Stuck Between Realities-Remastered

Part 9~Learning to Survive

"Alright, so as far as we can tell, the villains have no idea who we are or what we do. Hitoshi was just unlucky," Izuku summarised as Hitoshi gave him a look.

"Twice. I was unlucky, twice."

Izuku ignored him. "This should mean we can fight because these guys have no idea what we are or what we can do." Izuku grinned as Hitoshi sighed.

"Those guys down there, they're clearly suited to aquatic combat, right?" Hitoshi paused, trying to think through it all. "So they must have been recruited by someone who knew what the USJ's environments are."

"This means they found intel about the USJ," Izuku concluded as Hitoshi nodded. "But it was rebuilt over the summer, so that means that the intel has to have been acquired in the last 2 months."

Izuku stopped as Hitoshi frowned. They shared a look, finding the only reasonable conclusion. "The reporter incident." Tsu was following, just.

"That means that they didn't believe we would be in any trouble; they probably believed they could overpower us with numbers rather than strategy. So there is one way we can win. We exploit the fact they don't know our Quirk," Izuku grinned proudly as Hitoshi rolled his eyes, glancing overboard.

"They're not trying to get on board. That supports your theory."

Izuku smirked. "You doubted me? Asui, what's your Quirk? The more we know about each other's abilities, the better plan we can come up with."

Tsuyu blinked. "Call me Tsu." She tapped her chin as she thought of all the information she could think of. "I can jump really high and stick to walls. My tongue can stretch to a maximum of 20 metres. Also, I can spit up my stomach to clean it and secrete a poisonous fluid. I say 'poisonous', but it really just stings a little. Those last two aren't really that useful. Just forget about them."

Izuku smiled. "Your Quirk is amazing, Tsu. As you know, I can control four separate forms, each having unique abilities and powers, but most notably is the ability to control the four elements."

Hitoshi stayed quiet as Izuku stared him down until he spoke. "I can brainwash people. If they reply to a question I say. It's not much, but it comes in handy. It doesn't work infinitely, though. If a person under my control gets touched, they wake up."

Izuku and Hitoshi waited for Tsu's response but she didn't care about the Quirk. The relief was short lived when the boat split in half.

Izuku grabbed Hitoshi, pulling him to the side as the giant cut tore the ship apart. Some villain was screaming at them from the water but they could barely him let alone care. Izuku glanced at Hitoshi as he smiled. "Oi. That's not very polite! How long d you think we have till we can destroy them?"

Hitoshi smirked as Izuku gave him a look, telling him to tone it down. It did the job those. The villains screamed, all shouting over one another in a chaotic mess.

"Now, look what you did," Izuku joked as Hitoshi's Quirk snapped into action. The villains stopped shouting- well, they stopped doing anything at all. They bobbed up and down in the water, staring slack jawed at the boat.

Hitoshi nodded at Izuku as he changed, becoming a griffin, and lowered himself to the water. Hitoshi glanced at the villains. "What are you planning, and how are you planning to kill All Might?"

All the villains spoke as one. "We are here to kill All Might and take away the symbol of peace. We will kill him by using the Nomu."

"What's Nomu?" Hitoshi's question went unanswered as silence stretched out from the villains. "Guess they don't know."

Izuku looked at Tsu as she tried to what out what to do. Hitoshi had most the villains under his control but some were still moving, trying to wake up their friends. It wouldn't be long before they figured out how to free them and it wasn't like Izuku, Tsu and Hitoshi could do much without waking them up themselves.

"Okay, Tsu, grab Toshi and jump as high as you can." Izuku threw Hitoshi before he could respond. "I'm going to stop them."

"Izuku! Don't do anything stupid," Hitoshi called out as Izuku dived into the water. He let out a sigh, watching the water. "He's about to do something stupid."

Tsu jumped off the boat as Izuku transformed, becoming a siren. The water swirled around him, creating a giant whirlpool that dragged the villains to the bottom. They screamed, trying to fight against the water, when Hitoshi shouted from the surface. "Don't struggle! Go into the whirlpool."

Those still under his control lost their fight, getting swallowed by the water and going into the centre, where Izuku wanted them.

Izuku took a deep breath, becoming a sphinx and touching the ground. The sand moved, creating a cage around the villains and solidifying.

Izuku transformed back into a siren, swimming away. He burst out of the water, seeing Tsu and Hitoshi land on the beach. Hitoshi glanced back in the water. "Should we give them some air, just to be sure?"

Izuku glanced back. "I'm sure it'll be fine." Izuku transformed back into a human as he walked out, ignoring the look that Hitoshi was giving him.

"What should we do now?" Tsu glanced at Izuku as he shook the water off his body.

"I think we should try calling for help. If Toshi and I could meet up with Jiro and Yaoyorozu, we could use our speakers and Jiro's shoes to create a loud explosion. Hopefully, loud enough for the teachers to realise something is wrong."

"And we need Yaoyorozu for," Hitoshi questioned as Izuku grinned.

"We after the loud explosion, we don't have to go to JSL classes. Also, it is worth stating that we probably will be the target afterwards if we do this."

Tsu hummed, listening to the conversation. "It looks like Aizawa-sensei is drawing a large number of them to the plaza." Tsu glanced past the duo, watching the fight between Aizawa and the thugs.

"There are too many of them. Of course, he's more than holding his own out there, but it's too much for him. He knew that but he jumped in to protect us," Izuku explained, trying to ignore every instinct he had to go and help.

Hitoshi gave Izuku a worried look. "Oh, no. You're getting one of your weird feelings again, aren't you?"

"Sort of, I'm not saying we should dive into a fight. But if we don't do something to distract them, even for a second, then those two will kill him." Izuku pointed at the two that had been annoying him since the start. The blue-black bird that destroyed his wall and the man covered in hands were both watching from the sideline. Those two were bad news.