"You've gotten slow." All For One spoke. "Last I checked it would have taken you seconds, not minutes to get here. How's the wound treating you?"

"As well as yours I presume!" The man growled, not even bothering to show that ridiculous smile. "This is as far as you go, All For One, your reign of terror ends tonight!"

"Oh, but i've found so many ways to torture you." His arms bulked. "Springlike limbs plus Air cannon." With a simple thrust All Might was sent spring forward faster and faster, through block after block. "That ought to keep him down for a few good seconds."

"All Might!" The blond shouted out in something that resembled concern.

"Bakugo we need to run, now!" Iruma grabbed his arm. "We can't do anything to help All Might, he can't punch with full power while we're in the blast zone." Smart.

"Unfortunately you don't have a choice." He shoved his fingers forward, stretching them from his body like whips as it hit Kurogiri. "Forcible Quirk activation." The man's body twitched and struggled in pain, but it would get the job done. "It's time for you to make your leave, Tomura. Start over as many times as you want. You have all the pieces you need right in front of you."

"Sensei..what about…"

"YOU'RE MINE!" Looks like the fight was starting earlier than expected

"Even if I don't get out victorious, everything will be okay." He reassured the boy. "You have so much room to grow all on your own." The hero charged right at him, so he caught the man's fists, the impact alone being enough to send whirlwinds flying everywhere.

"You sensei is right, Tomura." Compress repeated, placing the unconscious Dabi into one of his marbles. "Claim your prizes and head out of here."

"Tomura." Iruma looked at the boy. "He's using you, he's teaching you wrong. You have to understand!"

"You're All Might's successor….?" Tomura repeated, and Iruma looked frightened. "He's your sensei…the only one that was there for you, wasn't he? I understand perfectly…he's been trying to infect you…change how you see the world…" Ha, he was wrong. Tomura was with him over Iruma, even if the attachment still stood.

"Great, now it's stalker crazy." Bakugo, somehow more sane and violent than the league combined, grabbed Iruma. "We can talk philosophy and abuse later, focus on the now, Dodger." The two stood side by side as the league surrounded them. "We're going to have to fight our way out of here."

Todoroki looked at the sea of villains, then back at the group. "Any suggestions? Because I already let them down once, and I'm now doing it again."

"Fighting them is out of the question." Momo reminded them. "We're no match for the villain in charge, and we'll likely only get in the way of any progress if we engage in battle."

"Not to mention we're not supposed to be here at all." Ochako groaned. "They noticed us yet, so we only have one shot at getting this right at"

"Fucking hell!" Kirishima quietly shouts, frustration boiling over. "I can't even comprehend it. There's a villain that can hold back All Might."

'Hold back All Might.' A string of thoughts form, a line of thinking taking place as a startling realization takes hold. "We don't need to worry about All For One."

They all stared at him. "We don't need to worry about the almighty quirk stealing villain?" Toru said sarcastically.

"If he's holding back All Might then he's going through multiple quirks and lots of concentration. All Might is unparalleled and it's likely taking all he has to hold back the pro. We can trust that if he's holding All Might back, the same can hold true." 'Two sides of the same coin metaphor, don't fail me now.'

"So we don't have to worry about fighting, we just need to get Bakugo and Iruma out of there." Ibara caught on to his plan. "But how do we do that? Iida, are you fast enough to grab them and run out?"

"Only if I use my Reciprio burst, but I risk my engines stalling while running back."

"Too many ground villains, there's no way we won't be noticed. They're keeping watch like Hawks and the barrier bastard is still in play." He glared at the smiling demon.

"That's probably why Bakugo and Iruma haven't just run away yet. The villains aren't giving them the space to run off on their own." Setsuna observed. "So we need a rescue that keeps us out of sight and out of range. Too bad they can't just fly away like me." Everyone blinked, somehow, someway, coming up with the same suicidal and crazy plan that just might work simultaneously. "Are we really doing this?"

"We don't have much of a choice." Toru sighed. "Todoroki, you create the launching ramp. Kirishima, we're going to need you to break the wall down as a battering ram and catch Bakugo, because he won't listen to anyone else. Ibara, we'll need your vines again to propel us, as Ochako deletes the gravity. Setsuna, again, you'll keep them straight in the air." This was their only shot, they had to make this count. "Iida, you're going to be the thrust that moves us forward." They wouldn't fail this time.

"What about me and you?" Momo asked.

"You create a sled or something to keep them steady on the ice. I'm going to get an extra hand to help us out."

Bakugo had never, in his life, thought he would think about this very sentence. But here, right now, it felt appropriate. 'We have really good synergy.'

They were both instinct fighters, one focused on offense the other defense. It created this off balance of being untouchable and deadly. If it wasn't for glasses they might have left by now.

What was the problem? He kept TALKING TO THEM LIKE PEOPLE! "Look, I get that there's a few..differences that we have, but we can do it without the fighting!" Dodger yelled as he avoided attacks from the magician and magnet villain while he avoided getting stabbed by the school girl and Lizard Man.

"Dodger, seriously, not the time!" He'd consider actually using his real name if it meant he could get him to shut the fuck up for five minutes! "Talking doesn't work on these assholes!"

"I mean I'm getting turned on and kinda want to cut you a bit." The school girl said with a red face. "Come on, Iruma-kins, can't you join us just a little? You're so much nicer than most of the people here. You're already way better than Kiriwo!"

"I'm sorry, but I already worked hard to be a hero. Also your boss is a horrible monster that eats souls." Why couldn't he treat every villain like that?

"Look I know my sensei may be a bit intimidating, but he's only ever had my best intentions, and he's always looked out for me. I'm sure with time, you'll come to see it my way." Handjob continued the trend of villains being obsessed with Dodger for some fucking reason.

"I'm good either way, he's too much like Deku-kun for my taste." The glasses fucker smirked. "I shouldn't tempt myself, I only have one mortal enemy. I shouldn't cheat on him like that." Great, as if he needed THAT mental image in his head.

"You know, we haven't landed a hit on either of them. Starting to see how they took out Muscular and Moonfish." Mask man spoke up, once again trying to turn them into marbles, getting a blast in the stomach in retaliation.

"We'll keep going then. Heroes never back down, villains should follow the same rules!" Lizard fucker started swinging his oversized sword faster, only for a stray hit to shatter it. "My baby! I spent weeks on her!"

"This is getting us nowhere, and we're only getting in All Might's way!" Bakugo gritted his teeth, looking back on the main fight occasionally, the big boss somehow able to keep up with the number one hero. "If we don't get out of here soon, he's going to lose."

"But every time we try jumping really far … I'm sorry, I never got your name?" Dodger asked the demon, once again proving he might not be taking this seriously.

"Kiriwo Amy, at your service." Was Bakugo the only sane person around here!? He knows that's a lot to ask with them being villains, but a little common sense wasn't much to ask for, right?!

"With Amy blocking the way we can't break out without being open." He had a point, they couldn't even get close to the fu-he saw the imprint of a foot, something forming in his brain.

"You're right, we can't get close to the fragile bastard that gets knocked out with one hit without one of his barriers to save him!" He gave a savage grin. "Can't even fight like a man, can he!?"

"If that's your way of getting a rise out of me, then you need to workshop your material." The bastard was taking the bait, not even noticing the footprints on the ground. "Seriously, with how suicidal Deku-kun is, I expected you to say something that cuts a little more deeply-"

THWACK

The villains turned to the now knocked out villain, a beat of silence before school girl gave a gasp. "Toru! You're here bestie!" She shouted, looking around. "I'm gonna go find her, can I trust you guys to make sure Iruma-kins and Katsuki get locked up?"

"Like we'll give you the chance!" He shouted, making his explosions bigger. Now that the barrier bastard was out of the way, they had more space and freedom to move around and fight. They just needed to wait for the right time to find an opening.

My Lady rarely felt hit like this. Seriously, what aircraft carrier slammed into her? She knew being a hero meant she had a job that was dangerous, but with her quirk, she hardly ever got hurt at her size. Two years under her belt, and she finally faced a battle she knew for certain she had no chance at winning.

Judging by the number of pros that were scattered on the ground with her, she could tell they probably felt the same. Best Jeansit, Ryukyuku, Miriko, three top ten all down for the count. What the fuck do you do in a situation where villain could treat the best like flies?

Well that wasn't entirely true, All Might seemed to make a dent, at least when they occasionally flew in close. But the fact he was struggling at all made everything kinda bleak in retrospect.

"Psst." She could hear voices now, great. She needed to add going crazy to her list of accomplishments today. "Mt. Lady, you're awake, right?"

"You're the voice in my head, shouldn't you know?" She rolled her eyes, wondering why she was indulging her delusions. She heard a sigh before a small pinch rested on her cheek. "How, what the hell?" Okay, something was up.

"I'm Invisible Girl. Listen, we're going to rocket over the villains soon. We need you to act as a shield." They were going to what!? That was completely reckless!

"What the-You sound like a kid!" She loudly whispered in the direction the voice was coming from.

"We are, and the plan is already in motion, so don't tell me to stop." Oh come the fuck on! "All Might's can't go all out until Bakugo and Iruma-kun are out of the way. We need you to work with us here to get them to safety."

Iruma-kun, huh? "You're in love with the Suzuki kid, aren't you?" She knew love makes one do crazy things, but there needs to be some exceptions somewhere.

"Completely, but that's beside the point." It kinda felt like that was the point. "We're counting on you, good luck."

"What the-Hey, come back here!" She whispered and yelled again, but nothing responded. Great, she was the only thing that was preventing a couple of kids from getting killed by a centuries old quirk stealing villain.

Iruma was not having a good day. First Yellow Cat-Sama gets hurt, then Rabbit-sama, now Bunny-sensei is in danger. And his arm was still tingling! It was worse at this point, it felt like it wanted to burst open and explode. It needed some kind of release, but he couldn't focus on that now with Tomura and his friends trying to take them away again.

They needed something, anything. They needed space, thinking, distance, a plan. They needed help.

BOOM! CRTTTT! FWOOOSH!

The ground shook as bricks were flown everywhere. Ice quickly formed from that spot of bricks, forming into a pillar. He almost had no time to notice the figure that was shot up from the ice, soaring through the air. Wait..no, it couldn't be…

"Katsuki! Iruma!" Ejiro's voice cried out to them, the red head's hand sticking out, reaching out for them to grab on to.

"Iruma, hurry!" Ochacko's rang in the air also. Yes..Yes, his friends were here to pick them up!

Bakugo actually smirked, looking excited at their friends showing up. "Those crazy idiots!" He got on the ground. "Well, what are you waiting for Dodger!? Let's get moving!" He relashed an explosion and launched himself in the air.

Iruma nodded, the place was a bit high but … he kicked off the ground. "Thirty Spoons, Rocket Man!" He shouted, jumping in the air. His legs were stained, but not the unbearably broken amount he got with one hundred. Even though he was sure there were a few cracks. He reached out … trying … he wasn't as high as Katsuki.

"I've got you!" Ibara used her vines to hold onto his left arm, pulling him closer. They were here, they were safe!

"Damn it Iruma, I won't let you go back to that bad life!" Tomura shouted out. He wanted to clear up the misunderstanding, but sadly there wasn't much he could do with the monster there. They would just have to wing it later.

"Guys, you're here, you're all here!" Iruma shouted cheerfully. "You saved us!" This was great!

"Shut the fuck up extras. We're not out of the woods yet!" Bakugo yelled, as the masked villain was glowing blue, chasing them. Oh no, they probably had to fight him in mid-

A really huge lady in purple spandex blocked the attack with a headbut. Wow, what kind of food do you eat to get that big? "Get going..you…dumb kids…" He should get her something nice later, same for Miriko and the other heroes that came to save him.

They would make it, they would make it! "Did you all forget it?" … The bastard's voice cut through the air, even as high as they were it was loud as day. "You came to rescue him from a Nomu Factory. Retrieve them Four arms!" The students noticed a flying object coming at them. A brain monster, blasting itself in the air with fire and ice, getting closer and closer.

"We're not letting you take him again!" Iida yelled as the creature neared them. "We'll never let you touch him again!"

"We'll fight the whole world off if we have to!" Ochako yelled, her gaze becoming battle ready and determined.

His friends, his best friends…his family, all of them were willing to fight for him, to protect him no matter what..

'It doesn't matter how far you run.' He felt anger boil, the tingle in his arm agreeing somehow. 'It doesn't matter how well you hide.' He pulled his fist backs, seconds ticked by as everyone tried to fight the beast's pull somehow. 'It doesn't matter how well your defenses are made.' He growled out, his arm glowing with red veins, laced with dots that sparked and covered his own arm with blue streams of light. 'It won't be enough.' 'It'll be your fault your friends died.'

"FUCK OFF!"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!

The creature's arms caved inward with its body, as it was sent flying into the place he was locked up … the rest of them sent flying in the opposite direction from the sheer force of his punch. 'Was that me? It felt like thirty spoonfuls…but it looked like more than one hundred.'

"I CAN'T STEER WITH THIS MUCH FORCE!" Bakugo's girlfriend, whose top half was on top of them, yelled.

"CRASH LANDING!" Iida shouted. "Brace for impact!"

… Maybe he put a bit too much emotion into that punch.