Switch (A MHA Fanfiction)

CHAPTER 10

Izuku Midoriya POV

"Let us help too, Sanju!" Iida cried, attempting to stand up despite his queasiness. 

"Hell, yeah," Bakgo grunts, kicking away some of the glass shards. He was the first one up, turning his head toward Sanju's back. "You better let us help, knife-b****. Or else."

Sanju's grip tightened, and she sighed in disapproval. "I would honestly prefer to fight this bastard myself, but you all can help me tie him down once I win. Also, one of you should take care of Rae," she explained, gesturing towards Rae with a flick of her head.

"I'll do it," I said, moving up towards her. However, the young man threw another knife in front of me, stopping me in my tracks as it embedded into the wall. "As if I'd let you take away my prize so freely... Besides, none of you can use your quirks, right?"

I gasped as I backed away, I had completely forgotten! "Wait," interjected Todoroki, "how did you know that our quirks are not working?"

Sanju looked at us in surprise, before turning towards the young man again, "What the hell did you do, Chu?!" she chided. "They spent all that time working on each other's quirks-"

Chu laughed in response, throwing out his arms in approval. "Excellent, everything's going according to plan! The drinks that Rae gave you," he explained, pointing at Rae's crumpled body, "had a quirk suppressant inside of them. That was all I had to do to make you all completely helpless!" He laughed once more, "Now, all I have to do is subdue you all, take Sanju alive, and," he exclaimed, stepping towards Rae threateningly, "slit this little one's throat and take her body to my father. Oh, how pleased he will be!" He strode across the floor in one swift motion towards Rae, only to be blocked by Sanju's shield.

Chu turned towards my friends and me before whispering, "Trap." Instantly, a machine with netting attached to its front appeared out of mid-air. Rearing back, it threw its net on all of us, trapping us and leaving us immobile, struggling for room.

"What the hell, man?" Kirishima yelled, struggling in the mob of elbows, knees, and pushes from everyone within such a cramped space. "Dammit!" screamed Sanju. She turned her attention towards Chu once more. "Whatever," she grumbled, "you're still my target."

(INSERT FIGHT SCENE HERE LOL I AM SO BAD AT THIS)

(AFTERMATH)

"H-how?" questioned Chu as he backed away, bleeding and trembling in shock. He tripped over his legs and fell to the ground. "How are you stronger-" Sanju ran towards him, flipped him over, and smashed his head into the ground; she pinned him down by the elbows.

"I'm not the same person I once was, Chu. I'm not weak... and you better know it-" she gasped momentarily in alarm. Her facial muscles contract, and she fell to the ground in a lump. "Sanju!" we screamed.

Chu straightened up, sneering mercilessly as he put away his drug. "Have a great time in hell, Sanju," he smirked. "Hopefully that injection in your arm won't kill you... I have to take you back alive. However," he said, turning back towards Rae, still undergoing a nervous breakdown, "I can just kill your friend, right here before your eyes. I'd love to see your face at the sight!" He laughed, bracing himself before throwing his last knife, straight at Rae's undefended throat.

"NO!" I screamed, pulling my hands forward in instinct. Immediately, an explosion rushed out of my hands, melting the knife and searing Chu's red shirt. He pulled back and screamed in indignation, "How could you?! This was expensive!!"

Everyone looked toward me in shock. "Wait, did it wear off?" Everyone tried their own quirks, but they groaned in dissatisfaction when they wouldn't activate. "Maybe it was only because I took a little sip," I mumbled, turning my attention back towards the enemy at hand, who was trying to piece together his shirt again.

"Everybody," I whispered, "both Sanju and Rae are down! It's up to us to do something! C'mon, let's roll toward Sanju, grab her knife, and cut through this net, while the enemy is distracted! Are you ready?" Everyone nodded in response, and together, we inched closer and closer towards Sanju. I grabbed her knife and hid it behind my back, while Kacchan reached out and ripped out the injection in Sanju's arm.

Mina shouted, "Mr. Chuuuuuuu, look over there!" She pointed to the wall behind him; the oldest trick in the book. When he was momentarily distracted, I slashed through the net in one swift movement, and we escaped unharmed. Chu looked back in alarm, attempting to summon more of his machines before Uraraka stuffed her sock in his mouth. "Now," she explained despite Chu's muffled complaints, "you can't call for help! Sorry, commander!" They dog-piled Chu, while Kacchan knelt over Rae and examined her condition. "Shit," he whispered, "Rae's undergoing cyanosis... whatever that bastard told her must've had a really bad effect..."

I walked towards Kacchan, kneeling beside him. "Kacchan," I said, "I'm going to give her rescue breaths, can you do the chest compressions?" He nodded. We performed CPR together, hoping to save Rae before Chu overpowered us. Eventually, Rae opened her eyes, rolling to her side as she coughed out blood. I knelt down to look at her in the face. "Rae," I whispered, "we need your help!"

Rae pulled out her piece of paper without a word, scribbling on it. Suddenly, a huge arm snatched up the screaming Chu, wrapping him up in cloths all the way up to his head and cradling him like an oversized baby. Soft lullabies issued from a speaker on the outside of the mechanical arm as it moved in sync to the beat. The peaceful situation was enough to make anyone sleepy, but we had more pressing matters at hand.

Sanju was now unconscious, having undergone severe bodily pain from the injection before it was removed. However, she was breathing and sleeping on a makeshift stretcher. Rae created a medication to counter the injection, which Yaoyorozu happily volunteered to administer.

However, Rae was still crying, shaking as she lay curled up on the floor. "S-sorry," she mumbled, "I'm s-so sorry."