Note: I'm very sorry for the delay! This took me a while to write because this chapter is definitely action-filled, which makes it a huge challenge for me! Hope you appreciate this chapter and let me know what you think so I could improve better! Also, thank you so much for the extensive review, I do appreciate it a lot!

Mai leaned by the glass window that extended throughout the entirety of the hallway. She glanced sideways as she pressed 'answer' on her phone.

"The bus is about to leave, I'm sure they'll be there by no more than twenty minutes." Mai warily talked over by the phone, she continued conversing while constantly looking at her surroundings, "Yeah, the students are about twenty-four... Why are you asking me this just now? Isn't it a little too late?... Whatever... Okay, I'm not sure about the others, but I know the quirks of at least seven of them... There are three redheads, all of them have fire and ice quirk. The other two are tanned skin brunettes, the girl can control water and the boy has this werewolf quirk. Another is a green-haired boy-" Mai quickly pressed 'end call' the moment she saw Tamiya approach her. "Shit." Mai cursed under her breath.

"Mai-chan!" Tamiya called her out as she ran and neared in.

"Tamiya-chan..." Mai muttered and acknowledged her presence.

"I was looking everywhere for you, classes are about to start. Let's go!" Tamiya said and grabbed her hand as they ran back to their classroom. Mai couldn't help but look outside the windows as anxiety and guilt began brewing in her chest.

In the middle of No. Thirteen's orientation, a black warp appeared suddenly out of nowhere, with a whole intimidating crowd of thugs coming out of it. They were led by this light-blue haired person whose face, including his limbs, were covered with stone hands. At first, the students thought that this was a part of their training, that those people might've been make-pretend villains. The other seven students, however, knew that that might not be the case.

"Is this like our exam where the challenge starts too early?" Kirishima questioned as he narrowed his gaze to see more clearly and further examine those people down below.

That's what most of them thought initially until Aizawa-sensei warned them, "Don't move! Those are villains!"

They knew it. Zuko, Azula, Shouto, Katara, Sokka, Iida, and Midoriya weren't that surprised at all compared to the rest of the class because they knew it all along. They had a hunch even before they stepped in, all thanks to the familiar combination of earthquake and storm earlier.

"What? Villains? Are they that dumb to break into a Hero School?" Kirishima responded with another question.

"Professors, aren't there any trespassing sensors?" Yaoyoruzu interjected.

"Of course we have them but it seems that they're defective..." No. Thirteen replied before Shouto stepped in and voiced out his thoughts.

"The villains are likely interfering with the alarms and communication systems with their quirks. Also, it's actually logical for them to attack somewhere isolated and far away from the main building, this gives them an upper hand and control of the situation."

The others couldn't help but agree, although there's actually no time to analyze things in dire times like this. "No. Thirteen, I'll handle this! Protect the students and head for the exit, now! Kaminari, still try to contact the main building with your quirk!" Aizawa-sensei ordered in a rush.

"Can he actually handle them all though?" Azula stayed behind and whispered to Zuko as the latter tugged her along and ran back towards the other students and No. Thirteen.

"I know what you're thinking, but now's not the time," Zuko answered.

"What a bummer." Azula sighed and rolled her eyes as she began to match Zuko's pace in running.

All of them were nearing toward the exit while Aizawa-sensei started fighting off a huge bulk of the villains. Unfortunately, Kurogiri hindered them from escaping. They were met with an ominous, black fog that extended up to at least ten meters tall.

"I'm not going to let you all pass through that easily." He menaced before he introduced on everyone's behalf, "We are the League of Villains and we are gathered here for one sole purpose: to kill All Might."

All the students couldn't afford to suppress the shocked look on their faces at the revelation, all but one person. Azula smirked and balled her fists in sheer excitement as she muttered under her breath, "Finally, some action."

"But of course, it wouldn't be any fun if there isn't any collateral damage. That being said, I'm also here to kill you all." The villain added further.

No. Thirteen braced herself and was about to attack, but both Kirishima and Bakugou dove in first.

"Before that happens, we're gonna destroy you first!" Kirishima cried out loud as they charged in towards the Warp Villain.

"What a bunch of idiots..." Azula scoffed as she intently waited for the outcome of the two's careless strike.

The villain couldn't help but chuckle and glower at them, he mused "Kids these days... You don't seem to care about your lives at all, do you? Going on against me like that so mindlessly... I admire your courage, but I'm more inclined to watch you all take your last breath beneath my mercy."

"You two, move out of the way!" No. Thirteen ordered both Kirishima and Bakugou as she was about to defend everyone from the imminent threat looming above them, but it was all too late.

The next thing they knew, a forbidding, black fog with dark purple streaks enveloped them in a split-second. The other students managed to escape, especially those who were in the periphery of the dome formed by the black warp. Azula tried to negate his quirk and protect those who were near her, namely Katara, Zuko, Bakugou, and Yaoyorozu, by using her forcefield. But before she could even do so, she realized they were already being teleported somewhere else.

"Damn Tomura's bratty little sister, there are four redheads, not three! Now I'm confused about where to scatter these insolent pests!" Kurogiri cursed as he contemplated quickly enough where to dispose the students within his control.

Azula found herself plummeting alongside Midoriya. For a second, she feared for her life, until she mustered up the courage to look down below. That's when she felt relieved to realize that they were both falling towards a large body of water. Their impact created a huge splash and their bodies constantly sank down because of the immense force produced from falling at a considerable amount of height.

Both Azula and Midoriya prevented themselves from sinking further by immediately trying to pull themselves up and swim towards the surface, but the huge pressure that comes with depth makes it hard for them to do so. They have to act fast or else they'll eventually run out of breath. Not only that, but they were also faced with another problem, a mutant and water-type villain rapidly headed towards their way.

Upon instinct, Azula created a huge wall of forcefield before the villain crashed right in front of them, rendering the latter unconscious. Although blocking the villain's attack was proven effective, both of them started to feel uncomfortable pain in their lungs from holding their breaths for too long. Their heartbeats began to slow down while their stomachs started to contract violently due to the diaphragm's defense mechanism.

Luckily, Tsuyu Asui came in the picture to rescue them both. She swiftly drew them out of the water and placed them in what appeared to be a makeshift shipwreck alongside Mineta, whom she rescued first earlier.

Mineta hid underneath the rails of the ship in paranoia while the other three strategized their counterattack for the approaching herd of villains coming towards their way.

Azula started, "I can electrocute them in an instant, but the mere fact that we're standing on a ship made out of metal nullifies that tactic. You got any other ideas?"

"You can freeze them right?" Midoriya openly suggested.

Azula didn't outright tell him 'no.' Instead, she thought of a plausible alternative. The moment an idea sparked from her contemplation, she voiced it out quickly, "You see that huge rock behind this ship? We'll go there and proceed with Plan A, which is to electrocute them. Asui-chan, take Midoriya and Mineta with you while I propel myself with fire towards there."

"Todoroki-chan, isn't that a bit too..." Midoriya hesitantly objected.

Azula sighed and defended her premise, "Midoriya-kun, we're fighting villains here." She emphasized before continuing, "Villains. They won't think twice about killing us when they get the chance. If you're worried about me putting an end to their pathetic lives, you don't have to. I can control the voltage of my quirk to just stun, and not kill them. This would buy us some time."

"Okay... okay, let's do it!" Midoriya agreed with a determined look on his face while he balled his fists to pump himself up.

Azula nodded at him before glancing sideways at Asui, cuing her signal to take off with Mineta and Midoriya. She watched the three go first before she propelled herself up with her firebending. The villains saw this coming and reacted quickly by detouring from the ship towards the huge rock behind it. Azula cursed under her breath, they all needed to go there first because otherwise, their plans will be foiled. She exerted more power to speed up and successfully landed in front of Asui, Midoriya, and Mineta before the villains closed in. Putting no time into waste, Azula stretched out her right arm with her palm wide open, releasing a stream of electricity towards them. She was indeed thankful that she could already generate lightning instantly on the spot. Unlike before, she had to tediously separate the positive and negative energies with her fingertips before recombining them again and releasing it.

Several villains screamed in agony and pain as their bodies convulsed due to the electric current. However, other foes appeared to be safe for they were able to react quickly and jump out of the water before the attack. Azula's eyes grew wide, she had to think of another counterattack fast. But before even doing so, Midoriya stepped in and punched the air in front of them as he cried, "Smaaaaasssshhhh!"

Azula covered her face with her forearms as Midoriya's attack generated strong gusts of wind. She tried to take a peek and saw a formed rip current that immobilized and brought the villains back to the center of the huge body of water. From her peripheral vision, she saw Mineta use his quirk by throwing what appears to be purple spheres that grew out of his head. "I can be a hero too!" She heard Mineta scream as she noticed that his quirk made the villains clump against each another while the rip current dragged them all away, effectively immobilizing them further.

She then regained her composure as she stood straight after witnessing their success. She let out a smirk of satisfaction, "Nice teamwork! Now let's go back to help the others."

On the other side of the colossal training center, Zuko, Bakugou, and Kirishima were displaced in the Downpour Zone. They've attacked and defeated several villains as they find their way back to the Central Plaza. Although the damage brought by their hits was reduced to a significant level because the rain dampened the explosion and fire of both Bakugou and Zuko respectively. Moreover, the wet ground hampers with Zuko's thermal vision, which makes it harder for them to navigate their way back. Kirishima, however, had no problem with his quirk in this particular circumstance they're currently caught up in. The only downside he had was that he felt uncomfortable to be in the middle of Zuko and Bakugou's heated and petty feud.

Kirishima broadcasted his thought to loosen up the tension between the two, "That villain must know a thing or two about our quirks, don't you think? I mean, he put you two in a place where both your quirks are weakened. Also, they must've had a piece of knowledge about the structure of this place before they attacked. There must be an insider, a traitor in U.A."

"I don't know, Kirishima-kun. It might be just out of pure coincidence, but it'll be much safer to assume and be vigilant with the possibility that there might be indeed a wolf in sheep's clothing walking among us all along." Zuko replied.

"Oi, you half-breed freak! Stop talking and take us back to the exit with your quirk!" Bakugou spat.

Zuko shot him with a death glare and argued, "How many times do I have to explain that the rain is messing up with the thermal signatures, which is why I can't use my quirk effectively?!"

"I don't care!" Bakugou counter-argued.

"Sorry about Bakugou-kun... He's always... aggressive." Kirishima apologized to Zuko.

"Shut up, Kirishima!" Bakugou scolded.

Meanwhile, both Katara and Sokka shared the same sentiments with Kirishima as they were placed somewhere inside the Conflagration/ Fire Zone. There were no sources of water anywhere else, which Katara thought was a smart move made by the villain. That except she actually has a trick hidden under her sleeve: the blood of her enemies.

She stretched both her arms out front and twisted her fingers in a wickedly crooked position as she lifted the villain's body from the ground. She then swept her arms sideways in a swift manner, crashing the villain to a nearby wall like a rag doll with an ample amount of force that could make them unconscious. She's been doing this repeatedly ever since the Warp Villain threw them here.

"Come on, would you just let me attack the villains for once?" Sokka complained while he trailed behind his sister. Was Sokka even really the older sibling around here? It wasn't that obvious, they were only almost a year apart in age.

"Fine." Katara agreed in hopes of reserving her stamina for later, anticipating that this might not be the only battle they'll ever get involved in today.

Sokka smugly curled his lip up in delight as he took on his pure wolf form, jumping from building to building, attacking every villain in sight with the element of surprise, as Katara watched down from below with a deadpanned expression. "Okay, Sokka, we get it. You have powers now." She spoke to herself with a sigh as she calmly walked and followed him.

Yaoyorozu, Hagakure, and Shouto were running southward from the east. Yaoyorozu hated Azula even more, now that she ended up getting teleported to the same place with none other than Todoroki Shouto. It's a good thing Hagakure was with them to lessen the anxiousness she's been feeling by just being in Shouto's presence. She wondered if Azula already told him. She strongly hoped not.

They landed in the Landslide Zone earlier and already fought off a good, hefty number of villains that there were actually none left in a condition to fight further. However, the three of them received signals from Kaminari on their phones, for they were the ones nearest to the Mountain Zone, where he and Jirou supposedly ended up in. Kaminari's successful call out for help was out of dumb luck. He knew that communicating outside USJ was hopeless, so he tried to do it within the area to ask for assistance once they were cornered and outnumbered by the villains.

Once they got there, Yaoyorozu and Hagakure made an opening for Shouto to stun the villains who cornered Kaminari and Jirou in surprise. Their two classmates were in the valley, while they were in the cliffs. Several villains on the lookout were already immobilized by both Yaoyorozu and Hagakure, the first with the nets she made from her creation quirk, and the latter with surprise attacks and her mastery in hand-to-hand combat. After that, they purposely snuck out towards a different position, so that all the villains were facing away from them.

"Thank you, Yaoyorozu-chan and Hagakure-chan." Todoroki smiled slightly as he knelt down on the edge of the cliff and placed his palm on the ground. A thick sheet of ice quickly radiated towards the valley down below, paralyzing the villains in an instant, and tapering off just before it reached both Kaminari and Jirou.

The two sighed in relief and ran to meet up with the other three, as they all intended to head back to the Central Plaza to help the others.

Back at the Central Plaza, after witnessing Aizawa-sensei take numerous fatal blows from the weird creature they heard the villain just called Nomu, Tomura started to head towards their way.

Tomura's palm was about to close in on Tsuyu's and Mineta's faces, but the other three were petrified and couldn't respond in fear. Azula was the only one who didn't appear to be bothered by any of this. Instead, she saw an opening. Before Tomura's hand made contact with Tsuyu's and Mineta's faces, she grabbed his forearms in a flash and shocked him with electricity. As a result, Tomura screamed horrendously in pain and slumped down to the ground due to the transient paralysis. In efforts of rendering him further immobilized, Azula proceeded to sit on his back and stepped on his hands as she subsequently yanked his hair up.

She leaned in closer to his ear and whispered, "Gotcha."

As if the three of them weren't dazed enough already, Midoriya, Tsuyu, and Mineta were all stunned again with Azula's display of power. They were both relieved and terrified at the same time.

Tomura gritted his teeth and seethed as he managed to call his other pawns for help, "Tsk. You two rascals out there! Make yourselves useful!"

"Finally. I thought they're just gonna use us for special effects a while back." Taemi sighed and looked sideways towards Anji with a devious smile on her face.

Anji glanced back at her with the same expression as he airily said, "You know, things would've ended by now had the boss let us come out to play sooner."

Taemi and Anji both came out from their hiding at Tomura's command. It turned out that they were just underneath the floor of the Central Plaza the whole time, waiting to attack at Tomura's signal. In a matter of seconds, the ground underneath them shook again, making Azula loosen her restraint against Tomura, which eventually set him free. In return, Tomura counterattacked Azula by gripping both her forearms tightly, making it decay as he used his quirk with pleasure.

While Azula and Tomura went head-on with one another, Midoriya and the others fought off against Taemi and Anji.

Azula stared at her forearms. "What nice quirk you have there." She told Tomura with a feigned awed expression before she told him apathetically, "Why don't you just do me a favor and end my life right here, right now?"

"Huh?" Tomura uttered in confusion as Azula's remark caught him off guard.

Azula smirked mischievously as she watched a large bulk of her forearm skin wither slowly, "You're not the real boss here, are you? I can see it in your eyes."

"What the fuck are you talking about? You're just a student, your life is insignificant so I'd be happy to kill you on the spot." Tomura countered as he grew more irritated within every second. He thought that this brat was even harder to deal with than his very own sister.

After finally coming up with a strategy as she toyed Tomura with her words, Azula smiled in return and told him, "Aren't we all, villain? Aren't all lives here on Earth insignificant?" With that, Azula made the first move and expelled a stream of blue fire from her mouth, which made Tomura's grip from her forearms loosen. It was a good thing that a stone hand covered Tomura's face. Otherwise, he'll be receiving at least a second-degree burn on his face from the excessive heat of Azula's blue fire. The ends of his hair on the front were pretty much singed though. At the same time, while Azula attacked Tomura, an explosion that came from the side flashed before her eyes as the final blow, throwing the villain harshly to the ground. She looked at the source of the explosion. There was an irked expression written on her face the moment she found out who it was.

"I had everything under control here, you know? What a show-off. Tch." Azula scoffed as she walked past Bakugou and Zuko to help Midoriya, Asui, and Mineta, who are now with Kirishima, to fight off Anji and Taemi.

"Your forearms, Asaki!" Zuko pointed out with his eyes wide open in shock. The second layer of skin on Azula's forearms was already exposed. There were patches of red among her now pink forearms due to the ruptured capillaries. Although her condition wasn't that as worse as Aizawa-sensei's.

Azula waved him off, "It's fine. I can handle myself." It wasn't a lie though. Thanks to the damaged nerve endings from the burn caused by their mother, she couldn't actually feel any pain from what Tomura had inflicted upon her.

"Just stay still, you hard-headed freak! You're injured, dammit!" Bakugou scolded as he prevented Azula from going anywhere near the battle scene by grabbing her arm from behind.

Azula stopped in her tracks and looked back with one eyebrow raised. She scoffed, "Hey, Kacchan. What are you, my brother?" She yanked off his arms away and continued to walk towards where Anji and Taemi were.

"Hey! Could you just listen for once?!" Zuko tried to stop her too, but his plea fell on deaf ears.

Azula couldn't hear anything at all. She never felt so determined in her life. They wanted to be heroes? Then she'll be one. No matter what it takes.

A few moments before he was attacked, Tomura caught a glimpse of Azula's golden eyes that were filled with what he identified as bloodlust. Bloodlust. He questioned her status as a hero student, was she really even one? How could a person so young, calculating and conniving be a hero student? He found it bizarre, her unconventional portrayal of heroism. Kurogiri came to his rescue and guarded him, his companion said, "All Might didn't even come and yet these kids are taking control of the situation."

"Shut up, Kurogiri. If we die, then we die. I realized that we didn't even have to kill All Might. You see, the Symbol of Peace doesn't have to be tangible, it doesn't have to be All Might. It could be the very lives of these future heroes. We'll try to kill and injure at least several of them. What's important is that we dismantle that Symbol of Peace and witness all hell break loose when All Might blames himself for the casualties. Now that sounds very exciting." Tomura argued as he grinned underneath the stone hand that concealed the majority of his face.

The two villains intently observed as chaos ensued down the Central Plaza. All students dispersed by Kurogiri earlier were occupied and involved in a fight against their stronger pawns. Nearly all the minor villains were already defeated, and these remaining three: Nomu, Taemi and Anji were their last line of defense.

It was technically "game over" already. Tomura was well aware of the fact that a certain student managed to slip under Kurogiri's nose to ask for help. But he still hoped that more students get hurt. It wasn't that a far cry because after all, they managed to severely injure the professors.

Tomura watched in awe as the green-haired kid managed to punch Nomu with maneuvers that resembled All Might's. After Midoriya's attacks did nothing against Nomu, other kids stepped right beside of him. What happened next was beyond unimaginable.

Katara told everyone, "Keep attacking him! I'll try to control his blood so that he wouldn't be able to regenerate." She thought that the amount of blood in that creature was immense, but Katara treated it as a challenge to further improve her skills. Since blood flow was vital to regenerate body parts, she postulated that stopping it would hinder the healing process too. So while she bloodbended Nomu, Midoriya, Kirishima, and Sokka delivered several blows against the creature. She hoped her plan would eventually work out to defeat the monstrous creature.

Both Kirishima and Sokka hit Nomu nonstop, while Midoriya attacked intermittently since he was still getting a hold of his quirk. Although his first punch earlier didn't injure him, it was still better to take precautions.

Just a few meters away from Nomu, the newly arrived Yaoyorozu, Shouto, and Jirou began fighting against both Taemi and Anji. Kaminari and Hagakure headed back to the entrance to assist the others. Asui and Mineta tended to Aizawa-sensei who was heavily injured and unconscious. While Zuko, Azula, and Bakugou were up against the Warp Gate.

After fighting up against the other students earlier, who were now fighting against Nomu, Anji re-activated his quirk again to attack the new arrivals. His eyes and tattoos glowed as thick clouds formed at the very top of the USJ's high ceiling. Toph used her earthbending as she sent huge blocks of cement as an offense, to which Jirou effectively shattered with her sonic waves.

Thanks to the technique Katara taught him, Shouto turned the raindrops into shards of ice and sent them hurtling back towards their opponents. As their attack retaliated on them suddenly, leaving no time to defend themselves with their quirks, both Anji and Taemi instinctively covered themselves with their forearms as they twisted their trunk the other way to protect their upper body. Seeing an opening right in front of her, Yaoyoruzu simultaneously proceeded to use her quirk as an opportunity to wrap things up. She created an adhesive net and aimed it towards Anji and Taemi, finally capturing them.

Meanwhile, Azula, Zuko, and Bakugou's explosive attacks were able to do significant damage against Kurogiri. Soon, Bakugou was able to expose Kurogiri's weakness. He held him down as he elaborated what he figured out from his analysis, "If physical attacks really don't work on you, then the word 'dangerous' wouldn't have come out of your mouth from the moment we attacked you earlier. It turns out you were just hiding your body all along with that black fog of yours."

"Turns out you're not really dumb after all, Kacchan." Azula teased.

"Shut up!" He shouted and sent a death glare towards Azula before he looked back at Kurogiri who slightly flinched. He menaced, "Don't move, idiot! Even the smallest amount of suspicion would not make me hesitate to explode you!"

"Yeah, I'm definitely surrounded by people who act like they're not heroes." Kirishima sighed as he eyed both Azula and Bakugou while he took a short break from attacking Nomu.

Zuko couldn't help but agree, Azula was getting hard to handle again, he told Kirishima, "Yeah. Tell me about it."

Zuko joined the other four in attacking Nomu as he thought that both Azula and Bakugou have everything under control already against Kurogiri. He proceeded to send blasts after blasts of his signature blue-violet flames against the so-called "powerful" creature, who is now successfully tamed by them. They were now only attacking as they waited for the creature's demise.

Tomura scratched his neck in irritation as his plans were foiled by these insolent pests, "Looks like we're caught in some terrible quicksand, Kurogiri. This is bad, real bad. Even Nomu is being controlled by these overpowered freaks. Kids these days are sure stronger, don't you think, Kurogiri?"

"Just shut up and help me here!" Kurogiri cried.

"If you insist." Tomura calmly replied as he charged towards his main target: Azula.

Azula thought that now's the time to use her other quirk. She prevented Tomura from going anywhere near her as she sent beams after beams of forcefield against him. He was sent flying across the ground every time he ran and tried to get near her. He actually looked pathetic in Azula's eyes and it was totally frustrating on his part. He made sure he's going to get his revenge soon. He never expected a U.A. High student to get on his nerves this much.

It was two hours before noon. The Class 1-A were fighting for their lives at USJ, while Class 1-B had no idea on what's going on at all back in the main building, except for one person. Mai was playing with her knives while Ty Lee was randomly reading everyone's Aura as they waited for the next professor to enter their classroom.

Everyone was synchronously using all of their quirks at once, and somewhere far away, a portal opened directly on top of Mt. Fuji. A few seconds after that, a loud crash preceded All Might's entrance in USJ and everyone momentarily stopped using their quirks as they froze in disbelief. With that, the portal flickered before it completely disappeared without a trace.

Even if it only lasted for a few seconds, several tourists were able to capture photos and videos of it. This immediately caused and spread panic across the country as the images and videos were uploaded on the web in a single click. Without his knowledge yet, this is what Tomura would've wanted even if he only caused this indirectly: dismantling their peace. But now, he was given another chance to destabilize it further, now that All Might had just arrived.

But that was before he heard cheers coming from the students. He subsequently realized that those weren't meant for All Might's arrival. They were cheering because they were able to defeat Nomu, a creature designed to kill the strongest hero alive, without even All Might's help.

How in the world did that ever happen?

Katara was right, stopping his blood flow prevented the healing process and messed with the Nomu's shock absorption. She panted and sat on the ground with an audible thud as she let her body finally rest. She wouldn't have done this alone. She still couldn't multitask when she bloodbends. So without the help of others, the bloodbending would only immobilize the Nomu, not kill it. Another is that she had a pretty hard time controlling a huge amount of blood that it drained her stamina completely. After contemplating their success, she proceeded to finally lie down on the ground due to exhaustion.

"You good?" Sokka checked up on her.

"Yeah... I just... wanna rest." She replied in between breaths.

They needed to escape as fast and as soon as they can. While All Might scoured the entire arena to defeat residual minor villains, Kurogiri enveloped Bakugou with black fog in surprise and transported him somewhere else to finally set himself free. He quickly engulfed Tomura, as well as the two rascals nearby.

Both Zuko and Azula saw this coming, they both did a fire punch towards their direction, streaks of blue and dark purple fire intertwined as their attacks merged into one. Unfortunately for them, the villains managed to escape in a blink of an eye before the fire made full contact. Although their attack was able to sear a good amount of Tomura's shirt, even after they were already teleported back to their hideout.

The other pro-heroes soon came into the picture, but it was too late because everything seemed to be already under control. Instead, they just focused on taking the remaining villains within the area into custody. Aizawa-sensei, No. Thirteen, Midoriya, and Azula were immediately tended to and eventually taken into the school's infirmary to be treated by Recovery Girl.

Zuko, Shouto, Iida, and Kirishima proceeded to look for Bakugou after he was dispersed somewhere else before the villains escaped. It turns out, he was teleported to the Ruins Zone. Their botched training session soon ended and they were escorted outside to safety. The officer in charge did a headcount to ensure that everyone was there and that no one got lost or kidnapped by the villains. All Might was with them all the way back towards the main school building, he felt guilty and blamed himself for not arriving on time. He wanted to make up for his honest mistake. He proceeded to visit the infirmary, where two injured students and two severely injured professors were currently being treated.

Although her injury was nothing minor, due to the second layer of skin on her forearms being exposed and due to ruptured small blood vessels, Azula received the least serious injury among the four. As for Midoriya, he broke his limbs again by going up against Nomu. It appeared that his first punch against the other villains without getting injured was just out of dumb luck. On the other hand, both Aizawa-sensei and No. Thirteen were still unconscious and recovering.

Azula was weirded out by how Recovery Girl treated her, but she couldn't deny the fact that her injuries actually got a lot better afterwards. Her forearms were then bandaged and she was soon sent home.

Zuko and Shouto both waited for Azula to be released from the infirmary. After she got out, Zuko immediately berated her with utmost concern, "Why do you have to be always so... violent? Going head-on against a villain by yourself? Have you lost your mind?!"

Shouto silently watched the two argue from behind as he thought, "Here we go again."

"Come on, Zenkie. I really wasn't losing it, okay? I'm just putting my fucked up personality into good use against the villains. It tricked their fake boss quite well back there and caught him off guard." Azula defended herself.

"Fake boss? That light-blue haired guy? How could you tell?" Zuko asked back.

"I used my common sense," Azula answered him first and realized that she might've sounded too condescending. She quickly changed her tone and facial expression into a more mellow one before she continued explaining, "I mean, someone higher up must be pulling all the strings. The attack was so well planned, you know. And of course, if your intent was to kill All Might, the strongest hero on the goddamn planet, you wouldn't let yourself get exposed easily just like that. Well, come to think of it. When you're playing chess, which one goes first? The pawns."

Mai was locked up in her own room after class as she studied for an upcoming quiz. Her momentum in studying was abruptly ruined as Tomura kicked the door open.

Tomura angrily demanded an answer, "That red and white haired freak, is she your friend? Who the hell is she?"

Mai raised an eyebrow, what did Azula possibly do to her brother to provoke him that way?

"Asaki? Kind of. Yeah. Why did you ask?" She answered him and asked back.

Tomura calmed himself down by taking a deep breath before he elaborated, "Being a hero doesn't fit her that well, don't you think? She's more deserving to become a villain. I wonder what will happen if she suddenly comes to our side?"

"What makes you say that?" Mai responded with another question.

"I want you to get closer to her, find out every information necessary about her. I want to have her fight for the League of Villains, as it should be."

That. Now that was the last thing Mai ever wanted to hear. Even though she mocked Azula for going to U.A. and her desire to become a hero, her ex-friend turning into a villain with her now heightened powers is the last thing she ever wanted to happen. She wondered how is she going to deal with this situation she's been caught up in without putting in the risk of Tomura noticing her treachery. Also, what is Tomura going to do once he finds out that Azula is Endeavor's child? She conceded with a tired groan as she lied to him, "Yeah, whatever. Now leave me alone. I'm studying."

"Don't fuck things up now, you little brat. Your recent missions reek of nothing but failure. I'm expecting more from you." Tomura warned as he went out and banged the door closed behind him.

Mai sighed as soon as he left. What is she even doing? She was studying in a hero school and yet she was working for a villain. She was still well aware about the cause though, she only studied in U.A. as a part of Tomura's plan to usurp the Symbol of Peace. She felt conflicted. Everyday she reminded herself of who she was, that the Mai from her previous lifetime wouldn't approve any of this. She remained patient, however. It was sure hard being a double agent.

Today, two breaking news shook the entire world. One is the attack earlier at U.A., and another was the portal that appeared at the peak of Mt. Fuji. More than that, everyone couldn't believe that both phenomena occurred in the same country, and at the same time. There was growing unrest among the people, fear instilled in their hearts as their sense of peace slowly began to crumble. Tomura grinned all throughout as he watched from his television. The heroes could only do so much, what is going to happen to them now?

Note: What do you guys think? Personally, my writing is kind of subpar in this chapter because of how challenging it was to write action scenes. I also didn't want to make you guys wait that long. My mistake is inexcusable though, so I humbly apologize and I'll strive to write better next time!