Written Death

Part 19~Cultural Festival

The civilians living in UA were nervous on the day of the cultural festival. There was no saying what would happen or if they would get attacked, but as the day went by, slowly, the people relaxed. Heroes patrolled every part of UA, mixing into the crowd and having almost a hero for every 3 civilians.

The class 1A concert was ready to start as the students gathered around.

"You ready?" Jiro asked Yaoyorozu quietly as she nodded. Charlie grinned, giving them both a hug.

"We will crush this! Right, Mina?!"

Mina gave Charlie a weak smile. Mina had become their dancing coordinator. It hadn't fixed any of the problems she was facing, but there was a sparkle once again in her eyes, and that gave hope to the class.

"We got this," Kaminari whispered as he and Tokoyami picked up their instruments. That just left Ojiro, who, due to his inability to dance, had been put on the drums.

The rest of the class was either dancing or preparing other things for the performance.

"Hey, where's Todoroki?" Sero glanced around as Charlie frowned. "We need his ice. If he's not here-"

"Don't worry, I've got you covered." Charlie grinned as the group nodded nervously. They had learnt that when Charlie had a plan, it was down to luck whether or not it would work.

"Good luck, everyone," Sero announced as Charlie and Kirishima climbed into the rafters.

Jiro walked onto the stage, and the performance started. The class danced and used their Quirks to create special effects. Charlie created ice for Kirishima to shave before activating Uraraka's Quirk and raising people from the crowd.

Hagakure shined light like a disco ball, and the class burst streamers that Yaoyorozu made. For the first time in a long time, the class appeared to actually have fun and front and centre of it all was Jiro, singing her heart out.

~~~

Izuku was singing to himself, leaning against a tree, when he heard Todoroki approach. "You've been busy."

Izuku grinned, standing up. He stepped over the body of Ectoplasm, not looking back as he walked to Todoroki's side. "He was a fake hero. Most heroes are corrupt. Ready to cull off the bad bunch?"

Todoroki nodded, pulling on his Frostbite mask before he glanced back. "Charlie isn't coming, is she?"

"Her loyalty to those girls is far greater than her loyalty to us. She won't bother. Ready, Shoto?"

"Ready."

~~~

The class gathered around as Charlie continued to praise Jiro, Yaoyorozu and (maybe) the band.

"What do we do now?" Mina glanced at Charlie as if she would have the answer, while Charlie just grew more excited.

"We should explore the festival! There is so much here. Oh! We should go to the 1B performance. I hear it's gonna be a train wreck." Charlie grinned, only getting Jiro and Yaoyorozu's support.

"I'm hungry," Shoji announced. "Should we get food?"

Shoji's announcement was met with more excitement as Charlie huffed. "My idea was better." She didn't resist, though, as the class stuck together, exploring the various food options.

Jiro frowned as she watched a number of the heroes running past. "Momo," she called out before stopping herself. No one else in the class was paying the heroes any notice. She turned around and kept moving, unable to shake the whisper in the back of her head.

~~~

Todoroki froze over most of the heroes who tried to stop them while Izuku went through each methodically, stabbing anyone who failed the hero test.

"Stop this, this minute," Midnight announced as she walked into the clearing. "I won't let you harm another person here."

Izuku tilted his head. "We weren't asking permission." With the tiniest of nods, Izuku signalled to Todoroki, who instantly shot ice at Midnight.

A scream pierced through the area, shattering the ice. Present Mic stood up proudly when the knife spun out of the misty, stabbing into his speakers. Before he could recover, Izuku stabbed a second blade through his eye.

Midnight stepped back, ripping open her costume and releasing the purple air.

Izuku tutted. "We're wearing masks and knew we were fighting you. You didn't think we were dumb enough to not make them gas masks, right."

Todoroki appeared to the side of Midnight, the sharp icicle barreling to her chest when Aizawa pulled her away.

"EraserHead. I was wondering when you would show up."

Aizawa ignored Izuku, turning to Midnight. "Go, alert Nezu and put the school in lockdown. There's nothing more you can do here."

Midnight looked at Aizawa in shock. "No."

"Go."

"Not to interrupt, but we only want Midnight," Izuku shouted as Aizawa looked at him.

"I won't let you hurt anyone else."

"Is that so?" Izuku smiled before he nodded to Todoroki. Todoroki kicked out his foot, but no ice appeared. Izuku laughed. "Tell me, Aizawa. Do you know my Quirk?"

Aizawa didn't take his eyes off Todoroki.

"You must know it's a useless Quirk; won't do anything in this fight. But, if I step to the right-" Izuku did as he said. "I'm soon going to be out of your vision. You take your eyes off my friend, and he kills you. Do you think you can fight me without once taking your eyes off him?" Izuku charged, raising the dagger and swiping down. He had no intention of hitting but caught Aizawa's eyes.

Instantly, ice shot out as Aizawa jumped up, landing on a tree.

"Think you can run?" Izuku tilted his head innocently. Frost ate away at the tree, rising higher as Aizawa began staring at Todoroki again. Izuku brought out his blade. "Let's see how long you can survive this fight."

~~~

Midnight almost collapsed by the time she arrived at Nezu's office, bursting open the door and shouting, "We need to go into lockdown. Black Ink and Frostbite-" she stopped, stumbling back.

Nezu and the heroes that were guarding him were all dead. Only Rock Lock was alive, frozen at a wall. "No shit."

Midnight rushed over, picking up a knife that had been thrown into one of the heroes' head and chipping away at the ice. When Rock Lock was freed, he walked to the desk and pressed the button under it to activate the lockdown.

People began screaming, running about and fleeing.

"What do we do now?" Midnight looked at Rock Lock as he took a deep breath.

"We buy time for everyone to get to safety."

~~~

Charlie stopped mid-bite as she heard the alarms.

Hagakure froze entirely. "You have to be kidding."

Charlie stood up. She thought for a second. "No more running. We defeat them today." She looked at Yaoyorozu and Jiro. "Get to safety. I'll catch you up."

"No. We're with you," Jiro took Charlie's hand as Yaoyorozu nodded.

Tsu and Kirishima didn't need to be asked twice, while Tokoyami gave them a thumbs up.

Hagakure was still shaking as Mina sighed heavily. "Ojiro, Shoji, take Hagakure and get as many civilians to safety." Shoji and Ojiro both looked unsure as Mina held up her hand. "Keep them safe."

Mina's statement was enough. They nodded before taking off.

"The rest of you don't have to come," Charlie announced, but no one left. "Then let's finish this." She started walking in the direction she knew Todoroki and Izuku were, the single thought in her mind. 'Those assholes should have just left the festival alone.'