With Izuku currently elsewhere, it fell to Momo to lead the class for the time being.
"As we speak the teachers are organizing a team-up with the S-Rankers to raid the Kamino Ward. Since our classmates are currently trapped there, we'll be going as well."
"Let's blow those assholes to Hell!" Katsuki snarled. "They won't get away with what they've done!"
"There is something that needs to be addressed first..." Fumikage said as everyone looked to Yuuga, whose usually bright and flamboyant smile was nowhere to be seen and tear marks stained his face.
"I've already told the teachers this and I need to tell all of you now..." The Franco-Japanese boy said weakly. "I was the one to leak the location of the Summer Training Camp to the Villains."
"But why?!" Ochako asked in shock. "Why would you do that?!"
"Did it look like I had a choice?!" Yuuga snapped, fresh tears forming in his eyes. "You know as well as I do that even if you want to, you can't back out of a deal with the Boogeyman!"
Hilda paused as she, Katsuki, Kirby, Tenya, and Ochako realized what Yuuga was getting at.
"Yuuga...your family...they made a deal with All For One, didn't they?"
"Oui..." Yuuga shakily replied. "I was born Quirkless. My parents couldn't bear the thought of me growing up in a world that saw Quirkless as second-rate citizens. They only wanted me to pursue my dreams of being a Hero...and instead, I've become just a despicable Villain."
"Aoyama...it's not your fault!" Mina said. "Your parents made a mistake if they were dealing with a Villain. You shouldn't have to answer for their actions!"
"But I still told the Villains about the USJ and just now, the Training Camp!" Yuuga argued. "It's my fault Midoriya, Torekuroshi, Mandalay, Pixie-Bob, and Ragdoll have been captured!"
"And yet you still had the courage to tell us!" Tooru argued. "If you were really loyal to the villains, you would have continued keeping it a secret! But you still want to be a Hero! You knew the Villains couldn't get away with this so you told us what was going on!"
"Aoyama..." Mipha gently said. "We don't blame you. You were trapped and you were desperately trying to get out of it. We understand how scared you must be..."
Yuuga wanted to argue, to say he didn't deserve anybody's forgiveness for what he did, but Hilda suddenly pulled him into a warm, soft embrace. Momo waddled over and joined in on the hug, followed by Tooru, Mina, Shouji, Kirby, and even Minoru.
"They're right, Aoyama..." A voice spoke up as everyone turned to see Aizawa there. "It's not your fault this happened, it's the Villains for forcing you into this situation. You couldn't control it and you were trapped, but you had the courage to tell us everything. That doesn't make you evil."
"And also...the Villain Aoyama is talking about..." Tenya began. "We know of him as well. All-Might himself told us. His name is a well-kept secret but it seems the time has come to tell everyone who this man is."
Together, Hilda, Tenya, Ochako, Katsuki, and Kirby explained the history of One For All and All For One, and how Hilda was the current user of the former.
"So that's why your Quirk is so similar to All-Might's..." Tsuyu noted as Hilda nodded.
"I didn't even think it was possible for a Quirk to be passed on," Nia said. "Agh! This is hurting my brain..."
"Word on that, sister..." Rebecca said, rubbing her scalp.
"I thought the simpler solution, that Hilda was secretly All-Might's daughter, was the right one. But this..." Shoto said, a look of surprise on his normally cool face.
"So wait, that means you're gonna have to fight this Ultimate Evil, Yasakani?" Minoru asked worriedly. "But we're still just kids! I don't think any of us are ready to take on something like that!"
"I doubt any of us will actually have to fight All For One himself, at least not yet," Tenya clarified. "More likely All-Might will intervene for a rematch. But Midoriya and Yasakani will have to face down Tomura Shigaraki again, that much is clear. And it'll fall on us to back him up, and keep the rest of the League of Villains from causing havoc."
"Four Eyes has a point. Deku is a tough son of a bitch, but he needs all of us by his side. Nobody can carry the world's burdens on their own." Katsuki said as he stood up. " I look around at us and you know what I see? Losers."
"A little blunt, Bakugou..." Momo said dryly as all the students of 1-A and 1-B plus Himiko looked at the blonde bomber.
"I mean like, folks who have lost stuff. And we have, man, we have, all of us. Homes, and our families, normal lives. And you think life takes more than it gives, but not today. Today it's giving us something. It is giving us a chance."
"To do what?" Shouji asked.
"...To give a shit, for once, and not run away. I for one am not going to stand by and watch as this so-called 'Ultimate Evil' does whatever sick twisted thing he has planned for Deku and Elemento." Katsuki said firmly.
"There's still the whole League of Villains to consider. And the Dark Knights." Shouda worriedly pointed out. "Even with all of us together, that's a pretty big mountain to climb."
"Yeah...but I've never backed away from a challenge yet." Katsuki said firmly. "And I don't intend to do so now."
A somber silence went through everyone before Hilda stood up and put a hand on Katsuki's shoulders.
"Heh, I knew there was a heart of gold somewhere in there, Explodo-Boy."
"Bite me, Stay Puft." Katsuki retorted, but a smile was clear on his face.
"Hey, ever since I crash-landed in your bedroom naked as a baby, I knew we were destined to be together until the end." Kirby smiled as she hugged her boyfriend. "I'll gladly die fighting alongside you and all my friends."
"Inspiring, Bakugou. I never would have thought it possible from you." Tenya said, moved by Katsuki's words.
"Ben was there for me. He was the first person besides my father to see me as a real girl." Penny said, standing up next. "I'm doing this for him AND Midoriya."
"We are the next generation of heroes. Ultimately, the safety of this world will someday fall on us. And our teachers have decided there's no better time than the present to give us the experience we need to do it right." Momo said.
"Come on, Aoyama, you're part of this too." Nimona grinned, pulling Yuuga into the circle as everyone stood together.
One by one, the rest of the class threw their own hands in, including Dark Shadow. After a brief bit of hesitation, Yuuga joined in as well, this time smiling as tears of joy fell down his face.
"LET'S GO BEYOND! PLUS ULTRA!"
The S-Rankers were all gathered together by Detective Tsukauchi and Agent Sitch, who were going over everything that had been learned about the League of Villains.
"The League wanted to kidnap the Pussycats for their Quirks," Sitch noted.
Tsukauchi nodded. "Indeed, in order to appease a certain ancient evil that only the top brass were privy to knowledge of."
"With the presence of the Nomu, I had a feeling he'd still be alive..." Blast muttered while spinning a mysterious cube-like object on his finger.
Soon, All-Might walked into the room, followed by the other Top 10 Pro Heroes as well as Tsunade, Mount Lady, Kamui Woods, Gran Torino, Meta Knight, and Tiger.
"Looks like the barbarians are at the gate and ready to bust some Roman heads." Chuckled Dr. Bofoi, a member of the S-Rankers who was both a renowned Support Scientist as well as the Pro Hero Metal Knight.
"Glad to see everyone could make it." Detective Tsukauchi said. "The GPS that was given to both Midoriya and Torekuroshi confirms their location in the Kamino Ward, the exact building site having been supposedly abandoned."
"The League of Villains members we have knowledge of are as follows; Thrax, Tommyrod, Vetto, Deidara, Nnoitra Gilga, Saiko Sutoka, Dabi, Magne, Spinner, Mustard, Mr. Compress, and Twice. And it's possible there are a few more that have joined at some point." Agent Sitch added.
"There's also Parten and Airi to consider..." Zombieman said. "I remember those two, a couple of homeless brats struggling to make ends meet...even if it meant committing all sorts of heinous crimes to do so."
"Two more people turned to evil by the failings of society..." All-Might lamented with a shake of his head.
"We can't feel sorry for them now, Toshi." Tsunade said, patting her boyfriend on the back. "We need to take these creeps down once and for all!"
"Indeed! How dare they take such beautiful and kind boys!" Puri-Puri Prisoner declared. "We shall punish those fiends with the full extent of the law!"
Izuku was still stuck with All For One for company as the Symbol of Evil finally stood up, dusting himself off. Izuku was still shaking in his restraints as Mandalay and Ragdoll had been dragged off afterward, no doubt to be made into Nomu.
"Apologies, my boy, but it seems our time together is at an end. A shame I have to take your Quirk now but it is just too enticing to ignore."
Izuku struggled furiously, keeping a defiant glare at the Symbol of Evil as he placed a hand on his hand. Izuku suddenly went limp and All For One found himself in some kind of mindscape.
A small unknown fact was that when All For One used his Quirk to take or give other Quirks, he entered his victim's mindscape, creating a bridge from his. From there, he could take a Quirk from his victim, draining it into his mindscape, or take a Quirk from his mindscape and place it in his victim's mindscape. Once the Quirk was taken, the victim's mind forces the body to revert to its Quirkless state, as if the Quirk never existed, from the psychological stimulus.
"Ah, I never tire of this..." The Symbol of Evil mused as he freely wandered inside Izuku's mindscape. Here, he was the master of all, no matter the location. It was here he could see, feel, and do anything he wanted without his injuries hindering him.
As he looked around, curious as to where he could find what represented Izuku's power so he could take it for himself, a deep, boisterous laugh suddenly echoed across the mindscape, causing the villain to get on guard.
"Who's there? I should be the only one here."
Suddenly, a pair of clawed hands grabbed his wrist, making All For One turn to see the grinning face of a devil staring right at him. His body was surrounded in spiral scars and his skin color changed frequently from red to blue to green to yellow and more.
"Sorry, friend! There's no Quirk for you to take! ONLY A DEVIL!"
With a roar, the devil raised its other arm, its claws closed into a fist, before punching All For One in the face. Due to his shock at this revelation that Izuku was hosting a devil that didn't look too far off from what he desired to become, a Demon Lord, he was unable to stop himself from flying back. It was only after he had landed back into his own mindscape that was he able to stop himself.
All For One picked himself up, only to see the devil approaching him with a casual posture as if the Symbol of Evil wasn't even worth his time. The Symbol of Evil got up and growled before lunging forward, his hand outstretched. He would not be denied whatever this power was, even if it wasn't a Quirk!
"Man, you really are pathetic. And your dear old dad tried so hard to raise you right." The demon mocked. "Guess you always were the runt of the litter...and you're about to see it soon!"
Before All For One could react, he found himself forced back into the real world, stumbling back away from Izuku in shock as the boy gave him a defiant grin.
"It seems your blind ambitions have come back to be thrown in your face..."
All For One whirled around to see his father, Thanoseid approach, along with his siblings, the Dark Knights. Also with them was Tomura, accompanied by August and the Autoscorers.
"Father, what is this all about?"
"Forgive me, my son..." Thanoseid sighed. "But it is the end...for both our legacies. We have lived too long and it is time for the next generation to come and pass."
"Sorry, Sensei, but your old man and the Knights have been much better at teaching me then you ever could." Tomura smirked as he took off the hand covering his face and turned to Batman Who Laughs. "I'm ready."
Batman Who Laughs grinned as he reached into his coat and pulled out a stone mask with a red stone on the forehead before handing it to Tomura.
"The Mask of Aja..." All For One whispered. If he still had eyes, they'd be widening in shock.
"Yes, the boy must forge his own path, not one directed by you...but by his own destiny that he chooses," Merciless said sternly. "We must warn you, Tomura. The pain will be terrible."
"Well, as people on the internet say..." Tomura smirked. "WORTH."
Without any hesitation, Tomura slammed the mask onto his face. Spikes jutted out and pierced through his head as he let out a muffled scream of pain that soon turned into elated laughter. His scrawny frame became more trim and muscular, his pale blue hair became pure white and slightly longer, and the red stone on the mask glowed brightly before shattering, along with the mask crumbling to dust as Tomura lurched forward, breathing heavily as his metamorphosis was complete.
All For One trembled in anger and also an emotion he had never thought possible to feel; FEAR. Tomura flexed his fingers as he stood back up, looking at himself to see he didn't look much different aside from some added muscle and his now snowy white hair.
"Ooooh~, I'm loving that frame..." Garie purred, licking her lips.
"And now it is time for phase two..." Thanoseid softly said as he turned to All For One and the Dark Knights. "My children, I wish I could have raised you better...but destiny is often random in how it chooses our allegiances."
"We will not let you down, Father." Murder Machine said.
"Master...it is time?" August softly asked as Thanoseid nodded and placed a hand on his disciple's shoulder.
"August...you have been my most loyal disciple and acolyte. Your loyalty has earned you this privilege. Once, you had nothing, a scared and lost boy who I took in...but now, you are something."
August clenched his fist softly and closed his eyes. He was an orphaned child, alone and destitute before Thanoseid found him by chance. Originally thought Quirkless, he was shown by his master that he actually did have a Quirk, but it could only work once. Its name was [Inherit] and it allowed him to inherit the Quirk of someone who died as long as they wished for him to inherit it, the limit being that he could only use it once and the Quirk he inherited would be his new permanent Quirk.
Little by little, Thanoseid had been passing down the powers of his Quirk to August, which is what allowed him to create portals to help the League escape the Summer Camp. Now, the time had come to pass everything down to his pupil.
"You will stand with Tomura as an equal. I trust both of you will lead the League together as the next great evils that good must rise to stop."
August nodded. "I won't let you down...Master."
Thanoseid then closed his eyes and allowed his power, his very spirit, to flow into August. The power of [Omega Infinity] flowed into the old man, who took it in piece by piece as Thanoseid's body became smaller and weaker, soon reverting into the ordinary salaryman who loved comic books at the Dawn of Quirks; Shichirou Shigaraki.
"Go...and Mugen..." Shichirou said as he turned to his oldest son. "I had hoped you would be better...but I still love you...you are still...my son..."
With that, Shichirou's body crumbled to dust as the remnants of his power flowed into August, who looked down as the omega symbol flashed on his chest, turning purple, blue, red, orange, green, and yellow before reverting to white and disappearing as his eyes glowed bright red.
"The power has been rebirthed inside me..." August said as he put a hand to his chest. "It is nowhere near as powerful as it was when Master had it...but I will train with it, help it reach new heights of power."
"Damn, now ain't that something." Tomura whistled. "Still, I'm looking forward to what my new powers can do."
Tomura then focused and his hand suddenly turned into a flower, then a butterfly, and then a squirrel that scurried around the room before hissing as it transformed into a snake that slithered back to Tomura, turning back into his hand.
"Oh yeah, I'm definitely gonna love this."
"Say, what about that Midoriya guy?" Micha suddenly chimed in.
This caught everyone's attention as Izuku was now gone! His shackles were broken and it was clear he had managed to escape while everyone was distracted.
"DAMMIT!" All For One cursed as he stood up. "Murder Machine, bring me my life support helmet! I am settling this myself!"
After managing to make his escape, Izuku ran through the hallways of the League of Villain's hideout to find Ben in his cell. Quickly using the [Wax-Wax Fruit] to make a wax master key to unlock the door, Izuku swung it open as Ben perked up and smiled in relief at the sight of him.
"Oh thank god, you're here!"
Izuku smiled as he took Ben's hand and they began to leave.
"Come on, we're escaping!"
As the two prepared to leave, they suddenly saw several villains, most of them E and D-Ranks, who were no doubt some of the League's potential recruits.
"So...you wanna take 'em?" Ben asked.
Izuku cracked his neck. "Yup, I'll be sure to save you some!
As All For One and the Dark Knights got prepared, Tomura, August, and the Autoscorers met up with the rest of the League. Parten was the only one not present, still having 'fun' with Pixie-Bob.
"Midoriya and Torekuroshi are loose." Tomura warned. "We need to get ready, because no doubt the Pros are gonna be hot on our heels next."
"Master Thanoseid has entrusted his power to me now," August said. "However, we are not ready for the onslaught headed our way."
"Don't we have that group of new recruits outside?" Airi asked. "Maybe some of them can slow the heroes down."
"That doesn't change the fact that two Hero Course students are currently rampaging in our base as we speak," Tommyrod pointed out. "And they'll be searching for anything that could cripple our organization."
"I've recently gotten an upgrade myself. I still have that Quirk Sensei loaned me after I lost my original hands inside. But I think August can pass it on to whoever wants it most."
August nodded and held his hand out, an orange omega symbol forming on his palm as he pulled out a small piece of Tomura's soul, the piece that contained the [Blade & Gun] Quirk.
"The power of [Omega Infinity] grants access to Power, Space, Reality, Soul, Time, and Mind. Only one of these six mighty powers can be used at a time." August explained. "As Quirks are part of the soul, the power of the Soul can perfectly mimic the power of AFO."
"Well, ain't that impressive." Dabi sarcastically replied. "I don't see how that's gonna help us."
"I'll take it," Spinner said as he stepped forward. "My original Quirk, [Gecko], is pretty boring. Might be good to have something to spice it up."
August nodded and thrust the soul fragment into Spinner, passing the Quirk onto him. Spinner hunched over as his hands changed from scaley skin to silver and black metal with clawed fingers before raising to his full height, taking a deep breath as the new power settled into him.
"With all that out of the way, we must exercise caution. Midoriya's power is far beyond any Quirk we've seen and Torekuroshi is embued with great power of his own." Phara said. "As we are now, we are in no state to fight both of them."
"It's game over, man!" Twice cried. "Come on, we can take 'em!"
"Have you forgotten the entire roster of Heroes no doubt heading our way, out for our blood?" Deidara pointed out.
"Yes, we must make plans to retreat." August nodded. "Before his death, Master Thanoseid informed me that the boys had been given GPS trackers from one of their friends before we kidnapped them."
Tomura growled. "Which means we're about to get raided any minute now. Airi, get your crackhead cousin as fast as you can! Everyone else, get ready for the shitshow."
Thanoseid, the Father of All For One and the Dark Knights, the First Supervillain, has passed, his legacy living on in his faithful protege, August. As for Tomura, he has cast off the shackles of his former Sensei and awakened to his true power as...THE ULTIMATE LIFEFORM!
*Insert Pillar Men Theme here*
Anyway, the next chapter is gonna be the big Kamino Battle! The Heroes are furious and the Villains are gonna pull out all the stops to try and slow 'em down! How will the confrontation between Izuku and Tomura go now that both have attained power beyond ordinary Quirks? Find out next time!
Also, I know a lot of you are disgusted with what I did to Pixie-Bob and I totally anticipated it. I would like to sincerely apologize, especially to any rape victims who might be reading this. I know a simple sorry won't be enough, but just know that I had fully expected this reaction and I understand completely.