My Hero Academia: Graduation

Chapter 13: No Time to Lose

Izuku and Hansuke used their Quirks together to travel the remaining distance much faster. While Izuku carried Hansuke on his back with the boy's arms wrapped under his neck, Hansuke would snap his fingers while Izuku jumps forward in Full Cowling.

They could only do the single burst before Hansuke needed to snap his fingers again and conserve their energy but they managed to cross the highway kilometers ahead and now stood at the base of the tallest tower.

Something drew clouds into the area and what was an hour ago a nice sunrise, was now an overcast day with dark clouds.

Hansuke sat nearly out of breath, resting his hands on his knees.

Izuku sighed and put his gloved hand on the boy's back in support. "You got this, Hansuke-kun."

He smiled and nodded.

As they took their moment to rest, lightning flashed across the sky and hit the top of the building.

"That doesn't look good..." Izuku said.

"Go up there and take 'em out." Hansuke breathed.

"I need backup."

"They'll come." Hansuke said. "Even if I have to flag them all down."

"No no. No more using your Quirk, young man." Izuku ordered.

"'Young man'?" He repeated. "Senpai. I got this. I'll conserve my energy, I promise."

Izuku frowned and wanted to say more but another flash of lightning and crack of thunder regained his attention. "Just don't go beyond your limit. Imagine... an egg in a microwave... or something."

Without further explaining himself, the green-haired hero used Full Cowling to jump from where he stood straight up the side of the tower.

Despite the strength in his jump, it still was one of the world's tallest buildings, forcing him to land on a balcony that was just over halfway up.

Meanwhile, Hansuke watched him land and continue his ascension up the building, then turned his attention to the heroes in the distance.

"Those villains all made it to the three towers... I have to warn the rest of 1-A. Deku-senpai can't take them all, especially before that portal is opened..." He thought out loud.

He stood up straight and flexed his fingers. His breath held for a moment then let go. His hands now simultaneously raised up to his ears and snapped.

Time rotated slowly and stopped. The lightning in the sky remained in place. The papers and screams in the air ceased to float away.

Citizens in the streets stood with varying looks of terror in their faces. Some preparing to grab their children and run, some making phone calls, some already running, and some were already frozen with shock before Hansuke's time-stop.

To him, there was no time at all to lose, even with everyone else's time stopped.

He quickly ran down the highway toward Crow-Man's truck.

Upon reaching it, he quickly opened the side door and shut it behind then appeared right in the center of the gathered heroes including Katsuki.

Time was up. He snapped his fingers again and every hero around him leapt or flinched back in complete surprise by his sudden appearance.

With a Quirk that had so many unpredictable outcomes, it was hard for even the professionals to be used to that.

"Midorya-senpai is at the Toranomon Hills skyscraper and he needs backup! There are two more towers the villains are high-jacking!" He reported all within one breath.