Author's Note: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let it work this time.

then-

"SMASH!"

All Might himself came smashing through the wall of the damn bar.

"What?!" cried Lizard face.

"Kurogiri, gate!" cried FacePalm.

And Kamui Woods had jumped through the hole in the wall and snatched up every single damn villain.

"Wood? Seriously?" said Spiky hair, lighting up some fire. "You think wood will -"

And some speedster geezer had jumped through the hole and kicked his head, calling "Don't get ahead of yourself."

"As expected from the young and talented Kamui Woods!" All Might called. "And the unassuming Veteran, Gran Torino. You can't run away, Villain Alliance. Why you ask? Because we are here!"

"All might!" cried Magician. "That press conference, then…the thing, it was all planned?"

"This time around, we won't be careless," said a voice from nowhere - and we saw Edgeshot come sliding out of nowhere. Edgeshot, the ninja hero."The Pizza delivery, it's not just us," he said, opening the door to reveal a near army of officers. "We've got more skilled heroes like Endeavor surrounding the outside with the police."

All Might turned to me. "It must have been scary…you did well to endure."

And to my horror I felt my throat welling up. Like I was gonna cry a little.

"I'm sorry, young Bakugou. But it's Ok now!" He smiled at me.

"I'm - I'm not scared, dammit!" I cried, successfully avoiding the tears.

"Damn," muttered FAcepalm. "We went to such lengths. Why the hell has the last Boss hunted us down? Usually it's the other way around, right? I've got no choice…it's not just us, you say? The same goes for us too. Kurogiri!Bring over as many as you can!"

"The Noomu, right?" All Might cut across him.

Nothing happened.

"I'm sorry, Tomura Shigaraki," said the warp gate bastard. "But the Nomu laid aside for us aren't there."

"As I thought," said All Might, slapping a hand on my shoulder. "You're still green. Your villain alliance underestimated too much. Like the soul of this young man." I tried not to blush. "The diligent police investigation. And our wrath!"

Fuck yeah, take that FacePalm bastard.

"No more games!" All Might called. "It ends here, Shigaraki!"

"All Might!" cried Lizard Face. "He's the only hero Stain approves of!"

"It ends here, you say?" said FacePalm. "Don't joke with me. We've only just gotten started. Justice, peace…this rubbish heap society created by such vague concepts, I will destroy it. And I'll start by eliminating you, All Might. I've only just begun to gather comrades. The end? This is only the beginning. Kurogiri -"

A flash of something flew through Warp Gate's body and he conked out.

"What?" cried Big lips. "Kay, what happened? I didn't see a thing! Is he dead?"

"I played around," said the flash. "Inside a little bit. He's stunned. He won't die. This guy's the most troublesome of all. Just wanted to put him to sleep." IT was the Ninja hero Edgeshot. He turned to me then and said, "I took note of the weak point you exposed in the past."

Huh? Oh, right. From USJ, when I saved Deku's ass.

"I've already told you, haven't I?" said the fast old geezer. "Behave yourself and comply. It's for your own good. Kenji Hikishi. Atsuhiro Sako, Shuuichi Iguchi, Himiko Toga, Jin Bubaigawara. With a little bit of information and time, the police were able to ascertain your identities and background. You get it, don't you? There's nowhere else for you to run. Hey, shigaraki. I wanted to ask…Where is that boss of yours?"

Is it me, or is All Might suddenly looking at him like he's really interested in hearing his answer?

"Nonsense, this is…"FAcePalm hissed, "not like this, nonsense, get out of my sight…vanish…"

"Where is he right now, Shigaraki?" shouted All Might.

I was right. All Might is -

"I HATE YOU!" FacePalm shrieked - and then it happened. Black sludge flowed from nowhere in the air around FacePalm and from inside it came Noomu - lots and lots of Noomu, crawling out of the sludge crap and shrieking at us all.

"NOmu?"! cried Tree Guy. "They're coming from out of nowhere! What is that black liquid?"

The speedy geezer began, "Edgeshot! I thought Kurogiri was -"

"He's out! This isn't him!" said the Ninja.

"More of them keep coming!"

"Kamui Woods," said All Might, his hand on my shoulder. "Whatever you do, don't let go of them -"

"URHG!" I cried. My mouth was filled with the worst goddamn taste I'd ever been forced to swallow, and I looked down. Black sludge was flowing out of my mouth. It was flowing over me, covering my body, swallowing up my arms, my chest, my everything.

"YOUNG BAKUGOU!" screamed All Might, trying to grab me. But it was too late -

I was being swept away.

"Ugh, this smells like crap!" I cried as soon as I was conscious again. "What the hell is this?" I coughed, standing and tottering to my feet. I was outside somewhere, and a dark, raspy voice said, "Apologies, Bakugou."

I looked up. I was facing a tall dude in a black suit and some kind of face mask with breathing tubes. We were standing in a crater - it looked like a bomb had gone off. I noticed as I looked around pro heroes - including -

Jeanist -

on the ground, bleeding out of his abdomen. Like he'd been stabbed.

Strange flowing noises came behind me, and the League of Villains bastards were zapped in through the sludge, like I'd been.

Dammit, he got them? They've got away? All of them? Away from - All Might?

"You've failed again, Tomura," said the Mask face villain to FacePalm. "But you absolutely cannot get discouraged. All you need to do is try again. I brought your comrades back for you. And this boy too" nodding at me, "…because you deemed him to be an important piece. Try as many times as you'd like. That's why I'm here. Everything is for you."

I shivered a little. Then suddenly, the Mask Face looked up at the sky. "Ah, I figured you'd come. "

I turned.

All Might, soaring from the sky, locked hands with the Mask Face villain.

"Ill have you return my student, All for One!"

"You're going to kill me again, All Might?" he called back. somehow, he was holding All Might back. The force blasted me and the Villain bastards back - I could only still see what was happening by grabbing the ground.

"The bar isn't more than five kilometers away from here. It took well over 30 seconds after I sent the Nomu for you to arrive. You've gone soft, huh, All Might."

All Might?!

"You're one to talk. What's the deal with that industrial mask you've got on? Don't you think you're trying a little too hard!?" All Might snapped back.

HE held All Might back with his bare hands - this must be the boss villain!

"I won't make the same mistake I made 5 years ago, All for one," said All Might, jumping in one leg then leaping in to fight. "I'm going to take back young Bakugou, and this time around, you're getting locked away for good! Your league of villains too!"

Sounds like All Might knows this guy….

"That won't do. There's so much for us to do. How difficult for both of us," said the Boss Villain, winding up some huge attack. Which blasted All Might back through buildings - through the City - so fast I could barely see it happen.

"Atmosphere compression + locomotive + Explosion times four + muscle enhancement times three," said the Villain.

"ALL MIGHT!" I screamed in horror.

"No need to worry," said the bastard. "HE won't die from something like that. In any case….get out of here, Tomura. And bring the kid with you."

Vines blasted from his hand and locked into warp gate's chest. "Kurogiri, get everyone out of here."

"What - he's passed out!" cried Big lips. "I don't know what's going on, but if you can warp us, then why don't you get us out of here?"

"Magne, this one is still fresh, so the distance I can transfer you is quite limited," said Mask face. "It's also different from his coordinate based warping. I can only move things to and from my location. Moreover, it only works if I'm sending to someone I have a close relationship with. Now leave."

"Sensei - " FacePalm started - but there was an explosion and All Might returned. Right, villain face, like YOU could stop him.

"You're not getting away!" cried All Might.

"I want you to remember, Tomura," Mask Face said to Face Palm. "You can still grow so much more." And him and All Might's punches met again, shaking the ground.

"Shigaraki, let's get out of here while that masked fellow is keeping All Might busy," said the Magician, turning the Fire bastard into a marble. Right, that's how he did it to me. "And take that piece with you," he added, as they all turned to me.

"This'll be fun," I grinned through the tension. All Might's right here and he wouldn't give up.

Right. Six on one.

Six villains, running to me at the same time, and I had to stay on alert.

These guys are panicking. Unlike before, it looks like they're willing to take me away by force. Six on one -

I dodged the Magician. Either way, I'm not letting this masked bastard lay a finger on me.

"'m coming for you!" All Might cried, but there was no way he could make it with the Mask Face villain on top of him.

"Oh no you don,t" he sneered. "That's why I'm here."

It'll be hard for All Might to kick his ass as long as I'm here, I realized, as All Might locked hands with the villain again. He's got to hold back - can't let them get me

Can't let them get me

can't let

BOOM!

I turned. This wasn't the masked villain. Something had blasted through one of the remaining walls- and was zooming up an iceberg that had manifested from nowhere.

Three people. Glasses blasting them with his legs, Weird Hair riding on top, and Deku on the left…flying over us, over the Iceberg and into the sky.

Where the hell did they come from?!

"COME ON!" Weird Hair shouted at me, reaching his hand out.

And I got it. Duh. Blast up high enough to grab his hand and let the momentum carry us all to safety.

It took a few seconds and I'd grabbed on. IT was so dumb of them - so reckless - and kind of insulting - but -

"You idiots," I grinned back.

As long as I'm there, All Might can't fight at 100. That's all. I could take those idiots, but All Might needs the field clear.

"Bakugou, on my signal!" said Glasses, "use your explosions -"

"How bout you follow me?" I snapped, annoyed.

"This isn't the time to fight!" protested Weird Hair.

BOOM -

The Magician bastard was flying at us - seconds away from -

"TITAN CLIFF"!

Pro Hero Mt. Lady had come - as if from nowhere - to block the magician with her own head.

"Mt Lady!" I gasped, at the same time as Deku.

"Rescue's priority - go, you dumb kids," called Lady back at us.

We had to hurry now. hurry to the ground.

And at last we made it, far away from the villains, finally safe. Back with my friends. No more villains, no more creeps, no more TV. All that would be left would be for All Might to kick the villain's ass. Which of course he would.