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Chapter Twelve

Aki shot water out of her hands, encasing about five of the villains. "Now, Todoroki!" He must've gotten the memo, and so he shot ice out of his right hand, trapping the villains like he did when they met.

"Aki..."

"Aizawa-sensei, keep fighting the other villains we haven't gotten yet! We won't let them get close to us!"

He nodded and continued to do so. Aki could tell he couldn't keep it up for long. "Todoroki, I need you to keep fighting these guys. I'm going after the hand-guy."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive." With that, she took a step forward, shouting "Get out of the way!" at Aizawa. Water surrounded the guy, who took a step back. And scoop! She brought the water towards him, lifting him up into the air. "Aizawa-sensei, what do you want me to-aah!" Aizawa was squished underneath a ginormous monster. In the panic, she let go of the water, causing the man to fall and hit the ground.

The monster was ripping chunks out of Aizawa's skin. He was bleeding greatly, and Aki had no idea what to do. She glanced over at Todoroki, whose eyes she found wide and in disbelief as if he couldn't imagine a pro getting hurt like this.

"What do you think of him, Eraserhead?" Hand-guy started to speak again. Aki shook with anger but still didn't know what to do. "He's the bio-engineered anti-symbol of peace. But you can call him Nomu." The creature screeched in response to his name, then bent down, grabbed Aizawa's arm and broke it like it was nothing. Aizawa yelled in pain.

The man started to taunt him, calling his quirk useless and pathetic. Aizawa tried once again to use his quirk, but the Nomu grabbed his other arm and broke that one as well. Another pain-filled scream filled the air. The Nomu grabbed his head, pulled it up, then smashed it into the ground. Aki gasped.

What am I doing? Why can't I move? Goddamnit Aki do something! Destroy the beast! Encase the hand boy! But...I can't! I can't move! I can only stare and watch as Aizawa is yelling! I'm so sorry! No, don't think like that. You can do something! Do it!

Aki yelled as she pulled water from her body and out into the world. She surrounded Hand-boy. She incased the nomu as well, but it seemed like he was immune to her power, always breaking back down towards the ground.

Hand-boy, however, wasn't resisting. It was as if he accepted his fate. Aki soon figured out why. The purple mist that teleported her here in the first place warped the villain to a different location, away from Aki.

"No! Why can't I do anything!" She glanced over at Todoroki. "What about you? Are you just going to stand around and watch your own teacher die? At the hands of a villain!"

"I-I..." Todoroki looked shocked. Aki frowned. She knew she was overreacting, but what else could be done? What more could she do?

Soon she found where the hand-boy was taken. He was standing next to the person who created and was made of the purple mist. Instead of attacking, she listened to what they were talking about.

"死柄木弔(Tomura Shigaraki)," Said the mist, to Shigaraki, now. I kind of liked hand-boy better.

"黒霧(Kurogiri)." So that's what the purple mist was called. "Did you manage to kill Thirteen?"

"The rescue hero is out of commission. But there were students I was unable to disperse and one of them got outside of the facility." Shigaraki turned to face Kurogiri and made a confused noise before turning back to face towards Aki. While he was staring at her, he started to vigorously scratch his neck, his fingers barely touching the two fake, grey, hands that grasped his neck.

Suddenly he released his hands. "There's no way we can win if dozens of heroes show up to stop us. It's game over. Back to the title screen," He talked as if this was all some sort of game, "and I was looking forward to finishing this today. Damnit. Let's go home." What? After you've come this far? After you've hurt my...friends...? My friends. What happened to Deku? And Uraraka, what about her?

For some reason, Aki was angry. Why now? Do they have any sense of what they've done? The innocent people they've hurt? Do they not think about what they feel at all? Is that what it means to be a villain? Why would anyone-

"Hey, sibling." Aki froze. Was that... "No need to talk. I just wanted to say hi."

She spun around to face him. His black, shoulder-length hair flew around in the wind. His lanky body seemed fragile like it was going to topple over. He had a smile plastered on his face. His green eyes stared directly into her, cunning and relaxing all at the same time. He had a jacket covering a black shirt. Aki couldn't even comprehend what she was seeing. After four years, the only thing she could say was, "How could you do this?"

"I didn't do this. This is Shigaraki's planning. I just went along for the fun of it. To be honest, I didn't want to see you here. But oh well. Can't change fate, can you?"

"Please. Don't hurt anyone."

"I can't promise you that. But it looks like we're about to leave, so at least it was nice seeing you, despite these...circumstances." He turned around, now facing the nomu that was proceeding to crush Erasure. "Honestly, I feel bad. Based on what you told me, he was actually relatively nice to you."

"Y-You told him?" Aizawa looked over at the two, barely being able to keep his eyes open.

Before Aki could respond, Toru chimed in for her, "of course..." He looked at her.

"She..."

"Of course she did. To pay me back for telling her everything. It's the least she could do, right, Aki?"

"If it was to lead to this, I regret everything."

"Oh, Aki! You're so funny. This is not my fault, remember? Shigaraki sure is a fun person. Speaking of which, it looks like I should head back. Aki?"

"Wha-?" Aki grit her teeth, "I would never join you! You may be my brother, but you're still a villain. I will never follow you into anything. I wish you chose a different path, Toru. But it looks like we are destined to fight each other if it must come to that."

"Well said. Farewell, Erasure. Until next time." He took a bow and headed over to stand next to Shigaraki and Kurogiri. 

"Oh," Shigaraki looked at Toru. "Before we leave, let's make sure the symbol of peace is broken. Let's wreck his pride." Suddenly, the man charged towards the water, where Deku, Tsu, and another kid were standing, watching.

Deku! Tsu! Move! Run! That villain's quirk can kill you!

The man charged at the two and placed his hand on Tsu's face. To Aki's surprise, however, she did not start to disintegrate.

That means...she glanced over at Aizawa. His eyes glowed red and his hair floated around in the air. Sadly, his head was smashed into the ground again by the nomu. Well if he's not looking at her, then...Tsu! She turned back around and started to yell, but to her surprise, Deku appeared to punch Shigaraki, which sent a wave of air in the direction that he was facing.

The dust cleared. Instead of a broken Shigaraki, a surprised nomu stood in place. A moment of realization passed. Then Aki charged over to Erasure.

"Aizawa-sensei! I'm so sorry!" She could feel tears start to form. No, no he can't see me cry, not like this!

"There was nothing you could do. I'm glad you tried, though." He started to cough up blood. What do I do, what do I do? Blood started to pool around her feet. She backed up, honestly scared.

A huge crash distracted her and the villains around her. It looks as if All-Might had finally arrived.