This chapter only took a while because I was consumed in media, going out with my friends and lazying about. But here it is. I think I am satisfied, though I'm not sure on where I'm taking the plot. If there are any mistakes, please tell me.

Scattered around a small room was the unconscious bodies of half a dozen villains. Normally, a Thirteen wouldn't be able to fend off so many villains. But he wasn't alone, he had his students. Kirishima and Bakugo were fierce fighters and technically capable as well. In terms of crime fighting, they were some of the top dogs in class 1-A and were the most responsible for saving his skin throughout this particular ordeal.

The space hero aimed his finger at a particularly suspicious corner of the room and unleashed his Black Hole quirk. As a result, an almost invisible villain was sent flying to him, panicked and was forced to make his presence known in a panicked yell. The pro stopped using his quirk for a moment, a display of his excellent control, as Kirishima cut in and struck him in the side of his head. He was knocked unconscious. The student straightened out, and they all gave glance to the mutant villain. He looked like a chameleon.

As a teacher should, Thirteen congratulated the two on their performance and looked to them. His voice kept the oddly charming radio sound despite some minor battle damage dealt by the villains to that part of his costume. "Nice work you two. You work good in unison."

"Tch! Let's just get out of here. I know there's more of them and I want my fucking revenge on that warp gate! Maybe I'll get one of his friends, too." Bakugo swore and turned to the two of them. Kirishima looked fired up by his determination.

Kirishima slammed his fists together in a form of agreement. "That's what I wanna hear!"

Thirteen could actually agree with this student for once. He was unruly, but capable. "If this place is empty, we're free to proceed. Let's not waste any time. Though, if we meet any other students along the way, we make sure they are safe."

The two students let out a sigh of relief, as if the day would never come. "Let's get to the plaza, then." Katsuki grinned with glee, more bloodthirsty than any of them.

"It's fine now. I am here!" The number one hero yelled out to both villains, heroes and students in the area. As the dust started to settle, the rest of the students up by the entrance made their way over to him. It seemed that something was pestering them. And so, he had to deal with their troubles. All Might disappeared from his spot and immediately reappeared behind his students in a single moment. And in the next instance, he threw a punch down the massive flight of stairs. It was powerful enough to send all of the approaching villains flying off the sides, and with only a fraction of his effort. This left only three conscious villains back down at the plaza. One of them looked like a shadow and huddled by the fountain, resting, apparently.

"All Might!" Ochaco ran up behind him and decided to brief him as calmly as she could, despite sounding extremely concerned. "That big black thing sent Merry flying, she's got to be hurt. You have to be quick!"

The number one hero froze for a second, this situation was far more dire than it appeared to be. So, he angrily grimaced and tore off his tie, which he found to be oddly constricting. "I will spare no effort! Students get to safety!" He yelled at everyone around him. His students were taken aback, but did not have enough time to speak a word before All Might suddenly disappeared in a sonic boom that almost blew them away.

"Noumu. I've had enough of all of this... Dispose of him quickly, kill All Might." Shigaraki said, angrily. He was tired of this, even with his unusual demeanor and ability to fight through pain, he had his limits. Almost being bested by high schoolers, twice, was one of them. Losing his finger and breaking his arm was only the final straw.

A second boom reverberated across USJ and All Might made his way down the staircase faster than the eye could see. Appearing just before Noumu, who moved in turn. A violent exchange of blows occurred between them which almost blew Shigaraki away. Noumu rapidly expanded and released pressure as the blows connected, before shrinking just as fast. The hero was tagged by several blows as well, however, none too severe to make him bleed. All Might backed off with a powerful stomp to the ground, shattering it and putting Noumu off balance for just a few moments and interrupting his assault. The hero landed roughly 6 meters away on the cracked ground before turning his attention to one of the students that were still down there. "Midoriya, take Aizawa and your classmates to safety!"

Izuku Midoriya ran on over to All Might and when he finally managed to take cover behind the hero, he began to speak.. "All Might! That guy seems to absorb damage. Merry go-"

"Hush, Midoriya! She will be fine, because I am here!" All Might reassured, his voice equally as powerful as he was. Adjusting his stance, he made himself ready to counter another attack. Steeling his eyes on Noumu.

"R-right! Tsu-chan, Mineta! Let's go!" Midoriya announced, the three grouped together and bolted for the staircase as quickly as possible, Tsuyu came to support Aizawa's weight.

Shigaraki chuckled a little. "She was an annoying mid boss! In exchange for my finger, she traded all of her HP..." He said, pointing his nonexistent index finger at the place between the Storm and Flood zone. "...Her dead body's over there."

The number one hero wrinkled his nose and frowned in a disgusted expression. He had enough of this. With a tremendous force, he pushed off of the broken ground and sent himself flying at the enemy. The terrifying Noumu came to meet him at supersonic speeds. Almost catching the students and Shigaraki behind them in the violent shockwave that resulted from the first clash where their fists met. The hero backed two steps back as a result of it. Before Noumu could launch a flurry that he had to respond to, All Might proceeded to swing his body aside down under and grapple the monstrous villain along his waist. He hurled him high into the air in a sudden spin. Only to be grappled by the arm at the last moment by the villain. They both flew high above the plaza. Caught in a place where both couldn't merely dodge, they had to break away, and thus broke out some particularly strong hits to separate them. Wind not unlike that of a storm erupted from their clash. Sending Noumu harmlessly flying into the air above the plaza while All Might landed uneasily at the stairs, very close to Midoriya and company.

The hero got up while the villain landed in the fountain with a huge splash. "Even if you're the final boss, you're not going overwhelming Shock Absorption with a hit or two. It would be best if decided to rip and tear his flesh! Hah! ...Noumu!" The blue haired villain yelled and called his monster into the fight once again. Breaking the walls of the fountain, it leaped to the hero to send him crashing into the staircase. But the hero had many experiences with both strong and tricky opponents, and could predict his approach the moment he went flying. Taking careful steps not to get in the way of Midoriya, he moved a little to the right, ducked a step on the staircase and proceeded to envelop Noumu in both of his arms as his legs pressured into it by the sheer momentum carried by the villain. Swinging him around and using the bear hug to prevent him from moving, and then tossing him into the edge of the landslide zone, breaking the wall in the process.

Noumu was a tought opponent, but even so, the impact had surprisingly cut into its back. It started healing, albeit it was still venting the force that its quirk allowed it to absorb, thus slowing this process down. All Might quickly leaped down to the plaza to stop the fierce villain from indirectly attacking his students again, causing a wide crack in the process. The villain then made another leap. When you were fighting with these levels of power, running was but a limiter on your speed. A powerful step would send you flying and anymore was best used to stop yourself.

All Might was forced into defensive once again, briefly slipping into a position to toss him by stretching out his arms. The opponent's chest collided with his two palms, the hero lifted him up subtly in this split second just before the villain's fist could collide with him. The wealth of power used by both combatants now worked against Noumu, sending him flying past him, falling right into position for All Might to strike. "Detroit Smash!" He yelled as he spun, sending a fist colliding with Noumu's head and forcing him to tumble away a several dozen meters. The monster was sprawled on his chest, and slowly carried itself up. As he was sparing no effort, the hero's time with his quirk was becoming more limited, but it was also beating the villain's quirk a lot quicker.

"WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING!?" An angry Bakugo shouted from just the corner of the hero's eye as he flew in like a rocket. Shigaraki readjusted his head and then his broken arm using the arm without the index finger. The student unleashed an explosion in mid-air, in response, hitting Shigaraki and sending Bakugo flying a meter away. To both Noumu and All Might, this was like slow motion.

Noumu started to move, but All Might wasn't going to let that fly, his anger ever so present on his face. Both of them slipped into motion, clashing explosively with singular strikes as they switched positions. Again, and again, and again and finally almost right next to Bakugo and Shigaraki. They were interrupted in the middle of their own battle and sent flying away a far distance. Each time they collided, the floor was fragmented, becoming bent and unbalanced. The fountain burst into pieces, letting water flow out onto the battlefield. They exchanged blows, sometimes meeting fists directly. Blows to their jaws, a blow to the mighty hero's wound, blows to their noses. The hero didn't falter, but the punches hurt a lot.

My time is running out, but I have to make this count. If she's heavily injured, I have to make it safe to get her out. I cannot let anything worse transpire! If I get a bit hurt, so be it, I do this because...

I AM THE SYMBOL OF PEACE!

The monster tried to beat down on All Might one final time, but he managed to catch the fist, stopping him in his tracks. The creature looked like it was panting, like an animal, it didn't sweat through its skin. Built for sprinting, not marathons. All the people who were present stopped. Bakugo landed on his feet and Shigaraki on his back, staring at the confrontation for the final few seconds it would last.

Makoto Miyazaki - ONE TAKE MAN - Theme of ONE PUNCH MAN ~Seigi Shikkou~

Shigaraki's eyes widened as he shed a drop of sweat, seeing as Noumu was stopped in his tracks completely, and forced back. Blunt force should be easily absorbed by its body to reduce induction of movement. One could get around this with a good throw or a blade, but All Might had done so with just blunt force. His expression under the hand covering his face told of impending defeat, he knew it. "You've gotta be kidding me..." He weakly spelled out as he began to claw at his neck with the finger-severed hand.

"Every quirk has a limit! A limit that can be overcome!" All Might roared as he rolled his upper body to the side of another incoming blow, his palm connected with Noumu's leg and pressured, sending him flying up. The number one hero grappled him by his legs and swiftly spun him thrice, sending the villain flying upwards. Breaking the sound barrier, Noumu flew to the top of USJ. This was the climax of this battle. Both Bakugo and Shigaraki backed away from each other and All Might in anticipation of it. Whether it be by foot or crawling.

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Rubble and dust erupted from where the hero once stood. All Might made a powerful stomp and shot straight into the air behind Noumu, only a little slower than he threw him. The wind was so fierce at these speeds that it threatened to rip any human apart, but neither of these combatants were mere humans.

The hero met the villain high above the battlefield, right by the ceiling. Their momentum had worn off, they were just about to free fall and hung in the air wordlessly for a couple of seconds. Noumu had broken into a spin that conveniently wore off when it began facing him. "Villain! Have you ever heard these words!?" All Might rhetorically asked as he flexed his right arm and prepared to strike. One For All gathered many generations of power, one by one, into his fist. Air surrounding it coalesced into tight trails of vapor, followed by fire.

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"Go beyond! PLUS... ULTRAAAAA!" All Might shouted at the top of his lungs as he struck Noumu straight in the chest before he could defend. The body of the creature ignited for a brief moment as it collided with the burning fist. Sending him flying into the dome at speeds nearing that of a rocket in its early stages. Every single person in the stadium was capable of feeling the power, and some were fortunate of seeing it. The metal surrounding most of the exit point for Noumu was burst open, leaving a large hole at the top of the building. Cracking every window in the massive megastructure in a mighty shockwave.

Noumu was sent soaring into the sky, several kilometers and into the clouds. His trajectory would ensure that he would land close, and be captured, that was the hero's intention. All Might then landed with his fist first into the ground, parting the rubble around him. Smoke started erupting from his body, covered up by the dust of his landing. Then he stood up, standing tall and intimidatingly before the villains.

Song: End

I think I went a bit overboard, I'm out of time... The hero thought, the combat had left him drained. With what the villain had said about his accomplice, he had shown very little restraint, this had severely shortened his time for the moment. ...Only my words can make a difference now.

"Are you using a cheat!?..." Shigaraki spat, pushing himself up with the finger-severed hand. "Kurogiri! Take us home!"

All Might decided to lay the situation out clearly to them, not moving an inch simply because he couldn't. Neither he or they looked to be in fighting condition. Bakugo was currently twenty meters away. "You won't make it out to this. Surrender."

"I will..." The Warp Gate responded to Shigaraki in a hoarse voice. Suddenly spreading its mist-like body, agonizing as it was and groaning in pain and enveloped his accomplice in him. "This isn't over, All Might!" Shigaraki let his last, hateful words be before both of them disappeared entirely into the warp gate. There was a loud metallic creak from above.

All Might couldn't move after the encounter, and with Bakugo right by his side, his other form was at risk of being revealed... "Young Bakugo! Get to safety!"

The student looked at the above and released an explosion to propel himself far away from the plaza. Then, a flurry of glass, metal and rock showered down on the area. Luckily it was out of reach of the other villains. They would've been at risk of dying from it. It all harmlessly bounced off of the muscular hero, but for every second of it, he strained himself to keep his form going. That was until it all funneled out of the sky towards another figure. "Sorry to keep you waiting." Thirteen said, the space hero hadn't been quite as quick as Bakugo, but he and Kirishima arrived at the same time. The rubble, metal and everything else that was dropping on the hero was pulled into Thirteen's fingers, reduced to dust along the way and seemingly ceasing to exist. After a good twenty seconds, he stopped, and All Might as left standing among all of the other rubble that had remained.

"Thank you, Thirteen." The number one hero looked at him and gave him a sluggish thumbs up. Smoke continued erupting from his body. Shit, get the students away, now!

"Bakugo, Kirishima, gather at the front of the gate." Thirteen nodded to All Might and asked the students and motioned for them to move on and up.

The students left for the staircase, and there was a quiet pause before anything else could be heard.

"I, TENYA IIDA, CLASS 1-A REPRESENTATIVE, HAVE NOW RETURNED!" Yelled Tenya from up by the gate, a whole squad of heroes had arrived to clear up the rest of the villains. All Might smiled for a while, but with some time, he frowned.

They slipped...

With the announcement from Tenya, the heroes by the staircase approached him and told him that they'd take care of Aizawa. Some of the heroes fanned out to search the area, mainly Cementos, Present Mic and a couple of others. It seemed that Aizawa was bleeding heavily and his wounds were quite grievous even if his face hadn't been injured. His arms had suffered major damage, his legs had some nasty cuts, although exactly what made them wasn't certain. And then finally his face too, had received some damage, although it wasn't deadly or requiring surgery.

As Izuku turned and looked down the staircase at his hero, Aizawa decided to say some things while he was being laid out on a blanket. "You've got courage, kid. But don't be reckless, fight smart. I know you didn't break your arms with one of your blows back there, learn from it. Don't waste the potential."

"T-thanks, Aizawa-sensei! C-can I go and talk to All Might?" Izuku asked nervously, he knew the heroes likely wanted the rest of them to get to safety before they did anything.

Midnight strolled up next to both of them and explained. "I would save it for later. He's not that injured anyway. You may be able to meet him in the Nurse's office later today, you'll need to fix up your finger anyway."

"...I guess that's right..." Izuku admitted and sighed, he held his finger up to his face and inspected it. It had been broken by the use of his quirk, One for All. Using his fist, he had managed to control it earlier, perhaps he should just exercise on that feeling. That's what I should ask All Might about, how to control it.

Tenya shot a glance out from the staircase down to the plaza as he walked up to Midoriya. He looked concerned about something and asked bluntly. "Midoriya... What happaned to Maribel?"

"Y-you mean Merry?! W-well..." Izuku looked down at the ground and simply stayed silent.

"Well?" Iida's expression twisted from mere concern into distress. Either it was his loyalty to his classmates or it may just have been how close she had been to him the last couple of days.

"I-Iida, that villain hit her with enough power to match All Might. She can't be feeling well after that... He sent her flying between the Storm and Flood zones, into the trees..." Midoriya shamefully let out and looked back to the ground, he didn't want to sadden his friend. What's worse being that he could've prevented it. But not only did her aggressiveness and confidence deter from thinking she'd need it, Noumu completely surprised both of them.

Tenya gave him one long stare. Frozen in thought.

It took a good ten seconds before he moved again, turning around to move on over to the principal. The principal was overseeing the rest of the heroes who were taking care of the rest of the villains in the massive facility. When he got close, he bowed as orderly as he could before looking up again. His expression was completely serious.

"Principal, we have to get to Maribel! She might be fatally wounded! Midoriya says she was blown into the trees by the Storm zone!"

ZUN - Touhou 16: Hidden Star in Four Seasons - No More Going Through Doors

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Maribel stared off into the blurry dream world, she didn't know exactly where she was, all she could recognize was the stone temple grounds. She laid down. This time, everything was blurry, she felt strangely unconscious for some reason. From her memory, she could tell Noumu had struck her. But other than that, she didn't know why she was in the dream world. Did this mean she was still alive? Was this the afterlife? The dream world? Maybe the boundary between her real and dream self was just weak enough for this to occur.

She couldn't quite process what was happening. Maribel felt like she was dying very slowly and couldn't even decipher if she had injuries or not. Her sight did not let her. One moment it looked like she had been bleeding all over, the other, it all happened to be her imagination. She couldn't control it or properly react in this haze of a mental state she found herself in. The girl rolled onto her back.

The ethereal sky of the Dream World slowly shifted to darkness. Everything was black and Maribel nonchalantly accepted her fate with a poker face. Then it all brightened to a blue, there was no moon, no ground, no temple. Gravity left her, yet it felt like she remained in the same air pressure. Suddenly, she drifted past a number of doors, as ethereal as the sky. They looked like they were part of the temple that she was exploring just yesterday. Maribel shifted sluggishly and looked around. Out of the darkness that permeated this realm, she noticed the form of two similar figures. They left the darkness ever so slowly and got closer. Two girls as young as she was, wearing clothes that wouldn't be out of fashion in the 1800s.

Maribel had been here before, she had seen them before. One of them, a brunette wearing a bright pink dress reaching down to her knees, with a white bertha collar and white half apron. Maribel recognized her a little from her dream this morning. In her hand was a big leaf belonging to a plant. Maribel's eyes had been properly unlaid on the second one, who looked almost like her twin if not for a couple of differences. Green eyes, reseda green hair, dark green dress with similar bertha and apron to the other girl. Really, the only great difference was the color and some small details in the hairstyle. In her hand was a bamboo stalk.

"Our master has pulled you from the dream world to her realm to speak with you! Please listen." The brunette told her and took center stage, moving in front of her companion. Maribel could barely concentrate and didn't respond.

Both of the weirdly clad girls disappeared from her sight in a blinding white. Maribel felt clarity, almost like a near-death experience. She lingered like that for what felt like an eternity, her face either calm or in an expression of dull hurting and irritation.

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Through the light, a voice coming from the vague outline of a person called out. Maribel felt the same presence that she did from the temple in that moment, and was awestruck at the sheer magnitude of it. It didn't feel like a quirk or an item, this feeling was much purer than that. She couldn't quite tell what it was beyond its familiarity to her adventures in the dream world.

It held its arms out to its side at waist level, revealing the silhouette of someone dressed completely unusually. The kind of wear you'd expect from the sengoku period. "I see you've fallen on hard times, human." A womanly voice reverberated all around her.

"Wh..." Maribel let slip from her lips.

Then has it crossed your mind that the god might be interested in you? Her memory of the baku rang through her mind. Maybe this is a god? Its presence felt overwhelming, not unlike All Might in sheer magnitude. Even Doremy didn't make her feel this.

The light faded a little. Allowing Maribel to see just who she was looking at. The god took the form of a mature woman, easily a head taller than her, wearing a green skirt, yellow tabard with a pair of separate long yellow sleeves, along with a white undershirt. Her face was beautiful, with eyes bearing a similar color to Maribel's own. The god's blonde hair stretched far down her back.

"I am a god of hindrances, a god of outcasts, a god of stars, god of noh performance and the god of the disabled. To you, I will be the god of the rear door, Maribel Hearn." She explained and smiled warmly. "There are few individuals like yourself in this world, and it would be a misfortune to let someone like you wither away right here without fulfilling any purpose."

Despite the clarity, it was hard for Maribel to act at all, feeling like part of her was dying right at this moment. A double experience, she could vaguely feel what her real self was feeling. Worst of all, her dream self couldn't exist without her real self. If she succumbed to injury, she'd have no escape. This was effectively purgatory.

"I will give you a way out of your condition." She turned her wrist and offered an open palm as a gesture. Maribel managed to respond to this by jerking her head properly in the silhouette's direction. Speaking in a seemingly sympathetic, yet demanding voice. "Because of this, we will have to meet again soon enough. So please, remember my name. I am Okina Matara."

The schoolgirl took a deep breath before nodding, she accepted whatever aid this 'god' could give her. Maribel felt a burst of energy coursing through her spine, as if it originated out from her back. The heroine finally felt some actual clarity, and looked around almost normally, moving her limbs just like she normally would. Everything was absorbed into light again as she felt herself slipping from the door realm and away from the god. Left without any supernatural presence around her, feelings of gravity returned to her surroundings.

Song: End

Maribel's eyes opened, one to total darkness, and one to a bright light surrounded by shadow. She immediately closed it, shedding some tears from the sheer pain that suddenly went through her body. Weirdly, her body felt like it could move, she wiggled her arms despite all the hurt. It felt like she was stuck in a bed.

The boundary girl didn't know exactly what the god did, but whatever it was, it returned her to consciousness. Slowly, she began to sit up, unwary of her surroundings. Covering half of her head and her her entire right arm was bandaging. Maribel seemed to be wearing some sort of robe, though she couldn't tell what. It also appeared that her mouth was covered by a breathing device. Her eye opened again. She began turning her head around, slowly and weakly, to face a mirror in the dark room she was in. Analyzing herself visually, she found that her quirk was still focused, giving her a purple iris. Around her were people and many devices, presumably for life support. The people looked like surgeons, or doctors, completely flabbergasted at her extremely sudden recovery.

Maribel Hearn took a deep breath, her chest rising and lowering. Stiffly, she reached behind her head and began to pull off her breathing mask. "Pfaaah... Pfuuuh..." She continued breathing. ...How am I moving with this pain? Isn't my arm broken? The girl thought, eventually her thoughts went back to what happened previously. The fight. She remembered that her quirk had made her act more manic, she had far less remorse and took extreme risks to get what she wanted. After having disabled all three of her foes, and thinking she'd killed one of them, the aforementioned returned and had apparently crippled her.

She slouched forward and enveloped herself, crying. Experiencing the moments all over again, her quirk let her feel all that occurred in those split seconds due to her amazing reaction time. It had hurt a lot more than just her body. She hated it.

And there you have it. I dropped multiple hints for it but nobody seems to have gotten who exactly was interested in her. I'm not entirely sure exactly where I'll take this, but I may be doing some original arcs featuring some side characters that haven't really done anything. Also more interaction with other students. I know I have a lot of potential for things, especially since I'm still building on the 'future' versions of certain characters which in Touhou, we see around the 2000s. Rather than what can probably be calculated to around 2100s for BnHA basing off of quirk generations and such.