May Your Heart Go Beyond

by The OC Maniac

Taking place after the events of Kingdom Hearts 3, Sora had just used the power of Waking one last time to Save Kairi, however this drains him of almost all of his power and leaves him just like he would be at the start of every new adventure. Now stranded in an unfamiliar world, he must now become a hero in order to protect this world from the darkness that comes for it.

73. Chapter 72

Chapter 72

[Silence]

"No one's come to save you have they? You've had a hard life, Tenko Shimura."

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST The Power Of All For One]

" 'He'll be fine.' 'Eventually the Heroes will help.' I'm sure that's what everyone thought as they looked away and ignored you. The world shouldn't be so unforgiving. You didn't do anything wrong." A man in a suit consoled a mistreated and homeless child with white hair. He extended his hand and offered to help the boy. "Don't worry. I am here for you."

That scene flowed through Tomura Shigaraki's mind right now, and the young Villain uttered one thing. "No...This is not...over." He spoke to the Heroes and police who had restrained him and his League, in his now busted up hideout. "Just you wait. The game is still mine."

"YOU'LL TELL US WHERE HE IS RIGHT NOW." All Might spoke up.

"...Go away...Disappear!..." Shigaraki growled.

All Might was losing his patience. "SHIGARAKI."

"THIS IS YOUR FAULT! I HATE YOU!" The League Leader ragefully screamed.

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST I'm Seriously Going To Crush You]

Suddenly, large amounts of black liquid began to form in the air and burst, catching everyone off guard. Almost immediately after that, multiple Nomu began to come out of the spots of liquid. "Nomu! How'd they get here?!" Kamui Woods questioned. "What is this!?" More spots of black liquid began to form, surrounding the Pros from all sides in the bar.

"Damn it, Edgeshot! Stop Kurogiri!" Gran Torino yelled at the ninja themed Pro.

"He's still out! This isn't his doing!" Edgeshot responded.

"They keep on coming!" Kamui Woods saw more and more spots of black liquid open up and more Nomu began to crawl out of them.

"DON'T RELEASE THEM UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES! GOT IT!?" All Might ordered the wood user.

"Right!" Kamui replied.

Suddenly, Katsuki felt something in his mouth and he involuntarily began to vomit out the same black ooze that was bringing in the Nomu. The liquid quickly engulfed his body. "The crap!?" He exclaimed.

All Might just noticed it happen. "BAKUGO!" He turned and tried to grab the boy, but the black ooze fully engulfed him and when the Number one Hero reached for him, the boy was gone. The black liquid had taken the explosive teen away from them. "NOOOOOOOOOO!"

"Endeavor! Help us!" Kamui Woods called out before looking behind him to see the Special Assault Teams, Naomana, and Endeavor surrounded on all sides by the black liquid and Nomu that were crawling out of it.

The Nomu were quickly overwhelming the Special Assault Teams, and the Number 2 Hero was struggling to use his flames against the Nomu, as he was trying to avoid burning his allies. "Tsukauchi! Evacuate the area!" He yelled.

"They're from the other hideout. That location should be locked down!" Naomasa stated before using his radio to contact team two. "Come in, Jeanist! What the hell is going on over there!?" There was no response from the number 4 Hero. "JEANIST!"

Inside the bar, the Nomu were causing chaos, attacking the Pros and Special Assault Squad on sight. Gran Torino and All Might managed to group up after knocking a few away from themselves. "Toshinori! What now?!" The elder Pro questioned.

"THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WARP NOMU HERE! AND THIS BACKUP CAME TOO FAST!" The Number 1 Hero pointed out, fearing that All For One had made this move.

As the chaos was happening, Tomura recognized this black ooze and knew what was happening. "Master." He whispered happily, knowing that his mentor was causing this.

Suddenly, the members of the League of Villains began to vomit out the black ooze as well, and they were being engulfed by it as well. "Stop them! Before they all disappear!" Gran Torino exclaimed as he blitzed towards the Villains.

"DAMN IT!" All Might cursed as he ran towards the League Leader. "YOU WON'T ESCAPE, SHIGARAKI!" The Villains were engulfed by the black liquid right as The Number 1 Hero reached Tomura. "TAKE ME WITH YOU!" He tried to grab the Villain, but it was too late as he and all the other League Members were taken away.

Kamui Woods spoke up. "No! NO! I'M SO SORRY!"

"This wasn't your fault. None of us were able to do anything." Edgeshot told the young Pro while avoiding a Nomu's attack and countering with his Thousand Sheet Pierce super move. "Kurogiri's quirk opens up warp gates that allow anyone to pass through, but this was targeting specific people."

Three Nomu pounced on and began to bite into All Might. "All Might!" Gran Torino called out.

"OKLAHOMA..." The Number 1 Hero announced before he began to spin his body around. "...SMAAAAASH!" The Nomu were forced off of him and were blasted away by the force of his smash attack, breaking through the walls of the building.

"Hope that wasn't a load bearing wall." One Special Assault unit commented.

"Focus on the enemies out here!" Another one ordered. "On your left!"

The Special Assault squads continued to open fire on the approaching Nomu forces, but they weren't stopping. "They're monsters!"

Before the Nomu could get too close, Endeavor stepped in and used his flames to burn them until they dropped. "More of them!?" He noticed as the Nomu just kept coming, in spite of him already tagging out at least 10 at this point. "I thought we were supposed to have a handle on these!"

"Jeanist isn't answering me anymore!" Tsukauchi spoke up. "It's possible they failed at the Nomu factory!"

"This is putting a lot of stress on my power!" The flame user told the detective as he burnt another Nomu down.

"ENDEAVOR!" All Might called out from the upper floor of the bar, before coughing from the smoke. "ARE YOU KEEPING UP?"

"Does it look like I'm having any trouble?! Worry about your own responsibilities, you fool!" The Number 2 Hero replied before he began to burn another two Nomu attacking him. "If you're going to go after them, now is the time!"

"RIGHT." The Number 1 Hero understood. "I'LL LEAVE YOU TO IT."

[Silence]

Back at the destroyed warehouse, All For One looked down at Best Jeanist, who was the only one that was at the epicenter of the attack, and gravely injured, while the other Pros were still very hurt, but weren't hit as hard as he was. The Villain clapped and complimented the Pro Hero.

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST The Power Of All For One]

"I see why you're the Number 4 Hero, Best Jeanist." He said. "That blast should have annihilated the lot of you. But you were able to manipulate everyone's clothing and pull them out of the way just in time. Quick thinking. Consider me impressed."

Jeanist knew what he was up against. He remembered being briefed about an architect behind the League of Villains, whose strength was comparable to All Might's, and who would be crafty and cunning. He was to only be pursued AFTER the League and Nomu were quickly captured, but that didn't go according to plan.

"It...wasn't supposed to go like this." The Number 4 Hero uttered out, before he used his quirk to push himself up with his clothes. "But that doesn't matter. A true Hero doesn't believe in excuses!" He then attempted to attack All For One.

A swift stroke of the Villain's finger and Jeanist was out of commission. A blast of compressed air had instantly destroyed Jeanist's attack, tore through his stomach, and blew a hole in it. The ground below him bursted into pieces and a large portion of blood spurted out of the hole in the man's stomach. He went limp.

"Now I see. Your strength comes from practice and practical experience, not raw power." All For One noted. "I don't need your quirk. It wouldn't pair well with Tomura's disposition."

From behind the wall close by, the five children were all still frozen in absolute terror. Many things were going through their minds at the moment. Who was this guy? What happened? He took out a group of Pros in an instant. They had to run and they knew that, but they were all so scared that their legs, no, their whole bodies, wouldn't move.

The sound of a thick liquid was heard and then coughing, before a familiar voice was heard. "Damn it. Augh...The hell?" And then more coughing. The five behind the wall knew who that was. Katsuki was now there.

"My apologies, Bakugo." All For One said to him.

The explosive teen could finally breathe again and looked towards the Villain. "Huh?"

Suddenly, more black liquid spots materialized behind Katsuki and out of each spot came a member of the League of Villains. Spinner and most other members gagged on their knees.

"That was so gross!" Himiko said as she almost puked again from the horrible taste.

"This black stuff reeks!...I LOVE IT!" Twice exclaimed as he was on his knees.

Dabi and Kurogiri were the only two who weren't gagging, because they were both still knocked out. While everyone else stood up, Tomura kneeled before All For One and bowed to him. "Master."

"So, you failed once more, Tomura." The Villain Leader said as he approached his apprentice. "But you must not be discouraged. You'll try again. That's why I brought your associates back with you. Even this child. Because you judged that he was an important piece on your game board." He extended his hand towards Shigaraki. "Start over as many times as it takes. I am here to provide you with help. All of this is for you."

Bakugo looked at this and knew that even though this guy in a suit was in the middle of something, there was no way he was getting out of this. But before he could start thinking of a way to escape from this, the sound of something shattering was heard by him and everyone else, and they turned to see where that noise came from.

"AUGH!" A familiar boy with spiky brown hair and two Key shaped swords violently skidded on the concrete, until he forced himself to stop by jamming the tips of the blades into the ground. The boy struggled to get up, feeling exhausted and hurt everywhere.

"Huh? Sora!" Katsuki recognized the injured boy.

"K...Kats...ngh!" The Keyblade wielder couldn't even say Bakugo's name, due to what had happened prior to this. The boy barely managed to raise Oathkeeper up and cast Cure on himself. It didn't do much, but he could at least feel that his vocal chords weren't as damaged anymore.

Vanitas then warped to the League's location and spoke up. "Wow. You went and caused some chaos without inviting me?"

"You're here now, aren't you?" All For One replied.

The dark remnant took a deep breath, before letting out a satisfied sigh. "Well, at least I get to soak in all this panic and terror you caussed."

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Threat Incoming]

From behind the wall, Izuku mentally told himself that he couldn't freak out now. He knew why he was here. It was because he couldn't move his body fast enough back then and because of that, the Villains took both Katsuki and Sora. Being scared is no excuse right now, not when they're both so close.

Midoriya then began to analyze the situation. He correctly assumed that All For One didn't know the five of them were there, otherwise he wouldn't talk so freely. He also guessed that thanks to All For One's wide scale destruction, the panic and terror that Vanitas could detect was coming from all directions, which means that the five of them were still hidden, at least for now. The distance between Izuku and his two endangered friends was about six or seven meters. He knew with Full Cowling he could get there in less than a second, but he had no idea if he could get away or where to run after that. Plus he would endanger the other four classmates that he was with. He needed a plan, just a way to reach out to them.

Iida noticed Midoriya's struggle and already knew what was going through his classmate's head. The moment that Izuku was about to take a step, Tenya grabbed and held the One For All user's chest, as well as one of Todoroki's arms, making absolutely sure that neither of them were going anywhere. Yaoyorozu did the same thing with Kirishima, clinging onto his arm so that he wouldn't do anything either.

Both the class rep and the deputy had the same things going through their minds. They had to keep the other three in check. They had to focus, to think. They have to get away from here, but how?

They then heard All For One speak up again. "Ah. There you are."

As the student began to fear the worst, they heard the sound of a shockwave and then a clash.

[Silence]

Coming down from the sky after a powerful leap, All Might blitzed towards All For One and had both of his fists go for a punch on the Villain, only for them to be caught by All For One, who managed to firmly hold his ground. The force of this clash created a powerful tremor while the ground below the pair cracked and buckled under their overwhelming power.

"I'LL HAVE YOU RETURN MY STUDENT, ALL FOR ONE!" The Symbol of Peace angrily declared.

"Have you come to kill me a second time, All Might?" The ultimate Villain asked while he still held the Number 1 Hero back.

The two kept pushing against each other, trying to force the other back, but neither of them budged. The force of this struggle created a shockwave that sent everyone except Vanitas flying. The dark remnant had put up his barrier and it had withstood the powerful clash.

From behind the wall, the five students were luckily not blasted away, but they could still feel the power behind that clash. "No. There's too many of them." Izuku said while the sound of the shockwave drowned out his voice.

Once the dust finally settled, Vanitas dropped his barrier and jumped away from All For One, and landed next to Tomura, who was getting back up, along with the other conscious League members.

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST All For One]

"It took you long enough to find us. It's only five kilometers from the bar to here, and yet it was at least 30 seconds after I had released the Nomu that you arrived." All For One pointed out. "You've gotten weaker, All Might."

"YOU'RE ONE TO TALK. IT'S KIND OF TOUGH TO IGNORE THAT FANCY LIFE SUPPORT MASK YOU'VE GOT ON." The Number 1 Hero spat back. "AREN'T YOU OVEREXERTING YOURSELF?"

Sora and Bakugo both saw that from where they were flung to and knew that this guy had to be the boss, if he could stop All Might with just his bare hands.

"I WON'T REPEAT THE SAME MISTAKE I MADE FIVE YEARS AGO. YOU HEAR ME? I WILL TAKE YOUNG BAKUGO AND YOUNG SORA BACK, AND I WILL MAKE CERTAIN YOU'RE LOCKED UP FOR THE REST OF YOUR SAD LIFE." The Symbol of Peace said before blitzing towards All For One. "RIGHT ALONG WITH YOUR DESPICABLE LEAGUE OF VILLAINS!"

The multi quirked Villain raised his hand and it began to expand. "Sounds like you've got your work cut out for you. This will be hard for us both!" he replied as sent out an air blast from his arm that stopped All Might from reaching him and then blasted the Hero away, sending him through many MANY buildings that soon began to topple from the destruction. Meanwhile, All For One looked at his hand. "Hmm. Air Cannon, plus spring-like limbs, kinetic booster times four, strength enhancer times three. What a delightful combination. Maybe a few more enhancers next time."

When the dust cleared, Both Sora and Katsuki had pushed themselves back to their feet and soon noticed the massive amount of destruction that was caused from that one attack, knowing that the Number 1 Hero was in the middle of that. "All Might!" They both called out, fearing he had actually gotten hurt badly.

"Don't you worry. It'll take more than that to kill him." All For One assured the two boys before turning his attention to Shigaraki and Vanitas. "Get off the battlefield, Tomura. And take the two children with you. Vanitas, you will assist him." His fingers began to turn black and red, before they extended like vines and pierced the unconscious Kurogiri's chest. "Kurogiri, warp them away."

"Be careful! One of the Heroes messed with him and he's unconscious!" Magne told All For One. "I'm not sure what's going on, but if you can teleport, why don't you get us out of here?"

"My warp power is still new, Mange. There is much I need to learn about it. Its distance is limited, and while he can teleport to specific coordinates, I only transport people to and from my location, or with focus, to and from someone I am familiar with. That is all." The multi quirked Villain explained. "It's easier to have Kurogiri do it." Suddenly a warpgate was opened up, in spite of the Villain with said quirk being unconscious. "Forcible Quirk Activation." He retracted his fingers back to normal. "Leave this place."

"What about you?" Shigaraki asked with concern in his raspy voice.

[Silence]

A boom was heard in the distance before the group could see All Might jump out of a toppled building and propel himself back towards them with a shockwave from flexing his arms behind him. All For One hovered up and prepared to intercept. "You're not thinking, Tomura. There remains much room for you to grow!"

"YOU'RE MINE!" The Number 1 Hero closed the distance and clashed with the multi quirked Villain once more, creating another strong shockwave, but this time, not shattering the ground, as they had clashed in the air.

"Master..." The League Leader uttered out.

"Let's go, Shigaraki." Vanitas told him.

"He's right." Mr. Compress chimed in as he used his quirk on the unconscious Dabi and stored the marble containing the blue flame user inside one of his pockets. "While our masked lead is keeping All Might entertained, claim your prizes."

[Play KH3 Re Mind OST Rogue Pawn -cutscene-]

Bakugo noticed the other Villains getting up and looking at him and Sora. He got ready for them. "Heh. Two against seven? This might be a good warmup." When he didn't hear his rival respond, he glanced behind him to see the Keyblade user, exhausted and loosely holding his two blades.

"I...can't...I'm sorry." He uttered out.

"Now's not the time to screw around, Sora!" Katsuki told him while the Villains began to encircle the pair. "You're better than these background characters!"

"I...couldn't even beat one on...my own." The Keyblade user told him. "I don't have...much strength left."

"You're not a damn quitter, Sora!" Bakugo reminded him as the Villains surrounded them. "And I know you've still got enough strength to fight!"

"I...can't take them all." The Keyblade wielder said.

"Maybe not alone you can't." The explosive teen told his rival while the Villains prepared to attack. "I'll watch your back, as long as you watch mine."

That last sentence had gotten to Sora and he could feel multiple things flowing through him at that moment. He felt angry at himself for even thinking about giving up, in spite of the overwhelming odds that they were stacked against. He felt stupid for forgetting that he had gone through similar things before and still came up standing. He felt confident that he and Katsuki could get through this, but most importantly, he felt himself building up a lot of energy and it was about to burst out of him.

Spinner, Himiko, Magne, Compress, Twice, Tomura, and Vanitas all pounced towards the pair, making Katsuki face forward as he got his guard up. "Damn it!" He was so focused on getting Sora in the fight that he forgot to watch the Villains' actions, and now it was coming back to bite him.

As the seven of them were about to reach the pair's location, the guardian of light stood up and thrusted his chest out, suddenly the Villains were all pushed back from the two boys as multiple golden and purple rays of light and darkness formed and circled around Sora and Bakugo. Katsuki looked back and saw his partner, standing up tall, firmly holding both Oathkeeper and Oblivion in his hands and ready to fight, in spite of all the pain he was feeling.

"I can't believe...I said something so stupid." Sora spoke up, before looking back at Bakugo. "You're right Katsuki. We can do this. Together."

The explosive teen nodded. "Together." The two of them got into their battle stances. "This is gonna be fun."

"Let's show them what happens when they mess with the best." The guardian of light said.

[Play KH3 OST Tension Rising Reaper's Revenge]

Vanitas was the first to speak up for the Villains and said. "How many times am I gonna have to butcher you before, you get it through your head that you can't beat me?"

"Make this his last reminder." Tomura told the dark remnant as he got up and got ready to attack again.

The Villains got back up and then once again assaulted the pair. Vanitas was the first to close the distance and swung Void Gear towards Sora, who blocked with both his blades, while Bakugo aimed one of his palms at the dark remnant and ignited the sweat on it, making an explosion that struck Vanitas' mask.

The dark remnant shrugged the attack off and pushed Sora away from him and towards Magne, Spinner and Shigaraki. He then went to slash Katsuki, but the boy propelled himself away with his quirk, moving towards Twice, Compress and Toga.

All Might saw the pair fighting and moved away from All For One to try and interfere. "YOUNG BAKUGO! YOUNG SORA! DON'T!" But he was cut off by All For One using that Rivet Stab quirk he used on Kurogiri, forcing the Number 1 Hero to focus on his Nemesis.

Sora skidded to a halt and saw Magne attempt to grab him, but the Keyblade wielder jumped over and landed behind her. Before he could retaliate, Spinner intercepted him and began to slash at him with some spare knives he had in his vest, forcing Sora to block and dodge the Gecko Villain's assault, until Tomura came in from behind and attempted to grab the guardian of light's arms. Sora pushed Spinner away and narrowly avoided the League Leader's attempted dismemberment by using his flowmotion to quickly move away, only for Vanitas to blitz towards him and clash blade once more.

Katsuki meanwhile was barely avoiding Twice's sharpened measuring tape, almost getting grazed on the cheek as he leapt back to get out of the S rank Villain's attack range, only to get intercepted by Himiko, who gleefully began to swipe at him with her own knives, missing the boy's neck twice by a few millimeters, before he made an explosion with his palm to force her away from him. He backed away and was almost grabbed by Compress, but the explosive boy used his quirk to propel himself up and over the Theatrical Villain.

All Might tried once more to reach the two boys, making a break for their location. "I'M COMING FOR YOU!" He told them, until he was grabbed by All For One's Rivet Stab quirk and forcefully dragged back to him.

"I don't think so!" The multi quirked Villain said to him. "Because I AM HERE!" He threw All Might into another building, allowing the League of Villains to continue their assault on the two boys without any Hero interference.

Sora was once again forcefully pushed towards the Villains, this time towards Twice, who began to assault the Keyblade wielder with his sharpened measuring tape. Sora avoided the attacks, and soon swung Oblivion at the tape, getting it wrapped around the blade. Before Twice could think the same thing that Sora was thinking, the Keyblade wielder Threw Oblivion as hard as he could and sent the S Rank Villain away from him, before using Oathkeeper to block one of Spinner's swings. As the Stain admirer tried to attack with the knife in his other hand, Sora summoned Oblivion back and swatted the knife away.

Bakugo meanwhile created another blast in front of him to force Mr. Compress away from him again, before dodging a knife being thrown from him by Toga. he then saw Vanitas come for him and blitz to the explosive teen's back. Katsuki barely managed to react in time and used his quirk to propel himself away, getting some of the back part of his shirt cut open by the Dark Remnant's narrowly missed slash. He then saw Himiko begin to glow pink as she gleefully looked towards Sora.

The Keyblade wielder was busy using his flowmotion to avoid Tomura's hands, as well as Spinner's continued assault, when he stopped moving, he noticed that he was still glowing blue, but didn't have time to question why as he had to block a knife being thrown at him by Spinner. Magne had a cocky smile on her face as she watched Himiko soar towards Sora with the help of the transgender Villain's magnet quirk. "On your left, Sora!" He heard Bakugo call out, prompting him to look and see a pink glowing Toga rapidly flying towards him.

Sora leaned back to let the bloodthirsty girl fly over him, but was surprised to see that she instead stopped right on top of him, as if her body was being attracted towards him. She quickly reached out and grabbed him by the collar of his ripped up shirt, holding a knife with her other hand as she went for a stab in the throat, but the Keyblade wielder reacted quickly and kicked Spinner away, before blocking the knife with Oathkeeper, struggling to hold her back as the magnetized Himiko could not be forced off of the magnetized Sora. "Dang it! Get off of me!"

Katsuki used his quirk to propel himself away from Tomura, who had almost grabbed the boy after leaving Sora to go after Bakugo. The explosive teen noticed his rival was in trouble and saw who was responsible for doing this. He flung some of his sweat towards the distracted Magne and yelled out to Sora again. "Zap the droplets!"

The guardian of light heard this, and just barely noticed the beads of sweat that were close to Magne, then raised Oblivion and casted Thunder on them, causing them to ignite and make the woman flinch, deactivating her quirk. Sora no longer glowed blue and Toga no longer glowed pink, allowing the Keyblade wielder to quickly kick her off of him. He then looked to see that his partner was about to get attacked by Vanitas from behind and shouted "Duck, Katsuki!" Before casting Fire towards him.

The explosive teen did so and ducked under the fireball, allowing it to hit Vanitas instead, who blocked the magic attack with Void Gear, before blitzing towards Sora and clashing blades with him again, leaving Bakugo to deal with Compress who once again tried to touch the boy with his hands, only to be cut off by another explosion.

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST The Power of Endeavor]

The two boys knew that this wasn't going anywhere but they couldn't find any openings to escape together, and they knew that the longer they stayed, the harder it would be for All Might to fight at his full power against All For One, they had to think of something, or at least try to come up with a plan of escape, then Katsuki briefly remembered something back at U.S.J. back when they were trapped in the dome against the Heartless. "Sora!" He called out, catching the Keyblade wielder's attention. "Carpet Bomb!"

The guardian of light nodded and then two two students blitzed towards each other, then when they linked up, they faced back to back and did their team attack. The explosive teen did what he did best and made explosion after explosion in every direction that the Villains tried to attack them from, not letting up in the slightest. Meanwhile Sora backed him up by shooting fireball after fireball, forcing any Villain who dared to come close to fall back or risk getting burnt and blown to cinders.

Sora then saw Bakugo begin to spin around and he ducked to allow his partner's sweat to be flung all around the area. The Keyblade wielder then raised Oathkeeper up and casted Thunder with the last of his magic, igniting one of the sweat droplets, creating a chain reaction with the other droplets, making explosions that covered all sides.

Before the two could be given any time to think, Sora heard something above them and saw Vanitas had warped above them and was now attempting a slam attack. "Move!" Sora yelled, prompting the two to get away from the middle and avoid the dark remnant's surprise attack.

From behind the wall, Izuku was desperately thinking of how to approach this situation. He knew that he couldn't fight his way through this, and he knew that. Not just because it was against the rules, but also because these Villains are way out of his league. Even so, he just needed an opening. A single instant was all he needed to swoop in to get Katsuki and Sora out of there, so All Might wouldn't need to hold back against All For One.

He watched as Bakugo continued to dodge Mr. Compress by leaping over the theatrical Villain, then dodge two knives thrown by Toga while he was still in the air, then avoid Twice's sharpened measuring tape. While Sora continued to block and dodge Spinner's assault, before jumping over the gecko Villain, to see Magne try and grab him, prompting the Keyblade wielder to use his flowmotion to get away from her, only for Vanitas to intercept him and force Sora towards Tomura, who almost managed to grab his wrists.

Midoriya looked at every single possibility and was coming up short every time. He couldn't try blind sighting them, because there were too many Villains there to do so. He couldn't do a quick blitz towards the pair, without getting intercepted by one of them. He could only maybe do a distraction, but even so, he still needed to have a clear escape route for the one doing the distracting. They couldn't come in from the ground, because all points were covered by at least one Villain, no matter what.

The One For All User then remembered how All Might came in and realized that while all ground routes were cut off, there was still a chance to stage an aerial rescue. He finally had an idea that could work. "Iida, listen."

"You can't fight." Tenya told him. "I won't let you."

"No. I think there's another way. A way that won't involve combat, that'll let us escape, with both of them." Izuku clarified. "Come on. We can still get Kacchan and Sora back."

This took the others by surprise and Shoto was the first to reply. "Tell us your plan."

"The thing is...it's all going to depend on them. If I did the plan myself, I don't think it would work." Midoriya stated, before looking at Ejiro "So Kirishima, you're the key to this plan being a success."

As Ejiro took that in, Todoroki spoke again. "We need details, Midoriya, come on."

"Right." Izuku responded. "Here's what I'm thinking."

[Silence]

All Might went to punch All For One again, but both of his fists were caught by the Villain, who could tell that there wasn't as much power behind those strikes as there could have been. "Are you holding back against me?" All For One questioned as he began to push back harder against his nemesis. "Trying to keep the boys from being blown away?" The two broke their clash. "You've put yourself in quite the predicament. So how will the Hero prevail?"

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST I Don't Need Pretend Friends]

Sora and Katsuki both managed to very briefly get the Villains off of them and could see All Might's clear struggle, knowing that them being there was seriously handicapping the Number 1 Hero. Even though they knew that, they still couldn't figure out a way to escape together.

Meanwhile, Midoriya had just finished explaining his plan to the other 4 students. "Are you out of your mind?" The class rep questioned him.

"Kacchan and Sora should already realize the situation All Might is in." Izuku pointed out.

"I agree." Shoto replied.

"They're staying on the defensive with the Villains, Kacchan is keeping his distance, while Sora is pushing them away from him when they get close. That's good for us." Midoriya stated. "We have to move when they've got some space between them and the Villains."

"Iida?" Momo looked at him, wondering if he would actually agree with this plan, as he was a key player in this as well.

"It is a gamble, but all things considered, there's not much risk to us. More importantly, it could change the tide of this fight." Tenya noted, before making up his mind. "I'm in."

The five Hero candidates then got ready to execute Izuku's plan. He and Iida got behind Kirishima, who achieved his hardening quirk and put his arms up to guard in front of him, facing towards the wall. Midoriya activated full cowling and put his feet on the adjacent wall, ready to go, while Tenya activated his Recipro, ready to go as well.

The three of them then blitzed forward and bursted through the wall that they were hiding behind with full force. The Villains stopped what they were doing and noticed the three of them right away, but before any action could be done to intercept them, the next stage of the plan went through.

Todoroki used his right side and created a massive slab of ice for them, as high as he could possibly make it, allowing the other three to ramp themselves onto it. Ejiro undid his hardening while Izuku and Iida kept their quirks going, continuing to speed their way up the ice slab, while the Villain's still had their eyes on them, completely taken by surprise.

When the trio made it to the top they flew through the air at a height that most of them would ever be able to reach. All For One prepared to intercept them with his Rivet Stab, but that left an opening for All Might to come in and slam his fist into All For One's head, knocking the multi quirked Villain towards some rubble and keeping him occupied with the Number 1 Hero.

Now it was time for the first key part of the plan, Kirishima's part. He was the only one who could do this, because he was the one who had a connection with Bakugo. During the school year, the two of them had built up a solid friendship, as equals. If Ejiro called out to him, then he would listen, and so the red headed student looked back, extended his hand, and called out to his friend. "COME ON!"

[Silence]

Katsuki saw that and without a second thought, already knew what he was going to do. Tomura ran up and reached out to grab him.

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Trinity]

Bakugo let out a scream as he made an explosion much bigger than the ones he used against them, and he was airborne, soaring through the sky before making another big explosion to blitz his body towards his three classmates and firmly grab Kirishima's hand. "You idiots!" He yelled with a smile on his face.

"Bakugo!" Tenya spoke up. "On my mark, give us a giant..." He was interrupted.

"DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO DAMN YOU!" Katsuki barked out.

"It's not the time to fight, you guys!" Ejiro told them.

Back on the ground, while the Villains were all focused on the four of them, Sora had already noticed an inconsistency with the powers and people he saw. None of those four had ice powers, and he glanced over towards the base of the ice slab and noticed that he had to get there NOW.

Shoto and Momo saw the League member's looking at the four of them. "Just as we thought. All eyes on them." The ice user said.

"Not all eyes." A voice came from above them as the pair looked up to see Vanitas looking down on them like a predator. "Your time's up."

As the dark remnant was about to attack them, he felt two blades suddenly strike him hard in the back and he was sent flying into some debris. Sora saw both of the recommendation students and landed in between them. "Grab on and hold tight!" The two did as instructed before he activated his flowmotion and blitzed away with the pair.

The League then saw Sora take off, but before they could say anything, they saw Vanitas blew away the debris he crashed into and gave chase, leaving the others to handle the other four kids. "Damn it! Vanitas is pursuing Sora!" Spinner said.

Tomura had an angry look in his eyes as he recognized the green haired boy that was in the air. "Why do you keep showing up everywhere?"

"Seriously?" All Might noticed them all and was both impressed and annoyed. "You kids."

"Don't let them get away!" Mr. Compress spoke up. "Who else besides Vanitas can do distance?!"

"Kurogiri and Dabi, but they're down!" Spinner remembered.

"You two! Come here!" Magne ordered the pair before using her quirk on Spinner while she held onto him from the back and Compress leaned back onto his front side. "Ready!?" She then activated her quirk on Compress and pushed with all her strength, keeping Spinner in place while Mr. Compress was repelled from the pair, sent rocketing through the air at a high velocity.

"Repulsion Breakoff! Night Flight Cannon!" Compress called out the attack, naming it on the fly as he rapidly approached the airborne students.

Suddenly another person jumped into the fray. "Titan Cliff!" Mount Lady yelled out as she grew to her gigantified form and shielded the boys with her face, taking a hard hit to it.

"Whoa! Mount Lady!" Izuku noticed her intervention.

"The rescue is...priority..." She said as she was toppling back down. "Go home you dumb kids."

As she hit the ground, Mange spoke up to Spinner and Twice. "We can still catch them! Come on you two!" Before they could reach her however, a yellow streak intercepted them and knocked the two out, before slamming into Magne, knocking her out. The yellow streak revealed itself to be Gran Torino, who finally caught up with All Might.

"Gran Torino." Midoriya saw him too.

[Silence]

"YOU'RE TOO SLOW." All Might commented.

"You're just too fast, hot shot!" The elder Pro spat back. "So you saw the kid, right? He's turning out to be more and more like you every day! Not a compliment!"

"After his experience in Hosu, I didn't think he'd come to the battlefield." All Might replied to his old trainer. "Damn Teenagers."

The four kids finally reached the ground and then quickly made their escape, leaving the rest up to All Might and Gran Torino.

All For One got back onto his feet and recognized the elder. "Shimura's friend, huh?"

The Number 1 Hero coughed for a moment before speaking to the multi quirked Villain. "IT'S SHAMEFUL THAT I NEEDED THEIR HELP, BUT NOW I DON'T HAVE TO PULL ANY PUNCHES AGAINST YOU. YOU'RE FINISHED."

Gran Torino faced the last few standing League members, Toga and Shigaraki. "Two left over here. I'll handle them."

"Tomura, I do not wanna die in this place." Himiko told him.

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST One For All vs. All For One]

"They got us. Turned the tables of this fight with a single move." All For One conceded, before using Rivet Stab once more, but this time on Magne. "Forcible Quirk Activation, Magnetism."

Gran Torino went to attack Shigaraki who attempted to grab the elder pro, only for his head to glow blue and his body to be pulled towards a pink glowing Toga, while the other unconscious male members of the League glowed blue and flew towards her. "Hey watch out, you guys! You're coming at me too fast!" She stammered before the unconscious male members slammed into her, forcing them all through the warpgate that was still open.

"Wait. Don't! Master!" Tomura struggled as hard as he could to fight the pull, pleading with his master to stop. When Gran Torino tried to pursue, All For One used Rivet Stab to pull him away and throw Magne into the warpgate as well. "Your body is too damaged!" He was finally forced into the warpgate as that memory from before played back in his head. The memory of the one person who actually was there for him. "No I...won't go!" The hand on his face fell off showing a desperate Tomura reach out for his father figure one last time.

The Warpgate closed and now all the Villains were safely taken off the battlefield. All except for one. "Tomura! You must continue to fight!" All For One said, before seeing All Might come at him with a full force smash attack. He prepared a counterattack. "Warping, plus Shock Inversion!"

Gran Torino suddenly vomited out black liquid and was engulfed by it, disappearing. As All Might closed the distance and threw his punch, Black ooze appeared and Gran Torino was in it, taking the smash attack to the face before the Number 1 Hero's arm recoiled from the shock inversion. "NGH! I'M SORRY!" He saw what he did to his teacher.

"I only came to save Tomura. But if you say you're going to fight, then I'll face you as you wish." All For One said to his nemesis. "In the past, your fists crushed one after another of my comrades. Many were forced into the shadows, underground, while you were extolled as the 'Symbol of Peace'. What a grand view you must have had from atop our sacrifices. A Hero standing on the mountain of our defeats." He prepared his air cannon attack again.

"DETROIIIIIIIT..." All Might prepared another smash attack as he grabbed Gran Torino. "SMAAAAAAAAAASH!" He pulled his trainer out of the way and threw out his punch, clashing against All For One's air cannon at full force, before he began to leak blood from his mouth and he stopped his attack.

All For One noticed that and spoke up. "You still won't fight me at your full power, huh? Because doing so would endanger all those people you've sworn to protect." He referred to the citizens that were trapped under the destruction and the other Heroes that were desperately trying to save as many as they could.

"YOU SHUT UP." The One For All user told his nemesis. "ALWAYS TOYING WITH PEOPLE, PROBING THEIR WEAKNESSES. YOU STEAL, BREAK THEM, MANIPULATE AND DISCARD THEM. YOU SCOFF AT INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO LEAD HAPPY LIVES." He blitzed forward and grabbed All For One by the arm. "IT CANNOT CONTINUE!"

"It's over!" The ultimate Villain realized his situation.

"I WON'T LET IT!" The Number 1 Hero roared out as he landed a powerful punch directly on All For One's face, breaking through the life support helmet, and slamming his nemesis into the ground, making a small crater.

Gran Torino looked up and saw his former disciple's condition. "Toshinori..." He could see All Might was beginning to lose his form. "You've reached your limit."

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST All For One]

All Might was getting exhausted, and hoped that that attack had done the job. "What's wrong?" All For One asked him, sounding unphased. "You seem to be worked up about something All Might. I've heard that same exact line before, you know." He then let out a chuckle before bringing up someone from his nemesis' past. "From the person who had One For All before you." He then said the person's name. "Nana Shimura."

[Silence]

Meanwhile, in another destroyed part of the city, Sora blitzed through the destruction, making as much distance as he could while holding onto Todoroki and Yaoyorozu. "What were you all doing there?!" He questioned the pair.

"We came to rescue you from the Villains, without getting into a fight with them." Shoto explained.

"Why would!?...Gah nevermind that. How'd you find me?" Sora wondered.

"I had a tracking device on one of the Villains and it led us here." Momo explained.

"What made you think that was a good idea?" The Keyblade wielder asked them. "You could have gotten captured, or worse."

"You would have done the same for us." Todoroki pointed out as he pulled out his phone and began to call Izuku.

"You..." Sora couldn't argue with that, as that is exactly what he would have done if he wasn't captured back at camp. "Fine. I'll give you that. But it was still stupid, because you would have had to find a way to sneak past Vanitas. Oh, by the way, Vanitas is part of the League."

"We know." Yaoyorozu replied.

"How?" The Keyblade wielder questioned.

"He introduced himself to Todoroki, Midoriya and the others that were in their group before taking you away." She explained. "You said he died."

"He did. But he came back, and now he's trying to get back at me for it." Sora told her.

Shoto managed to get a response from the others. "Midoriya, are you four safe?" He asked them.

"Yeah." Izuku responded. "How about you guys? No one saw you?"

"Vanitas did, but Sora knocked him away and he's with us. We're making distance between all the fighting. It doesn't look like we're being followed." Todoroki explained their situation. "We'll try to make our way to a crowd and blend in with them."

"Good. We're stopped in front of the station. Luckily we missed that last shockwave. Our rescue totally worked." Midoriya said at his end.

"A rescue?!" Katsuki's voice could be heard. "That's not what happened back there! You idiots just happened to be my best escape route! And knowing Sora, he's dragging Icyhot's slow ass out of there."

"You're welcome." Kirishima said to the explosive teen.

"We had to get out of there so All Might could destroy that guy." Bakugo said more calmly.

Shoto had hung up on his end, hearing all that he needed to, and he informed the other two. "The others are fine. They're held up at the station. If we can make it there..." He then saw a black streak blitz towards them. "Watch out!"

[Play KH OST No Time To Think]

Sora saw the streak coming and narrowly avoided Void Gear striking him and the others. "Dang it! He's here!" Vanitas had caught up to them and quickly kept pace with them, blitzing to the trio and attempting another attack that Sora just barely avoided. "Shoot! Don't let go!" He said as he had his arms around his two classmates and tried to get away.

The dark remnant kept up with the boy and spoke up. "If your friends wanted to join in on the fun, they should have just asked! I'd have gladly let you tag out and watch me butcher them!"

"Get away from us!" Sora demanded as he went as fast as he possibly could with his flowmotion, looking like a blue streak or light whizzing through and around the destroyed buildings in an attempt to shake Vanitas off.

"Sorry, brother! Not gonna happen!" The dark remnant told him. "I already told you what I have planned, and I'm not done having fun with you yet!" He sent out four silhouettes that all blitzed towards the trio.

"More incoming!" the flame user called out.

"I see them!" The Keyblade wielder replied as he dodged the first silhouette before entering a building through the broken window, avoiding the second and third silhouettes' attacks in the middle of the building and dodging the fourth silhouette's attack by breaking through a window.

"I can't shake him!" Sora realized.

"There's got to be a way to lose him!" Momo spoke up. "We can't lead him to the others!"

"I'm not planning on it." The Keyblade wielder said as he already had an idea.

As he was about to state it, he saw Vanitas warp in front of them, with his Keyblade raised and coming down. "You're done!"

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Surpassing You]

Acting fast, Sora forced Yaoyorozu and Todoroki off of him, having Oathkeeper cast a barrier on Momo, while Oblivion casted one for Shoto. "Huh? Wait! Sora!" Both of them called out.

"GO!" Sora commanded as both Oathkeeper and Oblivion darted away, taking both students with them. The Keyblade wielder smiled, knowing that those two would be safe, but then felt Void Gear slam on his unprotected stomach hard, sending the boy spiraling down towards the ground.

As the guardian of light was falling down, Vanitas turned towards the two barriers flying away and shouted out. "Once again, you couldn't save him!" Before going after Sora again.

"NO!" Todoroki slammed his fist on the barrier, before watching himself and Yaoyorozu get further and further away from their friend once again, until they reached the ground near the edge of a section of Kamino that wasn't destroyed. The two hit the ground hard, but the barriers kept them from getting hurt, at least on the outside. Momo was on the verge of tears while Shoto cursed out "DAMN IT!" knowing that they failed to get Sora back from that monster.

Back in the destroyed section of Kamino, Sora laid on the ground, coughing out dust from all the destruction, before struggling to push himself back to his feet, watching Vanitas slowly descend to the ground a good distance away from him with a silhouette still holding his phone and recording everything that had happened thus far. "That was so heroically stupid. Exactly what I'd expect from a goody two shoes idiot like you." He got into his battle stance. "So what are you gonna do, now that you've basically given yourself to me again?"

Sora resummoned Oathkeeper and Oblivion in his hands, knowing that his classmates would have reached the ground at this point and got into his battle stance again. "I'm gonna beat you here and now."

"Oooooh." The dark remnant sarcastically responded, before the two prepared to clash one final time tonight.

Meanwhile, back with All Might and All For One, the ultimate Villain began to talk about his Nemesis' predecessor. "You have so much in common with Nana Shimura, the utter waste of a Human who passed One For All onto you."

The Number 1 Hero had brief flashes of memory rush through his head, of when Nana had met him, and of when he had first gained One For All and was learning how to control it, remembering her compassion. "My master was a true Hero." He growled. "Keep her name out of your filthy mouth."

"A woman with no skill and grand ideals she couldn't live up to." All For One continued his berating of her. "How embarrassing for me, the creator of One For All, to see her inherit the power. And the way she died was so pathetic. Shall I tell you all about it?"

[Silence]

"ENOUUUUUUUUUUGH!" Yagi roared out, going for a punch, leaving himself open. The ultimate Villain took that opening for granted and blasted the One For All user off of him, and towards an incoming news helicopter. The people were luckily saved by Gran Torino, who managed to blitz to his former student and stop a collision from happening. "Gran Torino..." He said as he coughed out blood.

All For One got off the ground and coughed a bit as well. "You're in the way."

"This is the same as last time! Toshinori, calm down." The elder Hero told his former student. "Six years ago, you got distracted and that;s how he escaped and put a hole in your stomach!" They landed on the ground and were both on their knees, pushing themselves up to get ready to fight. "That's always been your weakness. Don't let him get under your skin!"

"Yes sir." Yagi replied.

"His quirks and fighting style are completely different than what they were." Gran Torino stated. "You won't be able to stop him head on. Use your whits! Can you still fight?" He saw the determination in his former student's eyes. "It's do or die! You must go past your limit!"

"I will!" Toshinori said.

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST All For One]

"The scene below is straight out of a nightmare!" The reporter in the news helicopter spoke up as his cameraman filmed next to him the events happening below. "Half of Kamino Ward was demolished in a single horrifying instant! All Might is currently fighting the Villain who appears to have caused the blast. I can't believe it! How is one person so powerful?! He's destroyed the city and is more than holding his own against the symbol of peace!"

The teachers at U.A. knew that their plan was thwarted and that it was all up to All Might to defeat All For One in order to assure victory. People watching from all around the world all had the same expression of disbelief, shock, and fear ground through their minds. "Do you see this? Jeez." "Oh crap. That looks terrible." "All Might looks kind of...beat up." "Whoa. I've never seen him like this." "Where's Kamino ward again?" "Daddy may not have to work tomorrow, hon." "Really?" "Why aren't the other Heroes helping?" "Man. These Villain attacks are getting insane." "That or the Heroes are just slacking off." "They're getting soft. I mean, I hate to say it, but it's true." "It looks bad, sure, but All Might's the best. He'll win in the end, right?"

Over with Sora and Vanitas, they had once again clashed blades and pushed against each other. The dark remnant could feel the negativity from all over the world and it felt like he was having a warm dip in a hot spring and a massage at the same time. It was pleasurable for him. He let out a sadistically calm laugh as his power was so great that he was able to overpower Sora's strength even more easily than he already had been. "Ahhhh. Can you feel it, Brother? All that fear? All that doubt? Rightfully directed towards these 'Heroes' that try and fail to protect them?" He walked towards the guardian of light he had just swatted away. "It's such a great feeling for me. Especially since it only further widens the gap between us."

Back over with All Might and All For One, the Villain spoke up. "I find myself conflicted. Tomura has been the one to chip away at society's trust in Heroes, so is it fair that I should land the final blow? You know All Might, as much as you hate me, I think I probably loath you more. I killed your master, sure, but you took away so much from me, everything I tried to build. That's why I want you to suffer until your last breath, and die broken and disgraced for all the world to see!" He prepared another powerful air cannon attack.

"Big one is coming!" Gran Torino told his former student. "Dodge and counter!"

"Not everyone is so fast!" The ultimate Villain took aim at someone else.

All Might looked behind him and saw a woman struggling to crawl out of the rubble that was on top of her. Gran Torino noticed too and tried to reach her. "Watch out!"

"I will obliterate everything you've protected!" All For One declared as he shot his air cannon towards the woman. The Number 1 Hero got in the way in time and put his body in between the woman and the blast, being forced to take it head on. He was able to withstand it, but it came at a cost.

[Silence]

"First to go will be your self respect and ridiculous public image." The multi quirked Villain stated as he looked at Toshinori Yagi, no longer in his buff form. "Show the world how pitiful you really are, 'Symbol of Peace'. "

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Threat Incoming]

Over by the station in Kamino, Izuku, Katsuki, Ejiro, Tenya, and the hundreds of civilians watching the news panel on the billboard could see Toshinori's state, looking like a skeleton, before the reporter's voice came through. "Eh? What's wrong? Is...Is anyone else seeing this? It looks like...All Might has been shrunk somehow."

Back with Sora and Vanitas, the guardian of light's struggle only continued to get more and more difficult, as every time Void Gear clashed against Oathkeeper and Oblivion, he could feel the power behind those strikes getting stronger and stronger, in spite of the dark remnant putting in the same amount of effort with each attack, laughing at his 'brother's' struggle against him.

Back with All For One and Yagi, the Villain spoke up. "Hollow cheeks and sunken eyes. To think that you're their greatest Hero. Now the adoring public knows your true form. Try not to be ashamed." Toshinori, though his body looked weak, he still had that same fiery look in his sunken eyes that showed that he was far from broken. "Your move."

"Even as my body rots and grows frail...even as you expose my weakened state...in my heart, I remain the Symbol of Peace." Yagi said as he stood tall and clenched his fist in front of him. "And there's nothing you can do to take that from me!"

"Is that so? Ah well, I had forgotten how stubborn you are. I guess I'll just give up." All For One replied. "Oh, but there is one more thing you might be interested to know." The Ultimate Villain then revealed something harsh. "Tomura Shigaraki, my apprentice. He's Nana Shimura's grandson."

[Silence]

Toshinori froze, unable to respond to that. His fiery glare turned into a horrified stare, and his mouth was agape from his shock, as he was in utter disbelief of what he had just heard come out of All For One's mouth.

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST The Power Of All For One]

"I kept wondering what would annihilate your golden heart." The Ultimate Villain stated. "So I found Tomura, groomed him to hate you, and watched you smile so proudly as you beat your master's descendant."

"Th...That's a lie..." Yagi uttered out in denial.

"Oh come now. You know it's the truth. That is clearly something I would do." All For One told him, watching the skinny man in front of him no longer standing tall against him. "Hmph. Well well, that's strange All Might. Where is your smile now?" He taunted as he made a gesture that reminded Toshinori of his master's advice, laughing as he did so.

"...Bas…tard..." Toshinori stammered.

"How very entertaining." The Ultimate Villain said. "I think I've taken a piece of you after all."

"He's my master's...grandchild?" Yagi uttered to himself. "My god, what would she say if she knew how he turned out? Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

Meanwhile, Sora's back was slammed against the wall of a broken building, recoiling from the force of being swatted there in the first place. He landed on his feet but felt unbalanced as he wobbled forward, only to feel a sting in his heart and fall to his hands and knees as Vanitas's aura spiked out of him and impacted the guardian of light's body, paralyzing him the same way that the past Vanitas did in Monstropolis. The dark remnant let out another laugh as he could feel a person's will break. "Ah, all that hiding and waiting has finally paid off."

Sora struggled to get up, but he ultimately couldn't, realizing that he wasn't going to be able to overpower Vanitas, he needed to figure out how to outsmart him. He steadied his breath as best as he could and when the dark remnant began to walk towards him, he waited and prepared for the right moment to strike.

Over with All For One and Toshinori, the woman that he had just saved managed to speak, though weakly, as she pleaded to Yagi. "Don't...lose...keep going...All Might...We need you!"

The entire world watched their Hero, their symbol be pushed to the brink, and they were all terrified. "He's frozen!" "This is bad!" "No way." "What next?" "Is he gonna lose?" "He's always been able to win before, so he can do it again, right?" "Yeah. Even if he looks totally different, he's still the same all might." "Fight!" "Come on, All Might! You can do it!" "You can do it!" "Go!" "Beat this sucker!" "Kick his ass!" "All Might!" "Show him what you can do!"

Izuku and Katsuki joined in with the crowd's pleas, screaming the loudest they possibly could "WIN THIS!" "BEAT HIM!" "COME ON ALL MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!"

[Silence]

Back over at All Might's location, he mustered up just enough strength to bulk up his right arm. "Fear not...miss...I'm not done yet." He assured her before talking back to All For One. "You're right. A Hero has so much to protect in this world." He once again had a confident smile on his face and a determined look in his eyes. "Which is why I will defeat you!"

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST One For All vs. All For One]

Over with Vanitas and Sora, the dark remnant continued to slowly approach his 'brother', reveling in the fearful state of the world's people, soaking in all that negativity, becoming stronger and stronger every second. "If this keeps up, I'll be recompleted in no time. And that'll make my plans for you and the rest of your friends come oh so sooner."

Sora, still on his hands and knees, firmly held onto Oathkeeper and Oblivion, keeping the memories and promises he made to his friends fresh in his mind, as well as reminding himself of how he will always prevail against the power of Darkness, as he waited for Vanitas to get closer.

Meanwhile, All Might and All For One stood off against each other, while Gran Torino pushed himself back to his feet, seeing his student's condition and how there's only power flowing through the blonde's right arm.

The Ultimate Villain began to hover up to the air. "There it is. That's the last of your strength, isn't it, All Might? A wounded Hero is a most frightening animal." He said to his nemesis. "Do you know that even now, I sometimes dream of you, charging at me, with your entrails strewn across the ground?" He bulked up his right arm and prepared another air cannon. "You have what, two or three punches left?" As he was about to attack, suddenly a large wave of fire was sent hurtling towards him, prompting the Villain to blast that away from him instead.

"Are you serious!?" Another familiar voice came from where the flames were sent and Endeavor came into view, roaring out "WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON WITH THAT WEAK LITTLE BODY?!"

Edgeshot also arrived right behind him. "Looks like we made it in time." He realized.

"Ah. Those Nomu weren't particularly strong, but I'm still impressed you handled them so quickly." All For One commented. "As expected from the man who clawed his way to the Number 2 spot."

"Damn it, All Might." The Number 2 Hero spoke up. "I did everything I could to get ahead of you, but the harder I worked, the more obvious it became just how much of a widening gap separated the two of us. The stronger you got, the angrier I became." His body flared up as he let out another scream. "STAND UP AND SHOW THEN WHY YOU'RE BETTER!"

All For One prepared another Air Cannon aimed towards Endeavor. "If the only thing you're here is to cheer him on, I'd prefer you to remain silent."

Edgeshot sprung into action and engaged the Villain, blitzing to him and fighting with his foldabody quirk. "Think again, madman! We're here to assist!"

Kaumi woods also arrived, who used his Arbor quirk to pull out Gang Orca, Jeanist, and Mouth Lady from under debris and get them off of the battlefield. He also had a bottle of glowing golden liquid strapped to his belt, given to him by Naomasa before he had arrived here. "That's our job as Heroes!" He looked at his partner/rival Hero. "You did your best, Mount Lady."

"All of you came." The weakened All Might saw the other Pros assisting him in his time of need.

"Of course we did." A beat up Tiger spoke up as he got the wounded woman that All Might protected out of the rubble, while also holding Ragdoll. "We can't do much, but if we can just help a little, then we have fulfilled our duty."

"...Thank you." All Might told him.

While Edgeshot and Endeavor kept fighting All For One, battling as hard as they could against this Ultimate Villain, Tiger kept encouraging the Number 1 Hero. "You have to stop him, All Might. This personification of Evil. Pros and citizens everywhere are praying for your victory! No matter what you look like, you're still everyone's Number 1 Hero!"

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Light Of Hope]

Gran Torino looked at the battle, recalling a memory of his friend and fellow mentor of All Might, of how she explained to him that Toshinori believed that he needed to become a pillar of support for society. He knew that right now, Yagi was that pillar, one that cannot be broken. He knew that his student could feel, nay, hear everyone around the world cheer him on, in spite of everything that was done to him by All For One. Their voices united, crying out for his victory.

"ALL MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!" Those words echoed throughout the whole world.

"HMPH! HOW POINTLESS!" An angered All For One spoke up before blasting the other Pro Heroes away from him.

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST All For One]

"Let's stop dwelling on 'Heroism' and start focusing on reality." The Ultimate Villain's right arm then began to bulk up, taking on a disgustingly large mass of amalgamated quirks that he listed off. "Spring-like Limbs! Kinetic Booster Times Four! Strength Enhancer Times Three! Multiplier! Hypertrophy! Rivets! Air Walk! Spear-like Bones!" He then spoke to his wounded opponent. "The shockwaves until now were simply to wear you out. I knew it would take much more than that to kill you. In order to put you down for good, I'll punch you with the ultimate combination of quirks I have stored within me right now! This will end you!"

The Number One Hero got ready to throw his punch, while All For One kept talking. "I wasn't certain until we exchanged blows tonight, All Might. But now I am. One For All no longer dwells within you. What you're attacking me with is just a lingering ghost. The embers that remain from what you've already passed on. And that fire gets weaker every time you use it. Even now, it's just a feeble spark, about to put itself out."

The Ultimate Villain then charged towards his foe. "Izuku Midoriya!" He said, surprising All Might. "He's the child you passed One For All onto, isn't he?! I bet he came here without your asking! You have no control over him, do you?!" He then threw his punch. "It seems as though you'll die full of regrets, All Might! AS A HERO, AND AS A TEACHER!" The wounded Hero threw his punch and the two of them clashed one last time, but All For One had one more quirk up his sleeve. "IMPACT RECOIL!" He announced.

All Might felt the full force of his own attack and All For One's attack ripple through his arm, making veins burst and blood spew out of his arm while his body was forced back, clearly being overpowered by the Ultimate Villain's might. "You're right...As his teacher, I should have reprimanded him for coming here." Toshinori agreed with the All For One. "...I failed. Which is why I have to make it up to him!"

"IT'S NOT ENOUGH!" The Ultimate Villain replied as he pushed even harder, forcing the injured Hero off his feet.

Meanwhile, with Vanitas and Sora, the dark remnant had reached the guardian of light's position and looked down on the boy. "It's time to end this, Sora." He raised Void Gear up and prepared to knock Sora out with one last strike, feeling satisfied enough for today.

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST All Might with U.A. Students]

As Vanitas swung down, he felt two blades pierce through his body, and froze in place before Void Gear could hit it's target, dropping the gear themed Keyblade. He then heard Sora speak up. "Y-You're right Vanitas..." He growled as he pushed Oathkeeper and Oblivion deeper through the dark remnant's stomach, catching him by complete surprise, as Sora had never done something like that before.

The guardian of light felt the paralysis quickly fade as he quickly forced himself to his feet and pushed with all his strength against Vanitas, who gripped the blades that were jammed inside his body, trying to push them out, only to get forced back by Sora. "GAH! Where did this come from?!"

"I told you before, Vanitas! I made many promises that I don't intend on breaking!" Sora roared out as he ascended with the dark remnant as high as he could go with his flowmotion. "And as a Guardian of Light, it's my job to rid the world of the Darkness YOU CREATE!"

"GRAAAAAAAAA!" Vanitas screamed as he finally managed to force the blades out of his stomach, getting angry at both Sora for doing that, and at himself for letting it happen. He then quietly growled, before resummoning Void Gear and preparing to clash with his 'brother' again.

Meanwhile, Sora pointed Oathkeeper and Oblivion towards Vanitas and has summoned dozens of bolts of white and bright purple light, piercing through the dark remnant's body over and over again until Sora blitzed towards him and swatted Void Gear out of his hands, then slammed both blades through his shoulders, flying down towards the roof of a destroyed vacant building and forcing them through it, breaking through floor after floor until they reached the ground level.

Meanwhile, All Might had managed to regain his footing and mentally made a vow to himself, until he finished training Izuku Midoriya, he absolutely refused to die. He switched from his right arm to his left, transferring the power to that arm and letting his right arm get broken by All For One's punch, to slip through the Villain's defenses, and land a punch with his powered up left arm.

Gran Torino saw what his student did, using his right arm as bait, and All For One noticed too. "A clever trick! That's so unlike you!" He admitted, while powering up his other arm. "STILL WEAK THOUGH!"

All Might then depowered his left arm. "That's because...I DIDN'T PUT MY BACK INTO IT THAT TIME!" He reared back his broken right arm, taking a page from his own student's book for this final attack that he had for his long time nemesis.

Suddenly, the words of his master rang through his head, hearing Nana Shimura's voice and even seeing her for a brief moment, as the spark of One For All resonated within All Might. "This power has been passed on from Hero to Hero. Each praying that it will bring joy and peace to humanity. That One For All, will give the world hope. And now, it is your turn. Do your best, Toshinori."

The Ultimate Hero clenched his broken fist, buffing up his right arm and having an unbreakable will to finish this battle right now, which actually scared All For One and caused him to freeze. All Might shifted his feet, then his lower back, and then his shoulders, before throwing his strongest punch of all, with the spark of One For All inside him becoming a raging inferno, as the Ultimate Hero screamed with all of his might. "UNITEEEED STAAAAATES OOOOF SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!" Smashing the Villain hard enough into the ground to create a small tornado that swept up the debris from around the pair and caused the other Heroes to brace themselves and whoever they were carrying.

Back with Sora, he could feel the tremor of that attack from where he was at and it caused the building he was in to begin collapsing. Thinking fast, the guardian of light used his flowmotion to speed out of there through the roof top, then jump off the edge of that roof and use his flowmotion again to land safely on the ground, a good distance from the collapsing building, watching it fall apart on top of Vanitas' body, which he knew was still there.

[Silence]

It took a moment for the dust to clear up, but when it finally did settle, the people could see one thing clearly. All Might, the Number 1 Hero was standing, while All For One, the powerful Villain, was on the ground, defeated.

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST I've Come]

All Might struggled, but in the end, he raised his left fist up high, buffing up his whole body once more, signaling to the world that he had won the fight. There were tears in the reporter's eyes as he spoke up. "All Might lives! The Villain is not moving! He's knocked out! All Might stands victorious! He saved us yet again!"

The entire world cheered as the greatest Hero alive kept that triumphant pose, even after the beating he took, laughing and crying tears of joy and relief as Peace was maintained by its very Symbol.

The other pros saw this and Edgeshot spoke up. "He shouldn't push himself."

"Let him be. He's still working." Gran Torino told them. "This is his last job." He knew that All Might was finished after this. The last thing that needed to be done, was to undo All For One's doubt in Heroes, and All Might was doing just that, by standing tall right now.

The cheers of the crowds around the world could almost be heard as the words "All Might! All Might! All Might!" were cheered endlessly for minutes on end, with only a few people not joining in on the cheering.

[Silence]

As the cheering continued at the station, Izuku had a saddened look on his face, but before he could dwell on it, he heard his phone ring and looked to see who was calling him. It was Shoto, and he quickly picked up. "Todoroki. Did you guys make it somewhere safe? Where are you?"

"Midoriya. I'm sorry." The ice user replied, with clear regret in his voice.

"Todoroki...where's Sora?" The One For All user asked him.

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Symbol of Fear]

Elsewhere in the destroyed section of Kamino, Sora was exhausted, sitting on his butt as he collapsed from the exhaustion. He steadied his breathing and did his best to lower his heart rate, as he could still feel it pounding much faster than it should be. He looked up to the sky and could hear the cheers upon cheers echo through the wasteland. He smiled, knowing that All Might won. Now he just had to get to him and tell him that he's alright. He pushed himself back to his feet with both of his Keyblades and turned around.

As he began to limp away, he failed to notice Void Gear vanish from where it had fallen to. He had also failed to notice that the silhouette that had his phone was still recording from nearby. What he did notice however, was the sound of concrete moving, as well as the sound of a Curaga spell from behind him, and that caused him to stop and look back.

He saw a green hue wash over the pile of debris, before the area began to crumble and shake, causing a small tremor that made Sora stumble for a moment. The boy could feel his heart rate skyrocket again and his body begin to involuntarily tremble. And then it happened.

The debris was blown away from where it was and a massive pillar of darkness erupted from where the debris was, showing a fully healed and pissed off Vanitas, walking out of there with a murderous intention. "You've done it now, Sora." He told his 'brother'. "You've really done it now." He began to tap into something as he continued to speak. "Up until now, I've been holding back, but not anymore!" Three dark crystal-like objects formed behind him and each fired a laser that converged to the tip of Void Gear, which was aimed at Sora. "Time to show you just how wide the gap is between us!"

Back with the Pro Heroes, they could feel a tremor for a moment, before a sudden dark pillar erupted off in the distance, catching all of them off guard. All Might had involuntarily debuffed as he and the others now directed their attention towards the new threat. Then something rang through the Number One Hero's mind when he looked at Kamui Woods and saw the bottle of golden liquid on his belt. All Might then realized something. Vanitas chased after Sora while he fought All For One, and that pillar of darkness could only come from someone like him. He knew what was happening and dreaded it.

Back with the Keyblade wielders, The dark remnant then shot out a massive laser towards Sora, who just barely managed to dodge the attack with his flowmotion, only to see Vanitas turn his body and redirect the laser towards the guardian of light. Sora summoned a barrier around himself, but the dome was shattered almost instantly and his left pant leg was burnt off from the knee down. Before his actual leg would suffer the same fate, the guardian of light flew up to evade the laser, then speeding over Vanitas to attempt and attack him while he was occupied. However, a silhouette came out of the dark remnant, blocking the attack and slashing twice across his chest hard, making the boy scream out in pain.

The silhouette then continued to attack Sora, swinging with enough force to knock the boy back with every strike and keep him away from the real Vanitas, until he eventually stopped shooting the laser. He then blitzed towards Sora's location, letting the silhouette continue fighting him while he circled around the boy, creating ten sharp, dark crystal projectiles that very quickly converged on the boy, who barely noticed them in time and ascended into the air to avoid them with his flowmotion, only to get slammed back down by another silhouette and struck by all ten crystals, making him scream out in pain again.

As the dark remnant heard these agonizing screams, he remembered his time back at the Keyblade Graveyard, fighting the Terra's Lingering Will, and the many many times he had heard those very same screams come out of his own mouth, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, for over a decade. He began to laugh, enjoying himself as he was making Sora experience a fraction of what he had gone through, giving him satisfaction beyond anything that Xehanort had ever given him, during his time as the old man's 'apprentice.'

Back with the Pro Heroes, they could hear the screams of someone in the distance. "What the? Someone's crying out over there!" Kamui Woods spoke up as he was about to go towards the action.

"Wait!" Edgeshot stopped him. "You're carrying precious cargo. Wait here while Endeavor and I go."

"Let him follow." Endeavor told Edgeshot. "Just keep your distance. We don't know what's out there, and All Might has done enough work tonight."

As the three of them were about to depart, another powerful tremor caused them to stumble, before a strong gust of wind blew past them and carried a trail of concrete and debris with it.

Back with the Keyblade wielders, Vanitas created another five silhouettes to join in on the fight, having seven silhouettes thrashing around Sora, while one was recording it all happening. The dark remnant then saw a trail of wind with debris coming towards his location and he continued to laugh, reveling in the moment that he was having as he now properly was putting Sora in his place. He ran towards the torrent and jumped onto one of the pieces, surfing on the wind trail like he would at the Keyblade Graveyard, before watching his silhouettes continue to beat Sora's body around as he screamed.

The dark remnant then guided the gust he was surfing on, towards his 'brother', deciding to join in on the fun as he rammed into Sora's body head on and dragged him through the air. His laughter had now transitioned from a clam and sadistic tone to a more loud and maniacal one, as his enjoyment only grew from the suffering that Sora went through. He could feel his ribs shattering as his chest was continuously pummeled by the torrent, before he was slammed through a building and out to another section of the destroyed city, letting out another pained scream.

"SUFFER!" Vanitas yelled out as he dragged Sora up to the sky, right in between the two news helicopters that were there, before making the torrent he was surfing on, orbit around him and split into many smaller gusts that struck the boy repeatedly.

"WRITHE!" The Masked Boy exclaimed as the other seven silhouettes arrived and then each slashed at Sora's body, before surrounding the boy and all charging the same attack that Vanitas was doing, summoning the three crystals behind him again.

"DESPAIR!" The dark remnant screamed as he and the other seven silhouettes fired their beams at Sora, each directly hitting the boy and sandwiching him in a concentrated blast of dark energy that burned off all his clothes, except for the upper section of his pants.

When the lasers stopped, Sora's extremely beaten up and weakened body drifted in the air briefly, while the boy dropped both Oathkeeper and Oblivion, being too weak to hold them anymore. Then he saw the real Vanitas warp above him and drop down for a slam attack. "SHOW ME ANGUIGH!"

When Void Gear hit him, Sora could feel time slow to a crawl and he began to see white.

Down on ground level, the Pro Heroes could see two people quickly descending towards them, but before they could even move, the pair reached the ground and landed hard. However, one of them was on top of the other, standing victorious over that person.

[Silence]

The cheering for All Might had stopped the moment that they saw a fight happening next to the news helicopters, but while other civilians were unsure of who had just shown up, Izuku knew who it was and looked at the screen worryingly, which caught the attention of Katsuki, Tenya and Ejiro, who also looked back at the screen with concern.

The dust began to settle as the Pros had their guards up, waiting for the person on top to make a move, but instead, the person spoke up. "Congratulations, 'Number One hero'. You beat up a crippled old man." He pointed out. "But while you were busy dealing with your grudge, you forgot about something."

[Play KH3 OST Dual Hearts]

The dust fully cleared up and the Pros, as well as the cameras on the news helicopters could see Vanitas, standing on top of Sora's beaten and bloody body. "Or rather, someone." He reminded them.

The people from this world who knew and were friends with Sora, who were watching from either Kamino, their homes, their workplaces, or anywhere else, all shared the same horrified expression, seeing the Keyblade wielder's condition, feeling scared for their friend's life.

The silhouette that had Sora's phone had finally stopped recording with it and began to go through the boy's contacts, while Vanitas spoke to the adults in front of him. "And that's just one of the many failures that you forgot to count today. How about I help you list them off?" He spoke up loudly enough for the news helicopters to hear him. "Aside from failing to save Sora, you also failed to stop that crippled old man from destroying over half of this city, which most certainly had to have killed many innocents." He held up two fingers. "Out of all of the League of Villains, you only captured him, forgetting about me, Tomura, Kurogiri, Toga, Twice, Dabi, Spinner, Mr. Compress, and Magne." He lifted up a finger for every person he counted, having both hands completely open, showing ten major mistakes. "And to top it all off, you were so busy fighting him, that you didn't even notice me leave the area to go after one of the two kids you were supposed to save." The silhouette had managed to select all of Sora's contacts and then began sending the three videos that were on the phone to them.

"What are you trying to prove here?" Edgeshot spoke up to Vanitas as he waited for the Villain in front of him to make a single slip up.

"I'm not trying to prove anything." The dark remnant answered, pointing towards Toshinori. "I just thrive off of chaos and negativity, and because of that blond skeleton of a man you call a Hero, the world is no longer in a panicked frenzy, so I'm just salvaging what I can to accelerate my plan again."

"And what is your plan?" Tiger questioned, still holding Ragdoll in his arms.

"How about you stop worrying about me, and start worrying about the boy that I'm standing on top of." Vanitas changed the topic. "Because I'm pretty sure that if you don't do something soon, he's gonna be suffering much more than he already has been."

"You bastard!" Kamui Woods yelled out. "What did you do to that boy!?"

"You'll find out soon." The dark remnant answered. "If not, then I'll give you these few hints as to what I did."

Over at Fumikage's house, he saw that he had received three messages and he was looking through the first one, watching Sora in his rage form, tearing through the Heartless back at camp, while Vanitas still talked to the Heroes "First off, I made sure to exploit Sora's emotional weaknesses, and his frail body."

Over at another section of Kamino, Momo had received the messages as well and was looking at the second video, seeing Himiko and Sora's 'special moment' happen as Vanitas kept informing the Pros. "Secondly, I robbed him of a precious moment, and made sure that he would never have the chance to forget about it."

Over at the station in Kamino, Izuku saw the messages on his phone and looked at the third one, watching Sora's fight against Vanitas and how the guardian of light was getting tossed around and beaten up the whole time, while Vanitas continued speaking to the Heroes. "And lastly, I showed him just how weak he really is."

Everyone who Sora had saved on his phone had received the three messages and while some were watching them, others weren't as they were more focused on the current moment, and how this was potentially going to play out. Vanitas continued to speak to the adults in front of him. "I was going to keep this up for about a year and slowly build up my power that way, but thanks to your spectacular failure today, you've practically halfened the time I originally needed to attain the power I wanted." He then pointed Void Gear towards Yagi and spoke up. "So while I still have the chance to, why don't I just kill all of you and get the power I need in a few more hours, instead of a few more months."

"Go to hell!" Endeavor replied before blitzing towards Vanitas. The dark remnant had the three of the seven silhouettes he made get in between himself and the Number 2 Hero, defending the real Vanitas with their bodies and holding the flame user back.

The next Hero then jumped into the fray. "Endeavor!" Vanitas heard Edgeshot say, while watching the ninja themed Hero turn into a red streak and speed over to him, but one of the silhouettes managed to strike the streak and make him stagger and fall.

Kaumi Woods attempted to bind the silhouette coming after him with wood, but it cut through his attempted bind and knocked him away, detaching the bottle of golden liquid that he had from his belt. "Is that…?" He recognized the object and let out a laugh. "You knew he was gonna be injured, so you planned to give him that when you found him?"

Gran Torino blitzed to the bottle and grabbed it, only to get hit by two more silhouettes and have the bottle knocked out of his hands. "Damn it!" he cursed, before he saw one more person running in. "Toshinori, no!"

Yagi, in spite of his weakened state, ran forward as fast as he could, making a mad dash towards the bottle. Vanitas smiled at that and pointed Void Gear towards the weakened Hero. "That's right. Go ahead and die a failure."

[Play KH3 OST Terra's Return]

Suddenly, from below the dark remnant's feet, the ground below had begun to shine and take the form of what looked like a cosmos. "Huh? What the…WHA!?" He felt himself get forced off his feet, and as he looked to see what pushed him off the ground, he saw Sora's body move upright. This made no sense to him, as he knew that the boy was knocked out. He made sure of that himself, so how was he moving?

Oathkeeper and Oblivion then formed and began to spiral around him with Oathkeeper's tip glowing gold and Oblivion's tip glowing purple. As they spiraled around the guardian of light, the created gold and purple sparks of light around him that converged above the boy, who had raised his hands, each glowing those same colors, above his head and wrapped his arms around each other. The lights then formed a single sparkle that was absorbed into Sora's unconscious body.

Oathkeeper and Oblivion then locked themselves next to their wielder, facing downwards before plunging themselves into the cosmic looking ground, making the center of it form what looked like a galaxy, before 32 orbs of the light that Sora had absorbed earlier came out of that galaxy part of the ground and homed in towards the dark remnant, who in spite of having his face covered, still showed a concerned expression on it. While unconscious, Sora had somehow generated enough Focus Energy to use his Stellar Inception Shotlock against Vanitas.

The news cameras were still rolling and the footage was still being broadcasted to the whole world, allowing everyone to see this sudden act happen, prompting the crowd to once again encourage their Number One Hero. "Go All Might!" "You can do it!" "Beat that guy too!" "Defeat the Villain!" "Do it!" "Take him down!"

All of the people who were friends with Sora, said the same thing, all at once. "Save him, All Might! SAVE SORA!"

All Might could once again feel himself being cheered on by the world, and had a determined look in his eye as he reached out and grasped onto the bottle that was in the air, setting his sights on delivering it to the boy who desperately needed it right now. The very same boy who he considered a close friend. The same boy who vowed to help him and Young Midoriya defeat the forces of Darkness and evil in this world. The same boy who was the embodiment of a Hero for all.

The dark remnant kept his attention on Sora, failing to notice Toshinori grab the bottle and run towards him from behind. Vanitas had his focus completely on the powerful orbs of light that were homing in on his location. He pulled Void Gear back, but just as he was about to swing, he felt something make contact with the back of his head and push him towards the light projectiles. "SMAAAASH!" He heard Yagi's voice call out, as he was punched in the back of the head by the Number One Hero with all his strength.

The dark remnant wasn't hurt by the smash attack, but his body was pushed forward just fast enough for him to get struck by the first projectile, striking him in the face and making his mask crack a little. "GAH!" He winced, actually feeling that. Then the other 31 projectiles reached him, rapidly striking his body in quick succession and visibly damaging it, as he began to leak what was the Unversed equivalent of his blood, feeling it spill out of the openings in his arms, legs, chest and back.

The silhouettes that were holding the other Heroes back vanished and they quickly moved to go support All Might. Sora's body began to fall forward, and Toshinori chose to go for him, instead of Vanitas, allowing the dark remnant to point his blade at Yagi's back. As he was about to shoot the Hero in the back, he noticed the other Pros coming towards him and warped away, leaving an afterimage for them to phase through when they reached it. Vanitas landed where the Pros were before they went to attack him and quickly made a dark corridor underneath him to escape during the confusion.

The world let out a triumphant scream when they saw All Might land that hit, and kept cheering when they saw the Villain get damaged by the surprise attack from Sora, but once they saw the evildoer escape, although just barely, they stopped their cheering and looked towards the injured boy, whose condition was not looking good.

[Silence]

As Sora's body fell, Toshinori had made it in time and caught the boy in his arms, holding him firmly and in a protective manner for a while, as he looked around to see if Vanitas was still here, only to see that he wasn't. Yagi then turned his focus to the boy in his arms. "Young Sora." He looked at him and saw his horrible condition. He felt lighter than normal, due to being malnourished and his skin was more pale, due to blood loss. Knowing he had to as fast, he took the bottle in his hand, elevated Sora's head and poured a light amount of the glowing golden liquid into the boy's mouth.

Everyone around the world watched with anticipation, praying that whatever All Might was giving this child was going to help him. Sora's friends prayed the hardest, as they hated seeing their friend in this state.

Toshinori watched it go down Sora's throat and he had a reaction to it, slightly stiffening up before his eyes began to open. That small amount made him continuous, but he needed the rest fast. "Come on. Drink up." Yagi told him as he kept the boy's head elevated and slowly poured the healing item that Sora recognized as a Megalixer into his mouth. The more the boy drank, the more his wounds closed up, and the more he could feel his pain fade away, while getting revitalized enough to keep drinking the Megalixer, until it finally was empty.

[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Feeling of Paring]

Sora quickly sat up straight, and coughed for a minute, before taking a few breaths in while Toshinori stayed next to him and the other Pros watched from where they stood. Once he had his bearings, the boy looked around and saw the news helicopters landing close to them, as well as the tired out Pro Heroes looking at him. He then turned to see Toshinori next to him, in his All Might costume, but not buffed up. "Are you...?" He began to ask.

"Yes." Yagi answered. "It's okay, Young Sora. You're safe now."

Sora quickly wrapped his arms around Toshinori and spoke up. "Thank you, All Might."

Yagi hugged him back. "You're welcome, Young Sora."

The people around the world saw the boy hug All Might, and most of them had heartfelt tears in their eyes, seeing the Number One Hero comfort someone he had just saved, but to the people that were friends with Sora, they were crying for another reason. They couldn't hold back their emotions when they saw that their friend was now safe and sound once again, even being miraculously healed in front of their eyes.

The Pros that were there all looked at the two hugging and were silent. They didn't want to interrupt this necessary moment that the world needed to see. Then police had arrived and began to move in to apprehend the unconscious All For One, and take Sora to the hospital to rehydrate and feed him, while more Pros arrived to help with search and rescue.

"I'm sorry." He quietly said to him. "Vanitas was...I couldn't..."

"It's okay. You don't have to worry about that right now." The Number One Hero responded to him, as the sun began to rise in the horizon. "Because I am here to take you back home."

The two eventually broke their hug and Sora followed the paramedics to one of the ambulances, while one news reporter began to do her job. "The Heroes began rescue operations during All Might's fight, but the scope of the damage is staggering. Authorities are estimating a large number of casualties. The Villain who caused this is…oh! There! He's being led into the maiden right now. Meanwhile All Might and the other Heroes remain on high alert."

Toshinori saw the camera and then pointed towards it, while looking down, knowing that Young Midoriya and many other Hero hopefuls were watching this, as he had one final thing to say to them, as the Number One Hero. "Now...Now, it's your turn."

While the general public took that as him announcing that he was still standing and ready to take out the rest, namely Vanitas, the one who got away. Izuku and a few others took that as something else. Something that, while heartbreaking, was the truth. All Might's time was up, and it's now up to the next generation to step up in his place. As Midoriya got the message loud and clear, he began to tear up and softly cry, catching Katsuki's attention.

And so ends the battle of Kamino.

There we go. Chapter 72 is finished. I want to talk about the fic, mainly how it has gotten over 800 people following it, and over 700 of those same people having it as a favorite of theirs. Holy crap, that is a lot of people. Not to mention the fanart that I had received way back when, and the fact that some people hear not only binge read it, but also go back and reread it multiple times. It's honestly surprisinghow many people like this story and how much they like it. Sure, we still have problems, and there are also some not so friendly critics in the reviews, but that happens when you get popular. (I can't believe I get to say that.) I honestly thought that this story would have died off around the time I wrote the Sports Festival, but look at it now. We finished the battle of Kamino, and are holding strong after two whole years of writing. That's impressive, considering most stories don't last past one. I don't really have anything to say about the chapter, so I hope you enjoyedit, and until I decide to upload again. ;)