Awase: Isn't this a repeat-

Jana: Yes and it doesn't matter that much!

Izuku still wasn't allowed to carry live ammo, considering that he was still a student, so he would have to make due with his rubber bullets, but if he truly wanted to stop Stain, then he couldn't afford to pull any punches. He aimed for center mass and fired five times in quick succession, trying to hit the same place each time to maximize damage. It wasn't nice, but it worked. Stain grunted and stopped in his tracks before looking up at Izuku with fanatic hatred in his eyes. When he began advancing again, it was toward Izuku rather than Endeavor.

Inko: Izuku!

"Todoroki, make sure Native is covered with an ice wall." Nezu said calmly. "You and Iida have my permission to use your quirks to protect him and one another, but do not put yourselves in any more danger than necessary."

Todoroki didn't waste any time creating a dome of ice, and Iida's face shone with determination. Izuku's mind raced with strategies as Stain finally stepped out of the alley. Four on one was much better odds than they'd had the whole fight, and the wider space of the street would make it much easier for both Iida and Todoroki to use their quirks. There were more buildings to worry about here, not to mention the people inside, but no one here had very destructive quirks, with the exception of Endeavor and Todoroki. Todoroki was always careful to avoid as much damage as he could, and Endeavor...

Endeavor(scowling): Still paralyzed.

"Todoroki, what's Endeavor's blood type?"

"AB." Todoroki replied.

Midoriya(mumbling): Recovery time between Iida and... and Native's... (everyone winced as they remembered his death in the last chapter)

"Okay, his recovery time will probably be between Iida's and Native's then." Izuku muttered. "Nezu can't be affected by Stain's quirk and we don't know how it affects me yet, but I'm out of bullets, so... okay, Nezu and I will focus on close range, Todoroki will cover us, and Iida will focus on hit and run tactics. Sound good?"

Mirko: Good enough for now.

Hawks: I just hope they get back up soon.

There was a round of nods and Nezu looked almost proud beneath his determination, so Izuku thought he'd done a pretty good job. Iida moved first, picking up speed and taking a page out of Izuku's book as he aimed a kick at Stain's weapon, trying to knock the katana out of his hand. He wasn't quite fast enough, but he managed to dodge when Stain swiped at him and Nezu took advantage of Stain's distraction to bite Stain's uninjured leg.

Meanwhile, Izuku had holstered his gun and was gripping his knives as though his life depended on them. Todoroki was busy creating thin layers of black ice wherever Stain stepped and it was only the spikes on his shoes that kept him from slipping. Iida was going for another pass, so Izuku needed to take advantage of that. He waited until Stain's eyes were on Iida's leg before he ran forward and stabbed him in the shoulder.

(a lot of people flinched. The green bean stabbing someone wasn't a sight they were used to)

Stain grunted and headbutted Izuku before he could retreat. Izuku sniffed as he felt warm liquid running down his chin and he scrambled back before Stain could get the blood. Of all the times to get a bloody nose!

Toga: Ooh pretty!

Stain was starting to change the way he fought, ignoring his own injuries with a tinge of desperation as his goal changed from getting out of the fight to taking down as many heroes as he could before the fight was over. Nezu was forced to let go as Stain tried to cut off his head with a sword and Iida had a knife stuck deep in the muscle of one of his legs. The hero killer had taken advantage of the brief reprieve to attack Todoroki with a barrage of throwing knives, most of which had gotten caught in an ice wall, but one of which had buried itself in his right arm.

They needed to end this fight.

Mitsuki: And quickly.

The nomu that Endeavor had left him to fight seemed to have a quirk that let it absorb attacks, then boomerang them back on the attacker, so Mirio was still having to spend a good part of the battle going intangible to avoid Endeavor's flames that the nomu had absorbed. Not to mention the fact that it's tongue was extendable and it seemed to be trying to use it like Kamui Woods' lacquered chain prison, so it seemed like he'd been using Permeation more than One for All in this fight. If Mirio hadn't been able to phase, he would have been done for before this fight even began!

Tamaki: Please be okay Mirio...

Mirio: Hey I won't die Tamaki. I promise.

That being said, he needed to find some way to take this guy down quickly. If the screams and panic in the rest of the city were any indication, this was far from the only nomu in Hosu tonight, which meant that they needed him! He could just try to punch it, but then he'd have to be extra careful of it's fists so that he didn't end up on the wrong end of a One for All enhanced punch. But if he could take the nomu's fists out...

Mirio grinned. Deku would be so proud of him for this idea!

Midoriya: Um since when did my approval mean anything-

Bakugo: Not now you self esteem lacking nerd!

It would require simultaneous activation of both his quirks, so if he could pull this off, he could totally brag about it non-stop when UA started up again! Mirio ran forward and ducked beneath the nomu's next attack to grab it by both wrists, then went completely intangible except for his hands, which were sparking with the power of One for All. He used both gravity and his quirk to pull the Nomu into the ground, wincing slightly as the dirt and rocks of the road scratched his hand. When he reactivated his tangibility, he shot up and punched the nomu in the jaw, leaving it unconscious with its arms buried up to the shoulder in the ground.

Nejire: Yes go Mirio!

Mirio: I told you I would be okay, Tamaki.

Tamaki(exhaling shakily): Yeah...

"Good work, kid." Gran said roughly. "Good use of your brain. Now come on, we've got some more monsters to fight."

Iida: Yes please come help us take down Stain.

"The word hero has lost all meaning in this society!" Stain screamed out his ideology louder and louder as the fight wore on. "The world is overrun by fakes and criminals like you who chase petty dreams! You must all be purged! The only one allowed to kill me is All Might!"

All Might: I don't want to kill you...

Izuku didn't bother to reply, he had to find some way to disable Stain's quirk. With so many injuries, once would think that Stain should be slowing down, but his conviction was so fanatic that he was actually speeding up the longer they fought. He'd almost gotten his hands on Iidas blood two or three times and it was only the fact that they'd moved the fight into the wider street that Iida had been able to gather enough speed to get away before he could. If Izuku could even just...

Dang it. Eraser was going to ground him again, wasn't he?

Inko: He'd better because if he doesn't then I am!

Izuku waited until Iida and Nezu created an opening before running straight toward Stain's face, not bothering to wipe away the blood on his own face before he did so. He needed to bait Stain into trying to get his blood. He might be practically useless after this, but he wasn't fighting alone, and if this worked, then Iida would be able to fight much more freely.

Everyone: Midoriya!

Bakugo and Uraraka: Deku!

As planned, the moment that Izuku was in range, Stain's tongue shot out of his mouth. Izuku was vaguely aware of his classmates screaming at him to watch out, but Izuku simply pivoted and grabbed the tongue, yanking it tight and his knife flashed as he tried to create as many shallow cuts on it as he could before Stain managed to lick his blood. He managed about three before his body froze and he fell to the ground.

Izuku struggled not to giggle hysterically as he realized that his plan had worked even better than he'd hoped. He'd just been planning on injuring Stain's tongue so that using his quirk would be painful, but he'd still be holding tight when Stain had taken his blood. When he'd frozen, Izuku's hand had clenched even tighter around Stain's tongue and he'd yanked the hero killer down with him when he'd fallen to the floor. By trapping him, the hero killer had trapped himself.

Mineta(screaming): Don't you dare kill Midoriya!

The only problem now was the fact that Izuku was now trapped in close quarters with a killer that had access to near-unlimited knives and there was zero chance of getting out of range. Stain's eyes burned with hatred as he raised his knife to stab Izuku through the heart, but Iida was already running. When he kicked Stain in the head hard enough to punt him a meter down the street, Izuku had no choice but to go along for the ride. Thankfully, Stain didn't move again.

(everyone breathed a shaky sigh of relief)

"Iida, Todoroki, confiscate all his weapons in case he wakes up." Nezu ordered. "Midoriya, are you alright?"

"A little scraped and bruised, but otherwise I'm fine." Izuku responded. "I still can't move though, so hopefully type O doesn't have a very long recovery time."

Midoriya: It doesn't thankfully.

"That was insane, Midoriya." Todoroki said as he started pulling knives from every nook and cranny. He'd already melted the ice wall protecting Native, who was starting to stand up slowly.

"I must agree." Iida said. "How did you know that your strategy would capture the hero killer?"

This time, Izuku didn't bother to hold back his nervous laughter, "I didn't. That was just luck."

Bakugo(grumbling): You are too lucky for you own good Deku.

Midoriya(faintly): Good thing though because I'm pretty sure if it weren't for that I'd be dead by now.

Mirio was grinning. The second nomu was much easier to take down than the first had been, now that he knew what to expect, and the heroes who had been fighting it nodded to him gratefully as he stepped away from the unconscious body. From the chatter over the radio, there had been three, so there was only one to go, assuming that no one else had managed to take that one down yet.

"It's getting away!"

Midoriya(remembering): Uh oh.

"Where's it headed?!"

Mirio looked around, and it was only when he saw some other heroes running and pointing up that he noticed that the final nomu was flying . Mirio glanced at Gran Torino, who nodded, and then both of them were off, using their quirks to bounce off buildings, trying to catch up to the nomu before it could get away.

Bakugo(staring at the wings): It really is Tsubasa huh...

Midoriya(quietly): Yeah...

Thankfully it didn't take more than a few minutes for Izuku to be able to move again. By that time, Endeavor had recovered as well and was standing guard over Stain, who was currently tied up with several pairs of quirk-suppressing cuffs from the heroes as well as some rope that Todoroki had found in the dumpster. Endeavor was glaring at Izuku with more malice than he knew was possible and the heat was oppressive until Izuku was able to scramble away and stand by Todoroki's right side.

Nezu smiled at Izuku and seemed to be about to say something when he suddenly looked up and his fur bristled, "Get down!"

Iida and Todoroki: Midoriya!

Izuku whipped around to look up, only to see a flying nomu coming straight towards them. Further down the street, he could see the light from Togata's second quirk as he and another hero gave chase.

"Everybody look out!" Togata yelled. "Get to cover!"

Before they could scatter, however, the nomu dipped down and grabbed Izuku around the waist, then immediately started ascending again, even faster than before.

Todoroki: Oh no Stain's knocked out!

Tetstutetsu: Why is that a bad thing?!

Iida: Because now Stain won't rescue Midoriya!

Everyone: He did what?!

Mirio was panicking. The monster had Deku. It had Deku and it was flying too fast and too high for Gran to be able to reach it. He couldn't fly, so he couldn't reach it, either, the most air he could get was when... was when the ground spat him out.

Mirio: Quickly other me!

Mirio quickly calculated the trajectory the nomu was on, then took a deep breath and let himself go intangible and fall through the air, then through the street. His lungs were starting to burn, but he couldn't afford to go tangible too early, not if he wanted to save Deku. He let himself fall further than he ever had before, then turned tangible.

He accelerated the longer he flew through the dirt, gaining speed until he launched out of the ground and shot straight toward the nomu, who was now far above the buildings. Deku was calling for help and his eyes widened as he saw Mirio smiling at him right before he punched the nomu with as much power as he could muster, knocking it unconscious and forcing it to let go of Deku, who started to fall.

Inko and Mitsuki: Izuku!

Mirio reached a hand out toward him, and Deku latched onto it like a lifeline, allowing Mirio to shift them in midair so Deku was clinging to his back. Mirio bounced off the buildings like a pinball on the way down to diminish the force before they finally skidded to a stop near the group of heroes and first years and... was that the hero killer?!

Spinner(shakily): Yes... (everyone sighed in relief that Deku was okay)

None of them noticed the civilian in one of the apartments overlooking the street and the alley, who had been recording the fight on his phone ever since the first gunshot had woken him up.

Pro heroes: Uh oh.