17 Chapter 15: You Aren't Destroying Hero Society, Muscular

"You don't even know the first thing about my background, Toru. I have killed people before. I have damaged people beyond repair. I am not the innocent child you make me out to me." Futari began to try to walk past her. She got in front of him again.

"I bet… that every time you did those horrible things you had your quirk active, right?" Futari did not answer. "Of course, it was active because you aren't that kind of person normally. The quirk makes you that kind of person. Even when you use your quirk, you are just trying to help someone... If you are such a murderer then why didn't you kill my father?" She asked Futari. "You could have easily killed him when you smashed through my window. You even said how much you wanted to hurt him… but you didn't do any of it because you weren't using your quirk. I'm sorry that your quirk has made you do things that you regret and that it has caused you so much pain but killing Kaminari will only add to that trauma. How can you even begin to call yourself a monster when you were able to save the entire school; our friends; the teachers?!" Futari was standing still thinking about what Toru said; comparing her speech to his past. She was right. Every horrible thing he did was when he was using his quirk while trying to save someone; His biological family, the human trafficking victims. When he trained with Shukuchi not once did he hurt his father badly while using his quirk. She put her hand on his face. "Please…stop."

His quirk slowly deactivated, his black skin began to disappear. His thoughts became less consumed with killing Kaminari. "You are right…" He said as he began to pass out.

"Fu!" She said while he fell to the ground.

"Stop…calling…me…that." He passed out.

Shukuchi limbed out of the forest. "Wow. Someone else besides me could get him to shut off his quirk. This is a great sign!"

Toru turned to look at Shukuchi. "Thank you for teleporting me here. Is he gonna be ok?"

"It's a good thing I brought you with me to try to stop him…I can barely walk and I collapsed when we arrived. Anyway, Futari's quirk starves his body and I'm sure he was electrocuted a few times. He just needs food, medical treatment and rest." Shukuchi turned to look at Kaminari on the ground. "Tsk. If it wasn't my own son, I might have just let your attacker kill you by not coming here." Shukuchi pulled out Aizawa's cloth. "Aizawa had to watch the students, even though he can barely see, but don't worry. I still have your restraints right here," Shukuchi said as he restrained Kaminari with it.

Shukuchi walked up to Futari and Toru, dragging Kaminari. "Are you gonna be ok to teleport again? I know you are on your last legs…" Toru asked.

Shukuchi looked at her. "I got a 2-minute break. I'll be fine."

"But you couldn't walk after bringing me here!"

"Kaminari will bleed out if we walk. Recovery Girl will heal me, I trust." Shukuchi touched all three of them and they teleported to the UA courtyard. In the courtyard, a small police force, an ambulance and some low-end pro heroes just arrived at the school. Class 1A was in the courtyard and was being healed by the recovery unit. The 4-teleported in. Shukuchi could not move anymore and was sprawled out on the floor, losing consciousness. Class 1A stared as the police grabbed Kaminari and gave him sedatives to knock him out. Shukuchi looked towards Aizawa. "Aizawa, I thought about something while we ran the students here and as Toru was stopping Futari. How did Kaminari find out about Shita? Only .5% of the police force even know she exists. There could be a mole in the police force but that is unlikely."

Aizawa sat there and began to think. He found an answer. "We told the 4 teachers about it before it happened." Aizawa suddenly had a realization. "Iida! Momo! Make sure the class stays here!" Aizawa ran into the school. The students were walking out with the teachers. He saw class 1B and 1C walking out of the building. "Oi. Vlad King." Aizawa said as he put his hand on Vlad's shoulder.

"Yes Aizawa, what is wrong?"

"How many nomu attacked your class?"

"None." Aizawa stepped back so that he could look at Vlad King. "You said before that two nomu attacked your class. Are you changing your answer because you have your students here to verify?"

"I made a mistake."

"Well, that's weird. Kaminari knew all the emergency shelters in the school from all the practice drills we do. All the Nomu went to bunkers and cut off teachers from taking their students from bunkers yet your class was the only one that wasn't attacked. Strange isn't it?"

"…very."

"It's also weird that many of the nomu had tracking quirks that allowed them to find people and yet none came to your group. Also, there is the fact that before the training camp, you were the who suggested to bring all the failed students with us and you only suggested it after you found out who failed aka Kaminari."

Vlad King folded his arms. "What are you getting at, Aizawa?"

"We've been looking at this all wrong. There isn't one traitor. There are two. And you are the other one."

Vlad King began to laugh hysterically. "And you think that based on circumstantial evidence?!"

Shinso turns around staring at his teacher. "Then you wouldn't mind if I used my quirk on you?" Shinso asked bluntly.

Vlad King looked at Shinso. "Shinso. Don't you trust me? I'm a UA teacher!"

"I would have but I saw you rushing down the hallway before homeroom to give Kaminari a note. I was going to tell Aizawa about it later, but it seems like he figured it out himself." Vlad King unfolded his arms quickly and instantly lunged at Aizawa. Aizawa activated his quirk to erase Vlad King's and dodged Vlad's punch. Aizawa wrapped his metal cloth around Vlad King and ensnared Vlad quickly driving his knee to the back of Vlad King's head. The students were all shocked at this display. Aizawa kept staring at Vlad King while explaining to the police that Vlad was the other culprit. They restrained him and shoved him into their police transport. The teachers began to account for all the students and then cancel class for the rest of the day. Everyone wanted to watch the event happening at Tartarus. The pro heroes were losing. Pro heroes 11- 40 were trying to help the police contain all the strong villains who escaped. The top 10 fought All for One and were defeated even though they fought him all at once. The League of Villains then left with All for One because he was beginning to die and needed to give Shigaraki his quirk. The Top 10 heroes were left to fight Muscular, but Muscular was very different. He was given more quirks by All for One to massacre the top 40 heroes. The top 10 couldn't possibly beat this version of Muscular in their current weakened state. About 10 minutes later, Futari woke up in Recovery Girl's office severely weakened. Eri and Recovery Girl were in the room.

"Here boy. We've been giving you food through a feeding tube but since you are awake eat this meal." The meal was steak, broccoli and some macaroni and cheese. Futari's mouth watered. He was so hungry. As he began to devour his food, he overheard the news on the Tv.

"The pro heroes at Tartarus seem to be on the back foot! Our heroes 11- 40 are struggling to contain all the powerful villains trying to escape. Our Top 10 heroes are clinging to life and cannot seem to defeat this new even more monstrous Muscular. We can only pray for a miracle." The news reporter explained. Throughout the school, all the students were screaming at their TVs for the heroes to win. Throughout Tokyo and the greater Tokyo area, people watched the tv in fear, but most tried their best to cheer on the heroes. This must have been what it was like when All Might fought All for One or when Endeavour fought the High-End Nomu,Futari thought to himself. Heroes are a necessary part of our society. They give people hope and they can stop people like the League of Villians. If the top 10 pro heroes are slaughtered on national tv that'll destroy hero society and throw Japan into chaos,Futari pondered. He finished his food. He was still a bit hungry, but he didn't care. He understood what he had to do.

Recovery Girl grabbed his plate of food. "I'm going to get you more food. I'll be back. I need to get away from this tv before I have a heart attack, anyway." She walked out of the room. Futari turned and looked at Eri. She was scared at what she was seeing on the television.

"Hey, Eri," Futari said softly.

Eri turned towards him, her face lighting up. "Tari! You are okay! Thank you for saving everyone…and me." Eri said excitedly.

"Of course. I'm not going to let everyone get hurt. A lot of you are my friends." Eri blushed. Futari kept a straight face. He did not like what he was about to do. "Look Eri…I need your help."

Eri's smile dropped and was replaced with concern. "My help?"

"Yes…Deku told me a bit about you. Your story, your quirk. It's really an amazing power."

Eri looked at her hands. "It's a curse…"

Futari laughed a bit. "Trust me. I can relate as you saw."

"But you were amazing! A little scary but really amazing!"

"Your quirk isn't a curse. A curse is something bad that happens that's out of your control. You can control your quirk. You already did when you helped Deku beat Overhaul. And…" Futari sighed. "I don't want to sugarcoat you into doing this, so I'll just ask." Eri continued to stare at him. "Can you…use your quirk to restore my strength?"

Eri became extremely scared. "W-why?" Futari was upset with himself. Asking a 6-year-old girl who has been mentally scarred by her quirk to use her quirk. Class act, idiot.Futari thought.

"Because Eri, those heroes on the tv are going to be killed. Every single one of them. If that happens, Japan will be thrown into chaos. These heroes…they are very important. They give civilians hope and they give younger heroes something to strive to be. If they die, it'll destroy the morale of everyone in Japan and cause the villains to start taking over everything… I know it's a lot but I hope you understand."

Eri thought to herself for a second. "So, if I reverse you, you will go and protect the heroes?"

"Yes. I am strong enough to."

"But… you aren't a hero…"

Futari smiled at her. "I know. But if I can stop the destruction of Japan, it doesn't matter who I am. If I'm on the hero's side and I can stop villains in some way, I should do it. Look at you. You aren't a hero but if you didn't help Deku, he and Mirio would have died and you would have been captured."

Eri looked at the ground still trembling. She started to cry a bit. "I don't know…if I can do it. If I mess up, you'll die! Or I'll make you a kid! Or-"

Futari hugged her. "It's okay, Eri. It's okay to be scared of your quirk. It's very powerful after all. But…you will only learn how to control it if you use it. I believe that you won't hurt me, Eri. You are a sweet little girl."

Her horn grew quite a bit as she cried. "Okay, Tari. I'll try." She began to glow. Futari felt all the ailments of his body disappear. No more soreness, no more pain, no more hunger. She completely restored him. He escaped her grip so that she couldn't reverse him any further.

"Thank you, Eri," Futari said softly.

"You are welcome, but I can't shut off my quirk!" She began to panic. Her horn started to grow immensely. Futari in a split second blitzed behind her and chopped her neck to knock her out. Futari felt terrible about it.

"I'm sorry, Eri…but you did well." Futari picked her up and laid her on one of the recovery beds. He heard Recovery Girl coming back. He opened the window and jumped out. "Typhon." Wings crew out of his back as his skin become black, his teeth became long, his nails became sharp and his eyes became red. He flew as fast as he could the air rippling from his take off.

Over at Tartarus, Muscular swatted Miruko away sending her flying into a building and then she remained laying on the ground, pantingShe was dead tired and could barely move anymore. Endeavor fired a blast of blue flame and Muscular clapped the air creating a shockwave blowing away the fire and the heroes. Best Jeanist wrapped fibers around Muscular and tried to restrain him so that Edgeshot could move in for the knockout. Muscular flexed out of the fabric and smacked Edgeshot out of the air, too quickly for him to dodge. Yoroimusha rushed at Muscular asdraw his sword but, Muscular grabbed the sword by its blade and shattered it. As Muscular winded up for a punch, Crust tackled Yoroimusha out of the way and blocked Muscular's punch with his shield sending him flying backward. Hawks was completely out of feathers. Ryukyu tried to turn back into a dragon but could not completely do it because of fatigue. Wash was basically standing there being useless. Kamui woods attempted to restrain Muscular with his wood but Muscular casually ripped it apart.

"Man! I wish you guys were fresh! This is kind of sad! The top 10 pro heroes are going to go out having their heads smashed in by me after not putting up much of a fight! Not very glorious. But after this, I'll head over to some of the other heroes to kill them too. That should be way more fun!"

Endeavor stood back up almost completely drained. "I won't…let you do that." Endeavour stepped forward slowly.

Muscular then got flashbacks to when Deku said the same thing to him and got incredibly angry. "Time to turn that head of yours into a pancake!" His muscle fibers multiplied, and he lunged forward towards the fatigued pros. As he closed in he felt a foot dig into his face, sending him flying back into the walls of Tartarus. It was Futari. He stood between Muscular and the pro heroes. Muscular exploded out of the rumble screaming to the top of his lungs. "Who did that?!" He saw Futari. "Who the hell are you kid?"

Futari's wings slowly stopped flaaping and he landed. He turned and saw a shocked Kamui Woods. "Well isn't this ironic? The very same guy who detained me last year which got me placed in a detention center for almost a year, ends being one of the people I save, committing the exact same crime he arrested me for. Hilarious." Futari said with a smile on his face. "Multimodal," Futari whispered to himself. Claws grew out his fingers and his legs shifted into cheetah legs. His arms, wings, and cheetah legs all became more muscular because he combined those limbs with the strength of gorilla muscles. His canine teeth became skinnier and longer like snake fangs. "Pro heroes! You guys are beyond tired. Get out of here and heal. I can hold this guy back."

Endeavour yelled back recognizing Futari from the news. "What the hell are you doing?! You are a civilian! Do you understand what it means for a pro-hero to run away and allow a civilian to help them?!"

"Do you realize what it means to watch the top 10 pro heroes get slaughtered on national television?" Futari retorted calmly.

Muscular began to laugh hysterically. "A teen civilian?! HAHAHAHAHA. I thought you were some kind of demon hero! But if all you are is a civilian kid then I have nothing to worry about. Move out of my way kid and I won't kill you."

Futari looked at Muscular and smiled sadistically. "I can't believe you can talk so much shit because I'm a young teen. Be careful. The last teen you underestimated knocked you on your ass and sent you here on a stretcher!"

Every vein in Muscular's head came out. He was furious. "I'll kill you along with the pro heroes' kid. Get ready!" Muscular's muscle fibers sprouted everywhere and he lunged creating a massive shockwave behind him.

Futari began to fly, ready for a fight. "You aren't destroying hero society, Muscular!"