Trump Card (Part 10)

Shoto raised an ice wall that completely concealed her. Dabi scoffed and blasted it at full power. "You can't hide from me, little sister. If only dad had taught you how to be better, then maybe you would've-" Shoto appeared to his left, her left arm on fire. Dabi couldn't react fast enough. Shoto blasted him at close range. Dabi fell to the ground, his clothes torched. Shoto stood over him. "Father taught me how to use my fire. I had to teach myself everything else or learn it the hard way. A good example was what I just did; letting you think I was hiding so I could get into a more favorable position." Shoto smiled. "Jason taught me that move during his very first combat trial." Dabi smiled back. "...not bad… I'll have to remember that… for our rematch…" Dabi turned to dust. He too had been a clone. Shoto took a deep breath before running towards Chris, following the sounds of powerful attacks colliding in the distance.

Aizawa dodged yet another one of Dabi's fire attacks before rolling into one of the hallways connected to the lobby and sprinting down it. The two villains followed suit. Aizawa turned the corner and ripped a fire extinguisher off of the wall, never stopping. Dabi and Wake turned the corner, catching a glimpse of Aizawa as he rounded another corner. Wake smirked and followed. "That's a dead end!" Dabi noticed that the fire extinguisher was missing from the wall. He reached out for Wake. "Hey, stop!" Wake rounded the corner and was slammed in the face by the fire extinguisher. Wake hit the ground and got his face stomped in by Aizawa. The Wake clone turned to dust. The pro hero then pulled the pin on the extinguisher and blasted Dabi with it. The villain ignited his flames and blasted the foam. Then the fire extinguisher flew through the flames and impacted against Dabi's head. Dabi hit the ground and struggled to stand up. Aizawa was sprinting towards him. Dabi raised his hand to use his quirk, but Aizawa used his. Dabi's flames disappeared. Aizawa jumped and put all of his weight into a flying kick, slamming into Dabi's head and turning him to dust too. Aizawa took a few deep breaths before pulling the nearby fire alarm and running back to his car. "I have to get back to UA!"

Kirishima got to the battle first. Chris and Void were blurs through the small forest as they clashed. One of their collisions was only a few feet away from him, which resulted in Kirishima being thrown back by the shockwave. "Shit!" He hit a tree. Kirishima held his head as Jason and Void came to a stop in front of each other, but were still throwing punches. This battle was just like the Sports Festival: two unstoppable forces colliding with each other. However, there was one major change; one wrong move from Chris would mean death. Chris stepped to the side and got a good hit against Void. He jumped backwards to put some distance between himself and Chris. Void held his jaw. "Nice. That would've hurt a lot. Correction: it would've if you were actually trying to hurt me, that is." Chris narrowed his eyes. "Do you want me to kill you? Because that's not happening. I don't care what you call yourself, 'Void'. You're still my best friend and my adopted brother. Nothing will change that." Void chuckled. "I'm still your best friend? What about the clone? You chose him over me, after all." Kirishima, who had stood back up by now, shouted. "Stop! How do you even know he's the clone?!" Void turned to the redhead. "Oh, hello Red Riot. I know I'm real because Shigaraki said so. He said that I was the original." Chris narrowed his eyes. "Since when did you start trusting Shigaraki?" Void averted his gaze back to Chris. There was a long silence.

Denki stood up, coughing from the dust that was being kicked up as Tokoyami and Dark Shadow used giant sweeping attacks to keep Mr. Compress on his toes. The villain was gracefully dodging the attacks. "Impressive. You are by far more skillful now than you were in the forest. However, your quirk here seems to be slower." Mr. Compress raised his sword and blocked Dark Shadow's attack. "Is it possible that you're weaker in the daytime?" Tokoyami narrowed his eyes. Mr. Compress chuckled. "So I am right. Well then, I think it's time for-" Denki brought his fingers up to form a finger gun. "Focused Circuit: 500,000 Volts!" The electricity sailed through the air and struck Mr. Compress right in the chest. Nothing happened. Denki lost his smile. Mr. Compress smiled. "Lead lined jacket. Lead doesn't conduct electricity. I figured I might run into you, so I came prepared. Now let's-" Mr. Compress's phone rang. He sighed. "That's the signal. I must go now. See you boys later." He sheathed his cane sword and, with a simple magic trick, created a dust cloud. Denki yelled. "Hey! Get back here!" "Dark Shadow!" At Tokoyami's order, Dark Shadow charged forward and swiped through the cloud. Mr. Compress was gone.

All Might wiped some nervous sweat from his forehead. Nezu still had a serious expression as he got off the phone. "That was Mr. Aizawa. Turns out that his summons was really a plot to lure him away and ambush him. He defeated both the Dabi and Wake clones and is now on his way here." All Might looked at the principal. "That's another 30 minutes before he arrives." Nezu nodded. "Luckily, it would appear that we don't need him. I just got word that Mina has driven Toga away from the Dorms. Iida also said Spinner had been apprehended. I also saw Denki and Tokoyami drive off Mr. Compress while Jason and Shoto defeated Shigaraki and Dabi." All Might did some quick thinking before looking back at the screen. "...then only the other Jason, Void, remains…" Nezu nodded, his eyes glued to the security monitors.

Void clenched his fists, smiling. "That's enough talking." Chris got ready. Kirishima hardened his skin. Before the battle could start, however, a wall of ice surrounded Void. Shoto ran up. "Looks like I made it just in time." Kirishima and Chris smirked. Then Void punched upwards with his rage, blowing apart the ice cage. He looked out at the three of them. "...so this was the plan? You three are going to fight me all at once?" All three of them got into their fighting stances. Void looked at each and every one of them before smiling. Not his fake villain smile, but a genuine smile. For a brief moment, Void had turned back into Jason. "This should prove to be fun." Void gave an evil smile as he raised his hands up. "Come on, 'heroes'! Let's see what you can do!"