As I watched the students rocket off into to night sky I focused my gaze on the monster that had put them through hell. "It's over All for One."

"It'll be over when I rule this world." His clenched his fist as he looked at me. "And for that to happen, I'll make sure that ridiculous smile is riddled with blood as you rot away."

Chapter 52: All Might's Last Stand

We landed on the opposite side of town, for some reason Deku, Iida and Kiri were wearing semiformal clothes. I leaned against a wall as I caught my breath. I looked down at my now snow white skin. 'I've become what I swore to destroy... A Grimm.' I thought to myself.

Ruby. Pyrrha said in the back of my mind.

'Pyrrha, please, not right now.' I knew she heard my thoughts, and she stayed quite, 'I have to get used to all of this.'

"Ruby." I looked at Kirishima as he walked over. "What did he do to you?" He asked.

My sliver and black eyes focused on the ground between my feet, "He wanted to... make me a tool for his army, a Grimm Nomu. He turned me into a monster."

"Petals, don't tell me you believe that crap. Your at least have a better chance of going pro then the nerd." Bakugo walked over.

"Yeah you were amazing. I have never seen such raw power." Kiri grabbed my hands in his, they felt so warm. "I'm sorry that I wasn't strong enough to save you. I failed you." He hugged me. "I was right there, and they took you away, right after I made the promise to you."

"It wasn't your fault." I said as I held him tight, "We had no way of knowing." I felt tears well up in my eyes.

"I won't lose you again. I swear on my honor as a man to protect you." He picked me up as he straightened his back. "Because I know you'll do the same for the rest of us."

I started to cry into his shoulder, I knew I couldn't ask him to do that. I would never ask anyone to go that far for me, yet here he was, the boy who I had bumped into the day of the entrance exams laying his heart out for me. "I love you."

I blocked All for One's strike, but the force of the blow made me skid backwards. I dodged the follow up strike and landed a smash dead center on his chest, he stumbled back from the mighty blow. I stared at my nemesis, his scar face from our last fight showed no emotions. "Your just like your mentor." He said. "Though it is funny that my own flesh and blood has been set on the path of heroes, it's all most like the world is playing a sick joke on us." he had forced the League and Black Huntress to leave through one of Kurogiri's portals, now it was just me and him on the battlefield.

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"The boy Tomura Shigaraki, he is my successor, much like the green haired boy, Izuku Midoriya, is your. But I choose him for another reason." All for One explained. "For the boy is the grandson of your teacher, Nana Shimura." I took a step back from the villain as he walked towards me.

"No... That's impossible." I said.

"Is it? I found the poor boy homeless, not a soul willing to help him, not the common man, nor any hero, so I took him in and gave him the power he needed to grow stronger." he laughed, a horrible sound that echoed out over the rubble. "I knew he would hate you. But as you have already passed on One for All, I can end you myself. Even if it was his plan."

"You villain!" I launched my self at him and went for a smash but he just blocked the blow and struck me in the face. I stumbled back from the blow, blood spilling from my mouth.

"I have chosen these quirks for the purpose of killing you. All in the goal to break you." His right arm bulged and mutated as multiple quirks activated ripping and tearing skin as muscles and steel bone grew. "Tell me hero, what is it like to watch the world from your podium?" I remained silent as I stared him down. "No matter, I'll break it soon enough."

Her flew at me and I block each blow, the shock waves sending debris flying through the air. "DETROT SMASH!" I lashed back sending him into a wall breaking it down, the dust clogging the air around him.

"Tick, tick... tick. Time's up." My body began to steam and shrink as I lost my hold on One for All.

We stood in the crowd, trying to get to the police station, but the street were packed with people watching the news coverage of the battle in Kamino ward. And my eye stared at the skeletal man in the too big hero costume. His chin dripped blood. "That's All Might..." One woman said, "He looks like he should be dead."

"No, that can't be right, It must be the villains doing." A man said.

"That's what he's been hiding all this time? I can see why."

"Is he going to lose?"

I looked at Midoriya and saw the fear on his face and I knew what I had to do, this was just as much my fight as it was All Might's. I turned to go back but Iida grabbed my shoulder.

"Ruby what are you doing?"

"I just need a few seconds. I'm not going to fight." And I ran through crowd before they could stop me. I got into a ally way and took off into the air breaking the sound barrier in under second as I rose higher into the air. I could see the disaster area and the specks that were the pillars of good and evil.

I turned sharply in the air as I shot down to the men. I crashed into the ground behind All Might.

"Rose, what are you doing? I told you to leave." But I just grabbed his shoulder and began the chant.

"For it is in passing that we achieve immortality. Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death, I release your soul, and by my shoulder, protect thee!" I yelled as I poured everything into the man's soul, my aura, my semblance, the power of the Maiden, and the sliver eyes into pure energy. And as if a ember in his soul was doused with fire dust, it exploded in size and so did his body as a golden aura spread over the man. The wind around us whipped into a storm that I could barely fight off to stay in place. His chest and arms expanded so far that his costume ripped open, an ugly pulsating wound on his side glowed and cleared away before my eyes.

I let go as I fell to the ground on my hands and knees. "Get him Smiles." I said as I stood up. He smiled down at me, his stupid grin back.

"I don't know what you did, but thank you." He said as he turned to All For One.

"You think some more muscles and a shiny new glow will help him?" The Crime lord walked forward his grotesque arm moving rubble out off the way.

"It's a trick my uncle taught me... Last Stand, I'll be powerless for a few days but All Might's new power will only last fifteen minutes at most. But he is now stronger then he has ever been." I explained. "We use this only as a last resort because it leaves people so vulnerable."

And the pro proved my point, before I could blink he was behind All for One, the villains normal arm twisted beyond belief.

"AAAGGH!" He spun around not caring for the damage done to his own arm, he punched All Might in the face, but the shockwave only hurt him, blasting him out of All Might's grip.

"Give up All For One." He rushed his opponent shoulder tackling down the villain, the massive dust cloud filled the air as his body scrapped the stone, a bloody trail marked his path.

"NEVER!" He stood to his feet, respirator shattered, his breathing heavy as he struggled for air in the dust fill battle field.

"UNITED!" A glow in the palm of his hand illuminated the predawn city. "STATES!" He clenched his fist, the winds tearing apart rubble to dust. "OF SMASH!" He launched himself throw the air, a bullet of golden light streaking across my vission, his massive fist hit true, dead center on the monster of a man, and drove him donw into the ground. A massive crator formed under them as stone and metal was vaporized from the force of the blow. The heat formed by the attack created a massive swirling up draft that dust high above us.

I felt rain start to fall, soaking my clothes and hair even more. Soon it was a downpour, and I laughed, a pure genuine laugh of joy, it was over. It was finally over, this nightmare was over. And standing over the monster was the Symbol of Peace, one that had touched generations, and would inspire hundreds to come. It was the man who faced death in the face and screamed to the heavens "I AM HERE!"

All done for that arc.