Toga watched as the big muscle creature came flying down and crashed right in front of them after the super boom. The League turned back at the kids flying away in the other direction like team rocket, now completely out of their reach. "Okay...so did you know he could do that?" Compress asked Tomura. He got a nod of 'no' in return.
"Suddenly, much happier he's on our side. I could take it, let's piss off the brat!" Twice shouted.
She felt her heart throb at the idea of Iruma-kins throwing himself at her with all that power. "So much power, so bloody.." They could be cute and beautiful together!
"Holy shit, did One For All really grow that fast?" All For One looked curiously at the fallen Nomu for a second. "No, he would have used it on me. Questions for later. Four Arms, assist them in escaping." A few seconds and there was no response. "Four arms, I gave you an order. You may not have Super Regeneration but you have enough of a substitute to work it out."
The beast was whining, like an injured animal. Aww, maybe she could lick the wounds better-NOPE! Those wounds were burning and infected. The Nomu crawled around, holding it's chest with the two remaining arms, the stumps bleeding and melting as it screamed. "Uh, I don't think it's going to get back up." Spinner said.
"He punched it so hard it burned out its healing quirks." Mangne continued. "And he looked so naive too. It's always the nice ones you need to watch out for."
"I have a mortal enemy, I have a mortal enemy.." Kiriwo kept repeating to himself. "Remain loyal, I have a mortal enemy.."
"He's mine, asshole." She glared at him. "You don't get to show him whatever sick twisted thing you think love is." She would actually care about him, make him happy before stabbing him! Show him that she could be everything he was!
"Right right, sorry … say should we be concerned that the pros are getting back up?" The demon pointed to the heroes, who were indeed getting back up.
"It seems that options are indeed limited." All For One sighed. "I'm sorry in advance Mange."
"Sorry for wha-" The man-woman was stabbed with the same tentacles from before. She thought she was about to see some tentacle hentai, but that was not the case here. It was instead her body glowing with everyone else.
"Wait …" She was the only girl that could be magnetized …
"SHIT!" Spinner rammed into her first, and the rest weren't far too follow. One by one, they were all forced into the portal All For One made earlier, getting sent to who knows where on the other side.
The only one who didn't follow through with the rest of them was Tomura, who seemed to linger behind, screaming … before being dragged in with the rest of them. A look of loss and hurt adorned his face.
Iida screamed as they all hit the ground, barely cushioned by Shiozaki's vines. "Is everyone in fair condition?"
"Rock hard as always." Please phrase that better.
"Fuck all of you." Well Katsuki seemed to have come out of the situation fairly well.
"The tingle in my arm is gone, even if it's a bit sore and cracked." After they recovered, off to the hospital they went.
"I can taste the rainbow." Ochako spinned in a daze, before throwing up.
"I believe … I am … alright." Curious to hear her strange speech pattern, he turned to Shiozaki, noticing Suzuki landed inside of her cleavage. "I feel so conflicted about this. Lord above, please forgive me for my lustful actions." She was at least self aware about it.
"I..don't know if I could handle being in 1-A…that's was the craziest shit I've ever been through." Tokage rubbed her forehead. "I think I literally almost lost my head."
"Wimp." Bakugo called her out, already getting up and back in shape. Tokage seemed to take the comment with an eye twitch. "The fuck was with that last throw?" He asked Suzuki.
"I don't know, ever since I beat up Muscular, my arm's been tingly." The boy looked down. "Then I just … let it out."
"It was a stressful situation..maybe you went through an awakening like Bakugo did." Uraraka suggested. "Either way, I'm glad you're finally out of there Iruma…we heard what that villain did to you."
"All Forty One." The boy growled out. "We have to do something, Bunny-se-."
Todoroki, Yaoyorozu, and what sounded like Hagakure came into the area, all panting. "Iruma-kun, you're okay!" She shot herself right into the boy's arms and pulled him into a hug. "I'm never taking my eyes off of you again! I'm stuck to your back like glue for now on!"
"Sorry it took so long, we agreed on Elms street and we didn't expect the trajectory to change." Yaoyorozu to explain.
"Iruma…you made it…we did it.." Todoroki shook in place, before joining Hagakure in hugging the boy. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was so close to reaching out to you and I couldn't.."
"It's fine, you did your best." The boy spoke with a smile. "Now come on, we have to find as many heroes as possible. All Might needs help. We have to do some-"
"Iruma-kun, we just got you out, we're not going back in when he's after you." Hagakure hit the boy lightly on the head. "We need to make sure you're as far away from the danger as possible."
"But.."
"Listen to your stalker, Dodger. If you're really All Might's student, then you know he's the guy that always wins." Bakugo interrupted. "Don't start acting like an idiot just because some mother fucker can take a punch or two."
Todoroki looked concerned, but turned to Iruma. "Trust him, the man looked like he was wearing a support system on his head. When it's crushed he should be easily defeated."
The boy blinked. "Oh, that's because he's missing half his skull."
Everyone was silent. "Half…his…skull?" He slowly repeated.
"Yeah, apparently Bunny-sensei punched him hard enough to start sending gray matter everywhere, when I met him everything on his face besides his mouth was just replaced with overgrown skin."
"...So All Might punched this guy's head off..and he's still standing?" Kirishima asked tentatively. "I wanna call that manly but … There is some point where it's too much, you know?"
"If All Might did that once, he could punch the other half away no problem." Bakugo held his belief the pro would succeed. "Come on, let's get out of here before anyone from the League of Losers finds us."
Right, the safety of the group was paramount. "Everyone, move, now."
Poor Tomura, so heartbroken. This would be a good thing in the end, he would see. All For One needed to do one very important thing after all. Destroy the greatest obstacle in his successor's way. "So is it going to be you and me, mono e mono, or are you going to use your friends as human shields?"
"I'm not going to rest until everything you've built is all up in dust!" The hero growled, throwing another one of his smashes. "You're not going to hurt anyone ever again!"
"Oh but do I need to? You've done such a good job as it is." He laughed at the confused expression on the hero's face. "I've had a chat with Iruma Suzuki, looked into his past, so many red flags you just looked over. A better puppet than anything I could have ever come up with."
"DON'T YOU DARE SAY HIS NAME!" Another smash was sent into his hands, one that grew weaker with every passing moment.
"Oh, who's name should I say then? Nana Shimura? The master you failed to do anything for, who's legacy you've ruined with your mere existence?" Over the kettle the water boils. "A failure both as a Student and a Teacher, and soon, as a hero as well!" He pushed forward. "One For All no longer dwells in you! Nothing but embers remain within you! You're an old fool who's running on borrowed time!"
"DIE YOU BASTARD!" He ducked under the smash, landing an air cannon straight into the wound of the oaf, generating so much more steam.
"You're running out of time, how many more hits do you have? Three, four? I'd say five at best before you're done for." He smirked. "Let's show the world that face of yours shall we?" He aimed his cannon straight at a civilian after backing up. "You or her, make you pick!"
"Not going to happen!" A blur of white and yellow shot past them, and scooped the woman out of the way. Gran Torino, of course the senile fool would be here too. "Keep your head in the game, Toshinori! Don't worry about anything other than the fight in front of you!"
"This is a private conversation, old man." He let his rivets extend, sending them to Gran Torino. "Then again everyone to me is just a dumb child!" The man dodged, being able to change direction in mid air, very annoying to deal with, but not impossible. "You and Shimura, two pathetic nobodies who barely knew what they were doing with the power they had! You know, in her last moments, she cried, begging on her knees for me to spare her. It was really out of mercy that I ended her pitiful existence…"
"TEXAS SMASH!" Perfect, the fool took the bait. Now he could do this properly, aiming an air cannon right at the fool.
The two attacks collided, and it took a full minute for the dust to finally clear out of the way, and when it did, he couldn't have been greeted by a better sight. All Might in his true form. Broken, beaten, and powerless! "For the whole world to see, a pathetic skeleton of a man. The broken bones of a dream of peace. Your persona of the number one hero is at an end, All Might."
"It..doesn't matter what form I take..I'll always be the symbol of peace…that's something you'll never take from me!" Ah, the dramatic 'peace' and 'hope' that they claimed to have. What All Might had was embers of a strong quirk.
"Oh, then I guess I'll have to give up tormenting you." All For One mock shrugged. "I guess if that won't get you to give up nothing will." He snapped his fingers, as if having an epiphany. "Except for telling you Tomura Shigaraki is Nana Shimura's grandson." He watched the look of determination drain from him and Gran Torino "Funny thing, abusive household cause the grandma died a hero, beat their son up for wanting to be one. Finally the boy, Tenko, snapped and murdered everyone."
"No…No…you're…"
"Lying? But it sounds exactly like something I would do, doesn't it? And did you all really think that her hiding her family from everyone, even you all, would stop me, really?" He laughed. "Oh I know everything and everyone. Every person that goes to UA, every hero in this raid, you lot only have muscles and grit. Meanwhile, as for me?" He gave a savage smile that still haunted souls. "I have spite beyond mortal men."
Momo was very happy right now. So far everything was coming out a win. They got Iruma back, they got Bakugo back, no one was seriously injured. Once this whole thing was over they could take a nice long nap and just drift into dreams.
Sure, they were likely to face repercussions once it was all said and done, but that hardly mattered to her, or anyone else at the moment. As Kirishima said, this wasn't about being a hero, it was about getting their friends back. "We made it, we actually made it." Iida sighed, allowing himself to breathe just a little bit easier than about an hour ago.
"We should so party." Kirishima smiled. "I'm thinking Ramen, anyone up for ramen?"
"I'd say we would be in the clear … but we were clearly seen, and Monoma still knows everything." Tokage groaned. "We're in so much trouble when we get back to school."
"I pray that our reprimands are swift and merciful." Shiozaki added. "At the moment, I'm relieved that my angel is back in my arms." The vine girl hugged the boy from the side.
"You mean OUR arms, right?" Toru grabbed Iruma from the other side, her voice indicating she was prepared for a fight."
"Yep, in the class's arms. With all his friends." Ochako proceeds to jump from behind, holding onto the boy's neck.
Iruma in question didn't react at all, still looking concerned. "Dude, we told you, it's All Might, he's gonna be fine." Kirishima said. "So what if it's some ancient villain, he's got this."
"You don't get it..it's going to be like last time..Bunny-sensei isn't prepared to fight him…"
"Shut up Dodger, just get it through your head." Bakugo spoke up aggressively. "All Might is the best hero, that means he never loses. He'll come out on top, just like he always does." He growled, Iruma was … looking past him. "Hey, I'm talking to you!" The boy's face paled. "What the fuck are you-" The boy cut himself off, soon copying Iruma's look of bafflement.
"What's wrong?" She asked, looking in the direction they were both facing, and she was far from prepared to see what was going on in front of her. Amongst a crowd of people, a large screen was showing off the fight in Kamino Ward. "Is that…?"
On the screen was Toshinori Yagi, All Might's secretary, bloody, bruised, and in All Might's costume. "Trash Zombie?" Toru said without any sense of joking in her tone, because the shock was way too prominent.
"All Might …" Todoroki said the only logical thing, because despite how weak that man was, how much he shouldn't be there, how desperate he looked, he wore the costume in the field, with blond hair and a single buff arm.
"Bunny-sensei!" Iruma shouted, with absolutely no shock or surprise in his tone at all, only worry…which meant he knew about this beforehand…he knew this was how All Might really was…that this was his real form.
"What the fuck." Bakugo asked, with complete bafflement and confusion in his voice. "This isn't possible … All Might is the strongest … he's not weak." He gripped his fist hard enough to draw blood. "He … won't lose. He's never lost, never will." Bakugo glared at the screen with hate, pride, envy, and a wide array of emotions she's never seen in a single look. "You'll fucking win, like you always do!"
The crowd started to join in, his single shout sparking the masses. "You can do it All Might!" "You're the number one hero!" "Don't lose faith now!" "This creep is nothing!"
She could do nothing but try and join with her own tiny voice, hearing Iruma speak once more. "Don't lose … pease, Bunny-sensei."
Fuck, it all hurt. Every muscle hurts. He knew All For One was right about one thing, he had a few punches left … so he needed to make them count. "Now All Might, how about we end the charades?" The villain laughed. "Another barrage of-" He was forced to fend off an attack from the side, fire enveloping the villain.
"AAALLLLLLL MIIIIIGHT!" Shouted the voice of his rival. "What the hell is with this pathetic weak form!?" Endeavour yelled as he fired his quirk at the villain. "Stop fooling around and show the world why you've always beaten me!"
"Listen-listen to-to the living fire-place, Bunny-sensei!" Miriko spoke weakly from the rubble she laid down in. "Stoping giving us rabbits such a bad name and beat this fucker already!"
"You can do it All Might!" Edgeshot came in, spinning blades on his threads as he tried to land a cut. "You've reigned at the top for so long now!"
"Don't give the newbies so much work!" Feathers flew at the villain, clouding vision. "Heroes are supposed to make it easy on others, aren't they!?" Hawks swooped in.
"We might not be able to do much, but we'll do everything we can to help!" Kamui Wood used his branches to throw the surrounding rubble at the villain.
"It doesn't matter what words come out of this man's mouth, Toshinori. It doesn't change what you need to do." Gran Torino held him up. "You can't let him get under your skin, that's why you have a hole in your stomach now. Use your wits, and fight him smart."
All at once, the hero felt like he could hear the cries of support and cheers from everyone around the world, a world that still believed in the symbol of peace, that believed he could win no matter the cost..he wouldn't let that faith go to waste!
A large explosion forced all the attacks back. "You all want to live in some fantasy world do you? Fine, let's give you a dose of reality." The villain's hands sparked. "Springlike Limbs, Kinetic Booster Times Four, Strength Enhancer Times Three, Air Walk." The very sky seemed to crackle, a feeling of dread blanketed the area. "Multiplier, Hypertrophy, Rivets, Spearlike Bones!" The arm became a grotesque abomination growing and sparking with power. "You heroes are so fond of names for attacks, how about Ultimate Quirk Combination? It seems appropriate."
"It doesn't matter what quirks you have or what you call them…I am All Might…" Half of his body was inflated while the second half was skeleton. "I will defeat you...with EVERYTHING I GOT!" Yellow sparks emanate from his arm, likely the last remains of One For All flaring up.
What happened next could only be described as phenomenal. Maybe in some far off land magic existed, maybe in some strange alternate universe reality could be warped, maybe there was a quirk that could destroy people with a touch. Here, right now? With nothing but raw power these two titans clashed hard enough to warp the fabric of space and time itself, a small hole tearing through dimensions, before collapsing on itself and exploding.
"Impact Reversal!" Oh fuck you! The air around them got more violent as the villain pushed himself back, his arm being the only thing preventing him from becoming mush on a sidewalk. "You'll die full of regrets, Number One Hero!"
"I have many regrets, that is true …" He grit his teeth and clenched his cheeks. His feet planted themselves harder. "And I have so many things to teach these kids …" They finally skidded to a stop. "That's why I won't stop here and now!" He pressed forward. "Until I've raised him right…I WON'T DIE!"
"Let's put that spirit to the test! Try to survive this, All Might!" All For One reeled his arm back, likely for a final blow against his weak body.
"You forgot an important detail All For One." He smirked. "Something I wasn't reminded of until recently." He let the first blow push him back, finally switching his arm back to its normal state. "WE HAVE LEGS!" And he kicked the villain right in the jaw, force ripping the mask to pieces. Not giving him a second to recover, the Pro used the strength he had in his body to grab the man by the arms and threw him overhead on the ground.
"Little tricks like that aren't like you … someone's been influencing your actions!" All For One lagged, even as he was on the ground. "That was weak! Your power is gone!"
"That's because … I wasn't putting … MY ALL INTO IT!" With the last of his power, he placed everything into his fist. Thirty Percent, Ninety Percent, One Hundred Percent. More, more and more, every ounce of these embers pushed to their last limits. "United … States of …"
"Shit." Were the last words of his eternal nemesis. Goodbye, All For One.
"SMMMMMAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH!" What followed was a current of wind and force comparable to that of a tornado never seen in human history before, swirling with force to control even the news copters.
'Goodbye…One For All….Thank You…' He panted, nothing left to squeeze, hoping it was enough. He looked down at the downed villain, unresponsive. He's done it. He's won yet again, for the last time. There was only one course of action. Raise his hand high in victory.