Chapter 4: Hunted
In the darkness of space above Earth, a ship floated only moving when necessary to stay above Japan as the planet rotated. Inside said ship a pitch black room stood with three silhouettes. Suddenly the multiple lights turned on revealing the figures.
The first figure, tall and lean, was wrapped in sleek, futuristic armor that gleamed in the dim light, its purple and black design ominous. A hefty jetpack was strapped to his back, and strange metallic tendrils coiled behind him, ready to strike. His eyes narrowed beneath his helmet, eager to impress.
The second figure, a towering cyborg with crab-like legs, stood over the others, his gold-plated limbs clanking with each small movement. His massive claw, large enough to crush a man in one swift motion, twitched with anticipation.
The third figure, a silent but imposing presence, wore a silver-and-black suit adorned with a green triangle on his helmet. Tools and gadgets lined his belt, and a blaster rested at his side. He exuded a calm confidence, one that spoke of experience.
"Begin the audition" Demanded Vilgax's face which sat on a screen as he was still too injured to leave his healing pod to be there in person.
"Yes my Master," Psyphon said as he pressed a button, eager to follow his master's command. As he pressed the button a small swarm of Scout drones was raised from the ground.
Without hesitation, the purple-armored figure launched himself into the fray, jetpack roaring to life as he soared into the air. With a graceful twist, he landed in the center of the scout drones, ready for battle. From a hidden compartment in his leg, he swiftly pulled out a sleek, alien firearm. Red lasers burst from the gun in quick succession, cutting through the drones as they swarmed around him. He growled beneath his helmet, pleased with the destruction.
Meanwhile, the crab-like cyborg eyes narrowed as he leapt into the air. His legs pierced four drones as he landed, each one impaled on his mechanical limbs. Without missing a beat, his massive claw clamped down on a nearby drone, crushing it to rubble.
Seeing them destroying the swarm with ease Psyphon smiled as he pressed another button. Watching with glee as the ground opened up and a 40ft Mother drone rose, the remaining Scout Drones all immediately swarmed around it to make it look even more threatening.
Seeing the new threat take aim with its arm the purple and crab-like figures readied themselves to destroy it. Only to not have to as the third figure finally made a move, grabbing a circler device from his belt before pulling it apart as it transformed into a hoverboard allowing the figure to ride straight into the Mother Drones laser.
As the massive beam shot toward him, Hoverboard remained perfectly still. The others shielded their eyes from the blinding light, but he didn't flinch. The blast collided with his body, and for a moment, the entire room was filled with crackling energy.
When the smoke cleared, Hoverboard stood unfazed, his arms outstretched. Steam hissed from his armor, but he showed no sign of weakness. With a single fluid motion, he leapt off his board and flew straight toward the mother drone. His fist smashed through its chest like it was paper, sending shards of metal and circuitry flying. The other drones exploded on impact, leaving the room silent except for the hum of his hoverboard.
"Test completed," Psyphon said before making his way towards them as they lined up ready for evaluation of their performances.
Making his way to the contestants he stopped first at the purple figure.
"SixSix of the Sotaragg Clan, you and your family of bounty hunters have proved loyal and trustworthy to complete any job. No matter the request."
"Fi eth nmyeo si ogod" SixSix garbled out in a strange alien language, Psyphon seemed to understand though as he nodded before making his way to the next figure.
"The Cyborg Kraab, you are new to the scene yet have proven highly efficient, it is good to hear the tales of your bloodthirst were not exaggerations"
"No prey escapes from me," Kraab said with an echoey voice as if he was speaking in a plastic cup. Psyphon finally made his way to the last figure.
"Ah yes, HoverBoard. Your past experiences with this planet shall prove most valuable, and your loyalty has most definitely been proven." Psyphon stated with a grin.
"..." Hoverboard made no noise apart from the strange crack as he clenched his fist.
Psyphon bowed deeply, his voice slick with reverence. "Now, my glorious Master shall—"
"Enough."
Vilgax's voice boomed from the screen, cutting Psyphon off. The room fell silent, the air suddenly thick with tension. Psyphon froze, his face draining of color as he quickly stepped aside. Even the hulking figures of SixSix, Kraab, and Hoverboard straightened at the sound of Vilgax's voice.
"You are all hired," Vilgax continued, his tone cold and commanding. "Your mission is simple: retrieve the Omnitrix."
A projection of the device appeared on the screen, glowing ominously. "The one who succeeds will be greatly rewarded. Fail... and you will know a suffering far worse than death."
The screen flickered off, leaving the room in silence once more. Psyphon let out a shaky breath before turning to the group. "You heard the Master. Do not disappoint him."
"Lwle owh rae ew ppousse ot nidf ti?" SixSix garbled out.
"Yeah you said it, how are we supposed to find this stupid watch in the first place?" Kraab agreed as he sheathed his weapon.
"That is where these will come into use," Psyphon stated as he held out three small radar-looking devices. "These have been specifically made to track whenever the Omnitrix is activated. Currently, we are aware the user is on Earth, specifically in Japan. You shall stay undercover there until the Omnitrix is located, and then you shall return the device to my Master. Do not draw attention to yourselves, this planet is registered as only level 3 in civilization. We do not need the Red Spots down our backs while Master is still recovering."
"Eth orinbg yaw" SixSix grumbled crossing his arms.
"You will be wise to listen to HoverBoard, his past experiences with this planet shall prove most useful" Psyphon informed.
"Let's just go, I like a challenge," Krab said as he grabbed his tracker and entered into his escape pod. Hoverboard and SixSix followed after. Psyphon watched as their pods shot towards the backwater planet.
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As Izuku walked to school, he glanced down at the strange device on his wrist, half-hidden under his sleeve. The Omnitrix. He couldn't stop thinking about it—the way it had latched onto him and how it had changed his life overnight. Flipping open his notebook, he scribbled more notes:
'Watch... Omnitrix? It fell from the sky. I can transform into ten different aliens... but why? Who made it? Someone's after it... they called it the Omnitrix.'
His handwriting was rushed, almost frantic. He still didn't have all the answers. But one thing was clear—whoever wanted this watch wasn't giving up. And that terrified him.
Glancing down at his watch Izuku wished it wasn't a school day, he could be spending his time figuring out his forms. Guess he'll have to do it after school, maybe he could message Uraraka if she wants to hang out again?
Walking his way into school Izuku put his notebook back into his yellow bag, making sure to put it to the bottom in case anyone goes snooping through his stuff definitely don't want anyone to find those notes.'
Making his way into class along with a few other kids, the class still missing some students but filling in fast. Making his way to his seat already readying himself for the brain-draining hours of school.
"Hey, Midoriya!" Uraraka said from the seat to his right.
"Oh hey Uraraka"
Not only that but he had a feeling Kachaan's gonna be extra grouchy today due to the slime villain inci-WAIT URARAKA?! snapping his head to his right he stared in disbelief as Uraraka sat at the desk to his right wearing the same school uniform as him.
"PFFF Your face haha!" Uraraka giggled as she covered her mouth with her hands. "This must be destiny! I didn't know you went here"
'What's she doing here? She'll find out I'm Quirkless!' gulping Izuku took a glance around noticing a lot of his classmates were staring, probably wondering who the new girl was and why she was associating with the quirkless freak.
Izuku blinked in disbelief. "Uraraka? What are you doing here?"
Uraraka grinned, oblivious to the stares from their classmates. "I told you I was transferring schools! Looks like we're classmates now—it's gotta be fate!"
Izuku's stomach churned. Fate? Or just bad luck? His classmates were already whispering, and he could feel their eyes on him. What would they say if they knew she was friends with the quirkless loser?
Before he could respond, the classroom door slammed open. Bakugo walked in, looking angrier than usual, his eyes locking onto Deku.
"Bakugo! Man is it true one of them Vigilantes from the news saved you!?"
"Yeah, HeatBlast wasn't it? He's so cool!"
"What was he like?"
"Did you see his friend DiamondHead fight that giant robot?"
"Harangue said on the news that he hurt you just from touching you? geez his quirk is so powerful"
Each question made Bakugos eyes narrow more and more.
"GAA SHUT UP. I DIDN'T NEED THAT FUCKING IDIOTS HELP!" Bakugo yelled standing up from his seat explosions popping in his hands, instantly silencing the class's questioning.
Uraraka hearing the commotion quickly turned to Izuku before whispering to him in a low voice " You saved him? Ohh yeah I think I remember seeing that on the news"
"I'll tell you about it later" Izuku says as the teacher makes his way to class the students quickly silenced themselves from their discussions.
"Good morning class," their Teacher lazily said, the students mumbling out a response. "I'm sure you noticed but yes we got a new student, please come up and introduce yourself."
Uraraka gave Izuku a quick smile before standing up and making her way to the front of the class.
"Heyy! My name is Ochaku Uraraka! Some things about me are that I like Mochi, the colour pink and my Quirk is called Zero Gravity!" Uraraka explained as she made a pen float. "Please treat me well!"
"Thank you Uraraka, please return to your seat" The teacher lazily drawled out as he started writing today's subject on the board.
As soon as Uraraka sat back down she was quickly surrounded by nearby students leaning over their seats and desk whispering and asking her questions.
"Uraraka right? Your quirk is so cool!" a girl with orange hair sitting on Uraraka's right exclaimed.
"Yeah! Hey, you single?" A boy who sat in Infront of her whilst stretching his neck out and towards Uraraka.
"what school did you go to before?" Another boy seated behind her asked
As Uraraka stammered out responses and answers to their questions Izuku stared on with a grimace.
'only a matter of time before she finds out how it works around here.... well at least Cash and JT aren't here today as well.'
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Before Izuku knew it classes for the day had ended Izuku slowly packed his stuff as he glanced to his right and saw Uraraka talking with a lot of his classmates. They hadn't got the chance to talk as she had been hanging out with the girls in his class during break periods.
'With her Quirk and looks it's no doubt she'd be popular here..good for her, I should probably stay away, don't want her getting targeted. Besides I'm sure she's already been told to stay away from me by her new friends..'
As Izuku finished packing his equipment he made his way to the classroom door, notebook in hand and ready for home. Only to immediately come to a stop as a warm hand gripped his shoulder.
"Deku"
Izuku slowly turned with a shakey grin and looked at his once childhood friend now turned tormentor. Many of his peers stopping what they're doing watching with a smile, eager to see their daily entertainment from these two. Uraraka looked on in confusion as her new friends hushed each other and looked towards the scene.
"H-hey K-Kachaan, I h-heard about the v-villian attack. Are y-you oka-" Izuku immediately stopped as he felt and heard the crackles on his shoulder as Katsuki activated his Quirk, smoke slowly steaming from the burnt uniform.
"Shut it Deku. What's with the fucking Watch?" Kachaan sneered out. "And why's it got the same shitty symbol as that fire bastard?"
Izuku instantly panicked on the inside, a million thoughts a second. "O-oh w-well y-you see it's um...M-merch?"
"Merch?" Katsuki asked, his grip on Izuku's shoulder tightening. "tsk a fucking nerd like you would already have some shitty merch of a shitty vigilante"
Katsuki finally released Izuku's shoulder, only to immediately grab the Watch itself much to Izuku's horror.
"tch fucking thing doesn't even tell the time"
Izuku noticing he was getting really close to the button that pops the dial up quickly yanked his arm back much to Katsuki's irritation. "I-its not for the time! It's j-just b-because I think those guys are cool"
Katsuki narrowed his eyes and frowned only to seemingly have a lightbulb go off in his head as an idea struck him.
"That watch must've been pretty expensive, felt reaal high quality, and to get it so soon after their debuts? Would be a real shame if something happened to it" Katsuki stated as a villain-like grin took over his face.
Izuku realising what was probably about to happen quickly spun around ready to make a run out the door. Only for his eyes to widen as he saw Kachaans two lackeys blocking it with grins on their faces. Turning around Katsuki immediately grabbed onto his watch, loud crackles and sparks echoing throughout the classroom as Katsuki tried to melt it beyond repair.
"Kachaan stop!" Izuku yelled as he attempted to tug it out of his grip, tears beginning to leak out of the corner of his eyes.
"This is what you get for being so useless you quirkless Deku! Hahaha" Katsuki exclaimed, encouraged to continue as his lackeys and some of the onlookers laughed.
SLAP
All noise in the classroom quickly stopped even Katsuki's sparking. For sitting on his right cheek was a bright red handprint.
"The fuck?" Katsuki asked himself in disbelief as he turned to whom who slapped him. The new girl.
"'What's your problem?!' Uraraka's voice shook with fury as she stepped between Izuku and Bakugo. Her hand throbbed from the slap, but she didn't care. Her face was flushed, a mix of anger and disbelief that someone could be so cruel.
The classroom fell into stunned silence. No one had ever stood up to Bakugo before, especially not for Izuku.
Izuku's heart pounded in his chest, his legs frozen in place. He wanted to say something, to stop her, but the words caught in his throat. No one had ever stood up for him like this—he wasn't sure if he should feel grateful or terrified. 'Uraraka...'
"Why you stupid bi- woah the fuck!" Katsuki yelped in surprise as he started floating.
Uraraka seeing her chance to leave grabbed Izuku's hand, who had been staring with a blank face of disbelief at her, and immediately made a run for it. Pulling Izuku along as he blushed at the hand contact.
"DEEKUUUUU!" The distant yelling of Katsuki reached their ears and urged them to run faster.
After a few minutes of straight sprinting the two finally came to a stop in an empty ally way, huffing and puffing as they leaned against the wall sliding down onto their butts.
"huff huff why'd you do that!"
"huff huff huff What do you mean? He huff was being a total jerk!" Uraraka said as she rubbed the sweat off her forehead. "What's his deal anyway?! Deku? Quirkless? What's he on about?"
Izuku grimaced to himself as he caught his breath and prepared himself. 'guess this is it..'
"D-deku is what he calls me, it means useless... He thinks I'm useless because I'm... Quirkless "
"H-huh? No, you're not, you turn into big freaky monsters!" Uraraka stated like it was obvious, confused as to why the blond kid would think he was.
"I k-know! I'll explain, but you're gonna have to believe me no matter how crazy it sounds okay?" Izuku said.
"Of course!" Uraraka quickly agreed 'It can't be that crazy sounding right?!'
3 minutes of explaining later.
"Wait, wait, wait." Uraraka raised her hands, her eyes wide in disbelief. "You're telling me that you're... quirkless? And that this watch, this Omnitrix, just fell from the sky? And it lets you turn into... Monsters?"
Izuku nodded, biting his lip. He could feel his heart hammering in his chest. "I know it sounds crazy, but it's the truth. I don't have a Quirk. I never did. That's why everyone calls me..." He hesitated, lowering his voice. "That's why everyone calls me useless."
Uraraka's mouth fell open, her mind racing to connect the dots.
She looked down at the watch on his wrist, the very same one that had allowed him to turn into those incredible beings. "But... how does this even work?"
"The watch," Izuku interrupted. "It's not a Quirk. It's crazy technology or... something. The robots that attacked me, they were after this. They called it the Omnitrix."He paused, staring down at the device. "I don't know who made it, or why it's stuck on me. But it's got a lot of unwanted attention."
Izuku explained as he stared at the watch, the explosions from Katsuki having not even left a scratch on it.
"Aliens!" Uraraka exclaimed with a crazed smile.
"Eh?"
"Think about it! A futuristic Watch fell from the sky and landed in a lil pod, it latched onto you and now you have 10 different forms GASP I bet those are Aliens too!" Uraraka explained as she geeked out.
'Geeze she's a big SciFi fan' Izuku thought sweat dropping assuming this would be what he's like when it came to theorising hero's quirks. "Ehh I don't think so.. a villain would make more sense."
"H-huh? No way! It's definitely Alien technology!"
"That's way too unlikely, it's an insane evil scientist!"
"Alien!"
"Evil scientist!"
"Alien!"
"Evil scientist!"
Uraraka let out a cute little pout as they stared at each other. Only to smile and break out into a small laugh, Izuku joining her.
"Ehehe okay maybe Aliens are a bit far of a stretch, but I'll put money on it!" Uraraka said as she rubbed the back of her head.
"I'll take you up on that bet, $100?" Izuku stated with a cocky grin.
"You're on Deku!" Uraraka yelled pumping her first in the air determined to get the money.
"D-Deku? Why'd you call me that? I told you it's an insult Kachaan uses for me.." Izuku said fearing she might be making fun of him.
"N-no no... I just thought it sounded like dekiru ya know? Meaning 'you can do it!' it's cute!" Uraraka explained.
"'Cute?!' You can call me Deku then!" Izuku immediately agreed to the nickname his face bright red.
"Great! Hey, I got an idea!" Uraraka stated as she got up and walked further down the alley and behind a bin whilst reaching into her bag, and pulling out dark clothing.
'What's she doing? Is she gonna!?' Izuku's brain putting together what was about to happen.
"D-DONT LOOK!" Uraraka yelled out a small blush making her way to her face as she changed.
Izuku quickly turned away stiff as a statue as he tried his hardest to ignore the rustling of clothes hitting the floor. 'what a great looking wall!'
It wasn't long before the rustling stopped, Izuku dare not look back to check in case he was wrong until he heard a cough. Turning around slowly, Izuku's eyes fell upon Uraraka wearing a costume? A black and pink cat-like mask sat on her face with two long pink sashes coming down from it, along with a black elastic suit with more pink sashes wrapped around her hips.
"Soooo whatchu think? Lucky Girl to save the day!" Uraraka asked as she did a small twirl.
"Lucky girl? Is this your costume? That's so cool! But uhh why are you wearing it right now?" Izuku asked tilting his head to the side like a dog.
"Well duhhh, were goin' on patrol!" Uraraka stated as she struck a hero pose.
"P-patrol? But it's a school night, and I don't have a costume, and-"
"C'mon Deku! It'll be fun, and you don't need a costume, you can just use your watch! Speaking of which you can find out what else you can turn into!" Uraraka explained as she cut Izuku's worried mumbling off and grabbed his school bag, stuffing his and her bag under the bin.
Thinking it over Izuku let out a sigh as he pressed the button on his watch making the dial pop up." Fine.. I'll try out a new form"
"Yesss!" Uraraka said pumping her first in the air.
Izuku turned the dial, settling on a silhouette he hadn't used before. His heart raced with anticipation. Glancing at Uraraka, who gave him an encouraging thumbs-up, he pressed the dial down.
A bright green flash enveloped him, and suddenly, Izuku felt his entire body twist and shrink. His head expanded unnaturally, his limbs growing smaller, thinner. His skin tightened, becoming smooth and slick.
When the light faded, he blinked, staring up at Uraraka. Or rather, way up at her. "Down here!" he squeaked.
Uraraka gasped, her eyes wide as she looked down. "Deku? Is that you?! You're... so tiny!"
Izuku glanced at his reflection in a nearby puddle. A small, grey, frog-like creature stared back at him, with oversized eyes and a long tongue. The Omnitrix symbol sat on his back.
"I... think I'm amphibian," he said, his voice high-pitched and unfamiliar. "But I feel... smarter somehow." He paused, thinking hard.
"This form must have heightened intelligence. Perfect for problem-solving... and maybe strategy."
Uraraka grinned, crouching down to pick him up. 'Well, what are you gonna call this lil guy?"
"Any suggestions?" Izuku asked.
"Uhhh Grey...Frog?"
"..."
"F-Fine I'd like to see you do any better!" Uraraka yelled embarrassed at the suggestion she gave.
"Grey can stay, frog is to on the nasal cavity though. How about Grey Matter like what's in our brains"
"GreyMatter? Hey, I like that! A lot better than FourArms and DiamondHead haha" Uraraka said as she picked the little frog-like being up. "So where should we go patrolling?"
"Studies show most criminal activity in Musutafa is seen around the outskirts near where nightlife is prominent. Onward!" The Little Grey frog demanded pointing his finger forward. Uraraka let out a giggle and started heading in the direction she was told.
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"This is where the Omnitrix was last activated" Hoverboard's deep voice echoed throughout the empty alleyway. Looking at the locator Psyphon had provided them. Behind him followed SixSix and Kraab, as eager as they would be to separate from him and find the Omnitrix themselves, they knew they needed Hoverboard's prior knowledge of this planet and its inhabitants.
"Isth yugs tintgeg no ym ervens" SixSix spat out.
"You can say that again." Kraab agreed "Speaking of which, why do you have experience with this backwater planet? And what did you do that proved your loyalty to the "great Vilgax"? Must've been something pretty impressive."
"..." Hoverboard made no noise or movement suggesting he heard him even though it was impossible for him not to considering he was about a meter ahead of him.
"Ohhh not the talkative type huh? Alright then don't expect me to share my reward when I retrieve the Omnitrix" Kraab stated as he leapt into the air as his legs spun in rapid succession and drilled him into the ground upon landing, disappearing from sight.
Hoverboard looking around spotted something of interest, bending over and pulling out two bags, just as he was about to examine them, a claw attached to the end of a long cord grabbed the bags and snatched them away from Hoverboard. Said claws belonged to SixSix.
Just as SixSix tilted his head ready to investigate the strange items, Hoverboard grabbed onto his cord claw ripping it off and retrieving the bags. SixSix quickly raised two more cords this time with red circles on the end of them and aimed it at his rival.
"Ouy tyring ot ckingf ied?"
"Get in my way again, and I'll teach you how to say 'Dismantled' " Hoverboard threatened as walked up and stood face-to-face with the purple figure.
"Nam ckuf ouy" SixSix said as he backed away, all his weapons sinking back into his body armour before pressing a button and taking flight with his jetpack into the darkening sky of the afternoon.
Hoverboard watched his retreating figure disappear into the sky before glancing at the bags In his hand. Pulling out the objects in the pink bag first Hoverboard tossed away the clothes and looked for some form of identification, finding a book of some sort. On the book was the name "Ochaku Uraraka" "Subject: Math".
Saving the knowledge for later, Hoverboard then searched the Yellow bag, finding a similar book as the other except this one was a lot more beaten up and damaged. This ones cover looked a lot different though saying "Hero Analysis for the future" Looking towards where the name on the other one was located his eyes widened in shock at the name "Izuku Midoriya"
This was worse than he thought.
Chucking out his hoverboard from his belt, he quickly rode it into the sky eager to find the Omnitrix before the other two. Whilst travelling with the tracker in his left hand and in his right was Izuku's hero notebook.
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It had been a while since they departed on their patrol, and Izuku had long since changed back into his normal self. He and Uraraka walked along the colourful street, many stores were open although not many customers due to the time and it being a Monday night.
"This is sooo boooorrinnnngg. I thought GreyMatter said there would be criminals here" Uraraka complained as she dragged her hands down her face.
"Hey just because it was most likely to of seen criminals here doesn't mean it's guaranteed" Izuku explained trying to ignore the awkward stares they were getting due to Urarakas costume.
"I know! How 'bout you turn into another form, GreyMatters cool but he's kinda useless.. eh no offence!"
"N-no you're right. I don't think he'd be useful on the field, I'd need brawn and power to be a hero.." Izuku stated as he thought of all the top 10 heroes. All Might and Endevour's sheer power triumphed all under them for a reason.
"C'mon then!" Uraraka said as she grabbed Izuku's hand and yanked him into a nearby alleyway. "Transform!"
"R-right!" Popping the dial up Izuku twisted into the next transformation after GreyMatter. Slamming the dial down once Uraraka covered her eyes.
FLASH
Izuku for once felt no pain, his neck snapping and twisting upside down instantly numbing the pain, a second layer of skin forming over him as his bones changed shape.
As the flash died down Uraraka looked on only to once again see nothing?
"Deku? Are you really small again?" Uraraka asked looking down to see if he was small. Seeing nothing Uraraka looked around in confusion. Feeling a tap on her shoulder Uraraka instantly turned around letting out a loud shriek of fear at what she saw.
"AAAAAAHHH" Uraraka shrieked as she fell on her ass quickly moving away. As standing before her was a literal Ghost "G-Ghost!"
"Freak! Boo! Hahahaha" The ghost said as Uraraka let out another shriek at the monsters taunting before she noticed the hourglass symbol on it.
"D-Deku?! You jerk!" Uraraka yelled as she stood back up letting out a big pout. "GhostFreak huh? It suits this form, and why's your eye purple?"
"whaddya mean?"
"Normally your forms all have green eyes like you. This one is purple though." Uraraka explained as she put her finger to her cheek in thought.
"Donno but check thiisss out" GhostFreak said as he vanished into thin air.
"Woah! That's so cool!" Uraraka exclaimed as she watched him reappear, although she slightly grimaced at the purple eye moving along the black lines throughout his body.
RUMBLE
The floor throughout the alleyway started shaking as Uraraka let out a shriek and fell over quickly being put upright and held by GhostFreak. They watched in awe as the pavement cracked and blew from the ground as an intimidating figure burst up from the ground.
"W-what the hell!? Is this one of them robots you said were after your watch?" Uraraka asked in fear as GhostFreak quickly pushed her behind him.
"Robot? I'm a Cyborg flesh bag, and whilst you're playing dress up how about you give me a treat and I won't give you a trick? Hand over the Omnitrix now."
"How's thiisss for a triiick," Ghostfreak sneered, his voice echoing unnervingly through the alley as he vanished into thin air. Kraab growled in frustration, his sensors scanning the area, but the ghost was nowhere to be seen.
Suddenly, Kraab's massive claw snapped shut on empty air. Ghostfreak reappeared, floating behind him. "Too slow!" he taunted, phasing through the cyborg's arm.
Kraab snarled and sprayed a thick, black oil across the alley, coating Ghostfreak
Kraab immediately backstepped and activated his scanners, finding the Ectonurite immediately.
"You are as arrogant as you are dimwitted!" Kraab snarled and sprayed a thick, black oil across the alley, coating Ghostfreak. The ectoplasmic creature let out a surprised shriek as his form solidified, his ethereal powers disrupted.
"Blaah what happened!?"
"your protoplasm is now solidified. Making it easier to do this!" Kraab yelled as he raised his right fist and smashed it into GhostFreak's head, a loud cracking noise echoing throughout the alley from both the punch and rough landing against the alleyway wall.
"Deku!" Uraraka yelled worried for her friend.
Groaning in pain GhostFreak looked up just in time to move out of the way from being penetrated by one of the cyborg's sharp legs. Panicking Izuku floats forward trying to land a punch in an All Might like fashion. Only to immediately get the wind knocked out of him as the cyborg slammed its massive claw into his chest which once again caused him to go flying into the alley wall.
"D-Deku are you okay?! We should run, this guy is really tough!" She said as she helped him recover.
"Whoo isss this guy?! A Cyborg? Is it his quirk?"GhostFreak mumbled as he regained his composure and floated back up. His eye narrowed as he saw the Cyborg making his way towards them.
"You better keep your clawss to yourr selfff" Deku demanded as he flew towards him once again determined to protect Uraraka.
SPZZZZZZZ
"Gahhh!" Only to immediately smash back into the wall as Kraab opened up his claw and fired a bright energy beam directly into GhostFreak's chest.
"Should have just given me the Omnitrix pal. But hey I ain't complaining, just means it's more fun for me" Kraab taunted as he walked towards the Ectonurite, whose chest was currently steaming, aiming his laser preparing to retrieve his rewar-
SLAP
Kraab turned his right to see the other flesh bag's hand on one of his legs. Immediately aiming his laser at her head.
"'Not smart, kid—" Kraab started, but his voice cut off in shock as his feet left the ground. His massive legs flailed wildly as he started to float upward, his claw snapping at the air. "What the—?! Crabs don't fly!"
Uraraka grinned from behind a nearby dumpster, her fingers still pressed together. "Now, Deku!"
Ghostfreak phased through the wall of the alley, a wicked smile on his ghostly face. "This is gonna hurt," he whispered, tendrils extending from his form.
With a powerful swing, he wrapped his tentacles around Kraab's body and spun him in mid-air. The cyborg let out a roar of frustration as Ghostfreak hurled him upward, sending him crashing through a nearby rooftop.
Kraab vanished from sight, and Ghostfreak floated back down to the ground, panting. 'That... was close.'"
Uraraka nervously looked at the destruction Ghostfreak made with the cyborgs body. "That was a little much, you think he's okay?!"
"Hopefully hes a ghost crab now hehehe" GhostFreak joked as he laughed to himself before seeing Urarakas horror-stricken face "I m-mean I'm sure he's alive!"
"Th-thats not funny!" Uraraka facepalmed, a small smile making its way onto her face at the dark attempt at humour. Just as she was about to complain a small light caught the corner of her eye. Turning towards the entrance of the alleyway a tall scrawny man stood with his phone out shaking from head to toe.
GhostFreak immediately flew towards him.
"Boo" The man immediately broke out into a scream as he ran away like his life depended on it, even tripping a bit from the sheer speed. "hehehe"
BEEP BEEP BEEP
" why's there always someone recording!" Izuku complained as he rubbed his saw chest. Peeping down his shirt he could see a small burn from where GhostFreak had been shot. "Could be ow worse"
"Who was that guy? What was that guy!? A Cyborg? What sorta weird Quirk is that?" Uraraka asked freaking out.
"I don't know, something tells me it wasn't a Quirk though. He said he wanted the Omnitrix, just like the robots" Izuku said trying to process who it could be after the Omnitrix. "Either way we should get out of here before any more show up"
"Y-yeah" Uraraka agreed as she followed Izuku out of the Alleyway.
"Thanks for the save by the way. I thought I was a goner for a second" Izuku thanked her as he thought of how the Cyborg had made him hittable. 'some sort of oil?'
"eh no problem, he was a lot lighter than the dinosaur that's for sure!"
As the two broke into chatter and theories of what just happened, Uraraka suggested aliens again much to Izuku's annoyance. Izuku started getting the feeling of being watched. After a couple of minutes of idle conversation with Uraraka as they made their way back to her apartment, Izuku offering to walk her home, he finally saw something on a nearby Rooftop. For a split second, he swear he saw a dark shadowy figure jump from one roof to the other.
'shit, someone's definitely following us... we can't lead them back to Uraraka's apartment.' Izuku quickly wrapped his arm around Uraraka's shoulder much to her confusion and both their slight embarrassment.
"D-Deku? What are you doing?" Uraraka asked with a slight blush, wondering if Izuku had alternative motives for walking her home.
: "Izuku's eyes darted nervously to the rooftops, his heart pounding in his chest. He could feel the hair on the back of his neck stand up. They were being watched—he was sure of it.
He leaned closer to Uraraka, whispering, "We're being followed. Don't look, but act normal."
Uraraka's eyes widened for a moment, but she quickly nodded, gripping the hem of her costume as she tried to steady her breath. "What do we do?"
"We need to get somewhere quiet—no civilians," Izuku whispered. His voice was tight with urgency. "My watch is still recharging, but if we can get out of sight, we can turn the tables."
As the minutes passed it was becoming increasingly obvious they were being followed, Uraraka even spotting the figure's dark outline multiple times herself. Both their hearts racing as the now dark empty streets, apart from the few random homeless and drinks, along with them knowingly being followed felt like something straight out of a horror movie.
BEEP
Making their way off the street and to a nearby small park figuring it would make it harder for their stalker to follow them. Izuku looking around seeing no one nearby finally released Uraraka. A cold breeze made itself known.
"brrr cold!" Uraraka said as she rubbed her arms trying to keep warm, the tight costume she was wearing not providing much warmth.
"I'll go HeatBlast, warm you and our little follower up" Deku said as popped the dial up watching HeatBlast's silhouette appear.
As Izuku pressed the dial and slammed it down, he braced himself for the usual burning sensation of transforming into HeatBlast. But instead, something completely different overtook him.
His bones twisted and stretched, his legs bending backward as a new limb—a long, whip-like tail—sprouted from his lower back. His skin tingled and tightened, turning a sleek blue, while his vision sharpened dramatically. Everything around him seemed to slow down, as if time itself had hit pause.
As Uraraka opened her eyes, having closed them before being flash banged, she did not see the bright fire form of HeatBlast. But a raptor? It was like a blue raptor on roller skates and black lines around its eyes, and black lips as well. Its body is lean but still muscular.
"Woah! You look so cool! What's this guy do!?"
"I don't know" a raspy voice replied.
Just as Uraraka was gonna ask why he sounded like he swallowed a bunch of thumbsticks the blue raptor's eyes suddenly widened before a visor of sorts closed down covering his face. Before Uraraka could say a word she disappeared in a blue blur reappearing a few metres away as a red laser shot into the ground she once stood.
"Woah! How'd you do that!? Are you super fast? So cool!" Uraraka exclaimed pumping her fist, only to immediately let out a shriek as the ground shook as a purple-blue smashed into the ground in Infront of them. "Not cool! So not cool!"
"Urresnder eth Omnitrix" garbled out the purple figure as two cords came from its shoulders aiming towards them along with the gun-like weapon in his hand.
"Ehhh what?" The blue raptor-like creature asked in confusion.
PEW PEW
SixSix wasted no time, his weapon aimed directly at the raptor-like alien. But before he could pull the trigger, Izuku had already moved—no, vanished. In the blink of an eye, he and Uraraka were gone, leaving only a blue and pink blur in their wake.
As Izuku moved faster than the naked eye could see he came to an immediate stop as the ground in Infront of him exploded open, rubble flying everywhere making him lose control and fall to the ground, holding Uraraka tightly attempting to protect her from the force of the fall.
"You alright?" The dinosaur asked as he rubbed his cone-shaped head.
"I'll live owww" Uraraka groaned as she rubbed her head.
"Well well well, we meet again my prey."
Looking up they stare in fear as the same crab-like cyborg from earlier pulled itself out of the destroyed ground. The purple figure from before landed in Infront of him aiming its gun towards the speedster's head.
"Hey back off!" The crustacean-like cyborg yelled as he smacked the purple figure to the side. "That rewards mine SixSix!"
'Reward?!' Izuku and Uraraka both thought, the watch being made by an evil scientist sounding a lot more reasonable right now.
"Hsit kile isth si hyw uour ifew eftl ouy Kraab" the now-named SixSix angrily garbled out.
"Well, you don't have to get personal!"
CLICK CLICK CLICK
Everyone's eyes fell to the ground as two metal balls bounced in between the two mechanical beings.
SPZZZZ
Blue electricity immediately exploded from the balls enveloping them, for some reason not affecting Deku and Uraraka.
"E-EM-P-P" Kraab stuttered out as he fell to the floor from the current of electricity.
Just as Deku went to grab Uraraka and make a run for it a strong grip grabbed onto his tail and Uraraka, aggressively tugging them as they were taken by something moving fast. Looking at whom who had grabbed him Deku panicked as he saw yet another mechanical-looking figure. 'is this a hoverboard?!'
"Let go!" Uraraka yelled as she tried to slap the capturer only to be dropped and immediately caught by her wrist as she let out a grunt of pain and annoyance at not being able to touch him.
Coming to a sudden stop the dark burly figure threw Deku roughly against a rubbish bin, Uraraka he dropped far more carefully merely releasing her as she landed roughly on her butt.
"Ow!" Uraraka yelped.
Deku was up in an instant moving at a blue blur at speeds that made him reminiscent of All Mights, raising his claw fist he aimed for the middle of the figure's chest as he rushed him at Super speed.
"SMAASH" he yelled with his raspy throat as his blow landed.
CRACK
"GAHH!" Immediately regretting it as his hand let out a sickening crack, the blow not even moving the enemy. Before Izuku could retaliate he received a rough uppercut to the middle of his stomach knocking the wind out of him and forcing him to the floor.
"Billions of beings on this planet, and the Omnitrix winds up on the wrist of an inexperienced child playing hero" The man's deep voice said as his hoverboard made itself smaller.
"Omnitrix this, Omnitrix that, maybe you should tell your boss the Omnitrix won't come off... I tried." The dinosaur rasped out as it shakily made itself back to its feet(balls?) "Speaking of which, who are you people? what is this watch? and who's the one sending you guys?"
"Of course it doesn't come off. Its power utilises Alien DNA which binds to the host's own genetic structure, it cannot simply be removed like taking off a hat"
"Aliens!?" Uraraka yelped out, a goofy smile overtaking her face.
"You're lying. You expect us to believe that?" Deku asked ignoring the way Uraraka seemed to be completely buying it.
"Yes, this Alien you currently are is a Kineceleran, which specialises in its speed which combined with its claws make for a dangerous attack. Unfortunately, you seem to be blindly imitating this planet's number 1 champion, running in yelling 'smash' is foolish, might is not always right."
"I-i just haven't got used to him yet! Besides I've done pretty well so far!" The blue speedster countered as he once again blitzed in only to immediately have his head grabbed and slammed into the ground.
"The feat of destroying a mindless drone is nothing when compared to facing bounty hunters like SixSix and Kraab. You were moments away from not only getting yourself killed, but your friend as well., do you ever pause to consider your actions at all?" He said as he started lifting the Kineceleran up so he could stare him in the eyes.
"Victory should have been swift and effortless. The Omnitrix is not something to be taken lightly. It's the most powerful weapon in the Galaxy, the key to an epic battle between good and Evil."
Deku's and Uraraka's eyes widened as they listened, the emotion in his voice making his story seem very real.
"S-so whose side are you on?" Uraraka stuttered out, wanting to help her friend but scared to move as the man could easily crush her friend's head like a watermelon.
"You're still alive aren't you?"
"You're a good guy? What about the other two?" Deku questioned, this whole story about Aliens making questions run rampant in his brain.
"My mission was to retrieve the Omnitrix at all cost, since it is attached to you, you shall come along for its removal."
'go with him? No way! That's just what the other two are planning to do!'
"oh no, I'm not going anywhere."
"It's not your choice," the man said his voice making it clear Izuku didn't have a choice.
The thought of once again being powerless, the people he's saved in this short amount of time, the thrills and sheer opportunities this watch has given him. He can't let it go, especially not to someone who he's sure is a crazed criminal.
"It is now!" Bringing up his balled feet, he hit the man at Super speed in the chest multiple times, delivering powerful kicks, at least 20 kicks a second. The man dropping him and his hoverboard out of either pain or just sheer surprise, the raptor wasted no time as he was now free from his grip, rushing forward remembering how he mentioned the claw made for a dangerous combination with speed.
Zooming around the burly man's punch got behind him and delivered a powerful slice to the back of his knees intending to temporarily disable him. Only for the man to just simply take it? 'no blood?'
"Smart, but still so much untapped potential," the man said as he once again grabbed the lizard and smashed him into the bin.
"Deku!" Uraraka yelled worried for her friend.
"Stay back! If his reflexes are fast enough to catch me you won't be able to touch him!"
"Protecting your friend, a noble trait. Yet she won't survive if this keeps up. it's disturbing how little you know of this alien's strengths and weaknesses, you've barely scratched the surface of its potential"
"Aliens? You really believe what you're saying huh? And what makes you such an expert on my forms?"
The man's helmet opened up, a small amount of smoke puffing out as the hood and mask closed away revealing-
"DIAMONDHEAD!?" Deku and Uraraka blanched out in disbelief as a nearly identical being to DiamondHead stood before them.
Snapping out of his shock Izuku noticed the same tall shakey man from earlier that had recorded him as GhostFreak had somehow stumbled on him once again, Izuku watched in annoyance as the man shakily pulled out his phone obviously planning to record 'sigh just great..'
"Wrong! I am a noble warrior, you are an inexperienced child" he said as he pulled the lizard up to his balled feet. "We have wasted enough tim-"
The DiamondHead lookalike instantly paused and whipped his gun towards the man recording firing a warning shot towards his feet. The scrawny man once again let out a loud shriek as he stumbled and ran away.
"You really are an Alien! Oh my GOOOOD! Deku you owe me $100! This is so cool! Aliens are real! Deku you can turn into aliens! mumble mumble mumble- THIS IS SO COOL!"
BEEP BEEP BEEP
As Izuku turned back into his normal form panic set into him as he realised he really was most likely about to lose the watch. The DiamondHead lookalikes eyes slightly widened as he took in the appearance of the boy. Shaking his head he pulled out a small circular device.
"Gluto, pick up at the coordinates I sent you," The man said into the device before pocketing it. Turning around he looked where he thought he dropped his hoverboard during the fight, only it wasn't there?
"Looking for this?" The familiar voice of the crab made Izuku and Uraraka shake before turning to where the voice had come from.
Standing holding the hoverboard was Kraab, next to him SixSix aiming his gun and laser cords at all three of them.
"I'll deal with these two and shall retrieve my Hoverboard. You two shall go to Takoba Municipal Beach, my ship will be ready for you to enter. Under all circumstances, we must not let them get the Omnitrix. Now go!" Hoverboard man yelled as he slammed his foot into the ground, a burst of crystal shooting forward from the ground towards Kraab.
"Deku C'mon let's go!" Uraraka said as she pulled him along, Izuku pausing for a couple of seconds not wanting to leave the man to defend himself, before finally giving in and running with Uraraka.
Or so he thought until three long cords wrapped themselves around Uraraka's arms and torso.
"I chogtu won!" SixSix stated as he jetpacked above them taking Uraraka with him as she let out a scream.
"Uraraka!" Izuku shouted as the purple alien landed before him, gun to Uraraka's head.
"Vige eth Omnitrix ro esh ieds!"
CLANG CLANG CLANG
The noise rattled throughout the streets as Hoverboard man shot crystals directly into SixSix's back rattling his whole body and causing him to release Uraraka as he uncontrollably took off into flight as his jetpack lost control. Unfortunately, whilst hoverboard man did that Kraab took his opportunity to grab him with his claw and smash him into the ground, before throwing him into a nearby parked car, exploding it on impact.
"We gotta help him!" Izuku shouted as he ran towards the debris.
"Deku wait!" Uraraka tried to stop him only to sign in annoyance as she followed seeing he wasn't gonna stop.
"Ah just what the doctor ordered! Give me the Omnitrix so I can get off this stinking planet." Kraab demanded as he raised his claw and fired a powerful beam towards them. Izuku quickly tackled Uraraka to the ground.
BOOM!
Seeing as they weren't blown into a red bloody pile of meat they quickly looked up to see if Izuku had managed to move them out of the way, only to see a crystal wall with steam coming off it. Looking out they watched in awe as Hoverboard man ran out from the debris towards Kraab, making a great leap forward, Kraab barely missed him with a strike from his massive heavy claw as the crystal man retrieved his Hoverboard from Kraabs right smaller claw before landing smoothly with a roll. Instantly throwing his hoverboard down and taking flight avoiding the lasers fired from Kraab, circling the air until he was above Kraab and making a mighty leap of his board directly on top of Kraab causing a shockwave as his heavy body smashed Kraab into the earth.
As the debris settled down the teens watched as the crystal man picked up the Kraab man and uppercutted him out of the crater making him land roughly in Infront of them.
"grrr fucking Petrosapien!" Looking up his mechanical eyes widened as he stared at his main target, the Omnitrix. Turning around he saw Hoverboard trading blows with a now recovered SixSix who seemed very angry about the broken Jetpack.
Seeing the Bounty hunter's attention was now on them the two teenagers quickly turned and legged it into a nearby clothes store that had been blown open during the battle.
"Quick Deku hide!" Uraraka said as she jumped behind a nearby counter and crouched down.
Izuku hurriedly looked around knowing he couldn't do anything due to his watch being on timeout, running around and crouching behind a desk that had been knocked over by the explosions.
BEEP
'Alright green! Diamondhead seems to work pretty well against these guys' Izuku thought as he twisted the dial.
"You are an inexperienced child"
"Might isn't always right"
The man's words cut through his brain 'he's right, I'm not nearly as experienced with DiamondHead as he is, and he's still barely keeping up with them. but who then? Let's see he's a Kraab? FourArms to outmuscle him? No, I don't know if he could withstand the crushing strength of his claw.. lasers? HeatBlast to absorb the lasers? No, I don't even know if he can absorb lasers... Cyborg? I know!'
Kraab could see him the moment he walked into the building, his green hair being seen over the table with his tall body.
FLASH
'SHIT HE TRANSFORMED, GOTTA KILL HIM NOW!' Krab thought as he sprung forth smashing his giant claw into the table and shattering it everywhere. 'where did he go? Is he the Ectonurite again? Ha! The fool.' Kraab thought as he turned his scanners on, unbeknownst to him a small Grey figure jumped within the crook of his neck.
'If my calculations are correct, if I pull these two nerve clusters and connect them to the manual override I should be able to take full control!'GreyMatter said as he rearranged the cyborg's inners.
SPZZZ
"Hey, what the- System Override the fuck!? Hey, I can't move!" Kraab stated in fear as he stood still as a statue.
"That's because you're no longer in control my crustacean friend." Grey matter said as he climbed atop his head holding a small computer chip with some buttons connected to some cords.
"A damn Galvan?! What did you do shortstack!"
"I am simply borrowing your body for the greater good. Uraraka! You can come out now"
"Woah Deku that's so cool, I knew Grey Matter was smart but not that smart!" Uraraka exclaimed as she climbed over the counter.
"Indeed that's one down one to go! Now C'mon, we got to help the Petrosapien!" GreyMatter said as he tapped a button on his little makeshift controller and made Kraab walk outside.
Making it outside they looked on in shock as SixSix propelled himself and Hoverboard man into the sky with his dodgy jetpack before slamming him into the ground, creating a massive crater. Grabbing onto the crystal man's costume with his left claw as his right turned into a laser chainsaw of sorts. Ignoring the familiar steps of Kraab certain he was no threat.
"Ouy Eid rreeh Petrosapien" SixSix stated only to feel a dink as Kraab tapped his giant claw against his head. Turning around to look at him in annoyance only to immediately panic as he saw the Galvan on top of his head pushing a button with one hand and Kraabs voice box in the other. The claw opened up and fired a laser directly at point-blank range into SixSix's chest smashing him into a nearby wall before falling unconscious onto the ground.
"The bigger they are the harder they fall!" GreyMatter shouted as he lept off Kraabs head and onto Uraraka's shoulder.
"Alright! Were undefeated haha!" Uraraka yelled excitedly.
"Pretty smart" Crystal man's deep voice silenced them as he chucked SixSix's body at Kraab making them both fall over on top of each other. "Using a Galvan to hack Kraab is smart thinking. Perhaps there's hope for you yet."
Grabbing a strange gun with a square cube moving at the end of it, the crystal amn fires it at the two fallen bounty hunters. The small cubes enlarged over their bodies before shrinking once again sucking in the bounty hunters like a Pokemon ball of sorts.
"Woah whaddya just do!" Uraraka asked in amazement.
"Teleported them to the location I had set, I believe it was Corrosant, could be wrong, either way, we won't be dealing with them for a while. Shame I only have one capsule though." Hoverboard man said as he pocketed the gun once again. "I don't believe I introduced myself, the names Tetrax. Good to meet you Ochaku Uraraka and Izuku Midoriya."
"W-wait how do you know our names?" Izuku asked, Uraraka nodding along confused herself.
"These" Tetrax said pulling out their bags from his uniform. "Impressive notes by the way." As he pulled out Izuku's hero notebook.
"T-Thanks"
"Oh thank god! I did not want to have to walk all the way back to that alley to get them" Uraraka said as she grabbed her bag and Izuku retrieved his stuff.
"Tomorrow I want you to go to Takoba Municipal Beach, I shall begin your training then."
"Training!?" Uraraka and Deku both cried out in confusion.
"What ab-bout the Omnitrix, I thought you wanted to take it?" Izuku asked as he held up the red glowing watch.
"I see the Omnitrix is in good hands, you can keep it. But I will train you to improve that lack of inexperience." Tetrax stared as he walked down the street the two teens following him pestering him with questions.
"What's our training gonna be?"
"Are we going to space?"
"Who hired you?"
"Aliens are really real! What's the cutest alien you've ever seen?"
"ENOUGH! Your questions will all be answered tomorrow, now go home." Tetrax stated as he threw his Hoverboard down and took down flying down the empty dark streets.
'he really is a spitting image of him...' Tetrax thought to himself. Suddenly a very familiar voice hit him, stopping his flight he made his way to a nearby corner shop with a tv playing the local news.
"Wrong! I am a noble warrior. You are an inexperienced child." That's why the voice sounded familiar, it was him! Suddenly the video cut as it zoomed out to an earthling wearing a suit.
"a noble warrior he says ladies and gentlemen, well to that I say, does a noble warrior do this?"
Tetrax watched in horror as it played obviously Izuku in his Petrosapien form doing an embarrassing dance.
"Oh yeah, who's bad!"
The video paused on the dance as Izuku was mid-air thrust leaving a goofy image.
"on tonight's poll, DiamondHead, Noble Warrior or Corniest Vigilante?" The man said as the screen shot to black.
"...."
'what have I gotten myself into...'