AN: Hello, welcome again!

Quick question, would you guys like it if instead of saying 'Midoriya' or 'Uraraka' the text would say Izuku and Ochaco? Not really important but I might change it.

Also title was too long so I changed it :((

Chapter 4: Ice, Fire, And A Rose

"I am here! Now heading to work!" All Might shouted, his teeth shimmering from his huge smile. He currently was heading to U.A where he jumped across city blocks, stopping any threats in his way.

The crimes he saw during his jumps were too much for him to just leave alone, Be it just a speeding car or a complete robbery. He knew he was going to be late for his teaching job, but he had a bigger job to upheld, and that was being a hero. Of course it would take a bit out of his pay check, but that didn't matter to him; as long as he could help citizens, he was completely fine of losing a bit of cash.

But recently he noticed.. He was getting slower.

Of course he knew the reason why. It felt like years gone by, but really; it only has been a few weeks since he gave Midoriya 'One For All.'

His power was declining. Faster too. Ever since he gave 'One For All' to Midoriya, he noticed the change in speed and power he lost.

All Might's thoughts drifted to what Midoriya told him the other day, the day before that Ruby girl was admitted to the school. He told Bakugo about One For All, on how the quirk was transferred to him from someone else. Of course, he didn't lecture him about it because young Bakugo thought he was joking. Still, even though Midoriya now has a suitable vessel to contain One For All, he's still a young boy, and it was his job to teach him.

Shift

"Training today is going to be a bit different. There will be three instructors to keep you guys in check; Me, All Might, and another teacher." Aizawa told the students as he looked over them.

The students took on a look of surprise, before Sero raised his hand. "Hey, Mr Aizawa? What kind of training is this?"

Not a second later, Aizawa held out a card that read RESCUE in bold blue letters. "Rescue. You'll be dealing with natural disasters, ship wrecks, tornadoes, that kind of stuff."

The entire class was soon filled with excitement. Some students were even glad to finally be able show off their skills. Especially Ruby.

"Woah.. that's awesome!.." Ruby mumbled with glowing silver eyes. She always wanted to help people, and this training can actually help her. Now that she thought about it, she never had a chance to do any physical activities during her time here, and she might be getting rusty.

"Guys, I'm not done talking yet." Aizawa groaned, silencing the entire room. "What you wear during this is up to you. I know you're excited about costumes. Keep in mind that you aren't used to them yet, and they can limit your abilities. Ruby you should head to your locker if you want to bring your costume too. I'll allow you to bring that scythe for just this one time."

"SCYTHE?" Almost everyone's head turned to the redhead who only covered her face with her hands.

'Why'd He bring all the attention to me?!..'

"Quiet." Aizawa's eyes glowed a red crimson before everyone settled down.

"This place is at an off-campus facility, so we'll be taking a bus there. That's all. Everyone get ready."

"Finally, a place to show my skill!" Ruby cheered meekly.

Later

Ruby was currently dressed in her huntress outfit, which was basically all black with red highlights. It matched her hair pretty well. She also wore her signature red hood and also had Crescent Rose clipped on her back.

Mineta gave it a 4/10. He couldn't see anything underneath.

"Hey Ruby. Cool costume!" Uraraka waved as Ruby smiled. "Thanks, I made it myself. Though yours is..

She took a glance at Uraraka who looked a little flustered.

"—Pretty cool too."

"T-thanks, though it's not supposed to be skin-tight.. Oh there's Deku. Cmon!" Uraraka quickly changed the subject, pointing at the green haired boy who currently wore the P.E uniform with huge white gloves and some black padding for his knees and elbows.

"Hey Deku!.. Huh? Why aren't you wearing your costume?" Uraraka greeted with a wave, Ruby following from behind.

"Oh, it got destroyed during combat training remember? I'm waiting for the support company to fix it up." He responded, scratching his head.

"How tough was that training anyways? Aizawa said you destroyed your arms during it. Should I be worried?" Ruby nervously asked. As far as she knew, the training was difficult as she examined the injuries Midoriya had the other day.

"No, you'll be fine. I was kinda reckless during that test." Midoriya responded with a light chuckle. "If anything, Everything should go fine since we're just doing rescue—

PHEEEEEEW

"Class 1-A, please gather around! Using your student numbers, create 2 lines so we can line up efficiently!" Iida blew a whistle. He currently was dressed like his brother, the hero Ruby now knew as Ingenium; beside the mask.

"Iida's taking the class rep thing a bit too far huh..?" Ruby muttered.

"Yep.."

Later

The bus was not how Iida expected it to be. His plans for a simplified seating chart was ruined due to the opened design of the bus.

He slumped down defeated, while his friends smiled at his luck.

"Hey Midoriya." Tsu started, looking toward him as he turned to face her.

"What's up Asui?"

"I told you to call me Tsu."

"Oh Right..! Sorry.." he scratched his head.

"Anyways, I was wondering about your quirk." That seemed to gain his attention. "It's a lot like All Might's."

He responded by nervously rubbing the back of his neck. "Oh er.. Really? I never thought about it like that..!" He responded in short breaths.

"Nah, Tsu you're forgetting All Might doesn't hurt himself when he uses his quirk. That's a pretty huge difference." Kirishima jumped in while Midoriya sighed in relief.

"What is your quirk anyways? I already saw Uraraka's and Iida's. But I never got the chance to see yours." Ruby questioned, which Midoriya instantly began stuttering again. She currently sat next to Uraraka who also listened in on the conversation.

"W-Well, it's a quirk that g-gives me super strength, though I get hurt when I use it." He muttered, while Ruby's eyes gleamed.

"You're lucky though, it's cool to have a simple augmenting quirk. You can do a lot of manly stuff with those types of quirks." Kirishima added as he raised his arm. Suddenly, it became rough with sharp edges which Ruby looked on in wonder and amazement. "My hardening is pretty good for battle and beating up some dudes, but it isn't all that flashy."

"What do you mean? That's so cool!" Ruby interrupted surprising the redhead. "You can practically run through an entire crowd of baddies and you wouldn't feel a thing! That's amazing in my opinion."

"I wonder how Yang would fight him.."

"You really think so?"

This time, Midoriya Interrupted. "Heck yeah, it looks amazing! With a quirk like that you're definitely going to be a pro!"

"Huh? Really? Seemed pretty easier to become a famous hero if I had something flashier." Kirishima had a conflicted smirk on his face as he looked at his hardened arm.

"My Naval Laser is a combination of both flash and strength." Aoyama pointed out, his eyes sparkling with pride.

"Yeah, but it's pretty lame when you get a stomach ache." Mina added which made him slumped down a bit.

"How about you Ruby? What's your quirk all about? Also that scythe Aizawa talked about." Kirishima looked at her, with interest.

"Huh? my quirk?.."

"Yeah, What is yours? You've never told us about it." Midoriya jumped in.

"Oh right, uh quirks! Well, mine is basically super speed." She explained; Aizawa listened intently from the front, but didn't bother looking at them.

"Basically, I can run really fast and rose petals just fly out of me as an effect. I don't know how fast I can really go though.." Ruby thought, rubbing her chin. "And my scythe!" She patted the huge red hunk of metal on her back. "This dear child of mine is called Crescent Rose. My greatest creation! It may just look like some weird box, but it can transform into a scythe!.. I can't really transform it now though..." she scratched her head.

"Woah that's awesome!" Kirishima smirked, while Midoriya took notes.. yet didn't even carry a notebook or pencil. "No wonder you can go toe to toe with Mr. Aizawa, you're too fast for his eyes!" Kirishima added, making the silver eyed girl blush from the praise.

"Yeah, that quirk.. if you managed to avoid being in Mr. Aizawa's vision, then you could be a pro hero for sure!" Midoriya added, Ruby instantly sank back into her seat. She couldn't take this much praise for something she didn't even do!

Well, if what we're looking for are pro quirks, Bakugou's and Todoroki's are definitely up there." Bakugo looked over after hearing his name before turning back to look out the window, while Todoroki rested his eyes at the back seat. Ruby silently thanked Kirishima for finally giving her Both their names.

"True, but Bakugou is always angry so he'll never be that popular." Tsu stated, which instantly triggered the blonde.

"THE HELL YOU SAY?! I'LL KICK YOUR ASS FROG GIRL!" Bakugo jumped out of his seat in anger. Tsu was completely unfazed by his threat pointing at him humorlessly "See?"

"Ya know we basically just met you, so it's kinda telling that we already know your personality is completely garbage..." Kaminari entered the conversation.

"YOU'LL REGRET THE DAY YOU APPLIED TO THIS SCHOOL YOU BASTARD!—"

Midoriya took on a face of shock after what he was seeing. 'Kacchan being teased?! Wasn't it supposed to be the other way around?! U.A is so confusing..!'

Both Ruby and Uraraka sat, smiling and giggling at the feud that happened between Bakugou and the other students. She didn't expect to get along with everyone so quickly, but she was glad she did; otherwise she probably would've been in the back seat along with Todoroki, completely quiet.. though, now he looked annoyed from all the noise.

"Hey hey, Quit messing around. We're almost here." Aizawa interrupted, at the front of the bus. Indeed, Ruby looked out the window to see a huge dome, almost; if not larger than the school itself. The bus stopped and everyone exited.

Shift

Everyone was greeted by another member of the staff, a person that went by the name of 'Thirteen.' They consisted of a white puffy space-suit, and helmet. A bunch of students took on a look of amazement at the hero while Ruby stood by the side awkwardly.

'Dang it.. I don't know this person.. whoever they are, they do have a cool spacesuit though.'

"Hello everyone, I've been waiting for a while now." Thirteen introduced themselves with a wave. "Can't wait to show you guys inside!"

Entering the dome, Ruby looked around in amazement. This place was huge! There were like four different environments each for different scenarios in a natural disaster.

"I created this training facility to train you guys to deal with many different types of disasters that could happen! I called it the unforeseen simulation joint! Or..."

"U.S.J!"

"Woah.. I never seen anything like it." Ruby mumbled in amazement. Looking at her other classmates, she too saw their eyes sparkle with wonder and interest.

Aizawa gestured for Thirteen to come toward him to speak in private, away from hearing range of the students.

"Hey, where's All Might? Shouldn't he be here already?" Aizawa grumbled to Thirteen. "Let me guess.. he booked a interview?"

"Actually, he used up all his power doing hero work on the way here." Thirteen corrected, making Aizawa frown. "He's resting in the teacher's lounge right now."

"That man.. well it can't be helped, The two of us will be fine. Let's get started." He finished, standing by the side of Thirteen, facing the students.

"Alright, before we begin; I got something to say, well.. maybe two.. or three—

"We get it."

"Right. Well listen closely. I'm sure you guys know of my quirk. It's called black hole, I can suck up anything and turn it into pure dust."

'Wha.. What?! That's perfe— Oh wait, the other dust..'

"Yeah, you saved a bunch of people with that quirk." Midoriya pointed out while Uraraka nodded her head furiously.

"That's true.. but it's also a very dangerous quirk that can kill.." that made everyone stop and listen even more closely.

"Some of you also have powers that are dangerous. Please remember to stay focused and make the right decisions or else your quirks can become deadly." Thirteen took a small breath before continuing.

Today, you guys are going to use your quirks to save others lives. You won't be using your quirks to attack enemies or others, only to help. After all, that's what being a hero is all about. Ensuring the safety of others."

"That's all I have to say, thanks for listening!" Thirteen bowed while the students cheered.

"Alright, now with that out of the way—" before Aizawa could finish, sparks flew around the light sources of the dome before they shut down instantly.

'Is this part of the test..?' Ruby wondered suspiciously until a dark void appeared in the middle of the courtyard.

Aizawa turned, shock etched on his face. That wasn't good sign either.

Suddenly, an arm stretched out of the void and out came many strange people, the first being a blue haired man with dismembered hands for accessories. His red eyes staring straight toward the students.

The man's gaze landed on her which sent a chill down her spine, his eyes full of murderous intent, and a small bit of shock.

"Everyone Stay back!" Aizawa shouted, which kinda surprised her. He has never used that tone during the time she'd known him, even during their fight. She knew this was serious. Putting on his goggles, he told them, "This isn't in the test. This is real. Those are villains."

The sudden realization struck them which made them feel uneasy. Real villains? What were they doing here?!

On the other side of the facility, the void that brought them all here took shape of a man, but still kept the physical appearance of a ghastly figure.

"The only heroes I see are 'Thirteen' and 'Eraserhead.' Perplexing. According to the schedule, All Might is supposed to be here." The void spoke to the blue haired man. it's yellow glowing eyes scanned the area looking for the symbol of peace.

"Seriously.. I went through the trouble of bringing a bunch of friends and he didn't even bother to show up? What a waste of time.. Well maybe if I kill a few kids, he'll show up eventually..C'mon let's watch from a safe distance for now." the blue haired man spoke, smiling devilishly under his mask.

Aizawa's hair and scarf flew above his head, as he eyed down each villain, A red glow emitting from his yellow goggles.

"Hey, Thirteen!" Yaoyorozu shouted gaining their attention. "Why aren't the alarms going off?!"

"I'm not sure.." Thirteen responded with a nervous tone. Rubbing their chin.

"Is the entire campus under attack? Or just us?" Todoroki finally spoke, staring down each of the villains.

"Either way, there's a villain that's messing with the alarm systems." Todoroki continued. "They chose to infiltrate an isolated facility during the time a class was being taught. They're fools for trespassing. But they must have a plan if they gone through all the trouble just to make this happen."

Aizawa stepped infront of the class and Thirteen, holding onto his scarfs.

"Thirteen get them out of here and alert the rest of the staff. Actually.. If they surpassed security then they probably did something with our regular communication too.. Kaminari use your gear and quirk to contact the school." The blonde nodded.

"What are you going to do?! You can't fight them on your own." Midoriya exclaimed. "Even when you use your quirk, your fighting style isn't suited for groups."

"Don't worry Midoriya, he's going to be fine." Ruby assured.

"You can't be a pro if you only have one trick. I leave them to you, Thirteen."

Finally, Aizawa jumped down the huge stairs, and once he touched the ground ran after the villains.

Ruby looked on as he nullified three villains and proceeded to slam them into the ground with his scarf.

"A-awesome!" Ruby smirked. It was way cooler when you weren't the one being attacked.

A villain ran toward him attempting to punch him, only for him to duck and deliver a uppercut, sending the man to the air before pulling him down with his scarf, slamming into another villain.

Meanwhile, the blue haired villain looked at the pro hero with disgust, yet gave off a small smirk.

"There he goes, trying to impress us. With those goggles you can't even tell whose quirk is getting nullified.. He's making it hard for us to work together, some of us need to rely on other quirks too.. How annoying." The blue haired man scratched his neck.

The students started toward the exit gates, while Ruby and Izuku watched in amazement.

"Wow I guess I shouldn't underestimate him.."

"Yep, he's amazing.. Guess my fight was really just a warm-up to him.."

"Ruby! Midoriya! Hurry! This isn't a time for analyzing! We have to go!" Iida turned toward them with a nervous tone. Both of them nodded as they ran, Ruby easily catching up to them.

Thirteen leaded the way, and as they approached the door, a black mist appeared before them, growing into a large massive void with yellow glowing eyes. His appearance gave everyone a chill down their spines, Ruby especially; as it reminded her of Grimm.

"There is no escape for you." The mist spoke. "It's a pleasure seeing U.A's latest. We are The League of Villains."

"I know it's inappropriate to barge in uninvited; but we decided to come by to say hello. And besides, isn't this a good place for the resting place of All Might? I believed he was suppose to be here today, but I guess not. Guess there was a change of plan we missed."

Thirteen readied their quirk as Bakugou and Kirishima were the first to take a stance, as the other students proceeded to follow them.

"Ah well, it doesn't matter. I still have a role to play."

The mast grew bigger, while Everyone's eyes widen to see Bakugou and Kirishima jump at the mass.

Bakugou then released a explosion, shooting dust and dirt up into the air, blocking everyone's view.

"Did'ja really think we would just stand around while you destroy everything?!" Everyone looked in astonishment as Both Bakugou and Kirishima smirked.

"You live up to U.A's reputation."

Their smirks faltered as the dust cleared, showing the mist was perfectly fine.

"But you should be more careful children. Or else someone can get hurt." The tone he used was threatening as Ruby began sweating. Crescent Rose wasn't helpful in this situation right now.."

"Both of you get out of the way! Now!" Thirteen yelled, putting their arm up. Before Thirteen could activate their quirk, the mist spreaded around the entire class.

"I'll scatter you around this entire facility! To meet my comrades! And your deaths!"

The mist swallowed the class whole, while some managed to escape, Ruby wasn't so lucky as she felt herself being dragged off her feet, and losing sight of what's infront of her. Eventually, she opened her eyes as she began to see the ground quickly approaching.

"Crap, Crap, Crap!" She quickly unfolded Cresent Rose, and used the recoil to slow her landing.

"Alright.. Guess the landing strategies were useful after all."

Looking around, she spotted many villains approaching her, though some backed away at the sight of Cresent Rose.

"Hey! If you want to fight then come and get it!" She taunted, clearly it worked as they begun charging her.

Suddenly she remembered that none of them had aura. "..Right. I need to hold back even more.." she sighed, turning her scythe to the blunt end.

Before they even made it close to her, she instantly closed the gap with her semblance, activating it and zooming pass them, they didn't even realize she moved, the only indication was some rose petals flying by before they suddenly shoved away by an incredible force, down the landslide. Yet, more kept coming; and they looked armed with weapons too.

Ruby stopped, turning towards another oncoming horde as she readied her scythe. Just as quickly as before, she jumped in the air, using her scythe to propel herself toward them. Her boots impacting one's face, before twisting around with her scythe and kicking another.

Two down and a few more to go, she didn't bother using her full speed; she knew these guys were weak like Torchwick's henchmen. Looking down at them with a glare, (which made her look like a puppy.) a few started to actually run away, until..

Everyone got covered in ice, completely frozen and stationary. Looking to the side, she saw Todoroki by her.

She stared in amazement at the power he displayed, if she didn't know any better, she would've thought those people were actually ice sculptures.

"Woah, Todoroki.. your quirk is amazing." She muttered, he only nodded in response.

"Come, lets interrogate a few to know what's going on." He suggested, Ruby only nodded back.

"Hey, uh Todoroki?"

"Yes?"

"Need a bit of help here.." She pointed at her feet which was covered in ice up to the knees.

"Sorry about that."

Shift

After Ruby was freed, they both figured out they were on the landslide section of U.S.J and began interrogating the incapacitated villains.

"So their plan was to scatter us and kill us. Clearly they were unprepared." Both of them walked by the villains as they tried breaking free.

"Those kids.. to wield something so huge with no effort.. And that boy's power to freeze every one of us.."

"Those aren't kids.. those are monsters.." Ruby rolled her eyes at the villain, before sticking out her tongue.

"They're planning to kill All Might. At first I thought they brought a bunch of elite villains to overpower him." Todoroki told Ruby who followed behind him.

Two villains came from both sides, as Todoroki easily disposed of the one upfront by freezing him instantly, while Ruby shot gravity dust onto the ground, pulling the second one down instantly.

"Hmm.. To me, they aren't all that 'elite.' Ruby mocked with a smirk, looking down at the villain.

"Right. Most of these villains are low-level thugs, so this can't be their master plan. From what I saw, there were at least 4 or 5 of them that are truly dangerous here." Todoroki turned toward the villain infront of him. "If that's the case, then we need more information."

"Everyone listen up!" Todoroki spoke out, which gave everyone a chill down their spine. "If you stay frozen, your cells will slowly die from frostbite and hypothermia. Luckily for you, I want to be a hero. So I'd like to avoid killing anyone." The frozen criminals gawked at his statement, with terrified faces. Even Ruby felt a bit bad for them.

"But the only way to avoid that is to tell us how you're planning to kill All Might." He raised his palm toward one of their faces, whom of which began tearing up at the thought of dying. Ruby couldn't even look at the sight.

Shift

Midoriya, Tsu, and Mineta were warped into the water section, and quickly managed to escape the villains in that area with no damage.. except Midoriya who actually injured himself.. again. Scratched that, Mineta threw his 'grapes' into the water as his head started bleeding. Good news is that they were locking them all together, away from them.

For now, they swam safely to shore and silently watched as Aizawa continued beating the thugs rather easily, though now he was tiring out. Taking one down and three come out of nowhere. Of course, they knew what his quirk was after fighting him for so long, so now he needed to be more careful.

Slipping under a rather weak left hook, and countering with a kick to the head, he pulled on his scarf to pull one's arm and launch them into another, slamming into each other.

Finally, the one he assumed the boss ran after him. The blue haired man ran rather strangely at him with his palm outstretched, though if his quirk activates only through touch, then its best to stay away from his hands.

Coming face to face, Aizawa easily slipped under his arm and elbowed him in the gut, but unlike the thugs, he didn't react at all, only holding onto his elbow that contacted his stomach.

"It was hard to see earlier, because you were moving around so much.. But I found your tell; it's your hair." Aizawa's eyes widened at that. How did he figure it out?

"When it drops, it means your quirk isn't being used. You're having to blink more often, because of all these guys to wear you down."

Suddenly, his elbow began.. shedding, crumbling and decaying as the tissue was no more and actual flesh began showing.

Before it spreaded any further, he kicked him away. Activating his aura, the tissue began healing rather quickly.

Seeing the light glow around Aizawa made the man's eyes widened a bit. "Hm.. interesting you have the same powers from someone I've met before. I think they called it.. 'aura.' Strange. I wonder how you obtained it."

Aizawa's eyes widened even more, How the hell did he know about aura? Does Ruby know this guy?

"Oh, by the way. I am not the final boss."

Confused, Aizawa Turned around.

The hulking figure of a man if you can even call it that, reached out toward him.

Shift

Ruby shivered.

The ice was cold, so cold in fact, she was beginning to catch a cold. Wrapping herself in her cloak wasn't helping either. Sure, the snow in patch was cold, but why was his ice so much colder?! She sighed, watching her breath fly away into the air. Todoroki only walked forward, not even glancing at her.

"If you're cold, you can stay on my left." He suddenly spoke. Confused, Ruby tried it anyways, walking to the left.

Instantly, she felt a warm sensation breeze by. It felt like standing next to a campfire.

"Wow.. this side is so much better!" Ruby smiled. Todoroki stopped in his tracks; his eyes darkening for a second, leaving Ruby with a chill down her spine. "W-What's wrong..? Did I say something..?"

Just as sudden, he began walking again. Ruby began to follow, only seeing ice climbing up her ankles.

"Hey!" Ruby shouted, but she suddenly stopped, due to the situation. "I'm sorry if I said anything wrong.. can you please help me out?"

"Sorry. You just reminded me of someone." He responded placing his left hand on the ground.

"O-oh.." Ruby scratched her head, looking to the side. "Sorry for bringing back bad memories."

suddenly, a loud crunch was heard in the center of the facility, and a rather inhuman yell. Once the ice melted, Ruby instantly ran toward Todoroki's side.

"Hold on, I'll get us down there quick!" Grabbing onto her arm, she zoomed down the landslide with her semblance, though she was left dazed and exhausted because her semblance; when carrying another person, takes a toll on her body.

Exiting the landslide area, the first sight she saw instantly made her want to vomit.

There infront of her stood a huge muscular man if you could even call it that, along with the blue haired man, and the dark void over Aizawa, whose arms were broken and crumbled. She could see that aura was trying but failing to heal him. They all faced away from her and Todoroki, yet they had a feeling they knew they were there.

The thing raised his head before slamming it into the ground, shattering his aura and creating a small crater. Even Todoroki felt unnerved by it.

Ruby's eyes darkened. The blue haired man beside the monster only watched on with a wicked grin underneath the hand mask of his. The dark mist suddenly approaching his side.

"Kurogiri. Did you dispose of Thirteen?" The man asked.

"Thirteen is out of commission.. but a student got away." The mist now knowned as Kurogiri responded.

"...huh?.." The man looked at the mist with a annoyed expression, before putting his hand to his own neck and began scratching, doing the same with his other hand, his body shaking angrily. "Kurogiri.. you!.. you idiot! if you weren't our warp gate, I would've murdered you right now!.." there was a long pause, everyone too afraid to act.

Just as sudden, he stopped, sighing in dissapointment. "We can't win against a bunch of pros.. I guess it's game over then.. let's go home." He looked back at Kurogiri.

"Before we leave though, let's smash some of his pride as the symbol of peace!" He suddenly appeared infront of the water section, though to Ruby, he ran there really quickly.

He was reaching out for something, or rather someone..

Ruby didn't realize it, but her body reacted and reached for her scythe.

Next Chapter: I Am Here