As the impact of Katsuki and Bane's attacks resounded through USJ another explosion was witnessed by Tomura Shigaraki as he watched his precious Nomu be rocketed through the ceiling of the USJ by none other than the man they were here to kill; All Might. "I really have gotten old. Back in the day it would have taken no more than five blows to take down that beast, but today it took more than a hundred!" All Might's voice boomed across the field towards Tomura and Kurogiri. All Might didn't have much left, but maybe he could at least capture one of them they seemed to be the leaders of this attack, but he didn't want to risk his students any more. He should get these two to retreat and then go round up the remaining villains.
"Master lied to me! He's not weaker at all!" Tomura shouted angrily as he began scratching at his neck his nails biting deeper and deeper into his flesh until he felt blood and flesh gather under his nails. Nomu was the precious toy his master had entrusted to him and All Might had taken it away from it with a smile like it was no big deal!
"We should retreat Tomura if All Might is here reinforcements won't be far behind." Kurogiri stated as he went to wrap Tomura in his portal mist. Tomura stopped scratching as an idea came to mind.
"Reinforcements hunh?" He said as he smiled behind the palm on his face. "Kurogiri bring Bane here, I don't care where he is or what he's doing bring him here now!" Tomura shouted looking at Kurogiri between the fingers on his face.
Kurogiri wanted to leave immediately, but looking at All Might he knew the symbol of peace wouldn't let them go that easily, and even with his warps he wasn't faster than All Might, they needed Nomu or something just like him. "I see your point Tomura I will do as you ask." He said opening a portal to where Bane was, but instead of watching the hulking male walk through they saw a blonde boy exit the portal. Tomura and Kurogiri's eyes widened at this. It was one of the students Kurogiri had warped to Bane. This kid beat Bane!? That thought rang out in both Kurogiri and Tomura's minds as All Might's booming laughter reached their ears.
"Looks like you underestimated these students you villains! Young Bakugou here has returned saf-!" As All might watched the portal it was clear Bakugou wasn't moving on his own instead he was being carried by the neck by Bane who stepped out after Bakugou. Now that both were completely out of the portal their bodies could be fully seen. Bakugou's left arm was covered in blood as shards of his gauntlet were embedded in his flesh his other arm was relatively fine aside from some deep lacerations. Bane's left side and arm were severely burned with the sleeve and most of the left side of his shirt being incinerated the only piece of his costume remaining on his left side was the metal bracer which glowed a dull red from the heat it had absorbed. The smell of burning flesh permeated the entire area.
"All Might it's so good to see you." Bane spoke through his mask as he glared at the symbol of peace.
"You monster release my student at once!" All Might shouted as he prepared to rush the villain and recue his student. It's true he wasn't as strong as he once was, but he still held One for All within himself and the power of his predecessors, but he was wounded that fight with Nomu was serious, without Todoroki's help he would have never freed himself from the tag team of Kurogiri and Nomu who'd managed to reopen his wound from five years ago.
"Careful All Might are you sure you can reach me before I snap his neck?" Bane growled holding Bakugou in front of himself. "It wouldn't take much and who knows the sheer impact of you hitting me might do it." All Might bit his lip admitting the villain had a point. He was fast, but was he that fast and even if he was could he risk his student's safety like that not to mention he still had the issue of young Todoroki if he went for Bakugou the other two villains might target Todoroki. It would be best to stall for time.
"Why are you here Bane?" All Might asked swiveling from one villain to the next just in case they made a move.
"I'm here to break you All Might, not just physically, but mentally as well. I will break you down and as you crumble the rest of the world will fall with you. The first break happens right NOW!" Bane lifted Bakugou above his head before bringing his body down towards his knee. "Goodbye Kacchan." Bane whispered. All Might launched himself at Bane, but just before he reached him a portal opened up before him. Kurogiri may not be fast enough normally, but it was no secret where the symbol of peace was heading so he opened a portal right in front of Bane which deposited All might right back at the foot of the stairs no more than a second's delay, but it was more than enough as the sound of breaking bones rang out through USJ followed by Katsuki Bakugou's screams of pain. From their vantage point at the shore of the shipwreck zone Uraraka, Tsuyu, and Mineta saw it all happen in slow motion and the sound echoed in their heads.
"NOOOOO!" All Might rushed forward to smash this villain who would harm his student's but instead was met with Bakugou's unconscious form slamming into him. All Might instinctively caught the boy doing his best not to jostle him and his injured back, but that left him wide open for Bane to deliver a punch straight to his wounded side. When Bane had tossed Bakugou at All Might he'd also used his two remaining doses of Venom his muscles bulging with inhuman strength slamming all of it into All Might's side. All Might felt his ribs give as blood spurted from his mouth before he was punched in the jaw his head rocking to the side. The bastards got me over a barrel I can't defend myself while holding onto Bakugou, but I can't just toss him aside either. All I can do is try to protect the boy as best I can and hold out until help arrives. All Might wrapped his arms tightly around Bakugou cradling him against his chest as Bane continued his onslaught.
Bane stepped in close driving his fist under All Might's chin hearing the hero's teeth click together loudly. He smiled under his mask venting his rage All Might took a step back trying to dodge away from the villain for some breathing room, but before he could Bane grabbed All Might by his stupid hair and brought him forward into a head-butt his forehead slamming into All Might's. Todoroki watched as Bane hit All Might again and again each punch well placed to do the most damage, as blood spattered the ground around the two and he wouldn't stand for it. He went to launch a wall of Ice to protect All Might but had to jump back as a portal opened up in front of him nearly sucking him inside. "This is no place for children, boy." Kurogiri spoke increasing the suction of his portal to try and warp the ice kid away. Bane was thrilled he could do it he could kill All Might here and now.
Tomura stood and watched in awe as Bane beat All Might like it was nothing. He couldn't take his eyes off the spectacle, not even Nomu had done this much against All Might by himself. He smiled widely under the hand on his face as he started laughing wildly.
Bane drove his fist into All Might's face feeling his bones crunch under his knuckles. Due to how he was holding Bakugou he couldn't get to his wound again, but this was better he wanted to destroy that smile he'd worshipped for all those years this was his moment. I'm not powerless anymore! Bane kicked All Might's leg out from under him dropping him to a knee before throwing a right hook into the hero's face blood and spit flying into the air to paint the ground as All Might fell onto his back and still the hero clutched Bakugou to his chest. I can barely hold my muscle form if this keeps up he'll kill us both! All Might thought to himself preparing for the worst.
"That's where you belong All Might kneel in the face of true power!" Bane shouted before throwing his knee into the pro's face knocking him onto his back. I'm sorry young Bakugou I can't…protect you. Tears sprung from All Might's eyes as he stared at the unconscious boy in his arms. Bane stood above All Might and raised his boot. "Goodbye Symbol of Peace!" Just as Bane was about to bring a close to the era of All Might bullets pelted him burrowing into his skin, but not deeply. Bane stumbled back and looked to the doorway of USJ as multiple heroes stood there. Kurogiri was also forced to retreat as he watched Tomura's arms and legs be shot through by the Pro Hero Snipe. Bane growled looking down at All Might ready to finish him off at all costs before he was enveloped in Kurogiri's portal and deposited back into the bar barely avoiding the suction of Thirteen's black hole.
Bane rounded on Kurogiri grabbing his neck armor and squeezing. "I had him! You had no right!" Bane shouted as the metal of Kurogiri's armor began to crumple.
"Tomura was injured and the pro heroes had arrived our chances of victory were no longer guaranteed it was best to retreat." Kurogiri wheezed before Bane let him go and pulled his mask off. The boy was drenched in sweat and the veins in his neck were glowing a soft green as were his eyes. Bane took a deep breath and let it out slowly allowing the adrenaline to slow.
"You're right." He said in way of an apology as a portal opened admitting a doctor with a thick mustache who looked down at the injured Tomura who was bleeding out onto the floor.
"You were wrong master All Might wasn't any weaker he destroyed my Nomu! If not for Bane he would have gotten me!" Tomura whined as the doctor looked over his wounds. Not waiting for the doctor Bane dug the bullets out himself not that they'd penetrated any deeper than an inch or so. Bane grabbed his bag undressing from his ruined costume and dug out his civilian clothes getting dressed as he listened to the mystery boss of this League.
"Are you sure Tomura? You say he defeated the Nomu, but was stopped by Bane?" The boss asked as he stared at the bar through his camera at the young man dressing in the background. This boy fought All Might and avoided capture? Thought All for One. "That deserves a reward I think." All of a sudden a black liquid poured from Bane's mouth enveloping him completely and transporting him to a secret lab. Bane coughed as he stood up glaring at the man who had brought him here. The man's only facial feature was his mouth while scar tissue covered the upper part of his skull with IVs running from various parts of his body. "Sorry for the rough departure, but I thought it would be good for us to meet face to face. I am All for One."
All Might lay in one of the infirmary beds in his true form most of his body bandaged. Recovery girl had done her best, but he was still pretty banged up, but his own injuries were not what plagued his mind. The only thing he saw was Bakugou being broken over the Villain's knee the sound echoing in his skull. He clenched his fist in rage and guilt. "I'm no hero! I'm nothing!" He said as tears streamed down his skeletal face.
"It's not your fault All Might you did your best, after all you did manage to save Aizawa from that Nomu creature, no one could foresee that Bane would be there. Aside from Katuski Bakugou the other students are unharmed only Kirishima received any moderate wounds. All the criminals besides Bane, the masked man and the warp gate were all collected by the police. I'm even told that the creature known as Nomu was recovered in the nearby forest. It may not be much, but you did do well today All Might. Take solace in the small victories." Principal Nezu said as he opened the infirmary door shutting it behind him before climbing into one of the nearby chairs to sit at All Might's side.
"They were my students sir I should have been there from the beginning instead I wasted all my time knocking out common criminals on my way to work, and now young Bakugou is in a hospital bed fighting for his life! I didn't want to believe that I would have to stop being the symbol of peace, but now it's apparent that I am not capable of holding that title anymore." All Might sat up and looked at the Principal his blue eyes shining in the recesses of their sockets. "It's time I go through with the reason I came here sir." Nezu sighed and nodded.
"I figured you would say that, and I know there's no changing your mind, so I won't try." He hopped off the chair and headed to the nurse's desk to use the P.A. system.
Mirio Togata was in the middle of class barely containing his enthusiasm for the subject in front of him before an announcement rang out across the school. "Will Mirio Togata report to the nurse's office?" Mirio shot up from his desk. "YES I WILL!" And with that Mirio left his classroom as his classmates looked on curiously.
That night the same story was on every news channel; the USJ incident. On a rooftop across from an electronics store there stood a man with a crimson scarf billowing from his neck and an assortment of blades all over his body watched curiously as his partner a man with burn scars running across his visible skin in a patchwork listened halfheartedly. After a month of inactivity Bane has surfaced again in an even more gruesome way. He and an assortment of criminals calling themselves the League of Villains attacked UA in hopes of killing recent staff addition All Might.
The man dressed in blades smiled as a picture of Bane came onto the screen. "You've fought him and know how worthy he is, you understand what is wrong with this world!" The hero killer stood up and pointed a knife at the collection of TVs. "We are the same Bane comrades in the war to right this world of false heroes and media whores."
In a shabby hotel room a naked woman was curled in the corner nursing a broken arm softly crying as she clutched her clothes to her chest. "The only reason you're still breathing is because you were a good lay, but if you keep up with that damn crying I'll have to change my mind!" A blonde man lying on the bed in a pair of boxers watched the screen as he chugged a beer. "We're told they failed in that aspect, but did severely wound a student before leaving. We're not sure of the severity of the student's injury nor was the student's name released to us, but our thoughts and prayers go out to them and their family. We still don't know what Bane is after. Is he simply here to cause trouble or do his motivations go deeper?"
The blonde man sat up showing off the scar on the left side of his face and his prosthetic eye as he laughed wildly jumping to his feet. "It doesn't matter what he's after, all that matters is that he's doing what he wants and nobody can stop him! That's fucking great he's the kind of guy I can work with!" The man grabbed his clothes getting dressed in a pair of jeans and a burgundy muscle shirt before putting on his boots. He looked over his shoulder at the woman still cowering quietly in the corner and fished out a handful of cash from his pocket and threw it towards her. "Buy yourself something nice sweetheart." He said before opening the door and leaving.
In a back alley a blonde girl with two messy buns on the side of her head dressed in an overly large sweater covering the majority of her navy blue skirt skipped away from the corpse of business man as she licked the blood from her knife as if it was a gourmet lollipop. She was listening to the news from her earbuds. "Still the fact remains a villain of this magnitude has not been seen for some time, and whatever his motive it is clear Bane is not done, in fact he might just be getting started. The blonde girl smiled widely revealing large canines as he amber eyes glowed gleefully in the dark as she looked at a picture of her crush Bane covered in the blood of Death Arms. "Oh Bane what's a girl to do?" She said stowing the picture in her sweater as she skipped along into the night.
At Dagoba hospital the doors were thrown open as a blonde woman rushed in towards the desk slamming her hands down on it as her husband tried his best to keep up. "Where's Katsuki Bakugou what room is he in?!" Shouted his mother Mitsuki Bakugou who was dressed in a black t-shirt with jeans and heels her husband Masaru Bakugou stood behind his wife hunched over and breathing hard. He was dressed in a tan t-shirt and slacks with grey running shoes.
The woman at the counter looked at the frantic woman and father and looked up the information hurriedly. "He's in the operating room right now; you can't see him just yet he's still in surgery. Please have a seat we'll let you know when he's out of surgery." Mitsuki slammed her palm on the counter. "Listen here that's my son in there, tell me everything!" She shouted shaking off her husband's attempts to calm her down. Hearing the commotion UA teacher Midnight approached the couple.
"Excuse me I'm a teacher at UA. I can try to fill you in on what happened, but it won't be much I wasn't actually there and the teachers who were are too injured to speak right now." Mitsuki looked at Midnight before walking away with Midnight after shooting the receptionist a glare. Masaru breathed a sigh of relief before bowing in apology as he left to hear what had happened to his son. Midnight told the couple what she'd learned about the attack even relaying what had been done to their son by Bane. Mitsuki covered her mouth as tears spilled from her eyes feeling her husband grab her shoulders in an attempt to console her.
Mitsuki had always prided herself on being a strong woman, but right now she was a mother worried about her son. She turned into her husband's embrace crying against his chest. Midnight looked down in shame they were supposed to protect these students and in only a week they'd had a break in by the media which turned out to have been done by the villains to get confidential information and now one of their students might have been crippled for life. This would not go over well for any of them let alone the school as a whole. As she stood there with the grieving couple the clicking of Recovery girl's cane could be heard. All three adults turned to look at the veteran healer.
Recovery girl's bun was a bit messy; a sheen of sweat coated her forehead and even behind her visor they could tell the hero was exhausted. "Recovery girl how is Bakugou?" Midnight asked for the parents who were still trying to collect themselves. Recovery Girl took off her visor to pinch the bridge of her nose to try and relieve some of her fatigue.
"He's out of surgery and his spine is intact, so there's no worry of him being paralyzed at least." Mitsuki and Masaru both smiled hearing their boy would recover from this, but Midnight knew there was more with the way Recovery Girl was clutching her cane. "But there was some damage that even I couldn't fix. You must understand that several of his vertebrae were broken exposing raw nerves and the movement he suffered while being protected only aggravated these nerves. As you may know the spinal cord serves as a highway for the nervous system allowing the brain to transmit signals to the rest of the body. These signals can be anything from moving your arm, curling your toes or even activating one's quirk."
A shiver ran down both the Bakugous spines as the implication of what Recovery Girl was saying. "You don't mean? That's impossible Katsuki's sweat is naturally explosive how, is that possible?" Mitsuki asked hoping the hero could be wrong. Replacing her visor Recovery girl sat down on the nearest chair to explain.
"It's true Katsuki can still sweat, but it's a conscious decision for Katsuki to explode his sweat it doesn't happen automatically correct." Recovery Girl stated to which the two parents nodded. "The neural pathways that send that particular impulse to induce the explosions are damaged, we don't know if that's permanent or not, but at this moment Katuski can no longer activate his quirk for all intents and purposes Katsuki Bakugou is qurikless." Mitsuki fell to her knees dragging her husband down with her as tears streamed down her face. Quirkless. Is this what Inko's been feeling all this time? She thought as her husband hugged her to his chest.
