Motivation - SPORADIC UPDATES

Sixteen

"We're about to have... visitors."

Kazue ignored the outbursts from his fellow classmates at his vague wording, slipping through the crowd to get a better view. Head tilting slightly to the side and eyes narrowed, he could only watch as the air above the fountain began to swirl, turning a dark purple.

"Warp Gate," he reported flatly, glancing up at the two alarmed pros for a millisecond before fixing his eyes back on the swirling mass with expertly hidden concern. "Three, two, one..."

The purple mist expanded as soon as the countdown had finished, something similar in form to a ghost appearing out of it. Someone.

A hand slowly reached out of the darkness, taking hold of the side of the portal and pulling a face into view. Although covered by a sickeningly white hand, there was no mistaking it.

"And there's Decay," Kazue muttered. Of course. The guy had destroyed the gate to Yūei, letting the press in... wait. He'd left right afterwards. The pieces didn't add up, but maybe it was because some of them were still missing.

Eraser Head wasted no time, flinging a hand urgently back at the other students. "Gather together and don't move! Thirteen, protect the students!"

The brunet could only grit his teeth as his eye twitched in agitation, watching as the scene unfolded below. The Warp Gate had expanded considerably, and Decay had stepped out into the facility. The man's Quirk, as deadly as it was, definitely wasn't the biggest concern at the moment.

And neither was it the massive hoard of villains that poured out of the portal behind him.

Not even close.

Rather, it was the hulking mass of black flesh in tan shorts that took post next to Decay, brain fully open and on display, along with beady eyes and a beak complete with teeth. If that wasn't enough, the Quirk reading...

"Is this like the entrance exam where the lesson's already started?" Kazue's thoughts were interrupted by Kirishima asking a question from behind in a stunned tone.

He cast a look over his shoulder, holding up a hand to halt the other boy from moving forward to get a better look. "No one move," the green-eyed teen ordered flatly as Eraser Head moved his yellow goggles from his neck to cover his eyes. But no matter how steady he kept his voice and remained calm on the outside, he couldn't help but be gripped by fear in the face of the mutant creature. It was unnatural, and in more ways than one. "Those are villains, and none of them would hesitate to kill any one of us."

Kazue subtly shifted his stance from a relaxed lean to one ready for movement, scanning the rows upon rows of villains slowly making their way towards the stairs.

"The trespassing the other day was the work of these scumbags after all, huh?" Eraser Head mused, his voice hard. He gripped his capture weapon, both it and his hair floating up as a result of his Quirk.

"Looks like it," the brunet replied darkly, about to take a step forward to better see the entire crowd when an arm stopped his movement.

"Even if you might have a bit more experience than most, stay back. This is no place for a student," the hero ordered, head moving slightly to look back at Thirteen and the rest of the teens conversing.

Kazue hesitated before sighing under his breath, resigning himself to be backup. Even if he had no desire to be a hero, he couldn't let those who did have their dreams crushed halfway. Few things were crueler than that. "Fine."

But don't expect me to sit idly by. My Quirk may not be explicitly suited for combat, but neither is yours.

"Thirteen, start the evacuation," the erasure hero instructed. "Try calling the school. These villains even had something to counteract the sensors. It's possible someone with radio-wave-type powers is interfering. Kaminari. You try contacting the school with your Quirk, too."