I was spat out into a cleared away city block, a suited figure standing in front of me.

I coughed out whatever that liquid was. "The heck? Where am I? What just happened…?" I look up at the figure to see a large man in a suit with an odd mask that had rods and tubes sticking out of it. I had met him before, only once, but heard his voice enough to know.

This man was not one you mess with. All for One. The only rival to All Might.

"This stuff stinks.." Bakugou coughs out his own silver goo. "What was that?!"

He's here too?!

"Apologies, Bakugou, Kirika."

"Huh?!" Bakugou managed to get out before the other members of the League began to appear.

"You've failed again, Tomura." All for One said in an almost preacher-like voice. It sent chills down my spine at all the people who heard his voice last before their death. "But you mustn't lose heart. There will be more chances to see things right. That's why I've brought along your little band. Even the girl and boy because you determined that they are important pawns. So try again. That's what I'm here to help you do.

It's all for you."

A pawn? I suppose that's all I was in the grand scheme of things. A measly little pawn.

"I knew you'd come." All for One says suddenly with an almost undetectable addition of malice. Above us, All Might rams down at All for One. His fists in the villain's hands.

"You're gonna give it all back, All for One!"

"Here to kill me again, All Might?" Their clash ended with All Might backing off which simultaneously caused a shock wave that made everyone stumble backward.

"This place is only a little over five kilometers from the bar. For it to have taken you thirty whole seconds to arrive from when I sent you'll those Nomus… how weak you've become, All Might." Well, that was pretty empty…What if he had something to do at the bar? Anything or anyone could've slowed his arrival.

"Right back at you. Wanna fill me in on that mask?! When did your neck sprout an industrial zone?! You certain you're not overexerting yourself?!" I was quite surprised at All Might's backtalk. Usually, it was, "Stop, evildoer! SMASH!" And boom! The fight was over. It only went to further show that this was no ordinary villain.

"I won't make the same mistake I made five years ago, All for One." All Might lunged at All for One. "I'm going to take back Bakugou my boy! And then this time, I'm going to make sure to throw you in the slammer! Right alongside the villain alliance you control!"

"Is that so? Then it'd seem you have a dreadful number of things to do." All for One said while raising his arm. His arm then expanded as he continued. "As do I." He shot whatever was built up in his arm at All Might. It gave off an extremely powerful blast that had to have leveled several city blocks. How could anyone survive that?

All for One began mumbling something about Quirks. He was too far away to hear but only went to show how much he wasn't taking the fight seriously.

"All Might!" Bakugou yelled. His concern wasn't without reason. Any normal person who would get hit with that blast without a Quirk that could negate it would surely be dead.

"Don't worry," All for One assured Bakugou, "he won't die from a love tap like that. And as such… escape from this place, Tomura. And take the boy and girl with you." All for One's fingers turned into odd spikes that shot themselves into Kurogiri. But, at that point, I was too consumed with my thoughts to gage the events around me.

My limit to Switch is probably fifty meters but with Bakugou… it'd be fifteen at the maximum. That's not enough! Why do I have to be so useless!

Above Kurogiri a portal opened. "Now go." All for One ordered.

"But sensei, you-" Shigaraki was cut off but a rumbling in the distance. I guess All might isn't going down that easily.

As All Might came closer, All for One gave his last words to Shigaraki. "Tomura, always keep in mind that you've still got so much room to grow."

"C' mon, Shigaraki!" Mr. Compress said. "Let's hightail while pipe-head is keeping All Might busy!"

"Grab the pawns." Was all Shigaraki responded with. Shoot! What to do, what to do! If I use my quirk too much and travel too far, this fight will be over quick. I've got to at least hold out till help arrives.

"Goddamn pain in the ass…" Bakugou said through his teeth.

"Bakugou my boy!" All Might yells as he sees the predicament we're in.

All Might couldn't save Bakugou while he was fighting All for One nor could he use his full power unless he'd also want to endanger Bakugou. And Bakugou and I were caged in and just couldn't seem to make a getaway. The villains were using brute force to get us back; they were desperate. As it seemed we were getting overpowered, I section of wall beside us burst out and a large mountain of ice appeared.

What? Ice? No, it couldn't be. A group of three people then shot off the ice and into the air.

But for a second. Just one second. The villains weren't paying attention to Bakugou or me. We had a chance.

I noticed an unmistakable green tuft of hair in the group in the air. Heh, he never stops, does he?

"Take my hand!" A red-haired kid yelled down to us.

"Come on, Minty. This is our ride." I heard Bakugou say before shooting up to to the teen and grabbing on.

That hand wasn't for me… No one reached out. Not for me. Maybe I don't belong there, in their world. Maybe they're better off without me. I probably couldn't even make it up to them anyway.

"ASUGA! Come on!" I heard Midoriya yell. I looked up to see his hand stretched out. Someone, after all, had reached out. A hand had been put out for me. And for me alone.

"What are you doing, you idiot?! Grab on!" Bakugou laid his hand out too. That's when I finally knew how Midoriya went on for so long. This was why. Someone was always there to pull him back up. He couldn't just give up on those people. Midoriya has been running like me, but not for the same reason. He runs because he can't stop himself from running. That's where he found his strength.

I looked up at Bakugou and Midoriya. They were getting pretty far away. I wasn't sure if I could make it. But somehow, I didn't care. I believed I would make it. So, in a split second, there I was, holding hands with two of my greatest allies. Maybe there's more in store for me after all.

I could feel the hotness of tears on my cheeks as I headed toward freedom.

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Asuga's out! Or is she? Will she ever actually leave the League? Will the League ever leave her? I love the angst! Oh, WHAT IS THIS. WE HAVE HIT 1K READS? EXCUSE ME? I'm literally crying! Thank you all so much! I wish I could have sent out a longer chapter but to make it up I'll publish another tomorrow! I honestly wasn't expecting this... this was just a hobby... THANK YOU!

Peace!