Boku no Hero Academia: Izuku's Pet Noumu

Disclaimer: This is a mature-rated fanfiction story of Boku no Hero Academia that I am writing for both fluffy and erotic fun. Needless to say, this story is AU, the characters may seem OOC to some and there will be smutty lemons. Also, I own nothing of the series other than the fanfiction stories that I make.

Chapter 28: All For One…

Given the infamy of the League of Villains, as well as the number of top-ten pro-heroes who actually liked the first-year students from the hero course of U.A. High School, it was not surprising that Nedzu was able to gather a lot of support to take down the league in spite of the possible risks involved. Even Enji (a.k.a. Endeavour), readily agreed to take on the task of putting an end to the league with a single major counter-offensive. Toshinori (a.k.a. All Might), made sure to rest well so that he would be ready to take on the noumus if not his nemesis, All For One.

While the pro-heroes got ready to make their move, so did the Meta Liberation Army, including Splinter Cell, and the Brotherhood of Shadows. Unlike the pro-heroes who would attack the League of Villains directly, the "villainous allies" would stay back and serve as both intelligence gatherers and emergency backup should the situation turn for the worse. Speaking of "villainous allies", Bubaigawara Jin, who had taken up his previous villainous code-name, Twice, was also taking part in the attack as his quirk was extremely useful while Kendou Rappa, who was previously known as the Rapper back in his underground fighting days, was "hired early" so that he too could take part in the coming battle. The rest of the "villains on parole" were instructed to remain at U.A. High School alongside with Ectoplasm, Thirteen, Hizashi (a.k.a. Present Mic), Ken (a.k.a. Cementoss), Sekijirou (a.k.a. Vlad King) and Nemuri (a.k.a. Midnight) to protect the students and make sure that they would not attempt anything foolish.

As for the first years students from the hero course of U.A. High School, as well as the young children and civilian parents who were staying with them at the dorms, they were kept in the dark about the upcoming attack to ensure that they would not act rashly. That said the Big Three, who were experienced and skilled third year students, were taking part in the attack to ensure the safety of the civilians.

In spite of not being informed of the attack, many of the first-year students and young children knew that something was about to happen as they could sense the tension in the air. They could only hope that the pro-heroes would be able to handle whatever was coming.

--Later that night…--

Nedzu organised the pro-heroes, the Big Three, Twice and Rapper, into the following teams:

Team All Might: All Might, Ingenium, Miruko, Gran Torino, Sir Nighteye, Centipeder, Mirio

Team Endeavour: Endeavour, Hawks, Crust, Eraser Head, Mandalay, Pixie-Bob, Ragdoll, Tiger

Team Edgeshot: Edgeshot, Mount Lady, Kamui Woods, Best Jeanist, Gang Orca, Manual

Team Ryuukuu: Ryuukuu, Nejire, Fatgum, Tamaki, Hound Dog, Twice, Rapper

For the sake of simplicity, all pro-heroes and villains will be referred to by their code-names for the rest of this chapter.

Team All Might was entrusted to act as a quick-response team in the event of an unexpected emergency while Team Endeavour was entrusted to strike the location provided by Splinter Cell to capture Tomura and his League of Villains. As for Team Edgeshot and Team Ryuukuu, they were entrusted to search two areas which, thanks to both the efforts of the police force and the information provided by the Meta Liberation Army, were the likely hiding places of the league's true leader and/or his scientists.

Splinter Cell was in the same area as Team Edgeshot while the Brotherhood of Shadows was in the same area as Team Ryuukuu. Much like the pro-heroes, they too were searching for the true leader of the League of Villains and/or his scientists.

Although the pro-heroes and their allies knew that they were essentially "poking around to find a hornet's nest", even Nedzu could not have anticipated what would happen next.

--With Team Endeavour…--

Endeavour wore his usual scowl as he glared at a seemingly abandoned warehouse, which was at the edge of the city, and asked Ragdoll, "Are those villains in the warehouse?"

Ragdoll nodded and replied, "My quirk has confirmed that most of them are in the warehouse."

"As have mine," added Hawks who then added, "Besides Shigaraki Tomura, there are also Muscular, Gold Weaver, Siamese, Moonfish and two former members of the Shie Hassaikai, Katsukame Rikiya and Tengai Hekiji. No sign of Kurogiri but there's a chance that he might warp in to rescue them before they can be captured."

"Then we must act quickly and capture them all before they can escape," said Endeavour who then instructed, "Eraser Head, made sure that the villains cannot use their quirks to fight back or escape. Should Kurogiri appear, focus on stopping him from letting any of the villains escape."

Eraser Head nodded and said, "Understood."

Endeavour turned his attention towards the rest of the team and instructed them, "Hawks, I want you to use your feathers to restrain and/or knock out the League of Villains, especially Shigaraki, Gold Weaver, Siamese, Rikiya and Moonfish. If Rapper's information about Tengai's quirk is correct, he will likely team up with Muscular to form a 'shield and spear' formation with him. In the event of such a formation, I want Crust and Pixie Bob to help keep them occupied before they can cause too much damage. Mandalay, Ragdoll and Tiger will stay behind with the police force in case anything happens."

None of the pro-heroes disagreed with Endeavour's decision as they quickly took action.

--A short while later…--

Tomura, who was still furious over the failed attack at the summer camp two nights ago, was still waiting for Kurogiri to return with All For One's message when flying red feathers suddenly broke into the warehouse where he and the rest of his League of Villains had been hiding. Shocked by the unexpected attack which was both quick and fierce, Tomura, Gold Weaver, Siamese, Katsukame Rikiya and Moonfish were unable to muster an effective defence or counter-attack. As for Muscular and Hekiji, the latter immediately got close to the former so that he could form a barrier around themselves, effectively blocking the feathers from harming them.

Soon after the feathers started attacking, a massive golem, which resembled a wingless four-legged dragon, tore down the door of the warehouse. Crust, who was riding on the golem, glared at the villains and announced, "We have you all surrounded! Surrender now if you do not wish to suffer further harm!"

In spite of the situation, Muscular smirked audaciously as he charged towards the golem and its rider while yelling, "You cant to arrest us? Come and get us then!" Muscle fibres erupted from his upper body to reinforce and strengthen it.

Used to dealing with muscle-headed people, Hekiji did not bother to question Muscular's decision as he followed the villain to take on their enemies who were most likely pro-heroes. Muscular tried to punch the golem only to be blocked by several layers of hexagonal shields that were created by Crust. The pro-hero frowned as Musucular was almost able to break through the shields in spite of not reaching his full strength.

Suddenly both Muscular and Hekiji were unable to use their quirks. Shocked by the sudden loss of their quirks, they were unable to react in time as Eraser Head quickly restrained Hekiji with his capture weapon while Endeavour appeared next to Musuclar and attacked him with a powerful burst of flame. Red feathers then struck down Muscular, thus ensuring that he would be unable to rise and fight back for a while. Hekiji was also knocked out by a well-practised chop to the back of the head by Eraser Head.

Moonfish tried to turn his teeth into bladed weapons to attack the pro-heroes as well as ward off the feathers but the feathers were simply too quick for him to fight effectively and could even break his teeth by striking them repeatedly in quick succession. Katsukame tried to boost his energy-draining quirk with trigger but the feathers were able to stop him by destroying the vials of the drug that he had with him. Gold Weaver tried to stop the feathers with a wall of sticky golden silk but, due to being caught off-guard, he was unable to muster an effective defence. Both Siamese and Tomura were unable to do anything about the red feathers so they, alongside with the rest of the league, were quickly defeated and knocked out.

However, just as Endeavour was about to instruct the police force to move in to properly restrain the defeated villains, a massive black portal suddenly opened up from below. Black tentacles emerged from the portal to take the villains away from the pro-heroes. Angered by the attempt, Endeavour used his fire quirk to get airborne before shooting a massive torrent of flame into the portal. Although not his most powerful attack, few people could withstand a massive torrent of flame. Whatever was on the other side of the portal did not even shriek in pain as more tentacles, which were on fire, emerged to crush the pro-hero. Endeavour was forced to dodge the tentacles while unleashing concentrated beams of flames to cut them off.

While Endeavour was dealing with the tentacles, Eraser Head used his capture weapon to grab onto a random roof support beam so that he could avoid falling into the portal while holding onto Hekiji. Crust, who was riding the golem at the time, quickly leapt off it before it could fall through the portal below. Luckily for Crust, some of Hawks' feathers gathered around and below him so that he would not fall into the portal. Once airborne, Crust created some shields to block and slice off the tentacles that tried to attack him or his team mates.

Although unable to use his capture weapon to provide further assistance due to being "preoccupied", Eraser Head tried his best to use his quirk to somehow weaken the tentacles. Luckily, his eyes were able force the tentacles to regress, which meant that some sort of transformation ability was being used to grow them.

In spite of the pro-heroes' efforts, it was soon clear that most of the villains had been taken away by the time the tentacles retreated and the portal closed. After the portal had disappeared, Endeavour asked, "Hawks, are you able to track your feathers?"

The pro-heroes could literally imagine the smug smirk on Hawks' face as he replied, "I already am."

"The let's not waste any more time," said Endeavour who then instructed, "Hawks, lead the way. Take Ragdoll with you so that she can confirm if all the members of the league are present at the other location and possibly get a lock on whoever else is with them. I also want you both to coordinate with the other teams while the rest us follow your lead."

"You got it!" replied Hawks before he gathered his feathers to fly away with Ragdoll in his arms. No one commented about Ragdoll's yelp of surprise.

While Hawks and Ragdoll departed, Endeavour asked, "Pixie-Bob, how fast can your golems fly?"

After making sure that Hekiji was handcuffed and taken away by the police, the rest of Team Endeavour rode on some flying golems, which resembled giant birds, so that they could follow Hawks and Ragdoll to a different location which was surprisingly nearby…

--Meanwhile, in a certain mountainous region…--

Iceman frowned as he and the rest of Splinter Cell encountered Team Edgeshot and asked, "I'm guessing that you're looking for the League of Villains's leader as well?"

Edgeshot, who was leading the team, replied, "You can say that."

Left unsaid was that the pro-heroes suspected that the Meta Liberation Army had control over a nearby city, Deika City, since Re-Destro himself assured Nedzu that the League of Villains could not have established a base within the city without their notice. Not surprisingly, the Meta Liberation Army were aware of the pro-heroes already having their suspicions.

In spite of the tense situation, both sides knew that they had more important issues to deal with at the time so the members of Splinter Cell and Team Edgeshot were about to go their separate ways to continue searching when Edgeshot received a message from Ragdoll. Iceman and the rest of Splinter Cell were curious about the message so they did not leave immediately as Edgeshot read it. The pro-hero's eyes widened as he spoke to everyone present, "It seems that Hawks has managed to locate a hidden base which might be the one we're after."

"How did they manage to locate the base?" asked Mount Lady.

"Long story short, Tomura and the rest of his league had to escape from Endeavour's team via warp-gate and some of Hawks' feathers followed them through it," explained Edgeshot.

"If that's the case, we should make haste and group up with Ryuukuu's team," said Best Jeanist while the other pro-heroes nodded in agreement.

"Take us with you," said Iceman who then added, "Like it or not, you're probably going to need every bit of help you can get to take them down, even if it means getting help from us."

Although the pro-heroes did not like the idea of cooperating with the Meta Liberation Army, they knew that they were supposed to work together with them at the moment so they allowed Splinter Cell to follow them to the location.

Little did the two groups realise that a massive muscle-bound man with spiky brown hair, protruding lower canines and portions of skin which appeared jagged and rock-like had already taken notice of their presence and was growing displeased by it…

--Elsewhere in a city, not far from the same mountainous region…--

Ryuukuu frowned as she led her team to a large abandoned building which was located deep within Wobani City. She had recently received a message from Ragdoll which led her to the said building. Hound Dog growled as he spoke to her, "The smell of the place is wrong. It should be abandoned but it has smells that don't normally match with abandoned sites."

"Then we can be sure that this is the place," said Ryuukuu was she grimly waited for reinforcements.

After Wankuro's rescue during the USJ incident, the League of Villains were forced to abandon a lab that was hidden beneath a hospital called Jaku General Hospital. Although the noumus and vital lab equipment were taken away before the pro-heroes and police force could arrive to investigate the place, the League of Villains were unable to continue with their research and production of noumus for a time. Subsequent investigations forced the league to abandon other research and storage sites within other cities and wards including Naruhata and Kamino.

Although Ryuukuu wanted to put an end to the League of Villains quickly, she knew that blindly charging into the area was risky at best. After all, there was no telling how many villains, including noumus, were in the building.

Suddenly, Ryuukuu and her team-mates heard someone ask, "Do you heroes need a hand?"

--Inside the abandoned building…--

The Doctor, whose real name was Garaki Kyuudai, frowned as he spoke to All For One, "The heroes are already making their way to our location even as we speak."

"As expected," replied All For One.

"Shall we unleash the noumus and order Gigantomachia to attack?" asked Chronostasis while tending to Tomura who had been injured by Hawks' feathers.

"Yes, we shall," answered All For One before he said, "Kurogiri, please take Tomura and his remaining comrades to the safe location that I have prepared to you."

Kurogiri bowed as he replied, "As you wish, master."

After speaking to Kurogiri, All For One said, "Doctor, Chronostasis, I want you both to follow him. He will need your aid."

"You're planning to make your last stand here, aren't you?" asked Kyuudai.

"Indeed," confirmed All For One who then smiled cruelly and added, "It is time that people get reminded of reality."

--Back to Team Ryuukuu…--

"Somehow I'm not surprised to see you here," said Twice who then yelled, "It's a shocking twist!"

Jinx (a.k.a. Fuun), who was dressed in a black hooded jacket and approached Team Ryuukuu by herself, rolled her eyes and said, "You heroes aren't exactly hard to find."

Ryuukuu sighed and said, "Please tell me that the rest of the brotherhood are hidden at the very least."

Jinx nodded and replied, "We won't get involved unless the situation calls for it. Hopefully, it won't come down to…"

Suddenly, a horde of dark-skinned corpse-noumus with exposed brains emerged from the building, roaring as one as they spread out to cause as much mayhem as possible. In a nearby mountain, a massive giant suddenly emerged from beneath the tree canopy and roared in fury before tearing his way towards the city.

"That!" yelled Jinx as she used her quirk to quickly transform the nearest portion of the horde into fluffy bunnies. However, more soon started emerging from the building and there were still some noumus from the first wave which managed to avoid the involuntary transformation. Jinx frowned as she spoke, "I can still use my quirk two more times but there are too many of them and they're too spread out!"

"Then conserve your quirk. We might need it for later," growled Hound Dog as he glared at the incoming noumus.

"Nejire-Chan, go and help evacuate the civilians!" yelled Ryuukuu.

"Suneater, go and help Nejire-Chan!" said Fatgum.

"Understood!" yelled Nejire and Tamaki (a.k.a. Suneater). The both of them soon got airborne to fly off towards a nearby market district to evacuate the civilians there.

"Twice, now is a good time to go all out!" said Hound Dog.

"You got it, Hound Dog! You're not the boss of me, you oversized puppy!" said Twice as he started to create two copies of himself. Each copy of himself then created another copy of himself together with a copy of Wankuro. Although the copies became weaker with each "generation", Twice was able to create a massive army of Wankuro-copies to slow down the horde of enemy noumus.

Rapper grinned as he cracked his knuckles and said, "THIS is going to be fun!" He then yelled as he charged towards the nearest noumu and punched it in the face. His manic grin widened as he realised that the noumu was not knocked out by the punch and proceeded to punch it rapidly until he broke its bones. Both Fatgum and Hound Dog soon stood by Rapper's side as the three of them fought against the incoming noumus.

Ryuukuu quickly transformed into her winged dragon form so that she could get airborne and take down the few noumus which could fly. Although few in number, the flying noumus were still numerous enough to nearly overwhelm Ryuukuu when Gentle Criminal suddenly appeared beside her with Long Strider beside him. Long Strider took out his knives and then elongated his arms to stab the brains of two aerial noumus. Unlike the wilful-noumus, the corpse-noumus were essentially reanimated corpses with no will of their own so the Brotherhood of Shadows, and even the pro-heroes, agreed that they should be taken out unless they could somehow think and be reasoned with.

Grateful for the assistance, Ryuukuu said, "Thank you!"

"No problem," replied Long Strider as he got ready to stake more noumus.

"It's a gentleman's duty to help a lady in distress after all!" said Gentle Criminal as he created a barrier of elastic air to block incoming noumus from attacking him, Long Strider and Ryuukuu. The noumus that collided into the barrier were soon catapulted away, thus giving the pro-heroine and her allied riders a chance to focus on other threats.

Meanwhile, in the market district, Nejire and Tamaki were doing their best to evacuate the panicking civilians while keeping the noumus at bay. However, the noumus were numerous and powerful and one noumu with cannons on its shoulders was shooting bolts of hot plasma at the two flying students. Suddenly, Stain appeared amongst the noumus and slashed at them. He then licked their blood to immobilise them so that Spinner could stab their brains.

Stain glared at Nejire and Tamaki and growled, "Focus on the evacuation. Spinner and I will buy you two some time."

Both Nejire and Tamaki nodded at Stain before focusing their attention to helping the fleeing civilians. Both Stain and Spinner turned their attention towards the second wave of noumus and got ready to cut them down. Spinner smirked as he brandished his swords and yelled, "Come at us, you zombies-on-steroids!"

In another part of Wobani City, a horde of noumus encountered Dabi, Mr Compress and Blood Monk. Mr Compress smirked as he threw some marbles at the noumus while saying, "Special delivery!" He then snapped his fingers so that the marbles would release their contents: small canisters full of gas for cooking at camp-sites. Surprised by the canisters, the noumus, which were admittedly not very smart, hesitated and stared at them in confusion.

Dabi had a manic smirk on his face as he spoke, "Time to start a camp fire!" He then set the gas canisters on fire, thus causing them to explode. Fire and shrapnel flew everywhere, searing and tearing flesh asunder and rendering a number of noumus incapacitated if not dead. In spite of the damaging attack, many noumus were still able to keep fighting as they charged towards the three men. Dabi proceeded to use his blue flames to burn as many of them into ashes as possible.

Blood Monk closed his eyes and prayed, "May your tortured bodies and souls be put to rest." He then proceeded to punch and kick the noumus to shatter their bones into dust. As for Mr Compress, he used his quirk to capture as many noumus, including injured and disabled ones, as possible so that they would not be able fight even if they could regenerate.

La Brava, who could not fight like the rest of the Brotherhood of Shadows, was actually staying in U.A. High School at Gentle Criminal's request so that she would be safe while doing her part to help everyone stop the League of Villains. She was currently working together with Nedzu to help coordinate both the evacuation of the civilians and the attack against the League of Villains with the help of drones which had speakers and even tasers on them.

Various members of the Meta Liberation Army, who had been on standby in Wobani City, tried to fight noumus. However, many of them soon started retreating as they realised that the noumus were powerful and dangerous due to possessing multiple quirks. Had they not have the support of both the Wankuro-copies and the drones controlled by La Brava, many of them would have perished.

While Team Ryuukuu, the Brotherhood of Shadows and members of the Meta Liberation Army were working together to take on the noumus, a certain team of pro-heroes and their villainous allies were dealing with a separate issue.

--Back to Team Edgeshot…--

"I am SO demanding a raise for this!" yelled Mount Lady as she struggled to hold the gigantic man back from reaching Wobani City with Kamui Wood's help. Edgeshot was also trying to help by turning his body into a fibre-thin form to stab into the giant's neck to cut off the supply of blood to his brain. However, the massive man, whose name was Gigantomachia, was not only covered in bony armour but was also constantly growing, thus making it hard for the three pro-heroes to slow him down.

Gigantomachia, who had heard the call to action, glared at Mount Lady and growled, "You're annoying." He then tried to punch her onto to have his attacked redirected by Kamui Woods's wooden branches.

Best Jeanist, who was unable to do anything against such a massive villain, yelled into his communication device, "I require additional denim fibres! That giant is not slowing down!"

"Additional fibres are already on their way! E.T.A. one minute!" responded La Brava who was helping to control drones which were carrying rolls of denim fibres for Best Jeanist to use.

"I don't think we even have a minute!" said Manual who was dismayed by the sheer size and might of the villain.

Suddenly, a massive wave of ice blocked Gigantomachia's path. Standing on top of the massive Iceberg were Splinter Cell as Iceman yelled, "Sonic Shell! Magne! Mustard! Stink Bomb! Slow that giant down!"

"You got it!" yelled Magne as she used her magnetism quirk to launch Mustard and Stink Bomb towards Gigantomachia's face with her magnetism quirk. Since the quirk relied on attracting people of the opposite gender and repelling people of the same gender, she used Tipsy Brawler to repel the other two men.

While Mustard and Stink Bomb were flying through the air, Sonic Shell waved his arms to create a powerful sonic attack which went straight into one of Gigantomachia's ears. Gigantomachia roared in pain due to the sonic attack while Mustard and Stink Bomb got onto his hair. Mustard then yelled at Mount Lady, Kamui Woods and Edgeshot, "Get back! We're going to gas him!"

Getting the message, the three pro-heroes backed away from Gigantomachia as both Mustard and Stink Bomb proceeded to "gas" the villain with poison gas and a horrid stench. Gigantomachia, who had a keen sense of smell, was understandably horrified by the stench which caused his eyes to water. He also breathed in the poisonous gas which was causing him to slowly become drowsy. Both Mustard and Stink Bomb held onto his hair for dear life as they continued to produce more poison gas and stench respectively.

With the giant villain distracted by Mustard and Stink Bomb, Sonic Shell continued to create powerful sonic attacks to damage Gigantomachia's ears while Geten started to encase him in a thick layer of ice. Desperate to not fail his leader and master, All For One, Gigantomachia roared as he broke the ice into pieces, However, he failed to notice Mount Lady, who had shrunk back to her original size while backing away from him, being right below his chin. As for how she managed to get under him, Kamui Woods was able to get her in position quickly with his branches.

Once in position, she grew to her full gigantic size while delivering an uppercut to the villain's armoured chin. Unprepared for a literal uppercut to the chin, Gigantomachia was knocked back by Mount Lady's surprise attack. She gritted her teeth as the bones in her right fist got fractured as a result of delivering the punch.

Disorientated, Gigantomachia fell onto his back and was soon restrained by demin fibres, which Best Jeanist was able to pull from the drones so that they could arrive "ahead of time", followed by a layer of Kamui Wood's branches. Due to inhaling Mustard's gas, Gigantomachia's struggles slowly weakened until he was knocked out.

After the gigantic villain was defeated, Geten said, "We need to head to the city."

Edgeshot nodded and said, "Mustard, Mount Lady and Kamui Woods should stay behind to ensure that he stays down. The rest of us will head to the city and help the others."

"That might be a problem," said Gang Orca who then growled, "Some of the noumus are heading to this location."

Aware of Gang Orca's ability to use echolocation, Best Jeanist said, "Then we will have to make our stand here to stop them from rousing this giant."

"Then let's give those zombies-on-steroids a 'warm' welcome!" said Blond-Ranchi who was smirking audaciously while armed with various firearms.

"Before that, can you get your other half to come out and heal Mount Lady? We'll need every bit of help we can get," said Magne.

"Sure, give me a second," replied Blond-Ranchi before tickling her own nose with her hair so that she could sneeze and transform into her blue-haired form.

While Blue-Ranchi rushed to treat Mount Lady's hand, Tipsy Brawler said, "Last chance to step back, Rinku. Once the fighting starts, I might not be able to protect you."

Yo-Yo Menace (a.k.a. Rinku), grinned at Tipsy Brawler and said, "And miss out on the fun? Not on your life!"

Tipsy Brawler grinned at the boy while Scorpion Queen yelled, "Here they come!"

Both Team Edgeshot and Splinter Cell were soon engaged with the noumus to prevent them from waking up Gigantomachia…

--Meanwhile…--

"These things are tough!" yelled Twice who then contradicted himself, "This will be easy!"

"So we've noticed," said Rapper who was grinning in spite of his injuries as he was having the time of his life.

"Thankfully, it seems that no more is coming out of that building," said Hound Dog who was injured by a Noumu which had crab-like claws in place of hands. Although he did not lose any limbs, his right arm was broken.

Fatgum, who had taken several powerful blows but was able to keep fighting thanks to his quirk, said, "Let's just hope that it's really…"

Suddenly, everyone within a half-mile radius of the building, which the noumus had emerged from, felt an overwhelming sense of dread and found it hard to breath. Even the noumus paused in their rampage as if they were awaiting for new orders from their master.

Everyone stared at the building as a man, who was dressed in a suit and a navy-blue skull-shaped helmet with life support systems attached onto it, walked out of it. The man moved as though he was taking a casual stroll while clapping his hands in mock-admiration and said, "Bravo, heroes and villains. Bravo. I was honestly expecting a higher body count by this point."

Fuun, who was practically shaking in mortal terror, pointed at All For One and asked, "I-is that…?"

Rapper, who was no longer grinning, frowned as he confirmed, "Yeah, that's him all right. Shigaraki's sensei!"

"So you've chosen to betray the league as well, Rappa Kendou?" asked the man who was indeed All For One.

"All I want is a good fight. Picking on weaklings and forcing kids to become mindless weapons ain't my style, you dip-shit!" growled Rapper who was trying his best to maintain a strong front while facing the terrifying villain.

"Is that right?" asked All For One who then added, "If a good fight is what you desire, then why not come here and face me?"

"Don't take the bait!" growled Hound Dog who then added, "He's just goading you to attack him!"

"I know…" growled Rapper as he knew that All For One would kill him if he even tried to attack him. Although not unfamiliar with defeat, as he had suffered his share of "deaths" due to trying to defeat Overhaul in the past, Rapper knew that All For One was even more dangerous than his former boss.

A moment of tense silence passed before All For One said, "Well, if no one is bothered to come at me, I suppose that I should make the first move then."

Realising what was going to happen next, Fatgum immediately stepped forward and yelled, "Everyone, get down!"

Twice, Hound Dog, Rapper and Jinx got down just as All For One raised his hand to create a powerful shock-wave that caused buildings to be blown away. Fatgum jumped over the four so that he could protect them with his large body.

"Fatgum! Everyone!" yelled Ryuukuu as she stared at the destruction in horror.

All For One turned his attention towards Ryuukuu and smirked as he spoke, "A quirk that allows one to transform into a dragon. I must say that it's a shame that I only have an imperfect copy of it."

Shocked by the statement, Ryuukuu stuttered, "W-what?" Gentle Criminal and Long Strider, who were riding on her back, were similarly shocked.

All For One chuckled cruelly and asked, "As I recall, you visited Jaku General Hospital a year ago after receiving an injury during a villain attack. The 'Doctor' was most pleased with the blood samples he had managed to harvest from you."

Horror dawned upon Ryuukuu as she spoke her thoughts aloud, "That dragon noumu-girl… you used my own flesh and blood to give her an imperfect copy of my quirk…!"

"Indeed," confirmed All For One who the explained, "Though, to be fair, I've been collecting a whole lot of… 'samples' from various pro-heroes and villains to create my army of noumus with imperfect replicas of their quirks."

Ryuukuu's horror turned into rage as she roared in fury, "How dare you use our quirks for your villainy!"

All For One lazily raised his arm towards Ryuukuu and said confidently, "A dragon may be a mighty beast but even it will bow to a demon lord!"

Recalling All For One's shock wave attack, Ryuukuu immediately ducked low to avoid it. As she ducked, Gentle Criminal created a barrier of elastic air so that at least a small part of the shock-wave would get deflected.

While All For One was attacking Ryuukuu, Fatgum groaned as he rolled onto his back and said, "I seriously need a vacation after this…!"

"Me too, but we've to stop him. I want to have my vacation now!" said Twice as he created another army of Twice and Wankuro copies. The copies of Wankuro then charged towards All For One with the intention of using deadly force.

Noticing the incoming attack, All For One sighed and said, "Unfaithful dogs should be put down." As if responding to a command, the noumus suddenly roared as one and charged towards the copies to tear them apart. Suddenly, a blast of pink energy hit some noumus and "bounced" around some more noumus until it finally hit him. The villain tilted his head as he turned his attention towards Jinx and asked, "Is that supposed to harm me?"

In spite of the grim situation, Jinx smirked audaciously and said, "Let's just say that you're about to suffer a whole lot of bad luck!"

Suddenly, a copy of Wankuro, who was in her wolf-form, appeared behind All For One. Several long drills made of bone erupted from his back to skewer the copy but all of them somehow missed her entirely, thus allowing her to bite his shoulder with flaming fangs. Surprised by his failed counter-attack, All For One thought, "Did I miscalculate… no… that girl said something about bad luck."

All For One's injury quickly healed after he had killed the copy by crushing her head with his bare hand. He smiled as he turned his attention towards Jinx and said, "A quirk that makes the target suffer bad luck. A most unusual yet fascinating quirk indeed!"

Jinx almost soiled herself as she realised that All For One was going to go after her for her quirk. While she was panicking, Fatgum stood between her and the dangerous villains and growled, "Don't even think about it!"

All For One stepped towards Fatgum and said, "On the contrary, that's exactly what I-" Suddenly, the life support system in his mask started to malfunction, thus causing him to have difficulty breathing. The villain would have frowned if he had eyebrows as he spoke, "It seems that her luck-affecting quirk is more troublesome to deal with than I have expected. No matter, I already have a quirk that allows me to continue surviving without the mask for a while."

The villain tore off his mask, thus revealing his scarred face which lacked eyes and a nose. Shocked by the awful sight, Hound Dog asked, "How are you still alive?!"

Suddenly, All For One appeared behind Jinx and answered, "Life support and quirks that can function as life support."

All For One was about to attack Jinx and take her quirk when Mirio suddenly appeared from the ground below him and punched him in the chin. Mirio grinned as he yelled, "POWER!!!"

In spite of having quirks that granted All For One Keen senses, partly to make up for his lack of eyesight, he was unable to sense Mirio's presence until the very last moment due to the nature of his permeation quirk. Combined with Jinx's hex, All For One took the full brunt of the blow and was stunned long enough for another pro-hero to appear, All Might.

"This is between you and me, All For One!" yelled All Might as he punched the villain in the stomach and sent him flying. After the villian was blown away, All Might said, "Everyone, evacuate the area and focus on saving the civilians and stopping the noumus! I'll take care of this monster!"

No one needed further encouragement as basically everyone else left the area so that All Might could face All For One without any distractions, not even from the noumus that were still fighting against the copies of Wankuro and Twice. Fighting alongside the copies were Ingenium, Miruko and Gran Torino who were fast enough to be able to catch up with All Might. As for Ryuukuu, Gentle Criminal and Long Strider, they continued to fight against the noumus that could fly. Red feathers then appeared as Hawks and Ragdoll appeared. While Hawks concentrated on taking down the noumus, Ragdoll quickly started working together with Tamaki and Nejire so that they could rescue and evacuate the civilians.

All For One arose from the ruined remains of a building that he had crashed into and said, "You're late, All Might. Were you held back by 'traffic' on your way here?"

"Your villainy ends today, All For One!" growled All Might.

All For One chuckled before he smirked at All Might and replied, "On the contrary, I've barely even started!" He then shot a powerful shock-wave at All Might.

Unable to dodge the powerful attack, which would have caused further collateral damage if it had missed him, All Might had no choice but to counter it head-on with a mighty punch. As soon as the attack was nullified, All Might immediately charged towards All For One to defeat him.

All For One was still smirking as he easily stopped All Might's incoming punch with his bare hands. He then pushed the blond pro-hero back with enough force to throw him off balance. Forced to back away from the villain, All Might glared at All For One as he growled, "I'll have you return everything you have stolen and send you straight to prison for sure, All For One!"

"Are you by any chance talking about those girls that you heroes have somehow managed to rescue lately?" asked All For One who then stated bitterly, "Quite honestly, you're the ones who've been taking my weapons from me."

All Might suddenly appeared beside All For One and to deliver a punch to his face while yelling, "Weapons that you created by torturing children, children whom you decided to dispose off once they were no longer of any use to you, just like all your other victims!"

Able to stop the punch with one hand, All For One asked, "Do you know what I hate?" His grip onto All Might's fist tightened as he growled, "Obviously, I hate you, the man who took down my comrades one after another and even took everything that I've build for myself. That said, I also hate reminders of my errors, including 'that quirk'."

Surprised, All Might asked, "What?"

Taking advantage of All Might's momentary loss of focus, All For One quickly unleashed a shock-wave to hit the pro-hero's old injury. Barely able to avoid a direct hit, All Might was forced to retreat while All For One explained, "Just like 'that quirk, I can't steal that girls quirk, [Indomitable Spirit]. The last time I tried, it had the sheer audacity to attack me from within!"

Realising that All For One was referring to Wankuro's original quirk, which was being compared to One For All, All Might could not help but grin and said, "It must have been frustrating to discover a second 'seemingly useless' quirk which you can't steal, All For One."

"Oh, it was," admitted All For One before he added, "Not even the imperfect copies of her quirk would willingly bend to my will. Hence why my 'Doctor' and I decided to find an alternative to make myself stronger without adding further strain to my body and mind."

All Might was not looking forward to finding out All For One's "alternative methods" so he charged towards him again to take him down. However, before he could strike down All For One, the villain raised his hand and created a glowing orb of energy. The orb then exploded to scatter a barrage of smaller orbs which, for some reason, homed towards the corpse-noumus and embedded themselves into their bodies with fatal results. Shocked by the unexpected turn of events, All Might stopped his charge and asked, "What the hell are you doing?!"

All For One smirked as he replied, "Why, living up to my name and ambitions of course!"

Suddenly, all the noumus which had the orbs embedded into their bodies flew towards All For One. The pro-heroes, allied villains and copies stared at the growing mass of dead flesh as All For One explained, his voice somehow clearly heard by everyone in spite of the mass of flesh around him, "As I was saying, my 'Doctor' and I decided to find an alternative to make myself stronger."

Everyone who could see the mass of corpses stared in horror as the flesh started to merge into a singular entity while All For One continued to speak, "Luckily for us, we were able to acquire a few quirks that were useful to me, namely [Corpse Manipulation, [Cellular Resuscitation] and [Flesh Melding]."

The mass of dead flesh started to compress and gain a distinct humanoid form as All For One explained further, "By using these three quirks together, and my own noumus as raw materials, I can create a vessel of flesh powerful enough to become a TRUE demon king!"

The transformation, which took less than a minute to complete, resulted in the creation of a black-skinned creature which had a tail with a blade-like barb at the tip, clawed digitigrade feet, clawed hands, a large and muscular build that towered over even All Might, a pair of horns on the forehead that curved upwards, a fanged maw with exposed teeth, a single large vertical eye with a cat-like pupil and pale-grey bony armour. In short, the creature looked like a demon that had emerged from Hell itself.

Horrified by what he was seeing, All might could only utter, "What have you become?"

All For One, who was within the chest cavity of his massive creation, chuckled cruelly as he spoke through it, "This is the culmination of my desire to make you die in the most gruesome and unsightly manner possible, All Might!"

As if to prove his point, All For One charged towards All Might and unleashed a mighty punch which caused the pro-hero to fly into the air. Before All Might could react while in mid-flight, the villain appeared before All Might and punched him straight into the ground below, creating a massive crater which caused some building to topple. Had the city not been evacuated already, there would have been civilian casualties for sure.

Able to levitate due to one of the quirks he had stolen, All For One stood over the crater and said, "Just as you have taken away what is mine, I shall take away what is yours."

Thanks to Izuku and Eri's efforts, All Might was able to slow down the loss of his strength. However, he was still weakening and, more importantly, he was facing a version of All For One who was even more powerful than expected. As such, he was weakening even more quickly than anticipated. In spite of the circumstances, All Might refused to back down as he stood up and yelled, "You will take nothing from no one!" He then launched himself into the air with the intention of destroying the vessel of flesh and striking the original body within it. He yelled as he drove his fist into the chest of the demonic-looking vessel.

A moment of tense silence passed before All For One smirked and asked mockingly, "Was that supposed to stop me, Symbol of Peace?" Shocked by the fact that his punch could not even harm the vessel, All Might was unable to stop All For One from suddenly grabbing him by the neck before diving downward to slam him into the ground. All For One then threw All Might straight into a part of the city where civilians were still evacuating.

Civilians and pro-heroes alike were shocked and horrified as All Might crashed into a building. All For One walked confidently towards him and said, "As I recall, heroes are supposed to protect and save people. However, the fact that they have a lot of protect and save, means that they will eventually fail and lose!" Civilians and pro-heroes alike felt fear and despair as the demon-like villain approached.

"You're right, heroes do have a lot of protect and save," admitted All Might while emerging from the ruined building before adding, "However, that's exactly why I won't let you win, All For One!"

Suddenly, All For One appeared before All Might and punched him right in his old injury while saying, "Those 'righteous words'… makes me want to puke."

Unable to withstand the blow, All Might vomited blood while his body changed back into its skeletal true form. People around All Might and All For One stared at the former in shock as the pro-hero's true form was finally revealed to the world.

"People of the world, look upon this pitiful shell of a man! This is the true form of your so-called 'Symbol of Peace', a charlatan who has lied to the whole world for years to convince you all that he can never be defeated!" shouted All For One.

To say that many people were shocked by the revelation was a severe understatement.

In spite of having his true form revealed to the world, All Might refused to give up as he suddenly gripped onto the arm of All For One's vessel and growled, "If you think that revealing my true form to the world will make me give up stopping you from hurting anyone, think again!" He then kicked All For One's demonic vessel on the head with enough power from One For All to stun him. Surprised by the kick, since All Might was well known for his punches, All For One accidentally dropped the pro-hero who then quickly transformed into his muscular form before grappling him and pushing him away from the civilians and pro-heroes with all his might.

Annoyed by All Might's persistence, as well as his successful attempt to distance him from the civilians, All For One slammed both fists onto All Might's back, driving him into the ground as a result. The resulting shock-wave was powerful enough to make the surrounding buildings topple to form a circular area of ruined rubble. While All Might transformed back to his original skeletal state, All For One grabbed his head with the left hand of his vessel so that he could lift him up and say, "By the way, there's one thing that I've been eagerly waiting to tell you, All Might. Tomura Shigaraki is Shimura Nana's grandson."

All Might's eyes widened as he simple asked, "What…?"

"As I'm sure you and Gran Torino already know, Shimura Nana gave up her own son for adoption after the death of her husband to, and I'm quoting here, 'protect him'," explained All For One who then cruelly added, "Imagine my delight when, through no direct involvement of my own, I found her grandson, alone, broken and forsaken by the very people you've sworn to protect with a smile."

"Y-you're lying…!" stuttered All Might who did not want to believe All For One.

"Come now, surely you know by now that I don't lie when the truth benefits me. Lies that can be easily discredited are worthless after all," replied All For One who then asked, "So, care to tell me how feels to realise that the villain you've defeated so proudly is actually the grandson of your beloved master?"

Unable to deny the claim, All Might weakly swore, "You… bastard…!"

All For One smirked evilly as he mocking said, "It seems that I'm able to steal something after all, from you no less."

All Might released a broken cry of despair was he was on the verge of losing all hope. However, just as All Might was about to give up, he heard someone yell, "Shut the hell up, you corpse-wearing freak!"

Surprised, both All Might and All For One turned their attention towards Miruko, who was being followed by the other pro-heroes, allied villains and even copies of both Twice and Wankuro. The rabbit-like pro-heroine glared at All For One and yelled, "So what if Shigaraki Tomura's the grandson of All Might's late master?! Is he supposed to just roll over and let him, AND YOU, hurt and kill everyone else?!" In spite of her words and brave front, she was in truth terrified of All For One and was barely able to repress her instinct to flee from the powerful villain.

The pro-heroes and allied villains who noticed Miruko's subtle trembling knew better than to judge her for being afraid.

Annoyed by Miruko's interruption, All For One pointed the right arm of his vessel towards her and said, "It's rude to butt into other people's problems without permission, hero." The hairs on Miruko's ears, tail and back of her neck stood straight as she could tell that the villain was about unleash an attack powerful enough to kill everyone that got hit by it.

Just as All For One was about to attack, a powerful hand suddenly gripped the left wrist of his vessel and outright broke it. Surprised by the turn of events, he turned his attention towards All Might, whom he had involuntarily released due to the broken wrist. Although weakened and on the verge of despair, All Might was nevertheless able to smile as he recalled Nana's words of advice, "When you have to save someone, that means that the person has gone through something terrible. Therefore, true heroes don't just save lives, they save hearts too. That's why, not matter how scared or sad you are, you should smile to show that you're okay. In my opinion, the ones who can truly smile in spite of their circumstances are the strongest."

"Thank you, Miruko, for reminding me why heroes should never give up," said All Might as he gathered the remaining power of All For One into his right arm.

Displeased by the fact that All Might had somehow gained the will to fight again, All For One growled, "I tire of your obnoxious stubbornness. It's time that I finish you, permanently."

The left wrist of All For One's vessel quickly healed before transforming into a massive claw. He was about to slam the claw onto All Might when it was suddenly impaled by red feathers. Although the feathers, which were being controlled by Hawks, could not hold back the limb completely, it slowed it down enough for All Might to step towards All For One and deliver a powerful uppercut, stunning him as a result. Taking advantage of the situation, Eraser Head immediately activated his quirk to disable the stunned villain.

Although All For One was undoubtedly powerful, most of his his quirks were emitter and transformation types. This meant that Eraser Head's ability was effective in disabling the said quirks, including his ability to control his vessel of reanimated flesh. As a result, All For One fell helplessly onto his back like an inanimate doll.

In spite of his age, power and confidence, All For One actually felt a moment of panic as he lost control of his vessel of flesh.

"Everyone with long-range quirks, hit him with everything you've got!" yelled Sir Nighteye.

No one needed to be told twice as Hawks unleashed a barrage of sharpened feathers to not only pin All For One down but also literally cut a hole through the villain and his vessel. Pixie-Bob, who was able to arrive with Eraser Head, Crust, Mandalay, Tiger and Endeavour, pinned the villain down further by restraining the limp limbs of his vessel with earth. Once the villain and his vessel had a hole in the chest cavity, Endeavour, who was professional enough to ignore his desire for answers from All Might until the desperate situation was resolved, created a concentrated beam of fire to incinerate the villain. The copies of Wakuro also helped by adding their own flames to the attack.

However, just as the concentrated beam of flames was about to burn All For One and his vessel into ash, the villain suddenly smirked and said, "It's a good thing I did not use up all of my noumus."

Suddenly, several noumus emerged from the ground to protect All For One. They were all designed to possess mutations quirks which gave them hardy bodies capable of blocking most attacks. One of them, which was especially large and had the same tentacles that were used to retrieve Tomura and his comrades, wrapped its tentacles around All For One and his vessel to protect them from damage. In spite of the devastating attack, it could not burn through the noumus quickly enough to do significant damage on All For One who was protected by his vessel.

As Eraser Head lost sight of All For One due to the noumus blocking his line of sight, the villain easily broke free from his restrains while his injury healed rapidly. Before anyone could stop the villain, he created a shock-wave which blasted everyone away from him. Not even his mindlessly loyal corpse-noumus, which were already badly injured and dying, were spared from the resulting shock-wave.

After his injury had healed itself fully, All For One said, "I must confess, that last attack would have killed me if it had actually hit me. It must be truly frustrating to you all that such a worthy effort has been rendered… futile." He then turned his attention towards All Might and asked rhetorically, "Now, where was I?"

All Might, who was lying on his back and was struggling to get up, did not have a chance to move as All For One suddenly appeared before him and slammed his foot onto his chest. He cried out in pain as the foot started to crack his ribs.

"Any last words before I kill you just like your pathetic predecessors?" asked All For One.

All Might, who was desperately trying to breathe, suddenly noticed an incoming beam of light which seemed to be composed of several colours. Somehow able to realise what the beam of light was, he smiled and said, "You… talk too much…!"

Surprised by All Might's choice of words, All For One did not immediately kill the pro-hero. The villain then noticed the beam of light and, assuming that it was an incoming attack, was forced to dodge it before it could hit him. When the light hit All Might, it created a blinding flash of multi-coloured light.

After the brilliant flash of light died down, everyone stared in shock…

--A short while ago…--

Given the scale of the battle in Wobani City, it was no surprise that reporters quickly tried to get footage of it which led to many many people watching video broadcasts of it. Of course, that meant that the students of U.A. High School and their parents saw the broadcasts as well, including All For One's attempts to break All Might by first revealing his true form for the whole world to see and then telling him the truth of Shigaraki Tomura's lineage. Needless to say, many were shocked and/or horrified by what the broadcasts had revealed.

Izuku, who knew about All Might's true form and had a connection with Shimura Nana, was especially horrified by the broadcasts and prayed that All Might would not give up.

Although All Might thankfully did not give up and the other pro-heroes managed to put up a valiant effort, they were still unable to defeat the monstrous villain, All For One. Fearful and desperate for his hero and father figure, Izuku yelled while tears streamed down his face, "Please… don't lose, All Might!"

It was at that moment a brilliant flash of light erupted from within Izuku and enveloped the entire building of Dorm 1A before shooting off like a comet towards Wobani City at the speed of light…

--Back to the present…--

Everyone stared in shock as dozens of ghostly phantoms stood between All For One and All Might. Although many people were shocked by the turn of events, none was more shocked than All For One as he recognised the glowing phantoms as the previous holders of One For All, the current holder of the said quirk and various other individuals whom the villain had never met personally people. Unlike most people who could only see indistinct humanoid shapes, he could clearly identify them with Izuku standing at the forefront with Nana and the villain's defiant younger brother standing right behind him. Standing behind the three were the other previous holders of All For One followed by the students of Class 1A, Eri and Inko.

Thanks to his bond with Izuku through All For One, a bond that had been strengthened further by Rei's empowered original quirk, All Might knew what was happening as got back onto his feet with great effort. He could not help but smile as he thought, "Midoriya-shounen, you truly are a saviour!"

Before anyone else could do anything, the dozens of phantoms suddenly changed into glowing lights and entered All Might's battered body. The pro-hero's body started to glow and float as his injuries healed and his hero-suit transformed into flaming armour. Everyone stared at the pro-hero in mute amazement as the pro-hero, who was on the verge of dying moments ago, became even stronger than before.

Dressed in his hero suit, which had been transformed into flaming plate armour with a cape of ethereal flames, and with a body that had been essentially "recharged", All Might grinned confidently as he spoke to All For One, "I hope you're ready for round two, All For One, because I… no… WE. ARE. HERE!"

--End Chapter--

Author's Notes:

This covers the first half of the this story's equivalent of the Kamino Arc in the canon story.

Please note that Wobani City is a non-canon city named after a 'Star Wars' planet. It is located within the Aichi Prefecture of Japan and is one of the few cities connected to Deika City.

Also, All For One's ability to create a vessel of flesh is inspired by Zaboera's Hyper Zombie from the manga series, 'Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai'.

Yes, All Might's armoured form can be imagined as a heroic or angelic-looking armour set that would not look out of place in Dragon Quest.

The next chapter will cover the second half of the arc.

Until next time, go beyond, plus ultra!