AN: A CHAPTER WRITTEN USING A DIFFERENT METHOD. NOT ENTIRELY DIFFERENT OR CONFUSING. IT'S JUST THAT THE SCENES WILL BE CUT TO A DIFFERENT SCENE JUST LIKE IN THE ACTUAL SHOW. THE POINT OF VIEW OF EVERY TEAM OR CHARACTERS ARE SHOWN BACK TO BACK IN SOME AREAS.
SECOND LAST CHAPTER OF MY MOST SUCCESSFUL AND FIRST STORY. THANKS FOR THIS WONDERFUL RIDE. YOU GUYS BEEN THERE, BUT I WASN'T ALWAYS HERE. IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO HAVE NY PERSONAL LIFE GET TANGLED UP WITH MY WRITING. BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ALL OF YOU.
YOU TOO (OMNIPOTENT X.) YOUR HELP WAS A LOT AND I'M THANKFUL.
"As expected, huh? Doctor?" All for one said seeing the remaining nomus which didn't move from their spot through the monitor.
"Only Tomura' nomu stands unfortunately. Everything was fine until now. But I think the Shigaraki nomu is powerful enough." The doctor said and looks at all for one. "As your defence." The doctor said.
"If Almight shows up, then my first pace of the plan is a success. With Tomura turned into a nomu, I might have to find my vessel on my own." All for one said.
"Then I'll equip you with the the custom support item." The doctor said as the life support got replaced by a dark mask with a pod on the back. It's basically a portable life support system.
"I was expecting a long recovery time, doctor. Tomura' failure somehow brought me out of the comfort zone. Then might as well go along with it." All for one said.
"Today I'll get to see your presence out there in the world. When they see you, the world will get back it's leader once again." The doctor said.
All for one laughed and slowly stood up from his throne like seat. "You know the right words, doctor. The world is missing me. And I'll be hoping for you to prepare the vessel I bring." All For One said.
"Your wish is my command."
(MEANWHILE)
AT THE OLD CHURCH
"Is this it?" Kirishima wondered looking at the swampy area just ahead of them. All if them stood outside the gate overlooking the old rundown church in middle of the swamp.
"The direction I pointed out is accurate. Only your confirmation is needed." Shoto said looking at Ochako. Everyone looks at her and she knows the right answer.
"If there's green fire like chandelier inside, then it's the exact place we're looking for." She said.
Iida was looking around and he pointed out something. "There." He said attracting everyone' attention. The thing he was pointing at was the pathway leading towards the church. "Tyre marks." He said.
They came closer and observed the many tyre marks of the exact same tyre print. "It's only wide enough to be caused by a motorcycle." Iida confirmed.
"And Ghost Rider has a motorcycle." Ashido confirmed. Because she follows him in social media. His motorcycle is a topic everyone discusses as much as his every traits. So she was sure.
"We're at the right place, then?" Sero asked.
"Stop asking the obvious, dammit. Just get moving." Bakugou ordered.
Mineta was unsure still. "S...sh..should we? I m...mean we're walking right into the den? H...he might be still in there." He reasoned fearfully and almost everyone felt intimidated, but they're already committed to it.
"He's not." Ochako said.
"How do you know that, Kero?" Tsu asked.
By the eyes in her, she sighed. "I don't getting that feeling of being watched. Because everytime he's around he's watching me." She said and looks at them. "And if he was here, he'll see us from a mile away. Deku' strength is something I'm confused about. Somehow he knows everything beforehand." She said.
Everytime they receive some information about him, it's always something mind-boggling.
"That's why I know he's not here." She added.
They all stood there and Bakugou scoffed. "Let's go then." He said moving closer to the gate.
"Wait, are we going in?" Kirishima stopped Bakugou.
"Yes?" Bakugou said getting irritated.
"But she said he's not there?" Iida said believing Ochako.
"She didn't-" Bakugou was about to say something when.
BOOOOOMMMMMM...
The loud boom from afar startled them. Just like that Bakugou changes his course. Long forgot the church. He's got a feeling that the blast was something worth looking for.
They all followed him. However Bakugou was faster due to his explosion quirk.
The smoke and fire from a distance became clear and then again what attracted their attention was what's in middle of it. A big monster like giant rushing towards somewhere. The monster leaving a whole lot of destruction in it wake as it moves towards to a different direction.
The students gathered up at a building all at once when seeing the giant. All if them were shocked to see such thing. Because they were after an entirely different thing. But now, the situation grew more troublesome.
(HERO HEADQUARTERS)
"Aizawa' report almost confirms the identity of the Ghost Rider. Izuku Midoriya' involvement almost confirmed as well. The downside is that, the girl Ochako Uraraka is already after runaway Izumi Midoriya." Gran Torino said as every hero's gathered around the the big grounds of the headquarters and everyone had their equipments and outfits on.
"Therefore Tsukauchi couldn't meet up with Aizawa Uraraka. Her claims are yet to be proven." Nighteye said. "However, our mission is starting way earlier than anticipated." He added and turns around and there's big screen just behind the big stage like structure him and few others stood.
Nighteye, turned in the screen and the first footage to be seen was bunch of messed up looking buildings and then there's another footage of what caused such calamity. There were loud collected gasps when seeing the source of the destruction.
"The recent footage from surveillance cameras around the evacuated city blocks." He said and everyone saw the monstrous giant. "We have uncovered the secret of it's identity. There was an instance long ago and that's how we know it's name. Gigantomachia. A very dangerous individual on that's on the loose." Nighteye said unveiling some of the details.
Before anyone could ask anything nighteye spoke. "Currently it's going towards the direction of the evacuation camp. City is already abandoned, but due to shipping limitations, government set a camp on the border. Somehow it knows it. Thousands of lives are in danger. That's the reason for this early start of the mission while half of our preparation is yet to be completed. There's no time. There's already a big portion of prheroes and police patrolling the camp. However half of you are to leave immediately as a backup." Nighteye said.
Some police officers ran around and called the pro heroes who's going to be the backup.
Many heroes complained but in the next ten minutes they took off towards the border leaving the next half of the heroes standing there.
"Now, then. The rest of us are heading the opposite direction. Our mission is gonna be to help the students and the class 1-B of U.A academy is on their way." Nighteye said.
"Not only there's Ghost Rider, but also..." Nighteye said and he changed to another footage on the screen. It shows another CCTV camera view. "As you can see. That's Izumi Midoriya along with the supposed fire bird belongs to the Ghost Rider." And then he fast-forward the footage until the nomu is visible. "There, that's a nomu. Different from the USJ. Almight, Mirko and a student already is in their way." Nighteye assigned the backup just like that.
(WITH IZUMI)
She ran just behind a building just in time as the nomu hurled a massive bolder at their way. Much to her confusion, the fire bird carried her here an there in order to keep her away from the big nomu whenever it attacks.
Currently, the bird is flying all around the big nomu and landed and occasional strike every second.
Izumi gasped and panted as she hid behind the wall. She was also hurling her firewalls and psychic fire cannons at the big nomu whenever she got an opening. However it frustrated her when the attacks didn't inflict much damage. By each attacks from her part, the energy in her is also draining. She hate to admit. But if it wasn't for the fire bird. She wouldn't have survived up until now.
She also observed the nomu from behind the wall. The damage the fire bird was causing somehow was less. Because the fire bird gets ricocheted whenever it made contact with the nomu.
"Shock absorption, huh?" She mumbled annoyed seeing the nomu running around trying to catch the fire bird.
"Interesting analogy." Izumi heard the voice of a grown man and she immediately looks at the way to see a big man who's as tall as Almight hovering above the ground and seemingly looking at her way.
Because the big man is wearing a strange looking mask with a lot wires running to a container in his back.
The man is clad in black suit he has his arms folded to his back.
Taken by surprise, Izumi immediately got startled and she hit the wall behind her just as she tried to back away.
"Impressive how you managed to see that quirk on my nomu. But it's shock deflection quirk. Shocked that the bird is capable of inflicting a bit damage. It's strong." All For One proudly said with amusement in his voice.
Izumi' eyes widened in shock. "Y..your nomu?" She said out loud.
"You heard that correct, little girl." All For One replied still hovering up in the air.
"Who...are you then? I never seen you before." Izumi said collecting her courage and straightening herself.
The man chuckled. "The world has forgotten me huh? But, fear not. I'll enlighten you. I'm a close friend to someone you know. He's the Symbol of peace, if I heard that correctly." The man said.
"Allmight?" She said more to herself.
"Yes. The very one. I was out of job for a while since he give me a bit trouble." All For One said pointing at his face which is covered by the mask.
Izumi however have a bad feeling about this. "What do you want? What is this nomu of yours?" She questioned out loud.
All For One laughed a bit. "Come with me. I have every answers to your questions. I can see the potential in you." All For One said streching a hand at her direction.
She gulped a little and she shook her head. "Sorry. But I'm in a hurry. I'm after someone else." She said.
"Is that right?" All For One said.
"It is. And he's quite troublesome since he showed up." She replied.
"It's the ghost rider, I presume?" All For One said.
She was surprised to hear the but she didn't say anything. This nan emanates a sickening and powerful aura which demanding her to run. It was terrifying to say the least.
"That's quite interesting sort of fellow. Truth to be told I'm also after him." All For One said.
"Huh?"
"Come closer if you wanna hear something interesting." All For One said again.
He clicked his tongue when she didn't comply. "You're a bit of work. I think I have to break you first." He said the next thing she see is that buch of black wire like things come out of his back with red electric sparks and head towards her way fast.
The only thing she managed to do is widen her eyes in fear. Those things looked sharp and deadly. Izumi flinched and she was sure it will hit her. But before that the fire bird came out of nowhere and snatched her away from the spot and fly towards a nearby building.
All For One watches that happen and smirked. "Impressive creature. Almost like it has feelings." All For One said. "Wonder what is that quirk of yours." He said with his signature smirk.
All for one then looks at the tomura nomu and ordered. "The entire city is your play ground. Go play." He gave the order and the nomu instantly followed the orders. The big nomu shifted it's focus back towards the empty city. But by the direction All For One send it, it's definitely heading towards the way gigantomachia went. Means it also going the same way as the evacuation camp.
With the nomu out of the way All For One focused on the fire bird and Izumi. That's his plan. To get a hold of Izumi and make her a potential candidate for his vessel. But then again, All For One is also trying to hurt the bird. He heard that the ghost rider is there where his trusty bird is. All For One wanted to test it out.
(WITH URARAKA)
The times are confusing as they ran on top of the rooftops. They priority is to find Izumi. But just then a giant humanoid appeared out of nowhere. Even though they're far from the giant, they weren't sure what to do. Izumi' whereabouts is still a mystery. At first they had a clue, but as time and events progressed the chances of running into her seemed thin.
"WHY ARE WE FOLLOWING THAT THING?" Mineta yelled at Bakugou who's still a bit ahead of them.
Bakugou growled, but he didn't say anything. He got zero clues to where to look.
Eventually they stopped on top of a building. Momo then crafted a binocular from her body and Shoji climbed up a pole and looks around with his limbs.
Both of them looks around and momo stopped seeing something.
"What happened, momo?" Ashido said.
Momo points at their right side. "Mr Aizawa and..." She said surprised and looks through the binocular again. "Class 1-B and teachers?" She said and everyone else except Shoji looks at the way she pointed at.
Few seconds later they saw the teachers and class 1-B running and stopping at the road below them. Aizawa must have spotted them because they were looking up at the building they were standing on.
They saw that Aizawa telling something to others and they nodded and they ran towards the direction of the giant.
Aizawa used his capture device to hop himself up on to the building and he landed right in front of him. "Mr Aizawa?" Ashido said showing her surprise.
Because they weren't expecting him to meet up with him this soon.
"Situations gone out of hand. Everything changed. Just so you know. It's no longer the mission just to capture the Ghost Rider. There's multiple threats and all of us are to aid the evacuation camp at the border." Aizawa announced.
"Huh?"
"WHAT DID-" Bakugou was about to yell when Aizawa stopped him.
"We figured out Izumi' location. And Almight is going there for her. And before you start to complain. Ghost Rider is not only the threat. At the location Izumi is in, there's a big threat according to the new information. So you can't go there without ending up dying. And Almight have a plan to evacuate her from there. So I want you kids to go towards the evacuation camp. Thousands of civilians are there. We'll need every bit of backup we can get." Aizawa said.
"But, Mr Aizawa, we-"
"Some of the teachers are going there as a bit of backup. The situation is complicated. If you all go there, then it becomes easy for you to get spotted. The only way for you to help her is to leave it to Almight." Aizawa said. "And I don't want you to complain again. It's for the sake of this whole plan." He added.
But then Shoji shouted at them. "INCOMING." He yelled and everyone looks at the way which Shoji points at.
The nomu was coming their direction. With exposed brain and all, they realised what it is.
"A nomu. RUN." Aizawa ordered and every students listened to him. And they all jumped to another building before the nomu came and obliterated the building. The shockwave messed up their balances and they all got ragdolled as they landed on the next building. The force sent them bouncing and rolling on the concrete rooftop.
Within few hours so much happened. At first it was Izumi leaving and then everything became so confusing. They're supposed to go after Izumi. But now they're ordered to stop looking for her. If that wasn't enough, then there's a giant at first only for a big nomu to ambush them seconds later.
The building got crumbled. Aizawa was the first to get up and he saw the building the nomu crashed into got disintegrated as if it was decaying and crumbling. His eyes widened and he realised it wasn't the first time he seeing that crumbling effect.
Looking at the students he saw Bakugou was about to launch himself at the nomu. "All if you. Towards the evacuation camp. Right now? There's no time to waste."
"MR AIZAWA LOOK OUT." Uraraka screamed.
Bakugou was quick enough to grab Aizawa by the capture device and jump out of the way just in time as the nomu came and landed ilon the spot disintegrating the rooftop in the process. Every students helped one another jump off of the building just in time as the nomu completely destroyed the whole building.
The creature was way too strong. They barely managed to land harmlessly on the big road below the building.
They all got their wind knocked out already. The beast manged to harm them without even touching them.
"I want all of you to run towards the evacuation camp. I'll hold off the nomu." Eraserhead ordered putting on his eye covers.
"That's an ordered. No one will disobey the orders. No words. I'm giving you the task of getting at the evacuation camp by traveling the underground train tunnel. That's the quickest way there. Class 1-B is already on the way. Now go."
"But-" some of the tried to say their version of 'buts'. Aizawa cut them off.
"Thousands of lives are in danger. This nomu is somehow less faster than the last one. So I'll hold it back. Now go. No buts." He ordered. They were hesitating to leave his side. Aizawa looks back. "Go."
"Yes, sir." Iida took the test at hand. "Everyone, towards the tunnels." He said activating his engines and running towards the tunnel.
They all followed him and the last thing they ever heard from eraserhead was a pained cry before they left the perimeters.
Eventually they've entered the tunnel system. Iida, Bakugou and Shoto was ahead of everyone else in order to scout the way ahead.
(WITH IZUMI)
It was almost like an earthquake when the fire bird slammed on to All For One. The place was in ruins. Not a single one of the building around was standing.
It happened a minute ago when All For One launched forcefield like power beam at them. Kodachi countered it with a big fire wall. The shockwave obliterated everything.
Izumi gasped for air as she pushed away some rocks that she slammed on to.
She laid there on the ground looking up at the sky. She could hear the intense fight between two forces just a distance away.
Kodachi put her on some safe place and away from the masked man. She was confused as to why the bird is helping her. Every time the masked man attacks, the fire bird was prioritising her safety more than it's. Ain't they supposed to be enemies?
And most importantly, she can't believe how powerful the masked man is. She could barely see the man attacking. If her reflexes were bad, then she would've missed him moving a bit before he attacks. That's the only thing she could manage. To be able to see the man move before he attacks.
If it wasn't for the fire bird, she would've died in a single second. She only seen Almight with such speed. She won't count the ghost rider because she haven't even seen how fast he is. Last time she could remember him eliminating that powerful nomu in seconds. And that nomu was about to kill Almight. And Ghost Rider wasn't even trying to do his best.
She wanna face him. But Ghost Rider is yet to show himself.
"You're putting up a better struggle than most heroes, bird. I wonder how strong your master is gonna be." All For One' egoistical roar pierced through any other noises.
"I'm shocked you're putting up a fight at all. You're just a bird after all." All For One added, emphasizing the fact that a bird giving him a fight.
Kodachi was struggling. This new adversary is great in strength. Ni matter what it does, this big man always counters it.
But Kodachi has an objective now. To hold on until it's master comes back.
Kodachi flew up to All For One only to get hit by a forcefield like blast. It hit Kodachi and the next second it got flung across the debris filled ruins and land just to the side where Izumi was.
She saw with wide eyed that the bird is struggling this much. Izumi watches it as the bird git shrunk a bit. The fire disappeared. Feathers replaced the black blade like protrusions and it turned back to a normal Raven.
It was obvious for Izumi that the bird is lost. She seen it stab through many villains like a bullet. And there it is right now defeated and hurt. At least she thinks that way. She has no idea what extent the bird is hurt.
She slowly crawls up to her hands and knees and looks at the bird. "Y...you...why are you trying to help me?" She asked. Her anger was temporarily turned into confusion. That question came out of her mouth before she could think straight. But it was obvious that she feels a bit concerned. The irony was there. How come she's caring for the bird that belongs to the Ghost Rider? She has no clue.
Kodachi slowly looks at her and then back at All For One who's currently above them and curiously eyeing them.
Kodachi slowly walked close to her and nudges on her arm. He's trying to push her away. She figured that much. He's trying to push her away from the harms way.
"I don't understand you. Why help me?" She wanted to know. But she knew she won't get the answer.
"We'll figure that out once I finish this. It's gonna be real quick." All For One said with a sickening smile before launching a purple energy beam like quirk.
However the attack never hit her. All she felt was the ground below her disappear.
"I AM HEREEEEEE." Thats the only thing she heard which gave her the hope of living again.
THIS IS THE FIRST HALF OF THE CHAPTER.
