"Alright, you heard the boss." The Villain gripping a pair of knives said as he and the other snuck out of the Conflagration Zone.

"Which one?"

"The one that is going to cut our throats if we don't follow her orders." The man replied. "Bitch…"

"Geez, relax Sharp Blade, are you just salty because she beat you with a knife when you tried to say no to her plan? One of yours, I might add?"

"No!" He shouted back, sniffing, "I'm not salty at all."

"Pffft, you totally are!" The man said, and the other started to laugh.

"Ugh, you guys are impossib- Is that Oxy-Man? Hey man!" Sharp Blade waved his hand to the Villain wielding a trident that was swimming pretty much aimlessly on the side of the artificial lake that formed the Flood Zone, looking utterly bored and a bit traumatized. He turned around and sighed loudly – likely exaggerating a bit – before swimming closer. "Something happened? You look pretty unhappy."

"Yeah, you can say that. Finished the job?"

"No, you won't believe what happened."

"The kids you were fighting turned out to be part of a criminal organization?" Oxy-Man guessed, and Sharp Blade stared at him. "Same for us."

"For real?"

"Yup."

"Oh man, that really sucks."

"I know right? What even are the prospects of this country if this is what the future generation of Heroes is made of." The Villain that had agreed to participate in the violent murder of several children said, shaking his head.

Sharp Blade shook his head too, in a sympathy that proved both individuals were utterly incapable of appreciating the irony of their discussion. Then again, they were Villain mooks, insight was never their best skill. "It's a real shame. So anyway, ours says we should get out of the USJ. We got an exit."

"Uh. Now that you mention it, it's weird that we weren't given an extraction point and a contact with the portal user. Almost like they never planned to take us back."

They looked at each other for a long moment, then snorted. "Pfft, as if, Handjob is too cool for that."

"Yup. Man is gonna go far. I totally feel like I struck big with working for him."

"Absolutely. The money doesn't hurt but the man definitely has that je-ne-sais-pas that makes him stand out as a Villain boss. Ain't that right boys?"

The other Villains mostly nodded. "I mean, putting together a group of tens of Villains requires some skill."

"Yup. I think-" The door at the entrance of the building exploded, and even from that considerable distance every Villain felt their skin crawl as they stared at the imposing figure of a man with blonde hair march through it. "I think we might want to get the fuck out of here." Sharp Blade finished.

"Gotcha. I'll call the boys and then we give a call to Kurogiri." Oxy-Man turned around and started swimming toward the large yacht in the center of the lake. Looking at it, Sharp Blade spotted Suiden propped on a deckchair, lazing around. Lucky bastard.

He looked back at All Might, as he attacked the people in the plaza, and winced. 'Man, I'm so glad I wasn't there.'

-x-

Izuku was so happy to be there right now. Sure, the Villain attack was scary, and a few of his friends were in danger of immediate death, but to see All Might take out some Villains? Totally worth it.

Then someone kicked him in the shin. "Less gawking, more carrying." Gran Torino grumbled, dropping the very wounded body of his Homeroom Teacher in Izuku's arms. Tomura was no longer paying attention to them, busy taunting All Might – from a safe distance away, behind the Noumu and next to Kurogiri, because you could say many unkind things about him, like the fact he was a shut-in neet with an overinflated ego that despised everyone but himself and had picked Handjob as his Villain name, but he was definitely smart enough to put several hundred kilograms of muscles and a portal between himself and an angry All Might before shit talking him.

Not that Izuku would ever think any of those things about his girlf- friend's brother.

Ahah.

Speaking of which, what was Tomura even saying? Izuku was so focused on how cool All Might looked he was barely paying attention to the handman's rant.

Also, after ten months of knowing him, he had started to kind tune out Tomura whenever he went on a rant on something, but maybe this time it was important.

"... And your stats in every videogame are utter bullshit! Hero Force V was ruined because they buffed you so much you had to be patched to a human level! Have you even tried to get the Number Two No More Achievement with Endeavor?! It was basically impossible! I mean, how the fuck does Flash Fire Fist do so little damage, what are you, fireproof?! That's fucking stupid-"

Nope. He sighed and pulled up his teacher, helped by Tsuyu. Jiro and Kyoka stayed ready on the defensive while the group headed to the exit.

They were halfway around the plaza when All Might and Noumu finally leapt at each other. The shockwave was strong enough to force Izuku and Tsuyu to kneel a bit to not get sent flying away, and Izuku saw the arm of the guy called Noumu bubble up like a water balloon, though thankfully it didn't explode. Still, surprisingly, he showed little to no reaction. As he did when All Might first used his Carolina Smash – 'God I wish I had a camera' – to make him open his guard and then punch him in the face. Beak. The thing under the exposed brain.

Izuku smiled. Yeah, All Might would win, for sure. There was no way Tomura had a way to kill him, and even if Noumu was strong, he knew well that All Might's Quirk was stronger. After all, it was shattering his limbs every time he tried to use it.

Izuku froze.

Shattering his…

He looked at his arm. Still intact. He had barely an instant to think about it before, but he had managed to punch Noumu without breaking it.

'Gran Torino was right…' He thought. "Yes!" He shouted, raising both hands. Which meant he let the professor go, catching him barely a second later when Tsuyu gasped. "S-Sorry Professor Aizawa."

The man mumbled something that sounded dangerously like expulsion, and Izuku was about to start walking again, when a whole series of things happened.

First, All Might tried to suplex the Noumu into the concrete floor of the USJ. That made sense, suplex were a finisher All Might used often, or alternatively he used it to trap strong opponents in the ground upwards. Judging from the degree of the knees, this was a 'concrete trapping move'.

Then Gran Torino tried to leap forward too, noticing something Izuku had missed, only for a portal to open right in front of him. The man's speed and reaction times were probably not what they used to be, judging by his failure to dodge out of the way. A moment later, he was gone, where to Izuku didn't know.

Then, the smoke of the One for All powered suplex cleared, and Izuku saw what made Gran Torino jump forward. All Might, held from his flanks by the upper body of the Noumu. The man had been slammed into a portal Kurogiri had opened, the other exit right under All Might, his fingers clenching into his sides, blood visible through his shirt.

Izuku shouted to Kyoka to grab Professor Aizawa and jolted forward. He wouldn't allow for All Might to die. Not like this. He wouldn't let All Might die.

Another portal opened in front of him, but Izuku's training with Stendhal had made his reaction time a lot better than it used to be. He planted his feet and jumped to the left, rolling on the ground and standing back up to run the moment the roll was complete.

Then Himiko appeared out of nowhere to punch Shigaraki in the face. Not stabbed him, just punched her brother. It made sense – logically, she was never in danger to begin with, being Tomura's sister, right? – but Izuku swore she wasn't there a moment before, she seemed to come out from everyone's blind spot at once, if that was even possible. At the same time, hell broke loose.

First, an explosion impacted Kurogiri. Kacchan roared in triumph as he held down the portals user. Kirishima rushed in to give Himiko support, attacking Shigaraki too, though even surprised by his sister the Villain managed to jump out of reach.

Then a rush of ice crashed in the body of Noumu, allowing All Might to break free, courtesy of Todoroki.

A moment after he did, with Noumu still leaving the portal, stumbling out with arm and leg falling off – uh, probably not what Todoroki aimed for. That was going to be hard to explain – another explosion impacted him. This time though, it wasn't Kacchan. Izuku turned to the direction the shot came from, to see Momo, leaning on the cannon she had created to fire directly on the man.

Except that Noumu stood back up, his mangled arms and broken body regrowing and righting themselves. "Ah, he has Super-Regeneration too! Infinite HP!" Tomura shouted, "Just surrender All Might, I can easily kill y-oof!" He cried out in pain as Himiko managed to punch him in the stomach. "That hurt!"

"Sorry not sorry, T- Handjob!" She replied, "This is for ruining my day. I had plans for today, you know?!"

"Fuck your plans, Hi- girl! My plans are more important than yours!" He looked around grimacing, "Also why the fuck are there so many people here?! How did those NPCs fail so miserably at killing some low level characters?!"

"Who the fuck did you just call low level, Handjob?!" Bakugo shouted, but he didn't move. Even when angry, after all, Kacchan was smart and knew that holding down Kurogiri was really important.

Izuku sighed in relief, rushing to All Might. "Are you ok, sir?"

"I'm fine, thank you Young Midoriya. But you should all leave, right now." All Might replied.

"Hell no!" Kacchan shouted, "If I don't hold this guy down, you are going to get chopped in half!"

"I understand young Bakugo, but do not worry. I didn't become the Symbol of Peace by making the same mistake twice." He was looking straight at the Noumu now, focused. "Villains, I think the situation is clearly to your disadvantage! Surrender now and…"

"Noumu, kill the blonde brat!" Tomura shouted, and Noumu rushed forward. There was another explosion as Yaoyorozu tried to shoot it down, but the monster took the blow in the front and didn't even flinch, bringing his fist down on Kacchan.

A few moments later, with a rush of air the world shifted. Somehow, Izuku, Bakugo, Todoroki, and even Kirishima and Himiko had been pushed toward Yaoyorozu and her cannon. "What?" Izuku looked around and stared at All Might as he stood his ground where Tomura had been a moment before. Had he really managed to send him and Todoroki toward Momo, rush to stop the blow against Kacchan, and then even try to attack Tomura?

'I mean, he used to be able to make Tokyo – Osaka in a few minutes, I guess it's not impossible… Though, how did he protect us all from the expected sonic boom? In fact, how was there no sonic boom? Did he somehow cancel it out? Wait, will I be able to do that once I control my-"

"Shut the fuck up nerd!" Bakugo punched him in the leg and Izuku winced, "You did nothing so at least don't pollute my ears with your blabbering."

Izuku gulped, and then walked toward Himiko. "Are you ok?" He asked.

"I… Yes, but I need to call dad, we have a problem." She whispered, though with everyone looking at the imminent fight, it was hardly likely one of them would hear. "I had to tell the Villains about me."

"I did too." Izuku whispered back, "I'm… not sure how that will go. David Shield said they won't tell everyone, but…"

"You are worried?"

"I think…" He took a deep breath. This went against everything he wanted to do as a Hero. He wanted to stop Villains. But now he had to do this. Otherwise, everything was over. "I think we need to make sure they escape."

Himiko smiled. "I'm glad you agree. I have-"

But before she could finish the sentence, the fight between Noumu and All Might started, and the matter was put aside for the moment, in the face of the sheer show of power they were facing.

-x-

Gran Torino rolled in the large, empty warehouse, regaining his footing. A moment later, he jumped out of the way of a stream of blue fire that impacted the ground where he was a second before. He felt a burning sensation around his neck and realized his cape had caught fire and had completely burnt up in a second. He fumbled with the piece of cloth and managed to take it off, grunting as he felt the burnt skin around the back of his head. At least his hair hadn't caught fire.

He looked around. The warehouse had small windows on the top floor, big enough for him to sneak out if he jumped toward one, but whoever the enemy was – he couldn't tell in the darkness, the light of the flame projecting only shadows on the walls and crates the man was probably using to hide.

"Tch, wish Endeavor was here. He makes for a good torchlight." Gran Torino muttered.

Apparently the voice carried, because there was a snort from his left. He rushed there, but had to dodge out of the way a moment later as another rush of blue fire surged forward, almost blinding him with the sudden light. Changing direction, he aimed himself at one of the windows. The fire changed course too, but stopped before hitting the walls. Gran Torino grinned. Of course, the Villain couldn't set on fire the building while inside.

He crashed through the window, and landed in a busy street of Musutafu. Quickly, the elderly Hero jumped further away, in case the Villain followed him in the open, but nothing happened. Sighing, he pulled out his phone.

"Nedzu? You might have a problem."

"Oh oh, don't worry Torino." The voice on the other side of the line said, "I have already been informed, and am going to show personally to our dear visitors why UA is the best Hero School in Japan."

Meanwhile, inside the warehouse Dabi punched the wall of the building. "Goddammit, I couldn't even burn one man alive! Tch. At this rate, I will never even kill Endeavor!"

Granted, he had been unlucky. The plan Tomura had come up with was that, to avoid taking attention away from his debut, Dabi was going to be stationed in the warehouse. If anyone was getting in the way, they would organize a killing field of sort: drop them there, Dabi burns them, repeat as needed. Of course, that meant Dabi had locked the doors and made sure the only windows were high enough that only a flying Quirk would get past them.

Of fucking course a flying – or at least propulsion – Quirk was the first thing that came in.

'Thinking about it, I should get the fuck out before the police arrives.' He thought. It was bullshit, because he should have been able to kill more people before anyone noticed, but now that went out of the window. At least the old man hadn't seen his face.

He really hoped Tomura's side was doing better.

-x-

"Did he just fucking punch the Noumu into the stratosphere?" Tomura said.

All Might had, after an admittedly good-looking boss fight, just punched the Noumu up to the ceiling of the USJ, through the ceiling of the USJ, through two different clouds, and then there had been what Tomura could only describe as a Smash Bros. spark of light as Noumu vanished into the distance.

"I'm afraid so, Tomura Shigaraki." Kurogiri replied.

"Well then, Villains." All Might said, turning around toward them, "I guess it's time for you to surrender."

Tomura scratched his neck wildly, looking around. How the fuck had the plan gone so wrong? Why the fuck had the plan gone so wrong? Everything was going as planned. Except All Might not being there, the students being stronger than he expected, the mooks being worth nothing, him getting punched in the face and the stomach, both Himiko and the little yakuza surviving, the teaching aid being strong enough they had to send him to Dabi…

Alright so maybe not everything was going to plan, but his dad always said- Was that a mortar shot flying for his face?

Kurogiri's mist opened a portal in front of him as said mortar shot vanished through it.

-x-

Dabi opened the door to the warehouse and stepped through, quickly grabbing what he came to pick up. He couldn't believe he managed to forget his phone. He really needed to find a better place to put it when he was using his fire. Maybe he should have stitched a pocket to his coat- did a bomb just come out of Kurogiri's portals?

Uh-oh.

-x-

"Good shit, Yaoyorozu!" The annoying kid with blonde hair shouted to the girl with black hair and a massive… cannon. Yeah, cannon.

"Thank you." She said, bowing like she had just executed an elegant dance move rather than shot an artillery weapon at him.

He looked at All Might, and something clicked. He had almost been caught off guard by an artillery shot, and All Might was faster than that- And then another artillery shot aimed at him and went through the portal.

Right, as he was saying, All Might should have been able to- another shot, another portal. "Can you fucking stop?! I'm thinking here!"

"Enough, Villain! Surrender now, or I will put you both down." All Might said. Without moving. Standing very still.

Shigaraki grinned. That was it. All Might was clearly almost- Another artillery shot exploded right as the portal opened, sending the blast through it. "Seriously can you stop that? It's not doing anything, it's just annoying. You are wasting MPs to make that shit and I clearly have immunity. Also you are ruining my moment as I figure out All Might is super weakened right now because of his fight with Noumu and can't move, so I can just walk up to him and kill him."

Everyone froze.

"Uh, I mean, 'oh no, All Might defeated Noumu, whatever will I do?'" He tried, he really tried to sell the lie, but his deception skill was never the best one.

Fuck it.

"Get him!" He shouted to Kurogiri, rushing toward All Might.

"Get them!" Bakugo Katsuki shouted, rushing toward Tomura and Kurogiri.

"Bang!" made the gun as a bullet passed through Shigaraki's leg. He looked down at the limb, blood pooling from the hole of the gunshot, and realized something.

His dad was – once again – right. Being shot really did hurt like a bitch.

-x-

After that, to Izuku's relief, the battle ended quickly. Tomura got shot a few more times by Snipe – who for some reasons seemed oddly satisfied about it – and then Kurogiri took him away. That was probably good, because Izuku spotted, just outside the door Iida and the Heroes had come from, the familiar form of the UA robots. Judging by the look Nedzu had, he was more than ready to swarm both Tomura and Kurogiri with them. Hopefully Shigaraki was still alive, it would have been pretty sad if Himiko's brother had just died.

Well, for Himiko, he supposed. He didn't really feel that sorry for the man that had tried to kill his mentor.

"I hope he is dead." Himiko said.

Nevermind then, everyone hated Tomura apparently.

"Aye missy, I hope too, but you can never be sure." Snipe replied. The cowboy hero had been tasked with herding the students in the plaza, while the remaining facilities were examined by the other Heroes. "Now, if you are unharmed, go join the others and call your parents, the Police is coming and those vultures called journalists will come around soon too. You better tell your parents you are ok before they start worrying."

Izuku looked at Himiko. Yeah, they really needed to talk with their parents, didn't they? Though, not only for the reason Snipe had brought up. "Alright sir!" Izuku and Himiko both bowed, and as soon as they were a few feet away they both pulled out their phones.

Normally, Izuku's first instinct was calling his mom. But now he really needed the other kind of parental advice. Just as Himiko's dad answered, his did the same.

"Izuku? Aren't you at school right now?"

"Y-Yeah dad. A-About that, you might want to listen to this right now. Some stuff happened and, uh, long story short, I might have had to tell a few people about the Clan..."

For a long moment, there was only silence from the other side, then Hisashi Midoriya's voice shifted slightly, becoming calmer and more controlled. It was like listening to a different person. "Are you alright, first of all?"

"Yes! Yes, nothing bad happened – to me that is, but I think my classmates will also be alright." He glanced at Thirteen and Aizawa, both slumped on the ground on makeshift stretchers, "Uhm, my teachers probably need some help though."

Hisashi sighed, "Alright, tell me what happened."

Izuku did, moving further away from the group. Luckily, All Might was busy talking with the rest of the class, and probably thought Izuku wanted some time to reassure his family. He went through everything that happened at the USJ, and finally

When he finished, his father sighed. "So, first of all… You did the right thing."

"I did?"

"More or less. I can't approve of revealing your identity to random lowlifes normally, but the situation was dire. I will have words with All for One. Maybe your mother should too." Izuku felt that was a threat, though he wasn't sure why and he was way too tired to think about it. "Any idea if they have been caught?"

"I… don't really. The teachers are collecting all the criminals that hadn't already been defeated, so I'm not sure if…" Suddenly his phone got taken from his hands by Himiko.

"Hello, mister Midoriya? It's Himiko Shimura." She said, "Yeah. Yeah. Please don't, my brother is an idiot but I don't think he had planned to put us in danger. He is just dumb- He did what? Wow, that's really stupid, I will tell dad. Anyway, dad says we recovered about fifty people, mostly from the Conflagration, Ruin and Flood Zones. Yeah, they reached the other areas but there were more people there. Yes, they are being taken to a safe location. You can just ask dad for details. Is that alright?"

A moment of pause, then Himiko passed the phone back to Izuku to hear his father chuckle.

"Ah! You really have a smart girlfriend Izuku! She actually did the smart thing and told her underlings to go collect everyone they could and get out. Apparently she used some sort of laser to cut through the walls of the USJ and her guys have snuck out."

Izuku looked at Himiko, who was smiling smugly with her chin up. "I am a genius." She declared, and Izuku chuckled. That had really been a good idea. It made sense, he guessed, that they were just the people Izuku needed to be taken away. Unlike most areas, the Flood and Conflagration Zones had seen little combat, so all the Villains were ready to leave. Not to mention the two were next to each other.

"So is everything ok?"

"Well, I will call All for One to see what to do with the other prisoners. At this point, this raid has become GVC business and I have to ensure anyone that might know who you are is taken care of."

Izuku froze, "D-Dad, did you mean taken care of or… taken care of?"

"I promise I'm not killing them." His dad clarified, and Izuku sighed in relief, "If you really are fine, call your mom and tell her that everything is well, before she hears about it from Mitsuki or Masaru."

Izuku looked at Kacchan, who was shouting on the phone with his mom. It was really odd to hear a survivor of a Villain attack yell that 'they had beaten the shit out of all the annoying extras, so stop fucking worrying', but he supposed that was a way to cheer up his mom. "Alright dad. Bye." He closed the call with a sigh. After a moment, he frowned. "Uh, Himiko, where did you find a laser anyway?"

In that moment, Aoyama arrived, accompanied by Midnight, who let him go to join the rest of the students before going back to searching the USJ. "Bonjour!" He saluted, waving his arm.

"Oh hey Aoyama, where were you?" Mina asked.

"It's a secret!" He declared, using his cape to emphasize the point by covering the lower half of his face.

Izuku blinked, then shook his head, unsure of what else to do. "Well, I'm glad everyone is ok."

"Thank you, Midoriya." He waved at them both with an elegant bow and walked away.

"He is very friendly in his own way, isn't he?" Izuku asked. Himiko just hummed, nodding slightly.

"You know, that's reassuring." She said.

"What is?"

"Knowing that sometimes even you can't figure out a little secret." She replied with a smirk, and refused to elaborate further.

Izuku raised an eyebrow, unsure on how to take that. Weird. "So, everything ok?" He finally asked.

"I think so. Dad says he is taking care of everything."

"No, I mean… you. Are you ok?" He asked, unsure of how to pose the question. Maybe it was dumb, but he had been worried for Himiko. And for the others, of course. Though maybe a bit more for Himiko. He was supposed to be her boyfriend, even if they were faking it.

Himiko blinked, then stammered, "Oh. O-Oh, yeah. Thank you. Are you ok?" She asked.

"Yeah." He nodded, looking at her and smiling in relief, "I am."

He was fairly sure he could hear Mina squeal from a bit further away.

He decided to blame his heart beating faster on that.

-x-

"For fuck's sake Tomura, you had one job." All for One tapped his fingers on the side of his chair. He was currently hooked to the respirator – no need to take it off right now – but he was still the imposing presence he had always been. "How hard is it to kill the Symbol of Peace?"

"In my defense, Father, it's very hard…" Tomura grunted. He was on the table in front of him, the doctor pulling out the bullets in his arms and legs and closing the wound. Normally he should have been put under full anesthesia, but All for One wasn't wasting time. Local anesthesia and painkillers were enough.

"… Point taken, but tell me, Tomura, why did you not tell your underlings to spare Himiko, Izuku, Mustard and Aoyama?"

"… Who the fuck is Aoyama?"

"Tomura, I told you weeks ago, weren't you listening to my precise instruction? I'm very disappointed." All for One said, theatrically shaking his head.

The Doctor raised an eyebrow. "Didn't you say you never-ugh." He stopped as All for One elbowed him in his abundant gut, "Nevermind…" He grunted, holding his belly with both hands.

"Oh, oh! Aoyama, duh, of course, I totally remember father." Tomura nodded energetically, and All for One allowed himself to grin lightly.

"Indeed. You also failed to plan an escape strategy for your underlings." He added.

"But you said they were pawns we could throw away easily, like the name League of Villain." Tomura replied.

"I said what? Tomura, you must be mistaken, I always gave great importance at my comrades at all time, so long as they were useful." He replied. Admittedly, the usefulness of the new underlings Tomura had put together was questionable at best, but they had suddenly become very important when Izuku and Himiko both had to out their identity. The Green Valley Clan was not happy.

No that was an understatement. Hisashi had called him informing him very kindly that if anything about his son came out, he was going to send Inko pay him a visit. All for One shuddered. "Did you figure out who has One for All, at least?"

"I…" He noticed Tomura hesitate, "I think Izuku Midoriya-"

"Tomura, finish that sentence and I will show you Air Cannon hurts more than a pesky bullet." All for One grumbled. Hisashi's kid was enough of a headache now that he was in 1-A without having Tomura try to accuse him of being All Might's successor. Like All Might, the Symbol of Peace, would be stupid enough to let One for All fall in the hands of a Yakuza. He was good enough to best him, the Symbol of Evil, he would see right through Izuku's cover. Only an absolute moron would give One for All to the heir of the Green Valley Clan.

-x-

"And then…" All Might stopped, looking around.

"What is it?" Tsukauchi asked, busy taking down All Might's testimony. They had agreed to let the school handle taking down the students' statements – perks of having an entire school body made up of Pros – but he was going to handle the testimony from the captured Villains and the Pros himself.

"Nothing, just feeling like someone insulted me."

"Probably the Villain."

"I guess you are right."

-x-

"Well, I acknowledge that guessing it on first try would be hard. The Sports Festival is less than two weeks from now, we can find out there…"

"No, but, sir, he punched-"

"Tomura, Air Cannon." All for One repeated, and Tomura shut his mouth. Ah, being a parent was very easy when you could just threaten your son's life. He sat in thought for a moment, before he suddenly remembered something. "Uh, Kurogiri, what did you do with the mortar shots?"

Kurogiri blinked, then his phone rung. All for One nodded.

"Hello?" He asked, putting the phone on speaker.

"Why the fuck did not one, not two, but four bombs fly into the fucking warehouse?!" Dabi shouted.

"I figured you would take care of it."

"You almost killed me!"

"You are alive sir, isn't that proof enough of your skills?"

"Don't you try to butter me up you… shadow… man… whatever, you owe me big time for this!" The voice stopped, and the sound of a few shouts and then fire was heard, "But uh, first can you pick me up? The police is looking for me because the Hero you sent me called them."

All for One sighed. "Allow me." He said.

"Was that All for- bleugh." The sound of sloshing liquids resonated through the speaker for a moment before Dabi, covered in black sludge, emerged next to All for One and Kurogiri. "I… Hate… Your teleportation Quirk…" He said while sputtering.

"Yeah, well, you failed today so I wouldn't push my luck if I were you, I'm quite angry right now and a dragon Noumu that can spit blue fire sounds delightful, don't you agree Garaki?"

"Well, I just got a wing Quirk a few weeks ago…"

Dabi coughed in his fist, "You know what, on second thought, I really need to go get a drink, and I think one of my eardrums got damaged, so I'm in pain and delirious. Is Compress still around?"

"No. Compress is out to do a little job, and I really hope for you he is more successful than literally anyone else in this room has been today-"

"I've done nothing wrong today…" The Doctor mumbled.

"You built the Noumu that was supposed to kill All Might and didn't. As I was saying, you better hope at least Compress does something right or I will start cutting the staff."

-x-

Compress sighed, waiting in the middle of the road. Police cars, they were always terrible at arriving on time. He tapped his mask, and finally spotted the vehicles. A group of five police vans were driving down the road, taking the USJ prisoners in for questioning. He pulled out a few marbles and casually tossed them on the road, the counted two three.

Four large boulders suddenly appeared in the middle of the road. The vehicle at the front tried to screech to a halt, but slammed right into them. The ones behind then started slamming into each other. He waited a few seconds, to see how many officers would walk out. He counted three, all coming out dazed and confused. Calmly, he stepped toward them, put a hand on their shoulder, and one by one they rolled on the ground as marbles. Whistling, he walked to the back of the first vehicle, turned the lock into a marble to open it and looked inside to the occupants. "Hello. It's your lucky day boys, your boss isn't finished with you."

"Hell yeah! Handjob for the win!" Said the first man that he freed from the handcuffs.

"Pardon?"

-x-

Izuku looked at the news on tv. They had all been taken home that day, so he didn't really have time to talk with the others about what happened. From what he heard, only Uraraka got really injured, and even then it was little more than a bad cut and a bump. She would be ok in a few days. Professor Aizawa and Thirteen would need to be hospitalized for some time, but Gran Torino was safe, though his cape had apparently caught fire and he had some minor burns.

No criminals arrested though, except for Noumu. Apparently the vans carrying away the 'small fries' had all been intercepted. No officers were killed, though several would be in the hospital for weeks.

'Is that… my fault?' He couldn't help but wonder. If he had just fought, would those people have been fine? Had they been hurt because he had used his association with the Green Valley Clan instead of fighting like a Hero should have? As much as his dad assured him this was All for One's move, not the Clan's, he didn't know if he believed that.

He sat there, thinking, until his phone rung. He picked it up. "Hello?"

"It's me. Can I come in?" A familiar voice asked, "I brought the others."

Izuku nodded and opened the door. "Hello, Tsuyu." He said. There stood Tsuyu Asui, along with Jiro and Pony. The three girls looked at him.

"Are you ok, boss?" Kyoka asked.

"Sure, why?"

"You look… worried." Pony said.

"I just have a lot of thoughts in my head. What's going on?"

"I thought I needed to explain what's going on." Tsuyu replied, "Since you know, I haven't really told you who I am."

"Oh!" Izuku nodded, suddenly remembering. So much had happened that Tsuyu's revelation that she was apparently aware of his identity had slipped to the back of his thoughts. "Y-Yeah, absolutely. Uhm, mom and dad are out, so…"

"That's ok, we won't stay long." Tsuyu said, "It's not that interesting."

Izuku really wanted to know in what world 'I know about your Yakuza heir identity' was not interesting, but decided to be polite and instead invite them in. They sat on the couches, looking at each other, him between Jiro and Kyoka, Tsuyu alone. It really felt like he had two bodyguards on his side. Or they were holding a very stressful employment pitch. "So…"

"My mom used to be in a biker gang." Tsuyu started, "The Aichi Frogs were a well respected gang, until they were defeated and taken over."

"By who?"

"The Green Valley Clan." She replied, "The Musutafu Tigers, a group of four girls, conquered every teen gang in Japan for the Clan. They were legends." There was a glistening in her eyes, and even if her expression didn't betray many emotions, Izuku could tell she was getting excited about the story, "They were the strongest, crashing everyone in their path. Eventually, every gang from Hokkaido to Kyushu followed them and the Clan." Tsuyu smiled, "My mom always said her funniest days were those, though she doesn't regret dropping out once she graduated high school. But she stayed in touch with some of her old friends, and so she found out about you."

"That's… pretty interesting." He said, "So. Why do you want to join the Clan?"

"To keep an eye on you." Tsuyu replied bluntly.

"What?!" Pony and Jiro both shouted, "What does that mean?!"

"My mom always said the Clan was good – for a criminal group – because of its current boss. She was one of the few allowed to know him as Hisashi Midoriya, and she always said that she hoped one day his son, Izuku Midoriya, would be a great and good boss like him."

"So you…"

"I want to keep an eye on you. If I think you can be a good leader for the Clan, that won't take it down a dark path, I will help you."

Pony's eyes narrowed, "What if he has other plans?"

"Then I suppose I will just have to leave the Clan." She replied with a shrug, "Or stop him, depends what he does."

"I have no plans." Izuku replied bluntly.

Tsuyu hummed, "I get it, you can't share with someone new, it's understandable. I will wait."

"No I mean, I literally have no plans."

"Sure." Tsuyu nodded, "Of course."

"C-Come on." Izuku turned to the two girls to his sides, "Tell her, I have no big plans regarding the Clan, right?"

"Uhm… I don't know boss, after today I realize you might be hiding another side from us." Kyoka replied with a shrug, "If you do, it's pretty cool."

"Yeah, boss, today you were terrifying. After this, I don't think I can believe you when you say you never wanted to be the Clan's leader." Pony agreed.

"B-But today was…" Izuku stammered, looking from Tsuyu's attentive look to Pony and Jiro's mischievous grin as they looked at him.

Why was his life so complicated?

-x-

"Ah, I feel much better." Tomura said, sitting at the counter, a beer in hand. The doctor had patched him up and the painkillers were still having effect, perfect time for a drink, screw the doctor's recommendations. Nothing could ruin the moment.

"You!" Himiko shouted, rushing toward her brother. Tomura turned.

"What do you-" Was how far he got into the sentence before a fist slammed in his face, "Ah, fuck! What was that for?!"

"You had to do this today?! I had a day out with my friends and you ruined it! You idiot!" She punched him again. Damn, for someone that fought mainly with knives she could punch quite hard. He had noticed she had done that in the plaza too earlier.

"Ok, listen…"

"No, you listen! Stay away from my class, you got that?! I don't care about All Might, but I am finally making friends again! I'm not going to let you ruin it!"

Tomura groaned, "I'm not making promises." He finally said, remembering that his dad's test was about enduring being an underling. Yes, that was definitely it. Just a test. He was still the heir for sure. "But you should know that what you are doing is dumb."

"What?"

"All this… friendly shit. You are a Villain. They are Heroes. Oil and water and all that. Don't forget that." He shrugged, picking up his can of beer, "Not that it's my problem what you do with your life. Just giving some brotherly advice."

For a long moment they stared at each other, metaphorical lightning flying between them. Then Himiko grinned. "Thank you, Handjob."

Shigaraki choked on his drink. "Please don't tell dad."

"He will find out."

"Ah, as if anyone would use that name for…" Himiko turned on the television and started the first news channel. By pure chance, it was currently showing a sketch of Shigaraki and Kurogiri.

Tomura's read 'Handjob' under the sketch.

The man's breath caught in his throat. "Alright, let's not panic, maybe he hasn't seen the news yet- blrugh." He felt the familiar sensation of the mud portals and managed, even through the liquid, to sigh sadly one last time. This was really a shitty day.

(xx)

And we finish the USJ. Did I accelerate through some of it? Absolutely. But I showed everything that was worth showing, made the jokes I wanted to make, made Aoyama use his laser to open a hole in the USJ walls, Dabi got shot with a cannon despite being several miles away... everything I wanted is there.

So yeah, with this, the USJ is packed away and sent in a slightly different direction from canon. Primarily, most of the side villains are not captured and thus will be back to work for mister Handjob. Tsuyu reveals who she is (someone guessed she was the daughter of the yet unnamed member of the Musutafu Tigers. Close, but not quite. It would get a bit repetitive otherwise). Either way, Izuku has acquired a frog-shaped moral compass. Good for him. He will need it now that his legend will inevitably spread. Sasuga, Izuku-sama.

More importantly, this is a wedge between Himiko and Tomura from Himiko's side. Note that so far at worst Himiko thought of her 'brother' as an annoying nuisance, but now she gets to see him do something dangerous for her newfound friends.

Tomura still gets shot though. Snipe has been waiting for this since the Prologue, I'm not taking it away from him.