After eight minutes dragged itself along, the three of you stepped out of the forest and into a clearing.
"Ah-" Yui cringed as your mouth dropped open and Toru ran into your back.
Before you stood two creatures.
"What are Nomu doing here?" Yui breathed.
"What in the fuck-!?" Your jaw was chilling on the ground as the two creatures spotted you.
"Oh, hell no-" You breathed, stepping backwards. "-sorry to interrupt-" You waved; "-we will just be going-!?" You quickly pushed Yui out of the way of the first creature who lunged for her, its brain was strangely exposed. Its skin is a pale blue shade, and it holds four eyes, two on each side of its head.
The second creature let out a gargled roar, stretching its pale-yellow arms as its wings folded outward. Like the other, its brain was exposed but only held two eyes. This creature held a gas mask over its mouth.
"What the fuck?" You repeated, your mind struggled to accept what was before you.
"We need to run!" Toru cried; you could only shake your head.
"Running won't work." You answered.
"What do you mean!?"
"They will follow us, putting everyone else in danger."
"You can't really think we can take them on!?"
"We don't have a choice." Yui butted in, she lifted her arm. A thick goop began to drip from her skin.
"Ew!" Toru scrunched her nose.
The goop twitched before rising, forming into a version of herself. Yui made four clones.
"Cool." You commented, before turning to the creatures who were closing in on you.
"But we aren't allowed to fight villains!" Toru argued as the beats grew closer.
"You want to tell them that?" You snapped, "Hey-!" You called, "-I'm sorry, we don't have a piece of paper that says we can fight you, so sorry!"
"(y/n) this isn't the time for jokes!" Toru lectures.
"Your fucking telling me!" You lectured back, "You're the one over here saying we can't fight back when those things clearly look hungry, and I got a very good guess what they eat!"
Reaching your hands out, a steady stream of flames fanned the charging blue skinned creature. After a moment, you realized it wasn't slowing down or even stopping. You rolled out of its way before it bulldozed through you.
"That didn't even faze it!" Toru gasped. You watched the beast crash through a tree, before turning, its eyeball wiggled searching for you.
"Oh-" Your stomach rolled, "-that's just unsettling."
It roared, reaching its arms outward, it ran for you and the yellow one attacked Yui who seemed to have the fighting skills to remain alive.
"(y/n)-!" Toru worriedly cried,
"Alright." You breathed rotating your neck. "Let's try this-!" You reached forward, igniting your blue flames as you shot it towards the incoming creature, but it wasn't fazed.
"How is it still moving!?" Toru gasped, gripping the back of your shirt.
"How about we ask the questions later!?" You snapped, feeling worried. Toru didn't have the skills to fight on her own. You turned back to the 'Nomu' or whatever it was called, you questioned if you could defend you and Toru at the same time. "Toru-!" An idea popped into your head. "-strip!"
"Wh-What!?"
"Hurry up and get undressed!" You ordered; Toru blushed.
"Bu-But-"
"What's with the modesty!?" You asked, "Aren't you always naked when in your hero costume?"
"Ye-Yeah but..."
"Your fucking see through!" You drilled into her head. If the Nomu couldn't see her, they wouldn't target Toru.
"I am not running away!"
"I fucking ask you too!" You shouted over your fire. "I need you to distract that thing while I figure a way out to kill it!"
"You think it would be easy-" Yui jumped beside you, "-since their freaking brains are exposed!"
"You would think." You nodded.
"They regenerate so fast; their speed is insane!"
"Something I have learned in my line of work-" You looked between the two Nomu, "-is everything has a weakness, we just need to find it."
"Easier said than done." Yui commented.
"Always." You smirked, turning behind you to see Toru had stripped. "Toru, I need you to throw everything you can at those things keeping them distracted."
"But-"
"It'll be easier to figure out how to kill them if they aren't focused on just one of us." You explained your logic.
"Oh!" Toru realized. "Smart!"
Fire clearly wasn't working, so you switched to ice. Which gave the three of you a few seconds to catch your breath before they shattered through it and attacked again. Yui's clones acted as decoys, keeping the Nomu more focused on them than the real people.
"You know-" Toru shouted after countless attempts at bringing them down. "-they kind of remind me of humans!"
"That is fantastic!" You snapped, sweat slid down your forehead, burning your eyes. "Why not ask them why they are doing this, have a polite conversation-"
"Hey!" Toru shouted, "Can you hear me in there!?"
"I was fucking joking!" You yelled at her, "Don't fucking talk to them!"
"Whoever they were could still be in there!"
"I highly doubt that!"
"You don't know!"
"Look at them Toru!" You jumped away from the yellow Nomu, blasting ice around his wings trying to keep him from flying in the air and attacking.
"If that, was you-!" Yui added, "-would you want to be woken up after something like that happened to you?"
"Well...no... but killing them seems so..."
"Please-" You breathed, backing away from the blue Nomu, "-if this ever happens to me, please fucking kill me!"
"Same!" Yui agreed, "The most humane thing to do is to put them out of their misery."
'Everyone in Class A and Class B-' Mandalay echoed through your head, sending shivers through you. '-in the name of the pro hero Eraser head, you are granted permission to engage in combat! I repeat, use your training! You may fight these villains!'
"There." You called out, "Do you feel better now Toru?"
"Not funny (y/n)!" Toru retorted as you turned your attention back to the growling beasts. Nothing was fazing these Nomu things. Heat, Ice, and water wasn't working.
You turned to Yui.
"I have a plan." You spoke. "It might get one or all of us killed."
"I like it already." Yui breathed, turning her head as the Nomu ripped apart her clone.
"I am gonna need two clones." You instructed.
"Coming right up!" Yui held her arms out, her chest heaved from overuse of her quirk but she managed to form two clones as requested.
"Toru-!" You shouted, "-get to the tree line!"
"Ok!" You heard the crunch of her feet. You turned to Yui,
"Just have your clones swine dive."
"What?" Yui was confused but didn't have long to figure out why for the ground began to shake. Just like you had gone at the sports festival, you spilt open the earth creating a trench.
"Nice!" Yui gushed, realizing the plan. Her clones ran from the Nomu who took the bait chasing after them. You smirked, watching the clone pose as they jumped into the mile long hole you created. "Come on..." Yui breathed, praying for the Nomu to be as mindless as they appeared. If this didn't kill these things, you truly had no other idea on what to do...
"Yes!" Toru cheered watching the two Nomu jump in after the clones. Quickly you reached back down, placing your fingers to the ground, the feel of the chilled grass felt refreshing as you quickly began to close to trench you made.
With only a few feet left to close, you let out a deep breath itching to go find the others and make sure everyone else was alright.
"What!?" You gasped, looking up at the yellow flash.
"Fuck!" Yui ducked as the yellow Nomu screeched, trying to dig its claws into fresh prey.
"Ok-" You nodded, "-one outta two ain't bad-" A loud snarling growl erupted behind you.
"Look out!" Yui tackled you, the two of you went rolling. You two quickly sprung to your feet, seeing a Nomu larger than All Might roar, its breath could be seen in the chilly night air.
"What the actual fuck!?" You breathed, looking at its muscular build and mint green flesh.
Its brain was exposed like the other two but this one was protected by a shiny purple helmet with two visors and a metal gag inside its mouth. The most chilling feature that caught your eyes was its six freaking arms, four of them containing chainsaws while two held construction tools in place of human hands.
You and Yui stood next to each other at a loss for words.
"I know you guys are friends." Yui breathed, staring at the new Nomu. "But Toru-"
"She needs to fucking go." You finished, looking at Yui who held the same worried expression you did. Neither of you knew how you were getting out of this mess but worrying about Toru and covering for her wasn't going to do anyone any good.
~Meanwhile~
Bakugo, Midoriya, Shoji, Shoto and Tokoyami were running through the forest path. Midoriya was tucked in Shoji's back due to him being unable to move his legs or arms.
"What's that!?" Midoriya gasped, seeing two figures ahead of him.
"Is that-!?" Shoto gasped. "-(y/n)!"
You turned, looking at the five boys running your way.
"You're alright!" Midoriya breathed, feeling so relieved.
"What's wrong with your arms-?" Tokoyami wondered, "-is that Toru!?"
"Oh yeah!" Midoriya realized, "You two were partners in the test of courage."
"(y/n)-" Bakugo breathed, moving passed Shoji "-are you-?" He was cut off by the blackened purple smoke appearing right beside you. Your eyes wide, you slowly turned your head watching a man with messy grayish blue hair stepping out, a severed hand was placed on his face, as well as many other all gripping different parts of his body.
"What is taking so long?" He sounded irritated, he turned to you. "They are just kids." He reached out, you remained frozen as he placed his hand on your face. You dropped Toru, hoping he wouldn't notice her.
"(y/n)!" Your friends screamed out. Bakugo bolted forward but was unable to aid as your body was turned to black ash.
"NO!" They screamed, Midoriya cried out in pain watching the ash float away in the wind. Bakugo dropped to his knees, shock invaded his soul as his brain flatlined.
"Finish up here." Shigaraki ordered, walking back into the purple mist. Toga took this opportunity to slip away.
"Wha-What just happened!?" Midoriya rapidly breathed, a panic attack setting in.
"(y-y/n) is..." Shoji struggled to contain his emotion. "...she...is dead..."