"Holy shit!" Mineta exclaimed with wide eyes from where he, Midoriya, and Asui were watching the ongoing fight between their sensei and the villains. "Isn't that Shirokage?!"

Indeed. 

Moments before, they could only watch as a white haired female with a mask had leaped into the fray of battle, taking out villain after villain. Even without ever having seen her before, they knew exactly who she was. There was only one answer that made sense after all.

This girl was definitely Shirokage. 

"What the hell is she doing here?!" The short pervert panicked. It was bad enough that there were villains, but now there were vigilantes, too?!

"She seems to be helping, gero." Asui replied, watching as Shirokage seemed to banter with hero and villain alike all while she was still fighting. She didn't seem all that panicked at the sight of the vigilante. The girl seemed to be helping them after all. 

"If Shirokage is here, then we probably don't have to worry as much," Midoriya began his usual mumbling. "She's known for her moral code, so I doubt she's any threat to us. But she doesn't seem to be using her trademark fire. It could be because she doesn't need it, but it could also—"

"Midoriya," Asui stopped his rambling. "You're doing it again."

"Ah." Midoriya blanched, a blush covering his face in his embarrassment. 

"Does this mean we can leave now?" Mineta asked. He was honestly wishing that they had just listened to Aizawa's orders in the first place. 

Midoriya and Asui just gave him a look that caused him to deflate. Just because somebody had shown up to help, didn't mean that everything was suddenly going to be okay. 

"What do we—" the question was cut off as all three of them looked towards the central plaza in horror. 

They may have been able to win against the small-time villains in the flood zone, but watching as their teacher was smashed into the ground by a nomu, they realized just how little they'd truly seen and how little they truly knew. They thought that they knew the extent of the situation. They thought that they'd be able to handle it. 

Unfortunately, the world of villains and pros was something else entirely, and they weren't ready for it. 

Not yet.

*****

"Eraser Head!" Shirokage exclaimed in shock as the man was slammed into the ground by the nomu. One moment, she was fighting against a crowd of villains that had surrounded her, the next moment, she was watching as the hero was laying on the ground and getting his arm crushed. The three observing students felt a shiver go down their spines at the red flash of her eyes behind her mask. 

Within a flash, the vigilante was at Aizawa's side, and the nomu was sent flying. The three heroes-in-training hadn't even seen her move, but they could definitely feel her rage even from the distance they were at. 

"Who said you could touch him?" Shirokage's voice resounded throughout the area despite having spoken barely above a whisper. Her flames flickered in and out around her as she stood protectively over Aizawa's unconscious body. Eventually, the white fire curled around the hero, emitting a slight glow as the man's injuries slowly began to heal. 

"Impossible..." Shigaraki muttered, scratching irritably at his neck and as he stared in the direction of where the nomu had been sent flying. It honestly wasn't that far. It was still in the central plaza, and they all still had a clear view of it as it stood up. What made them pause, however, was the fact that it's entire arm had been blown off.  "Nomu is unbeatable... Shadows are cheaters... They need to be destroyed..."

"Shigaraki Tomura." The warp gate had appeared beside the man child, calming him before he was able to spiral any more into his temper tantrum. Meanwhile, Shirokage stood by alert and wary as she watched the interaction. 

Luckily, the Nomu had ceased attacking as it tried to put out the neverending fire she had placed on it in an attempt at a distraction, so that was one less thing to worry about. 

"Kurogiri," Shigaraki stopped scratching to look at the man of mist. "Did you kill Thirteen?"

"I put Thirteen out of action," Kurogiri confirmed, causing Shirokage to grit her teeth. To be honest, she had expected Thirteen to be able to handle him, but apparently that faith had just been thrown out the window. So apparently, with both Eraser Head and Thirteen down, she was now going to have to fight all three of the major players. How fun… "But there were students that I was unable to disperse, and one of them was able to run away."

"Huh?" Shigaraki didn't seem pleased and started to breathe more heavily as he trembled. "Kurogiri, you... If you weren't a warp gate, I would've crushed you to pieces! We can't win against dozens of pros. It's game over. Man, it's game over this time!" Shirokage tensed at the sudden calmness that he seemed to emit. "Let's go home."

Shirokage narrowed her eyes at the sudden declaration. There was no way that they would leave like that. After they went through this much trouble, the idea seemed inconceivable. She already knew that the nomu wouldn't stand a chance against All Might. If she could blow off an arm, All Might would most definitely be able to blow it away.

"Oh, yeah," Shigaraki seemed to come to a realization. "Before we leave, let's smash some of his pride as the Symbol of Peace!"

Shirokage's eyes widened as Shigaraki ran towards the three students in the water at an indescribable speed reaching his hand out towards the frog-like girl. She sighed in relief when she saw that his quirk wasn't working before looking down at the man who had caused it.

"Damn it," Shigaraki cursed. "You really are cool... Eraser Head."

Aizawa had regained consciousness, and his eyes glowed red as his hair began to float up.

The hero grimaced at the pain he was feeling but still did his best to keep up his quirk. At the same time, Midoriya had jumped up, ready to punch Shigaraki away from Asui. 

"Let go of her!" He yelled, pulling his fist back. "Smash...!" 

A whirlwind of air seemed to appear after he had thrown his punch at the man child causing Shirokage's eyes to widen. Realization crashed down on the vigilante as she connected the different pieces in a puzzle she hadn't even been entirely sure she had been putting together. 

"That quirk..." She muttered, gaining Eraser Head's attention.

To be honest with himself, Eraser Head wasn't sure what to think of Shirokage at this point, and he was suspicious of what exactly her quirk was. Originally, he thought it to be a simple fire quirk, but the way she had blown off the nomu's arm and began healing him proved the theory to be flawed.

He honestly wasn't even sure why she bothered with trying to heal him. Sure, they may have a temporary alliance going on with a common enemy, but that didn't force any obligation on her to make sure he lived. In a way, however, it didn't particularly surprise him. While she always seemed to be messing around, he couldn't deny that she held the safety of others in high regard.

Shirokage withheld an irritated sigh upon noticing that Midoriya’s punch had been caught by the nomu, who had made its way over despite still being on fire, instead of Shigaraki. Without any hesitation, she ran in the direction of the kids, scooping each one of them up and bringing them over to be next to Aizawa before either the nomu or Shigaraki had the chance to retaliate. 

"That was reckless," she told the broccoli haired boy after setting them all down. The three stared at her in surprise, Midoriya especially as she began to ruffle his hair. "But you did a good job protecting your friends."

"Eh! Oh- Uh-" Midoriya stuttered as his arms flailed around in embarrassment before he slammed them to his sides with a blush on his face. "Thank you!"

Shirokage chuckled at the squeak in his voice. She went to say something in reply, but she was cut off the moment she opened her mouth. 

Time seemed to freeze up as the sound of the entrance exploding reached their ears, and out of the smoke came a familiar figure. 

Awkwardly enough, the person making their way into the building wasn't Shirokage's top priority. 

"Wait..." She blinked in confusion as everybody turned their attention to the new arrival. "Didn't I already destroy those doors?"

Yeah, her priorities were a bit skewed.

Anyways~ Out from the smoke walked the number one hero who, for once, did not have his usual grin on his face. No, he looked absolutely furious.

"It's fine now!" The hero let out in a low tone. "I am here!"

"All Might!" Mineta cried, quite literally, in relief.

"All... Might..."

"About time," Shirokage mumbled out with crossed arms. Her shoulders released some of the tension that had built up, but she was still ready to fight at a moment's notice. 

"Oh, we're getting a 'Continue'..." Shigaraki now seemed quite pleased as he stared at the angry hero. Thankfully, though, his attention seemed to be off of the students.  "I've been waiting, hero. You trash of society."

The other villains, or underlings as Shirokage likes to call them, stopped and looked hesitantly as they saw the number one hero. They didn't seem to know what to do as they began to murmur to each other.

Apparently, they hadn't really thought things through when they agreed to come. 

"That's All Might...?"

"It's my first time seeing him in person!"

"He looks so intimidating..."

"Idiots, don't hesitate!" One of the underlings finally yelled. "If we kill that, we'll--"

The man was cut off as he was suddenly knocked down in a flash along with the others before the hero appeared in front of Eraser Head, Shirokage, and the students. 

"I have it from here," He reassured the three teenagers looking at him with relief. "Everyone, go to the entrance. I'm leaving Aizawa-kun to you."

Aizawa had passed out once more despite the constant healing Shirokage had been attempting. Asui and Mineta listened to All Might’s orders almost immediately and moved to pick up the man. Midoriya, on the other hand, hesitated, glancing between All Might and the villains with worry. 

"The violence of a government official," Shigaraki commented, looking at All Might from where he was still standing near the water.  "He's fast, as expected. I can't follow him with my eyes. But not as fast as I thought he'd be. I guess it's true, after all... that he's getting weaker."

The grin on his face was quite apparent and rather disturbing. Shirokage had to frown at the last words Shigaraki had spoken. It certainly agreed with the theory she had come up with earlier, but it wasn't exactly a good thing if what he said was true.

"All Might, you can't." Midoriya looked at the hero with a concerned look. "That brain villain took One fo-- He took a punch that didn't break my arm, but he didn't even twitch. He's gotta be--" 

"Young Midoriya!" All Might cut him off. "It's fine!"

After the reassurance, the three, as well as Eraser Head who was placed on Midoriya's back by Asui and Mineta, finally turned away and began to head towards the entrance. At the same time, All Might sprinted towards Shigaraki.

"Carolina..."

"Nomu."

"...Smash!" All Might frowned as he had hit the Nomu instead, but it hadn't taken any damage. "It seriously has no effect at all, huh?! In that case—"

The two began exchanging blows as Shirokage went to fight with Shigaraki only to be blocked by Kurogiri's warp gate.

"I won't let you interfere this time," Kurogiri stated, causing Shirokage to grit her teeth in annoyance. 

A couple more low-time villains tried to attack her only to be blown back as her fire flared out in her annoyance. 

She really didn't have time for this. 

*****

2038 words excluding A/N's

Multiple updates in one week? What is this madness?

Finished- September 23, 2021

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