While he was never much for one to go shopping, Fumikage couldn't deny that he wouldn't mind picking up some new CDs to listen too. That, and it did feel good to get out and enjoy some off times with his friends, without it having to be at UA where lord knows what could happen. It was just a welcomed reprieve from school, especially after the stress of the finals. He hadn't been to concerned overall, not at first.

Of course, the practical had its moments where he was worried that he'd fail. Ectoplasm's giant, binding clone had nearly caused him and Tsuyu to, but he was quite thankful to have been partnered with her.

Fumikage shuddered slightly at the memory of her hacking up the handcuffs, as that was honestly a memory he could do without. Desperate times, desperate measures though, so while it may not have been Froppy's most flattering moment, he commended her for the solution to their problem.

They passed though, and that's what mattered to him. So now, it was time for him to just relax until the summer training camp came up. No concerns regarding school, least he was hoping it'd be that way until the camp.

He perked suddenly when his hand brushed across a CD, the teen quickly snatching hold of it to get a better look at it. He beak shifted into a smile as he read the familiar name of Black Bishop across the top. He turned over the casing, eyes scanning over the songs, happy with the find. He didn't own this CD yet, and from what he'd read online the reviews were pretty good. "Well lucky us, Dark Shadow. We'll have something new to listen to on the trip." he said, not thinking about how he spoke it aloud.

"Is there a chance that maybe we could listen to something not so dreary?" the animated shadow spoke, though it responded internally so only Fumikage could hear it.

The teen scowled slightly, this time responding internally as well. "They aren't that bad."

"Break'em all, Crush'em all, show no mercy and trample all the fuckers in your way!" Shadow sung in response, imitating the hoarse tone of a metal singer screaming. He switched back to a standard tone. "Nope, not bad at all."

"Oh shut up, how about when you get money you can pick the CD" Fumikage muttered as he began to head towards the cash register.

"Hey! We are an inseperable team, and I do plenty of work to help you! I think I should at least have some say in what we listen to."

"Too late." he had a smirk on his face as he purchased the CD, Dark Shadow grumbling in his mind. Thanking the cashier, Fumikage then turned and made his way out of the shop. He began his walk with no real destination in his mind at the moment, glancing at his phone to check the time. He still had about an hour or so before their classmates agreed upon time to meet, so he figured maybe he could swing by the book store and see if maybe there was something he could read for the trip.

His trip was halted though when during his walk, he saw a familiar teal-haired individual walking out of a clothing store. Currently, Tsuyu seemed to be sorting through the bag she was carrying, and since she was here Fumikage figured he might as well check up on her.

"Yeah, tell yourself it's just that." Shadow said internally, snickering at Fumikage as he stumbled slightly.

"Shut up, you." the teen responded back.

"Kero?" Fumikage blinked, now realizing he had said that once he had walked up to Tsuyu, who was now staring at him with a finger to her lip.

"Oh! Uh, Hiya Asui." Fumikage rattled out, scratching the back of his head.

"Tsuyu, and I hope you weren't telling me to shut up." she said to him, drawing a nervous glance from him, "Especially since I wasn't even talking."

"No! No, was talking to Shadow. Sorry about that."

It's ok, kero. So what did you get?" she indicated to the small bag hanging off his arm, Fumikage glancing to it as he lifted it up.

"Oh, was seeing if there were anything new I might be able to listen to during the trip. Got lucky too."

"That's good, anything I might know?" she asked looking up at him.

He opened his mouth for a moment, about to answer before stopping himself as the lyrics Shadow had sung him not too long ago went through his head. "Um, well it's a heavy metal group, so probably not."

"You'd be surprised what I listen to at times." She said, before nodding her head to the side. "You want to get something to eat? I'm pretty hungry."

Fumikage stood there for a moment as she started to walk before quickly catching up to her. "Yeah, yeah, sounds like a good idea." He looked to the bag she had as he walked next to her. "So what did you pick up?"

"Just some new clothes to bring along to the camp. Nothing too fancy. Had a sale too, so couldn't pass that up. Thinking of swinging by the bookstore after getting some lunch first."

Fumikage chuckled softly, "I was actually on my way there when I bumped into you. I'll tag along with you afterwards."

She nodded her head, "Sounds like a plan. Maybe we can share book ideas. I've read just about everything I've wanted to so far, so could use some more ideas."

He looked to her, smiling while nodding his head. "I like that idea." Their walk to the food court was short, and thankfully there weren't any big lines they had to wait in. Sitting down at a table, Fumikage munched on some fries before looking to her. Their conversation had tapered off while they both ate their food, though Fumikage eventually found his attention settling on Tsuyu.

Watching her, he thought it amusing to consider that she apparently use to be quite sparse on friends. She had said a busy home-life occupied her time and made it difficult for her to form friends, and when he really thought about it, she was probably one of the most liked in their class. Hell if anything, he sometimes felt like he was more of the odd-ones-out

Even as expressionless as she could be, it never felt she was being apathetic to what was going on around her. No, she was always paying attention, always thinking. Maybe it was the fact she was so willing to just speak her mind that seemed to draw people's attention and even appreciation. You were never going to be deceived, and it's funny how such trust can grow friendships.

"Kero?" even that familiar croak was strangely enjoyable to listen to, though he also found it a bit amusing to think of how many different things it seemed to mean. "Fumikage, there a reason you are staring?" Tsuyu asked Fumikage, staring back at him from across the small table. He blinked, coming to his senses before clearing his throat and looking away, slipping a fry into his beak.

"N-No, no." He quickly said, looknig back at her for a moment before off to the side once more.

"Well if you say so, and also, no need to be so tense." she simply stated before lifting the plastic cup in her hand, sipping from the straw while keeping her eyes on him. As she said it, Fumikage suddenly became rather self conscious of his own body, doing his best to make sure his muscles were now relaxed. He cursed inwardly, wondering just what was making him feel even a bit tense. Maybe her catching him staring, and himself not being aware of his own staring.

A harsh tone nearby was something to distract him, the bird-headed boy turning his head to glance at three individuals a couple tables away from them. Two sat on one side, with another leaning across it while speaking to one of the others. He then noticed how the one being spoken too had the man next to him leaning into him, almost like he was trying to pin the man in. Fumikage narrowed his eyes now as he became more interested. All three of them seemed to be somewhat tense as well, the man being spoken to trying to play off as calm as they continued to eat whatever it was they had ordered.

"Fumikage?" Tsuyu spoke up, the frog girl cocking her head to the side as she then followed his gaze to the group. Immediately she also recognized the intense aura coming from the three. The two on the one side of the table didn't have anything that made them particularly standout, other than the one being grilled hunching over as if being pressed by the weight of the of the other two imposing on him. None of them were facing the two teens directly, fortunately, so it meant that they wouldn't notice the two eavesdroppers without actually attempting to spot them.

The one speaking stood out a bit more, as Tsuyu could see how his skin had a darkish, almost olive tint to it and seemed fairly clammy. The man's hair was a scraggly mess of dark locks, the color of which neither could discern at the moment. Given how quiet he spoke, the two students couldn't exactly make out what was being said currently, but it was clear that it was not a friendly conversation.

Finally, the darker skinned one seemed to lose his patience, hitting his fist on the table hard enough to make the other man jump, but soft enough that it didn't draw any attention. His words grew louder as his tolerance seemed to diminish. "Listen, last time I say it. You can either stick to whatever menial job you have under your current boss, or willingly tag along with us into employment with our boss." He gave the other man a smile, revealing a set of teeth to match the sickly appearance of his skin. "Can guarantee ya, far better opportunities than where yer at now."

The other one spoke up just as firmly, "You can fuck off at this point, how's that for an offer? Now then, we're done, I'm leaving." with that, the one who had been under their pressure gave the one next to him a hard enough shove to create some space, but not knock him over. He then stood up, stopping then to turn and talk once more to the other there. "And best be careful about threats around here. Enough heroes here that you make a fucking move, they'll come crashing down on you real hardcore." He scoffed a bit before turning his back and starting to walk off. "Maybe if you're lucky, you'll get to see All Might. With him in town, you can never know when he's gonna pounce on you if you misbehave." He lifted his hand, giving the two men the finger before placing his hands in his pockets as he began to walk off.

Fumikage turned to look at Tsuyu, who had returned the look as well. "Should we... do something?" he asked her, whispering so as not to draw any attention to themselves.

She looked back at the man walking off before glancing at the two men still sitting at the table. After a moment, she then whispered back. "I don't think we should make things worse than they are. They seemed to have backed off."

"Who'in the hell is All Might?" the two U.A. students turned and looked back to the two men sitting there, the one who had been sitting next to the interrogated having asked the question to the sickly looking man. Getting a look at him more, they knew that he stood out far less than the sickly looking individual. The most noticeable thing they could see at the moment was a scar that started at the left corner of his lip, then trailed down to his chin then along it before stopping. The parts of his face not scarred were covered by a thin, reddish beard, the hair atop his head matching it in length and color.

The olive skinned man was drumming his fingers on the table, watching the other leave. "Gonna guess a big hero." he said, his leg now bobbing up and down as he watched. Finally, he stood up briskly, knocking his chair back. ""Think Doc mentioned him or something." Finally, the man's eyes turned to look at the two students, the three of them locking eyes for a moment before the man spoke up harshly. "Something I can help you with or just mesmerized by my looks?!" he asked harshly, causing the two students to recoil slightly.

Tsuyu spoke up first, doing her best to defuse the situation for whatever it was. "No, no. Apologies sir, kero." She said while bowing her head some before turning to look away. Fumikage was a bit slower to look away, noticing the man blink in confusion, eyeing Tsuyu after she had croaked.

"The fuck..?" the man standing said before the one who had been sitting with him suddenly reached out and roughly grabbed his arm. "What?!" he said rather loudly while turning to look.

"Cool your damn jets. Cripes, for as cold blooded as your suppose to be you get really heated." the man said, letting go of the other's arm when it was roughly pulled from his hand.

"Whatever." He looked once more at Tsuyu and Fumikage, the latter meeting his eyes before looking away as Tsuyu had. He sighed in relief, quietly, when the angrier of the two began heading in the direction the one they had been harassing had gone.

With a bow of his head, the other one stood up while addressing the two teenagers. "Sorry about him. He can be really short fused sometimes."

Tsuyu turned back to look at the calmer individual, "It's ok, kero. We know what it is like to deal with someone who has a short fuse." Fumikage let out an amused scoff at that.

"That's putting it mildly." he muttered to himself.

The man chuckled softly as he began to follow the other, "There always seems to be someone like that in everyone's lives. Have a good afternoon." he said before turning to follow the other. Fumikage watched him leave as Tsuyu returned to her food, before he then spoke to her once again.

"Think it'd be best to at least let somebody know? Somebody who can handle it do? Nothing good is going to come out of that." Tsuyu looked in the direction the others had walked before back to her classmate.

"Yeah, it is probably best that we do so." Nodding his head to her, they both stood up, picking up their trays of food before moving to dump their trash. They were interrupted by shouts in the direction the men had travelled, both heroes-in-training looking towards the source. With a quick glance to one another, they then began making their way towards the location of the disturbance. While they may not be allowed to interfere directly, if something was going on they could at least keep people out of the way if whatever was occuring got bad enough.

It didn't take them long to reach the trouble, watching the man who had been being harassed was being shoved up against the railing by the clammier of the other two. People had backed away to give them space, choosing to avoid getting caught in the crossfire while they waited for a hero or authorities to show up to break up the fight. The third one was also standing back a bit, letting the other two scuffle while seeming to keep an eye out for any other threats. The two students pushed themselves to the front of the crowd, again just making sure no one else got injured by the other two.

"You slimey piece of shit!" shouted the first of them, struggling for a few moments before he was able to free up an arm to grip the torso of the clammy individual. They watched as his arm then elongated, his quirk being used to create space between them before he suddenly lifted the attacker up and over him. Out of reflex, the two students began moving to catch the man who was being thrown over the railing, less he plummet the three stories to the concreate below. They stopped though when the falling man opened his mouth, a long tounge suddenly shooting out to wrap itself around the throat of the other one.

"Fuckin'ell Croaker!" The one who had been standing back seemed to want to move forwards, but stopped himself as he went back to watching for anyone who might try to get in the way. With his tongue constricting the elongating man's throat, Croaker used the anchor of the man trying to not be pulled over the ledge to then swing down and latch on the side of the floor they had started their fight on. Fumikage took a moment to glance at Tsuyu, who actually seemed for once to show a sense of surprise.

"Not a relative, I'm assuming?" Fumikage asked, Tsuyu just shaking her head as Croaker pulled himself up the railing high enough to then grab the shoulders of the elongating man, who was still struggling to pry the slimy muscle that was coiled around his neck off. Planting his feet then on the railing edge, Croaker leaned backwards while pulling with both his tongue and his grip on the man's shoulder, lifting him up over the railing in a small arc. At the beginning decent of the arc's apex, Croaker retracted his tongue as he let go of the other man's shoulders. People, including Tsuyu and Fumikage, ran up to the railing to watch the man get thrown towards the ground. He was unfortunate to slam stomach first onto the first floor railing before bouncing off with a heavy crack and thud, to then fall all the way to the ground floor. The elongated man landed flat on his back, letting out an awful and pained cough before screaming in pain, gripping both sides of his torso as he rolled their in pain.

Croaker on the other hand had moved with the action entirely until he was now clinging to the outside of the third floor overhang, upside down as he stared down at the man writhing in pain on the ground below. He then let his feet detach from the surface he was on, swinging himself upright to then let go with his hands and lands on the second floor railing before doing a small hop backwards to descend down to the ground floor. He landed in a crouch, grunting with the impact before standing himself up straighter. The elongated man's limbs had returned to their normal length, but he was still moaning in pain, gripping his injured torso. Painful coughs followed his movements, turning himself to then look to the approaching Croaker, "Fucking...piece of...shit!" he managed to curse at Croaker between the difficult breaths.

Up on the third floor, the crowd watched as the man's arm elongated once more as he attempted to lash out at the thug walking towards him. In one fluid motion, Croaker jumped, flipping over the swing while performing a small corkscrew to then come crashing down, knee first, right onto the man's sternum. The injured man's attempt to cry out in pain was quickly stopped by a fist striking straight to the windpipe, a ragged cough and wheezing coming from the man's mouth rather than a cry of pain. Croaker's fist came up once more for a third strike, but from the crowd on the ground floor emerged an police officer, who had quickly drawn and fired a taser into the back of the toadish attacker.

Croaker's body twitched from the mass amount of voltage shooting through his body, back muscles being the first to contract involuntarily and force the man to bend backwards in a stiff and painful manner. He fell off his victim, who was now free to roll on the ground in pain while struggling to breath through his collapsed airway.

Croaker managed to force his body to turn towards the officer, his face twisted in pain as well before he attempted to open his mouth to lash out at the officer. However, just as his tongue began to emerge, a second officer appeared form the crowd to fire his own taser straight into Croaker's chest. With the muscles on opposite sides of his torso now trying to contract in opposite directions, Croaker could only fall to the ground, body locked up with his pained expression remaining while his tongue thrashed as from the jolts coursing through his body.

Fumikage let out the breath he only just realized he'd been holding, relieved to see the assault end. His relaxed demeanor vanished just as fast as it had returned when his eyes settled once more on the elongated man, whose pained movements were slowly stopping. A third officer was kneeling next to the man, hand up on his radio as he was calling for some paramedics while the other two officers worked to restrain Croaker. With the electrical assault on his body over, he gave a weak resistance towards the officers, his tongue still just hanging limply from his mouth.

"Shit. You fucking idiot..." Tsuyu turned her head to the source of the partly whispered expletive, eyes settling on the man who had been accompanying Croaker. Fumikage's attention was brought over when he was directed to the other man by the froggy heroine-in-training. The man quickly turned and began moving his way through the crowd, the UA students looking at one another for only a moment before heading after him to keep track of him, and if possible detain him as well; or at least preoccupy him so the police could do so.

Unfortunately, the crowd that had gathered to see the mess below hindered their progress, and by the time they emerged from the mass of people, the other man was already gone from sight. "Curses.." muttered Fumikage, looking around once more before looking at Tsuyu. "Can you see him?"

"No, kero." Tusyu shook her head before looking at Fumikage. "We should head back to the meeting place with the others. I think this trip may be ending sooner than we had planned.

"Agreed." was the response before they began to make their way towards the central plaza. It was the determined meeting location for all the classmates who had joined the trip.

"Not what I was expecting to happen today. Especially at the mall of all places." Tsuyu spoke as the two of them descended the stairs.

"Seems we as a class are truly cursed to run into trouble no matter where go." the bird-headed boy said in response. It was partly a joke, but there was some truth to the matter. Class 1-A seemed to find itself being confronted with all sorts of bad scenarios; scenarios that, as students, they really weren't completely ready for. The Villain attack as USJ, Tsuyu's own fight with smugglers during her internship, and especially Izuku's, Iida's, and Shoto's battle with The Hero Killer. At this point, Fumikage could only wonder what was going to hit them next.

"Tsuyu, I'm starting to think maybe you are one of the primary curse bearers in this class!" Mina exclaimed as she leaned forward in her seat on the bus, looking towards the other girl. All of the students who had gone on the trip were now sitting on the bus, heading back to the station to then head on to their own homes from their.

"I-I think that's a little to far-fetched of a thought, Mina!" Izuku responded, watching and recoiling as the pink-skinned lady turn to look at him, continuing with her train of thought.

"Maybe you're right, or maybe you both are the cursed ones, Midoriya." Mina responded with a grin, causing Izuku to blink and hold up his hands.

"W-wait, what?!"

"Well yeah! Sure all of us were at the USJ when we got attacked, but she actually got into a fight during her internship, and you happened to confront the Hero Killer himself! I think it fits perfectly." she said.

"I agree with Midoriya, such a concept is foolish to think about." Iida remarked. Waving a hand about, he continued. "By that logic, then Todoroki and I should both fall under the qualification."

"Maybe you do." Mina simply responded with a grin, drawing a sigh from Izuku and Iida both.

"Hey, curse or not, at least this time none of us were in any actual danger." Uraraka chimed in, some of the others nodding their heads in agreement.

"Absolutely," Momo spoke from her place on a raised seat near where the others sat. "Though still, it must not have been easy to watch."

Fumikage just sat silently, arms crossed with his head lowered as he listened. Tsuyu spoke up for the two of them though. "I can definetly say that it wasn't enjoyable, kero."

"Tsuyu, didn't you say that guy had a quirk similar to yours?" Uraraka said, looking over to her, as did the others. Tsuyu went silent for a moment, pondering over the question.

"I mean, it could be some distant relative or something." Ejiro said from his seat next to Mina. "I'm sure I probably have relatives that I'm not aware of."

Izuku spoke up afterwards, "Something so similar though in a distant relative?"

"I'm just saying! The way you described him, honestly seems like his quirk manifested somewhat differently! Tsuyu doesn't look anywhere near as bad as that guy was described, afterall." he said the last bit in an attempt to ease the tension a little bit.

"My father was an only child." Tsuyu said, looking at Kirishima. "Nobody on my mother's side has such an apperance. If a distant relative, then it must be quite distant, kero."

"We could always let Aizawa-sensei know, maybe he could figure out who he was. With the attitude you described, this can't be the first time he's gotten in trouble." Uraraka said, shifting slightly in her seat. "Plus, with a name like 'Croaker', I'm certain he'd be even easier to find."

Nodding his head in agreement, Izuku then looked to Tsuyu, "We can always go with you if you are uncomfortable with asking on your own." he offered to her, Uraraka nodding her head as well with a smile. If she was bothered, Tsuyu's neutral expression gave no implication to that idea.

"Thank you, kero."

"Alright, enough with that gloomy stuff!" Mina piped up, "Anybody got exciting plans for tomorrow?"

"Nope, parents are out of town so have to take care of my brother and sister." Tsuyu said.

"Working on a sunday, really?" Mina asked, only receiving a nod in response.

"Opposite case for me, actually!" Ochako said. "My parents are in town again on another vacation. So I get to hang out with them tomorow." her smile was mirrored by Izuku.

"That's great, Uraraka!" he said to her. "Wish I had something exciting to do, but just going to be another quiet sunday for me."

"Just more brooding for you, Tokoyami?" Ejiro said with a small grin. The dreary teen lifted his head up, blinking as he had zoned out during the whole conversation. Once he was back to reality, he closed his eyes again with a slight frown.

"Perfectly content settling my mind in the calm that is darkness." he said.

The other teens just stared at him, Mina breaking their silence. "Geez, so dramatic.." Fumikage only scoffed in reply. "Momo?!" Mina continued, looking to the vice president of their class. Caught off guard by the sudden attention, Momo took a moment before responding to the question.

"N-no. Nothing beyond my usual daily routine. Have to keep myself in tip-top shape, even on days off from school." she said proudly, Mina pouting.

"Meh..." was the pink lady's response to the idea of not taking advantage of the weekend. Fumikage by this point had tuned out their conversation, having opened his eyes to watch the passing buildings. While he'd admit that it could be amusing to listen to his classmates chatter, he was still someone who preferred his quiet time. He'd had enough excitment for his taste today, now he wanted to just relax.

"What do you think, Tokoyami?" He blinked, looking to Tsuyu sitting next to him, her eye set on him as she waited for his response. He just stared at her, caught off guard and unsure of what to say at first, turning his head away to hide his shocked expression by pretending to look outside.

"About what, Asui?" he asked.

"Tsuyu, and what do you think of this whole curse thing and today?" she said back, having not looked away from him yet.

He frowned slightly, giving a moment to think of his response. "If we are cursed, we are cursed and we'll just have to deal with it, I guess. Not much to be done other than face it if fate decided to give us such daunting trials." He then looked to her. ""As for today, well... I agree with the idea that it is nice none of us were hurt." he paused, looking down for a moment before sighing and closing his eyes. "But to stand by and do nothing was tough. I know using our quirks would have landed us in trouble, but still made me feel...uncomfortable."

"Yeah. I know how you feel. It was also..." she paused for just a moment, but it was such a rare occurence that Fumikage noticed it right away, "seeing someone with a quirk like mine harm someone so badly. I think I'd rather spit up handcuffs again than watch that." Her acknowledging of their match against Ectoplasm and the unsavory tactic she used drew an amused scoff from Fumikage.

"I can imagine it was awful to watch that. For what it is worth, I'm sorry you had to witness that." he said, Tsuyu giving him a small smile.

"Thank you, kero." He returned the smile, about to respond when a massive bang near the front of the bus startled all of them. They'd been around Bakugo enough to recognize the sound of an explosion, but any chance to figure out what had happened though was squandered by the bus jerking to the side as control over the large, moving vehicle was lost as one of its tires was obliterated.

"Tsuyu, hold on! Dark Shadow!" Fumikage shouted out, wrapping his arms around the frog girl as Dark Shadow emerged to quickly grab hold of them in time for the bus to slam into something, causing the vehicle to fish tail and then quickly roll over onto its side. The two of them fell from where they had been sitting, Dark Shadow absorbing most of the blow to cushion them as they fell.

The screech of the metal grinding across the pavement felt like it was piercing their ears for an eternity, even though it only lasted a few seconds before coming to a stop. The two's final movements were to fall from the seats they had landed on to then fall onto the pavement through the now paneless window, the two of them coming to rest on the glass covered asphalt. With their uncontrolled motions having ceased, Dark Shadow finally moved off of Tsuyu and Fumikage, allowing the two of them to separate and figure out what had just happened. The first thing they noticed was a groan near them, and quickly they moved to a currently prone Deku.

"Midoriya!" Tsuyu exclaimed, looking him over as the green haired teenager coughed and held onto his torso.

"I'm...fine. Nothing serious, despite having you fall on me..the others...?!" he asked, opening an eye to look at them both, the boy happy to see at least they had escaped unscathed. As much as Tsuyu wanted to see how badly he was hurt, she also knew that out of all of them, Izuku probably had the greatest tolerance for injuries given his time at UA high.

The sound of some glass crinkling from movement caused Fumikage to look up to see Uraraka and Iida pushing themselves up as well. It seemed with them having already been sitting on the side that hit the ground, they escaped major injuries, though Uraraka was pressing her hand to a bleeding cut on the side of her head. "Uraraka! Iida! You alright?!" Fumikage called to them.

Iida stood up first, looking to the bird boy. "Yes, Tokoyami." he too then turned to look at Uraraka, who didn't say anything but nodded her head to indicate she was mostly alright. "Your head!" Iida moved to her to check, regardless of how she may have seemed.

"I-It's fine Iida. Just a superficial cut." she said, looking to him while keeping her hand over the wound. Her attention was drawn to a moan above her position, all three of them turning their heads to see Mina who was out cold and looking to have suffered a nasty hit from the tipping of the bus. "Mina!" Uraraka quickly moved over to her, Iida following along as Fumikage went to check on the others.

He shouldn't have been surprised to find Kirishima moving about and checking on other passengers, clearly having suffered no injuries himself. Given his hardening quirk, Fumikage easily guessed that the red-head had triggered it the moment they heard the blast. Continuing his search, his eyes settled on Tsuyu who was tending to a dazed and injured Momo, who had also been flung in similar fashion to Mina. He moved over to them, quickly seeing the broken limb that was Momo's arm. While he grimaced at the sight of the injury, Tsuyu maintained a calm expression as she worked to make sure their were no other serious injuries that needed tending. "Tokoyami, help the others, I can take care of Momo."

"Got it." Fumikage responded with a nod of his head, moving to help Kirishima tend to the other injured passengers. His movements jerked to a stop when a burst of gunfire roared from above them. Instinctively, Dark Shadow emerged to shield people while Fumikage attempted to do the same, bracing himself for the pain he was expecting to feel. Further bursts of automatic fire with no pain to follow signaled to the Jet-Black Hero that whoever was shooting was not aiming at them. He followed the sound towards its source, but from his vantage point, he couldn't see the culprit. Between the pauses in gunfire, he could hear shouting from people outside the bus, some in terror, but others clearly were screams of pain. Fumikage turned his head to look at his other classmates to see who was still up and able, but everyone was either injured, or helping the injured. His eyes settled on Iida, who he knew had a quirk less suited for extracting people from the wreckage. "Iida!" he shouted, drawing the attention of the class president. "Outside! Others are under attack!"

Iida nodded his head, looking up to the windows above them before he quickly began to climb his way towards them. He looked back down towards the others before fully climbing out, "Keep them safe class 1-A!" he shouted, getting nods of affirmation from those who could and a croak from Tsuyu, who was still tending to Momo. Fumikage met Iida atop the side of the bus, the two of them looking around to see what was happening. Down the street where they had come from, they could see cars that had come to a quick stop to avoiding hitting the crashed bus, though some hadn't been fast enough or were too close to brake in time and had smashed up against one another. The rest of the traffic had come to a stop, though they could see some cars that had the room to escape doing so.

Their eyes were drawn to three police vehicles that were near one another. The front most car was riddled with bulletholes, and the two teens easily saw the bloodstains and corpses of the officers within the vehicle. It seemed they had had no chance to react to the attack, unlike the other officers around the area. Two other downed officers caught their attention, one looking like they had just stepped from the car only to be shot, and another seemed to have been running for cover when he had been cut down. Three officers seemed to be firing back at the enemy, one officer tending to the injuries of a fifth, while a sixth one was ducked behind a building, tending to an injury of their own.

The crack of a gun above the two was followed by the head of one of the officers jerking back, blood spraying out behind him as he instantly collapsed. The other two had ducked down in response, a bullet striking the car that they were hiding behind. Fumikage turned his head to look for the source of the gunfire, but his world instead turned to a blur as he was suddenly tackled by Iida who shouted a warning during the process. Fumikage let out a pained cough when he fell behind the bus, landing on the asphalt with the new Ingenium lying on top of him. He groaned as Iida moved off of him, grabbing the collar of his shirt and dragging him behind a car. Fumikage's initial irritation was quickly silenced by the sound of bullets striking the car they were currently hiding behind.

"Sorry, Tokoyami." Iida said before taking a chance to peer over the car when he heard the gunfire erupt once more, followed by another officer being ravaged by the projectiles. Fumikage peeked over as well, still a bit disorientated to the chaos at hand. "Up there." Iida pointed, Tsukuyomi following the direction to the top of a building that overlooked the entire road. There he finally saw the origin of the violence, or at least could partly make out who it was. For now, all he could really tell was that the figure was clad entirely in black, brown leather straps visible on his torso, where ammunition could be seen, alongside a few things Fumikage didn't recognize. The part that drew his attention though was the rifle the person wielded, firing down at the pinned officers. In a quick movement though, the students were forced to duck back down when the person turned their weapon to fire on the two of them .

The car shook slightly from the impact of the bullets, Tokoyami ducking his head further when a window above his head was shattered, covering him with glass which he was quick to shake off. "Iida, you think you could reach him fast enough?"

Iida risked another peek over the car before ducking back down, "I could easily reach the building, but he's up on the roof. Three stories up. I'm not sure if I could get up there in time before stalling out." their attention was drawn to the sound of approaching sirens, several more police cars making their way down the road towards them from both ends of the street. "More police, and I'm sure there are plenty of pros making their way here right now. I think it's best that we hold on, or at least get back to the bus to warn and help the others." He only got a nod from Fumikage, who peeked up over the car once more. The individual was currently watching the police come from the other side of the bus.

"Now!" The Jet-Black Hero shouted, quickly jumping over the car and making a mad dash towards the bus, Iida right behind him. Fortunately the distance was small, as the shooter apparently didn't take the opportunity to fire at either of them as they had moved. Pressed against the back of the bus, they listened to a single shot be fired, followed by one of the approaching cop cars swerving as the driver was struck. The out of control vehicle turned sharply, slamming into a light post and then being rammed into by another cruiser that could not slow in time. Fumikage grimaced as he watched more gunfire strike the cruisers that had crashed, followed by the ones skidding to a stop behind them. "Iida, maybe we should try to draw the enemy's fire?" he asked looking to the other teen.

Iida looked at Tokoyami for a moment before towards the police that had been forced to stop away from the bus due to the blockade of wrecked vehicles. He had a deep frown set on his face, "We've already been careless in using our quirks, Tokoyami. If we try to fight the attacker, then we are only going to get into serious trouble, at least until a pro arrives."

"Iida! To hell with those rules right now, people are being shot!" Fumikage exclaimed, though his eyes widened due to the look that Iida gave him. It wasn't the usual serious look the president could get during these moments or when defending a rule. No, he could see just how much the idea was tearing at Iida as well.

"I hate it to, Fumikage, I really do. But we aren't going to become licensed heroes if we try to help now..." he flinched at the sight of another officer being struck down in the distance, grinding his teeth at their inability to act. "Let's just keep those in the bus safe, alright?" he looked to the bird-faced teen, whose surprised look turned to one of resignition, knowing that what Iida was saying was correct.

"Dammit..." During a pause in the gunfire, the two of them heard the sound of something heavy landing on the top of the bus. Glancing to each other for a second, they then moved to look up over the bus as best as they could. In front of them stood the gunman, who had dropped down onto the top of the bus, having left a decent dent where he had landed. The attacker had yet to look towards them, instead turning to aim his rifle towards the police that had been a part of the second wave of officers. Their eyes were drawn to the long cylindrical device that hung under the barrel of the rifle that had bright blue lines running along the sides, a trigger on it being pulled by the gunman before a flash of blue pulsed from the front of the tube. A thin blue projectile hissed through the air before slamming into one of the police cars, promptly detonating it in a blue and orange fire ball, the flames consuming some officers while others were either caught by shrapnel, crushed by falling debris, or simply knocked down from the concussive force.

The two students could only stare in shock at the sight, the gunman watching the results of the explosive before looking around. Which was unfortunate for Tokoyami, once recovered from his shock, he couldn't sit around anymore and had moved to attack the gunman. He had sorely underestimated the reflexes of the man, as the moment Tokoyami came up over the bus and lashed out with Dark Shadow, the man was diving to the side, easily avoiding the animated shadow and rolling off the bus to then land on his feet. Tokoyami moved to try and strike at the him with Dark Shadow once more, but a searing pain in his shoulder, alongside a heavy impact that knocked him off his feet and consequently off the bus, stopped the attack. Fumikage cried out in pain, gripping his shoulder where he had been shot. He could also feel Dark Shadow get fiercely riled up, but with the sun shining brightly there was no chance of it rampaging.

"Tokoyami!" Iida quickly grabbed the injured teen, pulling him out of sight of the gunman as a bullet skimmed by his head, disturbing his hair with the small sonic-boom it generated. Once in cover, Iida immediately began to check the wound, which Fumikage was still covering. He flinched reflexively when more gunfire followed, but it was clear that they were not the current target.

Another voice, this one female, drew Iida and Fumikage's attention, watching as Tsuyu moved near them. "Fumikage! Are you ok?!" she asked, a slight hint of worry slipping through her usually stoic apperance.

With a grimace and hiss of pain, Fumikage nodded his head, "Yeah, hurts, but nothing life threatening." he said to her, Tsuyu taking Iida's spot to tend to the wound while the class president moved to keep an eye on the gunman.

Tsuyu gave the wound a quick glance over, then reached to one of the sleeves of her shirt as she quickly began to tear it free. As she did so, Fumikage could see that the other sleeve of her shirt was missing, and he figured out why as she first shifted his jacket off the arm to have enough room to then wrap it around his wound. The tightening of the makeshift bandage drew a sharp hiss of pain from The Jet-Black Hero, but he thanked Tsuyu regardless as, fixing his jacket before the two began to move to follow Iida, who had moved over to a car to observe the gunman.

The man was decked out in a full black outfit, with plates of some unknown material integrated into it to form armor over much of his body. They could also better see the leather straps on his torso that were holding unknown items, the pistol and magazines being the only thing any of the students could recognize on them. On his thighs, they could see a number of sheaths for many small, thin, and flat daggers. On each shoulder blade, they could see the sheaths to two, foot-long blades, the handles of which stuck up over the man's shoulders. Even his head was hidden by a mask of similar design, and with a quick turn of his head they were able to see a large white plate that covered the entire lower half of his face and came up over his nose, with several portholes and two filters sticking out from the sides. What caught their eyes though was the glint of red from the lenses over his eyes, obscuring any visage of the man behind the mask; they only saw the expressionless mask of a killer at work.

The man was walking calmly towards the cars that had been there since the start of the fire fight, raising his rifle to fire at any police that were foolish to expose themselves and cutting them down with a single pull of the trigger. A new sound though caught their attention, the gunman's as well as they heard something moving rapidly through the air. A smile appeared on Iida's and Tsuyu's face as they saw the Pro-Hero, Jet Stream, come swooping by them. The armored plates on the heroes suit gleamed as he moved, and the bright mechanical wings flapped once to speed up his attack. Iida in particular recognized him, mostly because the man had a quirk similar to the Tenya family, except in this case it was the wings that Jet-Stream used to fly.

The gunman quickly rolled out of the way of a swooping pass from Jet-Stream, who kept with the flight path to then move out of sight of the gunman. The villain kept his rifle raised up, still making his way towards the police cars while watching for Jet-Stream to show. He stopped moving, quickly jerking the gun around to aim at the flying hero coming towards him, only to realize that there was a car between him and the pro who slammed into it to send it skidding across the ground towards the gunman. A slight whir of machines from the man was followed by him leaping high enough to vault over the car, only to be slammed into by Jet-Stream who had not ceased moving after hitting the car.

A cheer came from two of the students behind the car, as well as from the bus as others were finally moving out of it, as the gunman was knocked to the ground. His rifle fell out of his grip as he rolled across the asphalt, it coming to a stop near the police cars he had been heading towards. They watched as Jet-Stream made a sharp turn to continue his attack, making a beeline towards the villain who was finally coming to a stop after rolling a few more feet. To their horror though, they watched as the gunman rolled back up onto his knees, still skidding back slightly due to the momentum as he drew the pistol from his vest in the same motion, bringing it up and firing a single shot at the approaching Jet-Stream. He then fell to the side to get out of the way as the flying hero then slammed head on into the car that had been behind the gunman, though this time it was not part of an attack. After a few feet of movement, they watched as Jet-Stream fell to the ground, no longer moving with blood pooling underneath him.

With that hero out of the way, the gunman took a moment to fire another shot at an officer who tried to attack him, striking down the woman with only a single shot before the gunman began to jog towards the police cruiser he'd been moving towards. "W-Who is he...?" asked a female, the three UA students turning to see Uraraka moving towards them, supporting Izuku while Kirishima came up behind with Mina and Momo over his shoulders. They knelt behind the car, staring at the dead hero in shock.

"I don't know." Izuku said, "But, that was Jet-Stream, The Supersonic Hero." They all looked to Izuku for a moment before back at the gunman who had arrived at the car, picking up his rifle with his left hand, slinging it over his neck before prying open one of the back doors. Reaching inside, they watched as Croaker was yanked out, falling to the ground while swearing up a storm. Another officer attempted to shoot the gunman, who simply shifted their body so that the bullet missed them while also raising his pistol to shoot down the officer. Holstering the firearm, he then reached to a pocket on his belt, removing some kind of cylindrical device none of them could identify.

The device was dropped at Croaker's feet, who looked up towards the gunman while picking up the object. They could see the toadish man talking to the other villain, before nodding his head and quickly sprinting away from the scene and towards an empty alleyway. Seeing this, Iida and Tsuyu both moved to try and intercept the man before he could run away, but the window to the car they were hiding behind exploding out towards them forced both back down, Tsuyu gripping the side of her face where a piece of glass had sliced it. Another bullet tore through the car door, forcing Tsuyu to move back and press against the other students while Iida shifted the opposite way.

"Let's get this guy!" Shouted Kirishima, who hardened the flesh of his arms and hands, looking to Iida. The class president went to say something, but a bullet emerging from the bumper of the car and grazing his shin, leaving a small cut shut him up instantly. "We either attack and get shot by him or hide and get shot by him at this point!"

Izuku looked at Iida, "Iida, he's right!" he flinched when another bullet hole formed in the door, right behind his head.

Fumikage didn't wait for permission, Dark Shadow snaking its way underneath the car and smashing another vehicle so that it flew towards the gunman. The one thing Fumikage loved about Dark Shadow was that he didn't always have to see the target to attack with his quirk, only Dark Shadow needed to see them. The several ton hunk of metal flying straight at him forced the gunman to dodge to the side, moving out of sight behind another car as Iida and Kirishima quickly began to clear the distance towards where he had ducked. "Tsuyu, help them!" Fumikage shouted, looking at the Frog Girl who hesitated for a moment.

She was going to protest, but even she could see that the injured were stable and would be much safer if the gunman was forced to focus on others. Nodding her head, she hopped up over the car, heading towards the gunman's position while Kirishima and Iida attacked from two different flanks. Iida ducked behind a car for cover when the gunman rose up, firing a shot at him before turning and firing at Kirishima. The round was less effective against Red Riot, who hared his upper body and head to absorb the bullet, even though he grunted slightly from just the impact of the round. Another car was sent flying towards the gunman's position as Dark Shadow slammed another vehicle at him.

The villain was quick to move behind another vehicle, avoiding the flying one and moving out of sight. The three heroes-in-training used the moment to rush his position, though it was only Tsuyu who caught sight of the sphere that came rolling out from under the car and directly towards her. "Watch out!" she shouted, quickly diving away as the sphere then exploded. The concussive blast slammed into Froppy, knocking her across the asphalt while it forced Iida to duck. Kirishima was knocked off his feet and sent flying back by the blast, slamming into a car; saved again by the fortune of having the hardening quirk. "Kero.." Tsuyu mumbled out, trying to push herself up on a shaky arm before falling to grip said arm, which had a nasty gash across it from where she'd scrapped across the pavement.

She looked up to see what had happened to the others, struggling to get a decent breath of air with the dust that had settled over the area. Her eyes widened as she saw the silhouette of the gunman walking towards her through the cloud, Tsuyu finding herself being stared down by blank, red lenses of the attacker. She told herself to move as she saw the rifle being brought up, the Froggy Heroine staring straight down the barrel of the weapon, but once more pressing off her injured arm had her falling right back down. A cloth that came from the side, wrapping around the barrel of the weapon and yanking its aim off the girl, saved her as the bullet flew by and harmlessly struck a nearby wall, spraying masonry across the ground. The sharp pull on the weapon had it being ripped from the grip of the gunman, who was turning and drawing his pistol to fire on whoever had now shown up.

Tsuyu let out a shaky breath as she saw their homeroom teacher, having once again saved her life, quickly dash behind some cover as the gunman fired his pistol at the pro-hero. He then moved his aim to fire on another approaching hero, who was too slow to avoid the bullet as it struck them right between the eyes, their body going limp imediately. Another hero was dashing in to assault the gunman blocking the shot that was meant for their head with one of the dual blades they wielded.

The hero, Nightshade, began attacking the enemy rapidly, who was forced on the defensive as they shifted to dodge the barrage of attacks, even drawing one of the knives on his back to assist in blocks and parries. Even in such close range, the villain attempted shots on the hero, who in turn avoided the bullets. A dodged attack from the hero saw the gunman quickly raising the pistol to put a bullet through Nightshade's head, but again his aim was disrupted as Eraserhead dashed into the fight, palming the pistol to the side so that the bullet missed it's mark entirely. Aizawa followed up the hit by then grabbing hold of the firearm and quickly striking at the gunman's hand, the force of the blow dislodging the handgun from the villain's grip, where it was then tossed away from their fight.

The two heroes began pushing back the gunman, who had by this point switched to his knives and seemed to be holding his own, or at least enough to avoid being struck down or binded.

During this time, Fumikage, had gone to check on Tsuyu, Izuku going for Iida while Uraraka kept watch over the still unconscious Mina and dazed Momo. "Tsuyu!" Fumikage knelt down next to her, wincing slightly when he agitated his injured shoulder. He looked to her arm, grimacing at the sight of the cut that was down the length of it. It was his turn now to ruin some of his clothes, pulling off the jacket he had been wearing to hand over to her.

"Thanks, kero.." Tsuyu muttered, helping to tie the makeshift bandage around her arm since both of them were limited to one arm at the moment.

"You going to be ok?" he asked her, finishing up and drawing the bandage tight around the wound, only causing Froppy to wince slightly despite how much Fumikage imagined it hurt.

"No worse than you, I think." She said, looking at him. Fumikage shook his head, though he had trouble hiding the small smile he had from the relief that she wasn't badly hurt. He offered her his good hand, helping to pull her up before he took a chance to look at where Kirishima had landed. The stiff skinned teen was up on his feet, making his way back to the others. With the pro heroes here now, they finally gave themselves a chance to catch their breath. They all joined back up where Mina and Momo lay, turning their attention back to the fight currently going on.

At the moment, they could see that the villain was being pressed backwards under the assault of the two heroes, throwing very few of his own attacks as he was forced to defend against Nightshade and Aizawa. As Nightshade's strike was once again blocked, Aizawa used the chance to quickly catch and bind the blocking limb with his scarf, pulling roughly on the limb to force the villain off balance. Instead, he moved with the tug, dropping to a knee and pivoting on the padded joint to move behind Aizawa, who was forced to turn with him less he be pulled off balance by the motion as well. This placed Aizawa between gunman and the sword wielding hero, giving the villain one person to focus on at the moment. Aizawa was forced to lean back to dodge an upwards slash, creating enough space for the attacker to then bring his knife down to cut himself free of the scarf binding his arm. He then used the momentum of the downward slash to spin around and deliver a sidekick into Eraserhead, knocking the hero down to his back.

Nightshade quickly moved in to prevent the villain from capitalizing any further, slashing and in turn blocking return strikes from him. Nightshade, however, had not been ready for the villain to toss a knife up into the air to free a hand to grab the binding that remained on his arm and then move to intercept one of the hero's swinging limbs. Quickly binding it, the villain then ducked his torso low to avoid an elbow strike, moving back up and drawing the ensnared arm across the pro hero's torso. In doing so he forced the man's arms to cross, trapping the free arm between Nightshade's own chest and the bound limb. Nightshade though was clever enough to step towards the trapped arm, rotating his body so that he was able to free his non-snared arm, bring it up over the villain and then around to thrust towards the man's stomach.

The villain twisted his torso so that the thrusting blade just missed impaling him. He then pushed the arm away from his body while also releasing the bindings, forcing Nightshade to spin to avoid being tied up again. As the hero came around, attempting to slash at the villain during the recovery, his attack was evaded as the villain dropped to a knee again, letting the blow go over his head before thrusting his own dagger upwards and straight into the groin of the pro-hero. With a cry of pain, Nightshade made a wild attempt to strike down at the villain and drive him back, but again the villain spun on his knee outside of Nightshade's legs, withdrawing his knife, and bringing him up and behind the pro-hero where he drove the dagger right into the hero's back. Nightshade gasped, grunting when the villain drove the blade deep enough to pierce into the hero's heart.

All of this had happened so fast, that by the time Aizawa had gotten back to his feet, the blade had already be rammed into Nightshade. Eraserhead only frowned, hiding any other signs that he was enraged to see another of his fellow pros be taken down, before moving forwards once more to engage the villain. Nearby, the students, who had been excited and relieved to see their teacher and other heroes arrive, felt a cold chill moving over them. They didn't know what to think, say, or do, having watched the man carve his way through the opposition that came at him.

"All Might is gonna show up like last time, right..?" Uraraka said, a hint of desperation in her tone. The others just remained silent, all of them hoping that he would, and do so soon. Some sense of relief came over them as they watched Aizawa move to the side to avoid a knife strike, then lunge forwards and deliver a hard kick right into the gunman's side. The man stumbled before his foot caught on the corpse of Nightrshade, where he fell over, quickly rolling with fall to try and make distance from the rapidly approaching Aizawa.

What they hadn't seen though is that as he rolled away, the man had moved to his pistol that had been thrown to the ground. As he came back up onto his feet, Fumikage's widened in fear for their teacher as the gun came up, aimed straight at Eraserhead.

Aizawa however had been keeping track of the pistol's location, so when he saw the gunman roll towards it, he was ready to move out of the line of fire. The discharged bullet slipped past the homeroom teacher, who quickly covered the rest of the distance while attempting to ensnare the villain before he could fire again. The two locked up with one another, each having a hold on the other and drawing them both to a stalemate, struggling to try and free themselves while also attempting to toss their enemy.

The two of them stared right into the goggle's of the other as they struggled. "Best give up now, I don't usually work during this time, so I know their are plenty of other heroes coming." Aizawa muttered to the gunman, who chuckled at the threat.

"You're right, I know there are plenty heading this way now." Suddenly Aizawa felt the gunman shift his body weight, forcing the homeroom teacher to adjust his stance before he was thrown off balance. As he recovered, he heard the pistol be fired despite not coming close to hitting the him. The sound of a large fire roaring to life drew his attention..

The teacher's eyes widened as he realized what had happened, watching as the ignited fuel lit the leaking gas of other damaged cars. The fire was rapidly spreading, and Aizawa noticed that it was going to surround his students really soon, most of whom were injured to the point that he wasn't certain if they would be able to get away without some kind of serious burn.

"Me or the kids asshole! Decide fast!" Aizawa turned his attention to the man, sneering at him. The gunman was right, there was no way Aizawa could defeat him and rescue the students before they were caught by the fire. Quickly making his decision, Aizawa roughly shoved the villain back, releasing his hold on the gunman who moved backwards with the shove to create distance between them. The teacher was already sprinting towards the students, who were currently trying to figure out where to escape too and how to carry the two unconscious students.

"I'll grab Ashido and Yaoyorozu, run!" Aizawa said as he landed near them, startling them as he reached down and picked up the two wounded students. He did notice how they both were very light, Aizawa recognizing the small yet clear sign of Uraraka focusing on her quirk's activation. Seems they had been hatching some kind of plan, he had just happened to make it easier. They were all able to quickly escape the rapidly growing inferno, stopping to catch their breath when they had put a safe distance between themselves and the fire. Nearby, the Fire-Fighting hero Backdraft was keeping the fire contained, preventing it from spreading so that they could be extinguished when more fire fighter's arrived.

"R-Release!" Uraraka said after Aizawa had set Mina and Momo down, exhaling and sitting down on the ground next to Tsuyu and Izuku. Fumikage was sitting across from Tsuyu, Kirishima next to him while Iida stood next to the homeroom teacher, watching.

"Aizawa Sensei, who was that villain?" Iida asked, the members of 1-A looking towards Eraserhead as he watched emergency services deal with the fire. He had lowered the goggles from his eyes, letting them hang around his neck, noticing that the gunman had left the area. He looked to the students, glancing over the injured ones, Ashido and Yaoyorozu in particular.

He then looked back out over the carnage, his frown deepening because he had no clue who that man had been. Honestly, the only thing concerning the hero was the fact that they had escaped after causing so much damage. He needed to report to the others at UA as soon as he could. " I don't know." he finally answered them, the students watching their teacher for a moment before joining him in viewing the damage

AN: So it's been a bit since I've posted something onto this site, and maybe I'm jumping the shark doing a crossover of MHA with bits from the Wanted Comic/movie. In particular it has been a bit since I've had to do dialogue. I do love constructive criticism though, and assistance to improve it would be greatly appreciated. I would also say just hearing what you thought, even if you don't have any criticism to give, is just as wonderful for me to see.

Also am worried I may accidentally go OC with characters which I do wish to avoid, so help in guiding me there if possible is another thing I would be appreciative towards. Thank you readers, and enjoy.

Also, While I have read past the stopping point of the anime, this obviously is going to depart from the canon plot.