We continued on towards where the others would be, along the way filling them in on what he had pieces together. By the time we approached them, the scene we saw was shockingly unexpected. All Might was in the clutches of the huge, bird like monster, who was being warped by the portal villain. Izuku, who was rushing towards the scene, was about to be grabbed by the hand face villain, who was also being warped. The four of us immediately sprung into action. I propelled Izuku away from the advancing hand.

"Don't you fucking touch him!", I snarled, standing in front of Izuku.

Katsuki lunged towards the portal villain, "Get out of my way, Deku!"

Todoroki froze the monster that was clutching All Might, "One of your poorly trained thugs told me you were trying to kill All Might."

All Might ripped himself from its clutches and sprang forward. Eijiro went for the last one, the man with the hand covering his face, who dodged his attack.

"Damn, that was supposed to be cool!", he exclaimed.

Katsuki was clutching the metal armor around the portal villain, "I guess I found your body that time, you smokey bastard!"

I looked back at Izuku, who looked at us in shock. I took a step forward, towards the leader of the villainous pack, "The Symbol of Peace will not be killed by the likes of you."

"Aiya-chan...everyone..", Izuku wiped the tears from his eyes.

The handed man broke from my stare, and turned to his portal friend, "Kurogiri... how can you let that beat get the best of you? You've gotten us into a real jam here."

Katsuki smirked down at the warp below him, "You got careless, you dumb villain. It wasn't hard to figure you out. Only certain parts of you turn into that smokey, warp gate. You use that mist to hide your body, as a kind of distraction- thinking that made you safe! That's why we missed. But if you didn't have a body, you wouldn't be wearing this neck armor, right?! You're not immune to physical attacks if they're well aimed." The warp, Kurogiri, shifted underneath his palm, causing Katsuki to fire off another soft explosion. "Don't move! You try anything funny and I'll blow your ass up right now, got it? They'll be cleaning you up for weeks!"

"Woah, that doesn't sound very heroic...", Eijiro spoke next to him, still in a fighting stance, but unsure about the words his teammate proclaimed.

The man in front of me mumbled to himself, "They escaped uninjured... and captured my two strongest men...these kids really are amazing. They make the League of Villains look like amateurs, they have that.", he turned to his pet monster, "Nomu,". Nomu took his silent instruction to pull himself out of the warp gate. As he did so, his frozen limbs broke off into pieces. My widened eyes refused to blink as I watched in horror.

"How is he still moving?", Izuku whispered from behind me.

"What the fuck..", I said to myself as I felt my body begin to panic and start a little shake.

"Stay back!", All Might demanded from us in his crouching position. We watched as Nomu's limbs regenerated before us, "What is this? I thought you said his power was shock absorption."

"I didn't say that was his only quirk. He also has super regeneration. Nomu has been modified to take you on, even at one hundred percent of your power. He's basically a highly efficient punching bag that hits back.", the handed villain explained. As Nomu stood before us, completely intact, we shift back into our fighting stances. "But first, we need to free our method of escape, get him Nomu.", he continued to instruct.

Katsuki. Before I could even think to move, the Nomu hurdled itself in his direction and swung a punch causing us all to be blown away by the sheer power of it.

"Katsuki!", I screamed as I scrambled to stand. Before I could sprint I felt a tug on my ankle, and looked down to see him crouching there. I bent and took his face into my hands, "H-how did you dodge that?"

He softly removed my hands from his face, but kept his eyes on the scene behind me, "I didn't..."

"Then how did you get over here?", Eijiro asked from behind us.

"Isn't it obvious?", Todoroki questioned.

I helped him and Izuku stand as the smoke cleared, revealing that it was All Might who moved him and taken the punch instead.

"All Might!", Izuku called.

All Might panted, still in the stance he took to block the blow, "These are kids, and you didn't hold back?"

The man stepped forward, "I didn't have of a much choice. He was threatening my companion. Besides, these kids are no angels. The plain looking one...he tried to kill me with a maxed out punch." I shifted back in front of Izuku. "What kind of hero does something like that? You think you can get away with being as violent as you want if you think it's for the sake of others. Well you know what, All Might? That pisses me off. Why do people get to decide that some violent acts are heroic and others are villainous? Casting judgement on what's good and what's evil. You think you're the Symbol of Peace? You're just another government sponsored instrument of violence. And violence always breeds more violence. I'll make sure the world understands that once you're dead."

"You're nothing but a lunatic. Criminals like you, you always try to make your actions sound noble. But admit it, you're only doing this because you like it! Isn't that right?", All Might responded.

"We've got them outnumbered.", Todoroki concludes.

"Kacchan found the mist guys weakness.", Izuku added.

"Izuku, what quirk does he have? What do you know about him?", I asked, staring at the head villain down.

"I think his name is Shigaraki. I'm not sure what exactly his quirk is, but when he touches something it...decays away. I don't know anything beyond that.", he answered.

"So close combat is no good. We can fend him off with distant, long range attacks.", Todoroki decided.

I turned a bit to look at him, "Not necessarily, I would be able to fight him without him being able to use his quirk on me."

"Aiya-chan! It's too dangerous-", Izuku began protesting.

Katsuki took a step towards me, "Don't be a fucking idiot."

"Stop fighting about the strategy, there's no time for that.", I spat.

"These dudes may act very tough, but we can take them down with All Might's help.", Eijiro added while he hardened his arms, "Let's do this."

"Don't attack!", he put his arm out as a way to block us from advancing, "Get out of here."

"You would have been in trouble earlier if it weren't for me, remember? You need our help.", Todoroki reminded him.

I grit my teeth and took a step forward, "Izuku would have been dead if we didn't show up."

"I thank you for your assistance, but this is different.", he formed a fist over where his heart would be, "It's going to be alright, just sit back and watch a pro at work!"

"But you're too hurt- you're bleeding! You're almost out of time-.", Izuku clumped his mouth shut, and then All Might gave him a thumbs up. Almost out of time?

All Might turned to completely face away from us and to the three villains before him. Shigaraki bolted towards us, initiating our fight. Nomu lunged at All Might, who matched his energy by ten fold. We were all whipped around by the force of the blow when their fists met each other.

"Weren't you listening?", Shigaraki called, "One of his powers is shock absorption."

"Yeah, what about it?", All Might then began to go fist to fist with Nomu.

He met him blow after blow, forcing the rest of us into crouching positions. They continued to pound into each other relentlessly, destroying the entire area around us. The ground was cracking under their feet, and entire trees were being derooted from the ground. For All Might's 'plus ultra' finishing move, he sent the Nomu crashing through the ceiling and into the sky.

We were all left to look at the crater Nomu left on his way out when Eijiro spoke up, "That was like the finishing move in a video game. He beat the shock absorption right out of him! I've never seen that kind of brut strength."

"A power like that... he must have been punching him so fast he couldn't regenerate.", Katsuki commented.

All Might stood in a cloud of smoke, clothing torn to shreds- but always a smile on his face. "I really have gotten weaker,", he started, "Back in my hay day, five hits should have been enough.", he rested his fist over his heart, "But today it took more than 300 mighty blows." He turned to face Kurogiri and Shigaraki, "You've been bested, villains. Surrender, we all want to get over this quickly."

We watched them have their stand off, neither moving to engage one another quite yet. Something didn't feel right about this in the pit of my stomach. Why was All Might hesitating?

"Man, this is intense.", Katsuki states after a long pause.

"As expected, there's no reason for us to fight now, he'll handle this.", Todoroki finalizes.

They began to walk away from the scene, but Izuku held back and I stood with him. He couldn't tear his eyes away from what was happening before him.

"Izuku,", I whispered, "He can't fight anymore, can he?" He stiffened at my words, but could neither confirm nor deny. He continued to have his eyes trained on All Might. "What should we do?" He continued to not respond, probably not knowing what to say to my words. Shigaraki began frantically scratching at his neck, until he was talked down by Kurogiri. Behind us, the other villains began to wake up and regroup, preparing for another fight. "Izuku,", I tried again by placing my hand on his arm, "Just tell me what you need me to do and I'll do it."

He didn't look at me, but he crouched slightly into a fighting stance, "We... we have to help him."

I nodded my head in response, and watched as Shigaraki ran towards All Might. My feet began in the same direction, along with Izuku. I kicked at Shigaraki and he dodged, but was quickly met with my fist. He was sent back a few feet as he looked at us. Izuku was engaged in his own fight with Kurogiri, who realized he couldn't let Izuku near him now that he knew his weak point.

"Young Midoriya, Young Miyake! Stop what you're doing and run!", All Might kept calling from his stance.

I ignored him as I continued on into the fight. He was so incredibly fast, it was hard to get ahold and trap him down into one spot. It also didn't help that I couldn't let him advance too close to me. Whenever I saw him try to grab me I would propel him away from me with my quirk, and then have to work my way back towards him. I refused to give him the opportunity over me to touch me with his quirk.

Shigaraki began to hyperventilate as he lunged and missed me again, "The little vixen, I can't get my fucking hands on her!"

I smirked to myself at his comment, spurring a new confidence in me. I threw myself at him and swiped at the back of his knees, forcing him to kneel. When he made another attempt to grab me I tucked and rolled in front of me.

"Aiya-chan!", Izuku called behind me. When I lifted my head I met with Shigaraki's hand going through one of Kurogiri's warp gates. My eyes widened as I tried to dodge out of the way, but I realized there was no way I could.

Suddenly a gun shot rang out, and I watched the bullet pierce through the hand in my face. I ducked and ran away from him as the shots continued to sound off. I kneeled at Izuku, who had broken all of his limbs when he made an attempt to use his quirk to hurl himself at me moments ago. Once it was evident that the pros were here, Shigaraki held his hand and took steps away from us. As he tried to leave, he continued to be shot. Kurogiri attempted to block him from the bullets, but they were beginning to be sucked away. Once they were gone, I finally felt myself breathing.

I looked down at Izuku, and his mangled body, trying to shut up. I pulled him up so he could lean on me and sit up right.

"Izuku, help will be here soon. Just hold on-", I was stopped by the sight before me.

When the smoke cleared away, I could see All Might and his new form. Half of him looked like the plus ultra version of him I had always known, but the other half looked like a sickly version of him. One arm looked like a toothpick compared to his other one.

"Oh my god.", I spoke as I could clearly seen why Izuku was so worried before.

Izuku began to cry in my arms, "You weren't supposed to find out!"

"Young Miyake-", All Might began.

I let out a loud, scared scream out of reflex, and then covered my hands with my mouth to stop myself. I took a deep breath and covered my eyes with my hands, "G-give me a second. I c-can't deal with that right now." My own eyes began to water as I hyperventilated.

All Might isn't All Might anymore? Is he dying? What is going to happen to all of us? Should we even feel safe anymore? If he can be weak like this then there's no hope for the rest of us. How the fuck did Izuku know about this?

I pulled my hands away from my eyes as everything clicked for me. Izuku was quirkless until this year. He has told me his power was given to him by someone. Earlier he had said All Might was running out of time. All Might has been hiding out and missing classes constantly. He himself said he was getting weaker. He couldn't finish the fight himself. All Might somehow gave his quirk to Izuku, and is dying.

"Aiya-chan?", Izuku whispered next to me.

My eyes snapped to his and then to All Might, who had approached us closer while my eyes were closed.

"Aiya! Midoriya!", our names were called in the distance by Eijiro.

My eyes widened when I realized what was happening, and I scrambled to my feet, "Eijiro, s-stay back!", I called.

Right when he would have been able to see the not All Might, a wall of cement was put up between us.

I couldn't hear what was happening on the other side of the wall, but I didn't care. Turning back to the boys in front of me, I was left stunned.

"Young Miyake, are you alright?", All Might asked me.

Tears continued to pour from my eyes, "I know. I know everything.", I began to wipe them away, "I-I-I just pieced it all together." I turned to face All Might, "You're dying, aren't you?" I was met with pure silence and shock, "Why else would you look so weak and ill?" I made a dry chuckle, "No wonder Izuku has been so nervous and on edge about you this entire time. You couldn't even finish the fucking fight, The Symbol of Peace couldn't finish a fucking fight."

"Aiya-chan...", Izuku spoke from the ground.

I sat next to him and wrapped my arms around him, "I know. I know it. He gave you his power. It makes sense.", I whispered as my arms tightened around him, "I-I'll be okay. Just give me a minute to take it all in."

After a few moments or so I pulled myself together and away from him completely. Everything made sense now. All Might gave him his quirk, somehow, and Izuku will be taking his spot as the Symbol of Peace. No one could know this was happening, because this is the most bizarre thing to ever happen. If people were to find out All Might's power can be transferable, the world would fall apart. Not only would Izuku be in danger, but so would everything that is good. And with All Might growing weaker by the day, everything would be at stake. I stood up and faced All Might, who was nervously shifting on his feet.

I smiled up at him when I approached, "Your secret is safe with me. I understand why this needs to be kept silent; the greater good could be put at risk of people were to know." I wiped my nose, "I don't need to know how or why, but what I do know will never leave my lips."

A heavy sigh left All Might as he placed a hand on my head, "I'm sorry this has happened, Young Miyake-"

"Me too. The both of you need to be more careful in hiding this secret. I was able to put this together too quickly because of how reckless you both are. You're lucky it's me and not someone else.", I scolded them, but softened my tone, "It's a scary thought, ya know. Knowing that the Symbol of Peace may no longer be able to protect me.", I turned to face Izuku, "But I'm glad the one to fill his shoes is you, Izuku."

He began to sob, "Aiya-chan!"

I kneeled down to him and wipes his tears, "Stop being a big baby! I'm the one who just had my world flipped upside down right after certain death!", I sighed and looked at his legs, "Well, I guess we've all had a hard day.", I moved my hand from his face and began to pet his hair.

After that I was taken and escorted to the rest of my class outside of the facility. Izuku and All Might would be taken immediately to Recovery Girl's care. When I met with the rest of my class they had just been briefed from a detective. Todoroki was the first one to see me coming.

"Miyake,", he nodded at me.

I nodded back, "Todoroki.", we paused as we took the moment in. It was clear that I had just been crying; my eyes and face were red and puffy. I cleared my throat, "I feel like we have been through enough together today that you can call me my given name, don't you?"

His eyes widened, but he quickly recovered and gave me a nod, "Yes, that would be fine. You may also call me by my first name."

"Okay uh, Shoto,", I blushed as a I said his name under his watchful gaze, "So what is going to happen?"

"Aizawa and No. 13 are both currently being urgently treated at the hospital and All Might is with Recovery Girl along with Midoriya.", he answered.

"I'm glad they were able to get treated promptly, Ihope everything goes well.", I pursed my lips.

"No. 13's condition is stable, so they will be fine. Aizawa sustained more damage so-", he was cut off by a voice behind us.

"Aiya! Are you alright?", Eijiro turned me around to face him, "You scared me to death! When that guy came at you I thought that was it! And when I heard you scream, I was mortified! You really how to make a guy worry, you know."

The rest of the crowd began to form around us and murmur about what Eijiro was saying. I sighed, understanding why he was concerned, but definitely not in the mood to deal with it. I nodded along with the conversation, only half listening. All I wanted to do was go home and sleep everything that happened today away. The class began to disperse and go back to the locker room to change out of our hero costumes. I followed in the back of the group, sluggishly walking, the weight of today slowing me down.

Out of no where I was pulled into the chest of someone else. The shirt my face was smothered into smelled like the familiar burnt caramel I've known for a long time. Katsuki. I wrapped my arms around him and held him tight. I felt his hand travel and bury itself into my hair as his grip around me somehow tightened.

We stood there quietly wrapped into each other, not needing to saying any of our feelings aloud in that moment. Saying anything would be too much- too real, and neither of us could handle that right now. Everything else was too much, and we just needed this moment of support and softness to level it all out.