I gripped onto Shoji as the force threatened to push me off, the magic villain's figure becoming larger as we shot towards him, mid-air.

We collided with him and I immediately grabbed his wrists, making sure he couldn't get out of my grip, I froze, reaching my hand into his pocket and grabbing the two marbles he was flaunting earlier, which I could only imagine to be Bakugo and Tokoyami. Midoriya kicked down on his back and Todoroki and Shoji pushed down against the top of his shoulders. In no time we crashed to the floor.

"Give Kacchan and Tokoyami back!"

I looked up and noticed three other villains standing in the clearing we just smashed into.

"I know them! Who are they?" A man in a black and white suit pointed at us frantically, but my eyes were on the scarred man behind him, who had already lifted his hand.

"Mister, get out of the way." He said bluntly, making me freeze and push the boys out of the way. I unfroze and a wave of blue fire erupted from the man's raised hand, but I hadn't pushed Shoji and Midoriya far enough away and pulled them back as the fire licked their arms.

"Faces from Shigiraki's kill list! That little beat up boy and you!" I looked up and saw the masked man jumping in the air, heading straight for Shoto.

"Todoroki! Above you!" I called out and he sent up a pillar of ice, giving me a small nod, the man was flung into the air and I jumped on top of him, kicking him to the ground and dazing him.

But he jumped up and pushed me back.

"Ow that hurt! Is that all you've got?" He jumped up and pushed me back.

Todoroki sent more ice his way, causing me to roll in the opposite direction.

I saw the blonde-haired girl from earlier lept forward, introducing herself to Deku as Toga, the same strange look of desire in her eyes, she pinned him to the ground but Shoji kicked her out of the way.

I had now focused my sight on the magic villain who had just materialised next to the scarred man.

"Where's Bakugo?"

"Of course..." The magic villain reached into his pockets, "Hm?"

I stood in front of Shoji and tossed back the marbles I had previously grabbed, "You three are leaving, right now."

"Are these Bakugo and Tokoyami entertainer?" Shoji looked at him and held up the marbles and I internally face-palmed.

Don't anger the villains! Is this what Shota teaches you at UA?

"Oh! That didn't take you very long!" The villain said in a mocking tone, "You used your quirk didn't you Time Warp."

"What else is it for."

I waved my hand behind my back and the boys started to run, Todoroki creating a large barrier of ice.

I eyed the villains, ready to attack if any of them made a move toward the kids.

But something worse came out of the trees, I recognised it from the news reports after the inner city attack, a Nomu. Us heroes had been briefed on them, Shota had told me about facing one at USJ, but I'd never seen one in real life. Besides that, a giant shadowy figure appeared, blocking the path so no one could leave.

Things just aren't going well today, are they?

Portals appeared in front of the villains and they stepped through them. I saw the man with purple scars hesitate, he knew he didn't have what he wanted, what was he going to do?

But the masked man turned his face to him, "Oh that? They seemed so happy that they rushed out here, so I thought I'd give them a present."

My eyes widened and I looked at Shoji, to who I'd given the marbles.

"It's a habit, one of the basics of magic. When I flaunt something, it's because there's something I don't want you to see."

"Shit," I mumbled, how had I not seen that coming? I just had to keep on fucking up today, didn't I?

He opened his mouth, and two marbles were on his tongue.

Ha, idiot. You should've waited until you were gone for us to find out what you'd planned.

I activated my quirk and went to jump forward, but I felt a strong grip on my hand.

"Wha-" I was cut off from being thrown into the air and slammed down to the ground.

The culprit was the green-skinned Nomu that had appeared from the woods. It had multiple limbs with various sawing and drilling instruments attached to them.

It must've grabbed my arm when I activated my quirk.

The fun thing about my quirk, I can only unfreeze it if:

1) I'm the only one frozen.
2) I've unfrozen everyone I previously froze with me before myself.
3) I pass out.

And I wasn't going to pass out when this nomu thingy was probably going to kill me before I even got close.

Just peachy right?

Adrenaline immediately pumped through my system as I squirmed out from underneath the creature.

I needed to get out of here as quick as possible, so I did the first thing that came to mind.

I held out my hand in front of me and used my second quirk, focusing on the nomu in front of me.

"I wonder what your ugly mug will look like when your 90." I backed away and focused more of my energy on my hands, "What... the...?" I gritted my teeth. I know I haven't used this for a while, but it shouldn't just cease to exist. That's not how it works... right?

I slapped my palm against my thigh as if it were a torch whose light had just gone out.

"Why. Aren't. You. Working?" I growled through gritted teeth.

My attempts stopped when I heard the sounds of the mechanical limbs whirring to life.

"Nope." I backed away further, "I don't really want to become a shish-kebab today sir."

I pulled out my flip knife from my belt, twirling it once in my hand, "Damn, that was badass, shame you were the only one to see that." I looked pointedly at the nomu, who showed no emotion, they just kept moving toward me.

I wobbled slightly, still slightly nauseous from using my quirk on so many people earlier, but I swallowed that feeling down. You can pass out when you're not about to become cat food.

"Come on hulk, come at me."

It lunged forward and I barely managed to get out of its way.

"So you're fast-" I swiped my knife against its calf in an attempt to make them topple over, but of course, the creature didn't even flinch, "-Nice to know."

I jumped back, dodging a saw that was aimed at my leg.

"Not the legs! I like the legs!"

How was I going to get hold of this guy?

I wasn't looking to get sliced into tiny pieces anytime soon, so I had to find a way to touch him.

It was like a bullfight. I was the matador, the nomu was the bull.

I stood a good few metres away from it, squaring my shoulders.

"Here's your colour red," I muttered under my breath.

Sure enough, the creature came charging toward me.

I planted my feet on the ground, "Come on, a little bit closer..."

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"Now!" I shouted to no one in particular and ran towards the nomu until they were only a few feet away, I leaned back and used my momentum to skid across the floor, reaching out my arm and wrapping my fingers around the nomu's ankle. It was fast, so I needed to be too.

Although I wasn't as fast as the saw that came drill that dug into my shoulder.

I cried out and stopped my quirk.

Everything around me unfroze and I pushed the nomu off of me scrambling back towards the three boys, slamming a hand over my mouth when I put pressure on my left arm. But it didn't seem like the nomu cared about me anymore. It was as if we weren't just frozen in time and fighting. As if it hadn't just drilled into my shoulder.

I got to my feet, looking towards the boys who hadn't noticed my shift in position, they were more focused on the magic villain who had (in their timeline) just revealed that he still had Tokoyami and Bakugo. Someone had noticed though. The scarred man looked at me with a smirk on his face, like he was saying 'got you'. I glared back at him in response.

The masked villain snapped his fingers and the marbles in Shoji's hand became pieces of Todoroki's ice. "During the freeze attack, I prepared dummies and put them in my pocket."

"Damn it!" I saw the three begin to run forward.

The two villains started to back into the portal that had appeared behind them, and I joined the boys in running toward them.

"If you discover that what was in my right hand was in my right pocket, then, of course, you'd rush happily over."

"Wait!"

"And now that's all from me--" He was cut off by a familiar ray of light.

"Aoyama!"

"Sparkles!"

The mask was shot off his face and the marbles flew out of his mouth.

I activated my quirk and immediately fell to my knees, not expecting the sudden wave of nausea and tiredness that came crashing down over me, so I stopped it.

"What kind of hero can't help when they're needed?" I scolded myself, my body felt heavy as I pushed myself up, watching Shoji grab one of the marbles and Todoroki reach for the other before it was snatched away by the scarred villain.

He said something to Shoto that I couldn't hear before the two villains retreated into the shadowy vortex behind them.

"My show's been ruined!" The magic villain complained as Tokoyami and Bakugo materialised.

Bakugo was pulled back into the portal and I forced myself to run forward, activating my quirk once more to get to him. I stumbled past Midoriya and grabbed Bakugo's hand, he immediately unfroze and looked at me.

"Come on Bakugo!" I shouted, pulling against his arm, but it wouldn't budge.

"Stop it dumbass! It's not going to work! You'll pass out and then what use will you be."

"Wow, idiot, what a great time for those lovely words."

"You can't!" He shouted at me, making me falter and lose my grip on my quirk.

Midoriya's scream rang in my ears as Bakugo's arm was yanked from my grasp.

"Kacchan!"

Bakugo's red eyes widened, "Don't... come." He got out before the portal disappeared, taking the boy along with it.

"Fuck!" I screamed, falling to the floor once more.

Midoriya's pained scream pulled me back into reality and I pushed myself up, taking in the scene around me. 

The forest was burning. 

Blue flames engulfed the wildlife, casting a ghostly light over the clearing we were in. 

"Are... Are you guys okay?" I looked at each of them, "Fuck it, of course, you're not okay." I wiped a hand over my face and took a deep breath, trying to push away the overwhelming urge to pass out. 

I crouched next to Midoriya and place a hand on his shoulder, a silent reassurance. 

There were no words that would help right now.