"Hey, Son! Come on, you have to get up!" Kirishima said quietly as the battle raged on behind their cover. Thanks to Todoroki catching Pan, the group was able to remain out of sight of the villains. More so, however, it was most likely due to the battle unfolding ahead.
"Don't bother, Kirishima, she's not going to wake up for a while." Bakugo warned him, remembering Pan's words before their descent "What happened here? And what's with those ridiculous clothes?!" Bakugo asked, peaking over their cover to see All Might fighting off several villains.
"We came to get the Class Rep... Yaoyorozu put a tracker on the Nomu that was at the summer camp, so we followed the signal here. It was a lab that was storing Nomus, and then the Pros ambushed it. Tiger, Mt. Lady, and Best Jeanist engaged the dude in the mask, and... It didn't go well." Kirishima informed him, looking up with sweat running down his face. "Then all of the Nomu started teleporting away, and the villains teleported here."
"He took out those pros like they were nothing..." Yaoyorozu continued, holding her fist to her chest. "Then All Might leaped in and engaged the villains. After that, their boss opened a warp gate using Kurogiri!"
Bakugo's eyes widened as he turned around, looking back over the cover. "Brief!" He said to himself. Before he could jump to his feet, Midoriya reached out and gripped his wrist. Slowly turning around, his eyes lit up with rage. "What are you doing...Deku?" He growled. A moment passed as he recalled the last time Midoriya had gripped his wrist. It seemed like so long ago.
"Kacchan..." He said quietly, his face drenched in sweat. He barely managed to shake his head. "Don't..."
"She's out there, Deku. Alone." He growled again. "I'm getting her out of there."
"And what exactly are you going to do? Run out there and get in All Might's way?" Todoroki asked him, grabbing him by the shoulder and turning him around. His teeth grinded and he looked down, mortified by his own weakness.
"All Might's going to win, Kacchan. He always does. You and I know that better than anyone."
"Besides, Bakugo, even if we were to use our Quirks, we don't have the power to stop them. It'd be trouble both legally and morally, while yielding no true benefit to All Might." Iida explained.
"Please try to understand, Bakugo! Please don't think for a second that we don't want to help Bulla!" Yaoyorozu pleaded as he threw Midoriya's hand off his wrist, standing on his feet.
"Then stay out of my way. I'm going out there." Bakugo told them as he turned around, preparing to blast off into battle.
"Bakugo, wait! What if we can do both!?" Kirishima told him, reaching out for his friend.
After a moment of silence, Bakugo lowered his arms. "Explain, idiot."
"Think about it, guys! There's a way where we wouldn't have to fight the villains! And it'll make a way to defeat them at the same time!"
"Kirishima, what are you-" Before Todoroki could finish asking, Kirishima sifted through Pan's pockets and pulled out the amber earing with a silver chain.
"Midoriya, don't you still have Bulla's earring from the shopping trip?" Kirishima asked him.
Eyes widened, Midoriya dug through his pockets frantically and pulled out the earrings. "Huh? What the hell?" Bakugo asked, finding a vague familiarity to them.
"Don't you remember? At the USJ, they put these two earrings on, and after they disappeared, there was a girl who looked like both of them, and she was crazy strong!" He explained.
"Surely you're not suggesting-!" Before Yaoyorozu could could finish, Kirishima reached out to Bakugo.
"Bakugo, if you and Midoriya combine that crazy power of his and your-!"
"Like hell! There's no way I'm putting an earring on! And there's definitely no way I'm combining with that nerd!"
"Fine, let me do it then." Todoroki told him as reached out and took the earring, looking down at it in his hand. Just what is this thing, anyway? Some kind of support item? I've never heard of something like this... I wouldn't believe it myself if we hadn't all seen it...
"Todoroki, as the Class Secretary, I cannot allow for such a careless act!"
"Don't be ridiculous, Iida." Todoroki told him, putting the earring on his left ear. "If we want to beat them, we're going to want to maximize our firepower with this. Are you ready, Midoriya?"
"Hold on, are you serious?!" Yaoyorozu asked. "Are you really doing this?! We don't truly understand the capabilities of these earrings!"
"Think about it, Yaoyorozu. They're going to separate after some time, but while they're together, they'll be like a whole new person. The police won't be able to trace them."
"So that's what we do now? Scheme to hide from the police?" Iida asked him, disappointment filling his voice.
Turning to his friend, Midoriya looked down at the earring in his hand. After a brief moment of thought, he clenched his fist and nodded, reaching up to secure the earring on his left ear. "I'm sorry, Iida. This is bigger than us, and Kirishima and Todoroki are right." The moment it was secured, the earrings began to gravitate towards each other, and a strong force whisked the two of them off their feet. As their bodies closed the distance, a bright light grew brilliant, illuminating the night.
All Might frantically leaped back and forth, keeping the surrounding villains at bay while battling his most fearsome foe, the allusive All For One. I have to protect her... No matter the cost! Due to the interference of All For One, All Might couldn't land a decisive blow on the incoming villains. The most he could hope to do was keep them away.
"You've grown weak, Symbol of Peace." All For One taunted, locking hands with his nemesis.
This isn't good... The Symbol of Peace thought as he knocked All For One away, dashing in towards Bulla to swipe away the villain Twice. Before he could move further to knock the villain out, a series of rivets ripped into his back, knocking him to the ground. "Dammit!"
"How pitiful you've become. And here I was reminiscing, shuddering at the thought of that same hero all those years ago, charging at me with his guts slung across the ground." Dragging All Might back, he could only watch helplessly as Magne closed the distance, lifting Bulla over her shoulder. Before he had a chance to fight back, All Might was flung into a distant building behind him.
"Shigaraki! We've got the girl, let's go!" Magne called out as the villains began filing into the warp gate. Twice and Spinner assisted in bringing Dabi and Kurogiri, while Magne reached down to lift Mustard in her free hand.
Just as Toga and Twice happily jumped into the warp gate, followed by Spinner and Compress, a bright light erupted from beyond the scene, blinding those who gathered. The air began to rapidly shift between freezing cold and scorching hot. "What the-!?" Spinner said before suddenly, he slammed into the ground, falling unconscious with a massive gale billowing about.
Magne turned away from the portal, looking upwards as a mysterious figure stepped forward, coming into view through the darkness. A pink button-up was partly covered by a black vest, and he wore slacks to go with. Neither of which, though, matched the earrings that dangled from his ears. His hair was an even split, his left side red, and his right side green. Additionally, his left eye was somewhat masked with a large scar. "It's so hard to regulate... All this power..." While his left eyes was icy blue, his other remained a soft green, however, both stared at his opponent with a cold glare. "Let her go." The dual-toned voice sent chills down Magne's spine.
"Who the hell are you supposed to be?!" Magne asked, letting Bulla onto the ground, and raised her fists. Just as she took a step forward, reeling her arm back, the villains around her erupted with ice, with the exception of Shigaraki, the green flames singing pieces of his clothes and leaving glints of light on the ice surrounding him.
With the villains around them frozen, the boy turned to All For One, his eyes filled with determination. "Let's see how far this will take me." The dual-toned voice strained through grit teeth as he focused his power throughout his body. "One For All: Full Cowl...100%!" Around him, the air shifted on both sides, his right side creating a cloud of lavender frost around him, while the flames erupting from his left side morphed from green to a radiant violet. Green lighting sparked around him, and his hair spiked back
"Ah, I see." All For One said, his voice looming. "So this is the long-sought successor to One For All. I see that he expects to live up to your expectations."
No, you're wrong, All For One! I've never seen this boy before! I don't have the slightest clue who they are, or why they have access to One For All! Young Midoriya... Did he perhaps...? All Might thought to himself as he leaped in. Reeling his arm back to deliver a Detroit Smash, All For One raised an arm to him, delivering a shockwave. As the Symbol of Peace shot upwards, avoiding the blast, All For One's finger rivets shot out and dug into his chest, smashing him towards the ground. Meanwhile, his free hand reached out, sending his rivets into the unconscious Magne. As Twice and Toga peeked out to watched the situation before them, Toga found herself magnetized, with all of her allies floating towards her.
"M-Master! No!" Shigaraki called out as he began skidding across the ground. "Your body is too damaged!"
"Fear not, Tomura Shigaraki. I have something for just such an occasion." He told his student as he began to pass through the gate. "Fight on, Tomura."
Looking out desperately, the last thing Shigaraki's eyes focused on were the earrings. They're the same as before! And he has no idea! The new player has cheat codes, and he's about lose because of it! Gritting his teeth, his eyes filled with rage and hatred. Shifting his gaze onto Bulla, he cursed her as he disappeared from view. "Damn you, Bulla Brief! You and your cheat codes! I'll wipe the world clean of your existence if it's the last thing I do!" With that, he vanished, and All For One's rivets reached out to toss Magne into the gate. And with that, only the three of them remained.
"Now All Might, let's watch your face warp with despair as I crush your protégé!" All For One told him, his wicked smile hidden beneath his mask, descending to the ground.
"NO! GET AWAY!" All Might called out to the mysterious boy as he leaped forward once, reeling back for another attack. "DETROIT...SMASH!"
"Warping, plus Shock Inversion." As All Might's fist extended, it failed to hit it's target, but rather, Gran Torino appeared before them, masked in the silver sludge from before, and taking the full force of All Might's attack before it bounced back and ripped the sleeve of his costume.
"I'm sorry!" All Might called out to his dear friend before pulling him out of the sludge.
Before he could deliver another blow, All For One unleashed a shockwave around him. "Muscle Augmentation." His hands began to glow red as he taunted. "You may recognize this Quirk, All Might. That waste-of-talent Wolfram used it against you on I-Island. I just couldn't bear to allow him to keep it in that case." He explained. "x5 Boost." All Might grit his teeth, spitting out blood beneath him before bringing himself back to his feet.
"Finally. It took you long enough." The boy had said.
"Shut it!" Bakugo told him, removing himself and Bulla from the battlefield. "Don't let this chance go to waste, you hear me?!"
"I won't." This is the underlying evil that Midoriya was supposed to face. I'll end things here, in that case. As the two voices spoke in unison from within, the boy dashed inward, at a speed unlike any other.
"Nice try, 9th Holder, but even All Might couldn't stand against me before. What makes you think you stand a chance with all of my enhancement Quirks together?!" The villain asked as his arm expanded into a warped abomination. "Hypertrophy, and Spearlike Bones."
Stepping forward, the boy held his right hand up to his mouth. Meanwhile, his left hand clenched tightly, and steam began to rise. As the two threw their fists, the boy dodged at the last moment, allowing the large deformed arm to pass right by his head. Briefly, All For One staggered, looking down. Three daggers made of ice had pierced his shoulder and had begun spreading ice throughout his shoulder and arm, creating an opening for the boy. "Flashfire Fist:" In an instant, his hand ignited in a brilliant violet flame. "Violet Smash!"
"Shock Invers-"
"I won't let you!" Before All For One could bounce the force of the attack back, All Might swooped in, smashing a fist against his head and sending him into the ground, completely shattering the mask on his head.
Several seconds of silence passed, and the fused combatant watched as the dust settled. "Did he...?" Just then, a devilish laugh broke the dead calm.
"I see... All Might..." The heroes eyes widened as a shockwave from below sent him flying. Looking up, the fused student narrowed their focus. Hunching over, he leaped into the air, leaving behind several layers of crushed earth beneath him. As he closed in to catch All Might, his gaze shifted to the news helicopter that hovered in his path.
Crap! Acting fast, the young hero shot a kick outward to his side, and then another below him, propelling him upward at an even greater speed. In flash, less than an instant, he ripped through the hull of the helicopter, extracting the passengers and pilot. Incredible, so this is the power of One For All's full strength... This speed is great, but I feel like I've yet to unlock it's maximum capability...
His thoughts were broken as the female passenger of the helicopter, a news reporter, gripped him tight. Looking down, she was full of fear, and understandably so. Looking down, he remembered that he had pulled them out of a helicopter, which had now began to spiral downward due to the damage caused by All Might crashing through it. He looked over to his friend's hiding place, and confirmed that they had cleared the area. With a sigh of relief, he shot his foot behind him, shooting to the ground in the blink of an eye and dropping the civilians before leaping back into the air, grabbing the helicopter and drifting it to a nearby roof.
Looking back to the battlefield, All Might had leapt back into the fray, but to no avail. All For One's multiplication was just too much for him. With both of his arms back to normal, he raised his hands, and they began to vibrate violently. Black lightning bounced off his arms, and the vibrations grew stronger. The fused warrior leaped down, cracking the roof behind him and stretched his arm out, throwing a fist into the back of All For One's head.
Determined, however, All For One would not let himself be defeated so easily. Reaching behind him, he unleashed his shockwaves towards both of his enemies at full force. Holding it back at point-blank range, the fused warrior grit his teeth. On the opposite end, All Might threw a Smash at full force, making his best attempt to cancel the force of the attack. Quickly, the fused warrior blew the onslaught apart and stepped forward, causing All For One to freeze up to his neck and stopping his attack. In an instant, he rushed past the battle and gathered the remaining civilians, as well as the Pros that had been helping with evacuation. After removing everyone from the battlefield, he returned, watching as All Might, now in a much less muscular state, slammed a fist into the side of All For One's head.
Without delay, several spires of metal and debris rose from the earth below, and before they reach their target, the fused warrior rushed in, swiping his left arm and causing the spires to immediately melt in a blaze of violet. Unfortunately, however, All For One escaped his icy prison with another shockwave, and blasted All Might into his younger comrade, sending them both flying back. "All Might, you can't keep going on like this." The dual-toned hero told him.
"Young man, although I do not know who you are, or where you came from, I must ask you to remove yourself from this battle." All Might told him, breathing heavily.
"You're insane. You two were matched before, and now he's multiplied. If I step out, he'll kill you!"
Finally stopping to listen to his dual-toned voice, All Might recalled the day that the USJ was attacked. Vlad King had described a similar experience. "It was like two of the students had fused, and what was created of it was something stronger than any of us. And it all started with those earrings."
"I see. So this is what he saw that day." All Might said to himself, focusing on the boy's earrings. "Even now I can hardly believe it. But no matter. This is a fight that I must finish."
"All Might, listen to me!" The boy pleaded, speaking to him in a low enough voice so that their enemy would not hear. "I know! Your time limit, your weakened state! I'm aware of both of them!"
Suddenly, All For One began to laugh hysterically, a very chilling scene for the two heroes. "Please pardon me. It's just that it's not every day that someone asks the Symbol of Peace to allow him to perish. I'm quite curious to see how this will play out, Symbol of Peace."
"Fret not, Young man. For I have triumphed over every dastardly evil that has stood before me." All Might stood tall, and blood dripped from his mouth and forehead. Before him, All For One floated into the air, and loomed menacingly overhead. Although his left side was weakened, his right side grew, and bulked with his former raging muscles. "Because, although he has said it in mockery, I am without a doubt..." Gold lightning weakly bounced around his muscular right side. "The undeniable World's Symbol of Peace and Justice!"
In a burst of speed, All Might rushed forward, and All For One sped downward with blinding speed. The villain's arm once again grow and contorted into a grotesque abomination. "Hypertrophy plus Spearlike Bones!" Throwing his arm forward, All Might found the young man between them.
His eyes filled with cold determination, he grabbed All For One's deformed limb, and it became engulfed in ice. Throwing his left arm out, it blazed with a focused violet blaze. "Flashfire Fist: Cold Inferno!" In a swift motion, he swung his arm, severing All For One's grotesque limb before leaping upward, clearing the path for All Might's finishing blow.
The roaring embers of One For All burned brightly from within, and All Might unleashed his single most powerful attack to date. "United. States of. SMAAASH!" Crushing his arch-enemy to the ground below, a tornado bellowed around him.
"So...powerful..." The fused hero told him, raising his arms above him as he used his own One For All keep himself steady. "Even with this power boost from Bulla's earrings... It still couldn't compare to All Might's prime power..." The gales calmed and the dust began to settle. Below All Might's bony, shaking fist, the great evil All For One remained there, unconscious, defeated at last.