidating scowl. They also saw images of him walking through smoke with an automatic rifle in hand.
Shadow
"Created by Professor Gerald Robotnik using alien DNA acquired from an interdimensional dark lord, Shadow the Hedgehog was created to be the Ultimate Life Form." Wiz revealed.
"Why and how he ever thought that the Ultimate Life Form was supposed to be an anthropomorphic hedgehog, I will never know." Boomstick said.
"Yeah that kind of seems silly." Torru said.
"Wizard did say that it was alien DNA, so the results could be anything." Asui pointed out.
"Despite being a powerful living weapon, Shadow's initial purpose was to provide genes capable of curing the deathly ill, specifically, Gerald's granddaughter, Maria." Wiz continued.
The video showed Shadow interacting with a young girl with golden blonde hair that looked suspiciously similar to Melissa.
"Miss Melissa." Eri said, drawing the young inventor's attention. "That girl looks like you." Eri pointed to the young blonde on screen. "Is she your sister?"
"Oh no, Eri she isn't." Melissa said. "Although I agree that we look alike."
"Huh, so Shadow was originally created to cure illnesses." Ojiro said. "Wonder how he went from that to going around with a gun?"
"But before Shadow could be shared with the world, tragedy struck." Wiz revealed.
The group watched in horror at the sight of Maria being shot by a bullet in the back, dying, all the while Shadow looked on helpless in his pod, unable to help.
Gasps of shock and horror rang at the sight of the young girl's death.
"...I'm sorry I asked." Ojiro muttered apologizingly.
Melissa froze, mouth ajar at the sight of what she admitted was possible her counterpart shot dead. David and All Might looked horrified and tried to look away from the painful scene.
"Even though Gerald's efforts were in the betterment of mankind, as well as his granddaughter's life, the military did not agree with his methods, more specifically his drastic ones, such as making a blood pact with an evil alien warlord and generally not having a permit for having a secret laboratory in space for dangerous weapons." Boomstick revealed.
"As soon as he was captured, he was taken into custody and to ensure the mission was successful, shut it all down, secure all of his creations into confidential hiding, including Shadow himself, and silence anyone who knew about it. Permanently." Wiz explained.
"Oh my god, that's horrible!" Mina said. "How can they be so cruel?!"
"Soldiers are trained to follow the strictest and harshest of orders to the letter for the sake of their objectives." Nezu explained. "Sometimes those orders are cruel and horrible, but many are tasked to completing them and to put aside their own feelings for their mission, very much often to the mental torment of the soldiers. It was the same for Spawn if you recall."
Gran Torino turned to Toshinori and David, one who was almost having a panic attack at seeing a look alike of his daughter killed in front of him and the other almost about to crack his armrest into pieces. "I'm sorry that you have to see this, both of you. However, remember that this isn't the Melissa that you know and love. She is down there. And while I am too enraged at this act of murder, remember that this is events that have already occurred and from another world."
"That doesn't mean I have to like seeing this occur." All Might mutteringly grumbled.
"And so you shouldn't have to." Gran Torino agreed. "However, we must come to accept this and move on. That's what we heroes and people must do to live on."
Izuku was frozen. He could barely comprehend the world around him as the sight of Maria's death occurred in front of him, his mind easily placing Melissa in her counterpart's place, and repeating it in a horrible loop. He felt physically ill, the pain in his heart staggering and his vision blurry form the tears welling up.
He felt a hand on his own and whirled to see Melissa, her hand on his, with a sad smile of acceptance and reassurance. Izuku sniffled and calmed down, a look of apology sent to the blonde inventor, said blonde nodding and smiling gratefully.
This didn't fly unnoticed from the girls but let it slide after what was shown.
The other guys weren't much better. Bakugou was snarling in anger at the girl's death by the soldiers, fire started sparking out of Todoroki's arm, and Dark Shadow had to be physically restraint and soothed by a still furious Tokoyami.
"Jesus." Sero said. "That definitely must suck for Shadow. Watching his friend die in front of him."
"Then Shadow broke out, went crazy and tried to destroy the Earth for revenge, but he ended up saving the day instead." Boomstick said.
"Yep that will do it." Sero said.
"Its great that he ended up saving the day instead of destroying it." Sato said.
"Redemption from the Dark." Tokoyami grimly said.
"Though people are still getting sick on Earth, so uhh guess he kind of forgot about that whole living cure thing." Boomstick added.
"Well, Boomstick, Shadow does suffer from amnesia, only remembering certain bits of memory, the most clearest of which were the ones most dear to him: his identity and his friendship with Maria." Wiz revealed.
The girls cooed in delight and sadness at Shadow's friendship with Maria being one of the hedgehog's closest memories. Ibarra even prayed short string of prayers to Maria and Shadow. The teachers and Heroes smiled, glad that the, now-revealed, former Villain repented his actions and held onto Maria's memory. David smiled, glad knowing that his little girl was a treasured memory to someone. All Might smiled fondly remembering how he too holds onto the memory of Nana.
BACKGROUND
Height: 3'3
Weight: 77 lbs
Bio-Engineered Ultimate Lifeform
Nearly Indestructible
Hypersonic Speed (Iida perked up at that)
Martial Arts Skills (Ojiro also perked up at that)
"Shadow can move at hypersonic speeds and survive underwater, and in space." Wiz explained.
"His speed is amazing!" Iida said astonished. "He's going at speeds that put me and Tensei to shame!"
"He might actually be faster than you at your prime, Toshinori." Gran Torino said eyes wide.
"Agreed." Toshinori agreed, eyes wide in amazement.
"He's even tough enough to survive a fall to the Earth from the Moon! And that's one long ass fall!" Boomstick added.
"And he's shorter than me!" Mineta pointed out.
"No offense dude, but I think that's the least important fact about this dude." Kaminari said. "Especially about being able to survive a fall from the Moon!"
"Well, it wasn't exactly the moon, but Shadow survived a fall of about 200,000 miles." Wiz explained. "By the time, he hit the ground, he was falling at a rate of over 6,000,000 feet per second. That's over 4 million miles per hour!"
"That's amazing!" Uraraka said. "To be able to survive at those speeds is truly a miracle."
"He was created to be the Ultimate Life Form so he probably should have some impressive durability." Ryukyu said.
"I feel sorry for whatever dude was around when he landed." Boomstick said. "Some guy just walking along and OH MY GOD!"
That drew chuckles from the group.
CHAOS FORCE
Chaos Control
Chaos Spear
Chaos Blast
Other Energy-Based Attacks
Can be used to Defend, Heal, Fly, and Warp
"Shadow possesses a natural link to the Chaos Force, a never-ending pool of unbelievable energy of cosmic, reality-bending proportions." Wiz revealed.
"Chaos Force?" Izuku muttered confused and intrigued, bringing out a notebook from out of nowhere.
"He can fire several different energy based projectiles like Chaos Spear and beams." Boomstick added in. "But his most powerful attack is Chaos Blast, a huge explosion which annihilates everything around him in seconds."
Bakugou perked up in interest at the sight of the powerful explosion and smiled in delight.
"He can also manipulate time and space with Chaos Control." Wiz added. "Though, depending on the situation, using this technique to its fullest takes time and is impractical in combat."
"That power is so versatile and amazing!" Deku mumbled as he started writing in his notebook. "With those Chaos spears and beams he can have impressive long range capabilities. Can he manipulate them when fired? And That huge explosion can be useful when surrounded by dangerous foes around but dangerous if there are civilians nearby or if he is in a city. That superspeed also is clearly faster than any hero, even All Might, and with manipulating time and space, it would be nearly impossible to evade him. Eventeleporterswillbehardtoescape-*mumblemumblemumble*"
The group all had comical sweatdrops at seeing Deku's mumbling and analysis at work again. Kouta had to spray him with water to knock him out his mumbling.
INHIBITOR RINGS
Restrict Chaos Power
Maintain Precision Control
When Removed, his powers Increase Exponentially
When, Removed, his Stamina Quickly Drops
"Also, Shadow wears two Inhibitor Rings, which restrict his access to the Chaos Force to maintain control." Wiz explained. "Should he remove them, his power increases immensely, but is somewhat uncontrollable and quickly tires him out."
"Interesting." David said. "Those Inhibitor rings are clearly like support items to contain this Chaos Force power and keep him from harming others and himself."
"They could also work well as a final gambit to use against a powerful foe to go all out, as long as there are no civilians present." Endeavor added.
"His Chaos power also increases depending on the number of Chaos Emeralds he has, and when he gets all seven of them, he goes super himself."
The video shows Shadow and a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog, like himself, obtaining several glowing emerald gems of color, the colors varying from green, cyan, blue, red, purple, yellow, and grayish-white. When all the seven emerald came into contact with them, the two hedgehog creatures glowed in golden light and popped out with their fur glowing golden, with Shadow's glowing greyish-gold with his streaks of red glowing ruby red.
The group looked in awe of the golden form of Shadow and the other hedgehog creature, feeling the same imposing and powerful presence.
"It's just like Vegeta's Super Saiyan Form!" Kirishima yelled out excited. "It Looks so Manly!"
"Can you even classify a hedgehog looking creature as Manly?" Sero questioned.
"I wonder who that blue hedgehog was?" Nejire asked. "He looked the same as Shadow but more blue and plain."
SUPER FORM
1,000% Increase
Automatic Flight
Unlimited Endurance
Invincible
Duration Based on a Time Limit
"Super Shadow is the pinnacle of his powers, receiving a 1,000% increase!" Wiz explained.
"That's just as powerful as Vegeta's Super Saiyan form at its Level 2 state." Momo deduced. "And since Vegeta can't use Level 4 without that machine then Vegeta and Shadow could be evenly tied in power."
"He can fly, move near the MOTHER-F-ING Speed of LIGHT, and is Totally Invincible!" Boomstick exclaimed.
Jaws dropped to the floor again at the mention of the speed of light feat.
"Holy. Shit." Setsuna swore.
Kirishima and Tetsutetsu passed out from too much 'Manliness'.
Iida was practically still, apart from his robot-like waving arm that also looked to be achieving light speed.
Izuku had to be splashed out of another mumbling writing state, this time from a flick to the head by Todoroki.
"Despite this, Shadow's super form can only last a few minutes." Wiz revealed.
"But considering his super speed, a short time to him is a long time to his opponents." Boomstick added.
"That's not all." Shadow claimed, standing on top of a lamp post and holding a green Chaos Emerald in hand. "I'm full of surprises."
The group thought over Shadow. They all felt bad for him about Maria and his past but liked how he became a hero or rather anti-hero later. The heroes were a little iffy about him being created using some evil alien DNA and his past attempt to destroy the Earth.
"Actually, Shadow's origin seems rather similar to what you told me about the Nomus, Nezu." David stated.
All Might, Aizawa, and Endeavor, each who had close, near fatal encounters with the bioengineered horrors of the League of Villains, tensed at the memory of the monsters.
"Indeed." Nezu said. "Supposedly created by some scientist, both bio-engineered weapons of power, and perhaps, both granted help by some darker, hidden king."
All Might frowned when the white animal principal said that, his mind thinking about All For One.
"Alright the combatants are set, let's end this debate once and for all." Wiz said.
"IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!" Boomstick announced loudly.
The video paused and the device started scanning for the counterparts towards the fighters.
Meanwhile the group started voting for who would win. For Vegeta, his most notable voters were Bakugou, who like the Saiyan Prince's explosive power and confidence, Kirishima, similar in reason to Bakugou over Vegeta's confidence and power, Endeavor, who felt more connected to the Saiyan Prince for both being father's and admittingly arrogant dicks, Ojiro, Itsuka, Sen, and Miruko, who liked his martial arts training, Rin, Setsuna, Torru, and Kyouka.
As for Shadow, those who voted for him included Izuku, who was fascinated over Shadow's versatility and powers, Iida, for his speed of light feat, Melissa, David, and All Might, for Shadow's bond with Maria, and Mic and Kamininari, because he looked cool, Koda, because he was a hedgehog, a scary one, but a hedgehog nonetheless, Fat Gum and Tetsutetsu, For Shadow's invincibility during Super Shadow mode, Mineta, and Mina.
The device, finished with its scanning said "SCANNING COMPLETE! VEGETA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KATSUKI BAKUGOU!"
"Nice Bakubro!" Kirishima cheered. "Your counterpart is so awesome and powerful! Its so Manly!"
Bakugou smirked, satisfied with his counterpart match.
"Yes yes truly 'Manly'." Monoma said sarcastically. "Someone so short and died twice is surely someone to fear."
It took Kirishima, Tetsutetsu, Izuku, Iida, and Itsuka to keep the murderous explosive blonde away from the knocked out Monoma.
"SHADOW! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: OBORO SHIRAKUMO AKA KUROGIRI!" The video showed an image of a young teen with flowing blue cloud-like hair with a bandage on the ridge of his nose and floating on a blue cloud paired with another image, this one showcasing the Warp Gate Villain of the League of Villains.
"Its that Warp Gate Bastard!" Bakugou yelled, rage in his eyes at remembering the League member.
"Wait so that dude was the Warp Villain?" Kaminari questioned. "He looks like he's our age."
Aizawa, Present Mic, and Midnight's eyes all widened, mouths agape in pure shock and horror.
"No." Present Mic muttered, a haunted look on his face. "No no no, that...that can't be."
"I-Impossible." Midnight whispered out in horror. "He couldn't have...He wouldn't..."
Nezu's paws cracked as they clenched tightly, a furious frown on display. 'What is the meaning of this?!'
Aizawa was frozen. His eyes were wide with horror and disbelief. 'No.'
'Outrageous! Scandalous! Shameful!' Oboro said dramatically. 'Lemme in on it!'
Aizawa found it hard to breathe.
'You little scamp!' Oboro said, holding up a cat cheerfully. 'TA-DAH!' He showed to the girls of their class.
Aizawa gripped the armrest hard.
'Wait, How about I lend you my goggles?' Oboro offered his goggles to Aizawa. 'So you can protect your eyes and get close to him.'
Aizawa grips the goggles inside his scarf.
'Even if one of us screws up, the other two can pick up the slack.' Aizawa looked at the bloody body bag that Oboro was in.
Tears started swelling up in his eyes.
'As Long as the Three of Us Stick Together,' Oboro said with a determined smile. 'There's Not a Problem in the World we can't Resolve!'
The despair left Aizawa's eyes. Now they held pure anger.
Nezu looked to Aizawa, his eyes said it all 'This Will be looked into. But Not Now. The students Don't need to Know. Not until we know for Certain.'
Aizawa nodded.
Nezu looked to both Yamada and Kayama with the same look and message, with more emphasis towards Mic, who both, reluctantly, accepted.
Nezu turned to the rest of the group and informed them to continue with the video.
Meanwhile, Izuku looked at his teacher, noticing his reaction, his tears and pain in his eyes, and stared with a blank expression.
The device continued saying "ADDITIONAL MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS RELATING TO COMBATANTS DETECTED!"
"More counterparts?" Momo questioned. "Just like in the Kratos vs Spawn battle. I wonder who these are?"
"B ULMA BRIEFS! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: MEI HATSUMEI!"
"Wow, looks like your married to Bakugou in other world, Hatsumei." Uraraka said, meanwhile secretly cheering at what she thought was a rival down.
Izuku tensed, eyes subtly twitching in disgust at the mental image of Kacchan with Mei.
"Nah, he's not my type." Mei dismissed, a bored expression on her face. "Too loud and arrogant for my taste."
'That's the pot calling the kettle black.' The girls thought.
Izuku released a breath of relief that he didn't know he was holding. He then immediately wondered why the notion bothered him so much.
"HEY!" Bakugou roared offended. "I'M ANY GIRL'S TYPE! YOU WOULD LOVE TO SUCK MY DICK! ALL THOSE EXTRA'S FROM MY OLD SCHOOL PRACTICALLY WORSHIPPED ME! NAME ONE CHICK THAT ISN'T AT ALL INTERESTED IN ME!"
All the girls in Class-1A, Nejire, Melissa, most of Class-1B, and Mei raised their hands in unison. Conveniently, Ibarra refused to move or make any acknowledgement of that question.
"MARIA ROBOTNICK! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: MELISSA SHIELD!"
"I'm sorry that you had to see that Melissa." Asui said. "Watching your other self die in front of your eyes is hard. At least for us, we took comfort in that it was all simulations but...well-"
"Its ok, you don't have to say it." Melissa said. "Thank you Asui."
"You can call me Tsu." Asui said.
"Alright, Tsu it is." Melissa said with a smile.
'No wonder Midoriya and her seem to get along well.' Tsu mentally said. 'They are practically identical in terms of personality. Hmmm, I wonder-'
With the counterparts all said and done, the video began again.
It started up with Shadow running/skating through green plains before he slid to a stop before Vegeta, the Saiyan's back facing the black hedgehog.
"There you are!" Shadow announced as he slid to a stop. "I knew I sensed an extraordinary power from around here."
"Well that certainly sounds like me." Vegeta bragged arrogantly as he turned to face his opponent. "Uh, Who and What are you?"
"Appropriate response to suddenly finding yourself with a 3 foot tall hedgehog." Shinsou muttered.
"I am Shadow the Hedgehog." Shadow introduced himself before striking a pose. "The Ultimate Life Form!"
"Oui, I am starting to like this hedgehog's style." Aoyama said as he too struck a pose.
"Ultimate Life Form?" Vegeta said. "A weird looking Rat is an Ultimate Life Form?! HAHAHA! That's a laugh!"
"Actually when you look at it hard, this Vegeta sounds like the combination of both Bakugou and Monoma." Todoroki said.
Monoma was quickly quieted by Itsuka while Kirishima, Kaminari, and Sero had to hold back Lord Explosion Murder and cover his mouth to block the river of slurs and swears.
"Word of advice, freak, You're a little on the short side to be threatening." Vegeta taunted.
"Funny." Shadow commented. "I was going to say the same thing about you."
Aizawa, Yamada, and Kayama flinched at hearing Shadow's quips, remembering the times when Shirakumo did the same to Villains.
"YOU JUST SEALED YOUR FATE, RAT!" Bakugou yelled out.
"...You just sealed your fate, rat!" Vegeta said.
"Well I guess that proves that Bakugou and Vegeta are one in the same." Kaminari said.
"Shut up, the fight's starting!" Mineta said.
FIGHT!
Shadow appeared in front of Vegeta in a blink of an eye, striking out his leg for a straight kick before Vegeta caught the foot with one hand. Shadow tried again with a flurry of kicks and punches, all of which Vegeta blocked or kicked and punched back.
"Wow they are so fast!" Mina said. "I can barely keep track of them!"
Finally, Vegeta caught another kick from Shadow and kicked him a few yards away. The Saiyan Prince brought his hands together, glowing in purple energy. "GALICK GUN! FIRE!"
The bright and large purple laser fired onto the still flying Shadow, causing a large explosion. When the smoke, cleared Shadow was on his feet but panting tiredly.
"That's it?!" Bakugou yelled. "He looks almost defeated and other me just did one blast! Give Other Me a Challenge!"
"Careful there, Bakugou." Monoma taunted. "Last time you said that, your guy died by his own explosion."
Bakugou gritted his teeth but kept silent.
"Pathetic!" Vegeta taunted as he floated in the air. "Before you die, Let me show you a True Ultimate Life Form!"
"Oooh I think we are about to see that Super Saiyan!" Kirishima said, jumping in his seat. "I'm So Excited!"
Vegeta started yelling while flexing his muscles, a golden aura of power building up around him. "RRRRRAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHH!" With a final yell, Vegeta's hair turned golden as he transformed into a Super Saiyan.
"SO MANLY!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu cheered out.
Bakugou grinned, confident that he will win.
"Heh heh, Tell me Hedgehog." Vegeta said chuckling. "Does a lab rat like yourself experience fear?!"
"You have...no idea..." Shadow panted. "Who You're Dealing With!"
Shadow rose into the air, floating as the seven Chaos Emeralds appeared and circled around him.
"Oooh Shadow is about to go Super too." Pony said excitingly.
"What's this?" Vegeta questioned, but stayed still, allowing for whatever is happening to continue.
"There is that flaw in Vegeta." Snipe said. "He's allowing his enemy to reach a higher power level, even if it could lead to his own defeat."
The gems circled around Shadow faster before disappearing in the hedgehog and in a flash of golden light, Super Shadow was fully formed. "BEHOLD THE TRUE POWER I POSSESS!"
"Wow." Vegeta said in a monotone voice. "What a ripoff." A second later, Super Shadow crashed into Vegeta.
"YEAH QUIT STEALING MY SHTICK!" Bakugou yelled.
"Well technically Shadow's from another world with possibly no Saiyans so I wouldn't say its steal-" Sero tried to reason before he was cut off.
"SHUT UP YOU EXTRA TAPE DISPENSER!"
As they sailed through the air, Shadow unleashed a flurry of kicks and punches that Vegeta was forced to block. They separated before clashing into each other at super fast speeds that the audience could barely see.
"Ok now I can barely see a thing!" Mina said. "I can barley keep track of where they are and which is which!"
"They are moving at super fast speeds, quite possibly as fast as light speed if we can barely see their forms." Iida analyzed.
Suddenly, Shadow appeared in a flash before swiftly unleashing a roundhouse kick into a quickly appeared Vegeta who sailed backwards. Shadow super sped towards Vegeta, crashing at high speeds through the Super Saiyan, all the while leaving behind an orb of purple energy around Vegeta in a ring. Shadow materialized, back turned to the Saiyan, and snapped his fingers, the purple orbs of Chaos Force exploding and launching Vegeta into another exploding orb after another, until he crashed into the ground below.
"Holy Crap! That's AWESOME!" Tetsutetsu yelled.
Bakugou snarled, enraged at getting his ass handed to him by a hedgehog of all things.
Shadow created a volley of Chaos Spears and launched them towards the downed Vegeta, creating a field of explosions and smoke, obscuring the Saiyan.
"Hah!" Monoma taunted. "Looks like that so-called Saiyan Prince is getting his place served by a glowing rat! Oh how you must be so-"
Vegeta emerged from the smoke and drove his knee into the hedgehog's stomach.
"WHOOO!" Setsuna cheered. "He's fighting back!"
Vegeta quickly flashed away and appeared behind Shadow and kicked the rodent away, while firing a stream of blue balls of Ki energy. After the smoke cleared, there was no sign of Shadow but Vegeta could still sense his presence.
"Huh? Where'd he go?!" Vegeta questioned.
"Right behind you." Super Shadow announced, truly behind Vegeta.
Vegeta whirled around quickly and prepared firing a blast of Ki energy before Shadow snapped his fingers again, a flash of light covering the screen.
As the light faded, Vegeta realized that he was underwater, fish swimming around him. 'The hell?' Vegeta questioned confused. 'How did I get here? Hmmm.'
"Did Shadow just teleported Vegeta into the ocean?!" Setsuna questioned.
"Well they did say that Shadow could manipulate time and space, so that could be very much possible." Jurota said.
"That was cheap." Kirishima stated. "Teleport him back and fight like a Real Man!"
"Huh. That was easier than I thought." Shadow bragged. "I guess I'm better than-Shit!"
The hedgehog was cut off as Vegeta burst through the ocean with a roar, glowing in golden veil of energy. "Cheap trick teleporting me underwater, coward!" Vegeta taunted. "Cut the act and give up already! You are nothing compared to Me-*SNAP*!"
In another snap and flash of light, Vegeta found himself on the moon. "God Dammit!"
"QUIT TELEPORTING ME ALL OVER THE PLACE AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN YOU FUCKING RAT!" No guesses who that was from.
"What he Said!" Kirishima said. "Except the cursing part."
Shadow looked to the moon and huffed.
"Playtime's Over Runt!" Vegeta yelled out before he punched the Freaking Moon, said lunar object slowing falling onto Earth like a fiery meteor.
Jaws drop once again.
"D-Did He Just punch The Moon?!" Uraraka yelled in disbelief. "And He Moved It?!"
Miruko whistled. "Call me impressed."
"Well Ms. Impressed," Endeavor snarked. "Did it occur to you that that anti-hero is willing to destroy the Earth to win a death match with a hedgehog?"
"Oh yeah!" Miruko said. 'Well its a simulation so no biggie."
"I think that point is that these simulations are based upon not only the powersets and skills of the fighters but also their actions and thoughts." Ryukyu said. "So it could stand to reason that the real Vegeta would do something similar along the lines to this simulation. And we wouldn't want that kind of reckless power in our world."
"No!" Shadow yelled. "Is he insane?!"
"Probably." Kaminari said. "Good old 'Kacchan' kind of swings between sane and insane."
Chuckles were drawn from the students while the only thing that Bakugou drew was an explosion to the discount Pikachu's face.
Shadow's Inhibitor Rings snapped off.
"He removed his Inhibitor Rings." David pointed out. "That must mean that whatever he's going to do must rely on his full power."
"CHAOS!" Shadow starting yelling as the moon drew closer. "CONTROL!"
The moon suddenly disappeared in a flash of light, only for it to flash back into where it was before, unmoved.
Jaws dropped so hard, one of the students swore that they heard a crack.
"DID HE JUST TELEPORT THE MOON BACK INTO ORBIT?!" Mineta cried out.
"That power of the Chaos Force must be powerful." Momo muttered.
"They did say that it can bend reality itself." Izuku said.
"Yes!" Shadow cheered for himself. "I did it!"
"Kudos to Shadow for saving the Earth." Mirio applauded the hedgehog.
"Wait for it." Tamaki muttered.
"Congrats, furball." Vegeta said, suddenly appearing right next to Shadow.
"Wait, did he punch the Moon knowing that Shadow was going to stop it?" Nejire asked.
"Probably." Melissa said. "Shadow was on Earth so he would have also been destroyed. Vegeta used the Moon as a distraction to get back unnoticed but also stall for time."
"Stall for time?" Torru said. "For what?"
Shadow glowed in a golden aura. "Its Time To End This!" He was then surrounded by ruby red light and starting yelling out "CHAOS BLAS-*FWOOH*!"
Shadow reverted back into his normal state.
"For that." Melissa pointed out.
"Uh oh." Mirio said, preparing to cover the kid's eyes.
"Uh oh." Shadow said.
"Sayonara." Vegeta said. "FINAL FLASH!"
Vegeta fired a massive Ki blast that enveloped the depowered hedgehog, the only thing left afterwards being smoke.
K.O.!
Bakugou roared in victory, practically laughing like a maniac, the other voters for Vegeta cheering likewise. The Shadow voters grumbled but respectfully applauded.
However, Aizawa, Mic, and Midnight were silent, not appreciating seeing their once-thought-to-be dead friend's counterpart get vaporized before their eyes.
"OH SOMEBODY CALL PETA, WE'RE DOWN A HEDGEHOG!" Boomstick loudly proclaimed.
"I guess that does qualify as murdering an animal." Sato said. "And I'm sure that a walking, talking, super-powered hedgehog is extremely rare so, they are wouldn't be happy about this."
"With Super Shadow's godly power and invulnerability, the question wasn't if Vegeta could kill Shadow, it was if Vegeta could Survive Super Shadow." Wiz began.
"True." Momo said. "Super Shadow was said to be truly invulnerable so Vegeta's attacks didn't actually hurt him, only inconvenienced him."
"But Shadow could clearly hurt Vegeta as he didn't have complete invulnerability." Izuku finished. "This fight clearly predicated on time and durability."
"But Vegeta's proven time after time, he can take one hell of a beating and lasted long enough for Shadow to turn back to normal, giving Vegeta the opening he needed." Boomstick said.
"Additionally, the contrast between these two in their Super forms was their time limit." Iida said. "Shadow's Super form was said to last only a few minutes, but Vegeta's Super Saiyan form was based on his own energy, and turning into Super Saiyan at the beginning of the fight meant that he had more than enough power to last long enough to outlast Shadow."
"His loud mouth has also helped him the past, too." Wiz added. "Baiting his enemies to build up their power for powerful attacks to tax their energy and go in for a killing blow. A strategy fit for not only a cunning warrior but also a former member of an army of soldiers under a powerful tyrant."
Monoma flinched, remembering how his taunting has had very little if any success over his opponents.
"Looks like Shadow's time was up."
"The winner is Vegeta." Wiz finished.
After reigning in a gloating Bakugou from both Monoma and Deku, mostly from a more-angry-than-usual glare from Aizawa, they continue the video for the next fighters.
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick announced.
The first combatant shown was a familiar chubby man donned in a red and blue plumber's suit with wide blue eyes, a large brown mustache, and a red cap with an M on it. They saw him jumping to far heights and somehow flying through a series of stars or miniature planets.
"Hey wait a minute." Sero said. "That's that chubby plumber from the Goomba vs Koopa fight."
"Ugh, don't remind me of that crap!' Bakugou said. "That fight was a shitty snoozefest!"
The next fighter shown was the other hedgehog shown during Shadow's analysis. The hedgehog had blue fur, had large green eyes, wore a cocky grin on his face and red and white shoes on his feet. They also saw him moving at high speeds through fields, almost as fast if not faster than Shadow.
"And that's the other hedgehog that they showed in Shadow's part of the video!" Nejire pointed out giddily. "I wonder what these two have in common. Are they both fast? Do they also have Super forms? Is his name the one that they said was Shadow's rival, Sonic? Are they rivals?"
"Nejire." Izuku stopped the airhead from her mumbling. "It might sound hypocritical from me but you're mumbling again."
Nejire frozen before she blushed and stopped nad twiddled her fingers. "S-Sorry Zuki."
Izuku blushed wildly. "I-I-I-It's f-f-fine!" He sat down and tried to remove the blush from his face at the name and the beautiful cuteness that Nejire displayed.
The unofficial harem girls' eyes twitched in jealousy, while Melissa too looked to Izuku with a growing dark shadow over her eyes. 'Zuki?' Melissa thought darkly.
Eri meanwhile looked between the blushing Izuku and Nejire. 'Papa looks like he also likes Auntie Neji. But isn't Momo Mama? Or Was it Miss Melissa? Or Miss Ocha or Miss Mina? Is Auntie Neji really Mama Neji? I'm so confused. I have to ask Papa later.'
The guys looked upon the green bean in semi-hatred, annoyance, and jealousy. Kirishima and Tetsutetsu shed a single tear and placed their fists over their hearts muttering "A true Man he is." Bakugou was once again pissed that the limelight fell onto Deku yet again, especially after his victory (really his counterpart's victory).
Meanwhile, while the agreements to play the next video passed by and Mei hit the play button, Nezu hummed to himself. 'Shirakumo is supposed to be deceased. Yet this machine has said that he is Kurogiri of the League of Villains. Is the machine or this Zayden lying?' Nezu looked to Aizawa and Izuku. 'Or could something else be afoot. Either way, I believe a talk with Detective Tsukauchi is in order.'
What no one else knew, other than Nezu, was that the Dr. Gerald Robotnik, the scientist who created Shadow, just so happened to look like the same doctor that was counterpart to Shang Tsung, the same doctor that told Izuku that he didn't have a Quirk. The same doctor who appeared to have a different name than what Young Midoriya claimed it to be.
'Dr. Kyudai Garaki, was it?'
Notes:
AAAAAAANNNNNNNDDDDD SCENE!
Hoped you guys liked this latest chapter, I sure know I happy with it, especially that little secret I showed the group. Remember that the timeline of this fic, if you wish to put it in a canonical timeline, is during three month timeskip between Deku, Bakugou, and Todoroki's internship under Endeavor and the latest War arc in the manga, so think about this reveal to be a contributing reveal as to why Aizawa and Present Mic go to Tartarus to talk with Kurogiri.
Now with that said, let me explain the counterparts:
For Vegeta, Bakugou I felt was the perfect option. They are both arrogant, proud, easily irritable and explosive, both in temperament and power, and Vegeta's Big Bang attack and Ki attacks, and its ability to turn into a concentrated beam, is similar to Bakugou's explosions and AP Shot, and they are rivals to the main protagonist of their respective series. Plus, be honest, what anime character comes into your head the second you hear the line 'seek to be the best and is willing to fight the best'. If you said Bakugou and Vegeta, congratulations you passed.
And for Shadow, Kurogiri I felt was both a suitable option and opened an opportunity for that reveal to Aizawa, Mic, and Midnight. Shadow and Kurogiri can both teleport, and both created by a genius scientist using the help of an evil individual to help, ie Shadow created by Gerald Robotnick and Black Doom to be the Ultimate Life Form, while Kurogiri was created from the corpse of Shirakumo using the mad science of Dr. Ujiko and All For One to become a High End Nomu. Plus, as the visit of Aizawa and Mic to Taratrus in the manga showed, Skirakumo, along with his memories, is still inside of the brainwashed Kurogiri, which is comparative to Shadow's constant amnesia yet still possessing the memories of Maria.
I also wanted Bakugou to be Shadow since they are also similar and would have made for a Bakugou vs Bakugou scenario. They are both rivals to the main characters of their series, Deku/Sonic, they Shadow's super speed using those shoes that shoot out fire is similar to Bakugou's own increased speed with his explosions, both have constant angry bitch face, Shadow's Chaos Spears and Blast would be similar to Bakugou's AP Shot and standard explosions, and Shadow becoming Super Shadow with the Chaos Emeralds is similar to Bakugou being given One For All in the Heroes Rising movie. But I decided with Kurogiri in the end for the reveal.
For Bulma, Mei and Bulma are both inventors with rather extreme personalities, are friends, and often times shipped, with Izuku/Goku, and I thought it would be hilarious to have Izuku for once be jealous. As for Maria, she and Melissa both have blonde hair and blue eyes, though Melissa's are more aqua, they are both related of genius inventors, one a daughter and the other a granddaughter, and while Maria had a deadly illness, Melissa is Quirkless, which to the society and view of the world of MHA, is considered by some to be an illness or curse, at least that's what Deku's Aldera classmates thought.
Anyways with that said, next fight is by far one of my most favorite Death Battles, and the very one first Death battle I ever saw and got me drawn into the series, MARIO VS SONIC! So I hope that I will do it right when I get to it. But for now, I hope you guys liked this chapter, leave your thoughts in comments, comment on what counterparts to future fighters will be, read my other stories if you are interested, and stay safe and healthy in these chaotic and dark times.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and I will catch you all in the next chapter! SEE YA LATER!
Chapter 14: Mario vs Sonic
Summary:
Two Legends throw down to the death while the U.A. group watches.
Notes:
WHAT'S THIS?! WHAT'S THIS?! ZAYDEN STORMVOID IS HERE! WHAT'S THIS?! ANOTHER CHAPTER MUST BE NEAR! WHAT'S THIS?! OH THE CRINGE, ZAYDEN STOP SINGING, OH ITS PAIN TO MY EARS! WHAT'S THIS?!
And with that that cringe-filled singing aside, yes, I, Zayden StormVoid, have returned with another chapter of MHA watches Death Battle! And Happy Early or Late Halloween, whichever happens when I eventually release this chapter. Last time, we had the group react to Vegeta vs Shadow, with Aizawa, Mic, Midnight, and Nezu having a very nasty surprise in figuring out that Kurogiri is none other than Oboro Shirakumo.
Now as a reminder, this takes place in between Endeavor's Agency Arc and the War, ie before Aizawa and Mic visit Kurogiri in Tartarus and before the 3 month time skip leading to the War Arc, so this shocking news to them. Also, this is, obviously non-canon to the actual story and exists in another universe in the multiverse where they got the Death Battle package.
But pointing obvious things out aside, we now have one of my Favorite Death Battles and the First actual Death Battle I ever watched: MARIO VS SONIC!
And with that all said and done, the index as usual:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wizard Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick or buff All Might Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, Combatant, or Fight Dialogue
And finally, I don't own My Hero Academia, that belongs to Horikoshi and Bones Studios, or Death Battle, that goes to Roosterteeth and their channel by the same DB name, or the franchises and characters shown in past, present, and future chapters, nor do I take credit for them.
NOW ENOUGH TALK! ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BATTTTLLLLLLEEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
After a minute of talking over the previous fight and speculation over a suspicious doctor, Mei pressed the play button for the next fight.
"Their rivalry is legendary and their fame unmatched." Wiz began.
"Wait how can their rivalry be legendary if they never-"
"IS YOUR BRAIN THAT DUMB, DUNCE HEAD?!" Bakugou interrupted Kaminari's question. "This was just like that Haggar vs Zangief fight! They are fictional to their world, but real in their own worlds!"
"Wow." Mina said amazed. "It's always jarring to remember that 'Kacchan' actually has brains under all that meanness."
"SHUT UP ACID BITCH!"
"After battling an unofficial battle of 2 decades of fame and popularity, this match will meet its decisive end." Wiz continued.
"I have been waiting for this forever!" Boomstick yelled out excited.
"These two must be really popular for they to get so excited over." Melissa said.
"Mario, the whimsical Italian plumber." Wiz introduced the first fighter.
"And Sonic, the hyperactive hedgehog." Boomstick introduced the second fighter.
"Huh?" Sato said. "What's so special about some Plumber dude and a hedgehog?"
"This Sonic is clearly the same one that was referred to as Shadow's rival from the last video." Todoroki answered. "And from what we've seen, I wager that he has just as fast speeds as Shadow and a similar Super Form."
"However, the Plumber is still a mystery." Momo pointed out. "I guess we will see in this fight."
"I am Wizard and he's Boomstick, and its our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle."
The first fighter was a short, slightly chubby man. He wore blue overalls with golden yellow buttons, a red shirt with sleeves and large white gloves, brown shoes, and a red cap on his head, a white circle with a red M on the front of the cap, and tuffs of brown hair sticking out from his sides. The man also had a large blue eyes, a comically large nose, and a large mustache. He appeared to the group jumping out of a wide green pipe that came out of the ground, the Italian Plumber jumping up in the air, fist raised high.
The students chuckled a bit at his large nose and mustache. Eri and Kouta didn't know why they smiled so wide when they saw the fighter, but they felt that this Plumber just projected happiness and whimsy.
Mario
"Mario is one of the Seven Star Children, children born with the potential for greatness, and possesses many special abilities with the intent of protecting his home, the Mushroom Kingdom." Wiz revealed.
"Seven Star Children? Destined for Greatness?" Kyouka said. "Kind of reminds me of some plot point in an anime."
Said universe's own child of greatness started to admire the red Plumber and hero for defending his home.
"So he is a hero in his world." Mirio said. "Isn't that cool, Eri."
Eri nodded, her eyes filled with child-like wonder.
"Even as a baby he was obviously destined for greatness." Wiz continued.
The scene shows a Baby Mario being guarded and protected by a group of Yoshis.
"Oh yeah!" Pony cried out. "He's the same baby that Yoshi from before helped!"
The students looked at the scene and nodded at Pony's claim, noticing the same large nose and red cap.
"When you got an army of dinosaurs serving you before you can even speak, you know that you are going to do great things." Boomstick pointed out.
BACKGROUND
Height: 5'1"
Can Jump over 20 feet
High Stamina
Superhuman Strength
Superhuman Durability
Skilled Combatant
"He is well known for his incredible athleticism and unmatched jumping ability." Wiz explained.
"Who says white guys can't jump?" Boomstick jokingly asked.
"That guy has some crazy hops." Kirishima said. "Hey Tsu, how far can you jump compared to him?"
"I can jump around 66 feet so I can jump three times as high." Asui said. "Plus my tongue can reach around 21 meters so I could definitely catch him, if you were going to ask that next."
"Uh yeah." Kirishima said, momentarily taken back in surprise. "I uh was."
"That's Tsu for you." Izuku said smiling. "Knowing just what people are going to say and being blunt about it."
Asui face was still as expressionless as always, but now had a slight red blush on her cheeks. 'He finally remembered to call me Tsu.'
The other girls meanwhile stared at the Frog Quirk girl with jealousy, even Uraraka and Nejire.
Meanwhile, listening in on the conversation was Miruko. She turned to the Dragoon Hero and asked "Hey, you mind if I take that Asui girl for an internship or work study sometime in the future? Maybe Uraraka too if you are cool with that?"
Ryukyu actually looked surprised at the question. "Uh yeah sure. I'm actually surprised that you, the infamous Miruko who hates team ups and has never gotten an intern or sidekick, would ask that."
Miruko smirked before looking back at Asui. "I guess I'm just curious is all." Miruko turned her gaze over to a certain cinnamon roll as he was stared at with jealous looks from the guys. 'Oh yeah. Really Curious.'
"Plus he is a powerhouse, with the strength to lift heavy objects and crush enormous castles." Wiz said. "He also uses his bare fists to smash solid brick."
"Wow." Itsuka said in amazement. "He must be really strong to break apart solid brick without any difficulty."
"With his jumping skills and weight, he can pound and crush his foes into oblivion." Boomstick said. "Look at this! He is squashing those Goombas and Koopas into pancakes!"
Bakugou and Kamikiri laughed hysterically at comment as they witness the useless minions squashed into paste.
"Are those creatures the same ones that you guys said you watcher fight before?" Melissa asked.
The whole of the students groaned at the memory.
"Don't remind us." Setsuna said.
"But when he needs some extra firepower, he has an entire arsenal of powerups." Boomstick revealed.
FIRE FLOWER
Grants Pyrokinesis (Todoroki and Endeavor are intrigued)
Can Create & Manipulate Fire
Bouncing Fireballs
Ends After Absorbing 1 Deadly Blow
"His First Power Up is the Fire Flower." Wiz revealed. "With it, Mario gains Pyrokinetic abilities."
"He can control Fire?!" Izuku said, his eyes lighting up in awe. "It almost just like yours, Todoroki."
"Yeah." Todoroki said. "However, I don't believe that my fire attacks can bounce like a ball. Plus I am not as versed in my fire side as my ice side."
Endeavor, overhearing, flinched.
"Really?" Boomstick questioned. "I always thought the flower was just Really spicy."
Cue the eye rolls from the adults and chuckles and also eye rolls from the students.
"He can and manipulate fire for a multitude of different, devastating attacks." Wiz explained further, showing Mario unleash a massive amount of swirling flames.
"Interesting." Todoroki cupped his chin in thought. "With some more training and my left side cooling me, I'm sure I could replicate that attack."
"I'm starting to like this Plumber guy." Bakugou said. "If this guy can cause explosions with that power, and his powerups don't stupidly go away after a hit, then he would be my vote."
FROG SUIT (Asui perks up intrigued)
Increases Jump Height
Increases Swimming Speed
Can Breathe Underwater
Resists Water Currents for Better Control
Looks Absolutely Ridiculous! (Asui croaks offended)
"He's also got this Frog Suit thingy." Boomstick added. "While wearing it, Mario can jump even higher, swim even faster, and breathe underwater."
"Hey, its just like your Quirk, Tsu." Uraraka said. "Minus the tongue and camouflage part."
"Ribbit." Asui nods, a finger at her chin, more intrigued over this character.
"The only problem is no one is going to take him seriously wearing that thing." Boomstick said. "Aha, oh look at him!"
As Boomstick made that comment, and the final point in the list of abilities popped up, Asui croaked and glared at the video, more specifically Boomstick.
"While he does look adorable, don't cute shame him!" Torru said. "I call Midori and Koda cute but doesn't mean that they can't do anything."
Izuku and Koda blushed, both embarrassed. Meanwhile, Sero covered Bakugou's mouth in Tape before the explosive blonde could retort.
CAPE FEATHER
Wears a Yellow Cape
Can Fly for Unprecedented Amounts of Time
Can Deflect Projectiles
Razor-Sharp Edge
"Several different power ups have granted Mario flight before, but none as well as the Cape Feather." Wiz revealed. "With it, Mario can fly for an unprecedented amount of time."
"His flight power is almost as similar to Hawk's own wings." Mt. Lady said. "And that projectile deflecting sounds incredibly useful against long range attackers."
All Might's and Torino's mind flashed back to the 7th user of OFA, Nana Shimura, and how she floated through air without a care in the world and smiled.
METAL CAP
Becomes Living Metal (Tetsutetsu perks up)
Nearly Indestructible (Kirishima perks up as well)
Incredibly Heavy
Power Increase
Speed and Maneuverability Remain Unchanged
"The Metal Cap turns Mario's Entire body into Indestructible, Living Steel." Boomstick jumped in. "But while Metal Mario is extremely heavy, his Strength and Speed are boosted, giving him 10 times more power and just as much agility as before."
"THAT'S AWESOME!" Kirishima yelled. "Its like your Quirk, man!"
"I know!" Tetsutetsu yelled excited. "This Mario Guy Is So MANLY!"
"So while he turns himself into metal, he retains his regular speed and agility, aside from his jumps." Power Loader deduced. "That's quite the useful power up."
STARMAN
Invulnerable
Increases Speed
Instantly Kills Foes (Audience did a double take on that)
Short Time Limit
"The Starman envelops Mario in a blinding aura of compressed energy," Wiz jumped in. "Giving him increased speed and Complete Invulnerability, for a short time. Touching a normal enemy in this state will kill the foe instantly."
"Instantly?!" Momo questioned astonished. "Amazing."
"This Starman must be this Mario's equivalent towards that Super form that Shadow and perhaps this Sonic has as well." Iida said.
HAMMER
Stored in Mario's Pocket
Can Crush Practically Anything
Smaller Hammers can be Thrown
"And while not technically a power up, Mario has a hammer that can crush almost anything." Wiz revealed.
"Hurled Barrels from a giant monkey? CRUSHED!" Boomstick exclaimed in mad glee. "Spooky undead Ghosts? CRUSHED! Nagging ex-wife? CRUSHED!"
"Wait that thing can kill ghosts?!" Bakugou questioned loudly. "HOW THE FUCK DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?!"
"Magic." Kyouka said.
MEGA MUSHROOM
Mario Grows Giant (Mt. Lady perked up at this)
Invulnerable
Can Smash Through Almost Any Obstacle
Lasts for a Short Time
"And it seems Mario is always popping shrooms to get more power and with the mega mushroom, he goes Ginormous!" Boomstick continued. "Mowing down people, plants, environments, hell Everything!"
"Oh come on!" Mt. Lady cried out. "He's stealing my thing! So unfair!"
"Easy there, girl" Mandaley said. "At least he has a time limit, while you can do it as long as you want."
"Mario has battled a larger variety of enemies than other videogame hero." Wiz jumped in. "Whether a foe is large or small, creepy or goofy, dumb or deadly, Nothing has ever proved too much for him."
"Except keeping track of his woman." Boomstick interrupted, showing an image of a princess in a pink dress. "She always getting kidnapped and he's always showing up at the wrong castle. Somebody needs to throw a GPS tracking bracelet on this bitch."
While the girls were slightly offended by the final comment, Bakugou was laughing his ass off on both Mario constantly going to the wrong castle and the pink princess always getting captured.
"Mario is impulsive and not much of a strategist, preferring to quickly fight his way through problems than thinking things through." Wiz explained.
"That could be problematic." Aizawa said. "Some heroes situations may require more brains than brawn."
"But that doesn't matter." Boomstick said. "Italy's Greatest Hero can power through anything."
"IT'SA ME, MARIO!" Mario said in victory, flashing a 2 finger V for victory to the group.
The group thought over the Italian Plumber. The students liked his heroism in defending his home and saving the princess, like some standard fairy tail hero. Eri really liked Mario, claiming that he looked funny and happy. Kouta liked Mario too but thought that it was all too cheerful and goofy for his liking. The heroes were intrigued on his many power ups and how this hero with his arsenal of different abilities would be quite efficient in many type of situations.
The next fighter shown was basically a blue, more light-hearted version of Shadow, from before. The second fighter was a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog, with ocean-blue fur and peach colored spot on his stomach, and had large green eyes. His quills hanged low and spiky, a contrast to Shadow's more spiked up quills, he wore nothing but a pair of white gloves and cool red shoes with a stripe of white on each shoe. They also saw said new fighter zoom through the area so fast, that even the heroes could barely keep track of him.
Sonic
"Sonic the Hedgehog is the fastest thing alive and a freedom fighter battling to save the world from the tyrannical Dr. Ivo 'Eggman' Robotnick." Wiz revealed.
They saw an image of the blue hedgehog fighting against a wide man with a red suit that looked shaped like an egg and with an army of robots by his side.
"Hey, doesn't that guy look similar to that other doctor in the Shadow fight?" Setsuna pointed out.
The students and heroes looked closer and realized that the egg-shaped villain did in fact look identical towards the doctor.
"Your right, Tokage." Itsuka said. "They even have the same last name, Robotnick."
Nezu frowned and hummed in thought as he continued to view the video.
"He's not so bad for a tree hugging hippie." Boomstick said.
Itsuka sent a short prayer of thanks to Sonic for his concern and fight to protect nature and the environment.
BACKGROUND
Height: 3'3"
Weight: 35 lbs.
Age: 16
Freedom Fighter
Top Speed: Unknown
765 mph as Fastest Obtained Average Estimate (Eyebrows were raised high at the level of speed shown by Sonic)
"Sonic's most notable ability is his speed." Wiz explained. "He can Easily break the sound barrier in Mere Seconds! While his Top Speed is Unknown, he has clocked in an average of 765 miles per hour!"
"HOLY CRAP!" Boomstick exclaimed. "He must burn through shoes!"
Eyebrows were raised high and jaws plummeting down at seeing how fast Sonic was going seeing the blue hedgehog became a blue blur as he ran, jumped, and slid past buildings in a nanosecond.
"Holy. Crap." Kyouka said.
"Has your family ever reached those kinds of speeds before, Iida?" Momo asked, face still clearly astounded.
"No hero ever has." Iida managed to gasp out, for once completely still in shock.
Izuku watched as Sonic ran with a smile on his face, like he was alive, and instantly felt a connection to him. When Izuku first learned Full Cowling, feeling the energy course through him and grow faster and faster as his progress increased, he felt alive. Just like Sonic.
"He can further increase his speed with his trademark Figure 8 technique." Wiz explained.
"How...wha...how can he...huh?" Said the perplexed Momo Yaoyorozo.
"Wow, even Yaomomo is stumped." Asui said. "Midoriya, can you figur-"
Asui's question fell on deaf ears as Izuku was sucked back into his muttering state, analyzing and writing in his journal in the same mad passion as Hatsumei with her machines.
"But he's not just fast on his feet." Boomstick jumped in.
ATTACKS & TECHNIQUES
Spin Attack
Spin Dash
Homing Attack
Light-Speed Dash
Martial Arts (Ojiro liked)
Can Burrow Underground
"He can curl up into a spiky ball and rip through his opponents with his Spin Attack." Boomstick continued.
"He's like a some spinning jigsaw." Snipe said.
"And it appears that his quills and this technique are strong and sharp enough to rip through solid steel." Vlad King said
Tetsutetsu shivered in slight fear, mentally picturing how his own Steel body would handle Sonic's Spin Attack.
"His Homing Attack rockets towards an opponent and can hit multiple times." Wiz jumped in.
"That be useful in hitting multiple targets while in mid-air while evading projectiles." Todoroki said. "This Sonic is proving quite interesting."
"And with his Spin Dash, he can reach Top Speeds almost instantly." Boomstick said. "Man, how does this guy not vomit?"
"Took the words out of my mouth, Boomstick." Mina said. "I mean how he can he do that without going a little dizzy afterwards? Or even know where he is going?"
"Perhaps Sonic has some different form of equilibrium while spinning that helps him from being nauseous or dizzy." Izuku proposed. "And he could be looking through his quills at the right time to know where he is going and what's in his way."
"Maybe." Melissa said. "At the speeds he is going, and given that level of thermal homeostasis, he would need an equal level of coordination, mental processing, and reflexes to keep up with not jus his spinning but also his speed."
"Uh translation?" Mina asked
"Because Sonic can move at such hyper sonic speeds, Sonic needs to be able to look, see, and take in the surroundings around him just as fast as his speed or he could be unable to know where he is running and could crash into a wall." Momo simplified.
"Throughout his adventures, he has acquired a number of special Shields to improve his abilities." Wiz revealed. "Each Shield can deflect minor projectiles, to even larger ones depending on the type, and each have environmental advantages, but will disintegrate after absorbing a deadly blow."
"Just like Mario's powerups." Shinso said. "Both can only survive one hit before they disappear."
FIRE SHIELD
Impervious to Fire and Heat (Todoroki and Endeavor perked up this too)
Fiery Makeup
Disintegrates in Water
Mid-Air Dash Attack
"The Fire Shield can absorb, well, Fire and Heat." Boomstick pointed out. "Though it can't survive underwater. No shit. But with it, Sonic can use a fiery dash attack. The kid looks like a straight up comet!"
"With that kind of shielding, he could block everyone of you and your son's fire attacks, Endeavor." All Might said.
Endeavor hummed in agreement. "It would take a powerful melee or different elemental based attack to destroy the shield before I could hurt him with a fire attack. And even then he could just respond quickly enough to speed away from it."
"You think that your ice could cancel out his Fire Shield, Todoroki?" Izuku asked.
"Maybe." Shoto said. "The shield can't survive water and if it can't melt through my ice instantly, the melted water could destroy it, but with that fiery dash attack, he could easily burn and crash his way through my ice easily."
LIGHTNING SHIELD
Impervious to Electricity (Kaminari perked up)
Electric Makeup
Disintegrates in Water
Magnetic Field
Mid-Air Jump
"The Lightning Shield can't survive in aquatic environments either, but it can gives Sonic a Mid-Air Jump for extra aerial control and immunity to all electric based attacks." Wizard said.
"With that Shield, I couldn't be able to hurt him, even with a 2 Million volt blast." Kaminari said.
"I don't think I could hurt him too." Nejire said. "My energy blasts are electrical too so they probably wouldn't faze that shield. What about you, Izuku? Can your punches hurt them with that lightning you used on Overhaul?"
Izuku though over how his lightning seemingly seemed to physically harm Chisaski, though wonders if he could even use that excess energy of OFA at all. "My punches perhaps can but I most likely would get electrified if I touch the shield. And I still don't know if I can even use that excess lightning that shoots out of me."
All Might made a note to council Izuku on that later.
"Moving on from Deku and his light show, that mid-air jump can make this Sonic guy more maneuverable through the air, much like my explosions do for me." Bakugou said.
BUBBLE SHIELD
Can Breathe Underwater
Water and Air Makeup
Bounce Attack
Bouncing Can Increase Jumping Height
"And with the Bubble Shield, he breathe underwater and control his jumps with a powerful bounce." Boomstick added.
"Its similar to Mario's Frog Suit." Asui said. "I bet we will see more of that."
"And he can jump extra high with the Bubbled Shield as a springboard, like me and my tail." Ojiro said. "Though I wonder they keep referencing water."
"Why do we keep mentioning water you might ask?" Boomstick questioned.
"Thank you Ojiro for you somehow asking the question that they answer immediately, again." Torru said.
"Because he Can't Freaking Swim." Boomstick continued. "Put him in the water and you get not only a powerless Sonic, but the most PTSD inducing music ever that will make your heart stop in terror."
Most of the students and even Heroes shivered and squirmed at the PTSD inducing music, feeling like they were realistically in danger. Kyouka had the worst of it, so much so that she latched onto the closest thing that felt safe to her. That being Izuku. Immediately as they realized what happened as the music stopped, Kyouka dethatched herself from Izuku as fast as Sonic and blushed hard, Izuku blushing just as hard, and the girls glaring at the two in jealousy that would make even Shadow flinch.
"Jesus. That music was chilling." Kaminari said, oblivious to what occurred. "That underwater weakness must suck."
"What a Fuckin Shitty weakness!" Bakugou yelled out, before he could curse out more, a warning glare from Aizawa forced the explosion teen to zip it.
"While hedgehogs can normally swim, which makes this a personal weakness for Mr. Sonic, Sonic's speed requires momentum and friction, two things hard to achieve while with your feet." Nezu pointed out. "Sonic seems to mostly use his legs rather than his arms, so his disadvantage towards swimming is understandable."
"Sonic's ultimate power up isn't a Shield at all." Wiz explained. "After absorbing Thousands of Power Rings throughout his adventures, Sonic has become an Embodiment of Chaos Energy itself, practically releasing all that Chaos Force energy out like blue lightning. Using the power of the Seven Chaos Emeralds, just like Shadow, Sonic can tap into their near unlimited powers and summon the form of Super Sonic."
SUPER FORM
1000% Power Increase
Automatic Flight
Unlimited Stamina
Invincible
Positive Energy Aura
Duration Based on a Time Limit and a Steady Supply of Power Rings
"Super Sonic can fly, breathe underwater, and is Completely Invulnerable." Boomstick revealed.
"Not to mention that his speed is increased a 1000 Fold!" Wiz jumped in.
Jaws fell once more and more jaws became unhinged.
"As if his speed wasn't fast enough, now he can go 1000 times faster?!" Sen questioned.
"And with his flight and invincibility, that's OP as fuck!" Setsuna said.
As Izuku saw Super Sonic, his eyes entranced by the glowing form and the aura of power coming from the hedgehog, Izuku felt a shiver run through the back of his head, especially through a specific wording that Wizard said.
'Practically releasing all that Chaos Force energy out in blue Lightning.'
"This power over the Chaos Force is just like Shadow's." Melissa said, snapping Izuku from his thoughts.
"Um, yeah. They both could transform into their Super forms through the Chaos Emeralds and become invulnerable and can fly while in this form." Izuku said as he recomposed himself.
"This Sonic guy is crazy strong." Mirio said.
"He's so Cool!" Kouta said, eyes flashing brighter in excitement.
"But like most things that are unbelievably powerful, it has a time limit." Boomstick pointed out. "Without a steady supply of Power Rings, it can't even last a full minute. But given that this a hedgehog that go faster than light, a minute for us is a whole lot of time for Sonic to wipe the floor with his foes."
"And when the form subsides, Sonic returns to normal at peak physical form, regardless of his condition prior to the transformation." Wiz revealed.
"That's incredible!" Iida said. "Not only can this Super form make Sonic invulnerable and immune to any damage, once it runs out, if he had any previous injures during a fight, they will be healed, giving Sonic an advantage over an weaker or more exhausted foe!"
The students and Heroes' eyes widen comically large at how powerful and useful this power could be.
"While Sonic is always risking his life saving the world from all kinds of robots, demigods, and world-ending monsters, he's kind of a dick." Boomstick added.
"Sonic is cocky, arrogant, and addicted to action." Wiz explained. "He becomes cranky and unstable when he is cooped up for too long."
"And if you ignore him, he will straight up leave ya."
"Well that's a little rude." Mina said.
"Don't tell me that you wouldn't be a little cranky being cooped up inside?" Kyouka questioned.
"Touché." Mina said.
"I'm starting to like this guy more and more." Bakugou said.
He chose to be oblivious to the exasperated looks and sweat drops directed at him.
"Despite his rough personality, he will do whatever it takes to save the day."
Sonic dodged a laser blast from a robot wasp. "Ooh I'd like to hang, but I've gotta juice." Sonic speeds away in a flash.
The group thought over what they thought of Sonic. While he seemed ruder compared to Mario, the students agreed that he was cool and powerful, especially his incredible speed. The heroes respected how he was a freedom fighter and a powerful ally to have but were concerned that his cockiness and arrogance could be more a liability than assistance. Eri liked Sonic but Kouta liked him more with how cool and powerful he was.
"Alright the combatants are set." Wiz traditionally said. "Let's End this Debate once and for all!"
"IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTTTTTTLLLLLLLEEEEE!" Boomstick yelled out.
The video paused as it scanned its fighters for counterparts.
Meanwhile, the traditional voting had begun. The votes were practically even, with both sides agreeing that both are cool and powerful and hard to choose. In the end, the ones most notable to for Mario were Mirio, because of his raw power and heroism, Eri, because of how goofy and funny he looked and talked, Todoroki and Endeavor for Mario's Pyrokinesis, Tetsutetsu and Kirishima for his Metal Cap powerup, Tamaki, because he found Mario's upbeat and happiness similar to Mirio, Torru and Koda for Mario's goofiness and connection with Yoshi, Asui for his Frog Suit, Uraraka and Miruko for his flight and jumping prowess, and Mt. Lady for Mario's size changing powers.
For Sonic, his most notable voters consisted of Izuku, who liked Sonic's heroism, speed, and a feeling of similarity, Kouta, who thought Sonic was super cool and powerful, Bakugou, who liked the blue hedgehog's style, power, and attitude, Iida, who liked Sonic's speed though disagreed with his cocky nature, Kaminari and Nejire over his Lightning Shield and coolness, Sen, who liked his Spin attacks and dash attacks, All Might and Gran Torino for his speed and power as Super Sonic, Mina for their similar lack of patience and coolness, Aizawa and Mic because of his connection with Oboro's counterpart, and Nezu, who had a calculative smile.
"SCANNING COMPLETE!" The device said as it finished its search. "MARIO! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: MIRIO TOGATA!"
"Wow, Mirio, we found a counterpart of yours." Izuku congratulated the third year. "And he is super strong."
"We found one of you, Lemillion!" Eri pointed out excitedly. "Isn't that great?!"
"POWER!" Miro posed with a large smile on his face.
"I had a feeling that you and he were one and the same." Tamaki said. "You both have a light, shining."
Mirio smiled brightly at his best friend.
"SONIC! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
"Wowie! Isn't awesome, Zuki?!" Nejire pointed out excitedly. "I just knew it! I just knew it! You were super fast too during that fight with Overhaul, sparking lightning everywhere, and your Shoot Style is a lot like Sonic's fighting style!"
"No wonder I thought he was so cool! He is as cool as you, Izuku!" Kouta cheered excitingly before recomposing into his tough guy look. "I mean I uh you know because you too are strong and really cool, I guess."
Izuku smiled gratefully at the two and looked at his counterpart with recognition. 'I knew it.' His mind flashed to the seven Chaos Emeralds. 'Seven Emeralds. Seven Quirks to master if I include All Might's power. I hope that can live up to the strength that my other self has.'
"That's cool that you are Sonic, Muscles." Mei said. "I admit that I was surprised. Never could see you as the arrogant, cocky type. That's more of that Explodey guy's shtick."
Ignoring the laughter and chuckles at that comment and the "HEY!" from Kacchan, Izuku deadpanned at the comment. 'She's right, I guess. Though I was also somehow the counterparts to both Kratos and Spawn all because of One For All and Kacchan's and I's...past.'
Meanwhile, up above with the teacher and Heroes, Miruko smirked at the connection between Izuku and Sonic. 'Interesting kid. Let's see if your counterpart beats my voted fighter.'
"You recognize the connection to, right Toshinori." Gran Torino said, not as a question, but as a fact.
"Yeah." All Might said. "Those rainbow colored gems. The rainbow light of One For All. The fact that it can be shared with others like with Shadow from before. Super Sonic's flight like Float. The speed that Young Midoriya is bound to achieve. There was no mistaking that the two were linked."
"And yet that Starman upgrade's rainbow light also is like the Quirk. Alongside that Mario's strength and use of multiple powers." Gran Torino pointed out. "You think that its some hint of another world out there in that multiverse whatever that you gave the Quirk to Nighteye's choice?"
All Might looked down at the two students who shook hands and declared to let the best fighter win. "Perhaps. But that doesn't mean that I regret my choice or would shame my other self if that was the case. The boy is worthy enough, but I've made my choice and I couldn't think of a better one."
Torino smiled. "Good. I share the same sentiment."
Meanwhile, Bakugou asked "Uh, can I change my vote?"
"Nope!" The students declared and laughed at the enraged look on Bakugou and Deku's embarrassed one.
Votes and counterpart's aside, the video began once again for the battle to begin.
The video showed Sonic laying back in a green field, tapping his foot and finger against the ground impatient. Suddenly, a green pipe emerged from the ground where out came out Mario. Sonic got up quickly and readied himself while Mario jumped off the pipe to come face to face with the blue hedgehog.
"Alright chubby, let's settle this feud once and for all!" Sonic declared.
"Let's-A-Go!" Mario struck a pose and said.
"Oooh, I'm so excited!" Mina said as she had her hands near her mouth. 'Win my actually cute hedgehog counterpart to my Midori!'
"This fight will be centered around speed vs power." Momo said. "Mario is the physically stronger and durable, but Sonic's speed and martial arts can easily match Mario's raw power. This could go either way."
FIGHT!
Sonic struck first with a quick spinning roundhouse kick, which Mario blocked, Sonic quickly pushed forward with a strong right kick to Mario's chest. As Mario was stunned, Sonic struck again with a left kick to the stomach, followed by a flurry of kicks that pounded into the Italian Plumber before sending him flying with a final kick.
Aizawa analyzed Sonic's strategy. "He's using his speed to his advantage and by striking to first to have his opponent go on the defensive. He's striking as fast and hard as possible to crumble his foe's defense to deliver some strong attacks. Not bad."
"Yeah! Go Sonic! Show that Plumber whose boss!" Kouta said.
Eri squirmed in her seat. 'I'm so confused. I don't want to bet against Papa, but I also don't want Uncle Mirio to lose either.'
Noticing Eri's dilemma, Mirio quickly said "Hey hey, Eri, its ok. You don't need to choose between us. This is all just make believe and neither of us will be hurt if you choose one or the other."
"But I don't wanna choose." Eri still sulked and had a tear in her eye.
"Then don't." Izuku said, jumping in to help. "Its alright. You don't have to choose or root for either of us, we understand. You can just stay lay back, watch, and have fun. And as a bonus, me, Mirio, and Sato will bake you that banana candy smoothie you were curious about."
Eri's mouth water before she smiled and nodded her head.
Seeing the heartwarming sight, Tamaki turned away in pain 'Too bright! So Bright!'
Back to the fight, Mario hit the pipe before twisting his body mid-air and landing on the pipe. Mario brought out of his pocket a Fire Flower.
"Hey its time to Turn Up The Heat! EH?!" Mirio joked.
The only sound that can be heard was the sound of crickets chirping...which Asui looked around for.
"Man, that was so not funny!" Mirio recomposed himself.
Mario absorbed the Fire Flower, his hat and red undershirt becoming pale white and his blue overalls turned light red, and his hand ablaze.
Mario fired multiple fireballs, bouncing towards Sonic. The blue hedgehog jumped, spun, and maneuvered his way through the fireballs safely, only for Mario to strike. Mario slid, whilst covered in a fiery attack, attacking Sonic before he hit the ground. Mario quickly struck Sonic with a left haymaker, followed by a right uppercut, and a solid right kick.
"Yeah! Mario is fighting back!" Tetsutetsu cheered. "MANLY!"
"He used his fireballs to inconvenience Sonic, who was forced to go defensive by jumping away from the fireballs, leaving him open for a quick attack to deliver his own combo." Endeavor analyzed.
Mario quickly grabbed Sonic saying "Here We Go!" He spun and tossed Sonic toward the green pipe, the blue hedgehog bouncing off and heading back towards Mario. Mario brought out his Cape Feather and used it to launch Sonic into the air. Mario performed a quirk-screw dive jump, positioned his body backwards, charged up a powerful Smash attack and punched Sonic as he fell in front of him, slamming him into the ground.
Mario dived to his stunned foe with a strike, spun Sonic around, using his fire as speed him around faster before blasting him away with an open palm strike.
"Jesus! THAT WAS AWESOME!" Kirishima said. "THIS DEATH BATTLE IS AWESOME!"
"He used a combination of his Feather Cape to launch his open upwards, he jumped and used his impressive acrobatics to launch and position himself to where he can strike Sonic from mid-air." Itsuka analyzed.
"He then used his fire as propulsion to launch himself towards Sonic and spin him around with greater velocity before finishing him off with a final fiery strike." Todoroki analyzed too.
Nezu smirked at the two. 'Perhaps I need to open two more seats for my analysis class after all.'
"COME ON SHITTY DEKU'S BLUE RAT COUNTERPART!" Bakugou yelled. "DO SOMETHING USEFUL SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE VOMITING FOR ROOTING FOR SHITTY DEKU!"
Sonic slid to a stop, a little singed but still standing. Mario gathered his fire and released a massive burst of swirling that engulfed the hedgehog.
"AHAHA!" Monoma laughed tauntingly. "It appears that one of you 1-A plebeians isn't as strong as you thought he was! Why I bet when the fire goes away he's nothing more than a charred-"
The fire flew away to reveal that Sonic was in once peace, his Fire Shield absorbing the fire and heat.
"..."
"Do you ever stop being wrong or are do you asking to be wrong on purpose." Yui said, causing the students to laugh at the agape Monoma.
Sonic quickly counter-attacked by dashing towards Mario, the blue hedgehog becoming a fiery red comet. Mario was knocked and struck around through the air as he was struck by the fiery comet that was Sonic. Mario landed on his feet, pulled out his hammer and struck Sonic as he approached, resulting in a huge explosion.
"Wait is it over?" Honenuki asked.
"Unlikely." Jurota said. "It was stated that Mario's power ups and Sonic's shields could absorb a deadly strike before disappearing and leaving them normal. At most, the shield and Fire Flower form will be gone."
The screen gained color, with dramatic, angelic chorus music playing in the background. Mario and Sonic were shown clashing over and over, the two never giving way without a counter attack.
The scenes included Mario dodged a right hook from Sonic, Sonic slamming into a mid-air Mario with a Homing Attack, Sonic barely dodging a Mario jumping uppercut, Sonic impatiently tapping his foot as he waited for the frozen Mario statue to run out.
The audience were both excited and impressed with the power, skill, and determination of the fighters, with some laughs thrown in at the final scene.
The fight began in regular motion as Sonic ran through the field while Mario flew with his Cape Feather. Sonic jumped and struck a power up, granting him a Lightning Shield.
"Woo! Lightning Shield coming at ya, you magic Italian plumber!" Kaminari said.
Mario and Sonic raced up a mountain (that had a face?), striking at each other as they flew/climbed up the top.
"Awww. The volcano looks sad." Torru and Pony whined.
Bakugou looked at the two perplexed. "That Is What You Noticed?! Not The Fact That It Has a Face In The First Place?! Or That This Fight Between the Two IS FUCKING AWESOME AS HELL?!"
"Hey, chill Bakadouche!" Setsuna said, defending and hugging Pony. "You let them notice what they want and stop being a douche about it!"
"Agreed!" Mina said as she too hugged Torru. "There, there Torru. Don't let the mean douche hurt your feelings." Mina spoke in a motherly tone.
"Thanks Mina, but can you please stop babying us." Torru said. "Its weird."
"Agreed." Pony agreed.
The two landed inside the dormant volcano, the screen showing a close up of both Sonic's and Mario's determined faces. The screen paned over from the electrified shielded Sonic, past a Bob-omb, towards Mario-Wait a minute!
Sonic and Mario looked around at the room entirely filled with weird looking bombs with white eyes and yellow feet, them all sounding up in alarm at the new comers.
"BOMBS!" Kouta, Koda, Nejire, and Eri cried out. "Weird, walking bombs, but BOMBS!"
"MAMA MIA!" Mario cried out.
A second later, the volcano's face was consumed in a large, fiery explosion, with Sonic and Mario, the latter crying out, as they flew through the air.
Laughter rang out through the room, even Endeavor and Aizawa spared a chuckle. Bakugou and Torino were busting a gut as they saw Izuku's furry counterpart fly through the air from that explosion.
"Are they ok?" Eri asked.
'Yes they are Eri." Uraraka jumped in. "Deku and Mirio's counterparts had shields and powers on that saved them from the big boom."
"Oh! Yeah!" Eri cheered, Uraraka smiling motherly.
'Ms. Ocha is also nice and sweet. Like a Mama.' Eri thought. 'Miss Ocha. Miss Momo. Auntie Neji. Miss Melissa. Miss Kyouka. Who is true Mama? I'm so confused!'
Sonic landed in the water.
"Uh oh! That's not good!" Sero said. "Sonic is not good at water!"
"FUCK! THAT'S BULLSHIT!" Bakugou yelled in rage.
"Well, they mentioned water a lot of times, so it was bound to happen in the fight." Sato said.
Sonic sank further down the lake, flailing his limbs uselessly. He popped up a Bubble Shield and activated it, Sonic now encased in a Bubble Shield.
"At least he has a Bubble Shield." Ojiro pointed out.
Mario landed in the water, wearing his Frog Suit, before bringing his weight down and slamming into Sonic's destroying the Bubble Shield instantly.
"Oops." Ojiro said.
"Dude. Stop doing that!" Mineta yelled.
Sonic tried jumping around yet failed to swim around effectively. The PTSD inducing music played out as Sonic quickly tired to tried to run away, causing the audience, especially Kyouka, to shiver and hold their ears. As the music started getting higher louder, Sonic flailed around before his eyes were replaced with green emeralds and the screen was filled with a white light.
"Wait is that-!" Kouta said excitingly
Izuku and All Might smiled. 'Its Go Time!
As Mario swam away, Sonic's voice, somewhat distorted and echoing, said "Now I'll Show You!" Mario was slammed into by a golden blur.
Mario was launched out of the water and the golden blur popped out in the sky as Super Sonic, floating, his fur turned golden and spiked up, and his body encased in a golden aura, his emerald eyes turning ruby red. "How's That Plumber?!"
The Sonic voters cheered in relief, while the rest looked with wide eyes and wide jaws.
"Oh its about to get good!" Setsuna said, rubbing her hand in excitement.
Mario, while in mid-air, pulled out a Metal Cap, transforming into Metal Mario and dropping down onto the ground, kneeling.
"YEAH! METAL MANLY MARIO TIME!" Tetsutetsu cheered.
"Wow, Super Hero Landing." Kaminari clapped. "I heard that does a number on your knees."
"Well he is made of metal right now." Mineta pointed out. "I don't think a broken knee is a concern right now."
Sonic roared in power before flying straight into Mario causing an explosion...only for the smoke to clear and show Metal Mario intact, holding Super Sonic back.
"WHAT?!" Bakugou roared out. "WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT?!"
"Mario's Metal form was said to be almost invulnerable." Momo said, she too surprised at Metal Mario's feat. "I guess its That strong."
Metal Mario tossed Super Sonic away, only for Super Sonic to fly back from behind and collide into him multiple times, all the while leaving no sign of damage or struggle other than Mario sliding back a few inches every time. Metal Mario kicked Super Sonic away before bringing up the Starman and absorbing it, become incased in rainbow light. Mario rushed towards Super Sonic in normal speed, striking at the golden hedgehog with a spin attack before launching him away.
"POWER!" Mirio yelled out as he flexed his muscles.
"Wait shouldn't Sonic be defeated?" Shihai asked. "They did say that Mario using the Starman makes anyone who touches him instantly die."
"They also said that Sonic was completely invincible under his Super form." Tokoyami pointed out. "It appears that the instant death is nullified because of Sonic's Super Form."
"Mario made a mistake." The audience turned to see it was Izuku that said that. "He made a mistake, right Kacchan?"
"For once, you are right, Deku." Kacchan said. "That Italian Stereotype made a big fucking mistake."
"Ok, mind cluing us in on what you two are agreeing?" Kaminari pleaded. "Because at this point I'm just worried the Apocalypse has started now that you two are agreeing with each other!"
"Mario's forms seem to have only two ways to be destroyed, either from getting hit with a deadly attack or changing into another form." Izuku explained. "However, three forms seem to be wear off through a time limit: The Metal Cap, The Mega Mushroom, and the Starman."
"Yeah, and?" Mina asked.
"Isn't it obvious Pink Cheeks?!" Bakugou yelled. "Mario changed into Starman before the Metal Cap finished wearing off! He could have waited until the Metal Cap wore off before using the Starman! To draw out Super Sonic's Time Limit!"
"Mario was too impulsive and used the Starman, which changed him out of the Metal Cap early and wasted the Starman on Super Sonic without realizing that Sonic can't be hurt while in Super form." izuku continued. "And because of that error, the Starman should wear off right about now."
Mario morphed back to normal.
"See?" Izuku said with a tiny smile.
The group looked at the two in stunned silence. Momo, Mei, and Melissa were mentally kicking themselves for not realizing it sooner, have respect towards Izuku and Bakugou, begrudgingly toward the later, and, with Izuku analysis, were a little turned on. Iida meanwhile, was only doing the first and second part.
Nezu smiled maniacally. 'Oh yes I see great thing for you, Izuku Midoriya, in our analysis classes. And you as well, Katsuki Bakugou. You have earned your admittance as well.'
"So you're a bit tougher than I thought huh?" Sonic said. "But now its time for me to finish this-"
Mario popped out a mega Mushroom and grew to giant of himself.
"Woah." Sonic said in astonishment.
"Yeah, woah." Itsuka said.
"Mega size time!" Mt. Lady cheered, her fellow pros rolling their eyes.
Super Sonic crashed at light speeds into Giant Mario, with no seeming effect happening. Mega Mario having enough knocked Sonic away with a giant punch
"Oh COME ON THIS IS JUST UNFAIR NOW!" Bakugou yelled out.
"No matter what they do, they just can't truly hurt the other." Melissa said. "Mario's forms practically make him invulnerable while Sonic's Super Form is invulnerable. Its a stalemate."
Suddenly, Super Sonic reverted back into regular Sonic, his time limit expiring. "Uh Oh!" Sonic simply said as he fell to the ground.
"Uh Oh is right!" Torru yelled. "Time's up on Super Sonic. Midori's vulnerable now!"
Sonic performed his Figure 8 technique before zooming off, Giant Mario hot on his trail, but couldn't catch up with the fast hedgehog.
"You're Too Slow!" Sonic said before speeding up, leaving the Giant Mario in the dust.
"Yeah!" Kouta cheered. "Sonic is too fast for Mario!"
As Mario ran, slowly but surely, Mario started to shrink back to normal size. 'D'OH!" Mario said as he gripped his head in pain, his eyes going all over the place.
"Wait what just happened?!" Nejire said. "Why is he that funny weird face?!"
"Mario is tired out." Momo said. "He must have used too many transformation back to back or overworked his body with the Mega Mushroom."
"He's open!" Mina pointed out. "GO MIDORI-I mean-SONIC!"
"Now's my Chance!" Sonic said as he sped back.
Mario managed blocked a straight punch from Sonic, but failed to react to Sonic speeding up from behind and striking him with a dash attack. Sonic knocked Mario into the air with a few more Dash Attacks before jumping up and slamming his heel onto Mario, sending the whimsical Plumber into the ground.
With a final "WWWAAAAAAGGGGHHH!" of pain, Sonic, curled into a spiky ball, slammed into the Italian Plumber and spun fast, shredding through the Italian and spewing blood everywhere. Sonic jumped away victorious, the final remnants of Mario a shredded corpse in a pool of blood, torn in half with his back open.
K.0.!
After a brief silence of shock and queasy stomachs at the gorey sight, those who voted for Sonic cheered in victory, the loudest being the maniacal laughs of Bakugou and Nezu. The Mario voters groaned before clapping in respectful courtesy.
Izuku clapped in victory and shook Mirio's hand, the two smiling and nodding for no hurt feelings.
Mirio then said "Nice job, Deku!"
"Thanks Mirio." Izuku said.
"Man, your guy was so powerful awesome! He really left me TORN UP!"
Silence was all that was heard. (I would have included the crickets, but Tsu ate them all.)
Tamaki sighed and clasped Miro's still posing and smiling figure. "Mirio, is you are trying to be like Boomstick, you are doing an impressive job."
Laughter once more filled the gym.
"WHOOOO! NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL A DEATH BATTLE!" Boomstick yelled.
"Agreed!" Kirishima said. "Even if my fighter lost, it was Still Super Manly as hell!"
"Same here!" Tetsutetsu parroted. "One of the best so far!"
"Their powerups seemed evenly matched, countering blow for blow." Wiz said. "And when one got the upper hand, the other quickly countered back."
"Mario was even able to counter the unstoppable Super Sonic." Boomstick pointed out.
Claps of respect and acknowledgement were given to Mirio, including Eri which Mirio greatly appreciated.
"But with their arsenals exhausted, Mario was no match for Sonic's natural speed mixed in with his quick martial arts." Wiz explained. "Even if they used their lesser known powerups like the Ice Flower," An image was shown of Mario made of ice. "Or the Super Emeralds," An image was shown of Sonic wearing different outfits, one that looked like a snow suit and the other having a neutron symbol over his head. "There is no reason to say that results would be any different."
"Wait they have more powerups?!" Mei questioned, eyes wide. "And Sonic's look like suits! Babies that I could build!" Mei's eyes lit up with awe and mentally memorizing them.
"Mario was also too impulsive." Boomstick said. "And that's saying something coming from me!"
Chuckles occurred from that joke/honest truth.
"Indeed." Wiz agreed. "Mario quickly used his last three powerups too quickly. Without knowing that Super Sonic is completely invincible and takes no kind of damage, Mario wasted his most powerful powerups on Super Sonic instead of sparring them and going defensive. And even with Super Sonic all used up, Sonic returned to peak fighting strength, completely healed of all of Mario's previous attacks."
"And you are right again, Zuku." Kyouka said. "You too Bakugou. Wow, I can't believe I just said that without throwing up."
"HEY!" Bakugou yelled out, laughter from the students sounding off.
"Looks like Mario just couldn't keep up." Boomstick punned.
"The Winner is Sonic the Hedgehog." Wiz announced.
Claps and words of acknowledgement once again rang for Izuku, who took it in with nervous embarrassment. Miruko meanwhile stared down at the teen and licked her lips in excitement. 'Brains. Brawn. Clear powerful potential if his counterparts and Ryukyu's word about the Hisaikai raid are true. Oh yeah, definitely will keep an eye on you, Izuku Midoriya.'
"Next time On Death Battle!"
The group hushed as they watched the screen for the next fighters. The screen was black before smoke appeared along with a whimsical, musical score that screamed enchanting and mysterious. They see a symbol of a lightning bolt over a young teen with round glasses and a wand in his hand.
The music changed to a large triumphant score of trumpets that took them by surprise, especially Kyouka's ears. They then see a the screen showing a boy with light blond hair in white clothes raising a blue metal handle in the air and igniting it to release a blade made of blue light.
Mei didn't even wait for the group's consent upon seeing the blade of light. She immediately grabbed the controller and pressed play at light speed.
Notes:
AAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNDDDDD SCENE! Phew, that was close. Just in time to release on Halloween. I worked hard to release this chapter for you guys as fast and as great as I could for Halloween. Think of it as my treat for you all, especially with how this year has gone.
Bonus fact: I am currently writing while my house's AC and Heater system is on the frits, in late October. In Indiana. At night. At over 37 degrees Fahrenheit! So yeah, my current freezing fingers are for you guys and gals, my loyal and fabulous reviewers and readers.
Now, onto the counterpart explanation!
For Mario, I was considering to have him as Izuku, but I didn't want to have Izuku vs Izuku fight, at least right now. And then I thought of who could be the jolly Italian Plumber? He had to be strong, cheerful, smiling joyfully, goofy, crazy powerful by sheer physical strength without a Quirk and then it had to obviously be Mirio. Plus, Mario's jumping prowess could be replicated with Mirio's Permeation, when he sinks into the ground with his quick and then shoots out like a spring into the air as he is ejected from the ground. They are both crazy strong, Mirio taking down all of Class 1-A with a single punch, sans Todoroki and Bakugou who couldn't participate, while Mario tosses Bowser and his kids around on the regular. Plus, who better to have the goofy, lovable, and yet honorable and courageous Mario be than fighting Chisaki for 5 minutes Quirkless to save a little girl in need Lemillion.
As for Sonic, I know a lot of people were asking for Iida because of their speed but other than that, they don't fit. Sonic is arrogant and cocky and somewhat rude, and while Iida was definitely arrogant and cocky to think that he could face the Hero Killer, he isn't as brash or relaxing or chill as Sonic. Izuku isn't either but they do share a desire to help others simply because they believe its the right thing to do. Like when Sonic, in the Black Knight game, he said to the Dark Queen "It was Never about chivalry to me...I just gotta do what I gotta do. That's all!' Now replace chivalry with fame and fortune and refer the last part to saving others because its the right thing to do, then bada bing bada boom! Plus Sonic has a habit of turning previous foes into god guys, like Knuckles, Shadow, Silver, Omega, and so on so for, and that kind of 'saving' is the kind of saving that Izuku would do.
Also, while game Sonic hasn't showed lightning shooting off of him, he does in the Sonic movie, awesome movie by the way, and I found it really similar to Izuku's Full Cowling, and given that All Might can go faster than the eye can see, Izuku, being fated to be stronger and faster than him and shown in his fight with Chisaki, can go at lightning speeds and don't tell me that Izuku doesn't look like the Flash when goes Full Cowling. And he clearly looked alive and cool when he first discovered Full Cowling and continued using it. Plus, the Seven Chaos Emeralds, with their number and rainbow coloring, seem similar to Izuku's Seven Quirks, if you include the raw power of the One For All Quirk, Super Sonic can fly like Izuku using Float, both have fighting styles centered around using their arms and mostly their legs, and when Izuku went full 100% on Overhaul, Izuku clearly looked like he went Super Saiyan.
And extra bonus facts: they both have green eyes and are chased around by a psycho girls who have a stalker level crush on them and a rivalry with a brute that likes to blow things up, a super genius inventor for a friend, and has an enemy in the form of a psycho crazy mad doctor.
And yes, I am a big Sonic fan but an equally big Mario fan too, so I wanted both fighters to be just absolutely perfect.
With all that said, hope you guys liked the chapter, comment your thoughts in the reviews, comment who you think future fighters might be, remember that I am going by numerical order in these Death Battles, keep each other safe and healthy, and check out my other stories if you like.
This has been Zayden StormVoid checking out for today and going to start watching the Mandalorian which I held off for this chapter. And finally, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Chapter 15: Luke Skywalker vs Harry Potter
Summary:
Star Wars vs Harry Potter. Which franchise comes out superior? And who will vote for who?
Notes:
HELLO THERE! ZAYDEN STORMVOID HERE! AND, LIKE THE END CREDIT SONG OF SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES, I'M READY TO SHOW THE NEWEST CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE!
Last time, we had one of my most favorite of Death Battles and first Death Battle I've seen, Mario vs Sonic. We saw we had Tin Tin and Arms McBreaky (Mirio and Izuku) revealed as Mario and Sonic, had Eri conflicted on who to vote for, Mirio making bad puns, and the unthinkable happen: Izuku and Bakugou voting on the same character and agreeing with each other. Thankfully, since the world is not burning, I mean anymore than it feels like it already is, I have returned with another chapter, this time pitting two of modern pop culture's most iconic heroes: Luke Skywalker vs Harry Potter.
Also before I go any further, I say this front and center to those who may be confused during the chapter: I will be using the information presented for Luke Skywalker as it was shown in this Death Battle, meaning I will not be referencing the Sequel Trilogy, aka the new holder of the worst Star Wars Trilogy, and will be referencing the Original Expanded Universe, the good one with Mara Jade and Jacen and Jaina Solo. So if anyone is confused about why Luke sounds much cooler and more badass than he was in Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker, here is why. I will also not be acknowledging the existence of the Cursed Child, much like 99% of the Harry Potter fandom does.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
The group continued onto the next battle, choosing to ignore Mei playing the video before consent, their own curiosity over the two fighters quite apparent.
"Every generation has idolized a sci-fi or fantasy hero." Wiz began the video. "Today we pit the two of the most famous of these heroic protagonists against each other."
The heroes and students smiled that the next two fighters were also heroes. The students agreed with Wiz about idolizing heroes, though for them it less fictional and very real.
"Luke Skywalker, Legacy of the Jedi." Boomstick announced the first fighter.
"And Harry Potter, The Boy Who Lived." Wiz announced the second fighter.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick." Boomstick introduced themselves.
"And its our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!" Wiz ended the intro.
The first combatant shown was an average looking boy in his late teens or early adulthood. He had blue eyes, short blonde hair and was shown in multiple outfits ranging from plain white robes/clothes, a grey outfit, and, most notably, a black combat outfit. The boy looked unextraordinary at first but the girls thought that he looked a little cute, a certain group girls reminding themselves it was ok to acknowledge he was as long as they remembered where there hearts lay.
The video also played loud and triumphant music that filled the members of the audience with awe and energy.
"Woah!" Kaminari voiced out. "This music sounds Awesome!"
"For once you're right, Kaminari." Jirou said. "The music just radiates victory and hope. Just look at the two kiddos." They looked to see Eri and Kouta aweing wide eyed and excited. "Although its a little loud in my opinion."
Luke Skywalker
"As the orphan son of Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker carries the blood of the most powerful Sith Lord ever known." Wiz revealed.
"What?!" The audience cried out in alarm and shock.
"Wait, his father was that scary Vader guy from the first video?!" Uraraka questioned, eyes widening in terror at the sight of the Dark Lord of the Sith.
"Boy, that must have been a shock to him." Boomstick said the obvious.
"No, I Am Your Father." Darth Vader revealed, his robotic voice sending chills down the audience's spines.
"No. That can't be true. That's Impossible!" Luke yelled in growing horror.
"Search your feelings, you Know it to be True." Vader said.
"NNNNOOOOOOO! NNNNOOOOO!" Luke cried out.
"Oh yeah it was." Boomstick joked.
The heroes and students felt pity for the young Jedi, understanding that it would be earth shatteringly horrible to learn your father was a Villain. The group also involuntarily shivered at the very dark aura and presence that the blacked-cloaked Sith exuded. All Might, Gran Torino, Endeavor and the rest of the heroes here that were present during the Kamino Incident felt this very same aura when they faced against All For One. Eri and Kouta squirmed in fear and clung onto Izuku and Mirio.
Izuku felt a chill roll up his spine for some unknown reason and a voice call out in his mind.
"I'm sorry, ne..."
Izuku shook his head, eyes wide in alarm and confusion. 'What was that?' Izuku thought confused. 'Was that...Was that the vestiges again? Was that voice...the First?' Izuku shook off the event and continued with the video.
BACKGROUND
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 169 lbs
Raised as a Farmer
Prosthetic Right Hand
Son of Anakin Skywalker, the Chosen One
Twin Brother of Leia Organa
Married to Mara Jade
"He was raised by his Aunt and Uncle, who kept him safe by disguising his true powers and heritage." Wiz explained. "Luke, to the galaxy at large, was a nobody from a backwater, desert planet, but wished and dreamed for a life out in the stars with significance."
Izuku frowned sadly, sympathizing and knowing full well of being a 'nobody' with great, seemingly unreachable dreams.
"He would have his wish granted, in the most unexpected way." Wiz said grimly.
The video showed Luke looking in sadness at the burned, charred skeletons of his dead Aunt and Uncle.
The students gasped in horror at the sight, Izuku and Mirio shielding Kouta and Eri immediately from the horrid sight.
"Oh no!" Melissa cried out. "Who would do such a horrible thing?!"
The heroes frowned and gritted their teeth at the act. Endeavor growled in rage, especially enraged at the act after recently investigating a series of burnt bodies charred in blue flames, the culprit none other than the League of Villain member, Dabi.
All Might gritted his teeth and gripped his armrest hard in anger.
"Yeah turns out the evil Empire was looking for a pair of droids and Luke's folks just so happen to have bought them, leading to Luke's Aunt and Uncle to be torched alive and Luke left alone." Boomstick explained.
"That's Horrible!" Nejire yelled out. "Those meanies need to pay!"
"I'm sure they did." Amajiki consoled the periwinkle-haired girl.
"Luke would find his calling by being trained by a wise old mentor in the ways of the Force and become a Jedi, magical warriors tasked with keeping peace throughout the galaxy." Wiz said. "He would later join the Rebellion to fight against the tyranny of the Empire."
"I assume that these Jedi are the heroes of this universe?" Momo questioned.
"Most likely." Todoroki said. "Warriors tasked with keeping peace sounds like a hero thing to do."
"And like all Jedi, Luke uses one of the most badass weapons known to man." Boomstick teased.
LIGHTSABER
Custom Built
Approximately 4 Foot Blade
Cuts Through Most Objects
Based on Kenobi's Saber
Expends No Heat or Energy Until Physical Contact
Uses Form V (Djiem So)
Previously used Anakin's Lightsaber
"Luke's weapon of choice is the Lightsaber, a combination of two of my two favorite killing tools: Swords and Lasers." Boomstick revealed.
The video showed Luke catching a short metal handle before igniting a green blade of energy. Other images showed Luke also using one who's blade was colored blue.
Eyes went wide one after another in shock and awe of the legendary weapon. Mei's and Melissa's mouth watered at the sight and mentally dissected the weapon in her mind. Power Loader and David Shield too were in awe of the weapon, their brains not comprehending how light was formed into a solid, frozen shape.
"Despite having little formal training, Luke advanced in Lightsaber combat much faster than any other Jedi." Wiz explained. "Though he was still taught the basics by Kenobi, trained by Kreel in greater detail, and Yoda through physical training, with a bit of self training along the way."
"It would appear that this Luke Skywalker is a true prodigy among the other Jedi." Tokoyami said.
"And is that Yoda?" Mina asked, pointing to the green, large eared, old alien in brown robes. "He looks like an old alien grandpa."
"He even took down a freaking Tie Fighter with his dad's old Lightsaber, only a month after he blew up the freaking Death Star." Boomstick pointed out. "What a badass!"
The video showed Luke in an X-Wing firing two purple orbs of energy at a small exhaust port and flying away as the moon-sized super weapon exploded into pieces.
"That's so Cool!" Izuku yelled, eyes wide in awe.
"Luke is a master of Lightsaber Combat Form V, Djiem So, an aggressive combat stance with defensive posture." Wiz said. "This form specializes in perseverance and pressing an opponent."
"Interesting." Nezu said. "This form of combat seems to function by both attacking and provoking his opponent to fight back only to switch easily to a defensive form."
"And impressive style, I will admit." Eraserhead said. "Works to tire out his opponent so to land a killing blow."
"Despite what you might think, the Lightsaber isn't just for killing." Boomstick revealed. "It also works pretty damn well for defense, being able to block and deflect laser blaster fire."
"Hold on a moment." Momo said. "If those are actual lasers being fired on him, then Luke would have to react faster than light to not only block but angle the Lightsaber to deflect the laser back at them."
"Maybe, but those lasers seem rather slower than actual lasers." Iida pointed out. "It could be that these lasers being fired are not in fact actual laser but rather an possible variant or substitute that directs energy in a form similar to lasers. Regardless, the speed one would have to block and deflect them would still be incredibly fast and impressive."
"Even so, Luke's most instrumental tool is his unrivaled connection to the Force, an invisible energy field that surrounds, penetrates, and binds all living things throughout the universe." Wizard revealed.
"The Force?" Uraraka questioned.
THE FORCE
Surrounds All Living Things
Control: Manipulating the Aspects of One's Body
Sense: Recognizing & Immersing in Environment
Alter: Manipulating Subjects & Environment
"He can apply it in three aspects: Control, Sense, and Alter." Wiz explained. " Controlling All aspects of the Body, Sensing and Utilizing his surroundings, and Altering the environment around him."
"Can one of the Nerd Brigade simplify this please?" Kaminari asked.
"Stop calling us that!" Momo yelled out annoyed. "But if I have to guess I would say that the Control aspect could increase his own physical abilities, likely leg and arm strength, stamina, and durability."
"What about Sense?" Torru asked.
"Sense could mean that Luke's five senses, touch, taste, sight, smell, and hearing are all stronger than normal, and he can use those enhanced senses to better maneuver through an environment, sort of like Jirou and Shoji, for stealth, escape, or even leading an foe into a trap." Izuku explained.
"As for Alter, this Luke could very well possess some equivalent of a Quirk where he can later the environment around him." Iida jumped in. "Likely something similar to telekinesis or telepathy."
"Like the Mind Trick thingy." Boomstick giddily pointed out. "Ooh, the terrible things I would do with that."
"What?!" Mineta screeched. "He Can Control People's Minds?! Oh That Would be So Awesome To Use On The Gi-*BOOM*!"
Mineta was blasted into the ground, again, by an annoyed Bakugou. "Deku may have apologized to you for putting you in your place, but I didn't. You deserve that for even thinking about that, that would be Rape, you Purple Bastard!"
"I guess you were right, Iida." Asui said, paying no attention or care to what just happened. "That Brainwashing ability certainly seems to alter the affected person's mind."
"Its sort of like your Quirk, Shinso." Izuku spoke to the tired looking student. "Isn't that cool?!"
"Yeah. Cool." Shinso repeated, a small smile on his face that a different version of his Quirk was used for good. 'If a hero like he can use it for good, so can I.' He thought.
FORCE POWERS
Force Persuasion
Increased Senses
Force Body
Flashburn
Force Heal
Increased Speed & Strength
Force Choke
Telekinesis
Shatterpoint
"When injured or exhausted, he can push his physical limits with the Force Body ability, and use Flashburn to neglect pain, before he can mend his wounds with Force Heal." Wizard listed.
"So he can increase his physical abilities to a greater extent, remove his sense of pain, and heal himself." Midnight listed. "That is one very useful power."
"Also Luke uses the Force to move things with his mind, with almost no limits." Boomstick jumped in. "Hell he can even take after his old man by tossing his Lightsaber before calling it back to him, like some deadly laser boomerang."
"Telekinesis too?" All Might exclaimed. "Its like he has multiple Quirks wrapped into one power."
"What is actually more interesting and scary a thought is that if this ability to use the Force is a similar trait with other Jedi, then a whole group of them would be one powerful force." David Shield said.
"Isn't that sort of like your Quirk, Reiko?" Itsuka asked her classmate.
"My Quirk, Poltergeist, allows me to extend my influence and control objects equivalent to the weight of a human's soul." Reiko dramatically said.
"Pardon?" Mina asked utterly confused.
"She can telekinetically move things with her mind and only as much as an average human weights." Setsuna simplified.
"Another questionable notable ability he takes after his father is the Force Choke, telekinetically gripping a person's airway to either incapacitate or kill his foes." Wiz jumped in too.
The group shivered at the dark sounding ability, a few subconsciously rubbing their own necks
"Finally, Luke can use Shatterpoint to identify any possible weakness or a fracture in a subject." Wiz continued. "Add just a little pressure with the Force-"
"AND BOOM!" Boomstick jumped in. "They explode faster than a Firestone Tire!"
As the group watch Luke turn several robots intro exploded pieces of scrap, Ibarra shuddered "I fear to imagine what kind would occur if used on a human body."
The group shivered at the mental image conjured in their heads, a few turning green at the graphic images their imaginations drew up.
"Luke has defeated a wide variety of foes ranging from Stormtroopers to deadly Sith Lords, the antithesis and arch rivals of the Jedi who specialize in the Dark Side of the Force." Wiz explained.
"So, these Sith are the Villains of this universe and use some Dark Side of this Force for evil." Gran Torino said. "I fear that with the list of powers this boy has, the Sith can use as well, and in very unpleasant ways."
"One of which Luke had to construct a second Lightsaber to beat." Wiz continued.
"Wait he built another Lightsaber?!" Melissa exclaimed. "He must be an impressive inventor too."
SHOTO SABER (Shoto Todoroki perked up)
Shorter, Red Blade
Approximately 2 Foot Blade
Used in Jar'Kai Form
Used Sparingly
"His shorter, red Shoto Saber was made to counter the Sith Lumia's Lightwhip, and it worked pretty damn well." Boomstick explained.
"Shoto?" Kirishima said. "Like your name, Todoroki?"
"The two kanji of my name mean 'Burn' and 'Freeze'." Todoroki replied. "But they could be referring to a Shoto, a Japanese sword."
"He still carries it, yet prefers a single blade rather than two handed combat." Wiz pointed out.
"Heh heh, Penis Joke." Boomstick pervertedly joked.
The heroes groaned in annoyance, while most of the women shuddered in disgust. The men side of the students were also split in either annoyance, indifference, or suppressing laughter.
"Anyways, Luke doesn't have a specific weakness, other than some pretty serious daddy issues and impulsive desire to save others, especially his friends, Leia, Han, and Chewbacca from danger." Boomstick continued.
"This impulsive drive and fear drove Luke from his training with former Jedi Master Yoda to save his friends from his soon-to-be-revealed father's clutches, only for his inexperience, at the time, to have a costly consequence." Wiz explained.
The video showed Darth Vader slashing off Luke's right hand off and taking his blue Lightsaber with it.
"Oh No!" Torru cried out. "That's Horrible! And from his own father too?!"
Izuku shuddered, subconsciously rubbing his arms, remembering the words from the doctor over the detrimental state of his arms and the possibility of losing them.
"Eh, don't worry, he got better, and got a sweet prosthetic arm as a replacement, which Luke can still channel the Force through." Boomstick pointed out.
"Phew, that's a relief." Setsuna sighed. "I'd imagine fighting with laser swords with only one hand would be pretty difficult."
"Luke doesn't carry a blaster but unlike other, stupid Jedi, he isn't afraid to use one." Boomstick continued.
"While Luke is no fan of violence, he certainly Will Not pull any punches." Wiz said. "Going toe to toe against Vader for one final time, defeating him in combat, but he refused to kill his own father, recognizing the good still in the Sith's heart. And before Luke could be killed by Emperor Palpatine, the most vile and powerful Sith Lord ever, Vader turned against his former master to save his son, sacrificing himself for Luke and bringing peace and balance to the Force and the galaxy."
"I am a Jedi." Luke declared. "Like my Father before me."
The group had an overall positive reaction from Luke Skywalker. The guys thought that his range of powers and his lightsaber were cool, including Shinsou, for his Luke's Mind Trick, and Izuku, finding himself relating to the former farmer. Todoroki also sympathized with the young man for their similar case of horrible fathers. The girls thought that his powers and skills were impressive and amazing, with many of them claiming that he look cute and even handsome as he grew older. Mei and Melissa found themselves agreeing that they would vote for the Jedi just for his Lightsabers alone.
As for the heroes they too were impressed with the boy's skills and powers, though were uncertain when it came to his dark heritage and some powers of the Force being rather dark and dangerous if used poorly or wrongly.
The next fighter was first shown as a young boy, no older than 11, but then later shown in his teens, more taller and cooler. The boy would also be shown in various outfits, ranging from robes of a wizard to regular, modern clothes. What stayed consisted was the boy's messy, raven black hair, his poison green eyes, a pair of round glasses, and a scar on his forehead, shaped like a lightning bolt. They also saw the boy somehow flying on a broomstick while chasing a tiny golden orb with wings.
The main though going through their head at the weird sight was: "Huh?"
Harry Potter
As the video played, whimsical, mysterious music played that caused the group to shiver in excitement and wonder.
"Wow, I can already guess what these two already have in common." Kyouka said. "Cool music."
Eri and Kouta's smiles were wide, eyes alight in whimsy and wonder. Izuku and Mirio noticed and smiled.
"Harry James Potter is the orphan child of James and Lily Evans Potter, who was made an orphan and, inadvertently, granted the talent and power of the most powerful Dark Lord of all Magical History: Lord Voldemort." Wiz began.
The video showed an image of Voldemort, his skin pale and hairless and his body skinny like he was a walking skeleton. His fingers were long, wrinkly, and his nails sharp. He wore dark wizard robes that looked as if they were made from the shadows themselves. He lacked a nose and instead had narrow slits and his eyes were red and sharp, he looked like the very definition of a snake.
The group shuddered in fear at the very look and presence of the Dark Lord, Eri and Kouta practically clinging onto Izuku and Mirio like they saw their worst fear come to life. All Might's eyes widen wide and fearful, the face of the man easily resembling the face of All For One's mangled face during their final confrontation. The students were all also shaking in their boots at the sight of the Dark Wizard, even Bakugou and Todoroki felt unnerved and frozen.
After collecting themselves, their fear turned to hatred at the revelation of Voldemort murdering Harry's parents.
"I guess both Luke and Harry are similar in their status as orphans." Itsuka said. "That's terrible."
"Indeed." Yui said.
BACKGROUND
Height: Unknown (Tall)
Weight: Unknown (Skinny)
Born: July 31st, 1980
Half-Blood Wizard
Accidentally Cursed to Carry Voldemort's Powers and Soul
Married to Ginny Weasley
Father to James, Albus, and Lily Potter
"He was raised by his Aunt and Uncle, who kept him safe by disguising his true powers." Wiz revealed. "At the age of 11, Harry found out the truth that he was in fact a Wizard."
"You're a Wizard, 'Arry." A very large man with a large beard said to the young boy.
"Soon after, he was enrolled into the prestigious Wizarding School of England, Hogwarts, and learned the ways of magic, with the aid of a wise old mentor, Hogwarts Headmaster, Albus Percival Wulfric Brain Dumbledore."
"Wow, they pretty much have the same backstory." Sen said.
"Hmm, Now why does that sound familiar?" Boomstick asked sarcastically.
"Right?" Sen said again. "Next thing you tell me is that his Aunt and Uncle were burned alive."
"Well technically, while Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen were strict but kind, the Dursley's were anything but kind." Wiz pointed out. "For nearly all of his childhood, Harry was abused by his relatives, underfeed and treated poorly in comparison to his Cousin Dudley. His bedroom up until he was 11 was a small cupboard under the stairs."
"WHAT?!" The group exclaimed in horror and anger.
"Jesus!" Boomstick exclaimed. "Are we sure we can't have these relatives be the ones burned or are they covered for that when they go to H-E-Double Hockey Sticks?"
"I agree." Momo said. "That is abuse if I have ever seen it! How would anyone be so cruel?!"
"Um Momo." Izuku drew the attention of the Yaoyorozo heiress to Eri, who was a millisecond away from bursting into tears.
"OH MY GOD!" Momo cried out in horrified realization. "I am So Sorry Eri! I didn't mean to upset you! Please Forgive me!"
Eri sniffed a bit before climbing up to Momo, thanks to Izuku, and said "Its ok Ma-Miss Momo. I know you didn't mean it. I am sorry if I made you sad too."
Momo eyes were wide before turning watery and embraced the white haired child tightly. 'Thinking of others feelings over her own. Now where did she learn That from?' Momo wondered, looking at the green haired teen that smiled at her and his unofficial daughter.
While they hugged, Eri thought 'Miss Momo's hugs are warm. And caring. Is Miss Momo Mama, or is it the others? Maybe I should ask Papa later?'
Meanwhile, boys and girls alike sniffed and sweetly cried at the tender, sweet sight before them. The rest of the girls that like Izuku felt a tiny bit of jealousy but swiftly pushed it down as now was not the time for that, all they cared right now was not bawling their eyes out at the sweet scene. The heroes looked at the scene with smiles, Nezu and Gran Torino smiled mischievously, Eraser nodded in acknowledgement of Momo's quick work and Eri's pure, innocent nature, All Might smiled too, proudly at Izuku for caring and reflecting his best qualities towards Eri. Midnight and Mount Lady were nearly bawling at the sweet site, already wasting a pile of tissues that somehow appeared out of nowhere, even Miruko smiled at the sight.
Pixie Bob smiled at the scene before depressingly thinking 'Dammit, this just makes me want to be a mother more than ever.' Pixie Bob thought, before looking at Eri going back to Mirio and Izuku, the green haired teen making sure that Eri was ok. 'Hmm, maybe I found the right kitten for the job. Good thing I called dibs when he graduates.'
WAND
Length: 11 inches
Make: Holly
Core: Phoenix Feather
Described as "Nice and Supple"
Brother to Voldemort's own Wand
"Harry wields an 11 inch, Phoenix Core, Holly wand." Wiz revealed. "Obviously, Wizards and Witches use their wands to conjure up spells by a certain movement and verbal incantations, with only the most skilled and powerful of mages to be able to summon magic wordlessly."
"Oh yeah, we were so busy with hating Voldemort and Harry's relatives, we forgot that there is actual magic here." Midnight said.
"That's pretty cool." Kaminari said. "Like can he make bunnies come out of hats or something?"
"I think this world might have some more deadly kind of magic." Sero replied.
"He has learned numerous spells and and is exceptionally skilled in charms." Wiz continued.
CHARMS
Expelliarmus (Disarms)
Confundus (Confuses)
Stupefy (Stuns)
Protego (Shields)
Expecto Patronus (Shields from Dark Creatures like Dementors)
Accio (Summons Objects)
"His trademark attack is the Disarming Spell." Boomstick said. "EXPEL-A-Raptamus or whatever."
"Expelliarmus." Wiz corrected.
"Which can either knock a weapon away from an opponent's hand or straight knock an opponent through the air." Boomstick continued.
"That would be useful in disarming wands from other Wizards and disarming deadly weapons from a foe, like Luke's Lightsaber." Izuku said.
"Plus, it could also be offensive in nature by blasting someone away." Melissa jumped in.
"Confundus temporarily confuses the target, Stupefy stuns them, and the Shield Charm, Protego, protects Harry from almost any attack." Wiz listed.
"What a versatile amount of spells." Momo said in amazement. "Spells for defense, offense, and weakening an opponent."
"He also has mastered the Patronus Charm Spell which creates a glowing creature made of pure light and powered by happy memories that can be used as a messenger or protect Harry from Dark Creatures like the monstrous Dementors." Wiz explained.
The video showed an image of the Dementors as they were called, floating humanoid creatures, cloaked entirely in black robes, with gnarled claws, hideous, sharp tooth mouths, and floated around spreading frost and ice everywhere they went.
If Voldemort scared the group, the Dementors made them all pale faced and terrified. Thankfully, Izuku and Mirio covered Eri's and Kouta's eyes in time, but couldn't do anything for the Dementor's ghastly wails that made the two shudder in fear.
"What the hell are those thing?!" Setsuna yelped in terror.
Even Tokoyami and Shihai trembled in fear at the creature of literal darkness.
"This particular spell is a Master Level Spell that is taught by older students and Harry learned and Mastered it during only his Third Year of Hogwarts, showcasing his powerful magical power and his prodigy status." Wiz pointed out.
"Powerful in both the Force and magic, and prodigies of their own world." Iida listed the comparisons. "I truly wonder how this fight will end up."
"He can summon anything he wants with Accio." Boomstick jumped in. "Ahem, ACCIO MONEY! ACCIO LOOSE WOMEN!" Nothing happens. "Damn!"
"ACCIO HOT, HORNY BABES!" Mineta and Kaminari yelled in unison.
As nothing happened for several seconds, Mina said "You do remember that you have to have Wands to do that. And be Wizards."
"DAMMIT!" Mineta and Kaminari yelled in wailing despair.
"Ahem." The two perverts froze as behind them was Bakugou, grinning like a madman and his eyes blazing red. "Did you two forget what happens when you two do shit like this?" The two trembling looked towards their tormentor. "It appears not. So, I WILL KNOCK THIS INTO YOUR DEGENERATE SKULLS!"
As Mineta and Kaminari were attacked by the feral Bakugou, the guys cheered and shouted 'Fight! Fight! Fight!', while Eraserhead went over to break them up, most notably walking incredibly slowly and taking his time.
Meanwhile, Eri looked questionably at her hands and shouted "ACCIO MAMA!"
Nothing happened at first, until Mina said "Hey, should we get closer and see Bakugou tear those two apart?"
"Let's do it." Kyouka said.
The girls started walking over to them, while Izuku stood up saying "I probably should break them up. They've had enough for today."
Suddenly, and without any logical explanation, all the girls of the unofficial Izuku harem suddenly tripped on a suddenly appearing banana peel and fell onto Izuku.
Izuku groaned in slight pain, his vision blurry. 'Ugh, what happened? Why do I feel like I am laying on a pillow?' Izuku thought. 'And why is there a pillow in my face?' Izuku reached out his hands up, only for them to grab onto something. 'Huh? What is this?' He squeezed experimentally. 'Squishy.' He squeezed again only for a noise to suddenly come out saying "Ahh."
Izuku mind flared into overdrive, his vision returning to normal to see a sight that made his heart freeze. On top of him was Melissa, her large breasts in which Izuku's face was planted in. Izuku froze in place before moving his eyes to his right to see what his hand was holding onto. His widened further in horror as his hand was grabbing Nejire's breast. He swiftly looked to his left to see that he was holding onto Uraraka's breast. Izuku looked down to see Asui and Mei on his right leg , Mina and Torru on his left leg, and Jirou and, god knows how, Setsuna right over his crotch. Before Izuku went into a panic, Izuku then remembered in horrifying realization that he was laying on something. He craned his head upwards to see that the soft somethings he was laying on were Momo's breasts.
The girls all quickly came to their slight dizziness and realized their situation, their faces frozen in shock. Jirou and Setsuna would come to their senses, their faces quickly grew so burning red that their faces could replace Rudolph's nose to light Santa's way.
The rest of the girls quickly realized their situation and quickly separated before the guys and most of the group would notice. They returned to their seats, faces burning red. Nejire's motionless blank lips twitched into a millisecond long smile. Same occurred with Uraraka, Melissa, and Momo. Kyouka and Setsuna were nothing but stuttering, blushing messes, Asui's cheeks flared red, and Mina and Torru let out a tiny giggle, blood running down their noses. Izuku for his part was frozen as a statue, his face like a tomato and praying to whatever multiverse god was watching them that no one noticed.
Of course, others noticed.
All the female pros and rest of the female students noticed and were trying their absolute hardest not to laugh their asses off. The same situation occurred with All Might, Nezu, Gran Torino, and David Shield, who were all practically hitting themselves to keep from laughing. Eraserhead noticed as he walked down slowly, shuddering suddenly as his scarf hid his cracking smile. Todoroki, Mirio, Kouta, Amajiki, Iida, and Aoyama too noticed, with the the two sending thumbs up to Izuku, who noticed and groaned in defeat.
Eri watched the whole scene unfold and looked at her hand in confusion.
After that incident and Eraserhead finally breaking Bakugou away from the two perverts, the two covered in bruises that Recovery Girl had to fix. Bakugou was given a day's detention, which he couldn't care less, and Mineta and Kaminari were given five days. When they complained why, Eraserhead said, with a maniac smile "For Sexual Misconduct."
The two decided to juts give up hope and continue on with the video.
FIREBOLT BROOMSTICK
0 to 150 mph in 10 seconds
Braking Charm
Perfect Balance
Streamlined Ash
Individually Selected Twigs for Aerodynamic Perfection
"His Firebolt is a flying racing broom that can reach up to 150 mph in less than 10 seconds." Wiz revealed as the video continued.
"Why I am not surprised that in a world of Witches and Magic, that there would be flying brooms?" Kyouka sarcastically asked.
"I'm actually impressed with that level of speed from a simple broom." Mei said. "And how a broom could fly? Could it be some anti-gravity tech inside the wood?"
"Um, Hatsumei, remember, magic?" Uraraka said.
"Oh right! Yeah I forgot." Mei said.
"That's even faster than Wiz gets shot down by a woman." Boomstick joked/burned.
"Yes." Wiz accidentally agreed. "W-Wait no! Back to Spells!"
The audience descended into laughter, even Izuku, the girls, Mineta, and Kaminari as they immediately forgot about their respective incidents.
CURSES
Reducto (Destroys Objects)
Sectumsempra (Slashes)
Oppugno (Objects Attack)
Imperio (Controls Minds and an Unforgiveable Curse)
Crucio (Causes Pain and an Unforgiveable Curse)
Avada Kedavra (The Killing Curse and an Unforgivable Curse)
"Harry, as he is also a prodigy in Defense against the Dark Arts, is also experienced in curses." Wiz revealed. "He destroys objects with Reducto, slashes enemies with Sectumsempra, and control minds with Imperio and causes pain with Crucio."
The group flinched at the sight of the blonde haired boy, that looked suspiciously like Monoma, covered in bloody cuts and bleeding on the wet floor.
"That Curse seems rather extreme." Ryukyu said.
"Well it is a Curse." Miruko said. "I doubt something called a Curse will cause something as weak as tickling."
"Interestingly, Sectumsempra appears to be a combination of two Latin Words." Nezu stated. "Sectum is Latin for 'to cut' and sempra refers to the word semper meaning 'always'. So this Curse could mean that Sectumsempra causes a curse that cannot be healed, a rather deadly attack should it land."
Shinso was more intrigued by the Imperius Curse and its ability to control minds, another point of similarity between Harry and Luke.
"Ok I like that Reducto Curse." Bakugou said. "That Curse was literally made for me!"
"No argument here." Sero said.
"And of course there is the Killing Curse: Abra Kadabra." Boomstick jumped in.
"Avada Kedavra." Wiz corrected his co-host again.
"Oh!" Boomstick said in realization. "So that magician Wasn't trying to kill me! I guess I should probably go apologize to his family."
Most of the heroes and students facepalm at the, hopefully, joke, while Bakugou and Kamakiri were having trouble keeping in their laughter.
"Jokes about murdering a magician aside, that Curse seems incredibly dangerous if it literally kills you." Itsuka said.
"While Harry has never actually Used the Killing Curse, it is implied that he Can, due to Voldemort's skill and power that he transferred to Harry. " Wiz pointed out. "It is an instant kill and Unblockable, so Protection Charms like Protego are useless against it."
"How in The World, even if its a magical one, would they event a curse that could literally kill someone in one shot and can't be blocked?!" Sen questioned.
"It could have been created by an evil Wizard, like that horrid Voldemort." Ibarra said, taking a break from her continuing prayers of forgiveness for witnessing the 'satanic and blasphemous' sorcery.
"Its Unblockable unless it hits a wall." Boomstick pointed out too. "Or a Sword. Or Anything Really."
"Could Luke's Lightsaber be able to block the Killing Curse, or would it have to be a magic sword?" Izuku questioned.
"I doubt that wall it hit was magical, so it could be that anything that is non-living could block a Curse that kills living things." Mirio said.
"Almost All Magic requires a line of sight and eye contact to perform." Wiz said. "The Killing Curse is no exception."
"Oh so could the Killing Curse not work because the person was obscured by a wall or sword?" Nejire asked.
"I suppose so." Momo replied.
"Actually Wiz," Boomstick continued. "Why doesn't Everybody use that Curse? Sounds a whole lot easier than just stunning people or wrapping them up in a rope."
"Well for one, not everybody wants to kill their enemies because well morals, but also because The Killing Curse is one of the Three Unforgivable Curses, including with it the Imperius Curse and the Cruciatus Curse." Wiz explained. "Getting caught using one of these Three Curses is incredibly illegal to the Wizarding Government and will send you straight into Azkaban, the Magical World's Strongest and Most Impenetrable Prison."
The heroes and students nodded in approval, relieved that a spell so horrible was outlawed. Shinsou nodded in reluctance at the mention of the Imperius Curse also being illegal, admitting that brainwashing spell that anyone could learn and use could end up being an illegal Spell to use.
"Until Sirius turned into a dog and snuck off." Boomstick jumped in. "And Voldemort destroyed it. So yeah, Impenetrable. But anyways, since this is Death Battle, things like law and morality get thrown out the window, so Kill Away!"
APPARITION
Teleportation
Long Range
Instantaneous
Does Not Require a Wand
Possibly Easier to Do With a Wand
"Harry also knows Appara-Teleporting," Boomstick said, giving up trying to pronounce spells. "And can do it without a Wand."
"So these Wizard also have access to instant teleportation." Nezu mumbled. "Quite Interesting."
OCCLUMENCY
Prevents Mind Control & Mind Reading
Has Not Master, but is Adequate
Unconventionally Uses a Fond Memory as a Shield
"His training in Occlumency defends his mind from any sort of mental attack or illusion, though he hasn't fully mastered it." Wiz said.
"That could help Harry be kept from being Mind Tricked by Luke." All Might said. "Although that haven't mastered part could be a problem."
"And he's got all sorts of other spells, but I seriously doubt the Tickle Charm will help him in the fight, so let's move on." Boomstick said.
Miruko chuckled at her unintentional prediction over a spell that could tickle someone.
CLOAK OF INVISIBILITY
The Third Deathly Hallow
Does Now Wear Out
Hides the Wearer
Cannot Be Detected Unless the Wearer Allows it
"Harry owns the Cloak of Invisibility, an unrelenting Deathly Hallow that hides the wearer from sight and cannot be detected."
"Unless he makes a noise. Or pokes his foot out."
"Wait he also has invisibility?" Torru questioned. "So unfair! Why is every fighter here know how to turn themselves invisible?!"
"Harry is a quick draw with his wand and has performed many great feats at very young ages." Wiz revealed. "Such feats include defeating Voldemort's schemes multiple times over, slaying a giant Basilisk with a magic sword, fending off a swarm of Dementors, surviving an encounter from a fire breathing dragon, and defeating multiple Death Eaters, Voldemort's followers."
The group's eyes were wide in astonishment of Harry Potter's achievements.
"He has also mastered nonverbal spells and can speak Parseltongue, a magical language that allows him to communicate and control snakes." Wiz continued.
Setsuna's eyes widened in amazement and delight, herself wishing for the power to talk with snakes, being the reptile lover that she was. Asui meanwhile wondered if that power would work on her friend, Habuko.
"By the time he was 17, he was beating up way more experienced Wizards, but has also received help of his own from his best friends, Ron and Hermione, especially when Harry's impulsiveness and stubbornness gets him into trouble quite a lot." Boomstick jumped in. "But in the Battle for Hogwarts, he had no problem kicking a ton of Death Eater ass. Not to mention Lord Voldemort himself."
The students cheered as they saw the Dark Lord disintegrate into ashes, the heroes nodding in respect, eyes wide at the power of the Boy Who Lived.
"Afterwards, Harry became Head of the Dark Wizard Hunting Auror Office, basically Wizarding World's Police Force, even though he is technically a Hogwarts dropout." Wiz explained.
"That is shameful!" Iida said dramatically. "Education, in whatever facet of society, magical or not, is an important part of one's life. It is quite shameful to forgo an important education!"
"Iida chill." Kirishima said. "Give the guy a break. I'm sure he had a reason to skip school. Maybe he couldn't go because he was being hunted by those Death Eater guys."
"He never did finish that 7th Year since Wizard Hitler was hunting him down." Boomstick agreed. "But I guess if you kill the Lord of Ultimate Evil, you get a G.E.D."
"Are you psychic, Kirishima?" Tetsutetsu questioned. "Are you a Wizard?"
The students laughed as Kirishima rubbed his head nervously, while Iida profusely apologized for his rash judgement.
"Engorgio." Harry performed a spell on a flame inside a jar only for the flame to shoot off like a flamethrower. "Curdicio!" He yelled as he reduce the flame back to normal.
"Alright the combatants are set." Wiz said. "Let's end this debate once and for all."
"Its time for a Death Battle!" Boomstick announced.
As the screen paused and searched for multiverse counterparts, the group once again voted for their fighters. The choice was rather difficult, with both heroes relatable to many of the group and found it hard to choose between both heroic, powerful warriors.
In the end, the ones who voted for Luke Skywalker included Kouta, who found the space wizard with the laser sword cool, Shinso, for Luke's more morally neutral use of Mind Tricks, Todoroki because he related with Skywalker's father issues, Mei and Melissa over Luke's Lightsabers, along with David Shield and Power Loader, Momo and Iida who both found Luke's powers with the Force more intriguing, and easier to comprehend, than magic, Nezu, who was intrigued as well with the concept of the Force, Eraserhead and Miruko, who liked Luke's acrobatic and agility, and All Might, who respected Luke finding good inside someone who was thought truly gone and saving that someone like a hero, something he wished to be able to do with Shigaraki.
As for those who voted for Harry Potter, those were Eri, who found the charming, whimsical world of Harry Potter more fun, Mirio who voted with Eri and respecting Harry's skill, Bakugou and Kamakiri who liked the Reducto Curse and thought that the Killing Curse would make an easy win, Asui and Setsuna for Harry's Parseltongue, Tokoyami and Shihai over Harry overcoming great darkness and dark foes, Ryukyu, who was impressed that Harry managed to best a fire breathing dragon and giant Basilisk at a young age, Uraraka and Nejire because they found the spells amazing and cool, with a multitude of questions flooding the older girl's brain, Kaminari for the lightning bolt scar on Harry's forehead, and Reiko for the mysterious and magical world that Harry Potter resided.
Izuku decided to not vote, feeling conflicted over choosing between the two heroes who he related to and respected.
"SCANNING COMPLETE!" The device finished its search. "LUKE SKYWALKER! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
"Wow Deku, we found another counterpart of yours!" Uraraka pointed out.
"And he's a cool space wizard with that Lightsaber." Mina jumped in. "Oh I'm so jealous!"
"Heh heh, thanks." Izuku blushed, his mind still reeling from the previous incident.
"HARRY POTTER! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
"WHAT?!" The group's reaction was over the other counterpart to Izuku. Izuku himself froze in surprise, mentally wondering if his refusal to vote was for this very reason.
"WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT?!" Bakugou yelled. "HOW COME WE KEEP GETTING SHITTY DEKU'S COUNTERPARTS?! ITS BULLSHIT AND REPETITIVE!"
"Wow, if I didn't know any better I would say that Midoriya is like the protagonist of our world." Ojiro jokingly said, oblivious to how true his joke actually was.
"Papa!" Eri said loudly gaining her 'Papa's' attention. "Did you see that?! Did you see?! You are also Mr. Harry like Mr. Luke! And your Harry you is so amazing! He beat that mean, scary Voldy-man and flew with that broom like WHOOSH! Isn't that great Papa?!"
Izuku smiled, eyes watering a bit at Eri's adorable excitement and smile that he cherished. "Yeah, I saw and it is great too, Eri. I'm glad you liked it." Izuku patted and rubbed the girls head, who giggled in happiness.
"Yeah yeah, its cool that you are that Wizard dude, but I like more that Luke Skywalker guy!" Kouta yelled out to his idol. "He was all like ZOOM ZOOM with that cool sword and it was so cool when he, or um you, deflected those laser and fought that Vader guy!"
Izuku chuckled at the boy's enthusiasm. "Yeah, Luke is pretty cool. Much better than me, huh?"
"Huh?" Kouta looked confused. "What are you talking about? That fact that you are him makes you both more cooler!"
Izuku looked flabbergasted before smiling "Thank you Kouta. It means so much to me that you think I'm cool."
"Um y-yeah, whatever." Kouta said as he quickly went back into grumpy mode.
Meanwhile the audience watched the scene with equal parts jealousy over the attention and counterparts, pride over his fatherly and idol roles, and happy at the green bean's and kid's smile and joy.
'How can three people be so heartwarming to see?' They thought, except for Bakugou, who was pissed off that Deku was the center of attention, Monoma for the same reasons as Bakugou, and Miruko who wished she could skip the sweet crap (even though she secretly found it adorable and cute).
"ADDITONAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device interrupted. "YODA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: SORAHIKO TORINO AKA GRAN TORINO!"
"HA!" Gran Torino yelled out. "If the kid is this Skywalker boy it makes sense that I be his mentor from another world."
"I guess you were right that Yoda being an old grandpa, Mina." Izuku said.
"WHAT WAS THAT BOY?!" Gran Torino yelled.
"N-N-NOTHING MASTER TORINO!" Izuku stuttered out in fear.
"IT HAVE BEEN, UNLESS YOU WANT FOR ME TO GIVE YOU SOME MORE OF TOSHINORI'S TRAINING. THE ADVANCE LEVEL." Gran Torino threatened with a dark grin.
All Might shuddered and curled into a ball, rocking back in forth as memories of pure hell replayed in his mind.
The students and heroes all witness the Symbol of Peace reduced to a quivering heap and thought with horror as to how strong and heartless the old hero must be to turn the former Number 1 Hero into this state.
"LEIA ORGANA-SKYWALKER!" The device continued showing an image of a beautiful woman by Luke's side with rather unique hair styles. "MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: OCHACO URARAKA!"
"Wait Skywalker?" Uraraka pointed out. "Does that mean that me and Izuku's counterparts m-m-married?!"
Izuku blushed fiery red along with Uraraka, whilst the rest of the girls gained a dark aura of jealousy.
Luckily the device came to the rescue by revealing "STATUS OF LEIA ORGANA-SKYWALKER IS LONG LOST TWIN SISTER OF LUKE SKYWALKER!"
The girls sighed in relief, Uraraka's blushing face turned to a slouched depressed state, and Izuku rubbed his head, not sure whether to feel relief or disappointment.
"HAN SOLO! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KATSUKI BAKUGOU!" The device showed a few images of Han flying a cool ship that was shaped like a frisbee and firing Stormtroopers with a blaster.
"Woah! Bakubro, You look so badass!" Kirishima said. "And that ship looks awesome."
Bakubro smiled in satisfaction at his cool counterpart.
"CHEWBACCA!" The device showed a large furry alien creature growling beside Han Solo while firing laser bolts out of a crossbow-looking blaster. "MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: EJIRO KIRISHIMA!"
"AHAHAHAHA!" Monoma laughed tauntingly. "Oh of course it would make sense that one of you Class 1-A degenerates would be an ape monster!"
"Hey, Screw You Monoma!" Tetsutetsu yelled at his classmate. "That alien looks awesome as hell and Kirishima more awesome for being compared to him!"
"Thanks man." Kirishima thanked his steel Quirk equivalent with a fist bump.
"RON WEASLEY!" The device said, showing an image of the red-haired teen beside Harry. "MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: DENKI KAMINARI!"
"Hey would you look at that, I'm a Wizard and your best friend in another world, Midoriya." Kaminari said. "Cool, right?"
"Yeah." Izuku said.
"HERMIONE GRANGER!" The device showed a few images of a beautiful girl with light brown, messy hair firing spells and besting Kaminari in some Wizard duel, which caused the group to laugh at the embarrassed teen. "MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: MOMO YAOYOROZO!"
"Wow Momo, you look great in this world too, I'm so jealous." Torru said.
"Thank you Hagakure, though I do see that my counterpart seems rather studious as well." Momo said.
"LORD VOLDEMORT! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: ALL FOR ONE!"
The heroes frowned that the powerful Villain once again pops his evil head into yet another universe. All Might frowned in rage, especially at his successor to be cursed to fight this evil in yet another universe.
Afterwards, with all the counterparts said, the video began up again as the fight started.
The video showed Luke, dressed in black robes over a set of black armor, on a walkway on some futuristic city, his Lightsaber in hand but deactivated.
Soon, Harry Potter, dressed in his own dark and red Wizardly robes, with his wand out and ready. Luke met his foe by activating his Lightsaber, its green blade forming and humming in energy.
FIGHT!
Harry the fight off by attempting to cast a spell "Avada Kedav-"
Harry was cut off as Luke thrust his hand forward, attempting to control his mind with his Mind Trick ability.
"Smart." Shinsou said. "He's trying to quickly incapacitate Harry to leave him defenseless and easy to kill."
Harry was frozen for a few moments before breaking free with Occulmency.
"Phew, at least he had Occlumency to help him." Uraraka said.
Harry attempted to fire the Killing Curse again only for Skywalker to Force Push him away, the Jedi jumping over to his stunned foe.
As Harry recovered, Luke jumped towards him, spinning in the air with his lightsaber ready to strike the Wizard down, only for the Boy-Who-Lived to Apparate away, appearing behind Luke.
"Skywalker seems to have the greater agility, likely due to his greater physical prowess and the Force, but Potter has the greater evasion and mobility with his teleporting abilities." Endeavor analyzed.
Luke attempted to fire another Force Push only for Harry to shield himself with Protego. Harry proceeded to wordlessly fire several spells and curses towards Luke, the Last Jedi blocking the spells using his Lightsaber.
"I guess Luke's Lightsaber can block spells." Izuku said.
"But it doesn't look like he's deflecting them." Melissa jumped in. "It could be that when the spells are fired, their physical in nature and the Lightsaber, since its made of what appears to be concentrated light, when it blocks them they disintegrate quickly instead of deflecting them."
"You kind of lost me there." Sero said. "Explain again."
"Its easy to understand you Tape Dispenser!" Bakugou yelled. "Those spells aren't made of light like they appear to be, so the Lightsaber can't deflect. It sliek if you shoot a bullet at it, its going to burn away into nothing very quickly."
Luke flipped over another spell and slashed at Harry Potter, the Wizard Apparating a few meters behind Luke again.
"Expelliarmus!" Harry yelled as he fired bolts of red magic at Luke, with the Jedi blocking the spells before Force Pushing Harry's wand out of his hand, the wand landing a few meters away.
"Wait, that spell is supposed to knock away objects, so why didn't it knock away the Lightsaber?" Sato asked.
"It could be that since the spell came into contact with the blade part of the Lightsaber, it too was disintegrated." Jurota said. "If it hit the metal, solid hilt of the blade then maybe it could have made it flown away."
"Regardless, Skywalker knock Harry's wand away." Shoji said. "He's defenseless."
Luke rushed forwards to end the fight before Harry Apparating to his Wand. "Accio Firebolt!" Harry casted.
Luke threw his Lightsaber, the futuristic weapon spinning towards Harry. "Protego!" Harry casted the Shield Charm again, the Lightsaber bouncing off the magic shield and up into the air. Luke jumped after his weapon and caught it in mid-air only to get hit by Harry's Firebolt as it raced towards its owner.
"Ooh that's gotta hurt." Honenuki said.
Harry jumped onto the Firebolt, flying overhead from Luke and fired a Reducto. Luke quickly side-stepped away from the magical explosion. Harry flew fast by multiple times, firing spells and curses at his grounded enemy as he continued blocking spell after spell.
"Clever." Momo said. "Harry is flying around at a fast rate to try and land an attack at Luke. With Harry at the high ground, he has the advantage."
"Why do I have the sudden urge to meme right now?" Kaminari mumbled.
Luke, his patience wearing thin, used to the Force and telekinetically froze grabbed onto Harry, the Wizard and his Firebolt freezing in mid-air. Luke brought his hands down and slammed Harry into the ground, Harry's Firebolt exploding into wooden pieces.
"Man they weren't kidding with that Force ability of his being vital." Mic said. "Its overpowered as hell!"
When the smoke of the crash dissipated, a flash of Apparation was seen, Harry teleporting away.
Luke looked around for his opponent before Harry's voice called out from behind him yelling "Confundo!"
Luke glowed yellow as he was confused, tossing his Lightsaber in Harry's direction only to find nothing there.
"Wait, where is he?" Kosei asked. "There's no one there. Could he have teleported?"
"Maybe, but he could be invisible as well." Itsuka said. "Harry is likely using that Invisibility Cloak to sneak attack his opponent."
"Yah!" Torru yelled. "Invisibility for the win!"
"Calm down Torru, he hasn't won yet." Kyouka said. "Though Luke's also confused with that spell so Harry as him on the ropes."
"Stupefy!" Harry's voice called, invisible, as he fired a white bolt of magic, Luke evading with a roll before calling his Lightsaber.
"How did he not get hit?" Mineta asked. "He's confused and Harry is invisible."
"It could be that Luke's focusing on the Force to keep track of his surroundings and focus through Harry's Confundo spell." Izuku said.
Luke unleashed a burst of Force energy, the blast wave revealing Harry was his Cloak of Invisibility was blasted off.
"Oh no!" Torru yelled. "Wizard Izuki is visible again!"
Izuku blushed red. 'Izuki?!'
Luke struck his hand out, this time his hand glowing red, with Harry still as he choked on Luke's Force Choke ability.
"He has him in that Force Choke move." Midnight said. "By the way, isn't it curious that he is glowing red?"
The heroes and the students looked closer and agreed that Luke's hand and Harry's body were glowing red instead of whitish-blue.
"It must be that Force Choke must be a darker kind of ability than the other ones." Nezu stated. "Darth Vader also used that ability and, given his dark affiliation, it must be that using the Force Choke is using more the Dark Side of the Force than the light."
All Might frowned, not exactly pleased at the thought of his successor, counterpart or not, using such a dark version of his power. All Might almost shuddered picturing Izuku with All For One instead of One For All in comparison.
Whilst his enemy was incapacitated, Luke tossed his Lightsaber. Harry struggled before eventually breaking free for a moment and firing a Recuto Curse, the Curse colliding with the Lightsaber as it exploded.
"Oh man!" Kirishima yelled. "Now Luke's weaponless!"
"I wouldn't be so sure about that." Todoroki said.
"Avada Kedavra!" Harry yelled as he fired a poison green blast, which Luke rolled away from.
"They said that attack was Unblockable, they never said anything about Unavoidable." Ojiro pointed out.
Harry fired several more spells and curses, Luke shielding himself with a Force shield.
"Sectumsempra!" Harry casted, Luke's side suddenly slashed open, his side stained in red from the deadly cut.
The group flinched at the deadly cut. The Harry supporters leaned in their seats in excitement while the Luke voters were feeling antsy and nervous.
Luke thrust his had forward, glowing white, as the screen paned over to Harry, more specifically his scar. The scar pulsated before exploding in blood, Harry crying out in pain.
Izuku and Mirio covered Eri and Kouta eyes, the group feeling slightly nauseous at the bloody attack.
"What was that?" Pony questioned.
"It was Luke's Shatterpoint." Asui answered. "They said that Luke could use it to pinpoint and enemy's weak spot and then exploit it with the Force. I guess that's how it looks on a human."
"I'm starting to feel a little sick." Uraraka mumbled.
"Same here." Torru said.
His enemy distracted in pain, Luke brought his Shoto saber, ignited it and fired it with the Force towards Harry.
"Oh right!" Tetsutetsu yelled out. "He still has his Shoto saber!"
Todoroki smirked.
Harry recuperated only to find a short red Lightsaber pierced through his heart.
K.O!
The Luke voters roared in victory, the Harry voters grumbling and groaning in defeat, especially a certain blonde explosive teen,
"Man, Harry did a surprisingly good job keeping Luke at a distance." Boomstick said.
"Luke seems to be more of a physical combatant with his Lightsaber so Harry keeping him at a distance was smart." Mandaley noted.
"He even took Old Ben's advice on fighting on the high ground, or rather air." Boomstick continued.
"But Luke fought smart and tried to finish Harry quickly with his Force Persuasion." Wiz stated.
"Huh, so that's what its called." Shinsou mumbled.
"But Harry was able to resist thanks to Occlumency."
"Then Luke used his other Force powers to stun and hinder Harry." Boomstick jumped in. "Like Force pushing Harry's wand and Cloak away, destroy his Firebolt, and Force Choke Harry from casting spells."
"And while Luke can dodge the Avada Kedavra, the instantaneous Sectumsempra caught him off guard." Wiz pointed out. "But using Statterpoint, Luke found an exploitable flaw."
"That famous Lightning Bolt Scar." Boomstick said. "Which stunned Harry enough to lose the battle. While having scars might make you look cooler, they also tend to be a weak spot."
Todoroki and Izuku subconsciously touched their own scars, Shoto's right side of his face and Izuku's scars on his hand and arms.
"I guess this battle wasn't much Forced but rather Scarring." Boomstick punned.
The students and heroes groaned.
"Okay that's by far the worst one yet!" Bakugou yelled. "Get your pun game together, Boomstick!"
"The Winner is Luke Skywalker." Wiz announced.
The students congratulated and apologized to Izuku and the fates of his counterparts, the green haired teen thanking and claiming the apologies weren't necessary, his mind distracted once again with the voice of the First User in his head and what it tried to say.
He was snapped from his thoughts when he heard Eri yell "ACCIO HAPPY!"
Izuku turned to Eri who looked at him with an curious look. "You looked sad and worried Papa, so brought you happiness." Eri said. "Did it work?"
Izuku looked surprised before smiling warmly. "Yes it did, Eri." Izuku said as he rubbed Eri's head affectionately. "You always bring me happiness. You too Kouta."
Eri smiled brightly while Kouta blushed before looking away, a small smile on the kid's face.
The girls and pro heroines, even secretly Miruko, once again descended into tears at the sweet sight while the guys smiled/also broke down in tears at the sight.
"*Sniff*Dammit! How many times *Sniff* do we have to witness Midoriya being so sweet to those munchkins?" Tetsutetsu asked while sniffling and crying manly tears.
"*Sniff*I don't know!" Kirishima responded in manly tears. "*Sniff*But its so manly and sweet, I can't complain!"
"Sweet moment aside, I sure wish to have the schematics on that Lightsaber." Melissa said.
"You read my mind, New Best Friend." Mei said as she rushed over to Melissa in the blink of an eye. "Oh how I would love to make one of those babies! It would be a dream come true."
As if in response, the device started to beep. The group looked to it worryingly before the video paused and the device spoke "PACKAGE DELIVERY INCOMING! ACCEPT PACKAGE?"
The group looked to Nezu for an answer, the rodent principal of U.A. thinking over before nodding. Mei pressed the ok button and the device started to glow. The device opened up a hole to reveal a camera lens that started to glow blue and shine a light. From that light, a stack of papers suddenly materialized and were placed on Melissa's lap.
Melissa nervously picked up one scroll of paper, unravel and gasp in pure shock.
'What is it Melissa?" Izuku asked worried.
"Its...Its blueprints...for building a Lightsaber!" Melissa revealed.
The group was absolutely stunned, Mei's eyes widening so much that the students thought her eyes would pop out. She immediately grabbed on of the papers and inspected it, all the while laughing like a mad scientist that just created a monster.
'What have we done?' The group all though in horror as they witness the pink haired girl laugh maniacally.
Suddenly, the device's lens flared up again, this time materializing something else. Five tiny, glowing crystals. One of them green, another blue, the third red, the fourth purple, and the final white.
The group stared at these crystals in shock and awe, Izuku, Todoroki, Bakugou, Mirio, and Eri feeling drawn to them, like a moth to flame, and they felt, somehow, the crystals drawn to them.
A case materialized and the crystals floated inside the case, which closed and landed in the pile of papers.
The device spoke with "MESSAGE RECEIVED! "ASK AND YOU SHALL WE RECEIVE! HAVE TO SIGN OFF IN A BIT, MIGHT NEED TO EXPLAIN TO THE COUNCIL OF RICKS WHY I JUST MESSED WITH THE RULES! YOU WILL KNOW WHAT TO DO THEM WHEN THE TIME COMES! SEE YA LATER AND THE FORCE BE WITH YOU! ALWAYS!"
...
The group didn't know what kind of word could encapsulate their full shock and surprise, so they just wordlessly accepted this development and prayed that Mei wouldn't end up blowing up the school sky high when she inevitably worked on these 'new babies'.
"Next Time On Death Battle!" Boomstick announced, drawing in the group's attention.
The first fighter shown was a gorgeous woman in a blue, Chinese-style dress and dark leggings over powerful, sexy legs performing lightning fast kicks and before performing a spinning kick. The second was an extremely attractive woman clad only in a barely form fitting red and white Kimono, her large breasts almost sticking out as she performed a few jabs and attacks.
Mineta and Kaminari practically drooled at the sight, large blushes over their perverted grins. The guys, while modest and decent, weren't any better as they blushed hard at the fighter's stunning beauty, even Bakugou and stone cold faced Todoroki blushed a bit. The male pros too tired looking away to distract themselves. Izuku too blushed madly but tried to distracting himself with their impressive fighting style. It failed miserably as Izuku blushed furiously at the blue dress woman's legging clad thighs and the red Kimono's dangling melons.
The girls started feeling jealous and self-conscious over the two woman's beauty and attractive features, even the pro heroines felt a tiny bit jealous. Miruko stared mostly at the woman with the great legs and smiled, now wanting to fight the woman and see who is the better leg fighter.
"DON'T JUST SIT THEIR! QUICKLY PLAY THE NEXT-" Mineta and Kaminari yelled before they froze at the intimidating glares from Izuku, Bakugou, and now an annoyed Todoroki.
"I-I-I-I m-mean t-take your time." Kaminari stuttered nervously, not wanting another beatdown. "N-No rush, we c-can wait. Right, Mineta?"
"Y-Yeah, of c-course." Mineta fearfully stuttered. "W-we'll be c-cool and q-quiet. N-No need to t-tie us up."
With a final warning glare and nod at the two, Izuku nodded at Mei who played the next video.
Notes:
AAAANNNDDD SCENE! Sorry for the long wait, I got busy watching and catching up on Attack on Titan for the first time. Can't wait for Season 4! I hoped you guys liked that little Accio incident that Eri supposedly caused and the little present that I just gave to the group. Although I am currently writing a possible defense if I get summoned by the Council of Ricks for my interference. But let's hope it won't come to that.
But anyways, now to explain the counterparts! Now, to clarify when I said last chapter that I didn't want a Izuku vs Izuku, I also said a least Right Now, as in that chapter because a) I didn't want for two chapters in a row to be Izuku vs Izuku fighters, that would have been repetitive as Bakugou pointed out, and b) because I thought Mirio would be great as Mario. So I am not opposed to Izuku vs Izuku or Bakugou vs Bakugou and so on fights, only if they are spaced out and have good reasons for being who they are.
Speaking of which, for Luke Skywalker, it kind of was obvious it was going to be Izuku, I mean Izuku's character is literally just Luke in almost every way. A random nobody from a backwater place, ie Tatooine and Aldera High, that long for something almost unobtainable, for Luke it was to go out and find a purpose out in the galaxy and for Izuku to be a Hero like All Might, trained by a mentor who was a great hero and now is a shadow of his former self, like Obi-Wan as a Jedi knight and All Might, in the ways of the Force or One For All, also trained by a short, grumpy, yet agile teacher, Yoda and Gran Torino, both find power through and stand for Hope, both legacies, one of the Jedi, the other of One For All, and they both fight against a Villain in a black respirator mask, to keep himself alive, and is theorized as their father. I mean it is literally like looking into a mirror.
As for Harry, this one was also obvious. Main protagonists trained by newfound power, magic and One For All, were at first scrawny and skinny but grew stronger and more powerful, have a knack for getting themselves into trouble, like Harry getting attacked by Dark Lords, Death Eaters, and monsters while Izuku gets his limbs broken constantly and gets attacked by Villains, both struggle with succeeding their own predecessors, Izuku with All might and being the future Number 1 Hero and Symbol of Peace and Harry with his parents and being the Boy Who Lived, and both, now, being the key weapon against the main baddie who wants to hunt them down because they are the only ones that can against them, like Harry with Voldemort and now Izuku with Shigaraki. Plus they both also have a thing for having blonde haired, arrogant rivals, like Harry with Draco and Izuku with Bakugou and Monoma and both have had seniors who got hurt and feel responsible for, ie Cedric dying and Mirio losing his Quirk.
As for the other counterparts, I included so many because I felt that since Horikoshi is a big Star Wars fan, it wouldn't feel right without including some more counterparts.
So quickly, Leia as Uraraka is because they are both brown haired female protagonists, close to Izuku/Luke, and Leia's own force powers match with Uraraka's Zero Gravity, like Leia flying in the Last Jedi like Uraraka flying with Zero Gravity. Han as Bakugou because they are both hotshot, arrogant dudes that at first think only of themselves before having a change of heart and Kirishima as Chewbacca because they are best friends with Han/Bakugou, physically strong, and awesome as hell. And finally Yoda and Gran Torino I already explained.
As for Kaminari being wrong is because they are both incompetent dunderheads that eventually prove their worth, like Ron's chess match in the Sorcerer's Stone and return and destroying the Locket in the Deathly Hallows and Kaminari frying the Villains in the USJ and defeating Shishikura in the Licensing Exam. Momo as Hermione for both being smart, beautiful, incredibly competent, confident with moments of self-doubt and great leaders in their own rights. And finally All For One as Voldemort because they are both extremely long-lived, seemingly immortal Dark rulers, wear black, one is colorfully called He Who Has No Nose while the other almost has no face, both turned bald, manipulative, cunning, and evil to core. Bonus fact, you could probably compare Voldemort creating the Inferi in Half-Blood Prince to AFO and the Doctor creating the Nomus, both mindless monstrosities that are hard to kill.
And with those counterparts said and done, and you guys can guess the rest in the reviews, hope you guys liked the chapter, leave your thoughts in the reviews, stay safe and healthy in these trying times, and check out my other stories if you wish.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and May the Force be with You, Always.
Chapter 16: Chun-Li vs Mai Shiranui
Summary:
The group reacts to two of the sexiest, badass ladies in fighting game history
Notes:
DECK THE HALLS WITH A NEW CHAPTER! FA-LA-LA-LA-LA! LA-LA-LA-LA! 'TIS THE SEASON TO TREAT READERS! FA-LA-LA-LA-LA! LA-LA-LA-LA! WE RETURN NOW TO MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE! FA-LA-LA-LA! LA-LA-LA-LA-LA! LA-LA-LA! ZAYDEN STORMVOID HERE TO PRESENT IT! FA-LA-LA-LA-LA! LA-LA-LA-LA!
Butchered singing aside, I have return to give you nice boys and girls of fan fiction the next chapter of MHA watches Death Battle! I figured that I releasing these chapters as quickly as possible was something needed for this grim, holiday season, especially after the joke that was the 2020 Game Awards. Oh did I say Game Awards, I meant to say longest, commercial for the Woke of Us Part 2.
#JUSTICEFORGHOSTOFTSUSHIMA and #JUSTICEFORDOOMETERNAL!
Triggering critics and LOUP2 fans aside, last time we had two of my most favorite franchises clash in Luke Skywalker vs Harry Potter and you guys could see just how much I love these fandoms with how much work on put into the chapter, including introducing and condemning U.A. to lightsaber in the hands of Mei Hatsumei. Oh the Humanity! Now we move on to Chun-Li vs Mai Shiranui.
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wiz Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick or buff All Might Dialogue
"Zayden." -Combatant, device, and fight Dialogue
And finally, I do Not own My Hero Academia, which belongs to Horikoshi and Bones Studios, or Death Battle, property of Roosterteeth and the channel by the same name, or the franchises and characters referenced in this, past, and future chapters, which belong to their respect owners.
Now Enough Talk, ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BATTTTTTLLLLLLEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
As Mei pressed the play button for the next video, Mineta and Kaminari prayed to whatever god or deity was looking down on them. They prayed for strength to not fawn over the two fighters.
No one answered.
"When it comes to fighting, combatants come in all shapes and sizes." Wiz began.
"And I'm liking the shapes and sizes on these two." Boomstick jumped in pervertedly.
The female members of the group groaned and prayed for strength, strength to handle Boomstick's perverted comments and jokes.
This was answered. A little bit.
"Chun-Li, the Strongest Woman in the World." Wiz revealed the first fighter.
"And Mai Shiranui, The Queen of Fighters." Boomstick revealed the second.
"He's Boomstick and I'm Wizard and its our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle." Wiz said.
The first combatant was a beautiful Chinese woman in her mid 20's-early 30's, who wore a blue qipao fighting-styled dress, gold accents tracing around the dress that strained around her moderately sized breasts and fit well around her slim waist and wide hips. Her legs, exposed free from the dress, were covered in brown pantyhose, giving them a tannish appearance, her large thighs straining on the fabric that many of the group thought they would rip free. She also wore white combat boots, spiked metal bracelets on her writs, and long, chocolate brown hair was styled in two tied, white buns. The gorgeous fighter was also seen performing acrobatic moves that showed her blue panties, hidden from the dress, and showed off her amazing ass. She was also shown in a black and gold night dress that was even more scandalous than the first.
The guys, both student, teacher, and pro could barely look away from the raw beauty and sexual attraction that women seem to ebb, with even the most decent and strong-willed of the pros, ie All Might, Eraserhead, and even Endeavor barely able to look away, with the three mentally focusing on the certain women in their lives, one a certain green-haired mother, the other a certain green-haired pro hero, and for Endeavor his wife that he has been attempting to apologize and make up to.
As for the male students, their reactions ranged from major blushing and attempting to look away, wide eyes and stuttering blushes, and shameless drooling and panting, tongues out, like a pair of dogs. Guess who those were. Even Izuku, Bakugou, Shinsou, Kirishima, and Todoroki, the five most decent of the male students gaped in awe could barely look away.
As for the female side of the group, the female students puffed their cheeks in jealousy of the woman's beauty and shape, with even Momo feeling self-conscious of fighter's beauty. Kyouka look to her less-developed assets and grumbled bitterly and jealousy. A certain group of girls were even more angry and jealous when they noticed their certain crush blush.
Even the female pros felt intimidated with the woman's beauty with the only ones not fazed at being Miruko and Midnight, with Midnight rather chuckling at the reactions of the group and Miruko having a raised eyebrow and smirking at perhaps a worthy enough opponent to fight against her given her strong-looking legs.
Chun-Li
"Chun-Li, First Lady of the Street Fighter game and one of the most popular and strongest female fighters in videogame history." Wiz revealed.
The girls smiled at the achievement of the Chinese martial artist, feeling inspired to become as strong and famous as her.
"And famous for abusing the Thigh Master." Boomstick joked pervertedly as they showed an image of Chun-Li with her legs kicking out.
"Ok, you guys have to admit with me on this for once, but look at those thighs!" Kaminari yelled, throwing his hands out towards the screen. "They look bigger than freaking cannonballs!"
The guys decided to give their classmate a pass, nodding in admittance of the impressive and attractive thighs from the fighter.
BACKGROUND
Height: 5'6
Weight: Secret (The guys deadpanned, remembering Life Lesson #3: Never ask a woman how much she weighs)
Detective for Interpol
Trained with Gen
Skilled in Tai Chi & Kenpo
Partner to Guile and Cammy
Former Foe now Rival to Juri
Bust/Waist/Hip: 34"/22"/35"
Mineta looked over to see Izuku writing down the stats of Chun-Li. He smiled mischievously and pervertedly, devising a scheme to steal the notebook for 'research purposes'.
"Chun Li is a detective for Interpol and has gone through rudimentary police training." Wiz explained. "She has also trained with Gen, a friend of her father and a legend of the Chinese Fighting Underworld."
All Might smiled and thought towards his own detective friend, Tsukauchi, and wondered what he would think of her.
The rest of the heroes nodded at her profession as a police officer, but frowned in suspicion of her trainer, Gen, and his history in the Underworld.
"But she never did finished her training with him." Boomstick pointed out. "Does anyone ever finish their training? Seriously."
"Huh, wonder why she didn't fully finish her training?" Ojiro said.
"Well I guess its not totally her fault." Boomstick continued. "After her father was killed by M. Bison, a psycho dictator and leader of the criminal organization called Shadaloo, Gen just kind of disappeared on her. What a dick."
The group frowned in displeasure over Chun-Li's father's death at the hands of Bison and Gen abandoning his student at her greatest time of need. Kouta frowned most especially, remembering the pain of losing his own mother and father to a psychotic murderer.
"Agreed." Tetsutetsu mumbled. "What dick move there. So not Manly."
"Since then, Chun-Li has been chasing after Bison for vengeance." Wiz said. "She has trained in defensive Tai Chi and is skilled in a fast-paced, kick boxing variant of Kenpo. She is highly disciplined and prefers speed over strength, using a combination of rapid strikes to pressure an opponent."
"Not bad." Miruko said. "Speed to pressure and strike at physically and larger opponents, while using a defensive art when cornered. Wouldn't mind crossing legs with this chick."
A trickle of blood flew down Mineta and Kaminari's noses at the mental image of Miruko and Chun-Li fighting.
Izuku and Iida grew interested and observed and wrote down Chun-Li's moves carefully, pondering to implement her skills with their kick-based fighting styles.
"And if you somehow can't tell by just looking at them, her legs are pretty damn powerful." Boomstick pointed out.
"Most obvious statement ever spoken in this century." Sero mumbled, a blush on his face.
"She can even kick people through solid brick." Boomstick continued. "Still she isn't just strong with her legs. She is strong enough to toss large objects as big as a couch with ease."
ATTACKS
Lightning Legs
Axe Kick (Hazanshu)
Spinning Air Kick
Stomp Kick
Spinning Bird Kick
Senretsu Hyaku
"Her main attacks include the unbelievably fast Lightning Legs, the unpredictable Axe Kick, and the physics defying Spinning Bird Kick." Wiz listed, showing Chun-Li perform rapid fire kicks, launch herself through the air before delivering a powerful downward kick, and, somehow, spin around, in mid-air and upside down, in a hurricane kick.
"I wouldn't mind taking her out on That kind of Helicopter." Boomstick joked.
"Oh God, give me strength." Setsuna mumbled.
"Ask and you shall receive, Setsuna." Ibarra said. "My heart soars that you are finally turning to the Lord to give you strength and cleanse your sin-filled heart."
"Um...yeah. T-Thanks, Shio." Setsuna replied, a comical sweatdrop on her head as she didn't try to reply to the religious zealot. 'Sin-filled heart?' She thought accusingly.
"Wh-Wha-Wha...huh?" Were the sounds that Momo and Iida produced as they failed to ponder how she performed that spinning hurricane kick upside down.
"You know that Axe Kick of hers reminds me of your Lunar Arc move." Ryukyu said to Miruko who looked a little pissed.
"That's my moves you copycat! Get your Own!" Miruko yelled.
CHI ATTACKS
Kikoken
Kikosho
"She can also focus her natural Chi energy, a preternatural form of energy inside all living things, to create Chi attacks like the Kikoken, a slow and limited ranged attack, capable of stunning foes and canceling other Chi attacks."
"So her powers aren't a Quirk, but rather using her Chi." Rin said. "Wait, that Akuma from the second fight, his fireballs look familiar to hers. Could that mean that he used Chi too?"
"Possibly." Itsuka said. "It appears they both exist in the same world so it could be that instead of Quirks, they rather use Chi as power."
"And the Kikosho is just a super version of that." Boomstick added. "And enormous ball of Chi energy strong enough to stop a speeding car and definitely strong enough to leave bruise on most of your body."
"Impressive." Nezu said. "A powerful attack to use offensively against opponents but likewise to save civilians and minimize property damage. A truly useful show of one's mastery over her abilities. Keep in mind students that this versatility of one's abilities is key to being a competent and great Hero."
FEATS
Took Down Shadaloo
Christened the "Strongest Woman in the World"
Honorary X-Men Member
Martial Arts Teacher
Never Defeated Bison
Defeated Urien (Kind of)
"Her Detective skills were instrumental in taking down Shadaloo, once and for all." Wiz revealed. "And after the Street Fighter Tournaments, Chun-Li became a Martial Arts teacher."
The group smiled and nodded at Chun-Li taking the down the organization that killed her father. The teachers too smiled in approval at her willing to pass on her lessons and skills to others.
"However she has yet to win any major tournament and failed to kill Bison to avenge her father, the killing blow ultimately to be landed by the Wandering Warrior, and trusted friend and ally, Ryu." Wiz revealed.
"Huh, he's the same guy that was shown fighting Akuma." Ojiro pointed out.
"Must be a rather important and powerful person to both fight that monster and take down this M. Bison." Todoroki said.
"Although that kind of sucks that she hasn't won a tournament." Mina said.
"Yeah, how do you get called 'Strongest Woman in the World' if you haven't even a single major tournament?" Setsuna questioned.
"There is more to being strong than just winning." All Might replied as he buffed. "For us Heroes, its saving others and to be a shining example to others. To strong can also mean to sacrifice ones own victory to save another, both physically or spiritually, or graciously accept defeat and learn from ones mistakes."
This rang a cord to Bakugou, who always believe that winning was the Only way to be seen as strong or to be the best. The explosive teen looked towards Deku, smiling in awe at their mutual idol, and their fights, including both their fights with Todoroki and how he knew Deku sacrificed his own chances at victory to help the Half Hot Half Cold user.
"She was able to rescue one of her students from Urien, a member of the cult known as the Secret Society and fellow Chi wielder, but it turns out that Urien let her take the win for both amusement and testing her skills."
"Also, for a so-called 'Strongest Woman in the World', Chun ends up having to be rescued a lot, usually by U.S Air Force Major, partner, and man who rocks a sick ass haircut, Guile." Boomstick said, revealing a large, muscled man, with blond hair in a unique style.
"So Manly!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu yelled, in awe of the muscled man with, what they claimed, 'glorious' hair cut.
"Oddly enough, Chun-Li has ranked 6th in an International Shooting Competition, despite rarely carrying a gun, though this could come from her police training." Wiz pointed out.
Snipe hummed in acknowledgement, interested in challenging her to a shootout competition.
"Well I guess things wouldn't be too fair is she brought a gun to a Street Fight." Boomstick replied. "Round 1! BANG! Winner!"
The group chuckled at the joke, however Iida voiced "Using a gun is not the only way to ensure victory! One's skill and agility can dodge the bullets and the shooter can be easily disarmed at close-range!"
"Um Iida, you know its a joke right?" Uraraka asked.
"Ironic coming from the same world with double teaming one foe, magical Chi Attacks that can break islands apart, and using bombs." Wiz pointed out. "But despite this, Chun-Li is certainty capable of holding her own, facing the likes of Chi-wielding powerhouses like Bison and adept assassins like Cammy and Juri, and has consistently proven to be one of the toughest contenders in the Street Fighter Tournaments."
At the images of the leotard wearing Cammy and the sexy legged Juri, Mineta almost shouted out but was saved by Kaminari, who he himself was also struggling to keep his cool, slapping his hand over the pervert's mouth.
"You ready for this?" Chun-Li said as he stood in a stance.
The group's thoughts over the police woman/martial artist were definitely positive, with a few still frowning at her lack of feats and lack of tournament victory. Miruko was a little disappointed at the fighter's lack of feats but it didn't deter her from her wish to fight the Chinese beauty. The girls were still in awe of the fighter, with Kendo the most inspired by the Chinese beauty's martial arts skills and discipline. The guys too liked Chun-Li's skills and strength, the most notable of which were Izuku, Bakugou, Todoroki, Kirishima, Tetsutetsu, and Rin.
Mineta and Kaminari sighed in relief that they managed to, barely, survive the first fighter, their hopes that they can hold out for the rest of the video rising.
The second fighter was a more scandalous one compared to even Chun-Li. This fighter was a beautiful, young, Japanese woman, her brown hair styled in a ponytail. She wore a red and white kimono...and nothing else. Other than some ninja footwear, red panties and a bracelets covering her forearms, she wore essentially nothing underneath her rather revealing kimono that barely covered her body and clearly showed that she lacked a bra under her kimono. She was also shown wielding metal fans that she somehow manages to pull out of said kimono.
The noses of the male students, even the more stoic ones, erupted in a fountain of nosebleeds, Mineta and Kaminari practically passing out. The only ones who survived were Izuku, Bakugou, Todoroki, and Shinsou, but even they were blushing hard and found extremely hard to look away. Izuku was forced to shield both Eri's and Kouta's eyes because Mirio was taking care of his own bleeding nose. Their female classmates, while their eyes twitched jealously, even blushed at the exposing attire of the second fighter. The adults themselves were wide eyed at the attire, with some of the female pros, including Pixie Bob, Mt. Lady, and Midnight grumbling in jealousy.
Mai Shiranui
"Mai Shiranui is...well-" Wiz began.
"Holy Crap! Look at Those Things!" Boomstick yelled.
Mineta and Kaminari were forced to slap and pinch themselves to keep their rapidly declining, metal fortitude.
BACKGROUND
Height: 5'5
Weight: 106 lbs
Shiranui Clan Ninja
Trained by Grandfather & Jubei in Koppo-Ken & Judo
Bust/Waist/Hip: 87"/55"/91"
"Mai is a ninja of the Shiranui clan and has been trained by both her grandfather and the perverted, yet deadly Jubei Yamato." Wiz revealed, as it showed an old man with long white hair and a perverted look on his face as he grabbed and squeezed Mai's breasts.
"He brought a Whole new meaning behind 'Wax On, Wax Off'." Boomstick joked again.
"That man is my Hero." Mineta said with a thumbs up, his reward of which was a tongue slap from Asui.
"She has extensive training in the Shiranui Ryu Fighting Style." Wiz continued. "From her Grandfather, Mai learned the Koppo-Ken technique, a fighting style specializing in pressure points and bone snapping. With Jubei, Mai trained in close combat Judo."
"Oh I'm sure the old man Loved getting 'close' to Mai in their fights." Boomstick pervertdly joked.
"I swear to God I'm so inclined to make a universe hopping portal myself to find that man and beat him to a pulp." Kyouka groaned.
"You and me both sister." Setsuna said.
"Perverted old men aside, Mai is pretty dang fast, but she usually focuses on single, powerful strikes to punch through an enemy's defenses." Boomstick continued. "The only downside to this is that if she misses, she is Wide Open. Heheheh."
The group facepalmed at the joke.
ATTACKS
Flying Squirrel Furiante
Deadly Ninja Bees
Folding Fan Fandango
Windmill Waster
Hacho Fan (Fan Throw)
Bushin (Shadow Images)
"Her Flying Squirrel Furiante and Deadly Ninja Bees attacks help her control the field of battle by jumping around to evade an opponent's attacks before zooming in for a powerful strike." Wiz explained. "She also uses clever fake outs to trip up her foes."
"Very similar to Chun-Li's own quick strikes and with her training in attacking pressure points, it is a deadly combination." Mandalay commented.
Izuku shivered and rubbed his arms at the mention of bone snapping, knowing that if he fought Mai, she could easily break his already weakened bones easily.
BUTTERFLY FANS
Steel
Unlimited Supply
Used in Close-Quarters & as a Ranged Projectile
Flammable
"And she has an near unlimited supply of steel fans to attack and throw, and even set on fire to burn her opponents." Boomstick jumped in. "Which I guess she keeps in her non-existent bra."
"That's right." Wiz replied.
"Really?!" Sero questioned surprised.
"Really?!" Boomstick asked surprised. "I was just making a joke about her giant boobs. Is there some kind of alternate dimension inside that kimono that stores infinite steel fans and giant bazookas?"
"Wonder if she has your Quirk, Yaomomo?" Mina said to the intelligent beauty.
"It would explain how she is producing those steel fans." Momo agreed. "Alternatively, they could be hidden inside the kimono in secret pockets, especially while folded."
"Speaking of her 'outfit'," Wiz said awkwardly.
"Or lack thereof." Boomstick interrupted.
"Purge your thoughts, Minoru." Mineta chanted as he meditated. "Purge. Purge!"
"While it is unrestrictive, it isn't exactly form fitting either." Wiz pointed out.
"I'll say." Kosei said. "Those glorious things look ready to pop out with a single move."
"Purge! PURGE!" Mineta continued chanting as his eyes squinted open to peek
"However, as a testament to her training and balance, it doesn't seem to bother her." Wiz explained. "She wears this scandalous outfit for her Kunoichi, a female ninja method of sensually distracting the foe before striking."
"I'm sorry what? I was distracted." Boomstick asked as the screen showed a slightly crouching Mai shifting her body around as her kimono covered jugs swung to and fro.
Finally, Mineta broke. "OH MY GOD SHE IS SO FUCKING HOT! IF I EVER GET MY HANDS ON HER, I'M GONNA SQUEEZE THOSE GLORIOUS MAMMOTHS TILL THEY'RE RED AND BRUISED AND SHAKE MY HEAD BETWEEN THE-*WHAM! SMACK! BOOM!*"
The burnt, twitching, and heavily bruised body of Mineta laid six feet into the ground, Izuku, Bakugou, and even Kirishima, both pissed off and annoyed, looking down on them pervert in disgust and annoyance.
"Sorry bro, no hard feelings but even you would agree that you deserved it." Kirishima said as he walked back to his seat.
"He Deserved It For A Long Time Coming!" Bakugou replied as he walked back too. "I Only Did That 'Cause He Annoyed Me For The Last Time!"
"I'm sorry Mineta, I still think of you as a friend." Izuku said as he turned away. "But like I said before, keep it up and your world of hurt is going to continue."
The teachers looked from above, Snipe asking "Should we give the four detention?"
"No, Young Mineta has had enough punishment for his demeanor and sexual misconduct and already has detention with Kaminari." Nezu said. "As for the three, we will let this one slide. Cementoss, please refill that hole when we are done here today."
Meanwhile, Kaminari was a blank as a sheet of paper at what occurred and with the warning glares from Izuku and Bakugou, he quite nearly passed out.
"Nevermind." Wiz sighed in defeat.
PYROKINESIS
Creates Fire & Explosions (Todoroki, Bakugou, and Endeavor perked up in interest.)
Ryu En Bu Attack
Burning Mai Attack
Channels Fire Through Clothes & Objects
"Okay, other than a technique that I would gladly teach, Mai can create fire and explosions." Boomstick said. "She can control whatever fire she created, which I guess she needs to do if she doesn't want her already revealing outfit to burn off."
"Now this chick has my attention!" Bakugou yelled. "Finally, something interesting other than this pervert crap!"
"Mai consistently enters the King of Fighters Tournaments to support her self-proclaimed fiancé, Andy Bogard, younger brother to King of Fighters champion, Terry Bogard." Wiz revealed, revealing images of a long blonde haired, handsome man in a white outfit and a blonde ponytail haired man in a red cap and outfit.
Mentally, many of the guys, most especially Kaminari and, subconsciously, a passed out Mineta, groaned and sighed in disappointment at Mai's unavailability.
FEATS
Mastered Stealth & Ninjutsu
Does Well in Tournaments
Formed the Women's Team
Never Won a Tourney
Has Only Made Minor Impacts in Plot
"However, she has yet to win any major tournament, nor has she ever made a great impact in taking down the bosses." Wiz explained.
"Just like Chun-Li." Momo said. "And while I agree with what All Might said, it is still a little disappointing."
"Or Taking Down Andy." Boomstick interrupted.
"He looks like the kind of guy that is rather stoic and doesn't show his emotions too much." Shoji said.
"She always does well though, even joining Andy's award winning team in 1999." Wiz pointed out.
"Even so, she ends up having to be rescued a lot, mostly by Andy." Boomstick noted. "But for some reason, I don't seem to mind."
"So both her and Chun-Li are rather attractive women who are expert martial artists, mostly revolving around speed and quick strikes, trained by old mentors, that, while are both impressive fighters, have unfortunate luck in terms of winning tournaments." Ryukyu summarized.
"Sounds about right." Fat Gum said. "Wonder how this will turn out."
"Mai Shiranui, of the Shiranui School, must teach you a lesson!" Mai announced as she pointed her fan towards an unseen foe.
The group's thoughts over the under-dressed fighter were mixed. While many of the heroes respected her fighting skills and dedication, they didn't approve of her lack of clothes, purposeful or not, with heroines like Mt. Lady and Pixie Bob still grumbling in jealousy, while Midnight just chuckles, remembering how she first debuted and the sandal she made her lack of clothing.
The students were less mixed than the heroes, with Bakugou and Todoroki interested in her pyrokinesis and explosions, Kendo in her martial arts, and Asui in her agility. Many of the girls were still a tad bit jealous of the woman's attractiveness and body, most bitter of which was Kyouka while Ibarra would constantly call her outfit sinful. Momo meanwhile, rubbed her neck in slight embarrassment in thinking about her hero costume, which, coincidentally, was similar to Mai's. Of course, her Quirk requires as much open skin as possible to have her Creations pop out without damaging her suit, but it does leave little to the imagination.
'My cloak helps cover me up more, especially during the winter times, and helps keep my Creations less noticeable, but it will definitely be quite warm when the weather gets hotter.' Momo pondered. 'Perhaps I can implement a similar type of repairable clothing like Miss Midnight?'
"Alright the combatants are set." Wiz said. "Let's end this debate once and for all."
"Its time for a DEATH BATTLE!" Boomstick announced.
As the video paused for the device to detect counterparts, the group voted. Those most notable voters for Chun-Li included Miruko, who wished for her to win so as to have more reason to fight a strong fighter, Izuku and Iida, who liked her leg-based martial arts and her profession of a policewoman, All Might, for the same, latter reason as Izuku and Iida, Mina, for her agility and flexibility, Rin, for her same Chinese ancestry and Chi powers, Pixie Bob and Mt. Lady, out of spite over Mai, Kaminari, who preferred thighs and ass over breasts (Bakugou launched a mini-explosion at his face for that), Eri, who liked her spinning helicopter move, Kouta, who felt more relatable over their parents dying by a madman, Vlad King, for Chun-Li's teaching profession, and Snipe, for her skill with a gun.
The notable voters for Mai, meanwhile, were Momo, over Mai's similar suit and steel fans, Midnight, for Mai's seductive tactic of fighting, Kendo, for Mai's Judo fighting style that was more similar to hers, Gran Torino, Asui, Ojiro, and Sero, for her acrobatic agility, Todoroki, Endeavor, and Bakugou, for her pyrokinetic abilities, Mirio, for their similar hit and run style of fighting, Eraserhead, for her stealth skills, and a now conscious Mineta, who didn't speak his opinion in hopes of not getting knocked out again.
"SCANNING COMPLETE!" The device said. "CHUN-LI! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: RUMI USAGIYAMA AKA MIRUKO!"
"I had a feeling that would be that case." Ryukyu said. "You are both so similar in your abilities, I say it coming a mile away."
"That Just Makes Me More Pumped!" Miruko roared. "To See Which Of Us Is The Stronger Counterpart!"
"MAI SHIRANUI! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: MOMO YAOYOROZO!"
"NO WONDER SHE IS SO HOT AND HAS THOSE BIG BOO-*BOOM*!"
"WHEN WILL YOU LEARN YOU PURPLE GREMLIN!" Bakugou roared as she once again blasted Mineta away with an explosion.
While Momo was congratulated and teased over her counterpart, Kyouka peered towards Momo's breasts, to Mai's, and then her own's before grumbling in bitterness and jealousy.
"Hey Jirou, are you ok?" Kyouka heard and looked up to see the concerned face of her crush, Izuku Midoriya.
"U-Um yeah I'm fine, Midoriya." Kyouka quickly said. "Just...a little self-conscious."
Izuku looked puzzled before she noticed Kyouka's arms over her chest and her looks towards Momo and Mai. "Oh! I see." Izuku said. "Well, I don't think you should be so jealous over Yaomomo or Mai, honestly, you are just as pretty."
Kyouka eyes snapped wide open as she stared the green bean in complete shock.
"I mean breast size isn't really everything you know." Izuku said. "Sure its attractive and everything, but so are legs, they are sensual, sexy, and are great for running and flexibility, so are the face and personality, they are what keep a person interested and happy to see when they wake up in the morning, and, well, they are your strongest points, Jirou. Plus, you shouldn't be judging yourself over your own body when you are still growing. Even if it doesn't really matter in the long run, I'm sure you will look even prettier than you are now."
Kyouka was frozen, her face blushing red at the praise from her crush, especially when Izuku practically called her legs sensual and sexy. Izuku immediately turned red as he realized what he had said. "Oh! I'm So So So Sorry Jirou! I Don't Know What or Why I Said That! Please Don't Hate Me Or Look at Me Like I'm A Pervert!"
"I-Its alright. Its cool, Midoriya. I didn't take it like that." A blushing Jirou reassured him. "T-Thank you, Midoriya. It means a lot to me."
Izuku calmed down and smiled, making Jirou blush more. "However," Jirou recomposed herself and continued. "I am a little ticked about something."
Izuku panicked and said "W-What about?"
"You called me Jirou, dude." Kyouka said pointed her jack at him accusingly. "Its Kyouka to you. Got it?!"
Izuku smiled nervously and said. "Ok, Kyouka it is. But if that's the case, you can call me Izuku too."
Kyouka smiled. "Sure. Deal?" Kyouka held out her hand.
"Deal." Izuku said as he grabbed and shook her hand, only for Jirou to pull him in and kiss him on the cheek.
"Just a little thank you for that little pep talk, 'kay, 'Zuku?" Jirou said with a teasing smile.
"U-Um U-Um a-a-alright!" Izuku stuttered as he looked more and more like a tomato.
Meanwhile, the girls finished up their teasing of Momo to look on with jealousy of what transpired.
'Why couldn't Izuku praise me too?' Momo thought as she pouted.
'No fair! No fair!' Nejire thought and huffed adorably.
'I am both proud as hell at that teasing and so jealous of you, Jirou.' Mina thought.
'Awww. I'm both happy and jealous of that little show.' Torru thought as he crossed her arms.
'Ribbit.' Asui croaked enviously.
Uraraka glared jealousy, her pink cheeks puffed angrily.
'Damn it. Teasing Green Bean is My move! Why can't I be closer?!' Setsuna jealousy thought.
Melissa smiled at Izuku for helping a friend through her self-confidence, while her eye twitched in jealousy.
Eri meanwhile saw this and was now even more confused at this sweet moment, actually frustrated as she couldn't figure out wo was truly her Mama or if all of them were. Eri's eyes widened in alarm. 'C-Could they all be Mama? But you can only have one Mama. Right? I really need to ask Papa.'
"ADDITIONAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED! GUILE! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: EJIRO KIRISHIMA!"
"MANLY!" Kirishima roared, pumped that his counterpart was a manly, cool, strong dude.
"SO MANLY! I'M SO JEALOUS!" Tetsutetsu roared likewise.
"I swear these two are going to give me a migraine." Monoma groaned in annoyance.
"No one cares." Shinsou said.
"JUBEI YAMADA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: MINORU MINETA!"
"Why am I not surprised?" Kyouka said as she looked at the pervert in disgust.
Momo meanwhile shivered in disgust at the mere thought of Minoru Mineta touching her body, counterpart or not.
Izuku meanwhile had a dark aura around himself. 'I now have no remorse.'
With all that out of the way, the video resumed and began the fight.
Mai stood patiently in the middle of a forest as Chun-Li walked and stopped before her. The two bowed in respect as they readied themselves in a pose, Mai's boobs swinging back and forth.
FIGHT!
Chun-Li quickly started by firing the Kikoken at Mai, who swiftly ducked and rolled under the Chi fireball and struck the Chinese fighter. Mai quickly pressed her attack with a strike with her fans and back of her loincloth, before delivering an elbow strike at her chest. Mai got up quickly with a kick to Chun-Li's chin, stunning the fighter, before striking with a flurry of kicks and fan attacks.
"Jeez, Mai's going crazy on Chun-Li's." Mina said. "That was some awesome agility to roll away and counterattack so fast."
"Wait did she smack Chun-Li with her loincloth?" Pony questioned.
"Apparently." Itsuka replied. "She used it like a whip, though I'm shocked its that strong to stun her."
Mai dropkicked the Chinese beauty away, who landed on the ground, not moving. Mai rushed in to capitalize only for Chun-Li to spun herself back up, kicking Mai back in the process. Chun-Li jumped and rolled in the air, avoiding a pyrokinetic burst of fire from her opponent, before slamming her feet into the Japanese woman.
"Chun-Li's fighting back!" Rin shouted.
"Impressive recovery." Midnight said. "And combining it with a counterattack to catch her foe off guard."
Chun-Li quickly grabbed Mai and tossed her away. Mai landed and recovered quickly, but not fast enough to dodge an approaching Chun-Li who delivered an Axe Kick to her head, followed up with a spinning ballet kick, a stunning jab at her gut, a powerful, couple of kicks, and a couple of painful slaps to the face.
"Pffft, she just slapped the shit out of her!" Setsuna laughed.
"That was kind of funny." Sen agreed. "Though that spinning ballet kick or whatever was a little ridiculous."
Miruko smiled at her counterparts moves and laughed her ass off at the slaps.
Chun-Li fired a flurry of powerful kicks at the Shiranui heiress, pushing her back enough for her to recover and dodge away. As Mai rolled far enough away, she tossed two of her steel fans before firing a fireball and jumping upwards towards the Interpol agent. Chun-Li blocked the two steel fans, but was quickly struck by Mai as she jumped towards her and was struck again with the following fireball Mai launched prior.
"Smart." Endeavor said. "Using her steel fans as a distraction before firing off a fireball and striking fast to stun her foe while she was distracted."
Meanwhile, Mineta and Kaminari were staring at the screen wide eyed, attempting to memorize every single movement the two women made, while drooling a little bit.
Mai quickly attacked Chun-Li with a few attacks of her fan before feinting an attacking by jumping backwards in a flip, landing on a nearby tree and diving towards Chun-Li. However, the Chinese beauty blocked the feint attack and stunned the Queen of Fighters with a kick.
"Ouch, her feint attack failed and left her wide open." Sero said, while Mineta pervertedly chuckled. Sero noticed the two perverts and groaned in annoyance. 'I admit that I'm a little perverted too, but jeez dudes have some restraint.'
Chun-Li quickly powered up with Chi before unleashing a flurry of powerful kicks so fast that they left an after-image. The Strongest Woman in the World ended her attack with a powerful upward kick that launched Mai away.
"Such speed and power in those kicks." Iida praised. "If I work a bit more on my flexibility I can probably do the same."
"Mina and I can help you there, Iida." Izuku said.
"Leave it to me boys! I'll work you two right up!" Mina said.
As Mai landed in a thud, Chun-Li moved in on her downed opponent with a punch, only for the Shiranui fighter to grabbed onto Chun-Li's shoulder and vault over her, landing behind her foe and tripping up Chun-Li with a kick, Mai's ass jiggling exaggeratingly.
Eraserhead eyes narrowed at the move, remembering himself a victim of such an acrobatic technique from Himiko Toga during the Hisaikai Raid.
Mineta was practically drooling like a dog before he got a well-deserved metal fist to the head.
Mai quickly jumped towards the nearby trees and continued jumping and climbing up the two tall trees, Chun-Li recovering and jumping in pursuit. As Chun-Li caught up to Mai, Mai struck the pursing agent who struck back, their kicks canceling the others out. They attacked each other again and again, Chun-Li attempting to stomp Mai from above her, only for the Queen of Fighters to block the attack, land on the opposite tree and crash into the Chinese beauty covered in fire, enveloping her as she plummeted to the ground, screaming in pain.
"It appears that Miss Shiranui has the advantage in this terrain given her Ninjutsu training, her trained balance, and acrobatic abilities." Nezu analyzed. "Allowing her to easily counter Chun-Li's attacks and gain the upper hand."
"Spinning Bird Kick!" Chun-Li shouted as she appeared once again, flying into Mai in an upside down hurricane kick and launching the Japanese fighter upwards.
"Oh yeah the physics defying, sexy helicopter kick." Kaminari said. "I guess it leaves up to its name."
Momo and Iida still looked like their brains were short-circuiting from the physics defying attack.
Chun-Li pursed, landing on the same branch as a seemingly stunned Mai and thrust her hands as she attempted to finish the fight with the Kikisho. Suddenly, Mai cart-wheeled away, her feint working, as she dodged the powerful Chi attack, grabbing the Chinese fighter's neck with her legs and slamming the woman behind her.
"Oooooh!" The group groaned at the rather powerful slam.
"The feint worked!" Mirio cheered.
Chun-Li bounced in the air, stunned, before Mai pressed on with a strong kick that launched the Interpol detective towards the opposite tree and bounced off it. Mai quickly jumped upwards, unleashing her pyrokinetic powers as she spun, performing a fiery wheel and crashed into Chun-Li.
Endeavor, upon looking at the attack, recalled his battle with the Nomu from Kiyoshu and his similar attack that he used to break free from its grasp. Bakugou meanwhile remembered his Howitzer Impact attack from the Sports Festival and how it built up his momentum and wind to unleash a more powerful explosion, much like how Mai seemed to be doing with her attack.
The two women flew towards the ground in an explosion, Mai jumping away from the fiery explosion as Chun-Li stood stunned amidst the flames. Mai brought her open palm hand over her closed fist, as the fire around Chun-Li exploded, leaving behind a charred skeleton of the former Strongest Woman in the World.
K.O!
The Mai voters cheered in victory while the Chun-Li voters groaned and clapped in respect and acceptance. Eri squeaked at the fate of Chun-Li which Izuku and Mirio blocked and distracted her from. Meanwhile Miruko groaned and was pissed that her counterpart was defeated but quickly shifted to wishing to fight Mai and her counterpart, who was currently being congratulated for her counterpart's victory.
"BOOBS WIN!" Boomstick shouted.
Cue groans and facepalm from 99% of the group, the other 1% was a certain cheering purple pervert that was getting the shit beat out of him by Bakugou.
"Chun-Li may have been a bit stronger and quicker than even Mai, her professional training even helping her predict and prepare for Mai's feints; however, her arsenal pales in comparison to that of Mai's." Wiz explained. "With her pyrokinesis and steel fans, Mai had superior range and energy based attacks to damage through Mai's defenses."
"As much as physical strength and speed are key, they can be left worthless if an opponent can keep them at a distance or outgun them into a corner for a finishing blow." Snipe said.
"And while Chun's a beast in closer-quarters combat, her straightforward approach was a bad match up against Mai's ninja training, which is specifically designed to outmaneuver more physically stronger opponents."
"Just like you Mr. Aizawa." Izuku said. "You use stealth and your Erasure Quirk to weaken and catch your powerless opponent off-guard."
"Precisely, Midoriya." Aizawa agreed.
"It was certainly a close match, but Mai's nimbleness and firepower eventually won out." Wiz finished.
"Chun-Li has never looked hotter." Boomstick joked.
A mixed reaction of groans and chuckles rang out from the audience.
"The winner is Mai Shiranui." Wiz announced.
The group clapped at the great match, with Miruko sending a respectful nod towards the Yaoyorozo heiress who took it with a smile.
"I hear that Edgeshot and Majestic are interested in taking her on for the upcoming internships." Ryukyu said to Miruko.
"Really?" Miruko questioned. "Huh, those two can definitely help her improve on her skills. Hell, Edgeshot would basically turn her into a ninja too."
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick announced.
Epic music started playing as a jet, with a purple logo of a face painted on its side, flew through the sky before it descended towards the ground. As it approached the ground, it suddenly, tot he amazement of the group, transformed and shifted into a humanoid looking robot.
"What?!" The group said in shock.
"THAT'S FUCKING AWESOME!" Bakugou roared in excitement.
Mei, Melissa, and David's eyes widened to comical proportions. Melissa's eyes sparkled in curiosity, David's in stunned amazement, and Mei's in mad glee. Upon looking at the reaction of the two girls, Izuku, Uraraka, and Iida shivered in terror, while All Might sighed in amusement, expecting to not hear the end of this from David.
Nezu's eyes widened in amazement too, narrowing as to the possibilities of what this kind of technology would entail from this universe.
Back towards the video, towards the sky and cloud, a blur zoomed out from the sky, parting the clouds away almost instantly. It landed and slid on the ground, drawing up a dust cloud, covering the new figure. The dust quickly settled, the group leaning into their seats, and the dust cleared up to reveal...a rainbow colored pony with wings and a horn.
"EEEEEEHHHHHHH?!" The group all shouted out.
Many of the guys and girls roared in laughter at the second fighter, with even some of the pros chuckling in amusement. Endeavor's eye practically twitched in annoyance while Eraserhead was contemplating whether or not to smash his head into the ground and knock himself out. Nezu was currently laughing like a madman-er-animal.
"WHAT THE HELL KIND OF SHIT IS THIS?!" Bakugou roared in outrage. "SOME KIND OF PONY WITH WINGS AGAINST A FUCKING AWESOME ROBOT MECH DUDE?! THIS IS BULLSHIT!"
"I AGREE!" Kamakiri roared in agreement. "GIVE US A FAIR AWESOME FIGHT! NOT THIS SHIT!"
"Hey hey, its not just a pony with wings." Kaminari corrected. "Its a pony with wings And a horn."
The next 5 minutes were devoted to saving poor Kaminari from a pissed off Bakugou and Kamakiri as they chased him with their explosions and blades.
"Well with that amusing turn of events over with, Miss Hatsumei if you please-" Nezu was saying before Mei quickly pressed the play button. 'Huh, it appears she is so impatient as to not bothering to hear my orders.' Nezu thought with a sweatdrop. 'Huh. Funny.'
The play button was pressed and began the next video.
Notes:
AAAAAAAANNNNNNNDDDDDDD SCENE! Phew sorry for the long wait, been spending some time with my dad for the holidays, but here is the chapter.
Now starting off with counterpart selections is Chun-Li and Miruko. It just kind of seemed obvious. Both badass, sexy, and powerful female warriors that focus primarily on quick and powerful kicks, both use an axe kick, Miruko's called Lunar Arc, and both referred to as the strongest women of their class, with Chun-Li called the Strongest Woman in the World and Miruko the Number 5 Pro Hero and strongest Pro Heroine.
As for Momo and Mai Shiranui, this was a more difficult process since I don't know as much about King of Fighters as I do about Street Fighter, and even then I have a limited knowledge of Street Fighter too, I'm more of a Mortal Kombat man myself. But regardless, both are from distinguished families and the heiress of said families, Momo coming from a super rich family while Mai is of the Shiranui martial arts family. They both also have similar looking outfits, Mai's ability to bring out an near infinite amount of steel fans can be compared with Momo producing the same or similar weapons using her Creation Quirk, Momo's cape during the Joint Training Arc shows that she is learning more of secrecy and deceit much like Mai's similar uses in Ninjutsu, and both have a small, perverted guys touching her, ie Jubei and Mineta.
I know many people would argue Kendo or Midnight, the first because they have similar fighting styles in Judo and the other because use of seduction to distract their foes, but when comparing all the points they had to Momo's, they fell short.
As for the additional counterparts, Kirishima as Guile was because they are both strong, loyal, Manly, and proud warriors, and while they are both loyal they are also persistent in saving those they care about, like how Guile's pursuit of Shadaloo for the sake of revenge over Charlie and Kirishima sneaking away and organizing the Bakugou Rescue Squad against the wishes and orders of U.A. And finally, Jubei as Mineta was already explained above, both short dudes that, while are talented, are both perverted dudes.
Well that's it for now! As always, hoped you like the chapter, as well as that Jirou self-esteem boost from Izuku, leave your thoughts in the reviews, keep each other safe and healthy in these trying times, especially now since a vaccine doesn't mean are problems just instantly go away, and check out my others stories if you like.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and have a Happy Holidays!
Chapter 17: Starscream vs Rainbow Dash
Summary:
The group watches in disbelief as an evil, shapeshifting robot fight...a blue pony with wings.
Notes:
HOWDY Y'ALL! ZAYDEN STORMVOID COMING TO YOU FROM MY UNDERGROUND BUNKER! WHY AM I IN AN UNDEGROUND BUNKER? I FEEL IT IS SELF-EXPLANATORY IF YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING THE NEWS! JUST WISHING TO HIDE DOWN HERE WHILE THE WORLD BURNS!
But enough of my apocalyptic protection, here I am with another chapter of MHA watches Death Battle. Last time, we had the two sexiest, and strongest women in the world clash, along with Mineta's and Kaminari's clash to who could outlast the other in a battle of restraint. Let's just say the Fate drew the Shortest straw. Now we have Starscream vs Rainbow Dash.
But before that, let's just get things straight: I Know! I Know! Rainbow Dash doesn't have a Horn! That was a personal error as, just like I stated before, I don't Flying F about My Little Pony. The only one of those brightly colored horses I gave two shits about are Pinkie Pie and that was only because of her 4th wall breaking fight with Deadpool.
Now that we got that settled, and I'm done pissing of the Bronies, here is the index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wizard Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick or buff All Might Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, combatant, and fight Dialogue
And finally, I do Not own My Hero Academia, property of Horikoshi and Bones Studios, or Death Battle, owned by Roosterteeth and channel by the same name, or the franchises mentioned in past, present, and future chapters, with this chapter involving Transformers and My Little Pony, both of which I also don't own.
Now in the iconic words of Mr. Optimus: LET'S ROLL OUT!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
After Mei quickly pressed the play button, the next video played out.
"These fighters are master of skies and are the both the best, yet arrogant, at what they do." Wiz began.
"Are we really doing this?" Boomstick asked begrudgingly.
"My thoughts exactly!" Bakugou yelled out.
"Yes." Wizard answered. "Yes we are."
"Alright." Boomstick sighed. "Well first up is Starscream, from the G1 Decepticons."
"And Rainbow Dash of the G4 Pegasus Ponies." Wizard introduced the second fighter.
"I still can't believe that a cool robot dude is going to be fighting a pony with wings and horn." Kaminari sighed.
"Okay, dude for the last time, there is no horn on that pony." Sero said. "You are confusing things with the rainbow hair."
"Nuh uh, I clearly saw a horn." Kaminari argued back. "Its not like that winged pony thing suddenly changed appearances."
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick." Boomstick said.
"And its our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!" Wiz finished the intro.
The first fighter was a large humanoid-looking robot. This robot had the structure of a rectangular human mixed in with the features of a jet, with white and red wings on its back, two white blasters on its shoulder, and red engines on top of its shoulders. Its arms were white by the shoulders and blue down the elbow, its legs were white, with blue rectangular feet, and blue markings on the front of its ankles, its waist red and boxy, and its chest white and red with a yellow cockpit in its center. Its head was a black cube with bumpy features on the top and sides of its chin, complete with human like features for a face, aside from the ruby red lens for eyes. It also had a brand on its body, the brand purple and looked like a robotic face with two pointed horns sticking out.
The group's reaction to the large robot were mostly with intrigue, amazement, and excitement. The heroes frowned, sensing that the large robotic being was not a friendly one, given the devious squint in its eyes and its stereotypical, maniacal, Villainous laugh. The guys looked excited on the appearance of the large robot. The ones most excited being Kouta, who's eyes were filled with child-like excitement, Bakugou, who was grinning at the cool, awesome robot that could transform into a jet, and Izuku, who would have furiously drawn out the details on the robot if it wasn't immediately stolen by Melissa and Mei.
On the girl side, they were intrigued and curious over the humanoid robot, most especially Momo, who was intrigued on the science of the being, Kyouka, who found the concept of a robot transforming into a jet pretty sick, and Setsuna, who, like Kyouka, saw the shapeshifting robot fighter awesome. Eri looked at the large robot with child-like curiosity, though squirmed nervously, feeling rather unsettled by the robot's demeanor and appearance.
And of course, there were those who were rather...excited. Mei's and Melissa's mouths practically watered at the sight of the robot and its shapeshifting abilities. They immediately grabbed Izuku's notebook and proceeded to write page after page about its possible capabilities, its composition, and its level of sentience. David Shield was awestruck by the transforming robot, the same situation occurring with Power Loader. The two practically analyzed every nook and cranny of the robot's chassis and makeup. Nezu rubbed his chin in thought as he too analyzed the humanoid robot, as he pondered whether it was friend or foe.
He had already came up with a 90% certainty it was definitely not friendly.
Starscream
"On the cybernetic world known as Cybertron, the race known as the Transformers are a race of humanoid looking robots with the ability to transform their appearance into different types of vehicles." Wiz explained.
"From cars to tanks, helicopters to jets, and even goofy laser cannons to full blown robot dinosaurs." Boomstick jumped in excitingly.
"THERE'S A WHOLE PLANET OF THEM?!" Mei and Melissa yelled in shock and mad glee.
"Incredible." Momo gasped in wonder. "A race of advance, alien sentient robots that can transform into anything. The possibilities with such technology like this is beyond infinite."
"DID YOU SEE THAT ROBOT TURN INTO A FREAKING T-REX?!" Setsuna yelled in a mad glee of her own.
"They Look So Cool!" Kouta yelled, his eyes filled with wonder.
"But among these highly advanced robots, there is more than what meets the eye." Wiz said. "Upon the once peaceful world of the Transformers, war brewed between two rivaling factions: The courageous and true Autobots and the deceptive and power-hungry Decepticons."
"The dark enticing grasp of war and violence is ever constant across the vast universe." Reiko muttered. "Even among those who's minds and hearts are formed of steel."
"Huh?" Kinoko said, completely confused.
"She means that things as bad as war and fighting seem to happen every where and to everyone." Shihai translated. "Even towards robots who are supposed to be more intelligent than humans given their technology."
The heroes frowned at the prospect of a entire planet at war with itself. From the description, it seemed obvious that the Autobots appeared like the good ones while the Decepticons were clearly the tyrannical, Villainous ones.
BACKGROUND
Height: Approximately 20 feet
Decepticon Seeker
Air Commander
Graduate of the Cybertron War Academy
Nicknamed "Silver Snake"
"Starscream was a scientist before becoming air commander of the Decepticon Battle Fleet and leader of the Seekers." Wiz revealed. "He constantly seeks power and often attempts to usurp Megatron's leadership of the Decepticon Regime." The screen showed Starscream backstabbing Megatron by firing a blast of energy at his back and standing above him in triumph.
"So this Starscream is yet another Villainous character." Tiger said. "And a backstabbing coward at that."
"And this Megatron is the leader of the Decepticons." All Might jumped in. "He appears quite intimidating."
"Awww, I don't want to root for a Villain." Kouta pouted. "But they look so cool."
"With little success." Wiz added, as the screen showed Starscream getting knocked over by a recovering Megatron's kick.
The group chuckled at seeing the backstabbing traitor get kicked off.
"This backstabbing loser has two forms: giant robot and jet." Boomstick said.
ROBOT FORM
Humanoid
Can Fly at Short Distances
Cluster Bombs
Missiles
Laser Guns
Null-Ray
"His robot form is primarily meant for ground travel but can fly at short distances." Wiz explained. "It is also mainly for ground combat with his many array of weapons."
"So they preferably stay in this robot form and light travel but use their vehicle modes mostly for long distant or quick transportation." Melissa examined. "They could make very efficient backup support in case of an emergency."
"And if they can transform into vehicles from Earth, they would make perfect spies and covert weapons and destruction hiding out in the open." Mei jumped in.
"This form's weaponry consists of cluster bombs, missiles, laser guns, machine guns, and his trademark Null-Ray, a laser that shuts down and obliterates anything powered by electricity. Which includes his Transformer homies."
"Those bombs and missiles got nothing on mine!" Bakugou yelled. "But that Null-Ray whatever looks awesome!"
"Wait, if that laser destroys anything powered by electricity, could it probably destroy me?" Kaminari asked worryingly.
"Probably not." Momo said. "It appears it only affects machinery rather than humans. While humans do move and function by using electricity, meaning we are in fact powered by it, it isn't our prime source of life like machines."
"What she means to say, is that you are alright, Kaminari." Izuku translated for Kaminari. "I think the only thing you need to worry is to not get hit because of the explosive impact and not because of your electricity."
"Thanks Midoriya." Kaminari smiled. "You too Yaoyorozo. Phew, I feel much better now."
JET FORM
F-15 Eagle Fighter Jet
Top Speed: 2,100 mph
Can Fly in Space
AIM Homing Missiles:
-7F/M Sparrows
-120 AMRAAM Slammers
-9L/M Sidewinders
M61A1 Vulcan Gatling Gun
"He can transform into F-15 Eagle, a twin engine, all-weather fighter jet, with top speeds reaching Mach 2.8, nearly 3 times the speed of sound." Wiz said. "Additionally, he can also fly and survive in space, due to his Transformer biology."
"Amazing." David said. "So these Transformers can analyze the schematics of any vehicle on Earth and instantly transform into them."
"Sounds rather dangerous to have these shapeshifting robots, especially these evil ones, to become military vehicles and weaponry." Ryukyu said. "They could easily disguise themselves as a nation's known jet fighter, assault another country, and start a war."
"In jet form, he can fire three different types of Homing Missiles." Boomstick said. "From short ranged sidewinders to long ranged Slammers. And if those don't do the trick, he is equipped with an M61A1 Vulcan Gatling Gun, which can fire 20 millimeter ammo at six thousand rounds per minute."
"A rather dangerous arsenal in the hands of an evil robot." Kendo said.
"Fun fact, it is also great for hunting." Boomstick added.
"Who in their right mind would use a Gatling Gun for hunting?" Uraraka asked.
"No one." Asui said. "There is no one wo would do that with a right mind. He's just crazy."
"He has a large yet limited amount of ammo, that refills over time on its own." Wiz added in.
"What?!" Boomstick asked shocked. "Like he can make the ammo from inside him like crap?!"
"Most likely, and less disgustingly, they restock their ammo much a human regrows their fingernails, skin, and hair." Wiz clarified.
"Well now doesn't that sound great?" Kaminari said sarcastically. "Large evil robot, has a large laser that totally destroys all machines, can turn into a jet, and has technically, with enough time, a never ending supply of ammo."
"Awesome!" Boomstick yelled. "I wish I was a Transformer. I can hunt squirrels for days without needing to run back home."
"Moving on, Starscream is a coward." Wiz said. "And uses cheap tactics to attempt to score victory, often shooting his opponents in the back."
"What a pathetic show of a Villain!" Monoma dramatically ranted. "Deceit, trickery, and cowardice. Truly the qualities of a lowly Villain."
"Are we not going to mention that he used, and tried to convince us to use, two of those traits during our Joint Class Training?" Setsuna whispered to Sen.
"Don't forget the Sports Festival." Sen whispered back. "But remember to ignore him. The dude's full of it."
"That is a stereotypical view." Aizawa said. "Trickery and Deceit are not always used for Villainy or evil. Heroes often have to employ these same tactics, especially Underground heroes to trick Villains into letting down their guard or undercover cops to catch criminals. To say that it can be only used villainously is naïve."
Monoma flinched, Itsuka noticing his gritting teeth and extremely quiet muttering, so much so that she couldn't understand his words. Itsuka would brush off his reaction to that of ole Monoma's ego taking a hit.
"Eraser is right." Vlad King jumped in. "Using trickery and deceit is not evil, but how you use it is. For this Starscream fellow, it is definitely a villainous use."
"However, his deadliest weapon is arguably his silver tongue." Wiz continued. "While he is not the strongest Decepticon, he is a clever and deceiving speaker that can worm his way into preferable positions."
ATTRIBUTES
A Clever Speaker
Transparent Strategist
Arrogant & Stubborn
Cowardly
Persistent
Uses Cheap Tactics
"Despite this arsenal of deceit and trickery, he is a Terrible strategist." Wiz said, emphasizing the word Terrible. "Most of his plans Instantly go wrong."
"Heh, kind of reminds me of you, Monoma." Kamakiri taunted. "You are good with talking and baiting people into your schemes, but then they fail all the time."
Monoma would not stay quiet from that and started arguing with the blade-producing student, before a pointed glare by their teacher shut the two up.
"Like when he took over the Decepticons, because Megatron had a sore throat." Boomstick revealed.
Megatron pointed towards the approaching Autobuts and attempted to speak but only shouted out nonsensical words and groans.
"Too bad. He blew out his vocal components." Starscream said, his voice the very definition of a shifty trickster. "I guess that makes me the new leader!"
He tried flying away in his jet mode.
"Seriously?" Mount Lady questioned, eyebrow raised. "That excuse sounds super lame!"
"It was short-lived." Boomstick noted, Starscream shown later crashing into a pile of purple, glowing cubes.
The group laughed at the blunder and failure of villainous robot, the most loud of which coming from Bakugou, Miruko, and Kamakiri.
"And yet, his persistence has paid off." Wiz jumped in. "After Megatron's apparent demise, he was eventually announced Leader of the Decepticon Faction."
Starscream was shown being placed a golden, ruby crown on his head and a purple cape on his back.
"Well, that's not good." Fat Gum said. "For those bad guys I mean. It could have gone well for those good guy robots though, if all of Starscream's schemes go wrong."
"Again, short-lived." Boomstick added.
Another Transformer, this one looking similar to Megatron, but more purple and bulkier, transformed into a large cannon and fired a beam of purple energy at Starscream, the frozen Decepticon crumbling to dust.
"...Nevermind." Fat Gum corrected himself.
The group hissed at Starscream's unfortunate fate, happy that a dangerous foe would no longer cause harm, but still sadden at the loss of life.
"Starscream was King for a whopping 20 seconds. A personal record." Wiz pointed out.
"PfffttAHAHAHAHA!" Miruko roared in laughter. "Oh, that's priceless!"
"If only actual Villains last that long before getting caught." Snipe said.
"However, after his death, Starscream discovered that his Spark, the lifeforce and soul of a Transformer, was somehow indestructible." Wiz quickly noted.
"Say who to the what now?" Mina questioned.
SPARK
Indestructible
Can Move on its Own
Floats
Can Possess & Control Other Machines
"Good thing too, because since then, he has been dying off nearly every episode." Boomstick noted.
A montage suddenly played, with Cancan music playing in the background, of Starscream blowing up and being destroyed several times.
The whole group descended into fits of laughter, so much so that even Endeavor, Aizawa, and Shinsou had to work hard not to crack. Bakugou felt like he could watch this montage everyday and still find it hilarious. Mei, even though she was incredibly amused at the evil robot's repeated destruction, still felt horrified that such a advanced work of machinery, even if it was sentient, an alien, and evil.
"Hahaha. Oh! That's hilarious!" Boomstick laughed and panted.
"So true my man." Kaminari replied to the show's co-host. "So true."
"Laughs aside, his ghostly Spark can possess nearly all forms of machinery." Wiz jumped in.
"That actually sounds rather dangerous." Sero said.
"Could he control the training robots?" All Might asked.
"Most likely." Nezu said. "The drones have defenses against any outside attempts to hack their systems; however, I feel that no form of firewalls, at this current age and technology, can prevent possession from an advanced, alien parasite."
"He has taken over several other Transformers, robots, and even a cybernetic school girl who was using the bathroom."
"What?!" Boomstick yelled.
"I second that. What?!" Nejire said.
"Could this be some form of pedophilia?" Kaminari asked. "Its a who-knows-how-long alien robot dude possessing a little school girl and controlling her body."
"I wouldn't go that far." Sato said, feeling uncomfortable by the question. "But it is definitely something very wrong."
Eri whimpered in fear and hid under Izuku and Mirio's protection once again.
"Unfortunately, his poor knowledge of human society, led him to forget to pull up the girl's underwear." Wiz revealed. "Making him the laughing stock of the school."
The group didn't know whether to laugh at Starscream's stupidity, feel sorry for the possessed girl, or wish that they could wipe the sight from their minds.
They decided on option D: All of the above.
"Props to you, Japan." Boomstick said as he clapped. "I didn't see that one coming."
"Wait why is this Japan's fault?" Uraraka asked.
Manga's text head showed a pointed finger at himself, two earths that are shaded differently, and a hand pointing towards one of the earths.
"Um, can anyone translate text bubble images?" Mineta asked.
"Manga says that the artwork of the information looks to be from an actual manga." Reiko said. "He means to say that perhaps this information of Starscream, and by proxy the Transformers, are shown as a manga in their Earth, but not ours."
"Impressive." Iida complimented. "How did you refer what he said from that?"
"Our class took the time to figure out how Manga talks so to better communicate with him." Itsuka said. "Can't be a close and united class if we can't bother to understand and include one of our own."
"You are an idiot, Starscream!" Megatron said to his Number 2 next to him.
The group thought over their opinion over Starscream. To the students, they hated his cowardly and weaselly nature, finding his willingness to backstab and betray his comrades wrong and low. Even Mineta, who admits to being a bit of coward beforehand, found the silver-tongue Decepticon in a distasteful light. The heroes meanwhile found Starscream, while carrying a deadly arsenal of firepower, to be one of the least intimidating of Villains they found from these videos. They found their source of worry over the information shown more towards Megatron and his army of fellow Decepticons that could lay waste to Earth easily.
As for four certain Support Gear inventors, while they found Starscream's character deplorable, they were still, nonetheless, intrigued over his race's shapeshifting properties, weaponry, and origins, especially their power source and soul, their Sparks.
The next fighter introduced was an...interesting one. This fighter was a blue, winged pony, with a rainbow colored mane for hair and a rainbow colored tail. The pony had overly large magenta eyes, a confident, yet slightly arrogant smile, and, the weirdest part of all, had a tattoo of a cloud shooting out a rainbow, in the shape of a lightning bolt, on the side of its hip.
The group's reaction towards this pony were a mix of confusion, disbelief, twitching eyes of annoyance, coos and squeals over its appearance, and curiosity. Bakugou looked like he was either going to blow up in another rant or try to knock himself out with his own explosions. The same would be shared by Kamakiri, Monama, Endeavor, Aizawa, Setsuna, and Miruko. Meanwhile, some of the girls cooed at how adorable and pretty the winged pony looked, mostly Pony, to no one's surprise, Torru, and Nejire. Koda looked on with fascination at the Pegasus, being the animal lover that he was, and wondered if his Quirk would work on it.
Eri squealed and giggled in delight at the sight of the pretty winged pony, begging to Papa Izuku, Uncle Mirio, and Grandpa Aizawa and All Might to ride it. The four could only smile nervously and squirm helplessly, unable to deny her request yet unwilling to tell her the truth that there are no such thing as a winged Pony...at least as far as they know in this world of crazy and weird Quirks.
Rainbow Dash
"Rainbow Dash is a Pegasus pony from Equestria, the magical land of talking, magical ponies." Wiz revealed.
"Urgh!" Boomstick groaned in annoyed frustration.
Kouta faked gagged on all the pretty, girly things shown.
"This fight is even more ridiculous than that Yoshi fight with that Riptor creature." Monoma groaned.
"Yeah, and who won that fight exactly?" Itsuka asked the Copy user cheekingly.
Monoma refused to comment.
BACKGROUND
Height: Approximately 4 feet tall
Flight School Drop-Out
Weather Manager
Winner of "Best Young Flyer's Competition'
Unnatural Durability
Black Belt in Karate (Ojiro and Kendo perked up)
"After dropping out of Flight School, Rainbow found a job in Pony Ville as Weather Manager." Wiz continued.
"Weather Manager?" Mina questioned. "Like does she tell the other ponies its going to rain?"
"I feel like I wanna chop of my own ears if I keep listening to this pony crap." Kamakiri groaned. "Which is very tempting and easy given my Quirk.
"She is a strong agile flyer, with great durability and resilience." Wiz revealed. " She can smash through trees, solid rock, and get right back up."
"Wow, look at her go." Uraraka said. "She is so fast. Maybe faster than you Iida."
Iida did not hear Uraraka's comment as he was too busy racking his brain, while arm chopping, how a pony could have a) wings, b) fly super fast, c) talk, and d) wonder what the hell a Weather Manager is.
"She is also training to join the Wonder Bolts, a superb team of flyers that are kind of like their version of the Blue Angels." Wiz said.
"Except their Ponies." Boomstick groaned out in disinterest and annoyance.
"So I guess that's why she went to that Flight School." Asui said. "I wonder why she dropped out of it?"
"She is also a Black Belt in Karate." Wiz added.
"She is what in what now?" Ojiro questioned amazed.
"How does a Pony learn karate, let alone Master it?" Boomstick questioned.
"Horses and ponies actually have really powerful kicks and are actually pretty strong." Itsuka said. "Isn't that right, Pony?"
"Yessiree! Pony said cheerfully.
Weather Control
Can Stand On Clouds (The group did a double take)
Can Manipulate Clouds
Can Force Lightning & Rain from Clouds
Managerial Position Proves Mastery of this Field
Tornado Creation & Control
"As a Pegasus Pony, Rainbow can control the weather." Wiz revealed. "She can use the clouds in the sky to manipulate lightning strikes or precipitation."
"H-How does a pony be able to control the weather?" Momo questioned. "Much less stand and interact with clouds? They are made of water and go through easily."
"I think he answered it by saying that this is a Magical land with Magical ponies, that can probably do Magical things, like sit on and control clouds." Kyouka said, stressing the word 'Magical' while doing jazz hands.
"Perhaps that's what Weather Manager means." Uraraka said. "She literally manages the weather."
"Also, she can create and control giant tornadoes by flying in circles at super fast speeds." Wiz added.
"Okay now she is definitely faster than you, Iida." Uraraka said to a stunned Iida.
"How fast would she have to go to do that?" Torru asked.
"A tornado is formed when cold and warm air meet each other and, because of warm air is lighter, swirls upward from the cold air, creating a fun-" Iida rambled until he was cut off by Melissa.
"Um, Iida, thank you for the physics of a tornado but can you shorten it to how fast she would have to go, please?"
Iida blushed in embarrassment before saying "Right! My apologies for my ramblings! But since Rainbow Dash is flying fast enough to create such a whirlwind to create a tornado, she would have to fly in a circle more than 60 miles per hour at the least."
"And that's not even counting the size and strength of the tornado to be able to pick up objects easily." Izuku jumped in. "It's wind speeds could be even faster."
"How much faster?" Uraraka questioned.
"Around maybe 110 miles per hour." Melissa answered.
Those who groaned at Rainbow Dash's inclusion eyes widened in alarmed surprise with them starting to pay closer attention to the super fast Pegasus.
MOVE LIST
Super Speed Strut
Fantastic Filly Flash
Cloud Barrel Weave
Cloud Spinning
Rainbow Dry
Buccaneer Blaze
"She's also got some other moves." Boomstick jumped in. "Like the Buccaneer Blaze which apparently is so amazing, it can't be shown on screen. Somehow, it creates a huge explosion."
The screen shows Rainbow Dash, ahem, dashing out of the screen's range, the area proceeding to darken as strikes of blue lightning and flashes of light suddenly appear.
The sides of Bakugou's mouth started twitching upwards at the mention and demonstration of the explosion.
ATTRIBUTES
Brash & Arrogant
Extremely Competitive
Brave & Loyal
Athletic Both on the Ground & in the Air
Top Speed: 3,800 mph
"Rainbow often brags that she is the fastest in the world." Wiz said. "And you know what, she's right. By calculation according to this guy-" The screen shows an image of a man with a holding an absurd amount of My Little Pony toys.
Boomstick shuddered and hissed at the weird and disturbing sight, an action mimicked by the audience.
"-Rainbow Dash can fly 5 times the speed of sound with ease." Wiz revealed. "This is apparent through the Mach cone that normally forms around Rainbow, which indicates that she has broken the sound barrier, and the angle of which proves that she has reach up to Mach 5 speeds."
Jaws started collapsing to the floor one after the other in sheer shock. Sero gawked in pain as he felt like he dislocated his jaw.
"She's even faster than Starscream." Mirio said. "Now that's some POWER!"
"This is a Pony!" Boomstick yelled. "A baby horse girl toy! Why is it so awesome?!"
Upon seeing the toy version of Rainbow Dash, Eri immediately started pleading for that toy. Izuku nervously turned to Momo for help who nodded her head and winked. Izuku's grateful and joyful smile was all the payment and worth that Momo ever needed.
"And upon reaching Mach 5, she enters hypersonic speeds to create the Sonic Rainboom." Wiz said.
"WHAT?!" Iida screamed in shock.
SONIC RAINBOOM
Hypersonic
Instantly Doubles Speed to Mach 10
Top Speed: 76,000 mph
Creates a Rainbow
Powerful Shockwave
Powerful Shockwave
Call Pull 90 Degree Turns
The screen showed Rainbow Dash suddenly going faster before suddenly creating an explosive shockwave of rainbow light, with Rainbow herself flying away in a 90 degree angle, with a rainbow trail behind her.
If the group's jaw could go any farther, then they would from how shocked they were. Iida's arm was chopping so fast, it too appeared to be reaching hypersonic speeds.
"With this, her speed doubles instantaneously to Mach 10." Wiz revealed. "And somehow, the resulting sonic boom completely shatters the visible light spectrum."
"Incredible!" Melissa gasped out. "She's almost as fast as Sonic!"
"POWER!" Mirio cried out.
"POWER!" Eri and Izuku cried likewise, the three, along with the students, laughing and chuckling at the attempt.
"Not to mention the sonic boom itself is apparently strong enough to split solid rock into pieces and shake entire mountains." Boomstick added.
Bakugou's brain, meanwhile, short-circuited, not comprehending the feat preform by the winged pony, much less the feeling of jealousy he felt towards said pony.
"Rainbow is brash, athletic, and extremely competitive." Wiz continued. "But why while she is steadfast and loyal, she sometimes cheats to get her way."
"So she and Starscream are both able to fly and achieve Mach speeds, they are often cheat to secure victory, and are arrogant and self-centered." Itsuka listed their comparisons.
"Correction, one of them actually wins, the other always fails." Yui stated plainly, drawing chuckles from the group and Itsuka rubbing her neck in embarrassment.
"Whelp, let's make her fight a giant robot." Boomstick sighed.
"YYYYEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHH!" Rainbow Dash yelled as she super sped her away towards the ground.
The group's thoughts over the rainbow-maned pony were definitely mixed to say the least. While, many felt that the winged pony could definitely win against Starscream, they were still some that were apprehensive on betting on a pony against a shapeshifting, jet robot.
Bakugou himself was one of those who were torn in his opinion over the winged pony, begrudgingly respecting the pony's mind-shattering speed and powers, yet still found the Starscream guy, while pathetic, cool and dangerous enough to win the fight.
"Alright the combatants are set, let's end this debate once and for all." Wiz said.
"It's Time For A Death Battle!" Boomstick announced.
As the video paused and the device once again searched for counterparts to the fighters, the group once again voted for the winner.
Among the votes for Starscream, most notably, were Monoma and Kamakiri, who refused to believe that an advanced, shapeshifting robot could lose to a pony, Mei, Melissa, David, and Power Loader, all four voting for him for his ground-breaking mechanical abilities, Endeavor, who defended his claim in that Starscream's Spark cannot be destroyed and as such would win, Mt. Lady, who followed along Endeavor's line of thought, Kouta, who voted because he thought that Starscream looked cool, even if he was a Villain, Mina, because of Starscream's alien origins, Torru, following her best friend's vote, and Snipe, for Starscream's array of weapons.
Those who voted for Rainbow Dash included Eri, Pony, and Koda, who liked RD's pretty, pony nature and look, Iida, Momo, and Izuku, for the winged pony's amazing speed, Nejire and Uraraka, because Rainbow Dash's ability to fly, All Might, who was confident the pony could win for its speed and elemental powers, Kaminari, for Rainbow Dash's ability to manipulate lightning from clouds, Kyouka, who respected the pony's spunk and attitude, Mirio, who voted for Eri's vote and Rainbow Dash's super speed and magical powers, and, surprisingly, Bakugou.
The explosive teen defended his choice in that Rainbow Dash's speed over Starscream, Starscream's incompetence, and RD's Rainboom and Buccaneer Blaze had enough destructive potential to win the fight. He did however leave a final remark in that he was still unhappy in choosing a bright, girly pony.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED! STARSCREAM! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: NIETO MONOMA!" The device said as it finished scanning for counterparts.
"What?!" The group, mostly Class 1-B, shouted, turning towards the shocked Monoma.
"BAHAHAHAHA!" Bakugou laughed. "How does it feel to have such a shitty, useless counterpart?!"
"Chill Bakubro." Kirishima said to his best friend. "I'm sure it must suck for him that his counterpart is a Villain."
"Wait, is this the first Villainous counterpart that one of us are?" Tetsutetsu asked.
"No, Mr. Tetsutetsu." Nezu said. "My own counterpart, Riptor, appeared to be one of Villainous intent as well. If there is one of us here who has had a Villain counterpart, it would be."
Monoma, who was currently, sweating and internally panicking at the revelation, grew more relaxed at the knowledge of Nezu's similar predicament.
"RAINBOW DASH! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KATSUKI BAKUGOU!"
"WHAT?!" The group once again yelled in shock, whirling their heads towards Bakugou.
"THE HELL?!" Bakugou yelled. "I'M A CHICK?!"
"Well it is possible." Deku said. "If we are talking about the multiverse, they are normally an infinite amount of possibilities that can occur in each one, so it isn't unlikely that some of our counterparts can be those of the opposite gender."
While Bakugou chased after Deku for 'daring to justify this crap', Kyouka mentally imagined what a female Izuku would look like, the mental image causing Kyouka to blush and wipe her nose from the nose bleed.
Monoma proceeded to laugh as well, drawing the explosive teen's attention. "BAHAHAHA! My my, what a truly hilarious twist of a fate that has been woven! You mock me for the actions of my other, independent self, yet are the very same bright, girly pony you ridiculed! HOW HUMUROUS! BAHAHAHA!"
The students deadpanned at Monoma's ranting laughter. 'Huh, Now I see the similarities.' They all, individually, thought.
Multiple comical tick marks appeared over Bakugou's head, steam coming out of his burning red ears and shot forwards to blast the weaselly member of Class 1-B into smithereens. He was luckily restrained by Eraserhead, while Itsuka sighed and chopped Monoma unconscious.
While Eraserhead proceeded to calm the explosive teen down, Nezu likewise looked at Monoma's unconscious body, frowning at the rather dark train of thought that his mind was on.
They waited for the blonde copycat to wake up before continuing with the video.
The fight began with Starscream, in jet form, flying in before landing in a field, trees, houses, and a lake around him. He transformed, the signature transforming noise playing, as he landed in robot form.
"Who dares challenge the Mighty Starscream?!" Starscream called out arrogantly.
"Ugh, as if Monoma's annoying voice could get any more painful to my ears." Setsuna groaned.
Chuckles and snickers from the students of both classes sounded as Monoma gritted his teeth in anger, the threat of a enlarged hand to his neck the only thing keeping him quiet. Well, that and wanting to see his counterpart annihilate and humiliate that Class 1-A upstart.
The screen shifted to the sun where a figure flew towards him, their body shadowed by the light of the sun. In a thunderous crash, Rainbow Dash landed before the weaselly Decepticon.
"Hi there." Rainbow Dash greeted Starscream.
"Oh boy, here we go." Kaminari said, already expecting his gut to explode in laughter.
"This should be entertaining." Ryukyu chuckled.
FIGHT!
Starscream laughed evilly and arrogantly, his arms resting by his side, unguarded. "A Pony?!" Starscream questioned. "I'll crush you in an Instant! Prepare To Be Annihilated!"
"You talk a lot." Rainbow Dash plainly said before super speeding away, a trail of rainbow light left in her wake.
"Yes he does." Awase said. "We've been thinking about getting a muzzle for him to help with that. At least to our ears."
Cue laughter, chuckles, and red-faced, angry Monoma.
Rainbow Dash proceeded to attack Starscream, slamming past him multiple times, using her super speed to around and attack him on all sides.
"He underestimated his opponent and left his guard open for an opponent as fast as her attack." Vlad King said. "Remember kids, Never underestimate your opponent and always stay on guard."
Rainbow Dash stopped behind Starscream, slamming her rear hooves into his leg, in effectively.
"Wait is she even doing anything to him?" Kosei questioned. "She's super fast and all that, but can a pony even dent that large robot?"
"She was in fact damaging him when she struck him multiple times while flying around." Jurota said. "She used her momentum from her speed to power her attacks when she would collide with Starscream, as evident of Starscream's body being moved. The only reason those last attack didn't work were that she was not moving and power her attacks with her momentum."
Rainbow Dash proceeded to fly but not before Starscream would swat the winged pony away.
"That's It!" Monoma-I mean-Starscream yelled. "I am going to Kill You!"
"Tag! You're It!" Rainbow Dash said as he sped to Starscream's face tagged his face with her hoof and flew away to the sky.
"GYYYAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHH!" Starscream roared as he morphed into his jet form and flew in pursuit of the winged pony.
The group laughed, Bakugou practically wheezing while Monoma growl, his teeth grinding so hard it was a winder they didn't break.
"Oh! I am really starting to like that pony chick." Kyouka said. "She's got spunk."
"Ditto, sister." Setsuna agreed with Kyouka.
Starscream chased after Rainbow Dash in the sky, his Vulcan Gatling Gun firing rounds of bullets at the Pegasus Pony, who dodged and swerved. Starscream switched to firing multiple missiles, the winged, blue pony likewise dodging the missiles as they sailed past her.
"Impressive speed and agility while in the air." Momo said. "Seems she and you are quite alike, Bakugou."
Bakugou smirked in satisfaction at his counterpart effortlessly dodging all of Starscream's weapons.
The screen showed Starscream point of of view, that being a red tinted targeting system with green word processing his objectives and target. Such objectives, to the audience's amusement, included 'Destroy Happiness- In Progress' and 'Defeat Megatron'.
"Alright." Starscream said as his targeting system locked onto Rainbow Dash, the green locks turning red as they locked on. "Don't move. And-" Rainbow Dash, ahem, dashed away from his sight, the targeting system saying 'Target Lost', Starscream wailing in anger "BLAST IT!"
Rainbow Dash suddenly appeared in front of him, wagging her tongue on his visor mockingly. "What the-" Rainbow Dash appeared on his other side and mockingly stretched her face in a goofy smile before appearing upside down in his visor blowing him a raspberry. "What Are You Doing?! Stop That!"
Eri and Kouta laughed and giggled at the adorable faces from Rainbow Dash, Mirio and Izuku nodding to remember to do that later for them.
"AHAHAHAHA!" Kaminari laughed. "Oh god, I feel like I busted a gut!"
"Me too!" Mineta agreed laughing. "The balls on that female Bakugou."
"I'm surprise that you are not even fazed by that actually." Kaminari said. "I thought you would be slobbering over another girl."
"First of all, eww no, I'm not a weirdo furry, even I have my standards." Mineta said. "And secondly, Double Eww, that's still Bakugou!"
"Wait...you have standards?" Sero questioned, both he and Kaminari immediately laughing.
"Urgh, I hate you guys." Mineta grumbled.
The video switched from Starscream's targeting system to Rainbow Dash on top of Starscream's body. "You are not really good at this game, are you?" Rainbow Dash asked as she jumped off and flew away.
"Of course he would be bad." Sen said. "I mean, do they even have Tag on Cyber-whatever their planet is called?"
"I don't think they were in the mood to play anything with that war they were fighting." Kamakiri responded.
Starscream teetered from Rainbow Dash's jump from his body but continued to follow the Pegasus, following her into the clouds. Starscream slowed down and shifted back into his robot form, hovering in the air while he looked for the pony.
"Where are you?!" Starscream called out. "Show Yourself!"
Rainbow Dash obliged by dragging a large, black cloud and placing it over Starscream, the evil robot yelling "HEY!" Rainbow Dash then kicked the cloud with her rear hooves, Starscream wailing in pain as he was pelted and shocked by lightning from the cloud.
"She made Starscream follow her into an area to her advantage with little visibility and her optimal for her weather manipulating abilities." Midnight said. "Smart of her."
"She also made sure to get him following her by harshing his mellow with all those taunts." Mic said.
Starscream fell out of the dark cloud and crashed onto the ground. Rainbow Dash landed and walked towards the downed, not moving Decepticon. She hummed in curiousness as she looked at his large gun, which glowed in purple light before firing and blasting her.
"Oh no!" Eri yelled worried.
"Starscream remained motionless to let Rainbow Dash let her guard down, leaving her open for an unexpected attack." Todoroki said.
"CHEAP SHOT!" Kirishima yelled. "GET UP AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN!"
Rainbow Dash landed a few meters away, her eyes two comical swirls. Starscream got up laughing evilly. Rainbow Dash herself got back up and shook herself off from the attack.
"Wait that was his Null-Ray, right?" Kaminari pointed out. "So, she didn't die from that because the Null-Ray only destroys things powered by electricity, right?"
Kyouka tapped her nose, signaling he was correct.
"Yes!" Kaminari said. "I am Learning!"
"Now That sounds like a sign of the Apocalypse." Bakugou said plainly as that caused more laughter from the group, while Kaminari slumped in comical depression.
"Alright." Rainbow Dash huffed. "It. Is. On."
Rainbow Dash sped towards and past Starscream, flying around the robot in a circle till a tornado materialized and enveloped the traitorous henchman. Starscream yelled as he spun around the tornado, attempting to recover. He quickly morphed into his jet form, attempting to keep himself stable, but quickly proved to be an illogical move as one of his wings was suddenly blasted off.
"What happened?" Uraraka asked.
"Starscream tried to stabilize himself inside the tornado by transforming into his jet form." Mei answered. "However, due to the wind speed and pressure of that tornado, the wing couldn't take the pressure and snapped off."
"Instead of stabilizing, he could have flown with the wind speed to try and and escape it." Melissa said. "It would have been risky, but a better option than trying to stabilize a jet inside a freaking tornado."
Starscream flew out of the tornado, morphed back into his robot form, and crashed into the ground. Rainbow Dash quickly galloped over to finish the job, but not before Starscream scrambled up, one his wings missing, and pleaded "Wait! I'm Sorry! Please Don't Hurt Me!"
Rainbow Dash skid to a halt as Starscream begged. "I'll-I'll join the Herd! I'll be a good Decepticon from now on! Please! Just Let Me Go!"
Meanwhile, Starscream groveled, his targeting system was locking onto Rainbow Dash.
"He's trying to weasel his way out of it." Pixie Bob said. "Pathetic."
"STOP LISTENING TO THAT BASTARD AND JUST KILL HIM, OTHER GIRL ME!" Bakugou roared out.
"Well, I don't know." Rainbow Dash said as Starscream locked onto her. "I know I should love and tolerate, but-Wait-" Multiple lock ons appeared all around the Pegasus Pony. "What's that?"
Starscream's shoulders opened up to reveal a multitude of missiles. "DIE!" Starscream fired the missiles at Rainbow Dash.
"Oh my gosh!" Rainbow Dash yelped as she flew away, the missiles following her. She zigged and zagged yet the missiles kept on her. Rainbow Dash flew into the clouds, the missiles following too.
A few moments passed in silence, Starscream waiting as he crossed his arms and feet started tapping the ground impatiently.
"Why is nothing happening?" Kamakiri said. "Its getting boring!"
"She could still be dodging the missiles." Shindo suggested.
"I don't know but watching evil robot Monoma look so impatient is actually a little funny." Honenuki chuckled.
Suddenly, Rainbow Dash zoomed out of the clouds, the barrage of missiles following after her. Rainbow flew towards Starscream, the Mach cone around her, becoming more narrower, until Rainbow Dash zoomed in a burst forward, the Rainboom exploding behind her.
"Rainboom!" Eri cheered giggling.
Rainbow Dash zoomed past Starscream's legs, the Decepticon looking back at where the pony flew off, before quickly looking forwards as the barrage of missiles collided onto himself.
"She used the Rainboom to go so fast to disorient Starscream and have the missiles hit him instead." Ryukyu noted.
As Starscream was blasted into the air, Rainbow Dash crashed into him and the two veered off-screen, an explosion of blue light occurring as pieces of Starscream flew out back on screen.
The Rainbow Dash voters cheered in victory while those who voted for Starscream groaned. Bakugou laughed in victory while Monoma looked both horrified and in disbelief. Mei and Melissa's eyes twitched as they saw a marvel of engineering and technology in pieces.
Rainbow Dash landed where Starscream's destroyed chest and head was. "Aww Yeah! That was Awesome!" Rainbow Dash said.
"Y-You haven't won!" Starscream's voice said as a blue ball of energy floated out of Starscream's chest.
"Woah woah hold on." Awase said. "The fight's not over, yet."
"Its his indestructible ghost Spark." Endeavor said. "I knew that that thing was going to appear."
"With his Spark being indestructible, he can't actually die." Melissa said.
Monoma was about to laugh in victory until-
"I'm Invincible!" Starscream continued taunting. "My Spark Lives! You Can NEVER DEFEAT STAR-"
Rainbow Dash ate the Spark and gulped as she swallowed it. She looked at the screen with a blank stare.
K.O!
Silence was all that could be heard in the room, jaws wide and eyebrows raised in sheer surprise and shock. Until one person snickered and, in a chain reaction, silence was broken by a chorus of roaring laughter and groans of defeat.
Monoma gawked in horror and disbelief while Bakugou laughed like a demon from Hell, releasing mini-explosions in victory. Endeavor's eye twitched on his shocked face, people scooting away as much as possible as they felt the heat around him rising. All Might comforted his friend at his lost prediction and the destruction at the robotic lifeform.
"Forget All doubt, That Pony is a Monster!" Boomstick shouted.
"HELL YEAH I AM!" Bakugou roared. "WHETHER I AM AN ALIEN SUPER WARRIOR OR GIRLY PONY, I AM THE BEST!"
"Should we remind him that his counterparts has lost more times than he has won?" Sato asked.
"Nah, let him have this." Kirishima responded. "If he goes too far, we can always spray him with a hose or something."
"Rainbow's speed and agility were more than a match for the clumsy Starscream." Wiz said. "And it doesn't help that his aim is even worse than a Stormtrooper's."
"Were Stormtroopers those guys in white armor in that Luke Skywalker world?" Torru asked.
"Yep." Melissa said. "The same ones that Luke easily defeated with that lightsaber of his."
"I Can't Wait To Build Those Babies!" Mei yelled in excitement.
"Not so fast Hatsumei." Power Loader said. "We will discuss you two working on those things later."
Mei and Melissa slumped in defeat.
"Not to mention the Null-Ray is designed to electronics, not living ponies." Wiz said.
Kaminari sighed in relief.
"She just Ate a Transformer!" Boomstick yelled in disbelief.
"Yes." Wiz said. "And while Rainbow might experience some mild indigestion, Starscream's not going anywhere anytime soon."
"So technically Rainbow Dash still killed Starscream, but rather his body and not his soul." All Might said.
"A technical victory." Nezu said. "Additionally, Starscream cannot possess Rainbow Dash due to her biological physiology and is trapped in her body until she 'discards him'."
"Well she put the Pown in Pony." Boomstick quipped.
"Heheh, that's actually clever." Kinoko said.
"No don't give him that." Setsuna groaned.
"I got my catchphrase!" Pony yelled in joy. "You Just Got Pownied!"
Setsuna and Kinoko stared at the cheery American in deadpanned silence. "See what you did?" Setsuna asked accusingly.
"Sorry." Kinoko apologized.
"The winner is Rainbow Dash." Wiz announced.
Rounds of applause, both cheeringly and half-hearted sound, with some added Bakugou taunts and Monoma swearing vengeance for this humiliation.
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick said.
The group grew silent as the video played triumphant music as a figure walked out through the smoke of a crashed ship. The figure walked out wearing a bulky green and black suit of armor, a green helmet with a yellow visor and a large gun in his hands. The students felt a wave of awe and inspiration as they looked upon the large, armored man. Hell, even the Heroes felt this similar sensation from the man.
Suddenly the screen was enveloped in flames, loud and rocking heavy metal music playing as out of the flames another figure walked out. This figure too wore a green suit of armor and a large gun, this one's armor however more round, form-fitting and his helmet round with a black visor. The students' hairs stood up on ends as this green-armored man's presence sent shivers, some of awe and some of terror, up their spines.
Master Chief vs Doom Guy.
As Bakugou was held back from rushing over to Mei and threatening her to play the next video, Nezu was pondering over the recent fight. 'Hmm, curious that one of our student's counterparts is one of villainous intent.' Nezu thought over. 'Obviously, it can be excused with my counterpart too one of Villainous intent and/or affiliation, likewise Izuku's counterpart of Kratos can also be classified under the same point of view, and Endeavor and All Might's counterparts to Ares and Zeus too. However, I wonder...'
Nezu looked over to Monoma, the blonde student still hissing and silently cursing, staring at the members of Class 1-A with hatred and jealousy. 'Will there be more of our students who will be compared to Villains, or is there more to this comparison than what meets the eye?'
As Nezu continued to ponder over the circumstances, Mei pressed the play button to the next video.
Notes:
AAAAAAANNNNNNNDDDDD SCENE! Whoo! First Chapter of this story in the New Year...and oh boy does it feel like 2021 is the beginning of 2020 Won.
Hope you guys liked the chapter, and the joke over how this year is not of to a good start. Also, my apologies if this chapter wasn't on par with the others, as I practically groaned and sleep-walked my way through Rainbow Dash and anything MLP related. Also I hope you guys like the changes to Starscream's analysis and the inclusion of Cacan music in his montage of deaths.
First I will say this before you guys start flooding my comments: I am Not Suggesting that Monoma is 100% the U.A. Traitor. This is just a reference of how Monoma has been a candidate for the U.A. traitor, same as other U.A. students, like Kaminari and Hagakure. Monoma's possibility of being the Traitor is more of a personal guess of who might be the Traitor given the information so far and more suspects of who is the Traitor will come up.
But, just as a hint to why I think he Might be the Traitor, and this will be Spoilers to those who haven't read the manga: where was Monoma during the War Arc? He was mentioned to be in attendance of the War operation by Honenuki, but wasn't visibly shown at all in either of the four seen groups, and to me that is just a Little suspicious. But hey, this is just a Theory, a Gam-
Now moving onto the counterparts, first with Starscream. Monoma as Starscream was kind of obvious in my opinion. They are both arrogant, taunting, persistent and stubborn, the two's plans never work out and always fail, and Neito's possibility of being the U.A. Traitor is in parallel to Starscream's traitorous ways. Plus, the two also use similar tactics of sweet talking their comrades to their own ends, like Monoma convincing most of Class 1-B to purposely botch the race in the Sports Festival that ended up failing in the end or Monoma during the Joint Training Exercise, and Starscream talking his fellow Decepticons into following him and his schemes, and both manipulating some of their more gullible comrades, like Monoma and Pony and Starscream with like half of the Decepticons that are brutish, prideful idiots.
As for Rainbow Dash as Bakugou, as stated, the multiverse is full of infinite universes with infinite possibilities and factors, so it isn't far fetched to say that one person can be a completely opposite gender in one universe or a different race or even species. Many suggested for Kyouka to be RD and have valid points, the two are spunky and the main group of My Little Pony can perfectly mirror the 6 girls of Class 1-A but Bakugou had more even common with the Pegasus. Both are arrogant, prideful, extremely competitive, both have flight capabilities and have incredible speed and agility, Rainbow's Buccaneer Blaze's explosive power is much like Bakugou's explosions, and Rainbow Dash creating the Rainboom, a shockwave of sound and light, is pretty much just like an explosion, a powerful, bright shockwave. The Boom in Rainboom is right there.
Plus I found the idea of Monoma vs Bakugou and the outcome of this fight to be a humorous outcome that I couldn't pass up.
With all that said, I hope you guys liked the chapter, comment your thoughts below, comment which MHA characters will be who in future battles, check out my other stories if you like, and remember to keep each other safe and healthy is these trying and and difficult times.
This has been Zayden StormVoid signing off and I will see you all in the next chapter. BYE BYE!
Chapter 18: Master Chief vs Doomguy
Summary:
The group watches and reacts to an old fashioned gunfight between two of gaming's most iconic faceless shooters.
Notes:
GREETINGS ALL! MY NAME IS ZAYDEN OF HOUSE STORMVOID AND I WELCOME YOU ALL TO ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE! Sorry for the long wait, but I lot of stuff has been going on in my life, such as shoveling tons of snow and ice and binge watching Attack on Titan and WandaVision, although given Gina Corano's recent firing, it might be high time to sail the seven digital seas as a pirate. YARGH!
Frustrating Cancel Culture bullshit aside, last time we had a winged pony that may or not may have a horn, according to Kaminari, beat the shit out of a transforming jet robot with an immortal soul. The things this world comes up with. Now, we have another long awaited match up: Master Chief vs Doomguy. And yes, I said Doom Guy, because I will not be changing Doom Guy to Doom Slayer, just like I did not change Kratos into his God of War Norse Edition state or use the info of Mario vs Sonic rematch for the first fight. It wouldn't be fair to pit a future version of one fighter, with more experience and strengths, to fight the same dude with lesser experience. I won't be fully changing fight outcomes for now and for a Long while before we reach the ones that legitimately were wrong.
As always, here is the index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Mental or Internal Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wiz Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick or Buff All Might Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, Combatant, or Fight Dialogue
And finally, I Do Not own My Hero Academia, owned by Horikoshi sensei and Bones Studios, or Death Battle, owned by Roosterteeth and the channel by the same name, or the franchises mentioned in past, present, and future chapters, including Halo or Doom.
Now enough of talk, ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BATTTTTTLLLLEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
As Mei pressed play, the video began with the same rocking music, now playing over images of flying spaceships, horrifying aliens, and monstrous demons.
"A thousand years from now, when monsters from Hell below and aliens from above all come to ravage us to extinction, our final hope will inevitably fall to one lone space marine." Wiz began.
"Like the Master Chief, Badass 101." Boomstick introduced the first fighter.
"And Doomguy, the Bane of Hell itself." Wiz introduced the latter.
"They both looks so cool!" Kouta awed the two with stars in his eyes.
"It looks like this fight is going to be a straightforward gunfight." Awase noted.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick." Boomstick introduced themselves
"And its our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!" Wiz finished the intro.
The first combatant was sent shivers down the spines of the group, along with the Gregorian music chanting in the background. He was a man, tall and large, wearing a bulky set of armor, the armored plates colored moss green and the rest of the armor as a black exosuit. The man's face was always covered by a green helmet with a yellow visor. Overall the man in front of their eyes was shaped like a brickhouse and his mere presences was incredibly intimidating.
The guys, especially Bakugou, were shaking in excitement and looked at the new fighter in awe, already knowing that this guy was super strong. The girls were intrigued by his physique and the very aura that just screamed masculine and powerful, with Mei and Melissa practically drooling over the armor that the soldier wielded. The pros were intrigued, sensing and figuring out from the way the man walked and carried himself that he was a clear, experienced, and seasoned veteran.
Master Chief.
"In the distant future, humanity set out among the stars and colonized the system they called home." Wiz began. "From Earths own Moon to the moons of Jupiter, Humanity thrived."
"Ehhh, until typical sci-fi nonsense came to wreck the whole thing." Boomstick said. "From alien invasions, alien zombie invasions, and even rebelling cells of humanity, war and carnage brewed for years and years."
The group watched images of multiple aliens like hairy ape like aliens with large hammers, reptilian like alien with armor and glowing swords, and creepy, disgusting bugs, along with multiple scenes of destruction and carnage.
The students shivered and gaped in horror at the massive levels of carnage and destruction that, even with encounters with deadly Villains, they have never witnessed. The pros flinched and grit their teeth in anger over the loss of what appeared to be thousands if not million of lives.
"And to combat these wars and rivaling alien factions, The United Earth Government reinstated a super soldier training program known as the ORION Project and later the SPARTAN-II Project, creating a new batch of super human soldiers referred to as Spartans." Wiz revealed.
"So the future government decided the best way to fight these aliens and rebels were to make super soldiers?" Ojiro asked. "Kind of would need a lot for that to work against three armies worth of aliens, right?"
"Well that sounds cool." Boomstick said. "Oh wait no, these soldiers were kidnapped kids that they experimented on. Why does every government have to be shady and messed up?"
"What?!" The group yelled in horrified shock.
"That's horrible!" Pony said. "Why would they do something like that?"
"War and Chaos causes for values often taken for granted, such as morality and human decency, to be forgotten or ignored for the sake of the 'greater good' as many of these people would say." Vlad King explained. "They perhaps felt like there was no choice but to use this program."
"But why kidnap little kids?" Mount Lady asked further.
"This program could be a more shady, more controlling version of our own Hero schools, training and perhaps augmenting promising candidates and train them from such a young age to instill a sense of loyalty to their government and leaders." Nezu explained, frowning at the memories of his own experimentation.
"And one of these abducted children would come to be known as Master Chief." Wiz continued. "At the young age of 6, John-117 was abducted by the UNSC to be part of the SPARTAN-II program."
"The worst daycare ever." Boomstick added. "And to make things more messed up, they made a 'flash clone' of him to replace him so that his family would not even notice, a clone that would purposefully die in a few months. Dark."
"Okay That is even more messed up." Kamakiri said.
SPARTAN-II AUGMENTATIONS
15x Stronger Skeleton
Muscle Increase
300% Increased Reflexes
Better Eyesight & Perception
Boosted Tissue Growth
Lactase Recovery Decrease
Heightened Memory, Intelligence, & Creativity
"At 14, he underwent the program's augmentation procedures, dramatically increasing his strength, speed, vision, intelligence, and reflexes." Wiz explained.
"When he was done, his bones were nearly indestructible and he could beat up and kill way more experienced Marines." Boomstick added. "At 14! Man, that's one harsh puberty."
"Incredible." Momo gasped out. "For the bones to be 15 times stronger than normal, they would practically be made of steel."
"Upon reaching the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer, John began a 30-year campaign leading the Spartans against three different threats." Wiz continued. "The rebellious Insurrection, the alien Covenant, and the parasitic Flood."
"30 years." Midnight whistled impressed. "If you count your 5 years in America, this Chief guy has been at war as long as you've been a Hero, All Might."
"Indeed." All Might agreed. "To suffer and survive the horror's of war, against three separate forces, for 30 years is unbelievably impressive."
"I know they are enemies, but those Covenant guys look so cool!" Mina said, eyes alight in amazement. "I like those armored reptile ones. They look so intimidating and awesome!"
"Of course you would like seeing these aliens, Miss Alien Queen." Kyouka snickered.
Eri whimpered at the sight of the Flood and hid under Izuku and Mirio.
MARK VI MJOLNIR ARMOR
Brain-Linked Reactive Circuits
Force-Multiplying Circuits
Titanium Alloy Plating
Heat Resistant
Motion Tracker
5 Second Regenerating Energy Shields
Weight: 1000 lbs
"As a Spartan, he wears the Mark VI Mjolnir armor." Wiz revealed. "This technological marvel links directly to John's brain, so his actions are controlled by thought Before movement."
"Amazing!" Mei yelled. "To have that level of cognitive response must have required some seriously fast processing babies! Maybe that helmet has wires that attach to his head or wires connected to his brain?"
"Or perhaps they implanted a chip into his brain that sends the signals to the suit simultaneously?" Melissa proposed.
As the two inventors discussed, Uraraka asked "But why is it called Mjolnir armor? What's Mjolnir?"
"Mjolnir is the name of the weapon belonging to the Norse mythological god of Thunder and Battle, Thor." Iida answered. "Mjolnir is the name of his hammer that was so strong that it could kill giants in a single strike. Perhaps the name is in metaphor of armor 'strong enough to strike down giants'?"
"Or it could be because of the weight." Izuku jumped in. "The stats say that the suit is over 10 tons and Mjolnir was said to be so heavy that only the strength of a god like Thor could lift it."
"Simultaneously, the suit multiples the Chief's already enhanced physical capabilities." Wiz added.
"The suit weighs half a freaking ton, yet the guy still jumps around like he's on the Moon." Boomstick jumped in. "The only downside is that he can't remove the suit on his own. Hope he has a portable toilet in there."
"Oof, yeah that must suck." Honenuki cringed.
"Still, it is rather impressive of his skill and strength to perform such acrobatic and leaping skill while wearing such heavy armor." Jurota said. "Those super soldier augmentations must pack one hell of punch."
"The helmet's Heads Up Display includes a motion tracker with an eight foot radius, a communicator, and the suit itself projects a recharging energy shield." Wiz continued. "The suit also houses and has access to John's partner, an Artificial Intelligence created by the UNSC known as Cortana."
"Is she naked?!" Boomstick yelled at the image of the female, blue colored AI's holobody. "Man those UNSC guys are not only child kidnappers but also perverts."
Mineta, Kaminari, and even Kosei and Awase drooled over the sight of the female AI.
Witnessing this, Itsuka sweat dropped and said. "Never would have thought to see them drool over an Artificial Intelligence."
Kyouka sighed annoyed. "I don't even the strength to punish them."
"Disgusting." Momo agreed and added.
SIDE ARMS
M60 Magnum
-Ammo: 12.7 mm
-Range: 400 ft
-Scope: 2x
M7 Submachine Gun
-Ammo: 5mm
-Range: 155 ft
M9 Frag Grenade
Kill Radius: 16 ft
"But moving on from possibly naked AIs, the Chief's first sidearm is the M60 Magnum." Boomstick continued, showing images of the weapon. "This scoped, high powered pistol uses 12.7 millimeter armor piercing rounds with the precision accuracy of over 400 feet. I don't care what kind of armor you're wearing, three headshots from this baby and you're done."
"Now that's what I call a grade A beauty." Snipe whistled in approval. "I wouldn't mind having some of those."
"No offense, but with that kind of firepower, you might end up severing limbs by accident if you hit someone." Cementoss cautioned.
"His other sidearms include the 5 millimeter ammo shooting SMG and frag grenades." Wiz added.
STANDARD FIREARMS
MA5C Assault Rifle
-Ammo: 7.62 mm
-Rate of Fire: 650 RPM (rounds per minute)
BA55KB SR Battle Rifle
-Ammo: 9.5 mm
-Range: 3100 ft
M90 Shotgun:
-Type: Pump
-Spread: 15 Pellets
-Ammo: Soellkraft 8-Gauge Shells
"His standard firearms include the rapid fire Assault Rifle, the more precise Battle Rifle, and the M90 shotgun, a pump action death-dealer that uses Soellkraft 8 gauge shells." Boomstick further listed.
"Which are so Impossibly dangerous, they've been banned world wide to the point of near extinction." Wiz revealed.
"They sure are." Fat Gum said. "I've had my fair share of taking down drug and weapon gangs that tried to sell of dangerous weapons like those and those bullets left even my gut sore afterwards."
Bakugou and Kamakiri grinned like maniacs at the high caliber of death that the Chief had.
"But even that's not enough killing power for the Master Chief." Boomstick said.
"There's more?!" Sato yelled.
HEAVY WEAPONRY
M41 Rocket Launcher
-Ammo: 102 HEAT Charge Rockets
-Scope: 2x
SRS990-S2 AM Sniper Rifle
-Ammo: 14.5 mm Fin-Stabilized
-Range: 7545.9 ft
-Night-Vision Mode
M6 Spartan Laser
-Shot Limit: 5
-John-117's Most Powerful Weapon
"The M41 rocket launcher holds 2 rockets at once." Boomstick listed, showing images a large rocket launcher, a sniper rifle, and a weird looking portable cannon. "And his sniper rifle was designed for killing giant alien infantry from long distances. The shells can pierce tank armor or rip people in half. And then there's the Chief's killer app: The Spartan Laser."
"With a three second charge and a five shot limit, it does have its faults." Wiz explained. "But-"
"Think of it kind of like a more deadly laser pointer." Boomstick jumped in. "Just point at something and BLOW IT UP INTO OBLIVION!"
The screen showed an image of Chief aiming the large laser cannon at one alien, the weapon charging up, before firing a beam of red energy, practically vaporizing the poor alien victim into nothing.
Jaws dropped at the heavy weaponry of the Chief, especially the tank armor piercing sniper and the Spartan Laser. Bakugou gaped in pure awe and shock. He was practically reaching out towards the gun muttering "Gimme."
"Master Chief can only carry two or three weapons at a time." Wiz revealed. "However, he seems to posses extraordinary luck and can usually find exactly the weapon he needs somewhere nearby."
"He finds more weapons on the ground than you can find change on a sidewalk." Boomstick joked. "Or used gum under a school table. Mmm. Bubblegum."
"Disgusting info aside, it seems like only being to able wield two or three weapons will be a disadvantage for the fight." Itsuka noted.
"Unless he finds more weapons during the fight with such luck." Yui responded. "He could easily use up a weapon and then toss it aside for another weapon lying around."
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
Overshield
Active Camouflage
Radar Jammer Regenerator
Deployable Cover
Power Drain
Bubble Shield
"He can also use special equipment in the field." Wiz continued. "The overshield triples the strength of his armor's shields, and the active camouflage will cover him in an aura of light bending energy, creating the illusion of invisibility."
"So he has levels of durability that rival or surpass that of Kirishima and Tetsutetsu, while also possessing a cloaking device that makes him almost as invisible as Hagakure." Izuku muttered as he wrote down notes in his notebook. "Unless the overshield has a time limit, the only way to actually deal damage to him would be to wait out and chip his shield or use highly explosive or powerful weapons. As for his invisibility it seems to shut off when he fires, which would make sense as it is only and illusion that covers-*mutter. mutter. mutter. mutter*"
The group sweat-dropped and rolled their eyes at the antics of the green bean. "If he keep this up, he's going to run out of pages in that notebook." Sato said.
"No he won't." Mirio said as he opened Izuku's backpack that held a multitude of extra notebooks. "He came prepared."
"Classic Midobro." Kirishima chuckled amused.
Melissa giggled, smiled, and blushed, finding the sound of his muttering cute while showing off his incredible and analytical mind that she finds rather attractive. She soon noticed the same reaction from the rest of the 1-A girls, Mei, Nejire, and even Setsuna from 1-B. She frowned in jealousy, intending to get to the bottom of this...and why she feels so bothered by their stares towards Izuku.
After finally snapping Izuku from his muttering, much to his embarrassment and their amusement, they continued.
"Plus, the Bubble Shield is a portable forcefield that protects the Chief from all projectiles." Boomstick added. "Though people and vehicles can go right through it. How the hell does that work?"
"Must be a form of phasing technology programmed to allow anything with a signature similar to a human to pass through it and it probably is unable to stop the speed and momentum of a moving vehicle." David said. "That technology is truly ingenious, as expected of the future. I could think of so many uses for it."
"You might want to wait for your engineering suspension to be over first, Dave." All Might reminded his best friend.
"Oh yeah, right." David chuckled, shame returning at the memory of the I-Island event. "Forgot about that."
All Might placed a hand on his friend's shoulder and gave him an encouraging and supportive smile, one which David returned with one of happiness and gratitude.
"But even that's not the last of Master Chief's vast arsenal." Wiz revealed.
"Seriously?!" Setsuna yelled. "What else can this man have?!"
SANGHEILI WEAPONRY
Type-25 Plasma Pistol
Type-25 Plasma Rifle
Type-51 Carbines
Type-1 Plasma Grenade
-Kill Radius: 13 ft
-Sticks to Targets
Type-1 Energy Sword
-Length: 4.15 ft
-Weight: 5.2 lbs
"When the Elites, a saurian race of strong, proud and intelligent warriors, allied themselves with the UNSC during the Human-Covenant War after their betrayal by the corrupt Covenant leaders during the Great Schism, the two sides traded some of their weaponry, giving John access to plasma pistols, plasma rifles, and the Type-51 carbines" Wiz explained, showing the images of spiky, alien looking weapons shooting lasers.
"Yes!" Mina cheered. "I knew those reptiles dudes were cool! They even decided to team up with us! That's so awesome!"
"Rather manly of both of them to accept each other after so much fighting and war." Kirishima praised.
"What's the saying? The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Tokoyami sagely said.
"Well this frenemy seems to give Chief more plasma base weaponry." Monoma said. "Weapons that should obviously fair better than regular bullets would."
"Not to mention my favorites, the sticky plasma grenades and the lethal energy sword." Boomstick revealed, showing Chief throwing a blue orb sticking and exploding on alien enemies and a weird yet cool sword made out of energy with a sideways handle.
Bakugou grinned at the sight of the sticky plasma grenades, laughing at the unfortunate fate of that one tiny alien that was running around getting blown up.
"Amazing!" Mei gaped in starry eyes at the energy sword.
"The Type-1 Energy Sword is one of the few weapons John has yet to master." Wiz explained. "It features two, four-feet energy blades that can actually block bullets."
"It seems to work or function similarly to the lightsabers." Melissa noted. "And I'm guessing their unique handle was fitted mostly for the Elites."
"Makes sense why this Chief is inexperienced with the energy sword." Endeavor spoke. "They are weapons mostly used by these Elites and as such he has had less time and proper training and handling of the weapon."
"Seems like he's doing well so far." Miruko said.
"Really?" Boomstick questioned. "Man, that would have been useful other times. But what always stumps me about this awesome looking sword is Why The Hell Does It Require Ammo?! Its a Sword!"
"Seriously?!" Bakugou yelled. "WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT IS THIS?!"
"A sword made of energy, Boomstick." Wiz reminded his co-host. "Energy that is powered by its ammo."
Bakugou grumbled and settled down muttering "Fine, whatever."
"Urgh, fine whatever." Boomstick grunted.
"Bet you months worth of deserts that Boomstick is Bakugou's counterpart." Mineta whispered to Kaminari.
"You're on." Kaminari fist-bumped the purple perv.
BACKGROUND
Height: 7'0" (With armor)
Weight: 1,287 lbs (With armor)
UNSC Marines SPARTAN-II
Defeated 3 Armies
Destroyed Halo 04 & the Ark Super Soldier
Top Speed: 50+ mph
"While his indoctrination and abduction were highly unethical, The Master Chief has consistently proven to accomplish the impossible and bring pain to the alien Covenant." Wiz continued. "He's an expert in combat strategy, can run 50 miles an hour, has defeated three entirely different armies multiple times, destroyed an entire armada single handedly, and destroyed the Halo 04, a large ring-shaped satellite with enough firepower to destroy an Entire Galaxy and such prevented galactic genocide...Twice."
Jaws dropped left and right at the mention of his feats.
"He didn't just saved mankind, he practically saved an entire galaxy!" Ryukyu gasped in awe.
"And one time, he fell from orbit, holding onto nothing but a flimsy piece of metal, landing without a scratch, and was up kicking alien ass just a few minutes later." Boomstick revealed. "And, what I consider to be my all-time most favorite scene and show of badassery, the Chief dragged a heavy as shit bomb that was capable of destroying an entire starship, tossed it and himself out into space and directed it through explosions and space war before detonating it and launching himself away as the entire ship blew up in a blaze of glory and landing onto an ally ship safe and sound. Why? Because he can."
If the group's jaws could drop any further, their jaws would snap. Kirishima and Tetsutetsu gave each a one-armed hug, fist-bumped, and shed a single shining tear whispering "Manly."
"To humanity, he is a savior and a Hero, but to the aliens, he is a Demon." Wiz finished.
Deku and All Might smiled and agreed that man is nothing short of a real Hero.
"Master Chief," Hood spoke. "You mind telling me what you're doing on that ship?"
"Sir," Chief responded. "Finishing this Fight."
The group thought over how they felt about Master Chief and their thoughts over him were clearly positive. The guys were practically ready to bow down to the alpha male, Bakugou grinning and inching to try and fight Chief and Deku wondering if he could spar with the super soldier. The girls gave nods of respect of John's achievements, Itsuka inching to want to spar with the green armored warrior. Mei and Melissa were approached by a slobbering Mineta, who was begging for them to make him his own version of Cortana.
Their response was a kick from the two that sent the blood-nosed Mineta flying like a football.
The pros too respected the warriors strength and feats yet felt pity for the man's past as a kidnapped child soldier. All Might smiled and sighed at peace that this world had its own Hero, and what he would could a Symbol of Valor, defending humanity and making peace with their alien neighbors.
The next fighter shown once more sent shivers down the group's body, except where Chief's inspired more awe and intimidation, this guy was more from fear. The man was tall and incredibly muscular, wearing a suit of armor, colored green much like Chief, however his muscular arms were left exposed, his chest armor was more encompassing than John's armor, silver boots covered his feet, his hands covered in black gloves, and his roundish, yellow-visor helmet was either light gray or moss green. The group saw an image of him standing atop of a hill of monstrous corpses, firing onto a horde of demonic monsters.
Seeing such a sight made Bakugou's eyes wide in mad eagerness.
Sensing how things were going to take a turn for the worst, Izuku and Mirio nodded in silent agreement, Mirio turning to the two kids saying "Hey Eri, Kouta, maybe we should head back to the dorms?"
"Aww, no!" Kouta protested. "I want to see more fights! I can take it!"
While Eri whimpered in fear of the demons, many of them to her morphing into the similar face of Kai Chisaki, she turned to Mirio and Deku and asked "Please."
Izuku and Mirio looked at each before sighing in defeat. Izuku said "Ok. We won't go back to the dorms yet till we are done with the videos for today. But I still don't think you guys are ready for this one, so how about we go outside and play for a while, ok?"
A few seconds later of pouting from Kouta and pondering from Eri, the two kids nodded in agreement.
"H-Hey, Midoriya, c-can we m-maybe play some c-catch?" Kouta asked, nervously twiddling his fingers.
Izuku smiled brightly and said "Of course we can."
Kouta smiled brightly too before jumping out of his mini-seat and running to the door of the gym, Mirio and Eri right behind him.
Izuku turned to Momo only to be presented with a pair of baseball mitts and a baseball by the raven-haired teenager. "I assume you wanted to ask for this?" Momo asked teasingly.
"Thanks a lot, Momo!" Izuku thanked the Creation teen, flashing a supernova smile. "You're a life savor."
"No problem, Izuku." Momo blushed.
"Hey Melissa, can you perhaps write down the stuff for Doomguy while I'm outside?" Izuku asked, handing to Melissa his notebook.
"Sure can do, Izuku." Melissa smiled, blushing and smiling brightly at being trusted by Izuku with so important to him.
"Thanks so much!" Izuku said as he quickly ran out to join the three, leaving behind a smiling group that looked to the teen with either pride or amusement, or both.
"The boy is really coming along splendidly, huh Toshinori?" Gran Torino asked with a smile.
"He sure is." All Might smiled proudly.
Mandalay smiled from above at seeing Kouta's smile and joy at his request. She also smiled appreciably at Izuku, who was clearly becoming a father figure to the boy.
"Oooh, what's with that smile of Midoriya, Shino?" Pixie Bob asked, her teasing smile wide. "Don't tell me you are interested in the kid?"
Mandalay blushed red hot. "Ryuuko!" She yelled whisperdly.
"Calm down." Pixie Bob chuckled. "I get it. The kids like a father to Kouta, which I'm happy to see too. Its only natural that Kouta's new Papa needs a new Mama too. But don't forget, I call dibs on him first."
Mandalay had to use every fiber of her body to keep herself from strangling her teammate to death...and fight down her blush.
Doomguy
"The original, ass-kicking, demon-slaying, first person badass, and one of my personal heroes: Doomguy!" Boomstick introduced excitingly.
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Corporal Flynn Taggart
Allias: Hell Walker, Doomguy, Doom Slayer, Hell Walker, The Beast
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 230 lbs
US Space Marine Captain
Catholic (Ibarra eyes rose in surprise)
Prefers a Run-&-Gun Strategy
Can Dodge Plasma Shots
Top Speed: 57 mph
Owns a Pet Rabbit named Daisy (The group chuckled at that)
"After disobeying his commanding officer to fire on unarmed civilians, and beating him to death, Corporal Flynn Taggart, the Doomguy, was dishonorably discharged from the Marines and sent to the UAC military base on the Mars moon of Phobos as security." Wiz revealed.
"What a shitty reward for being a decent guy." Boomstick commented. "Guess he learned his lesson later on."
"That was what I was gonna say!" Bakugou roared.
"Doomguy's life would take a drastic turn on the desolate moon, which just so happened to house a magical gateway to the bloody bowels of Hell." Wiz continued.
"Mexico!" Boomstick groaned out in terror.
"No." Wiz sighed in annoyance. "Actual Hell."
"WHAT?!" Ibarra screeched, rapidly praying in fervor that such a thing as a portal to Hell would never be discovered.
"And when Hell and all its monstrous demons tried to kill everybody, Doomguy killed them guy." Boomstick said.
"So while Master Chief is an alien killing machine, Doomguy kills demons instead." Nejire said.
Ibarra eyes widened in awe and joy at Doomguy slaying demon, though immediately cringed and gagged at the violent, bloody images shown.
MEGAARMOR
2x Stronger than Security Armor
Non-Regenerating Energy Shields
Max Armor & Shield Charge is 200%
Experimental Warp Technological Backpack
"He wears the Megaarmor, a shielding combat suit almost twice as strong as typical security armor and can endure dozens of normally fatal plasma blasts." Wiz revealed.
"But what about those arms?" Boomstick questioned. "I mean its good eye candy for the ladies but kind of seems stupid when facing the demons of Hell."
"The suit has an encompassing energy shield that, while non-regenerating, can protect his whole body and its max efficiency is incredibly durable." Wiz explained.
"Hmm, it could be that with such a high amount of durability in its shields that he could have stronger defense than Master Chief." Ryukyu said.
"However, the fact that his shields cannot regenerate is also a problem against Master Chief, who's shields do regenerate." Endeavor replied. "Master Chief could win his fight against Doomguy by chipping his shields down or Doomguy would have to finish the Chief quickly before the shields regenerate."
"Anyways, he carries a huge arsenal of murder machines, all at once!" Boomstick yelled.
"Using a backpack with experimental warp technology, Doomguy is able to hold all his weapons simultaneously." Wiz explained.
"That put this guy's versatility at a higher rate than that Chief kid." Gran Torino said. "While Chief would have to scavenge for his weapons, Doomguy can easily bring out the weapon of his choice and hunt him down quicker or overwhelm him quicker."
SIDE ARMS
Pistol
-Ammo Capacity: 200 bullets
Chainsaw
-AKA The Great Communicator (Bakugou laughed hysterically)
-Gas-Powered
Chain Gun
-Ammo: 5 mm
-Rate of Fire: 525 RPM
-Full-Auto Disperse Accuracy
"I'm pretty sure his pistol uses the same tech, since he never has to reload!" Boomstick exclaimed.
"That also means that Doomguy can easily put Master Chief into a corner by constantly firing on his position." Snipe said.
"And when things get tight, his chainsaw will rip and tear through anybody!" Boomstick said. "RRGGGHHHH! Not The Chainsaw! Yes The Chainsaw! RRGGGGHHH!" A silent, awkward pause followed for a moment before he quickly finished with "And his chain gun mows down everything in seconds."
"AHAHAHAHA!" Miruko laughed. "This guy may be perverted gun-nut, but he sure is hilarious!"
"Oddly, the chain gun uses the same 5 mm ammunition as the handgun, and is relatively ineffective against strong body armor." Wiz noted.
"Well, that's stupid." Boomstick remarked.
"ITS NOT STUPID, ITS COMPLETE BULLSHIT!" Bakugou roared. "WHO PUTS THE SIDEARM AMMO INTO A CHAIN GUN?!"
STANDAR FIREARMS
Shotgun
-Pump Action
-Spread: 7 Pellets
-Range: Ridiculous (Snickers came from the group_
Super Shotgun
-Sawn-Off & Break Open
-Spread: 20 Pellets
Plasma Gun
Rocket Launcher
-Ammo Capacity: 50 Rockets
-Rocket Speed: 40 mph
"Luckily, Doomguy has his trusty pump-action shotgun!" Boomstick quickly continued. "It holds 16 shells and fires seven pellets a shot, with a spread range so ridiculous he doesn't even have to aim!"
"Holy Shit That's Some Range!" Kosei yelled. "Is that shotgun or a sniper?!"
Bakugou grinned in approval at such weapon of destruction.
"But apparently one overpowered shottie isn't enough for this Demon Slayer!" Boomstick continued. "So Doomguy got himself a super shotgun: a heavy, double-barreled devastator that fires a huge spread of twenty pellets. Good Luck Dodging That, You Stupid, Fireball-burping, Floating, Meatball!"
Ibarra shivered in fear of said demonic meatball with a face, praying to never see such a monster in her life.
Meanwhile, Bakugou's grin became wider at the more powerful shotgun.
"He also wields a plasma gun and a rapid fire rocket launcher which can hold up to fifty rockets at once." Wiz revealed
"What the actual Hell!" Boomstick remarked. "Who designs these things? And where can I get their number?!"
"I think Boomstick with that kind of weaponry would be literally Hell on Earth." Momo groaned out.
"NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!" Bakugou yelled in excitement.
"I think he's too into this." Sero whispered to Kirishima. "Should we get the hose?"
"Nah, not right now." Kirishima whispered back. "Plus I don't bring Kouta in to see this gorey stuff."
"But even That pales in comparison to Doomguy's ultimate weapon." Wiz stated.
"Its the King of Cannons, the Doomsday Bazooka that lays waste to everything!" Boomstick proclaimed dramatically. "Its the Big Fucking Gun 9000!"
The group watches Doomguy pick up a large gun, as advertised, that looked like a mix of a minigun cross with a plasma rifle. They then watched with jaw dropping, wide eyed expressions as it fires a large orb of green, destructive energy that completely obliterated a large demon. In. One. Shot!
"A-AWESOME!" Mei yelled, her eyes alight in mad glee.
"Down Hatsumei." Power loader ordered. "Don't even get any bright ideas about making that. You and Melissa are barely getting approval for those lightsabers as it is."
As Mei pouted, Bakugou's mouth watered and drooled, staring dreamy eyed at the weapon, and oblivious to the hand waving in front of his face.
"Yep, I think he's gone." Kirishima said. "Alright, Kaminari, your up."
Kaminari sighed and rubbed his hands together as they sparked in electricity. "Clear!" He yelled as he placed them on Bakugou, shocking the explosive teen from his trance.
"WHY YOU LITTLE SPARKPLUG!" Bakugou roared as he attempted to reach the explosive teen, only to get held back by half of 1-A.
Monoma scoffed. "Savages."
"At least, they are more fun and entertaining than your fanatic speeches." Shinsou grumbled.
Monoma gritted his teeth, blushing in anger, a swift shop to the back of the head stopping him from speaking in retort.
BFG 9000
Plasma Blasts
Slow-Moving Projectile
Huge Blast Radius
Can Be Charged
Obliterates Everything!
"Crass name aside, the BFG fires enormous rounds of plasma." Wiz explained the hulking weapon. "Upon impact the resulting detonation releases trace-rays across a wide varying blast radius. This 'gun' is strong enough to annihilate the gargantuan Cyber-Demon, one of the most formidable and powerful demons Flynn has faced, in a mere two or three shots! And the unprecedented range of its splash damage ensures No One is getting away unscathed."
Boomstick then seemingly moaned in pleasure, his mouth sounding like it was practically salivating at the sight.
"While definitely impressive, did they have to name the weapon something so vulgar?" Momo asked.
"Wait a second, Boomstick, you're not going to believe this but the BFG is not Doomguy's deadliest weapon." Wiz dropped the bombshell.
"YES!" Boomstick yelled. "MORE!"
"WHAT?!" Bakugou yelled as he stopped his attempts to kill Kaminari, his full attention back to the screen.
"Are they talking about a weapon or are they having sex?" Mineta questioned.
"Dude, can you not think about something perverted for at least a few minutes?" Kaminari groaned.
"Nope." Mineta replied.
UNMAKER
Laser Beams
Up to 3 Simultaneous Laser
Paralyzes Demons
Demon-Tech in Origin
Feeds on Demonic Auras
Deadly Only To The Demons of Hell
"Behold the Unmaker, a portable death ray which puts everything else to shame." Wiz revealed.
The screen showed a large minigun, its handle demonic-looking, its barrel blood red, and surrounded by black bones like a ribcage. They then saw it fire three simultaneously red lasers that tore apart demons like a hot knife through butter,
"GIMME!" Boomstick yelled. "GIMME! GIMME! GIMME!"
Bakugou's mouth was drooling waterfalls once again, but he quickly noticed a sparking set of hands inching closer to him. "DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT, DUNCE HEAD!"
"There's just one catch." Wiz pointed out. "The Unmaker's beams are so powerful because they actually feed off the demonic energy of the target, which means its basically useless against anything that isn't from Hell."
"Shit!" Bakugou cursed.
"Well that means its going to be useless against Chief then." Midnight said. "Unless he really is a demon like those Covenant guys call him."
"Dammit!" Boomstick cursed. "Well, I guess it doesn't really matter when you already have a backpack full of things to kill people with. Give me The BFG any day."
"Same." Miruko, Bakugou, and Kamakiri said.
"Now, Doomguy isn't exactly a super solder, but his strength and speed are much greater than a normal man, due to the constant use of super serums and power ups." Wiz said, showing Doomguy punching a whole through a demon with his bare fists.
"To punch through someone, or something, with that much force means that his strength is powerful or the demons, however unlikely, have very mushy insides and bodies." Melissa noted as she wrote down her words and thoughts into the notebook Izuku gave her.
The girls looked at Melissa writing and almost mistook her for Izuku for a split second. "Wow, no wonder Midori entrusted her to take note while he was away." Mina said. "She's like a female Midori."
"I don't know whether to be attracted or jealous." Kyouka said.
POWER-UPS
Berserker
Megasphere
Radiation Shield
Light Amplification Visor
Partial Invisibility
Invulnerability
"The Berserker power-up completely heals him and increases his strength ten fold." Boomstick listed. "And the Invulnerability and Partial Invisibility power-ups do, well, exactly what you think they would."
"So he also shares similar powerups to Master Chief." Iida noted. "He can go partially invisible like Master Chief and the Invulnerability could easily match with the oversheild powerup."
"Doomguy rarely relies on strategy, always preferring to mow down his enemies as fast as he can." Wiz said.
"Its more fun that way." Boomstick said, sounding like a madman.
"A rather stark contrast between Master Chief and Doomguy." Momo said. "This could lead to Doomguy confusing and disorienting Chief, or Chief easily luring him to a trap."
"He's defeated the armies of Hell five separate times." Wiz revealed. "He even walked knee-deep into Hell itself to avenge his pet rabbit, Daisy."
The screen showed the severed spiked head of weird green rabbit with fluffy fur.
Koda screamed in horror at dead rabbit head and started crying, only to be quickly comforted by the girls.
"H-He had a pet rabbit." Kaminari choked up as he held back his own laughter, immediately shutting up as the girls glared at him.
"But why is that rabbit green?" Mineta asked.
"He can run up to fifty-seven miles an hour, even outrunning his own rockets, and can spot invisible enemies." Wiz continued. "He's the Bane of Hell itself and will likely continue to slaughter all of Hell's minions for Eternity."
"He's no normal man." Boomstick said. 'He's Doomguy!"
Doomguy fought a giant brain walking on robotic spider-like legs, punching it with his bare fists, before it collapsed and exploded in Fire and Blood.
The group pondered over their thoughts on the demon killer. The guys, especially Bakugou and Kamakiri, liked his brutal and destructive slaughter of demons, though Iida remained neutral in his thoughts, finding the bloody killing unheroic but remained silent over the targets of his murder spree being actual demons. The girls, and Koda, felt sad over Doomguy's pet rabbit dying and his unfair punishment over saving the lives of innocent civilians. While finding his bloody killing rather much to her, Ibarra was rapidly praising and thanking Doomguy for putting an end to those demons and wished him good fortune in whatever universe he was in.
The pros were impressed with his feats of slaughtering armies of demons singlehandedly and his strength and weaponry, though found his reckless fighting style and bloody style rather reckless and dangerous.
"Alright, the combatant are set, let's end this debate once and for all." Wiz said.
"ITS TIME FOR A BIG FUCKING DEATH BAAAATTTTTLLLLEEE!" Boomstick roared.
The video paused once again as the device started its regular scanning ritual. Meanwhile the group once again voted for their favorite fighter to win.
For Master Chief, his most notable voters included All Might, who found the soldier's heroism, strength, and valor to be impressive and win worthy, Nezu, who sympathized with the Chief's past and experimentation, Iida and Momo, who appreciated Chief's strategy, intelligence, and skill more, David and Melissa, who were more impressed with Chief's futuristic tech rather than Doomguy's, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu, who stuck to Chief for his manly feat from before, Itsuka, for Chief 's bravery, skill, and making peace with the Elites, the latter reason also the reason for Mina, and finally Snipe.
As for Doomguy, the most notable, and obvious votes, for him included Bakugou and Kamakiri, obviously, Miruko, for his strength, fearlessness, and 'sick-ass' weapons, Ibarra, who practically praised Flynn for his demon-slaying role and found something about him rather familiar, Setsuna, who liked his strength and ferocity, Endeavor, who respected his strength and his feats, Vlad King, for his versatility and skill, Kyouka, who found him fearless and cool, Mei, who liked his explosive and awesome weaponry more, and, surprisingly, Koda, who felt sorry for Chief's own rabbit who died.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device finished scanning. "MASTER CHIEF! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: TOSHINORI YAGI AKA ALL MIGHT!"
"HAHAHA!" All Might buffed up and laughed. "I am quite honored to have such a brave and strong counterpart!"
"I guess that makes sense if you think about it." Midnight said. "You two are very strong and have a similar length of duty."
"Heh, I figured doing that last stunt there was something only someone as brave and foolish as you would do, Toshinori." Gran Torino chuckled as All Might debuffed. "Plus, it looks like your other self is mimicking the kid's color style."
'Huh, didn't about that.' All Might pondered mentally.
"DOOMGUY! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KATSUKI BAKUGOU!"
"Dang it!" Kaminari yelled. "Why didn't I bet money on this?! I knew it!"
"AHA!" Bakugou yelled in excitement. "Get ready to have your other self eat dirt, All Might, because I'm winning this!"
All Might smiled back at the explosive teen. "May the best soldier win then."
Bakugou noticed a pair of eyes on him and turned to see that they belonged to Ibarra Shiozaki, who was staring at him in slight awe. Upon noticing that she had been noticed, she blushed and quickly looked away. Bakugou turned back to the screen, a tiny blush and a tiny proud smirk on his face.
"ADDITIONAL MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED! CORTANA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: NANA SHIMURA!"
All Might, Gran Torino, and Izuku's eyes widened in alarm and shock.
"Who's that?" Uraraka asked confused, a sentiment shared by the rest of the group.
"She was my master." All Might spoke, the group rapidly turning to the former Symbol of Peace. "She helped train me when I was still a student at U.A."
"She was dear friend of Toshinori and me." Torino jumped in. "She was the reason I helped train this idiot in the first place."
The group's eyes widened in surprise at the information of the teacher who trained the Symbol of Peace. Bakugou, meanwhile, turned to All Might who sent a silent, barely noticeable nod to the teen, confirming his unanswered question.
'Huh, so she's the 7th user.' Bakugou thought. 'The one before All Might and the one with that Float Quirk that All Might believes shitty Deku will get next. Weird, she looks a lot like Auntie Inko.'
"DAISY THE RABBIT! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
Silence was the only sound in the gym, before it exploded in squeals from the girls and female pros, with the exception of Miruko, Ragdoll, and Mount Lady who were laughing hysterically and Ryukyu and Mandalay who were simply chuckling. Soon the guys joined in the laughter too.
"AHAHAH!" Mina laughed. "Oh! It makes so much sense! A green rabbit, so much like our Midori."
"His first Hero suit did look like a rabbit, didn't it?" Sero chuckled.
"What's more is that he is Bakugou's pet rabbit in other world!" Nejire squealed at the adorableness.
The group roared in laughter once again, Bakugou grumbling as he was being laughed, more cracks appearing on his seat where he gripped hard.
"Wait a minute." Kaminari suddenly stopped laughing. "Doesn't that also mean that Midoriya is dead in the same world?"
The laughter quickly ceased as the revelation fully set in.
"Oh he's done it now." Eraser groaned.
The girls quickly grew saddened and downtrodden, the mental image of Izuku dead almost making some of them start to cry. The guys rubbed their necks awkwardly at the sudden shift in the atmosphere, feeling quite depressed themselves at the notion that one of their classmates, and friends to the 1-A students, being dead in another world.
All Might felt incredibly pale and looked even more lifeless than the walking skeleton looked like. He fiercely shook his head, banishing the thoughts of his successor, and secretly viewed like a son, dead and reminded himself that he was just outside, playing catch with the boy he saved.
Bakugou grew pale too, eyes widening. The words he said to Deku back then ringing back, in his mind, the image of that rabbit's severed head morphing into...Bakugou's hand cupped his mouth, his stomach churning and the taste of vile lingered in his throat. He quickly tossed the thought away.
A thought passed by in their heads. 'Why? He is still here? With us? So, why does this hurt?'
Quickly, Mei pressed the play button and continued the video, to everyone's gratitude.
The video began with Doomguy, shotgun in hand, entering a large area, crates and boxes everywhere, including a large, high-tech jeep with a mounted gun on the back. Doomguy stopped in his tracks, Master Chief, wielding an M60 Magnum, suddenly appearing from the other side of the screen. The two raised their weapons at each other silently.
"Huh, straight to the point." Momo said. "I guess since one doesn't seem to talk much and the other hasn't talked at all, it makes sense to just get straight to the fighting."
FIGHT!
Chief quickly switched out his weapons, now holding an assault rifle, and firing on Doomguy. The bullets sparked as they hit his armor but bounced off, leaving the armor seemingly unfazed or dented.
"Such strong armor." Iida praised with wide eyes. "His bullets don't seem to be doing anything."
As bullets still fired on him, Doomguy proceeded to stalk towards Master Chief, firing from his shotgun. Suddenly, as if in the blink of an eye, his shotgun was switched out and replaced with a chain gun, firing rapid fire bullets at Chief. After firing for a second, the chain gun was switched out again and replaced with a plasma gun, firing orbs of energy at the soldier, before Doomguy switched weapons once more, firing rockets from his rocket launcher.
"Holy crap." Setsuna gaped in shock. "He's switching out his weapons so fast its almost like they are magically appearing and disappearing."
"Either this rapid fast switching is a product of his warp technology or he is just that fast." Midnight said.
Chief quickly hid behind a metal crate as Doomguy fired mercilessly on his position, continuously switching from weapon to weapon. As plasma bolts hit the crate, Chief stood up and fired once again at Doomguy, the bullets once again seemingly leaving no effect.
Doomguy, in response, switched to his rocket launcher and fired multiple rockets. One of the rockets collided with the crate and where the Chief had been was suddenly engulfed in a fiery explosion.
"Wait, is that it?" Kaminari questioned, his face scrunching in confused disappointment.
"AHA!" Bakugou yelled in victory.
Suddenly, the music flared to life as Chief jumped out of the plume of fire, jumping over a second rocket, before landing and combat rolling under another a third.
"Yes!" Mina cheered. "He survived! And looked cool doing it!"
Doomguy kept firing more rockets at Chief. A few sailed past Chief harmlessly. As one rocket flew towards him, Chief stood and caught the rocket's side with his hand, all the while still looking at Doomguy.
"MANLY!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu roared in approval.
Chief tossed the rocket back at Doomguy, the Bane of Hell backing up as the rocket landed and exploded in front of him. Chief rushed towards the large jeep and easily tossed it into the air, revealing an energy sword and a glowing blue orb.
Nezu smirked at the sight of the weapon, chuckling at seeing the apparent good luck the Spartan had in finding weapons.
The high-tech jeep fell towards Doomguy, who quickly pulled out the plasma gun and fired onto the incoming jeep. Meanwhile, Master Chief dropped the assault rifle and picked up the energy sword. The blue orb was picked up and Chief suddenly faded and disappeared.
"What happened?" Nejire asked. "Did he teleport away?"
"No, he turned himself invisible." Hagakure answered. "That blue orb must have been a Invisibility powerup."
Within three shots from the plasma gun, the jeep exploded into nothingness. Doomguy looked back to where Chief was, only to find him gone. Without a moment's hesitation, Doomguy switched out the BFG for the chain gun, turned around, and opened fire, the bullets hitting and sparking in blue light as it collided with the energy sword of the reappeared Master Chief.
"Woah, impressive reflexes." Uraraka praised. "But how did he know he was there?"
"He could have heard Chief's footsteps from his heavy armor." Kyouka replied. "Also they did say that he can spot invisible enemies."
"Looks like it paid off." Yui said.
After firing endlessly on Chief, his sword blocking every bullet, Flynn switched to his super shotgun, firing on Chief and sent him flying away.
"Jesus!" Kamakiri cursed. "That shotgun packs one hell of a punch."
Chief landed next to a pile of weapons, before standing up, a rocket launcher in hand and turned back to the demon slayer. Chief fired onto two rockets at him, only for Doomguy to pick up a weird orb that had a green creepy face. Upon picking it up, Doomguy suddenly changed colors to black and white. The rockets colliding and exploding onto him, but the smoke quickly cleared to show Doomguy marching slowly towards Chief unfazed and unhurt.
"Doomguy is using his own powerups too." Tiger said. "That powerup must have been his Invulnerability powerup, since the rockets proved completely ineffective."
Chief dropped the rocket launcher and switched it with a sniper rifle. The Spartan fired onto the approaching soldier, the bullets sparking and bouncing off ineffective too.
"Man, Chief's weapons seem to be doing nothing on Doomguy." Kirishima said.
"HELL YEAH!" Bakugou roared. "GO ON AND KILL HIM AND WIN!"
All of a sudden, Doomguy returned to normal, Chief taking advantage and quickly firing once again. The bullet instead of grazing off, struck Doomguy in the leg, a sprout of blood shooting out and Doomguy flinching for a second, before marching forwards again.
"It hit!" Mineta yelled.
"That sniper rifle was said to be able to pierce tank armor." Ectoplasm said. "I have no problem believing it can pierce through body armor, even ones that are twice as strong."
The Spartan attempted to continue fire, only for the clicking noise to indicate that he ran out of ammo, quickly tossing aside the sniper and pulling out his sidearm. Doomguy stopped a few meters in front of Chief, the two silently facing each other down.
"Huh, looks like they are in a final shootout." Snipe noted. "Like those classic western movies, they are waiting for the other to try and draw."
Doomguy suddenly pulled out the BFG.
"YEAH! FIRE!" Bakugou yelled.
Doomguy fired, a large ball of green plasma shooting out and colliding with Master Chief, a massive green explosion erupting.
"AHA!" Bakugou roared in victory. "I WON! BEAT THAT ALL-"
"Wait for it." All Might interrupted Bakugou.
Out of the green explosion, a blue, fiery orb flew out and landed onto Doomguy.
"Its a sticky bomb!" Ibarra shouted.
A closeup of Doomguy's real face was shown, him looking around confused, before his eyes widened and yelled. Doomguy exploded into bloody pieces, the green explosion, meanwhile, clearing up while triumphant music played, revealing Master Chief perfectly intact, a yellow bubble shield surrounding him.
"NNNNOOOOOO!" Bakugou roared in anger.
The Master Chief voters cheered in victory while the Doomguy voters groaned in defeat but reluctantly clapped.
"WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT WAS THAT?!" Bakugou yelled. "HE SHOUDL BE DEAD!"
"Before the explosion, Master Chief used the bubble shield to shield himself from the blast." David Shield explained. "The bubble shield was strong enough to tank explosions from the scenes so it could withstand the power of the BFG."
"And since more larger physical objects like people and vehicles can go right through the shield, Master Chief could toss the plasma grenade through the shield." Nezu added. "Landing on an unguarded Doomguy and exploding for the win."
K.O!
Master Chief walked out of the bubble shield to Doomguy's remains and started teabagging the remains of Doomguy.
"BAHAHAHAHA!" Awase roared in laughter. "He's teabagging him! AHAHAHA!"
The group laughed too with the only exception being a groaning, pissed off Kamakiri and a growling, pissed off Bakugou.
"Its about time we had a good old fashion gunfight!" Boomstick shouted.
DOOMGUY
Stronger Weapons
No Long Range Weaponry (Aside the shotgun)
1.14x Faster
Weaker Defense
Useful Backpack
Reliance on Powerups Creates Inconsistency
" Doomguy may have an enormously destructive arsenal, but unfortunately, while he had a plethora of weapons to choose from, they lacked versatility as they are mainly centered around killing demons and regular people." Wiz explained. "And while Doomguy had some strong defense, when compared to the Mjolnir armor, they were left lacking both defensively and in recovery."
MASTER CHIEF
More Weapons
Broader Variety of Skills
Superior Training & Experience
Near-Invincible Body & Armor
Regenerating Shields
Superior Reflexes
"I hate to admit it, but Chief can take and dish out way more punishment than Doomguy." Boomstick agreed reluctantly. "While Doomguy's body armor is twice as strong as regular body armor and can take hits from fireballs, Chief survived a fall from orbit and much larger explosions on the regular."
"True." Mandalay said "Can't really compare fireballs to surviving orbital reentry and crashing. And he also has those nearly indestructible bones too."
"And while defeating Hell 5 times sounds awe-inspiring, Doomguy's enemies weren't that much different from Master Chief's." Wiz continued. "Plus, Chief has the superior training, training since he was 6, greater experience, and his larger amount of weapons were useful against multiple types of enemies, including those with strong armor like the Insurrection and Covenant."
"His sniper rifle was said to be able to pierce tank armor and the sticky bombs were clearly more powerful due to their alien origins." Ectoplasm stated. "Additionally, despite never using it, Chief had access to all of his most powerful weapons, while Doomguy's most powerful one was ineffective towards humans."
Bakugou scoffed as he resigned to his defeat.
"This battle was nuts. Heheh" Boomstick quipped.
Ah! Get it because he was teabagging him and shoving his nuts to his face. Heheh." Kaminari nervously chuckled.
The room was silent with not even a chirp from a cricket, courtesy of Asui.
"The winner is Master Chief." Wiz finished.
Claps sounded for another well done Death Battle. "Another well done battle, and congratulations to your counterpart's victory, All Might." Nezu said. "Miss Shield, may you kindly bring Mr. Midoriya, Togata, and the kids back in?"
"Sure thing." Melissa said as she rushed back to get Deku and the others.
As the five came back, Izuku noticed the stares of the group and sweat dropped nervously. "Um, why are you all looking at me?"
"U-uh, its nothing, Young Midoriya." All Might stuttered, feigning ignorance. "Lets just continue."
As Izuku sat down, Gran Torino whispered "We going to tell him about his furry counterpart's fate?"
"Maybe later." All Might whispered back. "Right now let's get through the videos first."
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick announced.
Menacing techno music played as a grinning smile appeared with a large brown mustache over it. Similarly an image of an old man's balding head appeared with an Einstein-like gray hair sprouting out from behind. The images zoomed out to get an full look of the two combatants, one a large, wide man in a red and black getup, with a brown mustache and evil smile, and the other an old man with grey hair, a grey mustache, and wearing a white cape, a white dress shirt and black jeans with a skull over his belt.
Dr. Eggman vs Dr. Wiley
"Interesting." Nezu said, his face frowning at the villainous-like smile on one of the old men's face and the other's clothing, especially his skull shaped belt rather ominous. 'That first man, he appeared rather similar to that Gerald Robotnik from earlier.'
Mei pressed the play button and proceeded to the next video.
Notes:
AAAAAANNNNNNDDDDD SCENE! Another chapter done and done and also Happy Late Valentine's Day everyone. As I am a single, I have taken it upon myself to quickly speedrun this chapter quickly all the day and deliver it to you all, my lovely and awesome readers and reviewers as my Valentine's Day gift to you all. I would have finished sooner and actually released it yesterday but I was busy watching Attack on Titan and the Demon Slayer movie, ironically. That last one having me use some 'other' methods that Jack Sparrow would be proud of.
Anyways moving on, here are the counterpart reasonings. First let's start off with Doomguy as Bakugou. Yes, I know. Bakugou was just last chapter and it might be getting repetitive and unimaginative, but in comparing different characters across different franchises, I don't just dismiss one possibility because 'I just did him'. When it works it works. And I'll admit that I thought Endeavor was another prime candidate for Doomguy but upon comparing the demon slayer to the two, Bakugou had more comparisons than Endeavor.
For Bakugou, the two are definitely extremely violent and aggressive and Bakugou's constant cursing, vulgar choice of words, and unimaginative choice of hero names would be perfect for the main character of a series who named one weapon 'A Big Fucking Gun' and a Chainsaw 'The Great Communicator'. The two are also rather reckless, going into a fight usually half-assed, like Bakugou's fight with Deku and against All Might, the two preferring to go into guns, or rather explosions, blazing. Plus, having Deku, 1-A's own green bunny being the bunny of Doomguy would be nice connection with Bakugou in another world and would make sense for Bakugou to destroy the demons of hell for murdering his bunny buddy.
As for Master Chief as All Might, this one was admittingly a little tricky. At first, I thought that, with the recent chapters involving Hawks and his backstory revealed, I thought that Chief, who was a kidnapped kid, forced to fight for his government, would be rather fitting, but when comparing points of comparison between the three, All Might eventually won out. The two are strong, fast, almost invulnerable, like in the chapter Chief and All Might have a similarly long time as a Hero and at war, Chief is one-man-army that has defeated three different armies, with help, and All Might can singlehandedly take out an army of Villains on his own. The two are also rather brave, stubborn, and willing to go into battle at the risk of their own life, like Chief stubborn in his conviction to stop and save Cortana from herself, enough to disobey orders, while All Might is willing to go beyond his limits to defeat Villains like the Sludge Villain, Nomu, and the Magneto ripoff despite the consequences to his time limit.
Additionally, having Shimura as Cortana was fitting, one an AI that communicates and helps Chief and the other a dead heroine and mentor that resided inside him as a spirit and now communicates with Deku in his head. Also, like Torino said, Chief's green armor seemed like a way to tie Chief and All Might to Deku.
Also, I hope you guys like how much clear effort I put into this chapter, as most of this effort actually was in help after I finished watching the Demon Slayer movie...and after crying my eyes out. Also, I will be trying to release another chapter of My Hero Pokedamia soon, at least during the rest of this month, in honor of Pokémon Month so expect that soon.
With all that said, I hope you guys like the chapter, comment your thoughts in the reviews, keep each other safe and healthy in these trying and difficult times, and check out my other stories if you like.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and y te veo todos leugo en el proximo capitulo! ADIOS!
Chapter 19: Eggman vs Wily
Summary:
Two mad doctors and their armies clash and the group of U.A. watch in the middle at the surprising ending.
Notes:
GREETINGS FELLOW EARTHLINGS, THIS IS ZAYDEN STORMVOID HERE ONCE MORE TO REVEAL A NEW CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE! AND THIS CHAPTER IS IN FACT DEDICATED TO MY VERY OWN SISTER, WHO'S BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP SOON!
Plus, its the perfect Death Battle to be dedicated to her, because she has something in common with the two fighters: They are all insane.
Roasting my little sis aside, last time we had the group react to Halo vs Doom, with the Chief coming out on top, much to the displeasure of Doom Slayer fans. We also had subtle ship teases of Bakugou and Ibarra, Deku as an actual rabbit, and Bakugou and Kamakiri slobbering over Doomguy's weapons. Now we move on to one of the most humorous of Death Battles, Eggman vs Wiley. And again, I see this having to be said, but temper your expectations and wait till the end of the chapter for the counterpart explanations before you guys crucify me.
As always, here is the index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Mental or Internal Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wiz Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick or Buff All Might Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, Combatant, or Fight Dialogue
"Zayden." -Robot Dialogue
And finally, I do Not own My Hero Academia, owned by Horikoshi and Bones Studios (Let's Go Season 5!), or Death Battle, owned by Roosterteeth and their Youtube channel, or the franchises mentioned in past, present, or future chapters, with this one including Sega for Sonic and Capcom for Mega Man.
Now, enough of talk, ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BATTTTTLLLLLEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
"Its no secret that some scientists are, well, crazy as hell." Boomstick started the video. "Like Wiz."
"Yea-Hey!" Wiz yelled slightly offended.
The students chuckled at the banter between the two co-hosts, while Izuku, Uraraka, and Iida stare at the pink-haired inventor that they would also put into the 'mad scientist' category.
"But these two whackjobs take it Way too far!" Boomstick continued.
"Dr. Ivo Robotnik, aka Doctor Eggman." Wiz introduced the first fighter.
"And Dr. Wily, aka Einstein without Rogaine." Boomstick introduced the second with a joke.
"Pffft, w-who calls themselves Eggman?" Kaminari chuckled.
"Wait, Dr. Wily?" Izuku said. "From the Mega Man games?"
"Oh yeah, I love those games." Melissa said. "Wait, does that mean that Mega Man is actually real in another universe?"
"That would be so cool!" Sero said excited.
"Interesting." David said. "A character that is considered fictional in our world turns out be real in another. Is this perhaps the first instance of this?"
"Indeed." Nezu said. "All the previous fighters have been characters that were only classified as fictional were in this Wizard and Boomstick's world. This is the first case that what is considered fictional in our world, and likely theirs too, being real in another world."
"In this special Death Battle, both of these mad doctors will be leading their mechanized armies to see who is the deadliest robot commander." Wiz explained.
"So instead of a straightforward match between the two, they are pitting themselves and their robot armies against each other." All Might said.
"Less a standard Death Battle and more an actual war." Endeavor stated.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick!" Boomstick announced.
"And its our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!" Wiz finished the intro.
Ominous music played as the first fighter was revealed. The first mad doctor was a tall, obese man wearing what looked like a strange flight suit. He stood on rather long, black clothed legs that rode up to a large round belly that's proportions resembled an egg. He wore a ruby red flight suit with a silver zipper up front, two yellow squares on both sides of his chest each, with white stripes shooting off around the back of his body, and finished the look with a popped up red collar around most of his neck. His long, thin arms were clothed with red sleeves that grew large and wider as they reached his wrists, which were covered in a mustard yellow clothing, his hands covered in white gloves. The man's eyes were covered in the blue lenses of his glasses, said glasses positioned over a comically long, large pink nose, a large, bushy, brown mustache shooting over his wide and evilly grinning mouth, and his head entirely bald, covered slightly by a set of grey goggles. Other images showed the mad doctor in a red, yellow, and black suit with yellow cape, looking almost like an emperor.
The reaction of the egg-shaped evil genius were varied between humor and wariness.
For the students, Bakugou and Kamakiri laughed at his egg-shaped appearance and his name of Eggman, while the rest of the students were rather wary of the man, his evil grin and booming laugh making them feel nervous and anxious. Eri whimpered at the sight of the evilly grinning Eggman and held onto Izuku and Mirio.
For the pros, they were wary of the man as well, especially of the large army of robots that the man was seen beside. Nezu narrowed his eyes in suspicion. 'Ivo Robotnik' Nezu thought. 'Could he be a relative of Gerald Robotnik from the Shadow fight? They do look similar to each other, along with this 'Doctor' that Young Midoriya had the misfortunate to meet.'
"Wait, isn't he that guy that Sonic fights?" Kinoko asked. "His name Robotnik is the same."
"You're right, Kinoko." Itsuka said. "And that Robotnik name is the same last name as the guy who made Shadow from before."
Aizawa's eye twitched at the mention of Shadow, who's counterpart is the member of the League of Villains who might actually be his supposed dead best friend. Mic and Midnight too squirmed at the mention.
Eggman
"Doctor Eggman is the obese, yet strangely athletic, evil master mind responsible for terrorizing the world of Sonic the Hedgehog, in his quest to rule a global empire." Wiz introduced the first fighter.
"He is the bad guy that Sonic fights!" Pony exclaimed.
"Sounds about right." Boomstick said. "The archenemy of super fast, blue hedgehog that can go Super Saiyan is an overweight mad doctor that's name is EGGman. Logic."
"That does seem strange." Iida said.
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Ivo Robotnik
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 282 lbs
IQ: Over 300
PhD: Unknown & Probably Fake (The last part earning some chuckles)
Ruler of the Eggman Empire
Endorses Animal Cruelty (Koda frowned at that)
"His real name is Doctor Ivo Robotnik, but the moniker of Eggman is more a nickname granted by Sonic and his enemies that Eggman somehow took pride in." Wiz explained. "His origins have also been one of mystery, including his actual PhD. Some say that he was a government agent gone made with power," The screen showed images of Eggman in an all black suit with a more tinier mustache grinning evilly. "Others claim he was once a kind scientist and friend to Sonic who, in an accident, was corrupted by the power and influence of the Chaos Emeralds to be who he is now. And then there are those who claim that he was always a mad scientist that wanted the power of the Chaos Emeralds to cook a giant egg. Yep, that's a thing."
"...What?" Boomstick questioned.
"Okay that first one option is clearly the most maniacal, the second is rather unfortunate and sad, and the third is...just ridiculous." Momo said.
"Moving on, Eggman's engineering mastery has led to a massive army of unique robot warriors using the strangest fuel source: kidnapped animals." Wiz revealed.
"Huh?!" Was the reaction of most of the group, while Koda screamed in horror.
"H-How does that make any sense?" Kyouka said. "How does a tiny regular bird somehow produce energy to power a robot?"
"Maybe he makes those animals run around in one of those hamster wheel things and makes them run around for power." Kaminari proposed.
"That is both stupid and smart of you to say." Sero said.
"Thank yo-Hey!" Kaminari yelled.
"He's PETA's worst nightmare!" Boomstick joked.
"I think he's more Koda's nightmare." Kaminari pointed out. "You know because of this guy sneaking in and stealing his bunny to power a robot."
Koda whimpered and started crying, much to Kaminari's horror and the students' anger.
"And now That was just stupid." Kyouka said as she stabbed his ear with her jack and blasted him with her heartbeat.
ROBOT INFANTRY
Moto Bug
-High Speed Scouts
Caterkiller
-Covered in Defensive Spikes
Buzz Bomber
-Quick Flyers with Laser Guns
E-1001 Egg Pawn
-Impressive Arsenal, but Dumb
SWATbot
-Well-Rounded, but Fragile
"His army is based around speed and defense, including the Moto Bugs that are high speed scouts, Caterkillers that are covered in spikes for defense, the flying, laser-shooting Buzz Bombers, Egg Pawns, and SWATbots." Wiz listed, showing images of Sonic-sized robots ranging from a robot that looked like a ladybug mixed with a motorcycle, purple caterpillar-like robots with spikes, robot bees that fired lasers, red, egg-shaped robots with laser guns and swords, and intimidating tall, black robots.
"Rather suitable robots against Sonic when they are focused on speed, which is important for hitting a fast moving target and defense for blocking a fast attack from Sonic as well." Jurota analyzed.
"But Eggman's got Way more than just that." Boomstick pointed out. "On top of an army of animal-powered robots, he also has a freaking armada of ships at his command."
"Come again?" Sen questioned.
EGG FLEET
Composed of Hundreds of Flying Warships
Mako Shark Gunship
Sawfish Battleship
Manta Ray Ship
Egg Carrier
-Length: 2,588 ft
-Numerous Missile Launchers
-Front-Mounted Laser Cannon
"His Egg Fleet is a huge armada of Battleships of varying size, specialty, and power." Boomstick revealed. "And leading this fleet is the Massive Egg Carrier, which supports a huge front mounted laser cannon."
The pros eyes widened in horror at the armada of ships at this villainous doctor's command.
"Jesus." Pixie Bob cursed. "With a fleet like that, it could probably give us a run for our money."
"Especially that large laser cannon." Mandalay said. "That looks like it could wipe out a whole few city blocks in an instant. The ship also look like they would need All Might level strength or full Endeavor level firepower to take that thing down."
"And that is not even counting the smaller ships, which could also be a pain in how many there are." Midnight joined in the conversation.
BADNIKS
EggRobo
-Designed for Tactical Tasks
-Can Pilot Vehicles
Silver Sonic
-Can Fly with Rocket Shoes
-Powered by a Chaos Emerald
Mecha Sonic
-Slower & Tougher than Silver
-Greater Focus on Firepower
-Can Absorb & Use Chaos Energy
Mecha Knuckles
-Fires Large Rockets
E-101 Beta MKII
-Can Fly & Teleport
-Homing Missiles
-Wide AoE Laser Beams
Shadow Android
-Has Shadow's Physical Abilities
-Fires Small Rockets
Scratch & Grounder
Orbbot & Cubebot
"Robotnik's army is spearheaded by his deadliest robot warriors, the Badniks." Wiz revealed. "The EggRobo is a smartbot crafted in Eggman's own image and designed to carry out tasks Eggman himself would normally do."
The screen showed an image of the EggRobo, which looked like an egg-shaped robot, colored similarly to Eggman, has long thin metal arms and legs with metal hands shaped like Eggman's gloves, a black, red, and yellow colored jetpack on its back, and with a gun in its hand.
"So he has a robotic assistant?" Mei said, before humming in thought. "Not a bad idea."
"Don't even think about it, Hatsumei!" Power Loader yelled. "I already have enough trouble with you, I'm not going to deal with another one!"
Izuku, Uraraka, and Iida shivered at the thought of a second Mei to make more disastrous 'babies. Babies which they, mostly Izuku, would have to test.
"What's this guy's deal with eggs?" Boomstick asked. "And why did he like the name Eggman so much that he decided to call himself that?"
"Possible narcissism and pride." Nezu said. "Perhaps in being labeled such a name he decided to flaunt it and wear it with pride rather than the stinging insult the name is suppose to inflict."
"Guess that makes sense." All Might said. "Or he just likes eggs."
"EggRobo can pilot and work Eggman's vehicles and weapons almost as efficiently as Eggman himself, though like the bad doctor, falls short against Sonic and his allies." Wiz added.
"If you get tirelessly beat by a blue, smack-talking hedgehog, a two-tailed freak of nature, and whatever the hell an echidna is, your robot you is going to be no different." Boomstick dissed the crazy scientist.
"So that fox and echidna must be Sonic's friends?" Pony asked. "They look like him and they are fighting that mean Eggman."
"Perhaps we will see them later." Itsuka said. "I would definitely like to know more about that echidna with those strong-looking fists."
"As for EggRobo, even if ends up failing on its own against Sonic and his allies, he could be big help to Eggman in commanding his forces alongside him against a larger enemy force." Izuku deduced.
"Like another robot army." Todoroki said.
"On its own, Silver Sonic, appears slow and bulky," Wiz revealed the next Badnik, this one looking a grey metallic version of Sonic with its spikes especially large. "But it is, in fact, powered by a Chaos Emerald, making it a much faster and more practical machine."
"So this Silver Sonic is clearly a deadly attempt at recreating Sonic, but more bulkier and deadlier looking than the original." Momo deduced.
"The fact that it is powered by a Chaos Emerald is rather disturbing." Iida pointed out.
"If all seven of them can turn Sonic into his Super form, I wonder just how powerful each one is individually." Izuku pondered.
"Then he made another robo-hog, Mecha Sonic." Boomstick introduced another Badnik, this metallic version of Sonic darker colored, with more larger spikes, spikier arm gauntlets, and red glowing eyes. "This edgier version focuses on firepower over speed."
"The first could be used more defensively while the other has more destructive power." Melissa analyzed. "The two of the together could make a dangerous force."
"Mecha Sonic can even absorb Chaos Energy, the same type of energy inside the Chaos Emeralds, the Master Emerald, and Sonic himself." Wiz jumped in. "This energy can be used to attain a Super Form of its own, yet it is short lived."
"Since Sonic's and Shadow's super forms were listed as invincible, that is a rather alarming power for this version." Todoroki noted.
"But Sonic's not the only anthropomorphic animal that Eggman based a robot on." Boomstick said. "There's Mecha Knuckles, who can glide and vomit out giant rockets." Boomstick showed Mecha Knuckles, who appeared like grey, metallic version of the red, spiked-fist echidna.
"And then there's E-101 Beta, who remains one of Eggman's most versatile creations." Wiz added, showing off a black and silver robot with large metal arms, had a rectangular and boxy appearance, and floated around on a jetpack and had no legs.
"This guy's a flying robot with super speed, teleportation, and a reflector shield for defense." Boomstick listed the robot's abilities. "He shoots missiles and Kamehamehas and has one of my favorite defensive abilities that he ripped off of Zangief, the Backhand."
"Copying another man's special move? So unmanly." Kirishima grumbled.
"It technically isn't copying if they are from different universes, but still unmanly." Tetsutetsu joined in.
"I wonder why he called those lasers Kamehamehas?" Nejire questioned. "Is that what they are called?"
"Sounds more like a joking comparison than an actual name." Mirio thought over.
"Regardless of the name, his multiple abilities are rather scary." Amajiki muttered. "Teleporting out of danger, deflecting and blocking attacks when cornered, and the speed and firepower to track and blast people easily is really versatile...and scary."
"Eggman also created the Shadow Androids, robotic, near uncanny duplicates of Shadow." Wiz revealed. "These are fast, durable, and typically fight in groups of three."
"Wait if these are like robot copies of that Shadow guy, thing, whatever, why do they attack in a team?" Kaminari said. "Can't they just win easily on their own?"
"I highly doubt that these androids duplicates are actually as strong or fast as Shadow." Momo replied. "They may likely copied his combat abilities and some level of enhanced speed."
"Plus, there is strength in teamwork." Izuku added. "Alone they may not be a major threat, but together they may be a formidable force."
"However, their design is so complex, they sometimes glitch in close combat." Wiz pointed out.
"Wait why would they glitch because of their design being complex?" Hagakure asked.
"It could be because Eggman was trying to replicate Shadow perfectly, but in trying to be 100% accurate to the original, their robotic minds can't keep up or compute the level of speed and reaction time necessary to fight up close." Melissa deduced.
"And speaking of glitches," Wiz continued with a tired, exhausted tone. "Despite being an absolute genius, Dr. Eggman appears to suffer from a peculiar personality disorder that sent him through several different 'phases'."
The group watched a series of images of Eggman behaving erratically, snap uncontrollably, and even see one of the mad doctor nearly naked with only wearing an Egyptian style headdress for a pharaoh and a loincloth.
"AH! MY EYES! MY EYES!" Mineta screamed in horror.
The girls gagged and turned away in disgust, while the guys were either too busy laughing or gagging in disgust as well.
Izuku and Mirio quickly covered Eri and Kouta's eyes.
"Now I see why he's a Mad doctor." Miruko said, wrinkling her nose in disgust.
"Let's just hope that Scratch & Grounder phase doesn't show up ever again." Boomstick groaned as an image of a metal chicken and a weird wheelie robot that looked like a mole appeared.
"Wait, he made a robot chicken and a...is that a mole?" Mina asked.
"I believe so." Kyouka said.
"Technically it did." Wiz said.
"Shit!" Boomstick cursed.
"Although these two comical robots are far more bearable and competent. Somewhat." Wiz said, as he showed videos of two floating robots, the red one shaped in an orb, with thin black arms and blue eyes, and the other yellow one, with a similar design but shaped in a cube. "Orbbot and Cubebot would be created as Eggman's personal assistants and often his seconds in command, though their advanced programming run afoul several glitches and prone to instances of incompetence and second guessing their arrogant, easily irritable creator."
"Rock, Donut, Thursday, SHOOT!" Orbbot and Cubebot said as they showed their hands.
"I win." Orbbot proclaimed. "Rock smashes Donut."
"No, no." Cubebot disagreed. "Donut makes Rock delicious!"
The group gaped at the utter stupidity that they just witnessed. Iida was so confused, steam was practically steaming out his ears and his arm was approaching super sonic speeds.
"I...I can't..." Momo muttered as she shook her head, feeling like she was losing brain cells witnessing that.
"I always thought robots were always super smart." Kaminari said, mouth agape. "I was So so wrong."
"Rich coming from you." Kyouka muttered.
"But despite robotic blunders and blundering robots, none of Eggman's creations have ever been as deadly or as successful as his ultimate killing machine." Wiz said.
"Hyper Metal Sonic." Boomstick revealed.
METAL SONIC
Top Speed: Mach 5
255 cc 4 Valve Fusion Engine
-Max Output: 55ps/600rpm
-Max Torque: 7.54 kg-m/4000rpm
Weaponry
-Sonic's Abilities
-Black Shield
-Chest Laser
-Maximum Overdrive
Scan & Copy Ability
The screen showed the said deadliest robot in all its copycat glory. Metal Sonic was the same size and ocean blue coloring of Sonic yet obvious robotic, with a metallic lower jaw with no mouth, black lenses with red, glowing eyes, triangular ears with yellow insides, a pointy metal nose, silver metal shoulders, his spikes resembling that of Sonic's, thin, robotic arms and legs ended with claws for hands and feet similar to Sonic's shoes. He flew on a jetpack on its back and a circular depression in its chest with a black center and yellow outline.
"Okay, that looks like like both the coolest robot of the bunch and the most terrifying." Sen said.
"That looks like a straight metal clone of Sonic." Sero said. "Guess the name fits."
"Metal Sonic was specifically designed to be better than Sonic the Hedgehog in every way and was a complete success." Wiz explained. "Metal can move much faster than Sonic, easily reaching near Mach 5 speeds."
"Incredible." Momo gasped out, both impressed and terrified. "If it could surpass Sonic's speeds than it is clearly a terrifyingly dangerous foe to face."
Izuku's eyes widened, remembering the speeds that his other worldly counterpart could go. And now seeing that this evil robot duplicate of him is just as, if not more faster than the blue hedgehog, it made Izuku shudder to think how dangerous it would be to face it himself.
"Metal's abilities include Sonic's famous spin dash and homing attack, along with the impenetrable Black Shield." Wiz continued listing his powers.
"So he has Sonic's speed and his moves, while also including a shield for defense." All Might repeated. "A truly formidable combination."
"Although, why is there a hole in his chest?" Mount Lady asked. "It couldn't be just for show, right?"
"That weird hole in his chest isn't just for show, it can fire a powerful chest laser." Boomstick jumped in. "He also has rocket powered flight and the Maximum Overdrive attack, where he overloads his circuits to create a glowy energy field that'll burn through pretty much anything."
"Well there's your answer, Takeyama." Midnight replied.
"His combination of projectile based weaponry, defense, speed, flight capabilities, and a super move of his own is a clear sign that this is this Eggman's most dangerous weapon." Nezu said.
"And that's not all." Wiz jumped back in.
"There's more?!" Kinoko questioned loudly.
"Somehow, Eggman managed to make Metal Sonic an ever evolving force. Metal has the uncanny ability to scan and copy data from others, flawlessly replicating their abilities."
"Damn, Eggman sure stepped up his game." Boomstick said impressed.
"I'll say." Setsuna said, eyes wide. "This robo-Sonic is not only faster than every one of us, but also got a seemingly permanent and better version of Monoma's Quirk. I wonder if he can scan and duplicate our Quirks?"
Izuku, All Might, Gran Torino, and Bakugou shuddered to think what would happen if Metal Sonic scanned and One For All.
"Obtaining enough power can transform Metal into a number of more impressive forms, all of which increase his abilities immeasurably." Wiz explained.
A video was shown of Metal Sonic, now with larger spikes, claws, and a cape shoot out a bolt of lightning into the sky, and transform into a large abomination. This chimera formerly known as Metal Sonic had massive clawed arms, a lower body resembling that of an octopus or squid, large clawed wings, and his main body gaining a more draconic, malevolent appearance.
"HE'S A FREAKING DRAGON?!" Setsuna yelled.
"I think that might happen if he copies your Quirk, Ryukyu." Fat Gum said.
"I'm both inclined to agree and wish that wouldn't happen." Ryukyu replied. "I Really don't want to be responsible if I made that monster became That."
"The only downside to giving Metal a super brain is Eggman sometimes has trouble keeping him in line." Boomstick revealed. "Give him enough firepower and this metal monster will straight up destroy everything in its path, including his creator."
"So typical robot gains free will and turns against his creators and creates a robot apocalypse." Kyouka said. "Great. Just great."
"But even with his metallic minions waging war on his behalf, Dr. Eggman is perfectly willing to step into the battlefield himself." Wiz said.
EGG MOBILE
AKA the Egg-O-Matic
Universal Compatibility
Attachable Wreckling Ball
2 Machine Guns
Laser Cannons
Mounts "Death Egg Robot"
-Flight
-Rocket Arms
-Laser Cannon
"He pilots the infamous Eggmobile, a fast, single man pod with twin mounted machine guns, an attachable wrecking ball, and other iterations including laser cannons." Wiz continued.
"Kind of does look like an egg." Awase said. "A large, floating one with a wrecking ball."
"The Eggmobile's most vital function, however, is its universal compatibility to operate almost all of Eggman's machines." Wiz explained.
"An important function for him to be able to control and unleash his forces at the press of a button." Endeavor said.
"It is able to attach and form the humungous Death Egg Robot, that can fly and is armed with spiked rocket arms and lasers." Boomstick added.
"And he has a giant mech?!" Kaminari questioned. "Makes you wonder how this guy gets defeated by a blue hedgehog."
"Considering that hedgehog can go faster than the speed of sound and can become invincible, I don't wonder at all." Momo replied.
"Eggman is vicious and clever." Wiz detailed more of the mad scientist. "He's an expert at playing his opponents right into his hands. For example, when he tricked the powerful Super Sonic into a trap where he harnessed the powers of the Chaos Emeralds to split the planet apart and awakened an ancient dark entity."
The video showed Eggman laughing as he trapped Super Sonic, split him into regular Sonic and the Chaos Emeralds, harnessed their power and fired a beam of Chaos energy into the Earth, causing it to split apart like a giant jigsaw puzzle.
Jaws dropped left and right at the absurd, horrifying sight shown to them.
"My Lord!" Ibarra gasped in horror.
The heroes' eyes sweated in admitting fear of the mad doctor's capabilities and his intellect. Nezu frowned, fully seeing why this evil villain has a high enough intellect and major villain to face.
"This mad scientist has done it all, from creating a Death Star ripoff known as the Death Egg, blown up half the moon and made it into a half machine satellite, caused rifts in the space-time continuum by harnessing the power of some space-time monster and his own past self, chained multiple alien worlds to form a theme park, not joking, and even conquered the whole world." Boomstick listed Eggman's feats.
With every feat listed, eyes grew wider and jaws dropped further. The students grew more fearful and wary of the mad doctor, with even Bakugou and Kamakiri paying more serious attention, and likewise their respect and praise for the doctor's blue hedgehog nemesis grew for having to face such a destructive evil. The heroes were too wide-eyed astonished at the feats that Robotnik achieved and hoped to never have to face the likes of him in their own reality.
"Yet, Eggman can be overly obsessive to the point of overlooking some important factors in an effort to concentrate on a single goal." Wiz explained.
"That will definitely be a problem for him against Wily." Melissa said. "If he's too focused on one goal in particular then he could get easily blindsided by foes and information he could have easily noticed."
"That and also his metal robots that can be easily broken by hedgehog quills." Boomstick joked.
"Then my blades will cut through those hunks of junk easily." Kamakiri bragged.
"As if!" Bakugou retorted. "If anything, my explosions will blow them all to husking smithereens."
"My blades." Kamakiri insisted.
"Explosions." Bakugou replied.
"My Blades!" Kamakiri repeated louder.
"Explosions!" Bakugou yelled.
"Enough." Aizawa said, wrapping the two in his scarf and glaring at them with red eyes. "Stop this useless bickering and yelling or its a weeks worth of detention."
Bakugou and Kamakiri nodded, grumbling, and sat down as Aizawa released them.
"But while this can be a perilous game for the mad doctor, his obsessions and his tenacity only make Eggman dangerously unpredictable." Wiz finished.
"A nice dream." Eggman said ominously as he stood in a pit. "But dreams are meant to be..." He pressed his feet together, fire shooting out of them and making him fly up after his capturer. "Broken!"
The group thought over their opinions over the egg-themed robot mastermind. The heroes were wary of the robotic madman, fearing that an all out invasion from him could be devastating, yet some, like Endeavor and Miruko, were quick to point out that if they could be easily destroyed by a hedgehog then they could be easily dealt with. Fat Gum was quick to point out the armada of warships, while Nezu reminded them that, if such a situation comes true, to be wary of the hostage animals imprisoned inside the machines.
To the students, they too were wary of the mad genius, with Melissa and Mei, begrudgingly, respecting his engineering mastery, the same begrudging respect over his intelligence being given by Momo, Iida, and Jurota.
As for Izuku, he was more concerned over Metal Sonic. He remembered that Sonic was his counterpart, and a powerful one at that, so to imagine having to face a more powerful, advanced, evil version of himself was rather disturbing, not to mention a army of evil robots to add things on top. Izuku would too quickly remember that Sonic facing down Villains, no matter how many or how powerful, smiling without fear, and save others is exactly the kind of Hero he always wanted to be. Like All Might.
Izuku would shake his head and reaffirm his conviction to reach that goal, to become a Hero like that, and face down whatever evil comes his way. He just hoped that he wouldn't have to face that kind of army anytime soon.
The second fighter was shown and the group agreed with Boomstick's description of this guy as 'Einstein without Rogaine'. This mad doctor was an old man with Einstein-like gray hair and a moustache, with large ears and, what Bakugou and Kamakiri humorously called, a butt chin. He wore a white lab coat over a dress shirt, a red tie, and khakis pants.
Wily
"Dr. Wily is the infamous mad doctor of the Mega Man universe with the desire for global domination." Wiz started things off.
"Its still surprising and amazing to know that Mega Man is real." Sato said amazed. "In another universe I mean."
"I do wonder just how many of his Robot Masters Wily will be using?" Melissa questioned. "All of them?"
"Probably not." Izuku said. "They will likely limit him to his most powerful and most popular Robot Masters, like maybe Yellow Devil and Bass, to compete with Eggman."
"Why you may ask?" Boomstick jokingly asked. "Because his feelings were hurt."
BACKGROUND
Full Name: Dr. Albert W. Wily
Age: 57
Ex-Professor of the Robot University of Technology
PhD: Electronics Engineering
Knows Ninjutsu
"Wily's descent into madness and villainy were spurred on by being constantly outshined by his superior, and insensitive, rival, the brilliant Dr. Light." Wiz jumped back in. "Having enough ridicule and spurred on by jealousy, Doctor Albert Wily turned to a life of crime to achieve fame and power."
"Not that I'm excusing his villainy, but I guess you could say that this was Dr. Light's fault for being a jerk and a bully." Itsuka said.
"Bullying is a deplorable act that I find Villainous as well!" Iida jumped in preaching, his arms chopping up and down. "Bullying can cause devastating to even irreparable mental and social damage and can likely lead the victim to a dangerous path in their future or serious self-harm, both mentally and physically!"
"Yeah!" Mina joined. "I didn't understand half of what Iida said, but I Hate Bullies! They are So Mean!"
"Bullying and picking on people is seriously Unmanly." Kirishima grumbled.
Bakugou listened with anxiousness, flinching and gritting his teeth in self-frustration at every word his classmates said, especially Kirishima. He wondered how they would react if they found out that one of those very same people they despise was sitting right next to them? Bakugou's teeth gritted more as his mentally cursed at himself for being such a stupid, prideful idiot in the past.
Izuku peaked over to Bakugou with a sad frown. He knew, more than anyone, that bullying is inexcusable and, in some cases, traumatizing, but that didn't mean that he couldn't feel sympathy and sadness over his own former bully's clear mental agony. He knew that his childhood friend regretted his actions and was seeking amends, and he would be there to help him, but hearing the words of his peers, including his friend, must have struck a sensitive cord in Bakugou. He wished he could help but he knew making any move now would lead to suspicion, so he would remain quiet.
Meanwhile, the two's actions were actually witnessed to that of Kyouka and Todoroki. Kyouka could practically hear the loud, nervous heartbeat of Bakugou, and looked to his anxious, angry, and fearful face, a combination that wasn't common on the explosive blonde. She could likewise hear the nervous heartbeat of her crush, and noticed him peaking towards Bakugou. Kyouka remembered that the two had history outside of U.A., and memories of their interactions, especially their First Battle Training, came back to her, making her start to stare at the explosive blonde in suspicion.
Todoroki likewise noticed Deku's not so discreet glance at Bakugou, the green-haired teen's expression indicative that he knew what Bakugou was feeling. Todoroki remembered the knowledge of the two's past outside of U.A. and realized that Bakugou's nervous expression, something was already a red flag in of itself, only happened after everybody starting talking about bullies and the actions of bullying. He knew that someone bullying the likes of Bakugou was highly unlikely, but Midoriya though.
'He was rather ruthless and rude towards Midoriya in the beginning of the year.' Todoroki thought over as he stared at Bakugou with glaring suspicion.
"Oh yeah, trying to take over the world is a sure fire way to get famous." Boomstick said. "Just ask this guy?"
The screen showed an image of a certain dictator with a tiny mustache and infamous salute. Said infamous figure garnering glares of displeasure and hate and stares of distaste.
"It would appear that even in their reality, their world suffered the horrors of WWII." Jurota said. "Deplorable."
"And here I thought that guy wouldn't be remembered today." Mic said. "Like when was that, 300 years ago?"
"The acts of history must always be remembered, lest we risk repeating the same mistakes, in new ways, in the future." Nezu wisely spoke.
ROBOT INFANTRY
Met
-Defensive Hard Hat
Sniper Joe
-Defensive Shield
Blader
-Flying Recon Robot
Hothead
-Throws Fire, but Cannot Move
Paozo
-Vacuum Powered Ball Action
"Whether through his own engineering or impressive hacking, over the years, Wily developed a large diverse robot army built on the ideals of both solid defense and ranged firepower." Wiz explained.
"So both robot armies great defenses but Eggman's are focused more of speed and Wily's on ranged firepower." Asui said. "Sounds like it could be an even match if Eggman's robots can speed away from Wily's own's ranged attacks."
"Yeah, but Wily's robots are really tough." Mei spoke. "Those babies have super impressive shielding and defensive measures that will makes it hard to destroy if they aren't caught off-guard."
"Which can all be destroyed a certain android's peashooter." Boomstick said, showing said certain blue android.
"Huh, I think I see why these two are fighting." Sen said. "Both have robot armies, both are mad scientists that want to take over the world, yet their robots are defeated easily by blue-colored hero dudes."
"I do wonder what Mega Man's counterpart could be?" Awase said.
"Who better than yours truly." Monoma boasted. "Both me and Mega Man can copy the powers of others and we are both clearly talented, unlike a certain class."
While the final part of his statement was whispered, it was loud enough that it had the students of 1-A frown distastefully at the blonde douche, while said douche's own class sighed and groaned at his persistent antagonistic behavior towards their peers.
"Mets, those little guys in hard hats, Sniper Joes, and Bladers make up the bulk of his forces." Wiz continued, showing images of Wily's robots, including little robots with hardhats, laser shooting robots, and flying droids.
"Urgh, those Mets are so damn annoying!" Kaminari groaned. "I remember trying to blast those suckers and they always crouch and block while they hit me when I'm not attacking! Urgh! It took So Long to finish them!"
"I actually have to agree with Dunce Head." Kyouka said. "They really were a pain. And I'm sure they are going to be a pain for Eggman."
"With Hotheads and robo-Elephants, oh my!" Boomstick sarcastically exclaimed, showing an images of robots that were on and throwing fire, as well as a robotic elephant tossing and sucking in a large ball.
"I almost forgot that he had robot elephants." Asui said. "They looked so adorable the first time I saw them."
"Um, excuse me, but why did he make those robots or did he hack them into his control?" Momo asked.
"A bit of both rea-Wait...Yaomomo, have you never played Mega Man before?" Uraraka asked.
Momo twiddled her thumbs nervously. "I-I never played much video games before." The rich girl admitted. "I was always either reading, studying, practicing my piano lessons, or working on my Quirk."
The students gasped horrified. "You poor poor thing!" Mina exclaimed in horror. "Don't worry, Mama Mina is here! We are going to make up for lost time and get you caught up!"
"Not so fa-" Aizawa was about to say before he was interrupted by Midnight and Mic.
"Come on Eraser, let the kids be kids and let them have their fun." Mic said. "Its not like she will suddenly go behind just playing one little game."
"Yeah, plus, if she doesn't have more fun once in a while with her friends, she is going to end up with poor social skills, like a certain someone I know." Midnight said with a smirk. "And that wouldn't rational, now would it?"
Aizawa remained silent, choosing to merely glare at her.
"Um, can I possibly join too?" Todoroki asked. "I'm on the same boat as Yaoyorozo."
"I unfortunately spend the bulk of my childhood in my studies than video games."
"OH THE HUMANITY!" Kaminari exclaimed in horror. "What World Are We Living Where Three Kids Have Never Played A Single Video Game?!"
"Sure you can Todoroki." Izuku said. "In fact, you can borrow one of my Pokemon games, if you like. The strategy element to it I think you will like. And Iida, I think there are some racing games that might help you with your reaction time."
"That sounds like a delightful mind-easing distraction that would also work as training for me." Iida said. "I thank you for the offer, Midoriya.
"Thanks." Todoroki said, smiling in appreciation.
"But Wily is a mastermind in more than just killer hardware." Wiz said.
ROBOENZA VIRUS
Created by Wily
Only Affects Robots
Makes Robots Violent & Unreasonable
Precursor for Wily's Maverick Virus
"His Roboenza virus is a deadly disease for robots, making them unstable and violent with no regard for human life." Wiz revealed.
"How does a Robot get infected with a vir-OH I get it!" Boomstick exclaimed.
"I was literally a second away from smacking myself if he didn't get it." Melissa said, earning chuckles from the students.
"Although that Roboenza virus could be disastrous for Eggman." Power Loader said. "If Wily uses it, it could drive Eggman's whole robot army against him in one fell swoop."
"Or perhaps make less controllable robots become incredibly aggressive, like Metal Sonic." David suggested.
YELLOW DEVIL
Height: Approximately 20 feet
Can Shapeshift
Dismantles and Uses Own Body as a Weapon
Immune to Cold
Weak to Fire & Electricity
Near-Indestructible
"Anyways, Wily's weirdest bot is definitely the Yellow Devil." Boomstick said, showing a bunch of yellow blobs forming into a large yellow humanoid robot with a large black and red eye. "A giant pulsating yellow blob thing that pulls itself apart and uses its own body as a weapon."
"Wait, how is that a robot?" Momo asked. "It looks more like a giant alien or even human with a Quirk that turns him into a stretchy blob."
"Possibly nanomachines that are designed to separate and reform instantaneously." Mei suggested.
"Its is nearly indestructible and one of Wily's most infamous creations." Wiz said.
"Except its weak to fire and electricity." Boomstick added. "Huh, it brings the heat but can't take it."
"This kind of gives credence to it being nanomachines." Melissa said. "Electricity would easily burn through and destroy a lot of the nanomachines connected together and fire would work better."
ROBOT MASTERS
Guts Man
-Super Arm: Lifts over 2 tons
-Immune to Cold
Metal Man
-Metal Blade: 8-Directional Death
-Designed for Combat
-Weak to his Own Weapon
Slash Man
-Slash Claw: Destroys Asteroids
-Red Adhesive: Traps Enemies
Magnet Man
-Magnet Missile: Homing
Sheep Man
Napalm Man
-Napalm Bomb: A Bouncing Bomb
-Missiles: Numerous Types
Pharaoh Man
-Pharaoh Shot: Controls Fire Energy
-Levitation
-Eye Shield
"Wily's army is led by his Robot Masters." Wiz revealed. "Formerly innocent and mostly civilian robots, only for the Roboenza virus to turn them into his violent, army-commanding generals."
"Wait so they are all basically brainwashed, innocent robo-dudes that are being controlled and manipulated by that evil Einstein creep?" Miruko questioned. "That's fucked up."
"Which Mega Man has no trouble blowing up to smithereens." Boomstick said. "You are brainwashed, but you did bad so now you die. Morality."
"Perhaps, unlike Sonic freeing the captive animals powering Eggman's robots, these Robot Masters are permanently altered and beyond saving." Itsuka suggested.
Izuku frowned at hearing that, the very thought of someone being unable to save or change one from their evil ways didn't sit right with him.
"Guts Man was a civil engineering machine remade as a powerhouse who can lift over two tons." Wiz revealed the first Robot Master, a large, bulky red robot with large arms.
"Guts Man sounds like a Manly name." Tetsutetsu said. "If only he wasn't a brainwashed goon."
"Still that is an impressive amount of strength." Shoji said. "More than 3 times the amount I lifted in Mr. Aizawa's Grip Strength Test."
"Metal Man was made specifically for killing things." Boomstick introduced the second, a red robot covered in saw blades. "You can tell 'cause he's got evil red eyes."
"Does that mean that Bakugou is secretly evil?" Kaminari joked, resulting in more laughs and Bakugou once more being restrained by the guys from murdering Kaminari.
"He wields ceramic, titanium Metal Blades, one of the deadliest weapons in video game history, and is made of lightweight material, making him quick footed." Wiz detailed. "Though he is also weak to his own blades."
"A classic double edge sword." Izuku said. "He likely also relies on his speed and quick feet to expertly dodge his own blades if they are that deadly."
"Slash Man is fast and agile and wields the Slash Claw, a portable alien blade that's designed to destroy asteroids!" Boomstick exclaimed, the robot green colored with sharp claws and orange spikes on its head. "Ok?"
"Wait, so he's entire existence is to destroy asteroids?" Fat Gum questioned. "How often to asteroids land on their world that they built a whole robot to destroy them?"
"Magnet Man is a tactical fighter who uses homing Magnet Missiles and Magnet shields to outmaneuver enemies." Wiz explained the fourth Robot Master, this one having magnets on its hands and a larger one of its red head.
"I'm actually surprised that he also doesn't have some form of magnet powers to control metal around him." Mount Lady said.
"Magnetism works more than just straight up connecting to metal." David said. "His Magnet Shield likely is powered by electromagnetic energy fields to repel objects and the homing Magnet Missiles are in fact him using magnetism to repel the magnets to whatever direction he wants or because Mega Man is also made of metal that the magnets track him."
"And then there's Sheep Man." Wiz said, sounding either perplexed or weirded out. "Originally designed to actually herd sheep-"
"Shocker." Boomstick quipped.
"Took the words right out of my mouth." Setsuna said.
"-He was reprogrammed by Wily to turn into clouds that shoot lightning, get bored easily, and fall apart when hit by rubber baseballs." Wiz finished.
"Huh?" Was all the group could say about the animal-themed robot, with even the 'science nerds', as Kaminari would put it, scratching their heads for any kind of logical explanation.
"What the fu-" Boomstick was about to curse before being censored-I mean-interrupted.
"Napalm Man is a walking weapon." Wiz interrupted Boomstick and revealed the next Robot Master, a large purple robot with missile launcher on his head and rockets launchers for arms.
"Now, that's more like it!" Bakugou yelled, grinning madly.
"And a Robot Master after my own heart." Boomstick announced. "He likes blowing shit up so much, that he built his own weapons museum...And then Blew It Up!"
"Um...he did that After he was infected with that virus, right?" Melissa asked. "Right?"
"AHAHAHAHAHA!" Bakugou roared in laughter. "THAT IS HILARIOUS! AHAHAHAHA!"
"I think we finally broke him." Sero joked.
"Pharaoh Man possesses a large arsenal of mysterious powers." Wiz moved onto the the next Robot Master, which was basically a robot modeled after a mummy with a cape and pharaoh headdress. "Which includes fireballs, energy waves, teleportation, a magic shield, and levitation.
"This feels less like robot powers and more just straight up magic." Kaminari said. "Like can these powers be explained scientifically?"
"Oh boy." Uraraka sighed, shaking her head.
The group looked to her confused.
"You really did it now, Shitty Pikachu." Bakugou groaned and smacking his forehead with his palm.
"Huh?" Kaminari questioned.
His answer was given as Todoroki pointed at Izuku.
"His 'magic shield, could very well be just a name as he is probably using a regular energy based shield." Izuku started muttering and writing in his notebooks like crazy. "His levitation could be controlling the gravity around to make him weightless like Uraraka, or he could have invisible air thrusters in his feet to give the impression of levitation. His teleportation is perhaps light-speed level travel between one point and another, his energy waves are likely compressed plasma in the form of a wave, and maybe the same the wit the fireball. Or could he have generate fire and control its size using some form of pyrokinesis?"
The group sweat dropped at Izuku's barely perceivable mumblings.
"S-Sorry." Kaminari muttered, as Kouta snapped his idol out of his mumbling with his Water Quirk.
"And yet with all that, he's known for being a little punch-happy." Boomstick revealed.
"That's like being a wizard and instead of using your magic you just whack bad guys over the head with your staff or something." Honenuki said
"Yet with this vast, versatile array of robot warriors, Wily's ultimate Robot Master is none other than Bass." Wiz revealed.
BASS
Treble (Robot Dog Assistant)
Bass Buster
-Charge Shot
-Rapid Fire
Jet Booster
Powered by Bassnium
Super Adapter
Copy Ability
The screen showed a robot similar to Mega Man, but taller and armored black and lines in gold. His helmet includes two yellow fin-like protrusion, similar to a cobra, a triangular crystal in his chest, a blue star shaped crystal on his forehead, purple lines running down his eyes, white armored hands, and armored shoulder.
"So Bass is in this fight too." Kyouka said.
"So cool!" Melissa gushed excited.
"A direct imitation of his nemesis, Mega Man." Wiz explained.
"So both Eggman's and Wily's greatest creations are direct imitations of their enemy." All Might noted.
"Another similarity, though let us see if this Bass can match up to Metal Sonic." Nezu said.
"He even has a robo-dog helper called Treble." Boomstick added, showing the robotic purple dog with a large armored man, tubes sticking down its body and a tail made out of a tube and purple cylinder, and large purple metal paws. "Not enough you copy the dude, but you also have to copy his robo-doggie and make him ridiculously big and edgy."
"That thing looks more like wolf or a lion than a dog." Mineta said.
"That big purple mane looks ridiculously unfashionable." Aoyama pointed out.
"Bass is powered by Bassnium, an extremely potent and unique energy source." Wiz revealed.
"Bassnium?" Boomstick questioned. "You just made that up."
"I wish I did." Wiz sighed.
"Bassnium?" Kamakiri questioned. "What the heck kind of name is Bassnium? Was it found when someone was fishing or playing the bass?"
"Well, instrument named elements aside, he wields the Bass Buster, an army cannon that has both rapid fire and Charge shot settings." Boomstick continued.
"He is programmed to be able to copy any action he has ever seen." Wiz explained. "If he gets a hold of another's weapons, he can use it to the same effectiveness as the original owner."
"Both Metal and Bass can copy an opponent's abilities." Jurota said. "And interesting comparison that might decide the fight between the two."
"But here is brain teaser: If one of them copies the other's ability to copy abilities, will they just have a copy of that same copying ability they already have, and also if one copies another's ability but the other copies that same ability they copied, will they just have two of the same abilities or replace the other?" Awase said.
"Owie, my brain hurts!" Hagakure cried out as she rubbed her invisible head, while Kaminari's own brain was literally shortcuited.
"He can also fuse with Treble using the Super Adapter creating Super Bass." Boomstick said.
Bass and Treble, on screen, formed in purple light to form this new form where Bass is armored black and purple, his cobra-fin protrusions becoming a larger and purple, and black and purple wings sprouted out from his back.
"That actually looks pretty sick." Setsuna complimented.
"Bass is extremely powerful, but brash and arrogant." Wiz said. "He seeks to prove he is the strongest robot warrior there is and will even disobey Dr. Wily's orders if he thinks they impede his goal. Though he will not kill his creator, he has occasionally attacked him."
"Just like Metal Sonic and Eggman." Izuku said. "I wonder which one will turn on their creator first?"
"He even became an anti-hero, stealing a page out of Shadow the Hedgehog's playbook." Boomstick pointed out.
"Sounds like he should be fighting Shadow or rather those robot Shadows than Metal Sonic." Uraraka said.
"But should Bass come after his mad creator, that's when Wily busts out his personal fighting vehicle." Boomstick continued.
WILY MACHINE 8
Houses Wily Capsule
Rocket-Powered Flight
Missile Launcher
Boomerang Buzzsaw
Tri-Barrel Laser Blaster
Large Laser Cannon Within Skull
"The Wily Machine has gone through several variations." Wiz explained, showing multiple version of Wily's fighting vehicle.
"Even a dinosaur!" Boomstick exclaimed, showing a floating, fire-breathing mech with a purple body and tail, spikes running down the spine, and a skull for a head with two horns sprouting out from each side.
"That's So Cool!" Setsuna yelled, eyes bright at the dinosaur looking mech. "I So Want One Of Those!"
"Considering its face is a skull and looks pretty evil-looking, I don't think that would be good to have when doing Hero work, Setsuna." Itsuka said.
"Also rather overkill." Yui added.
"Though Wily's favorite appears to be machine #8." Wiz pointed out, said #8 Machine as a large skull, wily visible through one of its eyes, two fins sticking out on each side of the skull, and large exhausts on the back that shoot out fire to keep it in flight.
"Good ole 8 can fly, launch missiles, and has a triple barrel laser cannon and a Boomerang Buzzsaw." Boomstick listed his capabilities.
"It also houses Wily's personal transportation, the Wily Capsule." Wiz added.
"Which makes the Worst Sound You've Ever Heard In Your Life!" Boomstick yelled.
The device blared out a screeching, wailing alarm that had the viewing audience clutching their ears in pain, especially a pained Kyouka.
"MY EARS!" Miruko yelled, covering her large bunny ears in pain. "MOTHER FUCKER!"
Izuku made to cover Eri's ears over her own, cringing in pain as he experienced the full blaring sound of the machine. Suddenly the sound lessened, as two disembodied hands were covering his own ears. He looked up to see Setsuna, flashing a smile and winking while gesturing to the sides of her head, her ears notably disconnected and missing from her head, likely stored somewhere from the noise.
Izuku smiled in appreciation, one that made the fellow green-haired teen blush.
"Make it Stop!" Boomstick groaned. "MAKE IT STOP!"
As the alarming sound ended, and the group sighed in relief, Kyouka turned to Momo and asked "Can you please make me noise canceling earmuff, Yaomomo? I know that sound if coming back in their fight and I don't think i can take it anymore."
"Sure." Momo said, pulling up her sleeve to reveal a glowing blue spot on her arm, the requested earmuffs popping out of Momo's body.
"Wily designs and commands his robots with long term strategy in mind and, as a result, often keeps his team as flexible as possible." Wiz said. "Though this means each robot has a specific, exploitable weaknesses."
"Smart thinking." Melissa said. "With a flexible team with varied abilities, they can come prepared for any kind of threat and situation."
"Guts Man is clearly the most strongest, physically, Slash and Metal Man can cut through any enemy defenses easily, Magnet Man, Pharaoh Man, and even Sheep Man are great all around-ers, from defensive, ranged offense, and evasion, while Napalm Man is a clear firepower expert." Izuku listed.
"And Bass can probably copy all of the moves of Eggman's evil babies." Mei pointed out.
"Although given how these Death Battles are usually fast, a long term strategy is likely not effective against straight forward war against an opposing force." Iida said. "And Metal Sonic could easily match and even best Bass perhaps."
"All of which were found out and used by a single, power changing blue android." Boomstick pointed.
"As a unit, Wily's team is prepared for anything." Wiz finished.
"I will create Chaos," Wily ranted as he juggled a model moon and Earth. "Destroy Everything, and the Best part, oooh, the Very Best part is," He turned to a machine and typed commands in. "I have Finally gotten the best of Dr. Light! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
With the end of the second fighter's analysis, the group thought over the second mad doctor and his chances of winning. The students knew all lot about Wily beforehand, causing their thoughts to be more split between confident and unsure. Izuku knew that Wily was dangerous but was wary that Eggman and Metal Sonic were perhaps the greater, more dangerous force. Monoma meanwhile was already taking bets from his classmates that they will reveal additional counterparts and that Mega Man's would be his.
The heroes gave Wily a bit of respect for his flexible team strategy and his priority over both offense and defense. Though most felt that his variability was a possible weakness as well, giving Wily no other real edge over Eggman beside versatility, while the egg-themed doctor had a clear win in firepower and speed with the fleet of warships and Metal Sonic.
"Alright, the combatants are set!" Wiz said. "Let's end this debate once and for all!"
"ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BATTTTTTLLLLLEEEE!" Boomstick announced.
As the device paused and scanned for counterparts, the votes were decided. For Eggman, ultimately, the most notable of voters, despite the reluctance in voting for a Villain, included Izuku, based mostly on Metal Sonic, Mei, who found Eggman's style of robots more amusing and interesting than Wily's, Momo and Iida, who found the mad doctor's feats and intellect more impressive, Power Loader, who was more biased on Eggman's mech being similar to his own mech in its humanoid design, Endeavor and Miruko, who thought the warships at the mad doctor's arsenal were an easy winner, Kyouka, who voted out of petty against Wily's ear-murdering capsule, Aoyama, who liked Metal Sonic's belly laser, and Gran Torino, swayed mostly on Eggman's robots focusing of speed.
As for Wily's most notable voters, they included Bakugou, easily swayed by Napalm Man, Kamakiri, swayed similarly by both Slash and Metal Man, Koda, who was voted out of spite against Eggman's animal cruelty, Monoma, justifying his vote in that he was sure that he was Mega Man (how does that make sense?), Kirishima and Tetsutetsu, who liked Wily's more defensive robots, Kaminari, who liked that Sheep man could shoot lightning, Melissa and David Shield, who appreciated more the advanced sentient robots more than Eggman's robots, and Aizawa, who found Wily's versatility and vvaried fighters rational.
Nezu chose to omit his vote, choosing to keep his reasonings secret. Though when asked, he gave off a smile.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device announced. "DR. EGGMAN! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: DR. DARUMA UJIKO AKA KYUDAI GARAKI!"
"Its that same doctor that Deku met." Uraraka growled, still pissed off at hearing the cruel words that doctor said to her crush and hero.
Others of the group growled at the man's image, especially All Might, Bakugou, and the rest of the Deku's unofficial harem.
Nezu, meanwhile, narrowed his eyes and rubbed his chin. 'I was right.' He hummed. 'The reason for Gerald Robotnik's similar appearance to that doctor is because that very same doctor is counterparts with Gerald Robotnik's grandson. Although now with this doctor once more a counterpart to a Villain, garners further need for investigation of this man. As a precaution.'
Izuku flinched at the man's image and memory, his fists clenching. 'Why did we have to go meet him of all doctors?' Izuku thought. 'Didn't Mom say that my father recommended him?'
"DR. WILY! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: DR. DARUMA UJIKO AKA KYUDAI GARAKI!"
"Wait, he's Both of them?!" Mina yelled in surprise.
"Its almost like with Izuku as both Luke Skywalker and Harry Potter." Momo said. "Its likely because they are both so similar that their counterparts are similar as well. I wonder if this will occur more often with more similar fighters?"
"Ugh, I hope not." Kyouka replied. "Sounds rather boring if you ask me."
"Although I suppose this paring of counterparts has a a bright side." Asui said as she looked to Izuku. "No matter who wins, you can watch the man who hurt you as a kid get destroyed as payback."
"T-That's a little much, Tsu." Uraraka stuttered, a nervous sweat drop over her head. "Deku's not the vindictive type."
"I-It's fine, Uraraka." Izuku said. "I get what As-I mean-Tsu means and I appreciate it. Thanks for trying to make me feel better, Tsu." Izuku smiled gratefully at the frog girl.
"No problem." Tsuyu replied, a small blush on her cheeks. "Ribbit." She whispered/croaked pleased with herself.
"ADDITIONAL MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device suddenly continued.
"HA! You See! I Was Right!" Monoma declared dramatically. "I knew that there would be additional counterparts that it would reveal!"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Shinsou grumbled annoyed. "No one was disagreeing with you on that part. We were just doubtful of you being Mega Man."
"Just you watch!" Monoma replied. "You will see that I am the main protagonist of the Mega Man world and show you 1-A idiots that I am-"
"BASS! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: NIETO MONOMA!"
Monoma went silent, his smug face frozen, gawking noises escaping his mouth.
"You were saying?" Shinsou asked, causing laughter to erupt from the students, while Monoma fumed.
"Well I guess he wasn't wrong." Yui said. "He was Mega Man. Mega Man's evil, Arrogant copy." The normally quite girl put more emphasis on the arrogant part of Bass's personality than the evil part.
"METAL SONIC! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART UNVERIFIABLE!"
"Huh?" Melissa questioned, the rest of the group likewise confused. "What does it mean unverifiable?"
"METAL SONIC IS A ROBOTIC LIFE FORM OF DEBATEABLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE! UNABLE TO VERIFY HUMANOID COUNTERPART! FUTURE UPDATE REQUIRED!"
"Ah, so the device cannot clearly compare Metal Sonic because it is a robot duplicate of Sonic rather than an actual person." Iida said.
"But wait, didn't it make a counterpart to that AI of Master Chief from the last fight?" Itsuka asked.
"Perhaps because it was a more defined artificial intelligence with a more developed and detailed personality." Izuku proposed. "Or perhaps the AI was based on someone in that universe and that person was the one that was compared to."
"The only flaw in that argument is that the device compared the AI rather than the actual person if that were the case." Todoroki replied, Izuku sweat dropping embarrassed.
"The device also said that Metal Sonic's artificial intelligence is debatable and requires an upgrade." Jurota pointed out. "It could be the device cannot accurately place a counterpart to Metal Sonic yet because its scanner or whatever means it uses to identify counterparts is incomplete."
"So like its unfinished?" Kinoko asked. "Why would Wiz and Boomstick send an unfinished one?"
"Remember that they had to do it quickly because of their government hunting them." Reiko pointed out.
"Alright, alright, enough of all of this talking, let's just continue so we can see these robot tear each other apart!" Bakugou roared.
The group agreed with the explosive blonde and quickly wrapped up their individual conversations to continue the video.
The video continued, showing Eggman and his forces, consisting so far of Moto Bugs, Buzz Bombers, SWATbots, and Caterkillers marching, floating, and crawling towards Wily's own forces, showing Mets, Sniper Joes, Bladers, Hotheads, and Paozos. Eggman floated by in his Egg Mobile, Orbbot and Cubebot floating next to him, while Wily flew overhead in his Wily Capsule, the horrible blaring noise sounding again.
The group flinched at the painful, annoying sound, Kyouka quickly placing the earmuff over her ears.
"GOD DAMMIT!" Bakugou cursed as he covered his ears. "I Swear If I Have To Continue Hearing This Shitty Noise, I'm Ripping my Own Fucking Ears Off!"
"Looks like they are starting off their fight with their regular infantry." 13 noted.
"In regular warfare, the generals and more valuable assets are normally reserved for last, sending them out as their enemy's forces are tired and worn out." Aizawa said. "Its exactly what happened in my fight against the Villain in the USJ, they tired me out with their goons and left me vulnerable to Shigaraki and that Nomu."
FIGHT!
"Attack! Attack!" Eggman yelled out, his words displayed in a white text box next to him, as Buzz Bombers flew past him. "For The Eggman Empire!"
"Fool!" Wily replied out loud, his text box contrastingly in black, as Bladers flew past him. "My firepower is superior! Attack!"
The Buzz Bombers rained down yellow laser orbs down onto Wily's force. The rained down Mets crouched, the lasers bouncing off their hard helmets. They rose up and fired back with their own yellow laser pellets, striking and destroying the Buzz Bombers firing on them.
"Looks like the Mets are still as hard headed as ever." Kaminari voiced his thoughts. "And they destroyed Eggman's robots easily."
"With those impressive defenses, they will be hard for Eggman to destroy." Melissa said.
The Moto Bugs charged at the Paozo, only to be knocked away by the robotic elephant's rolling ball.
"Ha! They went down like a bunch of pinballs!" Monoma declared. "What a truly pathetic show this Eggman is making!"
"Is there an off-switch to him?" Mina asked Itsuka. "Or at the very least something to turn down the condescending tone in his voice?"
"Unfortunately no." Itsuka replied.
"Ouch, you guys must have it rough." Mina cringed.
"You don't know the half of it." Kendo sighed.
The Sniper Joes jumped in front of the Pazo and opened fire on Eggman's robots. The blaster fire easily destroyed a good number of Eggman's Egg Pawns before they opened fire themselves, their lasers quickly joined by those of the SWATbots. The Sniper Joes blocked the laser fire with their near impenetrable shields, retaliating once more as they quickly obliterated the rest of the opposing Egg Paws and SWATbots.
"Man, its not looking good for Eggman." Mirio noted.
"They are getting annihilated." Sato said.
Koda whimpered in fear and nervousness, something which Mina picked up and said "Aww, don't worry Koda. I'm sure the animals are safe. They are likely being freed we just can't see them through all the smoke."
Koda started to calm down, smiling and nodding at Mina.
"Haha!" Wily laughed. "Your minions are outmatched!"
"Unfortunately, he's right Dr. Eggman." Orbbot said. "Our forces are being easily destroyed by comparison."
"Yeah, and his bots are wrecking ours too ." Cubebot repeated unintentionally, watching as a pieces of a bot flew past him. " NO! Cousin Susan! Why are were you fighting?! You were a vacuum!"
"Wait, his cousin is a vacuum?" Kosei questioned.
"That's what your questioning?" Kamakiri questioned with a raised eyebrow. "And not why a fucking vacuum is fighting?"
"No matter." Eggman calmly replied, raising his hand. "Get a load of this!"
Suddenly, E-101 Beta materialized beside Eggman, speaking in its robotic voice "Target Confirmed." The black and white colored robot flew at super speeds over Wily's forces, raining down explosive energy blasts, and easily destroying multiple Sniper Joes, Paozos, and a few Mets before they crouched. Bladers swarmed towards Beta who merely swiped and Backhanded them away as they exploded.
"Woah, that flying robot is turning the tides." Nejire exclaimed. "He's easily blowing up Wily's robots."
A swarm of Mets marched, stopping as a large, comical bomb landed next to them, the Eggman insignia on it. It exploded and destroyed them as the EggRobo, who dropped the bomb from his own EggMobile, floated above. The Shadow Androids skated past two Hotheads they tried throwing fireballs at them, as Silver Sonic and Mecha Sonic appeared, curled into spiky balls and shredded through them, the two fiery Wily bots exploding.
"Looks like all of Eggman's Badniks are coming out of the woodwork." Snipe said. "They look like they can easily take care of Wily's main forces."
"Don't forget that Wily still has his Robot Masters in reserve." Vlad King replied. "I'm sure he's going to release them now that Eggman's Badniks showed up."
"Hohoho!" Eggman laughed. "Now who's robots are outmatched?!"
"Brilliant strategy, your evilness." Orbbot praised his creator. "That pretender's forces are paling at the might of the Badniks."
"Yeah and he's losing too." Cubebot added.
"Is Orbbot just going to say big words and praise Eggman while Cubebot just repeats what he says only stupider?" Honenuki asked.
"Looks like it." Shihai replied.
"Robot Masters! Go!" Wily commanded, Napalm Man blasting past Wily, Slash Man jumping towards the enemy, Guts Man shoulder charging forward, Pharaoh Man floating out a portal from the ground, and Metal Man landing beside Wily.
"See." Vlad said as he gestured to his correct assumption.
Slash Man jumped in and slashed and destroyed a few of Eggman's robots, Metal Man landing behind him and firing his titanium blades at the enemy robots.
"They are grouping and fighting in teams to watch each other's backs." Fat Gum said. "Surprisingly good teamwork from these evil robots."
"Well, technically evil brainwashed robots." Ryukyu pointed out.
EggRobo and Beta were being magnetically drawn in by Magnet Man's Magnet Shield, with the magnet-themed robot quickly firing his Homing Magnet Missiles and destroying the two Badniks.
"No!" Mei shouted. "Not those babies! They were the coolest and most adorable ones!"
"I am having a hard time figuring out how she found that Beta one cute." Ojiro whispered to the Izuku, Uraraka, and Iida.
"Trust us, we are just as clueless." Izuku replied, Uraraka and Iida nodding in agreement.
Mecha Sonic and Pharaoh Man floated towards each other, Mecha Sonic curling and spinning in his spiky rolled up form and launching himself towards Pharaoh Man, The mummy-themed robot quickly floated up escaped through a portal, Mecha Sonic flying past. Pharaoh Man came down another appearing portal before quickly creating a shield that looked like an eye, Mecha Sonic crashing and struggling to shred through. Mecha Sonic ceased his attack, Pharaoh Man quickly taking advantage and firing an fireball at the robot, instantly destroying it.
"That was actually a rather tense fight there." Shindo said. "But looks like Pharaoh Man won in the end."
"Wily and his Robot Masters appear to be dominating the field again." Jurota said.
Mecha Knuckles and a Moto Bug were stopped short by Guts Man who lifted up the Moto Bug easily and hurled it at the robot echidna, it exploding in a puff of fire and smoke. Silver Sonic zoomed past as it was being chased and fired on by Napalm Man.
"AHA!" Bakugou yelled in victory. "Looks like Eggman's robots are shit compared to Wily's! Looks like I am going to win this bet Deku!"
Just as Bakugou said that, a green laser came out of nowhere and engulfed Napalm Man in a large fiery explosion.
"Its like you are purposefully trying to jinx yourself." Tokoyami stated as Bakugou gaped in shock.
As the flames and smoke faded, a prismatic black and purple shield, purple lightning sparking around it was shown, the shield disappearing as Metal Sonic fully emerged.
Izuku frowned at the sight of his counterpart's evil, robotic equivalent, knowing that the tide was about to turn back in Eggman's favor.
Metal Sonic looked at the unconscious Napalm Man with glowing red eyes, its sensors scanning it before it beeped in completion. Metal Sonic's chest glowed bright yellow before a yellow beam of energy shot out and left the explosive themed robot nothing more than a burning pyre of fire.
"FUCK!" Bakugou cursed.
"That's what you get for tempting fate, Bakugou!" Mineta laughed out, before he was repaid with Bakugou's own explosion to his laughing face.
As Metal flew overhead, Sheep Man stood, until Scratch & Grounder appeared and charged onto the sheep-themed robot. A comical dust cloud formed, the sounds of clashing, clanging, and punching sounded as Scratch and Grounder yelled out "I Got Him!" and "No, I Got Him!"
As the comical dust cloud faded, Scratch and Grounder stood there with no sign of Sheep Man.
"I thought you had him?!" Grounder yelled in a goofy voice.
"I thought you had him?!" Scratch questioned back, pointing at him.
Meanwhile, above them, the one they thought they got fired lightning onto them, and in a puff of smoke and fire, the two's headless remains stood there,until their heads landed on the other's body, with Sheep Man standing there.
"Oh boy!" Cubebot said. "I sure hope we don't end up like that."
A split second after he said that, a lightning bolt struck his own head, the yellow cubed robot slumping.
Orbbot smacked his own head and sighing.
"AHAHAHAHAHA!" Miruko laughed. "Oh this is comedy gold!"
"Nothing like casually blowing idiot robot heads for laughs and chuckles." Pixie Bob chuckled.
Quickly, the three were suddenly shredded through by Silver Sonic as he Spin Dashed through the warzone.
"Wait did he just kill two of his own guys?" Tetsutetsu pointed out. "Not cool, dude!"
"Don't you mean not 'Manly'?" Kendo teased.
"S-Shut up." Tetsutetsu yelled, his cheeks blushing.
"That aside, Silver Sonic is obvious programmed to destroy his enemies, likely at all costs." Iida said.
"Plus its not like that robot is going to give two shits about those two shitty robots." Bakugou added.
Must you always be so unnecessarily vulgar?" Iida asked.
"I don't need to, but I like to." Bakugou replied.
Silver Sonic continued spin dashing, until three bolts of energy crashed into the spinning robot, obliterating it. From the fire and smoke, popped out a green Chaos Emerald.
"Its a Chaos Emerald." Kosei pointed.
"Thanks Captain Obvious." Kamakiri said.
"But what destroyed Silver Sonic?" Shihai asked.
The screen paned to show the destroyer of the Silver Sonic to be Bass, Treble standing by his side.
"AHA!" Monoma yelled. "It was obviously me!"
"Wow, he got over not being Mega Man quickly." Hagakure noticed.
"If anything he is tenacious." Itsuka said.
"Oh yeah." Bass said. "I'm a badass."
Monoma smirked.
"Again, kind of obvious." Yui said, gesturing between Bass and Monoma. "Extremely arrogant."
Monoma frowned and with gritted teeth.
"About time you showed up, Bass!" Wily yelled as he hovered towards his greatest creation. "Wait. What's that green thing?"
Before Bass could go over and take it, Metal Sonic sped out of nowhere and took the Chaos Emerald. Metal Sonic hovered in the air and glowed in blinding emerald light.
"Well that's not good for Wily." Mei said.
"Well...Good luck, Bass!" Wily yelled as he hovered away.
"Coward." Endeavor growled.
"Finally!" Bass yelled. "A worthy challenge."
Suddenly, orbs of yellow floated past Bass, making the black and gold colored android to look confused.
"Wait is that-" Uraraka said.
"Yellow Devil." Izuku muttered, finishing Uraraka's sentence.
The blobs flew past Metal Sonic and gathered into the large, infamous Yellow Devil. As for the metal clone of Sonic, the emerald light faded, revealing Metal Sonic in a new form consisting of larger blue spikes and claws.
"Metal Sonic transformed into a new form by harnessing the Chaos Emerald." Melissa said.
"Oh this is going to be good." Mina said, rubbing her hands in anticipation.
As Metal Sonic landed on the ground, he was enveloped by Yellow Devil's hand that slammed onto him.
"Or not." Mina said, her eyes surprised.
"No!" Eggman yelled as he flew and swung his wrecking ball onto Yellow Devil's form. "Get back, blob thing!"
Bass jumped on top of Yellow Devil and fired at the chain of Eggman's wrecking ball, the wrecking ball falling off and Eggman fleeing. A Shadow Android jumped in and Homing Attacked Bass, who blocked and swiftly destroyed it with a few energy orbs.
"Things aren't looking so good for Eggman." Nejire said.
"He still hasn't called in his fleet of ships yet." Mirio pointed out.
"This is a disaster." Eggman decreed. "Call in the Egg Fleet!"
"Never mind." Mirio chuckled.
"Not so fast, Fatso!" Wily's voice declared.
Eggman turned to see Wily hovering towards him, now manned in the Wily Machine #8. Eggman laughed as he lowered down and entered inside his own Death Egg Robot.
"Mech Battle!" Awase yelled excited.
Wily fired onto the marching Death Egg Robot with a few energy orbs, Eggman responding with the Death Egg Robot firing its rocket fists at the Wily Machine. The Wily Machine fired rockets at the large mech, Eggman backing up in response to the fire.
"Their mechs seem evenly matched." Midnight noted.
"This is so Wicked!" Mic yelled out, much to Eraser's ire.
The Robot Masters stood next to Yellow Devil, who's body started shifting till Metal Sonic flew out through its other side.
"Metal Sonic escaped!" Ragdoll yelled.
Metal Sonic crashed through and destroyed both Guts Man and Slash Man, before evading and striking through Yellow Devil, leaving behind two of Napalm Man's copied bombs that destroyed Yellow Devil.
"Wait how did he do that?" Kaminari questioned.
"Metal Sonic copied Napalm Man's abilities when he was unconscious so he can create his missiles." Izuku answered. "And with yellow Devil's weakness to fire, the explosions easily destroyed him."
Bakugou grumbled in anger at his favorite of the Robot Master's abilities being copied and used against his voted team.
"Dr. Wily!" Bass yelled as he appeared. "Look out!"
Metal Sonic super sped and struck the Wily Machine multiple times before it exploded, Wily flying off and tumbling in front of the Death Egg Robot.
"Wait! I admit defeat!" Wily begged for his life. "Please spare me!"
Eggman replied by stomping and squashing Wily under his mech's feet.
"Hohoho! Sucker!" Eggman laughed victoriously.
"Is that it?!" Bakugou yelled, as the Eggman voters started to cheer.
"No, it isn't." Nezu replied, making said cheering individuals pause in confusion.
"What do you mean?" Mina asked. "He literally squashed him."
"Just continue watching." Nezu merely said.
Eggman moved his foot to see Wily's remains...only to find Wily's fake head on a spring.
"What?" Eggman cried out. "Its a Dummy!"
"I believe you all forget that when they showed Bass, he fired on Wily to show that it was actually a Dummy Wily too." Nezu said.
"Wait so was that Wily always fake?" Jurota asked.
"Possibly." Nezu replied. "Or Wily used his Ninjitsu training to quickly replace himself with a dummy of himself."
"Look who's talking!" Wily's voice declared. Eggman turned to find another large mech standing against him, this one the dinosaur-like mech.
"YES!" Setsuna cheered. "DINO MECH!"
With Metal, he smacked Treble Away, before quickly throwing up his Black Shield and blocking Metal Man's thrown blades. Metal Sonic lowered his shields, created three copied versions of Metal Man's blades and fired them on the red eyed robot, destroying it.
"What?!" Kamakiri yelled. "I thought those blades can cut through anything!"
"Almost anything." Tokoyami corrected. "Metal Sonic's Black Shield was also claimed to be impenetrable, so it was able to block his blades, copy his power at the same time, and destroy him with his own blades that he is weak to."
Bass jumped behind Metal and tried firing point blank at the the robot's back, only for the laser ball to pass through the left-behind afterimage and get struck from behind by the real one.
"He went so fast that he left an afterimage of himself in his place." Iida said amazed.
"Dumb robots!" Wily yelled from his dino mech. "Why do I always have to do everything myself?!"
The mech's mouth opened and fired off a capsule. Upon closer look, word were written on the capsule that sad Roboenza. It landed on Metal Sonic's feet, releasing a puff of purple gas that covered Metal.
"He used the Roboenza virus!" Melissa exclaimed.
"Okay that is not good for Eggman." Mei said.
"Does that mean that Metal is going to go violent towards Eggman?" Uraraka asked.
"Maybe." Izuku said, feeling uneasy, like something bad was going to happen.
"Ha! That's Roboenza! Looks like I win!" Wily declared victoriously.
"Not yet!" Eggman yelled.
"The Egg Fleet has arrived, Dr. Eggman." Orbbot informed, also inside the mech with his creator.
"Behold the almighty Egg Fleet!" Eggman declared, as an armada of warships including the larger Egg Carrier.
"There it is." Mirio pointed.
"I highly doubt that Bass, even in its other form, and Wily can stand against a fleet of ships like that." All Might voiced his thoughts.
"Looks like this match is over." Endeavor said.
"Now it over! Hohoho!" Eggman laughed out. "I've Won!"
Over with Metal Sonic, he started sparking and glowing in purple lightning. When the light and electricity stopped, Metal Sonic's eyes glowed full red.
"Kneel before your master!" Metal Sonic growled out, his voice an evil, robotic duplicate of Sonic's voice.
"Okay That's Definitely not good." Mei said.
Metal Sonic flew into the air and exploded out a field of red energy, encompassing the Egg Fleet in the field. The warships glowed white, along with Metal, who's figure started to grow, and all started to merge together.
"Metal! What are you doing?!" Eggman yelled.
"He's absorbing the warships into him, sir." Orbbot clarified. "He's not responding to commands!"
The group watched wide eyed at the display of power from the blue android, Endeavor and Miruko gaping at the fleet of warships being both taken out and used to empower Metal.
Nezu watched with a satisfied, large smirk.
"Oh no..." Bass groaned as he held his injured arm. "Come on, Treble!"
Bass and Treble leaped into the air, collided and glowed in purple light. The light faded to reveal Super Bass.
"Bass transformed into Super Bass." Pony pointed out.
"Quite fitting." Monoma bragged. "The winged, hero knight to slay the fiercesome monster. A true feat of heroism."
"At this point, all I hear from him is bla bla 1-A bla bla I'm the best." Mina voice while moving her hand like a mouth talking in mockery.
Super Bass flew to the still forming Metal Sonic and fired several powerful laser blasts at it, only to be blasted away by several rockets. Bass landed roughly onto the ground as he looked up to see the monstrosity that Metal Sonic was now.
The white light faded as it showed Metal Sonic in the similar dragon-like appearance from the analysis. His head was long like a dragons, with two sets of eye-like visors on top of each other, spikes sticking out the back, and its mouth filled with razor sharp teeth. Its back was filled with wires sticking out like spikes while the front of its chest was a large cavernous mouth with a yellow blaster in the center, Its arms were large draconic claws and its lower half was a mesh of machinery and a pair of clawed wings.
Mouths dropped left and right at the monstrous majesty of Metal Sonic, the heroes and student's eyes widening in horror and amazement. Ryukyu shivered at the dragon-like robot, wondering, and mentally worrying, of what a fight between her and that monstrosity would result. Setsuna was in a mix of squealing glee at the dragon-like appearance and sheer terror, while Monoma simply gaped in terror that he Almost released his bladder.
Izuku's eyes widened to large proportions, mentally picturing himself as Sonic having to face That thing. The image brought back memories of his and All Might's fight with the metal-controlling criminal on I-Island and his fight with Overhaul.
Speaking of which, Izuku noticed Eri trembling in fear, the fear in her eyes likely showing that she too was remembering that particular fight. Izuku quickly wrapped his arms around her protectively and whispered "Its alright, Eri. Its alright. That's not Him. He and that thing won't hurt. Ever."
"P-Promise?" Eri whimpered.
"Promise." Izuku said with conviction, a comforting smile on his face.
Eri smiled and buried her face in Izuku's chest. "Thank you, Papa."
For once, instead of blushing and steaming from the name, Izuku simply smiled.
Super Bass got up only to be swallowed by a maser red laser that consumed the area in fire.
"Well, saw that coming." Kamakiri said, while Monoma steamed.
Multiple robots of Wily's And Eggman's armies were likewise consumed in flames and destruction.
"He's attacking everything in sight." Aizawa said. "That virus along with his power has left him bloodthirsty and seeking only one thing: Destruction."
"That powerful laser must be coming from the Egg Carrier's laser that Metal absorbed." Aoyama said.
"With that level of destruction, anyone of us would be toast if we got hit by that thing." Miruko said.
"I don't think even Crust with his Shield Quirk could block that." Ryukyu agreed.
Metal Sonic fired another massive red laser that consumed and destroyed the Death Egg Robot, and Eggman and Orbbot with it.
"Did he just get killed by his own robot?" Setsuna asked.
"It appears so." Ibarra said.
Wily's fled out of his mech in his Capsule just as the mech was destroyed by another laser. Wily attempted to flee but was inevitably consumed in another laser, he and his capsule exploding in a fiery inferno.
K.O.!
"Huh?!" The group yelled in question.
"Wait who won?" Mina said. "Eggman? It was his robot."
"No, it must be Wily." Melissa said. "His Roboenza virus caused him to become like that."
"But then he blew up as well." Izuku jumped in. "So did neither one win?"
"Let's just see what they have to say about it." Todoroki said.
"Welp, that world's fucked." Boomstick said, showing the gigantic Metal Sonic destroying and firing on the burning ruins of the city. "Our bad."
The heroes and students widened in horror, attempting to try and not paint that destruction and havoc in their own world.
DR. WILY
Had Less Adaptable Troops
Ranged Infantry Trumped Eggman's Mixed One
Robot Masters Worked Better as a Team than Individually
Planned Ahead, and Planted a 'Just in Case' Dummy
"So, I suppose technically Wily won because he used the Roboenza, which ultimately meant the end for Eggman." Wiz said, sounding confused himself. "And his ranged troops were more effective than Eggman's and his Robot Masters were better working as a Team and defeated the Badniks easily."
DR. EGGMAN
Limited Infantry Variety
Individually Varied Badniks
Badniks were not Designed to be a Team
Focus on Personal Victory
-Neglected Minion Control
"But then he and all of them died too." Boomstick added in. "And that's technically Eggman's robot, soo...
"So the winner is um..." Wiz hummed in confusion.
"Metal Sonic?" Boomstick suggested.
"Metal Sonic." Wiz agreed.
The group were left confused and silent, not knowing what to do with that information.
Until a single chuckle from Setsuna broke the silence and gave way to a plethora of chaos.
The more serious voters, like Bakugou, Endeavor, Kamakiri, and Monoma whined and raged in protest, while the more light-hearted were laughing their asses off, like Mina, Setsuna, Hagakure, and Kaminari. Others simply sweat dropped at the situation and stayed silent, like Izuku, Kirishima, All Might, and Melissa, and Mei cried at the death and destruction of so many beautiful 'babies'.
"When I said that no matter the winner, your counterpart would pay for hurting, I didn't mean both of them would lose." Asui said to Izuku. "Looks like it worked out better than expected."
"Let's not be so glad at their deaths, even if it was simulated." Izuku said with a nervous chuckle.
Eri looked between Izuku and Asui curiously. 'Miss Tsu seems to like and car for Papa so much, and Papa seems to like her too.' Eri thought. 'Is she Papa's friend, sister, or...could she be Mama?'
All Might looked to Nezu who was smiling in victory. "You knew all along, didn't you sir?" All Might asked.
"It was merely a suspicion of mine." Nezu confirmed. "I knew from the moment Metal Sonic took that draconic form that he would be eventually transform into that state and easily destroy Wily's forces. However the presence of the Roboenza and Eggman's already established, difficult control over Metal made me sure that Eggman would possibly lose as well. In the end, I decided to omit my vote and let the chips fall where they may as you humans mostly say."
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick announced.
Battle of the Princesses!
"A Battle of Princesses?" Miruko repeated confused before groaning. "Ugh, is this going to be some girly, slap fight between two spoiled rich bitches?"
The screen played a enchanting, mysterious melody where a beautiful woman in a purple dress, long brown hair, and long pointy ears appeared and cast a plethora of spells and magic. A tiara of sorts was on her forehead and she was wearing rather ornate jewelry. The music then turned whimsical and cutesy as another beautiful, pink dressed, blonde haired lady showed up, smiling brightly, floating slowly to the ground on a pink umbrella, and make kissy faces. She was also wearing a gold crown on her head.
Zelda vs Peach!
The guys blushed at the beauty of the two revealed princesses, with Kosei, Awase, and Kaminari, all with perverse faces, giving thumbs up and bloody noses, while Mineta had to be restrained by the guys from hounding Mei to proceed to the next video. The girls were likewise stunned at their beauty, but mostly Zelda's mystical powers shown, while a certain pair of girls were staring angrily at Izuku who unintentionally blushed as well.
"You were saying?" Ryukyu said, as Miruko gaped at the magic of the first lady.
"I was half right." Miruko said. "That one in the pink dressed doesn't strike me as hardcore or tough."
"Why do I get the feeling you are going to be proven wrong?" Mount Lady questioned.
"Its happen so many times already with us and the students, it wouldn't surprise me." Mandalay replied.
With a nod of confirmation from Nezu, Mei pressed the button for the next video.
Notes:
AAAAAAANNNNNNNDDDDDD SCENE! As I write and release this, my little sister has just now celebrated her birthday and St. Patrick's day, so some birthday congratulations are not recommended, but would be appreciated, as this chapter is also for her as an unofficial birthday present, since she is just like both of these fighters: Crazy, loco, Insane.
Jokes about my little sis aside, the multiversal counterpart reasonings. Yes, both characters are counterparts to Ujiko and yes I know that to some it comes off as boring and underwhelming but I have my reasons. For Eggman, he and Ujiko both are mad scientists that were responsible for the creation of an evil army, Eggman's robots and Ujiko's Nomu, Eggman's Badnik's that have greater levels of intellect, self-dependency, and greater strength are similar tot he High-End Nomu, with Johnny and Mocha, who are Nomu not meant for fighting, are like either Scratch and Grounder or Orbbot and Cubebot. Plus Eggman's creation of Metal Sonic as a direct opposite to Sonic is similar to the Doctor Ujiko's creation of the Anti-All Might Nomu from the USJ, and they both use kidnapped and unwilling test subjects for their experiments, like Eggman kidnapping animals to power his robots and Ujiko using dead people, like Shirakumo, and implied orphans and sick people from his hospitals to become brainwashed monsters under his control.
As for Wily, he shares similar reasonings to Ujiko like Eggman. Wily's robots are either created by him or brainwashed former civilian robots turned evil through the brainwashing Roboenza Virus, again like Ujiko and his Nomu's and their origins as sick and dead people brainwashed as these monsters, Wily's Yellow Devil can be a parallel to Gigantomachia, both large, destructive, and nigh invincible, and Wily's creation of Bass is not just like ujiko's Anti-All Might Nomu but also like a certain decaying Leader of the PLF that he experimented on for months to finally take OFA. Plus, while two of them have fighting mechs and machines, all three are also content to run away from their heroes nemesis.
As for Monoma as Bass, I found that again, the two are similar in that they are arrogant, brash, and both seek to show that they are the best among their peers, and Bass's turn to anti-hero shows that he has a bit of a heroic soul in him, just like with Monoma as a douche that has some heroic traits and goals in him under all that talk.
As for Metal Sonic, well I didn't want to reveal his counterpart because a) he has his own fight in the future, and b) as a bit of a story building in that the device isn't probably complete and will go into an upgrade likely in the future *Coughafterseason1Cough*.
Also, hope you like the reactions from the group, sorry if any seem a little half-assed, lethargy is a real bitch, and I also hope you like that show of self-sacrifice from Izuku to protect Eri's ears, Setsuna helping him, the inclusion of Orbbot and Cubebot, and Please don't flame me for making a Hitler joke. One person was already unjustifiable canceled for even Slightly mentioning Nazi Germany, even though it was Pre-Nazi Germany she was referring to, we don't need another one.
Anyways, that's it for now, hope you guys liked the chapter, keep each other safe and healthy, especially now more than ever, comment your thoughts in the reviews, share your predictions of upcoming counterparts, don't be too disappointed if they are wrong, and I will strive to release a My Hero Pokedamia chapter next. Although since the Synder Cut is here, as well as Falcon and the Winter Soldier, two Aot episodes, Mortal Kombat, and Godzilla vs Kong is coming to watch, I make no promises.
Until next chapter, this has been Zayden StormVoid, bidding you all a good day! See ya later!
Chapter 20: Zelda vs Peach
Summary:
The group watches the ultimate Damsels in Distress duke it out for the crown.
Notes:
GREETINGS FELLOW INHABITANTS OF EARTH, THIS IS ZAYDEN STORMVOID RETURNING FOR ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH! Last time, I dedicated the chapter to my sister for her birthday and today I will dedicate this one to her again for her upcoming Confirmation, though I suspect that this will be released afterwards because I'm lazy.
By the way, what did you guys think on Godzilla vs Kong? I thought it was Awesome! The plot was crazy and I would have preferred the side-plot with Millie Bobby Brown not have been a thing, but they didn't really matter as the whole movie was just big lizard fight big monkey and they delivered. Although my brother and father apparently can't effectively turn their brains off properly and complained about it the whole time, which was actually hilarious watching their brains ache in pain. Also watched Zack Synder's Justice League and it was, ironically, League's better than Josstice League, though I smack my head at the people that think its sane to criticize a movie just because its 4 hours long. Have you not watched Titanic? Or Lord of the Rings Return of the King? Because That movie was just as long as the Synder Cut and no one gave two shits about that.
Also, My Hero Season 5! Let's Go! I can't wait until That moment of the Joint Training Arc and the MVA arc!
More on last chapter, we had the Battle of the Doctors with ultimately the metal abomination that Metal Sonic became winning and the group in shock at the technical draw/unexpected third contender victory. Now we go onto Zelda vs Peach.
And now, the index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wiz Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick, buff All Might, or Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, Combatant, or Fight Dialogue
And finally, I do Not own My Hero Academia, creation of Horikoshi and Bones Studios, or Death Battle, creation by the channel of the same name and Roosterteeth, or the franchises mentioned in past, present, or future chapters, in this case, Nintendo for both Legend of Zelda and Mario.
Now, Enough Talk, ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BATTTTLLLLLEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
Mei pressed the play button, moving onto the next video, it beginning with the same rocking music.
"Today we are pitting two of the most powerful, yet worthless damsels in distress, of all time, against each other." Wiz began.
"Huh?" Itsuka questioned.
"Mostly worthless." Boomstick said. "If they're not getting kidnapped, they're always nagging at you to do stuff. Like my ex-wife."
"Princess Zelda, from the realm of Hyrule." Wiz introduced the first fighter.
"And Princess Peach, of the Mushroom Kingdom." Boomstick introduced the second.
"So these princesses are powerful, but then how are they also worthless?" Uraraka asked.
"Maybe they just aren't as powerful as the bad guys that kidnapped them?" Ojiro suggested.
"Or perhaps their powers or skills aren't suited for battle and are more passive individuals." Izuku said.
"I'm Wizard and he's Boomstick," Wiz introduced the two of them. "And its our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!"
The first of the princesses was gorgeous, who's very presence seemed to radiate nobility and wisdom. Many different versions and images of her were shown, from her hair color switching from golden blonde to chocolate brown. The most consisted feature of her was her fair, pale skin, her pointy, elf ears, her hair reaching past her shoulders, and wearing regal and noble dresses and outfits. The one dress that stood out the most was a royal, purple and white dress, the purple mostly on her upper half and white mostly on her lower half. She wore an assortment of jewelry and armor, from golden tiara to golden shoulder plates banded together in a golden brooch over her modest chest. She wore a tunic of sorts in front of her, wrapped around her slender waist by golden links, the tunic purple in color featuring an angelic looking drawing and and three orange triangles forming another triangle formation.
The guys of the group, mostly the students, were practically enchanted by the elven beauty, dropped jaws and awed eyes their most apparent choice of reaction, with even Izuku blushing and staring for a bit. Aoyama was the most taken with Zelda's appearance claiming it as 'magnifique' and 'spectaculaire'. The girls were likewise astounded by the princess's beauty and regal air, with only a few feeling a sense of jealousy sprouting towards the magical princess. The pros looked at the princess with intrigue, wondering just what this elven royalty can do.
As for Pervert Number 1 and 2, a sideways glance from Izuku, Kyouka, and Aizawa were enough to put the two down from going gaga over her, Kaminari more than Mineta. As for Class 1-B's own pervert and semi-pervert, Kosei the former and Awase the latter, they too were given side glance from Itsuka that shut the two up.
"Wait is she an elf?" Kosei asked. "She has the pointy ears and everything."
"That or some kind of fairy or elf-like species." Jurota replied.
Princess Zelda
"Being a descendent of the house of Hyrule, Princess Zelda has spent her entire life governing her vast, magical kingdom." Wiz began.
BACKGROUND
Full Name: Zelda Hyrule, Princess of Destiny
Race: Hylian
7th Sage/Maiden
Descendent of the goddess Hylia
Blessed with wisdom of Nayru
Stubborn & Feisty
Noble & Wise
"Don't you mean entire Lives?" Boomstick pointed out. "In plural."
"Come again?" Iida said.
"Actually that's a great point." Wiz said. "Zelda is in fact not just any ordinary, magical princess but rather the reincarnated descendant of the magical, Hylian goddess, Hylia."
"She's a reincarnated goddess?!" Mina yelled.
Before Ibarra could go into prayer mode and ask forgiveness for this 'blasphemy', Itsuka calmed her down with "Easy there, Shio. This is another universe. Who knows, maybe God is a girl in this universe. Doesn't your religion say that God doesn't really have a gender but is just God?"
Shiozaki's mouth opened to protest but just decided to shake her head and not bother imposing her beliefs and teachings on others.
"In her multiple appearances across the Legend of Zelda world, each version of her is actually a reincarnated Zelda from a future or previous time period." Wiz explained.
"So she is a reincarnated goddess, but every time she dies, she then reincarnates as a different Zelda, or the same Zelda?" Kyouka questioned.
Kaminari was so confused and lost that his brain was sparking electricity.
"Boy, keeping track of that time mumbo-jumbo that must be a real pain." Boomstick groaned. "I'm getting a headache. Someone get me a beer!"
"Did he just read my mind or something?" Mic questioned, as he rubbed his head. "I was thinking just that."
"I feel like if there is anyone here who is in need of a beer, its this shaggy-haired, insomniac." Midnight gestured towards Aizawa.
Aizawa continued staring at the screen, his only reply being a middle finger raised in her direction, one his friend just laughed at.
"Moving on, despite having a King, the majority of royal decision, across the various periods of Hyrule, are actually made by her." Wiz revealed.
"Wow." Itsuka said. "She must have a lot of trust from her dad."
"And she must be rather smart and wise that everybody listens to her." Yui added.
"Talk about a control freak." Boomstick jumped in. "And why do they let her get away with it? I mean she's lost her kingdom to the forces of evil more times than I can even count!"
"That doesn't sound so wise to me." Kamakiri grunted out.
"M-Maybe she thought it was better to surrender and flee to not risk the lives of her people." Kinoko stuttered out.
"This could mostly be because of her astute and wise mind and judgement which her father, the King, trusts." Wiz answered.
"See?" Itsuka said.
"Yeah that and maybe dear old pops has no idea how many times this has happened before." Boomstick continued.
"Actually, that makes me wonder." Momo said. "If the same royal family, presumably, rules over Hyrule, and Zelda is reborn over and over as a princess of Hyrule does that mean that she is her own mother, grandmother, or great-grandmother?"
"Depends on how far the time between Zelda dying and being reborn is." Izuku said. "It could be instantaneous, where when she dies, she is reborn as the next baby or perhaps at random."
"Ugh, I think about this too much and I think my brain is going to melt." Mina groaned as her rubbed her head.
"You have a brain?" Kyouka asked with a smirk.
"Oh ha ha, very funny Jirou." Mina rolled her eyes.
"Between being waited on hand and foot, Zelda has spent some time training with her modest arsenal." Wiz continued.
WEAPONRY
Royal Sword
Dagger
Light Bow
-Weapon of Choice
Light Arrow
-Destroys Evil
-Can even damage phantoms
"Bows, magic, musical instruments even." Boomstick listed. "She even carries a sword and dagger, but has very little experience with them."
"I doubt that we will see those last two weapons during her fight." Tokoyami said.
"Her weapon of choice is the bow, which she wields with deadly accuracy." Boomstick revealed, showing Zelda shoot an arrow of light at a green dressed elf with a sword and shield, the arrow bouncing from his shield and into the unguarded chest of a black robed man with two swords.
"That was...amazing." Momo gasped in awe. "To fire at the shield at the right angle to bounce towards his heart must take a masterful technique with the bow."
"It would also depend on what that shield was made of." Iida pointed out. "If it were made of some metal that easily reflected that arrow made of light, then it would be easier."
"Plus, she can use her magic to turn an ordinary arrow into the powerful Light Arrow, perfect for killing evil." Boomstick continued, showing Zelda turn three ordinary arrows into golden, glowing arrows that radiated light and holy energy.
"GAH!" Dark Shadow hissed as it shrunk behind the squinting Tokoyami. "The Light! It Burns!"
"So can she infuse that same energy into other weapons?" Uraraka asked. "Like with her sword?"
"Most likely." Thirteen replied. "Perhaps she can only make those Light Arrows with that infused energy because it is her preferred weapon of choice. While you should expand the versatility and capabilities of your powers, if you have a specific field of strength that you excel at, then focus and hone that trait to the limit and beyond."
"Speaking of which, Zelda is an incredibly potent spellcaster." Wiz jumped in.
MAGIC
Minor Telekinesis
Prophetic Dreams
One-Way Telepathy
Farore's Wind
Nayru's Love
Din's Fire
Healing Spells
"While most of her magic is for use outside of combat, she is more than capable of holding her own if necessary." Wiz revealed.
"That could be why she is not a normally, front-lined fighter and why many would say that she would be 'worthless' in battle." Ryukyu said.
"She can teleport with Farore's Wind, shield herself with Nayru's Love, and cast pyrokinetic projectiles with Din's Fire." Wiz listed, showing Zelda teleport in a whirlwind of green energy, surround herself with blue, magical crystal, and unleash a tiny fiery flare that exploded. "She even has access to minor forms of telekinesis, a form of one-way telepathy, and even has prophetic dreams of the future."
"That's so cool!" Izuku gaped in fanboyish awe as he wrote in his notebook. "So she has a form of short to mid-range teleportation to evade danger and reach normally difficult to maneuver areas, a form of one-way telepathy like Mandalay's that's likely one of her more passive magics, as well as her prophetic dreams like Sir's. That Nayru's Love seems to be both an offense attack and defensive, especially against projectile based abilities. And she also has a form of pyrokinesis like Kacchan's, though its perhaps not as powerful on first glance-"
"LIKE HELL THAT ROYAL ELF BITCH'S EXPLOSIONS WOULD BE BETTER THAN ME!" Bakugou roared, snapping Deku from his mumblings. "THOSE EXPLOSIVE FLARES ARE SUPER WEAK COMPARED TO MINE!"
"Also, she can talk with Dead People." Boomstick spoke, his voice in a mock haunting tone.
"Spirits." Wiz corrected him.
"Like Boos?" Boomstick questioned.
"Interesting." Reiko said, rubbing her chin at that particular power.
"Along with her magical arsenal, Zelda is also the consistent bearer of the Legendary Triforce of Wisdom, a testament to her astute mind."
"Which looks like a golden Dorito that she tattooed on her hand." Boomstick said.
"Okay, I'm starting to think that he is the one with telepathy, because he just read my mind again." Mic said.
"Or you two are just morons." Aizawa snarked back.
TRIFORCE OF WISDOM
1/3 of the Triforce
Enhances magical ability
Leads bearer to wise decisions
Protects bearer from evil
Creates Faultless Disguises
-Sheik of the Sheikah
-Tetra the Pirate Captain
"The Triforce of Wisdom is one-third of the legendary Triforce, a powerful magical artifact of the gods that can grant any wish to those of equal wisdom, power, and courage." Wiz explained.
"The power to grant any wish?" Kirishima repeated. "Like those orange orbs with the stars on them? Uh, what were they called again?"
"I believe those were the Dragon Balls, Kirishima." Momo answered.
"Oh right!" Kirishima said. "But then why does she only have on of them? Do they split like the Dragon Balls do?"
"But when a greedy, power-hungry tyrant wanted these golden chips to rule all of Hyrule, they split and he got stuck with one, while the other two went to Link and Zelda." Boomstick further explained, showing a black-skinned large man with red, spiky hair and a long nose reach for the complete Triforce, only for it to split into three.
"Apparently, the answer is yes." Sero said.
"For Zelda, her part of the Triforce greatly enhances her magical prowess and gives her the power to dispel evil." Wiz revealed. "She is even skilled enough to create long-lasting, near perfect disguises." Wiz showed an image of a slender figure ninja, her hair covered in a white cap and braided ponytail, her lower half of her face covered in a large white collar, and her body covered in a skin-tight blue and grey ninja suit that perfectly hid her modest-sized chest. "She used the guise of Sheik to evade Ganon's tyranny for over seven years."
"Wait, That's a Chick?!" Boomstick questioned in disbelief. "But where's her...um-"
"It Should be noted however," Wiz cut his co-host off before he could finish. "That the forms of Sheik and Tetra are nothing more than disguises, and abilities attributed to them would naturally be available to Zelda, such as ninja-like reflexes, speed, and nautical navigation from Tetra."
"So with the Triforce, her magical powers can become even more powerful." Melissa said. "And that power of disguise is incredibly well-done."
"She's A Cross-Dresser?!" Mineta yelled, earning an explosion to the face from an annoyed spiky blonde that growled "Shut up."
"Those disguises would be incredibly useful for infiltrating secret Villain groups." Endeavor said. "And if she can naturally retain the powers of her disguised personas, then she will greatly benefit using the skills of that Sheik disguise, with her speed and reflexes."
"Yeah, but why would you want to toss tiny needles and be a regular ass pirate when you can shoot fireballs with your mind?" Boomstick asked. "But, oh man, she must have had massive chest pain hiding her you-know-what's in the ninja suit for seven years."
"He said it, not me." Kaminari raised his hands into the air in surrender.
"You are still stupid enough to admit that you thought of it." Kyouka said as she merely poked Kaminari's head with her jacks lightly.
FEATS
Evaded capture as Sheik for 7 years
Leader of the Seven Sages
Never questioned by subjects
Briefly trained in combat by Link
Often helps finish off Ganon
Usually relies on guardians & sanctuaries
"While Zelda is clever, mystically powerful, and helps battle Ganon when necessary, even helping finishing him for good, she repeatedly relies on the aid of others." Wiz revealed. "Her success at avoiding capture can be largely attributed to her guardians and sanctuaries."
"She's Really good at getting other people to do stuff for her." Boomstick said. "Like any regular princess."
Bakugou, Miruko, and Kamakiri growled in distaste at that information, finding it as evidence of her being weak or too inexperienced.
"Right, she is a master manipulator." Wiz agreed with his co-host. "She can always convince a naïve young hero to do her dirty work for her with little to no reward." Wiz showed Zelda walking behind the green-dressed hero as he fought for her.
"That's a little rude." Mina said. "I mean I know being a Hero is usually supposed to be thankless, rewardless job, but that just seems rather selfish and lazy of her to stand him up like that."
"Don't tell me that you would not do the same if you were ever in peril you would just kiss the guy's cheek and do nothing more." Momo said, raising an eyebrow at her.
"If the guy was perhaps our resident Cinnamon roll then I wouldn't hesitate to give a more pleasurable reward, if you know what I mean." Mina whispered to her, winking flirtatiously.
Momo's face exploded in fiery red with a furious blush. "MINA!"
Mina only laughed in reply.
"How many times does this guy have to save you?" Boomstick asked.
"Well, apparently a few dozen lifetimes." Wiz answered.
"A few Dozen?" Uraraka exclaimed in shock.
"Freaking S-" Mineta said before being interrupted.
"Be careful what you say next dude, because I pretty sure if you are saying what I think you are saying, you don't have much room to stand on." Sero said
Mineta decided on replying in silence.
"Goddamn, Put Out Already!" Boomstick yelled.
"You call for a Hero, Princess?" Link roped down and bowed to Zelda.
"Yes! But I guess you'll have to do." Zelda replied.
"Ouch." Kyouka said. "That's gotta sting."
"I wonder who that guy is?" Ojiro asked. "Is he that naïve guy that always saves Zelda?"
"Yeah." Izuku replied. "They said his name was Link. They also said that he is the last one with the other Triforce piece."
"Bet he's going to appear in the next few battles." Sen said to Awase.
"You're on." Awase shook his hand, sealing the bet.
The next of the two princess fighters was a beautiful princess in a pink dress. She wore a puffy pink dress, that puffs around the shoulders, a small purple collar that sticks out by her neck, a blue gem around a yellow ring atop her average-sized, covered chest, and white gloves that extended and covered almost all of her arms. She had flowing, bouncy blonde hair that flowed down to her hips, a golden, blue and red gemmed crown atop her head, blue crystal orbs for earrings, dainty eyebrows and crystal blue eyes and pink lipstick on her smiling lips. Where Zelda's noble air was more wise and magical, this princess's regal nature was more bubbly and cheerful.
The guys once more blushed at the sight of another princess, though smiled at her dainty, cheerful smile. Izuku blushed at the wink that one image of Peach did, but too smiled at how carefree and kind she appeared towards her subjects and animals. The girls too felt the urge of jealousy over the princess well up, only for the cheerful smile and image of her with butterflies all innocently to make them smile instead, unable to stay mad at her. The pros raised their eyebrows at the newcomer, with few like Endeavor and Miruko rolling their eyes in exasperation or gagging in disgust at the 'sickening, girly, crap'.
Princess Peach
"Hey, its that princess that Mario always saves!" Kirishima shouted and pointed.
"Huh, true." Sero said. "Wonder who's counterpart is hers?"
"At first glance, Princess Peach appears to be your standard meek and helpless damsel-in-distress." Wiz started.
"And that's pretty damn accurate given how much she is kidnapped by a giant, fire-breathing turtle." Boomstick jumped in, showing Peach in the clutches of Bowser. "Which makes it rather shocking and confusing to see her go up and against and whoop other planet busters like Samus and other dinosaurs like Yoshi."
"She's fought against Samus and Yoshi?!" Melissa said shocked. "Man, she must be really strong."
"So both this Peach and Zelda are powerful but are often relegated as damsels-in-distress or kidnapped to only be saved later." All Might summarized.
"Like a classic fairy tale of old." Nezu said. "The beautiful princess is captured by the evil, monstrous Villain only to be slain by the noble Hero."
BACKGROUND
Full Name: Princess Peach Toadstool of the Mushroom Kingdom
Favors technique over power
Classy & Graceful
Resourceful & Athletic
Generous to a fault
Has been playable in 39 of her 57 games
The Ultimate Damsel in Distress
"Being a member of the Toadstool Royal Family, and ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom, Peach spends most of her time getting herself kidnapped, or baking cakes in the kitchen like any good woman should." Boomstick revealed.
"Excuse me?" Kyouka growled, eye twitching at the sexist comment from Boomstick.
"It becomes more and more obvious why his wife left him." Momo said.
"Yeah, she's definitely the Princess Mario always rescues." Tetsutetsu said. "They said that Mario's home that he always protects is the Mushroom Kingdom and she's the ruler of it, so makes sense."
"Well that and she has the same pink dress." Awase pointed out.
"Despite being a wealthy princess with a royal guard more than capable of defending the castle, she has been kidnapped over a dozen times." Wiz revealed.
"Its actually more surprising to hear you say that those tiny, mushroom wearing crybabies are in anyway 'guards' or 'capable." Boomstick roasted Toad.
"For once, I agree with him." Kamakiri said. "How are those short, mushroom wearing whatever they are her guards?! They look they can fall over if you so much as breathe on them!"
"Strange choices for guards aside, even though she is regularly kidnapped, she somehow, while still behind bars, can send mail to Mario, through Outer Space, containing items and extra lives." Boomstick said with greater disbelief and confusion in his voice.
"Huh?!"Bakugou yelled. "That is So Fucking Stupid! If she can do something That Ridiculous why doesn't she somehow escape Herself?!"
"Hey lady, next time, just send yourself!" Boomstick yelled.
"THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING!" Bakugou yelled.
"How much you wanna bet that he is somehow counterparts to Boomstick?" Mineta whispered.
"Clean up duties around the whole dorms, sans rooms, for three months." Kaminari said.
"Deal." Mineta shook the electric blonde's hand in agreement.
"Peach is a surprisingly and extremely athletic and capable fighter." Wiz explained. "She has participated in a variety of sports, including soccer, basketball, highly, lethal kart racing, and has survived Every Single Mario Party. And as we've said before, Mario Party is no walk in the park."
The screen showed Peach, along with Yoshi, a large, tie wearing gorilla, and a yellow and purple fat man with a zig-zagging mustache, balanced and jump on a small shaky island as a ship in the far distance fire cannonballs at them, with Peach tanking a cannonball to the head and only getting slightly dizzy.
"I'm failing to see how that would be considered a party." Momo said.
"Still kudos to the princess for surviving that and more." Setsuna noted.
WEAPONRY
Tennis Racquet
Golf Club
Frying Pan
Turnips
-Can pluck from any location
Perry the Parasol
-Can Transform to a suit terrain
-Stuns enemies
Peach Bomber
"Peach's unique array of weaponry includes a tennis racket, golf club, frying pan and turnips!" Boomstick listed.
"I'm guessing those weapons are from the sports that she played in." Sen noted. "Except the turnip and frying pan."
"Ha, in what why can a frying pan ever be a useful weapo-*BAM*!" Monoma loudly ranted before being rendered unconscious by said mocked weapon.
"That's how." Setsuna smirked, retracting her floating hand with the frying pan, from Momo. She chuckled as she inspected the pan to find Monoma's face comically imprinted on it.
"Setsuna." Itsuka warned.
"What? He was getting annoying." Setsuna retorted. "Plus, you don't exactly have any room to argue when you chop him unconscious all the time."
"I do that to keep him from embarrassing our class." Itsuka replied.
"A) A little too late for that." Setsuna replied. "And B) are you sure you don't do it because you are also annoyed?"
Itsuka turned away, replying with silence.
"Wait where did she pull out that turnip from?" Kosei asked.
"Which she can apparently pull out of her-"
"She ALSO wields Perry the Parasol." Wiz interrupted Boomstick, inadvertently saving his co-host from the glares of the girls. "An umbrella capable of powerful strikes and magical properties, such as transforming itself to suit her environment and stunning enemies." Wiz showed Peach swinging around an umbrella with a smiley face on it.
"I thought I'd seen it all when I saw cuddly dinosaur-like creature that fires eggs fight a vicious velociraptor that shoots acid and teenage, mutant, ninja turtles, but here we are." Setsuna smirked.
Aizawa sighed and looked extremely close to snatching up the frying pan and knocking himself out.
Meanwhile, Kosei, Mineta, and Kaminari were pervertedly blushing and smiling at the imagery of Peach pulling out a Turnip from-and they immediately joined Monoma in the realms of unconsciousness by the mighty frying pan.
"Oh, and one of her most valuable and dangerous weapons is her Ass!" Boomstick exclaimed.
"Say again?" Mineta said as he woke up immediately, only to be knocked out again.
"Ok girls, let's cool it a bit with the knocking the perverts out for a minute, ok?" Midnight cooled the girls down.
"She can hit someone with that thing so hard that something down there explodes!" Boomstick continued excitingly.
The screen shows Peach fighting Mario and thrusting herself towards Mario, her ass colliding against him and creating a magical, fiery explosion.
The group was in silence, either in shock, disbelief, hands-on-face levels of annoyance and exasperation, or struggling to contain their laughter.
"So, her butt is a powerful weapon enough to knock someone out." Mirio summarized and smiled. "Well, I'll be."
"Mirio." Nejire said.
"Isn't that just-" Mirio continued.
"Don't do it." Nejire warned, half-serious and half-giggling.
"FantASStic?!" Mirio joked.
The results were a range of facepalms, rolled eyes, and the contained laughter exploding into full on giggles and howling laughs.
"Yaoyorozo." Nejire said/giggled. "Pfft, may I see that frying pan for a minute."
What occurred next was a hilarious showing of Nejire half-attempting to knock out Mirio with the frying pan and Mirio feigning unconsciousness, resulting in more laughs, especially from Eri.
"Peach also wields a form of magic called Heart Power." Wiz revealed.
"Heart Power?" Hagakure questioned.
HEART POWER
Floatation
Therapy Healing Spells
Mute Spells
Sleepy Time Spells
Vibe Powers
-Joy: Wind-Powered Flight
-Gloom: Increases Speed, Damaging Tears
-Calm: Creates a Healing Bubble
Rage: Invulnerability, Increases Weight
Mega Strike Empress Peach
"With this magic, she can float in midair for an indefinite period of time, cast healing spells, silence her enemies, and summon magical lambs from the sky to put her foes to sleep." Wiz listed. "You heard me right."
"Wha?" Was Mina's only response.
Momo and Iida looked half-ready throw in the towel in exasperation. Midnight and Mic were too busy containing their laughter at the sight of Aizawa's twitching eyes.
'So she can float in mid-air for a while.' Izuku said. 'Almost like the 7th user, Nana Shimura, and All Might's predecessor.'
"So she can float just like me with Zero Gravity." Uraraka said. "Awesome. Deku, can you write down how she moves while floating for me to see later?"
"Sure thing, Uraraka." Deku said as he started analyzing her movements and writing them down. 'That reminds me to ask Uraraka for help to prepare myself for Float. Maybe I should also ask Asui and Sero for help to with Black Whip and Kacchan too to fight against aerial opponents.'
"Don't pet that sheep, or you might wake up in a stranger's van." Boomstick chuckled.
"Even though it sounds ridiculous, that sleeping sheep magic would be rather useful in putting Villains out of commission." Snipe said. "Its sort of like your Somnamulist Quirk, Kayama."
"Indeed." Midnight said. "And her Healing Spells would work for healing injuries on fellow heroes and civilians, while her silencing spells for covert missions if she can silence allies as well."
"And ever since being touched by the Vibe Scepter, she can channel her emotions into raw mystical power." Wiz explained.
"So her emotions can translate into power?" Momo muttered. "That is sounds rather useful and could become incredibly versatile in a fight or multiple situations. Perhaps some of her emotions can grant her super strength, perhaps rage or frustration, and maybe fear could boost her speed."
"Oh Jesus, with that muttering she's slowly becoming like 'Zuku." Kyouka sighed.
This caused a uproar of laughter from the students, with some chuckles from the teachers, like All Might, Gran Torino, and Midnight. Izuku and Momo meanwhile blushed, looked at each, and then quickly looked away as they blushed harder.
Eri watched the two interact, as well as Momo's previous muttering. 'She mumbles and mutters like Papa.' Eri thought. 'Is she muttering like Papa because they are related, or is she muttering because she and Papa are close friends? Or she muttering because they are close like a Mama and Papa?'
"When she rages, she becomes invulnerable, but slows tremendously-" Wiz continued before being interrupted.
"Woah woah Hold Up!" Boomstick said. "Touched by the What Now?!"
"The Vibe Scepter." Wiz repeated.
"BAHAHAHAHAHA!" Boomstick burst out laughing.
"Oh..." Wiz realized.
The group quickly caught up on what the two realized. Most of the guys burst out laughing, especially Bakugou, Kamakiri, Sero, and a reawaken Kaminari and Mineta, with a few others being outliers, from Izuku blushing at the innuendo, Iida looking appalled and tried lecturing Boomstick, even though he couldn't hear him, Todoroki simply raised an eyebrow, and Shinsou covered his ears from the laughter.
The girls were more mixed with Setsuna, Mina, and Hagakure bursting out in laughter, while most of the girls either sighed tiredly at Boomstick's perverted thoughts or rolled their eyes exasperated. The only ones who didn't make any noteworthy reactions were Asui, blank-faced as ever, and Mei, who didn't get why everyone was laughing.
The teachers and pros were likewise mixed, with the most audible in their laughter being Miruko, Midnight, Mount Lady, Pixie Bob, and Mic, while some simply chuckled like Nezu and Gran Torino. Others simply rolled their eyes, like All Might, while Endeavor and Aizawa facepalmed.
Wiz quickly cleared his throat and tried to continue. "But Peach's magic reaches its climax with-"
Boomstick laughed harder, louder, and uncontrollably at the phrasing.
"AHAHAHA! Oh Dear God! That's some poor choice of words!" Setsuna laughed.
"Someone just kill me now." Aizawa groaned.
"Aww, but who will be the grumpy Gus of the staff?" Midnight teased. "I mean Vlad maybe, but he's more of a strict, but excited father-like type."
The teachers chuckled while Aizawa was held back from Midnight.
"With her Mega Strike technique, Empress Peach," Wiz continued again through Boomstick's laughter. "She can unleash a kick so powerful, it magically splits a soccer ball into three separate ones, delivering enough force to score three times."
"BAHAHAHAHA!" Boomstick continued laughing at the unintentional phrasing. "STOP! I CAN'T TALK!"
"Oh come on, how was that a innuendo?" Momo asked.
"Um, Momo." Kyouka whispered and gestured to come closer. Kyouka whispered something into Momo's ear, causing the raven-haired teen to rapidly grow redder and redder, and make Mina's laughing face grow purpler and purpler.
"STOP! STOP! I CAN'T...I CAN'T BREATHE!" Mina laughed while pausing for gasp of breathe.
"Still that kick makes no sense scientifically." Melissa said. "Is she magically duplicating the soccer balls with her magic?"
"Probably." Izuku said. "Still it would take a lot of power for that attack still."
"What do you mean, Deku?" Uraraka asked.
"Just wait." Izuku replied. "I just have a feeling, but I want to wait until my suspicions are confirmed.
"Peach's Heart Power also naturally dispels evil magics, which is the actual reason why Bowser always kidnaps her." Wiz revealed.
"Makes sense to kidnap and lock up the only repellent of your evil magic." David said. "Or perhaps he means to harness that Heart Power for his own nefarious purposes."
"Really?" Boomstick asked as he calmed down from his laughter. "I thought it was because of...well..." The screen showed an image of Bowser's many kids.
"Eww!" Nejire cringed. "That's gross!"
"It is a rather disturbing thought, but I don't think that this Peach is in fact the mother to this Bowser's children." Momo said.
"What makes you so sure?" Hagakure asked.
"While its presumptuous to suggest that I would know anything of biology or genetics between a supposed human and some monster, there doesn't appear to be any relation between Peach and those little turtle monsters that are in anyway humanoid, unless this Bowser's genetics are a fairly dominant trait." Momo said.
FEATS
Eager to assist in battle whenever she can
Once saved Mario and Luigi from Bowser single-handedly
Survived every Mario Party
Can never avoid a kidnapping
An awful employer
Bakes really big cakes
"Peach has assisted Mario in battle several times, once even saving him from Bowser on her own." Wiz explained.
"So the princess saves the Hero instead." Ibarra repeated. "Quite a reversal of the roles they fill."
"Yeah, Girl Power!" Pony cheered.
"Even so, she still needs rescuing on a daily basis, and her gratitude usually only goes as far as a kiss and a cake." Wiz continued.
"What's with all these princesses not putting' out?" Boomstick questioned. "Give it up already! At least give the man some money if not the other kind of cakes!"
The girls glared the screen and the voice of Boomstick once again at the sexist demand of a woman 'putting out' as a reward.
"Listen everybody." Peach said after she kissed Mario on the nose. "Let's bake a delicious cake for Mario."
"Jeez, that Mario guy must have a serious case of blue balls." Kaminari whispered.
"Oh most definitely." Mineta whispered. "Especially with such a big, round ass that she's got." Mineta, with a perverted grin, started making groping motions with his hands.
The group thought over their opinions over the two fighters. The pros felt that Peach was far less experienced in battle than Zelda, which could put her in a disadvantage, but likewise were interested in her Heart Magic. They also thought that Zelda's far better experience, if only minimal, would serve well in the battle. The students thought that both princesses were rather powerful despite their damsel-in-distress roles, with several of the students debating which would overcome in the end, either Zelda's more intricate spells and magical power or Peach's physical power, emotional magic, and spells.
"Alright, the combatants are set." Wiz declared. "Let's end this debate once and for all!"
"ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!" Boomstick yelled.
As the video paused and counterpart scan continued, the group casted their final votes. For Zelda, those her backed her included Momo, who felt more connected to the Hylian due to her high status upbringing and struggles and her magical powers, Bakugou, who ultimately voted for Zelda's pyrokinetic magic, with Endeavor voting similarly, Ibarra, claiming that if Hylia was basically like God in her world then she would vote for, essentially, this world's version of Jesus, Mineta and Awase, the grape-headed pervert finding the stuck-up, dominant princess more hot, while Awase simply voted for Zelda's implied, greater combat experience, Setsuna and Hagakure, who both liked Zelda's skill at stealth as Sheik and Hagakure also for her light magic, that last part shared likewise by Aoyama, who also voted for Zelda's regal style and radiance, Iida and Jurota, who appreciated her intelligence and wisdom, and Aizawa and Mandalay for her intelligence, implied, greater experience, and her Triforce power boost.
As for those who voted for Peach, they included Eri, who found the sweet princess beautiful, kind, and sweet, Mina, who liked the pink choice color of Peach as well as her greater athleticism, Uraraka, for her Floating capabilities and Heart Power, Kaminari and Kosei, the latter's reason being more perverted because of her looks and her ass, while the former was at least somewhat decent and thought she would win by her Heart Power and powerful kick, Izuku, who liked Peach's Heart Power and its various applications, along with her Mega Strike Empress Peach attack, Mirio, who decided to vote for the princess his counterpart always saved, Miruko, who, while finding the girly sweet vibe gagging, appreciated Peach's greater athletic strength more, Koda, who liked how Peach looked kind and friendly towards animals and her friendly personality, Mount Lady, who liked that Peach's ass was a powerful weapon, much like her own was towards the media, Midnight, who like Peach's sleep inducing attack, Pony, who thought that Peach looked kind and sweet, and Nejire, who found Peach's strength, floating powers, and Heart Power all more interesting than Zelda.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART DETECTED!" The device finished its scanning. "PRINCESS ZELDA HYRULE! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: MOMO YAOYOROZO!"
"Wow, another one? That's like the fourth one, Yaomomo." Mina said. "You were Samus, Wonder Woman, and...who was the other one?"
"Mai Shiranui." Hagakure answered.
"I'm sorry, but I don't have any control over who I'm connected to from another different universe." Momo simply replied.
"Though I can see why she's Zelda." Asui said. "Both come from high class, wealthy families and both are the smartest of their group. Plus, Momo can pretty much make any weapon that Zelda has and is learning to be more stealthier with her Creations."
"PRINCESS PEACH TOADSTOOL!" The device continued. "MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: NEJIRE HADO!"
"Hey! I got another one!" Nejire cheered for herself.
"Make sense." Tamaki mumbled. "The two can float or fly, Nejire's vitality powers her Quirk while Peach's power comes from her emotions, and they are both so cheery and kind its almost blinding."
"Congrats, Nejire." Mirio said. "That's two for you. And it seems that I end up rescuing you a lot in another world."
Izuku smiled for Nejire, yet as Mirio said those last words, he suddenly frowned, realizing Mirio and Nejire's greater connection in Mario's world. Thinking about the kiss that Nejire's counterpart gave to Mirio's made a part of Izuku's stomach twist, feeling rather unpleased by the thought.
"Yeah, but don't take this the wrong way, Mirio, but I only see you as a friend, like a sweet, big brother." Nejire patted the blonde's shoulder. "I just don't see you in that light."
"Ouch, blunt as ever, Nejire." Mirio chuckled and rubbed his neck nervously. "No offense taken, and I actually thought you were the bigger sister among us and Tamaki."
"Great, so I'm the youngest brother." Tamaki groaned comically depressed. "The one who's more of a liability and weak."
"Hey, don't think that way, Suneater!" Mirio clapped Tamaki's back powerfully, almost sending the timid 3rd year to the ground. "You are plenty strong and dependable!"
As Nejire and Mirio cheered Tamaki up, Izuku's unpleasantness in his stomach faded and smiled at Nejire's words of assurance to Mirio. Quickly, Izuku shook his head as he pondered why that feeling suddenly sprouted up, while also feeling rather guilty for feeling so negative towards Mirio.
With no additional counterpart made mentioned, the group became silent as the video unpaused and started the fight.
The video began with a series of large rectangular, earthen platforms, most of which are connected by a series of bridges made of up wood and rope. Peach appeared, floating down on her umbrella onto a bridge with Zelda appearing a second later by teleporting with Farore's Wind.
FIGHT!
Peach quickly started the fight by pulling out turnips from the bridge, somehow, and tossing them over to Zelda.
"Wow, Peach is starting the fight quickly." Uraraka pointed out. "But why the turnips? I don't imagine it would be a useful weapon against Zelda."
"She's likely hoping to stun and confuse Zelda to get in close later." Asui replied.
With Naryu's Love, Zelda shielded herself from the magically appearing vegetables and deflected them back at Peach. Peach cried out in pain at being hit by her own weapon, with her suddenly sniveling and bursting into tears, comical streams of water flowing out.
"Man, she cries almost as much as Inko." All Might whispered to Gran Torino. "That woman can cry rivers of tears."
"Her son is no different." Gran Torino whispered back.
"Good things Naryu's love is good at deflecting projectiles." Awase said.
"How weak can she be that she's crying over getting hit by her own turnips?!" Bakugou roared out.
"Though I do believe that she is rather sensitive, did you forget about her Heart Powers?" Melissa replied.
Peach ran towards Zelda, her flowing tears spilling onto the floor of the bridge, Zelda quickly backing up only for her to started slipping and sliding as the floor became slippery from her tears.
"She's converting her tears and sadness into magic with her Heart Power." Melissa continued, looking over the list of abilities that Izuku wrote into his notebook. "In the list of moves they showed, one of her Vibe Powers include her Gloom, which makes her faster and has Damaging Tears."
"Though in this case, its more like her tears are making Zelda lose her footing." Kyouka said.
Peach suddenly stopped crying and jumped back before jumping forwards, towards Zelda, twisting her body, and striking Zelda with her ass, sending the Hyrule princess flying and stumbling down the bridge.
"Damn that ass." Kaminari slobbered over.
"What was that, perv?" Kyouka warned.
"Nothing!" Kaminari yelled.
Zelda teleported in mid-air with Farore's Wind, appearing in front of Peach. She rushed towards the pink-dressed princess and kicked her away. Zelda followed it up by firing multiple Din's Fire, them striking at Peach while in mid-air, sending the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom flying. Zelda teleported to Peach, while still in mid-air, striking at her with a barrage of spinning kicks and chops before angling herself and sending peach towards the ground with an axe kick. Just before Peach hit the ground, Zelda teleported in front of Peach and struck a powerful blow that sent Peach flying backwards.
"Jesus, Zelda's not playing around." Setsuna smirked. "That was awesome!"
"AHA! She blasted that useless pink bitch around in the air with her explosions!" Bakugou boasted. "Suck it!"
Nejire pouted and glared at Bakugou, finding his comments rather rude.
"With less crass and antagonistic wording, Zelda used her Din's Fire to keep Peach struggling in mid-air and used her Farore's Wind to take control of the battlefield by striking at her from above and below." Endeavor said. "Impressive."
Peach twisted and landed on her feet, sliding to a stop. She brought her hands together and closed her eyes, a magical pink heart forming around her. She raised her hand into the air, summoning a sheep in front of her, flying it up into the air , and started falling towards Zelda.
"Its that Sleep Inducing spell of hers." Midnight pointed out. "She going to try and put Zelda to sleep to get a opening for more attacks."
Zelda quickly summoned Naryu's Love, spinning around as the sheep feel and spun around her magical, crystal shield. She spun towards Peach's direction, sending the sheep flying back to its caster. Peach brought out her umbrella, drew it back and charged up her swing, before striking, swinging the umbrella onto the sheep, sending it flying into the air.
"Now that's a homerun." Mina joked, causing chuckles from the students.
Zelda teleported directly in front of Peach. The two stared each other down until Zelda slapped Peach across the face. Peach quickly followed it up with her own hand slapping Zelda's face.
"Oooh." Kaminari hissed. "Things just got ugly, didn't they?"
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." Tokoyami agreed sagely.
"Translation: Yes, yes things just got real." Kyouka said.
The two glared at each in silence before they started slapping at each other wildly, clapping sounds resonating with their claps and strikes soon engulfing the two in their opponent's magic.
The group laughed as the fierce battle now resorted to a girlish slap fight, with even Bakugou and Miruko laughing their asses off at the sight. Momo gasped and covered her mouth, muttering "How unladly like." Nejire nervously scratched her cheek, smiling embarrassingly.
The slap fight ended with Peach stunning Zelda with an extra powerful, magical slap, before bringing out a frying pan and slamming it onto Zelda, a loud clang resounding as Zelda soared backwards.
"Ooooh!" Was the reaction of the guys at the attack, Monoma, Mineta, Awase, Kaminari, and Kosei all cringing the most, having first hand experience at how painful such a mighty weapon can be.
Zelda landed and tumbled before picking herself up. She suddenly brought out her bow, drawing back an arrow of light, it glowing as it charged up. Peach looked shocked at Zelda's continued fighting, quickly becoming enraged, a bellowing train-like sound resounding as steam comically flowed out her ears. Peach suddenly burst into flames, though was unaffected by them. She ran towards Zelda but as slow as a snail.
"So her anger can also trigger her Vibe Powers." Iida said. "In this case it makes her produce fire, yet run slowly."
"According to what they listed, this makes her invulnerable and increases her weight." Izuku read off what he wrote down in his notebook. "Which explains why she is moving so slowly."
Zelda let the arrow loose as it sailed towards Peach. As it reached Peach, it exploded, destroying the bridge entirely. Peach remained unharmed as she and Zelda remained floating in mid-air.
"Holy crap." Kyouka gaped. "So That's how strong so arrows are."
"One arrow was enough to destroy that entire bridge." Ojiro gaped in awe too. "And Peach survived it."
"That was due to the invulnerability her magical rage gave her." Todoroki said. "It shielded her from the explosive power of the arrow."
Peach floated downward from her Parasol. Zelda teleported above her and fired another Din's Fire at Peach from above, Peach quickly maneuvering through the air, floating on her. Zelda would fire multiple Din's Fire balls at Peach, teleporting from multiple angles to strike Peach unguarded, only for the princess to expertly maneuver and float away from danger.
As Izuku mentally analyzed every single movement of Peach while floating, for practice, and the group excitingly cheered at the aerial battle, memories would flash in both All Might and Gran Torino's minds, memories of Nana Shimura floating through the air without care, floating and striking down bad guys easily like the sky was her domain, jumping and running with them through building to building with a smile on her face. The two would smile fondly, wondering if they will perhaps see her Quirk and memory alive again in Midoriya.
Zelda appeared behind Peach and fired another Din's Fire, Peach quickly reacting by pulling out a tennis racket and attempted to swat it away. The result instead was Peach being blasted away by the explosion of the fireball.
"Was she trying to smack the fireball away like a tennis ball?" Sero asked.
"It makes sense that she would try." Fat Gum said "In one of those images when they listing her sports activities, I saw her swatting away a tennis ball that somehow was on fire."
"I guess sports in that universe is extra exciting and dangerous." Ryukyu sighed.
Peach quickly adjusted herself from the explosion in time to bring out her parasol once again and strike and stun the appearing Zelda behind her. With the Princess of Hyrule stunned, Princess Toadstool would unleash a barrage of punches, kicks, and parasol strikes until batting her away with her parasol, opening it, and floating gently onto the ground below her.
"She quickly recovered and anticipated her opponent's tactics to attack from behind." Aizawa said. "She likewise used her parasol that 'stuns' her enemies to be able to give her time for a barrage of attacks before the ground came. I must admit, rather impressive."
"Just like Nejire, they both are so strong in the air, no one can best them." Tamaki smiled.
"Awesome, Nejire!" Mirio cheered. "That was some Power!"
As Peach landed, another large pink heart surrounded her, mini blanks hearts appearing next to her and filling up with red, indicating that she healed herself. The same happened with Zelda, with the blank hearts over her head appearing and being filled up as she healed.
"They are both recovering their strength and heal with their healing spells." Recovery Girl said. "Given that the two both suffered equal amounts of injury in their fights, they are still rather neck-and-neck in this fight."
""I have to say, while I like your Samus one best, this counterpart of yours is rocking, Momo." Kyouka said. "Long-ranged pyrokinesis, teleportation, deflecting shields, and exploding arrows of light, they are all so cool."
"Go Yaomomo!" Hagakure cheered. "Show them who is the true princess!"
"The two are so evenly matched." Izuku stated. "Peach has the greater advantage in the air and physicality while Zelda is better defensively and attacking from long range. They are both so awesome! No wonder Momo and Nejire are their counterparts."
Momo and Nejire smiled at the praise from their classmates, though both blushed and smiled more from the green bean's praise the most, Nejire at being called awesome by Izuku and Momo smiling at Izuku's expert analysis.
While the two tossed fireballs and turnips at them, the scene shifted to something falling down towards them from the sky, showing the falling objects perspective.
"The hell is that?" Tetsutetsu asked.
"Wait a minute." Shoda said. "Could that be the-"
"I believe so." Jurota said. "As the old saying goes, What goes up, must come down."
"May we ask what are you guys talking about?" Kosei asked.
The two would continue throwing their projectiles, the turnips colliding with the fireballs causing them to explode, while the object rapidly descends closer and closer.
"Wait, I know what it is!" Uraraka yelled.
"Well tell us girl, don't leave us in suspense." Mina exclaimed.
"I don't think you have to wait long to find out." Asui pointed.
Zelda looked up in time to see the underside of the magical, Sleep-inducing sheep. It bounced on her head, Zelda falling down to her knees as she immediately fell asleep.
"YES!" Eri cheered alongside the rest of the Peach voters.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Bakugou roared in outrage, while the rest of the Zelda voters replied in either 'Huh's' or shocked, worried looks.
"Finish her off!" Uraraka cheered.
"Alright!" Peach yelled as she back-flipped behind her before jumping and flying straight towards Zelda, glowing bright pink as wings magically appeared behind her.
"Its her Mega Strike Empress attack." Izuku pointed out.
Peach reached Zelda and, in a split second, kicked through Zelda's head, the Princess of Hyrule's head and wise brain exploding into a million bloody pieces.
Peach slid to a halt and giggled. "Oh? Did I win?" She asked innocently and darkly at the same time.
K.O!
Gaped silence rang through the gym before the Peach voters cheered in victory, Nejire jumping up in the air and hugging the cheering Eri who congratulated her with a hug. The Zelda shippers groaned in defeat, most especially Bakugou who practically stopped to the other end of the gym to blow something up, though once they saw the smile on Eri's face, they quickly let go of their anger and politely clapped in congratulations.
"It was that." Izuku said with a smile.
"What was it, Deku?" Uraraka asked.
"The Mega Strike Empress Peach." Izuku said. "I had a feeling that it would make the difference in that fight. It was essentially Peach's Ultimate and most powerful Move. I had a feeling that she was going to use it to kick multiple soccer balls at Zelda for the killing blow or as a distraction, but I guess she used it in another way."
Izuku noticed Momo sighed sadly in defeat, Izuku immediately realizing that it was her second loss of her four fights, in contrast to his five fights that ended in his victory in all of them, even if two of them had him winning either way. Izuku placed a hand on Momo's knee, the raven-haired girl looking up at Izuku's kind, understanding eyes in surprise, before smiling back warmly and nodding wordlessly.
"Hey! Yaoyorozo! Yaoyorozo!" Nejire yelled excitingly as she floated a few inches from the surprised Momo. "That was an amazing fight! You were so close to winning to at some points! I know that if you had used more of those Light arrows you would have won too! Sorry that you lost, but I hope you had fun watching us fight!"
Nejire extended a hand to Momo, which the rich heiress smiled and accepted. "Thank you, Hado-senpai." Momo replied. "I truly did enjoy our fight and congratulations on your victory."
Nejire smiled brightly. "Hey! Hey! None of this Hado or Senpai stuff! Its just Nejire to you and everyone else! Alright?!" She replied.
"Of course, Nejire." Momo replied. "And in courtesy, you can just call me Momo or Yaomomo, if you like."
"You got it, Yaomomo!' Nejire giggled, before turning her attention towards Izuku. "Hey, 'ZuZu! I won! I won! You voted for me and I won! I redeemed myself for last time! Isn't that great?!"
"Its great, Nejire. You were awesome! But there was nothing to redeem yourself for." Izuku replied. "Again, your counterpart, Felicia did her best and so did Peach's. Sometimes we win and sometimes we lose, that's just how things are."
Nejire blushed and cooed loudly. "OOOH! COME HERE! YOU ARE SO CUTE AND SWEET 'ZUZU!" She wrapped the green-haired teen in a large, bone crushing hug, his head trapped between her breasts as he was rapidly loosing oxygen.
Izuku's face blushed red at the situation. 'Wait...'ZuZu?'
As the rest of the girls tried to pry Nejire before she suffocated Izuku, Momo was torn between smiling and being extremely jealous, her eye twitching in response. 'How does someone make you so cheery and bright in one moment and then makes you super jealous of her a moment later?' She thought as she joined the girls in saving their crush from death by snu-snu.
"GOAL!" Boomstick yelled.
"Pfft. Okay that was funny." Setsuna chuckled.
"Rather dark to chuckle about someone's head getting kicked into pieces." Reiko muttered.
"We have seen heads being blown off in the first fight." Yui said. "Also, impalement, complete disintegration, being slashed in half, burning alive-"
"OK, thanks Yui, but I think we get the idea." Itsuka said as she stopped the blank-faced girl from listing more of the gruesome deaths that were making the nearby students queasy, including herself.
PRINCESS ZELDA
Less Combat Experience
Limited Combat Magic
More Destructive Potential
Wisdom Does Not Grant Better Instincts or Combat Skill
Light Arrow's Magic is only deadly to forces of Evil
Triforce of Wisdom & Magic are better suited out of combat
"Zelda's offensive arsenal is relatively limited and predictable compared to Peach's quirky repertoire." Wiz stated. "And having great wisdom doesn't translate to suddenly knowing how to fight effectively or have better instincts in a fight."
"Huh, so she doesn't have the greater combat experience." All Might said. "Guess we were wrong on that."
"Her experience was likely more on espionage in attempts to hide from this Ganon." Nezu said. "And while she does have greater destructive potential, it would appear that her forms of magic are rather limited in combat than Peach's."
"I really thought her wisdom would have helped." Kaminari said. "You know, her being wise enough to use more of her weapons like swords or change up her style of fighting."
"Just as they said, Wisdom doesn't mean skill or instinct." Iida said. 'I would know.' He thought as he remembered his foolish endeavor to try to get revenge on Stain only to nearly die, only to be saved by Midoriya and Todoroki.
"Additionally, while her Light Arrows were her most powerful weapons, they couldn't fatally wound Peach." Wiz said. "Peach is by no means an evil being, so Zelda's Light arrows had no effect, except dispelling her Rage Vibe Powers."
"Oh, yeah!" Uraraka exclaimed. "It looked like it destroyed the fire around her before it exploded, so it must have struck Peach but didn't kill her because she's not evil."
"So why did it destroy the fire?" Mina asked.
"Probably because her rage is a very negative emotion." Melissa answered. "And all that rage bellowing out with her Vibe Powers could have been considered as dark or 'evil' magic that it was designed to destroy."
"Not evil?" Boomstick repeated. "Tell that to Mario's blue balls."
PRINCESS PEACH
More Combat Experience
Abundant & Diverse Arsenal
Stronger Endurance
More Athletic
Just as clever & Resourceful
Few Fatal Moves
Mega Strike is OP
Rage is Convenient Invulnerability
"Peach was more athletic, versatile, and stronger and could endure more of what Zelda had to offer." Boomstick jumped in. "Also, having fought Bowser and his minions more personally, while Zelda mostly ran away and hid as some sort of she-man, she had greater combat skill and, trust me, surviving Every Mario Party is by no means a walk in the park."
"True." Itsuka said. "Also the sports that she played may seem trivial, but they did help her become more athletic, perhaps also sharpening her reaction time and instincts."
"And while most of Peach's attacks aren't fatal, the Mega Strike Empress Peach gave her a leg up." Boomstick jumped in.
"I would have to disagree with that." Kaminari said. "A pan is no joke. Gah, I can still feel the bruise." He and his fellow frying pan victims rubbed their heads.
"See a soccer ball is typically a kept add up to 12 psi," Wiz explained while showing a three soccer balls and a dawning board full of numbers and mathematical calculations. "But since Peach's Mega Strike creates two more and all three have the same force applied to them as the first, the force needed to be distributed and passed onto all three adds up to 24 pounds per square inch, or about 165,000 newtons per square meter."
"Translation?" Mina asked.
"While Peach's Mega Strike magically creates two more soccer balls, the two still had the same force that was applied to the first soccer ball when she kicked it." Izuku began explaining. "But the soccer balls split after Peach kicked the first ball, meaning that while magically split into three balls, they shared and split the force of Peach's Mega Strike between them."
"In summary, their calculations are referring to how much force Peach's Mega Strike has in the initial kick, the same kick that she used against Zelda in the end." Ectoplasm finished. 'Not bad tutoring, kid. You could end up a great teacher for U.A. in the future.'
"As 1,000 Newtons can cause decapitation and 15 psi can shatter the human skull, the Mega Strike is so over-excessive it didn't just kill Zelda, it obliterated her." Wiz finished dramatically.
"Wow, rather a scary piece of info considering most of us have Quirks that can deal just as much power, like me, Shoji, Jurota, and Midoriya." Sato said.
"It is a frightful, yet necessary reminder to just how powerful your Quirks can be to their fullest extent to even their weakest bases." Thirteen said. "A reminder to while we strike to go Plus Ultra and defeat Villains at all costs, that, like I said at the USJ, your powers can be deadly if mishandled."
"She kicked her in the face really hard and it went boom." Boomstick simplified.
"Yeah, in layman's terms, I guess-"
"Peach sure fleeced her in this fight." Boomstick punned.
"At this point I can't decide who's puns are worst, Boomstick's or Togata's." Kyouka said, causing laughter from the group, Mirio included.
"The winner is Princess Peach." Wiz declared.
The group clapped in congratulations of Peach's victory, with the group disbanding shortly to stretch their legs or take quick bathroom breaks. When they returned, Mei continued the video.
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick announced.
Dramatic music played as thunder rumbled and bolts of lightning flashed and covered the screen. Through the flashes, they could see the image of a man with a straw hat bowing before lifting his head and showed glowing white eyes sparking with blue electricity. Another image showed a hammer with a short pommel sparking before being lifted and it flying and landing on an outstretched hand as lightning filled the screen.
They saw the man with the straw hat razing towards a foe, lighting around him, and yelling incomprehensible words. While the man who wielded the hammer was revealed as a man with a red cape and armor and with long blonde or brown hair. "You dare face the wrath of the Son of Odin!" The man with the hammer declared as he struck the hammer down, lightning followed in his strike.
Prepare to be Thunderstruck!
Thor vs Raiden!
"THOR?!" Izuku, Momo, and Iida exclaimed.
"Wait, you mean Thor?!" Kaminari exclaimed. "Viking, hammer, God of Thunder Thor?! That's So Awesome!"
"But who's the other guy?" Kyouka said. "Raiden was it?"
"Raiden is actually one of the names of pronunciations of Raijin, who is the Japanese God of Thunder." Izuku informed. "So next Death Battle is Thor vs Raijin or Raiden, in this case two Gods of Thunder."
"That's so badass!" Kirishima yelled excited. "Play it! Play it!"
Ibarra quickly dropped to her knees and instinctively prayed to the Lord for another showing of 'blasphemy'.
"This could be rather interesting." Gran Torino said. "Last time we had a clash of two gods or rather god-killers, the kid's secret nearly came out. I wonder what this would cause."
"Lets not tempt fate." All Might replied. "Anyways, it could be rather interesting to see one of our country's own gods fight one of the most popular of the Norse ones."
"Just play the fucking video already, Tech Bitch!" Bakugou yelled. "I want to see some awesome, bloody Kombat!"
With the approval from Nezu, Mei, though grumbling at the Tech Bitch name, played the next video.
Notes:
AAAAAAAANNNNNNDDDD SCENE! I would say that it was fortuitous that I teased the next fight featuring Raiden considering in a few short days comes the Mortal Kombat movie, but it would have been more fortuitous if it was the Actual fight, but that's what I get for being a lazy asshole. Plus, this was supposed to come out a week later by my personal drive and my sister's Confirmation, but due to laziness, short writer's block, and my father's visit, here we are.
Anyways, onto the counterpart explanations! First, Zelda as Momo. Yes, this is her fourth one, yes this is getting rather repetitive, but do you know any other female, heroine character in MHA smart enough to be Zelda other than Momo? One is the smartest girl in 1-A and possibly the series, while Zelda having the Triforce of Wisdom is like the ultimate sign of you being the smartest person on the planet. Plus the two come from wealthy families, Zelda a kingdom and Momo a wealthy, rich, high class family, while Zelda can create Light Arrows with her magic infusing arrows, Momo can just straight create arrows, and both are more strategic fighters than front-line fighters.
As for Nejire as Peach, I know that I kept referencing Nana to Peach because of Float, but that was just for Izuku, All Might, and Gran Torino to have the feels. As for Uraraka and Mina, while both have a pink color association, and one is athletic enough, that same one cannot float and the other isn't athletic enough, at least yet. Nejire meanwhile can both float and fly like Peach, Nejire's shockwaves come from her vitality or endurance and life energy, while Peach is incredibly endurable and her Heart and Vibe Powers come from her emotions, which to me sounded rather similar. Plus the two are sweet, caring, kind of ditzy, but powerhouses in their own rights. Plus, with Mirio as Mario, it would make sense to have the other member of the Big Three be someone connected to Mario, in this case Mario's girlfriend, in reference to Mirio's most often female he's shipped with is Nejire, though I added that 'Not interested line' because she is more in the mood for cinnamon rolls. Plus, I hope you guys found that Death by Snu Snu gag funny, I got it from my Lord of Immersion and say it as a proud member of the Krusade.
Anyways, hope you guys also liked my explanation for the Peach Mega Strike, as I feel like that is what they were trying to say, but some people were confused by that. Also I would like to ask that since we are nearing these fights for previous reviewers to privately message and send me your thoughts and reworks of Batman vs Spider-Man and Thor vs Raiden, since my inbox would be so full of stuff that it will be a nightmare to try an find them, like a needle in a haystack.
Anyways, hope you guys loved the chapter, leave your comments and thoughts in the reviews below, comment who you believe will be counterparts to future fighters, check out my other stories if you like, and keep each other safe and healthy in these trying times.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and I will see you all in the next chapter. And now I leave in style with a SMOKEBOMB!
Chapter 21: Thor vs Raiden
Summary:
Group watches a Godly battle of Thunder and Lightning.
Notes:
ALL ARISE FOR THE RETURN OF ZAYDEN, LORD OF HOUSE STORMVOID, MASTER WRITER OF FANFICTION, THE ANALYST, WATCHER OF THE MULTIVERSE! HERE TO HUMBLY GRACE YOUR EYES WITH ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE!
Announcing myself like a Game of Thrones Lord aside, last time, we has Peach vs Zelda, the Battle of the Princesses and led to Peach as the Ultimate Damsel in Distress. Now we reach Thor vs Raiden, a Battle of Gods instead of God Killers. I believe that most of you will know who Thor's counterpart is already, considering the MCU, but who will Raiden's be? I'm sure the answer will be surprising or anti-climatic. Who knows, but please do remember that my explanations for my choices will be in the endnotes of the chapter.
Also who here is excited for this fight because of the Mortal Kombat that came out recently? Its not a masterpiece and it has its flaws, like overtly fast pacing and a bit of campiness that may be weird for fans and newcomers alike, but I thought it was alright and fun to watch.
Index now:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wiz Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick, buff All Might, or Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, Combatant, or Fight Dialogue
And, as always, I do Not own My Hero Academia, the brainchild of Horikoshi and Bones Studios, or Death Battle, brainchild of Roosterteeth and their channel of the same name, or the franchises mentioned in the past, present, or future chapters, such as Marvel and Disney or Thor and Netherrealm Studios and WB or Raiden.
Now Enough of Talk, ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BATTTLLLLEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
With a press of a button, the next video played, Kaminari practically bouncing in his seat.
"The Gods of Thunder may endure eternal rule under their domains, but in the ring together, they are anything but mortal." Wiz began.
"Means that these immortal gods will still die to the death, idiot." Bakugou grumbled out without looking to Sero who's mouth was open. The Tape Quirk user simply closed his mouth and turned back to the video.
Ibarra, went down onto her knees, clasping her hands and started muttering prayers at of forgiveness for this 'blasphemy'.
"The mighty Thor, Prince of Asgard and the God of Thunder." Boomstick introduced the first fighter.
"And Lord Raiden, defender of Earth Realm and also the God of Thunder." Wiz introduced the second one.
"Oh wait, I think I realize what universe this Raiden guy is from." Sestuna jumped from her seat and raised her hand.
"Well don't keep us in suspense, which is it?" Sen said.
"The same one with that creepy Shang Tsung dude, the one that stole souls from people." Setsuna answered. "I think they said Mortal Kombat."
"Shang Tsung?" Melissa questioned.
"He was in the second fight." Izuku answered. "His main thing was that he can morph into other people and use their powers and steal their souls."
"How do you know?" Awase asked further.
"Wiz just said that Raiden is the Defender of Earthrealm, which is obviously Earth, and is the same name that they said in Shang Tsung's analysis." Setsuna replied.
"Well that's assuming that there are no other universes that have Earth go by as Earthrealm, but that does sound possible." Itsuka said.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick." Boomstick introduced themselves.
"And its our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win, a Death Battle!" Wiz finished the intro.
"Interesting." Nezu said. "This fight will assuredly be a first."
"A first of what, Nezu sir?" All Might asked.
"A Battle between Gods." Nezu answered. "While Kratos and Spawn came close, they were more God Killers, with the only one that was an actual deity being Kratos. This however will be two actual gods. I sure hope that a battle of this magnitude doesn't cause as much ruckus as Kratos and Spawn's."
All Might nodded in agreement, remembering vividly that chaos that ensued finding out about Izuku being both Kratos and Spawn and One For All's near reveal, the explanation to Aizawa, and Young Tokage's eavesdropping.
The first fighter's appearance was, what the currently gushing Kirishima and Tetsutetsu considered, Manly. The god was tall and large, his muscles so large that Deku could compare them only to All Might's and maybe Endeavor's, and his chest wide and built like a brickhouse. He wore a black bodysuit over his chest and to his crotch, four silver, metal, circular plates plastered on his wide chest, the two larger ones on his pecs and two smaller ones below them at his ribcage, and a yellow, golden belt around his waist. His legs were covered in blue pants, his feet clothed in golden and black-strapped boots that reached up to his knees. His arms, up to his wrists, were bare, revealing incredibly powerful biceps, his wrists covered in black and red bands, leaving his large fists bare. A flowing red cape flowed behind him, a silver-winged helmet clothed his head, golden blonde hair flowing out the helmet and down his chiseled, square jaw and blue eyes. In his hand, he wielded a hammer, a short brown-leather grip with a leather strap to one end and the other holding a stone-colored, rectangular metal of the hammer.
Kirishima and Tetsutetsu were staring in awe of the brick house of a being and joined Kaminari in his excitement. Kouta too joined their awe of the godly being as he saw Thor floating in the air with lightning thundering around him. Izuku, Momo, Iida, and Shishida leaned their seats, intrigued as to if this version of Thor was going to be accurate to the Norse myths or something different. The rest of the students were left intrigued by the very appearance of the god, even Bakugou, who felt that the god of Thunder looked like a Nordic version of All Might, blonde hair, blue eyes and large, muscular figure.
Towards the pros and teachers, they too were intrigued by the god, especially his physique, powers, and his hammer. David and Power Loader pondered on how strong that hammer was and what it could be made of.
Thor
"In Norse mythology, Thor is the god of Thunder, Strength, Battle, Healing, and...oak trees?" Boomstick questioned the last domain. "Well, regardless, this god was badass enough to get his own comic book."
"Huh?" Kamakiri questioned. "How on Earth does a God of Thunder and strength also be a God of Oak Trees?"
"There are many gods in multiple different mythologies that have plants and animals as their sacred symbols or part of their list of domains." Shishida replied. "For example, Athena, Goddess of Wisdom, had an owl as her sacred animal, but was also associated with olive trees."
"But why oak?" Kosei asked.
"Oak trees were often struck by lightning due to their greater height and moisture content and compared to other trees." Ibarra pointed out. "Perhaps the Nordic people mistook these trees being struck by lightning repeatedly being a sign of Thor."
Now would be the time where Bakugou would yell about continuing the video and stop talking about plants and trees, but the students of 1-A were left confused and taken back when the explosive blonde didn't. When noticing the stares, he roared out "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU EXTRA'S LOOKING AT?!"
"Nothing." Kaminari said, throwing his hands up in surrender.
While Bakugou turned back to the screen with a huff, Izuku and Kirishima noticed Bakugou peeking towards Shiozaki conversing with the rest of the 1-B girls.
BACKGROUND
Full Name: Thor Odinson the Mighty
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 640 lbs
Secret Civilian ID: Dr. Donald Blake
Skilled Surgeon & Medic
Guardian of Midgard AKA Earth
Superiority Complex
Avenger
"Thor Odinson was conceived between the All-Father, Odin, and the Earth's Elder Goddess, or the Phoenix Force, its complicated." Wiz revealed. "But the intent of his creation was all the same, to create the strongest man in the universe."
"Say what now?" Hagakure said.
"So this one-eyed Viking had sex with either the Earth herself or a fiery, all-powerful, psychic chicken?" Boomstick questioned. "I guess no matter the pantheon, gods have weird fetishes."
"I'm guessing by your confused faces that you this isn't in the myths?" Kyouka asked, noticing the confused faces of the four.
"Indeed." Momo said. "Thor was actually born of Odin and a Jotun, or giantess, but his mother would also often be confused for Frigg or Freya, Odin's wife. Neither of them were Gaea, a Greek Goddess, or whatever that thing is."
"It appears that we were right to assume that this Thor wasn't going to be 100% accurate to the myths." Iida noted.
SUPERHUMAN ABILITIES
Super-Strength
Supersonic Speeds
Self-sustenance
Inexhaustible Stamina
Superhuman Durability
Super-Breath
Immunity to Ailments
"He can lift over a million tons, move at supersonic speeds, never feels exhaustion, can survive without food, can survive the vacuum of space, and talk with frogs." Wiz listed his abilities.
"A MILLION TONS?!" The students, and some of the adults exclaimed.
"Ribbit?" Asui croaked, taking interest in the speaking to frog's ability.
"If that's true then, he's even stronger All Might." Izuku gasped out in amazement.
All Might's eyes widened at Thor's level of strength and agreed with Izuku. 'Even after my fight with All For One, I could have saved people continuously for 3 days straight before I felt remotely exhausted.' All Might thought. 'Though I suppose as a god, he wouldn't really need sleep or food unless he likely fought another god of equal or greater power.'
"He's immune to poison, burns, and electrocution." Boomstick added. "And he can survive the heat of the sun or even a planet bursting explosion. Well, I guess that's what happens when God bangs the Earth, or a fiery Avatar of Life, or whoever his mother is."
"Okay, I think we can all agree on finding the newest, most powerful fighter ever." Setsuna threw her hands in the air, quite literally, in exclamation at the mention for surviving a planet exploding. "Right?"
The group nodded in agreement.
"His immunity to electricity is obviously a perk of being the god of Thunder." Izuku mumbled as he wrote in his notebook. "Poisons are likely because of his godly nature, but as for burns, they could be because of that Phoenix Force."
"And at least we know what it likely is." Melissa said. "An Avatar of Life?"
"Maybe its some other kind of god or deity." Uraraka replied.
"While Thor is not invulnerable, he is augmented by his godly status and a fraction of the all-powerful Odin Force, a powerful mystical energy used by the Kings of Asgard, sealed within Mjolnir, his enchanted hammer." Wiz continued.
"Mial-near?" Pony attempted to say, confused.
"HA! What Kind Of Cheap Ass Godly Weapon Is That?!" Monoma mocked. "The handle and weapon as a whole is too short for such a weapon to be truly effective!"
"Not how I would put it, but the thing does look rather small for a war hammer." Itsuka said.
"THAT's his Weapon?!" Boomstick exclaimed, confused and in disbelief. "That thing is way too tiny!"
"Okay, maybe we were wrong." Kaminari whispered to Sero. "Maybe Monoma is Boomstick's counterpart?"
"Nah, too annoying." Sero whispered back. "Even Boomstick is charming in his own way. Monoma's more of a dick."
"And Bakugou isn't?" Kaminari whispered back, the two devolving into a fit of chuckled.
"Did you idiots forget who's right next to you?" Kaminari and Sero paled drastically and turned to the voice of Bakugou, glaring at them with comical red eyes and snarling teeth.
"I mean, if he was the God of Mending Fences or something I guess I could-WOAH!" Boomstick exclaimed as an image showed Thor slamming the hammer on a crystal, rainbow-glowing bridge, creating a massive explosion of light and energy. "OH SHIT! NEVERMIND!"
Jaws dropped in unison at the display of power from Mjolnir.
"Okay, I guess I was wrong." Itsuka muttered out, eyes wide in shock.
"Yeah." Yui said, her own expressionless eyes too widened in alarm.
MJOLNIR
Bound to Thor
Literally means "Crusher"
Forged from a Star Core
Momentum-based flight
Unbreakable
Anti-Force Energy Blasts
God Blast
-Summons Asgardian power into a beam capable of slaying immortals
"Mjolnir is mystically bound to Thor and obeys him as if it were alive, such as tossing it onto enemies and summoning it right back to his hand." Wiz revealed. "And if it were any larger, it would be too heavy to wield."
"So not only is it a hammer, its also a boomerang?" Snipe questioned. "Well, I'll be."
" Not exactly as improbable as sword made of light or a sentient, alien, transforming robot." Power Loader noted.
"So its not the size of his hammer, its how he uses it." Boomstick said.
Mineta chuckled pervertedly.
"Why do I feel like that was another perverted, disgusting comment?" Momo questioned, annoyance plastered on her face.
"Because it was." Mina said, smirking at the perverted joke, before peeking to Izuku. 'Although with what Mei said, I'm sure Midori will Definitely please with the size alone of his 'Hammer'.'
"It was forged by Dwarves using the power of the God Tempest, a cosmic storm the size of a galaxy, and the core of a dying star," Wiz explained. "Which went supernova and killed all the dinosaurs."
Setsuna practically screeched in horror at the last part, suddenly finding Thor not so great with wielding such a weapon.
"No wonder its so heavy." Melissa gasped out, eyes wide. "If they were to condense a neutron star into the size of a match box, that would be like lifting 3 billion tons!"
Izuku was writing in his notebook so fast that the rest practically swore that his notebook was steaming.
"That sounds...overkill." Mina said, eyes wide too.
"HELL YEAH ITS OVERKILL AND I WANT IT!" Bakugou yelled. "HEY BOX, GIVE ME MY OWN HAMMER LIKE YOU DID GIVING THOSE GLOWING CRYSTALS!"
Before the group could settle the teen down, the device paused said "MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM MASTER ZAYDEN. DO YOU WISH TO READ IT?"
The group looked to the screen in surprise, the teachers looking around to see if this watcher of the multiverse was currently spying on them from some kind of portal.
"OF FUCKING COURSE!" Bakugou yelled.
The device pulled up an envelope on the screen, it opening and revealing a single worded message. "No".
The reaction of which consisted of laughter, a fuming and raging Bakugou, that had to be dragged away from the machine from destroying it in, and Mei having to dragged away from Bakugou from destroying him.
"Yeah, forget anything I said earlier, I'm liking the dino slaughtering hammer." Boomstick exclaimed excitingly. "Where can I get one?"
"Mjolnir can only be wielded by Thor." Wiz revealed.
"Until it didn't after a god-slaying psychopath and a pirate spy said he wasn't worthy and he couldn't lift the dang thing." Boomstick revealed himself.
"Huh?" Mina questioned. "How does that work? Did he lose his super strength or something?"
"Correct." Wiz agreed with Boomstick. "Mjolnir can only be lifted by those who are worthy of heart and soul."
"That true, Deku?" Uraraka asked the green-haired teen.
"In Norse mythology, no." Deku said. "The only reason Thor was able to lift Mjolnir, much less use it, at all was because it was incredibly heavy. Only with a magic belt and gloves that increased his strength could Thor lift and use Mjolnir, so this must be something unique for this universe."
"Whosoever holds this hammer, if they be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor." Odin whispered to the hammer.
"Much like his father before him, Thor was considered worthy of wielding the hammer." Wiz continued. "But after his encounter with Gor, the God-Butcher, and the original Nick Fury, Thor lost the right to wield Mjolnir, and his left arm."
"Ouch." Sen hissed. "Bad enough he couldn't lift his hammer anymore, but he lost an arm as a bonus 'Fuck you' from the universe."
Iida stared at the image of Gor, the God Butcher, his eyes narrowing as, in his eyes, he looked disturbingly familiar to Stain.
"Since then, it was used by Thor's ex-girlfriend, Jane Foster." Boomstick said, showing a female version of Thor wielding the hammer. "Until she chucked it into the Sun, to destroy an unstoppable God-killing monster from destroying Asgard, even at the expense of her life from deadly cancer, and destroyed it. So much for indestructible."
"She sacrificed the hammer and godly powers, and even condemned herself to death from cancer, to put an end to a monster and save innocents." All Might said, smiling. "A worthy act of a true Hero."
"There have been other Mjolnirs created as well." Wiz said, showing a golden, different hammer and one with a long wooden staff, one end a hammer and the other an axe. "Like the golden hammer of Stormbreaker given to the alien, Beta Ray Bill, and another universe's Stormbreaker that was wielded by another Thor from an alternate universe."
"That hammer-axe one looks sick!" Kamakiri exclaimed with a smile.
"But each one, Thor Odinson refused." Boomstick revealed. "Even when wishing the return of his godly powers, he refused to take another man's hammer, and soon got a hammer of his own. And by that, I mean he got his OG hammer back and even became King of Asgard as a bonus."
"Now that's a Manly God!" Kirishima shouted.
Izuku lowered his gaze as he recalled when he almost offered to give One For All to Mirio after he lost his Quirk in the Hisaikai raid, and how he was willing to, and did, give up One For All to Kacchan in their fight against Nine, only for the Quirk to be transferred back to him, miraculously. 'But...what if it didn't.' Izuku thought. 'Would I have been like Thor? Powerless. Quirkless again. My chance at being a Hero over.' The teen then thought back to the smiling faces of Katsuma and Mahoro, and smiled. 'Doesn't matter anyway. If it meant those two's safety, even if I didn't get it back, I would do so again in a heartbeat.'
"And there are other work arounds beside worthiness," Wiz said. "Red Hulk once carried the hammer into space because Thor was still holding onto it." The screen showed an even larger, more muscled red-skinned man carrying the hammer and smacking Thor with it. "Which may be one of the dumbest technicalities ever."
"Woah, who the hell is that dude?" Tetsutetsu asked as he pointed at the red-skinned giant of a man. "That dude looks ripped! He looks more jacked up then All Might!"
"Don't know." Itsuka said. "But the look on him and the fact he's fighting Thor makes me think that this guy would never have lifted that hammer."
"But even without Ma-jol-near, Thor's got more up his arsenal." Boomstick said.
"That was even worse than Pony's attempt." Reiko said, the American transfer student rubbing her neck embarrassed.
MEGINGJORD
Nordic Title: Meginjord
The Belt of Strength
Doubles Thor's physique
"He wears the Belt of Strength, with an equally unpronounceable name, which, surprise, doubles his already powerful might." Boomstick revealed.
"Is that the belt you guys said that Thor had that allowed him to lift Mjolnir?" Ojirio asked.
"Indeed, though in this universe, it seems its merely a strength enhancer." Iida said.
"Which is rather overkill considering considering Thor's already so powerful." Momo added.
"And naturally, as the God of Thunder, Thor can manipulate the weather." Wiz jumped in.
"Here we go." Kaminari said as he grew more excited.
GODLY POWERS
Weather Manipulation
Lightning Manipulation
Wind-Powered Flight
Earthquake control
Immortality
Warrior's Madness Berserk State
Healing Powers
"Storms, tornadoes, the wind, he can even summon deadly bolts of lightning." Wiz listed.
"That looks so Awesome!" Kaminairi exclaimed, looking at the massive bolts of lightning Thor unleashed.
"He also had some control over the Earth, despite his actual mom being a fiery chicken." Boomstick jumped in. "He can make earthquakes that spun entire continents."
"Okay, I think that is league's more impressive than that Akuma guy shattering an island with a single punch." Miruko said, eyes wide in amazement and shock, much like the rest of the group.
"But yeah, if his mom was that Phoenix Force or whatever, then how does he have powers over the Earth like Gaea?" Sero asked.
"It could be that Gaea granted him those powers as a way to hide the truth of who his real mother was." Izuku answered.
"He can also fly using the wind and by propelling his hammer forward to carry him, is immortal, and has some healing abilities." Boomstick continued.
"Wait so he can fly be tossing his hammer forward and ride it?" Hagakure repeated confused.
"I guess so." Mina said.
"Thor has fought and defeated many of the most powerful warriors in the Marvel Universe." Wiz revealed. "Including fighting, defeating, and even, eventually, killing Galactus, the infamous Devourer of Worlds and one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe."
"De-Devourer of Worlds?" Uraraka stuttered in shock, as she and the rest of the group, looked at the large, purple, weird-helmeted being eating planets in absolute shock and horror.
"He defeated That?!" Mineta screeched in horror.
"If these beings were to ever come to our world..." Endeavor said.
"We wouldn't stand a chance." All Might finished his statement, a wave of dread flowing down him at the thought that these forces of pure destruction and power could come to their world.
FEATS
Master Marksman
Top Flight Speed: Mach 32
Martial Arts Mastery
-Viking, Celtic, Saxon, German, & American Fighting Styles
Overpowered the Hulk
Tricked Loki, the God of Mischief
Can Destroy Adamantium
Escaped a Black Hole
Killed Galactus
Strongest Asgardian, Odin aside
"He has mastered enough martial arts to box even Captain America to a standstill, and has even overpowered the Hulk, another of the most powerful characters in the Marvel Universe." Wiz explained.
"Wait that green, giant guy looks almost identical to that red one." Kirishima pointed out.
"They even have similar names." Tetsutetsu said. "Hulk and Red Hulk. I guess that means that they are related?"
"Or have similar origins and powers." Tokoyami said.
"Although, in the past, even without becoming unworthy to wield Mjolnir, he could lose his powers when separated from his hammer." Wiz revealed.
"Which is pretty stupid considering his main method of attack is throwing the damn thing!" Boomstick replied.
"Yeah, that does sound weird." Melissa said. "But perhaps it has to do with the distance between them, like if it were in another continent or dimension."
"But through some convoluted magic absurdity, this is no longer a problem." Wiz explained. "In fact, he has no specific physical weaknesses."
"Except by a magic elf that chopped his arm off and other god powered stuff." Boomstick jumped in.
"True, and he does suffer from a superiority complex." Wiz continued. "Arrogant and eager to fight, he often ignores even the most perceptible risks."
"Well when you are a god that can break continents apart, who wouldn't be a little arrogant." Setsuna said.
"Additionally, he is still a Norse God, and those of the Nordic people, Vikings, they were usually a violent and battle hungry society." Jurota added on. "Their version of Heaven, Valhalla, is said to only be granted to those that die honorably in battle."
"Sounds like the way to beat him would be to use their brains against him." Sen said.
"But do not mistaken him for a mere battle-drunk moron, as Thor can be surprisingly intelligent and knowledgeable." Wiz corrected. "He is a skilled medic and surgeon, defeated the supervillain, Magneto, by using his knowledge of temperature demagnetization, has a knowledge of the occult, different religions, and cultures, fluent in multiple languages, and even tricked his own younger, adopted brother, Loki, the God of Mischief, multiple times, once with a cardboard cutout of himself."
"I guess when you have dickhead, Villain brother that turns into a snake to stab you and also turn you into a frog, you have to be smart enough to see him coming." Boomstick said.
"Never mind." Sen said.
"So is that why he can talk to frogs?" Asui asked. "Because he once turned into one?"
"If that's true then Tamaki here can probably talk to any animal that he eats." Mirio said, patting the shy teen with a powerful pat that nearly sent the teen to the ground.
"He may not be one of the smartest of in the Marvel Universe, but there is no doubt that he is the Strongest and Mightiest." Wiz finished.
"I like him." Boomstick exclaimed.
Thor smirked before whirling around and slamming Mjolnir into a Frost Giant, sending it crashing into the ruined wall. "Next?" Thor asked.
The group thought over their opinions of the God of Thunder, mostly with praises of his sheer strength and power, and the pros nodding in appreciation that he was a Hero from where he came from, some shuddering in horror at the thought of facing that kind of force in a Villain.
The second fighter wasn't as physically gifted as Thor, but his appearance was still more godly and unique compared to the average man. The god too was tall and had a wide chest and muscle under his outfit, said outfit being a bolt blue robes over white, Shaolin monk-styled robes. The blue robes covered the sides of his chest and down to his crotch, a black belt around his waist, armored pads on his shoulders, and an amulet on the left side of his chest, the amulet bronze and golden and circular while the middle was encrusted with a blue gem with a dragon insignia. Dark grey wrist guards and ankle guards were strapped to his wrist and ankles up to his knees. His most distinguishing features however were the long wooden staff, with a metal end, that he often wielded, the large, round straw hat he wore, and his eyes pure whitish-blue and often sparking in blue lightning.
Ojiro and Itsuka stared at the second God of Thunder, noting that his Shaolin-styled clothing could perhaps indicate that he has knowledge of martial arts. Kaminari was likewise excited to see another God of Thunder, perhaps this one showing more actual lightning powers than Thor if the glowing blue eyes was something consider. The heroes and teachers could sense that this Thunder God looked more wise and disciplined compared to Thor.
Raiden.
"According to Japanese legend, Raiden is the God of Thunder and Storms, who, when angered, devours the stomachs of children as they sleep." Wiz began the analysis off.
"Mmm, child haggis! Just like mom used to make!" Boomstick joked.
Eri and Kouta squirmed and held onto Deku, Eri holding her stomach as if Raiden himself was going to appear and eat her stomach.
"Well, whenever he had his fill of defenseless, sleeping children, I guess he decided to protect the Earth from evil." Boomstick continued.
BACKGROUND
Full Name: Lord Raiden
Height: 7'
Weight: 350 lbs
Age: Eternal
Protector of Earthrealm
Martial Arts Mastery
-Jujitsu, Nan Chuan, Judo, & Taekwondo
"Raiden is the defender of Earthrealm, and is a key leader in shielding it from the forces of the ruthless, evil Shao Kahn's Outworld." Wiz explained. "Tasked by the Elder Gods of the Realms, he, along with his fellow demigod, Fujin, God of the Wind, and his Earthrealm Champions, they safeguard and fight for their realm in the bloody tournament of Mortal Kombat."
"So it is the same world where Shang Tsung is from." Itsuka said.
"Knew It!" Setsuna exclaimed in victory.
"Elder Gods?" Midnight said. "What, are they older than him or something?"
"It could be that they are the oldest and most powerful gods of their universe, and this Raiden and Fujin are their younger counterparts and enforcers." Nezu said.
"He's a master of several different fighting styles and amps them up with powerful electric attacks!" Boomstick jumped in. "Sometimes wielding a wooden staff, but generally prefers his fists."
"So while Thor focuses on pure strength and power, Raiden is a more combat-centered and lightning based fighter." Ojiro said.
"Hey Midoriya, think you can write down some of his lighting based moves if they show up?" Kaminari asked. "I think they would work well with my Quirk too."
"Sure thing." Deku replied.
"From the mobile kicks of Tae Kwan Do, to the anti-armor combat of Jujitsu, Raiden's wide variety of fighting styles compliment each other perfectly to take down any kind of opponent." Wiz said.
"Fast, mobile strikes to keep your opponent on the defensive and Jujitsu to be able to break those defenses and overwhelm them." Itsuka said. "Now I'm interested."
SPECIAL MOVES
Lightning Shots
Vicinity Blast
Shocking Touch
Electric Fly
Electric Slide
Teleport
Fatalities
"This Thunder God uses several lightning charged special attacks." Boomstick said. " Like the Vicinity Blast, Electric Fly, Lightning Shots, Teleporting, and Shocking Touch." As he listed them, the screen showed Raiden performing said attacks, from teleporting in a flash of blue lightning, unleashing bolts of lightning, and flying at his enemies with lightning.
"Hmm, given Kaminari's Quirk I think the only way for him to use Vicinity Blast is if he can discharge his electricity between his hands, and maybe he can increase the range by placing his disks around him to make a cage of electricity. The Lightning Shots probably only work with his disk unless he can unleash it more precisely, it looks like something Nejire could do better for more accurate blasts. Teleporting Electric Fly won't work for him either, although maybe is he has a way to discharge his electricity through his feet and with a support gear, he can mimic the flight aspect of it. Actually maybe Nejire can do the Electric Fly given tat she can fly, although she would have to focus her waves on fists rather than blasting them. The Shocking Touch is one that Kaminari already does, but maybe he can extend it by using his disk to make a sort of tripwire made of electricity..."
The students looked on as Deku was lost in mumble stream, comical sweat drops on their heads while the girls chuckled fondly. Kaminari smiled appreciatively at Midoriya, finding it cool and touching that he was devoting so much brain power to help him become stronger. 'Thanks man.' Kaminari thought. 'You're the coolest.'
Nejire meanwhile smiled brightly at Deku also making notes to help her out. She giggled and swooned so hard that she couldn't take it and tackled the teen into a bone-crushing hug, snapping the green-haired teen and making him go blue at the rapid loss of oxygen.
"Not to mention when finishing his foes, he discharges so much electricity into them that they combust with multiple different Fatalities." Boomstick continued, showing Raiden discharge bolts of electricity into a blonde woman's head until it exploded into pieces.
"Okay, maybe you shouldn't try that, Jamming Yey." Kyouka suggested nervously.
"Y-Yeah, not really Hero-like to explode someone's skull into pieces." Kaminari agreed, rubbing his neck.
"The sheer power of these lightning attacks apparently can overload his brain, causing him to spout out random gibberish in mid-attack." Boomstick finished
"INEEDMONNNEEEY!" Raiden yelled gibberish as he Electric Fly'ed into a muscular black man with metal arms.
The students burst out laughing at the random, almost undiscernible gibberish of Raiden.
"What did he say?" Mina asked.
"I think it was I need money." Uraraka answered.
"Wow, Uraraka, how did you figure that out?" Hagakure asked.
"Practice." Uraraka replied. "Mostly from figuring out Deku when he mutters."
The girls giggled and the guys laughed as Deku blushed.
"True, but I think its more like Kaminari when he's in that dunce mode of his." Kyouka laughed, remembering Kaminari's dunce face, gibberish, and hand gestures.
"You think you insult me, Jirou, but I take it as a compliment." Kaminari said smugly. "I chose to believe this is a sign. A sign that I will be Raiden's counterpart!"
"Well you're not wrong." Asui said. "That overloading his brain thing is your whole thing."
"How much you think that he jinxed himself by saying its him?" Sero whispered.
"100%." Bakugou simply replied.
GODLY POWERS
Ethereal Energy Composition
Weather Manipulation
Electricity Manipulation
Flight
Healing Powers
Immortality
Eventually reincarnated after death
"As an Eternal god, Raiden is entirely composed of ethereal energy and can morph into various forms of electrical force." Wiz explained. "With this trait he gains teleportation, flight, and unlimited endurance."
"That explains his teleportation and flight, and if he is made up of pure energy, it makes sense that he can't be reasonably tired." Momo said. "Maybe he can morph into various forms of electricity to evade Thor's attacks or absorb them."
"However, if he can't absorb all the energy, then maybe he could absorb to much and explode in an overload." Iida replied.
"And like any other Thunder God, Raiden has all sorts of control over the weather and lightning." Boomstick added.
"Raiden has so much power, he can even achieve scientifically impossible feats, like channeling electricity through insulated wood." Wiz added also.
"I'm sorry, what?" Mei did a double take.
"Haha, take that physics!" Boomstick chuckled.
"Well, he is a magical god." Itsuka said. "Things like physics aren't exactly things that they follow."
FEATS
Most powerful Mortal Kombatant
Held off limitless-power Kano
Has Mastered 750 varieties of Jujitsu
Was the last man standing against the Deadly Alliance
Defeated the Hovan Necromancers
Can channel electricity through wood
Defeated Shao Kahn and prevented Armageddon
"He is one of the most powerful characters in the Mortal Kombat universe." Wiz said. "And has successfully defended Earth for centuries. He eventually became the All-Powerful Elder God of Earthrealm, but relinquished this power to protect the people of Earth."
"What?" Boomstick questioned "That doesn't make any sense."
"Yeah, I mean why would you give up being an all-powerful god with so much power and then give it up to protect Earth?" Setsuna asked. "I mean, couldn't you use that power to protect Earth?"
"Maybe its some kind of rule where Elder Gods can't interfere because they are too powerful." Yui said. "It could explain why he would give it up."
"Well, while he is an immortal, formless god, he isn't indestructible and has limits." Wiz clarified. "In order to fight among others, especially mortals, he must take a form susceptible to mortality."
"I believe this is the saying 'Level the playing field'." Tokoyami said.
"Yeah, not exactly a fair fight if you can't die." Sen said.
"But he still retains all his godly powers." Boomstick jumped in. "And is tough enough to effortlessly smash through solid concrete."
"So he lets himself become mortal to fight, but still has all his god powers." Mina said. "How is that 'Leveling the playing field'?"
"When faced with the possibility of death, playing fair and holding back is luxury that cannot be afforded." Aizawa answered. " Its irrational. There will be threats where you can't hold back or limit yourselves, because they won't do the same for you and your reluctance could lead to lives being lost."
"Through his numerous successes in defending Earthrealm from impossible odds, Raiden has proved his greatest attribute to be his leadership and wisdom in battle." Wiz said. "He is a cunning and daring strategist, willing to make whatever sacrifices necessary to achieve victory."
"Like this guy." Boomstick said, showing Shang Tsung hold up a young man by his hair. "That guy." The screen showed the Asian shirtless fighter that fought Shang Tsung, but now as a zombified version of his former self. "And All of These Guys!" The screen showed multiple people dying, including a young man with a cool hat having his neck snapped from behind, a scantily clad, long-haired cave in a police man's face with a single punch and ripping out another scantily clad woman in green's stomach, a Native American-looking man being disintegrated, and the Asian, shirtless fighter rushing to attack Raiden, only to get blasted by his electricity and become consumed in flames and lightning. "Raiden, a physical example of sacrificing others for the greater good."
"Holy crap!" Kaminari cursed.
The students felt ill at the sight of so many gruesome deaths, some gulping as they tried to keep their lunches down. Izuku and Mirio covered Kouta and Eri's eyes from the carnage, while the heroes looked on with narrowed eyes and stunned faces at how brutal this world was.
"In context, in the final battle of Armageddon, that would decide the fate of all the Realms, the evil Shao Kahn claimed victory and became the all-powerful One Being, with only he and Raiden left standing in the end." Wiz began explaining, as it showed Shao Kahn mercilessly beating a defeated Raiden as everyone else was dead in numerous ways. "To prevent this dark future from occurring, Raiden used the last of his powers to send a message to himself from the past. After multiple visions of the future and in his desperation to succeed, he would make a foolish, desperate plea to the Elder Gods to intervene, only to leave his fighters defenseless that led to their deaths aside a few. This sprouted a rift to form between him and his greatest champion and successor, Liu Kang, that led to their own clash and Liu Kang's accidental demise."
"So he fought against Raiden because he was pissed his friends die?" Nejire questioned.
"It seems so." Tamaki muttered. "Maybe it was also because of that woman who died who's hand he held. He seemed close to her."
"So he turned on his boss because he had the hots for a chick?" Bakugou said. "That's fucking stupid."
"Wait, how is being shot by lightning and being set on fire accidental?" Boomstick asked confused.
"Liu Kang's mystical Dragon Fire expanded and reacted violently with Raiden's Lightning." Wiz explained. "Although lesser in power, the two magics collided and wrecked havoc on Liu Kang's body, ultimately killing him and cursing Raiden's name in death. But even with his death, Raiden would defeat Shao Kahn with the aid of the Elder Gods and save Earthrealm from Armageddon."
"The greatest of victories sometimes come at the gravest of costs." All Might said.
"Hehehe." Raiden, this version having long white hair. "Sorry."
The group thought over Raiden and his powers, some believing that Raiden's martial arts and wisdom would take the victory of Thor and the others feeling that Thor's strength and power would be enough to take it.
"Alright the combatants are set." Wiz said. "Let's end this debate once and for all."
"Its Time For A Death Batttlllleee!" Boomstick exclaimed.
As the video paused and the device scanned as usual, the votes were cast. The most significant of votes for Thor were Bakugou, who favored Thor's strength and power more, Endeavor, who followed the same logic as Bakugou, Melissa and Mei, who were more intrigued by Mjolnir, Jurota, believing that Thor's sheer strength, couple with his intellect and abilities would take the victory, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu, who liked Thor's more physically imposing appearance, Miruko, who claimed his strength and infinite endurance would take the cake, Ibarra, who liked his domain of oak trees, Asui, who liked Thor's ability to talk with frogs, Nezu, and Izuku, who felt that with Thor's immunity to electricity would be useful.
Those who voted for Raiden included Kaminari, who liked his more clear use of lightning and still convinced that he was Raiden, All Might, who appreciated the man's wisdom more, Ojiro and Itsuka, who liked Raiden's martial arts, Momo and Iida, who believed that Raiden's greater wisdom could outsmart Thor's, Aizawa, who respected Raiden's more strategy and cunning than Thor's recklessness, Nejire, who she voted for his lightning powers and because of Izuku's analysis, Kamakiri, who liked the brutal aspect of Raiden more, Mirio and Monoma, for Raiden's sheer power over lightning, Setsuna, and Mic.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART DETECTED!" The device said as it finished its scan. "THOR ODINSON! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: TOSHINORI YAGI AKA ALL MIGHT!"
"Well, I shouldn't be surprised that you of all people would be Thor, All Might." Aizawa said. "Powerful, yet reckless."
All Might sweat dropped at Aizawa's compliment/insult.
"Next is Raiden." Kaminari said excitingly. "Watch. Its going to say me and I'm going to beat All Might!"
"And cue disappointment in three, two, one..."
"LORD RAIDEN! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERART: TOSHINORI YAGI AKA ALL MIGHT!"
"NNNNOOOOOOO!" Kaminari wailed.
"Called it." Kyouka said.
"Although, why is All Might both of them?" Momo asked. "I understand Thor because of their strength and both being a little reckless, but why Raiden?"
Izuku pondered for a moment for replying with "Maybe because Raiden is like the strongest fighter in his world much like All Might is ours. Also perhaps because Raiden is the Protector of Earthrealm is similar to All Might as the Symbol of Peace."
"That does make sense." Mina said. "Plus, I can't picture Kaminari as a wise, old leader even if I tried."
"Hey!" Kaminari shouted
While they argued, Izuku pondered in his mind more reasons. 'It could also be that just like this Liu Kang was Raiden's champion and successor, All Might has one in me.' Izuku thought. 'But that would only make sense if I was-'
"ADDITIONAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device voiced, snapping Deku from his thoughts. "LIU KANG! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
Izuku and All Might froze. The scene of Raiden accidentally killing Liu Kang and Liu Kang blaming and cursing Liu Kang for his death not sitting well with the 8th and 9th wielders of One For All. The girls also took the death of their crush in another life not well either, with Melissa practically latching onto Izuku's hand as if he was suddenly going to vanish on the spot. Even Bakugou froze at the thought of Deku dying, even worse at the thought that it was All Might's own counterpart that did it.
'What a cruel thing irony is.' Gran Torino thought, not wishing his thoughts voiced to the clearly sad successor to his friend beside him. 'From what you told me about your meeting with him Toshinori, especially that stupid way you told him no at first, I wonder if this is some form of punishment, just as you nearly killed his dreams, you took his own life in another.'
"FUJIN! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: MIRAI SASAKI AKA SIR NIGHTEYE!"
"Nighteye?" Mina questioned. "Isn't that who you had your work study with Mid-"
Mina stopped her question as she looked at Deku, who's hair masking his eyes and frowned made it clear that he wasn't exactly happy to remember the now dead Hero. The same applied for Uraraka, Asui, Kirishima, Ryukyu, Aizawa, Fat Gum, Nejire, and Amajiki, all of whom were involved in the Hisaiakai raid in which the pro gave his life for.
All Might slumped at the mention of his former sidekick, the sight of Mirai's hole in his chest and his last moments and smile still burned into his mind. 'Well, at least you were by my side in another life, old friend.' He thought and chuckled sadly.
Mirio froze too, looking at the image of Sir Nighteye in front of him, reliving Sir's injury, his final prediction, and death. His smile turned to a frown and tears began to crack from his eyes.
He felt the tug on his arm, snapping from his grief to look at the responsible party, that being Eri. She looked at him curiously and asked "That was the man who helped save me too, the one that was hurt. I haven't seen him. Is he alright?"
Mirio froze, unable to come up with what to say, whether to lie to her, or tell her the harsh truth. "A world without smiles and humor...has no bright future." Mirio remembered Sir's last words and his final smile. 'I can't tell her. Not yet.' Mirio thought. 'She wouldn't understand. Or worse, she will blame herself. I can't see her smile disappear or lie to her.'
"Yeah." Mirio replied to Eri, a bright smile on his face and tears in his eyes. "Sir is fine. He's...he's gone off to a better place to rest. He's alright and happy."
Eri blinked in confusion before smiling and Mirio felt his heart both light up in joy to see her smile, and clench in guilt over a half-truth.
"JANE FOSTER! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: INKO MIDORIYA!"
"HUH?!" Izuku and All Might simultaneously shouted.
"WHY IS AUNTIE INKO THERE?!" Bakugou shouted.
"Wow, we found one of your mom, Deku." Uraraka said excited. "And she also was Thor too! Isn't that cool?!"
"Y-Yeah, I guess so." Izuku said, smiling at seeing how his own mom was a hero in another world, too. A true Hero like All Might said. At the mention of All Might, Izuku smile quickly turn to a frown. 'Wait.' He thought. 'Jane Foster, Mom's counterpart. They said that she was also-'
'All Might's girlfriend.' Both he and Todoroki thought at the same time. While Todoroki kept that mental note for his Dad-Might theories, Izuku whirled to look towards All Might, who, despite his efforts to remain still, was shaking like he was in a vibrating chair, nervous sweat pouring down his entire body, his blank eyes trying, and failing, to hide panic.
"Well, looks like the kids on the right track." Gran Torino whispered to All Might. "How long before you tell him and about you and his mother?"
"In my eulogy." All Might answered.
After settling down, the video began again with the fight.
The scene began with Thor facing away and towards the horizon, his cape bellowing in wind as the sky was cloudy. In a flash of lightning, Raiden teleported and appeared before him. The two turned to face each other.
FIGHT!
Raiden fired a bolt of lightning at Thor as he backflipped away before landing and firing another bolt of lightning.
"He's keeping his distance and attacking from afar." Aizawa said. "Using his projectile based powers to test out Thor's own abilities and keep away from his hammer."
Thor swung his hammer and smashed the bolt of lightning away and blocked the second with the hammer too. Thor proceeded to toss the hammer towards Raiden, the Protector of Earthrealm teleporting away as the hammer sailed past where he was. The hammer froze in mid-air before flying back to Thor's hands.
"Seems like this fight is going to come down to speed and wisdom vs strength and defense." Momo analyzed. "Thor can easily withstand anything Raiden can throw at him, while Raiden is wiser and faster with his teleporting.
Raiden appeared behind Thor and unleashed a flurry of kicks, jabs, and punches on the Thunder God before uppercutting him to the sky. Raiden teleported again and appeared where Thor flew to and began striking at him with another flurry of attacks. He teleported once more and attacked him from behind before teleporting away as Thor attempted to swing his hammer at him.
"Damn, my man's beating him down!" Kaminari cheered for his fighter.
"He's using his speed to strike quickly and using teleportation to easily dodge Thor's more slower attacks and attack from behind." Endeavor said. "Smart strategy given who is clearly the physically strongest."
Raiden would attack from behind with a teleporting kick before teleporting again. Thor swung his hammer to try and strike at the god as he appeared behind him, but Raiden teleported away. Thor would continue attempting to strike at Raiden as he appeared behind him, only for the other Thunder God to teleport away before the hammer hit him.
"Thor knows that Raiden is trying to attack him from behind and is attacking at his behind." Jurota said. "Clearly he is a seasoned warrior to quickly predict such tactics."
"But Raiden is too quick." Rin said. "He's teleporting away before he can hit him."
"COME ON YOU HAMMER-WIELDING, PRETTY BOY!" Bakugou shouted. "JUST HIT HIM! DON"T JUST FLOAT THERE AND TAKE IT!"
Raiden would teleport kick him from behind again before teleporting in front of him, grabbing him and tossing him down to the ground. As Thor hit and bounced off the ground form the force, Raiden appeared in front of him and unleashed the Vicinity Attack on the mid-air Thor, sending him flying back.
Thor bounced and rolled off the ground till he was on his feet. He raised his hammer to the air and yelled "Have At Thee!" A large bolt of yellow lightning fell down and flowed towards his hammer. "Mighty Spark!" Thor yelled again as he fired the blast of lightning towards Raiden.
Raiden stood still and raised his hands as the lightning gathered and sun around him, the yellow lightning turning blue, before firing it back towards Thor.
"He just threw his lighting back at him." Mina said.
"They are both lightning users, so its reasonable that they can't be hurt by lightning either." Izuku said.
Thor spun his hammer in front of him in a circle, shielding him from the lightning. Thor jumped up and towards an oak tree, the tree flying up into the air as he landed. Thor punched the tree and sent it flying towards Raiden.
"Huh, I guess the oak tree fact came in handy somehow." Setsuna said shrugging.
As the oak tree flew closer to Raiden, he fired his lighting, the tree exploding into pieces.
"Oh right, and he can also defy physics and destroy wood with lightning easily." Setsuna continued.
Thor slammed his hammer onto the earth, creating an earthquake that had the Japanese God of Thunder stumbling and wobbling as the ground shook.
"The hell are you standing around for?!" Kamakiri yelled. "You can fly! So Fly!"
As if hearing him, Raiden jumped into the air and flew, lightning sparking behind him in a trail.
"Thank you!" Kamakiri shouted.
In the distance, Raiden was seen flying and yelling gibberish "JOHNNY'SINTHECAR!"
"Ha, there's the gibberish." Kyouka chuckled. "What did he say this time, 'Chaco?"
"I don't know, but I think it was something like 'Johnny's in the car'?" Ochaco said, herself confused.
Thor took to the sky himself, Mjolnir being swung in circled again as he hovered in mid-air. He swung the hammer forward and flew towards Raiden. The two flew at high speeds towards each other before crashing in a burst of lighting.
"Awesome!" Kouta cheered.
"Yeah! They both look so cool!" Deku fanboyed. "Just as strong as All Might!"
The screen zoomed to see Thor dropkicking Raiden, sending the former Elder God into the side of a mountain. The Thunder God bounced off and flipped down to the ground, running towards Thor. The Norse God tossed his hammer at Raiden again, who teleported again, the hammer bouncing of the mountain and into Thor's hands.
"Stop Teleporting and Fight like a Real Man!" Tetsutetsu yelled.
Raiden continued running before jumping into the air and firing multiple bolts of lighting. Thor jumped towards him, smacking away the bolts with Mjolnir. He kicked the Japanese God in the chin before delivering another kick that sent the god upwards, Thor flying up and slamming his knee into his chest, the god flying and bouncing off a hill before landing in a slide on the ground.
"Now that's more like it!" Tetsutetsu yelled.
"Thor has the upper hand." Midnight said. "Raiden's lightning bolts can be easily smacked away and Thor's physically more stronger than him."
Thor landed as Raiden slid to a stop, grabbed the fellow Thunder God and headbutted him, stunning him. The Avenger then slammed him into the ground before jumping away.
"Ooof!" Itsuka cringed, rubbing her head. "Yeah, I felt that."
Thor spun his hammer above him, the wind picking up and swirled around him, a tornado forming around him.
"Thor's using his weather powers!" Hagakure cheered.
"Actually, now it makes more sense why All Might is Thor's counterpart." Mount Lady said. "Both of them can make tornadoes, like when All Might defeated the Slime Villain."
"Huh, you're right." Pixie Bob said. "Makes a ton of sense. Plus they are both blonde, blue eyed, and look like massive hunks."
"Well, not anymore anyway." Ragdoll reminded.
Raiden teleported behind Thor as he was forming the tornado. He unleashed a flurry of lightning bolts, the Norse God of Thunder blocking as many as he could before being overwhelmed. Raiden shouted as a large bolt of lighting crashed down onto him from the heavens and slammed it down onto Thor, stunning him.
As Thor wobbled, stunned, Raiden uppercutted him to the sky. Thor slowed down to a hover, Raiden appearing before him, the two clashing in a series of punches and strikes in mid-air.
"This is sick!" Kaminari exclaimed. "They are fighting in mid-air like a bunch of gods!"
"Manly!" Kirishima shouted.
Raiden grabbed Thor and attempted the Shocking Touch on him, electricity enveloping Thor. Thor broke free from his grip, his body smoking but unfazed. "Away With You!" Thor yelled as he punched Raiden towards the ground.
"Thor is immune to electrocution." Melissa said. "Meaning that Raiden's Shocking Touch did nothing."
"Wait if he can't get hurt by electricity then why was he stunned by the bolt of lighting before then?" Ojiro asked.
"I believe it was the impact of the lightning bolt that hurt Thor more than the electricity." Nezu answered. "While the Shocking Touch is simply discharging electricity similar to a taser, but in comparison, it could seem more like a pinch than actually hurting."
Raiden slammed into the ground below Thor, The Avenger spinning his hammer above him, yellow lightning sparking around him, as if charging. "HEAVEN'S WRATH!" Thor yelled as he flung a massive bolt of lightning down towards Raiden.
Raiden looked up to the bolt of yellow lightning as it crashed onto him and enveloped him, a bright white light flashing rom inside the tornado.
"That definitely should have done it." Mina said.
"Unfortunately not." Iida said. "While Thor can't be harm by electricity, neither can Raiden. He most likely absorbed it."
Raiden stood there sparking with an influx of blue lightning around him, unharmed. He looked up towards Thor and zoomed towards him, yelling gibberish again.
Just as Raiden reached him, Thor swung his hammer hard, Raiden's lower body exploding into bloody pieces.
"NO!"/"YES!" The student voters yelled.
Thor quickly grabbed Raiden and flew upwards, above the clouds. "FAREWELL!" Thor yelled as he tossed Raiden to the sky at super fast speeds. Raiden flew out of Earth and towards the sun, The Protector of Earthrealm reaching and being enveloped by the sun.
K.O.!
The Thor voters cheered while Raiden voters sighed in defeat before clapping respectfully.
"He literally threw him into the sun." Kirishima said. "MANLY!"
"AND GODLY!" Tetsutetsu joined the redhead in yelling.
"That seemed a bit overkill." Boomstick voiced his opinion. "I liked it!"
RAIDEN
Smarter, but much weaker
Immune to electricity
More Fighting Experience
Less Extreme Survival Experience
Relies on Electrical attacks, which were useless
"Raiden is a clever and versatile combatant, but he was completely overwhelmed by Thor's strength." Wiz explained.
"Yeah, it took a flurry of attacks to sent Thor flying but the dude sent my dude flying away in only one or two." Mic said.
"And it also doesn't help that Raiden's main weapon, electricity, was completely useless." Boomstick added.
"Hey it was useless on both of them." Kaminari clarified. "Thor's lightning only boosted Raiden."
"Doesn't change the fact that Thor's endurance and strength one out against Raiden's." Kyouka said.
THOR
Stronger, Tougher, & Faster
Immune to Electricity
Does not solely Rely on Electrical Attacks
Mjolnir is Ridiculously Powerful
Arrogance only prolonged the fight
Consistently defeats Loki, who is much clever than Raiden
"Add in Thor's dino-busting hammer and it was game over." Boomstick continued.
"Remember, Mjolnir was forged in the core of a dying star." Wiz continued explaining as the screen showed a dying star and a series of calculations. "When a star dies, it collapses into a super dense neutron star. Even the smallest portion of this star can weigh up to a million tons!"
"Accurate." Melissa nodded.
"Raiden stood little chance against a blow like that." Wiz said.
"Well at least Raiden found his place in the sun." Boomstick joked.
"Burn." Mina said. "Quite literally too."
"The winner is Thor." Wiz announced.
The group clapped for an awesome fight, Deku chuckling as Kouta mimicked some of Raiden's martial arts and Thor's punches.
"I think you may have jinxed yourself in this fight, dude." Sero said to a slumping Kaminari. "First you said Raiden was you and he wasn't and then you said he would win and he didn't."
"Shut up." Kaminari muttered.
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick announced.
Magical music played as a familiar symbol of three golden triangles appeared on a equally familiar elf-looking warrior's hand, pulling out a sword from a stone and holding it up into the air.
"Hey, its that Link guy from the Zelda one!" Pony pointed out.
"Huh, guess we are seeing him fight sooner than expected." Setsuna said.
The next fighter was shown as a young man with spiky blonde hair and black clothes carrying the largest sword any of them have ever seen and holding and swinging it no problem while casting spells.
"The hell kind of sword is that?!" Kamakiri exclaimed. "Its almost as big as me! And Where Can I Get It?!"
The Silent Warriors
Link vs Cloud
"So Cloud is that other dude's name." Mineta said. "His hair kind of reminds me of Bakugou's."
"Reminds you? Dude, the pretty much have the same hair!" Kaminari exclaimed.
Bakugou smirked already feeling confident that this is another one of his counterparts.
With the approval of Nezu, Mei pressed the play button and played the next fight.
Notes:
AAAAANNNNNDDDD SCENE! Phew, sorry that took a while guys but again, life is chaotic, I'm lazy as fuck, and yaddi yadda yadda.
But seriously, I actually had a legitimate reason for my lateness. Spent the whole week taking care of my siblings by myself, binge watched Invincible (God I Fucking Hate The Stupid Ass Amber), and got my final vaccine shot, so my arm was sore as hell. Hell it still is so it kind of hurts while I write this.
But excused aside, the counterpart explanations. First starting off with Raiden, since people are probably raging as to why not Kaminari. While I acknowledge that he and Kaminari both have lightning powers and the same brain overload thing, that's where the similarities ended, while All Might had more. One is the World's Symbol of Peace and Number 1 Hero of Japan, the other the Protector of Earthrealm, and both are powerful and godly but can also make some stupid decisions like Raiden leaving the Earthrealm fighters defenseless against Sindel and Cyber Lin Kuei and accidentally killing Liu Kang, while All Might was a piss poor teacher to Deku at the beginning, as Gran Torino can attest. The two also have their successors in Liu Kang and Deku, with Raiden merging with Liu Kang in MK11 and Liu Kang becoming the new Protector of Earthrealm while All Might passed One For All onto Deku to be the next Symbol of Peace.
Speaking of which, Deku would be perfect for Liu Kang, both selfless, pure of heart, can get downright murderous when angry, successor to All Might/Raiden, one was a street orphan given a chance by the White Lotus and is rumored to be related to Onaga by their Dragon Fire like Deku was a Quirkless loser given a chance by All Might and is rumored to be related to All For One, who is theorized as Hisashi Midoriya, and Liu Kang's mixed fighting style, using punches and, mostly kicks, is similar to Deku's Shoot Style and mixed fighting with both punches and kicks. Plus, kind of fitting that the 3rd user's Quirk, Fa Jin, is similar to a move in Chinese Martial Arts.
As for Thor, well this is already something I explain in my Welcome to the MCU fic, but again, they are both super powerful, both can create tornadoes, both blonde, blue eyed, and smiling, arrogant and reckless, Mjolnir can be comparable to One For All with Deku/Captain America being able to lift it like Thor, and losing Mjolnir is similar to All Might using up the last of One For All. And as for Jane Foster as Inko Midoriya, that is also explained in Welcome to the MCU, with one romantically involved with Thor and the other shipped a lot with.
And finally, Fujin as Sir Nighteye, the two are partners with Raiden/All Might, both are the wiser, more level headed ones, the two are like brothers to Raiden/All Might, and both are agile, mobile fighters.
Well that's it for now. As always, hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, comment your thoughts in the reviews below, comment who you think will be who next chapter and beyond, check out my others stories if you want, and keep yourselves safe and healthy in these trying and crucial times.
This has been Zayden StormVoid blasting off again!
Chapter 22: Link vs Cloud
Summary:
The two silent heroes clash and groups watches in awe and sadness.
Notes:
WHAT IS UP EVERYBODY! ZAYDEN STORMVOID IS HERE! I'M BACK FOR ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE! And just in time after the Link vs Cloud rematch. Also, can't say I'm surprised with the results. Spoilers for those who haven't seen it yet, but most rematches end up with the loser from the previous match to win, even if it doesn't make sense if you think about it, like the Mario vs Sonic rematch or this latest one.
Also, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! Yes, that's right, its been a year since I first made this and Welcome to the MCU, and this chapter my anniversary chapter. It would have been better releasing it at the actual anniversary a few days ago but hey I have to keep up my cred for being a lazy, late asshole so better late than never.
But anyways, last time was the godly Thor vs Raiden match and I actually am quite surprised, and happy, to see that so many of you guys were so understanding of my counterpart matches. I was afraid that Thor and Raiden both being All Might would have caused a bit of uproar, like the last time I had a counterpart mirror match, but I'm pleasantly surprised. Kudos to you all! Anyways, last time we had the two fighting, Kaminari meeting disappointment after disappointment but now he and Nejire have some new moves to learn, the group found out just how insane and ridiculously powerful the inhabitants of the Marvel Universe are and how bloody and deadly Mortal Kombat's world is too, and the group having the shocking revelation of Deku as Liu Kang and how their lovable cinnamon roll is dead in another world.
And now we move onto Link vs Cloud and before you all bring up the recent rematch, let me be clear that I will be doing the first match not the rematch. I did the same thing with Mario vs Sonic, using the first fight, and I will do so here as well. And I will only be using the information of both characters available during the time of this Death Battle's airing, so don't expect any FF7 Remake or Breathe of the Wild information, the important ones at least.
Also shoutouts to Renegade Generation for his recent help in summarizing all the remaining Death Battles, which will likely mean faster updates. Give this awesome reviewer some round of applause!
Now with that said, here is the Index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wiz Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick, buff All Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, Combatant, or Fight Dialogue
And finally, I do Not own My Hero Academia, Horikoshi's creation and also belongs to Bones Studios, or Death Battle, created by the channel of the same name and Roosterteeth, or the franchises mentioned in the past, present, or future chapters, such as Nintendo for Link and Square Inx for Cloud.
Now Enough Talk, ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BAATTTLLLEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
As Mei pressed the button, the next video played with the rocking intro music.
"These fighters are two of the most iconic swordsmen in videogame history." Boomstick started the video. "Known for taking on things out of their league and barely speaking a word."
"Ooh the strong silent types." Mina said with a smile. "Me likey."
"Really?" Hagakure asked before whispering. "Midori is strong, but silent is not really his thing."
"I can have more than one type and cute, sweet, dorky yet confident badass is one Midori fits perfectly." Mina whispered back. "Plus, why do you think I liked going over the video of Midori fighting Monoma, back in our match against his team, so much? He looked so cool!"
"Link, the Champion of Hyrule and Princess Zelda's babysitter." Wiz introduced the first fighter.
"Excuse me?" Momo raised her eyebrow at the last part.
"Well no offense Yaomomo, but your Zelda counterpart was said to always be helped by others." Kyouka said.
"And Cloud Strife, Guardian of the Lifestream, and orphans." Boomstick introduced the second.
Kouta and Eri perked up at the last part, wondering if that meant he would guard them, the two horn wearing kids orphans themselves. Meanwhile, Bakugou was already accepting bets that the similar-haired sword wielder was his own counterpart.
"In this Death Battle, things will be a bit more specific." Wiz jumped in. "Since both fighters use vast customizable and ever-changing arsenals, in this battle, they will wield what they are most comfortable taking into the battle, ie their most used and famous tools from their whole canon story at this point in time. And remember, in Death Battle, there are no outside help allowed."
"Oh but Boomstick, they have summons and they're cool and fairies and-Shut UP!" Boomstick said in a mocking voice before shouting. "This is our show and this is how we do shit!"
"Interesting." Nezu hummed. "Another interesting change."
"I suppose they wish to minimize their weapons and gear so as to not analyze possibly dozens of weapons and gear." Vlad theorized.
"Or they can only use up to a certain amount of their tools at a time in their worlds, so they are going for their most used and strongest weapons." Snipe replied.
"Aww." Kaminari groaned. "I really wanted to see those summons. Look! Its giant, lightning shooting dragon!"
"Get over it!" Bakugou yelled. "Let's just get to the fucking video already!"
"I'm Wizard and he's Boomstick." Wiz introduced the both of them. And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!"
The first fighter was the very same elf-looking hero from Zelda vs Peach. The group saw him in various different forms, some short, some tall, some darker looking and others more vibrant and colorful; however, the one most prominent was one of his more darker toned version. This appearance had light skin, ocean blue eyes, pointy elvish ears, and blonde hair, most of it covered by a dark green, long cap. His body was covered in green clothes, a white undershirt and golden chainmail armor underneath, a light brown, leather belt over his waist, turning the remainder of his clothes past his waist look like a skirt, light brown pants for his legs and brown leather boots, and his hands and wrists covered in leather gloves and reddish-brown and black wrist guards. A leather strap was strapped diagonally across his chest, with a sword and shield strapped on his back.
The girls immediately turned towards Deku and looked between him and Link, already nodding in agreement that the resemblance, and a bonus taste in green, made it easy to see that they may be counterparts. Momo smiled in thought that, if that were true, then that would mean that Izuku was her valiant Hero and shining knight, a fantasy that made the rich heiress giggle and swoon into la la land.
Some of the guys, mainly Monoma and Kamakiri, chuckled and started to make fun of the elvish-looking warrior's attire, mainly the skirt that many of his other versions had and how girlish he looked in others. Although Kamakiri was likewise interested in the sword strapped to his back, wondering how sharp and deadly the currently concealed weapon was.
Link
"Link is the multi-incarnate Hero of the Hyrule Kingdom." Wiz began. "Just like Zelda from before, Link has also been reincarnated several times by the will of the goddess, Hylia, to protect the realm of Hyrule from the evil clutches of Ganon and other Villains."
"I guess this world of theirs has a thing for reincarnation." Melissa said. "Also, is he also an Hylian like Zelda? They have the same long ears and similar features."
"Possibly." Iida hummed, thinking. "For all we know, there could be no humans in this world, or the Hylians are the equivalents of humans for this world."
"Humble and brave, he's battled the forces of evil for more than over 10 generations." Wiz continued.
"10 Generations?!" Uraraka gasped in shock. "He's been reincarnated and fought bad guys 10 times?!"
"Wow, that's actually quite admirable and selfless of him." Midnight hummed. "To spend more than one life selflessly saving lives and fighting evil is quite amazing, but over 10 times is something else."
All Might smiled, nodding in agreement. He pondered, if given the chance, would he and Midoriya do the same, to be reborn, destined to save others as a Hero once again. 'Of course, I would.' All Might thought. 'And there's no doubt Young Midoriya would do the same.'
"Each green dressed, fairy hero is Link-ed, Ha ha, to each other." Boomstick joked.
"Oh!" Mirio said, his face lighting up in realization. "I get the name now! Hahaha! That's a good!"
"Only you would think a bad joke would be good Mirio." Nejire deadpanned.
"No, Boomstick, he's not a fairy, he's a Hylian." Wiz corrected.
"Oh come on, Wiz." Boomstick scoffed. "Pointy ears, tights, magic, music lover, and look at that hair! Fairy."
Kyouka perked up at seeing Link playing on an odd flute. The fellow musician smiled at the shared interested, the smile growing as she once more pondered, and hoped, that Link was Midoriya too.
BACKGROUND
Age: Around 17
Height: Around 5'7"
Bears the Spirit of the Hero
Left-Handed
Skilled in Boxing & Sumo Wrestling
Multi-Incarnate
Humble and Brave
Hero of Hyrule
"Every incarnation of Link bears the Spirit of the Hero." Wiz revealed. "This bestows the unbreakable will and combat prowess of each previous owner, all of which are technically himself."
"So that would mean, if they are using all of Link's current experience, that Link has over 10 lives worth of combat experience and skills." Jurota summarized. "with that kind of experience, he would surely be one of the greatest swordsmen alive."
Kamakiri smirked, now eager to cross blades with the Hylian Hero.
Izuku perked up as well at the mention of passing down ones skills, strength, and knowledge. 'Its sort of like One For All.' Izuku thought, looking to his scarred hand. 'Passing down the strength, will, and now the Quirks and, likely, the guidance and wisdom of the previous users down to me. Its a heavy burden and hard road.' Izuku smiled and closed his hand into a fist. 'Its kinda comforting to hear that I'm not the only one to have to go through this.'
"Since he's got more than over 10 Links worth of learning to work with, he's an expert with tons of weapons and magic." Boomstick added. "He can use spells and summons using his magic, some of which he can cast through magical musical instruments, making him a fairy hippie."
"He's not a fairy." Wiz corrected again, his voice more annoyed.
"Magic through music?" Kyouka questioned with a smile. "That sounds rocking."
"Anyways, when it comes to weapons, there's no weapon more iconic and skilled with than the Master Sword."
MASTER SWORD AKA GODDESS SWORD
Crafted by the Goddess Hylia
Repels Evil
Indestructible
Sword Beam/Skyward Strike
Deflects Light Energy Magic
Medallions
-Bombos: Launches Fire
-Ether: Freezes Foes
-Quake: Makes Earthquakes.
The Master Sword was beautiful double-edged longsword, the metal blade was silver in color, the symbol of the Tri-Force engraved on the base of the blade, with a ricasso just above the crossguard. Said crossguard is violet blue, large, and shaped with a pair of wings spreading out, and in the middle of the guard was a yellow gemstone, while the handle was tinged dark blue and black.
"Its beautiful." Melissa gasped out, awed at the sight of the blade.
Mei too had a similar gleam in her eyes as she quickly snatched up Deku's notebook from his hands and started writing it down.
"Agh, It burns!" Dark Shadow cried out, sinking into Tokoyami. "Too bright!"
"This double-edged blade was forged by the goddess Hylia, to slay powerful demons and all manner of evil." Wiz revealed. "It repels evil and deflects light-based magic."
Wiz's words were backed up by showing Link slashing at an oncoming ball of light energy, sending the ball back towards its caster.
"He looks like he's batting away that light ball or whatever like a ping pong ball." Sero said.
"Hey, Aoyama, do you think that your Naval Laser could be deflected by that sword?" Deku asked.
"I'm not sure." Aoyama replied. "They said that it deflects light-based magic but my Naval Laser, while magnifique, is not actually magic."
"And when Link is in top shape with zero damage, he can shoot beams of light or whatever out of it." Boomstick added. "Why this changes when he takes a hit, I don't have a clue, but hey, Lasers!"
"Now that sword becomes more magnifique with every word." Aoyama posed dramatically as he spoke.
"But yeah, why does that laser power not work if he's hurt?" Kaminari asked. "You would think that having a laser shooting sword would be handy when you're hurt."
"Perhaps it has to do with his health that Link can fire those lasers." Todoroki said. "Perhaps the sword is more powerful the more its user is healthy so it could release whatever excess magical energy it has because of it."
"Even when low on energy, the Master Sword can still launch the Skyward Strike, a powerful wave of sacred energy, by calling upon power from above." Wiz continued, showing Link raise the sword high and slash the air in front of him, a wave of blue energy firing from the sword.
"Well then how do you explain that?" Kaminari questioned. "That looks way more powerful than those regular lasers."
"Well it was charging." Nejire pointed out. "When I'm using a more powerful blast wave it takes a bit because I'm charging it up, so it was charging up too."
"Well its also magic, so I don't think we could fully understand it." Ojiro spoke up.
"And in addition, it utilizes three magical medallions." Wiz said. "Bombos launches fiery projectiles, Ether freezes his foes in place, and Quake can, you guessed it, cause earthquakes."
"So the sword seems is both a powerful projectile weapon as well as physical weapon. That earthquake power would be useful in tripping up nearby to far away opponents, well unless they can float or fly. And Ether and Bombos medallions sound like they have Todoroki's Quirk, although likely weaker and more basic abilities like freezing projectiles and fireballs. Also with those lasers it could strike quicker enemies while the Skyward Strike would be better off against larger, slower enemies to build up enough charge to fire it. Its also good defensively with that light deflection ability, especially if it can also deflect regular lasers instead of magic, though to be able to deflect blasts of light would require an insane amount of reaction speed...*mumblemumblemumble*."
"Seriously, do you guys off an off switch for that blabber mouth of his?" Kamakiri asked as they witnessed another Deku mumble session.
"We just let him continue when in private, he usually wears himself out." Uraraka said, a sweatdrop on her head. "If not, we spray him with a hose."
Setsuna chuckled, finding Midoriya's mumble stream rather cute and adorable.
"However, the Master Sword is far from Link's only weapon." Wiz pointed out.
"He's got some Deep pockets." Boomstick agreed. "Which is only more ridiculous when some of his incarnations wear skirts, but hey, Magic!"
"Huh, he said what I was going to say if Kaminari asked 'How is that possible?' for the 20th time." Kyouka said.
Kaminari grumbled and huffed.
WEAPONRY
Boomerang
-Attacks up to 5 targets
Bombs
-5 second fuse
-Water Bombs
-Bombchus
Hero's Bow
-Fire Arrows
-Ice Arrows
-Light Arrows
-Silver Arrows
Hookshot/Clawshot
"He somehow carries around a boomerang and tons of bombs." Boomstick continued. "Along with a hookshot, which ziplines his way around and brings things to him, like a fairy Batman."
"Who's Batman?" Hagakure asked.
"Probably another Hero or Villain from their world or another." Ojiro replied. "He might also be one we will see in a future fight even."
"Man, that really would've help to get that last beer all those times on the couch." Boomstick sighed. "Probably, I'd still be married."
"Doubt it." Wiz said.
"Took the words right out of my mouth." Setsuna said, emphasizing her point my literally removing her mouth from her body to the chuckles and playful eyerolls of the students.
"Link is an excellent archer, and uses the Hero's Bow in conjunction with several different arrow types, such as Fire and Light Arrows." Wiz continued listing Link's weapons, showing a wooden and metal half-bow firing several different arrows.
"So Link is an excellent archer, much like Zelda, and his Master Sword seems to provide the perfect blend of offense, both short range and long range, and defense against magical and physical attacks." Iida summarized. "With such a varied arsenal of skills, he would be a more than formidable opponent."
"And Link is an man after my own heart by also walking around tossing bombs at his enemies that have 5 second fuses." Boomstick added. "He also has bombs that explode underwater and Bombchus, which are part rat, part bombs that can crawl along walls."
Bakugou grinned in satisfaction.
"However, much of Link's arsenal is more suited to exploration than combat." Wiz clarified. "His explosives are mostly used to destroy obstacles, his Hookshot to latch and grapple to difficult to reach areas, and his arrows to hit targets and switches from afar."
"So he's more of an adventurer than anything else." Sen said. "Those weapon may be useful in his fight, but seems going to lack experience on how to use them in a fight."
"I'm sure he knows how to use them in a fight." Awase replied. "He's had 10 lives to do so, so I'm sure of it."
ARMOR
Red Ring
-Defense: +75%
Chain Mail Shirt
-Riveted
Golden Gauntlets
-Bracers can withstand over 1000 tons
-Grants Super Strength
Boots
-Iron Boots
-Hover Boots
-Pegasus Boots and & Roc's Feather
Hylian Shield
"Which is why he hides behind several layers of defense." Boomstick jumped in. "Like the Red Ring, which reduces injury by 75% as well as some Chain Mail riveted armored shirt underneath his green clothes."
"A smart inclusion." Vlad nodded. "Armor is important to have against Villains and criminals if they manage to land a hit on you."
"The Golden Gauntlets brace his arms against pressure, and grants super strength for lifting by over 1000 tons, though they do not increase striking power." Wiz added.
"That's impressive." All Might said. "A shame it doesn't help with combat, but it could help if a large boulder would fall onto him."
"He also carries three different pairs of boots." Wiz said.
"Three, huh?" Boomstick chuckled. "Told you he's a fairy."
"This is like the third time he's called him a fairy." Kamakiri rolled his eyes. "Get better material and stop repeating jokes!"
"The Iron Boots weight 130 pounds to ground him," Wiz sighed and continued. "The Hover Boots float in mid-air, and the Pegasus Boots with an attached Roc's Feather increases Link's speed and agility to superhuman levels."
"So the Hover Boots can be used for floating to other areas or land safely and the Pegasus Boots increases his speed, likely to strike at enemies quickly or escape from traps and and dangerous areas quickly." Izuku said as he wrote in his notebook. "And the Iron Boots could be useful against telekinetic abilities or to brace against strong winds. Do you think that you could cancel his gravity with those booths on, Uraraka?"
"Maybe." Ochaco replied, a pensive look on her face as she thought it over. "It would be put more strain on my limit, but I could, although those Hover Boots could help him even if I used my Quirk on him."
"But his best defense comes from the Hylian Shield." Boomstick revealed.
The Hylian Shield was a blue, and silver metal-lined, shield with a red bird-like creature marking, spreading its wings by the bottom half, with the symbol of the Tri-Force above it surrounded by silver markings.
"That baby looks incredible." Mei said, eyes lit up. "The shine on the shield makes it look well-used and polished and those markings on it must mean its important in a magical sense so it could have some magical protection on it."
"Originally crafted by the Thunder Dragon, Lanayru, the Hylian Shield is completely indestructible." Wiz said, showing boulders falling down onto Link, the shield blocking and breaking the rocks easily and block a large sword from large demonic man with fiery orange hair.
"That's amazing!" Melissa gasped in awe. "There's not even a scratch on it!"
"Link also has a little help from the goddesses, via the Triforce of Courage."
TRIFORCE OF COURAGE
Ultimate Symbol of Link's Courage and Resourcefulness
Magical Protection against Curses and Magics
Granted Mastery over Weapons the user touches
Wolf Transformation
"Its the same golden triangles that Zelda has!" Pony pointed out excitingly.
"Actually, its a different one." Itsuka pointed out. "When Zelda used hers, only the left triangle glowed brighter than the others, but this one has the right one glowing more."
"In Zelda's analysis, its said that hers was the Triforce of Wisdom and that the other two went towards Ganon and Link." Momo jumped in. "The one given to Ganon was called the Triforce of Power, but that's leaves the Triforce of Courage to go to Link here. I wonder what it can do?"
"Embodying the essence of Farore, the Goddess of Courage, the Triforce of Courage is more than just a symbol of Link's astounding courage and resourcefulness." Wiz revealed. "While not a powerful sorcerer like the likes of Ganondorf or Zelda, the other two wielders of the Triforce, the Triforce of Courage grants Link mystical powers, such as protection against magics and curses."
"So while The Triforce of Wisdom enhances Zelda's magical abilities, the Triforce of Courage seems to provide protections against magics." Midnight hummed. "Plus, it makes more sense why these two got those specific pieces, given Link is a Hero of his world and Zelda is a wise and knowledgeable princess. But what about the last one."
"The Trifroce of Power." Endeavor repeated the name of the last piece. "Judging from the name and the powers of the other two, its logical to conclude that it gives this Ganondorf magical powers to enhance his physical strength and raw magical powers. A perfect weapon for a Villain to wield and desire."
"Fat good it helped him." Boomstick interrupted. "He's been turn into all sorts of creatures despite this golden Dorito's help, like being turned into a wolf or a rabbit."
The female population of the room, and Koda, all cooed in delight at the sight of Link as a rabbit, even Miruko smiled at that. The guys of the room chuckled at the transformation while Bakugou, Monoma, and Kamakiri laughed mockingly. Eri had to be hold back by Izuku from having the girl run after the Hero turned rabbit, drawing the coos from the girls again, and the girls attention back to their crush and their thoughts of him being Link.
'He was a rabbit before, in another world, so what's stopping Greenie from being the Hero that turned into a rabbit.' Setsuna thought.
As for the wolf transformation, the guys found the appearance more badass, Sero pointing out that this technically makes Link a werewolf, much to Kirishima claiming that it looked Manly. Kouta too looked excited at the transformation, wishing that he could turn into a wolf like that too. And for the girls, Setsuna, Kyouka, and Reiko liked the wolf transformation more, claiming it looked cooler. Midnight cooed in delight that the attractive boy could turn into a werewolf, much like her romance novels that she's read.
Momo blushed as well, her fantasies from her similar romance novels coming up and imaging a large werewolf becoming turning into a shirtless, wilder-looking Izuku. The resulting daydreams caused the Yaoyorozo heiress to start drooling and nose-bleeding with a delirious smile on her face.
"Actually, the Triforce, in conjunction with the Master Sword, could allow Link to transform into his wolf form and back when the dark wizard, Zant, intended to curse Link into a wolf permanently." Wiz clarified. "This transformation could help Link access Twilight cursed areas and prevent him from becoming a lost soul when entering the Light Realm."
"So it helped Link's curse become a useful power to go to places where he couldn't go otherwise." Todoroki said. "Quite the ironic turn."
"Is it some unspoken rule that Villain always unintentionally give the Heroes exactly the information or power to stop them when they couldn't before?" Sato asked.
"If only, kid." Fat Gum replied. "If only."
FEATS
Bears the Triforce of Courage
Puzzle-Solver
Has Single-handedly Beaten Armies
Fought a Huge Variety of Foes
Z-Targeting: Very Fast Reactions
Strong Enough to throw armored Gorons
Saved Hyrule multiple times
"Link is a puzzle solver, analyzing and exploiting his opponent's weaknesses, even when there's only one possible means of winning." Wiz continued. "But while Link has the necessary tools to take on any opponent, his over-reliance on inventory over pure skill can leave him vulnerable."
"Quite resourceful and cunning this Link is." Nezu rubbed his chin. "I now have the desire to see how his puzzle solving skills match up to my intelligence and my own traps."
"Against you sir, I would pity the young man." All Might replied honestly, shivering in fear at what Nezu would come up with.
"But considering he has 10 generations worth of skills and fighting and defeating guys three times his size, while wielding a sword twice as large as he is, leaves both a lot of skill and a spot on my list of badasses." Boomstick said.
"Now That's what I'm talking about!" Bakugou yelled in approval.
"Holy shit!" Tetsutetsu yelled. "Now That's a Man right there!"
"With so many weapon and skills, there are few who can stand a chance against the Hero of Hyrule." Boomstick continued. "Plus, if he dies, we can always just clap and bring him back to life-"
"He's Not a Fairy!" Wiz yelled.
Link pulls out the Master Sword from the stone pedestal with a grunt, the symbol of the Triforce below him glowing and blue lights shined down around him.
The thoughts over the Hero of Hyrule were very positive, with only a few frowning in worry that his exploratory-centered weaponry could be a problem. Izuku noted that Link Hookshot and Hover Boots seemed similar to Banjo's Black Whip and Shimura's Float Quirks, which had the green-haired teen both smiling and suspicious of who his counterpart might be. All Might took picked up on Izuku's train of thought, adding to his analysis that if Link's bombs were powerful enough, or if he had a set of smoke bombs, then it could be like the Sixth User of OFA's, a man En, Quirk of Smokescreen. The Symbol of Peace smiled, already sure of himself of who Link's counterpart might be.
The second fighter was a young, handsome looking man with spiky blonde haired that made the group do a double take as it looked strikingly similar towards a certain explosive student, the only exception being that it looked longer and more lighter than Bakugou's ash blonde hair. He also had dazzling emerald green eyes and his face possessed a few feminine features that the girls found pretty. The young man was wearing a pair of black baggy pants, a sleeveless, tight black shirt, exposing his muscular arms, one of which had a red ribbon wrapped around his biceps, leather belts around his belt and below a metal armored belt around his stomach attached by a leather strap to a large metal pauldron over his left shoulder, and his hands and wrist covered by leather, metal finger gloves and a metal wrist guard. What truly astounded the group was the massive sword that the blonde held over his shoulder. Its design was similar to a broadsword though the sword was approximately five-six feet long, easily matching most of the man's height. Two circular holes were on the sword, near the guard of the sword while the long handle was made of brown leather.
The young man's appearance had quite the reaction from the female side of the room, many finding the feminine male quite attractive, even the girls of Deku's unofficial harem could not deny the man's attractiveness. Even the pro heroines were impacted with Mount Lady, Pixie Bob, and Midnight practically ogling the young man.
The guys however focused more on the large weapon on the man's back and leaned in their seats in excited interest at the weapon, especially the likes of Kamakiri and Bakugou. Miruko nodded and smiled in approval of the sword's size while Endeavor narrowed his eyes, wondering if the young man could effectively use that sword well given its size. Mei and Melissa also were interested in the large sword, Mei especially as she was hounding Deku to write down the schematics, the green-haired teen and Power Loader bot already dreading what Mei's intentions were.
'She's already going to possibly make lightsabers and now this?' Power Loader thought. 'Oh boy, I might actually have to quarantine the workshop or keep Mei away before she destroys the school.'
Cloud Strife
"Cloud Strife, Guardian of the Lifestream, is no ordinary swordsman." Wiz began.
"If he can wield a sword like That, then that's an understatement." Kamakiri said.
"Now that's an understatement." Boomstick agreed. "He's a fucking super soldier. But damn, he's in desperate need of a haircut."
"Oh trust me, I know plenty of people here that deserve a haircut more than him." Mina said, ruffling Deku's hair. "Like this fluffy cinnamon roll here."
"A-Ashido!" Deku yelled in surprise and embarrassment, blushing hard.
"Mina!" Mina corrected playfully.
"No, don't cut your hair Papa!" Eri protested as she reached up to ruffle it as well. "Its really fluffy and soft!"
The group roared in laughter, Izuku's blush only growing harder and brighter, especially from the girls and their giggles.
BACKGROUND
Age: 24
Height: 5'7"
Superhuman strength & Speed
Retains Zack's memories & Skills
Fist Class SOLDIER Training
Impulsive & Moody
Inferiority Complex
"Impulsive and moody, yet strangely silent later, Cloud strove to join the SOLDIERS of the Shinra organization, the mega corporation that spanned and run the entire globe." Wiz explained.
"Wait how does a company end running the world?" Sero asked.
"No idea." Honenuki replied. "Maybe its a post apocalypse world where the previous governments died off and only that Shinra company remained to take control."
"Unfortunately, he ended up failing the program and was instead forcefully exposed and experimented to Mako poisoning, a raw energy drained from the planet itself." Wiz revealed.
"So nature magic." Uraraka said.
"Other than making his eyes a cool green, this somehow gave him all the memories and skills of his friend and SOLDIER member, Zack Fair." Boomstick said, showing an image of a black spiked haired young man carrying the large sword that Cloud held. "This gave Cloud all of Zack's First Class SOLDIER training and ended screwing with his memories to the point that he believed that Zack's SOLDIER past was his own. Thanks strangely convenient planet poison!"
"So he failed the program, yet that experiment gave him the SOLDIER training anyway?" Kaminari repeated confused. "He's right, that is convenient."
"But why does this Zack guy got the same sword that Cloud has?" Sato asked. "Did he retire and gave it to him, or is Cloud's a replica?"
"Zack would be a comforting friend and partner towards Cloud on their journeys." Wiz jumped in. "Until it all came to an end."
A scene played of Zack, the large sword in hand fighting off and destroying an entire army of SOLDIERS, only for at the end to show the destroyed remains of the army and rain pouring down onto a bloody, mortally wounded Zack, laying on his back over a cliff, a bloody, mourning Cloud on his knees before Zack.
"Oh no." Uraraka said, her eyes saddened.
The mood of the room quickly grew grim and silent. Bakugou and Todoroki both nodded in respect, the two acknowledging the young man as a strong warrior to end up defeating such a large army single-handedly. Kirishima and Tetsutetsu found that army of SOLDIERS distasteful and unmanly for backstabbing and killing their own ally, and pounded a fist over their hearts in respect for the fallen, Manly warrior. The heroes bowed their heads in respect as well, Endeavor nodding respectfully while All Might sighed sadly, mumbling sadly that such a young, courageous man was killed so so young, much like the past owner of OFA as well.
"You'll be...my living legacy." Zack said as he handed to Cloud his large sword, before dying with a peaceful smile.
The girls sniffled sadly, the emotional Pony and Hagakure both teared up at the sweet and sad scene, Mina and Kinoko and Itsuka, respectively, calming the emotional girls, the same with Nejire and Tamaki and Mirio. Momo and Kyouka realized sadly why Cloud had the large sword and lowered their heads in respect of the young man. Uraraka frowned sadly at the scene though felt something was wrong, like there was more to this man's death than she knew, and it was something that she wouldn't like when she found out. Ibarra prayed a prayer to the Lord for the young man to find peace in his arms while Setsuna and her both felt the same as Uraraka.
Eri sniffled and whimpered, hugging Deku who gladly kept the little girl's gaze from the sad scene. The green-haired teen thought to what All Might told him about the One For All users, how they all seem to die rather young thanks to All For One and wondered grimly what would happen if the same should happen to him, and who he would entrust One For All to if it came to that.
"Embrace your dreams." Zack's voice sounded off. "If you want to be a Hero, You need to have Dreams."
Those words struck a cord with the students, but most especially towards the 9th holder of One For All, his mind flashing back to his past. 'No matter how many times people told me to give up, no matter how many times I was beaten, mocked, and laughed at, I never gave up on my dream of being a Hero.' Izuku thought, as he nodded towards the screen. 'Never had, never will. And I will embrace my dream-no-my goal to be the World's New Symbol of Peace and Hope.'
"Ehh...*Sniffle* I-I'm not crying, you're crying! *Sniffle*" Boomstick sobbed.
"Aww." Eri cooed sadly. "I want to give Mr. Boomstick a hug."
"Maybe you will one day, Eri." Izuku reassured the white-haired girl, who smiled happily, nodding assuredly.
"In his dying breaths, Zack's memories and skills weren't the only things that Cloud inherited." Wiz said. "As a testament to Zack's last will, Cloud inherited Zack's famous Buster Sword."
BUSTER SWORD
Length: 6 feet
Width: 2 feet
Base Power: 19
Base Accuracy: 96%
2 Linked Materia Slots
Single-edged broadsword
Passed down between Angeal, Zack, & Cloud
"The Buster Sword is a colossal single-edged blade." Wiz explained. "With his strength, Cloud can swing this much faster than any normal human, let alone lift it easily."
"Oh. My. God." Kyouka said, watching Cloud swing the absurdly large sword easily.
Endeavor raised an eyebrow and nodded in appreciation of how strong Cloud was, being able to lift and wield the sword very well from the looks of it.
"HOLY SHIT! Look At It!" Boomstick yelled. "That's a Man's Sword right there!"
"Agreed." Kirishima and Tetsutetsu nodded their heads vigorously, awe and excitement in their eyes.
"Okay, screw that Link dude, I just found my vote, hands down." Kamakiri said.
"The Buster Sword contains two slots or Materia, condensed Mako that grants magical abilities." Wiz continued. "However, since their creation damages the planet, Cloud has limited his Materia use."
"Huh, so Cloud's environmentally conscious." Setsuna said. "Cool."
Ibarra would pray once more, smiling that her now clear voted fighter cared for the planet enough to limit his use of harmful, yet clearly powerful magic items.
MATERIA
Fire (Firaga Level)
-Fire, Fira & Firaga attacks
-Projectile-based pyrokinesis
-Use slightly decreases strength
Ice
-Ice elemental attacks
-Freezing cryokinesis spells
-High MP cost
Lightning Bolt (Thundaga Level)
-Thunder, Thundara, and Thundaga attacks
-Can summon lightning from the sky
-Can launch bolts of electric magic
-Use slightly decreases strength
"He typically carries the Firaga Materia, which shoots fire at things, or the Ice Materia, that unleashes powerful, freezing Ice spells." Boomstick listed.
"So with those two items, he basically has your Quirk, Todoroki." Ojiro pointed out.
Todoroki nodded, gazing intently onto the screen at the Fire and Ice spells and wondering if he can replicate them with his Quirk. 'Perhaps, I can ask Midoriya to write them down for me and my father to go over them.' Todoroki thought. He looked down to ask Midoriya but was unsurprised and grateful to find Midoriya already writing the info and moves down.
"However, for this match, we're letting him use Fire and his most iconic Materia, Thundaga." Boomstick revealed. "This Materia can shoot electricity and summon lightning bolts."
"Oh great, so he has Todoroki's Quirk and mine too." Kaminari exclaimed. "Well, I guess I found who I'm going to vote for."
"And now I feel like you just jinxed him." Mineta retorted.
"Cloud has an encyclopedia's worth of anger issues." Wiz said. "Ranging from his mother being murdered by former SOLDIER and genocidal maniac, Sephiroth, to his best friend's Zack death, to the death of Aerith Gainsborough, Zack's girlfriend and a close friend of Cloud's, by Sephiroth's hands once again."
The screen showed a long white-haired, one black angel winged man, Sephiroth most likely, descending from above and stabbing Aerith through her back with a absurdly long sword.
This earned more looks and thoughts of sympathy from the group towards Cloud, as well as the anger and disgust towards the white-haired, sword wielding Villain. Bakugou's glare was even more venomous, his eyes mistaking Aerith for Ibarra, given that the girl was praying like Ibarra, and seeing the girl stabbed through with another absurdly long sword did not sit well with the explosive teen.
The powder keg of Class 1-A was not alone in mistaking Aerith for Ibarra, as the entire class of Class 1-B and Vlad King too recognized the similarity and did not appreciate seeing the likely counterpart to 1-B's resident holy girl get impaled, including Ibarra. This would result in the venomous glares of the 1-B girls, equally shared glares from the guys, and Vlad nearly crushing his armrest in anger.
As for sympathy for Cloud, Todoroki likewise blinked in surprise at the mention of Cloud's mother being murdered by the one-winged angelic man. His mind took a grim turn, nearly imagining his mother being attacked by a random Villain because of her connection to him and his father. The results of that dark train of thought were quickly shaken from Shoto's mind, calming down the flames that sprouted from his left side.
"However, this anger and pain actually works to Cloud's advantage." Wiz pointed out.
LIMIT BREAKS
Braver
Cross-Slash
-Paralyzes foes
Blade Beam
Climhazzard
Finishing Touch
Meteorain
-Launches up to 6 meteors
Omnislash Version 5
"He can channel his rage into extremely powerful Limit Break Attacks." Wiz revealed.
"This seems similar to Peach's Heart powers." Iida pointed out. "They both can apparently channel their anger into more powerful magical attacks and spells."
"Anger can be a powerful, and deadly weapon, just as much as a Quirk." Endeavor spoke up. "But only when its tempered by one's mind and restraint."
"These emo-charged Limit Breaks range from paralyzing his foes with Cross Slash, firing waves of energy with Blade Beam, to launching meteors from his sword." Boomstick listed. "But his deadliest is the Omnislash, a move so fast and powerful, it practically guarantees victory.
"How does someone fire meteors from a sword?" Awase questioned, scratching his head.
"Magic." Setsuna said waving her detached, floating hands around.
ARMOR
Zeidrich
-Offensive Strength: 100%
-Magic Defensive Strength: 98%
-20% Power Increase
-Halves Damage
0 Materia Slots
Metal Pauldron
Ribbon
-Grants Immunity to Status Ailments
-Includes Burns, Ice, Poison, etc.
"As he doesn't carry any other Materia, Cloud obviously wears Ziedrich armor." Wiz further revealed. "While this band has 0 Materia slots, it grants the wearer an extraordinary amount of defense, and halves damage received from elemental, magical, and physical effects."
"That definitely sounds like a reasonable alternative." Momo said. "It seems to trade any additional magical abilities that this Materia can grant in favor of pure defense."
"Also, Cloud wears a ribbon from Aerith, another gift from another dead friend, which makes him immune to all status effects, like burns and stuns." Boomstick added. "Well, I guess that makes it worth wearing a freaking chick accessory."
"Its sweet that he carries that ribbon in memory of her." Uraraka smiled. "And how its protecting him still."
Todoroki and Endeavor wondered if perhaps the ribbon's burn immunity abilities could possibly work against the drawbacks against their fire abilities. Endeavor continued his train of thought into a more grim turn, lowering his head as the sad, painful memories of Touya appeared in his mind. 'If I had a tool like that, and if it could work for me and Shoto, c-could worked for you, Touya?' Endeavor thought regretfully. 'I suppose I'll never know, will I?'
FEATS
Defeated Sephiroth/Jenova 3 times
Killed Bahamut SIN
Works best as Point-man in a team
Focuses on overpowering foes
Has survived several long falls
Shrugged off impalement multiple times
"Cloud is rash and aggressive, but not the brightest fighter." Wiz said. "He often relies on overpowering opponents through sheer ferocity and brute strength."
"Powerful magic, fiery explosions and meteors, a huge fucking sword, yeah I'm definitely voting for this Cloud guy than the fairy dude." Miruko exclaimed.
"Like a Badass, you don't need to think too hard when you're strong enough to cut through freaking skyscrapers!" Boomstick said. "Cloud's singlehandedly taken down quite a few powerhouses, like the giant Bahamut SIN and the planet-bursting Sephiroth. He's even been completely impaled and shrugged it out like it was nothing! Multiple Times! I mean, look at that shit!"
"Now That is Badass!" Kamakiri yelled. "Now I definitely want to fight this guy and see who comes out on top."
"Probably Cloud." Shihai replied.
"Its impossible to deny Cloud's superhuman abilities makes him one of the deadliest swordsmen in videogame history." Wiz agreed.
"Even if he looks like a girl." Boomstick commented.
"RRRRAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Cloud yelled in grief and rage at the death of Zack.
As Cloud's analysis finished, the thoughts over the Guardian of the Lifestream were similarly positive, like Link's. Bakugou, Most of the guys were gushing over Cloud's badass skills and powers while the girls spent more time talking over Cloud's sad past and who his, Aerith, and Zack's counterparts could be.
"Alright, the combatants are set." Wiz said. "And we've ran the data through all possibilities."
"Its Time For a Death Battle!" Boomstick shouted.
And while the screen paused and the device scanned for the counterparts to the swordsmen, the group voted for their fighters. Among those who voted for Link were Izuku, liking Link's similar abilities and courageous generation long commitment to being a Hero inspiring, Momo, confident in who's counterpart Link was and his history with her own counterpart, Zelda, Uraraka, liking Link's Hover Boots and courage, Eri, Koda, and Kouta, the former two liking Link's ability to transform into a wolf and a bunny, while the latter was slightly more conflicted, given Cloud's feats and skills, but chose to stand with his choice in Link, All Might, who likewise voted for Link given his similar history with that of One For All and its holders, Nezu and Iida, who both appreciated Link's puzzle solving attributes, Kyouka, who still liked Link's musical talent, Midnight, who was still going on, to Aizawa's annoyance, about Link being a cute werewolf teen, Aoyama, who liked the Master Sword's Light based powers, and Melissa, who was confident in the Master Sword and Hylian Shield being essential to Link's victory.
As for Cloud's votes, these included Todoroki, who he voted out of sympathy over his mother's and friend's death, the large, powerful sword and Ice and Fire based magic, Endeavor, for similar reasons to Shoto, mostly the Fire powers and skills, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu, who liked Cloud's resilience and super-human strength in wielding such a 'Manly' sword, Kamakiri, who also voted for the sword and its badass wielder, Ibarra, reasons already thought over, Miruko, another who voted for Cloud's strength and super powerful Limit Breaks, Kaminari, once more claiming his vote for Cloud's Thundaga Materia and spells, Monoma, out of sympathy over Cloud's sad past, Tokoyami and Shihai, both feeling sympathy and kinship over the edgy, gloomy teen by how much rage he had within himself, Gran Torino, who while hesitant, given he also wanted to vote for Link for the same reasons as Toshinori, ultimately voted for Cloud with the boy passing on the legacy of deceased friend, something he found eerily similar to Nana and Toshinori, and, finally, Bakugou, who liked the badass swordman's skills, strength, explosive spells, large sword, and overwhelming enemies in a fight like himself. Plus he was still convinced that he was Cloud's counterpart, to which he bragged to the eyerolls of his classmates.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device finished scanning. "LINK! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
"I KNEW IT!" The girls yelled in victory, Izuku, himself, blushing in confusion and embarrassment.
"Yay!" Eri cheered. "Papa, can you transform into a rabbit or wolf?"
"U-Um, no, sorry Eri." Izuku answered. 'Although I can't tell what the other Quirks of the Vestiges are anyway.'
Bakugou smirked darkly at the news of Izuku being Link, grinning that he will finally get sweet payback for his defeat to Izuku, back in Zitz vs Leo, by winning as Clo-
"CLOUD STRIFE! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: SHOTO TODOROKI!"
"FFFUUUUCCCCKKK!" Bakugou roared and cursed.
"I suppose that makes sense." Momo said. "Both Todoroki and Cloud have similar powers over Ice and Fire with Cloud's Materia and both he and Cloud have a tendency to strike fast and overwhelm his opponents with his ice."
"Yeah like at the Joint Training Class and the S-Sports Festival." Sero said, shivering in memory of being trapped in the perpetual glacier that Todoroki encased him in at said Sports Festival.
Todoroki stared at his counterpart, realizing another thing that he and Cloud shared, losing their mothers. While his mother wasn't dead like Cloud's, Shoto still lived most of his life without his and forgot much about her, which he realized that memory problems was perhaps another thing he and his counterpart had in common as well.
"ADDITIONAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED! AERITH GAINSBOROUGH! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IBARRA SHIOZAKI!"
The room grew silent as Bakugou and the class member of 1-B realized that their mistake of Ibarra as Aerith was no mistake at all. Bakugou's eyes widened, quickly trying to rid the memory of the sword impaling the now counterpart to Shiozaki out of his head, a sentiment shared by everyone of 1-B, except...
"Oh hey, we found one of you Shio-Oh! Oh I'm so Sorry Shiozaki!" Pony quickly apologized as she realized. "I-I didn't mean-"
"Its okay, Pony." Shiozaki smiled calmly and understandably at Pony. "It is nice to see a counterpart of mine and I understand the excitement may have made you forget about my...her fate, and while its sad, its something that I must accept."
The teachers smiled proudly at the holy girl of Class 1-B for such a display of maturity and calmness. Vlad King was the most proud among them, the 1-B homeroom teacher practically bawling tears of pride.
"So moving on from that, since Aerith is Ibarra then I wonder who's the lucky guy to be counterparts to the Zack guy." Setsuna said, her teasing eyes and smile directed at Ibarra. "He is your counterpart's boyfriend."
Ibarra quickly blushed heavily at the reminder while the others simply laughed. Unbeknownst to both Bakugou and Ibarra, they were both wondering if he was perhaps Zack's counterpart.
"Don't you mean that guy who also died?" Kaminari asked.
The room went silent again, the deadpanned stares and glares of the group staring at Chargebolt. Ibarra's blush quickly went pale and horrified while Bakugou glared ragefully at Kaminari.
"What?" Kaminari asked confused and afraid.
"You Really don't know when to shut your mouth and keep things to yourself, huh Jamming Yey?" Kyouka asked dryly.
"ZACK FAIR! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
The group whirled their gazes towards the screen to show Midoriya's face next to Zack's. The memory of Zack's dead body once more horrified and greatly saddened the girls, all the joy and victory of predicting Izuku as Link fading away. Both Eri and Melissa latched onto their own Izuku once more, an instinctual fear that should he leave their gaze or touch that he would somehow disappear.
While Bakugou would have glared at Midoriya for his counterpart's relationship with the girl he is slowly and admittingly crushing on, he paled as he recalled Zack's bloody body and death. Add on the final words of Zack and his final smile, made the explosive teen want to either blow up something, or vomit his lunch out, or both.
All Might and Gran Torino widened their eyes at the revelation, the former Symbol of Peace becoming all the more saddened at the fate of another Midoriya out there in the multiverse, the third so far, and increasingly worried and terrified if this pattern would repeat in their own world. Amidst the terror, he also remembered how Zack gave the Buster Sword to Cloud and his final words to him, wondering if this symbolized a way of Izuku passing on One For All onto Todoroki. The 8th wielder of OFA frowned as he recalled his research into the Vestiges, recalling the information on the fourth and his black scar over his eyes, hoping that such an outcome doesn't occur in their world, for both Midoriya and Todoroki's sake.
Izuku quickly squeezed back Melissa's hand and comforted the whimpering Eri and Kouta afterwards, all the while his mind worked on what this meant. 'Does this mean that, should... should anything happen to me, that I would pass on One For All to Todoroki?' Izuku thought. 'Admittingly, he is one of the only people I would consider giving it to, same with Kacchan, Iida, Uraraka, and Mirio. All Might admitted too that if he hadn't met me that Todoroki with One For All would have be a good choice. But...would I want to give such a burden to any of them?'
Todoroki likewise widened his eyes in horrified realization, his mind practically replacing Cloud with himself and Izuku with Midoriya. The result once more made the Half Hot, Half Cold user sprout out fired off his left side in anger and icy mist from his right. His glare was downright furious, wishing to go to their world and burn or freeze this Shinra organization to the ground.
Suddenly, his flames and ice mist disappeared, Todoroki snapping out of his rage to look at the red eyes of Aizawa staring and deactivating his Quirk. He then would quickly feel a hand on his knee and looked down to see Midoriya looking at him with a sad, yet calm and understanding smile, his eyes full of kindness staring at him, quickly calming his raging soul. The bi-colored haired teen took a deep breathe and exhaled, opening his eyes, smiling and nodding to Izuku, who nodded back.
"No fair!" Mina whined, her eyes a bit tearful. "This isn't fair! This is like the third time we've seen Izuku die in another world! Why is it always him?!"
"Mina." Hagakure said, trying to comfort the pink-haired girl.
"Its alright, A-Mina." Mina turned to see Izuku staring at her with another calm and caring smile. "I know that it may be, or really is, difficult to see a friend, w-which is what I h-hope we are, die so many times, but, like Shiozaki said about her counterpart's death, we just have to accept it. We can't control what happens in one world or another, the only one that we can change is our own, and if anything, I'm grateful for seeing what happens to my other selves, because it reminds me more and more of the risks of being a Hero and what I have to train to Never let happen, to me or another."
Izuku's smile widened and his eyes closed. "And it reminds me of the sad looks that I never want any of you to have because of me."
The words struck a cord with his classmates, of both 1-A and even 1-B, touched smiles and slight tears in their eyes. The teacher sent proud smiles once more, this time to the 1-A Problem Child. Aizawa smiled underneath his scarf and nodded pleased. All Might wiped away a tear from his eye and smiled proudly at his successor, once more reaffirming himself that his choice was clearly the best he could have ever chosen. The pros too smiled, pleased to see the young man before them so full of compassion and care for others and understanding of the risks of their profession.
Mina stared at Midoriya with comically, watery eyes before she let loose the waterworks. "IZUKU!" Midoriya was quickly tackled into a hug by the comically crying Mina, the green-haired teen blushing like a tomato at Mina's use of his first name and closeness, especially the pair of large breasts pressed against his face. The group laughed while the girls tried to pry Mina from Izuku. Eri looked at the how Mina hugged Deku and how the other girls look mad that she did, a jealous kind of mad, like when Deku paid more attention to Kouta than her.
'Does that mean that they all like Papa?' Eri thought. 'Like a Mama likes a Papa?'
It took awhile to pry Mina off of Izuku and for Izuku to wake up after he passed out from loss of breathe. After his regain consciousness, Izuku gained a confused look and asked "Hang on, Mina said that Zack was my third counterpart that was dead, and the other is Liu Kang, so what was the third?"
"Um." Melissa looked at Eri concerned before she reached over and whispered the answer of Daisy the Rabbit from Doom into Deku's ear. The realization that he was both a pet rabbit to Bakugou's counterpart and dead was a shocking, yet weird one but Izuku just accepted it, remembering that Bakugou was a shapeshifting toad and a super fast, winged pony, Koda was an egg-throwing magical dinosaur, and that Bakugou, Iida, Kaminari, and himself were teenage mutant ninja turtles.
With that settled, they continued on with the video as it begun the fight.
The video began again with both Link and Cloud walking into an enormous room full of colossal pillars with pathways and platforms connected above them. The two stared down at each other, Link drawing the Hylian Shield off his back and unsheathing the Master Sword and bringing them at the ready. Cloud lifted his Buster Sword off his back easily and brought it up in front of him.
FIGHT!
Cloud quickly rushed towards Link super fast speeds.
"Cloud's rushing quickly to try and overwhelm Link, just like Wizard said." Iida said.
As Cloud reached Link, he slashed at the Hero of Hyrule with an upwards slash, Link blocking the large sword with a horizontal slash. The two blades rang as they collided and sang a song of clashing metal as the two swordsmen pushed against the other.
"Wow, props to Link for blocking that sword with his tinier one." Sero said.
"I think its those Golden Gauntlets he has." Kaminari said. "Don't they give him like the strength to withstand 1000 tons of pressure?"
"They do." Tokoyami said. "Which means he can easily parry and block attacks from both the Buster Sword and the super-human strength of Cloud."
Link quickly backflipped away, twisting his body in mid-air to face Cloud. In mid-air, Link slashed the Master Sword forwards, blades of blue light shooting outwards towards Cloud.
"Oh yeah, since Link hasn't sustained any damage, he can shoot out lasers at Cloud from his sword." Melissa pointed out.
Cloud blocked the attacks, slashing through the waves of light with the Buster Sword before front-flipping and slashing his sword downwards, sending a large wave of green light himself.
"Wait, he can do that too?!" Pony asked in surprise.
"Yeah." Izuku said as he looked up at his notes for Cloud he written down. "Given its appearance, this could be one of his Limit Break attacks known as Blade Beam."
Link brought up the Hylian Shield to defend. As the wave of light collided, Link was blown back by the force of it, flipping his body in mid-air and landing on the ground with a slide.
"He got blasted away." Kyouka said, eyes wide in surprise. "But didn't he block it with that indestructible shield he has?"
"He did." Todoroki said. "But while he blocked the attacks, it could still deliver enough force to send him flying. A shield can block most of the attack, but it can still knock him away if the attack is strong enough."
"HA!" Bakugou laughed. "Eat That, Shitty Deku?! Icy Hot blocked all your waves but you get blasted away by just one! HA!"
"Either way, that seem to have caused a bit of damage to Link, so he likely can't use those laser blasts anymore." Momo said.
Link looked up to see Cloud rushing towards him, Link flipping over to close the gap and fight. The two parried horizontal slashes from the both of them, before Cloud raised his sword high and slashed down, Link blocking the attack with the Hylian Shield, the Buster Sword bouncing off easily. Cloud brought the Buster Sword back from the bounce and slashed, Link's and Cloud's swords parrying against each other.
"Now this is an awesome sword battle!" Kamakiri exclaimed pleased and excited.
"I know, its so Awesome!" Tetsutetsu cheered.
Link readied himself as Link brought his sword up, a blue text square popping up above them with the words Cross Slash on it. Link blocked the first slash, the Buster Sword leaving a trail of orange as a beginning of a symbol appeared next to them. Cloud struck again, the Hylian Shield blocking the attack again as another part of the symbol appeared. Link quickly dodge rolled away as Cloud slashed one last time, an X now in between the two fiery lines and a bottom one.
"Woah, what was that?" Sen asked.
"That was Cloud's Cross Slash." Izuku said. "Its another one of Cloud's Limit Breaks. I believe this is the one where he stuns his opponents for a devastating attack, but because Link blocked the first moves with the shield, it didn't stun him and he got away."
"What about that X that Cloud made?" Hagakure asked.
"That is the kanji meaning curse or misfortune." Iida said. "Likely the reason for its use is to curse the opponent to freeze or paralyze them."
As Link rolled behind Cloud, he rose up with and slashed at Cloud with a rising Spin attack, sending the spiky blonde swordsmen flying back.
"That counterattack was sensationnel." Aoyama praised.
Cloud landed in a slid as well, before bringing the Buster Sword up, the sword sparking as it was charging till it fired a ball of lightning at Link.
"Alright, he's using his Thundaga powers." Kaminari said. "I just love that name, is sounds like a cool Ultimate move. Thundaga!"
Link ran around Cloud as the Guardian of the Lifestream fired balls of lightning at him, Link slashing and knocking them away with the Master Sword.
"Wait, he can parry balls of lightning too?!" Kaminari asked shocked.
"I guess so." Sato said.
Link knocked another one away, Cloud bouncing it back to Link with his own sword. This semi-pin pong match between the two and a ball of lightning continued and grew faster and faster that some of the audience could barely keep track. Suddenly, Link seemingly was struck only for him to flip himself mid-air, land on the ground, and jump up with a Spin Attack, scattering the electrical energy away.
"So cool!" Kouta exclaimed excited.
Link and Cloud ran side by side before Cloud jumped up high into the air while Link continued running. High into the air, Cloud slashed downwards another ball of lightning towards Link. Link stopped in his tracks and held his sword high, the ball of lightning landing and stopping onto the sword.
"Now that looks badass!" Kaminari exclaimed. "I wonder how I would look like doing that?" Kaminari thought up an image of himself, shirtless, his muscles exaggerated to look like a herculean figure, with a sword in hand creating a ball of lightning on the tip of the raised sword while the girls and women were aweing at him with hearts.
"I bet you would try and end up just overloading your brain again." Mineta's words interrupted his fantasy, Kaminari's daydream self shrinking back to regular Kaminari with a dunce face.
"Oh shut up!" Kaminari retorted.
Link suddenly slashed forward sending the ball flying forwards, just in time to strike at a descending Cloud in mid-air, sending him flying backwards.
"Impressive." Nezu said. "He calculated the speed in which the ball of lightning would go once sent and how fast Cloud would descend and fired it at the precise spot Cloud would have been in only a matter of seconds. Well done."
Link placed the shield and sword back behind him and suddenly pulled out the Hero's Bow and took aim at Cloud, firing off arrow after arrow. Cloud recovered mid-air and righted himself , quickly blocking and knocking away a few arrows before flipping into a solid landing.
"This is so intense." Uraraka said. "Its almost like when Deku and Todoroki fought for real in the Sport Festival, them going back and forth with their skills and such."
Todoroki nodded in agreement, noticing that most of the fight was Link parrying and blocking Cloud's attacks before landing a counterattack of his own. A rather similar fight compared to his own against Midoriya, sending waves of ice one after another while Midoriya blocked them with his Delaware finger Smashes.
As Cloud rushed over towards Midoriya's counterpart again, Link pulled back another arrow, this one glowing blue. Just as Cloud was about to reach him, Link let loose the arrow, hitting point blank at Cloud and froze him in ice.
"Well this is an ironic turn of events." Midnight said. "If Cloud is Todoroki, then that means that Todoroki was just frozen ice, not the other way around."
The students chuckled as they realized that, Todoroki blinking in surprise. 'So this is how it feels to be frozen in place?' Todoroki thought. 'Huh, rather annoying.'
The ice around Cloud started to glow, Link responding by pulling out his sword and shield, just in time as Cloud burst through the ice.
"He got out just like that?" Rin said confused.
"It was thanks to the ribbon from Aerith." Jurota pointed out. "Its suppose to make Cloud immune to status affects like burns and poison, including being frozen in ice."
Cloud rushed to Link and slashed at him, Link blocking with the shield, who then followed that up by flipping away from Cloud's next attack. Link then pulled out a Boomerang and tossed it forward, Cloud side stepping away as it flew past him. Cloud punished Link by unleashing a flurry of attacks with the Buster Sword at Link's unprotected chest.
"HAHA! Take that Shitty Deku!" Bakugou cheered vindictively.
"Shouldn't Link be cut into pieces because of that?" Kamakiri asked. "He's getting slashed by a 6 foot sword to the chest."
"He's got that Chain mail armor on him, remember?" Itsuka pointed out. "Its likely what's keeping those attacks from slashing him to pieces."
Link jumped back as Cloud brought his sword up as another blue text square appeared above them, this one saying Climhazzard. Just as Link brought his sword and shield out to defend himself, Cloud rushed swiftly and stabbed his sword forward, the forward side of the blade, right underneath the Master Sword as it was held horizontally. In a swift motion, Cloud slashed upwards in flash while the Master Sword flew out of Link's hands, landing meters away from him.
"Smart." Aizawa said. "Struck while Link was recovering and before he could bring out his weapon fully. He then proceeded to take advantage of the situation and disarmed Link of his most powerful weapon."
Cloud slammed back down onto Link, crashing his sword onto Link's Hylian Shield. Cloud would continue to slash wildly at Link as he blocked with the shield, all the while unaware of the returning Boomerang until it was too late and struck the young man in the back of the head.
"However, one must always stay on guard for any possible counter moves." Aizawa continued. "Cloud's mistake was disregarding the Boomerang and attacked at Link relentlessly with no clear strategy, and now he's stunned and open."
True to Aizawa's words, Cloud was stunned and still for a short moment, but long enough for Link to bring out his Hookshot and fired it towards the Master Sword, the claw grabbing the legendary blade and sent it back into Link's hands, who quickly took the opportunity to attack and slash the Lifestream Guardian away.
"Looks like the Hookshot came in handy after all." Sero said.
Cloud flipped in mid-air and unleashed a volley of fireballs at Link, who jumped up and equipped his Feather Boots on. Immediately, Link took off towards Cloud at super fast speeds, running past and avoiding the fireballs as they crashed behind him. Link slid to a stop before running towards a pillar and began running up the side of it.
"Woah, look Iida! He's running so fast that he's running up the wall!" Uraraka pointed out.
"Indeed." Iida nodded, rubbing his chin as he analyzed the Hyrule Hero's movements to see if he could run up walls himself with his current speed.
The Hero of Hyrule jumped off the pillar and sailed towards Cloud, the two slashing and trading blades in mid-air, with Link landing to a slide down onto the platform while Cloud landed on the platform by a pillar.
"Okay that was sick!" Tetsutetsu exclaimed. "These two are so Manly!"
"The Manliest!" Kirishima agreed.
"Stars! Rain Down!" Cloud yelled as his sword glowed reddish orange and spun it above him, large fireballs shooting outwards and upwards while another blue text square read off Meteorain. Link brought up the Hylian Shield to block the meteors while Cloud jumped and sailed towards him. Reaching him, Cloud slashed upwards and sent the Hylian Hero into the air.
"He pressured Link to go defensive by blocking his Meteorain and capitalize on it by catching him off-guard." Endeavor said.
A final text square appeared reading Omnislash Version 5. "This ends here!" Cloud yelled.
"The Omnislash!" Pony pointed out. "They said it was his strongest move!"
"Come On You Half-and-Half Bastard!" Bakugou roared. "Get In There And Slash Shitty Deku Into Pieces!"
"Ugh, seeing Bakugou cheering for Todoroki just seems wrong somehow." Kaminari cringed.
"Agreed, its unnatural." Mineta agreed.
Cloud zoomed through the air while glowing orange and slashed at Link as he flew by. Link spun around the air as he blocked and parried the attacks from the zooming Cloud, again, and again, and again, till Cloud zoomed way above Link and zoomed down towards him. In slow motion, Link dodged Cloud's attack and slashed the Master Sword through Cloud's side, drawing blood.
"Yes!/No!" The students yelled in unison.
Cloud continued soaring, crashing to the ground so hard he bounced off the ground. Link spun around and tossed down a few bombs to the panting Cloud. They landed and exploded around Cloud, sending him flying into the air before being met by Link. Link yelled as, in a nanosecond, Link flew past Cloud with a sickening slash.
The screen grew white till it regain its color to show Link kneeling on the ground, the Master Sword stabbed into the ground, while behind him, Cloud's motionless body, all two part of him landed. Link got up and walked away.
K.O!
The Link voters cheered in victory, Cloud voters groaned in defeat, all felt slightly nauseous at the death, and Bakugou roared in anger.
"DAMMIT! ICY HOT, YOU HAD ONE JOB!" Bakugou roared in anger.
"Says the guy who lost two times to Midoriya." Todoroki fired back, Bakugou having to be held back by Kirishima and Kaminari.
"Woah! Chalk one up for the fairy guy." Boomstick said. "That was awesome!"
"Yeah, even if my guy lost, it still was an awesome fight." Kamakiri shrugged. "The best swordfight one too."
"Yeah, the only other ones that had swords were that TMNT Battle Royal and then the next one, and only one of them had a sword, and the other was the Luke Skywalker vs Harry Potter one, but again only one of them had a sword." Sen said. "This time, both of them have sword, awesome ones too."
"What's actually a weird coincidence is that all three fights had Midoriya as the sword wielder." Awase said.
"Oh yeah." Setsuna hummed in agreement. "Green Bean was Leo in both of them and Luke Skywalker in the other. Have you ever actually swung a sword, Greenie?"
"N-No, I haven't, Suna." Izuku said.
"Well, who knows, so many of your alternate selves are good with a sword, maybe you could be too." Setsuna replied, smiling and blushing at the use of her nickname.
'Suna?!' The girls and Monoma thought in surprise, the former all glaring jealousy at the 1-B girl for her sudden familiarity with Izuku by way of a nickname, and the latter too for the same reasons, excluding the jealousy part.
LINK
10 Generations of Experience
Shield means Better Defense
Less Predictable Fighting Style
Expert at finding Weaknesses
Can Fight up close or at a distance
Smarter Fighter
Support Items match Cloud's superhuman abilities
"In what might be the closest duel in Death Battle history, Link's combination of arsenal and strategy were just enough to defeat Cloud's brute force." Wiz explained. "He has over 10 generations worth of experience to pull from and is an expert at figuring out an opponent's weaknesses mid-combat."
"Yeah, 10 different lives fighting God knows what definitely seemed to give him the edge in experience." Kyouka said.
CLOUD STRIFE
Jenova cells extremely vulnerable to Master Sword's magic
Naturally Faster & Stronger
Building Limit Breaks takes Time
More Predictable Fighting style
Ribbon nullified arrow magic
Straightforward & Predictable combat failed against Link's analytical style
"In contrast, Cloud may have been fast and strong to keep up and drive Link into a corner, but his rash and predictable combat ultimately allowed Link to figure him out easier and figure out a way to strike a deadly blow." Wiz further explained. "Additionally, his powerful spells could be blocked and matched by Link and Cloud's Limit Breaks take longer to build up."
"Cloud's fighting style was sloppy and easy to read." Aizawa agreed. "This is why we train to think of new and ever-growing ways to use our Quirks and individuals strengths, so that Villains have it harder to figure out and confuse them."
The students nodded, with some of the students reflecting on improving in that regard, especially Todoroki, remembering the Joint Training battle where his Ice became a detriment for his team thanks to Honenuki.
"Not to mention that Link's items helped him match Cloud's superhuman abilities." Boomstick pointed out. "His shield also helped protect Link better while Cloud only could block with the Buster Sword and his own armor, and Cloud's Thundaga spells could be repelled by the Master Sword."
"Link's Fire and Ice arrows could replicate some of Cloud's Fire and Ice Spells, and the Master Sword's lasers could have worked as an alternate to Cloud's Blade Beam and Thundaga abilities." Izuku listed. "Plus, Link also had a better reach with the Hookshot and the Boomerang helped catch Cloud off guard."
"The Pegasus Boots helped Link keep up with Cloud's speed and while Cloud is naturally stronger than Link, the Hero Hyrule's Golden Gauntlets gave Link the edge." Wiz jumped back in, showing Link using the Golden Gloves and numbers and equations afterwards. "In Ocarina of Time, Link used them to lift and throw an enormous column of granite. As granite weights 166 pounds per square foots, this means Link can withstand over a thousand tons of pressure, surviving any of Cloud's assaults, with his Hylian Shield, Red Ring, and Chain Mail armor to help as well."
"Kind of stating the obvious there, but true enough." Melissa said.
"Cloud should've had his mind on more than just Link's sword. Guess he had his head stuck in the Clouds." Boomstick joked.
Cue groans and facepalms from the sexual joke and the other bad one.
"The winner is Link." Wiz declared.
Claps of respect were given by the crowd, with Izuku and Todoroki shaking hands in respect of their respective counterpart's skills and for making such a close match.
Meanwhile Izuku was being glared at by both Monoma and Bakugou. The former believing that Izuku was getting too chummy with Tokage for the purpose of spying on and convincing Tokage to spill their class's secrets to him and his class. The latter glared at his green-haired rival, the battle ending giving Bakugou a chance to remind himself that in Cloud's universe that Deku and Ibarra's counterparts were dating, and how Icy Hot's counterpart also seemed suspiciously chummy with Ibarra's alternate self as well. And with Bakugou noticing the obvious signs of Deku somehow getting his own little fanclub of girls drooling over him, and, with great reluctance, admitting that Icy Hot was objectively attractive enough, it left Bakugou's insides churning negatively, even jealously, at the thought of Ibarra getting anywhere near the two.
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick announced.
Ominous played as lightning flashed above the dark skies of a large city, the light from the bolt of lightning revealing a man dressed in a cap and suit, features of the suit resembling a bat, an black insignia resembling a bat also on his chest. The man dropped down in front of a group of criminals glaring at them menacingly as the thugs froze, the glare so intense and intimidating, it likewise froze the members of the audience still.
The Bat.
Different music, more uplifting this time, played, as a white web stuck onto the side of a building.
Vs.
The screen showed another man, this one dressed in a red and blue, black web-designed, suit with a spider insignia on his chest, jumping and flipping off a tall building, and falling down before sticking his hand out and shooting a webline towards another building and swinging above the streets below and into the air.
The Spider.
Both musics played in unison as the two masked wearing men stared at the screen.
Batman vs Spider-Man.
"Wow!" Kouta gazed in awe. "They look so cool! Are they Heroes?!"
"I think so, Kouta." Izuku answered, his own eyes alit in fanboy-like glee. "They did look so cool!"
"Batman?" Momo questioned. "Didn't Boomstick say that Link using his Hookshot was like Batman?"
"You think this is the very same Batman?" Kyouka asked. "Maybe. I'm actually really excited. Those two guys actually looked badass."
"Well let's not waste any time!" Mina exclaimed excitingly. "Play it! Play It!"
Getting a nod from Nezu, Mei wasted no time and pressed the play button.
Notes:
AAAAAANNNNNDDDD SCENE! Anniversary Chapter complete! And next chapter is the Death Battle 80% of you guys waited for, next to All Might vs Might Guy and Zuko vs Todoroki. Anyways, I hoped you guys liked the chapter and my changes to the Death Battle Analysis, like talking more on Link's Triforce of Courage and focusing more on Zack's death.
Now, time for Counterpart explanations! First up, Cloud, since I can hear the Bakugou fanboys complaining. Cloud was more trickier than Link to figure out, as Bakugou and Todoroki were practically neck and neck. Cloud's Limit Breaks, massive anger issues, and similar hair, along with an appreciation for the giant sword made me at first think Bakugou, but Todoroki eventually won in the end. While Bakugou and Cloud both have a overwhelm the opponent strategy, so does Todoroki with him freezing everything with his ice usually, and like I pointed out in the chapter, sometimes often to his own detriment much like Cloud as well. While Bakugou and Cloud have similar anger issues, Todoroki also has a lot of anger pent up, especially in the early days when he was constantly rejecting his fire half and still as his anger lead to him failing the Provisional Licensing Exam, similar to Cloud failing the SOLDIER Program, and nearly killing Tetsutetsu in the Joint Training Class if not for Honenuki, and they are both more of the silent type than Bakugou's constant yelling.
Also, Cloud and Todoroki also have some similar issues when it comes to their moms and their memories, with Todoroki practically forgetting the memories of his mother, and the two of them both losing their mothers, one actually dying and the other being sent away to a mental hospital. Plus, while Bakugou and Cloud now recently have a history of being stabbed, Todoroki was also stabbed by multiple knives from Stain, Cloud's Fire and Ice Spells paired up nicely with Todoroki's Quirk, Cloud's Limit Breaks can be similar to Todoroki's Flashfreeze and Flashfire Ultimate moves, and while Zack passing on the Buster Sword to Cloud makes sense with Izuku giving One For All to Bakugou like in the movie, Todoroki was also a likely worthy option, as All Might admitted and something tells me that just like the Heroes Rising Movie, with Todoroki getting so much attention here like Deku and Bakugou, chances are something like this is going to happen again with Todoroki joining the fun. Also, Todoroki and Cloud also have a similarity that they are both attractive enough that people can mistake them or girls, given the surprising amount of genderbend Todoroki fics I found.
As for Link, Izuku as Link was way more obvious. Green colored, selfless, courageous, analytical and strategic, and one the future Greatest Hero of All Time while the other the other is the Hero of Hyrule, it just makes complete sense. Link's history of being reincarnated over and over while all possessing the Spirit of the Hero and earning the right to wield the Master Sword in every game is similar to One For All being passed down from generation to generation all the way to Deku, and Deku and Link both having been passed down the experiences/Quirks of their predecessors. Additional facts include Link turning into a rabbit while Deku is often teased as a rabbit himself, Link once had a shield called the 'Deku' shield and also can turn into a Deku scrub which the name kind of should have been a red flag from the beginning, and Link's appearances became more darker and cooler looking throughout the games just like Deku's costume became cooler too.
As for Aerith as Ibarra, the two are kind, holy girls that like to pray and both care about the planet, while Izuku as Zack is because they are both courageous, brave, the whole Buster Sword being passed down onto him from Angeal like One For All and that last line that Zack says in the analysis is the perfect encapsulation of Izuku. I would have put in some more counterparts, especially from the Legend of Zelda but I have very little knowledge of that franchise compared to others and only have enough info on Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf.
With that said, I hope you guys liked this chapter and next chapter will be the long-awaited Batman vs Spider. Again like Thor vs Raiden, I was asked to make some adjustments to the analysis of the video by several PMs, so I would ask again to send over their ideas so I don't have to go digging into the mountains of PMs I got, please. And finally comment your thoughts and counterpart predictions in the reviews below, check out my other stories if you wish, and stay healthy and please get your shots as soon as possible so that we can return to normal.
This has been Zayden StormVoid, wishing you all a Happy Anniversary and I will see you all later!
Chapter 23: Batman vs Spider-Man
Summary:
The group watches the Dark Knight and the Spectacular Web-Head clash for supremacy.
Notes:
GREETINGS EVERYBODY! IT IS I SIR ZAYDEN OF HOUSE STORMVOID! THAT IS RIGHT! I AM BOTH A LORD AND SIR NOW! AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE!
Today is special folks because one of the highest requested chapters is here: Batman vs Spider-Man, and then it will be downhill as the next big chapter after this, and Pikachu vs Blanka, is, ugh, Goku vs Superman. Expect for my apathy for that one to be evident, not that I am a butthurt Goku fan but that Superman analysis was So fricking long! Also I have just started watching Family Guy after immense boredom so I'm in a cynical mode lately. But best save that for later, today is Batman vs Spider-Man time.
Last time, we had the crew react to Link vs Cloud, a few tears were shed for Zack Fair/Izuku and Aerith/Ibarra, Eri now begging for Izuku to turn into a wolf, and the group complaining about Izuku now having three dead counterparts, much like comments of the real world annoyed that Izuku, the main character of My Hero Academia having so many counterparts, 10 so far, while Bakugou has not gotten a Single complaint having like 7 in comparison, or Momo with 5 and All Might with 4. Again I say, for those not paying attention, that my reasons for each counterpart are based on facts and points of comparisons, not likability or any sort of favoritism.
Also, for Batman's analysis, don't be surprised if I leave out any new information that has been requested. The Dark Knight has three fights, a fourth on the way, for me to add all that information.
Finally, the Index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Mental or Internal Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wiz and Flashback Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick, buff All Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, Combatant, and Fight Dialogue
And lastly, I do Not own My Hero Academia, that's Horikoshi and Bones Studios, or Death Battle, which belongs to the Youtube channel by the same name and Roosterteeth, or the franchises mentioned in past, present, and future chapters, like Marvel, Disney, and Sony for Spidey and DC and WB for Bats.
Now ENOUGH TALK! ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BAATTTLLLLEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
With a press from a button, the next video played, with the excitement high from the glimpses of the cool looking individuals.
"They're the Guardians of the Night, the Superhero saviors of the lone and helpless, and two of the most popular and skilled Heroes of all time." Wiz began.
"Interesting." Nezu hummed, rubbing his chin with a smirk.
Nezu's statement was an understatement of the mood of the group. Upon Wiz's words, the students were left more eager as to who these two Heroes could be and to see more Heroes from across the now revealed multiverse. The pros and teachers too were curious, wondering just how skilled and powerful these Heroes are that garnered such reputation and what their Quirks could be.
"Bruce Wayne, the Batman." Boomstick introduced the first fighter.
"And Peter Parker, the Spider-Man." Wiz introduced the second.
"Batman and Spider-Man." Momo said. "Likely with those titles and looks, Batman's Quirk could be some Quirk that works well in shadows or perhaps fear-based emotion given how those thugs, from the previous video, reacted to him."
"Or that Spider-Man guy, his Quirk seems like he can act and do these a Spider can do, like how Asui's Frog Quirk lets her do anything a frog can do." Kyouka nodded and said.
Kouta was already jumping up and down in excitement, Izuku smiling warmly at seeing how the once anti-Hero boy had changed, for the better happily.
"It's no secret that given enough prep time, both Batman and Spider-Man can defeat pretty much any opponent, mostly Batman." Boomstick noted.
The group chuckled at the rather humorous scene of Batman giving a thumbs up to someone off screen.
Bakugou perked up, now truly interested in how these two Heroes are both so famous and strong that they can beat anyone, a key quality, to his belief, to make a truly strong Hero.
"Which is why we're pitting them against each other only with their standard equipment, no knowledge of each other, and such, no time to prepare." Wiz explained. "In layman's terms, Gladiator style."
"So it appears that both Spider-Man and Batman likely focus on their intellect rather than pure physical strength." All Might mused. "I am truly curious just how skilled these two are."
"Oh how I would pay all my money to see these two alphas battle in loincloths and fighting lions." Boomstick joked.
The rather comical drawing of the two Heroes in nothing but loincloths, their respective masks, and wielding shields and swords while fighting lions in a Coliseum made the guys, mostly Kirishima and Tetsutetsu, proclaim they look manly as hell and cause a few blushes from females, mostly from the pro heroine side at the muscles on the two fighters.
"I'm Wizard and he's Boomstick, and its our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!" Wiz ended the intro.
The first fighter sent chills up the spines off the group. Most of his impressive muscular physique was covered in his black and very dark grey suit, wearing black boots on his feet and black gloves on his hands, with sharp blade sticking out of his wrists guards or gloves, with his only skin shown being his lower half of his face, showing off an impressive chiseled chin and stern frown. The rest of his face and head was covered in a black cowl with white eyes narrowed in fierce glare, and two pointy ears similar to a bat on the top of his head. The dark clothed fighter also wore a golden, sometimes black, belt around his waist with multiple pockets around it, a black cape with sharp points at the end that when extended made his shape seem more batlike, and a symbol of his chest that varied between different looks, including the area around it changing from yellow to black, but the symbol always looked to be in the shape of a bat.
The students were in a mix of slight fear and awe of the dark cowl fighter, Tokoyami and Shihai shivering in delight at the man. "Revelry in the Dark." The two said.
Bakugou smirked, liking the intimidating stare the fighter held that even rattled him. Izuku was just as excited as Kouta that he was sketching the man into his notebook at lightspeeds before the analysis could truly begin.
With the pros, the man's glare was piercing enough to even leave Endeavor with slight chills. Aizawa narrowed his eyes at the man and hummed to how effective this supposed Hero is.
Batman
"The Dark Knight is a master of the shadows and the World's Greatest Detective." Wiz began. "Using intimidation as a weapon, he patrols the streets of Gotham City."
"Revelry in the Dark." Tokoyami and Shihai muttered.
"Are they just gonna say that all the time for this fight?" Ojiro asked.
"Probably." Shoji said.
"So this Batman is a more stealth-based Underground fighter type." Midnight hummed. "Much like yourself, Shouta."
Aizawa nodded, his interest already rising by such a similarity. The man also couldn't help but see another similarity between the Batman and the vigilante, Knuckleduster, what with a similar dark-clothed and intimidating show.
"World's Greatest Detective?" Melissa repeated. " So he's not only a Hero that fights regular Villains but also solves more mystery type crimes?"
"Maybe." Izuku said as he wrote down the information. "It also seems that with his type of costume that he's more of a nighttime Hero."
"Heh, Tsukauchi would like this one." Gran Torino chuckled.
"Indeed he would." All Might said, smiling as he imagined how his friend would react to Hero who was also a detective like himself. 'Maybe I should invite him over. We already could use his help with the information we got on that doctor, maybe he could help with some more information on the Villains that come up and maybe on who sent the device.'
"You know you're doing something right when people are terrified of JUST your shadow." Boomstick said. "When people think of the term Vigilante, the first name on their minds is the Batman."
"Wait, so he's a Vigilante?" Uraraka questioned. "I know that they aren't really accepted even though they help, but then why do they call him a Hero?"
"Perhaps the world that this Batman resides don't view him as a Hero but rather as a Vigilante." Iida proposed. "He could also been seen as a Hero in the eyes of the public but still labeled a Vigilante."
Aizawa narrowed his eyes at the knowledge that the Batman was a Vigilante. Endeavor growled and scoffed in distaste.
Even with that title, Bakugou still smirked, focusing on how criminals feared the man's shadow, something that he would like to happen with he's a Hero.
BACKGROUND
Secret Identity: Bruce Wayne
Age: 41
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 210 lbs
Net Worth: $6.9 Billion Dollars (Momo's and Uraraka's eyes widened in extreme surprise)
Orphan
12 Master's Degrees
Aliases: The World's Greatest Detective, The Dark Knight, The Caped Crusader
"After his wealthy parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne were murdered in a back alley by a common thug, Bruce Wayne, now orphan and sole heir to the Wayne family fortune and company, dedicated his life to fighting the criminal underworld in vengeance." Wiz revealed.
"That's so sad." Hagakure whined sadly at the sight of the little Bruce Wayne kneeling over his parent's dead bodies. "Who would do something like that?"
"Scum." Kyouka growled distastefully.
Kouta's eyes widened. 'H-He's just like me.' Kouta thought as he remembered how he was left as an orphan after Muscular killed both his parents and left him with nothing but hate and loneliness.
"Wait a minute." Kaminari said. "Yeah that really blows and everything, but did he just say fortune?"
"Yep, this man is loaded, with his net worth being 6.9 Billion U.S. Dollars!" Boomstick exclaimed, unknowingly answering Kaminari's question. "That's like 8 zeroes! No wonder he goes around and beats on us lowly commoners."
Eyes raised up high in unison at the absurdly high net worth of Bruce Wayne, as well as how the Batman was billionaire. Uraraka gaped in awe before fainting, never before seeing such a net worth.
While Izuku and Asui worked to wake the swirly-eyed Uraraka, Momo too gaped in awe. 'That's more than twice my parent's net worth!' She mentally yelled, determining that saying that out loud would seem rather petty, and didn't want Uraraka to faint again.
After overcoming her shock, Momo would smile. She wasn't unaware of the demeaning words that some of the General Course students whispered in the cafeteria, that she only got into the Hero Course because her parents payed U.A. off, the whispers only rising after her disastrous, quick defeat by Tokoyami at the Sports Festival. And while she tried to ignore them, they would land their fatal marks on her already diminishing confidence. Still she fought on and worked hard to prove that she belonged at U.A., earning her eternal thanks to both Izuku and Todoroki for helping her find her way and forge her confidence back. The latter helped her during their joint Final Exam against Eraserhead and the former during their study sessions, where her crush on the green-haired boy started to bloom in full.
And now to find that there was a Hero out there, more wealthy than her, his own past full of hardship, rise up and become a Hero of his own, took some of those guilty weights off and the lingering taunts to vanish.
SKILLS
Knows 127 Martial Arts
Peak Human Conditioning
-Bench Press: 1000lbs
-Leg Press: 2,500 lbs
-Master Acrobat & Athlete
-Can survive in a vacuum for 27 seconds
Genius Intellect & Strategist
Master Escape Artist
Ventriloquist
Expert Detective
"He achieved 12 master degrees, studied 127 martial arts, and perfected escape artistry." Wiz continued. "Given enough time, mostly seconds, he can escaped any conceivable trap."
"127!" Ojiro exclaimed wide eyed, suddenly invigorated to further his own martial arts.
"Amazing." Itsuka gasped out, herself likewise inspired.
Miruko smirked, already cracking her knuckles in excitement and desire to fight the Dark Knight herself.
Iida, Jurota, and Momo gaped at the screen in shock at the knowledge of 12 Master degrees, the former two so shocked their glassed droop down and nearly fell of their heads. Nezu too smiled, wondering if he could perhaps meet this famous World's Greatest Detective himself.
"Woah!" Izuku gaped on all three achievements, but mostly on Batman's escape artistry, already imaging several different traps and dangerous situations, some of them which he and his classmates faced against the League of Villains, and imaging the Batman escaping every single one of them easily, to his excitement.
"Houdini eat your heart out." Boomstick joked. "Batman has pushed himself to the limits of the human body. He can bench press 1,000 pounds, has great aim and reflexes, and can single-handedly beat down armies of thugs, assassins, highly trained ninjas and even the most crazy amount, and simply crazy, Villains.
The screen showed a many of Batman's Villains from a man with a half scarred face and body with a machine gun, a short man with top hat and umbrella that can fire bullets accompanied by an army of thugs, a green-skinned woman controlling monstrous plants, a green suited man with question marks on his body, a man dressed like a scarecrow firing gases at people that left them screaming in terror, a red and black suited woman with a mallet, and a purple suited, green haired clown laughing maniacally as multiple buildings blew up into flames.
The excitement of the group quickly plummeted to dread, wary, and fear. The students shivered in fear of the Villains shown. Todoroki shivered and rubbed on his left side of his face at the sight of the half-scarred man. Shiozaki was both disgusted at the rather provocative clothes that the green-skinned woman wore while likewise horrified at seeing the plant monstrosities that she controlled. The ones that left the biggest of sense of fear, however, was the gas firing scarecrow, shivering at the screams of terror from the people inflicted, and the purple-dressed clown, his horrible laughs shaking their very core at the destruction he likely caused and laughed at.
Eri whimpered at the two, especially the Scarecrow, some of his looks and his outstretched hand, reminding her of Chisaki. She clung onto Deku like a lifeline, one which the green-haired teen hugged back protectively.
The pros were likewise left spooked. Some were left frowning in worry, others in curiosity, and some in genuine fear of the Villains shown. All Might couldn't help but flinch as the green-haired jester's laughs amidst such destruction sounded vaguely familiar.
"Batman has one of, if not, The greatest number of Villains in his infamous, constantly returning Rogue's Gallery ranging from the near unstoppable Bane, the fear-inducing Scarecrow, and the maniacal Clown Prince of Chaos, the Joker." Wiz listed all of Batman's Villains.
"So this Batman fights quite a number of Villains that likewise mostly battle with him." Shoji said. "That's interesting."
"Agreed kid." Fat Gum voiced. "While we pros have faced a number of Villains, most of us don't either face them again or much. Not sure if that speaks more to how dangerous they are that they can escape and cause trouble repeatedly, or how ineffective their prisons must be."
The pros could only imagine what level of chaos and destruction would plague all of Japan if Villain prisons like Tartaros would be if they were so inefficient or, worse, destroyed that the Villains contained there would escape. All Might shivered in fear at the thought of All For One once more released into the world, as well as the Villain's taunting smile. The former Symbol of Peace and the other Heroes just relaxed in the notion that such a fate could never come about.
"Holy shit!" Boomstick cursed. "With that much crime and chaos in Gotham, this guy must have some insane badass powers to take care of all of them."
"Could it be that he has a Quirk like my own?" Shihai asked. "It would make sense with how great he is hiding in the shadows."
"Or perhaps he can control shadows to hide himself or use them like Tokoyami's Dark Shadow." Honenuki suggested.
"It must have something to do with bats." Mineta said. "Why else would he call himself Batman?"
"Quit With The Bullshit Theories And Shut Up So They Can Tell Us!" Bakugou yelled, his patience running out for the umpteenth time.
"Actually, he doesn't." Wiz said. "In a world of superpowered Villains and god-like Heroes, Batman actually has no kind of superpower."
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That was the sound of silence that surrounded the room. Eyes were left widened to new proportions, disbelief and complete shock in their eyes. Their jaws were left slack jawed almost to the point that anymore would see them dislocate.
Endeavor's eyes were left widened and full of disbelief, his brain failing to comprehend that such a man who was called one of the Greatest Hero's of all Time be declared Quirkless. Much was the same with the other pros either full of shock at the revelation or too full of disbelief. Nezu himself was left stunned thought that shock quickly turned to a smile of glee. Aizawa couldn't help but raise his eyes wide. While the 1-A teacher himself didn't have any Quirk that was truly impressive and had to fight as if he were Quirkless, he at least had his Erasure Quirk to even the odds and debilitate Villains. This revelation once more brought him back to Knuckleduster and how he too was a Vigilante with no Quirk.
"Yep, this guy is just a normal dude in bat suit." Boomstick said. "A normal dude if he was a high-tech, rich, badass, scary ninja, who has stood with and against the Best of the Best."
All Might was left stunned in his seat. "Pro Heroes are always having to risk their lives. Some Villains just can't be beat without powers. So no, I honestly don't believe you can be a Hero without a Quirk." His words to Midoriya back on that roof repeating in his head as he was proven wrong. He remembered how he himself was Quirkless and powerless to do anything, and now he finds that there was in fact a Hero who never had ay power, just the skills he learned and his hard work and still became one of the greatest of Heroes.
All Might smiled, hoping that this would be a great news to Izuku. He paused as he then realized something. "Young Man, you can become a Hero." All Might remembered how his words to Izuku after the Sludge Villain. 'I may have fixed my mistake and told Young Midoriya that He could become a Hero, but,' All Might thought as he looked at his own skinny hand. 'I never fixed my mistake and said that you could become a hero without a Quirk. I still have something to make up to him.' He clenched his fist with determination.
With the students, they too were completely flabbergasted by the revelation of a Quirkless Hero, a few most especially.
Shinsou stared in awe and surprise of the Hero, every single part of the Hero something that he felt inspired by. A more horrible past with his parent's deaths, using fear and intimidation, traits that would normally be classified as Villainous like his Quirk, used by a Hero to save others, and, much like his Quirk isn't useful in physical combat, here is a Hero with absolutely no Quirk and yet is one of the greatest. He smiled as he felt like, along with Eraserhead, he found another idol for him to admire.
Mirio stared wide eyed at the Dark Knight with respect and awe. He looked down at his own hands and remembered how his Quirk was erased in the raid to save Eri, how he continued fighting for 5 minutes even after his Quirk was erased, and having to live without his Quirk with the hope that Eri could bring it back. He always felt guilty for that, having to rely and put his hopes on an innocent little girl that only just got freed from Hell to give him back his power. Now he finds out that it is possible to be a Hero without a Quirk and left him with a conundrum: 'Should I still ask Eri to return my Quirk, or should I follow this Batman's lead and still be a Hero without a Quirk?'
Melissa stared in amazement at what she saw and heard, one of the proclaimed greatest Heroes in this world, and perhaps others, is a man who had no power, no Quirk, who was Quirkless. Just like her. For years, when she was younger, she wanted to be a Hero, just like her father and her Uncle Might, but when she was diagnosed as Quirkless, her dream shattered. She picked herself up though and pursued to continue on her dream in a new way: If she couldn't become a Hero herself, then she would build the tools of Heroes, their gear, their Support Items, and, in doing so, she can help save lives like a Hero and, maybe even, save a Hero's life. And the one to make that dream a reality was Izuku Midoriya, fighting alongside her Uncle Might, saving her father and herself, all the while using and relying on her invention. She helped a Hero be a Hero and save a life.
And now with the knowledge that if someone can be a Hero without a Quirk, and be a great one even, then why shouldn't she?
Bakugou was left shaken to his core. For years, he had bullied Deku, tormented him, made fun of him, led everyone they knew to mock, ridicule, and torture him over his Quirklessness and his desire to be a Hero without a Quirk. He had even told him to take his own life so that he could get a Quirk in another life. And now he finds out that all that time, all that assuredness in his answer and beliefs, and now the answer is shown clear as day. He was wrong. Despite Deku now being a Hero, he still didn't get into U.A. without a Quirk or became a Hero without one, he had All Might's Quirk. And even when All Might told him why he chose Deku and how he earned his power, Bakugou still felt that he was still semi-right. And now with the information of this Hero, Vigilante, whatever he was, he was Quirkless and showed him clear as day that you could be a Hero without a Quirk. So that left him with his own thoughts and starling conclusion as he looked at his hands. 'All that time I spent bullying him, trying to get him to quit and prove myself right, and it turns out I was wrong. Was I always wrong, about everything?'
Izuku's pencil dropped to the floor, falling from Izuku's slack hand. He stared at the screen with a mixture of emotions. Amazement, awe, disbelief, pain, and, finally, Joy. For years he was treated as lesser because he had no Quirk, treated like trash, a freak, lesser than an insect by his peers for something out of his control. Ridiculed, laughed at, insulted, bullied, over his dream to be a Hero even without a Quirk. And when he met All Might and was chosen to succeed him and become the new Symbol of Peace and inherit his Quirk, he was overjoyed to prove them all wrong. And he did so. Saving Uraraka from the Zero Pointer, beating Bakugou, going far in the Sports Festival, saving Todoroki from himself, saving Iida from Stain and defeating Stain, winning against All Might, saving Kouta and defeating Muscular, rescuing Bakugou from the League, made One For All his own, saving Eri and defeating Overhaul, saving the Cultural Festival from Gentle Criminal, making Eri smile, winning his Joint Class Training battle, learn how to use Black Whip. He became more than Quirkless, useless Deku, but a Deku that can save everyone with a smile on his face.
But did he truly prove them wrong? In the end, he did all that with a Quirk and never truly proved that someone can be a Hero without one. He always felt, deep inside, that he was wrong in the end. And now, he finally found a Hero who was truly Quirkless, who fought against crazy, dangerous Villains, who was seen as one of the best Heroes of all time, who saved and protected people, all without power of his own, only with his strength, skills, and will. Like what he wanted to be. Like how he is. Like how he hoped to one day help make.
Melissa looked to Izuku with bright, slightly tearful eyes. She was surprised to see Izuku whimpering, tears overflowing from his eyes, eyes that shone with pure joy. "Izuku? What's wrong?" Melissa asked worryingly.
Izuku's eyes for a moment shown panic, yet the green-haired teen quickly wiped his eyes from the tears and looked back to Melissa, his eyes still crying but with a large smile. "Its nothing, Melissa." Izuku said with a slightly cracked voice. "I'm just really happy. Are you happy?"
Despite the three worded question, Melissa truly knew what Izuku meant. She smiled back, tears in her own eyes and smiled back. "Yes, I'm really happy too." She replied.
"But even with no powers, even Batman has to prepare himself with a suit to fight such dangerous foes." Wiz pointed out.
BATSUIT
Weight: 200 lbs
Nomex Reinforced Fabric
Fire-resistant Memory Cloth Cape
Bladed Gauntlets
Steel-toed boots
Nose-piece gas filter
Radio receiver ears
Anti-Removal Cowl
Night Vision goggles
200,000 volt electrode network
Designed to evoke fear
"The Batsuit was designed to be the ultimate flexible, combat armor, built for both combating hundreds of criminals and perfect for stealth." Wiz revealed. "He has a nose-piece that filters out poisonous gases, bladed gauntlets that can be fired out, and night vision goggles to see in the dark and detect hard to spot elements."
"That baby is amazing!" Mei snapped out of her shock and looked at the Batsuit with wide, zooming eyes of wonder. "The way it blocks those attacks and the force and speed of his counterattack, the suit must have some shock-absorption armor that can allow for such attacks and go so fast."
"Carbon fiber maybe." Melissa said. "Or maybe a titanium fiber cast with Kevlar plates."
"That could work." David said. "Titanium is heavy metal, but if it was reduced to simply a fiber cast and with other durable metals like Kevlar, it leave him with both durable armor and use his flexibility and speed to their fullest."
"Those Night Visions goggles would be perfect for working in the dark and that gas filer would help against hazardous chemicals." Momo analyzed, attempting to get over her shock. "Its much like your gas mask you wear, Izuku."
"Yeah, that's right, Yaomomo." Izuku wiped away his tears and replied. "And those blades on his gauntlets, they could probably be used to fire at enemies that have him pinned down, or maybe to break sharp weapons like a sword or knife."
"While the pointy ears are a bit much for me, the armor can stop knives, gunfire, and can even resist being set on fire." Boomstick jumped in.
"Those ears actually function for both theatricality and practicality." Wiz explained. "They are fitted with radio receivers for listening in on any sort of frequency and transmission, while also used for driving fear into hearts of criminals."
"Yeah, if I was a crook and had those ears, even their shadow, I would totally piss my pants." Setsuna agreed.
"Keep a close eye on that students." Aizawa spoke up. "That is a rational move. When being a Hero, its more rational to focus on making sure your suits and gear are suited for use rather than for show, unless the show also serves a purpose such as what this Batman does."
"His memory cloth cape can be used as a glider to fly around the city, and the entire suit is lined with a 200,000 volt electro network, used mostly so that if he is ever incapacitated, overwhelmed, or captured, no one can remove his cowl and reveal his secret identity." Wiz continued.
"Smart." Endeavor nodded. "He understands his limits and implements failsafes in case a situation takes a turn for the worst. That is also a lesson that you students should learn. Understand your limits, figure out what you can do as of now, and be cautious of those limits while pushing them further and further."
While the students nodded at the Number 1 Pro's wisdom, Todoroki gazed at his father. 'You of all people would know of understanding one's limits.' Todoroki thought, memories of his abusive life flashing in his eyes and then at his fight with Izuku at the Sports Festival. 'Then again, I wasn't any better.'
"That gliding also looks so cool!" Uraraka pointed out. "He looks like he's almost flying!"
"Its appears similar to how me and Dark Shadow use our Fallen Angel technique." Tokoyami said. "Revelry in the Dark."
"Revelry in the Dark indeed." Kuroiro agreed.
"Huh, they are just gonna continue saying that." Ojiro sighed.
All Might perked up at how Batman glided around his city using his cape, much like how his Master Shimura would float from one building to another with her Quirk. He hoped, and knew, that Izuku would be analyzing Batman's gliding and wondered if Izuku could do the same with his Master's Quirk.
"I guess when you're a billionaire, you can afford to turn yourself into a freaking human taser." Boomstick said.
UTILITY BELT
Grapple Gun
Batarangs
-Shock Batarangs
-Explosive Batarangs
Gas Mask
Tear Gas
Smoke Pellets
Bolas
Tracers
Transponder that summons bats
Data Encryption Device
Explosive Gel
"The gadgets from Wayne's never ending funds don't stop there." Wiz noted. "His utility belt carries dozens of different tools that can practically get him out of any situation."
"So to compensate for no powers of his own, he relies on his money and his tools that come from others." Monoma taunted.
"Says the guy who's whole Quirk is copying and relying on the powers of others." Yui retorted, much to the chuckles of her classmates and a tick mark to appear on Monoma's head.
"That belt has pretty much EVERYTHING." Boomstick exclaimed. "Grappling hooks for mobility, explosives for destruction, beer. Maybe not that last one, but mine would."
"Notable gadgets include a gas mask, tear gas, smoke pellets, bolas, a Kryptonite ring to fight Kryptonians like Superman, remote detonated plastic explosives, a transponder that can summon an army of bats, and his trademark grapple gun." Wiz listed Batman's gadgets.
"How can so many objects fit into one belt?!" Mineta exclaimed. "Its like that hot Mai chick's super skimpy robe all over again!"
"So with his smoke pellets and night vision goggles, he can control the environment of a fight by blinding his enemies without blinding himself, which would be useful if he is surrounded by multiple enemies or if he needs to run away from oncoming gunfire or a person's Quirk, with that grapple gun likely to help with escape. That grapple gun could also grab his enemies and rag them to him for hand-to-hand combat or grab their weapons away from them. He could also cloud a room using that bat summon in transponder and effectively drive fear into his enemies. Then with his tear gas and gas mask he can also cloud a room full of criminals with that gas and knock them all out while he would be unaffected. Those bolas could also incapacitate and trip up enemies with those bolas and those plastic explosives have so many uses. He could use them as distractions, clear away debris in case of rescue and knock out enemies if they are non-lethal enough..."
Melissa giggled at Izuku once more diving into his muttering, smiling warmly as she noticed Izuku looked especially observant and analytical. She wondered if he was analyzing this so much because it was information from a Quirkless Hero, a completely new and surprising thing, or if he was analyzing it for her sake. Either way, she found the cinnamon roll's quirky muttering and note taking adorable and sweet.
"He also carries a large supply of collapsible shurikens" Wiz pointed out.
"The Batarangs!" Boomstick jumped in. "And if throwing a razor sharp object at people isn't enough, he's got several types! Like electric shock, knockout dart, and grenade."
"Those look so sick!" Awase said. "I think I can make an explosive one if I weld a small enough explosive to similar shuriken."
"Heh, and those shock Batarangs are kind of similar to my tracer disks." Kaminari replied. "I just shoot it out and fire off my electricity onto it."
"Well yours are more of a lightning rod while his are shuriken with a built in taser onto them." Mineta corrected.
"Hey, Shouta, maybe you can use some of those?" Mic asked. "Would help against goons that you can't reach with your scarf and if you angle it you could get a sick hit from a guy hiding from you."
Aizawa stared at Mic silently.
"What?" Mic questioned.
"I'm just surprised that you came up with something so smart." Aizawa answered.
Mic playfully rolled his eyes.
"The Caped Crusader also has a wide variety of different vehicles, ranging from the iconic Batmobile, a highly durable, all-terrain, super fast tank, a high-tech jet known as the Batplane, The Batcycle, and several aquatic vehicles." Wiz continued listing.
"Heh, some of the designs of that car look similar to that armored up car of yours, Toshinori." Gran Torino said.
"You mean the Hercules?" All Might said. "Hmm, yeah I can see the similarities. Mostly with those older versions. Actually some of those remind me of vehicles you made, Dave."
"Yeah, they do." David nodded. "Remember the days back in America where you would ride in the side seat, like that day with the villain with those rocket-shooting arms-"
"And when I leapt out and smashed the giant creature he was riding on with a Carolina Smash." All Might finished, the two chuckling at the memory. "Ah those were the days."
They sure were." David smiled, remembering seeing Toshinori standing atop a building in victory, the wind flowing his cape and the sun behind him. "They sure were."
"Jesus Christ, its a wonder no one has ever thought to think that Batman might be a rich billionaire like Bruce Wayne." Boomstick yelled.
"Yeah, like where does he stash all those vehicles?" Sen asked. "I don't think that cool ass jet is going to fit in the garage, or be easily explained on the back of whatever kind of mansion estate he is in."
"He could have secret warehouse stashes that he bought and converted to store his vehicles." Momo said. "Or perhaps an underground secret lair."
"Like what like a Batcave or something?" Kyouka questioned.
"Well good thing that he has a Batcave underneath Wayne Manor that hides all his fancy toys." Boomstick said.
"I suppose so." Shinsou said.
"Despite having the build of an Olympic athlete, the Caped Crusader's greatest feats are attributed to his detective skills and training under the infamous League of Shadows." Wiz revealed.
FEATS
Solved numerous unsolvable crimes
Invites near-death experiences
Can best metahumans in combat and pinpoint their weaknesses
Does not use firearms
No Killing Rule (Ignored for Death Battle)
Singlehandedly defeated Superman & the Justice League
Only non-powered founder of the Justice League
Survived his back being broken
Largest Rogue's Gallery of Villains
"He can anticipate attacks through muscle movement and can memorize the smallest detail, even the shape of a cheek he's punched." Wiz explained.
"That's...wow." Mina said flabbergasted.
Kendo, Ojiro, and some of the guys started trying to match Batman's shown movements during combat, especially Kirishima, thinking it would be a great help with the defensive nature and his Red Counter move.
"And while Batman is only human, his achievements stand among gods." Wiz continued.
"He's a founding member of one of the most popular teams of superheroes, known as the Justice League." Boomstick revealed.
"Hey look, its Wonder Woman!" Hagakure pointed out. "From our Death Battle, Yaomomo!"
"Indeed it is." Momo nodded, surprise to see her counterpart. "So this Batman and my counterpart are part of the same universe and Hero team."
"And he's even fought and defeated all of them, including Superman, the most powerful Superhero of All Time!" Boomstick yelled loudly.
Jaws fell down once more as they saw Batman defeat each member of the League. Momo and Hagakure went wide eyed as Momo's godly counterpart being likewise defeated in combat by a Quirkless person. While the two, and most of the group, didn't have any ill feelings or negative look on Quirkless people, it was still surprising to see one easily beat someone superpowered Hero.
Eyes also widened to sizes of dinner plates as they saw Superman and some of his feats, and then see a man with no powers actually defeat him. Bakugou felt like he stumbled into a different universe, like his whole world and ideals just went upside down.
"This achievement was attributed thanks also in part of his detective work." Wiz explained. "Batman can detect, analyze, and prepare how to take down any opponent's skills or abilities, such as Kryptonite against Superman."
"Sounds like something Deku or Mr. Aizawa would do." Uraraka said, looking at Deku as he took his notes.
"Indeed, that is a rather interesting comparison." Iida said. "Mr. Aizawa's Erasure Quirk appears to be like a Quirk version of this ability, able to cancel most Quirks and leave Villains and Heroes without their powers like this Batman can do with that Kryptonite against Superman."
Aizawa hummed as he agreed with his student, feeling more interest and even respect for the Quirkless Vigilante to be able to do what his Quirk can do just with his knowledge and skill.
"As for Midoriya, the two are always quite similar." Iida said. "Like how Midoriya does the same with his notebooks."
"Come again?" Itsuka asked.
"Oh, well Midoriya has quite the talent of figuring out a person's Quirk and then figuring out ways of countering them or using them against people and writes it all down in his notebooks." Mirio said, patting the nervous cinnamon roll's shoulder. "He has like dozens of them for everybody, including you guys."
"O-Oh, I-I s-see." Itsuka stuttered, her and the rest of her class now slightly worried of a future Joint Class Training and having to be the teams that faces against Midoriya.
"Whoever said being a nerd was bad thing clearly has never met Batman." Boomstick said/inadvertently roasted a certain arrogant Pomeranian.
"Do you have something to say, Baka-gou?" Uraraka asked, her smile wide and her eyes holding back immense need for laughter.
"S-Shut. Up. Round Face!" Bakugou growled out, his red face practically steaming from embarrassment.
"But while Wayne has no exploitable weaknesses, he is not perfect." Wiz pointed out. "His mental stability has often been called into question."
"Well, let's see. His parents were killed in front of him as a child, he uses his money to beat the shit out of people dressed as a giant bat, has an unbreakable no kill rule even though most of his Villains escape from jail to commit more murder, and keeps employing 12 year old sidekicks that are also his own adopted kids!" Boomstick listed with greater exclamation. "Yeah, he's clearly not all there."
The pros grumbled, not exactly pleased to know that this World's Greatest Detective might be every bit as insane as the Villains he captures. 'Although, its like the rest of us are fully sane either.' All Might and Endeavor both thought, the former thinking about how he and Young Midoriya are both obsessed about saving others to the point they disregard themselves, while the latter acknowledges his anger issues and his...'family problems'. Endeavor also looked at Miruko, a combat-obsessed rabbit with disdain for teams, and thought of Hawks and his 'eccentric' personality. Meanwhile, All Might looked at his fellow teachers for examples, those being Aizawa, an insomniac with a serious case of stick up his ass, Midnight and her original Hero costume and 'quirks', and of course, Nezu who he and the rest of the staff, probably even himself, were sure that the rodent principal was clearly not right in the head.
"But he IS a survivor." Wiz defended. "He endured having his back broken in half by the monstrous Bane and recovered, survived exposure to enough of Scarecrow's fear toxin to drive 15 men insane, fighting the other members of the Justice League, all of which have superhuman god-like abilities, complete disintegration from an evil New God of Destruction and Evil, and being stranded in the past as a living time bomb of galactic destruction as a result."
"So Awesome!" Kouta cheered.
"MANLY!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu cried out loudly.
"Not bad." Miruko smirked. "Guy's a fighter."
"That seems like a bit of an understatement." Ryukyu replied.
"Wait, WHAT?!" Boomstick yelled. "Is that Batman?! As a PIRATE?! YARR, I'M BATBEARD!"
The students and the most of the group burst out laughing.
"Yet he somehow pulls through and comes out on top, every time." Wiz said.
"Why? 'Cause He's the Goddamn BATMAN." Boomstick shouted.
Bakugou smirked and nodded in respect. He always respected All Might for being the unstoppable, unbeatable Number One Hero. The Hero who never lost, who always won, and that's what he thought was what made a True Hero, until recent events. And now to find another Hero who seemingly also always came out on top and always won made the explosive teen feel like he found the fighter he would vote for.
"WHERE ARE YOU?!" A thug yelled in anger and fear.
"Here." Batman whispered, hanging upside down behind the thug.
The thug screams in terror as Batman takes out the thug.
The Batman left quite the impression of the group in many different ways. Tokoyami and Kuroiro in his dark and brooding personality and look, most of the guys for being scary, cool, and badass, Ojiro and Kendo for his martial arts mastery, Momo and Uraraka through his wealth, and Mei and Melissa with his gear and tech. But the Dark Knight clearly shook the whole group's world with the knowledge of his Quirklessness and feats. The ones most shook being Izuku, a fellow former Quirkless person and capsulation of his dream of a Quirkless Hero, Melissa, another Quirkless individual who dreamed of being a Hero and now finding out that someone like her did, overcoming the obstacles and words that others told her why shouldn't, Mirio, Shinsou, All Might, and Bakugou, the latter now both impressed and his weight of shame over what he did to Deku now magnified.
The second fighter was more on the young and lighter side than the Caped Crusader. The fighter was a young man, that struck most of the women's side of the room as cute, with short brown hair, and a surprising impressive human physique all in a red, blue, and black-lined suit. Most iterations and version showed him with most of his lower half of his suit as blue with red boots and a red around his waist, while his upper half had more of the red and black, mostly of his chest, his shoulders, and arms. His face was also covered completely in a red and black-lined mask with two white eyes. The black lines that were on the red of his costume were outlined similarly to spider-webs. On the front was a black symbol that, similarly to Batman, held many different appearances throughout different version, yet all were clearly shown as a a spider, with a different, often wider symbol on his back, the symbol red to contrast the blue of his back.
The students perked up at the rather young age, compared to Batman, that the spider-themed hero was, and wondering how he was also praised as another Most popular Hero of all time. Sero raised an eyebrow, finding this Spider-Man to look rather similar to another arachnid-themed hero that was inspired by in America.
The pros too picked up on the man's young age and wondered on how this Hero would compare to the Dark Knight. Some already held a critical eye on the young Hero, like Endeavor, over the man's youth to mean likely inexperience, but from what they saw so far, it would seem that the fighter carried himself with a rather surprising balance of grace and power in him.
Spider-Man
"The friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is one of the most popular and beloved Superheroes of the Marvel Universe and beyond, and protects the streets of New York City." Wiz began Spidey's intro.
"So he's based in New York." Melissa said. "Neat."
"Hold on a moment." Momo said. "I believe I know what universe this Spider-Man is from."
"Well, didn't they just say that it was the Marvel Universe?" Kaminari questioned like it was already obvious.
"Yes, but do you know who else is in this same universe with Spider-Man?" Momo asked, to which Kaminari answered with a shrug. "Thor."
"Thor?" Uraraka repeated. "Like lightning powered, hammer wielding, All Might Thor?"
"Indeed." Momo said. "Back in Thor's video, Wizard said that Thor had faced and defeated some of the most powerful figures in the Marvel Universe, and they just said that Spider-Man hails from the same Marvel Universe."
"Very observant of you, Yaoyorozo." Nezu praised.
"Once, Peter Parker was a wimpy, skinny, powerless nerd with no friends." Boomstick began too, showing a nerdier, skinnier Peter Parker being bullied. "He was often bullied by a stereotypical blonde douchebag, and his infamous Parker Luck had got him into trouble and humiliating repeated sessions of being locked inside his own locker."
"Great, more bullies." Mina sarcastically scowled. "Again, they are the worst."
"So not manly." Kirishima shook his head in disapproval.
Izuku flinched at the very familiar situation, having to experience the same and worse acts upon him from his peers at Aldera and another certain blonde that was definitely a douche back then. Said douche also flinched as he recalled the scene to be familiar as well, only instead of his face falling to the ground, he remembered being the one to stick his foot out...and then follow it up with a swift kick tot he stomach till the green-haired recipient puked up his lunch.
"Peter was an orphan too, his parents dying in a plane crash, and lived with his supportive Uncle Ben and Aunt May." Wiz added.
"I think I can already make a connection between the two." Kyouka said. "Animal-themed Heroes, shitty lives, and dead parents."
"Poor guy." Sero nodded. "Though I guess its lucky for him that he had an Uncle and Aunt to live with, most kids aren't so lucky."
One of the lucky ones watched the scene with wide eyes that turned sad in memory, seeing the bloodied-blanketed corpses of his parents, living with his Aunt Shino, seeing the report of his parent's deaths by Muscular's hands, and the hate and misery that stirred in him till he was saved by his idol. Kouta felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up to see that it was from said idol. Kouta looked at Izuku's eyes, which held a wordless question: "Are you okay?" Kouta smiled and nodded, grateful that his Hero didn't ask out loud, grateful not to have so much attention and be embarrassed...or for Eri to look at him with pity.
"The former of whom gave the most inspirational and iconic, motivational quote of all time!" Boomstick said.
"With Great Power comes Great Responsibility." Uncle Ben said to Peter in his car.
The group smiled brightly at the wisdom from the uncle. The students nodded and took the quote to heart, especially Izuku who knew that his Quirk of such great power, the power of 8 generations before him, the power passed down to him by All Might, came with the greatest of responsibilities. Bakugou looked at his hand and imagined all the times he used it illegally on Deku either in anger or annoyance or just because he liked to, and came with the conclusion that his use of such power wasn't at all responsible, or right.
"Despite his horrible luck, Peter Parker's only dream was to live a comfortable and self-fulfilling life of an average man." Wiz noted.
"Then one day the universe said 'Fuck no' and he got bit by a radioactive spider that gave him the powers of a Spider." Boomstick revealed, showing Peter getting bitten by a unusually colored spider and his genes mutating.
"Wait so he was also Quirkless as well, but instead of continuing to be Quirkless, he got powers from a spider bite?" Nejire asked.
"Appears so." Mirio said.
Izuku stared at the screen with surprise and wide eyes. "Young man, you too can become a Hero." Izuku remembered All Might's words from that fateful day. "I deem you worthy of power. My Quirk is yours to inherit." Izuku looked at his scarred hand. 'Just like Batman is Quirkless, like I was, Spider-Man is just like me.' Izuku thought. 'Skinny, weak, bullied, no real friends, Quirkless, until we gained our powers from others. Mine from All Might, after I randomly met him that day, and Peter from a random spider bite. Two people without power now burdened with great power and great responsibility with it.'
"So he wasn't born with his power, but was given it by something else." Sato said.
"Almost sounds impossible." Shoji said. "Until you remember about All For One."
The group shivered at the name of the Quirk stealing Villain, especially All Might, his hands clenched in memory of his arch nemesis. Others shared the same feelings of slight fear at the mention of the mastermind behind the League of Villains, from Gran Torino, who shared a similar hatred towards the Villain, to Endeavor and Mount Lady, who encountered, and, in the case of Mount Lady, were defeated by him, and the members of the Bakugou Rescue Squad and Bakugou himself, all 6 of them remembering the terrifying presence of the Symbol of Evil.
However, more than fear was remembered from the Villain's name. The members of Class 1-A, sans Deku, remembered their discussion from last night, over Deku and the device claiming that he held multiple Quirks inside his body and the idea of All For One being the source of such Quirks. Bakugou was the only one of them who knew the truth and knew that they weren't entirely wrong when they thought of Deku's Quirk to have originated from All For One.
"And now he's a radioactive superhero with no friends. Or Uncle." Boomstick revealed.
"What?!" The students gasped out.
"After his transformation, he decided to cash in on his powers by gaining money wrestling, but when he was cheated out of it, a criminal robbed the man and Peter let the criminal go." Wiz revealed. "This would come back to bite him though as the robber then stole the car from a man he shot, Peter's Uncle Ben." Wiz said.
The group watched the scene of Uncle Ben being shot and Peter over his dying uncle in tears.
The students frowned saddened by the kind uncle's death and felt sympathy for the recently super-powered teen. Melissa imagined the same scene happening to her and her now powerless Uncle Might, leading her to shaking those thoughts away in few tears at the imaginary outcome. Izuku and All Might likewise had a similar mental outcome play in their heads, playing in theirs head on what would have happened if the two never intervene and tried to save Bakugou from the Sludge Villain. All Might shuddered to imagine the Sludge Villain's hand striking and killing Midoriya while he stood at the sidelines doing nothing, as well as the likely death of Katsuki Bakugou. Izuku almost hacked up his lunch at the mental image of Bakugou suffocating and dying if he or All Might didn't run towards to save him.
Some of the pros frowned in Peter trying to cash in on his powers, though they also couldn't deny that some of their earlier aspirations to become the Heroes they were now started from a similar place of greed. Mount Lady in particular couldn't help but see the similarity, a stab of guilt and shame poking at her conscious. But upon seeing the unfortunate consequence of his inaction she and the rest of the pros felt pity for the teen and sadness for the innocent uncle. The scene of someone dying because of inaction reminded Mount Lady of when she and Kamui Woods stood by helpless as a large pink Villain held a family in his grasp, unable to move lest they be harmed, of how angry she was and how useless she felt then. In the end, All Might swooped in and knocked the Villain out with one chop, yet the image of that family dying because she was too weak and reckless, unable to do anything, kept the pro up at night.
At seeing a physical show of what inaction causes, she clenched her fists and vowed to never let that happen again and to be better than just a being a Hero for popularity sake. The size-changing Heroine looked down towards the students, remembering how she taught them how to interact with the media, from Todoroki's cute and unbelievable obliviousness to Midoriya's super shy, yet adorable awkwardness, and to Kaminari, Mineta, Sero, and Shiozaki, the interns she, Kamui, and Edgeshot took under their wings.
Mount Lady smiled. 'At least I can make up for it by helping teach these kids.' She thought.
"Every action has a consequence." Ryukyu said sadly. "But we can't exactly fault the kid for not knowing any better."
"Maybe so, but this has to serve as a lesson to the students as an example of why we pros always have to be attentive and proactive." Edgeshot replied. "Additionally, what he said about this Parker taking advantage of his powers for money and fame is a concerning comparison that I feel many of our fellow Heroes share."
"Enraged he sought the criminal out and was out for blood." Wiz further explained. "But upon catching the man, he showed mercy, remembering his Uncle's words and handed him to the police and decided to use his Great Powers for the good of others and became a Superhero."
Iida perked up in shock, remembering when his brother was maimed by the Hero Killer Stain and how he hunted down the Villain in vengeance, which nearly cost him his life, the Hero Native's life, and his classmates, Midoriya and Todoroki. The teen was once more remembered the vows he made in hospital with the two and promised once more to not let his emotions override his judgement and duties as a Hero.
"And after some practice, he became one of the best and brightest of his world." Boomstick said. "He even finally got himself laid. A lot, actually." Boomstick joked and showed multiple pictures of incredibly attractive women, including an incredibly attractive red-head, a beautiful blonde, and a gorgeous white-haired woman in black spandex catsuit.
Kaminari grumbled jealously while Mineta wailed in bloody tears for one previous nerdy dude scoring himself a whole bunch chicks and not him.
The gaze of the girls drifted towards Izuku, the love life of Peter Parker being rather similar to them and their own feelings towards the green-haired teen.
While the pros had no interest in the Hero's love life, they were intrigued on him being one of the best and brightest Heroes of this universe, the same universe that All Might's own counterpart, the planet-destroying Thor, is from.
BACKGROUND
Secret Identity: Peter Parker
Age: 25
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 210 lbs
IQ: 250
Orphan
Science Major
Photographer for the Daily Bulge
Honorary Avenger
Aliases: Spidey, Web-Head, The Webbed Warrior, The Spectacular, Amazing, or Ultimate Spider-Man
"A clever photographer and science major, Spider-Man is not only incredibly powerful, but also a genius in strategy and science, having an IQ of 250." Wiz revealed. "Using these skills, he created two wrist mounted web shooters which let him swing around the city."
"250." Asui croaked impressed. "That's almost as smart as that Shredder guy."
"You know, if he was SO smart, wouldn't he make the webs shoot out of his butt like a real spider?" Boomstick asked.
"Ew no!" Uraraka denied. "That sounds so wrong!"
"Actually, maybe-" Izuku thought pensively.
"No!" Uraraka and Melissa both yelled, stopping Izuku's train of thought.
"No, no, First, it doesn't come out of their butt, it comes out of their-" Wiz said before a typical Boomstick interruption shut him up.
"Spider-Man! Spider-Man! Craps some webs like a spider can!" Boomstick sang jokingly while in the tune of a certain song.
While Eri and Kouta laughed and childishly gagged, the students and adults were in a mixture of cackling at the joke, gagging at the thought of it, or slamming their palms into their heads in annoyance.
WEB SHOOTERS
Twin Wrist-Mounted Shooters
Carousel Loaded
Webbing Dissolves in 1 hour
Web Fluid Cartridges pressurized at 300 psi
Webbing is strong enough to restrain the Hulk
Compressed Web Bullets
"*Cough* Each web shooter cartridge can hold a large amount of pressurized web fluid-" Wiz coughed and tried to continue.
"AND SO CAN HIS GIRLFRIENDS!" Boomstick interrupted again. "Haha, I'll be here all week."
"Oh that's a good one!" Mineta chuckled. "I should write down."
"Of course you would." Sero sighed, whispering under his breath "Scumbag."
"...And features a rotating carousel to replace the empty ones." Wiz continued, annoyed. "Though in his earlier years, he often had to replace them manually and in some universes or events, he could shoot the webs out normally from his wrists."
"He made those Babies?!" Mei exclaimed excited, almost ripping the notebook from Deku's hands but composed herself as she saw Izuku already writing it down in a sort of frantic desire. Sure the teen always was frantic to write down any information he can onto his notebooks, but Mei found this time to be more desperate or rather hopeful.
"He often uses his webs to either swing around New York, trap criminals to walls and hang them on light posts, swing them onto to each other or bring them to him to incapacitate, and even compress his webs into durable web bullets for extra ranged force." Wiz said.
Izuku frantically wrote down Spider-Man's moves and his web-shooter designs. 'This is it! This could help with Black Whip!' Izuku thought as he analyzed Spider-Man's movements, finding the Hero's use of his webs to be near identical to Black Whip, only with the main difference being his were a Quirk and Spider-Man's were technology, but Izuku felt that if he could analyze Spider-Man's movements and web-slinging it could take him one step closer to mastering Black Whip. Izuku already started by imagining Black Whip's multiple black tendrils focused as one single tendril shooting out at a single point for an accurate attack or place to zoom towards.
All Might was of a similar opinion, pleased to see Midoriya taking avid attention to the arachnid-themed hero.
"That's so badass!" Sero exclaimed. "The way he swings around with those webs and traps dudes is almost like me with my Tape!"
"Or me with my tongue." Asui said.
"Hey, Midoriya." Izuku turned to look at Shinsou. "Can you uh, do you mind if I could borrow those notes on Batman and Spider-Man? You know to train?" Shinsou asked nervously, afraid that the green-haired teen would refuse to help his rival.
He was both surprised and relieved with Izuku's answer coming in a bright, supportive smile and "Sure Thing Shinsou! You could improve and modify your capture scarf skills with how Spider-Man swings his enemies around and to blindside enemies with some of his acrobatics, right?"
"Yeah, right." Shinsou smiled gratefully. "Thanks."
Aizawa looked down onto the two and nodded, satisfied to see Shinsou and Midoriya helping each other out and Shinsou knowing and asking for help.
SPIDER POWERS
Wall Crawling
Superhuman Strength
-Bench Press: 12.5 tons
-Top Speed: 200 mph
Superhuman Speed & Reflexes
Superhuman Stamina & Durability
Foreign Chemical Resistance
Spider-Sense
"His spider powers give him superhuman strength, speed, agility and durability of spider." Boomstick listed Spidey's abilities. "He can run up to 200 MPH, lift over 10 tons, and take a freaking grenade to the FACE! And on extreme conditions, the dude can actually lift well over 100 freaking tons!"
"So cool!" Eri cheered, practically vibrating in excitement.
"That level of speed and agility is amazing." Nejire said in awe as she watched Spider-Man perform various flips and and speedily dodge attacks one after another. "His could give you a run for your money, Mirio."
"You're right, Nejire." Mirio nodded. "And that strength and durability, its Spectacular."
"Although, realistically, shouldn't the dude be easy to kill if he has the durability of a spider?" Kamakiri asked. "Just a big newspaper or a giant sandal and squash him."
"Actually, spiders are actually incredibly strong and durable." Momo answered. "If you would compare how much a spider can lift compare to a human, they can lift 250 times stronger than the average human and they can lift over 170 times their own weight."
"And if his powers gave him the strength of a spider and allowed him to lift 170 times more than his own weight, that means that he definitely would lift around 12.5 tons." Melissa jumped in. "That's Amazing."
"He can also knock out a dinosaur out cold with a single punch and his web-fluid can even be able to restrain the likes of the Hulk, one of the strongest people in the Marvel Universe." Wiz revealed.
"Wonder if that would happen if he fought Riptor?" Sato asked. "Or even Yoshi?"
"Oh wait, look its that Hulk dude again!" Kirishima pointed out. "From Thor's fight."
"Oh yeah, the one that they said Thor could match and beat and how he's super strong." Tetsutetsu said. "Man, that web fluid must be something if it can hold back that green giant!"
"Spider webs are actually five times stronger than steel." Sero pointed out. "Heck, you have enough of it to be human sized, you could catch a freaking jetliner."
"I'm assuming you know this because your Quirk functions similarly." Shoji replied.
"Yep, actually this Spider-Man guy sounds a lot like my favorite hero in America." Sero replied. "Dude was my inspiration, so this guy is really starting to be my favorite."
"He launched a freaking oil tanker at Doctor Doom's face!" Boomstick exclaimed, showing Spider-Man toss an oil tanker onto a green-caped, metal suited and masked individual.
"Jesus!" Kaminari exclaimed. "That's hardcore!"
Bakugou smirked starting to like this Spider-Man's style.
"Also, by altering his body's electron attractions, Spider-Man can crawl along any surface." Wiz jumped back in.
"He can crawl on walls. Its like you, Tsu." Uraraka pointed out.
"Ribbit." Asui nodded. "His superpower is basically like mine, except where I can do anything a frog can do, Spider-Man does whatever a spider can."
"I have a weird feeling that rhyme you, and Boomstick did before, did would make a catchy little song." Kyouka said.
"Hey, Tamaki, do you think if you eat a spider, you could become Spider-Man?" Nejire asked. "And what powers of a spider would you get? Would you have the same spider-strength? Would you shoot organic webs out of your hands or through your butt? Or would your limbs just manifest as spider legs? Or or your eyes turn into spider eyes?"
Nejire's ramblings stopped as she Tamaki barfed into a Yaoyorozo created barf bag, and also noticed Koda rocking back and forth in a fetal position, the shy teen working on dealing with bugs and arachnids, but the latter he still had crippling issues with.
"Oops. Sorry." Nejire muttered an apology
"But his most advantageous power is the Spider-Sense."
"It acts kinda like a warning signal, like caller ID when your ex-wife's calling for alimony." Boomstick said.
"Actually, the Spider-sense is much more than a simple alarm." Wiz corrected. "It gives Peter omnipresent detection to his surroundings. This is how he swings around New York without looking where he shoots his webs. And unlike his human senses, it is not affected by gases or toxins unless specifically tailored to the Spider-sense itself. However, it's up to Spider-Man to recognize and react to his warning, so it can be tricked if he doesn't think he's in danger."
"Still, combined that with his speed, Spider-Man is almost untouchable. He can even dodge automatic fire!" Boomstick exclaimed.
"Wow, that power kinda makes mine almost completely pointless." Kyouka said wide eyed. "Dude has built in radar in his head."
"Hey, that's not true, Jirou!" Izuku protested. "Your Quirk is way more than just listening for stuff, like your heartbeat release. Plus, they said that he can sense things around him but your Quirk and hearing can reach farther than his."
"Izuku's correct." Momo said, a comforting smile and hand on Kyouka's shoulder. "Besides, don't lower yourself or your skills, Kyouka. Your Quirk is just spectacular."
Kyouka smiled gratefully at the support of both of her friends. "Thanks, you two." She replied.
All Might hummed, finding this Spider-Sense to be rather similar to the Quirk of the 4th user of One For All, Hikage Shinomori, the Quirk known as Danger Sense. How the Quirk works actually sounded like the Spider-Sense word for word, except that it seems the Spider-Sense acts functionally better by constantly sensing his surroundings while Danger Sense only acts when immediate danger is present.
'Its sort of like comparing an ever present radar system to a walkie talkie.' All Might thought. He looked down, pleased Izuku was writing down the information, as usual. The pro then frowned as he remembered his concerns that stemmed from the 4th user and why he was attempting to withhold any information towards him. 'I hope that whatever I'm concerned about doesn't affect you, Young Midoriya. Your luck is already rather disastrous like Mr. Parker. I don't want for it to get any worse.'
FEATS
Has Defeated the Hulk
Honorary Member of the Fantastic 4 & Avengers
Developed unique Way of the Spider Martial Art
Has more girlfriends/love interests than any other superhero
Destined Teacher of Hope Summers, the Ultimate Mutant, and mentor to Miles Morales
Largest Rogue's Gallery of Villains in the Marvel Universe
Center of the Web of Life
Defeated the Sinister Six multiple times
Survived against Thanos
Can match and outbox Captain America
"His unique martial art, The Way of the Spider, utilizes the Spider-sense to its fullest." Wiz explained. "Spider-Man can go toe-to-toe with the most advanced masters of combat, like Captain America, even while blindfolded. He also survived encounters with Thanos and even knocked out the Incredible Hulk himself."
Ojiro and Itsuka focused attentively at the fighting style of the Way of the Spider, hoping to emulate it into their own fighting styles.
"That means he's almost as strong as Thor too!" Kaminari said. "That's so cool!"
"I'm starting like this Spider guy more and more." Miruko smirked at the mention of blindfolded combat. "I want to put that kind of training to the test."
"His blindfolded achievement is most assuredly in thanks to his Spider-Sense." Edgeshot said. "If the Spider-Sense allows for him to move around New York City's various buildings and alleys without looking, then sensing an oncoming strike while blindfolded would be child's play."
"They also said that he has to dodge the attacks before they hit him, even if he does sense them." Miruko pounded her fists. "With my speed, I'm sure to give that man's reaction time a challenge."
"I have no doubt about that." Ryukyu chuckled nervously.
"No wonder other superheroes don't like this guy." Boomstick said. "I mean, the freaking Spider-sense does everything for him! Well that and also he talks. A lot."
"Spider-Man often blabs and makes quips during battle with his foes." Wiz explained. "However, while many would dismiss this as being arrogant or childish, Spider-Man uses it to both hide his own insecurities and fears in battle and to rile up his enemies to the point where they make a mistake in which he can exploit."
"That's smart." Mandalay nodded. "When up against any opponent, your taunts can be just as effective as your Quirk. They can make it so that an Villain loses their cool and tries to hit you out of anger and that window of opportunity is when you can strike. I do the same."
"So do I." Monoma noted, pleased to see that this Spider-Man, a proclaimed 'Greatest Hero All Time' by Wizard and Boomstick, using tactics that would be normally seen as underhanded to be used heroically. Shinsou too found similar satisfaction in this.
Izuku perked up, remembering that day on the rooftop with All Might. "I'm the guy that's always smiling right? I'm the Symbol of Peace. People everywhere have to believe I'm never afraid." All Might back then said. "But honestly kid, I smile to hide the fear inside."
'I always wanted to be like All Might for that reason. To smile to show people that everything would be alright, that nothing would go wrong when he was around.' Izuku thought, remembering how he smiled even upon facing Todoroki at the Sports Festival, Stain at Hosu, All Might during his and Bakugou's Final Exam, Wolfram at I-Island, Muscular at the Training Camp, and even against Nine at Nabu Island. All those times he did it not just to imitate All Might, his idol and master, but to hide the fear inside him and give Peace and Hope to those in need like Kouta and Katsuma and Mahoro. The teen smiled. 'I hope those two are alright right now.'
"Like the Dark Knight, Spider-Man has a history of often unjust criticism and slander, from other Heroes to even the very people he protects, mostly from his own boss at the Daily Bugle, J Jonah Jameson." Wiz explained.
"He's A Menace To The Entire City!" Jameson shouted. "I Want That Wall-Crawling Arachnid Prosecuted!"
"Jeez!" Nejire held her ears. "That mean man's loud!"
"Loud is an understatement." Kyouka groaned as she held her ears in pain. "That dude's voice left loud in his side-view mirror."
"So while he is a Hero, he's treated by others as more of a Vigilante or Menace." Iida said. "Much like Batman."
"That seems rather unfair." Uraraka said. "To risk your life saving others and only get criticized for it."
"That's just how the world is, Uraraka." Aizawa responded. "Even if you do everything right or the best of your ability, there will always be those won't be satisfied or pleased. Its best to simply ignore them drivel."
"But also to be wise and patient enough to listen for criticism that can be valid and something that you should work on to improve yourself." Midnight chimed in.
"Well that sucks." Boomstick said. "What sucks more is the amount of Villains and psychopaths this guy has to deal with."
"Another thing that the arachnid-themed superhero shares with Batman is one of the largest collection of Villains ever in the Marvel Universe." Wiz said, showing images of multiple of Spider-Man's Villains, from an old man in a winged armored suit like a bird, a man who's body can change and morph as sand and another with water, a Villain with electricity powers, a large man in a rhino-themed suit of armor, another that looked like a scorpion, and another old man with four robotic tentacles, and one in a high tech glider and looked like a goblin or gremlin.
"Dude's right, that sucks as hell." Sen said, wide eyed.
The heroes frowned at yet another number of dangerous Villains with powers and abilities that seemed rather formidable. Endeavor frowned at the two Villains that seemed to morph into and control sand and water, both elements rather unsavory against his Hellfire. Kaminari frowned and shivered at the sight of the electricity Villain, who displayed levels of electricity that Kaminari feared was just as, if not greater than his own and it didn't even look like he was suffering any backlash like him. Fatgum narrowed his eyes at the rhino-themed Villain and how he easily burst through a building without tiring, wondering if his fat could even tank a heavy hitter like him, and also withstand that fierce looking horn on him.
Izuku and All Might both found the four tentacled wearing Villain and the goblin-looking Villain to be the most dangerous of the bunch. All Might could see the both the craziness and dangerous intellect behind the smirk and goggles of the four-tentacled Villain as well as the ruthless nature, speed, and power behind those tentacles. Izuku himself worried more about the goblin flying around tossing around bombs that looked like pumpkins, the crazed maniacal laughter and crazed smiled reminding him of the same laughter and smile of Tomura Shigarkai. Izuku rubbed his neck, the haunting feeling of Shigaraki's hand over his neck returning.
"From the likes of his archnemesis, the Green Goblin, to even groups of supervillians, often led by Doctor Octopus, to evil lookalikes like the monstrous Venom, and even a literal cat burglar, Black Cat, that often joins Spidey as both partner and romantic fling."
"Say what?" Setsuna asked.
At the sight of the Black Cat, the guys shivered at the seductive allure the white-haired woman gave from a simple sway of her hips, even Izuku was effected incredibly still and trying to purge his mind from the rather hot display of Spider-Man and Black Cat hanging upside. The girls looked at their male counterparts with exasperated eyerolls and at the seductive Villainess with jealous eyes.
"Pfft, and people say he has horrible luck." Boomstick said. "I'm not the one being turned into a scratching post by that sexy cat thief."
"Are you saying that as a bad thing or not?" Wiz asked confused.
"No comment." Boomstick responded.
"THIS IS SO UNFAIR!" Mineta cried out. "I CAN'T EVEN GET A HOT GIRL TO PAY ME ATTENTION AND YET THIS GUY SAYS HE HAS SUPER BAD LUCK AND YET HE'S SCREWING AROUND WITH A HOT CAT BURG-ACK!"
Mineta slumped in his seat unconscious after Tetsutetsu chopped the back of his neck. "Huh, I see why you always chopped Monoma's neck, Itsuka, its really good at knocking annoying people out!" Tetsutetsu said.
Itsuka was amused, grateful, and unknowingly aroused at seeing Tetsutetsu knock the most annoying member of Class 1-A.
WEAKNESSES
Durability has limits
Spider-Sense can be tricked or disrupted by specialized drugs or Villains
Arguably Naïve
Rash under stress
Anti-Spider pesticide ethyl chloride
"A-Anyways, for all of his amazing powers, Spider-Man is not invincible." Wiz said. "His bright and colorful costume makes stealth difficult, his durability has limits, and the oddly specific ethyl chloride pesticide is his Kryptonite. Also, any enemy with his speed comparable to his can outmatch his Spider-sense."
"The hell is ethyl chlroide and why would he be weak to it?" Mina asked.
"Pesticides often have ethyl chloride in their ingredients." Jurota answered. "It would make sense for a Hero to have his powers based on an arachnid to be weak towards common pesticides."
"Huh, must make cleaning the house from a bit hard." Sen said.
"And the thing can even be tricked if the individual was friendly before, like when the alien-parasite wearing Venom got the jump on the ole Web Head because he previously bonded with said alien parasite." Boomstick pointed out. "Convenient."
The sight of the large symbiote Villain sent shivers up the group's spine, though they found the black tendrils that shot out of Venom rather similar to Izuku's Black Whip. Izuku likewise acknowledged that Black Whip seemed more comparable to the tendrils that Venom, both in appearance and how both can be shot out from any part of his body, like how Izuku attempted to use Black Whip with his tongue like Asui.
"Plus, under stress Spidey can act irrationally, especially when it comes to the people that he loves." Wiz said. "Upon the death of his girlfriend, Gwen Stacy, both by the hands of Green Goblin and unfortunately, his own, this nearly led to his own death and the seeming death of the Green Goblin, which was also his best friend's, Harry Osborn's, father. He also was tricked by Mephisto, the literal Marvel version of the Devil, to throw away his marriage to long time fiancé, Mary Jane Watson, to trade and save his Aunt May's life, unaware that it led to his future daughter, Annie Parker, to be erased from existence."
Sad and angry frowns were thrown onto the scene the former directed towards Peter Parker and the latter kind towards both the Green Goblin and Mephisto. Ibarra practically dropped onto her hands and knees and prayed her heart out to Peter Parker for being tricked by the literal Devil.
"He lost his parents in a plane-crash, he was bullied relentlessly by some douche, he got bit by a radioactive spider and got superpowers, got cheated out of money and got unintentionally got his Uncle killed, he has to face an absurd amount of dangerous Villains, he's treated as criminal by the people he saves, his own, and other Heroes, his girlfriend was killed by his best friend's psycho dad and later almost killed him and nearly died himself, and traded away his marriage to his fiancé to save his Aunt's life and lost his future daughter." Setsuna listed all of Peter's misfortunes, so far. "How can one man be THIS Fucked over by the world and still be a Hero?!"
For once, the Heroes had no response as they themselves found it unbelievable that one man withstood so much hardship and continued on without either taking his own life, giving up, or going insane. All Might and Bakugou looked towards Izuku and wondered that very same thought with the green-haired successor of All Might. One of them bullied the teen for over 11 years, told him to kill himself, nearly killed him in their First Battle Training, and was a complete ass for most of his life and still is, in some ways, and the other practically told him to give up on his dream before he rectified his mistake, has been a shitty teacher by his own teacher's standards, and nearly broke the teen's back in his Final Exam. And that still wasn't counting all injuries he's faced, both from others and himself, near-death incidents with Villains, and all the hardships that one faces when training to be a Hero. All Might and Bakugou didn't know whether to respect, and feel proud in All Might's case, Izuku Midoriya more, or question whether he was truly alright in the head.
"But no matter the odds or obstacles, be it as Spider-Man or Peter Parker, he always comes back to do what's right and let no one tell him he can't do what has to be done." Wiz said. "He has even trained fellow individuals with similar powers, such as Miles Morales and Anya Corazon, and is even destined to be the future teacher of Hope Summers, the Ultimate Mutant."
"This man is nothing short of a Saint." Ibarra declared, the group nodding in disbelief.
Aizawa and the rest of the teachers nodded in respect of the now-revealed fellow teacher, while the student realized fully why this Hero is said to be one of the greatest and brightest of them all. Bakugou smirked and nodded in respect, while Izuku, as well as Eri and Kouta looked at the Spider-Man like he was a god of a Hero.
"Yeah, if Captain America, the ultimate boy scout and greatest symbol of virtue says that you are the best of everyone else, including himself, you know that you truly are Spectacular!" Boomstick said.
"Huh whoever this Captain America dude is, it almost sounds like getting praised by him is like getting praised by All Might." Sero said.
"Kind of does." Ojiro agreed.
A certain Spectacular theme song starts playing while showing images of Spidey fighting Villains of all kinds ending on Spidey doing acrobatics and firing webs at the screen. "Spectacular! Spectacular! Spider-Man! Spectacular! Spectacular! Spider-Man!"
"That song part sounded cool." Kyouka nodded. "I wonder what the whole thing was?"
The device hummed and lit up in response to Kyouka's question before a socket opened up inside the device and out stuck out a cord with a plug in it. "REQUEST GRANTED!" The voice of the device spoke up. "PLEASE INSERT PHONE FOR DOWNLOAD!"
Kyouka and the group blinked in surprise.
"Wait, it has music on it, or is it that Zayden guy responding to Jirou?" Momo pondered.
"Who cares?! Go on, Jirou, do it!" Mina said excitingly. "Maybe we can hear more of the song when we get back to the dorms."
"S-Sure." Kyouka said, almost unconvinced, but the temptation to listen the cool song was too tempting and so, with a nod from the teachers, Kyouka brought out her phone and attached the cord to her phone.
Immediately, her phone received a pop up message showing a progress bar being rapidly filled up. When the bar completed, the device said "DOWNLOAD COMPLETE! DOWNLOADED SONGS FULLY UPLOADED INTO PHONE!"
"Wait, songs?" Kyouka questioned. "How many songs were just uploaded?"
"OVER 300 DIFFERENT SONGS RELATED TO BOTH DEATH BATTLE AND RELATED FRANCHISES AND FIGHTERS!" The device responded.
Kyouka and the group were wide eyed at the number of songs, the punk rock chick and her fellow students growing more and more excited.
After Kyouka sat back down, the group truly started to think about the wall-crawling Hero, the thoughts being overtly positive with a few negative thoughts over Spidey's recklessness and impatience from some of the pros like Endeavor. The students held the Hero to a more positive standard with even overtly negative-opinionated individuals, such as Bakugou and Monoma, having very little if at all bad things to say about the superhero.
"Alright, the combatants are set!" Wiz declared. "Let's end this debate once and for all!"
"Its TIME FOR A DEATH BATTTTTTLLLLEEE!" Boomstick shouted.
The device once more paused the video and scanned for the two's counterparts, while the group got down to voting. A rather notable omission from the voting was Izuku Midoriya. The former Quirkless teen was heavily conflicted in choosing between both Heroes, each one having multiple things that the green-haired teen felt they had in common and represented very important parts of him. With Batman, Izuku found his realization of a Quirkless Hero who always won in the end and stood against and among even those with powers and still came out on top. But with Spider-Man, Izuku found a more accurate version of himself, a formerly powerless, picked on nerd with a hard life that was given a chance out of nowhere to be a Hero and being given power, power that, while Spidey gained out of a random bug bite, learned the hard way the consequences of great power and worked hard to be the great hero he is now.
Of course, Izuku could not tell the group why he truly didn't want to choose between the two, so he just said that he just couldn't pick because he liked the two Heroes too much to choose, which of course wasn't a complete lie.
As for the rest of the group, those who voted for Batman included Eraserhead, who appreciated the more serious, no nonsense aspect of the Hero and for their similar fighting being mostly Quirkless, Endeavor, who respected the Quirkless Vigilante for overcoming even the strongest in his world, something he failed to do, Tokoyami and Fumikage, their only response being 'Revelry in the Dark', Nezu, who respected the man's great intellect and detective skill, Ojiro and Itsuka, for his martial arts mastery and skills, Kouta, who, while both Heroes had dead parents like him, liked the more 'badass', dark Hero the better, Momo, for the confidence boost she felt from Batman's similar rich background, Melissa, for both his tech and being a Quirkless Hero, David, also for his impressive tech and the obvious boost that the Vigilante had on his daughter, Mei and Power Loader, both because of his amazing crime-fighting tech, and even, shockingly enough, Bakugou, who declined to say his reasons but it was obvious the Batman was scary, badass, and strong enough to make the former bully choose him.
And those the most notable voters for Spider-Man were Sero, for the Hero's similar powers and look to his own favorite Hero, Eri, who liked the brighter, funnier Spider-Man than the scary Batman, Shinsou, who appreciated Spider-Man's use of quips to trick up his foes like him, Mandalay, for a similar reason to Shinsou and seeing a lot of Kouta in Peter Parker, Mina and Kirishima, the two both sympathetic to Parker's bullied past but with their own reasons too, Mina's being his agility and acrobatics while Kirishima for his strength, durability, and always-fight-back attitude, Mount Lady, for the similar change of heart on being a Hero not for money and fame but for doing the right thing, Iida, for Spider-Man's similar pain of losing a loved one and being driven by vengeance and change of heart, Asui, for Spider-Man's wall-crawling and similar powers, Monoma, who while stunned by Batman's skills and achievements while Quirkless still felt the Spider would win by advantage, Mineta, the awakened purple perve begrudgingly voting for the Spider-Man for scoring 'a hot harem of babes', Miruko, who liked the agility, strength, and speed of the arachnid-themed hero more, Kyouka for Spidey's Spider-Sense, and All Might, for the Hero's similar powers to the Vestiges and seeing a lot of Peter Parker in Young Midoriya.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device said. "BATMAN! MUTLIVERSAL COUNTERPART: ERASERHEAD AKA SHOUTA AIZAWA!"
"Wow, we found a counterpart to you, Mr. Aizawa!" Uraraka pointed out. "You're Batman."
"I can definitely see it." Midnight smiled teasingly. "Both of you being grumpy, serious, cold brooding men that work at night."
Aizawa hummed at Uraraka's excited call while ignoring Kayama's tease.
"SPIDER-MAN! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
"Okay, what is this, like 11th counterpart Midoriya has?" Kaminari exclaimed annoyed.
"Hmm, perhaps this rather continuous trend of finding your successor throughout the multiverse could be from what the device said about yesterday." Gran Torino whispered to All Might. "That he was a Nexus point, right?"
"Yeah, a keystone figure among the many parts of the multiverse it said." All Might whispered back, looking down worryingly at Izuku. "Plus, this Spider-Man's powers seem rather similar to Young Midoriya's Quirks from the Vestiges, but if the two had one thing in common that would make me certain the two were linked, I know of two."
"Which are?" Gran Torino asked.
"They both have a unbelievably horrible luck," All Might started with a sad chuckle and smile. "And the two never give up."
While the girls were happy to find another counterpart to Izuku, they, along with the other students of Class 1-A, remembered Peter's bullying and started to think back to yesterday.
"But do you guys think that Izuku was perhaps bullied or abused?" They remembered Uraraka's question from last night.
Kyouka thought back to when Izuku told her about some of his past, about how no one believed he could be a Hero because his Quirk came late and everyone thought he was a 'Quirkless loser'. Add that up with Momo's evidence of Izuku being Touch Starved, his counterpart's similar bullying, and bullying or betrayal being why he was the counterpart to that Kratos and Spawn and the evidence did not paint pretty picture for the punk rock girl. The picture grew even worse when she remembered how Izuku looked to Bakugou back during Eggman vs Wily, right when everyone was talking about bullying and how nervous and anxious Bakugou normally was, two emotions that the explosive teen never had, except then.
Todoroki looked suspiciously at Bakugou, likewise remembering how nervous Bakugou appeared during that video, and the weird response and reaction he gave when Kirishima asked him if he and Midoriya were friends before U.A. Coupled that with this Peter Parker likewise being bullied by another blonde-haired jerk and Todoroki felt that fully assured that if the theory he had forming in his mind was 100% true, then there would be Hell to pay, and he would know his target.
"ADDITIONAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device chimed in. "ALFRED PENNYWORTH! BUTLER AND MENTOR TO BATMAN! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: NEZU!"
"HA!" Mic laughed. "Looks like the boss is your boss in another life, Sho-ACK!"
"Be quite for both our sakes." Aizawa whispered, Mic noticing the black eyes and smile of Nezu, wordlessly staring at him and Shouta that drove fear into both their hearts.
"MARY JANE WATSON! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: OCHACO URARAKA!"
"EEEHHHH!" Both Izuku and Uraraka both exclaimed, blushing heavily as they recalled that Mary Jane was the fiancé to Peter Parker, who was now revealed to be also Izuku.
"Huh, that's the second time that Uraraka has appeared to be love interest to-"
"Iida, sweetie, please shut up." Mina interrupted the Class President. Iida turned to retort only to quickly shut his mouth up at the clearly upset and jealous girls of his class, as well as Setsuna, Mei, Nejire, and Melissa.
Asui croaked, somewhat unpleased, but accepted that out of anyone of the girls, it was Uraraka that was the closest to Midoriya, her or Melissa coming at a close second, so she found it reasonable that Uraraka's own counterparts would be so close to Izuku's. Didn't mean that she had to not be slightly jealous about it, but so vindictive that the frog girl didn't catch the floating, blushing Uraraka before she floated to the ceiling.
"Uncle Mirio, what is a fiance?" Eri asked, butchering the pronunciation of the word. She would have asked her Papa, but his blushing, stuttering form clearly showed it was an unwise decision.
"Oh, well Eri, its when a girl and boy like each other so much that they the boy, sometimes the girl, asks the other to marry them and they are fiancés before they get married." Mirio replied with a bright smile.
Eri's eyes widened. 'Like Mama's and Papa's!' She thought, looking at the two teens as well as the other girls. 'So is Papa's fiance Miss Ochaco? Or is that Miss Melissa? Or the others?'
"GWEN STACY! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: MELISSA SHIELD!"
This time it was Melissa's turn to start blushing heavily, with Izuku's own blush brightening to the point that he could be used as an emergency light. This would also further the other girl's jealousy, Eri's confusion, and Mineta's jealousy.
"Eh, Midobro, look at you." Kirishima chuckled, a teasing grin on his face. "Looks like you are close to Uraraka and Melissa in another world too. Quite the ladies man you are."
Izuku felt so defeated that he practically begged for something to distract him from his embarrassment.
"Wait, but isn't she dead?" Kosei asked. "Like from that Green Goblin?"
Izuku immediately took that back.
The mood of the room took another drop. The guys and girls shot warning glares and 'Come on' looks at the 1-B student who sweated nervously, realizing his mistake. David dropped his head to his hands, the image of Gwen Stacy's dead body now permanently replaced with his baby girl, the inventor collapsing into deep sadness and utter rage and hatred towards whoever this Green Goblin was. Gran Torino and All Might comforted the man, the latter likewise saddened that yet another of Melissa's counterparts was dead, much like that sweet girl who helped Shadow the Hedgehog, Maria. It didn't help the former pro's mood when the laugh of the Green Goblin started to sound eerily familiar to Shigaraki's.
Melissa sat shocked at the revelation, her eyes full of confusion and fear, her mind overanalyzing both her counterpart's deaths to mean something in her own life that she was unaware of the comforting words of the students around her. Two hands on her own snapped her out of her trance, the blonde haired inventor looking to see the come from both Izuku and Eri, sending her sad and comforting smiles, their eyes telling her all she need to calm down: "Its alright. Everything is going to be okay. Because we wouldn't let anything happen to you."
Melissa tearfully smiled and accepted a hug from the white-haired girl and a half-hug from her green-haired crush.
"HARRY OSBORN! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: TENYA IIDA!"
That revelation did not improve the mood either. Iida stared horrified at the revelation, not mainly at himself but at the knowledge that his other version's father was responsible for the counterpart to Melissa's death. The blue haired student shook his head in disbelief, refusing to believe that his strict, honorable, and kind father would turn out like this Green Goblin, that is if he even was his father's counterpart. Either way, it didn't help with the teen's feeling of guilt.
"I Am Deeply Sorry!" Iida stood up and bowed lowly to Melissa and to David Shield. "I Apologize For My Father's Actions Towards You, Melissa, and Towards You and Your Daughter, Mr. Shield! Trust Me When I Say That My Own Father Is An Honorable Man And Would Never Ever Commit Something So Horrible As This, But I So Sincerely Apologize For The Actions Of My Other Self's Father!"
Iida felt a hand on his shoulder. "Iida, its okay." Melissa spoke, Iida looking up to see Melissa's kind and understanding face. "I understand and don't hold you or your father responsible for...what happened to other me. What happened in this other world, their actions, they don't mean anything here, so you and your father are not responsible for what your counterpart's father did, and neither is your counterpart responsible for the sins of his father, so please don't blame yourself. I truly do believe you that your father is what you claim him to be. He would have to be to raise a guy as great as you."
Iida gaped in shock at such stunning, kind words from the Shield girl. "She's right, son." Iida turned to see David Shield looking at him with similar understanding, kind eyes. "What happened there is the actions of another world, another life, don't hold yourself or your family responsible for things out of there control or knowledge, I sure don't. And if your father raised a fine, young man as yourself, then I agree with my daughter in trusting your word."
Iida choked up a sob, wiping away the tears from his eyes. "Thank You!" Iida exclaimed and bowed again. "I Shall Not Forget Your Kind Words!"
"Alright, Iida, but can you please sit back down, so we can watch the fight?" Melissa asked, nervously smiling.
"Of course!" Iida yelled and quickly sat back down, much to the fond smiles and chuckles of the students and teachers.
With that settled, the video unpaused and the fight began.
The fight began in the dark, cloudy night sky of a city, zooming onto the rooftop of one particular building. Spider-Man swung and landed onto the rooftop of the building, legs and arms spread wide in a pose and waited. The shot zoomed to the top of the exit of the rooftop where a dark, caped shadow loomed atop. The shadow jumped up and landed before Spider-Man, revealing the Batman in all his brooding, scary glory.
"So you're that menace from New York City." Batman growled out. "Come in quietly. I'll won't ask again."
"Man, that voice." Setsuna shivered. "Its practically growls out 'Listen to me or you're dead meat'.
"You've got a black belt in stupid, if you think you're gonna beat me." Spider-Man quipped. "Let's fight, Tall, Dark, and Brooding."
FIGHT!
Spider-Man attacked with two webs bullets, which Batman blocked immediately before jumping back, blocking two more web bullets from the arachnid-themed vigilante.
"He's backing up from Spider-Man to keep his distance." Snipe said. "Since this is a gladiator match with no knowledge of each other, Batman is keeping it safe to analyze his opponent's moves. Smart."
As he landed, Spider-Man fires a web-line at Batman, pulling the Caped Crusader towards him and striking at the Batman with flying kick, followed by multiple mid-air punches and kicks, all of which Batman predicted and blocked. Batman countered with a leg sweep, causing the Web Head to trip up before trying to recover with a jump, right into Batman's fist. The Dark Knight struck the spider-themed Hero with a couple more strikes before knocking him backwards.
"Spider-Man used his longer range with his webs to bring Batman closer to strike at him quickly." Momo said. "However, Batman predicted and blocked all of his attacks easily and countered with his own.
Spider-Man bounced off the ground before landing in a slide. Batman threw two Batarangs at at Spider-Man, one of which Spider-Man jumped into the air dodged, while the other he snagged with his web and threw it away. Batman throws another Batarang towards Spider-Man, but struck the floor beneath his feet.
"Hah, so much for great aim and training." Monoma taunted.
Spider-Man stood up straight and rubbed his neck and shrugs. "It's just not your day, pa-" Spider-Man's taunt was cut short by the flashing light, beeping and later explosion of the explosive Batarang, launching the stunned arachnid into the air.
"It was an explosive Batarang." Melissa said.
"He threw the Batarang at his feet purposefully, knowing that Spider-Man would think he missed and be off-guard from the explosion." Ryukyu said. "Remember students to always keep your guard up and to not get too arrogant or reckless."
Spider-Man recovered and landed near the rim of the building. He raised his head, his Spider-Sense ringing and turned around to see Batman land behind him and toss a smokebomb onto his feet, clouding the area in thick smoke. Batman took advantage and rushed Spider-Man with a jab, which the Web Head blocked, along with a follow up kick, though he failed to stop the third kick to his chest, stunning him. As the last of the smoke cleared, Batman jumped over Spider-Man to land behind him. Spider-Man's Spider Sense flared in warning but was too slow to block the heavy kick to his back, launching him forwards.
"Wait how did he get hit by those attacks?" Kaminari asked. "I thought that Spider-Sense was supposed to warn him about oncoming danger?"
"It did, Jamming Yey." Kyouka said. "Those yellow lightning bolts that appeared over his head, those perhaps are some way to show that the Spider-Sense is acting up."
"And he did block two of Batman's attacks while there was smoke, but they said that Spider-Man has to be fast enough to react to it to truly escape the danger." Ojiro pointed out. "Batman was just too fast for him to keep up with."
"Kick his ass, Batman!" Kouta cheered.
Spider-Man hit the edge of the building before flipping and landing on it, in time for Batman to throw a bola at him. The bola wrapped itself around Spider-Man's torso. Spider-Man grunts and struggles to break free from the bolas, only for an explosive, that the wall-crawler and the audience failed to notice, to explode and sent him flying once again.
"Woah, what just happened there?" Mina asked puzzled.
"The Batman placed an explosive at the rim of building." Endeavor answered. "He must have placed it there when he created the smoke and knocked Spider-Man back to the edge so the explosive would go off. Clever."
"Ow." Spider-Man groaned lightly as he was blasted off the top of the building. He started to spin as he fell, before shooting a web-line at the building's walls to pull himself forward and stick to the side. However, the moment he touched the wall, Batman swung in with his grappling gun and kicked Spider-Man straight through the glass and into the building.
"Ooh." Sen cringed. "That's gotta hurt."
"Man, the guy's not letting up, is he?" Awase said.
"He's trying to end the fight as quickly as he can." Jurota said. "Against an unknown opponent, Batman is likely attempting to finish Spider-Man quickly so that Spider-Man doesn't gain the upper hand through some unknown ability that Batman is not aware of."
"Now that's my style!" Bakugou grinned darkly, his hands sparking mini-explosions. "Continue pressing on and knocking my enemy out mercilessly until they can't get up and ensuring Total Victory!"
Setsuna, Bondo, Kamakiri, and Awase flinched, remembering how easily they were overwhelmed and defeated by Bakugou and his team during their Joint Training Battle.
Spider-Man rolled into a recovery while Batman fired his grappling gun again and disappeared onto the shadows of the ceiling. Once he recovered, Spider-Man looks around the building for the Batman, when suddenly a Batarangs flew from the shadows and started breaking all the light bulbs, flooding the room in pitch black darkness.
"He's darkening the room so that he can attack on Spider-Man from the shadows." Tokoyami said. "Revelry in the Dark."
Before Shihai could repeat it, Ojiro said "Can you guys cut that out and watch the fight?"
Batman snuck up from above, attempting to sneak up on the wall-crawler, but Spider-Man's Spider-Sense once more alerted him. Parker shots out a web, from his left hand from his web shooter, to the ceiling above him, pulling and dragging the Dark Knight out of the shadows and down to the ground in front of him.
"Spider-Sense for the win!" Kirishima cheered.
"While Batman has the advantage when it comes to stealth, it is proven useless against someone who can sense danger coming." Izuku said.
Spider-Man struck with rapid flurry of attacks at Batman, striking and staggering the off-guard Dark Knight. Batman countered Spider-Man's left hook with a grab and tossed him up into the ceiling. Falling down, Batman struck again with a focused, strong left hook and roundhouse kick to knock the web-slinger away. Spider-Man flipped into the air to try an bring down a skyward kick, Wayne striking back with a downward punch, sending the young adult superhero to the ground before following up with a sweeping, straight kick, knocking Spidey back again.
"There're both fighting back so fast and hard." Tetsutetsu exclaimed excited. "They're both so Manly!"
"Spider-Man's attacks appear to be mainly quick, powerful jabs and kicks made to overwhelm and stagger his opponents, fitting for his unique style." Nezu analyzed. "However, Batman, in contrast, fights with more focused, heavy attacks to knock his opponents out with quick force and leave heavy damage. And interesting clash of different fighting styles."
"Sort of like seeing me vs you in the past, Toshinori." Gran Torino recalls. "My fast jabs and kicks against your powerhouse punches."
"I...remember." Toshinori groaned out, shivering upon the memory of having his ass handed to him by his old teacher in his brutal sparring matches.
Recovering, Spider-Man fires another web-line at Batman's chest, before swinging him around, rodeo-style, and slamming him against the window, cracking the glass. Batman slid off and back onto his feet, standing sturdy and threatening. Spider-Man leaped across the room to Batman, ready to attack, only for a swarm of bats to crash through the window, breaking the rest of the glass, and swarm inside, pushing Spider-Man back.
"Its that Bat transponder!" Mei pointed out, excited. "He used it to distract and push Spider-Man away."
"Its sort of like your Quirk, Koda." Sato said to the Ani-Voice user. "Only for bats."
"Yeah." Koda nodded. "Perhaps, I could use a version of his transponder, one that can work with my Quirk so that I can have a greater range of my Quirk."
"Me and Mei could help you out with that, Koda." Melissa offered smiling, much to Koda's nervous smile.
Shaking off the distraction, Spider-Man rushed up to Batman and kicked him out the window. "Pardon moi!" Spider-Man quipped. "I think this is your exit."
"Haha, I like this kid." Miruko smirked. "He's fun."
"Isn't he around our age?" Ryukyu asked.
"Well his other self isn't." Miruko retorted before placing a finger on her chin pensively. "Although, he is only younger by like 10 years."
"While I do not wish to partake in this, I would recommend to wait until he's 18 or older before you attempt any sort of advances on the boy." Edgeshot remarked.
"Relax, I'm not going to pounce the kid right now." Miruko said, wrapping her arms behind her head and relaxing. "I have my limits."
"That would be a first." Edgeshot fired back, Miruko gaining a tick mark on her head.
Suddenly, the Dark Knight's grappling hook snared Spider-Man's foot, dragging the web-slinger out of the building too. Spider-Man and Batman both fell down the side of the building, Batman gliding lightly with his extended cape. Spidey fired web bullets at the Caped Crusader, the two floating towards each other to continue their fight in mid-air. The two proceeded to trade blows while both fell through the air.
"Oooh, a mid-air brawl!" Nejire said excited. "It looks so cool!"
"Come on, Spidey-Papa!" Eri cheered. "Beat Grandpa Batman!"
The students and teachers nearly devolved into fits of uncontrolled laughter. Izuku rubbed his head embarrassed while Aizawa light-heartedly glared at the students and teachers, especially Present Mic and Midnight, who looked like they were one crack away from howling in laughter.
Spider-Man pushes Batman downwards to try and make him hit the ground first, but Batman uses his glider to get back up to Spider-Man, plant him underneath his foot and, upon reaching the ground, slam him against a bystander's car, Spider-Man groaning in pain as the car crumbled.
"Yikes, now that has to sting." Honenuki hissed.
"Deku, do you think I could do an attack like that?" Uraraka asked her friend/crush. "I thought it would be cool to make myself weightless and then return my gravity in mid-air so I can slam onto a Villain below with kick."
"That could work." Izuku hummed, tapping his chin with his pencil. "You would need to figure out both the angle of your attack so that you can hit the Villain instead of the ground while also taking into account the height you fall from and the force of the kick so that you don't fatally wound him. Plus you should probably add some reinforced cushioning on your boots so that if you missed and hit the ground or hit a hard object, you wouldn't accidentally break your legs from the impact."
"Oh, shit I didn't think of that." Uraraka went wide eyed and pale at the thought of hitting the ground and breaking her legs or accidentally breaking a bad guy's spine from her kick.
"Don't worry, Ochaco." Asui said. "Me and Midoriya could help you out with that. And I'm sure Mei and Melissa could with the cushioning for your boots."
"Sure thing." Melissa said.
Batman jumps away from the vehicle, which then, unsurprisingly, exploded from another explosive, sending Spider-Man flying through the air again.
"How many explosives does the guy have on him?" Sato asked.
"From the looks of that belt and all the gadgets that he has already, probably lots." Shoji said.
Back on his feet, Batman fired his grapple gun at the web-slinger, who ducked the attack grabbed the grappling hook and yanks on it, causing the Caped Crusader to fly towards Spider-Man. Spider-Man attempted to strike at the oncoming Vigilante only for Batman to bring his cape up around him to block the strike, Spider-Man then groaning in pain as electricity from Batman's 200 volt suit electrocuted him before being knocked away for the umpteenth time by Batman.
"Whoo! Electro-suit for win!" Kaminari cheered.
"Ha! Take That Shitty Deku!" Bakugou taunted. "You're Shitty Idiot Web Head of Yourself Keeps Getting Knocked Back Over and Over!"
"And cue Karma." Todoroki said plainly.
The Bat threw two more explosive Batarangs towards his opponent, the Spider dodging the first and second, but as the second one started to fly away, Spidey snagged the it with his webs. "Whoopsy!" Spider-Man quipped as he flung the Batarang back at Batman. The Caped Crusader shielded himself with his cape upon the impact of his own weapon, the explosion knocking him back.
"Looks like Spider-Man is catching onto Batman's tricks." Fat Gum said.
"They did say that the two could analyze and figure out a way to win against any opponent." Cementoss said. "It was only a matter of time before one of them did."
Just as he recovered, Batman was suddenly hit by a web in the face, stunning him and leaving him blind.
"He's vulnerable!" Hagakure pointed out.
"Having fun yet?!" Spidey yelled out before firing a barrage of webs towards the off-guard detective. Batman was struck by so many that his whole body was covered and trapped in thick webs and stuck on a giant web.
"No no no no no no no!" Bakugou and the rest of the Batman student voters yelled.
"Yes yes yes yes yes!" Sero and the Spider-Man voters yelled, as well.
Spider-Man flipped backwards and fired enough webs to create a large web slingshot. "Its All or Nothing!" Spider-Man yelled as he pulled his body and the slingshot back before launching out.
Izuku and Mirio sensed something bad about to happen and covered Eri and Kouta's eyes, the two squirming in protest.
Spider-Man rocketed towards the trapped Batman at high speeds, sticking his feet out. "LOOOOSSSEEERRR!" Spidey yelled as he collided with the Dark Knight, blasting through the webs along side Batman...Batman's torn apart torso and head.
"GAH!" Bakugou growled in defeat while the room was filled with cheers of victory, groans of defeat, and gulps of vomit barely kept back.
Aizawa sighed and accepted his defeat.
Spidey landed and slid to a stop, with Batman's torn up, bloody body sliding beside him. "Sorry about that. Don't usually get so Torn up." Spider-Man punned before swinging away. "Web Swing!"
"Ugh, he makes even worse puns than Boomstick." Kyouka groaned, rubbing the bridge between her eyes.
"HAHAHA!" Mirio laughed. "What do you mean? That joke was funny! It really Tore me up!"
"Stop! Please Stop!" Nejire protested, much to Mirio's laughter especially when Eri playfully swatted Mirio for the bad pun.
"Midori, as much as we all love you, you are forbidden from telling puns." Mina said.
Izuku looked confused at Mina and at the rest of his classmates as they nodded in agreement.
K.O.!
"Damn, that was brutal! And Funny!" Boomstick exclaimed. "Show it again!"
"No." Uraraka protested, still queasy from the death scene. "Not again!"
"Despite Batman possessing more skill and knowledge, Spider-Man's abilities ultimately overpowered his arsenal." Wiz began the explanation.
SPIDER-MAN
Stronger & Faster
Spider Sense Counters Stealth
Batman's gases and drugs do not affect the Spider Sense
Way of the Spider matches any of Batman's martial arts
Main Villain (Green Goblin) shares similar gadgets to Batman
No easily discovered Exploitable Weakness
Greater Endurance and Healing Factor
"To be fair, Bats might have been able to deal with Spidey's strength and speed and knock him around a bit, but that damn Spider-Sense changes everything!" Boomstick said.
"Right, the Spider-Sense counters surprise and stealth, Batman's most valuable weapons." Wiz agreed with his co-host. "And even upon blows that Batman dealt out, Spidey's superhuman physique and endurance helped Spidey tank a lot of Batman's weapons and hits. Add in Spider-Man possessing a small healing factor and Spider-Man would eventually win out."
"That makes sense." Todoroki said. "Also, Batman wasn't able to fully figure out what Spider-Man's weakness was."
"Indeed." Iida agreed. "Additionally, that particular weakness is a rather unorthodox one that Batman could likely not have been able to figure out easily without planning."
"But how could Batman lose to a wimpy Spider-Nerd, when he defeated the entire Justice League on his own?"
"THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY!" Bakugou roared in anger. "HOW CAN HE DEFEAT THAT SUPER POWERFUL SUPERMAN BUT CAN'T BEAT SHITTY DEKU WHO ONLY HAS POWERS OF A BUG?!"
BATMAN
Smarter & More Strategic
Armor Held up for the Most Part
Can Escape Any Trap, But Some Need More Time than Others
200,000 Volts is a minimum requirement for standard tasers
Slow, analytical approach trumped by Spider-Man's speed & boldness
"Many of Batman's greatest achievements have required weeks or months of preparation and planning, which can hardly be compared to the one-on-one confrontation of a Death Battle, where as Spider-Man has defeated some of his greatest enemies with the same tactics, but on the fly or usually after a day or two." Wiz explained. "And Keep in mind, if we have given Batman enough prep time, the same would be done for Spider-Man."
"Well that sounds fair." Kaminari said. "Plus that voltage on the suit can barely be powerful enough to deal actual damag-"
"SHUT THE HELL UP, DUNCE FACE!" Bakugou roared.
"However, there was one way Spider-Man was able to predict and overcome Batman by comparing the Dark Knight to one of Spider-Man's greatest enemies." Wiz pointed out.
"The Green Goblin." Boomstick answered.
Izuku, Iida, Melissa, and David frowned at the mention of the nemesis to Spider-Man and the murderer of Melissa's counterpart.
"Right." Wiz jumped back in. "Many of Batman's weapons are similar to Green Goblin's own array, such as shuriken with a similar bat wing shaped, explosives, smokebombs, and electrocution. Combine that with having faced many other martial arts masters and experts in stealth such as Captain America and Kraven the Hunter, and Spider-Man could easily figure out Batman's style and turn the tables."
"So while, Batman was the more experienced and seasoned fighter, because his main gadgets and fighting styles in martial arts and stealth were similar to enemies Spider-Man has faced, then Spider-Man was able to predict and analyze Batman faster than Batman could analyze Spider-Man." Mandalay concluded.
"I don't know." Pixie Bob raised and eyebrow. "Feels a little cheap, but whatever."
"And all of Wayne's money and the Commissioner's men couldn't put Batman together again." Boomstick punned.
While the group groaned/chuckled at the pun, Eri looked at Mirio and asked "Is that from that from Humpty Dumpty song?"
"It sure is." Mirio said patting her head. "Just try to forget what Mr. Boomstick said and stick to the original."
"Okay." Eri said.
"The winner is Spider-Man." Wi declared.
With the fight finished, claps sounded off through the room.
"Honestly, this one's got to be my favorite Death Battle yet." Sero said.
"You're only saying that because you're guy won." Kaminari rolled his eyes.
"Well yes, but not totally." Sero retorted.
Izuku grumbled, not exactly pleased that the Quirkless fighter didn't win and was told that against Spider-Man's superhuman abilities eventually won out, but he wasn't too upset, considering that his counterpart won and that he at least found respite in that this was merely a simulation and that the Quirkless Vigilante was out there somewhere, hopefully still fighting on the good fight, same with his own counterpart.
"Midoriya." Izuku looked towards Aizawa who spoke. "Congratulations on your counterpart's victory against me. It was a well fought fight."
"T-Thanks, Mr. Aizawa." Izuku smiled appreciatively. "And your counterpart was great too. He almost won many times too."
Aizawa nodded before smiling darkly. "However, I expect during our next training session that you can fight just as capably as your counterpart. Against me."
Izuku smile quickly morphed into a pale horrified frown, his own ghost trying to escape from his body. 'I won the battle, but I lost the war, didn't I?' He thought mournfully.
The students, teachers, and pros all sent their pity and good wishes to the the Golden Boy of 1-A.
"Well, I must say that this battle was quite exciting." Nezu said. "For once, I was proven wrong."
"Yeah, think you're slipping, sir?" All Might asked teasingly.
"Oh heavens no, but I do appreciate being proven wrong sometimes." Nezu said. "With all these unknown fighters and information, it was only a matter of time for when I would chose wrong. It truly is quite enjoyable figuring out who's going to win or not."
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick announced.
A familiar theme began playing to the students as a red and white ball appeared, it releasing a out appearing a yellow furred mouse-like creature, with a lightning bolt tail and red cheeks that sparked electricity. "PIKA-PI!"
"PIKACHU?!" The students cried out in shock.
"AWESOME!" Kaminari cheered, stars in his eyes. "We Are Getting Pokémon all up in this Death Battle! And My Favorite One too!"
"Is this from that Pokémon game that you said I should try out, Midoriya?" Todoroki asked. "The Pokémon does look familiar."
"Yeah, its the mascot of the Pokémon games, Pikachu." Izuku replied, himself excited. "I wonder who his opponent is going to be?"
"Maybe another Pokémon?" Melissa pondered. "Or perhaps another fighter from a different universe with electricity powers too, like Thor and Raiden's fight?"
The screen showed a green-skinned and wild haired beastly man pop out of the woods roaring as his body was covered in electricity.
Pikachu vs Blanka
"Blanka." Momo said. "I suppose that he was chosen for perhaps similar powers revolving electricity."
"Huh, for a second I thought it was you, Apocabeast." Setsuna patted Jurota's shoulder. "What with that hair and beastly nature on that guy."
"For the last time, my Hero name is Gevaudan, not Apocabeast." Jurota retorted.
"Well, shall we play the next video, Nezu?" All Might asked.
"We shall indeed." Nezu said. "Perhaps, after this and another one we can call it in for the day."
While the students groaned that they only had two left for the day, they had to admit that they were feeling a little tired sitting down all the time, and noticed by the windows that it was getting dark.
With the consent of the teachers, Mei pressed the play button.
Notes:
AAAAAAANNNNNDDDD SCENE! And that's a wrap for this chapter!
Okay, going to the counterpart explanations because of the typical 'Urgh, another Izuku counterpart' comments rolling in. To keep it short, I choose these character based on comparisons in their powers, personality, and similar backstory and I'm sorry if you want to see more characters get their spotlight, but to just choose someone else just because you guys don't like the actual best option is stupid. I don't play favorites.
Besides, I already made compromises by not having Deku be Mario and instead give it to Mirio, who was a great choice as well, and also have Aizawa be Batman instead of Izuku, who actually has more reasons to be Batman than Any person in MHA. But then again Batman has two more fights in the future, with a third along the way, and I have something in store for Season 2 and beyond. But back to Aizawa as Batman, he was also another great choice since, while Aizawa does have a Quirk, both he and Batman mostly fight hand-to-hand without powers, use gadgets/support items to keep up, such as Aizawa's scarf and jacks, his capture scarf compares to both Batman's cape as a staple of their characters and Batman's grappling hook in grabbing enemies towards him and swinging to other buildings. Aizawa's Quirk, as stated already, is like a superpower version of Batman's weaknesses exploiting, both are masters of stealth, dark, brooding, and serious Heroes and teachers, and both have suffered loss of a loved one, ie Batman's parents and Shirakumo for Aizawa.
Now as for Izuku as Spider-Man, this choice might also be confusing because of my sister story, Welcome to the MCU, where a certain other character has been hinted to be the Spider-Man; however that's true for MCU universe. Remember that when dealing with the multiverse of infinite possibilities some characters will be this character and some in others, like the whole motif around Marvel's What If series. So this certain character may be Spider-Man in the MCU universe that the group is watching, however in the main Marvel universe and others, like Earth-616, no one is better to be Spider-Man than Deku. Hell Deku's whole character is based on Spider-Man.
Both of them were powerless nerds, bullied by a blonde douche, were both given superpowers by a random chance meeting, one a spider bite and the other All Might, and both characters have just the worst of luck, facing Villains, no father, living with only one female relative, criticized consistently, one in-universe by Jameson and everyone, and the other both in-universe and outside the universe by toxic haters. Both are incredibly acrobatic, strong, fast, amazing willpower and endurance, Black Whip is essentially Spider-Man's webs, Danger Sense is obviously the Spider-Sense, and Deku is now running around in the manga as a Vigilante. The argument can be made that Sero is also a good option for Spider-Man given his Tape Quirk and similar fighting style but Deku already has that same argument with Black Whip, plus Danger Sense, super strength and speed, and backstory. Hell, Asui technically has more reason to be Spider-Man than Sero.
As for the others, if Aizawa would be Batman, then the only older white-haired/furred, intelligent, and quippy individual to take the role of Alfred would be Nezu. Nuff said. And as for Mary Jane as Ochaco and Gwen Stacy as Melissa, both are love interests to Deku, one more popular and consistent, the other less so but still is and are also both blonde. Plus, Mary Jane's poor family life, both financially and abusively, is like a darker comparison to Ochaco's life, who was spared the abusive part of MJ's life, and Gwen and Melissa both have their fathers, David Shield and Captain Stacy, as important figures in their lives. And finally with Harry as Iida's counterpart, the two are best friends with Izuku/Peter, they both felt incompetent and lackluster to Midoriya/Peter, such as Norman favoring Peter to Harry and Iida stating that he felt less competent than Izuku during the Sports Festival, and both went on a warpath of vengeance after their father/brother was seemingly killed/horribly maimed by Stain and Spider-Man, one going supervillain as the New Goblin and the other still a Hero, but both still trying to murder the guilty party.
And with that said and done with, next chapter is Pikachu vs Blanka, and then wrapping Season 1 with Goku vs Superman. Oh boy. But anyways, hope you guys loved the chapter, comment your thoughts, likely salty and toxic by some, in the reviews below, comment who you think will be future fighters and what my surprise for next season will be, keep each other safe and healthy, take your shots so that this nightmare of a pandemic can end, and go check out my others stories if you wish.
As always, this has been Zayden StormVoid, bidding you all a good day.
Chapter 24: Pikachu vs Blanka
Summary:
The group watches another electrifying battle between two wild monsters.
Notes:
HELLO MY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE! IT IS I, ZAYDEN STORMVOID, RETURNED ONCE MORE TO RELEASE ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE!
Now, let's get to the real issue. Yes, the story was taken down on the Fanfiction site, which sucks, but we know that they have had a thing against reaction fics for a while. But its still alive and well here on Archive of Our Own, and will be continuing exclusively here from now on, while Welcome to the MCU, will continue on both sites, for now. Also, as for my long month absence from updating, my excuse is that last month was my birthday and I decided to take the whole month off to relax, celebrate, and wear off the writer's block that I had. So don't be surprised if this chapter is lackluster compared to the others.
Anyways, last time, we had the long awaited Spider-Man vs Batman, with Izuku as the Web Head and Aizawa as Batman and Izuku blasting his teacher into pieces. We also had the jaws of the group turned sore after Batman was revealed to have no superpowers and his badassery, Spider-Man's determination and resilience, and both of their massive rogue's gallery. Now we move onto the second to last fight of Season 1: Pikachu vs Blanka.
But before that, here is Index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wiz Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick, All Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, combatant, and fight dialogue
And as always, I do Not own My Hero Academia, owned by Horikoshi and Bones Studios, or Death Battle, owned by the Youtube channel of the same name and Roosterteeth, or the franchises associated in past, future, or present chapters, with this one including Nintendo and Gamefreak for Pikachu and Capcom for Blanka.
Now enough talk, Its Time For A Death Battle!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
Mei pressed the play button for the next fight, a few seconds of waiting occurring before the video played.
"When you think of an electrically charged combatants, these two always come to mind." Wiz started the video.
"These two really know how to Charge up a battle field." Boomstick added.
"Hey Midoriya, think you can write that pun down for me?" Kaminari asked. "Might want to use that later?"
"Sure Kamina-" Izuku was interrupted, along with his hand from writing, looking to see Kyouka's hand covering his mouth and her jacks around his wrist.
"No." Kyouka simply said, but the tone of her voice Izuku was sure meant that there was no point in arguing.
"Pikachu, The Electric Mouse Pokémon, and the mascot of Pokémon itself." Wiz revealed the first fighter.
"And Blanka, Street Fighter's man-beast of Brazil." Boomstick introduced the second.
"I got to be Pikachu." Kaminari muttered, his feet tapping impatiently. "I just got to be."
"You said you were sure you were Thor or Raiden and look what happened." Mineta replied.
"I know, but this time is different." Kaminari responded. "I can feel it in my bones."
"Well I'll just be here, waiting for the inevitable money I win in this bet." Mineta replied smugly.
"I can't believe that we actually have a Pokémon fighting in Death Battle." Uraraka said. "And Pikachu no less."
"Well we already had the Mega Man franchise, another video game franchise, appear before in Dr. Eggman vs Dr. Wily, so I'm not that surprised that Pokémon is in this either." Asui replied.
"I'm Wizard and he's Boomstick, and it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skills, to find out who would win a Death Battle." Wiz ended the intro.
The first fighter shown was a barely one and a half foot tall creature with yellow and black fur. Most of its small body was covered in yellow fur, from its torso to its tiny arms and even tinier feet. Its back had two lines of brownish fur, as well as the beginning of its lightning bolt shaped tail, the end of the tail rectangular. The Pokémon's head was circular with two black eyes and two prominently featured red patches on his cheeks that seem to spark electricity. Atop his head, were two big ears, the tips of the ears colored in black fur.
The Pokémon looked like a yellow rat to Iida, Momo, and Todoroki, the three who did not play much video games, but the Electric Mouse Pokémon was clearly recognizable to 99% of the group. Even Endeavor recognized the mascot of the Pokémon Company, remembering how he had to bear promoting some event of the video game franchise as to 'boost his popularity' with the kids, or at least that's what one of his agents told him.
The students were excited to see the popular Pokémon of the largest, and continuing, video game franchise in history, the most excited of which were Kaminari and Koda, both big fans of Pokémon, and the former constantly called a Pikachu or Pichu.
"Is this one of the Pokémon that are of that game you mentioned you would let me borrow, Midoriya?" Todoroki asked.
"Oh my god." Mina gaped in horror. "If he doesn't even know about Pikachu...I...I just can't."
"Yes, it is, Todoroki." Izuku replied. "Its actually the most famous one."
"Ah, I see." Todoroki nodded, understanding a bit as to why Mina looked so stunned.
Pikachu
"Standing barely over one foot tall and weighing less than a newborn baby, Pikachu is the quick-footed electric mouse Pokémon." Wiz started. "And since there are over thousands of different Pikachu's, for this Death Battle we are using the most popular and powerful of its kind, the Pikachu belonging to the Pokémon Trainer known as Ash Ketchum."
"Oh that's so cool!" Kaminari exclaimed. "And it makes sense to have the strongest Pikachu of all time to be used."
"Is this Pikachu unique?" Momo asked, confused.
"It sure is." Mina nodded. "Normally, Pikachu's aren't all that stronger than a regular not-fully-evolved Pokémon-"
"But this Pikachu sure did take the cake as the Alpha of its species." Kyouka finished Mina sentence.
"Aka the Boy that Never Ages." Boomstick joked.
"I know right!" Sero exclaimed. "Like isn't the show still going on right now? Like how old should he realistically be?"
"I think the show is on its 200th season thus far." Tokoyami said. "And despite being centuries old, he's still 10 years old."
Iida, Momo, and Todoroki had absolutely no idea what their classmates were talking about, growing more confused with everything they said.
BACKGROUND
Height: 0.4 m/1'4"
Weight: 6.0 kg/13.2 lbs
Type: Electric
Gender: Male
Ability: Static
Pokedex Number: 25
Dislikes his Pokeball
Likes Ketchup
Can Absorb and use more Electric power than a normal Pikachu
"Pikachu is now Ash's most loyal and trusted companion, but he sure didn't start out that way. He was actually kind of a dick." Boomstick revealed. "Then again, if an immortal ten year old was trying to trap me in a tiny ball and make me fight other creatures to the death, I'd probably fuck him up too."
"So what is the premise of Pokémon?" Iida asked. "It sounds rather inhumane from what Boomstick is implying?"
"Pokémon is a game all about capturing magical monsters called Pokémon, trained them to grow stronger and then use them to fight other Pokémon from other Trainers and become the best." Asui answered.
"That sounds barbaric!" Iida exclaimed, astonished and horrified, arms chopping up and down again. "And this is a game made for children?!"
"Oh its alright, Iida." Uraraka eased the blue-haired teen. "Its just a joke talked a lot about the game and franchise. You shouldn't think too hard on it."
"Plus, in the anime of it, most of the Pokémon generally like battling and see it as a sport, like boxing or wrestling." Koda spoke up. "Its actually my favorite game series of all time. I always loved animals, especially because of my Quirk, but the games really made me respect and treat animals better and kinder."
"Ah, I see." Iida's energy deflated and sat back down, fixing up his glasses. "If a game can instill such a sentiment, then I suppose it isn't as barbaric as I thought."
"I feel like the kid just went from PETA to normal in 10 seconds flat." Pixie Bob chuckled, a sweat drop over her head.
"Kind of." Mandalay nodded.
"Being so small, Pikachu has low stamina and physical strength, but more than makes up for it with speed and special attacks." Wiz explained.
"Special attacks?" Todoroki questioned.
"Special Attacks are kind of like more projectile or more magical based attacks." Ojiro replied. "Think Special Attacks like Thunderbolt or Flamethrower that fire a projectile at the enemy."
"So this Pikachu is like a glass cannon." Momo said. "Can take damage easily but uses its speed and ranged abilities to defeat opponents."
"Pretty much." Pony nodded. "Plus he's so adorable!"
"However, his EV training was arbitrary and inconsistent."
"EV-what now?" Boomstick questioned confused.
"Wait EV, like Eevee?" Mina questioned.
"I thought you knew about the game already?" Kyouka questioned, eyebrow raised.
"Well excuse me for just being a casual player that doesn't know everything about Pokémon!" Mina defended herself.
"Effort Value training." Wiz clarified. "Every time a Pokémon wins a battle, one of its abilities improves depending upon the opponent."
"Huh, that was something I didn't know when I played." Itsuka perked up. "So is that why sometimes one of my Pokémon would have different stats compared to another one of the same species?"
"That or you or that other Pokémon you had just had different stats." Setsuna shrugged.
"This is ridiculous." Endeavor groaned. "We are here learning about potential allies and threats from this multiverse and here we are discussing about games for children."
"Well, its turns out that this children's game full of dangerous city-destroying monsters is real somewhere in some other universe, so isn't it wise to know of it more in case some big bad from that world decides to come here and sick a Gyarados up our butts?" Miruko asked, smirking knowingly.
Endeavor stared at the bunny hero in silence before scoffing and turning back to the screen.
STATISTICS
HP: 102 = Below Average
Attack: 144 = Average
Defense: 100 = Below Average
Special Attack: 123 = Average
Special Defense: 80 = Below Average
Speed: 291 = Above Average
"Taking the first seasons of the show into account, we have compiled a close enough estimation of Pikachu's statistics upon reaching his maximum level." Wiz explained. "By defeating so many Spearow early on, all at once, Pikachu's speed stats are off the charts."
"So Pikachu is so fast because of defeating all those bird Pokémon?" Momo asked.
"Yeah, but Pikachu's were already really fast so that was just a big help." Kaminari answered.
"I feel like I just got sent to another universe where Kaminari knows something Momo doesn't." Kyouka shook her head.
"Hey, I'm smart!" Kaminari protested through the laughs. "I just use my brain for other things."
"Other, more wasteful things." Aizawa spoke, raising the laughter more.
"This game sounds really fun!" Eri exclaimed. "Can I play too, Papa?"
Before Izuku could answer, Kouta spoke. "U-Um I have a bunch of those games, some I don't play as much, and I have an extra console, s-so you can play with mine if you want?" Kouta asked nervously and blushing.
"Yes! Yes! Thank you! Thank You!" Eri cheered and grabbed Kouta's hand and shook it up and down in gratitude.
Kouta blushed heavily from sheer embarrassment. He almost ripping his hand out from the white-haired girl, still trying to get use to more social interactions, but felt a hand pat his head. Kouta looked up to see Midoriya patting his head, the green-haired teen's happy eyes and proud smile all Kouta needed to know that his idol was proud of his generosity and kindness. Kouta smiled, blushing again in self-pride.
Mandalay likewise smiled proudly and joyfully, looking down at the two from her seat. The telepathic heroine could remember her anger-filled nephew's anti-socialness, even before the deaths of his parents which only increased it. She remembered how he would more likely bite a kid's hand rather than play with them. So to see him now offering one of his games for the little girl to play with made the aunt well up with happiness and motherly joy. And felt untold gratitude towards the green-haired Hero-in-Training that made it all possible.
MOVE SET
Thunderbolt
-Type: Electric (Special Attack)
-10% chance of paralyzing target
Thunder
-Type: Electric (Special Attack)
-30% chance of paralyzing target
-Low accuracy
Quick Attack
-Type: Normal (Physical Attack)
-Increased Priority over opponent's Attack
Iron Tail
-Type: Steel (Physical Attack)
-10% chance of lowering target's Defense
Electro Ball
-Type: Electric (Special Attack)
-Deals more damage to slower targets
Volt Tackle
-Type: Electric (Physical Attack)
-Deals 33% recoil damage to Pikachu
-10% chance of paralyzing target
"The little lightning rat isn't just quick. He's got two incredibly powerful weapons built into his face!" Boomstick jumped in. "Those aren't just rosy cheeks; they're electricity sacks, which he uses for attacks like his trademark Thunderbolt and Thunder, each one capable of paralyzing the opponent, though the Thunderbolt is his go to since with the Thunder having really low accuracy."
"Wait how is one bolt of lightning easier to dodge than the other one?" Todoroki asked. "Is it because the other has more power?"
"Honestly, I would say that to not overthink too much of it since its a videogame, fiction." Melissa replied. "But since its here then it must mean that it exists out there in some alternate universe, not really fictitious anymore, so just say its magic and magic is complicated to understand."
"Wait, is Pikachu a 'he'?" Kyouka questioned. "That's a bit of presumptuous."
"Well, Pikachu is a male." Koda spoke up. "The end of his tail," Koda pointed at the rectangular end of Pikachu's lightning bolt tail. "The rectangular ends mean that he's a male Pikachu, while a female Pikachu has a tail with a heart shaped-end."
"Oh My Fucking God! No Ones Cares Whether That Pikachu Has A Dick Or A Vag!" Bakugou exclaimed, fully annoyed. "Just Shut Up, Let The Video Continue, and Move On!"
While her eyebrow twitched in slight annoyance, Kyouka admitted that the blunt teen was right and just let the video continue.
"And when those Electric type won't do the trick, especially against the immune Ground types, he can use the extra-fast Quick Attack to surprise his foes, or Iron Tail, A Steel Type attack, which turns his tail hard as steel." Wiz added.
"Types?" Iida questioned.
"In Pokémon, all Pokémon are classified into one or two of eighteen different Types, all of which have different resistances, strengths, and immunities to each other." Izuku answered. "Electric Types, like Pikachu, have more access to Electric Type move, which are strong against Water and Flying Types, but are weak towards Ground Types and deal no damage to them with Electric Type attacks."
"I see." Iida replied, hand cupping his chin in thought. "Objects are electrified more easily and dangerously when exposed to non-distilled water and electricity must not deal damage to these Ground Types because of electrical grounding."
"Exactly." Uraraka nodded, smiling and patting the teen's shoulder. "You catch on quick, Iida. With that brain of yours, you could be a great Pokémon Trainer or Professor."
"Electro Ball is a projectile that, for some reason, deals more damage the slower an opponent is." Boomstick jumped back in. "But when things get serious, he'll bust out his greatest, and unique, attack: The Volt Tackle."
"PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA!" Pikachu cried out as his body was encased in wild, yellow electricity and slammed into a large, weird machine, shredding through it and destroying it.
"Oh yeah, forgot that those adorable little monsters can actually cause a lot of damage with their abilities." Ragdoll said. "I wonder how our world would be if we had Pokémon?"
"The Volt Tackle strikes with the force of a mouse-powered megaton warhead and is Pikachu's strongest attack, but there's a catch." Wiz explained. "Pikachu receives recoil damage equaling 33% of the total damage dealt. This move cannot be used lightly."
"Well, that's dumb. It's like, 'Hey I can kill you, but I'm gonna blow off my arm!'" Boomstick scoffed.
"That's kinda weird." Ash said, a confused look on his face.
The group all turned towards one certain, nervously sweating, bone-breaking teen.
"Anything you want to say to that, Midori?" Mina teased, smiling.
"I-I d-don't do it that much anymore, guys!" Izuku defended weakly. "I've gotten more control of my Quirk."
"And yet you still somehow end up breaking your bones by going too far." Asui croaked. "You really do take 'Plus Ultra' to the next level."
"I should thank you, Sorahiko." Recovery Girl said to her fellow short elder. "If it weren't for you teaching him to control his Quirk more safely, I fear that he would have lost the use of his arms months ago."
"Well I wasn't going to let tall, blonde, and skinny here disgust me with his horrible teaching." Gran Torino replied, said former Number 1 Pro slumping depressed. Gran Torino looked back down to the blushing and nervous 9th holder of One For All with a more saddened and weary look. "Plus, it was the least I could do. Not to just help the kid, but to preserve and safeguard Nana's legacy."
"Regardless, Ash's Pikachu is astounding. He's like a living battery, weaponized." Wiz said, befuddled.
FEATS
Strong against Flying and Water Types Foes
Developed Thunder Armor Move
Developed Counter Shield Move
Developed Mid-Air Spin Dodge
Beaten Drake's Dragonite with help
Defeated Brandon's Regice alone
Tied/Beaten Tobias's Latios
Defeated Korrina's Mega Lucario
Team Rocket's Worst Nightmare
"Not only can he discharge an enormous amount of power, he can also absorb electricity and use it against his foes." Wiz continued. "In fact, he can conduct more wattage than any normal Pikachu, making him one of the toughest of his kind, and the sole purpose for the infamous Team Rocket to constantly attempt to steal him."
"So that's why they would use this Pikachu out of all the others of its kind." Momo nodded, understanding. "And why a group of criminals would wish to capture it."
"And we all know how those attempts always end up." Boomstick said.
"TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" Jessie, James, and Meowth yelled as they sailed through the horizon and vanished in a shimmering star.
"Ahahaha!" Setsuna burst out laughing, wiping away a tear from her eyes. "Oh, never gets old."
"Are they going to be okay?" Momo asked, slightly worried of the fates of the criminals.
"Oh don't worry, silly, they'll be fine and ready to try and steal Pikachu again the next episode." Nejire reassured the rich girl.
"Pikachu is clearly the strongest of all Pikachu's." Wiz continued. "He can go toe to toe and defeat multiple powerful Pokémon, even Mega Evolutions, and even tank and survive the thunder strike of the very Legendary Electric Type Pokémon: Zekrom."
"That furball took a blast from That?!" Kamakiri exclaimed, the group witnessing the black Dragon/Electric Type Legendary unleash a massive bolt of blue lightning down onto the foot tall Pokémon.
"I thought you also liked Pokémon, Kamakiri?" Shoda asked. "I thought you watched the anime?"
"I do, and I did watch it, but I dropped out after Sinnoh." Kamakiri explained. "From what I heard about the Unova part of the anime, it was garbage so I didn't bother jumping back into it."
"What is a Legendary Pokémon?" Todoroki asked.
"Before Green starts mumbling into a long rant," Kyouka said, some of Class 1-A snickering while Izuku sweat drops. "Legendary Pokémon are like super rare, mostly ultra powerful Pokémon. In the world of Pokémon, they are practically like gods."
Todoroki nodded. "So this Zekrom could be considered a god among Electric Types like Pikachu." He said. "And so to take a blast from a stronger Electric Type is quite incredible."
"Yeah, but he's got his limits." Boomstick pointed out. "Get too much electricity stored up and BOOM! No more Pikachu."
"Urgh, I don't wanna think of that!" Pony screamed, trying to erase the image of Pikachu exploding out of her mind.
"I fear that this could be how Pikachu might be defeated against this Blanka, if he is to lose." Reiko said.
"Probably." Yui shrugged.
WEAKNESSES
Small and Fragile
Little Solo Battle Experience
Susceptible to overcharge
Poor Defense against Ground Type-based Attacks
Electric Type Attacks weak against Dragon, Grass, and fellow Electric Types, and immune to Ground Types
Refuses to Evolve
"It's true. Pikachu is still a tiny mouse Pokémon with very clear limits, mainly type disadvantages, especially with Ground Types." Wiz agreed. "And even though he has long since reached his maximum potential, he refuses to evolve into the vastly superior Raichu, due to some pretentious excuse of love and acceptance. What a waste of potential, can you imagine how powerful he could be as a Raichu?"
"That is freaking Bullshit!" Bakugou yelled, agreeing with the mad scientist of Death Battle. "What's the point of keeping yourself a weaker state if you could get stronger and more powerful?!"
"Well for one, you could end up like one of those Nomu." Shinsou spoke up. Bakugou grew silent, eyes twitching annoyed an still angry.
All Might and the heroes frowned at the memory of the mindless abominations of the League of Villains, many of them on the receiving end of a Nomu's rampage.
Suddenly, All Might couldn't help but recall Sir Nighteye and his frequent attempt of convincing him to choose Young Togata as his successor, instead of Midoriya. He remembered several of Sir's points, ranging from how the boy was similar to him, both of appearance wise and personality, to even the boy's charm and likeliness to become a popular Hero in the eyes of the public. However, the argument that he recalled at this moment was how Sir claimed that with One For All and Mirio's Permeation Quirk, the boy would be unstoppable, more powerful than giving it to a weaker, Quirkless teenage boy. Sir said that it was the Logical Choice.
'But its not about power or the Logical Choice.' All Might thought, thinking over how his master gave One For All to him. 'If it was about giving it to some with a powerful Quirk, then I would not have been the ideal choice either. But my Master saw something in me, something that me her choose me above everyone else. Heart. The Heart of a True Hero. And just like my Master saw it in me, I saw it in Young Midoriya, a Heart of a Hero, one with far more potential and promise than I ever had.'
All Might looked as Midoriya tried to comfort the annoyed Bakugou only for the explosive teen to lash out his anger-filled roars at him instead. But instead of cowering, Izuku just chuckled, nervously, and smiled. All Might smiled as well. 'Sometimes the most Illogical of choices can be the most logical.' All Might thought.
"Well that's because they can't have the mascot of the show, and all of Pokémon, turn into his less popular persona." Boomstick argued. "But even if he doesn't evolve, Pikachu's accomplished quite a lot of impressive feats on his own. He's beaten Legendary Pokemon, like Brandon's Regice, and tied with Tobias's Latios, the latter of which had strong defense against Electric Type attacks. He has also developed new and unique fighting techniques like the Counter Shield and Midair Spin Dodge. He may be the size of a squirrel, but he's one tough fighter."
"Yeah that fight between Pikachu and Latios was sick!" Sero said. "And when Ash's Sceptile actually managed to defeat Darkrai."
"Urgh, don't remind me of that!" Kaminari groaned. "That fight was freaking rigged against Ash. The show literally just added that guy in just to get Ash to lose."
"Pikachu!" Pikachu called out, adorably.
"Awwww!" Was the response of over 90% of the female population of the room, and Koda.
The next fighter shown was a large green-shinned man with one of the wildest mane of hair they had ever seen. Even slouched the green-skinned, shirtless man looked taller than some of the adults, although perhaps some of that height was attributed the wild man of orange, spiky mane of hair, so long that it reached down the middle of his back. To the group, it resembled more like hedgehog quills, like Sonic. The wild looking man likewise had large amounts of orange body hair sprouting around his arms and his chest. The green man was almost entirely naked, with the only clothing being a pair of brown ripped pants that looked like shorts to the large beast of a man. The man did look like a beast given his large fangs and incisors and his clawed hands and feet.
The members of Class 1-B, sans Jurota and Tetsutetsu, looked at each other and nodded in agreement that their own beastly classmate was assuredly this beast man's counterpart, given their similar height and wild appearance.
Tetsutetsu was exempt from this as he, and Kirishima, were more focused on how muscled and strong-looking that wild man looked, and admiring his lush of mane of wild hair. Kirishima patted his own hair, wondering how he would look if he had longer hair like the green, beast man.
Blanka
"As a child, Jimmy Blanka was a pale-skinned Brazilian boy." Wiz started. "That is, until the horrific plane crash-"
"Like Lost!" Boomstick interrupted.
"-Of which he was the sole survivor, stranded in the Amazon." Wiz finished.
"That's horrible." Hagakure cooed sadly. "And to be stranded in the Amazon too, must have been extra awful?"
"But what made him go from pale-skinned boy to some green Sasquatch?" Mina asked.
BACKGROUND
Height: 1.92 m/6'3.5"
Weight: 98 kg/217 lbs
Real Name: James "Jimmy" Blanka
Hobbies: Hunting, electrical work
Previously pale skinned, now green
Friends with Dan & Sakura
Survived in Amazon for years
Passive and Gentle
"Trapped in an area filled with dangerous predators, he was forced to camouflage himself day and night." Wiz continued. "After many years of this, his skin absorbed enough chlorophyll to turn a permanent green hue."
"Wait, that's how?" Kyouka questioned, incredulously. "I just thought that too much of the stuff can give you diarrhea?"
"Normally, if you ingest too much liquid chlorophyll that is one of the side effects, along with sweating, vomiting, and green-colored stool." Momo said. "But that's by ingesting chlorophyll, but I'm also certain that camouflaging yourself with it shouldn't turn your skin green too."
"Really? I always thought he was just some kind of jungle monster beast guy." Boomstick admitted.
"He might as well be." Monoma said. "Poor boy must have become so savage living alone in wilderness like an animal."
"Despite his appearance, Blanka is actually extremely passive and gentle." Wiz said, showing Blanka passing by frightened citizens, gently and timid.
"Awww, he's actually kind of cute." Pony cooed. "He's almost like Shishida."
Jurota blushed at the headpats of Pony and the girls of 1-B. "P-Please girls stop and let's continue with the video." Jurota politely said.
"However, piss him off, and he enters an unstoppable bloodlust." Wiz pointed out, showing Blanka again, but savage and angry.
"Well, that seems like a pretty drastic change." Boomstick said. "He's like a big teddy bear that suddenly turned into an actual bear."
"Also like our Shishida." Sen whispered to Awase.
"I heard that." Jurota replied. "So you believe that this Blanka may be my multiversal counterpart?"
"No offense Jurota, but it kind of seems obvious." Itsuka said.
Jurota looked at himself and then at the savage, yet gentle green man and hummed. "I can see why you would come to that conclusion. His savagery and rage could be considered similar to my Quirk." Jurota replied. "I have my doubts but we shall see by the end when the results come in."
"But before he was old enough to fight the predators himself, he was forced to live off electric eels as his primary food source." Wiz revealed. "After years of this diet, he developed a high resistance to electricity and somehow gained the ability to produce similar electric shocks."
"Huh?" Bakugou questioned. "How does that make sense?"
"Perhaps like his body developed a green hue from exposure to chlorophyll, his body likewise consumed and adapted to the specialized electrolytes in electric eels that he began to produce similar electrolytes like eels to generate this amount of electricity. Although, since eels harm themselves when using their electricity, does Blanka also feel pain when he uses his electrici-"
"SHUT YOUR ANNOYING MUTTERING, STUPID DEKU!" Bakugou yelled at the mumbling teen.
"Be right back! Getting eels!" Boomstick yelled, his muffled audio hinting at beginning to leave.
"No, Boomstick, it doesn't work like that!" Wiz shouted at his leaving co-host. "Plus, we kind of have a show to do."
"Fine, but afterwards, I'm proving you wrong." Boomstick returned and swore.
"Okay." Wiz said.
"Actually, maybe Boomstick has a point." Kaminari said. "Maybe if I eat some more electric eels than I could generate and produce more electricity to use without shorting out."
"Um, Kaminari, I don't think that would be the wisest way to-"
"Eh, let him try, Momo." Kyouka cut the Yaoyorozo heiress off. "With his Quirk, it might work, but if not, just think of how funny it would be?"
"Hey Tamaki, you've eaten eel before, right?" Mirio asked is shy friend. "Could you produce electricity, too?"
"Y-Yes, but it always hurt to do it." Tamaki stuttered out, rubbing his chest at the phantom pains. "It was so unpleasant, and it tasted slimy and weird."
"Blanka eventually found his way to civilization by complete accident, and found a friend in Dan Hibiki, the absolute worst Street Fighter on Earth." Wiz said.
"Ah, Dan." Boomstick sighed fondly and amused. "Couldn't get any real people friends, so you had to resort to jungle Frankenstein over here."
"He even looks pitiful." Monoma snickered. "And looks ridiculous in that pink gi. His whole appearance reeks of mediocrity and arrogance."
"Takes one to know one." Shinsou retorted, causing the students to explode in laughter and Monoma to nearly explode in rage and embarrassment.
"After arriving in the city, Blanka entered the second World Warrior Tournament and discovered he was one of the most agile competitors there, leaping and ducking around his opponents with ease, like a jungle monkey, which is basically what he is." Wiz continued.
While Izuku started writing down Blanka's acrobatic feats for training later, Itsuka spoke up with "I think this Blanka guy lives in the same world as Chun-Li and Zangeif."
"How do you figure, Kendo?" Honenuki asked.
"Well other than the screen showing him fighting against those two characters," Itsuka pointed out, Honenuki rubbing his neck, embarrassed. "They called both Chun-Li and Blanka Street Fighters in their introductions and they seem to be competing in the same kind of tournaments as each other and Zangeif."
""Excellent deduction skills, Kendo!" Vlad King exclaimed proudly. "That's how smart my class's Class President is!"
"And you wonder why Monoma is so competitive against Class 1-A." Midnight said.
MOVE SET
Amazon River Run
Rock Crusher
Electric Thunder (Kaminari found this extremely redundant)
Beast Roll
Vertical Beast Roll
Backstep Beast Roll
"He uses a self-taught martial art, which he learned while fighting...friggin' crocodiles and jaguars, that's what!" Boomstick exclaimed.
"He has several unique attacks, like the Beast Roll, with which he hurdles through the air like a bullet, obliterating all laws of physics." Wiz revealed.
"I dunno which jaguar or crocodile taught him that move, but shit, I want it!" Boomstick exclaimed again, excitingly.
"Uh I'm pretty sure crocodiles don't jump in the air and roll around to attack." Rin said.
"Actually, Mr. Hiryu, crocodiles do in fact roll as a form of attack." Nezu spoke up. "They roll around to thrash their caught or dead prey against rocks and hard areas to break apart their carcass for easier consumption. Additionally, jaguars are the most acrobatic and nimble among the cat family, so Mr. Blanka's fight style of acrobatics seem reasonably founded in reality."
"Huh, I guess so." Rin shrugged.
"Honestly, Blanka looks like he's copying that Sonic guy's Homing Spin attacks." Sen said.
"Or Sonic is mimicking Blanka." Bondo said.
SUPER MOVES
Grand Shave Roll
-Chargeable Spin Attack
Shout of Earth
-Can electrify the ground or shoot a bolt of electricity straight up
Lightning Cannonball
-Electric Spin Attack
"That aside, he's also got a few super moves." Boomstick continued. "The Ground Shave Roll is a chargeable spin attack, and with Shout of Earth, Blanka can fire off a wave of uncontrollable electric energy. But you really gotta watch out for the Lightning Cannonball, where he rockets forward as spinning ball of electric death."
"K.O.!" An announcer voice declared as he slammed his Lightning Cannonball onto Balrog and won.
"That looks like it will compete against Pikachu's Volt Tackle." Ryukyu analyzed.
"From what I saw, the Volt Tackle might be more powerful, yet this Lightning Cannonball appears to lack recoil effects, which could be more useful." Ectoplasm also analyzed.
WEAKNESSES
Preferably Docile
Susceptible to cold
Never won a Tournament
Only formal training came from Dan Hibiki
"Blanka is a deadly fighter and obviously an extremely tough survivor. However, his greatest weakness comes from his lack of formal training." Wiz pointed out.
"Well I would think that living your life in middle of jungle with no sensei's or boxers would mean no actual training." Setsuna said.
"In fact, the only training he's ever had was under the tutelage of... guess..." Wiz paused for dramatic effect.
"Don't say it..." Boomstick groaned, disappointingly.
"Dan Hibiki." Wiz confirmed.
"That's like anti-training." Boomstick said.
"Ouch." Sero said. "That's gotta suck. But that Dan guy can't be that bad right?"
Unbeknownst to the group, millions of people across the multiverse, including the watcher of this universe, all started laughing.
FEATS
Grew up alone in the Amazon
Honed skills against predators
Found his long-lost family
Local Hero
Represented Brazil in the second World Warrior Tournament
Immune to Most Viruses
"And yet, he has proven his combat skills time and time again." Wiz said. "Though he did not win the World Warrior Tournament, he was picked from hundreds to represent Brazil."
"That's quite the impressive achievement." All Might nodded in approval.
"And through it all, he rediscovered his mother and hometown." Wiz said, showing Blanka reuniting with his mother, her hand on his own monstrous one. "At long last, Blanka had come home."
"Awwww." The girls cooed once more at the heartwarming scene. The guys likewise smiled at the touching reunion. Todoroki smiled as well, remembering to his first visit to his mother at her mental hospital, her heartwarming smile, her kind eyes, her welcoming, motherly love, all much like Blanka's mother had with her long lost son.
"Most terrifying family reunion ever." Boomstick joked.
Blanka laughed and smiled as he jumped and played with children on his back and hanging onto his arm.
"Alright, the combatants are set." Wiz declared. "Let's end this debate once and for all."
"ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BATTTLE!" Boomstick yelled.
The video paused once more as votes and bets started coming in while the device scanned for counterparts. For Pikachu, the most notable of votes came from Kaminari, voting for his nickname and, praying for, counterpart, Eri, who found the Electric Mouse Pokémon adorable, Izuku and Mirio, both of which were compelled by Eri, and with the former a fan of Pokémon and Pikachu's similar recoil abilities, Koda, an obvious choice being the Pokémon fan that he was, Gran Torino, who liked the Pokémon's small, yet fast similarity, Nejire, who liked Pikachu's powerful Electric Type attacks, Iida, who favored Pikachu's amazing speed, Uraraka, who's reasons were similar to Iida's, Mina, another vote based on adorableness and speed, Shoto, convinced that Pikachu might win by absorbing Blanka's electricity, and Hagakure.
Blanka's most notable voters included Jurota, who found Blanka's fight style impressive and backstory inspiring, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu, for Blanka's impressive feat of surviving in the Amazon and mane of hair, Monoma and Bakugou, both finding the thought of Pikachu winning this fight against the large beast man absurd, Momo, who felt that Jurota's size, strength, and electricity resistance too much for Pikachu, Kyouka, who followed Momo's line of thinking, Tamaki, who liked Blanka's eel-based electric powers and surviving in the Amazon, Kouta, who found Blanka more cooler than Pikachu, Pony, confident that Jurota was Blanka and because she found the green-skinned beast man's gentleness adorable, Endeavor, much for the same reason as Monoma and Bakugou, and Itsuka, who also believed that Blanka was Jurota and so to support her classmate.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device declared. "PIKACHU! SPECIFYING: ASH'S PIKACHU!"
"Thanks for the clarification." Sen sarcastically said, to the chuckles of the students.
'Please please please please.' Kaminari thought on repeat, fingers crossed and pleading.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: DENKI KAMINARI!" The device announced.
"YES!" Kaminari screamed in joy. "I Knew It! I Knew It!"
"If it you knew it so much, why were you crossing your fingers and praying?" Mineta asked.
"Because I thought I was going to be at least Thor or Raiden in their fight and I got my glory stolen by All Might of all people." Kaminari defended himself, while the supposed glory stealer sweat dropped and scratched his cheek.
"BLANKA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: JUROTA SHISHIDA!"
"I Knew It! I Knew It!" Pony clapped and jumped in excitement.
"We all knew it, Pony." Awase clarified. But upon the sadden look that Pony became and the glares from his classmates, Awase quickly said "Yep, You knew it, Pony."
"Yay!" Pony's mood went a full 180 and became happy again.
Jurota thought over his counterpart and his hard life and felt his sympathy and respect go out to his other self for surviving through such a hard life. Thinking back to how Blanka and his mother were reunited, now imaging it as reuniting with his own mother, Jurota smiled warmly, reminding himself to give his wonderful mother a big hug the next time he visits.
With the counterparts out of the way, the video unpaused and began the fight.
The scene takes lace in a clearing in the middle of a forest, presumably the Amazon. Out of a pixelated bit of tall grass, Pikachu pokes his head out and jumps out into the clearing.
"Ah, I love that!" Nejire squealed and clapped. "Its like in the grass in the games."
A couple of trees are shaking, until Blanka jumps out and lands facing Pikachu, the Electric Mouse Pokémon dropping onto its paws, ready to battle, while Blanka pounds his chest and lets out a bestial call.
FIGHT!
Blanka starts off the fight with a lunging attack on Pikachu that knocks him backwards. Blanka continues the assault with a series of jabs, swipes, and kicks, knocking the electric rat back with every strike.
"Ooh, that's bad." Melissa said. "With his low defense, Pikachu is going to take those hits hard, giving Blanka a big lead."
Blanka rushed and tried to grab the Electric Pokémon in a hold, but Pikachu jumped backwards into the air.
"PI-KA-CCHHHHUUUUUU!" Pikachu cried out as it unleash a powerful Thunderbolt at Blanka who braced for the attack. When the attack ended, Blanka got back up, completely unharmed.
"Not good enough!" Blanka yelled out.
"Well that's bad." Sero stated the obvious.
"Pikachu's Thunderbolt seems to have had no effect on Blanka." Iida said. "Could it be Blanka's resistance to Electricity?"
"Has to be." Asui said. "While I wouldn't say that Blanka is an Electric Type since he's not a Pokémon, but I would think that trying to shoot electricity at someone resistant and able to fire electricity would be a bad idea."
"So this fight will ultimately boil down to physical power, something Pikachu is not good at." Izuku analyzed.
Blanka crouches fires himself off at the mid-air Pikachu with a Beast Roll. "PIKA!" Pikachu cried out in pain as it flew back through the air and down to the ground.
"Ooh that's gotta hurt." Kirishima cringed.
"Come on, mini-Pokémon me!" Kaminari cheered on. "Whoop that green jungle man's ass!"
Pikachu quickly gets back on his feet and charges at Blanka with a Quick Attack, a trail of white light left in his speedy trail. The companion of Ash flies by the blocking Blanka multiple times, before hitting him head on and knocking him back.
"That's smart." All Might nodded. "He used his incredible speed to find a weak spot in Blanka's defense and strike hard and fast once he found it."
Pikachu follows up the attack by quickly jumping back into the air, and starts to spin, his tail glowing white with the move Iron Tail, and strikes at Blanka in the head. Pikachu rushes at Blanka again, grabs him up and starts to roll him backwards before throwing him upwards.
"Um, I don't recall Pikachu ever having a grappling move like that, or being strong enough to grab someone like Blanka." Uraraka said, scratching her head in confusion.
"Is every attack in Pokémon some move they have to learn like you said?" Todoroki asked.
"In the games, yes, but in the anime, they are more loose with what constitutes an attack or skill, like the Mid-Air Spin dodge." Izuku answered. "This is likley just Pikachu fighting normally."
Blanka, in the air, sticks is feet downward, rapidly accelerating is descent and grabs Pikachu instead. He does the same attack as Pikachu did, but when the Pokémon fell towards him, Blanka strikes with his Electric Thunder move, his whole body wrapped in a field of electricity, at Pikachu, only for Pikachu to retaliate with a powerful Thunder attack on the still target, the resulting burst of electricity knocking the both backwards.
"That move looked like Thunder." Mirio pointed out. "A smart move to use his more powerful, less accurate move on a target standing still."
While Blanka lands roughly, Pikachu lands on his feet and quickly follows it up with another Thunderbolt. Blanka simply blocks it again, the attack once more doing non-effective damage and charges at Pikachu with another Beast Roll. Instead of running or dodging, Pikachu charges at him as well and jumps towards him, but uses the Midair Spin Dodge Technique to dodge the attack. Upon landing, Blanka looks around, confused as to where where his opponent went. Pikachu, meanwhile, charges up and fires an Electro Ball. Blanka barely get a chance to look between his legs behind him before to getting hit by the attack and falling down.
"That was the Midair Spin Dodge, right?" Momo asked, to the nods of her classmates. "That was a good move, as he left Blanka disoriented and open for that Electro Ball attack, which must have done more damage since Blanka is clearly slower than Pikachu."
"What was it you and Bakugou said about the small, weak, little rat having any chance at winning against Blanka?" Setsuna teasingly mocks a fuming Monoma.
"Clearly, Pikachu is the more strategic fighter, being trained by Ash and all, while Blanka's subpar training from Dan is putting him at a disadvantage." Itsuka analyzed.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu taunted and gave out a peace sign.
"Ahaha!" Mina laughed. "Oh my god, he's taunting!"
"Isn't that a move in Pokémon as well?" Uraraka asked.
"Its a move to taunt your opponents?" Iida asked further.
"Yeah, its actually called Taunt." Izuku replied. "Its a Dark Type move that doesn't do damage, obviously, but makes the opposing foe unable to use status mov-"
"SHUT UP YOU STUPID NERD!" Bakugou cuts Deku off.
Blanka jumps back up, roaring in rage. He jumps up and spins around, rolling and charging up another Spin attack, while sparking in electricity.
"Its his Lightning Cannonball attack." Pony pointed out. "Go Jurota!"
Blanka fires off towards Pikachu with the Lightning Cannonball, to which Pikachu responds by running towards the attacks, his own body encased in electricty with a Volt Tackle.
"Yeah! Go Me! Use Volt Tackle!" Kaminari cheered on again.
The attacks collide together, a massive surge of electricity flying everywhere in a blinding white light. The fight is zoomed in to see Pikachu and Blanka firmly keeping their attacks going, pushing back against the other, the Pokémon theme music sounding epic .
Only for it to cut off as Blanka grabs Pikachu and bites his head off.
"AAAAHHHHH!" The students yell in horror, Izuku and Mirio were as quick as lightning covering Eri and Kouta's eyes. The most high pitch girliest shriek emanating from Kaminari, the wailing teen cradling his own head, as if it was eaten, which it technically was. Even the adults were caught off-guard by the sudden gorey turn, blinking in surprise, and others disgust.
Blanka then pulls out a blender from nowhere, and puts the rest of Pikachu's body in it. The man-beast plugs the plug into his nose and powers up the machine as it shredded Pikachu's headless body into a drink. Blanka finally stops and drinks what's been made, belches loudly, sparks of electricity shooting out, and then starts scratching his chin.
K.O.!
It was lucky that Momo had, precautionarily, made several dozen barf bags before the start of this wave of Death Battles, most of the students, and Mic, using them to good use. Koda was bawling his eyes out, Kaminari straight up fainted, and even Jurota looked completely shell shocked at what his jungle self just did.
The only happy reactions were Monoma taunting victoriously at Setsuna, which was silenced by a chop to the back of the neck, courtesy of Itsuka, and Bakugo roaring in laughter, only for a disapproving look from Ibara made him stop, somehow.
"You know, I've always wanted to eat a Pokemon." Boomstick admitted to the silence of an unseen audience. "What? They look delicious!
"That is horrible!" Momo gasped out. "Why would they do such a thing?!"
"Um, Yaomomo." Kyouka brought Momo's attention to her. "There are presumably no other animals or creatures in the Pokémon world other than Pokémon and people. So, what do they eat for meat?"
Momo paused in silence, her features slowly scrunching in disgust and horror.
"Well, I don't exactly blame Boomstick." Sato said, to the gazes of the group. "What? There is literally a Pokémon that is a cake and another that looks like ice cream."
"Actually, speaking of that, Tamaki, do you think if you can eat a Pokémon, like Pikachu, you could use the moves and powers of a Pokémon?" Nejire asked.
Amajiki's response was a green face and another round of puke to the throw up bag.
PIKACHU
Inconsistent glass-cannon
Improper Training
Too reliant on Trainer commands
Resistant to Electric attacks
Much Faster
Lower Stamina & Strength
"Pikachu may be powerful, but he can't compete with Blanka's ruthless skill and strength." Wiz said.
"Even though Pikachu was clearly quicker on his feet, his attacks had little effect." Boomstick agreed.
BLANKA
Better survival skills
Resistant to Electric & Steel Attacks
Longer Reach
Quick enough to keep up
Better Stamina & Strength
Has Experience Killing Small Animals
More Lethal
"Blanka can resist the electric attacks, and the Iron Tail's a Steel-type move, which, as we all know, is not very effective against against electricity." Boomstick pointed out.
"And even though Blanka is not a Pokémon, so Type match ups shouldn't matter, the Iron Tail would only be considered to Blanka, a stronger and more defensive fighter, as a hard smack in the head from a physically weak Mouse Pokémon." Wiz explained further.
"Okay, I was about to argue against bringing in Types into it, but that makes sense." Melissa said.
"Pikachu's only option was to outmatch Blanka's physical strength and stamina, which was just too much for the little guy." Boomstick agreed again.
"Oui, Pikachu's greatest strengths were his special Electric Attacks and the Volt Tackle, all of which would be resisted by Blanka's resistance to electricity." Aoyama nodded. "And while Blanka couldn't use his own electricity against Pikachu well either, his physique and strength were largely superior."
"This somewhat reminds me of our fight against each other in the Joint Training class." Jurota said to an awoken Kaminari, the two remembering their battle against each other's team, Kaminari easily overpowering him in strength and Kaminari in his electricity.
"Yeah, only you weren't electricity-proof." Kaminari grumbled.
"And despite keeping a clear head and being more strategic than Blanka, Pikachu rarely shows any exemplary competence or aptitude on his own either." Wiz continued. "Many of his greatest achievements are actually a result of his Trainer's quick thinking or even downright luck."
"Oftentimes, a Pokémon is only as good as the Trainer who leads it." Izuka said. "Its not all the times, but its generally how it works in the Pokémon world."
"Everything was going well, until Pikachu lost his head." Boomstick punned.
"Not cool, bro. Not cool." Kaminari shook his head, rubbing it.
"The winner is Blanka." Wiz declared.
With the battle over, the Pikachu and Blanka voters shook hands and accepted the results. Jurota and Kaminari shook hands, no hard feelings earned.
"I'm getting pretty tired of sitting down." Mount Lady yawned and stretched. "When is it over for today?"
"I believe that one more fight would be appropriate enough." Nezu replied. "After this, we may be adjourned for the day, and resume tomorrow. Is that acceptable?"
The group nodded in agreement, some of the students disappointed but most likewise felt rather tired of sitting and watching for so long.
"Next time on Death Battle." Boomstick announced.
The screen was pitch black and silent for moment until they heard a voice speak out of the darkness.
"Ka Me" The voice shouted out, a small whitish blue light appearing and growing and the sound of energy humming in power growing too. "Ha Me!" The voice grew louder as the blue light grew larger and started revealing a large s. "HHHAAAAAAAA!!!" The blue light exploded out in white with the voice roaring out loud, the light fully revealing a large S encased in a shield crest.
Goku vs Superman!
Eyes went wide and full of excitement and sudden awe.
Izuku's eyes widened astronomically, remembrance in his eyes. "Its Superman!" Izuku pointed out. "From Batman's analysis! They called him the Strongest Hero of All Time!"
"Oh shit! You're Right, Midobro!" Kirishima exclaimed. "That's the same S shield thing that was Superman's chest!"
"But who's Goku?" Uraraka questioned.
An answer came to Izuku with a sudden mild headache. 'Dammit. Not again.' Izuku internally flinched in pain. 'Its back. The last time this happened was with Kratos vs Spawn and in Vegeta's analysis...' Izuku's eyes widened in realization once more, remembering, and shot up from his seat. "Son Goku."
"Pardon?" Todoroki questioned.
"Its Son Goku, the other fighter." Izuku repeated. "He was in Vegeta's analysis, Vegeta's rival. I think the person screaming was also Goku."
Eyes widened one after the other as they remembered the appearance and name of Goku, the rival of a planet destroyer like Vegeta.
"And wait, that attack he was yelling." Nejire pointed out. "Kamehameha. Didn't Boomstick say that before, too?"
"I think so." Mirio nodded. "During the Eggman vs Wily video, he said that one of Eggman's robots fires Kamehameha's and it was a large laser. I guess that must be what the Kamehameha was."
"HOLY FUCKING SHIT!" Boomstick screamed.
"OH MY GOD!" Wiz exclaimed in pure excitement.
"QUICK! SOMEONE GIVE ME A MOTHERFUCKING TABLE TO FLIP!" Boomstick screamed again in hype.
"Jesus, they are excited." Setsuna chuckled. "I don't think they were this excited in any of the fights before."
"Interesting." Nezu hummed. "The claimed Strongest Hero of All Time against a rival to a planet-destroying Super Saiyan." Nezu smiled in pure anticipation. "I truly can't wait to see what becomes of this."
With the urging of the students, Mei needed no more say and pressed the play button, starting the video.
Notes:
AAAAAANNNNNDDDD SCENE! Finally done and thus begins the avalanche of comments in anticipation for Goku vs Superman. And to be straight up, NO, I won't be changing the results of the fight. Call me bias, say it doesn't make sense, say that Goku now has Ultra Instinct, I don't give a shit, I am already dreading having to do this fight at all and I have no room in mind for any 'ifs' 'ands' or 'buts'.
But on a more positive note, the multiversal counterpart explanations.
For Pikachu as Kaminari, well it was obvious. Dude gets called a Ripoff Pikachu in practically every single fanfic I read. Both have electricity powers, Kaminari's hair feels like a pallet swap of Pikachu's colors, and both characters are lacking in the physical strength and stamina department. Plus, just as Kaminari can be a bit obnoxious, so was Pikachu in the early stages of the Pokémon anime. Also, while the refusing the evolve into Raichu part that All Might liked seemed to be hinting it was Izuku, I actually would have have Ash be Izuku but then the list of Izuku counterparts would be too much and I didn't want to steal Kaminari's 'Thunder' again. *Cue Badum chi*
And speaking of which, yes, like the Mega Man games exists in the world of My Hero Academia, so does Pokémon. I also hoped you guys liked the reversal of roles where instead of Momo and Iida explaining things to the more unintelligent members of the group, it was the other way around and characters like Kaminari, Mina, and Uraraka explaining things to Todoroki, Momo, and Iida, with Izuku still explaining things because, as Bakugou said, the dude's a nerd.
Going back on topic, as for Blanka being Jurota, is was likewise an obvious choice. The two are powerful, savage, yet gentle and passive characters, with Blanka being a passive, gentle giant and Jurota as a respectful and gentlemanly dude, but then both become savage beasts in a fight, with Blanka going more savage and Jurota's Quirk making him more wild and rage-filled. Plus, I couldn't help but find the gentlemanly and smart looking Jurota being an unintelligent, jungle Frankenstein in another world. Plus plus, he's already counterparts with a popular, large, green goliath in Welcome to the MCU, so why not this green man-beast, too?
Again, I apologize for the long wait for this chapter, but I will prioritize my own personal mental health and family life first and foremost. And as for the unfortunate take down from the site, it is sad and stupid that it happened but it is what it is and just shows the hypocrisy of the site who says 'Unleash your imagination'. I also apologize if this chapter isn't as well written or long like the others but I was off my game after so long, but I hope you guys liked it anyways.
Well up next is Goku vs Superman, oh boy, and then afterwards, an interlude chapter, hopefully around the same month, to go over all the fights prior and most of the stuff spoken about in them. Until then, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, leave your thoughts and counterpart predictions in the comments, check out my other stories if it pleases you, and keep each other safe and healthy and please get your shots so we can try and beat this virus thing once and more for all.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and as Impulse would say 'Stay crash'! Adios!
Chapter 25: Goku vs Superman
Summary:
Two of the multiverse's greatest Heroes and Warriors clash to the spectacle of the U.A. group.
Notes:
WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE! I AM YOUR HOST, ZAYDEN STORMVOID, AND HERE WE HAVE THE FINALE OF SEASON 1 OF DEATH BATTLE!
Yep, its here. Goku vs Superman. Super Saiyan vs Kryptonian. Z-Fighter vs the Man of Steel. But before that, I should clear the air on how this fight is going to go down. I will Only be using the information of the first Goku vs Superman and I will Not be using the information of the second Goku vs Superman, Nor will I be doing that fight in the future. One of these controversial fights is enough. Its not because I don't like who won, its because its pointless and tiring.
Secondly, to reiterate the first point, I will only be using the info of this fight, so Pre-Crisis, as Wiz and Boomstick said, will not be used, and the current information on them, like Goku's Super Saiyan God, Blue, or Ultra Instinct, will also be ignored. I don't wanna here any if's or but's, this is how it will be.
Thirdly, after this chapter will be an interlude chapter, a break chapter built for plot and character growth. After that chapter, we will resume this series with Season 2 and so on and so forth. Got it?
Last time, we had the electrifying clash between Pikachu and Blanka, along with the disturbing and gruesome end to everyone's favorite spark rat, to his counterpart's horror. We also had Jurota as Blanka, Todoroki, Iida, and Momo being on the receiving end of being given information, Kouta growing more closer and friendlier with Eri, and rounds of puke released after Pikachu's fate, mostly from Amajiki.
And now, before we get into this fight, here is the Index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wiz Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick, buff All Might, Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, combatant, or fight dialogue
And as always, I do Not own My Hero Academia, Horikoshi and Bones Studios do, or Death Battle, that's Roosterteeth and the Death Battle channel, nor do I own the mentioned franchises in past, future, and present chapters, like Superman being DC. (P.S. This chapter is also for you Superman writers who also found the sudden bisexual change to Jon Kent as boring, uninspiring, and annoying, especially for my mom, who is a huge Superman fan.)
Now, triggering extreme leftist's and the annoying members of the alphabet gang aside, ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BATTTTTTLLLLEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
With Mei pressing the play button, the students were practically bouncing in their seats in excitement, including Bakugou, wondering how strong his counterpart's rival is and who he is. Deku had an empty notebook and pencil at the ready, practically vibrating and shaking in his seat so much, Eri felt like she on a roller coaster, and liked it if her giggling and laughing were an indication.
The Heroes and Teachers couldn't help but feel as curious as their students, with some leaning in their seats and paying full attention on who these two fighters are and how powerful they were. Endeavor recalled how it was said that this Superman, while beaten by Batman, was called the most powerful Superhero of all time, making the now Number 1 Hero ponder just how true the statement was. And All Might remembered how powerful Vegeta was with his planet destroying powers and forms, and wondered just how much powerful his rival could be.
"Both born to dying races and sent to brave new worlds, these two alien saviors are legendary." Wiz started.
"Ooh! So their both aliens?!" Mina perked up, more excited.
"That Goku guy I get because he's the same as Vegeta, who was a Saiyan, I think." Kosei said. "But what about that guy? He just looks human."
"We'll find out." Shoda responded.
"And everybody wants to know who would kick who's ass in a fight." Boomstick said. "And I mean everyone."
"Yeah! So quit with the intros and just get into it already!" Bakugou yelled, his excitement only fueling his impatience.
"Son Goku, Z-Fighter and the tenacious Super Saiyan." Wiz introduced the first fighter.
"And Superman, Last Son of Krypton and the Man of Steel." Boomstick introduced the other.
"Son of Krypton?" Jurota questioned. "Like the element Krypton?"
"Maybe they are referring to an alien planet called Krypton." Izuku answered Jurota's confusion.
"To ensure no questions are left unanswered, we will be acknowledging every official resource for both combatants, though the original writings hold precedence. No mistranslations allowed." Wiz explained.
"Wizard and Boomstick are taking this battle more seriously than all the others." Momo pointed out. "They must really care about these two a lot."
"They did say that everyone would want to know who would kick the other's ass, so maybe the people who watched their show on their Earth had high expectations for this one and didn't want to disappoint." Kyouka said.
"Also, as he was retconned and rebuilt in 1986's Crisis on Infinite Earths, we will be examining the modern version of Superman."
"Modern version?" Uraraka questioned. "Why wouldn't they use the original one?"
"And considering that Supes, pre-86, could make up new super powers on the fly and destroy entire solar systems by sneezing, probably a good idea." Boomstick agreed.
"...Oh...that makes sense." Uraraka managed to say, while eyebrows were already raised high at the ludicrously insane feat.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick." Boomstick introduced the themselves.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle." Wiz finished the intro.
The first combatant was seen in both his younger version and his adult version. Both of them had wild, spiky black hair, short, sharp noses, thick black eyebrows over either happy, cheerful eyes or serious, intimidating ones. The younger version was, obviously, short, almost the size of Mineta, and wore a indigo blue gi with a white belt, black, sandal shoes, and red wristbands. He also was seen mostly with a long, red staff that seemed to extend magically and a brown, monkey-like tail, similar to his future rival. His older, adult version was significantly taller, with his more defined, muscled body clothed in a orange gi over a blue undershirt and wrapped in a blue belt around the waist, with blue wristbands replacing the red ones. His gi also had two different symbols, one over his left chest and the other, larger one on the back.
While the child Goku was enough to make the girls coo at how adorable he was, the adult, muscular Goku elicited approving nods and gazes from the Pro Heroines, mostly Midnight and Mount Lady.
With Bakugou, he carefully looked over his counterpart's rival. After seeing his blend of goofy smiles and serious glares, a feeling nagged in his head. The 1-A Pomeranian did not know what it was but if made him look over at the excited Deku to his right.
Son Goku
"Hiiiya!" The video began with young Goku, jumping upwards into the air at a stump of wood, which he proceeded to hit and break it into smaller, even pieces of wood. He landed in a crouch as the stacked wood landed on the ground, in front of him.
"Woah." Sen said, impressed. "What a way to say that this guy is a badass by showing him as a kid doing that."
"Kakarot was born to a low-class Saiyan warrior, Bardock, and his mother, Gine, on Vegeta, the planet not the king or prince." Wiz revealed, Bardock shown to be a near carbon copy of Goku, only with different armor and a scar. "He narrowly escaped the extinction of his entire race by the hands of Frieza thanks to his mother spiriting him away in a pod while his father fought against the tyrant."
"Like father like son. They look so alike." Setsuna pointed out. "Except the scar and he looks meaner."
"So this Goku is another survivor of of his species like Vegeta." All Might said. "His father was brave to fight valiantly against such a tyrant."
"Bardock never stood a chance, and neither did planet Vegeta, but Bardock at least got a weird vision of the future of his son fighting Frieza, and avenging his species." Boomstick pointed out, Bardock receiving that vision and smiling before being consumed in Frieza's planet destroying energy orb.
The sight of Planet Vegeta exploding by the mad, cackling tyrant refueled the hatred and fear towards Frieza, now amplified at seeing Goku's father die firsthand. All Might bowed his head in respect to the fallen warrior, he felt glad that, in his final moments, Bardock found a sense of peace and hope from his son.
"The orphan was sent to Earth with a single, mentally programmed mission-"
"Destroy everything! Then he conveniently bumped his head and forgot about it all." Boomstick exclaimed, showing baby Goku acting aggressive and brattish towards an old man, till he fell of a cliff, bumped his head on a rock, and then starting acting nice.
"Huh?" Mina questioned. "So Kakarot was first sent to Earth to destroy it? But he looks so nice and adorable."
"Wizard claimed that Kakarot's mission was mentally programmed, which most assuredly means that it was brainwashed into his mind." Iida responded. "It is fortunate that that incident helped wipe such a terrible mission from his mind."
"Also, what kind name is Kakarot?" Sero asked. "Sounds like that Taokaka chick who's part of her name is translated as poop."
BACKGROUND
Full Name: Son Goku
Birth Name: Kakarot
Age: 53 (Body=45)
Height: 175cm/5'9"
Weight: 62 kg/137 lbs
Z-Fighter
Married to Chi Chi
Occupation: Radish farmer
Masters: Muten Roshi, Korin, Popo, Kami, North Kai, Old Kai
"Dubbed Son Goku by his adopted grandfather, Gohan, his life revolves around combat." Wiz said. "He cares little for anything else, unless it involves his friends, family, and food.
"Can I have another bowl, please?" Young Goku asked, as piles of once full, now empty bowls and plates surrounded him, and his friends and the waiter fell over in shock.
"I like this guy!" Fat Gum smiled and gave a thumbs up while the rest of the audience were likewise flabbergasted by the amount of food he consumed and was still hungry.
"So that's why his name is Son Goku." Ryukyu said, shaking off the shock. "Also, his desire for combat does make sense because the Saiyans were said to be a warrior race."
"Just like that Vegeta fellow from one of the prior fights." Snipe said. "Bet that this guy is going to have the same golden-haired transformation and Ki powers."
TRAINING
w/ Grandpa Gohan
-Kung-Fu & basic training
w/ Roshi (Kame-Sennin Ryu)
-Intense labor develops superhuman agility
w/ Korin
-Trains endurance & opponent anticipation
w/ Kami & Popo
-Senses, meditation, & precision
w/ King Kai (Kaio-Ken)
-Advanced Ki training & 10x gravity
"At 12 years old, he was trained by Master Roshi in Kame-Sennin Ryu, which pushes a person to superhuman levels through rigorous labors." Boomstick revealed, Goku being shown taught by the skinny old man on turtle.
"Kame-Senneen Reeyu?" Pony repeated incorrectly and confused.
"In Japanese, its translated to Turtle Hermit Style." Itsuka translated. "From what I see, it seems that the basis of this style is to perform those trials while weighed down by weighs, like a turtle, to train your muscles to become faster and stronger."
Kyouka shivered at the sight of the old man. "Why does that guy still give me the creeps?" She questioned.
"Why do I feel like I like this guy?" Mineta also questioned.
"Complementing his Saiyan biology, where they gain greater strength through fatigue and exhaustion, Goku's superhuman strength, speed, and senses skyrocketed." Wiz added, showing young Goku able to push a boulder almost five times his size with little strain.
"Holy shit!" Kirishima exclaimed. "That's like five times his size! So Manly!"
Izuku recognized some of the training regiments that Goku performed were similar to some of his own training under All Might when he was clearing the beach, like trying to pull that refrigerator with All Might on top. Finding this training style similar and interesting, Izuku wrote down as many of the regiments that he saw, in hopes to test them out later.
FIGHTING TECHNIQUES
After-Image (Zanzouken)
Dragonthrow
Mimicry
Rock, Scissor 'N' Paper (Janken)
Fist Shockwave
Fist of Eight Hands (Hasshu-ken)
Masters: Musten Roshi, Korin, Popo, Kami, North Kai, Old Kai
"He developed numerous fighting techniques including the fast-moving After-image, Fist Shockwave, and the Dragonthrow, his trademark grapple." Wiz listed, showing Goku moving so fast he was making copies of himself and grabbing opponents and swinging them in circles, before tossing them.
"Jesus, he's so fast!" Kaminari exclaimed.
Iida's glasses went crooked on the shocked teen's face, mentally reminding himself to train on his speed to try and reach such levels.
"Hey that looks kinda like your X-Catapult, Bakubro." Kirishima pointed out, to Bakugou's smugness and Kamakiri's phantom sores, of being victim to said X-Catapult, flared up.
"I wonder if I can do the same with my tail." Ojiro pondered, imagining grappling someone with his tail and then spin them around before tossing them.
"At fifteen, he was already so powerful that the only worthy teachers left were gods...and a talking, super fast cat, but mostly GODS!" Boomstick exclaimed dramatically. "He was only a kid and his power level was already enormous!"
Vegeta gritted his teeth in anger and destroyed the scanner in his hands. "It's over nine thousa-"
"Wait, Not yet!" Boomstick paused the video, and showing a fast-forward summary of the Dragonball Z series till that moment. "Okay, now it is."
"Wow, that was so cool!" Izuku exclaimed in awe. "He did all that?!"
"You actually were able to understand all that Deku?" Uraraka asked, surprised.
"Yeah, well a bit." Izuku said. "Like fighting that other Saiyan that look like him a bit, how he died in that fight, training in some kind of afterlife place with that blue guy and then coming back."
"WHAT?! DIED?!" The students looked at him like he was crazy.
"Y-Yeah." Izuku replied. "He got shot through the chest with a laser beam. And he had some sort of halo on his head like he was dead. And this is the same world where Vegeta was revived from the Dragonballs, so resurrection isn't impossible here."
"Your powers of analysis are actually quite frightening, Izuku." Momo spoke honestly, the rest of the classes and teachers agreed.
"What?! 9,000?!" Nappa yelled in shock.
"FALSE!" Wiz suddenly exclaimed, a big red False plastered in the middle. "In the Japanese manga, Goku's power level at that time was 8,000. But it doesn't even matter because power levels are absurd. 'The entire point of introducing them was to show how unreliable and meaningless they were.'" Wiz quoted the last sentence from Kanzenshuu. "By relying on power levels, the villains constantly underestimated the heroes. Therefore, using them to judge Goku's abilities is pointless."
"Interesting." Nezu hummed in thought. "A rather flawed process of defining one's physical prowess that worked in the heroes' favor. I wonder if such technology would possible for us to define a Villain's threat level."
"That sounds actually interesting." David Shield said, himself pondering at the idea. "However, while we can analyze a Quirk's power and status through its Alpha Particles, that still requires extensive medical equipment and the subject's DNA samples. So to try and do the same with someone with only a scanner and no prior records of the Quirk, it would be difficult."
"And I worry that even if such device would work, it could be rather misleading with those with non-combative Quirks, like Eraser's and Midnight's, or strong Quirkless individuals like Batman." Power Loader argued.
"Agreed." Shield replied.
"Besides, the Daizenshuu says that—"
"Dai-what now?" Boomstick asked confused.
"Our Official Dragonball Encyclopedia from our viewings." Wiz answered. "It states power levels eventually become immeasurable, not because they are so high they can't be measured, but because the characters, and hopefully the audience, have realized just how futile these numbers are."
"I'm still ten times stronger than you are!" A wild black mane haired Raditz proclaimed.
"That may be true, but strength isn't the only thing that matters" Goku declared defiantly.
Izuku and All Might smiled, agreeing with the pure-hearted warrior's words. They themselves were considered weak and powerless in a world full of superpowers, and both deemed worthy and were granted one of the strongest Quirks of them all by something other than strength.
"We cannot judge Goku by his power level, nor can we through power scaling, the theory that he can achieve the same feats as lesser Dragonball characters." Wiz explained their methods. "Goku's abilities are tailored to his personal training and experiences, not to mention anatomy."
"I'm rather impressed with the effort they are putting into this battle." Tiger nodded in approval of Wiz and Boomstick's effort.
"And here I thought they were just a deranged scientist and alcoholic." Pixie Bob smirked.
"They still are." Aizawa pointed out.
"I can breathe in space and you can't." Frieza mocked towards Goku while the two floated over a immense hole while lightning sparked around them.
"However, Goku does have a knack for mimicking Ki techniques." Boomstick jumped in.
"Called it." Snipe said.
"Wasn't exactly hard to figure out." Cementoss replied.
KI ATTACKS
Ki Blast
Destructo Disc (Kienzan)
Solar Flare (Taiyo-ken)
Ki Barrier
Kiai Cannon
Spirit Bomb (Genki Dama)
Dragon Fist
"'Ki is metaphysical, made up of things such as vigor, courage and being in one's true mind." Wiz read another quote from Kanzenshuu.
"Uuuhhh..." Kaminari and Mina said simultaneously.
"It's basically a kind of natural life force energy and is a fundamental component of Daoist medicine and martial arts." Boomstick simplified.
"Okay that makes better sense." Hagakure said. "Thanks Boomstick!"
"Oh, and uh, it's NOT magic!"
"The Dragonball universe creates a very distinct difference between Ki and magic. Ki is dependent on the physical ability of the user." Wiz explained. "And magic-users like Babidi are clearly using something different. Goku harnesses and manipulates his Ki energy—"
"-Into Badass lasers and stuff, like Ki blasts, energy barriers and the Destructo Disc, which he totally stole from Krillin. The Solar Flare blinds opponents and the Spirit Bomb puts energy from other things into a giant death ball... that takes freaking forever to make." Boomstick listed, showing Goku firing beams of blue energy, a spinning disc of energy that shredded through a tail, emit a blinding flash of light, and create a massive orb of blue, glowing energy.
"That's incredible!" Izuku exclaimed as he started writing and mumbling like a madman. "This Ki ability is very versatile. It can be used both offensively and defensively. Solar Flare can be used to blind Villains temporarily so that they can be taken down quickly, or in case a Hero needs to escape. And that Solar Flare and Spirit Bomb be used more offensively to take down more powerful and defensive Villains. And those Ki Blasts looks like they can be used in a number of ways, too, and they look almost similar to Nejire's Spiral blats. Also, sense they said that its part of Daoist medicine, it could also be used in a supporting, healing capability. Maybe Recovery Girl's Healing Quirk actually heals one's inner Ki? Does Nejire use Ki as part of her Quirk? But wait, does Ki actually exist here? Wait, could anybody use K-"
"SHUT THE HELL UP, DEKU!" Bakugou took it upon himself to snap the teen from his mumbling rant to get on with the video.
"And energy taken from sentient beings must be voluntary." Wiz pointed out, showing people raising their hands into thee air and releasing orbs of energy. "The Spirit Bomb is fueled by positive energy which is only effective against those filled with negative energy, AKA evil. In the Super Android 13 film, Goku actually absorbs the Ki gathered from the Spirit Bomb, becoming one with it, transforming and manipulating the energy himself."
"Such power." All Might awed in disbelief at the yield and power of the Spirit Bomb. 'And for it to come from the energy of others sounds rather similar to One For All's Stockpiling power.'
"I have a feeling that the Spirit Bomb won't work on Superman." Todoroki expressed his opinion.
"What makes you say that?" Ojiro asked.
"Wizard said that the positive energy of the Spirit Bomb only effects those with negative emotions, against evil." Todoroki repeated Wiz's words. "Given how this Superman looks and what we heard from their analysis on Batman, Superman is a Hero, and a great one at that. I'm sure that he wouldn't be classified as evil or filled with negative emotion, so I believe the Spirit Bomb won't work directly at Superman."
Endeavor smiled proudly at his son for his excellent analysis skills.
"Todoroki's right." Momo said. "A direct attack with the Spirit Bomb seems unlikely to work, but I believe that later part of that information we will see in their fight. Perhaps if Goku has used up too much power, he could absorb the Spirit Bomb instead to replenish his energy."
"The only problem with that possibility is that Boomstick claimed that the Spirit Bomb takes time to form, so I doubt Superman would allow for his opponent to replenish his help." Jurota pointed out.
"And the energy of the Spirit Bomb must be given voluntarily and willingly when it comes to sentient beings." Izuku added. "But that goes against the rules of outside help, so Goku would either have to take it from a non-sentient source or not use it at all."
KAMEHAMEHA
Means "Turtle Destruction wave"
Concentrates Ki into a single point
Requires some time to charge
Variants
-Jet: Propels Goku
-Bending: Directed in Midair
-Super: Planet bursting power
-Twin Dragon Shot: Released as spheres
-Continuous: Rapid-Fire
-10x: Max output in Super Saiyan 4, After-effect blasts victim later
"But his two best moves are the Dragon Fist, where he super-charges his punch with a golden Ki dragon," Boomstick showed Goku punching with a golden dragon trailing behind him. "And the one and only Kamehameha: a giant focused beam which every kid in the world has always wanted to do. Don't lie, you've tried it."
"KAMEHAMEHA!" Goku roared, cupping his hands behind him, an orb of energy building up in between his hands, before he fired it as a large beam of blue energy.
Jaws dropped at the sheer power and spectacle of the powerful move.
"I guess that's what a Kamehameha is." Nejire said, smile wide in amazement.
"So. Manly." Kirishima and Tetsutetsu squeaked out, while shedding a manly tear.
Izuku was already giddy but now went full on fanboy, already writing down the various ways the Kamehameha was used. Nejire felt her brain light up, looking at her hands and wondering if she could condense her own vitality into such a powerful blast. Meanwhile, Bakugou couldn't help but smirk in pride, imagining his AP Shot to be rather similar to this attack.
"Kamehameha!" Eri and Kouta both attempted to do the move, with Kouta even mimicking the attack with his Water Quirk spraying out some water. The students and adults chuckled and laughed at the enthusiasm and nature of the two children, Mirio ruffling Eri's head affectionately, while Deku patted both Eri and Kouta's heads, the two pleased by the attention.
KI MANIPULATION
Telekinesis
Flight
Ki Sense
Instant Transmission (Shunkanido)
Telepathy
Mind Reading
"Goku also uses Ki for telekinesis and high-speed flight." Wiz further revealed.
"He can Fly, too?!" Sen and Awase exclaimed.
"He can fly, He can fly, He can Fly!" Kaminari sang out with a smile.
Punishment: Explosion to the face from annoyed Pomeranian.
Reiko smiled, liking this Goku more with his Ki powers being now similar to her own Poltergeist Quirk.
"He can even sense the power and location of other Ki sources and then teleport directly to them with Instant Transmission."
"And he can teleport?!" Mineta exclaimed.
"Which is light speed!" Boomstick exclaimed.
"You dematerialize and travel as a mass of light." Goku explained to Future Trunks.
"Again, False." Wiz jumped in again and declared. "This is another mistake in translation. According to the original manga, 'Instant Transmission is… well… instant.'" Another quote from Kanzenshuu. "Its only flaw is that it requires concentrated focus."
'It's no good. I can't concentrate.' Goku mentally said as he flew away from an encroaching red energy wave.
"Also, he can read minds." Wiz added, Goku placing his head on a 6 dot tattooed little man.
"This Ki power is rather impressive to perform so many different powers." Vlad King hummed out. "Not only does this Goku already appear that have firepower that can surpass many of our own Heroes with such powers and possesses Telepathy that surpasses Mandalay's, but can teleport like Kurogiri."
"His teleportation appears actually better than Kurogiri's." Nezu pointed out. "Kurogiri's Warp Gates require for him to be aware of where he is sending them and requires a person's exact coordinates to warp others from other locations. However, Son Goku's teleportation can easily meet those requirements by sensing their own Ki and instantly, while Kurogiri's requires some time."
"Wait, what?! Is there no limit to this Ki thing?" Boomstick questioned.
"That's what I was thinking." Kosei said.
KAIO-KEN
Taught by North King Kai
Multiplies Ki and physical power
Too much strain can be Fatal
Multiplication amount is controlled
Goku's highest multiplication: 20x
"There is." Wiz responded, Goku being bathed in red energy and suddenly becoming faster and stronger. "Goku draws from a finite pool of Ki energy. So to increase his power, Goku perfected the art of Kaio-Ken. This amplifies Goku's Ki, multiplying his strength, speed, defense and so on. This and the Instant Transmission and Spirit Bomb were taught to him by North King Kai under 10 times the gravity of Earth."
"He can multiply his power?!" Melissa said shocked.
"10 times Earth's gravity?!" Uraraka exclaimed, too. "That's amazing!"
"Actually, Uraraka, could you be able to do that?" Deku asked.
"What do you mean?" Uraraka asked back.
"Your Zero Gravity Quirk can nullify a person's gravity by touching them." Deku replied. "But you can't be actually be nullifying gravity entirely. This has always been bugging me, but when you saved me during the Entrance Exam, if you did in fact nullify Earth's gravitational field on me, I would have still kept moving downward at the same rate of velocity. The only way to could have arrested my motion would be if you were actually removing my Mass and Altering my Momentum. Think about it. Gravity is Dependent on the mass of the object and the Earth's, so removing the mass of an object would make the Earth's force of gravity on that object zero. It would also explain why you stopped me from falling. If my mass was less than the air around me, then I would have been suspended or decelerated by the air."
Uraraka and the rest of the group went wide eyed at the revelation, but kept quiet to let Deku continue.
"So if all this time you have been actually altering mass and momentum, then could it be possible to reverse your Quirk and increase the mass and, therefore, gravity of an object?" Izuku finished.
Sheer shocked silence was all the students and even teachers could muster at the sheer analytical genius that was Izuku Midoriya. Momo, Iida, and even Melissa felt so stupid to have overlooked such obvious clues back then that they wished to have someone smack them. Ryukyu, herself, even felt embarrassed and ashamed that she, an experienced, seasoned Pro, couldn't have picked up on that, while a 16 year old boy could.
"I failed as a mentor." Ryukyu slumped in sheer shame.
"Hey, hey, don't knock on yourself too hard, Ryu." Miruko eased Ryukyu with a pat on the back. "Hell, I didn't even figure that out, and almost all of us didn't either. Even Uraraka. Its not your fault that the kid's a genius."
Uraraka looked at the stubs on her hands that helped use her Quirk, pondering, if Deku was right, how stupid she and the doctors who told her and her parents were about her Quirk. 'It...it does make sense.' Uraraka thought. 'I never thought about it like that. C-could all this time, I could have been increasing people's mass and gravity instead of canceling it?'
The mere idea and possibilities that Deku opened up for her, nearly made Uraraka lunge at the boy and suck his face till he passed out. Very nearly.
"Bravo! Bravo!" Nezu clapped his hands in sheer laughter and joy. "How marvelously put, Mr. Midoriya!"
"Wait, you mean the kid's right?!" Mic questioned.
"Oh, no, I don't presume to fully support Midoriya's suggestion." Nezu replied. "I merely am congratulating how impressive his developed analysis and deduction skills are. Whether he was right is another topic entirely. However, I have had my suspicions regarding Ms. Uraraka's true extent and meaning of her Quirk, and was planning to discuss with her about it."
"Ms. Uraraka, if you wouldn't mind testing Midoriya's hypothesis, I would be more than happy to help reexamine your Quirk with the best Quirk doctors at our disposal." Nezu offered. "And you wouldn't have to pay a cent. I would be more than happy to use my own finances to help discover the full potential of one of my students."
After the mention of the offer being free was mentioned, Uraraka quickly nodded her head so fast, her friends were concerned that she was going to get whiplash. "YES-I mean yes, I would be more than happy, Principal Nezu, sir!" Uraraka calmed down.
Nezu nodded pleased and gestured for them to continue with the video.
"Only one problem: it puts a giant strain on his body and can even kill him." Boomstick said, Goku's muscles practically bulging and throbbing in pain and strain.
"Dear God, I know he's in pain, but god those muscles!" Miruko grinned lustfully. "He could suffocate me with those biceps any day."
Since she wasn't exactly quiet with her words, the students, and the more conservative of adults, blushed heavily. THe girl even blushed and most of the guys had their blood flow rapidly out their noses or travel down to their, now uncomfortable, nether regions at the lustful words and mental image Miruko produced. Mineta practically passed out with a delirious smile. It was a sheer miracle that Deku and Mirio covered Eri and Kouta's ears, though even the innocent duo weren't left unscathed from Miruko's words, Deku struggling to wipe away the blood from his nose and settle down his friend downstairs.
"Way to be subtle." Ryukyu said sarcastically. "I thought you had eyes set out on Midoriya." She whispered out that last part
"Correction, I am Interested in him, not in Love with him." Miruko corrected her friend and colleague. "Still, he has plenty on time in the future to change my mind."
Ryukyu rolled her eyes, ultimately finding it useless to understand or argue with the Rabbit Hero.
"Kaio-Ken... TIMES TWENTY!" Goku roared, red energy bursting off of him as he flew away.
"He multiply his power by 20?!" Melissa gaped in awe.
"Just how powerful is this man?" Kyouka asked.
INVENTORY
Power Pole (Nyoi-Bo)
-Indestructible
-Extends & Contracts on command
-Limitless reach
Flying Nimbus (Kinto-Un)
-Flies at Mach 1.5
Exclusive to people with a pure heart
Senzu Beans
-Instantly heals wounds & broken
-Restores Ki
-Stored in a belt pouch
"But Goku does not have to rely solely on his Ki. He wields the Power Pole, 'a magical staff which expands and contracts'" Wiz revealed and quoted the Daizenshuu again, Goku shown wielding the long, extending pole.
"That would be a great way to preserve his energy in a fight." Mirio said.
"When he's hurt, eating a Senzu bean heals him up to full strength and to get around, he rides the Flying Nimbus, a flying cloud which probably tastes like cotton candy." Boomstick added.
"That's astonishing!" Momo gasped out. "If such a thing were to exist, think of all the injuries and illnesses it could heal!"
"Heh, if we had those beans, you'd be out of a job, Chiyo." Gran Torino chuckled.
"Oh, I wish we would have those instead." Recovery Girl said. "Maybe we should give a lifetime's supply to Midoriya and save me the trouble of healing his bones every week."
"Aww, that flying cloud looks cute!" Eri cooed. "I want a ride, too!"
"Me too!" Kouta exclaimed excited. "It would be so cool!"
"You know with his strength, that pole, and the flying cloud, and the fact that he is technically more of a monkey, he's pretty much like Sun Wukong." Ojiro commented, comparing Goku with the the infamous Monkey King of Journey to the West.
But while the others were excited about the flying cloud, healing beans, and magically extending poles, the trio of Aizawa, Mic, and Midnight were silent. Their figures appeared weighed down by an invisible weight, their eyes heavy with sadness as Goku wielding that pole and flying around on that cloud brought up memories of their own cloud-riding friend, Shirakumo.
"Outrageous! Scandalous! Shameful! Lemme in on it!" They remembered Shirakumo when he entered the classroom on Loud Cloud with his trademark fighting pole in hand, smiling goofily.
"SHADOW! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: OBORO SHIRAKUMO AKA KUROGIRI!" They also remember one of the prior fights and the revelation of Shirakumo as the Warp Villain Kurogiri.
The three were all still determined that what they heard and saw was bullshit and wrong, but they would just have to wait and see the truth.
"Still, the Kaio-Ken was Goku's trump card for some time until a fateful battle with the tyrant Frieza, who pushed Goku past his limits to achieve the legendary form of Super Saiyan." Wiz said, Goku roaring in pure anger till he was covered in golden light, most of his hair stuck upwards and turned golden, along with his eyebrows, and his black eyes turned sky blue.
Despite witnessing it beforehand in Vegeta, the sight of Goku's pure roar of rage and his transformation still left shivers running down the spines of the group.
"So he can also turn into a Super Saiyan." Ectoplasm said. "And it is still as formidable and imposing as Vegeta's, if not more so."
Bakugou's eyes flinched at the unintentional diss at his counterpart and, by proxy, himself, but chose to stay silent. For now.
TRANSFORMATION
Great Ape (Ozaru)
-Base power x 10
Full Powered Super Saiyan
-Base power x 50
Super Saiyan 2
-Super Saiyan 1 power x 2
Super Saiyan 3
-Super Saiyan 2 power x 4
Super Saiyan 4
-Super Saiyan 4 power x 10
"There are four different levels of Super Saiyan, each drastically boosting his power." Boomstick said.
"Like the Kaio-Ken, each form does burden his body, though Goku has trained to minimize this." Wiz pointed out.
"If those numbers are true, that means that at his highest form, Goku is 4,000% stronger than his normal form!" Melissa added up and exclaimed.
"Super Saiyan 3 multiplies the already combined power of Super Saiyan 2 by four, but comes at a horrible price: That Hair!" Boomstick exclaimed dramatically at the ridiculously long mane of golden hair that would reached Goku's ankles if it wasn't stuck up a bit. "Oh, and it pretty much destroys his body while he's using it, but MY GOD, THE HAIR!"
"Hey, I disagree." Kirishima argued, sticking his chest out and placing his fist over his chest. "I think that hair is Manly as Hell."
"Agreed." Tetsutetsu agreed and mimicked his 1-A counterpart.
Kaminari and Mineta shook hands, betting that by 10 years time, either one or both hardheads will grow out a mane of their own.
"Fortunately for Goku, the life-sapping Super Saiyan 3 would be trumped by his final transformation: Super Saiyan 4." Wiz revealed the form, which had Goku's blonde hair switched back to black yet still long enough to flow down his shoulders, eye shadow over his glaring eyes, pink fur covering most of his body, saving the middle of his chest, mustard yellow harem pants covered his legs, with his pink tail sticking out. "This form alters his body to better endure the 4000x power increase."
Despite hearing it from Melissa, she and the rest of the audience couldn't help but drop their jaws at the menacing aura and power of Super Saiyan 4.
"He looks so cool!" Kouta gawked in amazement.
"And he's pink!" Mina exclaimed cheerfully. 'Please be Midori. Please be Midori. Please be Midori.' The pink-haired girl internally prayed for the badass Saiyan to get better.
"Complete with pink fur and eye shadow. Fear the Ultimate Form!" Boomstick declared dramatically for the third time.
"With each transformation, minus full-power Super Saiyan 1, Goku loses some self-control, becoming more violent and instinct-prone." Wiz revealed.
" When I'm at this power level, it's hard for me to listen to reason. I just lose control." Goku said menacingly towards his opponent that looked like a dragon.
Shivers ran down the student's, and some of the adult's, spines at the menacing tone on the yet smiling Saiyan.
"So the greater power he achieves through these transformations, the more at risk he is of losing control and into violence." Jurota summarized. "Rather similar consequence to my own Quirk."
"And he completely loses his shit when he turns into his Great Ape form." Boomstick added, Young Goku transforming into a gigantic, long-snouted gorilla-like monster.
"He can turn into THAT?!" Kaminari exclaimed in shock.
"The Great Ape form is a transformation all Saiyans go through when in contact with the full moon, sort of like a werewolf." Wiz explained. "Though this transformation, and Super Saiyan 4 require for Goku to have his tail. The first time Goku has ever turned into this form, as an inexperienced toddler, he lost control, resulting in the accidental death of his adopted grandfather."
"Oh no, that's so sad." Uraraka whined sadly.
Izuku looked down at Eri, hugging him tightly with a sad frown at the fate of Grandpa Gohan. After the successful raid on Shie Hassakai, the authorities searched through the records of the base, and interrogated Chisaki after they reacquired him, and they discovered more on Eri's past. How she was dumped onto her grandfather, the original leader of the Hassakai, by her mother after Eri's Quirk emerged and accidentally rewound her father out of existence. Now her father is gone, her mother abandoned her, and her only remaining relative is in coma that can't be awoken from.
They never told Eri is. After being informed, Izuku, Mirio, and the teachers felt it best to not tell Eri about it so soon after her rescue. The poor girl already suffered an lifetime of Hell and only was recently getting over her past and training to control her Quirk, to tell her now would only thrust her back into that darkness they pulled her from and, perhaps, even cause her to lose control of her Quirk.
'I'll tell her. One day.' Izuku thought, as he rubbed Eri's back much to her smile. 'But for now, I'll do everything I can to keep her smile wide and hopeful.'
"Worst periods ever." Boomstick said. " Since then he cut if off, but then regrew it to achieve this form."
"Goku's greatest strength is his tenacity and never-give-up attitude." Wiz said. "'He does not fight to defeat others. He fights to defeat himself.'" Wiz quoted this time from The Dao of Dragonball.
"PLUS ULTRA!" The students yelled, finding the warrior's mentality perfectly comparable to their alma mater.
All Might smiled down proudly at not only his protégé, but all His students and future Heroes, greater, he felt, than he could ever be.
"However, this may also be his greatest weakness."
"He prefers a fair fight, eager to see his opponent's maximum potential." Boomstick jumped in.
"He's about to reach his maximum." King Kai mentally warned Goku. "This could be your last chance."
"I want him to reach his maximum." Goku dismissed the Kai's warning. "I want to fight him when he's at his best!"
"But when the whole world is at stake, well... hindsight is 20/20." Wiz said.
"That definitely could be a problem." Izuku frowned. "If Superman has any weaknesses, than Goku won't use them and risk defeat in order to win fairly."
"Sounds a lot like how lost your shit at Sports Festival." Sero teased the winner of the Sports Festival at his explosive outrage at Todoroki refusing to use his full power.
"SHUT IT WEIRD ARMS!" Bakugou yelled in reply.
WEAKNESSES
Avoids unfair advantages
No formal education
Sometimes too forgiving
Super forms drain energy
Limited Amount of Ki
"And although he's more than tough enough to survive in a vacuum, he clearly needs oxygen, so no breathing in space." Boomstick added, showing Frieza dunking a struggling Goku's head into the water with his feet.
"The same weakness as Vegeta." Iida noted. "Which is understandable given they are the same species."
"Plus, well… Goku's not very bright." Wiz said disappointingly. "Despite some basic schooling from Roshi, Goku has never had a day of certified formal education in his life. It took him years just to learn how to drive."
"Oh dear, that is rather unfortunate." Nezu said.
It took the whole of the Dekusquad to reign in a flabbergasted and disturbed Iida from his explosive rant about the 'absolutely necessary and life important' education. Todoroki was half-ready to freeze Iida in a block of ice when they finally calmed him down.
"But why the hell would Goku need to drive a car?" Boomstick asked.
"Yeah, I mean he could just fly wherever he wanted." Sato said.
"I'm pretty sure he would freak people out if they saw someone flying through the air in a world where they don't seem to have Quirks or superpowers outside of Ki." Shoji replied.
"Even so, Goku understands his weaknesses." Wiz defended the Saiyan. "To him, a formal education would just be a waste of time. He is already a genius when it comes to martial arts."
Hearing that final statement made both Itsuka and Ojiro rather eager to train under the martial arts genius and teach them some moves.
"And even if he does get the hell beaten out of him, he improves with every fight." Boomstick said.
"And that is what Goku is all about." Wiz said. "He thrives on becoming stronger and bursting through limits and has overcome every obstacle in his way."
Izuku smiled, inspired and in awe of the Saiyan Warrior, his resolve to continue growing stronger with his use of One For All fueled. His fellow students felt the same way too.
"Even marriage and fatherhood." Boomstick joked, Goku shown being married to Chi Chi and spending time with his sons, Gohan and Goten.
The girls all cooed and squealed in delight at the romantic sight of Goku marrying Chi Chi and how cute Young Gohan and Goten were.
"Goku might just be the greatest martial artist in fictional history." Wiz ended.
"Y-You...You...What are you?!" Frieza demanded horrified and terrified.
"You haven't figured it out yet?" Goku questioned. "I'm the Saiyan who came all the way from Earth with the sole purpose of beating you." Freiza gawked in complete horror. "I'm the Warrior you've heard of from legends. Pure of Heart and awakened by Fury. That's what I am." The volcano exploded lava and fire behind the unconcerned Saiyan.
Goku exploded out golden energy and roared "I AM THE SUPER SAIYAN, SON GOKU!"
The group felt positively shaken by Goku's declaration towards Frieza, their hair comically blown back like they were there. Despite that, the students could not help the wide smiles of excitement on their faces, even Bakugou grinned, actually giving his respect towards the Super Saiyan.
Overall, the reaction towards Goku was relatively positive all around. Almost all the students saw him with inspiring eyes, the feeling brought on by his stance over his weaknesses and getting stronger, especially from Izuku and Bakugou, the latter of whom was only recently admitting to said mistakes and learning from them.
The only negative thoughts the Super Saiyan came mostly from the less amazed pros, with Endeavor and Aizawa finding Goku's insistence to not rely on advantages and fighting a foe at full strength reckless and illogical.
The second fighter held a certain air and presence about him that made the group look on it awe. He was tall and very muscular, almost like a shorter version of All Might. He had jet black hair, with one stray strand curled out, sky blue eyes, and a square, chiseled chin. His costume was likewise similar to All Might in its color scheme: red, blue, and gold. Most of the suit was blue, such as the arms, legs, and most of the chest, with red around the crotch region like he was wearing red underwear, complete with a yellow belt, red boots that rose to his ankles, and a long red flowing cape. The most iconic looking part of the suit was a red S on the chest, yellow surrounding the S and a red shield encasing the two.
The very presence and sight of the man in red, blue, and gold lifted the room's environment up by amazed expressions, shivers of awe, and humbleness.
Izuku and most of his fellow students couldn't help but feel like they were looking at All Might's clone by similar feeling the Man of Steel gave off compared to the Symbol of Peace. Even All Might smiled, impressed and in awe himself off the imposing strength and presence of the World's Fist Superhero.
Superman
"My son was in the bus. He saw what Clark did." The video began with a woman speaking as a school bus fell into a river, nearly drowning the children inside, only for it to be pushed onto land, with a girl looking back to see a young Clark outside and the one who pushed them to safety, before Clark fled.
"Kal-El was born a Kryptonian on the planet Krypton, born to a high-class scientist, Jor-El, and his wife, Lara." Wiz began. "He narrowly escaped the self-imposed destruction of his homeworld when his father sent him to Earth with the goal of survival and preserving human life."
"That's almost Goku's whole backstory to a t." Honenuki said.
"Well except that he was sent there to protect the planet not destroy it." Kuroiro pointed out.
"Also they said that his homeworld's destruction was self-imposed." Bondo also pointed out. "Does that mean that Superman's own people caused their world's destruction?"
"Seems so." Shoda said. "Though the only way they could have destroyed their own planet to that extent would be if they tapped into and destabilized the core of the planet."
"Kryptonian." Izuku mouthed as he began writing in his notebook on the Last Son of Krypton.
"Well, what a coincidence…" Boomstick exclaimed sarcastically. "Except for the whole saving human life thing."
BACKGROUND
Alternate Identity: Clark Joseph Kent
Birth Name: Kal-El
Age: 39
Height: 190.5 cm/6'3"
Weight: 102 kg/ 225 lbs
Married to Lois Lane
Member of the Justice League
Occupation: Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter
"After landing on Earth, he was found and raised by the Kents, Jonathon and Martha, who decided to name him Clark Kent." Boomstick continued. "And weren't they surprised when they found out he was an alien with superpowers."
"They look just how my folks looked on my 4th birthday when I ate my birthday cake and suddenly lifted the couch." Sato said, smiling fondly at that time.
"Why did you lift the couch?" Sero asked curious.
"I dropped my All Might figurine I got as a present and it slid under the couch." Sato answered.
"After discovering his true heritage, Clark refused to accept his Kryptonian side." Wiz revealed, showing an angry teenage Clark accidentally breaking a beam of their barn before storming off. "He subconsciously developed mental barriers that blocked him from attaining his full power, which he would work to uncover throughout the rest of his life."
"Stupid power-limiting brain!" Boomstick cursed jokingly.
"How does that bullshit work or make sense?!" Bakugou yelled, both confused and angry.
"Its not uncommon!" Hound Dog growled out before calming down. "There have been psychological studies about kids blocking traumatic memories subconsciously, and Clark would definitely be traumatized if he found out his mother and father weren't his parents at all and that he was an alien."
"After graduating college in two years and traveling the world as a secret superhero, Clark moved to the city of Metropolis as an investigative reporter and donned the red and blue to publicly announce his presence as the Superman, defender of truth, justice and the American way!" Wiz continued.
"Reminds me of you and your debut in America, Toshi." David replied, fondly remembering that day.
"HAHAHA!" All Might laughed as he buffed up. "Yes, I feel honored and humbled to experience such a similar path in life by another promising Hero, and to inspire the safe virtues that my time in America instilled in me!"
"Until he renounced his American citizenship."
All Might debuffed and coughed blood in surprise.
"Why did he do that?" Pony, the fellow American, asked confused.
"From that text, it looks like he's renouncing it, so that his actions aren't classified as the U.S. or for its laws to affect him." Setsuna replied, detaching and floating her eyeball closer to inspect Superman's dialogue.
"I suppose that makes sense." Itsuka said. "He is technically a intergalactic alien, so he could do that fairly easily, and it would allow Superman to operate more freely, especially internationally."
"But wouldn't that make him more of an vigilante than a hero?" Sen asked. "I mean Hero work internationally isn't that big of pain to work out, right?"
"You'd be surprised, kid." Miruko said, she and her fellow pros unable to deny the rather annoying limiting of international politics towards their Hero work, case in point being their recent international operation against Humarize.
"And he topped his entrance with that iconic S shield on his chest." Boomstick jumped in. "S for Superman."
"Actually, it isn't an actual S." Wiz pointed out. "It is his birth family's sigil and Symbol, which I will let the Superman himself take it away."
"Its not an S." Superman said, looking down at the symbol on his chest. "On my world, it means Hope."
Izuku smiled, finding the message and symbol of Hope on display to the people being found compared by the green-haired teen to All Might's signature smile of peace and hope.
"Any who, mild-mannered Clark kept his identity a secret with the brilliant disguise of nerdy glasses and wimpy demeanor..."
"Oh, I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Clark profusely apologized after he opened a bottle of champagne that spilled.
"...Proving that people only see what they want to believe." Boomstick finished.
"Wow." Mount Lady said. "That's real deep."
"That's what she said." Mineta whispered to Kaminari, the two chuckling in low voices.
Unfortunately, not too low for Kyouka not to pick up and unleash her heartbeat into their ears again.
"Still it seems a bit silly that they can't recognize him just because of glasses." Ryukyu said. "I mean I have to wear hoodies most of the time so that I can go out without people hounding me, and even then still get spotted a times."
"Well look at All Might, could you imagine large, buff Symbol of Peace as a skinny skeleton?" Miruko asked.
"Touché." Ryukyu nodded, relenting.
"Boomstick, that's surprisingly profound." Wiz said, impressed.
Boomstick responded with a burp.
Cue burst of laughter from the students, sighs and rolled eyes from some adults, and hand collisions against their owner's face.
"Since then, his power's been pretty inconsistent, mostly due to the Watch-er I mean-writers doing whatever the hell they please." Boomstick quickly corrected himself.
Izuku raised an eyebrow, catching that last second correction from Boomstick, wondering what he was saying. 'Its sounded like he was going to say Watcher(s)?' Izuku questioned in his mind.
POWER SOURCE
Solar Radiation
Constant Power Absorption
Healing factor
Yellow Sunlight Increases Power
-2,700K-5,500K
Red Sunlight has No effect
- 2,700K
Blue Sunlight Doubles Increase
- 5,500K
-Adds new abilities
"Well, there is a legitimate explanation." Wiz explained. "Superman's powers are dependent on the ultra-solar rays of the sun. By absorbing yellow or blue sunlight, his power rises; however, he cannot absorb sunlight from a red star. So, if 'you take away a yellow sun, you slowly take away Superman's powers.'" Wiz quoted the last sentence from the Superman Super Site.
"Which would mean that the only way actually harm Superman would be at night or outside our solar system?" Sen questioned.
"Not necessarily." Itsuka said. "The moon's light is the refracted light of the sun so Superman could absorb that, just not likely as much."
"He's solar-powered!" Boomstick exclaimed. "They call him the world's first superhero but sounds more like the world's first hippie to me."
Cue more chuckles and groans of exasperation.
"Now, the intensity of solar radiation disperses the further away it gets from its source, so the closer Superman is to the sun, the more solar radiation he'll absorb." Wiz explained further.
"Amazing." Melissa gaped in awe.
"And he can survive in space, too?!" Hagakure exclaimed. "Well he has a leg up on Goku with that."
"So he gathers more power the higher he gets? He IS a hippie." Boomstick continued with the joke.
While the students and children laughed, as well as Mic beside him, Aizawa's temptation to strangle himself with his own scarf grew higher and higher.
"In the Justice League series, Our Worlds at War, Superman actually spent fifteen minutes INSIDE the sun." Wiz pointed out, showing Superman inside a star before flying out, covered in fire, and crashing into and moving a planetary object. "When he resurfaced, he was powerful enough to effortlessly move planets."
And suddenly the sound of jaws crashing onto the ground sounded. Setsuna's jaw and lower mouth actually dethatched and fell to the ground.
"Oh. My. God." Itsuka managed to say, seeing Superman moving a literal planet-sized object.
Mei, for once, was confused, whether to focus and gawk at the planet Superman pushed which appeared to be entirely made of metal and machines, or be slack-jawed amazed at Superman being able to Push a Planet.
Izuku's mind pretty much exploded, while Bakugou smiled wildly and found who he was going to vote for.
"And isn't this the Superman they say was weaker?" Sero questioned, slack-jawed.
"Oui." Aoyama nodded, eyes widened largely. "They said the other Superman could blow away planets by sneezing."
"Manly..." Was all Kirishima could say, while Tetsutetsu just nodded dumbly.
SUPER SENSES
Super Hearing
X-Ray Vision
-Lead is the only exception
Telescopic Vision
Microscopic Vision
Electromagnetic Spectrum Vision
Theta Vision
-Can see a person's aura
"He can also hear sounds millions of miles away, see through anything but lead, and spot things moving faster than light." Boomstick listed.
"So super hearing, super sights, and super speed." Kamakiri listed. "Yep, guy is super OP."
"But why can't he see through lead?" Kuroiro asked.
"Lead is too dense for X-Rays to breach." Jurota explained. "They classified Superman's super sight as X-Ray vision, so its limits would be similar to actual X-Rays. In fact, many patients around the world actually wear lead vests and aprons to protect themselves from unnecessary X-Ray radiation exposure."
"He can see at a subatomic level and hear through the vacuum of space… somehow." Wiz said, befuddled. "He can even see your soul."
"What?!" Boomstick questioned.
"It happened." Wiz simply answered.
"W-W-WHAT?!" Momo exclaimed, officially flabbergasted by the hearing through space feat. Iida's brain was, meanwhile, short-circuiting like Kaminari, his chopping arms reaching Superman-level speeds.
"So there Is a soul." Uraraka managed to say from her shock. "And he can see it."
"And he can see at the subatomic level." Asui croaked out. "He's like a living microscope combined with a telescope."
"Astounding." Monoma admitted.
POWERS
Flight
Super Strength
Near Invulnerability
Super Speed
Healing Factor
Super Breath
Arctic Breath
Heat Vision
-Max Temperature: Unknown
-Drains solar power quickly
"Well, weird abilities aside, Superman can freeze his enemies in ice or create hurricanes just by breathing, and to top it all off, he shoots laser beams from his eyes." Boomstick continued listing.
"So he's an expert at blowing people, huh?" Mineta pervertedly joked. Bakugou's explosion to the face was a suitable punishment.
"His heat vision can be expanded to encompass anything within Superman's sight and reach temperatures hotter than the sun." Wiz expanded upon.
Endeavor's eyes widened, suddenly feeling upstaged in firepower by this Kryptonian's heat vision.
"What?!" Pixie Bob exclaimed. "Wouldn't he, like, destroy the Earth's atmosphere if he did that?!"
"I highly doubt that he would do such a thing while On Earth." Ragdoll replied. "He might be doing that in outer space or another planet."
"The fact we are discussing other planets and Earth destroying lasers already sounds ludicrous enough." Mandalay rubbed her forehead.
"He can incinerate entire planets in a staring contest." Boomstick said, showing Superman unleash a massive laser that encompassed the entire Earth and Moon.
"...Ok...maybe not so ludicrous at all..." Mandalay gawked out, everyone around her gawking dumbly, even Miruko.
"So pretty much X-Less's Laser but maxed out to godly levels." Snipe summarized.
'This being could truly be Earth's Greatest Hero,' Nezu thought with amazement, before his intelligent brain going to a more darker, grimmer side. 'Or it's biggest threat.'
"However, 'heat vision drains his power faster than any other ability'." Wiz quoted from the Superman Homepage again. "Especially when he amps it up."
Superman creates a huge beam of heat vision, taking out an army of Doomsday-like creatures.
"HE JUST DISTINEGRATED THOSE GUYS LIKE IT WAS NOTHING!" Kaminari exclaimed wildly.
"At least that's one way to balance this guy out." Kyouka scratched her cheek.
"Yeah, after vaporing entire planets and weird monster things in an instant." Setsuna threw her hands up.
"And with precision, heat vision can reach microscopic levels invisible to the human eye." Wiz continued.
"Heat vision, focused through your pupils like a scalpel… instant lobotomy." Superman said, after looking at Manchester Black's brain an a pulsating contusion and lasering it at a microscopic level, before slapping the villain.
While everyone's brains were exploding at the greater and greater ludicrous feats, Izuku's reformed and reignited. "AMAZING!" Izuku roared out, the fanboy in his eyes going completely insane. "With his heat vision, he could not only destroy any obstacle or enemy in his way, but could even use it to disarm explosive device by cutting a wire instantly or, if he could survive the heat of the Sun, he could just take it and himself into the sky and let it explode and it wouldn't harm him. He could also use his Heat Vision to burn and carve through debris, cauterize a wound, or even burn away tumors without harming the person. And with his super speedandsuperhearinghecouldhearanykindofcrimeintheworldandreachandstopitintime-"
When even Kouta's spray of water couldn't stop the super-mumbling teen, and to stop the forehead-vein-twitching Bakugou from marching over and exploding Deku, Eri and Mirio looked and each other and nodded. Eri pinched herself in the arm and cried out "Ow!"
Izuku stopped immediately and looked at Eri at lightning speeds. "Eri! What's wrong?! Are you hurt?!" Izuku asked worried.
"Its okay, Papa, I'm fine." Eri said, reassuring her surrogate adopted father.
The group consensus of reaction to this was nervous chuckling, creeped out unnerving from those still unused to Izuku's mumbling speeds, and those who were still unnerved by how much faster and worse it was this time, comical sweat-drops over the members of the Dekusquad and all the girls crushing on him, and All Might rolling his eyes, smiling fatherly.
"Superman can vibrate his body fast enough to phase through attacks, even turn invisible." Wiz said.
"He can turn Invisible too?!" Hagakure exclaimed, slightly angry, and worried about her usefulness and uniqueness, when so many of the fighters they saw could turn invisible or near-invisible.
Sensing her distress, Izuku placed his hand comfortingly on Hagakure's knee. Hagakure looked up to see Midoriya looking straight at her with comforting eyes. "Hey, don't feel so down, Hagakure." Izuku said. "Even if there are others that can turn invisible, you still are unique and worthy to be here. How many people can not only be invisible but can also refract light and energy, blind people with light, and even make other things invisible? Your Quirk is amazing, and you, only you, make it even better."
Hagakure was silent as she gazed wide-eyed, not others could tell, at her classmate and crush/growing love. 'Damn.' Hagakure mentally choked up. 'How can he always tell where to look me in the eye and find a way to make me love him even more?'
She wrapped her arms around the now blushing teen. "Its Toru to you, Izuku." Hagakure whimpered out, lovingly.
Izuku would have blue-screened from the hug and the breasts that were pressing onto him, but hearing the whimper in her voice and the wetness gathering near his face, Izuku calmed down and hugged her back, waiting for her to calm down and let it all out.
The scene was touching enough to their viewing audience that even the jealous girls smiled warmly and teared up at their crush comforting their rival from her insecurities.
INFINITE MASS PUNCH
Acceleration to near light speed creates relativistic mass
Impact equivalent to 10 octillion megatons
Uses a lot of energy
Planet busting
Speed Force regulates durability if necessary, ensuring survival
"By vibrating to just under light speed, Superman can use the infinite mass punch. This speed causes the relative mass of his fist to increase immensely and hit with the force of a supernova." Wiz continued.
"Super-what Now?!" Mount Lady exclaimed.
"Which explodes at a force of 10 octillion megatons!" Boomstick revealed. "Thanks fact-of-the-day calendar."
"That is meaningless to my stupid brain." Kaminari said, tapping the side of his forehead. "All I hear is 'This man Op af'."
"At least you admit it." Kyouka said.
"In comparison, this is the Tsar; the most powerful bomb mankind has ever tested: 50 megatons." Wiz showed the bomb and its resulting explosion.
Melissa smirked. 'Not anymore it isn't.' thought, remembering her father talking about the Intercontinental Missiles, Tiamat.
"So that punch is like 200 septillion super-nukes." Boomstick showed the math. "That's 24 zeroes, bitches!"
'But definitely not that strong.' Melissa thought again.
"Okay that makes more sense." Kaminari said. "Still means this guy is the strongest guy we have Ever seen so far."
The audience nodded in agreement.
GENIUS INTELLECT
Super-Brain
Perfect Photographic memory
Technological genius
Master tactician
Can red & memorize DNA
Taught all remaining Krytonian knowledge by Jor-El's consciousness
"Superman is not only strong, but a genius with a super-brain that can process information thousands of times faster than an average human." Wiz further revealed. "He is capable of strategic fighting, even while traveling eight times the speed of light."
"So he's not only OP as fuck but also a genius that can fight strategically while going that fast?" Miruko summarized and went silent for a few seconds. "I want to fight him so bad."
"You'll lose." Ryukyu stated definitely.
"I know." Miruko nodded, accepting that if she actually did fight the Man of Steel, he would definitely turn her into charred paste. "But I still want to."
MARTIAL ARTS
Pressure points w/ Batman
Hand-to-Hand w/ Wonder Woman
Boxing w/ Wildcat
Psychic Barriers w/ J'onn J'onzz
w/ Mongol the Second
-Worked to uncover full potential
Precise muscle control
Torquasm-Rao & Torquasm-Vo
-Enhances & protects body & mind
"He's an expert in disabling opponents through pressure point combat, taught to him by the one and only Batman, and once fought demons in Valhalla alongside Wonder Woman and Thor… for 1,000 freaking years!" Boomstick exclaimed again.
"THE FUCK?!" Mount Lady exclaimed again. "IS THIS GUY IMMORTAL?!"
"And he's fighting with Yaoyorozo's counterpart and your counterpart, All Might." Midnight said.
"No." All Might said. "This Thor looks clearly different from my counterpart, and, as far as we know, given that Batman and Wonder Woman fought other fighters from the same universe as Thor, such as Spider-Man and Rogue, that Superman and my Thor counterpart are not from the same universe, ergo that isn't me, at lest as we know."
"Huh, it seems you do have a brain in there." Aizawa hummed. "To bad you don't use that during class."
"He's even learned to protect his mind from telepathic attacks from his fellow Justice League member, Martian Manhunter." Wiz added.
"Wait, Martian Manhunter?" Sato questioned. 'Does that mean Martians are real?!"
"Its appears so in this universe." Shoji said. "Although, whether or not they do here is another thing entirely."
"I heard your telepathic shout before, but my mind is protected from anything deeper by a series of psychic blocks." Superman revealed.
"Best I've seen, too." Manchester Black replied.
"He also studied two Kryptonian martial arts: Torquasm-Rao and Torquasm-Vo." Wiz further revealed.
"Orgasm-what now?" Boomstick questioned.
Mineta and Kosei both chuckled pervertedly, their punishment being delivered by a super long tongue smack to the former's face and a vine hair whipping the guy in the back of the other one's head.
"TORQUASM-Rao is a hard martial art in which Superman enters the theta state, a real-life phenomenon in which a person becomes extremely receptive to information and instinct." Wiz said, further emphasizing Torquasm. "Torquasm-Vo is a mental martial art with which Superman can fight off mind domination and illusions or even counterattack."
Izuku's brows scrunched up in interest before quickly writing the information down, to see if he could do this himself.
"In order to master all his powers, Superman needed to break through his own self-created mental blocks, like how when he was younger, he believed he needed to eat food and breathe oxygen like humans, when he can really just survive on solar energy alone like some weird plant man." Boomstick said.
"So that's how he can survive in space." Uraraka said.
"And thanks to some intense training from Mongol II, he managed to tear these barriers down and become the true Superman, capable of amazing feats." Wiz said.
"Yeah, as if the previous feats, like moving and destroying planets, weren't amazing enough." Kamakiri exclaimed.
"Maybe some of those feats were achieved when he unlocked his full potential." Shoda replied. "Like the Infinite Mass Punch."
"Yeah, like when he obliterated an F5 tornado with a round of applause." Boomstick said, showing Superman clap a tornado away, being in the middle of two colliding planets, hold, strenuously, a red energy mass, and moving the Earth via Green Lantern constructs. "Or when he was the filling for a planet sandwich or held a mini black hole in his hand... oh, or the time he dragged the freaking Earth around!"
"I...don't know why I should still feel surprised and amazed at that after the whole supernova feat." Setsuna admitted.
"I think the more surprising thing beside the Earth dragging one is the Holding a Miniature BLACK HOLE IN HIS HAND!" Mina yelled.
"Superman has survived some pretty crazy things." Boomstick continued. "Like when Koldgast hit him with 15 supernovas to the face."
"That was like 15 suns exploding in his face!" Koldgast said.
"I just said that!" Boomstick replied.
"Exaggeration? Maybe, but he has survived other supernovas before." Wiz said, showing Superman in the middle of an actual supernova. "When he takes a hit, his super-dense molecular structure and bio-electric aura protects him and his suit."
"Honestly, I'm not even surprised by that." Shinsou said. "If he can unleash a punch with the strength of a supernova, he should be able to withstand it."
"Holy Crap, he sounds invincible!" Boomstick exclaimed loudly.
"He kinda is." Kaminari said.
"I have a feeling that we are going to be proven wrong." Sero said.
WEAKNESSES
Reliant on Constant Solar Radiation
Kryptonite
-Severely weakens muscles
-Eliminates stored solar power
Magic
-Includes enchanted weapons
Spends more time protecting others than improving skills
"Not exactly." Wiz replied. "His solar energy can be depleted over the course of a battle, if he takes too much damage or remains out of sunlight for too long. This is how the monster Doomsday was able to kill him."
"WHAT?!" The group exclaimed in pure shock, as well as horror and terror at the sight of the large, grey, and spiky behemoth.
"Oh, sorry, not kill, put him into a 'healing coma'." Wiz corrected himself.
"*coughs*Cop-out!*coughs*" Boomstick faked coughed.
While the audience calmed down, they still felt slightly shocked and horrified that this nearly unstoppable, powerful superhero that's clearly stronger than All Might and Stars and Stripes, the most powerful Heroes of their world, was so badly wrecked by this unworldly monstrosity.
"He also has several specific weaknesses, like the famous Kryptonite, radioactive fragments of his homeworld which bring him to his knees." Wiz showed Superman falling to his knees at the proximity to a glowing green rock. "'Any prolonged exposure will eventually kill him'." Another quote from the Superman Super Site. "He also has no special resistance to magical attacks."
"So this guy who's pretty much a god is weak to a fucking green rock?!" Bakugou said confused and pissed.
"If Kryptonite comes from Superman's homeworld, a world under a red sun, and its the radioactive remains of it, it does make sense that it would hurt him." Izuku said.
"And since he has no resistance towards magic, I think that Goku's Power Pole might be able to hurt him, since it magic." Mirio pointed out.
"And he always gets all hung up on doing the right thing, even if it makes his life miserable." Boomstick added.
"He does not fight for himself, but to protect others. Even the buildings in Metropolis are more valuable to him than his own life…" Wiz said as Superman punches Captain Marvel into a hospital, the building crumbling down. "Most of the time. The point is, Superman spends more time defending the city than actually improving his own abilities."
"That's going to be bad against Goku, who trains and improves his abilities every time." Snipe said.
"But who will win, training and skill or brute force?" Ectoplasm asked.
"But remove all those pesky feelings about saving people and look out!" Boomstick closed with.
Superman punches Darkseid through the wall of a building, flying right outside to face him. "I feel like I live in a world made of cardboard." Superman declares. "Always taking constant care not to break something; to break someone. What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut loose and show you just how powerful I really am."
Just like Goku's final declaration left them in shivers, the Man of Steel's words left them in a similar state. All Might felt he could relate with Superman's words, remembering that, before his first fight with All For One and before his wound, he had to constantly pull his punches and be careful every time he used One For All, worried that a single misstep could accidentally cause an earthquake or a punch creating a hurricane.
Overall, the thoughts over the Man of Steel were clearly positive, many admiring his strength and range of powers to his morality and presence.
"Alright the combatants are set." Wiz said. "Let's end this debate once and for all."
"ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BATTTTTLLLLLLLLLLEEEEE!" Boomstick roared.
While the video paused for the two's counterparts to be searched, the votes, and some bets, were in. In the end, those who voted for Son Goku ranged from Izuku, still feeling inspired by Goku's limit-breaking goals, selflessness, and learning and mimicking skills and techniques, Mina, who liked Super Saiyan 4's pink fur and badass looks, Kaminari, portraying himself into Goku as both academically unintelligent guys that still kick ass, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu, who found Goku more Manly, especially with his wild hair and physique, Kouta who found Goku more badass and liked the Kamehameha, something which Nejire likewise voted based on, Sato and Fat Gum, both who voted because they liked the Saiyan and his great appetite, Reiko, who liked Goku's Ki Telekinesis, Uraraka, voting for the Saiyan mostly out of gratitude that his 10x gravity training had Deku reveal to her more about her Quirk, Itsuka and Miruko, who appreciated the more martial arts favored combatant, and Jurota and Hound Dog, both who respected the Saiyan's struggle and control over his rage and animal instinct while in Super Saiyan and Great Ape forms.
As for the voters for Superman, they ended up being All Might, respecting the Last Son of Krypton's pride in the American virtues he strived to embody and his strength, David and Melissa Shield, both who found the Symbol of Peace and Man of Steel very similar, Iida and Momo, both voting on the more intellectual and faster fighter, Bakugou, who, while still pissed off on the Kryptonite weakness, found the supernova surviving and powerful Kryptonian the superior choice, Eri, who liked Superman more due to his bright smile and shining presence, Endeavor and Todoroki, the two liking Superman's powerful Heat Vision and Arctic Breath, feat wise, Aizawa, voting similarly to Iida and Momo, but also because of his pressure point combat skills and mental protection training, Hagakure, for Superman's invisibility skill, Mirio, who liked Superman's ability to speed his molecules to go through attacks, like him, Kyouka and Shoji, for Clark's Super Senses like Super Hearing and Sight, and Nezu, who kept his reasons private, but smirked.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device said. "SON GOKU! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
'YES!' Mina cheered victoriously in her head at her wish coming true, she and the rest of the girls starting to blush madly at the thought of Izuku, even as muscular as he is, achieving a physique similar to Goku.
Ryukyu looked to see Miruko perk and look at Midoriya like a piece of meat, again, and sighed, wishing the green-haired teen the best of luck.
"That's Awesome!" Kouta cheered. "Isn't it awesome that you are Goku, Midoriya?!"
Izuku blushed embarrassed and rubbed his neck. "I guess it is." He replied. "Thank you so much for the support, Kouta."
Kouta realized his overexcitement, blushing before calming himself down. "Y-Yeah yeah, whatever." Kouta said, childishly putting up his tough guy act again.
"Well, in retrospect, I guess it makes sense that Midoriya's Goku." Kaminari shrugged. "Just like Goku is the superior rival to Vegeta, its the same with Midoriya and Baku-"
"THE HELL DEKU'S BETTER THAN ME!" Bakugou roared in anger, before pointing at Deku. "YOU! DEKU! PREPARE TO GET BEATEN BY SUPERMAN, YOU NERD!"
"Sure thing, Kacchan." Izuku merely said, with a smile. "I'll give it my best."
"STOP SMILING!" Kacchan demanded.
"SUPERMAN! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: TOSHINORI YAGI AKA ALL MIGHT!"
"I Knew It!" Hagakure exclaimed. "He and All Might just looked and felt too similar!"
"Oh boy." Melissa sweat dropped as she looked to her left. "I knew that Uncle Might might be Superman but, now that you're Goku, Deku...well..."
Said green-haired that she looked at you positively mortified that he was fighting against All Might's counterpart, with his idol equally so at the knowledge that he would be fighting his protégé/surrogate son to the death.
Todoroki looked at the two sympathetically, that father and son, ones in a good relationship, should have to fight each other, while Endeavor pettily wondered if he can take his vote back.
"ADDITIONAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device suddenly said.
"Oh, we got more." Momo said. "I wonder who they are."
"I bet its going to be that Lois Lane girl that Superman's married to." Kyouka replied.
"CHI CHI! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: OCHACO URARAKA!"
Izuku and Uraraka both blushed red hot. While Izuku was blue-screening, unable to process the information, Uraraka floated away, mumbling almost as much as Deku. Asui managed to grab her with her tongue, thought almost didn't want to in a brief instance of petty jealousy that her fellow girls felt too.
"LOIS LANE! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: INKO MIDORIYA!"
"Yay!" Eri clapped and cheered. "Grandma Inko and Grandpa Might are together here, too.
Izuku snapped out of his blue-screen at the name, and soon descended into a protective and betrayed anger as he whirled his gaze over towards All Might, the Symbol of Peace sitting perfectly still, wondering if he stood so still, that Midoriya wouldn't notice him...or pondering if he should try tapping into his buff form and whatever power of One For All he still has to book it safety.
"Well...this awkward." Kaminari said.
Todoroki didn't feel the same way, using everything he has to not jump up from his seat and into a happy jig.
After everyone calmed down, mostly Deku, the video continued and began the fight.
It began in Metropolis, Superman standing on top of the Daily Planet's globe and surveying the city he loved. His super hearing ears perked up, hearing an approaching object. He turned behind him to see Goku, with his Power Pole strapped to his back, flying towards him on his Flying Nimbus, stopping before the Man of Steel.
"Hey there!" Goku greeted cheerfully.
"Aww, he's looks so nice and happy." Pony smiled.
"Yeah, like they aren't going to be battling to the death." Setsuna said, sarcastically.
"Uh... hello." Superman greeted back, confused at what he saw in front of him.
"You look pretty strong. Let's fight!" Goku suddenly declared.
"Wait, that's it?" Sen questioned. "Just like that?"
"Well Goku was said to be eager to battle." Awase answered. "And its not like the other fights were any different?"
"True." Sen conceded.
"Fight?" Superman questioned surprised. "Well, that's not really what I do-"
Goku cut the Man of Steel off by charging and firing a Ki blast at Superman, who quickly knocked it away.
"Hey! That was cheap move!" Kirishima yelled. "He didn't even agree!"
Superman flies forward in response, knocking Goku off the Nimbus. Goku falls but backflips and lands safely on the ground, while Superman landed across the street from him.
"Oh boy! This is gonna be fun!" Goku smiled, eyes ablaze with the thirst for a challenge.
"You're insane!" Superman declared.
"Here we go." Kaminari rubbed his hands excited.
FIGHT!
The two fly towards each other, Goku rushing forward and landing the first punch, knocking Superman back a few meters. As he stopped, Kakarot proceeded to unleash multiple punches and kicks, forcing the Man of Steel to go on the defensive. Goku suddenly teleports behind him and strikes with a powerful kick that sent the Superman flying forwards a bit.
"Wow, he's so fast and aggressive!" Nejire exclaimed.
"That's what she-" Was all Mineta could say before Sero taped his mouth shut.
Superman recovered quickly to see Goku running in a circle around him, before jumping onto the side of a building, jumping off said building towards Superman. Finally taking the offensive, Superman flew towards the Saiyan and struck him with a powerful punch. Goku was sent flying and crashing through multiple buildings in an instant.
"Oooh!" Some of the students winced at the powerful attack.
"Such power." Tiger said in awe.
"And there he goes destroying more of the buildings he was said to love." Pixie Bob said.
"Most of the time." Ragdoll recalled.
"HA! Shitty Deku did all those punches and kicks and it barely moved All Might, and one punch from him sent the shitty nerd flying!" Bakugou gloated.
'Its not real. Its not real. Its just a simulation.' All Might mentally repeated to himself.
Superman flies after him, arrives at the still soaring Saiyan and unleashed his own fast combo of punches onto Goku. "You're outmatched! Give up!" Superman shouts, punching the Saiyan towards the ground.
Goku lands on his feet and takes a stance. "Kaio-Ken!" Goku shouts, his body enveloped in red Ki energy.
"Hey now that I see the connection, Goku's Kaio-Ken is a lot like your Quirk, Deku." Uraraka pointed out, to Deku's interest.
"Ah yes, I can see it, too." Iida nodded and joined in. "You said Midoriya that you can control how much of your Superpower you can use in a percentage like way, just like how Son Goku can increase his power of Kaio-Ken by certain levels."
"Y-Yeah, that's true." Izuku stuttered out, a jab of guilt at still half-lying to his friends about the truth behind his Quirk.
"Kaio-what?" Superman questioned, confused. Goku responded with a powerful knee striking Superman and sent him flying into the sky, Goku chasing after him.
Goku reached the flying Kryptonian and kicked him further back. Goku charged and fired another Ki blast, this one successfully blasting Superman. Superman barely stopped himself in mid-air before he could crash into a building.
Goku lands to the ground and fired a large volley of Ki blasts at Superman.
"Woah, he's going all out!" Tetsutetsu yelled.
"Ah ha!" Superman exclaimed, suddenly evading all the Ki blats with his super-speed, all the while advancing towards Goku with his arms crossed.
"Such impressive speed and reaction." Thirteen said. "He's evading those Ki blasts so fast, he's still got his arms crossed."
Clark suddenly struck at Goku, stunning him. The Last Son of Krypton followed it up with a large flurry of blows all over Goku, moving so fast that after-images of him were left in his speeding wake. Superman ended the attacks with a final punch that sent one of the last Saiyans buried half-way into the wall of a building.
"Damn, that's fast!" Mina exclaimed. "I was seeing like five different Supermen beating onto him. Was he using that After-Image thingy that Goku could do?"
"No, I think he was just moving that fast." Hagakure replied.
"Wha-What?" Goku groaned confused. "I...I can't move."
"Wait what?" Setsuna questioned. "Why? Is he buried too deep into the wall?"
"No, its Superman's pressure point training." Izuku replied. "Superman must have been striking at Goku's pressure points with precision based attacks to leave Goku momentarily paralyzed."
"But going that fast?" Hagakure asked.
"They said Superman was fast and smart enough to fight strategically while going at super fast speeds." Asui answered. "It may have looked like brutish fighting, but he clearly does have amazing speed and senses."
"So, you're an alien too, huh?" Superman asked.
"What did you do to me?!" Goku questioned.
"Pressure points." Superman answered. "Didn't work at first, but my X-ray and Microscopic vision let me find your body's weak points."
"So that first barrage of attacks he did was him trying to stun him?" Honenuki asked.
"Goku's biology must be just different enough that Superman needed to use his Super Sight to detect it." Jurota answered. "That's why he said 'Ah hah' before he evaded Goku's Ki Blasts and why he claimed that Goku was an alien. He was studying his different biology and then attacked his weak points."
"And its clear that Superman is trying to end the fight as quickly and peacefully as possible, like a upstanding Hero." Iida added, chopping his arms in emphasis.
"You won't be going anywhere.." As Superman continued talking, Goku used his telekinesis to lift up a pouch from his side, a Senzu bean floating out.
"He's using his telekinesis!" Mina pointed out.
"And he's using it to feed himself a Senzu Bean to recover." Reiko said, smiling, pleased that Goku was using his telekinesis.
"What is that?!" Superman noticed the bag and questioned.
Goku ate the Senzu bean. The Saiyan quickly detached himself from the wall, showing that the bean has restored him to full health.
"He's alright!" Kouta cheered.
"And he's got a bag full of those Senzu Beans." Recovery Girl said. "If Superman doesn't destroy it, then Goku will continue recovering and grow stronger after every fight and potentially overpower him."
"Ah... Senzu bean!" Goku sighed in relief and answered, before grabbing the bag and holding it out. "Want one?"
"Wait, he's giving it to Superman?!" Kamakiri exclaimed enraged. "Why do that?!"
"Maybe Goku just wants to fight on an even playing field with Superman at his best." Manga replied.
"Still, its rather adorable how he just asked him so innocently." Mina giggled.
"No wonder Greenie's this guy's counterpart." Kyouka said, the girls nodding in agreement while Izuku just blushed.
"No." Superman replied by incinerating the bag with his heat vision.
"And now the bag is toast." Miruko sighed, throwing her arms up. "Congrats stupid, you may be hot, but not bright."
Izuku blushed at Miruko saying his counterpart was hot, trying to excuse it as her saying it to Goku, not him, though a small part of him couldn't help but fanboyishly jump in joy at praise from his, admittingly, first superheroine crush.
"I'm ending this... now!" Superman declared, flying towards Goku and prepared to unleash another powerful strike.
But suddenly, his punch was blocked by Goku's hand, easily. "What?!" Superman exclaimed in surprise, as Goku's hair and ki turned golden in his Super Saiyan form.
"Whoo!" Kaminari cheered. "Super Saiyan Time Baby!"
Superman tried to back up but Goku unleashes a massive combo of kicks and punches onto the World's First Superhero, eventually ending it with a side kick that sent Kal-El back.
"Jesus, he's so fast!" Sero exclaimed.
"He's clearly going faster and stronger with each transformation of his." Aoyama said. "I wonder if Superman is holding back still?"
"Probably." Tokoyami responded. "If he's anything like All Might, he might be pulling his punches in case he accidentally kills Goku."
"But isn't that the point of this fight?" Sato asked. "Its Death Battle."
"Yes, and he will likely have to overcome that desire to hold back when the need arises." Shoji said.
"Okay Blondie!" Superman stopped in mid-ar. "What's going on?!"
Goku replied by flying towards Superman at fast speeds. Just as Superman threw out his fist to strike, Goku vanished and reappeared behind him, his back towards his own. Superman realized where the Super Saiyan was and prepared another punch, only for Goku's own to strike the Kryptonian's stomach, making him gasp in pain, stunned.
All Might hissed, feeling and rubbing a phantom pain on his stomach from his fight against All For One.
"I am Son Goku!" Goku declared, punching Superman into the air again. "And I..." He flew at lightning fast speeds before stopping at where Superman was flying towards. "...Am a Super Saiyan!" Goku finished his declaration with an axe punch, sending the superhero crashing, back-first, into the top of a building with a green L logo.
Goku threw out both his hands to his far side. "Kame!" Goku yelled as the signature attack built up in his hands.
"He's Doing It! He's Doing It!" Kouta jumped up, excited as he brought his hands back to mimic the Saiyan.
"Ha! Me! HAAAAAA!" Goku yelled as he fired the Kamehameha down at the stunned Kryptonian. As it struck, the building exploded into pieces.
"He destroyed hat building in one blast?!" Mineta screeched in fear.
"Yet I highly doubt Superman is out of the count." Sato said.
Afterwards, after the dust and debris settled, Superman was still standing, in the middle of the rubble, almost completely unscathed.
"He doesn't even look fazed!" Kaminari exclaimed this time.
"Well...this might take a while." Superman muttered.
Suddenly, Superman looked to his right and groaned in pain, falling to his knees.
"Wait, did he get hurt by that attack after all?" Pony asked.
The reason for his sudden weakness being a piece of Kryptonite left over from the remains of the LexCorp building.
"Shit! Its Kryptonite!" Hagakure cursed.
"What?" Superman groaned in pain. "No...not now..."
Goku roared as he flew down to continue the fight, but stopped and made a noise of confusion at Superman's sudden fall. He landed to the ground and asked with rather innocent eyes "Hey, what are you doing?"
"How can he still act so adorable while like that?" Uraraka guffawed.
"One word: Midoriya." Asui gestured to the blushing teen to which to the nodding heads around them answered the question and lead to more embarrassed blushing.
"I... no..." Superman groaned.
Goku looked to the Kryptonite. "Is that rock hurting you?" He asked innocently.
"Kryp... tonite." Clark managed to groan out.
Goku raised his hands and began charging up a Ki blast.
"He's going to fire at him!" Mineta pointed out.
"No no no, that's not Manly at all!" Tetsutetsu protested.
He fired the blast...at the Kryptonite, destroying it. "There." Goku said. "Okay, let's go."
"WHAT?!" The students exclaimed in unified confusion and shock.
"THE HELL HE DO THAT FOR?!" Kamakiri raged. "HE HAD HIM RIGHT THERE!"
"What... why?" Superman asked completely befuddled.
"I wanna beat you at your best." Goku answered. "It's no fun if it's not fair."
"Oh right, he hates unfair advantages." Midnight said. "Honorable, but in this kind of fight, a bad move."
"Now That's Man-!" Kirishima began to say
"SHUT UP WIHT THE MANLY SHIT SHITTY HAIR AND LET THE FIGHT CONTINUE!" Bakugou yelled, fed up with the repition, even from Kirishima.
"Gee, thank..." Superman's gratitude was cut short by Goku kicking Superman into the air.
"Fighting fairly he may be, but sucker punching, and kicking, him he's still doing." Sen said.
"A Hero should always be on guard." Vlad King said. "Fighting fairly and honorably is something that not alot of people, especially Villains will allow you and will use any trick up their sleeves to win."
The Man of Steel quickly recovered and the two aliens from another world began clashing at super-fast speeds across the entire city, so fast that the audience could barely manage to register. Superman's and Goku's punches and kicks were but mere unregisterable blurs as they struck and blocked each others hits.
"What the fuck is going on?!" Kosei yelled.
"Goku and Superman are still fighting, but are clashing so fast that the are almost imperceptible." All Might explained. "See those bursts of air? That is the air reacting to their powerful clashes."
"This is so epic!" Kouta cheered.
Goku finally managed to strike at Superman, sending him back for the umpteenth time, Goku proceeding to leap forward off of two buildings and kicking the Superman with a roundhouse kick towards the ground.
Goku charged at the recovered Superman on foot, his After-image Technique creating illusions of himself as he ran circles around Superman.
"Now Goku is using his own After-Image technique to try and confused Superman." Ojiro pointed out.
"But since Superman's perception, senses, and speed are so fast, I don't think this will work well." Tokoyami spoke.
Unfazed, Superman uncrossed his arms, walked forward and punched, knocking Goku backwards, the Super Saiyan flipping in the air and landing with a slide.
In an instant, Superman zipped across the city and appeared behind Goku, who was looking around for the alien superhero. Superman took the advantage and slammed a car onto the Z-Fighter.
"Oooh!" Mirio winced. "That's gotta sting."
"Next time, watch your blind spot." Superman advised.
"Good advise, but like there is going to be a next time." Kyouka said.
"HHHHAAAAA!" Goku roared as the car exploded, the smoke clearing quickly to reveal Goku going Super Saiyan 2, sparks of blue lightning surrounding him.
"He's gone into Super Saiyan 2, right?" Uraraka asked.
"Yeah, his hair hasn't gone long like Super Saiyan 3 and its definitely gone black like in Super Saiyan 4." Melissa replied. "Plus there is blue lightning sparking off of him that wasn't there when he first transformed."
At the mention of blue lightning, Izuku pondered if this was yet another similarity between him and Goku.
"Huh. Déjà vu." Superman muttered.
"Why do I get the feeling that this is going to be a reoccurring bit of his throughout the fight?" Manga asked.
"Yeah, I thought that too." Bonda replied.
Goku fired a barrage of ki blasts that seemed to track and close in towards Superman, who quickly took care of them by using his heat vision. Superman flew past and appeared behind Goku, firing his heat vision again and striking Goku's back. Superman then rips out a lamp post from the ground and hits Goku with it, knocking him into the air.
"Now that's a homerun." Hagakure said.
Goku slowed down and stopped in mid-air, taking his Power Pole out. He sees the lamp post flying towards him and swung the pole, knocking the lamp post away.
"He's using the Power Pole, finally!" Setsuna exclaimed.
Goku flew again towards, this time flying past Superman and appearing behind him, followed up with a rapid-fire combo of hits with the pole, with a final one knocking Superman back.
"That... feels... like..." Superman groaned out in pain.
"Power Pole extend!" Goku's voice cut him off, the Man of Steel barely managing to turn before the red magical pole extended and slammed him into the side of a building. Goku flew at him with a punch and then thrust the pole again, blasting Superman through the building and more.
Superman flew out of the last building and slid to a stop laying on the ground. "Magic." He finished groaning out.
"So the Power Pole does hurt Superman since its magic." Izuku analyzed. "If so, then Goku could probably win the fight if he continues using it and war down Superman's defenses."
"But since Superman knows that the Power Pole is magic he might try to get rid of it as fast as possible." Mirio argued.
"The game's not as fun when you're losing, is it?" Goku asked.
"Game? You think this is a GAME?!" Superman questioned outraged as he got back up, craning his head back, eyes glowing red. "I haven't even begun to play."
The red eyes and outrage of Superman once more sent shivers down their spines, for the third or fourth time today.
Superman soars high into the sky and then goes off into the distance.
"Wait, Why The Hell Is He Running Away?!" Bakugou yelled.
Goku closes his eyes, pressing two of his fingers on his forehead. Goku breathed in deep and focused, sensing where Superman was, flying over the sea with the sun shining down, and where he was flying to. With instant Transmission, Goku's surroundings warped and the Super Saiyan found himself in a field with multiple large hills and mountains, the sun shining brighter.
"I see." Nezu hummed. "Superman is trying to direct the fight to a more sunnier area."
"So that he can absorb more sunlight to heal his wounds and get stronger." Aizawa finished.
Goku opened his eyes and grabbed the Power Pole off his back again. As he took it out, he swung it downward, while expanding its size, in time to strike the flying Superman, knocking him back down.
Goku flipped down and extended the Power Pole more, yelling as he swung the now enormous pole towards Superman.
"It can extend that far?!" Mei exclaimed, now wondering if she can make a more technology based version of the Power.
Bakugou's glare was all that was needed to shut Kaminari's and, the still ductaped, Mineta's mouths shut.
Superman easily caught it with his left hand, proceeding to pull with his greater strength, swinging and slamming Goku into the ground at the opposite end of the field.
"He predicted the attack." Honenuki said.
"Remember kid's about what happened in the Bomberman vs Dig Dug fight." David Shield brought up, recalling the outcome of that fight. "Do not be too over-reliant on your Support items, as over-reliance can be very detrimental."
Superman then tossed the normal sized Power Pole towards the sky, it flying far out of the atmosphere.
"Smart decision." Endeavor commended. "The Power pole is arguably the biggest threat to Superman in Goku's arsenal, so to remove it from the fight is wise."
"HHHAAAAAA!" Goku roared as he transforms again, this time into Super Saiyan 3, his hair grown out to the ridiculous length.
"Oh great." Superman groaned. "Not another-" He was caught off again by another sucker punch from Goku.
"Goku, Midoriya man, quit with the cheap sucker punches!" Kirishima exclaimed. "I respect the both of you, but its kind of unmanly."
"S-Sorry?" Izuku apologized, uncertainly.
"You know your other you could stop getting sucker punched if you spent more time anticipating his moves instead of quipping like you do, all the time." Aizawa said.
"Y-You got a point, Aizawa." All Might scratched his cheek.
The Super Saiyan pressed his attack with a flurry of kicks, before finishing by grabbing flying Man of Steel by his legs and spinning him around with his Dragon Throw, spinning and repeatedly knocking Superman into the ground before throwing him onto, and destroying, an entire large rock formation.
"That was cool." Itsuka smiled. "He was using his Dragon Throw to slam Superman into the ground before finally tossing him. Effective."
Superman flies out of the rubble and towards Goku, Kakarot crossing his arms to block Kal-El's flurry of punches.
'He can even keep up with Super Saiyan 3.' Goku thought as he continued blocking the punches. 'What makes him so strong?'
Son Goku teleported behind Clark, placing his hand on Superman's head, a dong sound heard as their bodies and environment seem to shake.
"Uh, what's going on?" Mina asked, confused.
"Given how he similarly did this before, I believe he is using his telepathy to figure out what Superman's strengths are." Momo answered. "However, since Superman is well versed in blocking telepathy through his mental blocks and through Torquasm-Vo, it wouldn't work."
"Attacking my mind, huh?" Superman asked before knocking Goku out of his mind and back with a strike.
"Right as always, Yaoyorozo." Midoriya complimented, much to Momo's blush.
Superman struck Goku, stunning the Z-Fighter, then followed up with an uppercut and downward punch, and finished the combo off by punching him into the air. Superman flew up to where Goku was headed and slammed his fists down, knocking Goku to the ground so hard he formed a crater.
Goku sees Superman about to fly towards him and brought his open hands up next to his face. "Solar Flare!" He shouted, a bright flash of white light covering the entire screen.
"AAHHH! The LIGHT!" Dark Shadow cried out in pain.
The light faded and what the group saw was Superman's hand around Goku's neck.
"It didn't work?" Hagakure questioned.
"Superman has gone inside the sun itself, so I don't think a bright flash of light would blind him." Mirio explained.
"My turn." Superman said, eyes glowing red as he fired a massive heat vision that covered Goku.
"HA! SEE THAT DEKU! YOUR TOAST!" Bakugou gloated.
"Wait for it..." Mina said, counting down with her fingers.
Suddenly, a deformity in the fabric of space formed, sending Clark reeling back in surprise. He looked around to see similar cracks and breaks in space-time occurring around him "I've got a bad feeling about this." Superman quoted.
"The Hell is happening?!" Mineta exclaimed.
"It looks like distortions in the fabric of reality." Melissa explained, shocked. "But to produce enough power to do that-"
The deformities coalesced and concluded with a bright red light and the day turning into night. As the red light faded and lightning began striking the Earth, Super Saiyan 4 Goku appeared before him.
"Its Super Saiyan 4!" Mina cheered. "Beat his ass, Midori!"
"So Manly!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu exclaimed.
The combine annoying cheers from the two, plus being proven wrong again made the veins on Bakugou's head twitch erratically.
"Here we go again." Superman sighed annoyed.
"It's over Superman!" Goku declared, his voice turned more raspier. "No one is stronger than Super Saiyan 4, my ultimate form!"
"Ultimate form, huh?" Superman said. "About time you ran out of hair styles."
"Pfft, s-sorry Green Bean but that was hilarious." Setsuna chuckled.
As Deku rubbed his head and chuckled, a slight blush on his cheeks, Momo narrowed her eyes between the two green-haired teens, noticing how close they were to each other. 'Its does appear that we will have a talk with the others, Tokage.'
Both begin floating upward, then finally flew towards each other to continue the fight. Fist met fist, the air bursting at both alien's power, then the Man of Steel blocked Goku's right kick, followed by the Super Saiyan blocking own strike. Then suddenly both became unreadable blurs as the only things seen were the uncountable collisions and bursting air from their attacks. The two reappeared, fist clashing with fist, before the two sent blurry flurries of punches, the screen panning and spinning around the two's clash.
"Jesus, they are even faster!" Kaminari exclaimed.
Even All Might had to squint to try and see the two godly fighters clash.
Goku finished the clash with a powerful dropkick that sent the Kryptonian kneeling to the ground. Superman breathed in deep and unleashed his Arctic Breath, a huge gust of freezing wind towards the approaching Saiyan, trying to freeze him in his tracks.
"So that's the Artic Breathe, huh." Todoroki hummed, looking to his right side, pondering if, just like he was asked if he could breathe fire, could he use the right side of his Quirk to use a similar Arctic Breathe.
While momentarily slowed and almost frozen, Goku manages to break through the chilling gust and unleashed a stunning roundhouse kick, followed up by delivering a few kicks that knock him into the air once more. Instantaneously, Goku teleported towards the upside down Superman, placing his hand by Superman's face as he fired a point blank red Ki blast to his face, a large explosion occurring.
"Okay That was bad ass!" Kamakiri grinned. "He just blasted that dude point blank in the face."
Superman flew out off the explosion and landed on his knees. "Don't have much left in me." Superman panted, nearly exhausted. "Have to get above those clouds..." Superman flew upwards to the sky and out of the atmosphere.
"Oh yeah, now that he said it, I barely noticed that the sky turned dark after he became Super Saiyan 4." Mount Lady said.
"With the direct sunlight from the sun blocked and with all this fighting with Goku, Superman must be running low on power." Midnight deduced. "So he's going to fly up and towards the Sun to recharge."
"Oh no, you don't!" Goku yelled, giving chase by sprinting and jumping after him.
As Superman exited the Earth's atmosphere and towards the sun, Goku caught up behind him, stopping and clasping his hands to his side again.
"He's Going to Do It Again!" Kouta pointed out once more excited.
"But didn't that work that last time?" Mic asked.
"Back when he was using Super Saiyan 1." Vlad King explained. "Now, he is at the peak of his power, so it must be more powerful. It could very well decide the fight."
"KA...ME...HA...ME...HAAAAAAA!" Goku roared, firing off a large red 10x Kamehameha towards the retreating member of the Justice League.
Superman turned back to face the oncoming beam and fired a huge blast of heat vision towards it. The two beams met and clashed in a near-standstill, red energy exploding out as the two pushed with all their might.
"This is so cool!" Kouta cheered.
"Go Papa! Go Grandpa! Do your best!" Eri cheered for both combatants.
Izuku and All Might smiled at the enthusiasm and encouragement from the two kids. 'Well, since this is not real, i don't have to feel afraid or too guilty.' All Might thought. 'Give it all you got, Young Midoriya, let's give these kids a show!'
'Since this is a simulation, its alright.' Deku unknowingly agreed with his mentor/idol. 'We can't disappoint Eri and Kouta, so let's give it our all and go Plus Ultra, All Might!'
Fed up and ready to put an end to this, Goku growled out "Kai...O...KEEEEN!"
"He can still do that in this form?!" Itsuka shouted surprised.
"Now that's more like it!" Miruko approved, pumped up. "Don't Hold Back and Let it Rip!"
Goku was bursting with red energy and the Kamehameha Wave grew larger and began overpowering the heat vision. Superman struggled to push back, but the beam caught up to him. "GAAAA!" Superman yelled as the beam blasted him into the sun.
"Yes, You Did It Deku!" Uraraka cheered.
"No, I didn't." Deku interrupted the cheering from the Goku voters. "Remember that Superman can survive inside the Sun?"
The Goku voters went silent and pale.
"And he gets stronger the longer he stays in there." Itsuka said with horrifying realization.
"Phew. That's... it." Goku panted exhausted, reverting back to his normal state, all the while panting tired. "Good... fight."
"Wait wait wait, how can he breathe? He's in space." Sato asked.
"I think he's not fully into space." Izuku explained. "I think he's technically still within Earth's atmosphere."
As Goku prepared to fly back to Earth, his eyes widened, sensing something. "Wait...he's...there's no way." Goku declared, turning back towards the Sun. "He's still alive!"
"It's... it's the Sun. He's using the Sun!" Goku realized. "But I'm... I'm drained."
"Oh shit, I forgot! He just blasted that dude into his power source and Goku is exhausted!' Kaminari freaked out.
Goku raised his hands upward. "Sun!" Goku yelled out. "Lend me your energy!"
Sparkles of the Sun's energy sprinkled down towards Goku, while Superman was seen resting and absorbing the pure solar radiation of the Sun.
Meanwhile, the energy from the Sun likewise went down to Goku, forming a larger and larger Spirit Bomb.
"Their both gaining power through the sun?" Pony asked.
"Remember that the Spirit Bomb can be formed by either sentient being willingly, or non-sentient things more easily." Yui explained.
"But the Spirit Bomb is uselwss on those of pure heart, like Superman." Reiko pointed out.
"And there is is more than one use of the Spirit Bomb other than attack." Yui pointed out herself.
Superman exited the Sun, covered in fire and power, while Goku transformed back into his Super Saiyan form, the Spirit Bomb flowing into him as his own golden aura grew. The energy suddenly shrank and condensed into a single golden orb.
"Oh right, he can absorb the Spirit Bomb!" Uraraka said, happily. "Now he can fight and end this!"
Goku roared as he fired the large, golden beam of Ki energy. Superman flew towards him. The two reached each other and, with his strength, Superman blasted through the beam. Superman slammed into Goku, the two tunneling into the core of the planet.
"Did he just sent them into the core of the Earth?!" Kosei shouted in shock.
Goku transformed back into Super Saiyan 4 and flew towards Superman, and he to him for one last attack.
"DRAGON FIIIST!" Goku yelled, his fist glowing golden as a golden Ki dragon followed the Saiyan's fist. Superman cocked his fist out, it shaking and vibrating with the power of the Infinite Mass Punch.
With the rumble of the Earth's core and energy everywhere, the two met, everything going black, with only Goku and Superman left seen, Superman's fist striking Goku's unseen chest, and Goku's fist going through Superman's chest.
Mirio smiled as he saw what happened.
The screen shook and rumbled, the screen shifting to see the whole Earth. It was silent until a near silent boom sounded the entire Earth was obliterated into a million pieces in an instant.
Seeing the destruction of the simulated Earth, jaws dropped in unsion to the floor and eyes went as wide as saucers, full of disbelief and horror.
"HHHAAAAAA!" Goku shouted as his body disintegrated an was consumed by the energy from the Infinite Mass Punch, the same energy consuming Superman as the screen went white.
As the light faded, Superman was shown floating in space, appearing lifeless. Then, thanks to the the light of the Sun, Superman opened his blue eyes.
K.O.!
The final results were shown in Superman flying away, while Goku's boot was shown floating in space.
Silence hung over the audience entirely...until a chuckled was let out and the dam of silence was broken.
"YYEESS!" The Superman voters cheered in victory, while the Goku voters sighed and groaned in defeat.
"Damn it!" Kaminari cursed, and stopped his foot in frustration "Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
"What happened?!" Sato questioned. "It looked like Goku's attack punched through Superman!"
"It did." Mirio confirmed before explaining. "Superman vibrated his body so fast at that moment that the attack phased through him."
"It's over! It's Finally Over!" Boomstick exclaimed in pure delight and relief. "We Never Have To Hear About It Again!"
Kouta pouted childishly, while Eri was both happy at her Grandpa's victory and yet saddened by her Papa's counterpart's defeat. It took Deku's simple head rub to cheer the two up.
"HAHA!" Bakugou roared in victory and gloating. "TAKE THAT SHITTY DEKU! FINALLY ONE OF YOUR COUNTERPARTS DIES AGAINST SOMEONE ELSE! AND BY ALL MIGHT'S COUNTERPART NO LESS! HOW DOES IT FEEL, HUH?!"
"What a splendid fight, Young Midoriya!" Buff All Might shook Deku's outstretched Black Whip tendril. "While it gives me no joy to see a student perish in this fight, your counterpart was an amazing fighter and did well!"
"Thanks, All Might!" Deku smiled." Yeah, its a shame that I lost, but at least we both fought great. And Your counterpart All Might was So Awesome and Powerful!"
"DON'T IGNORE ME!" The angry Pomeranian barked outrageously.
"Indeed." Wiz agreed. "Superman may not be as tenacious as Goku, but sometimes, tenacity only prolongs the inevitable."
"Superman's power is insane!" Boomstick yelled. "He can even patch up holes in reality with just his own static electricity!"
"I'm sorry, what?" Melissa did a double take.
"Goku did not fully understand Superman's connection to the sun, thanks to Superman's Torquasm-Vo blocking mental attacks, and would not think to teleport him to a red star." Wiz explained. "And even if he did figure it out, he would run the risk of teleporting him to a blue star, which actually increases Superman's power, so that he could fight him at his best, like he allowed Frieza to reach his full potential even if it risked him losing."
"So even if Goku read Superman's mind, he would only be assuring his own downfall more." Todoroki said.
"His thirst for battle and fairness is his own worst enemy." Tokoyami said.
"And if Goku destroyed the sun, if he wanted to get rid of Superman's strength, the supernova would blast all the way past Mars, and beyond, and incinerate him." Boomstick added.
"And I doubt that he could use instant transmission quick enough or concentrate enough to escape a supernova." Itsuka added.
"He also would not use Kyrptonite to weaken Superman, as it would give Goku an unfair advantage, which the Saiyan despises to have." Wiz said, showing Goku destroying the Kryptonite again.
"And while the Power Pole is magic, which Supes's weak towards, Goku also didn't know that." Boomstick pointed out. "If he did, it be questionable if he would toss it aside."
"Nah, I don't think he would." Setsuna replied. "Unless your magical or something, everything is weak to magic. Its magic."
"So, if weaknesses don't apply, it ultimately comes down to who is stronger, faster and tougher." Wiz said.
STRENGTH
"The force needed to move an object out of the sun's orbit by 1% is about one thousand times less than the object's mass." Wiz showing Superman moving the Earth and the resulting math. "The Earth weighs in just under 6.6 sextillion tons. This means that Superman is strong enough to move 6.6 quintillion tons."
"But since his solar power can rise infinitely, this is nowhere near his maximum strength." Boomstick pointed out.
"Again, I'm impressed by how thorough and serious they went with this fight." Kyouka said, impressed.
SPEED
"While being timed by Max Lord, Superman flew to the sun and back in less than two minutes." Wiz calculated. "That's 9.4 billion km/h or 5.9 billion miles/hr."
"Not to mention he was fighting Wonder Stripper the whole time." Boomstick pointed out again, showing Superman clash against Wonder Woman.
Momo's eyes twitched at the name 'Wonder Stripper' being abpplied to her counterpart.
"True, so it's likely he can go faster." Wiz agreed with his co-host. "According to Batman, he can fly at least 17 billion km/h."
"And nobody argues with Batman!" Boomstick declared, a scene of Batman intimidating a thug getting the point across.
"I know I wouldn't." Kaminari shivered at the glare of Batman, and added mentally the glare of his counterpart, Aizawa.
DURABILITY
"The Man of Steel can survive the impact of multiple supernovas, each with about ten octillion megatons of force." Boomstick revealed.
"So, Superman's feats and skills are definitively measured." Wiz said. "However, Goku's are not and are difficult to judge. Not only does Dragonball heavily abuse cinematic time, but Goku's final adventures in Dragonball GT are incredibly inconsistent, due to his untimely, magical transformation into a child."
"Wow, the room got a lot bigger somehow." Goku said, turning from a full grown adult into a child magically.
"Awww." The girls cooed at the return of Young Goku, now pondering what Young Izuku looked like.
"As ki is dependent on the physical body, his child form could not handle his own ki, sending his power into flux." Wiz deduced.
"It can't take it. It's too weak." Goku groaned out, reverting back into his normal form after trying and failing to transform into Super Saiyan 3. "My older body was more developed."
"And obviously, we're not using that future Goku 'cause that would require a ridiculous amount of assumptions." Boomstick explained. "Not to mention, we'd have to use future Superman, who's pretty much God!" They showed this future Superman glowing and completely covered in gold.
While Ibara frowned at the 'blasphemous' words of Boomstick, jaws fell once more at the golden, more powerful Superman.
"So, like Superman, we need to judge Goku in his prime." Boomstick proclaimed.
"After experimenting with dozens of different theories, we discovered an iron-clad method to finding Goku's limits, which we call the Gravity Formula, based around his training in increased gravity." Wiz declared. "Due to his style of training and Saiyan heritage, Goku increases his abilities proportionate to the amount of force he trains under."
"Saiyans are born with the unique ability to fight anywhere." King Kai revealed.
"An interesting theory." Iida hummed. "Much like your muscles get stronger the more you lift weights over and over until its easier, Goku's training under greater gravity must have done much the same."
"While in base form, Goku could lift just under 40 tons." Wiz deduced, showing the Gravity formula. "This is equivalent to 586x normal Earth gravity, which we will use in the Gravity Formula along with the Super Saiyan multipliers to calculate Goku's maximum potential."
(Note: The Gravity Formula goes as follows: 1g of base form*586*50*2*4*10)
STRENGTH
"Multiplying the 40 tons by the Super Saiyan forms means he can lift up to 160,000 tons in Super Saiyan 4, strong enough to pick up a continent... or my ex-wife. Ha ha!" Boomstick laughed.
"Impressive." Sen whistled, impressed. "Not as impressive as Superman, but impressive."
'Which part, the lifting the continent or his ex-wife?" Awase asked, the two descending into snickers.
Ibara punished the two with a smack tot eh head by her vine hair.
SPEED
"Right after Goku trained on King Kai's planet, which has gravity 10x stronger than Earth's, he flew across Snake Way Road as fast as possible to save his friends." Boomstick said. "It took him 28 hours to cross the whole thing, impressive since that's 1,000,000 kilometers long."
"Except it's filled with curves and Goku flew straight over it, so how far did he actually travel?" Wiz asked, showing the next scenes with the following analysis. "By comparing Goku's height to a single spike, we can measure each curve. We can then remove those curves from the overall length. So it turns out that Goku actually flew 307,000 kilometers, nearly 11,000 km/h."
"That's actually very smart to notice and to figure out." Melissa nodded. "So adding that to the formula, and multiply that with his Saiyan forms, would mean that he can move twice the speed of light!"
"To see how fast his base form is at the end of the series, we run the Snake Way number through the gravity formula to find that his top speed clocks in at over 2 1/2 billion km/h, over 2x the speed of light." Boomstick deduced.
"Honestly, I'm more impressed by how you did the numbers in your head before they did, Melissa." Hagakure admitted.
DURABILITY
"We can determine Goku's durability through this bomb, which the brilliant, evil Dr. Gero designed to kill Goku at age 25, when his maximum potential was Kaio-Ken x4." Wiz revealed.
Izuku frowned at the image of Dr. Gero, not just for trying to kill his counterpart, but that the evil doctor reminded him of Dr. Eggman, Wily, and their counterpart, Dr. Tsubassa, or rather Dr. Garaki if what the device said was true.
"Scans of the bomb display a TNT measurement of 657. Bulma says the bomb could destroy the Earth, so this is likely measured in quadrillion megatons, since it takes at least 53 quadrillion megatons of force to destroy the Earth." Boomstick announced.
"So in his final form, Goku can survive up to nearly 35 sextillion megatons." Wiz deduced.
"But didn't he die when the Earth exploded in their fight?" Sero questioned.
"I think he died more by the Infinite Mass Punch than the Earth exploding." Ojiro offered his opinion.
KI POWER
"Goku doesn't rely solely on his physical abilities." Boomstick pointed out, Goku shown amplifying his finger with Ki and using it to block a sword wielded by another Super Saiyan. "He amplifies his strength and durability with Ki."
"But even though his Ki reserves cannot be measured, we can determine his maximum output." Wiz explained. "See, his Ki attacks do not force him backward unless he allows them to." This was shown via Goku flying away from his own Kamehameha.
"Even when firing upward at full power, the ground beneath him remains relatively untouched." Boomstick said, Goku's Kamehameha on Vegeta destroying the earth around him, but not under him.
"How is that possible?" Kinoko asked confused.
"Therefore, according to physics, his maximum output is at most equal to the amount of force he can withstand." Wiz analyzed.
"Luckily, we just calculated that with the Gero bomb." Boomstick said.
"Oh. I guess that makes sense." Kinoko said.
CONCLUSION
"All right, now that we've determined Goku's maximum potential, let's compare it to Superman's." Wiz said.
STRENGTH
–Goku: 160,000 tons (w/o ki) Superman: 6.6 quintillion tons
SPEED
–Goku: 2.5 billion k/ph Superman: 9.4 billion k/ph
DURABILITY
–Goku: 34.7 sextillion MT Superman: 10 octillion MT
"HOLY SHIT!" Boomstick exclaimed in pure shock. "Not even close!"
"Yikes." Mic winced. "Seeing the numbers, I feel kinda stupid for voting for Goku."
"Now we can keep throwing feats and equations around, but in the end, numbers cannot measure what Goku and Superman are capable of." Wiz began. "They are both ultimate heroes, solutions to daunting problems and achievers of the impossible."
"Plus Ultra!" The students, minus ever silent Bakugou, Shinsou, Todoroki, Yui, and Monoma, yelled out.
"The difference is at the core of their character." Wiz explained. "Goku has never been invincible; he has very clear limits and must overcome those limits to solve the problems at hand. That's the whole point."
The members of the Dekusquad and Class 1-A in general smiled at that. Thinking on all the Izuku has done, from overcoming his own broken bones to continue fighting, bringing out the best in them even without them asking to, and fighting dangerous Villains and pulling through every time, id they had doubts about Izuku being Goku's counterpart, they were laid to rest here and now.
"On the other hand, Superman's story is not about the fight to become the best, but of an immigrant facing the challenges of home versus heritage." Wiz revealed. "After accepting his alien side, Superman has reached his full potential, which under the endless power of the sun is essentially limitless. In short, 'Superman is as strong as he needs to be.'" Quote the Superman Homepage.
The Heroes, especially Endeavor, nodded how that definitely sounded like All Might, who always seemed to be the best of the best, how they could never catch up to, the wide between them and him to vast, who always seemed invincible. And even against his final opponent in All For One, he continued to be the unbreakable, unyielding Symbol of Peace that they always needed him to be.
But now with him retired, the Heroes now have to stand ever more present against the darkness left in All For One's wake and strive towards a future where they can keep that hope All Might ignited alive.
Upon those words from Wiz, All Might thought back to when he graduated from U.A. and left Japan to America in order to flee from All For One, after he murdered his Master, Shimura. He remembered struggling against the self-doubt and hatred he had for fleeing from his home, fleeing from the monster that murdered the only true mother-figure he ever truly had and whether he could defeat that ultimate evil. Then he worked as a Hero in America, saving people, giving them Hope with his smile, and remembered his Master's words, his teachings, and worked to see that Hope and Peace brought to his home. And no matter what fear he had towards All For One or any Villain in his way, he would smile through it all and be the most powerful Symbol and Hero he needed to be to make the world he envisioned a reality.
"So what happens when you pit a man with the power to break any limits against another who has no limits in the first place?" Wiz asked. "Well, only one has limits to give at all."
"Kinda feels like that whole metaphor of 'an unstoppable force meets an immovable object'." Kirishima hummed out.
"Goku just Kaio-can't keep up with the Man of Steel." Boomstick punned.
"Darn it." Mirio cursed. "I was just about to make that pun."
"Then please, Mirio, stand still and receive Boomstick's punishment, too." Nejire replied, smacking her friend with a frying pan while the students and even some of the teacher sand adults laughed.
"The winner is Superman." Wiz announced.
As the video ended, and the claps were concluded, Nezu spoke up with "Well, I believe that is it for today."
"Ugh finally." Mount Lady groaned as she got up from her seat and stretched. "I feel pooped."
"All you did was was sit down and watch some videos." Midnight dryly said.
"Haven't you ever heard that you can get tired of sitting?" Mount Lady questioned back. "Not that I expect an old hag like you to understand."
"Why you Little-"
Before Midnight could murder the popular up-and-coming Pro, Nezu coughed to gain their attention. "As I was saying, we are adjourned for today." Nezu spoke again. "And we will continue with more fo these videos tomorrow after classes. Does this sound acceptable?"
Upon the nods of confirmation from all the group, Nezu nodded and dismissed the students to their dorms, and asking for Aizawa, Mic, Midnight, and Midnight to follow him to talk. The former Symbol of peace was confused to why he was needed, but the three teachers instantly knew what Nezu wished to talk about and quickly followed the rodent Principal of U.A.
While the students gathered around to follow their teachers to their respective dorms, with the Big Three joining Class 1-A, Izuku stood still as he looked to where All Might was walking off with Nezu and the teachers. The 9th holder of One For All did not forget about his mother and All Might being husband and wife with Superman and Lois lane and a couple again with All Might as Thor and his mother as Jane Foster.
But before the cinnamon roll of Class 1-A could confront this mentor before he left, he felt a tug on his shirt. He looked down to see Eri's curious eyes. "Papa?" Eri asked.
"Yes, Eri." Izuku replied, his focus having immediately been drawn to his surrogate daughter. "What is it?"
"I have a question about something that's confusing me." Eri replied. "Can we talk about it?"
Notes:
AAAAAAAANNNNNNNDDDDDD SCENE! UUUGGGGHHH! Finally! I don't know why this chapter took so long for me to finish! I swear I try to write and then my brain just died and I had to stop, and then other times my stupid computer failed to save some of my progress and then I had to do it all over again! Ugh! Also, as some of you may have noticed, I cut off most of the intro to the fight, because I felt it was pointless and would stretch the chapter too much as it is, and Goku's ending line of his analysis was the original take on Goku's declaration towards Frieza that I found 100 times better than the last one.
But its over and done with and the second round of videos is over and we will be heading into the interlude chapter. Again, these interlude chapters are for plot and story, so if you are not into that, then you should skip it. Also this interlude chapter, I will try to tie up all these recent videos all the way back from Bomberman vs Dig Dug and all the plot elements that I sprinkled around them, like the Khyber crystals and such.
But anyways, as for the counterpart comparisons, let's start off with Deku as Goku. Yes yes I know, another Deku counterpart Boo hoo. And this one is the 11th or so counterpart. Well, I couldn't in good conscious not have Deku be Goku after I literally set this up since Vegeta vs Shadow, with Vegeta as Bakugou, and both rivals to Goku and Deku. Both Goku and Deku embody the Plus Ultra mentality of reaching and surpassing one's limits, both are kind, compassionate, and selfless characters of pure heart, but with starling amounts of rage, mostly towards those who harm his friends and family. Spoilers for anime fans, but imagine Krillin's death by Frieza's hands, then imagine Gran Torino and Bakugou getting impaled by AFO Shigaraki and then imagine both of Goku and Deku's rage filled faces. There you go.
Plus, like the chapter said, One For All's percentage levels of control can be compared to Kaio-Ken and the Super Saiyan forms, especially when Deku goes full 100% and his hair sticks up and almost glows, Goku can sense the ki of others around him just as Deku's Danger Sense can sense danger around him, Deku can fly with float much like Goku, they both have a knack for mimicking and adapting skills and techniques and are geniuses in battle, and both nearly and have sacrifice victory at some points, like when Goku allowed Frieza to reach his full potential to beat him at his best or sacrificed himself to kill both Raditz and stop Cell's explosion, just as Deku pushed Todoroki to use his flames and to use his full power, even if it cost him victory.
And with Uraraka as Chi Chi, it fits better with both Uraraka and Chi Chi both stingy and very concerned over things, Uraraka being money and her family and with Chi Chi its Gohan's education and Goku to get a job to support the family. Plus early Young Chi Chi wore pink helmet and some pink armor, Uravity's favorite color, and both grew into strong, capable, and skilled fighters that learned from their love interest.
Then as for All Might and Superman, this was also a no brainer. Just as Deku was based on Spider-Man, All Might is a mix of Captain America and Superman. Both are near invincible, super strong Heroes, both valuing American values of truth and justice, at least Pre-2000's America when truth and justice were actually a thing, both immigrants to America, one the world itself, and both learning from their experiences and becoming iconic Symbols of Peace that inspire others. Plus imagine All Might as Superman and Aizawa as Batman, from the previous fights, and that's reason enough there.
And Inko as Lois Lane is to tie into the All MightxInko ship, both are stubborn, passionate, and motherly women, ie Inko raising Izuku on her own and almost denying Deku to go back to U.A. after The Forest Training incident, and who also bring the best out in others, like Inko with Izuku and Lois with Clark. Also, I've read many Villain Deku fics where Deku snaps after his mother dies and that reminds me of the Injustice games and comics where Superman loses Lois and becomes a dictator.
Well to wrap this up, I hope you guys and gals liked this chapter, and the work I tried to put into this one, comment what your thoughts and counterpart predictions in the comments below, check out my other stories if it pleases you, stay safe and healthy, don't stop chasing your goals, There's so much to be found, and free your Dragon soul.
This has been Zayden StormVoid, and I will see you all later. Now I go to sky, Up, up, and away!
Chapter 26: Interlude 2: I Will
Summary:
Interlude Chapter: An alliance is formed, hard questions are asked, and the answers even harder.
Notes:
GREETINGS READERS OF FANFICTION! IT IS I, THE ARROGANT AND ANNOYING, YET LOVABLE ZAYDEN STORMVOID! I HAVE RETURNED FOR ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE!
As explained last chapter, this is entirely a plot centered chapter with no reactions to the Death Battle videos, instead being a sort of catch up on all the chapters beforehand and the various plot threads that some chapters held, some more prevalent than others. So if you are only here for the reactions, then you might want to skip this chapter.
Also, apologies are in order for the long wait, since, in celebration of 2022, I worked on Welcome to the MCU twice to lead up to its 22nd chapter, and with the added situation that ended with the story taken down from AO3, along with several real life distractions, of personal and entertainment based, it left me feeling lethargic and tired at times.
But anyways, last chapter, we had the epic conclusion of Season 1 with Goku vs Superman with the Green Bean having his 12 counterpart, Goku, fight against All Might's own in Superman. Jaws were dropped, Uraraka's whole perception of her Quirk was flipped on its head, and, as Bakugou gloated, one of Midoriya's counterparts finally lost, though unfortunately for the petty Pomeranian, Deku didn't seem to find the lost as much as Bakugou raged on his. Now the group has called it quits for the day, with certain groups being asked to talk with one another. What will happen here? Let's find out.
But first, the index, even if half of it won't be used today:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wiz Dialogue and Flashback Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick, All Might buff form, Dark Shadow, and ? Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, combatant, or fight Dialogue
And finally, I do not own My Hero Academia, Horikoshi and Bones Studios do, or Death Battle, which belongs to the Death Battle channel and Roosterteeth, nor do I own the past, present, and future franchises mentioned and shown.
Now with that all said, LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
As the group of students left the gym to go their dorms, being led by Vlad King and Hound Dog, it took a couple of minutes before Class 1-A asked to have a sleepover with Class 1-B, the Big Three, Mei, Melissa, and Shinsou. Vlad King and Hound Dog looked at each other to ponder the decision, before nodding in agreement, the latter growling really.
The students cheered and celebrated, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu already organizing a video game tournament between the guys. The girls of 1-A were silently cheering and congratulating themselves for the idea they proposed.
'For the next...*sigh*D-Dicku club meeting, we need Setsuna and Melissa to join us.' Momo thought, groaning over the name Mina suggested for their group and already looking for a new one. 'Nejire and Mirio and Amajiki were already going to our dorms, and Melissa was suppose to bunk in the Support Course with Mei, so it seemed logical to invite everyone for a sleepover.'
Uraraka also threw Shinsou's name into the mix at the last second. While his added presence didn't do much for the girls' plans, they knew that the indigo-haired teen appreciated being included with the rest of his soon-to-be-fellow Hero classmates, even if the uncomfortableness displayed on his face, from being drawn into a bear hug by Kirishima, said otherwise.
So, all the students gathered outside of Class 1-B's dorms, waiting for the remaining members of Class 1-B to gather their stuff for the sleepover, while likewise waiting on Mei to get her stuff from her dorm and Shinsou from his own. Melissa waited with them, luggage in hand, that was conveniently placed and hidden in the darkness of the gym by the exit.
Izuku stood at the edge of the group, stuck in his head and thoughts. '...Link, Zack Fair, Spider-Man, and Goku.' Izuku counted in his head. 'So far that's over 12 different counterparts of mine that we found out.' Normally, the fact that Deku has so many different and powerful counterparts, and some weird like this Daisy the Rabbit that he had been told, would cause the super self-critical teen to be confused, but then Izuku remembered what the device said the day prior.
"...INDIVIDUAL KNOWN AS IZUKU MIDOIRYA HAS BEEN SCANNED AND DETERMINED TO BE A CATALYST AND KEYSTOME FIGURE OF THE MULTIVERSE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A NEXUS POINT!"
'The device pretty much said that I am somehow an important person or figure in our universe, like All Might, One For All, and All For One.' Izuku frowned in thought. 'And given that All Might had a number of counterparts too and he's considered a key factor in our universe, it would make sense why I would have so many. But...' Izuku recalled how many of his counterparts, and counterparts to other individuals, inadvertently were revealing more of Izuku's past and secrets, detrimental ones. Harry Potter and Spider-Man practically exposed his not-so-great bullied past, Kratos, Spawn, and now Sonic and Goku were nearly revealing One For All, and even his Liu Kang counterpart, if the group start to look closer, is teasing his master/student relationship with All Might.
'Speaking of which...' Izuku was observant. Very observant. And he couldn't help but notice how All Might's counterparts, specifically Thor and Superman, both had a romantic relationship with his mother's, Inko Midoriya's, counterparts, those being Jane Foster and Lois Lane. It filled him with suspicion, which only grew with noticing All Might shivering and shaking scared like a deer caught in the headlights, and a rising sense of overprotectiveness for his amazing mother. She didn't exactly have the best history with love, considering his so-called Father was millions of miles away in America on a business trip.
Izuku already knew the truth that his parents split up, coincidentally a few months after he was diagnosed as Quirkless. Deku didn't need his supposed genius to connect the dots. Since then, his mother has spent her whole life looking after him, growing wider as she ate more stressfully, growing paranoid and worried every time he was away from home for too long, even her friendships were strained ever since he was revealed to be Quirkless, many of her so-called friends abandoning her like she had the plague, which given he was Quirkless might as well have been. Even her outings and hang outs with Auntie Mitsuki were growing fewer and farther between, though Izuku didn't know that that particular reason was more of Mistuki's own son than it did him.
And now with everything that has happened, him getting a Quirk, going to and living at U.A., and All Might swearing to look after him, Midoriya's mom was getting better and better. She started going to the gym and getting healthier, slowly but assuredly getting back to old shape, and going out on her 'Girl's Night' with Auntie Mitsuki.
But now, with the knowledge that his own mentor and idol was possibly seeing his mother, Izuku didn't know how to take it.
'You can't deny that you see him like the father you never had,' Izuku admitted to himself. 'But does that mean I'm cool with him Actually being my dad? Am I scared that he will hurt her? No. All Might would never do something like that. He may not be the sharpest tool in the shed in class, but he wouldn't ever hurt her. So why am I still upset? Could I just be worrying over nothing and being overprotective? Am I mad that they didn't tell me? Or am I just still holding hope for Father to come back?'
Izuku broke out of his musing when he felt Eri moving. 'Speaking of Father figures.' Izuku looked down to the white-haired girl that named him her Papa in all but blood. He held her hand as they waited outside with the rest of his classmates, she always liked it when they held hands when they went out on a walk or when he gave her her piggyback rides. But right now, she was clearly impatient, shifting and tapping on her feet and her hands clammy with sweat.
Kouta was to his right while Eri was on his left. While Eri held Deku's hand, the young boy was still working on his anti-socialness and refused to hold hands, even with Izuku. Izuku didn't mind, taking the childish awkwardness compared to the hostility he showed when they first met. Kouta was currently tapping his feet impatiently too, grumbling and frowning on how long the others were taking. However, comparing his impatience to Eri's, the latter's was more the nervous kind.
Even in his musings, Izuku didn't forget that Eri wanted to ask him about something after they left the gym. Izuku promised that the two can talk alone when they got back to the dorms, though the added detour to Class 1-B's dorms and waiting on Mei, Shinsou, and the Big Three left her waiting longer than she clearly wanted.
Izuku didn't know what Eri wanted to ask him about. He already accepted being Eri's Papa as much as the others accepted, and enjoyed, being her 'Grandpas', 'Uncles', and 'Aunties', and doubted that she wanted to ask him to take the position officially. He also doubted that Eri actually saw him as her biological father, the girl, despite being young and naïve, wasn't too clueless to know the truth of their relationship.
'So what did she want to talk about?' Izuku thought. So many different questions and troubling situations, and yet so little time to figure them out. 'Well I guess this one can be answered when we get back to the dorms, right?'
A few minutes later...
The students were now all headed towards the 1-A dorms, ignoring Monoma's questions and rants on why they were going to the 1-A dorms instead of 1-A going to 1-B's dorms. It took a bit but Shinsou, the Big Three, and Mei got their stuff from their dorms, Mei's stuff including a large backpack filled with tools and materials, unsurprisingly. Vlad was a little mad that he had to wait so long for Mei to get her stuff, but chose to keep silent, knowing that the pink-haired inventor was already sour after Power Loader took the blueprints, materials, and the crystals needed to work on the Lightsabers.
On the way to the dorms, Kamakiri perked up. "Hey, Jirou." Kamakiri spoke up.
"Yeah?" Kyouka replied, raising an eyebrow at what he wanted.
"Didn't that box thing download a shitload of music onto your phone?" Kamakiri pointed at where her phone would be.
Kyouka's eyebrows raised. "Oh shit, I forgot!" Kyouka exclaimed, digging into her pocket to bring out her phone and going to her music library. "Yep, that device was legit. It made a whole new playlist with more than 300 songs on it!"
"Well, how's about you play something to pass the time?" Sen asked. "What about that catchy one that we heard in Spider-Man's analysis? I think it went something like Spectacular Spider-Man?"
"Sure." Kyouka shrugged, earning some cheers from her peers.
While she scrolled, Setsuna slowing down and walking beside Izuku, poked her elbow at his side. "Hear that, Green Bean? We're going to be listening to some of your tunes." Setsuna teased her fellow greenette.
Izuku blushed red, both embarrassed at the attention and listening to music revolving his counterpart, and the other at Setsuna's proximity and teasing. Something that both Eri and the girls noticed.
Fueled by a bit of jealousy, Kyouka quickly searched up and found the music by the name of Spectacular Spider-Man Theme Song. "Oh wait, this also has a music video?" Kyouka said, confused.
"Ooh Ooh, play it! Play it!" Mina pleaded.
"A little hard to show the whole thing to everyone on a small phone, don't you think, Mina?" Kyouka retorted.
"No problem." Yui said. Looking to Reiko and both nodding, Yui took Kyouka's phone and used her Quirk, transforming the phone large enough that it could be considered a flat screen T.V. Reiko then used her Quirk and lifted the phone into the air, telepathically floating as they walked.
"I guess that works." Kyouka said, looking to the two. "Thanks."
She raised the volume enough for the group to hear and pressed the large play button.
The video began with the riffs of guitar and showing a newspaper picture of Spider-Man hanging upside by a webline over a bridge, followed by a few more newspapers of Spider-Man swinging through the air with a criminal in hand and another of him punching down another criminal. Mysterious, catchy music played as a final newspaper image showed a building before zooming to the real one and into the inside. There, standing away from the rest of a group of students was a skinnier, nerdier, emphasized by his round glasses, of Izuku Midoriya.
"Midoriya?" The class questioned. Izuku and Bakugou blinked, realizing that the person looked like Izuku's former skinny self, but the glasses and attire were rather different. Bakugou couldn't help but flinch at seeing the old Midoriya that he used to punch, kick, and explode for fun and appeasing his jealousy.
The girls likewise blinked, surprised, almost shocked at how vastly different Midoriya looked compared to the more confident and muscular version. Though despite the change, the girls couldn't help but giggle at how cute he actually looked.
The music continued and picked up as a spider slid down via a webline and landed on the nerdy Midoriya's hand. Midoriya suddenly jerked and swung his hand, the spider flying away dead, while Midoriya looked at his hand, where the screen zoomed onto the spider bite, into his body and through his blood cells and witnessed a DNA strand morphing red and blue and then black and turning into the spider insignia, all the while red letters and spelled out 'DNA Hacked...'
"This must some alternate universe where Midoriya is living his counterpart's, Peter Parker's, life as Spider-Man." Momo deduced. "And this must be where the radioactive spider bit and mutated him."
"Living on the Edge, Fighting Crime, Spinning Webs," A man's voice began to sing, the black spider insignia now plastered on the front of Spider-Man's suit, a smirking Izuku sticking to the side of a building, now without glasses, his face sharper and more similar to their Izuku, his muscular, lean body hugged by his red and blue suit, and placing the Spider-Man mask over his face before shooting out a webline, jumping off and swinging away.
The guys and 1-B girls, sans Setsuna, smiled at seeing Midoriya now as the Spider-Man and the song truly beginning. Setsuna and the girls blushed brightly at seeing this smirking Izuku's muscular, yet lean body hugged by his suit in all the right places.
"Swinging from the Highest Ledge, He can Leap Above our Heads." Spider-Man swung from buildings with grace and unnatural precision, at one point swinging from the bottom of a news chopper.
"He looks so cool!" Kouta said with awe.
"This music's catchy." Kaminari said, nodding to the music.
Izuku smiled, seeing how another version of himself truly a Hero already and fighting crime. He likewise focused on Spider-Man web swinging, analyzing and his movements to try out later with Black Whip.
"Ahhh Ahh Ahhh Ah Ahhh! Ahhh Ahh Ahhh Ah Ahhh Ah!" Backup singers 'ahhh'ed in the background as Spider-Man's shadow swung past New Yorkers looking at a wall of TV screens featuring him and showing a picture of Spider-Man crawling up the wall of a building, below it reading 'Pictures by Izuku Midoriya'.
Kyouka smiled, liking the tone the song and backup chorus were making. She found the music giving an air of both mystery and heroism of Spider-Man.
"Hey look, pictures by Izuku Midoriya." Hagakure pointed out. "They did say that Peter Parker was a photographer, and so is Izuku in this world."
"Villains on the Rise, and the City's Victimized," Above the highlight 'Super Villains' showed Spider-Man swinging after Vulture while a Shocker on a Helicopter fired sound waves at him, followed by the Lizard roaring, Electro sparking yellow electricity everywhere, and Rhino bursting through a building in rush. "Looking Up with no surprise, Arriving in the Speed of Time." Spider-Man looked out, unaware of four clawed tentacles rising and reaching towards him. A large fist made of sand smashed a T.V. screen showing Spider-Man and then the whole screen was covered in the black, symbiote goop of Venom.
" Ahhh Ahh Ahhh Ah Ahhh! Ahhh Ahh Ahhh Ah Ahhh Ah! " Spider-Man was shown dodging Shocker's sound waves, standing face to face against Mysterio hovering in green cloud with dragons at his side, and a monstrous mutated Kraven, and Green Goblin firing pumpkin bombs at him, before Spider-Man shoots a webline and swing forwards and throws a punch.
"Jesus, and he has to fight those Villains on all time?" Kosei questioned.
"Its what Heroes do." Iida said. "Though I am concerned about this world's containment procedures and measures towards Villains if they can escape and repeat their actions so much."
Kaminari still shivered at the sight of Electro, Setsuna perked up at seeing the Lizard roaring and rampaging, Reiko blinked at seeing Mysterio and his 'magical' powers, Amajiki shook at mutated Kraven roaring, and Izuku's and Iida's spine felt a chill roll up at seeing Green Goblin.
"Spectacular! Spectacular! Spider-Man!" Spider-Man swung through the air, avoiding gunfire from Fisk Building. "Spectacular! Spectacular! Spider-Man!" Spidey swung low to the ground, his hand brushing the road, before twisting and angling his body over a taxi cab, swinging up and running above a gas truck before jumping out. "Spectacular! Spectacular! Spider-Man!" Spider-Man dodged Goblinrangs, a large sand hand from Sandman, and swinging a large, black combat suited man, his hands webbed together and held in a webline, onto the side of building. "Spectaculaaar!" Spider-Man ran along the side of glass railing before leaping and swinging out.
"Awesome!" Mina cheered, amazed at Spider-Man's acrobatics, and the music getting her close to start dancing.
"Its just like what he heard in Spider-Man's analysis." Aoyama said.
"This song's sick!" Sero smiled and nodded at the beat.
The song continued with a long series of guitar riffs and cords, all the while showing Spider-Man faced a multitude of different Villains. They saw him face off alone against Vulture, Rhino, Electro, Scorpion, Mr. Negative, and Doctor Octopus, get beaten and brutalized by the six before being tossed out. They then showed Spider-Man falling, almost unconscious towards darkness before web line above him and flying up to kick Rhino's jaw, and then showing him standing above a New York City gargoyle, now donning his Black suit. The mysterious music plays again and shows a light shot by a web bullet, flickering the lights on and off and showing through quick flashes of light Spider-Man taking out thugs before striking at Hammerhead.
"After all that and he still gets back up." Uraraka smiled. "No wonder in another life Deku would be Spider-Man."
Izuku smiled at Uraraka, grateful for her words, and hoped to continue living to her trust and praise.
"Woah, look at the Black suit." Sen pointed out. "That must be when he wore that Venom symbiote thing."
"Revelry in the Dark." Tokoyami and Kuroiro proclaimed, both loving the black suit look, Spider-Man's attack in the dark, and practically feeling the ominous off of the Symbiote suit.
"Crawling through the Night, Facing Evil with his Might, He's a Hero in Our Eyes, See the Headlights Every Time." Spider-Man dived and spun his body in between the claws of a giant creature of black energy, spinning his body to face its demon-looking face, shooting web lines at either side of its head before swinging forward, crashing through it and kicking Mr. Negative in the face, showing him falling down to the Spider-Man in a heroic light.
"Okay that was Manly!" Kirishima exclaimed.
"But what the heck was that?" Tetsutetsu scratched his head. "It looked like an Omi or something."
"Must have been some energy construct of that Villain Spider-Man kicked." Melissa suggested. "The Villain gave off a similar glow and energy."
" Ahhh Ahh Ahhh Ah Ahhh! Ahhh Ahh Ahhh Ah Ahhh Ah!" Spider-Man struggled and grappled against the Lizard before showing him soaring through the buildings, with Black Cat beside him, before it showed Black Cat giving Spidey an upside down kiss.
While the guys hooted and whistled in cheer for the man, Mineta wailed in bloody-teared jealousy at seeing the hot feme fettle making out with Midoriya's counterpart. The girls were, surprisingly, on the same page with Mineta, glaring jealousy at Black Cat for kissing their crush. Izuku's face went a new shade of red at seeing the kiss from the admittingly hot cat thief.
"Making Villains Fall, Webbing Rivals to a Halt," Spider-Man was shown dropping cement onto Sandman and turning him into a statue, knocking Vulture into a black web, and launching, feet-first, through a small hole of crates and striking at Electro. "Racing up and down the Walls, Bringing Justice to Us All." Spider-Man was shown clashing against Doc Ock on the side of a building, luring Scorpion and Rhino into a crate, and then showing him strike at Green Goblin.
"Ingenious." Iida hummed, impressed. "Against an opponent made entirely of sand that he cant hurt, he poured cement on the Villain to trap him."
" Ahhh Ahh Ahhh Ah Ahhh! Ahhh Ahh Ahhh Ah Ahhh Ah!" Spider-Man webbed Shocker to the ground, then swung out of building of exploding pumpkin bombs, before showing Izuku Midoriya, his name by the side of him, in civilian clothes smiling at the screen.
"That's some cool clothes." Kyouka said, appreciating how it fit Midoriya well, and wondering if she can get him into a similar style instead of his, while adorable, plain T-shirts that only had the word T-shirt on them.
"Spectacular! Spectacular! Spider-Man!" Spider-Man was shown webbing up a collapsing construction sight before showing him crawling up a building in his Black suit. "Spectacular! Spectacular! Spider-Man!" Spider-Man leapt off a building in a flip, before Melissa Shield was shown smiling up at the screen, followed by what looked like Iida with the name Harry Osborn beside him, followed by J Jonah Jameson frowning. "Spectaculaaar!" Ochaco Uraraka was shown smiling as well, before finishing with Spider-Man taking a picture towards the screen with the name beside him being 'Spidey'.
The aforementioned people in the video smiled at seeing their counterparts.
The music continued as Spider-Man jumped off a building, falling straight down towards the ground, arms spread and completely calm. "Spectacular! Spectacular! Spider-Man!" At the last minute, Spider-Man shot a web line and swung up into the air, flipping and twisting his body till he faced the city before him in a Spider-Man pose, his back to the screen.
"That was sick!" Sero smiled, seeing Spider-Man strike that pose and last minute swing.
"Spectacular! Spectacular! Spider-Man!" Spider-Man flipped and landed and on the edge of a New York building in a Spider-Man pose. As the last of the iconic music played, Spidey made a web hammock and hopped on and laid in it, removed his mask to reveal Izuku's smirking face and leaned down to grab a box of pizza and pull out a slice to eat, meanwhile the blue sky turned red with a black web design and two clouds replaced by Spider-Man's eyes.
The group of students chuckled at seeing this Izuku's laidback attitude, and clapped and cheered at the end of the video.
"That was a cool song." Itsuka admitted, nodding. "Hey Jirou, could you send that to me?"
"Ooh ooh! Me too! Me too!" Pony hopped and waved her arms, followed by many of the students.
"Sure thing, guys." Kyouka nodded.
"Oh look, we're here." Reiko pointed out, the students coming to a halt and realizing that Class 1-A's dorms are right in front of them.
"Oh, that was fast." Setsuna hummed.
Yui shrank Jirou's phone back to normal size and Reiko moved it back into Jirou's hand, the punk girl thanking them with a nod.
The guys ran straight into the dorms, dragging their less enthusiastic members with them, Bakugou in particular roaring out his displeasure. Mirio and Amajiki waved Vlad King and Houng Dog as they left and began walking in.
"Hey Hey!" Nejire stopped and moved up to be in front of the girls. "How about a little girls meeting like last night? This time with the Melissa, Mei, and the 1-B girls, hmm?"
"I'd be happy to. I've never really had a 'girl's night' or meeting really." Melissa accepted the invitation, knowing that this was some impromptu decision for the 1-A girls and Nejire to talk with her and Setsuna about Midoriya, with the rest of the 1-B girls asked to not seem suspicious.
"Sure." Itsuka nodded. "This could be a good bonding experience between us girls from different classes."
As the girls were about to climb the steps to the dorms, Uraraka looked back to see Izuku, still holding Eri's hand, asking Kouta to go on ahead with Mirio and the other. "Hey Deku." Uraraka called out, gaining Izuku and Eri's attention. "You coming?"
"In a bit." Deku called back. "Me and Eri just have something to talk about, alone."
Uraraka and the girls blinked, confused and intrigued as to what this was about, but nodded and continued on, Uraraka and the rest of the 1-A girls practically dragging their 1-B counterparts towards the girls dorms, leaving behind a bunch of very confused guys and a scheming Mineta that was quickly tied up by the guys into a chair to prevent him form enacting said scheme.
Meanwhile, in the Teacher's meeting room...
Nezu sat at the head of the table, looking around at the people gathered around him. All Might, Gran Torino, and Recovery Girl sat by his right, all three wondering why they were summoned by the rodent Principal to this meeting. Eraserhead, Present Mic, and Midnight sat by his left, their faces evident that they caught on as to why.
Midnight's eyes were glazed and distant as she looked down her lap, likely lost in her thoughts and memories, whichever they were being one that brought sadness. Mic's arms were crossed on the table, his finger tapping impatiently on its wooden frame. His teeth were in a gritted frown, grumbles and small mutterings being heard escaping from his mouth. Finally, Aizawa's eyes portrayed someone dead inside, more than usual. They were half-closed and cold, a deep frown on his face, arms crossed and All Might could pick up that Eraser was gripping the sides of his arms tightly.
"Thank you all for coming here." Nezu thanked the teachers, and guest, before him. "I do apologize that this meeting had to take place so soon after the videos, but I assumed that it would be better to have this discussion sooner rather than later."
"Your damn right about that." Mic growled, still angry.
"Hizashi!" Midnight hissed warningly at her friend and co-worker.
"No, Nemuri! Don't 'Hizashi' me!" Mic snapped, his shades lowering to see his angry eyes. "I'm not your junior 2nd year when we were at U.A.!"
"Mic, I believe what Midnight means to say is that you should calm down." All Might jumped in, softly.
"Calm down? Calm Down?!" Mic slammed his fists into the table. "HOW CAN I POSSIBLY BE CALM AFTER THE LIES THAT MACHINE SAID ABOUT SHIRAKUMO?! THERE IS NO WAY THAT SHIRAKUMO COULD EVER BE THAT WARP BASTARD! HE'S DEAD! He's been dead for so long..."
Mic's shoulders slumped, his voice losing that rage and was instead full of sadness and disbelief.
Before Nezu could speak, Eraserhead beat him to the punch.
"Enough, Hizashi." Aizawa spoke up. "That's enough."
"Enough? You sound like you believe that bullshit that that machine said." Mic accused. "How can you be angry after what that thing said?! You were friends with him too!"
Aizawa's eyes snapped to Mic, glowing red, and his hair stood up, from his Quirk, though his angry glare alone was enough to silence Mic. "I was, and I Am Angry." Aizawa growled, dangerously. "I am angry enough right now to stomp on over to the Support Department and smash that box to pieces and say it was all a lie." Aizawa's eyes went back to normal, his hair falling down too, gazing back down at the table. "But if we don't listen and talk this over, we may not get a straight answer."
The room was deadly silent. The rest of the teachers were simply silent, sending gazes of pity and sympathy towards to the three long-time friends.
Mic sighed and sat back down onto his seat, sending a near silent 'Sorry' to Midnight for yelling at her. The R-Rated Hero smiled and took the apology, placing a comforting hand on Hizashi's shoulders.
"Thank you, Eraserhead." Nezu sent a thankful nod at the insomniac teacher, who barely replied, simply listening. "Now, back to the matter at hand, this meeting is to discuss the authenticity of the device's revelation that Oboro Shirakumo is indeed the member of the League of Villains, Kurogiri." Receiving curt nods from the assembled group, Nezu turned to Gran Torino and All Might. "Gran Torino, All Might, you two have had the most experience with the Warp Villain, what were your impressions of him?"
"Kurogiri was cold and ruthless." All Might spoke up first. "In the USJ, from what I saw of him, he had no qualms putting the students in grave danger and, even though he said he would have preferred not to sully the insides of his Warp Gates, he was all too willing to slice me apart if it meant my downfall."
Mic scoffed, still in clear denial. Midnight and Eraserhead were off a same, yet tempered mindset. Looking back to their past, the Shirakumo they remembered was kind and selfless, willing to go to Hell and back and let himself get punished if it meant the good of others. Oboro was also jovial, casual, and energetic, he was like a more tempered version of Yamada. Nothing of what All Might said about the Warp Villain fit with Shirakumo.
"Go on." Nezu said, noticing All might had more to say.
"But he was more cautious than Shigaraki." All Might continued, cupping his chin in thought. "Whenever Shigaraki looked close to lashing out or panicking, Kurogiri was level-headed, calming him down and to focus on the facts and situation. I was sure that after I defeated the Nomu that Shigaraki would flee, but then Kurogiri seemed to calm him down again, like he knew I was at my limit, and when the teachers arrived and Shigaraki was injured, rather than continue going after me, he protected Shigaraki. He was like Shigaraki's supervisor or guardian, constantly watching over him."
The three grew stiff. Aizawa's eyes began to widen, Mic and Midnight following as well. Memories of Shirakumo adopting a stray cat popped up in their minds. Aizawa remembered how Shirakumo gave him his goggles and promised to have his back went they went up against the Villain that ultimately took his life.
"Sounds accurate to what I got off of him." Gran Torino nodded. "When me and Tsukauchi managed to capture him, he was more worried about Shigaraki. He was constantly muttering about whether he was doing okay or if that giant would find the boy. In our attempts to interrogate him, he would say nothing more than if Shigaraki was okay. When we didn't answer, he would go silent. If we said we didn't know, he went silent. Nothing could get him to crack."
Mic's fists started to shake, while his teeth gritted. Midnight's eyes started to twitch, and Aizawa's hands gripped his shoulder tighter and tighter with every comparison.
"But all those could just be coincidences." Midnight reasoned. "From what you could gather, he was Shigaraki's bodyguard, so it would make sense that he would adhere to his duties. Besides, there are three major things that don't make sense. His Quirk. Kurogiri's Quirk is called Warp Gate and allows him to open portals to wherever he wants, but Shirakumo's was Loud Cloud, a floating cloud he controled that acted like that Goku's Flying Nimbus. Secondly, even if Shirakumo was still alive, he was Hero through and through, he wouldn't ever be in league with someone like Shigaraki or All For One. And finally, as I just said, Shirakumo is Dead. His head was..." Midnight paused, the words stuck in her throat, unable to say what Shirakumo's fatal injury was. "...And his body was cremated. We gave the ashes to his family."
"Yes, those are factors that make this discussion seem over and done with." Nezu hummed. "However, we must remember the person that is potentially behind this atrocity, should it truly be the truth."
"All For One." All Might growled, his fists clenching, all the more with another evil deed that the evil, 200 year old monster has potentially committed.
"Indeed." Nezu nodded. "When it comes to a man who can take and bestow Quirks unto others, nothing is assure. All For One has a history with transferring multiple Quirks and mutating and fusing Quirks together, either experimentally or naturally."
All Might, Gran Torino, Recovery Girl, and Aizawa both looked at each other for a moment, knowing full well what the rodent was referring to. 'One For All.' All Might thought. His own former Quirk was a perfect example of a Quirk fusing and mutating with another Quirk into something else. The Quirk of the First, All For One's brother, was the ability to pass on his own Quirk to others. Then All For One forced upon him a Stockpiling Quirk, one that fused with the original Quirk to form the Quirk that was One For All.
"The Nomus." Recovery Girl spoke up, moving onto the former category of All For One's machinations with Quirks. "For all intense and purposes, the Nomu that fought All Might in the USJ, is effectively brain dead, unable to talk, respond, or comply with any interrogation and seems programmed to only follow its masters. Like a walking, living corpse."
The three flinched at the words from the elderly pro and nurse.
"Additionally, the Nomu that have been contained since then were all pretty much the same." Gran Torino said. "The ones we captured during our raid on Kamino were just like the first one. Unresponsive towards orders or commands, no signs of intelligence of there own." Gran Torino narrowed his eyes. "But then, there was the one that attacked Endeavor."
The teachers remembered the Nomu that attacked Endeavor shortly after the Hero Billboard Chart that officially pronounced the man as the new Number 1 Hero of Japan. Unlike the others of its kind, it was capable of speech and intelligence and strategy, though the former was severely limited towards only combat and destruction. Yet it could learn, adapt, think.
And if one can do so, what says another can't?
"Woah woah, hold up." Mic raised his hands to wait. "What are you saying? That Kurogiri is some Nomu made from the corpse of Shirakumo? He was cremated!"
"All For One had many connections." All Might argued back, knowing the army of followers that the Villain amassed and how he fought against them. "I defeated many, but if All For One survived my first fight against him. I squashed his head like a melon and yet he lived."
"Furthermore," All Might continued. "One man, despite his powers, couldn't have created those Nomu. They were altered and experimented to wield multiple Quirks. The Nomu me and Aizawa fought in the USJ held a strength as strong as mine that wasn't a result of a Quirk, but simply was that strong."
"What does that have to do with anything I just said?"
"He means that someone was helping All For One." Aizawa answered, eyes narrowed, his thoughts turning back to the Shadow fight. "Someone who helped save All For One after his battle with All Might." He remembered Shadow was created by a Gerald Robotnik, a doctor who had knowledge of biological experimentation. "Someone who helped experiment on the Nomu to turn them into those monsters." That Gerald Robotnik also looked and held the same last name as Dr. Eggman, who's counterpart just so happened to be the same suspicious Doctor who Midoriya knew by another name, Doctor Tsubassa, a Quirk Doctor. Aizawa turned to Mic with grave seriousness. "Someone who could have replaced Shirakumo's body and experimented on him to become Kurogiri."
The room was silent once again. Recovery Girl sighed in sadness at what happened so such an innocent, young soul. Midnight clapped a mouth over her mouth, trying to hide both her sobs and keep the rising vile down. All Might and Gran Torino looked at each other, anger and new purpose in their eyes. Nezu looked completely normal and silent, his clasped hands over his mouth, yet looking closely, his tail was straight and pointed and his eyes held undeniable rage and vengeance. Mic sunk back into his seat, his shades falling from his face and revealed his wide, horrified eyes as he considered Aizawa's words.
And for Aizawa himself, even without his Quirk activated, they held a death glare, picturing whatever mad, twisted person could have desecrated the memory of his friend. And promising to find them and Kill them.
"A truly despicable possibility, and a possibility it still is for now." Nezu calmed down and reminded the group from jumping to conclusions. "For now, tomorrow, All Might, Gran Torino, and I will come into contact with Detective Tsukauchi. Gran Torino has been working alongside Tsukauchi in the containment and interrogation of Kurogiri, and we will soon get to the bottom of this. But for now, we must keep this information as silent and confidential as we can."
Nezu turned to the three teachers who still looked unsatisfied. "Oboro Shirakumo was a student of U.A. High School, and a dear and treasured student at that." Nezu continued. "He is as much my responsibility and burden as the three of you and I promise that we will use every resource within our means to getting to the bottom of this. You have my word."
After a silent moment of contemplation, the three nodded in acceptance, All Might, Recovery Girl, and Gran Torino nodding afterwards.
A few moments later, the teachers left the room and went on their way, leaving Nezu alone in the conference room. Alone and unseen, the rodent Principal slammed his clenched paw into the table, a small crack as a result.
'I know that look you had back there, Aizawa, but make no mistake, I Will be the One who will kill this person.' Nezu hopped off his chair and exited the room, making his way to the Support Department. Nezu thought back to his own experimentation, recalling the memory of a bald, old man with a frizzy mustache, his face obscured by the surgeon mask and his round, golden, green tinted goggles. 'I Will.'
Back at 1-A Heights Alliance dorms...
The girls all decided to gather into Asui's room. At first, Momo's room was opted for an option, but when the 1-B girls looked inside to see the massive fancy bed, and little room left because of it, they saw the point. Mina's room was also an option, as well as Kyouka's, Hagakure's, and Uraraka's, but given Mei hauling her bag of machines, some, if not most, of which could explode or leak oil, the three room's girls refused. Mina and Hagakure didn't want their rooms or décor made a mess of, Kyouka didn't want her instruments ruined, and Uraraka was very stingy about any of stuff being ruined too given her lack of money to fix or replace them.
Asui's was the only one who's room was spacious enough and willing enough to let all the girls in, including Mei and her equipment.
Asui's room, the girls recalled, was the one of the only rooms that was not part of the 1-A room challenge the class held when they first moved in. Asui was, at the time, sulking in her room dealing with the Bakugou Rescue Squad's actions, and Bakugou, the other who didn't participate, was also sulking in his room, dealing with the fallout of his kidnapping.
Asui's room was fully painted green and covered with lots of frog-centric décor. From the walls full of happy frog faces, a frog alarm clock, a frog decorated bed and sheets, a large heater, explained by Asui to be for more colder nights. There was also a picture of her family on her desk...as well as a picture of Midoriya with a heart over it. Asui was quick to hide away the picture, a fool's errand since the girls all saw it, anyways.
Now, they were all gathered around Asui's room and changed into their PJ's and casual clothes. Asui, Uraraka, Kinoko, and Reiko sat on Asui's bed. Uraraka wore a plain, yellow pajama button shirt and pants, Asui some frog-themed PJ's with a hood that resembled a frog, Kinoko had pajamas with cute mushrooms themed all over it, and Reiko's had little cute bedsheet ghosts on hers.
It was decided that after the meeting they would split into 6 girl rooms, with Setsuna and Mei staying in Asui's room. As such, they had their beds set up on Asui's floor. Currently sitting on them was Setsuna, Mina, Hagakure, Pony, Ibara, and Mei, the later of whom was tinkering with some 'baby' of hers, Ibara needing clarification on what Mei said by 'baby'. Ibara was wearing a modest white pajamas with a golden cross across her left breast pocket, Mina a purple, sleeveless shirt and black shorts, Hagakure was seeable from her light blue, pink-striped shirt and shorts, Pony had a Wild West themed pajama that had a Sherriff badge designed above her left breast pocket, Mei, reluctantly, put on another sleeveless black shirt and pink shorts, and Setsuna had a dinosaur-themed pajama, her button shirt unbottoned to show her abs and moss green bra, which Ibara narrowed her eyes at.
Momo sat in the chair by Asui's desk, Kyouka sitting on the desk on one side and Melissa on the other. Momo had a modest sleepwear as well of a khaki colored pajamas, and decided to let her waterfall of raven hair down. Kyouka wore a light grey shirt with the word 'Dead' written across her shirt and black shorts, and Melissa changed into a, suspiciously, green pajama that reminded the girls of Deku's hair.
Finally, Itsuka and Yui leaned by the wall, the former wearing a blue sleeveless shirt and red shorts, and the latter a red and white themed pajama that resembled her Hero suit. And as for Nejire, she was comfortable floating above them in the air with her Quirk, wearing a light purple pajama.
"Nice room, Asui." Setsuna nodded in appreciation as she looked around the room. "Almost like mine, but mine's more dinosaur themed."
"Both reptiles." Asui croaked out simply. "And call me Tsu."
"So, not to sound impatient or anything, but why are we all gathered here for?" Itsuka asked. "I figured that we could participate in the boy's video game tournament?"
"You only want to hang out with boys to get closer with Tetsutetsu, right Itsuka?" Setsuna teased with a razor-sharp tooth grin.
"OOOHHH! Romance of Class 1-B?!" Mina jumped in delight.
Itsuka blushed red hot. "O-O-OF COURSE NOT!" Itsuka denied loudly. "WE'RE JUST FRIENDS!"
"Oooh, I can see it now!" Mina said, looking at the ceiling. "The Karate tomboy and Iron man who could match her fists and heart!"
"I like her." Setsuna smiled, draping an arm around Mina. "We are going to be the best of friends!"
"ENOUGH!" Itsuka roared again, as the girls laughed. "C-Can we just get to why we are here?"
"Oh, we're here to see who else here likes Zuzu, too." Nejire chimed in before Momo could say a word.
The 1-B girls and Melissa froze in shock, while 1-A girls were frozen in shock by how nonchalant she just outright admitted it.
"EEEEHHHHHH?!" The guys heard from down in the living room as they played Super Hero Smash Extreme. Most were confused, others accepted it as 'girls being girls', and Mineta struggled insanely against his bindings.
"Y-You All Like Midoriya?!" Itsuka pointed towards the blushing girls of 1-A and Nejire.
"Me too!" Mei raised her hand, her eyes not torn away from her baby. "Muscles got me bad for him too!"
"HOW SINFUL!" Ibara shrieked, clasping her hands in prayer. "Please O Lord, shine your light down and cure these women from the path of sin and lust!"
Setsuna froze, mouth agape and eyes twitching. She started removing her arm from around Mina, less she start digging her nails into her pink flesh. Though with how jealous she was feeling, it was mighty tempting. Melissa was in likewise state of shock and jealousy. She knew that some of the girls of 1-A had feelings for Midoriya given their flirtatious advances towards Midoriya, blush whenever he praised them, and act just as jealous as she when they weren't on the receiving end of his affections. But for all of Class 1-A, including a 3rd year the same age as her and her fellow inventor, both not even in his class, to all like, maybe even love, her crush made Melissa Shield fighting off her own jealousy to hear the girls out before she started tearing them to shreds.
Momo sighed, hand over her blushing face as she shook her head. "You couldn't have waited for me to explain to them, Nejire?" Momo asked.
"Oops! Sorry!" Nejire apologized, sweetly.
"Okay, well since that bandage was just viciously torn off, guess we have to admit it." Kyouka sighed and shrugged. "Yes, I like Green."
"Same!/Guilty!" Mina and Hagakure said at the same time.
"Me as well. Ribbit." Asui croaked, a light blush on her cheek. Uraraka blushed furiously and nodded, too.
"Wow...lucky Midoriya." Itsuka gasped out, actually impressed with the green-haired teen she figured as wholly innocent. "Didn't think that he of all the guys could amass a harem of his own classmates, plus another girl not from his class and his senior."
Ibara was continuing her prayers to 'save' the girls from their 'lust' and to smite down the 'blasphemous, green devil disguised as an angel'.
"W-Well, D-Deku doesn't know that we l-like him." Uraraka stuttered out. "We actually only found out that we all liked him just yesterday, after the first videos."
"So by what circumstances has the Green Harem Master managed to ensnare all of you into his trap of love?" Reiko said.
"Huh?" Hagakure said, confused.
"She mean how did you all fall for Midoriya?" Yui translated.
The next few minutes were of the 1-A girls, plus, Nejire and Mei, explaining their love stories to the members of 1-B and Melissa. With each tale, the 1-B girls slowly became less confused and weirded out, quickly smiling at the romantic tales. Kinoko and Pony were almost bawling in tears at how romantic they were. Itsuka, Reiko, and Yui smiled and nodded, their thoughts on Midoriya as a nice guy restored and brought up another level. Ibara was even stunned at how truly and wholly innocent and pure the girls stories of love were that she felt guilty and horrible for thinking them 'lust-cursed', or calling Midoriya a green devil. While the religious girl still frowned at what seemed like the making of polygamy, Ibara decided to remain quiet for now.
Meanwhile, Setsuna and Melissa listened to each tale with growing confused feelings. Each tale of how Midoriya managed to make a home in the hearts of the girls made their own crushes of the boy soar, especially Setsuna who learned more and more of her, admittingly, recent crush. At first, the two felt almost intimidated considering they were all so close with Midoriya. Setsuna's crush was as recent as the Joint Training Class and only grew to full blown crush just yesterday, while Melissa only spent a few days with Midoriya on I-Island, one of those days being the I-Island Incident where her father was almost kidnapped and then almost imprisoned for orchestrating the whole thing.
Then they heard the tales of Kyouka, Mina, and Nejire. Setsuna blinked in surprise at how Izuku managed to get the three girls fully falling for him around the few days of the Cultural Festival preparations and the Festival itself, and coupled with how it was right after the Cultural Festival made her less intimidated, she actually felt more assure that her own feelings weren't to be written off as just a simple crush and to explore them more. Melissa felt the same too. Hearing how quickly, yet effectively Midoriya made an impact on them made Melissa more confident that her own feelings not just some passing fancy or naïve crush, and with hearing more of how selfless, kind, and compassionate Midoriya was made her more assure of her feelings towards him.
As Mei finished her tale, Momo had to make a some napkins for Pony and Kinoko cry on. Itsuka's respect for the Golden Boy of 1-A had grown. Yui and Reiko likewise saw their opponent from the Joint Training Class with greater respect with even Reiko showing a glance of emotion by wiping away a tear. Ibara was again feeling guilty for her slanderous thoughts over the Green Bean.
"That was shroomtastic!" Kinoko wailed, yet still made a mushroom pun to her classmates fond eye rolls.
"I apologize and ask for your forgiveness." Ibara knelt and bowed to the 1-A girls. "I apologize for my words against you and Midoriya. While I may not approve of your practice of polyamory, it is not my business to interfere or forcefully change your ways."
The girls were surprised, but not of Ibara's apology, but what she mentioned of polyamory. Last night, the girls decided to pick up what to do with their shared feelings over the boy the next day and to not act aggressively or overtly hostile towards each other. But now, they may have come across their answer to their problem by, ironically enough, the most holiest and religious of the girls here.
"It is alright, Shiozaki." Momo eased the vine-haired holy girl. "We should have known that this must have been confusing and offensive to your faith and beliefs, and we apologize for bringing this out of the blue on you and the rest." Momo gave a pointed look at Nejire, who rubbed her head and smiled nervously. "And we weren't offended, but we accept your apology and forgive you. In fact, you may have solved a problem that we had."
Ibara raised her head to show a confused look, one shared by her fellow newcomers. "And what was that?" Yui asked, curious.
Momo looked between the girls that felt romantic feelings for Izuku and each one nodded in agreement. "Yesterday, we didn't know what to do with our feelings or how to handle the fact that we all wanted to be with the same guy who captured our hearts, so we left things off to discuss later." Momo continued. "But what we do know is that our feelings for Midoriya are real and, as much as we all want him for ourselves, we also don't want to hurt or ruin our friendships between ourselves."
Momo looked to Kyouka, the both unable to imagine a world where they weren't friends. Studying together, their talks about music and literature, how they played together in the Cultural Festival with the rest of their class, they didn't want to ruin all that. Uraraka and Asui looked to each other as well, the two likewise incapable of seeing themselves fight and destroy their friendship, or their friendship with Nejire, the two looking up to the periwinkle-haired girl, who smiled at them with the exact same thought in her head. Mina and Hagakure felt similarly, draping an arm over each other in surrogate-sister friendship. Mei wasn't particularly close with any of the girls, yet getting to know them in such a short time, Mei felt happy and a part of a group of friends, something she was lacking in, in no small part thanks to her overzealousness when it comes to inventing, and she was already forming a bond of sorts with Melissa. Mei looked to the blonde daughter of one of her idols and knew that she had similar feelings for Mu-Izuku, and if they ended up fighting over him, Mei for once didn't think on her future support business opportunities and instead the loss of friendship before it could fully bloom.
"So rather than fight over him, and trying to get over Midoriya seems almost impossible for me or any of us, so it seemed that the most logical option remaining would be to share him." Momo revealed. "A polyamorous relationship, as Ibara called it."
The 1-B girls had their eyes raised to the size of dinner plates, their jaws agape and wide. Setsuna and Melissa stared at Momo with surprise and hope twinkling in their eyes.
"Wow." Was all Itsuka could say. "That's a pretty big decision. Are you sure you are all okay with it?"
Looking once for at each other, and giving nods of approval, Uraraka answered with "Yes, yes we are. I like Deku, maybe even love him, but if I was so selfish to keep him for myself and rob him of other who care for him just as much as me, I couldn't live with myself."
"YES!" Mina cheered, throwing her fists into the air. "The Dicku Club is Born!"
Kyouka groaned and facepalmed. "We are Not calling ourselves!" She groaned out.
"The Cult of Dicku?" Mina suggested.
"The Midocult?" Hagakure threw out, too.
"I don't think calling ourselves a cult is any better." Momo shook her head.
"The Deku Harem?" Mina tossed out another name.
"Midori's Harem?" Hagakure suggested again.
"Maybe the Green Team?" Nejire joined the two in the name suggesting.
"Alright Enough!" Kyouka roared out, her patience run out. "We'll talk about that later!"
"So, I suppose that congratulations are in order." Itsuka said as she and rest of 1-B girl clapped. "But why did you want us here? To see who else likes Midoriya?"
"Yes." Asui said. "Midoriya has a knack for attracting women without knowing it, as you can see." Asui gestured to all of the girls of her class, Mei, and Nejire. "So we just wanted to make sure if any of you liked Midoriya too, and offer an invitation if so."
"Well, I think that we should start with the most obvious one." Kyouka said, she, Momo, and Uraraka looking towards Melissa. As the rest of the girls followed suit, Melissa blushed at the attention.
"Was it really that obvious?" Melissa asked embarrassed.
"Well you did hug Midoriya into your large boobs when came to the gym." Asui pointed out.
"And were holding his hand for multiple instances, either in support or comfort." Momo added.
"And you blushing a lot whenever you and Deku talked." Nejire said.
"And don't think that we forgot you and Midoriya's date on I-Island." Kyouka raised an eyebrow at Melissa.
'DATE?!' Setsuna thought, wide eyed and jealous.
"I-IT WASN'T A DATE!" Melissa waved her hands and shook her bright red face. "We only met before then and I was just showing him around I-Island."
"But you still like Midoriya." Asui said, not as a question, but as a fact.
Melissa sighed in defeat and nodded. "Yes, I do like Midoriya. A lot." Melissa confessed.
"So are you gonna keep us in suspense or are you going to spill how Midoriya won you over?" Itsuka asked, now interested.
Melissa sighed again, before breathing deeply and calming herself. "Well, obviously it started on I-Island." Melissa began, her eyes looking afar as she relived the memories. "I met Midoriya while he was with Uncle Might in I-Island."
"Wait, Deku went with All Might to I-Island?!" Uraraka asked, surprised and shocked.
"Oh shit!" Melissa clasped her hands over her mouth, remembering how a panicked Deku asked for her not to tell Uraraka, Momo, and Kyouka when they found them on I-Island. "I forgot not to say anything!"
"Language!" Ibara exclaimed at Melissa's curse.
"Really? Now you are a stickler for not cursing?" Setsuna raised her eyebrow at Setsuna. "What about all the times Bakugou was cursing like a sailor?"
Ibara blushed at the mention of Bakugou, but chose to ignore Setsuna's question.
"Actually, now that I think about it, we never did ask Deku why he was in I-Island." Uraraka hummed, cupping her in thought. "We all just assumed he was there like the rest of us for the I-Expo."
"Yeah." Melissa sighed, disappointed in herself. "I guess since I spilled the beans, I met Izuku when he was with Uncle Might on the island. Uncle Might said he came as his guest."
"That's...interesting." Momo hummed out as the gears of her genius brain worked. "Izuku is an All Might fanboy, his room is evident enough." She and 1-A girls chuckled as they saw how All Might centric Izuku's room was. "But for All Might to invite Midoriya over everyone in the class is interesting."
"Well, let's talk about that later." Mina spoke up. "Get back to your love story with Midori, Melissa!"
"W-Well, after All Might introduced me to Izuku, and after All Might met with my Dad, Izuku and I went around I-Island to see the attractions of the expo." Melissa continued, her smile coming back as she relived the events. "I showed him across the place, and I can never forget that goofy, fanboy smile of his when he looked around at all the Heroes. Shortly before you three came along, Izuku and I talked about our schools, passions, and how I wanted to study more to be a better inventor. Izuku felt the same, saying that if he wanted to be a Hero as great as Uncle Might that he needed to give it his all."
The girls all smiled and nodded at how Midoriya was and how passionate he was.
"Then before the party I showed him my lab and we talked about my dream to be like my father." Melissa continued. "When he asked what I meant about being a Hero, I told him I was Quirkless." The girls blinked in surprise. Despite their time in the gym, Melissa never did tell about her being Quirkless. "I said that even though it was hard to deal with tat for a while, I had another goal in life: to be like my father. To help and support Heroes, saving in live in their own ways, like how Papa helped Heroes and Uncle Might. If I couldn't be a Hero, then I'd be the next best thing and help the Heroes with their gear. Be a Hero's Hero, you know?"
Uraraka widened her eyes in shock. "Who protects the Heroes when they need protecting?" That was what Uraraka asked herself when she saw how hard Deku has struggled throughout their training and especially in the Joint Training Class where Black Whip first manifested and how in pain and in trouble Izuku was. She was reminded back to when she first saw a Hero fight and defeat a Villain, how the crowd and her parents cheered, how happy they were, and how she wanted to help people too, especially her parents. She became a Hero for to help people and to help her parents make money and live an easy life. But after seeing all the times Deku was in danger and fought hard, in the Entrance Exam, against Chisaki, and then when Black Whip went out of control, she had a new goal: To Help Heroes when they couldn't help themselves. And in hearing Melissa's words about being a Hero's Hero made her smile and connect with her more.
Mei took her eyes off her 'baby' and looked at Melissa with wider eyes. 'That's what I thought too.' Mei thought. She was just as inspired by Heroes as she was with their gear, their tools and items they used to help save the day. She always had a knack for inventing and building stuff and was especially happy when they helped and made people happy and satisfied, so what better way to help lots of people than make more of the inventions she loves to create making Support Items for the Heroes that inspired her, like Air Jet. And when she made Muscles's new costume, his gloves, and saw his smile, she felt overjoyed. Now with Melissa speaking those very same thoughts she had, Mei was now more curious and interested than ever to expand her friendship to others besides Musceles.
"After that, I gave Izuku a creation of mine, Full Gauntlet, a Support Item I was making for Uncle Might to handle his punches." Melissa continued. "I gave it to Izuku after I saw him using his Quirk and realizing how he was holding back and that his full power harms him from his scars. I gave it to him as long as he promised to never stop fighting for what's right and to be a Hero. Back then, I saw him as a worthy up-and-coming Hero and a friend, and a cute one at that."
"But he truly won my heart during the Villain attack." Melissa remembered Wolfram and his group, how they were kidnapping his father, how Uncle Might and Deku fought so hard to save him. "He fought so hard to save my father and All Might from the Villains and even saved me along the way and I repayed the favor my saving him too. And when he was trying to save Papa, he was so angry, so determined to save him like it was the most important thing in the world to him, risking his life over and over just to save him. He was so heroic, kind, and caring." She remembered how he ran beside All Might and defeated the Villain and saved her father. "And when it was all over, instead of bragging or showing off, he told me that he couldn't have done it without me and my invention, thanking me for my help. H-He made my dream a reality and brought my father back to me" Melissa smiled lovingly, wiping away a tear from her eye. "Since then I couldn't get him out of my head, I worked hard on another Full Gauntlet for Izuku, to continue helping him, and get closer to him. I knew soon enough that it was because I fell in love with him. And the rest is history."
As Melissa finished with a smile, the girls applauded the American beauty for her tale. Kinoko and Pony ended up crying again, only to be joined by Mina and Hagakure this time. Uraraka, who had a bit of resentment and angry jealousy towards Melissa, suddenly felt a desire for friendship with the blonde for their similar goals, with Mei joining her, wishing to be friends with not only a fellow inventor and daughter of David Shield, but someone who loves to invent to help people as well.
"Thanks gals." Melissa rubbed her neck, slightly embarrassed. "So, y-you all are okay with me joining your group?"
"Of course, we are." Momo nodded, smiling kindly. "After hearing your reasons for your feelings for Midoriya, I don't see any reason why you shouldn't." Momo held out a hand of invitation. "To luck and unity?"
Melissa looked at the hand with smile, taking it. "To luck and unity." Melissa replied.
"Welcome to the club, girl!" Mina exclaimed, happily.
"Yay!" Melissa was tackled into a hug by Nejire. "Another girl around my age that likes Zuzu! We are like twin sisters, aren't we?"
Not wanting to discourage the excited 3rd year, Melissa smiled nervously and nodded. "Yeah, I guess so."
"Alright, well with Melissa joining us," Kyouka turned her sights to the 1-B girls. "What about you girls?"
"Sorry, but no." Itsuka shook her head respectfully. "I may respect him, maybe now admire with how much I've grown to know him through your stories, but I don't have any feelings for Midoriya."
"Yes, she has feelings for Tetsutetsu." Yui spoke up.
"YUI!" Itsuka yelled shocked, blushing red. "I SAID I DIDN'T!"
"You fell asleep doing Class Rep work and you said Tetsutetsu's name in your sleep." Yui said in response.
Steam started escaping Itsuka's blushing face like train engine. The girls laughed, the 1-A girls finding her blushing actually rather similar to Midoriya.
"I Knew It!" Setsuna cackled and pointed accusingly towards her Class Rep. "I Knew You Like Him! Not so honorable to lie like that to your friends, Itsuka."
"F-F-FINE!" Itsuka exclaimed before calming down with a deep sigh. "I-I m-may have an Interest, only an Interest, in Tetsutetsu. Are you happy now?"
"Indubitably." Setsuna nodded, satisfied.
"Anyways, moving on." Mina said, looking to the rest of the girls. "What about you gals? Has Midori swept any of you of your feet?"
"No, I have no romantic interested in Midoriya." Reiko shook her head. "I, in fact, rather have been recently interested in another of your classmates."
"Really?! Who?!" Mina asked, super excited.
"Your Class's worshipper of the Darkness, Tokoyami." Reiko answered.
"Oooh!" Mina said, interested. "Now that's a ship I didn't even think about. Class 1-B's ghostly lady with our emo bird prince. Oh that actually sounds like the perfect match now that I think about it."
"Hey, if you want, we can put in a good word for you and see if he likes you back?" Hagakure offered.
Reiko's visible eye blinked in surprise. "Truly?" Reiko asked, hopeful.
"Of course." Uraraka nodded, smiling. "You all listened to us talk so much on Deku, its only fair that we help you all with your love interests. And Itsuka, we can also help you with Tetsutetsu, if you like?"
"Yeah, girl." Mina jumped in. "I'm good friends with Kirishima and he and Tetsutetsu are like the best of friends, sans Kirishima and Bakugou. I can probably convince Kirishima to help his bro out and get you two lovebirds."
Itsuka was taken aback by the offer of aid to her romantic issues. After a moment of contemplation, blushing during, Itsuka sighed and said "Okay, I accept." Itsuka said with a smile. "I would very much appreciate the help."
"What are good classmates for?" Kyouka asked rhetorically. "What about you, Yanagi? Want any help with Tokoyami?"
"If you are true in your offer and honesty, then yes, I too would appreciate the offer of aid in my interest with Tokoyami." Reiko nodded, thankful. "And please, you may refer to me as Reiko, if you like."
The rest of the 1-B girls were questioned one by one. Kinoko revealed she had no interest in Midoriya, but rather in her classmate, Shihai Kuroiro. At the revelation, the 1-B girls actually groaned and revealed to Kinoko that it was no secret among their class that Kuroiro had a crush on her as well, well all except for Kinoko herself. Kinoko blushed deeply at the information and buried her embarrassed head in her knees, smiling hopefully. When Pony was asked, Setsuna insistent that she was sure it was Monoma who she liked, Pony denied having any romantic feelings for both Midoriya or Monoma, and refusing to reveal any actual romantic interest of hers, keeping her thoughts of a certain white-and-red haired boy. Ibara and Yui followed Pony's lead and denied any romantic attachment towards Midoriya and denied having any feelings towards anybody, no matter how many times Setsuna pried or the thoughts of 1-A's explosive teen wormed his way into Ibara's thoughts, or the curious thoughts of a certain indigo-haired teen showed up in Yui's.
"Well with that settled," Asui and the girls turned their gaze to the only 1-B girl remaining. "Setsuna, what about you, Ribbit?"
"Uh...well...I um..." Setsuna struggled to say, suddenly turning nervous and blushing.
"Actually, now that I recall, you and Midoriya were more friendly with each other back at the gym." Kinoko pointed out. "He called you Suna."
"Yeah, he did call you that." Uraraka raised a jealous eyebrow at the green-haired girl.
"Well the thing about that is...um..." Setsuna tried to say, started to sweat.
"Also, last night, you returned to the dorms later than the rest of us." Itsuka jumped in, her eyes narrowing in suspiciousness. "And you girls said that Midoriya came back to your dorms later too right?"
"Yes, he did." Momo gained a similar suspicious glare. "He went with the teachers upon their request to see Recovery Girl about those episodes he had in yesterday's videos."
"So both you and Izuku were absent from your dorms, and suddenly the next day you two are closer." Melissa added the facts, narrowing her eyes at Tokage. "Strange coincidence, isn't it?"
"Um..." Setsuna comical sweatdrops appeared around her head as she faced the suspicious narrowed eyes of her classmates and suspicious glares of her fellow Midoriya-liking girls.
"So, Tokage, what do you have to say for yourself?" Momo asked/demanded.
Setsuna panicked as she remembered the events of last night. Sneaking and spying on Izuku and the teachers, learning about Izuku being All Might's successor and One For All, and the device's knowledge of One For All and Izuku's importance to their universe. 'Shit shit shit!' Setsuna panicked. 'What do I do?! I can't tell them about One For All! I promised Green Bean I would keep it a secret!' Setsuna looked at the girls that also like Izuku. Suddenly, a lightbulb lit up in her brain. 'But they aren't asking about One For All, they are asking about whether I like Izuku and why he and I are so close now.' Setsuna sighed. 'I guess I have to tell the truth, but not the full truth. Besides, I don't mine sharing Green, as long as I have a seat at the table.'
"Fine, I like Green Bean, and last night I followed him and the teachers and learned about what happened to him during the videos." Setsuna revealed.
"WHAT?!" The girls exclaimed.
"Yeah, yeah, I'll spill, I'll spill, just chillax a bit and let me say my piece?" Setsuna asked. After the girls calmed down, Setsuna sighed and continued "Well, after the we left the gym, I followed Izuku and the teachers. They talked about what happened and went to Recovery Girl to check him out. The teachers found me out and I spilled that I followed because I was worried about Izuku." Setsuna took another breath and continued. "We got to talking while Recovery Girl checked him out. He asked me all about my Quirk and I obliged. He started doing that muttering thing of his that is kind of cute and he figured out my Quirk and its strengths like in seconds."
Uraraka chuckled. "That's Deku for you." Uraraka said fondly.
"Yeah." Setsuna smiled, lovingly as she thought of Izuku and his smile when she said she saw them as friends. "Well I told him not to spill the beans of my Quirk to his class and he promised. He got all nervous and I calmed him down saying that we were just chatting like a pair of good friends. He was surprised but was happy to hear that and said he saw me as a friend too, flashing that goofy and adorable smile of his." Setsuna blushed, twiddling her thumbs nervously. "And to make it official, he started calling me Suna. Jerk, making me fall head over heals for him."
"Yeah, he'll do that you." Melissa chuckled.
"So that was it?" Uraraka asked.
At Setsuna's nod the girls relaxed considerably, worried that Setsuna had already taken Izuku for herself. Asui perked up a moment later and asked "What about his headaches?" Asui asked. "Did you all find out what was causing them?"
Setsuna froze for a moment before saying "It was just stress." Setsuna lied. "Guess after hearing that nasty business with his douchebag of a Doctor from before, and relating so much with Kratos and Spawn with being betrayed or something, he was experiencing some headaches or something."
The girls nodded, satisfied with the answer. Kyouka, however, raised an eyebrow, her jack waving around near her face as she pondered why Setsuna was both telling the truth and lying.
"So, Setsuna, you started liking Midoriya just yesterday?" Itsuka asked.
"No, I actually started having this crush on him since our Joint Training Class." Setsuna confessed, recalling how during the wait for her team's match and strategizing with her team, she couldn't help but look over at Midoriya for time to time. "I don't know why but I would look over and look at him sometimes, talking with his team for their match. He looked so invested in every match, writing everything down on his notebook. I was at first impressed at how good he was at observing and taking notes on everybody, but then I found it rather cute with how driven he was." Setsuna then remembered watching Izuku and his team's match against Monoma's. "Then as I was watching him fight in his match, I was drawn in by how cool and confident he look. Then that new Quirk of his showed up and started wrecking everything and I was worried about him, seeing how much pain he was in. After it settled down and then used that Black Whip of his again and then took down Shinsou, I...I couldn't explain it properly but I found my heart skipping a beat and couldn't get him out of my mind."
Setsuna shook her head. "I don't know if this is just a crush or if I'm truly falling for the guy, but when I see him make that goofy smile, take those goofy notes so determined and passionately, and see him act so kind, selflessly, and heroically...I feel like stomach is in knots and my heart beating like rabbit's." Setsuna smiled warmly and lovingly. "But when he smiles at me and calls me Suna now, I like it. A lot."
Setsuna looked up to see the girls smiling at her. Pony and Kinoko started bawling and rushing at her, wrapping her up in a hug.
"Setsuna!" Pony cried out. "That was so Cute and Sweet! I'm so happy for you!"
"That shroomtastic!" Kinko punned again. "It was shroomtactuclar and beautiful! Please don't doubt your feelings!"
Setsuna was stunned by Kinoko's last words. "She's right." Uraraka said, smiling at her. "It was the same for me. For so long, I was trying to rationalize my feelings for Midoriya to be just admiration and platonic, but I felt the same things you felt for him and overtime, I grew to accept the truth that I loved him. I think you do like Deku, and I would be more than happy to help you figure it out." Uraraka extended her hand out to her, a warm, kind smile on her face. "Sister."
Setsuna's eyes widened wider in full shock. She looked at her classmates who gave her supportive smiles and the other girls who flashed her smiles and supportive nods. Her agape mouth closed up into a whimpering smile, and, with tearful eyes, she accepted Uraraka's hand. "T-Thank you, S-Sis." Setsuna whimpered.
As the shook hands, the girls clapped and cheered for her, which turned to laughing and chuckles as Uraraka accidentally turned her weightless. Uraraka started apologizing profusely but hearing Setsuna laughing in good spirits, Uraraka joined in.
"OH! I Got It!" Mina exclaimed excited.
"Got what?" Hagakure asked.
"The name for our group!" Mina answered. "The Midoriya Sisterhood!"
"Hmm, I like it!" Nejire chimed in, cheerfully.
"I'm game." Mei chimed in as she worked on her 'baby'.
"It works with Uraraka calling Setsuna Sister." Asui croaked. "We can call each other that too."
"I suppose it does." Momo hummed. "Though just shorten it to Sisterhood for simplicity."
"That sounds lovely." Melissa nodded.
"Fine, whatever." Kyouka rolled her eyes, pretending not to dig the name.
"I suppose it's official." Uraraka said, turning back to Setsuna and gestured to their new group. "Welcome to the Sisterhood."
Setsuna smiled happily. "Thank you, glad to be here." She replied.
"Congrats on the name." Itsuka chimed in as the group looked to her and the rest of the 1-B girls. "And though we might not like Midoriya like you all, we'd be more than happy to help you get your man."
"And in exchange we help you six with any guy troubles and romance problems you have." Melissa suggested.
"It's a deal then." Momo nodded, she and Itsuka shaking hands.
As the two shook hands, the girls of the Sisterhood felt their fear and jealousy, mostly, vanish and come to an agreement of unity.
'I might not win Deku's heart fully, or have him for myself, but if I can be with him in any way, even if I have to share him with the others, then I accept that.' Uraraka thought, before a fire was lit in her eyes and smile challengingly to her newfound sisters. 'But make no mistake, girls-'
'One of us will win him first.' Setsuna thought, her shark-tooth grin wide and challenging.
'One of us will this new race of ours: to be his first girlfriend.' Momo thought as she shook Itsuka's hands, unable to hide her grin and fire in her eyes.
'Its not a competition anymore to see who he likes more or who gets him for herself-' Asui thought, standing straighter and more determined than ever.
'Its now about who is brave enough to get him first.' Melissa smiled challenging. 'And there will be only one us who will take that honor-'
'And I Will.' All the girls of the Sisterhood thought.
"Well I don't mean to ruin this moment, but I think we have to first address this new partnership with a serious question." Yui spoke up, the girls looking to her.
"And what's that?" Nejire asked, curious.
"It's if Izuku Midoriya has feelings for you all as well, and if he would be willing to share all of you?" Yui dropped the bomb.
Outside Heights Alliance Dorms...
Izuku and Eri sat at on the bench outside the dorms, the white light of the lamppost shining down on both Izuku and Eri. The two huddled together, Izuku's arms comfortably and warmly around Eri as she leaned on his chest.
The two were silent, Izuku waiting patiently for Eri to ask her question. After the rest of the girls went inside, Izuku and Eri sat down at the bench. Eri would open her mouth to begin asking but could quickly close it, shook her head, and start thinking again, only to repeat her process a few more times. Izuku didn't mind waiting, even if Eri didn't ask what she wanted, it was still a pleasure to just be alone with his surrogate daughter and simply relax.
After the 10th time, Izuku thought that maybe Eri needed a little extra support to speak her mind freely.
"Eri." Izuku said.
"Yes, Papa?" Eri snapped away from her thoughts and looked up to Izuku.
Izuku smiled warmly at the name, getting more and more used to it. "Eri, I don't mean to rush you or put pressure on you or anything, but if you have a question to ask me, then don't be shy." Izuku said, rubbing Eri's arm supportively. "You don't have to think too much on it. Just say whatever is on your mind. I promise that I won't get mad. Okay?"
Eri nodded, nervously biting her lips. After another minute of consideration, Eri sighed and looked to Izuku. "Papa." Eri began.
Izuku leaned in closer and said "Yes, Eri?"
"W-W-Who Is My True Mama?!" Eri asked loudly.
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It took a few moments for Izuku's brain to reboot after what Eri asked. Izuku shook his head wildly and looked at the squirming, expectant Eri.
"I'm sorry, Eri, could you repeat that?" Izuku asked, smiling just nervously. "I don't think I understood what you asked."
Eri squirmed again and looked away from Izuku. "W-Well, I know that you aren't my real Papa, not the one Grandpa Aizawa said helped deliver me into the world, but you are the only Papa that I know. You help raise me with Uncle Mirio, Grandpa Aizawa, and Grandpa Might, you read me bedtime stories and stay with me till I fall asleep, and you cook to feed me." Eri looked up to Izuku. "To me, your the Papa I chose and love."
Izuku's eyes brimmed with tears at her sweet words. A stab of pain and guilt struck Izuku's heart. 'Your true Papa loved you too. Very very much.' Izuku wanted to say. Izuku wanted to tell the girl about her true father, and that he loved her, not for her to believe that he left her behind for no reason in the hands of Chisaki. He wanted to tell her the full truth, but he couldn't bear to see the tears and look of self-loathing she would have if she learned what happened to him. Her Quirk may run wild again, but worst, she would never forgive herself. They only just helped Eri be able to smile, have fun, play with kids her own age, to live like a normal kid. If he tells her the truth, she'll spiral down again, and this time they may not be able to pull her out from this one.
So Izuku chose to remain silence, letting the knife of guilt impale his soul, but he remained silent for Eri's sake and nodded thankful to Eri, allowing her to continue.
"I love that you work so hard to help me and that you like being my Papa too, and I don't want you to think that I don't appreciate you." Eri struggled to say those last words, still learning some more advance words from Aizawa.
Izuku squeezed Eri's shoulder comfortably. "I would never think that you meant that." Izuku replied.
Eri smiled, some of her nervousness fading away. "B-But...if you are my Papa...and I have my Grandpa's, Grandma's, and Uncle's...then I should have a Mama, right?" Eri asked again.
Izuku gulped, worried about where Eri is going with this.
"Grandma Inko says that a child is born of the love between a Papa and a Mama." Eri looked back up to Izuku. "Then who is my Mama?"
Izuku tried to think and process what she meant through his own nervousness, his brain in havoc on how to interpret what she meant.
'Idiot!' Izuku flinched as she heard a loud feminine voice shout in his head. Izuku blinked his eyes in surprise, acknowledging who the voice belong to. 'Shimura, the 7th holder.'
'That's right, you ignorant idiot!' Nana screamed at him in his head again. 'The kid's obviously asking who of the girls in her life is her Mama figure while you are her Papa figure!'
Izuku froze, eyes wide as he took the information in. "E-Eri, do you mean to ask that if I'm your Papa, t-then who of the girls you know if your Mama?"
Eri nodded.
"I-I see." Izuku muttered. 'I guess that in trying to care for her as best as I can, I didn't realize that Eri needed someone to be a motherly figure for her. A woman Eri can learn from and admire.'
'You're welcome.' Nana said smugly before her voice and presence in his head seemed to disappear.
'Thank you, Shimura.' Izuku thanked, regardless of whether she heard. Izuku then remembered how she asked the question the first. Looking back down towards Eri and asked "Eri, you asked before Who is your 'True' Mama. What did you mean by that?"
Eri fiddled with her fingers. "W-When we were watching those cool videos, and before, the girls were so nice and kind to me." Eri explained. "Miss Melissa's hugs, Miss Uraraka's smile and making me float, Miss Momo's head pats. They treated me like I how wanted for a Mama, kind, warm, Mama-y. I liked it."
Izuku smiled, thankful that the girls were making Eri's life more happy and loving. He unknowingly blushed.
"But they also really liked you." Eri then said.
Izuku gaped at Eri in shock and confusion. "W-W-What do you mean, Eri?" Izuku asked, unknown to him that his blush was rising.
"They all looked like they like like you, a lot." Eri continued. "Miss Uraraka, Miss Mina, Melissa, Momo, Tsu, Kyoka, Toru, Miss Mei, Auntie Neji, and Miss Suna. They all smiled and looked at you like a Mama looks at a Papa, with love and happiness."
"E-Eri I don't think you know the full facts!" Izuku shook his head at Eri, his head now as red as a tomato, while he sweated. "T-The girls and I are just really good friends. Of course they like me and I like them, but because we are friends. The girls don't...like like me like that."
"But the way they looked at you was the same as Grandpa Emi looks at Grandpa Aizawa." Eri pointed out, recalling the Ketsubusu teacher's visits and how she insisted that she was her Grandpa Aizawa's future bride. "Or like Grandpa Inko and Grandpa Might." Izuku's eyebrow twitched at the last part. "And they looked happy when your other you's won and sad when you were hurt or sad."
Izuku froze, eyes wide and expression in stunned surprise. Izuku struggled to look back to remember what Eri was talking about. To his shock, he found that she was right. Izuku remembered how, even when the girls chose different fighters to root for, they were still happy when his counterparts won. He remembered how they would blush whenever he smiled or praised them and their counterparts, before they looked extremely happy. He recalled how whenever he talked and laughed with one of them, the others, from the corner of his vision, would look...jealous(?) and mad, like they wanted him to look and talk to them.
'No...No that can't be it...could it?' Izuku thought, extremely unsure. 'That's impossible. I mean they are all so beautiful, smart, and strong. Why would any of them like a weak, useless De-'
Izuku stopped his train of thoughts, eyes widening. His mind returned back to Aldera, that day with the note in the locker, the laughing and jeering.
"HAHAHA! Who would ever like a useless, Quirkless Deku like you? AHAHAHA!" She said.
Izuku's eyes began to drop and saddened before blinking in realization. 'NO!' He shook his head fervently. 'That's not true. She was wrong. I'm not some useless Deku anymore. And I have people who like and care for me.' Izuku looked to Eri. 'And one of them is right here and calls me her Papa. But...is Eri right about that girls? D-Do they actually like me? Or is only there only one of them that likes me? Uraraka? Melissa? Setsuna? I mean one girl liking me is insane enough but multiple? Is it Momo? Or Mei? Asui? Toru? No Toru definitely likes Ojiro...right? Why do I feel so unsure about that...and happy about that? What if it's Mina? Kyouka? Nejire? But she and the others are so pretty and popular, they could have anybody they want and-"
"Papa!" Eri's shouted.
Izuku snapped out of his trance and shook his head. "Y-Yes Eri?"
"You were muttering again." Eri pointed out.
"Oh shoot!" Izuku clasped his hands over his mouth. "I'm sorry."
"It's fine, Papa." Eri said. "But why do you think that they wouldn't like you?"
Izuku froze and looked at Eri, who looked at him smiling assuredly. "You are kind, smart, sweet, you look so cool when you fight bad guys, and you are funny." Eri listed, smiling at him. "Anybody would love you, Papa. I do."
Tears broke out of Izuku's eyes, his smile whimpering and shaky. He hugged Eri and she hugged him back. "Thank you, Eri. I need that." Izuku sniffled. 'My self-esteem is so low that I have to get comforted by a child. What would Kacchan say?'
"You're welcome, Papa." Eri said.
The two hugged for a while before they broke the hug. Izuku wiped the tears from his eyes and recomposed himself. "Okay, well, say that you are right about the girls, why did you ask which one of them is your True Mama?" Izuku asked.
"Well it is because I thought that you could only have one Mama and Papa." Eri answered, though looked guilty as she said that. "I was confused which one was my true Mama, but when I chose one over the others, I felt guilty and sad."
"Why would you feel guilty and sad?" Izuku asked, concerned.
"B-Because I...I think I see all of them as Mama." Eri answered. "But then I remember that you can only have one and I was so confused and so, I wanted to ask you which one is our Mama?"
Izuku pondered what she said, looking into her confused and hopeful eyes that made his heart tug. "Well," Izuku began. "Why do you have to choose?"
"Hmm?" Eri hummed in confusion.
"I mean, why do you have to choose between them for them to be your...'Mama'." Izuku continued. "If you want to see them as your Mama then you can, the girls would be more than happy to be your Mama at anytime. And who says that you can only have more than one Papa or Mama? I have more than one."
"Y-You do?" Eri asked curious.
"Of course." Izuku smiled at her and rubbed her head. "I have a real Dad, but he was never around and left me and your Grandma. But I had other figures in my life that are like my father. Like...like your Grandpa Might." Izuku thought of his idol, his comforting hugs, his proud smile, his valuable lessons, worrying over him, and pushing onwards towards his goals. Izuku smiled, assuredly. "Your Grandpa Might is like a father to me. So is your Grandpa Aizawa. The two helped me be who I am today, more than my own father ever did."
Izuku looked to Eri. "If I can have multiple Papa's, then you can multiple Mama's." Izuku said to Eri. "As many as you want." Izuku cupped Eri's cheek, lovingly. "My little unicorn deserves all the Mama's and love she can ever have."
Eri teared up, sniffing as she tried to keep the snot from falling from her nose. "Papa!" Eri exclaimed from her whimpering mouth as she sprang forward and hugged him again, crying into his chest. "Papa! Papa!"
Izuku smiled warmly and wrapped his arms around His daughter, petting and stroking her hair. "There there. Its okay." Izuku whispered warmly. "Papa's here and you can cry as much as you want on him. Just let it all out."
Eri cried and cried, hugging him tightly. "I love you, Papa." Eri said.
"I love you too, Eri." Izuku said back. "With all my heart."
The two hugged for who knows how long. As they broke their hug, Izuku said "Are you okay?"
"Mhmm." Eri nodded, smiling.
"That's great." Izuku replied.
Suddenly the two noticed a white substance slowly fall between them and onto the bench. The father and daughter looked up to see that it started to snow.
'Oh yeah, sometimes I forget that its still winter.' Izuku thought. Izuku looked to Eri, seeing her gaze at the falling snow full of joy and wonder.
Izuku and Eri watched as a tiny snowflake made its way slowly to the two. Eri stuck out her tongue to try and catch it only for a breeze to blow it onto the top of Izuku's nose. The two laughed at that, relishing in the moment.
A cold breeze blew, making the two shudder.
"Its getting kind of cold." Izuku shivered. "How about we head inside?"
"Aww." Eri whined childishly. "Can't we stay out and play with the snow?"
"Sorry Eri, but we don't want to catch cold, now do we?" Izuku replied.
"No." Eri replied, disappointed.
"Hey, when we get inside, how about we have some of that ice cream I promised okay?" Izuku offered.
Eri gasped excited. "Strawbelly?!" Eri asked.
"Yep, Strawbelly." Izuku nodded.
"Yay!" Eri cheered hopping off the bench and leading Izuku to the doors of the dorms.
Izuku smiled at his daughter. 'Yeah, My daughter.' Izuku thought with more determination than ever. 'And I will become a Hero, one that the one world can look at, where Eri can look at and say 'That's my Papa, the Greatest Hero in the World'. That's the future I Will make. Whatever it takes.'
"Hey, Papa?" Eri suddenly said.
"Yes, Eri?" Izuku replied.
"Do you like my Mama's?" Eri asked him again.
Izuku blushed red hot, remembering all that made him into a blushing, stuttering mess. "W-Well I um I..."
'What...what do I feel for them?' Izuku pondered, suddenly unsure. He thought of Uraraka and her smiles and their unwavering trust and friendship, Melissa's warm smiles and brilliant mind and determined spirit, Momo's comforting smiles and hands on his shoulders, as well as her brilliance and cute awkwardness, Asui's adorable smiles and appreciated honesty and bluntness, Kyouka's amazing voice and cute blushing face, Mina's bright smiles and quirky, infectious energy, Hagakure's bright and bubbly attitude and hugs, Mei's unyielding passion and blinding smiles, Nejire's unfathomable beauty and her cute mutterings and rapid-fire questions, and even Setsuna's shark-tooth grin and her warm care and concern for him.
"I think you like them." Eri suddenly said, shocking Izuku from his thoughts to look at her with shock. "And I think you should tell them. I'm sure they like you too!"
Eri continued pulling Izuku into the dorms. Izuku still had many questions and thoughts swarming in his head, but upon seeing the guys wave at him and Eri's enthusiastic smile for her 'strawbelly' ice cream, Izuku thought he can leave those for another day.
Support Department...
Nezu walked into the Support Department to find David Shield and Power Loader looking over the device and the blueprints and crystals it had materialized.
"Power Loader, Mr. Shield, I see that you are looking over our recent gifts from our other worldly friend." Nezu announced his entrance.
"Oh, welcome Principal Nezu." David Shield replied with a bow
"Sir." Power Loader nodded.
"What can you tell from these blueprints that we have received?" Nezu asked, hopping onto the table they were placed.
"Oh, well we from what we gathered it seems that some of the materials needed to make one of these 'Lightsabers' doesn't exist in our universe." Power Loader replied, looking over the blueprints again with Nezu and David. "The names of these metals don't appear anywhere on the periodic table and some of the technology seems lightyears ahead of what we can accomplish."
"I see." Nezu hummed. "Given the universe these designs came from, it is to be obvious."
"However, this 'Zayden' seems to have anticipated this." David said as he pointed towards a certain spot on the blueprints that showed the non-existent metals being compared to other well-known was. "In the blueprints, there are several shortcuts and alternatives he has listed that could serve as valuable replacements. The real trouble is the nanobatteries and energy source that would be needed to operate it."
"Would you kindly explain?" Nezu asked.
"Well the biggest trouble is the nanobatteries." Power Loader answered. "The energy required to simply maintain and focus the plasma beam would be tremendous by normal standards, not to mention that the resulting heat would be more than 12,000 degrees Fahrenheit. It would take a large battery pack to operate."
"I see." Nezu nodded. "Clearly not as stylish or as elegant as shown in the video."
"Thankfully, Zayden has shown us how to make the nanobatteries necessary to power it and maintain the energy." David pointed out. "However this kind has never been made and me and Power Loader might need help to make it."
"I'm sure that your daughter and Miss Hatsumei would be more than happy to help you with this endeavor." Nezu replied.
"She sure would." David chuckled fondly.
"I'm more worried about Hatsumei." Power loader shook his head. "We let her get too greedy and ambitious and she could end up blowing this campus sky high."
"Well we wouldn't want that." Nezu chuckled, amused. "Make sure to reign her in properly. Tell her to follow you and Mr. Shield's orders to the letter or she will be barred from the project."
"Yes, sir." Power Loader nodded, sighing in relief.
"Please, just David would be fine, Nezu sir." David scratched his cheek.
"Very well." Nezu nodded in acceptance. "Back to the Lightsabers, what about the energy source?"
"Well those crystals appear to be it." David pointed to the five multi-colored crystals. "From what we could observe and analyze from them, the seem to be emitting a rather vast amount of energy inside its crystalline structure. They don't seem to be radioactive, no do they burn or melt at the touch, so they are safe to hold normally."
Nezu nodded and opted to pick one of the crystals up. Nezu inspected the green one, remembering Young Midoriya's counterpart, Luke Skywalker, and his green-bladed Lightsaber. "I suppose the blueprints have a name and knowledge of this crystals."
"They're called Kyber Crystals." Power Loader answered. "The blueprints and papers we have from the machine say that they are what ultimately power the Lightsabers. The varied colors are what also give the blades their own unique coloration. They're also very powerful. One is enough to power Lightsaber, a large amount can be used to power that Death Star, which was said to be able to destroy entire planets."
Realizing the magnitude of power he wielded in his paws, Nezu carefully put the crystal back into its casing. "My that is quite alarming." Nezu said in a chipper voice. "Let us hope that if you venture to make these Lightsabers that no mistakes are made."
"Yes, sir." The two Support inventors said.
"The power to destroy a planet." Nezu whispered, looking at the five Kyber Crystals.
"Actually there is something else that rather more frightening about them than just that." David said, removing his glasses as Nezu turned to face him. "They're alive."
"Pardon?" Nezu asked.
"The Kyber Crystals." David gestured to the crystals with his glasses. "They're actual living organic beings. From the papers Zayden sent us, they are said to be attuned with the Force, practically concentrated fragments of it, and that they exhibit the Force through a 'collective consciousness' that borders on sentinece. The papers also say that Kyber crystals are composed of both organic and inorganic matter, which is fascinating. They are so sturdy enough that can survive a faulty Lightsaber exploding, which is also reassuring."
"I can see your clear enthusiasm, but I believe there is something else you wish to point out." Nezu figured out.
"Oh yes, sorry." David apologized before continuing. "From the documents, they say that Kyber crystals actually start off as colorless. They only gain their unique After they are bonded with their chosen Force-wielder."
"Interesting." Nezu hummed, rubbing his chin. "A true show of their semi-sentient consciousness." Nezu looked to the crystals. "Since they are colored, are they crystals of Force-wielders we unintentionally robbed?"
"No, the notes Zayden left say that they don't belong to anyone in their universe." Power Loader said. "Which only begs the question as to who do they belong to?"
Nezu pondered the question looking at the unique colors to see if they would give a hint to their true owners. 'Could the green be Midoriya's?' Nezu thought. 'Not only does the color green seem to be associated with him through his bio-electricity and hair color, but his counterpart held a green Lightsaber as well. Then who would the other crystals belong do. Does the purple one belong to Mr. Shinsou then? Or perhaps Mr. Tokoyami? Questions to be solved later I'm afraid, but it is clear that whoever the crystals are bonded to, they are unknowingly connected and can wield the Force.'
"Well that is certainly interesting." Nezu said. "But a mystery and situation for another day I suppose. David, may you kindly place the device, the papers, and crystals in the safe please?"
"S-sure." David said, slightly surprised at the sudden request. David quickly gathered the requested items and moved them towards the secret vault.
"You want more information on who tried to steal the device yesterday?" Power Loader whispered to Nezu.
"You know me so well, Majima." Nezu nodded, unsurprised that Power Loader deduced why he had David put the items away and not him. "Anything new?"
"Nothing really." Power Loader said. "The would-be-thief was hooded and kept the lights turned off. Cameras were mostly dark so they couldn't get a good look at them. But one thing's clear: the thief, by his figure, he's a male, a male student at that."
Nezu let out a regrettable sigh. 'So, the traitor's a student after all.' Nezu thought before turning Power Loader. "Is there anything more you can deliver?"
"Well his height was fairly average, not large like Shoji, Jurota, Bondo, Koda, Sato, Kamakiri, or Iida, or someone small like Mineta and Shoda." Power Loader replied. "And they didn't have any kind of outer appendages that stuck like Sero's elbows, Ojiro's tail, Tokoyami's avian head, Manga's text bubble, or Kamakiri's incisors. And he was wearing gloves so we can't analyze for fingerprints, but a bit of skin was shown through his wrists. It was pale white so that counts Kuroiro out too."
'Hmm, that leaves 7 of the boys of Class 1-B and 6 of Class 1-A.' Nezu thought. 'Lower 1-A to 5 since Midoriya was with us. That leaves Class 1-B's Sen Kaibara, Yosetsu Awase, Kosei Tsuburaba, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, Juzo Honenuki, Hiryu Rin, and Neito Monoma, and Class 1-A's Katsuki Bakugou, Shoto Todoroki, Ejiro Kirishima, Denki Kaminari, and Yuga Aoyama. Add to the list Hitoshi Shinsou for good measure and that's 13 suspects. A rather unlucky number for very unlucky situation. However, this traitor must be identified if U.A.'s safety and future of its students is to be assured.'
Notes:
AAAANNNNDDDDD SCENE! And there is the Interlude! Hope you plot lovers liked it and all the drama and stuff building up!
Also I hope you guys liked the Spectacular Spider-Man theme song and video they watched. The lyrics are the full song of the Spectacular Spider-Man theme song and as for the images the group watched they were scenes pulled from both the Spectacular Spider-Man show and the 2018 Insomiac Spider-Man game, with some added stuff from my own such as replacing Peter Parker with Izuku, his counterpart, and the final scenes which were all mine in this fanmade semi-music video. I also got the scene from the 2018 game and Spectacular from two videos from Youtube, one from Fredly and the other from Johnny Blaze Gaming. Thanks to them for those great videos and inspiration and check out those videos if you want a better idea of what I was showing, words can only do so much to paint an image.
Now as for the plot itself, the one scene I hoped you guys liked the most was Izuku and Eri's talk. I'm a man enough to admit that I myself was leaking tears when I wrote that scene and tried extra hard on it, imaging myself and my cousin's daughter who I haven't seen for years and wish to see again to give her a big hug.
Speaking of which, I also hope that you guys liked what I did for the girls, moving them beyond petty jealousy and fear and now banding together to get their man, all the while adding Melissa and Setsuna to the group and explaining their attraction to the Green Bean, and get closer to the girls as a result. I also added in the rest of the 1-B girls into this scene to have them join as helpers of the 'Sisterhood', and in return reveal their own individual crushes and help them too. The pairs I have for them being Itsuka x Tetsutetsu, Kinoko X Kuroiro, both of these ships having some canonicity to them, and some that are my own work, such as Reiko x Tokoyami, Pony x Todoroki x Camie, Yui x Shinsou and Bakugou x Ibara, the last two also being ships in Welcome to the MCU.
I also wanted to leave the girls side of this chapter with Yui's question as a bit of a reality call for the girls. They are so focused on wanting to be with Izuku and liking, they haven't stopped and asked whether He liked them in return, which of course he does but they don't know that, and that's what they are going to be tackling moving forward.
Nezu's talk with Aizawa and the teachers I hoped went well, as well as the discussion and talk of both the Lightsabers and the Nezu narrowing down the Traitor, even though we all no know who it is, in the manga.
And as promised, here is a list of counterparts throughout the first Season of Death Battle:
Izuku: Leonardo, Kratos, Spawn, Sonic the Hedgehog, Luke Skywalker, Harry Potter, Daisy the Rabbit, Liu Kang, Link, Zack Fair, Spider-Man, and Son Goku.
Bakugou: Raphael, Zitz, Bomberman, Vegeta, Han Solo, Rainbow Dash, and Doomguy
All Might: Mike Haggar, Zeus, Thor, Raiden, Master Chief, and Superman
Nezu: Riptor, Dumbledore, and Alfred
Momo: Samus Aran, Wonder Woman, Hermione, Zelda, and Mai Shiranui
Uraraka: Lysandre, Leia Organa-Skywalker, Mary Jane, and Chi Chi
Kaminari: Michelangelo, Ron, and Pikachu
Dr. Ujiko: Shang Tsung, Dr. Eggman, and Dr. Wily
And speed round mode for the 1-2 counterpart individuals so that I can fit this in the end notes: Todoroki as Cloud, Mirio as Mario, Aizawa as Batman, All For One as Akuma and Voldemort, Iida as Donatello and Harry Osborn, Kirishima as Chewbacca and Guile, Melissa as Maria Robotnik and Gwen Stacy, Nejire as Felicia and Princess Peach, Hagakure as Rogue, Mei as Bulma, Koda as Yoshi, Mineta as Jubei Yamato, Monoma as Starscream and Bass, Ibara as Aerith, Eri as Calliope, Kouta as Atreus, Jurota as Blanka, Miruko as Chun-Li, Endeavor as Zangeif and Ares, Power Loader as Dig Dug, Gran Torino as Yoda, Nighteye as Fujin, Inko as Jane Foster and Lois Lane, Nana as Cortana, Shigaraki as Malebogia, Kurogiri as Shadow the Hedgehog, Toga as Taokaka, and Spinner as Boba Fett.
With that all said, I hope you guys like the chapter and next time we will dive into Season 2 of Death Battle with He-Man vs Lion-O. As always, leave your thoughts in the comments, check out of my other stories here or in FFN, keep each other safe and healthy in these trying times, and Happy very Late New Years and early Valentine's Day.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and to celebrate Black History Month, here is a famous quote that I believe fits in this day and age: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only Light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; Only Love can do that." -Martin Luther King Jr.
Chapter 27: He-Man vs Lion-O
Summary:
Return to Death Battle with an 80's Death Battle! Flamboyant men, cats, and singing oh my!
Notes:
HOWDY DO DEE, EVERYBODY! ZAYDEN STORMVOID RETURNING ONCE AGAIN FOR A NEW CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE! AND WE ARE GETTING INTO SEASON 2 OF DEATH BATTLE!
Apologies for the long wait, as explained in my other stories, I got a new computer I'm getting used to, old one slow as a snail and had for a almost a decade, creative troubles, yadee yadee yada. And to make matters worse, the new computer had a bad software issue and I was force to send it into the shop for repair for 3 WEEKS, and when it still had multiple restarting issues we had to get trade it in for a new one!
Now I'm back and ready to write with Season 2 of Death Battle! Starting with He-Man vs Lion-O! And this chapter is for my mom, who absolutely adores Thundercats, constantly says the Thundercats call in Spanish to me and my sibling's pain, and for all you He-Man fans who absolutely despised the atrociousness that was Master of the Universe: the ruining of He-Man, btu let us not dwell on the horrible past and look to the future.
Well, let's actually take a look in the past chapter to know where we are, at least. Last time, we had the 1-A and 1-B kids having a sleepover, a sort of ruse for the 1-A girls, Nejire, and Mei to have a meeting with Melissa, Setsuna and the rest of the 1-B girls. The Sisterhood was formed, Setsuna and Melissa joined, and now are pondering if Deku likes them. Speaking of which, Izuku has his long-awaited talk with Eri which made even me tear up, and now he is pondering if he likes them and they him truly. We also had the difficult conversion of Shirakumo being Kurogiri and the more lighter, yet enlightening talk of the Kyber Crystals and their potential owners, and more info of the U.A. Traitor, even though we all know who he is. Oh, and I also added a bonus reaction of a music video for the Spectacular Spider-Man theme song.
Yet we still have some questions. Who was the girl that bullied Deku and what happened to have caused him to be so guarded and confused with girls? Who do the Kyber Crystals belong to? How will the girls and Deku figure out their feelings and confess to each other? And will I ever make these chapters faster and better? All these questions to be answered, figured out, or never come to fruition.
But before we get to the chapter to start Season 2 off, first, the index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wiz Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick, buff All Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden." - Device, combatant, or fight dialogue
And finally, I Do Not Own My Hero Academia, which belongs to Horikoshi and Bones Studios, or Death Battle, which goes to the channel of the same name and Roosterteeth, or the franchises mentioned in the past, present, or future. Also, this fic, and all other fics of Death Battle, is considered by the creators as free advertisement.
Now, Enough Talk! IT'S TIME FOR DEATH BAAATTTTTTLLLLLLEEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
Another day of U.A. High School had come and passed, rushing like a breeze for some and like an eternity for others.
Both Class 1-A and Class 1-B participated in a 5-person race among their classmates towards the end of one of the training zones as fast as possible, Class 1-A finding the task rather similar to their own 5-person race earlier in the year, right after their first internships. When asked about this comparison, the teachers explained for this to be a way to see how they have all improved since then.
Many of the teens from both classes were paired with each other, making a mix of 2-3 1-A students or 2-3 1-B students, with an added sixth member to one of the groups to add in Shinsou, who came upon Aizawa's insistence. Such notable best performances included the likes of Bakugou who outpaced his competition using his explosions, Iida racing his way through the faux city streets, his noticeable, greater flexibility and adaptiveness, that Iida attributed to Deku's notes over Shadow and Sonic, helping secure his victory, and surprisingly Pony, who took inspiration from Harry Potter flying around via his Broomstick and tried a little of his flying to her own via her floating, controllable horns.
Another surprising display was shown by Yaoyorozu, who, rather than create a bike, skateboard or any type of vehicle to maneuver through the streets, she instead went airborne. Momo would grapple to the top of the tallest buildings via a created grappling hook and then would fall off of it, notably leaving her red cape behind. Before anyone could panic however, the young genius instead showed off another tool she created, hidden prior by her red cape: another cape, a black one. Using a pair of electric gloves she made and unfolding the cape, Yaoyorozu began gliding through city, the shape of the cape when spread out made it no secret who she copied the design from: Batman.
Upon reaching first place among her group, she was immediately hounded by her classmates on what she had done. Momo revealed that, using notes she borrowed from Izuku, that she figured out how to make a cape of her own and how to get it to be able to glide and unfold for her to grapple again. Yaoyorozu received high marks and praise, though none mattered to her more than Izuku's, his awe and praise of her made the Yaoyorozu heiress feel giddy inside.
It was to no one's surprise how she was pulled aside by Edgeshot who wished to discuss more of her skills, many already coming to the conclusion that the Shinobi Hero was considering taking on Yaoyorozu as an intern or sidekick.
Finally, came Izuku's group, consisting of himself, Sero, Asui, Kuroiro, Honenuki, and Shinsou. When the bell started for their time to go, many thought that the ones to take the gold for this round would be Sero, Honenuki, and Kuroiro, the first able to swing around with his tapes, Kuroiro to seep into the shadows and zoom across the shadows of the faux city easily, and Honenuki being able to soften the whole ground and easily swim through the earth.
As custom as it is for him, Izuku proved them wrong. In a fashion similar to Yaoyorozu, Deku, using Full Cowling to jump his way to the higher tops of the buildings, he would start running down the side of the building, jump off the side and let out Black Whip. In a large and arcing swing, Deku rocketed himself forward. The students were then witnessed to Deku using Black Whip and swinging around with grace and agility that reminded them of his counterpart: Spider-Man.
However, the Green Bean wasn't the only one to show their knowledge from the videos as Asui, Sero, and Shinsou were quick to pull out their own swinging, from Sero's tapes and using his feet to jump off and give him greater momentum, Asui, who did similarly to Sero but with greater leg strength and her tongue to swing from, and Shinsou, who used his capture scarf to help swing him around. He was the slowest and shakiest of the four, but his attempts, boldness, and greater ease upon repetition was a testament to his drive and dedication. Those words coming from Aizawa meant a lot to Shinsou.
With the school day over and done, the Hero students, after a nice shower and a change to regular clothes, met up with Melissa, Mei, Power Loader, and David Shield, all of whom were trapped inside the Support Course lab for hours since dawn. To the four, it felt like time had passed too quickly as they both studied the device and the blueprints towards the Lightsabers. Power Loader did make a note that Mei's over-eagerness was at first a bit much to handle, but David Shield's warning seemed to have set the pink-haired inventor in check.
As they gathered in the gym, Izuku was nervous and anxious. Not of what they might see in the device this time, although it did cross his mind. No, his nervousness was made apparent by Melissa sitting next to him and furthered more and more when his gaze met the rest of the girls of his class, Mei, Nejire, and Setsuna, even.
Ever since his talk with Eri, Deku's mind throughout the day was a mumbled mess, his thoughts constantly shifting back towards the girls and the big question that Eri left him after their talk: 'What do I feel for them?'
At first, he wanted to say close friends and classmates and acquaintances, but it left him ultimately unsatisfied. He thought about the close friendship he had with Uraraka and Asui, an older student mentor/friend in Nejire, a reliant, intellectual equal and trusted friend in Momo, Mina who knew how to get his spirits up and happy, Toru's bubbly personality that brought a smile on his face, Kyoka who made him feel down-to-earth and relaxed, Melissa, who made him happy, calm, and at peace just by her mere presence, Mei, who's excitable and quirky personality all made his day and her enthusiasm inspiring to him, and Setsuna who brought a new feeling of comradery and trust upon her discovery of One For All, her thoughtfulness and caring nature she tried to hide like he did with his Quirk and past, and trust and friendship that made him smile every time her thought of her.
But it was that kind of thinking that was bugging the Green Bean. 'The more I think about them, the more I want to Only think about them, and the more I feel my head brightening, my heart throbbing, and the more I start to see them as...something more.' Izuku thought with finality, his cheeks brightening and his feeling fuzzier throughout the day.
Then there was Eri. After their talk, the white-haired girl took to her Papa's advice in no time and started talking and spending more time with the 10 girls, following them around like a puppy. 'Or a child following their mother.' Izuku thought and seeing how the girls responded to the girl's affections accordingly with equal affection, drove his heart and mind back to turmoiled feelings.
Though, while it left him like this, Izuku wasn't necessarily opposed to the girls treating Eri like their daughter. In fact, thanking them for their willingness to play along and make Eri's life brighter than the darkness they found her in.
'Okay, Izuku, just suck it up, control your emotions, and figure it out later.' Izuku told himself, steeling his mind back to the device being set up currently. 'It's time to watch videos.'
After Nezu gave a quick, short speech, saying that they will watch at most 10 videos for today, the rodent Principal gave Mei the go-ahead to start the next video. Mei found the latest recently unlocked folder titled 'He-Man vs Lion-O'.
"He-Man vs Lion-O?" Uraraka repeated the title, confused.
"Don't know why but those names sound Manly as hell already!" Kirishima said, getting pumped up.
Mei pressed the play button, and the video began with the Death Battle music and title screen full of bloody chains.
"Ahh, the glorious 80's." Wiz began sighing in nostalgia, as images of various 80's themed images were shown. "That odd era of big hair, keytars, and goofy muscular heroes of questionable sexual preference."
The students chuckled, agreeing with Wiz of the rather flamboyant-looking fighters on screen, one of them half-naked and the other not far of. Kirishima and Tetsutetsu though rather focused on how muscular and badass the two looked and so started growing more excited.
"He-Man, Master of the Universe." Boomstick announced the first fighter.
"And Lion-O, Lord of the ThunderCats." Wiz introduced the second.
"He-Man?" Momo questioned; eyebrow raised. "A rather redundant name."
"ThunderCats?" Kyoka joined in her best friend's questioning. "So, is it like a group of alien cat people?"
The Wild Wild Pussycats perked their ears up and grew slightly more interested in the cat-related, and looking, fighter.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick." Boomstick introduced the two of them.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win... a Death Battle!" Wiz finished the introduction.
The first fighter the audience could have only describe him as a flamboyant All Might. He appeared in both a weaker form and as a muscular figure that Kirishima and Tetsutetsu found could contest the likes of Hercules and All Might. His regular form was smaller and less muscular, wearing what looked like casual clothes for royalty. He wore a pink, open vest with a white undershirt with sleeves around his large arms, light violet pants that hugged his legs and bright salmon boots. His muscular form caused the men of the group to gawk and the women to stare in awe or blush. The bowl cut-haired styled blonde's more muscular form was half-naked, his private parts only clothed in a furry speedo, furry boots, and a golden belt, and his massive chest hugged by a battle harness that crossed over his body diagonally like an x, with a red, cross-shaped gem in the middle. He was also shown wielding a long, silver sword, and accompanied by a...green tiger with orange stripes?
While the girls giggled at his bright colored outfit in his weaker form, the guys felt pumped up by the blonde's more muscular form and how he looked like a Herculean caveman with a sword.
He-Man
"Let's go, Cringer!" Prince Adam said to his cat companion as they ran out a large pink castle. "He-Man and Battle Cat are about to make an appearance."
"He-Man!" A chorus of men proclaimed as the name, He-Man, appeared in bright neon blue over a black screen.
"Heh, it is like an 80's T.V. show." Setsuna chuckled.
"Prince Adam is the pathetic, bumbling son to the royal family of Eternia." Wiz began He-Man's analysis with a diss, He-Man shown running into a lamp and crashing to prove his point.
"Ha ha, dumbass." Boomstick laughed.
The scene drew some giggles and chuckles from the students, though some eye rolls and raised eyebrows from the more cynical adults. Though some among did let out a chuckle, like Miruko and Mic.
BACKGROUND
Alter Ego: Prince Adam
Height: 2.1 m/6'11"
Weight: 145 kg/320lbs
Descendent of King Grayskull
Leader of the Heroic Warriors
Master of the Universe
Trained by Man-At-Arms & Teela
An excellent singer?
"Then one day, a bird-clad sorceress, the Sorceress of Castle Grayskull, gave him the secret powers of Castle Grayskull, transforming him into He-Man, the most powerful Chippendale in the universe." Wiz revealed, showing said sorceress turning Prince Adam into He-Man.
"Fabulous secret powers were revealed to me the day I held aloft my magic sword and said, "By the power of Grayskull..." Prince Adam explained, lifted his glowing magic sword into the air and declared. "He-Man!" The chorus sang again as Prince Adam transformed into He-Man in a flash of white lightning and glowed with power. "I HAVE THE POWER!"
"Now That's a Manly transformation!" Tetsutetsu yelled out pumped.
"Wait, wait, that's his origin story?" Boomstick questioned, incredulously. "He just thrust his sword up and down and yelled some random shit until he turned into a near-naked superhero?"
"Well, more like a cheap action figure." Wiz replied, showing a He-Man plastic action figure.
While snickers sounded from the students, All Might couldn't help but compare his own transformation into his muscular form to this He-Man. The former Symbol of Peace paid closer attention to this fighter, wondering if he was just as strong as him or more considering his magical origins.
POWERS
Herculean Strength
Super Durability
Super Speed
Super Breath
Can create a tornado
Acrobatic
"He-Man possesses Herculean strength, speed, durability, and a super breath which can blow over most foes, and probably a few other things if you know what I'm saying." Boomstick explained perversely, as He-Man blew away a purple hooded, blue-skinned man with a skeleton for a face and Beast Man.
Momo sighed, already annoyed. "He's never going to stop with those perverse jokes and comments, is he?" She asked.
"About as likely as Mineta not acting like a perverted degenerate." Kyoka said dryly.
"Hey!" Mineta yelled, yet no one paid him attention.
"Although, those powers of his are impressive." Itsuka said. "He's almost a half-naked, magical All Might."
"But his greatest strength is not in his muscles, but his voice." Boomstick added.
"And I said: HEYEYAAEYAAAAEYAEYAA!" He-Man sang that meme song, throwing his head back as he sang. "And said Hey! What's Going On?!"
Laughter. That was all that could be said about what the group had witnessed. They held their sides from laughter, pounding on their armrests, or laughing like Howler Monkeys from Hell, like Bakugou.
"I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" Setsuna stuttered out from her laughter, holding her sides.
Aizawa and Endeavor both looked like they were half a second away from climbing up to the roof of U.A. and jumping to rid themselves of what they had seen. Or at the very least, dump soap into their eyes.
"*Sniff* Truly, the voice of an angel." Boomstick sniffed and cried.
"Agreed." Kaminari sniffled as he and Sero slow clapped.
"Beautiful!" Mineta whimpered out, his hands forming an 'Ok', a lone, shining tear escaping one of his eyes.
"I...I have no words." Mina said, stumped, choosing to just join her friends and clap.
"As stupid as that was, that was some good singing." Kyoka admitted.
ARSENAL
Power Sword
-Indestructible
-Boomerang Throw
-Deflects Destructive Rays
-Binding Chains
-Merged with Sword of the Ancients
-Other Magical Properties
Bolas
Grappling Hook
Shield
Korodite Battle Harness
-Multiples his strength by 10
"The indestructible Power Sword is the conduit for his immutabilities and has some unique powers of its own." Wiz explained, showing a silvery sword with a wide, hourglass shape at connection with the handle till it ended in a double-sided blade.
"GAH! Too Bright!" Dark Shadow cried out in pain at the brightness of the sword.
"So, his sword is what he draws his power from." Edgeshot said, cupping his chin in thought. "It must be some sort of magical beacon to draw power from."
"Like any good sword, it deflects lasers and can also do a bunch of other random stuff, like magnetize special rings, or tie people up with magic S&M." Boomstick listed, He-Man shown deflecting lasers, magnetizing rings, and binding foes with magical chains.
"Ignoring that last thing, it seems like the perfect tool for both offense, defense, and capture." Power Loader said.
"And it can deflect lasers like Lightsabers, too." David said, nodding impressed.
"It could deflect by beautiful Naval Laser too." Aoyama mentioned.
"And while he is skilled enough to throw his sword like a boomerang, somehow, he occasionally uses ranged gear, such as a grappling hook and bolas, to battle evil forces like those of Skeletor." Wiz added.
"The most badass looking Villain with the weirdest sounding voices ever." Boomstick pointed out.
"Silence, You Fuddy Fool!" Skeletor yelled in his goofy voice. "I've Had Enough of Your Whining and Bumbling!"
"That voice does not fit with how he looks at all." Sato shook his head in disbelief.
"Way to state the obvious, Sugar Dunce!" Bakugou roared, annoyed.
"Goofy sounding archenemies aside, I don't know where he's keeping all those things, I mean he's practically very much na- Who-Ho-HOA!" Boomstick exclaimed as he saw He-Man draw out a bola from his furry undergarments, somehow.
"Wait, did he just pull those out of his speedo?" Hagakure asked, confused. "Where is the space to store them?"
"It's like Mai Shiranui and her infinite steel fans that come out of her sexy loose outfit." Mineta compared, already getting a bloody nose remembering Mai.
"I'm just surprised that you guys are fixating on that rather than the sword being used as a boomerang." Sen shook his head with amazement.
"I guess are priorities have become so screwed with all the craziness we've already seen." Awase shrugged.
"You'd think he'd keep it in his battle harness made of Korodite!" Boomstick continued, highlighting He-Man harness and He-Man tossing skull-faced castle like it was nothing. "Which, by the way, further multiplies his already insane strength by 10."
"That's what the sorceress fashioned this harness from." He-Man pointed to his harness and explained. "It helps add to my power."
"So that harness increases strength as well." Izuku muttered as he wrote down the info on his notebook. Beside the title of He-Man was a question: 'Is his counterpart All Might?' Izuku likewise realized the comparison between All Might and Prince Adam with their transformations and strength.
"Prince Adam is not the only one getting a power-up." Wiz jumped in, the screen showing the green tiger with orange stripes. "He has an adopted cat, whom he saved from the jungle at a young age."
"He named him Cringer, 'cause well...he's a little b*tch." Boomstick explained harshly, showing the little Cringer trying to hide up young Adam's shirt in fear.
"Heh, bet that Cat is your counterpart, Deku!" Bakugou taunted his green-haired rival.
"W-Why me?!" Izuku asked, confused and off-guard by the taunt.
"Huh, definitely quite the Scaredy Cat, huh?" Mirio joked.
Silence was what preceded the horrible joke.
"Boo!" Mina booed, giving a big thumbs down, which sparked some chuckles.
"But whenever He-Man transforms, he zaps the little pussy, turning him into the ferocious Battle Cat." Boomstick continued, He-Man firing a white beam of energy at Cringer, the green tiger growing a little larger and roaring, a red armored helm over his head and red armor on his back that doubled as a saddle for He-Man to ride in.
"Ohoho, now that's quite the ferocious kitty!" Pixie Bob squealed, even more interested at the amped up Battle Cat.
"Indeed." Tiger nodded, approving. "Quite the impressive transformation."
"Despite Cringer's reluctance and downright refusal to do so." Wiz pointed out, Cringer cowering under He-Man's shadow as he raised the Sword of Power.
"Now that's a very unflattering image." Amajiki muttered.
"That's mean!" Eri whined, feeling sorry for the green-furred cat, who's fluffy fur she thought was like her Papa's hair.
"He's kinda like the Michael Vick of cartoon heroes." Boomstick joked, pasting former, disgraced athlete's face over He-Man's.
"Who the hell is Michael Vick?" Kaminari asked confused. He would get his answer by from Sero, who tapped the teen on his shoulder to face him and whisper the information in his ear. Kaminari's reaction was one of shock and disgust. "Ugh, not cool!"
Koda overheard and, for once, looked righteously angry at the information of what the man did.
"Oh no. My mother didn't raise any foolish children." Cringer whimpered out, his cowardly amber eyes all what showed of him as he cowered in the shadows.
"Wait, it can talk?" Pony questioned.
"It's green and orange and is from some magical land and you are surprised that it can talk?" Setsuna asked, eyebrow raised.
Pony raised her hands in surrender.
BATTLE CAT
Alter Ego: Cringer
Height: 1.5 m/5' (on all fours)
Weight: 226.8 kg/ 500 lbs
Tiger/Dragon mixed breed (Many did a double take on that)
Vicious & Volatile
He-Man-like Powers
-Super Strength
-Super Speed
-Roar can cause Earthquakes
"Granted, Battle Cat is a tremendous asset." Wiz revealed. "He's so vicious, it's implied that if he doesn't transform back into Cringer, he could go on an unstoppable rampage. After all, he is half tiger, half dragon."
"Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme!" Boomstick exclaimed like a toddler.
"Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme!" Both Setsuna and Rin cried at the same time.
"Hold On, That's an Awesome Creature!" Bakugou declared. "I take back what I said about you being that cat's counterpart, Deku! No way you're that cool!"
Deku didn't know whether to take that as compliment or as an insult, or both. 'When it comes to Kacchan, you can never know.' He thought.
"As interesting as this Battle Cat is, I have a feeling that he won't be much of use in this Death Battle." Tokoyami said.
"Why? He's a half-dragon half-tiger combo, how can he not help?" Kaminari asked, confused.
"The rules of Death Battle." Tokoyami explained. "Aid towards combatants via others is prohibited. In other words, Battle Cat could not help in He-Man's fight because he would be an assist to his fight, which is not allowed."
"Oh yeah." Sero nodded, remembering the rule. "Well, that sucks."
"He-Man has moved mountains, reversed a tornado, ran in circles fast enough to create a vacuum-" Wiz began listing He-Man's feats as shown.
"The Fuck?" Boomstick guffawed, confused.
"Agreed! What?!" Mineta exclaimed in awe.
"Manly!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu said together.
"And dug to the center of the planet with nothing but a broken stalactite." Wiz finished.
"The DOUBLE FUCK?!" Boomstick exclaimed, utterly flabbergasted.
"Double What?!" Mineta exclaimed again.
"Double Manly!" The two hardheads of both classes exclaimed again.
"Okay, there's no doubt anymore. This guy is way stronger than All Might!" Kosei exclaimed as well.
"I might agree with you, Young Tsuburaba." All Might agreed, impressed by the other muscular blonde's feats.
FEATS
Moved a Mountain
Lifted the City of Arcadia
Reversed a Tornado
Can Break Photanium
Has Battled Superman
Pushed a Moon
And many, Many other seemingly impossible things
"He even shattered Photanium, the strongest metal in his universe, when even his closest friends believed it would be too much for him." Wiz further revealed, He-Man bursting through a coffin of the supposedly indestructible metal.
"And he traded blows with Superman... you know that one guy who can lift entire planets and maybe killed your favorite person ever?" Boomstick revealed, showcasing footage of the Goku vs Superman fight. "That one."
"Super Manly!" Kirishima and Tetsuteusu yelled.
"Please make them stop." Reiko groaned, the usually uninterested or emotional goth girl annoyed at their repeated, lazy writi-ugh I mean-enthusiasm.
"So, he's fought Superman before and looks to be holding his own." Izuku muttered, started to write at lightning speeds. "He must be able to hold his own against Superman because He-Man's powers are explained to be magical which Superman is weak towards."
"Well, he's not That strong, but he did manage to push a moon once... or twice." Wiz admitted.
"So not Superman level strong, but strong enough to contend against a Saiyan like Vegeta who punched and moved the moon in his fight with Shadow." Momo deduced.
"Well done, Mr. Midoriya and Ms. Yaoyorozu! Well done indeed!" Nezu clapped his hands "A+ for excellent deduction!"
"Wait, No One Said We Were Getting Graded on This!" A pale Kaminari screamed, horrified for his life, a sentiment shared by his fellow unacademically gifted students.
"You aren't." Aizawa groaned out, rubbing the bridge between his eyes. "The rat was just messing with you all."
"Aww, fun's over." Nezu sighed dejected, though his childish voice held a sarcastic mock to it. "Although, I would appreciate you not calling me a rat in front of students, Eraser."
"Then pay me more." Aizawa boldly retorted, to Nezu's laughter.
WEAKNESSES
May Revert back to Adam from Extreme Force
Power of Grayskull can be relinquished
Lacks Deadly Ranged Weaponry
Limited Experience with Violence
Pacifist
"But despite his miraculous strength, he is not invincible." Wiz warned. "Enough raw force can revert him back to the far more vulnerable state of Prince Adam. He also despises violence, preferring to outsmart opponents, and thus has much less physical combat experience than you'd think."
All Might perked up. 'If he can revert back to his normal form after too much force, then it is almost exactly like my own limits when I had One for All.' All Might thought. 'Though, he doesn't appear to have any time limit like myself.'
"Not to sound mean or anything but given that singing from before and that as Prince Adam he was called an idiot, I'm rather surprised that he can outsmart his enemies at all." Itsuka said honestly.
"Perhaps his magical transformation into He-Man likewise increases his intelligence." Ibara suggested. "Also, I find his pacifistic nature rather admirable and heroic."
"Though that shit will be a problem if he has to get dirty and make some hard choices." Kamakiri interjected.
Ibara shot her classmate a glare for cursing but couldn't deny the downsides towards pacifism.
"While a noble set of mind, they also said that they will have their fighters ignore or mitigate their personalities or attributes that keep them from killing each other." Jurota reasoned. "The best this mindset will do is likely inconvenience He-Man a bit."
"Also, his Power of Greyskull can be relinquished from him forcefully if he is proven unworthy." Wiz continued. "Additionally, while an unstoppable powerhouse up close and personal, he lacks more deadly long-ranged weaponry, with his bolas used mainly for capture and his sword risky to throw."
"Still, he's pretty good at beating the ever-living crap out of people, no matter what planet or series he's on." Boomstick said.
"That's right." Wiz agreed with his co-host as they showed a He-man with blue pants, blonder hair wrapped in a ponytail, and his battle harness replaced with a single strap. "The 1990s New Adventures of He-Man is technically the same He-Man we all know, giving him much more experience-"
"Wait, wait, wait, what was that?" Boomstick paused the footage and music and asked.
"Shh, this is vital." Wiz whispered.
"No, no, no! Go back! Go back! Right there!" Boomstick rewound the footage to He-Man placing two halves of broken link of a chain and in a brief, dim flash of light, the chain was repaired and intact.
"There you go, fella." He-Man said to the large animal the chain was attached to. "Good as new."
"Wha-?" Boomstick guffawed again, zooming in on He-Man's face.
Kaminari and Mineta laughed at the close up shot of He-Man's straight, unfazed face.
Meanwhile, Iida and Momo looked like their brains were malfunctioning, staring frozen, slack-jawed at the screen.
"H-H-How w-w-with the...and the other...w-wha-" Momo stuttered, utterly confused.
"Okay, so it's broken. 'I guess I'll just magic it back together!'" Boomstick said in a mocking voice.
"The magic of the '80s, Boomstick." Wiz explained, the audience practically hearing him shake his head. "The magic of the '80s."
"Oh look, they explained it before I could say 'Its Magic' for the 50th time." Kyoka said, gesturing her hands to the screen.
"Magic of lazy writing." Boomstick retorted.
"That too." Ojiro shrugged.
A castle gate was grapple-hooked down to reveal He-Man atop of Battle Cat. "Next time, you might try knocking first." He-Man suggested.
"He-Man!" The chorus sang again finally.
With the analysis over for the magical prince, many found He-Man's strength and magical powers impressive and definitely beyond All Might level if he could trade blows with the strongest combatant they have ever seen, Superman. Kirishima and Tetsutesu were the most excited of He-Man and envisioning themselves one day being as jacked as the half-naked prince, though with perhaps a bit more clothing.
Meanwhile, Bakugou's eye twitched, teeth grating and hands sparking as he had to listen to the two's loud enthusiasm right in his ear. He was almost beginning the machine to move on with the video, to which, generously, it did.
If He-Man looked like a flamboyant All Might to the group, the next fighter made them think of a flamboyant furry. The fighter was a humanoid cat man that resembled a lion. He was tall with an admittingly chiseled chin, cat-like, red eyes with black makeup below them, orange fur, and a mane of flowing red hair that only Kirishima found to be extremely jealous over. The cat man wore what looked like a violet-blue wrestling onesie, his abs exposed, a black belt around his waist with a red gem in the center, the logo of a black cat-like animal roaring on it. The cat man likewise wielded a sword of his own that seemed to change sizes from a dagger to a longsword.
Lion-O
"ThunderCats!" A more whispered chorus exclaimed as Lion-O raised the sword over him and then in front of him, his glowing cat eyes behind the red glowing eye on the sword's clawed cross guard.
"Hey, they did same thing like He-Man like they are an 80's show in this world." Sero chuckled and pointed out. "I wonder if we are like some show to some other universe out there?"
"With our luck, I bet we're some kind of anime or something." Sato surmised. "I just hope, if we are, that we're popular. For the right reasons of course."
"Don't jinx it, dude." Honenuki said.
"Let's get this show on the road." Lion-O proclaimed.
"As a child, Lion-O barely escaped the destruction of his home planet, Thundera." Wiz began, a younger Lion-O shown fleeing an exploding planet alongside four other cat-like aliens. "His father sent him to 3rd Earth with five Thunderian nobles to uphold the royal lineage."
"You know, I'm really getting tired of people ripping off Superman." Boomstick groaned.
"Technically, since they exist in another universe, they aren't intentionally ripping each other off." Kaminari defended the copying.
"And you forget that in their world, its fiction to them, so to them it is considered copying." Kyoka retorted.
"But the Kryptonian comparison stops there, as on route to 3rd Earth, a suspension capsule malfunctioned... or something, it's not really explained, causing his body to age ten years." Wiz pointed out, the Thundercat's ship crashing, Lion-O's pod malfunctioning, and Lion-O emerging 10 years older, locating at himself in the reflection of a pond.
"During that time, he grew in size, but he did not grow up." Tygra explained.
"What's going on?" Lion-O asked, confused, bumping his head on the capsule door.
"Yeah, that would definitely be a shock to anyone." Uraraka said, sympathizing with Lion-O.
"Aww, we missed the cute kitty stage!" Boomstick cooed, the music and video stopping at an image of a cat with a lion mane wig on it. "Shut up, kittens are adorable!" He defended himself.
"Agreed!" Ragdoll proclaimed, with the rest of the Wild Wild Pussycats agreeing with her. Meanwhile, Shinsou and Aizawa carefully nodded his head in agreement. They failed when he noticed Mic's and Midnight's grins and Yui's cute, small smile.
BACKGROUND
Age: 13 years, physically 23
Height: 1.9 m/6'4"
Weight: 102 kg/ 225 lbs
Species: Thunderian
Lord of the ThunderCats
Trained by ThunderCat Nobles
Has Command over all cats
"As the newly crowned Lord of the ThunderCats, Lion-O is the leader of the group and commands all of cat-kind." Wiz revealed.
"Lion-O has power over all cats!" Snarf exclaimed.
"H-His power is like m-mine." Koda stuttered out shyly. "Just only with cats."
"So, he can control every species of cat, even alien ones?" Pixie Bob said. "Phew, thank god our cat thing is only a motif."
"I find that this Lion-O along with the rest of his team would be great candidates to join our agency." Tiger mentioned.
"Oh, that's true!" Ragdoll exclaimed. "Actual cat-humanoid creatures to join a cat-themed superhero team."
"Agreed." Mandalay nodded, but with a dubious look on her face. "Although, I do find it odd that, despite his new physical age, that they would crown an emotionally 10-year-old boy as their king and leader."
"I don't find it too weird." Aizawa muttered. "We did the same with All Might."
The adults laughed out loud at Aizawa's diss at All Might. Even Endeavor smirked and, Hawks swore, chuckled.
"You're never going to stop comparing me to a child, are you?" All Might asked, slightly annoyed.
"No." Aizawa said.
"Guess he woke up on the wrong side of his sleeping bag, today." Mic whispered to Midnight, the two noticing his boldness against the Nezu and now the diss at All Might.
"Let him be, Hizashi." Midnight advised, a hand on his shoulder. "You know why he's a bit cranky."
Since this morning, Nezu informed the three that he, All Might, and Gran Torino had contacted Tsukauchi about the situation of the device and the Kurogiri's potential, as both Mic and Aizawa still held onto, identity as Shirakumo. Despite, the detective's desire to see the device for himself, Tsukauchi assured them that they will get right onto figuring out for sure and getting them the appropriate clearance for a meeting tomorrow. The three agree though it was clear that the delay had made the insomniac teacher rather grouchy. Well, grouchier than usual.
"Against the evil forces of Mumm-Ra, a once loyal Wahankh, adviser to the pharaoh now turned evil, undead sorcerer, Lion-O was forced to mature on the battlefield." Wiz explained. "He is a quick learner, helped by his cat-like abilities and attributes."
"So, their villain is a mummy?" Sero asked, though still shivered at Mumm-Ra's rather disturbing appearance.
"The strife of war and conflict can harden and grow even the most childish and innocent of hearts." Edgeshot said, sagely.
The U.A. students, especially those of Class 1-A, can certainly agree with the Shinobi Hero's words, having been forced to mature and grow rapidly during their fights with the League of Villains.
"Which means he's got superhuman agility and senses." Boomstick said, Lion-O backflipping and performing acrobatic feats.
"Right. For example, while a human's nose has five million odor-sensitive cells, a cat's has over 200 million." Wiz revealed, showing a picture of a little, adorable cat.
Mic and Midnight were pleased that Aizawa's grouchy glare looked to have soften by the picture of a cat.
"Oh? Is that a smile on you, Shinsou?" Pony asked, looking down to notice Shinsou's small, yet noticeable smile.
"No." Shinsou replied, swiftly hardening his face back to his usual dull look. "I just have a...fondness for cats."
The students chuckled at the new and adorable, to the girls, information on Shinsou's fondness for cats. Todoroki made a mental note to add the information as a possible new lead in his side theory project: Dadzawa.
Speaking of which, Mic grinned and looked at Eraser. "Are you sure the kid isn't yours?" He asked, cheekily.
Aizawa's only answer was a glare.
Meanwhile, Yui cursed silently at Pony for ruining the rather cute sight of Shinsou's smile, that she may or may not have been seeing the whole time. Yui then got to pondering, wondering what would Shinsou think if he noticed her with cat ears.
"Cats can hear five times better, have panoramic vision, and use their whiskers like antenna to scan for trouble, meaning it's actually very unlikely for curiosity to kill a cat... unless they're distracted by bright shiny things." Wiz explained and then admitted, showcasing footage of Felicia vs Taokaka and the two distracted over the butterfly.
"Aww, don't remind me of that." Nejire whined childishly, not wondering to remember losing her fight.
"Aw, cheer up, Nejire." Mirio patted her knees from row below her. "At least you got to see your Princess Peach counterpart win, right?"
"True." Nejire said, brightening up.
"And you could maybe ask for Yaoyorozu to make you a Felicia outfit to 'tease' Izuku." Mirio suggested, a wide, shit-eating grin on his face.
If Nejire had cat ears, like Felicia, they would perk up high at that moment. Suddenly, Nejire's frown turned to a wide, blushing grin that screamed mischievousness and excitement.
"Run Midoriya. Run." Amajiki shook his head, already mourning Midoriya.
"Lion-O wears a manly sports bra and wrestling shorts and doesn't seem to own anything else" Boomstick joked. "Guess someone forgot to pack, oh, you know, CLOTHES for the interplanetary trip!" Highlighting his point was Cheetara being magically given clothes.
"I guess modesty isn't much of a thing for these cat alien people." Mic shrugged. "Only seem to use them for armor and such."
"Wardrobe aside, he wields the Sword of Omens, a pocket-sized dagger, which transforms into an epic blade after the most badass battle cry ever." Boomstick revealed, showing the dagger-sized weapon transform into a glowing double-edged sword.
"Thunder! Thunder! Thunder! ThunderCats, HO!" Lion-O cried out, each 'Thunder' and swing of the weapon making the blade extend, before lifting the fully lengthened sword to the sky, cry out, and the red eye of the sword shift into the ThunderCats symbol and project a spotlight of it to the sky.
"Is he calling his team hoes?" Mineta asked/joked.
Kyoka face-palmed so hard, it left a red, hand-shape mark on her face.
"Now That's a Manly battle cry!" Kirishima exclaimed. "Almost as much as He-Man's."
"I like the Thunder and lightning part of it too." Kaminari nodded.
SWORD OF OMENS
Cuts through most material
Extends immeasurably
Can be summoned from a distance
Flight
Casts Force Fields
Sword Beams
-Lightning, Fire, or varied temperatures
-Taser + "Guiding" Beam
-Scattered Explosive Beams
-Many, Many More
"It's an extremely durable, double-edged blade that cuts through stone and steel with ease." Boomstick explained, showcasing the Sword's abilities. "It can fly, make force fields, and shoot over fifteen different kinds of beams. Lightning bolts, fire blasts, and even a tractor beam, which Lion-O can guide things with, which is great for when you're on the couch. Sword of Omens, bring me snacks beyond snacks... and a beer!"
"And a Hot Naked Ba-!" Mineta exclaimed before an explosion to the face shut him up.
"So, The Sword of Omens can project lightning bolts with greater accuracy than Kaminari, fire blasts like Todoroki and laser beams like Aoyama's Naval Laser." Izuku began listing all the Sword of Omens's abilities. "Like He-Man's Power Sword, it would be the perfect weapon for offense, both long-ranged and short-ranged, and defense with his ability to make force fields and can extend the Sword longer to keep his enemies farther from him. He can also use the tractor beam to hold and capture enemies-"
"SHUT YOUR ANNOYING MUTTERING YOU SHITTY NERD BEFORE I BLAST YOUR FACE OFF!" Bakugou yelled out annoyed.
"So, the comparison between these two appears to be their similar magical swords that grant them an undefine number of magical abilities." Endeavor analyzed. "And they are both royal man-children with an affinity for felines."
THE EYE OF THUNDERA
A Separate, Living Entity
Limitless Magical Power
Grants Super Strength
Alerts of Relevant Danger
Source of ThunderCat Life
Sight-Beyond-Sight
-Surveys events across space & time
-Visual & Audible
-Cosmic & magnetic fields can interfere
"The Sword's power stems from the gem housed in its hilt, the Eye of Thundera, a legendary jewel with limitless magical power, which its wielder can call upon even from a great distance, such as inside a black hole." Wiz revealed, showing the red gem and the symbol of the ThunderCats.
"Come again?" Mina asked, shaking her head to wipe off the surprise.
"Sword of Omens, come to my hand!" Lion-O called out, the Sword reacting a flying towards him.
"So that thing strong enough not only withstand the gravitational pressure of inside a black hole, but also escape from its pull from inside." Thirteen said with amazement in her voice. "I guess my Black Hole Quirk would have a hard time trying to destroy it."
"It is powerful enough to hold an entire planet together and can spy on people and events across space and time." Wiz continued.
"Sword of Omens, give me sight beyond sight!" Lion-O declared, the clawed cross guard extending and the gem back to its eye appearance, Lion-O's eyes glowing yellow as he surveyed his enemies.
"That's so cool!" Izuku exclaimed wide eyed. "With that power, it could be invaluable in Rescue Missions. He could spot civilians trapped underneath a large amount of rubble, locate people who have gone missing or kidnapped, and even predict natural disasters so that they could evacuate pre-emptively."
"And he could spy on any number of different Villains by finding out where their hideouts are, what crimes they committed in the past and even crimes they are going to or about to commit." Setsuna jumped in.
"Oh, that too." Izuku said, rubbing his neck sheepishly. "T-Thanks for pointing that out, Suna."
Setsuna blushed at his nickname for her before immediately recovering with a teasing grin that earned a blush from Izuku. "You're welcome, Green Bean."
The girls of the Sisterhood at first felt jealousy begin the rise out from the interaction between the two, but they calmed down and reminded themselves to stick to the plan.
"And since he's a 13, pre-pubescent teenage boy inside a 23-year old's body, you can just imagine all the things he would like to use that Sight-Beyond-Sight for." Boomstick joked perversely.
A soot faced covered Mineta gawked at the sword as if it was a dream come true, his mind already swimming with all the possibilities he could use with that.
THE CLAW SHIELD
Extremely Durable Shield
4 Grappling Hooks
Claw-Shot
Smokescreen
Highly Reflective Surface
Claws can Pierce Stone
Chain inside
Small, Portable Size
Sheathes the Sword of Omens
"He wears the Claw Shield, an extremely durable claw... glove thing, with which in his first outing he effortlessly punched down a tree." Boomstick revealed. "Hey, that's just like how I catch squirrels for supper!"
Cue the audience groans, rolled eyes, and chuckles, and with Ibara's glaring for 'desecrating and destroying nature'.
"The Claw Shield may be small, but it's proven effective against blades, blows, and lasers." Wiz listed. "As a bonus, it has four grappling hooks, a smoke screen, and functions as a neat little scabbard for the Sword of Omens."
"So, it can deflect lasers like He-Man's sword and his grappling hooks could be more useful in quick use than He-Man's." Iida deduced. "And with the smokescreen, it could give him a good tool for recovery."
"Unless He-Man's blows it away with a super breathe." Todoroki pointed out.
"But the Claw Shield can't protect him from everything." Boomstick pointed out.
WEAKNESSES
Thundranium
Very Reliant on Eye
Minimal education
Somewhat immature & hot-blooded
The Eye is the source of his Life
"While Lion-O is certainly quite sophisticated for an oversized thirteen-year-old man-kitten, he is still somewhat immature and hot-blooded." Wiz pointed out.
"A very dangerous trait for both a Hero and a leader." Edgeshot said.
"Also, both Lion-O and the Eye of Thundera share a common weakness to a glowing red rock called Thundrainium. Okay, I lied, there was one more Superman rip-off."
"Yeah, it's basically like a red Kryptonite from the looks of it." Awase said.
"While the Eye is one of the most powerful weapons ever conceived, it may also be his greatest weakness." Wiz continued, showing the Eye being pierced by a sword and Lion-O and his fellow ThunderCats kneeling in pain. "Turns out it's the source of life for all ThunderCats, so if it's destroyed, so is Lion-O... and his entire race."
"I know! I'll bring it into constant danger and get disarmed a lot!" Boomstick jokingly chided the ThunderCat leader, showing him getting disarmed multiple times.
"That is a highly risk thing to lose, even taking it into battle is extremely risky." Itsuka said. "One blow to the gem and he and his entire race may die."
"Good thing it is durable then." Setsuna said.
FEATS
Lifted & Threw an Ancient Spirit of Evil
Beat Panthro in strength
Beast Cheetara in a 5-mile sprint
Pulled an escaping Starship down
Survived the vacuum of space
Held together a Broken Planet
"Still, Lion-O is stronger, smarter, and faster than any other ThunderCat." Wiz countered with Lion-O's feats. "He can pull down a spaceship attempting escape velocity and won a foot race against Cheetara, who can run 120 miles per hour."
"Faster and stronger I get because of his grown-up body, but I thought he was still a 13-year-old kid inside mentally?" Shoda asked.
"I suppose that his smarts may be street smarts, or that Eye of Thundera may have given him a cram course in everything." Kuroiro replied.
"Oh, and look. He fought Superman too." Boomstick said, Lion-O slashing Superman across the chest.
"Huh. What a coincidence." Sen shrugged.
"And since that's sword's magic, one of Superman's weaknesses, I'm sure that slash was painful." Awase pointed out.
"True." Sen nodded.
"I think this also helps ensure that both fighters aren't from the same universe as Superman." Izuku jumped in.
"How come, Izuku?" Melissa asked.
"Both He-Man and Lion-O have now encountered and fought Superman which normally would imply that they belong to the same universe, but they also made it clear that all the past fighters are in separate universes compared to each other in some way or form." Izuku explained. "So, for both of them to be fighting Superman, they could be using some means of multiversal travel like the device can do."
"He's tough enough to survive boiling water, the molten core of the planet, and even the... vacuum of space?" Wiz listed, confused on that last one.
"'80s magic, Wiz. '80s lazy-writin' magic." Boomstick repeated Wiz's words from He-Man.
"If he can survive lava, I wonder how much my acid would work?" Mina pondered, looking at her hands.
"Honestly, probably not much." Ojiro replied.
"Sword of Omens... Give Me Power Beyond Power! HO!" Lion-O roared out; his entire body covered in yellow lightning.
"Hey Lion-O, it's not okay to just call someone a hoe like that." Kaminari chuckled out.
While the guys snorted and chuckled at the joke, the girls rolled their eyes, exasperated. 'Boys.' They thought.
"Alright, the combatants are set." Wiz said. "Let's end this debate once and for all!"
"IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BAATTTTLLLLEEEE!" Boomstick roared out.
The video paused as the device searched for multiversal counterpart to the two fighters. In the meantime, the group voted among themselves who they thought would win this fight. For those who voted for He-Man, they include All Might, Izuku, and Gran Torino, the three confident in his strength, speed, and his similarity to All Might, Setsuna and Rin, ultimately they chose because of Cringer, Bakugou, who likewise voted for Cringer but also because of He-Man's All Might level strength, Mirio and Ibara because they both liked his sense of pacifism, Eri, who thought he was goofy and funny, Sato, who also voted based off He-Man's strength, Edgeshot, who felt he was the more mature and level-headed of the two, and Nezu, who only smirked. Tetsutesu also voted for He-Man, the choice between the two extremely Manly men being hard for him, but ultimately chose for his Photanium crushing feat.
For Lion-O, his voters included Koda, who liked Lion-O's ability to talk to cats, all four members of the Wild Wild Pussycats, for comradery of their cat-themed Hero, Kaminari, who liked the Sword of Omens and its badass powers, Mina and Ojiro, who liked Lion-O's acrobatic skills, Mineta, who had to be shocked a bit by Kaminari to shake him out his thoughts, Aoyama, who liked Lino-O's style and flair, Thirteen, who though the Sword of Omens was the superior weapon, and Kouta, who thought looked cooler than He-Man. Kirishima was torn between the two awesome, Manly men but Lion-O's mane and fierce battle cry won out for him and so voted for the Thunder Cat leader.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device finished scanning for counterparts. "PRINCE ADAM AKA HE-MAN! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: TOSHINORI YAGI AKA ALL MIGHT!"
"No wonder." Shoji said. "When you think about it, with All Might's true form and the same blonde hair, Herculean physique it made sense."
"Guess you're the same mentally incompetent musclehead in every universe you are in." Gran Torino mocked All Might, who went from proud to comedically sullen.
"LION-O! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUMI KOUTA!"
"Kouta?!" Mandalay exclaimed, surprised.
"Huh, rather fitting." Pixie Bob shrugged with a smirk. "He truly is the nephew of a Pussycat if his own counterpart is an alien cat person."
"Hey, isn't that cool, Kouta?" Izuku patted the surprised kid's shoulder. "We found another counterpart of you, and it's a leader and King. Isn't that cool?"
"Y-Yeah, cool." Kouta muttered, still stunned to learn that his counterpart was such a cool Hero who helped people. Now, ever since before his parent's death, Kouta started to wonder what he would look like if he were a Hero, too.
"ADDITIONAL MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED! CRINGER AKA BATTLE CAT! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
"BAHAHAHAHA! Well, Isn't Hilarious!" Monoma laughed mockingly. "And So, Fitting! A weak and frightened cat compared to another weak, scared-"
Monoma's face quickly met the ground, everyone rather surprised that the one to put him there was a pissed off Uraraka. She cracked her knuckles and glared coldly at Monoma's slumped body like it was garbage. "I told you, Never insult my Deku, again!"
As they managed to get Monoma out of the ground and get a talking to by Vlad for instigating another clash between classes, Deku's shock quickly turned to blushing surprise. "U-U-U-Urakaka...what did you m-mean when you said m-m-m-my D-Deku?" Deku asked.
Uraraka and the girls froze like statues. "W-W-W-What do you m-mean, D-Deku?" Uraraka stuttered out, slowly craning her horrified, red face back to Deku. "I-I-I j-just said Deku! T-T-That's all!"
Deku looked uncertain, swearing that he heard her say 'my Deku', but just nodded slowly. The two returned to their seats blushing up a storm, unaware, or uncaring, of the teasing smiles they received from their friends.
'Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Why Did You Say It Like That?! You Almost Confessed! Stupid! Stupid!' Uraraka mentally berated herself, highly tempted to smash her face into her armrest.
Meanwhile, Deku tried to calm down his burning face, his mind at war, once side saying he heard right and the other claiming they misheard. Though, in truth, Deku didn't know if that part was based truly on denial or fear of what he might really fear.
Meanwhile, Eri looked between the two and smiled brightly. 'AHA! Miss Ocha really does like Papa! And Papa likes her too!' Eri cheered in victory insider her mind. 'So, Miss Ocha is really Mama Ocha now! I have to have Papa and the others confess. I will have my Papa and Mamas be Happy!'
"SKELETOR! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: ALL FOR ONE!"
All Might narrowed his eyes in hate at the sight of his most hated nemesis as another nemesis in another world. 'No matter what universe, no matter who we are, you always are a thorn in my side, All for One.' All Might growled internally.
"MUMM-RA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KAI CHISAKI AKA OVERHAUL!"
Eri flinched at the sight of Overhaul's image but calmed down immediately when Deku wrapped her in his arms. The villain gained hated looks by nearly everyone for his role in Eri's sad life. Kouta himself was angry and was glad that at least his counterpart could beat up that villain for him.
With the counterparts taken care of, the video continued into the fight.
The video started in a forest, with Prince Adam standing in a small clearing.
"Okay, Cringer. Let's try this again." Prince Adam said to his green-furred companion. "This time, no whining, okay?"
"Oh no. Not again." Cringer whined, trying to hide in a bush.
"Man The Fuck Up, You Shitty Nerd!" Bakugou yelled at Deku's counterpart.
"Well technically he's green tiger, not a man, and it's a little unfair to insult our Deku for his counterpart's-" A sharp glare from Bakugou made Sero shut up.
Paying no heed to the scaredy cat's refusal, Prince Adam took out the Power Sword and raised it to the sky. "By the Power of Greyskull!" In flash of brilliant white light, the chorus of men exclaimed "He-Man!" The light dimmed to reveal Prince Adam now transformed into He-Man.
"I Have The POWER!" He-Man roared out, thrusting the flat of his blade forward.
"Super Manly!" Kirishima and Tetsuteusu cried in Manly tears at the sight.
He-Man then pointed the sword to the bush without looking. A blast of white lightning blasted out of the sword and onto the bush, striking at Cringer.
"The Pain!" Cringer wailed as the light enveloped him. The screen began to dim to darkness as Cringer let out a roar of Battle Cat.
"Wait a minute." Hagakure perked up. "If Midori is Cringer, doesn't that mean that All Might forces Deku to turn into Battle Cat despite the pain it causes him?"
This question by Hagakure earned All Might the glares of the girls, despite a blushing Deku insisting that they were misunderstanding things, and a raised, knowing eyebrow from the teachers, remembering all too well how far All Might can push his students, especially Midoriya, in his classes, such as the Battle Training Exercise with Deku vs Bakugou and the same two against All Might that almost resulted in permanent damage to the two.
Elsewhere in that same forest, the screen gained color again to show Lion-O. "That sounds like trouble." Lion-O said, hearing Battle Cat's roar.
Takes the Sword of Omens out of the Claw Shield, Lion-O begins his own famous declaration. "Thunder! Thunder! Thunder!" Lion-O swiped the sword with every word, the short dagger extending its blade. "ThunderCats! HO!" Lion-O roared, lightning striking down at the aloft blade.
"SO MANLY!" No guesses who yelled that.
"Grr *grumble* Shut the fuck up you *grumble* *grumble* will rip your mouths off!" And No need to guess what explosively angry teen with a bulging veined forehead grumbled that either.
"Sword of Omens, Give Me Sight Beyond Sight!" Lion-O proclaimed, moving the Eye of Thundera in front of his face. The gem morphed from the ThunderCat insignia to a red and black eye which glowed red.
A flash of red light switched the scene to He-Man standing beside a now fully transformed Battle Cat.
"Alright Battle Cat." He-Man said as he jumped onto Battle Cat's saddle. "Let's go do something normally perceived as impossible."
"I think what we are seeing right now is already perceived as impossible." Mount Lady said.
"Stop right there!" Lion-O yelled out, jumping before them as the music flared his theme.
"I guess this is the contrivance that will lead these two to fight." Jurota said.
"I like it." Manga said. "Adds some more substance and plot to the fights rather than just plopping them down in a battlefield and just fight to the death."
"You would mount that poor pussy like some kind of mule? You Muscular Fiend!" Lion-O declared in righteous disgust. "Noble Tiger, Turn on your Master!"
Suddenly, He-Man was booted off of Battle Cat by the half-dragon half-tiger himself.
"He's commanding Battle Cat via his ability to control cats." Momo said.
"I think we got from watching, Momo." Kyoka replied.
"And its Kouta controlling Izuku, too." Mirio pointed out cheekily.
"Oi, Deku, get me ice cream!" Kouta demanded.
Deku gave him a raised eyebrow full of amusement.
"It was worth a shot." Kouta shrugged.
"He must have control over animals." He-Man deduced as he got back up on one knee.
"So is Lion-O going to use Battle Cat to attack He-Man?" Hagakure asked.
"No, if he did, it also be in violation against the No aid rule." Uraraka replied. "I wonder though how He-Man is going to not allow Battle Cat to interfere.
He-Man, unintentionally, answered Uraraka's question with the last thing they all thought he would do: Punching Battle Cat high into the air.
"WHAT?!" The students exclaimed in horror.
"That should keep you busy for a while." He-Man said to his companion, even though he was somewhere in the stratosphere.
"Uncle Might! How Could You?!" Melissa wailed in horror.
For the next few moments, All Might had to fight off enraged girls and teachers for his countering launching the counterpart of his student into space. The former pro managed to quell them down, thanks in part to Deku's intervention, but the girls still left warning glares on All Might that left him shuddering.
"I am Lion-O, Lord of the ThunderCats!" Lion-O announced himself. "And you will pay for your animal cruelty!"
"I am He-Man." He-Man introduced himself back, while pulling out his sword. "Back off, feline. You are clearly not equipped to-"
Lion-O cut him off by proceeding to take out the Sword of Omens.
"Oh." He-Man simply said in response.
FIGHT!
Lion-O quickly fired a lightning blast at He-Man from his sword, to which the royal Chippendale deflected it back with his own sword back at Lion-O, who blocks it too.
"Not only is He-Man's sword able to deflect almost all of the Sword of Omens's powers, but Lion-O's sword can also shield him from them." Iida analyzed. "They will clearly be unable to win with their sword's powers alone."
He-Man then picked up a boulder and threw it at Lion-O. The Leader of the ThunderCats leaped at it, slashing through it with his blade in mid-air, before crashing his sword down onto He-Man's sword.
"Now That was badass!" Kamakiri whistled, impressed, hoping that he looked just as cool with his Quirk.
The two contested their strength briefly before He-Man knocked Lion-O away. He-Man leapt forward himself in front of the long red-haired cat alien. The two began to clash, He-Man slashing at Lion-O with the Power Sword, but the cat alien would block them all with his sword and Claw Shield. Lion-O disappeared only to reappear, attempting to slash at He-Man with swift and fast slashes, the magical prince managing to block to them as well. He-Man slashed his sword forward as Lion-O swung, knocking the Sword of Omens away from Lion-O.
"Ooh, Lion-O got too greedy." Sen said.
"He attempted to attack at him with quick strikes that when he-Man could keep up and predict them, He-Man could easily disarm him." Momo said in a more analytical way.
"Surrender! You are defenseless." He-Man ordered Lion-O, attempting to resolve the fight peacefully.
"Is he truly wishing to end this without bloodshed?" Ibara said hopefully.
"Oh, Ibara, you sweet Summer child." Setsuna shook her head and patted her shoulder. "What kind of videos do you think we're watching?"
Ibara frowned.
"I've got plenty of tricks left!" Lion-O rebuttal. Lion-O swiftly used his Claw Shield's smoke screen, enveloping He-Man in the thick smoke and jumping back.
"Smart." Aizawa said. "He's left defenseless and used his smokescreen to retreat for his weapon and to plan his next move."
He-Man coughed and sputtered inside the smoke. "Have to... clear this." He said before breathing in deep. In a swift exhale, He-Man used his super breath to clear away the smoke screen.
"You called it, Todoroki." Ojiro bumped said teen's shoulder, who responded with an affirmative nod.
"There. Don't you know smoking is bad for your lungs." He-Man quipped. "Now where did he go?"
As He-Man looked around, Lion-O was shown hiding behind a tree. "Sword of Omens, come to me." Lion-O whispered, calling out to his blade.
"I heard that." He-Man said, looking towards Lion-O's direction. He-Man ran up to the tree, struck at it, obliterating it with a single punch. "He-Man!" The chorus proclaimed.
"Jesus!" Mina cursed. "That was sick, and cool! No wonder he and All Might are related, as the same person."
But as the dust cleared, Lion-O jumped back to safety. Suddenly, The Sword of Omens flies past He-Man, slightly nicking his shoulder, before returning to Lion-O's hand.
"HO!" Lion-O roared, thrusting his blade forward, firing multiple bolts of lightning.
"And there he goes again. He-Man you know it's not nice to-"
"OH, MY FUCKING GOD, WE GET IT, YOU DISCOUNT PIKACHU!" Bakugou roared at Kaminari with red annoyed eyes. "HIS HO SOUNDS LIKE HOE! SAY THAT STUPID JOKE AGAIN AND I'LL LAUNCH A HOWITZER IMPACT TO YOUR HEAD TO SEEIF THAT YOU KNOCK YOUR BRAIN RIGHT!"
A terrified Kaminari, metaphorically, zipped his mouth and threw away the key.
He-Man once again deflecting the blasts with his sword with swift precision. The Prince of Eternia then threw his sword towards Lion-O, who quickly ducked.
"He missed." Pony said.
"Don't forget that it can return like a shroomerang." Kinoko said.
"Honestly, if you could make a mushroom boomerang, call it that." Setsuna said honestly. "That was not half bad."
Just as the sword was about to boomerang back at Lion-O, Lion-O turned and thrusted his blade at it. "Not so fast!" Lion-O yelled, the blade turning into a tractor beam that grabbed the Power Sword.
"Senses of a cat for the win!" Ragdoll cheered.
Lion-O used the tractor beam to plunge the Power Sword into the ground. The Lord of the ThunderCats swiftly aimed the Claw Shield and fired his four ropes at He-Man, ensnaring him.
"He's caught him!" Hagakure cheered.
"You honestly think that will hold him?" Kyoka asked incredulously.
"Nope." Hagakure replied. "But at least it's nice to see Lion-O trap He-Man once."
"Want to keep going? Looks like you're a bit 'tied up' at the moment." Lion-O quipped.
He-Man groaned against his bonds. "Sorry, cat man, but you won't 'string me along' that easily." He-Man quipped back.
"See, Mirio! That's how you make a pun." Nejire gestured to Lion-O, much to Mirio's laughter.
"He-Man!" He-Man broke through the ropes by flexing his muscles.
Lion-O fired more lightning at He-Man, the royal Chippendale running, flipping, and dodging the bolts.
"You sometimes forget how large hulking guys like that can be so fast nad agile." Kosei whistled at He-Man speed and dodge skills.
He-Man slid to a stop. "A whirlwind should blow him off course." He thought up. He-Man began to run around in a circle multiple times, creating a tornado and launching it at Lion-O, the aged-up royal getting sucked into it.
"He made a tornado by spinning around." Izuku said, recalling how All Might made a tornado in a single Detroit Smash to defeat the Sludge Villain. "Just like All Might."
"I... think... I've... got a... hair ball!" Lion-O groaned as he spun inside the man-made twister.
"Eeww!" Eri said, grossed out.
"Tamaki, didn't you get a hairball after you ate a piece of cat fur for your Quirk?" Mirio asked.
"I...I don't wanna talk about it." Amajiki groaned, hiding his head from the group as he shuddered at his one-time experiment gone horribly wrong.
Eventually thrown out of the tornado, Lion-O acrobatically flips in mid-air into a sliding landing.
"Now that was some nice acrobatics!" Mina declared impressed. "Midori, can you write that down for me? Please, Please, Please?!"
"S-S-Sure A-Mina!" Izuku stuttered, blushing hot red at Mina's face being at close proximity to his own. Izuku's eyes drifted to her lips and felt drawn to them, only for him to snap out of it, his blush growing hotter, and went back to his notebook to write it down, trying to ignore how Mina smelled like bubblegum.
After regaining his full bearings, Lion-O lunged towards He-Man, who run forwards as well, retrieving his sword from the ground. Just afterwards, He-Man is slashed by Lion-O at his side. Lion-O slides to a stop before running back up to him, but stopping in front of He-Man, his sword pointed right at him.
"Behold the power of Thundera!" Lion-O proclaimed and fired a powerful beam of white light, launching He-Man far away till he was out of view.
"Now to finish you off!" Lion-O said. "Wait...where did you go?"
"His child-like rashness occurred." Snipe said. "He was so focused on launching a powerful attack that he ended up losing sight of his opponent. A rookie mistake, an especially bad one considering the strength and speed of his opponent."
" Sword of Omens, Give Me Sight Beyond Sight." Lion-O declared, looking back at the Eye of Thundera and its power. In Lion-O's point of view, the gem shows him a faraway mountain.
"A mountain?" Uraraka questioned.
"Hmm... a mountain? Why show me this?" Lion-O asks confused. "Wait a minute..." Lion-O then sees the mountain being slowly lifted upwards, He-Man right underneath it. "T-That's... I-Impossible!"
Jaws dropped at the impossible feat.
"No way!" Mina exclaimed.
"He-Man!" Without warning, the entire mountain is flung up into the air. Lion-O looked up to see the entire mountain falling towards him. "By Thundera!" Lion-O swore in disbelief.
"He lifted and threw an entire mountain!" Hagakure yelled.
"Only you, Toshi." David shook his head in fondness.
"Sword of Omens, Give Me Power Beyond Power!" Lion-O roared, thrusting the Eye of Thundera towards the falling mountain.
With this, Lion-O fired a large, powerful beam of yellow from the Sword of Omens at the incoming mountain. As the blast collided with the mountain, it exploded and disintegrated into dust.
Eyes widened further at the equally as impressive feat.
"Yep. Power beyond power." Manga chuckled out, an exclaimed emoticon on his text bubble.
"Oui." Aoyama gasped out, feeling slightly jealous that his Naval Laser could not be able to perform such a feat.
As Lion-O was focused on the destroyed mountain, He-Man rushed in and swiftly sucker punched the off-guard Lion-O. "He-Man!"
"He used the mountain as a distraction!" Jurota exclaimed in surprise. "Ingenious!"
Still dazed by the sucker punch, Lion-O was struck again by He-Man, also dazing him again. Running back towards him, He-Man lunges in the air with his sword, falling in slow motion towards a bright yellow shield erected by Lion-O.
Kirishima and Tetsutetsu immediately took a picture of the incredibly Manly scene that brought both of them to tears.
He-Man strikes the shield with the Power Sword repeatedly until a final strong swing broke the shield apart.
Fat-Gum couldn't help back grin, the scene reminding him of the Hissaikai Raid and he and Kirishima's battle against Rappa and Hekiji, and how he tanked multiple hits from Rappa and tried to power up his final attack when Kirishima blocked and tanked Rappa's attacks until he could unleash a final blow to take out both Rappa and Hekiji.
Lion-O quickly recovers and then extends the Sword of Omens's blade, stabbing into He-Man's shoulder.
"Yes!" Kirishima exclaimed, believing the battle about to end in Lion-O victory.
"Finish Him!" Kouta yelled.
"Time for the climactic finale!" Lion-O declared.
However, before Lion-O could do so, He-Man simply punched the Sword of Omens, which, in slow motion, showed the sword bending and traveling towards the handle, until the sword completely shattered. "GAH!" Lion-O exclaims in pain, some of the sword's shards scratching his eyes and faces. "He-Man!"
"NO!" The He-Man voters exclaimed.
"YES!" Izuku and Melissa cheered in unison. The two froze and looked at each other, making the same pose, and blushed.
"H-How was that possible?!" Uraraka exclaimed confused.
"He-Man could destroy the strongest item in his universe simply by flexing his way out." Momo reminded them. "If he can do that, he sure surely punch the sword into pieces."
"And that way he did that, it looked like something out of an 80's cartoon for sure." Setsuna snickered.
As the sword shattered, leaving the Eye of Thundera to fall onto the ground. "That's not Possible!" Lion-O yelled in disbelief, hand over his face as in the pain and temporary blindness.
He-Man responded by leaping down and landing on Lion-O, the cat king crying out in pain as he was gravely wounded. "Ha-ha! You are finished!" He-Man declared.
"Just Finish Him Already, You Blonde Buffoon!" Bakugou yelled, impatient and anxious to see his fighter win.
As Lion-O groaned in pain, He-Man then notices the Eye of Thundera floating upward.
"That gem...it's looking at me." He-Man said, suspicious and curious over the floating gem.
Without warning, the Eye of Thundera burst in a burst of red energy firing a large beam of energy at He-Man. "No!" He-Man groaned as was being blasted by the massive power.
"No!" Tetsutetsu yelled in horror.
"YES!" Lion-O voters exclaimed.
Without any other option, He-Man slowly stalked towards the gem, stomping through the energy before grabbing the gem with both hands.
"Wait...what is he doing?" Pixie Bob asked, suddenly scared.
"Grayskull!" He-Man yelled out as he held the gem aloft. "Give me the Strength of the Castle's Secrets!"
And with a mighty finish of the music, He-Man shattered the Eye of Thundera in his hands.
"NO!"/"YEAH!" The group exclaimed one more time, the He-Man voters high fiving each other and the Lion-O ones slumping in their seats in defeat.
With the gem's destruction, Lion-O slumped over dead.
"And there he goes." Kaminari scoffed at his fighter's defeat.
"At least his victory put Lion-O out of his misery." Melissa put a bright spin on it.
Even if it was a counterpart, seeing any form of Kouta die in front of her was unpleasant towards Mandalay. 'At least the whole fight was a simulation.' She tried to convince herself
Izuku noticed Kouta pouting as he lost. Izuku looked up to All Might and gestured at the little boy, subtly, to talk to him.
Buffing up, All Might called down with "Put that frown upside down, Young Man!" Gaining Kouta's attention, All Might continued. "Your counterpart was truly a worthy opponent, Young Kouta! He nearly put my other, stronger self on the ropes there a lot of times! Fear not and take comfort that your true self is still alive out there, likely saving lives and leading his team! Well Done!"
Kouta was surprised at the praise from the Symbol of Peace, especially at being told his counterpart almost beat his, someone All Might claimed was stronger than Him. Kouta looked at Izuku, who simply nodded, agreeing with All Might's words and gave Kouta a thumbs up. Kouta's eyes brightened and he smiled, a smile that warmed both Izuku's and Mandalay's hearts.
He-Man crouches down towards the dead ThunderCat. "Well, looks like curiosity killed this cat." He-Man quipped.
Battle Cat suddenly lands on two feet, unharmed before He-Man. "HAHAHAHAHA!" He-Man laughed heartedly at his victory and pun.
"Pfft, he laughs like you, idiot." Gran Torino snickered, catching All Might's own laugh off guard, resulting in a bloody cough and debuff to his skinny form.
K.O.!
"He-Man!" The chorus sang finally as He-Man sang with rainbows around him while Battle Cat began to chew on Lion-O's remains.
"Oh My God! He's singing!" Nejire laughed, joined quickly by everyone else.
"What a 'crushing' defeat!" Boomstick punned.
"Okay, now their reaching." Mina said, unimpressed by Boomstick's pun.
"While He-Man had little trouble overpowering Lion-O's physique, the Eye of Thundera is easily the most dangerous weapon He-Man has ever faced; more than capable of obliterating him, if given the chance." Wiz began explaining the results.
"However, not only can the Power Sword deflect all Lion-O's main attacks, it's obvious He-Man is strong enough to break the Sword of Omens." Boomstick explained. "Just like how the super-strong, and horribly named, Tug Mug broke it in the ThunderCats show."
"So, it has been broken before." Melissa said. "Makes more sense that He-Man, who is quite clearly stronger, would break it more easily."
"A moon weighs approximately 70 quintillion metric tons." Wiz explained, showing He-Man pushing away the Moon, and science behind the weight of a moon and a weightlifter. "The highest official amount a human being has ever lifted without support is over 260 kilograms. Even after excluding the Korodite battle harness, He-Man is 10 quadrillion times stronger than the strongest man on Earth. Add on the Korodite battle harness to increases his strength and He-Man could clearly destroy both the Sword of Omens and the Eye of Thundera, which ended Lion-O for good."
"Wow." Itsuka said. "I wonder how much that has changed nowadays?"
"With Quirks or without?" Yui asked.
"See, and you guys all thought you'd never see He-Man pound a pussy." Boomstick joked.
Groans and face palms sounded off, with only a drooling, still daydreaming Mineta not noticing.
"The winner is He-Man." Wiz declared.
"He-Man!"
"Remember kids; it is very important to always get your pets spayed and neutered." He-Man lectured the audience. "Otherwise, it may lead to unstable behavior and unauthorized breeding."
"Rawr, I miss my balls." Battle Cat complained.
The guys and adults laughed at that, while Izuku shivered in fear, subconsciously covering his private area, at the thought of dismemberment, even as an animal. The girls likewise did not want to think about their Izuku being castrated either, not after Mei informed them, and the others afterwards, of the real treasure he held between his legs.
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick announced.
Ominous music began to play, where a large man covered in a red cape walked out of the shadows, smiling menacingly at the screen with blank white eyes that glowed red, the man laughed, and his laughter echoed as the scene switched to the man floating in the air with a vile purple aura around him.
Suddenly, the music crescendo'd into a very familiar arcade battle theme. The screen then showed a large muscular man in similar attire to He-Man appear in green energy, though unlike the Hero wore a skeleton-faced helm and laughed mockingly at the screen, before showing him swiftly obliterating foes on screen with a war hammer and his fists.
"Street Fighter vs Mortal Kombat!'"
"Shao Kahn vs M. Bison!"
While the video ended and Mei went to proceed to the next Death Battle, Mineta was still drooling with all the possibilities he could do with the Sword of Omen's Sight-Beyond-Sight. 'Ooh! I could use it to peek into the girl's locker room and watch them change in and out of their clothes! I could use it to spy on Miruko, Mt. Lady, Midnight, Ryukyu and all the hot female Pro Heroes as they shower or pleasure themselves! I could even use it to look into the past and future to see how the girls will look in the future! I Could See Yaoyorozu's Boobs Grow Bigger and-'
Black Whip wrapped around Mineta's neck and slammed the purple midget into the ground so hard he made an outline. Izuku could tell what Mineta was thinking about, noticing how he looked distracted ever since they revealed the Sword of Omens and all the perverted looks he had, from drooling to nosebleeds It was only worse off for the purple balled-headed teen when he was so deep into his thoughts that he took a page out of Izuku's book and started whispering them out loud, to which Izuku heard and did not like, if his hard, cold gaze at his friend was anything to go by.
Rather than being stunned by Izuku planting Mineta into the ground again or bother hearing Cementoss silently whine about having to fill that hole again, the Sisterhood girls grinned and smiled pleased. Obviously for the purple pervert being punished, but because of Izuku being the one to do it, and his angry look and obvious sense protectiveness towards them falling in line with their plan from last night.
Flashback...
After Yui asked her question, about if Midoriya had feelings for them and if he would be willing to share all of them, the girls went rigid and silent.
Fear resurfaced back up, clinging onto their hearts like a coiling snake. Breathe hitched in their throats, and Mei even stopped fiddling with her device, frozen in fearful thought like the rest of them. However, the part of Yui's question that had the 10 girls afraid was whether Izuku actually had the same feelings for them. As emotionally obvious as an angry bulldog, they truly didn't know what was going on inside the mind and heart of the green-haired teen, and the possibility of the answer being no terrified them.
Itsuka gave a slight glare at the usually silent girl. She wasn't truly angry at her friend but was annoyed that she had to say such a question so bluntly.
'Then again, I think they needed to hear that.' Itsuka thought. 'But she could have phrased it a little less blunt? Nope, it wouldn't be Yui if it wasn't blunt.''
Itsuka looked at the girls who were currently struggling on how to answer the difficult question, seeing looks of uncertainty, vulnerability, and even denial. She sighed and thought 'Well, I guess it we should uphold our end of the deal and help them out of this.'
Talking over with her fellow 1-B girls, all except the currently frozen Setsuna, they nodded. Itsuka quickly enlarged her hands and loudly clapped. "Hey!" She exclaimed, bring them out of their thoughtful stupors. "Look, I wish there was another way of asking that question that didn't have you looked like you got frozen by Todoroki, but whatever. Look, I know you girls may not like that question, but it needed to be said. You can't exactly plan on building a harem for a guy who might not be romantically interested. And you can't force it on him either."
"We wouldn't!" Mina yelled, sounding offended.
Itsuka raised an eyebrow at her.
"...W-Well, maybe it crossed my mind." Mina admitted, sheepishly and guiltily.
"Regardless, we said we would help you with your Midoriya problem and we thought of an idea." Itsuka said.
The girls leaned in to hear, expectantly.
"Try to make him show it." Kinoko revealed.
"Excuse me?" Momo asked, taken aback.
"If you want to uncover the truth behind Midoriya's heart, then you must stir and awaken those feelings through outside stimuli." Reiko clarified.
"Simply put, interact more with Midoriya, either by communication, romantic teasing, and I can't believe I am indulging this, with physical contact even." Ibara simplified. "And then compare it to how he interacts with each other and other girls, even ourselves."
"Of course, we aren't going to come on to him but think of it as tests to see if Midoriya has feelings for you all." Itsuka finished. "Yeah, it might sound a bit simple, but you won't know unless you try to get closer to him and find out for yourselves."
The girls of the Sisterhood looked at each other with thought and apprehension before agreeing with nods and thumbs ups. "Alright, we will try." Momo said for the girls. "And I believe I know a perfect way already to elicit Midoriya's feelings that would be tied to love."
"And what is it?" Pony asked.
Momo smiled. "Jealousy."
Flashback over...
During the morning, Momo, with help of Ibara's expertise with herbs and Mei's and Melissa's smarts, created an aphrodisiac that they secretly poured into Mineta's morning coffee It was just enough for the purple pervert to start feeling the effects around the time for the videos and just enough for the purple perv to act more perversely and more unhinged, to express and try to attempt to complete his perverse desires more openly for all to hear and see, including Izuku who would jealously and protectively defend them.
The benefits would include to see how fiercely Midoriya would act to Mineta's advances towards them and tell if they were based on gentlemanly courtesy and friendship or something romantically protective. Alongside their usual interactions in the videos, to which they would amp up with more conversation and intimacy, and it was the perfect conspicuous plan that didn't involve putting the aphrodisiac on Izuku instead. Although, they agreed for that to be a maybe.
A plus side would include if the other boys had feelings for the rest of the 1-B girls to which was how they convinced Ibara to this devious plan, no matter how much the blushing vine-haired girl tried to hide her enthusiasm.
The downsides however included getting hounded by Mineta. Of course, this was already a common occurrence, but it would be a pain to have to stomach more of his lecherous looks, thoughts, and words. And of course, it would also be of detriment to Mineta. Despite, his perverseness, he was still a classmate and so they felt slightly guilty at putting the short teen into a game rigged in favor of being met by Midoriya's fist, but that was why they only put a little.
And why they didn't go all out on the aphrodisiac like Mei suggested. They wanted to gauge Izuku's feelings not get Mineta killed by him.
So, seeing Izuku react, Setsuna, with her great observation skills started to write down the information on a notebook from Midoriya they swiped they labeled The Love Book. They blamed Hagakure for the unimaginative name.
It wasn't the most thought over or wisest of plans, given the time constraint, but Momo was already thinking of other possible plans.
Sending a final look of apology towards Mineta, knowing this was just the beginning of a painful ordeal for him, the girls continued on, and Mei pressed the button to proceed to the next video. All the while not knowing the real truth of what happened.
Notes:
AAAAANNNNNDDDD SCENE! And that was the first battle of Season 2 wrapped up and finished! And next time we will be getting into one of my favorite villains and his battle!
But first, before the explanations for the counterparts, to answer questions and ease anger before they arise in the comments, note the final line. There will be more that will be revealed on what happened to their plan and if you think the girls seem rather ruthless for even attempting this plan...you're right, women can be rather cold and ruthless, especially when trying to get what they want. Plus, their target of this plan was Mineta, someone that many of the girls care Very little for with his attempts and thoughts towards them, case in point being this latest daydream.
But anyways, onto the counterpart explanations. First, He-Man as All Might. It just obvious when you start comparing the facts. Both of their true forms, Prince Adam and skinny All Might, are weak and nobody knows that they are their heroic counterparts, their powers were given by worthiness by a super powerful woman, their Hero forms are tall, muscular, blonde men that are mind-bogglingly strong, can form tornados as if it's easy, break through anything, and are little dumb and don't think things through, well at least Prince Adam doesn't. Plus, when I saw He-Man throwing his head back in that meme song, it came back when him was comparing to MHA characters and my brain then thought of All Might's laughter.
Battle Cat as Izuku marks the second time I made Izuku a green animal, the first being Daisy the Rabbit, Doomguy's dead pet rabbit. Reasons being that the color green is obvious enough, both started off and are still somewhat meek and shy, and Quirkless Deku cowered before Bakugou as much as Cringer does with anything. Battle Cat's own powers and them being tied with He-Man then also is a strong comparison since Deku got One for All from All Might, counterpart to He-Man, and with that power became cooler, stronger, and, if angered enough, into a freaking beast like he was against Overhaul, Nine, and Flect Turn.
For Lion-O as Kouta, I'm sure that was a shock, but it made sense to me, too. While Lion-O is definitely physically older, he started off as a little boy before the capsule malfunction turned him into who he is today, and his reckless, impenitentness is similar to Kouta's. Lion-O and Kouta both lost their parents and are forced to live with others close to them, Lion-O with the ThunderCats and Kouta with the Wild Wild Pussycats, both of which are cat-themed superhero teams.
As for Mumm-Ra, I at first thought Muscular since he's more closely tied with Kouta and he grows bigger, stronger, and more Muscular with his magic, but then Overhaul ended up winning in the end. Both were advisors to other powerful figures, Overhaul as a loyal member of the Yakuza and the Boss and Mumm-Ra an advisor to the pharaoh, then they went evil and rogue and took over. And while Mumm-Ra can grow muscular with his magic powers, Overhaul can actually do the same by using his Quirk on himself and another person, like he did with Nemoto and even more apparent with Rikiya, and Mumm-Ra's sorcery and goals match closer to Overhaul's Quirk and his ambitions.
And finally, with Skeletor as All For One, it seemed also obvious if All Might was He-Man. Archenemies of the two, creepy face, tall and strong, skull-like faces, though one is a mask, evil rulers, and both wish to obtain the Power Sword and obtain the magic of Castle Greyskull, the source of He-Man's power, to take over Eternia and become Master of the Universe, just like All For One wants to steal One For All, the Quirk that gives All Might, and now Deku, their power and the only thing that can stop him from ruling all of Japan. See, it fits.
Well, that is it for now. Sorry again for the long absence, but writing these chapters seriously drains a lot out of me lately, my computer was crashing and losing progress on my stories, plus I went to Florida to relax with my family, shout out to Alex and Sonya, the twins me and my family met and befriended down there, they were super cool. Then, I ended up in a surprise visit to my old hometown of Del Rio, Texas which was heartwarming, especially seeing my grandparents, my aunts, cousins, godparents, and finding out that my other cousin is having a baby. Yeah, lots of stuff.
Anyways, thanks so much for the support all of you, check out my other stories if you haven't yet, comment what you thought of the chapter and what future counterpart predictions you all think will happen, stay safe, tell me if Multiverse of Madness is any good because I'm getting mixed messages, and keep being awesome.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and I will catch you all in the next chapter. Adios!
Chapter 28: Shao Kahn vs M. Bison
Summary:
The U.A. crowd witness battle between a Mortal Konqueror and a Psycho Fighter.
Notes:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! HELLO EVERYBODY! IT IS I, ZAYDEN STORMVOID! I HAVE RETURNED WITH MORE MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE! AND IT's MY BIRTHDAY!
...Well, kind of. When the chapter comes out, it won't actually be my birthday but just close by. And I don't think I will be able to release it then, more on that later in the end notes, so I'm just saying it here for good measure.
Last time, we had the 80's battle of He-Man vs Lion-O, with Tetsutetsu and Kirishima annoying Bakugou to death with too many Manly's said, Aizawa an impatient grumpy guss for having to wait for news on Kurogiri/Shirakumo, Momo pulling a Batman and gliding on a cape while Deku became more like his Spidey counterpart, and the inevitable backlash from you guys about the girl's rather ruthless decision to poison Mineta's drink with an aphrodisiac. And before you guys whine more, there is more about this that is yet to be revealed, hence the last sentence of the previous chapter, and more will be revealed on what happened.
Also, after reviewing the previous chapter myself, I have made quite an error. In the chapter, I kept putting Hawks in the chapter and reactions, which was an error since Hawks isn't in this story, or at least not reacting with group, yet. He is only in the Welcome the MCU story, not this one. It is an understandable mistake for me, since I have two reactions stories with slight differences in the casting that can go over my head. So, to correct this, as I post this chapter, I will also be updating the previous chapter to remove any mentions of Hawks.
Also, as I explained in My Hero Pokedamia, I was a bit indisposed with writing as I back to my hometown in Texas and Mexico and visiting family, my new cousin and first new cousins once removed, one of which I haven't seen since she was an adorable baby that loved and laughed when she tossed a plastic toy at me, and I fell over playing dead. Also, the unbearable heat that sweated off my creative juices.
And as a further warning, it will be harder for me to make more original dialogue of the Death Battle's since the further they go along, Wiz and Boomstick had pointed more things out that make for me to pull some new, original info hard.
Anyways, I'm back and now we continue Death Battle with one of my favorites, Shao Kahn vs M. Bison, rather fitting with Street Fighter 6 also a thing now. Also, once again, rather fortuitous timing to make a fight about an evil man that can take over people's bodies with mind just as Season 4 of Stranger Thing's ended with a bang. Won't say any spoilers, just that finale had me laughing, screaming with cheers, and crying like a baby.
And now, let's get things started, first with the index:
"Zayden." - Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' - Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." - Wiz and Flashback Dialogue
"Zayden." - Boomstick, buff All Might, and Tokoyami Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, combatant, or fight dialogue
And finally, I Do Not Own My Hero Academia, which belongs to Horikoshi, who I hope is doing well with the final arc of the manga, and Bones Studios, who better make Season 6 a banger as it was in the manga, or Death Battle, Roosterteeth and the channel of the same name being its property, or the franchises mentioned in the past, present, or future chapters, with this one being Mortal Kombat and NetherRealm for Shao Kahn and Street Fighter and Capcom or M. Bison. Fyi, in case Bison only shows up with the M in his name, it's because my computer is getting rid of the M and the period for some reason.
Now enough talk, It's Time for a DEATH BATTTTTLLLLEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
Mei pressed the button, the device playing the next video, with the dark music and bloody title of Death Battle starting it off.
"The final boss: the final hurdle, a nightmarish foe meant to test your skill to the fullest." Wiz began the video.
"So, this must mean that these fighters are like the big bad guy in a videogame." Asui figured.
All Might and Deku felt uneasy. If their lives were a videogame, then they felt that Shigaraki and All For One were their final bosses, and Wiz claiming them as nightmarish foes was a fairly accurate statement of the two.
"And sometimes they're just plain cheap, like Shao Kahn, The Konqueror and Ruler of Outworld." Boomstick said and introduced the first fighter.
"Or Master Bison, Criminal Mastermind and Dictator of Shadaloo." Wiz introduced the second.
"Outworld." Setsuna repeated the name. "So that first guy is another guy from that Mortal Kombat universe. The one with Shang Tsung and Raiden."
"Indeed." Ibara nodded. "And since he labeled the Ruler of Outworld, he is clearly the ultimate Villain of that universe."
"Wasn't he the one that almost won and that Raiden had to mess with time to fix?" Nejire pointed out.
All Might narrowed his eyes at the image of the Konqueror of Worlds, and given his counterpart's, Raiden's, animosity with him, Toshinori had a sinking suspicion of who Kahn really is.
"And then there is M. Bison, and I think he is from the same world as Chun-Li, Blank, and Zangeif." Izuku stated, flipping through one of his notebooks, reaching the page with Chun-Li's info. "Yeah, from Chun-Li's video, M. Bison was the one that killed her father."
Miruko perked up her ears, remembering how her counterpart's dad was killed by the guy with the very same name. Now seeing that bastard's smiling face in front of her, Miruko felt her blood boiling for what he did to her father from another life, her thighs and legs practically bulging with fury and strength to jump and kick the man's teeth in, if it weren't a video.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick." Boomstick said.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!" Wiz finished the intro.
The first fighter's appearance brought two things the minds of the group: Intimidating and Terrifying. The fighter was massive, as tall and as muscular as All Might's buff state, but that is where the comparisons ended. He wore a reddish-brown leather harness across his muscular chest, silver spikes or armor across the straps, with the center adorned with skull-designed armor plate. His shoulders held leather armor with clawed spikes shooting upwards, and his wrists braced with metal, spiked wrist guards. He wore a red, gladiator-styled loincloth with a silver skull on the center and his legs strapped with leather armor up to his ankles, clawed spikes on the kneecaps. He was shown wielding a mighty Warhammer. But most of intimidation came from his obscured face. His head sported a silver, often gold, warlord helmet, two demon horns sticking out and his upper face covered in a silver skull, the upper jaw ending above his sharp-tooth mouth. And peering into the eye sockets of the skull-faced helm glared out two yellow, glowing eyes that looked like those of a dragon.
The man, or whatever he was, his presence made the students, and even pros, squirm in their seats. Even Bakugou, who would have approved of the design of Villain in other time, felt uneasy, a familiar feeling of dread and terror welling up at the build and presence of the warlord.
Deku felt the same, though in his case, it was multiplied by other feelings that he registered as the Vestiges of One for All, though one of them felt more sadness and disappointment, to Deku's confusion.
Shao Kahn
"Shao Kahn is the evil ruler of Outworld, Konqueror of worlds, and owner of one of the most badass voices ever...excluding yours truly of course." Boomstick began the analysis and ending with a not-so-humble brag.
"Ah, too easy." Shao Kahn's deep, reverberating voice mocked as he took down a fighter.
"Jesus, even this guy's voice is unsettling." Kyoka shivered.
BACKGROUND
Full Name: Emperor Shao Kahn the Konquerer
Age: Over 10,000 years
Height: 218 cm/ 7'2"
Weight: 181 kg/ 400 lbs.
Occupation: Emperor of Outworld
Former ambassador of Elder Gods
Fighting Styles: Tai Tsu, Lui He
"Though it didn't start out that way." Wiz pointed out. "Oddly enough in a manner similar to Raiden's assignment to Earth, the Elder Gods personally selected Shao to protect the rather bleak realm of Outworld."
"So, Shao Kahn was like what Raiden is to Earth?" Kaminari asked. "So, he's also a demigod or something?"
"Most likely." Tokoyami replied. "Though, it appears that rather than act as protector of this world, he sought, and succeeded, in ruling over this world instead."
"Uh, turns out it didn't really need protecting." Boomstick retorted. "And if it did, it would need protecting from Him."
"Shao Kahn, formerly just Shao, became the chief advisor to Outworld ́s ancient ruler the Dragon King. Onaga." Wiz revealed, showing Shao's former boss, Onaga, in all his glowing eyed, wing-spanned terror.
If Shao was already intimidating for the group, Onaga practically had them fear stricken. The Dragon King made the Dragoon Hero, Ryukyu, narrow her eyes, imaging a fight between the two of them, and dreading the most likely outcome.
"So, that Dragon guy was the first big guy to rule Outworld?" Setsuna asked. "Let me guess, Shao betrayed him?"
"I'm betting it was through poison." Yui replied.
"Together they began a war spanning the multiverse, conquering the other realms of existence, one by one." Wiz continued.
The group perked up in dread at the idea of these two going into other worlds and conquering them.
"An actual threat that can cross through the multiverse through other realms." Endeavor narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists. "Like our own."
"Which means that we pay all the more attention to their strengths and weaknesses, for if our world is next on their menu." Ryukyu responded.
"Good choice on that one, gods." Boomstick mocked. "And why did they even think This guy needed a bodyguard? He has an undead, unbeatable army and is motherfucking Dragon!"
"Unbeatable undead army?!" Reiko widened her eyes at the sight of an army of undead warriors.
"Revelry in the Dark." Tokoyami and Kuroiro muttered.
"Hah, let's see how unbeatable they are when I blast them into pieces!" Bakugou roared challenging.
"But Shao does not like sharing power, and soon poisoned Onaga, taking the emperor's throne as his own, claiming the title of Shao Kahn." Wiz stated.
"Muhahahahahahahaha!" Shao Kahn laughed maniacally, fists at his sides and throwing his head back.
"Huh. I stand corrected." Boomstick chuckled out.
"Knew it." Yui simply stated, holding out her hand for her money.
"Yeah, yeah." Setsuna rolled her eyes and placed the yen in the usually silent classmate.
"Wait, why did he name himself Kahn?" Uraraka asked. "What does it mean?"
"While spelled incorrectly, Khan is a title given to rulers and officials, usually in areas such as Central Asia, Afghanistan, and several other Muslim countries like Turkish or Mongolia." Iida answered. "Think of Genghis Khan for example."
"If this Shao can live up to that title like Genghis, then he is truly a dangerous threat to all life." Momo said.
ARSENAL
Wrath Hammer
-Can be summoned from thin air
-Far larger than real mauls
-Requires superhuman strength to wield
-Sometimes used as throwing weapon
Sword of Shao Kahn
-Only seen in the crappy T.V. show
"He now rules Outworld with an iron fist, and a giant maul: the Wrath Hammer." Boomstick introduced his arsenal, the Wrath Hammer shown to be long staffed maul, the hammer's chisel almost bulkier than Thor's Mjolnir, with a spike protruding out the top and the Mortal Kombat symbol of the side.
"A weapon far longer than regular mauls and so heavy that only someone of Kahn's immense strength could wield it like he can." Wiz added.
"Sounds like an evil metal Thor." Sato muttered. "The rock & roll kind of metal, not actual metal."
Tetsutetsu lowered the finger he was about to raise.
"He can summon this monstrous sledgehammer out of thin air to finish foes in seconds or decimate whack-a-mole and strength-testing records!" Boomstick said menacingly, showing Shao Kahn summon the Wrath Hammer and, with a swing, turn a fighter into splattered bloody pieces. "And he can even toss it at his foes and summon it right back into his hand, like an evil, spamming Thor."
"Huh, I guess I was right." Sato said again.
Izuku narrowed his eyes at how Kahn used his hammer and his strength. "As far as I can tell, Shao Kahn seems like he's a dangerous threat from wherever you are on the battlefield." Izuku muttered and he wrote in his notebook. "With the Wrath Hammer, he has a deadly long-ranged weapon that could fatally wound anybody with just a swing, and close-ranged is a bad idea. With his strength and likely high durability, if he grabs you, you could be done for instantly."
"And even if you were to back away from the range of his hammer or even disarm him, he could simply toss that hammer at you, which would surely hurt or stun you enough for him to reach you." Todoroki jumped into Deku's train of thought. "And if you disarm him, he could simply recall his hammer easily."
"And then turn you into paste with one swing." Kosei sweated profusely at the sight of one hammer swing from the Outworld tyrant turning a guy into pieces.
SORCERY
Minor Telekinesis
Brainwashing
Teleportation
Can Summon Weapons
Create Energy Weapons
Soul Manipulation
"He is a master of the dark arts and often uses his magic to enhance his lethal attacks. Wiz said.
"So, he also knows magic, which makes him not only a physical threat but also mystical threat." Mirio said, seriously.
"Like Shang Tsung." Ojiro commented.
"Like that cheap, constantly spamming Shoulder Spike of his." Boomstick groaned and growled with annoyance, showing Shao Kahn shoulder charge his opponent.
"Or create energy constructs of weapons, just as deadly as the real thing." Wiz jumped back in, showing the emperor create spears of green energy. "He has even used his sorcery to manipulate and erase the minds of others."
"It's like magic Vegas." Boomstick simplified.
Shinsou frowned at the once again evil use of brainwashing from a Villain
"Looks like he uses that Shoulder Spike move to rush his opponents quickly and pin them against his sheer size and strength." Tiger analyzed. "Highly effective given his size and power."
"And those spears and weapons he makes could help in long range or hard to reach areas, along with his hammer throw." Snipe added.
"He can also access his inner beast to transform into...this...thing..." Wiz said, showing Shao Kahn transforms into a very poorly CGI multi-headed dragon.
"He Can Turn into a Hydra?!" Setsuna shrieked.
"And an ugly one at that." Yui said.
Ryukyu narrowed he eyes again, wondering how she would fare against an opponent with a similar transformation to hers.
"Quick! Make me forget that shit!" Boomstick groaned in horror.
"Right, never happened!" Wiz agreed and whited out the monstrosity of animation.
"Huh, I guess they were just as grossed and weirded out that they want to forget it ever existed." Sen said.
"Would you want something that horrendous looking to exist?" Rin asked.
"Good point." Sen replied.
"Now, despite living in a completely separate dimension, Shao Kahn is well versed in two variants of Chinese Kung Fu: Tai Tzu, the Traditional Long Fist, and Lui He, aka the Six-Combination Boxing, which generally focus on powerful strikes and solid defense." Wiz explained.
Both Rin and Itsuka watched carefully on Shao Kahn's moves and martial arts, hoping to perhaps adapt his fighting style for good use. Rin felt he would do well with Lui He, his Scales Quirk giving him more powerful strikes while good defense, while Itsuka felt that both Lui He and Tai Tzu would work well for her, the Long Fist technique's complete system of many martial arts and the mix of powerful and defense of Lui He perfect to complement her Big Fist Quirk.
"But how did he learn that?" Kaminari asked, confused. "Did he sneak to Earth to spy on some Kung Fu masters and copy them, or is it just a coincidence?"
"Probably the later." Sero shrugged.
"He mixes these arts with his magic for a move set that's all about absolutely obliterating his opponent." Boomstick jumped in.
"Despite his misuse of power, it is wise to mix and fuse your Quirk abilities with your own martial arts skills." Itsuka said. "Like my Quirk and my martial arts."
Momo nodded, fully remembering how backed into a corner she was in during the Joint Training Class, forced to hide under her shield while Kendo unleashed massive punch after punch with equal amounts precision and skill of a martial artist.
MOVE SET
Charging Spikes
Upward Shoulder
Light Spear
Explosive Ball
Mystic Choke
Emperor's Shield
Eye Beams
Soulnado
"He rams people with Charging Spikes that can also go upwards, grab foes with the Mystic Choke for a deadly combo, and even shoots fireballs from his mouth, and laser beams from his eyes." Boomstick listed.
"He can shoot lasers from his eyes, like that Superman fellow." Snipe pointed out. "Or X-Less from our own world."
"And he can grab hold of people from long ranged like a telekinesis Quirk." Thirteen added, worried. "Or like that Force Choke from Luke Skywalker. Either way, it would give Kahn the perfect advantage for deadly attacks."
"Ooowe, talk about bad breath." Mina joked, waving her hand over her face at seeing Shao shooting out fireballs from his mouth. This drew chuckles from the students.
"And if his foe does get the upper hand, he can deflect any kind of projectiles back with his mystical Emperor ́s Shield." Wiz added.
"And he has a deflector." Izuku muttered as he wrote in his notebook. "Given how its performed, it seems to block mostly short to medium time-lengthen projectiles, so it could deflect my Air Bullets, a short blast from Nejire, Snipe's bullets, if he is fast enough, Mineta's balls, and Rin's Scales shots. Unless he can hold the shield for longer, then Kaminari's electricity, if he can hold it for long enough, could outlast and shock him, and Bakugou's explosions could be large and strong enough to break through."
Bakugou was about to yell for the green-haired nerd to shut up, but the final comment praising his explosions to be able to blast through Kahn's defenses made him hold his tongue, for now.
"And of course, he always finishes his fights with a brutal fatality, and an epic one-liner." Boomstick said, showing Shao Kahn ripping Raiden's head clean of his shoulder and lifting it up as he continued spewing blood.
Shao Kahn laughs, before thrusting his hand into Striker's bloody chest, and slowly but surely ripping the cop fighter clean in two. "Is that your best?" Shao Kahn mocked another fallen foe.
Stomachs churned and were nearly released from the student's mouth at the over-the-top gore performed. Meanwhile, Kouta, trying to pry Deku's hands off of his face, was getting sick and tired of Deku and Mirio covering his and Eri's eyes whenever something gross happened.
All Might and Gran Torino flinched, recalling All for One and how he would constantly mock and belittle them with taunts and insults, the former of whom fell victim to them, and it caused him to lose his stomach.
"He's a living tank, bulldozing down anyone dumb enough to get in his way." Boomstick continued, showing Shao Kahn get a fiery fist through the chest by Liu Kang only to then see him up and kicking just fine. "He's taken deadly blows time and time again and keeps getting back up, more pissed off than anything else."
"He just got a fist-sized hole through the chest, and he's still kicking?!" Mineta yelled in horror.
"The most dangerous of foes are often the most resilient and determined." Fat Gum
"But while his tenacity may be his biggest strength, his arrogance is easily his biggest weakness." Wiz countered.
"You will die-" Shao Kahn tried to mock before Liu Kang interrupted him with a kick to the face.
"Something to keep in mind, students." Aizawa spoke up. "Even when you are baiting or taunting an enemy into a trap, remember to keep your guard up and don't lose yourself in your arrogance and premature victory."
"Pride comes before the fall." Tokoyami nodded.
Shinsou nodded as well, finding the tip much more helpful for him, given his Quirk requiring most times to egg an enemy up. Monoma, meanwhile, felt somewhat attacked, realizing why as he remembered his many taunts and insults directed at Class 1-A, only for the times he fought against them to fail and make him look the fool.
"His endurance and longevity stems from his ability to steal the souls of others." Wiz revealed.
"What?!" Uraraka exclaimed.
"Like his failing number two, former Death Battle fighter and loser, Shang Tsung." Boomstick pointed out, showcasing footage of Shang Tsung in his fight with Akuma.
"Devouring a soul grants him longer life, and where Shang can transform and use the victim's abilities, Shao Kahn just gets the inherited power attributed to the victim instead." Wiz explained. "In fact, he can create a unique phenomenon called a Soulnado, which can grow to an extent that can harvest and consume the souls from an entire city to an entire realm!"
"So, while Shang Tsung's Soul Manipulation abilities grant him the power to transform into his victims and use their skills and knowledge, Shao Kahn just gets the raw power of his fallen enemies." Endeavor summarized. "Either case, to manipulate the soul is disgusting."
All Might and Deku clenched their fists, the horrifying possibility of Shao Kahn defeating and stealing Deku's soul coming up into their minds and how such a horrible action would most assuredly have the Ruler of Outworld gain the power of One for All, far easier than All for One ever could.
"And with hundreds of worlds and their fighters under his belt for over 10,000 years, that's a lotta power." Boomstick pointed out.
"He legitimately is like a one-man army." Jurota commented, frowning in distaste.
"With that kind of power, he's almost invincible." Shoda muttered, afraid.
"Though, he is not a perfect conqueror, as he is restricted to the rules set by the Elder Gods." Wiz also pointed out. "In order to invade a realm and annex it into his own, Kahn ́s chosen warriors must defeat the realm's defenders ten times in a row in the form of a tournament of Mortal Kombat, held every lifetime, or fifty or so years."
"So, they leave the fate of an entire world and millions of people's lives on a fighting tournament?" Itsuka asked.
"It's actually pretty humane." Kaminari commented. When he noticed everybody looking at him, he defended himself with "Well, I mean at least they don't have to cause a war where thousands of people would die, and instead only a few dozen. It's just math."
"As wrong as it feels to agree with you, you do make a point." Kyoka sighed in reluctance.
"Which he was doing pretty well, until he came to Earth." Wiz stated, Shao Kahn falling from Liu Kang.
"Isn't that your counterpart, Deku?" Uraraka pointed out the shirtless fighter.
"It is. It's Liu Kang, from what I recall." Melissa said, looking to Deku with a proud smile. "It looks like you're an amazing Hero in other world. Not that I'm surprised."
Izuku smiled gratefully and warmly at Melissa for the praise. He felt his heartbeat wildly and his face heat up so much that Deku felt like overheating. 'What is with me today?' Izuku thought as he tried calming himself down. 'She just complimented me, so why does it feel like I was just made king of the world by her?'
"But even after losing the battle for Earth, he just outsmarted the Elder Gods and eventually outlasted every other combatant to achieve the power of Armageddon, becoming the One Being and seconds away from taking over all of reality." Boomstick said. "Until Raiden reversed time cause he's a sore loser."
"Hey!" Melissa exclaimed in offense. "That's my Uncle Might you are talking about! Er-or rather Uncle Might's counterpart! And he saved all of reality because of it!"
"Calm down, Melissa." All Might tried calming the angry girl. "I'm sure that Boomstick was just making a light-hearted joke. His sense of humor is just a bit...different."
"You mean rude and perverse." Momo commented.
"You mean hilarious!" Bakugou laughed.
"But his proudest accomplishment is his takeover of Edenia, the most powerful and respected realm of all." Wiz revealed, Shao executing Jarrod, King of Edenia, and taking over the once peaceful, beautiful realm in darkness. "And as trophies for this victory, Kahn took Edenia's queen, Sindel, and their princess, Kitana, as his own wife and daughter, brainwashing and raising the latter into believing he was her father."
"Hehe, nice!" Boomstick chuckled perversely at seeing Sindel and Kitana.
Before Mineta could slobber all over Kitana and Sindel, he received a chop to the back of the neck, courtesy of black-tendril-using Green Bean.
"And though Sindel ended the marriage with a suicide, Shao Kahn simply had her resurrected and brainwashed into serving him faithfully, even using her to attack his traitor of an adopted daughter, turning her mother against her."
"Jesus." Setsuna cursed. "Not only do you have your home destroyed and your father killed, but your mother also commits suicide, only for her to come back after the asshole that thing everything resurrects her just to kill you. That's about as low as it gets."
"Talk about petty." Boomstick said. "And that's after the whole 'creating a hot clone of her with a not-so-hot chomper'."
Everyone jumped or scooted back in their seats at seeing the half-Tarkatan Mileena reveal her mouth. Only Mineta overlooked the mouth as his eyes zeroed in on her side boobs and barely concealed boobs. He received another smack to the head by Black Whip. Deku shook his head, looking confused.
"Just goes to show you that to cross the Kahn is a fatal mistake." Wiz ended the analysis.
"I am Shao Kahn! Konqueror of Worlds!" Shao Kahn declared "You will taste no victory."
Two words best described the group's thoughts on the Outworld Kahn: Disgust and Fear. The man's intimidating presence, strength and powers, and feats of conquering numerous worlds was a certain cause of fear and worry for the group, the students shivering at the thought that such a threat was somewhere out there in the multiverse.
The tyrant's cruel actions were likewise a cause of disgust among the audience, especially the somewhat kidnapping and brainwashing of Kitana, the resurrection and brainwashing of Sindel, and the creation of the half-Tarkatan abomination known as Mileena. The girls shivered in fear at whom among them had the unfortunate fate of being Kitana's counterpart. Even Deku was so disgusted and enraged by Shao Kahn's acts that he wished to commit the same chest-caving act his own counterpart did.
The second fighter held an imposing presence of his own, one that screamed dictator and evil. The man that seemed to stand around 5'11 was clothed in a tight-fitting red suit, black boots and belt, with silver armor for shoulder and leg guards. He is often seen wearing a red Navy-like cap with the insignia of a golden-winged skull, a lightning bolt on the skull's forehead, and, less often, with a flowing black cape. His jaw is chiseled and square, his eyes pure white, and his sinister smile screamed evil.
M. Bison
"Master Bison is the psychopathic founder and leader of the Shadoloo criminal regime." Wiz introduced the man himself, seen sitting on a throne, flanked by Balrog and Vega. "He is incredibly wealthy, socially powerful, and public enemy number one of the Allied Nations."
"An international supervillain, huh." Ryukyu crossed her arms. "Must be quite the scumbag."
"And he leads a criminal regime too." Edgeshot said. "It also must be quite the formidable force if they can avoid capture or destruction."
"Oh, so the M means Master!" Boomstick exclaimed, like it was question that long confused him.
"Well, yes and no." Wiz replied.
"Huh?" Kaminari said, scratching his head in confusion.
"In Japan, M. Bison is really named Vega." Wiz tried to explain, showing the three Street Fighter Villains and their Japanese names. "Our Vega's name is actually Balrog. And Balrog the Boxer goes by the full name of Mike Bison."
"So, they're just mistranslations?" Hagakure questioned.
"I get it! Like Mike Tyson!" Boomstick said. "Why was that a big enough deal to change all the names to... oh." The screen showed that the Street Fighter game was released in 1991, the same year as Mike Tyson's rape scandal.
"Oh, I remember that." Sato perked up. "I was researching boxers and I came across that Tyson guy. Guy did...um that to some girl and gotten ten years of jail. Got the last four years off. Always said he didn't do it."
"Huh, no wonder they might have changed the names." Honenuki muttered.
BACKGROUND
Full Name; Unknown
Age: 59 years
Height: 100 cm/ 5'11"
Weight: 70 kg/ 154 lbs.
Occupation: Dictator
Fighting Style: Shadoloo-ISM
Raised by gypsies
Trained in Soul Power
"Anyway, after murdering his own parents at a young age, he was found and raised by a tribe of nomadic gypsies." Wiz revealed.
"Wait, are we still talking about Tyson?" Boomstick joked/asked.
"And we start this whole thing off with him killing his parents." Sen groaned in disgust. "I wonder how much worse a scumbag he is."
"Given what he becomes in the future, it can only get worse from here." Awase replied.
"Wait, are we still talking about Bison?" Kaminari asked.
"The gypsy leader took Bison under her wing, and trained him in the art of Soul Power, an ancient art of utilizing the very essence of one's soul as a tool." Wiz continued.
"Oh well, teaching a child that murdered his own parents the power to harness their own soul as power. Surely nothing will backfire from that." Kamakiri sarcastically said.
"I don't think the gypsy woman knew about that." Bondo defended. "Perhaps she just wanted to save the boy without knowing the darkness inside of him."
"So, Bison's powers revolve around his soul." Momo muttered as she analyzed the screen. "Then the reason for this fight is to pit two tyrannical, evil rules of their factions that both harness the power of souls, whether their own or others."
"Don't forget about Akuma and Shang Tsung, who were likewise evildoers who focused on the power of the soul." Jurota pointed out. "And both those fighters exist in the same world, respectively, as both of these two new fighters."
"But since Bison's kind of a prick, he quickly mastered Soul Power and began developing his own, much better version." Boomstick said.
"See, Bison realized his soul was composed of two halves: one good, one evil." Wiz explained, an image of Bison shown with one half of him in white and the other in black. "He forcefully dispelled all the goodness from his soul, thus pioneering one of the most destructive energies in fictional history: Psycho Power."
"This place shall become your grave!" A reddish-purple glowing Bison yelled as he stomped a foe into the dirt.
"H-He tore away the goodness of his own soul?!" Kinoko squeaked in fearful horror.
"Wow, what a way to truly show how much of an evil asshole you are by literally removing everything good from you." Setsuna clapped her hands mockingly.
"The most and truest form of pure evil." Ibara muttered, disgusted.
"Yes, he literally weaponized his soul." Wiz confirmed. "And uh, weird little thing, that good part of his soul, it physically manifested into a woman named Rose."
"Wha?" Boomstick said, flabbergasted, unknowingly voicing the flabbergasted thoughts of the MHA cast.
"Don't question it."
"Y-Yeah, I'm not touching that thing with a ten-foot pole." Kyoka raised her hands in surrender.
From the looks of Izuku, Iida, and Momo, the former looked like his brain was trying to rationalize what he was told to a failing degree, while the latter two's faces showed utter and complete defeat. Even Mineta was completely unsure whether to gawk at Rose, or just decided to throw in the towel.
"Bison quickly built his criminal empire, with the intent of taking over the world, one day at a time." Wiz continued.
"The day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life." Bison said to a woman as he brought two glasses of wine. "But for me, it was Tuesday."
"Hahaha, fan service!" Boomstick laughed.
"For pure evil megalomaniac, I have to admit that was a pretty sick ass line." Kamakiri admitted.
"But it turns out his true motives are not even close to what you would expect." Wiz stated.
"The governments of Earth are polluting the planet and obliterating its natural resources." Bison declared. "Shadoloo will step them out and rule this planet!"
"S-So... his true motive to conquering the world...is to stop the destruction of the planet...from greedy, corrupt governments?" Sero questioned, utterly flabbergasted.
Ibara had no words or thoughts come to mind, feeling like her world just flipped on its head that a man of literal pure darkness and evil desired the safety and health of the planet, just like her.
"Master Bison, He's our hero! Gonna take pollution down to zero!" Boomstick sang, pasting Bison's head onto Captain Planet's body.
"...I guess they also have Captain Planet in their world." Was what Kaminari's mind could brilliantly say.
Miruko burst out laughing like a maniac while Ryukyu just sighed, handling her disbelief and ridiculousness of the situation with 'Just go along with it'.
Edgeshot sighed deeply, too, rubbing the bridge between his eyes to ease his insufferable migraine.
Endeavor took a deep Deep breathe, while the inside of his mind was full of desire to just snap and burn everything around him in madness.
"His Psycho Power-"
"Gonna help him! Conquer the world! Are a group of guys who like to kung fu, bitches!" Wiz was interrupted by more of Boomstick's terrible singing.
Mic and Midnight had to physically restrain Aizawa from strangling himself with his own scarf.
Iida and Bakugou began slamming their heads into their armrests. Momo and Kyoka were saved from doing the same by Izuku wrapping them up in a hug, the two momentarily stunned before actually tearing up and trying to preserve their rapidly deteriorating minds.
Eri's and Kouta's laughter were what gave all of them the strength to continue their, what they felt, miserable existence.
PSYCHO POWER
Soul used a Destructive Energy
Uses only Negative Energies
Telekinesis
Flight
Brainwashing
Teleportation
Soul Transference
Destructive to user's body
"...his Psycho Power is immensely powerful and adaptable." After a moment of silence, Wiz continued. "Bison can use it for flight, telekinesis, teleportation, and even psychic brainwashing, which has become quite a hobby of his."
"He can fly and teleport, giving him a range of different escape methods from attacks and reaching fleeing or escaping foes, telekinesis for long-ranged attacks by throwing projectiles, grabbing enemies to his hands for combos, like Shao Kahn, and brainwashing to convert enemies to his side, forcefully, manipulate government figures into doing his bidding, and build his Shadoloo regime." Deku said, writing the possibilities in his notebook.
Shinsou frowned in distaste at yet another malevolent use of brainwashing.
"With Psycho Power, he developed his own unique fighting style: Shadoloo-loo-loo-ism!"Boomstick tried pronouncing the dark fighting style.
MOVE SET
Psycho Cannon
Psycho Field
Scissor Kick
Head Stomp
Somersault Skull Diver
Bison Warp (Teleport)
Psycho Crusher
Slide Kick
"Shadoloo-ism focuses on speed and destructive force over all else." Wiz corrected his co-host and continued. "Made possible by such moves as the Psycho Cannon, the Head Stomp, a scissor kick-"
"And that cheap-ass slide kick." Boomstick yelled in a rage. "Over and over and over again!"
"I guess that it's as infuriating as Shao Kahn's Shoulder Spikes, by Boomstick's reaction." Itsuka figured.
"Shao Kahn and Bison both share a similar level of telekinesis to hold their or pull their enemies towards them for combo and deadly attacks." Todoroki said. "And both of their fighting styles seem tailored to overwhelming and crushing their opponents with brute force."
"Shao Kahn could have an advantage with his Emperor's Shield if he can deflect Bison's telekinetically thrown projectiles." Melissa pointed out. "Though Bison also could have the advantage in mobility given his ability to fly and teleport out of harm's way."
"And if Shao Kahn throws his weapons and own projectiles at him, Bison could stop them with his telekinesis and throw them right back." Jurota added.
"As well as his deadliest attack: the Psycho Crusher, which at full power can kill a normal human being in one shot." Wiz revealed.
"Helpful advice: Don't get hit by that." Pixie Bob cheekily said.
Mandalay and Tiger sighed, the former tiredly while latter fondly, and Ragdoll just laughed hysterically.
"M. Bison is extremely cocky, considering himself no less than a god, and for good reason." Wiz said. "He has been impaled, electrocuted, shot point-blank, crushed underneath a building, yet could resume the fight like nothing happened." Shown on screen to prove his words was Bison removing a spear stabbed into his chest and then the hole magically healed in an instant.
"Great, there goes my chances to just fry the guy." Kaminari threw his hands in defeat.
"I guess he and Shao Kahn also have ridiculous and absurd survivability to their comparisons." Mount Lady grumbled.
'Every major villain seems to have that.' All Might thoughts, regarding All for One surviving the former Symbol of Peace when he turned his head into squashed watermelon.
"The only Street Fighter who was able to pretty much put him down single-handedly was Akuma." Boomstick revealed, Akuma popping out of nowhere before Ryu and Bison could fight, destroy him with the Raging Demon and begin to fight Ryu instead. "But the Raging Demon is supposed to destroy a person's soul, yet Bison ́s soul survived to fight another day, somehow."
"Makes sense that the fighter who could destroy a person by the weight of their own soul's sins could destroy the madman whose soul is nothing but darkness." Ryukyu said.
"And that Akuma is a monster himself." Miruko added.
"Psycho Power only has one major flaw." Wiz pointed out. "Bison's human body cannot contain its full potential and will eventually break down."
"Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely." Tokoyami sagely said.
"What does that have to do with this?" Sero asked.
"He means to say that the sheer, absolute power can come at a price." Kuroiro answered. "At times it is your humanity, other times it's your life itself."
All Might frowned, remembering what he found out about the past users of One for All and their own deteriorating bodies from both their original Quirks and the power of One for All, especially the 4th. Looking to Midoriya, All Might could only hope that just as he survived, the same will be true for the boy.
"Fortunately, for Bison, he can transfer his soul into other compatible bodies once his current one is used up."
"You mean that he has a closet out there full of actual human bodies that look like him somewhere?!" Uraraka cried out in horror at the sight of Bison holding up a open-stomach naked copy of his own body.
"They maybe are synthetically made to replicate a human body." Asui figured.
"But even if that fails, Bison says, 'Screw caution!' and busts out one last trick." Boomstick jumped in. "His ultimate form: Final Bison."
FINAL BISON
AKA True Bison, Shin Bison
Accesses the full potential of Psycho Power
Unlimited Super Meter in game
Little physical improvement
No Measurable Time Limit
Somehow changes Clothes
Will eventually destroy Bison's body
"The Final Bison form unleashes the Psycho Power's full potential." Wiz explained, showing some forms of Bison wearing all black, but all practically bursting with energy and destroying foes. "Sure, it completely mutilates his body, but its sheer power practically guarantees victory."
"This Final Bison functions similarly to my own Flashfire technique." Endeavor explains to the pros near him. "It increases my flames and their power higher than normal but if I use it for too long it rapidly dehydrates my body and burns my lungs." Endeavor gained a guilty look on his face as he peered down towards his son. 'It's why I believed a union of my fire and a cooling ice power combination would easily surpass myself and All Might.' He left that part to his guilty mind.
Though, the guilty look was enough for some of the pros, mainly All Might, Nezu, and Edgeshot to notice.
"So, who gives a shit?" Boomstick said.
"Especially since he can always possess some other helpless victim's body when he ́s done." Wiz agreed with Boomstick.
"Told you. He's a prick!" Boomstick said.
"Yes, yes, I killed your father." M. Bison said as he fought Chun-Li and Cammie. "What is it with you, women, anyway? I killed my father too, and you don't hear me whining about it!"
"Remember students, that this is something that you will face a lot when you become pros." Nezu spoke up to the students. "While we Heroes usually hold back and use lethal force as an absolute last resort, Villains and criminals will not hold back one bit when cornered and will use every last means at their disposal, even if it means the harm of themselves and others around them."
"However, it is our duty as Pros to take anything they have and hold strong in defense of this, for the safety of those they would harm without care." All Might buffed up to deliver this speech. "And as our alma mater states, we strive to Go Beyond theirs, and our, limits!"
"PLUS ULTRA!" The students proclaimed, to the satisfied, proud grins of the adults.
"Alright, the combatants are set." Wiz said. "Let's end this debate once and for all!"
"IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BAATTTLLLLLEEE!" Boomstick roared.
As the screen paused for the device to scan, the voting and betting began. Though, it was more difficult for the group to vote for either fighter given their despicableness and ruthless evil acts.
In the end though, Shao Kahn's most prominent voters ranged from Miruko, determined to see the asshole that murdered her other life's father destroyed, Itsuka and Rin, both, begrudgingly, for the Kahn's Tai Tzu and Lui He techniques, Ojiro, who likewise preferred the more traditional martial arts to supernatural ones, Bakugou, who, while knowing the man was a ruthless bastard, could understand and acknowledge the strategy of pinning and brutalizing their enemies as quickly and efficiently as possible, Momo, who felt his long-ranged weaponry and deflector defenses could give Shao Kahn an advantage, Ryukyu, for no other reason than the fact than Shao being able to turn into a Hydra, Mirio, who found the sheer durability and resilience of the Outworld ruler to give him an edge, Mei, who appreciated the strength and power behind the Wrath Hammer, Kaminari, who felt that the boss of Shang Tsung could defeat the guy who was defeated by Akuma, who defeated Shang Tsung, Kyoka, who while she felt that Kaminari's logic was stupidly simple, it made begrudging sense, and Nezu, who felt the tyrant's power to consume souls could to be an important factor. Deku, despite almost every part of his body feeling like wanting to hurl doing it, also voted for his other-worldly nemesis, for his sheer strength, magical soul powers, and determination to not stay dead.
Bison's most notable votes came from Nejire and Uraraka, who thought that Shadoloo leader's more long-ranged abilities and flight gave him an aerial advantage, Ibara and Kinoko, who, even though they knew the man was truly pure evil, at least had some goals to protect nature, Shinsou, who found Bison's brainwashing feats not as deplorable as the Kahn's, but not by much, Endeavor, for Bison's similar ultimate form similar to his Flashfire technique, Reiko, who though that the Shadoloo-ism master's body swapping could possibly let him take over Shao Kahn if his body fails, Iida, feeling that the Psycho powered tyrant held a greater advantage in speed and evasion, Tokoyami and Kuroiro, who voted for the one who's 'Soul was truly Reveled in the Dark', whatever that meant, Setsuna, seeing Bison's regenerative and durability to be possible reasons for him to win, and Aoyama, who just liked Bison's cape and style more than Kahn's. All Might also had to vote for the leader of Shadoloo, if only because Shao Kahn reminded him too much of...
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device said. "SHAO KAHN! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: ALL FOR ONE!"
All Might narrowed his eyes hatefully. "I knew it." He muttered, hatefully.
Eyes of hatred, fear, or disgust were shown at the potato-head and skull-like mask images of the true leader of the League of Villains.
Meanwhile, Deku's decision to vote for the evil warlord was more painful than before.
"M. BISON! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KAI CHISAKI AKA OVERHAUL!"
The members of the Hissaikai raid glared hatefully at the image of the Defacto leader of the Shie Hissaikai Yakuza, especially Deku and Mirio, who placed their arms protectively over Eri, who was shivering in fear again at the sight of the man who tortured her for most of her life.
"I suppose that those two make sense for their counterparts." Ryukyu muttered, distastefully. "Both are leaders of villainous, evil groups, with Shadoloo's criminal regime fitting more with the Yakuza group."
"Huh, maybe you could even count those undead warrior army guys as that world's version of the Nomus." Miruko replied.
"ADDITIONAL MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART DETECTED!" The device said.
"Oh, so we have more counterparts, too." Midnight hummed. "I wonder if one of them might be that Kitana or Sindel."
The girls froze, fearful of which one of them was unfortunate enough to be the suffering princess.
"KITANA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KAINA TSUTSUMI AKA LADY NAGANT!"
The girls collectively sighed in relief.
"Wait, Lady Nagant? The Sharp-Shooting Hero Lady Nagant?" Deku asked with wide, amazed, yet sad eyes.
"Oh yeah, she was a super cool hero and had a cool Rifle Quirk." Uraraka said with amazement, that quickly morphed into sadness. "Until she was imprisoned in Tartaros."
"Why was she imprisoned again?" Pony asked, confused and unaware.
Snipe sighed regretfully. "The Public Safety Commission never shared many details about what happened, only that she got into an argument with another Hero." Snipe explained. "And then shot him in cold blood."
Nezu frowned, always finding the situation of Lady Nagant's crime and incarceration a peculiar mystery. While the Commission had closed the issue of the tragic event, even revealing the name of the Hero that she killed, the rodent Principal smelled something fishy. For one, despite the fact that it was all a recent development, the Hero was actually reported missing a few weeks ago before Nagant's supposed murder, and the Hero's body was quickly cremated, despite the family's wishes and the police and coroners wanting to examine the body. Secondly, and most suspiciously, the, at the time, President of the HPSC was also tragically killed in a car crash, with the body likewise disposed of and cremated rather quickly.
Deku frowned as he remembered one of his most favorite Heroes, outside of All Might. He always admired Lady Nagant for her skill with her Rifle Quirk, because despite having a Quirk, all it did was morph her elbows to protrude a sniper-like rifle, the skill and precision she showed in her time as a Hero was just that, pure skill and training. It encouraged the teen that if she could become such an amazing pro with nothing but skill and training, then he, a Quirkless kid could too.
Not to mention that, aside from Miruko being his first, Lady Nagant was also among one of Deku's female Hero crushes.
"It's also a shame, because she a super hottie!" Mineta exclaimed, his face once more perverted and his eyes clenching and moving in the air as if he was groping an imaginary image of Lady Nagant. "She has like the Perfect hourglass figure! Her boobs are almost as big Miss Midnight's, and she has a killer ass and thighs almost like Miru-"
That was as far as he got until a Mineta's shaped crater formed in the ground. Deku's dark aura and sparking bioelectricity made all those who had problems with the sudden, yet justified, act wisely shut up, including the adults.
"ROSE! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: NANA SHIMURA!"
"Cool! It's Uncle Might's teacher again!" Melissa fangirled over All Might's master.
"Although, it is quite a shame that she has to be related, soul-wise, to such a monster." Momo frowned.
All Might's eyes flinched in emotional pain at once more seeing the smiling face of his mentor and mother-figure. He also frowned at the idea of being somehow the good part of the soul of some evil dictator. Or the irony that she is technically now a spirit tied to the Quirk he once possessed and now bonded to his successor.
"ONAGA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: GIGANTOMACHIA!"
At the revealed image of the colossal monster of their world, it sent shivers of pure dread and fear among the group. At the sight of his destructive power that he left in his wake in the forest, mountain region, they knew that this was no Hero or good guy. Mount Lady shivered in fright, easily seeing that Gigantomachia was just as tall, if not taller, than her in her Giant state.
Gran Torino growled in anger. "That huge ass bastard." He growled, drawing the attention of the pros. "When me and Tsukauchi captured Kurogiri, that giant was the monster that attacked us. That destruction you see is what he did before he managed to escape."
All Might narrowed his eyes as he realized what Gran Torino was secretly implying. 'This is another one of All for One's warriors.' All Might thought, remembering the army of the madman's followers that he fought and defeated, single handedly. 'But if All for One had a follower with this kind of power, why did he never use him?' All Might frowned in confused thought, failing to recall any of AFO's followers that he defeated that matched the monster's unmistakable appearance. 'If not to defeat me and gain One for All, what more important task could this behemoth have been tasked to do.'
Deku shivered in pure fright at something that felt was something straight out of one of his nightmares; suddenly, recalling one nightmare he had as a kid of a large, spiky monster, his appearance obscured in the darkness, looking at him from outside his window, but weirdly never made to grab and eat him like he thought, but just looked at him, like some kind of vigilante statue.
Kirishima's and Mina's eyes in pure horror, their skins paling horribly.
"THIS HERO AGENCY! TELL ME WHERE IT IS!"
Kirishima found himself back to that day in junior high, when his hair was still black and Hardening weak. He remembered the large Villain covered in a large cloak, threatening and demanding two girls from his school for information.
"IT'S A SIMPLE QUESTION! WHY WON"T YOU TELL ME?!"
Kirishima remembered his deep menacing voice, his large, hardened hand that cracked the building it rested on with a simple push...He remembered the radio boombox hanging around his neck...just like the one hanging around this Gigantomachia...
Mina shivered in fear, her mind taking her back to when she gave the false directions of that Hero Agency the Villain was demanding. She remembered the fear that gripped her very being while she put up a brave front. She remembered his deep voice as he left, the one that woke up at night, sweating.
"THANK YOU VERY MUCH! EVERYTHING IS FOR MY MASTER!"
She remembered his face underneath the cloak...the very same one as Gigantomachia's.
Mina began to hyperventilate, gasping for breath she couldn't find. As her vision began blurring, she could hear the faintest sound of someone calling her name and their touch on her shoulders. Then a hard body pressed against her own, their strong yet soft and kind arms wrapping around her. She blinked and shivered at the soft and slow rubs on her back by the person's hands.
"Breathe, Mina, breathe." The voice spoke, Mina's eyes snapping fully awake as she realized who it was. "It's okay, I'm right here, everything is fine, no one is going to hurt you. Just breathe."
Midoriya's warm embrace, his soothing words that whispered into her ear, it broke the bubbly pink girl. Tears welled up in her eyes and she latched onto Midori like a lifeline. 'Her Midori.' Mina thought lovingly, melting into his embrace. 'Her Hero.'
After she eventually calmed down, and after Kirishima stopped fussing over her like, what Mina thought was like a worried little brother, Mina and Kirishima both informed the group about seeing the giant before back in junior high and what he wanted. After Mina managed to keep a very upset Deku from throttling Kirishima for not protecting her, and Deku severely apologizing afterwards, to Kirishima's insistence that it was ok and he would have throttled himself if he could, the Heroes frowned, extremely concerned that such a massive, and clearly powerful, Villain was somehow wandering somewhere in Japan, unnoticed, especially in a suburban area.
Gran Torino, All Might, and Nezu made a note to discuss the giant and his connections to All for One with Tsukauchi and the top pros in an effort to find this behemoth before this threat acts and destroys countless lives.
But before that, they had a video to watch that just unpaused.
The video of the fight began with Shao Kahn sitting on his throne in a what looked like a brightly lit catacomb. Before the Outworld ruler, two Tarkatan warriors were about to duke it out with Mortal Kombat.
"Oh man, what the heck are those?!" Mineta exclaimed in horror at the two monstrous looking humanoids.
"I'm not sure." Deku muttered. "But it could be what that clone of Kitana was combined with."
"They do appear to have the same mouths." Asui nodded, noticing the signature Tarkatan mouths that Melinna shared.
Bison, suddenly, teleported out of nowhere, standing between the two Tarkatan warriors. "Kneel before my Psycho Power!" Bison demanded, teleporting behind and grabbing one of the Tarkatans. The Tarkatan, in his hand, futilely screamed before disintegrating, in a puff of blue smoke, by Bison's Psycho Power.
Shao Kahn jumped from his throne, landing and, consequentially, smashing the second Tarkatan into pieces upon impact.
"Whoa, hey, wasn't that one of his own?" Nejire cried out, confused and horrified.
"It's not like he would care." Amajiki muttered.
"Oh yeah, right! I forgot." Nejire perked up in realization. "Evil bastard warlord. Sorry."
"Prepare to die." Shao Kahn pointed and proclaimed at the Leader of Shadoloo.
M. Bison merely chuckled evilly, as the two took a fighting stance.
FIGHT!
Bison attempted to start things off with a quick scissor kick, but was blocked by the Kahn, who and took the advantage and punched Bison straight in the balls.
The men hissed in the phantom pains, some of them hovering their hands over their crouches, as if they felt the pain.
The girls all rolled their eyes in exasperation. 'Boys.' They all thought.
As Bison began flying back from the punch, Shao rammed into Bison with a Rising Charging Spike that sent Bison flying further away. "Too easy." Shao Kahn taunted as Bison rolled on the ground.
"Kahn capitalized on his opponents stunned state and took the advantage for an extra hit for more damage." Aizawa commented. "Smart."
Sato began wondering if he perhaps he could perform the Charging Spikes as well. Granted, he would have the shoulder spikes that the Kahn had, but with his Quirk and using his full body weight, he felt he could definitely deal some damage.
Kahn summoned and tossed his Wrath Hammer towards the rising regime leader, only for Bison teleport away, the maul landing in the ground. As Kahn tauntingly laughed, Bison reappeared behind him, the warlord to busy laughing to notice him. In response, Bison charged up and launched a powerful Psycho Powered fist and punched Kahn in the face, knocking him backwards.
"His arrogance." Endeavor grunted in response. "He was either too sure of the Wrath Hammer landing and killing Bison or taunting Bison for running away, that he didn't notice he teleported behind him."
"Yeah, yeah, don't let our guards down or get too cocky." Miruko said, bored. "Let's just continue watching this bloodbath."
Ryukyu and the other heroes sighed, both used to yet worried about Miruko's nearly insatiable bloodlust.
Bison capitalized on his own stunned opponent and performed a Slide Kick, sweeping the warlord of his feet, but before he fell, Bison did another Slide Kick, striking Shao again before he hit the ground. Kahn quickly got up and retaliated with a green fireball, shooting out of his mouth, at the evil Street Fighter. Unfortunately, it missed as Bison ducked but misses and charged into him with the Psycho Crusher. He pushed back the Kahn a bit before grabbing onto him and flipping and slamming him onto the ground behind him.
"Worthless!" Bison, this time, mocked.
"Clearly, Bison has more speed and agility to evade Shao Kahn's attacks and land more hits before Kahn can recover." Iida stated.
"Bison's more of a fast, hard hitter, while Shao Kahn is slower, yet likely hits harder." Itsuka figured out.
Bison levitated backwards, away from Shao Kahn. "Just try to withstand my Psycho Power!" Bison proclaimed. A purple aura began surrounding Shao Kahn, his field of vision around him grower brighter.
"He's trying to brainwash Shao Kahn with his Psycho Power." Shinsou pointed out.
"Are you frightened?" Bison taunted, the pitch of his voice altered and distorted. "Grovel before me! I'll scar your soul!"
However, as it seemed like he was about to succumb, Shao Kahn spread his arms and dispelled the Psycho Power, laughing. Shao Kahn charged at the still Bison saying, "You are nothing!" Shao struck Shadoloo's dictator into the air with a powerful uppercut.
"He dispelled the brainwashing!" Pony exclaimed.
"Shao Kahn was said to be a master of the dark arts and brainwashing himself." Momo pointed out. "It would be highly unlikely for one master at brainwashing to be susceptible to another's."
Shao continued to attack Master Bison, slamming into him twice with two Rising Charging Spikes.
"Pfft, he's juggling him!" Sen laughed.
"Juggling?" Ibara asked, confused.
"It's a fighting game thing." Kosei explained. "It just basically means keeping your opponent in the air with as many hits as you can, so you can get more damage on them while they are helpless."
On the third attempt of the upward Charging Spikes, Bison teleported away. As reappeared behind him, Kahn formed and throws an Ethereal Spear at him. Bison dematerialized and phased through the spear, then reformed, jumped and slammed onto Kahn with a Head Stomp, which also got blocked. Bison tried to strike with a Skull Crusher Dive, only to be struck and knocked away by the Wrath Hammer.
"Ooh! That's got to sting!" Sato flinched at the hit.
"Bison's teleporting and phasing through Shao Kahn's attacks, yet that warlord is able to defend and catch Bison's attacks for a counterattack." Ectoplasm stated.
"Yeah." Snipe nodded. "Bison's clearly deciding the flow and speed of the fight, but Kahn can clearly keep up, probably warrior instinct from all those souls he consumed."
As he flew backward, Bison spun and teleported back before the Outworld ruler, quickly resuming the fight with two jabs that Shao blocked, but the latter was unprepared for the leg sweep the threw him off his balance. Defenseless, Kahn was struck by three Scissor Kicks.
"Nightmare Booster!" Bison yelled, slamming into the warlord with a powered-up Psycho Crusher. In the process, M. Bison smashed Shao Kahn through the walls of the fortress, then ascends upwards, sending the Kahn up with him.
Bison teleported mid-attack, appearing above the approaching Mortal Kombatant. "This place shall become your grave!" The Shadoloo-ism master declared, falling and slamming his feet downwards, stomping Shao Kahn into the ground.
"Jesus!" Awase exclaimed. "That was quite the killer combo!"
"He legs swept Kahn to throw him off-balance enough for him to strike fast and hard." Ojiro stated.
"Come on, you emo evil bastard!" Bakugou yelled at the downed Kahn. "I already feel sick rooting for you, don't make me regret it anymore!"
"At least he has his priorities." Sero snickered, a sweatdrop over his head.
"I Always Have My Priorities Straight, Weird Arms!" Bakugou yelled back at Sero.
"Says the guy more focused on beating All Might alone than as a team." Izuku muttered.
"WHAT WAS THAT YOU NERD?!" Bakugou roared in challenge.
"I'm saying that you were so focused proving you were the best and you could defeat All Might by yourself, during the Final Exams, that you refused to work together until we had no choice, and your pride was wounded." Izuku fired back, uncharacteristically angry as Bakugou.
Bakugou, and the others, were caught off guard for a moment, only for the spiky blonde to regain his fire. "WHY YOU-"
"Okay, Okay, break it up, you two!" Mirio warned, keeping the two back from each other. "Let's not get all Swept up in this, alright?"
Silence met Mirio's pun, though thankfully it managed to snap Deku out of his sudden rage episode and weakly apologized. Bakugou raised an eyebrow, realizing something was off about the nerd so he decided to 'show mercy' and let it slide.
The adults looked at Deku with concern, knowing the boy enough that the episode was highly unfamiliar to his personality. All Might and Nezu looked at each other, both of them wondering if perhaps Midoriya was experiencing another side-effect from the multiverse energies, like back in Kratos vs Spawn.
Momo and the girls were shocked at Midoriya's sudden, and uncommon rage, and looked to him with concern and worry. Momo likewise was suspicious and felt like she knew what was up but couldn't put her finger on it.
Back in the fight, Bison jumped far away. "Utter scum!" He taunted at the arrogant warlord.
Shao Kahn got up and simply asked "Is that your best?"
"Wow, he looks almost uninjured." Kaminari said, amazed.
In anger, Bison sent a volley of Psycho Cannons at Kahn, but the warlord threw up his mystical Emperor's Shield and the purple orbs bouncing off the shield and reflecting back towards the international criminal with green energy. The entire reflected volley struck M. Bison and sent him crashing into a pillar.
"Smart." Nezu nodded in approval. "Shao Kahn's taunt provoked Bison into acting rashly and firing numerous projectiles at him, knowing full well that he could easily reflect and damage Bison instead."
"He let his anger get the better of him which led to a foolish mistake." Hound Dog growled. "Remember students, to control your anger before it controls you."
Bakugou winced, remembering his first battle with Deku where he let his petty anger and desire to destroy the nerd leave himself predictable to Deku, nearly obliterate Deku and the building with the weapon he was safeguarding, and play right into Deku's plan that cost him his victory.
Kahn jumped forwards, forming and impales Bison onto the pillar with an energy spear. He then proceeded to beat Shadoloo's master up with incredibly vicious and powerful punches, one after another, after another, after another.
"Feel the wrath of Shao Kahn!" Shao Kahn proclaimed as he continued beating up the impaled foe.
"On my god, he's ruthless!" Setsuna winched and flinched from the ever-increasing blows
"I can't watch this." Hagakure covered her eyes from the sight, growing a bit uncomfortable at the string of attacks.
Eri buried her face in Deku's chest. While the little girl clearly held no love from her former tormentor, the kind girl's mixed feelings still didn't make the ruthless attack any more difficult to watch.
Kahn kicked Bison straight through the pillar, which crumbled in his wake and sent Biso flying into skittering through the floor, before crashing onto another pillar that crushed and buried Bison underneath the rubble.
"Jeez, he just Sparta Kicked him into oblivion!" Mount Lady exclaimed.
"Flawless Victory!" Shao Kahn declared.
"Do you think it's over?" Pixie Bob questioned.
"Not by a long shot." Ragdoll replied. She may not have her Search Quirk anymore, but Tomoko still had an analytical enough eye to realize that Bison was not finished.
Suddenly, the rubble of the pillar began to rumble. "My Psycho Power knows no limits!" Bison's voice broke free before himself, blasting out and floating in the air, covered in ghostly blue flames, the red of his attire turning black.
"It's the Final Bison mode." Asui spoke the obvious.
"Actually, now that I think about it, Shao Kahn doesn't have any ultimate mode or final gambit transformation that matches Final Bison." Uraraka pointed out.
"True, if Bison was powerful enough to fight Shao Kahn in his regular mode, then Final Bison could be the trump card Bison needs to win." Mina said.
"Death awaits!" M. Bison declared, falling to the ground before smashing into Shao Kahn with another, more powered-up version of the Psycho Crusher, knocking the warlord to the ground. As he got back up, Bison unleashed a series of teleporting attacks all over Shao Kahn, that the warlord could barely withstand or block.
"His speed and teleportation have severely increased." Ryukyu noted. "Shao Kahn can barely keep up."
Finally, Shao Kahn managed to throw a perfect punch that struck Bison and sent him back.
"How?!" Kouta exclaimed. "He was so fast!"
"Yet predictable." Deku pointed out to the kid. "Shao Kahn is smart and has thousands of years and souls' worth of experience and battle knowledge. he could have predicted where Bison was going to be and struck before Bison could realize."
Shao Kahn then slammed into Bison with a barrage of Charging Spikes over and over again, until, eventually, Bison was brought to the ground.
"Yep, they were right that Shao Kahn is a pretty cheap son of a bitch." Gran Torino muttered, recalling the warlord's counterpart and his final fight with Toshinori, where he constantly spammed that air cannon attack that put Toshinori in a corner.
Shao Kahn jumped and laned roughly onto Bison, his boot on the criminal mastermind's heel, pinning him. The Outworld ruler summoned his hammer and began smashing it onto Bison's head once, then twice, then thrice.
"Goddamn dude, chill!" Setsuna exclaimed, feeling rather queasy at the hammer strikes that spilt blood.
"Yeah! Just like that! Squash his head into paste!" Bakugou roared out with bloodlust.
"Turn that Soviet Russian knockoff into a game of whack a mole!" Kamakiri cheered as well.
"Should we be concerned?" Itsuka asked, a nervous sweatdrop over the two bloodthirsty students.
"Normally, I'd say that's just them, but now...maybe." Kyoka responded, her own sweatdrop over her head as well.
Upon the fourth strike, Bison reverted to his regular form.
"Uh oh." Kinoko said, worried.
"Oh yes!" Bakugou cheered.
Shao Kahn then picked up M. Bison over his head and ripped him in half.
Cheers and groans alike were raised at the finishing move, with others trying to keep their stomachs from spilling out their mouths.
"Fatality!" Shao Kahn laughed out.
"Well, I guess that's that." Honenuki said, disappointed at Bison's loss.
However, Bison's soul materialized overhead, floating upwards.
"What?!" The students exclaimed in surprise.
"Bah! Puny garbage." Bison mocked.
"Oh right! They said that even when his body was destroyed his soul continued to live on and possess another body." Melissa said.
"He could possess Shao Kahn's body as it is a suitable replacement." Tokoyami said.
"Come on! Come On!" Uraraka cheered/begged.
Unfortunately, Shao Kahn, suddenly, created a Soulnado, which covered and dragged M. Bison's soul towards him.
"No! It's a Soulnado!" Setsuna cried out.
"Shao Kahn can consume souls and M. Bison's, no matter how tainted, is no different." Ibara said.
"Come on you Skullface fucker!" Miruko roared out. "Consume that bastard! Make Him Pay for What He Did to Other Me's Dad!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" M. Bison cried out as he was consumed by Shao Kahn.
"Mwahahahaha!" Shao Kahn laughed in flawless victory.
K.O.!
The groans and cheers of victory that were silenced by Bison's soul appearing were revitalized with a sense of finality, including Bakugou's triumphant laugh and Miruko's own laugh, satisfied with revenge, even if it was all a simulation.
"Oh...wait a second..." Everyone turned to Deku who froze in realization. "If he can gain the powers of those he consumes-"
In the aftermath, Shao Kahn began testing his new-found Psycho Power, floating up into the air in fiery green aura. He then fired multiple Psycho Cannons of his to his left and right, one of which he fired at M. Bison's corpse, vaporizing it.
"...Oh." Miruko paused, realizing that Shao Kahn just became stronger with the father-murdering bastard's powers. "SHIT!"
"Language!" Iida yelled back.
"That can't be good." Boomstick muttered.
All Might couldn't help but frown and compare such a scene to All for One stealing the Quirks of others and using them for himself.
"While Bison is one of the deadliest Street Fighters and surviving the Raging Demon proves that he can protect his soul, Shao Kahn's thousands of years of combat experiences, combined with his brutal tenacity, ultimately triumphed." Wiz explained.
"Hard to beat a guy who has literally thousands of years' worth of war and conquest under his belt." Thirteen said, worried again of the slaughter that might occur if this monster were to visit their own world.
"Also, Kahn's otherworldly makeup means it's extremely unlikely Bison's soul could possess him if given the chance."
"So, not only are there different levels of biology and makeup of a body depending on different universes, but Shao Kahn's eyes, teeth, and those spikes that are protruding from his arms must mean that he is of an entirely different species." Melissa stated.
"He also was, or perhaps still is, a demigod like Raiden that was tasked to look after Outworld, so that could have also been something that would make possession impossible." Asui added.
"And Kahn is no stranger to brainwashing." Boomstick jumped in. "Hell, he used it on his own wife and daughter for years! Not to mention Bison's soul fueled Psycho Power isn't the best weapon against somebody who eats souls for breakfast."
Nezu simply tapped his gigabrain to the eye rolls of the teachers.
"Shao Kahn has gained power from every soul he's devoured." Wiz began showing mathematical equations drawn up, showing how long it takes to conquer a realm by Mortal Kombat, from least of 500 years to most of a thousand and divided by how long Shao Kahn has spent conquering realms which, at most, rounded up to 10 realms conquered and their souls consumed. "By the rules of Mortal Kombat and assuming the possibility of losses, Kahn has consumed at least 60 billion souls over 10,000 years!"
Eyes widened to new levels that many felt like their eyes were going to pop out of their souls.
"S-So many lives...lost." Izuku muttered, feeling untold depths of sadness and fury well up in what this monster has done.
"I guess that just shows just how powerful your own counterpart is, Midoriya." Hagakure's bubbly voice threw his attention. "After all, your counterpart did defeat Shao Kahn, multiple times really, so your counterpart must be so strong to do that. That's so cool!"
Izuku was taken back by Hagakure managing to bring a bright side to this. 'Then again, that's what Hagakure does.' Izuku smiled gratefully, his cheeks pink. "Thank you, Hagakure."
Though he couldn't see it, Hagakure blushed bright. "Toru." Hagakure said. "Remember it's Toru to you, Midori."
"Looks like Kahn had a 'soul-lution' for Bison." Boomstick punned.
"Huh, not bad." Nejire shrugged her shoulders at the not-so-terrible pun.
"The winner is Shao Kahn." Wiz declared.
Claps, however reluctant they may be, rang for the end of this Death Battle video.
"While I didn't like rooting for those scumbags, their fight was still awesome." Kirishima admitted.
"And we have useful information on them should they cross the barriers of reality pose a threat to us." Tokoyami added.
"Ooh, and I think I have an idea for a new move." Nejire said, excited. "Like my own Psycho Crusher with my Wave Motion Quirk."
"That would be useful if you are placed in a close-quarters fight." Izuku said, immediately drawing up Nejire's idea. "Although, you would have to work on your own physique or work this idea around your body type instead of copying the Psycho Crusher full on, given you and Bison's different physiques."
"I can help with that." Ryukyu spoke up. "Perhaps one final lesson for me to impart to my protege before you graduate."
Nejire smiled brightly and immediately hugged Ryukyu and Izuku, the latter lasting noticeably longer and stronger, given Izuku gasping for breath by the end of it. And Izuku trying to bring down the red on his face for having Nejire's large cannons pressed tightly on his chest.
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick announced.
Classic retro music played as the screen showed a colored pixelated grassy field, the bright yellow moon lighting the night sky. Two robed individuals, one orange and the other dark, faced each other from across the field. The feet of the figures were shown running swiftly towards each other, before they jumped into the air, their swords raised high as they sailed towards each other.
The image paused and the image of a black-clothed, and silver armor plated, ninja was shown with the name beside him reading: Ryu Hayabusa.
"Holy Shit!" Kaminari cursed in excitement. "It's a Ninja! We're Getting a Ninja Fight, aren't we?!"
"Presumptuous of you, but I hope so." Mineta replied.
"As the image turned black with the vs on screen only shown, it cut to black as sharp slicing noises sounded. The screne came alive with color again and a new cool music with a new fighter shown, this figure also looking like a ninja but in a more coloful blue gettup and red scarf, with a tonfa that was also a sword in his hand. His name was shown beside him: Strider Hiryu.
"IT IS A NINJA FIGHT!" Kaminari cheered in elation.
"Strider Hiryu." Itsuka said, looking towards Rin. "Is he related to you, Rin?"
"No, at least I don't think so." Rin Hiryu said, scratching his head. "I don't recall anyone in my family being some super cool ninja, or with the first name Strider."
"Ryu Hayabusa." Edgeshot repeated the first fighter's name. "Translated the name spells Dragon Falcon."
"That's a sick ass name!" Setsuna exclaimed, grinning ear to ear. "Come on, Mei! Play it already!"
With no words of opposition, Mei nodded and proceeded to click play on the next video.
Meanwhile, as she was doing this, Mineta yawned. "I hope we get through these fights quickly, I'm so tired and getting blown up and punched into the floor isn't helping." He muttered.
"Wait, how are you already so tired?" Sero asked, confused. "I mean, training today was no joke, but I don't see anyone else wiped."
"I stayed up a bit too late doing uh...research." Mineta lied, choosing to omit a looking at rather 'explicit' videos and magazines, thinking about the lovely ladies from the previous Death Battles. Given how protective Midoriya was with some of them, mainly the girls those fighters were counterparts to, Mineta didn't want to admit and be punch legitimately six feet under.
"Didn't you have coffee this morning?" Kaminari asked.
"What? No." Mineta replied. "I tried to drink it, but Sato gave me Black and not a Latte!"
"I told you I did!" Sato exclaimed. "You said it many many times! You like your coffee in a latte because it helps burn fat and relieve muscle pains!"
"Well, you sure didn't remember that because my coffee definitely tasted like a bitter tar pit!" Mineta yelled, still angry.
"And I keep telling you I did!" Sato replied, getting more pissed off. "Someone must have switched them or something!"
"Okay, enough you two." Eraserhead spoke, wrapping the two in his scarf, glaring at them with red eyes. "You're disrupting the video and giving me a headache. Calm down and be quiet before I put you both on cleanup duty."
The two of them, not wanting to clean up the living room, did as were told, though left things off with a glare, and an 'I got my eye on you' expression from Mineta.
As for the girls, as they overheard with the rest of the group, they all paled drastically, and cloud of fear hanging over their heads as they realized their mistake. Mineta did not drink the aphrodisiac-laced coffee like they wanted, to stir Deku's jealousy, and now someone else in their classes has drunk that coffee.
The girls had only one thing on their minds: 'Oh shit.'
Notes:
DUN DUN DUUUUUUNNNNNNN!!! There you have it! Mineta did not drink the aphrodisiac-spiked coffee, and someone else did! * Cue audience gasps* Oh, and that was the Death Battle reaction.
I hoped you guys liked this chapter, especially with the characters all hating on the two main villains, because they deserve it. Shows how big of assholes they are that the group can tell just by looking at them. I also hoped you guys liked that twist with the aphrodisiac coffee. I wanted to stretch it out further between the first half of this season, before the interlude afterwards, but because of the rather vocal reaction to the girl's big no no, as if giving the girls character flaws that they will have to realize and grow beyond and show that they are realistic human beings is something wrong or controversial, I sped things and had the first part of the twist revealed and I'm sure people are already going to figure the rest out soon and spoil my fun.
But ranting about that aside, time to explain the counterparts. First off, All for One as Shao Kahn. This was actually much easier for me to decide than I thought. After all, they are the main villains of their respective series, Shao has obvious beef with Raiden, just like AFO and All Might, who is Raiden's counterpart, and are destined to be defeated Raiden's/All Might's chosen warrior, Liu Kang/Deku. Both are megalomaniacs obsessed with conquering and consuming, one to conquer realms and consume the souls of others for the sake of power, and the other for conquering Japan and the world and steal the Quirks of others to become the Demon King. One is the Lord of the Criminal Underworld and the other the Warlord of Outworld, both manipulated people to do his bidding, brainwashed old good guys into bad guys like Shirakumo becoming Kurogiri and Shao Kahn brainwashing Sindel and killing King Jarrod, and placing his soul into the multi-soul being known as Ermac, and both tasked mad scientists to create abominations and weapons such as the Nomu, Ermac, and Mileena.
Many actually wanted AFO's Mortal Kombat counterpart to be Shinnok or Onaga because of their greater threat level, one a Fallen Elder God and the other the original Dragon King of Outworld, but both AFO and Shao always find a way to stick around and come back to cause more trouble time and time again, even if they were thought to be dead, which they both also share in common. As for Gigantomachia as Onaga, I felt it was a neat switch up, to make the servant of All for One actually be his former boss in another world. Plus, both Gigantomachia and Onaga come across as large, near unstoppable forces of nature whose potential have been, unfortunately, cut short, like Onaga only appearing in Deception and only playable in Armageddon and never seen or playable in the rebooted timeline, while Gigantomachia was captured at the end of the war arc by Best Jeanist and not someone more significant like Mina and Kirishima.
For M. Bison, I have to admit that I had my doubts of having AFO as Akuma especially with how similar he is to Bison as well, but I strove for the good vs bad brother dynamic, and I had to have someone be Bison so why not Overhaul. Chisaki is the leader of the Shie Hassaikai, a criminal yakuza group like Bison being the leader of the Shadoloo criminal regime, both can regenerate, one can take over people's bodies through brainwashing and possession while Overhaul can fuse with and control others like he and Nemoto or he and Rikiya, and despite being pure evil and scum, both have rather understandable and weirdly sympathetic goals, with Bison trying to stop global pollution and take down corrupt governments and Overhaul wanting to rid the world of Quirks that he believes are dangerous and more trouble than they are worth.
With Kitana, Lady Nagant felt like the right choice in the end, since they were both good-at-heart characters taken advantage of by AFO/Shao Kahn, who also tried to kill them, were brought to the good side thanks to Deku/Liu Kang and plays off the IzuNagant ship since Liu Kang and Kitana have the hots for each other. And finally, Rose as Nana because of the soul connection with her and One for All inside Deku and just cuz.
Also, what I said in the beginning about explaining more of why I won't be posting this on my birthday is because I will be working on writing the next chapter and one for Welcome to the MCU Phase 2 right after this, as a bit of a celebration for my birthday. Not gonna promise that I will manage to accomplish it, knowing me, but I will try.
So, to wrap things up, hoped you liked the chapter, check out my other stories, keep each other safe and healthy, share your counterpart predictions, and stay cool and not toxic.
This has been Zayden StormVoid, signing off this chapter as a Flawless Victory! See you in the next figh-I mean chapter!
Chapter 29: Ryu Hayabusa vs Strider Hiryu
Summary:
U.A. witnesses a ninja clash of the ages.
Notes:
BA-DA-DA-DUM! YOU LOOKING FOR TROUBLE?! BA-DA-DA-DUM! YOU CAME TO RIGHT PLACE! BA-DA-DA-DUM! MY NAME IS ZAYDEN STORMVOID! BA-DA-DA-DUM! WRITING STORIES AT MY PACE! BA-DA-DA-DUM!
...And with that truly godawful butchering of the King of Rock and Roll's music, I'm back with another chapter of MHA watches Death Battle! As said in the previous chapter, I would be working on another chapter shortly after the previous one as a sort of celebration of my birthday. And well, this is it.
Also, yes, I did go see Elvis, 9 out of 10 for me, awesome movie, would go see again, first time ever saying that since No Way Home and Top Gun Maverick.
Anyways, last time, we had the villainous battle between Shao Kahn and M. Bison, with feelings of disgust, hatred, and fear being the main, most prominent feelings that the group saw them with. We had Kirishima scared shitless by Gigantomachia's appearance, and Mina almost brought into a panic attack, something is off with Deku, and Mineta did not in fact drink the aphrodisiac coffee and the girls are paling at their mistake. And if you don't know who did, my recommendation is you don't look at the comments if you wish for that to be a mystery till its reveal. Or don't and make it more obvious than one of J.K. Rowling's 'mystery novels'.
Now, we get to the Ninja Showdown between Ryu Hayabusa and Strider Hiryu.
Btw, thanks for all the Happy Birthday's, very much appreciated.
But first, the Index:
"Zayden." - Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wiz Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick, Dark Shadow, and buff All Might Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, Combatant, or fight Dialogue
And finally, I do Not own My Hero Academia, which belongs to Horikoshi and Bones Studios, nor do I own Death Battle, which belongs to Roosterteeth and the Youtube channel by the same name as the series, and I don't also own the franchises mentioned in the past, present, and future chapters, with this case including Capcom.
Now, let's Rock and Roll! It's Time for DEATH BATTTTTTLLLLLEEEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
Panic. That was what was running through the minds of the girls as they overheard Mineta's argument with Sato, and the revelations that occurred.
The girls whipped their heads towards Hagakure's frozen, invisible form with panicked glares.
"What the HE-*ahem*..." Mina corrected her loud before she brought the attention of the others. She spoke again with a quieter voice. "What the H-E-Double Hockey Sticks, Toru! You were supposed to put it in Mineta's coffee! What happened?!"
"I don't know!" Toru whispered back. "I put it in the coffee cup you told me to put!"
"Did you put it into the black coffee one with the purple M on it?" Momo asked further.
"How many times will I have to say that I did?!" Toru snapped at her.
"Did you double check?!" Uraraka whispered worried and in a panic.
"I couldn't!" Toru whispered yelled back. "Even while invisible, the guys will notice if they bump into me, and I had to do it quickly because Sato came back sooner! What happened to my distraction, Melissa?!"
"Sorry!" Melissa apologized. "Me and Mei try to get his attention away with one of our inventions, but Iida took it and rushed it outside so quickly, yelling for everybody to go about their day."
"He must be paranoid after all the times Hatsumei had blown both him and Midoriya up." Asui figured.
"That...sounds accurate." Mei admitted.
"Besides, I was also distracted by Midori!" Hagakure continued. "He noticed me when I was invisible, curse those lovable, analyzing eyes of his, and chatted with me, so I had to do it as sneakily as I can without him noticing."
"Well fuck!" Setsuna's disembodied head cursed quietly.
"Hey, is everything alright, girls?" The girls of the Sisterhood quickly turned their heads to meet a confused looking Midoriya. "You girls look worried about something? Is anything wrong?"
It took everything the Sisterhood girls had to not coo and blush at Midoriya's sweet, innocent eyes and frown.
"U-U-Uh, yeah Greenie!" Kyoka lied through her teeth. "Everything's cool. It's just that uh...we...uh..."
"We were talking about training!" Nejire jumped in quickly, her perky smile as bright as ever. "We were talking about training together on some new moves that we wanted to make based on the information on the fighters."
"Oh." Izuku's worried look quickly vanished and flashed a blinding smile. "Well, if you girls want, I can help you all with that. I got most of the info on my notebooks. We can go over them and I can help figure out a way to change some of them for you guys. And I have some notes on some inventions that Mei and Melissa can look over."
"That would be wonderful, Izuku." Momo replied. "We can discuss it more after the videos, if you like?"
"Sure?" Izuku nodded and smiled before turning back to the screen as it came alive for the next video.
The girls all sighed in relief...for about a few seconds before their eyes widened to the size of dinner plates. 'Did Midoriya just unintentionally ask us all out to a training session Date?!'
Izuku's face turned into a tomato. 'Did I just unintentionally ask them all out to training session Date?!'
The 1-B girls, sans Setsuna, looked on with amazement. 'Wow, he's good.' They thought, impressed.
Meanwhile, the rocking music and the Death Battle logo appeared as the video began.
"Ninjutsu." Wiz began. "Originally created by farmers to kill their oppressive samurai lords, the ninja has become one of the deadliest killers in history."
"Huh, so, it is a ninja fight." Miruko grinned. "I guess you are happy about that, huh Edgeshot?"
"I am pleased with every video, as it provides us pros and these youthful prodigies the opportunity to grow stronger and prepare for such multiversal threats and our own worldly ones." Edgeshot responded, plainly. "...Although, a look into my fellow comrades, across the universes, in the ways of the ninja, preferably heroic, is most agreeable."
Miruko chuckled and rolled her eyes. "Never change, Shinya. Never change." Miruko replied.
"Like Ryu Hayabusa, the ultimate, Dragon Ninja." Boomstick first revealed.
"And Strider Hiryu, the high-tech, A-Class mercenary." Wiz revealed the second.
Mei and Melissa perked up at the mention of the High tech-ninja, the former of whom was already bouncing with anticipation.
"Dragon Ninja, huh." Setsuna grinned wide. "Color me intrigued."
"Count myself among the intrigue, as well." Ryukyu nodded.
"Me too!" Kaminari exclaimed; his hands raised in a gesture including pointed fingers to the sky and, somehow, grabbing Aizawa's scarf and wrapping it around his head to look like a ninja. "I love the Way of the Ninja!" At the last word, he thrust his fingers up into the air twice.
"Ninja!" Sero and Mineta followed his lead, although they were covered by Sero's tape.
* Whack! *
What happened was the sound of Kyoka knocking Kaminari out cold, with a Momo-created frying pan, and Mineta and Sero throwing their hands in surrender. Kyoka returned the scarf back to Aizawa.
"Thank you, Jirou." Aizawa thanked the girl, gesturing to both his scarf and the sound-asleep Kaminari, who had comical Tweety birds circling above him.
"Please, it was my pleasure, Sensei." Kyoka replied, grinning pleased.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick." Boomstick introduced the both of them.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills, to find out who would win a Death Battle!" Wiz finished the intro.
The first fighter pretty much fit the bill for the group on what a Ninja would look like, a present-day ninja at that. One outfit showed the tall ninja garbed in an all purple to blue colored ninja suits, while others showed the warrior dressed in black ninja clothes mixed with designs and gear of a modern special op's agent. The most prominent of the warrior's gear was a pair of tabi boots, a ninja head piece that resembled a falcon, mask, and scarf, and shin and forearm guards. Some iterations of the suit were without sleeves, showing his muscular arms, but all showed his vibrant green eyes with a golden hue, their piercing glare giving him an intimidating look and presence.
Ryu Hayabusa
"His name literally meaning Dragon Falcon, Ryu Hayabusa was born in the Dragon-lineage legacy, and trained in the ways of the ninja from the moment he could crawl." Wiz began Hayabusa's analysis.
"Like Goku with his adopted grandfather, right?" Sato asked.
"Yep." Sero nodded. "And I can't believe I'm so jealous of a baby."
BACKGROUND
Height: 179 cm/5'10"
Weight: 78kg/172lbs
Age: 25
AKA Dragon Ninja & Master Ninja
Occupation: Antique Shop Owner
Animal Spirit: Peregrine Falcon
Hobbies: Mountain Climbing, fishing, eating sushi, kicking ass
"How are you supposed to keep a baby in their crib when they can freakin' back-flip out of it?" Boomstick chuckled, showing a baby jumping into a crane pose in the air.
The girls all thought about being put into such a situation, those imaginary children suspiciously having a mixture of green hair, eyes, and diamond-shaped freckles. They at first blush at the fantasy, before shuddering in horror of back-flipping and being tiny ninja terrors.
"A prodigy in the art of combat, Ryu far exceeded his clan's expectations." Wiz continued. "When he turned 18, he donned the traditional blue garb. Then single-handedly defeated both the criminal doomsday cult of Nostradamus and the army of Emperor Garuda from taking over New York."
"Now that's awesome!" Sen cheered, excited.
"Nostradamus?" Itsuka questioned. "You mean that French astrologer?"
"Yes, though he was also famous for being a reputed seer of the future." Momo explained. "He made a book full of prophecies and poetic quatrains known as the Les Propheties."
"It would appear that this cult might worship or adhere to these prophecies and perhaps sought to enact them to bring about Armageddon." Ectoplasm figured.
"Huh, goes to show how prophecy mumbo-jumbo can really screw some people over." Snipe shrugged.
Snipe didn't know his comment made the former Symbol of Peace flinch. He recalled his fight and broken partnership with Nighteye over his grim prediction that he would die 6 or so years later in the future. He ignored the prediction from the seer, despite his injuries sustained by All for One, and it drove his trusted sidekick away. Though Toshinori was under no delusions that he was entirely in the wrong, for Nighteye himself was just as, if not more, overtly paranoid over his prediction. All Might was sad that he was only proven his sight was not so infallible upon his death bed.
TRUE DRAGON SWORD
Hayabusa Clan Heirloom
Carved from a Dragon Fang
Eye of the Dragon unleashes sword's full power
Divine Blade
Practically Indestructible
Weak-willed cannot wield it
True Power is said to upset the balance of a peaceful world
"And that was before his father gave him the Dragon Sword: a single-edged katana carved from the fang of a dragon which, when combined with the mystical eye of the dragon, becomes a divine blade of ultimate power." Boomstick revealed, showing a sharp katana, that when Ryu placed a gem on the bottom, it glowed with mystical energy.
Bakugou's grin became wider and more maniacal as he gazed at the shimmering blade and its origins.
"Man, they have dragon everything, don't they?" Sero said.
"Next thing we know; they will have dragon underwear made from the scales of a dragon." Mineta joked.
"That would actually sound very uncomfortable." Sato muttered, disturbed.
"But Manly as hell." Tetsutetsu argued.
"It also has one serious security system." Wiz pointed out, his voice sounding impressed. "If someone other than a strong-willed Hayabusa attempts to wield it, the true Dragon Sword will feed on and eventually devour their soul."
"Fuck!" Bakugou cursed, disappointed.
"I need that kind of tech for my car! Teach those damn caddy-smashing raptors a lesson." Boomstick grumbled, an image of Riptor, from Yoshi vs Riptor, falling into his car displayed.
"He's still moaning about that?" Setsuna pondered.
"Kid, trust me, nothing is more annoying and infuriating when someone messes up your car." Mic grumbled, still pissed off that someone had recently keyed his car.
"In addition, Ryu has an enormous arsenal of various weaponry." Wiz jumped back in.
ARSENAL
Lunar Staff
Falcon's Talons
Kusari-Gama
Shurikens
-Regular, explosive, & windmill
Fiend's Bane Bow
Smoke Bomb
Vigoorian Flail
Eclipse Scythe
Tonfas
War Hammer
Howling Cannon
Dragon's Claw & Tiger's Fang
Spear Gun
Nunchaku
Bare Fists
"Including the Lunar Staff, Falcon's Talons, a Kusari-gana, basically a chain sickle, numerous types of, shurikens, bombs, bows, etc., etc." Wiz listed the displayed weapons, one after the other.
"Wow, that's one Hell of a list." Setsuna muttered. "Think you can write those fast enough Gre-YOU'RE ALREADY DONE?!"
Setsuna looked over as she spoke to her crush already having written down the entire list of weapons, and already began listing the uses and benefits of all those weapons. In just a few seconds.
"Good old, Greenie." Kyoka shook her with fondness. She messed with Deku's hair. "Never change, man."
Izuku blushed and involuntarily shivered when Jirou's hands roamed through his hair, his heart beginning to pound rapidly. 'Get a hold of yourself. Get a hold of yourself. Get a Hold of Yourself!' Izuku thought/chanted to himself over and over with increasing determination.
"And the Eclipse Scythe: a weapon forged by werewolves and quenched in the blood of living human beings. Because some people just have to do things the hard way."
"Ahem. The badass way Wiz." Boomstick corrected his co-host.
Bakugou actually drooled as he saw the weapon and began slowly walking to the weapon on screen like a zombie. Kirishima's and Tetsutesu's attempts to put Bakugou back in his seat were met with hissing and explosions from the blonde in protest
"Revelry in the Dark." Tokoyami and Reiko said at the same time. As the two noticed, the two looked at each other with amazement before quickly looking away from each other. What was a source of amusement for the boys and girls was the bright pink, obvious blushes on the pale ghost girl and the raven-headed boy.
"And if that wasn't enough, he's also a magician!" Boomstick exclaimed. "But instead of pulling rabbits out of a hat, it's a fire dragon!" Ryu, on screen, waved his fiery hands around and summoned and unleashed a fiery dragon!
"Uh, no, though that would make one impressive party trick." Wiz denied yet admitted.
"Huh, ever tried performing that kind of party trick before, Endeavor?" Miruko asked.
"No." Endeavor replied with a gruff. "My Hellfire can only be projected and condensed in size and heat, not shaped."
"The true power of the dragon is a fierce and legendary power." Tokoyami said in awe.
"Yeah, that dragon is dragging that guy around like a ragdoll!" Sen exclaimed.
"Do you also know what else he's dragging?" Mineta questioned, a sick, ear-splitting grin on his face.
"Uh, no?" Sero replied back. "What else do you think he is dra-"
"DRAGON HIS NUTS ON YOUR FACE!" Mineta shouted and laughed like a maniac.
The results were silence, mixed in with several of the guys trying their best not to crack a smile or chuckle from the cringe joke.
Momo breathed in deeply, pinching the bridge between her eyes. "Alright, who wants to toss him out?" Momo asked.
Mineta usually dreamed of having to run from the attention of the girls, his preference being rabid fan girls and the girls of his class and 1-B. Now, he came to regret his wishes, running for his life from annoyed, angry girls wanting to launch him back to the dorms on a Yaoyorozu-made cannon. It took a few minutes to calm the girls down and get Mineta out of his fetal position.
NINPO
Art of the Inferno
Art of the Fire Wheels
Doppelganger
Blink (Teleport)
Art of Divine Life
Art of Substitution
Art of Piercing Void
Hayabusa Torn Sky Blast
"Ryu channels the energies of his unusually strong spirit for mystical techniques called Ninpo." Wiz explained.
"So, just this world's version of magic, huh?" Mount Lady said.
"Pretty much." Pixie Bob replied.
"Well, this 'ninpogician' can summon fireballs, create a fighting shadow of himself, blow shit up with his own version of the Torn Sky Blast, and even seems to be able to teleport short distances-WHAT THE FUCK, Did He Just Turn into A Bird?!"
True to Boomstick's exclamation, the screen showed Hayabusa enveloped into wind-like magic and took the skies as a spiritual falcon.
"That's so cool!" Koda exclaimed, who always wanted to have the ability to transform into animals, not just talk to them.
"A fighting shadow of himself." Shoji muttered. "Sounds an awful like yourself and Dark Shadow, Tokoyami."
"Indeed." Tokoyami nodded.
"You got that right!" Dark Shadow squawked. "Though I do most of heavy lifting in this relationship."
Tokoyami responded to his Quirk's diss on him with a simple flick to his shadowy bird head.
"Ryu's spirit is so unnaturally strong he can manipulate that spiritual energy to perform supernatural feats." Wiz continued explaining. "Like the bird thing and surviving fatal wounds." Ryu was shown being slashed in the back and front by a teleporting opponent in black samurai armor. "Granted, this pseudo-healing factor requires a lot of time, rest, and meditation to pull off."
"Interesting." Edgeshot muttered. "This survivable feat is actually a technique many masters of ninjutsu, and swordsmanship are taught to survive fatal wounds like sword stabs. Requires having complete concentration and control of your lungs and breathing."
Izuku's ears perked up at this and quickly wrote the information down, if in case in the future he were to get stabbed or shot.
A video of Hayabusa falling from the sky played, descending to the ground fast as the wind rushed in his ears. As he closed onto the ground and his target, Hayabusa grabbed onto the armed goon with one hand, his other on his drawn katana, landed with a flip and subsequentially flipped the goon onto his awaiting katana, stabbing him. Ryu then removes his sword from the goon's body, splattering it as said goon's body was slashed in two.
"...That...was...SO MANLY!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu roared out so loud that Kyoka had to resort to using her earmuffs made by Yaoyorozu.
"Screw whoever the next guy is, I'm voting for this badass!" Bakugou proclaimed.
"Ryu is fast enough to deflect automatic fire, tough enough to land a 300-meter drop and has developed a ninja sense, which anticipates danger." Boomstick revealed, showing the ninja dodge bullets and missiles from a copter and fall said described tall drop to catch a woman with seemingly no injury. "Like when a chick asks if she looks fat in a new outfit."
Deku didn't know why, but he wrote down that helpful tip of information, though he felt he may already have such a sense because he tried to write down that feat as slowly and inconspicuously as possible, like multiple eyes were staring at him.
"What are you writing there, Deku?" Midoriya froze still, craning his head to look at Uraraka and Melissa smiling at him. Except while their smiles seemed sweet and innocent, Midoriya can feel a wave of danger spike in his head, like a jolt of lightning.
"N-Nothing! I was just...um...writing Ryu's feats and-AGH!" Izuku cried out, clutching his head in pain.
"Izuku?" Melissa asked, her terrifying smile instantly switching in worry and concern. "What's wrong?"
"Papa? Are you okay?" Eri asked worried as well.
"Ugh, i-it's nothing, Melissa, Eri." Izuku reassured them, rubbing his head to relieve himself of the spike of pain. "It was just a bit of a headache. Really."
Eri and Melissa nodded, still looking worried. Eri, unconvinced, sat up to Deku's seat and reached out, placing her hand over her Papa's head. "Heal heal, froggy bandaid, if not healthy today, be healthy tomorrow." Eri sung as she slowly rubbed Izuku's head, to his amazement. As she stopped, she asked again with a smile "There. Are you feeling better now, Papa?"
Izuku blinked in surprise at Eri's actions, more so of how it actually seemed to work, and his headache faded away. "U-Uh yeah actually." Izuku replied, smiling proudly and lovingly at his 'daughter'. "Thank you, Eri."
"You're welcome, Papa." Eri hugged Izuku.
"CUTENESS OVERLOAD!" Mina and Hagakure finally squealed, unable to hold how adorably cute the father-daughter scene in front of them was.
They were not the only ones. All the girls looked either close to crying or breaking their faces with such wide smiles. Most of the guys looked like they were trying to restart their hearts after such a heart-clenching scene of love.
Asui looked close to crying too. One day, while Izuku was out jogging, Eri had stubbed her toe, and Asui was there to heal her up. She soothed and rubbed the young girl's toe and placed a froggy band aid on her toe while singing that song. Asui told Eri that her mother sang that song whenever she was hurt. Seeing Eri do it for her 'Papa', made Asui ribbit in pure joy and pride, feeling like a mother herself.
As Eri and was being tackled into a hug by the two squealing girls and even Asui, All Might frowned. While he was of course incredibly happy and proud that Midoriya and the kids were raising Eri to be a wonderful person, All Might was concerned over Midoriya's sudden flare of pain in his head.
'Was it Danger Sense?' All Might thought, thinking over what he knew of the 4th wielder of One for All, Hikage Shinomori, and his Quirk. He also knew of the wielder and his unfortunate fate, a fate that after seeing Midoriya's perhaps reaction to the Danger Sense Quirk was worried might repeat itself with Midoriya.
"And despite mastering the ninja art of stealth, he tends to just rush in, swords swinging." Wiz pointed out. "Every. Single. Time." Wiz's point was shown in Ryu half-hazardly rushing into combat over and over.
"Heh hey, whatever works." Boomstick defended the ninja's antics. "And it works every time."
"Rather un-ninja like, huh, Edgeshot?" Mount Lady teased.
"While I desire not to reply to your rather obvious attempts to irk me, Takeyama, I will admit that recklessly charging into battle is unlike the ways of the ninja." Edgeshot replied.
"Boo, you're no fun." Mount Lady stuck her tongue at her boring teammate.
FEATS
Won 2nd DOA Tournament
Survived the Grip of Murder
Lands 300-meter drops regularly
Has slain Demons & Dragons
Defeated Dark Dragon, Ooku, Tengu, Jaquio, & and the Goddess
Single-handedly battles demons, monsters, robots, and & armies for a living.
"He's destroyed entire armies of fiends and demons, killed the Dark Dragon, twice somehow, won the second Dead or Alive tournament, and avenged his father's death." B oomstick listed Ryu's impressive feats.
"Impressive." Nezu complemented the ninja's feats.
"He has survived being afflicted by the Grip of Murder, an Ancient Slavic Curse that imbues the victim's arm, and over time the entire body, with the pain and suffering of All those who the victim has cut down!" Wiz exclaimed.
"That's like hundreds of Demons, Dragons, and other ninja goons he sliced in half, all coming back to literally haunt his bones." Boomstick pointed out. "And by haunt, I mean suffer excruciating pain till over time the curse covers his entire body and kills him."
"Jesus!" Sen cursed, rubbing his arm where Ryu was afflicted with the curse. "How the hell is he even alive after that?!"
"Perhaps a mixture of both his Ninpo and sheer willpower." Itsuka responded with a possible answer.
"So Manly!" Tetsutetsu roared out.
It is unlike All Might to wish for such negative things to occur onto others, but the former Symbol of Peace couldn't help but desire such a curse to be inflicted onto All for One, and for the more than 200-year-old madman to feel the pain of all those he was tortured and killed, including his Master Shimura.
"He, however, endured and even used the Grip of Murder's effect to his own benefit, making him temporarily invincible when activated and stronger." Wiz added. "He would ultimately have the curse removed after slicing through the guy that inflicted it on him...when the same guy removed it because he truly wanted Ryu to kill him. You would think that would have been easier to achieve if he just said that."
"So, basically an elaborate, unnecessary suicide attempt." Setsuna shrugged.
"And he finally annihilated the Devil himself!" Boomstick listed Ryu's impressive feats "All just to get himself laid."
While Ibara did not appreciate such a vulgar summary of his feats, the vine-haired girl was positively aweing at the Hayabusa for slaying the Devil in the name of love. She felt it was like something out of a romance fantasy novel.
"Such selfish arrogance." Ryu said, striking a battle stance. "I cannot allow this!"
"Sounds an awful lot like you, Kamihara." Ryukyu smiled amusingly at her fellow pro.
"The way of the ninja does not approve of arrogance or ambitions driven of selfish, immoral gains." Edgeshot replied, sagely. "I am sure that whatever he is speaking is of good reason to react like that."
The overall reception to the black-robed ninja was positive. While Edgeshot and the Heroes would prefer none-lethal, less gory means that the ninja partakes, he and the rest realize the stakes and dangers the ninja must face and mostly agree since he is fighting against clearly evil demons. The students also liked the ninja, the guys loving his sheer badassery and the girls liking his selfless and heroic actions, such as saving the woman he loves.
Meanwhile, Kaminari was still passed out during the video. Mineta and Sero snickered and nodded, the former bringing out a marker and prepared to perform their prank. Only for the markers to blast away by Bakugou.
"Hey!" The two exclaimed, but Bakugou just flipped them off.
The next fighter was shown flying through explosion in the sky on a robotic hang-glider. If that wasn't cool enough for the group, the man himself solved that problem. Garbed in a bluish-purple, sleeveless uniform, resembling ninja gear, with the kanji 'Hi' imprinted to his chest and red face mask that covered half of his face, leaving the rest of his tan skin, awesome brown hair, and his fierce eyes, that changed from brown to blue and finally to blood red. He also sported a single shoulder pad on his right shoulder, fingerless gloves, shin and wrist straps, a loose metallic belt over a red sash, and, the coolest part, his red scarf that flowed in wind. Though where a few showed the scarf to be a normal scarf, others had the scarf instead be what looked like a scarf made of red energy
"That's some cool ass music." Kyoka nodded in approval. "Fits with how badass this guy looks."
Strider Hiryu
BACKGROUND
Height: 179 cm/5'10"
Weight: 85 kg/187 lbs
Age: 2,021 years
Rank: Special A-Class Strider
Occupation: Retired
Superhuman Sense
Hobbies: Peace, seclusion, boring stuff
"His name literally meaning Flying Dragon, Hiryu was orphaned at a very young age." Wiz started.
"I guess that name was rather fitting for you, Hiryu." Itsuka said to her Scale Quirk classmate.
"I just take it as a bit of a coincidence really." Rin replied, honestly, rubbing the back of his head.
"He was put through the intense Strider program, a training school for high-tech ninja mercenaries."
"It's so hard to find a good cyber-ninja school these days." Boomstick said in a lamenting tone as a drawing a regular school had black silhouettes of ninjas jumping out.
"Sounds awfully like Master Chief." All Might said. "A boy taken into a training program at a young age to become a warrior."
"At least, this Hiryu's parents did not have to go through the supposed death of their child." Midnight pointed out, remembering Chief's parents believing that their son had died when it was actually a clone made to replace the future Chief.
"Seems whoever put him there made the right choice." Wiz commented. "Hiryu far exceeded his teachers' expectations, and soon became the youngest student in the organization's history to reach the highest rank of Special A-Class Strider."
"And like Master Chief, they both are youthful prodigies." Thirteen added. "And I'm assuming that this Strider rank is highly coveted and respected."
"What does that mean?" Boomstick asked, showing the three classes of Strider, A, B, and C. "Well, even a C-Class Strider has the strength and skill of a whole team of special forces, so just imagine what a Special A-Class Strider can do. Oh wait, you don't have to cause we're here to tell you about it!"
Eyes went wide at the information. They all knew that a country's Special Forces teams were no joke and were by far the deadliest and most hardened and dangerous soldiers on the planet. Aizawa and Fat Gum recalled some operations they performed with Japan's own special forces teams on dangerous arms and drug trafficking rings, like Trigger. David Shield recalled his own dealings with the U.S. Special Forces, too. They all agreed that they were efficient and dangerous; some of them didn't even have Quirks, and they were just as deadly as the rest of their peers.
So, to hear that this Strider Hiryu was two ranks above a Strider that could take on an entire team of special forces was a remarkable and shocking comparison and achievement.
"After reaching this remarkable rank, Hiryu was sent on a mission to kill a rogue Strider, who just so happened to be his own sister." Wiz said, Hiryu shown facing against a blonde Strider, and looking none too pleased.
"Naturally, pissed off at the Striders manipulating him and his sister, he immediately retired... after killing her, of course." Boomstick pointed out at the end.
"WHAT?!" The group exclaimed.
"Oh, but don't go 'WHAT' just yet, because he tried talking to her and it turns out she was brainwashed by a secret project that destroys the mind and turns people mad." Boomstick quickly pointed out. "Got payback for that too."
"Oh okay." Mic breathed out relieved. "Phew, he me in the first half, not gonna lie."
"I swear." Aizawa muttered and groaned, pinching the bridge of his nose. Even with Kaminari unconscious, there was no feeling of relief that the insomniac teacher could find from meme-referencing idiots.
"Hiryu wields a deadly light sword Cypher named Falchion." Wiz revealed, the sword looking like, and wielded by Strider, a tonfa, the blade sharp and silver, while red down the middle and glowing with plasma. "It generates a blade of high voltage plasma energy which can slice through almost anything. Today, plasma cutters can reach temperatures over 2 million degrees Celsius, cutting through steel and other metals with ease." Wiz showcased a plasma cutter slicing through metal like hot knife through butter.
"So, it's like a tonfa lightsaber." Itsuka said.
Mei and Melissa looked at the weapon in awe as it seemed to slash cleanly through some kind of ship's artillery system. Mei immediately snatched up Deku's notebook to write down the Cypher before the green-haired protagonist could...not that David or Power Loader were willing to allow her to make such a thing...at least not without a Lot of protection and safeguards.
FALCHION
Extendable through plasma charging
Boost (Plasma wave projectiles)
Plasma Arrows
Deflects Projectiles
Shape-Shifting properties
Can destroy projectiles
Incinerates enemies
"It's basically a super-long, extending lightsaber with a greater chance of accidentally cutting your arm." Boomstick simplified. "Kind of like actual lightsaber tonfas." To prove his point, he showed a pale white, black haired, horned, alien girl, in skimpy clothes, with a pair of red bladed lightsaber tonfas.
Mineta, Kosei and Awase, were quickly shut up from their drooling by a smack to the head by their nearby, respective classmates. Meanwhile, Mei was also smacked from her daydreams of making such a weapon by Melissa, who at least had some restraint of her creative drive.
"Well, kind of, it's a sword with a plasma aura that leaves a trail of death." Wiz admitted. "It can also fire plasma arrows and counter projectiles."
"I pretty sure from what we saw that lightsabers don't fire plasma arrows." Jurota said. "At least, I believe so."
"All with an incredibly satisfying ching sound." Boomstick added. Strider swings his Cypher, the resulting ching sound playing. "That's the one."
"It does feel oddly satisfying." Kamakiri hummed.
"Says the guy that constantly brings his blades out and sharpens them because he likes the sounds they make." Setsuna teased.
"SHUT UP!" Kamakiri roared out over his class's laughter.
"Apart from the Cypher, Hiryu wields a large arsenal of sci-fi gear and weaponry, including the Varga: a teleporting device." Wiz began listing his other gear, Hiryu teleporting around his enemy.
"A ninja with a teleportation device?" Setsuna asked. "Wouldn't that be, I don't know, redundant?"
"Try badass!" Tetsutetsu replied.
GEAR "TRICKS"
Climb Sickle
Medical Trick
Varja
Boots
-Attack, Aqua, & Magnet
Jump Trick
-Increases Jumping Height
"He uses his medical tech to heal wounds, the climb sickles to, well, climb, the jump trick to... jump higher."
"I guess they don't have a thesaurus at the ninja school." Boomstick commented.
"What is the need? It perfectly states its purpose and use." Edgeshot questioned.
"Maybe you should give that kind of advice to Kamui." Mount Lady joked, referring to their teammate that had a pension for making his moves sound too dramatic and long.
"He also has a device that can cause earthquakes, shoot fire and launch big balls of electricity." Boomstick added.
"He has what now?" Sato did a double take on the first of those last few devices.
"Huh, it's sort of like a device version of the Quirk of that third-year student from Ketsubutsu." Uraraka hummed in recognition. "You know, the one that looks like Deku only with dark brown hair and meaner."
"You mean Yo Shindo?" Izuku asked, thinking back to the Vibrate Quirk user and imaging the both of them. 'Huh, I didn't really see it at first, but we do look quite alike?'
"I'm surprised that with such a concept, you girls didn't go gaga over him too?" Itsuka asked, whispering it to the girls.
"A) He is from Ketsubutsu, so we haven't had any interactions with him other than the Licensing Exam." Momo stated serious looking.
"B) He was nice at first, but he had this tricky, mean look and attitude to him." Asui added.
"And C), they look alike, but he's no Deku." Uraraka finished the discussion, of that last point made all the difference. Which it kind of did.
'Man, they sure have it down bad for Midoriya, huh?' Itsuka thought, a sweatdrop over her head. 'But I did say I would help them, so whatever.'
OPTIONS
Option A:
-Satellite Drone "Bot"
-Laser Guns
-Can Power Machinery
Option B:
-Robotic Panther
-Fiercely Loyal
Option C:
-Robotic Hawk
-Bladed Wings
-Can Drop Grenades
"And last, but not least, he has three types of cybernetic drones at his back and call." Wiz revealed, Hiryu first summoning two, spinning bots that circled around him, firing lasers at...Felicia and Spider-Man(?). "Option A are twin satellite bots which shield Hiryu and shoot wave after wave of deadly laserdiscs."
"Option B is a Robo-Panther." Boomstick revealed a robotic panther, multiple actually, charging at enemies. "It's like a giant death-cat that doesn't need a litter box or scratch the shit out of your furniture."
The group could practically see the lightbulbs that flickered on for both Mei and Melissa, both of whom liked the idea of a robot pet they didn't have to clean up after. Power Loader already felt dread over the idea of a robotic panther dragging away students to maim.
"Finally, Option C is a robotic hawk with bladed wings and oversized grenades." Wiz revealed the last drone option striking combatants and tossing grenades and bombs onto them.
"Argh, I hate birds!" Boomstick groaned. "Now they have grenades."
"Yeah, like imagine pigeons but instead of crap they dropped bombs instead." Kosei said.
"If that was case, New York would have been wiped off the map." Melissa replied, leading to laughter from the teens.
"Hiryu's speed and agility are off the charts." Wiz continued. "Fortunate, since he also doesn't seem to ever use his ninja stealth skills."
"What's the point in being a ninja if you aren't going to ninja?" Sero asked
"I quite like their approach." Aoyama commented, posing and looking to the readers. "Their tapaguer approach has a certain je ne sais quoi about it."
"Argh, we get it! You're French! Shut Up Already!" Bakugou roared, annoyed.
"He's even fast enough to dodge shadow tag bullets: highly advanced ammunition designed to track supersonic targets, like Striders." Wiz continued. "Basically, anti-aircraft rounds for people."
"What a flex." Pixie Bob smirked. "He can dodge bullets that were literally designed to shoot him."
"Think you could dodge those kinds of bullets, Iida?" Uraraka asked.
"Heavens, no." Iida shook his head. "While I'm confident in my speed, not even Tensei at his best, when he could run, could go at such supersonic speeds."
"He's also strong enough to slice clean through the human body... with a karate chop!" Boomstick exclaimed, Hiryu chopping through an unfortunate soul in half with just his bare hand.
"That...is rather quite impressive." Edgeshot nodded and looked in awe of the Strider.
"Hiryu has somehow been in retirement for over 2,000 years; likely because of the advanced medicine of the future." Wiz revealed, with awe of the total time.
"2,000 YEARS?!" Sato exclaimed in eye-bulging shock.
"Incredible." Recovery Girl said in amazement.
"Heh, thinking of snagging that future medicine for yourself, Chiyo?" Gran Torino chuckled. "From what I see, you need it."
"Silence, you old coot!" Recovery Girl yelled back, smacking the old speedster with her cane. "Frankly, I cannot bear to think of spending another 2,000 years healing up idiots like you and this skeleton."
"Ow." All Might flinched, both at Recovery Girl poking at his wound with her cane and her diss at him.
"Yet despite distancing himself from the Strider program, he has been pulled out of retirement more times than John McClane." Wiz commented.
"Yippee-Ki-Yay, Motherfucker!" Boomstick cursed/referenced.
"Ah, I'm getting too old for this shit." Mic made a Roger Murtaugh impression.
Aizawa and Endeavor groaned, feeling like they of all people should be the ones saying that.
FEATS
Avoided Shadowtag Bullets
Has Slain Armies & Dinosaurs (Setsuna did a double take on that)
Is Over 2,000 years old
Destroyed a moon-sized space station
Slices People with bare hands
Defeated Matic, Faceas Clay, Striders, & Grandmaster Meio
"He's fought dinosaurs and giant robots, went Luke Skywalker and destroyed a moon-sized space station, and is so badass he considers huge flying warships mere toys." Boomstick listed the Strider's feats. "He even slew the magical creator of the world...Twice. Apparently, God is no match for this future ninja."
The students didn't know who looked more offended, Setsuna, miffed that he killed dinosaurs, or Ibara, for either the blasphemous in thinking that what she saw was her Lord Father or the blasphemous idea that God could be slain by a ninja, even if it was 2,000-year-old cyber ninja.
"No place for amateurs." Strider Hiryu taunted as he defeated Akuma and rode off, posing like a ninja, on top of his robo-panther.
"That is one of the most badass things I've ever seen." Hiryu Rin nodded in approval.
The more technological based ninja also received looks of approval and awe, mainly from the technological and scientific among the group.
"Alright, the combatants are set, let's end this debate once and for all." Wiz said.
"IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BAAATTTTLLLLEEE!" Boomstick exclaimed.
As the video paused and the device scanned, the votes came in from the group on who would win.
Among those voting for Ryu Hayabusa, those most notable included Edgeshot, finding the magical ninja more comparable to himself and his traditional style of ninjitsu more appealing, Ibara, both for the ninja who slayed the Devil and in spite of the other ninja for claiming to kill God, even if she is still unconvinced, Bakugou, who, true to his words, still liked and voted for the demon slaying, badass ninja more than Strider, Koda, who liked Hayabusa's ability to turn into a bird more than Strider using robotic animal drones, Endeavor and Shoto, for Ryu's pyrokinetic abilities like the fire dragon, Tokoyami, Reiko, and Kuroiro, all three preferring the more supernatural, demon and werewolf slaying ninja, Kirishima, for Ryu's badass feats and weapons, Ojiro, who, like Edgeshot, like the more traditional ninja over the high-tech one, and Ryukyu, who liked Hayabusa having more references and ties to actual dragons than Strider.
Meanwhile, Strider's most noteworthy voters were Mei and Melissa, who liked Hiryu's tech-based weaponry, drones, and Cypher, Kamakiri, who also liked the Cypher and it's ching sound, Setsuna, who despite not liking Strider killing dinosaurs still found it badass that he interacted with dinosaurs, Aizawa and Fat Gum, both who liked Strider's skill above Special Forces, David and Power Loader, the former for the same reasons as previous two, and both for Strider's technology, Momo and Iida, who found Strider more rational to their brains than magical, dragon-summoning Ryu, Izuku and All Might, for Strider's thousands of years of experience and skill, and Hiryu, both because they shared the same name and just because he found the ninja awesome.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device exclaimed. "RYU HAYABUSA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: SHINYA KAMIHARA AKA EDGESHOT!"
"Knew it!" Miruko bragged smugly.
"Rather obvious really." Ryukyu stated with a nod.
"Obvious?" Mount Lady questioned. "That's the understatement of the century! I swear if Our Ninja guy was not counterparts to Either one of these ninja guys, I would demand my money back!"
"But you aren't being paid." Midnight said as a matter of fact.
"You Know What I Meant!" Mount Lady yelled back.
Edgeshot sighed at the antics of his teammate and his fellow pros but relented and felt honored to be the counterpart to a great, powerful, and honorable ninja.
"STRIDER HIRYU! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KEIGO TAKAMI AKA HAWKS!"
Hiryu Rin snapped his fingers and cursed quietly and lightly, not letting the outcome to be too disappointing. 'I mean if just because we have the same name doesn't mean we would automatically be counterpart, right?' Rin rhetorically asked himself.
At the sight of the grinning, winged pro, Miruko laughed hysterically. "Oh, I can't wait to tell Bird Brain about this!" Miruko continued to laugh. "Oh, he's gonna hold this over your head for weeks!"
"Miruko, please, lay off of the man." Ryukyu playfully chided her fellow pro and friend, while patting the deadpanned Edgeshot. "He's already suffering as it is."
Edgeshot was pale white and sweating, already dreading the number of annoying teases and smug grins the cocky Number 2 pro will have over him for this. The Number 2 pro had made it a running gag to the current Number 4 Pro Hero that he could be just as good as a ninja as he was, something he disagreed. If Hawks were to find out about this, there would be no end to Shinya's mental torment.
Endeavor was of the same mindset of Kamihara, likewise sweating in dread of how much the Pro was going to torment his eardrums with his smug praise of himself.
The students watched this all with amusement, enjoying watching the Pros' interactions with each other. Many found it oddly comforting to see the pros interact this way, making them seem more human and real than the heroic idols that they saw them growing up. This odd comfort made their goals to become as great of Heroes as they were, and better, to be more realistic and obtainable.
Meanwhile, with Nezu, the rat principal was busier analyzing Hawks as Strider Hiryu to notice this positive impact on his students. Nezu recalled quickly that the Young Keigo Takami was never a Pro Hero graduate of any particular Hero School but was instead taught and trained up by the Heroic Public Safety Commission themselves as a government sponsored Hero; the Pro's familial connections, however, were never clarified to the public.
To Nezu, given how both Takami and Hiryu both have similar circumstances of being adopted into and trained by an organization for the purposes of becoming a warrior for them made Nezu rub his chin. He thought back to how his first A-Class mission was to kill his own sister, who was brainwashed by presumably a sect of the same program or organization.
"ADDITIONAL COUNTERPART DETECTED!" The device spoke up with more, showing the image of the Hiryu's sister, the one he was forced to kill. "STRIDER MARIYA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KAINA TSUTSUMI AKA LADY NAGANT!"
The face of the Hero turned murderer brought the lighthearted mood down quite a bit.
"Another counterpart to Lady Nagant? Why?" Izuku questioned, his brain trying to figure out why the former Pro was shown again, and why she was being related, in a multiversal sense, to two rather tragic characters.
Nezu's frown only deepened with this information, helping to highlight under important the reason why Nagant was related to the Strider's sister, and a point of similarity between her and Hawks: She too was another government-sponsored Pro Hero. And now, she is counterparts now to two women who had an unfortunate history of betrayal and rebellion against the individual or individuals that they once served.
'Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence.' Nezu thought, the three individuals painting a rather unflattering picture in Nezu's High Specs mind. 'Should another with a similar fate appear though...' Nezu thought of the HPSC and the shady painting that they were being drawn in, and the shady painting that Nezu already viewed them with before. 'Then questions and investigations must be made.'
As they all settled down, the video began again, playing the fight.
The video began with an armed soldier standing in a building under construction, looking around for something. As he did, he was unaware of both Hayabusa and Hiryu peering down from above. In a near instant to the man, the two jumped down, Hayabusa in front of him and Hiryu behind. The two instantly sped forwards, reappearing on the opposite sides of each other, their weapons drawn. The soldier was still and frozen before letting out a Wilhelm scream and exploding a shower of blood.
"Jesus!" Sen exclaimed. "There's nothing left of that guy!"
"Well, they are ninja's that cut people with a simple slash or chop." Setsuna shrugged. "I guess if both attack him at the same time, there really won't be much left of the guy."
Hayabusa and Strider turned to face each other, jumping back into a fighting pose, to face their new adversary.
"So, what would be the reason for these two fighting?" Ojiro asked, scratching his head. "They both seemed to want to kill the man."
"They both probably have some sort of contract to kill the soldier and don't know who made the true killing blow to obtain the prize money." Momo rationalized. "Because they can't decide, or they believe they both killed him, they could desire to eliminate the other to obtain the full bounty."
"Or perhaps they feel their honor slighted by the other for killing their target and wish to destroy the other as recompense." Iida argued.
"Or this is just an excuse for these two to fight and to stop trying to overanalyze it like the Shitty Nerd!" Bakugou yelled out in annoyance of the two supposedly smartest students in his class.
While slighted themselves by Bakugou's comment, they had to admit that he was right and just move on with the fight.
FIGHT!
Ryu jumped backwards, throwing three shurikens, while in midair, at Hiryu. The A-Class Strider quickly rolled into a slide under the weapons as they sailed and landed right behind him.
"Such impressive speed." Snipe remarked, eying the two ninja warriors. "I'm sure that my bullets couldn't be able to tag either of them, but I'm not so sure even Lady Nagant's could have either."
"They are both capable of evading automatic fire from higher levels of artillery than standard weapons." Power Loader pointed out.
As Hiryu slid into another roll, he jumped forwards and slashed at Ryu with his Cypher. The Hayabusa ninja landed onto and bounced off the wall, hitting Hiryu with his True Dragon Sword, stunning and backing the high-tech mercenary momentarily.
"Most astonishing resilience from these two." Nezu commented.
"Yes." All Might nodded. "Both have been struck by each other's weapons that could easily destroy surely tougher opponents and objects but remain intact."
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot this was another swordfight." Kamakiri perked up in realization. "AWESOME!"
Kaminari's snores reached a high pitch, the electric blonde still unconscious and snoring.
"Are we gonna wake up him up at al-"
"Shhh. Please. Let us enjoy this moment." Kyoka shushed Momo into silence, happy to not listen to Jamming Yey's annoying memes and exclamations for once.
Ryu bared down on Hiryu with several strikes from his swords, legs, and fists, Hiryu managing to block most of them, with a final lucky blow to the head knocking him back a few feet. The Strider cartwheeled over Hayabusa, before slashing at him from behind. But Hayabusa blocked it with his own mystical sword, countering by throwing a Boomerang Shuriken at Hiryu, who cartwheeled over it and him again.
"Man, he sure loves to cartwheel." Hagakure mentioned.
"Midori! Midori! Please, please write this down for me later! Please!" Mina begged and pleaded excitedly.
"S-S-Sure!" Midoriya, both blushing from close contact from Mina, and the fact that he was shaking him around so fast and much, he was starting to get whiplash.
Hiryu dodges the Boomerang Shuriken flying back towards him with another cartwheel, proceeding to slashing at Ryu a few times, the last of which slashing through him with a lucky graze. Hayabusa this time jumped away as the Shurkien came flying back towards Hiryu. Time seemed to slow as Hiryu readied his Cypher and sliced the flying Shuriken in half.
"SO MANLY!" Tetsutetsu screamed out.
"WHAT YOU SAY BRO!" Kamikiri exclaimed too, permanently searing the image in his mind to use himself later.
Hayabusa slashes at Hiryu multiple times with the Dragon Sword, all of which were blocked by the Strider's Falchion, before landing a successful kick him that launched him to same wall. Hiryu bounced off the wall as well, but Ryu, jumping after him, caught him in midair and performed a spinning pile drive, slamming Hiryu into the ground.
"Ooh! That was just like Zangief's from that fight with him and Haggar!" Sato brought up, still working on incorporating that into his move set too.
"He learned from when Strider knocked him into the wall and knew how he was going to bounce off of it and the angle to which to catch him." Todoroki analyzed. "He learned from his own recovery for a further devastating follow up."
Ryu pulled out his Eclipse Scythe.
"Oh yeah! Now we're talking!" Bakugou exclaimed, excited, hoping to see his fighter slash the high-tech mercenary with the werewolf blood drenched monster killer.
He attempted for a killing swing at Hiryu with it, for Hiryu to vanish out of sight, reappearing over him and cleanly slicing the scythe's blade from the handle with his Cypher.
"GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!" Bakugou cursed loudly in anger.
"Honestly, how much is that guy going to experience some form of karma from the universe?" Itsuka questioned.
"With him, probably till the end of his days." Setsuna shrugged.
Ibara didn't know why, but that statement from Setsuna unnerved her, giving her a rather bad feeling about it.
Hayabusa jumped back and pulled out a Whip Chain. He swung it towards Hiryu with swift, accurate precision. However, Hiryu's completely decimated it into two dozen embers of metal, with a likewise swift and accurate combo of slashes.
Kamakiri's grin only grew wider and the images of moves he wanted to copy from the Strider likewise grew vaster.
Ryu charged his Ninpo, creating an ethereal shadow of himself to appear beside. The two versions of Hayabusa rushed and unleashed a flurry of attacks on Hiryu with their swords, the A-Class Strider trying to block as many as he could but was quickly being overwhelmed by the increasing swift strikes.
"He's using his shadow form to overwhelm Hiryu with two equally fast opponents and their attacks." Tokoyami said, taking note of Hayabusa and his shadow.
"Aww, yeah!" Dark Shadow cawed in cheer. "That's how Shadow Power Rules!"
Reiko giggled, which drew the surprised gazes of her classmates towards her. Tokoyami shivered at the creepy, yet also heavenly giggle from the ethereal beauty. He looked to Dark Shadow with barely concealed gratitude. Dark Shadow replied with a dumbs up like the literal wing man that he was.
"Back off!" Hiryu yelled, backing the two with a threatening slash. The Strider jumped into the air and summoned his satellite drones, firing a flurry of laserdiscs towards them from midair.
"Ooh! Those wonderful babies are finally put into action!" Mei exclaimed in awe. "Oh, those wouldn't just be useful Support gear for future Heroes like Muscles but could also serve as helpful babies to help regular police forces and raid teams!"
Izuku's writing skewered through the page he was writing in on accident, both blushing from Mei calling him Muscles again and something else. 'W-Why am I so flustered with her calling me Muscles. Mei always calls me that.' Izuku thought trying to shake of the blush and ill feeling in his chest. 'A-And why do I feel so mad about Mei making items for other people? Is this feeling possessiveness? Jealousy? B-But why?'
Ryu and his shadow jumped and spun forwards through the air and hail of laserdiscs, dodging most of them, with one lucky laserdisc landing and destroying the shadow clone. Ry, in retaliation, tossed shurikens and destroyed the drones.
"AAAAAHHHHH!" Mei cried out in horror.
"Don't worry, Mei. That just shows that if we are going to make those kinds of drones then we will have to make them more resilient." Melissa eased the pink-haired inventor. "I'm suggesting a sturdier, but lighter metal that won't interfere with the levitation and speed of the drones. Also, perhaps making few lines or possible weak spots that precise weapons like those shurikens can't land and destroy them. If we are to make these for law enforcement and Heroes, then we'll have to fix that mistakes so they can't be easily destroyed by bullets either."
Mei was taken aback for a moment when Melissa said 'we', as if suggesting that she would help her in making these babies too. With the same look of drive, passion, and ideas that she saw in Melissa's eyes, Mei smiled wide, feeling her friendship with the fellow inventor grow further, to her delight.
Meanwhile, while he enjoyed seeing the two inventors bond, the ugly feeling of jealousy, over hearing Melissa say to make stuff for other Heroes and people, resurge in his stomach, to his still confusion
Ryu landed on the ground, pulled out his Fiend's Bane Bow and fired a wave of high-speed arrows. Hiryu managed to dodge the arrows with even faster evasion that after-images of himself seem to appear where he was. Ryu prepares to fire another arrow, this time with a bomb attached to it, but Hiryu's plasma Cypher hummed as it was charged and he slashed forwards, the far longer blade of plasma slashing the bow and bomb destroying Ryu's bow, while also damaging the Hayabusa ninja from the explosion and blade.
"Woah, what was that?!" Pony exclaimed in shock and confusion. "It was way bigger than before!"
"The information on Strider says that the plasma blade can be extendable if he charges it up." Izuku answered, reviewing his notes. "That hum and pause was Hiryu charging Falchion up for the blade to reach the bomb and Ryu."
Hiryu charged at Ryu and slashed but met only air as Ryu teleported. Ryu appeared behind him and fired his Torn Sky Blast. Hiryu was hit by the blast and is sent to another room.
"Hey, that looked similar to that Hadoken that Akuma did." Nejire pointed out.
"Oh yeah, it did." Mirio nodded, remembering the battle-hungry Street Fighter and the Hadoken. "What a coincidence."
"I thought you were going to make a joke about that, Mirio." Tamaki muttered.
"Oh, come on, Tamaki." Mirio playfully shook his head and chided his best friend. "I'm disappointed. You know that my timing is-"
"Oh no." Nejire muttered in horror.
"A Cut above that!" Mirio punned with a wide smile.
There would be cricket chirps to fill the silence of the room, but unfortunately, Asui ate them all. Instead, Nejire and Tamaki face palmed, Mirio laughed, and Eri puffed her cheeks in a pout and smacked the back of Mirio's head.
"Bad Uncle Mirio!" Eri chided her surrogate Uncle. "Stop making bad puns!"
That actually got a laugh from the group, even from Mirio.
Hayabusa tried to stab Hiryu in the neck, but the future mercenary jumped over and clung to the wall with his climbing sickle. He climbed further upwards before jumping and dodging an attack from a pursuing Ryu. Hiryu slashing away the second attack from Hayabusa, sending him back to the opposite wall. Both ninjas jumped towards and attacked each other, striking and slashing at each other as they both ascended the building.
"This is so cool!" Kouta cheered at the fight, chopping his hands out and making karate sounds.
"Can you use your blades to climb too, Kamakiri?" Sero asked the insect looking teen.
"Yep." Kamakiri replied, responding by lifting his arm and producing another blade, this time curved to where the end was like a sickle. "Makes for easier mobility in an urban area."
Strider Hiryu is knocked upward, from the top of the unfished construction, seemingly the last person hit. He landed on the top floor of the construction site. The area around Hiryu became dim and black, and the ninja himself monotoned, a list, bordered by blue squares, showing Hiryu's Tech. The arrow scrolled down to use his medical tech to heal. Meanwhile, Ryu Hayabusa, who landed a moment later, healed as well with his ninpo.
"Good. Strider is healing himself while he has to opportunity, but Ryu likewise healed himself as quickly as he could." Recovery Girl commented. "On the field, you must heal or stabilize your wounds at the first chance you get when heavily injured, without risking further injury or blood loss."
Both prepared and fired their respective blasts of energy, connecting and causing a small explosion, knocking both backwards. Hayabusa bounced off the wall behind him and before recovery in a crouch while Hiryu is pushed back further.
"There's no escape! Legion!" Strider Hiryu roared out, an army of robotic panthers and hawks appearing and rushing towards Hayabusa.
"Yeah! More marvelous babies!" Mei cheered.
"Wait, aren't the rules of Death Battle that they can't use outside help?" Uraraka asked.
"The distinction between these drones, however, is that they are a part of Hiryu's arsenal as weapons, not just outside help like Battle Cat, another individual and outside force, would be to He-Man." Shoji answered. "If the drones were classified under outside help, then Ryu's shadow clone would have likewise fit those criteria."
As Stider's robotic animals charge at Ryu, the Hayabusa heir proceeded to destroy them all with a flurry of deadly slashes that turned the robotic animal army to scrap metal.
Mei wailed again in horror, to be quickly comforted by Izuku and Melissa.
Edgeshot nodded in respect and approval of his Hayabusa counterpart and his defensive attack. It reminded him of his Pulp-Thread Throttle move, where he would repeatedly pierce multiple targets as a pointed string before coiling and reforming to slash his targets.
Hayabusa rushed to attack, but Hiryu jumped out of the way, charging up the Cypher in midair. With a twist of his body and a slash of his sword, several Plasma arrows fired from the Falchion towards Hayabusa. Ryu flipped past them and jumped onto the bottom of a crane.
"That's so cool!" Izuku gazed in awe before turning his attention to Kamakiri. "Kamakiri, could you be able to do something similar? Like detach your blades from your body just as you swing them forwards to that they can be turned into a projectile?"
Kamakiri froze and looked at the fellow green-haired teen with shock, and a little disturbed. "U-uh no." Kamakiri stuttered, disturbed as much as he was intrigued at the idea. "I-I never really thought about that before." To Kamakiri, his blades were like a part of his body. Retractable more destroyable, but still a part of his body. So, the notion of somehow detaching his blades from his body was something that didn't really think about, and now that he did, was almost disturbing for him to contemplate.
Hiryu latched up onto the same crane with his sickles and jumped further up. Ryu created several swirling fireballs and launched them at him. Hiryu dispersed them with a swing of his sword, as he landed fully on the crane. Ryu jumped onto top of the crane, across from Strider.
The music picked up and grew louder as both ninjas stood their ground, the screen narrowing and showing them staring at each other. They rushed at each other; their feet shown as they ran like swift ninjas.
"Oh, it's like in that teaser for their fight!" Mineta pointed out. "This must be the final attack!"
"It all comes down to this!" Sero cheered on the edge of his seat.
They leapt into the air and sailed towards one another, the violin of the music going faster and faster before it reached its climax, as the two swung at each other, a resulting ching sound resonating as they flew past each other.
Nezu and Izuku grinned as they knew what happened, while Edgeshot closed his eyes and lowered his head
They both landed on the ground, nothing happening for a few seconds of silence that had the audience on the edges of the seats. Until blood sprouted from Hayabusa, wounded by a large cut.
"YES! /NO!" The two sides of group cheered/wailed.
"Time to end this! RAGNAROK!" Strider Hiryu declared, his body vanishing, before unleashing a series of hyper fast, deadly slashes from all sides and angles at Hayabusa. Hiryu then strikes Hayabusa from above, slamming and pile driving the mystical ninja straight through the crane and the roof, before he kept going through all the building's stories to the base of the skyscraper, crashing onto the ground with a sickening crunch.
Flipping off of the now crunched and slashed dead Hayabusa, Strider Hiryu vanishes, his deed complete.
K.O.!
As one of Hiryu's hawks dropped a grenade on Ryu's corpse, blowing into ashes, Strider Hiryu leaves the top of the building using his glider.
"HAHA!" Kamakiri yelled in victory.
"GOD DAMMIT!" Bakugou cursed in defeat.
"SUCK IT BAKADOUCHE!" Kamakiri laughed and taunted in victory. "THE SUPERIOR HIGH TECH NINJA WON! EAT SHIT!"
Bakugou's eyes glowed red with anger, his forehead veins twitching and almost leapt to charge at the taunting Kamakiri.
"That's enough!" Aizawa yelled, wrapping the two boys in his scarf and nullifying their Quirks with his Erasure Quirk. What proceeded was a scolding by the both the 1-A and 1-B teachers and threatening detention for the whole week and next week if they kept this up and attacked each other.
"Ragnar-owned!" Boomstick declared.
"HAHA! That was clever!" Miruko laughed. "Oh, Takami's gonna love this."
"By the will of the gods, that man must not be allowed to know about this." Edgeshot grumbled, respecting the outcome of the fight, but not accepting for this to be revealed to that squawking annoyance. Much to the pros' amusement.
"This fight was very close, and Ryu's ninpo was certainly a match for Hiryu's gadgets." Wiz began explaining the results.
"Truly a stalemate between the mystic might of magic and the sheer strength of advance technology." Tokoyami sagely proclaimed.
Reiko tried her best to not shiver, at least noticeably, from Tokoyami's words that sounded so mysterious and sagely from his deep voice. Unfortunately, nothing escapes the watchful, detaching eyes of the grinning Setsuna Tokage.
"But Ryu's enormous arsenal was useless against the Cypher, that thing cutting up any weapon he had and firing back with ease." Boomstick explained.
"The only weapon that can stand up to the Cypher was his True Dragon Sword, but even then, while it can cut through people and drones like butter, Hiryu does the same with his bare hands." Wiz explained.
"This guy can make a wicked sandwich." Boomstick joked.
"What they mean to say it that Strider Hiryu's physical strength was far stronger than Ryu Hayabusa's." Momo simplified.
"Also, while Ryu can deflect and evade automatic fire, even from helicopters, Strider can dodge personalized anti-aircraft bullets." Boomstick pointed out as well.
"True." Snipe nodded. "While guns and missiles from a helicopter are no joke, if those Shadow Tag bullets, that are meant to shoot down Strider's like him, can't touch him, then barely anything could."
"If you consider the differences in speed, this means Hiryu is at least 43% faster." Wiz analyzed, showing that Anti-Air Fire fired at 1,220 miles per second, or 4,000 FPS, while Auto Fire only reached 855 miles per second, or 2,800 FPS. "Ultimately, Hiryu surpasses Ryu in strength, speed, and weaponry."
"When it comes to a clash against ninjas, ultimately, the victor is decided not by the amount of hits, but one final, clean, and swift kill." Edgeshot said. "The same goes for Heroes, the difference in a battle can all rely on one swift and powerful attack."
Izuku and the students nodded, the later of whom remembered his battle against Muscular. The battle hungry monster of a man has leveled the floor with him in their fight, his own attacks not doing anything to the villain's reinforced muscles and even a single strike from him breaking his arm. He only was able to defeat the madman by going beyond his usual 100% Smashes and unleashed a powerful 1,000,000% Delaware Detroit Smash that blew through the villain's defenses and knocked him out with one final hit.
"But Wiz, what about that Grip of Murder that made him stronger and invincible." Boomstick said, imitating a whiny fanboy.
"While the Ancient Slavic Curse does make Ryu practically unstoppable, he was relieved of the curse after his confrontation and victory against Theodore, so he wouldn't have access to it anymore." Wiz explained. "But even if we did give it to him, Hiryu could have used the Charge Mode, a power-up that likewise enhances his strength, speed, and range of the Cypher, which, while it lasts quicker, would easily allow him to keep up with the Grip of Murder and recuperate, or just teleport away."
"Looks like Strider just floored Hayabusa." Boomstick punned.
"Eh, not the best, but alright." Mic replied, waving his hand in a 'so-so' manner.
"It's at least better than yours and that woman's jokes." Aizawa disses his longtime friend and Miss Joke, that latter of whom made Aizawa shiver in fright.
"The winner is Strider Hiryu." Wiz declared.
Claps sounded for the good fight between the two ninjas, with even Edgeshot bowing in respect of both himself and Hawks's counterpart.
The resulting claps finally awoken Kaminari, who groggily got up from his slump position in his seat. "Uaaagh." Kaminari yawned as he awoke. "What happened? Everything went black. Did I-" He noticed that the Death Battle doors of the video closed, signifying the end of the fight that Kaminari just remembered what it was about. "DAMMIT! Why didn't you guys wake me up?!"
"Sorry, bro, but the power of the pan compelled us." Sero defended themselves.
"Girls. Truly terrifying, merciless creature, they are." Mineta returned to a fetal position, looking like he had just seen Hell. "So hot, but so menacing!"
"And we will give you a reminder if you keep perving on us, you creep!" Kyoka warned, making both Mineta and Kaminari scream and jump in fright.
As they laughed at how the two pervs were terrified of Kyoka and her frying pan, Izuku's mind returned to back to the middle of the fight, and the weird feelings he felt.
'Still, why was I feeling so jealous about Mei or Melissa making stuff for other Heroes?' Izuku continued to ask himself about his ill feelings from earlier. 'They are Support Item makers and inventors, promising ones at that. Of course, they would make stuff for other Heroes and people...So why do I feel this way?'
"Hey, Papa? Do you like my Mama's?" Eri's words from last night flashed in his mind. "I think you like them. And I think you should tell them. I'm sure they like you too!"
Izuku's eyes widened, a surprised and awed look of clarity on his face. 'I-Is that it? D-Do I truly have feelings for Mei and Melissa?' Izuku asked himself in growing realization. 'And not just Mei and Melissa, but the other girls too?' His mind centered mostly on images of the girls of his class, Uraraka, Momo, Asui, Mina, Kyoka, and Toru, Nejire, and Setsuna Every single image made his heart race and blood boil in desire. 'W-Was Eri right? Ugh, what is happening with me today?'
"Hey, Deku, are you okay?" Uraraka's voice snapped Deku out of his thoughts. He turned to look at the pink-cheek girl, looking concerned. "Another headache?"
Deku quickly blushed and shook his head. "N-No, of course not!" He quickly tried to wave away her worries. "I was just thinking of the fight and what sort of techniques and skills we could use for both me and you girls for our training together! Hehehe!"
"Oh! Okay!" Uraraka perked up and smiled brightly. "I'm glad you are feeling better!"
Deku's eyes widened, staring at Uraraka with wonder and fascination, his heart racing faster and blood boiling hotter. He managed to smile back. Izuku then felt a tug on his shirt from below. He looked down to see Eri looking at him with a knowing look and wide, gleeful smile. Izuku instantly knew that she knows what he was feeling and showed her support for him again. Izuku smiled warmly at her and patted and rubbed her head, to her delight, leaning onto the touch of his hand like a cat.
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick announced for the next fighters.
Royal, Victorian music began playing as a pair of purple and golden armored boots appeared on screen, slowly panning up to the rest of the clearly feminine figure as images of a voluptuously shaped figure of woman danced and spun around with what looked like spiked whip. The woman's figure jumped to her hourglass figure covered in a very revealing outfit, showcasing her midriff and lots of cleavage of her massive breasts. The full figure of the woman was revealed to a short white-haired goddess of a woman with a bladed whip connected to a sword handle she raised above her head, sexually. Her name appeared beside her: Ivy.
"I'll teach you to Behave!" Ivy declared, as she launched her whip onto some enemy.
Everyone's eyes practically went dinner plate sized. Streams of steam practically shot out of the noses and ears of 90% of the male population in the room, with only All Might, Endeavor, Nezu, Aizawa, Tiger, and Edgeshot having such fortitude calm themselves. Even Midoriya wasn't immune practically turned into a tomato and stuttering like crazy. It was the saving grace of Mirio that managed to cover Eri's eyes.
The pervs of Mineta, Kaminari, Awase, and Kosei were practically panting like a pair of drooling, starving dogs, blood trickling down their noses. Kouta himself blushed bright red, feeling a weird and odd stirring in his mind and loins he only felt since accidentally staring at the nude girls of Class 1-A back at the Training Camp.
Hell, even Iida was affected...but only for a few seconds before he exploded. And not in that way.
"WHAT THE DEVIL IS THIS DEBAUCHERY?!" Iida roared out; his half his blushing face visible by his hand covering his eyes while other achieved lightspeed levels of arm chopping. "
The woman was so attractive that even the girls were left blushing, though it was quickly followed by vengeful jealousy. Seeing Midoriya's reaction made the Sisterhood girls red-eyed and snarling like Bakugou. Ibara looked absolutely scandalized and even raging jealous after a certain explosive blonde looked affected. The rest of the 1-B girls did not look so pleased either when their own crushes also looked half-close to drooling over the woman.
Mount Lady's and Pixie Bob's eyes twitched in jealousy before having the inclination to stare towards Midnight, followed up by the rest of the female pro population.
Midnight noticed the stares, but ignored them, assure that they believe that this dominatrix looking woman was perhaps her counterpart given their shared...sensual nature.
The screen turned black as new music played. "Killer! Killer! Oooh! She's a Killer!" Sang a song as another womanly figure was slowly being revealed, this one in green thigh-high leggings, a green and yellow trimmed and slightly less revealing leotard, the beautiful woman's black hair reaching her shoulder, yellow earrings in her ears and headband around her forehead, and wielding twin tonfas. Her name also appeared beside her: Orchid.
The image that followed was the woman, back turned from the group, unzipping the front of her leotard to reveal it to a black man with boxing gloves and boxing attire, who exclaimed in shock before slumping to the ground dead.
The guys were practically reduced to train engines and half close to passing out from blood loss, the girls appeared half ready to murder these women, and Iida and Ibara looked about to explode in righteous fury.
The two women were shown side by side.
Ivy vs Orchid
Mineta practically launched himself over to Mei with the control, and perhaps satiate his lust by grabbing a feel of Mei's large boobs. "PLAY THAT VIDEO NOW! I NEED TO SEE THESE GODD-URK!" He was caught in midair, hand wrapping around his neck that it almost blocked his airway. Mineta looked fearfully at the owner of the hand and found the Devil himself. Or what he thought was it.
Most of Izuku's face was shadowed but the crackling, storming electricity around him, the dark green, malevolent aura, and his wide, cold, raging eyes, a tinge of pink swirling in his glowing emerald orbs, staring at him like he was scum of the earth.
Mineta almost shit himself.
"I-I-I-I m-m-mean...with full respect...urk...please continue with...these lovely videos so...we can learn more about these women's bod-urk-"The hand around Mineta's throat tightened. "I MEAN...abilities...their abilities and skills so we can...urk...grow stronger and smarter..."
Satisfied, Izuku set Mineta back down onto his seat, the purple pervert gasping for air. He looked up and saw an even more terrifying sight than before: Izuku's smiling face, looking like an angel made in human form. "Thank you, Mineta, for understanding how such behavior is intolerable and disturbing for the girls and even guys of this group." Izuku said in a sickeningly sweet voice. "I'm sure I won't have to repeat what I will do if you step out of line. Will I?" His face morphed back into nightmare mode.
"N-N-No, sir!" Mineta stuttered out in pure fear.
"Great!" Izuku said, switching back to angel mode and returning to his seat, leaving behind a scared Mineta, back in fetal position and sucking on his thumb.
The sight they saw easily turned off any desire and lust the boys had stirring in them, as they all shivered in fright like they were out in the middle of a blizzard, shirtless. Even Bakugou looked like he was holding back his futile attempts at shaking. Though they felt that this lost lust and desire will likely return swiftly as they proceed.
The girls, while grateful for Midoriya's actions, were also likewise terrified at how he can go from such a nightmarish appearance to an even more terrifying sweet face. And to the girls of the Sisterhood, it was also, surprisingly, very arousing. Though, shaking their own lust off, they stared at each other with suspicion and worry, their thoughts turning back to the aphrodisiac laced coffee.
The adults were likewise left shaking, surprisingly from the affect that Midoriya produced, that it almost made them feel weak in the knees. In more ways than one for some of the female side of the Pros. Despite their desire to discipline Mineta and Midoriya, even, strange urge wafted over them, like a presence urging them to ignore what happened, and it worked to an effective degree. That last trace of this feeling was devilish chuckling that was mischief personified.
All Might however shivered in horror, only seeing that kind of pressure and terrifying presence of a face in one person before, and he is currently guarded deep within Tartaros.
Mirio managed to shake from his stupor and realize something. "You know, I don't think that this video might be appropriate for Eri and Kouta, so I'm just gonna take them outside to pass the time." Mirio announced. "Midoriya, could you stay here so Mineta can keep his promise?"
"Sure." Izuku said, still in his sweet face mode. He dropped to his knees to face Kouta and Eri. "Please behave yourself out there and you come back after we finish this video, okay?"
While Kouta and Eri pouted in slight protest about missing another fight, they nodded their heads in agreement. Quickly, they raced outside, with Mirio running to catch up with them. "Hey, kids, who wants to play, Hide & Seek?!"
As they left and he sat down, Izuku turned back to Mei and smiled at her motioning his hands for her to play the next video at her wish. Mei quickly shook off her blush and looked up to Nezu and who gave her the thumbs up.
Without further ado, and the eagerness of the guys, Mei pressed the button for the next video.
Notes:
AAAAAANNNNNDDDD SCENE! Oh, and for those of you that have a problem with my anime comedy spoof of Mineta and the pervs being hilariously punished for their pervert ways and want me to stop, I will let old Cap say my thoughts: "No, no I don't think I will."
The one thing I will apologize is for not having enough new info over Hayabusa, as I am not familiar with Ninja Gaiden all that much and had to look up that part of the Grip of Murder.
Otherwise, hope you guys liked the chapter, and my decision for Eri and Kouta Not to see the most otherwise sexual video in this entire franchise. Also, Nezu seems to be onto the HPSC and their shady business with Lady Nagant and Hawks, Edgeshot is dreading Hawks finding out about this, Kaminari missed out on the whole thing, Mineta is making cringe Toast jokes, and Midoriya keeps showing that at his most angry, and possibly drugged, state is Terror Incarnate that would make his counterpart Kratos give a Batman-style thumbs up. Also, that little jingle that Eri sang when she rubbed Midoriya's head was actually something my mom and grandma always sang when I was young and had an injury, though it makes more sense in Spanish than here.
Also, yes, I have seen the latest chapter of the manga...I...don't know how to feel about it...but I'm not fully convinced that He is dead yet. This is a Shonen Manga we are talking about and it's My Hero Academia we are talking about and it HE who we are talking about. I'm not convinced until they burn his body to ashes and suck them into a black hole.
But anyways, onto the counterparts and their explanations. First, Strider Hiryu. With him, I felt there was no better counterpart than Hawks. As stated before, both were taken in by a somewhat shady organization and trained to the bone to become an elite warrior of their design and control, one a A-Class Strider and the other the now Number 2 Hero in all of Japan. And both were tasked to commit rather scummy and messed up tasks, one to kill his own sister and the other to infiltrate the League of Villains by any means necessary, including murdering Twice and almost having us believe he murdered Best Jeanist. Plus, Hiryu has those robot Hawks, eh get it, and Hawks can turn his feathers into wings that, with the right combination such as fire or supersonic sounds, can be a deadly blade like the Cypher.
Plus plus, the both have Striders that they have a history with, Hiryu with his sister, Mariya, who was also a Strider messed with by the organization or part of it that served, and Hawks with Lady Nagant, his predecessor as another government-sponsored Hero that did shady and despicable work for them. And while one went insane by experimentation, the other almost went crazy for all the murders she had to commit.
As for Ryu and Edgeshot, when making this, I felt it would be a travesty that the one Literal Ninja of all of MHA wasn't counterparts with at least one of these two ninjas, and Hayabusa was the best call. I mean, go to the MHA wiki, search up Edgeshot, and look at his civilian outfit design and I could not stop picturing Hayabusa. And they share a similar speech and personality, both are swift, precise, and deadly warriors, one a badass demon slaying ninja, and another a Top Ten Pro Hero that can stand up to All for One, for a short while, and not die.
Anyways, hoped you guys liked this chapter, and the considerable effort on my part to write this up so soon after the previous chapter, to show my gratitude for the support that you guys and gals have shown me for so long. And because my birthday was recent so there's that. Check out my other stories if you like, keep each other safe and healthy, especially with still out there virus and monkeypox, comment who you think will counterparts in the future, how much more punishment will make Mineta and Kaminari endure just to spite my naysayers, and because it's funny, and keep being chill and civil with me and each other.
This has been Zayden StormVoid, and now, I'm off to wait for House of the Dragon and Tekken Bloodline to come out and for Rings of Power to be the dumpster fire disaster it is sure to be. See ya later Gators!
Chapter 30: Ivy vs Orchid
Summary:
The U.A. group prepares for a 'flashy' and tantalizing Killer brawl of a different Calibur.
Notes:
SAID YOU KEEP ME SAFE, NOW YOU'RE TEARING DOWN! AM I LAID TO WASTE, NOW THAT YOU'RE NOT AROUND?! COME AND LEAVE YOUR MAAARRRRK! VANDALIZE MY HEEAAARRRT!
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Oh, sorry, I've been binging the song since it came out in full and, for the life of me, I can't stop singing a fire song that sounds like something that came out of the early 2000's. As a Sonic fan, I hope that Frontiers thus well, but I'm skeptical. I know it has brutal competition with God of War: Ragnarok, saw the trailer and it looks amazing, but what Sonic has in advantage is being released on All gaming platforms, not just Playstation.
Oh, and also, because I forgot to mention this in my other story, my prayers go out to the royal family at the passing of Queen Elizabeth. I had a great grandma, sweet, fragile, yet kind lady that also passed away several years ago, and just when she was close to turning 100. Te Amo, Abuelita! Again, my prayers and sympathies to the royal family and the whole of Britain, too, for your loss. And hey, one of these characters is English nobility, so my best way to pay tribute.
Also, by the time of this release My Hero Academia's 6th season has started with its 1st episode and so far, I'm impressed and hopeful. I was expecting an anime exclusive catch-up episode like the ones before, but nope we are just getting right into the action of the War Arc and I am so excited. The opening song is alright with me but the opening itself looks awesome and I hope they do this Arc justice because it is by far one of the best arcs in My Hero Academia. Fingers crossed for more awesomeness.
Anyways, welcome back to MHA watches Death Battle with another chapter, with this one upping the sexual and mature stuff up to 11, and that's just by the Death Battle alone. Last time, we had them reacting to the badass ninjas, Ryu Hayabusa and Strider Hiryu, with Edgeshot in focus just in time for his most relevant actions in the manga, man my timing is scaringly perfect. We also had the girls panicking over their botched plan of the aphrodisiac and wondering who drank it (like we don't all already know), Kaminari missed the entire video for being cringe, Mineta quoted Disguised Toast's funniest joke, a flash of Danger Sense has Eri adorably treat her Papa to an English version of my childhood nursery rhyme, Edgeshot is left in terror of the coming taunts and jokes from Hawks when he finds out his counterpart won against his, and Lady Nagant has gotten two counterparts in a roll and Nezu had been left suspicious. Will this trend continue? Let's watch a see.
But first, I have a question for you all that I have already said in both Welcome to the MCU and My Hero Pokedamia. This revolves around my fanfic writing in general. Usually, I switch over to one of my three stories because of a flow of inspiration and creativity, like a muse. However, two story ideas have appeared in my head that have kept my inner muse occupied and distracted. One is a Spider-Man/Mortal Kombat crossover fanfic and the other, thanks to House of the Dragon, is a Game of Throne/Star Wars one.
Now, I haven't worked on them, and all I have are notes and ideas that I wrote down before they disappeared forever, but I don't want to actually write them myself because I'm already distracted enough with my three stories and don't want them to suffer longer update lengths by adding two new stories to the mix.
So instead, I thought, maybe someone else can have a crack on them. So, I'm putting this Star Wars/Game of Thrones and Spider-Man/Mortal Kombat story ideas up for adoption and looking for fellow fanfic writers that would want a crack at writing them. I already have the basic summary and outline of events for both stories, key points that need to stay the same, and the writer or writers who gets the fics can change and influence the story to how they see fit. I won't be the one working on them directly, for the reasons I have already stated, and it would be more on the writer who is willing to take it. So, please, if there are any fanfic writers with time on their hands and interested, send me a private message on my FFN site so that we can discuss this further.
And now, the Index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wiz or Flashback Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick, Dark Shadow, and buff All Might Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, Combatant, or fight Dialogue
And finally, I do Not own My Hero Academia, property of Horikoshi and Bones Studios, who better not disappoint with Season 6 *cracks knuckles*, nor do I own Death Battle, which belongs to Roosterteeth and the similarly named Youtube channel, and I also don't own the franchises mentioned in the past, present, and future chapters.
Now Enough Talk! It's Time For A DEATH BATTTTLLLLLLEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
With a press of a button, the next video began playing with the Death Battle music and title.
"When it comes to the tantalizing femme fatale, these two combatants are the pinnacle of beauty and brawn." Wiz began the video. "Not to mention, well endowed."
Previously, Midoriya's demonic presence scared the desire and lust for the two deadly females right off the guys but felt that it wouldn't take long in this video to regain those emotions. After seeing an image of the woman warriors pressing their large assets against each other, they came quicker than they thought.
What also came in quickly was the wave of jealous competition and disheartening defeat from the girl's side of the room. Even Momo, Melissa, Nejire, and Itsuka, who all felt, and believed, their assets were the largest of their group of girls, felt inadequate compared to the two stunning women.
And this feeling translated over to their more mature counterparts, the most obvious of which being Mount Lady and Pixie Bob. The two always felt that their looks were a big part of their image and worked meticulously to keep them. Mandalay and Ragdoll could attest to it, recalling how long it usually took Pixie Bob to prepare for the day whenever they went out, either for work or whatever. Speaking of whom, Mandalay only had the tiniest bit of bitterness towards the two ladies on screen but quickly waved off such jealousy as beneath her. Ragdoll and Miruko couldn't give a crap, the former not too stingy on looks and the latter completely confident in her appeal and only cared for her work. Ryukyu and Thirteen were also on the same boat, with only a subtle look at their bodies saying otherwise.
Meanwhile, Midnight looked way more fired up compared to the others. Though not out of jealousy, but rather the spirit of competition on who was the sexiest Pro Heroine, something that often was the cause for her and Takeyama's rivalry. Now, these two women seemed to challenge her metaphorically throne and she looked almost delighted at the challenge.
That fiery aura that she exuded was the main cause for many of her male co-workers to inch away.
Boomstick chuckled perversely. "Ivy Valentine, the sexy dominatrix from Soul Calibur." Boomstick introduced the first fighter.
"And-" "The government spy, Black Orchid from Killer Instinct!" Boomstick cut Wiz off as he also introduced the second fighter. "Sorry, I'm excited!"
"Oh boy." Ojiro sighed, trying to calm down the blush on his cheeks. "Looks like Boomstick is going to be extra...well, Boomstick in this one."
"You mean perverted, explicit, and annoying." Kyoka groaned out, fully expecting the worst. Speaking of which, she turned her gaze over towards the resident perverts of her class, Mineta and Kaminari, and raised her pan with a threatening glint in her eyes and a suggestive point towards Midoriya. The two got the message and nodded their heads at Iida-arm-chopping levels of speeds. Kyoka and the other girls were already betting how long the two would last.
"Well, at least if they get out of hand, Midoriya can always just knock them to the ground again." Tsuyu spoke up. "Right Midoriya? Midoriya?"
Midoriya's lack of an answer prompted for the other girls to see that Midoriya...wasn't looking too hot. His blush was bright and burning, his eyes struggled between lingering on the deadly dominatrix and spy and looking away, even to the point where he tried to block most of his face with his hand.
"Izuku? Are you alright?" Melissa asked, slightly worried.
"W-What?" Izuku asked, finally hearing them, shaking his head. "S-Sorry, my...my mind was um elsewhere."
"We asked if you are okay." Uraraka pressed the question, looking also worried.
"Oh! W-Well, I'm fine, really." Izuku replied, trying to reply with his best attempt at a smile, which came off forced and twitching. "J-Just a little um...hot under the collar, I guess. Must have been something I drank earlier." Izuku's leg was rapidly tapping on the ground.
The girls looked to have turned into statues with agape mouths and their horrified expressions shadowed in a comical deadpan. 'N-No... he didn't...but...maybe...' Was the thought process behind the Sisterhood girls, all coming to a horrifying possibility that Midoriya drank the aphrodisiac coffee.
Those possibilities seemed to be getting more and more likely.
"I'm Wiz and he's Boomstick," Wiz cleared his throat and continued "And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!"
As the video continued, the girls decided, so nothing seemed amiss, to not immediately pause the video and confront the issue of Midoriya, and instead to let the video continue, but carefully gauge Midoriya's reactions and respond to it accordingly if it just so happened to be true.
As royal Victorian music began playing, the first fighter appeared and... well, the fears and excited expectations of the audience were met. The beautiful, voluptuous body of the adopted aristocrat was shown in very lewd and revealing armor and clothing that served to rev up the engines of the boys and draw bitter glares and embarrassed blushes from the girls. Various outfits were shown on her, but most had a similar design of dark purple, gold trimmed outfits ranging from dominatrix-styled clothing to a leotard, the most common. These outfits also held a similarly theme of revealing plenty of her fair skin and desirable assets, most prominently her inner and outer hips, thighs and ass, her shoulders, sometimes her slim, perfect waist, and her MASSIVE breasts that seemed to strain on every choice of clothing or lack thereof. Another major staple that was prominent throughout every variation are her dazzling purple eyes, short length silver hair, asymmetrical bangs mostly covering her left eye, red lipstick and eye shadow, golden armored heels, purple gloves that reached down to her biceps, her left shoulder covered completely in a golden pauldron with claws for a hand, and a red and golden sword that would segment and stretch out into a bladed whip.
Steam practically fired from nearly all the noses and ears of the boys, even Kirishima and Tetsutetsu seemed affected given their bright blushes, something Itsuka did not appreciate. Even Bakugou, Todoroki, and Shinsou looked affected, the three normally absent-minded teens, when it comes to women and romance, held brightening faces and a strong desire to not look away. These reactions likewise cause grumbling feelings of jealousy in Ibara, Pony, and Yui.
Mineta and Kaminari already looked like they devolved into a pair of starving hounds with their drooling mouths, though the imminent fear of Demon Deku thankfully kept them in check, but for how long?
Kyoka also tried to wipe away the small ounce of blood that trickled down her nose, as subtly as possible.
Even the adult males were affected, like steam erupting out of Mic's nose as he whistled. Though, Endeavor and All Might manage to pry their eyes away from the woman's impressive figure, turning their thoughts and desires onto two certain women, one white-haired and the other green-haired.
And finally, with Midoriya, he looked like his head had become a tomato. 'Shit! Calm down, Izuku!' Midoriya repeated like a mantra in his head, while his head felt increasingly fuzzy and on fire. 'Behave yourself. You spent all this time berating Mineta for being a perve, now it not the time to be a hypocrite and act like him!' Though Midoriya felt like it was losing battle with that fuzzy feeling making him sear the images of the woman into his brain. 'Maybe I should have gone outside with the kids and Mirio.'
Ivy Valentine
"Behave." Ivy declared as she swiped and launched an enemy into the air with her sword, before extending her sword out to pierce them and slam them into ground, only to repeat the same string of attacks. "Behave!"
"Oh, I would behave for you any day, lady." Kaminari muttered quietly before clasping his mouth shut, doing his best not to look at Kyoka or Midoriya, afraid they heard and looking would prompt punishment.
"Left on the doorstep of a London mansion, the infant Isabella was adopted and raised by the noble house of Valentine." Wiz began, showing a classic Victorian-era styled mansion and a family portrait of the Valentine family, including her Ivy herself, still young and innocent.
"So, she's British nobility." Melissa said, inspecting the younger, more refined Isabella.
"Hard to believe such a refined looking and proper lady would grow up to be like someone Miss Midnight would idolize." Momo muttered.
"I heard that!" Midnight shouted.
"Little did they know she'd grow up to be this deadly dominatrix." Boomstick chuckled, the group practically feeling him rubbing his hands together as they showed an adult image of Ivy with her arms outstretched above her and another of Ivy swinging her sword around while her massive tits jiggled tantalizingly. "Oh, daddy must be so proud."
"Can he not make it weirder?" Momo pinched the bridge of her nose.
"I don't think so." Kyoka shook her head.
"Well, he's dead, so there's that." Wiz clarified.
BACKGROUND
Full Name: Countess Isabella Valentine
Height: 177.8 cm/ 5'10"
Weight: 58 kg/ 128 lbs.
Age: 49 (Physically 32)
Hometown: London
Daughter of Cervantes
Fighting Style: Self-Taught
Goal: Destroy Soul Edge
A Dominatrix for no real reason
"Both her father and mother died while searching for the legendary Soul Edge, an ordinary sword that after being bathed in blood and hatred eventually turned in into the demonic, parasitic, soul devouring blade it is today." Wiz explained, showing a massive cleaver of a sword with a demonic red and yellow eye in the middle.
"Demonic?!" Ibara exclaimed, looking at the large sword with an eye. She immediately clasped her hands together as if about to pray for protection.
"A sword that turned into a demon?" Sen scratched at his head. "After being bathed in blood and hatred?"
"I have to admit, that sounds metal as Hell." Kamakiri muttered.
"Maybe the blood and hatred it was bathed in was related to other demons or mystical creatures or beings." Kirishima proposed an answer. "I mean, like an evil wizard was struck by the blade and he put an evil curse on it and the wielder in his last dying breathe as revenge."
"I guess." Tetsutetsu shrugged. "All I know is that blade looks awesome."
"Shame though that her parents died trying to find it." Sato pointed out.
"Or worse, they did." Kuroiro grimly added.
"This doomed pursuit left Isabella, or Ivy, as their sole legacy." Wiz continued. "Her only remaining parent is her birth father, the pirate Cervantes, who is a zombie...Sometimes." Wiz showed an image of Cervantes, both as a ruggedly handsome silver haired and bearded pirate draped in crimson and purple garbs, and another with him looking like an undead man and another him taking off his face to reveal a fiery skull. A 'What' appeared between the undead zombie visage and normal appearance.
"Is that a pirate sword...that's hilt is also a gun?" Itsuka questioned.
"I love that he said her baby daddy was a zombie pirate, and the gun sword is what you asked about." Setsuna chuckled.
"Well then, good call on the baby dumpster donation." Boomstick commented. "Zombie pirates don't make good fathers, especially demonically influenced, rapist, zombie pirates."
"Quite the unfortunate origin of her birth." Edgeshot mentioned, feeling pity and sympathy for both Ivy and whoever unfortunate soul as the target of Cervantes's horrible actions.
"Believe me, I know."
"...What?" Wiz did a double take.
"I second that, what?" Mina also did a double take.
"I think perhaps Boomstick is simply making a joking comparison to not having a good father figure in his life." Momo pointed out.
"Oh. That would explain a lot." Hagakure admitted, finding Boomstick's...attributes to be more explainable.
Even in his fuzzed state, Midoriya flinched at the mention of bad father figures. His thoughts turning to Hisashi Midoriya, his father in nothing but biology, the Father that abandoned him and his mother the first chance he got after he was revealed to be Quirkless.
This rage and hatred towards his biological father brought his mind back to last night, and his thoughts over All Might, his surrogate father figure, potentially dating his mother, like Thor and Superman dating Jane Foster and Lois Lane. With this train of thought, and the confused feelings associated with it, only served to exacerbate the burning feeling in his head and the shameful and lustful urges and thoughts he was trying desperately to hold back.
"Ivy also has some awfully great, um...magic." Boomstick quickly continued the analysis, paying no heed to Wiz's confusion.
MAGIC
Alchemy
-Lab-Based
-Instrumental in creating her snake sword
-Not typically for combat
-Used in some special moves
Summoning Magic
-Sphere Traps
-Magic Fire
-Nightmare's hand
Acasual Paradox Critical Edge
Grand Alchemy Critical Finish
Artificial Homunculus Soul
"Her father was a skilled alchemist, and Ivy took up his research to find and destroy Soul Edge." Wiz revealed, Ivy shown creating an alchemy sigil in the air behind her that trapped her foe in a binding trap of alchemy sigils.
"Alchemy, huh." Melissa said, cupping her chin. "The medieval precursor to chemistry."
"So, magic chemistry?" Mina asked.
"Sort of." Melissa replied. "Alchemy was like, in some cases, a proto-form of chemistry given their similarities to transmuting and changing elements into others, like lead to gold. However, alchemy was based mostly on mystical and spiritual views of reality where chemistry sheds the mysticism with logic, scientific facts, and understanding."
"I guess alchemy here is more logical and factual than we thought." Setsuna shrugged.
Tokoyami, Reiko, and Kuroiro all perked up and excited for such a mysterious and often times dark magic to be shown.
"From magical burning to alchemy bondage, Ivy's got the perfect way to 'deal' with her foes." Boomstick told his perverted joke.
"So, she can use her alchemy for projectile based attacks with pyrokinesis and entrapping capabilities with those bondage spells." Uraraka muttered, cringing at saying that last part. She noticed a distinct lack of muttering and scribbling, and turned to see Izuku, uncharacteristically, not writing in his notebooks. "Deku?" Uraraka spoke.
Izuku registered her voice and turned to her. "Yeah, Uraraka?" Deku replied, looking slightly brighter than before.
"How come you aren't writing this down?" Uraraka asked, worried and suspicious. "Usually, when something interesting like this is shown you would write it down and muttering."
"Oh, I-I forgot, I guess." Izuku responded, rubbing his neck. "I guess I was just feeling a little tired and woozy. Thanks for reminding me, Uraraka."
While Izuku shook himself off to quickly write down the info, his response and appearance quickly rang several alarm bells in the Sisterhood girl's heads, several now coming to a forgone conclusion.
'But how did this happen?' Momo questioned herself, trying to recall the events that transpired this morning to see how Midoriya could have possible drunken Mineta's coffee.
"She taught herself summoning and alchemy rituals, which she used to forge her unique sword: the Valentine." Wiz continued, slightly disturbed.
VALENTINE
-Snake Sword
Formerly called "Ivy Blade"
Alternates between sword & whip
Max whip length: 9 cm/ 30 ft
Can use Guard Impacts
Can perform Edge Attack
Granted life by Soul Edge
Critical Finish & Edge Moves
Definitely not for novice swordsmen
Ivy launched her Valentine in a forward thrust, snagging a woman with a shield and sword, dragging her towards the magical dominatrix, thrusting the sword through the woman's stomach, before wrenching it out and tossing her away behind her.
"Jesus." Mount Lady cursed, rubbing her stomach where the woman was stabbed through.
"The Valentine is an extendable snake sword with a stupid name." Boomstick said, the Valentine shown in its regular form and in its extended blade whip form. "It should've been called, "Deadly as Fuck" since it works just like a normal sword, but with a flick of Ivy's wrist, it turns into a nine-meter-long whip of blades."
"Interesting." Iida scratched his chin. "A combination of a regular sword for short range combat, mixed with long combat in its whip form."
"And it can also entrap and grab onto far away targets and restrain them." Asui added. "And with those blades around the whip, it would incentivize the captured enemy not to move or get slashed or impaled by the blades. Ribbit."
"That's...a rather dark look on it." Uraraka muttered, a sweatdrop over her head.
"I'm liking this woman's style more and more." Midnight licked at her lips. "Making me want to tango with this bitch more and more."
Aizawa, Mic, and the rest of the teachers didn't know what kind of 'tango' Midnight implied, but whatever it was, they agreed that it would be best to be as far away from it as possible, if it happened.
Surprisingly, or rather unsurprisingly given the circumstances, it was Midoriya who imagined the more 'naughty' tango between Midnight and Ivy, the conjured images in his mind reddening his face more. His solution: continue to hold back the thoughts and slap himself free of the images.
"It can be used in all sorts of ways, even a stealthy underground attack." Boomstick continued.
Ivy sends the Valentine underground and attacks Ezio Auditore with a few rising strikes from underground.
Mineta drooled as he watched Ivy perform the underground blade attack, his eyes locking on how Ivy mashed her boobs between her arms, making the jiggling mammeries perk up more.
"I'm just going to assume that that underground attack only makes sense because of magic." Ojiro said.
"Bingo." Nejire tapped her nose.
"It is also sentient, with a mind of its own." Wiz stated. "Ivy accomplished this by summoning the hand of Nightmare, which breathed life into the sword." An image of the demon and his stomach mouth shown in all his hideousness.
Ibara shivered again at the sight of another demonic creature and mumbled prayers quietly.
"Wait, hold on." Boomstick jumped up, confused. "How does a hand breathe, exactly?"
"Of all I've talked about, That is what you question?" Wiz questioned, incredulously.
"Boomstick is speaking my language." Kaminari nodded at Boomstick's question.
"Yeah, the language of idiots." Kyoka replied, causing chuckles from the other students.
"Anyway, since Nightmare is Soul Edge personified, this ironically joined Ivy's own fate to the very abomination she seeks to destroy." Wiz said. "Whoops."
"So, in her attempts to destroy this Soul Edge, she accidentally bound herself to it." Ryukyu summarized. "So, if she destroys it, she could potentially die as well."
"One who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: One for their enemy and one for themselves." Nezu sagely said.
Iida flinched, recalling his own willingness to die if it meant bringing down Stain.
"I'd like to join Ivy's fate if you know what I'm saying!" Boomstick said his not-so-subtle innuendo.
Kyoka groaned, face-palming. "It never stops, does it?" She asks rhetorically.
"Unlikely." Todoroki replied.
"This curse bounded Ivy's blood to the immortal Soul Edge so thoroughly, her body actually stopped aging." Wiz revealed in amazement.
"Lucky bitch." Pixie Bob muttered, bitterly.
"Oh, come on, you can't complain so much." Mandalay raised an exacerbated eyebrow at her teammate. "You yourself brag about how good you still look young for someone in their 30's."
"I'm 18 at heart!" Pixie Bob whined back.
Mandalay just groaned and face palm. 'What was it that guys said about us girls being irrational?' She thought to herself, finding her teammate a likely poster child for that statement.
"Um, actually Wiz, what I think is happening here is that her age is getting stored in her enormous rack. I mean, they just keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes by!" Boomstick stated his opinion, three separate images of Ivy showing how her massive breasts indeed kept getting bigger and bigger.
It was a good thing that Momo had created some napkins before this video, because most definitely needed some for their current nosebleeds.
"Honestly, with magic and everything, I would not be surprised if that is what is actually happening." Mina muttered, inspecting her and the girl's rather impressive chest. "I think she is bigger as you, Yaomomo."
"Please don't start comparing our breasts size in public, Mina." Momo blushed, her arms embarrassingly covering her own large tits, only succeeding in making them pop more.
The act made Kyoka flinch as she looked down at her own breasts. 'Or lack thereof.' She bitterly thought.
She felt the touch of something around her legs. She was about to set out her jacks to attack the offending party, only to realize the touching object as Black Whip. Looking over to Midoriya, he looked almost unaware of him activating his own Quirk or rubbing her leg comfortingly. Kyoka quickly recalled the previous day with the same thoughts she had during the Chun-Li vs Mai Shiranui fight, and Izuku's comforting words back then.
'Even though he is in this state, thanks to us,' Kyoka thought, guilt gripping her heart. 'He still finds a way to comfort me, and even unknowingly like its instinct for him.' Kyoka smiled lovingly at Midoriya. 'What a great guy.'
"Well, you never know with magic." Wiz muttered, shrugging as if used to it.
"Exactly." Mina nodded in affirmation with Wiz.
"Ivy is skilled with all her sword's forms, but long-range combat is her bread and butter." Wiz continued.
'I like to spread my butter all over her enormous, jiggling bread!' Mineta's inner pervert demon screamed out.
'No! Bad Mineta! Remember what those girls and Midoriya will do to you!' Mineta's inner angel reminded him. 'Especially Demon mode Midoriya!'
This time, Angel Mineta won, Real Mineta pinching himself to keep from the greater pain of possible Midoriya retaliation.
Little did he know why he felt as if he also missed a great opportunity, unaware of Midoriya barely paying attention to him.
"She is very good at controlling the battlefield with wide whip swings, powerful kicks, and precision strikes." Wiz explained her fighting style.
"I mean, let's be honest, who would really want to use that thing as a normal sword?" Boomstick asked to the audience.
"The whip sword combat certainly adds a unique flair to her that makes her stand out." Snipe acknowledged.
"However, versatility and a range of combat options to choose from would work to trip up foes that know about her and expect and are ready to deal with her." Ectoplasm pointed out.
"She has spent most of her life seeking and destroying anything remotely related to Soul Edge, innocent or otherwise, which will eventually include herself when all is said and done." Wiz said.
"That sounds rather unheroic of her." Mount Lady said.
"Whoever said that she was a Hero, or this world's equivalent of?" Aizawa replied. "For all we know, her actions would label her more a villain or vigilante, or even anti-villain. Sometimes, even those with good and noble causes can be just as, if not more, villainous, like M. Bison for instance."
All Might frowned at Aizawa's words but couldn't find fault in them. He thought to the Hero Killer Stain and his goals. To purge the fame and money hungry, false Heroes for a better Hero Society. On paper, it sounds like a noble goal, especially since Toshinori could concede that their current society does indeed have some bad apples among their Hero ranks, and their presence is only serving to tarnish the name of Heroes.
But when thinking of Stain's methods, they were anything but Heroic or noble. Butchering Heroes into early retirement, like Young Iida's older brother, Ingenium, or straight murder. Evil acts upon evil people does not make a right, and that's even assuming all of his targets were truly evil, which they weren't given the previous Ingenium being nowhere near false or greedy. And the same can be said about this Ivy's destructive pursuit in destroying this demonic sword.
'Speaking of which, Tsukauchi did say that my request to meet with Stain was postponed again.' All Might thought back to his conversation with his detective friend, discussing this after the commitment to looking into Kurogiri possibly being Shirakumo. Whether it was the Commission's efforts to silence Stain or Tartaros's stinginess about discussing with such a dangerous villain, All Might could only hope that his chance to speak with the Hero Killer as soon as possible.
"But despite having one of Soul Calibur's deadliest move sets, she has a rather spotty win/loss record."
"Don't they make pads for that?" Boomstick asked.
Setsuna face palmed. "What does he refer to?" Ibara asked, confused. After Setsuna whispered the answer in her ear, Ibara was inflicted with the Facepalm virus, as well.
KNOWN WIN/LOSS
-W/L: 3/4
Loss -Astaroth
Loss -Taki
Win -Seong Mi-na
Loss -Zasalamel
Win -Zasalamel rematch
Loss -Cervantes
Win -Cervantis rematch
"Still, she has defeated countless foes and accomplished impressive feats." Wiz continued.
"Like kicking a point-blank bullet out of the air!" Boomstick exclaimed, Ivy kicking away a bullet from her undead pirate father with a swift kick. "Damn, that's fast!"
"Impressive speed and flexibility." Edgeshot acknowledged.
"Pfft, I could do better." Miruko scoffed, unimpressed.
"Well, more so insanely accurate instinct." Wiz explained. "Presumably, she's using the weight of her above-average-sized breasts as momentum to increase her speed."
"If that's a real martial art, I'm going to find it, and then teach it." Boomstick declared with 100% seriousness.
The woman of the group all simultaneously prayed for such a thing to never come to fruition, while the men of the group, barring the stoic and respectable type, prayed Boomstick succeed and teach them how to in return.
"In her quest to find a way to kill the demonic sword, she learns of and searches for the legendary Soul Calibur, the Evil Blade's polar opposite, for the means to sever her bond with Soul Edge." Wiz told her story, the series' namesake revealed in a various number of forms of the angelic blade.
"Amazing." Ibara gazed in awe of the angelic blade.
"For every Ying there is a Yang." Rin said. "I guess if there is going to be a demon sword, an angel sword made to counter seems possible."
"However, before she could find it, her undead daddy rolled up and attacked her, almost stealing her soul." Boomstick jumping in. "But thanks to some weird magic of a homonka...humonco...uh..."
"Homunculus." Wiz told Boomstick the correct pronunciation.
"Homuncu-what now?" Hagakure questioned.
"A Homunculus is a representation of a small humanoid creature, usually in the form of small clay statues." Reiko responded. "They are associated with alchemy as means of hosting or accessing other magics, or creating new, special human beings. Though they are but fables and stories."
"Actually, it is said the fable of the homunculus was the inspiration behind Mary Shelley's novel of Frankenstein." Tokoyami spoke up.
"Yes, actually." Reiko perked up, pleasantly surprised on the raven-headed teen's knowledge. "Johann Konrad Dippel was suggested to have been what was the inspiration of Victor Frankenstein, and his alchemy and homunculus for Frankenstein's monster."
"Proposed by Professor Radu Florescu." Tokoyami nodded.
"I must say I am, pleasantly surprised about your knowledge revolving homunculus, alchemy, and the old stories." Reiko admitted.
"I take vested interest in the dark and mysterious." Tokoyami responded. "Revelry in the Dark."
"Revelry in the Dark." Reiko replied back.
"I... I can tell you more about my findings and knowledge, should you be interested?" Tokoyami stuttered out, a comical blush over his black feathered head.
Reiko's own pale cheeks made her light blush more pronounced. "I-I would be delighted." Reiko agreed. "P-Please let me know of your earliest convenience."
"After the videos, perhaps?" Tokoyami offered.
"Acceptable." Reiko replied.
After they were done, leaving the discussion with blushing faces, they were made aware of the gapping looks of surprise from their fellow students. Mina and Hagakure looked so giddy and excited they looked half ready to explode. Momo, Asui, and Itsuka giggled at the adorable interaction between the two goths. And Setsuna looked like she was absolutely bawling with pride at her 'Best Ghost Girl', to Reiko's annoyance.
Tokoyami was met with the whispered praises and thumbs up from his classmates, like Kirishima and Tetsutetsu calling him 'Manly', the warning glares of protectiveness from the 1-B boys, including a downright hateful and disapproving one from Monoma, and even bawling from Mineta and Kaminari. Though whether the bawling was out of jealousy, pride, or both, Tokoyami did not know.
He even had his fellow Reveler in the Dark, Kuroiro, begging him to teach him his ways, in likely pursuit of another's hand.
"OOOH! Young Love~! Ooh, And Young Goth Love at That!" Midnight exclaimed, hugging and rubbing her shivering body. "So Adorable! So Stimulating~!"
"Bad Midnight. Bad." Nezu declared, disciplining the teacher by spraying her with a water bottle. Midnight would hiss like a cat.
"What has this even come to?" Endeavor grumbled, both astounded and ashamed.
"Yeah, that!" Boomstick exclaimed. "She used it to make an artificial soul and continued again for the hunt of the Soul Calibur and Soul Edge, eventually encountering and defeating her old man and watching Soul Edge disappear into a vortex."
"However, Ivy knew that Soul Edge wasn't destroyed, likely due to her connection to the cursed blade." Wiz explained. "And still continues to search for Soul Edge to destroy it once and for all, using everything, and everyone, at her disposal."
"You're in need of some discipline!" Ivy declares, grabbing onto Natsu and launches her into the air while holding her in place with alchemy. "I'll teach you to behave!" Ivy the pieces of Valentine in a spinning spiral of death at Natsu, then launching the separate pieces through her one in all directions, before combining them together, slamming her down to the ground, then re-attaching them to her sword. "Satisfied?"
"It's like I'm looking at a mirror." Mic muttered looking between Midnight and Ivy.
"Oh, hush you! Before I discipline you myself!" Midnight replied, still slightly angry at the water wetting her hair.
"Not helping your case, hag." Mount Lady chuckled.
"What did you say, you little slut?!" Midnight roared out in anger.
It took quite a few minutes to break the two bickering women apart.
During that time, the group thought about Ivy, trying to direct their thoughts away from her figure and instead towards her abilities and skills. Her reception was mixed. Some focused and complimented her long-ranged capabilities from her alchemy and Valentine sword. Others were hesitant to root for her given her ruthless and brutal nature.
The second fighter, for the sake of their sanity, hoped wasn't as sexual or scandalous as Ivy. Their first impressions on seeing who she was gave the group some hope, but not by much. The next fighter was another voluptuous and beautiful woman, light tan skin, shoulder-length black hair, and often times seen with a yellow band around her forehead. Her outfit, while not as scandalous as Ivy's was to some -*coughIbaracough*-as suggestive. The woman wore a green jumpsuit that seemed to hug her fit feminine body like a second layer of skin, so much that many swore they saw the outline of her nipples on her large chest. On the side of the jumpsuit also had, in golden lettering, the word 'Hot' along her curvy sides. The jumpsuit also had different versions shown, from versions in black and gold, to how far the jumpsuit covered, either to the top of her thighs or to the point it was a leotard. She also wore green boots and green, forearm-length gloves, adding to attention her weapons being...yellow lightsabers?
Black Orchid
"Killer Combo!" An announcer's voice declared as Orchid delivered a flurry of rapid attacks in a 19-hit combo on a blue, burning humanoid creature.
"Hold Crap!" Mina exclaimed, in awe of Orchid. "I think I just found my fighter!"
"Well, that was fast." Asui said.
"Well, I mean look at how fast and badass that combo was!" Mina gestured to the screen.
"You said it, Pinky!" Miruko replied, likewise pleased. "Looks like this chick is a more martial arts, close combat-based fighter and I'm all for it!"
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Unknown
Height: 170 cm /5'7"
Weight: 56.7 kg /125 lbs
Age: 24
Fighting Styles: Chinese martial arts
Likely Tibetan
Half-Sister to Jago
Secretive government spy
Prefers tonfa over lightsabers
"The government spy code-named Black Orchid is a complete mystery." Wiz began. "Her past, training, and real name are so secret, not even she knows most of it."
"Huh?" Pony tilted her head, confused.
"How the hell does that work?!" Boomstick questioned.
"It could likely mean that she was taken in and trained from such an early age in her life that he has forgotten much of her past life and history." Nezu analyzed. "As she is a type of government agent, this is a very likely hypothesis."
"What we do know is, she's a killer." Wiz said.
"Killer! Killer! Ooh, she's a Killer!" Music played a short montage of Orchid battling different foes, where she attacked with various flips, spinning kick attacks, often upside down, slides, and spinning tonfa strikes.
Bakugou grinned in satisfaction. "Okay, screw it, I'm voting for this chick! She's badass!"
"Dang it!" Miruko cursed. "Now I want that theme for myself!"
"Well, you can." Ryukyu suggested. "It's likely not a thing here and I doubt that even this Orchid knows it's trademarked to her."
Miruko looked at her with a raised eyebrow, confused.
Ryukyu sighed. "You can probably use it for yourself here." She simplified.
"Awesome!" Miruko exclaimed. "Hey, Earphone Jacks! Send me that song of yours to my phone later!"
Kyoka was almost about to ask her what she meant. Then she remembered the more than 300 songs that device downloaded into her phone, all relating to the characters and videos, so Orchid's must be somewhere in her phone. "Sure." Kyoka responded.
"Among her limited history, she is confirmed to be the half-sister to Jago, a prominent fighter and warrior monk from Tibet." Wiz revealed, Jago shown beside Orchid. "Orchid's origin must share similarities, so she is most likely a practitioner of Chinese martial arts such as kung fu. Specifically, Okinawan martial arts to fit with her choice of weapons."
TONFA
Laser Aura
Length: 38 cm /15 in
Short range weapons
Can emit fire or electricity
For Okinawan martial arts
Originally a handle for grinding grain
Popularized as police nightsticks
"Orchid's weapons of choice are heavy Chinese tonfa...Made of Lasers!" Boomstick exclaimed.
Mei and Melissa perked up in their seats at the mention.
"Apparently whoever she works for has figured out how to make lightsabers, and Orchid wielded these early in her career before upgrading to laser tonfa." Wiz continued.
Melissa and Mei were quick to snatch the distracted Izuku's hand and write up the designs and stats of these laser tonfas, all the while David Shield and Power Loader sighed.
Izuku blushed scarlet at Melissa's and Mei's enthusiasm that made them all the more attractive in his lust-struck mind. 'No, no! Breathe! Relax!' Izuku thought repeatedly, to tame his inner lust. Steeling his resolve, Izuku just grabbed another notebook from his bag.
"Tonfa are short and strong, designed for quick damage, perfect for Orchid since she is incredibly skilled in fast, close-range combat." Boomstick jumped back in.
"Interesting." Momo muttered, inspecting Orchid's fighting style. "Izuku, do you mind adding some helpful pieces of information for beginners?"
"O-Oh, you mean you wish to learn how to use tonfas, Yaomomo?" Izuku asked, finding his analysis helping with his sinful thoughts. "W-Well that would be advantageous of you to use as a weapon in case of more close-quarters combat. While your bo staff fighting is amazing, their will likely be times where you will be fighting in more cramped corridors or faster opponents, so tonfa will be the perfect substitute."
"Exactly." Momo nodded, blushing at the praise from Midoriya, and analyzing Midoriya to see just badly she and the girls may have screwed up with the aphrodisiac.
"Her other set of weapons are called T.N.A." Boomstick continued, showing an image of Orchid with her cleavage exposed as she posed.
Cue the sounds of sighs and facepalms.
"Well, actually- " " I mean, just look at what she's wearing!" Boomstick cut Wiz off again as he focused the footage on her tight jumpsuit. "It's not like she's trying to hide anything! Man, I wish I was that jumpsuit."
"Same." Mineta and Kaminari muttered.
"What was that, you idiots?" Bakugou perked up, raising his popping hands with a grin.
"Nothing, Sir!" Mineta and Kaminari straightened up, sealing their mouths shut and quiet.
"Good." Bakugou growled out.
MOVES
Tonfa Fire
Fire Cat
Flick Flack
Spinning Sword
Lasaken
Air-Buster
"Orchid prefers speed over strength, with quick rapid strikes." Wiz cleared his throat before continuing. "Some moves even defy physics." An example of which was Orchid performing a spinning kick attack that seemed to levitate her upwards.
"The Hell?!" Mount Lady exclaimed.
"That move is rather similar to Chun-Li's Spinning Bird Kick." Ryukyu noted. "Only this one seems to be more airborne."
"More like she takes the air." Fat Gum replied, noting Orchid's attack sending her higher and higher in the air with the opponent.
Miruko growled. She was already working on the Spinning Bird Kick from Chun-Li, and Orchid demonstrating a similar technique just reinforced her desire to master it and this one too.
"What is she, some sort of witch?" Boomstick asked.
"Absolutely!" Wiz confirmed, Orchid firing balls of fire from her tonfas and turning into a fiery cat. "Orchid's best weapon is her trove of spells. Most useful is the Fire Cat, a transfiguration spell which morphs her body into an intangible feline of flame."
"So, both Orchid and Ivy share similar magical pyrokinesis." Todoroki muttered. "Though, Orchid also adds shapeshifting into her arsenal."
"And it's intangible, so it can pass through other attacks, such as long-ranged attacks like Ivy's Valentine." Shoji pointed out.
"Aww, I wanna pet her!" Boomstick cooed. "But I can't, cause...you know...the burning."
Setsuna cracked up with laughter. "Okay, that was actually kind of funny." She admitted.
"And so sadly adorable." Uraraka agreed.
NO MERCIES
Shocker
Scorcher
Frog Smash
Heart Attack
"She also uses magic in here No Mercies, finishers which can be used after an enemy is weakened." Wiz continued on.
"Huh, that looks rather familiar to the fatalities from the Mortal Kombat individuals." Toshinori mentioned.
"Agreed." Endeavor nodded, seeing the similarities too. "This world must be as vicious as the other one."
"When not using her tonfa to incinerate people, she can transform them into a helpless frog."
"Smash 'em! Smash 'em! YES!" Boomstick yelled in satisfaction, watching Orchid turn her foe into a frog, jump, and squash the helpless creature into paste.
"Ribbit!" Asui croaked in dissatisfaction and anger, for obvious reasons.
Koda shared in Asui's displeasure at seeing an animal being mercilessly killed, even if the animal was a former person, thought that actually made it worse for the animal lover.
"But she has one more weapon in her arsenal... or rather two." Wiz admitted, zooming into her large bazookas.
"Her Fun Bags of Destruction!" Boomstick exclaimed, the words appearing beside Orchid's image. "And you just thought I was being a pig earlier."
"W-Wait, they are actual weapons?" Pixie Bob questioned, incredulous.
"But really, whipping out the girls causes an instant heart attack to whoever views them." Boomstick revealed.
"E-Excuse me?!" Ibara questioned.
As TJ Combo stood dazed and spinning, Orchid zipped open her vest and reveals her breasts, off-screen, to the initial dissatisfaction of the guys, to TJ Combo. "WOAH" TJ cried out before, hand over his heart, fell over dead.
"Yeah!" Orchid celebrated, her slight hopping making her recovered deadly boobs jiggle.
Silence. Stunned silence was the only response that most of the group had for such a feat that they had witnessed.
Until Mina broke the ice. "Hey, Mineta, I think I just found a set of boobs we will allow you to see!" Mina called out.
That certainly broke the ice as everyone proceeded to break down in laughter. Mineta just flipped Mina the bird but couldn't help but crack out a chuckle or two.
"I now know the way I want to die." Boomstick sighed wistfully.
"I will admit, it's not the most terrible way to go out." Kaminari admitted. "I'm just saying."
Bakugou, who was close to aiming an exploding hand at the blonde pervert, slowly lowered it, unable to deny Kaminari's words.
"I never thought I'd see a set of lethal mammary glands." Wiz admitted, with his voice full of fascination of a stunned and in awe scientist, while Orchid performed Heart Attack on Thunder.
"I'd never thought I would entertain such ridiculousness onto my eyes." Edgeshot muttered, disbelieving what he was seeing.
"So, wizards, supersonic hedgehogs, and flying sky ponies you can handle. Even your own 300-foot drop falling, superhuman ninja warrior counterpart. But death boobs that just cross the line for your brain?" Miruko questioned, incredulous.
"Point taken." Edgeshot muttered.
"But you'd think it'd only work on people, right? NOPE!" Boomstick declared. "Her super-boobs can kill humans, robots, aliens, a dinosaur, and even a walking skeleton who's missing the one bone that matters." As he spoke, every non-human mention was shown staring, gawking, and collapsing in different fetal positions.
"PffttaHAHAHAHAHA!" Kamakiri burst out laughing, followed by many of the guys.
"W-Wait a second." Koda spoke up. "H-Hatsumei, c-can you rewind it back a little?"
"Huh, that's a first, but sure Weirdly-Shaped Head Guy!" Mei said, rewinding the footage backwards.
"Stop! There!" Koda called out, Mei stopping and pausing the video upon Koda's instruction. "Isn't that Riptor?"
"Riptor?" Melissa questioned.
"Oh, I see." Iida perked up, looking at the dinosaur fighter that Orchid was flashing her boobs at. "Riptor was one of the previous fights before you and Mr. Shield joined us."
"Yeah, it was a cool, acid-spitting dino that can fight like a person!" Mina spoke up, remembering that fight, before pouting. "Shame that he lost falling onto Boomstick's car."
"Oh! So, that was what that was!" Melissa said, finding her unspoken confusion about that scene in the previous video answered.
"Ah, my old counterpart that was sorely defeated by Mr. Koda's counterpart, Yoshi." Nezu perked up at the sight of his counterpart. "So, it appears that Ms. Orchid exists within the same universe as my counterpart. And interesting find."
"There is only one possible explanation for this." Wiz began to explain, an image of a bra and an exploding brain shown. "Her breasts must be so impossibly, unnaturally large that no brain can process the shock of seeing them. Even while female brains are immune to the sexual shock, they will grudgingly forfeit out of jealousy." This was demonstrated by Orchid flashing her boobs at...herself(?), who instead of dying, starting huffing and stomping in a fit of jealous rage.
Izuku's brain went into overdrive by how red and hot it was, it was practically steaming. His brain went from images of Orchid and her figure to the girls to even Miruko and Lady Nagant that he felt the inner walls holding back his lust breaking down. 'No, no, no, no! Remember what you said to Mineta! Remember how uncomfortable it will make the girls! How wrong it is!' Izuku chanted like a mantra, even feeling his partner downstairs surging to life.
In a panic, Izuku finally resorted to Plan Z and thought 'Remember what happened That Day?!' Izuku didn't need to specify as his mind took him right back there. The note in the locker, those false words, the pale of water, the beating, the laughing, gum in his hair, and her venomous, sweetly sick words.
"I can't believe you fell for that?!" She laughed and jeered at him. "HAHAHA! Who would ever like a useless, Quirkless Deku like you? AHAHA!"
The painful memory worked like a charm, the overbearing lustful thoughts vanishing, or at the very least diminishing, the burning in his head lowering. It was at first a relief to have it gone, but then the cruel weight of reality crashed down onto him with a frown. 'That's right. You know what that day taught you.' A dark part of his mind told himself. 'You are incapable of being loved. You don't deserve to be loved for the freak you are. Who would ever love a Quirkless, useless Deku?!'
Izuku didn't have the energy fight back against that voice...or the answer to refute it. Izuku just sucked back in the pain, as normal, and focused back into the video. He was unaware of Nejire's observative eye on him.
"Heh-heh, oh, she'll be crying into a tub of ice cream tonight." Boomstick said, pitying the Clone Orchid.
'I mean...I don't think my reaction wouldn't be so different than the guys.' Kyoka admitted in thought, blushing. 'Maybe a fainting, at least.'
FEATS & FLAWS
Skilled in close-range Ultra Combos
Won first Killer Instinct Tournament
Defeated Eyedol
Fought Gargos in the past
Self-raised
Pitiful ranged skill
Traded lightsabers for tonfa-what?!
"Black Orchid entered the first Killer Instinct tournament, a no-holds-barred fighting tournament organized by UltraTech, the megacorporation that spans and almost runs the entire globe." Wiz explained. "She joined the tournament intent to take down the evil UltraTech corporation from within."
"It's like that Shinra company from the Link vs Cloud fight." Thirteen pointed out. "A corporation that runs the entire globe."
"You're right." Cementoss nodded. "And much like that world, it seems this company is vile and evil enough to warrant rebellion."
"UltraTech." Nezu repeated the name. "If memory serves, that was the same company that created my counterpart, Riptor, as well."
"While she had some trouble with ranged characters, she eventually defeated the 2,000-year-old, and might I add, CHEAP-AS-HELL demon warlord, Eyedol, winning her the whole tournament." Boomstick revealed. "Suck it, Chun-Li! There's a new Strongest Woman on Earth now."
"Those are fighting words, bub." Miruko smiled, yet growled, cracking her knuckles, all the while her fellow pros agreed that Boomstick just fucked up.
"She was however discovered of her intentions and was targeted by UltraTech's robot CEO, ARIA." Wiz continued her story.
"Oh, so not only a world-conquering corporation but an AI overlord for good measure." Mic said. "Man, that world must suck."
"Later, disavowed by her own not-so-clearly-named-or-defined organization and labeled a dangerous rogue, Orchid formed her own underground network of spies and agents known as the Disavowed, to sabotage ARIA's goals." Boomstick. "She eventually grew increasingly volatile, until dear old, long-lost half-bro Jago showed up to calm her down."
"Family is the strong tie that holds you to the ground." Edgeshot wisely said.
Izuku perked up at his words, his widening in slight surprise. 'Wait...h-he's right.' Izuku looked towards his friends around him, from the guys joking and making fun of each other, the teachers and pros looking down on them with pride, All Might, his father in all but blood, his mother, back at home, always supportive and caring despite everything, Mirio outside with Kouta and Eri, children he saved that look at him like an idol to admire, and a father to love, and the girls, especially the girls that makes his heart ache with want with every smile, laugh, and embrace.
'This...This is my family.' Izuku said with resolve, feeling the cold weight of Her words begin to lift, if not just enough. 'We may bound in blood or not,' He thought of All Might and their bond through One for All and beyond, and his mother and him playing Hero in the past. 'And we may have our differences,' He remembered his glares at Mineta and Kaminari, his fights with Bakugou and Todoroki, before they changed to him playing games with the two decent perverts and being inspiring rivals to the latter two. 'But they are my family, the family I chose.' He thought of he and Kouta high fiving and his and Eri's talk and hug last night. 'A family that loves and cares for me.' His thoughts turned to the girls and their hugs, cheek smooches, smiles, hugs, and special nicknames. 'And that I care and love for too.'
"Together, they resolved to support each other in their individual struggles, regardless of the outcomes." Wiz stated. "But, with help or not, Orchid is clearly a force to be reckoned with."
Orchid was seen unleashing an absolute onslaught of combos and attacks on a large robot with a plume on its head. "ULTRAAAAAAAAAA COMBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" An announcer voice roared at the 37-finishing-combo while Orchid cheered in victory.
The final combo performed by Orchid only fueled a lot more people to consider voting for Orchid, most especially Miruko and Bakugou, practically salivating at the thought of fighting the assassin and prove who was better.
Orchid's reception was less mixed than Ivy's, with her less dubiously shown history painting her better as a Hero or Anti-Hero, and her martial arts skills and feats making her appear the better fighter.
"Alright, the combatants are set-"
"The Bazookas are loaded!" Boomstick jumped in, perversely excited as both fighter's boobs were shown.
"-Uh, let's end this debate once and for all." Wiz shook it off and continued.
"It's Time for a Death BAATTTTTLLLEEEE!" Boomstick roared out.
With the video paused, and the device scanning for counterparts, the audience voted among themselves, with the obvious exception of Mirio and the kids.
For Ivy, her most prominent voters included Midnight, who liked the dominatrix-styled, bladed-whip using fighter, Tokoyami, Reiko, and Kuroiro for her alchemy magic, Ibara, who liked Ivy's quest to destroy the demonic sword of Soul Edge, Kamakiri, liking her Valentine sword better than Orchid's weaponry, Endeavor for her pyrokinetic magic and feeling sympathy for her desire to destroy Soul Edge for taking her parents' lives, the desire for vengeance being a main reason why Iida, shockingly enough, also voted for her. Asui also voted for Ivy, mostly out of spite for Orchid for turning her opponents into frogs just to squash them, Melissa, intrigued by Ivy's alchemic expertise enough to make the Valentine sword, Mineta, who preferred the most scantily purple clad, large-breasted, dominatrix, Aizawa, for Ivy's greater capture and binding methods, and Aoyama, stating it's for her flair, but Izuku frowned, sensing there was more to his choice behind the slight frown Aoyama had, but the returning lustful burn of mysterious origin distracted him enough to leave it be.
Orchid's voters, however, listed from Miruko and Bakugo, who liked the assassin's incredibly martial arts and badassery, Izuku, also for her martial arts skill, green attire, impressive feats like defeating Eyedol, Shoto, for Orchid's pyrokinetic abilities and felt connected via their shared history of needing a helping hand to help set them right, Kaminari, who liked Orchid's more curvaceous tight figure and death-inflicting cannons, Mina, liking Orchid' flexibility and acrobatic combat, Mei, for her lightsaber-like tonfas, Edgeshot, finding Orchid's feats and skills more impressive than Ivy's, and Mount Lady and Pixie Bob, the two voting of spite, the former seeing Ivy a lot like her U.A. teacher rival and the latter for her ageless beauty. Rin, Ojiro, and Itsuka all also voted for Orchid, preferring the more martial arts-oriented fighter.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device stated. "IVY VALENTINE! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: NEMURI KAYAMA AKA MIDNIGHT!"
"I knew it!" Mount Lady exclaimed, pointing accusingly at the screen and Midnight. "It was like looking into a mirror."
"And a gorgeous mirror if I do say so myself." Midnight bragged, posing seductively.
While Mount Lady fumed and began another argument with the U.A. teacher, Setsuna, watching all go down, perked up, a metaphorical lightbulb turning on over her head. She detached her mouth and whispered something into eh Sisterhood girl's ears, all of whom nodded, agreeing and confirming to Setsuna's idea.
"BLACK ORCHID! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KAINA TSUSTUMI AKA LADY NAGANT!"
"Wha-That's like the third time this bitch has got a counterpart in a row!" Miruko exclaimed, confused. "What is this? It's like Midoriya's lucky counterpart streak all over again."
Nezu meanwhile frowned at the third counterpart to the infamous former Hero. Reviewing the information about Orchid in his head, Nezu frowned harder as he connected the dots. 'An assassin that was betrayed and disavowed by her former allies.' Nezu thought, recalling and comparing Orchid's history with Tsustumi's other counterparts, Kitana as betrayed by her adopted father, Shao Kahn, and appeared to work for the warlord as an assassin, and Strider Mariya being used by a sect of Strider program and then tossed out to be killed by her own brother, who's counterpart was Hawks, who just so happened to be another government-sponsored Hero of the Heroic Public Safety Commission, that raised up Lady Nagant, as well.
'There is something clearly fishy about this and this all but confirms my suspicions.' Nezu thought, these three individuals share too many similar traits and history, which points to their fourth having a similar history: an assassin of some sort, possible via her incredible skill, that was eventually turned on by her former employers, the HPSC, for going against their directive.
'And here I thought my opinion of them couldn't get any lower.' Nezu tried to keep his growl contained. 'It would appear that I need a conversation with a certain Number Two Pro and begin advancing my plans for reorganizing or dismantling this corrupt organization.'
"ADDITIONAL MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART DETECTED! JAGO! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
"I think you may have jinxed the kid mentioning his counterpart streak." Ryukyu smirked at Miruko.
Izuku smiled to see that he had another frankly heroic counterpart, and with a family bond and caring relationship with Lady Nagant's counterpart. Izuku wondered, if he were a Hero sooner and closer acquainted with Nagant, if he could have pulled her from committing her crime and keep her being the awesome Hero he always admired her to be.
Dismissing those thoughts for a later time, the video unpaused and played the fight.
The video began with Ivy standing in the middle of a large flat, white, circular platform atop a large body of water.
"Well, that's certainly a unique stage for a fight." Power Loader said. "Just a large platform in the middle of the ocean."
"Can you imagine how cool it would be if they fought whilst in the middle of a storm?" Mic envisioned the scene in his head with awe.
"Yeah, right up until a large wave would wash down out to sea." Aizawa muttered darkly.
"You're no fun sometimes, man." Mic pouted.
The sounds of a helicopter were heard in the background before Orchid jumped down onto the stage. Ivy leaps backward and yelled "Get lost!"
FIGHT!
Orchid started with two tonfa blasts at Ivy, who slashed them apart with the Valentine. Ivy followed up by whipping out her sword forward, the bladed whip striking from long-range on Orchid, who quickly blocked them with her tonfa.
"It's clear that Ivy has the long-range advantage." Snipe commented. "Her whip can strike physically from afar, she's likely to have long-range spells to use, and her sword can be useful in slashing away Orchid's own, limited long-range attacks.
Ivy launched another strike, this one a downward, piercing strike, only for Orchid to use Fire Cat to phase through it and lunge towards Ivy.
"Her Fire Cat is transparent and so she used it to get in closer towards Ivy." Endeavor nodded in approval of her tactics.
Orchid proceeded to unleash a devastating combo, starting with an upward kick to stun Ivy, followed by a follow up roundhouse kick to the face, a kick to her shins and face again, before finishing in a fiery skyward knee strike, knocking Ivy into the air.
"Jesus, she just went ham on her!" Kaminari gaped, amazed by her vicious combo.
"While Ivy has the greater range, Orchid looks like have the better speed and close quarters prowess." Ryukyu noted. "And the moment she catches you off guard could lead you open to such a killer combo."
"All combos should be killers." Miruko replied. "Maybe not actually kill them, but a combo is supposed to unleash as much brutal damage that it can guarantee your opponent won't get back up."
While he didn't have a notebook like the stupid nerd, Bakugou made sure to make a note of that advice in his mind.
"Master Combo!" An announcer voice declared as before Ivy hit the ground, she bounced off from another tonfa blast from Orchid before landing.
Ivy recovered in time to block an aerial kick by Orchid, catching her off-guard and strike with a swing from Valentine, stunning the assassin while shedding blood. Ivy followed with a combo of her own, with another slash of her sword before sending flying with a kick. After kicking Orchid away, Ivy launched Valentine forward, ensnaring the mid-air combatant and tugging her back down to the ground. Orchid was placed onto her knees, choking via the bladed whip holding her by the throat with it, while Ivy put her foot on her.
"Does it hurt?" Ivy taunted.
"My, my, I see more and more why she and I are counterparts." Midnight licked her lip. "We both have thing with showing our foes their place."
Mineta shivered, though not from arousal, oddly enough. Instead, his shiver was of remembering fright, specifically his Final Exam with Sero against Midnight, and how he had to run or get whipped by the sadistic teacher he fought against.
While finding the choking rather excessive, Deku made notes of Ivy's use of Valentine as a constricting and ensnaring tool for his work on Black Whip.
Orchid shifted into Fire Cat again to break free from her hold and move back.
"Smart." Setsuna said. "She used that Fire Cat of hers to escape from that hold rather than attack."
Ivy launched Valentine forwards again, but Orchid catches it instead with her tonfa, pulling Ivy towards her, then kicking her in the stomach, stunning the dominatrix.
"Classic 'don't be predictable' move there, kids." Pixie Bob said.
Orchid turned her back to the screen and unzipped the front of her jumpsuit.
"Oh shit!" Sero exclaimed. "She's going to flash her boobs at her!"
"And thank God that she turned away from us." Kirishima wiped an arm on his forehead.
"Wait, wouldn't Ivy not die from that?" Tetsutetsu questioned. "Or does Orchid just want Ivy to quit the fight or make her mad enough to not notice another combo attack?"
Orchid unleashed her Heart Attack No Mercy on Ivy, the background turning white with flashing sounds made. However, Ivy remained unaffected and instead laughed. Ivy proceeded to take rip open her bra off and flash her own boobs, the flash and sounds more brighter and louder.
"She was unaffected!" Hagakure exclaimed. "And she flashed at her too!"
"Aw man, why couldn't we have seen hers?!" Mineta whined.
Mineta received a wallop to the head, courtesy of Bakugou. "You idiot!" Bakugou yelled. "Clearly, her jugs are larger than Combo Chick's and would kill you if you saw them!"
"I mean, it wouldn't be worst way to die, right?" Kaminari argued. Bakugou glared at Kaminari. "I'm just saying! I'm just saying!"
Orchid, struck in awe by her opponent's breast size, threw down her tonfa, groaning in frustration and jealousy.
"Same girl, same." Kyoka muttered. While Midoriya's subconscious comfort made her better, she could still be a little bitter and sympathize with the Killer Instinct Fighter.
Ivy used the opening to attack with several kicks and sword slashes, but Orchid broke the combo with two punches across her face.
"C-C-C-Combo Breaker!" The announcer voiced again.
"That announcer has a sick voice." Sen grinned. "Makes me feel like I'm actually watching a fighting game."
Orchid proceeded to unleash another string of kicks, punches, and fiery tonfa strikes before Ivy broke the combo, as well, catching Orchid's tonfa and fist with the Valentine wrapped around them.
Ivy struck Orchid into the air, and then used her alchemy, holding Orchid in mid-air by a series of alchemical circles and sigils.
"Ivy's finally using her Alchemy." Reiko stated. "And with Orchid captured, I'm expecting for a devasting attack to follow."
"Spread apart!" Ivy declared, her hair standing up, Valentine breaking into several bladed pieces and a large alchemy circle forming behind her. Ivy's Grand Alchemy attack was unleashed, sending Valentine's pieces flying through Orchid with mystical energy. The attack finished, Orchid fell to the ground, and got up, dazed and vulnerable.
"Oh no, is this it?!" Rin exclaimed, worried.
"Go On, You Sexy Hot Dominatrix!" Mineta exclaimed. "Finish her!"
"Is that it?" Ivy taunted again, raising her sword into the air before sending Valentine through the ground to finish her opponent.
Only for Orchid uses Fire Cat once more, the blade passing harmlessly through her, rushing to Ivy.
"She's not over yet." Itsuka grinned.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Midnight muttered, almost close to biting her nails.
What followed when Orchid reached the British noble was then unleashes an uncountable number of kicks, punches, tonfa strikes, acrobatic flips, and Air Buster attacks that brought Ivy up with her into the air, finishing with a final, explosive mid-air kick from Orchid sending her away.
"ULTRAAAAAAAAAA COMBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" The announcer roared as Orchid landed and fired her Shocker spell before Ivy hit the ground, zapping with her bolts of electricity.
"Whooo!" The Orchid voters cheered, especially Mount Lady, Pixie Bob, Miruko, and Bakugou.
Ivy landed on the ground, groaning and looked incapable of getting back up. Orchid walked up to the stunned Ivy, then transforms her into a frog with her tonfa.
"No, no, no, no, no!" Mineta yelled out in horror.
"Squish Her!" Bakugou and Miruko yelled out.
Asui croaked in offense and turned away in a huff, already knowing what is going to happen.
Orchid jumped up and landed on the frog, squashing the once beautiful woman turned frog into paste. "Yeah!" Orchid yelled out in victory.
K.O.!
The Black Orchid voters cheered in victory, leaving the Ivy voters groaning at their character's defeat, including Mineta wailing and yelling "Oh the Humanity!"
Frog Ivy's body was shown twitching before falling limp and dying.
"AHAHAHAHA! Take That, Midnight!" Mount Lady bragged towards her rival.
"Yeah, yeah, brag all you want, but I don't see you with a counterpart yet." Midnight bragged back. Yu Takeyama's response was a middle finger before ensued another cat fight.
Meanwhile, Orchid stood atop a platform nearby. When Jago jumped behind her, Orchid turns around and used Heart Attack, presumably killing him as he falls off the platform into the water below, with Orchid huffing.
"Hey, that was mean!" Nejire yelled in offense. "Why did you have to kill your own brother like that! Much less my poor whittle 'ZuZu?!"
Midoriya blushed scarlet at her nickname to him and her bone-crushing, face-smothering hug. He could feel the raging lust that kept Abay threatening to rise again.
"Hado!" Momo whispered/yelled at Nejire, trying to non-verbally signal for her to cut it out.
'Oh, shit, I forgot!' Nejire thought, quickly remembering about the mixed-up aphrodisiac and how Midoriya most definitely was the one to have drunken it. "S-Sorry 'ZuZu." Nejire broke the hug.
"N-N-No, i-i-it's f-fine." Izuku insisted, trying to calm back his nerves, while thinking back to his thoughts towards the girls and his question about what he felt for them. The answer to that was getting more and more clear to Midoriya, yet he still dared not to think it yet; however, his mind then replayed last night and his talk with Eri and what she thought about the girls liking him too. Given Nejire's affections, as well as the others, Midoriya pondered another question: 'D-Do they like me too?'
"I feel sorry for the guy that has to clean that up." Boomstick chuckled.
"Orchid's an unstoppable force; her win against Eyedol proves her incredible fighting abilities." Wiz stated. "See, 2,000 years ago, not even the most powerful armies in the world could take down Eyedol, and yet Orchid did so singlehandedly."
"Oh shit." Kosei blinked in surprise. "Yeah, I guess taking down a 2,000-year-old, army-slaying demon will show just how badass you are."
"But since Ivy's jugs are so wonderfully huge, and ever-growing, Orchid's flashy finisher was meaningless." Boomstick too stated.
"Ivy's cup size is officially charted as G or quadruple-D." Wiz analyzed, showing a line-up of increasingly large breasted women with Ivy up front with the largest. "By measuring Orchid's waist and chest to scale, it appears hers are sized F, or triple-D, one size smaller than Ivy's." Wiz showed the math and measurements of Orchid and Ivy.
"I...I cannot believe that they are seriously the science for this." Momo pinched the bridge of her nose.
"Booby science." Mina decided to poke the bear with her joke. An earphone jack pointed at her face made her shut up.
Midoriya chuckled nervously at the scene, deciding that maybe he shouldn't bother to write this stuff down in his notebook. It was then Midoriya realized that the notebook he had in hand was suddenly gone. He looked to Mei and Melissa who still had the first one, before looking around to see who could have taken it. A perverted chuckle was all the answer he needed.
Mineta was quickly writing up the chest sizes of all the women on-screen, making sure to even add extra details on their bazookas and curves, especially Ivy's. He ultimately stopped when a shadow fell over him. Mineta shakingly looked up to find Midoriya standing over him, arms-crossed and glaring down a blank stare on him.
After a few seconds of fearful anticipation, Midoriya held out one hand, flexing his fingers to hand over the book. Mineta, tremblingly and slowly, lifted the book up. Midoriya was quick to snatch it and gave the purple perve a light whack on the head with said notebook before walking back to his seat.
"Honestly, I think you got off easy because you added to his notebook." Kaminari said.
Midoriya sat back down, contemplating whether to even get rid of Mineta's drawings but just decided to ignore them, the throbbing in his head back and didn't feel like even bothering. 'To be fair though, his drawings are really good.' Izuku thought, remembering how Mineta, alongside himself and Yaoyorozu, were among the top of their art lessons with Midnight.
"Aw, I have an extra D I could've given her." Boomstick sighed, disappointed.
"A) Okay that was a good one, but also B) screw you." Was Setsuna's response.
"Too late." Wiz said. "Besides, the fight ultimately came down to long-range vs. short-range combat. While Orchid has no equivalent to Ivy's Snake Sword, her Fire Cat can get in close by passing through attacks." Wiz explained the results of the fight.
"And tonfa are designed to block attacks and get in close." Boomstick explained, as well. "Once Orchid's in, there's no stopping her."
"Tell me about it." Rin muttered, still very impressed with Orchid's Ultra Combo.
"Plus, Ivy has no means of countering Orchid's transfigurations." Wiz continued. "Even her link to Soul Edge is useless since it does not pertain to other magic."
"It was a good fight, but in the end, Ivy croaked." Boomstick punned.
"Haha!" Kaminari laughed/memed.
"The winner is Black Orchid." Wiz announced.
Claps of victory and begrudging congratulations sounded for the end of the video and fight.
"Is the video over?" The group heard the door open, Mirio poking his head out and asked, "My good pun senses were tingling."
"Every pun is a good pun to you, Mirio." Nejire replied.
"But yes, it's over." Nezu said. "You can bring the kids back in."
"Ookie Dookie." Mirio nodded, quickly opening the door wider for Kouta and Eri to rush back in.
"Papa, is the video over already?" Eri asked.
"Yep, it is." Deku replied.
"I still don't see why we had to go outside for that one." Kouta pouted, still mad.
"We'll tell you when you are older." Izuku responded, ruffling the kid's hair, to his annoyance.
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick announced as the screen turned black.
While the screen was black, epic, retro tech music began to play as stars filled the screen, alongside three V-shaped white and blue spaceships. Suddenly, text appeared alongside a square with a... talking fox?
"We're heading out!" The fox humanoid radioed in. "All aircraft report."
"I-Is that a talking fox?" Sato asked.
"This is Peppy," Another text box and image were shown, this one with an old humanoid bunny, who was apparently named Peppy.
"Huh, and a talking rabbit." Miruko grinned. "And from the looks of things, I think this is some kind of anthropomorphic animal world like that My Little Pony shit, but with cooler spaceships."
"Don't forget me!" Another screen popped up with a humanoid toad speaking this time.
"Ribbit." Asui perked up at the sight of the toad.
A fourth version of the three ships pulled up behind them. "Slippy, what are you doing?" A fourth screen popped up with a blue talking falcon yelling. "Hurry up!"
"Don't worry." The frog humanoid, now named Slippy, replied.
Suddenly, a larger, orange ship, that looked similar to a submarine, appeared behind the four of them, closer to the fourth, presumably belonging to Slippy. "Attention all hands, battle stations." Another text box and video feed were shown, this one showing a green rabbit humanoid in an orange suit.
"Huh?" The fox guy said, confused.
The screen turned to black before the anthropomorphic fox and green rabbit were shown in greater detail, facing against each other.
Fox McCloud vs Bucky O'Hare
"Interesting." Nezu muttered, grinning in clear excitement for the next fight. "Be sure to stretch for a bit before we begin."
The group did as the principal instructed, standing up from their seats and stretching, some walking over to talk with other students, teachers, or Pros. Midnight had stepped away from her argument with Mount Lady to stretch before she felt a hand tap her shoulder. The R-Rated Heroine turned to see it was Uraraka with a few of the girls, all of them nervous and guilty-looking.
"Um, Miss Midnight, can we talk to you for a moment?" Uraraka asked.
Notes:
AAAAANNNNDDDD SCENE! Well, hoped you guys like that saucy chapter filled with lots of sexual innuendoes, information, and ladies that by today's intolerant standards would get the guys at Death Battle canceled by the nonexistent people that make up Twitter. Though, with a certain billionaire buying the platform real soon, I think they got bigger fish to fry.
Anyways, hoped you like the chapter and hope that you Mineta fans like Midoriya going easy on the perverts, though not that he was recently in full control of his faculties. Yep, Midoriya drank the aphrodisiac-laced coffee and is experiencing the drawbacks now, but given who Midoriya is, he's fighting back and is taking its toll on him. Though it now looks like the girls have gone to Midnight. Will they spill the beans? Will they come up with a way to cure our ailing protagonist? Find out more on-
Woah woah, wait, I almost forgot to do the explanations for counterparts. First off, Midnight as Ivy Valentine, one of the obvious picks with a surprising struggle for me to decide. And let me start off by saying my apologies if I got anything wrong about Soul Calibur, I know very little about this series. Actually, this fight and next one's had me scratching my head, but we'll save next Death Battle's counterparts for later. For Ivy, I was actually having a hard time choosing between Midnight, the obvious choice, or a repeatedly requested Ibara Shiozaki, mostly out of the fact that they have similar long ranged, constricting abilities, like Valentine and Shiozaki's Vine Hair, the demon, Christianity connections, and irony, but ultimately Midnight won in the end.
The two also share long ranged, constricting weapons, with Ivy's Valentine and Midnight's whip that she used in the Final Exam, both are obviously seductive dominatrix with scandalous outfits that have been more censored as time goes on, like how Midnight's original Hero Suit was just an open trench coat, two plates covering her nipples and a utility belt that barely hid her crotch, both have similar dominatrix-style dialogue, large breasted, and that's as far as I can state before I start venturing into Season 6 spoilers.
Then there is Black Orchid, who I also had trouble deciding between Lady Nagant and Miruko, hence the emphasis in Orchid's analysis. The latter was an option given their badass, close combat expertise and near unstoppable force of nature, and extremely hot, but Lady Nagant was also badass, a deadly force to be reckoned with and hot as well. Furthermore, Nagant and Orchid share a similar history too of being an agent for an organization, disavowed and betrayed by said organization, on the run, and were pulled back from the depths of villainy thanks to a certain heroic figure.
Speaking of which, that last part is one of the reasons why I chose Deku for Jago, further connecting Izuku with his future frenemy. I thought about using Hawks, given he would be closest thing to brother to Nagant, being raised by the HPSC and like Strider and Mariya, but with Jago being one of the closest things to a main character in Killer Instinct, his noble, selfless pursuits, and the desire to hunt down and destroy a Demon Lord spirit in vengeance and duty, that just sounded so much like Izuku, especially with what's to come.
Also, to my manga readers still keeping up with MHA, the 2nd's Quirk. How did you feel about it? How overpowered do you think it is? And how it feels like I'm constantly and unknowingly predicting and foreshadowing stuff that before they come?
Regardless, I hope this chapter was alright, check out my other stories if you like, comment your future counterpart predictions, keep each other safe and healthy and sane, and keep being cool and chill.
Also, is it true that FFN is likely to shut down soon? I keep hearing that and saved up my stuff just in case it did. Also also, knew that House of the Dragon was going to be awesome and Rings of Power to be a giant pile of flaming shit, which is accurate given how it ended.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and now if you will excuse me, I have more terrible singing to do while running around at the speed of sound. Gotta Jet!
Chapter 31: Fox McCloud vs Bucky O'Hare
Summary:
The U.A. group takes off for an interstellar showdown between these furry fighters.
Notes:
HELLO AGAIN YOUNG ZYGOTES! WELCOME BACK TO MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE! AND WHAT WITH THE HALLOWEEN SEASON AROUND (or past depending on when this comes out) WHAT BETTER DEATH BATTLE THAN WITH THESE TWO POSSIBLE HALLOWEEN COSTUMES: Fox McCloud vs Bucky O'Hare!
Last time, we had the sexual, titillating clash between Ivy and Orchid, leaving the guys, and even Kyoka, a steaming, blushing mess. Even Midoriya was struggling, thanks to the aphrodisiac and had to rely on poor, traumatic memoires to keep himself down, but could that aphrodisiac also help him recognize his feelings for the girls? And what do the girls have to talk to Midnight about? All these questions and more likely to be answered in this outer space, furry beatdown between a Fox and Buck.
Before we go further, I am still searching for authors who would be interested in taking up my two story ideas, one a Spider-Man/Mortal Kombat crossover, and the other a Star Wars/Game of Thrones one. My involvement in this will not negatively affect my own stories, as I will only give the notes and information of the stories, as well as key plot points and end goals, while the final say can be up to the author.
And now, the index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden." -Internal or mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wiz Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick, buff Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, Combatant, or Fight Dialogue
Btw, expect some furry jokes that may or may not be considered rude or offensive to their demographic. I mean these jokes as jokes, all in good fun, and don't mean any slight towards their community, should any of them may be reading this. As long as it's not hurting anybody, do what you want, just understand that some lifestyles like these are just weird to others.
And finally, I do not own My Hero Academia, which belongs to Horikoshi and adapted by Bones Studios, who is doing a great job so far with Season 6 so far, nor do I own Death Battle, that belongs to Roosterteeth and the Youtube channel of the same name, and I also do not own franchises mentioned in the past, present, and future chapters, like Nintendo.
Now, Enough Talk! It's Time For A DEATH BATTTTLLLLLLEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
Midnight blinked. And then again. And then a third time before speaking. "So, let me get this straight." Midnight started. "In an attempt to make Midoriya, who all 10 of you are in love with, jealous, as to gauge out his feelings for you all, you attempted to drug Mineta with an aphrodisiac in his coffee, but Midoriya drank it by mistake."
A chorus of "Yep" "Pretty much" and other similar phrases came from the 10 girls in front of her, all of them either rubbing their necks and arms, twiddling their fingers or thumbs, or looking perfectly nonchalant *coughAsuiandMeicough*.
"My, my, if there was anyone in both of your classes to become a harem master, Midoriya would have only been 5th of my guesses." Midnight admitted. Finally, she pinched the bridge between her eyes and sighed. "Girls, while I am rather proud about how ruthless and dedicated you are in getting your man, drugging another student to make another jealous didn't come off as excessive and dangerous?"
"Well, when you put it like that, I suppose." Momo tried saving face of her embarrassment for participating in this plan.
"But we just were scared of knowing the truth and wanted more proof before we confessed to Deku." Uraraka explained.
"Plus, that purple perve has been nothing but an annoying, sexist, shameless pain in the ass all year." Kyoka crossed her arms, opting to look away from Kayama's judgmental gaze. "We figured that this would also be a big way to get back at him."
"Yeah, making the shameless perve of your class have even less inhibitions and perve on you more sounds like a great plan." Midnight's sarcastic tone made the girls flinch.
"In all honesty, it wasn't the most thought out of plans." Melissa admitted.
"In our defense, we only came up with it last night." Setsuna pointed out.
"We are going to have more of a talk about this, along with perhaps an appropriate punishment for this reckless behavior." Midnight warned the girls as they lowered their heads. "But first things first, I do in fact have a way to fix this little debacle."
In the next five minutes, Midnight pulled aside Principal Nezu and carefully explained the situation to the rodent principal, making sure to weave in the urgency to not let Aizawa know about this. Nezu agreed, not wishing to tempt the insomniac teacher to expel near half of his class, two students from outside his own, or a recently graduating third year. Nezu and Midnight did agree that the girls will be punished, discreetly, for the endangerment of two of their classmates.
After they finished their talk, and a quick call, Nezu had spoken to the group that if they would be willing to have refreshments and snacks brought in, the rodent already knowing of their collective agreement before he even uttered the last words. Nezu decided to send out two students to get the snacks, that which Tokage and Iida immediately volunteered.
The former of whom agreed via Midnight's plan that she relayed to Nezu, which the principal was quite impressed with. Midnight held an antidote in her office for the purposes to act as an anti-aphrodisiac, in cases to counteract individuals suffering negatively to her Somnambulist Quirk and for risky hang outs and dates. They could then administer the anti-aphrodisiac into a drink for Midoriya, have the girls offer it to him, which would be quite easy given his current state, and fix this problem before it gets any worse.
While Tokage was bummed out she would miss this next Death Battle, it was better than dealing with a guilty conscience any further.
As the two students sped out, one of whom on her secret assignment, the rest sat back down, Mei pressing the button to play the next video.
"In the depths of space, who knows what awaits mankind?" Wiz began with an existential question.
"Probably some brain-sucking aliens who need an introduction to my fist." Boomstick stated, threateningly.
"Who's to say those brain-sucking aliens could be hurt by your fist, hmm Boomstick?" Kaminari retorted with a teasing, obnoxious grin.
"And I'm already regretting not volunteering to go instead." Kyoka groaned to herself.
"But what if the final frontier was a little more...furry?" Wiz questioned, an image of spaceship sailing through the stars and a larger more upfront image of a furry.
"People used to dress themselves like that?" Kosei held a look bordering confused and disturbed.
"It's said before Quirks appeared that humanity also faced a plethora of social issues and... interests that were perceived as strange." Momo explained, herself a tad bit disturbed as recalled what she read about in the times before Quirks. "One of these included the desire to dress up and identify as animals, often anthropomorphic, and date other similarly dressed individuals."
"I guess those kinds of people would have found these times to be like Heaven on Earth, huh Jurota?" Rin elbow tapped Jurota's side. "Not that I mean any offense, it's just that I think you would be some lucky lady's type."
"I... suppose, seeing it that way." Jurota nodded, unsure whether to consider such an idea flattering or concerning.
"Fox McCloud, captain of the Star Fox commandos." Boomstick introduced the first fighter.
"And Bucky O'Hare, captain of a galactic-wide rebellion." Wiz introduced the latter.
"Both anthropomorphic animals that live out somewhere in space and fly spaceships." Fat Gum highlighted the comparative reason for this Death Battle. "Hey, Suneater, if you ate a piece of fur from one of them, would you look like just their animal or also be anthropomorphic as well?"
"I don't want to think about it." Tamaki gulped down the vile in his throat as he thought about eating a piece of fur from humanoid animals, it being nauseating and confusing to distinguish whether that would be okay or wrong.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick." Boomstick introduced themselves.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills, to find out who would win a Death Battle!" Wiz finished the intro.
The first fighter was an anthropomorphic fox, much to the audiences' lack of surprise. The fox humanoid had light orange-brown fur with white streaks for eyebrows, along his head, in between his fox ears, styled almost like a mohawk, and his snout. He was dressed in a green jumpsuit, a black and golden belt around his waist, a red scarf around his neck, white futuristic boots, and a white, leather jacket with an emblem of a red foxlike creature with wings on his left shoulder. Strapped to his belt were a grey, futuristic pistol and a triangular, white and blue lined device of some sort. His jackets sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, revealing more of his light orange-brown fur, his hands mostly covered in black gloves, his light brown, and white tipped, tail sticking out his pants, and his guise complete with a special looking headset that circled around the back of his head and had an earpiece and a green eye tracker on his right side.
Fox McCloud
"It's about time you showed up, Fox." General Pepper, a canine-like individual in a uniform, said over a monitor.
"I'll do my best!" Fox reported on his own monitor, with tinier monitors below him, showing a rabbit, a frog, and a blue falcon.
"It's those other animal dudes from the teaser." Kaminari pointed out.
"This Fox was stated to be a commander of a team." Tokoyami responded. "These must be his teammates."
BACKGROUND
Age: 28
Weight: 59 kg /130 lbs
Height: 173 cm / 5'8"
Cornerian Flight Academy drop-out
Trained by James McCloud & Peppy Hare
Personality was modeled after Shigeru Miyamoto! Seriously!
"In his youth, Fox was a pilot prodigy, studying at the Cornerian flight academy." Wiz began Fox's analysis. "He was raised by his single father James, who founded a team of mercenaries known throughout the universe as Star Fox." An image of Fox's father had him side by side with a rabbit and a shifty looking pig man.
"Star Fox." Itsuka repeated the name. "Boomstick said Fox was the commander of the Star Fox commandoes."
"It must be that Fox inherited the position from his father to uphold his legacy." Ibara replied. "Perhaps after his father retired."
Izuku felt an instant sense of comradery with the fox pilot prodigy, knowing all too well about upholding and succeeding someone's legacy, and the pressure that comes with it.
"With Pigma, the ugliest pig you've ever seen, and Peppy, a rabbit older than the greeters at Walmart." Boomstick introduced the rest of the OG Team Star Fox.
"Burn." Miruko snickered, especially about Peppy's age, imagining if Peppy was her grandfather.
"But it wasn't long before something went horribly wrong." Wiz said ominously.
"Of course, it did." Mount Lady sighed. "Why wouldn't something go horrible wrong in any of these universes?"
"Because then we wouldn't have a story or reason to care or know about these characters." Midnight retorted.
"The Lylat system had endured decades of peace, but rumblings of civil war stirred." Wiz explained. "The empire of planet Venom was rising with their new leader, Andross."
"A giant evil monkey head with Rayman hands!" Boomstick jumped in, showing the evil monkey head.
"Okay, we have seen mutated turtle teenagers that are also ninjas, we have flying ponies and smack talking hedgehogs that can go faster than the speed of sound, and even boobs that can kill you if look at them." Sen recounted few of the many anomalies and oddities that the group have seen throughout the videos before pointing at the screen. "But That has to be one of the most ridiculous things that I have ever seen in my life."
"I'm just wondering how he's moving those hands." Ojiro said plainly and mute of all surprise at this point. "I mean he has no arms."
"Fearful of triggering a civil war, the Cornerian republic secretly hired the Star Fox freelancers to investigate." Wiz continued. "But upon arrival, James was betrayed by Pigma, who was secretly in league with the monkey mogul."
"Oh no." Uraraka's face fell, her hands over her wide mouth.
"Fucking Traitor." Bakugou growled.
Midoriya noticed again how Aoyama's ever constant smile fell to a sad frown, his sparkling eyes now dulled in... guilt? Again, Midoriya wanted to follow up on this, even ask Aoyama what was wrong, but a mild headache rang again in his reddening head, making him forget about Aoyama's shame ridden face.
Nezu frowned, displeased at seeing an act of betrayal. It reminded him of the U.A. traitor still in their midst, how it is more than likely one of the students in his school's care, and how that list of potential candidates was lowered recently to an unlucky 13 individuals thanks to the footage he received by Power Loader.
'Twice they have already betrayed us.' Nezu counted the number of instances the Traitor must have acted against them for the League of Villains. 'First, in the break-in and later coordinated assault on the USJ, and second, leaking the location and time of the Forest Training Camp for the League to attack again and kidnap Bakugou.'
Nezu did a takeback at the mention of the explosive member of 1-A's noteworthy kidnapping by the League. 'On second thought, make that list 12 possible traitor candidates.' Nezu almost wanted to smack himself for forgetting that Katsuki Bakugou was once a clear target of the League of Villain by his kidnapping and actively fought against them even before the Heroes attacked their base. Nezu remembered Edgeshot's report of hearing Bakugou using his Explosion Quirk on the Villains and making out some of his words against them before he ever made his presence known.
"Which is why pigs are for eating, and nothing else." Boomstick grumbled, an image of Pigma's head on a cooked pig platter.
"What?!" Fox exclaimed in shock.
"I feel like this might be offensive to someone with a pig Quirk or something." Ryukyu muttered.
"Everything is offensive to everyone these days." Miruko replied, tossing her hair back. "Best to just ignore those butthurt pansies who either are entitled, spoiled narcissists or likely haven't touched grass in years."
"Outraged at the Cornerian government for refusing to respond, Fox McCloud abandoned the academy." Wiz continued with the story.
"Why?! Why didn't they do anything?!" Hagakure asked.
"Oftentimes, the political machinations and thoughts of governments can make simple and easy decisions more difficult than need be." Edgeshot stated.
"Under Peppy's wing, he formed a new Star Fox team, alongside fellow drop-outs Falco Lombardi and Slippy Toad." Wiz revealed the new Star Fox team.
"So, a fox pilot prodigy, two academic dropouts, one a blue falcon and the other a toad, and an old rabbit veteran." Momo listed Team Star Fox's members. "Quite an assortment of individuals."
"Yaomomo, just call it a team or squad." Mina replied. "No need for the fancy talk."
"The result was a squad like nothing seen before." Wiz stated.
"Emergency! Emergency! Incoming enemy fighters. Prepare for launch." An announcer said over a PA system as Fox and his crew began to launch out on their ships.
ARWING
T&B-H1 Lasers
-Upgrades: Twin, Hyper
Smart Bombs
-Carry Capacity: 9
G-Diffusion Shielding
G-Diffuser NTD-FX1 Plasma Engine
A single line of text
Mas atmospheric speed: Mach 4.2
"Fox pilots an Arwing, a nimble star fighter with a lot of power." Boomstick analyzed the Arwing as it flew and fired in combat. "It has twin plasma lasers and can carry up to nine smart bombs, each of which can take out an entire squadron in just one shot. It also creates a reflector shield when Fox does a well...you know..."
"Do a barrel roll!" Peppy Hare said the meme.
Driven by an unknown urge, Kaminari snatched the notebook from Deku's hands and quickly wrote down the phrase before giving the book back, in speeds that would give even Iida pause, if he were here to see it.
Luckily for Deku, the info about the Arwings was safely written down by the frantic writing of both Mei and Melissa, the latter of whom more interested in the speed and defensive shielding capabilities and the former in the weaponry.
Power Loader shuddered, his mind conjuring a horrifying image of Mei working on one of these Smart Bombs, it going off by accident, and U.A., as a result, destroyed to pieces. And that's before wondering what would happen if the Kyber Crystals were likewise destroyed, that conjuring an image of half of Musutafu blown to bits. His soul seemed to seep out of his mouth and tried to escape.
"Actually, a barrel roll is when the plane spins in a helix path, as if wrapping around the outside of a barrel." Wiz clarified. "Fox ́s trademark maneuver, in which he spins the fighter in place, is technically called an aileron roll."
Tokoyami pales. His mind went back to his time in Hawk's agency. He remembered how he likewise make the mistake of calling Hawk's aileron rolls a barrel roll, and how he continued to mess it up in his agency with his sidekicks. Tokoyami now painfully realizes why Hawks and his sidekicks had puffed up, grinning faces. They wanted to keep their laughter to themselves and pulled a prank of him by letting him continue to call it like that.
'I will have words with you then next time we meet, Hawks.' Tokoyami vowed vengeance, and somewhere in Japan a crimson winged Hero was laughing like a maniac, to the confusion of his duplicating 'friend'.
"Can't let you do that, Wizard!" Boomstick mimicked a voice, while the figure of a purple wolf snuck into frame from the corner.
"Do what?" Wiz questioned.
"Ruin the joke." Boomstick stated bluntly.
"What was with the purple wolf guy on the side? Honenuki asked.
"Boomstick made an impression as he appeared, so he might have been copying something that that wolf guy says in his universe." Shoji answered.
"Regardless, the Arwings are equipped with four advanced G-Diffusers, which reduce gravitational forces on pilots in flight." Wiz continued. "Even so, the ultra-fast Arwings exert enormous pressure. Exposure to intense G-forces causes blood to drop from a pilot's brain to his feet."
David nodded in confirmation of the information, remembering how he worked on and helped improve the fighter jets of Star n Stripe's crew on how much G's they can pull and minimize pressure.
Melissa was meanwhile writing this info like a madwoman, this perhaps being an essential tool to use for one of her projects to be a Quirkless Hero, this one in particular already having a sketched-out blueprint of a suit of armor in a feminine human shape.
"To prevent this, and thus fly the Arwings to the best of their ability, the Star Fox team actually amputated their legs, replacing them with cybernetics." Wiz revealed, Fox's unclothed foot revealed to, in fact, be a robotic foot.
"Holy shit! That's some hardcore dedication!" Boomstick exclaimed.
Melissa paled and decided, despite her intense fervor and passion, to not make a note of amputating her legs. And an even bigger note to not let Mei get any ideas to do the same to her, herself, or others.
"Plus, those robotic legs must make a kick from the guy super painful." Mina added.
ARSENAL & ABILITIES
Blaster
-Heavily Modified
-Interchangeable modes:
-Rapid-Fire
-Charge Shot
-Full Chare destroys armored turrets
Reflector Barrier
-Repels projectiles, even Arwing lasers
-Useless against physical attacks
Booster Pack
Fox Illusion
Fire Fox
"When Fox isn't engaged in an aerial dog-er-foxfight, he relies on his trusty blaster pistol, which he always carries." Boomstick continued onto his weapons and skills. "This little beauty has been heavily modified over the years and can charge up a super powerful shot."
"Good." Snipe nodded. "I was worried that with so much talk about his ship that we wouldn't get to see his combat abilities."
"Fox also carries two portable G-Diffusers, one acts as an all-purpose reflector, though he cannot move or attack while using it." Wiz jumped back in; Fox shown using the reflector. "The second is a booster pack for highly maneuverable flight."
"Defensive capabilities, that lack mobility when in use, but with another device for high mobility and aerial advantage." Endeavor listed the benefits and coverage of Fox's tech. "Although, it appears that it can deflect energy beams and perhaps bullets, it cannot deflect the explosion or heat of a nearby object."
Bakugou grinned, his mind already forming combat scenarios to if he ever tangled with the humanoid fox, prioritizing to avoid direct hit with his explosions or his AP Shot, but instead to focus his explosions to ground in front of or nearby Fox to knock the pilot back and disorient him to snag the Diffuser that acts as his shield.
"These G-Diffusers allow Fox to manipulate his own gravity to perform two superhuman fighting moves, the speedy Fox Illusion, and the Fire Fox." Wiz continued, Fox speedily going through...a Jigglypuff(?) with Fox Illusion and Fire Fox.
"The Fox Illusion appears to give Fox a short time burst of super speed." Izuku began writing in his notebook, though much slower and less muttering than usual. "It could be useful for both offensive and evasion purposes, to deliver quick and stunning strikes, distract enemies, and evade hard to dodge attacks." Izuku groaned as his heated up and mind ached but pushed to continue writing down the info. "While Fire Fox would be a more offensive tool given how slower it is..."
As Izuku continued, the girls noticed the painful, slower change. Their faces fell as the consequences of their actions were clearly shown hurting the very guy they love, sought to confess, and share with each other. The guilt only compounded when they realized the same fate would have happened to Mineta, their plan negatively impacting someone this much whether it worked or not.
They can only hope that Tokage came back quickly with Miss Midnight's antidote before it could grow worse.
STRENGTHS & FEATS
Jack of All Trades, lacking in none
Cool & Collected
Killed Andross twice, plus a clone
Ended the Lylat Wars
Regularly bests Star Wolf
Battled a whole planet of dinosaurs
Stopped the Aparoid Invasion
Defeated the Anglar Emperor
"Fox has taken down entire armies on his own, and unlike dear old dead dad, he's defeated Andross not once, but twice." Boomstick revealed Fox's feats. "He and his team even kicked the collective assess, multiple times, of Team Star Wolf, an evil, rogue squad of bounty hunters that worked for Andross, including Wolf O'Donnel and that traitor bastard Pigma."
Eri and Kouta clapped for Fox defeating the giant, evil, monkey head and avenging his father from both the former and the traitor pig.
"Hey, it's that same wolf guy that Boomstick made an impression of." Koda pointed out.
WEAKNESSES
Jack of All Trades, best in none
Not very cunning
Shoots first, asks questions later...sometimes a good thing
Doomed to a pathetic & lonely existence for no good reason after Star Fox Command on DS
"He is absolutely fearless, though he often relies on his brainier wingmates to handle strategy and intel." Wiz pointed out Fox's limits.
"'Cause when he comes up with a plan, he ends up falling into a black hole!" Boomstick explained further. "'Clever like a fox', my ass."
"Interesting." Nezu hummed. "As a Jack of All Trades, it may be fortuitous for him to be decent, if not exceptional, in multiple attributes to increase his chances of survival for this Death Battle, but it may be just as damning if he isn't particularly skilled in one aspect to give him a winning edge against his opponent."
"And since he's not very cunning, quick, adaptive strategy won't be strong suit for his fight." Gran Torino jumped in. "He's likely run recklessly into the fight without a well thought out plan which could get him killed."
"But it's good that he acknowledges his weaknesses and relies on his teammates in areas that he's lacking in." Toshinori added. "Shows a level of trust and compatibility that makes this Team Star Fox as impressive and skilled as they are."
"Regardless, he has proven himself more than capable of saving the day on his own, time and time again, he is the leader of the second generation of Star Fox, the greatest commando team in the galaxy." Wiz sang Fox's praises. "And that alone should prove one thing-"
"You don't fuck around with Fox McCloud!" Boomstick said.
"Ha! Good one." Mirio chuckled. "Like-'If you mess with Mirio, your chances are Zero'!"
"It hurts. It hurts." Nejire's head fell into her hands, shaking it back and forth to jog the cringe from her mind.
"I see 'em up ahead!" Fox spoke to his team through their comms as they fly. "Let's rock and roll!"
The next fighter, much like his opponent was another anthropomorphic humanoid, this time a yellow-green rabbit with large amber eyes, and red-lens goggles pulled up this forehead. His outfit usually consists of a red and yellow jumpsuit, with yellow gloves, boots, and a belt, yellow gold lines down the middle of his predominately red jumpsuit, yellow stripes on his shoulders, and a red cape. Other times he could be seen with different outfits, like an orange gold jumpsuit instead.
Bucky O'Hare
"I know what you're thinking, 'Just who is Captain Bucky O'Hare?'" Wiz began. "Well, prepare to be reminded or introduced to the greatest cartoon rabbit since Bugs Bunny."
"Well, okay that's a pretty big hurdle you just set up for this rabbit." Miruko raised an eyebrow. "No one is a better bunny than Bugs Bunny. Except yours truly."
"Hey! 'ZuZu' is also a great rabbit!" Nejire protested. "Don't discount our precious Cinnamon Roll!"
Cue the explosive rush of blood to 'ZuZu' already red face. Though, despite the heat and headache of his held back lust, Izuku looked to Nejire as she continued pouting at Miruko. How someone a couple of years older than him was still so cheerful and adorable, how cute her pout was, how underneath the ditzy, airhead persona she was incredibly intelligent, compassionate, resourceful, and powerful enough to be a member of the Big Three. Izuku let out a tiny chuckle at the memories of their hang outs, either with the rest of the Big Three or with Eri, and how easily compatible and relatable the two were with each other, from their inquisitive minds to their rapid-fire questions and mutterings.
Izuku always found Nejire one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen, but now, with his inhibitions and self-doubts lessened and his mind, strangely clear, she was absolutely gorgeous.
"T-Thanks, Ha-Nejire." Izuku finally said.
Nejire was taken back, she never could get Izuku to say her first name without a pouting reminder, but now he said it so easily and lovingly, Nejire's subconscious threatened to take control and tackle her green rabbit into a kiss.
Instead, she simply smiled, her wide-tooth grin poking at her blushing cheeks. "No problem, 'ZuZu'!"
Music began to play as rapid fired images of the titular green rabbit appeared flying a large spaceship. "In another dimension, another time and space. A parallel universe was fallin' on its face." The song began as dozens of yellow saucer-like spaceships flew and blasted green energy bolts, followed by an army of evil looking toad people marching running through ruins, one stepping on a discarded rabbit doll.
As the video began, Tsuyu Asui had a feeling of foreboding dread, like she wasn't going to like what came next. Seeing the evil looking toad people as clear and obvious Villains, or a villainous empire, she was right.
"When out of the chaos, who else could it be, but the animal adventurers of S.P.A.C.E.!" A large yellow orange ship flew out between multiple asteroids and fired on the toad men, flying out with the letters spelling space beside. "Bucky! Captain Bucky O'Hare!" Bucky was shown helping to pilot the ship with a white feline, pink-haired teammate. "He goes where no ordinary rabbit would dare!" Bucky ran down a green tunnel of pipes, hopping, jumping, and flipping out of harm's way of traps and lasers and explosions.
"It's like the theme song for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." Koda compared.
"Okay, impressive." Miruko admitted after witnessing Bucky jumping and dodging his way through all those traps.
"If your Righteous Indignation has suffered a hit! And your photon accelerator's broken a bit!" The ship was shown being fired upon by a large spaceship with a toad like head in front, Bucky and the crew tumbling inside, before switching to a one-eyed robot running from a smoking and exploding machine. "And you're losing your mind, and you're having a fit, get the funky fresh rabbit who can take care of it!" More images shown were a toad general of sorts panicking at the video of his forces destroyed by Bucky and his crew, two toad men getting their trap foiled by one of Bucky's friends, and Bucky saving another one by firing on a large green tank.
"Bucky! Captain Bucky O'Hare! You say Bucky? I said Bucky! Bucky O'Hare! Let's croak up some toads!" A few final scenes of Bucky kicking toad ass and firing on his blaster, before he and his crew stood triumphant while the title of their show appeared, with a few Toad men croaking as they got smacked by the last of the title.
"That was fun!" Eri clapped, her eyes full of childlike wonder. "Do you think I could watch it, Papa?"
"U-Um, I'll see what I can do?" Izuku replied, his confusion on how to even make this show from another universe be available to watch making the response more a question.
Before Eri could reply, the video paused, and the device sounded strangely. A message came up on the paused video that read, "PACKAGE DELIVERY INCOMING! ACCEPT PACKAGE!"
The group quickly deduced that this was the intervention of the same individual that gave them the lightsaber crystals and was communicating through the device, this mysterious Zayden.
After Izuku received a nod of approval by Nezu and passing it on to Mei, the ok button was pressed. Immediately, a hole opened up in the device and the camera lens came out and glowed blue again. A rectangular package was formed in the blue light and floated onto Eri's lap.
Eri took hold of the package and immediately squealed as she registered it. "It's Mr. Bucky O'Hare!" Eri exclaimed. "Look Papa, it's Captain Bucky!"
True to her word, in Eri's hands was a plastic container with a DVD inside, the front and description in the back confirming that it was a DVD of Captain Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Menace, quickly presumed to be a DVD containing all of the show inside.
"Thank you, Mr. Box and-Papa, what is the name of the guy who is helping us?" Eri turned to Midoriya for answers.
"Uh, Zayden." Izuku answered.
"Thank you, Mr. Zayden!" Eri thanked again.
"MESSAGE RECIEVED!" The device read out a new message. "ANYTHING FOR ONE OF THE CUTEST AND PRECIOUS CHILDREN IN THE MULTIVERSE!"
"Agreed." Izuku said, petting Eri's head.
Eri blushed at the string of compliments, a part of herself still trying to deny them, but she trusted her Papa, and hugged him.
"U-Um, c-can I watch that with you, Eri-chan." Kouta asked, his cheeks red and nervous.
"Sure!" Eri replied almost instantly. "As Papa and Uncle Mirio said, it's always more fun to share experiances with someone else." Eri smiled despite her mispronunciation.
"Thanks!" Kouta smiled back, excited and relieved.
"Bucky, Captain Bucky O'Hare!" Boomstick sang and laughed. "Oh, the 80s."
BACKGROUND
Age: Mid 20s
Weight: Approximately 45 kg /100 lbs
Height: 150 cm /4'11"
Genus Academy Graduate
Trained by Damaron Jabok
Comic book concept originally created in 1978
"Graduate of the esteemed Genus Academy and trained in combat by the mysterious warrior Damaron Jabok, Bucky O'Hare and his motley crew defend the Aniverse – yes, the 'Aniverse'," Wiz said, repeating the name of Bucky's universe.
"Aniverse?" Koda raised a confused and interested eyebrow.
"Probably just combining animal and universe, for a universe of anthropomorphic animals." Ojiro replied. "Actually Koda, since your Quirk can control animals, could you be able to control anthropomorphic animals?"
"I... don't know." Koda replied, unsure himself. "I mean, my Quirk doesn't work on other metamorphic people with animal features, so I don't know if that would apply here or be different since they are more animal than human."
"From the evil Toad Empire, who are basically amphibian Nazis...if Hitler was Skynet." Wiz continued, showing the amphibian bad guys and their AI leader.
"I bet you wanna watch the show now, huh?" Boomstick asked, teasingly.
"No." Asui croaked.
"Mad that the bad guys are frogs that are Nazis?" Mina teased.
"They are toads, and yes." Asui replied.
"Do I have your undivided attention now?" The AI leader, Komplex, questioned his fallen over general.
"Bucky captains the best-named spaceship of all time, the Righteous Indignation." Boomstick introduced the ship.
"Okay, yeah, that is a badass name!" Kaminari agreed.
"Which is now the new name for my penis!" Boomstick added.
"And he ruined it." Kyoka face palmed.
RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION
First Space Frigate of S.P.A.C.E.
1 Master Cannon
Standard sub-light speed drive
Aldeberan sensors & scanners
Houses 1 Toad Croaker Speeder
Heavily modified Betelgeusian Banana Runner
"Ahem, this tough frigate needs a full crew to operate, but its pivoting Maser Cannon packs a deadly punch." Wiz ignored Boomstick and spoke.
"That sounds like it will be a disadvantage for Bucky against Fox." Jurota said. "While the Righteous Indignation appears the one with stronger artillery, it's need of a full crew, which would not qualify for a Death Battle, will make Bucky piloting it alone extremely difficult."
"And while Fox will also not have his team with him to help, Fox's ship can be piloted on his own and has the greater speed and defensive options with that deflector." Momo pointed out.
"Enough about my genitals, Wiz, let's get back to the rabbit!" Boomstick interrupted again.
"Oh, please." Mei rolled her eyes. "If anyone's package needs a full crew to operate it's Musc-" Mei was swiftly interrupted by Melissa's hand over her mouth.
"What was she saying?" Mineta perked his head up like meercat.
"Uh, she was just complaining about Boomstick's perverted comments." Melissa stuttered out. "Ehehehe."
Mineta's eyes narrowed, clearly suspicious, but sat back down with a final 'I've got my eye on you' gesture.
ARSENAL & ABILITIES
Laser Pistol
-Automatic
-Self-cleaning
-Can fire a constant stream
Grenades
-Carries 2
-Thrown detonation:
-Small, concentrated blast
-Manual detonation:
-Large, uncontrolled blast
Jetpack
"Bucky's no slouch on the ground, he always carries one automatic laser pistol, powerful enough to slice through solid metal." Boomstick began revealing Bucky's weapons. "He also brings along two energy grenades. When detonated, the resulting blast is massive." This was proven by Bucky shown detonating a grenade with a large detonation.
"So, both Fox and Bucky have laser pistols, though Fox may have the advantage by his reflector being capable deflecting Bucky's blasts." Todoroki analyzed.
"But then Fox's reflector can't deflect explosions or their force so Bucky's energy grenades could work to harm Fox out of the reflector." Ojiro jumped in. "Or kill him, if there are strong enough."
"Bucky also wears a very reliable jetpack, which is fast enough to apparently outrace explosions!" Wiz revealed, beginning to show the science and math behind an explosion. "The velocity of a detonation can reach over 2,000 meters per second. This means in zero-G, Bucky's jetpack can reach speeds over Mach-five, which would turn any normal rabbit into mush."
"Pfft, that's child's play." Miruko bragged.
"Well, you aren't a normal rabbit, are you, Rumi?" Ryukyu teased.
"Clearly not." Edgeshot dryly commented, earning him a glare from the Rabbit Hero.
Bakugou now had the strange mix of both wanting to vote for Bucky and test the rabbit's speed against his own explosions.
"But not this funky fresh rabbit! And yes, that's a direct quote." Boomstick exclaimed and clarified.
"Bucky will avoid a fight if he can, preferring to outsmart his opponents rather than resort to brute force." Wiz mentioned.
"That will likely help in his fight against his opponent." Midnight compared between Bucky and Fox's ironic lack of cunning.
"I've got some serious pondering to do." Bucky O'Hare spoke with his surprisingly deep and cool voice.
"Woah." Mina blinked. "I didn't expect that green rabbit to sound so cool."
Miruko grinned at Bucky's clear confidence, liking this fellow rabbit more and more.
STRENGTH & FEATS
Legendary acrobatic ability
Smart & Cunning
Expert Marksman
Can leap over 30 m /100 feet
Ended the Toad Wars
Defeated Komplex, Twice
Led galaxy-wide resistance
"However, he's a skilled martial artist, an expert marksman, and his acrobatic ability is legendary." Boomstick moved onto his strengths.
"Wouldn't expect nothing less." Miruko smirked.
"He can leap well over one hundred feet in the air with a single hop." Boomstick continued.
"And that's actually quite impressive." Miruko stated, taken aback by his hopping skills. Hers were still superior, but it was still surprising.
"He's a cunning warrior and leader." Wiz agreed. "Bucky is responsible for constructing a massive, galactic-wide army to combat the Toad Empire, and succeeded in dethroning their robotic ruler, Komplex, not once, but twice."
"Like how Fox defeated Andross twice, too." Hagakure pointed out.
"So, both have led armies against an evil animal-themed empire, fast and deadly, hold similar weapons and gear, can reach large heights." Itsuka counted the comparisons between the two furry fighters. "Hmm, going to be hard to choose here."
WEAKNESSES
Lacks defensive gear
Far too trusting of strangers
Heavily relies on crew in combat
"However, Bucky is also far too trusting for his own good." Wiz pointed out his weaknesses. "Even trusting random strangers far too easily, which may lead himself into a trap. He also lacks any defensive gear, likely to keep himself as agile as possible."
"While the lack of protection for speed makes sense, that's probably going to be bad against Fox." Izuku spoke. "Fox has those robotic legs so if he lands a lucky kick, it could be really damaging."
"But anyone who would dare to fight, should beware the deadly Captain Bucky O'Hare." Boomstick finished the analysis.
"Attention all hands, battle stations!" Bucky said over the PA. "Let's croak toads!" The whole crew said in unison.
"Ribbit." Asui, despite knowing that the toads were evil, still disliked that.
"Alright, the combatants are set." Wiz began the usual intro to the fight. "Let's end this debate once and for all!"
"It's Time For a Death BAATTTTLLLLEEEE!"
The device paused the video and began searching for the likeliest of counterparts to the two furry fighters. Meanwhile, the group voted on who would this fight.
In the end, Fox's voters included Asui, out of spite against Bucky and his toad beating ways and Fox having a toad of his own on his team. Melissa and Momo, both finding Fox's ship, while smaller, to be the better and faster ship voted for Fox too, as well as Mei Hatsume, who respected Fox's devotion to piloting the Arwing to have his legs amputated, Shoto, more confident in Fox's gear like his reflector, Endeavor for Fox's Fox Illusion and Fire Fox to be useful and essential tools for the fight, All Might for Fox's trust and teamwork, Kaminari, who liked the jokes and memes from Fox more, Edgeshot, who found the Fox may have the better experience of the two evenly matched fighters, and Kouta who liked Fox's look, skill, and ship better than Bucky. Izuku also voted for Fox, not just for his gear, ship, and agility, but feeling connected with the furry pilot for having to carry on the legacy of a father figure.
As for Bucky's most notable of voters, they included Miruko, part due to Bucky as a fellow rabbit and part because of his great acrobatic and leaping skills, Bakugou who liked Bucky's large and strong ship and Bucky's powerful grenades, Itsuka and Ojiro, for Bucky's expert martial arts, Aizawa and Nezu for Bucky's willingness to use his wits than brawn, Gran Torino, for Bucky's speed, hopping skills, and jetpack, Kamakiri, who liked the Righteous Indignation better, Mina, who liked Bucky's natural agility than Fox's artificial one, Nejire, who thought Bucky had the greater aerial speed and superiority, and Eri, both for the fact she had the DVD for his show and because she thought he was cool, strong, and smart like her Papa.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device finished scanning, first showing Fox. "FOX MCCLOUD! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
"And we found another one, boys." Kaminari threw his hands in the air. "How many Midoriya counterparts does this make again?"
"I think like the 15th one." Sato answered.
"Hey! Deku! Stop getting all the counterparts to yourself, you greedy bastard!" Bakugou complained.
Izuku sweatdropped, not knowing how this was his fault. He had no control over what his counterpart was or not. Still, Midoriya felt honored to be Fox's counterpart, wondering if that similar legacy upholding trait helped to compare the two.
"CAPTAIN BUCKY O'HAIR! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
"Oh no! The Izuku counterpart streak! It's happening again!" Mineta jokingly panicked, much to laughter and Izuku's embarrassment.
Though, in the end, Izuku just felt proud to be connected to so many important and powerful individuals throughout the multiverse, wondering if this speaks truth to what the device said when he was a Nexus Point.
"Hey! Do you remember what this reminds me off?" Toru gained the group's attention. "When Midoriya was also Daisy, that green rabbit that was Bakugou's counterpart's pet."
"Oh my god, you're right!" Uraraka gasped, smacking her forehead. "Stupid! How did I not remember that?!"
Bakugou suddenly felt both justified and regretful for his decision.
Miruko instead drew her attention back towards the blushing viridian haired teenager and what Nejire said about him being a 'fellow rabbit'. She recalled all of his counterparts and the great skill and power they all shared, along with the boy's own impressive strength, acrobatic speed, and versatility. She remembered then how the kid with the tape shooting arms, Sero was it(?), and how he said that Midoriya's first Hero suit resembled a rabbit after Midoriya was revealed to be Daisy the Rabbit's counterpart. A rabbit, strong and fast, loyal and confident, with a little work, and full of potential.
A shiver ran through her body as her mating instincts, courtesy of her own Quirk, flared up, her ears perked and her feet thumping excitedly. 'Have I finally found a good enough guy to be my buck?' She thought to herself, a slight glint of hope felt that her long and tiring search for a mate might be reaching its end.
"ADDITIONAL MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device continued. "FALCO LOMBARDI! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KATSUKI BAKUGOU!"
"Hey, look at that, Bakugou is that bird dude that is part of Midoriya's crew." Mineta teased, which received him an explosion to the face.
"Like Hell I would follow that nerd!" Bakugou raged. "If anyone is going to be a leader of a crew, it should be me!"
"PEPPY HARE! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: SORAHIKO TORINO AKA GRAN TORINO!"
"Heh, I guess I can see that." Gran Torino snickered. "Just as I trained the kid where you failed, Toshinori, seems my counterpart did the same for his. And I think I got an idea who his counterpart's father is."
Toshinori felt it too and chose to focus on that, rather than the hammer of disappointment and shame that Torino harshly hit him with.
"SLIPPY TOAD! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: MINORU MINETA!"
"Hehe, looks like I'm part of the greatest team of commandoes in that universe! Suck it, losers!" Mineta bragged. "And hey, Asui, you're a frog, I'm a toad, maybe we can-"
Mineta wisely shut up as the return of Demon Deku's glaring and impending face quickly put the fear of God in him. "I-I-I-I mean, Midoriya, glad to be on your team and your command, sir!" Mineta meekly squeaked, raising his hand to shake.
Midoriya would shake it, and Mineta did his best to not show pain from Midoriya's hydraulic press-like grip. The girls, even Asui, had the decency to whisper an apology to the grape-headed pervert for causing this side of Deku to arise again.
"JAMES MCCLOUD! MUTLIVERSAL COUNTERPAR: TOSHINORI YAGI AKA ALL MIGHT!"
While the same teasing of All Might and Izuku's closeness was once more tossed at their embarrassed faces, not only was Shoto adding this to the Dad-Might theory board in his head, but Endeavor also perked up as well. 'Not only is All Might Midoriya's father in this universe, but also in the same universe where Midoriya was Kratos.' Endeavor thought, recalling back to Kratos vs Spawn, where All Might's counterpart was Zeus, Kratos's, Midoriya's counterpart, father. 'He also was a fatherly figure as Raiden was to Midoriya's counterpart in Liu Kang, and as Superman, he is dating the counterpart to the boy's own mother. Was I perhaps more right than I knew when I said that Midoriya held a similar strength and power to All Might?'
Endeavor would continue plunging down into the same rabbit hole of theories and speculation that his son sunk to. Nezu spotted the similarities and sighed. 'Like father like son, I suppose.' He thought.
After all was said and done, the video resumed with the actual Death Battle.
The fight opened up with three of the classic Star Fox crew appearing on screen, of the expanse of space, in their Arwings. "We're heading out!" Fox declared. "All aircraft report."
"Hey, it's like the end of the last video." Pony pointed out.
"I suppose it was a teaser for how the Death Battle would begin." Itsuka deduced.
"This is Peppy, all systems go!" Peppy reported in.
"Don't forget me!" Slippy called in, as his ship flies in behind them.
"Slippy, what are you doing? Hurry up!" Falco yelled at his toad teammate.
"Yeah, I can definitely see the resemblance." Sero snickered, looking between the blue falcon and the explosive Pomeranian.
"Screw off!" The Pomeranian barked. "Not my fault the purple perve is a dead weight."
"Hey!" Mineta exclaimed.
The Righteous Indignation then appeared.
"Don't worry." Slippy replied, unknowing of the ship that appeared behind him.
"Attention all hands, battle stations." Bucky radioed in.
"Could it be the pretense for this fight just be that they think Slippy is part of that toad empire they are fighting?" Sato questioned. "'Cause that sounds a bit racist."
"Huh?" Fox was taken back by Bucky's sudden appearance.
"Let's croak toads!" Bucky, and presumably his crew in the background, cried out, as the Righteous Indignation's blasters charged up.
"Slippy, watch out!" Peppy warned before it was too late.
Bucky begins to shoot Slippy's ship with the Righteous Indignation's Maser Cannon.
"Hey! What did I do to you?!" Mineta cried out, panicking.
"Ah! I'm hit!" Slippy cried out. "Fox!" Slippy's ship blew up with the toad himself.
Mineta paled, his soul almost seen leaving his body.
"Whelp, he's dead." Sero sweatdropped.
"The toad or him?" Kaminari gestured to the slumped over perve as Dark Shadow poked and prodded his comical soul back into his small body.
"Mission accomplished!" Bucky declared.
"Midoriya!" Mineta, now resuscitated, wailed at his teammate/killer. "Why did you shoot down your own teammate?! I call friendly fire!"
Midoriya sweatdropped, unsure how to respond to Mineta's dramatics. "S-Sorry?" He replied, unsure.
Fox retaliated, firing a smart bomb onto Bucky's ship, shooting it down into the strange planet below.
"I'm starting to think that this fight isn't going to involve their ships at all." Melissa scratched at her cheek.
"Scratch one bogey." Falco declared.
"There's one more to go." Fox said, before flying his ship down to the planet below to chase after the Righteous Indignation.
As the screen turned black, the following title card appeared:
DEATH BATTLE! No. 29
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Random ass planet
Fox McCloud VS Bucky O'Hare
"Wow, I didn't realize that this was the 29th Death Battle video that we've seen." Shoda blinked. "I almost miscounted it as our 28th one."
"That's because of the boring ass fight between those turds with faces and bipedal turtles." Kamakiri's voice was dry with boredom of that particular fight.
The screen gained color on the planet surface, the Righteous Indignation's wreckage burning and buried under some rubble. As Fox's Arwing landed, Bucky jumped out of the wreckage of his ship. Fox then jumped out of his Arwing to meet the green rabbit. "Come on!" Fox taunted.
"Why are you getting out of your ship, stupid Deku?!" Bakugou yelled perplexed and angered. "Get back in there and blast your other stupid self to pieces!"
"It appears that Fox holds a level of honor and fairy play." Tokoyami explained. "He would rather fight on equal terms than with an unfair advantage."
FIGHT!
Fox rushed towards Bucky, who tried to jump away from his opponent, but Fox used his Fox Illusion to dash faster, stunning Bucky with a swift strike. Behind the green rabbit, Fox proceeds to perform a roundhouse kick to the back of Bucky's head, followed by repeated kicks.
"True to the analysis, Bucky attempted to back away to strategize his plan of attack, but Fox's speed and Fox Illusion allowed for him to close the distance quickly." Edgeshot analyzed. "This is an instant where over caution and weariness can be just as harmful as rushing in recklessly."
Midoriya made a note of that, finding himself on such criticism where he would stand still and take too much time to plan and power up instead of doing something to his detriment.
On the last kick, Fox missed as Bucky sidestepped behind him. Fox noticed too late before Bucky struck him with a powerful right hook and flip kick that knocked him to the ground. Bucky proceeded to flip kick his downed foe back up, quickly rushing to where Fox was backing up to, and then punching him again, sending Fox tumbling onto the wreckage of the Righteous Indignation.
"That's the way to do it!" Miruko exclaimed, pleased. "Don't give your enemy a moment's rest and keep pummeling them until they can't get back up!"
Bakugou agreed with this statement.
Bucky stalked towards the dust cloud that was formed upon Fox's landing, carefully. Bucky decided to fire his laser pistol; however, just as the dust cloud settled, Fox used his Reflector, sending the bolt of energy back to Bucky, who barely dodges it and hid behind the boulder behind him.
Fox decided to his fire his blaster pistol multiple times, Bucky hiding behind the unaffected boulder.
"Guess Fox's blaster isn't really all that strong if compared to Bucky's." Power Loader commented.
"Then why is he still firing?" Hagakure asked.
"Fox's pinning Bucky down to keep Bucky on the defensive." Snipe replied. "Either to stall out the fight for Fox to think of something else, keep Bucky from attacking as he moves in, or get a lucky chance to hit him if he pokes out."
Fox stopped firing, coked his gun, and began super charging his next shot. Bucky poked his head out to see this, and as Fox launched it, the green rabbit captain hopped out of there, super charged blast turning the boulder to rubble.
Fox sees Bucky up in the air and tries to use fire on him, only for Bucky to evade and land on Fox, crushing him to the ground and again. Fox tried to charge his Fire Fox but was crushed a third time. Finally, Fox ascended upwards with Fire Fox striking Bucky. Now, Fox was in the air and Bucky on the ground.
"It appears that Bucky might be faster in the air compared to Fox on the ground." Thirteen deduced. "And that speed allowed for him to strike those heavy attacks quickly."
Airborne, Fox charged up another super shot and fired, but Bucky was too fast and evaded the blast, landing on the wreckage of his ship. Fox charged a super shot again and Bucky evaded it again, now airborne himself as the wreckage of his ship blew up further.
Both furry leaders start shooting at each other and evading in the air, ascending upwards as they continued their skyward shootout. Bucky then fired a grenade at Fox, but leader of Team Star Fox used his Reflector shield and sent the grenade back to Bucky, blasting him backwards.
"What the Hell?!" Kamakiri exclaimed. "I thought his shield didn't block explosions!"
"Only the explosive force of the grenade, not the grenade itself." Bakugou responded. "If they were on the ground and it exploded next to him it would have worked."
Fox flew towards the captain, delivering a barrage of hurricane kicks at Bucky, followed by another series of kicks and strikes. After Fox used the Fox Illusion to strike at him, Fox tried it again, only for Bucky to evade in time and latch and hangs onto Fox.
"He caught him?!" Kouta exclaimed.
"Bucky must have picked up predicted Fox's more predictable movements and took advantage of that." Izuku explained.
Fox tried to shake Bucky off of him by speeding multiple times. Having enough, Fox halted in the air and activated his Reflector, shocking and forcing Bucky off.
"Oh, so Fox's reflector also serves as a deterrent to physical attacks, too." Ryukyu muttered.
Bucky recovered and shot Fox's booster pack, sending the furry pilot back to the ground.
"He's destroyed his jetpack!" Pony exclaimed.
"Now, Fox is flightless." Tokoyami pointed out. "Giving Bucky the aerial advantage."
Bucky fried a barrage of blaster fire onto Fox, who shielded himself under his Reflector.
"Quit spamming that stupid Reflector!" Bakugou yelled, annoyed.
"Hey, if it's not broke." Sero defended Fox.
As Bucky continued his barrage, he threw down a grenade close to where Fox is standing.
"Ah, clever." Nezu commented. "Since he knows throwing the grenade at Fox would only bounce back, he threw it nearby him instead."
"But that is his last grenade, so it better be worth it." Aizawa pointed out.
Noticing the grenade, Fox threw the Reflector away and dodged in time with Fox Illusion maneuver. However, the explosive force of the grenade sent Fox tumbling, noticeably without his legs.
"Where did his legs go?!" Nejire questioned, alarmed.
"Fox may have escaped most of the yield of that grenade, but the combined use of Fox Illusion and the explosive force must have made him lose his legs." Mirio analyzed.
"Come on, kid!" Miruko actually rooted for the green rabbit. "Don't waste this chance!"
Fox got up and noticed his legs far away from him. Not giving up though, Fox managed to get another jet pack up and running, and flew off towards the surprised Bucky, crashing him with a rough tackle that made them both lose their jetpacks.
Crashing to the ground, with him on top, Fox began to choke Bucky, the green rabbit's eyes wide and gasping for breath.
"AH! I can't look!" Hagakure cried out, covering her eyes.
Mirio agreed with her and covered Eri and Kouta's eyes despite their protest.
Izuku rubbed his neck, finding it both weird to see himself choking another him and the phantom feelings of Shigaraki's hands on his throat back at the mall flaring up.
Having enough, Fox brought out his gun, held it point-blank at Bucky's head, charged it up, and fired. Bucky's head exploded into pieces, one of his ears sliding away and leaving a trail of blood.
A gulping sound was all that was needed for multiple simultaneous stomachs to be relieved of their contents.
"God Dammit!" Miruko cursed, pissed off that her fighter died. But at least he went out with a bang, so there's something.
K.O!
"Jesus." Kaminari wiped his mouth of the leftover bile. "Midoriya, bro, was that really necessary to do that to yourself?"
"Points for efficiency, I suppose." Kamakiri shrugged, subtly trying to wipe his own mouth, too.
In the aftermath, Fox is seen standing next to the dead Slippy Toad in his Arwing. He then rips off Slippy's robotic legs and replaces them for his own, flying away on his Arwing.
"Midoriya!" Mineta wailed again. "Did you just grave rob me?!"
"S-Sorry?" Midoriya offered his apologies.
"Calamity and woe!" Blinky exclaimed in horror.
"Calamity and woe indeed." Wiz sighed, slightly dejected. "Bucky's long-awaited spotlight didn't last long."
"Sounding a little bias there, Wizard." Mina raised an eyebrow.
"Or perhaps Bucky O'Hare is simply not as well-known as other properties in their world and wanted to give him some attention." Momo suggested.
"Considering foxes eat hares, I'm not surprised." Boomstick replied, a fox shown with a rabbit in its maw.
"Oh yeah, I didn't realize that." Kaminari hummed.
"Add it to the pile?" Kyoka raised an eyebrow.
"Okay, ha ha ha." Kaminari laughed dryly.
"...Right." Wiz said, shaking off the fact that Boomstick pointed out something right. "First off, yes, the Arwing trumped the Righteous Indignation, as its weaponry, shielding, and maneuverability were simply outclassed."
"Well, they didn't use them in the actual fight." Melissa pointed out.
"But not before croaking the worst toad of all time." Boomstick pointed out.
"Fox!" Slippy cried out before he and his ship were blown up.
"Hey!" Mineta whined at the unnecessary shade thrown at him and his counterpart.
"Hehe, I love this job." Boomstick chuckled. " Bucky's ship was a tough old bird, so a fight to the finish on the ground was inevitable."
"Both Fox and Bucky had blow-by-blow counters." Wiz pointed out. "Fox's Reflector and Bucky's acrobatics could avoid laser fire. Fox is fearless, but Bucky is cunning. Fox is faster on land, but Bucky is faster in the air. The deciding factor was experience."
"I see." Nezu nodded, paying close attention to see how he was proven wrong, surprisingly and delightfully.
"Fox has been a major player in more wars than Bucky, and single-handedly ended all of them." Boomstick explained.
"At his own request." Wiz mentioned.
"I'll go it alone from here." Fox said over his coms.
"Like a real man." Boomstick stated proudly. "Fox. Fox-man!"
"When all said and done, oftentimes experience can be the most crucial deciding factor of any fight." Ectoplasm advised.
"Also, Bucky always had a squad of troops at his back during ground combats" Wiz added. "But when Star Fox does an away mission, Fox is usually all on his own. Even when fighting an entire planet of dinosaurs!"
"Ooh, Setsuna's not gonna like missing this." Kinoko mentioned.
"She'll be fine." Itsuka eased the mushroom girl, though held a bit of doubt in truth.
"In the end, Bucky choked." Boomstick said his poorly timed joke.
The poor joke only got so much as a slow clap and shaking heads from the students.
"The winner is Fox McCloud." Wiz announced.
Claps again were given for the rather equally matched fight, with victory cheers and groans of reluctant defeat.
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick began announcing the next video.
As the screen was dark, the dramatic, iconic music drummed out as flames began to light up the screen. Out of the flames, the vague shape of a human was seen, only for it to come closer and reveal that the shape was anything but human. The flames gave way for the creature to appear to be a large and menacing robot with skeletal like design, a disturbing skull like grin, and burning red eyes that glowed.
The robot's appearance was disturbing to some and even terrifying to others. Eri and Kouta were spooked enough to hide behind Izuku and Mirio.
The music continued as it transitioned to a door being kicked down to reveal another humanoid shape creature, though it was in fact a human, or rather what looked like a human figure and lower head on a suit of metal. The two foes would end glaring at each other as the title of the next fight was shown.
Terminator vs Robocop
"Sweet! Robo-Battle!" Kaminari exclaimed, eyes sparkling wide. Suddenly, they lost their excitement as he turned his right.
Kyoka noticed his staring and rolled her eyes. "Relax, I'm not going to knock you out again." Kyoka replied. "I mean, it's not like you aren't going to be obnoxious and annoying next video, are you?
Kaminari registered the threat in her tone and nodded carefully, his pressed together fingers moving along his mouth and tossed away the key.
The group then heard a noise to their left and looked towards the direction.
The eyes of the girls lit up. 'Finally!' They all thought, hopeful and relieved.
"The snacks, food, and beverages have been delivered as requested!" Iida declared, pushing a cart of goodies with one hand and waving his arm up and down on the other.
"Hey, guys!" Setsuna arrived, grinning pleased. "What did we miss?"
Notes:
AAAAANNNNDDDDD SCENE! Phew, that was the fastest I ever finished a chapter after recent update nowadays. Unlikely to happen again! Although, apologies if in this pursuit to rush this chapter out before Halloween, the quality may have dipped. Also, the lack of more info on both Bucky O'Hare and Star Fox, since I only have the most limited of knowledge about Star Fox thanks to this fight, and barely anything on Bucky O'Hare.
Now, let us address the elephant in the room. The Deku vs Deku mirror match. I said this one, I will say it again, I focus on the facts and comparisons of the counterparts first and foremost, then worry about their frequency and number given to one person. And it just so happened that Deku was the one who shared the most with both Fox and Bucky. On the plus side, we are halfway through these Death Battles before the interlude chapter, and it is unlikely that any of next 5 fights will have Midoriya as a counterpart. Not a definite, but Unlikely.
Speaking of which, multiverse counterpart explanations begin now! First, Fox as Midoriya. Midoriya stated it himself on the biggest comparison between the two, how both of them are successors to their popular, talented predecessors, which fatherly figures, in one case actually his dad, and uphold their legacy by continuing in their footsteps, with Fox leading next generation of Team Star Fox and Midoriya becoming All Might's successor as the next Symbol of Peace and Hope. Both are also fast, given Fox Illusion and Midoriya's Full Cowling Speed, Fa Jin, and Gear Shift, Fox and Midoriya have a more kick-centered combat style with a bit of punching mix in, both are rebels where Fox left the academy to stop Andross and Deku left U.A. and went vigilante to find and defeat Shigaraki and All For One, and where Fox had willingly amputated his legs to pilot the Arwings, Midoriya faced the danger of losing his arms if he kept going full out but was still willing to take the risk if it meant saving people. Fox's teammates' counterparts also helped in this decision.
As for said teammates, if Midoriya is Fox, then Bakugou was to be Falco, Fox's more impulsive, show off-ish, arrogant, and arguably better pilot, now do those traits sound particularly familiar? Then there is Peppy Hare as Gran Torino, who are both mentors and teachers to our main protagonists, old, retired yet still skilled pilot/Hero, who ultimately retires at some point, like Gran Torino by the end of the War Arc and Peppy after the Sauria Crisis. They also are friends and worked alongside Fox/Deku's father/father-figure James McCloud whose counterpart is All Might, for reasons that I have already stated. Finally, Mineta as Slippy Toad is also simple, both are questionably skilled and get themselves into trouble quite a lot, with Slippy always in danger and need of rescuing and panicking about it all the time, whilst Mineta is the same, as he gets into the Hero business, gets into danger that is expected of his desired profession and whines and panics, nonetheless. Plus, both of the shortest of the four and serves mostly as comic relief.
Then finally to Bucky, Midoriya as his counterpart is also obvious, given the evidence. Both impressively acrobatic and fast, mixed martial combat skills but leans more on kicks, green colorization, protagonist status, rabbit affiliation, trained by mysterious, unknown warriors like Gran Torino and Jabok, and the fact that both have to now deal with a villain that's mostly an evil consciousness now, i.e., Komplex and All For One's consciousness puppeting Shigaraki and it's a slam dunk comparison. Plus, it would be funny if Midoriya was another green rabbit. And Miruko definitely likes that.
Well, that is all so far, hope you guys liked the chapter and my willingness to push this chapter as fast as I could, what other counterpart predictions do you have, check out my other stories if you haven't already, keep being safe and healthy, and keep being cool and chill.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and I will see you all in the next chapter! Happy Halloween!
Chapter 32: The Terminator vs RoboCop
Summary:
A group watches a Robo beatdown, wondering whether the cyborg or the android gets Terminated.
Notes:
SO, BREAK THROUGH IT ALL! AND DON'T LOOK DOWN! YOU WON'T BE HERE! 'CAUSE THE FIRE IN THERE NEVER DIES! IT COMES AROUND! TO LIGHT THE FLAME! THEY'LL KNOW YOUR NAME! BURNED INTO THE MEMORIES!
...Oh wait, shit I'm singing this again when people are around. Ahem, sorry about that, I just love the music of Sonic Frontiers so much, it's addicting to hear and sing.
But anyways, greetings, Zayden StormVoid here, with another chapter of MHA watches Death Battle. This time Robo Edition. Yeah, I got a Lot of people asking for this one, and lots of them saying it's a favorite of theirs, so...shit, looks like I have a mountain of expectations to climb. Ugh. But this is what I signed up for so...*look at my reflection* Chill out, Dickwad.
Last time, we had a furry space battle between Fox McCloud and Bucky O'Hare. We had stomachs emptied, plans made to fix ruined ones, a poorly drunk aphrodisiac working in making a certain green bean more aware of his feelings, and everyone's favorite rabbit waifu targeting said green bean as her potential buck.
Now, we have the favorite and memeful brawl between two robo warriors, but first the Index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." Wizard Dialogue
"Zayden." Boomstick, Buff Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden." Device, Combatant, or Fight Dialogue
And finally, I do not own My Hero Academia, that goes to Horikoshi and Bones Studios, nor do I own Death Battle, which belongs to Roosterteeth and their channel of the show's name, and I do not own any franchise mentioned in this chapter, or past and future ones. I do not want a RoboCop sent to arrest me for falsehoods.
Also yes, I am aware of the recent Deku vs Asta. Went about how I predicted. Oh boy, that's gonna be an awkward one to write in 300 years.
Now, enough talk! ITS TIME FOR A DUN DUN D-DUN DUN DEATH BATTLE!
Update Edit: I accidentally forgot to write down a scene at the very end, so I updated it in. Apologies for that, now back to our show.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
"We're back!" Setsuna announced her and Iida's entrance. "What did we miss?"
After many of them had their stomachs relieved of their contents last fight, the group was overjoyed at Setsuna's and Iida's return with the snacks.
The two were informed of the events that transpired in the previous fight as many obtained their desired beverages and snacks, one none to please with what she missed.
"Oh, come on!" Setsuna whined. "I could have teased Green Bean about being a rabbit! So unfair!"
"Yeah, yeah, boo-hoo." Kyoka rolled her eyes at the green-haired girl's childish whining. "Did you get the antidote?"
"Sure did." Setsuna did a 180 and revealed the jar of purple liquid, recalling how she had to sneakily send out an eye and a hand to Midnight's office without Iida noticing. "Now, let's go cure our Green Bean!"
After Izuku finished getting the snacks for Eri, Izuku felt a tap on his shoulder. "Deku." Izuku turned to see Ochaco with a beverage in hand.
"Oh, h-hey, Uraraka." Izuku stuttered out, a blush rising on his cheeks. "What's up?"
"I saw how you have been feeling a little hot lately, so I thought you needed a drink." Ochaco handed the drink to him. "Green Tea's your favorite, right?"
"U-Uh, y-yeah, it is." Izuku smiled and accepted the drink. "Thanks, Uraraka."
"Ochaco." She replied.
"Come again?" Izuku asked.
"Call me Ochaco, Deku." Uraraka said, her own cheeks blushing brightly and twiddling her fingers. "We've been friends since the beginning of the year and you let me call you Deku all the time, so I think it's only fair that you call me by my first name. Okay?"
Izuku was caught off guard by the sudden and personal request, but looking into her eyes, he found that she wasn't going to take no for an answer. "Alright, thanks again, Ura-Ochaco." He smiled brightly.
Ochaco nearly fainted at the one-two of her name and Izuku's smile but she held strong. "No problem, Deku." She smiled back.
Izuku nodded and sat down with Eri, drinking from the cup. Ochaco's smile seemed to brighten, giving a thumbs up behind her back towards the girls, all of whom brighten and exclaimed silent cheers of victory, pleased that Midoriya drank the anti-aphrodisiac in the tea.
With all said and done, everyone sat down and with drinks and snacks of their own, Mei pressed the button for the next video to play.
"Sci-fi movies have taught me two very important things." Boomstick began the video. "One, I want my own lightsaber,"
"Same." Was said by many of the students, especially Mei and Melissa.
"And two, the future blows." Boomstick continued with images of a large city suffering multiple large explosions.
"It's unavoidable, the warrior of the next millennium is the machine." Wiz stated, showing a killer looking robot as an example.
"So, this fight is about futuristic robots or cyborgs." Power Loader rubbed his chin, interested.
"Such as The Terminator, Skynet's time traveling android assassin." Wiz introduced the first robo warrior.
"And RoboCop, OCP Detroit's cyborg defender." Boomstick introduced the other.
"Huh, so one is an android and the other a cyborg." Melissa muttered.
"What's the difference?" Rin asked.
"Ooh, Ooh, I know this one." Kaminari raised his hand. "A cyborg is a human that gets bonded with robotic parts, and an android is an actual robot made to look like or function like a human. Right?"
"Uh, yeah, that's correct." Melissa blinked in surprise at Kaminari's accurate assessment.
"Yes." Kaminari pumped his fist, victorious. "Up high!"
Kirishima rolled his eyes, smirking, but obliged anyways. "Down low!" Kaminari lowered his hand for another high five. Kirishima tried to smack his down onto Kaminari's as fast he could, but the Electrification Quirk user was too quick and slipped it out of Kirishima's path. "Too slow!"
"Dang it!" Kirishima snapped his finger and huffed. "I'm always too slow on that last part!"
"These mechanized combatants have fought before, but never in a no-holds-barred, one-on-one duel to the death." Wiz pointed out, showing RoboCop actually fighting a T-800.
"Or without brand restrictions." Boomstick replied.
"Interesting." Nezu said. "Unlike so many combatants, these two have actually faced each other. Are they from the same universe?"
"Or one or both of them have similar multi-dimensional travel capabilities." David suggested.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick." Boomstick introduced themselves.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!" Wiz declared.
The first fighter was just as menacing as his teaser. The combatant was tall, almost as tall Endeavor or All Might in his buff state, but where their muscled physiques were intimidating, this fighter was, essentially, all bone and even more terror inducing. The robot was entirely of metal in the vague shape of a human male skeleton with its wide, broad chest chassis, though most of the models they saw had their pecs missing to reveal more of the pipes and inner framework of the machine. It's arms and legs were skinny pipes around their ankles and forearms, but even the bulkier thigh and bicep regions failed to fully articulate the strength and menace behind the robot monstrosity. Most, if not all, of these bare machines held large guns and rifles, and their heads also resembled the human skulls that they trampled under their feet, only with almost realistic human teeth and glowing, menacing red eyes.
However, accompanying this design, was an equally tall, young, handsome, brickhouse of man, that made even Kirishima and Tetsutetsu swoon. Fair or tan of skin, short brown hair, either framed at his sides or spiked up, wearing either trench coat and regular clothes or a biker outfit of a leather jacket, jeans, and sunglasses to hide his emotionless eyes.
The Terminator
"In the distant future of 2004, the government deployed the world's first automated defense network, Skynet, to keep everybody on the planet safe and happy." Wiz began.
"2004?" Mina raised an eyebrow and scratched her head. "That was like 200 years ago, right?"
"This is a different world, remember." Kyoka pointed out. "Obviously, this universe's timeline had this Skynet developed which was crucial for this change."
"So, in typical AI fashion, Skynet used the planet's nuclear arsenal to annihilate most of humanity and take over the world in an event that would be called Judgement Day." Boomstick revealed. "The age of machines had begun."
"So, a robot apocalypse. Great." Sato threw his hands up. Despite his response, he and the rest of the group felt disturbed and horrified at witnessing an apocalyptic event such as this.
"We don't have to worry about the U.A. robots uprising, do we?" Mineta asked, remembering the many times his class trained against those robots, and how they all talked about destroying humanity and taking over the world.
"Nah, those robots are just programmed to say those things." Power Loader waved off the danger in their minds. "A certain rodent wanted that put it to make it 'fun'."
"And it is." Nezu replied, taking a sip of tea.
"But wait, don't they also say that they will bring about Judgement Day?" Mineta pointed out nervously. "That's a bit of a coincidence, right?"
Nezu and Power Loader remained silent, looking at each other, making a silent vow to review the robots for any 'complications'.
"To combat the remaining human resistance, Skynet developed a specialized breed of robotic soldier." Wiz began to reveal with a skeletal-like, robotic foot crushing a skull.
The students and kids flinched at how that skull that was once a living, breathing human being was crushed like it was ceramic.
"Affectionately called the Terminator." Boomstick name dropped it as the screen paned up the robotic killing machine as explosions and warfare sounded and thundered in the dark background.
Glares were thrown at the screen at the sight of the intimidating killer machine and many of its robotic brethren. Even Mei was disturbed enough to not write down a blueprint and design of the Terminator. At least, not immediately.
"Interesting." Nezu muttered, rubbing his chin under his frown. "A rather unique inclusion of a fighter, presumably a single unit of a plethora of similar models."
"Indeed." Endeavor nodded. "The only exceptions were that Goomba vs Koopa, Dr. Eggman vs Dr. Wiley, and the Pikachu against Blanka. The first one is the most likely comparison given that both fighters were one among their species."
"Then Dr. Eggman and Dr. Wiley's fight had them pit multiple of their robot henchmen, many of the same models against each other." David noted.
"The last fight you mentioned might perhaps be what is likely to occur here, Todoroki." All Might said to Endeavor. "In Pikachu's case, it was using a specific Pikachu, Ash Ketchum's, rather than a regular Pikachu among its kind. Perhaps, the Terminator that will be fighting will be a specific model."
"Plus, that RoboCop looks more of a unique and singular individual rather than one of many." Power Loader added. "Rather similar to Blanka in his fight with Pikachu."
BACKGROUND
Cyberdyne Research Systems 850
Model 101 Infiltration-Combat Unit
Manufacturer: Skynet
Height: 1.88 m/ 6'2"
Weight: 172 kg/ 300 lbs
Core Component: Coltan, originally: Titanium
Power Source: 2 Hydrogen fuel cells
Always comes back
"Standing 6'2" and weighing almost 400 lbs, the T-850 terminator is a cybernetic organism, living tissue surrounding a hyper-alloy endoskeleton." Wiz explained. "This made the perfect disguise, capable of infiltrating enemy ranks with its human visage."
"So, it's some kind of robo-assassin with some dude's skin over it?" Setsuna questioned.
"Living tissue over the endoskeleton." Mei muttered as she wrote down on Deku's notebook. "Perhaps they have a baby that can replicate and plaster human skin. Sounds more efficient and plausible than killing someone and replacing him with a Terminator."
As Mei wrote, Power Loader shivered once more, dreading that perhaps Hatsume will attempt to build a Terminator, or worse Skynet itself, and bring upon the same robot apocalypse from this world.
"It would be a rather effective weapon against any insurgent forces of humanity that remained in this post-apocalyptic world." Iida said. "It would blend in with other human survivors until it infiltrated a highly important base before revealing itself and destroying said resistance."
Once more, the topic of betrayal and spies for a dangerous enemy brought Nezu's mind back to the topic of the U.A. Traitor in their own midst, one that has remained hidden and unidentifiable among the student and teachers, even when all were now living under a more enclosed environment of U.A. itself. It made Nezu feel rather incompetent as a principal that even after all this time, they haven't been found.
'Perhaps their silence of activity relates to All For One's capture.' Nezu guessed. 'It's rather obvious that All For One had to have planted the mole within our ranks given that Shigaraki was still a temperamental and rash man-child and Kurogiri more a follower and guardian than mastermind. So, with All For One now behind bars in Tartaros, the traitor would be unable to receive instructions from his incarcerated master.'
Nezu chuckled to himself at the irony. In their victory and imprisonment of the King of the Villainous Underworld, they have made it harder for themselves to find a spy working and double crossing them for said master. And it is clearer that the spy is unknown to or take orders under Shigaraki and the rest of the League given their continued silence.
Until recently, where the traitor has now begun to move again, this time for the device. 'Could the traitor perhaps wish the device and its information for their captured master or his protege, or are they worried about the device revealing them to be the traitor instead.'
"Basically, the whole point of the Terminator was to blend in with normal people, and then kill them." Boomstick simplified its designated purpose. " Yes, because two-time powerlifting champion ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER is totally your average guy!" Boomstick guffawed, while showing Arnie shirtless and flexing his Greek God bod and listing his various achievements, such as 2-Time Olympic Weightlifting and Powerlifting Champion, 7-time Mr. Olympia Winner, and 5-time Mr. Universe Winner.
"Jesus Christ, now that's a Man right there!" Kirishima gazed at the handsome celebrity with stars of admiration.
"I think I remember that guy." Tetsutetsu rubbed his chin in thought. "I think he was both a bodybuilder and actor back in those Pre-Quirk days."
"Damn, you could grate cheese on those abs." Pixie Bob drooled over Arnie.
"Control yourself, woman." Mandalay chastised her teammate, though fought to keep her own blush of the man's muscles down.
"Sure, but only the Model 101 Class looked like that." Wiz reasoned. "The Terminator has hundreds of different possible faces."
"Appears you were right, Toshinori." Gran Torino stated. "With that pretty boy shown so much, this specific version of a Terminator could be the one that will be fighting in this Death Battle."
"What was that one designed for? Attracting women and making men feel inadequate?" Boomstick questioned.
Many of the guys and girls would never admit it, the latter of whom in front of their crushes, but the tall, muscular specimen of a man did in fact make them feel inadequate by comparison, or slightly attracted.
"Damn!" A guy exclaimed as the Terminator walked past him in a hall, with a large rifle in hand.
"I'd say the same if I say that guy march down a hall with a gun over his head." Kaminari admitted.
"You know, as opposed to following and maybe arresting or reporting a suspiciously armed guy walking around with an assault rifle?" Kyoka raised an eyebrow at her often idiot classmate.
"Using time displacement equipment, the Terminator was sent back in time to stop Skynet's greatest rival and bane of their existence: John Connor, leader of the human resistance." Wiz revealed, showing both the Terminator appearing through a time bubble and a young and older John Connor.
"Ah, so rather than multiversal travel, it is instead time travel." Ryukyu muttered. "And traveling through time to murder a child."
"Guess this John guy was such a pain in Skynet's robo-ass, that they thought it would be easier to make sure the guy was never born." Snipe shrugged.
"Or John Connor had defeated or assured Skynet's defeat and won the war against the machines, that this time traveling assassination was Skynet's last option." Ectoplasm argued.
"This model was first sent to super early abort John Connor by killing his would-be mother, Sarah Connor, then protect John Connor, then protect John Connor again, along with his future wife, and then blow up this bitch." Boomstick explained, showing the first target Sarah Connor, the second ride on a motorcycle with John, the third walking up to an older John and fighting a female Terminator.
"You are terminated." The Terminator, half his human disguise's face burnt away to reveal his robotic half, quipped before blowing himself and the T-X up with his hydrogen fuel cell.
"Classic." Boomstick chuckled.
"So, is this the same Terminator, or did they send multiple of them that just so happened to look the same?" Hagakure asked.
"The different directives of the Terminator, along with appearances, appear to mean that they could be multiple different versions." Momo said. "The one that has messier hair is trying to kill this John Connor's mother, but the one with shorter hair and sunglasses appears to be one that is trying to save John Connor and his loved ones."
"But why would Skynet want send a Terminator to protect John Connor when they are trying to kill him?" Uraraka asked this time.
"It could be that whatever technology Skynet used to send Terminators back in time, the human resistance led by John must have found, captured, and used the time machine for themselves to save John." Izuku figured. "And as for the Terminators, maybe they captured one and reprogrammed it to work for them instead of against them."
"The T-850 is powered by twin hydrogen fuel cells." Wiz revealed as the Terminator opened up his stomach to showcase the very fuel cells. "A single cell can last up to 120 years, but extensive damage may rupture the cell to critical condition."
"That sounds like a weakness that could be exploited in the battle." Melissa pointed out. "If his cells could be damaged by extensive damage, then the longer a battle between him and his opponent goes on, the more likely the cells could be damaged and result in his defeat."
"And it blows up like a small hydrogen bomb." Boomstick chuckled, pleased at the explosion from the Terminator tossing the damaged hydrogen cell out the window.
"Similar to the explosion that brought down the Hindenburg." Wiz pointed out; an image displayed of the fiery destruction of the vehicle.
"That looks terrible." Ibara muttered, hand over her mouth. "What happened to cause such an explosion?"
"From what I read; the Hindenburg was a large German passenger airship that would travel between Europe and America before it caught fire over New Jersey in 1937." Yaoyorozu explained. "Reports are varied to the cause, such as gas leakage or static electricity from the atmosphere, but the results were all the same as the ship was engulfed in flames that led to 35 onboard deaths, and another on land."
"Luckily for Arnie, he can ditch a damaged cell before that happens, and he works just fine with just only one left, like Lance Armstrong, without the steroids." Boomstick said.
"So, even if one cell is damaged and about to blow up, it can just remove it and toss it away." Awase said.
"Or better, it can use that damaged cell as a makeshift grenade and blow up his enemies." Bakugou stated, grinning at the size and yield of the explosion. "Like his opponent in the Death Battle."
Programming Routines
Adaptability
-Learning Machine
-Adapts to human behavior through observation, interactions, & questions
Combat & Weaponry
-Anything within Skynet's global database
Group infiltration
Human Anatomy
Voice mimicry
Basic psychology
"The Terminator is programmed with an abundance of subroutine data, including Skynet's extensive logs on all combat and weaponry throughout Earth's history." Wiz detailed. "This even includes data on all previous T-800 models. Through this, he technically has more experience and skill then any human being could ever possibly achieve."
"So cool." Itsuka grinned at seeing the Terminator riding the motorcycle expertly.
"Many of the previous Death Battles were won by experience over all else, so this could give the Terminator a leg up above his competition." Fat Gum noted. "Hell, he could be a martial arts master if he studied all human combat."
"Or just know how to counter and kill them instead." Miruko replied.
"And this badass murder machine also knows all about the human body and even basic psychology." Boomstick added. "To make it easier to blow some fool's head or even surgery."
"I have detailed filed on human anatomy." The Terminator said as he worked on a wounded Sarah Connor.
"I'll bet." Sarah snickered bitterly. "Makes you a more efficient killer, right?"
"Correct." The Terminator replied, unaffected by the tone of her voice.
More and more as the video went on, every word that came out of the Terminator's mouth made Kaminari have the urge to write it down, either for sounding cool enough to be iconic or meme worthy.
"But while he's a master in all weaponry, he does have his favorites."
ARSENAL
M-27 Phased Plasma Rifle
-Bull pup configuration
-Helium plasma
-40- watt range
-Too heavy for humans
AMT Hardballer .45 Longslide
-Magazine: 7 rounds
Laserlock sight
Franchi SPAS-12 Shotgun
-Cartridge: 12 gauge
-Magazine: 8 + 1 rounds
-Pump action & semi-auto options
M79 Grenade Launcher
-40x46mm grenades
-6 rounds/min
-Max range: 400 m/ 1311 ft
-Weight: 2.9 kg/ 6.5 lbs
Handheld GE M134 Minigun
-Calibur: 7.62x51mm NATO
-Rate of Fire: 2,000-6,000 rpm
-Max range: 1,000 m/ 3,200 ft
-Weight: 38.6 kg/ 85 lbs
"In the future, the Terminator wields an M-27 Phased Plasma Rifle, which is too heavy and powerful for any ordinary person to use." Boomstick listed and showed multiple Terminators carrying two of this plasma rifles and firing on their human enemies.
"Dang it!" Bakugou cursed, disappointed.
"I wonder if Quirk super strength would help fix that, like Deku and All Might?" Uraraka pondered.
"Perhaps, but I think that firing beams of plasma would be rather overkill for a Hero, Young Uraraka." Toshinori responded.
"When the time period doesn't have any space guns lying around, his weapons of choice include a Hardballer Longslide pistol," Boomstick continued listing, this time showing both the gun and Terminator firing it, at times killing his target. "A 12-gauge Franchi shotgun, a portable M79 Grenade Launcher, and the beautiful M134 mini-gun." The Terminator firing the last two options were viewed longer along with the glorious destruction they displayed. "Oh man, just looking at it makes me feel wonderful pants feelings."
"TMI, dude." Mina shook her head, hands forming a T.
Bakugou and Mei practically drooled over the weaponry and were forced down into their seats, Kirishima on the former, and Izuku on the latter's case.
"Speaking of feelings, the Terminator is a learning machine, adapting to human behavior through observation and interaction." Wiz dropped, the Terminator learning the 'Too Slow' trick of a High Five and even hugging comfortingly to a crying John. "It can even learn to feel genuinely sad, which is odd since Skynet designed it to be a merciless mass murderer."
"Oh, come on!" Kirishima whined, comically childish. "How come even a robot can do that better than me in High Five Too Slow?!"
"Guess you just have to-" Sero paused to put on a pair of sunglasses. "Get good."
Bakugou facepalmed so hard, many were mistaken to believe that he used Explosion on himself.
"Aww, he looks so sad." Eri pouted at seeing the Terminator hugging John.
Mirio chuckled, astounded at Eri's innocence and sweetness to even register the emotion of an emotionless looking android where he failed, at first. Mirio rubbed his surrogate niece's head to her satisfaction.
"Jesus, you were gonna kill that guy!" John exclaimed after saying a man from a pistol to the head.
"Of course, I'm a Terminator." The robo-assassin said, nonchalantly.
"Just put up your hand and say, 'I swear I won't kill anyone'." John made the android promise.
"I swear I will not kill anyone." The Terminator promised, just before shooting a security guard in the knees. "He'll live."
"What a chad of a man." Tetsutetsu wiped away a tear from his eye.
FEATS
Smashed through a building
Has tricked humans & machines alike
Killed the technically superior T-900s, T-1000, & T-X
Escaped liquid nitrogen freeze twice
Can lift several cars
Program survived & revived after T3
Successfully killed John Connor
Fought in Mortal Kombat...really(?)
"Sad or not, The Terminator is a beast in combat." Boomstick began listing his feats. "He's even taken down superior models like the next-gen T-900's, the nearly invincible and shapeshifting T-1000, and even the T-X, which is actually an anti-Terminator."
"T-X?" Sen questioned. "Oh! It's because it's a lady Terminator. I get it."
"Okay, seriously man?!" Sero looked at Mineta drooling over the T-X, especially when she increased her bust size. "Have some standards man, she's literally a robot!"
"Yes, which means she is the perfect sex robot." Mineta drooled over the possibilities. "She is artificial enough to feel like a woman on the outside, and I bet on the inside too. She can make her boobs and ass into any kind of shape and size you want, and she's a robot so you can't knock her u-"
Mineta's perverted speech was put to a close by a frying pan to head, courtesy of Kyoka on behalf of keeping Mineta's words from corrupting the innocent Eri, who's ears were covered by Nejire.
"Is Uncle Mineta being silly again?" Eri asked, innocently.
"Yep." Nejire nodded.
"One even managed to kill John in the future." Boomstick revealed, an adult John getting his heart punched and wounded fatally by a Terminator.
"What?!" Hagakure exclaimed in horror.
"Or almost kill if another good guy Terminator didn't donate his heart." Boomstick clarified, Marcus volunteering to donate his own heart to save John.
"Phew." Hagakure breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well, that was a fast change of reactions." Itsuka muttered.
"The Terminator is a master marksman, with advance analysis, calculative and observational tools." Wiz jumped in, displaying the Terminator getting blasted through by a powerful plasma ball and getting dragged through buildings on a crane. "He can survive massive blows, power shortages, and getting dragged through an entire city."
"Jesus." Kamakiri cursed. "If he can handle all that, makes you wonder why those robots didn't win and kill all of humanity without powers."
"The fight for survival is a powerful thing." Mirio pointed out with a large smile and a flex of his arm. "Even in the face of complete despair and impossibility, Hope can be all that is needed to keep us going and prevail in the end."
Izuku smiled at the 3rd year student, recalling how Mirio fought against Overhaul, alone, in defense of Eri, even without his powers, for 5 minutes, or how he saved Katsuma and Mahoho from Nine, a near impossibly strong foe, by passing up One For All to Bakugou, even if it meant losing his chance to be a Hero, for the sole hope and desire to save those two kids and defeat Nine.
"Plus, after the last T-800 was melted in a steel mill, in an unfortunately vain act of sacrifice, Skynet upgraded his titanium endoskeleton to coltan, which can withstand extreme temperatures over 3000*C." Wiz explained, the iconic final thumbs up viewed, alongside Coltan information, such as being 1.9 times heavier than titanium and used in engines, furnaces, & mobile phones.
"Hmm." Todoroki hummed, looking at his left side. "Would definitely be a challenge for me and my father to melt it with our flames."
Tetsutetsu sweatdropped, thinking that Todoroki was underestimating himself, remembering how in their match against each other, in the Joint Training Class, the son of Endeavor nearly turned him into metal sludge, if not for Honenuki's timely save.
"Can't we all just say that that thumbs up was so badass?" Kaminari argued.
"Agreed." Sato nodded, sticking a thumbs up, as well.
"Why even bother making new Terminators?" Boomstick argued. "The T-850 is clearly the best."
"Hasta La Vista, Baby." The Terminator quipped, shooting the frozen T-1000 to pieces.
"AHAHAHAHA! Ok, that was badass!" Miruko laughed.
"Shouldn't we be concerned about it shooting some poor cop guy that was frozen?" Mic questioned, unaware of the T-1000.
WEAKNESSES
Easily hackable
Detectable by dogs
Dangerous Power Source
Sometimes defeated by humans
Vulnerable to precise attacks from behind
Worst fear: Hydraulic presses
"Each Terminator is not unique, made by assembly for quick deployment." Wiz listed the weaknesses. "To save time, Skynet forgoes high-end software protection, leaving the Terminator easily hackable."
"Ah, so that's why this super cool, super strong baby was used for the good guys." Mei shook her head, smiling despite her disappointment. "If you want a baby to be super successful, you have to take good care of it, treat it carefully and diligently, work out every nook and crany and flaw out to bring out its true potential!"
"She's still talking about machines, right?" Mount Lady asked.
"In fact, the one T-850 who protected Connor on Judgement Day, the day not the movie, was reprogrammed not once, but four separate times." Wiz revealed. "Just screams lazy, lazy design. It's this weakness that had Skynet even make weapons designed to kill their own."
The Terminator scrolled through different phrases to say and selected one. "Fuck you, asshole." The Terminator said.
Bakugou led several of the students in laughing at the cursing of the robot, clapping in approval. He didn't have to say anything for the group to know he was dead set on voting for the android. For now.
"But it's a little hard to hack something that can kill you with one hand in twenty million different ways." Boomstick argued.
"True." Power Loader nodded. "If the Terminator's opponent can cripple and incapacitate it long enough, he could be able to hack into it and stop the fight without further bloodshed."
"Um, did you forget what the freaking name of these videos are?" Miruko questioned the short Hero, who just sweatdropped.
"The Terminator is one of the deadliest assassins in movie history. If you get in his way, don't bother running, you're already dead."
"I'll be back." The Terminator said the iconic line to a police officer and walked out the building. A second later, he upheld his promise by smashing a car through the glass doors and pancaking the officer.
And with that Kaminari could no longer resist the urge and snatched up Deku's notebook to write down all the noteworthy lines of the Terminator. Izuku was at first annoyed at everyone stealing his stuff, but in seeing Kaminari's excitement, Izuku could not fault him for getting carried away. It was almost like seeing his fanboy self in Kaminari.
Overall, the reception towards the T-800 was a mix bag of positive and negative conclusions. Many of the more bloodthirsty type, i.e., Miruko, Bakugou, and Kamakiri, like the unstoppable, unrelenting strength and badassery of the Terminator; Kirishima and Tetsutetsu not far behind on likewise complimenting the android and his Manly appearance. Izuku and Momo liked the adaptative and ever-growing nature of the Terminator, especially in its more humane actions and heroic appearances. And All Might, David, and Mei liked how a previously murderous tool of destruction could be taken and used instead for good and the protection of others, like a Hero.
Others, however, were still concerned about the threat that was Skynet, such as Endeavor, Edgeshot, Nezu, and Aizawa. If the defense system could make these near unstoppable weapons and the capability to travel through time, they pondered, and worried, if it could take a step further and achieve similar mulitversal traveling capabilities that Wiz and Boomstick achieved and unleash their arsenal and threat across other worlds, especially their own.
The next fighter was actually a human, or rather started out looking human. The man had light brown hair, fair skin, and was suited in police garbs and even SWAT gear and displayed as confident and skilled enough to expertly swirl around his pistol like it was second nature. Then they showed his more robotic self. The only parts of him that was shown to be fully human was his face, though even that was half covered and left his lower half shown the most. His new form was a large and bulky robotic figure, standing stiff and tall and even walking robotically. The armor around him was often colored either pale blue, silver grey, or even sleek black, with the waist mostly the same black feature, and a roundish helmet, with a black visor lined across his face, covering most of his head and leaving his jawline, cheeks, and mouth visible.
RoboCop
"Alex J. Murphy was a good police officer with a good family," Wiz began showing Alex with his wife and son. "But as with many good cops, that all changed when he was transferred to Detroit, Michigan. What began as a routine patrol through the city became the most important moment of Murphy's life: his death."
A shotgun-wielding thug blew Murphy's hand off, the man screaming in pain.
Hagakure and Mina wailed, horrified, which was the only thing that Kouta and Eri could tell of the scene, since Izuku and Mirio covered their eyes just as Wiz finished.
"HOLY SHIT!" Boomstick exclaimed, Murphy screaming, while he was repeatedly shot and blown into pieces by multiple thugs wielding shotguns. "Damn! That guy can eat more bullets then 50 Cent!"
"Whelp...that poor man's dead." Midnight made a noise with her mouth.
"We don't know, apparently anyone come just be brought back from the dead these days." Mic muttered, bitterly remembering their talk yesterday with the possibility of Kurogiri being the resurrected, brainwashed corpse of Shirakumo.
"Mic, enough." Aizawa whispered, his tone telling him to drop it, immediately. Mic complied, yet still felt antsy for the wait to meet with the Warp Gate villain in Tartaros and find out the truth.
"Murphy would have been six feet under, if the mega corporation Omni Consumer Products had not stepped in." Wiz continued, displaying the logo of OCP and being rushed to the hospital. "By privatizing Detroit's police force, OCP technically owned Murphy's corpse."
"That doesn't seem legal, at all." Boomstick muttered, concerned.
"Now, he's stingy about illegal shit?" Mount Lady raised an eyebrow.
"When that 'illegal shit' happens to be owning someone close-to-death body and life, then yeah, I think that's justifiably concerning." Ragdoll commented, unknowingly earning a flinch from those of the meeting yesterday.
"With unchecked crime on the rise, OCP's...uhh...forward thinking executive, Bob Morton," Wiz jumped back in, his tone weirded out by Bob's...actions. "Proposed a bailout plan so ridiculously absurd; it just might work."
Mineta raised a thumbs up to the executive responsible for RoboCop, both jealous yet respecting of the man 'living the dream'.
"They would rebuild Murphy. Better, stronger, with less flexibility, which of course, means robo parts." Boomstick revealed, the process of rebuilding Murphy quickly viewed. "The result was one bad mother fucker: RoboCop."
As his theme song played, multiple scenes of RoboCop stopping crimes, bursting through walls, punching bad guys through windows were shown.
"Whoo! That was awesome!" Sen declared, seeing RoboCop bust down the wall and grab the criminal on the other end. "Almost like something out of a horror movie." Kuroiro nodded at this comparison.
"So, where the Terminator is a robot made to look like human, an android, RoboCop is a police officer that they turned into a cyborg." Todoroki summarized the differences again.
"And a hardcore one." Ojiro sweatdropped at seeing RoboCop punch a criminal out a window.
All Might smiled, guessing accurately that his friend, Detective Tsukauchi, would very much like and respect this fellow police officer, and sympathize greatly with his horrible fate and miraculous recovery. All Might wondered if it would be best to invite Tsukauchi to these viewings. At least after their business with Kurogiri in Tartaros.
"He looks slow and not very movable, like Boomstick said, but his armor definitely looks strong enough to withstand automatic fire with ease. He's also strong enough to easily bust through a wall and bend metal. And the way he knew where that criminal was means he must have some form of X-Ray vision or thermal scanning to detect enemies through walls." Deku muttered, normally, writing down all the info he could in his notebook. "Perhaps they added a targeting system to help aim his firearms, which he would obviously have given that he's a police officer..."
As Deku continued mutters, and Bakugou yelled at him to stop, the girls smiled seeing the verdant haired teen acting more and more like his old self, with no ill side effects of the aphrodisiac present any longer.
"Damn." Setsuna's floating head whispered to Momo. "That antidote works fast."
"That is good." Momo nodded, relieved. "His situation was our fault, a price of our worry and carelessness, and we had to fix it." Momo frowned, shaking her head. "I can't believe my plan failed so badly."
"Our plan, you mean." Setsuna corrected her. "We all came up with the details, all of us agreed on it, and were in on it. Don't start blaming yourself for everything, our Greenie does that enough already."
Momo was taken aback by Setsuna's boldness, yet smiled gratefully at her friend, comrade, and, hopefully in the future, sister.
"What are your prime objectives?" Bob asked his new creation.
"Serve the public trust, protect the innocent, uphold the law." RoboCop listed with his more robotic tone. One scene of his was shooting through a female hostage's dress, accurately, to nail a criminal in the crotch.
"DAAAAMMMMNNN!" Sen and Awase leaned back in their seats and exclaimed.
"He shot the criminal perfectly through the dress without harming the hostage." Rin summarized the scene, slack jawed. "How did-"
"A targeting system most likely." Melissa answered Rin before he could even finish the question. "If he's going to be robotic police officer, it would come in handy to be a perfect shot, even in stressful and risky situations."
"With the durability of a tank and the firepower of a one-man army, RoboCop nearly annihilated all of Detroit's street crime in just a couple of days." Boomstick revealed as the cyborg Murphy decimated a gang with his pistol, sometimes not even looking. "The man was unstoppable."
"Holy." Snipe took off his hat and placed it over his chest. "I can already say he's a better shot than me. Respect."
"In fairness Snipe, his new cyborg body probably has quite a few more abilities to help with his skill than you would with your Quirk alone." Cementoss replied.
"But was he man or machine?" Wiz asked the existential question while Murphy, unmasked to show only the front side of his head survived, looked at himself in the mirror.
"This guy is really good." One officer said.
"He's not a guy; he's a machine." His female colleague corrected him.
Looks of sympathy were drawn towards RoboCop for his clear crisis of identity and horrible situation. Mic, Midnight, and Eraser all flinched again, wondering if Shirakumo, if he was indeed Kurogiri, was still inside his brainwashed, Nomu-ized body, and, if he was, was he asking himself whether he was still Shirakumo or was he nothing more than a monster.
"That's mean." Eri pouted at the lady's words. "He's still a person."
"We know, Eri." Izuku patted her shoulder. "Some people just say stupid things."
"Like Uncle Mineta?" Eri asked.
"Exactly." Izuku nodded, the two chuckling.
Mineta would have yelled something in reply, yet cursed to himself instead, unwilling to say anything against the adorable, sweet, innocent angel that was Eri. He decided to just take the 'Uncle' title with tearful pride.
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Alex J. Murphy
Height: 1.83 m/ 6'0"
Weight: 155 kg/ 342 lbs
Police Districts: Detroit & Delta City
Codename: Beta One
Daily Upkeep: $12,589.17
Programmed with high-level USA police training
"RoboCop is 99% artificial, but he relies on the most complicated known machinery, a human brain." Wiz explained, a blueprint of RoboCop's inner systems and design displayed.
Power Loader and David sweatdropped when seeing Mei and Melissa draw up a copy of RoboCop's schematics and blueprints, hoping that if they were to ever make a RoboCop on this Earth to do it on someone that was also on Death's door and not a random stranger.
"Even after OCP tried to make him their own personal robopet, the man called Murphy still lived." Boomstick said.
"With no family, a contorted public image, and the constant threat of deactivation by his corporate owners, the struggle to regain his humanity would consume Murphy's every waking moment." Wiz detailed Murphy's struggles. "While also fighting crime and that's just his good days."
"The strength of human heart and will can be stronger than the metal prison of the flesh." Tokoyami sagely said.
"It's hot when he speaks so deep and sage-like." Reiko whispered to Kinoko. "Like an Oracle of the Damned."
Kinoko smiled nervously, deciding to just agree with Reiko rather than ask what she means by that. An epiphany struck inside the mushroom girl's mind though, repeating Reiko's words in her head, till her eyes found her target.
While Kuroiro talked with Shoda and Manga, Kinoko remembered what the girls said about Kuroiro having a crush on her, just as she did with him. Kinoko smiled. 'I think we both like the deep, sagely ones, Reiko.' Kinoko thought.
ARSENAL
Auto-9
-Magazine: 58 rounds
-Standard 3 round bursts
Tactical Ordnance
-Triggered "Sticky" Grenades
-10 charge levels
-Options: Explosive, inflatable sack, electro-field
Flightpack
-Sub-sonic speeds
-Seperate battery pack
-Can double as a recharge station
Weapon Arm
-Calico M950A machine gun
-Magazine: 100 rounds
-Max Range: 274 m/ 900 ft
-Flamethrower
-Max range: 46 m/ 150 ft
-Smart Bomb
-Anti-tank weapon
-Missile properties
Cobra Assault Cannon
-48 mm armor-piercing high-explosive incendiary rounds
"Fortunately, his cutting-edge arsenal makes locking up the bad guys the easiest part." Boomstick stated. "Housed in his nifty right leg is the custom Auto-9 machine pistol, one of the most powerful hand cannons ever made."
"I want that." Snipe simply said, taking a page out of Bakugou.
"I'll talk with Mei to see if we can whip you up a good enough replica." Power Loader replied.
"In his left leg, he's got several tactical ordnance grenades, each with adjustable power levels."
"At level three, a single ordnance can annihilate a metal security door." Wiz revealed. "So just imagine what maximum level ten can do."
"Sounds like enough to blow a city block at 8." Mandalay muttered, paling at the mental image.
"If he needs a bit more firepower, Murphy has an attachable Weapon Arm; complete with machine gun, flamethrower, and anti-tank smart bomb missile, and for those extra special moments, and then there's the Cobra Assault Cannon, which goes boom, and then there's no more anything." Boomstick listed.
To prove Boomstick's point, RoboCop shoots the ED-209 with the Cobra Assault Cannon, and the top of it explodes. "I'd buy THAT for a dollar." A guy from a sitcom said, while the legs of the defeated ED-209 fall over and twitch.
"Mine." Mei slobbered over the cannon and walk towards the screen like a possessed zombie.
"No, you don't." Mei was pulled back to her seat courtesy of Black Whip.
"He also has a subsonic jetpack, which helps him jump sharks." Wiz stated, RoboCop flying around and grabbing people.
"I-I don't even..." Boomstick was at a loss for words.
"So, this RoboCop also has flight capabilities, which puts it ahead of the Terminator in terms of aerial superiority." Iida analyzed. "And it appears that this RoboCop possesses far more destructive weaponry that the T-800."
"Minus the plasma rifle, though. Ribbit." Tsuyu pointed out.
"Where's your sense of humor?!" William Ray Morgan yelled.
"Right here." RoboCop said, raising his fist and punching him in the face.
"Jesus Christ..."
"I like this guy." Miruko smirked. "He's fun."
"Of course, you would." Edgeshot rolled his eyes.
HARDWARRE & SOFTWARE
Terminal Strip
Rambolt
Armor
-Carbo-ceramic reinforced titanium
-Laminated kevlar
Thermograph
Complex targeting systems
Voice stress analyzer
Video & audio recorder
"Murphy is also equipped with state-of-the-art hardware and software." Wiz pointed out. "Including a thermograph, a video recorder and a terminal strip for collecting data."
"Or for ripping out throats! Just look at that thing!" Boomstick exclaimed as RoboCop shivved a guy with the strip in the throat, the guy beginning to bleed out.
"No wonder Detroit's falling apart!" Wiz agreed, horrified. "All their USB flash drives can double as shivs!"
"Christ." Kosei rubbed his throat. "Talk about overkill."
"That was to be the deadliest USB I've ever seen." Shoda muttered.
Uraraka craned her head slowly to Mei. "Hatsume. Do you have anything like that?" Uraraka asked, slowly.
Mei remained silent for a few seconds. "If I say yes, will you not tell?" Was Mei's reply.
Melissa made a note to stay as far away from Mei whenever she's saving their work and data.
"Murphy's armor is made up of carbo-ceramic-reinforced titanium, with laminated Kevlar, which basically means it'll stop pretty much anything." Boomstick explained. "It's like the Pepperidge farm bread packaging of armor!"
"I'm composed of titanium. I don't believe you are." RoboCop drew out his Auto-9. "Your move." The entire SWAT team that previously fired on him then fled for their lives.
"Badass." Tetsutetsu said, hoping to whatever God exists to one day be able to have a moment like that.
"It also appears that RoboCop might have stronger armor than the Terminator." Momo said. "With both titanium and Kevlar, Murphy would definitely withstand most of the Terminator's present-day weaponry. The only ones I could see damaging through his armor would be the grenade launcher and plasma rifle, and perhaps enough of the machine gun."
"Though, why don't they just shoot his mouth?" Mina asked. "Not like I want them to, but it's a pretty vulnerable spot, and I don't think the inside of his mouth is armored."
"While it's a vulnerable area, it is also a short one and his intimidating presence would more likely prompt enemies to fire on his body, mainly his joints." Mirio responded.
"Each leg has two rambolts, which can anchor him into the ground to stop fleeing motorboats and speeding cars." Boomstick continued, RoboCop shown standing his ground and stopping a speeding car.
"I wonder what would happen if you ran into him super-fast, Iida." Mina said.
"Probably break everyone bone in his body." Asui responded before Iida could, the next Ingenium paling now at the mental image conjured into his head.
"He also has a targeting system so precise; he can catch and even shoot bullets out of thin air." Wiz revealed, RoboCop catching both a bullet and firing another away with his own.
"Expert marksman? More like master of the impossible!" Boomstick declared.
"You got any defense for me now?" Snipe asked Cementoss.
"Nope." Cementoss shook his head.
"Don't try to follow me!" A criminal shouted at RoboCop while he held a baby at gunpoint.
"We won't." RoboCop replied.
"The baby is going with me!" The criminal demanded again.
"No." Murphy refused.
"I'll kill it man! I'll do it! I'll fucking kill it!" The criminal threatened repeatedly.
"We can't have that." Robocop used his advanced targeting to calculates the ricochet angle from a nearby steel door and fired, hitting the criminal in the head, dead, allowing his partner to rescue the baby.
"Wow...just...wow." Setsuna could say nothing more.
"That was an excellent handling of the situation." Edgeshot complimented the scene. "Remain calm and still, do not alarm or trigger the gunman, and calculate your strategy before proceeding."
"Easy for you to say when we aren't cyborgs with computer in our heads." Mount Lady grumbled, recalling how she and Kamui struggled in their own hostage situation with a Villain. She thanked God again that All Might was there to save the day.
'But we can't say that anymore, so I guess we got to pick up the slack and do it ourselves.' She thought and reaffirmed to herself.
FEATS
Defeated ED-209, RoboCop 2, Deathspore, ED-260A, & RoboCable
Tanked a building busting bomb
Survived a Class 1 Bio-Toxin bomb
Lifted a 10-ton armored door
Survived a 3000 pSI Hydraulic Press
Can catch a bullet in mid-air
Rescued Sting from the Four Horsemen in WCW...seriously
Also fought in Mortal Kombat...oh come on!
"Murphy has defeated plenty of technically superior combat machines and endured dozens of seemingly fatal situations." Wiz said. "He's strong enough to lift a 10-ton armored door, tough enough to survive a bazooka, brave enough to plunge into a giant nuclear plant monster thing and kill it from inside?" Wiz said that last feat rather incredulously.
"Note to self: remember to weed garden." Boomstick reminded himself.
Ibara nodded at Boomstick's advice on gardening, slightly hopeful this might persuade the others of her class to help her in her gardening.
"And if that's not crazy enough for you, he's even rescued Sting from the Four Horsemen in WCW wrestling." Wiz said. "Yes...This is real."
At this point, Momo and Iida, fully exhausted from ridiculous feat after feat from planet-busters to this, were waving the white flag of surrender.
"Murphy may be a walking tank, but he also moves like one. He's SO SLOW!" Boomstick shouted to the rooftops with untold annoyance. "No wonder they gave him a freaking motorcycle in the reboot."
"I feel like I'm aging twice as fast looking at this guy." Mic commented. "He moves slower than Eraser after two days of no sleep and no coffee."
Aizawa's eyes twitched at the diss, though he couldn't say Mic was wrong.
"His main function is to chase the bad guys!" Wiz agreed with his co-host. "You'd think OCP would've prioritized running legs over, say, his Frisbee skills."
"Note to self: don't invite RoboCop to a day at the park." Pixie Bob flinched, seeing RoboCop toss the Frisbee-like object onto the criminal so hard he flew.
"Both fighters appear to have slow movement speeds, though the Terminator could perhaps be preserving energy and taking his time." Iida analyzed. "Though, if RoboCop were to equip his jetpack he would be faster than the Terminator."
"Unless the Terminator gets on a motorcycle." Itsuka pointed out.
WEAKNESSES
Requires daily power recharge
Slow mobility on foot
Conflicts his own programming
Not programmed for martial arts
Mechanical heart weak to impacts
Cannot escape liquid nitrogen freezing on his own
Possesses some vulnerable human organics
"Also, Murphy's battery can only last about 24 hours without recharging, but consistent damage can quickly drain his power." Wiz warned. "In prolonged combat with someone his equal, Murphy is in constant danger of power failure."
"Meanwhile, a single one of the Terminator's hydrogen cells can last him for over 120 years." Yaoyorozu mentioned. "RoboCop would have to finish the fight as quickly as possible. A match of attrition would lead to his defeat."
"To top it off, his human parts add extra vulnerability, which is stupid because it means he can even get a common cold and..."Boomstick paused for RoboCop to sneeze what looks like a bolt of electricity, which hits the ground. "FUCKING SNEEZE LIGHTNING BOLTS OUT OF HIS FACE!"
"Relatable." Kaminari nodded.
"I have never seen you sneeze a bolt of lightning out of your face." Mineta shook his head, disbelieving Kaminari.
"No but, when I was younger and had even less control of my Quirk, I would accidentally let out my Quirk." Kaminari revealed, lifting his palms up to his face. "I had to wear insulated gloves till I got the hang of it."
"It doesn't matter how many flaws he's got!" Boomstick gave up. "RoboCop is a badass!"
"Nice shooting son." A man said after RoboCop shot a man out a window and twirled his gun away. "What ́s your name?"
"Murphy." RoboCop simply said.
The general consensus of RoboCop was more positive than the Terminator, given the obvious greater inclination to the side of good than the morally flipping T-800. The man also had greater sympathy and respect from the Heroes and Hero hopefuls in his struggle against his programming and identity crisis. Nezu himself joined the trio of Mic, Eraser, and Midnight in comparing Murphy's tragic death, forced resurrection, and handling towards the Warp Gate Villain that might be their long dead friend.
"Alright, the combatants are set." Wiz stated. "Let's end this debate once and for all."
"ITS TIME FOR A ROBO DEATH BATTTLLLEEE!" Boomstick shouted.
While the machine scanned, the people voted.
In the end, those who would root for the Terminator included Mei, for the Terminator's systems, greater skill, and durability, Power Loader, following a similar thought process to his student, Endeavor, who felt the greater, unstoppable ferocity of the Terminator was an advantage, and Amajiki and Setsuna, for the variety of appearances the Terminator could appear and its spy/assassin background. Some voters had some feelings of bias influence their decision like Itsuka, feeling slightly biased on the fact that the Terminator rode a motorcycle, Kirishima, also slightly biased on Arnie's physique, Sen, who thought the Terminator was more badass, and Mineta, who's bias was mostly on the T-X, and even though Sero said that made no sense, he likewise voted for the Terminator for all those funny quotes. Others voted on more personal factors, such as Izuku, voting for the often times android assassin who could and would be used for the side of good and feel and act like a human itself, with this similar train of thought being what led Kuroiro and Asui to vote for it, as well.
And, as for RoboCop, among the most notable of the cyborg's voters were Melissa and David Shield, the two believing RoboCop's firepower, durability, and human ingenuity would win the day, Snipe, who felt RoboCop's targeting systems and expert marksmanship would take the victory, Bakugou, who liked Murphy's grenades and Cobra Assault Cannon better, Tetsutetsu, who felt confident in RoboCop's durability and strength, and Yaoyorozu, who preferred RoboCop's systems, targeting and aiming, and ingenuity. Then there the votes of sympathy and comparison from the likes of Iida, who saw Murphy's tragic accident similar to Tensei's attack, All Might, slightly bias on how the cop reminded him of Tsukauchi, Shoto, who saw Murphy's crisis of whether he was man or machine similar to his own struggles with the two sides of his Quirk and what defined him in the end, Nezu, who voted for similar reasons to the most obvious voters of Aizawa, Hizashi, and Kayama, unable to not see Shirakumo and his potential fate comparable to that of Murphy.
Another noteworthy factor was Eri, who said she couldn't vote for either the android or cyborg, and when asked, she said that she was too sad and conflicted on the two. Izuku and Mirio looked at each other and knew the reason was she saw herself in both the Terminator and Murphy too much.
Both were treated and used as tools and weapons for the sake of pushing the goals of corrupt criminals and evil masterminds looking to change and control the world, when deep down they could be more and human, like the Terminator becoming like a human and Murphy used like a pet the company owned. It was clear she was thinking on how Chisaki used her and her Quirk as a tool to achieve his ends, treating and abusing her and claiming she was nothing more than a curse meant to hurt people.
The two patted her shoulders and supported her decision, much to Eri's appreciation.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device finished its scanning. "THE TERMINATOR! MULITVERSAL COUNTERPART: ERROR! ERROR! COUNTERPART UNVERIFIABLE!"
"Huh?" Mel blinked her eyes confused. "Why? Is it because he is a robot?"
"CALCULATING! CALCULATING!" The device calculated the reason for its error. "CALCULATIONS CONFIRMED! T-800 and T-850 MODEL TERMINATORS TOO GENERIC AND SIMPLE IN AI TO QUANITFY AS AN INDIVIDUAL SOUL OR COUNTERPART! EVEN MODELS WITH FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN EMOTIONS TOO LACKING TO QUANTIFY AS SOULFUL SENTIENCE!"
"Hmm, this result is rather similar to Metal Sonic, and how the device couldn't pinpoint a counterpart." David pointed out. "Perhaps simply combatants and individuals with too lacking AI can't be verified with."
"But what about that blue, naked, hologram AI chick from the Master Chief fight?" Miruko questioned. "Cortana, was it? What made her stand out from the rest?"
Surprisingly, it was the device that answered the Rabbit Hero's answer. "ADDITIONAL COUNTERPART DESIGNATED CORTANA IS AN AI MADE FROM THE MIND OF ONE DR. CATHERINE HALSEY VIA A FLASH CLONED COPY. SAID DOCTOR SHARES SIMILAR COUNTERPART TO HER AI CREATION!"
"Interesting." Nezu said. "So, the AI Cortana was identified to be Nana Shimura's counterpart in so that her AI was created based on Shimura's actual counterpart in this Dr. Halsey."
All Might and Gran Torino frowned at the mentions of their former master/friend and the complicated nature of her counterpart in this universe.
'Just here, her life in another universe is simply complicated.' Gran Torino thought, his mind going back to that day he watched as Shimura was forced to let go of her own son for his safety after All For One killed her husband, and how he held his crying friend and comforted her. Now, after seeing how their decision led to her grandson becoming the leader of the League of Villains, Gran Torino was left with a question to his friend, one that she could never answer for him. 'Was our choice the right one?'
"CONTINUING! ALEX J. MURPHY AKA ROBOCOP! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: OBORO SHIRAKUMO AKA KUROGIRI!"
"It's that Warp Gate Villain again." Kirishima scratched his head. "But why is that Villain bastard getting counterparts that are mostly good like Shadow?"
Kirishima's question unknowingly made three of his teachers flinch, who were already feeling lousy and torn at seeing another instance where this device claimed that Shirakumo was the incarcerated member of the League of Villains. If there were still any doubts, and/or vehement refusals of this fact, they were either completely destroyed in Midnight's mournful mind, waning and deteriorating in Mic's, and on the precipice of grim and painful acceptance in Eraser's.
"ADDITIONAL MULITVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED! JOHN CONNOR! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: SHOTO TODOROKI!"
"Wow, we found another one of your counterparts, Todoroki." Izuku said, smiling at one of his best friends. "And he's the leader of the resistance against Skynet. That's so cool, right?!"
Shoto nodded, smiling back. "Yes, it is." Shoto replied. "Thank you, Midoriya."
Endeavor felt a swell of pride in his son for his counterpart to be the savior of humanity in another world. While part of him felt satisfied, constructing this to be like Shoto is the best of the best in one universe, even better than All Might and his potential successor/son in Midoriya, that last part still being thought over in his mind, Endeavor put that part down, reminding himself this wasn't about him or his lifelong obsession to surpass All Might, it was about his son and his achievements, not his.
"SARAH CONNOR! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: REI TODOROKI!"
But that pride he felt for his son quickly vanished into guilt and longing as he saw the face of his wife once more. Seeing her beautiful face, after so long, Endeavor felt his heart ache, remembering their walk together, after their Quirk Marriage was agreed with her parents. He remembered her small, yet kind smile, how her cold, soft exterior, like snow, melted into small happiness at seeing her favorite flowers. It was the first time he started feeling interest in her past the Quirk Marriage or his desire for a son of both their Quirks, where he saw her as a woman, attractive and gentle.
But it was that remembrance that made the next memories all the more painful and guilt-ridden. Her kind eyes slowly turning haunted and paranoid, her delicately brushed hair growing messier, the tired, weighty bags under her eyes. All things he caused her, all the small things that made her the most gorgeous thing he had ever seen slowly corrupted and a shadow of their former selves. The pain he caused her, and his family, can never be truly forgotten or forgiven, no matter how far away she was from him in that mental hospital.
But seeing her again, even in an image, made the ache in his heart harder with longing and happiness. Despite the signs of his treatment of her still present in some ways, Endeavor still thought one thing 'She's as beautiful as the day I first loved her.'
All Might and the other Heroes noticed Endevaor's quietness, even the guilt and sadness in his eyes. Most of them knew that she was in a mental hospital, the reason they were told being that the death of her firstborn son, Touya, drove her mad in grief and burn the scar on Shoto's left side of his face, and has been there ever since. But All Might and Nezu saw something more to the grief, something that Endeavor was keeping inside, but decided not to say anything. Instead, All Might place a hand on Endeavor's shoulder, in a form of comfort, one that Flame Hero was surprised but eventually accepted.
"Is that your mother, Todoroki?" Izuku asked, his eyes reluctant to ask, knowing the truth of the Todoroki family, but felt he needed to ask. "She's beautiful."
Todoroki smiled, gazing at his smiling mother's image beside Sarah Connor's. "Yes, she is." He replied softly, happy to see that she continued to be his mother in another life.
"ROBERT 'BOB' MORTON! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: DR. DARUMA UJIKO AKA KYUDAI GARAKI!"
"Huh, I think I see something." Shoji said.
"Well, don't keep us in suspense man, what is it?" Kaminari asked.
"This Dr. Garaki." Shoji began. "We've already seen him with other counterparts like Dr. Wily and Shang Tsung, but its interesting to note that this counterpart is similar in a way to his Dr. Eggman counterpart."
"Eggman?" Koda repeated the name of the animal enslaving doctor. "Why?"
"Both counterparts have a connection to Kurogiri's counterparts, Shadow and now RoboCop." Shoji explained. "Shadow was created by Eggman's grandfather and Bob Morton was responsible for turning Murphy into RoboCop. Two counterparts of both men related and connected with each other across different universes is too much of a coincidence."
"You mean to suggest that perhaps our world's Kurogiri and this Dr. Garaki are connected in some fashion?" Yaoyorozu asked.
"It's simply a theory." Shoji admitted. "A wild one, but I have gut feeling about this." Shoji looked to Midoriya. "What about you, Midoriya? You're better at these theories than any of us. What do you think?"
Izuku took only a moment of humble flattery at Shoji's words before thinking on Shoji's theory. "You're right, it does seem a little farfetched; however, the coincidence, especially ones across universes, is simply too high to be dismissed." Izuku responded. "Your instincts haven't failed us before Shoji, and I don't believe that it's failing now."
Shoji nodded, one of his created arms showing a grateful smirk that was hidden behind his mask.
Meanwhile, the trio of teachers' moods only spiraled downwards as Shoji's theory likewise made cruel sense to the three, especially given how All Might, Gran Torino, and Nezu confirmed that there had to be an individual directly responsible for the Nomus and, if Shirakumo was Kurogiri, then the change he underwent had to be by that individual, and a doctor whose counterparts were likewise tied with the only two of Shirakumo's counterparts made too much sense.
Nezu felt his paw clenched tightly on the armrest of his seat, his claws digging into them. 'If this doctor truly is responsible for what happened to one my students, responsible for the creations of those abominations, and the pain and suffering he caused on my colleagues, students, and...' Nezu's memories of the gold-rimmed glasses doctor that experimented on him only made his grip tighten. 'I swear that I will use whatever resources and power I have to put that monster away, for good.'
The moods were quickly died down and the theories and speculations were agreed to be saved for later, as right now, they had a fight to watch.
The scene began in an unknown busy city, presumably Detroit, with various cars going down the busy streets and a sign indicating Delta City to be 5 and half miles straight ahead. The shot zoomed past the sign to a small gun store. The streetlamps flickered at the same time a time bubble appeared, electricity sparking out wildly until it ended in big flash of light to signify the Terminator's arrival.
"Holy shit!" The gun store's salesman exclaimed in shock, though the audience could only hear the interaction from outside. "Hey, where'd you come from? How'd you do that?"
"Aww man, why are we only seeing from outside?" Kaminari whined.
"What do you think is going to happen to a guy who sees a Terminator come out of the time bubble or whatever?" Kyoka asked back.
Kaminari only to a few seconds of thought before realizing. "Oh. Poor guy."
"Give me your guns and your clothes. Now!" The Terminator demanded with his iconic Russian accent.
"Whoa, hey buddy, that's not really my thing." The salesman denied. "Hey... what are you doing? Don't touch that! AAAAAHHHHH!"
An explosion occurred, blowing up most of the store, leaving it in flames with the salesman most assuredly dead.
Already the act of murder, arson, and theft made the Terminator voters, especially Midoriya, feel rather guilty and awkward to be rooting for the murderous android.
As the iconic music played in the background, the Terminator walked out of the fiery building, guns, ammo, and weapons strapped all around his newly clothed body, finishing up his attire with his sunglasses.
"Jesus, he's armed to the teeth!" Kirishima exclaimed.
"Rather lucky that he arrived at a gun store." Ojiro commented.
While the Terminator inspected his surroundings, a police car swerved its way through traffic before sliding to a halt before the time traveling assassin. RoboCop stepped out of the police car, with his own theme playing in the background.
"Freeze, creep. You're under arrest." RoboCop ordered. "Come quietly or there'll be-" RoboCop's right leg opened up for him to draws out and aim his Auto-9 "-Trouble."
Tetsutetsu shivered with excitement, finding the cyborg police officers dramatic pauses adding to chills to RoboCop's quotes.
The Terminator, in response, takes out his Hardballer and aims it at RoboCop. "Negative." The Terminator responded, analyzing RoboCop, classifying him as a high threat level cyborg, and noting his titanium and laminated Kevlar armor, as well as Murphy's two vital weak points: his human brain and human heart. "Walk away if you want to live."
Kaminari didn't know why, but that line felt to his Meme Sense that it was rather similar to a more iconic line.
"You are coming with me." RoboCop replied, likewise scanning the T-800, his systems registering the origin name, gender, DOB, SS#, and home address of the machine as unknown, while accurately identifying its weapons and its hydrogen fuel cells as its power source. "Alive...or dead."
While the group braced themselves for the fight to begin, Mic snickered when noticing RoboCop identified the 'cool sunglasses'.
FIGHT!
The Terminator started the fight, firing his Hardballer pistol, which had no effect on RoboCop. Robocop then fired his Auto-9 back at the T-800, the Terminator staggering back slightly.
"Yep, the Hardballer's got nothing on that Auto-9." Snipe took note of. "And that gun is evidently strong enough to stagger back a Terminator."
"The Terminator is using real world firearms, while RoboCop's weapons are largely contained to his universe." Ectoplasm said. "The chances that they have greater firepower than real world weaponry is pretty high."
Bracing itself, the Terminator began stalking slowly towards his enemy, RoboCop walking slowly too, while both continuously fired their handguns at each other. As they reached each other, the Terminator threw away his Hardballer, quickly spinning around and pulling out his shotgun, proceeding to shoot at RoboCop multiple times at close range, knocking his foe back a bit.
"Out of my way!" The Terminator whacked RoboCop across the face with the shotgun before shooting point blank in the cop's face, and then a right hook to the head. Robocop would stop the Terminator's proceeding backhand, attempting to counter by shooting point blank in Arnie's face, but the Terminator pulled his head back and evaded the shot. The Terminator ducked to avoid another shot, and spin in place in time to evade a third and counter by hitting the butt of the gun to RoboCop's side. The T-800 would follow with a knee strike that staggered the cyborg back.
"But the Terminator is physically faster than RoboCop, which could give it an advantage to pull out his other weaponry and fight hand-to-hand more effectively." Iida pointed out.
"Which is bad since the Terminator has impressive strength." Momo followed up. "Combine his greater speed and his strength, ferocity, and knowledge of hand-to-hand combat and the Terminator could prove fatal to Murphy up close."
RoboCop recovered, spinning his gun in hand multiple times before firing a few shots, the bullets hitting and sending the shotgun flying from the Terminator's hand. As well as the hand itself. RoboCop rushed in and performed a downward strike with the gun, firing at Arnie's face, staggering the machine.
"Damn, he just pulled some martial arts shit with a gun." Awase said, wide eyed. "Nice."
"And he just blasted off the dude's hand off." Sen pointed out. "But not like the Terminator is gonna care much."
The Terminator recovered and struck a right hook across Murphy's face, but the OCP created warrior would tank the follow up left hook from the stump that was once a hand. The Terminator blocked another with a gun from RoboCop and struck with another left hook and a right uppercut.
RoboCop tried to backhand the Terminator with the Auto-9, yelling, "Take that, criminal sc-" Before being cut out by a left jab to the face and another right uppercut.
"Remember kids, don't get cocky." Mic pointed out.
RoboCop quickly brought his arms up, bracing against the onslaught of strikes and punches from the T-800. Finally, RoboCop struck the butt of his gun into the Terminator's chest and struck with a left hook, pushing the Skynet soldier back. The Terminator stood straight and faced RoboCop, his sunglasses now cracked.
"Oh boy." Kaminari shuddered with worry. "That's the 'You've done fucked up now' look."
Angered, the Terminator rushed RoboCop, punching and kneeing him repeatedly, grabbed and slammed him into the ground, breaking the road, pummeling him with more punches, then throwing the former fully human through the window of his own police car. The Terminator threw up a grenade round into the air, took out his grenade launcher, and readied it in time to catch the round and place it into the chamber.
"Hasta la vista, Baby." The Terminator quipped and fired the grenade launcher, completely obliterating the entire car into flames.
"Jesus Christ! That was awesome!" Mineta exclaimed in both excitement and fear.
"Is that it?" Uraraka asked. "Did the Terminator win?"
"Doubtful." Asui croaked.
Suddenly, RoboCop flew out of the wreckage, flying via his flight pack and his Cobra Assault Cannon in hand.
"And now, he's airborne." Melissa smirked.
Bakugou grinned, seeing the Cobra Assault Cannon. "The bucket of bolts is screwed now!" Bakugou boasted.
"Good news, scum." Robocop aimed the Cobra Assault Cannon. "You are no longer under arrest."
"Manly!" Tetsutetsu exclaimed.
OCP's cyborg officer fired at the Terminator, the resulting explosion sending him flying onto his back. The Terminator got back up and began to run away, while Alex chased after it. RoboCop continued to fire, the Terminator evading the shots as cars and road exploded around it. The Terminator dove into a roll to evade another shot, retrieving his shotgun at the same time, and then rolling onto a corner to hide.
"With RoboCop firing from above and with his most powerful weapon in hand, the Terminator is in a huge disadvantage." Tokoyami noted.
"Unless he can gain higher ground, calculate RoboCop's flight paths, and accurately shoot him down, he will need to go on the defensive." Shoji added.
RoboCop turned the corner to find the Terminator had vanished.
"Where the hell did, he go?!" Bakugou yelled. "He was right there!"
RoboCop flew around, searching for his opponent. Meanwhile, zooming out to see higher up the building, the Terminator was spotted climbing up the building.
"Is-Is he climbing the building with his bare hands?!" Itsuka exclaimed.
"Those metal hands of his seem hard enough to claw into the metal and stonework." Cementoss shrugged.
RoboCop flew up, stopping and floating in midair, unable to find his adversary as he looked over the area beneath him. "Hmm. Do you plan on hiding forever?" RoboCop questioned to his hiding opponent.
His answer was given by the whirl and revving of a minigun, The Terminator on the rooftop of the building, aiming at RoboCop. "No!" The T-800 answered, his right eye glowing red.
It proceeded to fire on RoboCop, landing several solid hits on the surprised, flying cop, flying back from the stream of bullets. The Terminator would continue firing, RoboCop managing to evade the heavy fire from below.
"Come on, Metal Head!" Setsuna yelled at the Terminator. "Just shoot the dude into Swiss cheese!"
As he flew, RoboCop began to analyze the minigun, finding a weakness in its six-barrel pivot. Slowing to a stop, RoboCop quickly fired six shots, each of which hit their marks, firing into and jamming the minigun.
"Holy Crap!" Kaminari threw his arms out in shock. "That was sick as shit!"
Snipe raised his hat in respect to the greater marksman.
The Terminator discarded the minigun, while RoboCop charged at him. However, the Terminator pulled out his grenade launcher and aimed, calculating the arc angle of Murphy's descent. "Time to bring you down to Earth!" It declared firing a single grenade. The shot managed to hit the flight pack, causing it to malfunction. The Terminator side stepped in time for RoboCop to fly past him, yelling in distress as he spiraled and landed on the adjacent lower rooftop.
"The Terminator tracked and analyzed where RoboCop was going to fly towards and aimed where he would be." Endeavor said. "Must have been his learning processor at work."
"You got to admit, the guy-robot-thing's got style." Fat Gum admitted at the Terminator simply side-stepping away from the crashing cop.
With his flight pack flying away, RoboCop got back up, removing his left arm and replaces it with his weapon arm. Meanwhile, the Terminator threw aside his grenade launcher for his shotgun and jumped down towards its opponent.
RoboCop aimed up and said, "Your move."
As he dropped down, the Terminator fired his shotgun, lands a hit at RoboCop's weapon arm, staggering him. But, as Arnie landed before him, RoboCop retaliated with his flamethrower, continuously burning him.
"Property damage. Resisting arrest. Assaulting an officer." RoboCop listed the Terminator's crimes. "Murderer, your hot streak ends here."
"Don't forget arson and murder." Hagakure pointed out.
"I think the arson was part of the property damage." Shinsou replied. "And RoboCop doesn't know a man was inside the building."
"Still." Hagakure shrugged.
"Ah! Now that was a good pun!" Mirio chuckled at RoboCop's 'Hot' pun.
"A blank faced cyborg makes better puns than you, Mirio." Nejire snickered.
"Okay, first of all, true." Mirio admitted. "But second, ouch."
RoboCop stops firing the flamethrower to reveal the Terminator, with only part of his face burned, and all agitated. "Fuck you, Dick-wad!" The Terminator cursed back.
"Okay, I'm starting to like this guy, too." Bakugou admitted.
"No surprise there." Uraraka rolled her eyes. Bakugou replied with a middle finger.
"You have the right to remain silent." RoboCop proceeded to Sparta Kick the Terminator off the building and aiming at his falling opponent with his weapon arm. "I suggest you exercise it." He then fired a smart bomb missile, which struck and sent the Terminator flying into an oil tank, creating a massive explosion.
"Whoo!" Kaminari cheered. "That's what I'm talking about! Victory!"
"Not so fast, Jamming Yey." Kyoka interrupted his premature celebration. "Just wait and see."
RoboCop jumped down and landed on the ground. He inspected the burning wreckage, assuming his fight finished. However, out of the fire, the Terminator got up, now without his human skin and clothes, revealing his endoskeleton and his shotgun still in his left hand.
"Oh, come on!" Kaminari yelled. "What does it take to kill this bot?!"
The Terminator removed the last of his clothes before opening a hidden compartment in his chest and reaching inside it with his right hand, pulling out a plasma rifle. The endoskeleton revealed machine fired it, two of the plasma shots hitting true, stunning RoboCop's weapon arm and right leg limp.
"Oh shit, he's got his plasma rifles too?!" Kosei shouted.
"Knew we weren't going to end this fight without seeing those babies!" Mei declared, her eyes zooming on the plasma rifles.
"This is bad for RoboCop." Izuku stated. "Almost all of RoboCop's weapons were stronger than the Terminator's, but the plasma rifles are weapons from the future that fire bolts of plasma energy. And apparently, they stun and malfunction RoboCop's limbs. If it lands a shot in somewhere more vital, RoboCop could be powered down, permanently."
RoboCop struggled to limp away into cover behind a car as bolts of plasma continued firing. Once behind the car, he lifted it up with one hand and threw it, the blue car sailing towards the Terminator, trapping its right arm into the wreckage behind it. Struggling, the Terminator was forced to tear itself away to get free, leaving its right arm and the plasma rifle with it behind.
"Well, that solves how to get rid of the plasma rifle." Monoma said. "Though now, the Terminator is missing an arm and its endoskeleton is exposed, leaving its fuel cells more vulnerable."
"And on the other hand, RoboCop has an arm and a leg shut down, while the Terminator still has his shotgun." Itsuka pointed out. "It's looking pretty even up."
Free, the Terminator cocked the gun with one hand fired, marching meanwhile towards RoboCop, as the Terminator music drummed louder. The Terminator fires shot after shot, staggering RoboCop back further and back, even damaging part of RoboCop's visor display, slowing draining his battery level from 6% to 5%.
"Oh no! His battery!" Pony pointed. "It's so low!"
"Come on, man-dude-robot-whatever!" Kirishima cheered on. "Take him down!"
RoboCop scanned for a weakness, managing to find one in the Terminator's waist hinge. Eventually, RoboCop is forced into a corner as the Terminator points his shotgun at his opponent's head.
"No no no no no!" Kaminari shouted over and over.
"Yes, Yes, Yes!" Mineta shouted in contrast
The Terminator pulled the trigger...and nothing happened. The weapon was out of ammo.
"NO!" Mineta wailed.
"HELL YES!" Bakugou roared.
"Nine shots. You're out." RoboCop stated.
"And he doesn't have a hand to reload!" Kamakiri pointed out. "Finish him!"
RoboCop's leg opened up for the cyborg to reach in and pull out an ordinance grenade. Tossing and attaching it to the Terminator's waist, the ordinance was raised all the way up to level 10 ordinance grenade.
"Oh shit." Setsuna cursed, accepting what's gonna happen.
Robocop's anchor rambolts locked him in place and before he took out his hand cannon. "Checkmate."
He shot the grenade, causing a huge explosion that covered them both. As the smoke cleared, RoboCop was badly damaged, his left weapon arm sparking but was alright.
However, before he could revel in his victory, RoboCop heard the sounds of whirring gears and machinery. He turned, surprised to see that the Terminator was still functional, crawling towards him with one arm and head and torso, though the head was turned the other way.
"HOW?!" Bakugou exclaimed, outraged. "THAT'S FUCKING BULLSHIT!"
"Honestly, like, what can it even though?" Sen accepted defeat and asked. "Crawl and choke him to death."
RoboCop lifted up the Terminator by his neck. "What are you doing?" He questioned. "This fight is over."
The Terminator then turns his head in the right direction towards RoboCop.
"Jesus, that's creepy!" Mina shuddered.
"Not...yet." It spoke out, its Arnold accent more robotic.
RoboCop, at 1% charge, analyzed and revealed that the fuel cells have been ruptured. "Hydrogen fuel cells...ruptured!" He declared as the Terminator's chest started to glow.
"What?!" Iida yelled, shocked.
The Terminator continued to reach out and to grab onto RoboCop. "You... Are... Terminated."
"What is it doing?!" Hagakure freaked out. "Doesn't he know he would destroy itself, as well?!"
"It's a robot assassin, Young Hagakure." All Might spoke up. "One of many. It's viewed as disposable and is willing to sacrifice itself to complete its mission."
RoboCop looked around, quickly trying to find a way to find a solution, before his eyes narrowed at it: his flight pack, atop a crushed car. Marching to it, RoboCop proceeded to strap the Terminator to the flight-pack with its own arm.
"Genius!" David exclaimed. "He means to launch the Terminator into the air to minimize the fallout of the Terminator's explosion!"
"Oh man, that's big brain!" Kaminari declared.
RoboCop fired up the flight pack and the Terminator was sent flying into the air.
"I'll... be... BACK!" The Terminator said, lastly.
It would sail up for a short while after before the hydrogen fuel cells explode, creating a final huge explosion, the screen going white as a result. As if cleared, the surprisingly intact head came down and landed at the victor's feet, the red eyes still glowing.
"YES!" The RoboCop voters cheered as the Terminator ones groaned and sighed in defeat.
RoboCop proceeds to twirl his pistol and places it back into his leg. "I'll Be Waiting." He quipped back.
"Burn." Mirio hissed and chuckled.
K.O.!
RoboCop walked forwards and stomped on the Terminator's head, shattering it, before continuing to walk away.
"I don't think he'll be back from that one." Boomstick joked.
"So, I guess that's its catchphrase, right?" Honenuki asked.
"Probably." Manga shrugged, a smiley face emoticon in his text bubble. "It's a pretty cool one, though."
"The Terminator may have held the initial speed advantage, but RoboCop trumped everything else." Wiz explained, displaying a chart of comparison between Terminator's arsenal and Murphy's, and highlighting more of Alex's weapons than the one Plasma Rifle of the T-800. "His arsenal certainly had more destructive force behind it."
Itsuka pouted, disappointed that she didn't get to see the Terminator hop on a motorcycle in the fight.
"You think the Terminator's space rifle would be enough, but RoboCop has tanked plasma shots before." Boomstick pointed out.
"Well, that would have been nice to know!" Mount Lady complained.
"In fact, the difference in survivability is very clear-cut." Wiz continued. "RoboCop fell from the top of a skyscraper, onto a gas main, which then exploded, and he was fine."
"The Terminator was blown up by a homemade pipe bomb." Boomstick compared.
"BAHAHAHAHA!" Bakugou burst out laughing, holding his sides. "EAT SHIT, BOLT FOR BRAINS! AHAHAHA!"
"RoboCop pushed a building busting bomb into a warehouse, that's solid brick by the way," Wiz pointed out. "Which detonated IN HIS FACE, and he was fine."
"Meanwhile, the Terminator was obliterated by the same kind of explosion." Boomstick said.
"I think their casual tone makes this more insulting for me." Amajiki muttered, miserably, while Mirio patted him on the shoulder.
"RoboCop stopped and reversed a 3,000 PSI hydraulic press with his bare hands." Wiz showcased the feat.
"Y-You guys see where this is going now, right?" Boomstick asked, showing the Terminator being fully put down by a hydraulic press of his own.
"I suppose that note of its worst fear being hydraulic presses makes sense." Izuku muttered, sweatdropping.
"And being part human means Murphy can think more creatively." Wiz added. "Adding a level of unpredictability, the Terminator could not immediately understand."
"The true strength of human nature: imagination." Tokoyami declared.
Reiko shivered once again, though would regret it after registering Setsuna's barely contained snickers. 'I will not hear the end of this.' Reiko concluded.
"The Terminator almost had a victory until it blew up in his face." Boomstick said. "Hasta La Vista, Baby."
"Okay, that was better." Ojiro complimented the pun.
"The winner is RoboCop." Wiz announced.
Claps sounded, both in victory and respectful defeat. Eri was slightly bummed out that the Terminator was destroyed, especially since it didn't get a chance to change like the others. Izuku patted her head and smiled at her, quickly cheering her up.
Likewise, the girls smiled at seeing Izuku look better already, sending up smiles and thumbs up to Midnight in thanks. The R-Rated smiled and nodded back but raised an eyebrow, the girls flinching as they know that they fixed their mistake but still have to be punished over their stunt. They just hoped that the dominatrix-dressed heroine was merciful.
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick announced the next fight.
The dark screen was suddenly filled with flames with a lone figure of a man's silhouette, the flames only revealing one of the eyes and a green cap on his head with the green L on a white circle. The screen grew dark again before another flash of background fire revealed another silhouette besides the capped man, but this one was above the ground, wider in pose, and appeared to have whiskers tails (?).
As screen grew dark one last time before one final thing was shown: Luigi vs Tails.
"Luigi vs Tails?" Itsuka repeated. "So, an Italian against another anthropomorphic fighter?"
"The hat looked very familiar." Ibara pointed out. "It was different in color and letter, but it reminded me of that Mario fighter from before."
"Oh yeah, you think it's his sidekick or brother?" Setsuna asked.
"We will see soon." Reiko said simply.
After a few minutes of talking and discussing the fight, they all reconvened in their seats. Mei received a 'go ahead' nod from Nezu and she pressed the button for the next video to play.
As it loaded, the trio of Eraser, Mic, and Midnight were very quiet, keeping to themselves their thoughts on Shirakumo, likewise antsy about how Detective Tsukauchi was doing in their request to see the Warp Gate Villain that was claimed to bear his name.
Meanwhile...
"So, is that a go?" Detective Tsukauchi asked.
"Affirmative." The head of Tartaros prison, Mr. Shishikura, said, bringing up Tsukauchi's request form one more time. "It must be quite serious for Principal Nezu to demand such a quick meeting."
"The subject of a former U.A. student's corpse used to create a Villain that attacked U.A. students Is a serious matter." Tsukauchi pointed out.
The man nodded, agreeing with the detective, especially with what the reports they have gathered about the Warp Gate Villain and his DNA revealed. "Well, regardless of the situation, I'm afraid that I still must limit the visitation to three." Shishikura revealed. "Standard policy is two visitors at max and the man is a loyal member of the League, regardless of the nature of that loyalty. I am already being generous here, and Tartaros is not known for its generosity. Two of your guests may come visit him, and Gran Torino may come with you and wait outside. "Deal, or no?"
Tsukauchi sighed but nodded in acceptance, aware that there was no way to convince the old head of Tartaros any further. He knew and worked with Shishikura for a long while and the man was infamously stubborn and strict about security and order, so much so that he was accused of human rights violations on his prisoners. Tsukauchi was aware that his own son, Seiji Shishikura, took after his old man with his strictness of his heroic views at Shiketsu.
As Shishikura stamped the request form, Tsukauchi inwardly sighed, already figuring out how to break the news to the trio of teachers that were Shirakumo's friends and bracing himself for the likely loud yells of outrage from Mic and the sorrow that the three will likely face when the truth is plainly revealed.
Notes:
AAAAANNNNNDDDDD SCENE! Hope I lived this fight up to the expectations, or at least close it, and I'm really hoping to do well next fight, as Luigi vs Tails is a favorite of mine. Also, RoboCop's line at the end was all me.
Fun fact: yes, that was Seiji Shishikura's, the Shiketsu student from the Provisional Licensing Exam, father. Horikoshi stated that Seiji's dad works at Tartaros, and it was his dad working there that influenced his decision to go to Shiketsu. So, I thought, what the heck, why not make him the head of the prison itself?
And so, this is directly tying into Aizawa and Mic's visit to see Kurogiri, which shows that this takes place sometime before the finale of Season 5 in the timeline. And finally, they have cured Midoriya of his aphrodisiac, though the ramifications of that mistake are still to come, for both the girls and Midoriya.
But now, to the counterpart explanations. Like Metal Sonic, The Terminator does not have a counterpart himself, since he is just a machine with not enough individualistic AI to count as a sentient being with a soul that can have a counterpart. Disappointing and anticlimactic? Yes, but them's the rules of the multiverse and counterparts, or rather my rules. Live with them. Though, if you all want the closest thing to counterparts to the Terminators, as in someone that shares their themes and attributes, then the Terminator from the first movie would be closest to Stain, the second and third T-800 and T-850 to Hawks and Shirakumo, the T-100 to the Sludge Villain, and the T-X to Lady Nagant, but those are just what I feel are the closest things to a counterpart that you will get to the Terminators. And I explained why Cortana had a counterpart, in so much as it was Dr. Halsey, Cortana's creator, that was Nana Shimura's counterpart.
But onto an easier explanation, Shoto and Rei Todoroki as John and Sarah Connor I felt were the best options. Rei and Sarah were both gentle, nice ordinary women that were both dragged into a life of suffering and pain against their will, Rei being put into a bad Quirk Marriage with Endeavor and Sarah forced into the whole situation with time traveling Terminators sent to kill her and her son. Both would also end up being put into a mental institution after a breakdown and scarring and shaping, physically and mentally, their sons' lives forever and continue to serve as motivations for both Shoto and John. Speaking of which, the two boys also share similarities, both being raised to be destined leaders of their society, one raised to surpass All Might for his father and the other as the future resistance leader of Humanity against Skynet, both were rebellious youths the first time we saw them, Shoto rebelling against his father and John being a rebellious teenager towards his foster parents and both with conflicted feelings about their mothers, but both grew to be competent fighters, men, and leaders. Also, a source of inspiration for this decision was in Terminator 2, I saw future John with a scar on his left eye and the cogs in my brain started from there.
And you can also count this as Endeavor's counterpart in this world being Kyle Reece, too.
As for RoboCop as Shiruakumo, this was actually a pretty tough decision at first between Kurogiri and Tsukauchi, since the latter is a cop like Alex Murphy. But as I thought further, I saw that Shirakumo was the better decision, thematically and comparatively. Both Alex and Shirakumo were law enforces, of sorts, as a cop and Hero would be, both of their lives were changed after their deaths, Alex's near death against Detroit's gang and Shirakumo's actual death against a Villain, both were revived and handled sketchily by evil, corrupt individuals, OCP and Morton with RoboCop's creation and All For One and Dr. Garaki with Kurogiri's, both would then be stone cold followers of their programming with a history of defiance against it, i.e. RoboCop struggling with his humanity, and Kurogiri struggling between his brainwashing and Shirakumo's memories, especially in the manga currently.
And with Garaki as Morton, the man who turn our ill-fated men into the hybrid warriors that they are, it comes full circle, with Garaki being sick, cowardly, and pure evil, while Morton is more of the cowardly and 'sick' type in his...habits, but from what I know of him, I haven't watched RoboCop in a long while, I wouldn't classify him as pure evil, like Garaki.
And with that all said, hope you guys liked the chapter, make sure to check out my other stories if you haven't already, comment what other counterpart predictions will happen in the future, and remember to stay safe, healthy, and sane in this weird time and age, unlike Mr. Ye.
This has been Zayden StormVoid, and like our favorite Governor of California says: I'll be back.
Chapter 33: Luigi vs Tails
Summary:
The Heroes and Hero hopefuls witness the battle of the sidekicks, one green sidekick, a two-tailed sidekick, but both scared sidekicks.
Notes:
BOOST YOUR SPIRIT OFF THE GROUND! I'M A SPARK THAT WON'T GO OUT! WE CAN GO MUCH HIGHER NOW! GRAVITY CAN'T HOLD US DOWN! WE'RE ONLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS ONE-WAY DREAM!
Okay, okay, I swear that's the last song I sing in the beginning. That are Sonic Frontiers songs. Ahem, hey everybody, Zayden StormVoid is back with another chapter of MHA watches Death Battle!
Last time, we had the robo showdown between Terminator and RoboCop, with the distinction of an android and a cyborg made clear, Izuku finally cured of his aphrodisiac, supposedly, Aizawa, Mic, and Midnight all the more desperate to know if Shirakumo is in fact Kurogiri, Tsukauchi getting them permission from the Tartaros warden, Power Loader scared shitless at Mei possibly creating the Terminator, or Skynet, or both, lots of memes were shown, Setsuna comforts Momo about their botched plan and grow closer, Snipe is jealous of RoboCop, and everyone is starting to get more suspicious of Dr. Garaki.
Also, another thing that happened last time was that I accidentally forgot to write down a scene of Tsukauchi at Tartaros into the final script. I recently had updated the chapter to include it, so if you haven't seen it, go give last chapter a read over, or just go down to the very end of the story where it is.
Now, we have the Battle of the Sidekicks, the Player 2 Showdown, the Wingman Beatdown: Luigi vs Tails. And this is also one of the first ones I watched, like Mario vs Sonic, very fitting, and I hope I get this right. And in time for Christmas as a present to you all.
But first, the Index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wizard or Mental Flashback Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick, Buff Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden." -Combatant, Fight, and Device Dialogue
And finally, I do Not own My Hero Academia, which belongs to Horikoshi and Bones Studios adapts it, nice job by the way with Dabi's Dance, and I do Not own Death Battle, belonging to the YouTube channel of the same name and Roosterteeth, and all associated franchises mentioned from past, present, and future chapters are owned by their respective companies, like Nintendo and Sega.
Now, Enough Talk! It's Time for A Death BATTLLLLLLEEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
The video finished loading and began with the same metal music and bloody logo.
"With the dragon slain and the princess rescued, the hero revels in gold, glory and cake." Wiz began the introduction.
"But they couldn't have done it without a little help." Boomstick pointed out.
"The sidekick." Wiz revealed the fight's theme. "The people's champion would be lost without his player 2."
"Sidekicks, huh?" Mount Lady raised an eyebrow. "That sounds interesting."
"A rather perfect matchup and concept for the students to see, given that most of them will become sidekicks to Hero agencies when they graduate, most prevalently the Big Three." Ryukyu pointed out, looking down towards Nejire who she already accepted a position as a sidekick under her long-time Hero Mentor.
Miruko scoffs. "You all might get sidekicks, but not me!" Miruko stuck her chin up, her proud face smirking. "This bunny don't need no sidekicks!"
"Really?" Ryukyu raised an eyebrow at her friend. "What about when you asked me for Asui or Uraraka for an internship or work study in the future? And Midoriya for that matter?"
"That's internships, totally different!" Miruko corrected her, turning her head away in huff. "And I'm just curious to see what those kids got. Not like I'm expecting any one of them to impress me enough to become a sidekick."
Ryukyu rolled her eyes at her friend's long-time disdain and refusal of sidekicks and team ups. "We'll see." She replied.
While they talked, Endeavor turned his thoughts towards his own sidekicks, specifically his most main and trusted sidekick, Burnin. He remembered how he left her the run of the agency while he was here overseeing Shoto's training, as well as the other students, as a guest. He also remembered how loudly she complained into his ear when he informed her of this visit extending, though he didn't tell her about the device and these videos being the true reason for his extended visit.
"Such as Luigi, Mario's younger brother." Wiz introduced the first fighter.
"And Tails the Fox, Sonic's deformed, flying stalker." Boomstick introduced the latter.
"So, these are related to Mario and Sonic." Izuku perked up, now more interested than before, especially revolving around his counterpart's own sidekick.
"So, this Luigi is Mario's brother?" Nejire questioned, tilting her head cutely. "Do you have a brother, Mirio?"
"Nope!" Mirio shook his head, still smiling, before wrapping an arm around Tamaki and Midoriya. "Unless you mean a brother in all but blood, in which case, they're right here!"
Tamaki blushed out of embarrassment, but that quickly changed into a bright smile. "Thank you, Mirio." Amajiki replied. "You're a brother to me, too."
"Same here." Izuku smiled brightly.
The girls all cooed at the rather adorable and sweet scene between the three best friends, this and Mirio's laughter only bringing back Amajiki's blushing embarrassment and earned Midoriya's own. Todoroki smiled softly at the scene, likewise, seeing Midoriya, his first real friend and the one who saved him from himself, as brother in all but blood, a sort of welcome addition to his family alongside his actual brother Natsuo and his sister Fuyumi.
Thinking about his sister, Todoroki felt a lightbulb turn on his head. 'It's obvious that the girls see Midoriya as more of a friend, and Midoriya isn't the kind to reject their advances.' Todoroki thought, accurately assessing that a harem forming between Midoriya and the girls was inevitable. 'And Fuyumi has been feeling rather lonely and she took to Midoriya very well during our family dinner. Perhaps I can fix both her loneliness and have Midoriya as a brother in blood?'
Bakugou meanwhile stared at the scene with an unreadable expression. To him, Bakugou thought back to their youth and how close and clingy Midoriya was to him, and how Bakugou secretly didn't mind. But then...then his Quirk came in, and, soon after, so did the shameless praising, the ego, and when Midoriya's never came, the bullying started, and whatever brotherly relationship Bakugou and Midoriya had was permanently broken.
Bakugou felt an emotion that he only recently started to truly feel, starting back since his rescue from All Might, Deku, and the others, and only worsened as the mistakes and sins of the past truly settled in his mind: regret.
"Hey! What about me?!" Nejire pouted, puffing her cheeks.
"Oh, don't be like that, Nejire." Mirio smiled in response. "I thought we settled this that you are like a sister to me, and Tamaki. Besides," Mirio leaned in and whispered into Nejire's ear. "Unless you are a brocon, I don't think you want Midoriya as your brother, if you know what I mean."
Nejire's response for that was, for once, to stop talking, choosing instead to calm down her blush and keep down the fantasies her mind brought to life from Mirio's words.
"Wait, does that anthropomorphic fox have two tails?" Uraraka questioned.
"Looks like it." Asui placed an inquisitive finger on her chin. "That one should be interesting. He's also the sidekick of Midoriya's counterpart, Sonic, so I wonder which one of our classmates will it be?"
"Now we have already proven that standard Mario and Sonic series power-ups perfectly counter each other, so, to not waste time, we're giving these second strings only what is unique to them." Wiz clarified, recalling footage from Mario vs Sonic.
"That's a fair assessment." Momo nodded. "All it would do to bring those powerups up would be wasting time."
"Oh yeah, I forgot how your counterpart beat mine, Midoriya." Mirio rubbed the back of his neck. "You really Tore into me!"
"Mirio, you already did that joke." Tamaki placed a hand on Mirio's shoulder and shook his head. "And it wasn't funny the first time."
"Bro, that hurts." Mirio fake pouted.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick." Boomstick announced the two.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!" Wiz ended the intro.
The first fighter the group could see the family resemblance, but it was clear where all the height went to the Mario brothers. He was of course taller and thinner than his wider, shorter brother, and where Mario was dressed in red, Luigi was dressed in green. The two shared the same blue overalls but Luigi's green cap held a green L on a white circle. Both brothers had the same dark brown mustache, Luigi's straighter than Mario's; however, Luigi seemed more skittish and frightful than his braver, courageous brother.
Luigi
"After clobbering Koopas, besting Bowser, and saving the princess, who gets all the credit?" Wiz asked, showing Luigi performing all the said feats.
"Mario, of course, leaving his lanky brother with rejected sloppy seconds." Boomstick replied, with Mario jumping victoriously in the air, while Luigi is embraced by a Princess Daisy, who seemed to be like Peach, only with brown hair, an orange and yellow dress and a daisy motif.
"Ouch!" Kaminari flinched at the statement. "Is it like that here too?"
"Unfortunately, yes." Ryukyu nodded, looking rather disappointed. "Whenever one of my sidekicks manages to succeed on their own, there are still many of the media and the HPSC that would still attribute the arrest and credit to me for being associated with my agency."
"Many of us Heroes try are best to acknowledge the deeds and efforts of our sidekicks, but it is a troubling problem among our Hero agencies." Edgeshot nodded. "This problem has been rightly criticized as the reason why many of those who become sidekicks ultimately stay so."
"Well, that sounds stupid as shit!" Miruko growled, distastefully. "I would kick whatever jackass would try to do that to me to the moon, if I was sidekick!"
Many of the students shivered and squirmed at the uncomfortable con of being a sidekick. While the easy solution would be to go solo and form your own agency, they have learned that most Heroes who try that eventually have to close shop and become sidekicks or retire given the low public recognition and support that these new timers would face.
"No doubt, Luigi has it rough." Wiz agreed. "Despite being born as one of the seven Star Children destined for greatness, it's not easy being second fiddle to the most popular character in video game history." They showed a rather comical image of Luigi peeking out from behind an upfront Mario, his still-image making a more disturbingly morbid look.
"That's kinda sad." Kirishima grumbled.
"Now, you know how we feel." Monoma grumbled/whispered to himself.
Though, despite his low tone, Izuku managed to catch what he said, feeling rather guilty for the unintentional fame his class had garnered after the USJ and how it affected 1-B, especially in the Sports Festival. He looked over towards Setsuna and gave his best apologetic look. Setsuna noticed but she quickly responded with waving away, wordlessly telling him that it was ok, but replied with a small smile of her own, happy at least that the boy she is crushing on showed that he cares for her.
Meanwhile, Endeavor grumbled to himself, keeping down the rising feelings of insecurity and inadequacy that had dictated his path in life for too long. While he may be the Number 1 Hero now, he can relate to the feeling of being second fiddle to someone more powerful and popular.
"Yet he doesn't seem to mind." Wiz revealed, surprised himself. "Like a good sidekick, Luigi exists only to help Mario, never asking for his own slice of the cake."
"That is rather surprisingly selfless and loyal of him." Asui blinked in surprise. "And kinda sweet, in a brotherly love kind of way."
BACKGROUND
Age: 26
Height: 1.65 m/ 5'5"
Weight: 91 kg/ 200 lbs
Mario's younger brother
Citizen of the Mushroom Kingdome
One of the Seven Star Children
Trained by the Jellyfish Sisters & the Thunder God
"So, he's pretty much a slave." Boomstick simplified it, morbidly.
"That's rather pathetic." Bakugou growled, his own insecurities of being second fiddle to someone, that person mostly being either Deku or Icy Hot, rising up, too. "Fucking grow a pair of balls and stand up for yourself!"
"It's surprising how often he's both wrong and right." Mina commented, finding Bakugou's comment on Luigi's loyalty to his brother as harsh, yet agreed with him on the basis of Luigi standing up for himself more. She remembered how much was the same for Kirishima and how meek he was back in junior high.
"In a way, but this devotion makes him the perfect teammate, helping to save the Mushroom Kingdom time and time again." Wiz pointed out.
"Sometimes, a Hero cannot do everything on his own, and requires the help of others to prevail." Endeavor, surprisingly spoke up. "Whether it be from other Heroes or your sidekicks, a team with a good synergy of trust and understanding can make the difference between defeat and victory."
All Might was surprised Endeavor of all people would be the one to say this. Even with the amazing amount of change and growth the Hero had undergone since his ascension to the Number 1 Hero spot, Endeavor was among those Heroes who liked to settle things with their own power and mostly let their sidekicks do clean up or handle the less powerful criminals or henchmen; and very rarely needed their assistance. All Might thought back to Endeavor's battle against the High End Nomu and figured that this change in Endeavor could have been the result of his victory with the help of Hawks.
Bakugou took his own trip down memory to the Joint Training Class and how he had trusted his teammates to bail him out of danger as he would do for them in return and how this trusted understanding between him, Tape Arms, Weird Ears, and Big Lips earned them the fastest victory against 1-B.
"What did Mario do to him to make him so obedient?" Boomstick wondered, concerned. "He's gotta have some serious dirt from their childhood."
"Luigi may take subordination to an extreme, but he's no pushover." Wiz stated. "In fact, he's not only taller than Mario, but also faster and more athletic. He can jump over 6 feet higher, plus, after studying Yoshi's superb jumping ability, Luigi developed his own variant of the dinosaur's floating technique, the Scuttle Jump.
"An interesting contrast between the two brothers." Nezu commented. "Where Mario appears to be more physically stronger and durable of the two, Luigi makes up for this lacking with speed and agility, as evidence of his taller, and thinner stature."
Koda blinked at seeing how Luigi learned his Scuttle Jump from basing it off his own counterpart's, Yoshi's, abilities.
Mirio gained an inquisitive look, thinking over the information thus far and the counterparts thus far with these Mario characters, including himself and Nejire as Mario and Peach. A comical lightbulb lit up in Mirio's head before turning towards the subject of his thoughts smiling, knowingly.
"Wouldn't that feel a little embarrassing being shorter than your younger brother?" Kaminari asked.
"Really?" Mineta raised an eyebrow at Kaminari. "Look at me and then tell me if you, being only a couple inches shorter than someone is truly embarrassing."
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Superhuman strength & Stamina
Scuttle Jump
Super Jump
Green Missile
Luigi Cyclone
Super Jump Punch
Superhuman jumping ability
"His abilities don't end with the mid-air hustle; Luigi has plenty of powerful attacks, each of which, if pulled off perfectly, increase their damage for quick KO's." Boomstick began to list Luigi abilities. "The spinning Luigi Cyclone, the rocketing Green Missile, and the Super Jump Punch, which can send his foe up into the air so high, they never come back down."
Luigi snuck up on a... Jigglypuff(?) from behind, and used the Super Jump Punch, knocking Jigglypuff so high into the air, it cried out its name as it flew into the background.
"Luigi also appears to have greater ability and gain via precision." Iida analyzed. "The more precise his attacks, the more damaging they can be. It will be a problem for his opponent if they get too close."
"Did...Did that dude just turn himself into a rocket?" Setsuna sweatdropped seeing Luigi perform the Green Missile.
"Looks like that Jigglypuff is blasting off again." Sero joked, earning a few laughs at the reference.
"See, Mirio!" Nejire gestured to the grinning 1-A student. "That's a good joke. Take notes."
Mirio did just that, snatching up one of Izuku's notebooks from his bag and started to write down the title: Lemillion's Comedy Gold.
Izuku looked down at his ever-dwindling number of notebooks. 'I think I'm going to need more.' He thought to himself.
POWER-UPS
Ultra-Hammer
Thunderhand
Vanish Power Flower
Poltergust 5000
-Elemental Medals: Fire, Water, and Ice
Negative Zone
-Random effects ranging from:
-Dizziness
-Decrease enemy weight
-Trip Foes
-Consistent Damage
-Other effects
"In addition, he has numerous power-ups at his disposal, including his trusty hammer and the Vanish Power Flower, which makes him invisible and intangible." Wiz revealed. "Luigi could be next to you...watching you...right now." He emphasized this creepiness with an image of a creepy image of Luigi slowly appearing in a dark, foggy screen.
"Aahhh, stop that!" Boomstick exclaimed, spooked from Wiz's words.
"I am finding myself liking of this fighter." Reiko nodded, pleased.
"Me too! Hagakure jumped in her seat. "Invisi-Homies stick together!"
"Of course, you two would." Setsuna chuckled nervously.
Dark Shadow felt a rise in power and quickly noticed, despite his stoic look, the sudden surge of jealousy that Tokoyami was feeling right now.
"Although, that Vanish Power Flower looks like a very useful powerup for both offense and defense." Itsuka analyzed this time. "With its intangibility, he could avoid deadly attack and his invisibility can do the same and be a good retreat option, but also perfect for a counter or sneak attack."
"Reminds of your Quirk, Mirio." Izuku pointed out excitedly, before flinching and lowering his tone. "Y-You know, before-"
"Ah, don't be like that, bro, it's fine." Mirio waved off Izuku's concern and restraint. "And yeah, I mean I couldn't go invisible, but that intangibility is 100% like my Quirk."
"He was trained by the Thunder God himself in the powerful Thunder Hand technique." Boomstick continued. "With this, he can shoot lightning at his foes, or at deadly soccer balls."
"Yes, 'cause I'm sure that what some Thunder God wanted for his powers and techniques to be used it was to kick a soccer ball for a goal." Kyoka raised an eyebrow.
"So, where Mario seems to mostly use Fire, Luigi uses Lightning." Izuku wrote down. "Rather an interesting and fitting choice given their colors."
"Hey, it's like my Princess Peach counterpart when she did that Mega Strike Empress kick!" Nejire pointed out, excited. "Ooh, I wonder how cool soccer would be if we could use our Quirks?"
"It would certainly be...something." Sero sweatdropped, remembering how he and few of the students of 1-A and 1-B participated in a baseball game with their Hero Mentors, and using their Quirks during the game. He then shivered as he recalled catching Lion Hero: Shishido's ball with his tape, after sending Kamui Woods flying, even going through Shiozaki's vines, and while he got Shishido out, Mount Lady had gotten knocked out cold when Kamui got knocked into her face and the Gigantifiying Heroine ended up landing right on. He still remembers as he came to Mineta's jealous rant over how lucky Sero was.
'I don't think getting crushed by a giant chick is as appealing as he and others think it is.' Sero thought.
"And after spending so much time in Mario's shadow, Luigi has somehow gained the ability to manipulate some sort of negative energy." Wiz revealed after another comical image of Luigi literally in Mario's shadow.
As Luigi fought against...himself(?), after breaking a weird floating orb with a cross on it, he began dancing, creating the Negative Zone, which ended up making Luigi intangible from the clone Luigi's attacks, sprout a flower, that caused consistent damage to the copy, and then made said copy fall asleep.
"Excuse me, what?" Mina asked, her confused eyes blinking upon her still smiling face.
"Remember when Mario Bros. was about running around and jumping on turtles?" Boomstick questioned. "Anyway, you were saying something about physics breaking time energy or whatever?"
"Luigi's Negative Zone can devastate a nearby opponent." Wiz explained further. "Its effects are random but unavoidable, ranging from sudden dizziness to uncontrollable tripping over absolutely nothing."
"And he said that he gained this power from his negative feelings about being in Mario's shadow?" Ojiro scratched at his head.
Just when Momo and Iida were about to reclaim their senses and explain away the science and reasoning behind things again, this happened, and Momo had to legitimately create white flags on sticks for both her and Iida to wave around.
"Whatever this Negative Zone is, if his opponent ends up inside it, it would be rather devastating for them." Todoroki said. "If they are distracted enough, it could give Luigi enough time to perform a deadly attack to secure victory."
"But when Luigi wants real firepower, he busts out the Poltergust 5000, a handy vacuum cleaner which can somehow kill ghosts!" Boomstick exclaimed. "It can KILL that which is already DEAD."
Everyone could pretty much imagine a comical exclamation point over Reiko's head as she smiled in absolute wonder at the device.
"Well, technically, he isn't killing them. He's actually sucking them into a stora-"
"He has become Death, destroyer of worlds!" Boomstick continued to exclaim and cut Wiz's clarification.
"So, he pretty much is a Ghostbuster?" Uraraka asked.
"It would appear so." Asui nodded.
"When there's something strange, in your neighborhood!" Mineta sang out. "Who are you gonna call?"
"Ghostbusters!" All the students sang out, even Shinsou and Bakugou who just sang out begrudgingly.
"Revelry in the Dark." Tokoyami and Kuroiro both muttered, the former of whom, upon noticing Reiko's investment in this, made a note for himself to speak with Mei and Melissa about potentially recreating this Poltergust for her.
"Well, he ain't afraid of no ghosts!" Wiz just rolled with it and continued.
Luigi walked, trembling, across a dark room until a ghost appeared in front of him, frightening him tremendously.
WEAKNESSES
Cowardly
Clumsy
Sleeps through important events
Inferiority Complex
Fails at traction
"Scratch that, he's afraid of all ghosts, bugs, water, flowers, the sun." Wiz listed Luigi's fears, one by one. "Luigi is a coward and doesn't even try to hide it. Granted, his fears are usually justified...usually." He ended on Luigi hopping, tripping, and falling down in front of his older bro.
Tamaki immediately felt a kinship with the equally nervous and skittish man.
"Well, looks like Bakugou is in good company." Uraraka grinned mischievously.
"I told you, Pink Cheeks, I'm Not afraid of Ghosts!" Bakugou roared, blushing tomato red.
Bakugou felt a tap on his shoulder and turned to see a floating white blanket with eyeholes shout "Boo!"
"Oh, ha, ha, ha!" Bakugou laughed sarcastically, his eye and forehead twitching. "Like you idiots think you could try that again. What, is it Lizard girl's mouth over a floating blanket controlled by Creepy Bangs, again."
Bakugou pulled down the blanket to reveal a frighteningly, gruesomely designed, eerily glowing, barely see-through face with sharp teeth. "WWWAAAAHHHHH!"
"AAAAAHHHHHH!" Bakugou's little girl scream had made a return as he unleashed another explosion onto the 'ghost' As the dust settled, the face was still there but noticeably a hologram that quickly shut off to reveal a tiny drone.
The drone played a new hologram, this time of Uraraka's face sticking her tongue out and pulling down oner of her lower eyelids. "Gotcha, Kacchan!" The drone played Uraraka's voice just as the real Uraraka said it behind him.
Laughter overtook the entirety of the room, including Uraraka, laughing so hard she had to hold her sides, and not at all concerned of the enormously embarrassed and enraged Pomeranian, being held back by half their class, roaring out that he was going to murder her. Uraraka turned to her partner in crime and gave Melissa a high five, as her drone came back to the blonde inventor.
Thankfully for Mineta, the purple perve had sensed this going to happen again, like it did in the TMNT Battel Royal video, and, learning from that mistake, managed to escape the explosion of the scared Pomeranian. Sero, however, all covered in soot and a tiny fire in his hair, was not so fortunate.
In the end, they managed to tie Bakugou to his seat till he calmed down, and Aizawa made the girls cool it with the pranks on Bakugou; said he and Recovery Girl don't want to patch up any more kids from burns and soot stains.
"He's also pretty clumsy, which you'd think would make a terrible combination." Boomstick jumped in. "But like the Chinese Drunken Master style, Luigi harnesses awkwardness to make himself even more vicious. He's more powerful than he seems, murdering Goombas and Koopas by the hundreds every day."
"To turn a weakness into one of your greatest strengths is an admirable and impressive accomplishment." Iida declared, arm-chopping rapidly, hoping that Midoriya would write this down for him to read and perhaps get some more flexibility or to properly use his stiffness into a strength when running.
Heh, it was the same with me." Mirio rubbed the back of his head. "Was usually embarrassed at first when my Quirk makes my clothes come off but I got used to it, and sense it makes most of my opponents distracted and weirded out, it helps me beat them quickly."
"So, you're an exhibitionist?" Mina inquired, garnering more laughter from the students and neck rubs from Mirio.
"So, we're not just going to discuss how this man literally bounced his way through a floor of lava towards a star with eyeballs?" Sen asked, gesturing to the screen.
Luigi used a cannon on a pair of Koopas in some ice scatting show with kids around.
"Ha Ha. Before we go any further, I'd like to point out that the unmaking cannon belongs to a bunch of children." Boomstick chuckled. "'IS IT BEDTIME NOW MOM?!' Goush! No more parents!"
While he laughed, Kouta gained a very mischievous grin on his face. "Don't even think about it, young man." Both Mandalay and Deku said at the same time, causing the both of them to blush.
"Okay, okay, I won't, I won't!" Kouta's face turned green from gross, in his opinion, sight of his aunt and, never openly admit, new father figure talk at the same time, like they were his parents. "Just don't do that again! Eugh!"
FEATS
Expert in multiple sports
Defeated Dimentio
Discovered the Grand Final Galaxy
Saved Wario from Chief Chilly
Defeated King Boo, multiple times
Assisted Mario in many adventures
Regularly smashes soldi bricks
Won Mario Party by doing absolutely nothing
"Even without it, Luigi has defeated Dimentio, discovered the Grand Final Galaxy, raised a ravenous man-eating dinosaur, and even rescued Mario from certain doom on three separate occasions." Wiz said.
"And where Mario brawls occasionally with the King of the Koopas, Luigi faced his own kingly nemesis, King Boo, and his hordes of undead specters on multiple occasions and won." Boomstick added. "And also saving his big bro from said undead nemesis."
"Hehe, goes to show not underestimate a Hero's loyal wingman." Mirio said, hand placed on Tamaki's shoulder.
Amajiki was taken aback, as always, by just how blinding the metaphorical sun and light that Mirio Togata shined, the very same light that he strived to emulate and surpass. He found Fat Gum likewise smiling at him with pride. Suneater smiled at both of his, in a way, Hero Mentors that guided and trusted him to where he is now, one of U.A.'s elite Big 3.
"The Green Thunder can pretty much do it all." Wiz agreed.
"Luigi is one mean, green, fighting machine." Boomstick ended the analysis.
"And we have our own mean, green, fighting machine here, too." Asui croaked. "Right, Midoriya?"
"You mean yourself, Tsu?" Izuku quipped back, smiling at her.
Asui blushed furiously, surprised, yet delighted at Midoriya's forwardness. "Ribbit." She croaked, twiddling her fingers, cutely.
"Ohoho, that was quite the comeback, Green Bean." Setsuna floated her upper half up towards Midoriya, smiling at him teasingly. "Though I'm kinda jealous you didn't say that about me, too?" Setsuna pouted comedically.
"I didn't think it needed to be said." Izuku surprisingly continued, leaning his face closer to the rapidly blushing one of Setsuna's. "Or do you miss the attention of your fellow greenette friend that much, 'Suna?"
Setsuna's face was now as red as tomato and her once teasing smile had fallen into a quivering, stuttering mess. "I-I-I u-uh, shut up!" She stuttered out before flying her upper half back and huffing away, still blushing.
The rest of the Sisterhood meanwhile were in awe of the sudden change of Midoriya's attitude, showing more confidence enough to out-tease Setsuna Tokage and make Tsuyu Asui herself look so taken back. 'C-Could the aphrodisiac not be cured just yet?' Momo thought. Regardless, they all admitted that seeing Midoriya banter and tease like that was...Really Hot.
Miruko had a shit-eating grin on her face. 'Ohoho, the balls on this kid!' Miruko thought, very pleased at the confident shift in Midoriya's demeanor, adding flavor to Midoriya's usual kindness and, frankly, cute nerdiness. 'Mama likes. Very much.'
However, in contrast to Midoriya's confident, grinning face, inside his mind, the army of mini-Deku's that was his subconscious were running around in a panic. "It's on fire! The Whole thing is on Fire!" One mini-Deku, face red like a ruby, wailed in horror as he and his equally red mini-Dekus ran around like headless chickens as the Deku Brain Command Center was in flames and overheating, while mini-Dekus with fire extinguishers and fire department jackets over their Hero suits tried to put out the flames of chaos that Deku's momentary burst of confidence caused.
Meanwhile, 8 figures watched all of this unfold with varying reactions to the silliness. From laughter from a loud, boisterous balm man in a leather jacket, a kind smirk from a short-haired man with a black scar going down the left side of his face, the closing eyes of a short-black haired man who's costumed resembled Best Jeanist's, giggles from a fairly muscular caped woman, her appearance rather similar to Midoriya's mother, Inko, and an amused, yet happy smile from a pale, skinny man with long, shaggy white hair.
One of the eight figures instead scoffed at the scene. "I still can't believe that you all agreed on this naive, skittish boy to inherit our Quirk." The man with a starling similarity to a certain explosive Pomeranian, only with a scar across his face, turned away from the scene.
"Ugh, not this again, 2nd." Nana Shimura rolled her eyes. "You lost the vote 5 to 2, and if Toshinori's fiery spirit there could have voted then it would have been 6-2." She gestured to the figure covered in yellow flames with the vague shape of All Might.
"The boy is still overtly optimistic and naive." The 2nd fired back, shaking his head. "He will be too hesitant and empathetic to do what must be done. He is too forgiving, as well, even willing to forgive that...boy." The man growled at the thought of Katsuki Bakugou, his ruby eyes holding disappointment.
"Captain." A tall man with tied up blonde hair looked at bearer of the Quirk before him with uncertainty and hesitance.
"If I recall, you too were rather forgiving to someone who moments then you wanted to kill for being related to a monster." The 2nd perked up his head and turned to meet the kind gaze and smile of the First. "Have faith, old friend. Like you did when you held out a hand to me. The boy will surpass every one of our expectations, though to us, he already has. He will put an end to what we began so long ago. Trust me."
The blonde, scarred man was silent as he recalled the very scene Yoichi spoke of. He turned away, refusing any other comment and went back to watching these Death Battle videos that the Ninth finds so intriguing.
Back to the normal world...
Luigi equipped the Poltergust 5000 on his back. "Yeah. I do it. Ho-ho!" Luigi spoke into the nosel before dancing adorably, before accidentally bumping into a car roughly. "Whoopsie." His clumsiness then caused a shelf to his left to fall down, blocking the way out in dirt and debris. "Oh..."
Snorts and chuckles came out from the group at the rather adorably, funny scene. Otherwise, the group had mostly positive thoughts regarding Luigi, from his superb abilities that stood him out from his brother, his affiliation with the undead that tickled the curiosity and attention of three certain revelers of the dark, and his loyalty and persevering qualities endearing him to many of the students.
There were, however, some who thought unfavorably towards the green plumber, his skittish and frightful demeanor distasteful to certain battle hungry and competitive students, and his clumsiness and contrasting precisely needed moves analyzed by some of the Pros to be a deterring factor in the coming Death Battle.
The second fighter was, just like Sonic, an anthropomorphic animal, only instead of hedgehog, it was fox, and a rather unique fox to boot. The young-looking fox had bright golden fur around most his body, from most his head to his pointed fox ears, to his arms, legs, and tail...or rather tails. Attached to his back, instead of one tail, there were two twin tails, both large and fluffy with white tips on the ends. This white fur also consisted onto his lower mouth area, where white whiskers poked out the sides, and most of his torso, with a bit of fluff near the collar area. The only article of clothing he appeared to wear were a pair of red and white sneakers and white gloves with black rings around the wrists, but other versions showed the genetically deformed fox with a tool belt around his waist, and goggles on his head.
Tails
"All systems go...full speed ahead!" Tails declared as he was shown playing a silver-grey plane.
Mei and Melissa had tingle go off in the back of their minds seeing the rather advanced version of biplane, feeling like they were going to like this character.
"Born the very same day Dr. Eggman began his robot-powered takeover of the world Miles Prower-"
"Haha! I get it! Miles Per Hour!" Boomstick cracked out laughing. "Creativity like that is why Sega is still making consoles."
"Ah, that's actually kind of clever." Kaminari chuckled. "I guess it also fits with him being some kind of sidekick to Sonic and his speed and all."
"Ahem, Miles was awkwardly born with two tails." Wiz awkwardly resumed.
"What a unique genetic aberration." Nezu mused to himself.
"Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black?" Recovery Girl retorted.
"Touche." Nezu smirked. "Though I can't help but find this situation rather similar towards our own history of the first ever appearance of a Quirk that fateful day in Quiq Quiq."
Izuku perked up at the mention of the Dawn of Quirks, and the mention of the baby that radiated light, writing that knowledge down in case he forgot to mention it in one of his other journals.
Nezu's comment on unique aberrations also perked up Melissa, she herself considered an aberration. In a world of Quirks and superpowers all over, she was one of the only ones born without any special powers. An anomaly, an enigma, and an aberration more cruelly tossed onto her behind her back and the, rather ironic, shield that was her father's name and reputation.
Now, seeing Tails born similarly to her, it made the blonde inventor start to relate to this character more than just the inkling suspicions of him being an inventor. And she wondered if the boy ever suffered mocking and teasing for this unique trait.
Then she turned her sights and thoughts towards Izuku, beside her. Just like her, he was, and still is, considered an anomaly, as well. Thought to be born and treated as Quirkless for most of his life, by Izuku's admission, and manifested his Quirk, a powerful and ever evolving one at that, at an age hitherto unheard of. And had been mistreated and picked on far worse than she ever had been for being born different, Quirkless.
'But I won't let that happen anymore.' Melissa resolved to herself, looking at her notebook and her reborn and invigorated plans to be this world's first Quirkless Hero, just like the Batman and likely others out in the multiverse before her. 'I won't let anyone be treated like that again.' Melissa took a page out of her Uncle Might and smiled. 'Not while I am here.'
BACKGROUND
Full name: Miles "Tails" Prower
Age: 11
Height: 80 cm/ 2'7"
Weight: 20 kg/ 44 lbs
IQ: 300
The youngest Freedom Fighter
The Chosen One of the Ancient Walkers
"Mere minutes after being welcomed into the world, Eggman's deadly forces made Miles Prower an orphan." Wiz revealed.
"Whoa, that's...that's pretty fucked up." Boomstick said, his tone slightly depressed as Miles waved goodbye with tears and raining falling.
Kouta flinched and looked down, remembering that horrible day when he walked into that hospital room to see the dead bodies of his parents draped in white, while his Aunt Shino hugged him, as well as the pain and resentment that grew in his bitter heart towards the whole world of Quirks, Heroes, and Villains.
Kouta was snapped out of his dark memories with a hand on his head and shoulder. He turned to find Eri was the one whose hand was on his shoulder, looking likewise saddened at Miles's past but also concerned over him. Izuku's hand was on his head, the green-haired idol of his looking at him with sad eyes yet a smile, nonetheless.
Kouta was then reminded of two things. The first was of the deeds of what Izuku Midoriya had done in his efforts to connect with and save him from both Muscular and himself and showed him the kind of Hero that his mother and father were and be the Hero Kouta needed. The second was the knowledge, told to him in advance by Aunt Shino, that Eri was also an orphan like him, who suffered arguably worse than him, and yet she cared more of what he was going through than her own sadness.
Kouta's open mouth closed to a whimpering smile, his eyes wetting yet he refused to let them out right now, it would only make the two more worried. He nodded his thanks towards the two, his friend and his idol/father figure, who smiled back brightly at him.
"Eight years later, and after some much-needed counseling, Miles stumbled upon a broken-down biplane and happily repaired the whole vehicle on his own." Wiz continued, showing Miles's image next to an image of his iconic red biplane.
"Well, of course." Boomstick sarcastically said. "Just like all walking, talking, adolescent, two-tailed foxes can."
"Wait, he's only 8-9 years old and he fixed a biplane?!" Melissa exclaimed with amazement.
"Well, I wouldn't say I'm a two-tailed fox, but I fixed up a plane when I was little." Hatsume proudly stated.
"Did it happen to blow up?" Iida dryly said.
"...No comment." Mei replied.
"Anyway, as it turns out, that plane happened to belong to Miles' personal idol, Sonic the Hedgehog." Boomstick said, Miles looking up to the out-stretched hand finding it attached to the Fastest thing Alive.
Sonic sped up and stopped in front of Miles, tumbling the little fox to his butt. "What're you doing?" Sonic asked.
"Ah, so that's how they met." Uraraka said. "Rather a fated meeting destined to happen."
"I would say the same for when we first met each other, Ochaco." Izuku smiled at his first, true female friend.
Uraraka blushed brightly. "Oh, stop it, Deku! You're making me blush!" Uraraka turned away, waving her arm, Iida-style, trying to play of her actual blush and joy at the comment from her crush as a joke.
"Green's acting rather confident, isn't he?" Kyoka whispered to Momo.
"Yes, it could be some side effect of the aphrodisiac still in his system." Momo whispered her findings back. "The worst of it might have been cured by the aphrodisiac but Izuku's confidence might be the lingering effects still present."
"Well, as long as he isn't suffering like before, I wouldn't say I wouldn't mind more of this confident, quippy Midoriya." Kyoka admitted, while still finding the shy, cute, and precious Izuku the one she ultimately fell for, this confident one was equally as appealing to the music lover.
"Why running-on-water Sonic needed a plane in the first place is beyond me, but whatever." Boomstick shrugged. "Sonic pretty much then gave the plane to Tails and the Tornado-1 has been his signature plane ever since."
"Well, that was nice of him." Ibara nodded. "But why the name Tornado-1?"
"Maybe because the biplane's propeller blades spin like a tornado?" Kinoko proposed an answer that came out more like a question.
"It was Sonic who first suggested that Miles' birth defects could be used to fly by spinning them like helicopter blades." Wiz revealed. "Which is obviously impossible as they could never create lift and-" Wiz was cut off by the sight of Miles actually flying like a mini-helicopter. "WHAT?!"
"What in the Fuckashima is this?!" Mineta yelled, looking at the scene with wide bulging eyes.
"But...how do...but what about...wouldn't they just...huh?" Was basically what Momo could articulate from the physics breaking feat shown before her eyes, ignoring all the other physics breaking things they all have seen, both in the videos and in the real world.
"I think we might have found the reason why the Tornado-1 was named that." Itsuka sweatdropped.
"And so, Sonic gave his rotary ass the oh so obvious nickname he deserved: 'Tails.'" Boomstick explained.
"Rather a fitting name for this adorable looking fox boy." Midnight cooed.
"Don't." Aizawa simply said.
"Oh, hush you!" Midnight huffed at one of her oldest friends. "Not everything I coo at is supposed to be sexual!"
"Could have fooled us." Mount Lady shrugged, ignoring Midnight's middle finger.
"Well, that's stupid." Wiz scoffed. "That's like if you were nicknamed 'Boomstick' because you just like shotguns."
"Don't be fucking ridiculous, Wizard." Boomstick replied.
"Well, then I'm out of ideas as to why he's called Boomstick." Sen threw his arms up.
"Maybe he also likes sticks of dynamite, and they go boom." Awase suggested. "Get it. Boom-stick."
"I guess." Rin shrugged, waving his finger in a 'so so' manner. "But then why is Wiz called Wizard?"
"Likely in reference to his skills in mathematics and science." Jurota this time suggested. "As in the old saying 'A Wizard at this'."
TWIN TAILS
Flight
Increases running speed
Strong enough to break metal
Combat Techniques:
-Tails Swipe Attack
-Rapid Tails Attack
-Thunder Shoot punt
"Anyway, aside from flight, Tails' copter butt blades are strong enough to bust metal, and he can use them like a turbine of an engine to keep up with Sonic's super-fast speeds." Boomstick explained Tail's abilities. "He can almost reach the speed of sound."
It was a rather painful blow to Iida's pride that essentially someone younger, and who's tails were called copter butt blades, was faster than even him and his brother. The only comfort he received was a pat on the back from Asui.
"So, Tails's...well tails, can be used for speed & evasion and even offense." Izuku analyzed, finding the nickname his counterpart gave to the fox confusing to write in conjunction with his actual tails. "His flight can obviously allow him to reach greater heights than Sonic, even with the Lightning Shield's mid-air bounce, and his speed could be useful on both land and sky to evade enemy fire or reach a situation fast and with a good aerial surveillance."
"And his tails being strong enough to bust through metal must be to break open those robots from Eggman to free those animals inside." Melissa analyzed, too. "I could also imagine that if he spun his tails and struck offensively, he could shred through paper, wood, and even metal too like the turbine of an engine. But why would he then need the biplane, either?"
"Perhaps Tails can't fly forever." Izuku pointed out. "It's like using and tensing a muscle from overuse, so the Tornado-1 is for longer lasting flights and long-distance travel."
"It's like I'm seeing a pair of twins." Kaminari sweatdropped at the two nerds writing down their findings.
"Given how we all know how they feel about each other, I think this is more of a soulmate situation." Mineta whispered, bitter that Midoriya seemed to be quietly, and unknowingly at that, forming his own harem of himself, Melissa Shield, Ochaco Uraraka, and maybe even Asui and Tokage as well. The purple perve had absolutely no idea how accurate and yet way off he was in his assessment.
"Tails pledged himself to Sonic's freedom fighting cause against Dr. Eggman, and the two became friends, almost like brothers." Wiz jumped back in. "They also share a sort of teacher-student relationship, though it wasn't always clear who was the student." This was exemplified by Tails painting a wall saying 'Sonic Sez', with Sonic fixing it the 'Sez' to 'Says.'
Iida snickered, finding this relationship between Sonic and Tails very similar to himself and Midoriya, who just so happened to be Sonic's counterpart. It was clear Iida was the smarter of the two, though more academically inclined than Midoriya's impromptu quick thinking and analysis, and Tails shared that trait with clearly being more mechanically and technically gifted. And Iida could see Tails likely being more reasonable and responsible than his hedgehog companion.
However, despite his stick-to-the-rules mentality and brains, and his position as the Class Rep, he often found himself lacking and following in Izuku's footsteps and leadership than the reverse. In his mind, it was Midoriya that figured out the hidden rescue points of the Entrance Exam, Midoriya who first won the Class Rep position and gave it to him, and Midoriya, and Todoroki, who found and saved him from the Hero Killer Stain and made him see his own foolishness.
"It was Tails who invented the famous Spin Dash. Not the speedy hedgehog." Boomstick pointed out.
"Wait, really?!" Uraraka blinked, surprised.
"Wow, I wonder how he came up with that trick in the first place?" Kyoka inquired.
Izuku chuckled, surprised, yet pleasantly so of how his counterpart's sidekick helped teach his counterpart a few tricks, adding to that flip flopping student-teacher relationship. It reminded the 9th wielder of One For All about how he emulated moves from his friends to further improve his own arsenal of skills and abilities, such as Bakugou for his agility and acrobatics and Iida with his Shoot Style.
'Goes to show that even the best of us have more to learn.' Izuku thought, before blinking in surprise of his own thoughts. 'Huh. That's...that's a first. Thinking of myself as one of the best. I...kind of like it.'
"Tails is a genius and a master mechanic." Wiz revealed.
The excited smiles of Mei and Melissa showed just how happy they were that their instincts were right and that the two-tailed fox is the master mechanic they felt he was. 'Though, I would think that him fixing a biplane when he was a 8 or 9 would give that away.' Melissa thought to herself.
"He's so much smarter than Sonic, that he actually learned how to swim." Boomstick roasted the blue hedgehog.
"HA! Eat shit, Shitty Deku!" Bakugou taunted. "Your own sidekick is a better swimmer than you!"
"Hehe, I guess." Deku chuckled nervously. "I guess my counterpart made a great choice befriending and teaming up with him."
"Stop trying to put a positive spin on this! You're supposed to be made fun of!" Bakugou yelled in protest.
"He has built several planes and combat mechs and has numerous gadgets on hand." Wiz revealed, images playing of Tails and his multiple vehicles and inventions. "Like the Projectile Ring, which can pull or latch onto objects, almost like a grappling hook. And other versions had the little genius instead make grappling whips made of electricity for both himself and his friends." Wiz showed Sonic Boom Tails forming one of these yellow electricity whips to wrap a pair of fire-shooting scorpion-like robots together which blew up.
"That's so sick!" Kaminari exclaimed; eyes alit with stars. "Hey, Melissa, Hatsume, think you gals can whip something like that up for-"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, we will, will!" Mei waved off the blonde with a dismissive wave. She registered the request and would obviously do it, but she and Melissa were a little occupied with writing everything down like madwomen. Didn't mean that it didn't sting Kaminari's pride to be so easily dismissed.
Uraraka smiled as she saw Tails with the Projectile Ring, finding it rather similar to her own grappling hooks she requested into her gauntlets, inspired by Deku's Black Whip and recalling how useful it was during her, Asui, Nejire, Ryukyu, and Selkie and Sirius in their mission to stop those pirates smuggling Trigger.
Power Loader also very impressed seeing Tails's inventions, especially his mechs like his plane turning into some land-based walking mech. Reminded the pro of his own mech suit he built for Hero work.
OFFENSIVE ARSENAL
Spin Dash
Projectile Ring
Enerbeam
Bombs
-Napalm
-Chu^2
-Dummy Rings
-Flash Bang
Magic Hand
Energy Ball Arm Cannon
"But despite being a super geek, he really likes to blow shit up." Boomstick chuckled and listed all of Tails's different variety of explosives. "He carries a huge supply of bombs. Big bombs, napalm bombs, remote bombs, flash-bang grenades, bombs shaped like magic rings, bombs shaped like mice, bombs shaped like your mother. You name it, he's got a bomb like it."
"Heh, nice." Bakugou grinned, satisfied.
"Let me guess, you found your fighter to root for?" Kirishima smirked smug and teasingly to his friend.
"Zip it, Shitty Hair." Bakugou growled. "You lost the last fight voting for that brickhouse robot, so I don't want to hear it from you."
"Huh, those mic bombs are also rather similar to Link's Bombchus." Izuku pointed out, looking over his notes to find his other counterpart and his weaponry including bombs that were part rat and part bomb.
"He also wields the Magic Hand, a long-range, comical, punching weapon, and the Energy Ball arm cannon." Wiz showed both the comical, spring punching glove and the energy ball shooting gauntlet.
"Which is ripped straight out of Mega Man!" Boomstick accused.
"I call Copyright!" Monoma declared.
"Dude, you aren't even the actual Mega Man, just his edgy clone." Sen pointed out.
"Silence! My point remains!" Monoma responded.
"I don't know, I think it also shares a similar look to Samus's blaster." Momo said.
"Gonna call copyright, too?" Kyoka jokingly teased.
"Oh, of course not!" Momo blushed, embarrassed. "I'm not trying to sound offended! I merely wished to state a comparison! I don't think that similar weapons from across universes would even make for copyright infrigment-"
"Momo, sweetie." Mina patted Momo's knees, calming the frantic girl. "She's just teasing you."
While Momo calmed down, Izuku fought his own battle to calm down this blush at how adorable Momo looked so nervous and flustered.
"He built all this HIMSELF, but never a device to breath underwater." Boomstick pointed out. "Kinda dropped the ball there, sidekick."
The infamous Sonic drowning music played again as Tails swam underwater before ending when the timer goes down to zero, causing him to drown.
"Gah! Not again!" Kyoka wailed, covering her sensitive ears at the traumatizing music.
"I feel like I'm getting a heart attack listening to that music." Setsuna shuddered, unpleasantly.
"Agreed." Ibara shivered.
SUPPORT ARSENAL
Medi Bot
Shield Bot
Helmet
Jet Anklets
-Boosts Flight Speed
Rhythm Badge
-Helps maintain balance
T-Pup remote robot
"Unlike Sonic's speed-blitzing battling style, Tails relies on logic and tactics in a fight." Wiz analyzed, revealing Tails's supportive bots. "His Shield Bot fortifies his defenses, and his Medi Bot heals wounds over time."
Melissa and Mei both looked very interested in both versions of the bots and agreed that, in their spare time past working on the lightsabers, that Mei will focus on the Shield Bot and Melissa on the Medi Bot.
Among Tails's list of gadgets, that one that struck out to Mina and Uraraka was the Rhythm Badge. While the former felt that it would be helpful in her breakdance fighting situations, in Uraraka's mind, it would be the best tool for herself, to keep her balance whilst weightless in mid-air.
Izuku likewise felt that this is a perfectly helpful tool for him in his process to learn Float beforehand. On that note, Izuku wrote down to ask Bakugou, Sero, Tsuyu, and Ochaco for after-school help, perhaps tomorrow after both school and the videos. All Might mentioned that Mr. Aizawa was going to be perhaps unavailable tomorrow so Tsuyu and Sero would be the best to help him with Black Whip and Ochaco and Bakugou with mid-air combat with Float.
WEAKNESSES
Fear of Thunder
Fear of Ghosts
Gets dizzy easily
Over-reliability on Sonic
Youthful naivete
Lacking hand-to-hand combat skills
"But he's a total wimp." Boomstick mocked. "He can't fly forever, and if he doesn't have Sonic around to hold his hand, he's scared of pretty much everything. After a good thunderclap, you'll find him shivering his spiny ass off in the bathtub."
"Right, we should hurry." Sonic said, standing high on top of point, addressing towards Tails, hovering beside him.
Thunder and lightning went off in the background, scaring Tails, who freezes mid-air comically and grabs onto Sonic.
"GAAHH! I'm afraid of lightning!" Tails cried out.
"I guess this is what connects both Luigi and Tails." Mandalay stated. "Both are sidekicks to their more famous partners, with skillsets unique to them, but are easily frightened and codependent on their partner."
"I guess you were right about Tails not being able to fly forever." Melissa said, bumping her shoulder onto Izuku, who blushed and smiled nervously.
Bakugou tried to keep down his own snickers at Tails's fearful appearance, how it reminded Bakugou of Deku most of the time, stumbling and stuttering upon any kind of awkward or social interaction, but because those memories were of Aldera it quickly brought Bakugou down to a more guilty mood, since he was mostly the reason for Midoriya to be like that.
FEATS & STRENGTHS
Top Speed: 1223 km/hr or 760 mph
-Minus Tail Support: 168 km/hr or 100mph
Self-Taught genius technician
Defeated Wendy Witchcraft
Saved Station Square from a nuke
Defeated the Battle Bird Armada
Defeated Eggman on the ARK
Unified the Chaos Emerald to complete the Great Harmony
"Well, he is only 11 years old, and the feats he's accomplished at his age are beyond impressive." Wiz defended the scaredy fox.
"He's only 11?!" Mount Lady cried out, shocked.
"And yet a prodigy of science and engineering." David looked more impressed of Tails's genius, capability, and feats. " Remarkable."
"Like being able to run 100 mph without his tails, stopping a nuclear missile, and saving the MULTIVERSE by transforming into... Uh..." Wiz stopped his listing of his feats at the image of Tails extremely tall and buff.
"Don't do steroids kids." Boomstick joked.
"I'm...just gonna pretend I didn't see that." Pixie Bob shook her head.
"Agreed!" Ragdoll exclaimed.
"Wiping that image away from my head, he also gained a super form of his own, when Sonic, Knuckles the Echidna, and himself powered up together via the Chaos Emeralds." Wiz continued. "Using this combined power, all three managed to defeat Metal Sonic that transformed into the monstrous Metal Overlord."
"Hey, it's that dragon-looking form that that robo-sonic took during Eggman vs Wily." Miruko pointed out.
"Yes, and it would appear that both Sonic and Tails, along with this Knuckles the Echidna, were responsible for defeating it." Ryukyu nodded.
"However, while the knowledge of Tails possessing a Super form of his own, in a way, it is likley to be ignored for this battel." Egdehsot pointed out.
"Edgeshot is right." All Might nodded. "If Tails could have a Super form like Sonic, then it would stand to reason that Luigi could use the same powerups that Mario took to counter Super Sonic, such as the Power Star, Metal Cap, and Giant Mushroom."
"The skies the limit for this foxy inventor." Boomstick quipped.
"We good to go or what, Tails?" Sonic asked Tails, as he worked on the Tornado-1.
Tails stopped working and sighed at Sonic's impatience. "I've built a TV out of paperclips..." Tails began.
"Yeah." Sonic went along with the rant.
"...And reprogrammed a supercomputer using dishwashing detergent and a toothpick..." Tails continued.
"I know." Sonic agreed.
"...So, look, fixing a propeller on a biplane? That's about as difficult as taking a nap." Tails ended his speech by spinning the propeller, the plane starting up the engine, fixed.
"'Kay, I did not need your whole life story." Sonic pointed out, talking louder over the engine. "A simple 'good to go' would have been cool."
"Alright. Good to go!" Tails called out.
"Cool!" Sonic yelled.
Chuckles were received at such brotherly banter between the two anthropomorphic characters. The inventors of the group easily found Tails as the character they would root for given his mechanical expertise, only highlighted further by the scene having Tails list of even more impressive, and ridiculous, feats. His unique abilities, sad backstory, impressive young-age feats, and large arsenal of personal gadgets also had many of the group more convinced to vote for the two-tailed fox.
However, his young age, and skittish and fearfulness, made some question his ability to win the Death Battle.
"Alright, the combatants are set." Wiz began to end the analysis portion of the video. "Let's end this debate once and for all!"
"It's Time For a Death BAAAATTTLLLEEE!" Boomstick yelled out.
"Is he just gonna yell that out like that, for now on?" Rin asked.
"Probably." Yui shrugged.
After that, while the device scanned for the counterparts, the group began to vote and bet for their chosen fighter to root for.
Those on Team Luigi included Amajiki, Mirio, and Nejire, the first of the Big 3 voting for how similar Luigi and his skittish, fearfulness reminded Amajiki of himself, and Mirio and Nejire refused to comment until the counterparts were decided. Reiko, Tokoyami, and Kuroiro all voted Luigi too, mainly because the green Italian plumber's greater connection to the dark and the supernatural by way of his ghostly enemies and ghostly powerups and abilities. Then came Luigi's jumping capabilities and athleticism that hade Miruko, Asui, and Tiger vote for him, the first especially for his excellent jumping and cool ass lightning powers, Asui for the Scuttle Jump, athletic bonus over Mario, and the adorable clumsiness and finesse that Luigi had, and Tiger for similar reasons but most especially for Luigi using his clumsiness and awkwardness to his advantage. While Tails had an electric whip he liked, Kaminari voted for the naturally lightning powered fighter that was Luigi, the green plumber's precision strengthening moves would ultimately have Itsuka vote for him, Hagakure for his invisibility, and Endeavor, who felt a kinship with the plumber who was overshadowed by his brother as much as Endeavor felt forever stuck in All Might's shadow.
And for those voting for Team Tails, those most notable of them were Mei, Melissa, David Shield, and Power Loader on the obviousness of Tails's status as a genius inventor, with Melissa also voting based on her and Tails sharing a similar backstory of genetic anomaly. Kouta also voted personally for Tails, the two sharing a similar background of dead parents and as orphans, a reason that made Eri likewise choose the younger fighter. Izuku, Momo, and Iida likewise for the twin-tailed fox, the former a given to vote for his counterpart's sidekick but also because Midoriya respected Tails's brains, speed, and brain over brawn fighting style, while Iida and Momo voted based on Tails's impressive speed, genius intellect, and the former of the two for Tails's brotherly like relationship with Sonic and finding it similar to the relationship he felt towards Midoriya as a brother in arms. Bakugou would vote based on Tails's explosive weaponry, Uraraka for the fox's aerial superiority and gadgets she liked, Ryukyu, impressed by Tails's feats at such a young age, including taking down a robotic dragon, and Nezu, who voted for the younger fighter both for being smarter and more intellectual.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART DETECTED!" The device finished. "LUIGI! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: TAMAKI AMAJIKI!"
"Aha! I knew it!" Both Mirio and Nejire exclaimed.
"I-It wasn't that obvious." Amajiki stuttered.
The two gave him a dry and plain look.
"O-Ok, fair enough." Amajiki sighed.
"MILES 'TAILS' PROWER! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: MEI HATSUMEI!"
"Huh, interesting." Nezu rubbed his chin. "Though, Miss Hatsume is a female, her counterpart is in fact male. Rather similar to how one of Bakugou's own counterparts was the female Rainbow Dash."
"Don't remind me of that, stupid rat." Bakugou grumbled, as low as he could so as to not offend the very principal that could kick him out.
"Whooo!" Mei cheered and exclaimed. "Looks like Mama Mei finally got herself a cool ass counterpart! And an inventor too!"
'If I can help, she will be My Mama Mei!' Eri declared in her head, for her desire to have one of her chosen Mamas be with her Papa.
"Didn't you already have a counterpart who was an inventor?" Izuku asked, scrolling down to his list of counterparts he wrote down and finding the on under Mei's name. "Yeah, your Bulma counterpart. And she's an inventor too."
"Yeah, but she's also my counterpart that married to not loud Pomeranian." Mei replied blankly.
"Screw off, Dreadlocks!" Bakugou roared out. "I'm not happy in that marriage either!"
"The two of you already sound like bitter exes." Kirishima whispered out.
"Shut it, Shitty Hair!"
"ADDITIONAL MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART DETECTED! PRINCESS DAISY!" The device added, showing the princess that Luigi saved. "MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: YUYU HAYA!"
"Ooh! Yuyu has a counterpart too!" Nejire exclaimed, cheerful to see her best friend with a counterpart.
"Uh, who's that?" Tetsutetsu scratched his head to ask.
"That's one of your upper classmen, little listener." Present Mic informed. "Yuyu Haya of Class 3-A. Quirk: Lightning Arrow. She can control electricity and discharge it from her hands in the shape of an arrow."
"Cool! Another Electricity-based upper classman!" Kaminari had stars in his eyes at the knowledge of his senpai with a Quirk similar to his. "I hope she can help train me!"
"What, me and the Lurkers not good enough for you, Chargebolt?" Mount Lady raised an eyebrow.
"He merely seeks a more personal grasp of his abilities, Takeyama." Edgeshot calmed his teammate. "It came from a sense of childlike curiosity, not malice."
"Actually, Tamaki." Nejire gained a mischievously teasing smile. "It looked like Yuyu's counterpart had a thing for yours. Tell me, is there anything between the two of you that you have been keeping from little old me?"
Tamaki paled and shivered so bad; one would think he was in the middle of the Artic with no shirt. "N-N-N-N-No?" Tamaki failed to say without stuttering crazily.
"Tamaki!" Nejire kept her smile but her narrowing eyes was clear to see that she was losing patience.
"O-O-Okay!" Amajiki raised his hands in defeat before slumping down. "Me and Yu have been...seeing each other for a while."
Nejire was silent for second before her resulting squeal nearly deafened everyone in the room, including Kyoka, while she had her earmuffs on.
"Okay, Miss Hado, while I can see that you are excited that two of your friends have become so close and wish to know more," Nezu spoke up, interrupting Nejire from her shaking Amajiki back and forth like a ragdoll for answers. "Let us continue onto the Death Battle itself and not leave Mr. Amajiki with permanent whiplash."
Nejire did just that, apologizing for her over eagerness. Mirio just laughed and patted his brother-in-all-but-blood on his back, while also keeping the dizzy student in place. Unlike Nejire, who Amajiki and Yuyu hid this detail in fear of her, Mirio was fully aware of the hidden relationship. Or rather, he found out after phasing through to Tamaki's room to find him and Yuyu sucking face.
Mirio was happy to hear that all of his friends have found someone to spend their lives with happily, with Tamaki and Yuyu together and happily so, and Nejire and her obvious love for Midoriya. Though Mirio couldn't help being a little jealous at their progress in their love lives. Togata never really focused too much on romance thanks to Nighteye's insistent training, that Mirio thought that Nighteye wanted Mirio to spend all his effort and time into Hero Work instead of romance, like All Might.
But now, with Sir gone, his friends finding romance, and waiting patiently for whenever Eri could master her Quirk enough to get his own back, Mirio wondered what life had in store for him. Though, admittingly, whenever his mind traveled to such places of attraction, his thoughts came to a certain blue skinned, skimpily dressed sidekick he spent so much time with.
After Amajiki and Nejire fully composed themselves, the video began again with the Death Battle.
The video began with Tails flying over a grassy field, green pipes sticking up out of the ground everywhere. The eleven-year-old fox hovered down onto the edge of a pipe and began scouting the area.
After a few seconds of looking around, Luigi popped out of the pipe, bumping Tails off.
"Hey!" Tails yelled out, landing on his face before getting up. "Not cool!"
"Tamaki!" Nejire playfully chastised him. "How could you be so rude as to knock that poor little kid off?!"
"You're not going to let me down for not telling you about me and Yuyu, are you?" Tamaki asked, depressingly.
"Aww, you know me so well!" Nejire smiled brightly, but to Amajiki, it was the smile of a demon. "So well, I'm shocked you two thought hiding this from me would have been any better."
Amajiki sighed miserably, only paling further upon thinking what Nejire might do to Yuyu.
The plumber jumped out of the pipe angrily to face Tails. "Let's-a go!" Luigi proclaimed, nervously.
FIGHT!
Tails started things off by pulling out his energy cannon, powering it up to fire, while Luigi powered up his own move, sparking with lightning all around him. The green plumber shot forward with a Green Missile, blasting through Tails's fired energy ball. But as he continued sailing towards his opponent, Tails backed up and smacked Luigi down with his tails, Luigi sliding through the ground.
"Oof, nice timing." Ojiro nodded, looking at Tails with interest at their similar tail fighting styles. "At if those tails can break through metal, then they could assuredly catch and smack Luigi away."
Luigi jumped back up, ready, while Tails readied a Spin Dash to charge at his opponent. Tails shot forward, but Luigi countered with his trusty Hammer, hitting Miles up into the air. Tails stopped in a hover, yet Luigi followed him upwards with his Scuttle Jump.
"While Tails seems to have the better aerial superiority, Luigi isn't far off with the Scuttle Jump." Izuku analyzed. "At the very least, it gives Luigi the ability to have a near even fighting with Tails on both land and sky."
"Come on, boy, fox, genius me!" Mei cheered for her counterpart. "Take that plumber to Pound Town!"
"You really forgot your own counterpart's name?" Iida asked, incredulously.
"Of course not!" Mei replied, before taking a few seconds of thought. "It's Taylor, right?"
Iida face palmed. "Unbelievable." Iida muttered.
The two fought in the air, striking and spinning at each other with their Tails Swipes and Luigi Cyclones, respectively. Eventually, the two knock each other away, Tails sent further up in the air and Luigi back on ground. Luigi circled around as Tails did the same in the air, reading and goading the other to strike. Tail flew in just as the plumber tried to jump up and hit the inventor with his Hammer again. Tails countered with his tails again, knocking Luigi back.
"Come on, man!" Kirishima cheered on for Amajiki's plumber counterpart. "You can't let him get away with two of those! Show him some of that spooky shit you got!"
"It was smart of them both of them to try to wait out the other but circling around the other." Fat Gum noted. "Makes the opponent antsy to strike and lead into a trap or counter."
"Unfortunately, it would appear that with Tails getting the upper hand twice now, that Luigi may share as much reckless impulse as his brother." Ectoplasm replied.
Tails landed on the ground, tried out another Spin Dash, but this time Luigi struck in time, a cloud of smoke and dust clouding the screen. It faded to show Tails was launched up via Luigi's Super Jump Punch.
"Now that was some Power!" Mirio declared, with a flex of his arms.
"Luigi managed to strike at the perfect moment to send Tails flying, making his attack all the stronger." Itsuka smiled, liking the progress thus far.
Tails managed to recover and hovered high in the air. "Woah." Tails commented in admittance of Luigi's powerful attack.
Tails flew around the battlefield from his high altitude. He then went back down and snatched up Luigi before flying back up.
"Woah, woah, woah, woah!" Luigi panicked as he was lifted higher by his overalls into the air by Tails.
"Is he going to drop him?" Mina questioned, slightly paling at the implication.
"Tails might believe that with such a high altitude that Luigi would perish upon hitting the ground." Ibara responded.
Luigi stopped his panic and pulled out his Vanish Power Flower, turning himself invisible.
"Yay! Vanish Power Flower!" Hagakure cheered.
Tails stopped his ascent, looking at where he was grabbing, and a question mark appear over his head.
"Did Luigi go intangible and escape from Tails and that's why he looks so confused?" Nejire questioned.
"Or Tails is simply confused why Luigi has vanished when Tails feels like he is still holding onto something." Shoji replied.
Manga gave a thumbs up to the question mark appearing over Tails's head, a happy emoticon on his own text bubble.
Suddenly, a hammer appeared. Just as Tails realized, via the exclamation point in his speech bubble, the hammer knocked the fox away for Luigi to break free. The two fought in the air as they flew/glided down, the invisible Luigi striking with his hammer while Tails pulled out gadgets after gadget, from his Magic Hand and Enerbeam striking with the Hammer, to the Magic Hand going through his intangible adversary, to Tails getting struck before he could fully pull out his arm cannon.
Finally, Tails took out his arm cannon, again, but before he could fully charge it, Luigi simply hit him away, Tails forced to retreat back in the air.
"This is a cool air battle!" Uraraka cheered, excited.
"I know right!" Nejire agreed with her friend.
"Luigi's Hammer can counter Tail's weapons evenly and could keep up in the air with the Scuttle Jump." Asui nodded, pleased at Luigi holding his own.
"And it seems the arm cannon needs time to charge, like Luigi's Green Missile." Melissa noted. "That's why Tails couldn't fire it before he was hit."
"And that one Magic Hand attack didn't do anything because Luigi phased right through it." Mirio smiled. "Your counterpart is fighting almost as good as me, Suneater."
Amajiki smiled at the compliment. "Thanks, Mirio." Amajiki nodded. "Though I imagine that my counterpart's prowess in fighting may have come from his older brother."
Mirio laughed, delighted at the implication of his own counterpart helping Luigi as much as Mirio did for Amajiki.
Luigi, now visible with the Vanish Flower now used up, uses the Scuttle Jump again, flapping his arms and waving his legs around to land safely.
"He's almost like a bird trying to land." Ragdoll chuckled.
But soon after Luigi landed, Tails, recovered, proceeded to drop multiple bombs down onto the plumber.
"Oh yeah! Now we're talking!" Bakugou roared in delight. "Blow that plumber away!"
"Hehe, that's what she said!" Mineta ceased the opportunity. Unfortunately, that resulted in a smack to the head from Bakugou.
The bombs began surrounding the plumber, leaving Luigi to run around in a panic. Luigi then stopped before getting an idea. "Got it!" He declared, pulling out the Poltergust 5000.
"The Poltergust." Reiko pointed out, interested. "What is he going to do with it?"
Luigi began running around, sucking up and gathering up the bombs with his Poltergust 5000, bundling them up together before firing all the bombs up at Tails.
"Ooh, that's smart!" Mount Lady tapped the side of her brain. "He gathered them up to quickly launch them back at Tails for them to blow up at him."
"Oh, come on! Just blow already!" Bakugou complained.
"Hehe, that's what she-" Mineta cut himself off and raised his hands in surrender at Bakugou's raised fist in warning.
However, they were launched, but they were too low to hit Tails, the bombs stopping just barely underneath the flying fox before beginning to fall down.
"What?!" Kaminari exclaimed. "That's bullshit!"
"AHAHAHA!" Bakugou laughed at the absurdity.
Luigi gaped wide mouth and eyed as the bombs began to fall right back down.
"Pfftahahahaha!" Kouta burst out laughing. "That face!"
"Uncle Maki's face looks so funny!" Eri giggled too.
Amajiki sweatdropped at their laughter but at least smiled that the two kids were enjoying themselves.
"Ooowaaahhh!" Luigi panicked again before the bombs fell onto him, his plan backfiring as they blew up one after another. "WWAAAOOOHHH!" Luigi cried out as he was blow sky-high.
Bakugou and more of the students laughed adding to Amajiki's embarrassment, just wishing for the earth to swallow him right now.
After being launched up, Luigi noticed a pipe down below. His ascent slowing, Luigi stuck out straight into a dive down into it, before then shooting out, covered completely with lightning. He hit Tails with a lightning-powered Super Jump Punch, following it up with a Green Missile, followed by slamming into him multiple times with Luigi Cyclones and hitting him with his Hammer.
He finished the combo by transferring all of the electricity into his hands, and as Tails fell straight onto him, he unleashed a powerful Thunder Hand, sending Tails flying away in pain. "Luigi Gotcha!" Luigi taunted, lifting his cap up.
"Amazing." Ryukyu smiled, impressed. "He used the momentum of the explosion that sent him flying and his fall to rocket him out that pipe and charge up his lightning abilities to then stun and strike at Tails with enhanced powerful attacks."
"Yeah! That was awesome!" Kaminari cheered. "Lightning powers for the win!"
"It's over yet, Jamming Yey." Kyoka warned.
In the distance, Tails groaned but got back on his feet and brought out his Medi Bot, beginning to heal his wounds.
"The Medi Bot." Melissa smiled. "After taking so much damage and being so far away, it would be the perfect time to heal up."
Unfortunately, Luigi jumped in, somehow cleared all that distance, and used his Poltergust to suck up the Medi Bot close to him and crushed it with his Hammer.
"AAAHHHH!" Mei screamed in horror at the Medi Bots destruction.
"Um...s-sorry?" Amajiki offered.
Mei was held back by Melissa and Izuku, calming her down with promises to make their own Medi Bot while Amajiki whimpered and shivered, curled into a ball and muttering that he had 'seen the Eyes of Death'.
Luigi then pointed the Poltergust onto Tails, attempting to suck him in and finish the fight, Tails trying to run away and using his tails to boost his speed.
"He's trying to suck him in!" Sero exclaimed.
"Then it's good that Tails's speed is fast enough to keep him away." Iida commented. "But not for long."
As he began to slow down, Tails threw his Projectile Ring at a nearby pipe to keep himself steady, and then tossed back a Flash Bang that stopped Luigi's Poltergust by clogging the nosel.
"It's a flashbang grenade!" Hagakure cried out.
Tails jumped in the pipe and hid.
Luigi looked at the flash bang now clogging the Poltergust. "Hello?" Luigi nervously called out. The Flash Bang blows up, leaving the screen all white and a ringing sound clouding the sounds.
The students laughed again at the scene, even Asui croaked in laughter at just how adorable Luigi sounded.
The white light and ringing sounds began to fade, with color coming in to see Luigi stumbling dizzy, while Tails, now out of the pipe, was shown behind Luigi tampering with the Poltergust.
"Aha! Genius inventor work at action!" Mei pointed out dramatically.
"He used the flash bang to stop Luigi's Poltergust and stun him in time for Tails to tamper with it." Melissa summarized. "Smart."
Luigi came to and spun around, quickly bringing out his hammer. Luigi attempted a swing but was blocked by Tails's Shield Bot, erecting a blue forcefield around the young genius.
"Yes! The Shield Bot Baby!" Mei cheered. "Keep on hitting it, because there is no way you are gonna-"
Luigi, unknowingly, cut off Mei by instead quickly destroying the bot itself with his hammer, the shield collapsing.
Mei was frozen mid taunt. Melissa then proceeded to write down a note on making sure the Shield Bot was able to be inside the forcefield instead, while Izuku held back Mei from clobbering Luigi's counterpart.
"He still has much to learn." David sighed and shook his head at Tails's oversight.
"They both still do." Power Loader corrected, seeing the counterpart to Tails being eased away by Sonic's counterpart.
Tails jumps away from his broken machinery as Luigi pulled out and broke a Smash Ball, enveloping him in rainbow-like energy. Tails begins to walk towards Luigi, but the plumber unleashes Negative Zone. Luigi danced as he activated the Zone while Tails tripped in slow motion, only barely managing to escape a hit from Luigi's hammer.
"Revelry in the Dark!" The Dark Reveling trio sounded out.
"Okay, that's getting a little creepy." Honenuki sweatdropped.
Tails began to fly up, attempting to escape the field. Luigi pulled out the Poltergust again and tried to suck Tails back. However, barely picked up by Luigi, as he kept sucking in Tails, he finally noticed the ticking of the bomb placed into the pack of Poltergust.
"What?!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu exclaimed in confusion.
"Genius!" Izuku gazed in awe and wrote the strategy down. "Tails wasn't just trying to tamper with the Poltergust, he was trying to blow it up with Luigi carrying it! That's why he got up close to him, to keep Luigi going on the offensive and used the Shield Bot to stall for time."
"Brilliant!" Momo was also in awe. "He must have come up with that strategy just as he was getting sucked into the Poltergust the first time."
"Are we sure that he isn't Midori's counterpart?" Mina questioned/teased.
"Hey, don't underestimate Tamaki." Nejire pointed out. "While Zuzu is clearly the best with strategies, there is a reason Tamaki is a member of the Big 3. He may not look it, but he's quite the smart powerhouse."
"Couldn't agree more, Hado." Fat Gum nodded, looking at his intern/protégé proudly.
"You guys." Amajiki muttered as he tried to hide his blush.
Luigi stopped and tried to throw it away at Tails, only for the pack to be sailing slowly just like Tails.
"And because the Negative Zone makes everyone inside other than Luigi sluggish, the pack is also sluggish when away from Luigi." Aoyama noted. "That is not good for him."
Unfortunately for the two, the explosion occurred and sent both fighters flying out of the field. Luigi was sent hurtling through the air, sliding to a stop in front of a pipe, groggy from the explosion.
But as he got up, Tails quickly ran up to Luigi, his tails on fire briefly, and looking very angry.
"Oh shit, he's pissed." Setsuna snickered.
"Wouldn't you if you got hit point-blank with an explosion?" Sen asked.
Setsuna raised an eyebrow and pointed down. When Sen looked to see her pointing at Bakugou, he was quickly reminded who her team went up against in the Joint Training Class. "Oh! Yeah." Sen muttered.
"Uh huh." Was Setsuna's only reply.
With Luigi backed up against the pipe, the two stood face-to-face. Tails crouched and Luigi readied his Hammer to squash Tails and end the fight, but was not fast enough as the Magic Hand quickly rocketed out of nowhere, impaling Luigi straight through the abdomen and Warp Pipe, ending the battle.
"YES!" The two inventor girls cheered, with the rest of the Tails voters.
"Goddammit!" Kaminari groaned slumped defeated in his seat while the other Luigi voters just sighed and groaned, respectively.
KO!
Tails goes to heal himself with another Medi Bot as blood still pours out of Luigi's impaled body.
"Well, at least it was one of the least gruesome deaths, so far." Mirio tried to pull out a bright side to this.
Amajiki still passed out, horrified at seeing what essentially another version of himself was impaled by magic boxing glove.
"And there he goes." Nejire sweatdropped.
"Well, there goes the Year of Luigi." Boomstick groaned, disappointed.
"While Luigi technically has more combat experience, and has survived being Nintendo's whipping boy, Tails' skills and arsenal were more than the green-capped plumber can handle." Wiz began the results.
"His training with Sonic makes him faster, and his superior mobility gave him complete control over the battlefield." Boomstick pointed out the mobility advantage.
"True." Aizawa nodded. "The entire open battlefield was simply more in favor of Tails' aerial prowess and his speed outpaced and govern the battle while Luigi had to play catch up."
"Also, he has an outrageous I.Q. of 300, which is about as much as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking combined." Wiz revealed, impressed.
"That's actually very impressive." Nezu acknowledged. "Not nearly intelligent as I of course, or even smarter than Donatello from the Ninja Turtles, who had an IQ of 637."
"Well, the boy is still young at 11 years old and is likely to get even smarter as he matures." All Might pointed out.
"Very true." Nezu nodded.
"Hell, Tails is stronger too." Boomstick chuckled. "He can move 10 tons, while Luigi struggles to lift a large radish."
"I guess the strength mostly went to your counterpart, Togata." Kirishima rubbed his neck.
"I suppose." Mirio chuckled nervously, as he and Nejire tried to wake up the fainted Amajiki.
"And Tails' gadgets more than make up for any of his weaknesses." Wiz added. "His mechanic expertise could disable the Poltergust with needed time, his long-range weaponry kept Luigi at a distance, and it's clear that even if we added Super Tails and Star powered Luigi, the results would be the same to Mario vs Sonic."
"Looks like Luigi was outfoxed." Boomstick made his pun.
"Couldn't they have just used that one in Fox vs Bucky?" Mina asked.
"Yeah, but remember that Fox wasn't as cunning as Bucky so it wouldn't make any sense." Asui croaked out an answer. "Also, the choked pun added to the gruesomeness of his death."
"Oh, right." Mina said, turning a shade green at the memory of Bucky's death.
"The winner is Miles "Tails" Prower." Wiz announced.
The Tails voters let out one last cheer while the losers clapped in respect and admitted loss.
Finally, Amajiki woke up. "Wha-What happened?" Amajiki asked.
"Your counterpart got impaled by magic boxing glo-" Mirio quickly cut Nejire off from finishing her sentence at Amajiki paling again.
"Uh, you lost." Mirio simply said. "But your counterpart fought amazingly, bro! I'm proud to have you as my brother in blood in that other universe!"
Amajiki smiled brightly at Mirio's words.
"Plus, we both got gruesomely impaled or torn into by Midoriya and Hatsume!" Mirio cheerfully pointed out.
And Amajiki went down, again.
"Oops." Mirio sweatdropped.
"So, are you not going to kill him?" Melissa asked Mei.
"Nah, the score was settled here!" Mei declared. "Besides, if I was mad anytime someone destroyed one of my babies, I would probably hate Muscles with the number of gloves he busted."
"You know you would never hate him, right?" Melissa pointed out.
"Yeah, true." Mei sighed. "He's too cute, kind, and handsome."
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick began to announce the next fight.
As the white words of 'Next Time' faded into the dark background, three Pokeballs rolled into frame. The one in the middle opened up and released a white light that covered the screen, before the words came up in black: Pokémon Battle Royal! Venasuar vs Charizard vs Blastoise!
"Yes! It's another Pokémon battle!" Kaminari cheered, excited.
"And a Battle Royal at that between the first three Starter Pokémon of the whole franchise." Kyoka smirked. "How about that?"
"Really?" Momo inquired. "Well, I suppose this would be appropriate enough for Todoroki, Iida, and myself to learn more about this Pokémon game and world."
"Oh right, you three haven't played Pokémon before!" Hagakure remembered.
"Yep, that's still sad." Setsuna called out, before acting pompous. "But hey, at least we get educate you three plebians further."
"I swear we'll never hear the end of this." Momo groaned, rubbing her forehead.
"I'm afraid you might be correct." Iida groaned, as well, his arm reaching high chopping speeds.
"Well, don't keep us in suspense! Play it!" Mina called out.
Mei looked up to receive the nod from Nezu before clicking play.
Notes:
AAAAANNNNNNDDDDD SCENE! And the Christmas chapter has been complete right on schedule! And rather fitting because I am on my way to watch the new Violent Nights movie and see Police Chief Jim Hopper dress up like Santa and brutalize some house robbers.
I hope I did this chapter as right as could be, this a favorite of mine, after all. And, yes, I'm pairing Amajiki with Yuyu Haya, Nejire's best friend, and oh boy will those two regret not telling Nejire about this. And anyone is confused why they didn't tell their chatty, rapid question firing, airhead with no sense of boundaries about their secret romance, then I don't know what to tell you.
Also, we got a sense that aphrodisiac may not be totally gone yet, and who knows what bursts of confidence its remaining side effects will have on the girls. And we even got a dive into Vestiges of One For All after a humorous parody of the mini-Spongebobs in panic, you guys know what I mean.
Then, we have the counterparts for this video, and they were actually more difficult than you would think. I wanted to show how difficult this choice of counterparts was by having many of the characters that were runners-up to these two fighters point out their similarities. Hell, if Izuku was Mario, it would be reasonable to summarize that Iida or Bakugou would be his Luigi, or how Iida, Melissa, and Kouta share lots of similarities with Tails that would make them normally be given the vote. But it's the characters that had talked the least that had frankly way more similarities than their talkative peers.
For Luigi, Amajiki was an obvious slam dunk. If Mirio was Mario, it makes sense that his wingman and best friend would be Mario's own wingman and brother. Both characters are also famously known to be frightful, nervous, and scared of practically everything, Luigi's Scuttle Jump being learned by observing Yoshi is similar to Amajiki's Manifest Quirk that copies animal attributes, and Luigi's constant overshadowing from Mario is also comparable to Amajiki also being Mirio's shadow but both able to take the spotlight for themselves like in Luigi's awesome Luigi's Mansion games and the whole reason behind Amajiki's Hero name as Suneater.
As for his princess in Daisy, having the last known 3rd year U.A. student as the last of the quadruplet of Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Daisy, was also obvious. Both Yuyu and Daisy don't' get a lot of screen time, with Yuyu only having a side role now in the finale of the MHA manga, her lightning Quirk and its color are similar to Daisy's colors of yellow and orange, and fun fact, Yuyu's hair is dyed reddish which compares in a way to Daisy basically being a criticized as a reskin of copy of Peach. And with Daisy being mostly associated as Luigi's girl, why not have their MHA counterpart hook up too.
But now as for Tails, this one was actually far harder, but Mei won in the end. Iida and Tails may both be the same gender, but as Bakugou and Rainbow Dash showed, gender isn't the final say all and some male of MHA can female counterparts and some female MHA characters can have male counterparts, and while Iida was the source of inspiration behind Deku's Shoot Style like Tails with the Spin Dash creation, Mei was likewise a part of that process as her words were in fact what sparked Midoriya to come up with Shoot Style in the first place. Mei and Melissa may both inventors, and Melissa may also have the same genetic anomaly status as Tails, one born Quirkless and one with twin tails, but Mei and Tails also share a...let's call it unhealthy relationship with their inventions and tools. Like in Sonic Boom where Tails finds his tools missing, he yells out "MY BABIES!" Yeah, who does that sound like? In the end, I went with the numbers and my gut, and Mei won on both.
But with that all said, I hope you guys loved this chapter as much as I, check out my other stories here and in FFN if you haven't already, keep being sane, healthy, and warm in his freezing, crazy time, and keep up your ideas of which character will be multiversally related to whom, and on the side note, it is very unlikely that The Kanto Starters will have counterparts at all, given that there is no specific version of their species that is used like Ash's Pikachu in his Death Battle.
Anyways, this has been Zayden StormVoid, and I'll catch you guys later on the next chapter. Gotta run
Chapter 34: Pokémon Battle Royal!
Summary:
U.A. group begins to witness a Battle Royal of Pokémon Starters.
Notes:
GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS! ZAYDEN STORMVOID IS HERE, ONCE AGAIN TO DELIVER A NEW CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE! THE FIRST ONE OF 2023!
I have already stated this in my most recent chapter of My Hero Pokedamia but is still needed for the long update. I recently had gotten Pokémon Violet for Christmas and I have been binge-playing this game for so long and has taken up most of my time and attention, and writing the chapter previously stated and catching up and watching the Last of Us show. But here I am again, ready to bring another chapter to this story.
Last time, the scaredy cat-er fox sidekicks duked it out for the view of the audience. Melissa, Kouta, and Iida felt connected with the two-tailed humanoid fox but were beaten by Mei as the counterpart to Tails, while Mirio and Nejire accurately predicted Amajiki as Luigi, and Nejire finally figured out that two of her best friends, Amajiki and Yuyu are dating and is both happy enough to burst eardrums yet will they be able to handle her fury of a thousand suns for not being told sooner? Endeavor and Monoma related to being second strings like Luigi on the spotlight of fame, the goth trio delighted in Luigi's Ghostbuster-like status, Melissa and Mei got new baby-er invention ideas from Tails' arsenal, we got a peek inside the inner workings of Izuku and the Vestiges, the aphrodisiac may not be totally gone yet, and Izuku is planning on asking a few of his friends for a hand in working on Black Whip and the Quirk to come, Float. Oh, and Bakugou desires vengeance on Uraraka and Melissa for a returning prank.
Also, yes, I got the news that Ash is leaving the Pokémon anime as the protagonist, which makes my earlier joke in Pikachu vs Blanka rather dated, but hey, this a world where Quirks had appeared roughly around our modern time, theoretically at least, and the resulting chaos perhaps had changes different from ours, like Ash still the protagonist to this day.
But now, comes the Pokémon Battle Royal of Charizard, Blastoise, and Venusaur. And now, comes the Index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wizard or Mental Flashback Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick, All Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden." -Combatant, Fight, and Device Dialogue
And lastly, I do not own My Hero Academia, belonging to Horikoshi, and as One Punch Man writer, Murata, said, please get better and take care of yourself. I also do not own Death Battle, that one belonging to the Youtube channel of the same name, and Roosterteeth, and all associated franchises in present, past, and future chapters belong to their respective owners, such as Gamefreak and Nintendo for this Pokémon related battle.
Now, Enough Talk! It's Time for a DEATH BATTTTTLLLLEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
Mei pressed the button, and the next video began with the classic Death Battle theme.
"For nearly two decades, people across the globe have struggled endlessly to make one crucial, exhausting, impossible choice." Wiz began the video.
"Bulbasaur, Squirtle, or Charmander?" Boomstick proposed the infamous question.
"Urgh, yes!" Sen exclaimed, throwing his arms in the air. "You don't how agonizingly long it took for me to choose between those three in my first Pokémon game."
"It's not like it gets any better in the other generations." Awase pointed out. "Do you know how confusing it was for me to choose between the Gen 8 and 9 Starters?"
"The Starter Pokémon." Wiz agreed. "Your first companion into the world of Pokémon. Now, it's finally time to learn if the one you chose was really the strongest."
"Is this really that hard of a choice?" Momo asked, both astonished and intrigued by how serious and drastic a decision in a video game was being referred to.
"Honestly, kinda," Izuku answered her. "In Pokémon, even though you can catch up to hundreds of different Pokémon, with all of them having varying Types, Stats, and moves, the Pokémon you get at the beginning of the game is limited and generally the most important ones, especially the Starters."
"Yeah, like the Pokémon Gyms that are kinda like the boss battles of the game." Kaminari helpfully pointed it out. "All of them specialize in a certain type of Pokémon, like the first Gym Leader, Brock, being a Rock Type specialist in the first game."
"And the Pokémon that you choose first could make that Gym battle easier or harder depending on their Types?" Momo guessed.
"Exactly!" Kaminari gave a thumbs up.
"It truly is the end of times if Kaminari of all people is teaching Momo something." Kyoka joked/said seriously.
"And what better way than with their evolved forms," Boomstick said. "Venusaur, the pimply plant monster. Blastoise, the bazooka turtle. And Charizard, the...dragon."
"So, these Pokémon are the final forms of the Starter Pokémon you choose?" Iida, also a Pokémon virgin, guessed.
"Yep." Asui nodded. "Most Pokémon can evolve into a new form after reaching a certain level or interacting with a certain stone or unique requirement."
"And these forms make them stronger?" Iida continued asking.
"Yeah." Uraraka jumped in. "When they evolve, their new forms often get greater stat changes, new moves for them to learn, and some even gain a second Type to resist more Types or make other moves they learn stronger."
"For a fair assessment, we're examining maxed-out wild Pokémon versions of these Starters," Wiz explained. "For those of you nerdy enough to care, this means no special EV training, no Mega Evolutions, and no tutor, bred, or otherwise unnaturally learned attacks."
"So that means they won't be using the strongest TMs for the Starters," Izuku muttered, writing that down.
"TMs?" Todoroki questioned.
"Technical Machines, or TMs, are like these discs that help teach Pokémon new moves, some of which they wouldn't naturally learn by level up," Izuku answered, passing his notebook to Todoroki. "For example, all of the Starters, including Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise can learn three of the most powerful TM moves known as Frenzy Plant, Blast Burn, and Hydro Cannon, but because they won't be able to use those moves, they are limited to their base level up moves."
"Hmm. I see." Todoroki hummed, understanding as he reviewed the Pokémon related material. "And they can only use up to 4 moves at a time. So, a strategic part of this game is deciding on which moves to give your Pokémon to maximize their effectiveness, which varies depending on the Pokémon itself and how you train them."
As this all went on, All Might smiled at seeing the students discuss and converse about the game. Hearing a scoff beside him, All Might look to the displeased Endeavor. "I see that you don't approve of Young Todoroki getting into Pokémon." All Might stated as a matter of fact.
"Shoto and the students should focus all of their efforts and time on training, not on some silly games for children." Endeavor scoffed again. 'Especially with the dark times they may be forced to face.' Endeavor kept those words in his mind, recalling the war with the Meta Liberation Army likely on the horizon, a war whose outcome may be determined by these students and how trained up they will be.
"Rather ironic to be talking about training given the game, don't you think?" All Might pointed out, cheekily. Endeavor's moment of silence before another scoff was all the indication that he heard and recognized the irony, yet All Might continued. "Perhaps learning and experiencing this game further will teach Young Todoroki how to better think of strategizing, maintenance, and the importance of thorough training as well."
All Might look back down at the students with a fond smile, especially Young Midoriya. "Besides, they are still kids, Endeavor." All Might reminded the new Number 1. "They may have hard times ahead of them, maybe sooner than we would like, and they will have to bear the load of our mistakes and failures, but that means that the happier times they spend together, their more 'childish' moments, matter more than ever. Don't you agree?"
Endeavor, silently, contemplated his former rival's words, and, likewise, drifted his gaze down towards the students, and to Shoto. Seeing Shoto actually smile as he conversed and talked with Midoriya made Endeavor feel a hammer of realization upon his soul. 'Shoto never did have much of a regular childhood.' He thought grimly, as his memories of Shoto's childhood were of training, resentment, and learning, with little to no actual time spent with his older siblings, especially Touya, and the closest that his son ever had to normal life was with Rei...before the incident. And it was all because of him.
'I robbed him of a normal childhood.' Endeavor thought, guiltily, adding another crime on the mountain he had committed against his family. Seeing Shoto smile again with Midoriya, Endeavor's eyes softened. 'I won't rob him of any happiness anymore.'
"This way, we'll avoid any and all player influence." Wiz finished the explanation.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick." Boomstick introduced both of them.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle." Wiz finished the intro.
The first Pokémon fighter, in its final evolution, was a large dinosaur-like creature. It stood on all fours, its blue-green skin held multiple pimple-like bumps, mostly on its large, thick arms and legs, each with three-toed claws. For its large head, it had a wide, yet short and blunt snout, fangs predominately on the far ends of its mouth, small, circular red eyes, and small pointed ears with reddish pink insides. Its most defining feature was the bulb on its back. Opened up, the bulb's sides appeared like green fonds, and in the center, supported by a thick, brown trunk, the flower bloomed in white-spotted, pink leaves, the center of the flower appearing like a dark hole surrounded by a yellow crown.
Venusaur
"The first starter Pokémon evolves from Bulbasaur to Ivysaur and finally, to Venusaur, the Seed Pokémon." Wiz introduced the first ever Pokémon, its first evolution, and, finally, the final evolution and actual fighter.
"There it is ladies and germs, the first ever Pokémon," Sero announced, arms raised dramatically.
"Or at least the one labeled as Number 1 on the Pokedex." Ojiro pointed out.
"Becoming uglier and uglier with every form." Boomstick roasted the evolution line. "Seriously, what the hell is that thing?"
Ibara pouted and huffed, not appreciating the 'shade', as Setsuna refers to it, being thrown onto her chosen Starter. It may have not been the first Pokémon she ever chose, that honor belonged to Snivy, from her first ever played game, Pokémon Black, but the Venusaur line was just as dear to her.
"It appears to look like some sort of dinosaur. With a plant on its back?" Iida said that last line questionably.
"Trust me, kid, compared to all the whacky designs out of the literal thousands of Pokémon, this is tame by comparison." Mount Lady shrugged.
BACKGROUND
Species: The Seed Pokémon
Type: Grass & Poison
Height: 2 m/ 6'07"
Weight: 100 kg/ 220.5 lbs
Natural Habitat: Plains, grasslands
Personality: Patient, generous, guardian mentality
STATISTICS
HP: 270 - Average
Attack: 167 - Below Average
Defense: 168 - Average
Sp. Attack: 205 - Above Average
Sp. Defense: 205 - Above Average
Speed: 165 - Average
Abilities:
1. Overgrow: Increases Grass-Type moves in a pinch
2. Chlorophyll: Boosts Speed in Sunny Weather
"Of the three starters, Venusaur is the most well-rounded and easiest to raise." Wiz continued, undeterred. "In combat, it relies on its above-average Special Attack and Special Defense, or non-physical combat."
"Essentially, this dinosaur with a tree on its spine is shit at hitting people physically and has to toss magic shit to win." Boomstick crudely summarized.
"A little crude, but yeah, pretty much." Itsuka shrugged. "Actually, who here picked Venusuar as their Starter?"
Only a couple of hands were raised, the most prevalent of whom were Shiozaki and Midoriya.
"Why am I not surprised you chose Venusaur, Greenie?" Kyoka messed with Midoriya's fluffy verdant hair. "The answer is right here, right?"
Izuku blushed at the touch but still smiled, scratching at his cheek. "Well, yeah, the color was a bit of a factor," Izuku admitted. "But also, because Venusaur is arguably the best Starter to have in a Kanto playthrough."
"Ooh, those are fighting words, Midobro," Kirishima smirked, challengingly, pumping his fists together.
"Oh! I don't mean to say that choosing Charizard or Blastoise is wrong!" Izuku quickly waved his hands, shaking his head rapidly. "It's just that the first two Gyms in Kanto are Brock and Misty, whose Rock and Water Types are weak to Bulbasaur's Grass Type moves, and Squirtle is only super effective against Brock, and Charmander is weak to both. Plus, Venusaur performed generally well against all the other Gyms, except for Blaine and Sabrina, and also does well against most of the Elite Four. Although, Blastoise is quite neutrally good at a lot of the other Gyms...*mutter mutter mutter.*"
"You just had to get him started, Bricks for Brains?!" Bakugou facepalmed. Kirishima chuckled nervously.
"Uh-Y-Yeah." Wiz continued from Boomstick's crude summarization. "Pokémon moves are categorized either by Physical Attacks, Special Attacks, and Status moves."
"So, the strength behind these attacks depends on the Pokémon's Attack and Special Attack stats, correct?" Iida asked.
"Yeah." Melissa nodded. "Though they also vary behind the Defense and Special Defense of the target."
"And Status moves don't do damage but cause some additional effects throughout the battle, like lowering or raising the Stats of a Pokémon or inflicting a status effect that causes damage effects over time, like burn or poison," Sero added.
MOVE SET
Tackle
Growl
-Lowers opponent's Attack Stat by one stage
Vine Whip
-Multipurpose whips, inflict low damage
Razor Leaf
-Projectile razor-sharp leaves, can slice through tree trunks
Seed Bomb
Petal Blizzard
-Strikes multiple targets
Poison Powder
-75% of Poisoning target
Sleep Powder
-75% of putting a target to sleep
Leech Seed
-Slowly absorbs the target's health over time
Synthesis
-Uses sunlight to restore 25% of Health
Sweet Scent
-Decreases target's evasion
Double-Edge
-Powerful tackle, 33% recoil damage
Petal Dance
-Powerful sp. attack, confuses user after use
Solar Beam
-Very Powerful beam, requires time to charge solar energy
-Sunny weather effect charges move faster
"And old froggy plant has a variety of all of them." Boomstick continued, showing the move being demonstrated on a mid-air Cyndaquil and a couple of unfortunate trees. "Vine Whip's for slappin' or grabbin' bitches, and Razor Leaf can cut through whole trees."
"Honestly, the fact that they have leaves that can cut through thick tree trunks makes it weird they don't cut off the limbs of flesh and blood Pokémon," Setsuna said, emphasizing her point by detaching her arm.
Ibara's face grew green at the thought, and even the non-bloody visual example, but shook her head, erasing the unfavorable thoughts of blood and gore from one of her favorite Pokémon.
"Regardless of the explicit violence in a children's video game," Momo stressed that out with a pointed glare at Setsuna and removing her hands from Eri's ears. "These moves seem to be more physical in nature and would thus not be as powerful given Venusaur's Stats."
"And you would be right on that, Yaoyorozu." Melissa wrote down the info in Deku's notebook. "Both Vine Whip and Razor Leaf are Physical Grass Type moves, which don't work well with Venusaur's below-average Attack Stat."
"Fun fact: Kamui based his Lacquered Chain Prison attack partially on both Vine Whip and Frenzy Plant." Mount Lady whispered to Midnight.
"Then there's the less action-packed Status skills like the irritating Poison Powder, and Sleep Powder, which is used to put foes to sleep, and take women home from bars."
Midnight's brow twitched at the perverse implication regarding her Quirk.
"As much as it hurts to entertain this, if it is being discussed here, this Pokémon game must exist out there in the multiverse, and would be irrational not to discuss it." Aizawa groaned. "And this Sleep and Poison Powder would be useful tools to incapacitate Villains, perhaps more versatile than your Quirk, Kayama."
"Fair." Midnight sighed with acceptance. "As I recall, Pokémon moves do work on people as well, and Sleep Powder would affect everyone equally well, whereas my Quirk affects men more than women."
"And that Poison Powder would be irritatingly effective." Mic jumped in, fake scratching himself. "All those Villains would just be scratching themselves like a bunch of flea-infested monkeys."
Both Aizawa and Midnight agreed that, while ridiculous, it would be a rather debilitating attack that would leave the Villains vulnerable...if the alternative outcome, that is working like actual poison and poisoning the Villains to a slow, agonizing death, was not what would happen.
"Venusaur's adaptability is its greatest asset," Wiz informed. "It can absorb health with Leech Seed like some kind of jungle vampire or simply heal on its own by using Synthesis." The former move showed Venusuar covering a Squirtle in seeds that grew into tiny plant bulbs that sucked health from it to Venusaur, and the latter move had Venusaur shower in sunlight and heal up.
"The ability to regenerate itself would be very helpful in a fight." Nezu pointed out. "Like the Nomus have shown, regenerating oneself is a powerful tool to wear down its foes while it remains fully healthy."
All Might and Endeavor frowned, but agreed with the rodent Principal, their own experiences dealing with rapidly fast and powerful regeneration from the Nomus enough evidence to confirm.
"However, it cannot use this forever." Wiz pointed out. "All Pokémon moves have a certain limit to how many times a move can be used, by the number of Power Points, or PP."
"Hehehe, PP." Boomstick chuckled, childishly.
Some of the guys started, mostly Mineta, Kaminari, and Sero started to snicker and chuckle.
Kyoka rolled her eyes, groaning. "Sometimes, the guys are such childish idiots," Kyoka complained. "Okay, most of the time."
"Ahem." Momo tapped her best friend's shoulder, directing her attention toward two certain pink-skinned and invisible girls that were likewise snickering like their male peers.
"Often the more useful or powerful the move is the less PP it-."
"Bahahahaha!" Boomstick burst out laughing.
Following Boomstick's lead, the students likewise burst out in laughter. Even Kouta was laughing at the joke.
"Papa, why is PP so funny?" Eri tilted her head curiously at Midoriya.
Izuku grew pale, mortified at even hearing the words come out of Eri's mouth, much less answering her question. "I-I'll tell you when you are older," Izuku replied, rubbing her head, affectionately. Once she was well satisfied by the positive attention of her Papa and turned away, Izuku whispered to himself. "And, hopefully, never."
"So, this self-healing move, Synthesis, has very limited times it can be used?" Iida asked.
"Yep." Asui nodded. "From what I remember, it only has 5 PP."
"I see." Iida hummed. "With such a limited number of uses, it must restore quite a bit of its health. This feels rather familiar to our Ultimate moves, where we can't use them forever despite how powerful they are."
"That's a good way to put it." Uraraka smiled at the comparison. "Usually, those super strong moves are used to ensure victory, just like our Ultimate moves do."
"...The fewer Power Points it has." Wiz sighed and finished the sentence. "It also knows Sweet Scent, which aids the poor accuracy of the Sleep and Poison Powders by making the opponent Pokémon less likely to evade."
"This variety of moves would serve Venusaur well with a stalling battle style." Momo analyzed. "It could put its opponent to sleep with Sleep Powder while draining their health away bit by bit with Leech Seed, or poison the target with Poison Powder while repairing any damage with moves like Synthesis. Pair those moves with regular attacking moves like Razor Lead and Wine Whip and it could prove a menacing threat...*mutter mutter mutter. *"
"I-Is that what I look like?" Izuku sweatdropped at seeing Momo fall into a muttering state like how he does.
"Yep." "Pretty much." "100%." "Now you know how we feel, you nerd!" Were among the chorus of replies, the latter of which was obvious to pinpoint who said.
Izuku's sweatdrop grew larger with his embarrassment. "I guess it is a little creepy, huh?" Izuku rubbed the back of his neck. "Though, Yaomomo pulls it off a much cuter than me."
Izuku's unintentional compliment broke through the cloud of muttering and into Yaoyorozu's ears. not only did it snap her from her Izuku-inspired mutterings, but it left the Yaoyorozu heiress blushing bright red.
"Jesus and I thought regular Midori was a pretty effective unintentional flirt." Mina pulled at her collar at how hot and bothered this more confident, if not by aphrodisiac side effects, Midori was making her.
Izuku then realized the words that came out of his mouth, eyes widening, blush growing, and hand slapping over his mouth. 'Shit! Why did I say that out loud?!' Izuku, internally, panicked. 'Now what is she going to think of me? She probably thinks that I'm creepy like Mineta?'
"U-Uh, s-sorry, Yaomomo!" Izuku apologized. "I-I didn't mean to have that come off as creepy and uh-"
"No, no, no! I-It's fine, Midori-Izuku." Yaoyorozu cut Midoriya's apology, bringing her blush down and smiling, almost openly adoringly at Midoriya. "I didn't find it creepy at all. I appreciated the compliment. I am honored that my muttering was just as adorable as your own."
Izuku's blush grew ten times redder, his mouth struggling to form coherent words to Yaoyorozu's delight. "I-I-I'm g-glad y-you think s-so." Izuku, eventually, managed to turn away, struggling to not look at Eri, whose eyes dazzled with joyous stars and keep the smile growing on his face down.
"And there goes the confidence." Mina shook her head, amused.
"But still cute." Toru giggled at Midoriya's adorable embarrassment.
Mineta's eyes narrowed, stoking an imaginary goatee as he thought. 'First Uraraka, then Melissa, and then Asui and Tokage, and now Yaoyorozu?' Mineta counted the girls that Midoriya has flirted with and gained greater success than he ever did. The purple midget was equal parts impressed and jealous. 'Could this Deku harem that I predicted be even larger than I suspected?'
"But why bother with poisons and powders when you've got a super laser!" Boomstick declared, the on-screen Venasaur powering up the move before firing a beam of pure whitish-yellow, or pure white, energy. "Venusaur can absorb so much solar energy, that he can fire the iconic Grass-Type Special Attack: The Solar Beam."
"VENUSAUR!" A Venusaur yelled as it fired Solar Beam, blasting it into a Heracross, smashing into a rock, and the Single Horn Pokémon collapsed onto the ground; fainted.
"Ah, what a simply magnifique beam!" Aoyama declared, posing, as usual. "When I researched that this would be among its arsenal, it was clear that I would pick Venusaur in my first game."
"Wait, you researched it ahead of time?" Sero questioned, surprised and slightly appalled. "What about going in blind and taking it fresh and new?"
"Well, isn't researching kinda better?" Kaminari proposed the question. "That way you know what to expect, prepare for it better and win more easily?"
"Nah! It's much better to go in blind and come out on top regardless!" Kirishima pumped his fist up. "Like a real Man!"
"But wouldn't researching ahead of time make things less stressful, less likely to run into mistakes and lose, and-" Sato said before-
"IF YOU IDIOTS DON'T STOP ARGUING ABOUT THIS, I'LL SHOW YOU HOW A POKEMON FEELS WHEN IT FAINTS!" Bakugou roared, annoyed past his limit at their arguing.
"When I find flowers that can do that, I might actually take up gardening." Boomstick joked. "Try and pollinate now, bees!"
"That would be terrible!" Ibara stood up and declared, vehemently. "Bees are responsible for providing 1/3 of our food supply, half of the world's fibers, oils, and other raw materials, create medicines, food for wildlife, and prevent soil erosion."
"Easy, Shio. Down girl." Setsuna eased the gardener of a classmate down. "It's all jokes in good fun."
"Though you got to admit, they are a little creepy up close and sting like a bitch." Awase shivered.
"Actually, bees will rarely sting at you," Koda spoke up. "It's only when you provoke them or their hive or kill one of them, that they will attack. Wasps are the ones that sting more directly."
"Yeah, fuck wasps." Kaminari shivered, rubbing his arm. "Those bastards hurt like hell."
"In real life, celestially powered lasers rely on heated magnesium combustion." Wiz analyzed the science, showcasing a solar panel-installed machine and the combustions that required energy and heat, such as 4,000 Kelvins or 3,726 degrees Celsius. "In order to fire, the Solar Beam's temperature needs to be over 6,700 degrees Fahrenheit."
"More than likely not just blasting your foe into a boulder, but also burning a hole through them," Boomstick said, using a still image of a Venusaur firing a beam of energy through a Seismitoad and creating a hole in the Pokémon. "And also, the boulder."
"Impressive," Todoroki muttered, recalling the teachings of his father's Flashfire fist and concentrating all his firepower into a more condensed, focused blast. He likewise recalled his attempt at the technique during the Joint Training Class, and how close he was to, unintentionally, turning Tetsutetsu into a melted piece of metal, if not for Honenuki.
"Unfortunately, the Solar Beam is so powerful, it takes twice as long to perform as any other attack." Wiz pointed out.
"And this walking jungle can't just make it sunny with the move, Sunny Day, without a TM from a Trainer." Boomstick also pointed out. "So, unless the skies are looking pretty clear, Venusaur's going to be quite the sitting duck...or dino."
"Sunny Day?" Momo questioned.
"It's a Fire Type move that has the Pokémon manipulate the weather and cause the sun to shine harsher during the fight." Kyoka summarized. "It usually just makes Fire Types moves stronger, but it also makes moves like Solar Beam charge faster and uses in one turn instead of two."
"So, Venusaur's most powerful, natural move also takes longer to take effect." Momo summarized, as well. "Unless it is strong and healthy enough to tank an attack, or the enemy is distracted, then Venusaur could leave himself open for a finishing attack."
PROS & CONS
Effective against:
-Fighting, Water, Grass, Ground, Rock, Electric, Fairy
Weak Against
-Flying, Fire, Psychic, Ice
PRO: Diverse Move Set
PRO: Great Status affecting moves
CON: Little Specialization
CON: Too few effective Sp. Attacks to justify average stat
"As a Grass and Poison type, Venusaur is extremely effective against Water-type Pokémon," Wiz revealed.
"It also says there that Venusaur is effective against Ground and Rock Types, because they are weak against Grass, as well." Izuku pointed out. "And Venusaur's Poison Type also makes him strong against Fairy and other Grass Types."
"So, why is he also effective against Fighting and Electric?" Todoroki asked this time.
"Because even if a Type isn't super strong against a certain Type, it can be resisted towards it." Ojiro jumped in. "Grass Types like Venusaur take half-damage from Fighting and Electric Type moves, as well as Ground, Rock, Water, and other Grass types."
"Yeah, it's kind of like how are you going to effectively hurt a plant with another plant?" Kaminari pointed out.
"But keep him away from anything Flying, fiery, Psychic-y, and icy." Boomstick jumped in. "Because, as we all know, plants freeze and burn, and birds fucking hate grass. Oh, and because psychic energy...kills poisons...ok?"
"Yeah, I also don't know why that is." Mina scratched her head, confused. "Some Type matchups honestly don't make a bit of sense if you think about it."
"Yet Venusaur's well-rounded skills and tricky move set could outsmart and out drain the competition." Wiz pointed out. "Underestimate the first of the Starters and you might be in for a world of hurt."
Ash Ketchum pulled out his Pokedex and scanned the Pokémon in front of him. "Venusaur, the final form of the Bulbasaur evolution." The Kanto Pokedex informed. "This Seed Pokémon soaks on the sun's rays as a source of energy."
The first Starter Pokémon garnered a respectable array of positive comments. Though most of them seem to come mainly from those who had chosen the Seed Pokémon, and a few more partially complimenting its variety and adaptability in combat. Nezu noticed this and foresaw this likely to occur for the other two Starters, who both had more instances of popularity than the often-overlooked Grass Starter.
The next Pokémon fighter kept a similar reptilian theme as its opponent. The Shellfish Pokémon was large, bipedal, and turtle-looking, exemplified by its base body being mostly a large, hard shell, brownish on the back, cream-colored on the front underside, and a white ridge separating the two opposing colors. From its holes, poked out its blue arms and legs, standing on two large and thick feet, with three claws on the front and one on the back, and its thick arms ending off on three claws on its hands. Its head was also blue with triangular, black inside, ears, triangularly shaped brown eyes, and a cream-colored jaw. A short, stubby blue tail also poked out from a hole below, but the most prominent feature of this large turtle-like Pokémon was the twin white cannons sticking out from the holes on its shoulders.
Blastoise
"The second starter Pokémon evolves from Squirtle to Wartortle and finally, to Blastoise, the Shellfish Pokémon." Wiz introduced the next starter, from the blue turtle-like starter to its feathered-looking evolution, to its final stage, the large, cannon-attached Pokémon itself.
"Yeah! Now, this is My guy, right here!" Kirishima jumped out and pumped his fists.
"Bro, Same!" Tetsutetsu followed in Kirishima's footsteps. "I mean, Empoleon is my favorite Starter, but Blastoise is a close second."
"Let me guess, the one and only Starter that gained the Steel Type?" Sen whispered the question to Awase, but the two knew enough of their classmate to know that question was more a statement.
As she inspected the Pokémon, while at first confused, something in Yaoyorozu started to find this particular Starter more to her liking than Venusaur and the glance of Charizard.
"So how did this thing come about?" Boomstick questioned, the screen showing a curtain opening and detailing Boomstick's made-up story. "Did a turtle get really drunk one night, and then come across a tank and was like, 'Eh, I'll put my dick in that!' Then nine months later, the tank showed up at his door, and was like 'BOOM! This is yours!' And then he raised it out of shame, until one day it evolved, and all the other turtles were like 'THAT'S FUCKING AWESOME!' So, then they all started plowing tanks?"
"Suurree, why not...?" Wiz said, annoyance and irritation leaking out of his defeated, sarcastic voice.
"Did that little monologue ruin the Starter for you?" Kamakiri snickered.
"Nope!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu shook their heads vehemently, continuing to gaze at their chosen Starter fondly.
BACKGROUND
Species: The Shellfish Pokémon
Type: Water
Height: 1.6 m/ 5'03"
Weight: 85.5 kg/ 188.5 lbs
Natural Habitat: Lakes, islands
Personality: Stubborn, solitary, warrior mentality
STATISTICS
HP: 260 - Average
Attack: 171 - Below Average
Defense: 205 - Average
Sp. Attack: 215 - Average
Sp. Defense: 193 - Above Average
Speed: 161 - Average
Abilities:
1. Torrent: Increases Water-Type moves in a pinch
2. Rain Dish: Recovers health in Rain
"Blastoise firmly boasts defense over offense, using his weighty bulk to outlast and overpower foes." Wiz began. "Like a stone firm upon the shore, he can take wave after wave of punishment."
"So, Venusaur is the adaptive, versatile one, Blastoise here is the defensive tank, and I'm guessing Charizard will likely be the more offensive member of the trio?" Todoroki asked.
"Yeah, actually." Mirio nodded. "You sure you haven't played this game already?"
"As poetic as that was, he won't be winning any marathons." Boomstick jumped in. "He's almost as slow as a tortoise, which makes sense, unlike the giant guns sticking out of his back!"
"Ignoring Boomstick's nonsensical monologue from before, how does such a creature evolve to bear what looks like water pressure cannons inside its body?" Iida steadied his glasses as he tried to figure out the biology of Blastoise.
"Say it with me kids: Magic!" Kyoka declared, Eri and Kouta following suit and copying her wavy hands.
"Also, why the Hell is it called the Shellfish Pokémon?!" Boomstick continued his confused rant. "I may not be the smartest tool in Boom-shed, but even I know this looks like a turtle, not a clam," Boomstick emphasized his point by comparing a picture of Blastoise with an actual turtle and a clam.
"What do you say, Koda?" Sato turned to his classmate. "Is Boomstick correct there?"
"Yes, actually." Koda nodded, pleasantly impressed with Boomstick. "The marine animals that would qualify as shellfish are usually crustaceans and mollusks. Think shrimp, lobsters, crabs, oysters, snails, scallops, and squid. Blastoise is more of a tortoise based on its size, but closer than most to turtles given its aquatic nature."
"And that was Zoology with Professor Koda, kids. More at 11! Next up, Fun Times with the Nerd Brigade." Kaminari imitated a reporter, much to the kids' laughter and Koda's blushing embarrassment.
MOVE SET
Tackle
Tail Whip
-Lowers opponent's Defense Stat
Iron Defense
-Drastically increases Defense Stat
Rapid Spin
-Can clear ground hazards, like spikes, and attached effects, like Leech Seed and Wrap
Protect
-Shields from all shields
Flash Cannon
Bite
-10% flinch target
Skull Bash
-Requires time to charge up power
Water Gun
Water Pulse
-May confuse the target
Aqua Tail
Bubble
-May lower the target's speed
Rain Dance
-Creates rainfall, which increases Water-Type moves by 50%
-Lowers Fire-Type moves by 50%
Hydro Pump
-Ultra-powerful water cannon with an 80% hit-rate
-Can punch through metal
"Blastoise can significantly reduce incoming damage with Iron Defense, barrel through hazards and remove attached ones with Rapid Spin, and guard against any and all attacks with Protect." Wiz listed, Blastoise was shown performing the mentioned moves.
"Blastoise can increase its already high defenses to tank more and more attacks, especially from Venusaur, who Blastoise is weak against, and even cancel more dangerous attacks like Solar Beam with Protect." Melissa wrote down her findings. "Plus, Rapid Spin could also have Leech Seed removed to keep its health drained over time by Venusaur."
"And if they are going to have them fight more fluidly, like the anime or Pikachu vs Blanka, then Blastoise could also use Rapid Spin to help evade attacks that would normally hit it because of its slow speed." Asui pointed out.
"Unfortunately, he can't keep using Protect forever," Itsuka added.
"Because of the number of times the move can be used?" Momo guessed.
"Partially," Itsuka nodded. "But the main reason is that once a Pokémon uses Protect it's very unlikely for it to be able to use it the next turn. It's sort of like a cooldown and game balancing thing, otherwise, people would just spam it in fights."
"He can chomp foes with Bite, which has a chance of flinching the target, and crack heads with Skull Bash, which also takes time to build up, but most of his arsenal focuses on waterpower, blasting foes with Water Gun, Water Pulse, Aqua Tail and...Bubbles!" Boomstick declared dramatically on the last move.
"Again, Magic," Kyoka said before Iida could ask, the blue-haired teen lowering his hand.
"What is flinching, though?" Momo asked.
"It's a secondary effect of some moves where they have a low to medium chance to cause the Pokémon to not attack that turn," Izuku answered. "Although, it usually is an effect that works with faster Pokémon to catch the target off-guard and keep them from attacking after you."
"Which wouldn't work well with Blastoise given that he is slower than both Venusaur and Charizard." Uraraka finished Deku's statement.
"But despite its lack of attack Type diversity, Blastoise can maximize its watery weaponry with Rain Dance, a rainstorm that amplifies Water-type moves and blocks out the sun." Wiz introduced the weather-changing move.
"Not only would that be detrimental for Venusaur's Solar Beam, but Blastoise would benefit it with its Hidden Ability." Izuku muttered
"Hidden Ability?" Iida questioned.
"A Pokémon's Ability is a secret weapon where it helps the Pokémon in battle outside of its attacks," Setsuna informed. "Some Abilities can keep their Stats from dropping, and others can be activated upon a certain circumstance."
"And Hidden Abilities are like super, ultra-rare Abilities that very few of their species can have." Melissa jumped in. "And Blastoise's Hidden Ability, known as Rain Dish, can restore Blastoise's health when exposed to rain."
"So, it's like Venusaur's Leech Seed and Synthesis but not only would it only activate by rain, but also be a detriment to Venusaur's most powerful move." Iida summarized. "Quite an effective strategy."
"But his ultimate attack is Hydro Pump, where he blasts water out of his twin cannons with enough force to accurately punch through steel at a range of 160 feet." Boomstick detailed.
"Punch through Steel?!" Jurota raised an eyebrow at the level of power of the move.
"High-pressure water jet cutters are used industrially to cut through metal with at least 55,000 PSI or pounds per square inch," Wiz informed, a water jet cutter shown on screen for example. "By measuring Blastoise's cannons in comparison to his size, we can tell his Hydro Pump has a power of 90,000 PSI."
"That'll get the stains off your patio!" Boomstick exclaimed, humorously. "Along with, your patio and possibly house."
"Yep, and us." Kirishima sweatdropped alongside Tetsutetsu. "Still awesome though."
PROS & CONS
Effective Against:
-Steel, Fire, Ground, Rock, Water, Ice
Weak Against:
-Grass, Electric
PRO: Great Defensive potential
PRO: Can shoot through steel
CON: Lacks options for attacks
CON: Not very fast or mobile
"Blastoise is effective against Fire-type Pokémon, but weak to Grass and Electric." Wiz highlighted.
"So, Water puts out Fire and Fire burns grass and plants, obvious enough." Mount Lady said. "But why is Grass super effective against Water?"
"Grass and plants absorb water into its systems for nourishment, so it can be argued that firing Water Type attacks on a Grass Type is so weak because the Grass Types are getting more nourished by it than harmed," Tiger answered.
"And in reverse, Grass Type attacks must hurt Water Types a lot because the plant-based moves are absorbing the water from the Water Type Pokémon." Mandalay joined in.
"I'm guessing Water is also effective against Ground and Rock because of erosion, and Steel and Ice because of what they stated previously on water cutting through steel?" Momo inquired.
"Well, you're half right, Yaomomo." Mina replied, her hand motioning in a 'so-and-so' manner. "Water is super effective against Rock and Ground, but Water is only resistive towards Steel and Ice."
"Huh?" Momo blinked, confused. "But what about-"
"Like Psychic being strong against Poison, Yaomomo, some Type matchups don't make a lot of sense in retrospect." Toru pointed out.
"At least in this, Steel doesn't do a lot against Water Types and Ice is just frozen water." Kyoka shrugged. "So, it kinda makes a little sense."
"And when he's not battling, Blastoise can be found training on secluded islands to strengthen his combat skills." Boomstick pointed out.
"Excellent." Edgeshot nodded. "A fine warrior sharpens what he knows best and improves and strengthens what it lacks."
"Where do you get this sage crap? Sun Tzu's Art of War?" Miruko snickered at her joke.
"If it plays its's defenses right, Blastoise just might outlast everyone," Wiz stated.
Ash once again scanned the final Starter evo. "Blastoise's strength lies in its power, rather than its speed." The Pokedex informed. "Its shell is like armor, and attacks from the hydro cannons on its back are virtually unstoppable."
While the Pokémon had some respectable favor like the previous one, those who valued the phrase 'The Best Defense is a Good Defense' found Blastoise the more favorable option, along with its design and power, especially from the Pokémon's known choosers, such as Kirishima and Tetsutetsu.
The final Pokémon combatant was perhaps the most aesthetically pleasing for most of the group, as befits its popularity compared to its fellow Starters. The predominately orange-colored Pokémon was draconic in appearance, standing bipedal on stocky legs, also with three clawed toes, its cream-colored belly was robust, contrasting to its short and skinny arms, each limb complemented by three white claws. Two wings sprouted from its back, a single wing finger visible from the center of each wing membrane, its undersides colored blue-green. It holds a long orange neck-its head rectangular, two horn-like structures protruding from the back of it, its snout ended on slightly raised nostrils and two visibly protruding fangs on its upper jaw, and had small blue eyes. It lived up to its name as the Flame Pokémon by its long tail, the underside also cream-colored, and ended on a constantly alit yellow and red flame.
Charizard
"The final starter Pokémon evolves from Charmander to Charmeleon, and finally, to Charizard, the Flame Pokémon," Wiz announced the final Starter of the Kanto Starter Trio.
"I would so ride that into battle!" Boomstick admitted, excitingly.
"And by far one of the most popular Pokémon ever," Sero admitted.
"Well, yeah! Charizard is awesome!" Kaminari declared, excited. "He looks cool and he's super strong and fast."
"Meh. A little overrated really." Mineta shrugged, uninterested. "Especially since he's technically the worst starter to choose as Midoriya said."
"Is he really?" Momo asked Izuku.
"Strategically, I guess," Izuku admitted, rubbing his neck. "The first two Gyms of the Kanto region-that Charizard is from-are Rock and Water Type, which are very strong against Charmander, who's supposed to be your strongest Pokémon."
"So, while this Starter is aesthetically appealing, in execution he would put you at a disadvantage." Iida summarized.
"That is something you kids should know by now," Aizawa spoke up. "Just because something looks flashy or cool doesn't mean it is the best or flawless. As Heroes, we are protectors of the people and have to focus on being as efficient as possible, or risk losing lives because someone wanted to look popular."
Aizawa's words struck a deep chord among two specific people in the crowd. Mount Lady flinched hard at how true Aizawa's words stung when looking back at her debut. She recalled one of the first times she ever met, her now teammate, Edgeshot before they formed their team: the Lurkers. He had reviewed the major incidents during her debut day, most especially the Sludge Villain Incident, and criticized how she handled the situation, focusing on staying in her giant form and failing to get inside the alleyway where the Sludge Villain was attacking, rather than shrinking down to fit in the alleyway and regrow from there.
She remembered how bitter and embarrassing it felt to hear that from the now Number 4 Hero, but the negative feelings were more towards herself at how simple a solution it sounded, making how utterly useless she was that the verdant-haired teen sitting rows below her was able to do more than a full-on Pro like her. Kamui had defended her by claiming she ultimately kept the civilians on her side of the alleyway safe, from both the Sludge Villain and All Might's Detroit Smash's fierce winds, but Mount Lady had accepted and acknowledged her mistake, the words from her senior the finishing blow to her fame-hungry ego that was whittling down ever since then.
Fortunately, accepting her flaws and acknowledging to improve herself was what ultimately had the Lurkers team form in the first place. Edgeshot had responded by acknowledging her newfound humbleness and pointed out her positive traits as a Heroine, ones that could overtake her flaws and could lead her to be a great Heroine. Edgeshot offered to help see that through and to do the same with Kamui Woods, as partners in a team and the rest was history. And now hearing the words from Aizawa-as well as the previous video with Spider-Man-Mount Lady resolved again to continue improving herself from the mistakes of the past.
The other person Aizawa's words hit close to home was All Might himself. Aizawa's words about the flashy not translating to flawless felt like a dig at the Symbol of Peace, widely believed flawless, unstoppable, unfailing Hero, the Best of the Best. But in more recent years, evidence was to the contrary. The praise of society and the power of One For All went to his head, and it ended up losing him his stomach, half his respiratory system, and the beginning of his decline as the Symbol. His smile his mentor taught him to always hold became a facsimile to hide his own fear and lost the true meaning his mentor tried to teach him, one of the many hypocrisies that blinded him to the point he almost turned away his now successor, and surrogate son, back on that fateful day. And now with his retirement and absence, the flaws of Hero Society that he and others left unanswered festered and grew to the rise of Villainy and criminals, most especially the League, their Nomu, and Shigaraki.
Now, however, with his duty to train the next generation of Heroes, including his successor, Izuku Midoriya, All Might hope to make this generation better than anything he could ever have done alone, and that Midoriya would learn from the mistakes of this old man.
BACKGROUND
Species: The Flame Pokémon
Type: Fire & Flying
Height: 1.7 m/ 5'07"
Weight: 98.5 kg/ 199.5 lbs
Natural habitat: Mountains, valleys, volcanos
Personality: Aggressive, prideful, warrior mentality
"Well, that could be tough," Wiz replied. "A full-grown Charizard is only five-foot-seven inches tall."
"What?! That's bullshit!" Boomstick yelled, unhappy. "I wanna ride a dragon to burn the villages of my enemies, not hang out with it on the sofa."
"Wait, haven't we seen Charizards in the anime taller than that?" Kosei questioned. "Like Ash rode on his awesome Charizard multiple times."
"You do remember that Ash was still a 10-year-old kid, right?" Kamakiri asked back.
"Well, you could ride on a Charizard, if it was a particularly large one, like an Alpha one." Shoda pointed out.
STATISTICS
HP: 266 - Average
Attack: 173 Below Average
Defense: 161 - Below Average
Sp. Attack: 223 Above Average
Sp. Defense: 175 - Average
Speed: 205 - Above Average
Abilities:
1. Blaze: Increases Fire-Type moves in a pinch
2. Solar Power: Raises Sp. Attack in Sunny weather, but drains Health
"Despite its size, Charizard is extremely fast and extremely powerful." Wiz continued onwards. "Its Speed and Special Attack eclipse the other two starters' twice over, the tradeoff being unfortunate frailty.
"But since he can fly, it's pretty hard to get ahold of him," Boomstick said.
"Well, you were right that Charizard is the offensive one of the three, Todoroki." Ojiro bumped his elbow on the scarred teen. "And a speedy one at that."
Todoroki nodded, paying full attention to the fiery dragon-like Pokémon. Endeavor likewise paid attention to the Flame Pokémon, for obvious reasons.
"Actually, unlike his fellow Starters, Charizard also possesses two different Mega Evolutions, unlike the singular one that the others have." Wiz pointed out, showing both the black and blue, and actually Dragon-Type Mega Charizard X and the more similar to base form Mega Charizard Y, and comparing it to the singular Mega Evolutions of Venusaur and Blastoise. "One of which made the Dragon-looking Fire Type actually a Dragon-Type."
"Ah, classic corporate favoritism." Boomstick bluntly stated.
"Mega Evolutions?" Momo questioned for what felt like the hundredth time, to her shame.
"They are like extra, but temporary evolved states that certain Pokémon can achieve if it both holds a special stone unique to that Pokémon and it has a trusted bond with their Trainer," Melissa answered. "It only lasts for the duration of a battle, but the Mega Evolved Pokémon become incredibly strong."
"Overpowered really," Kyoka stated. "Some were pretty broken like Mega Gengar and Lucario."
"Honestly, they should have made Charizard Dragon Type to begin with," Bakugou grumbled. "It looks like a Dragon and knows a lot of Dragon-Type moves."
"That wouldn't be fair for gameplay balancing, Kacchan." Izuku sighed, trying to explain a point to his childhood friend that he had tried for a literal decade. "Dragon resists Fire, Grass, and Water, and giving that to Charizard would have made him neutral against Blastoise instead of weak and would ruin the Grass-Fire-Water trio relationship."
"So, what?!" Bakugou retorted back. "Charizard is still cooler! Plus, that Flying Type only makes it 4x stronger than your plant dinosaur, Shitty Deku!"
MOVE SET
Scratch
Growl
-Lowers opponent's Attack Stat
Smokescreen
-Lowers target's accuracy by one stage
Dragon Rage
Slash
-Normal-Type move with increased critical-hit chance
Dragon Claw
Shadow Claw
-Ghost-Type move with increased critical-hit chance
Air Slash
-30% of target flinching
Wing Attack
Dragon Breath
Fire Fang
Heat Wave
Fire Spin
-Traps target in a vortex of fire for damage every turn
Flare Blitz
-Powerful flaming tackle, deals 33% recoil damage
Flame Burst
-Burns surrounding area
-Hits multiple targets
Flamethrower
-Powerful fire stream
-May Burn target
-Can melt boulders
"Charizard's move set is incredibly diverse, ranging from the obvious fire breath to flying, dragon, and even ghost-type attacks," Wiz stated.
"Huh, quite the opposite of Blastoise's lack of attack diversity," Ryukyu noted.
"Nice!" Miruko smirked. "I already liked this thing with the looks, speed, and attack power, but that just sealed the deal for me! Offensive is the best Defense!" Turning to look at Ryukyu beside her, giving her a raised eyebrow, Miruko scoffed. "Oh, please, like you were not going to vote for it because it is a flying, fire-breathing dragon in all but Type."
Ryukyu was silent before she replied with, "Touché."
"At close range, he'll always have an edge up, by using either Slash, Dragon Claw, or Shadow Claw, most of which have a chance of critical effect." Boomstick had listed while Charizard performed said moves. "He can strike from above with Wing Attack or Air Slash, with a 30% chance of flinching the target. But his real strength lies in the flames. He'll burn and bite you with Fire Fang, trap you in a vortex of embers with Fire Spin, smash you apart with Flare Blitz-"
"At the cost of self-inflicted recoil damage." Wiz interrupted.
"Just like Pikachu's Volt Tackle from his fight." Todoroki pointed out. "It must exude enough firepower that it's too much for its own body to handle."
"And of course, burn you to cinders with Flame Burst or Flamethrower." Boomstick ended with the iconic Fire-Type attack.
"Charizard can reportedly burn through solid stone." Wiz analyzed. "This means his Flamethrower reaches temperatures over 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit."
"Impressive." Endeavor made a huff of acknowledgment, ignoring the cheeky grins from All Might and Miruko.
"And Flame Burst and Heat Wave are also very good." Izuku jumped in. "Flame Burst and Heat Wave can actually attack multiple targets, so it would be perfect in a Battle Royal to attack both Venusaur and Blastoise."
"Only bad thing is that even if it could, Flame Burst won't hurt Blastoise much." Mirio pointed out. "And despite Charizard having a lot of moves, only the Flying and Fire Type ones will get the Stab bonus from it."
"Charizards are aggressive and warrior-like, and will actively seek fights with stronger opponents," Boomstick stated, a Charizard walking up to an even larger one and firing a stream of fire directly onto its face.
"Yep, that will do it." Kamakiri snickered.
PROS & CONS
Effective Against:
-Grass, Bug, Fighting, Steel, Fairy, Ice
Weak Against:
-Rock, Water, Electric
PRO: Great speed & maneuverability
PRO: Immune to Ground-Type attacks
CON: Frail Defense
CON: Difficult to raise & Control
"The Fire and Flying type combination makes Charizard doubly effective against Grass Pokémon, like Venusaur, but weak to Water types, like Blastoise," Wiz reported.
"Ah, so three Starters are strong and weak towards one of the others, like Rock, Paper, Scissors." Momo deduced.
"Yep." Mina nodded. "And in the older games, your rival chooses the one that is stronger than the Starter you choose."
"Yeah, that was nerve-racking." Toru wiped her invisible forehead. "Then they made the rivals choose the one that is weaker than yours instead."
"Which was so dumb!" Bakugou roared out his opinion. "At least those older rivals gave you a challenge! Now, most of them are just weak ass pansies that are all goody goody extras!"
"Eh, I liked Nemona." Kaminari shrugged. "She was lively and battle-hungry, which was kinda funny, if not a little clingy."
"Are you sure it wasn't because she was a hot chick?" Mineta asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, how dare you, good sir!" Kaminari gasped dramatically. "I know that you speak your perverted mind all you want, but that is just sexist of you to believe that my reason for liking a character is because she is cute. I am deeply and profoundly of-" Mineta's raised eyebrow only grew wider, crossing his arms for extra skepticism. "...Okay, maybe a little bit because she is cute, but only a little!"
"Isn't she like 14 or 15 or something?" Sero asked, a little weirded out.
"Dude, did you forget that almost all of us are like 16 or 17 by now?" Kaminari questioned back. "I mean, if are upperclassman Hado of two years can have the hots for Midoriya, I think me saying a 15-year-old is cute is allowed."
"Wait what do you mean Hado has the hots for Midoriya?" Mineta whispered, alarmed/intrigued.
"Dude, is it not obvious by now?" Kaminari looked at Mineta with surprise that he hadn't figured it out by now. "She has been smashing her boobs into Midoriya's face every chance she gets and went on a long rant defending Midoriya for being a 'cute bunny' to Miruko of all people. Hell, I won't be surprised if half the girls of Both classes don't have a thing for that unintentional Cassanova."
Mineta's eyes widened in fascination and horror. Mineta slowly moved his head, almost like a rusty robot towards Midoriya as he talked with Yaoyorozu and Melissa, and all three of them blushed at each other.
'The Legends are true. The Harem King exists.' Mineta thought overtly dramatic as he wept in awe and despair.
"If it spends too much time in a heavy rainstorm, its flame will go out... permanently." Wiz grimly stated, showing a weak and wet Charizard with a dwindling flame tail.
"Oh, dear." Momo gasped horrified.
"Yeah, forgot about that," Kyoka said. "When the flame on Charizard's tail, or any of its line, goes out then they are pretty much dead."
"Something that could likely happen if Blastoise uses Rain Dance," Shinsou said, grimly.
"But he's so fast and deadly, he might just overpower his enemies before they know what hit 'em," Boomstick warned. "And if you piss one out in the wild, may God have mercy on your crispy soul."
"Charizard, the Flame Pokémon." Ash's Pokedex scanned the last of the Kanto Starter Trio. "When competing in intense battles, Charizard's flame becomes more intense as well."
"Alright, the combatants are set," Wiz stated. "Let's end this debate once and for all."
"IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLLLLLLEEEEE! WITH THE POKEMON!" Boomstick shouted.
"Heh, I'm kinda liking that drawn-out battle cry." Setsuna snickered.
Before the group could go on to start voting for their voting fighters, expecting the machine to pause and take a while to find counterparts, the device spoke up immediately with, "MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS UNVERIFIABLE!"
"What the-That was fast." Sen blinked in surprise.
"What do you mean unverifiable?" Melissa asked, sharing her confusion with the rest of the group.
"VIDEO COMBATANTS BASED ON SIMULATED EXAMPLE OF A TYPICAL SPECIES OF POKEMON!" The device answered, showing all three Starters with big red Xs in front of them. "COMBATANTS TOO GENERIC AND WITHOUT INDIVIDUALITY TO REGISTER SPECIFIC COUNTERPARTS!"
"Uh, in less technical terms?" Tetsutetsu scratched his head at the words.
"It is saying the same thing with the Terminator from the previous fight." Mei translated. "The three Pokémon fighting are just random examples or simulated ones of their species, like how the Terminator in its fight was just a random model."
"Mei's right." Melissa nodded. "Remember that in Pikachu's fight, they specifically referred it to be Ash's Pikachu, a specific Pikachu among the hundreds of others, and was able to put a counterpart to it."
"Well, that's disappointing." Kirishima moped, slightly hopeful that he would have been Blastoise given that he shared a similar defensive trait to the Shellfish Pokémon.
"Sometimes we create our own heartbreaks through expectations." Tokoyami sagely said. Tokoyami fought off a pleased grin when he spotted Reiko shivering and blushing in response.
"Very pointedly told, Mr. Tokoyami," Nezu spoke up. "Ms. Hatsume, if you please, pause the video so we can finish our fun voting process?"
With the video paused, the voting among the group began again. In the end, many of the votes were, unsurprisingly, chosen by personal bias on those that had chosen a particular Starter, but few managed to vote on partial judgment and neutrality. Though given most of the few were those with no interest in Pokémon, like Endeavor, or haven't been exposed to it as much as the others, like Momo, Todoroki, and Iida, that wasn't saying much.
Among the voters for Venusaur, the most obvious of them were Shiozaki and Midoriya, the former of whom was the most biased of the two and the latter was at least confident and hopeful in Venusaur's adaptability and versatile arsenal. Setsuna would also vote for the plant dinosaur, partially on that it was a dinosaur that was green but also liking its regenerative capabilities. Those sentiments about its regeneration powers were likewise shared with Iida, who also voted for Venusaur's various status-inflicting abilities and long-ranged weaponry, Amajiki, who liked Venusaur's Vine Whips and underdog status among the Starters, and Kinoko, who voted on the most plant-like of Starters, always imagining the plant growing on its back like a giant mushroom, like Paras and Parasect, though less mind-controlling. Aoyama would also vote for the Seed Pokémon based on its powerful Solar Beam like his own Naval Laser.
Blastoise's most notable voters included the hardhead duo of Kirishima and Tetsutetsu, the two obviously voting for one of their favorite Starters with impressive defenses and hardening capabilities. Yaoyorozu would also be found voting for the Shellfish Pokémon based on its defenses, small, yet effective moves, and not at all because she liked the cannons on its shell-like Kyoka and, surprisingly-or maybe not given his aphrodisiac side-effected state-Midoriya teased her about. Mirio and All Might would vote for the constantly improving Pokémon with the effective blend of long-range power and defense, Koda, mostly on how fond he was of the Starter most resembling an actual animal species, sans the water cannons, and Kouta, who liked Blastoise's looks and waterpower.
Charizard, unsurprisingly, had a lot of voters, the most notable of which included Bakugou and Kaminari, the two avid fanboys of the fierce, draconic Pokémon, the former especially because of its firepower and speedy attacker status. Speaking of fire, Todoroki and Endeavor would also vote for the Flame Pokémon, mostly on the fireside for the elder Todoroki and the younger more on the speed and various offensive moves. Nejire, Miruko, and Ryukyu all also voted for the dragon-like Fire/Flying Type, Hado for its fast speed and projectile firepower, Miruko also on the speed stats and attacks stats, and Ryukyu because, as Miruko said, it was fiery Dragon, and one she still remembers fondly picking in her first game.
Finally, with all the voting over, and some actual monetary bets among the students settled discreetly, Mei unpaused the video and the Death Battle soon began to play.
The video began playing in a forest clearing, a wild Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander all sitting around happily, while the Pokémon center music played in the background.
"Ah." Uraraka pleasantly sighed. "I always liked hearing that theme in the games."
"It is quite soothing." Melissa agreed with Uraraka.
Suddenly, a claw-like machine appeared out of nowhere above the Starters. In a flash, it opened up and dropped down a massive number of Rare Candies, covering up the three Starter Pokémon.
"Well, that was random." Setsuna blinked, surprised.
"What are those blue candies supposed to do?" Momo asked.
"They're Rare Candies," Izuku answered. "They are special blue treats that when you give them to one of your Pokémon, it will evolve by 1 level. They must be eating the Rare Candies so they can both evolve into their final stages and reach the max level of 100."
"And, theoretically, if all three of them are at Level 1, then there must be at least 300 Rare Candies in that pile." Ectoplasm calculated the number of candies.
For a brief moment, nothing transpired, until sudden bright lights start emanating from the pile of level-increasing sweets. Eventually, an explosion of light occurred, knocking away all the leftover Rare Candies or empty wrappings. The light faded to reveal the three new, fully evolved, maxed out, final stages of the three starters: Venusaur, Blastoise, and Charizard.
"Oh boy, here we go!" Kirishima rubbed his hands together, practically unable to contain his excitement.
FIGHT!
Immediately, Charizard leaped straight up into the air. After an aerial donut, the Flame Pokémon turned around and charged at Blastoise at high speeds, hitting through the turtle with Slash, blood sprouting out while Blastoise gritted its teeth in pain.
"Just like they said, Charizard is very aggressive and fast, so it makes sense that it would make the first move," Ryukyu noted.
"Starting strong and against its biggest threat. Now, that's what I'm talking about!" Miruko grinned, approving of Charizard's decision.
Blastoise made a short jump before tucking its head and appendages into its shell, using Withdraw, followed up with Iron Defense, evidenced by the brief metallic scaled design around the shell, an overhead indicator showing its Defenses were raised.
"And Blastoise is immediately going on the defensive on Charizard targeting it, using two Defense raising moves back-to-back." Fat Gum nodded.
Charizard came back, trying to attack Blastoise again, but bounced feebly off the hardened shell. It tried to attack again with several repeated Slashes and strikes and even a Flamethrower, all to no effect.
"With Blastoise's raised defenses by two stages, then Charizard's Physical Slashes wouldn't do much damage." Izuku began analyzing the fight. "And even if uses Flamethrower, which has both a STAB boost for the Fire Type move and because its Special Attack is higher, it wouldn't hurt Blastoise much at all because it's a Water Type."
"And Charizard is putting so much focus on Blastoise that Venusaur is just standing there doing nothing." Mirio chuckled.
"Well, that is a good thing," Ibara commented. "If Charizard and Blastoise keep their fight to each other then whoever comes out the victor could be defeated by a fully intact Venusaur."
Venusaur then decided to join the fray, attacking both Pokémon with Razor Leaf. The leaves almost bounced harmlessly off Blastoise's shell, but the flinching Charizard evidently took some damage.
"Had to jinx us, huh Shio?" Setsuna raised an eyebrow towards her sweat-dropping friend.
"At least, it doesn't do much to Charizard because it's both Fire and Flying Type, both of which resist Grass Type moves." Nejire pointed out.
"And Blastoise's raised defenses again help well, because those Razor Leaves would have been super effective against him." Kirishima smiled.
Momentarily, ignoring the plant dinosaur, Charizard picked up Blastoise, and flew into the air with it, before proceeding to throw the Water-type to the ground. Blastoise sailed through the air, using Rapid Spin, as well, and struck Venusaur, hitting him head-on.
"Would that count as a Seismic Toss?" Kaminari asked.
"Normally, Charizards don't learn Seismic Toss in games, though Ash's Charizard did learn it in the anime," Koda answered.
Bouncing and jumping away from the Seed Pokémon, Blastoise finally came out of its shell, attacking Venusaur again with a Skull Bash, knocking the plant dinosaur back a bit.
Charizard roared as its body was engulfed in the flames of Flare Blitz, rushing towards Blastoise. The Shellfish Pokémon easily caught the flying lizard's attack, the two now locked in an even power struggle.
"You idiot flying Salamander!" Bakugou roared his displeasure. "Don't hit him! Hit the walking tree!"
"Are you really that desperate for your fighter to cook Midoriya's?" Sero asked.
"Zip it, Tape Arms!" Bakugou yelled back in reply. "It's obvious that Charizard should have it Venusaur with Flare Blitz because of Blastoise's defenses against it. Flare Blitz is a physical Fire Type move that would have already done jack shit on a Water Type like Blastoise, but its raised defenses make its high damage just pathetic. And it does recoil damage, so it hurt itself more than Blastoise."
"Plus, that Fire Type move would have done crazy damage on Venusaur because of its Grass Typing." Kirishima pointed out, as well.
Behind them, Venusaur glowed yellow, using Synthesis to heal himself. Then, glowing yellow again, it unleashed an enveloping field of pinkish spores all over the field, Sweet Scent, indicating lowering its opponent's evasion by an overhead indicator highlighting its increased accuracy.
"Smart." Aizawa nodded. "While the two struggle against each other and keep their attention on themselves, Venusaur took the opportunity to health back up its lost health from Blastoise and Charizard's attacks and lower the evasion of the two, making Venusaur's attacks more likely to hit."
Charizard and Blastoise stop their battle, questioning marks over their heads to non-verbally wonder what was happening. Venusaur then exploded out purple powder all across them. Resisting, Charizard quickly flew up to avoid the powder just before it took complete effect, and Blastoise retreated back into its shell, using a second Iron Defense before succumbing to the effects of the powder and falling asleep.
"So, that must have been the move Sleep Powder, and because it had low accuracy, it used Sweet Scent before so it could have mitigated that low accuracy." Iida began deducing. "But with Charizard's speed, it was still able to fly away before it could work, but Blastoise couldn't, so it instead pulled out a final Iron Defense to raise its defenses while asleep. Have I gotten that correctly?"
"Yes, you did, Iida!" Uraraka cheerfully patted one of her best friends. "You're learning!"
"Indeed, you are. Very impressive deduction skills on a subject that you are only just learning, Mr. Iida." Nezu clapped his paws for the youngest son of the Iida family. "If this were a graded assignment, I would give you full marks."
Iida was taken aback by the sudden praise but steeled himself and bowed. "Thank you, sir!" Iida whimpered out, trying and failing to keep the pride and accomplishment out of his tone.
Venusaur targeted the fleeing Charizard, tossing out a Vine Whip to catch the large lizard by the tail and hold him still. Venusaur began to glow yellow, rays of sunshine gathering into it as it hummed with power.
"It's using Solar Beam!" Aoyama declared, shining particularly brighter.
With a mighty roar, the Fire/Flying Pokémon escaped from the Vine Whip's grasp, but instead of fleeing, it began flying straight for Venusaur.
"No, no, no! Get away from it! Shoo! Shoo!" Kaminari panicked.
"Charizard is far too stubborn a warrior to flee from a straight fight with Venusaur," Tokoyami said. "It would prefer to fight against Venusaur's attack head-on rather than flee to safety."
But before it could get to the Grass/Poison Type, Venusaur finished charging and fired the Solar Beam at Charizard, who quickly retaliated with a powerful Flamethrower. The two attacks collided, both equally powerful, and Charizard advanced slowly toward the beam struggle.
The attacks continued to go on for a short bit, but suddenly, the attacks created a huge explosion, engulfing the screen in white light, before fading to black.
"Wait, what just happened?" Mina lowered her arms from covering her eyes, now staring at a black screen. "Is that it?"
"Doubtful." Kyoka rubbed her eyes from the bright light. "I think it's just about to get very interesting."
Soon enough, color returned to the screen, now showing the environment as a complete, scorched wasteland.
"Well...that forest has gone bye-bye." Setsuna stared blankly at the results of the attacks.
"How dare that flying lizard eviscerated such a beautiful, lush, and plentiful forest!" Ibara raged vehemently.
"Huh?! How is this Charizard's fault?!" Bakugou roared back, a comical tick mark over his head. "If anything, it's that walking tree frog that went Scorched Earth on that forest!"
"How dare you?! That non-dragon Salamander was clearly at fault!" Ibara gained her own angry tick marks over her head and glowing red eyes. "The explosion clearly occurred because it inched closer and built up the energy to explode!"
"What kind of dumbass logic is that?!" Bakugou raged back as vehemently. "That explosion was clearly because stored energy from the Sun met with dragon fire!"
"That wasn't even actual dragon fire! It was just regular Pokémon fire, you Barking Pomeranian!" Ibara barked out.
"The Hell you call me, you Holy Chia Pet!" Bakugou roared back.
The two growled at each other like a pair of dogs, before they were suddenly wrapped in a gray scarf. "Enough, the both of you," Aizawa growled out himself, his tone and glowing eyes cutting off the two's growling and subconsciously activating Quirks.
Now out of their rage, the two realized that their faces were in fact practically inches from each other, unknowingly walking closer together in their rants. The sudden approximation to each other had to the taken back and blushing.
"I already warned you before about antagonizing other students, Bakugou." Aizawa reminded the ash-blonde teen. "Detention. I will see to the specifics tomorrow. Shiozaki, I will let Vlad deal with you."
Aizawa released them, both of them walking silently back to their seats. Bakugou ignored the stares of his classmates, especially the teasing grins of Mina, likely Hagakure, Kirishima, and Kaminari. As he sat down, ignoring them, hand over his mouth, he fought to keep down the blush he tried to cover, though with one thought in his head: 'Did she always smell so nice?' Bakugou wondered, the scent of her hair, like that of a fresh, aroma-filled flower.
Meanwhile, with Shiozaki, she was in a similar state, ignoring the teasing stare of Setsuna and the angry, chastising words of Vlad King, focusing on a thought that repeated like a track in her mind: 'Were his eyes always that beautiful?' Shiozaki pondered, thinking about his ruby red eyes, so deep and thick like blood-made flesh.
Venusaur stood in the middle of the wasteland, surrounded by dust, making it hard for the Grass Starter to see. Venusaur looked around to see where its opponents have gone. Suddenly, it made out a vague shape before, out of the dust, Charizard flew right towards it, its wing glowing white from Wing Attack.
The Wing Attack struck straight, true, and through Venusaur's flower-like appendage, the flower sliced off as the Seed Pokémon roared in pain.
Screams and yelps of surprise and horror came out of the students at the sudden gruesome sight.
"Yeah...that's not what happens in Pokémon," Kinoko muttered weakly, already knowing just what was going to happen.
Charizard retreated back after completely cutting through the Seed Pokémon's flower. Flames gathered in its jaw before firing a Flame Burst. It exploded onto its target, surrounding Venusaur in a field of flames. The plant monster roars as it tried and failed twice to escape the flames letting out a final roar into the air before ultimately perishing.
Groans and sighs of defeat and disappointment were shared among the Venusaur voters while most of the Charizard voters cheered in victory.
"I feel like something is missing, but I can't quite put my finger on it," Kaminari muttered.
"I think it's because we don't have Bakugou bragging on Midoriya." Mineta pointed, seeing a disappointed Midoriya getting patted by Melissa, Momo, and Eri while Bakugou was still staring off into space.
"Hey guys, it's not over yet," Kirishima called out to the rest of the group. "There are still two fighters left."
"Oh yeah, we haven't seen Blastoise after it was put to sleep." Tetsutetsu perked up, hopeful his fighter was still okay.
"Maybe it was destroyed in that explosion?" Bondo proposed the possibility.
"Unlikely, given that both Venusaur and Charizard, who were at the epicenter of the blast, survived." Kuroiro pointed out.
"And it raised its defenses before it went to sleep so he could have easily escaped the explosion unfazed." Manga jumped in, his text bubble face bearing the kanji for both Defense and Explosion.
The scene switched over to Blastoise, still tucked and sleeping in his shell, as Venusaur's ripped-off flowers rolled by like a tumbleweed.
"Oh, come on, you didn't have to show that!" Setsuna whined at seeing a reminder of Venusaur's defeat.
"You think that's going to become a Bramblin or Brambleghast?" Itsuka asked Reiko. "I remember those Pokémon coming to be as souls unable to move on tumbling around in dried grass like that."
"Perhaps," Reiko answered, pleasantly surprised at Itsuka's knowledge of Ghost Type Pokémon, a Type that she always preferred. "If the definition of soul qualified to both human and Pokémon."
As the flower rolled offscreen, some dust/smoke went into the tortoise-like Pokémon's shell. Wheezing for a bit, the Shellfish Pokémon sneezed itself awake.
"And we're back, baby!" Mirio cheered. "I'm sure Blastoise will be Achoo in for the win!"
Silence was met by that pun, though a slight snicker broke through. Mirio perked up at hearing the slight sound of laughter and grinned brightly, immediately writing down that joke and execution in his notebook from Midoriya.
Upon waking up, Blastoise looked at his remaining adversary, Charizard, on the other side of the wasteland. The screen started flashing, black squares coming out and covering the screen before a Pokéball came down and toward the audience. It went away and showed the two Pokémon standing across from each other, facing off.
"Oh, that's cool!" Sato chuckled. "It's like how you encounter wild Pokémon in the game before you battle in the older games."
The final Pokémon battle started off with Blastoise firing a burst of water into the air. Storm clouds began to gather and rain soon fell upon the field.
"Rain Dance." Momo guessed correctly. "With it being just the two of them, Blastoise must have used it to give itself an advantage over Charizard."
"Not only will Charizard's fire Type attacks be weaker whilst Blastoise's Water Type one become stronger, but the more the rain grows heavier and in contact with it, Charizard's tail flame runs the risk of getting to put out, thus killing it." Jurota pointed out.
As the rain came down, the two Pokémon simply stood there, waiting. Then a crash of lightning struck in the middle of the field and the two roar and commence their final fight. Charizard charged quickly, striking multiple Slashes as it scratched Blastoise's shell, but the tortoise with cannons countered, dodging the last Slash aimed for its head and leaving the Fire/Flying Type vulnerable. The Pure Water Type chomped down with Bite on Charizard's neck, the Fire-type bleeding and roaring in agony.
"Oooh! That's gotta sting." Awase rubbed his neck.
"Charizard was pretty quick with those Slashes because of its Speed, but they didn't do much because of Blastoise's defenses." Sen commentated.
"Meanwhile, Blastoise's own Bite did a lot of damage because of Charizard's feeble defenses by comparison," Monoma added. "And if this Blastoise does possess the Rain Dish ability, it is likely healing progressively because of the rain."
Flames spewed out of Charizard's mouth and onto the field, surrounding the two in Fire Spin.
"And now with Fire Spin, it is trying to whittle Blastoise's health, or cancel the Rain Dish ability by constant damage over constant health." Yui pointed out.
Grabbing onto Charizard's wings, Blastoise reared its head back and struck the Fire Starter with Skull Bash, blood sprouting out from the impact. Charizard quickly retaliated by chomping on Blastoise's head multiple times, causing the Water Starter to bleed heavily just above his left eye.
"Jesus Christ!" Kaminari cursed, hands over his eyes at the scene. "Pokémon battles were never this gruesome!"
"Because it's a children's game in our eyes or this universe," Shoji replied. "But given the more gruesome backstory in some of their Pokedex entries and reality, this is likely possible.
As the screen was going white as Charizard kept chomping on its head, Blastoise suddenly let out a roar and, with all his strength, ripped Charizard's wings off.
"NO!/YES!" The Charizard and Blastoise voters exclaimed in unison.
The two were launched backward from the force, Blastoise landing away with a closed eye covered in blood. As the two Pokémon got up from their injuries, Blastoise rushed up and attacked, grabbing the Flame Pokémon by his throat. Charizard tried to charge up Flamethrower, but Blastoise used both hands to grip Charizard's neck, causing the choking Pokémon to cease the attack.
"Oh, no, no, no, no, No!" Kaminari repeatedly shook his head.
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, Yes!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu repeatedly nodded.
Blastoise bent over, aiming his cannons towards Charizards mouth, and began shooting Hydro Pump directly into Charizard's mouth. Charizard's body began to distend due to his belly, full of rapidly-filling water.
"Okay." Nejire gulped, face turning green. "I think I'm going to be sick!"
Izuku and Mirio clasped their hands over Eri's and Kouta's eyes, despite their protest.
With a roar, Blastoise let go of Charizard and launched the Fire Starter into the air. Blastoise continued to accurately shoot water into his midair opponent's mouth, Charizard's body flying off into the distance before exploding in guts, blood, and water.
The Rain Dance soon ended and the Fire Spin extinguished. Blastoise yelled out a triumphant roar at his victory.
K.O.!
The victorious Blastoise proceeds to eat the remains of Venusaur's flower while Charizard's remains are shown on the ground, all covered in blood as the flame on its tail goes out.
And just as Charizard could not handle the water and exploded, the students could not hold in their stomachs and let out another round of barf into new barf bags.
"CHARIZARD! Noooo!" Boomstick cried out in despair. "Oh, and Froggy-Plant-whatever-asaur."
"I guess that flower isn't going to be a Bramblin, or Brambleghast, huh?" A still queasy Itsuka tried to provide levity as she saw Blastoise snacking on Venusaur's flower.
"I appreciate the sentiment but please silence," Reiko replied, even her queasy from the bloody death of the Charizard.
"Charizard's greater speed allowed first attack, and its proud warrior mentality led to striking Blastoise first." Wiz began explaining.
"But Venusaur knew he had to take Charizard down right away, so everyone's favorite fire lizard was doomed, taking too much damage early on from two different angles," Boomstick admitted. "Hell, even from itself with self-damaging moves like Flare Blitz."
"True." Momo gulped down the last of her queasiness. "If it had handled Venusaur first, then it might have stood a better chance against Blastoise later on."
"But Blastoise could have maxed its own Defensive Stats if those two would have fought instead which would have screwed Charizard over a lot." Kyoka jumped in.
"But poor Venusaur didn't stand a chance against Charizard's dual typing, and the bulky defense of Blastoise was more than enough to outlast both of them." Wiz detailed. "Also, since Charizard and Venusaur do not naturally learn Sunny Day, they could not counter the Rain Dance, leading to Blastoise's Water-Type moves having greater power while lowering Charizard's Fire-Type ones."
"And without Sunny Day, Venusaur couldn't power up Solar Beam faster than it could, and it would have increased Charizard's Fire Type moves regardless," Izuku mentioned.
"Plus, if it had Solar Power, Charizard's Hidden Ability, it would have boosted Charizard's Special Attack even more, but at the price of damage over time, which would have been a major risk." Shinsou also mentioned.
"'But Wizard shouldn't they all just counter each other'?!" Boomstick imitated an annoying fanboy, with the sentence, tagged as an 'Inevitable YouTube Comment', with a dunce-looking Venusaur for added measure.
"Ah, yes, the 'rock-paper-scissors' factor is a bit tricky; grass beats water, water beats fire, fire beats grass," Wiz admitted, showing the Type triangle of the three countering each other. "But ultimately, the core of any Pokémon battle boils down to mathematics."
"If that's the case, then both Mina and Kaminari must suck at Pokémon." Kyoka snickered.
"Hey!" Kaminari yelled, offended.
"It's true." Mina sighed, comically dejected.
"Every attack does a specific amount of damage, with specific effects to specific types with a specific accuracy." Wiz pointed out, showing for example all the numbers and percentages involved in Flamethrower, from its base power, accuracy, STAB, alternate, super, and non-effects.
The teachers tried to hide their snickers when they saw Ectoplasm, the Math Teacher among them, perk up proudly at his subject's relevancy and importance.
"And each Pokémon's stats are clearly displayed in the good ol' Pokedex." Boomstick jumped in.
"So, by comparing every move, effect, choice, order, and likeliness of occurrence, there are over 7,000 possible ways this battle royale could play out," Wiz revealed. "And out of all potential matches, Blastoise wins the majority."
"Wow, 17%?" Setsuna was surprised at how few outcomes Venusaur had to win over the others.
"We didn't even stand a chance." Kinoko bemoaned.
"Urgh, so close!' Kaminari groaned in disappointment. Noticing Bakugou was still not paying attention, Kaminari went up to Bakugou's ear and yelled, "Hey Kacchan, I'm peeing in your soda!"
"The Hell You Will You-" Bakugou blinked away from his momentary blind rage and noticed Kaminari pointing at the screen. He quickly realized what had happened. "FUCK!"
"Even when removing type effectiveness entirely, and pitting attack and special attack against defense and special defense, factoring against health and speed, the turtle tank still takes it." Boomstick agreed, showing the Stat comparisons between Charizard and Blastoise, with Blastoise having greater Attack, Defense, and HP, the first two by a large margin, while Charizard only had better Speed, Special Attack, and Special Defense, the latter two only by a little.
Izuku sighed, disappointed, but wrote down the results all the same, to make sure not to make the same mistake again.
"Blastoise H2-Owned!" Boomstick punned.
"The winner is Blastoise!" Wiz announced.
Claps of respect and victory sounded off, with Kaminari mournfully saying farewell to his last pocket money to Kirishima.
Setsuna had managed to snap Ibara out of her similar state to Bakugou and explained to her what had happened. Needless to say, Ibara was very much dejected, both at the outcome of the fight and for possibly giving Shiozaki the perfect ammunition to hold over her head for likely forever.
"Next Time on Death Battle." Boomstick began the announcement for the next fight.
The screen went dark, only for the sounds of robotic noises to come alive. The glowing blue, menacing, robotic eyes shined out of the darkness, flanked on either side by red lightsaber-like blades.
The screen went dark again only for a second before more robotic noises sounded before it gained color to show a large, plume-headed robot, with laser-looking blades on its arms. Red energy glowed brighter and brighter in its chest before it lashed its arms back and chest out, firing off a massive stream of red energy.
Fulgore vs Sektor!
"Wait, is it another robo-battle?" Sen asked.
"Pretty much," Rin said. "And I think I know what's about to happen."
As predicted, Izuku and Melissa had to restrain Mei into her seat, this time with Izuku trading seats with Iida to keep his hold on Black Whip over her from being a discomfort for the others. Eri was allowed to sit on Uraraka's lap, an adjustment Eri was at first against, simply because she wanted to stay by her Papa, but with reassurances from him that it would likely be for one video, to not hurt Uraraka's feelings, and the promise of candy apples, Eri agreed and sat on Uraraka's lap, much to the gravity girl's delight.
Remote now in his hands because of Mei's bindings, Izuku looked to Nezu's approval for the next fight. Upon receiving it, Izuku pressed a button, and the next video began to play.
Notes:
AAAAANNNNNNDDDD SCENE HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYBODY! In honor of this holiday, and to distract myself from my crippling loneliness, I managed to finish this battle and deliver it to you, my loyal fans, and readers as a Valentine's Day present.
And because of Valentine's Day, we even had sparks beginning to between Shiozaki and Bakugou perhaps, and assured sparks flying between Izuku and the other girls. Though I do apologize if it was getting too repetitive of Yaoyorozu, Iida, and Todoroki to be asking about Pokémon stuff.
And to make things clear, my reasoning for having so much Venusaur love in this chapter was not because of personal bias, as my starter of choice was Charizard. Also, I did not mean to start a flame war about which is the better Starter of three nor that choosing one over the others was wrong, in fact, I had based this information on the Bulbasaur line being the 'Best' Starter to pick, for gameplay reasons on MandJTV's YouTube video on what Starter is the Best one to pick for each generation and Bulbasaur was the one Mickey felt was the best, to which I agreed on basis of early Gyms and Type matchups.
As for the counterparts, or rather lack thereof, in layman's terms: This is the same as Terminator having no counterparts, the Pokémon fighting were not a specific member of their species that would warrant a counterpart, like how Pikachu got a counterpart in Kaminari because it was stated as Ash's Pikachu, not a random one. And so, because neither of the three met those criteria they did not get counterparts.
Though this fight did have a return to the multiple fighters to root for and spare me from coming up with 13 people to root for all three fighters, I shortened it to lucky number 7. And hey, to those disappointed in there not being any counterparts, most of the characters I mentioned rooting for the Starters were actually possible counterpart options that I had swimming in my mind. The green aesthetic and underdog status fit well with Midoriya, the Grass Type association pairs nicely with Shiozaki and Kinoko, its dinosaur appearance, green coloring, and regenerative capabilities made sense for Setsuna, Aoyama's Naval Laser was similar to Venusaur's Solar Beam, and Venusaur's Vine Whips and adaptability paired well with Amajiki if you compare the Vine Whips to Amajiki's manifested octopus tentacles.
Blastoise's hardened shell and impressive Defenses made Kirishima and Tetsutetsu obvious, the water-shooting cannons fit with Kouta's water-firing Quirk like his parents, its constant training and strengths reflected Mirio, and Yaoyorozu does have a knack for creating cannons. Have a water source next to her and she can make effective water cannons. And finally, Charizard's ferocity, firepower, and aerial speed made it work well with Bakugou, who has a member of its line in my other story, My Hero Pokedamia, its warrior mentality, and speed paired it great with Miruko, its aerial superiority and firepower matched well with Nejire, the Todoroki's rooting for a Fire Type makes sense, and as stated, the draconic looking Fire Type fit well with Ryukyu, the Dragoon Hero. Hell, you can even compare Ryukyu not breathing fire like an actual dragon to Charizard looking like a Dragon but not being Dragon Type, at least outside of Mega Charizard X.
Well, with all that said, I think my work here is done. Hoped you guys liked the chapter, make sure to check out my other stories here and on FFN, comment your thoughts and whatever other future counterpart predictions may come in the comments below, and make sure to stay safe and healthy, and sane.
In the meantime, Your Eyeballs are Mine-caught in my fanfiction writing! Whosawhatsit? Io-I mean Zayden StormVoid, Multiverse Watcher and Fanfic Writer Extraordinaire! Catch y'all later!
Chapter 35: Fulgore vs Sektor
Summary:
The group watches a pair of Killer cyborgs duke it out in the ring, but which one will be the top Kombatant?
Notes:
WELCOME, GOOD EVENING, ALOHA, AND GREETINGS! ZAYDEN STORMVOID HERE WITH ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE!
Apologies for the long absence but I was busy with the other stories, binging Pokémon Violet and getting a lot of shinys lately, a spring break vacation to Orlando, and bla bla bla. Also, I watched Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, going with low expectations because of recent MCU movies, and getting pleasantly surprised when the movie was actually rather good.
Last time, we had the Pokémon Battle Royal with more of the pocket monster battling game and info being taught to the limited-gaming students, sparks flew in Bakugou's and Ibara's face-off, Mineta's suspicions of the Sisterhood harem of Midoriya grow, Momo becomes infected with the Mutterings by Midoriya and said Green Bean continues to be an accidental flirt. Favoritisms and biases dragged the group along to the Pokémon battle royal, with Charizard stans bitter and Venusaur stans disappointed.
Now, we move on to the cyborg throwdown with Fulgore and Sektor, the 9th fight of this day for the U.A. group. Afterward, the tenth fight with Godzilla vs Gojira will be the next chapter, and then an interlude break chapter for plot purposes after that.
But first, the Index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wizard or Mental Flashback Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick, All Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden." -Combatant, Fight, and Device Dialogue
And finally, I do not own My Hero Academia, which is the property of Horikoshi and adapted by Bones Studios, and I do not own Death Battle, which belongs to the YouTube channel by the same name, Roosterteeth, and the associated franchises of past, present, and future chapters belong in the hands of their respective owners, like Mortal Kombat with NetherRealm Studios.
Now Enough Talk! It's Time for a DEATH BATTTTLLLLLLEEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
With the new seating arrangements settled, mostly so Midoriya could keep Mei tethered to her seat and away from the device, Izuku pressed the button on the remote, playing the next Death Battle.
"Cyborgs," Boomstick began, dramatically. "Are fucking badass!"
"Cool, it's another robot fight," Kaminari grinned, excited.
"Though, in contrast to Terminator vs RoboCop, this seems to only have cyborgs instead of cyborgs vs androids," Melissa deduced.
"As someone with my own cybernetic arm that suffers constant glitches, I have to agree!" Wiz admitted/revealed. "Cyborgs are awesome!"
"Wait, Wizard has a robot arm?" Uraraka tilted her head in question.
"Nice to see that we are getting more information about the makers of the device and these videos," Thirteen commented. "Though, I wonder why he had to get a robotic arm in the first place?"
"I'm guessing with his profession as a scientist, of sorts, and his workings with the multidimensional technology that an accident saw to the loss of his arm and a prosthetic one in its place," Cementoss suggested.
"Like Fulgore, the metal monster of Killer Instinct." Boomstick introduced the first fighter.
"And Sektor, the ninja cyborg from Mortal Kombat." Wiz introduced the latter.
"That's another fighter for both the Mortal Kombat world and this Killer Instinct World," Iida made note of. "Midoriya, how many is that?"
"For the Mortal Kombat World, that appears to be 4," Izuku reviewed his notes on Shang Tsung, Raiden, and Shao Kahn before looking over the Killer Instinct reps. "And for Killer Instinct world, if Riptor is part of that world like Koda pointed out in Orchid's fight, this is the 3rd one."
"Totally should've been Cyrax," Boomstick muttered, showing a yellow and silver version of the Mortal Kombat cyborg fighter.
"THERE'S MORE?!" Mei exclaimed, once more trying to reach the device and hound it for more information, only to get reeled back in by Midoriya.
"Huh, there's another cyborg guy that looks just like Sektor," Sato pointed out. "I guess he's Cyrax?"
"So, Boomstick wanted Cyrax to fight instead," Ojiro muttered scratching his chin. "Could Cyrax perhaps have more in common with Fulgore than Sektor?"
"I guess we will see," Todoroki shrugged.
The sounds of gears and mechanics swerving sounded before a smack was sounded. "Ahh! What the hell?!" Boomstick exclaimed in pain.
"Oh, sorry, arm's glitching up again," Wiz, sarcastically, apologized.
"When you least expect it, Wiz," Boomstick warned. "When you least expect it."
Chuckles and giggles were shared at the hilarity of Wiz's and Boomstick's bromance.
"I'm Wizard and he's Boomstick, and it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle." Wiz finished the intro.
The first fighter looked way more like a standard robot than a half-human, half-robot. Multiple versions of the fighter were shown, some more advance and robotic, others more streamlined like a suit of armor, yet there were some major constants between designs. Standing ginormous and menacingly, the robotic menace had a large bulk for its upper torso with a skinnier waist. Its arms were bulky and large, with two blades of laser-like plasma shooting out from each forearm, the blades curved and ending just in front of its knuckles, the design resembling the bladed gauntlets of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles villain: The Shredder. Its legs and feet were likewise robotic, and its head was perhaps one of its more menacing features, showcasing large, menacing, glowing red eyes, no visible mouth in what looked like a mouth guard, with tubes sticking out from the back of its head to the sides of its jawline like a respirator. The strangest design was the hair, or something similar in appearance to hair, shooting out the back of its head in a plume, like a knight's helmet.
Fulgore
"In the dystopian world of Killer Instinct, there are no governments, no courts, no nations," Wiz began, ominously. "There is only the megacorporation that controls the Earth."
"Wal-Mar-ahem-UltraTech!" Boomstick corrected, replacing the Walmart logo on a regular office building with an UltraTech logo.
"Just like Orchid's video said," Melissa nodded, confirming that thus exist in the same world as the Disavowed assassin and Riptor. "Still, it sounds almost ludicrous that a corporation could suddenly take control of the entire world."
"Not to sound like a conspiracy theorist, it isn't exactly farfetched," Yaoyorozu replied. "While not a singular corporation per se, lots of companies and conglomerates have a hold over most of our everyday appliances and necessities. Computers, food, transportation, and news outlets. It wouldn't be hard to hold our very way of life at ransom if they wanted to."
"You're saying that this UltraTech bribed or hoisted control of the world from the governments but withholding and controlling at that stuff?" Ojiro asked, disturbed at the notion of such a possibility occurring.
"All I'm saying is that it is a grim possibility should everything fall under the singular umbrella of one company with the means and motive for such ambition," Momo replied.
Nezu frowned, not at Yaoyorozu's way of thinking, but at how such a dystopian world could be seen as a possibility. He thought of the company Detnerat, and its various companies and subsidiaries in its association like Feel Good, Inc., and how the company's rather suspicious encroaching grasp over a multitude of Japanese businesses of importance, such as news stations, publications, appliances, and even support items.
"To tighten his iron grip even further, UltraTech's chairman plotted to build an army of cybernetic enforcers," Wiz revealed. "Thus, he created the deadly sadistic prototype known as Fulgore."
Scenes of Fulgore wreaking havoc on various fighters played, showcasing its startling speed and ferocity in combat and weaponry.
"Jesus," Kaminari muttered, startled. "That thing is vicious."
"So, they basically created their own army of Terminators," David frowned.
"Fulgore," Boomstick said the name aloud and whimsically. "Now, there's a name that will strike fear into your enemies. Just saying it gives me chills."
BACKGROUND
Height: 1.96 m / 6'5"
Weight: 249.5 kg / 550 lbs
Manufacturer: UltraTech
Cyber-Soldier prototype
Artificial intelligence based on KI champion Black Eagle
Primary Mission: Kill Jago & conquer the world (Observant viewers blinked at the mention of Izuku's K.I. counterpart)
"Standing 6'5" with over five hundred pounds of reinforced steel, Fulgore is a brutal killing machine, all while rocking a stylish ponytail," Boomstick fully introduced UltraTech's mechanical butcher. "Steven Seagal would be proud."
"Actually, to dupe people into trusting their cyborgs, UltraTech cleverly designed Fulgore to look the part of an honorable knight, helmet plume included," Wiz pointed out, showing the cyber-soldier standing next to an image of a medieval knight.
"Whilst deceiving, appearances are an important factor in the eyes of the public," Edgeshot sagely informed the students. "Often, the more chivalrous and safer an image one bears, the more trust one may coerce from the public at large."
Nezu scoffed, easily applying this sentiment to the HPSC and their campaigns and means to appear competent and working with the public's interest. The reality of their censorship of violence against those with metamorphic Quirk and the Quirkless and the disguising of Hero misconduct was now compounded by Nezu's ever-growing suspicions about what they did with Lady Nagant.
"However, that also ends up being harmful toward those with metamorphic Quirks," Ryukyu closed her eyes, frowning in displeasure at the biases and bigotry of people based solely on appearances.
Those of the group with said metamorphic-based or causing Quirks nodded and frowned at the unfortunate fact, like Miruko, who gritted her teeth at the uncountable number of idiots that look at her bunny attributes and think she is some sex-crazed whore or an easy lay.
One of Shoji's hands drifted up to the face mask that he wears to make the people around him more comfortable and less intimidated by him, like that girl he saved from the river.
"Call it what you want, Wiz, that's a ponytail," Boomstick stood firm on his opinion.
"Before testing the prototype even began, UltraTech had sold over fifteen million Fulgore units worldwide, and if RoboCop's ED-209 has taught us anything, that's a bad idea," Wiz revealed an image of the large robotic drone firing a barrage of bullets into one unfortunate guy.
Eri and Kouta barely squeaked in surprise before their eyes were covered by Uraraka and Mirio.
"Those drones look like the same ones that RoboCop fought during his analysis portion of his video," Power Loader analyzed.
"Those greedy idiots," Melissa cursed and shook her head in displeasure. "How can they just sell that many units without first testing, re-testing, and testing a few dozen more times to see if it worked."
"I think you answered your own question when you called them a bunch of greedy idiots," Toru replied.
"Someone finally had the bright idea to see if this thing even worked, and entered Fulgore into UltraTech's annual Killer Instinct tournament," Boomstick said.
"I suppose the best way to test and advertise your invention would be in a worldwide viewed tournament," Izuku shrugged, looking to his side, raising his eyebrow with a smile. "Right, Mei?"
The pink-haired inventor gained a blush that matched her hair at Izuku's teasing look. "I wasn't that bad," Mei made a cute pouting face.
"That bad? You Humiliated Me in Front of the Entire Viewing World with Your 'Babies' for TEN STRAIGHT MINUTES!" Iida snapped at the girl who used his naivety against him and turned the son of the Iida family into a test dummy.
Mei's response was to ignore the boy, whose arm chopping was reaching lightspeed levels, with innocent whistling.
"Sure enough, there was a major problem: Fulgore's mechanical body was so advanced, UltraTech's top scientists could not create an artificial intelligence that could operate it efficiently," Wiz explained.
"Yep, that will do it," Kyoka nodded, snickering.
"Fulgore needed the mind of a true fighting spirit."
"I've got a bad feeling about this," Awase muttered.
"Enter Eagle, the older brother of current K.I. combatant, Chief Thunder," Boomstick introduced the Native American fighter, with his full codename of Black Eagle displayed, and his brother with Native American music in the background.
The American members of the group, Melissa, David, and Pony, perked up at the Native American, especially the horned 1-B student, thinking about her pen pal back in Texas, Yona.
"Eagle had entered a previous K.I. tournament and won," Wiz explained Black Eagle's backstory. "He used his newfound fame to publicly protest the evils of UltraTech. The people rallied. Talk of revolution began to seed."
"Huh, ironic," Sen grinned. "He won a tournament hosted by this evil mega-company to protest the same company that hosted the tournament he got his fame from."
"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade," Awase quoted.
Mineta grinned, drooling at the image of Eagle with that hot chick by his side. His mind started getting daydreams of him standing on a pedestal with the girls slobbering at his feet...before the daydream turned into a nightmare when Midoriya toppled him down, looking like some hardcore angel from Diablo, taking the girls and bringing down his holy sword on him.
Mineta snapped out of his daydream turned nightmare and shivered, a mental note made to perhaps stay away from the girls Izuku was interested in.
"But then some guy at UltraTech, probably the dude who wanted to test Fulgore, was like, 'Hey! Let's kill Eagle, stop his revolution, then rip out his brain and drop it in our robot!'" Boomstick jumped in, showcasing an anonymous figure image detailing the plan in comical steps, from Step 1: Murder, 2: Crush Dreams, 3: Brain Handling, and Step 4: Profit. "Eagle mysteriously disappeared, Fulgore started kicking ass, and that guy probably got a promotion." The anonymous figure image was shown again with money raining down around the image.
"How horrible!" Ibara gasped in horror and disgust at UltraTech's methods.
Iida's fists clenched tightly, glaring at the screen with fury. He imagined himself and Tensei in Thunder and Eagle's positions, with his older brother suddenly taken from him by UltraTech and helpless against a doctor, that resembled Hero Killer Stain, with a knife and his deranged face over his terrified brother.
Iida felt a hand on his shoulder to find it belonged to Todoroki, the Engine Quirk user remembered that he had traded seats with Midoriya for this video. Looking between the two, Midoriya and Todoroki gave looks of sympathy and understanding, realizing the pain and anger Iida felt at the similar circumstances to his own elder brother's maiming by the Hero Killer.
The night of the Hosu Incident came back to him, with being temporarily incapacitated alongside Native by the Hero Killer. The memory of Native likewise in that situation and where he failed to take his life into account, and with how similar Native was to the Native American fighters, it brought back that feeling of failure at being a real Hero, Stain's words taunting him.
Until the memories of Midoriya and Todoroki arriving to save and aid him, their words of encouragement, and their combined victory against the Hero Killer came to the forefront. Smiling at his victory, not just against the Hero Killer, but also the anger and resentment that guided him into that ally. It was thanks to his friends that the Iida that walked out that ally was different, better than the one that went in.
Iida gave the two a smile and nod, the two nodding back in equal care and happiness.
Likewise, the trio of teachers of Eraser, Mic, and Midnight was in a similar struggle at the news of Fulgore's origins, and with a similar scene in their minds like Iida had, but in place of Tensei and Stain, there was instead Shirakumo's bloody corpse defiled and warped into Kurogiri by the shadowy visage of Dr. Garaki. It brought pain, anger, and sadness to the three, but their resolution was yet to come.
"With the implanted mind of Eagle, Fulgore effortlessly smashed through foe after foe," Wiz continued. "However, Eagle still lived somewhere within, constantly fighting to overcome his malicious programming and horribly ironic situation." Wiz's words were given evidenced by Fulgore halting his attack on a downed Orchid and looking existential in his situation.
The three blinked at the sight of Eagle taking over from within Fulgore, the flames of hope burning bright inside them. 'I-If, what the device said is true, and...he really has been turned into Kurogiri...is there a chance that the old Shirakumo is still there, deep down?' Aizawa thought, resolve welling up in his heart.
Izuku frowned at how Fulgore was about to strike at his sister from another world and was relieved that both she was okay and glad to see Eagle fighting through the programming controlling him.
"Fulgore draws from Eagle's traditional Okichitaw fighting style, which crosses judo, Taekwondo, and Hapkido with short-ranged blades," Boomstick explained.
Kamakiri perked up at the fighting style demonstrated, thinking he could benefit from this with his blades. Noticing Midoriya writing down the info in his notebook, the mantis-like teen decided to ask the guy for those notes later.
MOVE SET
Plasma Claw
Plasma Storm
Eye Laser
Reflector
Cyber Dash
Cyber Port
Cloaking Device
Devastation Beam
"Like his quad plasma claws, which can cut through almost any metal with temperatures over 30,000 degrees Fahrenheit," Wiz detailed.
"Great, he's got lightsaber claws," Kaminari threw his hands up.
"Their appearance looks more like the Master Chief's Energy Sword with its twin-bladed, claw aesthetic," Tokoyami gave his two cents, likewise taking special notice of Fulgore's fighting style, wondering if he could replicate it with Dark Shadow's claws over his hands.
"In addition, he's equipped with everything a badass killer cyborg should have," Boomstick jumped in. "Plasma Storm fireballs, a Reflector to bounce back projectiles, a 'Cyber Port', a cloaking device, and laser eyes for flair." With every mention, the move was demonstrated, including the Cyber Port being a teleporter.
"With his speed, strength, and claws, Fulgore obviously would dominate in a close-range scenario, with his Cyber Port and Cloaking Device giving him a level of stealth and surprise attack that would make any powerful attack fail to hit which he could counterattack," Izuku muttered as he wrote down the cyber warrior's move set. "Additionally, the Eye Lasers and Plasma Storm would help him fire back in a long-range combat situation, and the Reflector and Cyber Port to defend against other projectiles, and the latter and the Cloaking Device could help him get in closer to a faraway enemy to continue-"
Izuku was eventually snapped out of it with a pinch and tug on his ear from an invisible hand. "Ah, ah!" Izuku exclaimed in slight pain and surprise.
"Earth to Midori, you were muttering again," Toru said.
"S-Sorry," Izuku stuttered.
"It's fine, Midori," Toru shook off the attempted apology. "It's cute and all, but kinda distracting."
"Not as cute and distracting as you," Izuku muttered, off-handedly.
"S-Say what?!' Toru squeaked, a blush where her cheeks would be.
"Nothing! Nothing at all!" Izuku tried to recover, his own cheeks burning bright. He would have tried to stutter out an excuse when he realized he let go of Black Whip's hold on Mei. He barely managed to re-snag the pink-haired inventor and drag her whiny ass back into her seat.
Meanwhile, Toru was blushing and fidgeting like a nervous wreck from Midoriya's words. 'H-He called me cute and distracting!' She squealed to herself, feeling like she was on cloud nine.
NO MERCIES
Turret Morph
Laser Site
Machine Morph
Terminator
"And when his foe's time grows short, Fulgore uses one of four overwhelming finishers called 'No Mercies,' Wiz added.
Fulgore demonstrated his Turret Morph No Mercy by removing his head and out popped a turret that fired a hail of bullets onto TJ Combo before the boxer fell over dead.
"I don't even-where was he keeping that?!" Boomstick exclaimed. "And how can he even see where he's aiming?"
"That detective is the right question," Kaminari memed. Punishment: earphone jack sound blasts to the ear. Result: comical spasming.
"I guess Fulgore can give quite the Killer look!" Mirio made a pun. Punishment: frying pan to the back of the head. Result: comical fainting.
"When will they learn?" Nejire fondly shook her head, while Eri lightly, and comically, chopped Mirio's slumped-over body.
"Probably never," Kyoka sighed, while Mineta and Sero shook Kaminari awake.
"Fulgore's strength is staggering, but where does all this power come from?" Wiz asked his own question. "Hidden within his armored chassis is-"
"That giant fucking turret somehow!" Boomstick interrupted; the Turret Morph No Mercy was shown again.
"...a nuclear reactor," Wiz continued, unimpeded. "Which powers everything at his disposal."
"Are you telling me that that metal monster is powered by a goddamn nuclear reactor!" Setsuna exclaimed in shock, her eyes comically bulging outward.
"And that if this one Fulgore unit is powered by one, then the others must be powered by similar reactors," Melissa added, likewise in shock.
"Oooh, maybe-"
"ABSOLUTELY NOT!" Both Izuku and Power Loader cut Mei off.
"Okay! Fine!" Mei raised her hands, not far up given her tied-up circumstance. "I was only joking!"
"No, you weren't," Uraraka spoke up, already knowing the eccentric inventor enough to confidently say this.
REACTOR
Power Source
Charges up through:
-Activated Charge
-Auto-triple attack
-Instinct Mode
Full Charge required for Devastation Beam
Full Charge increases speed & power
"Fulgore can manually overclock this reactor, increasing its charge multiple times," Wiz continued, showcasing the reactor gauge going up as Fulgore charged till when it reached the limit the nuclear icon started spinning.
"At max charge, he gains a massive power increase, doubling his speed and allowing him to fire a giant laser of doom: the Devastation Beam," Boomstick revealed.
Fulgore's chest opened up and out from it fired a powerful red laser of destruction at Jago.
Aoyama suddenly felt his Naval Laser outclassed at the sight of such a powerful laser coming from the robot's chest. The rest of the group had their eyes widen to comical proportions.
"With something like that, he's gotta be unstoppable," Boomstick said.
"Try impossible," Fat Gum guffawed. "And I mean this feels like something impossible for us to destroy unless we suddenly want a nuke blowing up."
"And given that it is nuclear powered, a safer approach of shutting it down with an EMP or EMP-like attack would do almost nothing," Ryukyu noted.
"We would have to safely tear the thing apart without damaging the reactor, most likely by tearing apart its limbs and its head, perhaps, unless they are connected vitally to the reactor," Endeavor detailed. "And Quirks that can absorb energy, specifically nuclear energy, are hard to come by to absorbing the nuclear energy from its systems would also be next to impossible."
"Almost, until he met the warrior monk Jago, who literally tore him apart," Wiz revealed.
"Well, I guess dismemberment would be a viable strategy," Snipe chuckled.
"And it was from Jago, Izuku's counterpart," Setsuna pointed out. "Nice job, Green Bean!"
"T-Thanks, Suna, but-"
"If you start denying it and saying it was just Jago, I will literally tie you up and force you to stay in Monoma's room listening to him bitch and moan about your class," Setsuna warned him with a serious look.
Izuku's silent response was to zip his mouth and toss the key, which Setsuna caught and winked at him, the two of them blushing at their act.
Monoma fumed and almost spoke up in his defense. Almost being the keyword, thanks to a quick chop to the neck by Itsuka.
"Despite the dismemberment, UltraTech still had plans for their mechanical butcher," Wiz showed the metal warrior rebuilt. "He was rebuilt, stronger, faster, and reprogrammed with a new mission: Find and kill his rival Jago, a mission Fulgore never completed."
"I guess he could say he was your archnemesis, Deku," Uraraka declared in a dramatic voice.
"Hehe, I guess," Izuku scratched his cheek, all but failing to keep what he felt might be his actual archnemeses, All For One and Shigaraki, from his mind.
FEATS & Faults
+ Defeated T.J. Combo effortlessly
+ Defeated Orchid
+ Mind of a former K.I. champion
- Beaten by Orchid & Jago together
- Has yet to defeat Jago
- Charging reactor severely opens up defenses
"He came so close!" Boomstick exclaimed. "But then the little wuss called in his god-slaying sister, Orchid, and double-teamed him into destruction." This was proven by an image of Jago and Orchid both holding Fulgore's severed head.
"HA! Eat Shit, Deku!" Bakugou taunted, mockingly. "You almost got your ass handed to you by the Tin Man there that you had to have your sister bail you out!"
"Yeah, yeah, I'm assuming you would do better," Izuku rolled his eyes and looked unimpressed at his rival.
"You bet I would!" Bakugou declared.
"Okay, well, since I needed my God-Slaying sister to help me beat Fulgore, tell me what gods have you killed, oh great King Explosion Murder?" Izuku snarked back.
Nothing but garbled noises and dying words came out of Bakugou's mouth, the spiky blonde half got nothing to say and was half surprised that often shy, stuttering Deku could suddenly snark back at him like that.
"DAAAMMMNNN!" Both Mineta and Kaminari exclaimed, which proved to be a mistake as they were now the target of Bakugou's fury.
"Any chances that Deku's bad boy confidence will stay after the aphrodisiac is gone?" Nejire whispered to Uraraka.
"Hopefully," Uraraka whispered back. "It is kinda hot, isn't it?"
"I know!" Nejire whispered back, grin wide and pulling at her shirt's collar in emphasis.
"I'm sure Papa will be more confident for the two of you, Miss Ocha and Auntie Neji," The two looked down at Uraraka's lap, suddenly remembering that Eri was now here. The white-haired girl smiled a bright, shit-eating grin at the two of them. "Papa would do anything for those he likes."
Uraraka and Nejire both started to heat and blush as hot as a nuclear reactor, steam whistling out of their ears. 'D-Deku l-l-likes us?! /Z-Zuzu l-l-likes us?!'
Eri noticed the two's blushes and brought a finger over her cheeky grin. "Shhh. Papa doesn't know it himself, but I can tell," Eri whispered. "I'm rooting for you and the others."
While the two tried and failed to reply to Eri's teasing, Eri wanted to call them 'Mama' but held herself back, deciding to wait till they or Papa made a move. 'Please be soon.' She prayed.
"Still, Fulgore is a monster, annihilating anyone who gets in his way," Boomstick continued. "Well, nearly anyone...bitch." Boomstick cursed at the image of Orchid over a destroyed Fulgore.
Izuku made a huff of indignation at Boomstick calling his other-worldly sister, made held himself back.
Fulgore proceeded to perform a rapid, ferocious 40-hit Ultra Combo on Sabrewulf that consisted of multiple strikes, jabs, and slashes, a blast of the Devastation Beam, and ending in a multi-hit uppercut. "UUULLLTTTRRRAAAAA COMBOOOOOOOO!"
With the devastating ultra combo to end it off, the group was astounded and stricken by Fulgore's monstrous power and strength. The mechanical butcher of UltraTech had obvious negative opinions for his evil, world-conquering purposes, and horrific origins, but glimmers of hope and optimism were sprinkled in at the hope that Eagle was indeed still inside the cyber-warrior and able to be freed from UltraTech's control.
As the video continued, the next fighter shown was presented in both a human form and then as the cyborg that he would eventually become. The flesh-and-blood man held an ugly glare about him, with a perpetually angry, short-bearded face, his black hair pulled back into a ponytail, giving the rest of his head a near-shaved look about him. He wore a black and blood-red outfit that resembled a more modernized ninja-like gear, with grey steel armor on his shoulders, the bicep and deltoid areas of arms bare save for a red strap that covered the other side of his arm in black leather armor, and his wrists covered in red and silver advanced-looking gauntlets that appear to have a hole to fire something out at the end of his knuckles. His legs were covered in red-strapped black tabi footwear with silver armor for kneepads, and a strap of red and black crossed over his torso with a silver medallion, with an intricate symbol, by his pecs. The man also seemed to have what looked like canisters of fuel strapped to his back.
His cyborg form was also one that could barely be distinguished from an actual robot. Donned completely in crimson red armor over black-wired circuitry and metal, his feet shaped like tabi- yet more clear that it was the cyborg's actual new feet rather than an armored boot to wear -his kneepads more armored and jutted out, his shoulders held red and black, triangular pauldrons, his arms being more rectangular and robotic, with the wrist gauntlets being similar to his human form's version, and his torso a crimson red armored, steel-waist chassis. His head was also more like a robot head, with no mouth and instead, a vertical slit-like space where the mouth and chin would be, blue, glowing rectangles for eyes, a silver forehead and top, and his black-haired ponytail replaced with black wires.
Sektor
"Earth was in grave danger," Wiz began. "The interdimensional overlord, Shao Kahn, was one victory away from conquering the human world of Earthrealm."
"In order to stack up with Kahn's invading monsters, the Grandmaster of the Lin Kuei clan of assassins came up with a plan so crazy, it just might work," As Boomstick spoke, the Grandmaster was shown in vibrant red and black robes, sitting on a throne with his fingers pressed together.
"Heh, the way his hands are pressed together," Kosei copied the Grandmaster's hands, rolling his eyes. "Practically looks like one of those cartoon villains about to reveal their master plan. Mwahahaha!" Kosei mockingly laughed in a parody of the standard villain laugh.
"Let's turn all of our ninjas into robots!" Wiz read out the words out of a comical text box from the Grandmaster.
"That guy's my fucking hero," Boomstick declared.
"Wait, so this Sektor isn't just a cyborg, but also a NINJA CYBORG?!" Kaminari practically frothed at the mouth at such an awesome idea.
"I have officially found my favorite thing of all time," Kamakiri declared with a blank, expressionless face.
"I suppose you are happy about this, huh, Edge," Mount Lady teased her teammate.
"While I am glad to see more of those who take up the way of the ninja, their clan is one of assassins, which does not align with my morals and duties as a Hero," Edgeshot replied.
"Thus, the Cyber Initiative was created," Wiz revealed, showing the gruesome scene of a man strapped to a table being dissected and implanted with wires and metal. "The first and only willing member of the Lin Kuei to undergo the mechanization was the Grandmaster's own son, Sektor."
"So, Sektor's also the Grandmaster's son," All Might frowned, feeling distasteful at the notion of turning one's own son into a robot if not to save their life.
"Also, Wizard said that the process had only one Willing member, and that was Sektor," Aizawa's eyes narrowed in anger and disgust. "Meaning that any other member of this Lin Kuei clan that was turned was done so against their will."
Endeavor frowned, finding the act likewise distasteful and shameful, in a way of how very similar he felt he was to the Grandmaster. Memories of both his training sessions with Touya and Shoto came to mind, how he worked them, twisted them, and tried to shape them into his tools to carry on out his goal of surpassing All Might, only for Touya to grow increasingly unstable and burn himself and for Shoto to have his signature scar burned onto him by his unstable wife, raising his hand against the wife he actually cared for, and his son glaring at him with such hate and fury that he led himself down a path of self-destruction that only Midoriya managed to snap him out of.
BACKGROUND
Height: 1.85 m / 6'1"
Weight: 135 kg / 300 lbs
Model Number LK-9T9
Former member of the Lin Kuei
Tekunin Grandmaster
Fighting styles
-Ninjutsu
-Sambo
-Kenpo
"Who names their kid Sektor?!" Boomstick questioned. "It's like, the day his child was born, he's like, 'I'm going to give you this cool cyber name, just in case I ever pull off my CRAZY AS SHIT plan to turn everyone I know into robots'."
Sektor appeared out of the ground in a digitized portal of green energy. "I will show no mercy!" He declared in his cybernetic voice as he thrust his wrists out, flames spewing out.
"He has a flamethrower, too?!" Mineta exclaimed.
Todoroki's eyes narrowed, the whole situation of a father turning his son into a weapon not lost on him to his own history, and the flamethrowers of this cyborg ninja didn't help.
"He also appears to have a teleporting device, as well," Jurota analyzed the Cyber Lin Kuei. "So, Fulgore and Sektor have teleportation abilities and are human-turned-cyborg warriors."
"Sektor was already an unrivaled assassin and master of ninjutsu, sambo, and Kenpo," Wiz listed his martial arts mastery.
Itsuka nodded, impressed at Sektor's array of martial arts skills, and paid closer attention to the cyborg warrior's fighting style, to see if she could incorporate some of his styles into her own.
"As a cyborg, he's all that, plus extra armor and a never-ending supply of missiles," Boomstick added, showing the cyborg open up his chest to fire a volley of missiles at an unknown target, blowing things up.
"Why would a ninja, master of the silent kill, use a missile launcher?" Wiz questioned, showing an image of a typical ninja wielding a missile launcher.
"Because it's more badass that way!" Bakugou laughed.
"Of course, you would say that." Todoroki rolled his eyes.
"Screw off, Icy Hot!" Bakugou roared back. "I don't see you complaining that he has flamethrowers either!"
MOVE SET
Chest Missile
-Double Missile
-Homing Missile
-Upward Missile
Rocket Punch
Flame Burner (A Flamethrower)
Cloaking Device
Laser Pistol
Pulse Blades
"He's also got two flamethrowers on his wrists, a cloaking device, a laser pistol, a teleporting rocket punch, and lightsabers," Boomstick listed Sektor's move set.
"See?!" Bakugou gestured to Todoroki the screen with Sektor firing his flamethrowers.
"Okay, those are just straight-up lightsabers," Kaminari threw his hands up again. "Like, look at them!"
"They're actually called pulse blades," Wiz corrected.
"They're definitely lightsabers," Boomstick continued. "Sweet, royalty-free lightsabers."
"Add lightsaber-like weaponry and cloaking capabilities to the list of comparisons between him and Fulgore," Setsuna noted. "And I'm willing to bet that this is a Villain battle with Sektor some kind of antagonist in this Mortal Kombat world."
FATALITIES
Compactor
Flamethrower
Scarecrow
Missile Strike
-A single, powerful missile
Robo-Sek
-Fires 5 missiles at once
Sektor used his Robo-Sek Fatality on Mileena, with four missiles popping out of the crimson cyborg and hovering next to him, a smaller fifth one firing out and exploding her upper half into four pieces that the four missiles honed onto and exploded in mid-air.
Gags were around the group, either by those trying to hold in the contents of their stomach or stopping mid-sip of their drinks at the gruesome fatality.
"D-Didn't that woman look like that clone of Lady Nagant's counterpart, Kitana?" Setsuna coughed before speaking.
"To close a kill, Sektor finishes foes with a brutal fatality, like the Robo-Sek, Missile Strike, or the Compactor," Wiz listed the fatalities.
Sektor approached a downed Sonya Blade, using the Compactor fatality by opening his chest and a compactor forming out and crushing Sonya into a bloody paste of blood and bones.
"Stop! Stop!" Mount Lady coughed again as she sipped her drink in an attempt to wash away the disgust of the first Fatality. "We get it! The people of that universe are messed up!"
"I'm starting to think maybe getting food and drinks for gruesome videos like these was a bad idea," Midnight muttered.
"Okay, how do these robo guys keep all this impossible shit in their chests?!" Boomstick exclaimed his incredulity. "Do they have black holes for hearts or something?"
"I suppose when you are a robot, you don't exactly need a lot of the organs and bones that regular humans use, so you can just stuff a whole bunch of babies inside," Mei figured.
"That's a rather disturbing and accurate assumption," Itsuka sweatdropped.
"Regardless of the storage quandary, Sektor's compactor can crush a human being in mere seconds," Wiz continued, showing a drawing of Sektor's compactor crushing a human stick figure. "At minimum, crushing an entire human body into paste requires nearly two tons of pressure." The screen showed the accurate answer of 1.8 tons.
"I g-guess that will be helpful to keep in mind with our Hero work," Sato tried to put a positive spin on that information.
"Honestly, it's still a miracle I survived when I got crushed by something that heavy," Sero sighed in relief, thinking back to the unfortunate baseball incident.
"For the last time kid, my giant form doesn't weigh 2 tons!" Mount Lady yelled at the student she crushed with her unconscious giant form.
"The new Sektor proved invaluable, aiding Shao Kahn in multiple Mortal Kombat tournaments against the defenders of humanity," Wiz informed. "And after Kahn discovered a loophole around the tournament's rules, Sektor led the Lin Kuei in the invasion of Earthrealm."
"Wait, didn't Wiz and Boomstick say that the Cyber Lin Kuei were made to stack up against Shao Kahn's forces?" Bondo scratched his glue dispenser-like head. "So why are they helping them now?"
"Well, Boomstick's exact words were 'stack up With Shao Kahn's forces'," Izuku reviewed back his notes. "That could imply against Shao Kahn's forces or, more apparently, be on the same level of use with Shao Kahn's forces."
"Perhaps to make them seem like allies of worth rather than dregs to dispose of after his goal was completed," Todoroki finished Izuku's train of thought.
Edgeshot grew more upset that the way of the ninja was not only perverted with this mad science but used such a practice, that he has dedicated his life to mastering, for evil and world domination.
"But despite the pure badassery of being a robo-ninja, not everybody wanted to do it," Boomstick pointed out, showing a black man in similar attire, yet yellow and black, to Sektor's attire when he was human.
"Fearing the loss of mind and soul, a few Lin Kuei managed to escape, including Sektor's former partner in the first modern Mortal Kombat tournament, Cyrax," Wizard revealed the Lin Kuei member.
Edgeshot nodded, appreciating that most of the Lin Kuei refused such a perverse directive of their order and flee from this fate.
"Fat load of good that did," Boomstick muttered, showing Cyrax's human form replaced by his yellow and black cyborg form.
Edgeshot sweatdropped, thinking he may have thought too soon.
"I see," Nezu muttered, frowning at the similarities. "Cyrax was an unfortunate case of a Lin Kuei member that was forcibly turned into a cyborg. And with how similar it is to Eagle's fate of turning into Fulgore, this is the missing context of Boomstick's words at the beginning."
"So, why have the chump that willingly turned into a cyborg as Fulgore's fighter?" Mic questioned.
"Perhaps Sektor was the more powerfully skilled and notable of the two, or there may be more to come in his part of the video," Tiger suggested.
"Sektor was tasked with hunting these traitors and dragging them back to the grandmaster, dead or alive," Wiz explained, showing another Lin Kuei ninja, this one in grey and black ninja armor, and his face concealed under a mask. "The list of defectors included a young ninja named Sub-Zero." Wiz showed another ninja that had a similar attire to the grey one, with his outfit blacker and bluer, and perpetually breathing out cold air.
FEATS & FAULTS
+Defeated Smoke
+Defeated Hydro with Cyrax
+Assassinated Lin Kuei Grandmaster
-Lost Grandmaster title to Sub-Zero
-Has yet to defeat Sub-Zero
-Mentally insane
"Mecha-Sektor was nearly unstoppable," Boomstick took over. "He slaughtered the clan's enemies by the dozens, without so much as batting a robo-eye, but no matter how hard he tried, he could never take down that poster boy Sub-Zero."
"So, Sektor's comparison with Fulgore was having a powerful rival that he has never defeated," Vlad King figured out.
"Eh, still sounds like this Cyrax guy might have been the more comparable fighter," Pixie Bob shrugged.
"Until Raiden reset the timeline and practically gift-wrapped him," Wiz noted, showing Sub-Zero overwhelmed and trapped by the Cyber Lin Kuei after Raiden reset the timeline.
"Shoot," All Might rubbed his neck, feeling guilty for his counterpart's actions.
"Don't be so upset, Toshi," David put a hand on his friend's shoulder. "I'm pretty sure this must be some kind of casual effect of tampering with the timeline, but it was perhaps the preferable option given the original outcome."
"Tell that to the ninja," Snipe pointed.
"However, Sektor's transformation was not perfect," Wiz began to point out. "While his cybernetics enhanced his body, they had a different effect on his mind. In just a few years, Sektor unraveled, tumbling deeper and deeper into an unescapable well of insanity." The visual aid shown to highlight this point was Sektor's figure tumbling down a swirling pit of blank white.
"I think this also goes into that whole power corrupts analogy," Ojiro pointed out.
"Indeed," Edgeshot nodded. "The human mind is perhaps incapable of handling the stress and change into a cybernetic existence."
All Might and Izuku flinched, comparing this to the Nomu and the unfortunate individuals of the past whose minds were destroyed and warped beyond measure by the multiple Quirks bestowed by All For One.
"Mad with power, Sektor murdered his own father, intending to take the title of Grandmaster for himself," Wiz revealed, showing the mad cyborg murdering the black and red-robed man and obtaining the golden dragon amulet, stained in his father's blood.
"Not Manly," Tetsutetsu grumbled.
"Not Manly at all," Kirishima shook his head.
"He who sacrifices conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes," Tokoyami sagely said.
Reiko didn't want to shiver in the delight of Tokoyami's sage wisdom, not so soon after patricide, and so contained herself. Barely.
"Until Sub-Zero showed up and totally ninjaed that shit, and then kicked him out of the Lin Kuei for good," Boomstick revealed. "Bummer."
"And yet I have no sympathy for someone who murdered their parent," Setsuna shook her head. "I mean without a good reason."
"And what reason would patricide be acceptable?" Ibara raised an eyebrow at her.
"Self-defense, whether for yourself, your siblings, or your mother, your father becoming a zombie, him being an evil piece of shit with no intention of stopping," Setsuna listed. "Should I go on?"
"Sektor was alone, his only companions the twisted voices in his head," Wiz showed the exiled former Grandmaster alone in a field of fire. "Eventually, he managed to found his own clan of cyber warriors, the Tekunin." Shown on screen was Sektor leading a new clan of red and black-armored cyber ninjas. "Sektor now roams the realms, hungry for Mortal Kombat."
"MORTAL KOMBAAAAT!" Boomstick and began humming the Mortal Kombat theme. "Do Do Do, Do-Do-Do, Do Do Do, Do-Do-Do-Do!"
"I guess that must be the theme of Mortal Kombat?" Mina questioned, yet grinned and chuckled at Boomstick's humming. "Hey, Jiro, mind seeing if you can find and play that theme."
"Sure," Kyoka shrugged, typing in Mortal Kombat for an easy find. Once she did, the group was hit with the dope arcade soundtrack. (You guys already know it.)
"Whoo! That sounds sick!" Bakugou exclaimed, feeling pumped up.
"Yeah! That sounds super Manly!" Kirishima exclaimed. "I feel super pumped for a fight or to go to the gym!"
"Easy there, Kiri," Mina calmed her friends down. "We still have the videos to watch."
"You actually did it," Smoke exclaimed, horrified. "You're a cyborg!"
"We are the Lin Kuei," Sektor declared, his fist slammed over where his heart once was. "More stealthful than the night, more deadly than the dawn."
"I suppose that must be the oath or saying of the Lin Kuei," Mandalay guessed. "Sounds fitting for a group of assassins."
With the end of Sektor's analysis, the group held fewer mixed feelings than they held for Fulgore. While they certainly acknowledged the Cyber Lin Kuei's strength and ferocity, any amount of sympathy that the Killer Instinct rep had in contrast was lost on the father-murdering, world-betraying, psychopathic monster that Sektor was, with Edgeshot barely capable of even calling Sektor a ninja, much less as a human than he already wasn't a human at the end.
"Alright the combatants are set," Wiz declared whilst Boomstick kept humming the theme. "Let's end this debate once and for all."
"DEATH BATTLE!" Boomstick roared out.
As the video paused while the device scanned for counterpart, the group debated and voted on who the winner between the two cyborg warriors would be.
For Fulgore, those in his camp included many sympathy votes for Eagle's situation like Mic, Midnight, and Aizawa, unable to not compare this to Oboro likely being Kurogiri, as well as Iida, finding himself relating to Eagle's brother, Thunder, on how the both of them lost their elder brother to the evil works of madmen. Izuku likewise gave a sympathetic vote to Fulgore but also because of the UltraTech warrior's power, bulk, and the reactor that he felt would give Fulgore a winning edge, his sentiments shared by Momo and All Might. Kirishima and Tetsutetsu voted for Fulgore's greater bulk and defense, Edgeshot mainly out of spite toward Sektor, both of the Shields for Fulgore's more complex AI and battle tactics, and Pony for Eagle's Native American connection that reminded Pony of her bear-like Native American pen pal.
And for Sektor, his begrudging voters included Kaminari, who still liked the idea of a cyborg ninja, as well as Power Loader and Mei, for the admitted impressive technology of the Cyber Lin Kuei, including the lightsaber knockoffs. Todoroki voted for Sektor's firepower and a slightly begrudging relation to having father issues. Bakugou also voted for Sektor based on his more explosive firepower and that Sektor's speed and agility would overcome Fulgore's slower bulk, that latter sentiment was shared with Mina and Hagakure, the latter of whom also because Sektor's invisibility would be greater benefitted from his speed and agility. Setsuna and Miruko likewise preferred Sektor based on his agility and ninja training, Kendo and Ojiro on Sektor's more familiar martial arts mastery, and his ferocity won him a vote from Mount Lady. Endeavor would also vote for the Tekunin Grandmaster, feeling a slight obligation given his own part in turning one's son into a tool for one's greater ambition, with a guilty part of him finding this situation rather comparable to what he did to both Shoto and Touya.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART DETECTED!" The device finished its scanning. "BLACK EAGLE AKA FULGORE! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: TENSEI IIDA AKA INGENIUM!"
Iida flinched as the counterpart comparison was as he dreadfully predicted.
"Iida, I'm so sorry," Melissa patted the teen on his shoulder.
"It is fine," Iida sighed and steeled his resolve. "I had a feeling that this would be the likely outcome. Though, I take heart that this version of my brother is likely still fighting on from inside that metal monstrosity for his freedom back, and solace that my brother remains alive and with my family."
"That's the spirit, Iida!" Uraraka cheered for her friend.
"Manly!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu exclaimed in response.
Iida once more looked back at Todoroki and Izuku giving them smiles and nods of gratitude, and the two of them gave their own in return.
While the teachers gave their respectful nods the youngest son of the Iida family, Aizawa, Mic, and Midnight felt guilty. At first, when the counterpart was made out as Tensei rather than Oboro, as they were initially expecting, they were relieved that another one of their friend's counterparts did not end up in the same situation as Shadow and RoboCop from before, or to even hear the still preposterous notion of Shirakumo as Kurogiri. Then when they were aware of Iida's plight regarding this being his brother's counterpart that ended up like this, the guilt set in. Mic bitterly scoffed at how the three couldn't find even a momentary solace that wasn't bittersweet.
"SEKTOR! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: DABI AKA-ERROR! ERROR! TRUE IDENTITY CLASSIFIED BASED UPON CURRENT TIMELINE!"
Blinks of surprise were met at the sudden refusal of sharing Dabi's identity and the reason why. The Heroes gained suspicious looks and thoughts of why this particular member of the League of Villains had this true identity kept secret compared to Kurogiri and made just as mysterious as All For One himself.
Endeavor glared suspiciously at the dark-haired patchworked man from the League, finally seeing the Villain in full clarity. When the Heroes had invaded the League's hideout in Kamino, he was on the ground with the officers and never saw the man before they escaped through a teleportation Quirk from All For One, and when he arrived at the battlefield where All Might stood against the true mastermind of the League, the other members were already gone, teleported away by Kurogiri.
The last time he actually saw the man was after his battle with High-End Nomu Hood, though even then he didn't get a good look at him, his vision blurry from a blow from the Nomu that gave him the scar he now bore to this day and the subsequent blood that clouded his vision further. All he could remember was the vague blurry visage of his form, the blue flames he erected around them, and Hawks, and Dabi's taunting words that still echoed in his head.
"And Don't You Dare Get Killed, ENJI TODOROKI!" Dabi had yelled out before he was teleported away by the same Quirk the League used to get away back in Kamino.
Endeavor knew that as a popular Hero and through his son, his name wasn't exactly a public secret, but not many knew his first name, and the dark foreboding feeling that welled in him when Dabi had said his name, even the tone of his voice, was so familiar. And now, looking at the image of the man, that familiarity was growing more and more apparent, especially those turquoise blue eyes, the same ones he saw in Shoto's left eye. The same ones he saw when looking in the mirror.
Endeavor shook his head. 'No, don't be ridiculous. It's-It's mere coincidence, and nothing more.' Endeavor denied the dreadful possibility, even as the evidence and possibility only grew.
Shoto looked at the face of the member of the League, remembering back to when he had failed to save Bakugou from Dabi's grasp. "Well, isn't that a tragedy? Poor little Shoto Todoroki."
Other than the shame garnered from the Villain's mocking, Todoroki felt those words from Dabi held greater significance than he at first suspected. 'They sounded personal like my failure was something gratifying for more." Todoroki thought. 'But why? What did I ever do to him? Or is it because of my relation to Endeavor?'
Shoto then saw his eyes, the same color as his father's and his own. 'I-Is he related to us? Like a cousin or something?' Shoto almost wanted to scoff at the thought of being related to the murderer of the Hero Snatch, but he bore witness firsthand to a member of the Todoroki family being cruel and villainous in action, despite his title as a Hero and a father. 'Who's to say that Endeavor's family is any better?'
Nezu narrowed his eyes in suspicion, his brain calculating various possibilities of who Dabi was and why his identity was made such a secret from them. He also wondered if this censorship was a countermeasure made by the device itself or an act of intervention of the entity that was watching over them, Zayden. In retrospect, the group didn't give much thought the first time the device censored a counterpart's identity, that being when Akuma was found the counterpart of All For One in the second video, and only one being seemed to have any sort of control, sway, or input in how the device operated was this Zayden, such as Midoriya's counterparts in Kratos and Spawn, Midoriya's shielding, and the lightsabers.
'Perhaps something to ask later.' Nezu decided.
"ADDITIONAL MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device continued. "HINMATOOM AKA CHIEF THUNDER! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART TENYA IIDA!"
"I guess we should have expected," Kaminari shrugged. "Either way, congrats, Prez. Your counterpart looks rather sick."
"Yes, thank you, Kaminari," Iida nodded back. "I do admit that my counterpart does indeed look 'sick'." With how Iida stressed the word out because of his inexperience with it, it drew chuckles from the students.
"CYRAX! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: OBORO SHIRAKUMO AKA KUROGIRI!"
Mic almost wanted to curse out loud but reeled himself in and settled with stomping his foot in frustration. Eraser and Midnight weren't any better with the former glaring red daggers at the screen and Midnight choking up a sob.
"Okay, what the hell is going on here?!" Bakugou snapped, roaring out his confusion. "This is 3rd goddamn time this guy shows up as a counterpart and all three it was from some cool yet tragic character even though he's a villain! What gives?!"
"Mr. Bakugou, please restrain yourself," The Principal's words drew a chill in the blonde as he turned to see the rodent Principal of the school looking rather pissed, or as pissed as the rodent allowed himself to look. "I understand your frustration and confusion; however, you must take into account that it is not only yourself that is confused by this disturbing news, nor any more upset than others feel at present."
Bakugou drifted his eyes towards his homeroom teacher, along with Mic and Midnight, the students fully aware of how emotionally distraught and angered this news was making them and quickly figuring out the connection.
"Rest assured that we are doing whatever we can to get to the bottom of this mystery, and should this information pertain to you or be of any relevance to any of you, you will be notified," Nezu's tone and stress of his words made it clear to the students to stop pressing for answers and, in a more polite way, that they didn't need to know and so back off. "Are we clear?"
Keeping down the shivers that the U.A. Principal brought in the normally fearless teen, Bakugou scoffed and said "Yeah."
The tension in the room was a little strained and high, the students feeling like they just got a harsh scolding from their parents. Even Midoriya felt intimidated, forgetting how terrifying U.A.'s principal can be and how he can wrangle the other teachers in line, and how even All Might was scared of him.
Yet, Midoriya still had enough awareness to pull Mei back when she thought everyone was distracted.
After things calmed down, the video was unpaused and the actual Death Battle began.
The video began with Sektor running around an industrial warehouse until he suddenly crashed into an invisible object. A comical exclamation mark appeared over Sektor's head, along with the Metal Gear Solid sound.
Fulgore became visible, Sektor teleporting a few steps away from the mechanical butcher of UltraTech.
"Heh, so much for a ninja," Monoma taunted. "Couldn't even figure out that such a large robot was there even with the cloaking device."
"Zip it, Phantom Thud!" Bakugou roared at Monoma, wanting to let out the last of his frustrations from being put down like a dog by the principal.
The two now stood at opposite ends of the warehouse, ready for the other to make the move.
FIGHT!
Fulgore walked toward Sektor, slowly and menacingly. Impatient, Sektor fired a missile from his chest at the UltraTech warrior. As the missile reached him, Fulgore activated his reflector, sending the missile right back at Sektor. While Sektor managed to dodge the missile, he was unprepared for Fulgore Cyber Dashing right in front of him and striking him in the robotic gut.
"Impressive," Edgeshot nodded. "Fulgore deliberately walked slowly to provoke Sektor to attack and make out Sektor's capabilities, including his long-range weaponry."
"Fulgore then used his reflector, confident it would reflect Sektor's missile, and distract him long enough to close the distance and counterattack," Fat Gum nodded. "Smart."
Fulgore pressed his attack with a quick right jab and downward slash with his plasma claws. He activated his Cyber Port to attack Sektor from behind, grabbing and electrocuting the Tekunin Grandmaster before knocking him away with a roundhouse kick.
"Brutal combo!" An announcer declared, showing the attack to be a 7-hit combo.
"Hey, it's that same announcer voice from Orchid's battle against Ivy," Rin pointed out. "Nice."
"Wait, how was that 7-hit combo?" Honenuki asked. "Didn't he only hit him 5 times?"
"That first counterattack to the Sektor's stomach lasted for a bit and you could see how the impacts counted twice after the first," Shoda answered. "So, that was three, then he attacked twice up front, and then electrocuted and kicked him for another two hits, and that makes a 7-hit combo."
Fulgore proceeded to charge his reactor, a filling gauge appearing in the lower left corner.
"And he's charging up his reactor," Itsuka said. "If Sektor wants to finish Fulgore, he'll have to beat him before Fulgore charges that up fully or he'll be in trouble."
Sektor recovered and teleported below Fulgore, rising and striking from below with an uppercut that sent the metal monster into the air. Sektor jumped up to grab Fulgore and slam him down to the ground, and when Fulgore bounced up, he was met with two mid-air strikes and a final brutal slam to the ground. Sektor teleported again and tried to cannonball strike at Fulgore, only for Fulgore to recover and block in time to end the combo.
"Hyper!" The announcer declared the combo as a 5-hit one.
"Okay, not as much as Fulgore did to him, but Sektor clearly is the faster and more aerial of the two," Ojiro stated. "If he can continue to juggle him in the air, Fulgore might be overwhelmed."
Sektor pressed on by shooting his flamethrowers at Fulgore, stunning him. As he was stunned, the Cyber Lin Kuei quickly charged at Fulgore with his red pulse blades. Fulgore was attacked with rapid slashes and strikes from Sektor's pulse blades, the blades sounding like lightsabers as Sektor spun and whirl them around.
"Yep, those sounds exactly like Luke's lightsaber," Mineta said.
"Ha! That slow-ass metal golem's getting wrecked!" Bakugou taunted. "Slash him up!"
"His speed is overwhelming Fulgore and he's likely now done more damage than Fulgore did at the beginning," Todoroki analyzed.
Time slowed as it showed Sektor slashing down at Fulgore before proceeding with his merciless combo. But just as time slowed again for the group, while Sektor was bringing his blade down, Fulgore acted, dodging the blade with perfect timing, allowing for the UltraTech cyborg to break out of Sektor's combo with a powerful uppercut.
"C-C-C-Combo Breaker!" The announcer shouted.
"What the-" Kaminari exclaimed, surprised. "How did he-"
"He must have analyzed Sektor's fighting style while he was getting attacked," Momo realized, impressed. "And waited for the right moment when Sektor would have brought down his pulse blade again, where he would be the most vulnerable, and strike."
Fulgore fired the Plasma Storm fireballs three times as he landed and then continued charging his reactor, the green bars reaching into the yellow ones.
Sektor was hit by the fireballs before he landed and slid as the bar slowly filled up. Getting back up Sektor activated his Robo-Sek Fatality, firing five homing missiles at Fulgore.
Just as the gauge had filled up to one bar left in the red, Fulgore spotted the missiles and fired his Laser Eyes, destroying Sektor's missiles.
"Oooh, that was a lot of the gauge that was fueled up!" Mina squirmed nervously.
"It's almost fully charged!" Toru exclaimed.
As all of that transpired, Sektor swung from the ceiling lights, then jumped down and struck Fulgore with a kick from the air. The Mortal Kombat rep proceeded to unleash another flurry of strikes, and kicks, ending with a final blast from his laser pistol. Just as Fulgore was paralyzed, Sektor unleashed his compactor, the Killer Instinct rep recovering in time to lift his arms to try and stop the compactor's top press.
"He's got him in the compactor!" Toru exclaimed again.
"But Fulgore's halting it," Melissa wrung her hands in nervousness. "Come on, hold out."
"Just crush that giant tin can!" Miruko roared out.
As Fulgore was halting the compactor, he managed to finish charging his reactor.
"He did it!" Kirishima exclaimed, throwing his hands up in the air.
"FINISH HIM!" Tetsutetsu shouted.
Now at full charge, Fulgore broke off Sektor's compactor before unleashing a devastating combo of slashes, kicks, and jabs, completely overwhelming the crimson cyborg ninja. Finally, Fulgore fired the Devastation Beam point blank at the stunned foe and Sektor's body burst apart into destroyed limbs
"ULTRAAAAA COMBOOOOOOOOOO!" The announcer roared out the 37-hit combo while Fulgore posed in victory.
K.O.!
"GODDAMMIT!" Bakugou roared, displaying the disappointment of the Sektor voters, while most of the Fulgore voters cheered in victory.
Fulgore transformed into his Machine Morph, then fired at Sektor's remaining body parts until they exploded.
"Yep, Devastation Beam lives up to its name," Boomstick muttered.
"Oui," Aoyama nodded, still in awe at the power of the aptly named beam.
"This was a close one," Wiz stated. "With his ninja abilities, Sektor could easily outmaneuver Fulgore's bulk, but Fulgore had the edge in every other category."
"That sounds rather contradictory," Ibara raised an eyebrow. "He states it was a close fight but how Fulgore held far more advantages than Sektor did with the one."
"Well, Sektor was laying it onto Fulgore for most of the fight," Setsuna noted. "Maybe if Sektor did a different Fatality or finished Fulgore as is, he could have stopped Fulgore from fully charging his reactor."
"That's...actually quite sound, Suna," Izuku chuckled in delightful surprise. "I'm impressed."
"I aim to please, Greenie," Setsuna smirked and winked at Izuku.
Izuku blushed, catching what Setsuna was implying. Shaking it off, Izuku smirked back. "Well, I hope you can 'please me more' in the future, Suna, now that you got my expectations so 'riled up'."
Setsuna's grin only widened. 'Oh, this boy is making me feel all sorts of things, both confident and shy.'
"He had more options for defensive, close, and long-range combat," Wiz began explaining Fulgore's strengths, then comparing Fulgore and Sektor's weighs. "Being almost twice as big, his size and strength surmounted Sektor's, and whenever Sektor Did get an upper hand, Fulgore simply overclocked his reactor to compensate."
"Both of them had cloaking and teleporting devices, but only Fulgore had the reflector," Jurota analyzed. "Fulgore also matched Sektor in how many long-ranged weapons he had, but his Plasma Storm and Laser Eyes were faster, and the Devastation Beam had more power."
"Plus, remember what Wizard analyzed about the Compactor?" Momo brought up. "He analyzed how much force it would take to press an entire human body, but notably excluded to mention the force required for Sektor to compact a metal cyborg taller and bulkier than himself, much less a normal human."
"And while neither of them have successfully defeated their rivals, Sektor has been humiliated by Sub-Zero, over and over, but Fulgore would have won his second duel with Jago if Orchid hadn't stepped in," Boomstick pointed out.
"It took the combined might of two demi-god killers to take Fulgore down," Wiz emphasized.
"Ah, I see," Todoroki nodded. "That makes more sense to scale the two."
"It also stated under the feats that Fulgore also took down Orchid on his own at one point, so on their own he could defeat Jago and Orchid, but it took both of them together to beat him," Izuku smirked at Bakugou. "Have anything to say, Kacchan?"
"YOU SHUT YOUR WORD HOLE DEKU BEFORE I BLAST IT OFF!" Bakugou roared, though secretly, the explosive blonde couldn't help but be impressed, and satisfied that the verdant-haired nerd was finally growing a backbone.
"In the end, Sektor got ro-blown up," Boomstick punned.
"Eh, 5 out of ten," Nejire made a so-and-so gesture.
"The winner is Fulgore," Wiz declared.
Claps for the good Death Battle were had, both begrudging and others full of victory.
"So, these are good and all, but how much more do we have of these left?" Mount Lady yawned. "I'm getting kind of tired."
"We will have one more for the day and we will pick up more for tomorrow if that is okay with everyone?" Nezu asked. Multiple nods and words of agreement were met.
"Next Time OOOOONNNN DEATH BATTLE!" Boomstick began the teaser for the next fight.
The screen was pitch black, and no sound heard, or motion was seen. Then before the group could ask if the video was paused or something, a thundering sound shook them silent. It was followed by another sound and then another, each thundering stomp vibrating in their ears, the anticipation eating at their nerves compacted by the faint sounds of growling and growing sounds of police sirens and disaster warning alarms.
Suddenly, blue lightning lit the screen for the group to come face to face with a monster that shook their core.
"GGGGHAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" The monster roared loudly and epically, some of the group had their hair blown back by the sheer volume and power behind it.
"...H-Holy shit," Setsuna managed to stutter out of her completely stunned face.
Even the adults were stunned at the power and majesty of the terrifying creature that was momentarily shown.
"W-Was that Godzillo?" David recognized the monster as rather similar to the Japanese Hero that had moved to America.
Godzilla vs Gamera!
"Godzilla?" Melissa questioned after shaking herself free of her shock. "So, is it like a female version of Godzillo?"
"Well, let's find out," Izuku blinked, his excitement reaching peak levels, so much so that he had stopped Black Whip and freed Mei.
Though the pink-haired inventor was likewise as stunned by the monster's roar that she had forgotten her previous thirst for knowledge that had Midoriya restrain her in the first place. Instead, she just grabbed the remote from Izuku's hands and pressed the play button.
Notes:
AAAAAANNNNNNDDDD SCENE! Wow, this must be one of my shortest chapters yet. I think it was because the actual fight and author's note at the end were shorter than usual. Meh, whatever works.
Anyways, hope you guys liked this chapter. I also hope you guys like and appreciate Izuku getting more confident and flirtier with the girls thanks to the aphrodisiac's side effects, though whether the confidence remains or Izuku gets quite the hangover and goes back to regular Izuku remains to be seen. Though, the girls like Izuku's confidence, which I am told is something girls naturally like for their men to show. And Eri being the most adorable wing-daughter ever and Dabi teasing for good measure.
Also, Pony's Native American pen pal, Yona, is just an OC I wrote for this story. Her name is a Cherokee name meaning bear, which I referenced with her Bear Quirk.
Now, let's start the counterpart explanations with Sektor. Originally, I had Dabi planned for a different character in the Mortal Kombat world, but after revisiting Sektor's backstory, it made sense to have Dabi as the Cyber Lin Kuei. Both were men that pursued power despite the risks and dangers in their pursuit, such as Sektor losing his humanity and eventually sanity and Dabi continuously burning himself until he becomes the walking corpse he is now, and both have daddy issues, Sektor killing his father out of the pursuit of mad power and Dabi out of revenge for being cast aside by Endeavor, Sektor's flamethrowers can be compared to Dabi's firepower, and both also end up becoming warped versions of themselves, one a cyborg and the other a disfigured Villain. Plus, both have a thing for wanting to kill their icy rivals, Sub-Zero and Little Shoto.
Also, Spoilers for anime onlys but because it seems like Dabi might end up fulfilling the father murder on the comparison chart sheet, sooner rather than later, I felt this was also fitting.
Then there is Fulgore and I had a lot of problems with this because of the obviousness of how this could be another Kurogiri counterpart, but as you can see, I chose Tensei instead and that was because of his brother and his counterpart, Iida and Thunder. The relation made me realize that it would be a perfect fit. Both Tensei and Eagle, promising, young, and full-of-potential Heroes that made a great example have their little brothers in Iida and Thunder who took after their example after Tensei was maimed by Stain and Eagle was kidnapped by UltraTech and turned into Fulgore. Plus, I am aware in the Killer Instinct comics that Thunder eventually finds where Eagle is kept and frees him, which would match up to Tensei still being alive but retired and helping Iida be the next Ingenium. Though, I am also aware that which sibling was the eldest between Eagle and Thunder is also flip-flopped a lot so, take that with a grain of salt.
Plus, both Thunder and Iida end up on a quest against the ones that tortured their brothers, with Thunder going against UltraTech in search of Eagle, and Iida going on a path of vengeance to defeat and even possibly kill Stain for revenge for what he did to Tensei. Also, the two characters end up befriending rocky friends, with Thunder the loyal rock golem Aganos and Tenya has a friend in the often hardened, loyal, and manly classmate in Kirishima, though where Thunder ends up getting better thanks to a friendship with Aganos, Iida gets better through the aid of Izuku and Todoroki.
And yeah, Shirakumo would also have been perfect for Fulgore, as tortured souls taken by evil forces, Garaki and All For One for Shirakumo, and UltraTech for Eagle and turned into living, programmed weapons, Kurogiri and Fulgore, but then there was Cyrax, the other Cyber Lin Kuei who also fit as a Kurogiri counterpart, with him also being taken by an evil force Sektor and Cyber Lin Kuei and turned into a brainwashed servant in Cyber Cyrax, and both Fulgore and Cyrax also have teleportation abilities, so it ended whether I wanted two Kurogiri counterparts in the same fight, like the multiple Izuku's in one fight that I get so many complaints over, or explore new avenues with the Iida brothers and have a bitter fake out for Aizawa, Midnight, and Mic with thinking a Kurogiri counterpart isn't coming until it does.
Well, with that explanation out of the way, I hope you guys like this shorter-than-usual chapter, check out my other stories if you haven't already, share your thoughts, counterpart predictions, and story predictions in the comments below, and remember to stay safe, sane, and healthy in these tiring and crazy days. Also, if you guys have any better way to write out a Godzilla roar, let me know.
This has been Legendary Zayden StormVoid and I will return! Adios, Goodbye, Auf Wiedersehen, Good night!
Chapter 36: Godzilla vs Gamera
Summary:
The U.A. Group ends the day with a Titanic Kaiju showdown.
Notes:
HELLO EVERYBODY, MY NAME IS ZAYDEN STORMVOID, AND WELCOME BACK TO FIVE NIGHTS AT-Uh I mean-MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE!
Surprise! Didn't expect a chapter so soon after the last one, did you? And by so soon, I mean a week, but hey I pushed through and sailed the imagination river thus enough to get this out.
Last time, we had the full-on cyborg beatdown between Fulgore and Sektor, with the trio of Aizawa, Midnight, and Mic not getting any break when it comes to the fact of Shirakumo being Kurogiri being hammered into their stubborn heads, but it also a bad time for Iida seeing his brother's counterpart ended up a programmed killer robot. Izuku's aphrodisiac-induced flirting is getting to the girls and Eri is being his wingman- or rather wing-daughter-and Uraraka and Nejire have some info they need to tell the others of the Sisterhood.
We also had Midoriya reeling in Mei like a rabid dog from the device, Iida comforted by those who helped him take down Stain, Nezu's suspicions and ill thoughts over the HPSC and Deternet, and everyone's not-so-secret Todoroki's first counterpart and Endeavor and Shoto have now their suspicions about the Cremation Villain and his true identity.
And now, we have the classic Kaiju showdown, the giant lizard mayhem, the King of the Monsters vs the Friend to All Children: Godzilla vs Gamera.
Though in the process of making this chapter, I was found pleasantly and unpleasantly surprised at the responses from the previous chapter. Not to say the previous chapter was poorly received, but rather the surge of comments casting support for Godzilla vs Gamera left me both pleased at how enjoyable this series is to you all and also left an unpleasant feeling of expectations. Expectations for this chapter, that I fear I cannot hope to match or meet back with full satisfaction, that anything I write may cause a major backlash of disappointment.
Yet still I write, holding onto the joy I feel when making these chapters and reactions, steeling my resolve to push forward on my decisions, and to hold to them and face the music of what comes after. Not to say that what happens in this chapter is any cause for alarm or worry, it is still a reaction-based story, but I hope to convey just how serious and impactful writing these stories are not just for you all, but for myself and my ability to write and my ability to believe that I can write. I can expect quite harsh or troll responses for even saying this.
But first, here is the Index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Mental or Internal Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wizard or Flashback Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick, Buff Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden." -Combatant, Fight, and Device Dialogue
And finally, I do not own My Hero Academia, Horikoshi does and Bones Studios is adapting it, and I do not own Death Battle, that honor is the YouTube channel of the same name, Roosterteeth, and the associated franchises of the past, present, and future chapters are owned by their respective companies, such Godzilla being both owned by Toho and Warner Brothers.
Also, warning, I guess, that with two fighters being giant nuclear monsters that bring up discussions and fears about nuclear energy and its dangers, and also referencing WWII and the involvement of Japan and America, there might be some opinions and viewpoints that might be seen as overtly political or triggering. Keep in mind these aren't necessarily my political opinions, but something I feel might be brought up in the minds of these characters.
Now, Enough Talk! IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BAAATTTLLLLEEEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
As Mei pressed the button, the video began, though the milliseconds in between held the rising excitement of various members of the group, like Bakugou and Setsuna, and maddening curiosity about how the teaser and name of the fighters implied the Japanese-born American Hero, Godzillo, but the o changed to an a. Those curious souls included Hero fanboy Izuku Midoriya and resident Americans like Melissa, Pony, and David Shield.
Midoriya felt a sense of worry from the previous, loud roar from the teaser that led to him swapping seats again with Iida and keeping Eri and Kouta close and staying as close as possible to Jiro.
"Kaiju," Wizard began the video with the word upfront over a scene of a kaiju erupting from the water. "The Japanese word for-"
"A giant monster that destroys everything around it!" Boomstick exclaimed.
Setsuna could not hold her squeals any longer. "AAAAAHHHHHH!" Setsuna let out a girlish scream of delight that took the 1-A students by surprise.
Jiro cringed at the scream, rubbing her ears. "We're not even at the video and my ears are already getting fucked up," Jiro groaned.
"Sorry, girl, really," Setsuna quickly apologized before her fangirlish enthusiasm returned to full force. "I'm just so excited!"
Momo noticed that the 1-B students looked unfazed by Setsuna's squeal and, if anything, looked prepared with hands over their ears, Itsuka, Ibara, and Awase even using their Quirks to cover their ears more thoroughly with giant hands, a cocoon of vine hair and a pair of metal plates.
"I suppose you were expecting this to happen," Momo figured.
Itsuka had removed her giant hands from her ears in time to hear Momo's words. "Yep," Itsuka nodded, sighing. "Tokage's a bit of... okay, a lot of, a Kaiju fan."
"Well, of course, I would be!" Tokage exclaimed, her eyes alit with excitement and her sharp-tooth grin. "Why wouldn't I be?! Kaiju are so cool! They are large giant creatures that can destroy anything around them, but some are also cool Heroes, like Godzillo."
As Setsuna continued listing her reasons for her love of Kaiju, Izuku blushed at the sight of the often cool-headed, sassy teen acting like such a fangirl. 'She's just like me with heroes,' Izuku thought, finding such passion and excitement in her eyes beautiful to look at, as well as cute. Izuku smiled widely.
"Like Godzilla, the King of the Monsters." Boomstick introduced the first Kaiju fighter.
"And Gamera, the Guardian of the Universe," Wiz introduced the other.
"Wait, Gamera is actually in this fight?! That's so awesome!" Setsuna exclaimed again.
"Oh, yeah, I remember him," Izuku blinked in recognition. "He's a giant turtle Kaiju Hero that can fly from all those movies."
"You don't know the half of it, Green Bean," Setsuna's grin grew wider as the ends of her mouth practically reached her blushing cheeks. "Godzillo may be my favorite real-life Hero, but Gamera is my favorite fictional one."
"Not so fictional anymore, though," Yui pointed out.
"Now that you mentioned Godzillo, this Godzilla he's fighting looks remarkably similar," Melissa mentioned. "They even have nearly the same name."
"I guess this is some other universe version of Godzillo," Shinsou shrugged. "Guess it will be quite the easy counterpart to nail."
"Despite being box office rivals for half a century, these two enormous creatures have never met," Wiz noted, showing a divide between the two titular Kaiju that was closed. "Until today."
"And it should be noted that all the versions of both Godzilla and Gamera that range in the dozens, mostly the former, will be used to properly show how legendary these Titans are," Boomstick noted.
"Interesting," Nezu muttered, rubbing his furry chin with intrigue.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick." Boomstick introduced the two of them.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle," Wiz ended the intro.
The first fighter truly lived up to his name as this monster's appearance put the fear of God in all of the group's members. The monster was ginormous, towering over or meeting similarly to multiple buildings and skyscrapers. Mount Lady paled drastically at the sight of a monster that looked almost 5 times taller than her, easily. The massive monster was a lizard-like creature, with grey to pitch-black scales that armored its entire body and looked thick to be nearly impenetrable. Its legs were bulky, especially around its thighs, and its feet were three-toed- sometimes four-toed- with sharp talons that left craters for footprints. Its arms were noticeably tinier and skinnier, making him somewhat like a T-Rex, but they looked no less menacing and powerful with its claws that tore buildings asunder. Massive, spiky plates jutted out of the creature's spine and down its tremendously long and mighty tail, the size and number often differentiating in appearance, and often glowing blue. The monster's head was easily the most distinguishable reptilian aspect of the creature and its powerful jaw full of razor-sharp teeth and menacing eyes made even the likes of All Might shiver in absolute terror that which All For One wished he could match.
Godzilla
"The year was 1954, less than a decade after Little Boy and Fatman had decimated Japan," Wiz began the analysis.
Flinches and grimaces were shared among nearly everyone in the group, from the Japanese that read about their ancestor's provoking actions that started the very conflict that would lead to this event, to the few Americans among them whose ancestors first created the technology, that now marred human existence, and were the triggermen that showed off this power to the world.
"The nuclear age had begun," Boomstick declared, showcasing an exploding nuke.
'And look where that has gotten us,' David thought, reviewing human history since then and the constate threat of nuclear annihilation and extinction, and the ever-increasing race and goal to make more powerful weapons, especially with the rise of more complicated and powerful Quirks. He remembered the U.S.'s latest instrument of destruction: The Intercontinental Missiles: Tiamat.
"As the United States tested their shiny new hydrogen bombs across the Pacific, one of them woke something up," Wiz revealed, as the monster king himself rose from the depths of the Pacific Ocean.
An increasing dread was felt at both the rising figure coming from the water and the very concept and consequence proposed.
"SSSSKKKKRRRREEEOOOOOOOOOONNNGGGTTT!" Godzilla's roar thundered out of the speakers.
Utter shock. Awe. Fear. All three of these described what the windswept-haired members of the U.A. group felt. The shock of the magnitude and volume of the roar from such a terrifying creature made even the likes of All Might and Endeavor feel tiny by comparison, figuratively and literally. Awe was shared among some of the more impressionable members, such as Setsuna, Bakugou, and Kouta, captivated by the respect and strength that the monster demanded with its very presence, let alone its mighty, soul-stirring roar.
But what every single member, whether they admitted or not, whether it was shown or not, felt was fear. From the child-like fear from Eri, the utter terror plastered on Mineta's agape face and shivering body, to even the scared, slack-jawed faces of the adults, they all shared the instinctual, primal fear of the unknown monster before their eyes.
The roar from the Kaiju was so loud from the speakers that some of the other U.A. students from kilometers away perked up like startled deer at their dorms.
It took the combined effort of previously prepared two sets of noise-canceling earmuffs and the joined hands of Yaoyorozu, Midoriya, and Jiro herself to cover the punk rock girl's ears and jacks or risk permanent hearing loss. Compelled by fatherly instincts and the feelings he felt stoked, Izuku swallowed the fear and terror he felt at the monster to focus on covering, with both his hands and Black Whip, Jiro's sensitive ears and Eri and Kouta's not-fully-developed ones, while also comforting the scared girl.
"Are you okay, Kyoka?" Izuku asked, worriedly.
"Y-Yeah," Jiro groaned, rubbing her ears. "Just trying to shake off the ringing in my ears.
"Apologies, Miss Jiro," Nezu bowed, shaking off the animalistic fear that burdened even him. "I was unaware of how loud and damaging this sudden roar would affect you." After Jiro accepted the apology, Nezu turned his sights to Mei. "Miss Hatsume, if you may be so kind and able, as to lower the volume and continue to lower it anymore roaring may come from this creature?"
"Y-Yeah," Hatsume nodded. As she followed the principal's orders, more and more eyes widened when the group saw that the device's and video's volume was only half full.
"Jesus Christ," Kaminari cursed, rubbing his ears. "I'm still hearing the echo of that roar, and it was so loud at half volume?!"
"Manly," Tetsutetsu muttered, dumbly, still recovering from the mighty roar himself.
"Godzilla, the radioactive rampaging savior/destroyer of Japan," Boomstick fully introduced, showing the Kaiju either roaring and destroying smoking cities or shaking hands with...a giant robot that Kodai found similar to her Hero costume(?).
Yui tilted her head, intrigued and confused at the similarity.
Setsuna looked like a little kid in a candy store giving away free anything. The way her eyes sparkled with amazement was something that brought a smile to Midoriya's face.
"Savior/destroyer?" All Might questioned.
"I suppose this means that Godzilla is an anti-Hero of sorts?" Ryukyu suggested.
"Most Kaiju movies, like with Gamera, have the Kaiju feared by the people at large, and the military trying to kill them, but ultimately end up the Hero after going against an even worse Kaiju," Setsuna informed. "Or they're just straight-up monsters everyone has to gang up and destroy."
"Kaiju movies are weird," Pony rubbed her head.
"SSKKRREEOOOOONNGGTT!" Godzilla roared again as he tore apart buildings like dominoes.
"Yeah, I'm struggling to see the Heroic appeal here," Toru said.
The way this giant monster tore apart those buildings like cardboard with his massive size had Gran Torino flinch at the memory of Gigantomachia and the destruction that Living Disaster had brought when they captured Kurogiri. Now, Torino feels like they found a creature that was more than the giant's match.
He wasn't the only one to think of the Walking Calamity, as Kirishima and Mina felt they were brought back to that day with the giant, remembering how a simple press of his hand caused cracks to appear on the building he cornered those girls against.
BACKGROUND
Height: 100m / 355 ft
Weight: 81,600,000 kg / 90,000 tons
Japanese name: Gojira
King of the Monsters
Age: 65-252 million years
Feeds on nuclear radiation
Accidentally mutated by nukes
Somehow knows judo & boxing
"A regular lizard mutated by nuclear energy, a prehistoric Titan from millions of years ago, or supernatural creation born out of man's hubris and fear of nuclear power, Godzilla, or Gojira in Japanese, stands over 300 feet tall and weighs 90 thousand tons," Wizard explained Godzilla's origins and stats. "He is an unstoppable force of nature."
Mount Lady paled again, realizing that her estimations of Godzilla being more than 5 times her height when using her Quirk were rather accurate, and it terrified her.
"With how he pointed out three different possible origins to Godzilla, these may be the different variants that they said they would be mixing for this fight," Mandalay deduced.
"Well, one brings up the supernatural and another seems more scientific, so pretty much," Ragdoll shrugged.
"And for some reason, Godzilla has made Japan his personal playground and has been stomping through it for 60 years," Boomstick stated.
"Couldn't he have picked on some other country?" An old Japanese military man asked. The boardroom the man was part of let out nervous laughs and chuckles, while some were depressingly unfazed.
"Why does it feel like our country gets the short end of the stick?" Gran Torino muttered, wondering with more than 190 different countries, in 6 different continents, the odds that Japan happens to be the one where the greatest Villain and Hero the world had ever seen came from and called home.
"Godzilla's radioactive mutation leaves everything in his wake contaminated," Wiz explained, showing the destroyed radioactive ruins of a city. "Water, plants, even people. Godzilla's presence alone turns a city block completely uninhabitable."
"Like that noisy upstairs neighbor or people who let their dog shit in your front lawn," Boomstick joked.
Izuku and Uraraka sighed, the two both experiencing their share of poor neighbors in their respective apartment complexes.
"This is concerning," Endeavor frowned. "Should such a creature step foot into a single one of our cities, not only will the damage be catastrophic, but the fallout from this creature's presence might be unrepairable."
"And we would probably have no way of safely fighting this creature, without exposing ourselves to such harmful radiation," Edgeshot confirmed.
"That's if we can even harm this monster," Fat Gum pointed out.
"But Godzilla does not simply walk past his enemies to destroy them," Wiz stated, displaying the King of Monsters dodging an attack from another Kaiju and smacking it away with his mighty tail.
"Oh, so not only is this giant lizard radioactive, powerful, and terrifying, it's also intelligent," Pixie Bob threw her hands up in exclamation.
"His strength is insane," Boomstick chuckled at the level of Godzilla's strength and showed the Kaiju lift and toss a three-headed, winged, golden dragon. "He once lifted and threw his arch-rival Keizer Ghidorah, who weighs 100 thousand freakin' tons!"
Ryukyu blinked, surprised at the sight of the golden, winged hydra, and how Godzilla managed to toss it so effortlessly.
"That toss reminds me a lot of your judo flips, Deku," Uraraka pointed out.
"T-Thanks, Ura-Ochaco," Izuku corrected himself.
Shinsou had to rub his back as he remembered his fight with Midoriya back at the Sports Festival.
"Hey! Quit ruining this badass monster's feats by comparing it to Shitty Deku!" Bakugou shouted.
"You're just jealous that we don't do the same for you, aren't you 'Kacchan'," Mina teased/mocked.
Bakugou had to be kept down in his seat for the hundredth time.
"He channels this strength through his claws, teeth, tail-"
"AND EPIC GRAVITY-DEFYING DROPKICKS!" Boomstick exclaimed, cutting off Wiz's listing.
Godzilla roared and pumped his fist before running up, jumping, and sailing through the air on his back as he dropkicked Megalon while being held in place by the same giant robot.
"BAHAHAHAHA!" Kaminari and Mineta wheezed at the hilarity of the scene.
"Heh, looked like something out of those old pre-Quirk era movies with those guys in rubber suits," Sero snickered.
"Hey, that giant robot looks a lot like your Hero costume, don't you think, Yui?" Itsuka asked.
Yui tilted her head, agreeing with Itsuka's question.
"Hilarious abilities aside, Godzilla would not be such a legendary kaiju without some serious firepower," Wiz began again, Godzilla sparking with electricity before unleashing that in a wave against Ghidorah. "He can emit atomic energy from his body for a short-range Nuclear Pulse."
"Ooh! Hello, my vote!" Kaminari rubbed his hands at the electricity-producing monster.
"Oh, great!" Bakugou complained.
"What did I do?!" Kaminari asked, baffled.
"You jinxed it!" Bakugou complained further. "Almost single fighter you have voted for always ends up losing, like Raiden, Sektor, Charizard, and even Cloud!"
"Or fire his signature Atomic Breath, a goddamn laser beam of pure radiation!" Boomstick yelled while Godzilla fired a beam of pure plasma out his mouth, while plates glowed blue and eviscerated anything it struck. "That's like microwaving at least a hundred balls of tinfoil!"
Well, give or take a few... million..." Wiz muttered/corrected.
Setsuna's jaw, literally, falling off her head was the perfect encapsulation of the group's reaction.
A scene from Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) played of Godzilla firing his Atomic Breath directly onto the army and surrounding area, tanks, and buildings exploding in plumes of flames, and soldiers flying or burning, screaming.
"Dear God," Cementoss muttered, horrified at the destruction.
Even Bakugou felt that even his best explosion paled in comparison to this monster's breath by leagues above leagues.
"The Atomic Breath can melt, burn, or blow up just about anything, and you know it just can't smell good!" Boomstick chuckled, a scene of a large Kaiju eating a massive pile of fish. "I mean...that's a lot of fish!"
"NO! No, no, no!" Wiz suddenly shouted, incensed, removing the 'God' in the displayed name of Godzilla, leaving only the name 'Zilla'. "That right there is Zilla, the bastardized and shamed American version that Toho literally bought the rights to and completely re-branded... just to murder on-screen." Wiz proved his point with Godzilla smacking the bastardized clone into the Syndey Opera House.
Boomstick chuckled while Godzilla blasted Zilla and the Oper House into smithereens. "Take that, America!"
"AAAHHHHH!" Momo screamed, horrified.
"Jesus, Momo!" Kyoka cringed, rubbing her ears. "I already have it bad enough with the giant Kaiju! I don't need something just as loud right next to me!"
"M-My apologies, Jiro," Momo quickly apologized. "B-But that's the Syndey Opera House! One of the world's most famous and distinctive buildings and a masterpiece of architecture! It is a beacon of the performing arts! I remember how Mother and Father took me to a performance for my 10th birthday!"
Uraraka proceeded to faint at Yaoyorozu unintentionally flaunting her rich lifestyle, only further panicking Yaoyorozu and attempting to revive the poor girl.
"And that was just the real Godzilla's standard Atomic Breath," Wiz pointed out.
"Standard?" Mina exclaimed, wide-eyed. "You mean there's another?!"
ABILITIES
Atomic Breath
- Spiral Atomic Breath
Nuclear Pulse
Regenerator G1
Magnetic Powers
Sharp-dorsal plates
Uncanny Durability
Godly Strength
Can breathe underwater
"Yep," Boomstick agreed, showing the titular Titan laying on the ground with a giant pterodactyl on top of him before it faded. "After absorbing a giant pterodactyl's soul... okay..."
Ibara blinked multiple times, trying to rationalize what she just heard, and if the looks of utter confusion from the others were any indication, she wasn't alone.
"...He gained the power to boost his breath to the Red Spiral Ray," Boomstick finished, Godzilla firing his now red radioactive breath at a Kaiju.
Izuku's eyes drifted down, his aimlessly gaze drifting from his notes to his scarred hand. 'That kind of sounds like One For All,' The 9th bearer of the quirk thought, the Quirk that passed down the stored power, and now Quirks and souls of its past users, making both the Quirk itself and the others passed down stronger.
"An attack so deadly it only took a few blasts to obliterate the more powerful clone of himself, Space Godzilla," Wiz revealed, Space Godzilla was shown as a spikier version of Godzilla with giant glowing red and white crystals on his back.
"Hold up, SPACE Godzilla?!" Mina perked up, super excited at the potential alien Kaiju.
"What?! Space Godzilla?!" Boomstick shouted, excited.
"Yes, Space Godzilla is a thing, moving on..." Wiz said, seriously.
"Ohh..." Boomstick pouted childishly.
"Ohh," Mina pouted too.
"Disappointed they're skipping over Space Godzilla, Alien Queen?" Izuku teased, grinning.
Unprepared for the teasing from her crush, Mina's pink cheeks burned bright and huffed away. "S-Shut up!"
"Oh no!" Toru gasped. "She's contracted the Tsundere Virus from Jiro!"
And thus was the invisible girl saved by the combined effort of Izuku's Black Whip and Itsuka's giant, barricading hands.
"In fact, Rodan is the not only giant monster that the King has absorbed for a power boost," Wiz continued, showing a ginormous moth Kaiju. "Mothra, Queen of the Monsters, and long-time ally of Godzilla, after he destroyed her at one point...or rather multiple times." This was emphasized by multiple scenes of Godzilla destroying his would-be future ally.
"AAAAHHHHH!" Koda screamed, turning his back to the screen, hands over his face, while rocking like a toddler.
"Uh, what's up him?" Sen asked, scratching his head, confused.
"Koda is not fond of insects and arachnids," Tokoyami explained, Dark Shadow comforting the gentle giant. "He has been getting better used to them, though."
"But I don't think a giant moth in his ballpark yet," Dark Shadow commented. As Koda flinched at the mention of Mothra again, Tokoyami gave a flare at his Quirk for bringing it up again.
"Wait, speaking of which, given that these are essentially giant animals, couldn't he be able to understand and control them with his Anivoice Quirk?" Shinsou asked.
It took the reminder that Koda was still being consoled to forget the giant moth to keep Setsuna in her chair and not demand the shy teen to play translator and pet-tamer for a Kaiju she wanted.
"When she died, Godzilla absorbed her soul-"
"Wait, wait, wait! Back the monster truck up!" Boomstick shouted, pausing the video with a record scratch. "Queen of the Monsters? King of the Monsters? You telling me that they...you know..." Boomstick's unsaid question included two images of Godzilla and Mothra moving their faces closer to each other, with blushes on their cheeks.
"Thanks, I did not need to know that," Melissa sweatdropped.
"Aww, but isn't it still cute?" Nejire cooed. "A giant lizard and a giant moth making it work and becoming king and queen of all those giant terrifying lizards and insects?" Koda yelped and shivered again. "Oops! My bad!"
"...Ahem, when Godzilla absorbed the soul of Mothra," Wiz continued, completely ignoring, and forgetting what Boomstick implied. "He obtained one of his powerful forms: Burning Godzilla."
BURNING GODZILLA
Powered by the soul of Mothra
-Or uranium energy from a volcanic eruption
Superheated State
Nuclear Pulse
-Accumulated Nuclear Pulse
Heat Shield
Healing Radiation to other Kaiju
Slowly drains his lifeforce
"SSSSHHHKKKRRREEEOOOOOONNNNGGGTTT!" Burning Godzilla roared, his entire body now glowing red and gold like magma.
Bakugou's jaw, metaphorically, joined the floor with Setsuna's at the sight. Endeavor and Shoto perked up at the name and then stared wide-eyed at the glowing giant lizard.
"The Burning form was first shown in 1995's Godzilla vs Destroyah, and even then, it was so powerful, Godzilla could not control it and was destroying everything, including himself" Wiz continued. "Now, in his modern version; however, he can activate it whenever he wants as a measure of last resort."
"Hmm, given the title of this form's first appearance, it would appear that Wizard and Boomstick's universe, Godzilla seems to be a piece of fiction from movies," Nezu deduced.
"Sounds rather similar to our world's Godzillo," David pointed out the similarly designed Hero from Japan who stared in various movies before taking his craft and Hero profession to America.
"Though I don't believe 'Zillo ever possessed an Atomic Breath like this one," Ryukyu noted.
"I bet if he found it about this, he'll be severely depressed with how lacking he is from this version," Miruko snarked.
"The Burning Godzilla state can melt all buildings and structures around him in seconds," Boomstick revealed, showing Burning Godzilla's heat turn skyscrapers into metal puddles.
Eyes widened again and were joined by various audible gulps of fear at the sight of buildings and skyscrapers turning into piles of melted steel in literal seconds.
Todoroki paled at the power displayed in front of him, recognizing such heat far more potent than anything he and his father have ever produced. The Half Cold Half Hot Quirk user shuddered at the thought of trying to fight this creature. He originally thought that as a giant lizard, he would be subject to the cold-blooded biology of reptiles and would be easy pickings with a good Heaven's Piercing Ice Wall. Now, that the giant lizard looked like he was becoming a mini sun, he realized it would take all he got from his ice side just to not join the buildings as a pile of goo, or worse, a pile of ashes.
"The melting point of steel is around 1300-1540 degrees Celsius, depending on the steel's chemical composition. That's over 2370-2800 degrees F!" Wiz explained. "As those are buildings and skyscrapers, likely using industrial steel, and it takes mere seconds for the Burning form to turn them into goo, that means Burning Godzilla's heat must be leagues higher!"
Tetsutetsu and Honenuki were taken back to when Shoto Todoroki nearly turned Tetsutetsu into a pile of melted steel in their Joint Training Class session, the latter of the two let out a sigh of relief at saving his classmate from such a fate.
Endeavor's eyes widened at such firepower, suddenly feeling eclipsed in his and his son's department. He realized that likely he would do would hurt Godzilla and with the level of power, strength, and durability the King of the Monster displayed and fought against, he felt that not even All Might in his prime could truly come out on top, much less alive.
"The Burning form can be so hot, it can even shield him from laser fire at long range, can be fired off in even more powerful nuclear pulses that burned off King Ghidorah's wings and heads off, and can unleash an even more massive blast that turns everything around him into cinders," Boomstick listed off the feats, including Godzilla roaring in the scorched ruins of the city. "I think that was Kaiju for 'Fuck Boston!'"
David paled when he realized that the city that Godzilla had just eviscerated was none other than Boston, Massachusetts, home to his favorite team, the Red Sox.
"Godzilla's cell structure can quickly regenerate from all manner of wounds, and despite being vulnerable to man-made electricity, he possesses magnetic properties," Wiz continued down the list of Godzilla's powers. "Like a lightning rod, he can attract thunderbolts from the sky and use nature's power to enhance his own abilities... or turn himself into a giant living magnet."
"Magnets... how do they even work?!" Boomstick memed while metal structures stuck to his body.
"So, in combination with his physical strength and durability, his radioactivity, and the Burning Godzilla state, Godzilla is practically unstoppable at close range. Long-lasting exposure to radiation can lead to cancerous side effects if not death, so any short-range combat Hero would be ill-advised, and he is 5 times Mount Lady's size and taller than even Godzillo and Ryukyu in her Dragoon form, so there would be no Hero alive that could fight it head on and survive other than Dark Shadow at full power. But then Godzilla's Burning state and his Atomic Breath could destroy him with the brightness of their attacks, let alone firepower. He could resist Kacchan's explosions, Endeavor's, and Todoroki's fire and ice easily. Aoyama wouldn't be able to hit him in his Burning State and I doubt even a full 100% punch would cause serious damage with his listed regeneration. The only people that could harm him perhaps would be Momo, Nejire, Amajiki, and Kaminari, unless their Quirks wouldn't count as man-made, but Momo could create various traps and devices to exploit Godzilla's weakness and Amajiki might be able to transform into a similar creature if he can consume a piece of Godzilla's body, like his scales...*Mutter mutter mutter. *"
Sweatdropped, deadpanned expressions were cast toward the unaware verdant-haired teenager as he muttered and wrote in his notebook at speeds that were pretty much incomprehensible now. While Nejire was flattered, as well as Yaoyorozu, Amajiki, and Kaminari, that Midoriya believed that they could harm such a behemoth, even the 3rd year girl was having trouble understanding him and went to snap him out of his muttering.
"Well believe it or not; that isn't the weirdest thing that Godzilla can do," Boomstick pointed out. "If Big G needs to get somewhere quick, he bends over, charges up, and does this..."
Comical music played whilst Godzilla bent over and fired his Atomic Breath, slowly lifting him off the ground and then propelling himself through the air.
"...I am dead inside," Aizawa stated, his shoulders slumping in a new state of depression.
His, admittingly, comical response and timing were enough to set off laughter in half the group.
"H-How in...and with...shouldn't that breath...I quit," Momo resigned, saving her remaining brain cells from such a fruitless endeavor. Even Iida and Izuku had sparks coming out of their malfunctioning brains.
"Well... at least Japan is... creative?" Wiz questioned.
"That's one word for it," Vlad King sweatdropped.
"Wait, can that even happen?" Boomstick also questioned.
"For these three's sakes, hopefully," Asui croaked, looking at Izuku, Momo, and Iida.
"Scaling to the present, to actually lift his body means his Atomic Breath must have a force of over 328 trillion psi," Wiz calculated, the math displayed of having to lift 90,000 tons and converting the psi into 2.2 quintillion N/m squared. "That's the equivalent of 1 TRILLION riot control fire hoses, enough to wrap around the earth 38 THOUSAND times!"
The only thing Boomstick could say in response was "Damn!"
"Huh," Ragdoll chuckled. "The more you know."
STRENGTHS & FEATS
49 wins, 11 losses, 8-9 ties
Survived & escaped a black hole
Regenerated from a beating heart
Battled Rodan over 12 hours
Survived the Absolute Zero Cannon
Lifted & threw Kaizer Ghidorah
Matched Thor's strength
Defeated 10 monsters in a row in Final Wars
Earned title of King of the Monsters after destroying King Ghidorah
Won Twice against King Kong
"Godzilla has over 50 known victories, largely due to his insane durability," Boomstick announced. "He's fallen into a volcano, survived a black hole, and tanked a meteorite point-blank... without a scratch." The final feat showed the complete ruins of the meteor's collision, including a large crater, with Godzilla standing comically in the middle, unscathed.
"I'm sorry, he survived a WHAT?!" Uraraka exclaimed at the latter two feats.
Thirteen paled inside her suit, her plan to disintegrate the King of the Monsters with her Black Hole Quirk just shot out the window.
WEAKNESSES
Sensitive to light
Relatively slow
Somewhat clumsy due to size
Lost to Mothra and King Kong, Twice
Gills are a weak spot
Vulnerable to strong surges of unnatural electricity
Killed by Oxygen Destroyer, Twice, & MechaGodzilla 2
"But despite popular belief, Godzilla is not invincible," Wiz pointed out. "His regeneration takes time; his speed is lacking, and despite having two brains, one in his skull and the other where his tail meets his torso, he's pretty darn clumsy." Both a diagram of Godzilla's biology and Godzilla tripping were displayed.
"He has two brains?!" Kaminari exclaimed, looking grossed out.
"That's twice more than yours, Jamming Yey," Jiro snarked, earning a middle finger from the blonde.
"A-Actually, a lot of creatures have multiple brains," Koda said, shaking off his fear of Mothra, for now. "Octopuses, c-cockroaches, g-grasshoppers, leeches, even humans. Though the latter if you count both the two hemispheres as separate."
"Where were you on that one, ass brain?" Boomstick joked.
"I think we just found a new insult for Bakugou," Mineta said.
"Guess you do have one, at least, Brain Tard!" Bakugou snarked.
"Whelp, at least you proved it," Sero patted a comically depressed Mineta.
"He officially lost a fight and a round against King Kong on two separate occasions, and he's even died in four separate films, and nearly did in a fifth," Wiz explained. "He even had to fight with King Kong, after a mutual agreement, against MechaGodzilla after being weakened in his previous fights."
"So, he isn't at all invincible," Melissa said. "And he has been beaten by both a giant gorilla and a giant mech version of himself?"
"I'm sorry, Mel, I don't think you are understanding that THERE IS A MECHAGODZILLA?!" Mei's Zoom eyes lasered back into the machine and blasted off for it.
"No, You Don't!" Izuku fired Black Whip and stopped her progress. The keyword was stopped as her fervent energy kept her in place, despite Izuku's strength.
"Heave!" Itsuka yelled as she, Jurota, Sato, and Mirio joined in pulling Mei back, slowly but surely. "Heave!"
"But Godzilla's victories definitely outweigh his failures," Boomstick noted. "Before the MechaGodzilla fight, he had beaten Kong, and the King of the Monsters has destroyed King Ghidorah multiple times, and it usually takes multiple Kaiju to get one over on him."
"Oh yeah, almost forgot that King Kong apparently exists in this world too," Mount Lady pointed out.
"And apparently far bigger than he normally is to stand on equal footing to Godzilla," Midnight noted.
"There's a good reason they call him the 'King of the Monsters'," Boomstick declared.
"SSSHHHRRREEEOOOOOOONNNGGTTT!" Godzilla roared out to the heavens, standing atop a scorched hill while multiple Kaiju bowed to the King.
"Manly!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu exclaimed at the sight of the kingly Titan.
"And just when one loud roar ends, another more obnoxious one takes its place," Jiro flinched, not at all pleased that she took her earmuffs off when the Kaiju finished roaring, only to get her ears blasted by the two hardheads.
The King of the Monsters drew various opinions from the students and adults. While the monster was indeed terrifying enough to leave a spot on their nightmare list, they had no qualms about how the Kaiju was nearly unstoppable and that any fighter made to fight against him would have to be just as, if not more, ridiculously insane as him.
Setsuna was practically vibrating in her seat. Not just because of one of her new favorite fighters thus far, but because she knew who was up next, and it couldn't bear to take another second of waiting.
Compared to the likes of Godzilla, the second fight seemed lackluster in comparison, but its size and appearances were still enough to be terrifying to most of the group. Compared to the dinosaur design of Godzilla, this mostly green Kaiju's appearance resembled more of a turtle. Most of his body, dark green and black, was covered in a large, thick shell, spikes mostly jutting at the shell's sides and the stomach layer of the shell segmented-looking like it could open up. Poking out of the holes, his arms and legs were shorter than this DB opponent but were collectively bulkier, with sharp claws and talons, thick, dark green scales, and a shorter, more normal tail. The Kaiju's head looked more plated and more reptilian than Godzilla's, with two tusks jutting out the sides of his wide jaw, razor-sharp fangs, and piercing green eyes.
Gamera
"The year was 1965, the apex of the Space Race," Wiz started. "Technology was advancing further and faster than ever before, but no one could've anticipated the bio-engineered marvel hidden beneath the waves." As Wiz finished the intro, a reptilian head poked out of the recently made hole in the ocean floor.
"Just like Godzilla," Ryukyu said. "Though, instead of being woken up or mutated by nuclear weaponry, this one seemed woken up by just an unfortunately poor choice crashing."
"Eons ago, the ancient people of Atlantis learned how to construct life and foolishly decided to play God," Wiz continued, displaying a barren island that looked rather similar to a turtle, before showing an image of the prehistoric ancient city of legends and an explosion of energy.
"Atlantis," Reiko gasped in wonder. "The mythological ancient city that was lost to the ocean."
"Well, I guess this video confirmed it existed," Itsuka said. "In that world, anyway."
Ibara huffed at the mention of the Atlanteans daring to 'play God' and mess with something as sacred as life itself.
"But instead of creating something safe like a dog or a bunny, they created giant, flying, laser-shooting, murder birds," Boomstick declared, showing the aforementioned 'murder birds' firing lasers everywhere.
"I'm sorry I'm going need you to run that by me again," Mount Lady's eyes blinked on her emotionally unchanged, smiling face. "They made WHAT?!"
"And I thought we were creative," Ryukyu referred to Wiz calling them creative after Godzilla's comical flying feat.
"I'm going to guess that giant birds plus lasers plus murder equals 'Goodbye Atlantis'," Miruko joked.
"Surprise, surprise, they couldn't be controlled, and they turned 100% of Atlantis into oceanfront property," Boomstick revealed.
"So, I guess that's the secret of what happened to Atlantis," Pixie Bob shrugged. "Not an act of God or random, powerful earthquake, but giant birds."
"I guess," Mandalay sweatdropped.
"So, what was their solution to counter these giant destructive monsters?" Wiz asked the right question. "Why, ANOTHER giant destructive monster, of course!"
"Fight fire with fire, I guess," Mirio chuckled.
Landing and destroying all around him, Gamera roared. "MWWWWAAAAAHHHHH!"
"There he is!" Setsuna grinned, excited.
"Thank you," Jiro muttered to Mei, who had turned down the volume for Gamera's roar.
"You got it, Ears!" Mei called out.
"So, Gamera exists in our world, too?" Iida asked. "Tokage clearly knows about him already."
"Only in Kaiju movies," Mina answered. "But I guess like Pokémon and Mega Man, he exists in some alternate universe, out there."
BACKGROUND
Height: 80 Meters / 262.5 ft
Weight: 9,000,000 kg / 10,000 tons
Origin: Atlantean bioengineering
Age: Up to 150 million years
Feeds on fire, plasma, & mana
More intelligent than most humans
A skilled gymnast
Known as the Guardian of the Universe & Friend to All Children
"Enter Gamera, Guardian of the Universe, and Friend to All Children," Wiz fully introduced.
"Hurry, let's go!" One kid frightfully exclaimed.
"He won't harm us." Another kid calmed the other down. "Gamera doesn't hurt people. He likes us."
"I suppose with a title like that, he is far more friendly than Godzilla," All Might scratched at his cheek.
"What kind of stupid title is that?!" Bakugou yelled. "That sounds incredibly anticlimactic!"
"Oh, screw you!" Tokage yelled back. "It makes perfect sense with how he is characterized."
"What has this devolved into?" Edgeshot shook his head, exasperated.
"Eh, just relax and enjoy the ride," Miruko patted the ninja Hero's back rather hard.
"Friend to All Children?" Boomstick asked, incredulously. "That's a terrible title. How about 'Gamera, the flying, fire-breathing, Ninja Turtle of Doom'!"
"See?! At least he has some sense!" Bakugou exclaimed.
"You say that about a man who hunts for squirrels by punching trees and firing a minigun," Tokoyami pointed out.
"That's... actually not far off," Wiz admitted.
"Wait, really?" Sato blinked in surprise.
"For a 260-foot, 10-thousand-ton turtle, Gamera is quite agile," Wiz explained, showing Gamera spinning around on a horizontal bar before flipping through the air and landing on his feet.
"And he sticks it!" Boomstick announced dramatically as Gamera thrust his arms out.
"Pfft, he looked like a gymnast," Kosei snickered.
His gymnastic feat earned him the perked-up smiles and grins from Mina, Miruko, Asui, and Izuku, especially impressed when it came to a 250+ tall monster turtle.
ABILITIES
Fire Breath
Plasma Fireballs
Accelerated healing
Mana manipulation
Flight
-Top Speed: Mach 3
Vanishing Plasma Fist
Ultimate Plasma Mana Cannon
"His arsenal includes two huge tusks, twin elbow spikes, and a fire breath so strong it can be used underwater," Boomstick listed. "Despite being... you know... fire."
"Can that even happen?" Kaminari scratched his head.
"Fire needs only three things to ignite: fuel, oxygen, and heat," Endeavor answered. "The fuel would be whatever organs are inside Gamera's body and given that the creature can breathe both on land and underwater, he must also provide the oxygen to overcome the cooling of the water, and the level of heat the monster is displaying must be immense most likely plasma. "
"Technically, it's highly concentrated plasma, the fourth state of matter," Wiz corrected. "The hottest plasma ever created by man exceeded 3.6 million degrees Fahrenheit. That's hotter than the surface of the sun. Gamera's fireballs can burn through practically anything." Wiz's words were evidenced by Gamera shooting a fireball at a building and then there was no more building.
"Looks like you were right, Number 1," Miruko snickered.
"And when he's not spitting hot fire, he fucking eats it!" Boomstick chuckled, Gamera shown swallowing a stream of fire.
"Excuse me?" Ryukyu did a double take.
"It's true. A fiery four-course meal can quickly heal and re-energize him," Wiz agreed.
Gamera absorbed an entire massive plume of fire into him. "MWWWAAAAAAHHHH!"
"If Gamera can consume fire, then Bakugou, Todoroki, and Endeavor can't attack it or risk healing Gamera if they ever fought," Izuku fell into another muttering spiral. "And with his plasma breath, he can easily blast and melt through Todoroki's ice and maybe even Cementoss's Quirk. As for how it would do against Godzilla, he could probably breathe the fire from the destruction his Atomic Breath creates. But maybe not the Atomic Breath itself if it's simply radiation and-"
"URGH! THAT'S IT! LET ME AT HIM!" Bakugou roared, whatever patience he had ran out with the unintended diss from Midoriya and tried charging at Midoriya to snap him out.
"No, you don't!" Nejire yelled, she, Mirio, and Amajiki pulling Bakugou away while Eri once more pinched herself to snap Midoriya out of fatherly concern.
Endeavor managed to perceive through Midoriya's mutterings, as well as Todoroki, the latter finally getting used to his best friend's quirky trait. The two of them naturally agreed that their Quirks would probably be useless against Gamera if the turtle monster ever existed and went on a rampage. It chafed at the Flame Hero that both of these colossal threats could pose a serious threat to Japan, should they show up at all through the multiverse, would be unaffected by him, the new Number 1 Hero that was tasked with keeping all his countries civilians safe from threats like these.
'I'd imagine All Might would have better luck,' Endeavor bitterly thought.
"Naturally, as a giant turtle monster, he can retract his limbs and head into his shell for extra defense," Boomstick continued.
Kirishima and Tetsutetsu quickly grew grins at the word 'defense', their vote being quickly won for the Friend of All Children.
As Gamera tucked his limbs and head into his shell, jet fire spewed out of the shell holes, started spinning in circles, and then took to the sky.
"And then fire rocket jets out of the holes and freakin' fly?! WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?!" Boomstick cried out in complete shock.
Cue wide eyes and dropped jaws.
"He looks like a goddamn UFO!" Mineta exclaimed.
"AHAHAHAHA!" Setsuna burst out laughing after waiting to see their reactions. "Oh! You should see your faces! They were priceless!"
"And why can't my turtle do that?" Boomstick whined as Gamera spun and flew through the air. "Someday, Mr. Snappy, someday..."
"Mr. Snappy," Uraraka giggled at the cute nickname for Boomstick's turtle.
"I'd imagine this be why Boomstick was so averse to the TMNT Battle Royal?" Asui asked.
"Perhaps," Jiro shrugged.
"MMMMWWWAAAAAAHHHH!" Gamera roared while flying and slamming/slashing at a Kaiju above the clouds.
"Okay, that is sick!" Kamakiri grinned, inspiration lighting up in his brain at a spinning blade attack he could perform.
"Gamera can fly at speeds breaching Mach 3, over 22 hundred miles per hour," Wiz reported, math shown on screen, with an extra conversion displayed of 1021 m/s. "That's faster than the world record-holding SR71 Blackbird."
"That record was broken a long time ago," David muttered, thinking of the jets he helped design for Stars N Stripes' military team.
Bakugou felt through his twitching grin the temptation to exclaim how badass Gamera was, the only things holding him back being the previous insult of his title and his bias toward Godzilla.
"But how the hell does he know where he's going, and more importantly, how does he not puke his guts out?" Boomstick asked the important questions.
"I'd imagine that he houses a resistance to his spinning and holds a similar way of seeing like Sonic does whenever he Spin Dashes," Momo suggested, looking through Izuku's notes on Sonic the Hedgehog.
"The Atlanteans built Gamera using mana, an ethereal energy force connecting all things, places, and people," Wiz explained. "Everything has a finite pool of mana, which can be measured using a... Sega Dreamcast(?)."
"But it still can't play DVDs," Boomstick sighed.
"Wow, that is so old," Melissa whispered, half amazed and the other in disbelief at such old technology.
"I actually have one in my garage," Mei mentioned. "And I agree with Boomstick, it does not play DVDs."
"Moving back onto the topic of mana, it is rather similar to the concept of Ki from Goku's and Vegeta's world," Jurota mentioned.
"Or the Force in Luke Skywalker's world," Shoda also mentioned. "I suppose that most of these worlds have some underlying cosmic or magical force that connects all life together. Almost poetic really."
"If so, I wonder what ours would be," Honenuki muttered.
"Revelry in the Dark," Tokoyami, Kosei, and Reiko all muttered.
"You know, I had a feeling they would say that," Rin deadpanned.
"A person's mana is dependent on how much influence and authority they possess over others," Wiz detailed. "As Gamera literally holds the world's fate in his claws, his mana levels are off the charts."
"Quite the fascinating concept," Nezu said. "If that is the case, would my mana levels be high because of my position as Principal of U.A.? And if so, would my mana levels drop if I resigned or retired from my position?"
"Another potential quandary would be All Might," Power Loader added. "Back in Toshinori's prime as the Symbol of Peace, I'd imagine he would have enormous amounts of mana that faded over time to his retirement."
"Perhaps," All Might frowned, suddenly feeling rather despondent over his retired lifestyle, without One For All in his veins and feeling aimless in his purpose.
"If such a hypothetical situation were true, then I believe Toshi here still would have some abundant levels of mana," David jumped in, patting his oldest friend on his back. "You're still pretty important to a great many people, right, Toshi?"
All Might was taken aback by Dave's words, but they were exactly what he needed. Looking over to see Midoriya smiling at him, joined by Melissa, All Might smiled back. 'I may not be the Symbol of Peace I was anymore, I may not be a Hero or have One For All anymore, but I'm far from without a purpose,' All Might thought, Inko's smiling face joining the two children. 'They are my purpose. Keeping the safe and happy just by being here, training the students to be the next generation of Heroes, and training Young Midoriya to take my place. That is my purpose, and I will accomplish it till my dying breath.'
All Might turned back to his best friend, the retired pro smiled and nodded. Dave nodded and smiled back warmly.
"Gamera can manipulate his mana in combat, which is useful when you've lost your arm and need to give your enemy a Kaiju-sized Falcon Punch," Boomstick noted.
While Gamera lost an arm, the Kaiju manipulated his man to form the Vanishing Plasma Fist and struck Irys, creating a massive explosion that took the monster with it.
"Fuck Yeah!" Boomstick yelled out.
"MANLY!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu exclaimed.
Todoroki looked at his left arm, flexing his fingers, imagining performing the same move. 'I have less experience and creativity with my left side than I do my right,' Todoroki thought, bitterly reminded of his earlier stubbornness over it. 'Perhaps this would be a start.'
"Heh, is that where you got your Vanishing Fist Ultimate Move from, Number 1?" Miruko teased, grinning ear to ear.
"Drop it," Endeavor growled.
"Good enough," Miruko took that as her answer.
Overhearing, Todoroki sweatdropped, slightly dejected from unknowingly about to copy his father. 'Maybe I could use some help later.'
"And if Gamera ever runs low on mana, he can summon more from the earth itself," Wiz added.
Absorbing mana from around the Earth, Gamera gathered the energy into him. "MWWWAAAAHHHH!" He roared, his chest opening up and firing the Ultimate Plasma Mana Cannon to completely vaporize Legion.
"...I think he got him." Boomstick quipped.
While Setsuna laughed like an excited madwoman, Bakugou slobbered over Gamera's firepower, his resistance being lowered gradually.
"Gamera's ability to absorb the Earth's mana could come useful in his fight against Godzilla, should he ever come in a pinch," Shoji noted. "It's also rather similar to Goku absorbing the Ki from the sun during his battle with Superman."
STRENGTHS AND FEATS
16 wins, 3 losses, 2 ties
Famous steadfast determination
Plasma fire trumps the Tsar Bomb
Can jump hundreds of feet high
Survived city-leveling explosion
Blew Up a Star Destroyer (No joke)
Survived an orbital re-entry with a crash landing
"Gamera is fast enough to catch a missile going Mach 10, capable of flying through outer space, and tough enough to survive a nuclear explosion which leveled the entire city of Sendai," Boomstick listed Gamera's feats.
Seeing footage of this alternate Sendai, a city that many here had visited at some point, getting destroyed so easily made them pale in horror. Of the group, Nejire, Jurota, Kuroiro, and Koda all lived in the neighboring prefectures of Miyagi, where Sendai was, and thus witnessing such a catastrophic destruction of a city so close to home gave them all shivers.
"As Sendai is about 152 miles across, this explosion must have yielded nearly 112 megatons of force," Wiz calculated.
"Jesus," Midnight cursed.
"That seems rather similar to Godzilla surviving that meteorite," Snipe noted.
"But the difference in power could be how much damage the two sustained by comparison," Ectoplasm replied. "In Godzilla's case, he survived without so much as a scratch on him."
"I think the important piece of information in this statement was that Gamera was 'tough enough' to survive the explosion," Cementoss pointed out. "It implies that Gamera suffered some damage but was tough enough to survive, compared to Godzilla surviving with no visible damage."
"Gamera has a fierce will to fight," Boomstick said. "No matter how much pain he's in, he'll keep pushing forward for the win."
Izuku smiled, inspired by the giant Kaiju, and could see why Setsuna liked him so much.
"And he's not just determined; he's actually quite brilliant," Wiz added. "He tactically seeks to exploit enemy weaknesses and is apparently smart enough to repair an alien spacecraft." This was proven with Gamera somehow places the two pieces of an alien saucer together.
"He does machines," Boomstick chuckled.
"Okay, this is like that He-Man repairing things by just magically pasting them together," Sen threw his hands up. "What do both of them have Awase's Quirk or something?"
"I think he might have just welded the ship together with his fire breath," Awase suggested.
"Sounds like if he did that, he would most likely destroy the ship rather than fix it," Kosei replied.
While they argued, Melissa and Mei smiled at how intelligent and, apparently, tech-savvy enough for a giant monster.
WEAKNESSES
Underside of the shell is weaker than its top
Relies on human connection to maintain power
Prefers a winning through retreating strategy
Puts the Earth's safety above his own
Vulnerable to his own plasma
"But despite his intelligence, he is not infallible," Wiz noted, showing Gamera getting pierced by his underside. "Gamera's supposedly impenetrable defenses have been pierced before."
"The underside of a turtle's shell is often weaker than the upper part, so it isn't all that surprising," Koda noted.
"And remember, Gamera is explicitly the Guardian of Earth, which does not necessarily include humanity," Wiz pointed out. "In fact, Gamera fears mankind may one day become the Earth's greatest enemy."
Ibara sighed, unfortunately agreeing with the giant Kaiju given humanity's rather lackluster care for the environment. Though Gamera's care for the Earth and nature earned him a few points in her book.
"I knew he sounded too good to be true," Boomstick sighed, disappointed. "He's a hippie turtle."
"You mean like Crush from Finding Nemo?" Toru asked.
"Ooh, I love that turtle!" Mina squealed. "First, you were like whoa! And then you were like, WHOA! And then you were like, whoa." Mina mimicked the stoner turtle's quote.
"And yet Gamera has a strange fondness for children," Wiz added.
Eri and Kouta perked up at that, smiling happily at the Kaiju helping and being nice to kids like them.
"Umm...Gamera! Gamera!" Boomstick began to sing. "He will bring kids to his van! Touch them like no other can! Please don't tell on Gamera!"
"What is he talking about Papa?" Eri curiously asked.
She and Kouta looked at the others and saw everyone dead silent, some trying to contain their laughter, others rather appalled like Iida and Yaoyorozu. Eri tilted her head curiously when she saw Auntie Muri and Grunkle Zashi keep Grunkle from wrapping his neck with his scarf.
When she turned back at her Papa, Izuku was pale as a sheet of paper and stumbling over what to say. "U-Um, u-uh, Boomstick was just being silly," Izuku stuttered out, sweat rolling down his forehead. "But if you ever see a weird van and a man trying to get you to come over, run the other way, okay?"
"Okay! / Sure." Eri and Kouta said, the white-haired girl innocently back to cheerful, while Kouta just shrugged, not realizing or caring about what had Deku so sweaty over.
Izuku sighed, thanking whatever entity was watching over them that the two were so innocent and obedient.
Izuku felt a hand on his shoulder, turning to see Momo's proud and happy smile. "You did good, Izuku," Momo nodded. "Most parents would react loudly or dramatically in their fear."
Izuku's cheeks turn red but smiled back. "I learned from the best," Izuku smirked back. "Like our Class's Mama Momo."
Momo's head immediately turned bright red and let out an adorable squeak. "IZUKU!" Momo whined, lightly slapping Midoriya's shoulders in retribution, only made worse by Izuku's delightful laughter.
Eri turned back to see the two act and made her smile, delightfully. 'Yep, definitely like a Mama and Papa,' Eri sighed wistfully, hoping to be able to call Miss Momo and the other girls her Mama, proudly and openly.
"...no, really," Boomstick added.
"Actually... he's sacrificed his life to save children on multiple occasions," Wiz pointed out, seriously. "Even used his ultimate self-destruct move all for the safety of innocent children."
"Oh. That's pretty cool." Boomstick admitted.
"If that drunken idiot were here, I'd slap the shit out of him," Setsuna grumbled, pissed off that Boomstick, joke or not, would dare insinuate Gamera, one of her favorite Kaiju, to be anything like a pedophile.
"MMMMWWWWAAAAAHHHHH!" Gamera roared.
"Okay, pedophile jokes aside, that giant turtle's actually kind of cool," Kirishima grinned.
"Yeah! Like how he flew like a Beyblade across the sky and slashed at that weird giant octopus or whatever," Tetsutetsu said. "SO MANLY!"
Gamera did make a more favorable impression of the group of Heroes and Hero hopefuls than the King of the Monsters. Sure, the scenes of him causing massive destruction weren't exactly easily excused or made light of, but Gamera's more noble goals, purpose, and more human characteristics warmed most up to the giant, destructive Kaiju.
"Alright, the combatants are set," Wiz declared. "Let's end this debate once and for all."
"IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Boomstick yelled out.
As the video paused for the device to scan for counterparts, the group voted.
For the King of the Monsters, Godzilla's most notable votes came from Bakugou, the explosive teen firm in his belief that the King of the Monsters was the more destructive fighter, his thoughts shared by Endeavor, especially after the display that was Burning Godzilla, Mount Lady, for Godzilla's greater size and air of terrifying majesty, and Kouta, who simply found Godzilla the more badass of the two. Kaminari also voted for Godzilla based on his firepower, specifically the Nuclear Pulse and his lightning-powered abilities, and Godzilla's Atomic Breath, both its firepower and the hilarity of his flight with it, won over Nejire. The titanic Kaiju's survivability feats, mostly surviving a black hole and a meteorite, won him votes from Uraraka and Thirteen, his feats defeating other giant Kaiju, like the three-headed King Ghidorah, won Ryukyu's vote, and his size, strength, and physique won over Amajiki. His surprising intelligence and ferocity eventually had Momo vote for him, his more brute force style of fighting won Kamakiri, whilst Aizawa saw the Kaiju king's style to be more rationally eliminating threats before they get away and find a way to exploit a victory out of perceived weaknesses.
And Gamera's votes, those that were made special mention included Setsuna, from an obvious bias of her longer-known, favorite Kaiju, Izuku, who found Gamera more relatable, heroic, cool, and perhaps slightly biased in favor of Setsuna's line of reasoning, and Eri found the giant turtle cuter and more approachable than the more intimidating Godzilla. While torn between two different powerful beams of power, Aoyama voted for Gamera and his more similar Ultimate Plasma Mana Cannon, and Kirishima and Tetsutetsu ultimately chose Gamera, believing the turtle to have the greater defenses by comparison. His more analytical fighting style and his own firepower earned him Todoroki's vote, and his intelligent nature, as well as his fixing a spaceship, got him votes from Mei and Melissa. His gymnastic and flight capabilities got him votes from Mina, Miruko, and Tokoyami, and Gamera's title as Guardian of the Earth and his care for the planet had Shiozaki vote for the Kaiju.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device finished its scanning. "GODZILLA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: ERROR! ERROR! UNABLE TO VERIFY COUNTERPART!"
"Wait, what?" Mount Lady shook her head, confused. "How? I thought it was a slam-dunk vote for Godzillo. They almost share the freakin' name and appearance!"
"MULTIPLE INCARNATIONS OF SUBJECT, SOME OF VARYING ORIGINS, OUTSIDE OF CURRENT COUNTERPART VERIFICATION! UPDATE REQUIRED!"
"Update?" Mei blinked.
"From the message that Wizard and Boomstick left, it did imply that they sent the device off in a rush before it could fall into their government's hands," Power Loader reasoned. "Perhaps it wasn't entirely finished."
"Perhaps," Nezu nodded. "And recall their words at the beginning of this video, that they would be using multiple incarnations of the fighters, yet they made mention of Godzilla being the most prevalent of this treatment."
"You say that Gamera could have a counterpart with fewer versions analyzed compared to Godzilla?" Endeavor asked.
"I'd imagine we will receive that answer right about now," Nezu said.
"GAMERA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
"GREENIE!" Izuku only had that loud cry as a warning before he was wrapped up in a hug from an over-excited Setsuna. "You just made Gamera 10 times better! My favorite fellow greenette is my favorite Kaiju! Isn't that just destiny or what?!"
Ibara rolled her eyes at Setsuna's blatant advances, only slightly jealous that the title of Setsuna's favorite greenette was taken from her by Midoriya. Asui croaked, suddenly wondering whether she would be Midoriya's favorite greenette or Setsuna.
After fighting off the blush and stutter that came up with Setsuna's assets pressing onto his chest, Izuku chuckled, smiling nervously. "I suppose," Izuku replied.
"Okay, how many counterparts does that make for Midoriya?" Sero sighed, disappointed. "50 or something?"
"Feels like it," Mineta grumbled, slightly peeved that his only counterparts, so far, were an old guy and a frog. "But I think this is his 17th one."
"Can't believe I'm feeling jealous over Midoriya being a giant turtle," Kirishima chuckled, rubbing his neck.
"Well, cheer up, guys," Mirio spoke up. "After all, anything to get Midoriya out of his... Shell!"
"I swear I think my ears would rather take the monster roars than any more of these shitty puns," Kyoka rubbed her forehead.
After a brief moment of waking Mirio up from another hit to the head from the All-mighty frying pan, the video began again.
The scene opened on a cloudy, dark day over a large metropolitan city. While cars went about their day, inside the city or on the long white bridge leading in and out of it, Godzilla's plates emerged from the water outside the city.
"Oh, Jesus, wouldn't that just be terrifying?" Mineta shivered, hugging his short legs. "Just looking out into the water to see those plates slowly come out. You barely get a chance to realize what is happening before suddenly-"
"Mineta!" A whispered voice hissed at him at the same time a black tendril covered his mouth. The purple pervert looked to see his green-haired classmate glaring at him, gesturing toward an uncomfortable Eri and Kouta, whose ears the greenette covered.
Realizing that the surrogate father was trying to get him to stop giving his surrogate kids nightmares, Mineta raised his hands in surrender and nodded, only then having the tendril removed from his mouth.
In a sudden rise out of the water, Godzilla, in all his terrifying presence roared.
"SSSSHHHHRRREEEEOOOONNNNGGGGTTTT!"
Jiro pressed tightly on her earmuffs while Mei lowered the volume, yet that was just enough for her to hear the King of the Monsters roared as to a level that the rest of the group would hear normally.
A squad of tanks mobilized and lined up by the bay as Godzilla approached the city. The tanks fired upon the Kaiju, small explosions, compared to the behemoth's size, littered his black-scaled hide uselessly. Godzilla stomped on the ground, the earth cracking under his foot and sending the tanks flying away instantly.
"At least, they probably got the realism of city and government responding to a Kaiju by sending in the military," Ryukyu said.
"Yeah, but if those shells actually did some damage to him and that's what makes him lose the fight, I'm going to be pissed," Miruko warned.
Godzilla made his way into the city, proceeding to knock over a building down. He swiped in time to knock away a missile coming at him.
"Although, what would be the reason for such an alpha predator to lay waste to a random metropolis?" Reiko asked.
"Remember what Boomstick referred to Godzilla, dear Yanagi," Monoma said, in his usual pompous voice. "He is a savior at times, but a destroyer he also may be."
Tokoyami bristled at Monoma calling to Reiko as 'dear' as if he had any right to speak so suavely to a spooky goddess out of his league.
"SSHHHRREEOONNGGTT!" Godzilla roared again to the sky. Meanwhile, from behind Gamera's spinning shell flew past him, before hovering across from the rampaging Kaiju.
Rocket fumes shot out of his shell as Gamera descended. Landing roughly on the ground, Gamera let out his own roar.
"MMMWWWAAAAAAHHHHH!"
"Here we go!" Setsuna cackled, rubbing her hands in delight.
"You are taking far too much enjoyment of two giant monsters fighting whilst destroying a city of likely millions," Ibara pointed out.
"Simulation of a city full of millions of non-existent people," Setsuna pointed out, grin and sight toward the screen unchanged. "And who cares. Let them fight!"
The two traded roars again as they stood against each other.
FIGHT!
Godzilla began approaching Gamera, who bent down, picking up a small building, and throwing at the approaching Kaiju.
"Smart," Vlad King nodded. "He's testing Godzilla's defenses by throwing a building at him without resorting his fireballs off the bat."
"But why not use the fireballs, especially when they're more powerful?" Kosei asked.
"The logic could stand that Gamera does not know whether Godzilla would be immune to the fireballs," Ectoplasm answered. "And he likely uses up mana with his fireballs, so he is conserving his energy."
Godzilla smashed through the building, unfazed, and continued his approach. Gamera brought his head back and unleashed a stream of fire breath that covered the entirety of Godzilla's form.
"There's the firepower!" Kinoko cheered.
"After the building didn't put a scratch on Godzilla, now Gamers was trying to slow Godzilla's approach and test his defenses with his fire breath," Todoroki nodded.
After a flash of light, the fire dispersed with Godzilla, unscathed and right in front of Gamera. The Guardian of the Universe swiped at Godzilla with both of his claws, striking the Kaiju back. The turtle Kaiju bent down only to bring his head swiftly back up, striking Godzilla with a swift headbutt.
"That's the spirit!" Setsuna cheered. "A quick and good 3-hit combo!"
"Come on, you giant hulking lizard!" Bakugou yelled out. "Smash the turtle's shell to pieces!"
Recovering quickly, Godzilla rushed at Gamera, grabbed onto him by his shell, and began to slam him into a nearby building twice. When the building crumbled the second time, Godzilla turned his Kaiju adversary till he grappled his arm, lifted him over his shoulder, and tossed Gamera over him, the smaller Kaiju knocking into another smaller building on his stomach.
"Now, that's more like it!" Bakugou roared in delight.
"Hey, there's the judo throw," Uraraka pointed out, smiling over at Izuku. "Surprised you didn't vote for Godzilla over that, Deku?"
"I can't just vote on him just for that similar fighting style alone," Deku shrugged, before flashing his own teasing smile at Uraraka. "If anything, that's more like your cool Gunhead Style martial arts, Ochaco."
"BARF! QUIT AND SAVE YOUR FLIRTING FOR LATER, YOU NERDY LOVEBIRDS!" Bakugou yelled, eyes comically red.
Deku and Uraraka snapped back to the screen, the two blushing madly as they came to their senses.
Godzilla backed up a bit, rearing his head back whilst it and its dorsal fins glowed whitish blue. The lizard Kaiju fired his Atomic Breath upon Gamera directly. Then Godzilla fired the breath attack again, upon more of the city surrounding Gamera, consuming the area into a flaming wreck.
"SSSSHHHHRRRREEEEOOOOONNNNGGGGTTT!" Godzilla roared in the devastation, assuming victory.
"Jesus Christ!" Mineta exclaimed in absolute fear of the monster.
"Yep, that turtle's cooked!" Kaminari grinned.
"Are you sure about that, Jamming Yey?" Jiro raised an eyebrow at him.
The fire suddenly began to dissipate as it swirled around the now-standing Gamera, absorbing the fire into him.
"Oh, yeah, forgot about that," Nejire tilted her head.
"DAMMIT! TAPE DUNCEHEAD'S MOUTH SHUT BEFORE HE JINXES GODZILLA ANY FURTHER!" Bakugou yelled, rushing and restraining Kaminari for Sero to tape his struggling mouth shut.
Glowing in the aftermath of his fire absorption, the Earth's Guardian fired off a fireball onto Godzilla's head, stunning the titanic Kaiju. Gamera fired two more in quick succession fireballs, all striking Godzilla's face, staggering him back as he fell onto his knees from the onslaught.
"With such amount of fire consumed, Gamera was able to fire multiple fireballs in quick succession, likely from an excess of mana," Endeavor analyzed.
"And with how they were able to stagger Godzilla back to his knees, they must have been quite powerful," Edgeshot nodded.
Godzilla got right back and let out a short growl, still willing and able to fight. Striking the ground with his tail twice, Godzilla jumped and sailed toward Gamera with a physics-defying drop kick, his tail dragging across the ground.
"He's actually trying to drop-kick him!" Pixie Bob cackled.
"Honestly, this shouldn't be possible with his tail dragging across the ground like that," Midnight reasoned, suppressing a giggle.
"Who cares?! This is both hilarious and awesome!" Mic exclaimed.
"Present Mic," Jiro groaned, pressing on her earmuffs again.
"S-Sorry, little listener," Yamada apologized.
Gamera attempted to back up from such a sudden and fast-approaching attack but to no avail. Godzilla struck and then landed on him, bringing him down by his massive weight. Godzilla jumped off him, turning in mid-air before slamming him into the ground again.
"He's using his larger size and weight to his advantage," Momo deduced. "He is probably trying to bury him further into the ground so he can't escape."
Godzilla roared into the air, lifting his foot up and prepared to stomp down on his fallen foe again. In response, Gamera retracted his head into his shell, Godzilla striking the ground instead.
"H-He's using his anatomy to avoid Godzilla's attack even while unable to move," Koda smiled.
"Turtle power!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu exclaimed.
Godzilla turned his head in confusion. He began to back up when Gamera's shell began to light up with his thrusters and spin, hovering up into the air. Godzilla roared after Gamera while he flew across the sky. Losing sight of him, Godzilla was struck from behind by the spinning shell of the flying Kaiju.
Godzilla roared as the rain began to pour and lightning struck down in the background. His dorsal fins glowing, Godzilla fired his Atomic Breath at beam his flying opponent, multiple times, all of which failed to hit the aerial target.
"Gamera is using his greater speed and flight to his advantage," Tokoyami nodded, approving. "While Godzilla wastes his energy trying to fire at a fast, aerial target, Gamera can circle strike at him just as quick from any angle."
"Come on, Godzilla!" Nejire cheered for the lizard-like Kaiju. "Use that Nuclear Pulse thingy you do to strike all around you and hit Gamera."
The students blinked in surprise at the rather sound strategy from Nejire Hado, often forgetting that the bubbly airhead was actually very intelligent and tactical, as befitting a member of the U.A. Big 3. Izuku smiled, cheeks slightly pink, delighted and impressed by Nejire's strategy, not that he was at all surprised, given how much he hung around the Big 3 the most out of all the students.
Eri noticed Izuku smiling at 'Mama' Neji and Eri smiled, delighted and joyful that her Papa was showing interest in one of her Mamas.
Unable to perceive Hado's advice, Godzilla continued firing at the aerial opponent. Ducking under another Atomic Breath, Gamera flew toward Godzilla, the latter Kaiju catching and blocking the spinning former one. Unable to push back, Gamera retreated backward and out of Godzilla's grip. He flew toward Godzilla again and was once again caught in Godzilla's grasp; however, instead of spinning at him, this time jets fired off from his back holes.
Gamera stuck his head and arms out, grabbing Godzilla instead. Slowly but surely, as Gamera angled up, Godzilla was lifted off of the ground, grabbing onto Gamera's shell, as the two took to the air.
"He's airborne!" Mount Lady yelled, surprised that the smaller Kaiju could actually lift the larger, heavier one into the air.
"His rocket jets must be aiding his already impressive strength to be able to lift Gojira into the air," Edgeshot responded.
As they soared upwards into the sky, the two Kaiju roared at each other. Godzilla begins firing Atomic Breath, wildly, multiple times to no avail.
"The Hell is doing?!" Kamakiri whined. "He's not even hitting him! He's just aiming at nothing!"
"He could just be lashing out wildly like a cornered animal," Itsuka suggested.
"In any case, he is wasting more energy uselessly firing his Atomic Breath like that," Asui bluntly stated.
Eventually, the two reached space, with Godzilla floating helplessly into the vacuum of the final frontier.
"Oooh, is he going to let him float away?" Pony questioned.
"That would be quite the way to beat Godzilla, having him suffocate in the airless vacuum of space," Thirteen replied. "Then again, we don't know if Godzilla can survive in space too, given he also survived a black hole, and I shudder to imagine a black hole forming on Earth without the planet instantly getting destroyed."
Instead of Pony's suggestion, Gamera circled the floating Godzilla. Grabbing onto Godzilla's sides, from his back, he let his back rocket thrusters fire, the two beginning to fly back down towards Earth.
"What is he doing?" Awase raised an eyebrow.
"He's trying to turn Godzilla into a living meteorite!" Uraraka exclaimed, in fear for her voted fighter's safety.
"Heh," Yui chuckled.
"What's so funny, Yui?" Itsuka asked.
Yui pointed at the screen. "When they were in space, Godzilla roared," Yui mentioned. "Nothing can be heard in space."
"Oh! I see! Heh, that actually is clever," Setsuna snickered.
The two rocketed back to Earth, they breached the atmosphere and are back in the rainy skies. Lightning sparked around Godzilla's back spikes, attracting the lightning around them.
"Mmmph! Mmmpmmph!" Kaminari, his mouth taped shut, threw his hands up and began cheering.
"I think that's muffled for he's absorbing the lightning from the sky around them," Sero translated.
Gamera noticed and before he could retaliate, Godzilla fired off a Nuclear Pulse, knocking Gamera off of him.
"Yay! Nuclear Pulse!" Nejire cheered.
"You called it, Mama Neji!" Eri cheered.
Record scratch could practically be heard by everyone in their heads. "I'm sorry sweetie, what did you say?" Nejire blinked her wide eyes multiple times.
"I mean Auntie Neji!" Eri immediately corrected herself, blushing embarrassingly. "That's what I said. Auntie Neji! Ehehehe."
Noticing how embarrassed she was getting, Nejire and the others let it slide and continued back to the video. Though Nejire couldn't get what she believed she heard from Eri out of her mind, nor the sides of her lips from breaking into a wide grin.
Another victim of Eri's accidental outburst was Midoriya, as his head now perfectly resembled a tomato.
Gamera fell away from Godzilla towards the water below, attempting to slow his descent by spinning in his shell, before crashing into the water.
"Smart," Miruko smirked. "He knew he couldn't stop his fall in time, so he tried getting enough drag or whatever to slow his descent and soften his landing, somewhat."
As for Godzilla, as the King of the Monsters neared closer to the water, he reared his head back and fired another Atomic Breath toward the water.
"Is Godzilla trying to slow his fall too?" Kouta asked.
"He sure is," Izuku nodded, writing down the action in his note. "Like his analysis where he was shown to be flying, he's using his Atomic Breath to slow his descent like how he would lift himself off the ground."
Slowing down, he would eventually crash into the water. Thunder rumbled as the waters stilled and nothing happened.
"SSSHHHRREEEOOONNNGGTT!"/"MWWWWAAAAAAHHHH!" Both Kaiju emerge from the water roaring, grabbing each other by their hands and pushing against the other.
"Okay, that was awesome!" Sen grinned.
"It's like they're about to wrestle!" Kirishima exclaimed, pumped up.
Gamera would let go of the hold and take a step back, before unleashing another headbutt at Godzilla. Shaking off the hit, Godzilla responded by biting Gamera's left arm. With little effort, Godzilla ripped the limb off, a spray of green blood following.
"AAAAHHHHH!" Setsuna cried out in horror.
"He ripped his arm off!" Kouta exclaimed, excited.
Izuku cringed, rubbing his own left arm as if it was the one ripped off.
Gamera reeled backward in horrible pain, while Godzilla spat out the lifeless limb. Unyielding, Gamera roared up to the heavens, glowing as waves of energy began to coalesce on top of him.
"He's absorbing the mana of the Earth!" Ibara realized.
"Yeah! Blast that overgrown lizard to smithereens!" Setsuna cheered.
As Gamera absorbed the planet's mana, Godzilla reared his head back preparing to fire his Atomic Breath in return.
"Ooh, is it a beam struggle that's about to happen?" Aoyama perked up.
"If Gamera is doing what I think he's doing, it won't be much of a struggle!" Setsuna cackled.
Opening his chest, Gamera fired his Ultimate Plasma Mana Cannon, the massive beam of golden energy enveloping Godzilla before the Kaiju could use his own blast. The blast, as it traveled past the Kaiju, devastated the bridge behind him.
"SSSHHHRREEEOOONNGGTTT!" Godzilla roared as he was enveloped fully in the beam.
"YES!" / "NO!" Were the exclamations from both sides of the voting group.
"Ah! The Light!" Dark Shadow cringed and slid behind a flinching Tokoyami.
As the screen cleared, Gamera stood, green blood still spilling from his arm socket, before where the bridge was blasted in two and where Godzilla once stood, there was nothing.
"MMMWWWAAAAHHHH!" Gamera roared in victory.
"Is that it?!" Setsuna asked, her grin widening.
"No, no, no, no, no, that's Bullshit!" Bakugou yelled. "Godzilla didn't die from that!"
"It looks like there's nothing left of him," Todoroki countered. "Almost like he's not even there-" Todoroki's eyes widened and he stared into the water. "Wait-"
However, before Todoroki could say anything, Godzilla began emerging from the water behind Gamera, towering over the turtle Kaiju with red lightning sparking off his dorsal fins and what looked like magma glowing out of his veins.
"Sweet Lord," Ibara gasped, completely terrified of the hulking monster.
Setsuna's grin began to drop.
"SSSSHHHHRRREEEOOONNNGGGTTT!" Godzilla roared loudly as lightning struck again.
Jiro cringed at the extra loud roar, even through her earmuffs.
Gamera looked back just as Godzilla grabbed onto him. Gamera retreated back into his shell when Godzilla lifted him up, his entire shell glowing.
"He's about to self-destruct!" Ragdoll picked up and yelled.
"But wouldn't that kill him?" Kosei questioned.
"He's attempting to take both of them out," Izuku realized. "Even if it means he loses, it will still mean that Godzilla doesn't make it out of this and finishes the job."
Melissa looked at Izuku, looking at the green-haired cinnamon roll, as if he knew exactly what Gamera was thinking as his counterpart and would do the same in his position, something that brought no small amount of worry and dread from the blonde-haired inventor.
As Gamera was preparing to unleash his Fireball Ejection Suicide attack, Godzilla threw the giant turtle into the air above him. Spikes turning red and red electricity sparking around him, he fired his Red Spiral Atomic Ray.
"It's the Red Spiral Ray!" Mina exclaimed in horror.
The beam struck the shell's back, lifting and hovering Gamera's glowing body into the air. Finally, with a final push of energy, the beam pierced through the shell and into the air, Gamera obliterating into pieces of his shell.
"NNNOOOOO!" The Gamera voters yelled, but none were as loud or as despairing as Setsuna's wail.
"SSSSHHHHRRRREEEEOOOOOOOONNNNGGGTTT!" Godzilla roared, triumphant.
KO!
The Godzilla voters cheered right alongside their victorious Kaiju, Bakugou the most vocal in his bragging and howling. The Gamera voters instead resorted to either sighing in defeat, groaning in disappointment, or just respectfully clapping.
"HAHA!" Bakugou laughed. "TAKE THAT SHITTY DEKU! FINALLY, ONE OF YOUR STUPID MULTIPLE COUNTERPARTS BIT THE DUST!"
"Technically, didn't his Bucky O'Hare, Harry Potter, and Goku counterparts die?" Melissa questioned; an eyebrow raised at the vindictiveness of Bakugou.
"THOSE FIRST TWO DIDN'T COUNT!" Bakugou yelled in response. "Both of those died fighting another shitty Deku counterpart and at least Goku died fighting off that OP Superman!"
"So, are you saying that Godzilla isn't OP, as well, Kacchan?" Izuku teased, smirking.
"He's got you there, man," Kaminari, now free of his Tape, said.
"ZIP IT, DISCOUNT PIKACHU!" Bakugou roared back. "WEIRD ARMS! TAPE HIM UP AGAIN!"
"AT LEAST I PROVE MY FIGHTERS DON"T ALWAYS LOSE!" Kaminari let out one final comment before he was taped, again.
Setsuna moaned and groaned with a comical cloud of depression over her slump-over figure. "Not only did my Gamera die, but it was also Greenie," Setsuna grumbled.
"At least, Gamera held his own incredibly against that monster," Ibara patted her classmate's back. "And that the real Gamera is still out there, somewhere, and likely still Midoriya's counterpart."
Setsuna lifted her head and smiled at Ibara. "Aww, Shio!" Setsuna wrapped the girl in a tight hug. "Greenie my favorite guy greenette, but you will always be my favorite girl greenette."
"I just hope that favoritism doesn't extend to as much as Midoriya," Ibara snarked, yet smiled all the same.
Godzilla continued roaring with whatever was left of Gamera now deep in the water and out of sight.
"Add Master of the Culinary Arts to his title, 'cuz Godzilla just made turtle soup!" Boomstick joked.
Koda huffed at that, slightly miffed but let it slide.
"Gamera may have held the speed advantage, but Godzilla's sheer size and power won this bout," Wiz explained.
"He's nine times heavier!" Boomstick exclaimed. "Plus, while Gamera tanked a city-busting nuke and almost died, Godzilla tanked a similar explosion from a meteorite and didn't even flinch."
"Looks like you were right about that explosion-surviving feat being important, Cementoss," Snipe said.
Cementoss nodded. "I was simply lucky to have picked up and mentioned it," The Hero teacher replied humbly.
"Gamera's shell was once pierced by Viras, a physically weaker foe," Wiz recalled. "There's no doubt Godzilla could overpower this giant turtle."
"Eh, I guess," Setsuna shrugged, waving her hand in a so-and-so manner. "Not like that's a fair comparison."
"Hell, he's strong enough to match goddamn Thor," Boomstick guffawed in disbelief.
"Pardon?" All Might blinked at the mention of his counterpart.
"I suppose this means that Godzilla is also a part of that Marvel world that both Spider-Man and Thor are a part of?" Pixie Bob asked.
"Or that one or both of them have similar instances of going through different universes and happened to run into one another," Mandalay suggested.
"And since Godzilla's atomic breath is composed of pure radiation, not fire, Gamera could not feed off of it," Boomstick clarified.
"While that may be true, it seemed more like he absorbed the fire from around him when Godzilla was blasting everywhere," Todoroki noted.
"But in the initial direct hit during that time, and the final Red Spiral Ray attack, Gamera couldn't absorb them," Jurota mentioned.
"But most importantly, Gamera has a history of winning through retreating," Wiz explained further. "He usually takes one round to analyze his foe and another to win the day. On paper, this sounds like a smart idea."
"But unfortunately for Gamera, Godzilla don't play like that," Boomstick said, showing Godzilla firing an atomic breath at Mecha Ghidorah, who tried to run away.
"True," Setsuna sighed, admittingly.
"So, he's kind of like Spider-Man and Batman when it comes to analysis, but Godzilla's ferocity wouldn't allow for Gamera to flee to fight another day," Asui simplified.
"And this all without Godzilla even resorting to using the Burning Godzilla state, which could only further weaken Gamera's chances, given the massive amounts of harmful radiation that Gamera could not absorb," Wiz added.
"Oh yeah, I forgot they didn't even use the Burning Godzilla state," Mirio perked up.
"Unless the end where he was glowing with red lightning counted," Amajiki noted.
"Looks like Godzilla put Gamera through living... shell." Boomstick punned.
"Haha! That was clever!" Mirio laughed.
"It's like two dogs sniffing each other's butts and saying they smell good," Nejire muttered.
"Hey! That is rude!" Mirio exclaimed, in his still chipper voice. "And maybe true."
"The winner is Godzilla," Wizard announced.
Respectful claps were made for the Death Battle.
"Eh, even if Gamera lost, this was still my favorite Death Battle yet!" Setsuna declared "Even more than Yoshi vs Riptor."
"At least you can accept defeat more gracefully than our explosive Pomeranian here," Mina snickered.
"SHUT UP WEIRD EYES!"
"Next Time on DEATH BATTLE!" Boomstick began to announce.
"What do you think, sir?" All Might asked. "Maybe one last preview of the next fight before we leave it for tomorrow?"
"Why All Might isn't that positively cruel of you to bait the student's curiosity only to leave them hanging dry until tomorrow!" Nezu exclaimed, before smiling wide. "Let us do it!"
"Sadist," Midnight muttered quietly.
"Shh! You don't want to get your pay decreased!" Mic whispered back, worryingly.
Victorious trumpets played on the black screen before color returned in the form of a red and white-striped circular shield, with a blue circle and a silver-white star for a center. It transitioned to a man in a red, white, and blue outfit while the American flag waved proudly behind him while fireworks went off.
Captain America
Blinks of surprise mixed with awe-filled looks at the muscular patriotic man.
"Wow, that man looks like the American flag threw up on him," Mineta snickered.
"Oh, hush you! He looks so cool!" Pony exclaimed, stars in her eyes.
"Captain America," Izuku muttered, writing down his name for the next Death Battle.
Melissa smiled at seeing the patriotic hero, feeling a similar sense of awe that she would normally feel when seeing her Uncle Might in action.
Versus
As a silver light passed the word, a quick flash of thunder illuminated the dark screen, showing the imposing silhouette and symbol of a certain brooding Dark Knight. With big bold letters, it read: The Knight Returns!
"It's Batman, again?!" Multiple students exclaimed at the same time.
Izuku, Melissa, Shinsou, Yaoyorozu, and Kouta all grinned at the return of the Quirkless, billionaire, orphan, superhero of darkness.
"Well, this is a first," Nezu hummed. "This is the first time that a previous fighter will once more be fighting in another Death Battle, with another opponent, no less."
"What about Leonardo and his two fights?" All Might brought up.
"Meh, I don't think that counts," Miruko shrugged. "It was literally the fight afterward. This is one is after like what, 10 or so videos?"
"Heh, excited to see other you kick ass, again, Eraser?" Mic bumped his elbow at Aizawa.
Aizawa's response was a blank look at Hizashi. Taken aback by the cold stare, Mic realized. "Oh, yeah..." He muttered, his good mood returned to melancholy, likewise with Nemuri.
"Well, I believe, that is all for today," Nezu clapped his paws. "We will resume more of this tomorrow after classes. But for now, let us retire for the day."
With reluctant nods and groans, the group got up from their seats and began to exit Gym Gamma for their respective destinations.
Meanwhile, Jiro felt her phone vibrate. "Hmm?" The punk-rock girl looked at her phone, wondering who could be calling or texting her so late.
She quickly realized it was a text message, beginning with a simple "Hello."
What had Jiro's eyes widened into saucers, was the ID of the sender: Zayden.
Another message was sent: "We need to talk."
Notes:
AAAAANNNNNDDDDD SCENE! OOOOH! Just what do I have in store for Jiro in the next chapter? The next chapter is all about plot and relationship building so, next time you see an update and don't care about anything other than the reactions, skip it.
Anyways, hope you guys liked this chapter. Again, the expectation to make this one as good as possible was pressuring given the responses from the last chapter, and I mean so pressuring that I literally looked up and learned ALL of Japan's regions and prefectures just for that one sentence of the Tohoku region and all the students who were born, and possibly live, there and how close their homes were to Sendai. Fun fact: Gamera does exist as a fictional property, as one commenter helpfully pointed out, and was mentioned in MHA's side manga: Vigilantes.
But enough playing the victim, let us get onto the counterpart explanations since I bet some of you are confused about Godzilla. Well to start, yes, Godzilla was not identified with a counterpart, and it comes from the fact that multiple versions of Godzilla, from his earliest stages to his modern version were used for a composite version of himself in this, so I couldn't exactly pinpoint a singular counterpart, especially when multiple of these Godzillas either exist alongside each other or have different origins and personalities that dictate a different counterpart. As for the whole update that is required for the device, don't worry, that is a surprise tool that will help us later.
And for those who are still unsatisfied with that answer, I will likely answer this in the next Death Battle reaction.
Now, for Gamera as Izuku, yeah, yeah, cue the whines, groans, complaints, comments accusing me of being Izuku-biased, whatever. They're getting as stale and old as Izuku counterparts themselves, but again, I say that it's simply coincidence that so many characters that can be compared to Izuku start in the early stages of Death Battle, but as the seasons progress, we will likely see fewer and fewer chances for Izuku to get a counterpart.
As for the actual reasons why Gamera and Izuku are counterparts, both of them have a green colorization, and are analytical in their fights similar to one reason why Izuku was Spider-Man, and the two also have a knack for saving and sacrificing themselves for innocent children, like Izuku breaking himself to new levels for Kouta, breaking himself over and over for Eri, and even willing to give up One For All to Bakugou just to save Katsuma and Mahoro, quite the self-sacrifice much like Gamera exploding himself for the sake of innocent children. Not to mention that of the famous Kaijus, Gamera can fly much like Izuku with Float, and both can power themselves with either more power from One For All and Fa Jin or the Mana of the entire planet, plus that Vanishing Fist, other than an inspiration for Endeavor's own Vanishing Fist, also screams of a Detroit Smash.
And that is it, sorry for those expecting counterparts for other Kaijus like King Kong, Ghidorah, Mothra, or any of Gamera's foes, but I a) lack too little knowledge of Gamera and his franchise to name counterparts for his Kaiju foes, and b) if I couldn't identify a counterpart for Godzilla, it would be weird to have some for the others. At any rate, I hope you guys liked the new Godzilla info I added, like Godzilla's Burning State, Mothra, and his fights and feats in Godzilla vs Kong.
With all this said, I hope you guys liked the chapter, please comment your thoughts and future counterpart predictions in the comments below, check out my other stories if you haven't already, and stay safe and sane in this messed up world we live in.
Until next time, this has been Zayden StormVoid, and I will see you all in the next vide-I mean-in the next chapter. BYE BYE!
Chapter 37: Interlude 3: Secrets
Summary:
The third interlude of MHA watches Death Battle as the third day of reacting ends.
Secrets to be discussed, to be pursued, to be pondered, to be revealed.
Notes:
YES, MY TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!
Oops, apologies, um...hey, it's me, Zayden StormVoid here. MHA watches Death Battle chapter here. Tada!
Okay, for context, I had just released a new story, a one-shot to be precise, on both here and on FFN, called My Villainous Medley. The one-shot is of course of MHA but in a more fantasy and musical setting. It's based on Peter Hollen and Whitney Avalon's video 'Epic Disney Villains Medley' a combination of songs from the most popular of Disney Villains. Check it out, and Peter and Whitney's videos too. It is still a one-shot but if it gets enough support, I might expand on it to make an actual story out of it, but we'll see.
Anyways, last time on Death Battle, we had the final video of the 3rd day, and an interlude chapter is now here. Yep, this is a primarily plot-related chapter and thus there will be no reacting. Well, there may be some reaction, but it won't be toward a Death Battle, that will be the next chapter. So, to those that came for reactions, sorry, but you'll have to wait longer.
In any case, the last time was Godzilla vs Gamera with the whole group in awe and fear-stricken by the might of the two Kaiju, and Kyoka had a particularly bad time for her ears. Setsuna went fan-girl mode as the Kaiju lover that she is, the heroes felt dread at how undefeatable the King of Monsters was, and Eri was so busy gushing over her Papa getting in good with her Mamas that she accidentally slipped and called Auntie Neji Mama Neji instead. All capped off with a suspicious message that Kyoka received from yours truly. But what could I wish to speak to Kyoka about? Well, here's the chapter, go on and see.
Also, in case any have forgotten from the 10 previous chapters, we also had the girls accidentally roofing Midoriya with an aphrodisiac and having Midnight clean their mess up, a punishment for them awaiting in the wings, Bakugou and Ibara got particularly heated in the Pokémon Battle Royal and each landed themselves detention, with a side bonus of crushes between the two sprouting up, Tokoyami and Reiko have become chummy, Nezu has grown more suspicious of the HPSC over Lady Nagant and has words to speak with a certain winged pro, Nejire has words of her own for Amajiki and her friend Yuyu, and, in the background, Tsukauchi has approved a Tartarus visit for two of the old U.A. teacher trio to see their likely old friend.
Well with that long recap out of the way, let's finish with an Index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wiz and Flashback Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick, Buff Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, Combatant, Fight, or Text Dialogue
"Zayden." -? Dialogue
(Zayden) -?
And finally, I do not own My Hero Academia nor Death Battle, the former belongs to Horikoshi and is being adapted by Bones Studios, and the latter belongs to the YouTube channel by the same and Roosterteeth, and the associated franchises from past, present, and future chapters are owned by their respective companies.
P.S. Because I feel like this went particularly unaware in a previous chapter of my other story, Welcome to the MCU Phase 2, I will say it again here. I had recently looked into the TV tropes page for my stories, again honored, but found a few incorrect statements that I felt needed addressing, to set the record straight. First off, in the character section, Earth-626 is stated for both the characters of this story and the MCU one but the universe of MHA watches Death Battle is Earth-626, while 68,421 is the Welcome to the MCU universe. For counterparts, despite my 'slight' interference, all counterparts mentioned in the Kratos vs Spawn fight are accurate counterparts, or at least not the only ones that could be their counterparts, i.e. those who believe that Kratos has every chance to be Bakugou's counterpart are right to think so, but also wrong to believe that Izuku isn't Kratos's counterpart. Finally, the Author's saving throw note, in the trivia section, wasn't a retcon or change in writing that I made out of complaints, it was a predetermined, planned outcome that was only accelerated because of criticisms. The way I wrote Mineta, Kaminari, and the girls was something I had planned out to happen as it was with the only change being to accelerate Izuku getting cured of the aphrodisiac. It was supposed to be done further along the day, but I fixed it earlier because of criticisms of it making the girls too unsympathetic. Pretentious and defensive it might sound, I admit, but I feel as though this needed to be stated because some commenters are a bit too quick to judge or lack the patience to see where my writing decisions are going.
Now, it may not be time for a Death Battle, but it is Interlude Time! BEGIN!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
As the group of students, teachers, and pros made their way out of the gym, most forming groups, large and small, discussing amongst each other, Kyoka held herself in the back, looking at her phone warily. Particularly, at the ID of her current text buddy: Zayden.
Jiro was completely thrown off by the sudden messaging of the unknown entity that has, by his own admission, been watching over them, interfering now and then, the most recent interference being The Space Adventures of Captain Bucky O'Hare that Eri held in her hands. And despite Zayden's mostly generous attitude towards the U.A. group, i.e., the lightsaber crystals and construction manual, there was still precious little any of them knew of about the enigmatic entity, his relation to Wiz's and Boomstick's device, or how he was able to interfere and watch them from some unknown place. The only things that had Jiro eased, or easier to convince being at ease, were the previous helpful interactions and the friendly demeanor he seemed to hold over certain members of her group, like Eri.
'I mean, if he really is a 'he',' Jiro thought, not sure where the sudden assurance of the entity's pronouns came from.
Jiro's phone vibrated, as the punk girl had quickly put it on silent to keep their conversation hidden. The message it held said, "Yes, I am a 'he', or the closest approximation to a 'he' by my kind's standard. Also, don't be wary about offending me. I'm not as soft as those morons on Twitter. Or is it X in this timeline?"
Jiro almost tossed her phone at the message, wide-eyed and alarmed that Zayden had also easy access to her thoughts, piecing it that if he could read her mind, then could he read everyone else's? And should this kind of information be brought forward to the teachers? Or would such actions incur the wrath of this unknown 'he'?
And then, right on cue, another message popped up. "Please, feel free to inform the teachers if you so like after today." Zayden's message began. "I simply require a moment of your time and discretion."
Jiro had half the mind to angrily text back at him to stop reading her mind, but she knew it would be pointless, the being likely reading her mind right now. Before she could allow for another text to suddenly pop up to reply to her thoughts, Jiro texted back. "Who are you? What do you want? How did you even get my number?"
She waited as much as she could before she had to move, she didn't want anyone to get suspicious. Then another text came. "For the moment, let us wait until you are at your dorms. Wouldn't want the others to get suspicious of our talk, now do we?" Zayden's message read. Another came up saying, "Text me back when you find a safe enough spot to chat in peace."
The cryptic messages screamed danger in Jiro's mind. "Why should I trust you?" She typed back.
She waited, every millisecond one too long. Before she could shut her phone off, a reply came. "Because this is for Izuku's sake."
Jiro halted, every cell in her body growing cold. She stared at the message with fear and trepidation. Was this Zayden threatening Izuku's life? Or was this message to her this entity's means to communicate and help save Izuku's life?
"Jiro?" Kyoka whirled her head up, looking startled at Melissa who had spoken. Likely seeing her startled reaction to her, Melissa's brows furrowed, concerned. "Are you okay?"
"O-Oh, y-yeah, I am," Kyoka stuttered out, sending her an apologetic smile. She had hidden her phone behind her back, turning it off and hoping she didn't just cut off the cryptic entity. "Sorry, you spooked me there for a second."
"What had you all so concentrated on?" Melissa inquired, curiously, her brows softening at Kyoka's reassurance.
"O-Oh, I-I was just looking up some of the songs that my phone downloaded from the device," Kyoka made up the lie on the spot, silently thanking Ms. Midnight and Mr. Aizawa for their classes on quick improv. "Just seeing if any of them had music videos like the last one with Greenie as Spider-Man."
"Oh, that's right," Melissa replied, her faraway look implying she was remembering that event. "Good thinking, Jiro. We could play another one for everyone and see if it has anything to do with those other worlds we saw in the videos."
"Right on the money, Shield," Jiro smiled.
"Oh, please, just Melissa, thank you," Melissa waved off the use of her last name. "I know that this is a bit forward by your country's standards, but we are already part of this weird ploy group or whatever for Izuku's heart. We might as well be sisters, I mean, Sisterhood and all."
"Yeah, right," Jiro smiled warmly at the blonde. "Well, then call me Kyoka, too."
"Kyoka, it is," Melissa smiled brightly. Jiro blushed almost seeing Greenie in Melissa's smile. "Well, come on, let's not keep the others waiting."
"Y-Yeah, okay," Jiro shook the blush off and followed the American blonde. 'Damn, didn't think that finding myself bi for more than just Green and Momo would affect me as much as this?'
The looming reminder of Zayden and the promise to text him back in the dorms hung in the back of Kyoka's head, but for now, Jiro wished to keep it there and, for now, focus on growing closer with the new girl and the rest of her friends.
As the group of 45 U.A. students, one visiting American, two children, and led by two teachers walked toward the dorms, Todoroki pondered over the recent and sudden conversation with his father.
Flashback...
"Shoto, I don't mean to keep you from the others for too long, but I need to discuss something with you?" Endeavor said to his youngest son.
Shoto let out a huff of indignation. As much as the recent dinner between the Todoroki's, sans mother, and Izuku and Bakugou was a bit reconciling for them, Shoto was still not used to this sudden change of personality with his father.
He still considered Enji Todoroki his father only in the biological sense that he provided the sperm portion of himself to his mother, but he could at least see that the new Number 1 Hero was at least trying to reconcile with his remaining family over his past mistakes, even if that meant he didn't receive forgiveness and just make amends. A part of Shoto wanted that to be the case, but the white-and-red-haired teen will at least see where this will go.
"Alright, what is it?" Shoto said, his foot almost already tapping in impatience.
"Izuku Midoriya," Endeavor began.
Shoto grew stiff, surprised that the topic his father wanted to talk about was his latest intern and Todoroki's best friend. "Yeah, what about him?" Shoto questioned, wary and prepared to defend his friend from whatever accusation he felt Endeavor might have.
"Recently, through these videos, I have seen that your friend has been more intriguing than I once gave credit for," Endeavor admitted, his shifting toward behind Shoto, the boy assuming correctly that it was aimed toward the retreating figure of the green-haired teen. "Not only has both this device and this mysterious Zayden proclaimed that he is some sort of 'Chosen One' of our world and has been backed up by the number of counterparts to his name, but some of those counterparts have...interesting connections that I previously suspected in the past. Something that I wish to ask of you, given how close the two of you are."
"Where are you getting at this, Endeavor?" Shoto interrupted, his patience running its course with Endeavor's careful wording toward his friend.
Endeavor flinched, not exactly liking his son referring to him by his Hero Name and not father, but also accepting of it. Endeavor sighed and steeled himself for what he was about to say. "Is there a potentiality that Izuku Midoriya is the secret love child of All Might?"
Other than the wind blowing and the light whisper of the fire around Endeavor, silence was the only thing that remained between the two, as they stared at each other with perfectly neutral looks.
Shoto suddenly brought up his phone and pointed it at Endeavor. "Wait till I call you and I will share what I have," Shoto responded, his theorizing self suddenly surging with passion.
Flackback over...
"Well, we're here," Vlad King's voice snapped Shoto out of his memories, realizing that the group had just reached their pitstop of the 1-A dorms, with the 1-B dorms chosen this time for their sleepover. "If any of 1-A needs anything from their dorms, better do it now-"
Shoto suddenly grabbed onto Yui's wrist. "I'm sorry if this is sudden, but I need your assistance," Shoto quickly said before he sped his way into the dorms, half-dragging with him the normally silent, and currently surprised member of the 1-B girls.
The sudden action was a surprise to the whole group, not expecting such a sudden request and action from the socially stunted and cold teen. It likewise brought glares of jealousy out of a certain indigo-haired teen and a horned blonde.
"...Unexpected, but regardless, anyone else?" Ectoplasm recovered from his surprise and asked.
The students from both classes went in, the 1-B classmates to retrieve the belongings they brought for their sleepover and the 1-A class to get their stuff ready for the sleepover. Izuku helped to get Eri and Kouta's stuff for them while also muttering about needing extra notebooks or something.
Momo giggled at another charm of Izuku's 'quirkiness', for a rather ironic way of saying it. The Yaoyorozu heiress sighed, wondering for another umpteenth time how she and every one of her female classmates, and more now, had suddenly fallen for the verdant-haired teen in such a short time. Not that she didn't mind, it was just a wonder how someone she once thought as plain, uninteresting, and a poor choice for a Class President could suddenly become someone so close to her heart. Someone who was almost seen as the most vulnerable of their class to now one of the strongest and most capable, if not the most capable among them, his determination inspiring her even.
Throughout their walk back to the dorms, Momo talked with Izuku about the best time they could schedule that group training session that he proposed with him and the girls back during Ryu Hayabusa vs Strider Hiryu. Izuku was at first embarrassed about it being brought up, but after some assurances, he quickly worked it out with her about some of the ways they could practice together with the notes he had taken from the videos thus far. Seeing firsthand the number of notes that Midoriya had taken already was an admittedly intimidating rediscovery, but that was just how Izuku was.
When it came to timing such a session, however, Izuku had asked if they could postpone it to perhaps the day after tomorrow. When asked why, Izuku had shared with her that he and All Might had requested a private after-school training session with himself, Bakugou, Uraraka, Asui, and Sero. Izuku said it was to get a better handle and understanding of Black Whip and his mid-air maneuverability, but something about that statement felt odd to Momo.
She had witnessed with everyone how efficient and extraordinary he was during today's exercise and how he swung around the replica city zone like his counterpart, Spider-Man. How Izuku had suddenly mastered his new Black Whip Quirk, something that still puzzled her ever since its violent emergence during their Joint Class Training Exercise, to such an extent that he could mimic the movements of his arachnid-themed hero counterpart was startling, even for Izuku.
No, to the Yaoyorozu heiress, she felt there was something more to this training session, something that Izuku just wasn't being honest about. However, to her bitter reminder, she and the girls weren't exactly any better at keeping secrets. In fact, they were arguably worse. Izuku's training session didn't sound like it was going to be an impediment or danger to the others as the girls' secret did to him.
During their conversation, the urge to admit their faults and reveal to Izuku what had happened came up more than once, her guilty conscious screaming at her to tell him the truth. But how could she without perhaps losing him? 'For as forgiving as Izuku is, I don't know if even he could wave away an accidental aphrodisiac intake that was directed at another,' Momo concluded, worriedly.
Izuku was forgiving for a lot of things that happened to him and him alone, he, after all, made amends and was even the best of friends with Todoroki after he had declared war against him back at the Sports Festival, but from what she heard of his fight with Muscular and the Hassaikai raid, damage and harm onto those he cared for was something he could never excuse. Even if it was Mineta. For as annoying as the tiniest member of 1-A was, even to the point where Izuku planted the purple perve before the aphrodisiac, he was still considered a friend to Izuku and she worried that admitting that they tried inflicting harm onto one of his friends to gauge his reactions of jealousy would not only make him very upset but also bring more guilt onto Midoriya, and she and the others knew just how well Midoriya was with blaming himself.
In the end, she decided to keep her mouth shut about it, at least until she had the assurances and a unanimous vote from the girls to confess their deeds. Even if the risk would be admitting their feeling for him, or Izuku alright rejecting them, Momo felt she would have preferred that to a relationship built atop a lie, even a lie of omission.
Eventually, all of the 1-A and 1-B students regrouped outside, Itsuka looking like she was regretting helping the Yaoyorozu heiress pick out her stuff, unaware of just how many clothes and sleepwear the girl had and how indecisive she was in choosing. Though, despite being the first ones in, Todoroki and Yanagi were the last to come out. Todoroki wasn't forthcoming with his explanation as to why sudden need for Yanagi, and the silent girl was equally mum about it too, though she did shut down Mina's teasing about whether it was of a romantic or sexual nature. Yanagi did look at Midoriya with a weird mix of concern and amusement but said no more.
And so, the group made their way to the 1-B dorms for their sleepover, with Todoroki looking rather protective of a particular bag full of shrunken items.
Meanwhile, at the Legion of Doom-er I mean-with Nezu...
Nezu sat down in his seat, at the end of the table, Recovery Girl, Gran Torino, and All Might taking seats on one side and Aizawa, Mic, and Midnight on the other.
"Thank you for joining me here," Nezu began, his clasped paws on the wooden table. "I call this meeting to further discuss our investigation regarding the validity of Oboro Shirakumo being the member of the League of Villains known as Kurogiri."
The claim was easier to hear today than it was yesterday, especially for the three teachers on his left. Mic still looked a millisecond away from denial, Midnight held back enough to slip out a flinch, and Aizawa still looked as especially grumpy as before.
"Yeah, for instance, now we have two more counterparts that claim again that both Shirakumo and Kurogiri are one and the same," Gran Torino decided to rip the bandage out, so to speak, and point out.
"Cyrax and RoboCop," Recovery Girl said the counterparts. "Both men with an unfortunate fate of being turned into cyborgs by an evil influence."
"And Young Shoji brought up an eerie comparison between RoboCop and Shadow the Hedgehog," All Might frowned as he remembered the metamorphic teen's words. "How non-coincidental it was that RoboCop's creator and Eggman, grandson of Shadow's creator, share the same counterpart: This Dr. Garaki."
"Unfortunately, it would seem that with multiple assurances of this claim as fact, the possibility of it being just a claim alone, and poor falsehood is less likely," Nezu said, his paws tightening at hearing Garaki's name.
Mic opened his mouth, looking eager to say something, but a pleading look from Midnight shut the Voice Hero down.
"There's also another counterpart connection that I feel needs addressing," Gran Torino spoke up. "All For One as Shao Khan."
"Shao Khan?" Midnight repeated the name, confused. "That evil warlord from the Mortal Kombat universe as the kids and the device coined it?"
"Yes," Gran Torino nodded, a grim frown on his face. "For accurately, Shao Khan's connection toward Shang Tsung, another of this Garaki's counterparts." Gran Torino looked to All Might. "A counterpart of Garaki that works for a counterpart of All For One."
All Might frowned and sighed. "Yes, that connection is too alarming to coincidence," All Might admitted. "If Garaki did turn Shirakumo into Kurogiri, and Kurogiri is some kind of Nomu, it would make sense then that Garaki is a follower of All For One and had a hand in Shirakumo's transformation."
Aizawa's grip on his arms tightened further that the insomniac teacher wouldn't be surprised to wake up the next morning with bruises. "So, did we just meet up here to state the obvious?" Aizawa questioned, growling slightly.
"I would remind you Aizawa that an investigation often requires every bit of evidence to be thoroughly viewed, accounted, and affirmed before speculation turns to fact," Nezu warned.
Aizawa simply huffed.
"However, I did not call this meeting just for that reason," Nezu continued, pressing a button on the side of his chair. "You can come in."
The doors to the room opened and in walked Detective Naomasa Tsukauchi. "Greetings, Heroes," Tsukauchi greeted them, tipping his hat for good measure.
"Tsukauchi?" All Might blinked in surprise at his friend's arrival. "What a surprise to see you here! No call?"
"Sorry, Toshinori, but I had to book it from here to Tartaros to give the news," Tsukauchi apologized.
"Tartaros?" Midnight frowned at the mention of the inescapable Villain prison. "What for?"
Tsukauchi's kind face morphed into the professional seriousness of a police officer. "Right, well, Principal Nezu, Gran Torino, and All Might inform me of the situation with this device, as well as the claims involving Kurogiri," Tsukauchi informed the teachers. "From there, I managed to talk with Shishikura, Tartaros's Warden. We talked and I managed to schedule a meeting with Kurogiri, as well as detail what we found when testing him."
The three teachers perked up with surprise. Aizawa steeled himself again. "I'm guessing from that look that was the good news?" Aizawa questioned.
Tsukauchi sighed. "I was only able to secure a three-person visit, not counting myself," Tsukauchi revealed. "With the compromise that Gran Torino be one of those three. Meaning-" Tsukauchi gave the three of them a sincere apologetic look. "That only two of you can meet with him."
"What?!" Mic slammed his hands and stood up. "Seriously?! Doesn't this guy have any idea what this means to us?!"
"Yamada," Recovery Girl tried to calm the Voice Hero down.
"Look, I don't want this to be true," Mic continued, serious and frowning. "Out of everyone in this room, I have been the most vocal that Shirakumo could ever be Kurogiri, but even if it isn't true, all three of us should be. He was our friend, me and Eraser's classmate, and Midnight's junior. If...If it is true, then all three of us there should provoke some kind of response. Right?"
"Unfortunately, Shishikura is very adamant about this compromise, he would accept nothing else," Tsukauchi responded. "Tartaros isn't known for their generosity and they're very stingy with outside personnel entering their facility. At that's before the fact that Kurogiri, in whatever state or right of mind, was and continues to still be a member of the League of Villains, even while incarcerated."
"I've dealt with Shishikura as well, and Tsukauchi is right in his assessment of the man," All Might spoke his two cents. "It took a lot of convincing from me to see All For One after Kamino, and I even had to use a favor of mine to let it happen."
"And since Tsukauchi and I brought him in and have been investigating him, he likely only agreed because the two of us would keep things objective," Gran Torino agreed. "You can't deny that all three of you could cause a stir with your conflict of interest."
Mic scoffed but had no rebuttal to give.
Midnight shared a look with Nezu, an unspoken conversation happening between the R-Rated Hero and the Principal of U.A. Finally, she sighed and said, "You and Aizawa should go, Yamada."
"Kayama?" Mic blinked in surprise.
"The two of you should go see him," Midnight pressed on her decision. "I-If he really is Shirakumo, the two of you are the most logical choice. I loved Shirakumo as my kouhai, I brought him on with Purple Highness and why he was..." Midnight choked in her words, wiping her eyes of tears. "But the two of you were his friends before me, you knew him better than I. If there is a part of him still inside there, the two of you are the ones that can dig it out."
If there was any argument that Mic wanted to speak out, it died in his mouth, his shoulders slumping with resignation. Recovery Girl sighed, bemoaning the pain that this situation was for the three of them, for three friends being forced to choose which among them could see their long-dead friend returned from the grave and the pain it must tool to give up your spot for the others despite your wishes.
Aizawa sighed, placing a hand on Midnight's shoulder. "Alright, but afterward, we'll tell you everything," Aizawa declared.
Midnight sniffled, wiping away a tear. "You better," Kayama would hold him to his promise. She looked at Nezu who looked neutrally at all this. She had truly wanted to go and would have fought tooth and nail to be with them when they saw him, but with a look from Nezu, she knew she had no room to demand anything after going over Aizawa's head over his students.
'I hope you girls are grateful I kept this between us, and ready for a harsher punishment than you can imagine.' Midnight thought, only half kidding about taking out her displeasure on her students.
After Tsukauchi had informed them of the time of the meeting, and Aizawa delegated the 1-A homeroom teacher responsibilities to All Might, much to the former's displeasure, the meeting came to a close, with only Nezu left in the room.
Seeing as he was alone, Nezu brought up his phone and typed in the number. 'That is one headache down, a few dozen more to go,' Nezu thought, holding the phone up as it rang.
As it picked up, Nezu smiled. "Hello, apologies for the call at such a late hour," Nezu began with an apology. "I know that with a position such as yours, you have very little free time."
"Yeah, well, when the hyper-intelligent Principal of U.A. that makes even the folks in the HPSC antsy calls, I know better than to leave him hanging," Hawk's voice spoke on the other end. "So, what can little ole do for you?"
Nezu's smile widened, pleased that the oh-so stoic Commission was afraid of him as he wanted. Then again, this could be what they wanted him to hear, after all the principal imagined that they still have hooks deep into the Number 2 Hero that came to be because of them.
"I feel like we are due for a meeting," Nezu informed the Winged Hero. "And I'm sure that you will not want to miss out on what I have to say."
As the kids reached the 1-B dorms, Shoto sprinted off with Yui once again, drawing jealous glares from Shinsou and Pony once more, and confusion from the rest.
Deciding to just ignore it, the teens entered the dorms, the boys deciding to help each other with their homework before they proceed with another video game tournament. Kaminari, not-so-subtly, begged Momo for help and so did Mina, and on and on more begged for assistance that the Yaoyorozu heiress caved and joined in the group.
Meanwhile, Jiro had snuck over to the top floors of the dorms where she knew none of the floor's occupants were around. Pulling out her phone, she pulled up Zayden's messages, the profile picture was a single feather, one half was colored white and the other half black. She texted that she was alone.
She instantly received a text. "I know already, I just wanted to mess with you," Zayden's text read, and Jiro could swear she could hear the snickering from the text.
Grumbling, Jiro texted back, "You know, I could just delete this and block your texts, right?"
Zayden replied, "You could, not that it would work, but lose out on what I am offering."
Jiro frowned, feeling like she was trying to make a deal with the Devil, but remembering his earlier text about Izuku, she had to steel herself forward. "Alright, fine, but first, who and what are you? And how did you get my number?"
She waited for a while with no reply. She was pondering if maybe she may have scared Zayden off by pressing too much about who he was or if he was simply contemplating on whether to answer truthfully.
Finally, she got another text, a rather lengthy one at that. "I am Zayden, Watcher of the Multiverse. We of the Watchers, to your human concepts, would be most accurately compared to that of gods or the Angels. We exist to watch over assigned universes, to guard and defend them from outside multiversal interferences that would be otherwise detrimentally harmful to the timeline, or to interfere and alter should the established timeline lead to such disastrous ramifications that universal collapse would occur. Your Earth, of Earth-626, is under my watchful guardianship but I never did much to interfere or alter that which already was to occur, until the device originating from Earth-420, from individuals codenamed Wizard and Boomstick, landed upon your universe."
Jiro was shell-shocked at the barrage of information she just received. All that this Zayden just dropped on her in a single text, Jiro was sure that this was just some crazy stalker or something. Watchers of the Multiverse, Universal collapse, it sounded insane.
But then Jiro got to thinking, remembering back to everything that Zayden has thus far done, and it didn't seem too farfetched. He always seemed to know exactly what they were doing, had some access to the device when the device itself said that any harmful outside interference would be met with self-destruction, and could accurately read her mind. The multiverse as a concept and all that they had seen from the multiverse also helped Jiro expand her mind to newer, more wild possibilities. A part of her still felt it was some kind of Quirk, but even then, any outside unlawful entry or use of Quirk inside the U.A. campus would have initiated some lockdown procedure. Not even Kurogiri's Warp Gates could enter here anymore, or at least that's what the teachers claimed.
So, if it can't be the work of a Quirk, Jiro supposed that a multiversal entity with God-like power wasn't too far of a stretch, right?
"Alright, fine, but does any of this have to do with me or Izuku?" Jiro texted, her worry and fear for Zayden's earlier text rearing back up.
"Relax, I don't mean any harm toward Izuku Midoriya. Any harm that a Watcher does toward a Nexus Point is practically a death sentence for both the universe and the Watcher, as well," Zayden texted. "My goal is not to harm but to improve."
Jiro raised her eyebrow, a contradiction rising in her mind. "But I thought you said you couldn't interfere?"
"I said I could interfere and alter should a universe be heading toward a disastrous future," Zayden replied. "Make of that what you will."
And so, Jiro did, and she immediately came up with the worst possible thing she could imagine. U.A. in ruins, Japan overrun by an army of Nomu and Villains, corpses of Heroes littering the tarnished streets and ruined rooftops. The League of Villains stood over a mountain of corpses, all of whom belonged to her friends and family, and at the top was Izuku's decaying body.
Jiro shook her head, banishing the nightmarish thought from her mind, pleading that Zayden didn't text something about how her imagination wasn't far off or accurate. A thought then occurred to Jiro, about how out of all the universe that box could have landed it was theirs that did, how since it came, she and her classmates have improved with their Quirks, adding new techniques based on the fighters in the Death Battles, how she found out about the girls that likewise liked Izuku and the Sisterhood they formed.
The metaphorical lightbulb flashing in her head, Jiro typed another text. "Did you send the device to us?"
"No, the device was already sailing across the multiverses, aimlessly," Zayden responded. "I just happened to, let's say, nudge it in the right direction. Aside from a few trinkets here and there, I gave to you all, everything else that happened was thanks to you all."
Jiro let out a sigh of relief she didn't know she was holding. A part of her was scared that everything that happened up to this point, including her feeling for Izuku Midoriya and Momo Yaoyorozu, or the Sisterhood and any of their feelings toward Izuku was the cause of this entity pretty much playing God. To hear that everything they did was of their own volition was rather comforting in a way.
"So, what now?" Jiro began another text. "Did you just text me to tell me all this, hoping that I just relay it to the others? To the teachers?"
"I already said that whatever you do afterward is your decision. I only asked for a favor and your discretion until that favor is completed," Zayden answered. "A favor that will be of a benefit not just to your little group, but to Midoriya and your universe as a whole."
Jiro gulped as the literal weight of the universe was suddenly on her shoulders, enough to make her fingers shake under the pressure. Still, she typed all she needed to. "What favor?"
Zayden's reply was almost immediate. "Among your playlist of songs that the device uploaded to you are a series of music videos. You have already seen one for yourself of a world where Izuku Midoriya was the Spider-Man," Zayden replied. "I wish for you to play another one of them to your little Sisterhood, and only your Sisterhood, the ones that share feelings for Izuku Midoriya."
Jiro frowned, suspicious of Zayden's intentions. She figured that whatever it wasn't it wouldn't be something that affirms their feelings for Izuku, she felt confident that none in the Sisterhood needed such affirmation other than the recent Setsuna, but Jiro reasoned she only thought that because she doesn't know her as well as the others. However, if Zayden was requesting to only show this specific video to them, and not to any of the guys, Eri, Kouta, or the teachers felt like it must be something to do with Izuku. Something important, and that was all her curiosity needed before taking the plunge.
"Which video?" Jiro asked.
Izuku sat on a bench, just on the outside patio of the 1-B dorms. It was one of those rocking benches and she wondered if perhaps one of the 1-B students specifically ordered this, given no such one was at the 1-A dorms.
Whatever the case, Izuku was glad 1-B had it. The way the bench rocked at the slightest push, rocking the 9th Bearer of One For All as he gazed up at the stars and moon, feeling the light cool breeze of the winter season mixing with the lulling warmth of the heater from the vents from above him; it was comforting. Almost enough to make him fall asleep. But it provided enough stimulation for him to be alone with his thoughts, his very messed up, confused thoughts.
'I like them. I like them. I like them.' Izuku thought over and over, each time thought with more certainty, yet was unneeded. Inside, deep down, he knew that was already a certainty.
Every thought revolving around them filled him with a warmth that he never felt before. It wasn't the familial love that he had for his mother, nor the parental love and care he felt for Eri and Kouta, though it was close. It wasn't like the idolization he had over All Might or the crushes he felt for Miruko and Lady Nagant. It was even different than that of the love of friendship, the kind he had for all his classmates, even for Bakugou in a way. This was more than that like it was springboarded off that friendship love and then evolved into something else.
The closest he could compare it to would be his love of Quirks, his desire to analyze, piece together, and explore all the vast possibilities and intricacies of how Quirks work, how different they are from one another, and unique and special they all are. In a way, that was the best he could compare to what he felt for each other the girls that plagued his mind as of late.
Ochaco was his first real friend since Bakugou, and she made him feel both comfortable and, paradoxically, nervous and giddy. Momo felt like a more beautiful mirror of himself that he wished to help from her insecurities and that blossomed into her being one of the most relatable people he knew and cherished. Tsu was the most honest girl he ever met, brutally even, and her blend of emotionless expressions and adorableness made his heart clench. Mina was a walking ray of sunshine and joy that always brought a smile to his face, whose inner strength to help everyone the best way she can even more beautiful. Toru was the most bubbly, hyperactive of them all, coming from the downside of her Quirk, and Izuku was amazed by her strength and grinning at her very presence. Kyoka made him envious of the passion she had for both music and heroism, yet that envy made his admiration of her all the more heart-throbbing. Mei was of a well of creativity, passion, and thrive that put his to shame, her eccentricities made her feel unique and adorable, if not a tad annoying at times, but a fond kind of annoyance. Melissa inspired and understood him like no other, the two of them sharing the same joys and pain of a Quirkless person, and the same thrive to continue their dreams and goals that made her truly one of the most powerful and special girls he ever met. Nejire's curiosity and desire for knowledge matched his own, but her joy, delight, and sweetness eclipsed him, she felt like the most caring and lovable person on the planet. And Setsuna, while a newer addition to his heart, was already making strides with how comfortable she made him feel around her, the comradery they shared in the secret of his Quirk, and her thrive to make sure others were okay was heart-warming.
Izuku sighed, exhausted. 'I'm a mess,' Izuku concluded, not sure of how he ended up having feelings for over 10 different girls, true to God feelings of love he couldn't deny anymore. A part of him felt it was pathetic, believing that he spent so long deprived of such love and kindness that he would end up clinging to the first girls that showed him that.
Izuku shook his head, immediately denying that statement, knowing that was just the instinctive negative thoughts in his head, developed after having 11 years of false friendships, taunting, bullying, and lies that led to horrible pranks. It was something that made him feel guilty as if taking these feelings for granted. But now, he couldn't deny how he felt.
And if Eri was right, they in turn like him back. Which presented a whole other problem. 'How could I choose either one of them, knowing rejecting the others would hurt them and myself?' Izuku wondered, his mind imagining various scenarios. Choosing one and rejecting the others, no matter how gently or kindly he did, always left a bitter taste in his mouth, a bitterness he couldn't stand, and the guilt at seeing their imagined saddened faces only compounded how negative that outcome felt. But then the idea of choosing neither to spare them all also came up with a distasteful outcome, now it would be all 10 of them saddened and himself alone, without anyone by his side. Even the conjured possibility of them moving on from him and onto other guys sparked a fit of jealousy in him that he never felt, not even the times when he was jealous of all the kids having Quirks instead of him.
"HAHAHA! Who would ever like a useless, Quirkless Deku like you? AHAHAHA!"
And of course, there was that ever-looming shadow of doubt, the doubt that Eri's assurances were the naivety of a child, that all the observations he held over the girls' feelings for him were simply being observational biases, and Her ever taunting laughter from that dreaded day where he felt that her words were true. That no girl, no matter how much he wanted it, would ever fall in love with sad, weak, pathetic, Quirkless Deku.
"'ZuZu?" Izuku nearly jumped off the bench, surprised at the sudden voice. Turning to see who it was, she saw Nejire by the door, a curious look on his face. "What are you doing out here?"
"O-Oh Ha-Nejire," Izuku immediately corrected as she saw Nejire begin to pout. "S-Sorry, I just wanted a chance to relax outside."
"In this cold?" Nejire walked over, rubbing her arms as she felt the chill of winter blow through her.
"The bench here is a pretty good place to warm up," Izuku scooted over, patting the free space beside him. "Here, try it."
Nejire gained a blush on her face that was quickly followed by a wide smile. She zipped over like a bat out of Hell and planted herself beside Izuku, shivering in delight as she felt the warmth. "Mmm," Nejire moaned.
"S-See?" Izuku asked, working to control the blush he felt when he heard that moan from Nejire.
"Ahhh, you're so right, ZuZu!" Nejire affirmed, stretching her arms over her head, which made her large bosom stick out more to Izuku's further blush. "This is so nice!"
"I'm glad Vlad King got this for 1-B," Izuku nodded, looking back up at the stars. "I found it a great place to relax and think."
Nejire turned her full attention back to Izuku. "Think about what?" She asked.
Izuku blushed, his mind panicking over what to say. He couldn't just flat-out tell her that he was thinking about her and the other girls. "O-Oh, um, nothing r-really," Izuku lied miserably. "Nothing you should be concerned about. It's nothing important."
Izuku cringed when those words came out. He didn't want those words to make it sound like Nejire was undeserving or anything, but what stung most was how truthful he was. It was a sad reality to admit that you care so little about yourself that the bullying, mistreatment, and trauma he suffered felt unimportant. Unimportant enough to not bother anyone by telling them. The bullying was unimportant because the victim, himself, wasn't important enough.
Izuku figured that he was too easy of an open book to read because Nejire saw through him. Nejire placed a hand on his shoulder, drawing Izuku back to her. Her once constant cheerful expression was gone and replaced with a wholly serious, yet gentle one. "'ZuZu, nothing about you would be unimportant to me," Nejire said, her voice oozing care and warmth more hearth-warming than the heater behind them. "Whatever it is, you can talk to us. To me."
Izuku's heart clenched, his eyes growing wet. Suddenly, the feeling of doubt and fear began to slowly creep away. 'Am I really going to do this?' Was the last thought of fear Izuku had before taking the plunge, unconcerned about what he might reveal. Right now, he couldn't deny Nejire anything, not even his closest, darkest secrets.
Izuku looked down to the ground as he began. "I-I guess I was just thinking about the past, something that didn't give me the best of memories," Izuku began. 'Like any memory before U.A. was a good memory?' His subconscious scoffed out, and Izuku couldn't help but agree.
"You mean like when you looked sad during Ivy vs Orchid?" Nejire guessed.
Izuku looked at her surprised. "H-How-"
"I saw you struggling with something before you just shut down," Nejire answered, a flash of guilt and shame across her face. "You looked so sad and miserable. It hurt to see you like that."
Izuku felt guilty that he made Nejire see that side of himself. He thought he trained himself to hide those emotions well enough, but Izuku supposed nothing gets by Nejire's sight.
Steeling his nerves, Izuku continued. "Y-Yeah, sorry. I don't have a lot of good memories since before U.A., but this one was more personal," Izuku admitted. "It was Valentine's Day. Back in Aldera, the middle school I attended, I didn't have a lot of friends...or any really."
Nejire frowned at that, shocked that someone as sweet as Midoriya didn't have any friends. "W-Was it because-"
"No one wanted to be friends with the Quirkless freak," Izuku knew and replied to her question, flinching at the memories that came back. "It was 2 years before my Quirk 'came in'. I was looked at like a pariah, a freak, a De-" Izuku's mouth instinctively clamped shut before he could finish. "Anyways, as you can imagine, not a lot of girls also shared any interest in getting close with the Quirkless loser, either."
Nejire almost let out a growl at that. Yes, she liked the boy in front of her and would be jealous if the opposite happened, but it still felt wrong that Izuku was treated like that, that not even one girl was kind enough to just be nice to him.
"However, there was one girl," Izuku's face grew darker and more depressed as he continued. "She never made fun of me like the others, granted she acted like I didn't exist, but compared to everyone else, she was the kindest. I had a bit of a crush on her too." Nejire's breath hitched in her throat. "Then one Valentine's Day, I got a Valentine's Card, a love letter." 'My first and only,' Izuku left out. "The girl didn't leave a name, but I knew her handwriting belonged to her. I-I didn't what to do, but for the first time in a long time, I felt happy, overjoyed really. I thought that finally, something was going my way."
"Then it was White Day, and everything changed," Izuku's face grew the saddest Nejire had ever seen. He looked like he was completely dead inside. "My mom makes enough to support us, but we weren't exactly wealthy. I scrounged enough money doing chores and favors around the block to buy a box of white chocolates. I found her at the back of the school. That should have been my first tip that something was off."
"I talked to her about the letter, asking if she had written it, and tried to give her the chocolates. Everything fell apart after that," Izuku muttered, a tear rolling down his cheek, and it hurt Nejire to no end to see that. "Immediately, she destroyed the chocolates. Stomping on them like it meant nothing. Then everyone that was hiding in the bushes came out and began laughing at me. And that's when two guys behind me spilled a barrel of expired milk over me." Nejire's hand rose to cover her horrified mouth. "It turned out that the letter was a prank, designed to get my hopes up before they squashed it like... like the worthless bug I was."
Izuku's body began to shake as more tears began to fall from his eyes. "They mocked and laughed at me. They threw me to the floor and began kicking, spitting, explo-" Once more, Izuku shut his mouth before he revealed that a certain ash-blonde teen was involved in the incident, the one that kicked and exploded him so hard that he had thrown up his lunch. "But the worst thing that happened, was the words she said to me afterward: 'Who would ever like a useless, Quirkless Deku like you?'"
Everything was silent, even the wind itself seemed to fall still. To Izuku, the moon, stars, and lights lost their shine and dulled, and he felt he was once more drowning in that void he fell into since that day. "It took a whole week before I got the smell of expired milk washed out, and another two before the wounds had healed up," Izuku confessed, not bothering to bring up that the wounds were just replaced by more during that time, and after.
"But still, even now, I can't get those words out of my head, or say that she was wrong. The one person I thought I liked, the one person I thought might have confessed to, and she treated me like everyone else," Izuku raised his sad miserable face as he smiled brokenly. "After all, he could ever like such a weak, useless, pathetic De-"
This time, Izuku didn't cut himself out on purpose. What did was the body of a periwinkle beauty colliding and wrapping itself around him. Izuku thought his eyes couldn't get any wider and then he heard her sob, feel the tears that wetted his clothes, the strength behind her hug like she didn't want to let him go ever.
"Never say that! Never say that ever again!" Nejire cried out past her sobs. "You're not weak. You're not useless. You're not pathetic! You're the bravest, most selfless, kindest person I ever met! It wasn't fair for you to be treated like that! It wasn't fair for you to treat yourself like that! You deserve to be loved! We all love you! Eri, Kouta, Ochaco, Tsu, Yaomomo, Melissa, Mina, Jiro, Toru, Mei, Setsuna, Mirio, Tamaki, everyone! Me! We all you, Izuku Midoriya! Please, please don't say that again! Please! Please, please, please..."
Tears once more welled up in Izuku's eyes, but a different kind of tears, happy ones. His once slow heart began to beat like a drum, his throat hitched, and words couldn't come out. To Izuku, he felt like her shadowy form was always hanging over his body whenever he thought about love, pulling him back into the doubt and the fear. Now, he felt like that weight, that shadow was being banished away, replaced with the loving embrace of all those who he had come to care for friends, family, and loved ones, including the periwinkle beauty he loved that was hugging him.
Izuku let the tears fall as he hitched a sob. "O-Okay..." Izuku choked out, hugging Nejire back. "I promise..."
"Mhm!" Nejire whimpered with a nod, tightening her already bone-crushing hug.
The two didn't know how long they lasted like that, or whoever was watching them, and they didn't care. All they wanted was to continue this loving embrace for as long as they can.
All the while unaware as the presence vanished and left behind only a white and black feather.
Sen Kaibara stretched his aching back, tired of all the sitting he had done today. From classes to the Death Battle Videos, and now the group study session. While the others were getting things ready for another video game tournament, Sen said that he would come by later and that he needed something in his room first.
He wondered if Todoroki was there right now. His temporary roommate was absent for the whole session and Yui never answered them to what he was doing. 'Please don't let it be a sexual thing. I wouldn't hear the end of it from Kosei,' Sen begged, also wanting to enter his room and have it reek or turn on a blacklight to see drops of you-know-what all over his bed.
Sen figured at that point he would just burn the sheets and order new ones. And maybe a new mattress while he was at it.
As he reached his room, he opened the door. "Hey, Todoroki, man, everything decent, copasetic here..."His voice trailed off as he witnessed something even more ridiculous than what he imagined.
His room was flooded but with sheets of paper hung up by tape and sticky notes, all tied together in a messy web of differently colored strings. He also saw images of his various individuals, mostly 1-A, and particularly disturbing one of Shinsou's tied together in a purple string between Mr. Aizawa and Ms. Joke.
And all tying it up together was the web of string leading to a chalkboard littered with written words, letters, notes, and pictures, including the most focused upon subject of the board: the tied together images of Izuku Midoriya, All Might, a green-haired woman, he figured to be the Mrs. Midoriya, and Nana Shimura.
His head creaked like a rusted machine as he paned his notice toward a still Todoroki gesturing to the board and the enlarged phone in a video call with an also frozen Endeavor.
The three of them stared at each other, none moving an inch.
Later, Monoma would be confused as to why he suddenly got Sen as a new roommate. When asked, Sen only said, "You don't want to know."
After what felt like an hour of hugging, assurances, and reassurances, Nejrie and Izuku had separated from their alone time, and the while the periwinkle-haired 3rd year fought against every bone in her body to not suddenly kiss her 'ZuZu during all that time.
She wanted to more than anything, not just because she loved him, but because he was hurting, he thought no one could ever love him when one of the 10 who did was sitting right there in front of him. She wanted to prove him wrong and kiss his soul out of his body, prove that he was indeed loved, wholly and truly.
But Nejire knew it wouldn't be right, not then. It wouldn't have been fair for the other girls to suddenly claim Izuku's first kiss, at least she assumed it would have been his first kiss if his sad story was any indication. As much as she wanted to be the first to claim Izuku's heart and win their unofficial challenge against each other, she felt doing so then would be unfair to the girls.
But more importantly, it wouldn't be right for Izuku. She couldn't have just kissed him or proclaimed her feeling to him when he was in such a vulnerable state, it would be taking advantage of him if she did and she would never do such a thing, least of all to Izuku.
So, Nejire kept her resolve firm, made sure that Izuku was alright and truly believed in her words, stubborn cinnamon roll that he is, and promised that she wouldn't say anything about what he revealed without his permission. 'Not even for the girls,' Nejire left that part out and promised to herself. Even though the girls should be informed of just how emotionally damaged and tortured their love interest was, and keeping such a thing secret from her Sisterhood was a little messed up, she made a promise to Izuku, not just her love, but her friend, and she kept her promises to her friends.
So, they reentered the dorms, making sure that no evidence of their talk, the tears, were visible. Izuku was immediately hounded on by Eri and Kouta, who all but dragged him toward the living room where the guys were setting up a videogame tournament.
Nejire almost joined them before she felt someone grabbed her shoulder. She turned to see it belonged to Kyoka, a silent nod to her side drawing her gaze to the others of their Sisterhood. Nejire immediately knew that Kyoka was trying to organize another Sisterhood meeting.
"Hey, guys, I think we're gonna pack it in for the day," Kyoka spoke up to gain the attention of their male classmates.
"Oh, really? Come on, girls!" Sero whined. "We were just about to get started!"
"Yeah! We were going to be playing Mega Man Hardcore mode, Stripping Edition!" Mineta proclaimed, a puff of smoke firing out his nose. "Girls lose two articles of clothing per death-"
No one complained when Bakugou sent the now-crispy Mineta into the wall.
"Yeah, sorry, guys, but uh...well, you see-" Jiro stumbled on what excuse to say.
"It's been a rather emotionally draining day with the videos," Mina suddenly spoke, wiping her brow and her eyes looking tired for extra flair. "I think I'm still not used to that whole Gigantomachia guy."
"Really?! Are you sure, you're okay, Mina? You're not having any panic attacks, are you?" Izuku immediately was by her side, a worried look in his eyes.
"Y-Yeah, yeah, I'm fine, Midori, really, just emotionally drained as all," Mina reassured her crush, fighting through the delightful blush invoke by Izuku's sudden care for her well-being. "I just need a bit of rest. The girls are going to watch out for me. I'll be fine."
Izuku looked reluctant to let her go but relented. "Alright, if you're sure. But if you start panicking again, I'll be there, okay?" Izuku replied.
Mina smiled lovingly at him. "Promise," She nodded.
Nejire smiled, already glad to see Izuku becoming more like his old self, the promise between them reminding her of their recent promise of secrecy. Nejire looked over to where the 1-B girls were but was surprised that they weren't leaving with the rest of them for the meeting. She met Itsuka's gaze where the orange-haired student nodded and brought up a finger to her lips. Nejire figured that whatever meeting Jiro was attempting to bring together, it was only for the 10 full-on members of the Sisterhood and that she asked for the rest of 1-B to keep an eye out for them. This only raised Nejire's curiosity even further.
With that, the girls found themselves in Setsuna's room. The greenette clearly showed that she held a love for dinosaurs and reptiles with her room's aesthetic. The walls of the room were colored a moss green, and stickers and artwork of many different species of dinosaurs and reptiles were all over the room. Along the right wall were the sliding doors for her closet and the door to her bathroom, with the farthest corner of the room being the opening to her balcony. A nightstand that served as a dresser and work desk was on the bottom left corner of the room, figures of a velociraptor, T-Rex, pterodactyl, and a Dilophosaurus on the nightstand, with a television set in between the door to the room and the dresser, a velociraptor-themed bean bag by the set. On the far-left corner of the room was Setsuna's bed, which also held dinosaur-themed sheets.
The room's occupant would hear no teasing from the likes of Mina and Toru, and her frog girl companion would defend her, her frog-themed room not much different in comparison.
While Nejire floated by the door to the balcony, Momo sat on the bed along with Tokage and Melissa. Asui sat on the sleepover bed mattress after she finished setting up, along with Ochaco and Hatsume, Mina leaned along the right wall while Toru sat on the bean bag. They looked toward the head of this meeting, Jiro, sitting on the chair by the nightstand.
"Alright, Kyo, you brought us all here. What was so important that you had me make that excuse up?" Mina questioned.
"Yeah, and why did the others not need to be here?" Setsuna asked as well, sticking up for her classmates. "They are as much a part of this group as the rest of us, sans the feelings for Green Bean."
The girls waited on Jiro as the punk-rock girl was silent, contemplating how to bring up what she learned and what she asked them here for. 'I mean what am I supposed to say? Oh yeah, I got a text message from a multidimensional god who wants us to watch a music video to help our crush to stop a cataclysmic future?' As Jiro thought those words, she figured to maybe ixnay the dark future stuff for now and just get it over with.
"Alright, I guess there is no better way to say this, so here goes," Jiro sighed, looking toward her Sisterhood. "Remember that mysterious guy or whatever calling himself Zayden that has been watching us?"
"That guy that gave us the lightsaber crystals and materials, and Eri that DVD box?" Asui brought up, earning more of Mei's attention.
"Well...before we left for the dorms, he contacted me," Jiro revealed.
"WHAT?!" The girls all exclaimed.
"I know, hold on, let me explain before you go Code: Report the Teachers Immediately!" Jiro raised her hands. After they calm down a bit, Jiro sighed again, wiping her brow at the stress of this situation while cursing Zayden. "Yeah, he contacted me through me my phone somehow." Jiro raised her phone to show the message board with the mysterious entity.
"So, that's why you stayed back a bit while we were leaving the gym," Melissa gasped with realization.
"He texted you?" Hagakure quirked her invisible head.
"Tell me about it," Jiro rolled her eyes. "I almost wanted to think it was some prank from the boys or something, but when he started reading my mind and acting like his prior messages to us, I didn't have much room to doubt."
"Did he tell you anything about himself?" Momo inquired, a very serious look on her face.
"Said he's some watcher or guardian of the multiverse and our world was on his job description," Jiro began, trying to sum it up in a digestible fashion for the others. "Said he can only interfere and help out if something comes through our universe from another or our timeline is destined for disaster. He admitted that he helped the device get to our world in the first place."
"Makes sense," Mei shrugged.
"How does any of that make any sense?" Uraraka directed a questioning eyebrow at the pink-haired inventor.
"Well, he has been interfering with us only after that baby arrived in our universe and he has the knowledge and produced items that shouldn't exist here like the lightsaber crystals," Mei explained. "And if he helped the device get to our world, it's a good loophole for him to start interfering with our world."
"But for what purpose?" Setsuna asked. "Why does this Zayden guy even want from us?"
"It's because he wants to help us," Nejire spoke up, drawing the girls' attention. "If his words are true, then Jiro said he only interferes if our timeline is destined for disaster. He did all this to try and stop some bad future that we are all headed towards, right?"
The girls looked to Jiro for confirmation. Jiro's shoulders slumped and nodded. "I didn't want to say anything I wasn't 100% sure about, but he did say that the way our timeline was going that it going to get bad," Jiro confirmed. "Like 'our universe collapsing into itself' bad."
A curtain of dread fell on all of the silenced girls, and Jiro couldn't blame them. It wasn't every day that you find out that your whole world might be soon coming to an end.
"S-So, that's it?" Mina questioned. "He just texted you up saying that Armageddon is coming and whatever it is we're learning from the device is supposed to help stop it? Are we supposed to tell the others? The guys? The teachers?"
"He didn't say much about that, but he did say that we can tell the teachers afterward if we want," Jiro crossed her arms, annoyed at Zayden's cryptic wording.
"After what?" Nejire raised an eyebrow.
"He asked for a favor," Jiro explained. "He asked that before I tell the teachers, if I wanted to, that I come to you all and show you a video."
"A video?" Asui repeated confused.
"A music video, from the playlist the device gave me," Jiro clarified. "Like the one with Greenie as Spider-Man."
"This is peculiar," Momo rubbed her throbbing forehead. "Why us? What does he hope to gain by contacting you and having us watch a video?"
"It's because of Greenie," Jiro spoke before Momo could say anymore.
That sure brought the girls' heads to perk up like meerkats. "Green?" Setsuna questioned, confused and worried now. "Is that why he wanted all four of us to see it? How's he involved?"
"I don't know, okay," Jiro snapped, jumping out of her seat and started pacing around. "He wasn't exactly Mr. Exposition when I wanted him to be. He called Greenie an uh Nexus Point, whatever the hell that means, and said that he can't and won't harm him without breaking the world and killing himself, or something. He said he wants to help us, to help Greenie, but he wouldn't be specific, he dropped the bomb that if I didn't do what he said our world could end and that all of us, including could die, and I didn't know what to do and-"
"Kyo! Kyo! Relax. Breathe," Momo got up and walked to her best friend, wrapping the hyperventilating girl in a hug and rubbing her back to calm her down. "I'm sorry you had to have this burden put onto you. I can't imagine the stress. But just calm down and breathe."
As Momo comforted her friend, and the other girls were lost in their thoughts, Setsuna panicked. She kept her body as still as possible, yet her wandering eyes were full of panic and worry. Memories of the first time they took a break from the videos played in her head. How she followed Midoriya and the teachers to find out what the headaches that Midoriya was experiencing were and if he was alright, only to be discovered and find out things that she shouldn't have been privy to.
Then they used the device to provide some sort of shielding over Midoriya from these headaches, headaches that were caused because Izuku was a Nexus Point, a key factor and focal point connecting between universes. When she had heard Jiro say those words she had stiffened. But then Setsuna recalled what the device had told her and the others there, that another reason for Izuku's episodes was because of outside interference from a multidimensional individual: Zayden.
'If what he told Jiro was true, why did Zayden harm Izuku back then? I don't think those episodes Izuku was experiencing were entirely helpful,' Setsuna thought over this blatant contradiction. 'But then, he also said that if he did harm Izuku, it could spell the end of not only our world but himself as well. So why would he risk that.'
That was when another bit of information from Jiro lit up in her head: that Zayden wants to help Izuku. 'Unless maybe those episodes he inflicted were Zayden trying to help Izuku?' Setsuna questioned herself. She pondered what it could have meant or happened if Izuku didn't experience those headaches. 'If they didn't happen, then I wouldn't have snuck off to check on Izuku. I wouldn't have learned about One For All because that meeting wouldn't have happened. A meeting where they not only shielded Green from the headaches but also censor One For All.' Setsuna's eyes widened as she started to see the threads coming together. 'And if I didn't sneak off and learn about One For All, I wouldn't have become friends with Izuku. Hell, the Sisterhood probably wouldn't have even happened.'
Setsuna looked over to the rest of her group, a group made up for them to get together with Midoriya. 'D-Did Zayden want for the Sisterhood to form for this reason?'
Before she could think further, Momo and Kyoka broke their hug, the purple-haired girl breathing and exhaling deeply. "Alright, I'm fine, I'm fine," Jiro assured everyone. "Look, I don't know what Zayden wants out of all of this, I'm not sure if we can trust him or not, but if there is a chance to help Izuku, a chance that in doing this we can help stop whatever dark future is ahead, should we just give it a try?"
The girls all looked at themselves, sharing contemplative glances. Eventually, Mina shrugged. "Eh, well, you put so much into this already, it would be a shame not to go through with it," Mina said.
"Whether or not Zayden is trustworthy is something we can talk about at another time," Asui spoke. "For now, let us just humor him and do this one thing."
"It's only a video and he has already helped us in the past, so why not?" Mei shrugged and gave her consent.
"If this watching this could be a way to help Deku, I'd say we go for it," Uraraka proclaimed.
"At the very least, we owe it to Izuku to try," Melissa gave her opinion. "After the aphrodisiac stunt, we pulled, whatever this video shows us could help make it up to him."
"Do it! Let's watch the video!" Hagakure chirped excitedly.
Nejire frowned as she remembered the hurt and pain that she saw from Izuku, how she hated seeing him in such pain. If this video could help them find a way to help him, to keep him from feeling like that ever again...Nejire clenched her fists. "For ZuZu, let's do it!" Nejire consented.
Setsuna wrung her hands, a feeling of worry welling up in her about what they might see, but with the eyes of the girls on her, she didn't have much to object openly. Plus, she was overtly curious herself. "Yeah, for Green," Setsuna nodded.
Jiro turned to Momo who gave her a smile and nod. Jiro sighed and nodded, too. "Alright, we'll watch it," Jiro declared, before turning to the only member of 1-B in their group, gesturing to the T.V. "Tokage, can you help with this?"
"Sure thing, and it's Setsuna, remember?" Setsuna got up from her bed and made toward the T.V. and Jiro.
After a few minutes of the two connecting Jiro's phone to Setsuna's T.V., they pulled up Jiro's new playlist of songs and videos. With eager anticipation, the girls watch, the anxiety almost killing them about which one of the nearly 300 songs was the one that Zayden requested.
Jiro finally stopped and clicked on one. The cover of the song had a word in big white letters that as it went down slowly glowed green. It was covered with green bioelectricity that the girls all knew who it referred to, while the background around the word was black with 8 other multicolored stars surrounding the name of the song: Undefeatable.
"Undefeatable," Momo read the name, her anxiety now to the point where she was wringing her hands like Setsuna.
Jiro looked at her phone and the play button. A sudden feeling passed over her, a realization that if she pressed that button nothing would be the same ever again. Imagining Izuku's smiling face, Jiro held her resolve. 'No matter what may come of this, my thoughts and feelings for him won't change. He'll still be Greenie to me.'
And with that, she pressed the play button, and the video began.
"I'm hanging on to the other side."
(Young Izuku's hand reaches out towards a shining golden light, it fades and is replaced by Alder Izuku's hand, it fades and is replaced by Present Izuku's scarred hand)
"I won't give up 'til the End of Me!"
(Izuku looks in wonder at the light before closing his fist, serious)
"Deku," Uraraka muttered, staring at the boy that was her best friend and crush.
"What is he reaching toward?" Hagakure asked. "It's so shiny."
"Perhaps it's not a person he is reaching toward, rather it is a metaphor for reaching out for a dream or goal," Momo suggested.
(Guitar Riffs)
(Undefeatable title is shown, title and background flashing in 9 different colors, electricity covers title erratically)
"GO!"
(Large GO covers the screen in green, with a faint All Might smile in the background)
Jiro blinked at the sudden musical turn, going from mystically enchanting pianos to a guitar riffing and yelling like a heavy metal or rock concert. The music enthusiast smiled, the song starting strong for her.
Melissa blinked in surprise. "Was that Uncle Might's smile?" Melissa asked.
"All Might is pretty much an idol for Midori, so it's no wonder that he would be referred to in a song about him," Mina figured.
(Guitar Riffs)
(Faint shot of Izuku's feet running as he rapidly ages from young to present, a white star travels through a void of black, colliding with multiple stars and changing colors)
"YEAH!"
(The final green star is grasped into Deku's palm, poses in his hero suit)
"Those lights, what do they mean?" Asui croaked; a finger raised to her chin.
"I-I don't know," Momo replied, looking just as confused.
Setsuna froze as she saw the visual depiction. 'Counting Green, that's 9, like-' Setsuna's eyes widened, remembering from what she overheard from the meeting she found about One For All that Izuku was the 9th bearer of the Quirk. 'Crap.'
"Welcome to the Mind of a Different Kind, where we've been growing slowly!"
(Deku kicks away and evades the balls from the Provisional Licensing Exam)
"Think I'm on 11, but I'm on 9. Guess you don't really know me!"
(All Might and Deku clasp hands, One For All activating, All Might pushing Deku off transitioning to Deku leaping forward)
"Okay, that was more than just a reference to Izuku being a fan, right?" Hagakure asked, pointing at the screen.
"No, it almost looked like All Might gave Izuku that power," Nejire tilted her head, confused.
'Crap, crap, crap,' Setsuna's thoughts repeated on a loop, already regretting agreeing to watch the video. It was already blatantly obvious that this Midoriya was going to spill the beans on everything about One For All, and she can't say anything, or the girls will figure out she was trying to hide something, and they would surely retch a confession out of her or take their questions to Izuku and cause more issues. Setsuna could only keep herself quiet, hoping they don't catch on, and just see where this video leads them.
"Running from the past is a losing game. It Never Brings You Glory!"
(Opening scene of Young Izuku and Bakugou facing toward each other, U.A. Izuku and Bakugou facing away and frowning, before lashing and clashing against each other)
The girls all almost wanted to coo at the sight of the younger Izuku and be surprised that the younger Bakugou was actually adorable as well, but the shift to their sadder teenage selves and their clash sobered them up pretty quickly.
Mina stared suspiciously between the two, one her crush and possibly love and the other the leader of her friend group and a friend. She knew the two had a history before U.A., but that shift from their toddler selves to now stirred something wrong in her, a gut feeling flaring up that something was off about that and there was more that wasn't said.
Nejire likewise picked on the subtle tones the scene showed, Izuku's words about not having such a great childhood coming to mind. She heard that ZuZu and Bakugou were once childhood friends too and even attended the same-Nejire's eyes widened as she remembered that particular fact. 'Bakugou went to the same school as Midoriya, the same school where everyone shunned him and played the horrible prank on him for being Quirkless,' Nejire thought, a flare of suspicion rising in her mind.
"Been down this road before, already know this story!"
(Deku, sparking with Full Cowling, pivots, smiling, throwing his fist toward the oncoming flames and Villains)
"FACE YOUR FEAR!"
(Rapid shots of Shigaraki reaching his hand out, the USJ Nomu roaring, Stain roaring, Empowered Wolfram levitating a mountain of metal, Izuku jumping towards a laughing Muscular, and the floating side-view of All For One)
The sight of the Villains that most of them faced throughout their first year at U.A. sent shivers down all the girls' spines. Asui choked out a frightened ribbit as she saw the hand-obscured face of Shigaraki, the phantom touches of his fingers on her face flaring up, and the Nomu that was with the Villain at the USJ that almost killed Aizawa. Melissa frowned seeing Wolfram again, remembering all he did on I-Island, while Momo froze in terror at the sight of All For one, recalling that fear that made her believe that even breathing would give her and her friends away.
"T-That large guy with the muscles," Mina pointed at the screen. "Wasn't that the guy part of the League that attacked the Training Camp?"
"M-Midori fought him?!" Hagakure squeaked in horror, she and the others now realizing how Midoriya got so injured during the attack.
"FACE YOUR FEAR!"
(More rapid shots of Overhaul fused with Rikiya, Lover Mode Gentle Criminal, Full Power Nine, Arachne-activated Flect Turn, Gigantomachia, AFO Shigaraki extending his hand out)
"Overhaul," Nejire pointed at the screen when the leader of the Hassaikai was shown. "That's what he turned into when he fused with one of his goons."
"And that mustached guy, that's Gentle Criminal," Setsuna pointed out too. "I recognized him from his videos. And that blue guy, that was the leader of Humarise. Urgh what's his name?"
"Flect Turn," Jiro remembered. "They said that Greenie was the one who took him down. Is this video just showing us all the Villains that Midoriya fought?"
Mina shivered at the sight of Gigantomachia again, Toru's and Ochaco's comforting hands on her shoulders keeping her from going into another panic attack.
'No, something is right about this,' Momo thought as she analyzed the Villains shown. 'Izuku did encounter Shigaraki and the Nomu from what Asui and Mineta said, and he did fight Wolfram and Muscular apparently, but we never fought All For One, we would have never stood a chance.' Momo remembered their plan to have Izuku and Iida rocket themselves and Kirishima up so that the redhead would have Bakugou escape with them, while she and Todoroki snuck away. 'Nejire said that she saw Izuku fight Overhaul, Gentle Criminal when he was getting the rope for the School Festival, and Flect Turn, but Izuku hasn't ever encountered Gigantomachia as far as I'm or anyone is aware, and Stain was reportedly taken in by Endeavor. And that last shot of Shigaraki, why is his hair white? Didn't the pictures of him have him with bluish-grey hair? Something is up here, but what?'
"It's Time to Face Your Fear!"
(Charging Izuku transitions to Izuku jumping up to and destroying the Zero Pointer, followed by rapid shots of Izuku judo flipping Bakugou and Shinsou)
Uraraka hitched her breath, almost letting out a tear at the memory of Izuku destroying the Zero Pointer, all to rescue her, a stranger, with no regard for his safety or the Entrance Exam.
"'Cause when your time has Come and Gone,"
(Rapid shots of Izuku's Delaware Smash from the USJ, destroying Todoroki's ice, Izuku and Todoroki charging and unleashing their final attacks)
Jiro flinched as she saw Izuku break his fingers with no hesitation, her ears recalling the loud snaps when he did and even able to catch the bones breaking through the roar of the wind generated. 'Our Greenie is truly something else,' Jiro thought, still in awe of the strength and resolve of their mutual crush.
"I'll be the one to carry on! (Carry On!)"
(Izuku unlocking Full Cowling, leaping toward and smashing Stain across the face and back of the head, leaping all over a stairwell toward a Wolfram goon)
Melissa perked up, recalling the later scene where one of Wolfram's gang attacked her and Izuku. She vividly remembered hopping all over the stairwell like an electrified rabbit before smashing the goon away.
"What?! He fought The Hero Killer: Stain?!" Setsuna yelled, shocked.
"B-But didn't Endeavor take him down?" Toru questioned, confused. "The papers said that Midori, Iida, and Todoroki weren't even near him when Endeavor fought him."
"And You Can Throw Me to the Wolves (Throw Me to the Wolves),"
(Izuku, Iida, and Todoroki defeating Stain before a shot of Izuku running while sparking with Full Cowling in slow-motion)
"'Cause I am UNDEFEATABLE!"
(Izuku runs like a bolt of green lightning and smashes through Wolfram's attack)
The girls stared in shock at the three boys defeating Stain, confusion, awe, and shock all mixing together, only to be more star-struck at seeing Midoriya run so fast that he looked like a bolt of green lightning to them for a moment.
"I'm hanging on to the Other Side!"
(A battered, bleeding Izuku clashes and struggles against Muscular's attack)
"Muscles," Mei muttered, she and the rest were horrified to see the sight of Izuku so injured and fighting for his life against the muscle-powered Villain.
"I won't give up 'til the End of Me!"
(Izuku and All Might Double Detroit Smash through Wolfram's large attack)
Melissa choked up a sob, the sight of Izuku running alongside All Might, fighting so hard to save her father, after all he did, and to bring him back to her, was the moment she felt she truly fell in love with Izuku Midoriya.
"I'm What You Get When the Stars Collide!"
(Izuku rises and pushes back Muscular, the 9 rainbow lights of One For All light up rapidly, both Izuku's charging up a final attack)
'One For All,' Setsuna realized, through her watery eyes, that those lights flaring up was truly some representation of One For All activating, and by the looks of how brightly and rapidly it showed, Izuku using it all to the limit and beyond, like he always does.
"Now Face It, You're Just an Enemy!"
(Shots back and forth between Izuku landing Delaware Detroit Smash against Muscular and Double Detroit Smash on Wolfram)
"(WHOA! WHOA!) You're Crossing the Line!"
(Izuku's attack carving through Muscular's muscles, breaks through and strikes him across his face, smashing him against the mountain)
"(WHOA! WHOA!) Now We've Run Out of Time!"
(Empowered Wolfram screaming as the light consumes, Muscular's knocked out expression, David Shield getting free)
"(WHOA! WHOA!) I'll Take What IS MIIIIIINNNNNEEEE!"
(David witnessing young All Might fade into Midoriya, Kouta weeping, and victorious bloodied Izuku screaming to the heavens)
The girls choked happy tears and sobs at Izuku's victory, all of them left speechless at Izuku roaring out like a beast over his fallen enemy. Melissa almost collapsed into tears when she saw her father freed or how he must have saw Izuku posing and smiling like All Might.
Ochaco gave a watery smile when she saw Kouta crying, realizing that Izuku fought Muscular tooth-and-nail all to save Kouta from the Villain. The gravity girl now knew how and why the boy saw Izuku like an idol, even as a father sometimes. She didn't know she could fall further in love with Izuku but this video was proving her wrong.
(Mysterious Piano notes)
(Izuku sees the Vestiges for the first time, Izuku wakes up in the Vestige World incomplete and wispy, sees the Vestiges lined up with Nana up front, sees the First confronting younger All For One, younger All For One's partially hidden smiling face, a shot of All For One in his mask, The First screaming as All For One creates One For All, Izuku reaching out to the First and the First reaching back)
"Whhaaaaa," Was all Hagakure could muster in her confusion at what she was seeing.
"Was that Nana Shimura, Uncle Might's mentor?" Melissa pointed out.
"Yeah, but what's Midoriya doing with her? Didn't All Might say she died a long time ago?" Jiro scratched at her head.
"She looked like a ghost too, and then there were those other people who looked similar to her," Nejire analyzed, completely intrigued.
When All For One was shown, Momo's heart almost stopped again at the sight of the Villain, in fact, she looked even more terrified seeing him younger. And when they saw All For One with the long white-haired man, and Izuku and the man reaching out toward each other, everyone's minds were a hurricane of confusion, even Setsuna who knew about the Quirk.
"GO!"
(Izuku opens his eyes as Full Cowling sparks)
(Guitar Riffs)
(All Might clashing against All For One, transitions to a shot of Izuku and Shigaraki's faces, Izuku, Bakugou, and Todoroki capturing Ending, Izuku grabbing multiple robots with Black Whip and kicking through them)
"I don't like that," Asui croaked. "It's almost like it's saying that Midoriya and Shigaraki are like destined arch-nemeses like All Might and All For One."
"Oh yeah, Deku told me about that," Ochaco said. "He said that after they had dinner at Todoroki's house that the three of them and Endeavor saved Todoroki's older brother from a Villain wanting revenge on Endeavor."
"And when the story ends, it becomes a Part of Me!"
(Deku kicks Mimic out of a wall, Deku narrowly misses Overhaul with a Manchester Smash, Izuku struggles against Lover Mode Gentle Criminal)
"I'll give it what it takes, I'll find another way!"
(Izuku's first Shoot Style Kick, Izuku catching iron beam and firing Delaware Smash Air Force, reflecting Air Force off of Gentle Criminal's barriers)
Mei smiled softly at she saw Izuku using her babies, from the current model of his suit that they designed together to the modified gauntlets she spent an all-nighter making for him.
"I used to never know, but now it's CRYSTAL CLEAR!"
(Izuku charged up One For all 20%, kicks up ground to block Overhaul spires, removes a spike from his leg, and crushes it in hand)
"This feeling's just a ghost. It's Time to Face Your Fear!"
(Deku catches Eri in the air, Izuku with Eri evades mid-air spires from Overhaul with 100% One For All)
The girls again almost cooed at the slow-motion shot of Izuku catching and holding onto Eri, or how fiercely protective he was of her against Overhaul.
"'Cause when your time has Come and Gone,"
(Bakugou launching Izuku with Expolde-A-Pult for a kick at Nine's barrier)
"It's that bastard from Nabu Island," Jiro growled at seeing the dangerous Villain.
Mina rubbed her sides and legs, remembering the Villainess, Slice, who was part of Nine's crew and had injured her in their fight.
"I'll be the one to carry on! (Carry On!)"
(Izuku and Bakugou reaching out and clasping hands, temporarily transferring One For All)
"Wait, what?" Setsuna blinked in surprise at what she was seeing.
"And You Can Throw Me to the Wolves (Throw Me to the Wolves),"
(Both 100% Deku and Bakugou charging attack)
"I-Is Bakugou using Deku's Quirk?!" Uraraka questioned, eyes wide and alarmed, and her shock was shared among the other girls, especially a confused Setsuna.
"'Cause I am UNDEFEATABLE!"
(100% Deku and Bakugou unleash Detroit Smash up, Deku with Eri unleashes 100% Full Cowling)
The shock only increased to further magnitude at the level of power that both Izuku and Bakugou were displaying.
"I'm hanging on to the Other Side!"
(Rapid shots of 100% Deku kicking Rikiya Fusion Overhaul into the air, flying through the air, barreling through Overhaul)
Nejire shivered, the scenes playing out just as she vividly remembered them, though seeing that every time Izuku moved through the air or attacked broke his bones gave Nejire a perspective of the fight, truly realizing just how heroic and selfless Izuku was that he would this just for a little girl in need of saving.
"I won't give up 'til the End of Me!"
(Rapid Shots of 100% Bakugou exploding Nine's Hydra, 100% Deku smashing through them and a shot of him floating, Nana Shimura momentarily replaces him)
"The orange lightning around him is just like Midori's," Mina compared the bioelectricity that sparked between the two, further confirming that whatever Izuku did, Bakugou was fighting with the same kind of power.
"I-Is Muscles floating?" Mei's eyes zoomed in as she clearly saw Izuku gliding above the ground. Nejire perked up at that, her jaw almost dropping off.
"Shimura," Momo muttered. "I think what that's saying is that he's floating like Shimura?"
"I'm What You Get When the Stars Collide!"
(A shot of Eri roaring from her out-of-control Quirk and the Shimano siblings crying out were shown before Deku charges up and fires 100% Barraging Smashes, transitions to Izuku launching after Nine encased in lightning)
'He sacrifices so much, endures anything that the world can throw at him, all for those that need saving,' Toru thought as her body shook. 'Just like a true Hero.'
"Now Face It, You're Just an Enemy!"
(Rapid shots between Deku glaring down at Overhaul, kicking through Nine's barrier, electricity lashing out at both, Deku punching past Overhaul, and Deku's and Bakugou's Final Smash against Nine)
(Guitar Riffs)
(Rapid fire shots of One For All returning to Deku, Black Whip emerging, Lariat with Black Whip, Deku with Rody swinging on Black Whip on a bridge, the fires of One For All with the Vestiges, Izuku Floating in the air against AFO Shigaraki, Izuku charging up 100% Full Cowling against Flect Turn)
"What is happening?" Mina grasped her head like it was going to explode with so much information being bombarded onto her.
'That guy's using Black Whip, is he one of those Vestiges that they talked about?' Setsuna questioned, dredging up the information of what she heard about the Vestiges and their Quirks that Izuku inherited. 'And he's Floating again. Is that another one of his future Quirks?'
"I'm hanging on to the Other Side! (To The Other Side!)"
(Deku fires a rapid barrage of smashes against Flect Turn's Reflect to the point of seeing multiple fists, pushing back against Reflect)
Melissa's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates at the level of speed and power being used by Izuku.
"I won't give up 'til the End of Me! ('til the End of Me!)"
(Deku swings, punches, and kicks AFO Shigaraki through the air)
'He's fighting Shigaraki, but when?' Momo questioned, not remembering at any point Izuku directly battling Shigaraki, much less after Black Whip emerged or Shigaraki at any point appearing as he did currently. Momo even let out an involuntary shiver at seeing Shigaraki, a familiar feeling of dread at seeing him, despite never seeing the Villain firsthand.
"I'm What You Get When the Stars Collide! (When the Stars Collide!)"
(Deku zips around Flect, enraged Deku glares at Shigaraki, the eight circling stars of One For All collide, transitions to Deku charging at Flect Turn with one final kick)
"Stars," Jiro muttered, silently, staring at when the eight multi-colored stars crashed into one.
"NOW FACE IT, YOU'RE JUST AN ENEMY!"
(Rapid shots between Izuku striking Flect Turn with United States of World Smash, enraged Izuku barreling through AFO Shigaraki's spires and Deku roaring in rage)
"Izuku," Setsuna whimpered, long since stopped caring to stop the flow of tears from her eyes.
"Welcome to the mind of a different kind,"
(All Might poses in front of a shining golden light, slowly replaced by Deku looking out on a green light)
"We've been growing Slowly!
(Izuku turns his head to face the screen, serious)
"I-It's like it's saying that Izuku is the next All Might?" Uraraka muttered, confused and unsure, but a gut instinct of her says that she wasn't far off.
"Uncle Might, Izuku," Melissa whispered, wondering what the connection between her surrogate uncle and her crush truly was. Remembering that scene where her father saw All Might in Izuku, she wondered. 'I-Is Izuku truly Uncle Might's successor?'
"Think I'm on 11, but I'm on a 9,"
(Nana Shimura and the Vestiges extend their hands out, Nana smiling)
"Guess You Don't Really Know Me!"
(Deku, Black Whip his neck like a scarf, stands his ground glaring, the Vestiges floating behind him)
The girls didn't know they would be affected by the words as much as they did, most of them contemplating if they truly didn't know anything about their green-haired crush.
'They truly are the Vestiges, all that came before,' Setsuna concluded to herself, pride and happiness flaring up that the boy she likes was supported by his predecessors.
Jiro counted the Vestiges. 'If you discount Midoriya, then those 8 matches with the number of stars from before,' Jiro calculated. 'Could those stars be them?'
Mei quickly memorized the appearances of the Vestiges, especially regarding Shimura, that long white-haired man, and the bald dude that was using Black Whip like Izuku. But one of them she was momentarily perplexed by, the figure just entirely covered in yellow flames with only the vaguest of features, but those features reminded her of someone. 'All Might?'
"Running from the past is a losing game,"
(A still frame of Young Midoriya offering a hand to Young Bakugou by a river, flashes into the present saddened Bakugou holding his hand back to Young Midoriya)
"Bakugou," Mina whispered, once more wondering how her explosive friend fit regarding all of this with Izuku.
"How does that happen?" Hagakure asked how their Bakugou could be interacting with a younger Izuku, or why Bakugou looked so depressed and saddened, not at all like the Bakugou she was acquainted with.
"It never brings you Glory!
(Deku stands on a gargoyle, his suit worn out, sporting Gran Torino's cape, the wind blowing his hair over his depressed eyes)
The girls had concerned looks when they saw this, completely uneased seeing Izuku's suit all worn out and dirty, even Mei was too focused on Izuku to bother with the suit, or how dark and depressing the city he was overlooking was. Asui tilted her head curiously, wondering if she saw that cape Izuku was wearing before.
Momo frowned, her eyes narrowing at how Midoriya looked and his outfit. 'His hair is longer and messier as if that was possible, and his suit is tattered and old,' Momo analyzed before her eyes widened. 'C-Could this be something that hasn't happened yet?'
Nejire flinched, whimpering when she saw Izuku's depressed eyes, only just recently seeing them outside. 'What happened to you, ZuZu?'
"Been down this road before. Already Know This Story!"
(Deku standing as the 8 stars of One For All shine around him, transitions to him walking away with his arm sparking with lightning)
As the screen turned black upon the video's completion, the girls just stood and sat in place, unmoving. Not one of them said a word or moved an inch, they felt they were too shocked and overwhelmed to do either.
A single thought did circulate all 10 of them: 'What the fuck just happened?'
Later...
It was early in the morning of the next day, Nezu sitting in his office, taking another sip of his coffee, the number of which he found he forgot. 'Was it Number 9th or 10th? Nezu pondered.
The rodent Principal of U.A. hadn't had much sleep in the past few days, ever since that device fell onto their laps and started this whole fiasco. His mind was too busy and preoccupied with thoughts on the multiverse, multiple threats, and heroes with powers ranging outside that of meta-abilities and into the realms of magic and mysticism, figures of their world's pop culture turning out real in some far-off universe, figuring out who the U.A. Traitor was, Midoriya and One For All, Kurogiri and Shirakumo, and now Lady Nagant and the Commission.
"Didn't think rats could drink coffee?" A youthful and charismatic voice chimed in. "Wait, you are a rat, right? Raccoon, possum?"
Nezu chuckled, one of those things that plagued his mind currently in the room with him, setting the drink down. "I'm afraid that what I am is for me to know and you to find out, Number 2," Nezu responded.
The Winged Hero, Hawks, chuckled back. "Oh, believe me, the Commission is trying to," Hawks replied. "There's actually a secret betting ring as to what kind of animal or animals you are or are a mix of. My money's on lab mice."
"Well, should I ever decide to divulge my genetic makeup, you will be the first to know," Nezu replied.
"So, what's this all about, Princ?" Hawks cross his arms behind his head, nonchalantly. "You did say yourself that my schedule is quite packed. Want me to pop down to say some inspirational quotes for the Hero students? You should know that I can truly capture quite the audience."
"Yes, your speech at the Hero Billboard Charts, I remember it well," Nezu said as he pressed a button on the side of his chair. All over the campus, several spikes stood out and buzzed on, a low whine emitted from them that encompassed the entire campus. Nezu's ears perked up and smiled as he saw Hawks's trademark grin falter for a bit, likely sensing the buzz from his feathers. Or rather the buzz of what was in his feathers. "And now that we are truly alone, we can actually talk."
"I'm sorry?" Hawks blinked, his grin faltering even worse.
"Our systems noticed that the moment you stepped through the U.A. gates that there were tiny, almost miniature devices implanted in your feathers," Nezu clasped his paws together as he spoke, still as calm and gentle as ever. "Multiple of them actually, with two different signals from two different sources, my money is that one of them was the Commission, correct."
Hawks's smile fell completely, morphing into a serious one that few had ever seen before in the Winged Hero, even against Villains. Inside, there was a sense of panic in Keigo, almost dreading if he'd have to do something to keep Skeptic from being suspicious of his intention, something like try and attack Nezu to keep his cover from being blown.
"I see, you still are under the impression that you are still miked," Nezu sighed, gesturing now toward the button by his chair. "As I pushed this button, several spires activated all across the U.A. campus that are emitting a low wave frequency. This frequency as you can imagine cannot be heard by anyone except for your devices, such with those little listening devices are now temporarily disabled so long as you are within the grounds of U.A.'s campus and the blanket of effect. Trust me, we are now completely alone and with no Commission to listen in on what we have to say."
Hawks stared stoically at Nezu, gauging the rodent Principal for whether he was speaking the truth. Seeing no deception and confirming that he could sense his listening devices from both the Commission and the PLF shorting out from his feathers, Hawks had no reason to currently distrust the Principal of U.A., more impressed with the rodent's failsafes than he or the Commission gave him credit for.
'Heh, Skeptic must be losing his shit right about now,' Hawks snickered internally. The high-ranking member of the Meta Liberation Army, and now the Paranormal Liberation Front, was never one for constructive criticism, or being proven wrong or faulty. Hawks already began constructing a reasonable enough lie or half-truth to spin to that long-haired string bean about what happened and what he and Nezu talked about. He wouldn't have to make up anything for the Commission, they and Nezu were always in a cold war, trying to figure out how much the other knew about each other.
Speaking of which, now that he has no people around to pull his strings, this winged puppet can finally say his own piece.
"Money's on you then for guessing right," Hawks leaned in, smirking mischievously. "And it was more than the Commission who was listening in."
Nezu smiled, raising his coffee again to his lips. "Please, then, enlighten me."
Notes:
AAAAAAANNNNNNDDDDD SCENE! And with that, perhaps my most lore-heavy interlude chapter has concluded and my oh my, was it a doozy. Jiro finds out the truth about Zayden, or rather I just told her, she and the girls watch a video showcasing the near entirety of Izuku's feats and secrets, Izuku admits his feelings and spills the beans to Nejire about why he never felt a girl could like him, Aizawa and Mic are heading to have a chat with Kurogiri/Shirakumo, and Hawks and Nezu have joined forces. Oh, what chaos have I wrought!
In any case, with Aizawa and Mic on their way to meet with Kurogiri in Tartaros, and Izuku planning on a private training session with himself, Bakugou, Asui, Sero, and Uraraka, the current placement of this story to the timeline is just at the tail end of Season 5, just after both the Endeavor Agency Arc and after the events of the 3rd movie, for anyone keeping track of the timeline. And yes, I also had set up Midnight not going to see Kurogiri as the repayment of her favor with Nezu about not telling Aizawa about the aphrodisiac stunt the girls pulled.
Yep, we finally see what this dreaded and mysterious traumatic event was that kept Izuku from pursuing a love life or believing that he could have one, and good old, lovable Nejire was there to cheer him up, another girl who knows something about Midoriya that none of the others know.
Speaking of which, yes, this was the culmination of my previous interludes since Interlude 1, Chapter 10. As I said, I intended to help and to aid, and with a little interference with some episodes for Izuku, a meeting with Aizawa would happen, Setsuna would follow and overhear, thus having Izuku forge a bond with Setsuna and have someone else know his secret about One For All, something that will be beneficial later, and as a result, they would censor any mention about One For All from the device, at least not until the right time.
Meanwhile, Setsuna's closeness with Izuku would spark the girls to accelerate their decision-making and form the Sisterhood, thus allowing these conflicting interests to be united and do this aphrodisiac stunt, ensuring that they secure Midnight's help and lead to the events that happened with Kurogiri's visit, and lowering Midoriya's emotional walls enough for him to realize his feelings for the girls, open up about his past a bit to Nejire, all of which ended up with very minimal harm to one of this universe's Nexus Points and a bit of amusement for myself. Even the girls' acceleration of their feelings for Izuku was planned to be noticed by Eri so that she would ask Izuku about it and further have the Green Bean be more open to his feelings and have more than one romantic partner.
But even I have to step in, and with the device censored there was only one thing left to do: censor this music video as much as possible. Jiro was always going to end up downloading this playlist, including certain music videos that not all of the students are ready to see what they hold, so the best option to take advantage of this would be to have this video with so many secrets involved be shown to those that keep it themselves and grow closer to Izuku as a result: The Sisterhood. And thus, the girls now have an inkling of knowledge of Izuku's secrets, but where this will take them is left for the future chapters to tell.
Ah man, and people think chess is difficult. Imagine playing 4D chess with the actions and outcomes of dozens and hundreds of people to lead to that desired end goal: checkmate.
And because I have no more room here, you can see all the latest counterparts listed on the TV tropes page for this story. Also, any questions as to what scenes I'm referencing in the 'music video', if there was any confusion, ask them in the comments.
To close off, I hope you guys that stuck around for the plot liked this chapter, especially the music video. It's obviously Undefeatable by Kellin Quinn, Tomoya Ohtani, and the SEGA SOUND Team for Sonic Frontiers, and Jiro said it best when I heard the lyrics while seeing One For All's lights look like stars, this was born in my head. Anyways, comment your thoughts and how much some of you found the song cringy with the words I tried to put to visualize the scenes, what future counterparts you believe will happen, and what craziness will I pull off with the device for the next chapter. Oh, and also keep being safe, healthy, and sane.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and now, back to my horrible singing. *Ahem* YES, OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!
Chapter 38: Batman vs Captain America
Summary:
The fourth day of reactions, new and old faces, and awkward tensions
Notes:
GREETINGS FELLOW HUMANOID MEAT BAGS! ZAYDEN STORMVOID HERE WITH ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE!
Excuse the alien talk, I am very excited for Blue Beetle. I have said this previously, but I want this movie to succeed because of how fitting this movie is for me. This movie was already scheduled to come out earlier, right next to my birthday, before they pushed it back, but it's still coming out on my birthday month, I love the Power Rangers/Green Lantern vibe it has to it, and with the main character, Jaime Reyes, being Hispanic American, like myself, it also holds a bonus for me on that, too.
I'm more familiar with Jaime's Blue Beetle than Dan Garrick or Ted Kord, especially with Batman the Brave and the Bold animated series and Young Justice Season 2. So, I really wanted this movie to succeed because of how special it feels to me despite its predicted bomb at the box office. But from what I heard, the movie is not anything we haven't seen before or groundbreaking, which is a bummer, but I'll still watch it for myself.
Anyways, onto the story, last time we had the interlude chapter where the Todoroki's bonded over their shared Dad-Might conspiracies, Izuku admits the feelings he has for the girls and reveals to Nejire what happened to him that made him antsy over a love life, Nezu coordinates with Tsukauchi and the others to have Aizawa and Mic visit Kurogiri in Tartaros and find out the truth about what lies behind that dark mist, Jiro gets a text message from yours truly and I managed to get her and the Sisterhood to watch a music video that may have revealed to them One For All, and Nezu and Hawks meet and have things to discuss with each other.
What will occur next? All that and more, happening now. Or at least after the Index:
"Zayden." -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden.' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden." -Wizard Dialogue
"Zayden." -Boomstick, Buff Might, Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden." -Device, Fight, and Combatant Dialogue
And finally, I do not own My Hero Academia or Death Battle. MHA belongs to the mind of Horikoshi who better do well with All Might vs AFO, and adapted by Bones Studios, who better ensure they have enough budget for that 4th movie and make Season 7 excel like it needs to. DB belongs to the YouTube channel under the same name, and Roosterteeth, and all the associated franchises of past, present, and future chapters likewise belong to their respective companies, such as Batman belonging to DC, and Captain America with Marvel.
Now enough talk, IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BAAATTTTLLLLEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
Izuku walked down with the rest of the students towards the Gym Gamma, stretching his limbs absent-mindedly after his training an hour ago.
With it being the weekend and with no classes, the students had more free time to relax and spend their free time however they wish, while the Pros and teachers did their patrols and duty as Heroes. Some of both 1-A and 1-B were just hanging and chilling out with their rival classmates, like the arm-wrestling competition going on between Kirishima and Tetsutetsu, some were finishing up assigned homework and studies, and so on.
Though, for some reason, all of the girls of 1-A, and Setsuna surprisingly, were taken away by a particularly vengeful Midnight to do some 'chores' they agreed to do for the teachers. Even Nejire, Mei, and Melissa went along, though it was clear that they all looked unhappy but accepting. At least, some were accepting, Mei had to be dragged against her will by most of the girls from her 'babies' which Izuku could only guess was the lab and whatever they were doing with the lightsaber instructions and crystals they received.
It was a rather disappointing development. Izuku was planning on getting to better know and get closer to the girls that he had finally admitted he liked. He even asked if he could join but Midnight was surprisingly adamant that it was a girl's assignment, though from what he saw from the girls it looked like this was punishment.
So, with that avenue closed, Izuku decided to spend the rest of the day playing with Eri and Kouta, and training. He spent the first half of the day playing games with the two children before he let Mirio take charge while he went to train.
The other half of his day was spent with a training session he scheduled with All Might and Bakugou, training himself in mid-air combat with Black Whip and preparation for Float. Izuku rolled his eyes when he remembered how Bakugou mocked him when All Might revealed that Float was his next Quirk to be unlocked, bragging that while Izuku was going to be playing catch up on something Bakugou could already do, Bakugou would only improve and surpass him further. Of course, the two got into a half-heated argument but it was civil and refined compared to the arguments, or, more accurately, mocking and bullying sessions, that they had in the past.
Izuku was also intrigued by how his mentor knew that Float was the next likely Quirk he would manifest but all that the former pro could divulge was that it was a gut feeling. But after that, they went to practice, but not at Gym Gamma, for some reason. All Might said that the staff was making it ready for their next session of Death Battle videos, but Izuku could tell there was something else going on.
In any case, they were forced to use a backup location: the USJ, now 100% Villain free. Both he and Bakugou would spar in multiple locations and scenarios, with both of them getting wins over the other. Izuku took his losses with humbleness, and while Bakugou was getting better at it, he still was mad at any loss and would retaliate with greater force in the next session.
Eventually, Ochaco, Tsuyu, and Sero would arrive and join them upon his and All Might's request, though Izuku noticed that Ochaco and Tsuyu were particularly tired compared to Sero, and the verdant-haired teen could only chalk it up to whatever Midnight had them doing. When asked, the two wouldn't say much. In fact, throughout their training sessions, Izuku noticed that aside from the tips and bits of help they shared, the two girls were rather weird around him. They refused to look him in the eye, they were antsy and fidgety, and he could tell that they were staring at him intently when they thought he wasn't looking, like how he normally would look when he was analyzing someone's Quirk.
He found it strange and disconcerting, he was worried that he may have done something wrong, but he didn't have the heart to confront them, especially with All Might, Bakugou, and Sero around to hear.
And while Sero was unequivocally helpful, the 9th bearer of One For All would notice that All Might and Bakugou were talking about something profound. All Might looked grim and serious, and Bakugou didn't have that same fire he always had, he looked almost somber and regretful. As much as the training session had given him many tips and helpful advice for Black Whip and Float, he came out just as confused about what was going on with the people in his life.
Now, after a quick return to campus and a shower, the gathered students were making their way to Gym Gamma to meet up with the returning Heroes and teachers for another set of Death Battle videos.
As mysterious and even terrifying as some of the revelations the group found concerning the vast multiverse they witnessed were, Izuku could see that the information from the videos was incredibly helpful for all the students. Izuku saw that some of the more close-quarter combative students, i.e., Sato, Shoji, Jurota, Sen, Ojiro, and Kendo, taking notes from equally offensive fighters, like Thor, Raiden, Shao Kahn, Blanka, and more. Kamakiri looked like he was practicing some of the martial arts from Fulgore and Sektor. Even Kaminari was begging Kendo to show him some martial arts to incorporate with his Quirk, like Raiden.
As they made their way to the gym, Izuku noticed the girls looked exhausted, particularly Melissa. If he could guess from what he saw of them, then it had to be a physically taxing form of labor as Melissa didn't have the same training and regular exercise as the Hero students, Mei looked a little winded too, but it was both because she dealt with a lot heavier machinery and hands-on approach than Melissa did, and it was hard to tell under Mei's constant energetic persona. Other pieces of evidence he found were some of the girls rubbing their backs and arms, implying they were lifting heavy objects, and the way Hagakure was limping showed she must have stubbed her foot at some point.
The students made it to the gym where they found the Heroes and teachers, most of them in their civilian clothes again, waiting outside for them, with David Shield and Power Loader bringing in the device and Fat Gum carting in some more snacks and drinks. Though strangely, Izuku found that Aizawa, Present Mic, and Gran Torino were not among them.
As soon as they got permission to go inside from Nezu, they saw that the gym was different than before. Gone was the tall set of stands that once was their seats, and in its place were a wide variety of seats, from sofas long and short, comfy living room style chairs and seats, even some bean bags and mats to lay on.
"As you can see, we had ordered and brought in some more comfortable seating arrangements for everyone to partake in for a more relaxing viewing experience," Nezu explained as they walked in.
"About time," Mount Lady muttered, rubbing her ass, which drew some lecherous glances from the guys. "This big round booty of mine was not going to handle sitting on that cement seat."
"Oh, please, don't be such a drama queen," Midnight rolled her eyes at her rival. "Cementoss made the seats with the softest cement he could make."
"Well, I suppose if an old hag like you can settle it, then I don't have much to complain about," Mount Lady retorted back.
Before another catfight could break out between the two pro heroines, Nezu spoke up further. "Please, take your preferred seat as calmly and civilized as possible or I will be forced to sit you according to my own preference."
With the warning easing down the excited grins from the students, they made their way to sit down with the adults following right behind them. In the end, most chose to sit with their groups or cliches they formed with this greater closeness between classes. The larger students and teachers sat in the seats in the back to avoid any blocking of the screen for others, while the smaller of them sat up front. Izuku sat cross-legged on a mat to sit beside Eri and Kouta on bean bags, with Mirio sitting beside them in a seat.
As Mei and Melissa were setting up the device, Izuku couldn't help but notice that he caught more looks from not just Ochaco and Tsuyu, but the rest of the girls he liked. The ten girls had conveniently sat relatively close to him, almost circling him in a ring of their protection and vigilance. When he saw Nejire staring at him at one point, a dark thought ran through his head. 'What if she ratted my secret to the girls and now, they're looking at me with pity?'
Izuku immediately discarded the thought as quickly as it came. Izuku knew Nejire, she was sweet, kind, lovable, and loyal, he knew she would never go back on their promise. Izuku flinched that he could even think that Nejire would do that, cursing that habit he developed since Aldera.
"Before we begin though, I do wish to inform you all of some recent developments," Nezu spoke up. "Due to a certain classified investigation, Eraser, Present Mic, and Gran Torino will not be joining us for today."
The students nodded silently, the 1-A group curious as to what happened with their teacher when it was All Might who came to check in on them and not their insomniac homeroom teacher.
"However, a new face will join us today, and for the foreseeable future," Nezu smirked as he looked up. "Feel free to come down whenever you want."
A chuckle rang out from above, the tone familiar to a few of the students, especially a certain raven-headed emo teen. As they looked up, they could hear the flapping of wings in time for the man himself to start descending in front of them. "Hey, everyone, guess who?" Hawks flashed that charismatic smirk.
"Master Hawks!" Tokoyami stood up and bowed to his mentor.
"Tokoyami, what did I say about that?" Hawks chuckled, shaking his head fondly. "It's just Hawks, none of this Master stuff. Makes me feel old, right, Endeavor? Mind if I take this seat, here? Don't want any of my feathers stuck in the cushions."
Endeavor made no visible reaction to the Number 2 Pro Hero or how he sat in the chair in between Endeavor's and Edgeshot's. Well, not one that most of the group couldn't see. Todoroki could see that his father's eye twitched for a split second.
"Hey, Edgey," Hawks said, looking over toward the Number 4 Hero. "So, what's this I heard about my ninja counterpart beating your ninja counterpart?"
Edgeshot was still for a few seconds, slowly but surely directing his venomous gaze over at Nezu. The Principal of U.A. made no discernable reaction to the Shinobi Hero's glare and kept drinking his coffee, all while his inner self laughed maniacally.
"Ah, now, Ms. Hatsume, Ms. Shield, if you please, start the device so we can get started," Nezu ordered.
"Aye, aye, Mr. Principal!" Mei faux saluted as she and Melissa activated the device and the viewing systems.
As the device turned on and the projection produced video, a text box was the first thing that they saw. It read: "Update Available! Permission to update?!"
"Update?" Mina questioned, scratching her head.
"Oh, right!" Mei perked up and exclaimed. "This must be the update that the baby said it needed yesterday!"
"You mean when it couldn't quantify a counterpart for Godzilla because of its multiple variants?" Momo recalled.
"What do you think, Sir, Dave?" All Might looked to Nezu and his friend.
"Might as well," Nezu replied. "This update could provide more beneficial information and less inconveniences like before."
David nodded in agreement, looking at his daughter and the pink-haired inventor. "Do it," He said.
"Ooh, this should be interesting," Hawks grinned, excited he showed up in time to see this development happen.
With the controller in hand, Melissa pressed the play button, pressing 'Yes' on the screen. Instantly, the device glowed, and before the group's eyes began to shift and morph in a manner several of them compared to the transformation sequence of the Transformers, including Starscream. The once simple rectangular box had gained a bulkier fixture, the edges plated and stuck out more like pads, the neon lines of the box shifted into new pathways, the light glowing a bright red and more futuristic than before. The lines all convened at the center of its forward-facing side, an icon displaying a black-lettered 'DB' formed in the middle.
"UPDATE VERIFIED! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART DETECTION AND ANALYSIS UPGRADED!" The device sounded in a more monotoned computer-style speech tone that reverberated to the ears of the group. "NOW, CONFIRMING FOR GREATER RANGE OF SENTIENT A.I.-SOUL COMPARISON AND ADDITIONAL COUNTERPART PROBABILITY FEATURE."
"Jesus, that was sick!" Kaminari gasped out; his face stunned frozen stunned at the transformation.
"Additional Counterpart Probability Feature?" Mandalay raised an eyebrow at one of the new features.
"Confirming for a greater range of sentient A.I.-soul comparison?" Power Loader repeated the other feature. "Is it talking about being able to tell the counterparts to robots and A.I. more easily?"
"Possible," Endeavor responded. "We have encountered previous robot fighters that the device couldn't identify."
"You mean this Terminator thing and Metal Sonic guy?" Hawks guessed. Upon receiving an interrogating gaze from the Number 1 Pro, Hawks raised his hands in friendly surrender. "The Princ caught me up on what I missed. Still though, hey, Midoriya!" The green-haired teen jumped, slightly startled at being called out by the Number 2 Pro. "Can you write down a copy of all I missed between the fights? Don't want to mess up your analysis thing kid, but it sure would be helpful."
"Sure!" Izuku smiled and went right back to writing down the new developments of the device, plus having Black Whip take out a notebook from his bag for him to write a copy of all he had written down.
"Now that I think about it, from what the rat said, those notebooks of his have every kind of info about the Quirks and skills of the students, teachers, and all our pros," Hawks realized. "Don't you think that maybe we need to be more careful those things don't get into the wrong hands?"
Endeavor noticed the shift in the Winged Hero's eyes when he said the 'wrong hands', and Endeavor immediately knew what Hawks was referring to. 'The Meta Liberation Army,' Endeavor thought of the reformed and greatly outnumbering force of the Meta Liberation Army that Hawks had warned him of in the book he gave him. The one that warned of a force numbering in the tens of thousands that would strike within the next four months. It was this terrifying development that made Endeavor work his sidekicks double time and made him more invested in the training of not just Shoto, but the other students, for they would likely be needed for the war to come.
'If the Villains were to get a hand on Midoriya's notebooks, no matter how good intentioned they are, they could end up being the ruin of us all,' Endeavor felt a bead of sweat roll down his head, already noting to talk with Nezu after this.
As the group recovered from the shock of the new development with the device, the files of the fights came up with the latest one currently selected and ready to play: Batman vs Captain America.
Fueled by curiosity, Melissa pressed the play button, and the video began with the metal Death Battle intro music.
"Defending the weak from powerful agents of evil demands a champion who has achieved the peak of human capability, all in the name of justice," Wiz began the intro, ending off by showing a scene of Batman smashing two guards together and knocking them out. "And sometimes vengeance."
"Batman, The Dark Knight," Boomstick introduced the first fighter.
"And Captain America, The Sentinel of Liberty," Wiz introduced the second, newer fighter.
"Sentinel of Liberty," Setsuna chuckled. "Guy just screams America."
"I think I remember something about him from one of the previous fights," Izuku spoke up, looking over his notebooks to the right one. Flipping through the pages, he found his target. "Yeah, right here. It was in Batman's fight with Spider-Man."
"You mean the one with your bajillionth counterpart that made out with a sexy cat thief?" Mineta asked with jealousy/mixed with suspicion. Mineta did not forget all those times when it seemed like Midoriya was forming a harem with the girls of their class and beyond, and it left Mineta as envious as he was in awe of him.
The girls all remembered the interesting facts of Peter Parker having a very complicated love life, with two of his romantic interests, Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy, being counterparts to two among their ranks of the Sisterhood, Ochaco and Melissa. They wondered if perhaps Black Cat's counterpart not specified was because she would have her own fight in the future, and who among themselves would even be the cat burglar if they were right in their assumption of it being one of them.
"Y-Yeah, moving on!" Izuku quickly shook off his blush at the memory. "Anyways, they said in Spider-Man's analysis that Captain America respected and saw Spider-Man as one of the best of all the superheroes, including himself. It also said in his feats that both he and Spider-Man went toe-to-toe in combat."
"Well, then I know who is going to win this Death Battle," Kamakiri bragged, arms crossed over his head.
"Well then, please, enlighten us, Mandible Face," Sen rolled his eyes and asked his classmate.
"Captain America, of course," Kamakiri stated as if it was obvious. "It's simple. Spider-Man defeated Batman, Spider-Man and Captain America are evenly matched, so, Cap beats Bat. Simple math."
"I don't know," Itsuka frowned under that logic. "That sounds too simple, especially when we're talking about different Heroes fighting each other."
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick," Boomstick introduced the both of them.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!" Wiz ended the intro.
The first fighter the group had already seen, and they were still intimidated by the Dark Knight. His tall height, Greek god-level physique, soul-chilling glare, and dark, caped attire were sure evidence of why this Vigilante was feared throughout his city with just his shadow.
The sight of the superpower-less Hero brought smiles to Izuku and Melissa, remembering how much joy they felt upon seeing such a Hero with such prestige, all achieved by hard work, and billions of dollars, and with no superpowers like Quirks. Izuku still felt slightly guilty for not voting for the Caped Crusader despite this fact, but he remembered that he couldn't have voted against Spider-Man for much the same reasons. Plus, it would have been awkward if he had voted against his counterpart.
Melissa smiled, glad to see more of the Dark Knight that helped to further fan the flames of her reignited dream of being a Hero. While she didn't have the same amount of money as the bat-themed vigilante, or the same amount of training or time as the Hero students, Melissa felt confident that she could one day achieve the dream she so sought after as a child, to be just like both her Uncle Might and Deku, to help save people as Hero just as much as her Support Items would help Heroes, too.
But the question that Melissa was currently grappling with was how to be that Hero. As much as she wanted, she couldn't see herself donning the cowl of the Batman, or Batwoman in this case, she didn't have the same chilling intimidation or broodiness as Batman, and she sure as Hell didn't think she could become just as capable a fighter as the Bat, either.
'I know the risks, I know the challenges ahead of me, but I want this. I want to be a Support Item creator and a Hero, more than anything,' Melissa thought to herself. 'But how?'
"Shame that Aizawa won't be here to see his counterpart again," All Might muttered.
"I think he would say that he is currently doing something much more important," Midnight whispered back. The two's moods dropped a bit, only imagining what kind of pain and anguish Aizawa and Mic were forced to deal with currently.
Batman
"Throughout the underworld of Gotham City, one name strikes fear in the cold, black hearts of even the most hardened criminals," Wiz began the analysis. "The Batman."
"Jesus," Setsuna shivered. "I know we saw a lot of him before, but that glare still gives me chills."
"But becoming a six-foot flying Rat of Vengeance comes at a cost," Boomstick noted. "For eight-year-old Bruce Wayne, it was helplessly watching as his parents were gunned down in front of him on the way back from the Theatre."
The group flinched and felt sad once more for the poor young Bruce Wayne. Kouta, especially, frowned, knowing full well what kind of pain Wayne felt when he saw the dead bodies of his parents covered in those white blankets while his aunt hugged him.
Hawks frowned seeing the despair and sadness of the newly made orphan. Hawks thought back to his own family life, his bastard criminal of a father, his mother that questioned why she even had him, in Hawk's heart he might as well not have had any true parents and was raised by the Commission as their star Hero and weapon. He could only imagine the pain that Bruce felt because he felt, if his parents died like Wayne's, he doubted he would have felt anything at all.
"That poor kid," Boomstick said, sadly. "That Opera really must have scarred him."
"You insensitive ass," Setsuna grumbled.
"Maybe he meant the outing as a whole?" Hagakure suggested.
"Given what we've seen of Boomstick so far, doubt it," Itsuka replied.
BACKGROUND
Age: 41
Height: 6'2"/1.9 meters
Weight: 210 lbs/95.3 kg
Secret Identity: Bruce Wayne
Net Worth: $6.9 billion
Perfected every martial art known to man
Has had 23 girlfriends, Kissed at least 60 women
Mineta gazed at that last feat and likewise was left as jealous as he was willing to praise such a playboy like Bruce Wayne.
"Bruce's genius-level intellect and physical prowess allowed him to pick up a vast array of skills on his global journey to become The Dark Knight," Wiz detailed. "He became an expert in the art of disguise and a master of every fighting style known to man. He's perfected escape artistry, sword fighting, detective skills, stealth, has a photographic memory, earned 12 master's degrees, is an expert marksman, and is vastly knowledgeable in pressure points."
"Dear Lord," Kaminari rubbed his head at the sheer number of skills of Bruce Wayne. "How does a man have that much space in his brain?"
"Wouldn't you know? You have plenty already," Kyoka snickered.
"You gotta admit, you walked right into that one," Sero patted Kaminari on the back.
"And we're positive he's not superhuman?" Boomstick stated his incredulity.
Izuku and Melissa smiled, again proud and happy that someone like them was capable of so many skills, strengths, and abilities that made most, if not all, of their Heroes pale by comparison.
"Officially no, he's not, but he has learned to appear so in the minds of his opponents," Wiz replied. "Having been trained by the infamous The League of Assassins, Batman's greatest weapon is fear."
"Wait, I thought they said the group that trained was called the League of Shadows, not Assassins?" Ojiro questioned.
"Given the name and the fact they are referred to as infamous, they might very well be assassins, either way," Shoji replied.
"I wonder if they are any worse than our League?" Sato rhetorically asked.
Despite the rhetorical nature of Sato's question, the mention of the League of Villains did bring back memories of the Villainous group's actions throughout the year. Izuku still recalled Shigaraki's creepy smile and promise that their next encounter will be their last, and the heart-stopping terror that All For One dealt to his soul.
The girls drifted their gaze over toward their green-haired crush, their thoughts traveling back to the video that showed him encountering the League more than anyone else in their class. Momo then thought about those scenes from the video that didn't add up to the events of the year, especially his battle against the League's leader, Shigaraki. After hours of thought, she concluded that Izuku did encounter Shigaraki during the attack on the USJ and their group shopping trip to the mall where Shigaraki threatened the lives of the civilians so that the two of them could talk, but from what Uraraka said, the two didn't fight, Shigaraki just left and disappeared and his hair was still the bluish-grey he was reported to have, not the white hair the video showed and this was all before Izuku manifested the Black Whip power that he used that video's fight.
'Unless Izuku, Bakugou, and Todoroki are covering up an encounter during their internship at Endeavor's agency, then something is not adding up,' Momo thought over, her mind feeling like she was smashing it against a brick wall to no effect. Looking toward Bakugou and Todoroki, she found her targets. 'I need to ask them if they encountered the League at any point then before I can think this over anymore.'
Hawks kept back this desire to flinch when the League was brought up. Memories back during that meeting came up in Hawks's mind, where Re-Destro announced Shigaraki, now sporting mysterious white hair, as their Grand Commander, how they rebranded themselves as the Paranormal Liberation Front and all those meetings where he had to suck up to the leadership of the PLF that now included the League in charge.
He remembered what Nezu told him about this Dr. Garaki they encountered throughout the videos. When he heard about the connections that this man's counterparts seemed to have with Kurogiri, another member of the League, and how the Warp Gate Villain might be a Nomu created by this doctor, Hawks's mind felt like it hit an epiphany.
'Could this Garaki be THE Doctor?' Hawks recalled as he overheard one meeting of the PLF leadership that Shigaraki was in works with a doctor and that by the end of these 4 months, Shigaraki would be reborn, and they would be ready to strike at Japan. 'I have to find out, for all our sakes.'
"All it takes is a glimpse of that pointy-eared shadow and criminals start shaking in their boots," Boomstick stated.
"I suppose that his use of fear against criminals is a flip side to your time as the Symbol of Peace, huh, All Might?" Cementoss commented.
"Yes, you could see it that way," All Might admitted, agreeing that while their methods and stances were different, he and Batman both were a deterring factor for criminals and Villains, the evildoers of the world being less antsy to strike with the ever-present threat of All Might, the Symbol of Peace, there to stop them, and Batman seemed to have a similar effect.
'Now, though, that Symbol is losing here to deter them anymore,' Endeavor thought the same as his Number 1 predecessor, his nose rubbing in his fallibility for how criminals don't see him with as much fear as All Might. 'However, bitterness and humility won't cease this rise of villainy, only action will. And I promised the world to watch me and see what I will do, and I will do just that.'
UTILITY BELT
Batclaw
Smoke Pellets
Various Batarangs
Explosive Gel
Disruptor
Shock Gloves
Cryptographic Sequencer
Forensic Analysis Kit
First Aid Kit
Shark Repellent
"He can disappear and reappear in an instant thanks to his mastery of stealth and the high-tech gadgets he keeps in his Utility Belt, like his Batclaw grappling hook, smoke pellets, tons of different Batarangs, a Cyrpto-whosawhatsit for hacking into anything, and...shock gloves," Boomstick listed, that last gadget incredulously.
"Interesting," Melissa adjusted her glasses. "That device seems to be able to hack into any sort of security system and deactivate it with a specific action or deciphering the system's passcode."
"Oooh, imagine if we could repurpose that kind of technology!" Mei smiled excitedly. "We could develop and spread it to multiple Heroes to make hacking and disarming explosive ornaments and devices super easy!"
"Hmm, not a bad idea," David figured, likewise interested. "Though, the more it is spread the easier it would be to misplace or steal the technology for Villains to use against ourselves." The thought of Villains using such a similar technology to hack into I-Island's security systems brought nasty memories of the past.
"Hey, don't underestimate the shock gloves," Wiz warned. "They release a charge powerful enough to penetrate Kevlar, and even stop the heart of one of Batman's most powerful enemies, Bane."
"Oooh, Daddy likey!" Kaminari rubbed his hands together, extremely interested.
"Please, don't ever say that again," Kyoka shivered negatively at Kaminari's words.
"Though you do bring up a good idea, Kaminari," Izuku spoke up to the Electrification user. "I respect and admire your attempt to make your Electrification Quirk more accurate and useful in longer ranges but have you thought about improving your close-quarters fighting style? Despite Electrification being highly useful up close, there could be Villains and criminals that will try to insulate themselves to render your Quirk ineffective. Maybe with shock gloves of your own, and some more physical training, you could damage through their defenses and simply incapacitate them with physical force instead. Although, maybe with Kaminari's body type that may take a while, although the martial arts from Raiden might help. Maybe a long-range, physical weapon would be better instead, like Raiden's staff? Or maybe something like an electrical whip that Miss Midnight could teach him."
"And he's gone again," Nejire giggled as Izuku stumbled into another mumbling session.
Despite being unable to comprehend anything more of Izuku's mutterings, it did get Kaminari's brain to grind its gears. He had noticed that despite his attempts to better work his long-range combat, he left his physical combat lacking in comparison, likely because he felt that it was unnecessary with how powerful his Quirk was up-close already. But as he remembered how his Joint Class Training match went, despite his team winning, he was still left easily vulnerable to Shiozaki's non-conductive vine hair, and if Shishida had armor that could insulate himself from his electricity, Kaminari knew he would get trounced by the furry giant.
Looking at Batman with his Shock Gloves and catching some of Midoriya's ramblings at the end, Kaminari began to think. 'Maybe a physical weapon could work well for me if I have to get physical and can't electrocute them. I mean not everyone can take 1.3 million volts to the heart and take it,' Kaminari figured, flinching suddenly at the possibility of giving someone heart failure. 'An electric whip, though? That does sound pretty badass now that I think about it?' Kaminari grinned at the image he was forming in his head.
"But then he restarted it because he's nice like that," Boomstick pointed out.
"Phew, I almost thought that he killed that big dude," Mina wiped her forehead.
"From the previous video, Wizard did state that Batman has a very rigid rule about not killing his enemies despite their repeated escapes from prison and offenses," Momo pointed out. "Perhaps, this is an example of how dedicated he is to that rule."
"Bane later said, 'Thank You' the only way he knew how," Boomstick showed the infamous scene of Bane breaking Batman's back with the accompanying sound of bones breaking.
"Oof! I forgot about that," Sen rubbed his back as if imagining that kind of pain. "Didn't they say he got better from that?"
"Indeed," Iida nodded, frowning at how morbidly familiar this reminded him of his brother becoming paralyzed by Stain.
"What about you, 'Kacchan'?" Mina asked, teasingly. "Did your back feel like breaking after Midori judo-flipped you?"
"SHUT IT WEIRD EYES!" Bakugou roared back, his forehead veins twitching. "LIKE HELL DEKU'S WEAK ASS TOSS HURT ME!"
"I don't know, I was there, and I saw you groaning pretty badly after your back met the ground," Uraraka teased as well.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP PINK CHEEKS BEFORE I SHOW YOU HOW HARD I FLIPPED THE NERD AFTER YOU LEFT!" Bakugou threatened.
As they argued, Shinsou rubbed his back, himself a victim of Midoriya's judo-flipping during their match in the Sports Festival finals. In all honesty, the indigo-haired teen was scrawnier back then and with the force that Midoriya tossed him, it took him days to get over the residual back pain.
"I'm surprised Batty didn't pull something out of the Utility Belt to stop that one, considering it seems to contain anything Batman could ever need," Boomstick continued. "Even...shark repellent."
"Well, that's new," Asui simply said, blank-faced at seeing the Dark Knight hang upon a ladder to a bat-themed helicopter whilst a shark was biting at his leg.
"Wouldn't that leg become shark chow?" Kamakiri scratched at his head, remembering how powerful a shark's jaws can be.
"Guess that shows just how buff Batman is," Setsuna shrugged.
"Actually, that's a common misconception," Wiz corrected. "The Shark Repellent was stored in the helicopter that Robin was flying, NOT Batman's Utility Belt."
"Oh yeah, because that makes it SO much less ridiculous," Boomstick's voice sounded so condescending that the group could practically hear him rolling his eyes.
"Wait a minute I was too busy focusing on what I was seeing and how his leg wasn't chum," Kosei shook his head and rubbed his eyes for good measure. "Shark what now?"
"Plus, have you seen the sharks in the DC universe?" Wiz questioned.
What played was a scene of King Shark ripping a man in two with his bare hands.
Izuku and Mirio were quick on the draw to cover up Eri's and Kouta's eyes.
"That guy looks like Gang Orca's Great White cousin," Sero said, shivering at the shark man's killer feat.
Shoji and Kyoka snickered, wondering if they should bring that up to the Killer Whale Hero during their next internship.
"Oh...I get it, now," Boomstick admitted.
"Batman also carries Explosive Gel," Wiz continued with Batman's other gadgets. "A cluster of this substance can be sprayed onto nearly any surface and remotely detonate, perfect for distractions."
"Or you know...BLOWING SHIT UP!" Boomstick exclaimed, showing a scene of both Batman blowing up an unstable wall and watching from a vantage point as a clueless criminal walked over to the placed Explosive Gel. "Tip for Criminals: if you know Batman's after you, avoid anything shaped like a Bat." Batman clicked the trigger, and the criminal was sent flying. "Oh, and he's fine. Mostly."
"Nice," Bakugou grinned, approving of Batman's style.
"I suppose we should just accept this and not question how an explosion doesn't immediately kill those criminals like Bakubrat and his explosions?" Monoma smirked haughtily.
"THE HELL YOU CALL ME COPYCAT?!" Bakugou barked back. "HOW ABOUT I SHOULD SHOW YOU HOW EASY I'VE BEEN GOING YOU?!"
"Okay, that's enough, from the both of you," All Might stopped whatever fight was about to sprout. "Just because Aizawa isn't here to reign you in doesn't give you a pass, Bakugou. Behave or we will need to discuss your previously scheduled detention."
"Grr, yes, sir," Bakugou grumbled.
"And you as well, Monoma," Vlad King pulled Monoma's ear back and away from the explosive Pomeranian. "Any more of this and it will be detention for you, as well."
"Somebody in here?" A thug with a bruised eye opened the door to the dark room.
The man sees Batman standing in the middle of the room, glaring at the man, silently. After a second contemplation, the thug closes the door, without another word.
"Something Wrong?" Another thug asked as he came up to the thug.
"Nope," The thug replied, walking away and possibly rethinking his life.
"That has to be the smartest criminal I have ever seen," Hawks chuckled.
"I wonder if that black eye he's got was because he tangled with Batsy before," Miruko snickered.
"Bruce chose the guise of a Bat to project his own fear of the flying mammal onto his enemies," Wiz revealed.
Izuku blinked at Wiz's reveal and started thinking about himself. 'I guess it's somewhat similar to my Hero name, Deku,' Izuku thought. For years, he was called Deku as an insult, a brand marked on him to say that he was worthless and nothing, the memories of what happened on White Day coming back again.
"Never say that ever again!" Nejire's words from last night played in his head again. "You deserve to be loved!"
Izuku smiled sadly, his heart aching as it longed for that hug she gave him with all the love she could muster. And with her words of encouragement and comfort, he also thought of Uraraka, who gave him a likewise reality shift. 'Uraraka helped turned that name into something different. Made me see it, and myself, as the Deku who can do anything.'
Izuku looked toward Uraraka and Nejire, the two huddled on the sofa behind him, with Tsu, Momo, and Kyoka. Izuku smiled at the two, thankful for what they had done for him. Now, if only he could figure out why they were so antsy around him, all of a sudden.
"However, that is not the Batsuit's only purpose," Wiz continued.
BATSUIT
Repurposed Nomex survival suit
Almost totally bulletproof
Flame and Shock resistant
Cape doubles as a glider
Cowl's para-aramid fibers lessen impacts on the head
Gauntlets armed with fireable blades
Conceals both heartbeat and heat signature
"Thanks to some military-grade armor, he stole from his own company with Morgan Freeman's permission, the Batsuit is almost completely bulletproof, knife proof, electricity proof, punch proof, dog proof, and theft proof," Boomstick listed all the things that Batsuit was proofed against.
"But not spider-proof," Reiko mentioned Batman's defeat at the hands of Spider-Man the last Death Battle with the Dark Knight.
"Inside Batman's Cowl is an array of high-tech gear commonly used for listening to Police Scanners and Communicating with Allies," Wiz revealed more of the Caped Crusader's suit. "But in combat, Batman finds more use in its night, infrared and ultraviolet vision." Wiz showed a scene of Batman's eyes turning blue and then seeing the world through the imaging from the nearby phones. "Also, its built-in Triangulation Imaging System, which hacks into the world's cellphones and creates a Digital 3D Map."
"You mean he can see EVERYTHING I do, just because I have a phone?" Boomstick questioned.
"More or Less," Wiz answered.
"Ask him where I left my keys?" Boomstick asked.
"That would be sick at finding stuff," Kirishima muttered. "No more lost socks."
"NO, THAT IS INCREDIBLY ILLEGAL!" Iida jumped up, his arm going Sonic-level speeds of chopping. "THAT IS AN INCREDIBLY ILLEGAL INVASION OF PRIVACY AND IF HE USED IT IN A CITY AS BIG AS THIS GOTHAM THAT WOULD BE ABOUT MILLIONS OF COMPUTER TRESPASSING CRIMES!"
"I-I'm sure it was for a good reason," Kirishima sweatdropped.
FEATS
Avoided unavoidable Omega Beams
Survived outer space for 24 seconds
Bench Press; 1,000 lbs
Leg Press: 2,500 lbs
Can throw a Batarang 100 mph
Defeated the entire Justice League and Superman
Swapped a poisoned drink faster than the literal blink of an eye
Broke into Area 51...an Area 52
"Aside from mass invasion of privacy, Batman's resume includes such accomplishments as dodging Darkseid's virtually unavoidable Omega Beams, withstanding the vacuum of space for 24 seconds, defeating the whole Justice League, almost singlehandedly," Wiz listed all of Batman's greatest feats. "And breaking free from a coffin, buried 6 feet underground, in a straitjacket, after being deprived of sleep for days, all while having a cocktail of unknown drugs in his system along with The Joker's latest venom toxin."
"I'm sorry, my mind tapped out after the straitjacket part. What did he do?!" Hagakure exclaimed, a look of complete and utter shock on her unseeable face.
The rest of the group joined her in similar looks of amazement, shock, and utter disbelief. Bakugou didn't know whether to further admire this superpower-less man or question if he actually blew a gasket that such a monster of man even exists somewhere out there.
"Damn," Was all Hawks could respond outwardly, but inside he would be grinning like a madman, desperate already to show this kind of madman toward the HPSC and PLF and stick it to those Quirkist bastards and their philosophy about Quirk's strength and power being what should define a person's station, especially that icy pretty boy, Geten.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Boomstick exclaimed in sheer disbelief, the intimidating image of Batman's shadowed visage standing over his freshly dug-out grave displayed closer, comically. "Are we positive that we're positive he's not superhuman?!"
"Honestly, sorry, Melissa, but I have to agree to question that too," Uraraka admitted, wide-eyed and slack-jawed.
"No, I understand," Melissa patted her new friend in reassurance, in a similar state of shock.
"Well, given his line of work, I wouldn't be surprised if he stumbled into a room filled with gamma rays or something like that," Wiz admitted his unsureness. "But underneath the Batsuit, he is affected by knives and bullets the same as any other mortal man. Even though he usually comes out victorious, his self-confidence occasionally puts him in life-threatening situations he can't escape without help."
"Like Bane's 'Thank You Spine Durability Test'," Boomstick pointed out.
"Well, at least he's not invincible," Mount Lady let out a nervous chuckle.
"But the Caped Crusader has consistently found a way to survive even the most life-threatening situations and save his city from near-total destruction hundreds of times," Wiz said.
"And Bats has no problem continuously going toe-to-toe with evil in the name of Justice...Vengeance," Boomstick corrected himself.
"I am Vengeance. I am the Knight. I AM BATMAN!" Batman proclaimed as he held the Joker up with one hand before delivering the smackdown onto the Clown Prince of Crime. (RIP Kevin Conroy. You truly were the Knight.)
That final declaration sent shivers up the spines of the group, Izuku couldn't help but grin ear to ear at such a heroic declaration that must be a staple or catchphrase of the World's Greatest Detective.
The second fighter was introduced with a chorus of triumphant trumpets, and the very visage of the man himself brought more awe and inspiration than even the music. The man was tall, with a body that the group felt was sculpted by the gods themselves in the image of perfection, to the amazement and envy of the room's males and the pleasant stares and approving smiles of the girls. Even the girls of the Sisterhood could not deny the man's Herculean figure, and Izuku could not blame the girls if they thought so, he, himself, gazing at the man like was All Might reborn. The man donned a blue, red, and white suit, an earlier comment about his suit looking like the American flag threw up on him was admittedly accurate. The man's tight pants, helm, and upper half of the torso were an ocean to navy blue, with the Sentinel of Liberty's helm sporting a white 'A' on his forehead and a large white star on his muscular chest. Below the white star, his abdomen was white and red vertical stripes that ended down to his brown utility belt. Beginning from half of his large biceps, the arms ran white, and his wrists and hands were covered in bright red gloves with red boots to complement his attire. And finishing off this heroic symbol of virtue's attire was a large circular disk-like shield strapped usually to his right arm in leather bonds, the shield painted in a blue circle with a white star in the middle and three ever-larger rings, the first and last in red and the middle in white.
Captain America
"Born to poor Irish immigrants in Manhattan on July 4th, 1920, Steven Rogers grew up with little money, few friends-"
"And even fewer muscles!" Boomstick interrupted, showing Steve's skeleton-thin figure. "Good God is that Steve Rogers or Jack Skellington? Somebody get that kid a sandwich!"
"A sandwich? I feel like baking this guy a whole bakery," Sato winced at how thin Steve Rogers looked.
To Izuku and Bakugou, it looked like they were looking into the past with how scrawny the future Captain America looked like. Izuku had to look and flex his muscles, subtly, just to remind himself of the progress he made ever since he cleaned up Dagobah Beach and so on. In fairness to himself, Izuku never actually just assumed that he could get into U.A. without a Quirk And training. In the past, he tried to work out and improve himself. There was just the unfortunate fact that constant bullying and physical torture to the point that you lose the contents of your stomach Every Day made it very hard for him to both maintain a fit enough figure. In the end, the only reason why he got physically fit enough to bear One For All, he believed, was because Bakugou had stopped bullying or interacting with him since the Sludge Villain attacked, and, like mimes, the other bullies let off too.
"Huh, he was literally born on the Fourth of July," Pony chuckled, amazed. "Fitting."
BACKGROUND
Before transformation:
-Height: 5'4"/1.6 m
-Weight: 95 lbs/43.1 kg
After transformation:
-Height: 6'2"/1.9 m
-Weight: 220 lbs/99.8 kg
Both parents died early in his life
Won the gold medal in an art contest as a teenager
Was once mutated into 'Spider-King'
Secretly a habitual car thief
"But his sheer willpower, selflessness, and desire for justice stood out," Wiz noted. "As those around him left to serve in the Second World War, Rogers was desperate to fight for his country. But due to his lacking physique and health problems, he was turned away from every single Military Organization, multiple times."
"Dear Lord," Recovery Girl paled at how sickly this poor man was. "Asthma alone would disqualify him from the Armed Forces, but the multiple chances of fevers, colds, and heart issues would make him fall over dead on his first mission."
Bakugou flinched when his mind started comparing Deku, to when they were both in Aldera, to Rogers. He flinched even worse when he remembered how easy it was to hit Midoriya's bones and stomach with how scrawny Deku was. Thinking back on how many times he and his goons had left the Quirkless boy lying in an alleyway in a pool of his barf, something painfully reenacted in his mind when he saw that man punch Rogers in an alleyway too. As it all came back to him, Bakugou almost spilled his guts on the floor, feeling more nauseous and horrified by his actions than any of the gruesome deaths that Death Battle had shown.
Bakugou looked over at All Might, who was looking at Midoriya and seeing the same comparisons he was. The ash-blonde teen remembered their earlier talk today when Midoriya was training with Pink Cheeks, Frog Face, and Weird Arms while he stood to the side with the retired pro. Bakugou was surprisingly unfazed when All Might came clean and said that he knew of his past with Deku, that the explosive teen had bullied his former childhood friend, though Bakugou noted that All Might didn't know the full extent otherwise Bakugou bitterly imagined that All Might wouldn't ever speak to him again.
All Might asked if Bakugou's willingness to help Midoriya was his way of atoning for his past. Bakugou replied that the nerd wouldn't see it that way, Izuku too forgiving and kind to hold a grudge or too insecure to lash out on it, but even as Bakugou admitted that he had ignored his own weaknesses in favor of demoralizing Deku, both physically and mentally, in jealousy, Bakugou omitted the truth of his feelings, the truth that he was forced to admit. A truth that was spat at him ever since that one fight between Kratos and Spawn.
'No matter what I do to help him, no matter how much I want or try to atone, there is no atonement for what I've done,' Bakugou repeated that thought, remembering that turning his back on De-Izuku, going from friend to life-long bully, and those words he tossed mockingly at him that day, was perhaps a worse betrayal than the physical bullying he did for 11 years.
As Bakugou wallowed in his self-hate and acceptance, he was unaware of the concerned eyes of a vine-haired holy girl.
"Meanwhile, Hitler was creating a new group of Super Nazis with lasers, called HYDRA," Boomstick revealed. "And led by this perpetually Flaming Hot Cheeto-dusted egomaniac: The Red Skull."
"Oh, wait, I almost forgot that this was apparently in World War 2," Awase frowned.
"How does that even happen?!" Sen exclaimed at seeing Red Skull's, well, red skull for a head.
"Desperate to combat this new threat, Uncle Sam began the top-secret Project: Rebirth," Wiz said. "It looked like Rogers would finally get his chance to be the hero after all...provided he survived an untested, unstable, unprecedented experiment."
"After an injection of some mystery juice and tanning in Vita-Rays, Rogers lived!" Boomstick exclaimed. "And as a plus became a Nazi-annihilating, Terrorist-thrashing, Symbol of Freedom: Captain America!
At the sight of the now blonde hunk emerging from his capsule, the male half of the group suddenly felt almost completely inadequate by comparison or murderous jealousy and the female half all almost stained their clothes from projectile blood from their noses. The only ones who were seemingly unaffected were Kouta, who was simply in awe of the man, and Eri, also in awe but did have a slight blush on her innocent cheeks. Suddenly, a feeling of horror and uncomfortableness washed over Izuku Midoriya and, unknowingly, another far far away.
"'MERICA!" As Boomstick yelled, a bald eagle flew past Cap while fireworks exploded, and guns fired up into the air.
"Yep, that's my home country in a nutshell," Melissa chuckled, shaking her head fondly.
"Our home country, Melissa," Pony pointed out/comforted. "Our home country."
"Honestly, Toshi, this guy looks like he could be your younger brother," David chuckled.
"Dave, from what I'm seeing, I feel as though I would be the little brother to this guy," All Might admitted.
Captain America's theme song played as he proceeded to perform a finishing move on Deadpool.
"Damn, that man and that music, are so...so...MANLY!" Kirishima roared out, Tetsutetsu joining in with an equal roar.
"GAH!" Kyoka hissed at the loudness of the hardheads. "Okay, that's it! If I find that music in my phone's new playlist, I'm banning you from it!"
Immediately, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu paled and fell onto their knees before Jiro like she was their goddess they angered, pleading and begging for repentance. They would have even kissed her feet if a feeling of dread and promised retribution didn't stop them. Jiro couldn't help but bask in the praise and see her classmates squirm for her approval, but after a pleading look from Mina and Momo, to spare the hardheaded idiots, she let them off the hook.
"The Super Soldier Serum pushed Steve's body to the absolute limits of human physical and mental potential," Wiz explained.
"So, Captain America was another guy that was once Quirkless but was given his powers, like Spider-Man," Mirio pointed out.
"I'm telling you; you might as well place your bets in," Kamakiri bragged in his supposed intelligence.
"I feel like this is going to bite him in the butt," Setsuna muttered.
"Probably," Yui nodded.
While they argued, Izuku and All Might shared a glance and knew what the other was thinking. Like Mirio pointed out with Spider-Man, Captain America going from physically weak, powerless nobody to a Symbol of Freedom and powerhouse reminded them of One For All and its legacy. Much like the Captain, One For All enhanced both Toshinori and Izuku to new heights, but Izuku saw that All Might had a better comparison given how this new power of Rogers was used to fight an evil red-skulled Nazi while All Might gained One For All to defeat All For One for good.
If there was anyone that Izuku thought fit better was perhaps the First User of One For All. He was also seemingly powerless and came from an even earlier age, 200 years ago, which would have been at least 60 years after their world's own WWII, also stood against All For One and his legions of followers and supporters, and One For All was the stockpiling power that it was only because of the Stockpile Quirk granted forcibly by the hands of All For One himself.
"A homeless guy sold me a Super Serum once," Boomstick pointed out. "I woke up in Denny's a week later without my wallet."
Jiro and Momo just face-palmed themselves so hard that they left hand-shaped marks on their faces.
"Eri, Kouta, be smarter than Boomstick, and if a stranger asks you to buy something sketchy, don't," Izuku activated parent mode and warned the two kids.
"Okay, Papa!" Eri smiled back, obediently.
"Yeah, yeah, I know, already," Kouta barked back, rolling his eyes and pouting like a child. "You're almost as bad as Mandalay."
Mandalay sighed, both tiredly and yet fond of Kouta's pouty attitude.
ABILITIES
Adept in all fighting styles
Master Tactician
Multi-lingual
Proficient in all weapons, though he typically only uses his shield
Expert acrobat
Capable of chi manipulation
Can resist all forms of mind control
Proficient in driving all kinds of vehicles.
Shinsou noticed the feat where Rogers could resist all forms of mind control and wondered if that included his own Quirk. If so, then Shinsou didn't think he could have any way of going toe-to-toe against this perfect specimen of a man.
"With his new body, Rogers can bench press 1100 lbs and run a mile in 73 seconds," Wiz listed his feats. "By comparison, the current bench press world record without the aid of a bench shirt is Eric Spoto's 722 lbs, and the current fastest mile run belongs to Hicham Guerouj of Morocco of 3 minutes 43 seconds. That makes Rogers nearly twice as strong and over three times as fast as the most physically fit human beings in the world. And that's just him normally."
"While those records have already been broken long ago, I believe that the captain would be more than physically capable of besting a lot of us," Jurota admitted.
"Oh, no doubt," Sato nodded.
"He can even dodge gunfire at point-blank range by, in his own words, 'Seeing Faster'," Boomstick quoted, slightly confused.
"Which is the absolute stupidest way of saying that his brain can process images faster than a normal human," Wiz explained.
"I guess that Super Soldier Serum didn't come with an A+ in Grammer," Setsuna snickered.
"He comes from the times of the 1940s, Tokage," Ibara pointed out to the fellow greenette. "It was a different, less advanced time."
"But question: why did they even choose Rogers?" Boomstick questioned. "I mean, obviously, a good choice, but why a small, scrawny dude compared to say some already beefed-up soldier?"
And suddenly, Izuku paused his writing. Time and time again, despite his achievements and reassurances, Izuku was still plagued with constant doubt over why he was chosen as All Might's successor, why he was the one given One For All instead of someone who already had a Quirk. 'If the Quirk can make me as strong as I am, what would it have done for Todoroki and Bakugou? What would it have done for Mirio?' These were prime examples of his darker, demeaning thought process. When he had passed One For All temporarily to Bakugou at Nabu Island to fight Nine, he saw firsthand how strong Bakugou could have been with the Quirk.
So, now, his own demoralizing thoughts had been put into words, and he was now on the edge of his seat, metaphorically speaking, on the answer, as if why Steve was chosen would be the same for him.
"Well, I'll let the Doc, himself, take it away," Wiz replied before playing a scene.
"The serum amplifies everything that is inside, so good becomes great. Bad becomes worse," Dr. Erskine told to Steve. "This is why you were chosen. Because a strong man, who has known power all his life, may lose respect for that power, but a weak man knows that value of strength. And knows compassion."
The words struck Midoriya harder than he cared to admit. It took everything he had not to start bawling his eyes out in front of everyone, especially Eri and Kouta. He found himself and All Might in Rogers and the doctor's position, as if All Might were speaking those words directly to him. When turning to look at his mentor, he was pleased to find a proud smile; All Might agreed and would have said the same.
Izuku nodded at his mentor, and he nodded back, letting their eyes and smiles do the talking.
As Midoriya turned back to the screen, subtly trying to wipe his eyes, All Might frowned. Yes, he agreed wholeheartedly with the doctor's words as a similar reason for why he gave Midoriya One For All and named him his successor, and back then when he made the decision there were very few other reasons why, at least none that truly mattered. But something about the doctor's words about what this Super Soldier Serum did, amplifying everything that was already there, rang a dark cord in his mind about One For All.
He remembered his notes about the 4th wielder of One For All, a one Hikage Shinomori, Quirk: Danger Sense. He remembered the limited information he managed to dig up about the reclusive former OFA wielder, and more importantly, the age and reason why he died, of old age at 40, and Yagi knew what was to blame. Comparing that to how he and Midoriya handled One For especially for how long he held the Quirk, All, Toshinori hoped his hypothesis was correct, for Midoriya's sake.
Meanwhile, his and Midoriya's hidden and silent exchange wasn't as hidden as the two thought it was, particularly toward a group of girls that caught the whole thing.
"Putting his new abilities to good use, he's adept in every single form of hand-to-hand combat known to man," Boomstick revealed. "That's right, I bet you didn't know that Captain America was a ninja."
"Jujitsu, Kung-Fu, Krav Maga?" Iron Fist listed all the martial arts he witnessed and asked.
"All of the above," Captain America stated, proudly and confidently.
"Huh, look Edgey, he's one of us," Hawks snickered, crossing his arms behind his head, smug.
"Lord Izanagi, have mercy," Edgeshot begged/prayed silently to rid him of his suffering.
"I feel though that there is a distinct difference here compared to Batman," Itsuka muttered, a hand on her chin as she thought.
"Despite his incredible physical potential, the military initially decided Super Steve was best suited as...The US Army Poster Boy," Wiz stated, in disbelief himself.
"Pfft, that suit looks ridiculous! AHAHAHA!" Miruko burst out laughing.
"It appears that the idiocy to use such Heroes as marketing tools persists in other worlds," Nezu grumbled.
Endeavor agreed with the rodent Principal, likewise averse to the large amount of marketing that the Heroes were forced to participate in to succeed in this highly saturated world of Heroism. He respected Eraserhead's opinions regarding the fame and glamor of Heroism being unnecessary, even detracting from the full duties and responsibilities of a Hero. Part of this sentiment, Endeavor could admit, was perhaps coming from a place of bitterness, given how some of All Might's immutable position as the Symbol of Peace and Number 1 Hero came from such fame and glamor while he was the one who stopped the most Villains. Yet despite this sentiment, Endeavor knew even without such a bonus, All Might would have still exceeded him through strength and Heroism alone. It was an even bitterer pill that Endeavor swallowed to the fullest contents lately.
And now, as the Number 1 Hero, the de facto leader of Japan's Hero Society, Endeavor wished for those among his ranks to be serious and committed to the path of Heroism for the right reasons, not for fame and fortune.
"That suit looks like it was ripped from a Patriotic Circus," Boomstick said.
"It was," Wiz replied.
"Really?" Boomstick questioned. "Well, at least he upgraded to suits not made for a circus later on."
"Yeah, that suit looks way better," Kirishima grinned. "Looks so Manly."
"The right amount of flair and practicality," Aoyama agreed.
"No, they were too," Wiz corrected.
"Excuse me?" Hagakure blinked, surprised, yet confused.
"What kind of circus would make a costume with Kevlar, Nomex, and lightweight Titanium, that's resistant to water, fire, and electric shocks?" Boomstick asked.
"Some call it World War II," Wiz stated.
"Oh...I get it," Boomstick muttered.
CAP'S SHIELD
2.5 feet in diameter, weighs 12 lbs
An unrepeatable combination of Proto-Adamantium and Vibranium
Its Proto-Adamantium is even stronger than regular Adamantium
Absorbs the full blow of any impact
Conducts neither electricity nor heat
Highly aerodynamic
Can only be damaged by tampering with its molecular bonding and cosmic-powered foes
"But the most iconic aspect of Cap's attire is his famed Shield," Wiz revealed. "Composed of Proto-Adamantium and a mysterious metal from space called Vibranium, this one-of-a-kind shield was presented to him personally by none other than the 32nd President of the United States: Franklin Delano Roosevelt."
"What an honor," David smiled, wide.
"Whoa, whoa, hold up a minute, made of what?" Awase questioned.
"Proto-Adamantium and Vibranium?" Jurota repeated those names, confused. "Those are types of metals that I have never heard of before."
"Well, didn't he say that last one came from space?" Kaminari pointed out.
"A lot of precious metals originally came from space, Kaminari," Iida answered. "And they came to Earth at the early stages of the planet's formation through meteorites, like gold and most of the world's iron. It could be suggested here that this Vibranium did not come to Earth until much later or was mostly undiscovered."
The heads of Midoriya, Yaoyorozu, Hatsume, and Melissa all perked up like excited meerkats.
"And like a badass, Cap doesn't just use his shield for defending himself. He hurls that motherfucker at just about anything that moves!" Boomstick shouted in amazement, a scene showed Cap hurling his shield onto a patch of leaves and branches, hitting a hidden Hydra soldier and knocking him to the ground in front of all of his troops.
"Did he just use that shield as a killer frisbee?" Ojiro questioned, wide-eyed.
"Heh, reminds me of how Crust uses his Shield Quirk," Ryukyu noted.
"The combination of the two metals allows the shield to absorb and reflect practically all kinetic energy and thus ricochet off multiple targets with only minor loss in velocity," Wiz explained, showing Steve tank a crashing helicopter with the shield and toss it to ricochet off multiple targets, such as hallway to stop a closing door aimed for a retreating Red Skull, off some crates into the back of a Hydra soldier, and the engines of a S.H.I.E.L.D. Quinjet for him to catch in the air before performing a superhero landing. "Captain America utilizes this in combination with his super-soldier mind to predict and calculate the shield's trajectory so that it always ends up back in hand no matter how many targets it has struck."
"My, my, quite the interesting and tactical combination of offense and defense in a historically defensive weapon," Nezu said, his small grin hiding a vast well of curiosity and excitement that was bursting.
"Amazing!" Izuku, not having the same restraint as Nezu, gasped in wonder, before his hands became blurs as he began writing down all the information he could. "If their wording is correct and it can absorb all kinetic energy, that's revolutionary. That would mean that if you fired a bullet at it, the bullet wouldn't bounce off the shield, it would simply lose all momentum and energy and just fall to the ground."
"But that defies the laws of physics!" Momo's eyes danced with the newly discovered possibilities. "If it is truly 100% vibration absorbent as it suggests, then it would be stronger than every vibration absorbent known to man. And all from a shield that's only 2.5 feet in diameter!"
"And the way it can ricochet off those objects is amazing!" Melissa exclaimed as eyes were alit with stars.
With the three of them in la-la land because of this metal, the rest of the girls and guys had to pick up Izuku's slack and restrain Hatsume before she tackled the device into giving her more information.
"Cap's shield can reflect anything from bullets to lasers, decapitate vampires, and stop a blow from Thor's Hammer," Boomstick revealed the shield's feats. "And if you recall, Mjolnir doesn't fuck around. This giant Frisbee of Freedom is so cool, even Superman wants one!"
"It can take a hit from Thor's Hammer?!" Kaminari exclaimed, wide-eyed that the planet-destroyer of a hammer could be blocked by such a shield.
And now, Bakugou was among those that were being held back into his seat from rushing the device.
Peggy Carter picked up a gun and started shooting bullets at Cap's Shield, the bullets not just stopped by the shield but fell uselessly on the ground, slack. As Steve looked up in slight terror at the woman, Peggy Carter smiled. "Yes, I think it works," Peggy simply said.
"Badass," Setsuna smiled, respecting the woman's spunk.
"Such a metal would be more than just revolutionary, it would change the very course of human history," David gasped in pure wonder. "Imagine armor that can withstand an entire army's worth of bullets without so much as a scratch!"
"But could such metals even exist?" Power Loader questioned. "I haven't ever heard of such things on Earth before."
"PACKAGE RECEIVED!" The device suddenly paused the video and spoke. "MESSENGER CODENAME: ZAYDEN! WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE?!"
The group was stunned at the sudden act of the mysterious entity yet again. The girls noticeably tensed, especially Jiro, as the very being that was the cause of so much stress, confusion, and shock last night. If he was to be believed, Jiro knew that whatever Zayden was doing was for their benefit in the long run, examples being the lightsaber manual and even a box of videos for Eri, but the 'Watcher of the Multiverse' was still cryptic and mysterious to them all, especially for showing her and the girls that video detailing all of Izuku's feats and the ever-growing mystery behind him and his Quirk.
After silent and contemplative looks, Nezu answered with, "Affirmative."
Immediately, the logo of Death Battle, on the forward-facing side of the box, spun around once splitting in two, opening up and making way for a camera lens to pop out.
"It's the same way that it materialized the papers and lightsaber crystals," Power Loader noted.
"Hard Light Matter Shaping and Formalization," David named the technology, still in awe at the notion, let alone the display and actions.
Blue light began emitting from the light, forming just before Momo, who nearly jumped in shock. Grid-like holographic light formed and grew in front of her before finally it ended and from it, a stack of papers floated gently down to her lap. On top of the stack of papers was an envelope.
"Much easier to send than the lightsaber blueprints. After all, unlike them, this does exist in your universe. Enjoy. Zayden," Momo read. After taking a moment to process the Watcher's words, she looked over the stack of papers, the more she read, the more her eyes widened, and her jaw dropped. Eventually, she looked toward the principal and said, "These notes detail the molecular structure and the means to create our own Vibranium."
The notes were almost immediately snatched from Yaoyorozu's hands but not by Mei or Melissa as expected, but instead by David Shield, who looked over and examined the papers like a madman. It was only after doing this for a minute did he realize what he just did.
"A-Apologies, Miss Yaoyorozu, for my sudden actions, I-I forgot myself," David apologized.
"It is quite alright, Mr. Shield," Yaoyorozu offered a kind smile. "I imagine I'd do much the same in your shoes."
Yaoyorozu wasn't wrong that she would have done the same. Even now, the young heiress could still feel that pull, that desire to absorb the contents of the papers, to pour over and memorize the very molecular structure of this newly discovered metal and create it herself. She recognized that feeling as the same she had when she studied overnight in her earlier youth on all the elements of the periodic table. It was almost like an itch.
The group decided it best to discuss this more after the video's completion, Nezu volunteering to safeguard it under his care to not distract Yaoyorozu, the Shields, or anyone else. Or at least any further than a stack of papers detailing all about potentially one of the most scientifically significant discoveries in human history already.
"But it's not unstoppable, it's been damaged, and even destroyed its fair share of times over the years," Wiz pointed out. "But only by Cosmic or Reality warping powers."
"So, the metals aren't completely indestructible," Izuku made a note of that. "But with the amount of force, it can take and its kinetic absorption capabilities, it needs to be attacked on the molecular level, likely to destroy those unique bonds that give the shield as much invincibility it has."
"So, if there's a will, there's a way," Bakugou grinned devilishly.
"No offense, Bakubro, but I don't think even you could match that kind of power, man," Kirishima tried calming the excited Bakugou down.
"JUST WATCH ME, SHITTY HAIR!" Was the typical Bakugou response.
FEATS
Survived being frozen in ice for 70 years
Can run almost 50 mph/80.5 km
Caught a torpedo with his bare hands
Threw the Hulk off his feet
Jumps 20-30 feet
Drops from airplanes at crushing altitude into water without a parachute, no problem
Worthy enough to wield Mjolnir and tie with Thor in combat
Defeated his evil Hydra clone of himself
"Luckily, Mr. America doesn't rely only on his shield," Boomstick noted.
"He's boxed Thor to a standstill, survive being frozen in ice for over 70 years, was deemed worthy to wield Mjolnir, and has even managed to incapacitate The Hulk with his knowledge of Pressure Points," Wiz listed Cap's amazing feats.
"Ah, so he can match up to my counterpart in combat," All Might grinned. "Impressive."
"I'm sorry, did he say that he survived being an icicle for 70 YEARS?!" Pixie Bob exclaimed, befuddled. "HOW?!"
"That is rather significant," Recovery Girl admitted. "The problem of complete cryogenic stasis is that the extreme cold will cause the heart to cease pumping the necessary blood for other vital bodily functions to fail, ceasing the flow of oxygen and resulting in tissue and organ failure. Even so much as staying in such temperatures for a day and surviving would be a miracle in itself, but for 70 years is absurd."
Todoroki stared at his right hand, knowing full well of the dangers that come with as much power as he had over his cold half. He even threatened one of the Villains at the USJ to tell him their plans for All Might or face a similar fate to what Recovery Girl described.
"I suppose this has to do with his biology as a Super Soldier," Melissa suggested. "Perhaps his body was able to keep flowing blood and oxygen in his body while the ice perfectly preserved him and supplied him with all the oxygen he needed to survive without food or water."
"WAIT, GO BACK TO THAT SECOND ONE!" Boomstick exclaimed as a slideshow of three images showed Captain America handing the Unjolly Green Giant his ass. Boomstick brought the slideshow back to the second one. "Did THIS GUY, just kick THE HULK, IN THE DICK?! You've gotta be a real man to give the Green Goliath a nut check. I mean, that's the fastest way to piss off a dude. And who don't we like when they're angry? Balls of steel right there. Great big, eagle-shaped, freedom balls of steel."
"Okay, TMI," Sen called a time-out. "I mean I can admit this man is like Adonis-of-a-man, but I draw the line at imagining the guy's balls in any way, much less eagle-shaped ones."
"Honestly, this guy would make any dude's dick go hard," Mineta admitted. Looking around to see him getting looks from the group, he clarified, "Look it's not like I'm gay or anything, it's just something you have to admit. It's not even a sexual thing, it's just your dick acknowledging the alpha male in the room."
"Can I please blow this mother fucker's brains out?" Bakugou asked, highly tempted to blast Mineta's face with explosions until it was covered in soot.
"Easy, Young Bakugou," All Might calmed the explosive Pomeranian down.
"And to top everything off, not many Superheroes can claim to have defeated the fearsome foursome of Crack, Weed, Ice, and Ms. Fix: The literal personifications of actual Street Drugs," Wiz revealed.
"So, you're telling me he's preaching an anti-drug message, KNOWING that drugs are the entire reason he became awesome?!" Boomstick questioned, stunned.
"I guess we can add 'Hypocrite' to his list of aliases," Wiz figured.
"Wouldn't exactly be new for an American," Kamakiri muttered as he went in for a sip of his drink.
"Hey, lay off," Shoda muttered, swatting the taller teen with a light backward smack. "Hypocrisy isn't exactly an American-only trait."
"I guess," Kamakiri shrugged. "After all, look at Monoma."
That actually caused a laugh to come out of Shoda while Monoma's ears burned.
"Despite being a physically perfect human, Captain America more or less has the same weaknesses as any other man," Wiz continued with Cap's weaknesses, such as getting stabbed by the Winter Soldier. "His patriotic uniform can only protect him so much from stabbing weapons."
"Hmm, that might be important for his fight against Batman," Asui pointed out. "Even though both of them are in their physical prime beyond that of a normal man, they both can still be hurt and killed like a normal man."
"And sniper bullets, God knows he gets killed pretty good by those," Boomstick jumped in before beginning a mocking imitation. "AHHH, WEAPONS! MY ONLY WEAKNESS! How did you... Know..?"
"Well, I guess that's what the shield's for, right?" Sero let out an awkward chuckle at the sudden grim shift.
"Even in the face of Death, losing his Super Soldier Serum, or having to overthrow his evil Hydra clone, Captain America always stands for what the United States needs," Wiz claimed.
"And sometimes that's serving Hitler an American-sized knuckle sandwich!" Boomstick declared.
"Lucky," Melissa pouted.
"Who are you supposed to be?" Gabriel Jones questioned.
"I'm Captain America," Cap declared, panting.
The Sentinel of Liberty gave an overall more positive impact on the group compared to the Dark Knight. Whether it had been because they were already familiar with the Caped Crusader from his previous fight or that the First Avenger appeared more idealistic compared to the vigilante, Captain America still gave off an aura of inspiration and awe that reminded the students and heroes of All Might. Even the former Symbol of Peace felt inspired by the Super Soldier and felt, and hoped, that if they ever met that they would have gone along great on their stances of freedom and liberty.
"Alright the combatants are set," Wiz began the intro for the fight. "Let's end this debate once and for all."
"It's Time For a Death BAATTTTLLLLLEEEE!" Boomstick shouted out loud.
As the device scanned for counterparts, the group was left to vote among them themselves on who would win, and quite the difficult choice it was for most of them.
Most especially for the likes of Izuku and Melissa. For the latter blonde inventor, Captain America was like the perfect idealized take on her dream, a weak person with no power but with a heart of gold and determination to become an amazing, inspiring Hero and Symbol, much like her Uncle Might, and it helped that the man was unbashful in his patriotism and American pride. And yet Batman still left an impression on her, taking on a more real and obtainable version of her dream. He was 100% superpower-less unlike the captain who was granted his powers by the Serum, he used his intelligence, technology, and hard work to become the Hero he was, and stood among and against the best his world had to offer and prove that he could do anything they can do and even better. It was a conflict that pulled and tore at her.
But not as much as it did for Izuku Midoriya, who was at an even bigger loss on who to choose. For Batman, he was the encapsulation of his dream for so long, a Quirkless Hero that could stand among giants, that could be a Symbol for others like All Might was to their world, and could achieve all this through sheer hard work, training, determination, and his intellect; it was something the hit very personal to a boy that only had such intelligence and determination to speak of compared to the superpowers of everyone around him. And yet Captain America felt like looking into a mirror. Another powerless man who was turned down and rejected by the group he so longed to join, was found and given a chance to prove his worth and did so with his sheer willpower and was granted a power that made him the Hero he was today. Midoriya felt once more torn between the Hero that accomplished his dream and the Hero that reflected his own life.
In the end, both teenagers decided to simply not vote, unable to pick between one or the other without betraying a part of themselves.
As for the rest of the group, those that ended up choosing the World's Greatest Detective, once more, included Tokoyami and Kuroiro, and they didn't need to say 'Revelry in the Dark' for the others to know why, Mei and Power Loader, who held none of the conflicting baggage that Melissa had in choosing for a mostly tech-based superhero, Momo, still riding on Batman's intellect and their similar rich background, and Kouta, who still respected the fellow orphan, even as Cap was an orphan as well, and simply said, "Double or Nothing." Itsuka, likewise decided to still vote for the Dark Knight, yet kept her reasoning to herself, muttering something about adeptness vs mastery. In contrast to the previous Death Battle with Batman, Iida, Kyoka, Shoji, and Mineta voted for the bat-themed vigilante, the first over sympathizing with the vigilante's pain and thirst for vengeance, despite his rather illegal methods, Kyoka and Shoji for Batman's Triangulating Simulation tech and Detective Vision, and Mineta because Batman earned his jealousy and respect for having so many girlfriends. Kaminari would also vote for the Gotham Knight, sold on his Shock Gloves and the ideas that Midoriya inspired him with. Finally, Hawks would vote for the guy, making a joke that he liked the Hero more for his theme being around another flying creature and he liked his broodiness, but secretly the Winged Hero pitied the billionaire orphan and saw a little bit of himself and his idol, Endeavor, in the Vigilante.
As for Captain America, his most significant supporters were All Might, who in truth related more to the captain than Batman in their stance on being Symbols and One For All's similar traits to the Super Soldier Serum, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu, for how super Manly and tough Cap and his shield were, and Eri, who liked the more bright and heroic-looking Hero, saying he reminded her of her Papa, to said Papa's blushing. Cap's shield was also a selling point for David Shield, who likewise struggled in his decision, but the Symbol of Freedom looking so much more like the Symbol of Peace he was friends with was what truly sold him. Shoda voted for the Sentinel of Liberty, amazed and inspired by the American-themed Hero's brilliant trajectory-calculating mind, Ojiro and Sen for his martial arts, and Todoroki, both for the surviving in ice feat and how much Captain America felt like All Might and Izuku in one. Obviously, Kamakiri voted for the First Avenger for his previously stated reasons, and even Bakugou was forced to choose the one that appeared and felt more like his idol, All Might, and the indestructible shield. Mirio and Tamaki would also vote for the Man out of Time for his determination, aura of inspiration and awe, and his heroic glow to him.
But as the group finished voting, they made note that the device was still scanning.
"Why's it taking so long?" Kaminari asked. "I mean it usually finishes by the time we are done voting, right?"
"Yeah, is it busy trying to find one for Captain America?" Sato asked further. "I mean, we already know Mr. Aizawa is Batman's counter-"
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART DETECTED! BRUCE WAYNE AKA BATMAN!" The device stated as it finished its analysis. "MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART NUMBER 2: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
"HUH?!" Was the general reaction to that sudden revelation. Izuku was so surprised and taken aback that he accidentally drew a large line across the pages of his notebook.
"THE HELL?! HOW IS SHITTY DEKU BATMAN'S COUNTERPART?! DIDN'T THAT DUMB MACHINE ALREADY SAY AIZAWA WAS BATMAN?!" Bakugou roared, pissed off for both the almost blatant Deku favoritism and not being Batman himself.
The device decided to reply to Bakugou's tantrum with a series of images, ranging from the images of Aizawa, Midoriya, and Batman, to a pie chart graph with a series of numbers and percentages tied to it. "UPDATED SYSTEMS NOW COMPRISE COUNTERPART PROBABILITY FEATURE! FEATURE HELPED IDENTIFY IZUKU MIDORIYA AS 2ND PROBABLE COUNTERPART TO BATMAN!"
"Oh, yeah, that was one of the things that the device was part of the update earlier," Ochaco remembered.
"Along with some A.I.-Soul comparison feature, too," Kyoka added.
"IN THE MULTIVERSE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS VERSIONS OF INDIVIDUALS, BOTH HERE AND THE RELATED UNIVERSES OF THE VIDEOS!" The device continued in its reverberating monotone voice. "IN THESE UNIVERSES, THE INDIVIDUALS COULD INCLUDE KEY DIFFERENCES RANGING FROM PERSONALITY, HISTORY, RELATIONS, AND SKILLS! THESE TRAITS CAN TRANSLATE TO POSSESSING AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT COUNTERPART THAT BETTER FITS THE BEHAVIORAL, ABILITY, BACKSTORY, AND RELATIONAL COMPARISONS!"
"Any idea what any of that means?" Kosei scratched his head. "'Cause, I'm like totally lost, here."
"Simplified, the device is stating that not every version of one of our previously stated counterparts may necessarily be our counterpart in another universe where they may have led a different life or experienced a different set of circumstances that changed who they are, who they know, and what they have experienced," Nezu stated. "Relating to this, it must mean that not every version of Batman is related to Aizawa and that some of these versions are instead connected to Izuku Midoriya. Is that about right, yes?"
"AFFIRMATIVE!" The device replied, showing a closer look at the pie chart graph, with 5 currently existing slices each one thinner than the last one. "THE PREVIOUS COUNTERPART IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS WERE CALIBRATED TO SCAN AND DETECT THE COUNTERPART WITH THE MOST LIKELY CHANCE AND RECORD OF CONNECTION! THE COUNTERPART PROBABILITY FEATURE HELPS TO IDENTIFY FURTHER COUNTERPARTS THAT ARE RECORDED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE INDIVIDUAL!"
"So, despite there being an infinity number of universes, there are current finite numbers where Mr. Aizawa is Batman and others where Izuku is Batman, instead?" Momo guessed.
"But then since the multiverse is said to be infinite, meaning it is constantly making more universes, then the probability also relates to the chances either Aizawa or Midoriya becomes their counterpart?" David added.
"CORRECT!" The device answered, showing each slice of the graph one after another. "COUNTERPART PROBABILITY FOR SHOUTA AIZAWA AKA ERASERHEAD AS BATAMN STANDS AT 35%! COUNTERPART PROBABILITY FOR IZUKU MIDORIYA AS BATMAN RANGES TO 30%!"
"Well, I'll be," Snipe chuckled, adjusting his hat. "Seems to me that in terms of these universes our Aizawa and Midoriya are like brothers or something."
Midnight burst out giggling, wishing now that Aizawa was here to see the look on his face when he heard that.
"So, I guess you are also Batman, huh, Midobro?" Kirishima smiled, brightly. "Isn't that Manly?"
Izuku was at a loss for words, his mind swirling with not just the fact that he was Batman like Mr. Aizawa but that this new feature means a whole new avenue of possibilities when it comes to counterparts and the science and logic behind the multiverse. Still, though, the knowledge that in another lifetime he had managed to fulfill his dream of becoming a Quirkless Hero, one as great and awesome as Batman, was almost enough to bring him to tears again.
"Yeah, yeah, it really is," Izuku smiled back just as brightly.
"Hey, what about those other slices?" Bakugou spoke up, pointing toward the last three smaller slices in the graph. "Those are other counterpart probabilities, right? So, who are they?"
"COUNTERPART PROBABILITY OF 20 and 10% SAVED FOR FUTURE ANALYSIS AND VIDEOS!" The device responded. "LAST 5% CATEGORIZED CURRENTLY AS OTHER!"
Bakugou scoffed, unpleased that the device denied him the information.
"Does that mean that there are more Death Battle videos with Batman in it?" Itsuka questioned.
"Wow, that either means that this guy is so similar to a lot of other guys or Wiz and Boomstick have a hard-on for him," Setsuna dryly said.
"STEVEN ROGERS AKA CAPTAIN AMERICA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART NUMBER 1: ERROR! ERROR! PRIME MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART UNABLE TO BE ANNOUNCED!" The device ceased its announcement when a big, large censor bar with red lines covered the entire screen.
"What the-Why?!" Kamakiri yelled in outrage.
Izuku turned to see All Might and found his mentor staring right back at him, the two of them thinking the same thing: 'It's one of the users of One For All.' It had to be one of them, or at least one of them that the group couldn't know, unlike Nana Shimura. The two remembered when Izuku was provided the shielding for his episodes and asked the device to censor any mentions of One For All to the group, and now it appears that censoring is paying off.
'The question now, though, is which of the users it was?' Izuku thought. He knew it obviously couldn't be All Might, himself, or Shimura, as the device had no issue showing the three of them even after the requested censoring, so that left the other 6 users, including Lariet, the original holder of Black Whip and the 5th user. From the notes he got from All Might about the previous users, the only other user he had a name to put was the 6th user, En. That left the 4th user who Izuku noticed his name and everything about him was crossed out, something he wanted to discuss with All Might, but let it slide back then. Then there were also the 2nd and 3rd users, the ones where Izuku didn't even know what they looked like, much less their names, and ones All Might said he couldn't manage to get considering how far long ago they were and the chaos that the Dawn of Quirks had upon society.
And finally, the First User, the man with the long white hair, All For One's brother and the originator of One For All. And yet despite knowing how he looked and even the Quirk he once carried, his name was still a mystery to both the 8th and 9th wielder of his Quirk. Though, if Izuku felt that if anyone of them had to be Captain America, it would most likely be the First. All Might at least managed to tell him that the First was a courageous and heroic soul despite his frailty and lack of strength compared to his brother, which fit with Rogers's backstory, and the verdant-haired teen could at least speculate that then One For All must have been compared to the Super Soldier Serum.
Izuku had felt a wave of gratitude surge in him, and the boy knew that it must have come from the First's Vestige. 'You're welcome,' Izuku thought back. He didn't get a response, but he knew he got it.
Meanwhile, despite the efforts of the device's censoring, Mei's eyes widened when she spotted the face of the counterpart of their world, and immediately recognized it. After all, she saw his face last night. Just as the censor bar began to overtake the screen she spotted the pale, long white-haired face of that man from the music video Zayden had her and the Sisterhood watch. The man that they saw getting tortured somehow by All For One in his younger state, the one that appeared alongside Muscles that looked like a ghost.
"Well, if you can't reveal the first counterpart, can you reveal any others?" Mandalay asked, noting how the device said Counterpart Number 1.
"AFFIRMATIVE! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART NUMBER 2: TOSHINORI YAGI AKA ALL MIGHT!" The device declared before another image came up. "MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART NUMBER 3: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
"Of course, why the hell not!" Bakugou grumbled, jealously.
"But wait, don't Deku and All Might already have counterparts in that universe?" Uraraka questioned.
"Yeah, Green's was Spider-Man while All Might's was Thor," Kyoka confirmed.
"Yes, but remember what the device said with Batman's counterparts, that sometimes they're differences between universes where the same characters exist where they will have a different counterpart," Momo pointed out. "So, this must mean that Izuku and All Might are Steven Rogers in different versions of that Marvel universe."
"Honestly, this is already so complicated that my brain's starting to fry," Mina rubbed her forehead.
"You and me both, girl," Hagakure mimicked her best friend's actions.
"Me three," Kaminari groaned, his face shifting from regular to dunce mode while comical sparks came out of his head.
Choosing to spare their brain cells from any further damage, the group decided to unpause the video and begin the Death Battle. Yet at times, Hawks and Endeavor would send side eyes to both Midoriya and All Might, each wondering if they perhaps have something to do with this sudden censoring.
The scene opened at an alleyway at night, trash and cardboard littering the sides, the walls sprayed with graffiti. Captain America dropped by the streetlamp, looking down the alleyway, ready. The scene turned into the shadowy, unseeable darkness of the alley. Then light peeked out of the darkness, in the shape of the white, piercing glare of the Batman.
"Oh, Jesus," Kosei shivered. "If I saw that, I'd shit my pants and run as far away as I can."
"I think if you already see his eyes, there's no point in running, you're already toast," Setsuna grinned, excited to see how this 2nd battle for Batman will go down now that his counterpart was Greenie.
"Revelry in the Dark," Tokoyami and Kuroiro muttered in awe of the man who became the darkness itself.
Batman stepped out of the shadows, his full appearance clearer as he approached the Avenger slowly, taking a combative stance. Cap responds similarly, the two waiting for the other to strike.
"Ah, I like what they did there," Sero pointed out, raising his hands, framing the screen in a rectangle with his hands as he studied the scene. "They have Batman's side of the alley all in shadows because he is all about that, and they have Captain America's more lit up for his more flashy, shiny look and symbolism."
"NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU GEEKING OUT OVER THE CINEMATOGRAPHY, WEIRD ARMS!" Bakugou snapped at Sero, impatient. "JUST SHUT UP SO THAT THE FIGHT CAN START!"
"Jeez, I thought the kid was loud when I met him during their internship with you," Hawks spoke to Endeavor as he cleaned out his ears. "Is he always like this?"
"Unfortunately,"/ "Yes,"/ "Pretty much,"/ "You'll get used to it," Endeavor, Edgeshot, Ryukyu, and Miruko all said, respectively.
FIGHT!
Captain America instantly throws his shield at Batman, the Caped Crusader smacking it away with a swipe from his black cape. The shield ricochet, with Cap sprinting and leaping to catch the shield in mid-air. Twisting his body seamlessly, Steve raised the shield and brought it down onto Bruce with a downward strike, Wayne blocking the hit again with his gauntlet-armored wrist.
"Impressive," Momo analyzed, nodding. "Rogers figured that Batman would have blocked the shield and ricocheted off of him, leading to the perfect opportunity to close the distance between them and get in close. He must have also eyeballed the speed at which the shield was sailing from his previous throw to be able to jump and catch it easily."
"Good battle tactics," Snipe nodded. "Normally, with an unknown and dangerous foe, especially Batman, it's better to keep your distance, but the captain has the greater strength with the Super Soldier Serum and impenetrable defenses with his shield to make a headlong approach safer."
"Ooh, ooh, Midori, please write that down," Mina pointed at Cap's acrobatic show. "That will work so well for when I'm jumping off of a slide with my Quirk."
"Good eye, Mina," Izuku nodded and wrote that down, smiling, glad to see that despite the awkwardness the girls were showing to him that they can still interact with him like this.
Back on solid ground and in front of the vigilante, Rogers pressed his attack with a straight right hook that the Justice Leaguer blocked as well, before sending out strike after strike, pummeling through Batman's defense with punches, kicks, and strikes with his shield. The Dark Knight blocked, ducked, and evaded the first few attacks before a smack across the face with the shield broke through his guard. The Avenger continued the attack with accurate attacks all over the darker hero's body.
"Man, he's just pummeling the guy," Sen grinned, mimicking the captain's attacks as if to memorize them.
"And with his enhanced strength and pressure-point combat style, those hits must be doing significant damage," Ojiro nodded.
Regaining his guard, Batman began evading the First Avenger's attacks in rapid succession, before countering with a powerful kick. The Sentinel of Liberty absorbed the blow with his shield yet was still sent back up the alleyway. Batman quickly threw out three Batarangs at the Marvel Hero, the bat-shaped shurikens deflecting off the Vibranium shield.
"Impressive recovery from Batman to be able to pick up with Rogers's pace and evade his strikes," Edgeshot complimented. "And he knows that he needs to push the captain back and put him on the defensive to come up with a quick enough plan."
"Wait, I thought that shield was able to absorb all kinetic energy from an attack," Jiro pointed out, her jacks wiggling as she heard the ringing of the strike. "So, then how did Cap get pushed back?"
"Maybe after the kick, Batman used some more force to push Captain American back with his foot," Nejire suggested. "The two were still for a moment so that could have been when Batman added that push."
Cap threw out his shield again, Batman flipping over the shield this time before firing his grappling hook at the shield-less hero. However, Cap caught the grappling hook with one hand by the back of the claw, standing firmly in place. Meanwhile, the Avenger's shield bounced off the wall, at the back of the alley, hitting Batman in the back of his head.
"Ouch, that's going to leave a mark," Pixie Bob rubbed the back of her head like she felt the hit.
"Batman learned from the last time and was able to predict how fast the shield could fly in time to jump over it, but he didn't know of the full extent of Cap's ricochet skills and didn't anticipate that," Shoda analyzed.
"I'm guessing that Cap grabbed the grappling because he 'saw it faster'," Kaminari said the last part in air quotes.
"Pretty much," Mineta nodded, looking closely at how Cap fought, wondering if he could learn to better his fighting style of bouncing off his balls from the ricocheting master that was the Avenger.
Cap yanked the cord and sprinted forwards, racing to get the shield as it and Batman sailed toward him in slow motion. As he retrieved the shield, Captain America slammed the shield onto Batman's chest, knocking the World's Greatest Detective onto the back wall of the alleyway.
"This isn't going well," Kaminari muttered, worried over his fighter's chances to win the fight.
"Come on, Batman!" Kouta cheered for his fighter. "Turn that red, white, and blue boy scout black and blue!"
"I think he's been learning too much from Bakugou," Mandalay muttered, a motherly sense of concern flaring up for her nephew and his impressionable mind.
"Ah, ease off, Shino," Pixie Bob patted her friend on the back. "You know Kouta's always been like that anyways. Don't get too paranoid."
"You know for someone who wants kittens of her own, I would imagine you should first start by learning how to be motherly and more protective," Mandalay retorted.
Pixie Bob fired a glare at her team leader but left it at that, for now.
Batman activates his shock gloves, electrical currents sparking off the black, spiked gauntlets. Batman rushed up to the Marvel hero, striking at the raised shield, the electricity sparking uselessly against it.
"Unfortunately, those shock gloves aren't doing much damage against a shield like that," Ryukyu noted.
"And even if he managed to hit the guy instead, those two guys did say that Cap's suit was resistant to electric shocks?" Hagakure asked.
"You forgot, rookie, that they also said that those shock gloves have enough charge to penetrate Kevlar, like what Rogers's suit is made out of," Miruko responded.
Cap pushed Bats back, the Dark Knight dropping and spreading pellets along the floor.
Izuku perked up at the pellets, raising his notebook in anticipation.
"Let's finish this," Captain America declared, while Batman readied himself. The Star-Spangled Man rushed forward, his shield out for an attack. "Hyper-"
Batman tossed a smoke bomb on the ground, clouding the scene in thick smoke. As it cleared, it showed only Cap, his shield striking the cracked wall with no Dark Knight in sight.
"Aha! Captain America might be a ninja, but he just got out-ninjaed from a ninja that trained with a league of ninjas!" Kaminari exclaimed, grinning widely.
"Stop saying ninja or I'll knock you out again," Jiro warned. Kaminari raised his eyes in surrender.
Rogers looked back to see where Batman had gone. At that moment, the smoke bombs that littered the ground detonated, covering the entire alleyway in a thick sea of smoke.
"He's using the darkness as his most valuable asset," Edgeshot nodded, approving of the stealth play of the DC hero.
"Well, you and I would know, wouldn't we Ninja Bro?" Hawks teased, wrapping an arm around the Shinobi Hero's shoulders.
"Remove your arm from my person at once," Edgeshot grumbled.
Bakugou narrowed his eyes at the scene. While he still held a distaste for stealth and hit-and-run tactics, preferring a head-on approach as both his preferred and favorable approach given the explosive and loud nature of his Quirk, he also knew the similar obscuring benefits that his Quirk could provide, such as how he blinded Deku with the smoke from his explosion while he vaulted over and struck him from behind. If he could generate enough explosions, he figured he could likewise cover an area in smoke to strike at a foe more stealthily, especially one that may have a Quirk that would make his incompatible.
Cap looked around, attempting to see past the obscuring smoke, before managing to evade Batarang at the last minute, as it flew by his head. Cap threw his shield from where the Batarang came from, the shield disappearing into the fog. Captain America waited while nothing happened, the shield not returning as expected.
Finally, he got his shield back...tossed onto the ground before him, covered in explosive gel, in the shape of a bat.
"It's the explosive gel!" Pony shouted, alarmed.
"That was a rather reckless move for the captain to simply toss his shield into a fog of smoke to where the Batarang flew from," Tiger explained.
"Yeah, like, it could have come from a different angle where Batman tossed it and had it curve to throw him off," Ragdoll added. "And even though Cap can see faster than a normal human, Batsy can see through the smoke clearly with his Detective vision.
"And with his analysis skills, he could have caught the shield easily, sprayed the gel, and toss it back to Cap," Melissa finished, smiling. "Sounds like something a certain someone would do." Melissa nudged Izuku's shoulder, a teasing smile on her face.
Izuku blushed but smiled back. "Oh come, Melissa, you're giving me too much credit," Izuku rubbed at his neck, embarrassed. "Mr. Aizawa is also Batman's counterpart and could do that just as much as I could."
Melissa blinked, surprised. Normally, Izuku's humbleness, while adorable and admirable, wasn't much of a surprise, if not a little frustrating that the boy couldn't simply take a compliment, but after the recent events of the video showing all of Midoriya's achievements, his strength, and the secrets he held from them, such humbleness was more surprising than she cared to admit.
That's when it clicked to Melissa, and the rest of the girls by proxy, that despite all that they had seen and suspected, despite the air of awkwardness, suspicion, and slight hurt they felt at the secrecy, this was still the same Izuku Midoriya, the humble, kind, selfless soul that they all fell for, and whatever they saw didn't change that, but rather highlighted how truly amazing he was. Whatever he must be keeping secret from them must be important and was in his right to either keep it secret or share it.
"Never change, Izuku," Melissa replied, fondly, smiling lovingly at him. "Never change."
Izuku's blush and smile only grew with equal love shown back. "Wasn't planning on it."
The ensuing explosion stunned Captain America, stumbling and clutching his head, woozy. Batman leaped in, striking multiple times with his knowledge of pressure points at Cap's vulnerable areas. As soon as the Symbol of Freedom collapsed to his knees, Batman stalked toward the slightly darkened Shield, grabbed it, and stalked behind Cap.
"Wow, what a flex," Sato noted, respecting the confidence in the Dark Knight to be walking so slowly away and back to his opponent with his own shield.
'Shit, shit, shit, shit,' Kamakiri cursed inwardly, sweat drops running down his head.
Before Cap could regain his senses, Batman knocked Cap into the sky with the shield, firing his grappling hook again, the cord wrapping violently around Cap's neck. Finally, the cord lands on the lamppost, jerking suddenly and breaking the Star-Spangled Hero's neck, instantly. The Symbol of Freedom hung above the street, limp.
"NO! GODDAMIT!" Kamakiri exploded, stomping around in angry defeat.
"Jesus, that went dark," Rin rubbed at his neck, surprisingly more horrified at the sudden hanging than a lot of the more gorey endings. He wasn't alone as those who weren't celebrating Batman's victory, or groaning at Cap's defeat, were also similarly rubbing their necks.
Even Izuku, who was glad to see one of his counterparts win, especially the Quirkless one, seeing his other counterpart, and technically All Might's, too, getting hung was rather morbid to the 9th wielder of OFA, especially when he rubbed his neck and the phantom feeling of Shigaraki's hand on his neck itched on his skin.
"Revelry in the Dark," Tokoyami, Kuroiro, and Reiko said simultaneously.
"And right on cue," Setsuna snickered.
KO!
Batman throws the shield at the hanging Captain America, slicing off the bottom half of his body, before throwing a smoke pellet into the ground and disappearing into the night.
"Okay, that was unnecessary!" Pony whined, pouting.
"Got to make sure, right?" Awase said, more of a question than anything.
"I pledge allegiance to the Cap, hanging miserably from the light post," Boomstick bemoaned sadly.
"Haha! Okay, that got me," Mina admitted.
"Captain America did have the endurance and power advantage, and Batman himself has admitted he COULD lose a hand-to-hand match against him," Wiz stated, showing Batman interacting with Cap prior. "But there's a big difference between COULD and WOULD."
"I COULD survive a fall out of an airplane, but I wouldn't bet on it," Boomstick gave an example. "Unless you're doing it, Wiz, you should totally try it. Five bucks if you make it."
"Don't even think about it, you idiots," Bakugou said, not bothering to turn to know that Kirishima and Tetsutetsu were just about to accept that dare.
"You're an idiot, Boomstick," Wiz snapped back at his co-host. "Also, the fact is, Batman is more than a boxer. His stealth and disarming skills allowed him to turn the fight in his favor."
"Yes, while Captain America was a better straightforward fighter with his excellent defense and offense, Batman used evasion and his adaptability to his advantage."
"Not to mention the gadgets," Boomstick jumped back in. "Just because Cap could 'see faster' doesn't mean he can see hard enough to spot Bats through a solid wall of smoke."
"Batman also regularly battles and sneaks around super-beings far above your average Laser Nazi," Wizard stated.
"If he can ninja around SUPERMAN'S Super Hearing, there's no reason he can't do the same to Captain America," Boomstick noted.
"Simply put, Batman's more dangerous list of enemies he's faced, and feats were greater than Captain America's," Ryukyu summarized.
"And, of course, Batman has more knowledge of Pressure Points and fighting styles, because he's mastered all of them, rather than simply being adept," Wiz explained the important distinction. "Helping him incapacitate and finish off the Star-Spangled Soldier."
"Yep, I knew that was going to make the difference," Itsuka smiled, proudly. "Adeptness may be better than full mastery if the former has more skills to his belt, but when they have roughly the same number of martial arts, mastery triumphs in the end."
"Captain America just couldn't hang in there," Boomstick punned.
"Goddammit," Setsuna face-palmed. "I should have known that was what he was going to come up with."
Nejire and Amajiki rolled their eyes as they saw Mirio pull out the notebook he borrowed from Izuku for his jokes and began writing that down.
"The winner is Batman," Wiz announced.
Claps of congratulations came up from the group, with respectful and conceding nods thrown in for good measure from the losing side.
"Heh, that was fun," Hawks grinned. "I see why you guys are so interested in videos. You know, other than the whole 'learning new skills and potential enemies' stuff."
"You staying for the whole ride, Wings?" Miruko asked.
"Oh, absolutely! I mean I have to stay to make sure which one of us has the more ninja counterparts," Hawks wrapped another arm around a fuming Edgeshot. 'And see if there is more to the League, the PLF, and that doctor for us to learn, maybe even the perfect avenue to find the evidence we need.'
Despite what the device had shown them, Nezu and Hawks agreed that it wouldn't be enough to launch a full investigation and operation against the suspended Doctor of the League. This information was coming from a device that claimed to have come from the multiverse and simply showed names, images, and connections, and the former alone was enough to be dismissed as simply crazy.
'The best we got is that the Doctor has multiple suspected aliases, including the one he used as Midoriya's Quirk Doctor, and that could be ground enough for a small looking into, but our best chance currently is Kurogiri,' Hawks thought, remembering what Nezu told him about Aizawa's and Mic's visit to Tartaros and their meeting with the Mist Villain.
'If they can wrangle something out of him, then it could be the break I need to find that Doctor and figure out a way to neutralize him and the League.' Hawks thought turned toward a certain black and white suited Villain with the heart of a good guy underneath. 'And maybe end this conflict without the blood I need to spill.'
"Honestly, we should have expected Batman to win this one, in the first place," Rin shrugged. "I mean it would have been rather humiliating to just lose another match so soon after the last one."
Kamakiri grumbled, still not pleased that he was made the fool for his overt support of Captain America's victory.
"Ahem," The mantis-like teen heard and looked to see Setsuna's head and hands floating next to him, a smug smirk and raised eyebrow adorned on her face while her hands directed him to her. "Pay up, Mr. Confidence."
Kamakiri grumbled again, before reluctantly giving the greenette her money.
Izuku smiled, glad that Setsuna won her bet and that she was confident in his counterpart's victory, or at least one of them. Izuku turned toward Melissa who was also smiling for Batman's victory, and their eyes met, the two instantly knew what the other was thinking. They were both conflicted about who to vote for between two Heroes that they could relate to, and while they felt bad about the other losing, to see Batman, their first exposure to a Hero without superpowers, the victor still brought proud smiles to their faces.
Izuku raised a fist toward Melissa. Melissa smiled grew, raising her fist and bumping it with Izuku's.
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick began the announcement for the next matchup.
The black screen gave way to a brown-haired man, his gloved hand removing a book from a shelf while the light from the window lit the dark room. "I have a guide here that will show you how to live from now on," The man said, turning around for the group to see more of his military attire, showing a card in his fingers.
Mei blinked her eyes, before rubbing them. "Wait a minute, is that...and does that mean that..." Mei's mouth began to morph into a feral grin.
The wall slowly opened to reveal a blinding white light, the two men slowly craning up to see the large figure of a large, winged robot, with a whip of sharp blades, in all its glory. Activating, the eyes of the mecha glowed green.
"IT'S A MOTHERFUCKING GUNDAM!" Kirishima, Kaminari, and Sero all exclaimed.
The scene transitioned to the Mecha flying over enemies incredibly fast. The mecha slowed down in front of the enemy mechs, its glowing green blade slashes at them and they exploded in flames. The Gundam reared back its bladed whip, twirling around, before posing and showing off its red armor and full, unobstructed appearance.
The 6th Gundam
"Epyon, the 6th Gundam," Itsuka's amazed face was almost priceless for the other 1-B girls. "Does this mean that Gundam exists in its own world, too?"
"I suppose it does," Yui muttered, her stoic expression hiding the heart of a giddy fangirl about to burst.
VS
The white screen dimmed to see a man in a white costume descend in front of a group of five teenagers, his white boots landing softly on the ground. The full appearance of the individual showed none other than an iconic white and gold-armored Power Ranger.
"POWER RANGERS TOO!" Uraraka exclaimed, excited.
"It's the White Ranger! Tommy Oliver!" Kouta jumped up and down, his face of pure excitement warming both Midoriya's and Mandalay's hearts.
"White Ranger," Eri mouthed, tilting her head, curious.
"TIGERZORD!" Tommy Oliver yelled out, flashing his Morpher to the screen. Iconic music played as the giant, white, tiger-like robot roared, leaping over hills. "White Ranger Tiger Power! White Ranger Tiger Power!" The Thunder Zord morphed into its Warrior Mode while the music sang out. "Tiger Power Now!" The White Ranger posed before the Zord slashed at a giant monster.
The 6th Gundam vs the 6th Ranger!
"I'm so geeking out, over here," Kaminari vibrated in his seat, a giddy grin on his face.
"I'll say," Jiro rubbed her ears. "You're already annoying voice is somehow getting more annoying with how loud it's getting."
"Nothing you say can bring me down, right now," Kaminari waved her away, before looking toward Melissa and Mei. "Come on, come on, play it already!"
After getting further looks of confirmation from the group, Melissa nodded and pressed the play button.
Notes:
AAAAAANNNNNNDDDDD SCENE! Whelp, that's done with. Now to write up a formal explanation to the Council before I get tossed into a black hole...again.
And yes, Gundam and Power Rangers do exist as properties in the MHA universe, because what world, much less Japan, could exist as it is without these iconic staples of anime and Super Sentai, both of which originate from Japan, other than of course those worlds of Gundam and Power Rangers.
Anyways, I hope you guys liked this chapter of MHA watches Death Battle and the new developments that I added to the device and counterpart analysis system. To explain adequately, in the vast multiverse of infinite possibilities there are likewise different worlds where the same character may be different in one way or another that completely changes that character's personality, like different backgrounds, choices, relationships, traits, experiences, and so on. And these changes and differences in their character lead to a different person that they are counterparts to that share those similarities.
When the previous counterpart analysis system identified a counterpart to the associated character, it was not only identifying them by the one that has the most similarities and traits compared to them but also the one that is recorded to have the most instances of being counterparts to that character in the recorded universes these characters exist. Now, with the new update, the Counterpart Probability Feature, it not only helps to calculate more counterparts to certain characters but the percentage of how many versions of such characters are connected to another. As stated with Batman, 35% of the worlds where Batman exists are counterparts with Aizawa, but then 30% of others have Izuku as the counterpart instead, with an extra 20 and 10% for the future Batman fights and 5% others in case of a future Batman video that DB hasn't made yet. And since the multiverse is infinite and thus constantly expanding, the Probability Feature also helps shows the probability of what that future version of that character's counterpart will be.
In fact, this was teased since Batman vs Spider-Man, where Spider-Man's counterpart was Izuku Midoriya, but in Welcome to the MCU, Izuku was the counterpart of Captain America, not Spider-Man, because that version of Cap compared more with Izuku than that version of Spidey, but there are universes where Izuku's counterpart is Spider-Man, likely examples being either the Tobey Maguire version or Andrew Garfield's.
Don't worry though, this won't be used for every fight, it's mostly for characters with more than one fight like Batman, Wonder Woman, Thor, and so on.
Now to explain why Izuku for both Bat and Cap, Izuku does share a lot of comparisons with both of them. Izuku's analytical genius and his notebooks full of notes on Heroes and their strengths and weaknesses are comparable to Batman's analysis skills as the World's Greatest Detective and his contingency plans against other Heroes, his Smokescreen Quirk compares to Batman's smoke bombs, Danger Sense with Detective Vision, Float with Batman's gliding, their adaptability in combat situations, questionable sanity, and Izuku's Quirkless past to Batman having no superpowers at all. I have already explained Izuku and Cap in Welcome to the MCU, so check that out for more.
And yes, the primary, most often counterpart to Captain America is the First Wielder of One For All, Yoichi Shigaraki, whose name and appearance were censored because Izuku told the device to censor any mention of One For All. As for the reasons for the comparison, both were powerless, scrawny, and originating from an older era, but then are granted a new power to be stronger and stand up against evil, Yoichi standing up to his big brother, AFO, and Steve with Red Skull, I already compared the Super Soldier Serum and how Steve got it to One For All and Yoichi being given the Stockpiling aspect of the Quirk from All For One. All Might is then 2nd most likely counterpart to Rogers by similar comparisons of receiving One For All, American-themed Heroes, and Symbols of Freedom and Peace.
Anyways, I hope you guys like these new additions to the story, including the addition of Hawks, and if you haven't already and want to, check out my other stories here and on FFN. Comment down your thoughts on counterpart predictions and if you have any questions about the specifics of the new system. Also, a bonus fact: the new monotone voice of the device is based on G1 Soundwave, because I love that voice. And finally, stay safe and healthy in these trying times while I brace for the inevitable wave of angry comments to roll in.
I am Zayden StormVoid, and this message to all my readers and fellow Autobo-I mean Watchers: We are here. We are Watching.
Chapter 39: Tigerzord vs Gundam Epyon
Summary:
The U.A. group watch a Mecha battle full of Power and teenage angst...
Notes:
GREETINGS ALL YOU LOVABLE CLUMPS OF CELLS AND MEAT WATER! TIS I, ZAYDEN STORMVOID, RETURNED FROM THE BRINK ONCE MORE TO DELIVER ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE!
First off, we are NOT talking about why it took nearly half a year to get this out...Okay, maybe I was too focused on the other stories and double-dropping chapters on those. Maybe I was forced into a timeout in a black hole by the Council because of what I did last chapter.
But no, actually, this took a bit longer because I had to stop writing for a good week recently because of an unexpected event: a funeral, my grandpa's funeral...so, you can imagine why I wouldn't be in the best mood to write. But I'm here again, and I have a greater drive to finish this chapter in honor of him. Te amo, Abuelo! Estoy portando bien.
Anyway, the chapter is here, so let's move on.
Last time, we had the battle between the Caped Crusader, Batman, vs the Star-Spangled Soldier, Captain America, and witnessed ole Cap left to hang and dry by that lamppost. We had a new setup of seats, Hawks joining the crew to joke, have a good time, and find out more about the League and the Doctor, while Gran Torino, Eraserhead, and Mic were absent for more personal reasons. We had Izuku training on Black Whip and preparing for Float, like in canon, but unlike canon, they did it in the USJ, he noticed how the girls were acting awkward around him, but they managed to get their heads on straight and remember that regardless of what they saw in the video the night prior that Izuku was still Izuku. Bakugou had a talk with All Might about his shameful past, the girls were punished by Midnight for their aphrodisiac-poisoning plan, Kamakiri learned the hard way to not get too cocky, and the device had an upgrade.
Now, we move on to the next battle: Tigerzord vs Gundam Epyon. Gundam vs Power Rangers, or Super Sentai if you want to be technical about it. But despite that, first, we need the Index:
"Zayden," -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden,' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden," -Wizard Dialogue
"Zayden," -Boomstick, Buff Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden," Device, Fight, and Combatant Dialogue
And finally, I do NOT own My Hero Academia, a property of Horikoshi and adapted by Bones Studios-curious to see what they do with that 4th MHA movie-and I do NOT own Death Battle, which belongs to the YouTube channel of the same name, RoosterTeeth, and the franchises mentioned in past, present, or future chapters all belong to their respective companies.
P.S. This is a Trigger Warning for all Gundam and Anime fans alike: I have never actually seen a single episode of any Gundam anime. Sacrilege, I know, but I just never got around to watching the granddaddy of all mecha anime, so if I show my ignorance of source material in this chapter, please understand and remember this fact before you crucify me in the comments. Also, RIP Jason David Frank, our beloved Tommy Oliver, this one is for you.
P.P.S. Yes, I know technically since they are in Japan, it would be Super Sentai to them, but Death Battle and almost everyone refers to them more as Power Rangers, and is just easier for me to write without having to get into the semantics of it. Also, to those who would complain about how one property could exist without another, like how the Power Rangers once did a crossover with TMNT, remember that the world of MHA takes place 200 years after the early 2010s when the arrival of Quirks turned the world into near-apocalyptic time for humanity and that chaos a lot of pop culture was lost, which means some of the stuff that might not know about, like Marvel or DC, may have existed as properties in their world too, they just don't know because they were part of that what was lost and the people who would remember these properties are long dead, with those that they do recognize in their present being the lucky few that manage to survive. So, for example, while the Power Rangers and Gundam manage to survive maybe TMNT and others did not, and some just never existed in their world in the first place.
Now, with that all out of the way, IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BAAATTTTLLLLLEEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
Mei clicked the button, the video playing while the excitement of the students grew with every millisecond.
"Evil. It has many faces, and sometimes even a good-natured soul may become its unknowing pawn," Wiz started the video, dramatically.
"Interesting," Ryukyu cupped her chin. "Does he suggest this fight's theme has to do with good people being used by evil as their servants without their knowledge?"
"Or choice," Hawks pointed out. Nezu noticed the way his mouth frowned, the rodent principal knowing that this fight's theme suddenly became incredibly personal to the latest assassin of the HPSC.
"Oh, did you say something? I couldn't hear you over GIANT FIGHTING ROBOTS!" Boomstick exclaimed with pure excitement. "Seriously, what's cooler than giant robots? Absolutely nothing!"
"Well, that didn't take long," Sero muttered in exertion as he and several other students held back and tied the manic pink-haired inventor from rushing at the device.
"The White Tigerzord, the sixth Thunderzord," Wiz introduced the first fighter.
"And Epyon, the sixth Gundam," Boomstick introduced the second.
"Huh, what a coincidence," Itsuka blinked, surprised she didn't notice the comparison between the two fighting robots when the fight was first announced.
"So, Power Rangers vs Gundam," Melissa muttered, her grin rising. "And both exist out there, somewhere." The idea of more of these Heroes and warriors that are, or were, Quirkless out there only further fueled her desire to join their ranks and show her world what a Quirkless Hero could do.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick," Boomstick introduced themselves.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle," Wiz finished the intro.
The first fighter shown was both the robot itself and its pilot. The pilot was shown both in his normal appearance, a tall, light tan-skinned young man with either long black hair or short and spiky with a small goatee, and outfits ranging from a green V-neck and green bandanna to a white and black checkered shirt, and his iconic outfit, a white jumpsuit with golden, black-lined bands around his ankles and wrists, a golden belt around his waist, black armor over his chest with a golden insignia in the middle, large golden pauldrons on his shoulders, a white and golden saber with a tiger figurehead on the bottom of the hilt either in hand or belt and his white and golden helmet design based on a tiger around its black visor.
The robot itself appeared in two forms, as well: an animal-looking form and a humanoid robot, both colored mainly in white, black, red, and gold. The animal form appeared like that of a white tiger, with sharp robotic claws, a rectangular build for a torso, a golden V over the glowing red eyes, and its maw equipped with four razor-sharp fangs. The humanoid form had the robot now on two legs rather than four, and the claws of the tiger robot retracted to show black robotic hands. The head of the Zord shifted down to its torso, a more humanoid figurehead now donning the robot.
The appearance of the Zord had the students reaffirm Mei's bindings as she struggled ceaselessly. Noticeable grins appeared on Shinsou's, Midnight's, and the Pussycats' faces, though Shinsou had noticed an even larger, more delightful smile on Yui's face, one the normally bored and tired teen found beautiful as he blushed.
White Tigerzord
"Behold the Thunderzords," Wiz began by showing the original 5 Thunderzords of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. "Mighty bestial vehicles with a power and a force like you've never seen before."
"Unless you live in Japan, then that shit's everywhere!" Boomstick jumped in.
"I wish," Mei muttered, dreamily, imagining herself building her own Zord or Gundam.
"Honestly, as much as I would love the idea, too, the villains we already have to deal with would make giant robots and giant monsters more of a headache than anything else," Power Loader admitted, rubbing his helmet like he would his head, imagining giant monsters trashing their cities.
"I'll say, we already have a problem with this giant of an airhead stomping around the place," Midnight pointed her thumb at a certain blonde giant.
"HEY!" Takeyama exclaimed, offended.
Despite the laughs that ensued, Kirishima and Mina shuddered, Power Loader's comment reminding them of the gigantic, terrifying monster they already encountered.
"The Thunderzords are piloted by the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, five overbearing and over-emotional humans," Wiz introduced the famous Rangers.
"Teenagers..." Boomstick stressed the word out dramatically.
"It always does leave me pondering why teenagers, or young adults, are always the ones that are requested or destined to be Power Rangers rather than full-grown adults," Mandalay questioned.
"It does make sense when you think about it," Yui spoke up. "Generally speaking, most teenagers have greater stamina than adults, can endure more and recover quicker, and can be nimbler and more dexterous. From a marketing standpoint, teenagers and young adults were always chosen to appeal more to kids, but perhaps more logically, these physical traits could be why they were chosen. Plus, while most Rangers have to deal with school and part-time jobs, they have generally more availability than adults who would have jobs and other kinds of responsibilities that would tie them down from their Ranger duties. For these reasons, it makes more sense to have teenagers be Power Rangers."
The whole group looked at Yui with wide eyes and surprised faces. Yui blinked at the prolonged silence and stared at her and quirked her head to the side, confused.
"This is the most I have ever seen talk," Mina said, wonderstruck that the normally silent beauty of Class 1-B went on a paragraph-long explanation.
"Yep, Yui here is a big fan of Power Rangers and Gundam, really any kind of mecha anime," Itsuka patted her friend's shoulder while said friend blushed in slight embarrassment. "So, she can get quite passionate about this kind of thing."
'Cute,' Shinsou thought.
"For over a year, these five heroes defended the Earth from the evil Rita Repulsa and her cronies," Wiz explained, showing the infamous original baddie of the Power Rangers.
"Ah, the original Power Rangers villain," Setsuna sighed in fond memory. "And her maniacal, wicked Witch of the West cackle."
"But when her boss, Lord Zedd, showed up and started beating some serious Ranger ass, the team knew they needed some help," Boomstick said.
"Thus, a giant floating head in a tube and his robot buddy set to work building a new Ranger with a new Zord," Wiz revealed, showing both Zordon and Alpha 5 working on the new Ranger.
"ALPHA 5!" Mei squealed in delight.
"GAH! First, giant monsters, air brain girls, and thickheaded lugs, and now squealing mad scientists," Kyoka rubbed her ears from the pink-haired inventor's loud squeal, pointedly ignoring the pouts, both offended and comically depressed ones, from Mina, Nejire, Toru, Kirishima, and Tetsutetsu.
"Sorry, Ears, but I just loved that robot so much," Mei struggled against her bindings again. "Ay-Yi-Yi!"
"I present to you: the White Ranger," Zordon declared to the Rangers, a bright light shining down from behind them, the team looking behind them, shielding their eyes from the light, as the White Ranger floated down before them in his white and golden armor.
"There he is boys!" Hanta Sero raised his hands and began bowing repeatedly. "The best Ranger of all time!"
Sero's antics were copied by most of the guys, whereas the girls just deadpanned and stared at them like they were idiots. Of the guys who didn't participate in the faux worship of the White Ranger were Shoto and Shinsou, both of whom stared at the group blankly, Bakugou and Monoma, who buried their faces into their hands, Kamakiri one second away from smashing his head on this chair repeatedly, Koda, who was too shy and embarrassed, Tokoyami and Shoji, shaking their heads in disappointment, and Izuku who just sweatdropped and chuckled nervously while Kouta followed suit with the boys and Eri looked entirely lost on what was happening.
'These are supposed to be our next generation of Heroes? The ones meant to replace and succeed us?' Endeavor stared down at the scene with twitching eyes. Looking over to see Hawks, Fat Gum, and Miruko following along, while Ryukyu nervously chuckled and Edgeshot looked dead inside, Endeavor sighed acceptingly and depressingly. 'Never mind.'
"Tigerzord!" Tommy Oliver, the White Ranger, shouted as he morphed.
The Tigerzord appeared, roaring out as it ran with the White Ranger on its head.
"Ah! The nostalgia!" Kaminari exclaimed as if he had nutted in his pants.
"Why are you the way that you are?" Bakugou deadpanned-stared at Kaminari like he was dead to him, which he kind of was.
BACKGROUND
The 6th Thunderzord
Height: 152 ft / 46.5 m
Weight: 158 tons / 136 metric tons
Power: 75,000 megavolts
Top Speed: 115 mph / 185 km/h
Pilot: Tommy Oliver (RIP Jason David Frank)
Power Source: Morphing Grid
"The White Tigerzord is a gigantic weaponized robo-kitty," Boomstick summarized. "While cats are clearly inferior to dogs, I might make an exception for this one and take it home."
This comment of course brought the unholy wrathful looks of Hitoshi Shinsou, Midnight, the Pussycats, and unknowingly irked the mind of two certain U.A. teachers as they were driven to Tartaros Prison.
"Well, considering after it transforms to warrior mode, the Tigerzord weighs 150 tons and stands nearly fifteen floors tall, I don't think you'll find one in a pet shop window," Wiz stated as a matter of fact.
"And it's a Transformer?! Awesome!" Boomstick exclaimed.
"Huh, I suppose I never thought of it that way," David blinked, surprised he didn't pick up at the similarity.
"Well, in fairness, we didn't know of Transformers like they do in their world," Power Loader explained to his fellow inventor.
As the Power Rangers theme, Hope for the World, played, the White Ranger stood atop a hill, posing as the sun's light bathed him from behind, kicking Rita's henchmen down the hill they came from.
"Ah! So bright!" Dark Shadow cringed, both from the actual light of the sun and Tommy's awesomeness shining with a light of its own.
"The White Tigerzord is powered by the, quote, 'White Light of Goodness', as is its pilot, the heroic leader of the team: Tommy Oliver, the White Ranger," Wiz stated, showing Tommy removing his helmet and revealing his face to the team.
Yui blushed as her childhood crush revealed his face. Shinsou noticed and his opinion of the Power Ranger soured immensely, a jealous grumble mumbling out. Unfortunately for him, someone noticed.
Hope for the World continued playing as the White Ranger traded sword blows against Goldar, kicking the golden monster back before flying kick him multiple times.
TOMMY OLIVER
Pilot
White Morphin' Power Ranger
Former Green Morphin' Power Ranger
Height: 5'11 / 1.8 m
Weight: 214 lbs / 97 kg
Weapon: Saba
-Length: 28 in / 51 cm
-Sentient Sabre
-Can fire lasers & fly independently
Martial arts: Karate, Kenpo, Taekwondo, Judo, Shinkido
Has had 5 different Ranger Powers
-Green Power Ranger
-White Power Ranger & White Ninja Ranger
-Zeo Ranger V-Red
-Red Turbo Ranger
-Black Dino Ranger (Setsuna began to grin)
"He wasn't always in charge, though," Boomstick pointed out. "His original powers came from the screeching, migraine-ridden she-witch: Rita. Naturally, it was a trick, and those powers came packaged with a curse that turned him into the evil Green Ranger."
"Oh, yeah! I remember that!" Tetsutetsu exclaimed, grinning. "Manliest arc ever! I managed to get the whole show downloaded onto my computer."
"Really?" Eri perked her head up, looking at Tetsutetsu. "Can I see it?"
No amount of hardening, whether internally or with his Quirk, could have prepared Tetsutetsu as he was bombarded by the cutest, more innocent, and most precious puppy eyes his eyeballs had ever had the luxury of witnessing. He caved in immediately, not that he was ever going to deny her. "S-Sure, kid! Maybe when we get back to the dorms," Tetsutetsu replied.
Eri's immediate smile nearly blinded him and almost destroyed Dark Shadow by how bright it was. "YAY!" Eri cheered. "Thank you, Uncle Tetsu!"
Tetsutetsu immediately started bawling his eyes out, feeling like his life's work was accomplished. Kirishima gave his bro a manly bear hug, patting his friend's back.
"Luckily, Rita doesn't logic much, so the Rangers reversed the spell by destroying a completely unrelated object," Wiz brought up, with the Rangers shown destroying a sword and freeing Tommy from his mind control.
Midnight frowned, her thoughts turning to Shirakumo, or rather, if the claims are to be believed, Kurogiri. 'Shouta and Hizashi should have arrived at Tartaros by now. To see...if he really is Shirakumo, defiled and turned into a monster made by another monster.' Midnight imagined the War Gate Villain's misty body in a cell, covered in a strait jacket, one of his yellow eyes peeling back to reveal Shirakumo's terrified, crying eye while the shadow of Doctor Garaki laughed at his pain and misery. 'If it is true, and he is somewhere still in there, could Eraser and Mic reach out to him?' Midnight looked up to see Tommy Oliver freed from his mind control. 'Could Shirakumo truly come back to us?'
"Tommy wields Saba, a talking saber that shoots lasers and remote controls the Tigerzord," Boomstick revealed the White Ranger's iconic blade.
The Tigerzord was shown tripping on a piece of a cliff and falling on its back, roaring in discomfort and it still moved its feet as if running.
"Hey! I thought you knew what you were doing!" Tommy admonished Saba.
"I do!" Saba replied, defensively.
"Yeah, you sure could've fooled me." The White Ranger retorted.
"Huh, kind of reminds me of you guys," Ojiro said to Tokoyami and Dark Shadow.
The raven-headed student of Class 1-A and his Quirk looked at each other, then to Tommy and Saba, and back at each other again. "I suppose," Tokoyami admitted with a half-shrug.
"Yeah, maybe, but I'm obviously way cooler than some dumb white cathead!" Dark Shadow bragged, pumping his non-existent chest out in pride.
"And is also...uniquely multilingual," Wiz mentioned, uncomfortably.
"That's right. None of you speaks bird. Now, take me over to the cages," Saba said before being directed toward the birds in the cages. "Um...squawk, squawk, tweet, squawk, tweet..."
"Everyone that just watched that is now dumber. Our bad," Boomstick apologized to the audience.
"I can actively feel the cells in my brain diminishing with this nonsense," Edgeshot sighed, depressingly.
"Uh, Koda, can you translate for us, bud?" Sero asked their class's resident bird whisper.
Before Koda could reply, Hawks raised his hand. "Ooh, ooh! I know what he said!" Hawks exclaimed, mimicking the tone of an excited toddler.
"You speak bird?" Miruko raised an eyebrow at him.
"Of course, these wings aren't just for show," Hawks flapped his wings for extra effect before continuing by mimicking Saba's voice. "Um, if I translate correctly, he said 'Edgeshot needs to uncork the stick up his ass'."
Miruko burst out in laughter while Edgeshot glared venomously at Hawks. Beside them, Ryukyu sighed futilely at their childishness while Endeavor restrained himself from burning Hawks's wings off. And the Winged Hero as a whole, too.
ARSENAL
Golden Tiger Sword
White Tiger Thunderbolts
Sonic Roar
Hyperspeed
Shoulder Charge
Pilot mimicry
Setsuna's grin grew wider as another theme music played, and the girl suddenly squealed loudly in delight.
"Gahh! What the Hell was that for?!" Kyoka complained, flinching from the loud volume of Setsuna's squeal.
"That Theme! It's the main one for the Power Rangers Dino Thunder! My favorite one!" Tokage pointed out, her grin like that of a maniacal fangirl.
"Oh right, the one where Tommy became the Black Dino Ranger," Izuku elaborated. "That was a good one. My favorite from that was Trent Fernandez, the White Dino Ranger." Izuku didn't fail to realize that a perhaps contributing factor to liking the comic-book aspiring artist was his love to draw much like his love of writing and drawing about Heroes in his notebooks.
Setsuna directed her grin to Izuku and for a moment, the green-haired boy worried that she was going to pounce on him. Regardless of the fear such fangirl-excitement triggered in him, Izuku smiled. Setsuna was obviously the newest and most recent addition to his heart from the girls, but in these few days since they started watching these videos, he's come to care for and even love the girl as much as the others. A playful tease like Mina, yet with an adorable, cute, sheepish side to her that she hides behind her cool girl attitude. Comes off as laid-back and non-serious but holds a serious and calculating leader in battle and a curious soul; it was that curious soul that had her finding out about One For All, how the two progressed to the friends they were now, and the feelings he has now. Now, he can add her fangirl-enthusiasm for anything dino-related or Kaiju, that mirrors his own for Heroes and Quirk, as another thing he relates with and loves about her.
"Yeah, that one was good, but I liked Jungle Fury better," Itsuka expressed her favorite version. "What about you guys?"
"Mystic Force," Reiko replied.
"Samurai," Shoto answered.
"Ninja Storm," Tokoyami said.
"I rather enjoyed the SPD one," Iida relented and gave his two cents.
"I liked Megaforce," Momo Yaoyorozu admitted.
"I suppose we don't have to bother asking what your favorite is, huh, Yui?" Setsuna teased.
"Can't beat the classics," Yui admitted, shamelessly.
"In battle, the Tigerzord's tail doubles as a Golden Tiger Sword," Wiz revealed.
"Which can light itself on fire, I assume, by sparking a robo-fart of some sort," Boomstick jumped in. "See, Wiz? I can science too."
"But that doesn't make sense at all!" Momo exclaimed, comical question marks hovering around her. "The tail is not even connected to the posterior and-"
"Shh," Melissa pressed a finger over Momo's lips, making her stop her rambling. "Momo, Momo, let's try not to explain Boomstick's idiotic logic; it would be in vain."
"Anyway, the Tigerzord knocks foes off their feet with sonic blasts, temporarily increases agility with hyper-speed, and shoots fireballs from its...chest mouth thing," Boomstick continued.
Tommy removed one of the orbs behind him and inserted it into a slot. Outside, the mouth of the Megazord's torso let up with the kanji for fire. "White Tiger Thunderbolt! Armed and ready!" The White Ranger declared, the Megazord firing a fireball out which struck Nimrod. The White Ranger laughed in victory.
"The Tigerzord's greatest asset, however, is its ability to mimic the movements of its pilot," Wiz claimed.
As the White Ranger threw a punch and later a kick, The Tigerzord mimicked the movements, striking once more at Nimrod, knocking her to the ground.
"So, it has super speed, sonic wave projections, a sword with pyrokinetic properties and projectiles, multiple forms with varying uses of effectiveness, and near-perfect pilot movement mimicry," Izuku listed off the Tigerzord's abilities, his writing and drawing going in speeds the students behind him couldn't keep up with. "The Tigerzord in its regular Zord form is far more agile and could be used more to reach faraway locations faster, and the sonic roar could be useful in temporarily stunning foes, especially those with Quirks that grant enhanced hearing like Kyoka and Shoji. However, the Megazord has the clear advantage in combat, especially hand-to-hand combat against similarly sized foes, his sword would be more precise and deadlier than the Zord's claws and fangs, and its pyrokinetic abilities would also be detrimental against ice or plant-based foes like Shiozaki, Kamui Woods, and Todoroki. Unless Shiozaki and Kamui Woods could entrap the Megazord enough to make it unable to move; however, then the fireballs come out of its torso through the lion's head which would be hard to cover or avoid. Then of course there is the property damage and destruction that both Zord and Megazord could cause by accident given how most Zord fights go..."
And that was as far as the group could understand him before the verdant-haired teen's mutterings devolved into incomprehensible nonsense that even Endeavor struggled to keep up with. While Bakugou worked to wallop Izuku upside the head to get him to shut up, at least Kyoka's cheeks blushed when Izuku finally called her 'Kyoka' without fail.
"So, it's important to determine how superhuman the White Ranger is, but he doesn't have many measurable feats," Wiz stated. "Fortunately, all Ranger powers are derived from the same Morphing Grid, a galaxy-spanning energy field, which balances all life."
Wiz's analysis helped to snap Izuku from his mutterings as something clicked in his mind. 'All Rangers derived their power from the same source that can be shared and given to others,' Izuku thought, the simplification of the Morphin Gird made it sound very similar to One For All, the Quirk with the power to pass on from generation to generation, growing stronger as it did, and, now seemingly, passing on the Quirk factors of those that came before. Izuku remembered that several Rangers lost or gave up their Ranger powers at many points, some even gifting them to others, like how Tommy Oliver became the Red Turbo Ranger before passing the powers and mantle over to T.J. Johnson.
"So... the Force?" Boomstick guessed.
"Yeah, pretty much," Wiz conceded. "This means all Rangers have comparable powers that we can use to measure Tommy's potential."
"Eh, yes and no," Itsuka waved her hand in a so-so manner. "I mean, each Ranger has unique abilities, be it elemental or otherwise, so it's not a one-to-one comparison."
"Maybe they are only going to be looking at physical traits like strength, speed, and endurance," Shoda guessed.
"Still, seems a little weird to focus on that since I doubt the White Ranger's strength is also translated evenly with a giant robot's punch," Kaibara shrugged.
"S.P.D. Green Ranger, Bridge Carson, once lifted and threw a two-ton car at this poor girl, who he guessed was a demon," Boomstick revealed and showed the feat in progress. "Luckily, he was right, and a PR catastrophe was avoided."
"I just realized that most Power Rangers, wouldn't they be considered vigilantes?" Vlad King questioned. "I mean there aren't any actual Heroes or some kind of Hero system in their worlds, they cause tons of property damage, especially in the Zord fights, wouldn't they realistically be wanted by the authorities?"
"Meh, most of the series never really dwells on the legal side of things and I'm pretty sure the government and police force wouldn't mind having them around if it meant getting rid of those monsters they couldn't defeat," Snipe shrugged.
"Additionally, I believe that there have been points in the series where the public knew about the Power Rangers and their identities and were even seen as official government and or police enforcement like us. Am I correct, Mis Kodai?" Cementoss looked to the Power Rangers expert for clarity.
"Yes," Yui nodded, affirmatively. "Lightspeed Rescue was a government-funded team and S.P.D. was part of a police organization so their identities were known to the public and supported by the government. The RPM series was part of an apocalyptic future where they were humanity's last defenders so everyone would have known about them and supported them as Heroes, not Vigilantes."
"The average man can squat-lift about 125 lbs., so this feat makes Power Rangers at least 32 times stronger," Wiz calculated.
"That was most impressive," Saba praised.
"And we know Rangers also receive a speed boost, so it's reasonable to believe that a morphed Ranger's reaction speed is in the ballpark of 32 times faster than the average person," Wiz hypothesized. "Thus, the White Ranger can actually react to attacks in about six milliseconds. To compare, in the same given time, a bullet fired from a gun would've only traveled about nine feet. As the Tigerzord mimics the White Ranger in real-time, it must be capable of the same speeds."
"Okay, that last one I can buy a little bit," Awase consented.
Setsuna was about to dismiss that with a rant, using the Red Dino Ranger and his unique super speed as a dismissal of that theory but held herself back.
"I bet he could totally do that knife finger stabby game," Boomstick pondered. "Actually, uh, Wiz, put your hand on the table."
"NO! Not after last time! That poor intern..." Wiz shuddered.
"I told him not to move!" Boomstick defended himself.
"Working for those two must be the absolute worst," Mandalay muttered, imagining a poor intern getting their hand stabbed through by an alcoholic, gun-loving idiot.
"Anyway, like that intern, the Tigerzord can't always cut it on its own," Wiz stated.
"When that happens, Tommy's friends usually come in to save his ass," Boomstick said. "But even though they won't be able to help him today, Tommy can still call upon his secret weapon."
"Each Power Ranger has his or her individual Zord, which only they can pilot," Wiz revealed. "However, there have been numerous instances when a Ranger has called upon other Zords." An example was shown from a clip from the episode 'Green with Evil: Part 2' showed the Megazord being formed without the Red Ranger.
"Yeah, and they could summon additional extra Zords that they would sometimes get throughout their adventures," Itsuka mentioned.
"So, Tommy can call upon the Lion, Griffin, Unicorn, and Phoenix Thunderzords to create the Mega Tigerzord."
"GO, GO, POWER RANGERS! YOU MIGHTY MORPHIN' POWER RANGERS!" The Power Rangers theme song played as the Tigerzord transformed into the Mega Tigerzord.
The students acted immediately and fastened Mei's restraints further as the pink maniac squirmed and struggled harder once more.
MEGA TIGERZORD
Height: 287 ft / 63 m
Weight: 336 tons / 305 metric tons
Energy Ball
Energy Shield
Bladed Buckler
Phoenix Strike (Finishing move)
More powerful than the Thunder Megazord
"The Mega Tigerzord is a massive monster of a mech," Boomstick began to detail its abilities. "It's got an energy shield, an energy ball attack, and a wicked dropkick. Oh, and its finishing move is literally lighting a giant robo-bird on fire and shooting it through everyone in its path. Obviously, the Mega Tigerzord has never lost a match."
"That does look pretty sick," Hawks grinned. "Reminds me almost of when I gave you my feathers to fuel your flames against the Hood Nomu. You looked like some kind of phoenix, Number 1."
Endeavor hummed in acknowledgment of that event, finding the Number 2 Hero's comparison of his appearance of the time appropriate. It was then, after he won the battle and raised his fist victoriously, that he had felt reborn and fully committed to becoming the country's new Number 1 Hero, to be the Symbol that maybe they didn't want or deserve in a man with such a horrid and disgusting past, but the one they needed for the moment, a Symbol that he needed to represent for them, as well as for himself: A Symbol of New Beginnings.
STRENGTHS
Beat Nimrod when Megazord failed
Defeated Cannontop singlehandedly
Stronger than Thunder Megazord
Survived deflected Phoenix Strike
Can lift over 1500 tons
Tommy beat Pursehead one-on-one
Tommy defeated 4 monsters at once
Tommy defeated Goldar in several duels
"The Mega Tigerzord is so powerful, it's even had that finisher move reflected back at it, survived, and all it did was fall over and look surprised," Wiz stated.
"Pfft, I always liked how sometimes the Megazord's faces look," Kosei snickered. "Makes the expressions they have almost derpy and comical. I remember I used to make silly noises as a kid when seeing them."
WEAKNESSES
Defeated by Dragonzord in one shot
No backup power supply
Not very agile
Destroyed by Rita Revolto
Tommy's stubborn honor can sometimes lead to mistakes
"But it's not all firebirds and rainbows. Enough damage can overload the Tigerzord's connection to the Morphing Grid and annihilate it," Boomstick pointed out. "But don't get me wrong; this is one ass-kicking, Mighty Morphin', fire-birding, flame-swording power kitty! Meow."
"Saba, are you ready, pal?" Tommy asked.
"White Ranger, I'm ready when you are," Saba replied, affirmatively.
"Alright! Tigerzord! Power up!" White Ranger summoned The Tigerzord, the Zord roaring and then turning into warrior mode.
"You know, I wonder, if Power Rangers does exist out there somewhere, then maybe, just maybe, there is another world of ours, where some of us are Power Rangers," Kaminari wondered out loud, dreamily imagining himself as a Power Ranger. Not the Red Ranger, he knew he wasn't leader material, but maybe a Yellow Ranger.
"I think he's officially lost it," Kyoka muttered, looking at Kaminari with actual concern for his mental well-being.
"Don't discourage him too much, Kyoka," Momo lightly admonished her best friend with a tiny, unnoticeable slap to her shoulder. "It's okay for him to dream of such a thing. It does sound very enticing to think about." Momo likewise joined Kaminari in dreamland, imagining herself as a Ranger, as well. And perhaps, not-so-subtly, imagine a certain green-haired protagonist as their Red Ranger.
"Whatever," Kyoka rolled her eyes at her friend daydreaming. "You'll never catch me wearing spandex like that."
'I suppose I wouldn't mind,' Melissa thought to herself, the sudden image of herself as a Ranger, maybe a Golden one(?), appearing in her mind and finding that she liked the idea of being a Hero to the world against those evil monsters.
Regardless of fantasizing themselves as the spandex-wearing super team, the White Rangers and his Zord brought a lot of positive reactions out of the group, mostly from nostalgia for sure, but not without merit as the good deeds and heroic heart of Tommy Oliver was still beloved by all who loved the Power Rangers series.
The next fighter also showed both the robot and the man behind the metaphorical wheel. Said man was often shown in a red and gold military uniform with a grey helmet with white eyes masking the top part of his head and face, only showing the lower half, including his mouth and chiseled jawline, and the flowing platinum blonde hair that leaked out from behind. The times his face was shown had revealed his beautiful Nile blue eyes and the rest of his hair, which was parted on both sides of his face with a strand flowing down between his eyes. The man held an aristocratic air to him that blended with a sense of both duty and melancholy.
The robot he piloted was far more awe-inspiring and iconic. The robot was covered and made in blood red and navy-blue armor all over, from the red armored, spiked legs down the knees to the navy blue and red feet, the imposing shoulder pauldrons that spiked out diagonally, the imposing wings designed similarly to an angel, to the V-shaped helm and wing-like ears of the robot's head while the navy blue was mostly present in the torso of the mech. Its thighs, hands, and face were a grey color, with gold claws overlapping the hands, peeking out from the mech's wrists. Green lines were traced along the soles of its feet, the center of its chest held within a white square as a green lens on its protruding chest, and its eyes glowed a poisonous green. The most stand-out feature of the mech was the menacing whip of red and blue blades that trailed down its left gauntlet.
Wide smiles of anticipation rose just as much as the previous fighter. After all, this fighter and its inclusion all but confirmed the existence, somewhere in the multiverse, of the granddaddy of all Mecha Anime.
Gundam Epyon
"In the year 195 A.C., yes, A.C., Earth and its space colonies were on the brink of civil war," Wiz revealed. "Chaos had erupted, governments shattered from within. The only constant were five freedom-fighting mobile suits called Gundams."
The Gundam Wing theme, Just Communication, the instrumental version, played as it showed off the feats and skills of the famous, pop-culture-defining mecha.
It took the personal intervention of both Melissa and Izuku to calm Mei down before she defied logic, broke free of her bonds, and tackled the device for the schematics of how to make her own Gundam...only because Melissa and Izuku wanted to keep Mei from accidentally destroying the device and spoiling their chance to actually make one too.
Others weren't as subtle with their restraint.
Awase slumped in his seat, almost like he reached Nirvana at the sound of the theme, Kaminari and Mineta both lay on the floor with their feet comically high in the air and semi-passed out, and Itsuka and Yui were vibrating in their seats.
"Piloted by a bunch of kids who have no idea how to have fun," Boomstick noted. "Seriously, get laid or something."
"Is the reason for these Gundam pilots to be so young also for the same reasons as the Power Rangers," Ibara asked Yui.
"Somewhat," Yui shrugged, a thoughtful look on her face. "Marketwise, it's also to appeal to kids and youth, but in the world itself, there are various reasons depending on the series. In Evangelion, it was because of their younger brain patterns, while others like Mobile Suit and Gundam Wing were because of outside situations like ongoing war and pushed conscription or years of training."
"Intrigued, the disgraced Commander Treize Khushrenada set about creating his own Gundam," Wiz revealed.
"Well, that's a mouthful of a last name," Mount Lady muttered. "Still, cute, though."
"I don't think you would find as attractive if you recall he is responsible for a devastating coup and is a backstabbing traitor and terrorist," Midnight pointed out.
"No, I can, I just wouldn't hit that up," Takeyama rebuttal.
"For sex?" Boomstick questioned.
"No, for Zechs," Wiz clarified.
"This is getting really confusing," Boomstick complained.
"You think that if the guy was a porn star, his videos would be titled 'Sex with Zechs'," Mineta pondered out loud.
The response to that was Ibara wrapping her vine hair tightly around his face and thrashing him about like a ragdoll till he begged for air. Ibara would let the panting, traumatized pervert go and receive a nod of gratitude from Izuku, his hands, and Black Whip, covering Kouta's and Eri's ears. Bakugou would deny it till the end of his days, but he found what the holy girl of Class 1-B did and the righteous fury on her face for 'preserving the innocence of the children's ears' rather hot.
"Try and keep up. Treize hoped this new, non-sexual, fighting machine would finally answer the meaning of life and death," Wiz continued.
"And birth!" "NO!" Wiz quickly shut down Boomstick's joke.
"Wait, he thought that the way he could find the meaning of life and death was by making a giant fighting robot?" Rikido scratched his head, confused.
"Well, not exactly giant," Melissa muttered, recalling Epyon's smaller height to the other Gundams at the time.
Treize removed a book from a shelf. "I have a guide here that will show you how to live from now on," Treize claimed, a card in his fingers. The walls of the library split open, revealing the shadowed silhouette of Epyon itself.
"And so, the Gundam Epyon was born," Wiz revealed.
"Do you think you've built a god or something?" Heero Yuy questioned the disgraced commander.
"Maybe I do," Treize replied.
Ibara huffed at the audacity and narcissism of this man to believe that some robot could be considered anything like God.
"Epyon is a fierce force of metal and badassery," Boomstick jumped back in. "Like all Gundams, it's armored with...Gundanium."
"Yet another stupidly named fictional metal that happens to be many times stronger and lighter than titanium," Wiz's eyes could be heard rolling through his tone.
"*Cough*Unobtanium*Cough*" Hawks fake coughed in reference.
"Regardless of the uncreative naming, those five are going to be hounding for it nonetheless," Ryukyu pointed to Mei, Power Loader, Yaoyorozu, Melissa, and David Shield all still gazing at the Gundam and its sleek armor with hunger in their eyes.
BACKGROUND
The 6th original Gundam (Wing)
IO: OS-13MS Gundam Epyon
Height: 57 ft / 17.4 m
Weight: 9.4 tons / 8.5 metric tons
Max Propulsion: 194,337 lbs. / 88,158 kg
Pilot: Zechs Marquise
Armor: Gundanium Alloy
Power plant: Ultracompact Fusion Reactor
"Standing 57 feet tall and weighing just under ten tons, Epyon is actually quite a bit smaller than your average Japanese giant robot," Boomstick noted.
"But for what it lacks in size, Epyon compensates with incredible speed," Wiz stated. "With a max propulsion of nearly 200,000 pounds, Epyon can fly over 250 miles per hour." The calculations and estimation of the mecha's top speed were shown.
"Impressive," Iida nodded, doing his best to secretly disguise his immense desire to operate a Gundam as well. He failed to disguise this desire from the back-and-forth chopping motion of his arm.
Uraraka starred starry-eyed at the Gundam more-or-less because of how it flew so fast and gracefully through space, something she wished she could do. Ina Gundam, of course, not actually by herself, as she momentarily shuddered and gagged at the thought of suffocating in the cold vacuum of space.
"But manning a Gundam at that speed is rough and can kill a pilot who hasn't been trained," Boomstick pointed out.
"Much like the Arwings from Fox's videos," Momo mentioned.
"Epyon's pilot is the legendary warrior and Treize's closest friend, Zechs Marquise, the Lightning Count," Wiz revealed.
ZECHS MERQUISE
Pilot
Code names: Lightning Count, Wind
Age: 20
Height: 6'1" / 104 cm
Weight: 168 lbs. / 76 kg
True Identity: Milliardo Peacecraft
Valedictorian of Lake Victoria Military Academy
Ranks: OZ Colonel, Romefeller Count, White Fang Commander in Chief
"Commander of the OZ special forces, valedictorian of a prestigious military academy, and sole pilot of the unstable Gundam prototype," Wiz continued introducing Zechs.
"How does the Wizard of Oz come into this now?! Anime seriously confuses me," Boomstick questioned and whined.
Momo responds to Boomstick's question with the most appropriate response: Face-palming.
"Well, regardless, Zechs is a true warrior." Boomstick continued.
"I am a true soldier," Zechs declared.
"Oh, look, an echo," Boomstick joked.
"Despite this, he could not handle the politics of war," Wiz pointed out. "After Treize staged a coup, which spiraled out of control, Zechs stumbled through the ensuing chaos like a lost pup, always ending up fighting for the wrong cause by complete accident. Whoops."
Hawks frowned, his fists unknowingly clenching till they cracked. He recalled all his life how that statement, fighting for the wrong cause, hit far too close to home for him and others. The newest assassin, infiltrator, and poster boy for a corrupt organization, that only cared about its public image, a group of psychopathic Villains, led by a man who only hungered for destruction, that now led an army of fanatics, and he had to suck up and prove himself to them to maintain the charade by endangering the life of Best Jeanist, spying on the HPSC for them and in turn spying on them for the Heroes. What was worse was getting to know and befriend Twice, Jin, a truly nice guy underneath all the Villainy, a friend truthfully, who just had the misfortune of stumbling onto this life by no true fault of his own. And Hawks had to smile and deceive the poor man to inevitably stab him in the back, as per his orders.
And now, after his talk with Nezu, learning about his predecessor in the HPSC, Lady Nagant, and how she could have possibly been innocent and made to be the Commission's toy, made to endure their orders and then disposed like a scapegoat when she no longer was of use to them, Hawks's hatred for the Commission only grew, as did his resentment and bitterness. He didn't feel as free as he wanted to be. he felt like a bird locked in a cage, handed down to play from one despicable person to the next.
Hawks looked down at the students, specifically his sort-of protege, Tokoyami, and his Dark Shadow. Hawks smiled softly, hoping Tokoyami never has to be his successor in all things and that what he and Nezu hope to plan will ensure no one else will have to suffer the Commission's cruel games again.
"I don't understand! Why am I still so... spineless?" Zechs lamented in shame.
"Oh, I have an awesome giant Gundam that everyone needs to do awesome stuff! Poor me..." Boomstick mockingly wailed.
"I don't think possessing a giant robot means his struggles between loyalty toward a friend and his morals are invalid," Uraraka pouted, angrily.
"But...PLOT TWIST: Zechs has been hiding a secret identity," Wiz exclaimed. "He is, in fact, Milliardo Peacecraft, the long-lost heir to the throne of the pacifist Saint Kingdom. Yes, the Peacecrafts literally craft peace."
"Bit on the nose with the name there, I'll say," Honenuki muttered.
"Says the one guy that doesn't have a nose," Kuroiro pointed out.
"OOOOHHHHH!" Kosei and Sen exclaimed, the former placing his hands over his cheeks exaggeratingly.
Juzo touched the two slits that technically passed as a nose on his skull-like face. "Walked right into that one," He muttered, admittingly.
"At first, the only one who knew Zech's true identity was his slap-happy admirer, Noin," Boomstick introduced Zech's love interest.
Steam shot out of Mineta's nose at the sight of the beautiful woman. But before the purple perv could even say a word, a black tendril covered his mouth, muffling the short kid's perverted words and exclamations.
"You'd think a cheerful girlfriend who doesn't have blood on her hands would help Zechs lighten up a bit. But..."
"Don't go getting too attached, or parting will hurt," Zechs warned, sagely.
"But my soldiers aren't ever going to be killed in battle," Noin retorted.
The screen went black with only the words 'Exactly 1 minute, 10 seconds later'. Immediately as the screen regains color, explosions travel across the complex, killing her men, followed by Noin holding one of her men in her arms before he dies.
"Oh no," Pony covered her mouth, horrified by the deaths of those poor men and the sadness and pain of the woman who was responsible for them.
"Damn...he won't be hitting that for a while," Boomstick joked, half-heartedly.
Kyoka's face and mouth twitched erratically, before burying her face in her hands, letting out a loud muffled groan of exasperation and frustration. Momo patted her friend's back, sympathetically.
"Despite being a backstabbing, coup-staging terrorist, Treize Khushrenada apparently has some high sense of honor, and this is reflected in Epyon's arsenal," Wiz revealed.
"Trust is earned, respect is given, and loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one of those is to lose all three," Nezu quoted.
Unbeknownst to all, a certain flashy teen's perpetual smile suddenly dropped to a frown.
"Aside from two tiny Vulcan guns, Epyon was designed as a dueling suit, and lacks effective long-range weaponry," Boomstick explained further.
"That could prove difficult against the Tigerzord and its long-ranged fireballs, sonic roars, and the Phoenix Strike," Asui croaked.
"But that's okay, 'cause check out this sword!"
Epyon cut through four robots, two with each swing, separating them from the top halves before they exploded.
Kamakiri grinned like a madman at the awesome blade, and Aoyama perked up, recalling his work at perfecting a recent technique of his known as his 'Naval Saber'.
ARSENAL
Beam Sword
Epyon Claws
Epyon Shield
Heat Rod
Vulcan Guns
Search Eye
Epyon System
-Modified ZERO System
-Predicts outcomes in mid-battle
-Potentially harmful to the pilot
-Can cause hallucinations
"The Beam Sword is connected directly to Epyon's power source, which means its size and power can be increased on the fly," Boomstick lifted off the mecha's weapons. "Epyon also has a durable shield which houses a chain whip called the Heat Rod, that can be super-heated to slice through armor."
"The Heat Rod functions similarly to Ivy Valentine's sword, excluding the shield capabilities, and with the Beam Sword's ability to change its size, it would be effective in striking foes from afar or getting close to them securely and striking with deadly precision," Momo analyzed.
"But its greatest and most risky weapon is its onboard computer: the EPYON system," Wiz jumped in. "A modified Zoning & Emotional Range Omitted System. This directly links with the pilot's brain and aids him by constantly predicting outcomes and strategies in mid-battle. And unlike other ZERO systems, this modified version shows Zechs's opponent's face, as he's murdering them."
"Oh, that's right. For the nightmares," Boomstick stated as a matter of fact.
"While grim, it does match with Zech's and Khushrenada's senses of honor, to give their opponent the dignity of death by being known and seen rather than hide their actions behind a guise of anonymity or unawareness," Edgeshot figured.
"It gets worse," Wiz replied. "The EPYON system relies on Zechs ignoring all distractions, including his own drive to win. It predicts every possible outcome of the battle at hand and shares them with him. These include the outcomes where he loses, which take the form of hallucinations. If Zechs can't separate fact from fiction, these hallucinations may become reality."
'It's like Sir's Quirk,' All Might and Mirio shared the same thought about their friend/mentor's Quirk, Foresight. The comparison only grew stronger with All Might recalled how Nighteye's once 100% believed-to-be accurate Quirk had failed to predict the right future during Midoriya's battle with Overhaul, how the boy and the little girl literally shattered Nighteye's foreseen future and gave both Midoriya and All Might hope that the latter's own foretold demise could likewise be subverted.
"I suppose that makes sense for why it's not a flawless victory and he could still be defeated or overcome," Thirteen said.
STRENGTH
Held off 4 Gundams at once
Destroyed Barge
Undetectable by most scanners
Survived explosion of Libra station
Gundanium armor is several times stronger than titanium
Zechs defeated Colony 191 in under 1 minute
"But despite the danger, it's totally worth getting into Epyon's pilot seat, 'cause this giant robot is a born winner," Boomstick commented. "It's capable of holding four other Gundams at once, survive the heart of an exploding space station, and destroyed another giant space station with a single, awesome sword slice. Ha-Ha! Gundam powers, AWAY!"
"Yeah, that was awesome!" Kaminari exclaimed.
"I guess that means that Epyon's reactor has enough energy to allow for the Beam Sword to reach enough size and power to obliterate that space station and still operate effectively," Melissa concluded.
WEAKNESSES
Lost duel against Gundam Wing Zero
No powerful ranged weapons
Susceptible to beam cannons
Physically & mentally dangerous to pilot
Epyon System may cause hallucinations & loss of control
Zechs' obsession over Lucrezia Noin
"Of course, Epyon does have its fair share of weaknesses, and even though Zechs eventually overcame his turn to the dark side, nearly sacrificing his life for the greater good in the process, he never did quite become that perfect soldier he always wanted to be," Wiz stated.
"Take what you can get," Kirishima shrugged. "At least, he managed to redeem himself and that's quite Manly."
"But good news: he did eventually get in Noin's pants. Worth it!" Boomstick exclaimed.
"...Um, see?" Kirishima nervously chuckled.
"Just watch me! I'm gonna live right to the bitter end! I'll live the hard life of a warrior!" Zechs declared.
The thoughts of the group were split on Epyon. On the one hand, many respected the honor and struggles of Zechs, however, his emotional struggles led most to worry that it could be a detriment to his chances against the more emotionally stable Tommy. The size of Epyon compared to the Tigerzord and its larger, stronger transformation was also a concerning factor, balanced by mentions of Epyon's greater speed and Epyon system.
"Alright, the combatants are set!" Wiz declared. "Let's end this debate once and for all!"
"IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BAATTTTLLLLLEEEE...Robo-Style!" Boomstick roared.
As the video paused while the machine scanned for counterparts, the group voted for their preferred fighter.
Ultimately, those most notable who voted for the White Ranger and his Zord included Yui, her childhood crush on the White Ranger winning her vote, and Shinsou, who while he grumbled about Yui's affection for the White Ranger, realized voting against him would only be a net negative for him, and Setsuna and Izuku, the two's fondness for the Power Rangers only heightened by Tommy's affiliation with the Dino Thunder Rangers, but the latter also voted for the Ranger because of the similarity the Morphing Grid had to One For All and the Rangers all basically being teams of former Quirkless Heroes. All Might and Melissa shared Izuku's reasons for voting for the Power Ranger, with All Might respecting and admiring Tommy Oliver's iconic status and his later role as a mentor, while Melissa also loved the formerly Quirkless teens becoming these amazing Heroes and the technology behind their Zords, and seeing the support it got from his daughter and best friend, David Shield likewise voted in favor of the Tigerzord and its pilot. Itsuka voted for the Ranger's more martial arts-based combat and how it was reflected in the Megazord's mimicking his style, Eri voted simply because of how cool the Power Rangers and their Zords looked, and Shiozaki, partly because of how noble Tommy was and party to spite the treasonous commander and his 'god-like' mecha. Surprisingly, even Tokoyami voted for the Ranger. Despite being powered by the 'White Light of Goodness', Tokoyami and Dark Shadow were won over by Tommy and Saba's playful bantering and partnership mirroring their own.
As for the Epyon voters, the most notable included Hawks, who sympathized and related to Zechs's plight, finding that both he and the Lightning Count had their troubles when it came to the people they fought for. Uraraka voted for the more space-themed Gundam, the technology of the mech and its honorable dueling fighting style won over Momo, Power Loader, Iida, and Monoma. Kamakiri liked the more up-close-and-personal fighting style of the 6th Gundam, especially the changeable and deadly Beam Sword and Heat Rod, the flight, speed, and deadliness of the robot convinced Bakugou enough to vote for it, Mirio voted for the Gundam based on the Epyon system, and Kouta, who simply thought the Gundams looked cooler than the Zords. Finally, Aoyama also voted for Zechs and his mech, though when asked for his reasons, Aoyama hesitated. While the student would ultimately recover and say that it was because of the flashy style, honor, and weaponry of the Lightning Count and Epyon, Izuku frowned as he noticed the subtle yet apparent frown on Aoyama's usually smiling face.
Shockingly, Hatsume remained entirely neutral in the voting, unable to choose between the Gundam or the Zord.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART DETECTED!" The device finished its scanning with its new reverberating monotone voice. "TOMMY OLIVER AKA THE WHITE MORPHIN POWER RANGER! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: TOSHINORI YAGI AKA ALL MIGHT!"
"Wow, Toshi, who knew that our Symbol of Peace would be counterparts to the most famous and powerful Ranger of them all," David grinned, his tone not at all surprised but welcoming of the discovery.
"HA HA HA! I am honored to be the counterpart to this beacon of justice and goodness for all the generations!" All Might laughed, morphing himself momentarily into his buff state.
Funnily enough, knowing that Tommy Oliver's counterpart was All Might made it very much easier for Yui to finally let go of her crush on Tommy. It was no offense to All Might, the man in his muscular state was the wet dream for many women of their world, but Yui couldn't but feel disappointed that a certain someone wasn't her knight in shining armor.
That certain someone felt all his previous bitterness vanish and suddenly felt more chipper for some reason.
"MILLIARDO PEACECRAFT AKA ZECHS MARQUISE! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KEIGO TAKAMI AKA HAWKS!"
"Huh, so this is how it feels to find out about one of your counterparts firsthand. Neat," Hawks smiled, but it clearly did not reach his eyes from what Nezu saw. The rodent principal could see the connection between the two men clear as day and only hoped that with the talks between them, they could find a way to cut the Commission's strings over Keigo and ensure he truly works for the right cause faster than it took for Zechs.
"ADDITIONAL MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device spoke up again. "CONNOR MCKNIGHT AKA RED DINO RANGER! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: DENKI KAMINARI!"
"YES! That's Awesome!" Kaminari pumped his fist into the air, stoked that he had a counterpart who was a Power Ranger.
"Wait, I understand why it would be showing the counterparts for other Power Rangers, but why the Dino Thunder Rangers specifically?" Momo questioned, suspicious.
"Maybe because Tommy was also part of the Dino Thunder Rangers?" Izuku proposed an answer.
"But then, why not the Zeo, Turbo, or even the Mighty Morphing Rangers themselves given that we are talking about the White Ranger and his Zord?" Itsuka questioned further.
"MESSAGE RECEIVED!" The device spoke up, revealing and reading out the message from the one that everyone figured out instantly: Zayden. "JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A FUN!"
While short and nonchalant, many of the group did not immediately believe in the message or its sender. Most of them already picked up that nothing that Zayden did was for little reason nor without purpose. The girls were immediately reminded of the video from last night and the reasons why Zayden wanted them specifically to watch it. They figured out the common denominator between them all: Izuku. All ten of them had feelings for the verdant-haired teen and they could see why Zayden would want them to watch a video showcasing all of Izuku's feats and power, but then why not show it to the rest of the class, the class that included his best friends in Todoroki and Iida, his childhood friend, Bakugou, his semi-adopted daughter Eri, and Kouta who idolized Izuku like a Hero and semi-father figure, or any of the rest of Class 1-A that Izuku had formed friendships and bonds with?
But then there were the mysteries behind the video, the connection it implied between Izuku, All Might, Nana Shimura for some reason, and those other people that looked like spirits or ghosts, ones that Nana Shimura also looked like. There was also the weirdness of how Bakugou was shown to be using Izuku's Quirk, or something similar to it, how Izuku was able to float like Nana Shimura, as the video implied, the implication behind those multicolored stars, or Izuku's fight with Shigaraki that shouldn't have happened.
The only one of them that had an inkling of knowing was Setsuna. She knew that the stars and their connection between All Might and Izuku was One For All, she knew that Shimura and those ghosts were the Vestiges of the Quirk's past wielders, and how Izuku floating must be him unlocking Shimura's Quirk like he did with Black Whip. But the reason why Zayden wanted the ten of them to know any of this was what was lost to Setsuna. Or rather the answer she suspected she dreaded to think out loud.
'D-Does Zayden want for them to know about One For All?' Setsuna looked to the girls she had formed the Sisterhood with. 'Technically, my girls in 1-B are also honorary members, too, but Zayden excluded them, and the only reason could be because they didn't lov-like Izuku we do.' Even though she acknowledged her feelings for the boy, it still left her a blushing mess to say the L word. 'Anyway, I know about One For All, Zayden may have purposefully planned for me to know about One For All with those episodes he gave Izuku that made me sneak after him, but does he want me to tell the girls about One For All too?'
"ETHAN JAMES AKA BLUE DINO RANGER! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: EJIRO KIRISHIMA!"
"Manly!" Kirishima grinned, his arm hardening. "If I remember right, he had a cool power where he could harden his body like the face plate of a triceratops."
"That must be one of the reasons that connect the two of you," Tetsutetsu said, hardening his own arm as well, holding it up for a fist bump. "Nice, man! Lucky!"
"Thanks, man! Though I'm sure there's one world out there where the same is true for you, too," Kirishima fist-bumped the 1-B student.
"KIRA FORD AKA YELLOW DINO RANGER! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KYOKA JIRO!"
"What was that you said about you never wearing spandex, Jiro?" Mina's teasing face crept closer to Jiro's shocked face.
"Well, it does make sense, if you think about it," Izuku tapped his pencil against his chin in thought. "Both Kira and Jiro are fantastic singers that know the guitar, and Kira's Pterodactyl scream could be comparable to Jiro's Heartbeat Distortion blasts."
Izuku immediately shut his mouth when a finger jack was pointed at his face, the jack leading to a bright red-faced Jiro. "P-P-Please, G-Green, s-s-shut up!" Jiro stuttered, her blush only worsening after Izuku called her and her counterpart's singing 'fantastic'.
"TRENT FERNANDEZ AKA WHITE DINO RANGER! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
"Woah! That's Awesome, Greenie!" Setsuna's detached, floating head floated down to Izuku's with a wide grin. "You, my favorite fellow green hair, counterparts with one of my favorite Rangers?! I could just kiss you!"
Izuku's face went atomic red, the closeness and the statement in Setsuna's words nearly making him pass out.
"Careful there, Tokage! Don't want to make Jiro over there jealous, do ya?" Kaminari spoke out, a shit-eating grin on his face. "Don't both Trent and Kira end up hooking up by the end of the show?"
"SHUT UP, KAMINARI!" Jiro, Setsuna, and Izuku, all red-faced yelled at the hysterically laughing Kaminari.
Eri gazed at the three with stars in her eyes, incredibly giddy that another one of her Mamas was actually with her Papa in another world, like how her Mama Ocha's counterpart, Mary Jane Watson, was with her Papa's counterpart, Spider-Man.
All Might, meanwhile, grinned, happy to find that not only was his successor a Power Ranger in another life, but also a White Ranger, much like his counterpart was, and that both were on the same Ranger team. However, that last part was tempered a little by the reminder that this White Ranger also had the misfortune of being an evil brainwashed Ranger that his counterpart had to fight at one point.
"COMMANDERR TREIZE KHUSHRENADA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: RIKIYA YOTSUBASHI!"
At the sight of the long-nosed leader of the Meta Liberation Army, and now general of the Paranormal Liberation Front, Hawks narrowed his eyes. He thanked whatever god or multidimensional being or whatever there was that Nezu had activated those jamming towers all over U.A. to keep Skeptic from listening in. Hawks didn't want the upcoming War between the Villains and the Heroes to have been kickstarted early because of one of their leaders being compared to a traitorous, backstabbing, terrorist like he was.
"Yeah, clearly not as attractive," Mount Lady's face scrunched a bit at the personally unattractive man with his rather long nose and receding hairline.
"Uh, who is this guy?" Kaminari scratched his head. "He looks like he is about to start going 'PERRY THE PLATAPUS'!"
"The man is Rikiya Yotsubashi, the President and CEO of the Detnerat Company," David Shield said, eyes narrowing in suspicion. "His company produces support items for everyday lifestyles based on certain Quirks."
"Yeah, I've heard of the guy," Power Loader nodded. "Recently, they've been venturing into the Hero Support Industry."
"So, why is the President and CEO of this company suddenly the counterpart to a backstabbing terrorist?" Kosei asked the elephant in the room.
"I'm not sure," Momo replied, eyes dancing with memories of the past. "My father had me be a part of a meeting he had with the man when discussing some business between them. He seemed friendly and charming enough, if not for the weird look he had in his eyes when I showed him my Quirk. I was dismissed from the meeting but after it was done, my father warned me not to make any sort of contact with the man or his company, for whatever reason he would not say."
Nezu let out a sigh of relief he didn't know he was holding. If what Hawks said was true, this man was the leader of the Meta Liberation Army before he surrendered the army and his allegiance to the League of Villains. This was the man who had gathered and radicalized the country's worst Quirk extremists, supremacists, Quirkists, and victimized metamorphics under a banner of over 100,000 strong, all to overthrow the country under Destro's dogma.
While the freedom to use one's Quirk and a stop to the discrimination that metamorphics face isn't by itself a bad thing, Destro's words raised problematic ideas including the civilian use of Quirks without proper training or restraint which would result ultimately in unnecessary collateral damage and casualties, supremacist ideals that those with the strongest Quirks held more power and sway than supposedly weaker ones, and ostracization, and even implied genocide, of the 'ungifted' Quirkless. In the end, whatever good and progressivism Destro had once advocated was twisted, embittered, and had gone down a path of turning a once noble sentiment into a radicalized terrorist cell. And it was now under the control of a young man who wanted nothing more than the complete and total destruction of Hero Society if not society as a whole, the makings of a new threat even greater than Destro or All For One. And despite his misgivings with the Commissions, this was one evil he and the Heroes could not let rise.
The fact that this 'Re-Destro' had attempted to gain the support of Yaoyorozu's family and company was already worrying and made Nezu wonder just how far their influence spanned.
Ultimately, with no satisfying answers given, the group just let it slide, and continued, the device adhering to their wishes and unpausing the video.
The video began again in a barren, hill-covered area, the sounds of thundering footsteps and mechanical gears grinding as the camera moved. Finally, the large foot of the Tigerzord in warrior mode stopped its walk, the screen panning up to see the White Ranger standing atop the robot, holding Saba in hand, who in turn was controlling the Zord.
"Alright, Saba! Time for our weekly test run!" Tommy Oliver said to the talking blade, raising it overhead.
"Huh, so the two just brought out the Tigerzord for a test run?" Toru questioned.
"Of course!" Mei exclaimed, raising her head high in inventor pride. "Even if a baby works just fine, it's always important to test, manage, and care for it so that no complications may arise in the future."
"Honestly, if we didn't already know that she meant inventions I would swear she was talking about an actual baby," Kaminari whispered.
"Well, I guess you could say that she would make one hell of a mother," Mineta snickered perversely, a thought bubble conjuring up of the girl with a-
Before the cloud could fully manifest his perverted fantasy, it was overtaken by the glaring, shadowy, bioelectrical form of one Izuku Midoriya, the imaginary student also equipped with devil horns. "I hope you aren't thinking of something gross and perverted, right, Minoru?" The imagined Deku growled out before the thought bubble popped and revealed the same glaring green-haired teen, minus the devil horns.
"No, no, no, no! All good! All respectful and non-mature rated!" Mineta laughed nervously, beads of sweat comically running down his face.
"Excellent! Let's test the weapon systems!" Saba complied, the Zord's weapons humming to life.
"Just make sure the safety systems are on-" Just as the White Ranger said this, a fireball blasted from the Tigerzord's chest as the Zord fell onto its rear.
"Probably should have said that earlier," Ochaco sweatdropped.
"In fairness, from what you told me that's how 90% of Hatsume's inventions end up doing," Asui croaked.
"Hey! That's not true!" Hatsume denied.
Ochaco and Tsuyu deadpanned and stared at the pink-haired inventor, silently.
"...Okay, maybe 85%," Hatsume relented, slumping in her seat.
"It's okay, Hatsume," Izuku patted the inventor's knees. "You're still just learning, we all are. I'm sure that you and your babies will be amazing in the future. Not that they aren't already amazing right now."
"Yeah, pfft, learning," Power Loader muttered, a montage of explosions, ruined labs, and machine parts everywhere replaying in his mind.
Mei stared up surprised at Izuku with a blush on her cheeks. Immediately, this vanished into a wide, flashy grin. "Alright, that's it, Muscles!" Mei exclaimed, defying physics and leaning her face right in front of Midoriya's. "From now on, you can only call me Mei or Best Support Inventor Ever! No ifs, and's, or buts, you got me?!" 'Future Baby Momma will be saved for later.' Mei kept that last part to herself. "No more of this Hatsume, you hear me?! I won't repeat myself, again!"
"H-Hai!" Izuku exclaimed, blushing red at another close interaction with a girl he admittingly has feelings for. "B-But you've never told me to call you that before."
"Didn't I?" Hatsume blinked, absentmindedly trying to remember if she hadn't said that before. "Huh. Well, whatever, but still no Hatsume anymore, you hear?!"
"Hai!" Izuku exclaimed again, nodding his head frantically while minding not to accidentally slam his forehead onto the inventor.
"Safety systems activated," Saba said as the blast from the Tigerzord continued flying into the distance. "Um... that will... probably dissipate, right?"
"No," Iida shook his head.
"Nope," Ochaco sighed and sweatdropped.
"Probably not," Asui blankly said.
Elsewhere in the same area, Zechs stood alone, sighing as brooded atop a barren hill.
"Okay, now that I think about it, I'm not so sure I should be this guy's counterpart," Hawks raised his hand. "Brooding? Me? Everyone knows if anyone here is the brooding type it's Mr. Number 1 here or Ninja Boy."
Endeavor and Edgeshot glared at Hawks with the fury of a thousand suns.
Suddenly, a mech lowered from the sky, hovering nearby. "Zechs, what are you doing down there," Noin's voice projected from her mech.
"Hm, hello Noin. Just brooding over how I nearly destroyed the Earth..." Zechs said, his voice overflowing with moodiness and angst.
"Jesus, you can hear the emo angst in that voice," Miruko flexed her ears in emphasis. "You're right, Feather Boy, that does sound like Edgey's style more than yours."
"I hate you both, so very much," Edgeshot spat out.
"Aww! We love you, too, Edgey!" Hawks and Miruko exclaimed, hugging each other with one arm like a pair of siblings.
"That again?" Noin asked. "You've gotta lighten up, you grump!"
Zechs responded with another exaggerated sigh.
"Man, Tokoyami, are you sure you didn't infect your mentor with your 'Revelry in the Dark' vibes?" Sero teased the bird-headed teen.
While the class laughed, followed up by Hawks and Miruko, Tokoyami gave Sero a dirty glare, doing his best to not blush, especially when he overhead Reiko's hauntingly cute giggles.
"Well...how about we do that thing you're always asking about?" Noin's voice suddenly shifted to a suggestive, seductive tone. "You know, that thing that rhymes with your name?"
"Oooh! Things just got interesting!" Midnight grinned, eating a handful of popcorn.
"What is she talking about, Papa?" Eri asked, innocently.
Izuku sputtered and began choking on his drink.
"Um, nothing, Eri! Nothing at all!" Momo waved and shook her hands and head back and forth. "In fact, can you get me some napkins for your Papa real quick?"
"Sure Ma-Miss Momo!" Eri stopped herself before running toward the table full of snacks.
"Nice save there, Mama Momo," Mina teased, eliciting a burning blush all over Momo's and Izuku's faces, only making the latter sputter and cough even more.
"What? Really?" Zechs asked, excited.
"Pfft, he's like a puppy being given a treat," Setsuna snickered.
"Of course. I think it's finally time-" Just as Noin finished, the blast from the Tigerzord struck her mech, causing critical damage. Noin screamed as the mech and she exploded in a burst of flames.
Pony, Kinoko, and the kids exclaimed in horror.
"Noin? NOOO!" Zechs screamed.
"Well, I guess we know how they're going to fight now," Itsuka sweatdropped.
"Uncle Might!" Melissa admonished All Might.
"I-It was an accident?" Toshinori sputtered and defended himself against the admonishing glare of his niece, all the while David did his best not to laugh at his best friend.
Back over to the Tigerzord, the Ranger and the sentient blade waited atop the Tigerzord as the wind rolled over.
"...Eventually..." Saba spoke again with less assurance in his robotic voice.
"Huh. I think I'll drive," Tommy chuckled, the White Ranger jumping into the Tigerzord's cockpit.
Meanwhile, with Zechs, standing amongst the fiery ruins of Noin's mech, the Lightning Count wordlessly takes out a remote control and presses it. Immediately, Epyon flies and lands right behind him, its green eyes glowing in activation.
"Oh boy, he's pissed," Kosei said.
"Well, he lost the love of his life just as she said she wanted to the you-know-what," Kamakiri whispered that last part out to protect the two kids' ears. "Yeah, he's pissed alright."
The Tigerzord resumed its walk, this time with the White Ranger piloting it. Suddenly, it stopped in its tracks. "Warning! Bogey approaching fast! 200 meters!" Saba warned.
"Must be one of Zedd's!" The White Ranger groaned.
"Zero meters!" Saba exclaimed.
"Huh?" Tommy did a double take.
Just then, Epyon flew in, striking at the Tigerzord from behind, before landing on the ground.
"Wow, I almost forgot how fast that mech is," Sen blinked, joining the video's Tommy with how fast Epyon closed the distance.
"I'LL BREAK YOUR FACE!" Zechs roared in fury.
"Is it just me or do Zedd's goons keep getting smaller and angrier?" Tommy asked.
"And Them's fighting words!" Pony pouted.
"Yeah! Go, Epyon! Show Tommy the shroomtastic power of shorties!" Kinoko exclaimed.
"Can I be part of this?" Mineta nervously grinned.
"No!" The two yelled.
Mineta pouted and slumped depressed.
FIGHT!
Zechs lets out a roar-like shout as Epyon flies toward the Tigerzord at incredible speed. The Tigerzord blocks the first blow with its sword, only for Epyon to fly in from behind, striking the Tigerzord from behind with its beam sword. Epyon followed it up with a quick combo of three rapid slashes before delivering another, stronger slash, now floating in front of the Tigerzord.
"Just as they said, Epyon more than makes up for its lack of size with incredible speed," Ryukyu nodded, impressed. "If Oliver can't predict or counter it, then Epyon could slash through its defenses quickly."
"Whoa! He's quick for a little guy!" The White Ranger, inside the Tigerzord, exclaimed, Saba floating beside him.
"Stop messing around and start defending!" Saba admonished Tommy.
"Right! Time for action!" Tommy agreed.
The Tigerzord brought his sword back, its shoulder turned toward the rapidly approaching Gundam while charging up energy. As Epyon flew in front of it, the White Ranger yelled, "White Tiger, Sonic Boom!" The Tigerzord brought its chest forward to meet the 6th Gundam, unleashing a massive roar, the resulting shockwave sending Epyon backward, falling to the ground.
"Yep, that's definitely loud," Kyoka rubbed her ears a bit. "But that Sonic Boom can help keep some distance between the two."
"The only problem is the charge time," Shoji pointed out. "If Epyon can compensate for it by going faster, then the Tigerzord may not be able to keep him away before it delivers more damage."
"And that's assuming Zechs doesn't just back away just as the attack is powering up now that he's seen it," Ojiro added. "He'll likely be extra cautious."
"Alright Saba, I want the Tigerzord to follow my every move!" The White Ranger ordered the sword in his hand. The Ranger lifted Saba over his head, before swinging twice with a yell. The Tigerzord replicated his movements, defending against Epyon's beam sword. The two mechs began to swing their swords rapidly, keeping up with each other in a dance of blades.
"This is awesome!" Kamakiri exclaimed. "Good old-fashioned robo-sword fight!"
"This must be what the Ranger ability comparison was useful for," Nirengeki pointed out. "With the enhanced speed of a Ranger, it's helping the Tigerzord keep up with Epyon's speed."
The two swords ended in a clash, the two mechs pushing against one another's strength.
"You may be skilled, but you're too slow for Epyon!" Zechs declared inside his mech.
As he finished, Epyon ended the clash, flying backward.
"How's this?! Hyperspeed!" The White Ranger declared, the Tigerzord moving forward with an incredible burst of speed, punching the fleeing Gundam. Zechs exclaimed in pain as he was launched back, crashing to the ground on its front.
"Zechs attempt to gain distance from the Tigerzord, likely to form a plan of attack, but didn't account for the Tigerzord to have caught up with Hyperspeed," Momo analyzed the fight.
"And with the Zord's greater height and the enhanced strength of a Ranger, any blows from the Tigerzord could prove incredibly dangerous for Epyon," Iida nodded.
The Tigerzord stomped its foot in front of the downed mech. "Time to stamp out some evil!" Tommy exclaimed.
"Heh, he can quip just you like, Toshi," David chuckled.
"Ha Ha Ha! I suppose so, old friend!" All Might laughed, back to his muscled form. "Sometimes, we Heroes can do with a bit of humor to put ourselves as well as others at ease! Like Young Midoriya's counterpart, Spider-Man does-BLAH!" All Might debuffed, spitting out blood as he returned to his skinny form.
"A Pro Hero should also know when to not strain themselves needlessly to not cause injury!" Recovery Girl admonished the foolish Pro and whacked him over the head with her cane.
"What kind of nurse hits her own patients?" Toshinori exclaimed in response, shielding himself from her blows.
"The kind that won't take your suicidal turns to your buff state without admonishing!" Recovery Girl retorted.
The Tigerzord moved to stomp its foot downward on Epyon, but, in slow motion, Epyon flew out of the way, just in time. After retreating far enough away, Epyon fired its Vulcan guns at the Tigerzord while it flew back. The bullets stuck onto the Zord's hind legs with little to no effect, the Zord turning around to block more of the attacks.
"Unfortunately, Epyon's Vulcan guns don't appear to do much damage," Snipe tilted his hat.
"Huh. What, are you playing hard-to-get? Alright then. Go long!" The White Ranger chuckled; the Tigerzord began charging up power. "White Tiger Thunderbolt! FIRE!"
The fireball flew from the Tigerzord's chest and toward Epyon. The crimson-red Gundam activates its shield, a glowing green forcefield encasing it. As the fireball connected, the blast still knocked Epyon back.
"Clearly, the Tigerzord has the greater firepower if it can still affect the Gundam past its shields," Cementoss commented.
Inside Epyon, the EPYON system began beeping, flashing red lights all over Zechs. "The EPYON system indicates that you've shown your full arsenal," The Lightning Count commented.
"Wait, it can tell that?" Shihai questioned.
"Yeah, remember that the system can pretty much predict the future, so it must be able to tell that all of the Tigerzord's abilities were used," Awase replied.
"All the weapons in its Warrior Mode," Mei pointed out.
The Tigerzord began charging up once again. "FIRE!" The White Ranger roared as three more firebolts shot out of the white Zord, rapidly.
Epyon flew toward the Tigerzord, evading all two of the bolts gracefully. Just as it seemed like the third bolt managed to hit Epyon, the 6th Gundam appeared again, slashing at the Tigerzord's legs nearly instantly, damaging them heavily.
"He's slashing at his legs," Ibara said.
"As they say, the bigger they are, the harder they fall," Jurota adjusted his glasses.
Epyon flew upward toward the Tigerzord's head, ready to deliver the final blow. "You're finished!" Zechs declared.
Suddenly, before the Lightning Count could attack, the screen flashed completely white.
"Ah! The Light!" Dark Shadow exclaimed at the sudden white light.
"Gah! I agree with the talking shadow! What in the world was that?!" Monoma begrudgingly agreed with the 1-A student's Quirk, rubbing his eyes from the unpleasant flash.
"Was it perhaps the 'White Light of Goodness' being used as a counterattack?" Mount Lady questioned, putting air quotes on the power of the Ranger and Zord.
The wasteland came back, now shown in a sepia-tone color, Epyon's frozen mid-attack and the Tigerzord nowhere in sight.
"W-What?" Zechs exclaimed, confused, ceasing his attack and looking around.
"I second that, what?" Pixie Bob scratched her head at what was happening.
Epyon turned around to stare at a massive shadowed mech appearing over him, its arm raised, ready to strike with a gleam from its hand.
"What's that?!" Zechs questioned, alarmed.
"The Mega Tigerzord," Shinsou widened his eyes. "Did the White Ranger somehow transform the Zord into it?"
Yui smiled, pleased that Shinsou was able to make out the Megazord with just its shape.
The shadowed mech's arm and chest started glowing, the latter charging with electricity while the former with what looked like fiery energy. The sound of a bird screeching as well as a lion roaring was heard before the mech unleashed its attack.
"The Phoenix Strike," Yui gasped out.
The screen was completely white as Zechs let out a death scream.
"W-Wait, is that it?" Uraraka asked, fearful that her fighter lost.
"Is it?" Itsuka repeated the question, hoping her fighter somehow won already.
Then the wasteland gained color again, Epyon, intact and unharmed, back to hovering over the Tigerzord, still in its Warrior Mode.
"Excuse me?! What happened?!" Pixie Bob questioned, extremely confused.
"The Epyon System," Mirio answered. "It must have shown Zechs a vision of the future where he died getting destroyed by the Megazord's attack."
"But now he's vulnerable!" Ragdoll jumped in. "He's too busy dealing with the vision that he left himself open!"
"Quick Tommy! The circle on its chest! It must be a weak spot!" Saba pointed out.
"Right!" Tommy agreed.
"He's going to punch the reactor!" Pony exclaimed in fear.
Getting back up, the Tigerzord stepped back and prepared a punch. "WHITE RANGER TIGER POWER! WHITE RANGER-" The Tigerzord's fist moved with incredible speed, and then the theme cut abruptly as the Zord's punch landed with no effect.
"Pffft! AHAHAHAH!" Miruko burst out laughing at the anticlimactic ending to the punch.
"Oh, come on!" Sen threw his hand in the hand. "That's it?! What about that thing being his reactor?!"
"I think that was just added for flair," Melissa chuckled nervously. "And even if it was, I'd imagine that the reactor would be just as, if not more armored than the rest of its body for that exact purpose."
"Hmph. Don't get cocky," Zechs scoffed.
"What?! He didn't explode?!" Tommy Oliver exclaimed, shocked.
"Well, this defies all logic!" Saba complained.
"Now, it's the White Ranger that has left himself vulnerable," Edgeshot pointed out.
Epyon quickly flew away from the Tigerzord, lashing out the Heat Rod as it gripped the larger mech's leg. The Tigerzord fell over on its front, knocking the White Ranger and Saba down.
"Wh-Whoa! We're grounded!" Tommy exclaimed.
"Tommy! Call the Zords!" Saba advised.
"You got it!" The White Ranger agreed, picking Saba and raising him high. "I need Thunderzord Power! NOW!"
"He's calling the Zords," Shinsou stated. "Just as the vision foretold."
Dark clouds began to cover the sky, lightning striking around multiple times. With its sword raised high, the Tigerzord called upon the four other Zords. The Blue Pegasus Zord, the Green Griffin Zord, the Yellow Unicorn Zord, and the Red Phoenix Zord appeared in quick flashes. In a flash, now stood the Mega Tigerzord.
Hatsume salivated at the sight of the massive, powerful mech.
"Here we go!" Setsuna rubbed her hands, grinning excitedly.
"Oh shit," Zechs cursed.
The Mega Tigerzord charged toward Epyon, who tried to block the blow with the Heat Rod in shield mode but was knocked back by the incredible strength of the Megazord. Epyon was then grabbed mid tussle by the Mega Tigerzord, placing the mech on its feet while flipping over, before landing on the ground on top of it. Epyon was knocked upward, allowing the Mega Tigerzord to unleash a series of devastating punches over and over, before winding up and knocking it upward even further with an uppercut.
"Hold shit! That was awesome!" Kaminari exclaimed.
"Whose side are you on?!" Mineta wailed in anger.
"Hey, I can admit when a combo is cool," Kaminari defended himself.
"Those punches would definitely have done some heavy damage," Sato winced with every punch.
The Mega Tigerzord jumped after Epyon and flew above it, delivering a wicked dropkick, sending it back to the ground.
"Now that was a dropkick," Miruko, master of leg-based combat, approved, grinning wildly.
The Megazord then put both of its arms up into the air, charging up an energy ball, before hurling it downward. Epyon managed to regain control and avoided crashing into the ground. "No, not like this!" Zechs declared; Epyon turned to face the oncoming energy ball, morphing the heat rod into its shield form to block, the attack.
The Mega Tigerzord puts its arm up and begins charging up an attack. Zechs paused as the shadowy mech in his vision performed the same move, finally realizing the implication of his hallucination.
"Here it comes," Zechs predicted.
"Uh oh," Itsuka blinked, not liking where this was going.
Yui agreed, her normally stoic face morphing to one of anxious worry.
The Mega Tigerzord brought its fist down unleashing a giant energy beam. "I feel your love reflection!" The Gundam Wing White Reflection theme played as Epyon flew out of the way of the attack.
"Oh, there it is!" Awase exclaimed, almost shivering in delight at the theme.
"Oh no," Izuku paled, realizing what was about to happen.
"Routing all power to thrusters!" Zechs commanded as Epyon flew with a massive burst of speed to right behind the Mega Tigerzord by its head. "And now to the Beam Saber!" Epyon took out and raised its Beam Saber into the air, charging and sparking with red energy.
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes," Bakugou grinned, his eyes wide and hungry for blood.
"No, no, no, no, no, no!" Yui shook her head, her worry turned to fear.
"For... NOOOOOIIIN!" Zechs roared out with all his soul.
"UGH! NO!" The White Ranger shouted.
"SON OF A BIIIIII-" Saba exclaimed before a single slash cut the screen to dark.
The color came back as both Epyon and the Mega Tigerzord landed, the former in a pose and the latter sparking, reaching critical condition before finally overloading its connection to the Morphing Grid. The top half begins to slide off the bottom half, before exploding in a bright flash of white, shadowing Epyon.
"GYYAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" The White Ranger screamed out.
As the explosion died, Epyon stood triumphant while all that remained of the Mega Tigerzord was its bottom half.
KO!
"NO!" Yui wailed, falling to her knees and slumping in defeat. The rest of the White Ranger voters joined her in exclaims of defeat, cursing, or disappointed sighs.
"YES!" Bakugou roared in victory, joined by some of the Epyon voters, though most either clapped respectfully, the fact that this version of Tommy Oliver, simulated or not, was destroyed hampering a bit of their cheer.
Zordon is crying over the death of the White Ranger, the Command Center filling with tears, while Zechs is by Noin's mech crying over her death with a puddle of tears below him.
"Ow! My childhood!" Boomstick whined.
"He won, but at what cost?" Momo gasped dramatically, hand over heart as she sympathized with Zechs's grief over his lover.
"You're making this sound like a damn romance novel," Jiro rolled her eyes, yet smirked at her friend's antics.
Shinsou sighed before realizing that Yui looked comically devastated, a cloud of depression covering her. Sighing once more, unable to believe he was actually doing this, he got up and knelt on one knee next to Yui. Putting a hand on her shoulder, the normally silent girl looked up at Shinsou who did his best to look as sympathetic as he could with his tired face.
"I-It's okay. Tommy fought well and almost won," Shinsou said, looking almost uncomfortable with his own words. "Though remember that this Tommy was just a simulation, so the real Tommy Oliver is still out there, somewhere, and I'm sure he is still kicking evil butt as always."
Yui stared wide-eyed and mouth agape at the indigo-haired student. "T-That sounded better in my head," Shinsou groaned, embarrassment crashing down on him. "S-Sorry, I just wanted to-" Shinsou began to move his hand away from Yui's shoulder.
"No, no, i-it's okay," Yui stopped his hand with her own, gripping it lightly. Shinsou's tired eyes widened and looked at Yui, the girl smiling warmly at him. "It sounded...cool. Thank you."
A red blush came over Shinsou's face as he regained his senses. Coughing and sputtering, Shinsou gazed away and replied with "U-Um, yeah...you're welcome...cool..."
"Yeah...cool..." Yui gazed away too; a light blush painted on her cheeks.
As they got back to their seats, they did their best to ignore the wide eyes and teasing grins, especially from the likes of Setsuna's, Mina's, Toru's, and even Izuku's happy smile. They both thought their friends were so mushy and irritating, but they couldn't deny they loved them for it.
"This was a surprisingly close call," Wiz noted. "At first glance, The Tigerzord towers over Epyon and is fast enough to keep up with it. Yet Epyon destroyed Barge, a 26,000-foot-long space fortress with one sword swing, just one! There's no doubt that a few swings like that were enough to overload Tigerzord's connection to the Morphing Grid."
"I mean, this goofy-looking skeleton dude did it, so I imagine a giant laser sword wielded by a devil robot could do it too," Boomstick pointed out.
"Also, Zechs is a far more experienced and properly trained warrior, unlike Tommy, who was drafted in the middle of high school," Wiz explained.
"Ah, yes, experience," Nezu smiled. "While Zechs has been trained his entire life as a soldier and a pilot for Gundam, Tommy Oliver had only months if not a year or two of experience as a Ranger."
"But the Tigerzord wasn't helpless," Wiz pointed out. "Its Megazord Form even duped the Epyon System for a moment, but unfortunately for our favorite White Ranger, Epyon is an ever-evolving dueling machine."
"Stupid future-predicting robot...and its REALLY fucking sweet sword! Gundamnit!" Boomstick punned.
"Ooh, that's a good one!" Mirio exclaimed, writing that down in his 'Comedy Gold' notebook.
"Oh, sweet Jesus, No!" Nejire groaned, shaking her head in her hands.
"The winner is the Gundam Epyon," Wiz announced.
Claps sounded for the match while hands shook and bet money was given.
"Well, it sucks that Tommy lost, but it's nice to know that out there some of us are Rangers," Izuku smiled, happy to know that he had a Ranger counterpart in Trent Fernandez. His cheeks blushed when he remembered that Jiro's counterpart was Kira Ford, who liked the White Dino Ranger and were seemingly a couple by the end of the show. With this and remembering that his Spider-Man counterpart was also with Uraraka's counterpart, Mary Jane Watson, Izuku felt glad that his counterparts found peace and love with one of the girls, and it brought him hope that he could face the music a figure out what to do with his own feelings.
Meanwhile, Setsuna stared at Izuku as she once more pondered what Zayden wanted from her and the girls. Her loyalties to Izuku and the girls tugged at her from both ends and not even her Quirk could spare her from this dilemma. That was until she had an epiphany. 'Maybe...Maybe I don't need to choose. Maybe the point isn't for me to tell the girls about Izuku and One For All, but for them to find it, either on their own or-' Setsuna looked toward the man himself as he wrote in his notebook. 'Or by Izuku, himself.'
It occurred to her that she and the girls made a pact to keep the information of the video from the class as Zayden wanted, but never in that agreement did she say not to tell Izuku about it. Every one of them was focused on figuring out Izuku's secrets they didn't bother to remind themselves that they couldn't go to the man himself. Sure, maybe it was obvious that they wouldn't because they thought Izuku would keep the secrets to himself if confronted, but then they didn't know one of them already knew his secrets and could talk with him.
'I won't rat out Izuku's secrets, he put his faith in me and I won't break it, but that doesn't mean I can't ask him to tell it to them instead,' Setsuna decided. 'Maybe this is what Zayden wanted, for me to ask Izuku to tell the others and maybe get closer to him by proxy? For him to be...with us?' Setsuna hoped perhaps that was the case, even if it meant she had a multidimensional being playing matchmaker with all of them.
As she mentally decided this, the device continued with the teaser for the next fight.
"Next time on Death Battle," Boomstick began the teaser.
Dramatic music began playing, rising with every scene as the two latest combatants were shown. One was a short and spiky black-haired man, his muscular body in a white Gi, with a red belt around his waist, a red bandana wrapped tightly around his forehead, and red martial arts gloves on his hands. The man was shown in a monotone background, with leaves blowing in the wind, fighting with another person as stylized lines and stripes followed his movements.
The other Kombatant was first revealed teleporting out of a pillar of flame, the yellow and black-garbed ninja shown fighting Cryax in his human form, throwing a kunai connected by a rope and dragging the fellow ninja over to him, flames surrounding his person as he summoned it.
Chi and energy flowed around the white Gi man as his eyes glowed white, while the yellow and black ninja removed his hood and mask to reveal a flaming skull for a head. The teaser ended with the two staring off against each other.
Ryu vs Scorpion
"Woah," Ojiro could only say, amazed by both fighters, most especially the man in the white Gi.
"Revelry in the Dark," Tokoyami, Kuroiro, and Reiko said at once as they saw the flaming skull-headed ninja.
Shoto and Endeavor narrowed their eyes at the fire that bathed the ninja.
"Well, I'd imagine that all of us are antsy to see what this fight with hold," Nezu clapped his paws. "Miss Hatsume, if you please?"
Mei looked down at the bonds still tying her to her seat, bounding her arms to her side.
"Ah, yes, my apologies, I seemed to have forgotten that" Nezu apologized. "Miss Shield?"
Melissa nodded, and the rest got Mei out of her bonds, with reassurances she wouldn't try to tackle the device for blueprints for the Zords or Gundams, the blonde inventor pressed the play button.
Meanwhile, at Tartaros Prison...
"I know I'm not telling you anything new but indulge me."
Detective Tsukauchi walked down the dark, bleak halls of Tartaros Prison. The detective has been here many times over the years of his career, recently he's been here quite a while, but every time he does come, the results are always the same. The walls, the floor, the ceiling, and most of the halls of the prison were the same cold dark grey metal that seemed to suck the very life and joy out of anyone and everyone that walked its grounds. Whenever you step into Tartaros, whether as a worker or a prisoner, Tartaros lived up to its namesake, the Pit of Damnation, the section of the Underworld made to house and punish the damned for all eternity, a prison of monsters.
It left Tsukauchi no doubt about how the employees of Tartaros seemed almost every bit as miserable as the prisoners that housed it, or how its Warden, Shishikura, was such a cold and authoritative man, you had to handle working in this place and in this place that housed the worst monsters of Hero Society, you had to be a bigger monster to keep them in line. This was truly the closest to Hell on Earth.
Today, however, Tsukauchi felt extra sapped of whatever joy lingered in his soul. Dressed in a black and white suit, the detective had bags under his tired eyes as he spent the past few days without any bit of sleep, checking, double checking, and checking five times after that to make sure what he was about to tell his guests was the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Even if hurts.
The visitors he was escorting weren't any better than him. Shouta Aizawa, The Erasure Hero: Eraserhead, and Hizashi Yamada, the Voice Hero: Present Mic. Tsukauchi didn't have to look behind him to know there was nothing to erase the clear dread the two men faced the more they walked down the halls, or how deafening every step they took was.
Sweat poured down the Voice Hero's brow, the man constantly trying to close his eyes and reopen them over and over, as if to wake from a nightmare ever worsening, his shoulders slumping at the weight that was crushing him and his friend.
And his friend, perhaps looked even worse. The Underground Hero's tired eyes looked downright devoid of anything other than dread, fear, and, above all, rage. His hands were paler than usual as they clenched so hard Yamada thought they were going to spill blood.
"Nomus are humans whose bodies are radically bioengineered to house multiple Quirks; however...they're not living humans," Tsukauchi paused in his words, knowing the pain this was inflicting on both of the Heroes, but he needed to say it as bluntly as he could, otherwise what was about to say was about to confirm into stone for them would be too much. "From their brains to their hearts, they are messed up."
"Nomu are puppets, marionettes with no will of their own," Gran Torino's voice greeted them before the darkness of the hall peeled away to find the short-statured, retired Hero, waiting for them grimly by the sealed door to their destination. "Or at least, that is what we believed."
Hood changed how they saw the Nomus. Ever since the one that first appeared in the USJ to the ones that attacked at Kamino Ward, everyone thought that Nomus were mindless servants of the League of Villains, pawns of All For One, with no will outside their orders. And then Hood showed up and attacked Endeavor and Hawks, this High-End Nomu, who thought for itself, who could strategize and adapt beyond the means of an ordinary, that could think and talk. And if there can be one as advanced and dangerous as Hood, there could be others. Like the one they were about to visit.
"Gran Torino, we skipped our classes to come here, skipped out on vital intel we could be getting, and left a friend behind to stew while we are here," Eraserhead's voice growled out. In truth, Eraserhead could care less about watching the videos of the device, he couldn't handle listening to it potentially call out his friend's name as that Villain without seeing it for himself. It did frustrate him that he had to miss out on important training with his students, but even he could understand that in the condition he was in, he would be more of a detriment to them than a help to them. And Kayama, Midnight, to have to willingly leave her behind and force her to wait around for the news they were getting, despite how important this meant to her, Aizawa would always remember this sacrifice of his former senpai, and forever curse the Warden and this prison for keeping her away.
Eraserhead raised his head to show the furious glare in his eyes that demanded no-nonsense, no beating around the bush. He wanted answers and the glare this man had showed he would tear the entire prison brick by brick to get it. "So, let's get to the point, shall we?"
Notes:
AAAAANNNNNDDDD SCENE! Ah, yes, I'm quite a bastard for ending that little epilogue right there just as I was sprinkling it in. But hey we have eight more chapters of this before the next interlude to sprinkle this side-content at the end of them, no use in spilling all the toppings in one go.
But anyway, hope you guys loved this chapter, I know you guys have been hungering for it for a damn while and I tried my hardest to make sure it lived up to the expectations. I'm going to try and keep this as short as possible cause I have a lot to say for this end note and a limited amount of room.
Now, for the counterpart explanations I have to give a big shoutout to KGbeastboy as he was a big suggestion for most of the counterparts mentioned. Firstly, the Dino Thunder Rangers and why them specifically. Well, given that we have Setsuna Tokage, a big fan of dinosaurs, it only made sense to mention them specifically for that very reason, as well as the reasons Setsuna herself stated. For Trent, the White Dino Ranger as Izuku, both love to draw, one as a comic artist and the other in his Hero Notebooks, both have daddy issues, both of them absentee fathers one who was the main of the show and the other potentially in this story. For Kira and Jiro, both are guitarists and singers, they have similar tomboyish personalities, and Kira's feelings for Trent compare with Jiro's feelings for Izuku. Ethan and Connor were a little harder to place since none of the guys are particularly sports-focused or tech-savvy. Ethan's armor powers and sense of humor would make Kirishima a fitting choice, and Connor despite being the Red Ranger and leader wasn't always the brightest but was reliable when the chips were down, much like Kaminari. Plus, I am not above being biased over my favorite Power Rangers team.
Then we come to Tommy Oliver being All Might's counterpart. It's fairly obvious: the most famous and iconic Ranger of them and the World's Symbol of Peace, the Number 1 Hero of Japan, and the most iconic and famous Hero of this world, Tommy becoming a mentor to the Dino Thunder Rangers like All Might is to the U.A., especially Izuku, the connection to be made with both All Might and Izuku being White Rangers that were both brainwashed and I already pointed out how One For All and the Morphing Grid are rather similar. It just fits so well.
Next is Zechs and Hawks. Both are soldiers trained up by shady and corrupt people and misled and forced to work for the wrong causes, Hawks with the HPSC and Zechs under Treize. Both have secret backgrounds with Hawks's public identity as Keigo Takami and Zechs as Milliardo Peacecraft, and Epyon also had a hand in my choice of Hawks. The Gundam's wings and crimson red coloring matched perfectly with Hawks's wings, Epyon's use of blades with the Heat Rod and Beam Sword compared to Hawk's feather blades, and their speed and versatility matched well with each other. And then with Treize as Re-Destro, both are backstabbing terrorists that help start a war that shakes the foundations of their societies, both believe they are doing the right thing and even have a sense of honor despite their tactics and methods, and match well with Zechs working under Treize while Hawks is forced to work under Rikiya and Shigaraki as a spy.
Also, something that I'd like to mention is that I had a few characters see themselves as Power Rangers, and even specific Ranger colors like Momo thinking of Izuku as a Red Ranger. Well, this is a little nod to an idea that I had swimming in my brain that I wrote down, even some details for fun. It was a MHA/Power Rangers crossover, following a similar Dino Fury theme, called Primal Fury, where Izuku didn't get One For All and instead was recruited by Nezu, along with four others to become the Power Rangers. Of course, this isn't an actual story I'm making and is just something I wrote down for fun and wanted to share and reference in this chapter. If you want more details, like the Rangers, Zords, special weapons, or powers, ask for them in the comments.
Anyway, that's about it. Hope you guys liked the chapter, hopefully, the next one doesn't take as long, comment your counterpart predictions below, check my other stories here and on FFN if you want and haven't already, and I dedicate this chapter both to Jason David Frank, the best Ranger of them all, and to my abuelo, the greatest and only grandfather I had the pleasure of knowing who never failed to make me laugh.
This has been Zayden StormVoid, and I'll catch you all in the next chapter! See you later, Rangers!
DINO RANGERS WIN! POWER FROM WITHIN! VICTORY IS OURS, FOREVER MORE! POWER RANGERS DINO THUNDER!
Chapter 40: Ryu vs Scorpion
Summary:
The U.A. group bears witness to the ultimate Street Fight between fighting game mascots. Who will the mightiest Kombatant be? Let's find out. FIGHT!
Notes:
HEY HOWDY HEY! I AM YOUR GOOD OLE PAL, ZAYDEN STORMVOID, COMIN BACK AT YA WITH ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE!
P.S. Before we start, I was informed that we had lost another great pillar of pop culture: Akira Toriyama, the manga writer and creator of Dragon Ball. That's right, we've lost the man who gave us one of the most influential and popular anime of all time and gave us decades of Kamehameha's and spiky-haired monkey men changing their hair color by screaming. Rest In Peace, Toriyama, I'm sure King Yemma already booked you the VIP journey to Heaven.
Last time, we had the Mecha Robo beatdown between Tommy Oliver, The White Ranger, and his mighty Tigerzord against Zechs the Lightning Count, and his trusty Gundam, Epyon. We had Yui going gaga for Power Rangers and Gundams, Shinsou and her getting a tad bit chummier with each other, Setsuna going gaga for the Dino Thunder Rangers, and her loyalties between the girls and Izuku being tested on whether or not she should reveal the truth about One For All. Midnight ponders over whether Shirakumo can be brought back to them fully. At the same time, Eraser and Mic visit Tartaros to see their old kind-of-dead friend, Hawks struggles with his inner demons on having to be the puppet and tool of evil forces, and Mei spent the entirety of the video chained up to prevent an unfortunate end of the device over mecha thirst.
Now, we come to Ryu vs Scorpion, two of the most popular fighting game mascots of all time, and see which of these Fighters is the Ultimate Kombatant.
But first, the Index:
"Zayden," -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden,' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden," -Wiz Dialogue
"Zayden," -Boomstick, Buff Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden," Device, Fight, and Kombatant Dialogue
And finally, I do not own My Hero Academia, property of Horikoshi and adapted by Bones Studios, and I do not own Death Battle, which belongs to the YouTube channel of the same name, and Roosterteeth...or rather did, because, apparently, Roosterteeth is also shutting down. And while I have no idea of the status of Death Battle's continued existence and its property rights, I do know that all franchises mentioned in past, present, or future chapters all belong to their respective companies, such as Netherrealm for Mortal Kombat and Capcom for Street Fighter.
P.P.S. Recently, a YouTuber by the name of Chronos Recom reached out to me and asked if they could basically summarize and tell one of my stories, the 'My Hero Pokedamia' story, on YouTube. I gave him my permission to do so, 'cause why not, and just wanted to inform you guys that are fans of that story just in case. Go check him out while you're at it.
Now, Enough Talk! It's Time For A DEATH BAAAATTTTTLLLLLEEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
With a click of a button, the next video began to play.
"Two marquis warriors," Wiz began the intro. "Arcade rivals since the '90s, now facing off for true superiority."
"Oh, yeah, remember that Akuma vs Shang Tsung fight?" Nirengeki pointed out. "Wizard said that these universes of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat are considered fighting games, or at least in their universe."
"And quite the rival games, too," Jurota nodded. "This I believe is the third time that fighters from these universes are fighting one another."
"Indeed," Iida agreed. "That man in the Gi I believe was shown in Akuma's and M. Bison's analysis, while the yellow ninja appeared in the Mortal Kombat ones."
"Ryu, the wandering world warrior," Boomstick introduced the first fighter.
"And Scorpion, the ninja from Hell," Wiz introduced the second.
"Ninja from What?!" Ibara exclaimed, eyes wide and alarmed.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick," Boomstick introduced both of them.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle," Wiz finished the intro.
The first fighter looked to the group like the perfect image of a martial artist. The man was average-sized with a wide, muscular build, his frame clothed in a white Gi, the sides by the shoulder blades, and the bottom of his pants ripped up and shredded, giving an experienced aura to the fighter. At the same time, the front was loose and open enough to show the middle of his large pecs and a bare hint of his rock-hard abs. A black belt wrapped around his waist, his feet were bare, red fighting gloves covered his hand from the palm to the wrist, his fingers let out to breathe, and a red headband wrapped around his forehead. His hair was seen in different states and colors, from short, spiky brown that trailed down to spiky black that instead stuck more up. His face was also seen in various states from young and angular to a much older, squared, and chiseled appearance, with thick black eyebrows, that many of the guys would describe as 'giga-chad'. The response to that description was mainly exasperated eye rolls from most of the women, confused looks from Pony, Shoto, and Eri, to envy from a certain short-statured pervert who rubbed his rounder chin in disappointment.
Ryu
"Endlessly walking the earth and improving his fighting skill is the life of Ryu, the Japanese martial artist without a home," Wiz began, showing the Street Fighter display his point by hiking down an empty road with no shoes on his feet and a pack slung over his back.
"I suppose that title of Wandering World Warrior makes sense," Hagakure shrugged her barely noticeable shoulders.
Miruko grinned and nodded. While she could concede that not many would value or appreciate the nomadic lifestyle that Ryu preferred, Miruko approved of it and the desire to constantly improve upon one's fighting skills. Many knew of Miruko as the number 5 Pro Hero of Japan, but so do many gloss over that she is one of the few Pros that doesn't have an agency, and it only spoke volumes of her of how skilled and popular she was that she made it as far as she did in her Hero career, not that she would give a rat's ass about ranking or titles. What Miruko cared about was being a Hero, beating up bad guys, and not letting anything slow her down, including an agency or sidekicks.
As she didn't have the obligation to stay in one general area that came with an agency, Miruko was allowed to flourish and take her Hero duties to wherever she wished, taking up any case that she wanted, and with how strong and successful she had been, the Commission backed off. A benefit that Miruko saw with this was not just that her Heroism wouldn't be constrained to one general area, but that she would constantly test herself in memorizing and maneuvering through new areas, testing her limits by fighting newer, and, hopefully, stronger opponents, and improve on any faults she finds along the way. She could see a similar reasoning in Ryu's nomadic way of life and approved of it greatly.
'Actually, if I remember right, this is also the guy that helped defeat Bison,' Miruko recalled, remembering that Bison killed her counterpart's, Chun-Li's, father and that it was thanks to Ryu, and Akuma technically, that Bison was ultimately defeated. 'Guess that means I kind of owe him one for that.' Miruko's nose twitched, and her mouth morphed into a frown. She never liked the idea of owing someone. Just an idea popped into her head that made her grin in excitement. 'Maybe, if I find a way to meet him, maybe I can repay the debt with something the both of us might like: a fight.'
"But there's more to this karate hobo than meets the eye," Boomstick said.
BACKGROUND
Height: 5'9" / 175 cm
Weight: 150 lbs. / 68 kg
Birthday: July 21, 1964
Blood Type: O
Dislikes: Spiders, Wearing Shoes
Capable of sleeping anywhere
Has eyebrows so epic that they cannot be contained by his headband
"After being dumped on a doorstep by his douchebag parents, he was adopted by the mysterious Gouken," Boomstick revealed the warrior's sad backstory and the younger Ryu being carried by an old, balding, white-bearded man, who appeared in other scenes with long dark hair and beard instead. "From that moment on, Ryu dedicated his life to martial arts. Probably on some sort of parental vengeance quest."
Izuku's fist suddenly clenched hard enough for his bones to make a cracking noise. The silhouette of his father flashed in his mind, his face censored as, by now, Izuku had long since forgotten what he looked like. Both Inko and Izuku were clearly not fond enough of the man who abandoned them to leave behind a picture of him to keep around. Every picture they had of him was either discreetly thrown away or hidden deep in the recesses of their storage so that his very face would never plague their minds again. Izuku couldn't even remember the color of his biological father's slightly messy hair or the color of his eyes; it was a blessing for Deku that he took so much more after his mother.
Now, however, with these videos, the bitter reminder that he had a father who abandoned his mother and him, began rearing its ugly head into the forefront of his mind more and more, and he didn't like it. If there was anything that tested Izuku's anger more than the hidden bitterness of Kacchan's past actions or the cruel actions of villains, like AFO, Overhaul, and Shigaraki, it was Him.
But Izuku counted his blessings that he still had the best, most supportive mother he could ask for, and a mentor, who Izuku couldn't deny had become the father figure he never had.
Hearing the sounds of sniffles and grumbling, Izuku looked down to see Eri and Kouta likewise comparing themselves to Ryu, and not liking it. Izuku's rage was only matched by the sheer sadness he felt toward the two. Eri was likewise abandoned by her mother after she rewound her father out of existence and Overhaul robbed her of her grandfather, who was still in a coma to this day. Kouta had spent a long while sad, bitter, and angry that his parents were gone, mistaking the Water Hose duo for abandoning him to 'play Hero', and dying to Muscular as a result.
To see them so sad, Izuku quickly chose to forgo his sadness and anger and moved to act. Placing a hand on both of their shoulders, the two kids looked up at Izuku and met his sad, yet smiling, understanding face. Eri's eyes quickly watered, her frown rising back to her loving smile before burying her face into his chest. Kouta did better to try not to look sad, but his wetting eyes and quivering lip broke the facade, and he too slumped his head on Izuku's chest, while Izuku wrapped his arms around them.
'What a pair we three are,' Izuku almost let out a bitter chuckle, finding it fortuitous that he would grow so close to two others who had felt his pain, and how he could be there for them and know exactly what they needed. Even if it intimidated and embarrassed him at first, he ultimately resolved to be the father Eri needed, and an icon for Kouta, not knowing the boy was starting to see him like a father figure too. Regardless, Izuku would make sure these two never had to be alone ever again.
All Might gazed in pride at Midoriya for comforting the kids, wishing that Inko was here to see this and witness just what an amazing son she raised. Though, he realized two things. The first that this pride he felt was a fatherly kind of pride, only further cementing Izuku as the son he never had. In a way, he felt he was to Young Midoriya like what Gouken must have been to this Ryu, a mentor that ultimately became the closest thing to a father the man had. Toshinori felt increasingly okay with that.
The second, however, was that perhaps it was for the best that Inko wasn't here after all. He didn't want the entire gym to flood from her tears.
"He trained alongside his best friend and rival, Ken Masters," Wiz jumped back in, showing the Ryu training against a long, blonde-haired young man in a red Gi.
"Wow, he's pretty," Pony tilted her head, eyes sparkling and mouth slightly agape.
"Aww, does our little pony girl have a crush?" Setsuna cooed, a teasing grin nearing the now scarlet-faced girl.
Shoto grumbled, not sure why he felt suddenly bothered. He went back to thinking about his girlfriend, Camie, the mental image of her beautiful smiling face, which often borderlined on seductive, easing the displeasing feelings, emphasized by his softening features.
"Gouken taught them the Ansatsuken or Assassin's Fist fighting style," Wiz revealed the three's infamous fighting style. "But the name is actually a bit misleading."
"Oh, gee, I wonder what part of the name might be misleading?" Hawks drawled out sarcastically with a humored smirk.
"While originally designed as a means to murder, Gouken's personal take on the Ansatsuken is based around Karate, Kenpo, Judo, and NOT killing people," Wiz explained the technicalities, displaying Gouken training Ryu, the old master's uppercut stopped right on his student's chin, the two laughing at the thrill of learning and teaching together.
The teachers nodded their heads in approval of the old master and his teaching methods. Vlad King cracked a smile as he saw Gouken and Ryu laughing together, memories of his time training students in the past and Class 1-B now giving soft warm feelings in his chest he could best describe as fondness and pride. Vlad felt quite guilty and sad for Aizawa that he wasn't here to feel the same thing for his students, even if the insomniac grump would forever deny it.
"Unlike the ways of his violent brother, Akuma, who, ultimately, would prove to be his undoing," Wiz pointed out.
"Oh yeah, he can fingerpaint," Boomstick joked morbidly as a shot played of Ryu staring in horror at the sight of his master's beaten, bloody body slumped against the wall, the dojo's once sacredly clean walls now defiled by the symbol of Akuma, painted in Gouken's blood.
"Oh, right, I forgot about that," Mount Lady grumbled, still gazing at Akuma and his actions with disgust.
"Still, to do something like this to your own brother. Despicable," Ryukyu let out a dragon-like growl.
Endeavor flinched in discomfort at the memory of Touya attempting to harm Baby Shoto in their mother's arms with that manic, desperate, hateful look. He almost sighed in relief that he kept Shoto away from Touya, or that Shoto didn't have the misfortune of knowing his elder brother hated him like that, only to remember that it likewise separated his youngest son from Fuyumi and Natsuo and was only the tip of the iceberg that was his crimes and acts that tore his family apart.
"Hold on a second, didn't Boomstick already make that joke back in the Akuma portion of his video?" Monoma raised a critical eyebrow. "Lazy much."
"Hold on a moment, didn't I already make that joke before?" Boomstick muttered, absentmindedly.
"Okay, again, I can't decide who is more clearly Boomstick: Pompous, or Explodey?" Setsuna shrugged and gestured to both Monoma and Bakugou.
"Hey!" Both Bakugou and Monoma exclaimed in offense, only further causing the students to burst out laughing.
ANSATSUKEN
Fighting Style
Shoryuken
-"Rising Dragon Fist"
-Generally, Ryu's most powerful technique
Hadoken
-"Wave Motion Fist"
-Contrary to popular belief, not actually composed of fire
Tatsumaki Senpukyaku
-"Tornado Whirlwind Leg"
-Can safely pass over many projectile attacks
Joudan Sokutogeri
-Forceful enough to bounce opponents off walls
"Well, the Assassin's Fist isn't your average McDojo style," Boomstick began listing Ryu's iconic move set. "His Ryu Shoryuken is an uppercut so powerful it launches his victims sky high."
Even after seeing the iconic move in action for the first time in Akuma vs Shang Tsung, sparkles of amazement and inspiration flashed in the eyes of Itsuka, Izuku, and Rin. The first of the three practically memorized everything Ryu did, the way he moved, the way he fought, the very way he breathed. To her, this man already stood at the pinnacle of martial arts by the masterful, powerful way he struck at his foes; she couldn't help but feel in awe of him. The 1-B president looked at her hand and flexed her fingers, a new goal solidified in her mind to learn all she could and master this move as her own.
She wasn't far behind in her desire to learn from the Wandering World Warrior. Rin thought the same, if not a little biased by how the Shoryuken's translated name fit with his aesthetic and Quirk. He wondered if perhaps he could implement it into his own move set, adapt and enhance it with his dragon scales for defense, and get in close to pull off the attack.
Izuku's fingers were a blur as he memorized every action and move of Ryu's arsenal, a sudden draw pulling him toward the Street Fighter in an avid mix of awe and familiarity. He too wondered if he could learn the Rising Dragon Fist, but paled at how devastating it might be combined with his Quirk. An uppercut to the jaw could kill a man if powerful enough, an uppercut empowered by One For All, even at his lowest percentage could smash a man's jaw to pieces. And yet, the draw continued pulling at him, and his mind recalled Gouken's way of non-lethal action.
'Every skill, technique, and power can kill if honed and strong enough, but the truest form of mastery is to know the limits, know the cost, and control it fearlessly,' Izuku thought to himself, remembering how he almost killed Shigaraki in their first encounter, striking with full 100%. Even if it was to save Asui, he nearly killed a person that day because he didn't understand his limits and didn't master his restraint. Now, he did, he unlocked Full Cowling, knew the consequences if he went too far, and swore to never do so unless absolutely necessary.
If he could do so with One For All, why not this as well?
"The Hadoken uses a fighter's willpower to fire a blast of energy and destroy evil things, like...waterfalls," Boomstick declared the last bit dramatically, Ryu was shown firing the blue, sometimes red, ball of energy and cutting through a waterfall and ceasing the flow from passing.
"And... physics?" Wiz said, his tone full of confusion as he saw the inconceivable feat.
"That looks so cool!" Kouta gazed in awe at another of Ryu's iconic moves, the child-like desire to mimic the attack bursting within him.
"That's another ability that is also similar to Akuma's," Izuku pulled out the notebook containing Akuma's abilities. "Except Akuma's were called the Gou Hadoken and he could control it more precisely and fire it off faster than Ryu. It must be some advanced or corrupted version that Akuma mastered."
"Ooh! I'd like to see if I could do that with my Quirk, too!" Nejire chirped up, excited. "I usually only fire my Waves in short blasts, all around me, or in longer-lasting beams. Maybe I can gather it up into a ball like a Hadoken? Hey, ZuZu, do you think we can both try in our training session?! Maybe we can even see if you can use that lightning around you like a projectile!"
Izuku blinked, only now remembering when Nejire asked that last part back in Mario vs Sonic. He still didn't know if it was even possible for him to use his green bioelectricity like a projectile, he felt that the last attack on Overhaul that Nejire mentioned was simply a byproduct of Eri's Rewind Quirk. Besides, he already had a projectile move in his Air Force technique and, technically, Black Whip, but it wouldn't hurt to try and expand on his long-range capabilities.
"Sure! Sounds like a plan, Nejire-san!" Izuku smiled, wide and brightly. Nejire's heart almost exploded out of her chest at how cute Izuku's smile was, as usual, but him finally calling her by her first name without issue, and with the added 'san', was almost too much for the periwinkle fairy.
Mineta's ears perked up, almost comically enlarging as he leaned into the conversation. Jealousy and bitterness once more coursed within him that, despite the verdant-haired teen being his friend, the unintentional Cassanova could snag a beauty like Hado without much effort, much less the rest of the girls he knew must like Midoriya as well as those he suspected. He was even going to have a training session with 10 girls, all by himself!
However, knowing that they were going to have a private training session maybe he could...check up on them. 'To make sure nothing inappropriate happens,' Mineta gaslit himself into believing he wasn't doing it to snag a look of any 'action' that did happen at least and maybe join in at best.
Kaminari looked at Mineta and immediately knew nothing good was cooking up in the pervert's brain. Yeah, he was a pervert himself, he could admit that, and did eavesdrop on Nejire's and Izuku's conversation with interest, but even he knew that interrupting or spying on them was a bad idea. Not only would it be risking Midoriya's wrath, which he thought Mineta would have been wary enough about given previous acts of 'discipline' unleashed on the purple perve, but also of all the girls that were tighter than ever. Plus, as much as he was a bit of perve, he also respected the Bro Code, and if all those girls wanted to hook up with Midoriya, whilst jealous-inducing, he had to respect that and back off. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like his pervert in crime ever got the memo.
Kaminari looked over at Bakugou, Todoroki, and the others, pondering if perhaps he needs to take this concern to them and help a fellow bro out before the purple perve cock-blocks their resident cinnamon roll. Oh, yeah, and save Mineta from an early grave.
"And, finally, the Tatsu, uuuh...Tatsu...maki...senpuu..."
"Tatsumaki Senpukyaku," Wiz cut through Boomstick's confused attempt with flawless pronunciation.
"I HAD IT!" Boomstick yelled while Ryu flew like a top in the air, striking at any unfortunate to be in his flight path. "Anyway, the thing I totally know how to pronounce gives the finger to gravity and lets him briefly fly around like some human helicopter-kicking machine."
"Ah, yes, I do recall this as another technique that Akuma uses," Iida mentioned. "It pleases me to know that such a technique can be used for good. I strive to incorporate such diligence and training in my own life as a Hero."
Iida was made unaware of Setsuna rolling her eyes and mockingly imitating Iida's mannerisms and words with added comedic flair. Pony had to cover her mouth to contain her giggles.
"Oh, that reminds me! How are you handling the move yourself, Iida?" Izuku asked, remembering that Iida wished to add the move to his arsenal. "Were my notes helpful?"
"Your notes were amazingly put, Midoriya, and have been of great help with not just the move, but also in my mid-air adaptation and maneuvering!" Iida exclaimed, still unaware of Setsuna's copying his stiff, robot-like arm movements. "Your analysis and note-taking skills are to be praised!"
"Hehe, thanks, Iida," Izuku scratched the embarrassed blush on his cheek. "Though, I can't take all the credit." Izuku looked over to Kyoka. "I had quite the help."
Jiro blushed at the intended praise Midoriya was giving to her, memories of their time working over their notes coming back to her. In preparation for the School Festival, she had asked Izuku to help her take better notes of her music to better teach their class's band for their concert, and she figured who was the best person to help her than the guy who made encyclopedias worth of Hero notes, Quirks, and Support Items. Izuku agreed to help, which led to several nights of the two of them looking over her notes, better organizing them, and giving out helpful hints on how to take such notes just as efficiently and coherently in the future. It was these hangouts between the two, ones where they consequently became closer, that Jiro first started developing her feelings for Izuku and his selfless, heroic, and helpful nature.
It was only now, in her remembrance, that she realized that she wasn't the only one who was getting help. She suddenly remembered quotes Izuku said that flew over her head while she stared at Izuku in a blushing daze, how he realized his own notes may be a bit messy too, how this bit of self-reflection and her own ideas and points would help improve on his Hero notes. She remembered how he thanked her with that charming, bright smile of his. Kyoka thought it was just Izuku being modest, but now she fully realized just how much he valued her contributions to him.
Struggling to contain the wetness in her eyes, she gave Izuku a loving, grateful smile. "You're welcome, Green," Jiro chose as her reply, instead of the first thing that popped into her head: 'I love you, Green.'
"He also has a powerful step kick he calls the Joudan Sokutogeri," Wiz pointed out, displaying Ryu performing a powerful, high side kick that sent his opponent flying.
"Hey! We don't have the translation for that one! I'm on it," Boomstick suddenly brought up Google Translate, typing in the name and zooming in at the results. "AND DIARRHEA JOKE FOOT?! HAHAHAHA!"
"BAHAHAHAHA!" Kaminari and Mineta burst out laughing, followed up by the rest of their more comical classmates, whilst the more serious among them instead had more disapproving reactions like self-inflicted facial injury from their palms, smashing heads into armrests, or simply sighing groaning into their hands. Kaminari had to stifle another laugh at seeing the large red sore on Bakugou's forehead.
"What does it do?! Kick people in the stomach so hard that he takes them to Brown Town?!" Boomstick continued joking and laughing like a maniac.
And of course, the adults were not spared from a similar course of reaction to the adolescents. Edgeshot and Endeavor didn't know what would happen first, going brain-dead from losing too many brain cells or going deaf by the obnoxious, boisterous laughter of Hawks and Miruko. Mandalay pinched the bridge between her eyes while Pixie cackled like a witch, thanking whatever god existed out there that Ragdoll and Tiger kept their humor to quieter giggles and chuckles. Midnight, for once, joined Mount Lady in giggling, or in the latter's case being full-blown laughter, at the comedy of this series, perhaps pondering if it was for the best for Aizawa to take a break from these videos before the insomniac choked himself with his own scarf.
"With the CORRECT kanji, it's more like 'High-Level Leg Blade Kick'," Wiz awkwardly gave out the correct translation.
"That makes much more sense," Itsuka sweatdropped.
"You know it's 'Diarrhea Kick' forever in my mind now, right?" Boomstick asked the obvious question.
Wiz sighed, defeated.
'The curse to be plagued by the baboons for coworkers is one we both share, Wizard,' Edgeshot thought as Miruko and Hawks continued laughing, disregarding the damage they were doing to his brain and ears.
While he sent his looks of sympathy to Momo and Iida, Izuku still wrote down the initially mistranslated attack in hopes of adding to his ever-expanding roster of moves.
"At the age of 23, Ryu entered the first World Warrior Tournament to test his skill," Wiz continued with Ryu's backstory. "He swept through nine powerful combatants before taking on the champion, Sagat." The giant of man was shown, completely shirtless and only wearing short, dark blue and red pants, bandages wrapped around his hands, wrists, and ankles, and an eyepatch over his right eye. "After a hard-fought battle, Sagat was set to take the win..."
"...Until he made the mistake of being a good sport," Boomstick jumped back in. "After beating the shit out of Ryu, Sagat offered him a helping hand up." Ryu was shown struggling on his knees while Sagat stood, presumable victorious. "Instead of taking it, Ryu gave him a surprise punch SO HARD it ripped his chest open and nearly killed the guy." The scene played as a flash of lightning lit the sky while Ryu sent the man flying in the air and blood shot out of the large gash across his chest, with the man now lying in a pool of his own blood. "Dick move, Ryu. Dick move."
"The Hell?" Mina blinked, distastefully. "I didn't think this Ryu guy was such a sore loser."
"Yeah, really unmanly," Kirishima agreed with his best friend.
"You idiots, that's not what happened," Bakugou responded.
"Come again?" Sero questioned Bakugou's words.
"There's clearly something else that happened here, something wrong," Bakugou narrowed his eyes. "Right, Deku?"
"Yeah," Izuku nodded, likewise frowning in suspicion. "From what we have seen of him and the beliefs that Gouken instilled in him, this is too out-of-character of Ryu. This is something else."
But as the two speculated, Nejire's eyes widened to the size of saucers.
"Who would ever like a useless, Quirkless Deku like you?"
The world slowed to a crawl, Nejire's wide eyes panning slowly toward Bakugou. 'Did he say-' Warnings and imaginary red flags flared up, her mind overrun with questions, possibilities, and horrible conclusions.
She knew that Deku was Izuku's Hero name. Izuku had told her and the rest of the Big Three of its meaning and the reasoning behind his choice of making it his Hero codename. Nejire also knew that his classmates and Heroes called him that, either in training or out in the field, hell, even Uraraka calls him that.
But this was different. Bakugou's use wasn't necessarily rude, but it wasn't the loving, friendly tone of Uraraka, or the respectful use of code names by the Heroes and his classmates, this was familiarity, like Bakugou called him this a hundred times, out of habit. And out of all of them, Bakugou knew Izuku Before U.A.
Suddenly, another quote from last night came to mind: "They mocked and laughed at me. They threw me to the floor and began kicking, spitting, explo-"
Nejire's eyes grew wider with realization and horror. Dots began to connect in her mind as she knew of the one word that Izuku tried to not say must have been: Exploding, just like Bakugou's Quirk.
"This was Ryu's first taste of the dark power buried within him. The Satsui no Hado," Wiz revealed, showing Ryu, his back turned on some men with guns trained on him, glowing menacingly dark red and purple, his white Gi now dark in the aura and his exposed back glowing with the same symbol as Akuma before rushing at the scared shitless men with glowing red eyes that only saw blood. "Literally, the Surge of Murderous Intent."
Izuku's eyes widen, the image of his darker Ryu and Akuma blending together in terrible symmetry. "The symbol of his back, that aura, it's just like Akuma's," Izuku voiced his thoughts out loud.
"Huh, I guess it wasn't because he was a sore loser," Mina sweatdropped, rubbing the back of her neck embarrassed.
"Yeah, our bad," Kirishima nervously apologized on his and Mina's behalf.
"Still not as good a name as the 'Diarrhea Joke Foot'," Boomstick joked.
SATSUI NO HADO
A form of Ki based around man's evil nature
Greatly increases the speed, power, and ferocity of its user
Grants access to the most fatal Ansatsuken technique: The Raging Demon
Has an addictive quality, making it hard to turn away from it
Causes hair to turn red, eyes glow white (or red), and teeth to sharpen
"The Satsui no Hado gives Ryu incredible power but at the expense of his humanity," Wiz explained. "He can tap a portion of this power to safely enhance his attacks; however, should his desire to win become so great he would even commit murder, The Satsui no Hado can overwhelm him, and he will lose control becoming Evil Ryu." Evil Ryu was shown with spiked-up red hair, glowing red eyes with white dots, his skin darkening in shadow, and what looked like a glowing red crater in his chest, his body glowing with menacing red Ki.
"Now we're talking!" Boomstick exclaimed, pleased.
"All power comes with a price," Nezu quoted. "It may come as a burden, and often demand a sacrifice in return."
Various members of the audience looked inwards at the costs their Quirks often gave them. Midoriya looked at his scarred hand, remembering every time he broke his limbs going beyond his limits and the words of the doctors telling him he could lose his arms if he continued this reckless path. Endeavor flinched as he remembered Touya, how he would burn himself every time he used his Fire Quirk for too long, a consequence of having a body fit better for an ice Quirk and Endeavor's desire to create the perfect weapon for his goals. Tokoyami recalled the attack on the Training Camp where he lost control of his rage, and gave Dark Shadow incredible power, but his loss of control nearly harmed Midoriya and Shoji. Jurota had a similar cost to Tokoyami, paying his control and focus for greater power and the foreboding consequences of hurting those around him if he weren't careful.
All Might flinched as he saw this dark aspect of the noble warrior, more so the crater-like scar on his chest. All Might rubbed his own, similar wound, a cost he suffered for his arrogance and anger, blinding him until it was too late, and became this crippled form of what he once was, sacrificing his body and ability to use One For All every day as he grew weaker and the more he tried to be a Hero beyond his time limit.
"Evil Ryu has enormous power to the point of being almost unstoppable," Wiz continued. "He can even blast a skyscraper to smithereens."
Ryu fired a powerful Hadoken that, while it missed his initial target, crashed into and through the building, the whole structure collapsing.
This time it was Bakugou's turn to flinch. At any other time, Bakugou would have grinned and been excited about the power that Ryu displayed. Now, however, with the context and circumstances, it served as a shameful reminder of his actions. How he destroyed part of the building with his gauntlets during his first Battle Training Exercise, how he aimed it at Deku and nearly killed him, excusing it pathetically by saying it would be fine so long as he dodged it. All done to appease his wounded pride and blinding anger.
'It wasn't enough that I took our friendship for granted, abandoned him, and threw it all out like trash, that I spent all those years treating him like trash, that when he showed some backbone, I nearly killed him,' Bakugou bitterly growled inwardly, the shame compacting worse as redemption and forgiveness seemed more and more unobtainable.
During this, he remained unaware of Ibara's concerned gaze, or Nejire's empty, cold gaze that would chill the bones of anyone who saw it.
"He can teleport short distances, even passing through attacks along the way," Boomstick stepped in, Ryu shown swiftly teleporting a short distance forward and even through his opponent to stand behind him.
"Similar to Akuma's teleport, this would help Ryu close the distance between him and his opponent, even passing through projectiles," Momo analyzed. "As well, as reach an enemy trying to flee or go behind their defenses and strike."
"More impressively, despite Gouken never teaching him this, Evil Ryu can use the Ansatsuken's forbidden technique, the Shun Goku Satsu, more commonly known as the Raging Demon."
Evil Ryu activated the forbidden technique teleporting swiftly toward Ken. The screen went dark, and where Ken stood a flurry of deadly purple strikes impacted the hidden body. When the screen returned to normal, Evil Ryu stood with his back toward the audience, the symbol of the Satsui no Hado on his back while Ken lay on the ground, motionless.
"He can use THAT MOVE, TOO?!" Mineta wailed in horror, remembering the power and danger of the attack from Akuma's video.
"With this, Evil Ryu turns his foe's own sins against them, and eradicates their soul," Wiz revealed, another showcase of this move done on M. Bison from Akuma. "It was this exact attack, which Akuma, a master of the Dark Hado, used to not only nearly destroy M. Bison but also murder Ryu's master."
Deku gritted his teeth, his increasing displeasure at the sight of Ryu not only being able and willing to use this dark power but the same technique that Akuma used to kill his own brother and Ryu's master. To Deku, it felt like, instead of using One For All, he was given All For One, the Quirk of a man who presumably murdered his own brother and his successors, the power that had crippled and weakened his idol. Deku shuddered, though he didn't know how much of it was from himself or the Vestiges that felt similarly.
"Since then, Akuma has been haunting Ryu, tempting to succumb and fully commit to the dark Satsui No Hado as well. Basically, this is 'Karate Star Wars'," Wiz explained further, showing the demonic-looking Akuma and the dark master standing over a high pillar, looking down upon the student of his brother he meant to corrupt.
"Does he mean like Darth Vader, his son Luke, and the Dark side of that Force thingy," Kinoko asked.
"Indeed," Reiko nodded with a thoughtful haze around her eyes. "A father who fell from grace, finding what little relief in the veil of darkness, who sought to turn his brood to the same darkness, hoping to find a light of love and comfort in the shade."
"Uuuuhhhh..." Sero raised an eyebrow, looking to the rest of 1-B for an explanation.
"I believe she's referring to Darth Vader and Luke," Jurota chimed in.
"Well, of course, she meant those two," Kamakiri scoffed. "They never once said that Akuma and Ryu are related. They even said his actual parents dumped him on Gouken's doorstep."
"Oh, you call everything Star Wars," Boomstick said, exasperated.
"Well, some even speculate that Akuma is Ryu's father," Wiz pointed out, showing the two men, possibly father and son, staring each other down.
"Mother of God...It is 'Karate Star Wars'!" Boomstick exclaimed, the theorized father and son leaping from their pillars to strike each other down.
"You were saying?" Setsuna raised an amused eyebrow at Kamakiri, frozen in shock.
"Though that would make sense," Rin cupped his chin in thought. "It would explain why out of all possible options and places, Ryu's 'parents' gave him to Gouken, the brother of his true father. It could also explain why Ryu can use the Satsui no Hado and Raging Demon like Akuma."
"I think the Satsui no Hado thing is just like a dark chi thing that anyone can use," Honenuki gave his two cents.
"The darkness of the heart is not exclusive to a special few, but a curse that plagues and haunts the hearts of all," Kuroiro sagely said.
"But Gouken's teachings instilled a powerful belief in Ryu," Wiz butted in, Ryu mimicking the graceful movements of his master, Gouken. "If he can resist and shun this dark temptation, he can attain an even greater power."
Seeing Ryu stand his ground and persevere through the dark temptation of the Satsui No Hado brought a smile to Izuku's lips. He remembered how he would watch All Might's debut video, taking to heart the words of his idol and future mentor, standing tall and firm and getting right back up after every insult, mocking, bullying, or beating, never giving in and continuing to pursue his dream of being a Hero.
"I believe this rather fits with our school's alma mater," Nezu stated gleefully. "Go beyond!"
"PLUS ULTRA!" The students declared, the kids following suit.
"By detaching himself from all emotion, he enters an altered state of consciousness," Boomstick said, Ryu now glowing whitish-blue Ki, his eyes glowing.
"Like a Jedi," Wiz pointed out.
"This boosts his speed, power, and can do all sorts of crazy shit to his abilities," Boomstick chuckled.
"That looks almost like Goku's Kamehameha," Kouta noticed Ryu firing off his Shinko Hadoken.
"Huh, I suppose, you're right, little Midoriya," Mirio grinned.
Kouta blushed red in embarrassment. "S-Shut Up! Go die in a hole!" The boy stuttered, blushing only harder at Mirio's laughter.
"This is the Power of Nothingness," Wiz declared, Ryu's eyes once more turning pure whitish-blue.
"Stupid name!" Boomstick scoffed.
"Hah! That sounds even worse than my first codenames," Bakugou mockingly laughed.
"So, you admit that your first choices were awful names!" Hagakure suddenly exclaimed, pointing an invisible finger at the frozen Bakugou.
"You heard it here, folks! Katsuki 'Kacchan' Bakugou has just admitted that his original choices for Hero names, Lord Explosion Murder and King Explosion Murder, are ass! This is the revelation of the century, ladies and gentlemen!" Mina announced like a reporter, a microphone even in her hands, thanks to Momo. "We now go live to one my Mr. Bakugou's best friends, Ejiro Kirishima. Mr. Kirishima, what do you make of this?"
"I am shocked, Ms. Ashido! Absolutely stunned!" Kirishima responded in a mock aghast voice, hand over heart. "I thought I knew Bakugou, that he believed wholeheartedly that his primary Hero names were excellent. My world whole world has turned upside down!" In a moment of improv, Uraraka helped make Kirishima's statement accurate, the now floating faux redhead floating upside down in the air.
"I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU ALL!" Bakugou raged so hard that he needed the entirety of the rest of the two classes to keep him from murdering them.
POWER OF NOTHINGNESS
Foil to the Satsui no Hado
Resembles states of being found in Buddhism
Brings a hyperawareness of the universe to the user
Boosts one's strength and speed without losing clarity of thought
Causes eyes to glow blue-white
Can be used to withstand even the dreaded Raging Demon
"The Power of Nothingness is more focused than the Dark Hado, allowing Ryu complete control over his mind and body," Wiz detailed the amazing power. "Gouken even once used this power to separate himself from his soul in order to survive Akuma's Raging Demon. Surprise! Obi-Wan is still alive!" Ryu and Ken ran over to see their once-believed dead master alive.
"Yay!" Eri cheered at Gouken's survival.
"So, this power is like the mirror opposite of the Satsui no Hado," Asui stated. "Where the Satsui no Hado gives power but can cause one to lose their focus and restraint with bloodlust and anger, but the Power of Nothingness trades one's emotions for greater focus and hyper-awareness." Asui let out a ribbit as she liked the new power, comparatively finding it to how her own Quirk dulls her emotional responses.
"Another, different cost for a higher power," Tokoyami nodded, likewise liking and even envying the power and how useful it would serve him and Dark Shadow. Though, he would rather do without the brightness of it.
"Ryu is skilled enough to take on numerous thugs at once, tough enough to survive being impaled, and strong enough to overpower the genetically created super warrior, Seth," Boomstick listed his feats as they were shown. "Oh, and he's fast enough to dodge point-blank gunfire!"
All Might rubbed his side once more as he witnessed what must have been the incident that garnered Ryu's crater-like scar.
"Yet as Evil Ryu his aura's so strong he can just walk through bullets," Wiz pointed out as bullets bounced off the air in front of Ryu like an invisible barrier.
"Damn, what a flex," Sen blinked in surprise and awe.
"That being said, being the Street Fighter poster boy doesn't mean he's the top world warrior," Boomstick also pointed out his losses. "He's lost a number of matches, fair and square, against the likes of M. Bison, Oro, and even his best friend, Ken. And worst of all, suffers from a horrible curse the likes of which haunt all men and wake them up in the den of night: A super obsessed stalker fangirl." An image of a young schoolgirl loomed over Ryu's image in a creepy light, the girl combining her schoolgirl outfit with the similar gloves, headband, and even hairstyle as the Wandering World Warrior.
Izuku and Ochaco shuddered, both thinking about the former's own obsessed stalker: Himiko Toga. Izuku shivered at the thought of the villainess, obsessed enough to infiltrate the Provisional Licensing Exam to attack him, disguising herself as the Shiketsu Hero student, and Todoroki's now girlfriend: Camie Utsushimi. He blushed embarrassingly at the memory of Camie's nude form or the feel of her body pressed against his before slapping the indecent thoughts from his mind. Even if it was technically Toga, he didn't want to test whether Todoroki was the jealous type. He never told his best friend about what exactly happened, especially the nude part, for neither he nor Camie needed to know about that part and make things unnecessarily awkward between the three of them.
Plus, Izuku also scratched his cheek embarrassingly, not naive enough to realize that he was almost as-no, just as much of an obsessed fanboy to All Might as this girl was to Ryu.
Uraraka grumbled jealously. Uraraka had already made peace with herself and the girls, realizing any jealousy she felt between them and Izuku was mostly part of the fear of not being with her crush at all. However, Toga was the exception. The girl's advances on Deku made her the more convenient kind of jealous. There was just something about that girl that rubbed her the wrong way, you know more than just being a creepy villainess. Her advances toward Deku during the Provisional Licensing Exam caused her to be so jealous she nearly confessed her feelings for Deku right then, being stopped by the beginning of the 2nd part of the exam. Even if Toga was under the guise of Camie at the time, she still felt bothered by her.
While the two shuddered at the thought of the blood-crazy villainess, Eri tilted her head at the screen. Eri pondered about how she would dress as a Hero based on her idols. When she thought of herself in Grunkle Aizawa's clothes, she immediately shook her head clear of the image; she loved her Grunkle like a second father, but she couldn't ever see herself pull off the broody, seriousness of the insomniac teacher. Her thoughts turned to All Might and, while it did illicit a laugh from her, she also felt his costume design wouldn't fit her, nor her Uncles Kacchan and Shoto. When her thoughts came to Auntie Nemuri, Eri immediately gagged and denied it, blushing with embarrassment at even thinking of wearing something like her Auntie's costume. Uncle Mirio was perhaps the closest second of her choices, mostly his red cape, the same one he used to protect her and Deku used to carry her on him.
But ultimately, when it came down to who she could see herself imitating or paying homage to were her Papa and her Mamas. While Melissa and Mei weren't Hero students with costumes to base on, she could see herself with a pair of goggles that were a mix of Mama Mei's and Mama Tsu's resting on her forehead like the latter, and tying her hair in a ponytail, the same pretty one she saw Mama Melissa wear in that photo her Papa showed her of the two on I-Island. She could see herself wearing gloves like Mama Toru's, boots like Mama Chaco's, and a jacket that was a mix between Mama Kyo's and Mama Mina's, and colored and designed with scales like Mama Suna's. She could see part of her main suit designed like her Auntie-or rather Mama Neji's suit and maybe even have two strands of her hair curled up like the periwinkle fairy. But the person she felt inspired by the most, the one she imagined having the most semblance in her suit was her Papa. Another part of her base suit she saw inwardly as based on Deku's, with the same coloring, and topping it off with a similar collar to his. When she imagined the final outline in her mind, it was a tad funny and weird, and maybe not what she would ultimately wear, but to her now, it was perfect, smiling so dazzlingly bright that it nearly destroyed Dark Shadow.
Finally, with Kouta, he too shared Deku's and Uraraka's shuddering disgust of a stalker fangirl, even if it was a tad bit more childish, but still. However, his thoughts turned similarly to Eri's: imagining what his idolized Hero suit would look like. And when he thought of who to turn to for inspiration it came down to three sets of people: his Aunt Mandalay and the Pussycats, his parents, the Water Hose Heroes, and his idol and Hero, Deku. The boy first started with the head, imagining it as close as possible to his parents' helmets, with his black hair popping out the back like his father, but with some minor tweaks. For one, removing the tube thingy that they had by their mouths, Kouta always felt those looked a little silly. Secondly, two cat ear-shaped protrusions on the top, paying homage to the Heroes who took care of him after his parents died, but styled and pulled back for a more sleek, cooler look. And finally, his mouth would be covered up by a mask to meet the visor of the helmet, the mask designed similarly to a certain verdant-haired Hero's respirator collar. And then with the rest of the suit, Kouta imagined the torso just like his parents, a red, lifeguard-like front with white shoulder pads and black arms but accompanied by white gloves similar to Deku's but with holes for his Quirk. His idol's red utility belt around his waist, black pants like his parents, and, to top it all off, Deku's iconic red shoes, like the ones he bought to mimic his idol.
Kouta scoffed amused. It wasn't too long ago that he balked to even hated the idea of being a Hero, his parents' deaths disillusioning him to the world of Heroes, Villains, and Quirks; he even gave disdainful looks at the Pussycats from time to time, thought diluted since Mandalay was his aunt and final connection to his parents, besides the Quirk he hated to have. And then came Deku, who reached out to him no matter how much he tried to tell him to go away, who risked his life to save him from his parents' killer, and who saved him, avenged their deaths, and showed the truth of his aunt's words. Deku did more than just save him, he gave to life the world of Heroes in his heart, taught him what being a Hero meant, and ignited a dream to be a Hero, too, just like his idol and Hero.
"However, many of these losses may stem from his struggle to contain the power of the Dark Satsui no Hado, which is obviously quite difficult to do in the middle of a battle," Wiz brought out a defense of some of Ryu's losses.
"I guess that makes sense," Sato shrugged, accepting the reasoning.
"Nah, that's still bullshit!" Bakugou barked, vehemently. "A true fighter and winner would get over whatever turmoil or shit they are dealing with and still win at whatever cost!"
"Gotta say, have to agree with the guy," Miruko shrugged her shoulders.
"Of course, you of all people would agree with him, Rumi," Ryukyu sighed, shaking her head fondly.
"But when Ryu unleashes his full potential, stay the fuck out of his way!" Boomstick warned.
"My name is Ryu, and the ultimate power has awakened within me!" Evil Ryu declared, as the Satsui no Hado surged around him.
The reception to the fighter was fairly positive among the group. Many among them sympathized with his backstory and struggles, liked his powerful, and masterful use of martial arts and techniques, were amazed by his strength and perseverance against the darkness and temptation of his powers, and felt inspired by his desire to consistently improve on his skills, the very motto of U.A.
The second kombatant was accurate to Wiz's description of him: He did look like a ninja, and he did look like he came from Hell, itself. The ninja was shown both as the man he once was, the ninja he trained to be, and the demon he had become. The man was of above-average height and build, most depictions of him with long black hair, sometimes in a braid, sometimes in flowing free, a beard or a mustache-goatee combo, and wearing yellow and black robes. His ninja attire was previously also in yellow and black garbs and armor, yellow or black wrist guards, a yellow and black mask covering his head, except for the area around his eyes, and seemed to wield different series of weapons like shuriken, swords, axes, and, the most constant among them all, a rope dart. The demon he became had his eyes pale white, some of his exposed pale skin looking decayed, his garbs more armored, scaley, flames seemed to dance and surround his body without issue, and at times when he removed his mask, the group paled and backed into their seats (or further down the floor for those in beanbags) at the flaming human skull that greeted them.
Scorpion
"From Earthrealm to Outworld there were few who didn't fear the ruthless clan known as the Lin Kuei," Wiz began.
"That's the ninja clan with the Grandmaster that wanted to turn his guys and his own son into cyborgs, right?" Kosei asked.
"Yep," Bondo nodded.
"Except the Shirai Ryu; a clan with some serious balls," Boomstick introduced the rival clan of the Lin Kuei. "Not only do they defect from the Lin Kuei, they mock them on a daily basis by wearing obvious palette swaps of their clothes." Members of the Shirai Ryu were shown standing off against those from the Lin Kuei, the yellow and black robes of the former a color swap of the Lin Kuei's dark grey and black. "They also like to pull classic pranks like annoying phone calls, TP-ing Lin Kuei homes, and constantly slaughtering their loved ones. Haha, got́ 'em!"
"So, rival clans with a blood feud on each other," Todoroki summarized.
"Rival clans that just also happen to be chockfull of ninjas," Ojiro muttered.
"From the Shirai Ryu came Hanzo Hasashi, the hellish ninja of vengeance," Wiz fully introduced the Kombatant himself, including his white eyes that held the fires of vengeance. "But before he became the stuff of nightmares, he was once an ordinary young child."
"Isn't everyone once just an ordinary child at one point in their life?" Awase questioned.
Not only did Hawks, Shoto, and Izuku have to disagree with that, but Izuku even felt a sudden rising emotion of sadness, bitterness, and even envy from that statement. Izuku knew that it must have come from the Vestiges, but which one? The First?
All Might likewise pondered and disagreed with that statement, his thoughts turning not to himself but to Tomura Shigaraki, or Tenko Shimura as he was once called. Toshinori pondered what kind of life the grandson of his master must have had. Was it ever peaceful? Was ever happy? Or was his life so miserable that it was easy for All For one to get him under his clutches?
"...whose father just happened to be a deadly assassin," Wiz awkwardly brought up.
"Yep, not ordinary at all," Fat Gum muttered.
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Hanzo Hasashi
Height: 6'2" / 188 cm
Weight: 210 lbs / 95 kg
Physical Age: 32
General of the Shirai Ryu clan
Kombat Styles: Ninjutsu, Pi Gua, Hapkido, and Moi Fah
Strongly prefers foes to come to him
Creator Ed Boon's favorite character
"In hopes of sparing him from a violent life of regret and murder, Hanzo ́s father forbade him from ever joining the clan," Wiz began explaining Hanzo's life.
"Sorry son, you're not allowed to be awesome," Boomstick summarized.
Endeavor's thoughts once more turned Touya for what felt like the hundredth time this week. He had tried in vain so many times to get Touya to stop, stop using his Quirk, stop trying to pursue the goal of being a Hero, to stop hurting himself. But over and over Touya would not stop. The boy would sneak out to their old training grounds, training himself and his Quirk, despite the latter constantly burning his body, Touya often wore bandages all the time, and every time the patriarch of the Todoroki household tried to get the boy to listen to reason, but he could see that he already had done too much damage to the boy's mind.
"However, as time went on, Hanzo became desperate," Wiz continued, Hanzo walking down the fields with a beautiful woman and a small child he looked on with great love. "He needed a way to support not only himself but also his wife and son. Faced with few other options, he reluctantly disobeyed his father and began the life of a ninja assassin." Hanzo opened a cabinet to reveal Shirai Ryu's ninja garbs and his iconic rope dart.
"Huh, I wonder what kind of salary being assassin would give you?" Sato pondered, jokingly.
'Life in prison,' Hawks bitterly took the statement seriously, knowing his predecessor was being unfairly kept in Tartaros for being the Commission's personal assassin and tossed away when no longer of use.
And while Hawks raged inwardly at the treatment of his predecessor, Endeavor likewise raged at the memories of his eldest son, but the anger was never on Touya, it was toward himself. Enji Todoroki hated how he couldn't do anything to stop Touya's obsessive desire to complete the mission he put on him. He tried monitoring him from afar to catch him in the act, he tried to get Rei to reason with the boy, and no matter how many punishments, arguments, or refusals to train him happened, Touya never stopped, and Enji hated himself for being the cause of it all. He hated himself for what happened.
"As a ninja, Hanzo is exceptionally skilled in Ninjutsu, Pi Gua, Hapkido, and numerous secret Chinese martial arts," Boomstick jumped in, Scorpion displaying his martial arts.
"Interesting," Rin scratched at his chin. "Despite the Chinese-based martial arts, it's clear that the Shirai Ryu have quite a lot of influences from Japanese culture, while the Lin Kuei appear to have more Chinese influences."
"You believe that these differences are evidence of some culture war from our country's pasts?" Jurota asked, intrigued.
"Potentially," Rin shrugged, not knowing the full answer himself but could see the possibilities. "If the Lin Kuei originated in China, it would make sense for the Shirai Ryu to call Japan their home as they defected from the original clan and adopted more Japanese customs and influences to parody and mock the Lin Kuei."
"So, training Ninjutsu for obvious stealth, evasion, and assassinations, Hapkido for defense in case he is discovered or his first attempts fail and to take control of a target, especially a stronger opponent, and Pi Gua for powerful and effective chops and swipes from weapons for offense," Itsuka analyzed Scorpion's most notable martial arts and skills, her mind detailing and tacking Scorpion's movements while her hands subconscious followed and copied the movements.
"Careful, Monoma, if Itsuka gets any better with her chopping, I'm afraid you're done for," Tokage snickered at Monoma.
Rather than confront Setsuna, Monoma paled horribly. It was already bad enough that Kendo's chops could knock him out almost instantly, and leave with a sore neck for a warning, not that Monoma ever paid heed to those warnings, but for them to possibly pack a lot of power to them...Monoma trembled like a leaf in the heavy wind at the mental image he conjured for himself of a vengeful, demon version of Itsuka chopping at his neck, and disconnecting it from his shoulders!
...Maybe he should lay off taunting Class 1-A for a while, or, at the very least, not do it in front of Kendo.
"But it's his weapon of choice that earned him the nickname Scorpion."
"GET OVER HERE!" Scorpion's most famous line played as he threw his rope dart out, the dagger-like blade piercing his foe's face, and with a strong tug, Scorpion brought the poor victim's head, ripped clean off their body, to him and let it fly past him.
"Oh, wait, yeah, I forgot how messed up that universe is," Mount Lady gagged at the gore.
"I so want to do that now," Sero muttered. "Saying 'Get over Here!' while I pull someone with my Quirk I mean, not the murder part."
"My meme senses are tingling," Kaminari shuddered as if the cries of thousands of people far away wanted him to react to this iconic-looking move.
"Interesting you developed something as absurd as that, but not a sense of warning for when my jacks are itching to shut you up before you say something stupid," Kyoka's jack inched closer to Kaminari's head.
"Eh, maybe I lost that sense with all the decibels blasted into my ears," Kaminari grinned teasingly despite the risk.
"Maybe if you didn't annoy me so much with spouting whatever stupidity that first comes to your head, I wouldn't stun you so much," Kyoka argued back.
As the two continued arguing back and forth, some of it serious, most of it half-heartedly in good fun, Mina and Hagakure sighed. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say she had a thing for him," Mina shrugged.
"Yeah, it looks more like a brother-sister spout than a lover's one," Hagakure agreed, noticing the big sister-admonishing-the-annoying-little-brother vibes that Kyoka had toward Kaminari, even if Kaminari was the older of the two.
Izuku's ears picked up what the two said, Mina's words almost causing a rise of jealousy to well up in him before Hagakure's simmered them down. Izuku shook his head, admonishing himself for that momentary irrational bit of anger. After all, Izuku could tell that the two were brother and sister to each other, a couple of dysfunctional ones sure, but like siblings nonetheless, and he only just realized how far his feelings for Kyoka extended, so he shouldn't get so protective and insecure about it this much.
And yet, maybe because he found out and acknowledged these feelings so soon, he's actually started to worry about losing her and the others? He admitted to himself that if the girls went after another person, he would be upset sure, but that he would respect and be happy for them. Now, however, the thought of not being with Kyoka or any of the girls... felt wrong.
'What is up with me, lately?' Izuku groaned to himself, fully unprepared for the complex, messiness that was a love life, much less as messed up as his own.
"While his kunai-in-a-rope is iconic and deadly, I'm more partial to whatever the hell that snake creature is that lives in his hand," Boomstick showed the Scorpion, from the Mortal Kombat movie, raising his palm as it opened up to reveal a snake-like figurehead sticking out slowly and disgustingly.
"Ehh, that's messed up!" Kosei shuddered in disgust. The perpetually, wide-eyed teen looked toward Kamakiri. "Is that how your blades feel like?"
"Shut up, Blow Hard," Kamakiri rolled his eyes and dismissed his classmate, flexing out his Quirk by jutting out a small blade in and out and feeling the sensation he was used to, almost like flexing a bone or muscles...only the bone or muscle, in this case, flexes out of his body.
"Oh my God! When are you guys going to let that go?! I already admitted that was a bad first Hero name!" Tsuburaba whined.
"Considering you suggested that so proudly and without self-reflection, uh, never," Tetsutetsu chuckled.
"Wait, wait, wait, back the truck up!" Mina raised her hands for everyone to stop. "The first Hero codename he came up with was 'Blow Hard'?!"
"Yep." "Pretty much." "Now you know how we felt." Were the responses that came out of Class 1-B, while it became increasingly hard for most of the class to not start laughing.
Bakugou of course didn't get the memo. "BAHAHAHAHAHA! And you, extras, give me so much shit about my names!" Bakugou laughed like a howler monkey out of Hell.
Tsuburaba was a beacon of red and slumped in his seat, wishing for the bean bag he sat on to just swallow him up. Vlad King pinched the bridge between his eyes, groaning as he remembered clearly and shamefully how one of his students had so little self-awareness to write that down. Thank God Kayama went easy on the poor boy with her teasing.
MOVE SET
Kunai Spear
-Closest real-life equivalent was called the rope dart
-Also previously depicted as a mace or a serpent creature
-Has also been used by Reptile, Smoke, and Noob Saibot
Hellfire Punch
Fire Breath
Leg Takedown
Flaming Backflip Kick
Scorpion Sting
"Well, in whatever form, it impales the opponent and pulls them in close, usually for a sweet uppercut to the jaw," Boomstick continued.
"This is similar to an ancient assassination weapon used in the Tang dynasty called the Rope Dart," Wiz explained, footage playing of a man expertly swinging and tossing the said weapon around and in front of him. "It's extremely difficult to master, making Scorpion's finesse all the more impressive."
While obviously not a fan of the murderous usage, Izuku still did find Scorpion's impressive technique inspiring for his work on Black Whip. Sero's and Tsuyu's training earlier today was helpful, with the two of them teaching him to focus on a target, to see his Quirk as an extension of himself, like his arm, and to reach out for it. Seeing Scorpion in action, ideas popped into Deku's head, from different ways to swing his opponent around with Black Whip or a single concentrated point to aim at either slingshot himself toward the opponent at high speeds or, well, make the opponent 'get over to him'.
After writing down all he needed, Izuku sent bright smiles and nods to both Sero and Tsu, the former giving back a thumbs up, wide smile, and wink, while Tsu nodded, croaked, and had a tiny blush on her cheeks.
"He's also provisioned with several weapons like long swords, twin katanas, and axes," Boomstick added.
Kamakiri grinned as he paid closer attention to the Shirai Ryu assassin as he used his Pi Gua martial arts in tandem with his swords and katanas.
Scorpion knocked Sub-Zero down with a kick. "Toasty!" Dan Forden's head suddenly appeared and exclaimed.
"Pfft, what was that?" Hagakure snickered. "That was funny."
"Scorpion's weaponry and Kombat prowess were put to the ultimate test by the legendary Lin Kuei warrior Bi-Han, a.k.a. Sub-Zero," Wiz introduced the fiery ninja's eternal rival in all his icy glory.
"I feel a rivalry going on here," Sato narrowed his eyes.
"Shit, I wonder why?" Bakugou sarcastically groaned out. "Maybe because they are from rival clans that hate each other's guts? Or maybe just because they both are ninjas with a different palette swap?"
"And things didn't go so well for our yellow-clad ninja," Wiz revealed, Sub-Zero ripping Scorpion's head and spinal column off his body and held in the air. "Next thing he knew, Scorpion was waking up in the Netherrealm." Scorpion was seen finding himself surrounded by lava, fire, and pillars decorated with skeletons.
"More commonly known as Hell," Boomstick jumped in.
"Wait, so he died?" Uraraka blinked, surprised and confused.
"Guess that makes sense for why he was called the Ninja from Hell," Tsuyu shrugged.
Ibara pouted, but ultimately just felt sorry for Hanzo. Even though the man had a wife and child to support, the lifestyle and career of an assassin was not a virtuous one and his soul must have gone to this Hell for a reason, so she reconciled that this was simply the fate he chose for himself. Unless this world somehow didn't have a Heaven as an ulterior afterlife choice.
"Bet you wished you listened to Dad now, then maybe you could have ended up in a happier place, with your murdered wife and kid," Boomstick mocked the disobeying ninja, as he gazed upon the frozen, bloody corpses of his wife and son. "Oh yeah, they're dead too."
"Oh no," Pony whimpered, tears in her eyes at the horrible fate of the two.
"They look frozen, and not naturally so," Todoroki narrowed his eyes, his right hand clenching. "If the name holds weight, it must have been Sub-Zero's doing."
"Enraged at Sub-Zero for apparently killing all he'd sworn to protect, Scorpion scored a second chance striking a deal with the sorcerer, Quan Chi," Wiz informed, the pale, tattooed, black-clothed necromancer shown. "In exchange for his loyalty, Scorpion was resurrected as a phantom of the Netherrealm."
A dubstep remix of a theme played as Scorpion revealed his flaming skull for a face, later teleporting out of the ground, landing, and engulfing himself in flames.
"So, he's a Freaking Demon?!" Mineta screamed in horror at Scorpion's new face.
"A wraith most accurately," Reiko corrected the small-statured teen, suddenly way more invested with the ninja now that he was a literal flaming phantom from Hell.
"Well, if Sub-Zero can use some kind of ice power, then I think the fiery side of Scorpion would be another thing to rival each other," Ojiro pointed out.
All Might narrowed his eyes feeling off vibes from the Netherrealm sorcerer, as if being a sorcerer from Hell wasn't already enough. Demons don't offer anything without a price, and the deal is usually in their favor. The former Number 1 Hero had his experience with the demon of a man named All For One, who gave and took Quirks in exchange for their loyalty to him, and this situation with Quan Chi and Scorpion was very similar.
WRAITH ABILITIES
Teleportation
-Commonly used to surprise attack enemies from behind
Netherrealm Portals
-Quick access to the underworld and back at any time
Control over Hellfire
-Explosive Fireballs
-Summoning flames under his opponent
-Surrounds himself in harmful flames
-Can even breathe out fire
Cannot die from physical attacks
"And being reborn as a demon of vengeance has its perks," Boomstick began listing Scorpion's new wraith powers as they were shown. "Scorpion can now teleport, summon fire at will, and create portals in and out of the Netherrealm he was spawned from, literally dragging others to Hell!"
"So, now he has pyrokinesis and teleportation to his arsenal," Izuku wrote down. "That teleportation ability would be incredibly useful with his Ninjitsu training, either by surprise attacking his enemies, evading an attack, or traveling short distances quickly. And his pyrokinesis seems to range from projecting it from his body, like his fireballs, and setting himself on fire, or summoning it around him. His fireballs and summoning flames could help keep his foes away and deal serious damage, and surrounding himself with fire could also help deter his enemies from attacking him directly."
Todoroki narrowed his eyes, analyzing Scorpion's new pyrokinetic abilities and seeing how they would match against his own. Already Shoto saw himself at a severe disadvantage. Scorpion's teleporting would make avoiding his glaciers incredibly easy, and even if he would get caught, he could burn or teleport his way out of it. Unleashing his fire on a fire demon likewise seemed useless. Coupled with his speed and teleportation, Scorpion would easily reach and strike a deadly blow at him up close, an admitted blind spot in his abilities.
The son of Endeavor was so used to driving foes back with his ice, and now fire, that it left him vulnerable up close if he didn't instantly freeze them. His fire would be useful in his physical attacks, as his father had demonstrated in his career, but he was still working on catching up his left side with his right side in terms of experience and skill. There was his Flashfreeze Heatwave technique he was also working on, but that required time and a lot of energy to pull off, something Shoto couldn't do immediately enough to protect himself from a fast, and possibly deadly, foe like Scorpion.
Shoto hummed, pondering if Midoriya may have a solution to this problem. His best friend was good at thinking outside the box.
"Whilst there, his +1s can enjoy such tourist locations as Lava Pit," Boomstick began speaking like a tourist guide while Scorpion dunked a man's head into the lava and watched as his face burned off, revealing the skull behind the flesh. "And witness the corpse-burning celebration called: The Festival of Torture." Said 'Festival' was several bodies writhing and screaming in agony as they were impaled, chained, and half-buried onto a pillar and burned slowly and painfully. "Fun times!"
Ibara rapidly prayed in fervor at all the horrendous sights she witnessed. It was already bad enough that this poor man was coerced into becoming a vengeful demon in service to the hellish sorcerer, but to see more of this version of Hell, from the sight of Scorpion dunking a man's head into the lava or the writhing bodies of the so-called 'festival' was horrifying. She prayed that whatever higher power existed in that universe, hopefully, God, she wished, would lead this man from the fires of damnation and be purified by the memory of the man, husband, and father he once was.
"The Netherrealm is the source of Scorpion's demonic power, and his strength rises simply by his being there," Wiz explained.
"So, not only would dragging his opponents to Hell be an advantage because of the hazardous environment that one of them would be effectively immune towards, but the longer they fight there, the more powerful Scorpion becomes, ensuring his victory the longer he drags it out,' Ryukyu analyzed.
"Talk about home-field advantage," Hawks whistled while secretly bristling inside. He was already at a disadvantage against the Netherrealm wraith by his pyrokinetic abilities countering his very flammable wings, but if he were dragged into Hell, literally, he might just end up a permanent resident there.
"Scorpion is so vicious he can perform no fewer than fifteen different Fatalities," Boomstick pointed out while the Netherrealm ninja slit Mileena's throat before slashing her in half from the waist.
"Oh, joy! More of this," Mount Lady exclaimed in a mock cheerful voice, keeping back the bile building up with each gorey fatality after another.
FATALITIES
Spin Rip
-Removes victim's head with bare hands
-Presumably learned it from Sub-Zero (Most probably from experience)
Toasty!
-Scorpion's fire breath incinerates the target in seconds
Hand from Hell
-A flaming skeletal hand pulls the enemy to Hell
Spear Slice
-Cuts victim in half and beheads them
Animalities
-Becomes a scorpion and tears them in half
-...Or becomes an adorable penguin
"He can rip a person's head from their body - spine included," Wiz went first, Scorpion pulling Sub-Zero's head off his body like the latter did to the former.
"That's not something you just do, that's art right there," Boomstick gazed at the second demonstration Jade in awe.
"Wha-But-How would he-what?!" Manga sputtered, numerous question marks appearing all over his speech bubble for a head.
Setsuna rubbed her neck, hoping, if an ill-fated encounter with the psycho demon occurred, that she could detach her head from her body on her own Quirk's terms.
"Hey, look on the bright side," Mirio nervously smiled.
"Really, Mirio? What part of having your head and spine ripped out has a 'good side'?" Nejire questioned, eyebrow raised.
"At the very least, now those guys have nothing holding them back! Eh?!" Mirio smiled wide, a comical pun drum sound occurring.
The result of this was Mirio unconscious, with several comical lumps on his head, his mouth covered in duct tape, and his body tied to his chair. Setsuna finished the final touches of everyone's work by sticking a large sticky note over Mirio's forehead that read 'Shame' in big, bold, red letters.
"Rip off his mask to show his true face-"
"AAAAAH, WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT THING?!" Boomstick screamed in horror from Scorpion removing his mask, showing his flaming skull for a face, and burning another poor Kombatant to a charred skeleton.
"He can breathe fire too?!" Kosei exclaimed.
"I'm surprised that is what you are fixated on instead of the flaming skull for a head he has," Rin muttered.
Eri buried her head in Izuku's chest in fear of Scorpion's horrifying visage.
"And score a kill by transforming into a, well, giant scorpion, of course," Wiz's statement of the obvious had the group imagining him shrugging his shoulder while Hanzo, the giant scorpion, ripped yet another Kombatant into pieces. "...Or a penguin."
"Wait, WHAT?!" Boomstick exclaimed again, this time in shock while Hanzo, the adorable penguin pooped out an egg over a dizzy Sub-Zero and the egg exploded, taking Sub-Zero's life.
"...So, he turns into a penguin...and then hatches an actual egg...that then explodes and kills his enemy?" Mina blinked multiple times, rechecking to make sure she said what she thought said.
"...I...I quit. I-I just quit!" Momo's face dropped to her hands, sobbing comically as logic and reason, her best friends since childhood, were brutally massacred in front of her.
"You think you talk to him, Koda? You know, if he turned into...Oh, um, never mind," Kaminari stopped himself, noticing Koda was hiding with his head in between his legs, in the fetal position, likely as a result of Scorpion turning into an actual giant scorpion.
"Hey, Tamaki, you think if you ate some penguin meat and something super duper spicy, you could do that too?" Nejire curiously asked her friend.
Amajiki didn't know what disturbed and gagged him the worst: the idea of eating penguin meat, laying an egg, or Nejire believing he could do both and somehow also make an exploding egg by 'eating something spicy'. Regardless, he still wreaked havoc on his puke bag.
"And although Scorpion was far from the most powerful combatant in the Mortal Kombat tournament, he has defeated lethal warriors across multiple worlds,' Wiz stated. "He ́s conquered sorcerers, demons, cyborgs, and, eventually, avenged his death by incinerating Bi-Han in the Netherrealm." Scorpion raised the burnt head and spine of his killer and rival.
"I mean, I don't really condone murder and all, but at least he got payback for his-" Tetsutetsu began before he was cut off by the video.
"But it turns out that that Sub-Zero guy was kind of innocent," Boomstick revealed. "The man, actually, responsible for the death of his family was Quan Chi. You know, that guy he swore himself to and has been working for this whole time?"
"...Oh, never mind," Tetsutetsu gave up what he was saying before.
"Vengeance is an emptiness and he that seeketh it wasteth himself," Tokoyami sagely quoted, leaving Reiko shivering in delight.
"Huh, I thought he was going to go with the old classic 'An Eye for an Eye leaves the world blind'," Sero blinked, surprised.
"One, that quote, while applicable, is overused, and secondly, in this case, it speaks to how Scorpion's hatred, rage, and desire to kill Sub-Zero was wasted and for nothing," Shoji replied.
All Might's fists clenched tightly. He remembered painfully All For One mocking him with the revelation that Tomura Shigaraki was Tenko Shimura, his master's, Nana Shimura's, grandson. He remembered how All For One said that he molded and shaped Tenko into the villain he was now, molding him to hate the student of his grandmother. With this example of Quan Chi and Scorpion hitting too close to home, Toshinori wondered what All For One may have done to Tenko to turn him into Shigaraki, and Shigaraki even knows that his grandmother opposed and was killed by his now master.
Those thoughts turned then to how All For One even found and got his hands on Tenko. What happened to Tenko's family, including Nana's son? What happened to the boy that left him in the clutches of a madman? Could All For One have played a role in what happened, all to secure a powerful pawn and weapon against him? All Might wouldn't put it past his most hated nemesis to do that sort of thing, to be the real cause of all of Young Tenko's suffering, manipulate the boy into hating everyone but the true party responsible, and not lose an ounce of sleep over it.
"Man, Scorpion's kinda like the Charlie Brown of Mortal Kombat."
Quan Chi knocked Scorpion down a flight of stairs, while the Charlie Brown Christmas instrumental theme, Christmas Time is Here, played as the poor gullible ninja tumbled down painfully.
"Aw, I feel bad for him," Pony pouted.
"Why? Tricked or not, he still was a ninja assassin who killed people and killed that innocent Sub-Zero guy," Kamakiri pointed out.
"Eh, innocent might be a strong word to use for Sub-Zero," Honenuki muttered, remembering that Sub-Zero did kill Hanzo first.
"I know, but he did all that because he loved his wife and son so much," Pony twiddled her fingers together, innocently and adorably. "Wouldn't you?"
Kamakiri...didn't have a response to that.
Iida flinched, Pony's words a hammer to his guilty conscious. He did exactly that. While Stain may have been 100% guilty for the crippling of his brother and the murder and crippling of so many other Heroes, Iida, at the time, only cared about what Stain did to his brother. The youngest son of the Iida family was willing to kill Stain for what he did. Not arrest, but actually kill the Hero Killer, something his brother would never condone. He was even willing to let a Hero bleed out and die in his ignorance and desire to kill Stain, which only further shamed him.
Tenya couldn't Hanzo Hasashi any more than he could judge himself.
"As penance for his mistake, Scorpion dedicated his life after death to protecting the late Sub-Zero's younger brother: Kuai Liang, or Sub-Zero," Wiz stated, revealing the younger cryomancer brother and his more exposing outfit and iconic scar over one of his eyes.
"Huh, so it's like a mantle, and after Bi-Han died, his brother took up the name to honor him," Itsuka said.
That did put a smile on Iida's face. His actions may still weigh on him, and he trains and goes on every day to try and make amends, Tenya Iida was still Ingenium. His brother asked him to take up the name, to not let it die with him, and Tenya did, carrying the name as his own in hopes of living up to his brother's example.
"Though he still found time for shooting threes, hitting homers, and hosting his own cooking show!" Boomstick jokingly revealed all of Scorpion's nonsensical, embarrassing game cameos, from basketball, baseball, and cooking.
"This week on 'Cooking with Scorpion', learn about chopping..." A voice announcer said as the apparent master of the culinary arts chopped food with an axe while the captions read: Yes...this is real.
"Well, thank you captions, I would not have believed this was real at all without your help," Pixie Bob said in a mocking, cheerful voice.
Momo further groaned in her hands, needing Izuku, Todoroki, and Kyoka to comfort her as her sanity and logic for the world were further butchered in front of her eyes.
"I think if Aizawa were here, he would be begging for his head to be next on the chopping block," Vlad King joked/spoke with complete seriousness.
"I'm about to wish for such, myself," Endeavor groaned, wishing to unalive himself.
"Yeah, I'm not gonna trust anything that guy makes," Boomstick wisely decided while Scorpion frosted a cake and broke his axe slashing a watermelon in two. "Does he even eat anymore?"
"I have to agree with him," Sato, expert chief of Class 1-A, agreed, finding it appalling to see an axe used for chopping food, and a worn down and dulled one that broke from a watermelon at that. The cook couldn't help all the horrifying health code violations, like the shards of metal now in the food.
"Yeah, I think I'll pass too," Fat Gum raised a hand in surrender. "I may have an iron stomach, but I'm not gonna push my luck with that."
"Oh, come on, Fat, I'm sure that food is to die for," Hawks said cheekily.
"Careful, Wings, the kids already punished Tin-Tin down there with his puns, don't think we won't do the same to you," Miruko warned, only half-joking and the other, serious half was cracking her fists.
"Aside from his weakness for the culinary arts, Scorpion's win-loss record is not as intimidating as you might think," Wiz pointed out. "But consider the outrageous scope of his competition." An example of his competition just so happened to be Raiden, the Thunder God, standing over a defeated Scorpion.
"Fair enough," Cementoss nodded.
"Any way you look at it, it's tough to be much more of a badass than a fire-breathing skeleton ninja from Hell," Boomstick finished the analysis.
"To Hell with your clan!" Bi-Han Sub-Zero spat out.
"No! TO HELL WITH YOU!" Scorpion roared as he dragged Sub-Zero to the Netherrealm.
"Damn, what a comeback," Tetsutetsu snickered.
The opinion of the second Kombatant was more mixed than the Wandering World Warrior. Obvious negative points came from his demonic status, gullibility to fall for the undead sorcerer's words, cold-blooded murder, and an obvious anger issue that could leave him open to making a fatal mistake. However, unlike the Street Fighter, Scorpion showed more lethality, a variety of methods to kill his opponent, and long-range options than the noble Ryu. Others thought that Scorpion's teleport and fire abilities would also be useful in putting distance and attacking the Street Fighter from afar. Regardless of Scorpion's questionable morality, they all did agree that the Mortal Kombatant would be quite the dangerous foe, for Ryu and themselves.
"Alright, the Kombatants are set, let's end this debate once and for all," Wiz declared.
"It's Time For A DEATH BAAATTTLLLEEE!" Boomstick roared.
As the video paused, and the device began its search of the fighters' counterparts, the group began to vote and discuss who would win between the two.
Among the most notable of Ryu's voters included Izuku, Itsuka, and Rin, all three inspired by the martial artist and his prowess, especially Midoriya regarding Ryu's struggles and victory over the Satsui no Hado and how Ryu seemed to truly embody the motto of 'Going beyond your limits'. Miruko likewise voted for the Wandering World Warrior, partly out of comradery because of her counterpart in the same universe, partly in approval of his nomadic, warrior life, and finally out of thanks to the Street Fighter for helping to put an end to her counterpart's father's murderer. All Might and Eri would also vote for the Street Fighter, who appeared more inspirational and heroic than his gorey opponent; the former likewise approved of Ryu going against his theorized father and rejecting the darkness within him, hoping that if his darkest suspicions were correct, that history would repeat itself here. Plus, Eri found that Ryu seemed very similar to her Papa.
Nejire voted based on how heroic Ryu was and for his Hadoken technique, which she hoped for her and Izuku to mimic, Tokoyami for respecting the man's struggles and challenges with struggling and overcoming the dark power within like the raven-headed teen does with Dark Shadow, and Jurota would share Tokoyami's reasoning for voting for Ryu, likewise approving and relating to struggling to control his anger mid-fight. Kouta would surprisingly also vote for Ryu over their shared trauma of being orphans and yet helped beyond their pain by the helping hand of another. Edgeshot joins the votes for the Wandering World Warrior, approving of his dedication to martial arts, his journey of enlightenment through suffering, and overcoming the darkness through the teachings of his mentor. Finally, Nezu voted for Ryu, finding that while it seemed ill-advised to vote against a fighter that was technically already dead, he had a feeling that, while detestable of an option, the Satsui no Hado's Raging Demon and its ability to attack one's soul could be the key for the Street Fighter to obtain victory.
As for those who voted for Scorpion, the most notable of which included Katsuki Bakugou, who approved more of Scorpion's brutal methods, teleporting, and fiery powers, Kamakiri who liked Scorpion's martial arts mixed with his weaponry, hoping to get some more tips by asking Midoriya for some notes, and even Mirio, who found that Scorpion's teleportation and fire powers would be useful in keeping Ryu away. Endeavor and Shoto would also vote for the Shirai Ryu ninja but more than just for his pyrokinesis. Endeavor found a lot of Touya in Hanzo for how he disobeyed his father's orders to join the clan and the anger and grudge that the man held that ruled over him for most of his life and felt in voting for Hanzo, it would be, in a way, supporting Touya, whether he was his counterpart or not. Shoto's decision to vote for Netherrealm wraith was similar, sympathizing with Hanzo's past and the anger that drove the man to sell his soul to a demon sorcerer for vengeance. Similarly, Iida likewise voted for Hanzo over their shared struggles over the desire for vengeance but also believes Scorpion to be the faster, more agile, and more dangerous one between the two choices.
Other votes for the Netherrealm wraith included Reiko, who was won over because of Hanzo Hisashi's status as a wraith and his demonic powers, Kuroiro, also for the wraith status and approving of Scorpion's teleporting and finding the ability to drag his foe into Hell where he would have home field advantage was crucial, and Kaminari, who while he liked the abilities of Scorpion, believed simply by the nature of Scorpion already being dead to be major boon in a death battle. Uraraka, Asui, and Sero all voted for the ninja for his infamous kunai spear, all three of them comparing tit o their own long-range grappling weapons and abilities. Finally, Hawks cast his vote for the Mortal Kombatant for his weaponry, Ninjutsu training, and evasion, and likewise agreeing with both Kuroiro and Kaminari that an opponent that can take you to a place where he would be stronger and is undead would be unlikely to be defeated.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device finished its scanning, first displaying Ryu. "RYU! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
"Oh course, he is," Kaminari muttered. "Come on, Midoriya! Can't you give the rest of us some time in the sun?"
Knowing Kaminari wasn't truly angry, or taking it too seriously, Izuku just chuckled, scratching the back of his head. Still, Izuku smiled that he was the counterpart of the Street Fighter, his desire to mimic and master Ryu's abilities only rising further than before.
Miruko's gaze fell onto the boy, ears perking up with interest. The Rabbit Hero didn't have to be a genius to know that something was up with Midoriya. The kid has seemingly been the counterpart to most characters they have seen, and he has what looks like ten of the girls, including Ryukyu's protege and the Shield girl, drooling all over him without even trying, and from what she could smell of him, she could see why.
A particular 'quirk' of her Quirk was it gave her many features and abilities of a rabbit, including an excellent sense of smell. Usually, she used it to sense an environment for enemies; however, another use of it was to smell out a person's character. If someone is lying or hiding something from her, she can smell it off their sweat, it also helps her figure out whether a guy interested in her is sincere or just lusting after her body. When she smelled the girls, she could tell that whenever they spoke or interacted with Midoriya, she could pick up their intentions with him. While there was a good amount of lust in them, there was something more, something honest and true about their feelings for the boy, and from what she could tell, the feelings were mutual.
At least with as much as she could tell from Midoriya. He always gave off a confusing smell to her compared to others, almost like he has 8 other smells coming off of him, one of which smells suspiciously like All Might. But when she did focus on the smell she identified as Midoriya, she would be overwhelmed but how 'pure' his smell was, how enticing it was, and it only got more potent to her senses for the past few days. Miruko wondered if perhaps this was the 'mark of a true mate' as her mom described when she met Dad.
Shaking her head from those thoughts, momentarily believing them to be nonsense, Miruko did at least concede that something was intriguing about Izuku Midoriya, something she wanted to know more of. A thought then popped into her mind, making her grin wide. 'Maybe a spar or private training session or two, as thanks to his counterpart for helping to take care of Bison for my counterpart and her father,' Miruko thought.
"HANZO HASASHI AKA SCORPION! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: TENYA IIDA!"
"Woah. Didn't see that coming," Sero blinked surprised. "I mean, no offense, Iida, but I never pegged you for the fiery spirit of vengeance kind of guy."
"It's fine, Sero, I felt no offense," Iida nodded, though kept his gaze on the image of his counterpart now next to his own. "It is a bit surprising for myself, but..."
"But?" Kirishima raised his eyebrow, wondering where Iida was going with this until he went quiet.
Iida shifted his gaze over to Izuku and Shoto, who met his eyes and knew instantly where Iida was going. Shoto nodded, understanding yet his serious face held a look that there would be no debate about whatever Iida might say next. Izuku shared a similar stare, yet his eyes were softer and, consequently, more impactful to his soul. The two of them were telling him that his grudge with Stain may be a reason for his connection with Scorpion, but that doesn't mean that is all Tenya Iida was, that he is someone good, loyal, and upstanding, and they would hear no 'ifs' 'ands' or 'buts'.
Iida let out a breath through his nostrils and nodded as subtly as he could. "It's nothing," Iida said, the tone of his voice being all that the students and adults needed to know that Iida wanted them to drop it, and so they did.
Iida went over to Izuku and reached out a hand. "May the best counterpart come out victorious," Iida said.
"Same to you, Iida," Izuku shook Iida's hand. "And to remind each other that whatever happens, it's not real or affects us in any way."
"Agreed," Iida nodded.
"ADDITIONAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device suddenly announced. "GOUKEN! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART 1: ERROR! ERROR! PRIME MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART UNABLE TO BE ANNOUNCED!"
"Honestly, what the hell is even the point of announcing something if they're just going to censor it?!" Mina exclaimed, scratching and ruffling her hair in slight frustration that these censoring episodes were doing to her curious mind.
Izuku and All Might narrowed their eyes, both of them sharing the same conclusion in their minds: 'It must be another one of the Vestiges.' The censoring was only occurring when instances of One For All came up, just as they intended with the request on the first day with the device, and the only other instances of censoring occurred with the true names of All For One and Dabi, both for the reasoning that it was classified under the present circumstances of their timeline.
All Might and Izuku pondered which of the Vestiges might the counterpart be, with the obvious of Nana Shimura to be excluded, given how her name was never censored at all. It only took a few seconds for both of them to come up with the answer. 'Gouken is the brother of Akuma, whose counterpart was All For One,' All Might remembered from the second-ever Death Battle they watched. 'If not me or Nana, then the only other viable alternative that makes the most sense-'
'-Is the First User,' Izuku finished the same thought, his mind conjuring the image of the white-haired scrawny man that was the progenitor of the Quirk he had now.
"CONTINUING! GOUKEN! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART 2: TOSHINORI YAGI AKA ALL MIGHT!"
"Wow, former Number 1. Seems like a lot of your counterparts have you with some kind of connection to Midoriya," Miruko gave a predator-like smirk toward the still frame of All Might.
"Oh, really?" Hawks raised an eyebrow, interested. "Do tell."
"Yeah, like how that demigod Raiden guy, from Scorpion's world, was a mentor to Izuku's counterpart, Liu Kang," Miruko's grin grew wider. "Or James McCloud, father of Midoriya's Fox McCloud. Or even Midoriya's Cringer/Battle Cat being the pet of your He-Man one."
"Ooh! Quite interesting," Hawks grinned, his interest rising even more with the frankly obvious connection. "Quite the coincidence, no, All Might?"
Miruko and Hawks didn't need their respective super hearing to hear how All Might's bony knuckles cracked. "Yes, quite the coincidence," All Might replied, steeling his face as much as he possibly could. "Then again, Midoriya is quite a big fan of mine, and I am his teacher, as I am for the rest of his class and Class 1-B. It would only be fitting that my biggest fan and I could garner a similar connection."
Miruko's nose twitched. "Yeah, right," Miruko replied, her grin never falling. Try as the retired pro might to sprinkle in some truth, she could tell that he was lying right through his teeth. Still, she noticed that it might alienate her from Midoriya if she appeared too confrontational to him and his 'teacher', so she would back off. For now.
Still, some of the students also looked suspicious at the teacher and his protege in all but name, especially Melissa and the rest of the Sisterhood. Melissa's mind brought up that damn music video once more, the images of All Might, Izuku, and their connection, how even her father recognized All Might in Izuku. Whatever it all meant, it was clear that All Might and Izuku didn't have the same kind of student-teacher relationship as the rest of his classmates, that there was something more between them. Something she and the girls would not stop until they found out.
Meanwhile, Shoto and Endeavor nodded at each other, pulling this piece of information into the section of their minds reserved for their 'Dad Might' theory.
"SAGAT! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: YAWARA CHATORA AKA TIGER!"
Instantly, Izuku fell onto his hands and knees and began rapidly bowing his head over and over. "I'M SO SO SO SORRY, TIGER-SENSEI! ME AND MY COUNTERPART DIDN'T MEAN TO ATTACK YOU AND NEARLY KILL YOU!" Izuku apologized over and over, his apologies started to become incomprehensible like his muttering.
He only was stopped by Tiger's outstretched hand ruffling his hair. "It's alright, Midoriya, I take no offense with this," Tiger replied, a cat-like smile on his face. "I know perfectly well that you are not at fault for the actions of your counterpart, or that your counterpart truly meant to attack my own in such a manner of his own full accord. Let us put this as just an accident of another life."
"HAI!" Izuku said, blushing slightly from the ruffling of his hair and the looks that the girls were giving him that made him feel like he was a cute puppy or something.
"SAKURA KASUGANO!" The device showed the obsessive fangirl of Ryu and revealed her name. "MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: ERI!"
"Yay! I'm a fighter, too!" Eri jumped for joy, grinning widely. "And I fight and look like Papa's other him! I am Deku's biggest fan!" Eri began to adorably copy Ryu's movements as much as she could.
Returned to his place, Izuku smiled, his eyes watery at how much Eri cared and admired him. If someone as precious as his surrogate daughter was the one to be his biggest fangirl/stalker, Izuku would be okay with it. Or rather only if his biggest fangirl was Eri. Izuku grabbed Eri into a hug that the white unicorn of a girl returned just as lovingly.
Meanwhile, Kouta pouted, blushing red. "I am Deku's biggest fan, Horn Head," Kouta muttered jealously, crossing his arms and turning away in a huff.
Only that direction led to looking at Mirio, where he grinned teasingly at him. Kouta blushed further red and turned away again, pouting even more childishly.
"HARUMI HASASHI! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: CAMIE UTSUSHIMI!"
"Awkward," Ojiro hissed, pulling at the collar of his shirt as he noticed the foul look on Todoroki's face. However, the students didn't know what made Todoroki angrier: the fact that the counterpart to his girlfriend was married to and had a kid with one of his classmates or that very same relationship led to her death.
Iida paled and shrunk down into his seat, trying to avoid looking in Todoroki's direction and the possible glaring eyes that awaited him. While the new Ingenium could admit that Todoroki's girlfriend was objectively one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen, Iida, in this life, held absolutely no interest in Camie Utsushimi, much of that interest fading when he met with and saw how Utsushimi talked and behaved.
"QUAN CHI! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KAI CHISAKI AKA OVERHAUL!"
Thankfully, Iida was spared any more of Todoroki's jealous glares, as the Fire-and-Ice-wielding teen glared venomously at the undead sorcerer for what he did to his girlfriend's counterpart, and Iida joined Todoroki in glaring at the man with hate. The blue-haired teen still didn't have any interest in Camie, but she was still his counterpart's wife, and this man was responsible for her demise, the death of his counterpart's son, and tricking his counterpart into becoming his puppet. If Iida had a list of people he hated, Quan Chi was now a very close second to his most hated person alive, just barely behind Stain.
With all the counterparts out of the way, the video began to play once more into the fight.
Up on a mountaintop, a sea of clouds below and the wind howling above, Ryu stood alone, basking and meditating in solitude.
"Now that is just majestic," Ojiro gasped in awe of the scene, envious of the warrior for enjoying such a sight.
This peace was broken suddenly, a voice calling out to him: "GET OVER HERE!"
"I had a feeling they were going to have that in this fight," Rin chuckled.
Ryu opened his eyes, reacting quickly and catching the kunai spear. "Can't fool me!" Ryu shouted.
"However, whilst memorable to his character, to announce the attack forgo Scorpion's element of surprise," Edgeshot wisely informed. "If he had declared it after the attack landed, it would be both effective and true to his character."
"Yeah, yeah, like the skilled, focused warrior wouldn't have noticed the attack coming at him otherwise," Miruko rolled her eyes.
"Fair enough," Edgeshot conceded that Miruko brought up a good point.
The Wandering Warrior pulled Scorpion into view, the two fighters standing ready against the other. "Come on!" Ryu taunted at the Netherrealm ninja.
FIGHT!
Scorpion went on the offense immediately, teleporting right to Ryu, the latter blocking the flying kick. Hanzo Hisashi tried landing a flurry of punches, but the Street Fighter blocked each one perfectly with but a single arm.
"Amazing," Itsuka gasped, herself in awe of Ryu's perfect defense. She flexed her hand, memorizing Ryu's technique in hopes of combining it with her Quirk to achieve a similar, if not greater defense of her own.
Ryu dodged an uppercut before countering with a solid right hook to the face, an X-ray showed Scorpion's skull cracking under the strike's power.
The students and adults flinched under the force behind the hit if it left a crack in the opponent's head.
Scorpion was sent backward, sliding himself to a stop only to get leg swept, knocking him to the ground. Ryu performed a short hop, hoping to drive his fist down onto Scorpion's fallen form. The ninja vanished in a burst of flames, Ryu's fist striking only the ground.
"Ryu is the stronger fighter defensively and with greater striking power, however, Scorpion is the faster and more agile fighter,"
"So, this fight's going to come down whether Scorpion can deliver a fast enough, deadly strike or if Ryu can break Scorpion first," Mandalay summarized.
"COME HERE!" Scorpion reappeared away from Ryu and flung his kunai once more at the warrior.
"HADOKEN!" Ryu formed and fired his iconic blue fireball.
"Hadoken!" Eri and Kouta both copied Ryu's move, earning giggles and chuckles from the group.
The Hadoken blasted through the kunai spear, destroying it. Scorpion crossed his arms over his chest and teleported again, the Hadoken whiffing past where the ninja once stood and stopped against the rocks.
Teleporting behind Ryu, Scorpion jumped and landed a flying punch at the back of Ryu's head, disorienting him. While Ryu was dizzy and stunned, Scorpion summoned a katana and made after his stunned foe.
"Nice," Kamakiri grinned. "Stun him enough to pull out his sword and deliver the finishing blow."
Mineta snickered, attempting to cover his mouth at how unintentionally gay that sounded. However, as he looked back, he realized Kamakiri heard him, and he was not amused. The purple perve shivered at the praying mantis-like teen's glare, even more, when a blade came out of his fist, threateningly.
However, before Scorpion could reach him, Ryu shook himself clear, dodging the sword slashes. "TATSUMAKI SENPUKYAKU!" The Street Fighter subsequently countered kicking Scorpion in the face with his Hurricane kicks. He finished the attack and proceeded to uppercut the Kombatant into the air. "SHORYUKEN!"
"Nice! The way he switched techniques and blended his moves together like that was masterful," Miruko nodded and grinned in approval.
Izuku smiled, writing Ryu's moves and his masterful technique as fast as he could, imagining if he could do the same with his smashes, perhaps with an elbow strike to the head to stun his opponent before kicking them away with a St. Louis Smash, or instead swing them around and smash them into the ground with Black Whip before pulling them in for a Detroit Smash or his own kind of Shoryuken.
Scorpion landed hard on the ground, barely having time to get up before Ryu delivered a powerful Joudan Sokutogeri to his chest.
"Hey, it's the Diarrhea Joke Foot!" Mirio pointed out. "Bet Scorpion's stomach must be in Hell now!"
"I swear he's getting worse," Nejire shook her head with her hand in her palm.
"Boomstick is tainting his light," Tamaki agreed, shaking his head too in dismay.
Scorpion flew off and tumbled down the mountain, landing painfully among the rocks. His descent ceased upon the ground on his knees. Ryu slid down more carefully, landing on his feet.
"Can you stand up after that?" Ryu questioned, before slowly approaching the downed Kombatant. "I'll finish this!"
"This fight ain't over yet, is it?" Fat Gum asked the obvious question.
"Not by a long shot," Snipe nodded.
Ryu threw out a punch, hoping to end this fight once and for all...only for Scorpion to suddenly catch the fist.
Ryu gasped in surprise. "YOU WILL JOIN ME IN HELL!" Scorpion exclaimed, flames gathering around them both.
Scorpion drags Ryu in a tight hold close, the flames gathering closer and brighter, and a portal opens up beneath them. In a yell and a bright flash of fire, both Scorpion and Ryu were gone.
"Whelp, that's not good," Mina paled.
The scene switched to that of the Netherrealm, with fire, lava, and brimstone as far as the eye could see.
Ibara shivered at the sight of this hellish landscape.
In a burst of flames, Ryu and Scorpion appeared the two landing on the ground, facing each other again. Ryu smirked at his opponent. "Hmmm, this is some fight!"
"Now, that's a manly fighting spirit!" Kirishima cheered for Ryu. "Ready to fight to end no matter where you end up!"
"MANLY!" Tetsutetsu cheered in agreement.
"As thrilling as this might be, this change in location puts Ryu at a severe disadvantage," Tokoyami pointed out, cutting into the two's excitement. "The hazardous, unfamiliar environment means that Ryu must be more cautious and careful when he fights, or he can risk falling into the lava and burning to death."
"Not only that, but the longer they stay there, the more powerful Scorpion becomes, and Scorpion is the only one that can take them out of the Netherrealm at will," Shoji added.
Scorpion responded by launching a ball of Hellfire, Ryu countering with his own Hadoken. The two fireballs met and exploded in a flash of sparks and colors, neutralizing each other. And as the flames dissipated, Scorpion was nowhere in sight. Suddenly, Scorpion teleported behind Ryu, kicking him in the back.
"Smart. Use the resulting explosion to hide and evade before striking from behind while your foe is unaware," Endeavor stated his approval of Scorpion's tactics.
"That's the power of a Ninja!" Hawks exclaimed, covering his mouth with his wings and performing a mocking facsimile of a ninja hand sign.
"Ninja!" Miruko copied Hawks, pulling up her winter scarf over her mouth.
Edgeshot could feel his burning rage rising at the mockery of his artform, only slightly worried that this rage would turn him into a spirit of vengeance himself.
Scorpion teleported again, landing a powerful strike at Ryu's stomach that left him gasping. The Netherrealm wraith began teleporting over and over, delivering multiple blows at Ryu's off-guard form, before transitioning to sword slashes, spilling Ryu's blood across the rocks of Hell.
"Hey! No fair! Stop teleporting like that and fight him fairly!" Hagakure whined, her displeasure only rising at the knowledge that it was Izuku's counterpart who was being mercilessly wailed upon.
"There's no such thing as fair here, babe!" Kamakiri exclaimed. "It's do-or-die time!"
Izuku whirled his eyes at Kamakiri, an inhuman spike of rage flowing out of him at hearing the word 'Babe' be directed like that at His girl.
Miruko shivered as her nose picked up that rage from Midoriya, one that smelled both noble and vengeful. Honestly, to find such a combination coming out of Midoriya was rather stimulating.
Scorpion brought Ryu to his knees with a roundhouse kick to the face. Ryu panted, holding his bleeding side. "Neither of us has reached our full potential!" Ryu warned.
"As if that matters!" Scorpion scoffed, raising his hands upwards.
Sparks began to rise around Ryu before a plume of Hellfire burst out, Ryu yelled in pain as he was covered in the flames.
"Oh no!" Pony wailed. "Is it over?!"
Nezu smirked and said "Hardly."
"MWUHAHAHAHA!" Scorpion laughed, assuming victory.
"It's not over!" Ryu's voice cut Scorpion off. From the flames, Ryu's silhouette stood, growling as his eyes flared red. With a roar, the flames were dispersed, and out of them stood Ryu, his clothes darker, a reddish-purple aura surrounding him.
"The Satsui no Hado," All Might muttered, shivering as he saw Izuku's now-revealed counterpart enveloped in such dark power. The shivering only grew worse as he imagined Young Midoriya in a similar outcome, his hero suit replaced with a dark tux and the green lightning of One For All replaced by reddish black lightning, All For One's haunting form over Midoriya's dark appearance.
All Might shook the thought away, believing that could never happen.
"Surprised?" Ryu, now Evil Ryu, mocked, his eyes glowing red.
Setsuna shivered, partly out of instinctual fear and horror at the sight of her Green Bean's counterpart in such a state, but also because she couldn't help but imagine Izuku in a similar, confident look...rather hot.
Scorpion fired off another ball of Hellfire, but instead of firing off another Hadoken, Evil Ryu simply punched it away.
"Damn, what a flex!" Kosei exclaimed.
"But also, a show of how this Evil Ryu form is stronger than his normal form," Nirengeki pointed out. "Like how Ryu could dodge bullets normally but his Evil form could just block them with the power of his aura alone."
"I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT I'M MADE OF!" Evil Ryu roared. Evil Ryu lept forward into the air, firing several aerial, one-handed Hadokens.
"Those Hadokens, the way he fires them, is just like how Akuma did it in his Death Battle," Momo analyzed, grimly.
"Like possible father like possible son, I suppose," Shinsou muttered.
That caused a reaction in Midoriya, though not of his own accord. Rather the feelings of unease came from deep within him that Izuku knew they came from the Vestiges, though the green-haired teen did not know if it simply came from the First or the others as well.
Scorpion dodged each of the Hadokens but could not evade in time to dodge Evil Ryu landing on top of him and pinning him down. Using a Hellfire Kick, Scorpion knocks Evil Ryu off and away from him, before charging in with his sword. However, as Scorpion brought the blade down, Evil Ryu broke the sword with his hands.
"Shit," Kamakiri muttered, realizing his fighter was in deep trouble.
"Don't expect mercy!" Evil Ryu growled. Evil Ryu let loose a brutal combination of devastating punches and kicks, including the Tatsumaki Senpukyaku, before transitioning into one of his arts. "SHIN-SHOR-YU-KEN!" Ryu's devastating uppercut attack launched Scorpion away.
"Holy shit! That was awesome!" Rin exclaimed, wide-eyed.
"Shin-Shoryuken," Sato muttered. "Is that like an Ultimate move on top of one of his Ultimate moves?"
"Most likely an upgraded version of his Shoryuken that requires the Satsui no Hado to perform," Todoroki replied.
Despite the brutal combo, Scorpion still got right back up.
"How?!" Kinoko exclaimed, surprised. "He got just got back up from that brutal shroomsault?!"
"Remember the omens of Boomstick and Wizard," Reiko warned. "The Netherrealm is Scorpion's abode and source of power. Fighting within his domain not only greatens his dark power but may mend even the most terrible of wounds."
"Plus, the guy is dead! It will take a lot more to totally kill a dead guy!" Dark Shadow popped up and squawked.
Ryu's eyes glowed a brighter red. "GOTCHA!" Evil Ryu roared teleporting forward to finish off his opponent.
"It's the Raging Demon technique!" Nejire exclaimed.
Nezu leaned forward, hands clasped together.
Scorpion easily teleported out of the way, ending up behind Evil Ryu.
"Dammit! Stop teleporting!" Kouta whined.
Nezu let out a sigh, his worst potential outcome occurring to his slight disappointment.
Scorpion laughed as he took off his mask, revealing his skull face and firing his flaming breath at Evil Ryu.
Eri whimpered again at the flaming skull and hid her face in Izuku's chest again. Iida flinched in guilt that this version of his face brought such a reaction out of Eri.
Evil Ryu dodged the flames and advanced on the Netherrealm wrath. The two exchange blows again, their fists clashing against each other, over and over, with Scorpion clearly getting the upper hand.
"That Netherrealm boost is working up again," Bakugou noted, his own analytical eyes picking up how the blows went from direct clashing with equal strength to Scorpion easily blocking them.
Dodging an uppercut, Scorpion caught Evil Ryu with his own, launching the dark-powered warrior away. The Mortal Kombatant fired off his Rope Spear, this time successfully landing and impaling Ryu's chest. Bringing the warrior over to him, Scorpion followed it up with a Hellfire Kick that launched Evil Ryu into the air, only to cease his trajectory with another Kunai spear to the chest, bringing him over to another Hellfire Kick. And then another. And then finally finishing the Brutal Combo with a Hellfire Blast that knocked Ryu farther away.
"Jesus Christ, that was kind of awesome!" Tetsutetsu admitted.
"Now, that was some expert juggling," Sen nodded.
"They've spent so much time in the Netherrealm that not even Evil Ryu can stand up against Scorpion now," Jurota noted.
Evil Ryu bounced away, landing on his knees, suddenly, reverting to normal. "Concentrate," Ryu panted hard. "I will NOT succumb to evil!"
In a flash, Ryu was enveloped in whitish-blue chi, his eyes glowing white.
"The Power of Nothingness," Asui croaked.
"This could be it!" Hagakure cheered, hopefully.
As Ryu attained the Power of Nothingness, Scorpion slowly approached, cautious of this newfound power.
"He's being cautious," Ryukyu noted. "He doesn't know what this power is or if it can harm him effectively."
"Perhaps it can," Cementoss proposed. "If it is on equal terms, if not greater in power to the Satsui no Hado, then it could harm Scorpion enough to end the fight.
Nezu hummed, scratching his chin in thought.
"I walk the path of a true warrior," Ryu declared, as he was bathed in chi. "THIS IS THE POWER OF MANKIND!" Ryu brought his hands back, gathering an immense amount of energy into one final blast. "SHINKU-HADOUKEN!" Out of Ryu's hands fired a beam of pure energy.
Nejire's eyes went wide at the sight of the attack, wondering if she could use such an attack herself.
Quickly, Scorpion was engulfed in the attack, yelling in pain. When the light faded all that remained of the ninja was a standing, charred skeleton.
"YES!" The Ryu voters cheer.
"SHIT!" Bakugou exclaimed in frustration, while the other Scorpion voters sighed or whined.
The Power of Nothingness faded, and Ryu fell to his knees, totally spent. "I walk a path...with no end," He declared in victory.
Miruko smirked, liking that quote. She knew what it meant, that there is no limit, no end goal to how far he can take his skills and training, and where one can always grow stronger and better than before. The Rabbit Hero made a note to use that quote herself.
"Whelp, I guess that's it," Kaminari threw his hands up in exaggeration. "Izuku's fighter won again and-"
Suddenly, Scorpion's skeleton starts moving again, shocking Ryu, and the audience.
"Wait, WHAT?!" Melissa exclaimed in shock.
"I WILL CRUSH YOUR BONES!" Scorpion's skeleton was bathed in flames as he roared. With that said, he fired a stream of Hellfire at the completely exhausted Ryu, who could only look on in shock as he was incinerated by the attack, reducing him to ashes.
"MWUHAHAHAHAHA!" Scorpion laughed in true victory.
K.O.!
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"WHAT?!" The Ryu voters exclaimed in shock, horror, and anger.
"WHAT WAS THAT BULLSHIT?!" Miruko raged. "HE LITERALLY WAS JUST A SKELETON!"
"An undead revived skeleton," Honenuki pointed out. "If his true face was just a skull, why not the rest of him?"
"BAHAHAHAHAHA! SUCK IT, DEKU!" Bakugou laughed and mocked Izuku. "ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR COUNTERPARTS BITES THE DUST! OR SHOULD I SAY ASHES!"
Izuku sighed, disappointed, a tad annoyed by Bakugou's mocking, but accepted the defeat. "I guess I lost," Izuku muttered before walking over to Iida. "Good fight, Iida. Guess you really cooked my goose."
"HEY! MIDORIYA! I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT!" Mirio whined.
"And it wasn't better coming out of his mouth either," Tamaki shook his head.
"DON'T CORRUPT MY ZUZU WITH YOUR BAD PUNS!" Nejire roared as Mirio went down again with another lump on his head.
"Good fight to you too, Midoriya," Iida shook Izuku's hand. "...And apologies for burning your counterpart to ashes."
"It's no problem," Izuku laughed nervously. "It's only a simulation right?"
"STOP TAKING YOUR LOSSES WELL!" Bakugou roared.
"Whelp, look at that, Kaminari, your jinxing finally came in handy this time," Sero patted his friend on the back.
"Thanks Se-HEY!" Kaminari shouted, suddenly offended.
To add insult to injury, Scorpion transformed into a penguin, walked over to Ryu's ashy remains, and laid an egg, which proceeded to explode and destroy the remains even more.
"IIDA!" Ochaco exclaimed affronted by his counterpart's actions.
Iida sputtered and tried to excuse his counterpart's actions to the amusement of the students.
"I'm no chef, but that looks a bit overcooked."
"Not a culinary master at all," Fat Gum and Sato shook their heads.
"Ryu's Satsui no Hado and the Power of Nothingness were incredibly powerful, but raw power alone is not enough to destroy Scorpion," Wiz stated.
"Yet, Scorpion's advantage of already being dead didn't make this a cakewalk," Boomstick clarified. "In fact, Ryu had a perfect way to permanently end Scorpion: the soul-killing Raging Demon."
"Wait, so that evil move was the right move to kill Scorpion but not the giant laser of death?" Melissa quirked an eyebrow.
"I suppose that makes sense," Momo rationalized. "The Satsui no Hado was stated to be able to destroy souls so it could theoretically harm an undead one like Scorpion's."
"Meanwhile, the Power of Nothingness only was said to boost Ryu's power and awareness, not suddenly blast souls out of existence," Jiro added.
"But the fiery skeleton of a ninja could avoid the instant murder move, thanks to his awesome ninja skills and teleportation," Boomstick pointed out.
"Not to mention Ryu has very little experience actually using the Raging Demon anyway," Wiz added. "But most importantly, Scorpion's strength increases the longer he remains in the Netherrealm, with no defining limit. Once trapped in Hell with Scorpion, Ryu stood little chance in the long run."
"I suppose I was right about what it would take to defeat Scorpion just not that it would work," Nezu shrugged and sighed.
"I believe I earned myself some my bet," Recovery Girl laid out her hand for Nezu to pay up.
While Nezu gave a sickly-sweet smile, his vindictive side swore to get back at his school's nurse later.
"Zero chance if Scorpion just upped and teleported him into a pool of lava, which he could totally do!" Boomstick added, too.
"Oh, right! I forgot he could do that too!" Kosei slapped his forehead.
"I suppose that was Scorpion fighting fair, huh?" Bondo questioned.
"Zip it, Glue Face! My fighter won! That's all that matters!" Kamakiri boasted victoriously.
Hagakure blew a sour raspberry at him though the praying mantis-like teen didn't know where it came from.
"Scorpion was just too hot to handle."
"Boo!" Mina gave a thumbs down to that joke.
"The Winner is Scorpion," Wiz announced.
Reluctant and victorious claps were had over the still well-fought match between the two Kombatants.
A yawning sound was heard and the group noticed that Mei was waking up. "Oh, is the fight over?" She asked.
"Seriously?! You were asleep the whole time?!" Ochaco exclaimed.
"Meh, the fight didn't have enough babies in it," Mei shrugged.
Somehow, that burned Iida's pride more than any of Scorpion's fire.
"Next Time on Death Battle!" Boomstick began announcing the next fight.
Intense fighting music played as the out of the shadows came a man in orange and black armor with only of eye socket, stalking menacingly toward the screen. The scenes transitioned to a more combat-oriented suit fighting on an even field against Batman himself.
Suddenly, the music cut to a goofier track as a red and black-suited fighter, acting goofy, silly, and no less deadly also appeared, before making a shocked face at the screen.
Deadpool vs Deathstroke
"Deadpool and Deathstroke," Kaminari muttered. "Guys looks cool."
"They look like ninjas too," Sero pointed out. "Is it another ninja fight?"
The two shrugged, yet the whole audience could not help but feel an overwhelming sense of dread come over them, as they felt entirely unprepared for the mayhem about to be unleashed upon them. Hidden away from their sights, a certain Watcher of the Multiverse pitied them and himself.
With a nod from Nezu, Mei pressed the button, and the video began.
Notes:
AAAAAAANNNNNNDDDD SCENE! Oh, Jesus Christ, this took longer than expected. Sorry for that guys, but after you suddenly and painfully bruise your finger against a machine and a full jug of water, the desire the write kind of leaves when every type on the keyboard becomes painful.
But anyway, I hope you guys liked the chapter and all it entailed. Nejire has come to quite an upsetting revelation, Miruko is getting ever more curious about Deku, and another of Deku's counterparts is shown, making that what the umpteenth one? Again, it's not like I'm trying to do this, I just see the comparisons, compare and contrast the options and Deku just comes out the better choice. And now to explain that choice:
Firstly, Deku as Ryu, a comparison so obvious it was written in the stars since Akuma vs Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn vs M. Bison. Izuku and Ryu, the nemesis and potential theorized sons of All For One and Akuma, taught by the brother of Akuma/received the Quirk of All For One's brother and taught All For One's nemesis, All Might, both noble and humble fighters with the potential of showing a darker, more violent side of themselves and the Satsui no Hado and Power of Nothingness compares really well with All For One and One For All, with neither being inherently stronger than the other, but two sides of the same coin.
Speaking of All For One and Akuma, Gouken having Yoichi and All Might as counterparts also speaks for itself. Yoichi and All For One are brothers with opposing views and powers like Gouken and Akuma, All Might inherited Yoichi's Quirk and is the arch enemy of All For One, Akuma had believed to have killed Gouken, while All For One did kill Yoichi and crippled All Might, and All Might was the father figure Deku always needed and Yoichi, technically in this story and theory, would be Deku's Uncle while Gouken, in the 'Akuma is Ryu's father' theory, would be Ryu's uncle and is a father figure to Ryu.
Then there is Sagat as Tiger, a weird choice, but it makes sense when you think about it. Sagat, while initially an antagonist and member of Shadaloo, is actually a good guy and betrays Shadaloo to join with the good guys, which fits with Tiger as a Hero, Sagat is pretty big like Tiger, and Sagat's fighting style and theme is all about tigers. Coincidence? Plus, it makes sense with Izuku as Ryu since Tiger helped train Izuku in the Pussycat's training camp, and the themes of Sagat as a tiger and Ryu as a dragon fit with Chinese lore and beliefs that the symbols of tigers and dragons are equal rivals to each other. And Eri as Sakura, both are young fangirls that idolize their idols, easy as that.
Next, Scorpion and Iida. While yes, Bakugou and Todoroki have similar fire powers and anger issues, Bakugou especially, it's Iida whose anger issues relate more to Scorpion. Both Iida and Hanzo have a thing when it comes to vengeance dominating their lives, with Iida willing to kill Stain despite it going against his beliefs as a Hero, and Scorpion's constant vendetta against Sub-Zero, despite the misunderstandings that that hatred and vengeance had. Scorpion is quick and can teleport, which matches with Iida's speed, and both of them can be rather noble, stubborn, and hot-headed.
Then there is Camie as Harumi. This is mostly to reference the Iida/Camie ship that I've seen in some other stories and if you can already guess who Sub-Zero is and relate that to the recent Mortal Kombat 1, you guys can see where I'm going with this, but I will probably not say it out loud until Sub-Zero vs Glacius. And finally, Quan Chi as Overhaul. While not as studious as Garaki, Overhaul is as depraved and smart as both the doctor and Quan Chi, with Overhaul experimenting on Eri to create the Quirk-Erasing bullets while Quan Chi is a sorcerer who created several demons, including Ermac in Mortal Kombat 1, one deals with souls and the dead and the other can play around with him by deconstructing and reconstructing them, either as they were or fusing them with himself, and where Quan Chi has the Brotherhood of Shadows as his minions, Chisaki has the Shie Hassakai.
And with all that said, I hope you guys liked the chapter, check out my other stories if you like to and haven't already, leave your thoughts in the comments below, including your thoughts on future counterpart predictions, and remember to stay chill and safe.
Until next time, this has been Zayden StormVoid, and-
???: WE WILL SEE YOU ALL IN THE NEXT AWESOME AND HANDSOME FIGHT TO COME.
ZS: Oh no...not you...
DP: Yes, me! Sweet, Sexy, lovable me! Till next time! COCK SHOT!
Chapter 41: Deadpool vs Deathstroke
Summary:
Heads will roll, minds will be broken, and patience shall be tested in the Battle of the Mercs, the one with one eye and the one who's mouth never stops. Will the group keep their sanity in check?
Notes:
HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH!
DP: Greetings daddies, mommies, and all kinky sex titles! We are gathered here to celebrate in the Church of the handsomest, sexiest superhero of all-
*Door kicked open*
DP: Shit! We've been found!
ZS: Wade! I told you that you were not going to be starting the chapter!
DP: But this is My chapter! I even have a whole performance set up of Deadpool lookalikes called 'I'm Just Wade'!
ZS: Get Out! Before I toss you into another dimensional wormhole
DP: Okay, okay, fine, jeez! Someone clearly chose Oppenheimer over Barbie!
ZS: Thank you! Anyways, hey, guys, it's me! Zay-
DP: Frankie Edgeyboy.
ZS: Wade!
DP: Don't forget to kudos, comment, and bookmark! Whoop, Whoo-oo, Whoop!
ZS: *Tired sigh* Anyway, welcome back to MHA watches Death Battle, and by far the longest intro I've ever done, thanks to certain someone. I'm your super fashionably late host, Zayden StormVoid, and yes it is that time: Deadpool vs Deathstroke.
But as a quick recap, last time, we had the Fighting Game Mascot Brawl between Ryu and Scorpion, as well as important developments, such as Miruko's greatening interest in Midoriya, Izuku, Itsuka, and Rin all going ga-ga over the fighting master that is Ryu, Izuku bonding with Eri and Kouta over both feeling abandoned by family members, Mineta conspiring to 'check-up' on Midoriya's training session with the girls and Kaminari's concern over. We also had-
DP: Boring! Seriously? Everyone knows by now, and those who don't are just going to binge-read the last few chapters like you do when you try to figure out-
ZS: *Snaps fingers, forming a wormhole underneath Deadpool's feet*
DP: You stole that from Demon Slayeeeeerrrr! *Wormhole closes*
ZS: *Sigh* So, as I was saying...just do what Wade said. Recap, new fight, here is the Index, you know the drill:
"Zayden," -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden,' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden," -Wiz Dialogue
"Zayden," -Boomstick, Buff Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden," Device, Fight, and Sexy Kombatant Dialogue
And finally, I do not own My Hero Academia, which ends 3 days before my birthday, so early birthday present, I guess. Hopefully, Horikoshi, the one who owns MHA, will end it well, but after Izuku lost One For All I don't have my hopes up, and Bones Studios is adapting it into the anime right now. I also don't own Death Battle, which belongs to the YouTube channel of the same name and whatever is left of Roosterteeth. And I don't own any of the franchises mentioned in past, present, or future chapters, like Deadpool for Marvel and Deathstroke for DC.
With that all said, Enough Talk! It's-
DP: TIME FOR A DEATH BATTTTLLLLEEEE! I always wanted to do that!
ZS: How did you...oh, forget it, just start it!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
Unknowing the terrible fate about to befall them, Hatsume pressed the play button, sealing their fate as the next video began.
"They say imitation is the highest form of flattery, but sometimes it's nothing but a slap in the face," Wiz began the video. "Such is the case when it comes to these two masked mercenaries."
"Mercenaries, huh," Miruko wriggled her nose. "And apparently, very similar-looking ones at that."
Hawks narrowed his eyes, this battle suddenly getting quite personal to him. To the Commission, he and his predecessor, Lady Nagant, were no better than mercenaries for them, tools to be called upon to discreetly 'get rid of' certain individuals that stood against the HPSC's narrative, whether it be other Heroes, Vigilantes, or even other political figures whose messages were viewed as problematic to the HPSC.
"Deadpool, the Merc with a Mouth," Boomstick introduced the first fighter.
"And Deathstroke, the Terminator," Wiz introduced the second.
"The Terminator? Like the time-traveling, android Terminator?" Mei pointed out, suddenly intrigued.
"I think it's just a naming coincidence," Melissa calmed Mei down.
"The Merc with a Mouth?" Mina repeated Deadpool's alias. "I guess he got that name because he's very chatty or witty or something?"
"Let's see," Hagakure shrugged.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick," Boomstick introduced themselves.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!" Wiz finished the intro.
The first fighter shown already appeared strange and eccentric to the group just by looking at him, his very vibe already perplexing them. The man stood at a tall height with his costume hugging and showing off his muscular, slim body. Some would say too tightly around his crotch area. His costume was mainly in red and black, with most of the central torso, from the pecs to the abs, and his shoulders in blood red, while black composed his sides, shoulder blades, and biceps. His elbows, front of his legs, and most of his mask were also in red, while his gloves reaching up to his forearms, boots, sides of his legs, and diamond-shaped design around his eyes were in black. His eyeholes were pure white, a dark black utility belt hung around his waist, and an icon in the middle of the belt that looked like his mask. Twin katanas were strapped to his back while twin pistols were strapped to his thighs.
The group could feel that this fighter was odd just from the first images, with many of the younger crowd, especially the kids, believing he looked silly, while the adults could just feel that this guy has a couple of screws loose upstairs.
Deadpool
"You see him on T-shirts, Internet memes, and EVERYWHERE you look at nerd conventions," Boomstick began, showing examples of his words like Deadpool posing sexually on a white shirt that says 'Feel the Love!', an Internet meme of a monkey-like Deadpool head the caption reading 'Nobody Rustles my Jimmychangas', and a crowd of Deadpool cosplayers gathered and clapping for another one that was dancing while sporting gold chains around him.
The analysis just started and already headaches were being formed in several members of the viewing group. The more serious Heroes like Endeavor and Edgeshot felt their forehead veins twitching at the comical images, while the more light-hearted ones, i.e. Miruko and Hawks, were laughing their assess off.
Momo and Iida felt their eyes twitch at the sight of Deadpool's T-shirt, dreading that things would only get worse from here. A fear only doubled by how loudly Kaminari, Mina, and Hagakure were laughing.
"But the story behind this popular anti-hero isn't as light-hearted as his joking nature would lead you to believe," Wiz pointed out.
"So, he's considered an anti-hero," Ochaco pointed out. "Like Vegeta and Shadow?"
"Given how he's a mercenary, I doubt he would be considered a full-on Hero like Spider-Man or Superman," Asui replied.
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Wade Winston Wilson
Height: 6'2" / 1.88 m
Weight: 210 lbs. / 95 kg
Place of Birth: Canada
Aliases:
-Merc with a Mouth
-Regenerating Degenerate
-Ninja Spider-Man
Lives with a blind elderly woman
An even more cliched cosplay subject than the Joker
"Wade Winston Wilson was a globetrotting mercenary looking for his chance to become the world's next greatest superhero," Wiz began Deadpool's analysis, with a show of Wade expertly slashing and blocking a hail of bullets with just his katanas.
"Jesus Christ, that's badass!" Kamakiri grinned at seeing Wilson's feat on screen, daydreaming of doing the same with his blades.
"Then he was diagnosed with cancer, which hit him like a flaming semi-truck falling on his face," Wiz revealed.
Hisses and noises of sympathy were heard from multiple members of the group. Even in their world with Quirks and advanced technology, cancer was still a plague and curse to many people across the globe. Izuku ponders once more about how if Quirks never came to be, then humanity would have already mastered space travel by now. Izuku then ponders if the same could be said about curing cancer. If Quirks never appeared and plunged the world during the Dawning into chaos and later captured the attention and obsession of the world as a whole, then could they have advanced their medical technology to solve the issue of cancer?
"That's... oddly specific," Boomstick muttered, suspicious.
Moving on from a depressing constant of reality, Nezu scratched his chin at Boomstick's words. He remembered a golden rule of making any story: if you set something up deliberately, no matter how random, it must serve a purpose later, and Boomstick's confusion of Wiz's words was a clear setup for something that Nezu couldn't wait to see.
"Facing the inevitability of death, Wade gave up," Wiz continued further on Wade's depressing backstory. "He abandoned his heroic dreams, stopped his chemo treatments, and dumped his girlfriend to free her from the burden of a man doomed to die."
Izuku and All Might frowned for their respective reasons. The latter realized he shared a similar reason with Wade with their love lives. For many years, the Symbol of Peace, Japan's Number 1 Hero, the most powerful and seemingly desirable man on the planet was never married, didn't have kids, or even had a public girlfriend. Many dismissed it under the guise of dating All Might being as unobtainable as dating a god, but the truth of the matter was that Toshinori was afraid.
Yagi always faced the inevitability of death in one way or another. As a Hero, despite the glamour, the job came with risks, many of which included the possibility of dying at the hands of a Villain, and for All Might that threat always was in the form of All For One, he feared that his arch-nemesis would use anything and anyone to get his way, including threatening anyone that his most hated enemy was dating, and All Might had good reason to fear as such. All For One did the very same thing to Nana Shimura, killing her husband and, from Torino's testimony, giving up her child to keep him safe...even if it was for naught in the end. And so, for all his years, All Might never settled down with anyone, dated, married, or started a family.
That is until Inko. It was no accident that Toshinori started dating Inko fully after the events of Kamino Ward. All For One was finally imprisoned, the League was weakened and off in the winds, and he had retired from being a Hero. All the excuses he would have made to delay the inevitable were gone and, after a long and heated apology session, Toshinori managed to finally start dating the one woman that managed to snag his heart. The only worry was the feeling of dread of what would happen if Inko's son, Izuku, found out, which was becoming an ever-worsening worry of his recently.
But then hearing Wilson's actions upon hearing of his death, All Might turned to his thoughts, with the one threat that always came up: Nighteye's prophecy. His former sidekick's prophecy of doom that he would die around this time had not left Toshinori no matter how much he tried moving on, and that doom always changed in his nightmares, from All For One's escape and killing him to Shigaraki decaying him to dust. But what made those nightmares worse was what would happen to Inko and Izuku. Those were what made him wake up with a cold sweat.
And now, with this worry of his impending demise on the horizon, All Might found himself asking a very important question. 'Did I make a mistake? Was I a fool to let Inko date a soon-to-be-dead man?'
As for Izuku, his thoughts focused on Wade and his dreams. It was already disconcerting for Izuku to hear Wade giving up on his dreams of being a Hero after the announcement of his cancer. While the horrible medical news was obviously way more horrible, Izuku at least felt that being told he was Quirkless was pretty much a death sentence in another manner. Not just from the intense and brutal bullying that could have put him under if Kacchan and the others went too far, or even the suicide baiting that still haunted his thoughts and dreams, but the horrible idea of what could he do other than try to be a Hero. He remembered how All Might back on that rooftop said he should be more realistic in his goals, but then the cruel reality is that what job would take a Quirkless person like him? While society says that you shouldn't use your Quirks in public, many jobs ignore this and even hire people based on their Quirks, like a strength-enhancing Quirk for construction or a mind-reading or truth-telling Quirk for a detective. So, what worthwhile career could Izuku pursue that wouldn't turn him away for his Quirklessness, let alone dismiss any of his actual skills, like analysis, the second they see Quirkless under his name?
And then there was the romance aspect that also threw Izuku's thoughts, and how he started to ponder the exact same thing. Being a Hero was a risky, dangerous line of work and he knew that it was a job that not everyone makes it out alive from, like Sir Nighteye, and that was before Izuku weighed in on the dangerous target he would always be because of One For All. The thought that Shigaraki and the League were still out or that All For One could possibly break out of Tartaros, or worse, that All For One told Shigaraki about One For All, he knew that they would gun for him, be a danger to everyone around him, especially anyone he ends up having a relationship, let alone multiple girls as it seemed.
The thought of Shigaraki or All For One getting their hands on one of the girls he liked just to get at him...Izuku couldn't think any further without throwing up or crying. He couldn't let that happen, he would never let that happen, but then could the possibility of it happening only greaten if he was romantically involved with them? Izuku didn't know...or rather he did know, he just didn't want to say the answer because the answer would break his heart.
"Doomed, until he was offered a cure by Department K, the special weapons development division of the strange, alien world called...Canada," Boomstick revealed dramatically.
The Canadian anthem played an image of Deadpool standing transparent beside the flowing Maple Leaf flag.
Snickers and chuckles broke out from the students, especially the guys. Regardless, Izuku and All Might perked up at the sudden, and suspicious, cure offered to the mercenary.
"And by cure, I mean he actually was handed over to the Weapon X program, the same guys who gave Wolverine's bones the old chrome dip," Boomstick then revealed, as the Canadian theme was cut off comically.
"Wolverine?" Mina made a confused face. "What is that?"
"It's an animal from the Mustelidae family, the same as weasels, badgers, and otters," Koda, the animal expert, answered. "They're carnivores that live in the countries around the Northern Hemisphere like Canada, Russia, Alaska, or Siberia."
"They're also known to be ferocious and strong, the largest member of that family, and are solitary creatures," Amajiki, another animal expert, chimed in. Koda's and Amajiki's eyes and the two smiled and nodded, each giving the other a respectful nod.
"Wait, Mei, can you go back and pause when I say so?" Melissa asked, which Mei gave an affirmative nod and did as instructed, likewise pausing at Melissa's command. The image paused on a diagram displaying the skeleton and X-ray of a man on one side, and the other side showing who the man was: a wide, muscular man in a yellow and blue costume, his large biceps bare, and one half of his mask shown as a blue pointed mask with a white eyehole and below it, the man's chiseled chin with a five o'clock shadow. "Could that guy be Wolverine?"
"It must be that guy's codename," Sato figured.
"He looks like a Hero," Pony tilted her head as she inspected the paused image. "A Hero from Canada, maybe?"
"Canada, like where Wilson is from," Itsuka pointed out. "I guess whatever Weapon X did to this Wolverine they also experimented on Wilson."
"But take a look at that X-ray of his arm," Snipe said, pointing at the irregular bones. "Are those claws sticking out of his wrist?"
"It must be his Quirk, or rather his meta-ability, or whatever they call powers in their universe," Hawks shrugged.
"It must be some kind of mutational Quirk -er power- that produces those extra bones that double as claws," Izuku analyzed as he wrote in his notebook. "Though I wonder how they get out of his knuckles. Do they form holes for them to exit out, or do they have to pierce the skin every time to do so? Kamakiri, what about your Quirk? You can produce large blades from any part of your body. How does it feel when they come out? Do you feel pain? And what happens inside with your bones inside your body when you use them?"
"I swear it's almost like Nejire's falling in love with herself or her twin or something," Mirio whispered to Amajiki as they both noticed Nejire grinning dreamily at Izuku. Amajiki nodded in agreement.
As for Togaru, while he was at first taken aback by the rapid-fire questions, he shook off the momentary discomfort. "Uh, no, um, it doesn't hurt at all," Kamakiri replied as a blade shot out of his palm. "I honestly never really tried to describe how it felt, it was just natural for me. The only sensation I have with them is when they are destroyed, it feels like when you chip away a nail or something, I don't know. And I didn't really listen to the docs when they told me about my Quirk. Was too busy testing it out."
"There's actually another thing to mention, and that is what this Weapon X must have done to this Wolverine," Momo reminded everyone, pointing back to the X-ray of his claws. "Those bones look completely irregular from normal human bones. They're too sleek and hard, and the claws look like blades, like Kamakiri's blades."
"So, when Boomstick said that they gave Wolverine's bones a 'chrome dip', you mean-" Ochaco's eyes widened.
"They must have injected and covered his bones with some metallic substance that was able to harden and permanently fixture itself onto Wolverine's bone structure, including his claws," Izuku concluded. "It would theoretically make his claws all the more deadly and more durable to hits with a stronger bone structure."
"Yikes," Mount Lady cringed. "Just how painful can that be?"
"Incredibly," Recovery Girl frowned, feeling like this Weapon X facility was morally dark or lacking in their experimentations. "I'm surprised that this Wolverine presumably survived from the looks of things."
"They injected Wade with Wolvie's healing factor," Boomstick
"Which I don't even know if that's possible. Do they have like a spare jar of 'Essence of Wolverine' or something?" Wiz questioned.
"So, this Wolverine also has a healing factor ability, and they somehow were able to transfer some aspect of this ability over to Wilson," Iida frowned. "But how can that be possible? It would be like-" Iida stopped himself before he could say it, but someone else didn't have the same restraint as him.
"Like medically transferring Quirks from person to person," Bakugou said, giving a side-gaze toward All Might and Izuku.
Toshinori and Izuku froze, their minds conjuring up the memories of the Nomu and All For One. Toshinori looked over to Recovery Girl, Nezu, and Midnight, all of whom had various forms of frowns. Recovery Girl looked appalled by the medical malpractice involved, Nezu's frown looked rooted in hate and a bitter grudge, and Midnight's was sad and haunting, as all four of them thought about Dr. Garaki, the theorized main creator of the Nomu and All For One's benefactor or ally.
"With the ability to heal from anything, his body became a surgical playground for Doctor Killebrew and his assistant, Ajax," Boomstick went further into the revelation, showing two men, one a doctor and the other a suited bodyguard of sorts, laughing at Wade's pain and misery. "Just like Operation, only constantly hitting the sides." Wade's disfigured face was edited over the head of the man from Operation, with the player hitting the sides and a buzzer sounded.
"How horrible," Momo gasped, completely appalled and horrified by the absolute cruelty on display by those men.
"Scumbags," Setsuna growled. With a regeneration Quirk of her own, she easily imagined herself in Wade's position and being a surgical playground for those two, and she couldn't remember the last time she ever felt such hate and disgust toward another living person as she did toward Ajax and Killebrew.
"But hey, at least he doesn't have cancer anymore," Boomstick said, trying to put a positive spin on things.
"Well, actually he still does," Wiz clarified. "His cells just regenerate faster than the cancer can kill him. Beneath the red and black spandex, he's basically a giant walking tumor. Which can talk. A lot."
The screen showed Wade's real face, horribly disfigured.
"AAAAAAHHHHH!" Many of the group jumped and some exclaimed at the hideousness that they were seeing. Hagakure, Pony, and Kinoko covered their horrified eyes, Izuku and Mirio fought off their surprise and disgust to cover Kouta's and Eri's eyes, some even felt so disgusted that another puke bag was used up for them.
"Oh my god!" Mina gasped, gulping back down the rising bile in her throat.
"Oh, I think I'm going to be sick," Pixie Bob gagged.
"I wouldn't blame you," Mandalay admitted, likewise disgusted at what Wilson had become.
"Jesus, even Patchwork didn't look as grotesque as that," Miruko momentarily shivered in disgust, remembering that even with Dabi's burnt skin, he looked like a goddamn model compared to this walking abomination.
"I have seen ghouls and undead horrors comelier than this," Reiko cringed.
"AHH! KILL IT WITH FIRE!" Boomstick yelled with horror. "Oh wait, we can't."
"As disgusting as that hideous face is, at least we know how super well that regeneration works," Setsuna tried putting her own bright spin on things.
"His regeneration can apparently heal and sustain him even with the cancer still active and he must be able to even regenerate from severe burns if Boomstick's comment that killing him with fire wouldn't work is to be believed," Ryukyu analyzed.
"A pity. I would have done him a service in putting him out of his misery," Endeavor cringed in disgust at Deadpool's face.
"Trust me, Number 1, you would be doing all of us a blessing," Hawks threw his hands around. "Mainly our poor, scarred eyeballs."
"Meanwhile, among Killebrew's other prisoners, a gambling ring was formed," Wiz continued. "Patients would place bets on each other's survival under the knife."
"Well, if inhuman experimentation isn't enough, you can also add kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, and borderline torture to the list," Midnight muttered, her anger rising with every scene and injustice. She could imagine just how Dr. Garaki did something similar to Shirakumo's corpse in the making of Kurogiri, and more and more with every Nomu that the League has ever created. Kayama could confidently state that there would be no level of Hell deep enough to house scum like the man responsible.
"And these bets were placed of what they called 'The Dead Pool,'" Boomstick revealed. "Get it? 'Cause it's kinda where his name comes from- Oh, you'll see."
"Fitting, I suppose," Shoda shrugged.
"Hey, there can be worse names to call yourself," Sen grinned mischievously. "Like 'Blow Hard', or 'King Explosions Murder'."
Kosei slumped depressingly in his seat while Bakugou had to be tied down again from launching up and exploding Kaibara.
"Unfortunately, for Killebrew, Wade had somehow gotten superhuman strength, speed, and stamina, because I guess they got a jar filled with that shit too," Wiz accepted, reluctantly. "He used these skills to kill Ajax and make a dramatic escape. Free, at last, his fellow inmates inspired him to take on his now famous namesake..."
"Deadpool-
"DEADPOOOOOL Yeah!" Suddenly, Deadpool himself appeared on screen and exclaimed.
Blinks of surprise and confusion spread like a cancer across the group. "Huh?" Almost all of them said in unison.
"What the heck?" Boomstick questioned, confused himself.
"Oh ho, I'm sorry! Please continue talking about how great I am," Deadpool replied to Boomstick, chuckling proudly.
"I-Is he talking to them?" Pony asked her just as confused friends.
"Why of course I am, Applejack," Deadpool replied to Pony, causing more jumps from people's seats and even the Heroes swiftly standing up at the ready. "And may I say, you would fit right in with a friend of mine's world. Equestria Girls mostly, although you could work in My Little Pony too. Are you comfortable with only walking on four legs?"
"W-What is happening?!" Momo rose from her seat, breathing rapidly as her confusion turned into panic and worry.
"Shh Shh, calm your big, luscious tits, Erzy Werzy, I'm sure Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Fuck Ass will tell you any minute," Deadpool continued replying to them. "Oh, Shit! Fuck! I forgot you had a few minors in the audience. Little Emo Deku and Unicorn Girl. Adorable as always, sweetie."
"Hehe, thank you, Mr. Deadpool," Eri giggled, laughing, unaware of how serious and bewildered the whole group was.
What they were seeing and hearing...it made no sense. Somehow, despite being a prerecorded video and a character from another universe from Wiz's and Boomstick's, Deadpool was there and was talking not only to the hosts of the show but somehow to them as well!
"What is this?! Who are you?! Identify yourself and how you are speaking to us?!" Endeavor got into Hero mode and formed a fire from his fist as he glared at Wilson.
"Woah, woah, hey, plastic tarp for a screen, remember, Dio Brando, or are you already feeling dehydrated from your little flames, ooh hot!" Deadpool mocked the Number 1 Hero, whose fire and glare only intensified. "Or wait would you prefer, Keith Shadis from Attack on Titan, I mean at least in that one you are both miserable assholes who are second best to the real Heroes." Endeavor's fists cracked and he very nearly lost control and blasted the screen.
"Okay, what the hell is going on?!" Bakugou likewise jumped from his seat, threateningly popping miniature explosions, an angry, annoyed expression on his mug. "Start talking, you walking, Pimply Avocado! How are you talking to us?! Spill or we'll see how well your regeneration works!"
"Ooh, I'm so scared of you, Overrated Firecracker," Deadpool mockingly shuddered. "What you gonna do? Tell me to jump off a building too?"
Bakugou gaped, the explosions in his hands dying. Izuku's eyes widen, horrified. The rest of the students and even some of the teachers and pros looked between Deadpool and Bakugou with confusion. Among them, Kirishima and Mina looked confused and aghast at what Deadpool just said. Nejire's cold gaze returned, shifting horrifically slowly like she was a possessed doll, her nasty suspicions from earlier suddenly growing worse as she was more and more sure what Bakugou was; or still is in her opinion.
"Enough!" Nezu called out in a loud voice, the uncharacteristic anger and seriousness in his voice freezing all the students, teachers, and pros from jumping at the screen. When they looked at the rodent principal, his hard glare quickly made them all fall in line and stand down without another word. Suddenly, it became clear to the students why he was U.A.'s Principal.
Nezu shifted his gaze toward Deadpool, who was seemingly leaning on the bottom of the screen sassily and unaffected. "Mr. Deadpool."
"Oh, shucks, Mr. Deadpool was my father, just call me Dr. Deadpool M.D.," Deadpool replied, and in a split second Deadpool vanished under the screen and reappeared wearing a doctor's coat and a stethoscope around his neck.
Nezu gave a chuckling hum. "Okay, Dr. Deadpool M.D.," Nezu said, playing along with the Merc with a Mouth. "You appear to be able to see and communicate with us despite you being a part of a prerecorded video, correct?"
"Uh, duh! It's what every comment and reviewer has pretty much been asking since 2020," Deadpool replied.
"...I see," Even Nezu had no clue what Deadpool was referring to but continued. "I am to assume that this video will answer to us why you can do this?"
"Pretty much," Deadpool shrugged.
"And I am right to believe it is not something as simple as you somehow hacking are systems and projecting yourself from outside this room, yes?" Nezu questioned.
"Aww! You think I'm smart enough to hack your systems?! Oh, Nezu, you know you should save flattery like that for the third date," Deadpool spoke with a sultry voice that made several of the students crack smiles and giggles.
Getting his answer, Nezu just smiled it off. "And you pose no threat toward my students, staff, or guests, correct?"
"Are you kidding, I love you guys! You guys are a riot!" Deadpool exclaimed. "Especially Midori and his girls constantly dancing around their little feelings, don't let any comment tell you otherwise. Keep being so disgustingly cute and wholesome, you scamps."
Midoriya and the girls in question all blushed bright red and refused to meet anyone's eyes, especially each other.
"Plus, I'm pretty sure Zay Bae would toss me into another wormhole filled with rotten chimichangas if I hurt his precious Nexus Point and Princess Unicorn. Hey, again, you're adorable, love you, cupcake," Deadpool continued, Eri giggling again at Deadpool's kind and funny words.
Meanwhile, the group all caught what Deadpool said about a 'Nexus Point' and 'Zay'. "Zay. You refer to Zayden, yes?" Nezu questioned.
"What other fourth wall breakers have you been talking to? Other than yours truly, of course," Deadpool replied.
"I see," Nezu hummed for a few moments. "That will be all. Everyone, please retake your seats so that we can continue."
"B-But sir-"
"Now, Toshinori, Dr. Deadpool M.D., here says that he means no harm to us, and our questions will be answered in due time," Nezu reasoned, still playing into the name Deadpool referred to himself as. "I see no further need to alarm ourselves. So, may we continue so that our mysteries may be put to bed?"
Nobody said anything, unable to retort under the audacity of the principal's chillness or the severity of his gaze that practically forced the students and teachers to plant themselves back in their seats, the pros reluctantly following suit.
"Well, then, now that you are all done freaking out and extending the word count, let's get on with the show," Deadpool pulled out a remote and pressed a button and replayed the video.
It was only now that the group realized that in all this time, the video was paused without their input.
ABILITIES
Superhuman body
Exceptionally skilled with swords and all forms of guns
Mastery in assassination techniques and numerous martial arts
Superb Healing Factor
Magic Satchel
-Contains various items, regardless of continuity
-Includes teleportation belt, machine guns, katanas, pistols, and other things
Fourth Wall awareness
Raging Sex Machine
"I was afraid of this," Wiz groaned to himself. "See, Deadpool somehow possesses a unique awareness of whatever media he's in. Whether there be comic books, games, TV shows, or an awesome Internet show." Examples of Wiz's explanation showed itself in Deadpool talking to the reader in a comic, knocking on the television screen of a show of his, and using the bars of a video game to strike at Magneto.
"Huh in the what now?" Boomstick said confused.
"I second that, huh?" Mina scratched at her poor confused head.
"Basically, he's a pro at shattering the fourth wall," Wiz summarized simply.
"I-I see," Kaminari grasped his head like it was about to explode. "So, the reason why Deadpool was able to talk to us is because he recognizes he's part of a video that we are watching from this device and he's breaking the fourth wall on top of another fourth wall!"
Kyoka looked at him like he was an idiot. "That makes absolutely no sense," Kyoka said.
"Unfortunately, Kyoka, that's the best explanation that we have," Izuku stepped in for Kaminari, pointedly avoiding looking at Kyoka with blushing red cheeks that haven't gone down yet. "Wizard said that whatever media he's in, he can tell and can break the fourth wall of it, so it's happening here too, somehow."
"Bingo! Oh hey, Boomstick! Tell your ex-wife I said hello~," Deadpool gave out a 'Come Hither' growl.
"You've got 5 seconds to get the hell out of here before I blow your head off," Boomstick growled threateningly.
"I-I can't believe we are entertaining this nonsense," Edgeshot rubbed his throbbing forehead.
"Well, sucks to be you then. I've given up trying to understand whatever madness is happening and just rolling with it," Miruko shrugged. "Easier on the brain like that."
"Given how your brain must be the size of a tiny carrot, I'm not surprised," Edgeshot retorted back.
"Oooh! Finally, coming at us with some disses, huh?" Miruko grinned mischievously at him.
"Just stop trying, Kamihara, you're not going to win this. Trust me, I've tried," Ryukyu said.
"Unfortunately, all that would do is piss him off," Wiz jumped in before Boomstick could keep to his threat. "Bad idea as Deadpool is a master martial artist, seasoned assassin, and a Raging Sex Machine- what?"
"Yeah, I noticed that you left a few things in the script, so I made some changes," Deadpool explained. "You know, just the important stuff. Like mah penis."
"I like this guy," Mineta gave a thumbs up.
"Of course, you would. Ribbit," Asui croaked.
"Don't you mean, Kero? I mean that's what everyone describes how you croak," Deadpool interjected.
"Kero?" Asui blinked, surprised at Deadpool's sudden question and attention, still not used to his fourth wall breaking.
"There that's it! Good on Zay for respecting and using more Japanese subs and translations," Deadpool replied pompously. "Also, Z, you don't need to describe every emotion. You're fattening the word count."
"You have any idea what he means by that?" Shinsou asked, pointedly raising an eyebrow at his classmates.
"Nope," Todoroki simply replied, while the more intellectual looked like they were about to have a brain aneurysm.
"Well, I guess we are seeing more of his fourth wall breaking being done on even their script," Mirio pointed out.
"Well, if by raging sex machine, he means getting down with a bloated alien, a shape-shifting teenage prostitute, and Death herself, he must have some pretty low standards," Boomstick retorted.
"I'm sorry, he did what now?" Midnight blinked, even she was surprised and unsure of what she was most disturbed by: the teenage prostitute or Death herself?
"That's right, this guy literally tried to stick his dick in Death! Maybe that's why he liked my ex-wife," Boomstick revealed.
"Boom! Roasted!" Kosei exclaimed.
"No, no, no, go back! Did he say that tried to have sex with Death herself?! As in the embodiment of Death, as a woman?!" Awase questioned.
"Revelry in the Dark," The goth trio muttered, viewing Deadpool in a new and favorable light.
Setsuna turned her head to see that Ibara was perpetually praying this whole time, though the reptilian girl had no idea what she was praying for: cleansing her mind and soul of all the filth that she saw and heard of Deadpool or the concept that Death was a physical entity that someone then tried to fuck.
"But besides his dick, Deadpool has an arsenal of weaponry he can pull out from absolutely nowhere!" Boomstick continued, showing the Regenerating Degenerate pulling out a machine gun out of nowhere.
"This is an animation technique commonly called the Magic Satchel," Wiz explained.
"Boo, no, call it by the more popular name: Hammerspace!" Deadpool exclaimed. "Oh wait, this video was posted in 2014, you haven't seen Across the Spider-Verse yet and won't for another 9 years. My bad!"
"Call it however you want, though its existence as an actual thing is preposterous," Wiz replied.
"Oh yeah? Watch this!" Deadpool reached out from the pit of the satchel and pulled out a large elephant like pulling out a rabbit out of the top hat. The elephant even trumpeted.
"I hate you," Both Momo and Iida said, staring dead-eyed at the affront to physics that Deadpool has become to them.
"I hate you," Wiz likewise declared, annoyed, at the same time as Momo and Iida, unknowingly.
"Aw, I hate you all too," Deadpool replied in a lovingly, sarcastic manner.
"Me too," Boomstick jumped in.
"Is he saying that he hates Miss Momo and Uncle Iida, or Mr. Wiz and Mr. Boomstick?" Eri questioned.
"Why can't it be both?" Deadpool shrugged his shoulders. "Also, I better not hear you say 'hate' anymore from you, young lady! One more and that's a 'No Caramel Apple' punishment card!"
Eri squeaked and covered her mouth, the sudden threat of no caramel apples making the horned girl strive not to use that word, let alone any more other curses.
While Izuku wasn't exactly sure of allowing Deadpool to dictate a punishment toward Eri like he was her father, something which Izuku actually found jealous-inducing, but he did appreciate that it meant that Eri would continue to be a good and well-behaved princess a little longer. 'The further her rebellious teenage years, the better,' Izuku thought.
"Some of Deadpool's favorite toys include-"
"My trusty rusty twin katanas," Deadpool interrupted Boomstick. "Some grenades, my two favorite machine guns: Butter and I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, a teleportation belt, an Infinity Stone that alters continuity..." Deadpool began getting giddy with the last two items mentioned. "Ohoho, I can't choose! I LOVE 'EM ALL!"
"Okay, that's it. I'm gonna kill him!" Boomstick declared, a shotgun heard being cocked.
"La-la-la-la-la-la-la!" Deadpool exclaimed as he ran away unscathed; the missed gunfire shooting and cracking the screen instead.
"Honestly, I wouldn't blame him," Itsuka muttered, lifelessly.
"Oh, come on, Prez, live a little!" Setsuna wrapped the arm of her floating upper body around Itsuka's shoulders. "The guy's fun, if not a tad bit insane."
"We already have you for that," Itsuka retorted.
"Aww, Prez! You think I'm fine?!" Setsuna squealed.
Izuku chuckled amusedly at seeing Setsuna continuously tease her Class Rep. Itsuka was right though, Setsuna was the fun, lovable ball of chaos that she is, but a reliable one when need be. It honestly spooked Midoriya how quickly this girl wormed out a space in his heart like it was always hers to begin with.
Realizing his thoughts, and remembering Deadpool's earlier teasing, Izuku blushed red again and turned away, trying to shake his head clear and focus on the video.
"Combined, Deadpool's weapons and abilities have helped him to accomplish some amazing feats in spite of his illness," Wiz continued undeterred.
Setsuna suddenly shrieked at seeing Deadpool stick a katana straight through a dinosaur's mouth. Suddenly, Izuku had to use Black Whip to catch all of Setsuna's pieces before they rushed the screen and kept her together.
Suddenly, Setsuna's pieces locked in place, and she looked confused at herself. 'W-Wait, my Quirk, it's not working?! How-' Setsuna thought to herself before her gaze landed on Monoma's whose eyes were glowing red, and his blonde hair was sticking up. "Monoma?"
"Mr. Aizawa gave me a piece of his hair for me to use to copy his Quirk in case any of the students needed correcting," Monoma directed his gaze toward the rest of Class 1-A, consequently cutting off Izuku's use of Black Whip. It was clear from what Monoma meant with that pompous gaze of his, that he intended to use it on them and not his class, mostly.
"Monoma," Vlad King voiced out.
"S-Sorry," Monoma's prideful smirk suddenly vanished, and his hair fell and eyes returned to normal. Though he did begin rubbing his eyes, the blonde finally realized how itchy Eraser's Quirk made his eyes.
STRENGTHS & FEATS
Navigated an obstacle course meant for Iron Man-like suits unscathed
Completely regenerated from a single hand
Sole person to outwit Taskmaster
Can dodge point-blank machine guns
Killed the Marvel Universe
Casually battled Red Hulk
Once became a Herald of Galactus
Not Garbage Tier in Marvel vs Capcom 3
"His quick draw's fast enough to beat seven Hydra agents at once," Boomstick began listing his feats, with the feats themselves shown on screen. "He can decimate legions of armed warriors solo...while talking on the phone, he's the only one to ever outwit Taskmaster, who literally has the power to predict his opponent's moves; and in one instance, he even murdered the ENTIRE Marvel Universe, including the supposedly unkillable Wolverine."
Everyone paled as they saw Deadpool shooting Spider-Man's brains out, something they had to block Eri and Kouta from seeing. The girls suddenly felt ire and rage toward Deadpool for supposedly murdering their crush's counterpart, a feeling shared by Mirio, Todoroki, All Might, and most of Class 1-A.
"W-Well...at least we know what universe he belongs in," Rin tried to look on the bright side. The glares and pointed looks he received made him shut his cakehole.
"He did this with a sword made of Carbonadium, an alloy capable of nullifying healing factors," Wiz explained. "In other words, he cheated."
"Moving past...that, whatever this Carbonadium is, if it can nullify healing factors, then it would also be a detriment to Deadpool if his opponent managed to steal it and use it on him," Momo deduced, momentarily ignoring the murdering her Izuku's counterpart thing. Meanwhile, Izuku and Melissa had to keep Mei from hounding the box for details on this 'Carbonadium'.
"I find his most notable feat also being outwitting this Taskmaster person," Todoroki spoke. "If what Boomstick says is true, then being able to outwit a person with the ability to predict your moves is impressive."
"That means that guy must be so insanely unpredictable that he can do pretty much anything at any given time," Ojiro summarized. "That's going to be one Hell of an opponent to face, and that's without taking his healing factor into account."
"He survived skyscrapers collapsing on top of him, having his heart ripped out, his head blown to bits and even his entire body melted into a puddle," Boomstick continued listing Deadpool's feats.
"Amazing," Thirteen was left in reluctant awe at Deadpool's level of regeneration. "And in the list, one said that he regenerated from just a single hand."
"That is just...so goddamn broken," Fat Gum scoffed, finding it unbelievable that anyone could come back from that.
All Might frowned though as he remembered how he was confident that he had killed All For One by crushing his entire head. His wound and his retirement were the price he paid for his overconfidence.
"But his regeneration is also responsible for one of his greatest downfalls," Wiz stated. "This power has trained him to think he's invincible and has become quite careless in battle."
"Well, I mean, with that kind of healing, isn't he?" Kaminari threw his hands up in an 'I don't know' expression.
"Not unless that Carbonadium also works on him," Shoji pointed out.
"And that's just if his extreme ADHD hasn't already put him into a bind," Boomstick mentioned.
"Yet there are few more deadly than the Regenerating Degenerate," Wiz admitted. "Really, Deadpool finally accomplished his dream of becoming the next great superhero."
"Aw, that's sweet of you guys! Wanna see me naked?" Deadpool asked, suddenly.
Izuku and Mirio quickly planted their hands over Eri's and Kouta's eyes, even as the classmates joined in Wiz's next sentence.
"Wait, what? No, no, no-!"
Deadpool shows them his naked frame from the comic.
"MY EYES!" Kaminari and Mineta exclaimed, their wide eyes horrified and comically set on fire from the horror burning into their retinas.
"Whelp, I know I won't be sleeping well tonight," Kirishima depressingly looked down, as if all life was drained from his eyes by one scene.
"AGH, MY EYES!" Boomstick groaned. "CAN'T...CLAW THEM OUT...FAST ENOUGH!"
"I-I don't want to live in this reality anymore," Momo wept, turning to Izuku to hug her sorrows away, which he was able to reciprocate after trading his arms and hands over Eri's and Kouta's eyes for Black Whip.
"Great, I lost my appetite forever," Mount Lady set aside her popcorn.
"So, can I have that?" Fat Gum asked.
His reply was the bag of popcorn thrown and landing on his face. "Fair," Fat Gum's muffled voice was heard through the bag as he munched on the popcorn.
"Aaand now you're scarred for life. Let's see my competition," Deadpool declared.
Overall, the Merc with a Mouth definitely left a lasting impression on the entire group. As if his feats were not impressive enough, Deadpool was able to shatter their perception of reality by communicating straight to them through the video, something almost everyone was still trying to rationalize and failing at.
Despite the red-and-black-anti-hero's antics and sanity-breaking personality, many of the group found Deadpool to be quite the formidable fighter, from his unpredictability, his access to near-infinite weaponry from absolutely nowhere, and his broken regenerating capabilities that make killing him almost an impossibility, something Endeavor was now more displeased after the wise-cracking degenerate's comments about being a second-rate nobody.
However, a noteworthy observation was that throughout the rest of the video, Bakugou never spoke another word. After sitting back down in his seat, the explosive blonde made no sound, no movement, one would believe that he was a statue, but his constantly moving eyes gave him away. They look haunted, panicked as the blonde processed Deadpool's jab at him.
'H-He knows...he knows what I did...and he nearly told it to everyone.' Bakugou thought horrified. One of his greatest fears was exactly this, his treatment of Dek-Izuku suddenly coming out and how everyone would treat him. The old Bakugou would not care about the opinions of his class of 'extras', but now things were different. Katsuki imagined his squad looking at him with disgust and leaving him, wanting nothing to do with him. He thought of Kirishima, his closest, truest friend since Izuku, looking at him with hateful, disgusted eyes, calling him 'an Unmanly bastard', and then walking away, leaving him alone. He thought of a certain vine-haired holy girl looking at him with hatred, cursing and calling him a devil, and wanting nothing to do with him. The very thought broke something in his chest.
And it wasn't just feelings, Bakugou worried that his deepest, most shameful secret would come with real, professional consequences. U.A. had made it clear that bullying was not tolerated, and they only accepted the most upstanding and talented of students. While Katsuki Bakugou was talented, no one could argue that, but upstanding is not what he would admit of himself. He imagined that any infractions he would have had of bullying Izuku had been swept under the rug or not even reported by Aldera, those coat tailers probably wanting to ride on his fame and success. Bakugou worried that Nezu and the teachers would see him complacent in this, expel him, and maybe even ship him off to a juvenile facility for years of illegal Quirk usage and assault. His dreams of becoming a Hero would be shattered forever and he wouldn't be able to argue or fight it.
And worse of all, were All Might and Izuku. All Might already knew that he had bullied the nerd, he confronted him of it earlier today in the USJ, but the retired pro only gauged his misdeeds as that of a simple bully. His actions weren't that of a simple bully. He had used his Quirk on Izuku, leaving him often with burns, and soot stains, and they only added to the bruises, broken ribs, and vomited lunches that he and his goons had left on the green-haired boy for 11 Years! And even if he never did so every day, he knew his lackeys picked up his slack and Bakugou never said or did anything about it, so he effectively still bullied him every day for all those years. If All Might knew the extent of what he really did to his protege, his son in all but blood...Katsuki worried that the Symbol of peace would never speak or look at him again, his inspiration and idol looking down at him like he was a monster, and he would agree.
And Izuku, if all his fears came true, he worried that he may never get the chance to fully repent his actions and apologize to his first friend. Worse, over time, as the nerd gains more confidence and backbone, those feelings of bitterness and hatred Bakugou knew were hidden inside Izuku, he feared they would rise up and Izuku would truly hate him, he would never truly forgive him, and his oldest friend he betrayed would be lost forever, and it would all be his fault.
Bakugou nearly hurled, but he kept himself firm and unflinching, working hard to not look distressed enough for the others to see, pondering how did Deadpool find out about his and Izuku's past.
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to him, he was stared at by a few sets of eyes. Mina's stare was riddled with suspicion, while Kirishima's was confused and uncertain, still pondering why Deadpool said those words and why they seemed to impact Bakugou so much. All Might gazed down at Bakugou, remembering their talk from earlier and Deadpool's words unveiling something that All Might dreaded to believe. Nejire stared hard and hatefully at Katsuki Bakugou as her mind began piecing together the dots behind his and Izuku's history. Finally, Izuku stared at Bakugou, his former tormenter, blank and empty.
Moving on, the second fighter shown was arguably more intimidating than the 4th-wall-breaking ninja and looked more like a highly lethal mercenary. The man stood tall and muscled under his mainly orange and black suit. Some variations show the mercenary with lighter, leather suits, some more metallic or armored. What stayed consistent with the many images was a similar set of weaponry, from machine guns and pistols, a sniper rifle, a bo staff, katanas, a large sword, and his mask. The iconic mask of the assassin was entirely black on one half of the mask and often with no hole for the eye or replaced with a red visor, while the left side was orange and with an eye hole showing a menacing stare. Black ribbons were often hanging from the back of the mask.
Deathstroke
"In the history of the DC universe, there has never existed a more lethal tactician and soldier than Slade Joseph Wilson," Wiz began by naming the assassin's real identity.
"DC," Izuku muttered as he looked over his notes. "Interesting."
"Found something, Izuku?" Melissa asked.
"Wizard said that Deathstroke belongs to the DC universe, making him the 4th one from that universe, same as Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman," Izuku pointed out.
"Huh, so he's from that world," Todoroki muttered as he thought. "And, pardon if this seems a bit profiling, but he doesn't strike me as the heroic type like those three, or an anti-hero like Wilson."
"It's more than that," Izuku continued. "I also noticed that, if you include Batman's 2nd match, this is the 4th time that they have fought against characters from the Marvel universe."
"Marvel?" Momo questioned. "You mean Deadpool's and Spider-Man's world?"
"Along with Rogue, Captain America, and Thor," Izuku nodded. "Rogue, Captain America, and Spider-Man all also fought against a member of that universe."
"I see what you mean, Mr. Midoriya," Nezu nodded. "You mean to say that these universes are connected in some way, or are at least so similar that they are paired with each other deliberately."
"Something like that," Izuku rubbed the back of his neck.
"Both worlds do seem to have a history of superheroes and villains like our own," Midnight pondered.
"Not to mention, the beginning of this video said something about imitation between Deathstroke and Deadpool," Snipe pointed out. "Maybe in Wiz's and Boomstick's, both these worlds see these superhero worlds as like comics."
"And that one or the other was seen first as the original and the other an imitation of the former," Cementoss nodded along. "Even this Deathstroke's last name is the same as Deadpool's: Wilson."
"Hmm, I wonder how many other instances combatants will be chosen from these two worlds?" Ectoplasm questioned rhetorically.
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Slade Joseph Wilson
Height: 6'4" / 1.93 m
Weight: 225 lbs. / 182 kg
Alternate Alias: The Terminator
Known for terrorizing a certain group of teenage superheroes
Will shoot children in the knee point blank using a shotgun
Has yet to be accurately portrayed outside of his comics
"After illegally joining the U.S. military at the age of 16, he fought in Korea for years where his skill earned the attention of an experimental serum program and the lovely Captain Adeline Kane," Wiz continued.
"Sixteen?!" David blinked, shocked to find that the US military would ever stand or be desperate enough to allow for such a young recruit.
"This is sounding suspiciously like the origin story of Captain America," Boomstick said, showing a still skinny Steve Rogers with Captain Peggy Carter.
"Isn't that also the girl that shot at him with his shield as a test?" Ojiro pointed out.
"Yeah, and she was badass," Setsuna grinned, somehow feeling a connection to the British spy.
"Slade actually gets the girl," Wiz clarified.
"Hopefully, after Slade became of legal age," Ryukyu said, gazing deliberately at Miruko.
"Don't give me that look! I said I was only interested, not that I suddenly wanted to bang the guy," Miruko glared back at her friend. "Plus, the kid is already of legal age by our country's standards."
"Just don't make it a headache for the rest of us," Ryukyu sighed and shook her head.
"Oh, never mind! But does he steal cars?" Boomstick asked, showing the American-themed superhero hijacking a poor man's car.
"Izuku!" Ochaco pouted at Midoriya.
"I-I'm sorry! I-I wouldn't do that! And I'm sure my counterpart had a reason for doing that since it was probably back in WWII or for an emergency and-" Izuku stuttered and tried excusing the captain's actions.
"Relax, Midoriya, Uraraka's just teasing," Kyoka patted the stuttering teen's shoulder. "We know you wouldn't do that."
Izuku sighed in relief.
"You probably would chicken out or feel so guilty that you would track the guy down and give the car back," Kyoka teased as well. Izuku slumped his head and hid his blushing face from the giggling girls.
"Probably," Wiz practically shrugged. "Slade completely mastered every fighting style under Adeline's tutelage in record time. Apparently, this impressed her so much, they were married with a kid on the way in mere months."
"Wow," Pixie Bob blinked, surprised. "Guess she's quite the cougar."
"Oh, you are the last person that can call anyone out for that 'Ms. Give-Me-a-Litter-of-Kittens'," Mandalay pointed at her teammate.
"S-Shut up! I was only teasing!" Pixie Bob blushed and snapped back.
"Even I don't need a Quirk to know that's a lie," Ragdoll commented.
"Now that's my kind of woman!" Boomstick chuckled. "Oh, you're a badass? No roses! No dates! Let's fight people, get married, and plow!"
While Miruko still ignored Ryukyu's blatant stares, Miruko did take the opportunity to at least indulge and imagine that surprisingly appealing relationship. As she did descend into her mind space and imagine hopping along the rooftops, taking down baddies, getting married, and plowing like a bunch of horny bunnies the only person that took the spot of her significant other was a certain green-haired dork with lightning sparking around him. She even went too far into her thoughts that she imagined the two in a house, wrangling and managing a bunch of rowdy and hyper kids, a whole litter of them, many of them with a combination of red and green eyes, green and white hair, and their trademark diamond-shaped freckles and bunny ears.
Miruko blushed furiously and shook the image free of her head before it would become stuck there...as well as stomping down her mating urges.
"Feeling pretty fucking great about life, Slade volunteered for an experiment that would help him resist enemy truth serums," Boomstick continued, Slade was shown being set down and ready for the experiment. "Everything went exactly as planned..."
Panels of Slade were shown of him lashing out, breaking objects, flipping tables, and hurling or choking out soldiers and scientists, the sounds of screaming and shattering glass accompanied by flames added to the panels. It ended with Slade in a hospital bed, unconscious, and his previous blonde hair now stark white.
"You'd think these guys would've learned by now," Boomstick quipped.
"Jesus," Sen rubbed his hair. "It's like they were trying to make their own Captain America, and shit the bed thoroughly by comparison."
"I'm guessing a lot of those soldiers and scientists didn't make it out in one piece," Honenuki muttered.
"Wouldn't you know it, the injection did not have the effects they were looking for; but instead of ruining his life forever, the experiment accidentally transformed Slade into the deadliest assassin in the world," Wiz revealed. "A Terminator if you will."
"Huh, talk about failing successfully," Mirio chuckled.
"Which begs the question: what on Earth does the U.S. military think is in truth serums?" Wiz asked bewildered.
"Usually a mix of ethanol, scopolamine, 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate, midazolam, flunitrazepam, sodium thiopental, and amobarbital," Yaoyorozu listed off the various elements needed for the psychoactive drugs people often summarize colloquially as 'truth serum'. "As well as other ingredients."
"I'm pretty sure she made half of those words up," Mina blankly accused.
Nezu chuckled amusedly, wondering if perhaps he should ask Yaoyorozu to brew him a batch of 'truth' serum' with her Quirk and subtly lace it in every student's drink to find out who the U.A. Traitor is. At least for a split second before the obvious ethical, moral, and legal problems that would arise from such an act that would send Nezu packing for Tartaros in seconds. Plus, as a subject of experimentation, he would not subject any of his students to such acts...not unless he was truly desperate.
"Slade rose as a new man known to the world as Deathstroke," Boomstick unveiled the Terminator's iconic blue and orange suit in all its glory...
Or at least he would have if the image of Deathstroke hadn't been defaced by a top hat, monocle, mustache, and 'LOL!'
The act brought many of the students and even adults into full-blown laughter. Only a few obvious, serious individuals decide to collide their foreheads with their palms.
"Really?" Wiz questioned, dryly.
"Don'tforgettolike,fav,andsubscribe! WOOPOOPOOPOOPOOPOOPOOPOOP!" Deadpool quickly said before running away.
"If I ever see that man, I will burn him into ashes and see if he comes from that," Endeavor snarled.
"He probably will," Hawks chuckled.
ABILITIES
Enhanced Mind
-Blazingly fast reaction times
-Nine times the normal processing speed
Enhanced Body
-Superior strength, speed, and durability
Adaptive healing factor
Mastery in boxing, jiujitsu, karate, ninjutsu, and sword fighting
Extensive knowledge of battle tactics
"Deathstroke is nearly superhuman," Boomstick began listing his abilities. "He can hit harder, run faster, react quicker, and push himself longer than an Olympic athlete. Plus, he can use 90% of his brain, unlike the average 10%."
"Incredible!" Momo gasped. "To be able to use that much of the power of the mind...what I wouldn't give for that ability."
"No offense, Yaomomo, but we all thought you already did," Jiro teased, causing the students to laugh and Momo to blush embarrassingly.
"It's fine, Yaoyorozu," Izuku patted the girl's knee. "Your mind is already wonderfully brilliant as it is."
Momo blushed scarlet. "I thought I told you to call me Momo, Izuku!" Momo pouted at her crush.
"Oh Jesus, could you imagine if Midoriya was able to use 90% of his brainpower," Kaminari shuddered.
The rest of the students likewise imagine the analytical genius of Izuku Midoriya now able to process information nine times more effectively. They all shuddered with terrible dread.
"We wouldn't stand a chance," Rin shivered as he suddenly felt cold.
"Hey, now that I think about it, what about you, Nezu?" Snipe turned to the genius Principal of U.A. "With your Quirk, how much of your mind are you able to use? Must be pretty high, right?"
Nezu stared at Snipe, silently, his blank eyes and thin smile getting increasingly unnerving for the adults as he remained silent.
"Right?" Snipe asked further, comical bullets of sweat pouring down his brow through his mask.
"Yes, quite high," Nezu's smile grew as he chuckled and laughed, though that smile and laugh was so sinister that the adults were sure that they wouldn't be sleeping well today...or for the next few nights.
"Come on! If we REALLY only used 10% of our brains, we'd be about as dumb as sheep!" Wiz complained.
"You're a sheep!" Boomstick snarked back.
"Well, that would be the case for you, huh, Jamming Yey?" Sero snickered.
"Oh, hahaha, yeah, laugh at the guy who gets dumb when he shorts his brain out," Kaminari rolled his eyes and laughed dryly.
"I think he meant you when aren't in Dunce Mode, Sparky," Jiro snickered.
"HEY!" Kaminari whined as the rest of his classmates laughed.
"What's important here is that Deathstroke's mind can process information nine times more efficiently than an ordinary man," Wiz stated. "He can think quicker, hear better, and see faster- God dammit, that's not a real thing!"
"Ooh! We should put him and Captain America into a staring contest!" Boomstick suggested, excitedly.
"Uuuuggh..." Wiz groaned, exasperated.
"Oh, yeah, he did say that about Captain America too, didn't he," Kinoko remembered.
"I think with how Slade is missing one eye, he would be at a disadvantage," Setsuna pointed out.
"Oh man, I'm pretty sure, Mr. Aizawa would be the king of staring contests," Sato chuckled to himself.
"Wait, Setsuna brings up a good point," Itsuka interrupted. "Deathstroke in his mask is always shown to have the right eye covered. Why is that?"
"I'm sure they will explain it eventually," Yui replied.
"He also has a healing factor, which can repair any part of his body," Wiz continued. "Even if his brain is blown to smithereens."
"Bringing him back from the dead," Boomstick finished Wiz's words.
"Huh, that must be another comparison between the two Wilsons," Vlad King said. "Mercenaries, similar names, experimented on with drastic consequences, healing factors, and what looks like similar weapons and physical abilities."
"Yep, definitely feels like one person or the other was straight-up ripped off," Hawks whistled.
"Unfortunately, life back home was rough for Slade," Wiz revealed. "His abilities were put to the test when his son was kidnapped by a group of rival mercenaries. Despite a successful rescue, his son lost the ability to speak." This was shown as Slade killing the mercenary that held his son hostage but with a slip of the dead man's hand, the knife cut the boy's throat, spilling blood and destroying his vocal cords.
Koda, Shinsou, Jiro, and Hagakure all rubbed their necks, shuddering at the thought of losing their ability to speak and all the negative consequences that would follow.
For Koda and Shinsou, it was from a technical standpoint with their Quirks. Their Quirks revolved all around speaking. Shinsou had to speak to people to get them brainwashed and Koda had to speak to animals to get them to listen and follow his orders, so if they ever lost the ability to speak, that would be game over for them. Yeah, Koda admitted that he was tall and strong, and Shinsou felt grateful to Aizawa for teaching him how to physically defend himself with his own capture scarf, but without their Quirks...they couldn't imagine surviving being Heroes long without them before being forced to retire, if they come back from a fight at all.
For Jiro and Hagakure, it was more of a personal consequence that would happen. Jiro was a singer, and ever since the School Festival, she had resolved to be both a musician and a Hero, following both of her passions rather than choosing between them. And while she could still be a musician and good guitarist without her voice, the thought of never being able to sing again was horrifying for Jiro. And for Hagakure, while she wasn't a singer, the thought of never being able to speak was also equally horrifying. Her voice was the only she had to get people to notice her past her invisibility, her hands weren't visible unless she had gloves on, so the thought of people unable to see her or acknowledge her without her voice almost made the girl devolve into tears.
(I would have added Manga to this group as well, but what vocal cords are there to cut?)
"So, his ungrateful wife lashed out in rage and Slade was never the same," Boomstick said, showing Adeline pointing a gun at Slade's head.
"Literally," Wiz agreed, as the screen went black, and a gunshot was heard.
"But he's one step closer to his secret dream of becoming a pirate," Boomstick joked, now showing Deathstroke, his mask pulled up to reveal the eyepatch over his right eye.
"Why would she do that?!" Eri whined, sad, even for Slade.
"Well, I'd imagine that she responded angrily to this because she blamed Slade for the event occurring," Iida answered. "The mercenaries were there for him and perhaps if Slade was faster or more careful his son wouldn't have-"
Asui cut him off by elbowing his gut, before walking over and patting the girl's head. "I'm sure she was just angry and not thinking clearly is all," Asui motherly comforted the sad girl. "People do stupid things when they are upset. Like being mad at their friends when they endanger themselves.' Asui looked down, sad and ashamed of her anger toward her friends when they risked their lives trying to find and free Bakugou from the League. "But they serve as a lesson to think more carefully and not act stupid. Right?" Eri nodded. "What do smart girls do?"
"Don't act stupid," Eri smiled.
Asui grinned and nodded. Eri lunged forward and brought the frog girl into a hug. "Kero~," Asui croaked lovingly as she hugged the girl back.
Izuku and the rest of the Bakugou Rescue Squad smiled, tears in their eyes at the sight. Izuku smiled at Eri with pride and love for the kindness she showed that she would even care for how a mercenary like Slade was treated, and by how much she was growing into a more wonderful young lady. He also smiled lovingly at Asui for how motherly and instructing she was toward his daughter. Izuku knew that Asui had experience dealing with young kids, having to look after her younger siblings, Samidare and Satsuki Asui, in place of her busy parents. In this way, she was like the perfect mother figure for Eri, and it made his heart throb and beat for Tsuyu Asui.
"Question, Wizard: If he has a healing factor, how come he's still missing that eye?" Boomstick asked.
"Yeah, I was wondering that," Thirteen scratched at the dome of her suit. "If his healing factor could restore his blown-out brain, couldn't it do the same for his eye?"
"Well, no one knows, Boomstick, but perhaps not even a healing factor can repair the deepest of emotional wounds," Wiz answered, poetically.
"Is he implying that his healing factor relates to his emotional state?" Tiger questioned.
"Perhaps he can selectively keep his body from regenerating the eye as a memento of that event," Vlad King shrugged.
"Oh, that's bullshit!" Boomstick whined.
"My thoughts exactly," Monoma shook his head. "If Vlad King-sensei's hypothesis is correct then it is a needlessly and costly error to keep that eye from regenerating."
"Needless like your one-sided rivalry toward our sister class?" Itsuka brought up challengingly.
"OOOOOOHHHHH!" The students exclaimed and laughed at the massive diss from the 1-B Class Rep, both 1-B and 1-A alike. Even Tetsutetsu and Kirishima reacted exaggeratingly by putting their hands over their cheeks and rolling their eyes back.
"Damn, Prez, I didn't think that you roasting him that badly was more brutal than just chopping him unconscious," Setsuna grinned, while Monoma flushed red with injured pride.
"Despite his new lack of depth perception, Deathstroke remained as skilled as ever," Wiz revealed.
"Huh, what was that about a needless error, Monoma?" Tetsutetsu grinned deviously at Monoma.
"SILENCE!" Monoma snapped at him.
WEAPONS & ARMOR
Dual Machine Guns
Sniper Rifle
Promethium Sword
Energy Lance
-Fires a concussive laser blast
Super Bomb
-A very expensive flash grenade designed to keep Superman at bay
Armor
-Partially composed of Nth metal
-Slightly enhances strength and speed
"Partially thanks to his favorite gear," Boomstick jumped in, listing his weaponry, as well. "I'm talkin' dual machine guns, a sniper rifle, and a super bomb."
"Super bomb?" Awase quirked an eyebrow. "What is that just a fancy name for a glorified missile or nuke?"
"Which is actually just a glorified flashbang grenade with trace bits of Kryptonite. Guess who that's for?" Wiz explained.
Iida raised his finger and opened his mouth to answer...
"The guy who fought Goku in one of the most biased fanboy videos ever!" Deadpool showed up again and mocked.
...Instead of lowering his finger, Iida instead drifted the finger, and his thumb, to pinch the bridge between his eyes in annoyance.
"Shut up, Wade!" Wiz snapped at the Merc with a Mouth.
"Okay, Ben!" Deadpool mockingly called Wiz.
"Ben? Who is that? Is that supposed to be directed at Wizard? Is Ben Wizard's real name?" Nejire asked multiple questions back to back.
"Probably," Mirio answered, used to Nejire's question-firing mouth. "Wizard could be like his codename or stage name of sorts?"
"If that is the case, I wonder what Boomstick's name is?" Amajiki pondered.
"With how Boomstick is, I wouldn't be surprised if that was his actual name," Shinsou muttered.
"This is just getting weird," Boomstick said, getting confused and uncomfortable before recovering. "So back to the weapons. Deathstroke prefers his sweet Thundercat-style sword and laser-shooting energy lance."
"Those look so cool!" Kouta said with wide, sparking eyes.
"Yeah, hey, Kaminari, I just got an idea!" Izuku perked up with a comical lightbulb in his head. "If you want to add more weapons to your arsenal, maybe you can order a staff of your own that you can charge with your electricity and fire off in a condensed beam."
"Oooh! Now, you're speaking my language, Midoriya!" Kaminari brightened up at the awesome idea.
While Midoriya and Kaminari discussed the schematics of such a weapon, with Melissa and Mei drawn in as well, Mina muttered to Hagakure quietly. "At this point, he's just going to be a walking armory of weapons till he falls over." The two imagined Kaminari adding more and more weaponry on his person before he fell over from the weight. The thought made the two girls giggle.
"Also, he's got an awesome suit of armor, made up of Kevlar and Nth metal," Boomstick continued.
"Nth metal?" Mei perked her head up like a meercat. In an instant, she was trapped in her seat with a layer of Black Whip and Sero's Tape. "Hey! I wasn't going to charge the device!"
"Yes, you were," Izuku, Melissa, Iida, Kaminari, and Ochaco all said with deadpanned seriousness.
"Oh look! Yet ANOTHER fictional alloy that's stronger and lighter than titanium!" Wiz complained.
"At this point, I'd imagine that every world has at least one unique metal that does that," Power Loader shrugged.
"Oh come on, not like you're any more interested as much as that Mei girl," Fat Gum chuckled.
"...Quiet," Power Loader muttered.
"Also, he has armor composed of promethium," Wiz added.
"Well, my shirt is made up of 'Boomstick-ium'. See? I can make up alloys too, writers," Boomstick mocked.
"Actually, Boomstick, promethium is a real thing," Wiz pointed out.
"Oh, come on!" Boomstick whined.
"Though in real life, it's a chemical used in atomic batteries to power guided missiles and spacecrafts," Wiz explained. "But in comic book land, it's not that at all. It can absorb energy, is incredibly strong, and is self-regenerative."
"Is what he said true, Yaomomo?" Ochaco asked.
"About its real-life applications? Yes. About those completely ridiculous other uses? No," Momo answered. "It's also used for pacemakers, watches, light sources. It's a very radioactive metal."
"Wait, so his suit has a healing factor too?" Boomstick questioned. "So, does like his zipper try and close itself when he wants to take a leak? Because that's horrifying. I mean I remember when I got my junk stuck in the toaster-"
"Excuse me, he stuck it in what?" Manga questioned, question marks flooding his text bubble for a head.
"Goes to show you that no matter how annoying Deadpool is, that Boomstick will always be there to be just as irritating," Setsuna snickered as Momo comically in her hands, Iida slammed his head repeatedly in his chair, and Itsuka pinched the bridge between her eyes.
"Stil though, the thought of a self-regenerating suit would be fascinating," Melissa admitted. "Maybe not with promethium but maybe with nanobots, perhaps self-replicating ones to repair existing damage." The American girl imagined such an application covering and armoring her body in a power suit she could use as a Quirkless Hero.
"And if it works as such for Deathstroke, then it would be an incredibly useful set of armor to protect and regenerate from Deadpool's weaponry," Jurota pointed out.
STRENGTHS & FEATS
Downed 38 men in under 2 minutes
Had his brains shot out, came back to life just hours later
Beat most of the Justice League
Decisively defeated Batman in a hand-to-hand fight
Agile enough to evade Superman
Can see at the sub-atomic level
Able to kick down a reinforced steel door with ease
"With his impressive skills and arsenal, Deathstroke has defeated dozens of ninjas at once, survived an exploding nuclear submarine, and took down most of the Justice League by himself," Wiz quickly continued to interrupt and stop Boomstick's story.
"Seriously?!" Mount Lady exclaimed with wide eyes.
"It also says he was able to defeat Batman in hand-to-hand combat and evade Superman," Izuku frowned at the thought of one of his counterparts and All Might's getting beaten by his assassin. And if they could get trounced by the one-eyed mercenary, most of them wouldn't stand a chance.
"He's also really good at push-ups," Boomstick revealed, showing footage of Deathstroke in his cell room doing push-ups over, and over, and over, and over again without stopping.
"Uh... how many push-ups can he do?" Wiz asked, unsure.
"All of them," Boomstick stated.
"Manly," Kirishima and Tetsutetsu couldn't help but admit. Sure, the guy was clearly a Villain by now if he stood against the Justice League, but they had to give credit where credit is due.
"Despite multiple members of the Justice League agreeing he's the best tactician on the planet, Deathstroke is known for violent outbursts of rage when in extreme pain," Wiz revealed. "Depending on who he's fighting, this can make him even more dangerous."
"Or easier to trap," Sero pointed out, imagining leading the psycho-enraged killer into a web of tape of his.
"With how strong he is, I would imagine that any trap you could conceive to entrap him to fail," Shoji said, Sero's mental image ruined by the mental Deathstroke tearing through the tape like paper and grabbing Cellophane by the neck.
"Dang it," Sero huffed.
Shinsou hummed in thought, wondering perhaps if Deathstroke could be sane enough to respond to his voice. If he could get him to speak while in that state, he could control and render the assassin docile enough to capture. 'That is if his enhanced mind doesn't make him immune to my Brainwashing,' Shinsou thought.
"Deathstroke doesn't just solve problems, he terminates them," Boomstick quoted Slade's signature catchphrase.
"I am the thing that keeps you up at night. The evil that haunts every dark corner of your mind," Slade picked up the downed Robin by his collar, glaring menacingly and sadistically at the teenage superhero. "I will never rest, and neither will you."
The last line from the assassin sent shivers down the spines of students and pros alike. Izuku couldn't help but find it as a dark opposite to Batman's heroic declarations, where one stood to strike fear in Villains, this one stood to unnerve and implant fear into the hearts and minds of Heroes. Where one inspired Hope for the innocent, this one inspired Fear. Izuku's fists clenched at the thought, imagining All For One and Shigaraki as the very evil that wakes him up at night, the antithesis of him and All Might.
"Be careful. The next time we meet, I'll likely have to kill you," Izuku remembered Shigaraki's last words to him since their encounter at the shopping mall.
'No, the next time we meet, Shigaraki, I'll put you down for good, just like All Might did to your master,' Izuku glared determinedly at nowhere. His gaze drifted to his classmates around him, the Heroes who inspired him, All Might who believed in him as his successor, Kouta who looked up to him, the girls he loved, and his daughter he loved even more than life itself. 'And I won't do it alone or for myself.'
Overall, the students had mixed feelings about the Terminator. Many clearly saw him as a more lethal and trained assassin than Deadpool, yet others argue that the Merc with a Mouth still held the advantage with his healing factor. Thoughts on who to vote for were also hard for them to pin down, considering that while one was an anti-hero, he was clearly not one who would take prisoners alive and the other was a straight-up mercenary and Villain given his clash against the Justice League.
"Alright, the combatants are set, let's end this debate once and for all," Wiz said.
"It's Time for a DEATH BAATTTLLLLLLLEEEEE!" Boomstick roared.
While the device paused and scanned for counterparts, the group went on to vote among themselves on who would win this clash of mercenaries.
Those who would ultimately vote for the Merc with a Mouth included Izuku, who had to give it to the more technically heroic of the two, even if he did at one point kill his counterpart, and for his regeneration and his kind words towards his daughter, with All Might likewise voting a similar basis of Deadpool being at least somewhat heroic, despite his methods. Eri likewise voted for Deadpool for his kindness towards her and because he was funny. Setsuna ultimately gave it to the fighter she felt had the better regeneration and greatest sense of humor, Kaminari too voted for Deadpool's hilarious personality, fourth-wall-breaking antics, and regeneration, and so too did Nezu, as well as because he found Deadpool an amusing oddity that defied logic and reason, an embodiment of chaos so to speak, and that greatly amused him and his logical mind.
Mineta voted for the Regenerating Degenerate for his likewise taste in perversity and degeneracy, something that also won over Tsuburaba, and his sense of humor and brashness likewise attracted a vote from Pixie Bob, Hawks, and Miruko, but not without reasoning that Deadpool is also very skilled. Todoroki still voted for Deadpool, finding his ability to regenerate from even fire useful as well as his unpredictability that managed to outwit a man with the power to predict people. Tokoyami, Reiko, and Kuroiro also voted for Deadpool for his dark past and his 'Revelry-ing in the Dark' by trying to get it on with Death herself.
Surprisingly, despite her clear hatred and annoyance for the Merc with a Mouth, Momo had no choice but to vote for him, finding his regeneration not only superior, but also his unpredictability, healing-factor-nullifying sword, and even his fourth wall-breaking all potentially useful for Deadpool to gain the upper edge, even if the last ability would be kind of cheating.
However, the most notable voters for Deathstroke included Iida, Endeavor, and Edgeshot, all three voting out of pure spite for the Merc with the power and voting for the smarter, better-armored, and deadlier warrior. Mei, Melissa, Power Loader, and David Shield all also voted for Deathstroke for his better armor and more advanced weaponry, Jiro, Shoji, and Ragdoll for his greater senses, reaction timing, and the 90% using his brain part, and Kamakiri for his impressive weaponry, training, and overall badassery.
Kirishima, Tetsutetsu, and Fat Gum voted for Deathstroke on his cooler, functionally stronger armor. Kouta voted for the assassin, finding him way cooler and more deadly than the silly, annoying goofball, and finally, Shishida, finding commonality with the mercenary with their similar danger of falling into their rage.
Kirishima noticed that throughout all of this, Bakugou didn't vote at all. In fact, it looked like the explosive blonde wasn't paying attention at all, staring off into space, head lost in his thoughts, and with how haunted and worried his eyes looked, it worried Kirishima. He didn't and wouldn't say anything for now, he didn't want to make a big show of it, that would be the least effective way of getting Bakugou to open up, but he strove to talk to the guy after this.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART DETECTED!" The device stated, finishing its search. "WADE WILSON AKA DEADPOOL! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART 1: JIN BUBAIGAWARA AKA TWICE!"
"Another counterpart to one of the League," Endeavor narrowed his eyes at the screen showing the face of the duplicating member of the League of Villains.
Todoroki frowned, remembering his encounter with the Villain when he used his razor-sharp measuring tape to slice apart his ice, all the while switching between saying one thing before saying the complete opposite. He would have been an intriguing person to talk with if he wasn't a Villain who attacked him and his friends.
Hawks's perpetual grin fell to a frown. It was only earlier today that he had said hi to one of the new generals of the PLF, the man who he quickly considered a friend on the wrong side, and the man Hawks was ordered to kill. Memories of his time hanging around and befriending the Villain came, and each one made the burning guilt in his chest sting all the more, knowing that eventually, he would have to stab this poor unlucky man in the back.
'But he's too dangerous,' Hawks reasoned with himself. Not only is he leading a branch of the PLF's forces, but he's overcome the fear that held him back, the uncertainty of whether he was the original or not, and whether if he broke a bone he would disappear. Now, without this fear, his Sad Man's Parade was strong enough for him to single-handled take over a small country, and Hawks would be damned if he let the country be Japan.
There is no other way. Twice may be a good man at heart but he's in too deep with the Villains and it would be unlikely to convince him to switch sides or give up without a fight. And a fight between them would surely only end one way. 'But then are these your own thoughts, or just the orders you've been given, caged parrot,' Hawks flinched under his own bitter thoughts, his fists clenched painfully at realizing that he had nearly repeated his orders and the Commission's sentiments word for word.
"Aw, come on, Z, really?! You do the obvious play first?" Deadpool suddenly appeared on the screen. "Yeah, I mean, Everybody knows he would be one of my counterparts, but why not mix it up the first time? Maybe Eri, or Dabi, that would surely get some comments rolling. Izuku? I mean come on, we all know you don't care about those whiny Izuku hater comments."
"I-I see that he can even show up for this as well," All Might sweatdropped.
"Of course, I can, I'm me. Sweet, sexy me," Deadpool posed proudly. "Oh, by the way, thanks a bunch for the save that one time, Mighty. I'm sure the fanboys will love knowing they can power scale Thanos to you."
"Uh, what's he talking about, Toshinori?" Midnight questioned. "You've met Deadpool before?"
"U-Um, n-no?" Toshinori answered, extremely confused himself. "I haven't ever met the guy before. I'm sure I would if I had."
"Oh, wait, that's right, that was the Other timeline, not this one, so hard to keep track," Deadpool muttered, scratching his head while looking at a map. "Anyway, that's all from me for now. Don't care about Patchy the Pirate's counterpart or whatever. See ya after the fight!" And with that, the Merc with a Mouth was gone.
"Urgh, finally," Iida sighed in relief, getting up for a drink.
"SURPRISE!" Deadpool suddenly appeared, his face fully covering the screen.
"ARGH!" Iida yelped and tripped, falling onto his chair and sending both him and the seat falling.
"AHAHAHA! Don't forget boys, they don't call me Ninja Spider-Man for nothing! Don't forget readers to see Deadpool & Wolverine in theaters on July 26! WOOPOOPOOPOOPOOPOOPOOPOOP!" Deadpool exclaimed as he ran off-screen.
"Urgh, I hate that man, so much," Iida groaned as he got himself back up, ignoring the laughter from his classmates.
"Well, ignoring all of...that happening, if the device says that's only one counterpart of Deadpool's, I assume this means there are more videos with him as a combatant," Ryukyu mentioned.
"Oh, poor them," Miruko chuckled as she spotted the looks of annoyance on Endeavor and Edgeshot.
"SLADE WILSON AKA DEATHSTROKE! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: CHIZOME AKAGURO AKA STAIN!" The device showed the other fighter's counterpart.
Hearts froze as eyes met those of the infamous Hero Killer. Izuku and Shoto had their minds taken back to their fated clash with the blade-wielding Villain and how close they all were to having been culled by him. Shoto rubbed his arm, the phantom pains of Stain's knives flaring up. Endeavor clenched his fist as he remembered that wave of absolute hatred that Stain emitted that made even him freeze. Izuku clasped his arm from shaking as he remembered Stain's bloodthirsty rage toward the Heroes as well as the confusion as to why Satin saved him from the flying Nomu.
"Hey, are you okay, Deku?" Ochaco placed her hand on Izuku's shoulder, her face concerned.
"Y-Yeah, I'm good," Izuku nodded, giving his best smile as he steadied himself.
"Okay, it's just I know that you, Iida, and Todoroki got attacked by him before Endeavor came to rescue you," Ochaco replied. "I'd imagine it be scary to see him again."
Izuku and Shoto shared a glance at Ochaco's words. To the rest of the world, everyone thought that Endeavor had taken down Stain who had attacked him, Shoto, Iida, and the Pro Hero: Native. To the ones in the know, it was three Hero students who finally took down the Hero Killer in battle and then were all frozen in terror by his rage when he broke out. Stain only got fully captured after a piece of his broken rib pierced his lung and knocked him out cold, while still standing. Izuku didn't really care about taking the credit, he was just glad that the three of them wouldn't get in trouble for their technical Vigilantism or that Iida wouldn't get into too much trouble for trying to hunt down-
Izuku's eyes snapped wide as he whirled his gaze over to the very boy he went and saved that night. Iida was glaring at the screen with a mix of hatred and fear. Despite the lesson that he learned that day, it was still hard for Iida to see the face of the man who crippled his brother and not get angry. That anger only mixed with the fear and nightmares Iida has still been having over the Hero Killer, those bad dreams usually taking shape to what would have happened if Izuku hadn't arrived on time to save him from the Hero Killer; they never end well.
"Hey," Asui tapped Iida's shoulder, forcing the Class Rep to face the frog girl's curious, wide-eyed stare. "You alright?"
Iida took a moment of silence, as he stared back at the Hero Killer next to Deathstroke's face. "No," Iida answered honestly. "No, I'm not."
"Figured," Asui nodded, knowing that was likely the case. "Must be hard to see his face again and vote for his counterpart to win after everything that happened."
Iida sighed and tilted his head at her, giving her credit for that point that only made this whole situation worse. "You must have thought poorly of me as a Class Rep after I went with the others to save Bakugo after what I did before with Stain," Iida said, not bothering to phrase it like a question, he already knew the answer.
"As a Class Rep, yeah, you didn't go off to a good start," Asui replied, Iida lowering his head at her answer. "As a human who cares about his friends and loved ones, how can I think poorly of you." Iida perked up, looking at Asui in surprise. "I meant what I said to Eri. I was never really mad at you, Izuku, or the others. I was just upset, I wasn't thinking clearly because I didn't want to lose you all, just you weren't thinking clearly when you nearly lost your brother."
Iida gave a small smile and nodded. "Indeed. Stain attacking Tensei...it shook something in me. I stopped caring about the rules, about whether it was good or bad for a Hero to kill, I just wanted to make the pain end, and I thought I could make things right by killing Stain. If Midoriya hadn't come to my rescue..." Iida stopped himself, realizing what he was about to say. "I mean, if Endeavor didn't come to rescue us, I feared I would have gotten myself killed and dragged Midoriya and Todoroki with me."
Asui hummed, gazing at Iida analytically. "But you learned something from that didn't you," Asui also didn't bother making her question sound like one, she too knew the answer.
Iida nodded, his face now returned to its determined Class Rep vibe. "Yes, I did," Iida answered. "My pursuit of Stain was marred by my selfish desire for revenge. That is not what a Hero does. Stain himself said as much. But now, I know that to be a Hero is to think about others before yourself, to run to their aid, even if they don't wish for it." Iida cast a gaze toward Midoriya, who caught their conversation and smiled at his Class Rep. Iida smiled back. "I also hope that these videos and your own experiences helped teach you something as well, Asui?"
"Yep, sure did, Class Rep," Asui gave a thumbs up but said nothing more. Iida could tell she wasn't going to elaborate, and he respected that, saying nothing more than a nod. As he turned his gaze back to the screen, he missed how Asui's smile fell to a frown. The frog girl looked over to Uraraka, a frown also plastered on her face. The two nodded as they got the info they needed, their minds for a brief moment remembering the video and Izuku, Iida, and Todoroki fighting and defeating the Hero Killer.
With the counterparts stated, no more revelations occurring, and no Deadpool to break another fourth wall, the video played again and began the fight.
The scene began in a city, a set of traffic lights directing vehicles along their way. It shifted to a bus stop with a wanted poster of Deathstroke with a $5,000,010 bounty, dead or alive.
Miruko whistled, impressed. "5 million. If I wasn't such an altruistic and Heroic defender of the people, I would so hunt him down for that bounty," Miruko bragged, hand over her heart.
"Please, you would hunt him down simply because you would think he was a good fight," Ryukyu blew her hair.
"I mean, yeah," Miruko said as if it was obvious. "And I would donate the bounty to like a charity or something. Maybe something involving carrots or wildlife."
"Fair enough," Ryukyu shrugged.
The scene then panned to the bounty poster on the other end of the bus stop, one for Deadpool with a $5,000,000 bounty. The shot zoomed in on the lacking 10 bucks in comparison.
"Oof, just shy of 10 bucks. Must sting," Kamakiri hissed.
"Not sure we should be measuring our worth by the size of the bounty on our heads," Shoda scratched his cheek, nervously.
"PFFT! What a rip!" Deadpool scoffed as he and Deathstroke gazed upon each other's wanted posters, unknowing of the target standing right next to them. "Seriously, what makes this chump worth 10 bucks more than me? C'mon! I'M ME!"
"So, that's how we're going to start this battle of mercenaries off? Two wanted men, in full uniform, just staring at each other's wanted posters in the middle of a city?" Monoma scoffed, incredulously.
"Crazy you're expecting sanity and realism from a guy who casually just shatters the fourth wall like it's made of toilet paper," Honenuki scoffed.
"Wh-pff-what? Am I right?" Deadpool chuckled, pointing toward Slade who did not respond. "Yeah, I am. I'm pretty sure."
Finally, Deadpool and Deathstroke realize they are next to each other, with comical exclamation marks over their heads.
"Well, finally," Kosei threw his hands up. "Let's get to the fighting already!"
"Wow, impatient you all are today," Setsuna pointed out.
"Perhaps they wish for Slade to finally shut this degenerate's mouth for good," Ibara muttered.
"Big talk when the guy whose tongue you want cut out could just regrow another one," Setsuna teased.
Both mercenaries somersaulted backward, gaining distance from one another. "It's your lucky day," Deathstroke said, pulling out his machine guns. "I can show you."
"Oh, boy! A show?" Deadpool exclaimed, excited, pulling out his machine guns as well. "Can I get popcorn first? I hope they have salt and pepper shakers. I love them to be tasty. Save some for me, Fat Gum."
Fat Gum paused as he was mid-way into pouring more salt on his popcorn when he was called out. After a few seconds of looking back and forth between his popcorn and Wade, Fat continued salting before eating his snack.
"FIGHT!" Deadpool declared before the announcer could as he stared directly at the viewers.
"Huh, he even announced the fight before the announcer. Cool," Sero chuckled.
"Shhh! No more distractions! Let the madness begin!" Mina shushed Sero before exclaiming in excitement.
The fight immediately started with both combatants shooting at each other with their Machine Guns, multiple gunshots echoing and flashing as the bullets clashed against each other.
"BANG! BANG! Ba-Ba-Ba-BANG! BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG! B-B-BANG BANG BANG!" Deadpool shouted over and over as he continued to fire at Deathstroke.
Eri and Kouta broke out in giggles and laughter.
"Honestly, I would be glad that they are enjoying this if it weren't for them laughing at guns being fired at people," Izuku sweat dropped.
"Oh come, Mido, cheer up! I'm sure this fight will be a BANGING good time for both of them!" Mirio punned.
Izuku deadpanned at Mirio and gave Nejire a grateful nod after the subsequent frying pan to the back of Mirio's head.
In slow motion, multiple bullets shot out of Deadpool's guns and flew across to meet and clash directly with the ones from Deathstroke's, bouncing off and deflecting each other, before switching back to normal speed.
"That is awesome!" Tetsutetsu exclaimed.
"Impressive," Snipe tipped his hat to the mercenaries. "Though I'm not sure whether that's more Deadpool's doing or Deathstroke's."
"If I had to bet, I'd say it was Deathstroke's doing," Ectoplasm replied. "He was stated to be able to perceive things faster than an ordinary human."
"Good point," Snipe nodded.
The two kept on firing until both combatants ran out of ammo. "Uh-Oh!" Deadpool exclaimed, looking at Butter and I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, now empty.
Likewise empty, Deathstroke threw out the empty clips with an expert swipe of his arms. He later swiped his guns at his heels, equipping two new ammo clips into their sockets and reloading.
"Smart placement actually," Hawks admitted. "Quite the inconspicuous place where he can reload both guns at the same time and quickly."
Deathstroke aimed his guns only to realize that Deadpool had disappeared. Slade looked around, trying to figure out where the black and red ninja had gone to. "BAMF!" Deadpool shouted, teleporting behind his opponent.
Oh, right! I forgot he could teleport!" Pony exclaimed.
"That will definitely give him an advantage to outmaneuver and evade Deathstroke's attacks and sight," Todoroki stated.
"If Slade can't predict where he teleports," Ojiro pointed out.
"Given how unpredictable he is, he probably won't," Todoroki replied.
Before Slade could react, Deadpool kicked the orange and black mercenary with a leg sweep, followed by an elbow to the gut, which then led to a sliding kick to the knees. Deadpool performed a short hop roundhouse kick that sent Deathstroke into the air and dropped his machine guns, as well. "BAMF!" Deadpool teleported to where Deathstroke was heading before performing an iconic uppercut. "Shoryuken!"
"Did he just Shoryuken?" Itsuka blinked in disbelief.
"Looks like it," Yui smirked.
"Aww, going to get mad, Kendo?" Setsuna pouted teasingly.
"I can at least acknowledge that despite his comedic appearance and personality he was stated to also be quite adept at martial arts," Itsuka retorted, even whilst she was inwardly ceding that the Merc with a Mouth had just made a mockery of a technique she was committed to master.
"BAMF!" Deadpool teleported into the air, again where Slade was headed. In a moment of slow-motion, Deadpool raised his leg, poised for a kick. "Check this rad air!" Deathstroke gets kicked in the stomach, grunting as he lands on the ground roughly.
Deathstroke recovered, pulling out his energy lance and spinning the weapon in hand before taking a stance.
Kaminari, Mei, and Hatsume paid closer attention, the latter for two for how the lane worked and how they could repurpose it for Kaminari, and the former on how the assassin used it and how he could fight with a bo staff. 'Maybe I should ask Yaoyorozu for lessons?' The blonde thought.
"A Donatello fan, huh?" Deadpool said as he landed, before taking out his twin katanas. "I was always more of a Leonardo guy myself."
"Wait, is he talking about the Ninja Turtles?" Rin asked.
"Looks like it," Sen replied. "I would say that means they exist as a property in his universe, but with Deadpool the way that he is. I don't know."
"You know, I thought that with how he likes to joke around and be goofy, he would like Michelangelo more," Mirio said, a fresh comical lump on his head.
"Although I think most people would pin me more as a Michelangelo, you know that's them labeling-" Deadpool muttered to himself but was cut off after Deathstroke struck him across the face with his staff, Deadpool's groan distorted at the instance of slow motion. "I WILL NOT BE LABELLED!" Deadpool declared goofily.
"Wizard was right. Deadpool's belief that he is invincible allowed him to be careless enough to get blindsided by Deathstroke," Edgeshot analyzed.
"Bad, Uncle Mirio! It's bad to label people!" Eri pouted and smacked her surrogate uncle's chest lightly.
"Aww, I'm sorry, Eri! Wah! I'm so sorry! I didn't know!" Mirio fell to his knees, crying comical crocodile tears while still keeping that wide smile of his. "Can you forgive me?!"
Eri pouted at him for a bit, before the two broke out laughing and giggling. "You're forgiven," Eri giggled.
"Yay!" Mirio cheered.
Izuku rolled his eyes at the two, smiling warmly at the bond that Eri had forged with so many people, including Mirio, his now brother-in-all-but-blood.
The two assassins continued fighting, the two swiping, blocking, and batting away each other's attacks and weapons. "No touchy-feely!" Wade exclaimed as he pointed his sword at Slade before they continued batting each other's weapons.
Eventually, Deathstroke landed a lucky blow with his staff, knocking Deadpool far back into a wide, grassy area. As Deadpool recovered with a roll, Deathstroke flipped over the hedge surrounding the area in his pursuit of his bounty.
"That was tactical of Slade," Endeavor pointed out. "He knocked Deadpool into a wide-open area with no place to hide that he wouldn't immediately track if Deadpool teleported."
"BAMF!" Deadpool teleported again, now arriving closer to Deathstroke as the latter jumped into the air, twirling his staff in advance. "Let's do this!" The black and red garbed assassin exclaimed, one of his katanas raised to meet and clash with the downward swinging staff of Slade's.
The two traded blows a few more times, but Deathstroke once more gained the advantage, continuously striking at Deadpool with his spinning staff attack. "OW! OW! OH, MY KIDNEY!" Deadpool yelped from the attack.
"Jesus," Sero hissed, rubbing where his own kidney was. "I know he has instant regeneration, but that still must suck to feel all that pain."
Midnight frowned as the mention of instant regeneration got her thinking about the League's Nomu, how many of them appeared to possess this ability somehow, and wondered if they could feel anything. From reports from various Heroes who fought against them, like All Might, Eraser, Endeavor, and more, the answer seemed to be a no, and even if they could feel pain, they looked too brain-dead or durable to voice it. Endeavor and Hawks noted that the High-End Nomu, Hood, was more of the latter variety, too durable, strong, and battle-hungry to register or voice pain.
'I wonder, if...if he really is him, can he still feel pain? D-Did he feel himself being turned into that monster?' Midnight thought, imagining Shirakumo and his corpse being turned into the potential Nomu that Kurogiri is.
"Clearly, Deathstroke is the more skilled of the two, able to press an advantage against Wade Wilson more than the latter could on the former," Monoma analyzed.
"In a straight-up brawl perhaps," Shinsou pointed out. "Though, Deadpool's teleportation means he can strike from anywhere."
Deadpool escaped the assault, as well as a few more swings from Deathstroke's staff until he teleported into the air. "COMIN' AT YA!" Wade yelled as descended, spinning himself and his blades as he descended. Deadpool brought down the sword but upon Deathstroke blocking with his staff, the katanas broke into pieces.
"Damn it! He broke his swords!" Kaminari cursed.
"His katanas may be sharp but it's clear that Slade's staff being wider and thicker would hold out against them," Momo mentioned, noting how dense of a metal she used for her staff to be durable yet light enough for her to wield.
Deadpool teleported away to the side of a road, looking down to realize his swords were broken. Deathstroke gave chase, vaulting over the hedge between them. "I gotta say, it's kinda an honor to get the snot beaten out of me by YOU of all people. Bruises aside, of course," Deadpool quipped.
"I wonder if Wade is using the same kind of quipping action that Spider-Man uses to mess with his enemies?" Mandalay pondered.
"He did say he was Ninja Spider-Man," Pixie Bob chuckled.
Izuku blinked at that, remembering that note in his list of aliases. It was clear that Deadpool seemed to have a close history with Wolverine, but Izuku had a feeling that also extended to his counterpart, Spider-Man. Izuku wondered just what connection the two had.
Deathstroke spun his staff in hand. "Let's see what kind of mark this leaves on you," Slade quipped back, energy charging and lighting from the lance before thrusting it forward, shooting a laser out and piercing through Deadpool's stomach, knocking the Regenerating Degenerate onto the road and get struck by an incoming truck.
"Oooh!" The students winced at the impact.
Deadpool yelped as he regenerated from the wound and shook himself off, his body hugging the windshield of the truck. "Hey Truck-kun! Don't let me slow you down!" Deadpool talked to the driver.
"I have a feeling that he spoke that name for us," Aoyama said, posing and smiling for the readers.
Deadpool teleported onto the top of the truck while it still sped its way down the road. "Where is that sonovagun?! I'm gonna show him what-for, I swear to-ooooooh SHIT!" Deadpool was cut off as a bullet shot straight through his head.
"I'm surprised he can still talk even while a bullet went through his noggin," Mount Lady pointed at her head.
"I'm still surprised we're dealing with a fighter that can still fight After a bullet through the head," Ryukyu replied.
Where the bullet came from was revealed with Deathstroke and his sniper rifle on the roof of a blue bus. The assassin reloaded.
"How'd he get on that bus's roof?" Mineta questioned.
"I think with his skills as the most lethal assassin in his world, that question is unnecessary," Shoji muttered.
Deadpool landed on the windshield of the truck again. "Look at me, LOOK AT ME! Do not slow down! Deadpool yelled at the driver as they sped past multiple cars while on a bridge.
"I have a bad feeling about this," Kyoka muttered.
"Likewise," Momo nodded while attempting to zone out Iida's ranting toward Deadpool about traffic safety.
Deadpool teleported onto the top of the truck again, Deathstroke aiming and shooting at the Merc with a Mouth again. The bullet missed as Deadpool teleported away onto the roof of another car. Deathstroke would continue firing at Deadpool wherever he appeared. "MISSED ME! WOOPWOOPWOOOPWOOPWOOPWOOP!" Deadpool made noises as he teleported away from every bullet.
With every action, Iida's bulging forehead vein throbbed further and angrier, almost wishing for Slade to put another bullet through the mercenaries mouth, damn that the former was his moted hated enemy's counterpart.
"I! HATE! YOUR!" Deadpool sounded out with every teleportation around Slade as he tried to track him. After a final teleportation, the Terminator was still as he waited for where Deadpool might be. Apparently, that was directly behind him, as Deadpool leaned to whisper in his ear. "Dumb Face!"
Deathstroke whirled around immediately and punched at Deadpool. "OHH, MY KIDNEY!" Wade groaned.
"I guess Slade has a grudge against Wade's kidneys," Nejire shrugged.
"He blew it! He could have stabbed or shot the gun from behind!" Tsuburaba complained.
"I highly doubt that Slade didn't already know Deadpool was behind him and wouldn't reacted if Wade even did as such," Honenuki replied.
Deadpool was struck with a three-hit combo that sent the merc down on the other end of the bus. Deathstroke pulled out his Promethium sword from his back.
"Oh, is it swordfight time?! Good thing I carry spares!" Deadpool pulled out new twin katanas from...seemingly nowhere.
"B-But w-where did-" Momo stuttered confused.
"It's that Magic Satchel that Wiz said he had," Izuku answered as he wrote down the mathematically impossible feat and trick. "He must have pulled them out from there."
"That is still messing with my head," Melissa groaned, rubbing her forehead as reason failed to justify such an act.
The two assassins once more fought, slashing, blocking, and parrying each other's sword strikes, sparks flying between the blades.
Kamakiri grinned wide as he fervently studied the two fighters and how they sword-fought.
"Guess it's cutting time!" Deadpool swiftly rushed at Deathstroke, continuously slashing through him, yet barely a scratch seemed to last on him.
"That barely did anything?!" Kaminari exclaimed, surprised.
"Deathstroke's armor is also stronger than Deadpool's and both it and Slade himself can regenerate," Izuku pointed out. "Deadpool is going to need something stronger and more permanent to put Slade down."
Deathstroke blocked another slash from a katana, while his other hand grabbed one of his pistols and shot Deadpool in the face, causing the red-garbed merc to cry out in pain yet continue. Deathstroke pressed his advantage slashing at Wade as he was forced to defend, only for Slade to once more fire hot lead into Deadpool's chest while his guard was open.
"Smart," Snipe muttered. "Deadpool has two swords in hand, while Deathstroke's one sword means he can pull out a pistol to fire while his opponent's guard is down."
"A little unmanly, but I guess all's fair between mercenaries," Fat Gum shrugged.
"Careful, Fat. Seems time with your intern is causing you to talk like him," Cementoss pointed out to which Fat Gum laughed.
With a slash of his sword, Deathstroke pushed Deadpool away for the former to leap and flip in the air, bringing down his sword and breaking Deadpool's spare katanas.
"Well, there goes his spare katanas," Awase smirked.
"If you spent half as much time concentrating as you do talking, perhaps you would be less predictable," Deathstroke mocked.
"OH, YOU'RE KIDDING ME!" Deadpool snapped, offended, tossing away his busted katanas. "I'M PREDICTABLE?!" Deadpool reached out behind him and pulled, out of nowhere, a boombox.
"A boombox?" Mei frowned, confused.
Iida suddenly got that bad feeling that Kyoka was talking about.
Hitting the play button- and playing Deadpool's Theme from Marvel vs Capcom 3 -Deathstroke blinked in surprise as Deadpool changed clothes in a split second from his signature red and black jumpsuit to sweats in the same color, with gold chains, bracelets, and a 'Deadpool' headband.
"I'm just getting warmed up!" Deadpool exclaimed.
Hawks and Miruko covered their wide mouths before they burst out laughing, while Endeavor and Edgeshot looked appalled and stunned.
To Slade's utter confusion, Wade started dancing around, special effects surrounding him making it appear as if dance club-like lights and people were cheering from the foreground.
Utter laughter consumed most of the group, with even those who originally voted for Deathstroke even joining in on the laughter. Kaminari felt like he was laughing so hard he busted a rib, Mineta was on the ground wheezing, and Mina was laughing like a psychopath at Wade's sudden breakdance, which she respected by the way.
Momo and Iida looked utterly dead inside, while Izuku, Eri, and Kyoka tried comforting the two. Though the howling laughter that erupted from Miruko and Hawks didn't help much. Monoma was slamming his head repeatedly into the couch and tried blocking out the noise of the world, mostly Tokage's banshee-like laughing.
Endeavor excused himself from the gym with Edgeshot accompanying him, both swearing to the group not to summon them back in until the fight was over, no matter who won.
Shoto blinked, utterly flabbergasted at what he was witnessing. 'Well, I did say he was utterly unpredictable,' Todoroki thought with reluctant acceptance.
Deathstroke gave a disgusted sigh as he made for Wade. However, despite the Merc with a mouth still dancing, he likewise dodged Deathstroke's attacks, flipping over and teleporting away from his sword slashes. After a somersault and hop from more repeated slashes, Wade leg-swept Slade off his feet, the latter quickly recovering while the former continued breakdancing. It got to the point where Deathstroke tried to back away, but Wade made after him and even kicked him in the face.
"That is so awesome! He's actually kicking the shit out of him while breakdancing!" Mina exclaimed, stars in her unique eyes as she all but hounded on Midoriya to do his 'analysis thing' and copy Wade's moves for her to learn.
"I must admit, he certainly is...creative with how he fights," All Might sweatdropped.
Nezu was laughing like a madman. "Ohohoho! If only Eraser could be here to see this!" Nezu shouted with glee. "This is perfect enough proof to convince him to add dance lessons for our students."
"If he doesn't choke himself out to death first," Midnight muttered, though she hoped the principal would endorse the dance lessons. She knows the chaos that might ensue when a whole class of girls asks for one person's hand in dancing.
"This slick Dynomite!" Deadpool sang as he sidestepped, ducked, and danced his way from Deathstroke's sword. "He's coming for me, Watch the fight!" Deadpool began moonwalking away.
"This is the best fight ever!" Setsuna clapped and laughed.
"Word, Lizard girl!" Miruko laughed, taking a bite out of her carrot.
"You shouldn't laugh while eating if you want to avoid choking," Ryukyu said to Miruko, all motherly.
As Deadpool kept dancing, an annoyed Deathstroke clung to the side of the bus, shooting at the tires with his pistol. The bus honked as it started to skid and swerve around, causing dozens of cars all around them to start crashing into each other.
"Oh no!" Pony exclaimed, eyes wide in shock. "Why would he do that?!"
"He's a mercenary, Pony," Itsuka replied, glaring disapprovingly at Slade's actions. "If it means that they can debilitate and weaken their target, they will use whatever means they have to do so."
Iida frowned, seeing that was as true for Slade as it was for Stain. The Hero Killer was ultimately obsessed with the idea of removing fake Heroes from their society so he went and saw all Heroes besides All Might as nothing more than fakes, including his brother, the farthest thing from a fake Hero. But in the end, despite Tensei's good deeds and noble heart, it meant absolutely nothing to Stain, and he bloodied and crippled his brother to achieve his goals. Just as Slade was willing to kill dozens of civilians for his measly bounty.
Both combatants staggered on the swerving blue bus. Deadpool teleported just as a car flew from behind him, while Deathstroke jumped over and dodged it. Vans and cars kept crashing around them in a symphony of utter chaos.
Izuku felt the drive and itch to save those people, even if they were but simulations, but to see all that destruction caused by one man's greed burned a desire for justice in Izuku.
Eventually, the blue bus crashed into the backside of a semi-truck, causing both cars to swerve even worse. Deadpool, now back to his old clothes and with dual pistols out, and Deathstroke both ran up their respective vehicles, leaping out towards each other as the orchestral music reached a climactic peak.
"Epic," Kouta whispered in awe.
The truck's load finally tipped over, crashing and sending more cars flying and crashing, while the combatants began to fight in mid-air. Deadpool blocked and batted away Deathstroke's mid-air sword slashes with his guns. As Wade was now further away, he fired his pistols at Slade, who blocked the bullets with the flat of his blade.
"Unbelievable," Momo gasped. "They must be fighting at such insane speeds to do so while in mid-air."
"Well, both of them can fight faster and more agile than the average man," Kyoka figured.
The two landed on the side of the school bus, still in midair. Deadpool fired on the advancing Terminator who ducked under the gunfire or batted it away with his sword. As Deathstroke reached him and attempted to slash across his chest, Deadpool vaulted over Slade to the other end of the bus's side. Deadpool fired again but stepped back from another sword slash. The two evenly matched combatants dodged their respective bullets and sword swings, Deadpool grabbing Deathstroke's wrist and flipping him over his shoulder and to the end of the bus's side.
"They're so evenly matched," Kinoko stared slack-jawed at the screen.
"And right as you said that-" Kuroiro muttered as he directed at the screen.
True to the completely black student's words, after a deadly dance of evading point-blank gunfire with each other, the screen froze as Deadpool held a gun to Deathstroke's head. Just as suddenly, time continued with the world's deadliest assassin wildly slashing Deadpool. "OW! OW! OW! MY OTHER LUNG! OW! OW! OW!" Wade's exclaims of pain were so fast and followed by more that the group could barely keep track of them all, including Izuku or Kyoka.
"Jesus Christ," Sato blinked in surprise at the sudden onslaught.
"Now that's what I'm talking about," Kamakiri cheered.
"All of these attacks should be enough to kill a normal person, but Deadpool's regeneration is healing the damage just as quickly as it is given," Todoroki pointed out.
Deathstroke zoomed behind Deadpool and impaled him through the chest with a backward thrust of his sword. "MY SPLEEN!" Deadpool exclaimed with a high-pitched voice. Deathstroke then, without looking, shot the Merc with a Mouth at the back of the head, sending him flying. "MY LEG!"
"Wha-but-Deathstroke shot him in the head, not the-" Iida sputtered flabbergasted.
Deadpool landed on the roof of another flying car. "OH! IT'S CRAMPING!" Deadpool groaned, clarifying his pain.
"..." Iida gave up what he was about to say and just dropped his head onto his hands.
"At this point, I think it might be prudent to have an earlier break to clear our heads after this," Hound Dog spoke, rubbing the bridge between his eyes.
"Agreed," Nezu sighed, recognizing the fragility of some of his students' minds starting to break. As well as some of the adults.
Deathstroke jumped over toward Deadpool, sword raised to slash at him. Deadpool teleported away, the promethium sword cutting through the car in half, causing an explosion as the orange-garbed assassin fell away. Deathstroke realized a loss of weight in his grip, looking over to realize his sword was missing after the explosion.
"Wait, where did his sword go?" Sen blinked in surprise. "I swear it was just in his hand when-"
Deadpool teleported from behind, and just as Deathstroke turned, the Terminator was stabbed through with his own sword.
"HUH?!" The Deathstroke voters exclaimed in shock.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT BULLSHIT?!" Kamakiri roared in outrage.
"Deadpool must have nabbed the sword during the explosion," Ochaco guessed.
Deadpool let go and watched as Deathstroke fell away. "Pop-Pop, watching Deathstroke-" Deadpool cut himself off as he sensed something coming at him: a flaming semi-truck. "Ah, Dammit!" The truck crashed into Wade. "OW MY THIRD LUNG IS SO BIG-" The truck with Wade exploded as it crashed, a great plume of flames encapsulating the entire area of the bridge.
"...Well, that happened," Asui croaked, eyes wide in surprise.
"Think that killed him?" Itsuka asked, uselessly.
Yui's response was a simple head shake.
"Figured," Itsuka sighed.
The whole area was in flames, cars continuously falling from the sky. Deathstroke's unconscious body lay amidst the destruction. "Well, that escalated quickly," Deadpool sat up from the road, unfazed by the damage, even as he was revealed to be missing his left arm.
"I'll say. Looks like he needs a hand!" Mirio quipped.
Thankfully, he was spared mercy from Nejire's knockout pan and received a boo and a blast of water to his face, courtesy of Kouta.
"Yeah, you might want to lay low for a couple of days 'cause you are, pretty much responsible for a mass murder," Deadpool gave his word of advice, showing he was carrying a limb in his other, intact, hand, grunting as he placed the limb where his arm should be.
"I'm going to be sick," Mount Lady gagged at the sounds coming from Deadpool fitting the limb in place.
"I am surprised at how easily you guys are taking this," Momo, also green and queasy, looked to Class 1-B.
"Um, hello?" Setsuna said, removing her left arm just as easily as removing a doll's arm and waving it at her.
"Oh, yes, I see," Momo coughed embarrassingly. "I forgot. My apologies."
"Don't be. It took us a while, too," Itsuka waved off her apology.
As Deadpool was putting his limbs back on, Deathstroke, missing his mask and revealing his white skin, platinum white hair, and eye patch, lets out a groan while regaining consciousness. He sat himself up even with the sword still stabbed through his chest.
"Damn, he can still get up? Even with a sword straight through him?" Kirishima exclaimed. "I hate to say it but Manly."
"It's a Deathstroke kabob!" Deadpool laughed and pointed his...leg(?) at Deathstroke. Deadpool looked at the wrong limb and looked down, realizing his arm was attached to his hip.
That was enough to make Tamaki hurl another round of his lunch into the puke bag. Momo, as she formed another one, began to think that maybe they needed a Puke Bucket rather than a bag at this rate.
"Whoops! Hang on, give me a sec. Oh, this is going to hurt!" Deadpool grunted and groaned in sheer pain as he ripped his limbs off again and placed them in their respective sockets.
"And that's it for me," Mina muttered before heaving and vomiting into her puke bag, followed by several students.
"Going to chastise her lock of tolerance?" Ragdoll asked Mandalay with her ever-constant smile. She gestured toward Pixie Bob as she wreaked havoc on her own bag.
"No, no, this I get," Mandalay shook her head, covering her mouth and swallowing back down the bile that threatened its way up her throat.
As Deadpool attached his limbs in the correct places, Deathstroke grabbed at his sword, heart pumping loudly, and with an epic grunt, pulled the blade free of his chest. The assassin struggled to get back up, falling to one knee at one point.
"His healing factor is clearly not as strong as Deadpool's," Nezu commented. "He is struggling to deal with the damage while Mr. Wade can rip his own limbs off easily."
"Whoa, hold on! You heal fast too? I got something special for that!" As Deathstroke got back on his feet- and SAO's infamous Swordland Theme played in the background -Deadpool pulled out his last sword. "Carbonadium Sword! Murdering all your pesky Wolverines and Saberteeth since 2012! Good year for cinema."
"It's the sword!" Melissa pointed, wide-eyed and surprised. "The one that can nullify healing factors!"
"Healing factors like Deathstroke's," Izuku gasped.
"Oh no," Kamakiri groaned forebodingly.
Deathstroke rushed at Deadpool in rage. Deadpool dodged a wild sword slash, before bringing the blade up horizontally to block Slade's vertically slashing sword. Sparks clashed between their two swords. While their swords were locked in a struggle between their strengths, Deadpool reached behind him, pulling out his pistol and aiming right at Deathstroke's face through his own arm.
"Midoriya, Togata, you know what to do!" Deadpool broke the fourth wall and addressed the two students.
Not questioning Wade's antics, Izuku and Mirio covered Eri's and Kouta's eyes, to their protest.
Deadpool fired, the bullet going through his arm and hitting Deathstroke's good eye. "AAAARRRRGGGHHH!" Deathstroke howled in pain, staggering while covering his wounded eye. In a blind, literally, berserker rage, Deathstroke swung his sword wildly around him.
Deadpool teleported behind Deathstroke and, with a stylish slash to the neck, blood spilled and Deathstroke fell to the ground.
The screen went black, dramatically.
"I-Is that it?" Kaminari leaned in, his grin growing just as the ones from Deathstroke voters fell.
The screen gained life again as Slade's blinded head looked upon the fire and destruction. "And the moral of the story is..." Deathstroke's mouth flapped open but the deep voice was not his...
"Deadpool wins!" Deadpool revealed himself, holding and puppeteering Slade's severed head. "YAY!" The victorious merc tossed the head away as a fiery explosion occurred to the side.
"YES!" The Deadpool voters cheered in victory, while the Deathstroke ones were particularly salty at their loss. Most prevalent with Iida standing up and marching off out the door with Endeavor and Edgeshot.
"The Salt levels are immense with that one," Hagakure giggled, her invisible hands sprinkling imaginary salt toward Iida.
With explosions and the fires of destruction still going on around him, Deadpool began singing and doing the Macarena until he replaced the lines at the end. "This is totally racist. HEYYY CHIMICHANGAAAAAAA! AHUM!"
K.O.!
Deadpool was now driving a sweet ride, through the streets, Deathstroke's dismembered head now serving as a hood ornament.
"H-He won...I was right...but at what cost?" Momo muttered, her hopeless eyes falling as a depressed cloud hung over her head.
"There, there, Ma-Miss Momo," Eri patted the girl's head, almost slipping and calling her 'Mama'. "Hug?" Eri offered.
"Awww! I can't stay mad with you around!" Momo wept comically as she accepted the hug, rubbing her cheek on Eri to the girl's delight and laughter.
"God dammit! Fucking fuck fuck! Shitty ass stupid, fourth-wall breaking fuck!" Kamakiri cursed over and over that Vlad King had the immense desire to wash that mouth with soap.
"Damn, he's cursing even more than Bakugou," Setsuna chuckled.
"Oh! Oh, YouTube comments. Oh, I see you rolling. Oh, you're hating," Deadpool appeared on screen and mockingly wept. "Oh, it wounds me so-It doesn't at all." Deadpool cut the act, unremorsefully. "Explain how I beat this asshole."
"I think that was directed at you, man," Kosei grinned and tapped Kamakiri's shoulder. Only to have to back away as a blade began forming out the back and toward Kosei.
Monoma sighed and canceled Kamakiri's Quirk before he impaled their classmate. "Idiots," The prideful blonde muttered. "I should be canceling out 1-A's troublemakers, not us."
"Don't tell me how to do my job," Wiz whined before clearing his throat and continuing. "This was a surprisingly even match."
"I wouldn't say surprising after all those lethal blows one fighter got kept going and the few deadly ones that nearly put the other down for good," Sero pointed out.
"Though Deathstroke was the superior fighter of the two and had the better armor, Deadpool could take all his punishment and give just as much," Wiz continued.
Kirishima and Tetsutetsu sighed in defeat, accepting that the lesser armored fighter's regeneration trumped defense overall.
"Deathstroke's smart, so normally he would have no problem predicting his opponent's moves, but Deadpool is so unpredictable, not even Taskmaster, or sometimes even himself for that matter, can keep up with whatever he's doing," Boomstick pointed out.
Todoroki wordlessly and without looking asked for his money, something Ojiro sighed and was forced to give.
"Unfortunately, for Deathstroke, he didn't have the means to put Deadpool down for good, unlike Wade's Carbonadium sword which could shut down Slade's healing factor," Wiz added. "And while Deathstroke's healing factor was perfect for repairing damage, Deadpool's trumped his by being capable of replacing entire organs at a much faster rate."
"He's right," Izuku said as he wrote down his notes. "Even if Slade used his Super Bomb, Energy lance, sliced apart, or burned Deadpool into pieces, he would have just kept coming back and repairing himself. I'm not even sure a nuke would be able to destroy Deadpool."
"Sometimes the original isn't always the best," Wiz said.
"Deadpool is just a cut above the rest," Boomstick quipped.
"Aha," Mirio exclaimed. "Good one."
Nejire and Amajiki rolled their eyes yet smiled fondly at their best friend.
"The winner is-" Wiz began to declare.
"Spider-Man!" Deadpool showed up to announce it himself. "I mean Deadpool, shit!"
"Hehe, oh I'm pretty sure Bakubro would hate it if Midobro's counterpart somehow won out of nowhere, huh Bakubro?" Kirishima muttered. As he didn't receive a reply, Kirishima turned to see that Bakugou was still in the same state as when he last saw him, suggesting that he didn't even see the rest of the video pass whatever Deadpool said to me.
"Bakubro?" Kirishima nudged at his friend, but he didn't even flinch. "BAKUBRO!" Kirishima shouted directly in Bakugou's ear.
"GAH! What?! What the hell do you want me, Shitty Hair?!" Bakugou snapped out of his thoughts, now yelling angrily at Kirishima.
"The video is over, man. Deadpool won," Kirishima pointed out to him.
Bakugou blinked his eyes and registered the results of the fight as well as the lingering claps of respectful defeat and cheerful victory, as well as some grumblings related to 'lost bets'. The two even noticed that Mirio was sent to tell Endeavor, Edgeshot, and Iida to come back in.
"Oh...oh yeah, whatever..." Bakugou muttered, not really caring about the results of the fight. He was actually surprised that he was so deep into his thoughts that he ignored everything that happened.
"Hey Bakubro, you good?" Kirishima questioned, confused. "You've been quiet throughout the whole video. I thought you would have made some insult about Midobro using 90% of his brain. You know, something like 'Oh hell no, like we need the Shitty Nerd to spew out more of that word vomit!'"
"DON'T MOCK ME, SHITTY HAIR!" Bakugou snapped at Kirishima.
"Yeah, like that," Kirishima pointed.
Bakugou scoffed and turned away, refusing for Kirishima to look at his face while he pondered an excuse for his deep thoughts. He didn't have to excuse or tell him anything, but then, with what he had been thinking about, he'd rather say something than incur more suspicion and prodding from Kirishima, much less the teachers if the faux redhead thought it was a big enough concern to involve them.
"I was just thinking is all," Bakugou answered finally.
"About what Deadpool said to you?" Kirishima questioned. "He dared you and asked if you were going to make him-"
"It's none of your business, Shitty Hair!" Bakugou snapped, his voice full of an extra kick to it that even startled Kirishima into silence. "J-Just forget it. I'm fine. Let's just move on."
"A-Alright, if you say so," Kirishima replied, unconvinced, resolving to figure this out more later.
As this happened, Izuku stared blankly at Kirishima and, most especially, Bakugou, Deadpool's taunt toward the latter still registering in his head as Izuku knew it must be in Kacchan's. He knew exactly what that meant because he was the only person Bakugou told that to, at least Izuku hoped he was the only one that Bakugou told that to. Those words repeated should have caused Izuku to go into a panic, it was a brutal reminder of his Quirkless past, full of bullying, bruises, burns, and vomited lunches from 11 years of abuse. Granted, Izuku was momentarily shocked at hearing those words again, but he didn't have the level of reaction he thought he would have. Izuku thought that he was still grappling with the fourth wall breaking of Deadpool and thus the impact of those words was less on his list of priorities.
But then, now, as he did register those words, Izuku registered something else in him, something dark and bitter at those words resurfacing, and the way it was tossed onto Bakugou. It was almost cathartic to hear the worst things his bully ever said to him tossed right back into Kacchan's face, it felt like his pain and trauma were acknowledged and avenged with that taunt, a sick form of retribution delivered.
But then, when Izuku saw Kacchan's shattered face, that cathartic feeling turned to guilt and shame. He felt dirty and tainted for feeling good about Deadpool taunting Bakugou with those words, especially now after all the two have worked through and moved on from the past. He felt these dark feelings that longed for Bakugou's pain to be selfish and immature, it felt wrong. Izuku didn't hate Kacchan, he didn't hate anyone enough to say those words to or feel glad that they were told to. If he did, wouldn't that make him no different than Bakugou?
Izuku didn't know what to think, everything was just so confusing right now, and his head throbbed with this indecision and confusion, even while the dark feelings still bubbled beneath the surface.
During this, both Izuku and Bakugou were left unaware of Nejire staring murderously at Bakugou.
Endeavor, Edgeshot, and Iida, reluctantly, arrived back at the gym, where Nezu declared that after they viewed the preview for the next fight, they would have a short break to cool down from the events of this latest video. Everyone knew he meant Deadpool and his ability to converse with them despite logic and reason failing to come up with a solid explanation that didn't shatter their minds and their hold on reality.
But they agreed that they needed the small break, and thus Mei clicked play for the video to play the last portion of its runtime.
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick announced.
The screen gained life as it displayed shots of rolling green hills dimmed by the darkness of night and, later a landscape with a wide area of land seemingly carved away from an impact or wave, all while loud and dramatic drums played in the background.
Words were suddenly displayed in a black background saying, 'True Terror Is-'.
The words were cut off as shots of weirdly shaped, and clearly non-human, individuals stared at a swirling mass of dark clouds in the sky. A shine of light transitioned to another scene of a wide expanse of the sea and the greenery on a cliffside, all overlooked by the back of a humanoid figure with a weird tentacle on his head colored in pink.
The final word of the phrase from before was revealed in the color of the word: PINK.
"Sorry, what?" Mina blinked, surprised.
Rapid shots of a pink, spherical, stubby-legged-and-armed creature and another, more humanoid, pink creature that swapped between wide and skinny but consistently wearing a pair of white harem pants. Both of these creatures were shown performing feats of destruction, strength, and power, with the final shot of these scenes being Earth itself glowing before exploding out into the cosmos in bright light.
The light dimmed as the screen was now entirely pink. From the pink background, two faces emerged. One's ovalish-blue eyes, small curved smile, and rosy cheeks seem to embody cuteness while the other one, eyes closed, his cheeks chubbier, and his smile, were somehow more menacing. Their names appeared under them.
Kirby vs Majin Buu
"Okay, I think I might regret agreeing to that break," Midnight muttered, nodding across the room, agreeing with her with their desire to continue and find out what the hell they watched and what the next fight was immense.
As the group disbanded to the corners of the gym as they ate, drank, and conversed with each other, Ochaco and Asui nodded and walked over toward the rest of the Sisterhood, just as Jiro nodded to the girls and made her way over to Nezu, accompanied by All Might and Recovery Girl.
However, one member of the group was currently missing from that group, and she found herself walking over to Izuku.
"Hey, Green?" The girl muttered.
Izuku turned from Eri and Kouta, blinking and blushing as he registered the girl in question to be Setsuna. "S-Suna?" Izuku said. "What's up?"
"C-Can we talk for a moment, outside, please?" Setsuna asked, steeling herself for the big ask she was about to commit.
Notes:
AAAAAANNNNNDDDDDD SCENE! Oh, sweet Jesus, finally! Just managed to get this finished as the Deadpool and Wolverine movie comes out soon! How about that for timing?!
DP: Oh please, quit whining! You're only mad that you had to prioritize away from making more of those Ben 10/MHA crossover-
*Snaps fingers*
DP: SEEYOUONTHEBIGSCREENSOON! *Portal closes as DP fully falls in*
Let's see how long it takes for him to come back after a dive into the Void Sea. Anyway, hope you like the fourth wall breaking of Deadpool, I sure as hell didn't. It was a pain enough to restrict his access to that Earth. I also hope you liked the counterparts of the two fighters.
First, for Deadpool, yeah, Twice is One of Deadpool's counterparts, as we know that he has two more fights in the future, those fights will also include other counterparts for the Merc with a Mouth. As for why Twice was the most prevalent to be mentioned first, it's kind of obvious why. For one, Twice is literally designed after Deadpool, both were scarred after a traumatic experience, Twice being his clone revolt that left him mentally and physically scarred, and Wade's venture into Weapon X, both are eccentric and crazy even, with Wade's fourth wall breaking and Twice's unique, contrasting talks, and both are poor sorry bastards that simply got the short end of the stick with life.
As for Deathstroke, I couldn't find a more fitting counterpart than Stain. Both are ruthless killers that would do anything for their goals, be it money, revenge, or societal change, both have a knack for swords, knives, and other bladed weaponry, quick and deadly assassins that also haunt the minds of certain emotionally messy teenagers, i.e. Slade for Robin in Teen Titans and Stain with Iida. Not to mention Deathstroke's grudge against the Titans in the comics was also a revenge-fueled vendetta for the death of his son, Jericho, which is comparable to Stain's vendetta against Hero Society and fake Heroes, where both attack even innocent people without remorse, restraint, or willingness to change or talk things out.
Also, if any of you are wondering why I didn't make a counterpart for Wolverine despite his repeated mention in Wade's part of the video, he has his own fight where that can be revealed.
Anyway, I hope you guys liked this chapter and all the craziness that came from it, not only was I trying to get this out before Deadpool 3 but also because two weeks after that is my birthday, and I might want to work on another chapter to release that day, but no promises, it's likely going to be a hectic time. Also, what were Ochaco and Uraraka nodding about and going to tell the girls? What is Jiro going to say to Nezu and All Might? What does Setsuna need to talk with Izuku about? And just what is Nejire going to do after piecing together what Bakugou was to Izuku? Questions that...will likely not be answered until the next interlude chapter or spread out between chapters until then. Don't you just love it when I tease you guys?
Until next time, comment your thoughts and your counterpart predictions, check out my other stories if you haven't already, and stay chill with each other in the comments.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and-
DP: THAT'S ALL FOLKS!
ZS: GODDAMMIT! HOW?! HOW ARE YOU ALREADY HERE?!"
DP: Because I'm Deadpool, that's why! You should really know that by now, or did blow through your mind like that sad, edgy, emo phase you had when you were making Conquest of Shadows? Speaking of which, when are you going to make another one? The horny degenerates of the Fanfiction community need more fap material to cope with-
ZS: AND THAT'S ALL! GOOD DAY!
Chapter 42: Kirby vs Majin Buu
Summary:
The U.A. group watches the dynamic clash between these two destroyers of worlds, these unholy vanguards of pure gluttony, these demons of pure, Pink fury.
Notes:
HEYA NERDS & NERDETTES! Or would you guys prefer geeks & geekettes? ANYWAY, IT'S I, ZAYDEN STORMVOID, HERE ONCE MORE FOR ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE!
And if my ability to procrastinate and take my time is as debilitating as always, this chapter is right before my birthday so, yay, mid-20s! Embracing more the depressing encroach of death! I will also likely be busy with more personal stuff so believe me when I say I worked as much under the circumstances. Also, something I didn't notice until after I released the previous chapter was that it was a few days after the anniversary of this fic so...Happy Late Anniversary everyone!
Also, if this takes as long as I'm expecting, then the news is that MHA is over! And after careful consideration: I don't like the ending. Shocker, I know. Makes me sound like an unhappy, entitled crybaby, huh? Well, I can't help but feel like the ending was a disappointing sour note, and not the good kind, because I like sour candy, but this was one kind of sour that my taste buds didn't appreciate.
First off, if you did like the ending that is completely fine, you have the right to like what you like, just I have the right to call something I find bad as such. But to explain what I find dissatisfying with this ending is I get the reasons why it happened, and the lessons, and yet I still don't like it. At first, I didn't know why, it was like a reflex I couldn't explain just that I didn't feel satisfied with this ending, not fully.
The main point of contention for me is how Deku ends up exactly as I feared Horikoshi would do it: he would make him lose One For All forever and be rendered as a regular civilian like the beginning. I get the symbolism of going full circle and the lesson that it wasn't OFA that made Izuku a Hero, but I felt like that lesson was already done when he saved Tenko and beat AFO. Here, it feels like a slap in the face, where after all the investment we put into the series, Deku ends up as a civilian, giving up being a Hero, which is unsatisfying and the fact that everyone became Heroes and ghosted him for 8 years feel like the one who sacrificed everything was left in the dust. Yes, by the end, they have Deku become a Hero again with Support Course tech, which I have been doing for Melissa here, but that's my Melissa's story, it shouldn't be canon Deku's story to just end up becoming discount Iron Man. I wanted Deku to become Deku. Somehow, they made 'Using Support Gear as his superpower' a more out-of-left-field cop-out than just returning One For All.
But that's enough ranting. I hope you all know that in the end I still do love this story, characters, and world and that love for it is why I am so critical of it. I still see the potential of the characters, the world, and the story, and will continue to write. In a way, the embers of my passion and imagination for this story and world have not gone out yet, and likely won't for a long while, and I will continue to write until that flame goes out. I simply hope for one thing: that your support, enthusiasm, and care for my story continue to help fuel that flame and shield it from the winds of neglect and apathy.
Moving onto the actual story, last time we had the most chaotic chapter ever with Deadpool vs Deathstroke and the former of the two raising Hell on the group's minds, patience, and sanity. We had Bakugou going through a mini-panic attack after Deadpool taunted him with his suicide baiting, Kirishima and Mina
perplexed about what Deadpool said, Nejire fuming as she pieced together Bakugou's actions, and Midoriya torn apart as his dark bitter feelings kept rising to the surface and clashed with his better nature on how to handle Bakugou.Then, we had the characters decide to take a short break after the craziness, and you might think this is an interlude chapter. WRONG! Instead, we are jumping straight into the Pink Demons of Devastation: Kirby vs Majin Buu. Don't worry; all discussed will be made relevant and mentioned throughout the chapters and the interlude to come in the future.
But first, the Index:
"Zayden," -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden,' -Mental or Internal or Dialogue
"Zayden," -Wiz Dialogue
"Zayden," -Boomstick, Buff Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden," -Device, combatant, and fight Dialogue
And finally, I do not own My Hero Academia, possibly a finished property of Horikoshi, by now, and still being adapted by Bones Studios, and I do not own Death Battle which belongs to the YouTube Channel of the same name and whatever remains after the collapse of Roosterteeth. I also do not own any of the franchises mentioned in present, past, or future chapters such as Nintendo and Mr. Sakurai for Kirby and Toriyama for Dragonball, RIP.
Now, enough talk: IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BAAATTTTLLLLLEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
10 minutes passed as the U.A. group took an earlier-than-expected break from the Death Battle videos after a certain fourth wall-breaking mercenary tested their patience to the limit. Throughout this time, Edgeshot and Iida kept to themselves to calm their heads, while the Flame Hero, Endeavor, found solace in his son, the two preferring to calm their heads with a more academic pursuit: their Dad-Might theories.
Meanwhile, the main girls of the Sisterhood, save Jiro and Setsuna, were discussing among themselves with serious faces. Ochaco and Asui revealed to them all they gathered from Iida about the truth behind the Hosu Incident and the defeat of the Hero Killer Stain. Asui informed them of Iida's slip when she talked with him, and how he said Midoriya came to his rescue before correcting himself to say Endeavor like the story was told. Ochaco likewise noted Izuku's and Todoroki's glances at Iida and how Izuku seemed spooked at the sight of Stain yet kept his story straight about Endeavor doing all the real Hero Work.
The girls frowned at this as their thoughts were brought back to the video they watched last night, which contradicted what they knew of their green-haired crush. It showed Izuku, Todoroki, and Iida being the true victors against Stain and Izuku being the one that saved Iida from the Hero Killer not Endeavor saving the three boys from the Villain.
"But why would they say that Endeavor did it? Why lie about it?" Hagakure asked out loud, giving voice to the girls' questions.
"I think I may know why," Momo muttered.
"Well, of course, you would, Yaomomo. You and that beautiful, big brain of yours," Mina cooed dramatically, rubbing the side of Momo's head.
"Mina," Momo whined, blushing embarrassingly.
"Okay, I think we can tease her about her impressive brain later, let's not waste anymore of our break, alright?" Melissa asked, softly. Mina sighed. She and the others found the request reasonable as the break could be over at any minute.
"Shouldn't we wait till Jiro and Tokage are back?" Nejire asked.
Now that the periwinkle-haired girl had pointed it out, they glanced over to see Jiro still in conversation with All Might and Nezu. The former Number 1 Pro was still looking at Jiro's phone with earbuds in place while Jiro talked with the U.A. principal, who looked very serious and attentive to all her words. Meanwhile, none of them missed that Setsuna went off to have a conversation with the person they all were pining for, Izuku Midoriya, and has yet to return either. This was suspicious to them, and they even feared that Setsuna might be getting one over on all of them by getting Izuku alone with her.
"We can tell them about it later," Asui shrugged, seeing no use in worrying after already placing trust and comradery with each other. Additionally, even if Setsuna got to Midoriya's heart first, Asui wouldn't mind. Her heart's goal was mainly to get with the man of her dreams not caring whether she was first or last. All of them swore to each other when they formed their Sisterhood to share Midoriya with the ten of them, Setsuna included, and that was good enough for Asui.
"Yeah, yeah, alright, make with the theories, Ponytail!" Mei exclaimed.
Momo sighed, shrugging off Mei's excitement, and forgetfulness of her name despite their allegiance. "Well, if what Uraraka and Asui have gathered is true, Iida could have gone after Stain by himself without the permission of his Internship Hero, Manuel," Momo began to theorize. "This could be likely because of how upset Iida must have been with Stain's attack on his brother, the former Ingenium."
"That is true. The Class Rep did seem quite depressed and determined to go to Hosu no matter what," Hagakure noted. "But why would he assume that Stain was still going to be there?"
"Ryukyu told me about Stain a bit when discussing potentially going after him," Nejire spoke, a more serious face on her than many of the girls have seen before. "She said that Stain often stays in a city for as long until he hunts down and attacks at least 4 Heroes, and by then he had only attacked Ingenium. The news did say that he went after Native that night when the Nomu were released too."
"Iida must have also realized this or at least hoped for it and gone to Hosu to try and take revenge," Momo nodded. "However, if he went after Stain without permission from Manuel, which seems likely, then it would be considered illegal Hero work at worst and Vigilantism at best, same if Midoriya and Todoroki fought Stain as well without any permission from their Internship Heroes."
"So, you're saying Endeavor taking down Stain was a cover story to prevent Izuku and the others from facing the consequences of facing Stain without permission?" Melissa summarized.
"It's the most likely reason why those three haven't gotten any of the credit that the video showed or why they said that they aren't allowed to talk about the attack," Momo nodded.
"But that's not fair," Mina pouted, stamping her foot at the injustice. "Midori, Iida, and Todoroki did something that no other Hero had been able to do and saved that Native guy's life. They should get the credit, not Endeavor."
"But then they would have also faced harsher punishment for technically breaking the law," Asui pointed out. "It could have even affected their ability to remain at U.A. or continue being Heroes at all."
"Plus, I don't think Deku would have cared either way," Uraraka replied, a soft, loving smile on her face. "Deku's not the kind of person who would want the fame or the glory, he just wants to help people, and he did that by saving Iida. So, if he were told to go along with the story, he would do it just for the chance to continue being a Hero."
"Heh, that does sound like Muscles, doesn't it?" Mei chuckled fondly.
Fond and loving smiles grew on the faces of the girls at the selfless character of the guy they fell in love with.
It was then that the boy himself, as well as Setsuna, reentered the gym/makeshift theater. From the looks on their faces, whatever transpired between the two looked to have been a serious conversation, the two greenettes looking emotionally exhausted. They didn't appear mad or upset with each other, but it was clear whatever the result of their talk left one or both of them feeling awkward and contemplative. They also saw the two's eyes meet with Izuku giving her a nod that Setsuna returned with a soft smile.
Coincidentally, Jiro had returned from her talk with All Might and Nezu, as well. The two adults looked very serious with All Might looking pale and worried, something that Melissa could see and frown with suspicion.
"So, what did we miss?" Jiro asked as she and Setsuna returned, giving the greenette a raised eyebrow. It was unclear whether she was talking to the girls or Setsuna specifically.
Before either Tokage or the girls could respond, Nezu voiced out the end of the break and asked for everyone to reconvene in their seats.
"We'll talk later," Momo finished their meeting with a pointed look at Setsuna for good measure.
Setsuna sighed tired. 'Looks like I got some explaining to do,' The greenette thought to herself.
Eventually, all the children and adults had been seated, and with a nod from Nezu, Mei clicked play on the next video.
"Imagine right now: What does the apocalyptic destroyer of worlds look like?" Wiz asked the viewing audience.
Immediately, the answer to such a question formed itself in many minds to either All For One or Shigaraki. Toshinori remembered the darker ages when All For One reigned supreme over the Villain Underworld, the sheer power he possessed that he fought with all his prime's might, and the resurging threat that was his nemesis and the League of Villains he helped flourish. Izuku and his friends thought the same, the Bakusquad, Bakugou, and many in the room remembering that sheer terror that All For One imposed on them, whether in person or on their television screens. However, Izuku also lumped Shigaraki especially with All For One as the horrifying and disgustingly joyful smile of Tomura Shigaraki back at the mall is still imprinted in his mind.
Hawks thought of the PLF leadership and their leader Shigaraki, as well as the army under their following, especially Gigantomachia and Twice, the latter of the two also administering guilt into Hawks's conscience. Kirishima and Mina both also added Gigantomachia as their envisioned destroyer of worlds in their universe, the trauma of that day still engraved into their minds and only reawakened with his earlier reveal as a counterpart to another character.
"Stop thinking, because you're wrong," Boomstick answered. "It's these pudgy pink terrors."
"Excuse me?" Mina raised an eyebrow.
"Kirby, Nintendo's floating puffball of never-ending cheer and dreams," Boomstick revealed the first destroyer of worlds.
"And Majin Buu, the most vicious monster in the Dragon Ball Universe," Wiz revealed the second.
"These are what they believe to be Destroyer of Worlds?" Endeavor raised an eyebrow, his annoyance with this series of videos already coming back with a vengeance.
"Hey, don't count them out yet, Number 1. After all, all these videos have already shown you that appearances can be deceiving," Miruko snickered.
"Can you verify if any of these characters exist in universes we already have seen, Midoriya?" David Shield asked the green-haired boy.
"I think so," Izuku pulled out and flipped through his notes. "Mostly the latter one. Wiz said that Majin Buu exists in the Dragon Ball Universe. That's the one with Goku, Vegeta, and the Dragon Balls, the orbs that grant wishes."
"Wait, you mean the same universe where your counterpart fought against guys that blow up planets with their fingertips?" Kaminari pointed out, remembering Goku defeating Frieza and facing off against Superman in their Death Battle.
"Then just how powerful is that pink blob?!" Mineta exclaimed in fear.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick," Boomstick announced them both.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!" Wiz finished the intro.
The first fighter was the opposite of what anyone would believe to be a Destroyer of Worlds. The being was round and pink with stubby protrusions for arms, with red, oval-like feet or shoes but none of the group could see the connecting legs. The pink puffball also had one of the most adorable and innocent faces the group had ever seen. Two ovalish blue eyes that screamed happiness, accompanied by a usually smiling mouth and ever-constant rosy, pink cheeks. The pink cheeks looked so familiar, Ochaco's own burned ever brighter when she realized everyone looking at her as a comparison.
Regardless, all of the girls pretty much cooed at the sight of the adorable walking thing that blessed their eyes, especially Eri as her mouth opened to a similar wide smile of innocence and joy. Nezu, meanwhile, had a chill roll up his spine that reached and sparked a flash of activity in his brain. The rodent principal did not know what to make of this sudden feeling. Was it some instinctual primal fear, or was it some sense of commonality?
'But then what would there be between us that would be common?' Nezu thought, and his massively intelligent brain came up with an answer in seconds. The next thing the adults knew, chills up their spines came as they heard the Principal of U.A. chuckle menacingly and maniacally, especially those under the principal's employment.
Kirby
"Over a thousand years ago, an epic war waged throughout the universe," Wiz began, showing two separate fleets of armadas flying toward each other. One side had multiple, similarly shaped and looking beings similar to the current fighter, including one with a white mask, glowing yellow eyes, a large cape, and a spiked, golden sword. The other side seemed to include many different monsters, with their supposed leader's caped and clawed figure covered in shadow. "The legendary Star Warriors battled against the vile Nightmare for the freedom of everything that ever was."
Koda yelped and hid behind his hands at the sight of some of these monsters, particularly an inhumanly large centipede-like monster.
Izuku frowned and began writing down info about this universe, especially drawing that one caped and masked Star Warrior given his more focused prominence in the clip. 'They look similar to the first fighter by their shape and features. Are they perhaps Kirby's people or race?' Izuku asked himself.
"Ultimately, good prevailed, but at the cost of many, many lives," Wiz continued, showing the devastating aftermath, including one Star Warrior's sword embedded in the ground.
Endeavor and Hawks flinched, looking toward each other. War was also coming to their country, and the other side, the evil side as they saw it, was too powerful and dangerous to allow them to make any sort of moves. Both Heroes knew with the way things were with their forces if the Villains struck first or were met with an equal and fair playing field, the Heroes would lose, either by the fact that all of them would be dead, captured, or defeated, or because there would be nothing left of Japan even if they won.
'We aren't ready or strong enough to match their numbers, and we will be so desperate as to invoke the help of children, most of them inexperienced for the war to come,' Endeavor looked to the U.A. students, looking at a certain few that were the exception to that fact, those being his son, Shoto, and his recent two interns, Midoriya and Bakugou. 'We must learn and evolve ourselves as much as possible, even if through these videos before it is too late.' Endeavor did not which to see his son or any of these young would-be Heroes among their war's fallen.
"Yet one infant Star Warrior escaped the carnage, destined to awaken a millennium later and save the galaxy," Wiz revealed, showing a star-shaped vessel sailing across space. "His name is Kirby."
The sound of a record scratching was heard as the ship's occupant and infant Star Warrior was revealed. "HIII!" Kirby smiled and waved.
"SSSOOOO CCUUUUUUTTTEEE!" The girls all squealed with hearts in their eyes. Not even Jiro seemed to mind the loud squeals as she was also cooing at the pink puffball, uncharacteristically.
"AH! The Cuteness! It's too much!" Kaminari wailed, gripping at his heart while a comical expression of pain was on his face.
Kamakiri's eyes twitched, a befuddled and annoyed expression as he was once more questioning reality itself with what he was seeing.
"SOOOOO PIIIIIIIINNNNKKK!" Mina squealed at the top of her lungs, one so loud it blasted Jiro out of her uncharacteristic daze and shattered the glass of Iida's and Jurota's glasses.
"Hey, my hair is pink, and you never went gaga over it," Mei pointed out.
"Your hair is awesome, sister, but look at him!" Mina gestured toward the round ball of sunshine and rainbows. "I just want to smush and play with his cheeks all day."
"Anyone else thinks they look a lot like Ochaco's cheeks?" Asui pointed out.
Ochaco paled as Mina shifted her mischievous gaze at her. "I-I-I think Tsu's just messing around. My cheeks aren't that fluffy and rosy," Uraraka waved her hands in surrender. "Right, Deku?...Deku?"
Ochaco had turned to her crush to bail her out of this predicament, but Izuku looked back and forth between her and Kirby with a blank stare. With every second, Ochaco's hopes began to waver. "Eri?" Ochaco then turned to her crush's surrogate daughter, who likewise made her worry with how she looked back and forth between Ochaco and Kirby. Suddenly, they lifted when Izuku and Eri finally looked at each other, nodded, and turned to her. Izuku opened his mouth to respond.
"I'm sorry, Ochaco. We can't tell such an obvious lie," Izuku, stone-cold, replied, while Eri smiled brightly.
Ochaco's hopes shattered as she stared at the two with complete and utter betrayal. "YOU TRAITORS!" Ochaco wailed before Mina finally descended upon her. Ochaco wailed with horror...
...and whined and pouted as Mina pinched, squeezed, and stretched Ochaco's rosy cheeks while her hands were restrained by Nejire and Hagakure, who were all loving this.
"Wait, what?! The cute cuddly pink puffball who lives in Happyland?" Boomstick questioned, incredulously as playful, childish music played. "Are you sure you're reading the right backstory?"
"SO ADORABLE!" Pixie Bob and Midnight swooned, hearts for eyes and wagging their butts, and fake cat tail in Pixie Bob's case, for emphasis.
"I have no idea who or what that thing is, but I want one," Mount Lady declared.
"Urgh, just when I was starting to get interested in this fight," Miruko groaned, one of the only females who wasn't going gaga over the puffball.
"You can't seriously expect me to believe you don't find this Kirby adorable?" Ryukyu asked her friend with a questioning look. "Even I find this creature quite cute."
"Don't get me wrong, the little guy is adorable as Hell, that's the problem," Miruko clarified. "I was promised bloodshed and destruction, not cute and cuddly. Miruko doesn't do cute and cuddly."
"I don't know, Miruko, you saw how Princess Peach was the same and look how much ass she kicked," Fat Gum pointed out. "Or rather should I say how much head she kicked."
Miruko rolled her eyes, but she did relent to that comment and sat herself down, waiting patiently for what made this Kirby some Destroyer of Worlds.
"Yes," Wiz confirmed, showing Kirby's crashed ship on a cliff while the planet's denizens, ranging from all manner of different creatures, including a penguin with a crown. "He crash-landed on Popstar, the most confusingly shaped planet ever, and has been defending the kingdom of Dream Land ever since," Wiz emphasized this by showing Pop Star as a literal planet shaped like a star and Kirby facing against a furious-looking, octopus-like creature.
The geniuses of the group all paused, their minds coming to a screeching halt as they tried to make sense of how the planet Pop Star was shaped.
'...I take it back, we're wasting precious time,' Endeavor growled, his eye twitching as more and more nonsense seemed to come.
"But look at him! He's just so adorable and cuddly," Boomstick himself cooed. "He couldn't hurt a fly."
"The Fuck are we Watching?!" Bakugou growled out, lost his patience.
Kirishima smiled relieved to see Bakugou back to his old self from the last video.
"Kirby is a ravenous cannibal who thrives on the blood of mass murder," Wiz gave the ultimate revelation, showing Kirby inhaling another creature and standing before a field of skulls and bones.
As if another record scratch could be heard in all their heads, the group paused and blinked repeatedly.
"...Come again?" Mina asked, her face still frozen on her happy smile, but tilted with confusion.
"Did you do this?" Kirby's friend, Tiff, asked as she and the rest of Kirby's friends inspected the graveyard of remains.
"Holy shit!" Boomstick cursed.
"Satisfied?" Ryukyu turned to her friend with a smirk.
Miruko's widening grin was as much an answer as needed. "Very," Miruko said regardless.
"...I'm listening," Bakugou leaned in his seat, begrudgingly interested.
"Of course, you would be, Bakubro," Kirishima sighed, still relieved yet always concerned about Bakugou's...interests. "Sure, you would."
BACKGROUND
Age: Unknown, 200 years pre-maturity
Height: 8 inches / 20 cm
Weight: Likely under 10 oz / 283 g
Species: Unknown
Infant-like & cheerful demeanor
A Star Warrior
Citizen of Dream Land
"He may not look it, but Kirby is a powerhouse," Wiz began detailing Kirby's abilities. "He possesses incredible strength, speed, durability, and an arsenal stranger than an average day in Florida."
"Well, he sure set the bar high then, didn't he?" David whistled and shook his head, now completely unaware of what may come from this Kirby creature.
"Are things really that crazy in Florida?" Kinoko asked the American girls.
Both Pony and Melissa deadpanned and stared at Kinoko like she said the most blatantly obvious thing in the world.
"N-Nevermind," Kinoko sweatdropped and decided to drop it.
"His trademark power is his inhale ability, which sucks almost everything in with a powerful vortex," Boomstick unveiled Kirby's infamous power. "With it, he can clear out everything from a quick meal to an acre of forest in a matter of seconds."
"...Huh, imagine that," Sato muttered, paling at the sight of Kirby devouring an entire feast, including the dinnerware and sheet, in seconds. His paling only grew worse when imagining what Kirby would do if he made an entire feast for the class.
"D-Did he just eat those guys?" Nejire pointed out, her ever-smiling face cracking at the sight of Kirby eating sentient people.
"Guess Wiz was right that the guy's a cannibal, huh, Tamaki?" Mirio asked his friend.
"His appetite and ability to consume is...astounding," Amajiki gulped down his bile again. "He makes Fat Gum look like an amateur. Right, Fat Gum?...Fat Gum?"
"..." Fat Gum was rendered entirely speechless; he even dropped the bucket of popcorn in his hands. Finally, he went down to the floor level, fell to his knees, and bowed before the pink puffball. "Master. King of Feasts, teach me thine ways. Accept your lowly servant and bless thy with but a fraction of your all-consuming might."
"...I think we might need to speed this up before Fat here starts a cult," Snipe suggested, sweat dropping.
"Agreed," Cementoss nodded, also sweat dropping.
"Plus, Kirby's body is malleable, allowing him to stretch his mouth and inhale larger objects," Wiz continued, showcasing the Star Warrior's body stretching, whether it was being pulled in four ways or swallowing an object larger than himself.
"That thing he just ate was even bigger than himself!" Kosei exclaimed. "How wide can that mouth be?!"
Yui silently conjured a thought bubble, imagining herself making larger and larger objects using her Quirk and the pink puffball inhaling every last one of them before herself. At the last part, she shook herself free of the thought and even shivered in fear.
"Though he does have trouble wrapping his mouth around extremely large and heavy things."
"Oh, dear lord, no," Ibara face palmed, as she already sensed where this was going.
"LIKE MY DIC-!"
Izuku and Mirio were quick to cover Eri's and Kouta's ears, while Sero did everyone a service and covered Mineta's mouth before he joined Boomstick, which he was almost a second too late. A promise of a jack to the ear kept Kaminari's mouth shut, and a forest of threatening vines shut the boys of Class 1-B, and Setsuna, up.
ARSENAL
Inhale
Copy Ability
Warp Star
Flight
Air Bullet
Slide Kick
Can summon Helper
"-KIRBY weighs practically nothing, allowing him to inflate his body and fly like a sentient balloon," Wiz continued, quickly interrupting Boomstick. "He can likewise spit out the enemies he inhales to use them as projectiles and even inhale large gulps of air to fire them off like a bullet."
"Huh, he's almost floating, huh, Ochaco?" Asui pointedly mentioned.
"Shush you!" Ochaco pouted at Asui, still mad, though not really, at Asui, Izuku, and Eri for inflicting Mina so cruelly on her.
Izuku perked up and wrote down Kirby's Air Bullet ability, wondering if he could use this info to help with his similar Air Force technique, while his Flight could be useful for Izuku's training with Float.
"He can traverse the skies and outer space, by using his own personal vehicle, the Warp Star," Wiz said; Kirby was seen flying and surfing on a floating star.
"Okay, so not only is the very planet a literal star, but he even has a star for a surfboard?" Itsuka questioned, incredulously.
"It is only by the grace that Kirby is so adorable that I am not losing my mind right now," Momo muttered.
"I don't think our Class Prez has the same sentiment," Kyoka pointed out Iida muttering and sputtering for an explanation.
"Which he can call up at any time on speed dial. No really, he uses a cell phone," Boomstick jumped in, Kirby flashing his cell phone and dialing up his Warp Star. "Somebody get me that number! I tried 1-800-*******, but it was something else..."
"Huh?" Pony tilted her head, confused. Up until Setsuna whispered what Boomstick meant into her ear, to which Pony grew a blend of red and green in response.
"It never ends with this idiot," Kyoka pinched the bridge between her eyes.
"Nope," Hagakure said, popping her lips.
"The Warp Star is Kirby's primary means of transportation through the universe, and can travel at speeds faster than light," Wiz explained. "It is forged of Kirby's own energy, so, while delicate, should it be destroyed, Kirby can easily create a new one on his own, making the cell phone kind of pointless."
"Not true! The phone could just be keyed to any similar object with the same signature and-"
"Mei, Mei, just let this one go," Melissa stopped Mei from continuing to try and find out science from magic.
"I'm more surprised you guys are so hung up about the cellphone part and not that Faster Than Light part," Setsuna pointed out.
Setsuna pointing that out only made Iida's ego along with his psyche shatter all the more that a pink puffball on a star surfboard was faster than him. Even Bakugou's eye twitched at the thought that Kirby could outfly him too.
"I'd be happy to take that phone off his hands, though I'm a bit iffy on standing anywhere near that star-driving balloon marshmallow," Boomstick shuddered. "Look at him! He doesn't even care! He's a monster!"
"It is...concerning that he is essentially eating what look like sentient beings," All Might muttered nervously.
"And still while keeping that same damn smile," Vlad King shuddered as the smile became all the more sinister to him as he stared at Kirby's feats.
Amajiki also shuddered. While his Quirk depended on him consuming animal parts to use, and eating animals is a primary source of protein and sustenance for humans and other animals, the dividing line was usually to call animals sapient rather than sentient like humans, and the fact that the animals most everyone eats are usually dead. For Kirby to consume not only living, but also seemingly sentient creatures was definitely concerning...and nauseating.
"It's about to get even worse. Guess what just happened to that poor creature?" Wiz jumped in, showing Kirby eating a giant Waddle Dee. "See, when Kirby swallows a victim, they don't exactly die. Turns out, Kirby's stomach is, in fact, an entirely separate and endless dimension of reality."
"...Say what?" Mina did a double take.
"I guess when they that a person's stomach is a black hole, Kirby took that literally," Mirio chuckled to himself.
"I believe that might be a worse fate than simple death," Kuroiro muttered darkly. "Imagine encountering an at first adorable creature, then swallowing you when your guard is down into their endless abyss of a stomach, and now you find yourself trapped in an endless expanse of space to which the only source of your freedom is the whims of an uncaring and cruel god of such a realm."
"..." The group stared silently at Kuroiro as he finished seeding their future nightmares, something that Kouta's and Eri's ears didn't pick up, thankfully. While Reiko and Tokoyami simply muttered "Revelry in the Dark,", Kinoko stared at Kuroiro with wide and awed eyes as she caught a glimpse of the dark and imaginative thoughts of his mind. It made the mushroom girl blush.
"So, he never feels full. Talk about getting your money's worth at an all-you-can-eat-buffet, though," Boomstick joked.
"All Hail the Great Devourer! All Hail the Great Devourer!" Fat Gum continued to prostrate himself before the Great Pink One.
"Sounds like your boss found a new role model," Shoji muttered to Kirishima. 'Or rather god.'
"No kidding," Kirishima chuckled nervously. "Fat may be welcome in his town to all the food vendors for his patronage but he's pretty much banned from ever going to an all-you-can-eat buffet, until the end of the day...and when the employees don't want to clean up or leave any leftovers."
"Kirby can trap thousands of victims in this abyss," Wiz continued. "Then, he can actually enter his own stomach dimension and draw from his captive's power using his copy ability."
"Copy, you say?" Monoma perked up, interested at the similar name to his Quirk.
"How in the hell?! Does he, like, swallow himself?" Boomstick asked, slightly disgusted.
Mineta perversely chuckled.
"I'm sorry, but what are you finding so hilarious, Perve Head?" Kyoka raised a suspicious eyebrow at him.
"Nope, thinking absolutely nothing," Mineta played dumb. "My mind is as void as Kirby's limits."
Kyoka narrowed her eyes suspiciously but said nothing else and turned back to the screen.
Mineta breathed a sigh of relief.
"He likely projects an astral image of himself within the dimension, which can act on the physical plane," Wiz gave a scientific explanation to the madness that was Kirby.
"Uhhhh..." Mina turned toward Midoriya for an easier explanation.
"What Wiz basically meant was that Kirby just 'looks within himself', like he has a world inside his mind, and draws power from within it like a Quirk," Izuku explained.
"Oh! Gotcha! Thanks, Midori," Mina cheerfully thanked Midoriya for the easy explanation.
"H-Hehe, anytime, Mina," Midoriya blushed at her smile and rubbed the back of his head. It was only so easy of an explanation for him because of how similar this alternate plane of existence felt to the Vestige World that he had wandered into a few times, usually via his dreams or when affected by Shinsou's Quirk.
COPY ABILITIES
Sword
Hammer
Fighter
Fire
Ice
Wheel
Umbrella
Bomb
Cutter
Leaf
Magic
Needle
Mike
Hypernova
Star Rod
"Sure...Anyway, with the Copy ability, Kirby's form and power change based on what he's eating," Boomstick moved on from Wiz's explanation to list Kirby's range of copy abilities. "By devouring an enemy with a mallet, he can become Hammer Kirby, a master of whack-a-mole!"
"So, what he eats, he becomes. Sounds an awful lot like your Quirk, eh, Suneater?" Mirio poked at Amajiki's side with his elbow.
"I-I guess," Amajiki admitted. "Though his copy ability currently ranges more on the attributes of the being he eats rather than the being itself, if any creature were to have a hammer, including one of us, then would he copy only the hammer or the Quirk?"
"Owie, that sounds painful to think about," Nejire pouted.
"Any thoughts on how that relates to your own Quirk?" Shinsou asked Monoma.
"It is more similar to my Quirk than it is to our esteemed upperclassman," Monoma replied. "Whatever abilities that this Kirby can copy seem to be those specially attributed to them, such as a hammer or swordsman, much like how my Quirk copies that Quirk factor of those I touch rather than all their characteristics and features. When I copy Jurota, I may copy his Quirk, but I don't copy his fur."
"Fire Kirby can unleash a torrent of flame and survive all manner of heat," Wiz joined in. "Ice Kirby can freeze his foes solid."
"Huh, so he has your Quirk too, Todoroki," Izuku pointed out.
"Only one at a time, though, much like Monoma, too," Todoroki showcased using both Ice and Fire from his respective sides. "When he uses his Copy ability it's clear that he can only use one at a time rather than all at once."
"Wheel Kirby is fast enough to drive around the entire kingdom of Dream Land in under two seconds, though who knows how he can see where he's going," Wiz pointed out.
Iida didn't know what to feel, weirded out that Kirby could turn into a wheel or even more depressed that Kirby could achieve speeds faster than him in many different ways.
"There's Mike Kirby, whose singing talent is apparently so awful, everything that hears it dies," Boomstick revealed.
"Oh, come on, no one's singing is that bad," Jiro rolled her eyes, refusing to believe any one person's singing is that bad.
"Three, two, one..." Itsuka counted off.
Mike Kirby began singing, his high-pitched voice so grating and painful, that it caused several monsters to explode.
"GGAAAAHHHH!" Jiro fell off her seat when jumping in pain from the horrible voice that made cats scratching on a chalkboard seem like classical art.
"You were saying?" Todoroki asked.
"Shut up," Jiro groaned from her place on the ground.
"Like Wiz at karaoke night with the ladies," Boomstick said.
"Yeah...Hey!" Wiz exclaimed, offended.
"Ohoho, you want to talk horrible singing? Have you ever tried taking Bakugou out for group karaoke night?" Mina laughed. "Man, even his explosions sound better."
"SHUT UP! I'M GREAT AT SINGING! TAKE THAT BACK, YOU PINK EXTRA!" Bakugou roared, completely red, though whether from anger or embarrassment, no one could say.
"Dude, I still got the recording right here-" Sero said before diving away from Bakugou's dive at him, forcing their classmates to hold back the explosive teen from throttling Sero.
"And this is why we don't do group karaoke nights with him anymore," Kaminari gestured to the scene, finally enlightening Mineta on a question that has been hanging over his mind ever since the dreaded and only Bakusquad Karaoke night.
"Stone Kirby is nearly indestructible, Bomb Kirby is an explosive expert, and Sword Kirby is a master with a blade, he can even fire sword beams, which can cut through anything without mercy," Boomstick continued listing, showing Sword Kirby's energy slash that cut apart a bug creature's sword in two...as well as the bug creature. "DAMN!"
"Okay, t-that's impressive, I guess," Kamakiri muttered, begrudgingly.
"Huh, Stone Kirby is just like our Quirks," Kirishima pointed out.
"And he drops that heavy weight onto his enemies to paste. Manly!" Tetsutetsu exclaimed.
Bakugou finally gave up his pursuit of Sero when hearing about Bomb Kirby.
"But that's not all, he can pour a ton of energy into the blade and make it grow into the powerful Ultra Sword," Boomstick revealed, Kirby was shown using the Ultra Sword to destroy several enemies at once. "And if that's not enough, he can do this to many of his Copy Abilities, like the Ultra Hammer, Magic Kirby, or even turning himself into a giant snowball...okay?"
"Huh, the world's most giant snowman," Kouta nodded with begrudging respect.
"Fighter Kirby is a master martial artist, and by inhaling a Miracle Fruit, he becomes Hyper Nova Kirby, capable of devouring worlds," Wiz jumped in.
"Now we're talking!" Miruko pumped her fists together, grinning wide and interested enough to want to fight the pink marshmallow with that ability on. Oh, and the destroying whole worlds thing was cool too.
"Last, but not least, by absorbing his own Warp Star, Kirby can create his ultimate weapon: The Star Rod, a magical staff powered by dreams and capable of destroying evil," Wiz displayed such an ultimate weapon. "And most of the moon."
"So, his ultimate weapon is a magic wand?" Rin questioned. "You know, why not? Why did I even bother assuming it was going to be anything but something goofy and childlike?"
"The only problem with Kirby's copy ability is, they don't last. One bad hit, and there it goes," Boomstick showed Kirby using his Copy Ability after getting hit by a Scrafty.
"Huh, so despite having access to multiple different abilities, if he suffers even one solid hit then he can lose it," Izuku muttered as he wrote in his notebook. "That means that in the Death Battle speed and agility would have to be his most important factors to win, so that he can continue using his abilities while evading enemy attacks and use the powers for as long as possible."
"Dammit," Miruko's shoulders slumped, realizing that even if she did fight Fighter Kirby it would only take one good kick, which was inevitable given how fast and powerful she is, and that ability would go bye-bye.
STRENGTHS & FEATS
Cracked Planet Popstar in half
Punched a hole through the Earth
Throw Popon to the sun
Obliterated Popstar in manga
Destroyed Nova, who is planet-sized
Defeated Nightmare, Marx, Dark Matter, Magolor, & more
Reflected a meteor using simple cannonballs
"But even without an added ability, Kirby is remarkably tough," Wiz pointed out. "He's powerful enough to crack a planet in half, fast enough to run on water, and strong enough to throw a monster thirty times his size, on a frying pan, all the way to the sun, circle the burning star, and return to Kirby's feet, with the perfectly cooked monster."
"...Sorry, I stopped paying attention after cracking a planet in half, he did what?!" Mount Lady exclaimed.
Asui was forced to hold Iida back with her tongue to keep from smashing his head into his seat...after actual cracks started appearing on the wooden chair.
"I think that might be the most ridiculous feat we've ever seen on Death Battle," Boomstick chuckled.
"I kind of have to agree with him on that," Mandalay sighed.
"Still excusing these feats because of his cuteness?" Itsuka challenged Momo.
"...Yes," Momo hesitated and held strong...because the alternative was smashing her head into the floor so hard, she would crack the cement...and her skull.
"But he's not just strong, he's so tough that he was barely fazed after being crushed under thousands of tons of pressure, and effortlessly survived an explosion massive enough to eclipse the entire world," Boomstick added.
"In translation, he survived getting blown up with a planet-sized explosion," Kirishima summarized. "Huh, how about that, Bakubro? Think you can top that?"
"ZIP IT, SHITTY HAIR!" Bakugou barked.
"He's achieved all of this, despite being only eight inches tall," Wiz revealed.
"HUH?! B-But how?!" Melissa exclaimed, her glasses getting crooked from her shock. "How is he only this tall?!" Melissa showed the gap between her hands to be only wide enough for a small doll.
"Maybe size works differently in their world?" Izuku gave the best explanation he could give.
"See? It's not the size of the monster; it's how he throws a FUCKING HUMUNGOUS FRYING PAN INTO THE SUN AND BACK!" Boomstick exclaimed.
"Well, Kirby does have one crucial flaw: he's a baby and has yet to fully mature as a Star Warrior," Wiz pointed out.
"Wait, he's still a baby?" Ojiro blinked, surprised. "But that listing said he was 200 years old!"
"Age often works differently with other species," Tokoyami noted. "A fly's lifespan can last all of one day while a whale or jellyfish can last for hundreds of years."
"Yeah, he's not too bright, so he's not gonna be whipping up any genius strategies mid-fight," Boomstick agreed. "Fortunately, he's powerful enough to get away with it. Kirby is the most adorably terrifying thing in the world."
Kirby does his traditional ending dance while the Kirby Dance music from Kirby's Return to Dreamland plays.
"...Bravo. S-Simple magnificent!" Mina shed a tear at the sight of Kirby's dancing.
Eri squealed again at Kirby's smiling and dancing. "Oh! Papa, he's so cute!" Eri squealed. "I wish I could hold him for a hug or have a plushie of him!"
Izuku sweat dropped at the idea of Kirby despite his height being anywhere near his surrogate daughter, but a plushie of the guy would hurt-
As he finished that thought, the device paused the video with a message. "Package Delivered! Receive?"
The group paused at the message and no doubt who was the sender. After several looks at each other, Mei would ultimately be given the green light to accept the package. Instantly, a lens opened up in the device and shone a light. From the end of it, a package was formed out of Hard Light technology, as David Shield pointed out, and formed a small black box that landed softly by Izuku's feet by Eri.
Noticing the note on the package, Izuku picked it up and opened it. "The most adorably powerful little thing in the world needed a friend like her," Izuku read the note. Looking at Eri's expectant eyes, Izuku sighed and opened the box for her. When Eri saw what was inside, sparkles could practically be seen on her. The horned girl let out a squeal so loud, that dogs miles away flinched at the sound.
"Thank you, gut," Jiro thanked her instincts as she removed the earmuffs. "What did you get, Eri?"
Eri grabbed the object from inside the box gently and raised it for everyone to see with wide eyes. It was a Kirby Plushie!
"Oh MY God! SO CUTE!" Hagakure squealed.
"I'M SO JEALOUS!" Mina also squealed.
"Yep, definitely starting to get the hang of this," Jiro muttered, removing the earmuffs again.
"I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT!" Eri bounced up and down so much, that Miruko mistook the platinum-haired child for a distant cousin of hers. Regardless, seeing Eri adorably suffocate the plushie in a hug warmed even her hard heart.
"That's so wonderful, Eri," Melissa petted the girl's hair as she investigated the plushie. "Huh, and it's even 8 inches. Just like Kirby."
"Huh, there's a button on its hand," Mei's eyes zoomed at the small soft button on Kirby's right hand.
Eri perked up at the mention and pressed the button. "HIII!" The Kirby Plushie spoke.
Eri squealed again and hugged the plushie again, and the students wondered if the plushie were alive it would be grasping for breath.
"Can I keep it?! Can I keep it, Papa?! Please?!" Eri looked to her surrogate father and pleaded with the biggest puppy dog eyes she ever mustered.
"Of course, you can, Eri," Izuku cupped her cheek and smiled. "The note said for the most adorable little thing in the world. Who else could top you?"
Eri's eyes watered at those words before wrapping herself onto Izuku's chest with a bone-breaking hug. As her muffled 'Thank You's' repeated in his chest, Izuku wondered if perhaps technically adopting her meant she somehow inherited his mother's bone-crushing hugs because this is what it felt like.
"While this gift is generous, are we sure that Eri should be given this doll?" Iida asked, a concerned, skeptical look on his face. "Are you not worried that it might possess any sort of equipment set to record us?"
Asui deadpanned at Iida at the ridiculous statement. "Hey, Eri, is that all that Kirby can say?" Asui turned to Eri and asked, pointedly ignoring Iida's aghast look.
Eri pressed the button again, and instead of the same line, it began to play the music that was on when Kirby was dancing. Eri immediately broke into an impromptu dance with the plushie, spinning it around with her, moving its little arms and feet while her feet danced. At the song's end, Eri posed with the plushie with happy smiles on both their faces.
'SOOOOOO CCCCUUUUUUTTTTEEEE!' 90% of the group internally proclaimed.
"Oh, The Two of You Are So Adorable! Yes, You Are! Mama Mina Will Always be Here to Protect You and Your Innocence! Yes, I Will!" Mina completely lost it and wrapped Eri and the doll in a hug, rubbing her pink cheek on Eri's pale one.
'M-Mama!' Eri gasped as tears welled up in her eyes again. Drawing on all the strength she had to not bawl, Eri hugged Mina back, happily smiling as she rubbed her cheek back at Mina's.
Izuku stared at the two with wet eyes and a soft smile. Any fears and doubts he had in his mind about Kirby, in whatever shape or form he was in, or being sent as a package from Zayden, went away as he stared at his surrogate daughter with one of the women he loved. They looked like a real mother and daughter.
But then a new concern popped into his head to spoil the moment. Izuku frowned as he looked over at Setsuna, who was also smiling at the sight of Eri and Mina hugging. He remembered her words from before and then he looked over to the rest of the girls...this Sisterhood and the reason for their forming. As much as his cheeks blushed crimson for the reason, as well as the burning cheer of joy and victory that welled in his heart, he also remembered what Setsuna said about last night, about what the girls already know...and what she asked of him to consider.
Nezu smiled at the sight of the two girls, nodding in praise at Miss Ashido's love for the girl, love that such a damaged and tortured girl needed after years of pain and torment. In a way, he shared a kinship too with Young Eri Midoriya, as Nezu has decided to call her. The two of them were victims of tortuous experimentation and both have escaped from their dark past into a better place. Nezu felt envious that Eri was freed and showed this much care and comfort compared to how long it took for Nezu to be free and the solitude he had to use as a shield.
'Another package from Zayden, and it appears that most of these are either tools to help pave a better future for our young Heroes or babbles and trinkets to entertain the girl,' Nezu noticed the pattern and difference between the helpful tools, like the Lightsabers and Vibranium blueprints, and the trinkets for Eri, such as the Bucky O'Hare CD and this latest plushie.
'Curious. Though, Zayden is right in his statement. Eri is similar to Kirby. Adorable little things that they are, both possess a power that would be the end of many if put into the wrong hands.' Nezu thought grimly about the Quirk erasing bullets that Overhaul had made and hoped that they were all truly destroyed with the Yakuza leader's work.
After finally calming both Eri and Mina down to get back to their seats, they moved the video on to the next fighter and their analysis.
The second fighter, despite possessing a similar innocent-looking form, had a more ominous and sinister aura to it. And this non-threatening form was not the only one this fighter seemed to possess. The first form that the fighter took was that of a large and wide alien-looking individual. They possessed pink skin that was remarkably similar to Ashido's and held a tentacle-like antenna on the top of its head. Its eyes were seemingly always closed, weird holes were on its sides like its ears, and its face was plump and round, making its chubby smile look friendly. The rest of his figure was wide and fat, with a large round stomach and arms, its pecs and shoulders were covered by a short, black, and yellow-lined jacket, with a purple cape tied around its neck. Its hands were covered in yellow boxing-like gloves, a black belt was tied around its waist with its center headpiece yellow with a black, stylish M, and its bottom half was clothed in puffy white harem pants, black leggings or socks, and yellow boots.
Its second form was far more sinister looking, mainly due to its now open and rage-filled eyes. Similar again to Mina, the sclera of its eyes was black instead of white, though, unlike the U.A. student, this creature's eyes were a bloody red that perfectly matched the rage they carried. Other differences this form had were a constant frown instead of a smile and its skinnier and more fit physique. In this form, it lost its large gut, large, and head, and replaced it with a slimmer, muscled, and sturdy physique. Its hands were also bare and pink like the rest of the creature, with black fingernails, and black and yellow bracers on its wrist.
It was clear right away to the group that while the first form appeared innocent and friendly like Kirby, this analysis would be much more consistently darker and more serious.
Majin Buu
"True terror is something unpredictable, unstoppable, and dreadfully deceiving," Wiz began.
All Might frowned as this statement turned his thoughts to what made All For One the terrifying Symbol of Evil that he was. While All For One's goal of taking over Japan, possibly even the entire world, was obvious enough, the plans and methods that the Symbol of Evil took were still unpredictable and terrifyingly accurate as to suggest that everything that has currently happened thus far in the present, such as his eventual discovery and imprisonment, were all planned. It was of no debate the older brother of the First user of One For All was also a nearly unstoppable monster in human form. Not even at his prime was All Might able to kill the bastard and it took all the embers he had left to defeat him in a weakened state, a weakened state that rendered several heroes unconscious and mortally wounded the Number 3rd Hero.
And finally, he was dreadfully deceiving, which Toshinori also found true. His survival was one thing, but it was frosting on the cake compared to the schemes and bargains he planned and executed with those in his employ, how he had Shigaraki be the figurehead of the League while he remained in the shadows, and the very act of how he got his Master's grandson to be his pawn also reeked of something suspicious, perhaps even staged.
While All Might thought of his nemesis, Izuku thought of the many Villains he had thus far faced. Gentle Criminal was arguably his hardest moral challenge, and Nine his most destructive, the latter being so nearly unstoppable with his power and Quirks that he had to give One For All to Bakugou, temporarily, to try and defeat him. Muscular was also a very unpredictable and unstoppable threat, his bloodlust making him act erratic and murderous and tanking even 100% of One For All. Stain's speed, skill, and bloodlust were likewise a terrifying force to face and survive and he sure made himself appear unpredictable when he saved him from the winged Nomu. Overhaul was so strong and unpredictable that Nighteye originally foretold that he would die fighting against the Hassaikai leader, and it was likely thanks to Eri that outcome never happened.
However, the one foe that stood out to him above them all was Shigaraki. His emotional immaturity and rage can make him unpredictable, and his dangerous Decay Quirk made fighting him in close combat incredibly risky, but the intelligence, resourcefulness, and perseverance he also displayed was something that was incredibly deceiving, a far cry from how he first revealed himself in the USJ. That last note, above all else, the fact that he can grow and change so much in so little time, was utterly terrifying for Izuku, and who knows just how changed he will be when next they clash.
"A perfect description for the pink monstrosity known as Majin Buu," Boomstick jumped in, a short montage of Majin Buu changing forms and his display of powers leaving unease in the group. "Majin Buu is a fat, pink, man-sized baby thing with enough power to destroy a planet."
"Oh, great, another planet-buster. Just what we need," Awase groaned.
"With the number of planet-busters that come from that universe, I definitely don't want to go vacating there," Sen muttered, recalling the planet-destroying feats of Goku, Vegeta, and Frieza.
Vlad King frowned, finding that his students had a point. A lot of seemingly powerful beings seem to call this particular universe home and display enough power to reduce said home to utter rubble. 'I hope to whatever higher being there is out there that these beings stay in that world,' Vlad King prayed, knowing that if they ever decide to find their way to their world, none of them would have the power to stand up against even one of them.
"And I assume he's made of some sort of bubble gum," Boomstick added. "Probably Big League Chew."
"Huh, would you look at that? Find something there inspiring, Mineta?" Tokage raised an eyebrow at the infamous Class 1-A perv as she saw the sight of Majin Buu attempting to smooch a terrified woman.
"Hey! I may like the ladies...okay, REALLY like the ladies, but I'm no rapist," Mineta declared. "I know when no means no."
"Really?! You of all people?!" Jiro exclaimed with aghast at the gall in Mineta's words, her mind already highlighting his most deprave and desperate acts of perverse behavior, including him trying to peek in on the girl's locker room through a hole in the wall and attempting to climb over the barrier between the girls and boys Onsen in the Pussycat's Training Camp.
BACKGROUND
Age: Immemorial
Height (Fat): Approximately 6 ft / 183 cm
Height (Kid): Approximately 5 ft / 152 cm
Race: Majin
Aliases: Mr. Buu, Boo of Pure Evil, Majin of Destruction
Originally thought to be created by Bibidi
Friends with Super Janemba
"Buu has existed since the dawn of time but was only discovered five million years ago by the nefarious wizard, Bibidi," Wiz revealed. "Bibidi released Majin Buu on a helpless universe, intent on destroying everything." Scenes of Buu slaughtering countless civilians and races, along with destroying entire planets played out. "After annihilating hundreds of planets, Bibidi set his sights on Earth, sending Buu ahead in a sealed capsule just waiting to be released."
"Dear Lord," Ibara gasped, hands over her mouth as she stared in horror at the slaughter brought about by this monster.
Mina frowned deeply, knuckles cracking under the grip of her fist. Mina always loved aliens or the concept of them at least. She was often teased by her looks as being that of an alien but rather than become insecure about it, she grew to embrace her unique appearance and the moniker of being an alien. Soon after she grew to love alien sci-fi stories, movies, and TV shows, especially Alien, that timeless classic that even survived the cultural purge during the Dawning of Quirks. It was the reason why she wanted her Hero name to originally be Alien Queen, despite Midnight's rejection. The concept of life existing outside the boundaries of their system, a whole new set of people to befriend and help, was awe-catching for the Young Ashido and it is still a dream of hers to meet an actual alien.
But this Majin Buu was the last thing she imagined wanting to meet. In fact, Mina hated that Buu, this destroyer of countless alien worlds, cultures, and people was pink; it was giving their color a bad rap. Mina wasn't stupid to imagine that those alien races she wished to meet would be 100% good, she knew there would be bad apples in the mix, and as she wanted to be a Hero, she wanted to beat those alien Villains, save those alien lives, and be an Alien Hero for both Earth and beyond.
But Majin Buu, with his power and savagery, gave Mina uncomfortably similar vibes to Gigantomachia, that giant Villain that she could now put a name onto. They both appeared like monstrous creatures that seemed to have no way of defeating them, and it angered her just as much as it frightened her.
"Buuuuut then Bibidi got himself killed before he could get to Earth and release the pink terror," Boomstick jumped in.
"Phew," Kirishima wiped his brow, relieved. "I mean, good thing that someone put down that psychopath before he could get to-"
"But no worries, the weird lizard-wizard-thing had a backup plan in the form of a magic clone named Babidi," Boomstick pointed out. "Yes, clone, not son, that was a mistranslation."
"Oh...never mind," Kirishima muttered.
"Magic," Izuku muttered as he flipped back to his notes revolving Ki and Magic in the Dragon Ball universe. "Oh, here it is."
"Found something, Midoriya?" Mirio asked.
"Yeah, back in the Death Battle between Goku and Superman, when they mentioned the difference between Magic and Ki as two separate types of power, they mentioned Babidi as one of those magic users," Izuku mentioned. "While it seems that Buu is using mostly Ki-based attacks from those clips, I wonder if he could also use magic."
"Last time, Goku's only use of magic was with Power Pole that he could magically extend and hurt Superman with," Todoroki pointed out. "If this Majin Buu can possess both magic and Ki, he could pose a sizeable threat."
"You know as opposed to the already sizeable threat that he was when he was just destroying planets and wiping out whole civilizations," Kaminari sarcastically spoke.
"Touché," Todoroki shrugged.
"So, Bibidi, Babidi and Buu. Put 'em together and what do you get?" Boomstick sang as he lined up the two wizards and Buu together.
"A Disney lawsuit," Wiz answered.
"HAHAHAHA!" Mirio laughed. "Oh, I get it! From that Fairy Godmother from Cinderella."
"Cinderella?" Eri tilted her head confused. "Who's that?"
"Oh, you would love her, Eri," Ochaco cooed as she knelt before the little girl with a smile. "She's from these very old classic Disney movies. She's a princess with glass slippers, mice that can turn into horses with a carriage like that of an onion. She's one of a dozen Disney Princesses."
"Princess," Eri gasped, a look of childlike wonder and joy sparking in her eyes.
"I often forget that poor Eri didn't have much of a childhood under Hassaikai. How tragic," Momo frowned, a hand over her aching heart.
"But hey, with us and the Green Bean, we can make up for lost time with her, right?" Jiro pointed out.
"Absolutely," Momo nodded, a sparkle gained in her eyes as she fantasized about perhaps hosting a tea party with Eri and all the girls as various Disney Princesses."
Reiko pouted, muttering about how the Old Grims Tale version was a lot better and more intense like the Wicked Stepsisters cutting off their toes to try and fit the glass shoe on their feet.
"Anyway, the doppelganger Babidi set out on a quest to recover Buu and complete Bibidi's plan," Boomstick continued.
"Eventually, Babidi found Buu and opened the monster's shell," Wiz said as Babidi and Dabura found and opened Buu's pod, bubblegum-like gas coalescing into a shape. "But turns out there was a... slight defect and Buu was... um..."
"A complete idiot!" Boomstick revealed bluntly.
"OHOHOHOHOHOOO!" Majin Buu cried out moronically as the screen spun around with the spinning idiot of a mass murderer.
Endeavor and Bakugou both made a similar face that bordered between disgust, annoyance, disbelief, and rage.
"Huh, quite the defect," Pixie Bob chuckled.
"What defect? I don't see anything wrong here," Fat Gum shrugged as he ate more popcorn.
"Is this the... The great Majin Buu?" Dabura questioned Babidi as Majin Buu strolled around humming before stretching his body. "Are you positive?" The Demon King gazed at the supposed great Majin Buu with disbelief.
Kaminari looked over to Bakugou and burst out laughing. "BAHAHAHAHA! OH MY GOD! BAKUGOU'S MAKING THE SAME FACE!" Kaminari laughed.
"AHAHAHAHA! NUMBER 1 IS TOO! BAHAHAHAHA!" Hawks joined in the laughter after realizing the same exact look on Endeavor's face.
Soon the rest of the group began to laugh at the misery and mocking of the two rage-filled individuals. Endeavor harnessed all his self-restraint, manners, and years of practice to hold back his rage from making him lash out and roast the Number 2 Hero into fried chicken.
Bakugou did not have the same level of restraint.
"YOU'RE DEAD, SPARKPLUG! WHEN I'M DONE WITH YOU THE ONLY USE YOU WILL BE TO ANYONE IS A DISCOUNT OUTLET TO CHARGE OUR PHONES!" Bakugou roared as he chased Kaminari all across the gym.
"DON'T I ALREADY DO THAT?!" Kaminari exclaimed as he ran for his life.
"All Might, Monoma," Nezu sighed, regretting that Aizawa was away with Mic for personal reasons.
It took a while before they could tie Bakugou back to his seat even with his Quirk canceled by Monoma and All Might reeling him in.
"Buu is the equivalent of a man-sized toddler with the power of a billion nuclear warheads," Wiz summarized, showing Buu making a silly face.
David Shield spit out his drink, coughing. He tried to compose himself as he nearly laughed about how painfully accurate that title applied to a certain spray-tanned billionaire before the Dawning of Quirks.
Buu displayed his power by launching Dabura skidding across the land and crashing into a cliff, destroying the formation, in a single kick.
"Talk about your terrible twos," Boomstick chuckled.
"I'll say," Tetsutetsu felt a bead of sweat drop from Buu's simple, yet effective display of strength. "Dude had that other guy skipping across the ground like a rock in a pond."
ARSENAL
Chocolate Beam
Flight
Gack
Body Manipulation
Regeneration
Absorption
Buu Rocket
Super Breath
Mending Beam
Innocence Express
Vanishing Beam
Finger Beam
Vice Shout
Planet Burst
"Buu has a ridiculous arsenal for killing worlds," Boomstick began listing Buu's arsenal. "He can fly, shoot lasers, destroy cities by breathing too hard, and can fire a beam from his head penis that can turn people into candy."
The Heroes and students paled at the sight of Majin Buu's breath attack that completely decimated an entire city from afar.
"Yeah, if any of that universe's fighters come here, especially the bad ones, we're all screwed," Ragdoll determined.
"I'm sorry, I'm gonna need him to back it up a bit with what he said," Setsuna said, her hands gesturing to rewind the video. "Fire beams from his what now?"
"Boomstick, it's not his genitals, it's his... well... actually, I don't know what it is," Wiz admitted.
"Tabling that for later-" "No, we're not!" "-I'm more focused on the ability to turn people into candy," Sato spoke, even whilst Momo disagreed with talking any further about the 'head penis'.
"You think that if you eat that candy, it will still count as sugar?" Sero proposed a question.
"Wouldn't that be cannibalism?" Jurota questioned.
At first, Fat Gum was contemplating how amazing that ability would be for him, especially his Quirk. If it can work on inanimate objects, then he could make even a lump of torn metal into a chocolate bar as fuel for his Quirk. However, when the thought process eventually turned over to turning people into food and then eating them, Fat Gum paled and, for once in his life, lost his appetite.
"Can't we just simplify this discussion with 'don't get hit with the purple, transforming beam'?" Shinsou brought up.
"Which brings me to his strangest ability, his whole body in general," Wiz continued. "Whatever he's made of, it's magic in nature. Buu's whole body can be pulled, stretched, or even ripped apart with no negative effects."
"He can even pull entire slabs from his belly and use his own flesh as a weapon," Boomstick groaned. "Argh, this is just getting stranger and stranger."
"Well, I guess we solved whether or not he can use magic," Ojiro sweatdropped.
"So, for Buu, we have flight, regeneration, a transfiguration-type beam of energy, standard and powerful Ki attacks, and a unique type of body transformation and reconfiguration," Izuku began muttering and writing like crazy. "That kind of ability is like an unholy blend of Tiger's, Edgeshot's, and Setsuna's Quirks with the elasticity of Tiger, the regeneration and loss of limbs without consequence from Suna, and the body-morphing and utilization of Edgeshot to constrict his foes. The concept of using one's body proportions to their advantage is also something similar to Fat Gum and how his Fat Absorption Quirk works, too."
Said individuals thought about what Izuku muttered and found he wasn't wrong. Tiger could see the comparison between his Pilabody to Buu's magical flesh, even if it was both disgusting and disheartening that such power would be used for destruction. Edgeshot felt similarly to that sentiment, though pondered if his Thousand Sheet Pierce technique would even work on Majin Buu, given it seems like this creature would not have viable organs for him to pierce and render unconscious and any damage he would do might simply be regenerated instantly.
Setsuna likewise was freaked out about the comparison, but then, in a Midoriya-like fashion, she pondered if perhaps there was a way she could use this technique for herself and for good. Usually with her Quirk, for offense she mainly launches her body parts like telekinetically tossed rocks onto her enemies that can hit multiple times. The main way she used her Quirk to restrict people was her hands, arms, and legs, but what if she could do more?
'It's not like I can combine my body parts into a new shape, they can only conjoin back to how they once were with the corresponding parts, but maybe I don't need them to connect,' Setsuna began putting her mind into action, feeling the gears turn in her head. 'What if I was looking at it all wrong? What if instead of conjoining them by connecting them, I can conjoin them into different shapes by simply the shape and not the full width behind it?' An image came to her of multiple body parts coalescing to form the shape of a T-Rex head or a serpent with her parts simply hovering next to each other or stacked on top or over the other. It sounded so ridiculously simple and yet her mind began exploding like that one meme that it made her grin spread wide and maniacal.
Izuku noticed this change in Setsuna and found himself stuck looking at her. Seeing the way her eyes danced around, looking nowhere in particular but gazing like she was solving an equation in her head, the way her subtle facial expressions, from the shifting of her brows, the squirming of her lips, even the wrinkling of her nose, all of which painted an image of how her brain was working, it all was a fascinating sight. A fascinating, cute, and wonderful sight.
"Yes, and he apparently does feel pain, though it seems to please him. Like some sort of combat masochist," Wiz stated. "Fortunately, his body can regenerate almost instantly."
"He can be blasted to smithereens and reform himself in seconds," Boomstick added. "He's practically invincible."
"Not only does he possess immense power but also holds a regenerative factor as impressive as Deadpool," Tiger noted.
"Shh! Don't speak that degenerate's name! He might hear you," Mount Lady whispered panicked.
"Oh, you can't possibly believe that he might still be aware of our conversation and come pop in?" Mandalay raised an eyebrow at the paranoid heroine.
The size-changing heroine gazed seriously at Mandalay's eyes showing the telepathic heroine she was dead serious. As Mandalay reevaluated her thought process by reminding herself of Deadpool's feats and his actions in the last video...and paled as she begged and prayed that no spandex-wearing mercenary would pop in.
"Buu can mimic any Ki attack after seeing it in action only once," Wiz explained. "This is how he learned Goku's Kamehameha wave, and Supreme Kai's Instantaneous Movement teleport."
"So, he can also use the Kamehameha and Instant Transmission?!" Nejire exclaimed, surprised at the development, especially the former of Goku's abilities; this made Nejire's desire to learn the attack greater after seeing the attack can be learned or mimicked by other people.
"I'd imagine this is one of the reasons why he was paired against Kirby," Cementoss pointed out. "Both are pink, seemingly harmless creatures that can copy the abilities of others and possess world-ending power."
"His ability to copy the abilities of others is also more powerful than my own Quirk," Monoma mentioned. "My Copy Quirk only functions after making contact with a person or something that possesses their DNA, like Eraser's hair. This Majin Buu can instead copy techniques by simply looking at them from afar."
All Might shuddered as his thoughts turned to All For One. The King of the Villain Underworld could also only take Quirks if he made physical contact with his victims. However, the thought of All For One being able to take Quirks from afar, without touching a person was a rather horrifying possibility that he hoped remained simply that, a possibility.
"In any case, if he has learned the ability to teleport like Goku, then it could present a problem to Kirby if he can evade Kirby's more powerful attacks or catch up with him," Momo analyzed.
"But his copying prowess goes even further," Wiz continued. "He can physically absorb other people, transforming his mind and body."
"YES! COME TO ME!" Buu declared as his pink flesh absorbed Gotenks and Piccolo, the pink flesh returning and covering Buu. After a brief transformation, Buu's form had changed to reflect that of his captured victims, from Piccolo's height and build to Gotenks's jacket.
"That's the most disturbing thing I've ever seen," Boomstick muttered, disgusted.
"...I think I see another reason why he and Kirby were chosen to face each other," Thirteen muttered.
"That was even more disturbing shit than Kirby just eating people," Kamakiri muttered, gulping down the bile that threatened to come up his throat.
Izuku shuddered in disgust and fright. It was one thing for Buu to mimic the techniques and abilities of those he sees, Izuku worried that if he ever faced Buu, the pink monstrosity would only fight like him or be able to mimic the Quirks of the Vestiges like Black Whip. However, the prospect of potentially being consumed by Buu offered a more horrifying possibility and consequence than simple mimicry. Izuku worried if he ever got consumed by Buu, then it would mean that the destroyer of worlds would be able to absorb and even steal One For All, a possibility that would be incredibly horrible to ever come to being that Izuku wished his morbidly analytical mind didn't conjure.
"Each version of Buu has a different personality based on whom he's absorbed," Wiz explained, showing Buu absorbing and transforming into a similar form to one of the Kais. "Fat Buu is cheerful and childlike, due to absorbing the carefree Grand Supreme Kai."
"So, the reason why Buu was so innocent-looking and playful was because he ate that dude?" Mineta asked.
"I guess so," Sato shrugged. "But what was he like originally?"
"I believe we are about to find out," Tokoyami morbidly predicted.
"But then there's his original, and most dangerous form, Kid Buu," Wiz revealed the 2nd most recognizable form of the pink destroyer of worlds.
"Kid Buu?" Toru said, looking at the slimmer and angrier-looking pink alien. "His eyes even look like yours Mina, with the same black sclera and all."
"I-I guess," Mina admitted, reluctantly though as the rage and hatred in those eyes was definitely not what she saw whenever she looked in the mirror.
"He's so tiny! He's like a little kid in MC Hammer pants!" Boomstick cooed. "This can't seriously be his deadliest form."
"Kid Buu is pure rage incarnate," Wiz said.
Kid Buu screamed out loud to the heavens, pounding his fists onto his chest in a war cry.
"The raging beast hidden behind the mask of joy and civility," Reiko muttered. "A dangerous facsimile of Jekyll and Hide."
"Jekyll was the mask that the doctor took to appear as a friendly face to society while Hide was the evil, rage, and sinful nature he hid within himself," Tokoyami nodded at the apt comparison, something that made Reiko's pale cheeks to turn red.
"He can get so angry, he's capable of tearing holes in the fabric of reality just by screaming," Wiz noted.
Nezu frowned at that particular ability. Not only did it appear a dangerous power that could break the boundaries of time and space in a universe, but Nezu's mind pondered whether this ability could extend to breaking through the barriers of other universes. 'If such a feat can be attainted if sought after, then Buu could attain the ability to traverse through different universes, including our own," Nezu thought grimly, already planning on contingencies on how to eliminate the pink monstrosity if that ever were to come to be.
"Or if he's fed up with whatever planet, he's on, he'll just blow it to bits with his Planet Burst attack," Boomstick pointed out, showing Buu lifting his palm into the air and forming an orb of pink energy that crashed into the ground and obliterated the planet he was on.
"That attack looked like a dark parody of Goku's Spirit Bomb attack," Shoji pointed out, his eyes narrowing. "But where Goku's were powered by goodness and harm the evil and sinful, this one is only about destruction."
"And even if Buu were on the planet he is destroying, he could simply reform," Itsuka frowned.
"In a universe chock full of planet busters, Majin Buu is one of the strongest," Wiz declared. "He's destroyed entire galaxies by systematically obliterating each planet one by one over time."
"Like a genocidal game of dominoes," Shoda frowned, his fists cracking in anger at the horrible feats of Majin Buu.
STRENGTHS & FEATS
Unprecedented amount of combat experience
One-shot Dabura
Ripped apart space & time
Eradicated the human race in seconds
Destroyed hundreds of planets
Defeated Gotenks, Vegeta, & Gohan
Survived a battle with Vegito
"He's defeated most of Dragonball Z's most powerful characters, including Vegeta, Gotenks, and Gohan," Boomstick listed Buu's defeated foes.
"He even beat Vegeta?!" Kirishima exclaimed in fright and shock. "As in 'rival to Goku' Vegeta?!"
Bakugou growled in anger at seeing his counterpart disrespectfully pummeled by the Majin of Destruction. It was a blow to his pride that this pink, overweight buffoon had surrounded his counterpart with his flesh, but to actually beat his planet-destroying counterpart was humiliating.
"That is frighteningly disturbing, but my question is who are Gotenks and Gohan?" Jiro questioned.
"They appear to be Saiyans who are strong enough to become Super Saiyans," Izuku muttered as he looked through his notes on Goku and Vegeta. "From how they look and the names, I think they're Goku's kids."
"Ah, you mean your counterpart's kids with his wife, Uraraka's counterpart?" Setsuna teasingly pointed out.
Izuku and Ochaco burned crimson at the reminder that their counterparts were married and had kids together. Uraraka began floating off to the ceiling as her thoughts were clouded by images of herself in a wedding dress beside Izuku in a suit, or brown and green-haired kids with round eyes and freckles or perpetual rosy cheeks.
"He one-shot the king of the demon realm and easily bested the Supreme Kais," Wiz continued listing.
"Who are like the gods of other gods," Boomstick clarified. "So, needless to say, Buu is pretty frickin' strong."
The 'gods above gods' comment brought a frown to Ibara's face, but she wasn't about to start ranting about blasphemy when she was scared of this pink demon.
"But he's also extremely cocky, caring little about strategy or personal safety," Wiz explained Buu's weaknesses. "And while his regenerative ability seems to make him indestructible, Buu is one of the only Dragon Ball characters whose body has been visibly affected by ordinary bullets."
"So, like He-Who-Mustn't-Be-Named, Buu's regeneration and ability to come back from anything makes him arrogant enough to not take any fight seriously," Pixie Bob said, pointedly trying not to name a certain Merc with a Mouth.
Fat Gum frowned at the similarity that he found with Buu tanking bullets from the police, as that is how it often looks when his fat absorbed bullets from criminals.
"And while being able to destroy planets, his body's not tough enough to take the explosion, forcing him to regenerate from a mass of pink particles," Boomstick added.
"Looks like you were right, Pres," Tetsutetsu said. "If he can be able to tank a planet-busting explosion and reform from that, Kirby is going to have a Hell of a time facing him."
"Despite having the mind of a child and the body of Playdoh, Majin Buu might just be the deadliest villain in Dragon Ball history," Wiz summarized the Majin of Destruction.
"Me get big MAAAAAAAAAAADDDDD!" Majin Buu screamed, a massive explosion of energy surrounding him and eclipsing the planet in his fury.
Overall, Majin Buu was definitely the more consistently ominous and terrifying foe of the two fighters, with the Majin's planet-destroying feats, disturbing absorption, and horrifying abilities and possibilities that emerged from the minds of the group. It was clearly evident that there would be no one asking for a plushie of the pink monster, even his Fat form.
"Alright, the combatants are set," Wiz announced. "Let's end this debate once and for all."
"IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BBBAAATTTTTLLLLLEEEE!" Boomstick roared out.
The group began to vote among themselves as the device paused the video and began searching for counterparts to the two fighters. It would take a bit longer since some were forced to choose between one pink demon over another, as well as classic biases against cute and villainous behavior.
Ultimately, those who favored Kirby's chances of victory included Eri, who could never vote against the cute and cuddly being her plushie was based on, Izuku and Mirio, half of their reasoning being behind supporting Eri and the other half being Kirby's range of abilities through his Copy Abilities and frighteningly strong feats, and All Might, who chose the more, relatively, heroic fighter compared to the planet-destroying, body and power absorbing monster that reminded him of All For One. Tamaki and Nejire would join Mirio and Izuku in voting for the puffball, Nejire's reasons following more along the lines of supporting Kirby's adorableness, and Tamaki because he better related his Manifest Quirk with Kirby's Inhale and Copy Ability than Buu's.
Mina and Ochaco likewise voted for the pink puffball, though it was admittingly hard for the former. Even if Buu was a genocidal, psychopathic monster, it was still hard to vote against a literal pink alien, at least for Mina. Though Kirby's status of likewise being an alien to Pop Star, his dance moves, and adorableness, made it so that Kirby took the vote from her. Ochaco admittingly voted for Kirby on an adorableness factor too, but also was inspired by Kirby's floating powers and maneuverability. Jiro and Kamakiri would also reluctantly vote for the savior of Pop Star, the latter because Kirby was the only one of the two who wielded a sword and was capable of slicing apart enemies with ease, and the former because she had to give props to Kirby for being able to kill people with his singing alone.
Fat Gum was one of the first who voted for Kirby, his now-appointed Great Pink One and Master who he strived to mimic, and Kirishima followed in his Intern Hero's footsteps thanks to Stone Kirby and Kirby's amazing durability, with Tetsutetsu not far behind in voting for the same reasons. Lastly, Nezu would vote for the deceivingly monstrous, round, pink creature, all the while chuckling maniacally.
As for those who voted for Majin Buu's victory, among them included Bakugou, who while his counterpart was defeated by Buu that was also the reason he voted for the planet-destroyer, as if it validated that Majin Buu was so strong and would easily beat Kirby by comparison. Endeavor, Edgeshot, and Iida would all too vote for the Majin of Destruction finding his level of power capable of defeating Goku's rival to be an impressive enough feat on its own, and every ability and feat only compounded the reason for their vote more and more. Kouta also voted for Buu, finding him cooler and more badass than Kirby, who looked too childish to his liking.
Majin Buu's astonishing regeneration and body morphing abilities persuaded a vote from Setsuna, the former likewise garnering a vote from Momo, as well as his version of copying and absorption. His absorption and copying power and his mimicry skills garnered a vote from Monoma and Ragdoll, with the two finding that Buu could mimic potentially Kirby's abilities on top of his own, Miruko voted for Buu because he appeared more capable of fighting traditionally compared to Kirby even with the Fighter form, and even eagerly pondered how it would be like for Buu to mimic her moves and force her to fight herself, and Sato would vote, persuaded by Buu being able to turn people and objects into candy, which would be detrimental to Kirby if he was hit by it even once.
Buu's malleable body gained Tiger's vote, and his Jekyll and Hide comparison, as well as hidden raging darkness and rage added votes from Tokoyami and Reiko.
After all the voting was done, the group realized that the device was still processing its search. It was unusual. The group had gotten used to the device finishing its counterpart search just as they finished their voting process like the device knew to display its results after they were done. Now, however, the device was still processing and continued to do that for another few minutes.
"Oh, come on! What is taking so long?" Mount Lady groaned, impatiently.
"Must you act like a bratty child as well as an attention whore?" Midnight snarked at her rival.
"Who are you calling an attention whore, you dollar-store dominatrix?!" Mount Lady barked back to clash eyes with her older rival, though secretly enjoying that said rival was acting better than she had been recently. Their back-and-forth jabs and remarks had become something that Yuu Takeyama had found fun and special between her and Kayama, and they were the best way she figured to distract and cheer up Midnight from the funk that she had recently been in.
"Alright, enough from the two of you," Ryukyu stood between the two like a motherly figure, even if Midnight was her elder.
"Though, Lady has a point," Miruko pointed out, taking a bite of a carrot. "The thing is taking noticeably longer than any other time. Isn't that odd?"
"Now that you mention it, it is," David Shield muttered. "The one time it took this long was back during the Batman vs Captain America fight."
"The one where it revealed Midoriya as another potential counterpart to the Batman," Endeavor noted. "You believe that this implies that multiple counterparts are being registered by the device?"
Before David Shield could respond, the device beeped as it finished its search, as if responding itself to Endeavor's question.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device voiced its completion, starting off with Kirby. "KIRBY! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART 1: ERI! COUNTERPART PROBABILITY: 20%!"
"YAY!" Eri squealed as she hugged the plushie of her now-revealed counterpart. "I'm Kirby! I'm Kirby! Isn't that amazing, Papa?!"
"It sure is, Eri-chan," Izuku patted his surrogate daughter.
"Counterpart 1," Momo muttered. "It does appear that there will be multiple counterparts to Kirby. Though, I am curious that it would start off with Eri's if her Counterpart Probability is so low."
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART NUMBER 2: IZUKU MIDORIYA! COUNTERPART PROBABILITY: 20%!"
"Of fucking course," Bakugou rolled his eyes, annoyed that his rival was constantly the counterpart of multiple individuals, especially powerful ones that appear to be like the main characters of their worlds. It brought a sting to Bakugou's pride, as if the universe itself was basically stating that Izuku was the main character of their world too, not him.
"Ooh, Midori! I knew that you were cute, but I never thought that cuteness would make you counterparts to that adorable, terrifying little thing," Mina leaned in, teasing the shocked teen while her fingers wiggled greedily at pinching and abusing Izuku's cheeks like Uraraka's.
"C-Cute?!" Izuku yelped, blushing madly.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART NUMBER 3: OCHACO URARAKA! COUNTERPART PROBABILITY: 20%!"
"I knew it," Asui croaked, nodding at the results.
Ochaco blushed crimson at Asui's words. "It wasn't that obvious," Ochaco pouted.
"Ochaco, girl, you have the same rosy, round cheeks and can float around like him," Hagakure pointed out the similarities. "Plus, whenever we go to the market, you hound the free samples like you were fasting."
Ochaco's blush only grew redder. "YOU PROMISED YOU WOULDN'T MENTION THAT!" Ochaco exclaimed. The students laughed and Ochaco buried her face in her hands to hide her shame and blush. "And they were free," Ochaco muttered quietly.
Izuku sighed fondly at Ochaco's personality, knowing that with her poor background, the concept of anything free or cheap would be a godsend. It was frankly adorable with how excited she could get. Izuku patted and rubbed his best friend's back to her further blushing and joy.
"I'm starting to see a trend," Itsuka pointed out. "Eri, Midoriya, and Uraraka all have the same 20% probability."
"Huh, yeah, that is weird," Setsuna noticed and nodded. "It's like they all have so many similar qualities that the universe itself couldn't decide which one is better suited to be Kirby."
"Given that all three have probabilities of 20%, I surmised that we might have two more Kirby counterparts with the same probability at this rate," Shoda calculated.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART NUMBER 4: MINA ASHIDO! COUNTERPART PROBABILITY: 20%!"
"WOOHOO! YES! PINK IN ONE WORLD, PINK IN EVERY WORLD!" Mina cheered, her chest raised in pride. Izuku had to slap Mineta's face away with Black Whip as the pervert was staring at Mina's pronounced large assets while scolding himself to not look as well.
"Honestly, it fits so well it would be weird if she wasn't a counterpart to Kirby," Kirishima shrugged. "Not only are they pink, but they both seem to have a knack for making friends and being perpetually cheerful."
"Aww, Kiri! Give Momma some sugar!" Mina cooed and ran to Kirishima to bring him into a hug with a comical kissy face
"Not until you stop referring to yourself as 'Momma'," Kirishima blocked Mina's path by planting his hand over her face, stalling Mina's path as she waved her hands toward him.
Izuku chuckled, softly smiling at the two's friendship with one another. If he were as insecure as he was in his younger years like in Aldera, he would probably feel uneasy and worried about how close those two were, probably jealous, but Izuku wasn't like that. He could tell the two cared about each other deeply, but more in a brother-sister kind of vibe. Izuku was unsure if this calculation of his was marred by reassuring himself that Mina did have feelings for him, especially after recent revelations, but Izuku chose to confide in it rather than worry like a jealous prick.
"Looks like your guess seems accurate, Shoda," Honenuki muttered.
"If there is to be one last counterpart to round out the probabilities, who do you suppose it will be?" Jurota asked the other students.
"Why of course it will be me!" Monoma proudly stood, hand over heart as he held a smug look of assurance. "After all, with our similar copying abilities and potential for greatness, it should be obvious."
"The way you say that makes it sound like you're saying that Greenie, Uraraka, and Ashido also have potential greatness," Setsuna pointed out.
"SILENCE!" Monoma barked, red in the face.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART NUMBER 5: TAMAKI AMAJIKI! COUNTERPART PROBABILITY: 20%!"
"AHA! I knew it!" Mirio thrust his fists into the air, victorious "Copying is one thing, but eating and manifesting their attributes is just like our man, Suneater, here!" Mirio wrapped an arm around the shocked 3rd year.
"Yeah, isn't that awesome, Tamaki?! You and Zuzu have such a strong and cute counterpart! I'm kind of jealous!"
"T-T-Thanks," Tamaki stuttered, blushing at the praise from his friends, but smiled, nonetheless.
"TAMAKI!" The yell was all the warning that the paling Suneater had before his mentor, Fat Gum, rushed in and wrapped him in a bone-crushing hug. "I KNEW I MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE WITH YOU AS MY INTERN AND PROTEGE! I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!" Fat Gum was bawling rivers of tears as he suffocated his intern into his fat and broke his bones with his hug.
"You were saying, Discount Mega Man?" Setsuna teased the shocked and fuming Monoma.
"Honestly, it's like you're asking the universe for this," Itsuka shook her head at her classmate who sat back down in an embarrassed and wounded huff.
"MAJIN BUU! FAT! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: TAISHIRO TOYOMITSU AKA FAT GUM!"
"HUH?!" Kirishima exclaimed in shock and horror. "How is that possible?! I know Fat is...well, large, but how can he be that monster's counterpart?!"
"MAJIN BUU! KID! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: TENKO SHIMURA AKA TOMURA SHIGARAKI!"
Many of the group froze at the sight of the infamous leader of the League of Villains. Ochaco paled as she remembered the Villain from when he had threatened Izuku with his hand on his neck in the mall, and Asui shivered in fright as touched the sides of her face, feeling the phantom touches of Shigaraki's hands on her face back at the USJ, where she would have been decayed to dust if Aizawa hadn't canceled the Villains Quirk.
The Sisterhood girls all also recalled the video from last night, showcasing Shigaraki and how he appeared to have some connection or fated rivalry with Izuku from how the video portrayed the two as similar to All Might and All For One. Momo still recalled when Shigaraki was shown in the video to have platinum white hair compared to his usual greyish-blue and how Izuku was shown fighting against this newly-transformed Shigaraki with Black Whip and floating in the air. It still didn't make sense, because Izuku had never displayed the ability to float like that or mentioned clashing against Shigaraki after unlocking Black Whip unless he was hiding such an encounter taking place during his internship with Endeavor.
'Or unless the event hasn't happened yet,' Momo thought as the possibility she came up with back when she watched the video still seemed like the most evident and likely conclusion, especially when the video also showed other potentially future events like a depressed and battle-worn Izuku over a bleak city.
Bakugou growled in hatred as he stared at the bastard that orchestrated his kidnapping at the Training Camp, which led to the whole situation that would lead to All Might's retirement. Mineta paled and shivered in absolute terror at the horrible Villain that nearly killed him, Asui, and Midoriya in the USJ with his Nomu and Quirk. Hawks felt a bead of sweat drop down his angry face as he stared at the new leader of the Paranormal Liberation Front. Truthfully, he hadn't seen the bastard in some time as meetings that he had with the leadership of the PLF didn't include him, and any questions about where their leader was met with curt and brief excuses like 'having a doctor's appointment' or 'training to get better', whatever they meant.
All Might held a conflicted look at seeing the face of his mentor's/mother-figure's grandson, the boy who was taken and molded into a Villain by All For One somehow and turned to despise him and society as a whole. Gran Torino's words echoed in his mind that he should stop seeing him as Nana's grandson as it was clouding his judgment on how to handle him. For all that he was Shimura's grandson, he was also Shigaraki, leader of League of Villains, now more so after AFO's imprisonment, and a dangerous Villain who attacked U.A. and its students multiple times, kidnapped Bakugou, threatened to kill Midoriya, and killed numerous people, either by his hand or those the League or their Nomus. He needed to be brought to justice, his past meant nothing if Toshinori allowed him to end other's futures.
Izuku paled at the sight of Shigaraki, his feelings of dread regarding him returning, along with the phantom touch of his fingers wrapped around his neck. His last words to him back in the mall repeated in his head, from his crazed declaration of blame and hatred toward All Might with that hideous, smiling face, and his threatening words that the next time they meet, he will kill him. Izuku was also told by All Might about Shigaraki's real identity as Tenko Shimura, the grandson of Nana Shimura, the 7th user of One For All. Izuku could even feel a well of despair and sadness from inside him that he knew wasn't his own, it was Nana herself, and Izuku felt so sorry for her that she could not find peace even after her death with this information. And yet, whenever Izuku remembers Shigaraki's eyes, he can't see the strong and kind eyes of Shimura, only eyes of rage incarnate.
'Rage incarnate. Like Kid Buu,' Izuku's mind caught that distinction, a lightbulb forming in his mind. "That's it!"
"What's it?" Tetsutetsu questioned.
"I think I know why it said why Fat Gum was Fat Buu's counterpart or why Buu has two counterparts at all," Izuku said. "It's because the device isn't really comparing Fat Gum to Fat Buu at all."
"I'm confused, how does that make sense?" Sen asked, utterly lost.
"Sorry, but what I mean is that the device is comparing Fat Gum not to Buu himself but rather the personality that made Fat Buu, the Grand Supreme Kai," Izuku explained.
"The Grand Supreme Kai? You mean the one that Buu consumed?" Momo asked.
"Exactly," Izuku nodded. "Wiz said that every form that Buu takes has a personality that matches whoever he consumes, while Kid Buu is supposed to be his original form and Shigaraki is his counterpart. But no one character has ever had more than one counterpart in the same universe."
"Uh, what about the whole 5 people being counterparts with Kirby we just had?" Kaminari pointed out. "Hell, you started this whole thing with you also being Batman like Mr. Aizawa."
"But that's because I'm Batman in another universe while Aizawa is Batman in others, just like how I might be Kirby in some universes, while in others Eri, Ochaco, Mina, and Tamaki may be Kirby," Izuku pointed out. "In those separate universes, that character would still have one counterpart to match, not multiple. If the rules applied are the same here, then Buu can't have more than one counterpart in one universe."
"I see," Nezu rubbed his chin. "You propose that rather than Buu having multiple counterparts for every personality, that it is a distinction born only of that his personalities baring counterparts are really the counterparts of those he consumed."
"In a roundabout way, yeah, kind of," Izuku rubbed his neck at the summary of his words.
As Izuku finished, the device spoke up with, "AFFIRMATIVE! FAT BUU COUNTERPART IS REGISTERED AS SUCH AS THE SOUL OF THE GRAND SUPREME KAI REMAINS AS A PART OF FAT BUU'S PERSONALITY AND STILL EXISTS WITHIN THIS FORM! GRAND SUPREME KAI! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: TAISHIRO TOYOMITSU AKA FAT GUM!"
"Phew, okay, that makes sense," Kirishima sighed in relief. "I didn't want to think that my boss was somehow a genocidal monster."
"No way in Hell, Red Riot," Fat Gum patted his chest. "No evil bone in his large body of mine!"
As the group eased their minds about the confusion they faced, Miruko still held a contemplative look on her face as she was so busy in her thoughts, that she didn't hear anything that was happening around her. This was because she was still busy thinking about Tomura Shigaraki, or rather his true name as the device revealed: Tenko Shimura. Sure, she heard it before back when he was revealed as Malbogeia's counterpart, but that wasn't exactly on her radar after the craziness that was the explanation of why Midoriya was both Kratos and Spawn. Now, it finally registered to her.
'Tenko Shimura. Shimura. Like...Like Nana Shimura?' Miruko thought to herself. She had kept it to herself, but she was a big fan of Nana Shimura, Hero Codename: Nimbus. The woman was a big source of inspiration for Miruko at a young age both as a strong and powerful Hero and as a muscular and confident woman, and she was as much an idol to her as Midoriya was to All Might. Nimbus's carefree and confident nature inspired her own and even initially competed in Underground Rings as Tiger Bunny before switching career paths to being a Hero like Shimura.
She was silent when All Might revealed that Shimura was his mentor, though inside she was giddy at the prospect of knowing someone who had personally trained with her idol. Over the past few days, aside from watching these videos, training the Hero Course students, contemplating her strange attraction to Midoriya, and analyzing multiple fighters and their skills, Miruko had also been devising a plan to get All Might to tell her more about Shimura. Despite being her idol, Miruko had no idea why Nimbus suddenly departed from the Hero scene. One minute she was there and then the next she was gone. Rumi didn't know if she quietly retired or if she...Miruko didn't like to think of that option, but she would be a fool to believe it wasn't a possibility for a Hero like her to just disappear out of the blue.
Now, however, it turns out that Tomura Shigaraki, the leader of the League of Villains, his real name turned out to be Tenko Shimura, and Miruko did not like the implication that last name meant. Did it mean that this guy was related to Nimbus? Was he her son, grandson, distant cousin? Whatever the answer, Miruko hoped that the truth that it was simply a coincidence of last names, because the alternative was that a member of her Hero's family had become one of the country's most infamous Villains and was disgracing her name and legacy, and that mad Miruko angry.
After a few seconds of reading themselves, the video began again and played the battle.
The scene began with a bright day in the Kingdom of Dreamland, in what appeared to be Green Greens. A multitude of different citizens, from Waddle Dees, Waddle Doos, and Knuckle Joes, were all enjoying the good day, either walking around or simply standing, a Bonkers was sleeping peacefully, and two Waddle Doos were dancing with each other.
"Aww, they all look so cute!" Hagakure cooed. "Especially those light-tanned ones."
"And peace ruined in three, two, one-" Setsuna counted down.
Suddenly, a pink beam descended from the heavens like a bolt of lightning. One of the innocent dancing Waddle Doos was turned into a piece of cake, while its friend stared at its friend frozen and wide-eyed.
"AH!" Pony yelped at the unfortunate fate of the Waddle Doo.
"Huh, isn't every day that your friend gets smited into cake," Sato said, pale.
"Wouldn't the correct term be smote?" Kaminari asked.
"Nah, I think it's smitten," Mineta replied.
"Really? I thought that meant being smitten with someone?" Sero scratched his head.
"URGH! WHO CARES?! JUST SHUT UP SO WE CAN BEGIN THE CARNAGE!" Bakugou exploded, officially wasting the last of his patience with these idiots.
The camera moved up to reveal the source of the laser. "HELLO~!" Majin Buu, in his Fat form, called out to the Dreamland residents from above.
The residents looked up at Buu with wide-eyed, frozen terror. Buu then struck one of the Waddle Dees with his Chocolate Beam, turning it into pudding. Finally getting the picture, the rest of the citizens began running around and fleeing in panic, screaming and wailing in fear as more beams came descending from above. Buu continued firing Chocolate Beams left and right, hitting multiple targets before shooting one at the camera.
Izuku's fists clenched tightly. Even if it was Fat Buu doing this, who the analysis made it seem was clueless, his random and uncaring attack on the resident of Dreamland reminded him too much of Shigaraki as if the aspect that was counterpart to the League of Villains leader was directing this senseless act of destruction and gluttony.
Fat Gum growled, too, with the knowledge that this form of Buu came about by consuming his counterpart. This form then attacking and turning innocent creatures into treats to eat was both horrifying, disgusting, and insulting to the large Hero.
When color returned to the screen it showed Buu floating mid-air, laughing and cheering delightfully at all of the resident civilians turned into various sweets hovering near him. "Me gonna eat you up!" Buu cheered, excitedly.
All Might flinched at that laugh; it sounded like a more childish version of Shigaraki's demented laugh.
Buu picked up one of the nearby chocolate bars and threw it into the air in an attempt to catch it in his mouth, but before it could fall into his mouth, a sudden strong wind, accompanied by an infamous suction sound, pulled the chocolate bar and all of the food away from him.
The food was all sucked up and swallowed by the hero of Dreamland riding his Warp Star. Kirby gulped all the recently turned food with a look of satisfaction on his face.
"Ooooh, Kirby stole his meal!" Mina teasingly voiced, a look of mischief on her face at what her counterpart did.
"Does he know that all of the food was Dreamland residents?" Momo questioned, a comical drop of sweat running down her head.
"From what we've seen of him, I don't think he would notice or care," Kyoka shrugged.
Buu was shocked at the arrival and act. When it fully registered to his toddler-sized mind, his pink face turned red from outrage, steam hissing out his ear holes. "YOU MAKE BUU MAD," Buu pointed accusingly at Kirby, as the two readied for their fight. "BUU MAKE YOU DEAD!"
"There is something deeply unsettling about someone with the mind of a child proclaiming that," Midnight unintentionally shivered.
"Now you know how it felt facing Shigaraki back in the USJ," All Might muttered.
FIGHT!
The two fighters rushed at each other, colliding their punches together. The two continued to trade and block the other's punches before Kirby knocked Buu back with a kick. Kirby jumped from his Warp Star and attempted a downward kick that Buu blocked. Kirby tried to follow it up with a punch, but the Majin of Destruction evaded with a teleport, striking in retaliation with a blast of fire from his mouth that struck Kirby.
Kirby crashed to the ground, groaning in pain. When he got up, he realized he was next to a Bonkers.
"Oh, boy, RIP to him," Awase made a sign of the cross for the poor Bonkers.
"Classic wrong place, wrong time," Sen sighed.
The hammer-wielding creature took notice and tried to skedaddle away comically, only for Kirby to use his inhale ability. A strong force of sucking win halted the Bonkers in mid-run before he was consumed, transforming the pink puffball into Hammer Kirby.
Buu descended from the skies, yelling as he charged at Hammer Kirby. "Huh!" Kirby huffed as he reared his new hammer back, preparing to swing. Just as Buu arrived right at Kirby, the hammer-wielding puff ball swung, striking Buu and sending him flying.
"That was quite the accurate counter," Edgeshot complimented. "From what is essentially an infant."
"An infant that saved his whole planet multiple times and is a remorseless cannibal," Miruko reminded him.
"Fair enough," Edgeshot sighed.
Buu crashed with a huff of pain at the side of a hill, and before the Majin could recover, a hammer was thrown in his face, courtesy of the Hero of Dreamland.
"Pfft, that was kind of funny!" Ochaco clasped her hands in front of her mouth, trying to muffle her chuckles.
"It would have hurt more, and been funnier, if it was a frying pan," Mirio pointed out.
"Personal experience?" Izuku sarcastically asked with a soft smile at his surrogate older brother, to which he laughed boisterously.
Kirby arrived quickly and retrieved his hammer, slamming Buu further down the hill to the solid flat ground. Kirby performed a spinning cyclone with his hammer, dragging Buu upward with him with a flurry of hammer strikes. Afterward, Kirby knocked the destroyer of worlds high in the sky, at which point the round, pink creature hopped onto a newly created Warp Star. As the sounds of a rapidly falling object approached, Kirby readied himself. As Buu came down, Kirby struck twice, in rapid succession, knocking Buu flying back and bouncing off a large tree. Kirby zoomed at lightspeed with the Warp Star above Buu and struck again, sending him flying back against the wall. Kirby flew in again and slammed his hammer down, pounding Buu flat against the ground.
"Jesus! He went ham on him!" Kaminari hissed. "I'd say he'd beaten him pink and silly, but he already is."
"Proud of yourself for that one, huh?" Kyoka raised an eyebrow at him.
"I sure am! And you can't tell me that wasn't clever!" Kaminari pointed accusingly and victoriously at Jiro.
"Meh, a broken clock is right twice a day," Jiro shrugged and turned away, not interested.
Kaminari faltered and froze comically, wondering how she managed to wound him with just words.
"It seems clear that Kirby seems to possess the advantage in speed with how quickly he pressured Buu into multiple attacks," Ryukyu mentioned. "His Warp Star seemed to contribute immensely to reaching where he launched Buu toward."
However, Buu stretched and popped himself back up, almost completely unscathed. "Hoohoooo!" Buu chuckled, warping behind Kirby in an instant. The Majin of Destruction grabbed the off-guard Kirby, making him drop his hammer. Buu roughly slammed Kirby into the ground with a punch. The world around them grew black and slow-motion as Kirby lost his copy ability in a puff of stars.
"Despite all that damage, it looks like he barely got a scratch on him," Fat Gum muttered, admittingly impressed and acknowledging why he was initially compared to Fat Buu.
"And it took only one solid hit from his opponent for Kirby to lose his hammer ability," Vlad King frowned. "If Kirby is to use his abilities more, he will have to focus on evasion and speed to dodge and attack as quickly as possible."
Buu uppercutted Kirby into the air, before warping up to the skyward Hero of Dreamland and slamming into him and sending them both elsewhere. The scene transitioned into a forest with two Blade Knights, a Knuckle Joe, a Waddle Dee, and Waddle Doo just walking around. Kirby slammed into a tree and landed on the ground, frightening the residents with his infamous appearance.
As the civilians tried to flee, Kirby proceeded to inhale one unfortunate Blade Knight, becoming Sword Kirby.
"And down goes another poor soul," Jurota sighed. Ironically, it looked like the Hero among the fighters was the one killing innocent bystanders compared to the Villain. 'At least, Buu turned them into pastries...at least, non-sentient pastries, I hope.'
"Wait a moment, isn't this against the rules of Death Battle?" Kosei spoke up. "I mean, one of the rules stated that they can't use outside help, and yet Kirby is using quite a lot of those guys to transform into his forms."
"To be fair, they were just bystanders of this fight and weren't directly aiding either Kirby or Buu, so I don't think that is an infraction," Honenuki argued.
Majin Buu arrived with a cheer, as Sword Kirby charged up his attack, energy gathering into his blade. "Yee!" Kirby yelled as he slashed through a black screen. The black of the screen gave way to reveal Kirby slashing Majin Buu in half at the waist.
"Excellent!" Kamakiri grinned in approval.
Buu's upper half landed flat on the ground while his lower half fell over. "WWWWAAA! You hurt Buu!" Buu cried like a baby. Suddenly, his two cut halves squashed back together, no sign of the cut apparent. "Almost!"
Kirby's response was a facepalm.
"Unfortunately, he is, as one would say, speaking my language," Momo sighed, pinching the bridge between her eyes.
"Regeneration for the win," Setsuna chirped, displaying herself splitting in two and reattaching like Buu.
A Blade Knight ran past Kirby in a panic. Buu noticed and giggled deviously, sending a blob of his flesh after the fleeing swordsman. The Blade Knight screamed and ran for his life, though in vain as the pink flesh consumed him with a splat. The pink blob of flesh returned to Buu, granting the jolly pink giant a sword of his own. "Yayaya!" Buu cheered, hopping gleefully.
"...Yep, still more disturbing than what Kirby does," Kamakiri groaned, his eye twitching in disgust.
"I must agree with you, Kamakiri," Ibara gulped down her lunch. "How revolting!"
In an instant, Sword Kirby rushed toward the newly-armed Buu, the two clashing swords against each other.
"On the plus side, sword fight time! Hell, yeah!" Kamakiri roared.
"...And now you lost me," Ibara sighed.
A comical throb of anger made itself known on Bakugou's forehead, unaware of why he felt such annoyance at Kamakiri being so chummy with Ibara but he didn't like it, and not knowing why he even cared made him even more angry.
Buu swatted Kirby back with his sword. The two slashed at each other again before Kirby performed a series of spinning slashes that Buu blocked, sparks bouncing off their metal blades. Finally, though, Kirby found an opening and slashed at Buu's body a few times.
Before the puffball could impale the world-destroyer, Buu dodged and grabbed Kirby and kicked him into the air, following up with a few sword slashes of his own, and finished with a punch that sent Kirby flying.
"Looks like without the Warp Star, their speed looks evenly matched," Hawks smirked, his nonchalant eyes looking to the group like he was lazily watching, but he was analyzing and memorizing their swordsmanship as he imagined himself mimicking them with his Feather Swords.
Kirby yelped as he landed and slid down the tree. Kirby heard the sound of a fast-approaching object and ducked just in time. Kirby looked wide-eyed as Majin Buu missed his slash at Kirby but cut the tree in half.
"Yikes. Good thing he dodged when he did," Kirishima wiped his brow of that nervous sweat.
"His reaction time is rather impressive," Shoji nodded. "Must be from his time riding his Warp Star at such high speeds."
Kirby kicked the blade out of Buu's hand, launching his opponent into the air with rapid sword slashes. "Yah!" Kirby cried repeatedly as he likewise repeated his rising slashes, dragging Buu further upward. Finally, Kirby ended his long combo by grabbing Buu and suplex him down to the ground, roughly.
"Now, that's what I'm talking about!" Kamakiri cheered.
"I'm pretty sure that isn't how physics worked," Pixie Bob pointed at the screen.
"Like physics would apply realistically with these two," Ragdoll laughed. "Physics flew out the window a long time ago!"
"Sadly, Tomoko is right," Mandalay sighed, tiredly.
"Hold up, I thought that Kirby loses his copied abilities when he gets hits?" Rin asked.
"He does, why do you ask?" Bondo asked.
"Well, he got slashed a couple of times by Buu before he got punched into that tree pretty hard," Rin pointed out. "Shouldn't he have lost his ability on the first sword hit?"
"I also recall that Boomstick claimed that one good hit could rid Kirby of his copy abilities," Monoma replied, rubbing his chin. "I'd imagine that implies that as long as the strikes that Kirby receives aren't too damaging, he can retain his copied abilities."
"I guess," Shinsou shrugged. "Though, I would have thought that a solid punch that can send you flying into a tree meters away would count."
Buu warped a few meters away from Kirby, charging himself up with energy, and fired his Chocolate Beam in a power beam of pink energy. Kirby ducked, flattening himself as much as possible while watching, wide-eyed, as the beam traveled above him. The beam continued until it struck a boulder, transforming it into a creme caramel.
Kirby looked at the sight, frightened, farting, and losing his Sword ability.
"BAHAHAHAHA! He farted himself in fear!" Kouta burst out laughing, hugging his sides.
"Eww!" Eri pouted, pinching her nose as if she could smell the fart. "Bad Kirby! Farts are stinky!" Eri turned to her plushie like it was the offender.
She clicked the button on its paw. "POYO!" Plushie Kirby exclaimed. Eri squealed in response and hugged the plushie, all forgiven and forgotten.
"Wahoo!" Buu roared as he fired his Chocolate Beam again. However, this time, Kirby opened his mouth wide and inhaled the beam of energy, the pink laser disappearing into the void that was Kirby's stomach.
"WHAT THE BULLSHIT IS THIS?!" Bakugou exclaimed in outrage. "He ATE THE BEAM?!"
"That was quite the risk," All Might rubbed his chin. "If his mouth were any smaller and strayed to touch the beam, he likely could have been turned into a pastry."
Kirby kept inhaling, the strong force of wind growing stronger as it reached Buu. "Gah! Nooooo!" Majin Buu cried out as he was pulled along with his beam and toward Kirby's mouth. Next thing he knew, the screen turned black as he was swallowed by Kirby.
The group stared shocked at the sudden and unexpected turn of events.
"H-He a-ate him, too?" Iida stuttered as he watched, wide-eyed and in disbelief.
"I-Is that over?" Ochaco asked, hopefully. "Did Kirby win?"
"I don't think so," Izuku answered, having a bad feeling about this. "Not yet, at least."
Buu suddenly found himself floating inside a dimension full of space, stars, and all manner of food and treats.
"He's in Kirby's stomach pocket dimension," Nejire gasped. "...Which is a sentence that I never thought I would say! Isn't life funny like that?!"
"Believe me, Nejire, there's lots in my life I never thought possible happening," Izuku sighed, tiredly.
Nejire smiled at him, though that smile faltered as she and the girls saw much of what Izuku had experienced, at least during his time in U.A. And the rest from before U.A...she was starting to form a bad picture of what kind of Hell her love had to deal with.
"N-NO!" Majin Buu angrily smacked away a piece of cake inside Kirby's stomach dimension. His race burned red and pink steam escaped and spread all along the pocket dimension.
Eventually, out of that pink smoke, Kid Buu appeared, separated from himself.
Izuku's eyes widened. "Oh no..."
"Ah, ah, aah," Kid Buu laughed at himself being freed, warping toward his doppelganger and grabbing him. In a roar, Kid Buu destroyed his Fat version in a burst of fire and smoke.
"D-Did he just blow himself up?" Thirteen questioned, scratching at the dome of her suit.
"I suppose the way he forms his other forms or at least his original form is somewhat similar to my Quirk," Ectoplasm figured. "Though, that has never happened with my clones."
"Thank God for you," Snipe chuckled.
"Though what is he even going to do now?" Mount Lady asked. "He's still literally stuck in his Kirby's stomach."
As his doppelganger was destroyed, Kid Buu roared and laughed angrily, pounding on his chest, like an animal. The scene transitioned to the skies above Dreamland, where Kid Buu's roar was suddenly heard. Finally, a tear began to open up in space and from it, Kid Buu emerged, laughing at his escape.
"What in what just happened?!" Mina exclaimed, confused and shocked.
"One of the abilities that Wizard revealed during Buu's analysis," Nezu answered. "He stated that Kid Buu can tear apart holes in the fabric of reality with his rage and scream alone. He must have done this to tear open a hole to which to escape Kirby's stomach."
"Wait, would that mean that anything that Kirby eats could fall out from that hole too?" David Shield scratched his head at the quantum physics of this.
Kirby began to panic as Kid Buu teleported from behind and slammed into him. The true form of Buu began pummeling Dreamland's Hero with multiple strikes before a powerful kick sent Kirby flying. Warping to where Kirby would fly toward, Kid Buu slammed Kirby onto the ground with an elbow drop.
"He's gotten much faster now that he ascended to his true form," Hound Dog growled. "And more ruthless."
"Now that's what I'm talking about," Miruko repeated Kamakiri's words, now satisfied her fighter was in her element.
Kid Buu teleported into the sky, his form in a lazy slump as he raised his hand and summoned a large Shocking Ball attack. "Ha Ha Ha!" Buu laughed maniacally, firing the Shocking Ball attack at Kirby.
The Warp Star appeared out of nowhere and picked up Kirby just when the Shocking Ball attack struck the ground. Kirby recovered the Warp Star, spotting a Knuckle Joe running nearby. Kirby swallowed him and transformed into Fighter Kirby, bumping his fists together.
"Manly!" Kirishima cried out.
Miruko grinned. Even though she was rooting for Buu to win, she couldn't help but feel excited to see how Fighter Kirby would turn out, and see how well it could match up if she fought the real Kirby.
"HAHAHAHAHA!" Kid Buu laughed tauntingly in presumed victory. His stretchy body was shaking and stretching inhumanly in a weird dance.
"That's...creative?" Mina sweatdropped, unsure of whether to compliment or be grossed out by Buu's unique dance moves.
"I forbid you from ever trying that," Mandalay assumed a bossy tone and told Tiger.
"As you say, captain," Tiger sighed and did a mock salute
While he was busy dancing and laughing, Fighter Kirby appeared and gave a surprise kick to Buu's face.
"Just like the analysis said, once in this form, Kid Buu suffers from a debilitating cockiness," Endeavor said. "While it may not bode well for him here, it would be a boon to us should this creature, or something similar to it, find itself on our doorstep."
"Gods help us if one does," Edgeshot prayed.
Fighter Kirby continued his surprise assault by grabbing Kid and slamming him onto the ground. "Gohoken!" Kirby launched a ball of energy similar to a certain martial artist's signature attack. Kid Buu dodged the fireball by stretching his body like a tarp and blowing into the air above. Kid Buu teleported to behind Kirby but the martial arts puffball parried the punch and blocked the subsequent rapid-fire strike from Buu. "Gohoken." Kirby fired another fireball to pause Buu's attacks. "SHORYUREPPA!"
"H-He's fighting like Ryu," Itsuka gasped.
"Wow, no wonder you're one of his counterparts, Midori," Mina teasingly pinches Izuku's cheeks. "You know other than being the most adorable powerful of us."
"M-Mina, don't sell yourselves so short," Izuku lightly swatted her pinching fingers and rubbed his cheek. "You and the others are plenty powerful as well. Your acid in the right viscosity can be incredibly deadly but you use it, your flexibility, and your dance moves to be a powerful and unpredictable opponent. Then there's Ochaco who can launch a meteor storm of debris of enemies and her martial arts skills from Gunhead make her a terror up close. Amajiki's Manifest is also incredibly versatile with how many animal combinations he can use and-*mutter**mutter*"
Izuku quickly devolved into a muttering storm as he continued to list all of his fellow Kirby counterparts' skills and strengths, even Eri's. While Mina sweatdropped at causing this with her comment, she did smile lovingly at how serious and truthful Izuku was in complimenting and praising them more than himself, something all the more amazing and speaking of his humbleness when witnessing his feats in that video. It made her love the green cinnamon roll even more.
Ochaco and Amajiki likewise appreciated Izuku's praise for them. Amajiki saw it similar to how Mirio did, with compliments and praises that were pure and honest, as blindingly bright as the very sun, a light he wished to shine as brightly, if not brighter. He chuckled at how similar Midoriya and Mirio were and would never mind referring to either as his brothers in all but blood. Ochaco's blush grew at Izuku's praises of her, sighing wistfully at one day being able to just as wonderful as he was, as kind, and as heroic. Eri was in awe of her Papa's analysis, even of her Quirk, a Quirk she often thought a curse, thanks to Overhaul, but it was her Papa that made her see her curse as a blessing, a blessing that aided him in defeating and saving her from Overhaul and inspires her to master her Quirk to help others, like her Uncle Mirio.
"*Sigh* As cute as he often is like this-" Mina grabbed Izuku by the face and planted her lips on his cheek, freezing the green-haired teen in place. Mina stepped back and ended the kiss on his cheek, turning and staring at Izuku's wide eyes. "There. That get you to shut up?" Izuku nodded dumbly. "Good. Next time, we can maybe use that blabbermouth of yours for more active uses~." Izuku's blush finally registered and went supernova at the implication of one of his crushes.
Meanwhile, Mineta was currently seething in jealousy. 'No fair. No fair. No Fair!' Not only Hado-senpai, Uraraka, Shield, and even Yaoyorozu, but also the pink bombshell Mina?!' Mineta exclaimed mentally as he saw that kiss as Way too familiar and romantic than a friendly peck on the cheek. What sucks the most was that past Yaoyorozu as his most sought-after prize, and acknowledged that Hado and Shield were too far out of his league, that Mina was his first backup, followed by Tsu, then Uraraka, and so on. But now that bastard of a harem protagonist was able to snatch up the 2nd hottest chick in their class too, and who knows who else.
'That's it! I now feel obligated to spy on their personal training session! Just so Midoriya doesn't do anything untoward to the girls.' Mineta really meant something he would have done and Midoriya would have had better luck in doing it.
Kaminari noticed that look of manic jealousy in his closest thing to a best friend and sighed. 'Okay, maybe I definitely need to talk to the guys about this,' Kaminari sighed.
Buu recovered quickly and began teleporting all over the place, Kirby's Fighter abilities helping to expertly block and dodge all of Buu's attacks.
"Damn, he's blocking all of them!" Sato exclaimed. "They're in a standstill!"
"Not so fast, rookie. It's no standstill," Miruko responded, eyes narrowing as she caught Buu's and Kirby's speed. "Buu is speeding up with every attack, and Kirby's barely keeping up. It won't be long until-"
Finally, Buu teleported behind Kirby and struck a successful punch at the puffball, a puff of stars followed by his ability's disappearance. "Aaahhh!" Kirby yelped as he was sent flying into a tree, breaking it.
"Just one hit can make a big difference between victory and defeat," All Might said.
Izuku nodded at his mentor's words. It was that very lesson that he applied when he defeated Muscular, despite his injuries. All it took was one overpowered Smash to power through Muscular's fiber muscles and plant the Villain into the cliff.
Kid Buu unexpectedly fired multiple Ki fireballs behind him. The fireballs sailed through the air until they struck their target: the Warp Star. Buu warped toward the now broken Warp Star and smacked it to Kirby, mockingly.
"That was mean!" Eri pouted, angrily.
"Yet calculated," Iida acknowledged. "Buu must have realized that the Warp Star was the means that which Kirby could keep up and outpace him, so he destroyed it to make Kirby less maneuverable."
"That or he just destroyed it because he knew it would make Kirby sad," Hagakure added, noting how Buu destroyed and smacked it away like a bully breaking a kid's favorite toy.
Kirby recovered and took note of his destroyed War Star. This only lasted a second as he inhaled the Warp Star, shocking Buu. Suddenly, the Star Rod sprouted out and onto Kirby's hand(paw?).
"The Star Rod. Kirby's ultimate weapon," Izuku noted.
"Still ridiculous that his most powerful weapon is a magic wand with a star on it," Bakugou muttered about the stupidity and childish weapon.
"A magic wand that he blew up half of the moon with," Todoroki muttered.
"ZIP IT, SCARFACE!" Bakugou barked.
With his new weapon, Kirby fired 3 magical stars at Buu. The Majin of Destruction countered with his own Ki fireballs and teleported at the same time. The respective attacks canceled each other out in an explosion of sparkles. But as Kirby waited, Buu appeared from behind and kicked the wand out of Kirby's hand.
"Impressive," Edgeshot muttered. "He used his fireballs as both a means to counter Kirby's attacks but also a cover to approach and surprise attack Kirby."
"He also targeted Kirby's wand to try and rid Kirby of a potentially dangerous weapon," Ryukyu added.
Kirby quickly jumped up and retrieved the wand, firing another star at Buu, which the fighter warped away. But as he did and Kirby landed, the Hero of Dreamland reared the wand back and charged up energy into the weapon. Predicting where his opponent would go, Kirby fired a concentrated golden beam of energy. As Buu reappeared, the beam struck. "GGAAAAHHH!" Buu cried out in pain as the beam tore at his body into pieces, his upper half and one leg the most concrete parts of his gooey flesh.
"YES! He knew where he was going to be struck!" Pony cheered.
"Kirby must have been predicting and analyzing where Buu would warp to after so many times, saving that knowledge for a killing blow," Momo analyzed.
"Quite the smart plan for a baby," Kyoka pointed out. "Guess Boomstick was kind of wrong for saying he's too dumb for that."
"Hey, don't think this is over yet, my girls," Setsuna grinned.
As Buu's head was focused on, his eye stopped open. "Hah!" Kid Buu grinned. Quickly, Buu's parts began to gather and regenerate, and the Majin of Destruction was whole once again.
"Like I said, Regeneration for the win," Setsuna grinned, more victoriously.
Buu fired another blast of energy, the fireball landed and destroyed the Star Rod from Kirby's hand. Kirby looked at where his destroyed wand was with tearful eyes. The infant Hero flopped to the ground hopeless and crying.
"Awww," Hagakure cooed sadly. "He's crying."
"Man the Hell up, Shitty Deku! No wonder he's your counter-" Bakugou stopped himself. He would have continued further, but there was an unexpected sight that he found when looking over at Midoriya: Nejire Hado.
Normally, Bakugou wouldn't have cared about any of the girls, or the rest of his classmates, glaring at him but there was something different about Hado's glare. It was unnerving. So much hate and anger were in those eyes, quite alien to the normally cheery upperclassman, and all of it was directed at him with a fury of a thousand suns. If looks could kill, Bakugou would have been an even messier splatter of pieces like Kid Buu was, but without any regeneration.
'W-What's her deal?' Bakugou thought, a bead of sweat falling down from his brow. He had no idea, nor why such a glare seemed to strike at his very soul more than any he ever had.
While Kirby moped on the ground, Buu raised his hand above his head and out formed a large ball of pink energy, that kept on growing and growing. As it did, its energy was felt throughout the planet, lightning thundering in the background.
"His Planet Burst attack," Nezu recognized it. "He means to destroy the entire planet and Kirby along with it."
"Come on, Kirby!" Eri cheered for her now favorite character, raising his plushie in solidarity. "Get up and keep fighting! Go Plus Ultra!"
Izuku smiled at Eri, proud of her for that.
"DEYAH!" Kid Buu roared as he launched the Planet Burst at Kirby.
"It would appear this match is over," Endeavor closed his eyes.
"I wouldn't be sure about that," Nezu grinned. "Just look."
As Kirby got up, still crying over the loss of his Star Rod, the scene shifted back to his stomach dimension, specifically to the Miracle Fruit.
"W-What is that?" Itsuka asked, wearily.
"The Miracle Fruit!" Izuku gasped
The fruit activated and everything turned white. "DEEE!" Kirby's voice shouted in the white light. The light faded and in its place, Kirby was now glowing in rainbow light: Hypernova Kirby.
"HYPERNOVA KIRBY!" Mina and Hagakure exclaimed in cheers.
"YAY! PLUS ULTRA!" Eri cheered again, earning her tickles and laughs from her Papa.
Setsuna paled. "I got a bad feeling about this."
As the Planet Burst reached Kirby, the rainbow-glowing puffball opened his mouth wide and inhaled the Planet Burst in a single gulp.
"WHAT?!" Many of the Majin Buu voters exclaimed in shock.
Just as easily as he swallowed it, Kirby spat out the Planet Burst, right back at the shocked Buu. The attacks collided and continued, sending the helpless and groaning Majin through the sky and out of the planet's atmosphere. Eventually, Kid Buu was dragged by the Planet Burst into the sun where it and the Majin of Destruction met their end.
When the sun turned around, it shows Kirby's face. Loud drumming sounded as the screen zoomed ominously closer to Kirby till all that was left on the screen was pink and Kirby's face.
"HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" Kirby smiled cheerfully.
KO!
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"HHHHUUUUUUHHHHHH?!" The Majin Buu voters were the first to snap from their collective shock and roared in a mixture of shock and outrage.
This in turn snapped the Kirby voters from their shock, too. "YYYYYEEEEESSSSS!" They cheered in victory.
"WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK WAS THAT?!" Bakugou roared in outrage, shaking off the shock and unease of Hado's glare.
"Kirby inhaled Buu's attack and blasted it and him into the sun," Todoroki answered seriously.
"I KNOW WHAT I SAW, ICY HOT!" Bakugou exploded on him. "WHAT I MEANT WAS WHY?!"
"Then you should have asked that," Shoto coldly replied.
"At ease, Young Bakugou, I'm sure the two will explain what happened," All Might warned Bakugou, which finally managed to plant Bakugou back in his seat.
Kirby inhaled the last remaining part of Buu, his boo, and transformed into a new form: Buu Kirby, with this new form adding Buu's tentacle-antenna-thingy and used it to fire the Chocolate Beam and turn two poor Waddle Dees into screaming, horrified cookies that Kirby salivated at.
"Whelp, I think they doomed the rest of those people," Mount Lady scratched at her cheek, nervously. The rest of the group was now even more nervous at the thought of meeting Kirby if he could turn them into candy for his hunger and pleasure.
"No way, did that seriously just happen?" Bakugou groaned in disbelief.
"That's What I'm Saying!" Bakugou roared, though his explosions didn't come out under Monoma's ordered Eraser stare.
"Yep. Oddly enough, Kirby's strength, speed, and durability matched and surpassed Buu's," Wiz confirmed. "Yes, Buu has more destructive capability, but Kirby's inhale and copy ability let him absorb and rebound anything that could have killed him."
"Such as the Chocolate Beam and the Planet Burst attack," Momo figured.
"And Kirby's no slouch when it comes to power," Boomstick noted. "He tanked a planet-sized explosion without a scratch when the same kind of blast turns Buu into mush."
"Oh, yeah, I forgot about that!" Mina gasped, slamming her fist into her palm. "That's big brain!"
Kyoka facepalmed. 'I don't just have to deal with one idiot, or two, but several,' Kyoka internally groaned. 'And one or two of them are going to possibly be my sisters if things go right with Midoriya.'
"And remember the frying pan thing?" Boomstick reminded the audience.
"Popstar is approximately the same size as the planet Shiver Star, which is actually a post-apocalyptic Earth," Wiz revealed, showing the planet as truly the Earth but grey and lifeless.
The group didn't exactly like that fact. "Wait, does this mean that Kirby and all this takes place in the future?!" Kaminari exclaimed.
"I highly doubt there are planets shaped like an actual star out there, kid," Power Loader eased Kaminari's worries.
"This means Popstar's gravity and escape velocity must be similar to that of Earth's," Wiz began to explain the math. "Throwing the giant acid monster, Popon, up to the sun means Kirby threw at least 3.5 tons over 25,000 miles per hour, and that's not even counting the giant frying pan or the return trip."
"So, anything Kirby would have launched at Buu, including the Planet Burst attack, would be able to escape Popstar's gravity and head to the sun as quickly," Itsuka realized and sighed, disappointed at her fighter's loss.
"And Kirby's Warp Star moves faster than light, a speed that Buu has never had to combat before," Boomstick pointed out.
"Combined with their even enough speeds when Buu was Fat Buu, then Kirby could have outlasted his opponent easier," Ryukyu said, smirking as she saw Miruko grumpily pouting at Buu's defeat.
"But Buu has that teleportation ability!" Bakugou whined. "He should have been able to teleport away from his own attack!"
"'BUT BOOMSTICK, Buu could've teleported away from the planet burst ball, right?'" Boomstick mimicked a whiny butthurt fan.
"Ouch, way to be called out, King Explosion Murder," Mineta mocked Bakugou...only to yelp and use Kaminari for cover when Bakugou looked ready to live up to that name.
"Well, his Instantaneous Movement has limits in extreme situations, such as when he didn't use it when a similar giant ball of murder was KILLING him at the end of Dragon Ball Z," Wiz explained, showing Buu being vaporized into dust by the Spirit Bomb.
"That aligns with what they said about the ability with Goku," Izuku flipped to his notes on Goku. "Back then, they said that his Instant Transmission can only be used if the user can concentrate effectively. Goku couldn't do it under extreme situations, and I guess the same applies to Buu."
"Aha! Consistency!" Mirio proclaimed, victoriously.
"Buu just couldn't stomach this fight," Boomstick punned.
"Just as much as I can't stomach any more of these awful puns," Nejire groaned.
"The winner is Kirby," Wiz declared
Claps of victory and resigning defeat were heard, while Bakugou and Miruko continued to pout.
"YAY! WE WON! WE WON! WE WON!" Eri jumped for joy with Plushie Kirby raised high. Clicking the button again till she found the right response, Eri and Kirby once more danced in victory.
"...You know what enough pouting like a sore loser, that puffball can kick ass!" Miruko proclaimed, suddenly feeling better.
"...Fine, whatever," Bakugou muttered, unable to stay mad after that.
"Hey, whoever won, I think we all learned one important lesson: Pink Reigns Supreme!" Mina posed, a victory sign with her fingers over one of her eyes, the other winking, a hand on her hip, and her tongue sticking out.
"I am on the Brink of having an aneurysm," Jiro rubbed her forehead.
"HAHA! Good one!" Mirio laughed.
"Next Time On Death Battle!" Boomstick announced for the next fight.
Rocking music played as a man with spiky white hair in a red trench coat was shown before the title of the game 'BlazBlue' was shown. The white-haired man clashed and fought magically charged fists, two katanas, and a giant cleaver of a sword.
Another title popped in, this one saying 'Guilty Gear', had a man also in red and spiky hair, though this one instead having brown hair, and he also seemed to have an overtly-sized sword. Finally, both sword fighters were shown facing against each other.
Ragna vs Sol Badguy
"Huh, it's another swordsman fight," Shoda noticed.
"YES!" Kamakiri roared. "And they have giant ass swords like that Cloud guy!"
"Sol Badguy," Setsuna repeated the name, chuckling. "Huh, funny. I wonder if he is a Bad Guy?"
"Oh Lord, bear me strength," Ibara sighed.
With a nod from Nezu, Mei clicked the play button for the next video.
Notes:
AAAAAANNNNNDDDD SCENE! Yep, managed to get this out before my B-Day!
Anyway, for those who want a summary of my rant from the beginning, I didn't like the ending of MHA, would have done differently, would give Izuku All For One, make it his own Quirk and disprove Quirk Singularity Doomsday theory, show Quirks used for bad can be good, restart and break the cycle of AFO and OFA, Deku continues to be a Hero, doesn't get ghosted by his friends for 8 years, and doesn't get relegated to a white-collar, pencil-pushing desk job. That's my take, if you want a more concrete discussion on how I would have done things differently, let us have it in a civilized manner in the comments.
But moving on, let's talk about the counterparts. First off with Kirby, you guys can tell that I had a hard time deciding what to do with the pink puffball, but since it is Kirby, I decided to go 'Fuck it' and go wild with this one. So, yes, Kirby has 5 counterparts, all with 20% probability so that neither one of the five seemed more likely than the other, emblematic of my difficulty in choosing a counterpart.
Firstly, Eri and Kirby are both cute, tiny, and adorable little munchkins that like fruits and possess terrifying, world-shaping powers hidden inside their innocent-looking forms. For Ochaco, she and Kirby have similar round, rosy cheeks, an association with the color pink, Kirby can float and fly while Ochaco can float with Zero Gravity, you all know the memes, and while Kirby's gluttony is often excused because he's an infant, Ochaco's greed is pardoned by her using that desire for money for the sake of her parents. Next is Mina, with her and Kirby being pink, fun-loving, have superb dancing skills and agility, and both Kirby and Mina have a knack for making friends with prior enemies, like how Mina turned a bully situation into a dance party. Tamaki's Manifest Quirk is similar to Kirby's Inhale and Copy Ability, both are extremely powerful despite their first-glance appearances, it is an ironic shift to have the most bubbly, happy, and cheerful creature be counterparts with easily spooked and nervous Tamaki. And finally, with Midoriya, Kirby and he have a range of different, somewhat similar abilities, like Kirby's Floating and Umbrella Kirby to Float, Kirby's unnatural strength and durability to One For All's Stockpiling power, Kirby's ability to infuse more energy into his abilities for moves like the Ultra Sword being similar to Fa Jin, and Kirby's speed, especially with the Warp Star on par with the physics-breaking speed of Gear Shift. Then Kirby and Izuku also have the same knack for making allies with former enemies, like Lady Nagant and Gentle Criminal in the Final War Arc, both are precious, round, cinnamon rolls that can obliterate anyone in their path, and Kirby's stomach dimension is similar to One For All's Vestige World.
Then there is Majin Buu and his counterparts. To make things simpler, Fat Buu and the Grand Supreme Kai are one and the same since Fat Buu was made by consuming the Kai, and the god is still alive and active within the form, so they both would have the same counterpart in Fat Gum. Grand Supreme Kai and Fat Buu love to eat like Fat Gum, Buu can absorb and take hits like Fat's Fat Absorption Quirk, and this form is more friendly and cheerful, and can even be heroic like Fat Gum. Then there is Kid Buu, the true form of Majin Buu whose counterpart in Shigaraki is the best option. Both are people who are full of rage and only desire total and absolute destruction, their desire for that destruction is often viewed as childish and immature but both still display shockingly frightful analysis and adaptation, Buu consuming and copying abilities from others is like a grosser version of AFO Shigaraki, both have regeneration and multiple conflicting personalities that struggle for control, like Shigaraki being possessed by the Vestige of AFO or the scared child that is Tenko Shimura deep inside him.
And with that all said and done, I hope you guys liked this chapter and met your expectations, comment your thoughts and counterpart predictions in the comments, check my other stories here and on FFN if you haven't already, and do be civil when discussing in the comments, especially the MHA ending. Also, go over and support Death Battle on Twitter, or X whatever you prefer to say, and help raise support so that Death Battle can keep going.
This has been Zayden StormVoid, and like our favorite annoying God's Perfect Idiot would say: BYE BYE BYE!
Chapter 43: Ragna vs Sol Badguy
Summary:
The group watches a reworked battle of edgy mercenaries with larger-than-average weapons and a thing for belts...
Notes:
RISE UP, OPEN YOUR MIND! HOLD ON TO YOUR POWERS! NO ONE CAN STOP US! WE ARE RIVALS TILL THE END OF TIME!
Sorry, guys, I have this song, and the game it's for stuck in my head. Fun Fact: The singer for this song, Rivals till the End, was sung by Chrissy Constanza, the voice of Kyoka Jiro and the one who sang 'Hero Too', which is just awesome!
Now, apologies for the long wait, I was busy with the other stories and doing some work on my MHA/Ben 10 crossover story that I'm still working on the side and haven't decided whether to release or not.
Also, you could say that I was dreading making this chapter given the Death Battle it is covering. I'm not exactly well-versed in the lore of BlazBlue or Guilty Gear, and I have learned about the disdain over this Death Battle and the disservice done for this fight on the BlazBlue side of things. I was fairly worried and contemplated how I would handle this fight. So, in the end, I reworked some of the BlazBlue analysis and even a little of the fight between Ragna and Sol to be more memorable and respectful to both fighters, especially after doing the bare minimum of some research into both characters. Now, I won't be doing a lot of diving into the black hole that is the convoluted storylines and lore of both series, as I am still too unfamiliar with both. Still, I will try to address and fix the most glaring issues around this Death Battle. I hope you enjoy and appreciate this early Christmas present, especially to all you BlazBlue and Guilty Gear fans.
Anyway, last time, we had the destructive brawl between Kirby and Majin Buu, with Mina going nuts over the two pink aliens and Eri squealing over her new Kirby plush. We also had the worries and suspicions of the group over Shigaraki, with even Miruko finally realizing the similar last names of Tenko and Nana, All Might worrying about his master's grandson and All For One's plans and past actions, and even Izuku contemplating what he would do with Shigaraki. Izuku knows the existence of the Sisterhood and what they watched, but what did Setsuna ask Izuku to think about? Jiro also informed All Might and Nezu about the video they watched last night, but what will the two do about it?
Some of these questions and more are to be answered here or later, but for now, let us get into this revamped version of Ragna vs Sol. And before that, the Index:
"Zayden," -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden,' -Mental or Internal Dialogue
"Zayden," -Wiz Dialogue
"Zayden," -Boomstick, Buff Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden," -Device, Combatant, and Fight Dialogue
Finally, I do not own My Hero Academia, the property of Horikoshi and adapted by Bones Studios. I also do not own Death Battle, which belongs to the YouTube channel of the same name and the creatives behind this web series. I especially do not own the franchises mentioned in present, past, or future chapters, including BlazBlue and Guilty Gear.
P.S. My thoughts on the new extended epilogue of My Hero Academia were as I expected, though not hoped. Granted that hope was basically a redo of the entire epilogue where Deku never gave up being a Hero for eight years and found a way to be a Quirkless Hero right off of graduation, using the next 2 years of U.A. to work alongside All Might, Hatsume, David and Melissa Shield, but that was asking too much. What I did like though was that it gave us more about the status of other MHA characters and even the rankings of the new Top 10 (although, really? The Airconditioning Hero? And still going by Shoto? Couldn't you have at least given him an actual codename like Coldflame?)
But what satisfied me most of all was finally making DekuxOchaco canon! I knew this would happen, we all knew this would happen, and despite my fics' having more girls falling for Izuku, these are works of fan fiction and the culmination of my own ideas that I personally believed were either missed opportunities or fun what ifs. I never truly believed that any of these ships would be canon beyond Uraraka, with the only faintest alternatives being Mei or Melissa, nor have I ever argued that they should be to an unhealthy degree. And as for the toxic BakuDeku and OchacoxToga shippers, my best interpretation of my status watching them all whine, cry, cope, and mauled is sitting on a lawn chair atop a high-rise, eating popcorn, drinking soda, and laughing while watching the world beneath me burn. There is nothing wrong with shipping whoever you want, but there is a major issue if you start harassing, attacking, sending unalive threats, and baseless slander onto other people and Horikoshi himself, so as long as they act like the childish poster children for the return of mental asylums, I, too, will laugh and feast to their tears.
Now, enough talk: IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BAAATTTTLLLLEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
Mei clicked the play button, immediately playing the next Death Battle video.
"No anime tough guy trope is complete unless he has outrageous spiky hair, a sword that's clearly compensating for something-" Wiz began, muttering suspiciously over the last part.
"-And belts. Lots and lots of belts," Boomstick jumped in.
"Ooh, those kinds of guys do you look," Mina grinned.
"Oh yeah! Spiky Hair for the win!" Kirishima pumped his fist into the air.
"This feels like similar traits to Cloud Strife," Todoroki pointed out. "Especially the large swords."
Kamakiri grinned, leaning in his seat expectantly as he saw the size of those awesome blades.
"My my, what a stylistic choice," Midnight licked her lips at the multiple belts on these tall, hunky men.
"Midnight, behave," Nezu warned. "Don't make me get the spray bottle."
"How ironic that it's the animal spraying the human with a spray bottle," Pixie Bob giggled.
"Ragna, the Bloodedge from BlazBlue," Wiz introduced the first fighter.
"And Sol Badguy, the Flame of Corruption from Guilty Gear," Boomstick introduced the latter fighter.
"Sol Badguy?" Ectoplasm repeated the name, a comical question mark over his head. "What an odd choice of name."
"Either it is an alias or the guy's mother really set him up for failure," Hawks chuckled.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick," Boomstick introduced both of themselves.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!" Wiz finished the intro.
The first fighter looked like a textbook definition of the word 'edgy'. The fighter stood at a tall height with long black pants that were baggy at the ends, a signature blood-red coat with silver pieces of armor on his elbows, wrists, and sides, and varying belts of different sizes and shapes that many of the group joked that the man looked like the head of a bondage convention on top of looking edgy or badass. His torso was covered by a red coat and a black shirt with a stripe going up the middle to around the collar that Ibara thought looked similar to a priest's attire, minus everything else. The man wielded an overtly large cleaver of a sword, its metal gleaming silver metal with red accents that reminded the group of Cloud Stripe's Buster Sword only skinnier by comparison. The man had windswept, spiky, white hair, a constant frown, and mismatched eyes of red and blue respectively, ones that made Shoto Todoroki blink in surprise and acknowledgment.
Ragna the Bloodedge
"Nearly a century ago, humanity was hunted to near extinction by the fearsome Black Beast," Wiz began, showing ancient drawings of humanity cowering and running from a monstrous, multi-headed, dragon-like beast. "Fortunately, six brave heroes slayed the monster and saved mankind."
Izuku cringed at the sight of the multi-headed dragon in the drawings, triggering his memory of Nine and his Hydra Quirk.
"Huh, those heads kinda look like your Dark Shadow, Tokoyami," Sero pointed out.
Tokoyami nodded, staring intently at how the drawings depicted this Black Beast as a calamitous force. That gaze narrowed at the memory of unintentionally chasing Shoji and Midoriya because he had lost control of Dark Shadow, his Quirk becoming similar to one of this Beast's heads. "Revelry in the Dark," the avian-headed teen muttered.
"The remains of humanity were reorganized under an oppressive government until one man decided to rise up: Ragna the Bloodedge," Wiz introduced the white-haired fighter of the analysis.
Rocking music played while showing clips of Ragna slashing his signature weapon against Litchi with brutal skill and standing in shadow looking before the silhouette of a large, impressive city.
"Yep, anime-brooding bad boy to a 'T'," Setsuna snickered.
"Manly," Kirishima and Tetsutetsu whispered.
"The way this is depicted seems similar to a fighting game," Shoji noticed. "Like Ryu, Scorpion, and the others."
"Good point, Shoji," Izuku said, writing down the possibility of Ragna and his whole world being seen as a video game series in another world.
"Baggy pants, giant sword, brooding personality," Boomstick listed Ragna broadly. "Ragna has 'tragic back-story' written all over him."
"I'd actually go with gruesome," Wiz argued.
BACKSTORY
Height: 6'0.8" / 185 cm
Weight: 172 lbs. / 78 kg
Blood Type: B
Alias: The Grim Reaper
Frequent dine-and-dasher
Bounty: 90,000,000,000 Platinum Dollars
His foul mouth gives the Angry Video Game nerd a run for his money
Has a crippling fear of ghosts
"As a young child, he and his siblings were confined in an experimental facility as lab rats," Wiz revealed Ragna's backstory.
Eri whimpered lightly and tightened her hug on her Papa's leg. Izuku and Mirio noticed and frowned sadly and angrily. The two knew nothing of what Eri's life was before Overhaul and the Hassaikai, but they knew that the girl had suffered terribly for years under Overhaul's knife and cruel experiments.
Todoroki narrowed his eyes, as well. While not as tortuous and grim as Eri, Shoto couldn't help but feel like he and his siblings lived a similar life. They only came to be because of their father's obsession with surpassing All Might, and when he couldn't do it himself, Endeavor turned to his offspring, achieved through a Quirk Marriage with their mother, Rei. Touya was first and was believed by their father to be perfect enough for his goal and then had Fuyumi as a backup. When Touya failed to live up to Endeavor's vision, he had Natsuo, and then when he failed, only then did Shoto Todoroki himself come to be, his father's perfect heir and weapon against All Might.
Shoto may have been on better terms with his father, still only seen as such in the barest terms of the word, but the white-and-red-haired boy still couldn't deny how he and his siblings were treated and viewed by their father: lab rats created for their father's dream and their mother the woman forced to bear them.
"Bummer," Boomstick muttered. "What were they trying to do?"
"Oh, just your typical experiments and looking for a vessel for a cruel and chaotic psychopath," Wiz answered matter-of-factly.
"Come again?" Boomstick did a double take.
"I second that notion. Come again?!" Itsuka exclaimed, greatly concerned.
"The important thing here is they were rescued by a talking cat named Jubei, who also happened to be the most feared warrior on the planet and one of the very six heroes that defeated the Black Beast in the first place," Wiz moved on.
"Ooh! Ninja Kitty!" Ragdoll squealed in delight.
"Badass Ninja Kitty, Tomoko," Pixie Bob corrected her friend.
"And if this Jubei is one of these Heroes that defeated that monster, then it would mean that he is more than a century old," Tiger noted.
"Perhaps whatever kind of feline species he is, they live longer than the average human lifespan, let alone a cat," Mandalay figured.
Eri smiled at Jubei rescuing Ragna and his siblings, thinking it was like when Papa and the other Heroes rescued her from Chisaki.
"However, things took a darker turn when Ragna's frail sister, Saya, grew ill with a terrible fever," Wiz continued, showing Saya's sickly person.
"Oh no," Pony whimpered sadly.
"First getting experimented on by shady scientists, and now this? The guy can't catch a break," Kaminari scoffed.
"Ah, close loved one dying from sudden sickness," Boomstick sighed as he listed another attribute for an edgy bad boy. "What's next? Evil brother that stabs him in the back?"
"More like the front," Wiz answered.
"Wait, what?!" Hagakure, this time, did the double take.
"Ragna took Saya under his wing, but their younger brother, Jin, was irritated that Ragna was not spending more time with him," Wiz explained further. "Being a reasonable guy, he decided the only solution was to murder his brother."
"Seriously?!" Ochaco's eyes blinked, shocked. "How could he?!"
Endeavor's fists clenched tightly while memory took him back to the past. He remembered when Touya looked at baby Shoto with jealousy and anger, believing that he cared more for one brother than the other, and tried to attack him, even though he was in Rei's arms. After that, Endeavor forbade Shoto to come any close to Touya, always aware that Touya stared at the both of them with that same jealousy and anger, only festering further. Yet, the man did not know what else to do to ensure both of their safety back then.
"Oh yeah! That makes a ton of sense!" Boomstick exclaimed. "I'm lonely, so, I'll kill one of the only people I care about. Great plan."
Toshinori frowned as he imagined how similar this must have been with All For One and his younger brother, the First Wielder of One For All. Little did the former Symbol of Peace know, he hit a bullseye. Izuku's eyes flinched, looking down at particularly nothing but the memory of his dream of One For All before the Joint Training Exercise with Class B. The 9th Wielder of the Quirk saw how One For All began, how All For One had locked his little brother in a cell, proclaimed some words about doing this for the brother's good, and then 'gifting' him the Stockpiling Quirk that would come to fuse with the brother's Quirk. Izuku felt sadness and grief and knew it came from the First Wielder himself, and Izuku could almost feel the sensation of being ripped apart.
"But really, a maniacal hipster villain named Yuki Terumi showed up and convinced Jin to impale Ragna through the chest, and then cut off his arm for good measure," Boomstick jumped in, showing Jin impaling and slashing off his brother's arm under the orders of the grinning psychopath.
"The thing about manipulating someone is that you would only be able to do something this extreme unless deep down you wanted to do it," Shinsou said. "Regardless of whatever tricks or honeyed words that came out of that silver tongue, unless you are forced to do it, that boy wanted to kill his brother, deep down."
Aoyama did his best to hide his shame and pain, but he couldn't stop his constant smile from falling into a frown.
'Is that how you died? From your own brother?' Izuku asked the First User, hoping for a response. Izuku got nothing.
"Terumi did this by convincing Jin that he was destined to be the Hero to slay the Black Beast once again" Wiz explained, again. "And the one that would be the Black Beast reborn-"
"-Was dear old big bro who wanted to spend more time tending to their sickly sister than play with your annoying, whinny ass," Boomstick finished Wiz's sentence. "Sounds reasonable."
"The enticing allure of greatness beyond his meager life, the draw of meaningful purpose to the struggles of his past pain, and the feelings of jealousy and resentment," Edgeshot listed. "With a final touch of making his resentment feel justified by painting the 'guilty' party as an 'other', a wrong, and a monster."
Hawks frowned as he thought about the forces of the now Paranormal Liberation Front. The winged Hero wondered how many ended up drawn to his army by one of those reasons, whether it be feeling like it gave them purpose or Re-Destro and his acolytes painting Hero Society as the 'others' and enemies to throw all their pent-up resentment and pain onto. He wondered if that held true for the League themselves as he knew how devoted Twice was to support those he saw as his friends, even if they were Villains.
Bakugou cringed as his mind took him back to his childhood with Deku. The green-haired kid was always around and hanging onto Bakugou as far as the ash-blonde teen could remember, they played with the same All Might toys, fanned over their shared idol, and both desired to be Heroes. But then somewhere along those lines, they grew apart, and all of it was his fault. He let those words of praise from the teachers and classmates butter him up like a Thanksgiving turkey, filled his head with promises of being a great Hero, and supported his every action as the right action, no matter how cruel it was toward Deku.
Bakugou couldn't even blame them for how he bullied Deku for all those years; believe him, he tried and the best he could stomach as true was those lackeys never said or did anything to the contrary. He started picking on Deku for not being as great as he was on practically anything, he was the one whose pride couldn't stomach the idea of little Deku trying to help him up from the creek, thinking he was looking down on him, and he was the one that landed the first blow, the first explosion on De-Izuku's body and the rest just followed and ate his words up that what he was doing was right too.
"Granted an order-loving sword was also influencing him, but yeah, reasonable," Wiz said, sarcastically.
"That still feels like a piss poor excuse for wanting to stab your own kin," Miruko huffed, incensed.
"The boy was still a kid, an easy target to manipulate and corrupt," Ryukyu pointed out. "I'm not saying he's not in the wrong, but it is clear that he was led astray."
Toshinori's frown deepened at Ryukyu's words. Gran Torino's advice regarding Shigaraki rang like hers about Shigaraki still being a Villain. However, Dragoon Hero's words about Shimura's grandson led astray still poked at his mind as reason enough to try and reach out to the decaying Villain. But then he saw the insane devotion that Shigaraki had toward his hatred of him, his desire to tear this world down because he wanted to, and his loyalty to All For One. All Might still struggled with a simple question. It wasn't whether Shigaraki wished to be saved, and Hero's true grit and job was to help where they didn't belong, but whether he even could be saved.
"Moving on for sanity's sake, Ragna would've been done for until an omniscient, time-traveling, pig-tailed vampire descended from the heavens, snapped her fingers, magicked him a new arm, and left," Boomstick summarized, showing said pig-tailed vampire appearing and creating Ragna a new arm. At the same time, his right eye changed color to red.
"What in the fu-" Kamakiri almost cursed.
"No, no. Don't think. Just accept," Boomstick unintentionally interrupted the blade-producing 1-B student.
Despite Boomstick's words, Shoto still paused over Ragna's transformation and the change in his eye color. At first, Todoroki assumed the changed color was the left one, but to see the opposite felt like his world was flipped upside down. For so long, he had glimpsed his left side as a curse, from the same Quirk as his father to the looks his mother thought looked unbearable. Seeing Ragna go through something similar with his right side made Todoroki's theorist mind wonder what would have been if it was his right side that he detested if it was his mother he held resentment towards for burning him rather than his father.
AZURE GRIMOIRE
Gives Ragna virtually unmatched control over Seithr
Absorbs the soul of its target
Augmented by the Idea Engine
-Acquired from the dying ^-No.11
-Adds the ability to create a force field
-Can activate Blood Kain without losing his life force
Turned Ragna's right eye red when it bonded with him
Doubles Ragna's attack power
"Surprisingly still conscious and apparently an expert on things that never happened before, Ragna instantly recognized his new appendage as an Azure Grimoire, a piece of the Black Beast which Ragna can use to manipulate Seithr," Wiz continued with Ragna's new arm and the red eye-like orb on the back of the hand.
"Huh, would you look at that," Fat Gum muttered. "He was left for dead by his brother because that guy said he was going to be the Black Beast, and now he has a part of it as his right arm. Imagine that."
"A tragic and ironic fate, one that was sought to be avoided but ended up coming to pass in another way," Cementoss said.
"Seithr is a radioactive energy left behind by the Black Beast all over the world," Wiz explained.
"Like magic!" Boomstick simplified.
"Well kind of," Wiz admitted. "It is translated to 'Magic Element', and they are treated like two different things, but they are pretty much the same."
"Like a distinction without a difference?" Shoda guessed.
"Possibly," Jurota shrugged. "Perhaps Seithr gives access to a different branch of abilities and powers that regular magic wouldn't."
"I like the eye on the back of Ragna's hand," Kuroiro pointed, wondering if he could sink into the black arm or be unable to because of its magic or something. "Revelry in the Dark."
"Revelry in the Dark," Tokoyami and Reiko joined in.
"Okay, you adorable little goths, let's just get back to the analysis, please?" Setsuna snickered.
"Ooo...kay!" Boomstick shrugged off. "Well after missing out on the maiming and resurrection of Ragna, Jubei the cat ninja returned and decided to teach him the ways of combat."
"Where the hell was he during all that?" Kamakiri raised an eyebrow. "Tearing apart someone's furniture?"
"They did say he was one of the Heroes who slayed the Black Beast, so perhaps he was out doing other kinds of Hero work, or their equivalent in this world when Terumi showed up," Honenuki guessed.
MOVE SET
Hell's Fang
-Dashes in with a Seithr-enhanced punch
Inferno Divider
-A rising leap slash using his sword
Gauntlet Hades
-Downward strike powered by Seithr
Dead Spike
-Summons the jaws of the Black Beast
Blood Kain
-Boosts speed, power, and soul-draining ability
"Through his training, Ragna's control over Seithr became practically unmatched," Wiz began listing Ragna's abilities. "He can form various parts of the Black Beast in combat, transform his own arm into razor-sharp claws, or drain the soul of his foe through his strikes."
"Looks very similar to your Quirk, huh, Tokoyami?" Asui asked, curiously.
"Indeed," Tokoyami nodded. He even got flashes of Deja vu when he saw Ragna using the first two moves as if he was launching out Dark Shadow or lashing out Dark Shadow's claws himself. "Though the ability to drain a foe's soul through contact is something Dark Shadow cannot do."
"That kind of power sounds like a unique hybrid between Rogue's draining touch and Shang Tsung's or Shao Kahn's ability to suck the souls from others," Izuku looked through his notes.
"But if he needs more power, more defense, and more... soul-sucking, he can crank these up to 11 with his Blood Kain form," Boomstick added, pausing slightly at the 'soul-sucking' part.
"And the power to enhance his attributes and abilities for a short period appears similar to Ryu or Akuma whenever he uses the Satsui No Hado or the former using the Power of Nothingness," Momo added.
"Or that M Bison guy," Jiro pointed out.
"Upon completing his training, Jubei bestowed upon him a red cloak and a deadly blade called The Aramasa, more commonly known as the Blood-Scythe," Wiz revealed Ragna's signature blade.
"Finally," Kamakiri grinned, excited to finally get into the fighter's badass blade.
Iida and Ochaco were rather uncomfortable with the aesthetic and naming around the Blood Scythe, drawing their respective discomfort from their personal traumas. When Iida saw the blood-red aesthetic of Ragna's coat and blade, he couldn't help but remember Stain, the Hero Killer, and his Blood Curdle Quirk. In contrast, Ochaco saw Toga and her fixation on blood from the red coloring and naming convention.
"This baby can extend for stabbing strikes and like the Azure Grimoire, slowly drains the souls of its victims upon contact," Boomstick jumped in.
"So, not only can he drain his enemy's soul through strikes and abilities with his right arm, but also through the use of his weapon for longer range," Monoma nodded, wishing that he could likewise possess a long-reaching weapon, a staff, or a cane to fit his Phantom Thief aesthetic, that could allow him to copy their Quirk through the weapon's contact.
'Perhaps I should turn to Hatsume or Shield for such a weapon?' Monoma pondered, his gaze lingering on Melissa with greater interest.
Unknowingly to him, a certain green-haired teen had the sudden desire to punt the blonde's ass to the moon.
"Cool and all, but it looks like a big sword," Kosei pointed out. "Why the hell is it called a scythe?"
"And before you point out that it's clearly a sword and not a scythe, it can do this,' Boomstick unintentionally answered Kosei, too.
Ragna used his Astral Heat on Arakune, turning the sword into a Scythe before attacking the poor enemy in a vicious combo. "Astral Finish!" An announcer exclaimed.
"Okay, does Boomstick suddenly have the same fourth-wall-breaking powers as Deadpool, or are we just the predictable?" Sen asked.
"You really want us to answer that question?" Setsuna raised an eyebrow at him with a teasing smirk on her lips.
"...Never mind," Sen muttered.
"Ragna's angsty rage took him on a world tour of single-handed government smashing, earning him the nickname: the Grim Reaper," Boomstick noted.
"So, while the government views him as a Villain, he seems to come off more as an anti-hero or even anti-villain?" Midnight muttered.
"Anti-villain?" Pony asked.
"A person with noble and even heroic traits and goals but uses questionable or evil acts to achieve them," Izuku informed, glancing toward Iida cautiously. "For as cruel as he was, you could say that Stain could be an example of an anti-villain."
Iida frowned yet sighed in reluctance. "Agreed," Iida nodded. "He may have had good intentions for the improvement of our society, but the aims he reached to achieve that, including attacking my brother and other Heroes, made him no different than a Villain.
"And racking up an unprecedented bounty of 90 billion platinum dollars," Wiz added, Taokaka revealing to him the bounty while the man himself deadpanned at the face on the poster. "Just think of it as regular dollars."
"PffftAHAHAHAHA!" Miruko burst out laughing. "What kind of face is that?! Did he take a picture of him while he was constipated or was that just a rough sketch or something?!"
"Don't know but damn that's a lotta cheddar there," Snipe whistled. "Guy probably gets jumped everywhere he goes."
"But despite being the largest bounty of all time, he still freely walks the world on foot and in public with no attempt to disguise himself whatsoever," Wiz mentioned.
"...I stand corrected," Snipe muttered.
"Wait a minute," Izuku blinked, perking up. "Mei, can you rewind when that girl showed the poster to Ragna?"
"Aye aye, Muscles!" Mei saluted and did as instructed, rewinding and pausing just before the poster was shown.
"There! That's Taokaka!" Izuku pointed out. "Toga's counterpart."
Ochaco flinched at the mention of the blood-sucking psychopath.
"Oh yeah, I remember! She's the one who ripped other me in half!" Nejire pouted, waving her arms childishly. "I'm still so bad about that! I want a rematch!"
"I guess this means Taokaka and Ragna exist in the same universe," Asui croaked out.
FEATS
Accelerated Healing ability
Extremely high pain tolerance
-Taken many impale wounds through vital organs
-Sacrificed his left arm showing zero pain
Punched a crater into a wall with his non-Azure Grimoire hand
Defeated the gigantic anti-Black Beast bio-weapon, Take-Mikazuchi
Can defeat Murakumo Units without using his Azure Grimoire
"Probably because nobody wants to piss him off," Boomstick responded. "We're talkin' about a guy who treats getting knocked through solid concrete as an inconvenience, has survived multiple impalings through the chest, took out hundreds of armed officers without breaking a sweat, and obliterated an entire street with a single one-hand sword strike."
"Yep, accelerated healing," Setsuna snapped her fingers and pointed to the attribute. "And you have to have a high pain tolerance to get stabbed like that over and over."
"Jesus," Sato muttered, seeing Ragna obliterate the street.
"Ragna is referred to by some as the most powerful man in the world, but he's also known as a risk-taker with a short temper," Wiz pointed out his weaknesses as Ragna was grabbed and lifted by the throat.
"Which could lead him into a compromising and dangerous situation in his Death Battle," Vlad King noted. "One that could spell his end."
"And despite being trained by the most dangerous kitty-cat in the world, Ragna's obviously nowhere near Jubei's level of skill, who terrifies even the deadliest villains of the series," Boomstick added.
"If that's Terumi, then this leads credence to the possibility that the man struck and influenced Jin to kill his brother when Jubei was away," Endeavor analyzed.
"But after all's said and done, Jubei left Ragna with a dire warning: never think of the Azure Grimoire as your own," Wiz read Jubei's warning to his student.
"Which is kind of bullshit," Boomstick commented. "I mean it's attached to him, so I'm pretty sure he's got dibs."
"Well, he does, but if he loses control over it, it can transform him into the Black Beast itself," Wiz explained, showing Ragna losing control through anger and becoming the Black Beast. "In fact, Ragna was the original Black Beast, sent back in time after falling into a magic cauldron. The two were somehow separated and did battle in the past."
"HUH?!" Multiple members of the group exclaimed.
"Y-You mean that he became that?!" Hagakure exclaimed, gesturing at the multi-headed monster that terrorized the world of BlazBlue. "But how?"
"Ah, time travel, quite a tricky and unpredictable concept," Nezu sighed.
Tokoyami flinched at seeing Ragna fall to anger and become the Black Beast, he felt like seeing himself fall to his rage and Dark Shadow going on a rampage that threatened his classmates and friends, but to see that Ragna was always destined to become the Black Beast gave Tokoyami quite the dark possibility that he always feared: that he would be unable to control Dark Shadow at some point, falling to his own Quirk's influence, and becoming the monstrous demon that so many feared he would be, especially those among the Creature Rejection Clan or their supporters that taunted him in his youth.
"These events would repeat themselves in a 100-year time loop until the intervention of Noel Vermilion, one of three clones of Ragna's own sister, Saya," Wiz revealed. "She saved Ragna from falling into that cauldron, stopping the Black Beast from appearing in the past in the first place."
The way Noel leaped after Ragna to save him brought Izuku his own flash of Deja Vu. He remembered his match against Monoma's team and when Black Whip emerged during the Joint Training Exercise. The new Quirk went wild, destroying everything around him with no regard or order, he felt like he was tied to a rampaging monster, much like the out-of-control Dark Shadow or the Black Beast. But then Ochaco leaped in and grabbed onto him, hugging him, trying to plead and calm him down to take control of Black Whip. Izuku would always remember the act as brave, warming his chest and smiling every time he thought about it.
Looking over at Ochaco, Izuku took into account all that he knew about his feelings for her, and the feelings she had for him in turn, or so Setsuna said. 'Whenever I'm always in trouble, you always seem to come to my rescue,' Izuku thought, thinking back to when she first helped him up at the gates of U.A. to saving him from falling to his death in the Entrance Exam, when she joined his team for the 2nd event of Sports Festival despite the risks, aiding and cheering for him at I-Island against Wolfram, helping him in trying to get Tokoyami and Bakugou back from Mr. Compress at the Training Camp, teaming up with him to pass the first half of the Provisional Licensing Exam, and fighting together against Nine at Nabu Island. She was always there to help when he was in trouble.
'My Hero.' Izuku thought warmly, smiling softly while recognizing the feelings this girl made him feel. The first girl that truly talked to him, his first real girl as a friend, and the first one that he truly fell in love with. 'And she's not the only one.' Izuku glanced at the rest of the girls around him, feeling different, yet similar feelings for them that all came to the same conclusion. 'But now, what do I do?'
"But if the Black Beast never went back in time, then it never would've created Seithr, and everything in BlazBlue shouldn't exist as we know it," Boomstick pointed out, confused.
"Hmm, yes that does present quite the paradox," Nezu muttered, working his enhanced brain for a solution.
"Well, this can be all solved through two simple words: Multiverse Theory," Wiz explained. "Turns out, the Leader of the Six Heroes, Hakumen, is an alternate future cyborg of Ragna's brother, Jin, revealing that multiple timelines and time travel are in fact possible, and Noel saving Ragna's life created an alternate timeline, saving Ragna from his grim fate."
"Oh, yeah, that makes sense..." Boomstick muttered, still totally unconvinced.
"I'm the main character, and yet again, I get left in the dark! It's really starting to piss me off!" Ragna raged.
The group held mixed opinions about Ragna, ranging from sympathy for his tragic backstory and ever-increasing bad luck, wariness over his true form as the Black Beast that could be unleashed with his anger and his clear disdain for authority, to acknowledged awe and praise of his resilience and strength. Tokoyami felt connected with the Grim Reaper and his plight to control a dark monstrous beast inside him. At the same time, Hawks envied Ragna's free spirit and ability to stand up against the oppressive government of his world.
The next fighter the group could see clearly why he was chosen to fight Ragna just from one look alone. Standing equally as tall as his opponent, the man was dressed in white pants, red sneakers, and a black shirt that hugged his chiseled abs like a second layer of skin that ended in an open popped red collar that flashed his pecs to the world. His arms were sleeveless till the black and brown gloves that reached up his bulging forearms with his fingertips left open. Like Ragna, belts were strapped all over the fighter from short ones on each of his hands, a couple on each of his thighs, one around the middle of his torso, and one on his waist that had a belt buckle with the word 'Free' on it and had a red loincloth run down with belt buckles all around the sides of the cloth. The man's forehead was covered in a large red headpiece that held the words 'Rock You' carved onto it, he had brown, forward spiky hair, the remains flowing in a long ponytail by the back, brown eyes, and his constant smirk complimented his chiseled jawline. The fighter also held an equally large silver and red sword.
Sol Badguy
"Way back in the year 2010, the discovery of magic forever changed the course of human history," Wiz began. "Traditional technology was eliminated for newer and environmentally friendly methods, and after improving the planet, a certain world superpower sought to improve mankind itself."
All Might, David, Melissa, and Pony blinked in shock and horror at the sight of the Statue of Liberty in shambles.
Ibara perked up at the mention of newer, environmentally friendly technology and her interest grew.
'This sounds rather similar to the Dawning of Quirks,' Izuku thought, remembering his world's history. The Dawning of Quirks was both the beginning of a new age of humanity and the destruction of the prior. Societal unrest plagued all the nations of the globe as more people manifested Quirks, conflict ensued from the powerless majority's fear of these powers, and those with these new Quirks either fought back to defend themselves or used their newfound gifts for personal gain. The time of the Dawning was an age of chaos, fighting, and fear, with much of the documentation of the time riddled with obscurity and even elements of different cultures like pop culture were lost or forgotten with the new craze of Quirks, Villains, and later Heroes.
"Oh hey, another super soldier project," Boomstick rolled his eyes. "Lemme guess, they injected this guy with some serum, and it didn't really work out the way they wanted, but now he's a badass?"
"Replace serum with magic and close enough," Wiz agreed.
"That seems to be a constant throughout many universes," Jurota commented, remembering Deadpool and Deathstroke both being experimented on with different projects meant to turn them into living weapons, alongside this Wolverine they learned from Deadpool's analysis.
"The desire for power is a greed that poisons the hearts of all into turning their fellow humans into nothing more than tools and puppets," Kuroiro muttered.
"Though, there are times where the strive of power is in service and protection of the greater good," Ibara pointed out, optimistically.
All Might smiled at the two discussing the light and dark sides of seeking power. When Kuroiro mentioned the corrupting influence of greed and desire for power, he immediately thought of All For One and his desire to house the strongest Quirks within him and place the whole world under his grasp. Then Ibara mentioned the nobler means of seeking power and it shifted the retired pro's thoughts to One For All, the past wielders' goal to keep the power safe from All For One and to pass it to others in hopes to grow and cultivate the power to one day defeat All For One.
All Might thought he had achieved that dream, only for All For one to prove his resilience. 'It is one of my greatest regrets that I couldn't end this story when I had the chance, and that you are forced to fix my mistakes, Young Midoriya,' All Might thought, looking to his green-haired successor. 'But I know you will finish our collective mission and become a greater Hero than I ever could be.'
"This man would emerge as the feared bounty hunter, Sol Badguy."
"Again, what an interesting choice for a name," Edgeshot muttered.
"Weird name aside, his status as a bounty hunter is interesting," Ryukyu pointed out. "Perhaps they will go for Sol fighting Ragna for the latter's bounty as the explanation for the fight."
"So, he's clearly the bad guy?" Boomstick assumed.
"Actually, he's the main hero of the story," Wiz corrected.
"Well, then why would they-" Boomstick sputtered and tried to ask further, yet Wiz continued.
"Well, change interesting to ironic," Miruko snickered. "What's the bad guy's name Peace Fulldude?"
BACKGROUND
Height: 6'0" / 184 cm
Weight: 163 lbs. / 74 kg
Real Name: Frederick
Alias: Haitoku no Honoo (Flame of Corruption)
Favorite Band: Queen
Ironically Guilty Gear's main protagonist, despite the name
Has a degree in particle physics
"Before Sol's transformation, he was known as Frederick, a scientist tasked with leading the super solider project alongside his love interest, Aria," Wiz explained Sol's backstory, showing the man's auburn-haired love interest. "But whether he intended to or not, Frederick would become the prototype of this new super race, the GEARs."
"GEARs?" Melissa repeated the name.
"Ooh! Maybe this is like Quirked humans created through technology and magic rather than science and biology!" Mei proposed an explanation for the name.
"Hmm, an interesting hypothesis," Nezu hummed. "I suppose we will see soon enough."
"But is he... guilty?" Boomstick wittingly joked.
"Huh?" Kinoko quirked her head in confusion. "Guilty of what?"
"I think Boomstick is trying to make a pun about the world that they say Sol Badguy is from," Itsuka explained to her classmate. "Guilty Gear, right?"
"Right," Izuku nodded.
"Oh, hell yeah! He was responsible for Aria's death," Wiz revealed. "And then her next death when she was resurrected into this... thing." Wiz showed the first Gear with free will: Justice.
"He killed the love of his life?" Pony whimpered, sad. "Why?"
"Perhaps the first death was less of him intentionally murdering her and perhaps simply responsible for the accident that killed her," Momo responded, her eyes looking aimlessly as she imagined the scenario she presented. "Only for her to be resurrected into a facsimile of her former self sent to oppose him, and force Frederick to confront his past and sins by putting his former love to rest, once and for all."
"...Okay, I think you need to stop reading those romance novels, Yaomomo," Kyoka said. Momo blushed scarlet while her classmates laughed.
"Oh. Wasn't expecting her to look like that," Boomstick, muttered, surprised. "But not as much as I wasn't expecting the BLUE ROBO PENIS! Who even does that?!"
"Curse that man's vulgar mind," Ibara groaned, facepalming.
"Well, it's certainly an interesting design aesthetic," Melissa nervously chuckled.
Izuku chuckled alongside her, though he noticed a certain empty spot on the couch next to her. Looking over to where the device was, Izuku shot out Black Whip and dragged Mei back to them. "Aww!" Mei whined as she was pulled and tied back to her couch spot.
"She was likely created as a giant 'F-U!' to poor Sol by That Man," Wiz figured.
"Sorry, what?" Mount Lady blinked, shaking her head in confusion.
"Which man?" Boomstick asked.
"That Man," Wiz answered, the screen showing Sol ready to fight Justice.
"Does he mean Sol?" Pixie Bob scratched her head.
"No, that can't be right," Vlad King shook his head. "Wizard just stated his lover's transformation into the machine was done antagonistically toward Sol, so the man can't have done it himself."
"I only see Sol Badguy," Boomstick responded, still confused.
"No, no, It's That Man," Wiz repeated.
"Okay, I'm really confused now," Kaminari rubbed his poor aching head.
"No surprise there," Sero muttered.
"Hush, you!" Kaminari hissed at him. "So, is Wiz referring to that mech, GEAR, or whatever that Aria chick became?"
"How would that work?" Tetsutetsu quirked an eyebrow. "You mean that someone is possessing that robot like a virus or ghost?"
"I don't know," Kaminari shrugged. "I'm just as lost as you here, man."
"It's just me and you here, Wiz," Boomstick said, likely looking around whatever room they were in.
"Listen. The villain is 'That Man'," Wiz tried to explain, this time showing both Sol and a hooded man.
"Sol Badguy's the hero And the villain?" Boomstick questioned.
"No, no, he's another character-," Wiz continued futilely explaining.
"Papa, what does Mr. Wizard mean? I'm confused," Eri asked innocently.
"Well, if Wizard is right then remember how funny and weird Sol Badguy's name is?" Izuku asked Eri, to which she responded with a nod. "Well, I think Wiz means there is another character who wants to harm Sol, but he also has a weird and funny name, and it is 'That' and 'Man'."
"Oooh!" Eri and Kouta exclaimed. "What?"
"There is a Mr. That Man who is the Villain and probably wants to defeat Mr. Sol Badguy the Hero," Asui summarized.
"Oooh! I see!" Eri smiled brightly. "Thanks, Ma-I mean-Miss Tsu!"
"Yeah, she's a better explainer than you, Deku," Kouta mocked playfully, making Izuku almost mistake him for a copy of Young Kacchan.
"Y-Yeah, sorry," Izuku shook his head from the weird Deja Vu and apologized. Izuku turned to Asui. "Thanks for that, Tsu. You sure know your way around kids, huh?"
"Taking care of my young siblings gave me experience," Asui nodded. "Also, you called me Tsu without correcting yourself."
"Oh! I did? Huh, I guess practice does make perfect," Izuku rubbed the back of his neck, smiling brightly at Tsu.
"Kero~," Tsu blushed and croaked wantingly.
"Mmrrr," Mineta grumbled jealously as he stared at Midoriya and Asui, unintentionally acting like a married couple, with Eri and Kouta as their kids. First, Momo, his plan A, then Mina, his plan B, Nejire and Melissa, both of whom weren't even in his plans because he was realistic enough to see he had no chance with them, and Uraraka, his plan D, which even he was skeptical of with the girl's obvious interest in Midoriya. But now, Asui too?! His Plan C?!
'Okay, that does it! I'm definitely going to sneak in on their training session!' Mineta declared. 'Someone has to stop Midoriya from wooing anymore of the girls or there won't be any left for me-uh, I mean-for the rest of us!'
"Just pretend Sol Badguy's not there."
"YOU MEAN HE'S INVISIBLE?!" Boomstick exclaimed.
"Okay, he has to be playing with him, right?" Hagakure facepalmed though they only knew because of the sound of her palm slapping her forehead.
"With that guy, you never know," Kyoka shrugged.
"You mean, That Man?" Setsuna and Mina said together, leaning over and smiling mischievously at her.
Jiro gave them a nasty glare and her jacks raised threateningly.
"When this person was born into the world, his parents looked at this child and decided to name him 'That Man'!" Wiz insisted, showing a scene of That Man coming out of a portal.
"Who were they looking at, Wiz?!" Boomstick questioned again, now frustrated.
"Okay, he's definitely not playing," Kirishima muttered, deadpanning.
"I am losing brain cells entertaining this foolishness," Endeavor pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Oh no, we can't have that, Number 1!" Hawks gasped dramatically. "We can't have you losing any more of those. You already burned away your happy brain cells with all the heat from your flames!"
"Silence!" Endeavor snapped.
"HIS NAME IS T-H-A-T SPACE M-A-N!" Wiz exclaimed, exasperated.
"WELL F-U-C-K SPACE Y-O-U! I'M OUT!" Boomstick yelled back followed by the sound of a door slamming shut and the screen pausing in grey.
"D-Did he just leave whatever recording booth they were in?" Kosei pointed at the screen.
Sometime later...
"My guess is yes," Honenuki muttered.
"So, I looked at the internet and discovered that his actual name is... 'That Man'," Boomstick muttered as he returned. "I apologize for earlier. Let's move on."
"Thank God," Mandalay groaned in relief. "I admit whatever that was a little funny, but that grew obnoxious at the end."
"I wish we could say the same whenever someone keeps jacking me," Kaminari rolled his eyes, muttering.
"Amen to that," Mineta raised a drink to that sentiment.
"Then just don't act like morons, you whining idiots!" Bakugou snapped at the two.
"Sol had to maintain a human appearance to disguise his true Gear form," Wiz continued with the video. "So, he developed a special limiter headpiece to keep his own power at bay." Wiz showed an image of Sol Badguy's headpiece.
"If that thing comes off, say goodbye to whoever recently pissed him off," Boomstick jumped in.
"So, that's what that is for," Ochaco gasped. "I thought it was just something he wore that looked cool."
"Yeah, that 'Rock You' on the piece was Manly," Kirishima grinned.
"Reminds me of the limiter bracers we used for the students' Final Exams," Power Loader mentioned.
"Weren't strong enough for this lug to nearly send Midoriya and Bakugou to the hospital," Recovery Girl poked at All Might with her syringe cane.
"I said I was sorry," All Might muttered.
"Sorry doesn't cut nearly breaking Midoriya's spine now does it?" Chiyo snarked back.
"Regardless of All Might's carelessness, an important thing to note is that this means that Sol Badguy's human visage is not his true form," Nezu pointed out. "This ties in comparatively to Ragna's most powerful form, the Black Beast."
"The difference though is that Sol can transform into his true form more easily by removing his limiter piece, while Ragna needs sufficient anger and loss of control to become the Black Beast," David added. "That means Sol can access his truest potential easier than Ragna."
"As a GEAR, Sol's aging was slowed to a near halt, allowing him more than enough time to develop his own fighting style," Wiz explained.
"So, he's also functionally immortal," Cementoss guessed. "Likely with the only method for him to die being through a fatal wound or injury."
"Well, whatever fighting style lets you punch fire, that's the one I wanna learn!" Boomstick exclaimed, excited.
"Hmm, a Pyrokinetic," Todoroki perked up, his interest heightened by how Boomstick referred to it as 'punch fire'.
Endeavor noticed this, and while he denied smiling the urge to do so after hearing his son pay more attention to his neglected fire side was strong.
MOVE SET
Gun Flame
-Shoots Fire projectiles from the ground
-Commonly mistaken for 'girlfriend' when called out
Bandit Revolver
-A forward-moving spinning kick
Riot Stomp
-Springs off the wall and flies in foot-first
Volcanic Viper
-Leaps upward, slashes with his sword
Dragon Install
-Temporary enhances speed and power
"Sol's Volcanic Viper and Fafnir Punches are flame-enhanced strikes, while his Riot Stomp flies in with a fearsome kick," Boomstick listed some of Sol's moves.
"Hmm, Sol's Riot Stomp shares a bit of similarity with Mai Shirauni, no?" Iida asked.
"Oh, yeah, you're right, Iida," Ochaco noticed and spoke. "She moves and jumps from one side of the screen to the other, just like him. And both have power over fire, too."
Shoto analyzed Sol's every move and technique. While the man's Riot Stomp is effectively useless for him, the same goes for the Volcanic Viper without a sword, the Fafnir Punch was interesting. It reminded him of his father's Vanishing Fist Technique, and the youngest Todoroki pondered if he should incorporate it. However...
"Hmm, are you looking to see if Sol has moves for you to copy, Todoroki?" Izuku asked, noticing Shoto's greater interest.
"Indeed, Midoriya" Shoto nodded, seeing no use in lying to his best friend about his interest. Maybe he could even help. "I don't have as much practice in utilizing my left side, utilizing more techniques could help even the balance with my right side. This Badguy's Fafnir Punches, Gun Flame, and Volcanic Viper seem optimal to learn, yet Volcanic Viper requires a sword, and while Fafnir Punch is like my father's Vanishing Fist-"
"You don't have the same strength as Endeavor," Izuku finished Shoto's train of thought. "While you are decently strong, you don't have the same muscular physique or strength as Endeavor." Izuku almost chuckled at the irony of this situation. 'This is just like how I started developing my Shoot Style.'
When Shoto nodded, Izuku dug up his file on Shoto and began looking through it while writing down some new possibilities. "Well, if you don't have as much strength in arms as your father, there are your legs to consider," Izuku pointed out.
"My legs?" Shoto blinked.
"Yeah! If you're worried about close-quarters combat with a faster opponent, you don't have to focus on your fists, solely," Izuku gave the notebook with the related pages open to Shoto. "You remember what almost happened with Stain, right?" Izuku whispered that last part.
"Yeah," Shoto nodded, cringing as he recalled how he almost lost his arm to Stain's katana. If it hadn't been for Iida kicking the blade away, Shoto would have lost an arm just as he reconciled in using both sides of his Quirk.
"Well, not only does your fire coating your left side give you a way to deter enemies from attacking, but your right side can produce icy armor like your first Hero suit," Izuku pointed out, recalling Shoto's rather plain yet intimidating first design for his suit. "You could do something similar to coat your arm or leg with ice for better defense or striking power. And with your legs, you could use fire to propel yourself like your father but strike with something like a fiery roundhouse or a straight kick armored with ice."
"I see," Shoto muttered, looking through the notes that Midoriya pointed out, nodding along as the rather detailed drawings helped him imagine it vividly. "Interesting."
"But if you also want to create your own version of Fafnir Punch or Vanishing Fist, instead of a straight right hook, how about a fiery uppercut?" Izuku pointed out another part. "Something similar to Ryu's Shoryuken but enhanced with your left side for more firepower. You can even have different variations depending on how much power you wanna put into it, like using your ice to propel yourself and your opponent further into the air with an ice pillar or curving your fist's trajectory so when you punch, you can launch them away with spires of fire similar to Gun Flame."
Shoto latched onto that and visualized the movements occurring in his mind as Midoriya spoke. "Yes, the ice can help travel momentum into my uppercut, and the spiring fire can help drive enemies back even if the move doesn't strike," Todoroki nodded, looking at his best friend with a soft smile. "Your analysis never ceases to impress."
"Just looking to help out a friend in a similar situation," Izuku grinned brightly.
All Might and Endeavor saw the two interacting and learning from one another. The two Number 1 Heroes, one current and the other former, smiled at the friendship formed between boys, a friendship that the two men didn't have, though the lack of it was more on the current Number 1 than the former. All Might felt pride at seeing the boy he saw as a son help others as usual, but this time more confidently and assuredly, aiding Young Todoroki from a situation the green-haired boy was once in. Endeavor meanwhile appreciated Midoriya for being the friend that Shoto always needed and never had before, something that he felt responsible for with how he raised the boy, and the fact he was aiding him further with his left and right sides when he already helped his son in finally using his left, Endeavor hated to admit it, but he felt indebted to the boy.
'Maybe make a part of the family,' Endeavor thought, wondering how to get Midoriya and his son closer. 'Fuyumi isn't seeing anybody..'
Meanwhile, as Izuku and Shoto grew closer as best friends, Bakugou watched from afar with a neutral expression.
"And because this is anime, Sol can trigger his second form: the Dragon Install." The final move was shown transforming Sol into a black and red form, his armor looking like it was made out of obsidian, and his main body looked like it was made of lava, while his head became a dragon-like helm with dragon-like wings and horn sprouting from the head.
"He looks so badass!" Kirishima exclaimed, steam shooting out of his nose at seeing Sol become what looked like a humanoid dragon man.
"Agreed," Setsuna and Rin grinned, both fans of dragons too, one for their obvious reptilian looks and the other because of his Quirk.
"The Dragon Install allows Sol to safely tap into a fraction of his full GEAR power, boosting his strength, speed, and healing ability," Wiz explained the Dragon Install. "The drawback: he can only sustain this power for so long and afterward, he's left vulnerable."
'Similar to my Flashfire Fist if I use it too long,' Endeavor thought.
"Does that mean when he uses the Dragon Install, the form he takes is somewhat similar to how he would look in his true form?" Bondo asked.
"Perhaps," Jurota nodded. "Though, it could be how his true form looks with the only difference being the scope of the true power he uses."
"It's also similar to Ragna's Blood Kain form," Ectoplasm pointed out. "Both have similar functions of boosting the other abilities for a short period. Though where one drains the soul of others on contact, this Dragon Install instead increases his healing ability."
"Sounds like it could end up as a battle of attrition if they pop those out simultaneously," Fat Gum figured.
"As Sol wandered the Earth, 'That Man' began a plan for world domination using an army of GEARs," Boomstick continued with the backstory. "In response, Sol put together a GEAR-obliterating superweapon called Outrage."
"Which looks like the world's most complicated can opener..." Wiz muttered, gazing upon the almost indescribable weapon. "Or next-gen Bop-It."
"Looks more like some weird futuristic spray painter," Kaminari scratched his head and narrowed his gaze.
"Or a type of scanner," Melissa muttered. "Though, if it can be used to take down GEARs, its function could be to nullify whatever magic or technology operates the GEARs, like a GEAR EMP."
"Or it can be a super weapon that can just destroy any kind of GEAR in its path," Mei suggested while trying to break free of her confines.
"Y-Yeah, or that," Melissa sweatdropped.
All Might frowned at the thought of That Man using an army of GEARs for world domination. The GEARs under That Man sounded frighteningly close to All For One and his legion of Nomus, most of which were dangerous enough on their own, but now include the likes of High-End Nomus that can match the strength of a Number 1 Hero and with a level of intelligence of their own making them more unpredictable and dangerous if not immediately defeated.
"Turns out it was so powerful, nobody could wield it, not even Sol," Boomstick revealed with a chuckle. "So, he had to split it apart into eight pieces just to make it useable." The screen showed a sword being split into eight pieces, each comprising a different type of power. "Naturally, he took the best piece for himself: the flame-enhanced Fireseal." The screen showed Sol's signature weapon. "I wanna fire seal; that'd be fuckin' sweet. Try and eat me now, orca whale. Fire seal!" An image of an orca whale was shown before a seal on fire overshadowed it.
Koda didn't know whether to facepalm, shiver with horrified fright, or glare venomously at Boomstick at the thought of the gun-loving maniac setting a poor seal on fire.
"Split into eight different pieces," Izuku muttered, finding the number rather coincidental given the number of past users One For All now has with him as the 9th wielder. 'Almost like the different Quirks of the past users for every piece, if you split One For All's Transfer power and Stockpiling power between the First and All Might.'
"So, the other pieces must possess powers that relate to those names," Momo analyzed. "Such as Geokinetic abilities for Earth and Electrokinesis for Thunder."
"And the Outrage must be big if one part of it ended up as a giant sword like Sol's," Setsuna pointed out.
"Though there appear to be rather redundant names for some of them," Iida noticed. "What distinction could there be between Earth, Valley, and Mountain? They all share similar characteristics with the Earth."
"Maybe one power relies more on manipulating the ground, another on earthly minerals like stone, and another with things one can find in a valley like plants or nature," Shoji guessed.
"Using Fireseal to its full potential, Sol defeated That Man's forces twice over," Wiz revealed.
"And then he decided to upgrade the shit out of it with the Junkyard Dog Mark III casing," Boomstick noted.
"Did he just cock some ammo into the sword like it was a gun?" Mina blinked repeatedly, before staring and pointing blankly at the screen.
"The fact that he was able to upgrade it, when combined as the Outrage no one could even use it, is impressive," Melissa smiled, liking Sol more with his clear expertise in inventing powerful items and technology.
FEATS
Completely incinerated a huge GEAR with a fraction of his power
Survived witnessing his past self die
-Actual reason given: Because he's Sol Badguy
Outran a missile and hung on to it with just his fist
Endured the soul-destroying atmosphere of The Backyard
Once stabbed through the shoulder, and then used that same arm to swing his sword seconds later
"But this is hardly the full extent of Sol's power," Wiz pointed out. "He once survived the Backyard, an alternate dimension which would annihilate the soul of a normal man. And by removing his headband, he can access his full unrestrained potential."
"Yep, definitely looking more draconic," Ryukyu grinned.
"So, there's an alternate dimension that would normally kill any man and he just walks around like nothing's wrong," Miruko whistled. "Damn, what a flex!"
"Manly!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu exclaimed.
"Like when he shot a laser out of his sword to incinerate an inhuman GEAR the size of Mount Everest!" Boomstick exclaimed.
"HUH?!" Mineta exclaimed in fright.
Bakugou stared slack-jawed at the screen both envious and impressed by the feat.
"And once, he went back in time and witnessed his past self get murdered, which should've erased him from the present ala Marty McFly," Wiz noted. "But he didn't like that idea very much, so he just... didn't."
"Imagine being such a badass that you see a past version of you die, you start getting erased from existence, and then just scream 'F-U' universe, and just walk it off," Boomstick chuckled.
"W-W-WHAT?!" Momo exclaimed, eyes the size of dinner plates. "T-That should be impossible!"
"MANLY!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu exclaimed louder.
"You can't just scream 'Manly' and expect that to resolve how something like that is possible!" Momo yelled at the two.
"Okay, I think you might need to calm down, Yaomomo," Kyoka and Izuku lowered the stuttering heiress back to her seat. "Eri, please get Momo some tea before she loses her mind."
"Aye, aye, Ma-I mean-Miss Kyo!" Eri saluted and ran to the drinks and snacks to get some tea for Momo.
"Sol is powerful, but fears his full potential," Wiz explained. "He's also pretty lazy. His favorite strategy is always whatever's the least strenuous. This lack of extra effort can sometimes leave him underestimating his opponent."
All Might frowned, seeing how such a personal weakness could leave him vulnerable against Ragna, yet All Might couldn't help but sympathize with Sol for fearing his full potential. Just as he taught Midoriya, he never used the full might of One For All for fear of accidentally creating earthquakes with every step. In words similar to Superman, one of his counterparts, Toshinori had to be very careful in how he fought and constantly hold himself back, in fear of destroying foes comparable to being made of cardboard.
"But the second he starts trying, few can stand in his way," Boomstick declared.
"You suppose to be a zombie or something? How many times do I gotta kill you before it sticks?!" Sol Badguy questioned harshly.
Bakugou grinned at Sol's line, relating and appreciating his style.
The group received Sol relatively well for his engineering skills by the inventors and his strength and power. However, others still held Sol with suspicion and wariness for whatever his part may have been in the death of his fiancé or how such power could be disastrous if used without restraint. To Izuku, Bakugou, and Todoroki, they couldn't help but compare Sol's power, physics-defying feats, and sheer energy and not see a rougher, more rugged version of All Might.
"Alright, the combatants are set!" Wiz stated. "Let's end this debate once and for all!"
"IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BAAATTTTLLLLLLEEEEE!" Boomstick yelled out.
As the video paused to scan for counterparts, the group began to vote among themselves on who would win the battle.
Those who would vote for Ragna included Todoroki, who while he gained the usual information for his training and similarly saw Sol to All Might in strength, couldn't help but vote for the tragic man who lost his right side to his brother, was treated like a lab rat and experiment, and had a similar aesthetic to him with the white hair, mismatched eyes, and differing arms and powers. Endeavor would likewise vote for the white-haired man and held a similar reluctance to his son in wanting to vote for Sol, though it was mainly for the bounty hunter's fire-based powers. In truth, Endeavor could not shake the sight of Touya from either Ragna's tragic life, the maniacal look in Jin's eyes, or how similar Ragna was to his son.
Tokoyami also would vote for the Grim Reaper because of his similar dark powers and techniques, a monstrous form that can occur through a loss of control and anger, and his brooding and dark persona that made Tokoyami feel connected to the wanted man. Reiko and Kuroiro would also vote for the most wanted man in the world for his dark and brooding personality, literal inner demons, and rebellious nature. Hawks likewise voted for Ragna's rebellious nature against an oppressive system and for the man's sense of freedom and no-shit's-given attitude for walking around in broad daylight despite the size of his bounty.
Eri voted for Ragna for how she related to being treated and experimented like a lab rat and being saved by a Hero, Kamakiri for Ragna's badass sword that can also turn into a scythe, Monoma for Ragna's soul-sucking abilities that can be extended with the Bloodedge, and Pony out of sympathy and pity for Ragna's sad backstory, especially his sick sister, betraying brother, and horrible fate. The Pussycats would all vote for Ragna out of a sense of solidarity for being saved and trained by a literal cat ninja, and despite their earlier displeasure regarding blood, and his seeming relation of some sort to Taokaka, Toga's counterpart, Iida and Uraraka would also vote for Ragna. Iida felt sympathy for Ragna's betrayal at the hands of his brother. When he looked at the mad eyes of Terumi or the blood-stained sword, Iida felt like he was seeing Stain or Shigaraki, only adding to his sympathy for Ragna. As for Uraraka, she felt a connection to Ragna's story, but not out of anything personal or relatable but seeing Noel, the clone of his sister, save him from his doomed fate as the Black Beast was something that she felt at her core, Ragna seemed like something of rebellious Hero in that world and Noel saved him when he needed it the most, just she wanted to do for Deku and others.
As for those who voted for Sol Badguy, among them included Izuku and Bakugou, both teens for much the same reasons. Both saw how Sol's strength, power, and ability to defy the odds were like the indomitable spirit of All Might, with Bakugou liking Sol's more rough and hardcore personality while Izuku related to Sol's hesitancy to use his full power. All Might would also vote for the fiery bounty hunter, relating to the man's fear of using his full power, seeing and sympathizing with the guilt of having an evil force use the memory of a past loved one against him, and was impressed with his power and strength.
The inventors of the group, David Shield, Melissa, Power Loader, and Mei, all voted for Sol Badguy. Not only was he the most technically gifted but he seemed responsible for the appearance of these GEARs in the first place and created an unstoppable superweapon that he split apart and even further upgraded the weapon's effectiveness. That desire to improve what already worked inspired Mei who held the same drive to always improve on her babies. David and Melissa Shield also saw similar traits with All Might in Sol, but David related to Frederick in how they both lost the love of their lives, knowing that he must have felt guilt, especially when faced with Justice.
Ryukyu, Setsuna, and Rin all voted for Sol for his dragon-like elements from the glimpse at his true form with the Dragon Install, his fiery abilities, and proud and fierce nature, while Kirishima and Tetsutetsu found Sol the tougher, rougher, and manlier choice with his impressive feats and power; Kirishima even found Sol's personality to be rather similar to Bakugou's too. Kouta found Sol Badguy a lot cooler and stronger than Ragna's brooding emo look, Miruko and Fat Gum voted for Sol's impressive strength, power, and endurance to survive in an inhospitable dimension like the Junkyard, and Nezu for Sol's remarkable powers, brilliant engineering mind hiding all that muscle and attitude, and the humor revolving the naming convention between Sol and That Man's names.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device began in its reverberating monotone voice. "RAGNA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART 1: SHOTO TODOROKI!"
Endeavor flinched worse, the one thing he was hoping for at the moment failing. As he looked down and saw the students congratulating his son on such a powerful and 'cool' counterpart, all Endeavor could picture now was his son losing his right arm, the arm the boy contributed to his mother, and his eldest brother staring down at him psychopathically with a bloody sword.
"RAGNA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART 2: FUMIKAGE TOKOYAMI!"
"Aha! I knew it!" Hawks grinned victoriously. "I knew if anyone here was going to be a brooding bad boy with dark shadowy powers it was definitely Tokoyami."
"This should be a moment of revelry, but he's sucking the joy out of it," Tokoyami groaned while Hawks laughed boastfully.
"Well, if you won't say it, I will," Dark Shadow popped out, one shadowy claw giving a big thumbs up. "Revelry in the Dark."
'Cute,' Reiko thought, keeping her giggle behind a hand over her mouth.
"FREDERICK AKA SOL BADGUY! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART 1: TOSHINORI YAGI AKA ALL MIGHT!"
"Yep, could definitely see that," Mount Lady sighed. "After the blowing up Mount Everest feat, it was like a coin toss between All Might or Endeavor for me."
"AHAHAHA! I suppose that means I'm a fire user like yourself, eh, Endeavor?" All Might poked the new Number 1's side with his elbow in his buffed state.
"Stop talking or I'll punch you back into that skinny form myself," Endeavor growled.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART 2: KATSUKI BAKUGOU!"
"HA! EAT SHIT, YOU EXTRAS!" Bakugou jumped from his seat and pointed boastfully at the students of both classes. "I TOLD YOU I WAS THE BEST AND I'M THE STRONGEST AND BADDEST IN THAT WORLD TO PROVE IT!"
"By that logic, Midoriya is more of a main character given how much 'main character energy' his counterparts have, like Luke Skywalker, Harry Potter, or Sonic," Todoroki deadpan stared at Bakugou.
"ZIP IT, ICY HOT!" Bakugou barked.
"ADDITIONAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device continued. "JUBEI MITSUYOSHI! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KEIGO TAKAMI AKA HAWKS!"
"AHAHAHAHA! This keeps getting better and better!" Hawks laughed harder.
"Huh, how about that? You have a counterpart that would look at your wings and think you are breakfast," Miruko grinned.
'I wonder if he knew if Aizawa would feel jealous?' Midnight theorized in her head, knowing how much that grumpy Gus likes cats and being a cat ninja teacher would be quite the funny dream come true for him.
"JIN KISARAGI!" The device showed Ragna's cold brother. "MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: DABI AKA ERROR! ERROR! TRUE IDENTITY CLASSIFIED BASED UPON CURRENT TIMELINE!"
Suddenly, all laughter, humor, or playful bantering was cut cold under the image of Dabi alongside Jin. Some of the group couldn't help but find the same psychotic-like grins and gleam in their eyes rather similar.
Todoroki paled, his jaw dropping slightly. 'Dabi as my brother?!' Todoroki said internally, considering the thought almost disgusting and horrible. The man was a member of the League, a Fire Quirk user that acted as the literal opposite of what he was, and he was the one who successfully kidnapped Bakugou where he failed to save his classmate.
"Well, isn't that a tragedy? Poor little Shoto Todoroki," Dabi's words echoed in his mind.
Shoto shivered, recalling the odd familiarity that Dabi's voice had when he addressed him and said his name as if the villain knew him. He remembered the Fulgore vs. Sektor Death Battle when Dabi was revealed to be Sektor's counterpart. Shoto had pondered whether Dabi was perhaps a distant relative of his father's side. Dabi had similar, turquoise-colored eyes as he and his father, he possessed a powerful Fire Quirk, and the familiar relation would explain the tone of Dabi's personal-like taunt toward him.
Endeavor glared and gritted teeth again at the sight of Dabi, the suspicions and dread in his mind buzzing again, telling him something about Dabi was off, that there was more to this member of the League than the patchworked murderer that he was, something that he should know but couldn't quite put his finger on.
Hawks felt the same as his Number 1 colleague though he felt personally more suspicious than even him. When Nezu told him how the device even compared counterparts to well-known Villains like Dabi and Shigaraki, Hawks's attention was caught very quickly. Hawks had done his best to dig into the histories, secrets, and inner workings of the League and the former MLA members from the inside as a double agent, but there was only so much he could do without raising suspicion. Twice was the easiest to get information out of, the duplicating League member, already trusting him and viewing him as a friend, yet not even Twice's blabbermouth could give up the closest secrets of his friends. Shigaraki and Dabi were the hardest to get anything out of, one he hadn't seen since his inauguration as the leader of the Paranormal Liberation Front, and the other was just as elusive to pin down as he appeared constantly watching him like a hawk, ironically enough.
But, if Hawks could get more info on the League through the device, it would help to figure out more of their weaknesses. He said nothing when Shigaraki's true name came up after being revealed as Kid Buu's counterpart, but the Winged Hero was contemplating whether or not to inform the HPSC. While he was now obviously plotting against their corrupt system with Nezu, he still needed to be in their good graces, and they had the resources to figure out who Tenko Shimura was and find the paper trail that could lead to how he became Shigaraki. That was the tricky part of being a spy and snitch for so many different people, he had to choose what to give away and what to keep close to the chest, all the while resenting everyone who held him on a lease like a caged bird.
Hawks kept back a disappointed scoff when the device failed to produce Dabi's real identity, even if Nezu warned him that happened with Sektor, too. Still, Keigo had hoped that his presence could have done something for the device to spill the beans, as improbable and out-of-pocket as it could have been, but he guessed that wasn't the case. However, the fact that his counterpart was brothers with Shoto Todoroki was something. Even if it was clear that the comparisons between a person from their world to another weren't 100% accurate -after all, he wasn't an eyepatch-wearing cat- there had to be a greater reason for why Dabi and Todoroki were connected to these siblings beyond just that both Dabi and Jin looked sinister.
'I have to find out more about who you are, Dabi,' Hawks thought. 'The sooner I do, the sooner we Heroes can strike before it's too late.'
With nothing more to say or ponder, the video continued with the fight.
The video began with the light of the full moon shining over the cloudy, rainy nighttime of BlazBlue's Kagutsuchi during a rainstorm. In a large garden, a wanted poster of Ragna hung on one of the large plants. Sol looked over the poster and bounty with a clear interest.
"Aww, I wanted to see that goofy poster again," Pony whined.
"It was rather amusing," Reiko giggled.
Todoroki and Tokoyami hid their embarrassed blushes, which only grew worse by the snickering of their classmates.
Coincidentally, Ragna walked right past Sol. The GEAR bounty hunter noticed him before turning back to the poster, and then back to Ragna. He would comically repeat this until finally running after his bounty.
"It appears I was right," Ryukyu smirked. "And quickly at that."
Sol ran past Ragna, stopping in front of the most wanted man in the world. "You're an eyesore!" Sol Badguy spoke in Japanese, gesturing to Ragna with the hilt of his blade.
"Oh, he's speaking in Japanese," Momo perked up. "With a name like Frederick, I expected he would be German or American."
Pony sighed, grateful that there were at least subtitles for the Japanese. While improving her Japanese, the American transfer student didn't want to focus on both the subtitles and the fight.
"Who are you? Out of my way or you're dead," Ragna questioned before threatening.
"Tsk," Sol blew air between his gritted teeth before slamming his Fireseal into the ground. "Gun Flame!" Spires of fire shot out of the ground. Ragna stepped back to avoid them.
"Huh, it does sound like 'Girlfriend' when he yells it out," Sero chuckled.
"You gotta be kidding me," Ragna scoffed, adjusting the collar of his red coat. "Let's get this over with!"
"I'll burn you to a crisp," Sol Badguy threatened back.
"Uh, might be hard to collect that bounty if the guy's burned to a crisp there, chief," Hawks pointed out.
"I'm sure he will at least leave something intact to prove his claim," Ectoplasm shrugged.
FIGHT!
Sol charged at Ragna, quickly reaching his target. Ragna met Sol's Fireseal with his Aramasa, the blades producing sparks as they contested each other's strength. Eventually, Sol shifted the blade and diverted his force, bringing the Blood-Scythe down to the ground, forcing Ragna off his balance.
"Impressive," Edgeshot nodded. "The way Sol held his blade allowed him to not only contest with an equally strong opponent but long enough so that when diverted the flow of his strength, it would leave Ragna vulnerable."
Kamakiri made a mental note to try this tactic with his blades on an opponent in the future.
"Gun Flame," Sol unleashed another of the rising fires, only for Ragna to recover and jump away, again. Ragna leaped back and swung a high descending slash down at Sol, who avoided the deadly strike by stepping back, too. Ragna dodged a downward slash before the two contested blades again.
"They're both quick to recover and appear equal in physical strength, thus far," Endeavor noted.
"And with their giant blades, they got a whole lot of range on them," Miruko nodded.
Eventually, they broke apart with Ragna quick to go for a strike. The Grim Reaper slashed his sword forward, yet Sol quickly blocked the slashes with Fireseal. As Ragna launched a wide slash to Badguy's midsection, Sol jumped upward and kicked Ragna in the face.
"Ragna was growing impatient and wilder with his attacks, which left him open to a counterattack," Momo deduced.
"Compared to Sol's laidback, lazy nature, he was willing to keep defending until Ragna slipped up," Kyoka nodded.
The force of the kick sent Ragna skipping off the ground and flying toward a wall. Bouncing off the wall, Ragna's body flew toward an awaiting Sol in the air. The bounty hunter kicked Ragna multiple times, continuing to attack him before his body could reach the ground. At the third and final time, Badguy slashed and sent Ragan upward with a Volcanic Viper, ending the combo with a Bandit Revolver, sending the similarly red-clothed swordsman to the ground.
"Yep, that's a sign of a fighting game character," Sen grinned. "Juggling."
Ragna bounced off the ground yet recovered with an acrobatic roll into a hand-stan before finally settling on his knees, breathing heavily. "Bitch," Ragna growled, raising his Azure Grimoire in front of him.
"He's going to use the Azure Grimoire!" Ochaco exclaimed, excited.
"Restriction Number 6-" Before Ragna could finish, he was cut off by another kick to the face, courtesy of Sol's Bandit Revolver.
"Hey, Sol! I know I voted for the guy but that was a cheap shot!" Kirishima exclaimed.
"Remember what I told you, Kirishima," Fat Gum spoke up. "In a battle, you can't allow the luxury to give your opponent the upper hand because it's 'honorable'. Every second of a fight counts, and Sol would have been foolish to let Ragna power up an attack that could hurt him."
"Yes, Fat Gum-sensei," Kirishima bowed.
"You're gonna pay!" Ragna raged, punching the ground before swiping his Azure Grimoire upward. Suddenly, the black and red glowing head of a Dead Spike rose from the ground, trapping Sol between its razor-sharp fangs.
"Restriction 666 released, Dimensional Interruption Imaginary Number Formed!" Ragna raised his Azure Grimoire to his face, the eye on his hand opening and glowing red. "BlazBlue, activate!"
"Smart," Cementoss nodded. "He used the Dead Spike to trap and contain Sol long enough for him to activate his intended technique."
Tokoyami too nodded, acknowledging Ragna's tactic. Tokoyami imagined if he could perform something similar with Dark Shadow, replacing the Black Beast's head with Dark Shadow. 'The only issue would be that I cannot summon Dark Shadow from anywhere other than my own body,' Tokoyami thought. 'Attempting this could leave me vulnerable if my foe possesses a Quirk that could affect me by touch.'
Ibara shivered at hearing the number 666, knowing that number was infamous for being the Devil's cursed number. She wondered if this related to Ragna being what could be considered the Devil of his universe.
Ragna charged at Sol, and as the Dead Spike holding Sol disappeared, Ragna launched a powerful punch at Sol, sending the fiery GEAR flying into another area of the city, a more residential area.
For a moment, Toshinori worried about the chance of civilian causalities in such a residential-looking area, yet the facts settled his mind. For one, aside from the two previous ones, civilians often weren't depicted in the fights, and two, this was all a simulation, so, no actual civilians were in danger.
Sol bounced off a wall as he previously did to Ragna. Before he could hit the ground, Ragna appeared, stabbing Sol into the ground with both the Azure Grimoire and Blood-Scythe. "It's my Turn Now!" Ragna yelled as he brought Sol into the air with a slash from the Aramasa, slashing brutally onto Sol Badguy with Ragna's own mid-air combo.
"Ragna's giving Sol a taste of his own medicine!" Kamakiri grinned.
"This could be even more damaging since Ragna's attacking with his blade compared to Sol who mostly kicked at him," Shoda calculated.
A rising upward slash combined with an uppercut brought Sol further up before Ragna slammed Sol downward, the bounty hunter bouncing off the ground shortly. Ragna ran to pick up his enemy, but whatever grapple the Grim Reaper intended was reversed by Sol kicking Ragna off of him, rushing to grapple him instead, and throwing Ragna into the wall, the white-haired fighter bouncing brutally off it and onto the street.
"Damn, that got kind of brutal and personal there," Sato cringed.
Ragna rolled and recovered onto his knees. "Idea Engine, linked!" Ragna exclaimed, a bright bluish-white light shining from his Azure Grimoire. "This'll sting!" A wave of whitish-blue light shot out of the Azure Grimoire. The light slammed into Sol, knocking and pinning into the wall.
"That was his force field ability," Izuku pointed out.
"Did he just use a force field as a physical attack?" Setsuna blinked, surprised.
"It is a rather innovative move," Itsuka nodded, approving. "Taking an ability often used for defense and making it into an offensive weapon."
"Yeah! Turn Defense into Offense! You're speaking my language, Big Sis Kendo!" Tetsutetsu exclaimed, pumped up. "Manly!"
Itsuka blushed. "T-Thanks, Tetsu," Itsuka scratched at her blushing cheek.
Setsuna grinned mischievously at the sight.
As the light dissolved, Sol fell face-down onto the floor. Suddenly, Sol's muffled voice groaned before he swiftly rose to his feet, his body covered and glowing with red light and fire, fiery silhouettes of dragon-like wings on his back.
"He's using his Dragon Install!" Rin exclaimed.
"Heh, not so fast! Blood Kain!" Ragna roared, the black and blood-red wings sprouting from him before disappearing, leaving only a shadowy aura around the Grim Reaper.
"It appears I was right to assume they would their respective boosts simultaneously," Cementoss said.
"But which one will last and hit harder?" Snipe asked.
The two charged at each other, clashing blades as they passed. Sol attempted to follow up with a heavy left hook, but Ragna's sword blocked it without the wanted man even looking; however, Sol pressed on with a roundhouse kick, stunning Ragna. Sol Badguy followed it up with an uppercut and sword slash, sending the wanted Grim Reaper airborne, again. Sol continued hammering into Ragna with a mid-air combo.
"Honestly, even if he got overwhelmed, that no-look sword block was sick," Kaminari shrugged.
As they neared the wall of the building, Ragna suddenly reversed the assault, slamming a knee strike onto Sol before tossing him back to the ground. Ragna flew downward and swung the Blood-Scythe only for Sol to roll out of the way. The two clashed and contested their blades against each other before breaking apart. The two traded and matched blows against the other evenly.
"Their speed appears evenly matched," Ectoplasm commented. "The only possible difference could be Ragna's greater sense of urgency.
This proceeded until Ragna grabbed Sol's head and slammed him to the ground. Tossing the bounty hunter into the air, Ragna swiftly ran to where Sol would land and punched him back up. Ragna jumped up to perform another brutal combo of mid-air sword slashes on Sol. "Inferno Divider! Ragna slashed upward a final time.
"What makes the Blood Kain more dangerous is its ability to steal the soul and energy from Ragna's foes," Midnight mentioned. "While the Dragon Install may boost Sol's regeneration, those multiple, fast attacks could overwhelm Badguy.
Nezu smiled knowingly.
Ragna landed and exited Blood Kain while Sol fell to the ground. His Dragon Install faded as he knelt on the ground, momentarily stunned.
"Ah, and while Ragna appears to suffer no drawback from Blood Kain vanishing, Dragon Install can leave Sol vulnerable," Vlad King noticed.
"Tappin' out?" Ragna mocked as he grabbed Sol and held him up. Just as he did, Ragna placed Blood-Scythe in front of him, extended it, and stabbed Sol, who screamed out in pain. "I'm not gonna waste any more time on you, asshole!" Ragna removed Sol from his blade and tossed him to the ground.
"I see that this battle is finished," Monoma grinned.
"Three, two, one-" Setsuna counted off.
Ragna exclaimed in pain, blood sprouting. "Shit!" The screen pulled back to see Sol had stabbed Ragna above the groin with Fireseal.
"You'd think you would have learned by now?" Yui muttered, only furthering Monoma's annoyance.
As Ragna backed up and pulled the sword from his body, Sol rose, his fists lit up with fire. "Fafnir Punch!" Sol roared as he struck Ragna further back with a fiery left hook.
Ragna staggered and held his side as he bled. As he did, the screen began turning dark with black clouds surrounding him, his heartbeat growing louder and louder, his very form glitching and spasming.
Tokoyami's eyes widened. "The Beast has been unleashed," Tokoyami knowingly whispered.
Finally, Ragna's body was swallowed in darkness, and out from a writhing mass of shadows, a head of the Black Beast loomed past the rainy clouds before being joined by a multitude of razor-sharp, white-eyed draconic heads.
Shoji and Izuku didn't mean to, but the sight reminded them of when Dark Shadow's red-eyed monstrous form chased them with Tokoyami trapped inside.
While the Black Beast roared, Sol looked up at the eight-headed beast. Ultimately, Sol removed his headband as smoke covered him. A flash of red light shined from within before a pillar of fire blasted away the smoke as wings grew from Sol's shadowed form. Finally, Sol emerged in his true GEAR form, most of his body glowing like a dark lava lamp, his torso covered in obsidian-black armor, and Sol Badguy's head a mix of a knight's helm and a dragon's head.
"Looks like both are going all out," Ryukyu grinned at the sight of the dragon-like GEAR.
As the Black Beast's heads charged towards Sol, Sol raised the Fireseal, the weapon opening and charging up a large orb of crackling, concentrated energy, before firing a massive blast of fire and energy. The energy overtook and overwhelmed the Black Beast's heads and body, the blast continuing through the sky until white light encapsulated all of Kagutsuchi.
Tokoyami gritted his teeth while Dark Shadow hissed and retreated into Tokoyami.
The flash of light receded and revealed Sol Badguy standing on a small piece of land in his regular form, with Ragna or the city nowhere to be seen. Sol then cracked his neck and scoffed.
K.O.!
Sol jumped into the rubble, coming across Ragna's lone Blood-Scythe, picking up the weapon, and walking off to who knows where.
"Bullseye!" Boomstick exclaimed.
"AHA! EAT SHIT, ICY HOT!" Bakugou gloated. "AND YOU TOO, EMO BIRD!"
"Somehow, he makes victory taste bitter," Setsuna sweatdropped.
"Agreed," Muttered the students who voted for Sol.
"Ragna put up a tough fight, but Sol had him outclassed," Wiz stated.
"Likely due to the fact that while Ragna had on four belts, Sol had 18," Boomstick pointed out.
"So, Sol won because he had more drip?" Kaminari dumbed down an already dumb joke.
"Please, never, ever, EVER say that word again!" Kyoka poked her jacks at his head threateningly.
"Sol's centuries worth of fighting experience trumped Ragna's training and he has consistently shaken off wounds more easily," Wiz explained.
"Even Sol's... soul is tough enough to withstand Ragna's Azure Grimoire, just like when it survived the Backyard," Boomstick pointed out.
"Just as I summarized," Nezu chuckled. "While Ragna's ability to steal the souls and energy of his foes would be dangerous, especially under the effects of Blood Kain, Sol Badguy has displayed resilience against such effects by simply existing in that realm."
"So, all Ragna did was hold back Sol's regeneration rather than simply stealing it for himself," Mandalay sighed, disappointed.
"Shit!" Pixie Bob clicked her teeth.
"The Black Beast Was impressive, but Sol's GEAR form is leagues above," Wiz continued. Recall when Sol turned that GEAR the size of Mount Everest into dust. "By comparing the size of the Gear to the clouds, we can determine its volume to be around 140 billion cubic meters." Wiz showed the math on screen including the average height of cumulonimbus clouds, around 2,500 meters, and the GEAR's estimated diameter of 6,000 meters. "Destroying something this size would require more than 85 gigatons of TNT! That's nearly 200 times more powerful than the 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan in 2011."
"Such a tragic event for our nation," Edgeshot sighed, sadly, bowing his head in respect for those lost lives.
"Honestly, the fact he blew up something the size of Mount Everest was practically all you needed to know that he would take the cake," Miruko bragged.
"Then what was that nervous foot-tapping you had when he was stabbed?" Ryukyu raised an eyebrow.
"T-That was just me being excited for the fight!" Miruko defended herself but could not remove the blush from her tanned cheeks.
"More than enough to take Ragna down, and that was only a fraction of Sol's real power! Ragna just burned out in the end," Boomstick punned.
"Even I know that was a lazy one," Mirio gave a thumbs down but still smiled.
"The winner is Sol Badguy," Wiz announced.
Respectful and victorious claps sounded as winners and losers accepted the results, even if Bakugou's boasting dampened the fun for the winners.
"At least we got some good notes for you to train with," Izuku nervously scratched his cheek.
"I'd argue it was mostly you that got those notes," Todoroki stated as a matter of fact. "But you're right, Midoriya. Shame though for the Volcanic Viper. If only I had a sword."
Those words rang the dinner bell in Mei's head as she grabbed one of the notebooks Midoriya gave to her and Melissa and began writing down ideas, rough drafts, and blueprints for Todoroki's issue. 'Hmm, maybe a set of twin blades that can extend his Quirk out through them? That would be fitting considering his name,' Mei brainstormed. 'Probably will need a sample of his DNA for his Quirk to travel through the blades as if they were an extension of his body. Ooh, that could also work for See-Through girl so she doesn't have to go out Heroing naked. I know Muscles will probably get really protective of her soon enough.'
"Wait, how did you get out?!" Melissa exclaimed, shocked by Mei's escape from her confines.
"Next Time on Death Battle!" Boomstick announced.
Rocking music played with the rhythmic chanting of warriors. Scenes between the two fighters played through the music, starting with the eyes of a shocked man with a bowl cut looking at a blade sticking through a hand with swirls of sand coming out. It switched to that of a girl in fancy clothes atop a hill in a dense forest laughing with a flying boar(?) before running away.
One of the fighters was protected in a cocoon of hardened sand and dirt, a large crack in the front showing the man's robed figure while hundreds of quills or nails sticking out of the cocoon. A shot was shown of a few nails launched at the boy's face, showing his cold blue eyes, short red hair, and a red kanji on the left side of his forehead, with the nails stopped by a tendril of earth. The same boy was shown with his hands clapped together while a tidal wave of dirt and sand grew menacingly over his opponent.
The other fighter was shown as a small black-haired girl with a green and yellow bandana and clothing lifting a large and heavy belt over her head like it was nothing. Her face held a frown, yet her dull, sightless eyes were the most visually striking feature. The girl was shown slamming her bare foot onto the ground while crossing her arms in a stance, resulting in pillars of earth shooting up out of the ground and pinning several armored warriors onto the ceiling. A shot was shown of the same girl now an elderly woman sending a wave of mud and dirt onto a muscular dark-skinned girl with short hair, and back again as a young girl slamming her foot onto the ground, producing a shockwave of dirt and earth onto her foes. Both fighters' still images faced each other as the name of the fight was shown:
Gaara vs Toph
"YES! Earth Battle!" Pixie Bob jumped from her seat, pumping her fists into the air.
"These characters both seem to have an affinity for controlling aspects of the earth," Mandalay acknowledged. "Though both look so young, especially the girl."
"Which only makes her feats shown more impressive," Tiger noted.
Mei looked over to Principal Nezu for his nod of approval. As he gave it, Mei pressed the play button and started the video.
As the pink-haired girl did so, Midnight couldn't help but think of Aizawa, and thus the same for Mic and their visit to Tartaros...to discover the truth. Midnight wondered how it was going.
Meanwhile...
"We've identified the factor that served as the base."
Tsukauchi's words were a prelude to a dreadful revelation his guests knew already. Even still, the tired and joyless-looking detective had to say the words as officially as protocol demanded. However, a part of him wanted to drag this out longer for him to say, not for any perverse satisfaction in seeing his guests suffer, but because it was painful to himself to have to be the one to cement theory into reality. A Reality that would reopen old pain and crush their best hopes to pieces.
Tsukauchi stood in a control room run by a few Tartaros employees. The large blue screen wrapped around the front of the room showed various readings, including Alpha factor levels, security parameters, heartbeat detection, and even the room temperature. Nothing was unmonitored for this cell's special occupant, and nothing was left to chance or luck. Finally, the screen in the middle was the camera's feed overlooking the prisoner himself.
The prisoner sat in the middle of the room, the floor around him as white as marble but the rest was dark and unseeable. The prisoner's seat was moveable yet his restraints, ranging from straps over his legs, an x-shaped harness over his torso, and a white straight-jacket as his article of clothing that helped tie his hands, kept him shackled and still. All that they could see of the prisoner's head was purple and black smoke.
Previously, Tsukauchi and Gran Torino had welcomed their guests, Shouta Aizawa aka Eraserhead and Hizashi Yamada aka Present Mic, into the room, guarded heavily by locked doors and armed personnel. The detective told them about the prisoner's condition and actions in Tartaros, only communicating for trivial factoids but clamping up entirely when asked about Shigaraki or the League of Villains.
Tsukauchi then got into the topic that he was dreading to reveal. The detective informed them that several Quirk factors were added to the prisoner's DNA, jamming them onto the base Quirk to form a single, new Quirk. All four men stared at Kurogiri, the close associate of Tomura Shigaraki, the Defacto Leader of the League of Villains, his Quirk: Warp Gate, and his status now revealed fully as a Nomu himself, a High-End Nomu probably.
Now, Tsukauchi had to tell them the Quirk that was the base factor for Warp Gate, and, by proxy, Kurogiri's true identity.
With a heavy said, Tsukauchi said, "Turns out it belonged to a kid you were quite familiar in your U.A. days."
Present Mic stared at the screen with gritted teeth in a frown and nervous sweat running down his brow. Aizawa had a hand over his face, trying in vain to shield his eyes from the prisoner or the memories worming their way to the surface of his mind. "A young boy who lost his life way too soon while working to save others." Aizawa failed and his best friend's smiling face and cloudy blue hair stared back at him only for reality to take its place and the boy's face to fade into the shadowy mist of Kurogiri.
Present Mic's eyes behind his shades were wide and distraught, while Aizawa's eyes, were horrified and furious.
"We found out that this base Quirk is a very close match to Oboro Shirakumo's."
Notes:
AAAANNNNNDDDD SCENE! Ah, the sweet nectar of cliffhangers, tastes like frustration and torn away expectations. What a fine sadistic vintage!
...Anyway, I hope you guys liked this chapter. It was hard for me since I was pushed to make the entire episode better than the original. This Death Battle was one of the few that I had never watched before, because I wasn't much of a fan of either BlazBlue or Guilty Gear but I at least did the bare minimum of research for this fight and analysis.
Now, I'm not saying that Death Battle didn't have any excuses. I am aware this one was forcibly rushed due to time constraints, but that didn't mean that the half-assed analysis for Ragna and the shade over the BlazBlue fandom was needed. So, I fixed up some of this fight, giving more to Ragna's backstory and cutting out the 'No One Knows'. Some wanted me to do the same for the Sol analysis section with the 'That Man' bit, but I didn't. I found this bit quite hilarious and gave Wiz and Boomstick more personality.
Let's move on to the counterparts for this match. Firstly, Ragna being both Todoroki and Tokoyami. Todoroki and Tokoyami both fit a brooding, bad boy aesthetic in two different ways, with one being more doom, gloom, and edgy darkness, while the other is an emotionless-looking, cold, and anti-social, both aspects that fit into Ragna's personality. Ragna's abilities with the Azure Grimoire and connection and identity as the Black Beast fit with Tokoyami's Quirk, with the chapter highlighting the comparisons between Dark Shadow's head, claws, and look to that of the Black Beast's. Both Ragna and Tokoyami can fall prey to their dark powers if they lose control of their anger and we have seen in the Final War arc how big and destructive Dark Shadow can be.
Todoroki and Ragna share visual comparisons and familial backstories. As Todoroki pointed out, he felt like an experiment made to fulfill his father's dream just like the people who experimented on Ragna, his siblings, and other artificial humans to look for a host for Terumi, both have siblings, one of them being a cold psychopath willing to kill family for an unreasonable slight, white hair -at least half for Todoroki- mismatched eyes and differently powered arms. Finally, Shoto got the left side of his face burned, and Ragna lost his right arm.
Next is Sol Badguy and his counterparts in All Might and Bakugou. I'll admit that revealing Sol was All Might's counterpart was a little ham-fisted. Still, both are among the strongest in their respective universes, tall, muscular, goofy at times, hold their respective full strength back to not cause too much damage, and feel responsible for the guilt of a loved one whose memory is desecrated by the series' main antagonist, and extremely powerful. As for Bakugou, Sol's personality has a similar vibe that I showed with the new end quote from Sol, both are arrogant and prideful too, Bakugou more than All Might, Sol's fire powers connect with Bakugou's Explosion Quirk, and both do feel guilt over a past where they were responsible for messing up or destroying a close person's life.
Then there is Jubei the cat ninja as Hawks. At first, I thought Aizawa would have been a good fit, since he loves cats, loses an eye like Jubei, both are teachers, and he is practically a ninja, but then I found out about Jubei's relaxed and chill attitude, and that had my initial assumption destroyed to pieces. So, Hawks was the next best thing. Both are teachers to Ragna and Tokoyami and have the same relaxed and chill personality and while Hawks might not lose an eye, he does lose his wings and carries a katana with him everywhere.
Finally, Jin as Dabi. To reiterate my points with Shoto as Ragna, both Dabi and Jin have siblings, and were treated like lab rats for other people's dreams and goals. What Dabi and Jin have that Shoto and Ragna don't is that they are brothers who want to kill their sibling, have a cold disregard for friends and other's lives, and are shown to be psychopathic at their worst. Also, it would be a fun twist to have Shoto as the older brother, Ragna, while Dabi was the younger one, Jin.
With all that said, again, I hope you liked this chapter and some of the reworking I did around it, comment your thoughts and future counterpart predictions in the comments, and, to do those playing Marvel Rivals, I would like your thoughts: who's your favorite main and what's the best thing you love about the game? I'm genuinely curious, especially since with my gaming console with my brother in college I can't play it, unfortunately.
This has been Zayden StormVoid and-
ARMED AND DANGEROUS!
...Oh, shi-*BOOOOM!*
Chapter 44: Gaara vs Toph
Summary:
Death Battle rocks the house, and the group watches two masters of the Earth face off
Notes:
~I'M BACK, I'M BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME! I'M HERE, I'M HERE, AND I'M ONLINE! CAN'T YOU SEE I'M RIGHT HERE INSIDE! I'M BACK FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME!~
...Sorry, I have been revisiting one of my favorite shows as a kid, Grojband, and had this song of theirs stuck in my head.
Happy Holidays, everyone. I say this because I know I won't be able to make another one of these before Christmas. My family and I are going on vacation to Mexico to visit my grandmother for the holidays, which we all need given that this will be our first Christmas without my grandfather, who sadly passed away this year.
But that depressing bit of news aside, last time, we had the reworked Death Battle of Ragna vs Sol Badguy, Tokoyami and Todoroki relating well to their Blood-Scythe counterpart, Hawks digesting all the info he can on the Villains that appeared as counterparts, and Izuku helping Shoto figure out some new moves, as well as Mei brainstorming something for Shoto and Hagakure. We even looked at what Eraserhead and Present Mic are dealing with right now, and the official reveal, to them at least, that Kurogiri is the resurrected corpse of Oboro Shirakumo.
Now, we move onto a Death Battle that will surely leave us all shaking in our boots: Gaara vs Toph!
Let me get this out of the way first so I don't give you guys false hopes. I know some of you expect me to change the fight so that Gaara wins, but that isn't going to happen, and it isn't from some personal bias for Toph or dislike for Naruto and Gaara. When I made the changes for Ragna vs Sol Badguy, I only changed the analysis of Ragna and removed all the unnecessary BlazBlue shade. In the video I watched that helped me see the biggest flaws, the guy himself said that it made sense that Sol won, and showed the problem with that fight was not the whole episode itself or who won, just Death Battle's take on BlazBlue. I didn't mean for this to set a precedent that I would be changing Every fight people think went wrong, only the most egregious, in my opinion. I hear people didn't like how this fight ended, or Tifa vs Yang, but neither of them had dozens of videos explaining why Ben 10 vs Green Lantern was done horribly.
So, for those who have been commenting nonstop for #JusticeforGaara, this video isn't for you, and I'm sorry if you feel that way; if you like to stick around for how the characters react to the fight and how they can grow from it, then please tolerate this and don't give me so much flak in the comments.
But first, the Index:
"Zayden," -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden,' -Mental or Internal Dialogue
"Zayden," -Wizard Dialogue
"Zayden," -Boomstick, Buff Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden," -Device, Combatant, and Fight Dialogue
Finally, I do not own My Hero Academia, which belongs to Horikoshi and is being adapted by Bones Studios, and I do not own Death Battle, which belongs to the YouTube channel of the same name and whatever is left of Roosterteeth, and, finally, I do not own the franchises mentioned in past, present, and future chapters, including Naruto, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and the Legend of Korra.
Now, Enough Talk! IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BAAATTTTTLLLLLEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
Upon Nezu's permission, Mei pressed the play button to start the next video.
"Throughout Death Battle, we've seen all manner of weapons and abilities, but these two combatants command the Very Earth around them," Wiz began the video.
"Yep, Earth Power!" Pixie Bob exclaimed, proudly. "Who here is with me in the Earth-Power club?!"
The only people to raise their hands were Honenuki and Cementoss, though the latter did so reluctantly to play along with the woman's enthusiasm.
"The closest thing I have to any power over the Earth is just breaking it with my shockwaves," Jiro shrugged.
"I'd like to raise my hand, but my Hardening just makes me as hard as a rock, not actually one," Kirishima nervously chuckled.
"What about that guy from Ketsubutsu? The one that looked like Midoriya?" Kaminari asked. "He said his Hero Name was Quake right?"
"Yeah, but his Quirk was creating shockwaves using some vibration Quirk, not actually controlling the Earth," Sero answered.
"Gaara of the Desert," Boomstick revealed the first fighter.
"And Toph Beifong, the Blind Bandit," Wiz revealed the second.
"Blind Bandit?" Shoji blinked. "So, she's blind?"
"Her eyes do look faded," Momo muttered. "I wonder if she uses some other method to see."
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick," Boomstick introduced themselves.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle," Wiz finished the intro.
The first fighter was the more noticeably intimidating of the two combatants. From the scenes shown, the boy appeared to be around his teenage years, with his oldest appearance as a young adult. The boy was pale, skinny, and short for his age with short, messy, red hair, pale blue eyes, and what looked like perpetual guy liner constantly around his eyes. He always held a serious, cold frown a red kanji tattooed on the left side of his forehead that had the students of Class 1-A glancing subconsciously toward a certain hot-and-cold classmate. The boy seemed to wear different types of robes and clothes, the most consistent elements being white robes and a large, cracked gourd, seemingly made of clay, slung over his back constantly.
Gaara
"Gaara of the Desert is a short, skinny, pale, stick of a kid," Wiz started. "But he's also one of the deadliest Shinobi in the world."
"Shinobi?" Pony quirked her head.
"It means 'ninja'," Shoto answered her. "Shinobi is a title reserved for male ninjas while female ninjas are normally called kunoichi."
"Oh, that's cool," Pony smiled, blushing slightly at her crush's gaze.
"Oh! Hear that, Edgy?" Hawks asked, grinning teasingly at Edgeshot. "Another ninja fighter. Just like us!"
"If I had not been introduced to Deadpool, I would have said you are the most loathsome, irritating fool I've ever met," The Shinobi Hero growled.
"Aw! Thank you!" Hawks cooed, still grinning.
"He looks like a member of Green Day," Boomstick muttered, pairing an image of Gaara with the band's members.
"Was that a band?" Sero scratched his head in confusion. "I can't remember when they were from."
"Yep, they were a rock band formed during the late 1980s, before the Dawning of Quirks," Jiro grinned at the sight of one of her favorite bands. "The name was slang where they came from in the Bay Area for smoking marijuana all day."
"What's marijuana?" Eri tilted her head curiously.
Jiro froze, awkwardly. "U-Um, w-we'll tell you about it when you are older. Just don't accept it if anyone gives it to you, okay?" Izuku responded fatherly.
"Okay!" Eri nodded, smiling dutifully.
Izuku sighed. "Anyway, if I remember correctly, Green Day was known for influencing and expanding the concept of punk rock, raising awareness of social and environmental issues, and making politically charged music like American Idiot," Izuku continued. "T-They're one of my favorite bands."
"Oh, I wonder why you like them so much, Greenie?" Setsuna grinned teasingly while ruffling Izuku's hair, making the boy blush.
"I remember, Green," Jiro smiled wide, a slight blush on her cheeks. "Remember when we quizzed each other on how many songs they made?"
"Yeah, you mopped the floor with me, Jiro," Izuku chuckled, scratching his cheek nervously as he remembered how they bonded over their music. It happened one day when Jiro invited him to her room to help her organize her music notes for the School Festival, he had seen her Green Day poster on her open closet door, and they just hit it off from there.
"Hey, you remember that, but not calling me 'Kyoka'?" Jiro pouted as she poked at his head with her jack.
"S-Sorry, K-Kyoka," Izuku muttered.
"Better, 'Green'," Jiro grinned, blushing.
Mineta watched this all with growing frustration and jealousy. 'He's even nailing Jiro and a girl from 1-B?!' Mineta wailed internally. Mineta may not have been as attracted to Jiro as he was to the other girls for obvious reasons, but the fact that Izuku was rizzing up almost every girl in their class and even expanding his talents to girls outside of theirs, frustrated Mineta on principle if not actual jealousy. He was also jealous that Midoriya seemed to be scoring the hottest girl in Class 1-B. 'If I find out he's also rizzed up Hagakure, or, God forbid, Kendo, I'm gonna lose it!'
"Gaara is the son of the Fourth Kazekage, leader of The Village Hidden in The Sand," Wiz revealed, showcasing Gaara's infamous father, his mother's death, and the lonely young boy walking around alone at night. "Born prematurely at the cost of his mother's life, Gaara was destined for a childhood of depression and loneliness from the get-go."
A wave of sadness washed over the group as they witnessed the event. Eri and Kouta whimpered in their respective ways, but both were brought into a hug by Izuku. Kouta had lost his mother and father to Muscular and Eri lost her father, unaware of her Quirk's part in the act, was abandoned by her mother, and had her grandfather placed into a coma, thanks to Overhaul. Izuku knew the pain of living with a father abandoning him and his mother and knew how horrible it was to watch someone die in front of them, and he could only send his sympathies to the boy who lost his mother before he could even know her.
Shoto's grip on the couch's armrest tightened while his face grew sad and reflective. He may not have lost his mother to death, but he had spent most of his life without one, his mother was placed in a mental after she had burned his face. It was his eldest brother, Touya, that he had lost before he could truly know him, both things he had attributed to Endeavor. His other siblings, Natsuo and Fuyumi, tried their best to be there for him, with the latter forced to act as the closest thing to a mother he had, and the former as a supportive older brother. Still, Shoto always felt guilt at how fast both of them were forced to grow up because of his weakness and their father's cruelty and poor choices. Thanks even further to his father's reputation as the then Number 2, Shoto isolated himself from people outside his family, seeing them as the sycophants they were. Shoto's first friend, outside of his siblings, was Izuku, and soon after the rest of his friend group.
"Not even a minute old and already has a kill under his belt," Boomstick joked.
Pony noticed Shoto's change in demeanor shift from sadness to anger and heard his knuckles crack. The horned 1-B girl stared at him sadly and with concern.
"How insensitive," Momo gasped, offended on Gaara's behalf.
"Though, technically he had a little help," Boomstick pointed out, garnering the group's immediate attention. "Because you see...As he was being born, his father was like, 'Hey! You know what'd be awesome? Using ninja magic to seal a horrible monster in my son's belly to turn him into an ultimate weapon'!"
"So, his father was the one responsible for killing Gaara's mother?!" Uraraka gasped.
Endeavor flinched and could tell his son's anger was only rising with every similar fact, and he couldn't blame his son. Enji Todoroki may not have murdered his wife, but it was thanks to his negligence, obsession, and the pressure he put on Touya that resulted in his eldest son's death, and the frustration he took out onto his wife was what led her to grow more mentally unstable and burn their youngest child and sent the poor woman into that mental hospital. In a way similar to this Gaara's father, had cursed and tormented Rei's life from the minute they met, forcing the woman into a Quirk Marriage and treating her as a baby-making factory for the perfect child than his wife or the mother of his children.
Gaara let out an agonizing, tearful scream as tendrils of sand rushed and seeped into him.
"The process was successful and Gaara became a Jinchūriki: human beings who have powerful-tailed beasts trapped within them," Wiz explained. "Gaara's beast was Shukaku, a giant tanuki with power over sand."
"A human with a monstrous beast inside them? Revelry in the Dark," Tokoyami said with both fascination and dread.
"So, this is how Gaara obtained his earth powers, more specifically that of sand," Jurota muttered, cupping his chin while imagining his Quirk as a raging, rampaging beast he has to keep in check.
"The monster is a tanuki? But they are so adorable!" Mina cooed.
"I know, right!" Hagakure agreed, nodding her invisible head rapidly. "With their bushy tails, cute little ears, and fluffy fur!"
"Aww, I want a tanuki as a pet," Boomstick cooed, a regular tanuki shown on screen. "They're so fluffy and adorable, you just wanna hu-" He was caught off as the true appearance of Shukaku appeared "OH GOD, HOLY SHIT! WHAT IS THAT?!"
"AAAAHHHHH!" Mina and Hagakure wailed in fright at the monstrous tanuki, hiding behind the couches near them.
"Woah, that looks so cool!" Kouta gasped with the enthusiasm of a giant monster-loving boy. Eri followed Mina's and Hagakure's lead and hid behind Izuku's legs.
Hawks frowned at seeing the giant monster. From its menacing maw to its monstrous size, to Keigo, it looked like a more animalistic version of Shigaraki's pet monster: Gigantomachia. The Winged Hero had seen the beast for the first time during Shigaraki's coronation as the Grand Commander of the PLF. If it weren't for the fact that the League had control of a thousand-members strong army of radicalized zealots, or that there was an army of radicalized zealots at all, Gigantomachia would have been one that chilled him to the bone.
BACKGROUND
Age: 19
Full Title: Gaara of the Sand Waterfall
Birthdate: January 19th
Blood Type: AB
Son of the 4th Kazekage
Host of Shukaku
Brother to Temari & Hankuro
5th Kazekage
"Shukaku loathed humanity and, at first, Gaara had difficulties controlling the monster's rage, accidentally hurting others," Wiz explained Gaara's backstory, showing the monstrous-tailed beast and Gaara's people shunning him. "As such, he was shunned by his own people, forced to live a secluded life."
While Izuku did his best to soothe Eri from her fear of the humanity-hating monster, Izuku couldn't help but flinch. He knew all too well the feeling of seclusion and isolation from his peers because he was different, even dangerous to some. Hell, some kids he tried to befriend avoided him because they thought they would end up Quirkless if they were around him like it was a disease.
"Well, yeah, I mean, he's got a goddamn tummy monster," Boomstick commented. "It's not like Pepto-Bismol's solving that."
Aoyama shuddered. The flamboyant boy already faced tummy issues when using his Quirk, he didn't know how he would survive if he also had to deal with a horrible sand demon in his stomach.
"Convinced his only option was to fight and care for only himself, Gaara became a ruthless killing machine," Wiz revealed, showing Gaara kill a man and brand a kanji out of blood on his forehead.
"What does that kanji say?" Pony questioned, blinking with concern over whether it was truly made of blood.
"It means 'Love'," Edgeshot said, closing his eyes and bowing his head, sympathetically. "It must represent the lack of such affection and emotion from his people and father, the love he never experienced from his mother in person, and perhaps as a reminder of his struggles and ultimate goals."
Shoto flinched as he saw the look of hatred and pain in Gaara's eyes and the bloody tattoo, his left hand subconsciously touching his scarred flesh. For so long, he had seen this scar as a testament to his hatred of his father and his rejection of his father's power and blood, the blood and power that his mother found so unbearable to look at. Seeing another person suffer in a circumstance similar to his, even if the mark was seemingly self-inflicted, was jarring to him, and Todoroki sent nothing but his sympathies for the boy.
ARSENAL
Sand Gourd
Johyo Rope Dart
Gold Dust
Jutsu
Sealing Tag
"But it's not all bad. Having a digestive desert demon gives him control over all things sand," Boomstick noted. Gaara was shown encasing a foe in sand, then crushing him into bloody pieces, as well as flying. "He can wield it as a weapon using his mind to trap and crush his foes. Oh, and he can also use it to freaking fly, how the hell does that work?"
"Hmm, his Quirk reminds me of the late Snatch's Quirk," Cementoss commented. "May his soul rest in peace."
Endeavor and Ryukyu frowned as they remembered the late hero's demise at the hands of Dabi and Mr. Compress of the League. After the successful raid of the Hassaikai base and the defeat of their boss, Overhaul's transport was reportedly intercepted by the League of Villains, the descriptions from the surviving officers matching the patchworked pyrokinetic, the mask-wearing escape artist, and their leader, Shigaraki. Snatch had been the Hero safeguarding Chisaki and the five remaining Quirk-erasing bullets. However, it was due to the combined efforts of Mr. Compress's and Dabi's Quirks that ended the man's life. By the time reinforcements arrived, all they found was Chisaki mutilated and missing his arms, the Quirk erasing bullets gone, and Snatch's burnt, sizzling remains.
When she heard the news, Ryukyu felt horrible guilt, wishing she had taken the lead on transporting Overhaul instead. 'If I was there, I could have helped and Snatch wouldn't have died in vain,' Ryukyu had thought. Her senior sidekicks and Nejire were the only ones who knew about her guilt -none of them wanted Uraraka or Asui to see their mentor in such a state- and it was mainly thanks to her periwinkle-haired protege who managed to assuage her. Nejire reminded her that she had done her part in the raid and did her duty to secure Overhaul's lieutenants, especially Rikiya Katsukame.
But where Ryukyu had Nejire to cheer her up, Endeavor did not have much of anyone to truly absolve him of his guilt- at least, anyone he would allow to look past the mask of the stoic, serious Pro Hero he maintained. While he hadn't taken part in the Hassaikai raid, or had much interaction with the Sand Quirk Hero, he had the opportunity to bring in one of his murderers, Dabi, who appeared after Hood's attack. 'If I hadn't been so weak, I could have captured him and stopped his murder streak,' Enji Todoroki thought, his fists cracking as Dabi's taunts echoed in his head.
While the Heroes busied themselves over their guilt, the students looked at Gaara's abilities more optimistically and analytically. Tokoyami imagined containing a Villain with Dark Shadow like Gaara did with his sand, minus squishing said Villain into a bloody paste. Meanwhile, Reiko hummed in acknowledgment at how Gaara flew with his sand as she did with whatever large enough object she could control and lift.
"He can mentally adjust the density of his sand, whether it needs to be lighter than air or stronger than steel," Wiz explained the reach of Gaara's control over the element. "He can even use it to stop bombs powerful enough to wipe out an entire village."
"Manly," Kirishima and Tetsutetsu muttered, wondering how well their respective Quirks, Hardening and Steel Body, would fair against Gaara's sand.
Todoroki blinked at the sight of Gaara creating a wall of sand to protect an entire village, wondering if this was how people saw him when he made his Heaven's Piercing Ice Walls.
"To be able to manipulate the very density of every molecule of sand is quite impressive," Momo said.
"Could you do something similar with your Quirk, Yaomomo?" Izuku asked, curiously.
Momo blinked, surprised by the question. "What do you mean, Izuku?" Momo asked.
"I mean, it is already incredible that you can memorize the structure of an item you create down to the molecular level, but have you ever tried lessening the materials required to form an item?" Izuku inquisitively asked. "You know, to mitigate the amount of lipids you would need to use your Quirk and reserve more for later?"
"Hmm, that does sound promising, and I have attempted something similar in the past," Momo admitted, though her face was pensive and uncertain. "However, even the slightest miscalculation could cause my Quirk to fail to produce the item. I would have to experiment with that idea more before I can put it to practical use."
"Well, I guess it's a good thing we have a private training session to try that idea, right?" Izuku grinned, cheekily.
Momo blushed yet smiled softly back. "Yes. Yes, we do," Momo replied, her enthusiasm for tomorrow only growing.
The two were too busy gazing into each other's eyes to notice a certain grape-headed teen overhearing their conversation rather closely.
"He can control any sand in his vicinity using his Chakra, a spiritual energy Shinobi access for Superhuman abilities, such as walking up a tree," Wiz explained the famous Naruto Chakra.
"Interesting," Mandalay said. "Its relation as a spiritual energy source makes it sound similar to Ki from the Dragon Ball universe, but its applications appear more like magic."
"Heh, guess Boomstick was right to call it 'ninja magic'," Miruko chuckled. "Think you can try and do that, Edgeshot?"
"Just because I walk the way of the Shinobi does not mean I would have any further success in harnessing such power, if it exists in our world, than anyone else," Edgeshot replied.
"Sounds like a long-winded way of saying 'I'm too chicken-shit to try'," Miruko rolled her eyes, taking a bite out of her carrot.
Edgeshot gained a comical angry tick mark over his head.
JUTSU
Armor of Sand
Shield of Sand
Third Eye
Desert Wave
Sand Binding Coffin
Sand Binding Prison
Sand Clone
Sand Hail
Sand Shuriken
"This guy's like the ultimate emo kid," Boomstick muttered. "But I'm not gonna give him too much crap, because he can use existing sand to crush the ground around him for even more sand, so he's never without easy access to ammo."
"Quite the ingenious tactic," Cementoss nodded, arms crossed. "I don't face much issue with this circumstance since our cities are brim with cement for me to utilize."
"Same," Pixie Bob smirked. "If there is any kind of earth for me to touch, it's mine to turn into mud to control. Though using earth and mud to make more to use later sounds like quite the 'big brain' play."
"Though, this highlights that the range of his abilities is limited to exclusively sand rather than all kinds of dirt and earth," Tiger pointed out. "And if there's no sand nearby to use, he'll have to prioritize creating some on top of fighting."
"Sounds like that can make him vulnerable in a Death Battle if he's not in the right place to fight," Ragdoll said.
"Despite this, he still carries a gigantic gourd of sand on his back," Boomstick pointed out.
"I suppose that solves the issue of having sand nearby for readied use," Mount Lady shrugged.
"But there would have to be only a limited amount in the gourd, despite its impressive size," Ryukyu noted. "Meaning he would have to memorize and use as his sand as scarcely and wisely as he can."
"It's huge! You'd think that'd be hard on his spine," Wiz muttered. "Interestingly enough, its unique shape and size is a reference to how in Japanese folklore, Tanuki's were considered to be so well endowed they'd have to sling their testicles over their shoulders."
"Awesome," Boomstick's grin was notable, even from just his voice.
"More like gross," Uraraka gagged, covering Eri's eyes from the mature paintings.
"What was that you said about the kid's gourd size being impressive?" Miruko grinned teasingly.
"Oh, quite you! You know what I meant." Ryukyu huffed, yet her face still grew red.
"Does that happen if you tried tanuki meat, Tamaki?" Mirio asked.
"N-No," Tamaki gagged, his face turning green. "I have never tried either tanuki meat or using my Quirk like that."
'Hmm, could one of Zuzu's family members be part tanuki?' Nejire wondered to herself. She distinctly remembered when Mei told the newly formed Sisterhood about how endowed their crush was, to their mixed reactions of delight and apprehension, yet she wondered if the same held true for Zuzu's testis. The more she thought about it, the more Nejire began to drool and bleed from her nose.
Izuku didn't know why but he felt his ears burn crimson, wondering if someone was talking or thinking about him about something really embarrassing.
"But the thing is, Gaara's gourd is not carrying any ordinary testicles-I mean-sand!" Wiz corrected himself. "Gaara has infused his own Chakra into the gourd sand."
"This directly links it to Gaara, making it much easier for him to control," Boomstick jumped in, showing Gaara create a spear made of sand, burying his foe in quicksand, and zooming into a person's bleeding wounds to show the particles of sand in the bloodstream. "He's so skilled with it, he can even forge weapons from it, bury people underground, or send it into another person's bloodstream and control them like some sort of puppet. Talk about an itch you're not gonna scratch."
Shinsou quirked an eyebrow at the last feat which sounded like a roundabout version of his Quirk, except with more precision and control if Gaara could manipulate every grain of sand. 'My Quirk can only get them to do certain simple tasks, nothing too complex that would require a higher brainwave function that would be rendered numb and sluggish. Additionally, a strong enough physical response like bumping shoulders with someone could snap them out of the trance,' Shinsou thought over how his Quirk worked. 'But this Gaara could probably manipulate their bodies like puppets on his strings with no care about how damaging and painful the task could be, or how the control process would feel.' Shinsou would almost dare to call it 'Villainous'.
Shinsou shook his head at the thought. The indigo-haired teen found it hypocritical to be quick to judge the sand wielder over such stereotypical preconceptions that he was subjected similarly to, especially when he has seen multiple individuals across universes with similar Brainwashing powers, like Luke Skywalker and Harry Potter.
"Remind me of when that Mummy guy from Nabu Island sicked those puppets of his on us," Kaminari shuddered, remembering the Mummification Villain from Nine's crew.
Bakugou growled with anger at the memory of that bastard, specifically when said Mummy bastard bound him in his bindings and used him as a puppet to fight Shitty Hair and Sparkplug. 'No one controls me but me,' Bakugou growled.
"What about you, Reiko?" Setsuna asked. "Can you do an actual Poltergeist and control people's bodies?"
"What you describe is the vial acts of a demonic possession, you uncultured reptile," Reiko huffed, defensively. "My Quirk allows me to control objects, and levitate and toss them around, yet moving another person's body against their will would require a level of precision I have yet to master."
"Uncultured," Setsuna exclaimed, slightly offended.
While they discussed Gaara's puppeteering abilities, Todoroki's envious mind fixated on Gaara's constructive control of sand. Unlike Gaara, Shoto's control over his Quirk was far more limited. The scarred teen could unleash and spread out fire and ice and consequently cool and heat his body and surroundings, yet to specifically create structures and shapes out of his ice he needed a base structure to work with and spread his ice to make. At most, he could form blades, spires, glaciers, and ice walls, while Gaara could make weapons, more precise bindings, and shields. Then there was Shoto's fire which was too chaotic and wild to shape into something physical or tangible without it being a superheated ball of fire.
"Also, Gaara eventually battled and defeated his own father who happened to be a zombie at the time," Wiz revealed.
"Sorry, come again?" Kendo asked, blinking at the quick, sudden revelation.
"It's like Ivy Valentine and her zombie pirate father all over again. Except this time, he's a ninja." Tetsutetsu muttered.
"And both evil bastards," Yui added, remembering how Ivy's father was a rapist and murderer on top of being a pirate.
"His father used a Magnetic Release ability to control gold dust, much like Gaara does sand," Wiz continued, the 4th Kazekage shown controlling golden sand with ease.
"Like a mirror opposite of his son's power," Ibara muttered, hands clasped in prayer to rid the world of such an unholy plague as the undead.
"Though, good for the guy," Tokage grinned. "Finally got even with his old man for monster possession thing and killing his mother."
Endeavor and Shoto heard her comment and cringed at the irony of their similar, yet less extreme circumstances.
"Even though he can't do the Zombie Dad Magnet thing, Gaara added Gold Dust to his gourd sand anyway, giving him more control over its weight," Boomstick explained.
"Intriguing," Iida muttered. "Was he able to do such a thing because the gold dust was similar to his own power?"
"Who knows?" Uraraka shrugged. "Either way, I think it's really cool. Facing your evil father, reborn as a darker version of yourself, defeating him, and taking his powers to use for the good of others."
"You sure have a way of making things sound dramatic, huh, Ochaco-chan," Asui pointed out, making Ochaco blush. "If you didn't want to be a Hero, I would think you would be great as a writer."
"I think it's cute," Izuku muttered out loud. His face grew red as the words were finally processed as said out loud instead of in his head. "I-I-I mean, it's inspiring and shows how passionate you are about things, Ochaco-san!"
"T-Thank you, Deku-kun," Uraraka stuttered, her blushing demeanor growing brighter.
"But wait, there's more!" Wiz exclaimed. "With her dying breath, Gaara's mother somehow imparted her own power into this sand." The screen showed the crying, dying mother holding her baby boy. "It became living sand, an extension of her will, determined to follow and protect Gaara." The scene switched to a scene of Gaara floating in the air on a platform of sand, surrounded by sand in the shape of his mother. "It will spring from the gourd to defend him from any danger, regardless of risk and without command." This information was exemplified by Gaara standing still, his arms crossed, as sand shot out in waves and tendrils to protect the boy against any threat.
Todoroki's eyes grew wide, his jaw slacking. His thoughts turned back to his battle against Midoriya in the Sports Festival, how Midoriya snapped at him and said those fateful words that triggered the scarred boy's repressed memories of his mother. Todoroki remembered her comforting words, motherly wisdom, and love strengthening him, allowing him to come to terms with his past and identity as his own man, not beholden to his father or anyone. Those memories ignited a spark within him to finally use his fire and view his Quirk as his own.
However, to have his mother's soul, spirit, or whatever actually beside him and aid him? If Shoto hadn't been envious of Gaara before, he was now.
"Awww! That's so sweet and wonderful!" Pony cooed, her large blue eyes sparkling, starry-eyed. The girl glanced and noticed Todoroki's stunned expression. "T-Todoroki? What's wrong?"
Todoroki blinked, surprised, and looked at Pony. "I-It's nothing, Tsunotori-san," Shoto muttered.
"Are you sure?" Pony tilted her head curiously and concerned. "You looked upset at first and now surprised."
Todoroki's surprise grew upon realizing Pony had caught onto his prior feelings. "I see. I'm sorry if I worried you," Todoroki said, apologetically.
"No, no, I understand, and it's okay," Pony waved away the unnecessary apology. "I-I don't want to push and make you feel bad, but you should know that you have all of us, me too if you need someone to talk to."
Todoroki took a moment to contemplate before sighing. "I suppose I relate to much of what Gaara felt with his past," Shoto admitted. "My mother has been in a mental hospital for most of my life and I didn't see or know how she was doing for so long. We made up recently...but I guess I felt jealous that Gaara always had his mother with him, even in death."
"Oh, I see," Pony muttered, saddened immensely at just a peek into her crush's sad past. She thought of what to say for a moment. "A-And how are you two doing, now?"
Shoto smiled sadly yet lovingly. "We're fine," Shoto replied. "She forgave me for not visiting and said she supported me in my goal of being my own Hero."
Pony smiled, softly. "W-Well, that's good right?" Pony asked, Shoto turned to face her. "I'm sure that she was cheering for you during the Sports Festival, and even if you couldn't see her or be with her as often if she loves you, then I'm sure she was with you all along, giving you strength in her own way, right?"
Shoto's eyes widened a smidge at her words and their accuracy. "R-Right," Shoto nodded, smiling as he remembered visiting her after the Sports Festival. She did indeed watch him from afar, rooted for him, and strengthened him, even if by memories and prayers. "Thank you, Tsunotori-san." Shoto smiled at her.
Pony blushed crimson at how handsome his smile was. It took everything she had not to swoon and smile back. "You're welcome," Pony replied, cheerfully.
Meanwhile, Setsuna and Izuku noticed their conversation and smiled softly and warmly at their friends.
"This absolute defensive technique is called... The Absolute Defense," Boomstick revealed dramatically. "Pretty good name, really."
"Guess that sand monster didn't help him come up with a more imaginative name," Mount Lady deadpanned.
"That would imply it would help him at all, or that it could even speak or think like a person," Midnight retorted.
"Gaara sand is so dense and fast, only someone who can move nearly the speed of sound can pass it," Boomstick said.
Iida frowned, worried that if he were ever to face off against the sand-controlling boy for whatever reason or method, he wouldn't be fast enough to avoid his attacks, let alone bypass his defenses.
"Gaara can also use everyday sand to create defenses such as his Sand Armor, which encases him in a shell to soften blows," Wiz unveiled, showing a cracked-open Sand Armor and Gaara with cracks all over his face. "Unlike his automatic Absolute Defense, the Sand Armor is self-created, and requires a large amount of his Chakra to maintain."
"Heh, sounds a lot like my Hardening," Kirishima clashed his fists, feeling the urge to have a match of attrition against Gaara.
"So, while the Absolute Defense is automatic and requires no input on Gaara, he also has a defensive measure he can use with his own Chakra," Izuku muttered. "It's almost like one vault door past another to make one impenetrable defense. The only flaw is that it requires so much of his Chakra, if someone could get past all his defenses, he would be left vulnerable."
"Doesn't matter how much sand he or his mommy wants to throw out, I can blow it all away easily," Boomstick boasted.
"Kind of makes you sound like that one beach bully kicking the kid's sandcastle," Sero said.
"ZIP IT, WEIRD ARMS!" Bakugou barked.
"Gaara's skill with sand is only limited by how much Charka he's got left in his system," Boomstick explained. "After running low, he could tag out and give Shukaku a turn fighting."
"However, if the beast is as monstrous as we are led to believe, allowing him to 'take the wheel' would risk the monster attacking innocents and allies as much as his enemies," Tokoyami pointed out.
"Until a group of crazy people literally pulled the sand monster from his body for good," Boomstick clarified the earlier piece of info.
"...Never mind," Tokoyami muttered.
"I suppose this means that Shukaku won't appear in his arsenal for the Death Battle," Shoji figured.
"A shame," Kendo shrugged. "As unstable as it may be, without allies or innocents to threaten it would be a powerful asset for his fight."
"That must've hurt, it's gotta be like twice as bad than that night after Chipotle."
"He... died," Wiz pointed out.
"Wait, say what now?!" Hagakure exclaimed.
"Oh... the same, then," Boomstick paused yet tried to keep the joke running.
"Uh, Pony, Melissa, America has a lot of Chipotle's. Is it as bad as he says?" Setsuna asked.
"You don't want to know," Pony, Melissa, and even David Shield all muttered, shuddering.
"Turns out losing Shukaku was actually a blessing in disguise," Wiz pointed out. "After being resurrected, Gaara spent some time re-evaluating his emotional roller coaster of a life."
"I would be surprised but his father was already resurrected too, so, meh," Kyoka shrugged.
"Though, did he come back as the same kind of zombie as his dad?" Ojiro questioned.
"Probably not," Sato replied. "Those two guys seemed to have simply healed him."
"Inspired by Naruto Uzumaki, he began to truly understand compassion, his attitude changed," Wiz continued as a scene played of Gaara staring awestruck at the famous series protagonist. "His people began supporting him, he even commanded the Allied Shinobi Forces during the Fourth Great Shinobi War."
Todoroki felt a sense of Deja Vu seeing Gaara look at Naruto with those eyes; eyes full of awe, inspiration, and respect, the same eyes he had toward Izuku at the Sports Festival.
"IT'S YOURS! YOUR QUIRK, NOT HIS!" Izuku's past declaration echoed in Todoroki's mind. Those words were the final hammer to his repressed memories, leading him to use his fire and whole Quirk the way he wanted. Shoto also couldn't help but feel that he didn't solely change how he fought or used his Quirk after that. Afterward, he visited his mother and reconciled with her, grew closer to Midoriya and his friends, and acted softer and more understanding with his classmates he previously dismissed or paid little mind to. Gone was the suspicion and cold regard he often gave to people. Shoto wondered if the Shoto Todoroki who won the match against Midoriya was the same as the one who entered the arena. The scarred boy ultimately decided he wasn't.
'We both changed for the better,' Todoroki thought to Gaara, even if the sand-powered character couldn't hear or know of him.
"And like his late father, Gaara also became-"
"A ZOMBIE?!" Boomstick gasped.
"Kazekage," Wiz finished.
"Damn!" Boomstick cursed.
"Shoot," Reiko pouted, thinking it would have made Gaara cooler if he was a zombie and still fought as a good guy.
'Cute,' Tokoyami thought.
FEATS & STRENGTHS
Achieved Kazekage rank at 15
Protected Sunagakune from Deidara's C3 bomb
Sand is faster than the eye can see
Held up a falling meteor
Defeated Rock Lee & Sasuke
Defeated his father, Rasa
Regimental Commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces
"Well, even non-zombie and missing Shukaku, Gaara still retained his powerful Chakra and skill over sand," Boomstick continued.
"Phew, that's a relief," Pixie Bob wiped her brow. "I was almost worried that he would have lost that power since it came from that demon."
"Wouldn't exactly be a memorable fight if he fought as a regular ninja," Mount Lady scoffed.
"I believe even if it did come from that creature at first, Gaara made that power his own," All Might declared. "As Wizard stated, without Shukaku holding him back, the boy can unleash his true potential."
Izuku stared up at All Might, reflecting on his mentor's words. Izuku recalled his training under Gran Torino and the elderly Hero's words that his admiration of All Might was a shackle limiting his true potential. For the most part, Gran Torino was right, and in the moments Izuku fought as himself and not as All Might, he found that he excelled. From creating Full Cowling to Shoot Style to Air Force and now Black Whip, Izuku felt like his own person, his own kind of Hero, unshackled by having to live up to All Might's example and style. Izuku smiled, a sense of pride and confidence welling in his chest.
"In their fight, Gaara was so powerful, his father mistook him for Shukaku itself, despite the sand monster being long gone," Wiz noted.
"Gaara is stronger and smarter than ever, all thanks to his mother's love," Boomstick said, his tone shifting fondly and sadly. "I miss Mama Boomstick..."
"Awww," Mina, Hagakure, Pony, and Kinoko all cooed.
"Few can withstand the overwhelming power of this Sand Shinobi," Wiz declared. "...or Mama Boomstick's cooking."
"HEY!" Boomstick exclaimed, offended. "You're uninvited to Thanksgiving!"
"I never was!" Wiz laughed.
"Exactly," Boomstick muttered.
"I guess Mama Boomstick's cooking must be like a day of Chipotle, too," Awase rubbed the back of his head. "Any of your mom's like that?"
"Meh, my old hag's decent I guess, not as great as my old man, though," Bakugou scoffed.
"No way! My mom's a great cook!" Izuku smiled fondly upon thinking of his mother's cooking. "The best."
"For once, the nerd's right," Bakugou huffed and looked away. "Auntie Inko's the best damn cook out there."
'She sure is,' All Might sighed as he recalled their date nights when the stubborn woman insisted on cooking their dinner instead of going out. All Might couldn't help but admit that Inko's cooking surpassed Nana's. Thanks to that special woman, All Might, against all odds, managed to gain some meat on his bones-even if minuscule at best.
"Oh, really?" Mina grinned, the gears of her mind spinning and cranking. "Midori, you must introduce us to her sometime! Better yet, invite her over one day! We all would love to taste Mama Midoriya's cooking. Right, girls?"
"Right!" All the girls, specifically of the Sisterhood, declared, their smiles and grins wide and faintly mischievous.
"Um...s-sure, I can always ask," Izuku stuttered, feeling like he had just stumbled into a trap.
"Aww, why can't I try?" Fat Gum pouted, disappointed. He too wanted to taste just how spectacular this woman's cooking was.
"Trust me, Fat Gum, you don't want to get in the middle of this," Kirishima chuckled, nervously, spotting how devious and determined Mina was.
"Agreed," Tamaki shuddered, noticing the same demeanor on Nejire.
"One day, Konkuro, I'd like to become something precious to others too, not just to be viewed as some hideous weapon," Gaara spoke to Konkuro while the two stood on a cliff overlooking the desert sands blanked by the setting sun's light. Gaara turned his head to glance at Konkuro with a small smile. "But as the Sand's next Kazekage."
The quote and smile from Gaara sent smiles onto many of the group's faces, pleased that the boy's life full of hardship and pain did not diminish the strength in his soul, or keep him from smiling. The boy was received fairly well for his impressive control over sand, his endurance and his determination against such a tragic life, and his impressive defensive techniques, though some regarded the boy with cautious looks for his more murderous acts.
The next fighter surprised the group because she normally looked young; the girl looked around 12 years old, a few years older than Eri or Kouta. The girl's attire consisted of green and khaki yellow clothing, from a green and khaki dress with a brown belt by her waist, often accompanied by a golden buckle at the front, to a green and golden hairband with white puffballs by her ears. Her hair was black and usually styled with her hairband to keep most of it in a bun at the back while she let a few strands frame and drape over her face, leading the group to notice her pale, faded eyes. Another interesting note was that while she had green clothing around her ankles and on top of her feet, she left the bottom half bare. She also had green gloves around her wrists and the back of her hand, freeing the rest of her hands and fingers.
Toph Beifong
"Water, Earth, Fire, Air," Wiz began showing shadowed silhouettes of different people bending the elements to their will. "In the world of Avatar, these four elements can be wielded by the skill, training, and martial arts of these gifted benders."
"So, this must be the special attribute of this world," Asui croaked. "It's like a world solely inhabited by elemental Quirks."
"It looks amazing," Itsuka gasped, smiling as she watched the benders on screen move and unleash these four elements with fiery ferocity, rigid discipline, flowing grace, and blowing freeness. "She particularly liked both the Fire and Earth ones."
"But not all of them come in the same size or package, and even the greatest of benders come in the most unexpected places," Boomstick finished Wiz's introduction.
"I guess that the girl we're going to follow is an Earth user," Jiro guessed. "Earth-bender?"
"As the only child of the wealthy Beifong family, Toph was kept a secret from the rest of the world," Wiz jumped back in, showing the small child with dull, faded eyes attended to by servants and her wealthily dressed parents. "Hidden away, she was pampered and guarded like a fragile child. Her parents were hopeful she could someday become a noble, respected member of Earth Kingdom society."
Momo frowned and winced at Toph's story already, though it was much more complicated than the two being from wealthy families. Momo knew she grew up far more privileged than others, but she never wanted to be treated like the pampered princess her parents initially wanted. It took a lot of convincing on her part to have her parents support her decision to become a Hero. Her father initially wanted her to take up the family business as the heir to the Yaoyorozu Zaibatsu and Momo had spent days to weeks arguing with him about how she was capable of doing both the work as the Yaoyorozu CEO and a Pro Hero while persuading her mother to convince her stubborn father. She was almost pulled out of U.A. after the attack on the USJ and again following the attack on the Training Camp.
But just as she convinced her parents to let her go to U.A., she stopped them from pulling her out of the Hero School, though it was hard. Momo sighed as she recalled how protective and stubborn her parents were. Where she felt that it would speak more highly of her if she took the regular Entrance Exam, it was her parents who would not allow that and had gotten her into the Recommendation Exam, something that would plague her self-esteem and worth following her humiliating defeat in the Sports Festival and the whispers from passing U.A. students that she merely got into the Hero Course because of her wealth.
Thanks to Izuku and Todoroki, she got over most of this. The latter boy helped her by revealing that he had voted for her to be their Class Rep and pointedly told her that it was because he found her dependable, intelligent, and hard-working. As for Izuku, she still fondly remembered when the boy she would later crush hard on would so confidently dismiss her self-deprecating words and declare, with such ferocity in his eyes, how skilled, intelligent, and amazing she was. Their frequent talks during their study sessions, where both teens would assuage and support the other from their similar self-deprecating tendencies, would only cement what began from their first talk till she was where she was now, forming a literal Sisterhood in hopes of sharing the same boy of their affections.
"But their hopes were pretty much dashed from the moment she popped out," Boomstick noted. "See those faded whites? Yeah, Toph's completely blind."
"My daughter is blind. She is blind and tiny and helpless and fragile!" Lao Beifong yelled while Toph took in his words about her with a bitter frown.
"Okay, that's going a bit too far there, asshole," Kyoka raised an eyebrow, feeling unknowingly ticked off by the Beifong Lord's words.
Momo flinched at Mr. Beifong's, hearing similar words from her father when Mr. Aizawa came to her family manor to plead for her continued attendance at U.A. at the dorms. Momo knew her father meant well, and she could tell that Toph's father did too, but she could not dismiss how the man could not see how his words affected his daughter.
Izuku would likewise flinch at hearing Lao Beifong unknowingly demean his daughter. He always looked like that by everyone for being born Quirkless. The nicest teachers he had treated him like he was helpless, and most of the others made him feel small with their callous regard toward him, acting no better than former classmates who would bully and mock him. Even his mother, as loving as she was, treated him like a fragile object like he was made of glass. As much as Izuku felt truly loved by his mother, and knew her words and actions were done out of zero malicious intent, at some point, Izuku felt frustrated with his mother, almost annoyed by how much she pestered him about if he got hurt. Granted, he usually did, but how he returned home with bruises and covered in soot marks every day was little fault of his.
However, the one thing that Izuku felt particularly resentful toward her was her answer to him when they came home from the doctor. "I'm sorry, Izuku. I wish things were different," His mother said with tears and a tight hug full of love and care, but Izuku felt disappointment and heartbreak. Those weren't the words he wanted to hear and ever since then, Izuku had formed a barrier between him and his mother, keeping her from the truth of how he was feeling or who bullied him. It was a barrier he felt was always there until the day All Might came to plead to his mother to allow him to continue attending U.A. It wasn't until his mother told him how proud he was, how she believed in him and the Hero he was becoming, that Izuku felt the resentment vanish.
Melissa frowned, looking to the ground with sadness. She couldn't deny that she didn't feel something similar to what Toph surely did. Melissa loved her father with everything she had and appreciated when he trusted her with whatever she worked on in her lab, but it wasn't always like that. For most of her life, she was treated like a princess by her father but watched over meticulously by him. She usually had to sneak her way into his lab because he wouldn't let her in and play with the 'dangerous tools' in there, and she could get why but she wasn't too naive or idiotic a child to not realize that. Melissa wondered where much of her father's protectiveness came from: her Quirklessness or her mother's death.
It wasn't until the levee broke between them that they had a serious conversation and even fought over how he treated her. David Shield was initially skeptical of his only daughter wanting to grow up to be a Support Item Inventor and Melissa snapped and told her father off for how overprotective he was. It turned out that Melissa was half-right her father's concerns were born out of the death of her mother, and he didn't want anything ill to happen to her. The two did some talking, enough that they were blubbering messes by the end, but they did reconcile and grow to be the loving, trusting father-daughter duo they were now.
Melissa's frown only deepened though. 'But now...will he still trust and support me if I say I want to be a Hero?' The American blonde thought.
"It appears that both Gaara and Toph are united in a similar pain: parental issues," Tokoyami muttered, sympathetically.
"Still, 'fragile' is the last word that I would want to use to describe this chick," Boomstick said.
BACKGROUND
Age: 12 (Avatar) / 88 (Korra)
Full Name: Toph Beifong
Daughter of a prestigious family
Extremely acute senses beside sight
Former police chief
Stage Name: The Blind Bandit
Eventually retired to the swamp as a hermit
"Frustrated by her parents' stubborn coddling, Toph ran away from home at the age of six and ended up losing her way in a cave, until she was rescued by some giant Badger-moles," Wiz revealed, showing Toph meet the giant Earthbending masters. "Yes, they're badgers...and they are moles."
"And They're Huge!" Mineta exclaimed, eyes comically bulging out.
"Huh, what would happen if you would eat a piece of meat from one of those, Tamaki?" Nejire asked. "Would you gain the traits of both a badger and a mole?"
"Maybe, if this creature has the same capabilities and traits as both species," Tamaki shrugged, curious. "Both moles and badgers have skills relating to the earth, such as badgers being expert diggers and moles capable of living in subterranean environments." Tamaki began to imagine that consuming material from one of these creatures would give them a mole's sense of smell and the digging claws of a badger.
"Imagine one of those things burrowing into your home," Boomstick muttered, somewhat disturbed. "What kind of pest control do you even call for that? Oh wait, I know. FIRE."
Koda frowned, pouting angrily at Boomstick's suggestion, especially against such a beautiful creature.
"Like Toph, Badger-moles are blind, so they took a liking to her," Wiz explained.
"Well, how the hell would they know?" Boomstick questioned, dubiously.
"That...is a good point," Sen raised a finger.
"They likely have an innate sense of smell capable of telling them that she is similar," Power Loader explained. "The way she sniffed them looked similar, so it perhaps found it endearing or familiar to them."
"And as the original artists of the craft, the Badger-moles began her training in the art of Earthbending," Wiz unveiled a scene of a Badger-mole swiping the earth to see and move with Toph mimicking them.
A subsequent scene shows Toph practicing Earthbending on a small rock and succeeding, with the blind girl smiling with joy and pride.
Momo smiled warmly at Toph's joy. It reminded the heiress of the first time she created something, the wonder and joy that her mother said blossomed in her eyes, and the large, adorable smile she had on her face.
"So, these Badger-moles are also capable of Earthbending," Todoroki said.
"Huh, would you look at that? Can't believe I got the name right," Jiro muttered, pleasantly surprised.
"But then if Badger-moles were the original Earthbenders, how could humans learn it?" Kaminari scratched his head. "Did some human ancestors long ago and some Badger-moles...you know..." Kaminari subtly tried to convey the awkward question with a fist pounding onto his palm.
"Okay, first of all, eww," Setsuna gagged. "Pretty sure that's not how that happened. Secondly, maybe like how Toph figured it out, some humans learned how to bend the earth through observing the Badger-moles and passed on the lessons."
"However, does that mean that all humans, in that world, can learn to bend the elements?" Izuku muttered as he wrote in his notebook. "Also, if Badger-moles were the originators of Earthbending, then what about the other elements? Did they also learn them through animals capable of bending the elements? Would they be regular animals that could bend the elements or some special hybrid like Badger-moles?"
"And we lost him," Mina smiled, yet sweatdropped as Izuku descended into another muttering storm.
Nezu chuckled, amused by Izuku's 'quirky' personality, Nezu thought ironically; however, the boy did bring up some interesting points. Could the ability to bend the elements be something that any person can achieve or is the ability a genetic trait passed down through generations or even one that can appear at random like a Quirk? If the latter were true, then it would be inconsequential, but if the former was right, Nezu pondered whether humans from other realities, like their own, could learn and perform the same bending abilities.
BENDING ARTS
Earthbending
-Seismic Sense
-Earth Compression
Metalbending
Sandbending
Mudbending
"These giant varmints taught Toph how to manipulate rock and stone using movements similar to the Chu-Gar Praying Mantis martial art," Boomstick revealed. Scenes of Toph's incredible bending were shown. "Toph can telekinetically throw, grow, shrink, and alter earth in any conceivable way, making for some pretty down-to-earth attacks and defenses."
"Chu-Gar?" Kinoko repeated, confused.
"Chu-Gar is one of the branches of the Southern Praying Mantis martial art," Kendo revealed. "It's a form of fighting that focuses on close-range combat with a strong stance, heavy forearms, yet quick hand movements. However, the use of it to move and launch pieces of the earth from a distance is quite ironic."
"To move a mountain, one must be one with the mountain," Edgeshot sagely said.
"Oh, gee, what wisdom," Miruko rolled her eyes. "Now, say it in a way that makes sense."
"To put it bluntly," Edgeshot gave her the stink eye yet obliged. "If you wish to move and bend that which is as immovable as the earth, you must be sturdier and as immovable. Such a martial art that requires a strong stance is fitting."
"Sturdy not exactly what I would call this blonde cougar," Mandalay muttered and gestured.
"HEY!" Pixie-Bob cried out, offended.
"The Badger-moles also taught Toph how to see," Wiz added.
"Wait, say what now?" Kosei blinked.
"Wait, these ridiculous creatures are also masters of LASIK surgery?!" Boomstick questioned, surprised.
"No, Toph does not use her eyes to see. Of course, her other senses are extremely accurate," Wiz clarified. Toph was shown listening to an oncoming opponent accurately. "And as a master Earthbender, Toph can sense the location of Earth anywhere. Even more impressive though, the Badger-moles navigate their tunnels using an Earthbending technique known as the Seismic Sense, and Toph quickly picked up on this talent." A scene was shown of Toph sensing The Boulder's movements through this technique. "It's kind of like sonar. It works by detecting the exact location and movement of a person or object through their interaction with the ground."
"I feel the vibrations in the earth, and I can see where everything is," Toph told Aang. "You, that tree, even those ants."
"T-That's amazing!" Izuku gasped with dozens of possibilities exploding in his mind. His hand was a blur as he wrote in his notebook, so much so that the students worried they would start to see smoke at any minute. "With such a power, she can sense any opponent hiding or figure out secret passageways inside a building or hideout. Nothing can hide from her! And if she can manipulate and bend earth from anywhere, she can even strike at them and catch them off-guard."
"To turn a disability and turn into her greatness strength is nothing short of marvelous!" All Might declared, emphasizing his words by buffing up. "Take this to heart, you young zygotes! With persistence, dedication, and hard work, even the most unconventional powers and abilities can be one of the greatest!"
Mirio grinned wide. When it came to his own Quirk, many thought it was worthless because of how it not only made him nude but also blind, deaf, and breathless when in use. His Quirk, Permeation, allowed him to become intangible to everything from the ground to the air, light, and sound; in a strange coincidence, Mirio realized he had been walking, in a way, in similar shoes, or lack thereof, to Toph. It seemed to many that he had such a disadvantageous power unfit for Hero work. But he never gave up, and neither did the people who supported him, from his father, Amajiki, Nejire, and Sir Nighteye, and eventually, through the virtues that All Might espoused, Mirio did just that. Mirio turned this seemingly worthless power and made it into one that helped him become the strongest student in U.A. and a member of the U.A. Big Three.
And while Permeation may be lost, Mirio knew that with Eri working hard to train her Quirk for his sake, that wouldn't be permanent, and the Hero Lemillion would return to fulfill Sir's last prediction.
Setsuna sat flabbergasted at Toph's ability and she turned such a horrible predicament and turned it into an advantage. Given how her Quirk worked, even if both her eyes were destroyed, they would grow back in time. Setsuna couldn't imagine having to live without eyesight. It made the reptile-loving girl more appreciative of what she had and even resolved her to train her other senses better. 'I am more than just my eyes. I'm the ears, nose, and voice of my class, and I will prove to everyone, including myself, why I got in through Recommendations,' Setsuna thought with determination.
"She feels every movement, every footstep, every heartbeat, so precisely, she can even tell if a person's lying," Wiz revealed further.
"A woman who can always tell when I'm lying? No, thank you!" Boomstick said.
Kyoka and Shoji also stared wonderstruck at Toph's extraordinary skills and abilities. The two felt linked to Toph as the foremost scouts and individuals with sensory-based abilities. Hell, Jiro could do much the same with her jacks and know if someone is lying if she was close enough, it's how she can easily tell the perverted thoughts and implications behind Mineta's words or tell that for all his whining, Kaminari didn't harbor any resentment toward her. And while Shoji's ability to listen far was not as extensive as Jiro's, he made up for it with his ability to smell and see far too, the latter a gift he had greater appreciation for now.
'Rock on, girl,' Jiro smirked. 'Literally, too.'
'You are an inspiration with your skills and training, Toph-san,' Shoji declared. 'I strive to master and improve myself and my Quirk to follow your example.'
Already, both Jiro and Shoji know who they would vote for.
"Such a power would also be invaluable when interrogating a prisoner," Hawks said. While he smiled at the girl's ability to sense everything around her, something that he could only manage using his feathers, he wished they could do what she could and figure out how to tell when a person is lying. 'You know, without actually having to try and dissect them with my eyes.'
"Toph is so good at this that even her closest friends sometimes forget she's blind," Boomstick noted.
With reluctance, Sokka removed Toph's championship belt from his body and dropped it toward her, only for the blind girl not to know where it was heading and thus hit her head and fell over. "Ow!" Toph cried out.
"Sorry," Sokka apologized.
"That's got to hurt," Sato rubbed his head where Toph was hit.
"Pardon Moi, but is that a bison of some kind?" Aoyama pointed out Appa.
"A giant, six-legged bison with a downvote on his head?" Sero scratched his head, utterly confused before accepting. "Sure, why not? How is this any weirder than the Earthbending Badger-moles?"
"Psssh, next thing you'll tell me is that thing can fly," Kaminari muttered.
"But don't worry, they're reminded," Boomstick jokingly excused her friend's carelessness.
"Well, as long as she doesn't take it too personally then there is no harm," Ryukyu shrugged.
"Girl looks tough as nails and then some, of course, she'll be fine," Miruko boasted. "Of course, she wouldn't let something like words or a lapse in memory get under her skin!"
Izuku looked up at Miruko with curious eyes. Miruko stood as one of Izuku's favorite Heroes, not on the same level as All Might, his idol, and now mentor, but somewhere along the same lines as Lady Nagant, before her fall. Izuku found Miruko to be one of those Heroes who didn't care about popularity or fame, always focusing on doing her job as a Hero and letting her actions speak for herself, it was something that clicked right for Izuku, something he wanted to emulate like All Might's comforting smile.
But Miruko also had strength and confidence, things foreign to Izuku in the past like Bakugou and humbleness. In ways, she was like Kacchan, but somehow better because while she may talk trash to her enemies and come off as arrogant, it was never to the detriment of innocents. When things got serious, she took it seriously and would stop at nothing to defeat the Villains and save civilians. Her confidence Izuku found, through articles and polls, made citizens more at peace and hopeful, her confidence and bravery like a shining moonlight that gave people Hope like All Might; she was almost everything Kacchan was except she wasn't a bully, which made her immediately better in Izuku's book, and a woman, an amazing, attractive woman at that. Miruko was a long-time Hero crush of his alongside Lady Nagant and Midnight. However, while he got over Midnight and his feelings toward Nagant were still complicated, Izuku accepted that he may not have gotten over this crush.
And yet, Izuku couldn't help but notice that something was off about Miruko's latest comment. Maybe it was because he was an expert on doing the same, but with the slight quiver, the twitch of her eyes, or the way her jaw tensed, Izuku deduced that maybe there was more to Miruko's comment, and Miruko herself than meets the eye.
"In only six years, Toph had completely mastered Earthbending," Boomstick continued. "She even won the Earth Rumble VI tournament multiple times under her stage name, 'The Blind Bandit'."
"A master of such power at such an early age," Cementoss muttered, wide-eyed. "A true prodigy."
"But Toph didn't stop her training with just Earthbending," Wiz jumped in. "At first, softer earth proved difficult for her seismic sense."
"I feel the vibrations in the ground with my feet, but this sand is so loose and shifty, it makes everything look fuzzy," Toph explained and complained to Appa.
"Hmm, that might prove detrimental against Gaara," Ibara hummed. "It's almost like a complete opposite to Gaara as well, since that poor boy can only control sand and gold dust."
FEATS & STRENGTHS
Reigning champ of the Earth Rumble VI
Invented Metalbending
Held up Wan Shi Tong's library
Dueled Bumi to a draw
Trained the Avatar in Earthbending
Destroyed several Fire Nation Blimps
Created Metalbending Police Force
"But she has since demonstrated her mastery in both Sandbending and Mudbending," Wiz listed more of Toph's feats and skills.
"...oh, I suppose I spoke too soon," Ibara blushed, embarrassed.
"She can also change the density of earth from sand to stone and back."
Mineta grinned, raising his finger and opening his mouth.
"And before you start making any density or hardening innuendos, she's twelve," Wiz quickly pointed out.
Mineta's finger and lips comically deflated and slacked like a leaking balloon.
"I...oh, okay..." Boomstick muttered.
"I'm surprised that you would censor yourself, Mineta," Asui said, staring at him while she covered Eri's ears. "After all, didn't you say you couldn't wait to see how Eri was in 10 years?"
"THAT WAS A JOKE AND A COMPLIMENT!" Mineta exclaimed. "IT'S NOT LIKE I WAS GONNA WAIT AROUND UNTIL SHE IS LEGAL OR SOME SHIT!"
"You'd better not," Izuku muttered darkly, an aura of darkness surrounding Izuku, emphasized by his green bioelectricity. "Otherwise, I would be morally obligated to murder you."
"Beware the anger of a good man," Mineta muttered fearfully.
"But her greatest achievement is the discovery of an all-new bending art, one thought to be impossible: Metalbending," Boomstick declared.
"M-Metalbending," Tetsutetsu did a double take and repeated the word with sweat rolling down his head.
"By manipulating the earthly composition within, Toph can bend nearly any type of metal just as well as stone, the exception being highly purified metals such as platinum," Wiz explained the process of Metalbending.
"So, it's still a form of Earthbending where she is bending the earth within a metal, so metals without earthly elements inside them would be unbendable," Momo analyzed. "Hmm, I wonder whether my regularly created metals would still be bendable?"
"Y-Yeah," Tetsutetsu chuckled nervously. "Um, say, what about-"
"If you mean whether she could bend and shift your body if you were to use your Quirk?" Momo finished Tetsutetsu's question. "Hmm, I'd imagine because your Quirk revolves around consuming iron to fuel your transformation, your Steel Body might have earthly composites that she could manipulate. Granted, if she gets close to you, from the looks of things."
"Oh...good to know," Tetsutetsu shuddered, a cloud of heavy fear bearing down on him. "M-Manly..."
"You okay?" Kirishima asked, patting his friend on the back.
"Toph quickly mastered Metalbending, and went on to teach it to others," Boomstick noted.
"She eventually even founded and led a Metalbending police force in the new metropolitan city known as New Republic City," Wiz revealed, showing Toph as an adult woman in a metallic police uniform and standing diligently and dutifully.
Mineta's grin returned, licking his lips at the sight of the now-adult Toph and how she filled out in the front and, especially, in the back.
Tsuyu and Jiro noticed, the former sighing annoyed and the latter face-palming.
"With such power over metal, I wonder just how powerful she would be on I-Island?" Melissa questioned.
David shuddered as he got bad flashbacks to Wolfram and his team's assault on the artificial island.
"And that's after conquering Earth Rumble IV against some of the strongest Earthbending masters, holding up a building the size of a castle, defeating an entire army almost singlehandedly, and dueling King Bumi to a standstill, and that guy's conquered an entire hostile city by himself," Boomstick listed some of Toph's greatest feats, including enlightening the last feat by showing King Bumi taking back Omashu, singlehandedly.
"Damn," Kaminari muttered. "This chick's super cool! And so is that old dude."
"Manly!" Kirishima exclaimed. Tetsutetsu only half-heartedly fist pumped, still trembling in fear of Toph.
"That has to be the most jacked old man I've ever seen," Sero said. "Well, aside from All Might."
"Hey! I'm not that old!" Toshinori whined.
"Toshinori, you are pushing 60," Recovery Girl pointed out.
All Might sweatdropped.
"Even in her old age, Toph was capable of going one-on-one with the new Avatar, and her Seismic Sense could locate people across the world," Wiz pointed out.
"Around the World?!" Shoda exclaimed. "If that's the case, she could find any wanted criminal on the planet if she were on the same continent!"
Endeavor narrowed his eyes as he pondered. 'And if she were in Japan, she could locate the League of Villains and their new followers' bases,' The Number 1 Hero thought.
"She knows when I've lied AND where I've been?" Boomstick questioned, appalled. "Women should not have these powers."
"Knowing him he's probably afraid of whatever number of angry exes he got obtaining that power," Mount Lady snickered.
"At least, this kind of power is in the hands of a good-hearted, responsible woman," Momo noted. "Lord knows how horrible it would be if say a hedonistic scumbag were to get his hands on that kind of power."
Momo and the girls shuddered at the idea of a certain grape-headed pervert with the power to know where in the world they were at all times.
"I am the Greatest Earthbender in the World! Don't you two dunderheads ever forget it!" Toph confidently declared to her two previous captors before running away by turning the earth into a wave.
Toph was received perhaps more favorably and positively than Gaara, though it was likely to happen when she wasn't a previously morally ambiguous ninja with a demon in their stomach. Her young age brought looks of concern from the older adults, yet her strength and mastery over her abilities, plus her resilience and way to turn her blindness into a strength brought encouraging smiles and spirits up.
"Alright, the combatants are set," Wiz said. "Let's end this debate once and for all."
"IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BAATTTTLLLLEEEE!" Boomstick roared.
After analyzing both fighters, the group used the device's time to search for counterparts to vote on who would win.
Those who voted for Gaara consisted of Shoto and Endeavor, both of whom could not ignore the startling parallels to the younger Todoroki, with the elder voting doubly voting as an act of redemption, in case his thoughts on who Gaara's counterpart was correct, and if he were to be the counterpart to Gaara's father. Tokoyami would also be one of the most prominent to vote for Gaara given how similar the two were in dealing with a destructive force living inside them, even if Dark Shadow was far more cooperative and friendly than Shukaku. Kuroiro would follow suit in this vote, his only response to why being 'Revelry in the Dark'.
Kirishima and Tetsutetsu would vote for Gaara based mostly on his impressive defenses, and strength and endurance in leading such a hard life. Tetsutetsu would also vote for Gaara in fear of Toph, to the amusement of others. Fat Gum would likewise vote for the Sand Shinobi on Gaara's seemingly impenetrable defenses. While Iida gained a bit more respect for Toph's future as a policewoman, he would ultimately vote for the serious-looking Gaara whose sand abilities seemed swifter, as well for the fact that Gaara could fly with his sand and be safely away from the ground.
Edgeshot would end up voting for his fellow Shinobi, a fact that Hawks and Miruko would not stop teasing him for, with the former of the two also voting for the more aerial combatant. Kaminari would also vote for the ninja character. Bakugou would vote for Gaara's makeshift flight, defenses, and massive sand control, and Shinsou for his version of puppeteering enemies.
As for those who voted for Toph, the most notable were Kyoka, Shoji, Momo, and Kendo. Jiro would vote for the little girl for her spunky attitude displayed onscreen, her Seismic Sense comparing nicely to her Quirk alongside Toph's great hearing, her badass nature, and her achievements and strength in overcoming her disability. Shoji would vote similarly for Toph's seismic sense and great hearing, but also for her display of great physical and mental strength. Momo's vote was won out of sympathetic relation to their troubles involving their rich background and parents, her skill with Metalbending, and her future occupation as a police officer. Kendo loved the martial arts aspect of bending and Toph's Southern Mantis fighting style, hoping to adopt some of the blind girl's arts to her own, and her badass attitude and power despite her young age. Ojiro would similarly vote for Toph for the martial arts aspect, too.
Izuku was likewise inspired by Toph's achievements, power, and strength at such a young age, and Eri's vote for the young, cool girl would only enhance his support of her. This was the same with Mirio, who too felt inspired by Toph's ingenuity to overcome her blindness and become the strongest Earthbender, much like he did with Permeation. Koda voted for Toph's friendship with the Badger-moles and her training and skill to have come in thanks to the giant, Earthbending creatures. Setsuna would vote for Toph's skill, Seismic Sense, and heightened senses and Honenuki for Toph's ability to change the density of the earth, much like his Quirk. Nezu would vote for Toph, too, yet kept his reasons tight-lipped, as usual.
Pixie Bob and Cementoss found it tough to pick which earth-powered fighter to support, but the two would ultimately vote in opposite directions, with Cementoss siding with Gaara while Pixie Bob went with Toph. Cementoss argued that Gaara's older age meant more potential for greater experience, something that appeared to be a crucial deciding factor for most Death Battles; plus, Gaara's way of making more sand was inspiring to Pro Hero/teacher. Meanwhile, Pixie Bob voted for the more feminine option finding that the girl was more versatile, stronger, and liked her tomboyish personality.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device finished scanning. "GAARA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: SHOTO TODOROKI!"
"I had a feeling," Izuku muttered, looking up at his friend. "You good?"
"Yeah, thanks," Todoroki nodded at Izuku, smiling softly at him and Pony. "You, too, Tsunotori-san."
"P-Pony," The horned girl stuttered out, blushing. "Y-You can call me Pony. If you want, I mean."
"Pony then," Shoto smiled, blushing slightly. While Pony blushed harder till she went into a daydreaming daze, Shoto frowned as he thought of Camie, his girlfriend, and his conflicted feelings.
Endeavor sighed despondently, whatever hope he had of Shoto not being Gaara's counterpart tossed out the window. As much as he felt that his son shared quite similar traits with the Kazekage, Enji Todoroki still hoped against it, not wanting another tragic counterpart of his son, like Cloud Strife and Ragna.
"Interesting," Endeavor froze as Nezu's voice was so close. The rodent principal stood on the edge of his chair; he could feel the animal's breath on his ears. "It is quite tragic that your son has to have such counterparts with painfully hard lives, especially when it comes to familial drama." The Number One Hero chilled right to the bone. "You wouldn't happen to know why that is, would you, Endeavor-san?"
Endeavor craned his head slowly, a hard, yet neutral look staring back at Nezu's black orbs. The two were in a silent standstill, edging the other on to speak. Finally, Nezu broke the stare down first, closing his eyes with a sigh. "Perhaps I am simply seeing things," Nezu replied. "Apologies. Excuse me."
Nezu hopped off the chair and walked back to his seat but both Hero and Hero School teacher knew that whatever Nezu wanted to discuss was far from over.
"TOPH BEIFONG! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: KYOKA JIRO!"
"Wow! She's another you?! That's so cool Miss Kyo!" Eri gushed with a wide, blinding smile.
"T-Thanks, Eri-chan," Kyoka chuckled, closing her to keep from getting as blind as her counterpart from the girl's Izuku-level-bright smile. Despite that, Jiro smiled as she saw her counterpart's face paired with hers. To see such feats and strength earned by a girl four years her junior was one thing, but to find out that it was yourself was another thing entirely. Kyoka felt an odd combo of humbling that she wasn't as strong, rich, or successful as Toph, yet inspired to reach even a fraction of her achievements.
"What about me?" Shoto muttered under his breath, slightly jealous that Eri was praising Jiro for her counterpart but not him.
"Oh, sorry, Uncle Shoto! Even if I'm voting against you, I think your counterpart is cool too," Eri noticed and spoke up to her surrogate uncle.
"Thanks, Eri," Shoto's foul mood disappeared instantly, replaced with a loving smile toward the innocent girl.
'So, cute,' Pony cooed at the interaction between Shoto and Eri.
The device went silent, indicating that no more counterparts would be revealed. The video continued to the fight.
The video began with Gaara standing alone and silent on a rocky field. A cliff loomed beside him, mountains rose to touch the blue, partly cloudy sky in the background, and the wind blew past him, moving his hair and coat in the breeze.
"Ah, he's doing the 'standing alone, brooding and Zen' thing that ninjas often do," Hawks pointed out with a shit-eating grin. "I know it so well."
Edgeshot's comical tick mark returned with a vengeance, all his mental fortitude used to keep from exploding onto the Number 2 Hero about not being a true ninja, despite his Strider Hiryu counterpart.
Across the field, a rumbling shook the earth before a detailed structure made of rock sprouted out of the ground. The structure's door slid open to reveal Toph, the blind Earthbending master walking out.
"That elevator or whatever it is looks very finely detailed," Midnight muttered, appreciating the artwork of what could only be Toph's creation. "It is a testament to her finesse and accuracy with her bending."
"Whew, talk about a rough ride," Toph sighed.
"It appears they are using her younger appearance rather than her older versions," Cementoss noted. "I wonder if this means she doesn't possess the same strength as those versions?"
"Meh, even as a girl she was quite the powerhouse," Pixie Bob shrugged, nonchalantly. "I doubt it will matter in the end. The little kitten's gonna crush that emo boy!"
"Emo boy," Shoto muttered, unaware he was considered 'emo'.
"You do not belong here. This is sacred ground," Gaara declared, the sand blowing dangerously around him before his sharp eyes opened. "Leave."
"Pfft. Oh yeah, tough guy? Make me," Toph retorted, taking up a fighting stance while Gaara turned to face her.
"Sacred ground disturbing is what they are going for this fight?" Sero questioned.
"I mean, dude looks like quite the serious, no-nonsense kind of guy, and if she's anything like Jiro, Toph's not gonna like being ordered around," Kaminari replied.
"Got that right, Kaminari," Jiro smirked.
FIGHT!
Toph stomped the ground, a boulder rising into the air instantly. Toph punched it toward Gaara before stomping the ground again, summoning two boulders that she likewise punched at Gaara. Finally, Toph punched the ground a third time, creating and headbutting the four created boulders at Gaara.
"What strength and speed," Momo gasped.
"And martial talent," Kendo smirked.
Gaara's sand arose from his gourd, slashing and destroying the first three, before creating a shield of sand from the earth, protecting him from the rest.
"Now, that's some Manly defense!" Kirishima exclaimed. "He didn't even move a muscle!"
"The sand from the gourd appeared to be the Absolute Defense technique, though I question whether the shield was too," Iida muttered.
"Regardless, Gaara's defenses appear impregnable," Asui croaked.
The sand shield opened up, shooting Sand Bullets at Toph. The Earthbending prodigy stomped the ground again, erecting a large rock, shielding her from the attack. Toph then punched her stone shield, sending it sliding swiftly toward Gaara.
"Turning defense into offense. Not bad," Fat Gum respected and acknowledged his voted fighter's opponent.
Gaara remained rooted in place as his sand flew into the air. As the rock neared his position, time slowed, Gaara's gourd sand swiftly descending, destroying it instantly.
"Damn, what a flex," Tetsutetsu muttered, rooting for Gaara to take down this fighter that could be his undoing.
"Heh, that technique and control of his is nice," Mei grinned, her eyes zooming at the screen.
"The defense?" Melissa questioned.
"Oh, yeah, that too," Mei shrugged. "I'm talking about what Sandy is doing behind the scenes."
"Doing what?" Uraraka asked.
"Sandy?" Shoto muttered, confused at the sudden nickname for his counterpart.
"Oh, I'm sure they will reveal it soon," Mei waved them away.
"Interesting," Gaara muttered. "She commands stone as fluently as I control sand."
"By the way, I can tell you're using your sand to smash up the ground underneath us for more ammo," Toph called him out, hands on her hips and tapping her foot. Toph's words proved accurate as a subtle flow of sand was spotted, descending to the ground. "Pretty smart for a Sandbender."
"See?" Mei grinned and gestured.
"Oh, you're right, Mei! I couldn't catch that!" Izuku exclaimed, writing down in his notebook. "Your Zoom eyes are as impressive as always."
"Ah, shucks, Muscles! If you keep that up, I'll keep you in my lab until we make the perfect baby!" Mei grinned dangerously.
"U-Um, you mean like a recreated version of Melissa's Full Gauntlets, right?" Izuku asked.
"..." Mei remained silent, her grin only widening.
"R-Right?" Izuku asked again, sweating harder.
"Sure, whatever you said," Mei said, grinning more menacingly.
While Izuku shuddered and questioned what she meant, Mineta fumed silently. 'Not only is he going after the girls from our class, Class 1-B, and even girls way out of our league, but also the hottest girl in the Support Course?!' Mineta whined jealously. 'Okay, that's it! I'm sneaking over to ensure that whatever happens at that training session, Midoriya can't get one over on-uh, I mean-do anything inappropriate toward the girls.'
And while Mineta plotted to cockblock Midoriya, Kaminari noticed his friend's staring, knowing the pervert's plotting face enough to know what he planned to do toward Midoriya and the girls had to be intervened.
"Too bad I'm gonna kick your butt before you can use any of it!" Toph declared, taking another fighting stance.
Toph thrust her fist upwards. Gaara crouched before leaping backward, evading just as a sharp rock erected from his previous position. Gaara leaped again to avoid another erecting sharp rock.
"Smart," Pixie Bob grinned. "Since tossing rocks at him proved ineffective, she's switched to attacking from another angle, one that would make it harder to defend with that sand."
"What better way to trip up a defensive opponent than by forcing him to adapt and move from your advances," Tiger nodded.
Todoroki narrowed his eyes, realizing this lesson could likewise apply to him. While he could slide away with his ice, more often than not Todoroki fought in place, unleashing waves of ice and fire to act as both offense and defense to keep his opponents back. With the intense heat of his flames and the field covered in sharp and slippery ice, Todoroki usually had the battlefield advantage.
'But I need to be more agile in case I have to fight against faster and stronger opponents,' Todoroki thought, remembering his battles against Midoriya and Bakugou at the Sports Festival, both fights of which managed to overwhelm his ice attacks, as well as Chimera at Nabu Island and Leviathan of Humarise, both of whom also left his defenses in shambles.
Gaara jumped again, barely avoiding a third sharp rock. "I can't underestimate her," Gaara muttered, time slowed as he was in the air.
Using the Body Flicker Technique, Gaara teleported away.
"Woah! Did he just teleport?!" Hagakure exclaimed.
"No way, he just zoomed away at high speeds. Like a true ninja!" Kaminari declared, his hands in a ninja-like pose and a scarf made out of Sero's tape around his neck and covering up to his mouth.
"Do I need to reintroduce you to the pan?" Jiro asked, warningly.
"Nope! No, thank you! Lesson learned!" Kaminari yelped, taking the tape scarf off and tossing it back at Sero.
"Hey, kid! If you ain't using that, can I have it?!" Hawks asked.
Edgeshot's comical tick mark grew and throbbed harder.
Toph stomped the ground, creating a large rock with a clean top. The Earthbending master hopped onto the rock platform and punched forward, sending the rock and herself zooming forward. The blind, rich girl brought out a steel rope tied to her wrist and launched it after Gaara.
"Huh, they didn't say anything about her having Scorpion's Rope Dart," Sero blinked, surprised. "Get Over Here!"
"She must be using Metalbending to launch and control the rope as an extension of herself," Melissa figured.
Todoroki nodded, respectfully acknowledging Toph's battle tactics, as well as how she was riding on her element as he did with his ice.
Gaara reappeared and stood up. "I need time," Gaara said. With a flurry of hand signs, sand swirled and enveloped Gaara in a sphere, shielding him from the outside world. The whip attached itself to the Shield of Sand, unable to penetrate it.
"That's one of Gaara's Jutsu Techniques, the Shield of Sand," Izuku noted. "He must be trying to create more sand and recover energy."
"But the fight just started. Why would he be running low already?" Sato asked.
"Remember that the dude's Sand Armor takes up a lot of his Chakra or whatever, so he could be building up sand and the stuff to form it," Kirishima pointed out.
"And it could be that he isn't running low on Chakra, but rather trying to prepare and conserve more of it for a longer fight, a strategy that is to his benefit," Momo added.
"Huh?" Toph voiced, her blind eyes wide in surprise.
The shield rumbled from the side where the steel rope was latched to, and where Toph was heading, spikes jutting out and ready.
"He means to take advantage of her momentum and impale her," Iida acknowledged, knowing that attack would be quite effective against himself.
"Woah!" Toph exclaimed, jumping off and detaching the steel rope. Meanwhile, the rock continued its path, slamming into the shield and breaking apart.
"Phew," Setsuna wiped her forehead. "Good thing she reacted quickly."
"Whew," Toph sighed. "Sorry, grumpy. I'm not ready to be a shish kebab just yet!"
"Preach, other me," Kyoka muttered, shuddering at the thought of being impaled on those spikes.
"Yeah, can't imagine how it feels to be impaled by a sharp object. It must really hurt," Mineta muttered sarcastically.
Jiro glared at him, her jacks itching to repay him for that sarcasm, yet withheld herself. For now.
"Grumpy?" Todoroki muttered in response to Toph's nickname.
"Sorry, Todoroki, but you were kind of a grump at the beginning of the year," Uraraka chuckled nervously. "At least you mellowed out, right?"
"Yeah, yeah I did," Todoroki muttered. 'Mostly thanks to Midoriya and Camie.' Shoto kept that part to himself, not wanting to mention Camie in front of Pony.
Performing martial arts movements, Toph created a towering pillar of hardened sand to flatten Gaara's sand shield. Toph roared as she slammed her fist into the ground, the pillar falling down onto the shield. It struck, yet where the pillar hit broke into pieces yet the shield remained perfectly intact.
"Woah," Mirio blinked, surprised. "At first I was impressed by how she made that large pillar, but then I was even more impressed by how strong Gaara's shield is. Man, figuring out who's winning has me stuck between a Rock and a Hard Place! Eh?!"
"Mirio, Mirio, j-just no," Nejire pinched the bridge between her eyes, shaking her head. "Just no."
"Come on! Are you really that scared of a little blind girl?" Toph whined, annoyed. "I'm touched."
"Damn, she's definitely got your spunk, Jiro," Mina chuckled.
"Thanks," Jiro grinned.
Toph ran at Gaara's sand shield, grabbing hold of one of Gaara's spikes. Changing the spike's density to make it much harder, the Earthbender broke the spike off and spun it in hand before slamming it into the sand sphere, piercing it straight through. Gaara flew out of the back, groaning in pain.
"She changed the density of the spike to where it could pierce the shield," Edgeshot said, eyes widening in surprise.
"Huh, sounds like something you would do, Edgey," Miruko grinned.
"I can acknowledge one's ingenuity, no matter friend or foe," Edgeshot gave her the side-eye. "It is a sign of honor, respect, and integrity."
"Yeah, yeah, sure, whatever you say," Miruko rolled her eyes.
Gaara landed on the ground, getting up to his feet. "Your eyes," Gaara spoke, cracks forming on his face. "Those are not the eyes of loneliness, like mine. They are...blank."
"He was forming the Sand Armor," Tetsutetsu muttered, shuddering as he saw how easily Toph broke through it, and how easily she might be able to break through his.
"Quite perceptive of him," Snipe tipped his hat to Gaara.
Pony pouted slightly when Gaara spoke of his eyes as lonely. The horned girl looked at Todoroki and spotted his hand resting on the armchair.
"Impressive insight, 'Gloomsville'," Toph acknowledged. "I'm digging the whole 'wearing sand' thing though. That's new."
"Gloomsville," Todoroki muttered, looking down with a saddening, comically depressed aura around him.
"Oh, come on, Todoroki! You're not that gloomy," Izuku tried cheering up his friend.
"The Hell he isn't, Nerd! Icy Hot's as cold and gloomy as his Quirk!" Bakugou taunted. "I've seen Winter Wonderlands warmer and cheerier than him!"
Todoroki's depressed aura thickened despite Izuku's and his friends' efforts. Pony pouted angrily at Bakugou. "Don't be so mean!" Pony whined.
While the students were occupied with Todoroki's comical depression, Nezu smirked as he noted something that seemed to slip everyone else's minds.
Sand gathered around Gaara as he rose into the air on a cloud of sand. The Kazekage began forming and firing Sand Bullets at Toph.
"He's bringing himself off the ground to keep Beifong from using her Seismic Sense to tell where he is," Tokoyami pointed out.
"Hmm, quite the sight," Cementoss hummed. "A battle of the Earth taken skyward. Ironic."
Toph summoned another rock, placing it in front of her as a shield. Gaara's sand bullets pummeled the rock until it quickly broke apart. Toph exclaimed in surprise before grunting as more Sand Bullets kept coming, pelting onto her, leaving scratches as they sliced next to her skin. With her guard broken, Gaara used his sand to pick up Toph and restrain her.
"Hey! No fair!" Toph whined, childishly.
"You need your arms to control the Earth," Gaara revealed. "I will remove them."
"Come again?" Jiro blinked, surprised and worried.
The side of the sand keeping Toph up grew softer and peeled away to reveal the girl's right arm. Slamming her fist onto the rest of the sand, the rest hardened to stone, allowing Toph to break free and land back on solid ground.
"Again, she changed the density of the sand to her benefit," Honenuki nodded. "First she softened enough to free her arm, and then turned the rest to stone."
"Really?" Kosei asked. "Huh, I thought the first one where her arm was revealed was Gaara trying to cut it off."
"Same here," Sen nodded.
Shoji thought similarly but didn't voice his worry. Unlike himself, his voted fighter could not regrow an arm.
"Dream on, creep!" Toph yelled. "It will take a lot more sand than that to take me down!"
"That's the plan!" Gaara replied. Performing another series of hand signs, Gaara raised his hands, the air bellowing around him before his Desert Wave came rushing toward Toph.
"A Tidal Wave of Sand?!" Kinoko exclaimed in fright.
Izuku blinked, experiencing Deja Vu with Gaara's latest attack while his mind imaged Todoroki's waves of ice beside it and himself beside Toph.
"Oh, crud..." Toph cursed lightly, eyes wide. Acting quickly, Toph created two stone pillars to protect herself. As Desert Wave's shadow loomed over her she began wrapping herself in her steel rope.
"I get the stone pillars she's using as shields, but why is she wrapping herself in her rope?" Uraraka asked.
"I've got a pretty good feeling why," Izuku muttered.
Finally, the enormous wave of sand struck, engulfing the screen in waves of sand. When it cleared, the once rocky plains and nearby cliff were gone, replaced by an ocean of sand.
"Dear Lord," Ibara muttered, frightened. "It is like the wrath of God that buried the city of Tanis into the sands of history."
"Raiders of the Lost Ark! Oh, I love that movie," Kaminari exclaimed. "Surprised it managed to survive the chaos of the Dawning of Quirks."
"If it didn't, it would be a great tragedy of pop culture," Setsuna said, shaking her head. "That and the Jurassic Park films."
"Hey, guys, fight still going on you know," Jiro pointed out, her worry for her counterpart clearing away her patience.
Rising from the newly formed desert sea, Toph appeared on top of a rock platform, completely covered in solid steel armor.
"She used Metalbending to turn the steel rope into an armor capable of covering her entire body," Melissa gasped.
"Kinda surprised that much sand still didn't cut through the metal armor," Mandalay muttered.
"Sand Coffin!" Gaara yelled, thrusting his hand outward.
Toph's body was covered in a giant coffin of sand.
"Uh oh," Koda muttered, remembering the part in Gaara's analysis when he used that technique...and what happened to the person afterward.
"Yes! Crush her!" Bakugou roared.
"Sand Burial!" Gaara yelled again.
Instantly, the sand constricted tightly around Toph. No sounds can be heard coming from inside.
"D-Did he just-" Momo paled.
"It is done," Gaara declared, turning to face away dramatically.
"YES! Finally, you do something right, Gloomy Ice Hot!" Bakugou declared.
"How much you wanna bet that he just screwed us over?" Kirishima deadpanned.
"In three, two, one..." Setsuna counted.
The ground began to tremble by the pile of sand. Leaping out of the sand emerged Toph, still covered in her steel armor till it shattered, revealing her to be okay. "Jeez! I almost felt that," Toph bragged as she landed.
"..." Bakugou paused mid-taunt, his open mouth now looking like a slacked jaw.
"And in three, two, one..." Jiro counted, putting on the earmuffs.
"WHAT?!" Bakugou roared, enraged. "How?! That chick should be a bloody paste!"
"You are confident that Gaara's sand could crush her when she already survived a tidal wave of sand cascading onto her steel armor," Shoji noted.
Bakugou's face burned red, though the students couldn't tell if he was red from embarrassment, or if he was too angry to process Shoji's words.
"That's impossible!" Gaara exclaimed, stunned.
"Are you kidding? Pay attention, Sandy. I'm about to school you!" Toph declared.
Miruko grinned. "Yep, definitely like her style," Miruko said.
Toph took a stance and began to yell. As she did, a barrage of boulders rapidly rose around her. Toph launched them all at Gaara, the Kazekage swiping his arms and directing his sand to smash through them all. With the last boulder destroyed, Gaara noticed Toph was no longer where she was. Suddenly, Toph reappeared atop a stone pillar, putting her at equal height to Gaara. Six more earth columns rose out next to her, surrounding Gaara.
"Her ability to command and bend the earth is so fast and effortless," Momo gasped, incredibly impressed.
Toph launched the pillars at Gaara, who blocked them with the sand swirling around him. Attempting to counterattack, Gaara launched a large Sand Bullet at her, sailing through the air at high speeds.
'Here it comes,' Todoroki narrowed his eyes. 'With Gaara unconnected to the earth, Toph can't use her Seismic Sense to verify where he is firing from. And with how much larger and denser this Sand Bullet is than the others, it should be able to-'
However, just as it was about to hit her, time slowed and Toph reached out and redirected the sand away from her.
Todoroki's thoughts were cut swiftly. His eyes widening; he was stunned. "What?" the scarred boy gasped.
"Woah, woah, woah! She redirected it?!" Kirishima exclaimed. "How?! I thought she was blind, and Gaara wasn't on the ground."
Nezu's smirk widened with glee.
The sand looped back around only for the pillars to block the sand for good. Gaara attempted to recover with another attack, but Toph appeared behind him on another rock pillar. The blind master grabbed Gaara by the neck, the Shinobi gasping in surprise.
"Gotcha," Toph said darkly.
"Uh oh..." Tetsutetsu paled.
Cracks began to form around Gaara's body, changing in color and density.
"She's changing the density of his Sand Armor!" Izuku gasped.
"What?!" Iida gasped.
The scene panned away to the bright, sunny sky above as Gaara let out one last, painful scream as rumbling and cracking sounds were heard and blood splattered up.
Jaws began to fall one by one just as others closed and sealed themselves shut to prevent the rising bile from escaping. Others though were less fortunate, including one traumatized boy with a redundant name.
The scene lowered back to Toph holding onto the cracked remains of Gaara's sand armor, blood leaking from the cracks. The blind girl tossed the Kazekage's cracked visage to the ground, the shattering sounds of porcelain glass heard upon landing.
"That's how it's done," Toph announced, victoriously.
KO!
"Goddammit!" Bakugou roared, while other annoyed and disappointed groans and noises were made from the Gaara voters. "Shit! Seriously, Icy Hot?! You had to make me vote for your shitty counterpart and you just had to lose, didn't you?!"
"Remind me again how many of your counterparts met a gruesome end compared to me?" Todoroki snarked back, challengingly.
Bakugou paused, realizing he had as many counterparts if not more lose than Todoroki. Still, he couldn't lose the argument. "At least some of my counterparts actually won!" Bakugou retorted.
"Ohh-! (bleep) (bleep) (bleep) (bleep) god-damn (bleep) son of a (bleep) (bleep) weasel!" Boomstick whined and cursed like an angry, drunken sailor, while Toph began making sand angels while Gaara's remains were bloody, unseeable messes inside his cracked armor filled with spikes. "Why did another anime character have to lose?!"
"Honestly, I can't decide whether Monoma or Bakugou is Boomstick's counterpart," Kaminari snickered. "It just keeps ping-ponging between the two."
"Meh, maybe one is Boomstick in one universe and the other in another, like that Counterpart probability thing," Mineta replied.
"Yeah, but... here's why," Wiz audibly sweatdropped, yet began explaining. "Gaara's sand is monstrous, and its speed and power could easily obliterate most foes, but with Toph, it's another story."
"Really? She's freaking blind for God's sake, and he can fly!" Boomstick pointed out.
"Yeah, I was confused about that too," Kirishima nodded. "Did she just hear it coming and timed it perfectly?"
"It is more than that, Mr. Kirishima," Nezu spoke. "I believe they are about to reveal the truth."
"Ohoho! In the official 'Behind the Scenes extras' of the Avatar: Book 2 DVD, we found this," Wiz displayed the information on screen: A small caption on the screen saying 'Did you know? Toph can feel the Earth even if it isn't connected to the ground'? "Toph can feel the Earth, even if it isn't connected to the ground."
"...oh," Kirishima voiced through his stunned face. "...that makes sense. I guess."
"It's the same with my Mud Golems," Pixie Bob smirked. "They can be far away from me, even past the range I can affect the ground, but I can still feel and control them to attack you little kittens."
"So, despite being levitated by his sand, since it's still made of earth, Toph could sense where he was and whatever sand was coming at her," Izuku analyzed.
"Toph is tough, but her real strength lies in her precision and technique, and with her Earthbending and Seismic Sense," Boomstick admitted. "She could see Gaara's attacks coming the instant they began, regardless of if he was in the air or how fast they moved."
"And with her incredible hearing, there is almost no way you can sneak up on her," Jiro nodded, impressed. "Way to go being awesome, other me."
"Took the words out my mouth, Kyoka-san," Izuku smiled at her.
"T-Thanks, Green," Jiro stuttered, her cheeks burning red.
"And while Gaara's Shakra-infused sand is controlled by his late mother, it's still sand," Wiz pointed out. "Just like in an Earthbending duel, Toph was able to influence it long enough to misdirect or block attacks."
"Or change the density of the sand to stone or solid earth, elements that Gaara would have no immediate control over," Kendo noted.
"Gaara also couldn't take control of Toph using his Sand Puppeteering skill as easily if she could likewise control the sand," Shinsou added.
"Also remember, Gaara added his father's Gold Dust to the mix, giving Toph two different bending options, just in case," Wiz added. "Unlike Platinum, Gold contains traces of Iron and Copper and can be metal bent."
"Oh, so his father screwed him over even after death," Kamakiri summarized. "Or second death."
Endeavor couldn't help but flinch.
"To top this off, Gaara keeps himself covered in his Sand Armor, so Toph could always sense where he was," Boomstick noted. "And while Gaara's Sand Armor can be as strong as metal, so is Toph when she covers herself in metal."
"So, even if he had a manner of flight without the use of any earthly materials, his strongest defensive tool made stealth impossible for him," Iida sighed.
"And it's specifically stated that the Sand Armor uses up a large amount of Gaara's own Chakra, not his Mother Sand," Wiz stated. "So, when he ran low on Chakra, it became difficult to maintain. Thus, Toph had no problem turning Gaara's greatest defense into his worst weakness."
"Even if the Mother Sand was harder to control, it didn't matter as long as Toph could grab onto Gaara and command the very earth he was covered in," Izuku said.
"Heh, guess the true Sand Coffin was the one he had on him always," Setsuna snickered.
Todoroki sighed, realizing just how foolish that decision was in hindsight. When reflecting on his past, Todoroki felt lucky that none of his classmates or enemies had a water-controlling Quirk that could take control of his ice, especially when he ran around in his first Hero suit. Todoroki could only shudder at how the same fate could have befallen him if a Water Quirk Villain was ruthless enough to turn the ice covering his body against him as Toph did to Gaara's Sand Armor.
"Though, in the end, it matters not how much sand or earth they can command, how durable they can be, or even how skilled in their crafts they are," Wiz continued. "As King Bumi said, the key to Earthbending is to wait and listen before finishing with a decisive blow."
"Wise words," Cementoss nodded. "Though my fighter may have fallen, I will take these lessons to improve myself."
"Remember kids, it's never too late to learn a few new tricks," Snipe said. "Even we teachers and Pros can always learn a thing or two."
"Gaara couldn't 'sand' up to Toph, Ahaha! I know you're floored, I really ground that one in, didn't I? What can I say, it's my Earthly Delight," Boomstick kept making pun after pun.
"Urgh, the real question we should ask is whose puns are the worst? Boomstick's or Mirio's?" Nejire groaned.
"Hmm, that is quite the 'Toph' choice," Mirio grinned.
"Boo! Bad Uncle Mirio!" Eri booed her surrogate uncle.
"Ugh... The winner is Toph Beifong," Wiz groaned.
"No need to gravel about it, can't we just bury the hatchet? I'm out," Boomstick kept punning in the distance.
"Just stop the both of you!" Nejire whined.
In the end, the group clapped for a well-fought Death Battle and accepted the results, even if some were more bitter about their chosen fighter's defeat.
While Todoroki accepted words and phrases from the group like 'Well fought' and congratulated Jiro for her counterpart's victory, he felt a hand placed over his. Todoroki blinked, surprised, turning to see that the hand in question was from Pony, who smiled at him. "I-I wanted to say that I don't find you gloomy or grumpy. I think you are kind, sensitive, and 'cool'," Pony giggled at the last word. "And you don't have to feel like you are alone. We are all here for you. I am here for you."
Todoroki stared at her, stunned by her words. Slowly though, Shoto smiled warmly at her. "Thank you, Tsunotori-san," Shoto nodded.
"Pony," The blushing girl pouted, reminding the scarred boy.
"O-Oh, right, sorry," Shoto apologized. "Pony-san."
"Better," Pony smiled, brightly.
'Huh, maybe the loss isn't so bad,' Shoto thought.
'Huh, Deja Vu,' Asui thought as she stared at the scene between Todoroki and Pony.
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick announced.
A pair of legs stepped forth and stood dramatically toward an office worker. Words appeared afterward on a black screen saying: 'You Thought He Was Unmatched'. The scene shifted back to the man, who was shown wearing a dark coat, green dress shirt, dark pants, and a cowboy hat, giving the man a Western vibe to him. The man raised his head, showing his bearded, rugged face.
'You Thought He Had No Equal,' More words appeared. The screen showed another image of the bearded man before it shifted to a man in a white Gi with black hair. 'You Never Met SEGATA'.
"No way," Kirishima gasped, the edges of his mouth twitching as they rose.
Scenes began rapidly playing of the two men in all their glory, including sneak peeks at the upcoming Death Battle, with the words, 'You Will Know His Name!'
Chuck Norris vs Segata Sanshiro!
"NO WAY!" Kirishima exclaimed super loudly.
"Urgh," Jiro groaned, putting on her earmuffs too late. "Let me guess: Manly?"
"Of course! These two guys were living badasses back in the days before Quirks!" Kirishima said, so excited he was bouncing in his seat.
"So, they are regular people that existed in our world before?" Momo asked.
"I wouldn't call them regular, but they sure were real!" Kirishima answered. "Play the video! Play the video!"
As the 1-A students held Kirishima back in his seat, keeping the faux redhead from tackling Mei for the remote, Nezu gave the salmon-haired girl the green light, and with that, Mei pressed the play button.
Notes:
AAAAANNNNNDDDDD SCENE! WAIT, HOLD UP! Before anyone goes wild thinking this is happening, you're mistaken. I'm NOT going to be doing Chuck Norris vs Segata Sanshiro...Lower those pitchforks and let me explain.
I know this is one of the funniest Joke battles but remember what it is: a Joke battle. And what did I say I would not be doing? Just like Koopa vs. Goomba, the characters will react to the fight, but off-screen. The characters will only acknowledge its existence saying that they saw the fight. I won't be wasting time making an actual chapter over this fight when there is Nothing of value for the characters to watch and grow from, unlike the other Death Battles. Even Deadpool vs Pinkie Pie states more about Wade and even has a lesson about friendship and peace over violence.
So, no, I am not doing Chuck vs. Segata, this is non-negotiable, hate me for it all you want, but I'm standing as firm as the Earth, fittingly enough, on this. But there is a consolation prize. Since I am also skipping the Boba Fett vs. Samus rematch, which is ultimately pointless because Boba loses again, the next chapter will be the largely requested and anticipated fight: Guts vs. Nightmare!
Now, let's move on to the counterpart explanations before more people try to crucify me. First off, Todoroki as Gaara. Man, Todoroki's been on a roll lately with counterparts. Counterparts who lost, but still. The reasons were clear as day: both were kids born the way they were because of the meddling of the fathers whose actions harmed their respective mothers, only Gaara's mother died in childbirth while Rei went to a mental hospital. Both can unleash massive waves of their respective elements, create walls and barriers out of ice or sand, and get an additional element, Fire and Gold Dust, from their fathers, even if Shoto's was from birth. Both lived a sad, lonely childhood and started antagonistic to their series' main characters, Izuku and Naruto, before they were inspired and changed by the protagonists to be better and seek a better, more fulfilling life, such as Shoto wanting to be his own Hero with the power he once rejected and Gaara as Kazekage to the village that once rejected him. Endeavor and Gaara's father could also be seen as counterparts, in a way, as they can be seen as reflections or versions of Shoto and Gaara that neither wants to be.
Then there is Toph as Jiro. Both are young tomboys with spunky, sarcastic, humorous attitudes and great hearing, especially with Jiro. Toph's Seismic Sense displays similar benefits and senses that Jiro can emulate with her jacks. While Jiro doesn't have parental issues like Toph, she does struggle between deciding to go about her personal dream of being a Hero or following in her parents' footsteps as musicians, an issue that didn't come intentionally from her parents, but one that did ultimately stem and was so difficult because of her love for them. Jiro can't Earth bend like Toph, yet her shockwaves can shatter rocks and crumble the Earth like a roundabout earthquake, and Jiro's jacks can be compared to the steel ropes that Toph and the New Republic police force would use.
Bonus fun fact: With the ending of the series, Horikoshi has apparently confirmed that Jiro isn't in a relationship with Kaminari and seems to be single. Yeah, she leaned onto Momo in that panel, but as Jiro said, don't put so much thought into things that aren't explicitly there. Anyway, this apparent relationship status does compare with how people speculate and wonder who the father of Toph's children, Lin and Suyin, were since they are actually half-sisters.
With all that said, I hope you guys liked the chapter, and comment your thoughts below, including future counterpart predictions like Guts and Nightmare. Check out my other stories here and on FFN if you haven't already, and please be chill and understanding about my decisions when you comment, I don't want to see you guys at each other's throats, or mine.
P.S. Because of AO3's changes and crackdown on more of the rules, I don't believe I will be able to have the students react to a music video during the interlude chapters anymore. The short quotes and verses I put in the beginning notes might slide, but a whole song's lyrics would be risking it too much. If there are any songs you think I might be able to use without getting into public domain issues that could run afoul of the rules, let me know. I'm thinking about the song 'Gotta Go Fast' by Chizzy Stephens since I can't find it on Spotify, only YouTube, and because it is a good song that deserved to be the credits song for the first Sonic movie.
This has been Zayden StormVoid, and thanks for coming out, everyone!
*Slams Garage Door shut*
Chapter 45: Guts vs Nightmare
Summary:
U.A.'s group witnesses perhaps the darkest, Berserk battle they have ever witnessed, along with worlds full of true demons of a different Calibur...
Notes:
STAND READY FOR MY ARRIVAL, WORMS! IT IS I, ZAYDEN STORMVOID, HERALD OF THE VOID, WATCHER OF WORLDS, PARADOX BETWEEN LIGHT AND SHADOW! I HAVE ARRIVED AFTER SO LONG TO DELIVER TO YOU FAITHFUL, LOYAL READERS ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MHA WATCHES DEATH BATTLE!
Yeah, if you couldn't tell, I loved Jeffrey Dean Morgan's performance as Conquest in the latest-
*Triumphant Music plays as the title Invincible is displayed before blood is splattered across it*
...Ahen, sorry, I forgot to turn that off. Anyway, apologies for the long wait, but I have been rather busy, not just with my other stories, but also with more personal events, like my sister's birthday, playing Mario Party with my family, and watching over my younger siblings while my mother was away on a work trip, so my hands were kinda tied. Plus, as it turns out, anti-depression medication is a pretty good way of giving me an artificial writer's block. Who knew?
But I'm back, so let's get things started.
Last time, we witnessed the earth-shaking duel between Gaara and Toph, with many in the group sympathizing with the two earth wielders and their struggles. Shoto once again contemplates his past, his current weaknesses in agility and close-quarters combat, and his growing connection to a certain horned American. Meanwhile, Endeavor wallowed in the sight of his spousal and familial abuse crimes playing out before him alongside Gaara's father and engaged in a silent stare-down with Nezu that is far from over. Jiro, Momo, Izuku, and Shoji all relate to Toph's incredible senses and her struggles with disability or differences, often feeling viewed as weak and fragile. We even had Tetsutetsu trembling in fear and likely to revisit Toph in his nightmares.
We ended the chapter with a tease for Norris vs Segata... but that was a freaking lie! Instead, in this chapter, we will jump past the joke battle for one of brutality, bloodshed, and gore: Guts vs Nightmare!
But first, in the Index:
"Zayden," -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden,' -Mental or Internal Dialogue
"Zayden," -Wizard Dialogue
"Zayden," -Boomstick, Buff Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden," -Device, Combatant, and Fight Dialogue
Finally, I do not own My Hero Academia or Death Battle. The former belongs to Horikoshi and is being adapted by Bones Studios, while the YouTube of the same name and whatever remains of Roosterteeth own the latter. The franchises mentioned in past, present, and future chapters all belong to their respective owners.
P.S. Just as a precaution: HEAVY AND TRAUMA-INDUCING THEMES SUCH AS RAPE WILL BE PRESENT AND DISCUSSED IN THIS CHAPTER! So, if that is not your cup of tea, then please come again next chapter.
But enough talk! IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTTTTLLLLLLLLLEEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
One overtly awesome joke battle later...
Eyes still blinked with utter bewilderment after the utterly crazy Death Battle they had witnessed.
"That... was... So MANLY!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu exclaimed, roaring out the pent-up testosterone injected into them from the latest Death Battle.
"I think I might need newer, stronger earmuffs," Jiro muttered, rubbing her ears. She caught Kaminari staring down the inside of his shirt through her peripheral. "The Hell are you doing?"
"Oh, just trying to see if I got new chest hairs after that fight," Kaminari answered. "I almost thought I grew a beard after seeing those two go up into space."
"Yeah... because the only way your pasty ass could get chest hair is from two macho men clashing and chucking planets at each other," Jiro rolled her eyes.
"That was fun, Papa!" Eri giggled. "But why couldn't we see the rest of the fight?"
"Uuhh, I guess they are so strong that Wizard and Boomstick can't find them with their instruments," Izuku scratched his head. "But I'm sure they're having fun wherever they are."
"If there is any universe left for them to fight in," Ojiro chuckled nervously.
"Ectoplasm, could you please inform the others to come back in?" Nezu asked.
Halfway through the video, Endeavor, Edgeshot, Iida, and Momo stepped out of the gym, protesting the absolute absurdity of Chuck Norris vs Segata Sanshiro and sparing their whittling brain cells.
"Sure thing, sir," Ectoplasm said, opening his mouth to release a small stream of ectoplasm. The fluid formed into a clone of Ectoplasm who went out to fetch the individuals outside.
"And while he is doing that, Miss Hatsume, if you please?" Nezu turned to the salmon-dreadlock-haired girl.
"Aye aye, Mr. Principal!" Mei saluted before pressing the play button for the next Death Battle.
While the video loaded, a grumpy Endeavor and Edgeshot returned to their seats, ignoring, to the best of their ability, Hawks's and Miruko's teasing grins and attempts to describe what they missed. Meanwhile, Momo and Iida also returned to their couch and chair, respectively.
"I'm assuming I didn't miss anything of importance?" Momo asked warily.
"Like Segata tossing the rings of Jupiter at Norris or creating a constellation of themselves?" Mina cheekily responded. "Nah, I don't think so."
Momo groaned, pinching the bridge of her nose. "I had to ask," The rich heiress muttered.
"Easy, Yaomomo, at least this next fight looks serious and not... whatever the hell the last one was," Jiro patted her friend's shoulder.
"I think the word you're looking for is 'manly'?" Setsuna grinned mischievously.
Kirishima and Tetsutetsu opened their mouths and breathed deeply.
"You shout 'Manly' one more time you can forget me sharing your 'workout playlist'," Kyoka threatened.
The two hardheaded students immediately shut their cake holes, their cheeks puffing up comically as their intended declaration was held at bay. The two released their breath deeply through their nostrils.
"Thank you," Jiro smiled, turning her attention to the screen with the rest of the group as the video began playing.
"For untold decades, scientists have searched for a legitimate method of measuring a person's level of badassness," Wiz said as the video started. "Completely missing the obvious answer."
"Just check out the size of his sword!" Boomstick exclaimed.
"Wait, sword as in the weapon or sword as in-" Mineta's hand began lowering toward his crotch.
"Mineta!" Izuku yelled while covering Eri's eyes and ears.
"S-Sorry," Mineta muttered, ceasing his hand's actions.
"So, this fight's combatants will likely have extra-large swords like Cloud's," Todoroki guessed, remembering his counterpart's absurdly large Buster Sword.
"Like Guts, the brutal black swordsman from Berserk." Boomstick introduced the first fighter.
"And Nightmare, the demonic scourge from Soul Calibur," Wiz introduced the second.
"Demonic?!" Ibara yelped at the description of Soul Calibur's fighter.
"Wait, speaking of which, didn't we hear that name before?" Mount Lady brought up. "Soul Calibur?"
"I think you're right, Mount Lady," Izuku muttered as he hyper-flipped and read through his recently used journals before stopping at one particular entry. "Here! Soul Calibur. It's both the name of the world where Ivy Valentine is from and the holy sword she was mentioned to be searching for."
"Ivy Valentine?" Kaminari repeated the name. "You mean the dominatrix lady with the whip sword and ginormous bazookas in her chest?"
"U-Uh yeah, that one." Izuku shook his head free of the mention of Valentine's generous assets. "If I remember correctly, she used something called the 'Hand of Nightmare' to bring life into her sword."
"The Hand of-" Uraraka paused as she looked toward the screen. "So, that's the same Nightmare who helped create Ivy's sword?"
"Yeah, and what's worse is that Wizard said Nightmare was Soul Edge personified." Izuku frowned, staring at the azure-clad warrior with a serious gaze. "And Soul Edge was the weapon Ivy's parents got lost or died looking for, which Ivy wants to destroy."
"Ah, yes, the demonic sword said to have been bathed in blood and hatred," Nezu gasped in realization. "Very well, let us see what this Soul Edge and Nightmare have in store for us, as well as this Guts character."
"He's Wiz, and I'm Boomstick," Boomstick introduced both show hosts.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle," Wiz finished the intro.
The first fighter the group felt an immense sense of fear and wariness from said fighter's presence alone. The man stood tall and heavy with rippling muscles on his biceps and body's sturdy frame; one of his large forearms was covered in wrappings, and the other looked like a black metal gauntlet. The man wore dark grey pants, a dark brown to black cloak and boots, and black, heavy armor decorating his torso and large pauldrons on his shoulders. The man's face was chiseled as if made from marble, his hair shorty, spiky, and black as a starless midnight with some iterations showing strands of white adorning the front. His similarly colored eyebrows were thick and heavy, a scar across his nose, and his stone-cold eyes, his right one mostly appearing closed, held a bottomless pit of anger, trauma, and a life of hardship that made the group's hearts either tighten in sympathy, or their nerves rattled in instinctual fear.
Completing the man's gruff and brooding design was a MASSIVE great sword, the large hunk of metal either in very, very, dark grey or black as obsidian. The sword looked even larger than Cloud's Buster Sword! Many in the group thought it looked so heavy that it would be impractical, if not impossible to wield, yet were wide-eyed to see the black swordsman wield it with only one hand!
Guts
The analysis began with heavy footsteps on red-shaded earth as the man's brown boots entered the frame. Then, the haunted, brooding frame and face appeared, one eye closed and the other cold and fierce like stone.
"That man looks like he just walked straight out of Hell," Kamakiri shuddered.
"I've seen Heroes who've looked like that, kid. Let me tell ya, this guy takes the cake," Snipe commented. "Looks like he fought with ole Satan himself."
BACKGROUND
Height: 6'3" / 198.5 cm
Weight: 230 lbs. / 104.3 kg
AKA The Black Swordsman
Occupation: Mercenary
Mentors: Gambino, Griffith, Godo
Branded sacrifice to Femto
Former Hawk's Raiders commander
Trained to fight since the age of 6
Hates the weak
"In the realm of Midland, rumors run rampant of a man wielding a humongous blade, slaying any that get in his way, but before his legend grew, this black swordsman was known simply as Guts," Wiz began the analysis.
"Midland? Sounds rather similar to Midgard, the Norse myth name for Earth," Iida pointed out.
"Oh ho, man, I'm so excited!" Boomstick hollered with uncontained excitement. "Guts is one of the most badass and hardcore characters ever."
Guts, wearing a spiky black helmet, shouts and swings a much smaller sword, shattering a ball and chain ball to pieces.
"D-Did he just destroy a morning star with one sword swing?!" Awase gaped in shock.
"I can already see what Boomstick means by hardcore," Fat Gum chuckled nervously.
"But the story of Guts is not for the faint of heart," Wiz stated.
"Yeah, it's... kind of dark," Boomstick agreed warily. "You've been warned."
"And with that note, follow me, Eri, Kouta!" Mirio declared, catching a pair of baseball mitts and a ball without even looking, all with his signature smile still present with a note of foreboding.
"Aww, why?!" Kouta pouted but followed with Eri, the white-haired girl looking more confused than upset.
"You know how this works, Mini-Deku!" Mirio gave a short chuckle while he opened the door to the outside of the gym. "If even Boomstick says something is dark for him, your little, innocent minds aren't ready for it."
"Urgh, fine! Whatever," Kouta continued, pouting, roughly snatching one of the baseball mitts from Mirio. "And stop calling me that!"
"See you later, Papa!" Eri waved and said bye to Izuku as she followed Kouta.
"See you soon, Eri! And be careful!" Izuku called and waved back out. Turning back to the group, he was met with fond smiles and shit-eating grins. "W-What?"
"Oh, nothing, Greenie." Setsuna waved off Izuku's confusion, a blush on her cheeks. "We're just constantly amazed by what a great Papa you are."
Izuku blushed as Setsuna stressed out the word Papa in an Eri-like voice. "S-Shut up," Izuku weakly pouted.
"Hey, it makes sense that whittle, adorable unicorn would see our resident Cinnamon Roll as daddy material!" Nejire squealed while clasping her cheeks. 'I know I do~.'
Izuku hid his burning face behind his notebook while his classmates laughed. Behind that notebook, though, Izuku sported a small smile. 'Even if they are kind of making fun of me, this is leagues better than Aldera,' Izuku thought, willing to take the playful teasing, that was as much praise as it was poking fun at his expense, rather than the harmful, confidence-shattering belittlement, taunts, and scornful curses he had to endure almost a year ago.
'It feels so long ago; it's like a different life compared to the one I have now, even if some things have carried over.' Izuku couldn't help but let his gaze drift to a certain blonde, explosive-loving prodigy, especially since said prodigy was now leagues better toward him than before. Izuku shook his head. 'Enough dwelling on the past. Focus on the present and this video.'
"After a brutal massacre, Guts was born from the CORPSE of his mother, who had been hanged from a tree," Wiz began the horrible life story of Guts.
"...Okay, yeah, no, that's not dark, that's AWFUL!" Mount Lady exclaimed, eyes filled with horror and disgust.
All of the group shared in her reaction. Some of the more sensitive souls teared up or leaned through greening heads closer to their barf bags, while even the hardier types looked aghast at the words and images they were witnessing.
"What kind of sick fuck hangs a pregnant woman?!" Miruko shouted, nose and face scrunched in disgust and fury.
"The cruelty human beings are capable of never fails to astonish me," Nezu growled, his paws gripping the couch tightly.
"And we're just getting started," Boomstick chuckled morbidly. "Baby Guts was discovered by a traveling band of mercenaries and was adopted by the camp whore."
"Who... died of the plague three years later," Wiz added, awkwardly, showing 3-year-old Guts's traumatized face at his dying adopted mother.
"Jesus," Itsuka cursed, hand over her gaping mouth.
"I think Jesus abandoned this kid long ago," Setsuna muttered, arms wrapped around herself uncomfortably.
"Good call to send Eri and Kouta outside for this," Asui croaked to Izuku.
"Agreed," Izuku nodded, his eyes full of sympathy for the young orphan before looking down thoughtfully. 'No father, no mother twice over, and all before he even reached four years old.' Izuku compared his harsh life to Guts's and already found it wanting. 'The teasing I faced back then wasn't nearly as bad as before my Quirk Diagnosis, and even though my father moved to America, I still had my mother. But Guts-' Izuku tightened his grip on his notebook, realizing it was already insensitive and arrogant to compare his life to someone else's suffering, yet Guts truly surpassed him in terms of unfair suffering.
"With no one left to turn to, Guts was mentored by the mercenary leader Gambino," Wiz continued, showing young Guts being given a coin by the blonde, short, spiky-haired mercenary before the next scene showed the two training with swords. "Who began training him in swordsmanship when he was just six years old."
Izuku flinched further, his eyes drifting toward the gym doors and the little girl playing catch who was just as young when he, Mirio, and the Heroes freed her from the Hell Chisaki put her through.
"So young, too young," Mandalay shook her head, unapproving of the young orphan, who she saw too much of Kouta in, to be training how to fight.
"Unfortunately, this world has shown us that it is one of cruelty and unfairness, and Guts would need to know how to fight to survive," Tiger replied, arms crossed. "It is unfortunate and unfair, yes, but such is life."
"Does anyone else think he looks like Gym Leader Surge from Pokémon?" Kaminari muttered.
"Meh, I can kind of see the resemblance." Sen scratched his head as he squinted his eyes. "If Surge looked more like an asshole."
"Hey, Guts! Why don't you use a smaller sword? One right for your size?" One nearby resting mercenary taunted.
Guts tried to attack Gambino, who then kneed him in the stomach, sending the young boy to the ground. "We don't carry any baby-sized swords for kids here anyway," Gambino cheekily taunted, causing Guts to grip his sword tightly and get back up, determined.
Bakugou cringed and looked away, his mind traitorously replacing Gambino with a younger version of himself and Guts with De-Izuku, his younger self copying the same action as the mercenary and younger Izuku also on the floor throwing up his lunch from school. Bakugou remembered that was one of many times he and his lackeys left Izuku barfing his guts out in an alleyway while laughing mockingly, and the fact it wasn't a one-time thing left the explosive blonde reeling in shame.
All Might frowned heavily at the treatment the young Guts was forced to endure by these mercenaries. The former Number 1 Hero can see there was some sense of teacherly care Gambino had for Guts, likely trying to toughen the boy up for the life of a mercenary so he could survive, but that aspect of kindness did not suddenly cloud the skin-and-bones man from the cruel and uncaring nature of the mercenary leader. 'He could just as easily be trying to train up another sword to add to his ranks, uncaring if Guts is a child or not,' Toshinori thought.
Endeavor's fists clenched tightly. Like Bakugou, the current Number 1 Hero had his mind turned on him and replaced Gambino and Guts with himself and Shoto, remembering how desperate and ruthless he was toward his youngest son, even while the boy barfed up his guts or when he or his mother cried for Enji to stop. Enji Todoroki gazed down in shame, long since realizing there was no valid excuse for his treatment and harshness with his son's training, especially not when he was gentler and fairer to Touya even before his Quirk's drawbacks started appearing.
"An extremely determined student of war, Guts was soon brought on to the battlefield and killed his first man at the age of nine," Wiz revealed, the young boy flash-forwarding to a 9-year-old and running with fellow armored warrior to battle, fighting with a taller armored soldier, and slaying him with a sword slash to the neck.
"It's clear that this world is one of a medieval period based on such fighting, armor, and castles," Edgeshot figured. "Yet even back then, children that young were forbidden from the battlefield."
"Like that asshole would care," Hawks grumbled, his mind forcibly returning to the past where his father would force Keigo to help him in his crimes. Granted, it was mostly forcing him to carry whatever was inside his duffle bag, mostly money; his criminal father cared not one wit about subjecting and forcing Hawks into his lifestyle or giving him a normal life.
"Despite his skill, life wasn't all murder, sunshine, and rainbows," Boomstick noted.
"Gee, you think?" Pixie Bob raised an eyebrow at the obvious statement.
"Young Guts was constantly abused in many ways that I don't really want to go into," Boomstick said uncomfortably, showing a panel of Guts tied up and violated sexually.
"Oh, Dear Lord!" Ibara gasped, horrified, her reaction shared with the whole group.
"Scumbags!" Nejire growled, her usually cheerful expression replaced by pure fury and hate.
Mineta felt sick. His eyes locked onto the gross, disgusting face of Guts's rapist, and he found himself flinching back in shock and horror. The face the man held, his creepy smile, his sick, lust-filled eyes, they were all his. Every time he creepily checked the girls out, all his unhinged proclamations about their hotness and what he'd wish to do to them, and his attempts to peek at them exposed, Mineta finally saw the true face he made, the faces the girls saw, and Guts's gagged, crying face flashed into the faces of the girls. It grew exponentially worse when he remembered his first words to Eri, and the little girl suddenly replaced young Guts.
Mineta nearly hurled his guts out, shame and horror registering in his mind. Throughout his life, Mineta was told that confidence was what attracted girls. It didn't matter if you were short, cool-looking, or as muscular as the other guys; what truly mattered was having confidence in yourself. Being unashamed of your faults and weaknesses, acknowledging them, and taking pride in them would make girls flock to you. Only now did Mineta suddenly realize what his confidence and acknowledgment of his perverse nature looked like, and it didn't appear appealing at all.
'I-If I didn't want to be a Hero or get in... was this what I would have become?' Mineta thought, horrified, theorizing the man he might have become if U.A. and his classmates didn't curb or lessen his perverted tendencies.
"Why?!" Uraraka couldn't help but sob, wiping her tearful eyes. "Why does all of this have to happen to him?! He didn't do anything wrong!"
Those words pierced something in Midoriya's soul. He couldn't stop the flood of painful memories involving every kind of cruelty he was subjected to by Bakugou, his past teachers, and his classmates. While rape was thankfully something he was spared from, given some of the teachers he had before, especially his P.E. teacher, Izuku wondered if he was spared the bullet because of his Quirklessness being treated like an infectious disease. Despite that missed bullet, Izuku struggled to remember what his past tormenters didn't do.
Pushing, punches, kicks, taunts, mocking, laughing, pranks, explosions, emotional manipulation, stolen lunch money, destroyed property, unfairly altered grades, undeserved detentions, beatings that approached torture, and even suicide baiting. Each experience has left its mark on Izuku, whether on the outside with his many scars or on the inside with emotional wounds that remain unresolved. Yet Izuku pondered why all of this occurred, why his life before U.A. was filled with torment after torment. He felt he may have unintentionally agreed with his bullies, believing their torment was justified because he was Quirkless. At some point, he began to accept this treatment as the status quo, as if it were simply how the world worked, convincing himself he deserved such mistreatment for being born this way, without a voice to express his doubts and refusals.
However, Uraraka's words suddenly lit something in Izuku: her voice and words suddenly became that voice he lacked. Maybe it was because she wasn't saying it to or about him that got him to listen compared to everyone else, but Uraraka's declaration helped gather all the praises, compliments, and comfort from everyone else in his life and finally started to break through the walls erected by his bullies.
"You're not weak. You're not useless. You're not pathetic! You're the bravest, most selfless, kindest person I ever met! It wasn't fair for you to be treated like that!" Nejire's words from last night rang in his head, expanding beyond the context of the White Day Incident. "It wasn't fair for you to treat yourself like that! You deserve to be loved! We all love you!"
"You are kind, smart, sweet, you look so cool when you fight bad guys, and you are funny," Eri's words joined in. "Anybody would love you, Papa. I do."
"Young Man, you too can become a Hero!" All Might's declaration on the day they met reverberated through his skull.
As more and more compliments, smiles, and words of comfort finally sunk in, Izuku's body began to shake.
"But these awful things he had to endure kickstarted the long and excruciating process of grooming Guts into the scariest man in the world," Boomstick continued.
Izuku's body ceased shaking, his eyes rising with a fire lit in his emerald eyes. 'He's right. What Guts faced, what I faced, it was horrible, awful, and maybe it was unfair we were treated so horribly, but it wasn't in vain,' Izuku declared to himself. 'All the time Bakugou and the others put me down, I always got right back up. Even when All Might and Aizawa told me I couldn't do it, I proved them wrong. Those awful things we faced are horrible, but they can shape us, forge us into something stronger, that can't be broken, and if Guts can do it, so can I.' A spark of green bioelectricity surged in his eyes. 'I won't allow those jerks to hold me back any longer. I'm Izuku Midoriya, Deku, and I'll show them why I'm destined to be the Greatest Hero in the World!'
As he proclaimed this, Izuku didn't realize he referred to Bakugou by his name, not 'Kacchan'.
"After killing his crazed adopted father in self-defense, Guts became a lone mercenary and a damn good one," Wiz said, showing Guts stabbing Gambino through the heart before flash forwarding further to Guts as a young man slashing his sword through a heavily armored man's skull.
'Reap what you sow, asshole,' Todoroki bitterly thought, finding the abusive man's death justified if he allowed his young ward to be mistreated under his watch and tried to kill him. Todoroki flinched as a part of him wished he could do the same with his own father. 'But I'm no murderer, and for all the shit he's put me through, he hasn't tried to kill me. I won't stoop to his level and obsess about surpassing or getting back at him, not anymore.'
"Oh god, I'm going to be sick," Toru gagged at the sight of the armored man's eye poking out of his head, hanging on by a fleshy cord.
"Recognized for his skill, he was recruited by a mercenary group called the Band of the Hawk, led by an ambitious man named Griffith," Wiz revealed, showing Guts being looked on favorably by a knight with silver white armor and a helmet shaped like a bird. A later scene had Griffith without his armor or helmet, revealing his long white hair and beautiful face as he unsheathed his sword.
"Band of the Hawk, huh?" Hawks grinned. "Sounds like my kind of people?"
"If your people are pretty boy mercenaries with a bird-themed helmet," Miruko snarked.
Hawks hid a wince as, besides the bird-themed helmet, Miruko pretty much hit the nail on the head.
Izuku and All Might blinked, shocked by how Griffith's appearance seemed strikingly similar to a certain decaying villain if his skin were 90% less dry.
"The Hawk's raiders would be Guts's first taste of comradery and friendship," Wiz stated; Guts was shown finding joy in feasting and drinking with the band of mercenaries.
Izuku smiled warmly at Guts making friends with the mercenary group. He found it similar to how he made friends for the first time with Class 1-A.
"Over the next three years, they single-handedly ended a one-hundred-year war," Boomstick noted. "Things were looking up for Guts."
"I have a bad feeling about this," Shinsou muttered, feeling the setup for something tragic about to happen.
"Aaaand then Griffith summoned a horde of demons, transformed into a bat monster, murdered all of Guts' friends, and claimed ownership of Guts' soul by branding his neck," Boomstick suddenly revealed, the horrific betrayal and events shown one by one. "If that wasn't dramatic enough, Griffith then RAPED Guts's girlfriend in the pool of his friends' blood as he watched, pinned down with his eye gouged out and forced to cut off his own arm."
"Definitely not his best day," Wiz muttered.
"...What in the FUCK?!" Ibara gasped out, her face so sickly green it blended with her vine hair.
Setsuna didn't bother making note of Ibara finally cursing the F-word because she was too stunned by the most horrible act of betrayal she had ever witnessed.
The rest of the group was a mix of sick horror and sheer rage. Aoyama heaved violently into his barf bag next to a surprisingly less nauseated Amajiki, while any resistance Mineta had against almost throwing up after Guts's violation evaporated, causing him to soon join the other two in expelling his lunch. The more sensitive students appeared traumatized and whimpered, including Koda, Kinoko, Pony, Hagakure, and even Nejire, all consoled by the nearest classmate. Most students were simply too shocked to move or respond, unable to comprehend such a betrayal and evil act, while others seethed with anger.
Todoroki's teeth clenched painfully, and he would have burst into flames and ice if it weren't for his comforting Pony. Monoma was so stunned that he almost failed to notice Dark Shadow's growling, expanding form and Jurota's growing physique as they roared, forcing the blonde to quickly shut down both raging teens' Quirks with Eraser's copied ability.
"Sick, twisted bastard!" Bakugou growled, mini-explosions popping excessively until Monoma switched it off.
"That is pure and utter evil," Asui croaked angrily, the overwhelming urge to find and twist Griffith's neck in retribution for Guts surging within her.
"Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?!" Uraraka could only choke out in tears while pressing herself against Izuku.
The verdant-haired teen wrapped his arms around her as gently as possible, particularly as Full Cowling began to spark around him. Izuku's eyes were as hard as stone, filled with a rage he had never known except when facing the worst villains. 'That's not a villain; that's a monster. Pure, plain, and simple,' Izuku concluded, finding no trace of redemption or humanity in Griffith.
The adults weren't much better. Tears pooled in Mount Lady's hand, covering her agape mouth as she shuddered with sobs. Midnight comforted her rival as best she could, despite the burning hatred she felt for Griffith. Most of the heroes wore expressions that suggested if looks could kill, Griffith would have been reduced to nothingness, including Hawks, Miruko, Endeavor, and Hound Dog—the last of whom was so overwhelmed with anger that Cementoss had to trap him in his seat with cement.
"Prison for life would be too good for him. That's a monster that needs to be put down, for good," Endeavor growled.
"Agreed." All Might frowned, both enraged and bewildered by the realization that he had witnessed a monster capable of matching and surpassing All For One's cruelty. Or so he believed.
"I guess that's why one of his eyes is always closed," Ragdoll mentioned.
"Is that the only thing you can think of to say after that?" Pixie Bob asked, stunned at her friend's blank face.
"No, but the alternative would be mindless raging and curses that wouldn't matter since we can't kill the bastard ourselves," Ragdoll blankly replied.
"...Fair enough," Pixie Bob muttered.
"After all that, Guts dedicated his entire life to murdering Griffith as painfully and brutally as possible," Wiz explained.
"I don't think there could be any punishment harsh enough to repay such an atrocity," Momo murmured.
"While fighting demons on a daily basis as they are drawn to his brand like moths to a flame."
Izuku flinched as something about that statement felt quite personal to him. He recalled All Might's warning after he nearly revealed his Quirk to Bakugou during the Battle Training Exercise. 'All Might said that if everyone knew about One For All, villains from everywhere would come after me to seize All Might's power. Even my friends and family would be in danger from villains using them to reach me,' Izuku thought grimly, putting himself in Guts's shoes. He found himself standing in darkness as the haunting faces of various villains he had encountered, including All For One and Shigaraki, loomed over him. 'Is this what it would be like? And if so... would I be ready to do whatever it takes to ensure that my friends are never in danger?' Izuku had an answer; he just didn't want to voice it.
"But to do this, he needs the right tools for the job," Boomstick declared.
ARSENAL
Mechanical Hand
-Cannon Arm
-Repeater Crossbow
-Flame Gun
-Magnetized to better grip sword
Miniature Bombs
-Explosive radius: 15 ft /4.6 m
-Approx. the size of a gold ball
-Spiked for sticking to foes
Throwing Knives (5)
Short Dagger
Berserker Armor
"He carries a belt of throwing knives and a pouch of mini bombs even demons can't take," Boomstick began listing Guts's arsenal.
Bakugou grinned, confident his explosions could surpass those mini-bombs, briefly recalling his nitroglycerin-sweat-infused grenades.
"He also received a new mechanical hand, which houses a flamethrower, repeater crossbow, and a hidden single-shot cannon, perfect for blasting a demon's face off," Wiz revealed Guts's mechanical hand and all its various utilities, including Guts pulling a strand with his teeth, opening up the hand to fire a blast of fire on a demon's head, destroying it to smithereens.
"Surprise, bitch!" Boomstick shouted.
"Ooh, Mama likey!" Mei grinned as she sketched plans for a similar type of prosthetic arm. "Hey, Muscles! If you ever lose one of your arms from breaking it too much with your Quirk, I can add that to your arsenal!"
"U-Um, s-sure," Izuku nodded, not exactly feeling comforted by the constant threat of losing his arms due to excessive damage. "T-Thanks, Mei."
"No problem, Muscles! And thanks for remembering to say my name!" Mei beamed. "Oh, hey, Melissa! If Muscles does lose his arm, do you think we could connect the prosthetic to his nerves so his Quirk could flow into it?"
"Hmm, potentially, but it would need to rely on both Izuku's nerves and Quirk factors to be recoverable enough to implement it into the arm, not to mention a material that can withstand the power of his Quirk," Melissa mused, examining and revising some of Mei's foundational ideas and designs. "I think the material I use for the Full Gauntlet would work for most, but it would need something more to stabilize it. Maybe Vibranium if we could get it?"
"Ooh! Good call!" Mei nodded quickly. "Oh, and maybe for Muscles's cannon arm blaster, it could tap into his Quirk's energy to build up and fire off like an energy beam!"
Izuku sweatdropped as he watched the two inventors he cared for discussing a prosthetic arm for him. "Why are they acting like it's already certain that I will need it in the future?" Izuku asked nervously. Ochaco chuckled awkwardly while she and Asui patted Izuku on the back.
"But none of that compares to Guts's primary tool of destruction, the giant blade known as Dragonslayer," Wiz unveiled Guts's signature weapon.
Ryukyu raised an intrigued eyebrow. "Come again?" Ryukyu questioned.
After a single slash from the Dragonslayer, a table is covered in blood, and half of a man screams, flying around Guts, and falls to the ground.
"DAMN! That poor dude got split in half and sent flying!" Kaminari exclaimed.
DRAGONSLAYER
Length: 6'6" / 190 cm
Weight: Approx. 400 lbs. / 100 kg
Forged by Godo
Made of steel, yet somehow stronger than steel
Resides in both the physical and astral planes of existence, simultaneously
"Massive, thick, heavy, and far too rough. It's too big to be called a sword," Boomstick detailed Dragonslayer. "More like a heap of raw iron. And it might just be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen."
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" Bakugou and Kamakiri stumbled toward the device like hungry zombies before being pulled back by their classmates and their Quirks turned off again by Monoma, who was starting to feel the itch in his eyes.
"At this point, I don't blame them for going gaga over that thing," Setsuna shrugged. "Though it looks like only likes a few of us could even lift the damn thing, let alone use it."
"Oh, who do you think could lift it?" Kendo asked, curious.
"You, for one, Kendo," Setsuna started listing. "Granted if you enlarged your hands. Then I could see Jurota and Tokoyami, the latter mainly if Dark Shadow is big enough. There's also Shoji and his big multiple arms, Greenie with that insane strength of his Quirk, Ibara with enough of her vines, Tetsutetsu and Kirishima would be tough and stubborn enough to do so too, Sato if he used that Sugar Quirk of his, and maybe Bondo and Ojiro if they were motivated enough... *mutter, mutter, mutter*."
The students looked wide-eyed as Tokage suddenly began to ramble and mutter like a certain other green-haired student.
"I didn't know that muttering thing was contagious!" Mineta wailed, clutching his head as if infected.
"We blame you for this, Midoriya-san," Reiko declared, many of Class 1-B and 1-A nodding in agreement.
A cloud of depression hung over Izuku though the chastised teen couldn't help but gape and blush at the greenette as she muttered like him... and did this damn more attractive than he ever could.
"Forged by the legendary hermit Godo, Dragonslayer was made to... well... slay a dragon," Wiz stated the obvious.
"Scared, Ryukyu?" Miruko grinned teasingly at her friend.
"...Maybe," Ryukyu admitted. "The size and power of that blade could surely pierce even my scales at full size. I worry it could break through Crust's Shield Quirk or Fat Gum's fat."
"Agreed," Fat Gum nodded, not looking to try out if his fat could resist such a blade without having his guts spill in a way that wouldn't be out of his mouth.
"Unfortunately, it was laughed off as impossible to use by anyone."
"Except for Guts!" Boomstick pointed out.
"Manly," Kirishima and Tetsutetsu whispered, still aware of the threat from Jiro over banning them from their future 'workout playlist'.
"Standing six and a half feet long and weighing over 400 pounds, the Dragonslayer is enormous," Wiz analyzed Dragonslayer further. "Though not unfeasible. In real life, the largest sword ever used in battle belonged to a Frisian freedom fighter and stood seven feet tall." Wiz showed an old photo of a man gazing upon the massive sword. "Though it wasn't nearly as heavy, only 14 pounds."
"Damn, was that guy overcompensating for something?" Tsuburaba chuckled.
"I say it takes massive balls to try and use the damn thing without chopping yourself in half," Honenuki muttered.
"With a single swing of Dragonslayer, Guts can cleave through a man wearing heavy armor. Along with his weapon, his horse, and any other people, animals, or demons that happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time," Boomstick revealed, the feat shown in gory detail.
"Jesus! Does this guy have some kind of super strength Quirk or something?!" Kaminari questioned, eyes wide with bewilderment.
"I don't think so, man," Sero shook his head. "That's pure, raw anger and manly strength right there."
"And after killing over a thousand demons - no, I did not stutter - Dragonslayer has bathed in SO much demonic blood that it now resides in both the physical and astral planes of existence... somehow," Wiz revealed, admittedly bewildered. "Meaning it is capable of harming ANY supernatural beings."
Reiko's eyes shot wide open to the size of dinner plates, a rare sight for her classmates. She witnessed images of Dragonslayer slashing through all manner of demons and undead skeletons with amazement. "Revelry in the Dark," she shuddered in awe.
"Hmm, I wonder if it could harm even you, Dark Shadow," Tokoyami pondered.
"I'm not gonna be your test dummy to find out, Fumi!" Dark Shadow cawed in fearful protest.
"I wonder if it could even slash at me within the shadows," Kuroiro muttered.
"Please don't try!" Kinoko yelped, her eyes widening as she realized she had yelled those words out loud, and everyone was looking at her. "I-I-I mean, I wouldn't want you to get hurt and risk your life just to find out! It would be horrible to lose a beloved-I mean-cherished classmate!"
Kuroiro's pitch-black skin lit up with a red blush. "T-Thanks, Komori-san," Kuroiro stuttered, scratching absentmindedly at his cheeks. "I-I appreciate the concern and think you are a cherished classmate too."
Kinoko's face burned red hot. "T-Thank you, Kuroiro-san!" The mushroom girl squeaked, hiding her face under her large hair.
Setsuna had a shit-eating grin as she watched the two. 'Finally! Progress with Operation: Black Mushroom!' Setsuna inwardly exclaimed.
"Even Ghooooosts!" Boomstick emphasized with Guts shown slashing apart ghosts into nonexistence.
Bakugou felt the sudden overwhelming urge to obtain this sword immediately... and not because it was a large murder machine.
FEATS
Slew 100 men by himself in 1 night
Survived combat with Nosferatu Zodd
Shattered Grunbeld's shield
Caught Grunbeld's dragon tail swing
Has killed over 1,000 enemies
Survived countless wounds
Killed the 'Sea God' from within
Once killed a demon disguised as a woman while banging her... no joke
"Guts is an absolute monster in combat." Wiz started listing Guts's greatest feats. "He can move faster than the eye can track, killed one hundred soldiers, ON HIS OWN, in a single night, AND once jumped into the mouth of a giant sea god, cut his way through it, and killed it within."
"Holy shit," Sen muttered, flabbergasted. "Are you guys sure that this guy is really Quirkless?"
"To be honest, I'm even fully doubtful if he is," Melissa acknowledged. "He's like a killing, medieval Batman."
"Why does that sound so accurate?" Jiro questioned.
Guts places his sword behind him. "You intend to gamble your life on a single strike?" Zodd taunted. A second later, Zodd's weapon was no more.
"Manly," Kirishima and Tetsutetsu declared, slightly louder while fist-bumping.
"Guts will do ANYTHING to defeat his foes, including jumping into fire or allowing himself to be impaled just to gain an advantage," Boomstick explained. "And SOMEHOW, he always survives! He's fallen hundreds of feet, gotten stabbed through the face, taken one thousand supernatural punches, AT ONCE, and even been run over by an... elf... fairy... Mothra going supersonic speeds."
Koda screamed in terror at that final mentioned monstrosity.
"Somehow, I think he's just too angry to die," Snipe chuckled morbidly.
"I would be, too, after what that traitorous bastard did," Hound Dog growled.
"But his disregard for his own safety can be costly," Wiz pointed out, showing Guts barely avoiding an axe to the face, so close his helmet broke apart, as he slashed his sword diagonally into his opponent's stomach. "Honestly, the only reason he's still alive is sheer dumb luck and unstoppable willpower."
Heads began creaking like rusted machinery as they slowly drifted their gaze over to a certain green-haired protagonist—even the teachers.
"And if Guts isn't tough enough on his own, he wears the Berserker Armor, the most INSANE battle gear you've ever seen." Boomstick unveiled a gleaming black set of armor that made Guts look like the demon of vengeance he is.
"Revelry in the Dark," Tokoyami, Reiko, and Kuroiro declared with complete awe at the black knightly armor.
"Think Yoroi Musha would kill to have that sweet piece of armor?" Ectoplasm asked Power Loader.
"Forget Musha, I would kill for it!" Power Loader declared.
"Activating the Berserker Armor seals off the wearer's nervous system, making him immune to pain and its natural inhibitions," Wiz explained the armor's ability. "This allows Guts to fight at his fullest potential, boosting his power and speed at the risk of damaging his own body."
"With this armor, Guts' sword swing is more powerful than a cannonball, though the force can break his own arm," Boomstick noted.
Heads again zeroed their gaze onto one green-haired teen, but this time, he realized he was being looked at.
"You have anything to say about this, Midoriya-kun?" Asui asked.
"...Um, no, I think whatever I say will not be taken well," Izuku admitted carefully.
"Right answer, Green," Jiro said, smirking.
"But don't worry! The cursed berserker armor will literally rip and pierce his body to pin the bones and muscles back in place," Boomstick revealed, showing Guts's broken arm twisting, jerking, and shaking till it was unbroken.
"I'm sorry, HUH?!" Mina exclaimed, her pink face turning a weird shade of green and pink at the disturbing sight of Guts's arm jerking back into place.
"Now, don't get the wrong idea!" Wiz stepped in. "The armor does not actually HEAL Guts; it just holds him together. This is dangerous because, well, even though Guts won't feel pain, that doesn't make him invincible."
"I would like to say that this would be a godsend for you, Izuku, but I fear the consequences of what you would do to yourself if you wore it," Momo said.
"I absolutely FORBID the boy from ever trying something less!" Recovery Girl declared with frightful ferocity. "And if any of you even dare to try so, especially you All-Dunce, or you girls, I will have your heads on a spike! The same goes for you, Midoriya, clear?!"
"Yes, MA'AM!" Izuku, All Might, Melissa, and Mei all bowed in terror before Recovery Girl's wrath.
"Recovery Girl's admirable, if hypocritical, care for students aside, such armor will likely give Guts quite an edge in whatever scenario may come in his battle," Nezu analyzed. "Even if his arms were to break at the hands of this Nightmare, they would twist themselves back into place, and Guts would fight on without any pain."
"I fear that by the time the Death Battle ends, Guts may just fall over dead when he removes the armor," David Shield muttered.
"Plus, the berserker armor also kinda forces Guts to give in to his inner demons and lose all sense of morality and restraint, making him the most violent demon-killer ever," Boomstick added, Guts with the Berserker Armor shown thrashing and roaring out in rage like a feral demonic beast.
"Violent and COMPLETELY uncontrollable," Wiz emphasized.
Shoji couldn't help but shudder at the memory of Dark Shadow's monstrous form rampaging during the attack on the Pussycats Training Camp. Tokoyami himself unknowingly agreed with Shoji's comparison.
The girls frowned as their memories drifted back to last night's video featuring Izuku. While most scenes portraying the green cinnamon roll showed him in a heroic light, they couldn't help but notice that some depicted their green-haired crush as a wild, unstoppable beast. The most striking example was when he smashed and tore his way through the black and red spikes that Shigaraki was firing at him. The girls shuddered at the recollection of Izuku tearing one spike apart with his teeth, his eyes transforming into the glowing green glare of a demon.
All Might and Nezu exchanged worried looks, nodding in agreement at the similar thoughts running through their minds. After watching the video that Jiro had presented, they found themselves filled with concerns, yet they too fixated on the very scene that troubled the girls. While the sight of Midoriya fighting like an uncaged beast was alarming enough, the fact that Shigaraki was using the same Rivet Stab Quirk as All For One and employing multiple Quirks left All Might pale and Nezu's fur bristled.
"Guts is the embodiment of rage and the epitome of badassery," Boomstick summarized. "BELIEVE ME! The last thing you wanna do is get in this guy's way."
"Understatement of the century there," Vlad King muttered.
Guts approaches some knights with his sword covered in blood, who panic at his mere presence. "My sword has gotten very dull. However, it's three times as thick and does three times the damage of a normal sword. You'd better pray you die quickly, or this could be painful," Guts declared darkly.
Guts certainly made an impact on the group, both good and bad. The horrors that the black swordsman was forced to endure would haunt them for many nights to come, yet they couldn't help but admire and praise the scarred man for somehow enduring it all and continuing to fight, with most believing Snipe's earlier assessment that Guts was simply too angry to die. His tenacity, strength, endurance, and fortitude were key traits that left many of the students and even the pros nodding in approval, causing their chances to vote for him to skyrocket. At the same time, his recklessness and blind rage raised doubts and worries about his chances of winning in a prolonged, strategy-required encounter—one likely to occur in this Death Battle.
His weapons were also a topic of discussion among the group, who agreed that the Dragonslayer and the Berserker Armor were key weapons Guts would need to achieve victory. However, most concurred that the Berserker Armor was clearly a double-edged sword and an item of last resort; otherwise, Guts could risk bleeding and damaging his body to death before defeating his opponent.
The next fighter looked even more demonic than Guts, yet was somehow just as intimidating. The combatant was draped in sapphire blue knightly armor, with the helm adorned with bat-like wings protruding from the sides, a glowing red horn at the front, and a mane of scarlet red hair flowing from the back, all while red glowing eyes glared demonically from the helmet. The left arm of the dark knightly figure matched the design of the rest of his body, featuring rusted gold trimming the edges of the armor, but his right arm was an unholy monstrous limb. The demonic arm glowed and formed like solid magma, with burning spikes protruding off its shoulder like a pauldron, and ended in a large three-fingered claw whose gauntlet burned with an inner flame. In the monster's left hand was a massive demonic sword, appearing to be made of both chipped yet deadly steel and rotting flesh, with a singular yellow demonic eye in the middle of the cleaver-like blade. Some other depictions of the azure-clad warrior showed it with a mouth full of razor-sharp teeth and a cavity of red smoke and energy for a stomach.
Nightmare
"Long, long ago, transcending history and the world, an enormous sword was forged, designed to be the deadliest weapon on the battlefield," Wiz began, displaying the monstrous weapon, its yellow piercing through the screen and staring at the audience.
"It was called Soul Edge, and it was a BEAST!" Boomstick revealed. "Gigantic. Powerful. Sexy..."
"So, that's Soul Edge," Midnight whispered, analyzing the blade her counterpart devoted her entire life to hunting and destroying.
"How does something like that even happen?" Mount Lady asked, her face scrunched in disgust.
"If I remember correctly, Alchemy is a part of this world's magic," Ryukyu recalled. "It could be this sword was a creation of Alchemy, fusing a mortal blade and demonic magic or flesh."
Ibara already fell to her knees and began praying for the purification or destruction of such a blade if possible.
"At a daunting six feet, one inch in length, no ordinary soldier could wield it," Wiz explained. "But those who could proved UNSTOPPABLE."
"It left no survivors in its wake, just like my ex-wife at an all-you-can-eat buffet," Boomstick joked.
Kirishima looked at Fat Gum with uncertainty. "Fat, are you Boomstick's wife?" Kirishima asked.
"RED! That was unnecessary!" Fat Gum whined, waving his arms in comical rage. "Tell him, Tamaki!" Silence was all that Fat Gum was met with. "Tamaki?"
Fat glanced at his oldest intern, noticing Suneater staring at him with a deadpan expression. "...Sorry, Fat, I can't help you with such an obvious lie," Tamaki said.
"What he said," Tetsutetsu muttered.
"WWAAAHHH! I HAVE THE MEANEST INTERNS EVER!" Fat Gum cried comically, to the sweatdropped expressions of said interns.
"However, a great evil dwelled within the sword," Wiz began grimly. "After claiming victory upon victory and being bathed in the blood and hatred of countless foes, a fire was born inside of Soul Edge."
"LITERALLY! It's a demon made of freaking fire!" Boomstick exclaimed, displaying a demonic monster in the vague shape of a human made of hellfire.
Ibara's praying grew profusely at the knowledge that an actual demon was inside the sword rather than being made of demonic flesh and/or magic.
"Interesting," Nezu scratched his furry chin. "A weapon possessed by the soul of a demon. The closest possible example from our past viewings I can recall would be Spawn's living cape."
"Which was also a demon," Endeavor frowned.
"The demon Inferno had one purpose: to infect the world with evil and chaos," Wiz stated. "But in order to accomplish this, he needed a warrior capable of wielding the true power of Soul Edge. He planned to possess this warrior and transform them into the azure-clad knight of darkness: Nightmare."
"So, Nightmare, rather than being a person wielding Soul Edge, is instead a person corrupted and transformed into this form by the sword," Momo summarized.
"Demonic possession," Reiko muttered. "Revelry in the Dark."
Alarm bells rang in All Might's head as his thoughts returned to the video of Shigaraki using All For One's Quirks. A disturbing possibility began to form in his mind, the facts growing darker and himself paler as the dots started to align in twisted perfection.
SOUL EDGE
Length: 6'1" / 185 cm
Vessel of Inferno
Fractured
Can take various forms based on the wielder
Malfestation Curse: Turns victims into mindless slaves of bloodlust
"Inferno's first victim came in the late 16th century when a pirate named Cervantes de León raided an English galleon and discovered the intriguing blade aboard, claiming it as his own," Wiz revealed.
"Cervantes? You mean the same zombie pirate Cervantes?" Setsuna blinked in surprise. "The same zombie pirate who's Ivy Valentine's rapist birth father?"
Midnight's eyes narrowed at the mention of her counterpart's twisted father, and she leaned closer to see how such a man came to be.
"But as we know, this was no ordinary, flesh-covered sword with an eyeball," Boomstick chuckled morbidly. "Inferno seized this opportunity and possessed the pirate, testing his body by slaughtering the ENTIRE population of a Spanish port town. Talk about a test drive!"
"Despicable," Edgeshot spat.
"Unfortunately, while powerful, Cervantes was not the ideal vessel Inferno had sought," Wiz pointed out.
"So, he made him sit in that town until two chicks showed up, killed his ass, and somebody more powerful picked up the sword," Boomstick summarized, showing said two chicks, Taki and Sophitia Alexandra.
Instinct ran in Mineta's veins to start drooling over the two hot female warriors only to resist and shake his head, Griffith's and that mercenary rapist's acts and his startling self-reflection still fresh in his mind.
"So, they killed Cervantes, yet he's still alive?" Rin scratched his head, confused.
"He was also first revealed to us as a zombie pirate," Jurota pointed out. "Perhaps his exposure to Soul Edge corrupted him to become the undead raider we know as Ivy's father."
"That someone was a knight named Siegfried, and this was the body Inferno was looking for," Wiz revealed, showing the blonde noble knight staring at his spasming hand till it turned into Nightmare's monstrous claw before Seigfried clutched it and snapped back to reality. "Once Siegfried's hand touched Soul Edge, Inferno began eating away at his soul, torturing him endlessly and feeding on his fear and anger, transforming him into Nightmare."
'Like All For One and Shigaraki,' All Might thought, imagining what All For One told him in their final fight, that the Symbol of Evil found the young Tenko wandering lost and alone, presumably with his family gone, and how he raised and nurtured the young Shimura into Tomura Shigaraki, feeding the boy's hatred and directing it toward him and all of Hero Society as a result. Toshinori thought that was the extent of All For One's revenge, to turn his Master's grandson into his Villain who despised him. Now, though, as the video and Young Jiro's proposed hypothesis from Young Yaoyorozu about some of the video's events being from their future, the purpose the Symbol of Evil had for Shigaraki had an entirely new and horrifying conclusion if he was right.
BACKGROUND
Height: 5'10" /178 cm
Weight: 336 lbs. / 152 kg
AKA the Azure Knight
The personification of Soul Edge and Inferno
Weapon Style: Zweihander
Known Hosts: Arcturus, Zasalamel, Cervantes, Siegfried, Pyrrha
Remembers the fighting style of all previous Nightmares
"Nightmare was strong enough to threaten all of Europe, conquering whole armies and devouring thousands of innocent souls," Wiz explained Nightmare's brutal history.
"Oh, great! Another soul devourer," Kamakiri groaned. "As if Shang Tsung, Shao Kahn, Majin Buu, and Kirby weren't enough."
"At least out of all of them, Kirby is a Hero," Bondo pointed out.
"Tell that to the people of Dreamland," Kosei replied, remembering Kirby inhaling and swallowing Dreamland's cute citizens into that infinite abyss Kirby called a stomach.
"If you haven't figured it out by now, Soul Edge is kind of like the Ring from Lord of the Rings," Boomstick pointed out, displaying the Ring of Power on screen. "If it can Cut People and Hungered for Souls!"
"They do sound similar," Ibara muttered. "Sauron poured his very life essence into the One Ring, and its very existence keeps him alive just like Soul Edge must do for Inferno."
"And possesses and corrupts any poor, stupid bastard who tries to put the damn thing on," Bakugou added.
Ibara blinked in surprise. "Oh! I was unaware you were a fan of Tolkien's works," Ibara commented.
"You'd have to be an idiot not to know at least something about the Lord of the Rings," Bakugou scoffed lightly.
Ibara blinked, her opinion of Bakugou improving from their earlier confrontation yesterday. Ibara returned to watch the video with a slight smile, unaware of Bakugou's proud, satisfied smile.
Both were unaware of Izuku glancing at Bakugou with a raised eyebrow. 'Huh, I thought he told me he was interested in reading those ancient pre-Quirk era stories,' Izuku mused, recalling how Bakugou had dismissed his suggestion to read the books back in elementary school—and then beat him up behind the school for daring to suggest that the great Bakugou do anything.
"However, Soul Edge's power was incomplete," Wiz explained. "At some point, it had been broken, and shards of the demon sword had been scattered across the world. To unlock Soul Edge's true power, Nightmare set off to find the lost pieces of his sword and repair it."
'Like All For One's desire to find and take One For All,' Izuku thought, feeling antsy and wary of the centuries-old villain's foremost goal before calming himself down. 'All For One's behind bars, and the device could help give us the clues we need to find the League before they can strike.' Still, Izuku could not help the deep-seated worry and doubt from within but did not know whether it came from himself or the Quirk itself.
"As Nightmare discovered each shard, the power of Soul Edge grew, and so did Nightmare's," Boomstick said.
SIGNATURE MOVES
Grim Strike
Soul Wave
Dark Reconquista
Death Lord's Vengeance
Death Lord's Annihilation
Bloody Lord's Invasion
Bloody Lord's Carnage
Grim Lord's Auto-da-fe
"He can fight with numerous stances, channel fire and lightning through Soul Edge, and devour the souls of hundreds at once with Soul Wave," Boomstick listed Nightmare's moves and abilities.
"Watch this!" Nightmare's booming voice proclaimed as he lifted his demonic sword into the air, gathering and building massive amounts of demonic red energy before unleashing an enormous shockwave, ensnaring and annihilating all knights in the Azure Knight's way.
"Holy shit!" Kaminari cursed.
"I don't think there is anything 'Holy' about that demon," Setsuna corrected.
Hawks felt sweat rolling down his brow; the attack from Nightmare was dreadfully similar to Shigaraki's Death Wave. That was the attack Shigaraki used to decimate most of Deika City, defeat Re-Destro, and take over the Meta Liberation Army. He had witnessed this firsthand through camera footage from Skeptic and the late MLA member Curious. 'This is why we have to find Shigaraki and take him and the PLF down quickly, all at once,' Hawks thought. 'Not only could going after him set off Gigantomachia and the rest of the PLF to attack all across Japan but if we give him a chance, even to touch the ground, we're screwed.'
"Despite Nightmare's ever-growing power, Siegfried constantly battled to free himself from Soul Edge's curse, and, eventually, he succeeded," Wiz revealed.
All Might perked up, intrigue and hope igniting in his heart at Siegfried's accomplishment, and he wondered if his worst fears were realized—if Tenko could achieve the same.
"The two did battle atop Ostrheinsburg Castle, but Nightmare's power was so great the entire structure was obliterated by a single swing of his vile blade," Wiz continued.
"Just like a crazy ex-girlfriend, he figured if he couldn't have that body, no one can," Boomstick noted.
"Talk about petty," Sero scoffed.
Izuku looked back on the history of All For One and the villain's ever-constant goal of finding the current user of One For All and taking the Quirk for himself. It's clear from All Might that One For All is one of the only Quirks in the world, if not the only one, that could resist, counter, and defeat All For One, and the Villain Underworld King wanted the Quirk to rid himself of his biggest threat.
'Although, now that we know the Vestiges of the past users reside in One For All, including All For One's brother, is that why All For One never decided simply killing the user and One For All? Because he wanted his brother back, in whatever shape or form he could?' Izuku questioned.
"Soul Edge cannot be defeated by an ordinary blade," Wiz stated. "In fact, only one weapon has ever been able to harm it: a supposedly holy blade called Soul Calibur." The holy blade was revealed in all its crystalline glory.
"I remember Ivy also wanted to find that blade to destroy Soul Edge," Itsuka noted.
"Unknown to most, Soul Calibur is actually the final shard of Soul Edge, reforged into a second sword made specifically to combat its demonic counterpart," Wiz unveiled the hidden secret of the holiest weapon in the series.
'Like One For All being unintentionally made by All For One,' Izuku and All Might thought in unison.
"Even from the deepest Darkness, Light can be born," Kuroiro said sagely.
Kinoko smiled, slightly shuddering in delight at Kuroiro's deep and mysterious voice.
"Poor guy. How would you feel if some asshole decided to make a weapon specifically designed to murder you?" Boomstick asked, rhetorically. "And it kept showing up Everywhere!"
"Pretty pissed, I imagine," All Might pettily smirked at the thought of All For One's rage and annoyance of One For All and its users constantly resisting and thwarting him.
FEATS
Defeated entire armies single-handedly
Obliterated Ostrheinsburg Castle in a single blow
As Dumas, thrust Europe into a continent-wide war
Killed Tira, his most loyal servant
Ripped a hole between dimensions with Soul Edge
Has devoured thousands of souls
"Nightmare has come close to conquering the world on numerous occasions, yet a warrior wielding Soul Calibur always seems to show up and hold him at bay," Wiz explained.
"As Heroes will always do," Izuku smirked.
"Amen to that," Setsuna snickered.
"While Soul Edge seems indestructible-"
"-Apart from that pesky holy sword..." Boomstick jumped in.
"Inferno does require a mortal body to create Nightmare," Wiz continued. "Should Nightmare fall, Inferno can risk his own life by manifesting himself to protect Soul Edge, as his very existence is tied to the sword."
"Please don't tell me the only other way to destroy that sword is to toss it into the fiery chasm from whence it came?" Kaminari joked.
Ibara giggled. "That is a good joke," Ibara admitted.
"Why, thank you, my lady!" Kaminari grinned widely. "At least there are some who appreciate my sense of humor."
Jiro rolled her eyes and shook her head, but a smirk remained on her lips. Meanwhile, Bakugou glared venomously at Kaminari.
"But if Nightmare manages to absorb that final shard, Soul Edge and Nightmare will merge into their final form," Boomstick noted, showcasing Nightmare's final form. "Night Terror, a larger, deadlier, fly-ier Nightmare."
"Fly-ier?" Wiz questioned his co-host's choice of made-up words.
"Yeah, when one gains the power of flying-ness? Duh," Boomstick doubled down.
"Heh, was that how it felt when you learned your Fallen Angel technique, Tokoyami?" Hawks grinned mischievously. "Did you suddenly feel fly-ier?"
Tokoyami gave a tired glare at his mentor, who only laughed in response.
"Regardless of your wit, this implies that should Nightmare ever obtain Soul Calibur on top of Soul Edge, he will be all the more monstrous and powerful," Endeavor mentioned.
Izuku and All Might looked at each other, grimly thinking along the same lines. 'Just what kind of monster would a user of All For One and One For All be?' The two thought.
"No matter the time, place, or vessel, few can match the vile trio of Soul Edge, Inferno, and Nightmare," Wiz finished.
"Blood! Darkness! I shall drown the world in both!" Nightmare declared as he won a fight.
"Alright, the combatants are set," Wiz declared. "Let's end this debate once and for all!"
"It's Time For a Death BAATTTTLLLLLEEEEEE!" Boomstick roared. "GIANT SWORDS, YEAH!"
With the video paused and the device scanning, the group began voting for who they believed would win. They had to remind themselves of this because most wanted Guts to win solely based on how he would be regarded as a Hero- or more accurately, an Anti-Hero- compared to the clearly villainous Nightmare.
Ultimately, the most prominent Guts voters included Izuku, who identified with Guts's harsh life, relentless will, and propensity for breaking his arms; All Might, who saw too much of All For One in Nightmare and Inferno to vote for him, instead favoring a darker, edgier Deku; and Bakugou, who claimed his vote was due to Guts's mini-bombs and giant sword, yet part of him felt compelled to vote for the traumatized man out of guilt and a desire for redemption.
Kirishima, Tetsutetsu, and Fat Gum voted based on Guts's indomitable willpower and Berserker Armor as key factors for his victory, a reason echoed by Tokoyami and Jurota. Hawks, a reluctant mercenary of the HPSC with a troubled childhood, would vote for the trauma-stricken mercenary; Ryukyu and Reiko were drawn to his Dragonslayer sword, while Miruko appreciated Guts's strength, endurance, and 'badassness,' as she put it. Midnight cast her vote for Guts largely out of pure spite toward Soul Edge and its history with her counterpart, and Mineta did so too, although he kept his reasons secret behind a regretful expression. Ibara also supported the demon-slaying fighter rather than the demon-possessed one.
Nightmare's eventual and hesitant voters came from Endeavor, influenced by Nightmare's pyrokinetic powers, Soul Wave, and army-crushing strength. Monoma concurred with Endeavor about Nightmare's Soul Wave and army-destroying capabilities, while Kamakiri voted based on what he considered the more powerful and dangerous sword. Kaminari also supported Nightmare because of his ability to fly and project lightning, as well as the off chance that Soul Edge could entice Guts like the One Ring.
Iida's vote was rooted in the fact that Nightmare could use techniques, skills, and powers from previous Nightmares, arguing that this greater experience might lead to a victory for Nightmare. This reasoning also garnered votes from Amajiki, Rin, Shoda, and Edgeshot. Kuroiro and Kinoko chose Nightmare, believing his multiple forms and the potential for Inferno to manifest would give him an edge. Shoji and Sato felt that Nightmare had the advantage in strength, given his ability to take down entire armies single-handedly and demolish a castle-like structure with a single swing.
As the device beeped, signaling the end of the scan, Setsuna took a deep breath. "Alright, what poor soul got stuck with Guts's miserable life?" Setsuna asked.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device said as it finished scanning. "GUTS! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART 1: IZUKU MIDORIYA!"
A second of silence passed before bone-crushing hugs from everyone around him swarmed Izuku. "G-Guys!" Izuku choked out, his face a strange mix of blushing red and gasping purple. I appreciate the concern and care, but you guys might be the ones who end up crushing my bones this time!"
"Sorry, Zuzu," Nejire apologized as she and the others disengaged. "I mean, I had a feeling but..."
"But we didn't want to believe that another counterpart of yours suffered so much," Hagakure whimpered. "It's just unfair."
"I get that, and thank you all, really, but it's okay," Izuku reassured them with a warm smile. "Guts's life, as horrific and yet admiring as it is, is his own, and the same goes for the others. I may relate to them in some manner across universes, but that doesn't mean it happened to me or that you need to feel sorry for me. I'm still here, same old Deku, and nothing will change that. I'm not going anywhere."
Smiles grew softly at his soothing and encouraging words. "And we'll be right there with you, Deku!" Uraraka declared with a bright smile, holding up a fist for him to bump. Deku accepted it.
Yet, as Izuku comforted his friends, Bakugou watched silently, his eyes soft and regretful. 'Deku is right about something here. There's a reason he fits with so many of those trauma-filled characters, and I'm that reason,' Bakugou thought guiltily. Somehow, he knew that Izuku was going to be Guts because he was confident that no one else in this room had a worse life and luck than Izuku Midoriya, and he was responsible for inflicting that horrible life onto him out of jealousy and wounded pride.
"SIEGFRIED SCHTAUFFEN AKA NIGHTMARE! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: TENKO SHIMURA AKA TOMURA SHIGARAKI!"
"Uh, come again?" Mina quirked a skeptical eyebrow. "I mean, the blonde hair looks a little similar, but are we sure dry-ass, decaying, psychotic League of Villain's leader Shigaraki is that poor guy?"
All Might opened his mouth as if to protest such descriptions of Shigaraki with the newfound hope for the boy he once was. The former pro was stopped by a paw on his chest. Toshinori looked down to see Nezu's blank face staring up at him, shaking his head. "They will not understand what we know, and despite who the boy is or whatever his circumstances are, he is still a villain at large and dangerous," Nezu whispered.
Toshinori's face held confliction and guilt, yet he ultimately took a deep breath and sighed, calming down. He decided to save his thoughts and hopes for the meeting they were sure to have after this.
"INFERNO AKA SOUL EDGE! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: ALL FOR ONE!"
All Might's hatred-filled glare became harder and more hate-filled than ever as the weight of his theories became clearer.
Izuku frowned as he stared at All For One's face beside the demonic eye of Soul Edge while imagining Shigaraki's counterpart corrupted by his master's demonic version. 'Maybe it's a metaphor,' Izuku theorized. 'As if whoever Shigaraki was, he was found, tainted, and corrupted into being the villain he is now because of All For One's influence.' While Izuku's theory felt sound, the green-haired user of One For All couldn't help but feel a certain hint of dread deep within.
Despite that dread, Izuku couldn't help but notice this was essentially him vs Shigaraki and All For One, one the centuries-long nemesis of One For All and the other his pupil, just like he was All Might's. 'I won't lose. Neither of us,' Izuku declared, subconsciously associating this fight with whether he had what it took to fight and beat Shigaraki and his master more than Guts fighting another demon.
"Hold on, I just realized something," Momo said, blinking with realization. "The device said, 'Multiversal Counterpart 1'. That means there must be another counterpart to Guts, but it didn't mention it."
"Perhaps it's for another fight involving Guts," Jiro reasoned. "Like how it revealed there were more counterparts to Batman but only showed Green's in the last one."
With no more counterparts revealed, and breaths of relief shared among the girls dreading if they would be the unlucky counterpart of Guts's raped girlfriend, the video progressed into the fight.
The video began on a dark, dreary night, with dark clouds veiling the moon's light as fog crept along the ground. Nightmare could be seen in the center of the bleak, lifeless forest, surrounded by the gathered pieces of Soul Edge.
"Oh no," Ragdoll muttered blankly.
Nightmare raises his cursed blade, red energy coalescing from the glowing red shards into the sword, crackling lightning sparking everywhere. Eventually, the pieces levitated and flew onto the sword, transforming the blade into its true form.
"At last! At last, the time has come!" Nightmare proclaimed as he held aloft his empowered blade.
"Yep, looks like Guts'll have to face Nightmare at his strongest," Uraraka said fearfully.
"As if it would be fair for Nightmare if he wasn't," Asui pointed out.
"Sorry," Uraraka apologized. "I just really want Guts to win."
"Thanks, Ochaco-san," Izuku smiled. Ochaco smiled back, blushing.
The Azure-clad warrior was interrupted by the sound of breaking bark. A lifeless tree fell toward him. Across the field of fallen trees, fog, and mounds of earth and rock was Guts.
"You're in my way," Guts said. "Stand aside."
"Fool!" Nightmare roared. "Tremble in my darkness!"
The two readied their blades.
Izuku breathed deeply. 'Here we go.'
FIGHT!
Guts rushed toward Nightmare, their large swords clashing, testing their strength against the other until their swords disengaged. Guts and Nightmare swiped and struck against each other's blades with a shower of sparks and the chorus of clashing metal with every interaction. On the final clash, with Guts's sword raised high, the black swordsman brought Dragonslayer down and up in a circular upward slash onto Nightmare, the Azure-armored fighter barely bringing Soul Edge's hilt to black the strike.
"Nice," All Might nodded, smirking. "Guts is using the sword's weight to his advantage and adding it to his strikes rather than fighting through it with brute force."
"Must have been something he picked up after training with those big swords he used as a kid," Miruko noted.
Mineta bit his tongue to keep the perverted innuendo in his mind from springing out.
Guts pressed on against the demon-possessed fighter, three piece combo with Dragonslayer, sparks flying off the demon's armor, and cornered Nightmare onto a large rock.
"Guts appears to be the faster of the two," Edgeshot said. "Could be a combination of his lighter-looking armor and his sheer ruthless pursuit of his enemies."
Nightmare recovered, blocking another couple of blows from Guts's sword before leaping out of the way as Guts cut the rock. Shortly afterward, Nightmare kicked Guts back. "Pathetic!" Nightmare insulted his opponent.
"Really? He's the pathetic one?" Setsuna raised an angry eyebrow at Nightmare. "Who was the one that was cornered first?"
"I thought you were going to point out who's counterpart is a villain or he's the one being possessed by a demonic sword," Hagakure said.
"They're both pathetic!" Bakugou barked. "The demon sword and both the sword's and guy's counterparts! At least Guts and Shitty Deku are not as gullible or weak-willed as either of them."
Izuku blinked at Bakugou's indirect praise of him and his counterpart. He knew he should feel touched, as this was how Bakugou gave compliments, yet something about Bakugou's words made Izuku frown discontentedly.
Guts reeled from the blows, but Nightmare punched him before he could properly recover. While Guts was stunned, the demonic warrior charged up a swing of his unholy blade and launched the mercenary high into the air with a lightning-enhanced upward slash. Continuing, Nightmare raised Soul Edge, lightning and red energy powering up onto the eye of the blade.
"He's charging up the Soul Wave," Hawks frowned.
Finally, Nightmare released the Soul Wave upon the descending Guts, knocking the black swordsman far back through the air, eventually slamming into a tree.
"Nightmare is no less as ruthless as Guts," Endeavor said, observing the brutal combo. "Nightmare's use of his dark magic and Soul Wave could have done more damage than Guts's shorter one."
"Could have?" Hawks questioned with a raised eyebrow and a cheeky grin.
"I cannot deny the power behind both Dragonslayer and Guts's strength," Endeavor admitted. "However, Guts is more likely to have the biggest damage with his lesser base armor and normal physique."
Melissa frowned, unable to find whether Endeavor's use of the word 'normal' related to Guts's Quirklessness or compared to Nightmare's demonic physiology. Without a clear-cut answer, Melissa decided to drop it, for now.
Guts slid off the dead tree, landing on his hands and knees before getting back up.
"Damn, he managed to get back up after that?" Kamakiri said, admittingly impressed. "I mean without any power- Never mind."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Izuku and Melissa said in unison, staring up at Kamakiri with suspicious glares that gave the mantis-looking teen pause.
"Woah, woah! I didn't mean it like that!" Kamakiri waved his hands in surrender. "I'm just saying that the dude doesn't have a resistance Quirk of any kind or was said to have some kind of resistance to a shockwave capable of claiming the sounds of thousands! I'm impressed, that's all!"
Izuku and Melissa held their stares on Kamakiri before slowly nodding and turning back to the screen. Meanwhile, the rest of the class had a single thought they shared unknowingly: 'Note to self: Choose words more carefully that don't make you sound like a Quirkist.'
Guts looked up in time to see Nightmare charging towards him, leaping through the air while Soul Edge raised high. Guts jumped to avoid Nightmare's swing, the demon sword cutting down the tree. The two clashed and contested their strength and blades, finding themselves in a standstill.
"What's wrong? Weakling!" Nightmare taunted, taking a few steps forward and pushing Guts back. "Fear my wrath. Tremble in fea-"
While Nightmare was in mid-taunt, Guts headbutted the armored demon, knocking him backward.
"D-Did he just headbutt a guy-demon-whatever with a helmet?!" Kaminari pointed out in shock. "And he was knocked back?!"
"Damn, what a headbutt," Tetsutetsu rubbed his forehead, wondering what a headbutt from Guts would feel with his Steel Quirk.
"Manly?" Kirishima guessed Tetsutetsu's next words.
"Manly," Tetsutetsu nodded.
Nightmare recovered, growling in hatred. "True Terror!" The Azure Knight lifted Soul Edge high, charging it with demonic fire.
Nightmare brought the fiery blade down as time slowed. Despite the falling fiery sword, Guts remained in place, raising his mechanical arm in contrast to Nightmare. As the demonic sword drew blood with a cut on his face, Guts's mechanical fist stopped right in front of Nightmare's face.
"D-Did he miss?!" Pony exclaimed in shock.
"Nope!" Mei grinned, realizing what Guts was doing.
The fist opened up to Nightmare's surprise, the arm cannon aimed and ready.
"ARM CANNON, BABY!" Mei exclaimed.
Izuku and Bakugou grinned, both opening their mouths to say the same thing as Guts.
"DIE!"
The arm cannon fired at Nightmare's face, leaving a cloud of smoke and obscuring the Azure Knight's head.
"Haha! That was awesome!" Kirishima laughed.
"Huh, it's almost like Green using... Bakugou's Quirk..." Jiro said before her voice progressively lowered and her gaze met with Momo's while the rest of the Sisterhood who watched last night's video began staring at each other. Their thoughts turned to one part of the video where Jiro's words sparked in their memory: Bakugou using Midoriya's Quirk.
"DEKU! QUIT STEALING MY SHIT, YOU COPYCAT!" Bakugou yelled, though Kirishima could tell it was half-hearted compared to what they were used to.
"Y-Yeah... sure," Izuku muttered back, Todoroki noticing it didn't sound like Midoriya's usual meekness in the face of Bakugou's rage. It sounded more unsure and colder.
Guts's arm popped back into place while stepping back, waiting for the smoke to settle. Feeling unsure, Guts readied his sword for a strong horizontal slash. Yet before he could swing-
"Impressive," Nightmare's voice echoed, startling Guts from swinging. The black swordsman looked around in search of the voice. Suddenly, Nightmare's body erupted in bright flames and energy while Guts braced himself. Nightmare rose into the air, his armor turning blood red, his spikes golden yellow, his mane and glowing mouth center became blue, and fiery wings grew out, becoming Night Terror.
"I was wondering when that form would come into play," Ryukyu mentioned. "If those pieces from before and the transformation were meant to mean that they were the last pieces of Soul Edge and the sword was complete, then Nightmare must have been saving this form a dire situation."
"I say a cannon blast to the face counts as dire enough," Midnight muttered.
"And now he has the high ground," Mount Lady noted.
Kaminari's meme senses tingled.
Guts swung his sword, yet it was batted away easily by Night Terror. The Scourge of Soul Calibur began charging energy around his face before firing a large purple beam of energy, blasting Guts far through the forest, eventually crashing into another tree.
"Holy Shit!" Mineta exclaimed. "How did he not die from that or get blasted through?"
"He brought up Dragonslayer in time to shield most of the blast." Nejire pointed out how the large black sword covered most of Guts's body.
While Guts slid off the tree, Night Terror hovered toward him, firing two more beams of energy, further slamming the mercenary onto the side of the tree. After the final blast, Night Terror stabbed Guts through the stomach, pinning him to the tree with Soul Edge.
"AAAHHH!" Uraraka yelped, hand covering her mouth.
"Burn!" Night Terror growled as he ignited his sword and unleashed a large blast of fire, sending Guts straight through the tree. Guts shouted in pain as he tumbled and skidded across the ground before crashing into a large rock. Night Terror landed meters away from Guts.
Izuku gritted his teeth, clutching his stomach like he was the one who had been impaled and blasted. He froze as he touched his upper left abdomen, his hands ghosting around where countless times a certain blonde's hands were placed there before unleashing an explosion. Izuku's other hand clenched.
"Drown in Darkness!" Night Terror roared, raising and pointing Soul Edge at Guts while it charged with fire.
Guts raised his mechanical arm at his opponent, firing a volley of arrows. Night Terror reacted and swiped his sword upward, summoning pillars of fire to block the arrows.
"Interesting," Cementoss muttered. "While the arrows were sure to have done little to harm Nightmare, Guts's attack forced Night Terror to turn what looked to be a final projectile-based attack into a defensive one."
"Force your opponent to switch from offense to defense," Ectoplasm nodded. "But could there be more?"
While Night Terror stood still and confident behind his pillars of flame, he was left surprised as Guts jumped through the fire toward the demon, uncaring of the flames licking his cape and body.
"He jumped through the flames," Shoto gasped, surprised, while his mind returned to his Sports Festival match against Midoriya.
"Typical of you, huh, Midoriya?" Asui croaked, her mind recalling Izuku's acts in the USJ, leaping into the frame to fire a 100% Delaware Smash on the water villains and attempting to smash Shigaraki away from her.
"If it means beating the bad guys and saving the people in need? Then yes," Izuku declared with a confident smirk.
"Manly," Kirishima and Tetsutetsu shivered, their voices quivering between quiet and loud.
Guts swung Dragonslayer, managing to cut off Night Terror's arm, the one with Soul Edge in hand, sending both limb and blade to the ground.
"Yes!" Mineta exclaimed, fist thrown to the air.
The injured Night Terror stumbled back, clutching where his arm once was, and fell into a crouched position. Night Terror could scarcely perk up as Guts shouted and swung his sword again, cleaving Night Terror's head in half.
"AHA! Take that, you demon-possessed freak!" Bakugou yelled.
"Dammit," Kamakiri scoffed angrily, feeling like the fool for not choosing Guts like his first thoughts told him.
Guts removed his bloodied sword from the fallen Night Terror and began walking away. "I told you to stay out of my way," Guts said.
"Good riddance," Ibara said.
"Never would I have thought to see the day when Shio would rejoice at someone's head being cleaved in two," Setsuna said, separating one side of her head from the other.
"Uh, guys, I think you might be forgetting something," Shoda raised his voice.
"About what?" Mineta asked.
Night Terror's body, save his sliced-off arm, disappeared into a shadowy smoke, leaving Soul Edge on the floor. Guts stopped in his tracks.
"That while Night Terror may be dead, Soul Edge isn't," Iida answered.
Soul Edge floated upward into shadowy smoke before erupting, Inferno emerging in a fiery blaze.
"Oh Shit! I forgot about that!" Kirishima exclaimed, clutching his head in panic.
All Might's eyes narrowed as he imagined All For One's evil ruby eyes and malicious grin on the literal demon.
"Darkness will consume everything!" Inferno declared, everything around him becoming covered in fire. Guts groans in pain as the fire spreads and surrounds him.
"He's trying to burn him alive!" Momo gasped.
Black armor began to cover Guts's body, his helm taking on the visage of a red-eyed hellhound.
"The Berserker Armor," Tokoyami said.
"Revelry in the Dark," Reiko and Kuroiro said.
"And with its ability to nullify pain, Guts won't have to worry about the heat and fire hurting." Fat Gum grinned.
With the Berserker Armor equipped, Guts charged at Inferno before leaping toward him. The black swordsman struck Inferno's fiery form directly and slahed the fiery entity in two. With a burst, the flames around receded, and Soul Edge was cut in half.
Midnight's grin spread wide.
The fully-armored Guts landed as the two lifeless halves of Soul Edge and a few shards fell to the ground behind him.
KO!
"D-Did he win? Like, for real, for real?" Kirishima questioned, wary from the last fake-out.
"Yes, he did," Kyoka nodded.
"C-Can we..." Tetsutetesu began to ask but stopped halfway through.
Kyoka rolled her eyes, bringing up her earmuffs. "Yes, you can," Kyoka sighed.
"MANLY!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu roared.
Guts repeatedly fires arrows from his mechanical arm at the powerless remains of Soul Edge.
"Hell yeah! Now that's what I call a sword fight!" Boomstick proclaimed.
"Yeah, gotta admit, that was pretty dang cool," Kamakiri grinned.
"Hah! The joke's on you for backing the wrong sword, Blade-mouth!" Bakugou bragged.
"Don't push your luck, Sparkbreath!" Kamakiri growled warningly.
"Okay, break it up, you two," Vlad King warned.
"While Nightmare wields more power than Guts, this is what Guts does EVERY SINGLE DAY!" Boomstick began explaining the results. "He gets the shit kicked out of him trying to defeat gods and demons leagues above his abilities and Still prevails."
"So, this is just a regular Monday for him, huh?" Shoji figured.
"It's true. All his-"
"I mean THIS GUY lives in a world where giant monsters are trying to kill you, eat you, RAPE you, or all three at the same time!" Boomstick continues, interrupting Wiz. "And that's just Monday."
"I suppose so," Tokoyami chuckled lowly.
"...It's true!" Wiz said, awkwardly continuing with what he was about to say. "All his life, Guts has had the odds stacked against him, and yet he's still kicking while... everything else is dead."
'I'm sure that will be the kind of Hero you will be, Young Midoriya, if not already,' All Might proudly thought. 'The kind who defeats all foes and stands triumphant with a smile on your face... except for the killing part.'
"Uuuuh, but Wizard, I thought only Soul Calibur could destroy Soul Edge! Hurrrr," Boomstick mockingly imitated a whiny fanboy.
"That's also true, in the Soul Calibur world," Wiz stated. "However, Inferno exists on an astral plane. If you recall, Guts' sword Dragonslayer ALSO exists on such a plane, leaving no question that it could destroy Soul Edge."
"So, where Soul Calibur was able to destroy Soul Edge through being connected and specifically made to destroy it, Dragonslayer was incidentally also capable of doing so by destroying both the physical and astral sides of Soul Edge," Midnight summarized.
"Soaked in the blood of demons, the black talon slices through steel and soul," Reiko whispered mysteriously.
"Revelry in the Dark," Tokoyami said, smirking in delight of Reiko's voice and words.
"Plus, his Berserker Armor bought him plenty of time to land the killing blow," Wiz added.
"Yeah, because it will literally let you fight on until all of your bones are shattered and the last drop of your blood is spilled," Boomstick agreed.
"Jesus," Jiro cursed. "Thankfully, Dark Green only had it on for a short time."
"Ooh, I wonder how Greenie would look if we dressed him up like a goth?" Setsuna wondered, she and Jiro giggling at the mental image of Izuku, his messy hair slacker and darker, wearing all-black clothing, a choker, and eyeliner.
Izuku sweatdropped as he somehow picked up what they imagined him as and shook his head. 'Yeah... no,' Izuku denied. 'That might work for this me, but not me-me.'
"And it's not like Soul Edge was gonna have any luck tempting Guts into picking it up and turning into another Nightmare," Wiz pointed out. "Not only has Guts dealt with enough demonic shit to know that's a bad idea, he REALLY loves that Dragonslayer. He's not giving that up for anything."
"Okay, well, fuck," Kaminari threw his hands up, one-third of his reasons for voting for Nightmare disproven right there.
"Guts was just a whole 'nother Caliber," Boomstick punned.
"At least Mirio isn't here to hear this pun." Nejire rubbed her head, Amajiki chuckling. "Speaking of which, can you go get him and the kids, Zuzu?"
"Sure," Izuku nodded, rushing toward the door to the outside.
"The winner is Guts," Wiz announced.
Respectful and victorious claps rang from the gym as Izuku came back quickly with Mirio, Eri, and Kouta.
"Hey, guys!" Mirio waved at the group. "Did we miss anything we need to-"
"No!" Most of the group said, their gazes focusing toward Eri and Kouta.
"O-Okay..." Mirio sweatdropped, slightly worried about what they possibly saw.
"Next time on Death Battle!" Boomstick announced.
Heroic, inspirational music began to play as color returned to the screen to see a man falling from a tall building being encompassed and bonded to a suit of red and gold metal and whirring machines, the most notable features including glowing circles on his palms and a larger circle on the chest. The black haired, mustached, and goatee man's head was covered in a red and gold face plate. The inside lights and systems were shown briefly lighting up before thrusting his palms outward to stop his descent with iconic sounding repulsors. The armored man slowed his descent and flew up into the sky.
The Armored Avenger
Melissa's eyes widened in wonder while her jaw began to drop.
The screen returned to black while a voice spoke, "It's like the old saying."
Color returned briefly to show a hand grabbing an injector filled with green liquid. "If you want someone killed right," A muscular man was shown equipping himself with large, bulky, green and purple armor. "You have to kill'em yourself."
The Man of Steel's Nemesis
All Might blinked in recognition of the name 'Man of Steel'.
Iron Man vs Lex Luthor
"Huh, looks like another Hero vs Villain battle," Ojiro muttered.
"ONE WITH BEAUTIFUL BABIES!" Mei squealed before diving for the device.
"No, you don't!" Izuku and Sero exclaimed as they used Black Whip and Tape to reel the crazed inventor back to the couch.
"Aww..." Mei whined as she was tied up once more.
"Well, since Mirio and the children are back, and so Miss Hatsume doesn't get too antsy, let us wrap this session up with this last video before tomorrow, shall we?" Nezu inquired, meeting the approval of the group. "Miss Shield?"
Melissa nodded, herself excited, and clicked the play button.
Notes:
AAANNNDDD SCENE! That wraps up one of the darkest Death Battles I've seen and onto one of my favorites: IRON MAN VS LEX LUTHOR!
Now, first, let us discuss the Counterpart Explanations. First off, Guts as Izuku. Both are protagonists of their respective franchises who tend to break their limbs all willy-nilly and have a general disregard for personal safety and health. Spoilers for anime only's for this one, but we even have Izuku lose both of his arms before getting them back, like how Guts ultimately lost his one arm, and some fics I've read have Izuku permanently lose one arm and gets a prosthetic, so having Mei and Melissa discuss giving Izuku was a shout out to that concept.
Additionally, who other than Izuku has suffered the most trauma and effectively become the universe's personal punching bag? Shoto? Hawks? Probably, but Izuku endured 11 years of physical, emotional, and mental trauma, abuse, and bullying at the hands of Bakugou, his lackeys, and teachers. The only things Izuku didn't experience like Guts were the r-word or his friends being killed and his girlfriend defiled in front of him; however, he did face suicide baiting, self-deprecating thoughts, and depression. Despite these hardships, Izuku and Guts are known to persevere through all manner of foes and challenges, no matter how reckless or physically punishing. Guts's repeater crossbow compares favorably to Izuku's Air Force Technique and Gauntlets, Izuku's Dark Deku vigilante phase resonates with Guts's entire vibe, and the Berserker Armor and Full Gauntlet allow Guts and Izuku to fight at full power. Sometimes Izuku channels the Berserker Armor and Guts's rage all on his own, especially when he went Berserk on Shigaraki after he impaled Gran Torino and Bakugou.
Next is All For One and Soul Edge. We know All For One's plan is to transfer his consciousness through his Vestige within the All For One Quirk to Shigaraki and use the young boy's hatred to overpower the collective will of One For All's Vestiges, while using Shigaraki's augmented, younger body to handle all the Quirks of All For One and One For All. This entire plan resembles Soul Edge trying to find a host body to turn into Nightmare and spread Chaos, Evil, and Destruction- the three things All For One and Shigaraki live for. Soul Edge's ability to pass down the fighting techniques of previous Nightmares to the latest one is also a dark twist on One For All. Speaking of the Quirk, One For All being born out of All For One and becoming the Quirk that aims to destroy him is comparable to Soul Calibur being the final shard of Soul Edge, reforged to destroy it. If I didn't know any better, I'd say Horikoshi may be a Soul Calibur fan, too.
Then we have Siegfried and Shigaraki. I felt it was fitting to have the two as counterparts, with Tenko being the good, scared boy and Shigaraki representing the hateful persona cultivated by All For One. Siegfried embodies the heroic knight, while Nightmare is the monstrosity that Soul Edge and Inferno turned him into. Both are capable of unleashing a wave of complete destruction, whether it is called a Soul Wave or a Decay Wave. They both fight from within their possessed bodies against the demon or Vestige attempting to take over them. Siegfried's defeat of Soul Edge echoes how Izuku transferred One For All to Tenko to destroy All For One from within. Despite my personal gripes with this method of wrapping up the series, I can't deny the parallels that create the potential for the greatest counterpart comparison.
I wanted to add more like a counterpart to Griffith, but I don't feel confident that we won't get a Griffith fight in the future and then I look the premature fool, like I did with Yoda and Gran Torino.
I hope you guys like and appreciate what I was doing with Mineta, something I've been building toward but felt would ultimately culminate and progress further with this particular Death Battle. If constant denial from the girls, repeated head trauma, foiled peeping, and disciplinary and verbal action won't change a pervert's mind, then show him exactly how he looks and acts in a way that will scar and horrify him. Will Mineta cease all his perverted tendencies and actions? Probably not, but it is a start. A very big start.
With that all said, I hope you guys liked this chapter. Leave your thoughts and counterpart predictions in the comments, and check out my other stories here and on FFN if you haven't already. Also, remember to keep things civil and chill in the comments; I don't want to scroll down and suddenly see a back-and-forth rant.
This has been Zayden StormVoid, and if you will excuse me, I've got to prepare for a certain pizza-eating, lovable, devil-slaying badass to arrive.
*BLARING ROCK MUSIC!* THIS IS MY LAST RESORT!
Chapter 46: Iron Man vs Lex Luthor
Summary:
The group finishes the day with a clash of Iron suits and large pockets...
Notes:
~ CUZ I'M BACK IN THIS GAME, SO LET'S GO! ATAE RARETA SHINARIO I JOU! CUZ I'M BACK IN THIS GAME, WE CAN SURVIVE! MOGAKI TOGISU MASHITA HUNTER'S PRIDE! ~
~ (THE PAIN INSIDE US!) TRILLION AND ONE G, ON A BUNGEE, ALL STAN! (SHOULD NEVER GO AWAY) SWELLING, MY CRESCENDO, SEE A WINDOW! (ZATSUNEN DE SILENCE!) MY MIRACULOUS STORY BEGAN! PROVIN' IT TO PLATO, THAT I WON'T GO SHALLOW! (TZUZURE NAI DOUKASEN) GONNA BE PLAYER, SUPER SLAYER! Just a cog in a plan? ~
What's Up, Everybody! It's me, Zayden StormVoid, back with another chapter of MHA watches Death Battle! This time, we've got a special one today as it is one of my favorite Death Battles of all time: IRON MAN VS. LEX LUTHOR!
Also, as you may have noticed, I binged the Hell out of the Solo Leveling anime... and then I binged the Devil May Cry Netflix show. Yeah, it's been a busy few weeks. But here we are, for this last reaction before the characters go on their regularly scheduled interlude chapter.
Last time, we skipped the joke battle between Norris and Segata to jump straight into Dark and Gorey Town with Guts vs. Nightmare. Mineta experienced the biggest reevaluation of his life, we introduced another traumatic and whined-about Deku counterpart in Guts, and had him fight the combined counterparts of Shiggy and AFO in Nightmare and Soul Edge. We also had Mei and Melissa worrying Deku with their fervent desire to create a prosthetic arm for him, All Might's mind began connecting the dots on AFO's master plan, people were traumatized by the dark and messed-up world of Berserk, and Izuku's self-confidence is finally overcoming the weights that Aldera and past Bakugou placed on him, leading him to realize that what happened to him was messed up and should have never occurred.
What will happen next? Will Nejire confront Bakugou about what he did to her Zuzu? What exactly did Setsuna say to Izuku during their mini-break? How will the inventors react to this technological feast for the eyes? And why is Izuku suddenly not calling Bakugou 'Kacchan'? Some of these questions, and more, will be answered here and in the future.
But for now, let's start with the Index:
"Zayden," -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden,' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden," -Wiz Dialogue
"Zayden," -Boomstick, Buff Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden," -Device, Counterpart, and Fight Dialogue
Finally, I do not own My Hero Academia or Death Battle. The former belongs to Horikoshi and is being adapted by Bones Studios, while the latter belongs to whatever remains of Roosterteeth and the YouTube channel of the same name. All franchises mentioned in past, present, or future chapters also belong to their respective owners, such as Iron Man belonging to Marvel and Disney, and Lex Luthor to DC and Warner Bros.
P.S. I would also like to pay my respects to Gene Hackman, the actor who played Lex Luthor in the original Superman film series, who recently passed away at the age of 95, alongside his wife, Betsy Arakawa, and his dog. R.I.P. to an Oscar-winning legend, as well as Stan Lee. You guys will be missed...
P.P.S. R.I.P. Pope Francisco, you were a great and loving Father and grandfatherly figure to all, who shared the message of the Lord to everyone without restraint, A Father of Outcasts. May you find peace with God, our Father in Heaven, in his dominion. Amen.
But enough Doom and Gloom, IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTTTLLLLEEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
A few seconds after Mei pressed the play button, the group members, waiting agonizingly as the episode loaded, watched as the video began.
"Technology," Wiz began, perking up the heads of the group's inventors. "It improves our lives, lets you watch cool shows on the internet, and sometimes, it can help you to rival gods."
"So, the theme of this fight appears to be of individuals who use technology to fight on a superhuman level," Momo analyzed. "Like a Hero based entirely on Support Items."
Awed and joyful grins rose from the former and current Quirkless teens, alongside the interested gazes of the latter's father and a U.A. teacher, and the hungry smile and zooming eyes of a restrained, salmon-haired inventor.
"Like with Iron Man, the Armored Avenger." Boomstick introduced the first fighter.
"And Lex Luthor, Archnemesis of Superman." Wiz introduced the second fighter.
"Wait, wait, Archnemesis? Of Superman?!" Mineta pointed out, wide-eyed. "As in the same Superman that can punch with the strength of a supernova and move planets?!"
"Regardless of how anyone can stand up to someone of that strength, it confirms that this Lex Luthor is a Villain in his world," Kendo focused on. "One of the same universe as Superman. How many does that make of that world, Midoriya?"
"Five confirmed characters from the DC universe, the sixth match where one appeared, and the fifth time they're fighting someone from the Marvel Universe," Izuku counted as he wrote in his notebook.
"Wait, how do you know Iron Man's from the Marvel Universe, Deku-kun?" Ochaco asked.
"He was in the background of some of the other Marvel characters, a red-and-gold armored man," Izuku answered. "I didn't know who he was until now. He also seemed to be a Hero in his world with how much he was paired with the others like Captain America and Thor."
"Ah, another battle between the Marvel and DC universes," Nezu hummed, amused. "Additionally, if Deadpool's status as an Anti-Hero counts as a Hero, this will be the second time a Hero from one world fought a Villain from the other."
"Right. Deathstroke was the Villain between him and Deadpool, and now this Luthor person, if he would oppose Superman," All Might said, remembering the heroic nature of his counterpart.
"He's Wiz, and I'm Boomstick," Boomstick introduced both co-hosts.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle." Wiz finished the intro.
The first fighter appeared in a myriad of different looks, but two prominent and consistent appearances stood out. The first was the man, a tall, well-built American with white skin, short, somewhat messy black hair, and a goatee and mustache combo. He typically dressed in either casual slacks and T-shirts, a black tuxedo with expensive-looking dress clothes, or even an all-black, form-fitting jumpsuit. The man exuded a confident, if not arrogant, demeanor with his smug smiles and suave-looking eyes. The most prominent feature of this fighter was the circular, whitish-blue, glowing device embedded in the man's chest, almost as if it were a part of him.
Another prevalent appearance of the fighter was a suit of high-tech red and gold armor, featuring glowing circles on the palms of his hands and a larger circle, sometimes an upside-down triangle, on the chest of the armor. The golden faceplate of the armor's head displayed glowing rectangles for eyes that emitted a menacing, imposing glare, with black lines shaped in a facsimile of a frown.
The man's base appearance did leave some of the female population blushing, Mount Lady and Pixie Bob even licking their lips at how handsome and charming the armored man looked; though, others like Yaoyorozu, Ryukyu, and Jiro held raised eyebrows at how arrogant he also looked. The boys, meanwhile, were split between rolling their eyes jealously or gazing at him with respect and admiration for his confidence, Izuku and Bakugou being among the latter, even if begrudgingly from the ash-blonde one.
Iron Man
Rocking music played as the video began, showing the fighter being suited up in his iconic armor.
"There are the talented... There are the prodigies... And then, there's Anthony Edward Stark," Wiz introduced dramatically with the rocking music playing on every pause.
"Please, he prefers Tony," Boomstick corrected.
"That was so sick!" Tetsutetsu exclaimed, grinning widely.
"Dude's practically radiating aura!" Kaminari agreed.
"Ahem," Melissa fake-coughed as she raised her hand in a gimme motion at Izuku without looking. Copying her laser-like focus and keeping his eyes on the screen, Izuku handed her an empty notebook he suspected would be full by the time this video was over.
"Aww! Can't I get one too, Muscles?!" Mei whined and pleaded.
"No," Izuku and Melissa said in unison.
"But-"
"No!" The two cut her off more forcibly, knowing all too well what havoc the pink-haired inventor could cause if released from her extra-tight restraints.
Aww!" Mei whined again, pouting like a sad puppy that had admittedly shaken Izuku's stance, yet the green-haired teen sat firm.
'Focus on tech fighter first, make up to her later.' Izuku thought. 'Figure out my feelings for her and the others? Also later.'
"Howard and Maria Stark ruled a $9 billion military-tech empire, Stark Industries." Wiz introduced the pair and their company.
"Excuse me, 9 BILLION?!" Uraraka gasped, eyes comically about to pop out of her skull.
"That's even more than Batman's net worth," Asui mentioned. When she heard the sound of a thud, she turned to see that Ochaco had fainted. "Oops."
"They could have anything they ever wanted, except a child," Wiz said.
Hisses and looks of discomfort and pity were exchanged among the group, many sending sympathetic glances to the unfortunate couple. Endeavor looked down as his thoughts turned to his wife and children. Compared to the struggling Starks, the new Number 1 Hero felt blessed with the four children he had with Rei, yet that blessing turned bitter and weighed heavily with shame when he remembered that he had decided to have kids with Rei, and his wife had barely had a say in the matter, other than silent obedience to his demands.
Endeavor never thought to ask her about whether she wanted more kids after Touya and Fuyumi; he forced the decision on her after Touya's unfortunate side-effects to his Quirk and Fuyumi's Ice Quirk not being what he wanted in a child to succeed him. Then, Natsuo was born, and fail- Endeavor shook his head before that thought continued, unwilling to call his son a failure for a selfish cause like Enji Todoroki wanted.
In any case, Natsuo didn't get the Quirk he wanted either, so he and Rei tried again... under Endeavor's orders, and Rei could do nothing but silently acquiesce to his wishes without having any say of her own, once more. That was when they had Shoto, the perfect child to succeed him, but in the end, Endeavor sacrificed a happy, united family. His eldest son was dead, his second son hated him and did everything he could to alienate himself from him, his only daughter struggled to hold what little family they had left together in vain, his youngest still bore a grudge against him despite their improving relationship, and Rei was still in that mental hospital due to an anxiety-induced terror caused by the husband who should have protected and loved her. A husband who treated her like a prize and married her out of duty rather than love.
'If only things were different,' Endeavor thought remorsefully. 'If only we had both decided to have our children rather than because of my obsession. If only I didn't treat our children like they were pawns in my sick game... If only I didn't ignore and cast aside our son.' Endeavor's mind conjured an image of his family together, all alive and well and smiling. Touya would be a young adult with his own life, Natsuo grinning happily next to him, Fuyumi peaceful and happy, Rei beside her children, content and joyful, and Shoto, unscarred and smiling. A family image never meant to be.
Toshinori stared downward as his thoughts turned to his past. When it came to legacy, All Might never had an issue with that. He was Japan's longest-running Number 1 Hero, the World's Symbol of Peace and Justice, who inspired Heroes worldwide and made criminals shake in their boots and run scared. All that was before he even got to the topic of a successor to carry on that legacy through One For All. His actions as a Hero reshaped the world and saved countless lives, all a noble and regretless achievement.
But when Toshinori Yagi reflected on his personal life—the life of the man he was, rather than the Hero everyone perceived him to be—he saw little to reminisce fondly about. He had no wife, no children, and all his immediate family was gone, leaving him with only Melissa as a surrogate niece and goddaughter. Although he maintained the image of the ever-smiling and idolized Symbol of Peace, his circle of friends was quite small, with his greatest confidants being David, Nezu, Tsukauchi, Gran Torino, Recovery Girl, and Nighteye. This was a respectable group, but it did not provide much companionship. Nezu was busy fulfilling his duties as U.A.'s principal and an unwavering voice in Hero politics; Tsukauchi was typically occupied with his work as a detective; David usually spent his time at I-Island with Melissa; Recovery Girl and Gran Torino were both too old— their words, not his— to give him the attention he needed, and the latter of the two had too much baggage with Nana to have a proper conversation with. Meanwhile, Mirai was no longer present.
In truth, All Might did this to himself. His fear of All For One, his stubborn desire to prevent another Demon Lord from rising, and continuing to be the Symbol of Peace well past his injury, they left him not only in this broken state, but lonely.
That was until Midoriya. Toshinori couldn't help but notice that his life took a drastic turn the day he met his future successor. Suddenly, the bitterness and weariness in his soul were gradually lifted by the presence of his greatest fanboy. He felt invigorated like never before, training his protégé, bonding with the boy, and when he began teaching at U.A., he genuinely enjoyed and loved teaching the next generation of heroes to follow his example and teachings despite various missteps. But, more personally, having Midoriya around, Toshinori began to view the boy not just as his successor, but as the son he never had—someone he would go to the ends of the earth to protect. Before long, Inko came into his life, and he felt a sensation he had never experienced quite the same way as he did with her. Nana was like a mother to him, Izuku was like a son, and he cared for everyone he protected and saved, but Inko brought out a new sense of love that he had long ignored. Learning how to cook, talking, and even simply being with her gave him peace and respite without end, making him feel like a better man and person with her.
Toshinori smiled, staring down at Izuku, ever grateful to have found the boy who had turned his life around, who had saved him from a life of personal loneliness, and made him feel what is like to have a family.
"Then Howard met AN ALIEN who decided to build a baby for them," Boomstick revealed, dramatically, showing the Starks discussing with the robotic alien, Rigellian Recorder 451, about helping them with their child problems.
"Come again?" Kendo blinked at the sudden turn.
"Is that an alien robot?" Kaminari asked, scratching his head.
Mei grinned widely at the sight of not only an alien robot- a concept that was already super exciting to hear- but one that could actually build a human baby, almost as if it were something that could be done like her tech babies.
"Fearing humanity would perish to more advanced alien races, this child was genetically engineered to lead the world to a new tech age," Wiz explained the thought process behind their intentions. "BUUUTTT that was Arno Stark. We don't speak of him..." The screen showed Arno Stark, a pale, thin, sickly-looking man in a hospital bed.
Mei's enthusiasm quickly dropped, along with her smile. '...Okay, maybe I'll stick to Project: Flesh Babies the old-fashioned way,' Mei decided, her mind drawing up possibilities of what children she and Muscles could create.
Endeavor flinched as Arno Stark reminded him of Touya like a slap to the face. While Touya wasn't so sick that he seemed perpetually stuck to a hospital bed, he was far more prone to illness than his other three children, frailer as time went on that he was shorter than his younger sibling, Natsuo, and his body was unfit for his powerful fire Quirk, suited more a Quirk like Rei's. He saw Howard Stark foolishly trying to create and impose a purpose on this child without considering what the child would want for their future and saw it backfire in his face, just as it had for Enji.
"When Howard and Maria were disappointed with what they created, they adopted Tony instead," Wiz revealed.
"Yep, that's the Secret Origin of Tony Stark," Boomstick said, displaying Tony's shocked face for emphasis. "Didn't see that comin', did ya?"
"Wait, so he's adopted?" Kaminari scratched his head, confused. "But he looks like a carbon copy of his dad."
"Coincidence, I guess," Sero shrugged.
BACKGROUND
Real Name: Anthony Edward Stark
Aliases: The Invincible Iron Man, Armored Avenger, Shellhead, Master of Machines
Height: 6'1" / 185 cm
Weight: 225 lbs. / 182 kg
Estimated net worth: $9.3 billion
Owner of Area 51
Claims to have beaten Mr. Fantastic in chess twice
"Despite not being the alien-engineered child of prodigy, Tony's gifted intelligence and world-changing destiny were obvious at an early age," Wiz explained. "He graduated from MIT with top honors, and a Physics and Engineering double major when he was just nineteen years old."
"Impressive," David said, smiling and nodding with respect.
"But since this is a superhero origin, it wasn't long before tragedy struck," Boomstick mentioned. "And by struck, I mean a car crash, and by tragedy, I mean his parents. Yeah... just a car crash..." Boomstick's awkward tone coincided with a scene of the Winter Soldier gunning down and murdering the Starks.
"Oh no," Pony gasped, horrified.
Bakugou felt a dreadful twist in his stomach; he did not know why. In the blink of an eye, he saw his father and mother, Masaru and Mitsuki Bakugou, in the Starks' place, and then back to normal one quick blink later. This unexplained event drew a sense of fear and anger that Bakugou was unfamiliar with and hated, and thus, he tried to banish it from his mind before he could ponder further why it happened to begin with.
Izuku patted Kouta's back when he saw the boy slightly tremble with familiar pain. If what the video said was true, and the Starks' accident was a murder by some assassin, it only furthered the comparison with Kouta, his parents, the Water Hose Heroes, and Muscular. Kouta said nothing to Izuku's comfort and wordlessly leaned back onto Deku's hand, and so Izuku continued.
"So, all of a sudden, Tony was an orphan. But on the bright side, it also made him the sole heir of Stark Industries," Boomstick pointed out. "Nice."
"Not the word I would use," Momo frowned, knowing that if her parents were tragically taken from her, the family fortune and company that was the Yaoyorozu conglomerate would be of little comfort to her.
"With the entire family fortune at his fingertips, Tony pursued a life of reckless indulgence and mechanical tinkering," Wiz summarized Tony's life with scenes of drinking, making out with an attractive blonde, and engineering. "War was his income, and he enjoyed every bit of it." A scene was played of Tony presenting the Jericho Missile.
Mineta's old instincts surged with jealousy before the purple-grape-headed teen stamped it out. His mind was still fresh with the uncomfortable retrospective he faced during the Guts vs. Nightmare fight last video, and he did not wish to suddenly go back on his word and start fuming and whining about Stark's luck with beautiful women when he promised himself to change.
Plus, Mineta could very well see what Tony's actions were. 'Masking his personal pain by acting in ways he thinks will give him comfort and numb the pain,' Mineta thought, his mind recalling his perverted, shameless actions and his deep insecurities.
"That is quite the powerful missile," Power Loader muttered grimly, his inventor mind drawing up the destruction it could bring to civilians and soldiers alike.
Melissa and David flinched when hearing of one of Stark's ways of passing his time. The father and daughter recalled how they acted during their respective traumatic events. While David tried to be there for his baby girl after her mother's death, he also found himself absorbed into his work, trying to numb reality and the outside world that no longer held his loving wife. He eventually got over it, but it still left a shameful mark on him and his duty as a father, only truly coming out of it when his daughter was declared Quirkless.
Melissa frowned as she remembered sadly the day she was told she was Quirkless, when her dream first died. All her dreams of being a Hero like her father and Uncle Might, the chance to follow their example and save people less fortunate than her, crumbled before her eyes when she was told she would never manifest a Quirk of her own. She remembered drifting aimlessly, her soul crushed to pieces, and her father her only comfort.
That was until she took up the hammer. When she first started inventing, she felt in her element and quickly reached the same heights and passion for creating Support Items as her father. It felt like she was finally in a place where she belonged, a path she could follow and make her own, and a way to continue on and still achieve her dream of helping people in her own way. Sure, there were times where she faltered and drifted, but she always found a way to get back on track, her desire to live up to her father's and Uncle Might's legacy refueling her fire and banishing away the doubts she and others put on her.
And now, Melissa found herself learning about worlds with Heroes that didn't have superpowers of their own, like Batman. Suddenly, her old dream of being a Hero didn't feel so dead and gone.
"Until the day his eyes were opened," Wiz said.
"Yeah! Opened with a shrapnel-filled irony bomb!" Boomstick chuckled.
In a warzone, Tony sees a missile with his company logo land in front of him. The man attempted to get away from it, but the weapon detonated, knocking him to the ground.
"Huh, not every day someone gets blown up with a missile with their name on it," Setsuna said with a short, surprised chuckle.
"Karma at its finest," Kuroiro muttered.
"Held captive by terrorists in Afghanistan, Tony learned the bomb left shrapnel in his heart, which would kill him in a week," Wiz disclosed. "The terrorists gave Tony an ultimatum: construct weapons for them and receive treatment, or be left to die."
"Jesus," Toshinori cursed, rubbing his side where All For One's wound nearly left him on death's doorstep, and he barely escaped with a missing lung and his stomach destroyed.
David flinched again, this time thinking about the mess he had almost put himself in: The I-Island Incident. Not only did he sneak him a mercenary group inside a U.A. to steal the Quirk Amplification Device under his bosses' noses, but then they double-crossed him and nearly kidnapped him, with All Might, Midoriya, Melissa, and the other 1-A students being the reason he was saved and Wolfram and his crew defeated. David wondered if this was what Wolfram would have him do if he were successful in taking him away.
"But being Tony Stark, he chose door number three," Boomstick unveiled, showing the changing Stark hammering on a piece of metal, creating his pacemaker and a silver metal suit of armor. "He built a space-age pacemaker to save his own life, and then built a mech suit around it and murdered his way to freedom!"
"Forging one's own future rather than accepting the hand fate deals one. Admirable," Nezu commented with a smirk.
Melissa's eyes began to widen ever larger as a spark of inspiration dawned upon seeing Stark create his first suit of armor.
"This taught Stark one of life's most important lessons: Heroes aren't born..." Boomstick began dramatically. The scene played where Tony placed his suit's mask onto a table in front of Yenshin. "They're Built."
Those words, alongside Nezu's, rang inspirationally in the students' hearts, but none more so than Melissa Shield, Izuku Midoriya, and Katsuki Bakugou.
It was only recently that Bakugou realized he was never truly Hero material for most of his life. Despite the praise and glorification from his classmates, teachers, and even other Pros after the Sludge Villain Incident, Bakugou acted more like a Villain than a Hero. He bullied Deku ruthlessly for the crime of 'getting in his way' and 'messing up his origin story', projecting his inner insecurities by beating and exploding the nerd for having the heart of a Hero stronger than his own. He continued this treatment and attitude toward his childhood friend until his own worst day ever: Kamino Ward.
He was captured by the League of Villains, leading to a series of events that ended in All Might's retirement. The Number 1 Hero had told him many times that this was always going to be inevitable, but Bakugou felt his capture was the final nail in the coffin; that the world would have had their Symbol of Peace for longer if Bakugou hadn't been so weak as to let himself get captured.
It took failing the Provisional Licensing Exam and a forced fight with Deku for him to see the truth. He wasn't wrong to think that being strong made an unstoppable Hero, but Deku had something that Bakugou had always lacked: the Heart of a Hero. While the nerd he once saw as worthless gained the strength and power to support his heroic heart, Bakugou lagged behind without the true soul of a Hero, relying only on talent and strength. Not only was it not enough, but as he reflected on his past actions, especially over these last few days, Bakugou realized he acted more like a Villain than a Hero, a bully and thug rather than a protector and savior.
Now, Bakugou has been working overtime to correct this. He passed his Remedial Licensing Course and got his Provisional License, he helped getting Eri to smile in Culture Festival and proving those doubters from General Course wrong about him and his class, he aced his Joint Battle Training Exercise by being a team player, and now trying to work through his nerves and issues to finally do the one thing he never thought he would do: try and apologize to Izuku, and brace for the inevitable fallout to come when everyone learns the truth.
Izuku was also left contemplative about those words. For so long, everyone believed he could never be a Hero because he didn't have a Quirk and was treated as lesser for not being born Hero material, unlike Bakugou, who seemed gifted from birth to be an amazing Hero, Quirk and all. All he had were his mind and notebooks, which everyone called 'creepy' and 'useless, ' a mother who meant well but didn't provide the support he needed, and a father who abandoned him and his mother because he was Quirkless. It felt like his life was destined from birth and fate to be one of insignificance, one that took a backseat to the next life, where he might have a better Quirk.
Then All Might appeared, and before Izuku knew it, he was thrust into a life unlike his previous one. He was trained in secret by the Number 1 Hero to take his place and Quirk, honed his body until there was no way anyone would call him scrawny again, entered his dream school and made friends for the first time, stood up and won against his childhood bully, defeating all manner of Villains and criminals, save the lives of his classmates, civilians, and especially Eri and Kouta, and made One For All his own, only continuing to become the Hero he always wanted to be.
'I may not have been Born Hero material, but I Built myself into one,' Izuku realized determinedly, recalling his mighty roar atop the last pile of Dagobah Beach trash, vowing never to stop making that phrase a reality and become the Hero He wanted to be: a Symbol of Hope.
A jaw dropped slowly, the eyes of the blonde girl with her mouth agape widened to their fullest as a light began twinkling and burning within. 'Not Born, Built,' Melissa repeated like a mantra in her head. Suddenly, everything began to click. She felt a sea of possibilities narrowing into a river, precise and purposeful, a mind full of equations and problems met with concrete answers, a future, unclear and aimless, lit anew with a clear purpose and goal. All of it coalescing into the same suit of armor she saw in front of her.
"A lesson which also made for a pretty sweet tagline."
Mark 1 Iron Man stomped his way out of the cave and met the Ten Ring terrorists. "My Turn." Iron Man thrust his hands forward, unleashing fire on his captors. The scene followed with terrorists running for their lives, explosions everywhere, and Iron Man blasting off to freedom with rocket-propelled feet.
"...MANLY!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu roared out with their full chest.
"You know what, I'll allow that, too." Jiro reluctantly forgave the two hardheads for yelling out loudly again, if only because she agreed how cool Stark was right now.
Todoroki's brows raised, witnessing Stark fire flamethrowers at the group of terrorists, earning a nod of respect from him for ridding the world of them.
"But Tony's heart was changed in more ways than one that day," Wiz continued. "Upon returning to America, he nullified all weapons development at Stark Industries and dedicated his life to saving the world, in his own way."
"A crucible of Iron and Fire, forging a new man and a new future," Edgeshot poetically said.
"Do you have these written down in some notebook like Midoriya or something?" Hawks questioned amusingly.
"Yeah, we're not talking, like, just donating to charity and being kind to your neighbor," Boomstick noted, Tony shown hammering another, more advanced suit of armor. "Tony became a one-man army of justice and began creating a new and improved armored suit that the public would eventually dub: Iron Man!"
"So, he's also like Batman, a rich billionaire using technology to be a Hero," Nejire summarized and compared. "That's so cool!"
"It really is," Izuku agreed, smiling at seeing another Quirkless Hero.
"And then he made another one, and another one, and another, another, and then he made like, a shitload more!" Boomstick exclaimed as with every swing of Tony's hammer, a metaphorical vision of another suit emerged until a later scene showed an entire warehouse full of different armored suits in varying shapes, sizes, and colors.
"So...many...BABIES!" Mei howled as she began struggling out of her bounds with crazed strength renewed, forcing Izuku and the others to begin tightening and restraining her further.
"Amazing," Power Loader muttered, finding his own excavation mech suit suddenly beyond obsolete.
"Damn! The guy's like a one-man army!" Sero exclaimed.
'T-This is it! The answer!' Melissa's eyes blazed with a fire turned into an inferno as he hands blazed through page after page of her newly acquired notebook, plans, equations, and rough sketches of the Iron Man suits quickly being written down and copied. Where Batman reignited her passion for being a Hero, perhaps their world's first Quirkless Hero, Iron Man set it ablaze with passion as she realized just how she could achieve that dream. 'Using technology not only to help Heroes with their Support Items, but to use that same tech and skill I crafted for something more. A Hero that can soar without wings, a Hero without a Quirk, but not powerless.'
All the while, as Melissa began filling pages with ideas, schematics, and drawings, David watched with amazed eyes that turned soft, his mouth turned into a soft, proud smile.
IRON MAN ARMOR
Composed of a gold-titanium alloy
Adds 5 inches to Tony's height, yet only weighs 25 lbs.
Capable of high-speed flight, super strength, and enhanced durability
Standard Weaponry:
-Repulsor Rays
-Smart Missiles
-Anti-Tank Missiles
-Unibeam
"The Iron Man suits are numerous, but they typically come with a common base set of tools," Wiz elaborated, with every subsequent mention followed up with an example scene. "Generally composed of a gold-titanium alloy, his standard suits have the strength to lift up to one hundred tons, fly at supersonic speeds, and come with an onboard intelligence system called J.A.R.V.I.S., which controls his weaponry, and can summon other suits at his beck and call."
"Artificial Intelligence, too?!" David gasped in wonder. "With such a useful system, Stark could summon his other suits should his current one fail or break down."
"Wouldn't that go against the 'no outside help' rule?" Pixie Bob questioned.
"Not if it's an artificial intelligence tied to his suits that he created," Power Loader answered.
"And for good measure, these babies come loaded head-to-toe with weaponry." Boomstick jumped back in. "I'm talking shoulder-mounted darts, anti-tank missiles, an EMP, and the Iron Man staple: Laser Beams!"
"These Repulsor Blasts draw power directly from the reactor in Tony's chest -or chest piece, depending on the time period- to fire high-mass, negatively charged muons as a concussive energy attack," Wiz explained while Iron Man fired his trademark repulsor beams at asteroids, robots, and other enemies. "Most commonly, these are fired from the palms of his suit."
"Those shoulder-mounted darts and anti-tank missiles would be excellent for breaking through tough enemy defenses like a hardening or fortifying Quirk," Momo analyzed. "The EMP would also be useful in shutting down enemy technology or weapon systems, including bombs or missiles."
"Those repulsor blasts appear to be strong enough to destroy meteorites yet also non-lethal enough to act as a physical deterrent against common enemies," David Shield noted. "The difference between their strength likely comes from how much energy Stark puts into those beams."
"However, there is the issue of this energy coming from Stark's chest-piece reactor," Endeavor pointed out. "If it's the same reactor acting as a pacemaker to keep that metal shrapnel from his heart, then using up that energy risks his health."
"You mean like overheating yourself with your Quirk?" Hawks asked.
"Precisely," Endeavor nodded.
"Wow, how he flies and fights is like a metal suit version of me!" Nejire exclaimed, analyzing Iron Man's movements to copy for herself.
"Yeah, and kinda like you too, huh, Bakubro?" Kirishima pointed out, nudging Bakugou's side. "I mean, you can't use your explosions on your feet, but the way he flies with those thrusters and repulsors he uses to fight is like you and your Quirk. Hell, those repulsor beams are kinda like your AP Shot!"
"Whatever," Bakugou scoffed, yet he didn't truly dismiss Kirishima's comparison. In truth, Bakugou was dissecting Iron Man's tool kit and flight pattern and how it mimicked and improved on his own, begrudgingly enough. Kirishima was right that Bakugou couldn't unleash his explosions from his feet. 'Hmm, I can Zoom Eyes and Girl Deku work on my boots to act like Weird Eyes's. Rather than firing acid, maybe they could make a layer housing my nitroglycerin sweat that, with a command, will heat up and mimic my propulsion for a sustained flight. Would save my arms some trouble.'
While Bakugou contemplated this, he remained oblivious to the dirty look he and Kirishima were given by Nejire, her good mood spoiled by being inadvertently compared to someone she was rapidly suspecting of being her Zuzu's bully.
"Hey, Hado?" Nejire snapped from her dirty glare to look at Melissa, who had asked for her.
"Yeah, Melissa? Oh, and please, no Hado! It's Nejire or Nejire-chan to you and the others!" Nejire replied, her cheerful nature returning.
"R-Right," Melissa chuckled embarrassingly, rubbing the back of her neck. "Um, I wanted to talk to you about something." Melissa then came up to Nejire's ear and started whispering. Nejire's eyes widened as time passed, and her agape mouth began to rise in a wide grin.
"Ohohoho! That's so cool!" Nejire quietly exclaimed. "Sure thing, girl!"
"Thanks!" Melissa smiled, returning to her seat.
Izuku raised an eyebrow at seeing the two girls interact, wondering what that was about. 'Could they be talking about the S-Sisterhood?' Izuku's cheeks blushed, remembering they were both among the girls who liked him. 'Or is it about something else?' Izuku noticed Melissa's smile and enthusiasm becoming brighter throughout this video. Izuku looked back at Iron Man on the screen and forth toward Melissa. 'Does it have to do with the comparison Nejire pointed out? For what reason? To make a new Support Item for Nejire?'
"But if the situation calls for a bit more firepower, he can blast an even larger beam directly from his chest piece," Boomstick noted. "UNI-BEAM!" Iron Man fired a massive blast of energy from his chest.
"That's so Cool!" Kouta yelled with stars in his eyes.
"I must admit even I find myself jealous of such a magnifique beam!" Aoyama lamented dramatically.
"Huh, it's like a chest Kamehameha," Mirio chuckled.
"It must be one of Iron Man's Ultimate Moves that likely drains a lot more energy than normally," Amajiki muttered. "If used recklessly, it could drain his reactor's energy too quickly."
"All of these features come standard in his most often used suit, Model 13: The Modular Armor," Wiz displayed the most iconic and often displayed Iron Man suit.
"This armor specializes in adaptability, allowing Tony to swap out its individual pieces for ones suited to the mission at hand," Boomstick explained Model 13's purpose and strength, including showing the Modular Armor being replaced by other, specialized suits.
"Smart," Ectoplasm nodded. "With as many suits as he has designed for specific situations, it would make sense for his base suit to be made to incorporate or easily replace itself with those other suits."
"Though, unless he has some kind of teleportation device to call up those suits, he would have to have those extra suits be super close or be really hecking fast to reach wherever he is," Snipe pointed out.
"Oh, and it also has an extra casing known as Iron Man Armor Model 14, but you can just call it HULKBUSTER!" Boomstick revealed the larger, bulkier armored suit.
"Hulkbuster?" Ibara raised a brow. "As in the same Hulk mentioned in the previous Marvel-related videos?"
"I believe so," Jurota nodded.
"As the name implies, this upgrade was built to contend with one of the universe's strongest beings," Wiz said, as MCU Iron Man stood against the Hulk and was being doubly armored by the behemoth of an armor. "With a combination of magnetic and hydraulic technology, in addition to the strength of the Modular Armor, the Hulkbuster can deliver FAR more powerful punches, and hold its ground against The Incredible Hulk, who is strong enough to lift a 150 Billion-Ton Mountain!"
"WHAT?!" Mineta squeaked, his eyes bulging so comically out of their sockets, the others thought they would pop off like one of his Pop-Off balls.
"If that feat is to be taken seriously-" David muttered, a drop of sweat rolling down his frightened brow.
"He's leagues stronger than even I in my prime," Toshinori finished his best friend's sentence. 'He might even be stronger than Midoriya when he reaches his prime, too!'
"But his most advanced armor yet comes in the form of his Endo-Sym armor," Boomstick noted, the Endo-Sym shown as a sleek, silver-white armor with neon blue repulsor circles and lines across the body, oftentimes with Tony's face and hair visible. "Part metal, part scary, space, alien-parasite, Tony can summon it telepathically, use it to imprison his foes, and even suck up electromagnetic fields. Mmmm...electricity."
'A suit that can be telepathically called and form like liquid metal,' Melissa's eyes widened as she looked at Izuku. 'If I used the same technology I used to create the Full Gauntlet...' The idea once more became a hurricane of possibilities that she attempted to express in her notebook, all the while imagining an Iron Man, or perhaps Iron Woman, suit of her own made of nanotechnology, self-repair, and weapon formation similar to that of a shapeshifting Quirk.
"It can take hits from Storm's lightning and shoot repulsor beams so powerful they can injure meta-humans who are normally able to absorb energy," Wiz detailed.
"Shit," Kaminari cursed, whatever hope he had about being able to absorb whatever electricity could be in those repulsor beams was tossed out the window.
"If they're that powerful, I wonder if I can even redirect them?" Hagakure pondered, not exactly eager to try and find out the painful way.
"Although Tony is a mere man who finds himself fighting with and against unimaginably powerful beings, he has proven time and time again that technology can compete with the world's greatest superheroes," Boomstick said.
FEATS
Downed She-Hulk with one punch
Can hold his own against Captain America in hand-to-hand combat
Can achieve warp speed flight
Tanks hits from Mjolnir
Strong enough to bend metal girders with his suit's hands
Lifts up cars with one hand
First human to possess the reality-warping Infinity Gauntlet
"He can survive blows from Thor's hammer, hold his own against Captain America, and move faster than an Extremis-enhanced superhuman's eye can track." Wiz listed some of Iron Man's greatest feats.
Melissa, Mei, David, and Power Loader all grinned at the statement, while many in the group felt their worldview shifting off its axis. Already, they had to challenge their notions when introduced to The Batman, but the strength and power behind Iron Man only further cracked many of their prior assumptions and feelings about strength because of their Quirks.
Izuku and All Might likewise smiled at seeing the power and feats of another Quirkless man and proving Quirks are not the end-all requirement to be a Hero, but tools to be used like one's mind and body. 'I have to say the words to him soon,' Toshinori thought determined. 'Even if he doesn't hold any ill will about the past, even if he has a Quirk now, I have to say to him just how wrong I was.'
Bakugou flinched further with every new and impressive feat out of the armor-wearing man, each a slap to the face of his previous worldview about strength and worth.
"Not to mention, his suit can actually learn and predict its opponent's next move and withstand the fury of several nuclear bombs!" Boomstick joined in. "DO NOT underestimate the Golden Avenger."
"So, it basically can do what Midoriya is naturally capable of doing," Todoroki said.
"Come on, Todoroki, I'm not that good at analyzing you guys," Izuku disagreed, scratching his cheek.
"Whether or not you admit it, Midoriya, if the suit can predict how a person can fight, then that other fighter will have to finish off Iron Man as fast as possible before the suit can predict his every move," Asui croaked.
"That being said, for all their power, the Iron Man suits are hardly flawless," Wiz clarified, an example shown being Tony slamming uncontrollably between walls from his malfunctioning suit.
"They've been known to malfunction in life-threatening ways, and consume too much power too quickly, leaving Tony helpless," Boomstick added.
"If Aizawa were here, he would say it is no different than a Quirk, and that you students should work to improve your bodies and minds as much as your Quirks should they become useless or disabled," Vlad King informed.
"Although, I guess this means that even if the suits run out of power, Stark's reactor won't shut off, too," Miruko noted.
"He may have a failsafe implemented into his suits and reactor to consume only as much energy as is available without compromising the chest reactor's main function," Ryukyu explained.
"Tony frequently pushes his suit and his body to their absolute limits, and past them, and his reckless, head-first mentality is responsible for landing him IN trouble just as much as it is for getting him OUT of it," Wiz pointed out. "This has led to him setting off a civil war between superheroes, twice, persuading Spider-Man to reveal his identity as a publicity boost, only to have that backfire when villains tried killing Peter's Aunt May, and pissing off the all-powerful Phoenix Force into killing Charles Xavier."
"What?! Charles?! But he's The Iron Man." Boomstick exclaimed in shock before whining sadly.
Izuku clenched his fist when he heard what had happened to his counterpart's aunt, guilt and anger welling up in equal measure for Spider-Man's decision, which caused the woman's attack, and toward Stark for convincing his counterpart into these actions in the first place.
"I'm guessing this Xavier was someone important in their world," Mandalay figured, gazing sadly at the dead old man.
"But there again is that Phoenix Force, the same one from the Thor video," Momo mentioned, grabbing Izuku's notebook and flipping to Thor's page. "From what they said in his video, the Phoenix Force was one of Thor's potential true mothers alongside Gaea."
"Wait, Thor's mother is potentially THAT?!" Uraraka questioned loudly while pointing at an image of a giant fiery cosmic bird.
"Most disturbing of all, Wizard said Iron Man was responsible for setting off a war between other superheroes," Cementoss frowned heavily. "And it appears one of those instances was against Captain America."
"A war between Heroes," Toshinori muttered despondently. Sure, the Heroes of their society had no qualms stepping over each other when it came to boosting their ranks in the Hero Billboard Charts, the more work and recognition a Hero gets, the more they are paid and famous they become; it is an unfortunate aspect of Hero Society where healthy competition could spiral into hated rivalry. Hell, even the Hero students faced a taste of this during the Sports Festival and against each other in their battle training exercises.
However, it was another thing altogether imagining Heroes turning and fighting on one another. Toshinori can imagine All For One and Shigaraki laughing their evil asses off while their greatest enemies destroyed themselves, leaving them weak and off-guard.
"And he once built a device capable of releasing 20,000 megatons of atomic energy!" Wiz added. "That's three times more than all of the Earth's known nuclear weapons combined."
"And then he just blasted it straight into the ground!" Boomstick chuckled, flabbergasted. "All because he wanted to see what was at the Earth's core."
"I'm sorry, what?" Thirteen blinked inside her suit at the sheer absurdity behind Stark's decision.
"That has to be the most irresponsible, dimwitted, half-brained decision I have ever heard in my life," Ryukyu declared.
"No arguments here," Miruko agreed. "Even I'm not that reckless."
"It didn't work out," Wiz muttered.
"Shocking," Yui rolled her eyes, her comment drawing laughs from the other students.
"He's also had quite the messy love life, ranging from his assistant, Pepper Pots, Janet Van Dyne, the Wasp, the Sensation She-Hulk, cousin of the very Hulk he made the Hulkbuster against, and even marrying the mutant telepath, Emma Frost," Wiz listed Tony's past flings. "...under an alias, and divorced shortly afterward."
"I don't know whether to be impressed or salty as hell," Boomstick muttered jealously.
"Why not both? Salt-pressed?" Mineta asked, his hands clasped together while his inner thoughts were fueled with unbridled jealousy and rage. Okay, he might be about to turn over a new leaf, but he can still feel jealous and angry when a handsome billionaire gains so many hot ladies and then fumbles the bag. Especially with that blonde goddess, with thighs he was sure would be able to crush his head like a grape.
"But Tony's most diabolical nemesis isn't the magical Mandarin, or even the robotic, world-ending menace known as Ultron," Wiz continued, casually listing some of Stark's greatest enemies. "It's his lifelong battle with alcoholism."
A beer can could be heard opening. "Did you say something?" Boomstick asked.
"Of course, he wouldn't see a problem with that at all," Jiro groaned.
"One man's torment is another man's relief," Kaminari said.
"Shockingly true, even if I disagree with alcoholism being a wise form of coping," Momo commented.
A missile from a tank was aimed and fired at Iron Man, who leaned to the side and casually dodged it. Stark turned back to the tank, aimed his wrist at the offending vehicle, and fired an anti-tank missile at it, landing on the tank. Iron Man proceeded to turn and walk away as the tank exploded into flames behind him.
"So Cool!" Kouta and Eri cheered.
"Forget being a one-man army, this guy's a one-man aura factory!" Sero cheered.
"Aura?" Momo raised an eyebrow, confused.
"It's a lingo thing, don't worry your pretty little head, Yaomomo," Setsuna replied, patting Momo's head.
Momo was still confused, even more wondering what 'lingo' meant, but wisely decided to shut up, and blush at her head being called 'pretty' by her technical 'sister'.
The second fighter appeared in two distinct forms, both of which conveyed a sense of shady corporate villainy to the group. Firstly, he was presented as a bald man in either a pristine, expensive suit or a purple, green, and/or black jumpsuit paired with a dark green trench coat. Many group members blinked in surprise at the images showing he was quite muscular; however, the more muscular he became, the more the group noticed his distinct, bulging, oddly colored veins. The bald man's most common expressions ranged from sinister, smug grins and smirks to raging, unhinged scowls.
Just as Tony had a suit of armor, it seemed this combatant also possessed a suit of his own. The appearances of this suit varied between two distinct versions. The first was a bulky green and purple suit of armor with large pauldrons on the shoulders, purple gauntlets and boots, black armored elbows, kneecaps, and pectorals, alongside three yellow hexagons on his chest. The other variant was an even larger, bulkier combat suit that was either rusted green or black and neon blue, both of which dwarfed his opponents in stature. The one thing all these suits shared was the absence of a helmet and the man's visibly evil face.
Unlike Stark, the man did not elicit any feelings of admiration, awe, respect, or attraction. The man's looks of uncontrolled rage and conniving smugness left many in the group uneasy and automatically distrustful. If they didn't hear from the beginning that he was the archnemesis of Superman, the group's members would have pegged him as a villain.
Lex Luthor
"Superman is among the most powerful characters in all of fiction," Wiz began, recounting one of their previous combatants. "He can destroy planets, withstand supernovas, and fly faster than light itself."
Smiles were raised as they saw Superman again, the Man of Steel's trademark smile and presence already filling many of the students' hearts with hope and encouragement to be even a fraction of the Hero before them. All Might grinned, honored that he could be the counterpart to such a hopeful and powerful Symbol of Hope like the Kryptonian.
"What kind of person could possibly be the arch-nemesis to someone like him?" Boomstick questioned. "You'd have to be a god made of magic kryptonite-"
"WRONG!" Lex yelled loudly.
Eri squeaked, jumping straight from her bean bag into Deku's lap in fright. Izuku huffed at the sudden weight on him, yet did not mind, automatically wrapping his arms around his surrogate daughter while glaring at the man who scared her.
"Nope. Just a mortal man with a passion for business, swindling, and green trench coats," Wiz answered. "Lex Luthor."
"So, the man who stands as Superman's worst enemy is an angry Quirkless man?" Monoma scoffed dismissively.
He felt a sudden chill but dismissed it, unaware of the cold glares he was receiving from Izuku, Melissa, All Might, David Shield, and even Bakugou.
BACKGROUND
Full Name: Alexander Joseph Luthor
Height: 6'2" / 188 cm
Weight: 210 lbs. / 95 kg
IG: Immeasurable
Reason for baldness: classified
Former President of the United States
Once acted as his own son via brain transplant to a new body
Really, REALLY hates Superman- and God
"Alexander Joseph Luthor began his rise to the top from the very bottom," Wiz began explaining Lex's backstory. "As a child, he lived in a rundown section of Metropolis called the 'Suicide Slum'. Yes, it was that bad."
Izuku and Bakugou both flinch at the name, trying to shake away the rather infamous advice the latter gave to the former on that fateful day.
"Under abusive parents, it was only by sheer willpower that Lex moved on to a better life," Wiz continued.
"Yeah, willpower and some good old-fashioned Social Darwinism," Boomstick chuckled. "His parents died in a car crash when their car's brakes failed, leaving Lex alone."
"Aww, he's an orphan too-" Pony began to say before-
"Don't feel bad for a second!" Boomstick exclaimed, interrupting and surprising Pony. "He used their life insurance money to get out of the ghetto and start his own company. And he's the one who rigged their brakes!"
"...oh. Never mind," Pony muttered, sympathy quickly turning to disgust.
"I mean I get that his parents were assholes but that's no excuse to commit a double homicide," Kamakiri muttered in distaste.
Shoto frowned as he recalled all the times in the past when, in moments of emotional weakness, he wished to do the same to his father. 'If he would just go away, everything would be perfect,' Shoto recounted what his younger self believed, and he wasn't wrong to think so. Everything that went wrong with his family was thanks to Endeavor. Touya's death, his mother's insanity, Natsuo's absence, Fuyumi's sadness, and his scar and abuse; Young Shoto believed if Enji Todoroki disappeared, then his mother would be back, Natsuo would be around more, Fuyumi wouldn't be so sad and alone, and maybe Touya would magically come back.
Yet despite these thoughts, Shoto never acted on them. Fuyumi was always there to comfort him in place of his mother, teaching him right from wrong, and despite their father's faults, killing him and being a murderer were not the answer, nor would it solve their trauma or past. To this day, despite the wounds in his family slowly mending and now free of his grudge against his left side, Shoto always gives thanks to Fuyumi and the memory of his mother as his shining beacons, keeping him from going down a dark path or ending up like his father. Well, them and a certain best friend with green hair.
"Although founded through some... legally questionable means, the infamous LexCorp successfully spread its influence throughout all of Metropolis," Wiz said, showcasing the infamous company and its L-shaped logo on the building. "In time, Lex came to practically run the city itself. Taking ownership of nearly every media outlet, Luthor's positive public image went practically unopposed."
Hawks couldn't help but glare, comparing these tactics to the HPSC, the Detnerat, and Feel Good Inc. With the HPSC, they held considerable influence and control over the public's perception of Heroes, an influence that was only recently challenged and questioned in recent days and events. Yet, as their 'agent' and new assassin, Hawks was privy to many of the Commission's dirty secrets. They covered up the crimes committed by Pro Heroes, silenced would-be threats to the public image and peace- whether through bribery or more 'permanent' means- and even concealed their own dirty laundry, from corrupt officials to the truth of Lady Nagant's incarceration. The current President may say that she disagreed with her predecessor's methods at first, but near absolute power corrupts absolutely. It wasn't long until Hawks had to step into Nagant's old roles, which now featured espionage and risky gambles with the lives of his fellow pros, including Best Jeanist.
Then there was Detnerat and Feel Good Inc.; the former was the company where Re-Destro served as CEO and President, and the latter was where Skeptic was one of its most influential board members. The latter is a technology and communications company with near control over a majority of their country's communications and was responsible for covering up the events of Deika City. Combined with Curious's influence in journalism- at least until she died- she and Skeptic were how the MLA were able to stay under the radar for so long. Add to that the access to Support Item technology from Detnerat and the political clout from Hanabata, aka Trumpet, and you have a cabal of influential businesspeople running a terrorist organization with zero suspicion.
"But everything changed when the Man of Tomorrow showed up," Boomstick noted, an image of Lex looking behind him to see a glowing-eyed Superman floating just outside his window, angry.
"That certainly doesn't give your counterpart quite a good look, All Might," Midnight commented.
"People see what they want to see," Toshinori said. "To the people, I was the unstoppable, ever-smiling Hero who could do no wrong, but to Villains, I was a monster that kept them hiding scared in the shadows."
"Very astute of you, Toshinori," Nezu nodded in approval. "Let us see why Luthor has such a negative outlook on you."
"In Lex's eyes, Superman was a massive issue for mankind," Wiz explained. "If humans no longer had to solve problems themselves, they would surely become a weaker race, completely dependent upon this otherworldly savior."
"So, because Superman was a good guy, being a Hero, and helping people, he wanted to kill him?" Mount Lady simplified, eyebrow raised. "Well, that's stupid."
"To be honest, I can see what he means," All Might muttered, looking down as he thought about his tenure as the Symbol of Peace.
While he brought about an era of peace and justice, Toshinori could now see how he could have accomplished so much more than punching villains and saving civilians. His unstoppable reputation and presence meant very few heroes bothered to put in the same effort as him, leading them to become lax, selfish, and weaker- a problem now faced with his retirement, one he foolishly thought would be easily remedied by shifting all the responsibilities to his successor. Additionally, although his attention was always focused on All For One and other villains, he never took the time to use his influence and charisma as the Symbol of Peace to improve society socially. He never spoke up against discrimination, particularly toward those with Mutant Quirks, 'Villainous Quirks', or even the Quirkless, despite having been one before meeting Nana. And as the saying goes, 'to be silent often means to be complicit'.
'I may have said pretty words in those talk shows, but I could have done so much more,' Toshinori chastised himself. 'If I had spoken up more honestly about this abhorrent hatred in our society, Young Midoriya and Melissa might never have-' Toshinori stopped himself, the guilt choking him up.
"There you go again, putting all the responsibility and guilt onto your shoulders," Toshinori blinked and turned to see Recovery Girl shaking her head fondly. "A habit your successor seems to have inherited, too."
Toshinori flinched. "Yeah," All Might muttered, silently cursing himself further for not taking Midoriya aside and building up his self-confidence further and lessening his self-demeaning.
"I will not lie to you, Toshinori, you could have done better during your time as the Symbol of Peace, but that does not mean you should diminish the good you've done or take all the blame on yourself," Recovery Girl continued, perking up Toshinori's attention. "It wasn't your choice or fault that so many heroes decided to become so lax or selfish. They are their own people who chose to take the easy route and be blinded by the glory of heroism rather than follow your example. Furthermore, just because you did not do all you could do, doesn't mean what you accomplished isn't worth celebrating. If it were not for you, so many people alive today may not be here or come to be at all, including your hero-fanboy of a successor. You are still an inspiration to billions, Toshinori, from the moment of your debut to your last Smash."
Toshinori stared at Recovery Girl, astonished. His eyes contemplated the wisdom of her words and found it true. The former Symbol of Peace's smile regained its shine and warmth.
"Though just because you are retired doesn't mean your contributions to this society must end, as well," Recovery Girl added. "Whoever said you needed a cape and costume to be someone's Hero?"
All Might's head perked up, a lightbulb illuminating in his mind, his smile growing ever wider and more hopeful.
Throughout all of this, a certain purple-haired girl's jack wiggled sharply.
"Plus, he's an extreme atheist," Wiz added, showing Lex's angry eyes overshadowing a scene of Superman, in a black version of his suit, with his arms spread out like a certain religious figure basking in the light of the sun.
Ibara narrowed her eyes at Lex. While she respected a person's right to their beliefs, even if they contrasted with hers, she could tell that Luthor's hatred of Superman, stemming from his atheism, wouldn't end simply with disapproving thoughts or comments.
"So, Lex began his crusade to remove him from the equation, and then properly insert himself as the leader of humanity," Boomstick pointed out; a scene showed when Lex was once the U.S. President.
"So, an atheist with a god-complex," Mina said with a frown. "Talk about a dangerous combo."
David, Melissa, and Pony frowned at the image of Lex being the U.S. President, unhappy that an evil businessman who committed murder and plotted to destroy a Hero, and All Might's counterpart at that, would ever run their home country.
"Lex is a cunning strategist and mechanical genius who prefers to place his opponents in unwinnable situations," Wiz said. "However, if physical strength is required, he dons the mighty Warsuit."
Injustice Insurgent Lex Luthor hovered down to the battlefield in his Warsuit. "Must I remind you of my superiority?" Lex tauntingly asked.
"And he has a suit of his own," Setsuna frowned. "Can't say I'm surprised."
"Though it looks a lot bulkier than Stark's," Mei pointed out, her Zoom eyes scanning every inch of Lex's suit. "It might also have more firepower and require more energy than the Iron Man suits."
WARSUIT
Culmination of technology from Lex, Darkseid, and Brainiac
Superhuman strength & durability
Flight
Force fields can negate heat vision
Flamethrowers
Energy blade
Energy blasts
-Includes four different Kryptonite energy generators in each of the suit's fingers
"The Warsuit is a powerful battle armor created by Superman's other arch-nemesis, the alien god known as Darkseid," Wiz revealed, displaying the New God of Evil in all his dark glory. "And it's been further enhanced by Luthor's own designs, as well as the technology and aid of Another Superman Villain: Brainiac." Another image had the green-skinned Coluan.
"Hold up, alien god?" Mina raised an eyebrow. "Like Thor?"
"I don't think that guy is like Thor," Hagakure muttered, pointing an invisible finger at the Ruler of Apokolips.
Toshinori narrowed his eyes at two more of his counterpart's known antagonists, a cold shiver running down his spine at seeing Darkseid. 'Something about him that unsettles me,' All Might admitted to himself. 'Probably just as much as, if not more, than All For One.'
"Forged in the fiery pits of the alien world of Apokolips, Lex's Warsuit is no ordinary piece of machinery," Boomstick explained. "Despite its less-than-sleek appearance, it comes equipped with force fields, flamethrowers, gauntlet blades, a giant Kryptonite ax, and energy blasts powered by Kryptonite generators."
"Hmm, those force fields combined with bulk would give Luthor a better defensive advantage against Stark, as well as a physical advantage with the gauntlet blades and axe," Izuku muttered as he wrote in his notebook. "The energy blasts and force fields could also cancel out Stark's repulsor beams."
While Melissa found it gave her a distaste in her mouth, she couldn't help but write down some notes on Lex's Warsuit in her notebook, contemplating what part of these would mesh well with her preliminary designs for her Iron Man-like armor.
"It can also fly and has enough strength and durability to go up against Superman himself," Wiz added.
"Okay, that's admittedly impressive," Miruko shrugged.
"The use of Kryptonite and technology from Darkseid and Brainiac must be a huge contributing factor," Ryukyu analyzed. "Kryptonite was shown to greatly weaken Kryptonians like Superman, so constant exposure to a weaponized version would be detrimental to him."
"Despite how capable the Warsuit is, you may feel it has an obvious weak spot: The Giant Hole Where His Head Is!" Boomstick pointed out. "But ole cueball's chrome dome is actually protected by an invisible force field. He just wants his opponents to know EXACTLY who's beating the shit out of them."
"Hello, Sunshine!" Lex said, smiling evilly.
"Talk about classic Villain arrogance," Vlad King growled.
"And a detrimental one in the long run," David Shield added. "If he had more sense to cover up his face, he could be able to allocate his force field more evenly and rationally to the entire suit."
"Although there could be some strategy to it," Power Loader pointed out. "Enemies would likely try to attack his head and be left off guard when it fails. I can see a sniper trying to fire at his head only to fail and thus give away his position."
"Yeah, but that also loses the element of surprise," Mei argued. "I can respect wanting to show off your baby as much as the next girl, but if people know you have a force field, then they'll try to specifically target or disable it."
"I'm not sure what's more annoying, that bastard's smug grin or those supposed geniuses arguing on and on about a guy showing off his bald head?" Bakugou grumbled.
"I would have thought you would appreciate another guy's smug grin?" Setsuna grinned teasingly. "Isn't that why you and Monoma are such good friends?"
"THAT ARROGANT BASTARD IS NOT MY FRIEND!" Bakugou and Monoma said in unison. The two looked at each other in surprise. "STOP COPYING ME!"
"ME?! YOU'RE THE COPYCAT, YOU BLOWHARD 1-B EXTRA!"
"OH, PRECIOUS COMING FROM YOU, YOU ARROGANT 1-A UPSTART!"
"Happy now?" Itsuka narrowed her eyes at Setsuna, who whistled innocently.
"Lex's weaponry goes beyond an alien metal suit," Wiz continued. "In addition to his brilliant strategic mind, he's also surrounded the Earth with dozens of satellites bearing his name."
"Their purpose? A giant game of space laser hot potato," Boomstick answered his own question.
Cut to a scene of Lex typing a command on his wrist gauntlet. One of Lex's satellites fired down a massive red laser directly into the Warsuit's hands. The energy built up and progressively grew into a large ball of red energy. Lex roared in fury as he tossed the laser orb at the Joker, resulting in a massive explosion visible from space.
"Huh, talk about overkill," Sen muttered, wide-eyed.
"When your biggest enemy is a guy who could punch and move planets, I think overkill is needed," Awase argued.
Hawks grumbled, Lex's satellites reminding him again of the communication satellites Skeptic has easy access to through Feel Good Inc. 'Thankfully, none of those are equipped to laser-nuke us,' Hawks thought.
FEATS
Mental resistance to mind control surpasses even Deathstroke
Frequently and fearlessly goes up against Kryptonians
Defeated Nightwing and Batman in hand-to-hand combat
Impaled the super-durable Supergirl
Solved the Anti-Life equation
-Should only be possible for a 12th-Level Intellect
-Only known 12th-Level is Brainiac 5
"Being a genius multibillionaire, it's no surprise Lex's accomplishments match the expectations." Wiz began listing Lex's accomplishments. "He's equaled Deathstroke in combat and even beaten both Batman and Nightwing. He stabbed Supergirl, snapped Brainiac's neck, and defeated Power Girl in a single stroke."
Miruko raised an eyebrow, begrudgingly respecting the villain for being able to match the likes of Batman and Deathstroke in combat. 'Not sure who that Nightwing guy is, but if he's listed with Batman, he's got to be quite the martial arts master, too,' Miruko thought, before her eyes trailed downward. 'And he's got quite the killer ass there.'
Toshinori glared at Lex's feat of stabbing Supergirl, whose name is clearly a direct reference to his counterpart and whose blonde, blue eyes, and young age made the retired pro's eyes drift down toward his surrogate niece, only making his fury rise.
"You can't blame him," Boomstick said, his smirk audibly evident while displaying Lex defeating the impressively busty Kryptonian. "I don't think anyone could handle more than a single stroke with Power Girl-"
Mineta smacked his cheeks and shook his head, trying to rid himself of the perverse, intrusive thoughts surging at the sight of Power Girl as her magnificent, glorious giant boo-assets.
"Damn, look at those cannons!" Mina muttered, inspecting closely at Melissa's, Momo's, and Nejire's assets. "I think she might be bigger than you gals."
'Of course, just as I am turning over a new leaf, the universe has to torture me with the classic double standard,' Mineta whined internally.
"HOWEVER," Wiz groaned out, interrupting his lewder co-host. "Lex is not solely dependent on his Warsuit. He sometimes subjects himself to a Kryptonite steroid, which has made him much stronger than an ordinary human. Capable of surviving wounds nobody reasonably should."
"So, where Stark had to create that pacemaker to save his own life, Lex risked his by injecting himself with a steroid made of Kryptonite for power," Cementoss commented with narrowed eyes.
"That probably doesn't seem healthy," Snipe muttered.
"Oh, it most certainly isn't," Recovery Girl grumbled.
"Yeah, like the time when a giant gorilla shot him in the chest with a sniper rifle, knocking him out of a helicopter off the edge of a cliff and landing headfirst into a canyon," Boomstick pointed out the absurd situation of this particular feat. "He was up and banging his robot chick in like a day!"
"I would say I am surprised how he survived that, but I'm actually more surprised why a gorilla had a sniper rifle," Ojiro muttered, comically sweatdropping.
"At this point, just roll with it," Shoji replied.
"Wait, hold up, slow it down for a second," Kaminari raised his hand. "He was banging what?"
"Oh, yeah! He built a robot version of Lois Lane for, you know... sex and murder." An image showed Robo-Lois's sides expanding to reveal an arsenal of robotic weaponry.
"Because Lex always wants what he cannot have," Wiz said.
"That is...disturbing," Asui croaked, disgusted.
"Wait, isn't Lois Lane's counterpart Midobro's-" Mina slapped a hand over Kirishima's mouth before he could finish, but the damage was already done.
Izuku's disgust quickly morphed into a murderous glare that not even Lex would survive if it could kill. The evil billionaire's chances of survival diminished with the added glares from Bakugou and Toshinori, all three extremely displeased that the bald psychopath would make a warrior sex bot of their mother, aunt, and lover, respectively.
"And his know-how with robotics goes past insane and into absurd," Wiz noted. "While confined to a prison cell he built a talking, flying robot that reads Moby Dick at such a high frequency, it carved out an escape route through the floor itself. Including perfectly shaped stairs."
"...I-I need a minute," David muttered, removing his glasses and rubbing the bridge between his eyes.
"This more absurd than the sniper-firing gorilla?" Miruko questioned, snickering.
"I will not justify that question with a response," Edgeshot grumbled.
"Except you did, Mr. Second-Best Ninja," Hawks teased.
Edgeshot's grumbling grew louder and angrier.
"But most diabolical of all, when no one was looking, Lex Luthor took forty cakes," Boomstick declared dramatically. "He took 40 cakes, Wiz! That's as many as four tens. And that's terrible."
"Strange thing is, that's... actually... officially... canon," Wiz muttered.
"Bastard!" Boomstick cursed.
"HOW DARE HIM!" Sato roared, eyes bulging with rage as he read further that he stole it from a school bake sale.
"NO, I AGREE!" Fat Gum stood up with the 1-A student. "SEND THAT BASTARD TO THE LOWEST DEPTHS OF TARTAROS! THAT MONEY AND CAKE COULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO A GOOD CAUSE! LIKE MY BELLY!"
"How is this my life?" Tamaki shook his head in his hand at the antics of his hero mentor.
"Luthor's hatred of Superman and drive to win are stronger than any machine he can create," Boomstick noted. "Take, for example, the time Superman threw a satellite at Lexcorp tower, bringing the building down on top of poor old Lex. This left the guy with half his face ripped off, all four limbs blasted away, and he was impaled in five different places. Even like that, he still refused Superman's help."
"Talk about petty," Kosei muttered.
"Nah, honestly, I'm actually on his side here," Kamakiri shook his head. "What hero tosses a freaking satellite on a tower in a metropolis just to spite one dude?!"
"I-I'm sure he has his reasons?" Izuku sweatdropped and defended the Man of Steel, yet even to himself, his defense sounded more like a question.
"Wiz, if that ever happens to me, do me a solid and... kill yourself in front of me so that my dream of outliving you is complete," Boomstick pleaded.
"Never gonna happen," Wiz denied.
"Heh, sounds like something 'Bakubro' would demand of Midoriya," Kaminari snickering, teasingly tossing out Kirishima's nickname for the explosive blonde.
"Like Hell I would demand that!" Bakugou scoffed at Kaminari.
"Heh, looks like there are some things even Bakugou wouldn't be so arrogant to demand," Uraraka muttered.
"No point demanding what will happen!" Bakugou's scoff turned into an arrogant smirk. "I'm confident I'll outlast the nerd with a longer life."
"You were saying, 'Chaco?" Asui asked while Uraraka sweatdropped.
Izuku likewise sweatdropped with Uraraka, somehow surprised his former childhood friend would be competitive enough to make 'living longer' a competition.
"But it's also that same cocky independence that serves as Lex's greatest downfall," Wiz pointed out. "When he merged with the Zone Child-"
"WOAH!" Boomstick yelled, disgusted.
"I-It's not what you think," Wiz clarified.
"Horrible way to put what I'm seeing," Mandalay muttered, seeing a glowing Lex fusing with some black and red creature.
"He gained, and I quote, 'Infinite Power.'"
"And a secure spot on somebody's watchlist," Boomstick added.
Jiro face-palmed.
"The only catch was that he could not use his powers to harm others. But because all he wanted to do was kill Superman, he tried it anyway," Wiz explained.
"Blind hatred leads only to ruin," Tokoyami sagely said. "It clouds all paths save the destination and leaves them ignorant of dangers below them."
Reiko shivered, her cheeks blushing bright.
Bakugou, Todoroki, and Iida all flinched for their respective reasons. Bakugou still cursed himself for letting anger and pride cloud his judgment for so many instances, from threatening and baiting Deku to commit suicide out of wounded pride to almost killing the nerd in the Battle Exercise with his gauntlets and being led into a trap that led to Deku and Round Cheeks winning the day. Todoroki winced as he recalled how bullheaded he was throughout his life, denying his left side despite it being his power, not his father's, and only learning this lesson by having Midoriya break his fingers and sacrifice the festival for him. Iida hung his head in shame when he recalled where blind hatred almost led him to become another number on Stain's kill count, and nearly leaving his family destroyed further right after Tensei's attack.
"So, Superman just straight-up punched the god out of him!" Boomstick revealed.
"Well, that's hardly accurate," Wiz muttered.
"C'mon, how else would you describe that?" Boomstick questioned.
"Punching the god out of someone," Jurota repeated. "That certainly is a saying I never thought I would see."
"You and I both," Shiozaki muttered.
"...Fair enough," Wiz admitted. "Additionally, despite Kryptonite being his most effective weapon against Superman, other Kryptonians, and even the other Heroes of Earth, it does have a lethal side-effect."
"Yeah, turns out exposing and injecting yourself with an alien radioactive material can give you cancer. Who knew?" Boomstick mused.
"So, that is what those sickly-looking veins were indicative of," Recovery Girl muttered. "Foolish actions lead to devastating outcomes."
Izuku felt a comical weight drop on his head, wondering if the Youthful Heroine also meant those words for him, given his track record of breaking his limbs.
"Even so, when the Earth is threatened, you can count on Lex Luthor to look his enemies in the eye and fight for his people," Wiz declared. "...and then exploit the hell out of them afterward."
"Admirable... to an extent," Endeavor muttered, narrowing his eyes at the supervillain.
"You know what happens when you take on Lex Luthor?" Lex questioned as he unloaded a round of bullets into Parasite before running out of ammo... and then tossed the gun at the purple villain. "The Same Thing That's Gonna Happen To Superman!" Lex kicked, stomped, and punched the fellow villain repeatedly and unhinged.
"Uh, beep beep, anger issues called!" Mirio mimicked a phone ringing. "They asked if they could take your picture for their Hall of Fame."
"Sorry, Togata, but if anyone here is the Supreme, Ultimate Number 1 in Anger Issues, it's Lord Explosion Murder right here!" Mina exclaimed, cracking a wide smile as she patted Bakugou's shoulder.
"I'LL KILL YOU, YOU PINK-SKINNED ALIEN WANNABE!" Bakugou raged as he chased after Mina with explosive fury.
"What are you mad at me for? I thought you wanted to be Number 1?!" Mina laughed as she ran from the angry blonde while the students laughed.
"Alright, the combatants are set," Wiz said. "Let's end this debate once and for all."
"It's Time For A DEATH BAAATTTTTLLLLEEEE!" Boomstick roared.
As the device scanned and calculated counterparts, the group was left to vote among themselves for who would win. At first, the voting seemed intentionally skewed to Iron Man, the Hero, against Lex Luthor, the Villain, until they forcibly reminded themselves to be objective and fair.
Those who would ultimately vote for Iron Man included Melissa and Mei, both of whom appreciated the sleeker design of Stark's suits, their number and specific utility, and Stark's tagline, 'Heroes aren't Born, but Built,' particularly for Melissa. Izuku and All Might also voted for the Armored Avenger, with the former ultimately selecting the more heroic of the two Quirkless fighters who redeemed himself after a life of debauchery and apathy, despite still feeling miffed about what Stark did to his counterpart, Spider-Man, and his aunt. All Might's vote was influenced by a combination of Stark's heroism, his Hulkbuster, his desire to reconcile with his protégé, and the uncomfortable familiarity he felt with Lex's hatred.
Kaminari's vote was secured thanks to the Endo-Sym suit's ability to absorb electricity and damage energy-absorbing foes, Nejire's due to how similar Iron Man fights and flies like her, and Kirishima, who appreciated Stark's endurance and tenacity in addition to the Hulkbuster. Momo would vote for Iron Man based around his multiple suits, especially the Endo-Sym, Ibara to be against Lex's extreme atheism, Miruko for her Stark's faster mobility, greater emphasis on hand-to-hand combat, and versatility, and Hawks for much of the same reasons as Miruko, plus his distaste for Lex and how he reminded him of MLA and HPSC. Nezu would, too, vote for the faster, more agile, versatile, and adaptable fighter, Aoyama, for Iron Man's repulsor beams and Unibeam, and Todoroki in sympathy with Stark's complicated family life.
Finally, Bakugou cemented his vote for Iron Man after contemplating and secretly admiring Stark's capacity to grow and mature from his previous playboy life and become a better man, a path which he seeks to follow. Additionally, Bakugou voted for Stark because the Iron Man suits fly and fight much like himself, especially the repulsor beams to his AP Shot.
As for those who voted for Lex Luthor, they included David Shield and Power Loader, the latter swayed on the Warsuit's greater bulk and defense, and how he preferred a larger, tankier suit like his own mech. At the same time, the former felt that if Lex's suit could go up against Toshinori's counterpart, Superman, and the suit being powered by alien technology, then it could achieve an easier victory. Mina would also be convinced by Lex's Warsuit being made by alien technology, as well as its ability to take on Kryptonians like Superman and Supergirl, while Tetsutetsu voted on the Warsuit's clearer defense, durability, and energy supply.
Monoma, ultimately, would vote for Luthor based on his suit's track record against Kryptonians and believed Luthor's Kryptonite steroids, while cancer-inducing, could give Luthor an edge in survivability and strength. Kamakiri voted on Lex's more extreme weaponry, such as his energy blades, Kryptonite axe, and satellite-energy orb, Fat Gum based on the Warsuit's force field, Mount Lady on the Warsuit's greater bulk, strength, and power on weaponry, and Sato and Shoda for the Warsuit for its greater emphasis on defense and raw power. Endeavor would likewise vote for Luthor's Warsuit based on its more impressive firepower and weaponry, especially the orbital laser attack, and power.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device declared in its reverberating monotone voice. "ANTHONY 'TONY' EDWARD STARK! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART 1: KATSUKI BAKUGOU!"
"Huh, how about that?" Kaminari grinned mischievously. "Both arrogant pieces of shit that got better over time who can fly and fire things from their palms? Rather fitting, don't you think, Bakubro?"
Kaminari waited for the inevitable bark from the more explosive blonde, but it never came. Blinking confused, Kaminari looked to see Bakugou staring at the screen with an uncertain expression. From what the electric blonde could decipher, Bakugou's eyes looked trapped between surprise, horror, and begrudging acceptance.
'Huh. How about that? Me, a Quirkless Hero, in another lifetime,' Bakugou thought, his inner voice muted and empty as the irony of this situation crashed down around him.
His taunting and baiting back during that awful day, the day that changed both Bakugou's and Midoriya's lives forever, suddenly felt ironic. Turns out, instead of Izuku getting a Quirk and becoming a Hero in the next life, it was Bakugou, in another lifetime with another face and name, who ended up without a natural superpower and became a Hero anyway. If they hadn't learned about Midoriya being a counterpart to The Batman, Bakugou thought it would be like he was the one who accomplished the nerd's dream about a Quirkless Hero, something ironically humorous when thinking about his prior behavior as well as unknowingly guilty when, in a way, another version of him took Deku's dream for himself.
Bakugou flinched at that notion, his stomach churning with guilt and shame that even without meaning to, he was somehow messing with his former bullying victim.
"Uh, Bakubro? Hello!" Bakugou blinked when he realized Kaminari and Kirishima were waving their hands in front of his face, trying to get his attention. "Anybody home? Did you finally blow a gasket up there?"
"GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY FACE BEFORE I BLOW THEM OFF!" Bakugou finally replied, smacking them away.
"Ah! There he is!" Kaminari exclaimed.
"You good, bro?" Kirishima asked, his smile not reaching his eyes, full of uncertainty and slight concern. "You kinda spaced out there for a second."
"Of course, I'm fine, Shitty Hair," Bakugou huffed, acting as if everything was normal. "Just surprised is all." A false, wide grin appeared. "And basking in the fact that my counterpart is a rich badass!"
"That's the Manly spirit!" Kirishima pumped his fist, his concern fading for the most part.
From afar, Nejire raised an eyebrow, noticing how Bakugou first reacted and now, unsure whether it was an act or true.
Meanwhile, Izuku stared blankly at Bakugou, uncertain how to truly react to Bakugou as Iron Man's counterpart. The green-haired teen could see the resemblance, in personality if not appearance- Izuku couldn't imagine Bakugou with a goatee. Both Stark and Bakugou had the arrogant, talented protégé angle, one in robotics and the other in combat, and the Iron Man suits do fly and fight similarly to Bakugou with his explosions as his propulsion and main weapons, and they both were originally 'harder to deal with', Izuku thought nicely, only to change and become better people after a life-changing event.
'I wonder which one was Bakugou's life-altering event? The Sludge Villain or Kamino? Honestly, Kamino makes the most sense, but-' Izuku paused before he could spiral down into a mental muttering storm, realization finally dawning on him of something he didn't know he was doing. 'W-When did I start referring to Kacchan as Bakugou?'
Melissa's shoulders slump with disappointment. Arguably, she remembered she already had a counterpart in this Marvel Universe, Gwen Stacy, and it would be weird to see herself as a man, but the Shield girl wanted to hope that she was a counterpart to Iron Man, that she had accomplish her dream, technically, of being a Hero; more than that, that she was a Quirkless Hero using her mind, willpower, and scientific expertise to be a Hero.
'Well, I guess that's that,' Melissa thought, trying not to sound too down mentally. Then she froze. 'Wait a minute. The device said Counterpart 1. Does that mean-'
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART 2: MELISSA SHIELD!"
Melissa's mind shut down while the words echoed in her ears.
"Woah! That was unexpected," Mina admitted, looking between Stark and Melissa with a widening grin. "Didn't know you could be so rugged and masculine, Melissa?"
"Oh, stop it," Momo lightly chided Mina while Melissa blushed. "What she means to say is congratulations, Melissa-san. I hope that you find this revelation pleasing, yes?"
"Y-Yeah," Melissa managed to say. "I-It's just a lot to take in."
The students around her gave her confused looks, wondering what she meant by that. Luckily, before she had to awkwardly explain herself, a Hero came to her rescue.
"Congrats, Melissa." Melissa felt Izuku's hand on hers, snapping her from the momentary freezing she felt at his words. The blonde turned to see her green-haired crush smiling proudly at her. "Looks like you accomplished your dream in another life out there. A Quirkless Hero. Isn't that awesome?!"
Melissa's blush burned brighter, yet the ends of her lips couldn't help but smile at Izuku's enthusiasm and praise. "Y-Yeah, it sure is!" Melissa replied, smiling back. "I-It just feels overwhelming, you know? To find out that you accomplished your old dream in another life when you couldn't here." Melissa's smile began to drop.
"I get it. I really do," Izuku nodded, thinking about how he was also counterparts with Batman, another Quirkless Hero. "But I don't think it's that surprising or shocking." Melissa looked at him, a confused eyebrow raised. "You already have everything to be a true Hero. The drive, resourcefulness, definitely the brains, and the courage. You showed it all to me back on I-Island. You did accomplish your old dream already, Melissa, because you were every bit a Hero like the rest of us."
Melissa froze so still, she thought Todoroki had frozen her in a block of ice. Then she felt the tears, wet and salty, down her cheeks, felt the shaking in her whimpering lips, and finally the overwhelming urge to hug the crap out of Midoriya. Then she did, without her mind even realizing it.
"Thank you, Izu. Thank you," Melissa cried into Midoriya's shirt, trying to plant all her feelings and gratitude onto the man she loved with her hug.
Izuku blinked in surprise at how quickly Melissa hugged him, or even that a beautiful woman like Melissa Shield was hugging him so tightly at all. Then he heard that name. 'Izu', Izuku tested in his mind and he felt a warmth he was starting to feel more and more these days, something familiar with how he felt with the other girls, but also something unique, individualistic, special; something Melissa, and he loved it... and her.
Izuku smiled warmly and hugged Melissa back, patting her golden locks with his scarred hand in a gentleness that sent pleasant shivers down Melissa's spine. "You're welcome, Mel," Izuku replied. "And just like you helped me, I swear I'll help you stand beside us further. I'll help build up the truest, most amazing Hero that Melissa Shield can ever."
Melissa's smile grew wider, absorbing Izuku's promise with iron-clad finality. She nodded, making a sound of approval as she hugged Izuku tighter, if possible. The two then felt a tug at their shirts, both teens breaking apart slightly to see it coming from Eri, smiling brightly at the two and raising her arms, a hesitance in her silent plea. Izuku and Melissa smiled lovingly at her and brought her into their hug, now softer and less suffocating, and Eri beamed and lightly cried at the embrace, and parental embrace.
There was scarcely a dry eye in the room, students and adults either watching the scene before them with misty eyes and proud or pleasant smiles, to exaggerated wailing and waterfalls of tears that would give the trademark Midoriya family tears a run for their money. The girls of the Sisterhood held no jealousy in their hearts at the sight, gazing at their collective crush with renewed and invigorated adoration and their 'sister' with pride and warmth. They steeled themselves to remain rooted in their seats, to let Melissa, Izuku, and Eri have this special moment between them- although they then sat up to restrain a crying, overjoyed Nejire from tackling the trio.
All Might and David Shield smiled proudly and lovingly at the two teenagers, their kids, in a sense, even if one wasn't related by blood. All Might and David Shield looked to one another, nodding with a silent declaration in their eyes. 'Should those two end up together, they will have our full support and love,' The two thought firmly.
A slight twitch in David's eye had Toshinori's smile turn mirthful. 'And David Shield won't conspire to secretly murder Izuku Midoriya,' Toshinori added the amendment to this fatherly clause.
"ALEXANDER 'LEX' JOSEPH LUTHOR! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART 1: ALL FOR ONE!"
The good vibes from before quickly faded as the evil smile of All For One appeared beside Lex Luthor's image.
All Might's glare lasered on his arch nemesis. 'My nemesis here, my nemesis there,' Toshinori realized. 'As fitting as it is annoying.'
Nezu's hysterical laugh sparked Toshinori's interest. "May I ask what is so funny, Sir?" All Might asked.
"Oh, forgive me, All Might, I did not mean to come off as insensitive given your hatred of the man," Nezu apologized. "I simply could not help but laugh at how fitting and humorous the comparison between you and All For One with Superman and Lex Luthor. You and Superman, the Heroes and Symbols of Truth and Justice, and All For One and Luthor, your prideful arch nemesis with a taste for scheming, suits, and bald heads."
A snort escaped Toshinori's mouth, covering his mouth to keep the full-blown laughter he felt from escaping. "That is funny, Sir," All Might chuckled, his humor only fueled by the vindictive pleasure Toshinori felt at the fact that All For One's once messy white hair was gone and replaced with a balding potato for a head because of him. 'And that won't be the only thing I'll ruin for you, All For One.'
As the device turned silent and the video resumed, Momo blinked in surprise. "Wait! Pause!" Momo yelled, Melissa quickly pausing the video.
"Aww, come on!" Kouta whined, his excitement cut short.
"What gives, Yaoyorozu?" Awase asked.
"I apologize for the sudden inconvenience, but I noticed something," Momo said. "Luthor was only given one counterpart."
"Yeah, and?" Kosei asked, confused. "A lot of the others only had one counterpart, before that Counterpart Probability thingy."
"Yes, but what's important to note is that the device All For One was Luthor's Multiversal Counterpart 1," Momo replied, a finger raised to indicate the number. "Whenever the device specifies a number, it usually means there is more than one probable counterpart. Now that I mention it, the same happened with Guts in the last video."
"But because it didn't say any other counterparts, you think there will be another fight with Luthor and Guts?" Todoroki questioned.
"It's a hypothesis, but I wanted to ask to make sure," Momo nodded.
"Wouldn't hurt," Power Loader shrugged, turning to look at the device. "Uh, Device? Is there going to be another fight with these characters?"
The device hummed and beeped, responding in its echoing monotone voice. "AFFIRMATIVE," The device said. "FUTURE AVAILABLE DEATH BATTLES INVOLVING LEX LUTHOR: 1 FIGHT. FUTURE BATTLES INVOLVING GUTS: 1. FUTURE BATTLES INVOLVING IRON MAN: 1."
"Huh, looks like you're right on the money, Yaomomo," Setsuna whistled. "And there's even another fight with Iron Man, too."
Melissa smiled, happy that she would have the chance to view Iron Man and his suits again.
With Momo's hypothesis confirmed and no other distractions left, the group allowed the video to resume and display the Death Battle itself.
The video began in a warehouse, a shot of the shutter doors showing the Stark Industries logo. A guard in military-grade army patrolled the warehouse, his comms buzzing with activity, while gazing casually at the various items inside, including a rectangular box with the Stark Industries logo imprinted on its black side.
As the guard turned around, a flash of light and a grunt occurred, and the guard fell to the floor dead. As he fell, Lex Luthor, dressed in a black and green jumpsuit and armed with a laser pistol, was revealed to be the perpetrator.
Bakugou and Melissa frowned, angry at Lex for murdering a guard protecting their counterpart's warehouse.
With the guard dead, Lex raised a scanner. The device beeped louder as the evil billionaire directed it around, eventually landing and turning his attention to the large black box.
"I guess the backstory behind this fight is that Lex is looking to steal something from Stark," Ojiro figured.
"HOW DARE THAT CHROME DOME TRY AND STEAL FROM ME!" Bakugou roared in anger.
"Ahem, I think you mean steal from me," Melissa fake coughed, gesturing to herself smugly.
"SCREW OFF, GIRL DEKU!" Bakugou directed his bark at the American blonde. "I WAS THE FIRST COUNTERPART SHOWN AND THAT MEANS I'M MORE TONY STARK THAN YOUR FEMININE ASS!"
"Young Bakugou, behave," All Might directed a narrow glare at Bakugou. "And Melissa, please don't try aggravating him."
"Sorry, Uncle Might," Melissa apologized.
Bakugou huffed, stewing in jealousy at Melissa's connection to his idol. "Whatever," he muttered.
Suddenly, another guard appeared and fired on Lex. The bullets were deflected by a force field around Luthor, appearing as the bullets made contact. Lex fired his pistol at the guard, killing the man as the screen turned black.
"Poor dude," Kirishima sighed and then frowned at Lex. "It's super unmanly of him to try and steal from Bakubro and Melissa's counterpart and kill those guys just doing their job."
"At least it's only a simulation," Tetsutetsu shrugged.
The scene cuts to Tony Stark working on an unfinished Iron Man suit, soldering its frame with a soldering mask over his face while a certain theme song plays on the stereo.
Mei grinned as she watched the genius inventor work, eyes approvingly zooming in on how delicately and precisely Stark worked.
"Sir, we have a visitor," J.A.R.V.I.S. announced, Stark ceasing his work at the A.I.'s words.
"So, that's J.A.R.V.I.S.," Ojiro perked up. "Huh, guess Stark gave it a British accent. Why?"
"My guess is it's for him to sound like the stereotypical British butler," Aoyama guessed, placing his hand over his pompously forward chest. "Although, if he wanted a true classy voice, he should have gone for a French one, in my most humble opinion."
"*Cough*Cap*Cough*," Manga fake coughed while his text bubble head displayed the kanji for 'cough'.
"How do you even cough, much less fake cough?" Sero questioned.
Tony looked at the monitors showing Lex on the security feed, alarms going off around him. Stark looked at the table behind him, a crystal inside a display case.
"All clear," Lex muttered, going down on one knee while opening the black box. Inside, three sets of objects were displayed. The one in the middle was an overtly large key with one end a handle like a sword. On the left were seven yellow orbs with red stars, each displaying an increasing number of stars from one to seven, and finally, on the right, was a chunk of rock containing protruding purple and blue crystals.
"Huh, what a strange assortment of objects in one case," Ectoplasm chuckled lightly. "But what are they?"
"That large key, it looks like it has a handle on it, as if you hold it like a sword," Tiger pointed out.
"What, like a Key-Sword?" Pixie Bob guessed with a questioning look.
"I feel like that's close but not quite," Ragdoll commented.
"What about those orbs?" Mandalay asked.
"Oh, I think I know what they are!" Izuku exclaimed, grabbing another notebook and flipping to the appropriate page. "Back in Vegeta's fight, remember how they said he died?"
"And then came back to life?" Uraraka said, pulling from her memory of the fight between the Saiyan Prince and Shadow the Hedgehog.
"Yeah, the device revealed to us that he was resurrected using something called the Dragon Balls," Izuku explained. "Seven orbs with red stars that could summon a dragon called Shenron, who could grant wishes, including reviving someone from the dead."
"Oh, so somehow this simulated Stark got his hands on them," Shoji cupped his chin in thought. "Does Lex perchance wish to claim them so he could wish for Superman's destruction?"
"What a joke," Lex laughed. Lex looked to the right and picked up the crystal chunk, holding it aloft as he stood up.
"Oh, he's taking the crystal?" Shoji asked, blinking in surprise at his failed guess.
"Perhaps, Luthor doesn't know what Dragon Balls can do and instead wishes to claim the crystal for some nefarious purpose," Jurota answered. "Possibly an energy source to power one of his inventions."
"Or maybe the Dragon Balls are props?" Shoda proposed.
"Or maybe you guys can STOP SPECULATING AND SHUT THE HELL UP SO WE CAN GET THIS DEATH BATTLE STARTED?!" Kamakiri roared, impatient.
"Okay, whatever you say, Bakugou?" Kuroiro snickered.
"THE HELL YOU SAID, KUROIRO/INKY BLACK?!" Bakugou and Kamakiri roared in unison. The two looked at each other. "STOP COPYING ME!"
"Now look who is interrupting the video," Shinsou rolled his eyes, subtly cleaning his ear.
Suddenly, Iron Man appeared, landing heroically meters away from Lex. "Hands off, Baldy!" Iron Man yelled out.
"I see Stark has Baku-brat's name-calling," Jiro smirked.
"ZIP YOUR LID AND STICK THOSE JACKS UP YOURS, EARS!"
"Honestly, no offense, Melissa, but aside from your mutual talent with inventing and robotics, I can't picture you as the same counterpart as Bakugou," Momo admitted.
"Nah, no worries," Melissa shrugged. "But who knows, maybe I have a secret sassy side of me you guys haven't seen yet?" She emphasized this with a cheeky smile.
"Oh, we're going to get along swimmingly, Mel," Setsuna grinned.
"Sorry, Suna, but that's Izu's name for me," Melissa grinned, teasingly. "Find your own."
Setsuna's grin widened while her cheeks grew pink. 'Oh, yeah, definitely bi,' Setsuna thought to herself.
"What's that you got there?" Stark questioned as Lex turned around with the crystal in hand. "Oh yeah!" Tony raised his right palm and fired a repulsor blast at the crystal, destroying it. "It's mine. I'll send you the bill."
"He seriously destroyed his own crystal?" Ryukyu raised an eyebrow.
"Better in pieces than in Chrome Dome's ugly mitts," Miruko snickered. "And helps drain his bank account."
"Not like it'll do him good if he doesn't make it out of the Death Battle alive," Mount Lady pointed out.
Lex raised his device and clicked a button, and his suit landed next to him.
"Actually, sir, I should probably remind you. The contents of this warehouse belong to Miss Potts," J.A.R.V.I.S. noted. At the same time, Lex suited up, more of the warehouse's objects, including expensive-looking cars and a marble statue of a Pegasus.
"Pepper?" Tony questioned, a look inside his helmet displaying his surprised and worried face.
"So, this version of Stark is with this Pepper Potts lady," Mirio grinned. "Guess things are about to get Spicy!"
"Oh god," Tamaki and Nejire groaned, shaking their heads.
"I'll forward the estimated damages fee to her account," J.A.R.V.I.S. informed while Iron Man hovered upwards, and Lex was fully suited in the Warsuit.
"Great," Tony said. "Be discreet about it."
"One of us has to be," J.A.R.V.I.S. snarked back.
"Ha! Oh, I so dig that A.I.! It's hilarious!" Hagakure laughed out loud.
"Yeah, if Bakugou is anything, discreet is not one of them," Mina snickered.
"FUCK YOU! WHY AREN'T YOU DISSING GIRL DEKU, TOO?! SHE'S ALSO AN IRON COUNTERPART!" Bakugou whined.
"As if you don't already 'diss us' enough with your demeaning nicknames," Momo rebutted, crossing her arms, frowning at Bakugou.
"Yeah! We girls stick together!" Nejire cheered while throwing a raspberry at Bakugou. 'And if I'm right about you, you deserve every bit of mocking, you bully!' Nejire kept that last part to herself, smart enough to know that tossing out unconfirmed accusations was not a good idea.
Luthor laughed evilly as he flew closer to Stark, activating his force fields. "Remember my face, Stark," Lex yelled. "It'll be the last thing you ever see."
Melissa grinned passionately. "Let's Rock and Roll!"
FIGHT!
Iron Man and Luthor charged toward each other, clashing their respective energy beams in the middle, creating a large spark of electricity and energy. Eventually, Luthor won the clash and pushed Stark back, the latter landing on one knee.
Iron Man began shooting his repulsor blasts at Lex, the villain's force field blocking them while Luthor stalked slowly and menacingly toward his heroic opponent.
"Luthor's shield is putting in the work," Fat Gum nodded. "And that clash showed his suit is stronger physically than Stark's."
"Yet it's fueling Lex's arrogance and sense of invincibility, making him take his time instead of finishing the fight quickly," All Might noted. "And historically speaking, that is a recipe for disaster."
Switching tactics, Stark activated his missile system, the plates on his back opening up to reveal and fire a barrage of missiles. Luthor raised his arm, activating a green shield to block the missiles. Meanwhile, several missiles misfired, striking and damaging the warehouse's artifacts more than the bald villain.
"Hey! He's destroying everything except the bad guy!" Nejire whined.
"Ooh, his girl's not gonna like this," Kaminari hissed at seeing the missiles destroy those cool-looking cars.
"Why did he pull up that green shield? Doesn't he already have that force field?" Sen questioned.
"Perhaps Lex's initial force field is better at blocking energy-based attacks than explosive ones like the missiles," Melissa analyzed.
"His systems are confusing my targeting," J.A.R.V.I.S. informed.
"Well, I guess that explains why the missiles are going haywire," Awase shrugged.
"Which is bad for Stark if he can't accurately fire on the dude even though he's quite the big target," Tsuburaba noted.
"Also adding two million to your charges," J.A.R.V.I.S. added unhelpfully.
"TWO MILLION?!" Uraraka's eyes bugged out comically.
"Not now, J.A.R.V.I.S.! What have we got here?" Iron Man asked as he flew toward and attempted to deliver a rocketing punch at Lex, only for the force field to impede his attack.
"I am having difficulty determining the suit's alloy," J.A.R.V.I.S. analyzed. "Alien, perhaps?" While the A.I. talked, Iron Man backflipped away before rocketing back to deliver another punch to Luthor's crotch to no effect. Stark looked up at Luthor, staring down at him smugly.
"Shield and armor likewise block his physical attacks," Kirishima clicked his tongue. "Damn."
"COME ON, YOU FLASHY TIN MAN! WIPE THAT SMUG GRIN OF THAT BALDIE'S FACE!" Bakugou roared.
"Hah! Luthor's staring at Stark like the weak bug that he is," Monoma taunted. "Makes sense when you consider who his counterpart is."
While Bakugou, the insult's target, growled, Monoma's taunt unintentionally garnered the glares of Melissa, Izuku, and the whole of the Sisterhood.
Iron Man began punching at the Warsuit multiple times, sparks of impact flying, but no damage was present, while Lex did nothing but laugh.
"My suit is invincible!" Lex laughed and boasted.
Iron Man flew above Lex, aiming and charging his palms directly at Luthor's head. "How about this part?!" Stark asked. Iron Man fired a powerful repulsor blast, resulting in an explosion and a cloud of black smoke.
"It's like I'm looking in a mirror," Sero muttered, looking between Bakugou and Stark.
"That did nothing, did it?" Bondo asked.
"Nope," Shoda said.
Before the smoke fully cleared, the Warsuit's hand broke through, grabbing Stark's leg. Iron Man yelped before an unfazed Luthor slammed the Armored Avenger onto the ground multiple times, cratering the ground with each impact. The nemesis of Superman raised the upside-down hero before him, crushing Iron Man's leg and denting the suit's armor.
"I thought you were smart," Lex taunted with contempt.
"Hey, you're the one who looks like a giant rusty trash can with legs. No judging!" Stark insulted back.
"Ooooh, burn!" Kaminari laughed.
"Hey! No insulting such amazing babies!" Mei yelled. "...Even if Baldie's could use a bit more polishing."
Luthor growled and slammed Tony on the ground again before finally tossing the armored hero across the warehouse. Iron Man crashed onto the leg of a Gundam, the crash creating an explosion that crippled the mech and toppled it to the ground, crashing and destroying more of the warehouse's contents.
"W-Was that a Gundam?" Shinsou pointed, surprised.
Yui's pale, horrified face turned murderous, eyes glowing pure red.
"Whelp, if Stark doesn't kill Luthor, I know who will," Setsuna joked.
"Sir, I estimate that will be a 583-million-dollar fee," J.A.R.V.I.S. commented, while an inside look at Stark's HUD showed the suit's energy dropping to 60%.
"Woah! Woah, woah! That one's on him!" Tony exclaimed, surprised.
"The fight might need to end quickly. I'm not sure how much of this Ochaco can take. Kero," Asui croaked, she and Momo used the latter's created fans to cool off a hyperventilating Uraraka as the cost of destruction ramped up.
"Is the girl really that poor?" Mount Lady raised an eyebrow.
"Her family's construction company is currently struggling. Her main motivation for being a Hero is to make enough money to give her parents a well-off lifestyle for their struggles," Ryukyu revealed.
"Oh. Wow... that's actually pretty cool of her," Mount Lady replied, surprised and even touched by Uraraka's goals.
Hawks blinked, surprised too, for such a noble reason from a normally greedy goal. Hawks knew dozens of Heroes were only in it for the money and glory rather than heroic aspirations like saving people. While he could admit he wasn't so informed or righteous to believe all of them did it for themselves or no good reason, Uraraka's reasons were a welcome dose of goodness and reality for his embittered soul.
Lex pulled out his Kryptonite ax and rocketed toward Iron Man, swinging the green blade at Shellhead, who dodged his slashes. Lex ceased and brought up his left arm, glowing with green energy. Iron Man raised his arms, the plates of his forearms spreading out in a shield formation. Lex laughs maniacally while unleashing a powerful Kryptonite laser in an arc, destroying more of the warehouse's objects. Tony blocked the beam, yet stumbled back.
"As deadly as that blade looks, it can't do much against a faster, more agile opponent," Hawks grinned.
"Though, while Iron Man blocked that last attack, the way he stumbled showed his defenses aren't as impervious as Luthor's force field," Cementoss added.
"But did he have to destroy more of the room?" Pixie Bob whined. "It's like he's trying to bankrupt Stark!"
"I guess Luthor means to destroy Iron Man physically and financially," Mandalay shrugged.
"Here we go! Activate the EMP!" Tony ordered, his suit's HUD displaying 50% of power remaining.
Iron Man's chest glowed with energy as he brought his arms inward. As the Armored Avenger spread them out, he unleashed a shockwave of electricity. The EMP spreads far, striking Luthor's suit.
"What?!" Luthor exclaimed as his suit powered down, forced to kneel. "Impossible!"
"Oh, yeah! EMP baby!" Kaminari cheered. "It must have shut down Luthor's force field!"
"Along with most of his weaponry," Mei grinned. "He's vulnerable!"
"Huh, I guess even alien technology can still get neutered by an EMP," Mina muttered. "Good to know."
"All right! Come to Mama!" Tony yelled, lifting a large and familiar black muscle car over his head.
Izuku blinked. 'Wait, is that-'
"Heave Ho!" Iron Man tossed the vehicle at Lex.
Lex got back up on his feet. "Wait, is that the...?" Lex cut himself off and slashed the car in half, its pieces crashing behind him in an explosion.
"Even with the force field and most of the power down, he can still fight," Kamakiri grinned, approving of Lex's expert slash.
"That one might actually make a dent in your wallet," J.A.R.V.I.S. commented on the vehicle's destruction.
"What are you talking about? It's just a car," Tony replied, only for his HUD to display all the immensely expensive features and pieces of the car, each high number further widening Uraraka's eyes. "Seriously? What kind of car was that? Where do I get one of those?"
"I'm sorry, I lost track of the cost after the $120 BILLION Batcomputer!" Mount Lady exclaimed with comically wide eyes. "What kind of car was that?!"
"No offense, Mount Lady, but you kind of already answered your question," Izuku brought up a hand-drawn design of the car. "Batcomputer, Bat Beams, Bat-tering Ram, Lex's familiarity with the car, it's clearly supposed to be Batman's Batmobile."
"Damn, I don't think even the Hercules cost that much," All Might whistled, shocked.
As Uraraka finished calculating the car's cost in her head, she proceeded to pass out.
"Ah! Ma-I mean-Miss Chaco!" Eri yelped as she ran to the rosy-cheeked girl.
"Don't worry, Eri," Asui patted Eri's head. "Chaco was just a bit overwhelmed and needed to take a nap. She'll come to." Asui looked at her swirly-eyed best friend, swearing she could see Tweety birds circling overhead. "...Eventually."
While Tony was distracted, Lex lifted a large crate, the label Model 14, imprinted on its side. "Wake up, Sunshine!" Lex yelled out before tossing the box at Stark
"Watch your left," J.A.R.V.I.S. warned.
Iron Man turned, yet was unable to react in time. "GAH!" Iron Man groaned as the box slammed into him, sending both him and the box crashing outside the warehouse and into the open city.
"Ooh! That's gonna leave a mark!" Hawks hissed.
Melissa grinned widely. "Lex messed up," Melissa said.
"Uh, what do you mean, Melissa?" Toru questioned. "Like, I don't think that did it for Stark, but it's not like that didn't do some damage."
"It's not the fact that it damaged Stark, but what was the box Lex tossed," Melissa pointed out. "Model 14."
Izuku's eyes widened. "You mean the-"
Lex flew out of the warehouse, landing meters away from the box. "Thanks for the fun, Stark," Lex thanked the believed to be incapacitated Hero. "It was..." Lex took out his ax, resting its long handle on his shoulder. "Smashing."
A large, armored hand broke through the box.
Bakugou grinned sinisterly. "Oh, you fucked up now, Cueball!"
A large figure shot out of the box before landing before Lex. "No problem, pal!" Tony said, now donning the Hulkbuster suit, its helmet closing up over the Modular Armor. "Thanks for the suit."
"Ah, the benefits of versatility," Nezu hummed. "While Lex only possesses the one suit, Stark's Modular Armor allows him to interchange it with his others as well as enhance it, specifically with the Hulkbuster suit."
"And now Stark is just as tall and bulky as Luthor's Warsuit," All Might nodded. "Let's see if it's as strong and durable."
The two charged at each other, Luthor swinging his Kryptonite axe, only for Tony to easily grab and crush the blade.
"Shit!" Kamakiri cursed as the axe was destroyed.
Iron Man marched up to Luthor while the villain raised his arms, ready. Hulkbuster Iron Man launched a series of punches at Lex. The evil billionaire did his best to block and defend from the attacks as he was being pushed back. Iron Man then delivered a rising, propulsion-powered knee strike, striking Lex in the gut and pushing him back further.
Recovering, Lex met Stark back on the offensive, the two heavy armored fighters trading punch for punch in equal measure. Finally, the two reared back their fists, charging their respective energies into them, before firing them out in a final blow. Both Stark and Luthor staggered back.
"Now, with the Hulkbuster, the two are seemingly evenly matched in raw strength," Tiger said.
"Yes, but the problem is how much energy do either have?" Mandalay pointed out.
"What do you mean?" Kendo asked.
"The last time we saw Stark's HUD, it said he had 50% power left in his suit," Mandalay said. "We don't know what using the Hulkbuster costs in draining his battery, or if it uses its own reactor to power it."
"And we haven't had any indicator of how much power Lex's suit has, even after the EMP attack, or the EMP's effects have worn off," Midnight nodded. "Now that they are on even footing, this could quickly resort to a battle of endurance, both with their suit's durability and their energy."
Iron Man shot forward, quickly grabbing the unprepared Luthor. Stark proceeded forward with Lex in hand, slamming the supervillain onto the side of a building. Rocketing upward, Iron Man dragged Lex Luthor up the building's side. Lex attempted to escape, but Iron Man slammed him back and continued dragging him. As they reached the roof, Iron Man tossed Luthor through the air. While Lex sailed mid-air, Stark charged his right palm before firing a powerful repulsor beam, blasting Lex downward, crashing through a track and onto the street below.
"Damn, talk about an aggressive come back!" Sero grinned.
"That was awesome!" Kouta exclaimed, stars in his eyes. "The way he was dragging that baldie up the building! So cool!"
"I guess it was," Izuku chuckled at Kouta's excitement. "Though, that is a lot of property damage."
"WHO CARES ABOUT PROPERTY DAMAGE IN A SIMULATED FIGHT, DEKU?!" Bakugou roared. "YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS YOUR STUPID LUCK WITH COUNTERPARTS DIDN'T LAND YOU AS IRON MAN'S COUNTERPART UNLIKE ME!"
"I mean, I don't think it's stupid luck if I have so many..." Izuku muttered, sweatdropping at Bakugou's accusation.
"Why the property damage matters, Young Bakugou, is that you, too, will have to potentially fight villains in such extreme scenarios," Cementoss voiced. "While it is preferable to defeat a powerful Villain as soon and efficiently as possible, if you aren't careful, the resulting destruction of your fight could harm civilians just as much as the villains."
"Plus, if you cause too much damage in your fights, you could be held responsible and given a fee for the damages," Thirteen added.
Mount Lady winced, having been given a few of those fees herself as she was starting out, before improving with the Lurkers.
Iron Man landed meters from Lex before rushing after him. Lex got up and charged to meet Stark. The two clashed, Lex's hands gripping the Hulkbuster's fists with crackling green energy. While both stood their ground, Lex laughed while the green energy coursed through the Hulkbuster suit.
"Danger! Danger! Harmful electricity!" Kaminari pointed, worried.
"Luthor countered Stark's aggressive pursuit with a trap," Momo analyzed. "That electricity must be damaging the suit's energy."
The clash ended with Iron Man pushed back. "That current damaged your battery. Power is at fifteen percent and dropping fast," J.A.R.V.I.S. informed, a look into Stark's now red and beeping HUD displaying the dropping battery level.
"Jesus, so little?!" Jiro blinked, surprised.
"Not only was that electrical attack responsible, but the Hulkbuster likely uses a lot of power, and all those aggressive attacks from Stark probably drained a fair bit, too," Melissa hissed, eyes narrowing in worry while she wrote down a note, advising herself to be more conservative and careful in her energy usage.
Meanwhile, Lex Luthor's force field reemerged around him.
"Great, now the force field's back, too," Kirishima cursed.
"I recommend a new plan of attack," J.A.R.V.I.S. advised.
"I have a plan," Iron Man replied, charging up his suit. "Attack!"
"MANLY!" Kirishima exclaimed.
"Just my style," Bakugou grinned.
Tony rushed at Lex, throwing heavy punches against Luthor's force field while the villain laughed gleefully, arms crossed.
"A bold strategy," Cementoss hummed, cupping his nonexistent chin. "He's attempting to break Luthor's force field by brute force. It fits his fighting style, however, the consequences of such an approach could be fatal."
Sato and Kirishima winced, recalling their failed Final Exam battle against Cementoss, where they foolishly tried smashing through the Cement Hero's constructed walls, only to tire themselves out and leave themselves vulnerable.
"Power at 10%," J.A.R.V.I.S. warned.
"Heh, fitting," Monoma chuckled tauntingly. "When faced with a complex problem, his best strategy is to thrash against the shield like a feral beast. Typical 1-A arrogance."
Melissa frowned. While she couldn't care less about the 1-B blonde taunting Bakugou, the American girl did not care for such taunting being given loosely to all of Class 1-A, too, including the girls she made friends with and Izuku.
"You call that power? Ha!" Lex taunted and laughed while Stark slammed his fists and repulsor-charged palms onto the force field. "You are nothing!"
"SHUT YOUR MOUTHS, BOTH OF YOU!" Bakugou roared with rising anger at both Luthor and Monoma.
"J.A.R.V.I.S., reroute all power to the arm and leg hydraulics," Tony ordered the A.I. assistant while the battery dropped to 6%.
"He's diverting all the power for greater attack strength," Mei said, her foot anxiously tapping the ground.
"I have seen TRUE power," Lex boasted while the Hulkbuster rained heavy blows after blow faster and stronger, sparks of electricity flying everywhere. "You are nothing more than another ant to crush under my-"
Before Luthor could finish, Iron Man slammed a final repulsor-charged palm down, finally breaking through the force field.
"He Broke Through!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu exclaimed, one in cheer and the other in sudden worry.
"How about that?" Lex said with light admitted surprise.
Stark reared back his right fist. "Good night, cueball!" Iron Man yelled, launching the fist forward.
"DIE, CHROME DOME!" Bakugou roared.
However, instead of striking the supervillain, Lex caught Tony's punch easily.
"Eh?!" The students voiced, surprised, faces dropping while others rose. Bakugou's triumphant grin froze.
"What's going on?" Tony questioned.
"We're out of power," J.A.R.V.I.S. stated while Tony's HUD shut off.
"Ugh, figures," Stark scoffed, annoyed.
"...Dammit!" Bakugou cursed.
"Oh no," Eri whimpered.
"Shit," Melissa cursed under her breath.
Lex let go of the Hulkbuster's fist and walked away. "Fool. You're just like all the rest," Lex began, bringing up a holographic screen from his suit's wrist while the Hulkbuster began to kneel as it shut off. "Building a suit to save the world." Lex started typing on the screen. "Trying to play God." Lex finished, the screen displaying the words: 'Target Locked'.
Endeavor's brows perked up. "His Orbital Laser," Enji Todoroki said. "He's activated it."
"I believe it's curtains for Stark," Monoma grinned victoriously.
"Are we sure the device didn't make a mistake with Lex's counterpart?" Sen whispered while gesturing to Monoma, which the smug blonde heard and pointedly ignored.
"Nuke that loud, whining bastard!" Kamakiri cheered.
The Lexcorp laser zeroed in on his position and fired a powerful red laser down to the planet. Lex raised his hands as the laser beam slammed into them, holding and forming a large ball of pure energy. The ball and he hovered upward while the area around Lex crumbled.
"Let me tell you something, Stark!" Lex Luthor roared out. "There's only one man in the world who's fit to play such a role!"
Ibara scowled venomously at the atheist.
Luthor tossed the charged attack at Stark, the resulting massive explosion destroying buildings to pieces, while Stark slammed into a building, the rubble falling and covering him.
Jaws dropped at the massive explosion. Endeavor narrowed his eyes, the explosion reminding him of his Prominence Burn Ultimate Move he employed on the Hood Nomu. All Might's scowl grew deeper as the explosion reminded him of his Master Shimura's final battle against All For One, Gran Torino carrying him away while All For One destroyed the entire area and his master along with it.
Lex lands in front of the destroyed building. "Me," The villain proclaimed.
"I-Is that it?" Pony asked, unsure.
"Of course, it is over, sweet Pony!" Monoma said, sending his best charming smile at her, which left her uncomfortable, and Todoroki glaring at the male blonde. However, if Monoma noticed it, he didn't say, focusing on taunting Bakugou further. "That explosion was like an atomic bomb dropped on Stark's powerless suit. There is no way that-"
Suddenly, strands of silver liquid flew past Lex, the evil billionaire, looking confused as they all coalesced into the rubble.
Monoma's triumphant grin began to drop while Melissa's grin rose. "Stark's Endo-Sym armor!" The American exclaimed.
"Wait, you mean, electricity absorbing, liquid-metal suit?!" Kaminari asked. Melissa nodded. "EEEEHHHHHH!" Kaminari would forever deny that he squealed like a little girl.
"I dunno, Lex," Tony spoke while his completed Endo-Sym armor glowed in activation. A flash of repulsor light later, and the rubble was destroyed, revealing Stark in his silver and blue Iron Man armor. "Being a god can't be TOO hard. I mean, I'm the most intelligent, capable person on the planet."
"I'm not playing God," Iron Man declared, his HUD restored and glowing, and the blue of his suit turned red. "All this time, I've been playing Human."
"MANLY!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu roared to the heavens.
"You still going to ban them from their playlist?" Momo inquired, rubbing her ears.
"No, after a speech like that, they get the pass of a lifetime," Jiro denied, herself shaken by Stark's badass declaration.
"Tetsutetsu?!" Monoma cried, aghast at Tetsutetsu's cheering for Iron Man. "What is this betrayal?!"
"Sorry, man, but that was an awesome, Manly comeback. I couldn't help it!" Tetsutetsu admitted.
While the music reached a climax, Iron Man charged at Lex full speed, clashing against the villain's erected green shield, red electricity sparking off Stark. Quickly, Stark broke through the shield, knocking Luthor away. Tony did not let up, immediately rocketing after Lex in mid-air, launching Lex farther with an uppercut to the gut.
"SHORYUKEN!" Eri cried.
"Dang it, I was going to say that!" Kendo snickered, putting up a faux upset look.
"Sorry, Auntie Suka," Eri giggled.
Kendo's heart skipped a beat, her eyes watering. 'I know I only recently met her, but if anything happened to her, I would kill everyone in this room and then myself,' Itsuka declared mentally.
Lex ceased his movement, forming a large gathering of Kryptonite energy in his hands, the energy sparking with green electricity. As Tony rose to Lex's level, the Superman villain threw the gathered energy at Stark. A large explosion of green energy and electricity blinded the screen, only to recede and show Iron Man unharmed.
"WHAT?! HOW?!" Kamakiri exclaimed.
"He absorbed the electricity!" Mei grinned widely. "That Endo-Sym suit was stated to be able to absorb electricity and is now doing so against Lex's attacks."
"My Man!" Kaminari's grin nearly reached ear-to-ear.
Iron Man flew toward Luthor, who responded by firing flamethrowers at his foe. The Armored Avenger circled and evaded the stream of flames, reaching Lex and grabbing the suited villain's arms. "I'll take this!" Tony said, his hands glowing red, as a surging sound was heard. A burst of energy later, Lex stumbled back.
As he slowed, the Warsuit gave off a low hum, sparks surging from the suit, the flames of his rockets sputtering, and his suit powering down. "What?!" Lex gasped, shocked. "What did you take?!"
Iron Man lifted his hand as it glowed with red and green electricity. "Everything."
"He absorbed all of the Warsuit's power!" Izuku gasped, his smile widening.
"POWER!" Mirio flexed and roared.
All Might grinned widely and pettily. 'Well, how about that? Finally got a taste of your own medicine,' All Might thought, All For One briefly replacing Lex in his mind, imagining the constantly smug, smiling monster now sputtering fearfully as his Quirk was stolen.
Tony charged up his stolen power and grabbed Lex by the throat, breaking the Warsuit apart and leaving Lex defenseless.
"The Warsuit's destroyed!" Power Loader gasped.
"No, no, no, no!" Monoma stuttered and exclaimed, karma bearing down around him.
"YOU'RE HISTORY, YOU VILLAIN SCUM!" Bakugou declared.
Tony tossed Lex downward, the deceptively durable villain crashing through a building and skidding across the street. Stark reached Lex before he could stop and threw him back up into the air.
"Here's the big one!" Iron Man unleashed a large Uni-Beam attack.
"UNI-BEAM!" Kouta and Eri roared.
The massive repulsor blast slammed into Lex, the villain giving out a death cry as he disintegrated into ashes.
"YEAH!" The Iron Man voters cheered victoriously.
"God Dammit!" Kamakiri cursed, stomping his foot as he huffed.
"HA! SUCK IT, MANDIBLE BREATH AND COPYCAT!" Bakugou laughed at the two 1-B students and their reddening faces. "WHERE'S ALL THAT SHIT TALKING NOW, HUH?!"
"Okay, dial it back, kid," Vlad King growled, not pleased that his students were being mocked by 1-A's loudest delinquent, but his students brought it on themselves for their prior mocking. 'As they say, Karma's a bitch.'
"Congrats, Mel." Izuku smiled at Melissa.
"C-Come on, Izu, n-none of that," Melissa blushed, scratching her cheek. "I-It's not like it's actually me doing all that crazy stuff."
Izuku frowned and blinked. 'Huh, is that how it looks when I deny praise from the others?' Izuku thought, his prior acts of being humble suddenly being put into retrospect, and seeing it before him with the girl he liked. '...I hate it.'
"I guess so," Izuku patted her knees, his smile returning with a vengeance. "But when we're done, you will be."
Melissa's blush deepened by her prior humble embarrassment morphed into smiling joy.
"Hey, don't forget about me!" Mei yelled, the two turning to look at the restrained salmon-haired girl. "You got my back on this, too, Shield! You, me, Muscles, we're going to suit you up and show off to the world its first Quirkless Hero! One to rival All Might himself!"
Izuku and Melissa smiled at Mei. "Thanks, Ha-Mei," Melissa corrected herself. "Let's do our best!"
"Great! Now, can you guys get me out of this?" Mei squirmed against her restraints.
"No!" Izuku and Melissa replied, their faces stern and no-nonsense.
"Aww," Mei whined adorably.
Tony landed heroically on the ground, his red glow reverting to blue. He rose to his feet to stare at a collapsing, burning building in front of him. "That was Pepper's building, wasn't it?" Tony pointed, nervous.
Bakugou and Melissa's smiles dropped to horrified frowns. "Uh oh," The two said, dread building for their counterpart.
"Phone call from Miss Potts," J.A.R.V.I.S. informed nonchalantly while inside Stark's HUD, a caller ID of an attractive redhead came up.
"Ooooh, someone is in trouble!" Sero said, grinning teasingly.
"Yeah, you're in the doghouse tonight, man!" Kaminari snickered.
"SHUT YOUR TRAPS BEFORE I BLOW THEM OFF!" Bakugou roared, red-faced, though whether in anger or embarrassment, the students didn't know.
Ibara raised an eyebrow, curious about who Pepper Potts's counterpart might be. Yes, simply curious.
"Uh, tell her I'm not here. I'm uh... jogging!" Tony came up with a lie as he mimicked jogging.
"Already answered, sir," J.A.R.V.I.S. said.
"YOU TRAITOROUS A.I. PIECE OF SHIT!" Bakugou roared at the screen. "WHO THE HELL DESIGNED YOU?!"
"You did," Setsuna answered, an annoyed tick mark growing on Bakugou's head.
"Tony?" Pepper called in.
"Uh, hi Pepper! How are you?" Tony answered nervously.
"Urgh," Uraraka groaned, shaking her head as she awoke. "What happened? What did I miss?"
"Why did J.A.R.V.I.S. just deposit five billion dollars for..." While Pepper called, a broken Gundam leg collapsed near Tony. "Collateral damage?"
Uraraka fainted again.
"Not again, Kero." Asui caught her best friend before she hit the ground.
"I'm not here," Iron Man took to the skies. "I'm jogging." Tony hung up the call and flew off.
"Wherever he's flying off to, it's not far enough," Sen sweatdropped.
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned," Mineta shivered in fright.
"He won the battle against villainy, but might have lost the war for a peaceful partner," Tokoyami mourned.
K.O!
Iron Man landed and summoned the 2D Proton Cannon and fired it, destroying the rest of Luthor's suit.
"Bullseye!" Boomstick yelled.
"H-He could have kept the suit and studied it to improve upon his own," David suggested, sweatdropping at the suit destruction, and Mei's greater fervor trying to break free to murder Stark now.
"Given Stark's personality, I doubt he would consider including technology of someone he defeated, believing it inferior to his work," Endeavor muttered.
"Aww, is someone salty their egomaniac with a God-complex lost?" Hawks teased. Endeavor's flames grew hotter and angrier.
"Both Tony and Lex possessed incredible pieces of technology, but only one was naturally prepared for anything," Wiz began explaining. "Although it's true that Lex could trade blows with Superman in his Warsuit, the only reason he lasted as long as he did is because many of its weapons are based on Kryptonite. Great for battling Kryptonians, only okay against everybody else."
"True," Izuku nodded along, cupping his chin. "The same goes for any type of power or Quirk. Certain Quirks may appear invincible against others, but there can always be a counter to another. Kaminari's electricity couldn't harm Shiozaki's vines, Tokoyami's Dark Shadow doesn't do well against light-based attacks like from Hagakure, Bakugou, Todoroki, Kaminari, or Aoyama, and my Quirk's superstrength was almost useless against Flect Turn's Reflect Quirk."
"I don't know, kid. You certainly held your own and even defeated the bastard," Miruko raised an eyebrow.
"Well, I mean that was-" Izuku paused as he realized he was about to make an excuse for his victory, calling it a fluke or dumb luck. Melissa's attempt to excuse herself flashed in his mind again, and Izuku frowned. "Y-Yeah, I guess I did," Izuku smirked up at Miruko. "I couldn't let that madman destroy the world, now, could I?"
Miruko grinned. 'There's that attractive confidence,' Miruko thought, pleased.
"Yes, the Warsuit could take hits from Superman, making it more than a match for even the Hulkbuster's power, but even against the very enemy it was designed to kill, the Warsuit only lasts so long," Boomstick agreed, showing Superman breaking through Lex's Warsuit.
"Iron Man's greatest advantage was being able to adapt his strategy by remotely summoning and changing suits," Wiz explained further. "The Endo-Sym, in particular, could counter nearly anything Lex could throw at it and absorb the Warsuit's power."
"Just like a Quirk, tech will only take you so far," David said. "I believe you teach that overreliance on Support Items is harmful, and it is, but the same goes for how you use a Quirk or rely on it too much. The true way to be the best Hero you can be is through your heart and your mind. A hammer is only as precise as the person wielding it, a Hero is only as strong as the Hero within."
Melissa stared agape at her father, his words washing over her and embedding themselves in her heart. She knew those words were more than the wise words of a man toward the Hero hopefuls of U.A.; they were the wisdom and advice from a father to his daughter, telling her she could be a Hero, too. Melissa's tears welled up again, nodding gratefully at him. David smiled lovingly back.
"And while Lex may be physically more durable and stronger due to the Kryptonite steroids, and even stood up to the likes of skilled combatants like Batman, Nightwing, and Deathstroke, Tony has faced enhanced superhumans like Captain America, Spider-Man, Thor, and even the Incredible Hulk, holding his own and even besting some of them, all without any physical enhancements other than his pacemaker and stubborn will," Wiz noted additionally.
"Plus, Iron Man has far more actual combat experience," Boomstick added. "Lex treated physical combat as a last resort, beneath him, while Tony straight-up enjoys it."
"And there it is, the trump card that rises above all the rest: Experience," Nezu smirked.
"Wasn't Deathstroke a far more skilled and experienced fighter compared to Deadpool? Or Majin Buu older and more experienced in destroying planets than Kirby?" Midnight pointed out.
"...Usually the best trump card," Nezu corrected himself.
"Lex just wasn't suited for this battle," Boomstick punned.
"Eh, 6 out of 10," Mina gestured with her hand so-so.
"The winner is Iron Man," Wiz declared.
Respectable and victorious claps sounded throughout the makeshift auditorium. Monoma's and Kamakiri's salty frowns added to their slow, dissatisfied claps, further fueling Bakugou's petty satisfaction. Even Melissa couldn't help but feel similarly to the louder male blonde, pleased to see Monoma's dismissive, smug smile torn to pieces.
"Well, I believe with that, we have reached our maximum number of videos for today," Nezu announced. "We will pick this up the day after tomorrow."
"Huh?!" Some of the students exclaimed, shocked and disappointed.
"Believe me, I know the excitement and anticipation for these fights, and it does leave me saddened as well to hold this up for a whole day," Nezu admitted. "However, we teachers and our Pro Hero guests still have duties and patrols to attend. I do hope that you will understand this decision."
From Nezu's tone and words, the students knew the decision wasn't up for discussion. "Yes, sir," The students replied, disappointed, but understanding.
'At least, we're ending this without a teaser for the next fight to hold us over all day tomorrow,' Ojiro thought, sighing.
"However," Nezu grinned mischievously. "I don't see why not satisfy your curiosity with a snippet of the next fight, no?"
At first, the students smiled widely, only for the smiles to quickly morph into horror.
Ojiro's face paled. 'Me and big fat mouth,' Ojiro moaned internally. 'Er, I mean, brain.'
Midnight stared blankly, knowing her boss well enough that she was sure the rodent principal was laughing maniacally at the suffering and pain he was inflicting with his decision. 'And he wonders why we think he's lost his mind half the time,' Midnight thought.
Although having thought this, Midnight was somewhat thankful the U.A. principal decided to hold off another viewing for a day. At face value, his words were true, and their Pro Hero guests, alongside the U.A. teaching staff, minus the retired former Number 1 Pro and Recovery Girl, needed to continue their duties as Heroes and patrol the streets of their country, now more than ever with the increasing number of threats and criminals spurred on by the League of Villains. Additionally, it would leave the students to spend the rest of their weekend training and honing their knowledge from the Death Battle videos.
Yet, Midnight knew exactly what Nezu wanted to spend tomorrow on: the findings of Tartaros prison with Aizawa, Mic, and Detective Tsukauchi. Midnight's face grew troubled and antsy, knowing any time now, Aizawa and Yamada would be travelling back with whatever news they received at Tartaros, including the full confirmation whether Oboro Shirakumo really was resurrected as Kurogiri.
"Next Time on Death Battle!" Boomstick announced.
The teaser abruptly began with the words 'Shunned by Society' appearing.
On screen, a man's pale hands grew larger and longer, his nails turning into claws, and his fingers and hands becoming covered in blue fur. A shot of the man's wide and screaming mouth became a growl as his canines grew sharper. The man's dress shirt and white lab coat began to tear at the transforming man's growing body, showing off more blue fur and muscular body. Eventually, a crate broke apart, and out from it a large, blue-furred beast of a man leapt free, landing and startling a brow-haired girl as he roared.
Beasts by Nature
Jurota blinked, staring at the beastly individual with surprise and familiarity, the kind he sees when looking in the mirror.
Atop a stone tower, as rain poured heavily and lightning cracked through the night sky, a lone gargoyle statue, built in a thinking pose, began to crack, blue, glowing tears forming all along the stone body until the stones blew apart and revealed purple, scaled flesh, glowing purple eyes, a man of black hair, sharp canines, brown trousers with a black belt, a purple tail, and large purple and black wings, alive and moving. Three-toed talons cracked the tower's peak in its awakening grasp.
Tokoyami's, Reiko's, and Kuroiro's eyes widened in amazement. "It can't be," Reiko gasped, wonderstruck.
Defenders of Humanity
A rapid firing of scenes played out between the two fighters, showing briefly the skills, powers, and character, often by fighting. Thought, certain special traits were shown of the two respectively, such as the blue-furred one often wearing black and yellow outfits, wearing glasses, and mixing chemicals in flasks, while upside down, while the living gargoyle stared off broodily and caught a sword easily with his bare claws.
X-Men vs Gargoyles
Beast vs Goliath
"Beast?" Pony muttered, looking at one classmate in particular. "Like-"
"Like the name of my Quirk," Jurota finished, staring at the now-named Beast like he was his blue-furred elder brother.
"T-That was a Gargoyle, wasn't it?" Kuroiro stuttered out, astonished. "An actual stone gargoyle coming to life, r-right?!"
"Indeed, it was," Tokoyami nodded, eyes wide and his beak slack-jawed.
"Holy Shit!" Dark Shadow voiced his partner's inner amazement.
"Revelry in the Dark," Reiko muttered, her normally dull, tired eyes fully open and eager.
"Oh my, how interesting," Nezu grinned before that smile became mournful. "Alas, to think such curiosity I have afflicted on myself will have to be sated until Monday."
All those curious eyes widened further, again with dread. 'Darkness has forsaken us!' The three revelers mourned.
Jurota huffed, comical gusts of air bursting from his nostrils heavily, attempting to cool the raging beast within at not being able to see the newfound beast he had already found kinship with.
"In any case, let us retire for now. Vlad King, Hound Dog, please escort the students to the dorms," Nezu ordered. "To the rest, have a good day, and we shall meet again on Monday afternoon, after classes."
And thus did the viewing group disperse and part for their respective destinations, some more reluctant than others.
On the way out, Midnight caught Nezu's stare and noticed the rodent principal had a serious frown. When Midnight's eyes began to widen, Nezu nodded, answering her unspoken question.
'They're back.'
Notes:
AAAAANNNNNDDDD SCENE! JESUS CHRIST, WHY DID THAT TAKE SO LONG?! Well, other than binging on multiple shows, setting up a television on the wall in another part of my house along with my new PS5, but seriously how did this chapter, one I was so eager to work on, take me a month of agonizing over the details and mustering the strength to push past several walls of writer's block?!
Well, anyway, it's here, it's done, and I hope you guys loved what I did with it. The next chapter, whenever that will be, will be an interlude chapter mainly consisting of plot and character development, so a warning for reaction-only readers to potentially skip the next chapter if you aren't interested.
Furthermore, let us talk about counterparts, starting with the winner of the Death Battle: Iron Man, and starting with Bakugou. This was as obvious as having a Deku counterpart for Captain America, like in my Welcome to the MCU story, where I also have Bakugou as Iron Man. The reasons are the same as there, so if you want to know the full list of reasons, go check out the end notes of Welcome to the MCU Chapter 2 on FFN. As for Melissa, this has been a long time coming for her plot-wise, and it makes sense if you look past the obvious differences, i.e., gender. Both are genius-level intellectual Americans with an equally smart, well-accomplished, and respected father whom they try to live up to. Both invent insanely high-tech gadgets, like the Arc Reactors, Iron Man suits, and Full Gauntlets, and share a period in their lives when they felt lost and aimless. Also, while Melissa had the dream of wanting to become a Hero, Tony lives that dream, and now, this Melissa might very well follow in the Armored Avenger's footsteps as her world's version of Iron Man, further adding to the comparisons.
Then there is Lex's counterpart, All For One, which should have also been obvious when I revealed All Might as Superman's counterpart. For those bemoaning why I didn't choose Darkseid for All For One instead, the only hints I will give are to check out Thanos vs Darkseid and examine Darkseid's backstory and facts VERY carefully. Returning to All For One as Lex, both despise All Might/Superman for being the perfect, smiling boy scout and the all-powerful, god-like man they could never defeat or measure up to. Their unchallenged authority and influence over Japan's criminal underworld and Metropolis, respectively, are dethroned by the arrival of their nemeses, and they constantly work to destroy All Might's/Superman's legacy and the people they care about. Lex masterfully wields Kryptonite, Superman's infamous weakness, while All For One's Quirk is the antithesis of One For All. Lex nearly killed Supergirl, while All For One killed Nana Shimura; both are master manipulators known for their strategies and intellect. They are also willing to destroy their bodies using whatever tools they have on hand, such as cancer-causing Kryptonite steroids and exposure, and using an imperfect Rewind Quirk that could erase the so-called Demon Lord from existence. Just as All Might left All For One looking like a potato forever, Superman left Lex severely injured and scarred, further fueling their respective hatred for the Symbol of Peace and the Man of Tomorrow. Lastly, Lex utilizes the technology of Darkseid, Brainiac, and others to enhance his own technology like the Warsuit, creating killer robots and androids, is usually the leader of anti-Justice League teams like the Injustice League, the Legion of Doom, or the Light, and creating a robot version of Superman's lover to act his sex toy and living weapon, while All For One steals Quirks, is responsible for the creation of bioengineered, soulless Nomu, was the true leader and mastermind behind the League of Villains, and secretly implanted Decay onto Tenko Shimura, let the boy murder his own family, and took him in to be his future successor/host body all to spite All Might because the boy was the grandson of All Might's predecessor and mother figure, Nana Shimura.
Well, with all that said and done, again, I hope you all liked this chapter. Let me know your thoughts and counterpart predictions in the comments below, and- I know I'm gonna regret asking this- what are your guys' thoughts on the latest Netflix adaptation of Devil May Cry? Firestorm-creating question aside, do check out my other stories if you haven't already, here on AO3 or FFN, and please be chill and respectful toward one another in the comments.
This has been Zayden StormVoid, and I will see you all in the next chapter. But for now-
*Looks at Welcome to the MCU notes and plans, smiling while one eye covered in darkness*
Onto the next target...
Chapter 47: Interlude 4: Dissecting, Contemplating, and Improving
Summary:
The fourth Interlude chapter. Let plot reign and characters grapple with issues, trauma, and character development!
Notes:
~MY LITTLE SODA POP! YOU'RE ALL I CAN THINK OF! EVERY DROP I DRINK UP! YOU'RE MY SODA POP, MY LITTLE POP! COOL ME DOWN, YOU'RE SO HOT! POUR ME UP, I WON'T STOP! YOU'RE MY SODA POP, MY LITTLE POP!~
...God dammit, Zoey's right, it is catchy... Anyway, hey, it's me, Zayden StormVoid, back with another chapter of MHA watches Death Battle, and, if you couldn't tell, K-Pop Demon Hunters has been taking over my brain recently.
And no, before you ask, I'm not including any of their songs, or any songs in general, into the interlude chapters like last time. With AO3 being increasingly stingy about anything that might go against their rules, including song lyrics, I'm not taking the chance here. The 'Welcome to the MCU' fic already got booted from this site, I'm not letting this one sink either.
With that said, last time on MHA watches Death Battle, we had the clash of tech and suits with Tony Stark, the Invincible Iron Man, and Lex Luthor, the most deranged Superman hater in existence. Speaking of which, I recently saw the new Superman movie from James Gunn, and it's pretty good. Great action, use of CGI, funny jokes, and a great message about hope, kindness, and helping one another in a world where such ideas and concepts are taken for granted or lost. As much as I personally liked Man of Steel and the Snyder Cut of Justice League, I feel this new DCU is off to a good start, and I'm intrigued where they will take the 'Gods and Monsters' phase next.
Sorry, got off on a tangent there, but back to the recap, we also had Melissa finally find her answer and means of being a tech-based Quirkless Hero like Iron Man, with her father, Izuku, and Mei all rooting for her. Izuku has subconsciously stopped calling Bakugou 'Kacchan' and has decided to become more confident in himself, impressing Miruko, and seeing firsthand what too much humility looks like when Melissa takes her counterpart's victory lightly. All Might reveled in All For One's counterpart, Lex's, defeat, Recovery Girl cheered the former Symbol of Peace up by pointing out all the good things he did as the Symbol, and not to overlook them because what he feels he failed to do, and the students get a teaser for the next fight... right when Nezu tells them that they won't be seeing any more videos until the day after tomorrow. This interlude will cover both this night and the next day, so the next chapter will continue the reactions. Oh, and Aizawa and Mic have returned from their trip to Tartaros.
What news will they bring to Midnight and the others? What will Nezu and his group discuss on this free day? And what will Izuku do with the knowledge he learned about the Sisterhood with their upcoming training session? All this and more, happening now!
But first, the Index:
"Zayden," -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden,' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden," -Wiz or Flashback Dialogue
"Zayden," -Boomstick, Buff Might, and Dark Shadow Dialogue
"Zayden," -Device, Counterpart, and Fight Dialogue
Finally, I do not own My Hero Academia or Death Battle. The former belongs to Horikoshi and is being adapted by Bones Studios; hope that final season goes better than the initial reactions to the manga. Meanwhile, Death Battle is owned by the remains of Roosterteeth and the YouTube channel of the same name. All franchises mentioned in past, present, or future chapters also belong to their respective owners.
P.S. Writing this before Miles vs Deku, don't know what to expect or how it will end. I feel it'll depend on whether they'll use Deku with One For All's full might or his current Support Tech suit replacement, and whether they'll use Spider-Verse or comic Miles. The Suit Deku route doesn't have any measurable feats or stats, and while it's supposed to mimic much of One For All, it's not enough to put in a Death Battle accurately. My guess is they'll use 100% One For All Deku, like they used Prime All Might's strength against Might Guy. And then there is Miles to consider, because comic characters scale exponentially higher than MHA. Personally, with how One For All's Quirks match or mimic much of Miles's abilities, like Smokescreen to Camouflage and Danger Sense to Spider Sense, and Izuku's greater strength and speed, it feels like Deku might take the win here.
P.P.S. Victory for Deku! Yeah, when they introduced the recent additions to Miles, like the Vibranium suit and Overdrive, I was a little worried, but fancy equipment and new abilities don't make up for raw power, especially when the opponent is just as adaptive and smart as you. I did feel like the whole Death Battle was a little rushed, but I enjoyed it enough.
Now, enough talk! It's Time For A Death-wait, I almost forgot, there is no Death Battle this chapter... then, it's time for some plot-heavy drama and nonsense! Let's Begin!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
Izuku sat on the bench outside Class 1-B's dorms, frowning with careful consideration and pondering.
After being dismissed and escorted back to the dorms, most of Class 1-A and 1-B continued whatever game tournament they started the previous day. Or at least they would have if Bakugou, Mineta, and Monoma refused to participate. All three made short, curt responses about their desire not to play and sulked off to their rooms, or guest rooms in Bakugou's and Mineta's cases. Izuku could tell Monoma was still feeling salty after the latest Death Battle, with all his banter and roasts toward Bakugou's counterpart, Iron Man, and then having it all blow up in his face when Lex was vaporized instead.
Bakugou and Mineta were a different story. Izuku thought the shorter boy was simply making an excuse to spy on the 8 girls that went to Tokage's room, but the grape-headed pervert of Class 1-A immediately went to his guest room with Tsuburaba and hasn't come out since from what he could tell- the lack of Mineta crying out in terror or pain or girls crying out in surprise was a evidence enough to support such a conclusion. Izuku couldn't tell what was going on with Mineta. Izuku was surprised when he caught a glimpse of such a contemplative and guilty expression on Mineta's face, one that winced when his eyes met Midoriya's and increased the shorter boy's pace toward the room. Izuku didn't know why Mineta would have such a guilty look. As far as Izuku knew, besides the usual perverted gestures and remarks, which were immediately dealt with by Izuku or the girls, Mineta didn't do anything wrong. Izuku made a note to talk with his friend in the coming days.
Then there was Bakugou. Izuku blinked again, still surprised by his subconscious change when referring to his former childhood friend. For as long as Izuku could remember, Bakugou had always been 'Kacchan'; it was what he called him when his infant self could speak and easily say, rather than 'Katsuki', it was what he always called him even after Bakugou turned from childhood friend to decade-long tormentor. Now, though, after the recent viewings, Izuku couldn't think the name, much less say it; when he tried experimenting and saying the word to himself, he felt like he was choking, the word trapped in his throat and his mouth and tongue refusing to let it out.
Even looking at Bakugou felt different for Izuku. The usual admiration of the boy's strength, the fondness of his proximity, and the hope of their past friendship rekindling... it was all gone. Now, when Izuku looks at Bakugou, he feels conflicted, unsure of what to feel when looking at the boy who was his oldest friend/rival. The fire of their competitive rivalry was still there, but now it felt more personal and bitter than before, past wounds and scars felt reopened, burning, and clashed with his mind when it stated the facts of Bakugou's change and improvements during their time in U.A. Izuku knew Bakugou had grown as a person, becoming a better team player, more open to criticism- or at least open in the sense he wouldn't immediately blast someone in retaliation- and helpful in his training with One For All, like he did just earlier today, but just as Izuku felt like something had shifted in his soul, so too did his perception of Bakugou, where it now felt like years of pain, envy, anger, and bitterness were now open and weren't going away.
'I guess it must have started after what Ochaco said during Guts's analysis,' Izuku thought, remembering clearly his best female friend's words.
"Why? Why does all of this have to happen to him?! He didn't do anything wrong?!"
The words weren't intended for him, they were for Guts and his painful past- Izuku didn't even know he was his counterpart until later- but something about Uraraka's words pierced through him, a haze, a wall that always blocked and held back every compliment, every praise, every positive assurance from taking root in him. Izuku thought he had taken to heart every praise he received from All Might, especially his proclamation that he could be a Hero and his successor, treasured Eri calling him her 'Papa', or Nejire's rebuke over Her dreaded words on White Day, and, for the most part, he did; Izuku did take them to heart. But now, he realized they never fully took root in his mind, or maybe something even deeper, like his soul. After Uraraka's words, they finally did. But in the process of opening that door, Izuku feared something else—something more vulnerable, darker, broke out, and it was clear that this part of Izuku didn't like Bakugou at all.
Izuku groaned in frustration, his head throbbing painfully as the mental toll of so much soul-searching over this issue was starting to get to him. Deciding to brush it off for later, Izuku switched gears, focusing his mind on another situation: the Sisterhood that Setsuna told him about.
Flashback...to during the break after Deadpool vs Deathstroke...
"So, you wanted to talk? Just the two of us?" Izuku asked as they stepped out of the gym/theater. They had just gotten a break after the craziness that was Deadpool vs Deathstroke, especially Deadpool's 4th wall-breaking shenanigans. Izuku first intended to spend the break with Eri and Kouta, until Setsuna came up and asked him to talk, and from what he saw on Setsuna's uncertain face, it was something serious.
"Y-Yeah," Setsuna nodded, hesitance still lingering in her eyes. "Sorry for pulling you away from the kids, Green."
"It's fine, Suna," Izuku waved off the apology. "Is something the matter? You look tense."
"Urgh, curse you and your powers of observation," Setsuna responded with a joking tone, shaking her fist in the air like a classic supervillain who had his plans foiled by the hero. Setsuna tried to use it as a shield, but Izuku could see through it.
"Suna," Izuku replied, short and steady, his tone telling her that he wasn't buying her act. "Please. You can talk to me."
Setsuna's facade broke, and all her hesitancy and fear were bare for him to see. Finally, after half of minute of deep contemplation, Setsuna opened her mouth. "Well, it's kind of like this," Setsuna started.
Afterward, Izuku's eyes continuously widened as Setsuna divulged more and more truths. Every shocking revelation, no matter how absurd-sounding at first, shook Izuku to his core.
"...So, let me get this straight," Izuku said, pacing around with his hands wriggling uncomfortably together. "On the second day we watched the videos, the girls confronted you and Melissa about your feelings for me, revealed their own, and you all formed a-a Sisterhood to share me with all of you?"
"Pretty much," Setsuna blew a puff of awkward air.
"And that everyone in this Sisterhood, Ochaco, Momo, Tsu, Kyoka, Toru, Mina, Nejire, Melissa, Mei, and you, all of you, have feelings, romantic feelings, for me?!" Izuku gestured to himself with an incredulous look. "Me?!"
"Okay, you don't have to say it like that," Setsuna frowned, crossing her arms.
"How else should I say it?!" Izuku exploded, the information overwhelming him as he paced harder, hands rummaging through his messy hair. "You expect me to believe that 10 of the most beautiful women that I have ever met all have feelings for me and decided to form a harem for me?!"
"It's more like a polyamorous group," Setsuna corrected him, shrugging. "And yes. Yes, you should."
"...okay," Izuku said, blankly.
"Okay? That's it? That's your response?" Setsuna questioned, eyebrow raised.
"Well, my entire being is currently deadlocked trying to decide whether I should be running around and fist-bumping the sky, or collapse in shock, so, yeah, okay," Izuku explained and repeated.
"Fair enough," Setsuna raised her hands in surrender, her frown morphing into a small, satisfied smirk.
"Okay, I just have one question. Well, actually two, no, three! No, a few dozen-" Izuku muttered with increased panic.
"Green!" Setsuna shouted, startling Izuku. The moss-haired girl stepped forward and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Breathe." Setsuna smiled softly. "Take a deep breath, in and out."
Izuku was momentarily stunned by Setsuna's closeness and gentleness, but did as she told him. After a few seconds of deep breathing, Izuku finally managed to calm down.
"Better?" Setsuna asked. Izuku nodded. "Alright, now, what do you want me to answer first?"
"...Why?" Izuku asked. "Why me? Out of all the guys in our classes, why me?" Izuku thought about the other guys of both Class 1-A and 1-B. Todoroki was admittedly the most attractive of the guys. Kirishima, Tetsutetsu, Shoji, and Sato all had more physically appealing musculatures. Hell, even Kacchan was always the more attractive one between him and Izuku. So, why did the girls choose plain, meek, assuming-
"Okay, if you don't stop that, I'm going to smack you," Setsuna suddenly declared, a threatening look and finger pointed at his face.
Izuku snapped his mouth shut, realizing he had mumbled his thoughts out. Again.
"Firstly, do you really think we would be shallow enough to only find your bodies and looks attractive enough?" Setsuna questioned bluntly.
Izuku flinched, immediate guilt piercing him through.
"Secondly, why not?" Setsuna said, drawing Izuku's full attention. "Why do I have to spell out what is so obvious?"
Izuku's eyes widened, all thoughts, all confusion, all disbelief, suddenly silenced.
"'You're a great guy' wouldn't come close to summarizing what we feel for you, Greenie," Setsuna continued, her eyes softening, her hand slowly rising from his shoulder up to Izuku's face as she talked. "You're sweet, kind, understanding, helpful, you treat us with such respect and praise, you're a great father-figure for Eri, and so selfless and humble. Not to mention a killer bod." Setsuna chuckled lightly as Izuku's cheeks blushed, the warmth and heat so soothing and alluring for the girl with lizard-like features. "Every problem we faced, you were there to help us. Every insecurity we have, you were there to cheer us up, help us build ourselves up, and all for no reward or purpose other than because you felt it was right. Of course, we would all fall for you, Green Bean, and we wouldn't have it any other way."
Izuku's tears began to fall from his eyes, trailing down till they curved along Setsuna's hand. Setsuna's smile shook as she saw the raw vulnerability and emotion in Izuku's emerald eyes. Setsuna stepped closer, raising her other arm invitingly. Izuku took it, and the two hugged each other. Izuku's choked gasps and tears flooded out while Setsuna sniffled as her own tears stained Izuku's shirt.
"Suna, I-I..." Izuku gasped out.
"Shh, shh, you don't have to respond," Setsuna hushed him sweetly. "You don't have to say anything. Not until you're ready."
Izuku reluctantly nodded. A part of him wanted to say it anyway, but he knew it wasn't the right time- not now.
The two green-haired teens stayed in their tearful embrace for what felt like eternity, an eternity neither wanted to end as they felt each other's warmth and hearts beating in their chests.
Finally, Izuku broke the hug. Izuku stared into Setsuna's dark green eyes, so dark and deep, he almost blurted the words out anyway, but refrained.
"You good?" Setsuna asked.
"Y-Yeah, better," Izuku nodded, thinking he felt better than he ever had before. "Thank you."
"No problem, Greenie," Setsuna smiled. "So, is your curiosity satisfied now?"
"No, there is still something I'm confused about," Izuku frowned, his confusion returned. "I may not fully understand why each one of you likes me, but I can tell that this was supposed to be a secret, but you told me anyway. Why?"
"Well, that is for the other reason I brought you out here for," Setsuna said, biting her lip with her shark-like teeth. "It's about something that happened last night."
"Last night?" Izuku questioned, raising an eyebrow.
"Remember Zayden? The guy who has been sending us all stuff and talking about you being a Nexus Point or whatever?" Setsuna asked.
"Yeah?" Izuku nodded.
"Well, he talked to us, Jiro specifically," Setsuna revealed.
"What?!" Izuku gasped. "In person?"
"No, no, from her phone. He texted her," Setsuna replied. Izuku's brows furrowed. "Yes, it does sound ridiculous."
"Okay, but is she okay?" Izuku asked further, his worry focusing on Jiro.
"She's fine. A little freaked out, but so were we all with what happened afterward," Setsuna nodded, taking a deep breath. "Zayden asked us to watch one of the music videos Jiro got from the device, and it was about you."
"Me?" Izuku blinked, surprised.
"Yep. You, almost everything about you," Setsuna continued. "All the villains you fought, your connection to All Might, One For All, all of it."
Izuku's eyes shot open with panic. "What?!" Izuku yelled out, backing away in surprise. Dread and worry made his heart beat like a drum solo. "They know?!"
"No, no, they don't know about One For All specifically, but they do know that you and All Might have some connection," Setsuna waved her hands and shook her head to calm him down. "The video had you using your Quirk, Black Whip, one even had you floating and fighting a white-haired Shigaraki shooting black spikes from his fingers at you."
"W-What?" Izuku blinked, shocked, before looking aimlessly. "B-But the last time I saw him was at the mall, and we didn't fight, and he didn't have white hair. And me, floating?"
"Momo was right then," Setsuna sighed. "She theorized that the video may have shown us things that haven't happened yet. And yeah, floating. Is that another one of the Quirks from the past users?"
"Yeah. Float is Nana Shimura's Quirk, the One For All user before All Might," Izuku nodded. "All Might just told me that he was confident Float would be the next Quirk I would unlock. I had Ochaco, Kacchan, Tsu, and Sero help train me at the USJ on Black Whip and to get me prepared for Float."
"Huh, go figure," Setsuna chuckled, shaking her head. "There were also some things that were weird even to me. Did you pass One For All onto Bakugou?"
Izuku's eyes widened. "Yeah, when we fought Nine at Nabu Island," Izuku nodded. "Because he was so strong, I gambled passing the Quirk onto him so that I could use One For All's embers and Kacchan using 100% of One For All to defeat him, but after the battle, One For All returned to me, and Kacchan forgot all about what happened."
"Well, that explains things," Setsuna sighed and then looked at Izuku with incredulity. "But seriously, Bakugou? Of all people?"
"Hey, he's not that bad," Izuku winced, shaking his neck. "He was the only one present to help, and he's changed."
"Uh-huh," Setsuna said, half unconvinced, the other half slightly willing to admit to such, given his performance against her in their Joint Training Exercise. " Also, another thing happened that was super weird. You were in some black void, with only the top part of your head, a foot, and your hand visible while the rest of you was-"
"Nothing but green mist?" Izuku finished for her, eyes widening further with alarm.
"Yeah..." Setsuna nodded, eyes likewise wide.
"And Shimura? Was she there? Along with other people? Glowing?" Izuku asked further.
Setsuna nodded. "Where they-"
"The Vestiges," Izuku answered, nodding. "It happened before our Joint Training Exercise. It was like a dream, but so vivid and real. I saw them, and then I saw when All For One gave his brother, the First, the Stockpiling power and created One For All."
"We saw that happen too, along with that guy reaching out to you, and again with you talking to a guy using Black Whip," Setsuna said. "What was that place?"
"All Might calls it a Vestige World, some space inside One For All, or my mind, where I can interact with the Vestiges," Izuku explained. "The other scene, the one with the guy using Black Whip, was Daigoro Banjo, Hero Name: Lariat. That was when Shinsou brainwashed me during our Joint Training Exercise. I was put back into the Vestige World, and he told me about Black Whip."
Izuku and Setsuna remained silent as they digested each other's revelations. "So, they know, but not enough where they know the full truth about One For All?" Izuku summarized.
"I didn't tell them, Greenie," Setsuna stated.
"I know, I didn't question if you did," Izuku clarified, smiling softly at her. "I trusted that you wouldn't, and I know you didn't then."
Setsuna's cheeks grew pink. "T-Thanks," Setsuna muttered, suddenly embarrassed and flattered.
"But this is bad," Izuku groaned, rubbing his forehead. "They already know too much, and they're smart, especially Momo and Melissa. They'll figure it out soon enough. This is so bad."
Setsuna frowned, biting her lips again. "What if it isn't?" Setsuna asked suddenly.
Izuku whirled his gaze toward her, surprised. "What?" Izuku questioned.
"What if it isn't a bad thing?" Setsuna asked again. "What if Zayden showed us the video because he wanted you to tell us?"
"But why?" Izuku questioned. "All Might and I made it clear that the more people who know about One For All, the greater danger it is, for them and everyone around me."
"Do you not trust us? Them?" Setsuna asked, a hurt expression forming on her face.
"No, of course not! It's just-" Izuku shook his head, frustration and conflict great with him. "I don't want all of you to get hurt."
Setsuna's face warmed, stepping close to Izuku and placing a hand on his chest. Setsuna blushed as she felt his chiseled chest, but steeled herself. "We can take care of ourselves, Greenie," Setsuna said, reassuringly. "And it's not just about whether you trust them or not, it's more like you kind of have to tell them."
"What do you mean?" Izuku asked, confused.
"They aren't going to stop until they find out, Izuku," Setsuna reasoned. "They'll get involved one way or another. It's best if you tell before that curiosity leads us into trouble, and I can't steer them away without giving myself out."
"I guess," Izuku muttered, understanding what she meant, but still unsure.
"And there is another reason why Zayden wanted to show us the video," Setsuna continued, her expression turning to one of uncertainty and fear. "He texted Jiro that he only intervenes if our future is set toward a bad one. Like a really bad one. World-ending bad."
Izuku's eyes grew wide, digesting the ramifications of what Setsuna implied. He remembered what Setsuna said about Shigaraki, about how they fought, the villain's hair white, and shooting black spikes from his fingers. That wasn't Shigaraki's Quirk. It sounded more like... like one of All For One's. Izuku's eyes widened with further dread as he recalled the full footage he watched of All Might's final fight with All For One, with the villain using black spikes on Kurogiri's unconscious body that looked to have remotely activated his Quirk. Izuku shook his head before he could solidify his dark theory into reality, but the dread of a dark future awaiting them was still heavy and present before him.
"So, this Zayden thinks that my telling the others about One For All can somehow prevent this future?" Izuku asked.
"Maybe not everyone," Setsuna shook her head. "Maybe just the Sisterhood. Maybe Zayden wants you to be open and honest with us, f-for all of us to be... closer," Setsuna confessed, her gaze drifting down to her hand over Izuku's heart.
Izuku followed her gaze, blushing as he realized what she meant. His face grew uncertain, conflicted, even as he reached and took Setsuna's hand in his.
"Closer. As in together. All of us," Izuku muttered.
Setsuna nodded silently and sympathetically for putting all this on Izuku's shoulders, shoulders she knew now more than ever bore an immense and heavy weight. "C-Can you at least think about it? For me?" Setsuna asked nervously.
Izuku did not say anything, but as he looked between Setsuna's pleading eyes and her hand in his, he nodded.
Flashback over...
Now, here he was, Izuku Midoriya, grappling with what had to be every man's wet dream and seriously pondering whether or not to accept it. He knew several guys from both classes, like Mineta, Kaminari, Tsuburaba, and maybe even Monoma, would take the deal in a heartbeat- Monoma probably to spite Class 1-A by 'taking their women for himself' or something Monoma-sounding. The Bakugou he knew from Aldera would accept and then mock him for having 10 women fawning over him, while claiming 'no woman would ever like a week, useless Deku'. The thought sparked something bitter inside Izuku, his fists clenched till they cracked, but Izuku shook it off.
The problem was that Izuku wasn't like those guys; he wasn't some pervert or douche who would salivate at the thought of multiple women throwing themselves at him. Izuku thought he would be lucky if even one woman took an interest in him, much less 10! And what made it all more overwhelming for Izuku was his recent acceptance of his feelings for said 10 girls specifically. It was like winning a universal jackpot! All the girls he had feelings for, all the girls Eri thought liked him and wanted to call her Mama, all of them wanted him enough to share him, and even formed a whole group around it. It was so fortuitous and obvious in retrospect that Izuku almost laughed.
But then there was one final issue: should Izuku tell them about One For All? When it came down to trust, the answer was so obvious, he barely had time to think it over. Yes, Izuku trusted them to keep One For All a secret. Mina and Toru were gossip queens, but so was Setsuna, and not only did the moss-haired girl swear to keep it hidden, but he also knew his two classmates longer than Suna and knew wholeheartedly that this was one secret they would never spread. Mei and Nejire could be scatterbrained at times, but they were no snitches or blabbermouths with such secrets. Izuku trusted them completely and knew if he told them, then his secret would be safe with them.
The real issue, though, was whether Izuku was willing to drag them all into his world. He knew what telling them about One For All could entail. It was more than just secrecy; it was like painting a target on their backs. Any villain who knew about One For All could and would go after them to get to him. Even if it weren't about One For All, Heroes in general make lots of enemies, with the events of Ending's attack on the Todoroki family springing to mind. Izuku knew that if anything happened to them because of him, he would never forgive himself.
"We can take care of ourselves, Izuku," Setsuna had said.
Izuku sighed, knowing he believed her there too. Each one of those ladies was a force to be reckoned with, especially his upperclassman, Nejire, who stood as one of U.A.'s Big Three, Momo and her powerful Quirk and even greater mind, and Uraraka, whose intensity and fire would surely have Villains running for the hills.
Izuku grinned as he imagined each of them laying the smackdown on Villains stupid enough to face them, but as he thought about the kind of Villains who wouldn't be so gullible or easy to beat, like Shigaraki and All For One, Izuku frowned. He recalled Guts's analysis and the feeling he had about dozens of Villains willing to go after him, especially if One For All was revealed, he suddenly stopped imagining himself surrounded by Villains lurking in the shadows, but now the girls, any one of them, alone, outnumbered, and, when it came to All For One, vastly outgunned.
Izuku sighed, leaning back till his head hit the wall. He looked out toward the stars, toward the unknown, and his thoughts drifted to their mysterious benefactor: Zayden. 'Is this really what you want from me? From us?' Izuku questioned, but didn't say out loud. 'Do you believe that if I and they, if all of us were together, that it would make that big a difference? To change the future?'
Izuku expected not to have an answer, but blinked as he saw a white and black raven fly through the night sky, plain and visible as it soared past the moon.
Izuku blinked, unsure if he had witnessed what could be construed as a divine message. Sighing once more and taking a deep breath, Izuku thought of tomorrow. 'We have our training session tomorrow,' Izuku remembered. 'Maybe by then, I will know.'
"Wait, did she really say that?" Momo gasped, wide-eyed. "She said-"
"Yep," Jiro nodded, her jack wiggling slowly as she recalled all she heard from the whispered conversation between All Might and Recovery Girl. "All Might's successor, his hero-fanboy successor."
The silence that followed weighed the gravity of Jiro's revelation. After arriving at the 1-B dorms, the eight Sisterhood girls had convened in Tokage's room, waiting patiently until they received a video call from Melissa and Mei, who had gone to the Support Course Development Studio with the former's father and Power Loader. Mei had deployed one of her babies, the Hatsume Unassuming Silencing Hut, or H.U.S.H., which created an invisible dome around the two girls from a hovering drone, yet kept any sound produced by them from being heard by those outside the dome.
After the two girls called in and were shown through Yaoyorozu's laptop, the girls began to relay the information they had gathered from hours earlier. Jiro and Setsuna were caught up on Uraraka's and Asui's findings about the truth surrounding the Hero Killer Stain's defeat, and how it truly involved Midoriya, Todoroki, and Iida, as last night's video had displayed.
Setsuna's jaw dropped slightly as her thoughts returned to her past conversation with Midoriya, where they exchanged information and explained the most confusing aspects of the video. Adding the knowledge that Izuku, Todoroki, and Iida had defeated the Hero Killer, a dangerous threat that seasoned pros, including Iida's older brother, the former Ingenium, could not take down, Setsuna was left in silent awe of her crush, or at least more than before.
'Only a year at U.A. and already has accomplished more than most pros could even dream of doing,' Setsuna smiled as she thought proudly of the green-haired boy. 'And all the while he's still as humble and down-to-earth as ever.'
Jiro would then reveal that she had informed All Might and Principal Nezu about the video, showing it to them and forwarding it for further review. Jiro also told the girls the reactions of the two men's -well, one man, one chimera animal-man-thing- reactions, ranging from the principal's frustratingly impressive stoic mask to All Might's proud smile to pale, dreading face. Setsuna inwardly cursed the scarecrow of a man for being so obvious, yet cooled down since she didn't do herself any favors with her private talk with Midoriya, a topic of which Setsuna worried the girls could ask her any time now.
Finally, their meeting took them to the present, where Jiro repeated to them all she heard from All Might's and Recovery Girl's whispered conversation during Iron Man vs Lex Luthor. Setsuna did her best to hide the wince she unconsciously made, seeing the girls' eyes widening with understanding spread; Setsuna felt she could actively see as they mentally connected the dots between Jiro's findings and the video's revelations.
"So, it's true," Melissa muttered, eyes aimlessly looking down. "Izuku really is All Might's successor."
"W-We don't know that yet," Setsuna argued feebly, trying in vain to keep the girls from the obvious and true conclusion. "I mean, yeah, All Might... might have a successor," Setsuna cringed lightly at how All Might's hero name clashed with her choice of words. "But thousands of kids look up to All Might. I mean, I'm sure most of the guys in our class could be All Might fanboys."
"Not like Deku," Ochaco pointed out, smiling softly at a memory. "His room is like a shrine to All Might. Posters, action figures, bed sheets," Uraraka giggled at how cute Izuku's fanboying of All Might was. "He worships the very ground the man walks on. The only ones I think come close are Bakugou and Todoroki."
"Then there is what Recovery Girl said," Asui added. "Putting all the responsibility and guilt on his shoulders. That sounds an awful lot like Midoriya. I still vividly remember how horrible he looked at the training camp and the hospital after Bakugou was taken by the League of Villains. Kero."
"And during the meeting before the Hassaikai raid, when we found out about Eri and what Overhaul was doing to her," Nejire frowned sadly as she remembered both Izuku's and Mirio's faces. "He looked devastated."
"And it lines up perfectly with what the video showed us," Momo nodded, fully assured of their conclusions. "But there is something more."
"What do you mean, Yaomomo?" Hagakure quirked her invisible head.
"Are you sure she said, 'Inherited, too', Kyoka?" Momo asked.
Jiro nodded, frowning with confusion at where this was going.
"Those words, they seem to deliberate, as if Midoriya inherited something else from All Might," Momo muttered, eyes dancing with formulating and coalescing theories.
"You mean like Midori's Quirk?" Mina raised an eyebrow. "I remember when the video showed All Might and Midori clasping hands, and that visual indicator of his Quirk activating occurred. Nejire said it herself; it looked like All Might gave Midori that power." Mina's contemplative face grew conflicted as she shook her head. "B-But that's crazy, right? Being able to transfer a Quirk to someone else. That's unheard of?"
"No, there is another who has shown he can transfer Quirks to others," Hagakure said, crossing her arms, yet looked more like she was hugging herself. "Just as easily as he can take them."
"All For One," Momo named the Villain, the man's name still drawing shivers of terror onto the girls, including Setsuna, as she knew the full history behind the Quirk-stealing madman. "A Villain whose Quirk could take, house, and gift Quirks to himself and others. A man All Might defeated."
"The way the video framed All Might and All For One at one point, just like it did Izuku and this Shigaraki, made it seem like destined rivals or nemesis," Melissa voiced. "Like Lex Luthor and Superman."
"There was also that ghost All Might from the video," Mei pointed out, drawing on a notepad.
The girls all looked at her with confusion. "Ghost All Might?" Ochaco repeated, confused.
"Yeah. Remember when they showed those glowing people like Shimura, and how they looked like ghosts?" Mei explained. "One of them, the yellow fiery one, the way he was shaped, looked an awful lot like All Might. I would know." Mei gestured to her eyes, her Zoom eyes reflexively zooming inwards and outwards. "I can pick up a lot of details."
"And you only tell us now why?" Jiro raised an eyebrow at Mei.
"I had to make sure," Mei shrugged. "A good inventor always double-checks her work before finishing. The hair looked more like how All Might looks now. See?" Mei showed to the camera and Melissa what she had drawn. It was the fiery shape they saw in the video next to a fairly accurate drawing of All Might's current form. Upon closer inspection, the top part of both shapes, especially the hair, matched.
"They do seem to match," Nejire commented, her eyes gazing over at another drawing in the corner. "What about that one?"
"Oh, that one?" Mei withdrew the notebook to confirm it was the drawing Nejire pointed out. "Oh, that's the face I saw when the device censored Captain America's first counterpart. I managed to spot it before it went away."
"You what?!" The girls exclaimed in surprise.
"Yep, Zoom eyes for the win again!" Mei boasted proudly. "And I drew it up because I had a feeling I had seen him before. Jacks, can you pull up the video again?"
"S-Sure. And the name's Jiro," Kyoka replied, connecting her phone to Momo's laptop. Playing the video on the laptop and displaying it for both ends on the call, the girls reacted with widening smiles at seeing Izuku's feats and growing strength as much as they frowned as they realized the dangers and pain he went through throughout their year. Nejire glared harder as she once again saw Bakugou clashing with Izuku like rivals, or worse, as Nejire suspected.
"There, stop!" Mei yelled, and Jiro paused the video. It paused at the moment when Midoriya reached out toward the white-haired man, screaming in pain at whatever the younger All For One was doing to him. The scene showed Izuku's reflection in his eyes as he stared at the white-haired man's wide, innocent, red eye. "That's the guy! The first counterpart to Captain America that the device censored."
"The same guy who is also a counterpart to All Might and Deku," Ochaco gasped, eyes lighting up. "All of this is way too connected to be coincidental."
"It looked like All For One was using his Quirk on the man," Momo muttered as she rewound the footage to review the scene again, taking note that both the skinny man and All For One shared similar hair and eye color. "But either he was taking the man's Quirk, or he was forcibly transferring it to him."
"Why do you think that?" Setsuna asked, eyes inquisitively inspecting Momo and how close she was to the full truth.
"Because of the connection I'm seeing between Izuku, All Might, and all those ghosts," Momo replied, eyes wild with theory. "If we're right that All Might gave Izuku his Quirk, then it lines up with what Izuku said about how he grew up believing he was Quirkless, because he was Quirkless until All Might gave him whatever Quirk they shared."
Melissa's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates as Momo's words clicked in her brain. Seeing how tearfully happy Izuku was when they had discovered a Quirkless Hero like Batman, the video's footage of All Might and Deku being so similar that even her father noticed the comparison when he was saved from Wolfram, and, most recently, their heart-to-heart when they had found out Melissa was a counterpart to Iron Man. Izuku had complimented her on achieving her Hero dreams in another life as a Quirkless Hero, how she had felt overwhelmed and even sad, and what Izuku said then.
"I get it. I really do," Melissa remembered Izuku's words as well as the sad and reminiscent look on his face. Melissa's eyes only widened when she remembered that just hours ago, they had only found out that Izuku was a counterpart to another Quirkless Hero: Batman.
"Then months later, after the Kamino Ward raid, after All Might fought All For One and won, he retired, saying that his Quirk was gone," Momo continued, pushing her theory with the surmounting evidence. "Not stolen by All For One, not weakened, gone, because he passed it onto someone else."
"Midori," Toru gasped out. "But if Midoriya has been using All Might's Quirk, how does that explain the time when both Midori and All Might were using the same Quirk?"
"That's where Bakugou comes in," Momo said.
"Bakugou?" Mina blinked, confused.
"We saw how it looked like Bakugou was using Izuku's Quirk, right?" Momo sped up the footage to where it showed Bakugou and Izuku using the same Quirk. "Izuku and Bakugou were both using the same power even when Izuku transferred it to Bakugou. The Quirk must leave some kind of residual energy behind for the former user to wield, like dying embers after a torch is passed down."
"S-So does that mean that Deku gave up his Quirk to Bakugou?" Uraraka asked, her tone filled with worry at the obvious implication.
"Yes, and no. Look here," Momo sped the footage to another scene. "This next scene makes it look like whatever power Izuku gave to Bakugou went back to him. Also, we haven't seen Bakugou use any kind of ability that Izuku has."
"Okay, but what does this have to do with that white-haired man?" Asui croaked inquisitively.
"The other ghosts," Momo pointed out, stopping at where Izuku's incomplete form was staring at the other glowing ghosts, pointing at Shimura and the gruff, bald man. "These two have also been shown interacting with Izuku in some way." Momo moved the footage to where Izuku started floating, and how his form was momentarily replaced by Shimura's. "When we first saw this, I said how it was implying that Midoriya was floating like Shimura, but what if I wasn't off? What if that is precisely what it is saying? That Izuku could float like Shimura-"
"Like he was using her Quirk," Jiro finished for Momo, the pupils of her widened eyes shrinking and shaking with intensity.
Momo nodded and once more skipped ahead to where Izuku was face-to-face again with the bald man, Black Whip coming out of his hands. "And Black Whip, Izuku's latest ability, the man is also using the same," Momo pointed out. "If Izuku has All Might's Quirk, can float like Shimura, who All Might said was his teacher, and can use this Quirk from the man, what if they are all connected via the same Quirk passed along from person to person and harvesting the Quirks and power from the previous users?"
The girls all stared at Momo with eyes so wide the raven-haired girl thought they were all gonna pop out of their skulls. Setsuna's jaw detached from one side, hanging limply on the other end of her head, before the moss green-haired girl set it back in place. 'Jesus Christ, Momo is a goddamn genius!' Setsuna exclaimed inwardly at how quickly the girl managed to dissect and piece together One For All through video images and random pieces of information. Setsuna almost felt guilty for what she had to do now.
"Y-Yeah, okay, but there is just one problem with your theory there, Yaomomo," Setsuna voiced. "If what you are saying is true, how come we have never seen All Might use the same Quirks as Greenie? Sure, the strength and power are there, but we've never seen All Might float or use any kind of Quirk like Black Whip before. How does that fit?"
Momo blinked, eyes aimlessly looking for answers, and as she found none, her air of passion began to defuse and lessen. Setsuna flinched again, burying her guilt painfully as she tried her best to follow her promise to Izuku and do her best to steer the girls clear of conclusions before Izuku says otherwise. 'If he says otherwise,' Setsuna noted, remembering her proposal to Izuku and the green-haired teen's clear hesitancy to follow through on it.
"I-I haven't thought of that yet," Momo said, disappointed-sounding. "My only guess could be that this transferable Quirk wasn't powerful enough back when All Might had it to use those Quirks, until he passed it onto Izuku, who could. B-But I could be wrong about that too-"
"Hey, hey, no need to start doubting yourself, Momo," Jiro raced over and placed a comforting hand on Momo's shoulder. "What you've said made sense so far, as bizarre and astounding as it could be if it's true."
"Yeah! Your theory sounded so cool and smart, Yaomomo!" Hagakure cheered, jumping in her bean bag seat. "There's no way I could have figured any of that out!"
"Neither could I," Mina agreed, lightly knocking on her head with her tongue sticking out. "Me not so smart like genius Yaomomo!"
"Yeah, sorry I had to rain on your theory's parade," Setsuna apologized sincerely.
Mina's silly face and tone brought out a smile and a chuckle out of Momo, the raven-haired girl brightening up. "Thank you, girls, and there is no need to apologize, Tokage. Criticism and questions are valid when crafting theories and solving hypotheses," Momo replied.
"Setsuna," Setsuna corrected, a grin widening on her face.
Momo looked taken aback before smiling. "Setsuna it is," Momo nodded affirmatively.
"Well, glad we got that settled, but that still leaves us with what do we do now?" Ochaco asked. "If even half of what Yaomomo said is accurate, then how do we approach any of this to Deku?"
"Who says we need to?" Mei asked, eyebrow raised. "Whatever secrets Muscles has, I'm sure he has a fairly good reason for keeping them."
"I know that, and I would feel terrible trying to force him to tell us," Ochaco nodded, hands clenched at her lap. "But if we all want to be in a relationship with Deku, don't you think keeping secrets from each other is wrong?"
The girls frowned, pondering to themselves and finding a relationship plagued with secrets and mistrust unappealing. Setsuna flinched, biting her lip at how she has also been keeping secrets from the girls, the very girls who welcomed her into their group and even called their 'sister'. This was partially why Setsuna offered Izuku the idea of telling the girls about One For All, she felt horrible lying to them about something so important about their intended, and if the girls were already this close to finding out about the Quirk, then it would be better to tell them outright and swear them to secrecy rather than continue on like this. Setsuna didn't want a relationship full of secrets, but she also knew that this was Izuku's secret to tell, and she intended to make that clear.
"You're right, Ochaco, but so is Mei." Setsuna walked over and sat beside Uraraka on the bed. "I don't want a relationship where we hide things from each other, but whatever this secret may be, it's Greenie's secret to keep. We can't force him to tell us any more than we can force him into a relationship because we all want it to be that way."
Ochaco's frown deepened, but an understanding look was in her eyes. Looking downward, she nodded.
"However," Setsuna started, placing a hand on the pink-cheeked girl's hand, earning the girl's attention again. "That doesn't mean we should just give up.
"What do you mean?" Ochaco asked.
"I mean, we continue what we've been doing all of this time: get closer with Izuku Midoriya," Setsuna stated. "If we get closer to Izuku, not only will we find out if he likes all of us and convince him to be with us, but we can also gain his trust and confidence."
"Enough trust and confidence so that he may tell us the truth," Momo gasped out.
"Exactly," Setsuna pointed at her with a wide, razor-sharp grin. "We don't need to interrogate the truth out of him, just convince him that we're on his side and we can keep whatever secret he has."
"That could work," Mina grinned, enthusiasm welling up within her.
"I don't know. Don't you gals think that might be too exploitive?" Melissa questioned with a concerned frown.
"You're thinking too hard, Shield!" Mei patted the blonde on the shoulder, hard enough that Melissa winced, yet Mei didn't seem to notice. "We weren't trying to find out about Muscles's past before we formed the Sisterhood. Think of it like hitting two birds with one stone. We find out how Muscles feels about us, confess to him, convince him to date all of us, and when we are all together, then he might tell us about whatever is going on with him. Simple!"
"That sounds like more than one bird to stone," Jiro muttered. "But she's right. Green isn't the kind of person to hide these kinds of things unless he has a reason to, and they are someone he trusts completely. Who would he trust more than his loving, loyal girlfriends willing to share his buff ass between all ten of us?"
"Ooh, and we have our group training session with him tomorrow!" Nejire pointed out enthusiastically. "We can take the time then to get closer to Zuzu and not only grow stronger but find out more about his Quirk by observing him!"
"So, are we all in accord with this decision?" Momo looked upon the rest of the Sisterhood, receiving firm nods. "Understood. We won't force the truth out of Izuku and trust that he will tell us of his own accord and permission. Until then, we will continue our mission to earn his affection and ensure the Sisterhood's success. Is that clear?"
"Hai!" The girls all declared.
"Actually, I think I have another solution to satiating our curiosity over Midoriya's Quirk," Asui raised her hand. "One where we won't have to confront him directly."
"Oh, and how so?" Toru asked.
"Bakugou," Asui revealed.
Nejire's eyes whirled to Asui's in surprise.
"Bakugou?" Mina raised an eyebrow. "How will he help?"
"Whatever is going on with Midoriya and All Might, it's fair to assume that Bakugou is involved," Asui croaked. "If Momo is right about Izuku having a transferable Quirk, then Midoriya shared it with Bakugou, so he must know about it."
"Yeah, he was training with Deku and All Might before me, Tsu, and Sero arrived at the USJ," Ochaco nodded, her eyes gleaming with suspicion. "If anyone knows about something involving Deku, it has to be him."
As the girls discussed methods to talk/interrogate the explosive blonde without getting yelled away instantly, Nejire frowned to herself, the earlier suspicions revolving around Bakugou's past with Izuku resurfacing. Nejire didn't say anything, but her earlier talk with Izuku did grant her enough info about the green-haired boy's past to compare with Momo's theory. Nejire hated that she had to keep this secret as they were discussing how unpleasant keeping secrets from each other was, but she made a promise to Zuzu to keep this between them, and until he shares this with them, as well as whatever his Quirk may be, she would keep her mouth shut.
Nejire instead turned her mind, and frustrations, onto the same target the girls were discussing about, the same boy that Nejire has been spying with increasing suspicion during the videos, the only boy who could 'explode' at Zuzu, act and talk so rude yet familiar with Zuzu, and call him a Deku like the wench that broke Zuzu's heart: 'Bakugou,' Nejire growled, her deep blue eyes glowing with growing rage.
The Next Morning...
Nezu knew he would dread this meeting since yesterday, and, as usual, he was right.
After the day's videos had ended, Nezu was informed of Eraserhead's and Present Mic's return from Tartaros. But what he and Midnight found were two emotionally broken and exhausted men who truly did look like they climbed out of Hell on Earth. Midnight knew instantly what their sorrowful gazes meant and burst into tears, while Present Mic was quick to hug and comfort her; even Aizawa, as alien to emotional comfort as Nezu was to human romantic connections, placed a hand on Midnight's shoulder.
They decided unanimously to hold off their meeting till tomorrow, something Nezu calculated would be necessary, and thus postponed the next video viewings till the day after. Still, there was a small, fleeting part within the animal principal of U.A. that hoped they were wrong and that Kurogiri was not what they all feared him to be.
Now, Nezu finds himself at the head of the table as Tsukauchi, Gran Torino, Aizawa, and Yamada recount their visit to Tartaros to himself, All Might, Recovery Girl, Midnight, and Endeavor, all bearing witness to the full scope of this tragedy worthy of the Greeks. Nezu had originally wanted Hawks to be part of this meeting too, but decided that would be ill-advised. While Hawks was safe inside U.A. and Nezu's signal jammers meant nothing happening inside the U.A. school grounds, including the Death Battle videos, would be transmitted to the Paranormal Liberation Front, the two believed trading information as subtly as possible was still the logical conclusion to follow, in case any within the PLF had a truth-telling Quirk similar to Tsukauchi to detect the lies within the Winged Hero. Nezu planned to relay the information in code to Hawks the following day, when he and the rest of their guests would return for the Death Battle videos.
'This will likely be especially prudent with what I might have to share with everyone here,' Nezu thought, darting his eyes calculatingly at Endeavor, Present Mic, and Midnight.
As he finished this thought, the four Tartaros visitors ended their tale of heartbreaking tragedy with impossible-to-deny conclusions: Kurogiri was the resurrected corpse of former U.A. student, Oboro Shirakumo, whose body was kidnapped and swapped with a fake at an unknown hospital and transformed into the brainwashed servant of Tomura Shigaraki, All For One, and the Doctor, that which everyone could conclude with near certainty was Dr. Kyudai Garaki.
"So, the device was correct, and our worst fears realized," Nezu muttered.
"Really? That's it? That's all you can say?!" Present Mic growled, fist slamming on the table. "How about let's not waste any more time and go get that motherfucker?!"
"Yamada! Control yourself!" Recovery Girl chastised the pro hero. "I understand your pain-"
"Understand?" Present Mic let out a bitter chuckle. "How could you understand our pain?! When was the last time your best friend was turned into a brainwashed monster to serve an egomaniacal madman, anarchist manchild, and psychopath posing as a doctor?! When was the last time you realized you gave your best friend's family the ashes of someone other than their son?!"
"Enough!" Aizawa yelled, glaring at Mic with his Quirk activated. Mic, for once, glared back steadily at his remaining best friend's glowing red eyes. After a tense stare down, Mic was forced to blink and scoff before sitting down. "This isn't any better for me. Do you know how many of my life decisions came from Shirakumo's death? How many times have I used his death as an excuse for my actions and worldview?"
Mic flinched, the righteous fire inside him dimming slightly to listen, yet was far from extinguished.
"I want to catch this monster as badly as you do, Yamada, but you know how ill-advised it will be to go after a collaborator of the League of Villains half-cocked without the proper planning," Aizawa warned. "Especially if this man is the one who created the Nomu, and likely has more in stock."
All Might and Endeavor flinched from their own experiences with the Nomu and even rushed raids that ended up going south. They were both part of the raid on the League of Villains' hideout in Kamino Ward and were caught off guard when All For One teleported Bakugou and the League members away, while bringing in a group of Nomu to keep the now Number 1 Hero, the police, and other Heroes busy. Meanwhile, the former Number 1 rushed in to fight All For One and had to hold back to avoid harming Bakugou and nearby civilians.
"Eraser's right, we'll need every advantage and info we got on this doctor before we arrest him," Gran Torino nodded, looking to Nezu and the others. "You all got some new info for us from the latest videos?"
"H-Here is the list of the various new counterparts we got from the recent Death Battles," Midnight sniffled and wiped her eyes before handing out a list for the group."
Aizawa reviewed the first few counterparts quickly before growing confused. "Midoriya as Batman's second counterpart?" Aizawa raised an eyebrow, confused as he was said to be Batman's counterpart. "All Might and Midoriya as Captain America's?"
"We'll explain later," Recovery Girl replied, still rubbing her head of the headache that was multiple counterparts for a single character.
"Unfortunately, we have no new counterparts for Kyudai Garaki specifically," Endeavor answered. "However, we have received a few counterparts of individuals he's connected to."
"All For One and Shigaraki," All Might growled lowly, remembering Shigaraki's counterpart included Majin Buu's Kid Buu form and Siegfried/Nightmare, while All For One's were Inferno/Soul Edge and Lex Luthor.
"Yes, and we have another concerning one known in Treize Khushrenada's counterpart in Rikiya Yotsubashi, the President and CEO of Detnerat Company," Nezu stated.
"And why would some swanky CEO be someone concerning?" Present Mic questioned.
Nezu looked over at all the individuals in the room, weighing their trust levels before looking over at Endeavor. Endeavor was confused about the sudden attention before looking back at the file of Yotsubashi. The Number 1 Hero's eyes widened into saucers at one particular piece of information. Endeavor looked back at Nezu with hesitancy in his eyes, silently asking if this was a wise decision. Nezu nodded, fully trusting everyone here. Endeavor sighed and nodded, earning looks of confusion from the rest.
"Unfortunately, one of the reasons why it would be ill-advised to go after Garaki so quickly, as Eraser pointed out, is that he and the League of Villains have taken leadership of an old Villain terrorist cell now resurgent with more than 100,000 members strong," Nezu revealed with a grim frown. "The Meta Liberation Army."
"What?!" Everyone, sans Endeavor, exclaimed, wide-eyed.
"Recently, I have met with our current Number 2 Hero, Hawks, who has for the past few months acted on a directive by the Heroic Public Safety Commission to infiltrate the League of Villains by any means necessary," Nezu explained. "It is through this connection that Hawks has learned that the League of Villains went to war and won against the resurgent MLA and has thus reformed the organization into what is now known as the Paranormal Liberation Front, with Tomura Shigaraki as its Grand Commander."
All Might turned pale. It was one thing to fear the Shigaraki he suspected was in that video Jiro showed them, but it was an entirely different matter to see that same Shigaraki leading an army of Villains 100,000 strong. This was a force even larger than the criminal underworld that All For One controlled during All Might's prime!
"Does he have Gigantomachia with him?" All Might questioned.
"Unfortunately, yes," Nezu nodded, earning further pale looks at the thought of such a powerful Villain under Shigaraki's thumb. Tsukauchi and Gran Torino paled as they remembered the destruction the Walking Calamity committed when they had apprehended Kurogiri.
"And we are only hearing about this now?!" Present Mic questioned, slamming his fists into the table again.
"The newly dubbed PLF has its agents everywhere," Nezu warned. "Politicians like Hearts and Minds Party leader, Koku Hanabata, Pro Heroes, like Slidin' Go," Nezu paused briefly to meet Tsukauchi's eyes. "And even agents inside the police and HPSC."
Tsukauchi swallowed, fully absorbing the gravity of the situation. "You couldn't inform anyone you believe could even have an inkling of loyalty to them," Tsukauchi figured.
"With three teachers who would be firmly against Garaki, trusted Heroes like All Might, Endeavor, Recovery Girl, and Gran Torino, and a trusted friend of All Might in the police force, I could think of no better group to share this secret, perhaps more than one," Nezu drifted his gaze to All Might, who still looked as conflicted as yesterday, yet nodded.
"Where is Hawks? If he is a mole within their ranks, we should hear from him personally about what's going on," Aizawa demanded to know.
"He is at the HPSC headquarters somewhere in the forest of Wakayama Prefecture," Nezu informed. "He was forced back to report to his 'masters' about his actions in U.A. All well-crafted lies to obscure the truth. This meeting was urgent, considering their inability to spy on him."
"Spy on him?" Midnight questioned.
"Hawks's feathers have been tagged with microscopic cameras and listening devices for Skeptic, another of their members, to spy on him," Nezu informed. "Though while he is inside U.A. walls, these cameras will be useless thanks to the signal jammers I had installed across the grounds. The information about the Death Battle videos is safe."
"Are you sure he is to be trusted?" Gran Torino asked.
"Once free from the watchful eyes of both the PLF and the HPSC, who also have him tagged, Hawks was free to spill all he knew about both organizations and is eager to do away with both of them," Nezu informed. "It would appear that not only are the PLF a major threat to Hero Society as we know it, but so too are the HPSC, with what Hawks has delightfully spilled the beans of."
For nearly 2 hours, the gathered individuals were briefed on the hidden crimes of the HPSC, including the use of the former Hero Lady Nagant as their assassin and enforcer to carry out various less-than-savory to downright illegal acts, up to and including sabotage, espionage, and assassination of corrupt public governmental officials, reporters, police officers, and other Pro Heroes. Hawks was even able to reveal that the Commission was responsible for secretly perpetuating discrimination against Heteromorphic Quirks, 'Villainous' Quirks, and Quirkless individuals, those who didn't fit the golden image they wanted Japan to exemplify to the world. Every misdeed the HPSC committed brought a new surge of rage to Endeavor, Eraserhead, and Tsukauchi, enraged of the officials and government they gave their lives to serve and protect, and a new level of shame to All Might, who helped maintain such a system as the Symbol of Peace, a figurehead, and scapegoat if needed, for the Hero Society these power hungry tyrants perpetuated.
"What was it you said before, Chiyo?" Toshinori asked rhetorically, putting his hand over his face in shame. "About all the good I did as the Symbol of Peace?"
"You can let your guilt refute my words all you like, but you aren't the only one who they have used," Recovery Girl sassed back.
"So, what do we intend to do now?" Midnight questioned Nezu. "If we continue following their orders and defeat the PLF, we'll just be continuing this hateful cycle run by the Commission, but if we let the PLF run rampant and destroy the HPSC, hundreds of thousands of civilians could be hurt or killed in the crossfire, and we will be letting something even worse take their place."
"It is a puzzling dilemma, one I do not have the answer to," Nezu admitted. "For now, we must remain vigilant and careful to appear as if everything is going as usual. We will continue planning a full-scale assault on the PLF in due course. We will inform of these plans to those within the Commission who aren't part of PLF, while at the same time gathering the evidence we need to eliminate these would-be tyrants afterward. Any attempt against either side prematurely would be ill-advised."
Reluctancy and displeasure were evident in the group members' eyes, yet their heads nodded with affirmation of Nezu's plan, seeing no other alternative at the very moment. Even if they did go after the PLF at this very moment, they have no idea which Heroes or Commission employees were secretly PLF spies and thus risk letting the enemy know ahead of time and risk running into a trap; however, if they try to dismantle the Commission's rotten members, they likewise risk the PLF knowing and striking, taking advantage of the political and governmental chaos that would erupt.
'Hawks made it clear from his hidden messages, we have to be the ones to strike at the PLF first,' Endeavor thought. 'Otherwise, if we let them make the first move, we lose, period.'
"That isn't everything, is it, Nezu?" Gran Torino raised an eyebrow, his eyes looking pointedly toward Nezu's shifting paws.
Nezu sighed. "I'm afraid so," Nezu nodded. Nezu looked one last time at All Might, and the Symbol of Peace nodded, reluctantly. Endeavor, Present Mic, and Midnight looked confused, while the rest had their eyes widening, quickly realizing what this was about.
"Are you sure?" Aizawa asked the two, his eyes darting between Kayama, Yamada, and Endeavor.
"Yes," All Might nodded. "After recent events, we have no choice."
"What are you three talking about?" Endeavor questioned, eyes narrowed with suspicion.
"What we will inform you is a secret of the utmost importance, one that only a select few are privy to know, and would be disastrous to a certain few individuals if it were ever revealed. But first," Nezu raised a remote and clicked a button, lowering a screen before the group. "We have a video to show you."
Meanwhile...
Izuku paced around nervously in his Hero suit, waiting at a large clearing in Ground Beta. Izuku was waiting for the girls to arrive for their training session, his mind split between how to teach them his new ideas and how to casually approach and interact with them enough so that he could make heads or tails whether or not to inform them about One For All, like Setsuna asked him.
He had gotten permission from All Might and Eraserhead to use the field, though Izuku was taken aback by how quickly both gave him the all clear, especially Aizawa. It had only been months since Bakugou dragged him out here after the Provisional Licensing Exam, where they had their fight, and where his former childhood friend learned about One For All. The green-haired protagonist believed he would have to beg or persuade his homeroom teacher, but he barely glanced at him before saying yes. Despite his teacher's best efforts, Izuku could tell that something was wrong; he could see the inner pain and turmoil behind his tired eyes, ones so similar to those he often saw in the mirror.
Thinking about his past and his fight with Bakugou here only served to make Izuku's frown worsen, his conflicting thoughts from last night resurfacing. 'He dragged me here because it was where I first defeated him in our first Battle Training Exercise, shortly after he failed the Provisional Licensing Exam. He said he wanted to fight all-out here because the teachers would prevent them during training. He forced me to fight like I owed him,' Izuku thought, and something about how he said it started to tick him off. 'Like I owed him anything. I'm the one he kept beating into the dirt because of something beyond my control. He's the one who dragged me here, got me into trouble when I didn't want to fight, just like old times. I'm the one keeping our past secret!'
Izuku blinked and shook his head, clearing away the anger before it could boil and erupt further, yet he could still hear the ringing in his ear. 'Where did that come from?' Izuku panted as he gripped his head. The 9th wielder of One For All was confused why suddenly reminiscing about Bakugou could suddenly drive him into a fit of anger; that wasn't him, he wasn't the petty or vindictive type, that was...
Izuku shook his head again before he thought the name out loud. 'Great, first relationship problems, now anger issues,' Izuku bemoaned his recent and compacting issues. "That can wait. Right now, I have a training session to run."
"Hey, Deku-kun!" Ochaco's voice called out from the distance. Izuku turned to see all ten girls who formed this Sisterhood walking toward him, even Melissa and Mei, the latter of whom was dragging a large red wagon full of various Support Item tools.
Izuku's heart skipped a beat at the sight of their happy smiles, but he steeled himself forward. "Hey, everyone!" Izuku waved at them, flashing his own bright smile.
The girls felt their hearts clenched tightly, and their faces burned red at the sight of Izuku's megawatt smile and Hero suit, which hugged him at all the right places. "Hey, Green," Jiro called. "Hope we didn't keep you waiting?"
"Oh, not at all," Izuku shrugged. "I'm just glad you guys wanted to listen to my ideas for your Quirks."
"Of course, we would listen, Midori!" Mina exclaimed enthusiastically. "I mean, I'll probably not understand most of them, but I'll try my hardest!"
"That's the spirit!" Nejire cheered before flying over to Izuku, the green-haired teen blushing at her rapid and close proximity. "So, what do you have in store for me, Zuzu?! Raiden's Electric Fly thingy? Or maybe something with Iron Man, since he flies and fights like me? Ooh, will you be willing to try and see if your cool green lightning can be used offensively?!"
"Let's not overwhelm already, Hado-senpai," Momo muttered while pulling Nejire back via her ear.
"Owie! Hey, I'm your Senpai! Treat me with respect!" Nejire cried and whined like a child, and not like the senpai she was. "And it's Nejire-chan!"
Izuku sweatdropped and chuckled nervously at Nejire's antics. Looking toward Melissa and Mei, he asked, "Mel, Mei, I'm glad to see you two here, but can I ask why? I don't really have anything on how to improve your skills with inventing."
"Glad to see you, too, Izu," Melissa replied, her cheeks still red at being called 'Mel' by Izuku. "And we're just here to observe you all, see if we can get any on-field data on how to improve your Support Items. If I'm gonna make another set of Full Gauntlets for you, Izu, I need to gauge just how strong you are and how you regulate your Quirk."
"Cool," Izuku smirked, nodding in approval. He walked back to a nearby bench, where he had stacked his notebooks. The girls did a double-take as the stack easily occupied most of the bench. " So, shall we get started?"
The girls suddenly felt an overwhelming amount of dread and fear, realizing this training session wasn't going to be as light and romantic as they had originally intended. 'What have we done?' They all thought fearfully.
Meanwhile... meanwhile...
"What are we doing here, again?" Sen groaned, asking for what felt like the 5th time, wondering how he managed to end up in this situation.
Currently, the combined group of Sen Kaibara, Denki Kaminari, Hanta Sero, Kosei Tsuburaba, and Yosetsu Awase hid behind a food truck standee in Ground Beta, observing Midoriya's and the girls' group training session with binoculars. All five of them were wearing urban camouflage, peeking out through the holes of the standee, making them look like a bunch of Elmer Fudds hunting Bugs Bunny or Wile E Coyote hunting Road Runner.
Sen recalled how Kaminari roped them into this scheme, pulling them aside during the break periods in their video game tournament, exclaiming that this self-proclaimed mission was of the utmost importance. Observing Midoriya lead a training session with the girls while bombarding them with information from a pile of notebooks wasn't what he had imagined.
"Stalking out of jealousy, apparently," Awase muttered
"I told you guys, we aren't stalking, and this isn't about jealousy. Or mine at least," Kaminari hissed, turning to look at his current cohorts. "I know what I saw and heard. I'm sure Mineta is gonna try to show up and perform some half-brained perverted scheme with the girls or humiliate Midoriya."
"And why should we care about that?" Tsuburaba questioned, confused. "I mean, the dude is okay and all, but why go out of our way to make sure his group date with 10 girls doesn't get ruined?" As Kosei stated his question, he started to feel jealous of Midoriya's luck with women.
"I thought Class 1-B was a bastion of camaraderie and protectiveness of their class. Is the sheer fact that Tokage is part of this group not raising any concerns for you guys?" Kaminari asked back.
The three boys of Class 1-B blinked in surprise, looking at each other before nodding slowly. The idea that Mineta would stalk and create some perverted scheme toward one of their class's girls didn't sit well with them.
"Plus, this is more for Mineta's sake, too," Kaminari continued explaining. "The two of us have gotten away with our schemes by the skin of our teeth, most of the time, mostly because Aizawa-sensei barely cares, but I'm worried he might try something so bad at such a wrong time, we might only get what remains of him back in a matchbox."
"Not like it wouldn't take much to make him fit in one already," Kosei snickered.
"This is serious, dude!" Kaminari hissed. "The dude may be a perverted creep some of the time," Kaminari paused as all the guys dryly looked at him. "...Okay, most of the time, but he's still my little buddy. I can't let my bro walk right into a pack of lionesses and watch him get mauled to death without doing something about it."
"I guess I can see that," Awase sighed. "Wouldn't be so different from what we do with Monoma, right, guys?"
"I guess."/"Fair." Sen and Kosei replied simultaneously.
In fairness, the two were among the most gullible of their class, constantly falling into Monoma's competitive rants and plots against Class 1-A; case in point, when they followed Monoma's plan to throw the Sports Festival's 1st event and teamed up with him in the 2nd. They got plenty chewed out by Kendo and Vlad King about how stupid the plan was in retrospect. The Sports Festival was their chance to take the spotlight and receive the attention of Pro Heroes for their internships, yet, in following Monoma and letting them be mostly at the back of the pack and then have most of their members unable to compete well against the likes of Bakugou's and Todoroki's teams, the results speak for themselves. Their class was lucky to have any offers to begin with, most of them being toward Tetsutetsu, Shiozaki, and Shoda, the only three from Class 1-B to make it to the 3rd event, even if the first two only got in because Shoda and Ojiro quit.
They tried their best to break free from getting caught up in Monoma's 'competitive fervor', as they most generously put it, and succeeded, for the most part, in the Joint Class Training Exercise. However, some of them still end up falling for Monoma's half-brained plots, their desire for attention and need to prove themselves 1-A's equals leading them astray, and often have to get involved and break Monoma away from 1-A before he says something too far to take back.
Most of the time, they relied on Kendo to chop him in the back of the neck, knock him out, and drag him away, but, in truth, there was a secret timetable among Class 1-B that would follow the narcissistic blonde and keep him away from Class 1-A, and, if that failed, knock him out. The only reason Kendo was the one stuck doing it most of the time could be considered bad luck on her part; Awase only had to do so the one time when Kendo was too busy getting ready for the School Festival's Beauty Contest.
So, the chance to keep another poor guy with delusions of grandeur from getting himself destroyed by a pack of furious girls -nature's most dangerous predators- was reason enough.
On the plus side, it did give them the chance to see the girls in action.
Kaminari sighed again, groaning to himself about the backup he managed to gather. Kaminari wanted to ask the other guys from his class to help, but they either refused or thought it was a 'foolish endeavor', as Tokoyami put it. Kaminari thought about convincing Iida to join and help out his friend Midoriya, but thought again, having a feeling that Iida would have grilled him instead for intruding on Midoriya's and the girls' privacy. The blonde knew asking the other girls of Class 1-B would be suicide, Monoma was a big no, and Kaminari didn't know enough about the other 1-B guys to know if they would help him out, so these four were the best he got.
Kaminari shook his head, telling himself to suck it up and do his best to find and save his buddy before he screwed himself. 'Plus, if I help Midoriya out here, he might help me out with those notes about improving my Quirk,' Kaminari thought, remembering what he could decipher from Midoriya's muttering about which of Raiden's moves he could perform. '...And maybe teach me how to be a lady killer like he is.'
As the group session continued, unknown to their hidden audience, the guys didn't look a gift horse in the mouth and decided to indulge in their stakeout, checking out the girls as they practiced Midoriya's ideas and suggestions on training robots and equipment from Power Loader. Some of the techniques they observed clearly appeared to copy the moves and skill sets of the previous Death Battle Combatants, with Midoriya alternating his time with the 10 girls, either individually or collectively.
Midoriya and Yaoyorozu would practice throwing Yaoyorozu-made Batarangs or shurikens that looked similar to Mai Shiranui's fans at targets with increasing levels of difficulty and interference, such as loud and obnoxious yelling from Hatsume, Hagakure, Ashido, and Tokage. Yaoyorozu repaid the favor by helping Izuku learn the basics of sword-fighting, wondering if they could have Midoriya be anywhere as decent a swordsman as either of his counterparts, Luke Skywalker and Guts, or other sword fighters like Link, Cloud, Ragna, Sol Badguy, Deadpool, or Deathstroke. The two also discussed with Shield and Hatsume on what seemed to be notes on Spider-Man's Web Fluid and its practical applications for use in the field as a capture device for heroes and police. Sero perked up and paid close attention to that.
With Hagakure, Midoriya and her attempted to test the limits of her Light Refraction abilities. Previously, Hagakure could refract and intensify the light that passed through her, allowing her to essentially 'flash' and stun her opponents, but thanks to some training under Yoroi Musha, Hagakure could now manipulate and redirect light-based attacks, evidenced by Hagakure redirecting lasers from the robots, which were set to a low stun. Midoriya wanted to see if it could be taken further, to see if she could absorb the light and fire it out at a later period. Izuku's notes showed he drew inspiration from fighters like Gamera's mana-absorption, and Blanka's, Pikachu's, Raiden's, and Thor's ability to absorb electricity. Thus far, the most they appeared to have accomplished was Hagakure maintaining the manipulated laser energy in an orb for several seconds. Still, it seemed to require an immense amount of concentration on her part, which they concluded was ill-ideal in the field, at least for now. Kaminari blinked, momentarily wondering if Hagakure's invisible figure was flickering at times.
Asui's training focused primarily on acrobatics, mobility, and evasion. Using notes Midoriya had written from observing the more agile-based characters like Mario, Sonic, Spider-Man, Captain America, and more, the two hopped and ran across the area, leaping from building to building while evading robot fire using a combination of their physical augmentations of their Quirks, Asui's tongue, and Midoriya's Black Whip. The two also teamed up with Hagakure, Jiro. and Tokage for stealth training, Midoriya, Jiro, and Tokage usually being the ones attempting to find the invisible girl and Asui's Camouflaged self. Sero noticed that Midoriya also appeared to be learning just as much as Asui about utilizing Black Whip, just like from their training at the USJ yesterday. Sero saw and almost gagged at the sight of Midoriya trying to use Black Whip through his mouth and tongue like Asui, with minimal success.
Ashido's training was likewise similar to Asui's, Midoriya having written down multiple acrobatic feats from characters like Captain America, Batman, Sektor, Scorpion, and even Majin Buu. Their training focused more on the physical offensive capabilities, as the two attempted to teach others a series of mixed martial arts, combining Midoriya's Shoot Style combat, Hagakure's break-dancing skills, and assimilating the martial arts they witnessed from characters like Goku, Ryu, Deadpool, Captain America, Spider-Man, and Batman. Tsuburaba snickered at witnessing Midoriya occasionally fumble and freeze up from either Mina's close proximity or the girl's blatant teasing and stretches before him, but it was likewise surprising, if not a little annoying, to see firsthand the rapid progress on Midoriya's part- and Mina's blush being more noticeably purple on her pink skin.
Jiro's training involved stealth, senses, and martial arts as well. Her part in their makeshift stealth training around the area—where the five guys somehow remained completely unnoticed—was to improve the range and accuracy of her enhanced hearing. The martial arts portion of her training was something she was convinced of by Midoriya, Ashido, and Yaoyorozu, who all agreed that while her jacks and Heartbeat Distortions served as good deterrents for most enemies, the rarity of facing an opponent resistant to both would leave Jiro open to attack. To address this weakness, Jiro sometimes trained with Midoriya and Mina in their mixed martial arts sessions, though Kaibara could see it was mostly basic defense training, with the Gyrate Quirk user wondering whether they would continue training with Kendo and/or Ojiro.
Nejire's training focused more on precision and the adaptability of their Quirks. Unfortunately, no matter how hard Izuku tried, it appeared the green bioelectricity of his Quirk's activation was merely a visual indicator of Izuku's overwhelming power, and not a viable energy source to fire, much to Nejire's disappointment. The two decided to stick to strengthening Izuku's accuracy with his given tools. Nejire and Izuku would also use various targets, like robots and ring targets, to better their aim, specifically Izuku's Air Force technique and Black Whip's pinpoint accuracy. Izuku's attempts to use Black Whip looked rather similar to either Scorpion's use of his iconic rope dart or Spider-Man's Web Lines. As for the Big Three member, Izuku attempted to help Nejire to coalesce and harness her Wave Motion energy into physical attacks, wrapping the energy around her fists and legs for powerful concussive blows while unleashing the energy outward at the moment of impact so as not to damage Nejire's limbs. Nejire took to such a new avenue surprisingly well, and Sen blinked at how the visuals looked similar to when he used his Quirk to gyrate his fists into drills.
Melissa and Mei didn't participate in the training unless it required the use of one of their inventions/'babies', but Midoriya would give the two inventor girls his attention from time to time. Their conversations appeared mostly related to various Support Tools they were brainstorming for the girls and Izuku. Some examples Kaminari and the others managed to spot from their binoculars were what seemed like enhanced gauntlets for Jiro, an actual Hero suit for Hagakure that would blend with her Quirk with the flip of a switch, and what looked like sketches of lightsabers and metal gloves or gauntlets that looked similar to Iron Man's, though the guys couldn't tell who they were specifically for. Sero guessed Nejire, Kaminari thought of Jiro, and Awase figured it was a precision tool for Asui's slime or Ashido's Acid.
Tokage's time with Midoriya alternated between stealth training with Jiro, Asui, and Hagakure, and practicing evasion and counterattacks. Izuku would test Setsuna's reaction time by attacking her repeatedly with increasing levels of Full Cowling, forcing Tokage to evade using her Quirk to break apart or by naturally diving or rolling out of the way. She also tried to counterattack Midoriya in return. This method was more effective at lower percentages, but as Izuku increased his use of Full Cowling to higher levels, it became clear that Tokage was getting overwhelmed more easily. At some point, the two had a private conversation. The details were unclear due to their distance, but one part of the talk had Midoriya frowning and deep in thought. The others guessed it might be about Setsuna's Quirk, especially when Setsuna gestured to her detaching body parts.
By the time they got to thinking about Izuku's time with Uraraka, more than a couple of hours had passed without any sign of Mineta.
"Dude, I don't think he's showing up," Sero said. "We've staked the place out, looked on every rooftop, high vantage point, and potential hidey hole; he's not here."
"Have you guys checked behind you?" A familiar voice said behind them.
"Oh, come on, Mineta, that's stupid. It's not like you're gonna be... right behind... us," Kaminari's denial swiftly died as he and the others turned slowly to see Minoru Mineta standing behind them, arms crossed, eyebrow raised, and tapping his foot impatiently.
"So, how's your stalking going?" Mineta asked sarcastically.
"Uh, how long have you been standing there?" Sero questioned, a sweatdrop forming over his head at the embarrassment of being caught by their target.
"Long enough to know that you guys really think I would seriously be dumb enough to spy on Midoriya and the girls," Mineta answered, bluntly.
"You would be," Kaminari pointed at him, equally as blunt.
Mineta's stony gaze shook as he flinched, earning a look of confusion and genuine concern from Kaminari. "Maybe, but you could say I've had a change of heart," Mineta declared, shaking his head before standing straight and confidently. "The ladies don't care for stalkers, so I'm turning over a new leaf! You're looking at the new and improved Minoru Mineta, respectful friend to women everywhere and their glorious bodies in all shapes and sizes!"
"Yeah, real respectful," Sen deadpanned.
"I'm sure he loved to 'respectfully take their measurements,'" Kosei agreed, clearly not buying Mineta's proclamation.
"Whether or not you believe me is irrelevant!" Mineta responded passionately, before grinning evilly. "Now, though, I think our Class Reps would like to have a word with you."
Kaminari and the guys paled as Iida and Shoda loomed over them with angry and disappointed glares, the five paling and shaking as they imagined flames surrounding the two's background.
"KAMINARI! SERO! I AM SHOCKED AND APPALLED BY YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS! FIRSTLY, YOU'VE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO COERCE OUR CLASSMATES INTO ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR SCHEMES, PAINTING MINETA, OUR CLASSMATE, AS SOME SENSELESS RUFFIAN ATTEMPTING A CRUEL AND UNSAVORY ACT AGAINST MIDORIYA AND THE GIRLS, AND COERCING STUDENTS OF OUR SISTER CLASS INTO YOUR PLAN! AND NOW, EVEN AFTER SEEING THAT MINETA WASN'T HERE, YOU CONTINUED SPYING AND INTRUDING ON OUR CLASSMATES' PRIVACY! HAVE YOU NO SHAME?!"
Iida continued delivering verbal rebukes to the downtrodden boys while Shoda did the same with his classmates, though far gentler than Iida, yet the 1-B boys looked no less ashamed and chastised. Mineta, meanwhile, stood back and let the 1-A Class Rep and the 1-B Deputy Rep do their thing, his job done. His gaze shifted over to where Midoriya and the girls were practicing, the green-haired teen going over to check on Uraraka. Instinct and temptation flared again in Mineta's head, urging him onward to do exactly what Kaminari's group was concerned he would do. He could hear his inner devil side trying to convince him, stroking his jealousy over 10 beautiful girls fawning all over Midoriya, and that it would be fairer if Midoriya at least gave some of the girls to him.
However, Mineta's more angelic side popped in to save the day, reminding him of yesterday's viewings, specifically Guts vs Nightmare. The sight of that disgusting bastard who raped Guts flashed hauntingly on the forefront of his mind, sending disgusting shivers down his spine that worsened when his mind treacherously replaced the man's face with his own and Guts with any of the girls he knew.
'No, I won't do it. I won't be a disgusting bastard like that. That kind of person is a Villain, not a Hero,' Mineta thought for the umpteenth time, his knuckles cracking. 'I may have started being a Hero to get the girls, but no girl would ever go out with a creep who acts no better than a pervy Villain. I can't be like that ever again.'
Mineta had made this goal after retreating to the 1-B dorms and reevaluating his time at U.A., visualizing the reactions of the girls to his pervy comments and schemes, and comparing himself to Midoriya's selfless and humble personality and confidence. Looking back at all the things Midoriya did throughout their first year, all the times he saw Midoriya's heroic spirit and courage against scary Villains, it made the grape-headed boy realize how lacking he was in comparison, how truly short he was compared to the green-haired boy's greatness. Izuku Midoriya had the heart, courage, and air of an awesome hero that the girls would fall for, and that's the kind of Hero Mineta wanted to be.
Mineta sent a grateful smile toward Midoriya, even if the boy didn't know he was there, determined to become as great a Hero as the boy who showed him what a true courageous Hero looked like... and then Mineta's eyes fell down to where Uraraka's suit clung tightly around her round ass cheeks. Blood trickled down from his nose. 'Okay, I might tone down the perviness, but I know what I am,' Mineta thought, compromisingly, giving an approving thumbs up. 'A lover of women, but a respectful one... Yep.'
With his morals solidified, Mineta walked away, following Iida and Shoda as they dragged their chastised classmates back to the dorms- Iida even dragged Kaminari and Sero by pulling on their ears, to their dismay and pain.
"You doing good, Ochaco?" Izuku asked as he walked over.
"Y-Yep," Ochaco groaned, wiping the sweat from her brow while pressing her thumbs together. "Release!"
With the affirmative pink glow of her fingertip beans, multiple heavy objects fell around her while Uraraka, previously in a cross-legged stance in mid-air and connecting to the ground via a cord tied to her waist, likewise fell, landing on her boots. Izuku's task for her was to meditate while canceling her gravity and objects around her, testing and pushing through the limits of her nausea for as long as possible. It was exhaustive, and many times Ochaco wanted to puke out rainbows, yet the determination to surpass her limits and not let Izuku down gave her the fuel to keep her lunch down and herself and the objects up.
Izuku handed her a bottle of water, which she accepted gratefully. "Thanks," Ochaco said before downing the liquid.
"Your weight limit has definitely improved dramatically since when we first got into U.A.," Izuku commented. "Keep this up, and you might double before we start our 2nd."
Ochaco paused her drinking, not willing to choke on her water as she blushed at Deku's compliment. "Thank you, Deku-kun," Ochaco thanked again. "I can keep going. That meditation actually helped make my nausea go away."
"You sure?" Izuku asked, his eyebrow raised with concern.
"Positive! Hit me with another task, Deku-sensei!" Ochaco exclaimed, thrusting her fist into the air while smiling cheekily.
Deku blushed at Uraraka's teasing, wondering if she was taking notes from Mina. 'Yeah, me, a teacher,' Izuku snorted to himself, almost finding the idea of his nervous, stage-fright self as a teacher too crazy to be possible. Almost. Shaking the thought away, Izuku gazed toward another one of his theories for Uraraka hesitantly. Analyzing the validity of his theory briefly, Izuku nodded. "Alright, I got one more thing to try for today," Izuku said.
"Sure, what is it?" Ochaco asked.
"Remember back to the Goku vs Superman video?" Izuku asked back.
"Oh, yeah! The one with your counterpart, Goku, and All Might's Superman one! That fight was crazy!" Uraraka pumped her fists again, smiling. "They were so cool and strong!"
Izuku smiled, his heart skipping a beat once more at seeing her upbeat enthusiasm. "Yeah, but not just them," Izuku's face grew serious again. "Do you remember what I said about your Quirk?"
Uraraka paused, scratching her head as she tried recalling what Izuku said back then. Her eyes lit up when the memory came back to her. "Oh! What you said about what my Quirk actually cancels, right?" Ochaco snapped her fingers, asking.
"Right," Izuku nodded, showing her his notes regarding her Quirk. "Like I said then, previously we thought you were canceling the gravitational field, but if that was the case, then when you used your Quirk on me when I was falling from destroying the Zero Pointer's head, I would have still fallen at the same rate of velocity."
Ochaco nodded, her face scrunched up displeasingly at the thought of the boy she had come to love being a bloody smear on the ground before she had gotten to know him truly.
"I also said that the actual thing you must be canceling with your Quirk was my mass," Izuku continued. "It explains why I decelerated from hitting the ground so quickly and why everything you touch starts floating in the air like balloons. It also explains why Earth's upward force doesn't automatically shoot anything you make weightless up into the atmosphere. It would simulate Zero Gravity without actually canceling gravity."
"Okay, but why do you think that means I can then reverse my Quirk and increase the mass and gravity of others?" Ochaco asked, confused.
"Honestly, I think I was 'jumping the gun' when I said it," Izuku scratched at his cheeks, embarrassed. "I didn't really have any foolproof hypothesis. I think I was just so excited about the avenues your Quirks could take if our previous idea about your Quirk was wrong."
Ochaco smiled softly, a quiet giggle sounding in her mouth. "It's okay, Deku," Ochaco patted her friend's shoulder, careful to keep her pinky from touching him. "Your passion for analysis is just so 'you', you know? It's not something to be ashamed of or embarrassed."
Izuku paused, looking at Ochaco as she said those words. His thoughts from the previous nights flooded back to him momentarily, remembering hers and Nejire's words, the knowing and unknowing comfort they gave to him, and how they helped to dissect and break away the insecurities he gained from his past.
"Thanks, Ochaco-san," Izuku smiled, before continuing. "Anyway, a theory I have regarding how we can reverse your Quirk revolves around mass and energy. Mass is essentially energy, rest energy to be precise, and energy doesn't disappear and reappear out of nowhere; it has to go somewhere."
"You think the energy must go into my Quirk?" Uraraka questioned, catching onto Izuku's train of thought.
"Possibly," Izuku nodded. "The energy wouldn't go into you because you can also cancel your own mass, so your rest energy must be going somewhere too, and the only possible explanations could be that it somehow floats invisibly in the air, or it transfers to your Quirk, which then affects you through your nausea, giving you your weight limit. But whenever you press your beads together, you return the mass and energy of the object to the weightless objects without having to touch them again. Your Quirk must release the energy passively through the air, which then returns to its point of origin."
"Wow, I guess I never thought about that," Ochaco muttered, looking down at the beads of her fingers, astounded she never bothered to ask how her Quirk functioned bit by bit.
"It's understandable," Izuku reassured her. "People usually don't realize or ask how their bodies work in detail; it's just instinct, we live with it. Quirks are just another part of the human body, but because each is so different and expressive, they're easier to analyze and figure out in retrospect."
"I guess," Uraraka smiled softly, clenching her fist. "So, you think the key to doubling the gravity revolves around this energy I must be absorbing?"
"Rather than letting the energy go, maybe you can pass on the energy onto something else," Izuku nodded. "It's worth a try." Izuku walked toward a nearby cart and rolled it to Uraraka. On the cart were two metal cubes, an air pump, strings, and uninflated balloons. "Both these pieces of metal have the same weight. I'll give one to you to cancel its mass, while the other I'll attach to some balloons for it to float. After you cancel the gravity of the first metal cube, I want you to grab the cube on the balloons, but rather than canceling and taking away the cube's mass and energy, I want you to infuse the energy from the first cube into the second one. You follow?"
"Gotcha," Uraraka nodded. The pink-cheeked girl waited until Deku inflated and tied enough balloons so that the metal cube could float decently enough to float to their shoulders.
"Ready?" Izuku asked.
Uraraka nodded, silently turning to the cube on the table and grabbing it with all five fingers. As usual, she felt the pull of her Quirk, now wondering if that very pull was always her taking the energy and mass of objects, and as she gave the cube a gentle toss, the cube floated above the table. Izuku grabbed the cube to keep it from flying off. Uraraka turned to the cube floating on the balloons, breathing deeply while instinctively ignoring her nausea.
"Now, I want you to concentrate, Ochaco," Izuku advised. "Imagine the energy from the first cube's mass inside you, think of it like... like a cup of water you filled from a jug."
"Pfft, that sounds so simple and silly, Deku-kun," Ochaco puffed her cheeks, sputtering out giggles.
"Shut up," Izuku said with no force to it, rolling his eyes with a smirk. "Anyway, imagine, as you are holding the other cube, you aren't filling the cup with more water from this jug, but rather you are instead transferring the water from the first jug into this one."
Uraraka nodded and stretched her hand toward the balloon-tethered cube, visualizing exactly what Deku said. She felt like she was holding a cup of water inside her, sloshing and waiting to be poured out again. Uraraka felt the cube in her hand, and instead of pulling the energy like usual, she focused on the water inside her going out toward the new object. She sensed resistance, the instinctive clash of her Quirk with her new command. Uraraka felt the energy inside her slosh and briefly extend out, spreading from her chest down her arm. Her beads buzzed, glowing hot with heat and energy, until the heat became overwhelming. She stopped, gasping as she felt the pull again, and the cube in her hand became weightless.
Uraraka groaned and gasped heavily, the extra weight of nausea almost making her gag. Uraraka opened her eyes, looking at the cube still in her hand, and let it go. As usual, the cube began to float further up before it was grabbed by Deku's Black Whip and dragged down back to shoulder level.
"You okay?" Izuku asked, looking concerned at Uraraka's gasping figure while she steadied herself, hands on her bent knees.
"Y-Yeah," Uraraka panted, swallowing down the bile of nausea. "I-I felt it. I felt something different than the pull of my Quirk like I usually did. I-It felt like the energy, the water, was starting to flow out of me to my hand, but it felt too hot. When I stopped, I felt the same pull, and I canceled the cube's gravity."
"Hmm, that's something," Izuku nodded, face scrunched in thought. He looked up to see Uraraka press her beads together, muttering 'Release', and felt the weight of both cubes return in his hands. "Ochaco, why do you always say 'Release' when canceling your Quirk?"
"Hmm? Well, I think I started saying it when I first awakened my Quirk," Ochaco answered, face pensive as she recalled the first time she started canceling the gravity of everything she touched. She almost giggled at the comically frightened expressions her parents made when they saw her floating in the air of their apartment. "It started as a way for me to know when I wanted my Quirk to stop, and then it just became a habit."
"Maybe that's the key!" Izuku exclaimed, grinning. "Maybe you need a new verbal command, something to help indicate for your Quirk to function as you want it until it becomes a new instinct."
Uraraka blinked at Izuku, surprised, before thinking it over herself. Finding no reason not to try, Uraraka nodded. Once again, the pink-cheeked girl picked up the first cube and canceled its gravity, tossing it to Izuku, while the green-haired teen let go of the balloon-tethered cube and let it float aimlessly again. Uraraka walked up to the cube, closed her eyes, and concentrated again. She repeated the same process as before, sensing the energy within her, commanding it to move up her arm toward her fingers, grasping the cube, and experiencing the same increasing, burning heat. She thought quickly of a command, something that wasn't Skill Release, but something to indicate she wanted the energy inside her to increase the weight of the new object.
Suddenly, inspiration struck as she thought of Deku near her, supporting her, believing in her. Her thoughts on him pooled in more memories of Izuku Midoriya, from his dorky, blinding smiles to his gradual and staggering growth with his Quirk, how he developed Full Cowling, and as he slowly increased the percentage of his Quirk.
'Increase,' Uraraka thought suddenly, and it felt like her brain lit up. "Skill Increase!" Uraraka shouted. Suddenly, the energy inside surged outward, the water pouring out from her cup and into the jug that was the cube. She no longer felt the slight nausea of the energy inside her, the sensation so strange she let the cube go.
Thump!
Uraraka froze and slowly opened her eyes. In front of her, where the balloons of the cube should be, they weren't there anymore, and when she looked up to see if they were floating upward, they weren't. Ochaco turned toward Izuku, who stared at the ground with wide eyes and a slightly agape mouth, the first weightless cube now floating out of his slack hands. Ochaco followed Izuku's gaze, and her jaw fell open, too.
There on the ground, the metal cube lay, the balloons that previously held it aloft, now uselessly dragged down. The ground below the cube cracked under its increased weight.
Notes:
AAAAANNNNNDDDDD SCENE!
Yep, Uraraka has unlocked Skill Increase! Previously, she could only cancel a person's 'gravity' by absorbing and altering their mass, infusing the energy into her Quirk, including her own, which is why she gets nauseous. Now, she can transfer the energy she absorbed from other objects and infuse it into others, increasing their gravity and making them heavier. Yes, this might not be how canon Uraraka's Quirk works, but it's a path I think would make sense with her Quirk and the feats she has performed before.
We finally got the training session and paid off dozens of Death Battles and notes with Izuku teaching the girls and himself new moves, abilities, and tactics to blend the skills of previous combatants to their own. There will be more developments and skills learned, either from this session out of context or in possible future sessions, but it's a good start to getting these crazy kids stronger and closer together.
And we now have seen the full conversation between Izuku and Setsuna, where he found out about the Sisterhood, the video they watched, and now contemplates whether or not to tell them about One For All. Thus far, he knows he likes the girls, and they him; however, All Might's previous talks about the dangers of One For All, the importance of its secrecy, and the consequences of its reveal are still holding him back from accepting the happiness in arm's reach of him under the excuse of wanting to protect them. It's Deku's classic self-sacrifice nature, the same one that ultimately makes him leave U.A. to go vigilante. Will history repeat itself here, or will the girls break through this final wall and keep him from going rogue?
We also have more on Deku's suddenly shifting thoughts on Bakugou, because the more he lets the good vibes in and his sense of love out, the opposite of Love comes out too: Hate. All the bitterness, rage, and inner hatred toward Bakugou that Deku buried under his admiration and desire for friendship are finally being let out, as he is starting to come to terms with his past. As the previous chapters showed, Deku acknowledges that his past trauma and bullying were the whetstone that sharpened him into the respectful, considerate, and selfless Hero he is today, but the new obstacle he faces is having to fully grapple with his held-back negative feelings. Will he let the anger consume him and lash out at Bakugou, or will he overcome it?
I hope you guys liked the development I did for Mineta. Originally, this was going to be a much longer character arc, possibly stretching to Master Roshi vs. Jiraiya, but after certain comments critiquing my handling of Mineta as 'targeted bashing', I decided to expedite the process. Now, instead of Mineta being the perv stalking the girls, getting called out, and dragged away for punishment, it's Mineta who is delivering the punishment, i.e., Iida, onto Kaminari and the others, who, while having good intentions at first, ultimately ended up doing exactly what Mineta would previously do. This doesn't mean that Mineta won't be a pervert anymore; he'll continue making the odd, pervy comment or thought occasionally, but not to an excessive degree like before.
We then had the girls dissecting and analyzing the Unbreakable music video for all the hints and clues, either blatant or more hidden. Now, I can imagine how some people will feel like this is too much and unrealistic that they managed to believe and solve so much out of one video, but after having proof that these events happened, whether by seeing them, knowing that they happened, and finding out that the secretive aspects, like Izuku, Iida, and Todoroki fighting Stain, were also real, they don't have any reason to believe everything else is real and thus allow them to take the symbolism and events shown to heart and analyze them with scrutiny. It also makes sense that Momo would catch on quickly and piece together so much of what the video was trying to say, considering she is a genius, though I did show that she does have the occasional moments of self-doubt that nearly put all her on-track theories to ruin. I even include some internal conflict with Setsuna, trying to walk the fine line of secrecy between helping her 'sisters' and keeping her promise to Izuku.
With all that said, I hope you guys liked the chapter. Next chapter, we will continue with the Death Battle reactions, but until then, please leave your thoughts and counterpart predictions in the comments below, check out my other stories if you want, and be chill and civil with each other.
This has been Zayden StormVoid, and per Deku's victory, let us all perform the SquarePants Victory Screech!
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Chapter 48: Beast vs Goliath
Summary:
The group returns for another day of Death Battle videos, starting with two beastly Heroes faced with terrible deals: protecting the people that hate them.
Notes:
*Gasp* Look up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's ZAYDEN STORMVOID, here once again to deliver another chapter of MHA watches Death Battle!
Last time, we had the 4th Interlude chapter, where we had Izuku contemplating whether or not to tell the girls about One For All, his conflicted, angry feelings toward Bakugou, witnessed the full conversation between him and Setsuna, and even lead a training session with the girls, the most significant development to come out of it being Uraraka learning how to increase the 'gravity' of other objects. Speaking of the girls, we also watched them dissect the music video into pieces, with Momo hitting the mark way too many times, arguing over whether or not to have Izuku tell them or let him do it at his own time, Setsuna struggling with keeping secrets from her 'sister's, and Nejire's growing distaste for Bakugou.
The following day, we had a meeting between Nezu and the others, discussing Shirakumo being Kurogiri, the true threats of the Paranormal Liberation Front and the HPSC, and the beginning plotting to take both threats out for good, but not before they watched the same video the girls did. We even had Kaminari and some guys spying on Izuku's training session in search of Mineta, only to have the grape-headed boy rat them out to Iida and see that he is beginning to turn over a new leaf.
And now, we return for yet another Death Battle reaction, this time with Beast vs Goliath. How will the MHA cast react firsthand toward the Mutants? What obvious similarities will be spotted? And how will these next several videos go by with the growing tension between Izuku, the girls, and Bakugou? All this and more, happening now and later.
But first, the Index:
"Zayden," -Normal Dialogue
'Zayden,' -Internal or Mental Dialogue
"Zayden," -Wiz or Flashback Dialogue
"Zayden," -Boomstick, Dark Shadow, and Buff Might Dialogue
"Zayden," -Device, Counterpart, Robots, and Fight Dialogue
Finally, I do not own My Hero Academia or Death Battle, the former belonging to Horikoshi and animated by Bones Studios, while the later belongs to the YouTube channel of the same name, whatever is left of Roosterteeth, and all franchises mentioned in past, present, or future chapters belong to their respective owners, such as Beast and the X-Men to Marvel and Disney.
With all that said and done, enough talk! It's Time For A DEATH BATTTTTLLLLLEEEEEE!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Third POV
After a day of relaxation, training, meetings, and patrols, the following day saw the U.A. students back in their classes, the students extra antsy for the end of the day to watch more Death Battle videos.
Currently, Classes 1-A and 1-B were at separate grounds at U.A.'s main campus, with the former at the rocky hills of Ground Omega, swarming with hordes of U.A.'s robots.
"Initiate Operation: Termination!" A horde of 1-, 2-, and 3-pointer robots rushed toward the students, their eyes glowing red.
With a swift flash of light, the heads and upper torsos of the robots were swiftly cut off, sending their broken parts flying. At the center of the destruction was Yuga Aoyama, a small blade of light sticking out near-solidly from his Naval belt.
"Naval Saber!" Aoyama declared his new Ultimate move.
"Woah, a new move! That's awesome!" Kaminari cheered.
"It's like Luke Skywalker's lightsaber or Sektor's Pulse Blades, but longer reaching," Sato referenced.
"Hey, Aoyama! Let's do this!" Hagakure called out, Aoyama responding by sending the blade of light toward Hagakure, the blade extending out in response. As the blade neared Hagakure, the invisible girl directed her hands at the laser, the beam of light shifting and twisting around her to strike at more robots. "Warp Refraction!"
"Woah, the beam curved!" Sero gasped, grinning in delight at the cool move.
The girls grinned as they remembered seeing Hagakure practicing the technique with them the day before.
"You will not stop us! This shall be known as Judgement Day!" More of the robots declared as they advanced.
'Huh, I guess Power Loader and Principal Nezu decided to pay homage to the Terminator, right?' Kirishima thought, amusingly, before a slight sliver of worry wormed its way into his mind. '...Right?'
"Max Viscosity: Acid Man!" Mina yelled as she somersaulted onto the field, covering herself in acid that morphed and took the shape of a humanoid blob of acid. As she landed and danced around the robots, they began to melt quickly. "And that's a wrap!" Mina boasted, her hair slick with leftover acid as she posed.
"Humans are scarrreeeyyy..." The robots voiced as they melted into puddles.
"Well done, you three!" All Might, wearing a U.A. tracksuit version of his old Hero suit, clapped, congratulating the three. The other U.A. students followed suit. "Your training with Yoroi Musha at your work studies paid off."
"Yep, he taught us how to maximize our defense and offense!" Hagakure declared, clapping Aoyama's shoulder, causing the poor teen to nearly topple over in pain while he clutched his upset stomach. "Although he isn't the only one who helped us with some very useful training." Hagakure looked over at Izuku, flashing a peace sign over to the green-haired teen.
Izuku blinked in surprise, before smiling warmly at Hagakure, touched.
"What she said! Oh, by the by, guess who inspired my Acid Man?" Mina danced over toward Kirishima, wiping away the last of her acid. "A certain Unbreakable technique. Like it?" Mina smiled teasingly at her oldest friend.
Kirishima gaped, surprised at the revelation. Shaking the shock free, Kirishima smiled widely, eyes flashing with heartfelt tears. "So cool!" Kirishima exclaimed.
"Well, after that well-shown performance, how about the rest of you zygotes follow that up?!" All Might directed toward the rest of the class.
"Yes, sir!" The class exclaimed.
Throughout the class, pairs of students began to fight against several robots with their newly improved skills, abilities, and new Ultimate moves.
"Sugar Charge!" Rikido roared as he rushed, shoulder-first, through the robots. With a flash of his eyes, he clasped his hands together for an upward axe punch. "Sugar Axe! Sugar Rush!" Rikido quickly followed up with a flurry of rapid, powerful punches.
"Tornado Tail Dance!" Ojiro swiftly spun around, evading the robot's strikes before lashing out in return with devastating blows from his fists, kicks, and tail. Following up, Ojiro wrapped his tail around one unfortunate robot's waist, leaped into the air, and spun around again, slamming the robot onto the ground and other robots before launching it away, hurling its half-destroyed body onto another group. "Dragon Tail!"
Izuku smiled as she analyzed his classmates one by one, mentally archiving their skills to write later in his notebooks. 'Sato and Ojiro are fighting with a flurry of attacks while easily predicting enemy moves. Their work study under Lion Hero: Shishido paid off well,' Izuku analyzed. 'Sugar Charge looks like Sato learned from Shao Kahn's Shoulder Charge, while his Sugar Axe and Ojiro's Dragon Tail look similar to Goku's moves.' Izuku remembered the axe punch that Goku used on Superman and the Saiyan's signature Dragon Throw, now adapted for Ojiro's Quirk.
Switching toward Shoji and Jiro, Izuku noticed the two often waiting patiently before evading the robots' attacks before delivering a devastating counterattack, either through a series of Octoblows from Shoji or Jiro's jacks stabbing them and blasting a quick, yet powerful shockwave. Izuku also noticed that the two mostly had their eyes closed before attacking. 'Waiting and listening before attacking, just like Toph,' Izuku noticed, smiling proudly, especially at Jiro as she performed a new move they created during their training session yesterday: Heartbeat Wall.
With Kaminari, Sero, and Mineta, the green-haired teen noticed the three effortlessly creating various barriers and obstacles to impede the robots before trapping them with bundles of Sero's tape and Mineta's orbs, before Kaminari would electrocute them with his tracking discs. 'Efficient teamwork between the three of them, herding and trapping their enemies before delivering the killing blow, so to speak,' Izuku mentally wrote down, before pausing as he noticed a subtle change. Izuku spotted Sero blinding the robot's lenses with quick bursts of tape before grabbing them and swinging them onto each other. With Kaminari, the blonde set up his discs in various locations before firing his electricity, the discs forming tripwires of electricity that electrocuted the robots. Izuku heard Kaminari yell out the move's name: Electric Wire. 'That move is like what I wrote down for him after Raiden's analysis, and the way Sero's blinding and swinging those bots is like Spider-Man.'
"Recipro Extend!" Iida yelled as he ran and kicked through multiple robots, notably more flexible and looser than previously; Izuku even saw Iida performing some slick slides and moving zigzaggedly with his engines as if on skates rather than running. "Tatsumaki Senpukyaku!" Iida hopped into the air and spun around, extending one leg out and firing his engines on that leg to kick the robots, while only using small bursts of air on his stationary leg.
Izuku grinned as he saw Iida move more freely and his new move. 'His movements are like Sonic and Shadow, helped out by his training from Manuel,' Izuku observed. 'And we all know where that last move came from.'
When Izuku turned his attention to Tokoyami and Koda, he likewise saw improvements and subtle changes to a similar character they were taking inspiration from: The Batman. 'The way Tokoyami is gliding and diving, stretching out Dark Shadow's claws like wings, and striking swiftly is like he's imitating Batman, and the way Koda is communicating clearly to those doves and bugs to blind the robots, also looks similar to Batman's bat-summoning and blinding transponder, while showing his progress under his work study. I believe it was with Number 8 Hero: Wash,' Izuku smiled, happy that his, and technically Mr. Aizawa's, counterpart was having a positive impact on the two.
With Kirishima, Izuku saw the spiky, red-haired student perform similarly to Jiro and Shoji, waiting for his opponent to strike and counterattack; however, unlike the two sensory-expert students, Kirishima allowed for the robots to hit him, their metal appendages bouncing and chipping off his Unbreakable state before delivering a brutal haymaker. 'Using his defenses to tire out his opponents and then strike while they are vulnerable. And that charge, it looks like seeing Captain America charge with his shield, only with Kirishima's arms instead,' Izuku noted.
Switching his gaze to Momo, he saw the raven-haired hero student function with a confident efficiency, glimpsing the quick and effective calculations in her eyes as she tossed grenades onto the robots, exploding them; Izuku especially smiled when he saw Momo fling bat-shaped shurikens at areas and robots huddled next to others before the shurikens exploded. 'Neither of us worked out becoming masters with the Batarangs yet, but Momo's skill and aim with those shurikens are impeccable. Majestic would be proud.'
Izuku looked over toward Ochaco and Tsuyu, smiling at their near flawless teamwork and decisive actions, but what caught Izuku off guard was not he new development they discovered of Uraraka yesterday, but when Asui flung Ochaco into the air, the rosy-cheeked girl fired a wire with a claw from her gauntlet to wrap and fling weightless droids, one that looked incredibly familiar to Izuku. Izuku's mouth was slightly open, staring at Uraraka's in awe.
"Midoriya, Todoroki, Bakugou, you guys are up," All Might spoke up.
"R-Right!"/"Okay,"/"Don't tell me what to do!" The three students who worked under Endeavor replied in their respective mannerisms.
All Might gazed at the three young men as they absolutely cleaved through any of the robots in their path. The former Number 1 Hero witnessed Todoroki use both sides of his Quirk in conjunction, using his ice to slide while using his flames as fuel for speed, a delightful change from how he was at the beginning of the year, where he was at war with his own self and Quirk. A new development that brought a pleasant smirk to Toshinori's face was the couple of new moves Todoroki displayed.
The scarred teen propelled himself with fire from his left leg, launching him toward a line of bots and slamming into them with his right leg encased in ice. The boy would continue, sliding over to a three-pointer, his left arm ablaze, and launching an uppercut on the robot. At the end of the punch, the white-and-red-haired teen launched the flames of his fist out, creating a wave of rising fire that launched the destroyed three-pointer in the air and blasted back any nearby drones. All Might remembered yesterday when he and Endeavor witnessed their respective successors discussing Midoriya's notes for Todoroki. The gaunt man smiled proudly at the two boys.
All Might noticed Bakugou's rapid-fire explosions and use of AP Shot in ways that had the former Symbol of Peace remembering Iron Man with his repulsor blasts, and Vegeta and Goku with their Ki blasts. The way Bakugou was flying also looked like the boy had taken some notes from the three Death Battle combatants, as well as Endeavor. The former pro-now-full-on teacher did his best to gaze at Bakugou with as much impartiality as he could, despite the conflicted feelings developed throughout the past few days. He remembered the talk the two of them had had the day prior at the USJ, how All Might revealed he knew Bakugou had bullied Young Midoriya and how the ash blonde teen was doing his hardest to redeem himself despite knowing Midoriya wouldn't forgive him. Now, as All Might learned more about the context regarding that bullying past, it left the former pro to wonder if Midoriya's inability to forgive his former bully was because the boy had already forgiven Bakugou, or if what actually happened was too grievous and terrible to forgive.
Finally, All Might looked over at Young Midoriya, zipping around so fast that All Might had to truly focus to see. He witnessed his protege fighting more fluidly with both his arms and legs, spotting different techniques from the various Death Battle fighters used back-to-back. All Might watched as Midoriya kicked and struck robots to pieces, with hard roundhouses similar to Goku and Ryu, to rapid style ones like Sonic and Chun-Li; Toshinori grinned as he saw Midoriya likewise use Black Whip to fling enemies away or catapult himself toward enemies like Spider-Man before delivering what was clearly a Full Cowling Shoryuken.
Memories of the past began to flash in Yagi's mind, from their training at Dagobah Beach to Midoriya's internships and work studies under Gran Torino, Nighteye, and Endeavor, all easy for him to picture and reminisce about after watching the video from yesterday. 'It feels like that was so long ago. You don't look back at me for approval anymore, do you?' Toshinori noted as he watched Midoriya leap high into the air, his back toward his mentor. 'That's good. You don't need to. Keep Going, Young Man. Be Everything You Are and Beyond It!'
Toshinori watched with pride and a soft smile as Midoriya unleashed various tendrils of Black Whip, wrapping multiple robots into a yarn ball of Black Whip, before tugging and launching himself through with a mighty kick, turning the bots to scrap metal. As Midoriya looked behind, fist pumped and teeth flashed in a smile, Toshinori and the girls paused. 'It's like the video!' They all thought, recalling the midpoint of the video, following the scenes with Midoriya and the Vestiges of One For All. It was a haunting case of Deja Vu as they saw a scene from a video play out right before them perfectly.
'It did show scenes from the future,' Momo gasped as she and the others witnessed visual confirmation of the video's events. 'Then that would mean-' Momo paused her thoughts as she remembered the other scenes of events that had seemingly yet to come: Gigantomachia, Izuku floating while fighting a white-haired Shigaraki in the angriest state she has ever seen him, and Izuku standing on a gargoyle, his Hero suit worn dirty and worn out, and the boy's once hopeful, smiling expression faded to one that screamed depression and melancholy.
Momo's fist tightened near her heart, a fire burning in her never to let those events come to pass. 'Izuku had already sacrificed so much for us, for others. He's destroyed himself just so that we can keep smiling,' Momo recalled their training session from yesterday, the way he smiled with her as she got her first bullseye with a Batarang. 'I don't care what it takes, I'll do my best to protect his smile, too!'
Later...
An hour or so after they completed their classes for the day, the students of Class 1-a and 1-B had freshened up, changed, and headed toward Gym Gamma.
"I still can't believe you didn't tell me about that wire of yours, Ochaco-san," Izuku chuckled. "It was really cool to see you use it."
"I told you I wanted to surprise you," Ochaco giggled. "Mission Accomplished!"
"Still, if I knew you had it, I would have dedicated another section of yesterday's training to help you master it," Izuku offered.
"Please, no, you already left me dead tired after that session," Ochaco grumbled, an air of dread and tiredness still hanging over her head. "I felt like my legs were gonna give out."
Mineta coughed, doing his best to keep the double entendre of Uraraka's words from making him giggle pervertedly.
"Hey, so, how's the... you-know-what?" Izuku whispered. "Made any progress?"
"A little," Uraraka nodded, whispering back. "It feels like a whole new weight limit I have to work around, though. Plus, I had to stop after a while because I could have sworn I was close to making holes in the floor."
"You gonna tell the others?" Izuku wondered.
"Eventually," Uraraka nodded. "Maybe tonight, after I explain and apologize to Tokage on why her room has so many indents and cracks." Uraraka was not excited about that conversation, or with Vlad King and Cementoss, when they would eventually ask why Tokage's room needed repairs.
"I can put in a good word to Suna for you," Izuku said, rubbing his neck. "You know, so she doesn't get so mad at you."
"Thanks, Deku, but you don't need to," Ochaco began to wave off the offer.
"Good thing I wasn't asking if I need to. I want to help you," Izuku grinned.
Ochaco's rosy cheeks turned crimson at Deku's bold comeback, swearing she felt her entire body temperature spike at how cool and attractive he looked just then- well, more than usual to her, at least. "T-Thank you, D-Deku," Ochaco stuttered out, blushing. "Oh, um, I need to talk to Tsu about something. Later!" Ochaco swiftly speedwalked toward Asui, leaving Deku behind.
Izuku gave a low chuckle, a fond, loving smile on his face. 'Yep, definitely an idiot for not realizing sooner,' Izuku thought about himself. 'At least, I can make up for lost time. Although there is still that one big question...'
"Hey, Papa," Izuku snapped from his thoughts as he saw Eri move away from Mirio toward him, the green-haired teen subconsciously taking the girl's hand just as it reached for him. He noticed that she still held her Kirby plush on her other arm. "Were you and Mama Ocha whispering about something?"
"Maybe," Izuku replied, doing his best to appear nonchalant, but couldn't keep the shit-eating grin off his face.
Eri's eyes sparkled with joy and hope. "Does that mean that she will be my Mama?!" Eri excitedly whispered. "And the others, too?!"
'Strange way of saying if they would be my girlfriends,' Izuku thought, sweatdropping. "Not yet. Be patient, Eri," Izuku lightly warned. "Relationships aren't something to rush or pressure people about. They are a serious commitment; doubly so with our circumstances. And remember, they can be your Mamas, if you want them to be and if they agree, regardless if we are together or not."
"Okay, Papa," Eri nodded, her smile falling slightly with disappointment. "I just want us to be happy with them."
Izuku smiled lovingly at his surrogate daughter. "Well, until then, I guess I'll have to spoil you even more," Izuku grinned, quickly picking up Eri and lifting her till her legs wrapped around her shoulders. "Sudden Piggyback Ride!"
"Hahaha! Papa! Wheee! Be Kirby's and mine's Warp Star!" Eri giggled and cheered.
"Poyo!" Plush Kirby said when Eri pushed the plush's button.
The sight of Izuku and Eri was a cause for many of the students to either cry comical tears of joy while clenching their aching hearts, laugh in delight, or smile softly; the Sisterhood girls were all of the above. Mirio grinned mischievously as he noticed Kouta pouting jealously.
"Hey, Midoriya! I think your Number 1 fan wants to ride the Midotrain, too!" Mirio yelled out.
"What?! No, no, he's lying-" Kouta squeaked out from his burning red face before Izuku snatched up the boy with Black Whip and settled the boy on his left shoulder and Eri on the other.
"Roger that! Let me take you, wonderful fans, to our destination in style! Because I am Here!" Izuku declared, increasing his pace as he secured both kids.
"Gah! Stupid Deku! Slow Down!" Kouta yelped while Eri denied and pleaded for Izuku to go faster. It didn't take long for Kouta's refusals to become laughter.
The girls smiled lovingly at the sight of the boy of their dreams with his surrogate daughter and son/brother—the girls weren't truly sure what Kouta was to Izuku still.
"He makes such a good father for them," Asui commented. "Or a big brother to Kouta."
"He sure does," Jiro nodded, a small smile on her lips. "Makes me kind of jealous of the two of you, Tsu. Are your siblings that adorable and loving to their big sis?"
"Samidare and Satsuki are the best little brother and sister I could ask for," Asui nodded, croaking lovingly and longingly at the thought of her younger siblings. "I miss them."
"Hey, it's okay, Tsu. I'm sure they miss you just as much," Uraraka patted her friend's shoulder. "I'm sure you'll see them soon on our break before the 2nd year."
"Kero," Tsuyu nodded, the three returning to their trek to Gym Gamma and watching Midoriya run with Eri and Kouta, laughing and cheering all the while. "So, how many kids do you see having with Midoriya? I'm aiming for 10."
Uraraka and Jiro turned so red, they became like delightful heaters for Asui and Setsuna.
Soon, the students arrived at Gym Gamma, where the U.A. teachers and visiting Heroes gathered in wait. The students noticed the return of Aizawa, Present Mic, and Gran Torino, but also a new addition to the group.
"Detective Tsukauchi-san?" Izuku said.
"Hello, Midoriya-san, it's been a while," Tsukauchi tipped his hat in greeting.
"You know this man, Midori?" Toru questioned.
"Tsukauchi, here, is a friend of mine in the police department. He's the detective who visited us after the USJ," All Might introduced his friend to the students.
"Oh, yeah, now I remember!" Mina said, voicing her recognition.
"With all the wealth of info we've been getting about certain individuals, I thought it would be prudent to have him here to take some notes for some ongoing investigations," All Might explained.
'The League of Villains,' The students all thought the same unsaid answer, recalling that several of their members had registered counterparts, from Shigaraki, Toga, Dabi, Twice, and even All For One, himself.
"Well, then, now that we have all reconvened, shall we enter?" Nezu gestured to the gym, he, the teachers, and the pros leading the students inside and to their seats. Tsukauchi sat in an extra chair set up next to All Might and David Shield by the projector. As David and Power Loader activated the device, Tsukauchi observed it carefully, still intrigued by the concept that this device was sent from another universe, doubly so when its creators sent it as a means to safeguard it from their government, a comparison Tsukauchi did not find amusing.
After activating the device, selecting the latest unlocked video file, Beast vs. Goliath, and receiving an approving nod from Nezu, Melissa clicked on the remote's play button. The Death Battle music and logo appeared as the video started.
"Some of the greatest heroes of all are shunned by the very people they continue to protect," Wiz started the video.
Immediately, Izuku froze, the words striking a chord within him, sending his mind reeling back to Otheon. It was then, during the campaign to take down the Villain Terrorist group, Humarise, that Deku was accused of mass murder and was hunted by the Otheon police. By the end, when Flect Turn and all of Humarise were arrested, they discovered it was the Otheon chief of police, a secret member of Humarise, who filed the false claims. By the end, the charges were dropped, but the effects of that incident still haunted Izuku.
Izuku could still feel the confusion and betrayal he felt when the Otheon police fired to kill him, the sadness and anger at being labeled a criminal to the world, and the bitterness that followed as he still attracted the odd and suspicious looks from civilians since the news was broadcast globally. The whole situation felt like a slap to the face after everything Izuku had done and sacrificed.
Izuku wasn't the only one who felt such feelings in the group. Shoji frowned sadly, one of his hands subconsciously touching his mouth from behind his mask. He remembered his childhood home, where he was treated like a freak by anti-Mutant Quirkists, looked upon with fear for his appearance, and had his blood called 'dirty'. Even when he proved he wasn't the monster they thought of him when he saved a little girl from drowning in a flood, the girl's crying had the villagers misunderstand the situation and attack him, the results of which, and the girl's crying at the sight of his face, led to him wearing his mask.
Shoji felt a spark of anger burn in his chest at the hateful eyes of the villagers, some of his other hands clenching tightly.
Jurota and Koda likewise shuddered under the weight of their memories, recalling the past acts of discrimination done to them and their loved ones. Koda frowned as he remembered the laughter and disgusted looks he and his mother would receive when they thought they didn't notice, and Jurota could still remember the demeaning nicknames he received for his appearance, such as 'Sasquatch', 'Sullied Blood', and, while the simplest name by comparison, stung Jurota the worst: Monster.
"Basically, the worst deal ever," Boomstick summarized.
"Like Beast, the blue genius of the X-Men," Wiz introduced the first fighter.
"And Goliath, the gargoyle who gives new meaning to the phrase 'tough as stone,'" Boomstick introduced the second.
"Revelry in the Dark," Tokoyami, Reiko, and Kuroiro muttered in unison at the sight of Goliath.
"So, both fighters are heroic figures, probably Heroes in their worlds, who are outcasted for their 'unusual' appearances," Momo guessed the battle's theme, grumbling at the distaste in her mouth of such a tragic, unnecessary concept.
All Might, Nezu, and Tsukauchi shared concerned glances, the three still reeling from all the information they received and explained about the HPSC's subtle hand in pushing various Quirkists movements, such as anti-Mutant Quirk groups like the CRC, willingly allowing certain preconceptions to flourish, such as the idea of 'Villainous' Quirks, and blatant discrimination and ostracization of the Quirkless.
"He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick," Boomstick introduced both show's hosts.
"And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!" Wiz finished the intro.
The first fighter appeared in two different appearances, one a more regular-looking human male and the other a not-so-usual blue-furred humanoid. The first showed a tall, bespectacled, often stocky male in his young adulthood, who many in the group said looked like Iida without the blue hair and engines. The man was seen in this form wearing a Hero costume consisting of a blue and yellow spandex, a blue mask covering his head and the upper half of his face, and his feet were left bare and free.
The second and more notable appearance was that of a large and bulky humanoid male with several animal-like features, such as sharp claws and canines, blue fur all over his body, prehensile-looking feet, pointy, elf-like ears, and even some iterations showing a snout-like nose. His head and facial hair mingled with the blue fur of his body, the former sticking out diagonally in a unique haircut, and the latter with what looked like overgrown sideburns. The fighter's eyes were also a piercing yellow. This second appearance also wore a hero costume, this version often wearing a black Speedo or trunks with a yellow belt and an X as the buckle, or various alterations of the suit which included an open black and yellow jacket, a full black leather combat suit and jacket with his feet free, or black and yellow spandex.
Despite their best efforts, most of both Class 1-A and 1-B's students couldn't help but peek toward Jurota, some thinking that the youngest student in Class 1-B looked like Beast's brown-furred cousin; even some of the pros couldn't help but look between the students and the fighter and ponder if there was some connection. Meanwhile, the Beast Quirk user himself pushed his glasses further toward his face, his curiosity piqued at the fighter who shared his codename with the name of Jurota's Quirk.
Beast
"Mutation, the key to evolution," Wiz began the analysis. "The process is slow, normally taking thousands of years, but every few hundred millennia, evolution leaps forward."
The whole group had their eyes widening, immediately connecting what Wiz was saying to the genetic phenomenon that changed their world forever to this very day: 'Quirks.'
"If that means we're all eventually going to transform into blue, hairy monkey men, count me out!" Boomstick exclaimed.
Ojiro frowned, his tail flexing and cracking itself like a fist.
"Feared by most normal people, Mutants generally begin to show signs of their 'uniqueness' around puberty," Wiz explained the background of the Mutant side of the Marvel universe. "Not so for Hank McCoy."
"So, this universe also developed Quirks, but they call them 'mutations' and 'mutants'?" Uraraka questioned.
"It appears so, though the use of 'Mutants' in their world appears to be a catch-all term to explain every power born from this mutation," Iida analyzed. "Not like our world, where 'Mutant' is the classified name of one branch type of Quirk. My Engine Quirk is also classified as a Mutant Quirk."
"Though there are instances where Emitter and Transformation Quirk users likewise develop or are born with Mutant-like attributes, such as myself and Ashido," Tokoyami pointed out. 'And thus face the same hardships that Mutant Quirk users, or Heteromorphs, face.' Tokoyami did not say this out loud, but it was undeniably on everyone's minds.
"There is another notable difference between these Mutations and Quirks, namely that the former usually seem to manifest later than Quirks," Izuku pointed out. "Quirks usually manifest at around the age of 4, which might be preferable to puberty, given how a teenager's hormones could spiral any incident with their powers out of control quickly."
"Guess you got hit with the short end of the stick there, huh, Midoriya?" Kaminari asked, his chuckle suggesting the question was supposed to be taken as good-natured riffing. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case.
Unseen by Kaminari or the others, Izuku, Bakugou, and the Sisterhood girls flinched at how unknowingly accurate that question actually was. The girls glanced at their mutual crush, remembering everything Momo had analyzed and speculated from the video, and, if the raven-haired girl was accurate in her assessment, Izuku Midoriya never developed a Quirk and only got one via All Might and whatever transferable Quirk it was.
Melissa, in particular, stared at Izuku in a whole new light. Previously, she believed Izuku only developed his Quirk recently, during the U.A. Entrance Exam, as Izuku himself stated, and thus, she knew that Izuku suffered for being Quirkless, even more than herself, since she was on I-Island and had the name of her father to, ironically, 'shield' her. But if Momo was right... Melissa glanced back and forth between Izuku Midoriya and her surrogate uncle, All Might, with a slight frown and inquisitive eyes.
"Yeah... the instant he popped out, it was pretty clear that something was different about him," Boomstick said, showing scenes including Hank's birth and the reveal of his hand-like feet, an image of an infant Hank hanging on the wall flawlessly, and baby Hank holding a baby bottle with his feet. "Namely, the giant monkey hands and feet. Ooh, that must've been rough on the way out! He better give dear old mom double the presents on Mother's Day."
"Aww, that's adorable!" Ashido cooed at seeing Baby Hank handle the baby bottle with his feet.
"Somehow, I don't think the people of that world would agree," Jiro raised an eyebrow, suspiciously.
"His Quirk -sorry, mutation- seems to give him similar dexterous feet and hands to those of monkeys or apes, allowing him to acrobatically climb and cling on most surfaces, like Asui and Jurota, and granting impressive prehensility, which could mean his potential for multipurpose tasking would be incredible... *mutter* *mutter* *mutter*"
"There he goes again," Hagakure giggled, sweatdropping at witnessing Izuku's trademark muttering analysis. 'Same, good old Midori-'
"Urgh, hey, you Shitty Nerd! Quit the word vomit and let's continue the vid-" Bakugou began to yell and raised his hand to wallop the green-haired buff nerd upside the head.
However, Bakugou's voice and the use of one of his demeaning nicknames snapped Izuku from his muttering before his fist. A burst of anger sparked, and Izuku instinctively grabbed Bakugou's wrist before his fist could land. Bakugou froze and soon paled slightly as he saw Deku's face glaring back at him with an intensity usually reserved for Villains. Bakugou gritted his teeth as Midoriya's grip on his wrist was getting stronger, enough to bruise.
Seeing this, Izuku once more snapped out of his angry state, letting go of Bakugou's wrist. "S-Sorry," Izuku stuttered out, confused and ashamed.
"W-Whatever," Bakugou stuttered back, moving back to his seat and leaving everyone perplexed about what had happened, including the two boys and the girls.
'Okay, that was not the same old Izuku Midoriya,' The girls realized with worry. Nejire blinked, staring between Zuzu and Bakugou with surprise and concerned suspicion.
'What the hell was that?! I know the nerd's gotten more confident, but that wasn't confidence, that was... anger? Hate?' Bakugou thought, the last thought an unfamiliar word to place next to the goody-two-shoes that was Izuku 'Deku' Midoriya.
'What in the name of the Lord is Midoriya's problem?' Ibara questioned mentally, a sudden bout of protectiveness surging inside her to question Midoriya harshly for what he had done to Bakugou.
'W-What was that?' Izuku blinked, staring at his hand like it wasn't his own. 'I know he was going to hit me, but I usually just let it happen. It's just how Bakugou is. And I know I should be sorry for gripping his wrist too tightly... but why should I feel sorry for stopping him from hurting me?' Izuku shook his head again, unsure of the familiar, darker tone of his own thoughts.
As Izuku grappled with his own mind, Jurota stared at the green-haired teen curiously.
"Though Hank successfully hid his mutation from the world throughout his adolescent life, he was eventually discovered and shunned," Wiz revealed. "Constantly harassed and eventually kicked out of his own school, he was left to wallow in loneliness."
"It seems another thing our two worlds have in common is the hostile and fearful reaction to the emergence of Quirks and Mutants," Nezu noted with a dash of sympathy. "As well as the cruelty that is social ostracization."
Jurota lowered his head as his mind took him back to a darker period of his life. Back when he was little, even the innocence that youth ought to bring didn't spare Jurota from the actions of bullying, particularly the hurtful name-calling of his features due to his Quirk. Back then, he was not as emotionally mature and was deeply affected by every name tossed at him by young bullies who thought Jurota's early timidness meant an easy target to pick on. Jurota wasn't sure whether the names reflected any Quirkist mindset or if they were just the reckless acts of foolish, hurtful kids, but regardless of why, Jurota's own actions were clear.
One day, after a particularly rough day of being picked on by the bullies, one vulgar boy made the unfortunate mistake of insulting his mother, a non-Heteromorph, asking if she had a thing for screwing animals, like his Heteromorph father, and that caused Jurota to snap. The events blurred as he first tasted how strong and uncontrollable he could be when giving in to his rage, but the end results had Jurota being held down by adults while the bullied whimpered and cried from the bruises, scratches, and even a broken wrist from said vulgar teen. From then on, Jurota was seen in a different light by the people around him, looks and glares full of fear and suspicion, whispers and rumors of the kind of beast Jurota was deep within, the demeaning names that were once tossed out of mockery and petty bullying now transformed to hateful slurs, and a new name: Monster.
The incident was eventually resolved and blown over, thanks in no small part to his respected lawyer of a mother, as an accidental awakening of an aspect of Jurota's Quirk. Despite this, Jurota eventually had to leave his old primary school for a new one, but even there, the rumors about him spread, and his isolation continued. But the boy had learned a lesson from then on: Never let his anger control or define who he was. Thus, Jurota Shishida strove to be as well-mannered, kind, and peaceful as he could be, to make sure he never lost control over himself as he treated everyone he could with respect and patience, so when people would accuse him of being a monster again, he could let his actions do the talking and let the accusers play themselves the short-sighted and tempered fools, not himself.
Seeing Hank suffer through something similar to himself, being shunned away from his school, made Jurota quickly attach to the fighter, almost immediately declaring to root for him in the Death Battle, regardless of anything else.
"Until good old Wheels showed up, and offered him a place at his school, Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters," Boomstick jumped in, showing Hank meeting the wheelchair-bound Professor, Cyclops, Iceman, and Angel. "Oh, and also a spot on the mutant group known as the X-Men."
"Interesting, this school sounds like it could be similar to U.A. and other hero schools, perhaps the first and only in this world," Nezu smiled. "And this X-Men team appears to be a team of Mutants who function as Heroes, or rather Vigilantes, in this world."
"Wait, I know that guy," Izuku said, pointing at the bald man in a wheelchair. "That's Charles Xavier, the man who was shown in the Iron Man video."
"Oh, so Beast and the X-Men also exist within the same universe as Iron Man, Spider-Man, Thor, and Captain America, right?" Todoroki guessed. "The Marvel one, right?"
"Didn't that same Iron Man video also say that the dude provoked that Phoenix force thing to kill Xavier?" Kaminari pointed out.
Bakugou and Melissa flinched, both feeling like that slight feeling of guilt was about to rise as they heard more about Charles Xavier.
"Hank took on the nickname that was previously used to degrade him, and transformed it into something new, his codename: The Beast," Boomstick revealed.
Izuku smiled, remembering when Uraraka first turned the name 'Deku' into something positive and how he now used the name meant to degrade as 'useless' into his hero name, the Deku Who Can Do Anything.
The iconic X-Men music flared while scenes played of Hank transforming, showing off his super strength, and even reading before leaping forward, while his codename hung above him like a title.
"Damn, that music is sick!" Kaminari exclaimed, grinning while mimicking the notes on a fake guitar.
"No argument here," Jiro nodded, bobbing to the tune of the theme.
BACKGROUND
Henry 'Hank' McCoy
Height: 5'11" / 1.8 m
Weight: 402 lbs. / 182.3 kg
Six doctorates, including biophysics
Teacher at Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters
Member of X-Men, Avengers, Defenders, & Illuminati
Likes Shakespeare... a lot
"As an X-Man, Beast became an integral member of this uncanny team," Boomstick continued. "His superhuman strength, speed, and durability let him go toe-to-toe with baddies like the 'Immovable' Blob and Kraven the Hunter!"
"Huh, that Blob guy kinda seems similar to you, Fat," Kirishima pointed out. "Could he have a mutation similar to your Quirk?"
"Probably," Fat Gum muttered, looking at the image of this 'Immovable' Blob. "Though, since the X-Men seem to be fighting him, and they look to be the good guys here, I guess this is like an evil version of me."
"Six doctorates, impressive," David complimented, reviewing the list under 'Background'.
"But Beast was a genius, like yours truly, and quickly completed his doctoral studies," Wiz said, 'humbly' bragging.
"I wouldn't call someone who even entertains the idea of a Baby Cannon a genius," Momo muttered.
"Wait, hold the phone, look at that second-to-last one," Mineta pointed. "He's a member of the Illuminati?"
"Wait, you mean the Illuminati is an actual thing?!" Tsuburaba exclaimed, surprised, his hands forming a triangle with his eye peeking out in the middle.
"I'm sure it stands for something different in that world," Kendo said, trying to assuage the boys' paranoia. "...I hope."
"Eventually leaving the X-Men, he became a leading researcher in mutant genetics," Wiz continued. "Desperate to 'cure' the mutant phenomenon, Beast developed a serum, which he theorized would temporarily counteract the mutated genes in his body."
"But why would he want a cure? He looked awesome fighting bad guys!" Mina pondered out loud.
"He must have let all the words and insults from others get to him," Asui croaked. "I imagine in a time like that, where superpowers like that seem to be starting out to show genetically, he would think his power was more a curse than a gift."
Izuku and Mirio flinched, looking at each other and nodding as they remembered the one notable individual who hated Quirks and wanted to 'cure' the human race of their 'genetic damage', the same person who tortured and experimented on the sweet, horned girl in the bean bag next to Deku: Overhaul.
"Except, it kind of did the opposite," Boomstick noted as Hank was shown transforming into the iconic Beast for the first time. "Poor guy, now he truly was a beast."
"In his attempts to rid the beast within, he let it free for all the world to see," Jurota said poetically, pondering his own words to his past and glancing over at Midoriya once more, noticing the successful wince that he suspected would occur.
"The truly ironic thing about this situation was that his mutation appeared easily disguisable with big enough shoes or gloves, but in his attempt to 'fix' what wasn't even broken, he made his mutation too noticeable to hide," Shoji muttered, once again touching the side of his mask.
ABILITIES
Genetic Atavism
-Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability, agility, reflexes, dexterity, & senses
Enhanced senses
Improved healing
Claws & fangs
Genius Intellect
Strength increases when enraged
"His transformation wasn't all bad, though," Boomstick pointed out. "Fuzzy Beast could now lift over ten tons, run over forty miles per hour, and jump over twenty-five feet in the air!"
"He also had a wicked healing factor, which made him essentially bulletproof," Wiz listed off more of Hank's abilities. "But this was nerfed dramatically from healing instantaneously to over a couple of hours when Quasimodo's experiments turned him blue."
"So, his experiment must have enhanced his mutation, sort of like a forced Quirk Awakening," Izuku gasped, fascinated. "With this new transformation, it would make it easier for Hank to climb walls by using his claws to dig into the walls and tear apart metal with his enhanced strength."
"Strength increases when enraged," Monoma read the last listed ability. "It's almost a one-to-one with your Quirk, Jurota-san."
"Yes, though I wouldn't say I have a healing factor as impressive as Sir McCoy," Jurota countered. "Also, while my anger helps me grow my size, Sir McCoy doesn't appear to be able to change his size at whim."
"For a scientific genius, he never did quite figure out how to turn back to his old self," Boomstick mentioned. "I mean, he's been able to turn into a cat-man, a horse-man, blue Kelsey Grammer, and even Sasquatch. Somehow, he always ends up as his classic, blue ape self." As Boomstick listed off, various images of different versions of Beast were shown rapidly.
"Is this implying that in multiple Marvel universes, it's almost destined that he becomes that?" Mount Lady asked.
"Heh, guess it's some kind of comic book canon event for him," Present Mic shrugged.
"Now unable to hide in plain sight, Beast had little choice but to return to the X-Men as a teacher and a leader," Wiz stated.
"As my research makes evident, it is possible to enhance the intelligence of Mullusca Cephalopoda, such as the squid, to the same level as that of the average human. Even a little...above average," Beast stated in a university lecture hall, wearing a white lab coat and fancy suit, while behind him were chalkboards filled with various equations and a tank of water with a squid inside. "I'm afraid I must leave early, so I'll hand you over to my new teaching assistant, Mr. Cephalopod.
The class's students began to giggle before bursting out laughing.
"Calm down, everyone! Now, where were we?" The laughter ceased as the class stared in stunned, agape mouths as Mr. Cephalopod spoke through a microphone. "Ah, yes, the neurological aspects of cognitive intelligence. Were there any questions, hmm?"
Slack jaws fell comically to the floor, one by one.
"Huh, well, how about that?" Hawks let out a short, surprised chuckle. "Was he perchance one of the doctors that experimented on you, Princ?"
"No, I don't believe so, and I doubt he, a man of good morals, would have anything to do with my creation," Nezu replied, a gleam of venom shining in his eyes as the image of Kyudai Garaki, or Dr. Ujiko as he seemed to style himself, flashed in his mind. 'But I know who did, and when this is all over, I will have words with him. Painful words.'
"Hey, Kodabro, you ever encounter an animal that sounds as smart and sophisticated as that squid?" Kirishima asked, curious.
"No," Koda shook his head, looking back through his memories. "Although I have met some deer that were rather proud and arrogant-sounding.
FEATS
Taken hits from Juggernaut & Hulk
Effortlessly rips through metal
Smashed a tank with bare hands
Defeated Frenzy & Danger
Survived the vacuum of space
Moved a 60+ ton tree of gold
Cured blindness
Made a squid super intelligent
"Beast isn't just a genius. He's also a ridiculously strong fighter," Boomstick began listing his feats. "He has survived hits from the Juggernaut and Hulk, smashed open a tank with his bare fists, hit the ground with a punch so hard, he created an earth-shattering shockwave! AND LIFTED A SOLID GOLD OAK TREE!"
"Excuse me?!" Momo gasped, shocked.
"A cubic foot of gold weighs approximately one ton," Wiz performed the calculations of the last feat and displayed it on screen. "Comparing the diameter of the tree to Hank's height, it's reasonable to believe that this golden tree weighs at least sixty tons."
"Or a 'shitton', to be precise," Boomstick added jokingly.
"Ah, I see, very informative," Kaminari muttered while suddenly wearing a pair of square glasses. "I shall be sure to add a shitton as the proper name of measurement in my works."
"Give me that!" Iida yelled as he swiped his glasses back from Kaminari. "Do not steal other people's things, especially those that are required for people to see!"
"Well, I'm sure Beast can help you out with that," Sero patted the Class President's shoulder. "I mean, the list says he freaking cured blindness, I'm sure he can give you a wicked good LASIK eye-surgery."
"And there is that feat with surviving the Hulk again," Tetsutetsu pointed out. "I know they said that the green dude is one of the Marvel world's strongest people, but if everyone can take hits and square up against the dude, how tough really is he?"
"Have you ever lifted a billion-ton mountain?" Yui questioned simply.
Tetsutetsu froze before deadpanning.
"Despite his athletic skill and enormous strength, Beast is a pacifist, preferring diplomacy over fisticuffs," Wiz stated, showing Beast joining a room of government officials. "He is rarely eager to enter a fight. In combat, he usually relies on his teammates to throw punches while he holds back to come up with game-winning strategies using his brilliant mind, like the time he figured out how to use Juggernaut's own bulk against him."
"As Archimedes said when he discovered the principle of displacement... 'Eureka!'" Beast muttered as he typed on a computer.
"Wait, did he actually invent that saying?" Sen asked, surprised.
"Yes, it translates from Greek to 'I have found it,'" Momo answered.
"And that was 'Genius Fact of the Day' with Dr. Yaomomo, PHD!" Mina declared in a spokeswoman's voice, wearing a pair of shades.
Momo blushed crimson, embarrassed.
"Next up, Quirk Analysis with Dr. Midori the Analyst Extraordinaire!" Toru, the shades she wore were more notable on her invisible face.
"You know, because of that, maybe I won't say anything," Midoriya huffed playfully, turning away in a comical pout.
"Aww, no! Please, Zuzu! I promise we'll behave!" Nejire pouted and whimpered comically, barely keeping her shit-eating grin from breaking free of her act.
"Yes, pwease, Papa?!" Eri pleaded in a baby voice.
Izuku faux-pouted for a few more seconds before making a contemplative sound. "Hmm, okay, I will, but only if you all tease Yaomomo a little less, okay?" Izuku offered.
"I swear!"/ "Ditto here!"/ "No promises, Green Bean!" Mina, Toru, and Setsuna replied, hands raised.
Izuku gave Setsuna an amused grin before sighing. "Okay, I'll do it," Izuku relented.
"Yay!" The girls and Eri cheered.
Izuku rolled his eyes, amused, before looking at Momo, who was smiling at him with a blush, while mouthing 'Thank you' to him. Izuku's cheeks brightened at her smile, and he nodded before speaking as promised. "Well, if Beast is more of a brains vs brawn kind of fighter, even with his enhanced strength and abilities, then it must mean that he lacks enough solo combat experience, and if more of a team player," Izuku analyzed. "In missions with the other X-Men, this would be fine, amazing even, but on his own in a Death Battle, it could be a major weakness."
"Agreed," Iida nodded. "Most Death Battles we have seen often end with experience triumphing above all else. Unless the next fighter is also less experienced in solo combat, then this could be detrimental for Beast."
"But when he gets angry, he'll enter a rage which makes him so uncontrollably fierce, he's a danger even to his closest friends, literally unleashing the beast within!" Boomstick noted, showing the rampaging Beast tearing apart objects and lashing out at anyone in his way.
"That rage state could actually help him in the Death Battle, if he could overwhelm his opponent enough," Miruko pointed out, licking her lips, the desire to fight this rage state Beast getting her revved up.
"Or it could deprive him of the greatest weapon in his arsenal, his mind," Ryukyu countered. "Making him susceptible to a trap."
"Beast's monstrous appearance remained a permanent part of his life," Wiz revealed, sadly. "He was never truly accepted by society, and even had to leave the woman he loved for fear she would become a target of mutant haters like the Friends of Humanity."
While Mina's heart throbbed over the romantic tragedy of Beast leaving the woman he loved, the sight of the woman being targeted simply for loving someone they saw as different really ground her gears. Her eyes narrowed, teeth ground together, and fists cracked as she clenched so hard. 'Scumbags,' Mina growled internally.
"This continued ostracization of Mutants even led the X-Men, the Brotherhood of Mutants, the Hellfire Club, and various heavy hitters and groups among Mutantkind to establish the isolationist Mutant-only nation of Krakoa," Wiz added, showing the lush, sentient, paradise island. "Let's just say things didn't turn out right in the end..." Wiz's point was made with the concept image of Xavier kneeling mournfully atop a pile of skulls and Beast looking like a deranged, psychopathic mad scientist.
"Dear Lord," Ibara gasped, her hand over her mouth.
Nezu's eyes narrowed at Beast's mad scientist look, the haunting image of Ujiko over him with a saw and mad gleam beneath the green lenses of his glasses, making the rodent principal dig his claws angrily into the couch's cushions.
"An isolated island nation," Melissa muttered, her thoughts turning to I-Island. It wasn't exactly a nation, or exclusive to a certain breed of humanity, but it was isolated from the rest of the world, a necessity to house and protect the world's brightest minds and finest in Support Item creation, and it was Melissa's home for as long as she knew. Yet Melissa could acknowledge that life on the artificial island had its own drawbacks; it made Melissa an alien to the suffering that most people like her, Quirkless, often go through.
Sure, she went through a few incidents with simple-minded, Quirkist bigots that disregarded her work and opinion simply because she was Quirkless- a female Quirkless at that- but having her father practically run the island meant people caught on quick to how to treat her if you didn't want to get banned from the island and your reputation permanently ruined. Yet Melissa could see that her life on the island made her similar to that of a princess, protected and treated like someone, or rather something, special; she never truly lived a life of a Quirkless person, not like Uncle Might or Izuku.
'What was it like for them?' Melissa pondered as she stared at her Uncle Might, Izuku, and Beast in the video. 'Was life for them like Beast's before they got their Quirk? Did they suffer while I was treated like royalty?' Melissa's hand clenched over her heart, her face scrunching with guilt, glancing between All Might and Izuku. 'If Uncle Might really has a Quirk that can be given to others... am I wrong for feeling jealous?'
"But if he could have his way, he would spend his days hanging from the ceiling with a nice cup of tea, reading Shakespeare," Boomstick declared, showing Beast hanging upside down from the ceiling, holding on via his feet, while reading a book. "But we don't always get what we want, so he'll have to settle for kickin' ass!"
"'Faint heart, averted feet, and many a tear, in our opposed path to persevere,'" Beast quoted as he and the X-Men stood before a pathway with the floor covered in security lasers. "A minor poet for a minor obstacle." Beast leaped upward to grab onto the pipes on the ceiling, flawlessly climbing his way down the path above the lasers.
Beast and the knowledge of Mutants made quite the impact on the group, easily comparing Mutations with Quirks, and the harsh life of Mutants of both worlds. Izuku, All Might, and Melissa even found the dynamic non-powered individuals hating the superpowered ones an ironic reversal of society today.
But beyond the social aspects, Beast likewise drew looks of respect for the man's strength, from his physical capabilities, impressive intellect, and his strength against the treatment of a seemingly anti-Mutant society. Jurota felt like he was looking in a mirror when he saw Hank McCoy. Iida found him a respectable, wise, and intellectual Hero, and Shoji and Koda found a kindred spirit who shared in their pain and overcame it, inspiring them to do the same.
The next fighter only appeared in one kind of appearance, but had more attributes to its design than even Beast's. The fighter was a tall, bulky, purple-skinned humanoid creature with pointed ears, a mane of black hair, large purple bat-like wings with redder insides, a purple tail with a sharp tip, and sharp canines, claws, and talons. The fighter wore only a brown piece of cloth around his waist, like a loincloth, wrapped with a black belt featuring a golden buckle. The living gargoyle had a sharp and hard forehead, framing his eyes as sharper and harder.
Goliath
"One thousand years ago, superstition and the sword ruled," Wiz began ominously. "It was a time of darkness. It was a world of fear. It was the age...of Gargoyles."
"Revelry in the Dark," The three emo kids of the Hero Course said simultaneously.
"How many times do you think they are gonna say that for this entire video?" Kamakiri questioned.
"Honestly, maybe like a dozen," Manga answered, shrugging.
"And badass cartoon intros!" Boomstick exclaimed.
"Stone by day, warriors by night, gargoyles used to be common throughout the world," Wiz explained the lore of gargoyles, showing images of the creatures as stone statues and a female gargoyle taking a pose before transforming to stone. "Like the stone statues they inspired, gargoyles were known as protectors. Guarding their home and those inside were always their top priority."
"Like supernatural Heroes," Izuku said with a soft smile.
"Oh, I do remember the gargoyles resting on the perches and buildings of Paris when my parents took me there," Momo muttered as she remembered the City of Love and its beautiful architecture. "They were menacing at first, but also interesting and watchful."
"What is your life?!" Uraraka exclaimed as he passed out at the mention of the Yaoyorozu family wealth.
"You have good taste, Yaoyorozu-san," Shiozaki nodded respectfully. "The gargoyles placed outside churches are notably my favorites; such unique and gallant protectors of the innocent from foul demons and spirits."
"It's not every day your garden statue is also your top-billed bodyguard," Boomstick commented. "Otherwise, I'd have a shitload more lawn gnomes!"
"Hmm, interesting. Lawn Gnomes that function as security," Nezu muttered, the thought bubble comically hanging over his head picturing lawn gnomes firing invaders with lasers shooting out of their eyes, rockets and pellets from their mouths, and taking a page out of the Transformers, like Starscream, to transform a multitude of them into a super lawn gnome doomsday robot. Nezu began to snicker and cackle sinisterly.
"Are we sure he isn't a Villain in the making?" Midnight questioned as she and the other teachers sweatdropped at the sight of their boss cackling like a supervillain.
"Not as long as he cares for our society," Aizawa answered, staring blankly at the principal. "And we don't give him a reason to turn."
"In the year 994 A.D., a clan of gargoyles formed a symbiotic relationship with the humans of a Scottish castle," Wiz revealed, showing the gargoyles fighting and defending the castle from invaders. "Using their superhuman strength, keen senses, and warrior spirit, the gargoyles defended the castle from invaders at night. In return, their human allies would watch over them during the day, when they are most vulnerable, as gargoyles turn to solid stone in daylight."
"Hmm, like trolls and dwarves," Ibara compared. "Though, unlike them, they can reanimate in the night."
"A perfect symbiotic relationship. The humans guard and defend during the day, and the gargoyles protect them in the den of night and rouse their allies in case of attack," Tokoyami nodded.
"Hey, Midoriya! Write down everything those dudes do for me and Fumi!" Dark Shadow cawed at Midoriya. "Imagine how badass we can be if we fight like them?!"
"Agreed," Tokoyami hummed in agreement. "Revelry in the Dark."
"Does anyone have a genie in a bottle for something?" Kaminari asked the group. "If I can make a wish to get a dollar every time the Gothic Trio says 'Revelry in the Dark', I can be as rich as Yaoyorozu."
The class laughed while Tokoyami, Reiko, and Kuroiro bristled, and Uraraka innocently whistled, hoping that she could get in on that same wish deal.
BACKGROUND
Height: 6' / 1.82 m
Weight: N/A
Age: 1,866 (66 years experienced)
Birth Year: 918 A.D.
Leader of the Manhattan Clan
Mentored by Hudson
Energized by absorbing solar radiation in stone sleep
Likes Shakespeare & Dostoyevsky
"The gargoyles were led by Goliath," Boomstick formally introduced the main gargoyle. "A creature with a voice so sexy, it makes humans turn to stone! If you know what I'm sayin'..."
"You are trespassing," Goliath declared, his growly voice reverberating into the group's ears.
Pixie Bob and Mount Lady shivered in delight. "Hubba hubba, now that's quite the deep voice," Mount Lady said huskily. Kamui Woods, for some reason, felt irritated and looked away with a huff.
"I wonder if he can make me feel something else that's deep?" Pixie Bob purred.
A droplet of blood began to leak from Mineta's nose, but he sniffed it back up and steeled himself, wondering if he could ask for a pair of noise-canceling earmuffs from Yaoyorozu, too.
"Unfortunately, due to their beastly appearance, Goliath's clan eventually faced unjust prejudice from the very humans under their protection," Wiz revealed, showcasing this with scenes of a human tossing food at a gargoyle, and receiving stares of disgust from the nobles at the banquet hall.
"We are most seriously displeased to allow beasts in the dining hall," Princess Katharine spat and recoiled in disgust at the stone-by-day warrior.
"These are unnatural creatures. No good can come from associating with them," Magus accused suspiciously.
Jurota's knuckles cracked at the way the princess labeled the loyal as beasts. 'Goliath bows to her respect, and she repays such courtesy with vitriol and disgust,' Jurota growled, breathing deeply as he felt his canines sharpening and his claws prickling at his palms.
Izuku likewise flinched as he remembered the many times in Aldera he was forced to eat lunch on the school's rooftop to avoid the jeers and thrown food from the school's occupants. 'It only became more unpleasant after Bakugou's... advice,' Izuku recalled, knowing how painful it was to be on that roof while Bakugou's advice kept whispering in the recesses of his mind.
"If that wasn't bad enough, Goliath was betrayed by his closest human friend, causing nearly his entire clan to be smashed to bits," Boomstick continued, a human smashing a stone gargoyle to pieces and Goliath to mourn over his brethren's pieces in his hands. "Then the few who did survive were magically sealed in stone forever by a misinformed wizard. Talk about a shitty Monday!"
"Such treachery," Edgeshot hissed. "Disgusting."
Hawks winced as his thoughts drifted to Twice, whom he had spent some time chatting with the mentally-damaged Villain the day before. 'Every day I get closer to the guy, the more I dread what I will eventually have to do,' Hawks bemoaned, wondering what he would say and do when the war breaks out and he would have to point his feathers on a good guy with the wrong crowd.
"Sealed in stone forever... or until one very specific, seemingly impossible criteria was met," Wiz pointed out.
"The terms of the spell were that they would sleep... until the castle rises above the clouds," The wizard explained to a furious Goliath.
"That does seem rather specific," Ectoplasm muttered, hand cupping his chin. "Did they believe that the castle would grow until it eventually eclipsed the clouds?"
"I'd rather not question the confusing rules of whatever hocus pocus we see nowadays," Snipe replied, rubbing the back of his neck. "Saves me the headache."
"And when he says 'above the clouds', he means it literally!" Wiz stated, "So, stone they remained for a thousand years, until, in 1994-"
"-Some billionaire with a name that sounds like an antidepressant just happened to be crazy enough to try something," Boomstick jumped in, displaying the billionaire in question visiting the castle and inspecting the stone gargoyles. "Xanatos moved EVERY last stone of the ancient castle to the top of his New York skyscraper, which happened to poke above the clouds." The scene showed the gargoyles and the castle loaded onto crates, before showing the reconstructed castle on top of a skyscraper, the clouds very much beneath it.
"The cost of which must have been astronomical!" Wiz exclaimed.
An awakened Uraraka's jaw dropped to the floor. 'If my parents' company worked on it, we would never have to work another day in our lives!' Uraraka thought, almost salivating at the amount of money to had come from the process.
"Were there even any skyscrapers that big during that time?!" Kaminari questioned incredulously.
"Well, the One World Trade Center was the biggest tower in the US, but that was finished in the 2010s, probably right around the Dawning of Quirks," Melissa answered as she dug into her World History lessons. "But that was built after..."
Melissa cut herself off, but the students knew what she was thinking about, having been taught that particularly horrible moment in their World History classes during their final year at their junior high schools.
"Don't disappoint me..." Xanatos muttered, turning to gaze at the statues as the sun set.
As night fell, thunder cracked repeatedly, lightning flashed across the sky, and rain fell on Xanatos and Goliath's stone statue. Xanatos watched with wide, surprised eyes and a slack jaw as cracks spread across the statue before the stone broke, and Goliath awoke, growling as his talons gripped the rocks until they were crushed, and he rose.
"RRROOOOAAAAAHHHH!" Goliath roared as he spread his arms and wings while a flash of lightning lit his awakened figure.
"Now that was a cool, dramatic shot!" Sero grinned.
"What do you guys think he wanted to do that?" Awase asked. "My votes on creating a loyal gargoyle army for nefarious purposes."
"Perhaps, although he could have intended to figure out a way of harnessing whatever magic or advanced technology of the gargoyles," Shoda gave his opinion.
"Couldn't he simply be doing so to help poor, misguided beings?" Ibara asked.
"Oh, Ibara, you sweet summer child," Setsuna patted Ibara's head, bringing the vine-haired girl into a hug. "How innocent your mind works. So innocent and naive."
"Shut up," Ibara muttered, her voice muffled under Tokage's embrace.
"Revelry in the Dark," The dark trio muttered again, in awe.
"Want to take a shot every time they say that?" Present Mic offered, a bottle and shot glasses in hand.
"I would rather not play a drinking game in front of my students," Aizawa grumbled.
"Plus, we might get ourselves killed through liver poisoning before the video ends," Midnight added jokingly.
"Yeah, I guess you guys are right," Mic nodded, though Aizawa and Kayama could see Yamada's sad eyes and frown. "I guess I was just looking for an excuse to forget... you know..."
The weight of recent, heart-shattering revelations returned in full force for the trio of former U.A. students. Suddenly, Gym Gamma's walls began to shrink in on them as they remembered training sessions they participated in here with a certain blue-haired optimist riding on his cloud. A blink of an eye had both Aizawa and Yamada remember that same cheerful face now marred and peeking out painfully through Kurogiri's shadowy mist.
In the end, Aizawa and Kayama took the glasses from Mic's hands. Yamada said nothing as he poured a glass for the three of them and shot them down quickly, paying no mind to the concerned looks from their fellow teachers, Nezu, All Might, or even their students who noticed, such as Midoriya, Yaoyorozu, and Shinsou.
"The curse was broken, the gargoyles awoke once again, and Goliath was tasked with leading his clan into the modern world," Wiz stated as the other gargoyles awoke too and gazed upon the modern world they awoke to. "Despite being completely out of his element, Goliath adapted surprisingly fast!" Goliath was shown confronting a pair of thugs and tossing one effortlessly.
"I wonder if what they felt was similar to what Captain America felt after he was thawed out from his ice?" Kamui Woods pondered, hand over chin. "Waking up in a world so advanced and alien to your previous life."
"I guess, but these guys were asleep since medieval times, and that hunk was only a Capsicle since WWII," Mount Lady pointed out.
"They still protect people even after what humanity had done to them so long ago?" Shinsou muttered, surprised at the Gargoyles' actions.
"One group of people does not define all of humankind," Izuku replied. "It would be petty and selfish to judge everyone for the sins of others."
Nejire looked curiously at Izuku. 'Is that what you think every time you say you want to save people, even after what they did to you?' Nejire inwardly asked, recalling what Izuku confided to her about his past bullying. After such an experience, and perhaps more from what Izuku implied, Nejire wouldn't have blamed Izuku if he had turned his back on the world, but he didn't, and he still treats everyone he meets with respect and kindness.
'Just another reason why I love my Zuzu,' Nejire sighed wistfully. However, Nejire's loving expression morphed into cold anger as her gaze drifted toward Bakugou. 'And it's why if I am right about your part in his pain, I'll never forgive you.'
"You mean he was texting and watching cat videos in no time?" Boomstick questioned.
"No, this was the 90s," Wiz clarified, showing a gargoyle sitting in a chair watching TV.
"Oh, so he wore crazy-colored clothing and used nonsensical description words like 'Bodacious', 'Radical', or-"
"Jalapeña," Goliath grumbled.
"Jalapeña!" Lexington also exclaimed.
"Jalapeña!" Broadway sighed.
"Jalapeña!" Brooklyn... oh, you get it by now.
"Jalapeña," Elisa Maza muttered. (ok, stop, please!)
"Jalapeña?" Goliath muttered, confused. (Is this even the right word?!)
"Jalapeña!" Hudson exclaimed. (Porque estan exclamando una fruta?!)
Broadway handed Goliath a jalapeño pepper, and the gargoyle leader ate the fruit. Elisa and Broadway stare expectantly, awaiting a reaction. It came in shortly, Goliath sniffling, his eyes widening as he was overwhelmed by its heat. "JALA-JALAPENA!" Goliath's exclamation (finally) echoed across the city.
"...Damnit!" Boomstick cursed.
The students and most of the adults found themselves clutching their sides as they laughed their assess, while a select few were more conservative in their reactions. Iida and Momo facepalmed, Endeavor and Edgeshot pinched the bridge of their noses as they had to endure Miruko's and Hawks's howler monkey-like cackles, and Aizawa was a second away from forgoing the shot glasses and straight chugging the bottle.
'Why? Why did I bother returning to this nonsense?' Aizawa groaned to himself, his annoyance worsening at the noisier laughter from Mic and Midnight.
"Pfft, talk about weak sauce! I can chomp on ten of those and not feel a thing!" Bakugou bragged.
"Damn, so you're the one who's been howling and yelling when taking a shit in the middle of the night," Mineta snapped his fingers.
With the implication of what Mineta was implying, Bakugou's face turned red in rage and embarrassment, and he started chasing after the shortest U.A. student with murder in his eyes. Ultimately, to save the grape-headed student's life -and some of his brain cells for later- Aizawa canceled Bakugou's Quirk and forced him back to his seat.
"Turns out, Goliath was naturally suited to traverse the broad expanse of the city with his enormous wings," Wiz noted. "Though, to be clear, Goliath insists that he can't fly; only glide on the wind."
"Huh, guess the dude has more in common with you than me, Tokoyami," Hawks commented, flapping his wings gesturally.
Tokoyami responded with a short nod as his eyes closely analyzed the way Goliath flew. 'This could be a better inspiration for my Fallen Angel technique than even Batman,' Tokoyami thought.
"Which I insist is Bullshit!" Boomstick argued. "What else would you call what's happening right here other than friggin' flying?" Boomstick showed Goliath recovering, hovering in the air as his wings flapped, and soaring upwards against the wind.
"...Yeah, sorry, that doesn't make any sense," Pixie Bob scratched her head, confused. "If he can only glide, how come he's not being blown into next week?"
"Perhaps it has something to do with his impressive strength that he could withstand the very winds that propel him," Tiger suggested.
"Regardless, those wings will likely give Goliath an aerial advantage over Beast," Mandalay noted.
"Regardless of wind direction and speed, it seems Goliath has no trouble 'gliding' wherever he wants to go," Wiz continued. "He only has issues taking off from the ground, requiring an elevated point to start from."
"His mastery in the air despite the will of the winds could be the work of magic," Reiko guessed. "They watch atop the perches and, if need be, take to the air to protect any who need their aid, no matter where they might be."
"You ever consider writing, Reiko-chan?" Setsuna grinned teasingly. "I bet you'd give Steven King a run for his money with how 'eloquent and sophisticated' you sound." Setsuna's voice deepened by a faux-pompous tone.
Reiko rolled her tired-looking eyes.
"For his sake, the arena they'll pit the two against each other would have to be one with high vantage points or buildings," Gran Torino muttered.
"And if he's grounded at any point, it could put him at a disadvantage against Beast instead," Toshinori nodded.
ABILITIES
Gliding
Superhuman strength, speed, agility, & durability
Enhanced Senses
Immune to cold & heat
Stone-like skin
Sophisticated intellect
Strength increases when enraged
"Good thing he can scale giant skyscrapers from ground level without breaking a sweat!" Boomstick declared. "Goliath is strong enough to lift a car, create a small earthquake, and tear through steel with his bare claws like it was wet paper!"
"Rather similar strengths to Beast, too," Momo analyzed. "Both can create small earthquakes and tear apart steel, and with Goliath being able to climb and scale structures like Beast, the former will benefit more if it can allow him to take flight more easily."
"Unless Beast can scale faster with that good speed of his," Jiro pointed out. "They both can also get stronger the angrier they get."
"The darkness of rage can gift him strength, yet might cloud his senses much like the Beast's," Tokoyami muttered, sagely, comparing the ability to how Dark Shadow can grow stronger if he lets rage fuel him, yet how his Quirk could consume him and harm others if left rampant.
"He's fast enough to keep pace with foes who use rocket-powered flight, and he's tough enough to survive a fall over one hundred feet!" Wiz noted.
"Superhuman durability and stone-like skin for the win there!" Kirishima pumped his fist.
"I still think there were easier and less risky ways to test your Hardening than jumping off buildings in the USJ," Sero muttered.
"If he can keep pace with rocket-powered flight, he must surely be as fast as myself," Iida analyzed, shifting his foot to feel the engines on his calves.
"He was even able to keep 'gliding' after being shot by a Nazi plane's machine gun while fighting in World War II," Boomstick added, his tone still skeptical about the gliding issue. "He traveled through time... it was weird..."
"You know, I would question that more if the concept of stone-turning gargoyles, wizards, and very specific spells didn't already desensitize me," Melissa muttered.
FEATS
Caught a blade in his bare hand
Ripped through 2 feet of steel
Survived multiple lightning strikes
Outsmarted Oberon
Survived a direct hit from an anti-air cannon
Punched through ice several feet thick
Survived being shot down by a Messerschmitt warplane
"Goliath may look like a brutal monster, and he certainly can be when he goes into a rage; however, he's actually rather clever and wise," Wiz pointed out. "He was able to outsmart Oberon, who is practically an all-powerful magical god."
Ibara huffed, taking issue with such a blasphemous comparison.
"Oberon? As in the Fairy King from Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?" Jurota referenced.
"Huh, first Beast is a fan of Shakespeare, now Goliath is fighting someone referenced in one of his plays," Manga chuckled. "Ironic."
"What's key here is Goliath's wisdom and cleverness," Kendo pointed out. "He has the wisdom to outsmart people and clearly the experience to fight. Both of these could be useful in gaining an edge over Beast in a solo match."
"And when Goliath's not leading his clan into battle, or struggling to have a relationship with a human detective..." Wiz mentioned, showing Goliath and Elisa hugging.
"Boundaries!" Boomstick yelled.
"Revelry in the Dark," Reiko muttered, intrigued by the unorthodox nature of such a relationship between an ordinary mortal and a mythical creature of the night and stone.
"That's a shot there!" Mic whistled before taking a shot.
"Should we be concerned?" Thirteen whispered.
"They are having a hard time, for obvious reasons," Hound Dog growled lowly with sympathy.
"I can get that, but should we be so lax with three teachers openly drinking in front of our students and two kids?" Power Loader pointed out.
"Good point," Snipe responded, scratching his cheek.
"...He's usually holed up in his castle's library, reading," Wiz continued.
"Yeah, I can see more and more why he and Beast were chosen to fight each other," Sato muttered, the scene of Beast reading upside down on the ceiling playing again in his head.
"Wise and powerful, Goliath is a true force of nature... for twelve hours of the day," Boomstick added.
"Right, the other twelve, he is a motionless stone statue, making him a pretty easy target," Wiz agreed, showing Elisa looking at Goliath's stone statue.
"Which will be a problem for him if Beast could somehow delay the fight till then," Fat Gum noted.
"I doubt the guy could duke it out with a clearly more experienced fighter for hours on end," Miruko raised an incredulous eyebrow.
"Even when he's awake, Goliath often puts himself in danger for the sake of others, regardless of the risk," Wiz noted.
Izuku smiled at Goliath's heroic spirit, happy to see that even with the cruel betrayal he faced in the past, the Gargoyle is still willing to fight for those he cares for. 'And I got to remember that too,' Izuku reminded himself, once more stomping down his increasingly more frequent dark emotions.
"Hey, he's managed to survive for over a thousand years, and believe me when I say, you do not wanna be on this gargoyle's bad side," Boomstick declared.
"My name is Goliath, and I belong to no one!" Goliath declared while inside a cell.
"Stop whining!" Halcyon Renard whined.
"A Gargoyle doesn't whine." Goliath corrected, his eyes glowing white. "HE RROOOAAARRRSSS!" Goliath crashed onto the metal gate of his cell, easily tearing through, destroying one robot and tossing the gate's remains at another.
"Manly!" Tetsutetsu exclaimed, grinning from ear to ear.
The Gargoyle likewise gained numerous positive remarks and thoughts from the group, some sympathetic about his past, but most about the mythical creature's strength and character. The Dark Reveling trio were easily smitten with Goliath, just as Pixie Bob, Mount Lady, and even Midnight shivered in delight at Goliath's latest quote. While Goliath's heroic nature as a protector won some people over, others felt they couldn't connect too personally enough with the millennia-old warrior compared to the mutant and his power's easier comparison to that of Quirks. Still, individuals like Jurota, Tokoyami, Shoji, and Koda easily sympathized with the creature, even finding an odd taste in their mouths when describing Goliath as a 'creature' despite his more obvious mythical origins and separate species.
"Alright, the combatants are set!" Wiz announced. "Let's end this debate once and for all!"
"It's Time For a Death BAAATTTTLLLLLEEEE!" Boomstick roared.
While the device scanned for counterparts, the group was left to vote among themselves on who would take the victory in the Death Battle.
Among Beast's most notable voters included Jurota Shishida, the feeling of connection between him and the bluer, harrier mutant too big for Shishida to ignore or vote against, Iida, who respected Hank's brilliant mind and team player attitude, Koda, who respected Hank's passive nature yet willingness to fight to defend himself and others, and Shoji, who also respected Beast's inner and outer strength, and sympathized with the cruel life others dealt onto him.
Mina also voted for the X-Man for his agility, acrobatics, climbing skills, and the tragedy of his love life, with Asui and Miruko voting similarly. Miruko likewise voted for Beast based on his more similar fighting style, a reason shared with Kendo and Ojiro. Hound Dog, Jiro, and Setsuna all voted for Beast's enhanced senses and sharp claws.
Despite feeling the winds would blow in a different direction, Nezu ultimately voted for the furry scientist for reasons the rodent principal denied sharing. Melissa, too, refused to elaborate on her vote for the X-Men member.
As for those who voted for Goliath, the most prominent, and obvious, of them were Tokoyami, Yanagi, and Kuroiro; 'Revelry in the Dark' was their only verbal response. Inwardly, Tokoyami respected Goliath's strength, 'gliding' capabilities, and mythical origins. Yanagi and Kuroiro likewise voted for similar reasons to Tokoyami, sans the gliding one, yet also couldn't help but remember Goliath attempting to court a human woman, with the unorthodox pairing bringing smiles to their faces as they turned to their respective love interests, one a fellow Reveler in the Dark and the other a certain mushroom girl.
Kouta voted for Goliath for him simply looking cool, and Pixie Bob's and Mount Lady's reasons for Goliath's hot voice were also simple, if not also irritating to a certain wood-based Hero. Kirishima's and Tetsutetsu's vote on Goliath's stone-like skin and durability was more reasonable, as was Hawks's vote on Goliath's dominance in the air, Fat Gum for the Gargoyle's strength and durability, and Momo for all of the above, even if she still struggled to find out how Gargoyles turning into stone worked. Uraraka and Bakugou would also vote for Goliath's ability to take flight.
To Izuku, he was torn between the two fighters, acknowledging that Goliath held an overall edge in every department compared to Beast, but felt bad about voting for someone who had been treated poorly and ostracized for being different, like him. Ultimately, Izuku stuck to his guns and voted for Goliath, swallowing down the bitterness of his decision.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED!" The device announced as it finished its scan. "HANK MCCOY AKA BEAST! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART 1: JUROTA SHISHIDA!"
"Honestly, it was so obvious, I should have put money on it," Sen muttered, snapping his fingers.
"You do seem to have very easy-to-tell counterparts, Jurota," Pony giggled nervously.
"It is nothing to be nervous about, Miss Pony," Jurota bowed. "If the reasons are sound, then I am not one to debate against them because the comparisons may come off as rude to some."
"Very mature of you, Jurota," Kendo nodded, smiling at her classmate with respect. "Though, what did we say about not talking to us so formally?"
"You guys probably have as much luck as we do trying to get Midoriya not to stutter," Asui commented.
The ensuing laughter only worsened when Izuku's blushing defense included stuttering.
"MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART 2: TENYA IIDA!"
"Oh, yeah, I almost forgot it said Shishida was the first counterpart," Ochaco voiced her realization. "Guess the two of you being super smart and having those glasses were the reasons, huh, Iida?"
"Yes, I admit we do have a similar academic appearance, but I like to believe it also includes our speed and strategic mind," Iida replied humbly, before bowing to Jurota. "I am honored to share a similar strong counterpart to you, Shishida-san!"
"As am I," Jurota bowed in response. As the two stopped and turned back to the screen, a cloud of embarrassment hung over Jurota's slumped shoulders. "Okay, I see what you all mean."
Class 1-B chuckled and giggled at their youngest classmate's misfortune while those next to Jurota patted him on the shoulders.
"GOLIATH! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: FUMIKAGE TOKOYAMI!"
"Had a feeling about this one, too?" Jiro questioned.
"I mean, it was a 30-30-30 split between those three," Kaminari gestured to Tokoyami, Reiko, and Kuroiro. "My 10% wildcard was in case Midoriya snuck in with another surprise counterpart."
"Like Hell Shitty Deku would be a badass like him!" Bakugou yelled.
"You just hoped you didn't have to vote for Deku," Uraraka deadpanned at Bakugou.
Izuku shook his head, rubbing his forehead as he registered the two very different reactions he felt from the two. When Uraraka said 'Deku', Izuku felt fine, normal, happy even, but when Bakugou said the very name he had been calling him since they were kids, it was different. Anger, irritation, pain, it all burned brighter in his core every time Bakugou said that name, and Izuku didn't know why.
'No, of course, you do,' Izuku winced as his inner thoughts spoke with a darker tone. 'Ochaco has every right to call you that name. She gave it new life, new meaning, helped you turn that slur of a name into something hopeful, something to aspire to: the Deku who can do anything. But He was the one who made that name the curse it was before, the brand that marked you as inferior, unwanted. He has no right to call you that anymore!'
Izuku shook his head, banishing the inner voice. 'Okay, either that's someone else in my head, or I'm actually going crazy,' Izuku thought, his inner voice normal this time.
"Congrats on the counterpart, Tokoyami," Hawks clapped for his protege, before turning away with crocodile tears. "I'm so jealous! The only counterparts of mine that can fly are a ninja with a glider and a pilot in a robot, while my precious apprentice can do so with actual wings!"
"T-Thank you, Hawks-sensei," Tokoyami sweatdropped at his mentor's antics. Brushing that aside, Tokoyami stared at Midoriya, the green-haired teen's expression growing disgruntled. Tokoyami frowned, his gut telling him that something was wrong with his classmate, something inside, something dark.
"ADDITIONAL COUNTERPARTS DETECTED! DETECTIVE ELISA MAZA! MULTIVERSAL COUNTERPART: REIKO YANAGI!"
That concern was put to the side as the counterpart to his counterpart's girlfriend was revealed. Tokoyami's eyes widened in surprise.
"Ooh, Yanagi and Tokoyami! Looks like your other yous have visited romance central!" Mina cooed, her face the textbook definition of teasing. "How fitting!"
"Yes, indeed. Is there something you want to tell us?" Setsuna's floating head hovered between the two, her grin wide and mischievous. "Is there some spicy 'revelry' you two found in the darkness?"
A blushing Reiko's response was grabbing hold of Setsuna's head with her Quirk and flinging it away.
"I'LL TAKE THAT AS A YES!" Setsuna's head yelled as it sailed to the other end of the gym.
"If one more word is said from any of you, I shall let Dark Shadow play with his new toys," Tokoyami threatened through the evident blush on his dark feathers.
"Please, say something! I dare you! I double dare you!" Dark Shadow egged the students, who, for their sakes, didn't take the bait.
After that, with no more counterparts to announce, the video continued onto the Death Battle.
The fight began with a sunset casting its orange and yellow light onto New York City. The scene shifted toward a singular rooftop where Goliath's statue-form rested on its perch while Beast stood patiently, eyes closed and arms crossed.
Eventually, the sun set fully and shifted the bustling metropolis into nighttime. As night settled, cracks began to form and spread on the stone Gargoyle. Goliath broke free, roaring toward the heavens. Shortly afterward, the Gargoyle leader senses someone near him and turns toward Beast, alert and ready for the fight to begin.
"Huh, just like that? No banter, no talking, just straight fighting?" Sero questioned.
"Face it, if they did have a chance to talk, Beast would have just talked the two from fighting," Honenuki shrugged.
"May the best fighter win," Jurota bowed to Tokoyami.
"Likewise," Tokoyami nodded back respectfully.
"Y-Yes, do your best in this battle, Tokoyami-san, just as mine and Jurota's counterpart will!" Iida stammered out, mimicking Jurota's bow.
"R-Right," Tokoyami sweatdropped at Iida's antics.
FIGHT!
Goliath leaped toward Beast in a spearing attack, only to be caught by the X-Man with his claws. The two struggled against their opponent's strength before Beast slammed Goliath into the ground, bouncing the Gargoyle upward. Beast caught the Gargoyle's fall with two quick slashes, followed up by another grab and slam to the ground.
"Damn, other Jurota is quick and ferocious!" Pony cheered her classmate's counterpart on.
"While Goliath may be inherently swifter, Beast's reflexes may be faster, enabling him to catch and counterattack Goliath like so," Kendo analyzed.
"And quite the vicious combo of a counterattack," Miruko grinned. "Using their momentum and weight against them while delivering as many quick slashes to further break through their defenses." The Rabbit Heroine's thirst for a fight increasing with every Death Battle, even after a whole day's worth of beating on criminals and low-level Villains.
Goliath broke free from Beast's hold with a slap of his tail, spinning in the air before diving swiftly toward the blue-furred combatant, striking with a fierce slash that spilled blood.
"While Beast has a strong hold, Goliath's extra appendage helped stun Beast enough to escape that hold," Ojiro muttered, cupping his chin while his tail flexed subconsciously.
"And Goliath's strikes look able to spill blood more easily than Beast's," Kamakiri pointed out. "Likely because of Goliath's stone-like skin. If this comes down to a battle of attrition, Goliath will have the edge."
"Manly!" Kirishima and Tetsutetsu yelled while showcasing their own hardened and metal-coated arms, pumping into the air.
Beast roared as he delivered a quick left hook to the face, stunning and backing Goliath a few feet. Beast leaped into the air in a backward somersault, hugged his body into a ball, and spun mid-air rapidly. "Prepare to be thrashed!" Beast declared before hurling toward Goliath like a cannonball and kicking the Gargoyle.
"W-What did I just look at?" Kaminari did a double-take, blinking and rubbing his eyes, flabbergasted.
"He must have used his mid-air momentum and acrobatic prowess to angle and hurl his body through the air," Tiger guessed with a wide grin, impressed.
"Yeah! Acrobatics for the win!" Mina cheered, pumping her fist into the air like Kirishima and Tetsutetsu did before.
"Oh, you want to make it a cheer-off, Mina? We'll meet that challenge, Man to Woman!" Kirishima grinned, pumped. "Go Goliath! Show Your Manly Gargoyle Spirit!"
"Hey! We're the best cheerleaders here!" Toru rebutted, suddenly holding pom poms in her invisible hands. "Beast, Beast, Win This Night, Show How Mutants Do It Right!"
"Did you have to create her pom poms?" Jiro raised an eyebrow at Momo.
"She was enthusiastic," Momo defended, bashfully pressing her fingers together.
Beast's kick sent Goliath skidding off the roof and the building, hurling downward. In mid-fall, Goliath reoriented himself with his wings, slowing his descent, but Beast continued his assault, landing on the Gargoyle's back.
"Runt!" Beast growled as he punched Goliath's back and head three times, fiercely.
"How uncharacteristically rude and vicious of McCoy," Ibara raised an eyebrow.
"Wizard and Boomstick stated that my counterpart can get quite ferocious in battle, especially when angered," Jurota replied. "Perhaps that slash that spilt his blood awakened that enraged state."
Having had enough, Goliath forced the two to crash onto a nearby building's side, knocking Beast off of him and grabbing onto the building with his claws, while Beast managed to do the same. Goliath began to climb up the building. Beast roared and leaped upwards, scaling the building quickly to catch up to Goliath's higher position, delivering a few claw strikes.
"I was right that Beast could climb walls faster than Goliath," Asui croaked. "It also looks like Beast has been dominating most of this fight with his greater agility and acrobatics."
"That may be, but the tide of battle can change at any time," Tokoyami replied.
True to Tokoyami's words, Goliath counterattacked, striking back with his own slashes before tackling Beast, the two hurling down the skyscraper at a rapid pace.
"He wishes to end this battle with a decisive tackle onto the ground from a high altitude," Kuroiro said. "Goliath can survive such a fall, but we have seen nothing to suggest Beast could do the same, much less a fast crash from a tackle."
Beast roared in raging defiance, proceeding to bite Goliath and then grapple onto him, causing the two to spin in mid-air before striking his opponent with a brutal dropkick. Goliath crashed onto the pavement below as Beast landed safely behind a parked van.
"Damn, now that was a dropkick!" Miruko grinned, approving of the attack.
"Adapting to the situation and using his opponent's plan against him," Nezu detailed Beast's reaction with similar approval. "He even used the change in momentum and attacks to slow his descent to where he could land more safely."
Goliath got back up, roaring angrily.
"But, as Young Kuroiro stated, Goliath has survived similar high crashes," Toshinori noted. "Though, perhaps the added force of McCoy's attack damaged him more than usual."
Beast grabbed the vehicle next to him. "COME ON!" Beast roared as he hurled it straight toward Goliath at high speed.
The Gargoyle stood his ground, tanking and stopping the tossed vehicle shortly after being pushed back by it. Goliath tore the front cover of the van and hurled it back at Beast while leaping onto and off the vehicle's remains in the same direction. Beast leaped forward and slashed through the van's front in two, only for him to see Goliath gliding straight toward him. The mythical warrior slammed into his off-guard enemy.
"He used Beast's tossed weapon as a distraction!" Uraraka exclaimed, excited.
"While the rage may have increased his strength, it also left Beast open to easy counterattacks his brilliant mind would have seen coming," Ryukyu criticized.
Beast rolled and tumbled along the ground uncontrollably while Goliath gracefully glided over him. The Gargoyle proceeded to slam into the X-Man, holding him down while also dragging the blue-furred mutant across the pavement. Sliding to a stop, Goliath roared as he unleashed a flurry of vicious slashes at Beast, drawing blood after blood until the pavement was painted in a pool of the mutant's blood.
Eri whimpered at the gruesome sight and hid her face in Izuku's chest. Izuku was quick to comfort her, petting her hair while flinching, the bitter guilt of having voted against Beast worsening with the sight and Eri's reaction to it.
Tokoyami winced, the sight of Goliath's brutal, bloody attacks drawing unwanted memories of his out-of-control rampage at the Forest Training Camp. He and Shoji had been attacked by the League of Villain recruit, Moonfish, who had severed one of Shoji's created hands. The damage wasn't permanent as it was a created one from Shoji's Quirk, but the sight of his friend's blood and severed limb ignited a rage within him that sent Dark Shadow into a fury he had no control over. Tokoyami thanked the stars that Bakugou and Todoroki were nearby to quell the raging beast with their light, as well as Shoji and Midoriya for saving him from the League when they had trapped him in one of Mr. Compress's marbles.
Jurota felt queasy at the sight of his counterpart getting mauled so viciously. After seeing so many Death Battles with even more gruesome results and carnage, the easy assumption would be that Jurota would have been used to it; however, it wasn't the goriness itself that unsettled Jurota. In the blink of an eye, he found his counterpart to be the petty bully of his childhood and Goliath himself in his first fit of rage. While the actual event wasn't as gruesome as the Death Battle, the reaction and looks Jurota got from then on made it seem that way.
Jurota's fists clenched, sick at the memory of the monster he was then, how he could not refute the name called onto him, for he himself believed they were true, despite his attempts to show otherwise. One of those attempts, he is living right now, as a U.A. student and Hero-in-the-making.
'I thought it was a miracle that I was even accepted after that,' Jurota thought, his mind flashing briefly to an event that transpired shortly after the U.A. Entrance Exam: an interview with Hound Dog. Jurota looked up to the Dog Hero with eyes full of reminiscence, veiled by his glasses and silence.
Finally, Goliath impaled his arm into Beast's body and tore the mutant Hero in two, Beast's top half sliding away from his bottom.
"Oh, good Lord!" Ibara gagged, her face nearly as green as her hair.
Iida gaped in shock, his glasses crooked over his agape face, while Jurota sighed, disappointed but accepting.
Goliath raised his wings and bloodied hands and roared, victorious.
KO!
Beast's dismembered, bloody body lies in a trash can while Goliath lands on the top of his tower, bloodied, while carrying Beast's disembodied head as the sun rises, turning him to stone.
"They never show ya that shit on 90's cartoons!" Boomstick shouted.
"Oh, come on!" Mina groaned. "But Beast was doing so well for most of the fight!"
"On the surface, Beast's aggressive attacks may look like he had the advantage; however, with Goliath's greater defenses, cleverness, and experience, that was what he wanted his opponent to think," Aizawa pointed out. "Lure his opponent into a false sense of security before striking at the perfect moment to deliver the killing blow."
"Goliath also may not have been as damaged as Beast's attacks would make us believe," Izuku added. "Goliath has similar strength and better defenses with his stone-like skin, so Goliath must have been letting Beast waste his energy and tiring him out."
"Heh, just like me and my Unbreakable technique!" Kirishima boasted, grinning triumphantly. "Wear your opponent, make them give up the will and strength to fight and counterattack! Manly!" Kirishima made a face of realization. "Oh, and Mina, Toru, I don't mean to brag... but HA! OUR CHEERING WON! WE DID IT TETSUTETSU!"
"YEAH! WHO'RE THE BETTER CHEERLEADERS NOW!" Tetsutetsu joined Kirishima in their 'humble' bragging.
"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up," Toru huffed. "For your prize, we're making Yaomomo make you cheerleader uniforms and taking a picture of you with them... Girl Cheerleader Uniforms."
The two manly teens paused their gloating, looking slowly at Momo, who had a serene smile and a measuring tape in hand, while Jiro, smiling evilly, had her phone at the ready. The two paled and slumped. "Why is it when we win, we also lose?" Kirishima bemoaned, defeated, knowing there was no getting out of this.
"So not manly," Tetsutetsu groaned.
"Beast and Goliath were pretty even in terms of strength and speed, making this more so a battle of wit and experience," Wiz began to explain the fight's results. "Beast was always more of a team player, preferring not to fight directly unless absolutely necessary."
"Hmm, it looks like Beast is part of some Hero group in that image," Asui pointed out. "One with Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor."
"Yeah, you're right, Tsu!" Nejire exclaimed, her eyes brightening with curiosity. "And they were the Marvel characters that we've seen fight! Oh, but who are the other ones? It looks like a red head in a black leather jumpsuit, a purple archer, and a large rock man? Is the rock man a Mutant like Beast? What about that redhead and archer? Do they have powers, or are they like Batman, where they are Quirkless Heroes? What kind of group is this? Is that a gorilla in the corner?"
"There she goes again," Mirio chuckled. "And even after all these years, I still can't understand most of what she is saying." Mirio patted Midoriya's back. "You've got a gift for being able to understand her, bro! It's almost like you guys are soulmates or something! Haha!"
Izuku blushed crimson at what Mirio implied, and an Izuku from earlier would have stammered and denied Mirio's claim, saying that he was exaggerating or seeing things. This Izuku, however, was different. "Y-Yeah, maybe," Izuku replied, sighing, his eyes softening with awe and care -maybe even love- toward the rapid-question-firing beauty.
Mirio blinked, surprised at such an answer from Midoriya, expecting lots of stuttering and 'It's not like that,' or 'She's way too pretty for me.' Mirio grinned widely, happy for both of his dearest friends, one for being more confident and accepting of what he wanted and desired, and the other for possibly getting the man she longed for soon. 'Now I just need to snag a picture of Tamaki smiling and on a date with Yuyu, and my life will be complete!'
"And since Goliath spent decades defending his ancient castle and New York from Vikings, thugs, magic beings, and ghosts, his combat experience trumped Beast's," Boomstick noted, showing Goliath catching a blade in his hand, blood spilling from his palm, and the warrior gaping in fear as Goliath stared him down with his glowing white eyes.
Reiko perked up at hearing how Goliath fought ghosts, her joy at Goliath's victory increasing.
"Yep, there's that old experience trump card," Pixie Bob rolled her eyes and gestured.
"What are you whining about? Your fighter won," Mandalay questioned.
"Yeah, but does that 'experience outranks everything' thing have to be the winning factor almost every time?" Pixie Bob clarified.
"Not always," Ragdoll replied. "Nightmare, Majin Buu, and Deathstroke were older and more experienced than their fighters, yet they still lost."
"Indeed," Tiger nodded. "At times, experience may triumph over all or only prolong a bad matchup. I doubt even with my flexibility and stretching that I could last long against Shigaraki and his Decay Quirk."
The mention of Shigaraki drew frowns and winces from Hawks and those involved in yesterday's meeting. 'You're righter than you know,' Hawks thought as the memory of Shigaraki's Decay Wave and the results of what was left of Deika City still haunted him and the others.
"Also, be careful not to misinterpret Beast's golden tree feat," Wiz pointed out. "While it might sound far more impressive than anything Goliath has done, Beast did not actually lift the whole 60+ ton tree off the ground." Wiz circled the part where the base and roots of the golden tree were still touching and sliding on the ground. "It's nothing surpassing his usual feats."
"That seems a bit nitpicky," Setsuna gestured her hand in a so-so manner.
"And one time, Goliath got nailed in the back by an anti-aircraft round," Boomstick added. "That's right, Goliath got shot by a gun designed to destroy airplanes, got back up, and dropped a radio tower on the fools that tried it."
"Manly!" Tetsutetsu roared.
"Oh, yeah, thanks, guys! Thanks for not mentioning that useful feat until now," Jiro muttered sarcastically.
"Well, it was in the list of feats," Melissa pointed out nervously, disappointed in her fighter's defeat, but sighed and accepted it.
"And Beast didn't wait until sunrise for an advantage for two reasons: One, he didn't know what would happen, because gargoyles in his universe don't share the 'stone by day' rule, and second, Beast isn't tough enough to stand against Goliath for twelve hours straight."
"Huh, so there are gargoyles in this Marvel universe that don't turn to stone in daylight," Kuroiro picked up on. "Interesting. Rules between worlds must be different with magic, too."
"Even if Beast could survive against his opponent for that long, his misinformed knowledge of gargoyles from his world would mean he wouldn't plan accordingly," Cementoss added. "If he did know this fact, he could have acted more reservedly and made the battle a waiting game."
"Finally, Beast has fought somebody similar to Goliath named the Griffin, and only survived the fight due to his fellow X-Man, Angel's, help," Wiz finished.
"Huh, it's sort of the reverse when they mentioned the similarity between Green Goblin and Batman in his fight with Spider-Man," Izuku mentioned, flipping through the pages of his notebooks till he found the information. "In that fight, they mentioned that Batman's tools, like the Batarangs, were similar to Green Goblin's and how Spider-Man adapted more easily to the fight because of that similarity. But here, even though Beast fought someone with similar powers to Goliath, they imply he lost because he only won that encounter because of an ally's help."
"In the end, Beast just didn't have the heart to keep up with the gargoyle," Boomstick punned.
"Now that pun was truly mediocre, at best," Jurota grumbled.
"Don't you mean, at 'Beast'?!" Mirio punned. He was met with cricket noises (attracting Asui's attention) and Jurota's blank, unamused stare.
"Boo!" Eri and Kouta booed the unfunny man.
"The winner is Goliath!" Wiz announced.
Respectful and victorious claps and cheers sounded in the gym. Iida bowed respectfully, if not disappointingly, at Tokoyami, who nervously accepted his class rep's praises. With Jurota, the two shook hands before the 1-B students leaned in and whispered something into Tokoyami's ear. The avian-headed teen's eyes widened, and he whispered something back to Jurota. At the end of their whispered conversation, the two nodded and went back to their seats, both sneaking subtle glances at Midoriya.
Reiko raised an eyebrow, noticing the two's whispered conversation, but couldn't make out what they were saying. 'What whispered tales are spoken amidst the end of this clash of refined beasts?' Reiko thought curiously.
"Next time on Death Battle," Boomstick announced.
The black screen's silence was interrupted by the sounds of a famous ringtone. Music played as scenes followed of two stealthy and dark-suited gruff men either sneaking and crawling, firing amidst explosions, or clashing in fist fights against masked soldiers and... Mario and Link?
Battle of Spies!
Solid Snake vs. Sam Fisher!
"Ooh, a spy battle!" Setsuna exclaimed, stars in her eyes. "Now, they're speaking my language! Quick, Mei! Start it Up!... Mei?" When she got no response, Setsuna and the others looked to where the pink-haired girl sat, snoring obnoxiously. "Mei!"
Mei snorted awake, sitting straight. "Babies?!" Mei muttered sleepily.
"You've been sleeping through the fight again?!" Uraraka yelled, aghast.
"How did we not notice when she was snoring so loudly?" Ojiro asked the unanswered, overlooked, and ultimately forgotten question.
"Let me guess: not enough babies?" Melissa asked, to which she got an affirmative nod from the stretching, awakening salmon-haired girl. "Well, I think you'll like this one next. It has spies, so that means gadgets and-"
"Babies!" Mei exclaimed, fully awake. "Why didn't you guys say so earlier?! Where's that controller?!" Mei snatched the remote from Melissa's hands and pressed the play button immediately.
Nezu chuckled at the girl's lively attitude while Power Loader groaned in second-hand embarrassment for his student, who had zero shame. The U.A. principal decides to overlook Mei's impromptu decision and allow the next fight to play, casting a subtle glance toward Hawks.
'I wonder if this fight might, ironically, illuminate some skills for you to utilize, our fellow winged spy,' Nezu thought, smiling knowingly.
Notes:
AAANNNDDD SCENE! Took a little longer than expected, but we made it! And with a couple of days before my birthday, even! So, don't expect a chapter on August 8th, guys! Just comment while I spend the day enjoying my B-Day, while trying out Blade in Marvel Rivals. I am SO gonna suck as him... pun not intended.
Anyway, hope you guys liked this chapter. I imagine that one part that will drive people mad in the comments was Izuku's growing rage and how OOC it is for the gentle cinnamon roll... even when the same cinnamon roll also gave demon death glares to AFO Shiggy after he pierced Bakugou, almost went berserk after seeing Bakugou's semi-dead body, and unleashed this inner darkness onto multiple Villains of the series like Overhaul, Muscular, and All For One. As Izuku, here, is focusing on his locked away feelings, hatred is also one he's becoming increasingly familiar with. Though Jurota and Tokoyami look to have noticed.
I also imagine that a certain number of people will be annoyed at the discrimination focus. I won't lie, some of it was influenced by certain recent events occurring here in the old US of A, land of- sorry, former land of immigrants, apparently. Despite my personal feelings on the matter, this episode's theme is also Heroes who are unfairly treated, hated, and looked on with suspicion for being different, so it can't be ignored. Horikoshi didn't focus enough on the Heteromorph discrimination until the final arcs of the series; hell, he even cut from the anime when Spinner and the League confronted the Creature Rejection Clan, a parody of the KKK, who are an anti-Heteromorph hate group. But with the power of hindsight, I will use this wasted potential and put it to use here and in my other MHA stories in a, hopefully, tactful and subtle manner.
We also got Melissa feeling conflicted over the possible connection between Izuku and All Might, including this potential transferable Quirk, and, retrospectively, reminiscing on how little discrimination she actually went through for all the wrong reasons. She was protected and doted on because of her affiliation with her father, while knowing others less fortunate than her had suffered worse, including Izuku, for being Quirkless, and now wonders just how badly that suffering was, if Uncle Might, if he was Quirkless, too, had suffered similarly, and if the jealous feelings she has over being potentially looked over by her Uncle Might for this transferable Quirk are justified or something to be ashamed of.
Next, we have the counterpart explanations, starting with Jurota and Iida as Beast. Jurota's easy since his whole character, Quirk and all, was inspired by Beast, with their similar furry looks contrasted by their demeanors and glasses, powers, Mutant classification, etc. Then there is Iida, who also has many things in common with Beast, like their intellect, respectful demeanors, speed, glasses, and Iida's Quirk is also under a Mutant Quirk Type. Plus, Hank's Mutant powers were originally subtler and only affected his hands and feet, so Iida is sort of like the proto-furry Beast.
Then there is Tokoyami as Goliath and Reiko as Elisa. The shipping reason is quite clear: Reiko likes things that are mysterious, spooky, and dark, much like Tokoyami, and apparently, Elisa shares this preference since she falls in love with the Gargoyle for reasons beyond just his appearance. Then, there is Tokoyami and Goliath, both of whom can fly or glide, and both have sharp claws—Tokoyami's coming from Dark Shadow. Tokoyami's Heteromorph features would make him a target of anti-Heteromorphs like Goliath and his clan, who face such hatred from humans. Goliath and Tokoyami also share a parallel in their nature toward day and night: Goliath turns to stone in the daytime and becomes a helpless statue, while Dark Shadow grows stronger in darkness, especially at night. Both can become more powerful and out of control if they succumb to rage and fury.
With that all said, I hope you guys liked this chapter, and if the lackluster preview for the next fight isn't obvious enough, it's not one of my favorite Death Battles, so expect this one to take a while—that and my shifting focus to my other stories. But until then, comment your thoughts and counterpart predictions in the comments below, be civil and chill with each other, and check out my other stories here and on FFN if you haven't already.
This has been Zayden StormVoid, and in honor of the Daywalker's entrance into Marvel Rivals, let me regale you all with a song that I think you guys can agree fits with his vibe. Ahem:
~I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING! PROVOKING BLACK CLOUDS IN ISOLATION! I AM RECLAIMER OF MY NNAAAAAAAMMMMMEE! BORN IN FLAMES! I HAVE BEEN BLESSED! MY FAMILY CREST IS A DEMON OF DEEEAAAATTTHHH!~

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