Force for Good

Chapter 24: Brick by Brick

Chapter 24: Brick by Brick

Mineta stared down the throat of this monster of stone. Many things ran through his mind as warmth ran down his leg, just then the world was yanked to the left and the creature before him blurred.

Iida gripped tight to Mineta's collar as he snatched the small boy out of the way of this creature hearing it crash into the tree Mineta had been standing in front of to pee. Iida hadn't even realized he was moving until he'd gotten right next to Mineta only then did he have the presence of mind to grab hold of the boy. Iida landed his feet skidding on the dirt. Damn I should have worn my high traction boots I bought at the mall. Iida thought as another stone monster appeared. It had horns similar to a triceratops and a sharp stone beak that was looking to peck at Iida.

I-I can't get out of the way I don't have any grip! Iida thought as he continued to skid right towards the deadly beak only for the creature's head to burst apart in a cloud of dust and chunks of rock as the body crumbled to the ground. Iida came to a halt holding Mineta who was clutched to Iida's chest like an infant chimp to its mother's breasts as the two looked back seeing Izuku pulling out of his stance shaking dust from his blackened fist.

"Are you two ok?" Izuku said walking up with the rest of the class.

Iida nodded prying Mineta off his chest as he looked at the remains of the stone beast. "It's hollow, guess they're not alive." Iida said as more crashes could be heard as other golems appeared advancing on the students.

"All that means is we don't have to hold back." Bakugou said walking forward as each student prepared to fight as they began plowing through the golems. Izuku took a moment to look at each of his classmates knowing where they were before taking drastic measures.

I need to get my focus back be aware of my surroundings and everyone else. I won't be caught off guard again. He swore as he took the tie from his uniform and tied it around his eyes before taking off his jacket and shirt tying the two around his waist and walking forward into the melee. Take everything in, Listen, feel the air against your skin, smell for the scent of turned earth. Izuku dodged to the left before sending out a punch shattering the creature next to him before raising his arms just in time to block a punch from one of the monsters and shatter it's skull with an uppercut kick.

Bakugou looked from the stone beast he'd just blown to bits taking notice of Izuku fighting blindfolded. "You shitty nerd you think you can outdo me!?" He shouted before closing his eyes and sending out blasts in several directions as he rushed forward.

From their perspective on the cliffside Aizawa, Mandalay, and Pixiebob watched the student's progress. "Oh you cheeky so and so, if you're going to do that, then I'm going to do this! Where do you think you're going girly get back here!" Pixiebob said to herself as she manipulated her golems against the students. Aizawa watched with a pair of binoculars taking notice of his students and how they dealt with this obstacle. As he expected Todoroki, Bakugou, and Midoriya were the front runners, but amongst the three was Iida. Obviously his run in with the Hero Killer has caused him to grow, it couldn't have happened at a better time in my opinion. Coming off of such an experience he'll be more open to our training. Taking down the binoculars Aizawa smiled.

"I can't wait to mold your minds."

The students began to filter out of the forest in various states of disarray. Izuku took off his blindfold wiping sweat from his forehead as he panted. His body hurt, but the pain was worth the learning experience. On his left stood Iida with his pant legs torn below the knee as he placed his hands on his knees panting, next to Izuku on his right was Todoroki shivering slightly as steam erupted from his mouth, and finally to Todoroki's right Bakugou stood standing tall, but panting as his shirt and coat were thrown open.