Heroes of Today

Part 6~Useless

Falling out of the sky is never a fun thing to do, Uzu understood this better than most- after all, he needed to learn how to fly some way or another. It’s just a shame that after all that practice, he was still utterly and completely useless at it.

Uzu spread out his wings and flapped as hard as possible but it did little to lessen the impact. “Ow, that hurt.”

Uzu didn’t get time to think before he was surrounded.

“Oh, no.”

“Uzu!” Jiro ran forward, skidding under the villains to join Uzu’s side. Yaoyorozu ran past the villains with a staff in her hand- just as panicked as the smaller. Kaminari’s approach was slower but he still found his way into the middle. “What do we do now?”

Uzu cracked his knuckles as he squatted down. “We find a way out.”

Jiro smiled as she turned back to back with Uzu. “Right.”

~~~

“You all lost to a kid, how pathetic,” Todoroki grumbled, walking along the ice-covered landslide zone. “Come on now. You’re adults aren’t you?”

“Todoroki! Help!”

Todoroki spun around and charged up the landslide, stopping in front of the frozen Naka.

“Please…”

Todoroki sighed in relief before thawing Naka out. He cleared his throat awkwardly as he muttered under his breath, “sorry about that.”

“No, it’s fine. You were amazing! For freezing everyone, I mean.” Naka pleasantly stretched out his arms. “Better.”

“He’s right, Todoroki! I knew you were powerful but that was next level!” A pair of gloves hovered off the ground, showing a peace sign.

“Hagakure? Did I get you too?” Todoroki seemed worried- so much for the emotionless mask.

“Nope! I’m fine!”

“We should deal with them,” Naka suggested, making the others nod.

Todoroki went up to one of the villains, radiating off the cold freezer demeanour. “At this rate, your skin will rot away from frostbite but I’m trying to become a hero and heroes don’t do such horrible things. What makes you think you can kill All Might? Tell me the plan.”

‘Scary,’ Naka and Hagakure thought together, resisting the urge to back away from Todoroki.

As Akiko fell out of the sky, the first thing that she thought was ‘and it's just like being back at universal studios,’ before she actually started doing anything. She grabbed Tsu and Midoriya out of the sky before pulling herself onto the ship. “You alright?”

“Yeah, thanks for the assistance there,” Midoriya said with his signature too-bright smile.

“I’m fine, ribbit. But the question is what do we do now,” Tsu analysed with her finger on her chin.

“You’re a frog right?”

Tsu looked startled by Akiko’s question, not quite sure how to respond to that. “Well, I have some frog features. I can jump really high and stick to walls. My tongue can stretch to a maximum of 20 meters and I can spit out my stomach and produce a mild toxin that stings more than anything else.”

“So, you’re good in water?”

“Yeah?”

“So they must not know your Quirk. Or else they would have put you somewhere else.” Akiko seemed proud of her deduction, a proud smile on her lips. “Equally, those villains are too suited for water combat for it to be a conscience. Strange.” Akiko stropped as she looked up at the mountain zone, a worried expression on her face. “We need to get off this boat.”

Tsu nodded in agreement as Midoriya popped up. “We will get off. What’s your Quirk, I know about the vines but you have different parts right? With the berries?”

Akiko nodded, growing her vines out a little as a demonstration. “I can grow vines out of my fingertips and make five different berries that change reality in one way or another. One slows down time, one summons an item of my choosing, one makes a platform, one makes something faster and one changes gravity.

“Woah, that’s cool,” Midoriya gasped, startling Akiko.

Before either could say anymore, a loud bang erupted from under their feet.

Akiko let out a scream, falling over and covering her ears. Tsu wrapped her tongue around Akiko’s stomach, pulling her to one side.  “Are you alright, ribbit?”

Akiko tried to ignore the tears shimmering in her eyes, furiously wiping them away. “Y-yeah, let’s just get off this boat.”

Tsu nodded though she could see how Akiko shook and that the tears had yet to stop. She shared a look with Midoriya before he jumped off the boat.

He flicked at the water, sending a shockwave out around him. Tsu jumped off the boat with Akiko in tow before wrapping her tongue around Midoriya and throwing him to safety.

“Sorry,” Akiko apologised as she hid behind the rock. “I was pretty useless in the end.”

“It’s fine,” Tsu stated with her usual froggy smile.

“Yeah, we got away,” Midoriya comforted with his usual high energy.

Akiko’s eyes widened as she took Midoriya’s hand before hitting him on the head.

“What was that for?”

“You hurt yourself. Stay still, I’ve had to bandage up Uzu and Naka enough times to know what happens if this is left alone.”

~~~

Kaminari dodged another attack before running back to the centre where the other three were fighting. He was saying something but the other’s couldn’t focus on that.

“Worry about that later,” Jiro ordered. “We need to figure out how to get away from this mob. Hey, you’re a lighting guy, right? Just fry ‘em to a crisp would ya?”

“Weren’t you paying attention during battle training? We were partners! I can only cover myself in electricity! Sure, I can discharge it but I can’t control it. I’d hit you guys too! It’s like with Todoroki’s power! I’m trying to call for help but my special transceiver is being jammed. Get it! You can’t rely on me here! I’m relying on you!”

“You sure blab a lot for a guy. Fine, be a human stun gun!" Jiro kicked Kaminari into a villain- instantly electrocuting him.

Kaminari was trying to say something but it was hard to hear him as he was punched.

“Look out!” Uzu jumped over Jiro, kicking the villain that was about to hurt her. Yaoyorozu cornered one villain in a net, scolding Jiro for getting distracted.

Jiro smirked as she turned around. “I actually had a pretty good plan in mind, but, Kaminari you…” she plugged her earphone jacks into her boots, a loud sound vibrating out. “In my costume request, I asked for a way to focus my sound in one direction.”

“It’s ready,” Yaoyorozu announced. “It took some time. That’s how it is with larger objects.” Yaoyorozu’s costume ripped apart, a large sheet landed over her, Jiro and Uzu. “A 100mm thick insulation sheet. Now Kaminari!”

Once Kaminari was sure the others were safe, he let his electricity run free, easily taking down the remaining villains.

“I’m worried about the others, let’s hurry and re-group,” Yaoyorozu announced, pulling the sheet off her.

“You’re having a wardrobe malfunction!” Jiro couldn't stop the bush on her face as she looked at Yaoyorozu.

“Fuck,” Uzu whispered, wide-eyed.

“Don’t look!” Jiro stabbed Uzu’s eye with her earphone jack causing him to scream in pain.

“Why would you do that?!”

“Cause you shouldn’t look at women when she is improperly dressed!”

“B-but…”

“No buts!”

“I can just make some more,” Yaoyoruz stated from under the sheet, already fully dressed.