A Deadly Secret (Izuku Midoriya x Reader)

Chapter 77: Suneater of the Big Three (Season 4, Episode 8)

The only people left, besides the police, were Me, Deku, Lemillion, Red Riot, Suneater, Eraserhead, Sir Nighteye, Rock Lock, Fat Gum, Bubble Girl, and Centipeder. Everyone else stayed behind to counter the giant group of Yakuza members who attacked them.

"Hate to just barge in like this, but we're kind of in a hurry!" Fat Gum huffed. "Haven't seen any signs of suspicious activity yet!"

"Yeah, bro, same here," Rock Lock grunted. "But, hey, we're in it now, right? We got no choice but to see it through."

"Is it possible that somebody leaked our plans for the raid?" Suneater questioned. "There must be a reason they all came pouring out like that."

"No, if there had been a leak, I think they would be fighting more cohesively," the detective admitted. "Groups like these are used to working together."

"There's nothing that matters more to these guys than their bond with their boss and brothers," Eraserhead explained. "Being part of the underworld only makes loyalty that much more sacred to them. All those people outside, but we haven't caught sight of the top brass yet. They're probably underground hiding or getting ready to flee."

"How's that supposed to be loyalty?!" Red Riot argued. "Forcing their henchmen to fight for them while they run isn't manly at all!"

We came to a stop at some indent in the wall. A shelf in it housed a vase with pink flowers in it.

"This is it," Sir Nighteye claimed. "There's a device here that opens a hidden passage." Taking the vase off, he moved the tiles underneath in some type of pattern. This is literally straight out of a movie. "You press down the floorboards in a specific order, and then..." The door opened, revealing a staircase.

"It's like a ninja hideout!" Bubble Girl exclaimed. "How cool!"

"Thank goodness for your quirk, sir," Centipeder huffed. "Guards up. We don't know what we might be facing in there."

Just as the door fully opened, three more Hassaikai members came out. "Let's get the bastards!"

Centipeder's arms extended, capturing two of the villains. "Bubble Girl, you handle the third!"

Creating some bubbles, the blue hero temporarily blinded her opponent, once one of them hit the man's eye. Being caught off guard, the man was able to be easily taken down by Bubble Girl's martial arts skills. She's literally the coolest. "We'll make sure these guys don't follow. You go on ahead."

"You heard her!" Sir Nighteye shouted, causing all of us to run down the dark staircase. "We're almost there. Hurry!"

Well... shit. When we entered the hallway, we were met by a wall.

"It looks like a dead end," the detective pointed out the obvious. "So, what now?"

"So much for your Foresight, Nighteye!" Rock Lock complained. Ugh. If only he was the villain. I would so love to bash his head against the wall right about now.

"Hold on, let me go take a look." Lemillion took off his helmet, before sticking his head through the wall. Shouldn't they have made his mask permeable too? Oh well, it's better than him being fully nude. "The hallway's just been blocked with this wall. Breaking through it is not gonna be easy."

"If he did this, it's gotta mean that we're on the right track!" My boyfriend gritted his teeth.

"Yeah, you're right." Red Riot hardened his fist. "But he's an idiot if he thinks a dumb wall will stop us!"

The two boys used their quirks to break down the wall.

"Hey, that didn't suck," Rock Lock commented.

"We need to keep moving." I began to run again, soon followed by the others.

***

All of a sudden, the floor began to move. It was almost as if we were surfing on concrete. This must be that Mimic guy's quirk.

"This is someone different!" The detective shouted. "Maybe Iranaka. Chisaki's quirk can't do something like this. Iranaka's quirk, Mimic, lets him enter objects and control them as he would his own body. He must have gone into the concrete in the halls down here and made this a living maze."

"It shouldn't be possible on this scale!" Rock Lock argued. "He's not supposed to be able to control anything larger than a damn refrigerator."

"Remember who we're dealing with here!" Fat Gum shouted.

"At least we confirmed they're using drugs." I wobbled back and forth, before almost falling onto Izuku and Kirishima.

Lemillion disregarded the moving floor, racing towards the end goal. Deku and Sir Nighteye shouted after him, but he didn't listen. "Speed is what matters right now. Those guys know it, too. That's why they're stalling for time. I'm going on ahead!"

Should I go ahead too? I can fly, so it wouldn't be impossible. But what if something bad happens to the group? It's fine, Lemillion is strong. He can take care of himself.

The floor below us disappeared, as a large hole formed. Everyone, other than the police officers, fell inside. Instinctively, Izuku grabbed onto my arm, in an attempt to not lose me. We landed a few floors below, so no one was severely injured.

"Now where are we?" Deku questioned.

"Somewhere even farther from the target!" Rock Lock complained. "Those guys are really screwin' with us."

"Well, what have we here?" A man sneered. "Looks like some state-authorized thugs crashed our party! Isn't that strange?"

Three oddballs stood before us. One man was bald, with a white mask covering his mouth. Another had piss-yellow hair, a katana, and a bird beak mask. The last one was dressed up like a poorly made ghost/lollipop costume. Aren't Yakuza supposed to be rich? Who dresses these guys?

"These guys are obviously ready for a fight," Fat Gum smirked. "Let's see how long petty criminals can last against the strength of a pro-"

Suneater held his arm up, causing his mentor to stop. "The pros should save their strength for when we reach the target. These guys just want to slow us down. Go on. I can handle them myself."

"You don't have to, we'll work together!" Red Riot countered.

"Please, everyone stay," the emo blonde muttered. "I'll kill you all."

"Setsuno! We can't use our guns on him," the detective spouted. He's the one who can steal anything his opponent equips. "It's up to the pros."

The same Hassaikai member charged, only to be stopped by Eraserhead's quirk. Off brand Mr. Clean pointed a gun at my teacher. Though before anyone could actually fight, Suneater captured the three with the tentacles that sprouted from his fingers.

"It's not smart for all of us to fight them," the purple haired boy said.  "They want as many heroes stalled here as possible. Let's just give them one. We should save all your quirks, especially Eraserhead's, for later! You'll need to be operating at 100 percent to get through those moving hallways! Fat Gum! I know this is something I can do on my own."

"Let's go!" The hero in yellow ordered. "Through that door!"

Eraserhead quickly knocked the lollipop ghost out, before returning to the group. "Amajiki, you need to move fast. Beat them before they can fight back."

All of us were almost out the door, when Suneater said something else. "Before you go. You have to take care of Mirio! He's definitely going to try too hard. So please keep him safe."

I gave the boy a nod, before leaving with the others. It won't be too long. We'll get to Togata soon.

"I have faith in him!" Fat Gum shouted. "He's stronger than anybody here. His only weakness is self-confidence. The pressure to do things perfectly sometimes leaves him feeling crushed. Breaking his spirit. And yet, he's risen to become one of UA's Big Three under those conditions. So, I trust him when he says he can take down those thugs on his own. If he believes in himself, I believe in him."