Think: Alternate Futures

Think: Alternate Future: Kirishima: Next Gen

My Hero Academia Fan Fiction by Agent ARK 88

"Think: Alternate Future" side stories do not dictate the outcome of Think. Things that happen in these side stories do not affect the current Think story/chapters. Think of these short stories as a fun collection of possible outcomes that may or may not happen in an alternate universe, while still pertaining to characters in the main fan fiction, Think.

Warnings: This work contains blood, mild language, and violence.

Ryu Kirishima coughed, shaking his head to get the dust and rubble free from his black-spiked locks. He put a hand to his forehead, vision blurry. He couldn't remember exactly what had happened, until he spotted Miu Bakugo staggering ahead of him. They had been in the middle of a training exercise at U.A.. Ryu was put in a group with Miu Bakugo and Ronin Yaoyorozu-Jiro. It was supposed to be a simple search and rescue mission, a mock trial. They were allotted the city area and were scaling the inside of a building. Then, villains attacked.

Ryu blinked. He traced a small crack in his forehead with his fingertip. It must have happened while he was hardened, leaving the indentation the way it was. Blood, there was a lot of blood. Suddenly, Ronin was in front of Ryu. His forehead creased in worry. His black eyes frantically scanned Ryu over.

"Ryu!" Ronin snapped his fingers in front of him. "Are you there? You took a pretty big hit. A lot of big hits actually."

Ryu forced himself up on his feet, eyes finally focusing. "Did we get him?"

"Bro, he got you. That Nomu hit you full speed, jumped right through the window of the skyscraper, and he didn't stop punching. Miu's still pissed that you pushed her out of the way to protect her." Ronin removed his bandana, letting out his lengthy purple hair and tying it tightly around Ryu's head. "She's been trying her best to hold it off, but she's almost reached her limit. My sound-creation-mimic quirk has been distracting it, but that's about all I've been good for. My kali sticks might as well be toothpicks against that thing."

Miu's front leg trembled, and she faltered. She threw whatever debris she could at the beast, timing her explosions perfectly to blast it right in the face. Once the band was around Ryu's head, he ran past Ronin, not hesitating to charge into the fray. There was no telling how long he'd been unconscious, but he wasn't going to leave Miu to fight alone anymore.

The creature in front of Miu looked big enough to swallow her small frame whole. It had bulging eyes and oversized forearms. Its knuckles looked like they were made of steel. Exposed brain oozed to the back of its head, kept in place by a metal cage over its skull.

Ryu leapt in from of Miu, taking the punch meant for her once again. His hardened arms took the brunt of the force. The building beneath them trembled under the strain.

"What the hell, Boulder Brains?! Stop taking punches meant for me! You're going to get yourself killed," she scolded.

Ryu pushed the Nomu back an inch, barely gaining any traction against its strength. Luckily, Miu sent a steel pylon gliding into the creature. The explosion sent Ryu reeling back, but the Nomu took the fresh attack to the face. The monster stumbled back, and its hulking form tumbled back over the building's edge.

"You... idiot..." Miu struggled to speak, wiping sweat from her forehead. That last attack must have taken the energy right out of her. She wavered in her stance. "I could have... taken him out... myself..."

Ryu rushed for her, catching Miu in his arms just before Miu's brown eyes rolled up in the back of her head. Ryu frantically brushed the blond hair out of her face, but she was unconscious, breathing but incapacitated. The building shuddered and groaned.