Liberation Begins, Now

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  Shigaraki stared up at the behemoth of a man in the middle of the forest in wonder and disappointment.

  “So, this is the power that has been left by All For One.  So far I’m not impressed, you're just a large buffoon with some fancy powers,”  Shigaraki stated as the other league members were standing with him.

  Gigantomachia just stared down at them, then raised both his hands and slammed them down.  The blast destroyed all the ground in a 50-foot radius and the air pressure from the blast launched all the League members back.  The beast then started charging at them before they could adjust to that attack.  Before the big guy could hit Shigaraki though, Rappa got in the way and blocked the attack.

  “Sweet, this guy seems to be really strong, let's fight.  I wanna test my metal against your's big guy!” he proudly shouted to Machia.

  The two brawlers started to clash, Machia easily overpowering Rappa if it wasn’t for the resident redhead dodging the massive giant’s attacks.  Meanwhile, Shigaraki seemed to be communicating with Nowhere King.

  “Master, I don’t understand why you don’t just come here and tame this large baby yourself.  It would be so easy for you.”

  “Tomura, you obviously have so much to learn if you're asking such a thing.  Though it has been a while, how about you and our associates pay a visit,”  Nowhere King stated as all the league members had black goop burst out of their mouths, wrap around them, then teleport them to what looks like an underground hideout.

  The league members cough up the access goop as they look around and see Nomu of different sizes and designs all over the place, wandering around and working.  They then see a throne farther ahead with Nowhere King’s sludgy body sinking into it.  The only part visible besides the gooey substance is his skull resting at the top.  Shigaraki immediately went forward and bowed to him.

  “Tomura, raise your head.  I called you here to educate you about why I won’t help you deal with Machia,” Nowhere King’s voice echoed as his spindly, spider-like legs with hooves protracting from his body as he stood up, his long, slimy tail flowing behind him.  “You are my 2nd in command, the one that gives the orders when I can not, and the one in charge when I am gone.  I can not have everything done be due to me, you can’t have things given to you on a silver platter all the time.  You must tame Machia yourself in order to prove that you can take my place if I am ever out of commission.  Though, the rest of you have all proven yourselves to be part of the cause.  So, I think it's time you join in the evolution.”

  Nowhere King’s sludgy body releases tendrils that swerve through the maze-like hallways of this warehouse until they come back with a blue, circular object that’s center seems to be constantly spinning and radiating energy.

  “This creation of mine is our evolution.  With it, you will no longer be human.  You will be like Tomura, Kurogiri, and I, quirk all the way down,” Nowhere King states.

  “Speaking of, where is Kurogiri/eh, who needs him?” The personalities of Twice ask.

  “Kurogiri is currently on another mission, mostly preparing for me to do my half of our deal.”  Nowhere King then focuses back on Shigaraki.  “So Tomura, you understand what to do?”

  “Yes master.  After my party members get their upgrades I will go defeat that overgrown boss battle.  I’ll show the big lug that I’m more than worthy of being his superior,” Shigaraki exclaims.

  Nowhere King just smirks as he gets to work with every League member, editing them and granting them new abilities.  Then, once he’s done, he teleports them back to Machia.

  It’s now about 2 months later and we see Shigaraki dodging all of Machia’s attacks as the big guy tries to crush him.  Our resident hand user ducks under another blow and rushes at the big lug, trying to touch him but gets whacked by the giant’s other arm.  And even though the big guy’s wrist starts to decay, it immediately stops and heals.  Shigaraki launches over a cliff from the blow and Machia jumps after him.  But the villain just lands in the air, the wind condensing into a solid form underneath his feet.  This causes the giant to fall past Shigaraki.  But when the big guy lands, he just burrows underground, thus narrowly missing the blue flames and gas blasted by Dabi and Mustard.

  “Air Walk is such a useful quirk, I’m glad I asked master to add something like this to my arsenal,” Shigaraki mutters to himself as he leaps off, diving down to the ground.

  After a few more hours of cat and mouse, Gigantomachia falls asleep and the League members take a breather.  As they are relaxing however, Compress gets a call from Giran.

  “Oh, if it isn’t our resident info broker.  I wonder what he’s calling for?” Compress asks himself as he answers.  “Giran, why are you calling?  You’ve been ghosting us for months.”

  “Ah, sorry.  That would be us,” a mysterious, high-pitched voice answers.  The identity beig masked through a voice changer.  “You see, we’ve captured your foolish broker in order to get information about you all.  I am Re-Destro, leader of the Meta Liberation Army.”

  “Ok, what does that have to do with us?”  Mustard asks as he leans in.

  “I declare whoever leads this rebellion the name Destro.  Your organization has gotten too popular and stands against our ideals.  We don’t know exactly what you want, but we know it's different from the liberation of meta abilities.  In order to announce our revival, we will annihilate you.”

  “Please, like your little party can do anything.  Give us back the broker, and we’ll get back to you.  We’re busy at the moment,”  Shigaraki boredly states through the phone.

  “I don’t take kindly to you insinuating that we’re a small party.  We have 113,106 hidden warriors all across Japan.  We also are tracking you on our satellite, so either you come to Deika city or we send the heroes to capture you.  What’s it gonna be, Shigaraki?”

  Shigaraki smirks as he grabs the phone and turns it to dust.  He then turns and gestures to the others to follow him.

  “Wait, we’re seriously gonna do this?/Let's kick their asses!”  Twice questions and exclaims.

  “Yeah Tomura, are you insane?  Then again, then there’s so much blood I can suck, and maybe some new friends too,”  Toga dreamily says to herself.

  “Food there.  Will kill, will eat.  Hungry,”  Moonfish moans to himself.

  “Don’t worry, I’ve got a plan.  After fighting Machia for a while I’ve realized he’s not invincible, just has lots of hp and stamina.  He also seems to always know where I am, like a gps.  So we’ll go in and take care of those human scum, and anyone that we can’t defeat, we’ll leave to the giant once he arrives.  Let’s show those fools how we are the peak of evolution.  We’ll show them the halls of heaven and the depths of hell,”  Shigaraki states cockily.

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