Izuku stared at All for One as he continued to fume in annoyance. He could feel the power of All as One flowing through him. He had tried to activate Full Cowling earlier but found that his body didn't reach a block where it couldn't handle the power like before. If he had to guess, Genetic Manipulation put his body together strong enough to handle the full might of All as One's power.

'But then why did my strength fluctuate slightly earlier?' He thought absently, before a tug in his mind turned his attention to All for One. His eyes flashed with a golden spark, and knowledge began to flood into his head. "Air Cannon, Springlike Limbs, Kinetic Boost times four, Strength Enhancer times three."

"You-!" All for One sputtered in the middle of bringing his hand up, bulging with power.

A burst of wind shot out and Izuku summoned six golden shields from Air Wall again, immediately releasing the built up air pressure to clash the oncoming attack. As the two forces neutralized each other, Izuku looked down at his hand.

'I didn't need to summon Air Wall directly from my hands now, not to mention their strength has increased tenfold. And I somehow read what Quirks All for One was going to use before I could see them activate. How?'

"Your Quirks that had originally been in All for One are now boosted by all of the Q-Fields within Stockpile." Hikage explained, his Vestige appearing in the corner of his vision along with the others. "It appears that Scanning has combined with my own Danger Sense to allow you to detect any Quirks planned to be used against you."

"And you appear to be using my Float in order to manipulate Air Wall's constructs around you, like a personal telekinetic field." Nana added.

'I also used the Third's Fa Jin to transfer the kinetic energy built up by it into Laser Bullet, despite that not being a kinetic based attack.' Izuku said internally. 'Though it seems to have become just Laser, now.'

"This is the true power of All as One." En said. "Each Quirk exists separately within the core but emerge from it as a united power. The Quirks can work in tandem easier because as far as they are concerned, they are the same Quirk currently. What you feel as Full Cowling is just the base energy waiting to be shaped."

'I think I get it. So, the general enhancement from Full Cowling will dip temporarily when using other Quirks, but I can freely transfer that power between them now.' Izuku said, visualizing his new Quirks function. It's like there was a pie chart containing what percent each Quirk was using, that he could adjust at any time. The power level in total never changed, just where it was allocated. And the slivers could combine at will? Maybe he'd have to come up with a better metaphor later.

"Exactly, so maybe you could find a reason to use even my Quirk now." En said happily. Izuku gave the Vestige a look, before sighing. He turned back to All for One, waiting for his next move.

Kagome's body seemed to shift like a puppet being jerked on strings as All for One stared at him again with hate. "How dare you… A body perfectly modified to handle multiple Quirks… That body deserves to be mine!"

"The only thing you deserve is a cell in Tartarus." Izuku spat out.

"But would you really subject poor Kagome to such a fate?" All for One said mockingly, flashing a sadistic smile. He brought a finger up to his cheek, and a Quirk-sharpened nail dragged across it. Blood flowed down from the quickly sealed wound. "Honestly, I would get so annoyed stuck in a body like this. Who knows what I might do to it?"

"You-!" Izuku couldn't help himself. He shot forward using Gearshift, raising a fist up. All for One easily predicted the move, flying back towards the wall he had been smashed into earlier.

'Magnetism.' Izuku detected, as dozens of pods lining the wall flew towards him. He summoned forth a dozen Hydras, and their mouths brightened with energy. A second later, balls of energy began shooting out of them, blowing the oncoming pods to bits. He called up two small discs of air shield under the base of his heels as he dismissed the Hydras and positioned himself.

'Release!' The wind burst, and Izuku catapulted towards All for One, who now found himself out of projectiles. He saw the villains body convulse, and he detected what was coming a second later. 'Multiplier, Hypertrophy, Rivet Stab.'

All for One's arms suddenly multiplied in numbers and size, all sprouting sharpened black and red tendrils from the tips of their fingers. Izuku merely continued forward, allowing Blackwhips to flow forth from wherever on his body to counter any stab that would reach him. Upon passing through the enter of the attack, he called on Laser in both hands, spinning through the air with Float and slicing the Rivets like oversized nails.

His counter completely destroyed, All for One was left defenseless momentarily. As Izuku wound up for a punch, he detected another Quirk about to be used by the Villain. 'Impact Recoil.' Before it could be activated Izuku called on Overclock, using a fusion of the original holders' attack and his own. 'Instant Eight Detroit Smash!'

Eight fully powered Smashes crashed into All for One before Impact Recoil had a chance to activate, leaving broken bones underneath the skin. Izuku raised his hand back as Overclock ended and Fa Jin charged in the fist from the flurry of blows.

"Now Ninth, finish the job!" The Second cried.

Adrenaline rushing to his head, he wound back and prepared to punch All for One with all his might. His fist burst forward with red energy in a monumental swing straight at his opponent's head. "United States of-"

A golden hand of fire reached out and grabbed his arm, and a flash of memory that wasn't his own appeared in his head. Of him kneeling over the bloody body of All for One, the top half of the Villains head missing. His eyes then focused back to the current, seeing Kagome's face now. 'NO!'

There was a great explosion as his fist slammed down… mere milometers from Kagome's head. The wall behind them exploded back, producing a crater that they now tumbled into. All for One used the moment of confusion to kick Izuku with a great force, launching him across the open space of the room. As he quickly healed the damage, he could feel the Vestiges all swarming behind him.

"What the hell Eighth!" The Second shouted at the golden shade. "We had him, just like before! We could have finished the job that you started and killed All for One!"

'No.' Izuku said to the Vestiges. He needed to see All Might's memories to remind himself, but he knew what he needed to really do. 'I would have killed Kagome. I'm supposed to save her from All for One. All this fighting is not helping towards that.'

"You can't be serious!" The Second growled in frustration, turning to him. "There's no saving her. She's nothing but a puppet for All for One now. The best you can do is put her down before All for One forces her to do anything else terrible with her body."

Yoichi let out a sigh. "As much as I dislike what the Second is suggesting, he has a point. My brother's Vestige is too strong for her own will to overcome. I don't see any way we can overcome it."

Izuku grimaced as All for One slowly floated himself up to his level, body repairing itself. 'Maybe I can try and take his Quirk?'

"And have a copy of All for One's Vestige able to poke around within here? It would only end in disaster eventually." Third said. "All as One works so well because the will of the Quirks within are all aligned in the same wish. If you begin to take in All for One's own Quirks, or the main one itself, it would cause conflict."

'Seriously?!' Izuku cursed as the Vestiges all began to argue with each other. So, he couldn't take literally Villainous Quirks? To think his own Quirk had an alignment requirement of all things! He refused to give up in saving Kagome. He needed some way to stop All for One's control of Kagome's mind. 'Wait a minute. If it's his Vestige and not the Quirk that is the problem, then… we just need to remove it.'

"Uh, is that something you know how to do?" Daigoro asked in confusion.

Izuku shook his head. 'Personally, no. But there is a way to do it. The only problem is that it would require some communication with the others… and All for One to sit still far longer than he'd like.'

"Which he won't do as long as he has so many Quirks available to him. He'd see anything you try to pull ten steps ahead of you." Nana admitted.

And so, he was back to square one. He needed to lower All for One's strength somehow. But he couldn't take the Villains Quirks into himself! Could he transfer them to someone else then? The only other people nearby were the other All for One and Star and Stripe. The next closest people were the rest of the group back down the hallway bringing back-

All Might!

Since Star was out of the aliens containment, that must mean All Might wasn't far behind. The only reason that he hasn't sped by yet is hopefully because Nezu is trying to heal him. The aliens were able to do so for All for One, so why not All Might?

But how was he even going to take All for One's Quirks to give them to him anyways? He had the Quirk taking and giving functionality from All for One's copy. But All for One would fight tooth and nail for each one, and while the Vestiges have good experience defending against All for One, he wasn't sure if they would work the other way as well. He needed some other way to pass on Quirks besides All for One!

"That's it!" Izuku shouted out loud, before suddenly realizing he hadn't said that internally and slapping a hand over his mouth. Luckily, All for One just gave him a funny look as they continued their stand-off.

"What is it, Izuku?" Nana asked as the Vestiges all stopped their debate and turned to him.

'Let me check something first.' Izuku said, internally this time, as he reached into the core of All as One. Inside he could see several star-like lights, each representing the Quirks within. When the brother's Quirks fused, he gained a better grasp of the abilities originally stored within One for All. With the power originally from All for One, he could now isolate the original holders Quirks from each other. That meant he could give and take their Quirks just like any other.

Including the one he was looking for.

'Alright… I have a really crazy idea.' Izuku said.

"I have the oddest sense of Déjà vu…" En replied with an eyeroll.

"Oh, come on, you know this is going to be great!" Daigoro said with a laugh.

"What is the idea, Ninth?" Yoichi decided to ask. "Did you find a way to save Kagome?"

Izuku nodded. 'Yeah. But I need your help. All your guys' help.'

He gave a pointed look at the Second, and the Vestige sighed. "I'll at least hear you out. So, what's this master plan of yours?"

As Izuku explained the plan, he could see the understanding slowly begin to appear on each of their faces. It took convincing, explaining and a lot of arguing. But eventually, they all agreed it was the best plan for saving Kagome. But they would only have one shot at it.

He prepared to face down All for One with newfound determination. Sparing a glance up the hole above, he hoped Star was handling the other All for One just fine. She had an important part in his new plan, after all…

Who was he kidding. This was Star and Stripe. She could handle anything!


"I can handle this!" Star shouted.

"Really?" The unbelieving voice of her teammates said. "Because it looks like you can't shake that new friend of yours."

Star let out a curse as she was pushed against the edge of the small UFO. It had literally blew itself out of the ground, and had focused straight on her. It had rammed into her and activated its laser. She had to use her two Rules to strengthen her body from the force and make herself immune to the laser.

'This can't be good.' She could see All for One had put himself into some sort of cocoon as soon as the UFO started hugging her. He was up to something, but she was too busy being dragged around to handle it.

Rogue Squadron fired their lasers at the craft, but it hardly slowed despite the shield shimmering greater than before. If this kept up the UFO would be destroyed, but it didn't seem to care. The only thing it seemed interested in was annoying her.

She raised a hand to use a Rule on it's shields, hoping to weaken it. But the UFO decided to take a sharp dive up, throwing her hand around as she felt the G's against her. As it shot straight up in the sky, she got another idea. She dropped the strengthening Rule on her, switching to the one she had used to get out of the underground structure so fast earlier.

"I am intangible!"

She phased into the UFO, then immediately dropped the Rule. She found herself within the UFO, who's interior was strikingly similar to his Bros' X-66's. Activating her Strengthening Rule again, she let out a manic grin.

[Error! This is a restricted area! Remove yourself immediately!]

"Sure thing! Let me just make my own way out!" She answered the alien voice, punching a fist through the console in front of her.

[Error! Error! Error!]

She ripped up as much as she could get her hands on, smashing the rest. As her surroundings began to spark dangerously, she made herself intangible again, dropping out of the bottom of the vessel.

"Knock yourself out boys!" Star told her team as she reappeared. Six lasers slammed into the UFO, now without a shield and stalled unmoving. The plating held for a few seconds, but it eventually brightened and melted, all beams reaching the interior.

The following explosion was glorious.

As Star finally reach the nearest jet, she let out a holler with the others. "Nice shooting! Now let's finish with that fine-suited bastard and…"

She cut herself off as she turned towards the cocoon, which was glowing with a swirling red light. Something was happening within, and she knew it was nothing good. As the glow got continuously brighter, she knew that she needed to stop whatever it was. "Fire!"

Rogue Squadron all shot out their beams without question. The beams began to strike the cocoon, but it held strong. They continued firing, and she could see cracks begin to form along the it. Had they done it in time?

There was a great explosion as the cocoon shattered, and her team let out a second cheer. She couldn't help but sigh. They had been fortunate. The Villain should have known better than to go against her.

"Oh shit!" Rogue 3 cursed out over the radio. "The Q-Field scanner is still picking him up. No, it's impossible. These reading? He would have to be using hundreds…"

"Hundreds?" Star questioned, looking out towards the cloud of smoke where the cocoon had been. She sucked in a breath as a light began to shine from within.

Six great wings of pure energy appeared, sweeping the smoke away in a grand gesture. The wings themselves were built like a dragons, but the energy within burned like feathers of fire. They unfurled, revealing the body attached to them.

There stood a silver-white being three times the size of a normal man, covered in shining scales that grew like armor at parts. Patches of fur lined the body as well, but they also burned with a raw energy, looking more like wreathes of flames. They extended done the legs that ended in great clawed talons, and up the four arms that each embodied a different element at their tips. They ran down the tail, which ended in a glowing boned appendage that continually morphed shape. They ran up to the head, combining with a glorious mane of blinding white hair that flowed in the wind, and had two great horns sticking out of them like an Oni of legend.

Just below those was piercing red eyes, that bore directly into the soul of any who looked into them, and a mouth that had an inhuman smile on it. The being took a deep breath, before letting it out in a lasting sigh. It then locked eyes with her.

"The atmosphere shall solidify to become 1000 times my size!" Star cried out, immediately drawing back her fist and swinging it forward. The newly formed giant followed along as it had when summoned before. 'Fist Bump to the Earth!'

The being barely moved. It merely raised up one of its left hands, palm out. Her super attack connected with it.

And it barely moved an inch.

She stared speechless, hand outstretched, as the being remained unmoving. It raised back its second left hand, mimicking her own form. The entire arm suddenly lit up like a sun, before flashing forward.

Star was blown back. She had to undo the Rule holding the atmosphere together, otherwise their connected movements would have launched her from the jet. She let out a gasp against her will and stared forward.

The being brought its arms back, looking them over for a moment before smiling again in that inhuman way. After a moment, it finally spoke for the first time, it's voice somehow reaching her.

"Truly marvelous." The deep voice echoed out. "This is the true power of All for One. Behold, puny Hero. The greatest Quirk in existence! The amalgamation of centuries of works and hundreds of Quirks!"

All four hands extended, charging with their respective elemental energy. Star barked for them all to dodge, but moments later beams of fire, ice, wind and lightning shot across the sky. They clipped four of the six jets, and they all spiraled to the ground.

"Guys!" Star shouted out in concern as they fell from the sky. Luckily none of the beams had tagged the cockpits, and the X-66 was built to survive a crash from atmosphere, so they would live. But only if she managed to stop this monster. She focused back on the threat in front of her, steeling her nerves.

All for One just laughed to himself, overlooking his body in narcissistic appreciation.

"Finally! This is who I am! The great Demon Lord!"


"And he was making fun of me for having too much fun." The All for One inside Kagome's body said. He stared up beyond the ceiling, listening into his other self's mind through their connection. It seemed that he was having far better luck with Star than he was with a single child.

He couldn't help but feel a little jealous. The other him got to have their old body while he had to be stuffed into whoever was available. Contrary to what one might think, being put into a female body wasn't actually his main issue. He had used woman's bodies plenty of times through the use of Quirks (he was just experimenting with Quirks, some operated differently depending on sex or gender). The true annoyance was how… boring this girl was.

He had planned to join with Shigaraki after he had made himself as his own Supervillain. After he had come to deserve inheriting the title of Symbol of Evil. Throw in the tragic backstory connected to All Might and Nana Shimura, and it was the perfect option for a second body.

What could he say, he had a flair for being dramatic.

Oh, sure, this woman had tried to two time Villains and Heroes alike. But her goals were so simple and trite. He would hardly call her a Villain. If she had tried to find her own power instead of attempting to steal his, then maybe he would have a bit of respect for her. But as far as he could tell, she was nothing but a common thief. If not for the lack of Quirk and Genetic Manipulation's perfect integration, he wouldn't have been able to use this body.

Which likely factored in part to why he was having trouble fighting this boy.

His broken as hell Quirk factored in a lot more.

'All as One… What a joke!' He could hardly believe that One for All was able to integrate his own Quirk so greatly, even with Genetic Manipulation. Was there some factor to his brothers Quirk that he had overlooked?

Oh well. He could get the answer out Yoichi when he rips him out of Izuku Midoriya's half-dead body.

He summoned several quirks into his right arm, forming a massive maw that began to charge energy. In the left, he shifted it into a swarm of tentacle like appendages with terrifying fangs within. Truly monstrous in form, but also effective.

"What now, Hero?" He asked mockingly as he raised his cannon arm at the boy floating on the opposite side of the domed room. He had clearly missed the killing blow on purpose earlier. His naivety would be easy to exploit. "And here I thought you were All Might's successor. Yet you can't even kill me properly like he did!"

"Don't worry, All for One. I'll make sure to destroy you more thoroughly than All Might ever could. But I'm going to save Kagome as well!" Midoriya responded, and All for One couldn't help but laugh as he recognized the statement as true. "But first, I'll take what's most important to you!"

"Let's see you try, boy!" All for One said, and he fired the beam he had charged. Multiple streaks of energy flew forward, but Midoriya easily dodged them all. As to be expected, with the Quirks he now held.

As much as All for One hated to admit it, he was now the one stalling. He just needed to toy with this boy long enough for his other self to beat Star and take New Order. That should be enough to steal even this crazy new Quirk.

As Midoriya approached he began to dangle a swarm of Blackwhip behind him, which swung wildly. He was plotting something, but All for One had no idea what. So he sent the biters that he had created from his other arm forward.

If not any physical damage, then at least he could terrify the poor boy.

But Midoriya flew forward unflinching, slicing the appendages with Laser as he closed the distance. All for One tried to throw up a barrier, but it was immediately shattered with a Smash. Midoriya was now right in front of him and continued with a flurry of punches.

All for One called on his Shock Absorption, while activating Impact Recoil where he could. Unfortunately, he had to consciously react to an upcoming attack to reflect it to use the latter, and the flurry of punches both were impossible to counter and quick to surpass the limits of Absorption. Feeling his body break throughout, he tried to activate some Quirk to push Midoriya back. But suddenly a swarm of black and red engulfed him.

"What?" He glanced as a dozen Fa Jin-charged Blackwhip's wrapped around his still damaged body. Then a couple Hydra's for good measure. They wrapped him in a literal bone-breaking hug, keeping him stuck in place as Super-Regeneration fought to fix his constantly shattering body. He went to glare at Midoriya, only to see a hand.

It grasped his face, and all at once he realized what his opponent was trying to do. But he couldn't believe it. He wouldn't dare-

All at once the world bled away, and he found himself within his own mind. The vestigial representation of All for One the copy, surrounded by the hundreds of other stolen Quirks that had been replicated with it. But there was a hole in the world, in from which bled a blinding power that terrified him.

In this world, he looked just like his old, damaged self. Understandable, as that was when he had been copied. But he was also attached to Kagome Mirai like a tumour, growing out of her side. She lay limp though, kneeling on the floor with her hands dangling at her sides. As expected, as one who has no will in this realm.

As he looked up to the hole into his personal realm Midoriya flew through it, followed by a deluge of light. He floated down and stepped into his Quirk like he owned it. He glared over at All for One with a steely gaze as he took a step forward. "All for One."

"Oh…? You came into my Quirk?" All for One said quizzically. "Instead of keeping your Quirk away from me, you're bringing it closer to me?"

"I can't steal your Quirks unless I come closer." Midoriya replied simply.

"Oho…?" All for One smirked. "Then get as close as you need to."

He contained his laughter as Midoriya walked towards him. Did the boy really think he would let him take anything useful? Sure, he might grab a couple dozen random Quirks holed away here, but anything important like Super-Regeneration was kept close at hand. There would be no way he could cripple him with such a tactic.

But he knows that his brother's Vestige (which he knows is conscious now, he felt him earlier) would have told him that. Which makes the fact that he attempted this anyways worrying. Had he overlooked something? Was there some sort of Quirk he had forgotten about that would work well with the boy's current arsenal?

Midoriya took another step, flexed, and then shot forward. Straight towards him. All for One flinched as the light of All as One surged along behind the invader.

'He's really coming right for me! Is he truly that confident in his Quirk?' All for One asked himself as he brought his own will to bear. It slammed into Midoriya, and his advance was slowed.

"Fool! That you would come straight towards me is foolhardy! Even if you could reach me, my will is centuries stronger than you. I won't be taken so easily!" He shouted, pushing harder. But Midoriya continued forward, more of the light from All as One blasting through the hole to push against him. "Are you really going to risk so much just against me? You Heroes are always too self-sacrificing."

But Midoriya took another step. And another. For whatever reason, he pushed against All for One's flood of despair unflinching. As he slowly got closer, the figures of the previous holders of One for All began to appear as well, pushing him forward.

"Still, you all resist." He growled out. "Do you all think that by standing together you can overcome me? Don't make me laugh! I'll rip you talking corpses apart before I give up any of my Quirks!"

Midoriya was nearly upon him now, and All for One was willing to admit he was slightly worried. What was he planning? Was there some sort of advantage he would gain from linking with his Quirk?

Through the light, Midoriya raised up a hand and brought it down towards All for One. He braced himself for the ensuing struggle, only for the boy's hand to pass right by him. 'Huh?'

He looked down to see Midoriya's hand resting on Kagome's head, a great light spreading from him into the limp body.

'Her body! It's connected to me but has no will of its own!' All for One began to truly panic as the light continued to surge into the body joined to him. He had no idea what might happen to him due to the connection. Would this give Midoriya full control over his body? Could he take any Quirk he had been holding closer?

"Stop!" All for One reached out and pushed against Midoriya, who just grit his teeth as he kept pushing forward. What was he doing? He could feel something happening to him, but he couldn't tell what. It was an entirely alien feeling to him. He just knew that he couldn't let it continue. He focused against the light of All as One pushing against him.

Was this what his brother felt whenever he tried to take his Quirk? He had a newfound respect for Yoichi's stubbornness.

Suddenly the light ceased to flow forward, and he felt the push against him stop. All for One took the chance to wind back and slug Midoriya in the face. The boy went flying back, and with a push of will, he went tumbling out the hole in his Quirk he came through, some of the light seeping back through with him.

They both snapped back to reality and the two were launched away from each other, All for One's body healing quickly from a pain on his head. He caught his breath as he quickly took stock of himself. He catalogued all his important Quirks but found none of them missing. In fact, they seemed to be working finer than they ever had.

But there was something wrong. Midoriya and All as One had tried something, and he could feel it in his Quirk. There had been a feeling in his chest that was no longer there anymore, but he couldn't quite recall what it was. And he wouldn't stand for that.

"What did you do?" He demanded at the boy.

"I don't know, I'm still determining if it worked in the first place." Midoriya responded shakily, still disoriented from the mental assault.

"Don't play with me! You took something didn't you! Which Quirk was it?!" All for One cried, surging forth.

As he summoned another set of monstrous forms from his hands, he noticed that Midoriya acted far slower than before. His own attacks were landing closer to the mark, even if they were still missing, and the retaliatory blasts could be blocked.

"Slowing down, young Midoriya?" All for One mocked, noticing the way that the boy flinched. "Did trying to take my Quirks really take that much out of you? As much as it pains me to tell you, I'm afraid it was all for nothing."

He pushed harder, a combination of energy waves forcing his opponent to dive to the floor.

"Really, this resistance was cute, but it's time for you to finally realize how outmatched you are." All for One said coolly.

He flew down to the ground, using another combination of Quirks to throw the floor on both sides of Midoriya up, pinning him in.

"Both our Quirks may be the same age, but you're nothing but a child when it comes to fighting." All for One explained. "Whereas I have been dealing with Heroes stronger than you for over a Century."

He began to charge a combination beam attack at the now trapped target. It was more than his current body could handle and would cause severe blowback to it. But this body was always going to be temporary anyways.

From what he had seen, Midoriya would not be fast enough to reach him to cancel the attack, but he would be able to dodge it. Fortunately, All for One had purposefully placed himself so that he wouldn't. As he prepared to fire and saw Midoriya prepare to move, he glanced behind him with a smile.

Through the open door, into the long hallway beyond, to where the rest of his 'friends' waited at the end.

Midoriya seemed to realize in an instant what All for One was planning (through Danger Sense, no doubt), and froze like a deer in headlights. There was a split-second of anger before he began to summon as many golden shields as he could.

But it wouldn't be enough. All for One had designed this combination of Quirks to pierce even Machia. The shields will likely disperse the attack enough though to not prove immediately fatal, and maybe even keep his friends alive a few more moments before All for One decided to go down and finish the job himself.

As much as he loved using civilians to get one over on Heroes, he had held back this time due to not wanting to excessively damage what would soon be his new base of operations. However, after recent events, his patience was wearing thin.

The beams charge reached his apex, and All for One nearly fired. But he felt the hairs on his back raise as he noticed a blur approaching from down the hallway beyond Midoriya. His attack halted as an image he had seen in his nightmares for years began to become clear.

Realizing he had hesitated for too long, All for One dismissed the beam as he tried to call on every defensive Quirk he had within him. Pure fear crossed his face as he brought up his arms to guard his face. The approaching figure blasted past the confused Midoriya like a cannon, stopping right in front of him.

"DETROIT…"

Seven feet of pure muscle, dressed in red, white and blue, wound back a fist that contained kinetic force equal to that of a bullet train. All for One only had a moment to catch two tufts of blonde hair blowing in the wind before the motion carried through.

"SMASH!"

All for One crashed against the opposite wall of the room harder than any of Midoriya's previous attacks had. If not for the switch to defensive Quirks, he had no doubt he'd be out of commission. As Super-Regeneration did the best it could, he limply looked over at the cause of all his misery.

The Hero stood tall with his trademark grin. There was no hint of the previous injuries that All for One had inflicted, as he stood tall without a hint of posturing. A device could be seen attached to the back of his head, three glowing prongs reaching across the right side of his face.

"A-All Might…." Midoriya's voice quivered as tears welled up in his eyes. "Is that really you?"

"Of course!" All Might's voice rang out in the open space. He turned back to look at his apprentice warmly. "You've managed well to get this far Young Midoriya. You truly have done the mantle of one for all proud! But you don't have to struggle alone any longer. Why?"

All Might turned back to All for One, staring him down as he held his head high.

"BECAUSE I AM HERE!"

Next Chapter: Bestowed a Heroes Will