Kirishima's Side:
"Midoriya, everything ok over there?" Midoriya had remembered to call up Todoroki and Yaoyorozu for us, to make sure they'd made it out ok, and now we could hear Todoroki's voice over the phone.
"Yeah! What about you guys? Did you make it out ok?" said Midoriya.
"Yeah, probably. We're running in the opposite direction from those guys. The pros are guiding everyone."
"Thank goodness! sighed Midoriya. "We're in front of the train station! Seems like it's outside of that shockwave from before. Our rescue was a success!"
"Listen, all right!" snapped Bakugou. "I wasn't rescued by anybody. I just figured escaping with you idiots was my best chance!"
"Nice choice!" I gave him the thumbs up.
"The reason I came was because I didn't want to get in All Might's way," said Bakugou.
I grinned and nudged him; he snapped, it was like old times, even in the midst of all the craziness.
Ashido's Side:
I'd also called up Ochako-chan, so now we had two phones on speaker joining our little group. Jirou had gotten a text from Yaoyorozu, saying that Bakugou was safe; we couldn't share that out loud with Jirou's parents around, but we could text the other two, and the relief was pretty awesome.
"Now All Might's fighting the Big Boss!" said Uraraka. "He'll finish him off, and everything'll be ok, right?"
"Duh!" I laughed. The TV screen had cut to somewhere else in the city - it looked like a bomb had gone off. All Might was facing off with the Boss - he'd punched him into the ground -
And then the villain blasted All Might through the air towards the TV copter.
Kirishima's Side
The big TV on the side of a building was showing the fight we'd left. All Might had been blasted straight at the camera, and I realized seeing this that we weren't out of the woods yet. The speedy villain grabbed him and dragged him out of the way.
"It's like a bad dream!" said the news announcer. "In a flash, the Kamino Ward has been brought to a half destroyed state! Presently, All Might is battling with the villain thought to be the ring-leader of the group! Unbelievable! A single villain destroying the street, and now he is fighting on more than equal terms with the symbol of peace!"
People around us were panicking
"All Might looks pretty beat up!"
"They got him good!"
"What are the heroes doing? Aren't' villains getting a little out of hand lately?"
"Maybe the heroes are getting played?"
On the screen, we saw the villain level a blast at All Might - who didn't dodge - it seemed someone was trapped behind him, so he had to take it. Rubble kicked up and surrounded him.
And then, as it cleared, we saw.
Ashido's Side:
There was dead silence in the room. Nobody could even say a word.
We were looking at a shriveled up skeleton of a man - an emaciated, bedraggled person in a loose fitting All Might costume.
Kirishima's Side
I turned without meaning to away from the screen to see Midoriya and Bakugou's faces. They both looked like someone had punched them in the gut.
All Migt? The Symbol of Peace?
"Who is that? He's like a skeleton…" people were muttering.
On TV, the announcer said, "Um, what has happened? Everybody is able to see this, right? All Might seems to be withering away!"
Ashido's Side
"All Might!" said Tsu.
"He's so shriveled!" said Jirou's mom, sounding worried.
Is that really our teacher? How?!
ON TV, it looked like All Might was still standing strong - and then suddenly something changed. He was slumped over, his smile gone, and he was screaming.
Kirishima's Side
"Win…" said Bakugou. The crowd was suddenly panicking.
"No, it can't…"
"All Might!"
"You have to win! Who can win against that?"
"Even if he looks different, he's still All Might after all, right?"
"Time and again, he's been able to do something, one w ay or another!"
"You can do it All Might!"
"Don't lose, All might!"
"You can do it!"
"WIN, ALLL MIGHT!" screamed Midoriya and Bakugou.
Ashido's Side:
"He can do it!" said Kaminari. "He won't lose!"
"Come on, All Might!" said Tsu and Ochako.
"He'll win!" I cried.
And on Tv, against all odds, All Might seemed to be coming back, buffing up his arm and preparing to fight All for One.
He was joined by Endeavor and Edgeshot - Kamui Woods and the others had joined to save heroes and people trapped in the rubble.
And all of us together screaming and cheering for All Might to win…
Kirishima's Side
All of us together were cheering for All Might to win…
But the villain had blasted everyone out of the way - all those pros - and buffed up his arm into something - something so unbelievably gross that I'd never seen the likes of it before.
A twisted, scary abomination of multiple arms and metal rivets…
Ashido's Side
And he was aiming that monstrosity right - at - All Might!
We all sat frozen, then started cheering again. And the punch hit - the blast from it obscured the camera. When it cleared, our Sensei was being pushed back - despite everything he was doing to fight it off - he was getting ground down into the ground like he was fighting off a semi-truck.
Please no - not our Sensei - not the symbol of peace - we can't just lose him, not like that -
Then suddenly he hit the villain from the other side.
And buffed up the other arm - to land a punch on the Villain's face! And blasted him - against all odds - into the ground!
"That All Might is so amazing!" cried Jirou's dad, in tears. "That battlefield is a stadium and he's rocking it down!"
The debris cleared. We were on the edge of our seats…
Kirishima's Side
We were all practically holding our breath.
Then All Might raised his hand - a fist - and the strongman, the powerful symbol of peace - had reappeared.
"All Might!" everyone screamed.
"It's a Victory for All Might!" said the announcer. "He is victorious! He's still standing!"
Everyone cheered - the crowd was swelling with the thrill of the moment! We cheered along with them! It was the greatest thrill - the strongest moment - that any of us had ever felt. Like everyone had gotten together - in one moment to cheer for him. To believe in one great future.
We moved along with the crowd, as everyone evacuated.
"They're distributing blankets over here! They're providing assistance at the emergency shelter over there! Please proceed in an orderly fashion…"
"Our mobility is in this crowd is rather limited," said Iida. "I wanted to link p with Todoroki and Yaoyorozu, though."
"In any case, let's get moving," I told them, pushing Bakugou along. "We have to let the heroes know about Bakugou, don't we?"
"Yeah," mumbled Midoriya.
Everyone turned around suddenly. The TV screen was showing the villain getting loaded into the maiden. And All Might had turned to the screen and pointed.
"Now…"
Ashido's side.
We were all waiting, on the edge of our seats.
"Now, it's your turn."
Kirishima's side
The crowd roared in triumph.
"He's so amazing!"
"That's our hero!"
The whole crowd swept us away, again, in another moment of triumph. Another feeling of winning! Everyone was thrilled - with two excepttions.
Midoriya was crying, and next to him, Bakugou had a face like the world had ended.