Chapter 29

Gon and the Class A students were sitting on the train. Midoriya and Todoroki had talked about some things related to Todoroki and Kirishima having told their class that they were still going for Bakugo. Some of the students from Class A were upset with the decision, but Todoroki and Kirishima ignored them and made it seem like they had to do this.

Now, Kaminari and Kirishima were asking Gon more questions about his world. Midoriya, Iida, Todoroki, and Yaoyorozu all listened in, though they all made sure to be quiet because they were in a public train.

"So not everyone in your world is as powerful as you and Killua, huh?" Kaminari asked as he leaned back comfortably in his seat.

Gon nodded. "Yeah. Most people in this world have Quirks. That's not how it is in my world. Where we come from, anyone can become really strong, but most people don't know about this kind of power that we have."

"Then how'd you and Killua find out about it?" Kirishima asked interestedly.

The spiky green haired teen was about to answer, but he shot a look over at the other students. They were all interested too, though Iida averted his eyes as soon as Gon looked over. He did not want to act like he was interested. "Well, we have this job called a Hunter. It's like a hero kind of, except Hunters don't have to save people. Hunters hunt something. Killua and I are both Hunters, and we had to pass the Hunter Exam for that. There's a secret exam where we have to learn this power. It's not well-known, and only a few people know it and can teach it. Killua and I happened to be trained by the same teacher around three years ago while we were training to become stronger." Gon intentionally kept his answer vague. Telling others about Nen was not allowed. Even though he was in a different world, the fact that Quirks used Nen as their source of power led Gon to think these people could potentially wield Nen to its fullest if they trained for it. If Gon or Killua described the specifics of the power, anyone could train and use it – assuming the people here had that capability in the first place.

"Is the Hunter Exam really tough?" Midoriya wondered. "Like the U.A. entrance exam? Is it a written test, or practical, or both?"

Gon laughed out loud which confused the students around him. "Sorry," he said once he stopped laughing. "The Hunter Exam is practical. It changes each year depending on who the examiners are. It can be like the entrance exam, but it's much more dangerous. A lot of people die or get badly injured, but you do it at your own risk."

Gon noticed the looks of bewilderment all around him, which he expected. "That doesn't sound like anything that we'd find in our world…" Kaminari muttered. "People take death really seriously here."

The Class B student rubbed his head and chuckled. "Yeah, it's not the same in my world. Our systems are too different."

With that transition, a discussion of the more deep and philosophical qualities of the world like the law, order, and justice systems came up. Gon did his best to answer the questions without sounding too harsh. He knew the kids here were much more sheltered than anything he and Killua had seen in their lives. Heroes and police forces only semi-existed in his world. Heroes would be those who hunt down criminals and terrorists, and they were either Hunters or skilled bounty hunters who did not have a Hunter license. Police forces existed in a very loose sense from what Gon had seen. Rich or important people often kept their own guards to protect themselves and other people or possessions. He had yet to see a police force that protected the citizens, though he was sure they probably existed somewhere. Ordinary police officers would be completely useless against a skilled Nen user, or a group of them like the Phantom Troupe. The power gap in Gon's world was often too big for any effective enforcement to take place.

Before they knew it, two hours passed, and the group reached their destination. Yaoyorozu suggested they get disguises so they do not get recognized, so they went into a cheap store and bought themselves new clothes to wear for the night. Gon did not have money on him, but Yaoyorozu offered to pay which he reluctantly accepted with the promise to pay back. She had no idea where he would get the money from unless he was working a part-time job somewhere alongside being a student.

Along the way, they saw on a big screen a press conference with a million reporters asking Principal Nezu, Aizawa, and Kan a lot of questions. Their responses were unsatisfactory for much of the crowd gathered around the screen. The group of students could feel their disappointment in U.A., so they made their way out into a less crowded area.

Yaoyorozu led them to the location the tracker was showing. "Now that we are here, there is no guarantee Bakugo or Killua will be here. Awase attached the tracker to the Nomu, so this is where the Nomu is."

"This is an abandoned building," Iida observed. All of them could see that he was correct. There was a lot of moss, and the building looked old. The maintenance around the building was sure to be minimal recently.

"We should go to the back. There will be less people around," Midoriya suggested. He glanced to his surroundings where there were a few people passing by, but they did not give the group of disguised teenagers a second glance. Their clothes blended them in quite well with the area, especially during this time of the night.

Midoriya led the way and brought the group to the backside. They saw a window up above, but it was too high up for any one person to see through. Gon raised Kirishima up, and Iida raised Midoriya. The redhead had thought ahead and brought night-vision goggles to see in the darkness. The two who were raised on Gon and Iida's shoulders used the goggles and quickly sounded fearful as they whispered, saying that it was a warehouse filled with what seemed to be Nomus.

"What should we do now? It doesn't seem like Bakugo or Killua are in there," Kirishima asked worriedly once he was brought down.

A few minutes ago…

Bakugo had not said anything to Shigaraki's offer of joining. He simply glared the villain down, which was what he had been doing for the past couple days since he was brought here. As far as Killua remembered, this was the fourth time Shigaraki asked this question, and the answer was the same this time, too.

The past two days were agonizingly boring. All of the villains and Killua took turns in groups to watch over Bakugo. The hero student had not said anything until tonight when he asked Killua a question. He remained silent the rest of the time. He barely ate anything, only the minimum to keep his energy up in case he had a chance of escaping. Killua knew the escape was a big thing going through Bakugo's mind, but they were both sure the other villains knew that too.

Killua had no idea what was going through Bakugo's head the rest of time, though. Why he did not even attempt to agree with the villains was beyond Killua. The villains tried very often to explain their side and their cause in hopes of getting Bakugo to agree. It did not work.

Killua did not know the ash blond boy too well, so he had very little idea what his drive for becoming a hero was. He completely understood why Shigaraki targeted Bakugo. The violent side he showed at the Sports Festival awards ceremony because he did not place first was captured by every media outlet in the country. Bakugo hated even more that the person who beat him, Gon, went on to win the whole thing. That did not sit right with Killua when he first found out. He knew Bakugo valued strength above anything, so would it not be better to lose to the person who won the whole tournament rather than someone else? In essence, Bakugo lost to the person who did not lose – the strongest person at the Sports Festival. Even now when Killua thought about it, it did not make much sense. The only reason left is that he was just mad because he lost, period, Killua mused to himself with a tiny smile that nobody noticed. He just didn't want to lose. He must be so mad that his powerful attack didn't move Gon, and Gon knocked him unconscious and out of the ring.

What's his deal? Bakugo snarled in his head, referring to Killua who was the first person he spoke to here only a few minutes ago when he asked why Killua was with the villains. He seems so casual here. Like he doesn't care about anything. Being at U.A. didn't do anything to make him realize these bastards are dumbasses, huh? What's All Might's deal with him too? He wants everyone to help this brat even though he knew he was doing shit with villains? Is All Might crazy, or did they plan this all out? Were they even fighting for real? Sure looked like it. All Might was throwing some powerful punches, but this fucker just didn't die. This could be planned, but I have no damn clue why All Might wouldn't try taking him down for good. He darted a glance at Killua who thankfully was not looking back at him. Does he give a shit about anything here? What's he gonna do? He's done nothing this whole time except stare at me or someplace else. Guard the door as I go to the washroom, because the Hands Bastard doesn't trust anyone else to guard me when I'm free for a bit. I didn't even try attacking the pale freak. I know I won't beat him. Not yet. His lips curved up slightly at his next thought, But I'm gonna be stronger than All Might, so one day I will be able to fuck him up. Then his lips curved back down into his standard angry and irritated face he was showing them all this time.

"Dabi, release his restraints," Shigaraki suddenly ordered the villain with a fire Quirk. "We want to recruit him, so we have to treat him as an equal."

"Twice, you do it," Dabi lazily ordered, and Twice looked nervous about it. He reluctantly took off Bakugo's restraints after complaining that he did not want to because he thought Bakugo would fight once he was free for the first time unlike when he goes to the washroom but is actually trapped because Killua is watching the door.

"You know fighting wouldn't do you too much good here, right?" Killua asked his former classmate in a low voice as Twice got rid of Bakugo's arm and leg restraints. The silver haired teen meant to intimidate the other boy, but Bakugo did not give any sort of reaction and simply looked down to watch Twice free him.

"Everyone here has been suppressed by something…the rules…heroes…this society…we want to change that," Shigaraki continued where he left off from a few minutes ago while Twice still took off the restraints.

"It wasn't an accident that we brought you here," Mr. Compress explained further as if to clarify something to Bakugo. "We believe you are a good fit for our cause. We aren't a petty group trying to commit crimes."

Twice finished freeing Bakugo. Immediately, the ash blond teen knocked Twice's head to the floor and rushed Shigaraki. The villain did not react, though Killua was unsure if Shigaraki was quick enough to dodge or block. The U.A. student used a small explosion point blank at Shigaraki's face and knocked the hand off that was covering his face.

"Just die. You talk too much," Bakugo growled with a smirk that showed he was still willing to fight. "You want to create trouble, and you want me to join. That's what you're saying. But I want to win like All Might, not by joining you bastards!"

Dabi, Toga, Magne, and Spinner all looked ready to fight in an instant. Shigaraki raised a hand which signalled to them that they would not fight here, wiping Bakugo's smirk off his face. Bakugo narrowed his eyes as the villain reached down and picked up the hand that Bakugo knocked off. He turned on the TV to a conference between Nezu, Aizawa, Kan and a slew of reporters.

They watched as a reporter grilled Aizawa about Bakugo's behaviour and what U.A.'s plans were to stop things like this from happening. He also wanted to know what the school thought about Bakugo being in the clutches of the villains. Aizawa replied that Bakugo was very driven in his goal to become the top hero, and the villains were unlikely to succeed in their task at getting him to join them. Nezu added afterwards that the heroes had an ongoing investigation on the League of Villains.

Bakugo smirked again. "Mr. Aizawa gets it, better than I thought he would. I'll never join you guys."

The villains all pondered over the conference, but Shigaraki did not linger for too long. The TV continued running, but he said to Bakugo, "I wish you would've listened a bit. But we may be running out of time because an investigation is happening on us." He turned around to a different screen. "Master, lend me your power."

"You're not the boss around here, huh?" Bakugo asked with a wild grin. He bent his back slightly, ready to fight again.

Right then, a different reporter at the conference began asking a new set of questions which nobody had heard yet on TV these past few days. "According to the reports released to the public, Killua Zoldyck, the Class A student who is apparently from another world, was also at the attack. Not just that he was there, but he came and went with the villains. What is U.A.'s opinion on Zoldyck now? Have you changed your stance since a week ago? Should we consider him a villain yet?"

Killua froze with wide eyes and ignored the looks he got from everyone else in the bar. Even Bakugo glanced at him briefly before turning to the villains and gauging their reactions followed by staring at the TV again to hear the answer. Thoughts on escaping this place faded to the back of Bakugo's mind for a few moments as he focused on the U.A. staff he saw on TV.

Nezu answered this time. "From everyone's account after the attack finished, we know that Killua Zoldyck did not do anything major. He stopped one of our students from entering the warp that the villain Kurogiri opened as the escape route for the villains. However, that one action he took did not cause any harm. If the student was to enter the warp, then we would have two missing students instead of one. And if that student did anything rash while they were with the villains, that would not be a good look on them as they would be stepping out of their boundaries too. While Killua was with the villains, his impact was extremely minimal. His case is still a unique one, so what may come to him in the future is not up to me to decide. I still believe getting him home should be the priority."

"So to clarify, what you are saying is that you are willing to have a potential villain who may be equally or more powerful than All Might on the loose?" the reporter asked, intentionally summarizing the question very negatively so that Nezu's answer that he paraphrased looked bad on U.A.

Nezu's lips curved up into a small smile. Most people did not see it, but Killua did. Why is he smiling?! he wondered, very curious to see what was happening.

He did not have to wait long because Kan stood to his feet and answered. "To preface, I was not Killua Zoldyck's teacher at any point. I do not personally know him, or of his character, but allow me to explain something. Before the attack, Eraser Head and I were in the main building of the camp where we would sleep at night. It was like a cabin, and we were holding some extra lessons for a few of our students. When the attack started, Eraser Head ran out and left me in charge to protect the students inside the building. Killua entered at that point, and he had a lengthy conversation with the students, many of which were some of his closest friends in Class A from what I could tell based on how they talked to each other. The conversation seemed genuine enough. While Killua did not help or hurt us, he seemed human and empathetic enough to give some answers to questions he knew his friends would have about what he did and what he would do going forward."

The silver haired teen kept his face very still and void of emotion. From the corner of his eyes, he saw the villains around him glancing over every once in a while as Vlad King spoke, curious to see if Killua would give any reaction that confirmed or denied what the hero was saying on screen. He knew had to keep his expression steady though. If he gave off an indication that Vlad King was correct, then it could jeopardize his villain persona because he would be viewed as softer than them. Not that it mattered though because the League could not really do anything to hurt him from what he knew. None of them were powerful enough to deal with him. He's trying to defend me? Killua wondered while maintaining a neutral look in his eyes, and his mouth was straight and closed. Is this all planned? It doesn't matter, I think. Whatever he says to the reporters doesn't mean much. What matters is what happens when the League gets caught, and if I'm seen with them. That's what I should be thinking about.

Kan continued, "I stepped in a few times as well to ask some questions even though I didn't know him. He did his best to explain whatever he could without revealing everything about his past and future. The students didn't like what he did and what he was doing too much, but I could tell they appreciated that he even came to them."

"That's all to say, that Killua cared enough to come back and talk to them again. I know that it's not a very high bar to pass, but if he were as villainous as you make him out to be, then I personally don't believe that he would make the effort to come back and try making amends."

Kan sat down in his seat. The same reporter began asking another question, but Shigaraki turned the screen off. He set the remote aside and looked curiously towards Killua. "So you do care about those brats, huh?" he mused in a friendly way, not disapproving at all. "And here I thought you didn't care about anything besides going home."

"I don't," Killua responded strongly to keep up the villainous persona.

"Then why go to the brats and answer their questions, like that hero is saying?" Shigaraki challenged smugly. The villain felt that he knew the answer; he had a feeling Killua was not completely loyal to them. After that 'fight' he had with All Might, both Shigaraki and All For One came to the same conclusion: Killua did not trust them and was looking for alternate ways of getting home. The fact that he was still with them, though, led Shigaraki to believe that an alternative has not yet presented itself.

Killua rolled his eyes. "I went with Dabi's clone. The clone was meant to go there, so I went too. Then we happened to talk." It was a partial lie. While he did go with the clone, he also went inside the building on purpose. Vlad King had nailed the reason; he felt that he should give them some answers, even if he was not going to join their side. At least, he was not joining them yet.

Shigaraki studied Killua's expression closely. In the end, he shrugged. "Kurogiri, Compress, make Bakugo go to sleep again. We may not have too much time," he explained. Mr. Compress expressed his disappointment about Bakugo, and how he did not even pretend to be won over by them. Now, he put himself in a dangerous position by making his opinion heard while surrounded by eight villains…nine if Killua is included. Fortunately, none of the villains made any mention of what Vlad King said on TV. They knew Shigaraki dropped that talk for a reason.

Present

The group of U.A. students watched a giant Mt. Lady destroy the top of the warehouse with her foot hooked onto a pickup truck. Once the huge force of the wind and dust cleared, Gon and Iida raised Kirishima and Midoriya again on their shoulders. "Mt. Lady, Best Jeanist, Tiger, and Gang Orca…" Kirishima mumbled in surprise. "They got the Nomu!"

The two boys carrying Midoriya and Kirishima lowered them again. "The heroes were already making their move!" Iida exclaimed. "There is no need to worry now."

"All Might is with another group of heroes in another location," Midoriya mentioned from what he heard Best Jeanist and Mt. Lady talking about.

"All the more reason for us to leave things to them!" Yaoyorozu said excitedly. "All Might and the others will definitely bring Bakugo back!"

Gon frowned. "But what about Killua?" he asked and silenced everyone. Kaminari offered a considerate look because he wondered the same thing.

After a moment of pause, Kaminari said, "Maybe we'll have to leave Killua in the heroes' hands." He felt a sinking feeling in his stomach. He knew he did not feel too strongly about that. After all, his main purpose of coming was to help Killua because he believed what Gon said.

Iida shook his head at Gon and Kaminari. His face was not sad, but he was sympathetic. "I came to make sure things do not go too far. Now that we know the heroes are after the villains, we must step back and leave everything to them."

"Gon, didn't All Might say he wants to help Killua get back to his world?" Todoroki asked, as calm as ever. "Which is also your world," he added as an afterthought.

"Yeah…" the spiky green haired teen said slowly, a frown reaching his face. He was unsure of what Todoroki was getting at.

"Then I think All Might will take care of it," he replied. "If Killua is with the villains, and All Might's there too, then I think he'll be fine as long as he doesn't do anything stupid."

Gon frowned again, almost furious now. How could they just let everything go? Bakugo was not saved. Neither was Killua. Yet now they wanted to leave. It's all because of the rules, of course, Gon remembered from his internship and the run-in with Stain. He let out a deep exhale. Kaminari placed a hand on his shoulder. Gon raised his head to the blond who held an empathetic and understanding look, but he did not say anything to support Gon's side this time. He, too, knew it was out of the place for students.

They began heading back where they came from, to the front of the building, when Midoriya and Todoroki heard a peculiar set of footsteps approaching behind the wall where the heroes were watching over the Nomu. The two turned around froze when they heard a faint voice speaking. It did not sound like the voice of any of the heroes, so they assumed it had to be the new person walking towards the heroes.

Gon heard the lack of footsteps behind him where he knew Midoriya and Todoroki were at the very back of their group. He turned around too and saw the frozen Class A students, and then Gon listened to the voice as well. Kaminari, Kirishima, Iida, and Yaoyorozu, now all behind him since he turned around, stopped as well to listen.

Best Jeanist and Gang Orca became aggressive with the newcomer. The students briefly heard something tearing apart before there was a huge explosion and a cloud of smoke that had them all covering their eyes. Kirishima, Kaminari, and Iida were hopeful that it was only Mt. Lady who had become a giant again and stepped down somewhere, but Midoriya, Todoroki, and Yaoyorozu knew better. There was no sound of a conflict besides the tearing of what sounded like clothes, and from what Mt. Lady said just before that, they knew Best Jeanist used his Quirk. The students' conclusion was that the person he used it on ripped through it, and maybe caused this explosion too.

While the Class A students were split into two groups with two different opinions, Gon knew the voice of that man. He knew it was All For One, but he did not know if the others knew. I'm not going to tell them, he decided instantly. They should leave. He turned his head to whisper as much, but he stopped when he saw that the hero students were all frozen in fear. Never had they come across a villain this scary; half of them had been in front of Stain, but even Stain did not give off the same vibes as All For One. Even Gon had to admit, All For One carried a dangerous presence with him and made it known when he wanted to, like right now. It was not enough to freeze him in place, considering the other monsters he stood his ground against in the past, but it made Gon wary of his actions.

At the same time All For One made his appearance, Kurogiri and Mr. Compress were making their way over to Bakugo with the order of knocking him out again. Shigaraki planned to move away from the bar and head to a new location.

Before Kurogiri and Mr. Compress reached Bakugo though, a faint, strange feeling reached Killua's sharp senses from just outside the hideout – it was almost like a familiar presence, but he could not quite pinpoint it because it was so faint. He did not realize it at first until there was a knock on the door from someone claiming they were here to deliver pizza.

Killua's eyes widened as he finally recognized who it was by casting En out as far as he could, which was still not far. He and Gon were bad with En, though they had not trained it much either. He darted his eyes around at Bakugo and the other villains who were all frozen in silence, sensing something was off too. Their faces all read, 'We didn't order any pizza, so something's up…'. Killua cleared that out of his head as he felt another familiar person approaching very rapidly from behind the wall Spinner was standing in front of.

"SMAAAASHHH!" came All Might's booming shout as the entire wall behind the gecko villain came crashing down and sent him sprawling away. Spinner yelled out in surprise at the sudden attack from the Number 1 Hero. The silver haired teen's eyes widened huge, but All Might had not taken notice of him yet. He was still glancing around the rest of the bar and taking in the sight of all the shocked and cowering villains.

At last, his eyes settled on Killua, and then Bakugo. Oh man, what's he going to think now?! Killua thought to himself as he realized All Might had caught him with the villains. Will he still support me? Or will he try to arrest me now, seeing as how I'm not really following the backup plan he wanted me to follow? But then again, it was a backup plan, and he knew that too. I never said I was 100% following it, but I'm not sure where this leaves us since he was really against me working with the villains. There's also the fact that I didn't do anything; I'm just here. We'll see what happens.

Kamui Woods jumped up to the huge hole in the wall and trapped everyone in his wood Quirk, Lumber. Dabi attempted to burn it, but an old hero in a yellow costume who Killua did not recognize flew in and knocked Dabi out with one kick. Killua almost wanted to whistle. He knew Dabi was pretty powerful in this world, so the fact that this old dude was able to render him unconscious in one kick was very impressive. Even more impressive to Killua was how fast he could move considering his age. He figured it must have been something to do with the man's Quirk, but he could not figure it out in such a short time.

"Villains! You underestimate us heroes!" All Might bellowed as he stood strong and proud like the Symbol of Peace he was.

Shigaraki began muttering some things about how All Might was the final boss as well as some other stuff, but Killua did not listen much...

The silver haired teen was furious. He had a feeling that tonight, or at least some night very soon in the future, could have been the night All For One achieved one of his goals, and maybe sent him and Gon back. All Might ruined that chance. The heroes ruined that chance. Rage bubbled up inside him because he was so close to going back, but now these heroes made it far again. He could feel it. All For One would have attacked and put his plan into motion soon. He was so focused on the heroes that he did not pay attention to Edgeshot knocking out Kurogiri, or the appearance of several Nomu through a warping Quirk that was not Kurogiri's. I was so close, and you guys messed it up! I'm gonna-

Killua coughed and felt some disgusting liquid or smoke come out of his mouth and surround him before he even knew fully what was happening. He heard All Might shout Bakugo's name, but then he did not hear more as he got completely surrounded by it. He came out somewhere else and began gagging as the weird substance finally left his mouth. Looking around and observing his new surroundings, he recognized All For One, Bakugo, and the other villains who were a part of the League, all of which were transported the same way. The unconscious Kurogiri and Dabi were there too.

Gon and the Class A students were close enough to hear and recognize Killua and Bakugo gagging to the strange substance coming out of their mouths. Midoriya turned around to climb the wall, fully prepared to use One For All: Full Cowling to grab Bakugo and take him away from the villains. He was just about to move when an iron grip grabbed his arm, so he turned his head and saw Iida reaching over and sweating in fear, just like Midoriya.

Killua was glaring down at the ground and did not pay attention to what All For One was telling Shigaraki. He had not sensed Gon or the others either because he was too busy being upset. From the corner of his eye, he watched All For One turn his blind gaze up to the sky. Killua felt it too.

All Might came in with a bellow, but the villain he was facing raised an arm boosted by multiple strength Quirks to defend. A massive storm of smoke and dust kicked up with winds that pushed Killua and the others back because of how strong the two attacks' collision was.

When the smoke cleared, the lifelong enemies exchanged some words on how the other was weaker than the last time they fought to become this way, and All Might said he would take All For One down for good today. The villain chuckled and said this time was not the same, and Killua had a feeling the villain was referring to Killua himself.

All Might lunged at All For One again with another punch. The villain counterattacked with a combo of powerful Quirks, and his attack won the exchange. All Might was blasted down dozens of blocks through the city which had Killua wondering if the hero could survive that.

"All Might!" Bakugo voiced Killua's curiosity because he too did not know if the hero would be fine after taking such an attack and getting launched through so many buildings.

"Do not worry, he will not die from something like that," All For One erased that worry very quickly. He turned to Shigaraki and the other villains who were all much farther from him than before the attack because of how far they got sent. His face passed over Killua too, and he knew the silver haired teen was there. The villain's face trailed over to Kurogiri.

Black and red tendrils which shaped into spikes came out of All For One's fingers and stabbed themselves into Kurogiri's unconscious misty body. He spoke to the villains about his own warping Quirk while using one of his Quirks to force Kurogiri to use his even though he was out. A dark, misty portal opened up that would take them to the location All For One had chosen for them.

"What about me?" Killua asked. He was not about to go waste his time with the League when All For One, the only person he needed, seemed like he would remain here to fight All Might.

The villains turned to him and remembered that he was in a unique situation. All For One responded calmly, "You will stay here and help me win, if I need it, though I do not plan on losing." Killua frowned, but he figured he would stick around and see how everything pans out.

A distant boom reached Killua's ears. Out of the path of smoke All Might left behind as he slammed through buildings came the hero himself, soaring into the air and changing directions to shoot back down towards All For One. The villain rose into the air and met his enemy while the other villains faced Bakugo, ready to fight and take him with them as was Shigaraki's command.

The ash blond boy stayed at a distance and used his Explosions to keep his opponents at bay. Spinner tried getting in with his speed and swords, but Bakugo used a wide-ranged explosion to cover the direction he was coming from and to his sides where he could dodge. He noticed that he could not easily get away, so he fell to the ground as low as he could and avoided the worst-case scenario because the explosion was not aimed low.

Toga threw two knives from a distance, one aimed to where Bakugo was and another to where she thought he might dodge. The boy found a way around and propelled himself to his left and into the air right between both knives. Twice and Mr. Compress tried to catch his landing, but he saw them through his peripheral vision and blasted up even higher.

When Killua watched All Might and All For One, he could tell All Might was holding back. He was not even using as much power as he did versus Killua. The hero was not moving as fast, and his attacks did not look to have the same oomph as he saw before. Bakugo's here, and that's making All Might hold back. He doesn't want to hurt Bakugo.

Bakugo realized it too. He knew it for some time now. This villain, Shigaraki's teacher, was no joke. He held a different presence than any of the other villains – he was far more dangerous. The ash blond boy used an explosion to knock Magne away who was trying to sneak up from behind. A clank of metal brought his attention in front of him again. Bakugo's eyes widened as he jumped as high as he could over Spinner's sword followed by propelling himself away with his explosions while also dodging a few more knives Toga threw his way.

A wall a bit off to the side that surrounded a different building broke down and got the attention of some of the villains. Milliseconds later, a huge ramp made of ice went up over a hundred meters into the air that had everyone craning their necks to see who was on it. Along the ice, Killua, Bakugo, and the villains saw three teenagers sliding up: Iida, Kirishima, and Midoriya.

The three teens flew off the edge of the ramp which was obviously made by Todoroki. They continued soaring up higher into the sky. The three looked down at Bakugo, and Kirishima held out a hand and yelled for Bakugo to come with them.

Bakugo's eyes narrowed, and Shigaraki ran to him with an outstretched hand to stop the boy. A much more powerful explosion than anything Bakugo used so far was released, so powerful that Shigaraki fell back from the impact. The ash blond boy shot into the air like a rocket in the direction where Kirishima was. He used a second explosion while in the air to gain even more speed and distance. In just five seconds, Bakugo grabbed on to Kirishima's hand that was finally able to reach Bakugo.

Behind the broken wall, Todoroki stood up and looked to Gon, Yaoyorozu, and Kaminari. "The villains are all focused on them. Now's our chance to go."

"We didn't do anything for Killua!" Kaminari argued. "I didn't do anything at all! I couldn't even help in the plan to get Bakugo!"

Yaoyorozu shook her head. "It's okay, Kaminari. It's better that you did not have to do anything, which could have been dangerous. The less we use our Quirks, the better."

Todoroki nodded in agreement. "Killua's with the villains. He hasn't moved at all or helped All Might. He's out of our reach."

Gon ground his teeth and frowned deeply. "No, he's not! You guys just don't know him, but I do!" In a flash, the green haired boy jumped through the hole in the wall Kirishima made with his Hardening and ran towards the area Killua and the League were standing in.

"Gon!" Kaminari whisper-yelled, but he was too late. Gon was already too far to hear. The Hunter vaguely saw some of the villains doing something and glowing in his peripheral vision, and then one of the villains shot into the air after the four hero students who were getting away.

Gon rushed towards the villains to knock them out, but Killua noticed and stepped in his path with the shake of his head. "Sorry, Gon. Just let things happen as they will. We might be close to going back." Gon grimaced but nodded and looked back into the sky. The villain who had flown off was Mr. Compress who managed to grab on to Bakugo's leg. Bakugo tried shaking him off, but the villain did not let go, and Kirishima did not let go of Bakugo either. In a few seconds, they began losing height as they sank closer to the ground where Toga and Twice were running in anticipation of their fall.

A couple minutes later, all four students were dragged back to Shigaraki. Gon still wanted to knock the villains out so the students could go. They should not be a part of this, but Killua simply shook his head and did not let himself or Gon change the course of anything here.

Gon did not need to take action though. The old, fast hero in a yellow costume, Gran Torino, flew in and knocked Magne, Spinner, and Twice out with one kick each. He told the kids to go and kept his eyes on Shigaraki and Toga who he did not kick yet.

All For One forcibly activated Magne's Quirk: Magnetism. Toga, being the only female, was the person who all the male villains were being attracted towards. They all slammed into Toga and got knocked into the open warp from when All For One activated Kurogiri's Quirk to take them elsewhere. Gran Torino did not even have the chance to hit Toga or Shigaraki, and All For One's black and red tendril carried Magne over the hero's head into the warp too.

Shigaraki was the last to go, and he was genuinely worried that his teacher may not win here. He expressed his concern as he was dragged across the ground due to Magnetism, reluctant to leave his Master.

"Do not worry, Tomura Shigaraki," came All For One's gentle but firm voice. "I will not lose here. Not with the weapons I still have with me." The supervillain grinned behind the mask he wore that covered his face, and Shigaraki silently disappeared into the warp that closed right after.

"Students! Killua, Gon!" All Might shouted out with his signature shining smile and a bright blue flash in one of his eyes while the other was darkened by the shadow of his hair. "You should all get away! Leave this to me!" He closed the distance between him and All For One so fast that none of Midoriya, Bakugo, Iida, or Kirishima could keep track of him, but Gon, Killua, Gran Torino, and All For One could. The villain readied his counterattack.


Hey everyone, sorry for the delay. Had to edit this chapter thoroughly because some parts didn't turn out too well at first. It sounds like a lot of you were hyped for this chapter, so I hope this delivered. It might not be exactly what you were expecting, and to be honest, this wasn't what I was expecting either haha. Things like the reporters asking U.A. about Killua completely slipped my mind until I started writing this chapter, but it was too big of a hole for me to ignore once I realized it wouldn't make any sense if Killua wasn't also talked about (since the public knows he was at the attack). I changed some things from canon here, like the order of events, as well as Bakugo Rescue Squad getting taken down. They serve a purpose.

Thanks for reading, hope you all enjoyed!

Edit: I also found that Twitter thread some of you mentioned. Interesting way to get their point across lol.