This will be the LAST Side Story Spanning Seasons until chapter 11 drops. As you may have noticed, every SSSS was unedited, which was why I was able to release these fast (and because they were prewritten). Because of personal issues, chapter 11 may be released mid or late January. At worse, mid February. Don't worry, this story is completely planned out to the end. Life's can throw unfortunate things, put a lot of twists and turns at you, suffice to say.
HIDEYOSHI SHIGARAKI- "NANA SHIMURA'S LAST STAND"
Her protege, who he assumed was the next One For All, was gone. She herself was beaten down to a bloody pulp, but still unyielding and standing strong. Most of her allies were long dead. Her carefully curated network, descended from an unbroken line of continuity since his brother created it, was wiped out. He had triumphed over every aspect of his brother's legacy except for the most important one. But that was a problem for later. Now he could revel in his victory.
Blood leaked from her ears, nose and mouth. Heavy cuts and bruises marred what he could see of her body. Her breathing was weighed down, like there was an enormous weight on her chest. But she still stood strong, back upright, and a defiant gaze to her regal features.
He himself was untouched, unvarnished, and unbloodied. The difference was stark.
They stood in the devastation of the city that was built for the future. Away from the bloodshed of the world and cruelty, it would have been the city of tomorrow. Now it was rubble and ashes. The stillness endured for another moment, then was disturbed by a collection of light all around them gathering in strength and intensity.
All For One started to laugh. The government finally brought out their most desperate weapon, huh? An old world orbital platform, hijacked by Japan. It was probably so degraded they'd have one shot before it imploded spectacularly.
He activated his tried and true trump card. It was an organic shield that filtered all poison and chemicals, and had the toughness to shrug off nukes. The previous user couldn't use it however. They were far too busy being tortured with illusions until they were begging him to take it. As far as quirks go, it was his kind of quirk, despite the downsides
Super protective and powerful, but it locked you in. And it heats up very fast over time, but with a man with many quirks, with a taste towards the simple or passive, he found it useful on occasion. The most important criteria was how simple it was to use. When you could have hundreds or even thousands of Quirks, you had to be simple and straightforward.
"I'm going to stay right here, Shimura. You're free to join me, if you want to survive." He was grinning as he said it, already knowing her answer.
Bloodied, bruised, but unbeaten, she refused him. She stood on two proud feet, eyes closed, head up in the sky. She was radiant for only a moment before the colossal orbital strike reduced everything but All For One to ashes.
It was ironic that he didn't kill One For All this time. It was the government trying to kill him.
YAGI TOSHINORI- "THE NEW MAN"
The lineage of One For All was a heavy burden. Each successive user increased the strength and expectations placed on the next generation. They added exploits, support networks, and in the case of the "One For All Manual", their own words, encouragement, and testing.
They were all shadowed legends. Freedom fighters, terrorists, barely kids, and most importantly, all heroes. The destruction All For One wrought on Shimura's legacy was so final, so devastating, Toshinori had to remake the entire board. Having a close knit network didn't help the last seven generations of One For All defeat All For One. Sorahiko Torino was out of the game. Almost everyone he knew was dead or out. He'd stayed on only to complete Toshinori's training, as the last favor to Shimura.
And the government was often politely ignored. While Daigoro Banjo was the first user to join the pilot program that would later coalesce into the Pro-Heros of today, most users tried to keep their reputations and actions restrained. Both to avoid detection and to continue without constant attack.
But even so, almost every user including the First distrusted the government on some level. The First user mentioned an outbreak in America, how they massacred their own people. Closer to home was the actions of the national Japanese government towards its own people during the emergence of metahuman abilities. This feeling persisted through each user in some way.
But not Toshinori. With the changing of the times and demographic changes, almost every aspect of life included a metahuman majority. The government wasn't as awful as it was all those centuries ago. And he was determined to make the most out of it.
The First and other users were more biased against the government due to the shadow wars, genocides, conscriptions, and pogroms. Now that there's a "new" generation, a critical mass of ideas and quirks, it's not a bad idea to team up
One For All kept failing in its mission. Defeating All For One permanently, and fighting the injustice of the world. It was time to try something new. He was the latest in the long, storied line of One For All users. He intended to finish this fight once and for all.
And that's what led him to join the secretive offer to become a boogeyman for the government. Emerging as a Yuki Onna so he could access classified government information, keep tabs on All For One and strike back at his underworld facilities with the backing and resources of an entire nation.
Armed with the overwhelming power of One For All and the government on his side, unknowingly, he was far more effective than he dared thought; the last seven generations of users combined.
Of all the users, Toshinori was the one with the brightest target on his chest. He found it a point of pride and All For One saw Yagi as his truest, existential threat, even beyond the exponential power increase.
He was more flexible than the past users, more willing to give up portions of his mountains of morals to see crime go down. His public persona was as loud as his Yuki Onna persona was silent.
But the feeling always nagged at him.
"What would his mentors and past users have thought of him?"
They were made up of freedom fighters, vigilantes, the first legally sanctioned heroes, and all shared the burden of combating All For One.
In the history he had gleaned, some of the past users, especially at the beginning resorted to violent means to protect the metahuman population from genocide. Later, acting where the government was powerless.
He had, of course, kept the secret of One For All away from the government. His loyalty and dogged faith only went so far with this immense power. Additionally, through his discreet investigations with Night Eye and a few trusted associates, the government was at war with itself. The tendrils of All For One had centuries to chip away and subvert the monolithic regime. Everyone who was anyone was at least tangentially aware of "the wraith". They did their best to work around his "irradiated" spaces. The Yuki Onna was one such effort. Untouchable, out of sight, and totally undercover.
More than once he thought of including Endeavor into the fight against All For One. But the memory of Nana Shimura burned in his gut. The murder of her husband. The giving up of her child.
He couldn't do that to Endeavor. So he kept his silence from one of his most trusted and capable friends.