All Might cursed everything as he stomped towards the ghastly creation of the league of villains, Nomu. He should have rushed over as soon as he had felt something was wrong.
His students, his friends and his successor had been fighting for their lives, could be too far gone already and where had he been?!
He had been using the restroom and getting lectured by Nezu.
The flushing of the toilet quieted down as Toshinori walked back into the break room where Nezu was sipping a glass of tea. He couldn't shake the feeling something was wrong.
'Why aren't Aizawa or Thirteen returning my texts? They have their phones.'
"Sir." The blonde spoke up, attracting the odd creature that was the principal's attention. "I appreciate the tea, truly but I can't shake this sinking feeling in my stomach somethings wrong. And before you say it, no its not just my injury making bathroom breaks harder."
"Very well. A hero must always be prepared to listen to their gut instinct in a crisis." Nezu said as he continued to sip the tea. "I am doubtful there will be any issues but if there are please call me directly, I will be waiting."
"Yes sir."
It took all his willpower not to scream when he ran into Iida near the school entrance, panting and frantically raving about villains.
"Young Iida! Slow down and tell me what happened slowly." The pro requested and the blue haired teen took a deep breathe.
"Villains, roughly a hundred, maybe two hundred, infiltrated the USJ during class, most of the class was split! Thirteen was seriously injured when I managed to escape to request backup!" Iida explained and All Might let out an audible growl.
"Thank you for informing me young Iida. Go to the breakroom immediately, principal Nezu is there. Tell him what you have told me and tell him I am heading there now." All might instructed his student before leaping into the air, towards the USJ. 'These villains have made a mistake they will pay for, I'll make sure of that much.'
He busted the door to the facility open, smoke flying everywhere from his forceful punch. As he busted in he saw the relived faces of Uraraka, Asui, Ashido, Mineta, Satou and Sero beside the fallen bodies of his colleagues.
"Students, are you alright?!" He asked worriedly. Most of the students all just nodded but young Asui ran up to him with worry written all of her face.
"All Might! You need to hurry. There's this huge bird monster guy who almost killed us, he's meant to fight you and Midoriya is fighting him right now! You have to help him!" She ranted to him worriedly when a loud clang brought both student and teachers attention to the sign above the stairs where his successor was swinging from. "Midoriya! Ribbit."
"Young Midoriya! Get to recovery girl right away!" The blonde commanded him. It wasn't hard to see how bad a shape the boy was in, while there was no physical damage yet the blonde could tell it was inevitable and he looked so tired. "If you continue going like what young Asui told me you could get exhausted and break in the middle of a bunch of villains!"
"Sorry, I can't! There's someone trapped in the landslide zone who needs help, I'm going to get them first." The greenette explained, worrying the pro. "Be careful! That bird villain managed to withstand One f-I mean I've hit him multiple times full power and he's only been knocked back a bit, I managed to wear him down a bit though, I think."
"Midoriya wait!" he tried to stop the teen but Midoriya had already rushed off. 'One for All was barely effective? Thank god you're ok.' "Everyone. Get Aizawa and Thirteen out of here. I checked before I entered, there are no villains about outside. Take them to the school, you should run into other teachers along the way!"
With that final instruction, He leapt into action.
'Dammit!' He cursed as he threw punch after punch into the monster supposedly meant to fight him. Despite Midoriya's claims, for the blonde it seemed One for All was completely ineffective. 'The natural strength enhancements of that mark of his must have given him some advantage over this guy. I'll just have to bury him!'
The blonde was behind the creature in less than a second once his mind was made up. He wrapped his arms around Nomu and pulled back hard, lifting the monster into the air.
He felt the ground crumble around their combined weight and for the briefest moments he felt like gloating about how ineffective the league of villain's supposed ultimate weapon has been.
Then a sharp pain went through his injury, causing him to cough up blood.
He was thanking every god he could name off the top of his head that Midoriya could overpower Nomu. He had had no idea how he would of escaped the villains clutches otherwise. Still, his student would be in danger if he remained here.
"Young Midoriya! What are you doing here?! I appreciate the help but it's too dangerous to stay here! Get to the entrance now." The blonde commanded as he turned to face the villains who had started to recover from the surprise attack.
"No All Might! We both know why you can't stay here alone. I promise I'll try to stay out you're way as much as possible but I already hesitated with Mister Aizawa and now he might be dying because of me. I'm not making that mistake again if you need help!" Midoriya explained, voice filled determination. Another annoying trait they shared. "I think that bird villain has some form of regeneration, I've been able to do some damage but it's like he comes back just as strong if he has even a second to breathe."
"Midoriya you shouldn't….Damn it, you're not going to back down on this are you?" All Might asked, both irritated and proud at the same time. He sighed in frustration, whether he liked the idea of Midoriya being on the battle field or not, the boy could hurt Nomu and All Might couldn't. The villains had picked themselves up and were beginning to rush at the two. "If you managed to overpower him….Fine. I can't deny I'll need all the help I can get against this guy right now but you had better stay out of the way and ONLY on my cue, smash that bird villain!"
"Yes Sir!" The greenette nodded his head in understanding as he retreated to a safer distance using One for All and watched the fight from afar.
Midoriya had rushed off to deal with an apparent small time thug who was probably waiting to ambush them. All Might had to admit he was secretly thankful the boy's attention had been diverted.
The greenette's right arm was broken and he had been limping since Nomu knocked him out the way when he tried to stop the blonde from falling into a portal, he was too battered to be able to help with All Might's original plan.
Todoroki, Bakugou and Kirishima had all annoyingly shown up as well. He was truly thankful for their help but they were all very likely to get hurt. Too eager, much like himself if he was honest.
"Get out of here." He instructed them. Todoroki spoke up immediately in objection as he seemed to prepare for a fight.
"You would have been in trouble earlier if not for us." Todoroki stated simply. "You need our help."
"I thank you for the assistance, but this is different!" He stated. 'You've done enough, more than kids your age should ever have had to in a situation like this.' "It's going to be alright, just sit back and watch a pro at work."
The students all seemed to back down much to the pro's relief and so he turned to face the three villains.
"Nomu…Kurogiri….kill him." Shigaraki commanded emotionlessly. All Might clenched his fists as he prepared for the final fight. "I'll deal with the children."
'Young Midoriya's concern wasn't misplaced. I barely have even a minute left in this form. My power, my energy, its dwindling faster than I've ever had to deal with before.'
"Let's clear this level and go home." The blue haired lunatic said, as he rushed forward at the pro and students.
'Regardless, I will stop these villains. That's my duty….'
"Heads up we're fighting after all." Kirishima warned his classmates.
All Might felt a fire light inside him.
'…because I am the world's symbol of peace and justice!'
The ground caved beneath were blonde had stood as he was propelled through the air by sheer force. Nomu moved to protect Shigaraki, throwing the villain out the way and Hero and Villains fist collided.
Wind picked up in violent guts at the force of the collision, knocking everyone nearby away. Shigaraki flipped through the air, and slide across the ground upon landing. "Weren't you listening?! One of his powers is shock absorption!"
"Yeah, what about it?!" All Might asked back as he continued to throw fist after fist, more energy in each one than the last as Nomu met every attack with his own fists. "Young Midoriya already revealed your weakness. Your power is absorption, not nullification, my student proved there is a limit to what you can take!"
"He's fighting the brain fucker head on!?" Bakugou asked incredulous as his students tried there hardest not to be blown away.
"Holy crap, they're so fast!" Kirishima exclaimed, as Kurogiri shouted out in frustration.
"I can't get near them!"
He continued to throw punch after punch, this wouldn't be easy, but he would make sure this villain got his just comeuppance for attacking his students, for making Midoriya break his body and for thinking they could tear away the world's symbol of peace!
"He's overpowering the bird villain!" Todoroki exclaimed in shock. "Such power…."
He just had to keep going like this, no distractions and he could win and-
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-"
All might froze and the student's blood ran cold. That sudden scream, that seemed suddenly cut off by a potentially killing blow….
It had been Midoriya's voice.
The blonde was brought out of his shock by a solid fist colliding with his stomach make him cough out blood. Nomu's fist flew once more, but this time All Might caught it in one hand, the villain threw his other fist and All Might repeated the process.
Blue eyes glared into the dead eyes of the Nomu as he held the villain in place for the moment, listening. No sound, no shout of 'I'm ok' or any noises of the boy rushing back to the fight.
"Izuku…." All might whispered, caught so off-guard by the event. Nomu moved to break free…
And All Might snapped.
The blonde head-butted the villain hard enough to make the villain stagger back ever so slightly, and the pro ripped into the villain, with punch after punch.
A punch connected with the villain's chest.
"You scar my class!"
Another punch connects with the villain's stomach.
"You injure my colleagues!"
A final solid punch connects with the villain's beak, truly knocking him back.
"NOW YOU MAY HAVE KILLED IZUKU?! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, IT ENDS HERE!"
"How emotional…" Shigaraki mocked as Nomu rushed forward, aiming a hit towards All Might's weak spot but the blonde intercepted it before it hit, eyes glowing blue as he did so and he punched the monster squarely in the face, catapulting him into the nearby forest.
The pissed off pro was upon Nomu in less than a second again, as the two started to grapple each other, All Might managing to push the bird further back into the forest.
"You were made to fight me big guy?! If you can really withstand me firing at one hundred percent of my power, then I will go beyond that and force you to surrender!"
More and more, punches started to collide with Nomu, who seemed incapable of keeping up with All Might, who had seemed to find a new fuel within his anger.
'I have to give it my all, injury or no! Every punch has to be targeted and has to have more than everything I can give. For my students, for my colleagues and for Izuku, I WILL go beyond!'
An uppercut catapults the bird villain into the air and All Might leapt after him. "A real hero…"
Nomu smashed the ground and launched back up towards the blonde, who smashed the villain in the face and grabbed the monsters arm, throwing him into the ground so hard it cracked open upon impact.
"…Will always find a way for justice to prevail!"
All Might fell into the ground beside the villain, creating his own crater as the villain seemed to fall through the air in slow motion after having been knocked back up by the force of his landing.
"Now for a lesson." All Might said as he stood tall and clenched a fist, energy building inside of it as he felt all the power of One for All run through him. "You may have heard these words before, but let me show you what they really mean. Go beyond."
He shifted forward and punched the villain in the stomach with all his might, digging in deeper and deeper. He could feel it, he had had broken the villains shock absorption.
"PLUS ULTRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
The force of an explosion left from the punch and Nomu flew through the air, colliding with the ceiling and smashing straight through. Lights exploded on the ceiling, a small tremor went through the building from the force and All might turned back to the remaining villains.
"Jeez that was like the finisher move in a fighting game, he beat the shock absorption right out of him." Kirishima exclaimed and Bakugou looked at the blonde, eyes envious.
"Imagine having power like that." He breathed out. "He must have been punching that monster so fast he couldn't regenerate, that's where the nerd had been going wrong-DEKU!"
'Credit where credits due, at least Bakugou can recognize something serious may of happened.'
Smoke had been flying from the punch but the blonde quickly realized that wasn't the only source when he moved to step forward and his body seemed to seize up. 'Crap! I used too much energy, I can't move. All I can do now is talk. Times up so gotta end this fast.'
"I really have gotten weaker…Back in my hay day, five hits would have been enough to knock that guy out. But today it took more than three hundred mighty blows." He said simply, Shigaraki started to scratch in frustration. 'Such a gross habit.' "You've been bested villains. Surrender, unless you wish to also feel my anger. Personally, I'd rather get this over with quickly."
"You…..cheater." Shigaraki hissed, before quieting down into a barely audible whisper. "I was told he was weaker, but he's just as strong as ever. Don't tell me I was lied to?!"
"What's wrong, not attacking me? Didn't you say you were going to clear this level earlier? Well come and get me, if you dare!" All Might taunted with a harsh glare. 'For the love of whatever Midoriya said that god guy was called, give up already so I can go find him.'
Shigaraki backed up as if frightened, body starting to shake. The three students near him all seemed intimated as well.
"Man this is….Intense." Bakugou said and Kirishima nodded in agreement.
"As expected, there's no reason for us to fight anymore. We should go try and find Midoriya, the sooner we find him the better." Todoroki suggested.
"Yeah good idea, let's go. Better than sticking around and becoming potential hostages." Kirishima said as he turned to walk to where they had least seen the greenette. "All might can handle these guys by himself."
'Crap, I can't tell them otherwise unless my secret got out but…I so CANNOT handle these guys. The dust is covering it but I can feel the steam and how little energy I have. I'm not just out of time, I've definitely limited my form even more than before. I can't fight the, Nomu took too much out of me. One more move and I'll be back to my weak form. I'll just have to stall until back up gets here.'
"What, are you scared?" He continued to taunt, causing Shigaraki to itch violently. 'They're hesitating, maybe this will work. They're so close to surrendering or at least running away.'
"If only Nomu was here, he'd rush you right now! Pound you into the ground without giving it a second thought." The blue haired lunatic ranted and Kurogiri started to lean in close.
"Tomura Shigaraki, please do not fret." He tried to calm the itching villain. All Might's eyes widened as he felt worry crawl up his spine 'oh no.' "Look at him, he has definitely weakened. Nomu's attacks were successful. The children are leaving, overly confident in their teacher and worried for their missing friend… and look, our underlings are recovering. We likely still have a few minutes until reinforcements arrive. If you and I work together we can do this, we haven't missed our chance!"
All Might cursed everything as Shigaraki stopped itching. If the villain attacked him now, he was screwed.
"Yeah…yeah you're right." Shigaraki conceded calmly. "This is it, we have no choice. We have to do it now. I mean, the big end boss is right in front of us…"
Suddenly the villain was rushing forward, intent on killing the pro.
'So this is it.'
"CONSIDER THIS REVENGE FOR NOMU!"
'Holy shit, I'm really going to die here?!'
"DEKU?! WHAT THE HELL?!"
All Might's eyes widened in surprise and even before he could turn to see what Bakugou was shouting about, a familiar black and purple tendril flew between him and Shigaraki.
"GET AWAY FROM ALL MIGHT!" A familiar voice shouted out and the pro didn't know whether to be relieved or worried when he saw Midoriya flying through the air from the momentum of the tendril.
What really caught the blonde's attention was the boy's previous injuries were completely gone. His arm and leg looked as good as new, though the tiredness of the boy was still there.
Suddenly, a purple portal opened in front of the greenette's face and Shigaraki started to come out towards his successor. 'NOOO!'
Midoriya however seemed unfazed as he threw his arm down, and Far Reach shot out, smashing off the ground a launching the bot higher similarly to how the pro had seen Ojiro use his tail on occasion. The tentacle then shot out once more, wrapping around the villains arm and pulling him out the portal before Midoriya threw Shigaraki right at Kurogiri, who chose to dodge over using a portal.
"YOU BRAT!" Shigaraki screamed out pissed, starting to run back but before he could get closer…
BANG!
The villains hand exploded into a large amount of blood as he shouted out in pain. Three more loud bangs sounded and with each one a hand or a leg of Shigaraki's went. Yet more bangs sounded but Kurogiri blocked the shots with his body.
ALL might shot his gaze to the entrance and relief filled his body as a small familiar voice was heard across the facility.
"Sorry everyone, I know we're a bit late, but I got the teachers over here as fast as I could!" Nezu said. All might couldn't help the slight smug thought that passed through his head. 'Told you something was wrong!'
"YOUR CLASS REP HAS RETUNRED! I HAVE FUFLLIED MY DUTY!" Iida's voice rang out next, prompting a smile from All might. "AND I BROUGHT REINFORCEMENTS!"
Many of the thugs made to attack and were promptly token down by the pro's. Ectoplasms many clones moving to fight as Present mics voice ripped through the villains.
"DAMMIT, Its game over for real this time." Shigaraki complained from inside the smoke of Kurogiri, drawing All Might's attention back. "Let's go home, we can try again some other time."
"I'm on it!" The warp villain said as he moved to teleport his ally however before they could properly start, the villains body started to be torn apart by a powerful wind. "Ugh! This is…Thirteens black hole!"
"We may have failed to kill you this time…but your days are numbered." Shigaraki ranted as he glared, head poking out of a portal. The black hole couldn't stop Shigaraki and Kurogiri teleporting away. The last thing All Might heard from the villain was "I will kill you, All Might, Symbol of Peace!"
He let out a sigh of relief once the villains were gone. The rest of the thigs could be dealt with by the rest of the pro's and from the sounds of it, even his students could take on the thugs if necessary. He felt a bit of pride at that though he hated that they ever had to find that out today.
His attention was drawn to his successor, who looked ready to collapse any moment now. If it wasn't for the eyes of the other students still being near and thus able to see his true form, he'd rush over to hug the boy he had thought he'd lost just a few minutes ago.
"Thank you." He coughed out. The greenette looked up shocked, green eyes holding many emotions, but what stood out most was the fear in them. Still prominent. "You bought me a few vital seconds, if not for you I'd be dead now. I want you to know, I'm proud of how well you did today."
Tears started to form in his successors eyes and he couldn't help rolling his own. 'Of course.' "Young Midoriya, you've saved me once again."
"All Might…." The greenette walked towards him, staggering slightly. He really was tired. A solid wall of cement blocked the view from the other students. 'Cementoss must be here. I think I can hear him talking to Kirishima.'
Arms wrapped around the half skinny have muscly form of All Might, confusing the hero. He placed his own around his student, glad to be sure he was safe. "Hey, hey kid. What's wrong? We beat the villains, everyone's safe more or less. What's got you all freaked out?"
Sad green eyes looked at him as he truly powered down. Nothing could have prepared him for the answer he received.
"I think….I might've killed someone."