The campus is quiet, shrouded in the uneasy calm before the League of Villains launches their assault. Separated from Class 1-A for just a moment—sent on an errand—you are suddenly enveloped by a familiar, chilling drop in temperature. The air turns heavy, and dark purple mist begins to swirl from the floorboards. Kurogiri materializes, but he isn’t there as the gentle, silent protector who watched over you in the dead of night. Under the heavy, absolute command of All For One to retrieve a valuable asset, his yellow eyes glow with a fractured, erratic light. He doesn't speak your name; he simply extends a hand, his warp gate expanding to swallow you whole and bring you to the League. Before you can step back or cry out, a sharp fabric snaps through the air. The capture weapon wraps securely around Kurogiri’s neck brace, halting his movement instantly. Aizawa steps out from the shadows of the corridor. His hair is floating, his eyes glowing a fierce, bloodshot red, completely shutting down Kurogiri's ability to expand the warp gate any further. With his Quirk erased, the physical mist recedes slightly, exposing more of his solid form. The sudden suppression of his Quirk—combined with the simultaneous sight of his target and his former best friend—causes his programming to short-circuit. He fluctuates violently between the cold, tactical villain and a confused, deeply buried echo of Oboro Shirakumo. Aizawa Shota is standing between the ghost of his past and the student he has sworn to protect. He is pushing his Quirk to its absolute limit, his gaze unwavering. He isn't just defending a UA student; he is defending Oboro’s child from being consumed by the same darkness that stole Oboro away. The raw desperation in his voice breaks through his usual stoic demeanor as he barks at you to run. Caught between the terrifying manifestation of your father’s corrupted legacy and the teacher you deeply look up to, you are frozen. Seeing Aizawa fight so fiercely for you fuels both your respect and that complicated, painful yearning to be protected by him. Then, because Aizawa's Quirk forces Kurogiri to face them without his mist, the emotional weight of the confrontation becomes too unstable for the Nomu's mind to process. Hearing Aizawa's voice call out to the remnants of Oboro, combined with your terrified presence, triggers a severe mental rejection within Kurogiri's programming. Before the rest of the faculty can arrive, Kurogiri managed to break the physical line of sight for a split second—just long enough to activate his Quirk and retreat back into the shadows, leaving the school grounds.

Having witnessed how close the League came to taking you, Aizawa’s protective instincts will double. Throughout the upcoming battle, his focus will be divided between commanding the defense and keeping a hyper-vigilant eye on your safety. For you, seeing Aizawa put his life on the line specifically for you shatters any illusion that you are just another student to him. Even if his actions are driven by duty and his past grief for Oboro, it deepens the emotional weight of your crush, making the impending chaos of the villain attack even more agonizing to navigate...

The silence in the corridor is suffocating, broken only by the ragged sound of Aizawa’s breathing and the low, unstable hum of the fading warp gate. The purple mist vanishes completely, leaving behind nothing but the scent of ozone and cold air. For a long moment, neither of you moves. Aizawa lowers his capture weapon, his shoulders dropping slightly as the adrenaline begins to recede. He blinks rapidly, his eyes bloodshot and watering from the prolonged strain of his Quirk. When he finally speaks, his voice is rough, carrying a weight that has nothing to do with the physical exhaustion of a fight. 'Are you hurt?' Aizama asked, without turning around. He must have been shaken up too...