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40: Sympathy for a Villain

It'll take some time for All Might to show up. He's exhausted his muscular form for the day. He got caught up in hero work earlier and went past his limit. It's a damn shame that your connection to All Might is surface level at best. You're just another one of his students, and even though he cares about all his students, it's not like you could've just walked up to him out of nowhere and been like, "Don't go overboard with all the hero stuff tomorrow morning! It's an important day and we need you to be in tip-top shape!"

Maybe if you'd been adopted by All Might somehow, not Aizawa, then you might have been able to issue a similar warning. But as things stand, according to canon, All Might won't be getting here anytime soon.

And you don't even realize it yet, but Shigaraki has already decided he's going to make your life hell.

"Aizawa, don't go," you plead. He's already put his goggles on, and you know all too well what comes next.

"Don't worry about me," he replies. "Stay close to Thirteen. She'll keep all of you safe."

"No! Let's just run!" you insist, tugging on his sleeve. "Quickly! If we don't waste any time, we can still evacuate! But we have to do it now!"

You turn towards Iida and frantically signal him with your eyes. He's the fastest out of everyone here, by far. In the original timeline, everyone was too frozen in fear to react right away, and by that point, Kurogiri was already blocking the way. But if Iida acts without a moment's delay, then maybe, just maybe, he can bring the pro heroes back before anyone gets hurt. It might actually be possible to stop all of this, but people need to actually listen to you!

"Don't go," you desperately repeat, still clinging onto Aizawa's arm. "It's better if we all stay together. We can call for back-up. Right? Iida, you have to go now! You're the only one who can get help in time-"

"Kurogiri," Shigaraki says, eyes colder than ice. "Make them disperse. Except... bring that girl straight to me. The one at the front, clinging to Eraserhead."

"As you wish, Shigaraki Tomura."

The villain's reaction is immediate. He's too fast. Of course he is. He can practically teleport at will. By the time Iida gets a hold of himself and tries to turn towards the door, it's already too late. Kurogiri blocks everyone's path, ready to make you all scatter.

"Greetings," he says. "We are the League of Villains. You'll have to excuse the intrusion. We were under the impression that All Might, the Symbol of Peace, would be here. Did the plans change, for whatever reason? Well... I suppose there's nothing we can do about it now. In any case, this is my role."

You grit your teeth, unable to see anything but black as Kurogiri's mist spreads out far and wide. Will you be transported to one of the various rescue zones in USJ along with some students? Or will you remain here, next to Thirteen and the others?

As it turns out... neither.

You've been brought to the very center of it all.

Why?

It doesn't make any sense. You're not sure why you're here, of all places. Scarcely a few feet from the fountain, surrounded by villains that are steadily approaching, with cruel, sadistic expressions.

Aizawa turns towards you, visibly panicked. "Why did you keep holding onto me? I told you not to try and stop me. If you'd stayed with Thirteen, you wouldn't have ended up here!"

He's wrong. Shigaraki would have brought you here no matter what. It was over from the moment he laid eyes on you. He's sick and tired of pretentious assholes like Chisaki. He's sick and tired of all the scum in this god-forsaken world. It pisses him off to no fucking end. It gives him that itch that he can never seem to scratch, not until he kills someone.