Chapter 37:
"Shit." That was the only thing Izuku can say. What happened to Katsuki could not get any worse than that. "That explains your panic."
"I told you my side now give me the short version of yours." Katsuki looked at him expectantly, not backing down until he gets his answers.
"Okay. So, the thing is, All Might got this quirk that can be passed down. I'm the 9th guy to receive it and it explains my sudden strength enhancement. Its name is 'One For All' and I knew there was going to be an 'All For One' because of the saying 'All for one and one for all!' by the three musketeers. I saw them with swords instead of muskets in that one movie. I mean, what the hell, why the fuck do they have swords instead of muskets, they're muske-"
"Focus, you useless fucking nerd. This is why nobody wants to listen to your long story shorts."
"Right, sorry, anyway, All Might gave me the quirk and told me about All For One. That masked guy was All For One and he can steal quirks. That's his quirk; stealing quirks. Anyway, it just so happens that my actual grandmother-"
"Alright, I get it. I don't care about your grandmother. So, All Might gave you his quirk and it helped power up your physical capabilities AND your quirk"
"It also gave me another quirk that belonged to a previous user called Black Whip."
"Black Whip?"
"It's a whip but black."
"You don't fucking say," Katsuki scoffed at him but Izuku did not care about it. If they don't escape, his head is getting added to the collection. "You got a plan to escape? I don't have a plan."
"Obviously, they want to recruit you." Izuku pointed out the obvious but continued. "If you play their game for a little bit, you can plant a surprise attack and free the both of us."
"That's it?" Katsuki tilted his head in confusion to how simple the plan was. Izuku visibly sighed before reluctantly explaining even more.
"Hey, most of my plans are more on the objective sides. As long as we do the key points of the plan, it won't matter much what we do as the process." Izuku can't believe he's explaining how his plans work to an asshole. To his surprise, Katsuki listened intently.
"Probably a day later. They wouldn't have left us food if it happens now. How suppressed is your quirk, Deku?" Katsuki tried to use his explosions but it only came off as a tiny spark. Izuku tried manipulating the molecular bonds of the cuffs to no avail.
"It looks like I can only control regular-sized small objects. Molecules, cells, and tissues are a no-go with these cuffs on. Plus, the strength of my telekinesis also got weakened, so I wouldn't be able to rip these cuffs apart." He looked around and outside the cell to look for anything useful. "No keys either. They knew what they're doing."
"If you can still manipulate the food, can you shove them in our mouths? I'm fucking hungry." Katsuki pointed using his head at the natto on the floor. Izuku did so and forcibly shoved the food into Katsuki's mouth, much to the latter's annoyance.
"Yeah, eat it up." Izuku snickered as he bite his share of the food. "We'll be here for a while."
"Fuck off, at least let me chew it." After eating, the two decided to not talk to each other as to not piss each other off. This went on until tomorrow, when they were both warped into the bar. Katsuki was immediately gagged as to prevent him from speaking while Tomura got awfully close to Izuku.
"Well, hello there, Izuku."
"Okay, so, we find them, break them out, and then make a run for it. Got me?" Camie quietly summarized her entire plan to everybody while they were on the train. The tracker seems to be leading them somewhere in Kamino Ward. Everyone nodded and mentally prepared themselves for what's to come. As soon as they left the station, Momo immediately stopped them.
"Wait, we need disguises," Momo told them while pointing at a thrift shop. Camie deadpanned at her, knowing the real reason why the onyx girl wants to go to the thrift shop.
"Momo, baby, if you just told us you wanna go shopping, I'm with ya, fam," Camie replied while Momo looks away from embarrassment as everyone chuckled. After a full ten minutes, they were out of the shop wearing disguises. The hardest one they had to disguise was Chifu and Shoji due to their noticeable mutations. They were able to hide the mutations by resorting to Camie's illusions.
"Oh shit, you do some good bodywork here, my good bitch." Chifu looked at her entire body looking like human skin and nothing like grey fur. She could still feel her goat-like horns but she could not see them. "Your quirk works like miracles."
"I agree, it's almost as if I have no mutations."
"That's the trick, fams. Your body is gonna make you feel like it a part of you totes' never existed but if you focus hard on it like Chifu and her horns, she's gonna start feeling it again even without giving it a peek. It's some lit shit."
"Less talk more rescue." Ibara reminded everyone why they're here. It was a very intense walk following wherever the tracker is leading them to.
"Oi look at the big screen over there." Awase pointed at the large screen connected to the building which showed a news conference involving the two UA teachers. Gran Torino was nowhere to be found. "Camie, where's your homeroom teacher?"
"He's on the rescue team. Told us something about Aizawa handling the press and all." Camie explained to the UA students while focusing on the screen. "Something about a reporter badmouthing Bakubitch and him getting triggered. Also something abo- what did that motherfucker say about Izubro?"
"To be fair, Midoriya is an asshole." Awase had to give the reporter credit where it's due, even though Aizawa somehow managed to make the reporter think twice about it.
"Oi, only I get to call him that."
"Motherfucker did you not hear an entire class in UA, 1B in particular, call Midoribro an asshole?" Chifu lifted an eyebrow, not sure why Camie was obsessing over that. "I get you're stressed 'cause your best friend got all up and kidnapped but y'all gotta calm down before you have another panic attack."
"Right, right, right. Sorry." She slapped both her cheeks to get herself back in the game.
"He was expelled, true, but in reality that was just him dropping out of UA in favour of Shiketsu. Due to minor complications, it had to be counted as an expulsion for him to leave." Aizawa immediately shut down the reporter's claims of a possible bad behaviour from Izuku.
"What those reporters claim are not important. Let's go back to business, shall we?" One can always rely on Ibara to make them focus back on the objective.
They eventually followed the tracker to the shadier parts of Kamino Ward, leading up to a warehouse. They snuck around, making sure there are no passersby. Everyone had a feeling of dread on what might be inside that warehouse. It's relieving that they are in the less populated area in town, since this might get messy.
"We are not entering the warehouse," Awase told everyone, who silently agreed. "We can still look into it, but hell no, I'm not entering."
"Over there, an open window." Momo pointed at the side of the warehouse revealing an open window. They headed over quickly and made sure nobody was watching them. "Shoji, use your eyes to peek over."
"Okay." The vice president held out his arm and used his quirk to expand it. An eye grew at the end of it and peeked around. The eyes on Shoji's face widened in shock as he discovered what was inside the location. "It's all… it's all nomus… and RAGDOLL?!"
"She's here?"
"In a vat tank. Wait, I hear somethin- oh no." Shoji looked at the entrance of the warehouse and everyone followed suit. It was Mt. Lady about to destroy the entrance of the warehouse.
"Take cover!" Ibara covered everybody with her vines and lessen the shockwave of the Giant Heroine's attack. Once they were certain it was over, Shoji took a peek again.
"Ragdoll is saved by Tiger and the nomu appears to be detained. Best Jeanist seems to be restraining some sort of guard."
"Guard?"
"It's odd. For a guard, he knew how to dress w-" And then everything exploded.
Earlier that hour at the bar…
"So as long as I call Dabi as 'Scrotum Chin', you'll help us take out any rivals?" Tomura asked a recently escaped Izuku, who was standing beside a recently escaped Katsuki, ready when a fight breaks out. His nanomachines are covering his arms and torso and his eyes were glowing an intense green. Katsuki was growling at them with constant sparks sounding off from his hands. An explosion might come to life if it gets down to it.
"You better not take that deal," Dabi warned Tomura but the crusty villain paid no mind to him.
"Yeah, I'll consider it if you call him 'Scrotum Chin' besides, it benefits us both. You don't have to worry about rival villain groups while we get to detain them before they cause major problems!" There was no way Izuku would actually join them. He already managed to convince Tomura about how useful he could be, and at this point, he's just delaying the inevitable.
"I can't believe you're negotiating with these assholes, asshole." Katsuki facepalmed as he is suffering over the fact that he had to witness this. He knew Izuku was just bullshitting his way out of this one like he usually does, but whatever buys them time.
"Pizza delivery!" Someone announced at the door, causing Katsuki to glare at Izuku.
"Did you order pizza while we were in a fucking hostage situation?"
"I don't remember using my ph-"
"SMASH"
All Might punched his way through the wall as Kamui followed him.
"LACQUERED CHAIN PRISON!" The branches from the hero quickly bound the villains in place.
"Nice try." Dabi mocked the wooden hero and began heating up but Gran Torino flew in and knocked him out. He quickly glared at Izuku, who flinched at the old man's intensity.
"You whippersnapper, you better be ready for an ass-whooping once we're done here!" He pointed his finger aggressively at Izuku, who raised his arms in complete surrender.
"Yes, sir!" Izuku saluted comically while Katsuki rolled his eyes in exasperation.
"Kurogiri, get us out of here. Kurogiri?" Tomura looked at the slumped form of Kurogiri as Edgeshot got out of the warp villain's ear.
"Oh, don't worry, he's not dead. I simply messed with his brain a little to prevent your escape."
"WAHAHA! It's nice to see you again, Young Midoriya, and Young Bakugou! You are in safe hands now!"
"Took you long enough."
"We didn't need your help!"
The two students completely ignored whatever monologue Tomura Shigaraki was saying.
"This is it, Tomura Shigaraki. Give up, and be brought to justice!" All Might faced the young villain directly as Kamui Woods kept his hold tight.
"Time for a round-up. We already have Himiko Toga and the others in custody. All that's left is…" Gran Torino looked at all the villains.
"Shuichi Iguchi." The lizard mutant gritted his teeth in defiance once he heard his name.
"Kenji Hikiishi." Magne remained quiet, silently panicking that the hero knew her name.
"Atsuhiro Sako." The magician didn't say anything, taking it with stride.
"Jin Bubaigawara."
"Shit! HELL YEAH, HE KNOWS US!"
Gran Torino glared at Dabi and Kurogiri's unconscious form. "The police can't figure out who they are…"
"Now, where is your master, Shigaraki."
"I HATE YOU!" Suddenly, a swarm of nomus began warping in and out the building, overwhelming everyone.
"What the- guh!" Izuku and Katsuki both vomited out a black liquid along the rest of the villains.
"Young Midoriya! Kamui, don't you dare let go of these-"
"I can't! They're all being teleported!" The wooden hero panicked as every villain, including Izuku and Katsuki, was warped away into another place.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" All Might screamed in anger but the nomus interrupted his rage. "OKLAHOMA SMASH!" The mini-tornado was enough to take the nomus off him.
"I'm so sorry, everyone!" Kamui Woods apologized but Edgeshot shut him down.
"It's not your fault. This is a different type of warp quirk."
"ALL MIGHT!" They heard Endeavor's voice outside. The nomus have also been warped unto the police. "GET THE BOYS! WE GOT THIS!"
"...Thank you, Endeavor." All Might said as he jumped away.
Back at the warehouse...
Images of their deaths flashed through everyone's mind as the warehouse was destroyed by the sharp-dressed man.
"Nobody. Move. A Muscle." Momo whispered to everyone as they hid behind whatever is left of the warehouse. Not that anybody would. The fear the overwhelmed their entire body is preventing them from moving at all. They heard the man praise Best Jeanist before blasting a hole in the hero's chest.
"-Tomura will not need your quirk, Best Jeanist." The man finished off his statement. "However, we're not done yet, are we?"
A large shadow loomed above the entire area as everybody looked up. A building surrounded by green energy was being dropped on the man with the suit. "An annoyance."
He raised a single arm and blasted the entire building into oblivion. Floating in the air and going face-to-face with the man was a familiar face.
"You kidnapped my brother." The heroine simply said with no emotion and an uninterested look on her face.
"I don't even know who you are." The man spat back, mocking her but she paid no mind.
"You won't need to." Tatsumaki sent the man hurtling through the air and into a building without so much as lifting a finger. Her eyes glowed green with rage as she scowled at the man responsible for Izuku's kidnapping.
"Big sis Tatsumaki is here. She'll handle this. Let's go. Izubro isn't even he-" Camie was just about ready to get out of there with everyone. Fate had different plans.
"Guh! What is that disgusting shit!?" The two boys warped in with the rest of the villains.
"Motherfucker, this is the Darth Vader-looking asshole the Grand Priest told me about," Chifu told them. "This is the motherfucker with multiple quirks. If we don't grab them quick and leave, we're fucked. It's the Wicked Motherfucker."
"You're religion is real?"
"Awase, not now," Ibara told her friend as she thought of ways to get them out.
"Ah, Bakugou, and Nana's grandson. A pleasure to meet you again." All For One rose from the ruins as if he took no damage from Tatsumaki's attack. "I do say, your sister is pleasant company, Midoriya."
"What? Sis?!"
"Get out of here." She told her brother as she used debris to block All For One's version of the Air Cannon. The old villain faced his successor while continually firing off his air cannon to keep Tatsumaki at bay.
"Tomura, you've failed again. But, you mustn't be discouraged. You can simply try again," He knelt and pat the young villain's head. "That's why I brought your group, and the boys you determined as helpful pawns. That's what I'm here for. To help you. All of this is for your sake, Tomura."
"Sensei…"
All For One quickly turned around a blocked a kick from Izuku and an explosion from Katsuki. "Not so fast."
He raised his other arm to destroy another compacted group of debris telekinetically launched at him. "And your quirk is quite useful." He faced Tatsumaki, who showed no fear.
"Of course it is, Scrotum Face!" Tatsumaki shot back and threw another large set of debris at All For One. Tomura tried to rush her but she simply pushed him away with a large gust of psychokinetic wind. "Run, Izuku, I got this."
"No." He refused.
"Listen to your sister, Deku. They want you dead and they want me alive. I'll hold them off." Katsuki tried to reason with Izuku but he still refused.
"Such foolish refusal of advice," All For One shook his head in disappointment. "You reminded me of both All Might and Nana Shimura. So much potential, yet such illogical action."
From behind the walls, Camie was just about ready to run in there to help them. Chifu held on to her to prevent that from happening.
"Okay, I got a plan," Awase finally got out of his thoughts. "They're not gonna like it, but this will help them. We don't even need to launch ourselves or reveal our location."
He looked at Ibara and gave her Mineta's hair quirk. "Stick these to your vines so we can trap the League for a while, and then we pull out those two from underground. It's not pleasant, I know, but that's one of the best ways we're getting out here undetected."
"Very well," She dug her vines into the dirt and extended it underground. "Shoji, tell me when it's the best time to pull them out."
"Okay." The Class 1A's Vice President grew another eye out of his arms and remained on the lookout. The rest of them silently hoped that the two could hold out against that powerful villain.
"For the record, Bakugou, I'm not abandoning you again. Not when you're trying to fix what you broke." Izuku dodged another attempt at capture from Compress.
"Yeah yeah, save me the sentiment." Katsuki scoffed as he blasted away Spinner's blades. Tatsumaki was busy having a stalemate against All For One.
"Such powerful quirk, it might even be on par with All Might's. Is this the power of Nana's grandchildren?" All For One wondered as he broke away from Tatsumaki's telekinetic grasp and avoids another debris missile. "Of course, the main guest has arrived."
"ALL FOR OOOOOOONNNEEE!" All Might dropped from the sky and was instantly face-to-face with his nemesis. "I'VE COME TO BRING BACK WHAT YOU TOOK!"
"It took you minutes just to reach here? You truly are getting slower." The mastermind villain taunted his enemy as he blasts All Might away with an air cannon. "I'm having fun with this combination of quirks."
"All Might!" Izuku yelled as he turned around to see All Might getting launched into multiple buildings.
"Don't worry, boy, that only tickles him. Now, you're head." All For One's mask darkened even more as Izuku felt killing intent coming from the man. He immediately backed away, knowing the intent was meant for him. Suddenly, vines erupted from the ground and grabbed both him and Katsuki. It immediately pulled them underground.
"Where did they-?" Tomura looked around, noting that they were suddenly pulled underground. He saw the rest of his group trapped in some kind of purple balls once the dust settled.
"I see… Tomura, it's time to go." All For One said as tendrils shot out of his fingers, injected an unconscious Kurogiri, and opened up the warp gate. "I will hold them back."
"I'm not leaving you." Tomura tried to reach out to his father figure but All For One pushed him away gently into the portal. The tendrils also removed the purple sticky balls from Tomura's allies.
"Continue this fight without me, Tomura. Remember, I will always be with you one way or another." All For One reassured his apprentice as he pushed Tomura and all of his allies into the portal.
"Now," All For One faced Tatsumaki and All Might, "I'll deal with both of you."
"Gah!" Being pulled by sharp vines underground was not a pleasant experience for Izuku or Katsuki. Both gasped for air but was immediately hugged by their respective friends. Camie hugged him tightly while tears ran down her cheeks. Ibara and Awase were the same as they crushed Katsuki in a group hug.
"This may be endearing, but we need to go, quickly." Momo got up immediately and pulled everyone. "All Might and your sister can deal with this villain."
"You guys are a bunch of retards."
"Katsuki."
"Sorry, you guys are a bunch of dumbasses." Katsuki 'corrected' himself, much to Ibara's annoyance. Her somewhat gloomy mood was gone and it was replaced with glee. She hasn't let go of him yet. "Okay, seriously, we need to go now, dumbasses."
"That's an understatement, motherfuckers."
*Boom*
"We're seeing two motherfuckin' gods and a demigoddess fight each other." The clown hero-in-training pointed at the shockwaves from the battle they were all running from. Izuku looked back for a moment and hesitated.
"Big sis…" He turned back and Camie was the first to notice. She tugged his arm.
"Don't even think about it, Izubro." She held his arm tight, hoping he would listen to her. "We just got Miko-baby back but I'm not losing you. Don't. Do. It."
"Motherfucker, listen to your best friend." Chifu joined Camie in trying to talk him out of whatever he's planning.
"This isn't our fight, Deku." Katsuki had his hand on Izuku's arm but Izuku absentmindedly pulled away from him.
He wasn't listening to any of them. His sister is over there fighting someone beyond them. He saw his grandmother's head in All For One's collection. The pained expression of her decapitated head made him tremble as the vision was replaced by his sister's head. Then All Might's. Then the rest of his family.
He ran into the chaos. He blocked out Camie's desperate attempt to call out to him. Nanostring shot out of his hands and helped him climb the building, avoiding Chifu's quirk. He needs to go back and help them. He needs to. He promised All Might. He needs to do this. It's all or nothing.
"Your grandmother put up a better fight than you, little girl." All For One deflected another debris, only to be sucker-punched by All Might from behind.
"So what? I never met her. I could care less." Tatsumaki snapped back as she telekinetically grabbed All For One and slammed him hard into the ground, causing dust to scatter around the battlefield.
"SMASH!" All Might went in, only to be launched into Tatsumaki via All For One's air cannon. Gran Torino got there in time to stop them from getting higher.
"Keep your head in the game, Toshinori!"
"Yes, sir!"
"You need to find an- oh WHAT IS THE BOY DOING HERE AGAIN?!" Gran Torino was shocked to see Izuku recklessly running at All For One. "What is that boy doing here? Did the shades of One For All tell him to do this?"
"Izuku?!" All three panicked as Izuku rushed All For One with a nanomachine-boosted roundhouse kick. The force of the kick sent the villain back.
"Didn't your sister told you to run? Foolish child." Tendrils shot out of All For One but was countered by Izuku's Blackwhip. "Black Whip? Impossible."
The whip binds around All For One and Izuku begins to repeatedly slam All For One into the ground multiple times. "YOU! WON'T! KILL! TATSUMAKI!"
"Ah, I see, now." All For One realized as he took the hits without so much as a flinch. "It's time I stop playing games and tell you this; You fear your lack of control here."
All For One easily broke out of black whip and blasted Izuku into the building with his air cannons. The only thing that kept the boy from being hurt is the nanomachines in his body covering his skin and absorbing most of the impact. The tendrils of All For One stabbed him in the chest and brought him to the masked villain. "Let me show you what true power is, child."
"DETROIT SMASH!" All Might punched All For One at the back of the head, causing the villain to let go of Izuku. "Run, young Midoriya!"
"I'm not leaving you to die! HE KEPT NANA'S HEAD AS A TROPHY!"
"HE WHAT-?!" All Might's rage flared as he glared at All For One, who was taunting him by copying Nana's smile. The villain was interrupted by Tatsumaki crushing him with the winds.
"GO AWAY, IZUKU!" She yelled at him but he's not backing down this time. "He's acting like this again! Why does it have to be now?!"
"HE'S GONNA KILL YOU!" Izuku rushed in and kicked All For One in the face, launching him afar. He shot out his nanowebs to grab All For One to pull him back in. All Might followed up with another punch to the face, shattering the villain's helm revealing his lack of nose and eyes.
Gran Torino pulled Izuku away. "Boy, you better get out now! You're not thinking clearly. Whatever that bastard showed you; it's not an excuse to do this."
"WATCH OUT!" Izuku pulled Gran Torino out of the way as All Might flew by, punched by All For One.
He ignored Gran Torino's warnings and ran straight at All For One, ignoring his fear of death.
"Fool." All For One raised his arm for another air cannon, but Izuku ducked out of the way, did a cartwheel, and kicked All For One's chest in the process.
"GLASGOW SMASH!" The force of the kick made the villain stagger for a bit. Izuku connected with a One For All-powered left hook to the liver.
It was the first time since years ago that Gran Torino has seen All For One bleed. Perhaps Izuku managed to find the villain's weak spot.
"Die." All For One grabbed Izuku and threw him in the air and followed up with another blast, launching him higher.
Izuku was lucky enough to be caught by his sister mid-air before he could get launched into the stratosphere. "ARE YOU INSANE?!" She smacked him hard on the head in assurance.
"I don't want you to die." He looked at her with a genuine expression. She touched his cheek to reassure him.
"I will if you don't get out of the way," Her words were harsh but true. "Izuku, I know you're worried but please, I don't want you to die either."
"I can't ju-"
"Apologies for interrupting your little heart-to-heart," All For One was in front of them. He was floating and his arm is larger than usual, waiting for the biggest burst of air cannon. "But both of you are too much of a nuisance."
*BOOOOOOOM*
Tatsumaki got in front of Izuku, activate her psychic shield, and took the brunt of the attack, launching them both into the ground. Izuku was mostly fine, he shut down his pain receptors with his quirk and was also protected by his nanomachines. Tatsumaki, however,
"Big sis?" He held her in his arms. She wasn't moving. His breathing hitched as time moved slow around him.
"BIG SIS?!" She's bleeding from the head. Her eyes are closed and her hero costume was mostly ruined. He placed a finger on her neck to check for any pulse.
"No no no no no…" He felt it. It was the biggest sigh of relief he ever gave to know that she's still alive.
Tatsumaki "Terrifying Tornado" Midoriya
Status: KNOCKED OUT
"How cute," All For One raised his arm again and launched another full-power air cannon. He hugged her tight as he waited for the end. "Be erased."
*BOOOOOOOOM*
He looked around. He's still alive. In front of him was All Might in his true form, taking the hit for him and his sister.
"Young Midoriya, I know you're scared for us, and for your sister," The weakened Symbol of Peace whispered. "But we're heroes. Believe in us, and we will be here."
"I won't leave you."
"And I won't let you die. As your mentor, I must tell you to go, Young Midoriya. Gran Torino and I will handle the rest."
"But-"
"Go."
All Might did not need to tell him again. He was already on his feet and carrying his severely injured sister to safety. Once his pain receptors turned back on, that's when the pain started kicking in. He may have used One-For-All over his limit and it strained his entire body.
"Okay, maybe we should have stopped him." Eugene, the Black Whip user's voice echoed in his head.
"Stopped him? Trust me, my grandson is not going to listen to us. A direct member of his family is being threatened with possible death, and ew, he kept our heads." Nana argued back, angry that he got it from her.
"Except mine." Kira pointed out, seemingly unaffected by all this.
"Yeah, he buried you, Kira."
"And except for that one guy he launched to space."
"Eugene, Kira, and Grandma, shut up. I need to focus." He silenced them from his thoughts as he focused more on walking. He shut down the pain receptors on his body again and continued.
"Yo, kid." He turned around, creating a blade with his nanomachines using his quirk. It was Hawks. He was wearing his casual outfit and his hands were in his pockets. "Need a ride?"
Camie knew what happened. The news helicopter only arrived just as they saw Izuku leave the scene while carrying a critically injured Tatsumaki and a deflated All Might. Nobody in the crowd except her knew what really happened. She knew him too much to know what he did, and she was pissed. "That fucking dumbass."
She faced everyone with a dark look on her face. "We all have an idea of what he did, right? This never comes out, okay?" Everybody reluctantly nodded as they continued watching.
She knew who that thin man was. Where All Might formerly stood was Mr. Yagi. "Oh, of course, more secrets! Really, Izubro? You endanger your fucking life and now you keep this one from me?"
She heard someone landing in the alleyway behind her. She took a peek to see it was Hawks bridal carrying Tatsumaki while letting Izuku down. "I'll bring your sister to the hospital quick. I know she's your family and all but you should go with your friends and speak with the police after this mess. No more going after villains, okay?"
The usually confident look Izuku had on his face was long gone. She ignored it. She knew she's being too selfish to let this go but she went into the alleyway alongside everyone once Hawks flew away with Tatsumaki's unconscious body.
"My good bitch, I think it's not a good time to provoke this motherfu-"
*POW*
Camie punched Izuku square in the face. Katsuki snorted but Ibara squeezed his arm to make him stop. Chifu was resting her face on her palm while Momo and Shoji looked at them in shock. Awase was watched closely, curious about the drama.
"YOU STUPID PIECE OF SHIT! WHAT DID I JUST SAY?!" Camie exploded on him, letting the pent up frustration and anger she had for some time after what he pulled on them. "I TOLD YOU NOT TO RISK IT! BUT NOOOOOO, YOU JUST HAD TO GO THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT THE ONE CALLING THE SHOTS!"
"Camie, I-
"OH NO, DON'T YOU DARE TALK OVER ME! You could have gotten yourself killed. You got nervous, you didn't have enough faith in your sister or ALL MIGHT, you tried to be in control, but look where that got you, Izuku."
He winced when she didn't call him 'Izubro'. He didn't know he adored the nickname until she stopped calling him that. She was pissed, and he understood why. He didn't bother looking at the others for help, this was on him and him alone. He still tried to reason with, despite its futility.
"I just- I don't- Tatsumaki might have-" He gently grabbed her hand but she yanked it away in anger. She was in tears after that outburst.
"DON'T! Just… don't bullshit with me. We both lost Miko-baby but now, I almost lost you. That hurts, you self-sacrificing dumbass." She glared at him one last time through her tears. She saw his face filled with grief and regret and it took her all she has to ignore it. "You think about all that sacrifice but you never thought about how the people who care for you would feel. I'm supposed to be the delusional one, not you. I love you too much to let you go, Izuku."
She walked away. He was still surrounded by friends but he haven't felt this alone for a long time. He looked down in shame, unable to face any of them. He felt Chifu and Shoji's hand on his shoulders, trying to comfort him silently. He fucked up big time.
"UNITED STATES OF SMASH!" The moment was interrupted by All Might's victory over All For One. Everybody continued watching until All For One was loaded into the vehicle. Everyone saw All Might point to the screen.
"You. You're next."
The crowd cheered when All Might said his final words. Izuku, and now, Katsuki, knew what it really meant. There was only one thing he could say.
"I can't live up to that…"
{- To Be Continued...
It was Izuku. He was the one hit with the reality check. From Camie, no less.
Bakugou: Harsh
That's what friends are for, dude. Keep each other grounded.
Bakugou: I know that, but shit, man. That was harsh. Other than that, how powerful is Tatsumaki?
She's just a heavily nerfed version of her OPM counterpart.
Bakugou: Enough to stalemate All For One
A WEAKENED All For One. If he was in his prime, it'll take everything she has to do some major damage, but it won't be enough to defeat him.
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