(This chapter is going to be a little longer than the first three.)
Above Earth, we see the alien warship still undergoing repairs. Inside the bay, the drone looks at the monitor as it beeps. It runs toward the pod containing the injured commander. "Master, the Omnitrix has been activated."
The alien commander says nothing for a moment. He then turns his face to see a shadowed figure.
"Go...retrieve the Omnitrix to me!" He then coughs a little, before continuing. "Kill the holder...if necessary."
The figure then walks off. A pod then ejects from the ship, landing in the beach. Upon seeing the pod that contained the Omnitrix, it disintegrates it. The Mechadroid then turns into a car and drives off into the city to not attract any attention.
School
It's Thursday, and Izuku was getting ready to leave the room, preparing for the U.A. Entrance Exam. He's writing his usual stuff down on a regular notebook, probably to not attract any attention from Bakugo. Speaking of which, the spiky haired jerk hasn't been bullying him today. It's been a day since the sludge villain incident and he seemed to mellow out. Why?
He then flinches as an hand lands on his shoulder. He turns to see that it's Ben. He then calms down, holding his heart to try and catch his breath.
"Hey bud, sorry to scare you like that."
"Oh, it's fine." He then looks at Ben. "So, you started training yet?"
Ben shakes his head. "No. My teacher needed me to get something for him. How about you?"
"No, I have to do something for my teacher too."
"Well, it must be something important for them."
The two then let out a sigh. Izuku then looks at him. "Well, I can't believe that we're heading to U.A."
"Yeah, me neither."
Ben then lets out his fist. "Well, let's do this together."
Izuku then lets his fist out and they do a fist bump. Ben then leaves the room, waving bye to his friend.
Somewhere in Kiyashi Ward
A man in a brown suit is knocking at the door of an apartment building. It was rundown and not in good shape. The sign on the front of the door said, 'Dr. Animo'.
"Yo! Animo! Open up! I know you're in there!"
Hearing no response, he uses a key to unlock the door. Upon entering, he holds his nose, and the inside wasn't a pretty sight to see. Filthy tanks and cages holding many animals as far as the eye can see.
"Phew! Smells like a zoo in here!"
However, unknown to him, a figure was approaching from behind. As he turns around, he yelps in surprise, disturbed by the doctor's appearance.
Animo appeared to be in his 60s, had pale green skin, long white hair, yellow eyes, and teeth that looked like they hadn't been brushed in weeks. He wore a black shirt and cargo pants.
"HOW did you get in?!" He demanded in a scratchy voice.
The man in the suit adjusts his tie. "Pass key. I am still your landlord, remember? Maybe not because your rent is six months pass due."
Animo then shrugs him off. "All my funds go to my research. Now GET OUT! You're disturbing me!"
The landlord looks around the apartment and is more mad. "Hmm. Looks like you were "disturbed" long enough before I got here pal! Listen here, Doc. The one that is going to be out on the street are you and your furry friends. Now pony up the green." He lends his hand out.
Animo smirks. "Pony up." He then picks a frog out of one of the cages. "Now that's an interesting choice of words... You must be an animal lover! Then you're gonna love this."
Animo places the frog on the floor and then picks something out from his desk and equips himself. The thing is a strange device composed of a spaghetti strainer with two headphone pads on the sides connecting as a strap. It also had two horns resembling a rhino. Strapped to his chest was a strap that has a circular red dial.
However, the landlord just laughs at this, holding his gut. "What's that supposed to be? You're a member of the "moose lodge" or something?"
Animo ignores the mocking laughter. "This is my Transmodulator: phase number one. Do you know what my quirk is?"
The landlord wipes away tears as he his laughter dies down. "Don't care."
"You should. My quirk allows me to alter the DNA of animals as long as I know the physiology of their species. Sadly, it's not as powerful as others are. However, with this device, I will be able to create and accelerate mutations at the genetic level. Observe." He then twists the dial and presses a few buttons, which lead to the antennas to have a red spark.
The sparks then form into red beams and fire at the frog.
Upon being hit, the frog grows in size as warts appear on its back and legs, and horns grow on the size of it's head.
The landlord's amusement turns into fear as the four red-eyed mutant frog stares down on him.
Animo, smiling maniacally, walks next to the frog. "Oh, this device also allows me to control my animals, so you better start running."
Unfortunately, it's too late as the frog engulfs the landlord in its mouth. All what can be heard are muffled screams.
"HA HA HA HA HA! What's that, I can't hear you. Sounds like you have a frog in your throat. Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha! Or is that- the other way around." Animo continues to laugh maniacally as the frog spits out the landlord. Terrified, the landlord runs out of the apartment, screaming. Animo's laughter then dies down as he rubs his eyes. "Ah, I truly am brilliant. But now it's time for me to show the world the genius of Dr. Aloysius J. Animo. But how?"
He rubs his chin, pondering on what to do. He doesn't have that much options, since he's a laughing stock of the science community. He has no allies nor money. His thinking is then interrupted by a commercial on the TV.
"So whatever you need, from hair spray to state-of-the-art electronics, you'll find them all at the Kiyashi Ward Shopping Mall!"
The mad doctor smiles evilly at this.
Another school...
It was the end of another school day when the bell rang, allowing for the students to leave. They left like a pack of dogs let loose only minutes after they were allowed to leave. One of them in particular, is a young girl with black hair making her way down the sidewalk, thinking about her future. For this girl, she knew what she wanted to do.
She looked down at her hand to see that it was colored black with green lines over it.
She had so much hope and optimism for what she was about to do. The U.A. Entrance Exam. The notorious test that determines whether a person can enter the best superhero school in Japan or not. She knows that it won't be easy, but it won't stop her from trying.
"Hey, Yamamoto!"
The girl snapped out of her thoughts to look back at the person who called her.
"Sorry about that."
"You were thinking about U.A. again?"
"Yeah. It's what I want to do." Julie answered. "I just can't wait to get into that school and learn how to be a butt kicking superhero!"
"You're so lucky." Another student groaned. "Not all of us have awesome quirks as you."
"Hey, don't be so hard on yourself." Julie reassured. "You have great quirks too."
"Thanks." the student replied.
"Hey, may I ask you something?"
"What is it?" She asked.
"What's your quirk, exactly?"
That made the girl a little nervous. "Oh... that."
"Yeah, it's so weird. You're covered in this black coat and have green lines all over you. It's almost, alien if you ask me."
That made the girl more nervous, but she tried to remain calm. "Yeah.. you could say that."
"You know.." student 1 commented, "...you always get nervous when we ask about your Quirk. Why is that?"
"Oh, no reason." Julie answered, before starting to walk a little faster. "I gotta go. Bye!" She then walks off, leaving the other two students confused.
Train Station
As Izuku is riding on the train, he looks at his watch and presses the button. The dial pops up to see XLR8's silhouette. He then unknowingly turns the dial and it switches to a new silhouette.
Tempted to press the dial, he stops and instead presses the buttons that had the dial pop up. The dial then presses down, as the diamond shape turns back into the hourglass shape.
Flashback
Yesterday
Thirteen was with Izuku, just before he left for home.
"Remember, don't transform anywhere else except when we are training. Got it?"
Izuku nods. "Yes Thirteen."
"Oh, and one more thing."
Izuku turns to see her.
"I want you to get something for me after school tomorrow." She then shows him what it is. "And you will find it at this place." She shows him a paper.
"Huh, okay then."
End of flashback
As soon as the train stopped at Kiyashi Ward, Izuku immediately got out and started walking toward the place. Said place was a shopping mall filled with other stores and with one part of it holding a radio tower.
Izuku looks at the paper again. "The Kiyashi Ward Shopping Mall?" He then shrugs it off and heads to his store. Along the way however, he got distracted by a store with hero merchandise. However, he shakes his head and tries to walk away. 'Focus, remember what Thirteen asked you to get.' As he leaves the store, he continues his quest. Eventually, he finds the the store. After a quick purchase, he's about to leave. However, he doesn't pay attention to where he's going and he bumps into someone.
"OOF!" The two fall to the ground. Izuku gets up, rubbing his head. He then tries to help the guy up. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you."
As he helps the boy up, he rubs his clothes, trying to wipe any dust off. "It's all good. I should've watched where I was going too."
"Yeah, well see ya." Izuku waved his hand.
"See ya." The boy around his age waved his hand.
As they start walking away from each other, they simultaneously stop as their brains click. They spin around to see each other.
"Ben?!/Izuku?!"
"Crazy seeing you here." Ben greeted him.
Izuku smiles. "Yeah, so I guess that this was where you needed to buy that thing for your teacher?"
Ben nods and asks him the same question, to which Izuku nods his head too.
"Huh, guess it's just a coincidence. Right?"
Ben then shrugs and they start walking their way out.
"Well, I see that you got your thing." Izuku narrowed his eyes at Ben's bag.
Ben looks at his bag, before looking at his friend's bag. "Yeah, and I see you got your thing too."
"So, I guess that we won't be talking to each other as much, since we're training to get into U.A." Izuku tried to start another conversation.
"Yeah." Ben's eyes widen with an idea. "Hey, wanna do a round of Sumo Slammers at the arcade before our training starts?"
Izuku thinks about. "Well, one round wouldn't hurt, so sure."
The two friends then head off to their new destination.
Outside, a car approaches in the parking lot. A computer inside the car beeps, detecting something. The thing that it found is the Omnitrix. It opens the trunk and ejects two drones. The drones then turn invisible to not be seen.
Back in the mall, the two find the arcade and play one round of Sumo Slammers. Sumo Slammers has been Ben's favorite thing since he was a kid, and while he's not into it as much, he still likes it. They would play games like this after school, which Ben would always emerge victorious. He even gave Izuku some advice on what to do. However, this wasn't the case this time, as Izuku was the victor. Ben looked surprised at this.
Izuku's eyes widen in surprise. "I did it. I did it! YEAH!!" He raises his hands in the air.
Ben however, tries to change his expression. "Well, yeah, but only because I let you win."
Izuku however doesn't buy it. "I saw your face, just let me have it this once."
Ben sighs in defeat. "Okay, you won all by yourself."
Izuku then gives a smug smirk, folding his arms.
"Wow, I guess I know how you feel."
"Yeah, let's get going."
As they leave the arcade, they grab their bags and leave.
"Well, I guess that this is it." Izuku looked at his friend.
"Yeah. In 10 months, we'll be at the Entrance Exam."
Izuku then narrows his eyes down.
Ben then puts a hand on Izuku's shoulder. "Hey, we'll make it. And after that, it'll be smooth sailing from there."
Izuku then looks at him and nods. As Ben lets go, they continue walking.
"Plus, as long as we stick together, there's nothing we can't handle."
However, as he's saying that, he doesn't watch where's he's going and bumps into someone. He hits the ground.
"OOF!"
Izuku's eyes widen as he walks toward Ben. The person turns to see Ben and Izuku.
The person that Ben bumped into was a girl around their age.
(I thought about doing my own design for her, but I was a little bit lazy, maybe I would in the future. The description below won't match her design entirely. Just imagine her in the MHA art style.)
She is around Ben's height with a slim, feminine build. She is fair-skinned with cute freckles on her cheeks. She had black hair that was a bob cut. Her eyes were monolid, their irises are warm brown. Her attire consisted of a middle school outfit. She also had a bag on her left shoulder. In other words, she's cute.
Ben looks at her, surprised by who she is.
"I-I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bump into you."
"It's fine. Do you need some help up?" She lended her hand out. Ben takes her hand as he gets up. She gives a warm smile. "Next time, you should watch where you're going while you're talking."
"Yeah." Ben sheepishly rubbed the back of his head.
As she's about to leave, Ben says something.
"Hey, uh... do you want to get something to eat at the cafeteria?"
The girl then looks at them. "Well, I don't have anywhere else to be, so sure why not?" She then looks at Izuku. "So, do you want to join us?"
Izuku blinks, not being invited by someone else other than Ben. "Well, we have to do something, but I guess it couldn't hurt to stop and get a snack."
After that, they head down to the cafeteria, not noticing the pale green man walking past them. That man is Dr. Animo. He gazes up the sign of the pet store. "Ahh, just what the doctor ordered."
Meanwhile...
Dagobah Beach...
All Might, in his weakened form, is on the beach, waiting for something. Then, an RV arrives.
Stepping out of it was Max Tennyson. He walked into the sand where All Might is.
"Ah. Mr. Tennyson. Nice to meet you." The weakened All Might greeted, walking up to him.
"Nice to meet you too. I suppose you're Mr. Toshinori?" Max asked.
"That's right." Toshinori, All Might's real name, answered.
"So, Mr. Toshinori. You offered to help train my grandson. Is that right?"
"Yes." Toshinori answered. "...and I suppose that he wanted me to tell you about the training."
Max nodded. "There's something else about this, isn't there?"
Toshinori nods. "Yes, there is. Remember the sludge villain incident yesterday?"
Max nods.
"Well... he acted in a way that drew me towards him. He inspired me to act too."
"I see." said Max. "And I guess that this has something to do with the training."
"It does, but I want to ask for your permission for me to help train your grandson to get into U.A."
Max thinks of it for a moment, and then answers. "Alright, but may I be involved in this too?"
"Of course," Toshinori answered. "I'll explain to you the rest of this tomorrow when you arrive here with your grandson."
"Alright then, I'll be going. It was nice to meet you, Mr. Toshinori."
"It was nice to meet you too, Mr. Tennyson. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Bye." Max waved as he left the beach, leaving All Might alone with his thoughts.
Cafeteria
The girl was happily eating a strawberry sundae that she ordered. "This is really good."
"Yeah, it really is." Ben, who was sitting across from her, happily enjoyed his smoothie from Mr. Smoothie.
Izuku, who was sitting next to Ben, had nothing but a cup of water. He looked at his cup, feeling down. 'Wish I can say the same about my wallet.'
The girl looks at him. "You know, you could've borrowed some money from us."
"Yeah, and you don't have to worry about paying us back." Ben turned to see his buddy.
Izuku looked to see the two. "It's alright, really." He did his best not to feel down. "So, let's move on to something else."
Ben, wanting to say something, but decides to drop it. He then turns his attention to the girl. "So, we good?"
The girl looks at him in confusion. "Hey, it's no big deal. Really." After she takes another bite, she puts her spoon down. "I don't think I introduced myself. I'm Julie Yamamoto."
"I'm Ben Tennyson." He then points his hand toward his friend. " And this is my friend, Izuku Midoriya."
Izuku becomes very nervous, since he never talked to a girl before. Well, other than Ben's cousin, Gwen, at least.
"It's nice to meet you Tennyson." She gave a warm smile, and turns her attention to the green haired boy. "And you too, Midoriya."
"Y-y-yeah." Izuku was too nervous to say anything.
"Is he alright?" Julie looked with concern.
"Yeah, Izuku usually gets nervous when he talks people he never met before, especially girls." Ben jumped in. Izuku then covers his face in embarrassment. Ben then looks at her. "So, what brings you here?"
Julie then turns her attention to Ben. "Oh, I'm just browsing around for today. I'm not really buying anything." She then rubs the back of her head. "Actually, I just moved here."
"Why?"
"I'm actually preparing for the U.A. Entrance Exam."
Izuku's eyes lighten up. "You're taking the exam too?!"
"Yep. I guess your friend is taking the exam too?"
Ben then jumps in. "Actually, we're both taking the exam."
"Wow, I guess we can help each other out during the exam then."
The second Julie finishes talking, Izuku's shy and nervous personality fades. "What's your quirk? Do you have any support items? What are your limits?"
Julie is a little surprised by the sudden change in personality. "Uh, can we save those questions for later?"
Izuku then covers his face, feeling a little embarrassed. "Oh, s-sorry."
"It's alright, really." She then looks at Ben. "I'm not trying to be rude nor anything, but does he always..."
"He's really into superheroes." He then gestures his hand toward Izuku. "Once you get to know him, he's a really nice guy."
Julie looks back at Izuku, who was uncovering his face with a sheepish smile.
"So, may I ask you guys something?"
"Lay it on us." Ben nodded.
"Why do you and Midoriya call each other by your first names?"
Ben blinks at that. "Oh, that you see, where I'm from, people call each other by their first names. I let him call me by my first name, while he lets me do the same."
"Oh, okay. Is it alright if I call you Ben?" She asked.
"Sure..." Ben answered. "...as long as I can call you Julie."
"I don't mind at all." Julie answered. She then asked something else. "So, where were you from, Ben?"
"I'm from the U.S." He answered.
"Alright then. May I ask you something else?"
"Sure." Ben answered.
"How did you and Midoriya become friends? I'm just a little curious."
Ben decided to answer. "Okay, I actually moved here with my Grandpa when I was 11. Long story. Anyway..."
It then shifts to a flashback.
School, recess time...
An 11 year old Izuku is petrified, doing his best not to cry.
"Why are you doing this Kacchan? You're being so mean."
The spiky haired jerk smirks and cracks his knuckles. Sparks fly out of them. "Because someone needs to put you in your place, Deku. Now, prepare to-"
"Stop that!"
Bakugo immediately turns to see a boy around their age. He has brown hair, green eyes, a white T-shirt with a black stripe in the middle, military green cargo pants with side pockets with a black belt hidden under his shirt, and black and white sneakers with black stripes.
"What are you doing?" The kid had a fierce look on his face.
"This is none of your business, now get lost. I'm in the middle of teaching him a lesson."
However, he doesn't move a muscle. "I said, back off!"
Bakugo then turns his attention fully on the kid. "You're the new kid, aren't you?"
The boy says nothing.
"I'll give you a warning. Stay away from him, and you won't get hurt."
"I said, back OFF!"
Bakugo's expression then becomes serious. "Defending him I see. In that case..." He then hits his fists together, with smoke coming out. The boy however, tries to remain in a calm fighting position. Bakugo then lunges at him.
Later, the kid is lying on the ground, with a few small bruises on his face.
"Ohhhh..." he opens his eyes to see Izuku standing over him.
"Are you alright?" The green haired boy lends his hand out to help him up.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He rubbed the back of his head. "How about you?"
Izuku looks down in sadness. "I'm okay. I'm sorry that you got hurt."
"You don't have to apologize. It's that spiky haired jerk that needs to apologize." The kid turned his face at the gate.
"Why did you try and help me?"
He turned his face toward Izuku. "Well, that guy was bothering you, so I couldn't stand by and watch you get hurt."
"T-thanks." Izuku looked away.
"Why was he bothering you?"
"W-well, Kacchan has always been after me because I want to be a hero." Izuku still didn't look at him. "But, I don't have a quirk."
He is at a loss of words. "Wow, I'm not so sure if that's possible."
"Anything is possible. Even if I don't have one, I have to try." He then looks at the kid. "Wait, you're the exchange student, aren't you."
He nods.
"I'm Izuku Midoriya."
"Ben Tennyson. Do you have any other friends?"
"Well, other than Kacchan, no."
"Dude, he tried to beat you up." Ben replied. "That's not what friends do."
Izuku sighed. "Well, me and him used to be friends, so no, I don't."
Ben however looked at him with a smile. "Well, it looks like you could use a real friend."
Izuku's eyes widened in surprise. "Really?"
"Yeah. And not just any friend, your best friend."
Izuku's eyes lit up. "Best... friend?"
"Yeah. That is, if you want to. Plus, I'm not that familiar with being in a different country."
"I can show you around." Izuku had a big smile across his face. "But let's get you to the nurse's office."
With that, the two kids head inside the building.
End of flashback...
"So yeah. That's how we became best buds." Ben then places a hand on Izuku's shoulder. "He never had any other friends, other than Bakugo. I still don't get why. And, no one else wanted to hang out with us."
Julie has a worried expression on her face. Izuku looks down in shame.
"However, even though he can be a little nerdy and overenthusiastic about superheroes, he's one of the bravest and most honest people that I know." Izuku lifts his head up. "We stick together through the toughest of times. He watches my back, while I watch his." The two then do a fist bump.
Julie then places her hands over her chest and felt a smile come across her face. "That's really sweet."
"Yeah, and even though I don't have a quirk, I'm going to U.A. No matter-"
He is immediately interrupted by the eruption of screams and a loud rumble that can be heard throughout the mall. A cloud of dust emerges from the opposite side of the mall from the cafeteria. The three teens immediately get up from their seats.
"What was that?!"
"A villain?!"
"I wonder what hero will show up."
Julie is starting to freak out, grabbing her bag. "What are we gonna do?!"
Ben looks at them. "Run!"
Ben and Izuku start running, with Julie following them, not wanting to get hurt.
While running, Izuku is thinking about what is causing the attack. However, he should focus on surviving now and think later.
Julie looks at the carnage, as fear and surprise spread across her face. Doing it as if there was no tomorrow, she puts her bag behind her back and throws herself forward at the boys, knocking them down to the ground. "Duck!" Something big leaps over them, nearly hitting them.
Just before Ben could say something, his eyes widen in fear as he looks at the thing that nearly hit them.
Izuku rubs his head and looks up to see what they're looking at. The thing in question was a giant mutated cat with saber tooth like teeth, spikes poking out from their backs, and piercing red eyes. The cat faces them, letting out a terrifying roar.
"What is that thing?!"
Ben begins to slowly back up. "I don't know, but I think it knows what we are."
The three teens then run in the opposite direction, with the cat chasing them. Julie tries to keep up, but she trips onto the floor.
"OOF!"
She then flips herself to see the cat standing over her. Her eyes widen in fear and holds her bag close to her chest. It prepares to stab her with its claws, then suddenly, WHACK! The cat is hit in the head by a chair, letting out a pained screech. The cat then stumbles backwards, trying to recover.
Julie turns around to see that it's Ben. She's left in awe, surprised that this boy who bumped into her just a few minutes ago, just saved her life.
Ben lends his hand out. "You alright?"
Julie then takes his hand. "Y-y-yeah, thanks."
As she gets up, Ben turns away to see if the animal is down. The girl however, still holds her gaze upon Ben. Her eyes begin to sparkle and cheeks begin to turn a little red. As he turns back to see her, he is a little surprised that she's still staring at him. He then looks down to see that she's holding his hand. He can't help but feel his cheeks turning a little red too.
"Uh, you're still holding my hand."
This snaps her back into reality, as she looks down and immediately let's go of it. "O-oh! Sorry!" Her face then turns a dangerous shade of red. She tries to cover face to hide it, but it's no use.
Ben gives a little smile. It's immediately cut off when they hear a growl. They see that the cat has recovered from its attack and glares at the two. They begin to back away slowly as it prepares to attack.
"Hey, guys!"
They turn to see Izuku near a store, waving his hand to them. "Over here!"
Without a moment to lose, the two teens then scramble toward the store. The saber-tooth cat then dashes after them. They barely make it as the cat is about to lunge at them. But luckily, Izuku closes the door in time, just a mere second away from being teared to shreds. BAM!
The cat hits the floor and shakes its head. It lets out a groan and then runs off to find other victims.
The three teens catch their breath, and fall to the floor.
"PHEW! I think we're safe now." Izuku looked at the two.
"Yeah... but not them. Look!" Ben pointed at the window.
They check up to see what was happening throughout the mall, and it was not pretty. It was absolute chaos. People were screaming, running for their lives, trapped under rubble, and surrounded by animals. The animals in question were more cats, dogs with wolf like jaws and big claws, hamsters with spider legs, and frogs with 4 red eyes and horns.
"Who could've done this?!"
"I don't know, but this is mutant mayhem!"
Izuku then looks up on one of the roofs, and points his finger. "It's him. He must be behind this somehow!"
They see that it's the same man with the device on his head. He's cackling maniacally at the chaos that's ensuing.
He raises his arms in a theatric style. "Behold the genius of Dr. Animo! The science community will no longer laugh at me for my work, and I will gain the respect I deserve! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" He then hops on to another frog, and he leaps away. "But I have more work to do."
They rest behind the door, not sure what to do.
"Like Izuku said, I'm sure that the heroes will show up." Ben tried to remain calm, but Julie was nearly on the verge of tears.
"I don't think that will be happening."
The two teens look at Izuku with surprise.
"Why not?!"
Izuku points his finger at the TV. It was on a news channel, showing animals guarding the outside of the mall, making sure that no one can get in or out. The heroes can't do anything to save them.
Julie holds her bag close to her chest, as her breath stiffens. Ben remains by her side, not knowing what to do.
Izuku looks in fear with tears forming in his eyes. However, he remembers what All Might said to him and Ben yesterday. He clenches his fist and scrunches his eyes. He then stands up.
"We have to help."
The two then take moment to process those words.
Julie wipes away the tears as she looks up at the greenette. "B-but how? We're not pro heroes."
"Yeah, I don't think that this is a good idea." Ben hesitantly agreed.
"It may not, but the heroes can't get inside. The animals are guarding the mall."
Ben then puts it all together. "Which means that some are on guard, while others are attacking."
"That means that man with the strange thing on his head has planned this." Julie rubbed her chin.
"With that, those animals are being mind controlled. And that villain must have turned those animals into monsters." Izuku then begins to conjure a storm of muttering.
This of course, weirds the black haired girl out. "When you said that he's into heroes, he's really into heroes."
Ben then deadpans. "No kidding."
He then walks toward Izuku. "Stop nerding out!" This of course snaps him out of his trance.
"Sorry."
Ben then looks away from them. "But still, I don't know if we can do this."
Izuku then looks at his friend. "Tennyson! You tried to help save Kacchan from the sludge villain yesterday when I detransformed."
Julie's eyes widen in surprise, realizing that those two were the ones who tried to save that kid yesterday.
"Yeah, but the only reason we're still alive is because of All Might. I don't know if-"
Izuku then places his hand on his shoulder. "Even so, we tried, and we'll try again. Try again to save all those people! Hasn't there been a time when you wanted to be a hero?"
Ben's eyes widen in surprise, and looks down at his hands. After a moment or two, he looks back at his friend, and gives a determined look.
"You're right, and sorry about that. It must have been my doubt."
"It's okay, besides, you watch my back, and I watch yours." Izuku lended out his fist, and they do a fist bump.
"I'm in too."
The two teens see Julie standing up. "If you guys are going, then I'm going."
The two smile and look out the window.
They stand before the door, ready to do this.
"This is our moment." Izuku had a determined look on his face.
(just imagine them as Izuku, Ben, and Julie.)
He then activates his watch and rotates the dial to find a certain silhouette. Once he finds it, he slams down on the dial, with Julie looking in confusion.
"What is he-" Only to be interrupted by a blinding green flash of light.
Once he pressed it down, he can feel two arms growing out of the sides of his torso, and getting taller. The light dies down revealing what he has turned into.
Julie's eyes expand in surprise as Ben looks in shock.
The morphed boy looks at himself to see that he has turned into a new alien. "Woah, this is new. But I like it."
"How did you-" She's interrupted by another loud crash.
"We'll explain later." Ben grabs a stick to use as a weapon. "Let's do this!"
Julie nods and they immediately run through the door.
Upon exiting, they see a girl on the floor, as a cat is approaching her. The morphed Izuku immediately leaps into action, lunging at the cat. This gives Ben the opportunity to help the girl get up and leave. The morphed Izuku grabs the cat's tail and throws it across the room. The cat lays on the ground, unconscious.
"That was too easy. Guess it helps because of my four hands." He then stops and think. "Wait, how about, Handyman." He then sees two citizens trapped under rubble. He leaps into action and lifts the rubble up. He grabs them and leaps out into the entrance of the mall. He puts them down and he leaps back into the mall.
He then helps some others out. The heroes look in surprise, wondering who this four armed hero is.
"Who is that guy?"
"He needs help."
"Unfortunately, we have our own problems."
As he lands on another part of the mall, he is pinned down on the ground by a mutated hamster with spider eyes and an ugly mouth. Just as it's about to take a bite of him, the tetramand holds its jaw with two of his arms. He then throws a punch it in its eyes, giving him the advantage to break free. He throws the hamster and gets back on his feet.
Then, a well-timed tongue lash from a frog hits him in the side. This sends him crashing into a merchandise store.
Luckily for him, he's strong enough to withstand the blow and gets up. "Ouch, that really hurt." He rubbed the back of his head. He sees the frog, and prepares to fight. However, before it can do anything, it's hit in the back.
"Hey! Ugly!"
It turns around to see that Ben. "Over here!"
"Ben! NO!"
The frog then lunges forward, preparing to gobble up the boy.
Ben flinches, raising his arms to protect himself, but nothing happens. Instead, he hears a laser blast and the frog crashes a few feet away from them.
"Leave him alone!"
Ben and Four Arms turn to see that it's Julie. Only now, her arms and legs are black with green lines running through them. Her right arm has turned into an arm cannon, while her left is a hand blade.
Ben's eyes widen in surprise. "Julie?! What took you?"
"I was busy helping some others."
"That's your quirk?! Is it based on technology?! Is it some sort of mutation?!" The tetramand looked with excitement.
Julie was instantly overwhelmed by the barrage of questions. "Well, uh, my quirk is called Techno-Morph. I morph with this thing, called, uh..."
However, a croak interrupts the conversation, as the frog stirs. It recovers and lashes its tongue out at Julie. Quickly, Ben is able to hit its tongue with his bag.
"I could've taken it." Julie looked at Ben.
"Hey, at least we're even." Ben shrugged.
However, the frog recovers and prepares to attack. The three teens prepare themselves.
The tetramand cracks his knuckles. "You're going down, KERMIT!"
Julie flies around the frog, firing her lasers from her arm cannon. The frog lashes its tongue out, unfortunately, it misses. With it distracted, Ben throws another chair at the frog's tongue. Julie then carries Ben out of the way. Handyman then grabs the frogs legs, and spins it around. He then throws it up into the air. Handyman leaps up into the air. He then lands a hard punch it in the head. With that, the frog smashes to the ground, knocking it unconscious.
Handyman lands on the ground, catching his breath. Ben raises his arms up in the air as he's put back on the ground.
"That was awesome!"
"Both awesome, and terrifying!" Julie weakly gave a thumbs up.
"Yeah, but-" Before Handyman can say anything else, he's shot by a laser. He falls to his knees due to the force of the attack.
"Izuku!" Ben tried to help him up.
"I'm fine." The tetramand answered got up and looks at Julie. "What was that for?!"
"It wasn't me!" Julie showed that her arm cannon turned back into a regular arm.
They turn to see what it is, and it was not good news.
(there's two of them)
"Oh no." Ben slowly backed away.
Then suddenly, a sound of beeping comes up.
Handyman looks at his shoulder. "Oh no. Not now!" It's then followed by a flash of light, turning him back to Midoriya.
"So that's your quirk?" Julie looked curiously.
"Well, yeah. I can transform for a certain amount of time."
"Then transform back."
"I can't. My quirk needs to recharge."
They then hear some more rumbling, screams, and animal screeches.
"That doesn't sound good."
Another laser nearly hits them, and they dash for cover. Julie fires her arm cannon at them for cover. Unfortunately, the drones dodge the lasers. They find a piece of rubble to hide behind, as the drones unleash waves of lasers. They then see more mutated animals.
"What are we gonna do?"
Izuku then has a determined look in his eyes. "You two stop the villain, I'll handle the drones."
Ben and Julie look at him in surprise.
"WHAT?! Are you crazy?!"
"Midoriya, I can shoot them down, and we can't stop a villain."
"No. The pro heroes are still not here. And there's more mutants. We'll be wasting time fighting all of them." It will become very tiresome. "Ben will need your help to stop the villain. We know that he's mind controlling the animals, but they're not really doing anything bad."
"Yeah, and come to think of it, they're just causing panic." Ben rubs his chin.
Then, it all clicks to them.
"The cell tower. That's where they're coming from."
"Which means that..." Ben then feels it click in his mind.
"He will use that tower to create more of these mutants." Izuku feels a sense of dread.
"We have to stop them." Julie had a determined look on her face.
"Alright. You two stop him, I'll hold off the drones." Izuku clenched his fist.
"But..." Ben tried to lay a hand on his shoulder.
"No buts. You two go now. I'll hold them off." Izuku gave them a fierce look. He then gives them a sympathetic smile. "I'll be alright, okay?"
The two nod, reluctantly.
"Okay, on the count of three, you head to the cell tower, and I'll run this way." Izuku gesturing his hand to the left. "1...2...3!"
The two teens fly toward the cell tower, while Izuku runs toward a store. The drones fire their lasers at him.
Julie looks back in concern.
"Julie, Izuku's gonna be fine." Ben tried to reassure her. "I hope."
Julie looks back at her friend. "I hope so too."
Dagobah Beach...
All Might, now in his weakened form, is still on the beach.
'Where is he?'
Then he hears his phone ringing. He picks it up, and answers it. "Hello?"
"All Might, it's Thirteen."
"Thirteen, what is it?"
"Check the news on your phone."
He does so, and feels pit forming in his stomach.
"We're live just outside of Kyashi Ward Mall where it appears to be mutant animals are attacking."
'Not good.'
"Unfortunately, our sources say that pro heroes aren't able to get inside, due to these animals guarding it. However, two heroes appear to have gotten inside, and are doing all that they can."
It then shows footage of Julie and Handyman helping citizens get to safety. It then changes to another footage showing Handyman, Julie, and Ben fighting the mutant frog.
All Might watches in amazement, but also alarm. Amazed that those two kids are doing what they can, but alarmed that they're the ones that are doing the saving.
'Midoriya! Tennyson!'
"All Might, I'm on my way there now!"
He snaps back into reality and looks at Thirteen's icon.
"I'll meet you there." He then puts the phone in his pocket and begins to transform into All Might.
"Hang on kids, I'm on my way."
He then leaps up into the air, off to the mall.
To be continued....
Notes:
Phew! Didn't expect for it to be this long. I was planning for this to be one episode, but it was too much.
Also, the plot of this episode is kind of similar to the plot of chapters 4 and 5 from Heroes Never Die, It's Hero Time. I tired my best to make it as different as possible, but in all credit for this goes to Heroes Never Die, It's Hero Time, chapters 4 and 5.
Let me know what you think. Stay tuned for the next chapter.
Have a great rest of your day, and goodbye. Go beyond. PLUS ULTRA!!!!