My Hero Apprenticeship

Chapter 3: Attack on U.S.J.

"Villains?" Reiki whispered Aizawa's words. Those are real villains? Here? At this school? Were they the ones who crumbled the gate? The girl looked from Aizawa to Thirteen. There's only two pros here and I can't count how many villains. There's still more coming in! Reiki visibly trembled in fear where she stood.

"Sasato," Aizawa interrupted her thoughts. "I said get to Thirteen, now!" Reiki snapped to attention and ran towards the group of students.

"Thirteen and Eraser Head, is it?" A head formed out of the black mist with a pair of glowing, yellow eyes addressing the pros before him. "According to the staff schedule I received the other day, All Might is supposed to be here."

Well lucky for them, he isn't. Reiki stared into the yellow eyes of the black mist. But that's not good for us. All Might would end all of them right now if he were here. Is this what the pros are commonly up against? There's no way I could ever compare to that kind of power. Not with my quirk.

The man with the hand covering his face had many more severed hands which were clasped to his arms. The leader threw up his head towards Aizawa, "where is he? We've come all this way and brought so many playmates. All Might, the symbol of peace. . . is he hear?" The man hissed sending cold shivers down Reiki's spine.

They came here expecting to find All Might? Are they crazy, or are they really that strong? Terrifying thoughts raced through her mind.

"I wonder if some dead kids will bring him here?" The leader turned his eyes to the group of young students.

Reiki and many of the other students gasped at the villain's words and before she could think, her hand went immediately to her glove and tugged at the fingers. She looked down at her hands in shock. What am I doing? I can't heal everyone, nor can I bring anyone back from the dead. Why was I about to take off my gloves just now? I can't even do anything worthwhile with my quirk! The girl grit her teeth in frustration.

"Sensei, aren't there intruder sensors?" The girl named Yayorozu pointed out.

"Yes, of course there are." Thirteen confirmed.

"Are they only here, or also at the main building?" The boy with red and white hair inquired, "Either way if the sensors aren't working, it has to be one of their quirks that's doing it. This place is far from campus and they picked a time when there'd be few people here." Todoroki gazed down at the villains from the platform near the front door. "So, maybe they're not as dumb as they seem. They must have an objective, because this is a well-coordinated sneak attack."

Aizawa grabbed the ends of his capture tape and shouted commands to his colleague. "Thirteen! Begin evacuation and try calling the school. One of these villains must be jamming the sensors. There's a good chance one of their electric-types is causing the interference. Kaminari-" the blond jumped at hearing his name, "try using your quirk to signal for help."

"Got it!" The boy replied.

"But sensei," Midorya stepped towards his teacher, "you can't fight them all alone!! Against that many, even you can't nullify all their quirks!! As Eraser Head, your fighting style involves erasure and quick binding capture. Head-on battle isn't-"

"No good hero is a one-trick pony." Eraser Head turned his gaze to address Midoriya. "Thirteen! Take care of them." With those final words, the pro leaped from the top of the stairs into the heat of battle.

Reiki watched in amazement at the teacher's movements and her eyes widened in realization. Eraser Head? I know that name. So, that's who Aizawa is. She watched the hero maneuver around the hostile villains, making it seem easy to take them down with his fighting style. The girl stood in amazement as she watched this pro in action.