Several Minutes Prior:
Ryoya ran like hell. He had nothing on his mind but saving his friends. Even as the pain of over-using Heat Rush - Blue set in, and his muscles and skin started to burn from condensing his flames down to that extent; even as the damage Balrog dealt finally set in. He kept on running.
The Satsui no Hado pounded against his chest like a second heart, gnawing at his mind, begging for release. There was a small part of him that wanted to let it out; there always was. But he knew he couldn't. Not only could he literally not due to the seal placed on him that grew weaker and weaker as more of the Satsui bled into his mind and body, but he also really didn't want to give in to such darkness.
He got closer to Central Plaza, moving based solely on instinct, senses wide open. Bison's blisteringly hot ki stood out, even though Ryoya actively coated himself in fire, and much to his unending annoyance with the man, he seemed true to his word and brought Rumi and Momo with him, if their ki signatures were to be believed. They were fine, thankfully.
Izuku was there as well, as well as Hobo-Sensei. Their ki signatures weren't nearly as strong as the formers, and that made Ryoya's eyes widen ever so slightly. What could've possibly hurt Izuku? Logically speaking, he knew Izuku couldn't beat Bison, but Bison's ki was stagnant. He wasn't fighting. The one other person he sensed, he firmly believed would stand no chance against his green-haired best friend.
When he got closer and saw a massive behemoth of a creature holding Mo-chan's body in one of it's hands like a sponge, Ryoya didn't even bother holding back. His ki flares higher than it's ever been. His body firmly disagrees with his choice, but he doesn't care. Not when Mo-chan's life is in danger. She was FAR too important to him to let something minor like third degree burns slow him down.
Bunny-san, bless her fucking soul, tries to save her. He can see her lunge in with a kick to the beast's arm, right at the elbow joint. It does nothing, but the creature does turn to look at her with a blank, lifeless gaze. Why couldn't he sense it? Everything had ki besides machines and the dead, so what was this thing's deal? Then he hears it.
'Nomu, crush that girl.'
He doesn't hesitate in calling upon the Satsui, because in that moment, Ryoya actually does feel murderous intent. Whoever that man was that gave the order, he'll be dealt with afterwards, but for now, the creature holding Mo-chan would face the full brunt of his rage. The seal is fighting a good fight, it really is, since he's not able to call on all of it, but the amount he can, he'll have to make do.
"MO-CHAN! MI-CHAN!" He yells out and inwardly hates how the Satsui had distorted his voice. He can't imagine what he looks like as he darts like like a freight train, and he doesn't think twice about asking the first thing on his mind. "Are you okay!?"
The soon-to-be-dead hand man says something, but Ryoya paid him no mind outside of a very dark glare that he visibly flinched at. He punches the creature in the exposed abdomen with a fist coated in orange, blue and purple flames. It doesn't budge, but he doesn't want it to. He wants it to be as close as possible for what happens next.
"BUSTER WOLF!"
Aizawa could say he's having the worse day of his teaching career and possibly his life. The entire situation went from bad, to terrible, to shitty, and after seeing Harushi come out of seemingly no where, shouting at the top of his lungs like a deranged, blood thirsty caveman, he could say with confidence that everything went, as Mic once said, tits up.
Then he used an attack unlike anything he'd ever seen from anyone not named Endeavor. It was like a directed explosion of purple and blue fire that engulfs everything; Nomu, and everything a good bit behind it. He's forced to avert his vision due to the brightness of the attack, and even though he, Toga and Asui are decently far and getting further away, it's still an impact that he can feel in his very bones. It nearly knocks Toga over even, but Asui manages to use her tongue to keep her steady.
The epicenter of the Buster Wolf is no different. Momo feels the grip slacken and she is unceremoniously dropped to the floor, though she is promptly sent tumbling by the shockwaves. Usagiyama, being overall smaller and lighter, is also sent reeling. They get separated, but at least a good distance is put between them, Bison, and Shigaraki.
When the attack clears, there is a long line of burnt destruction in it's wake. Everything, from the fountain to a long line that extended to the Flood Zone was in charred ruin.
It was then that both Harsuhi and the Nomu come into view. The creature has lost most of it's body, large chunks of flesh and skin having been incinerated out of existence; the stomach had a hole in it that one could fit a beach ball through, and what parts weren't simply gone were scorched and covered in black soot, a substance a bit hard to see due to the tar-like skin. The Nomu falls backward and doesn't move and everyone gazes at Ryoya in a stunned silence. He doesn't say anything, but he is on his knees, breathing heavily and clutching onto his arm just below the shoulder. It looks horrible from what Momo could see, broken and burned from going beyond his limits.
"Wh - what?" Shigaraki whispers with wide eyes. "There's no way... The Nomu is the All Might killer, there's no way!" His surprise turns into rage. "No way this NPC could do that! He's hacking! Get up and kill him, Nomu!"
The creature, to everyone's surprise, actually stirs. It takes what appears to be a massive amount of effort, but the Nomu does, in fact, slowly raise back up. There is a slow clap as everyone stares in disbelief.
"Well done, boy. That attack, if used on anyone else, surely would've taken them out." Bison compliments and the fucker has the gall to sound genuine about it. "But it seems like the old fool doesn't cut as many corners as I thought he did." The older villain raises a brow at the creature as it finally gets to it's feet; it's shaky and still not fully regenerating, but it does stand and seem to be ready to take orders. And take orders it does, since almost immediately, it dashes at Ryoya and wraps a massive hand around his head, and hoists him off the ground. It doesn't take a genius to see what the Nomu is intending to do.
Shigaraki, having calmed down, starts laughing hysterically. "That's right! Nomu doesn't only have Shock Absorption, it has super regeneration!" He taunts.
Before anyone could fully digest that nugget of information, the Nomu starts to squeeze.
Then it's arm is removed entirely by a purple and red blur a second later. Ryoya drops back to the floor.
It was Bison, keeping his hand in a chopping position with Psycho Power around it. "Didn't I say to not interfere with my plans, boy?" Bison smiles when Shigaraki stops laughing, but his smile is not friendly. It is sinister and strikes fear into the hearts of men, women, and children. He knows that and revels in it.
Bison is unsurprised that the Nomu regrows it's arm, and is also unconcerned about it entirely. Instead, he slowly walks up to Ryoya who glares defiantly at him. "Now then boy," The Shadaloo head says calmly. "It's been a while hasn't it?"
Ryoya frowns. A second later, he is back to his feet and tries to attack Bison with a kick, but it's easily dodged. Ryoya stumbles with his injuries, but he doesn't stop trying to attack. He punches with his good arm but Bison parries. Another kick, another dodge. Then Ryoya, frustrated, takes a deep breath and spits three fireballs. The first one is avoided, the second is swatted away like an annoying mosquitoes and the last one Bison fucking catches with his barehand and crushes it with the effort that one would crush wet sand.
"Still the aggressive one, I see. I guess I shouldn't be surprised by a relative of Akuma." Bison moves quickly and knees Ryoya in the stomach. The boy doubles over in pain and Bison grabs a fist full of his hair. "Activate the Satsui." He demands.
"Fuck," Ryoya coughs up spittle mixed with blood. "you."
Bison smile only widens. "I was hoping you'd say that. Now I can just beat it out of you."
Izuku takes a very deep breath. There's something about it that just soothes him right now, and even though he knows he should be up and on the move, he is completely at ease. It's foreign, this feeling of calm. Most of his life since his diagnosis, he's never been like this. With people who he once considered to be his friends looking down on him, pushing him around, and belittling him at every possible turn, Izuku had always moved through life with anxiety. His mother, who he loves dearly, certainly didn't help with all of her over-protective tendencies. He didn't fault her of course, he never could, but he does wish sometimes that she would've lightened up a bit.
When he started training in Shotokan, it was the first time in Izuku's life that he truly peace. He was able to be himself without fear of judgement for something out of his control. He was able to think and act free of fear and anger towards Japan's prejudice. He had many people to thank for that, his best friend being someone he could never really repay for what he's unknowingly done for him.
But now, laying on his back with a broken arm, facing impossible odds, Izuku begins to understand.
He slowly starts to stand up. A ki he is only familiar with in passing bubbles to the surface. It makes him feel lighter, happier; like his feelings and will to be a hero are made manifest. He glances down at his hand and notices white lightning. It's different, but it feels nice.
"Ugh," He hears someone say. He turns and it's Shigaraki, who's looking at him with analytical eyes. He seems disgusted. "What's with these NPCs and their stupid auras? All these lights are hurting my eyes." With that, he moves. Just as quickly as he does before, Shigaraki is upon him, hand wide open and extended over Izuku's face. He gets mere centimeters away before Izuku calmly moves a bit to the side and watches as the man shoots past him. He hears Tomura growl and dashes at him from a blind spot, but once again, Izuku's body moves on it's own and he dodges the attempt. Tomura over-extends and tries to push both on his hands on Izuku's chest but Izuku moves to the left, reaching over and using his left arm to pull Tomura into a devastating right hook to the gut.
The hand man loses all breath in his body in an instant, "Nom - !" Izuku elbows him in the cheek before he could call out to his beast and knocks the hand off a fair distance. Tomura falls over in pain and tries to call for back-up again, "Kuro - !" Izuku is upon him swiftly, grabbing a fist full of his collar, pulling him to his feet before headbutting him hard enough to break his nose and cut his lip.
The Power of Nothingness, the power to act without emotion or thought. Izuku recalls the explanation Ryu-sensei gave him about the form, and he notes that his master may not have been entirely correct. Izuku still does feel emotion. Right now, he does upset, angry, scared and a whole host of other things. But they're muted, over-shadowed by a feeling of calm. Each attack is delivered not with the intent to harm, but he does feel bad about the unfortunate circumstance. No, each attack is delivered with the intent to silence and incapacitate.
It's not until a purple ball of energy nearly hits him that Izuku relents off of Tomura. His body, of course, moves by itself to dodge the attack, though it gets close enough that Izuku could feel the heat and gets lightly singed.
"You there," Bison calls out. When Izuku turns to him, he is nearly shocked out of his form. Bison is unharmed, if a bit ragged, but his fists are dripping blood. It's not his if Ryoya's prone, unmoving form in the background is to be believed. "You possess that stupid power, huh. I will say, I certainly wasn't expecting a Kyosui no Hado user here, but killing two birds with one stone would be a benefit to me. Especially since that guy," He raises a fist and pointed his thumb over his shoulder to Ryoya. "doesn't know how to follow orders." Bison tries to attack, but Izuku dodges, then the old soldier feints a knee, and interestingly enough, Izuku doesn't react to it. "Ugh, I always hated the Kyosui no Hado. On second thought, I don't have the patience to deal with you."
Momo honestly feels like throwing up. Ryoya saved her life and there she was trembling in fear and watching him get beaten to all hell by this M. Bison man. Each time she tried to move, Bison would turn to her with that wicked, sadistic grin of his and take all of her nerve. She thinks - knows she's crying and with each hit, it feels like her heart is being shattered further and further. She opens her mouth to say something, but nothing comes out but a choked sob.
Rumi is different. Yeah, she feels a whole slew of emotions she's never felt before, but the most prominent one right now is fury. She doesn't even hesitate in running into the fray, trying to attack Bison with a kick to the groin. Bison turns to her and those ghostly white eyes fill her heart with a terror she's never felt in her life before. She nearly stops in her advance, but then a wide, ferocious smile graces her face. Even though she's looking directly in the face of danger personified, her friend's life is on the line. She would also consider herself to be fearless, but only in regards to herself. She was very much fearful when High Class got grabbed, and even more so when Bison stomped on Ryoya's chest.
Rumi leapt off the floor hard enough that the concrete cracked and dove at the Shadaloo leader. He dodged the tackle with ease and grabbed her by her hair. Rumi cursed the length, and struggled against his hold. "Now now, little rabbit." He said condescendingly. "You're a perfectly good Doll candidate, so I'd rather not have to kill you but I won't be so forgiving next time." With that Bison raised a purple fist and punched Rumi square in the jaw. She flew backwards and rolled to a stop right back where she began near Momo. Then the Satsui no Hado in Ryoya spiked. Bison made a sound. "Hmm, so it would be easier for me to just target them after all? Huh, you're a fool if you care about two people more than you care about yourself, boy."
Bison didn't expect a response, and didn't get one, but Ryoya did growl and tremble, then rolled over onto his stomach and tried to get up. Bison kicked him in the ribs and back flat on his back. "Now we're getting somewhere. But first," He turned to where Izuku dominated Tomura. "I have something I need to attend to."
When Bison teleports away and Momo is already running full speed towards Ryoya. She trips and stumbles but when she makes it there, she's sobbing and clutching onto him for dear life. Through her tears, she's sputtering something that sounds vaguely like an apology and something that she says too quickly for him to get. While doing so, she is creating medical supplies, as many as she can to stop the bleeding. There's just so much blood and bruising! She would've thought him dead if not for the faint raise and fall of his chest.
"Mo-chan..." She barely hears even though ki has boosted her senses. "St - stop crying. I - I can't stand wh - when you cry." He somehow manages to say. It pains him to speak, but it pains him even more be forced to be so helpless.
Momo laughs but its short and watery. "You'll be okay. You hear me? You'll be fine. Don't talk, save your energy."
Ryoya doesn't respond, but he does nod. Rumi comes shortly after, nursing a black eye. She gives Ryoya a once over.
"Bu - bunny-san. Please, don't yell." Even though he was near death, he still manages to look absolutely ill-prepared for the hellfire Rumi brought.
Rumi looks like she wants to say something and if the crease in her brow says anything, it's not going to be particularly pleasant, but she holds her tongue. "If you die, I'm going to kick your ass."
"You couldn't be - beat me then, e - either." A small smile comes on his face. Rumi scowls before sighing in such relief that he body almost visibly deflates.
"Look, if you're good enough to be an ass about it, you're good enough to - "
Bison returns with his arms crossed and a smile, though his smile seems forced and tense. "Oh no, do carry on. Don't mind me."
"Bunny-san, Mo-chan. Leave me." Ryoya says suddenly finding the strength to speak louder. His voice is still raspy and strained.
"What!?"
"He's after me..." Ryoya tries and fails to sit up. "Just go before he - "
Like the wind, Bison moves towards the trio. "Alright, we're going to do this one of two ways, yes? I'm going to ask a question and you're going to tell me what I want to know. Which one of you is closer to the boy?"
Rumi and Momo share a confused look.
"No, Bison..." Ryoya tries again.
When no one responds, Bison loses his patience. "Oh well, I guess I'll have to kill you both since cat's got your tongue."
"Bison, please!"
"What's this? A Satsui no Hado user, relative to Akuma, begging!?" Bison seemed genuinely surprised by this before breaking out into uproarious laughter. "Haha! You! Grandson of Akuma! Begging like a child! Do these two mean so much to you that you throw away your pride boy!?" Bison kept laughing. "I guess killing one of them is a surefire way to get you to release that power. Hell, killing both and you might use the full thing! I think I'll start with... you!"
He raised a palm and called forth his Psycho Power. Like before with the Nomu, a purple, chaotic sphere of energy and malice formed from his hand and shot forth towards the white rabbit faster than she could react to.
Ryoya's eyes widen in horror. "Rumi..." Then the seal broke. Bison's face split into a grin when a red blur appeared in his attack's path and his grin grew even wider when Ryoya kicked the attack away with difficulty and sent it flying back to him. The man didn't budge, but he did activate his Psycho Power in his fist to bat the attack away and towards the ceiling. "You wanted the Satsui no Hado so badly, well here it is." Ryoya says darkly.
Bison chuckles while Rumi, Momo and a bit further away, Izuku all take in his appearance. He still looks like complete hell and in need of medical attention, but he's standing straight and tall. His hair is wilder now, a bit more messy than before and now sports red streaks growing out of his crown as well as small highlights, though instead of the same crimson red like Todoroki's, Ryoya's hair turned a deep, dark scarlet; the color of blood. His fangs were the same, if only a fraction longer than Toga's now and his eyes changed from their vibrant gold to red. His ki seeps out of his pours from all over, and is now a deep purple and red, consisting of rippling, fire-like energy.
The murderous intent he gives off is enough for the entirety of the USJ to come to a stand still. Villains and students alike, if they still fought in the Downpour, Ruins or Mountain Zones, are all floored by the oppressive energy. Rumi, being the closest, felt true, unadulterated fear for the first time in her life. Her animal instincts alone forces her to take several shaky steps back, falling flat on her behind in the process. Momo wasn't faring much better. If anything, she fared worse since the strong feeling of nausea and panic overtook her emotions and she broke out into a cold sweat.
Izuku is by his side in an instant. He can feel the intensity of the killing intent, but he oddly enough isn't scared. He's more concerned and worried. "Ryoya." He says calmly. Something about their ki's mixing gives Bison a pause. Izuku puts his hand on his shoulder and the boy shrugs it off.
"You have your own opponent to deal with, don't you?" To his shock, Ryoya doesn't sound bitter or even angry, so much as he sounds resigned. He casts a look to Momo and Rumi, both of whom seemed to be easing away in fear; fear of him. It bothers him enough that the Satsui no Hado nearly drops.
Izuku keeps a completely blank, unreadable expression before nodding. "Be careful."
Ryoya doesn't acknowledge him, only leaning forward ever so slightly. "Rasetsu Kyaku"Ryoya seems to teleport over to Bison with his hands near his right hip the best he could with his injuries. "Gohadoken!"
Bison notices the attack and counters by raising a Psycho Barrier. The Gohadoken hits it and the barrier holds firm, though small cracks appear at the point of impact. Bison beams for all the world like a maniac. "Yes! This is the power I've been looking for!"
"Nomu! Kill that fucking kid!"
Izuku hears Shigaraki roar, but he doesn't take his eyes off of Ryoya. This power, the Power of Nothingness, was said to be the only power that can expel the darkness that was the Satsui no Hado, but when he touched his shoulder just then and tried to inject him with some ki, it didn't work. He internally sighs. Maybe it was because he doesn't know how to use this power yet? Maybe Ryoya's darkness was more than he thought it was? Who knew? All Izuku could do right now for his friend is watch and hope he doesn't fall too far.
The Nomu suddenly appears in his field of view and swings at him. Izuku dodges, but barely, and follows up with two strong punches to the creatures upper chest. It does nothing of course, and the Nomu swings again, and once again, Izuku dodges. Then their game of cat and mouse begins. The nomu seems unable to really hit him, but Izuku is also incapable of dealing any damage at all. Even when he dodges the Nomu's punch and fires a Hadoken right into the creatures face, it does absolutely nothing. His best hope is trying to survive and hold out until All Might got there. He could sense him closing in, so it shouldn't be longer than one minute max.
It was after the nomu took a particularly wide swing that Izuku found a big opening. His Ki pools into his right arm and he crouches low before springing up in a Shoryuken. But it was far from an ordinary one, no. This Shoryuken held behind it the strongest ki he could produce. This was the Power of Nothingness in it's purest form. "Shin Shoryuken!" Izuku jumps and strikes true, putting everything he had into a single strike.
"You dumbass child! The Nomu has Shock Absorption! He won't be damaged by -" Shigaraki's jaw dropped when Izuku's fist pushed against the Nomu's beak with so much force that the beak gave way and flew clean off.
The Nomu reeled back and roared in pain. And Izuku started to see white spots in his vision. His power started to wane and his body was about to crash with it. He only needed to stay away for a few more seconds.
Before long, the Nomu regained it's footing and it's beak began to grow back. Izuku vaguely wondered what in God's name would it take to put this thing down.
"You fought well, boy." Bison commends as he stands over a defeated Ryoya. His uniform is burned in some places and he has a nasty bruise on his right cheek, but he's otherwise completely fine. "You're lucky I wasn't trying to kill you, otherwise you wouldn't have even gotten a hit in. At least you're one of the few who can say they harmed M. Bison. Take pride in that." He knew the boy was unconscious, but that didn't mean he couldn't gloat about it. "Now," He bends down and grabs the boy by what remained of his top and threw him over his shoulder. "Let's collect the other two and be on my way."
Bison stalks toward Rumi and Momo and is outwardly happy at the fear in their eyes. He'll never not enjoy a good helping of terror, so he decides to draw it out. "Well, aren't you going to try to save him?" Bison challenged. "What? No empowering speech? No empty threat? No declaration of affection? Nothing?" Bison smiled, if for no other reason than to engrain the image into their memories. Ah, the joys of his Tuesday strolls will never be topped.
"I - I," Rumi stuttered before steeling herself as best she could and running forward. She mentally kicked herself for her earlier lapse in judgement and running away from someone who she was sure wouldn't hurt her. She abandoned him, plain and simple. She tried to redeem herself by trying to kick Bison in the face, only for her foot to meet a purple barrier and to be sent flying back.
"Do you never think before you act, girl? You might not make the best Doll if you're that stubborn."
Bison loomed over them, walking slowly towards Rumi, until Momo stood between them. She had a bo staff in hand and her knees trembled violently, but still she stood strong. She had clear tears in her eyes, and her grip was terrible.
"Oh? What's this? Did the rabbit's resolve rub off on you? Or did you finally care enough about this boy to try oppose me, the great M. Bison?"
Momo had no chance in hell, she knew that. But neither did Usagiyama, and the tan girl didn't seem to let that stop her. Momo honestly found that trait admirable and a bit enviable. She didn't know what that thing was that happened to Ryo-kun, but she was damn sure not about to let her personal fears stand in the way of saving him, or saving anyone else.
Then the door of the USJ flew open.
"Have no fear..." the Symbol of Peace growled. "For I am here." He tore off his tie and threw it to the side and notably, his smile was absent from his face.
Shigaraki laughed painfully. "Ah, so you've finally showed up... All Might. You worthless trash."
Some students, namely Mina and Ochako literally shed tears of relief when All Might walked near the stairs.
"The Principle told me he had a bad feeling that I shared, and we cut out little conversation short." All Might explains while scanning the area. The USJ is mostly in ruins, with a nasty scar spanning from the fountain to the flood zone and areas burnt black with soot. The destruction is something All Might can barely wrap his head around, but he saves that for later. "I ran into Iida on the way here and he told me the gist of what's going on. It made my blood boil! You kids must've been so scared..." He takes note of Aizawa, laying prone on the floor between his students with Thirteen performing some rudimentary field medical work. The Space hero seems relatively fine herself, though her costume has taken a considerable amount of damage on the back.
"My colleagues... you did your best. I'm truly sorry for my absence today."
Aizawa spoke first. "Save conversation for later, just save the students." He hopes this a one-eyed glare would be enough to convey the severity of the situation.
"Don't worry about it, All Might." Thirteen tries to be cheery to keep moral up and it appears to work somewhat. "You're needed down there, big guy."
All Might nods and in the blink of an eye, takes off, dispatching every villain in his path with a punch or chop with more force than explicitly necessary. He locks eyes with Bison and feels his rage grow at the sight of his student.
"Hello, All Might." Bison greets as though they were old drinking buddies. "About time you - " Like lightning, All Might rushes him.
"Texas Smash!"
Bison barely had enough time to surround himself with another Psycho Barrier, and even though he did, All Might's righteous fist shatters it like glass and lands on Bison's cheek, sending him careening away. He grabs Harushi in the same motion and hold him in his arms. "I'm sorry, Harushi." He says, but deep down he knows the boy can't hear him. Ryoya is beat to high hell; Bison was never known as being a particularly merciful man, but to use this much power on a child was going far, even for him. 'His body feels so broken.'
All Might gently lowers him to the ground and turns to Shigaraki. He isn't exactly doing well himself as he looks fairly roughed up, but he is still standing and clearly has enough will in him to keep taunting. The villain seems to want to say something, but All Might, in an instant, darts between him and his monster companion and scoops up Yaoyorozu, Usagiyama and Midoriya and places them down next to Harushi before Shigaraki gets a chance to breath.
"Everyone to the entrance. Take Harushi. He's unconscious, so hurry!" All Might demands. The students don't really have time to comprehend All Might's speed before M. Bison returns.
He has a small line of blood seeping out the corner of his mouth and his hat his missing, but he seems otherwise fine.
Shigaraki sneers at them. "Throwing punches to save people huh? Ha, that's our state sponsored violence." He scratches his cheek. "You're fast. Too fast to keep up with, but not as fast as expected. Tell me All Might... is it true that you're getting weaker?"
"All Might," Izuku whispers. His white lightning had largely started to fade, but he still held onto consciousness long enough to give something of a field report. All Might looks at him to see him hanging on. "That brain villain, nomu. It has multiple quirks." He says, started to wobble on his feet. "Shock Absorption and Regeneration. It took my... Shin Shoryuken..." With that, Izuku's Kyosui no Hado finally fades and so does the rest of his stamina. He falls to his knees.
"Midoriya, kid." All Might is at his side immediately, helping him stand back up. "Fear not. Yaoyorozu, Usagiyama. Take them to the entrance, now."
"You hit as hard as ever, don't you All Might?" Bison said suddenly, teleporting back into the fray. He has a thin line of blood coming from his hair line and his hat is missing, but he seems otherwise fine. "Not many people can break my barrier, so congratulations on that." He then turns sharply to Shigaraki. "Boy, I would've left just then but no one gets a free hit on M. Bison. Tell your beast to stand down."
Tomura seems to take offense to that. "No! I don't take orders from you!"
Bison turns to him fully and crosses his arms. "Tell your beast to stand down or I will kill it. It is your choice."
Shigaraki growls. "That's it! I'm sick of you! I don't know why Sensei said I needed your help! We could've done this without you! Nomu!"
Kurogiri cleared his throat, "I don't think that's wise, Tomura Shigaraki. Sensei said that Bison will be a great help in the future, I would recommend you, - "
Shigaraki cuts him off with a filthy glare. "I don't care! Sensei said I could destroy things I don't like and I don't like him! Go, nomu! Kill M. Bison."
The nomu doesn't hesitate. It runs at Bison with an arm drawn and swings with murderous intent. The Shadaloo head seems unbothered as he teleports out of the way of the swing. He retaliates by sending a swift palm to the nomu's back that explodes in a mass of purple energy. The Psycho power all but tears through the creature and it roars in pain and stumbles forward with a hole in it's shoulder-blade. It swings erratically at him, but Bison teleports again, ending up at the beast's front. He punches it clear in the stomach with a hard enough force that visible impact waves shake through it's muscle. It doesn't seem injured by that attack, but Bison isn't finished.
"Psycho Punisher." Gather psycho energy bursts right through the nomu from the stomach out the back and it hunches over. The Shadaloo general rips his fist from the creature's stomach and when it falls over, holds a palm over it's head and exposed brain. "Psycho Cannon." The blast is fired, the nomu's head evaporates in a ball of purple, destructive energy and then a deep hole is punched in the USJ's floor before the ground shakes slightly from the explosion. All Might is dumbstruck at the sight. Aren't these two supposed to be allies? Well, he supposed not since M. Bison is well, M. Bison, but still.
"H - huh?" Tomura can't believe it. The anti-symbol of peace... defeated before he even got to fight All Might. "Nomu is -"
"I warned you child." Bison spits. "I am not a man you can trifle with. The only reason I haven't torn your head off is because a man like myself doesn't waste his time with ants." Then Bison turns away from him. "Now wait there and do not move until I tell you to."
Tomura has mentally checked out at this point, and can only nod dumbly.
"Now that that's out of the way, All Might. Where were we?"
All Might's eyes narrow. Before him, one of three men on his very short list of people he'd rather not fight without sufficient back up. From what he could gather about the villain before him, he was an exceptionally powerful man and more than worthy of his SS ranking. He is going to be a tough fight even with a plan and support; alone will just be even harder.
"Oh yes," Bison snaps his fingers as if he just figured out a hard math problem. "Everyone gets one." Then he teleports behind All Might and starts his assault. A psycho powered fist nails All Might in the jaw and makes him stumble back then Bison follows up by swiping his hand upwards and a purple, fire-like energy appears at All Might's feet and forces him to jump back. The Shadaloo head anticipated this and met him in the air with a mass of purple energy exploding in his face.
All Might takes the brunt of the attack and slams into the floor, but he quickly recovered by rolling on his shoulder, then his palms and back flipping back to his feet. Once centered he scans the area, finding that Bison is now directly in front of him, another psycho powered fist primed and ready to strike. 'He's so fast!' All Might thinks as he raises his guard, bobs to the right to avoid left cross and punches him with a strong hook to the exposed ribs, then another strong uppercut to the chin as Bison recoils.
The villain takes a few steps back, spits out some blood and grins. "I never pegged you for a boxer All Might!"
All Might's trademarked smile returns to his face in full. "Of course! No good hero is a one trick pony, villain!" All Might raises his guard, sets his feet and bounces on his the balls of his heels.
"Southpaw as well?" Bison seems pleasantly surprised. "Very interesting, hero!" Bison takes his stance as well, wide and seemingly with countless openings, but All Might knows better. It's a bait; making your opponent believe you're open to bait and punish ruthlessly. A fitting style for this man, he thinks. "Well? Come at me, Symbol of Peace!"
"With pleasure!"
They both dashed at each other, exchanging a flurry of blows faster than the normal human eye could track. Bison leads with a somersault, leaving his legs outstretched and kicks All Might's guard twice, aiming to land on his slightly bent knees to take out his legs. However, All Might's block holds firm and Bison takes a punish of a left jab to the face, then a feint of right jab, to a strong cross across the cheek. Bison stumbles, but recovers quickly, waving his glowing hand upwards and summoning another psycho inferno at the Symbol's feet, knocking off his balance. Knowing that balance is crucial to a such a fighter, Bison raises his hand and fires a Psycho Canon that All Might is forced to leap up to avoid. Bison smirks and prepares his anti-air, leaping up quicker than All Might expects and throwing two punches, one of which land on his guard and the other, his stomach, near his wound.
It hurts and burns a lot, but All Might powers through, winding back a punch to get some separation between the two. "Detroit Smash!" He yells as he swings.
Bison hastily erects a barrier to protect himself, and it seems to absorb the majority of the attack, because when it shatters, as he expected it to, it barely hurts. The wind does succeed in pushing him back though. He hits the ground hard enough to crack concrete and kick up dust and debris, and All Might lands a few dozen feet away back in his southpaw stance. Bison, while on the floor, chuckles. He crosses his arms and his body levitates from the flat of his back, straight to his feet. He touches down and teleports.
All Might immediately jabbed behind him without hesitation, which actually manages to graze Bison's cheek, but the man in red seemed to expect such a thing as he jumped forward and thrusted a palm into All Might's middle, knocking him away. All Might struggles to regain his footing while Bison takes to the air again, flying directly overhead. This gave All Might a pause, since he wondered why such an experienced fighter like Bison would ever leave himself so open, but he wasn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth. "Texas Smash!" He shouts as he throws a textbook perfect jab at the air and watches a gust of concentrated wind rips its way towards the villain.
Then to his surprise, Bison suddenly changes direction mid-air, flips upside-down and throws a psycho powered punch towards All Might while descending. Toshinori thankfully had training, years of training against someone who could change directions on a dime, so after getting over his mild surprise, he reacts accordingly, with a forward jab that produces enough wind to propel himself back and out of harms way. Bison's fist hits the ground with the force of an explosion, shaking the entirety of the USJ and kicking up concrete blocks the size of tractor tires.
"Bison! Have you no limits or restraint!?" All Might shouts as the man emerges from the smoke, slowly and menacingly. "You came here for what!? To terrorize students? That's low! Even for you!"
Bison scoffs. "Don't try me with that drivel, All Might. My reasons for coming here go beyond that. Do you take me for such a simple fool like that boy over there?" Bison gestured to Tomura in disgust. "I am here for the Satsui no Hado. Nothing more."
All Might's shaded eyes widened. "What do you mean, you're here for the Satsui no Hado? Harushi?"
Bison gauged his reaction before his smirk widened. "Do you truly not know? Ryoya Harushi is the grandson of that beast, Akuma!" Bison proclaims proudly. "He posses the Satsui no Hado just like he does and I intend to take it from him."
All Might didn't know what to make of this information. Mentally, he was floored. But looking back at the boy's behavior from the cool, aloof disposition, to the hyper-aggressive ferocity when in combat, to the tremendous fighting skill, it makes sense. Does this mean that those at the Shotokan dojo were lying to him about their lack of affiliation? No, that couldn't be. He had Tsukauchi do a stake-out on the place for months, and it came up clean.
"You fiend! To take the Satsui? Did you intend to kill the boy!?"
Bison shrugs in disinterest. "If he dies, he dies. I don't know why you're so passionate about this, All Might. You heroes have to know that you're only cultivating the boy into that bastards second coming. You have a perfectly good villain in your hands and instead of turning him over to me for him to be dealt with, you raise him! What? Do you think you can change him!?" Bison demands, starting to raise his voice. "You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that won't change it's nature! That boy is a monster! And always will be!"
All Might takes the time to choose his words before responding. This is mostly new information to him, after all. But he'd be lying if he said he didn't have these thoughts before. After sensing the sheer killing intent the boy was capable of releasing, he knew he had to tread carefully, but now getting confirmation of a familial relationship to one of the few SSS-ranked villains in the world, the situation got more complicated.
"One's lineage does not dictate their outcome in life, Bison! That boy has the heart of a hero, and the will to protect those who cannot protect themself! It's a hero's job to make sure he doesn't stray down the path of villainy, so we won't be giving him up to you!"
"You fool!"
Bison's psycho power started to reach critical mass. He took one step forward, then another, then broke out in a full sprint. Then he leapt up and covered himself completely with energy. Then he began spiraling in the air like a torpedo while holding his palm to crush grind into his enemy. "Psycho Crusher!"
All Might squared his shoulders, planted his feet, clenched his butt-cheeks and did what he did best: yell Smash.
When All Might's fist came into contact with Bison's palm, the impact with nothing short of catastrophic. It was like someone set off multiple bombs around the Central Plaza, and the entire central area went to only partially destroyed to rubble in a matter of seconds. Both fighters were thrown back a great distance with All Might slamming into the base of the stairs and being slightly embedded in the wall, and Bison shooting past Shigaraki and Kurogiri like a bullet, and slamming into the walls of the Downpour Zone.
Then out of nowhere, a string of explosions started happening and Bakugo burst on the scene heading directly for Kurogiri, slamming into him and pinning him to the floor. "Finally gotcha back you, misty fuck."
Todoroki made his presence known not a full beat later, freezing Shigaraki's feet to the floor. "We were waiting until an opening arose to assist." He says with his usual cold demeanor. "I heard from your lackies that you people are here to kill All Might. The ice started to spread up Shigaraki's legs until it reached his thigh. "But there's no way scum like you could ever kill the Symbol of Peace."
Kirishima joined the fray next, jumping at Tomura's blind spot with a hardened fist, but to his surprise, the cyan-haired man just leaned back to avoid the attack. "Crap!" Kirishima shouts in disappointment. "Almost had him."
All Might was slower than he'd like to admit in getting back to his feet. Bison hit like a fright train, and the purple bruises on his hand were more than enough to prove that. 'Such control. He managed to create a long trail of ice that froze nothing else but the intending target. It's buying me some much needed time.'
Shigaraki grew very, very agitated. So much so that he started trembling. "You've pinned down my only way out of here...!" He sounded so tense that it was a miracle he could speak at all.
"You slipped up, you bastard! And it's just like I thought!" Bakugo boasted. "The parts you can turn into that foggy warp gate are limited, and you're using that misty shit to hide your real body! Yeah? Am I right or am I right!?" His smoking hand pressed down on Kurogiri's metal brace. "Don't move!" Bakugo threatens with a ravenous smirk. "If I even think you're doing anything fishy, I'll blow you straight to kingdom come!"
Shigaraki seemed to be on the edge of a conniption. "Not only have you beaten our level, but you're all at full health!" He started to scratch violently. "Today's kids are all fucking cheaters! Our League should be ashamed!" He started to shake and throw a tantrum. He slammed all five fingers on the ice and it crumbles away. "I blame Bison for this! If only that NPC listened, we would've cleared this level!"
"Quit your screaming, child." An unamused voice spoke out. Heads turned to see Bison levitating back to the main area with his arms cross and smile noticeably absent. He looks worse for wear with some cuts, scraps and bruises, as well as a damaged uniform. "We have lost. No thanks to your idiocy."
"You!" Shigaraki's voice drips so much hatred that it's almost palpable. Bison doesn't bat an eye. "It's because of you thar we lost this level! You killed nomu!"
Bison glares at him. "Do you want to die, child?" Bison sounds deathly serious in his question. Tomura shuts up. "Exactly. I sense the teachers are arriving, so we may as well cut our losses." Bison teleports across the field and grabs Bakugo by the back of the neck. With a quick flick of the wrist, the boy is sent flying; All Might reacts quickly and catches him. "Let us go, Kurogiri."
Kurogiri slowly stands. "Yes, Bison." A portal opens and a bullet fires. Bison's hand snaps up and he catches it.
"Sorry everyone," A heavily accented voice shouts from the top of the stairs. Followed by a squeaky, high-pitched one.
"We're a little late. Tell me M. Bison. What has my school done to draw your ire?" Nezu's voice has a dangerous, predatory edge to it that makes Bison smile.
"Ugh, you lot." Bison said in disgust. "You have something I want. And I will get it another day." Bison said cryptically.
"Now hold on!" Mic yells, "You think you can just show up here and leave scot free!?"
"Which one of you can stop me?" Bison said, regaining his grin. "The Symbol of Peace here doesn't have the energy for another round, does he?"
All Might tensed. He really didn't. That first battle took everything out of him and he was trying very, very hard not to deflate.
Nezu's nose twitches dangerously.
Snipe fires a few more shots, all of which are either caught by Bison outright or blocked by a Psycho Barrier.
"Let's go, Kurogiri." Bison commands and a portal is opened and he puts a single foot through then turns. "Oh and Harushi! Try not to die! It'll be really annoying if you do!" With that, the League and Shadaloo vanish.
"What a shitshow," Toshirnori Yagi, not All Might, says behind one of Cementoss's walls. Nezu is there, as well as half of the teachers as the other half went to clear the remaining zones and help the injured.
"What in tarnation..." Snipe says with a tilt of his hat.
"They just fled?" Midnight seems confused by this decision. "Bison didn't seem too injured. Honestly, things would've been pretty rough if he stayed. They left, just like that and after such a dramatic invasion?"
"Let's just be glad they did," Nezu says evenly, and with his arms behind his back. He seems calm on the surface, but there's a vein pulsing on his forehead and his nose keeps twitching. "What did Bison want, All Might?"
The Symbol sighs. "We're going to need to call a staff meeting for that..."
A portal in a seedy bar opens and Tomura is flung threw unceremoniously. Bison steps through seconds later, looking a roughed up, but as neutral as can be.
"Oi, Shigaraki!" Bison calls out gruffly and Tomura flinches, "Not you, boy. The real one."
A lone monitor with a white screen flashes.
"I take it your mission was unsuccessful?" A voice, heavy and ominous fills the room. Bison seems disinterested.
"Unsuccessful for you, maybe. I have just been slowed down, is all. Never the less, this boy you've chosen is a crude successor at best. He is whiny and not a capable leader." Bison explains while giving Tomura a hard stare as if begging him to disagree. "He's provoked me several times and the only reason I haven't killed him for it is because he simply isn't worth my time."
"...I see." The voice sounds strained. "Is this true, Tomura?"
"He killed Nomu, Sensei!" Tomura whines loudly.
"What!?" A second voice, much older and less imposing yells. "After all that work we went through to make him as strong as All Might! How could you, Bison!?"
"I'd watch your tone if I were you, Doctor." Bison says dangerously. "The boy refused to listen to my orders and he got punished for it. Be thankful he I extended him that much mercy."
Before Tomura could complain further, the first voice speaks up. "Yes... be thankful indeed. In any case, I'm assuming All Might defeated Bison?"
"Defeat is a strong word. He rivaled my power, but he would not have defeated me."
"I see. Kurogiri, would you be so kind as to send our esteemed guest back to his preferred location?"
"Yes, Sensei."
When Bison returned to Shadaloo HQ, a tall building in Thailand, he was greeted by the rest of his Grandmasters; FANG, Vega, and Cyborg. Balrog's defeat is a loss for them, but it's a small one in the grand scheme of things. He could be replaced, at the drop of a hat, and Bison already has someone in mind for it.
"Men, we have confirmed our target." He announces. "Vega, I assume your spy has gotten the information we need?"
Vega nods and pulls out a phone. A video starts to play of Ryoya Harushi's fight in the Conflagration Zone, but it stops when the Power Geyser happens and people are engulfed in flames. "Yes, General. All the proof we need is right here."
"Perfect, send that to our media department. We're going to be playing a bit of a long game here, but soon enough, the target will be free from UA's protection." Bison walks to the head of the room with a smile. "Get Geese Howard on the phone as well. That fool Balrog was too weak to handle mere children."
"What of the League?"
"We watch them. They're far too weak to pose any real danger to us right now, but the second they get any semblance of power, we shall crush them into the dirt. Shadaloo's plans are coming together."
A/N: All Might vs Bison as well as the USJ comes to a close.
The Nomu really is a damage sponge isn't it? It took Ryoya's full power Buster Wolf and Izuku's Power of Nothingness Shin Shoryuken and didn't go down. Shiggy should've really kept his mouth shut. The Nomu may have been specialized to take down All Might, but like, Bison isn't All Might. He doesn't only use blunt attacks.
I know there hasn't been too much IzuOcha recently, but that'll change soon. The coming chapters do shake up the classes a whole lot. So if you're interested in the ships, well, you're going to be on a rollercoaster.
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Solbandgus: Not against trios you say? Hehe, interesting. Also yes, I'm a bad person for that cliff hanger lol
RJKeith: Yes, Bison's appearance at the USJ shocked a lot of people. Oooo, Kirishima and Zangief? Sounds festive. Ryo/Rumi/Momo, well you'll enjoy the scenes in this chapter. Bison's plans for Ryoya will be revealed soon enough but since you know about SF lore, you could already imagine what he's planning and what he wants. I just confirmed it in the chapter.
Acosta Perez Jose Ramiro: Thank you! And yeah, Balrog is limited in his style since he's a boxer. He did put up a fight because of his experience and skill, but his lack of range really didn't help.
Marbled Gold: Yes, Akuma is an actual monster in that crossover. Him and Asura were all over the place. I don't think I'll go THAT far though. Canon Akuma is strong enough to split an island with a karate chop and even that is way above MHA's paygrade on top of a lot of other powers given by the Satsui. Ryo/Rumi being team Cinderace has been planned for ages lol, since he got the ability to shoot fireballs. It's fun and chaotic and suits them. And domestic Rumi huh? Coming soon!
Ryuujin96: Thank you!
The Traveller (Guest): Which channel are you referring to if you don't mind me asking. I'm curious as to where you shared it.
