The Fullheroic Alchemist

Chapter 22

Izuku and Edgeshot arrived at the address Aizawa had handed to them. Both were in their hero attire. As they stepped out of the car, many civilians took note of them, well more the fact the Edgeshot was making a public appearance in a city other than the one he stuck to. Those that took more than a quick glance at Izuku recognized him immediately. Edgeshot quickly dismissed the crowd and entered the building.

As they entered, they noticed Aizawa was standing inside. He motioned for them to follow him and proceeded to lead them up a set of stairs, into what looked to be an apartment. The inside of the apartment was barren of traditional furniture, instead sporting several boards and tables as well as metal cabinets.

Aizawa: "Welcome to one of my safe houses. Nezu doesn't know about these and I've ensured that he never will."

Edgeshot: "Good."

They noticed Midnight was sat in a chair by a table that had a map on it. The saddened expression on her face made it clear that Aizawa had already brought her up to speed.

Izuku: "I wish we could've gotten everyone."

Aizawa: "It would've been too suspicious for them to disappear from their internships at the same time."

Izuku nodded. The three then joined Midnight at the table. The woman looked up to face them.

Midnight: "This, thing, called Envy is what killed Yamada?"

Izuku: "Yes. Envy is given the ability to completely change his body's shape and even it's DNA. He could be anyone and we wouldn't even know. The only flaw is that he doesn't have a person's memories or their mannerisms. He'd have to study that person."

Edgeshot: "I see. What of the others? Do we know who they are?"

Izuku: "We know Endeavor is a homunculus, but I don't know which one he is. Greed could be a possibility, but so could Wrath."

Midnight: "Could we know their powers just in case?"

Izuku nodded.

Izuku: "That would be best. Greed can change the carbon of his own flesh. It's usually been used to create a near impenetrable shell of armor and turn his hands into deadly weapons. Wrath, that's the only homunculus without regeneration. His specialty is his durability and speed, as he's survived explosions, impossibly high falls, and is as fast as many speed related quirks. In the past, Wrath was a human turned into the leader of Amestris and given a Philosopher's Stone. If these modern versions are like the past, the Wrath was trained greatly in multiple forms of combat before becoming a homunculus."

Aizawa: "Either of those would be troublesome. Do you have any other information?"

Izuku reached into his coat pocket and pulled out the letter he had found on the CRC hideout.

Izuku: "I found this at a crime scene. The homunculi and their leader are hiring outside help. That in of itself is strange. They view humans as lesser beings so for them to even think about getting help, means they're planning something big."

Aizawa: "But what co-"

A knock was heard on the door, making everyone tense up.

Aizawa: "Relax, this happens occasionally. It's probably just a new tenant trying to meet their neighbors."

He walked over to the door and opened it, to find Ashido standing on the other side in her own hero costume.

Aizawa: "Ashido? How did yo-"

She raised her arm in front of herself and her fingernails suddenly extended. Aizawa managed to avoid most of the the attack, but one nail scratched his cheek, easily slicing through and drawing blood and another was buried in his arm. Izuku, recognizing the power, immediately looked to her chest to find a bright red Oroboros tattoo.

Midnight: "What? How can she do that?"

Izuku: "Because she isn't Ashido. That's-"

???: "Lust. It's a pleasure."

Midnight stood from her seat and Edgeshot began to prepare an attack.

Lust: "Oh, that won't do."

She snapped her fingers, and the wall that faced the outside was smashed in. Izuku turned to see what he could only describe as another Nonu, with two smaller gray Nomu alongside it.

Lust: "Be good boys and take care of the extra baggage. Eraser is mine."

As she finished talking, the three Nomu got in front of Izuku and the other two heroes. Izuku clapped his hands and charged the black Nomu that landed in front of him. As he charged, he created a staff from the floor and picked it up. He swung it at the monstrosity, but it shattered. It swung at him in retaliation, but he rolled out of the way. He quickly transmuted a metal chair into a spear and engaged the Nomu again. This time he was able to stab into it, but the familiar red sparks of a Philosopher's Stone could be seen as it healed.

Izuku: "Damn."

He jumped back and looked around to see the others were preoccupied with their own fights, he wouldn't be getting backup anytime soon. The other two Nomu were much smaller than the black one which towered over Izuku. While it was cramped, it seemed to only give the Nomu an advantage as it attacked again and again. Izuku noticed that it didn't seem to have any ranged attacks. He turned away from the Nomu and jumped out of the destroyed wall to get out into the street. This would give him some breathing room.

What he didn't expect was to see half of Hosu up on flames. Hearing the Nomu roar, he whipped back around and blocked the punch it threw, though he was pushed back across the road. This fight wouldn't be easy.

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Todoroki followed his father down an alleyway. Hosu had been under attack for several minutes now and they were supposed to be looking for the Hero Killer. The form of Endeavor stopped at a dead end.

Todoroki: "Old man, what now?"

Greed: "Gluttony."

Todoroki froze when he heard the sound of footsteps approach the alley. He didn't know much, but he knew Gluttony was a homunculus. He whipped around to see a hero he knew quite well, Fatgum.

Gluttony: "Greed! Can I now?"

Todoroki looked to the homunculus controlling his father.

Greed: "Yes, Gluttony. You can have your snack. But, as he is my possession, I will help."

He raised his hand which then grew a black shell on it, though the tattoo on his hand remained. Todoroki ignited his fireside. He wasn't going down without a fight. The homunculi in Hosu have made their move to silence Izuku and his allies forever with numerous Nomu on their side. The heroes are in for the fight of their lives.