My Hero Academia: Graduation

Chapter 35: New Threat, New Mission

Shoto took a deep breath. "Deku, Warpi. Tell everyone to stand back!" He shouted.

Promethys growled and looked down at the hero.

In that moment, Shoto let both his left side, and his right side unleash a full force of fire and ice simultaneously, both torching and freezing the villain where he stood, cracking and melting the street around them.

Promethys roared in pain and released him. Then the villain swung his frozen leg around and hit Shoto in the gut, sending him back a few meters.

Shoto clutched his stomach as he fell, twisting backward and landing on his feet. Now was furiously trying to freeze Promethys in place in the street, but he kept breaking through using various Quirks he possessed.

SHEINK, he was frozen again reaching for the heroes.

The ice shook and vibrated until it shattered under the friction.

Izuku flung forward to kick the villain, but his leg was grabbed and he was swung around and thrown like a rag doll.

Hansuke appeared out of nowhere and kicked at the titan's leg. Both of them looked at each other realizing it had no effect. Then Promethys kicked his body away.

"HANSUKE!" Izuku shouted out.

He activated Black Whip and wrapped up Promethys' arm, then pulled with all his might, launching the villain forward where he was met with Izuku's fist at 20% of his power.

Police quickly surrounded the area, guiding citizens away from the fight.

Shoto sent officers to check on Hansuke, who fell unconscious in the street from the impact of Promethys' kick.

Promethys and Izuku tried throwing punches at each other, only to block the other's punch with their own.

"Such power..." Shoto gasped. "Deku, get out of there!"

Izuku let his guard down, losing speed with Promethys, and receiving a punch to his face, sending his body right through the front of a nearby store.

Before Nucleon got back up to intervene, the police tased him back down. But he took this opportunity and began to absorb the electricity being injected into his body and redirected it, frying the tasers and zapping the officers who shot him.

As he was about to blast the remaining officers with his Quirk, the sun darkened overhead. When he looked up to see what was incoming, it was too late. An entire police cruiser was dropped on his head.

Shoto turned around to see Momo and Ochako joining the fight. Ochako had her fingers pressed together, looking very worn out as she did so. It spent up all her energy and forced her to fall over and vomit on the street.

Momo rushed to her side.

Promethys growled and stepped forward as another police cruiser landed on top of him, knocking him to the ground in the moment.

"Apparently these guys are trying to free Inflictor." Momo informed the group.

"We figured...you boys c-could use our help." Ochako declared. She looked over and her heart sank as she saw Izuku climbing out of the store front with cuts all over his body from the glass.

Then, everything froze.

Promethys ripped the car off of his body and stood up. He cracked his neck and went around, landing punches in each of the heroes' guts. Then he proceeded past the police, pushing through them with the sheer force of his chest, marching off to the jail.

Time resumed.

Izuku was sent back in the store. Shoto was launched on to his back. Ochako and Momo were sent back as well. Several police officers were thrown into the air and landed in different directions.

"W-Where's the big guy?" Momo coughed and struggled to get back up.

"H-He used Hansuke's Quirk!" Shoto shouted. "He's already there!"

As each of them slowly recovered, the front doors to the police station exploded as Promethys jumped out clutching Inflictor like a little girl's teddy bear.

"It's time to leave." He said.

Using some sort of metal-manipulation Quirk, he lifted the cruiser off of Nucleon and scooped him up in his other hand.

"We shall meet again, warriors. I look forward to it." He said.

"You're not going anywhere!" Shoto yelled to him.

When the heroes started closing in on the villains, a bubble appeared around them and began to shrink until it disappeared into thin air, with the trio still inside, wherever they ended up.

Shoto yelled in anger and threw his fist at the ground, leaving a circle of ice shards around his feet.

Izuku coughed and reappeared out of the store.

Ochako heard him and ran to help him walk. "Where's Hansuke?" She asked.

"He's over here. He's stable. Just unconscious." A police officer informed them. "Tell HQ we have men down!" He ordered the other officers.

They were lead to where Hansuke was being tended to by two officers on the ground.

"He's suffered a blow to the head and the stomach. Thankfully no concussions or internal bleeding, but he's going to feel very sore and lightheaded when he wakes up. Maybe even some memory loss." The officer said.

"Are you a paramedic?" Ochako asked.

"We're required to know a few things about accidents. It's part of the gig." He said. "You were one of the heroes affected by the Quirk disease, right? Let's talk a look at you too."

Momo put her hand on Shoto's shoulder in support. "It'll be okay, Shoto. We'll catch them."

"Before when? When it's too late?" He asked, still feeling responsible and irritated by their failure.

"Shoto." She said calmly.

He sighed and slowed down his heartbeat. "I'm sorry for my outburst."

Momo couldn't help but crack a smile at her boyfriend.

Ochako helped Izuku walk over to Hansuke's side and they all sat down on the sidewalk.

"When this is over...we need a vacation." Izuku sighed.

"Today was supposed to be one. Weren't you stationed at the festival?" Ochako scolded.

"You're one to talk." Izuku coughed.

Ochako blushed. He was right about that.

Momo and Shoto joined them.

"What do we do now?" Momo asked as they sat down.

"Do whatever we can to locate the villains again." Ochako shrugged as a paramedic checked her blood pressure.

"I need to call up All Might... This villain we faced.... I've only ever seen that kind of power in one other villain..." Izuku said.

"All For One..." Shoto added.

"I doubt this is League of Villains. They're destroyed." Izuku explained. "But it's possible this is a whole new kind of powerful threat to our society. Especially with that virus they have. But maybe All Might has some advice for me in dealing with him."

"He definitely had an enhanced strength Quirk." Shoto remarked. "Among others."

"All For One and his Nomus were the only things I've ever seen with multiple Quirks, but this villain seemed particularly knowledgeable about the powers he, and we, had." Momo analyzed.

"One thing's for certain..." Izuku said. "This is not going to be an easy mission."