Chapter 3: Big Day
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In a region of a galaxy far, far away, a mighty spaceship soared through its vastness. This warship, the Chimerian Hammer, was instantly recognisable to anyone who had faced its owners and his army and actually lived to tell the tale. Nowadays, it was merely a relic of a dead warlord.
Or so the universe thought.
Inside the bridge of the ship, a skinny cloaked figure, a skeletal, white alien with a fin on his head as well as several humanoids robots were watching several large holographic screens with great interest. These videos came from some backwater planet known as "Earth" and showed various aliens, from a Tetramand to a Orishan, performing acts of heroism. One video, in particular, showed the object that they've been looking for years on the wrist of a mere adolescent human known as Izuku Midoriya.
"The Omnitrix, wasted on pointless heroics!" angrily shouted the cloaked figure before suddenly coughing heavily. The skeletal alien, with a concerned expression, then rushed over to the cloaked figure's side, supporting him as he leaned forward dangerously. "Master, are you alright? Do your cybernetics require maintenance?!'
"No, Psyphon," said his master who waved his servant away and began to sit up straight in his throne. "It was but a temporary hiccup. My body may have been ruined, but my spirit has remained strong!" growled the cloaked figure as he took off the hood of his cloak, revealing a rather shriveled pale-green face with several tentacles, red eyes and small red sacs at the side of his head. He also wore a red-brownish respirator over his mouth.
Once, Vilgax was the most dreaded warlord in the known universe, having launched a campaign to conquer every corner of the galaxy. Still, there was some resistance, so when news reached his ears of a device made by the Galvan Azmuth that could transform the user into other species, Vilgax went to claim what was rightfully his.
The battle of Galvan Prime and a particularly annoying female human said otherwise.
If not for Psyphon's immediate attention and state-of-the-art cybernetics and gene therapy, the Chimera Sui Generis would have perished.
Taking a close look at the boy's name, Vilgax's eyes narrowed, memories of the cause of his injuries flooding back into his mind. The warlord growled, his fists clenching with what little strength he had.
No more Midoriyas shall stand in his way.
Psyphon, then took a step back and bowed, "As you say, Master Vilgax. Now that we have finally found the Omnitrix years after its disappearance, what is your command?"
The squid-headed alien then raised his left hand towards one of the bridge's many screens and proclaimed, "Prepare one of the giant models! We shall send it to that primitive planet via transwarp. The Omnitrix shall be mine!"
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2 years ago
Ochaco Uraraka was, to put it mildly, excited for her first day of junior high. She had enjoyed learning and walking around her new home in Musutafu City, but it wasn't quite the same without any of her friends from her previous school in Mie. Hopefully, she could make some new ones here in Aldera Junior High.
Just a few months prior, her parents gave her a piece of good news. As a result of property destruction, unintentional or not, caused by the famous group of vigilantes known as "The 10", a need for construction companies in Musutafu was created. Ochaco's father leaped at this opportunity to seek a better life for his family.
Eventually, he landed a bid that would allow them to move to the city, closer to U.A. High, the top hero school in Japan. Words couldn't express how grateful Ochaco was to her dad that night. All she could do was hug them as tight as she could, whispering her gratitude over and over.
Just then, as Ochaco was standing right in front of her new school, she noticed a boy her age with green hair trip on his own feet. Just before his face met the floor, Ochaco managed to rush up to him in time and pat him with her right hand.
"Are you okay?" asked Ochaco, chuckling as she noticed the greenette was surprised at what happened if his yelps were any indication.
After helping him get back upright, Ochaco presses her fingers together, releasing the boy from that effects of Zero Gravity. "I stopped with you my quirk. Sorry I didn't ask first, but I figured you wouldn't mind me catching you."
The boy immediately bowed, although Ochaco noticed it shaking along with the rest of him. "T-Thank you for stopping my fall."
Ochaco enjoyed the sense of satisfaction in her as she held out her hand. "No problem. Say, maybe you can help me find my class? My name's Ochaco Uraraka."
The boy's eyes then widened before reaching out his hand as well. "O-Okay then, my name's Izuku Midoriya." However, just a before she took it, the boy immediately withdrew his hand and shook his head.
"Huh? Is something wrong?"
Instead of replying, Izuku began to power walk away, leaving a confused Ochaco standing at the entrance.
"Maybe he's worried about being late?" The brunette shrugged. "Oh well, maybe we could be in the same class? We can talk more then!"
The present
Ochaco's reminiscing was cut short by her teacher, Mr. Yamata, clearing his throat, drawing the attention of his students.
"So, as third-year students, it's time to start thinking seriously about your future and what you to do with your lives. I could pass out some career aptitude tests, but why bother?" asked the teacher rhetorically as he grabbed the stack of papers on his desk and dramatically flung them into the air as he proclaimed, "Hah! I know you all want to go into the hero track!"
After he spoke, most of the students began activating their quirks and giving out cheers and yells of excitement. Ochaco rolled her eyes, her classmates could be rowdy, to put it mildly.
"Yes, yes, you got some very impressive quirks, but no power usage allowed in school. Get a hold of yourselves!"
"Hey teach," said a prideful voice that cut through all the noise, silencing everyone and immediately ruining Ochaco's mood. Katsuki Bakugo, with his legs on his desk, leaned his head forward, wearing an arrogant smirk on his face as he did so.
"Don't lump me with these bunch of losers. I'm the real deal, but these guys will be lucky to be a sidekick to some busted deal later. Hah!"
That sentence sent the rest of the class into an uproar.
"What?! That was uncalled for!"
"You think you're better than us Bakugo?!"
These were just some of the furious replies to what Katsuki had said. The explosive teen simply laughed in disbelief. "Let's go. I'll take you all on!"
One particular student who had bigger balls than his male peers then told Katsuki, "Oh yeah? What about Midoriya?"
Upon hearing that, the ash blonde's confident expression turned to one of anger while his classmates turned to one another and spoke.
"Yeah, Midoriya actually could just turn into any one of his ten heroes and kick his ass," said one.
Another said, "I guess you're right. Four Arms and Diamondhead can definitely best the crap out of Bakugo!"
"Only if that video was telling the truth."
At that moment, Mr. Yamata spoke up, "That's odd. According to these records, Midoriya wants to enter the the General Course of U.A. instead of the Heroics Course."
That statement drew a smirk from Katsuki that made Ochaco grit her teeth. He probably thought that "the Quirkless nerd" knew his place after all.
His classmates, however, had different opinions.
"Of course Midoriya would, nobody knew he did all that vigilante stuff when we were filling out those forms."
"Yeah, since the cat's out of the bag, maybe he'd change it. What do you think, Sensei?"
"But isn't he a criminal?"
Mr. Yamata, hearing the question, rolled his eyes. He hated to admit this about the Quirkless teen, but what he was going to say is true if Midoriya didn't get arrested. "Well, Bakugo did incredibly well on the mock test, and with Midoriya's...part-time job, they have the highest chances of anyone here into getting into U.A.."
It was then that the land mine blew up. "SHUT IT!" Bakugo then jumped out of seat and onto his deck, glaring at his nearest classmates who immediately blanched.
"THERE'S NO WAY DEKU HAS ALL THISE POWERS! IT'S ALL A BIG FUCKING LIE!" After that, there was only silence throughout the classroom, nobody knew what to say to that, even Ochaco was stunned at the expected but loud outburst from the blonde.
"C-calm down, Bakugo," nervously stated Mr. Yamata after a few seconds of silence. "Let's see here, Uraraka wants to attend the U.A. Hero Course as well."
As the class started to mutter and converse about the flustered brunette, Bakugo could only think about putting the nerd in his place after school.
And, as if the universe chose to reply to his thoughts, at that moment, the door to the classroom opened. Standing there was none other than the greenette himself.
Izuku remained silent as he went to his seat, ignoring the stares of his teacher, classmates and a very angry bully. He did, however, look at a concerned Ochaco with eyes that softened. Once he sat down and Mr. Yamata decided to get on with other topics, the teen grabbed his phone and sent a text discreetly. After that, Ochaco felt a buzz form her phone and held it up to reveal a simple sentence.
I'll talk to you later, Uraraka.
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When detective Naomasa Tsukauchi received a request from All Might himself to be the one to talk to Izuku Midoriya, he immediately understood the Number One Hero's reasons for doing so. Neither of them really believed that the greenette transformations were really aliens, that was just downright ridiculous.
Or so he thought, until he talked to the teenager himself.
With his Lie Detector quirk, Naomasa quickly discovered that not only was Izuku Midoriya truly the teen behind "The 10", but that they were all honest-to-goodness aliens.
To say the detective was stunned would be an understatement, Naomasa was honestly surprised that the group that took down numerous villains like Dr. Animo and the Circus Freaks, saved countless lives and took down several corrupt pro heroes such as the infamous Captain Nemesis was a young teen.
If you asked him, Naomasa would say that Izuku Midoriya looked rather plain and unassuming. However, he did recognise the look in the greenette's eyes. He'd seen those eyes on many experienced pros before.
They didn't belong on a teenager.
Bzzt
Naomasa, shaken out of his thoughts, took a look at his phone and saw a text from none other than the chief of the Musutafu police force.
Chief: Tsukauchi, have you spoken with Izuku Midoriya yet?
Naomasa: Yes, I've already done so, there are some things you have to know.
Chief: Tell me about it later, we've got an order from on high.
Chief: We have to stay away from the kid.
Naomasa raised an eyebrow, the chief just told him that morning to talk to Midoriya and determine his guilt. If he changed his mind that fast envisage of a single command…
Naomasa: Understood, sir.
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"Man, that sure sounds like something Baka-go would say," chortled Izumi as she stuffed a piece of tamago in her mouth. Izuku, Ochaco, Jun and herself were on the roof eating their lunch. The brunette had just told them about Katsuki's verbal explosion during their homeroom and the latter two weren't surprised, having deal to w it's the blonde's temper over the years.
"Yeah, I expected him to be mad at you, Senpai, but you don't deserve it!" exclaimed Jun as he held a hand to his hand. "Anyway, what are you gonna do about this reveal stuff. Didn't a cop interrogate you or something?"
Three pairs of eyes turned to the vigilante, curious as to the topic of the conversation and Izuku's thoughts. The greenette, having finished swallowing a piece of pork cutlet, opened his mouth and spoke, "After some thought, I decided to tell the detective the entire truth-"
Chokes erupted from both Izumi and Jun as they tried to register what Izuku had just said. Ochaco, being a little more level-headed, simply turned to her friend with a quizzical look.
Witnessing the trio's reactions, Izuku resisted the urge to sigh as he began to explain, "The specific officer who spoke to me was Detective Tsukauchi. I've met him before when giving information to the police. His quirk allows him to detect whenever someone is telling the truth or lying. It would've been pointless for me to try and lie to him."
Taking a deep breath, Izuku continued, "Also, I'm betting that I was meant to be arrested on grounds of vigilantism which is, as the law defines it, the unlawful use of quirks. So, technically speaking, I'm do not commit vigilantism. I told Detective Tsukauchi the truth in order to… make use of that loophole."
Izumi, taking in her brother's words, held her hands behind her head and said, "Man, a few years ago, I wouldn't have imagined you to be quite the rebel, 'Zuku."
Izuku had to grimace, he sometimes couldn't believe that he was once the naive kid that just blindly idolised every hero. He had the mentality for quite a while until-
"DEKU!"
The group of four jumped at the shout that came out of nowhere, all of them quickly realising who's voice it was as they turned to see none other than Katsuki Bakugo at the door to the roof, his hand sparking. "Hiding up here like the bitch you are, aren't you? With your loser squad?"
Rolling his eyes, Izuku calmly put aside his lunch box, slung on his bag and walked right up to his former friend. Watching Katsuki spew insults and assorted vulgarities at him, the teen sighed. "How did I ever admire him?"
Once Izuku was right in front of Katsuki, he held up a hand that caused the latter to stop his stream of vitriol and asked in a tone an adult would use to a child, "Bakugo, would you kindly shut up?"
The blonde immediately stopped shouting, unused to being interrupted so bluntly. Of course, Katsuki wasn't going to just stand there and take it. He took a deep breath and glared at his former victim with all of hate he could muster.
However, just before words came out of his mouth, Katsuki found himself floating up in the air. Realising whose quirk it was, the blonde turned his head to see a familiar brunette standing next to with Izuku.
"Uraraka, I had that handled."
The girl simply gave a bashful grin, but before she spoke, Izumi popped up between them with a smug smirk on her face.
"You'd thought that you'd handle it, but it was her, 'Chako!" exclaimed Izumi as she pointed at the brunette who giggled.
"Izumi, is that a.. Juju reference? I'm not a pre-quirk nerd like you."
Katsuki, unamused by the small joke, continued to yell at the leaving group, threatening "Round Face" to put him down so that he can kick her ass. He got his wish when Ochaco placed her fingers together as after going down a good portion of the stairs, landing on the roof face-first.
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The rest of the day passed without much fanfare. Izuku's classmates had given him a wide berth while he noticed tense looks on the faces of his teachers.
It was only after school ended, when Izuku was checking his phone for any alerts, that he felt his phone vibrate. Opening an app with the Omnitrix symbol, the greenette could see an alert for a robbery. The 10-Drone managed to pick up a visual of the villain, who looked like sentient green slime. There was a hero chasing after him, but Izuku couldn't clearly make out who it was.
"Hope they don't mind a little extra help," thought Izuku as he planned his next moves.
"Hey, Deku?" He looked up from his phone to see the Ochaco looking at him with her hands behind her back. "Ready to head to the beach for training?"
"Sorry, Uraraka, but duty calls. Just follow the same schedule as last week." Activating the Omnitrix, he selected a velociraptor-like silhouette and pressed down on the dial.
One green flash later, a black, semi-armored velociraptor with a blue face, arms and feet, a black tail with four blue stripes and wearing a green shirt appeared. A notable feature of this alien was that it had black balls on his feet.
"And this time, please don't sneak too much mochi into your snack break."
The hero then ran out of the classroom, leaving his pouting friend behind.
"It's not that much, Deku…"
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Given that XLR8 still had his schoolbag, he had to stay below the speed of sound or else it would burn up. It didn't matter, a sonic boom would wreck havoc on people with hearing quirks and he could get where he need to fast enough otherwise.
Now, he stopped at his destination: a place that was under a bridge and had a manhole. After placing his backpack down against a wall, he began thinking and calculating. Given the villain's liquid physiology, he would try to escape in the sewers to try to leave the hero pursuing him in the dust. If the Kineceleran's calculations were correct, the villain would appear here. Sure enough, after waiting for a minute or two, a green, gelatinous substance quickly seeped out from under the manhole cover and reformed into a giant blob-like being. Once his yellow eyes landed on XLR8, the slime villain had a evil smile on his face. "The alien kid? Heh, you'll make for a powerful invisibility cloak!" Then, he launched himself at the teen, intent on invading him by entering his orifices.
XLR8 did not feel particularly threatened. With his incredible reaction speed, the speed of the slime villain to the speed of a Kineceleran was like a tortoise to a human. Moving to the side of the villain who splattered against the ground, the vigilante began to run around him in a circular pattern. The slime villain attempted to strike him with one of his many tentacles, only to fall short each time with XLR8 dodging each time. Just then, he felt himself being lifted into the air. A tornado tinged with blue and black began to form. Trapped in the tornado by the hero, the villain couldn't do anything that could help his situation.
XLR8 was about to try out a new technique he had in mind into practice, gathering a large enough static charge and tasing the villain, when out of nowhere, the manhole cover was flung into the air. At first, Izuku wasn't concerned, it was probably the hero that was chasing the villain from earlier. Taking a quick look at the newcomer, he couldn't believe his green eyes.
It was none other than All Might, the Number One Hero and his inspiration.
Though he was in awe at meeting him, the vigilante's mind snapped back to thoughts of containing the villain. Just because the Number One Hero was here, it doesn't mean he can just slack off.
The muscular blonde man then said in a booming voice and a wide smile, "I see that you have contained the villain! Now let me handle the rest!"
As All Might began to move his arm back, XLR8 stopped running and moved to the side, causing the slime villain to land on the ground, feeling disoriented. Before he could get his bearings, All Might then proclaimed, "Face this villain! TEXAS SMASH!"
As he punched, XLR8 had to brace himself. The Number One Hero's punch was enough to generate wind currents strong enough blow the villain away, separating him into pieces of slime.
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"And that's the last of it. Thank you for helping me to contain him in this bottle, young man!" Gathering up the slime villain was no easy task, but with XLR8's speed and some bottles of soda that All Might had, they managed to do it just as the Omnitrix symbol on XLR8 began to beep and flash red.
After he turned back to human, Izuku felt another buzz from his phone. Checking it, the greenette saw that there was a robbery taking place in Undertown. "Figures, there's always something happening there."
Just as he was about to leave, Izuku heard the voice of All Might calling to him, "Young Midoriya, was it? I know of your activities and I must say, although I understand that you do good, I cannot condone you acting illegally."
Izuku turned to see the imposing figure of the Number One Hero over him as he tried to hide any trace of being intimidated. "I must ask, could you not use that watch as a way to go to a hero course? I'm sure that-"
"Sorry All Might," interrupted Izuku. "With all due respect,, that isn't for me. The watch does give me powers, but I'm still a Quirkless human most of the time. Ever since I was young, I wanted to become a hero.
"Please, my boy, it isn't safe for a Quirkless boy like you to do such things. Trust me, I know."
Izuku sighed as he held up his left wrist, allowing All Might to see the supposed alien watch shining. "This watch gave me the opportunity to finally make my dream a reality, even if it's illegal. You probably wouldn't understand, you were born with one of the most powerful Quirks ever. Not all men are born equal after all."
"Now if you'll excuse me, school uniform and hair was already caked in his unique sweat, I've got work to do." Taking back the his notebook, he quickly placed it back into his bag and jogged off in the direction of Undertown to stop some lowlives, leaving the Number One Hero behind wi the some thoughts.
"I do know, Young Midoriya. I do."
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At that very moment, a red portal appeared in Earth's atmosphere over Musutafu City. A gigantic, red robot in a kind of a closed up "transport mode" fell out of the portal at incredible speeds.
It knew its mission. To find the Omnitrix and retrieve it by any means necessary.
No matter the cost.
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Katsuki Bakugo was really pissed off.
Not only was that useless Deku revealed to be all of the vigilantes that have been seen in the past four years, but had also become famous. It irritated him to no end to know that the quirkless loser was hiding that much power for years. His classmates and teacher even turned against him in that class earlier.
Katsuki was going to confront Izuku after class to give him piece of his mind. However, some of the "extras" in his class tried to get him not to, saying that Deku would have beaten him to a pulp and that he could not compete with him. The ash blonde managed to get away form them, but was too late. The nerd transformed into that blue speedster alien and ran away to who knows where.
His thoughts were interrupted when a loud smash was heard nearby along with the sounds of people screaming and cars crashing. He ducked out of the alleyway he was walking in to find out what the fuss was about.
What he saw was something out of a science-fiction cartoon. A gigantic, metallic, reddish-brown structure was situated in the middle of the road. Just as Katsuki began to realise that it was some alien thing, some of the lower parts of the sturdy tire opened up into three, large, grey, insectoid legs with reddish-brown tips while two massive robotic arms with clawed, mechanical hands and a menacing robotic head with two red eyes extended from the upper half.
It was then things went to hell.
"What is that thing?!"
"It came out of nowhere!"
"AN ALIEN!"
"It isn't a hoax?!"
The giant machine then turned its head, eyes locking onto a faraway target, and began marching. People scrambled away from the massive legs which nearly took up the entire road, crushing vehicles and cracking the sides the buildings.
"I'll handle this!" A loud, bellowing but unmistakably female voice was heard throughout the area as a large shadow flew over the crowd and buildings. "CANYON CANNON!"
Katsuki looked up and saw a giant blonde heroine land a flying kick on the side of the machine. The robot, taken by surprise, couldn't help but get launched into a nearby building, it's lower half tilting off the ground.
After the dust clouds cleared, the civilians, once panicking, were silent before cheering at the sight of a new hero being enough to stop the mechanical menace. The heroine proceeded to strike a pose that, much to the joy of the men aside from Katsuki, placed special focus on her very nice behind.
"Don't worry, folks! My name's Mt. Lady! Pleased to make your ass-quaintance-GAH!"
Mt. Lady's introduction was cut short as a laser blast tore through her left shoulder and forcing her on her knees. As she covered her wound with her other hand, the rookie was unable to see the alien robot set itself upright, holding up an arm with a smoking barrel. Giant drops of blood fell from the hero, sending the people into a frenzy once more.
Katsuki barely managed to dodge a drop, scowling as sone tiny splatters found their way on his pants. Ignoring how the stains were nigh-impossible to remove, the blonde was transfixed on the machine. He didn't care for that third-rate bimbo excuse for a hero, but looking up at the sheer size of the invader made him pause.
Did Deku have to fight stuff like that?
The useless, quirkless Deku?
Gritting her teeth, Mt. Lady then got back on her feet. "That was a cheap shot, alien! I'm not gonna be caught off guard-"
THWACK!
Moving faster than its size would suggest, the robot threw itself towards Mt. Lady. A single, solid punch of alien metal to the inexperienced heroine's head was all it took for Yu Takeyama to see stars.
Katsuki was still stuck in his thoughts until a scream from an extra beside him brought him back to earth. He managed to avoid getting crushed by an unconscious but still giant Mt. Lady in the nick of time. Despite this, the falling body had whipped up a large cloud of powdered rubble that swept across several, Katsuki included.
As he coughed and rubbed the dust from his eyes, the explosive teen heard a loud creak from above. Quickly glancing upwards, Katsuki released a short expletive as one of the robot's massive legs loomed over him. Thinking quickly, he propelled himself away with a small but strong explosion from his hands, preventing the blonde from being a pancake of nitroglycerin and flesh.
"That was easy," thought Katsuki as he gave a sharp grin. "If aliens are this easy to fight, then no wonder Deku can handle-"
Suddenly, a shift in the air around him paused the teen's thoughts. Turning away from the slightly soot-covered leg, Katsuki looked up to see a metal claw the size of a car reach towards.
"THE FUCK?! LET ME GO!"
The blonde slammed his hands down on the metallic wrist as it carried him up, blasting it with his quirk as hard as he could. His hands strained underneath the continued assault, but the robot's claws accumulated no dents, only soot. On top of that, the alien machine's grip was too tight for Katsuki to wriggle or shake him way out of.
Eventually, the claw's rise came to a halt. In turn, the teen ceased his explosions to glance at his surroundings. He blanched as he took the view of the city several stories from the ground, complemented by the screams of the people below him. Wrenching his head away from the sight, Katsuki couldn't but stare at the robot's head, now up close with its piercing red optical sensors aimed at the human. Despite his school uniform and hair already being caked in his sweat, the blonde raised his hands and blasted those damned red eyes as hard as he could, desperate for some advantage.
Meanwhile, a few blocks away, a small, homemade drone hovered midair. With the only clue to its presence being a slight shimmer in the air, the 10-Drone directed its camera towards the escalating situation and took pictures of the escalating situation. In accordance with its programming, the data was immediately sent to its creator's phone.
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Dealing with the alien thieves was easier than he thought. as XLR8 has just tripped the two of them before the knew it and grabbed some socks, made a rope and tied them up. The Sock Vendor was used to this sort of trouble, so he didn't kick up much of a fuss. After that, he just ran out of Undertown and back to the surface just as the Omnitrix had timed out. It seemed that it was going to be peaceful for the rest of the day.
At least, until he got an alert for a massive incident, even by his standards.
Apparently, there was a giant robot attacking the city and had already taken someone hostage. Several heroes were already on the scene to try to deal with the situation, but were already taking some serious damage. While running there, Izuku looked through any sort of news on the situation on his phone. From what he could gather, a new heroine named Mt. Lady who has a Gigantification quirk was down after getting punched by the robot.
Over time, more heroes had come, only for them to be generally outclassed. On a more horrifying note, a pro going by Hitchcock Doodle tried to rescue the hostage and got crushed by the robot's leg.
In the midst of the chaos, a fire was caused that threatened to spread so much that even Backdraft, with his hydrokinetic abilities, could do little to stop. The only other detail Izuku could get was that the hostage was fighting back with explosions. Having an idea of who the one in peril was, the vigilante hurried to the scene as fast as he, as a human, could.
When he finally reached the area, his eyes widened when he saw the massive robot, about 12 metres tall, holding none other than Katsuki Bakugo, his palms on the robot's mechanical hand and trying in vain to blow it to smithereens.
There was also an entire crowd of civilians present, everyone filming and taking pictures of the situation. The heroes present included Backdraft, Kamui Woods, Death Arms and Mt. Lady, now unconscious, was being tendered to. Analysing the situation, Izuku held up the Omnitrix, still red as it was recharging, took off his school bag and placed it at the side.
"C'mon, I need you now. Bakugo needs to be saved and that machine robot has to be stopped before innocents are harmed," thought Izuku just as his eyes landed on what was left of Hitchock Doodle.
"Before anyone else dies."
It was at that moment, when that thought crossed his mind, that his body moved before he thought.
Izuku began to run through the crowd. Him bumping people here and there certainly drew some attention. Many pairs of eyes spotted a now-famous greenette with a special watch on his wrist. The teen ran past the pro heroes, ignoring their cries for him to stand back.
It was when he was right below the legs of the titanic robot that Izuku actually realised he needed a battle plan. "First off, I'll need to lead this machine away from the crowd, I can't let anyone get hurt!"
The drone looked down at the mysterious human who suddenly ran towards it. Then, it detected the unique signature of its target emanating from the organic being. With a scan that took a second, the servant of Vilgax knew this it had found its prey. Ignoring the yells from the other human in its hand, the drone followed the target as it calculated the fastest way to eliminate it.
Just as Izuku began to mentally panic as he saw the robot raise its free mechanical claw and, from what he knew from experience, prepare to fire a laser at him, the Omnitrix finished recharging, turning green again. "Perfect, now then…"
"It's hero time!" exclaimed Izuku as he activated the Omnitrix, turned the dial to a reliable alien and slammed it down just before the laser was fired.
When the laser seemingly hit the lone teen, the pros and crowd looked on in shock and horror. How could a life so young be snuffed out just like that?
Just then, a very much alive Heatblast then landed as he shot several fireballs at the head of the robot, though there wasn't any visible damage.
"Let him go!" exclaimed the Pyronite as he jumped on a piece of rubble that was the perfect size for his purposes. Then, he projected flames from his feet that enveloped the rubble and, with a thought, caused the rubble to lift him in the air, a trail of flame present below the new "fire board". Heatblast could have just used the flames to propel himself, but he needed something to help carry Katsuki.
As he flew up to the gigantic head of the mech, it turned to face him, as thought accepting his challenge. However, it released its hostage from its grip In the process. Thinking quickly, the Pyronite flew down on the board as fast as he could towards his former friend. Barely dodging the robot's arm which was swung towards him, the hero managed to catch on his board, causing the ash blonde teen to grunt in pain.
Heatblast winced, he would have wanted to catch him with his hands, but with him being a magma life form, Katsuki would have been burned. In fact, he could probably feel the heat radiating off Heatblast's fiery body and vehicle. Looking up towards his transformed classmate, Katsuki's expression of fear morphed to that of confusion.
"Deku? The fuck are you doing?"
Upon hearing it, the vigilante rolled his eyes. "What does it look like? You needed some help, didn't you?"
Katsuki widening eyes alerted Heatblast to a massive robotic claw about to strike them. Luckily, he managed to raise up the board in time, causing the claw to miss as its targets went downwards.
After he flew down to the other heroes, Katsuki Bakugo was then lifted of the fire board by Kamui Woods with an extended branch.
Turning to Heatblast, Death Arms said, "Hey kid, you do know there are fires here right? Why use the Endeavor ripoff?"
Glaring at the pro hero, Izuku raised his flaming hands in the air. "Well, can Endeavor do this?" Just then, all of the flames in the area began moving towards the hands of he Pyronite as though commanded by magic. Once they did, the flames appeared to be absorbed into the fiery palms. Soon enough, all of the fires that were not on Heatblast were extinguished.
"The jobs not done yet, the robot's CPU would most likely be in its head. I hope my flames are hot enough to melt it to molten scrap." With that thought in mind, Izuku began flying around the mechanical menace and projected a constant, powerful stream of fire at its head.
To his surprise, the head of the robot was completely unharmed, the flames merely rolled around his target. When he tried to put more power into the stream of flames, the robot used this opportunity to blast him out of the sky with a laser from its left hand, destroying his board in the process, and causing him to fall to the hard ground below.
"Shit, the robot's armor is too heat-resistant, so it's useless to stay as Heatblast."
"Time for a change in tactics," muttered the transformed teen under his breath as his left arm reached for the Omnitrix Symbol on his chest. Viewing this, the giant drone launched itself into the air with its three massive legs. Spinning them for a moment while in the air, the robot then attempted to crush the Omnitrix wielder before he could do anything else.
It was too late.
After a signature green flash, a monstrous crystal spike extended upwards towards its creator's enemy, slicing through part of one of the robot's legs. Diamondhead then launched himself away from area of impact with a crystal construct generated from his feet.
The Petrosapien got back on his feet and looked up to see the robot stare at him meanacingly before firing a laser from one of its right hand. Diamondhead quickly transformed his right hand into a shield in time before the laser hit, causing it to be reflected to the side and blasting the side of a building.
"That's it! That's how I'll bring it down!" thought the hero as he merged his shield and left hand together into a multi-faceted crystal bowl.
"Well, give me your best shot!" As though obeying him, the robot then raised its right hand and another powerful laser shot out almost immediately. Raising his hands, Diamondehad caught the laser in it. "Well, let's see how you like it!" exclaiming this with a grin, the crystalline vigilante, with a turn of the bowl, caused the laser to be be split up into many smaller lasers that hit the surrounding buildings before he made them recombine into one, slicing through the waist and chest of the robot in question.
Now split into two, the upper herald on the drone fell forwards just in front of Diamondhead while its legs on its lower half just went slack, causing the waist to fall to the ground. The head of the robot then looked up, its final sight being that its foe stabbing its left eye with a crystal blade. After that, crystals erupted all throughout its body, destroying several vital pieces of machinery in the head. Finally, the light in the drone's eyes died.
As Diamondhead let out a breath he didn't realise he was holding. Suddenly, an array of sounds could be heard from the assembled civilians. The Petrosapien looked over to see them clapping and cheering for his victory. Even some of the Pro Heroes present seem impressed at how he handled the robot, though some were visibly glowering at him.
Just then, a female news reporter ran over to him and pointed a microphone at his face, a cameramen following her.
"Izuku Midoriya?" asked the reporter. "Was that truly an extraterrestrial machine. Witnesses say that it fell out of the sky. Is it the sign of a potential alien invasion?"
Upon hearing the question, Diamondhead had a realization: The robot was clearly degrees above current earth technology and it apparently came from space. If people didn't believe in aliens then…
"So, what's your take on this?"
"Were you the cause?"
"Will you join a hero school?"
Thanks to the many reporters surrounding him, Diamondhead scowled. "No comment."
He then tapped the Omnitrix symbol on his chest, transforming him into his Lepidopterran form, Stinkfly. Before the crowd could ask anything else, he flew over the assembled people, dived down to pick up his backpack, and continued flying away to his home.
There was work to be done.
OOOOOOOOOO
Toshinori Yagi was filled with both regret and interest. He had run out of time to use One For All that day after dealing with the slime villain and delivering him to the police. The Number One Hero remembered wishing for no other situations that required All Might.
However, fate had other plans. Apparently, a gigantic alien robot from the sky crashed in Musutafu City and rampaged, taking a hostage in the process. At the time, he started to mentally beat himself up for being useless in that situation. How he wished he could have helped in some way, but with his emaciated regular appearance and body, he could do nothing.
Suddenly, he had felt someone brush past him and into the crowd. Toshinori widened his eyes to see Izuku Midoriya for the second time that day. He saw how that boy jumped into action while his fellow pro heroes could not do anything. After a while, the teen vigilante managed to bring down the robot, earning the praise of the crowd of civilians.
"Not all men are born equal after all."
Izuku Midoriya's statement stuck in his head, Toshinori himself had thoughts like that in his childhood. Destiny had given the teen an opportunity to be a hero, much like how Nana had given him.
As All Might watched the boy fly away in that alien insect form of his, one question remained.
"Could he be the one?"
OOOOOOOOOO
"It would appear some things stay the same, wouldn't you agree, Toshinori?" Popping a gumball in his mouth, the being known as Professor Paradox offered another one to his companion, a teen with curly brown hair and emerald green eyes wearing a white armoured jumpsuit and a green scarf that hung loosely on his right shoulder as the two of them overlooked the scene of the incident.
"I suppose so, even with the changes I made to the timeline. Uncle Katsuki still had to be rescued by Dad and let's see," said Toshinori as metal from his suit began to envelop his head and form a helmet. With the enhanced vision granted by the visor, the brunette could see a almost skeletal looking blonde man deep in thought. "Of course, he's here too."
Hearing the spite in his voice, Professor Paradox placed a calming hand on the teen's shoulder. "Now's not the time for that, my friend. Now's the time for our other duties. "
When the younger time traveller visibly relaxed, Paradox gave him a final pat as he took out his pocket watch . "Let's see, it's time to meet with Young Hikaru."
With a thought from the time walker, the two of them were enveloped in a blue light. In a single second, they were gone, with no trace of their presence.