Chapter 54: Exegol part 5
All For One was surprised but this time because of an unknown factor. Izuku turning on him? Sad but predictable. Tomura turning on him too? It was, really, only a matter of time. His brainwashing puppets not being as effective as he hoped? It was initially a bonus, not something he really counted on. Endeavor going full kamikaze on him? His bad, taunting nature often came back to bite him after all.
However, the old Emperor of Crime was being held at bay by this… Person. Gentle Criminal, from what he could gather. A true unpolished gem.
All For One actually had to use a few mutation quirks to be able to follow the dandy's movement, which was somehow getting faster and faster.
"Elegant Nightingale!"
All For One also made a few more arms grow on his back, to catch him. Then, the gray haired man turned the ceiling soft and with extreme power used it to bounce on the ground.
His pinkish aura was looking a bit silly but All For One had to admit it more than did the trick.
His six arms ready, he took position to block the incoming falling sword. The criminal knew that thanks to the speed, the sword would be straight for an instant. It was his cue to catch the weapon and get Gentle six feet under the ground.
Unless Gentle had inhuman reflexes, All For One would use this opportunity to destroy this impertinent bug.
Already a lopsided smile was on his face.
The cold steel in his hands, the next instant, only made it grow further and further. GOT H…
Where was Gentle?! Why did he release his handle on the sword?!
Following this realization, All For One noticed the ground around him getting more and more incurved. His footing was unsteady.
Then he looked down, seeing Gentle crouching on the ground.
"It is the Elegant Nightingale's rise you should have been wary of."
All For One had been punching in the guts a few times. All Might was definitely the hardest. Balor was the second but it hardly counted. Nana Shimura was the third.
Gentle could take pride in being the fourth strong punch in All For One's guts. Hell, he actually felt a rib break under the impact. Sure, his regeneration quirk was already solving this but…
"BITCH!"
"I shall teach you how to be polite, old man."
Gentle said seriously, readying his punch. Why? All For One knew the wall was far from him! So…
Suddenly, All For One felt an invisible trampoline throwing him back at Gentle's punch.
Two more ribs broke under the impact.
All For One was definitely a bit rusty from the lack of fight, he had to admit. Thankfully, he had a quirk to dull the pain. However, he wasn't someone to be trifled with.
So, when Gentle came back at him for another attack, Gentle actually pulled an emergency stop, in mid-air as All For One was now floating.
The Demon Lord's lopsided smile was back, with a vengeance as his blood was boiling once again.
"You know, I think I actually needed that fight. Thank you. I am getting back my battle sense.
DABI, FIREBALL!"
Dabi, the only puppet still active and under his control, had been completely forgotten by everyone. However, he was there, patiently hiding for his master to call him.
The burned Todoroki summoned from his hand another blue fireball that he shot at Gentle.
Gentle was not impressed as the ball was quickly bouncing back at Dabi who had to get the hell out of dodge.
All For One was grumbling.
"I know that coming from me, this might sound rich but your quirk is bullshit."
"Well, to be fair, I am also empowered by the only thing stronger than a Demon Lord." Gentle pointed out, getting ready to bounce back into attack, as he knew the boost wasn't eternal. He needed to plan his escape once he knew the kids were safe on the ground.
Or for his boss to come. If they teamed up, they could probably do something.
Or at least, Gentle hoped. Despite his demeanor, his hand's bones were shattered because of the impact. He was really exceding his limit and it was obvious to him that All For One wasn't killing him yet because he wasn't at his full capacity.
Maybe the fight against Endeavor and the rest actually tired him? If it was the case, it was Gentle's duty to weaken him even further, to give Japan a chance to see the old man dead.
"What is your mysterious secret then? Justice?" All For One bite to his bait and Gentle, his aura flaring up enough to make his mustache and his hair rise like a super saiyajin.
"Love."
He jumped forward again. All For One considered the following and nodded.
"Good answer."
Finally someone who got it, what it meant to play truly the Game.
—--
Meanwhile, on the ground.
"Holy fuck. I thought we were going to die!" Monoma said, trying to feel his heartbeats. Above 150 bpm?! New record! His prize was therapy! "Side note: Izuku? Fuck your family."
"On my father's side only then." Izuku agreed as he was pulling some cards already to allow them to get the hell from there.
The LoV's car, which used to come here met her end when she apparently got hit by a rock from the floating castle.
"So, I have a few Pokemons…" Izuku was going to explain when everyone shut up.
KRAKOOOM.
Above them, the Castle of Illusion was suddenly divided in two, and they could see All For One using some (or a lot of) telekinetic quirk to throw half a Castle at the kids. As if it was a giant meteor.
"He is bluffing, right? I mean, he needs Izuku, no?" Tomura said, uncertain since Sensei was going more and more bonkers each time they saw him. That man really needed to calm down!
"I don't think he is bluffing, Tenko." Mirio pointed out. They… They couldn't dodge that one. His brain was already calculating the speed and the size of the projectile.
Thanks to his quirk, he could probably survive… But the others?
Yet, Nighteye said that they were vital to save as many people as possible.
Suddenly, the pink sparkling gentleman appeared in front of them, hands raised above his head.
"I am here, kids."
Then, everyone saw Gentle stop the castle from falling. His barrier, was gigantic and stretched to the utter limit. It was taking all of his energy and concentration. The kids only had to run and…
Snikt.
All For One, in one instant, appeared in front of him and stabbed him with his own sword in the belly.
"UNCLE GENTLE!" Izuku yelled before Nejire tried to shoot All For One with one of her energy balls.
The old criminal casually swatted it aside, before grabbing Tobita by the neck.
"...You were stronger than I thought. You said your name was Gentle Criminal, right?"
"...Yes," Danjiro said before punching All For One's jaw. All For One used one of his bonus arms to stop it.
"I will remember you. In fact, to honor you, I will take your quirk." Seikyo knew about the vestiges after all. He loved to torture the vestiges in his mental world. However, a few of them were treated with respect and dignity: the one who managed to impress him. These ones were allowed to "play" in a part of his mind. It was a form of immortality and respect.
A light shone and the next instant, Danjiro fell from the sky, under the kids' scared eyes. Unconscious and the sword still in him.
Then, as All For One descended as an unholy demon, the shadow of the castle staying in the air by his will, a gust of wind happened.
The silence came as the teens stopped to scream.
Gentle stopped falling because someone caught him and let him on the ground, calmly.
The next instant, All For One's red eyes meet deep blue ones. A silent message was conveyed through them.
A few words were screamed.
"UNITED STATES OF SMASH!"
The next instant, propelled by the strength of the strongest man on Earth, the falling fragment got thrown in the direction of the sea.
Both the newcomer and All For One touched the ground at the same time.
"It's going to be Okay." The newcomer said but for once, his iconic smile wasn't here," BECAUSE. I. AM. HERE."
"... All Might." All For One stated simply, letting his joints crack as he redirected his full attention to him. None of the teens had the power needed to stop him after all.
"Fucker." All Might answered, making his nemesis chuckle. He would miss this kind of banter once he would be the Demon Lord.
"Please, be polite. You wouldn't want Nana's heirs to have a mouth as foul as mine, right?" All For One trash-talk wasn't the product of a quirk but the result of staying a bit too long in France once.
"Kids, run away. This is between him and me." All Might said as he walked toward his sworn enemy. He was their last line of defense after all.
"Kids, don't run away. Once I am done with him, you wouldn't like me to be angry because I had to search for you. Again." All For One warned before walking towards All Might.
"You are coming at me for once? Not running away?"
"I can't beat you to death if I don't come closer." All For One cheekily answered.
The next moment, Izuku and Co. felt the air cry when both Titans' punches clashed.
Then the kids noticed something scary.
All Might had been slightly pushed back.
—--
Meanwhile, somewhere else.
Pure whiteness? That was… Disappointing, Enji had to admit.
"Surprising, isn't it?" A voice, a familiar one who haunted his nightmares, echoed in the void.
The next instant, Enji punched the man in the face as hard as he could. Or rather, he tried as he only punched the void. The voice spoke once again behind him.
"Enji. It's a mental space. It doesn't work exactly like that here."
Then in front of Endeavor, a man made of pure blue fire appeared. He had, strangely, a nice smile on his face.
"...Father."
"Son."
The Ashen King and Endeavor stared at each other in silence… Before Endeavor sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Am I in Hell and you came to greet me?"
"Naaah. I am officially persona non grata there." The Ashen King said jokingly, before smiling at his son. "Besides, you aren't dead yet. You are partially hallucinating because of the frost, your blood trying to awaken, and of course the lack of oxygen."
This seemed more legitimate. Enji was slightly reassured to not have to be in the same afterlife as his dad.
"So… I failed to protect my son."
"Yeah, I told you All For One was a rat, right? That man loves to have contingency over contingency."
"You did. Probably the only good advice you ever told me." Endeavor said bitterly. Seriously, he would have preferred his death without the mental projection of his father with him. Probably because he used his quirk to his fullest even if it was only for a moment.
"... So, what are you going to do?"
"... Father, I am dead. The end of the road. There isn't much to do after that."
The Ashen King sighed before taking his son's hand. Then, he lit it on fire.
"What kind of father would I be if I let you end like that? Enji. I always said you were my heir. Do you know why?"
"You always said I had the potential to be the next you." Endeavor frowned. What did he mean?
"Good. Now, remember why I never pulled back my hit when I was training you?"
"... Because life and death situations were the best opportunity to grow. Wait, are you telling me that…" Endeavor was realizing, in his last moments, something really important.
He looked at his father's form. The strongest living quirk to ever grace the Earth.
"The Power was inside you all along. Let me show you."
Suddenly, a Gate was floating in front of them. On it, esoteric symbols were written on it. All of it could be found either in Abrahamic studies or the Evangelion Opening (to be fair, this is kind of the same.
The Ashen King raised an eyebrow looking at it.
"Son. Did you stop being a Buddhist?" The Ashen King seemed kind of let down by the situation, "Because mine had a lot of Buddhist symbols!"
"Yes. I couldn't support it even if I knew your form of it was corrupted as hell." Enji said bitterly. The Ashen King nodded as it was fair actually.
"Very well. This… is the Gate. The symbol of you transcending your condition as a Human being to become…"
"A Living Quirk." Endeavor said, looking at the giant door without a frame, floating in front of him.
"I prefer the term Ascended." The Ashen King said, beside his son as suddenly, various pillars appeared all around them. All of them had various pictures of Enji's life, all associated with various emotions. Feeling.
"... What is this?" Endeavor asked, while his father sat in the air.
"The Price. To open the Door, you need to sacrifice part of yourself. Personally, I burned everything that wasn't my hate and my joy!" He said happily, making Endeavor sigh. That explained a lot. "The more you burn? The better! As far as I know, the Old Man sacrificed part of his sentience as a human being, the ability to understand the speaking language, and a few other things."
Enji took a few steps and stood in front of his two biggest pillars. One of them was him, as the UA valedictorian. A picture of him finally receiving the position of #1 (a dream.)
His pride.
The other? It was his family. Rei's screaming. Natsuo's disdain. Shouto's hate. Fuyumi's sadness.
His regrets.
"What happens if I burn something?"
The Ashen King smiled, before putting his arms around Enji's neck.
"You still remember that! But you have no feeling. No pain. No suffering."
Enji inhaled. The Power was at his hand. All he had to do… Was to burn things.
"I have chosen."
Endeavor put his hand on the pillar in front of him.
"I will burn my…"
—--
Meanwhile, in the real world.
Gentle floated in the air thanks to Izuku's quirk: he had a Mr. Mime next to him, who was using his psychic power to make the man airborne. This way, they could move him without aggravating his wound. They left the sword inside of his because unless they were willing to try having Shouto cauterize forcefully the wound, it would do worse than good.
Adding to that, Gentle would likely need medical attention and doctors would need to cut him up to operate on him. A cauterization was a bad move.
Meanwhile, everyone was running as if their lives were on the line. To be fair, it was actually the case, considering two demi-gods were fighting in the background, each time their fists met, a small earthquake could be felt.
Then finally, All-Might's theme rang in the air. Izuku pulled out his phone and Atsuhiro's voice could be heard by everyone.
"IZUKU SAKO. ONCE THIS IS DONE, YOU ARE GROUNDED FOR A YEAR!"
Somehow, having his dad yelling at him made Izuku a bit better.
"With pleasure if I survive! Does it also concern cousin Tenko?" Izuku asked while Nejire, Mirio, and Tamaki raised an eyebrow. Wait, cousin?
"Tenko, you said you weren't…"
Tomura sighed, while keeping up the rhythm while they were among the ruins.
"New development. Izuku is my cousin. My dad and his mom were siblings. Complicated story. On a side note, our grandma was that scary fucker's former nemesis. Also All-Might's mentor."
The Big Three suddenly felt an emotion too many heroes felt.
They weren't paid enough for this.
"We will need a fucking debrief once this end." Mirio said, as he felt this situation was spiralling so fast out of control, it was close to summon the Gurren Lagann.
"Izuku, tell your friends to get ready. Where are you right now?" Atsuhiro was trying to get the situation back on tracks.
"NOT SO FAST, KIDS!"
All For One wasn't about to let his prize run away and while one hand made All Might float in the air, kind of like Darth Vader used to do, his other hand was assembling the metal from the various totaled cars on the ground and suddenly shot them at Izuku and company. Shouto quickly answered to that by creating some ice walls. Considering they could hear the ice cracks, it wasn't nearly enough.
"We are in the opposite direction from Godzilla, Dad!" Izuku managed to yell.
Meanwhile, All-Might was already panting.
Running there took time. Fighting at his full strength, something he didn't have to do in years was even more taxing.
Meanwhile, All For One was slowly getting back his old reflexes, while being more than healed. He was having more and more ease at parrying All-Might's attacks, which made sense.
At his prime, All-Might equaled barely All For One.
Now, he was diminished and his opponent in better health than him.
Still. He had to do it. To protect everyone. End the final threat once and for all.
"This is too bad, All-Might. Alone, you didn't stand the shadow of a chance. If only you had cooperated with Endeavor, you might have actually won!"
All For One laughed before flying toward the fleeing teens.
When Izuku saw that, he knew he had to make a decision. A strategic decision.
All For One's win condition was capturing him. Killing everyone else was a bonus.
So, Izuku gritted his teeth, and pulled a card.
Three Revealing Sword of Light.
Instantly, the three swords formed a wall between him and his friends, making All For One pause for an instant. This allowed All Might to catch back him and the fight began anew. Yet everyone was staring at Izuku, wondering what the hell was going on.
"All For One wants me! If I stay here, he won't be able to divide his attention between you, me and All-Might!"
Tomura tried to punch the wall but Twice stopped him. First, it was more than likely going to be useless. Second, they had no time.
"... Izuku, you better stay alive so I can kill you!" Tomura yelled, as everyone else was literally dragging him toward their extraction point. Izuku's phone was with them, with a map.
Meanwhile Izuku was already shuffling his deck. Ideas. He needed some…
"Demon Lord's REIGN!"
The air cracked as suddenly another noise not like any other filled the space.
All Might got smashed near Izuku, who was touching his chest. Time for the final solution, wasn't it? He hoped he had rested enough and that every cards on him were enough as a sacrifice.
"It is the end, All-Might. You can't beat me!" All For One said, more than happy in the air. Now, he even had dark wings on his back like the king of the edgelord.
All-Might threw up a puddle of blood before noticing something and raised his finger behind All For One. He smiled.
"But he can."
While All For One actually looked behind him, he missed Izuku taking a card out of his chest sleeve.
—--
Enji's mental space.
In front of the Ashen King, Enji's pride was burning. This actually surprised him, as he didn't expect that one from his son.
"Explain? I am curious."
Meanwhile, Enji was slowly passing his hands on another pillar. In it, Rei's smiling at him. Shouto calling him Dad. Natsuo invites him to his wedding.
His dreams and hopes.
The fire was even bigger than his pride, igniting the air.
"I don't deserve any of this. I need to set everything right as penance for… Everything." Enji said before arriving at another pillar. Rei in a wedding dress. Nedzu congratulated him for his first perfect score. His happiest memory.
The Ashen King turned solemn as they turned into ashes. Meanwhile, the door was opening more and more. Its light was almost blinding.
"Don't forget to leave something here, son!"
"I am. I am leaving my regrets. My remorses. My shame." Endeavor said, as he continued to burn more and more of his happiest thoughts.
He suddenly felt a pull toward the Gate, probably signifying it had eaten enough. Enji then turned once again and put his hand on his father's shoulder.
"And finally, I am burning you, dad. I am not in your shadow anymore and I don't want you to do me a Dumbledore again!"
His yell filled the space but nothing happened, to his surprise.
As the Gate was swallowing Enji, he could hear his father laugh.
"Apt choice, son. Remember: "It's not because it is in your head that this isn't real!""
Enji, somehow, felt his body becoming more and more hot while his spine froze.
He had a bad feeling about his dad.
—--
The Ashen King, alone in the void between everything summoned a few instruments to pray. After all, as a father, it was the least he could do to help his son:
[Author's note : play "Kakusei" either the original by Superfly or the one by Sapphire]
A blackened sky appears
My heartbeat sounds the repeating thunderclaps
Before the storm comes
Tonight I will offer up that magic song
—--
In Enji's ice sarcophagus, the shell began to crack. The sky above them, finally shining on the #2 was slowly becoming darker and darker. Enji's heart beat stronger and stronger, awakening him as if it was going to burst from his chest.
—--
The Ashen King continued to sing, using his instruments in rhythm and dancing to honor his son, finally following his footsteps.
Mahari yuware gaaye savanare
Amare dilahi jumagi ganashara
I will bring it back to life
Your heart, my beloved
Shed your body
Now is the time to face your fears
—--
Enji felt every step of the process, as his blood ignited. Each of his cells discovered the power to split themselves, again and again.
The heat allowed his heart to fully come back to life despite the sarcophagus becoming bigger and bigger, covering the former cracks.
Yet, Endeavor's will still pushed on. He had a job to do. He had to make things right.
—--
Mahari yuware gaaye savanare
Amare dilahi jumagi ganashara
Howl at the heavens, awakening
Close your eyes
Scoop up the wind in your hands
Let your body melt
Let the bells ring out
—--
Enji closed his eyes as he took his last breath. He could feel, as the water turned into oxygen because of him, the last gush of wind he would feel.
Then, he didn't feel anything anymore.
The sarcophagus exploded, as a broken chrysalid.
—--
Mahari yuware gaaye savanare
Amare dilahi jumagi ganashara
Mahari yuware gaaye savanare
Amare dilahi jumagi ganashara
Howl at the heavens, awakening
The thunder raises its newborn cry over and over
I will sing, fly beyond the darkness
Mahari yuware gaaye savare
Amare dilahi jumagi gashara
Mahari yuware gaaye savanare
—--
From what was left of the Evil Castle, still floating, everyone could now see a spectacle that sent a terrified feeling across the world.
A giant man, in blue fire, was rising from his former shell. From his eyes, flowed a purple fire as if it was tears.
Then he yelled.
"ALL FOR ONE!"
—--
All For One suddenly wanted to run very, very fast.
"SEAL OF ORICHALCUM!"
Seikyo turned his head toward Izuku. Did he hear right?
"... Little Rey, what the fuck…"
"It's clear to me you have to end here. I am not letting you run away, grandpa!" Izuku was standing his ground, despite the fear in his guts.
All For One, this time, stopped smiling. Izuku had gone one step too far. He was truly too much like his asshole of a father!
"I AM GOING TO KILL YOU AND RESURRECT YOU FOR THIS! I KNEW YOU WERE TOO MUCH LIKE HISASHI!"
All Might, smiling at the situation, rose up again. He had a hole in his left shoulder. He could hardly feel anything because his pain nerves were overloading everything. Yet, seeing his nemesis that scared? It was priceless.
"I WILL TAKE IT AS A COMPLIMENT! BUT NOW, GRANDPA, I AM BRINGING MY A-GAME !
Then, All-Might felt something being slapped on his back by Izuku.
The green haired teen smiled, as a flow of blood erupted from his nose. A calculated risk. If he died, his grandpa couldn't copy his quirk. Monoma's quirk didn't work with dead cells according to him.
If he lived… Well, it was most likely because All-Might won and All For One wasn't a threat anymore.
"It was my final card. I wanted… To get an autograph on it."
The ground never felt more comfortable as Izuku fell on it, smiling. He had used his ultimate card. His ultimate collectable.
Plus Ultra rarity: All Might, Silver Era.
Another blinding light shone harder than ever while All For One was suddenly stuck between the hammer and the anvil.
Probably because an All-Might, all of his wounds healed was in front of him, clearly angry… And on the other side, a giant Ashen King 2.0 who wanted to kill him was coming. OH COME ON, WHAT WAS NEXT?!
"SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEONK!"
Having rested, the King of the Monster rose once again. Stomping the evil one was, at first, a favor for the green one. However, Godzilla knew perfectly well it was because of him he almost… Died.
All For One, for all of his bravado, was suddenly feeling as if everything spiralled out of his control very fast.
"Not gonna lie, I feel way less bragging right now."
—--
"Noumu Gate, are the coordinates correct? Good. Chisaki, be gentle. Bring me back this person. I need him. You might knock him out first, though."
Garaki said with a huge smile. All according to plan. The Gate had been fully opened this time.
His evidence?
The Ashen King's last flame doubled in size in his shrine.
He was coming back. All Garaki needed was a proper vessel.
"Wait, Doc. You planned for all of this?" Chisaki wanted to know because if it was the case… Damn.
Garaki looked at his students who were waiting for his answer.
"Are you asking if I planned for All For One to fight Godzilla, All Might, and a godlike Endeavor?" Garaki chuckled as his students nodded, wondering if he was a master strategist. "I am not nearly insane enough to plan something like that. Honestly, I planned to get Dabi in our custody through another way. Once my plan was done, I would have asked my God to burn to ash All For One. However, as that bastard once said: Improvisation is a survival skill."
—--
In a chopper owned by a news channel.
"...I think, dear viewers, that we can call this the fight of the century! We don't know who is this mysterious villain but apparently, he is now fighting All-Might who seems to have some sort of awakening considering how shining he is! We also see Godzillo getting ready to fight!"
"Ma'am ! We have information: This isn't Godzillo! The form doesn't correspond!" The assistant yelled despite them wearing specialized gears to speak. He was pale. "... It's Godzilla."
"... Godzilla, Godzilla?"
"SKREEEEEOOOOOOONK!"
"Also, ma'am, isn't that…"
… Everyone in the chopper stood in silence as they saw a figure still in everyone's memories thanks to the recordings. The anchorwoman knew what she had to do, despite her dry throat.
"... We have a visual of someone looking like the Ashen King. For some reason, he is apparently on All-Might and Godzilla's side to beat this unknown man."
This was… Truly a special situation.
—--
Izuku was still on the ground when he slowly opened his eyes. In front of him, All Might was punching All For One faster than he could see. Izuku was also half sure All-Might's punches were actually igniting the air.
Meanwhile, Godzilla was slowly building up his own atomic breath while Enji was on fire. Literally.
Izuku wondered if he wasn't hallucinating, especially as he was seeing his grandpa having more and more trouble handling the fight.
"I WAS THIS CLOSE TO WIN!"
This made Izuku chuckle, weakly. He could hardly move to save his own life. So, when at one point he saw All For One raising his arm in his direction, his face distorted by hatred, the teen regretted he didn't have the opportunity to hug Tooru more.
"DIE!"
However, to everyone's surprise, something happened. All For One's arm fell on the ground, cleanly cut by a man who came from nowhere.
His sword glowing in a red light thanks to its scabbard heating it, the Hero Killer pointed his sword at All For One.
"ALL FOR ONE, YOU BIG DAMN NERD! I DIDN'T FORGET YOU TRYING TO CHEAT ON MY MONEY!"
"Stain, I would take this as a personal favor if you could…"
All Might didn't have the opportunity to finish his sentence that Stain already disappeared. Izuku too.
On the ground, only one man was left, with his iconic mask. Two marbles were in his hands, holding Izuku and Stain inside it.
"I am Mr. Compress and I am stealing them, thank you." The Gentleman Thief said, waving at All For One.
Bleeding, All For One felt the blood reddening even more his eyes. WHY? WHY WAS EVERYTHING AGAINST HIM TODAY?!
"WHY ARE YOU HERE?! I NEVER TOUCHED YOU!"
"Actually, you did." Compress said before pulling back his mask, revealing to All For One the face of Atsuhiro Sako. Ooooh. Wasn't he the childhood friend his son stole the love interest to produce Izuku?
"... Ok, that one is fair." Even All For One admitted gladly that fucking over a childhood romance was a dick move.
"Also, it was Oji Harima who stole your brother from its vault." Compress said with a smug smile before marbling himself.
All For One erupted in anger. "I WILL FLAY YOU ALIVE!"
"No." All Might stopped his rant by punching him in the face so strongly it actually split the ground below them. Thankfully, because of Exodia, there was nothing else to destroy.
All For One felt his jaw being pulverized before seeing two lights above him. As the breaths of death came at him, All For One closed his eyes, welcoming the heat. All he had to do was one thing.
'And now the end is here
And so I face that final curtain'
All For One remembered his first stolen quirk. It was a simple strength enhancing one, to defend Yoichi against a bully.
'My friend I'll make it clear
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain'
Then he remembered his first deals. He wasn't the master criminal he was now. In fact, he began as a low grunt, hiding his real quirk, as to not get noticed too quickly.
'I've lived a life that's full
I traveled each and every highway'
He remembered his first wife. She was a beautiful hitwoman. She had been sent to kill him. Instead, they fell in love. She died because of the Second, when he distracted All For One to give Oji Harima the time to steal Yoichi.
'And more, much more
I did it, I did it my way'
It was then that he began his reign of darkness. That he really decided to rule the crime. His first execution? The Second's family. Wife. Children. Even his pet dog.
'Regrets, I've had a few
But then again too few to mention'
He remembered Hisashi's drawing of him and his mom. Maybe he could have been less of a dick and a better father.
'I did what I had to do
I saw it through without exemption'
Decapitating Nana had been harder than one might think. He actually liked the woman as she was smart, strong, and actually funny. He stole her quirk to let her into his mental world. However, it was the only time no soul was attached to the quirk.
'I planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway'
Then, he remembered the dozens of plans he had left. He smiled.
'And more, much, much more
I did it, I did it my way'
The terror in the eyes of his enemies. He loved it. Terraformars and him bonding over that was a good memory.
'Yes, there were times I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew'
Fuck you All-Might, Godzilla and Endeavor. Fuck you, Ashen King.
'But through it all, when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out'
He gave back every hit he took, right? Even now, All Might was hurt. Wait. Could he?
'I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way
For what is a man, what has he got?'
It was a dick move but he was an evil overlord. He activated a quirk he had never used before and shared his sense with All-Might. If he could have smiled, he would have.
'If not himself then he has naught
Not to say the things that he truly feels'
All-Might could feel that, astonishingly enough, All For One felt at peace in his last moment, despite the excruciating pain of being burned alive.
'And not the words of someone who kneels
Let the record show I took all the blows and did it my way'
"THIS ISN'T THE END, ALL MIGHT! THE WORLD WILL REMEMBER MY NAME! I WILL BE THE DEMON KING!"
All For One yelled.
Then All For One died.
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Somewhere, a failsafe activated, giving two sets of orders through a computer.
Two names were on it
"Plan Omega"
"One Piece"
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