14,000,606 Outcomes

by GenericUsername3846

A future Doctor Strange didn't foresee. This is yet another story of Peter going to the world of My Hero Academia, with a few twists of my own. Lots of ups and downs, surprises, and changes to the story. Slight OOC for a lot of characters. "Slightly" OP Peter. Rated T for blood and lots of swearing. Sorry, but I like swearing. Early chapters will be rewritten someday.

48. Clash of Titans

What's up lads, I'm back with the next chapter of my critically acclaimed series, "What the Fuck is Going on With Toga?"

I probably should have mentioned this in the last chapter, but just so you're all aware, school started up a few weeks ago. I'm now officially in 10th grade, which means I have work to do. I can't make any promises for an update schedule from this point on because of that, but just understand that if I'm gone for a while, it's because I'm busy.

Which brings me to an important point I want to talk about. For a bit, this story won't be receiving any new chapters. Not because I'm going on hiatus or anything, but because I'm finally doing revisions. I was going to wait until I finished the story to do this, but a few days back, I had some free time and figured I'd read some of my earlier chapters and see just how badly they needed to be rewritten.

… Dear god… did I really write those?

Guys… I had no idea just how bad the first few chapters in this story were. I don't even want to wait anymore. I'm embarrassed to attach my name to those chapters and I want them fixed as soon as possible. So, for a little while, you won't be getting new chapters because I'll be fixing those.

These won't be major rewrites. I'll mostly just be doing a spell check, adding some stuff, and taking some stuff out. I'm not gonna change the entire story, I'll just make it more readable. For the most part, rewrites will be limited to the first 20 or so chapters, but there may be some minor changes in some of the later chapters, like extended fights in the sports festival.

But yeah, that's what I'll be doing after this. We can worry about that later though. I promised you we'd be getting a better look at the All Might battle, so that's exactly what we're gonna do. Quick FYI, this whole chapter is basically just one giant battle. For those of you who like fight scenes, rejoice. For those of you who don't… well, damn. I guess you're gonna hate this chapter. But don't worry about that now.

For now, let's just get-

Back to That Story:

"This sucks."

What was the exact state of things? Were they safe? Were they in a hospital getting Toga help? Peter really, really wanted to be able to say yes, but it wouldn't exactly be the truth. The muscular giant he was currently sprinting towards made that evident enough.

This was the last thing Peter wanted to be doing. He would have loved to just go past All Might, maybe even get him to join his side. Instead, he was stuck fighting his former teacher while his "maybe-girlfriend" was slumped against a building twenty feet away.

"No point in complaining about it now. I'm in this now, so I'd better come up with a plan. If we play our cards right, we'll win!"

Yeah, Peter had believed that. Then everything went to shit.
Let's go back to the beginning here. Twice had been hanging around All Might's neck, taking half of his attention while Peter leaped towards him to deliver a flying punch. All Might met him in the middle with a punch of his own, the shockwave resulting from the violent impact tearing through the street and causing everybody to lose their balance.

Before All Might could follow up with another attack, Twice took the opportunity to jam a finger into one of his eyes, making him yelp in pain. Taking advantage of the distraction, Peter attacked once more, his fist colliding with the side of the hero's face. It clearly did some damage, but not much.

Having enough of the man hanging off his back, the hero reached an arm around his side and, grabbing Twice by the leg, spun around and hurled the man down the street. He collided roughly with a fire hydrant hard enough to make it bend with a metallic screech. Twice lifted his head weakly, but was unable to keep it up long before he slumped down again.

"Twice!" Peter looked behind him for just a split-second to check on the condition of his friend. Seeing he was knocked out, Peter whipped around once more before All Might could strike him from behind. At his side was Kirishima, ready to brawl, and Stain, ready to strike.

Stain acted first, swinging one knife downwards and sweeping sideways with the other. All Might caught both his hands, but was unprepared for Kirishima's punch. Unfortunately, the redhead was not strong enough to actually hurt All Might. His jagged skin made a few tiny scratches on the buff man's cheek, but that was all.

Still holding Stain's arms, he lashed out with a kick that hit Kirishima square in the chest and sent him flying down the street. Before he could collide with anything, Midoriya came streaking towards his classmate and caught him out of the air.

"You okay?"

Kirishima coughed roughly a few times, rubbing his chest as he answered.

"I'm good. He hits hard." The sharp-toothed boy smiled happily before running back in.

Stain had been slammed into the ground, losing one of his knives as a result. All Might raised a foot to stomp on him, but Stain managed to roll out of the way at the last second. As his foot crashed into the street, it was suddenly encased in ice created by Todoroki.
All Might barely paid any mind to the minor obstacle as he yanked his leg out of the ice. The man looked angry. His eyes searched all around for his next opponent. He obviously wanted to be done with this fight quickly.

The next to go was Kirishima. In an act of bravery, he again tried to swing at All Might. His teacher merely caught his punch before returning one of his own, hitting the teen in the face. Kirishima hit the street with enough force to bounce, leaving a small indent in the spot he collided with. In midair, his quirk deactivated, leaving him no protection for when he landed. In just two hits, Unbreakable had been rendered useless.

Todoroki and Kaminari tried to work together to bring their teacher down. Switching strategies, Todoroki created a large ice wall in front of him to act as a shield. As predicted, All Might smashed through it almost immediately. Smirking to himself, Todoroki took advantage of his off-balance striking position and used the remnants of his barricade to encase his teacher's feet.

Before he could free himself, Kaminari moved in. Both hands were pressed onto the giant man's chest, just above his heart, before a surge of electricity coursed through him. All Might groaned in pain, falling to one knee, but refusing to give in. Electricity continued to surge through him, but the buff man paid it no mind. Slowly, he stood up one more and grabbed Kaminari around his neck. Dashing forward at an inhuman speed, he shattered the ice holding him down and clasped his other hand around Todoroki's neck. Both boys were lifted above the ground, kicking the blonde hero in an attempt to free themselves.

Todoroki released as much ice as he could, encasing half of All Might's body in the process, while Kaminari increased his wattage. With both quirks going off in his face, All Might was hard-pressed to even stand. Unable to take it anymore, he moved his arms into a T shape at his sides before smashing them together, crashing the heads of both boys together.

The resident speedster had been waiting for an opportunity to move in, but he had yet to see an opening. Seeing 4 of his allies already going down caused him to panic and act on impulse. He revved up his engines and prepared to sprint into battle.

Iida, about to rush in and deliver a high-speed roundhouse, ended up missing All Might when the man dodged to the side before reaching an arm out to the side. Unable to stop, Iida's face collided with the hero's rock-hard arm. His helmet cracked open and his glasses shattered. Momentum carrying him a short distance, Iida hit the ground hard and skidded for a few feet before coming to a stop.

All Might noticed a small flash behind him and tilted his head to avoid the knife that was tossed at his head. As it flew past him, he caught the knife and snapped it in half in one fluid motion. Tossing the shards to the ground, he lunged for Stain, ready to knock him out. The Hero Killer stood perfectly still, not even raising his arms to defend himself. Just before All Might's fist could hit its mark, the murderous criminal ducked, revealing Dabi directly behind him, both hands glowing blue.

The moment Stain ducked underneath him, he let his quirk loose. A tsunami of blue fire washed over All Might, burning his skin and costume. The sheer force of the wave of fire pushed him back slightly, forcing him to take a step back.

"The hell are you waiting for? Get in there!" Dabi barked at Stain. Growling, he drew a fresh knife and ran around to the side of Dabi's wave of fire. As if on cue, the scarred man ceased his attack, dropping both hands. The wave of fire disappeared, revealing All might with his arms crossed in front of him.
With the fire gone, Stain dove in from the side, taking a swing with his right hand. Again, All Might caught his hand with no effort. Expecting this, Stain dropped the knife in his hand, catching it with the other before attacking again. His hand was grabbed once more.

Growling to himself, Stain bent one leg backwards, kicking the base of the sheath holding his chipped katana. The kick sent the sword flying out of its sheath, spinning a few times in the air before falling back down, only to be caught between Stain's teeth. Ignoring the look of surprise on All Might's face, he jerked his head to the side in an effort to slash the hero.

Releasing his grip on Stain's left hand, All Might held his free arm in front of his face to defend himself. The katana made a shallow cut in his bulging forearm, but that was nothing compared to the damage caused by Stain's knife. The second his hand had been released, the ninja-like man continued his original stabbing motion, jabbing the blade directly into All Might's side, just underneath his ribs.

Hissing in pain and anger, All Might grabbed the Katana from between Stain's teeth and tore it away, then cocked a fist back to strike his face. Before he could attack, he felt arms wrap around his fist and hold it in place. Turning his head slightly, he saw that Peter was tightly gripping his arm, feet dug into the ground to gain leverage.
The lone hero was about to throw him off when he noticed a green flash streaking towards him. With one hand holding onto the Stain and the other being restrained by Peter, he had no time to defend against Midoriya. His student's fist, glowing orange, smashed directly into his nose. He had obviously put everything he had into the attack.

Still, the assault continued. His now broken fist still pressed into his mentor's face, Midoriya bit back a pained scream as he dropped down and took Peter's place holding onto All Might's arm. Peter released his grip and flipped into the air, smashing his knee into the blonde's face. Rejoining the assault, Dabi pressed a hand to All Might's back and created a small but dangerously hot fireball.

Restrained and being attacked on every side, his face burned and bruised, All Might's mind was working furiously. What did he do from here?

"I've been through too many battles, defeated too many villains to lose here. I refuse to be defeated in a place like this!"

His mind working a mile a minute, the large hero devised a half-baked released his grip on Stain's right hand and used his now free hand to grab Peter's leg. Gripping it tightly, he whirled the teen around and smashed him into the hero killer hard enough to send him flying. Whirling around, he did the same to Dabi before throwing Peter away and grabbing Midoriya around his functional arm.

The green-haired boy was unable to fight back with only his broken arm free.
"... This is not what you were meant for my boy." All Might muttered sadly.

"... You said I was meant to be a great hero." Midoriya muttered back, the fingers of his broken arm clenching. "You were right."

Looking his teacher dead in the face with eyes full of determination, Midoriya raised his broken arm, orange energy surging through it. Thrusting his fist forward, his already shattered arm screamed in pain as it collided with All Might's already broken nose. Cuts opened all around his dark purple arm, spurting blood everywhere. Still, Midoriya accomplished his goal. His mentor released his arm, giving him the opportunity he needed to retreat a short distance. He, Stain, Dabi, and Peter assembled barely 20 feet from All Might.

"Half of us are down. We need a new plan." Stain hissed at Peter. Tossing the hilts of two broken knives away, he watched as All Might pulled out and broke the knife in his side before stomping on Stain's katana, which had been abandoned nearby. Now, the ninja was down to only 4 knives.

"My… my arm can't do any more." Midoriya didn't want to touch his horribly damaged arm, so it simply hung limp at his side.

"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I am having a wonderful time." Dabi chuckled. He had barely been injured at all thus far and had arguably done the most damage to All Might. He was having the time of his life.

"Everybody just stop talking and give me a minute to think!" Peter shouted, eyeing All Might nervously. The hulking man wasn't in great shape, but it was obvious to everybody that it would take much, much more to actually finish him off.

A bloodshot eye from when Twice jammed his finger inside, a bleeding gash in his arm and on his side from Stain's knives, burn marks on his back and face from Dabi, and a broken nose from Peter and Midoriya… all those injuries and the man hardly seemed bothered at all. If anything, they only served to make him seem even more intimidating as he stalked towards them, eyes practically glowing blue.

Peter was thinking as hard as he could. There had to be a solution. He had fought plenty of powerhouses in his time, this was no different. A weakness, a flaw, there was always something.

"Just… focus on the places we've already hit him. His face, his back, that gash on his side, hit those!" Peter ordered. Raising both hands, he sprayed webs at All Might. Fully aware of how strong the white substance was, All Might dodged them all. The webbing sprayed harmlessly on the street behind him, creating a zigzagging pattern.

Stain stuck with Midoriya, ready to keep the boy from doing something stupid, like using his broken arm once more. This single fight was important, but he would be of far less use to their group if he ended up having to get his arm amputated as a result of all the damage it sustained.

Dabi stayed by himself. He was comfortable with moving in whenever the opportunity presented itself.
Raising his hand to attack, the sound of coughing caught his attention. Tilting his head to the side, Dabi noticed Todoroki stirring awake, coughing roughly as he angled his body into an upright position.

"Look at that, he lives." Dabi commented mockingly. "You know, you would've been way more help if you used your fire on him.

Todoroki glared at the scarred man as he coughed one final time.

"I am not using my fire on him. Our goal is to knock him out, not kill him."

"Oh relax." Dabi waved off the dual-colored teen's concerns. "My fire's way stronger than yours, and I don't know about you, but he looks pretty okay to me."

There was no denying that. All Might looked perfectly fine as he traded blows with Peter, Stain, and Midoriya, despite the burn marks on his body.

Todoroki regarded the scene before him, glancing at his left hand. His palm crackled with embers a few times. Clenching his fist, the boy shot a look at Dabi.
"I have a plan."

Not explaining any further, he sent a thin sheet of ice over to the scarred villain. Two small, hollowed out mounds rose out of the ice sheet.

"You want me to step in there?" Dabi returned Todoroki's blank look with a question, suspicious one.

"Yes." The teen responded coldly. He had created similar "shoes" in front of himself as well. Stepping into them, he closed them off to eliminate any extra room. Staring for a few more seconds, Dabi did the same, groaning in annoyance and discomfort as he felt the ice close around his feet.

"What exactly is the plan here? Wait patiently for him to knock us out?"

Not responding, Todoroki created large ice flows in front of both of them. As the trail of ice grew longer, their footholds moved forward, picking up speed as they went. The ice paths twisted up into the air, dragged across the sides of buildings, and dipped back to the street before looping back to the start. They moved in an almost spiral-like pattern around the main battle between All Might and the others.

"Ready to fire?" Todoroki asked Dabi, speaking as if they were having a casual conversation and not as if they were about to fight Japan's number 1 hero.

Dabi regarded the younger boy for a moment.

"... Hell yeah."

"Good. ALL OF YOU, MOVE!" Todoroki shouted commandingly at the others fighting below. Sparing a glance upwards, they all nodded at their partner and dashed away. Not wanting to give All Might a chance to escape with them, Todoroki sent his and Dabi's platforms in motion once more. As they spun around the intricately complex ice trail he had created, both fire-users outstretched their hands, different-colored embers appearing in both.

Before he could escape, All Might found himself assaulted on every side by flames of red and blue. He wasn't even sure exactly where it was coming from because the source was constantly moving around. The fire burned his body while the smoke filled his lungs and stung his eyes. He couldn't see, and he could hardly breathe or hear.

In a desperate attempt to counterattack, All Might threw a fist forward hard enough to shoot off a gust of wind. The compressed ball of air tore through a large section of the icy trail.
Unable to stop in time, Todoroki went flying off course, while Dabi had stopped moving once the other boy lost focus. He was now stuck directly at the edge of the destroyed trail while the younger teen had fallen to street level.
"Ugh, damn!" The teen cursed.
With the attack momentarily paused, All Might located the source of the curse and lunged for Todoroki. He felt a few drops of water drip onto his face but paid it no mind. Just as he reached his former student, a sudden weight dropped onto him from above.

"Wha-!?"

"Sup, kid? It's bad customer service to leave your passengers behind, you know." Dabi's feet were covered in water. He had melted the ice holding his feet in place and dropped on top of All Might. His legs wrapped around the hero's neck, and hand wrapped around his forehead while the other was placed directly on top of the large gash Stain had created.

"Hm. you'll probably die if I blast you in the face at this range. But you're a tough guy, so I'm sure you'll survive this!"
His right hand glowing blue, Dabi unleashed a continuous, short range burst of fire directly onto All Might's previous injury, like a blowtorch. Finally, he received a satisfying reaction. No more grunts or hisses, no. All Might's reaction was an actual scream of pain. Dabi couldn't blame him, but it was pretty satisfying to hear.

Todoroki stared from his position on the ground, deciding what he should do.

"Todoroki!" A shout drew his attention. Running up to his friend, Midoriya quickly helped him to his feet. "Are you alright? We gotta go!"
Right. That was the goal. They weren't there to beat All Might, they just had to distract him long enough to get the girl to the hospital. But…

"What about him?" Todoroki pointed at Dabi even as he ran with Midoriya. The scarred villain was still wrapped around All Might's neck, grinning sadistically as he continued to release flames into his wound.

"DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME KIDDO! I'M HAVING THE TIME OF MY FUCKING LIFE OVER HERE!" Dabi only laughed as All Might bucked around in an effort to shake him off. Though he reached for him, his movements had grown sluggish enough to be easily avoided.

"You guys get her out of here! We'll help Dabi!" Peter ordered his classmates. He pointed to Toga, still slumped by the building he had left her at.

Midoriya nodded, already on his way to grab the unconscious girl. Reluctantly, Todoroki followed him.

The greenette reached her first. Reaching down with his good arm to grab her while Todoroki went to grab her legs, they both perked up at the sudden sound of a surprised shout.
Whipping around, they both saw that Dabi had finally been grabbed by All Might. The lone hero glowered menacingly at the scarred man, who was being held upside down by one leg.

"Um… any chance I could talk my way out of this?" Dabi didn't seem at all concerned as he clasped his hands together in a mock pleading position. Growling deeply at him, All Might hurled him away, directly at the two boys.

"I got him!" Todoroki stretched his right arm out, ready to form an ice wall to catch the scarred man, only to hiss in pain. Though his flames had melted the ice on his body, he had still used his quirk way too much. His right arm felt frozen, like a single jerking motion would cause it to shatter into a million pieces.

The dual-colored teen stared, momentarily feeling helpless as the villain sailed toward him. Seeing his quirk would be of no use, he did the best thing. Bending his legs, the teen leaped into the air, arms outstretched. Dabi violently crashed into arm, his momentum continuing to carry both of them. Todoroki was aware of Midoriya catching him as well, but even a third person wasn't enough to totally stop Dabi's incredible momentum.

The 3 of them continued flying through the air for only a second more before smashing into the building Toga was slumped against. Midoriya took the bulk of the impact while Dabi got off the easiest.

"Gah!" Midoriya shouted in pain, rolling onto his back to put some amount of pressure on it. Todoroki shakily stood up, using his left arm to warm up his right, while Dabi simply climbed to his feet, even cracking his neck and stretching his arms.

"Thanks for the save, kiddos. Now hurry up and get out of here." With that, he ran off to continue fighting. The boys watched him go, neither of them happy.

"... They need help, right?" Midoriya inquired as he stood up.

"Even if we get her out of here, what are we supposed to do if Peter gets arrested? He's the mastermind here. If any of us are going to escape, it has to be him. So, yes. They need help." Todoroki huffed in annoyance. He had just barely gotten back the feeling in his right arm, yet already he had to go back to fighting.

"Fuck it. At least it's better than studying." Todoroki punched himself in the arm in a final effort to get feeling to return to it.

The others were not doing well without them. While Dabi had done a lot of damage with his brutal attack on All Might, he made a critical mistake. The wound itself had been a huge issue for the hero, but now it had been cauterized. With the injury sealed, he could move much faster than before. Whenever Peter threw a punch or when Stain slashed with a knife, All Might easily avoided the attack and countered. Peter had been punched in the face more times than he would have liked and Stain had lost another knife, bringing him down to 3 blades.

"Are we… are we screwed?" Peter lifted the bottom part of his mask to spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Peter, continuing to fight would not be wise. It would be best if we escape quickly." A feminine voice spoke up for the first time since the fight began.

"You think I don't know that Karen? I'm thinking, alright?" Peter replied in an exasperated tone before jumping back into the fight.

"Oi, Peter! What the hell is the plan here? Hit him until he goes down?" Dabi, having returned, shouted at his leader.

"I don't know! I don't have a plan anymore!"

"Then maybe I can assist you."

A flow of ice surged across the street, wrapping around All Might's legs and climbing up his body until everything up to his arms were covered. As the hero worked to free himself, Todoroki padded up to the group, Midoriya in tow.

"I told you guys to get out of here! Why did you-"

"Shut it." Todoroki ordered, his patience gone. "None of us are getting out of here unless we all work together. I have an idea, so just help me."
Peter wanted to argue, but he still didn't have an idea, so he was open to any suggestions.

"Fine. What have you got?" He groaned, defeated.

Todoroki quickly explained his plan, specifically the opportunities Peter needed to give him.

"That… is actually a pretty good plan. Everybody got that?" Peter asked the group. Everybody had huddled around Todoroki to hear what he had come up with, and they now nodded to show they understood.

"Just give me the opportunity necessary." Stain commented dryly. The others all moved into position.
Midoriya began to move, but he was held back by Peter.

"This whole thing relies on you. Stay safe."
"I will." Midoriya promised, pure determination showing on his face.

Peter watched him go, cracking his neck as he glanced back at All Might.

"Man… this really sucks." Came one final complaint.

Deciding there was no point in waiting any longer, Peter dug his feet into the street and kicked off. All Might had just finished freeing himself from Todoroki's ice and met Peter's oncoming punch, his arms crossed in front of his face to block. Peter's fist collided with his forearm harmlessly, barely even causing a ripple in the man's skin.

Before All Might could counterattack, Peter backflipped away, barely avoiding the massive fist that smashed into the street, creating yet another pothole in the ground.

Behind Peter, Todoroki, Midoriya, and Dabi were all grouped together.

"You and I need to have perfect timing. Be ready for my signal." Todoroki said to Dabi, though his gaze was fixed on the partially destroyed ice spiral he had made before. It was broken in one section and already melting from his and Dabi's flame attacks, but it would be able to handle this.

Stomping his foot on the ground, Todoroki launched a pillar of ice into the destroyed section, effectively repairing it and making it usable once more. When that was done, he extended it, leading it back into the street before ending in a large ramp that went straight up.

"You're up Midoriya."

While the 3 boys prepared things, Peter and Stain continued to fight. They had mostly been able to figure out All Might's attack pattern and were getting better at dodging his attacks. Whenever the muscles under his hero outfit clenched, they knew to get the hell out of the way. Wing gust after wind gust exploded from All Might's hands, crashing into nearby buildings and spreading cracks through them.
In between attacking and dodging, Peter kept a close eye on the ice trails above him. He had to be ready for when the "package" was delivered.

Another 30 seconds passes. Punch, dodge, kick, dodge, punch, dodge. It was a familiar rhythm at this point. Not much damage was being done, but, if nothing else, both parties were growing exhausted.

FInally, Peter saw it. On the trails above, there was a flash of green blazing by. Instead of taking the path that led down to street level, the flash continued running in a circle, picking up speed as it ran through the spiral over and over again.

"That's it. I need to go now!" Peter punched All Might in the face one final time, knocking the man off balance just long enough to buy himself the time he needed. Leaping directly over All Might, Peter attached four separate web lines to the back of his head. 3 of them were placed on the ground and then pierced by Stain's knives to better hold them down. The fourth line was given to Stain himself, who was now out of weapons. Picking up his broken katana, Stain jabbed the jagged half-blade into the ground behind him, using it for leverage as he held onto the web strand with his other hand.

All Might struggled against the webbing, fighting to free himself. He nearly whipped around and used his hands to tear himself free, but, much to his annoyance, his entire right arm was frozen in a block of ice that reached a height nearly twice as tall as him. Growling in annoyance, he tried to use his other hand. A crippling pain in his eyes stopped him, though.

Dabi had run directly up to the hulking man and fired a small ember into his face, singing the area around his eyes. With the hero distracted, he wrapped both hands around his left arm. Todoroki joined him a second later, wrapping his own arms around his All Might's as well. Naturally, the goliath of a man was much stronger than either of them, so Todoroki froze both his and Dabi's legs up to their waists. They could not afford to let him go.

As for Midoriya, he was still running the track overhead, picking up speed as he meant. By now, he was so fast his body wasn't even visible enough. The young teen had become nothing more than a green flash.

And Peter? He had taken off down the street in the opposite direction of the hospital, running as fast as he could. His feet slammed into the street with enough force to crack it. It wasn't until he was almost 5 blocks away that he finally stopped. He had reached a dead end, with two roads on either side and a building directly in front of him.

"We have reached an optimal distance Peter." Karen offered helpfully.

Taking a deep breath, Peter turned around, knelt down, and pressed one foot flat against the side of the building. He looked down and closed his eyes, calming his racing heart and steadying his breathing.

"3… 2… 1… Now!"

Peter whipped his head up, his eyes snapping open and staring straight ahead, at All Might. With as much force as he could offer, he kicked off the building behind him with so much force the entire wall cracked. His speed from before was nothing compared to now. Peter put in everything he had, his entire body being pushed to its limit.

At the same time, Midoriya had finally stopped running in a circle and taken the path down to the street. He raced towards Peter before he reached the "U" in the ice trail and made a sharp reverse turn. He and Peter ran directly at All Might, nearly neck and neck. The difference was that while Peter ran on solid, flat ground, Midoriya was racing straight towards the ice ramp from before.

"Ready!?" Peter shouted.
"READY!" Midoriya replied.

Before any further questions could be asked, Midoriya went over the ramp and flew into the air. Peter waited only 1 second before leaping after him. Keeping his movements simple, he loosely wrapped his arm around Midoriya's body and, spinning once, hurled him directly at All Might, adding to his momentum even further.

None of his own momentum lost, Peter didn't try to stop as he sailed directly towards the back end of the ice spiral. Flipping around in midair, his feet collided with the thickest section of the trial. His legs bent with the impact, then, in a single fluid motion, Peter used every ounce of strength he had left as he forced his legs to uncoil.

The young hero rocketed away, the ice trail shattering behind him. One fist was cocked back, and he assumed Midoriya was doing the same. Both of them were headed straight for All Might, Midoriya from the front and Peter from the back.

Stain continued to pull the massive hero's head back while Todoroki and Dabi held onto his arm. The man himself was struggling fiercely to free himself, but it would be impossible without tearing the two flame-users in half courtesy of the ice block that went up to their waistlines. They had him trapped.

"I tried to talk through this, All Might. You brought this on yourself." Peter watched the world pass by in slow motion as he sailed towards his teacher.

"All Might… I know you feel betrayed, but… I swear, I still want to be a hero." Midoriya's own thoughts made him feel a crippling amount of guilt. He watched his mentors expression morph into shock as he watched his student fly towards him. Midoriya closed his eyes.

"Please forgive me."

At the same time, he and Peter struck their target. Midoriya's fist smashed directly into All Might's nose while Peter's collided in perfect sync with the back of his head. The impact was great enough to produce a shockwave that put all the previous ones to shame. The massive ice block holding All Might's right arm in place shattered, as did the one holding Todoroki and Dabi.

Stain was no longer trying to hold All Might in place, he was trying to keep himself from flying away. His efforts were pointless, however. He soon lost his grip and soared down the street, landing roughly on his back. Dabi tried to hold himself and Todoroki upright, but they too went flying away.

As for Peter and Midoriya, they seemed to be frozen in time. Their fists were buried in All Might's face, not moving at all, nor did they begin falling to the ground. Everything was just… stuck.

The brief moment seemed to last hours until, finally, time sped up all at once. Peter was instantly aware of the tremendous shockwave they had created. Like the others, he was pushed away and landed a few feet away on the street. Midoriya, however, continued to push on. He slammed his feet into the ground and pressed on. His unbroken right arm shattered, but he didn't care. Fighting against the shockwave, he continued pushing All Might back. The man's knees bent until his feet could no longer touch the ground. Now slightly off the ground, All Might was pushed back by Midoriya, who thrust his arm forward until All Might touched the ground again. With a solid surface to press against, Midoriya's punch finally exerted the full amount of its power and momentum.

The street practically exploded the moment All Might's head touched it. Massive cracks formed, cracks which soon turned to ditches and divots. Chunks of pavement flew straight up before crashing back down to the street like meteors. A huge dust cloud rose soon after, obscuring the greenette and All Might from sight. A moment later, Midoriya came flying out of the dust cloud, rolling a few times on the street before he came to a stop.

"Midoriya! MIDORIYA! WHERE ARE YOU!?" The green-haired boy heard Peter's voice calling for him. The huge dust cloud settled on the street, blocking everything from view like mud-colored mist. Between that and the blinding pain in his completely broken arms, Midoriya had lost all sense of direction.

He was faintly aware of the sound of footsteps approaching him. He felt the dull thuds vibrating through the ground more than he heard them. After the massive shockwave that went off in his face, his hearing had been shot to hell. It was like being inside a cloud during a thunderstorm.

"Hey! I've got you man, I've got you!" Peter came into view. He dropped to his knees and patted Midoriya on the shoulder. He wore an expression of panic, but also relief. He searched Midoriya all over for injuries, though he really should have been worried about himself. Aside from his broken arms and temporarily crippled healing, Midoriya really wasn't hurt all that much. Peter, on the other hand…

Peter's partially broken suit revealed bruised arms that were probably broken or at least cracked in some places. The bottom left section of his mask along with the right lens were broken, revealing his bruised face. Even worse, a chip in the side of his mask revealed that his ear was bleeding.

"That's right, his hearing is better than ours. That shockwave had to be like a mortar going off in his face." Midoriya was overcome with worry for his friend, but it was soon overshadowed by realization.

"I just… beat All Might. All Might… never loses. He always wins. I… what did I just do?" A small part of Midoriya was excited. He had just done something nobody else had ever done. But for the most part, he felt horrible. This was the opposite of what he should have been doing. He was meant to fight villains, to save people, not… this.

"OI! PETER! YOU OUT THERE!?" A new voice cut through the dust cloud. A few seconds later, Dabi walked up to them, his arm around Todoroki's shoulder. They were both dragging their feet and took extremely slow steps. They were clearly feeling the aftereffects of their entire lower halves being frozen.

"Enough shouting! I've had enough noise for one day." Stain groaned, staggering out of the mist with one hand pressed to his face. "We need to get out of here as soon as possible. With all that noise, any heroes that were already looking for us are definitely on their way over now."

"Right. We'd better get moving. I don't even want to imagine what this place looks like right now." Peter grabbed Midoriya's shoulders, careful to not touch his arms, and helped him to his feet. The freckled boy wobbled a bit as he tried to find his balance.

"You want any help?" Peter offered his shoulder to the boy, ready to offer support.

"No, thank you, Peter. I can get by on my own."

"Alright then. Let's get everybody together and then head to the hospital. I'm pretty sure we could all use some care ourselves. With any luck, we can get treated before they show our faces on the news. Be quick, we gotta find everybody as soon as possible." Peter instructed.

The dust cloud was already beginning to settle, making it much easier to see the area around them. It looked like an absolute war zone.

Midoriya had pushed All Might into the ground with so much force it actually caused the street around him to jut up into the air, forming a small, jagged mound of pavement, hollow in the center.

Presumably, All Might was laying in the center of it.
From the mound itself, massive cracks streamed outwards. A few bunched together, creating large crevasses in the ground. Some of them ran towards buildings only for the cracks to continue running along the sides of said buildings, all the way to the rooftops. Windows had been shattered, street signs and mailboxes were toppled, and chunks of concrete had been launched everywhere. It would probably be months before any traffic could safely pass through the area.

The group split up to find their unconscious partners. Midoriya stumbled around blindly, doing his best to ignore the screaming pain he felt in his arms. Several times, he tripped over cracks and had to pick himself back up without his arms. It was much harder than it sounded.

It took about 2 minutes for him to find somebody. They were laying on their back, a big piece of the street dangerously close to their head. If they had been laying just a few inches to the left, they would have been killed by it.

"Kaminari!" Midoriya staggered over to the blonde boy, eager to get to him as fast as possible. Though, once he reached him, Midoriya was unsure of what to do. He couldn't use his arms and he wasn't entirely comfortable using his head to nudge the electric teen awake.

So, Midoriya settled on nudging him with his foot. Nodding to himself, Midoriya lightly kicked Kaminari in the shoulder.

"Hey! We've gotta go! Wake up Kaminari!" The blonde did not stir. Between going over his wattage limit and having his head slammed into Todoroki's, he wasn't going to be waking up anytime soon.

"Come on Kaminari!"

Midoriya was so preoccupied with his classmate, he didn't notice the large man padding up to him from behind. It wasn't until a huge fist was being swung in his direction that he finally turned around.
"GWWAH!"

Everybody in the area whipped their heads in the direction the sound came from.
"Was that Midoriya?" Todoroki looked around for confirmation. It was Peter who nodded his head.
"What do you think happened to him?" Dabi asked, sounding uninterested.

"I think… no, I don't want to think that. Maybe he just tripped. He's a really clumsy guy." Peter nervously tried to convince himself the noise wasn't because of what he thought it was.

He was about to return to searching for the others, when…

"GET DOWN!" Peter grabbed the nearest person, Stain, and forced him to lay on his back. Dabi, already holding onto Todoroki, did the same. Moments later, a block of concrete sailed over them.

"THE HELL!?"

"HE'S UP!" Peter yelled.

"You have been allowed to cause destruction for far too long!" A familiar booming voice thundered through the dust cloud. Soon after, the entire cloud blew away, as if swept to the side by a giant sword. And standing just across the street…

"HOW THE HELL ARE YOU STILL CONSCIOUS!?" Dabi screamed, sounding more annoyed than panicked.

All Might looked like it was a challenge to even stand. His previously cauterized wound had been torn open, leaking blood all over his hero costume. His entire left arm was also soaked in blood, courtesy of the wound inflicted by Stain's katana. To top it all off, his entire face was already turning purple. He had to have been fighting to even stand straight. Despite that, he still looked monstrously intimidating.

"You… have disappointed me Peter." All Might took slow, threatening steps forward. "I don't want to do this… I didn't want to before… but you refused to come quietly. Since you refused the easy way, I've been forced to take care of this the hard way. This… is because of you."

No more words were spoken. Moving with inhuman speed, All Might stopped directly in front of Dabi and Todoroki. Both of them, in a blind hurry, raised their hands. Todoroki, using both his hands at the same time, inadvertently created hot water, which was far less useful than either of his abilities.

As for Dabi, he could only use one hand due to one being wrapped around Todoroki's side. Before anything could be done, All Might wrapped his massive hand around Dabi's normal-sized fist, completely covering it. When Dabi released his quirk, he burned his own hand within the cage that was All Might's fist. He didn't even have time to yell in pain before All Might viciously punched him in the face, knocking him out immediately.

Todoroki, deciding on just his ice, attempted to freeze his teacher. Unfortunately, he was done. His ice had been so overused, his entire right side was encased in ice of varying thickness. The only thing his hand produced was a chilly mist. Like Dabi, All Might did not hesitate to knock him out with a punch to the face, though it was obvious he had used far less force than he had with the scarred man.

"Shit!" Stain reached for a holstered knife, only to realize he had already lost all of them. All that was left was his broken katana which he had returned to its sheath. The blade was only half as long as usual, but it was better than nothing.

All Might looked at the weapon with an almost mocking look before snatching it out of Stain's hands and breaking it in half again and tossing it away.

"Damn it. Is he still bleeding anywhere?"

Earlier, there had never been an opportunity for Stain to use his quirk. He was always either too busy fighting, dodging, or running to get close enough to lick the hero. With no more options, Stain prayed that there was something. Even if it were on the ground, he would take it.

Then, like a blessing from god, he saw it. From All Might's mouth came a single drop of blood. It dripped from the corner of his mouth, falling to the ground seemingly in slow motion, before landing with a plip.

"An opportunity!" Stain didn't hesitate to lunge for the ground, dropping to all fours to get to the blood drop faster. If he could just graze the blood drop, he could paralyze All Might. Just a little clos-

*CRACK*

Stain never got the chance. Just before he could open his mouth, All Might drew back a leg and kicked him directly in the face. Stain was hit with so much force his body, pressed stomach-side down, flipped over twice before he landed on his back some 10 feet away.

"STAIN!" Peter reached out for the man, stopping when he flew out of reach.

"... Guess it's just us, then." He muttered. All Might said nothing. Neither did Peter. The two of them just stared at each other, both of their gazes full of anger and determination.

Neither one made a move, they just continued to stare. It was unclear when the standoff would end, until Peter stretched a hand out. Not as a fist, but in a handshake gesture. All Might looked at Peter as if he had grown a second head.

"... Before this… we were friends. If we have to fight like this… can we do something civil first?" Peter asked hollowly. All Might regarded the young man, carefully deciding if this was a trick or not. Then…

With an outstretched hand, All Might grasped Peter's hand. They held that position for a moment, then shook hands. In any other situation, it could have been called a friendly gesture. But now…

Slowly, they both released the other's hand. Slowly, they pulled their hands away. Quickly, those same hands were formed into fists and swung forward, meeting in the center once more.

Both their fists were forced back from the impact. Peter felt some of his bones crack, yet he persisted. Ignoring his pain, he threw another punch, as did All Might. Just like before, they met in the center, neither hitting their intended target.

Switching strategies, Peter attacked with his left hand and, when that attack was blocked, he used his right to smash the ground. The already horribly damaged street broke apart underneath them, putting both heroes off balance. Recovering first, Peter spun around and leveled a kick at All Might, catching the man square on his ear.

"Bullseye."

After such a rough impact directly to his ear, the hero was almost certainly in an even worse state before. Peter was soon proven right. His sense of awareness thrown off, All Might had to blink a few times to clear his vision. Even so, it was fair to assume he still had the advantage.

"He's got more experience than me, he's tougher, he's stronger, and he's faster. I'm not gonna win this by fighting head on."

A clear strategy in mind, Peter tried to flip away, but All Might wasn't about to let him leave. The man may have been an idiot in a classroom setting, but he knew a lot when it came to fighting. There was no way he would let Peter turn this fight to his advantage.

The first step to keeping things in his favor, was to keep Peter from being able to maneuver.

Every time Peter tried to flip out of sight or put space between the two of them, All Might pushed forward and delivered an attack that forced him to dodge before following up with another immediately after. Peter was running out of energy fast.

Soon, it got to a point where he had nothing to give. He lacked the stamina to continue gracefully dodging, so Peter turned to blocking. Again and again he threw up his arms to defend against the weakened yet powerful strikes. Each of All Might's attacks numbed his arms and sent waves of pain through his body.

"Need a plan, need a plan, need a plan."

In a last ditch effort, Peter stomped the ground, once again further damaging the already broken street. This time, an entire section collapsed, pulling All Might's foot down with it. The hero, in a similar state to Peter, was not prepared for the sudden pitfall and went completely off balance.

"This is it!" There wasn't time for screwing around. It had to end. Running wouldn't work and neither would dragging the fight out. Either it ended with one attack, or Peter would lose.

Clenching his fist as tightly as he could, Peter took a quick step forward and threw his entire body into his attack. All Might would go down. With one hit, he would be knocked out and the win would be Peter's.

Unbalanced, off guard, and vulnerable, All Might had no way to defend. Peter's fist smashed into his cheek, sinking into his skin. It would definitely leave a noticeable mark for at least a week. Peter pressed further, putting all of his weight into the attack.

"That's it! He's done! I just need to-"

"DETROIT SMASH!"

A huge fist crashed into Peter's chest, shattering his suit and knocking the wind out of him. He went soaring through the air and slammed into the wall of a building before sliding down to street level. He landed roughly on his stomach, knocking out any air he might have had left.

Peter rolled onto his back, coughing and gasping for air. His ribs felt broken, as did his arms. He could hardly breathe and his entire body was numb.

"Did I… lose?"

A single, abnormally loud footstep sounded off nearby. Peter barely tilted his head to face the direction it came from. He already knew what it would be.

Already on his back, Peter dragged himself backwards until he felt something small touching his lower back. Turning around, he saw it was a foot. Toga was behind him, still leaning against the building.

In one last ditch effort to resist, he leveled the most venomous glare he could muster at All Might, who continued to come closer.

"This isn't you. You're supposed to be the world's greatest hero, the guy everybody relies on, who always does the right thing. If even one of those things was true, you'd listen to me, you'd help me. Instead, you're just thinking with your fists."

All Might stopped directly in front of Peter. A single, hateful eye glared through Peter's broken mask lens at the lone hero.

"You know that I'm right. When are you gonna wake up, All Might?" Peter's voice carried nothing but anger.

"... For your crimes against the people of this city," All Might clearly sounded like he didn't want to be doing this, like he'd honestly prefer to do anything else. "... You will be detained and arrested. You have the right to a lawyer and will be tried in a court of law. I'm… sorry things turned out this way, Peter."

All Might half-heartedly raised a fist. He knew what he had to do, and Peter knew it too.

The punch came in slow motion. It was obvious it carried much, much less force than one of All Might's usual punches, but in Peter's weakened state, it would be more than enough to knock him out.

Peter had nothing left to give, no moves to make. So, he closed his eyes and waited. He waited and waited… but the impact never came.

"Huh?"

Slowly, Peter opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was All Might's face, full of shock and apparent surprise. He had no idea what was going on.

The next thing Peter saw was his giant fist, stopped dead just a few inches short of his face. And pressed against it was a comparatively tiny hand, fingers outstretched to cover as much surface as possible.

"...What?"

Confused beyond confusion, Peter very, very slowly turned around, following the arm of whoever had managed to stop a punch from freaking All Might!

"Is it Eijirou? Midoriya? Somebody new?"

Finally, Peter had turned all the way around. His answer was right in front of him. He just couldn't believe it.

"... T… TOGA!?" Peter shouted in disbelief.

Indeed. The familiar vampire girl who had been unconscious only seconds earlier was wide awake, one arm outstretched to catch All Might's fist. Her expression was unreadable. She didn't look happy, nor sad, nor anything. Her face was devoid of any emotion.
Strangest of all, her eyes looked dead. They didn't seem to see anything, they just stared into space. Her usually golden irises were now a more muted color, like they had been shaded in.

Nobody made a move. All Might didn't try to pull his fist back, he just stared at Toga with as much shock as Peter, though for a very different reason. Toga wasn't scrawny by any means, but she certainly wasn't a bodybuilder of any kind. The fact that she managed to stop one of his punches, weakened state or not, with just a single arm was unbelievable.

Painfully long seconds passed in silence. Then, as if a light switch were flicked on, Toga's eyes brightened. Her irises brightened up until the usual golden color returned. Her pale face changed to a more natural shade, and Peter could see her fingers moving slightly.

Her previously expressionless face began to twitch. Her mouth, set in a nearly straight line, began to twitch upwards until she was smiling. She still said nothing, so Peter tried again. He had completely forgotten All Might was even there.

"Toga?"

"... Heya Peter." Toga's voice sounded the same as always. Way too happy and cheery given the situation.

To say the least, it was freaky.

Toga's POV:

"What… is happening?"

Normally, Toga was fine with being clueless. Most of the time, there was somebody smarter around to take care of all the brainy stuff so she didn't have to. Right now though, she was the only one who could have answers, yet she had absolutely no idea what was going on. She hated it.

Let's review. She felt like she was dying, passed out for hours, somehow escaped from a crazy-ass fever dream that made her feel way too many emotions, and now she was awake again, holding back a punch from freaking All Might!

So, no, Toga had no clue what the fuck was happening. Though she was smiling on the outside, that was just a reflex from seeing Peter. On the inside, she was freaking out.

There were about a million thoughts in her mind. Was she still dreaming? Did she get some magic powers after beating her mind? Why was everything so loud?

While Toga continued to debate, she saw All Might shake his head, a hardened, forced smile appearing on his face. It was a far cry from his usual heroic smile, yet it was somehow oddly comforting regardless. At the same time, he was clenching his other hand into a fist.
Suddenly panicking, Toga raised her other arm and made a fist of her own, lashing out with a fast punch on reflex. She was well aware of how small she was compared to the massive hero. It would be a lie to say she actually expected to do any real damage with the reactive attack.

So, when her fist connected with the blonde man's jaw, made an oddly loud cracking noise, and actually pushed him back a few feet, Toga was unable to keep her jaw from dropping.

"That… THAT HURT HIM?! He got pushed away?! Why was it so loud?!"

Toga looked on with a shocked expression. All Might had one hand pressed to his jaw, grimacing and hissing lightly the moment he touched his face. The small girl wasn't quite sure what face she was making, but was pretty confident it was full of shock.

Realizing she was still slumped on the ground, she slowly pushed herself into an upright position. This ended up being a big mistake. Almost immediately, she felt overwhelmed. Standing up made every nerve in her body feel like it started screaming. Toga felt way too aware of everything around her. The cars a few streets away, the birds chirping as they flew by a couple blocks down, the wind blowing into her face. All of it was much, much louder than it should have been. Her ears were starting to hurt, unable to deal with all the extra noise.

Even worse, she somehow… knew where everything was. She could feel, she could see the bugs crawling on the ground, read the signs down the street without looking at them. Even without sparing him a glance, Toga was completely aware of the fact that Peter was gaping at her through his broken mask.

"What the hell is going on? Why am I seeing all of this? And for god's sake, WHY IS EVERYTHING SO LOUD?!"

Toga wanted to cover her ears to keep herself from hearing any more. She wanted to close her eyes to avoid seeing anymore. She wanted to pass out to avoided feeling anything. The thought of knocking herself out with a forceful punch was growing increasingly tempting.

But she didn't. If she did, what would be the point of everything from before? All the work she did, all the things she remembered… it would be an insult to herself if she backed out. Toga came back to help Peter, and that was what she planned to do.

For the first time since regaining consciousness, Toga looked at her surroundings. Doing her best to ignore what she felt, the vampire girl actually looked around to take in everything with her eyes.

It looked like she had walked into a warzone. The entire street had been devastated. There were crevasses, thin and large, all over the place. The buildings lining the streets looked like they were in danger of crumbling at any moment. The whole place looked like it had suffered a bombing.

Beyond the damage itself, she saw bodies. Bodies she recognized.

"Twice?" The ninja was slumped limply against a bent fire hydrant. There was a very good chance his back was broken.

"Dabi?" The scarred villain was laying spread-eagle on his back, eyes rolled into his head. Laying horizontally on top of him was one of Peter's classmates, the kid with the multi-colored hair.

"Stainy?" The hero killer himself was very close. His lower jaw looked broken, and there was a stream of blood leaking from his mouth.

There were others, classmates of Peter's. Toga didn't really recognize them very well aside from the kid with the green hair and mangled arms. She didn't get why they were here, all she understood was that they weren't dangerous at the moment.

"I was right. While I was screwing around in my mind, Peter was in trouble. Damn it, I should have been helping earlier." Toga shook her head. She didn't want to think like that right then. She couldn't go back in time to change the past.

What mattered was that she was ready to help now.

The only person in the area besides her and Peter was All Might. The massive hero had picked himself up again, fists raised, ready for battle. Toga reached into her dress to find a knife, only to find out she had none with her.

"Damn… no, it's fine. I don't really get it, but I could hurt him earlier. If he can get hurt, then I can beat him." Toga raised a glare of her own at the number 1 hero. She was honestly terrified at the prospect of fighting him. Regardless, the young villain shoved her fear down and raised her own fists. There wasn't time to be scared right now.

"Toga, get out of here." Peter groaned from nearby. He still hadn't gotten himself off the ground. It was a sad sight, seeing such a powerful person struggling to get off the ground.

"... Just lay down Peter. I'll handle this." Toga gave him the most comforting smile she could manage.

"No! Please, just leave!" Peter refused to give up, desperately pleading the girl to leave. Still, she refused.

Not bothering to respond, Toga returned her attention to All Might.

"You hurt my friends." She growled menacingly. Her golden eyes seemed to glow in the dim light, as did her glimmering, white fangs. It gave her an almost ethereal look.

"... I didn't want to." All Might said sadly. He didn't offer any further explanation before dashing forward and lashing out with a punch. For a normal person, he would have been moving far too fast to avoid. But for Toga…

"... Wha-?"

Somehow, All Might seemed to slow down as soon as he began to attack. His fist glided through the air with all the speed of a snail. Toga looked on in confusion as the giant fist crawled towards her.

Completely lost, Toga continued watching for a second or two, then took a slow, leisurely step to the side. Again, she watched as All Might's fist went right past her and slowly retracted. All at once, time seemed to speed up again, as if everything from just a moment ago was just in her head.

"What was that?" Toga was really getting tired of asking herself that question. There were too many things going on she just couldn't understand.

For his part, All Might didn't seem to have noticed anything strange. Undeterred by Toga dodging his attack, he threw another. Just like the first time, the young vampire easily dodged the inexplicably slow attack.

Even when the giant man sped up, throwing punch after punch, Toga could easily avoid every single one. Though she still felt confused, she decided it was time to finally launch an attack of her own. The next time a punch was thrown her way, she grabbed onto the front and used it to flip her body sideways, smashing both legs into All Might's head in a sideways kick. It was one of her favorite moves to use against bigger opponents, one that almost always did plenty of damage. Against All Might, though…

It was an absolute success!?

The hero was knocked to the side as if he had just been struck by a tremendous weight and not a smaller-than-average teenage girl. He actually had to take several steps to avoid being knocked over. Toga's surprise only grew after seeing how much damage she did.

"There has to be something I'm missing here. It… it's, uh… h-he's hurt! Yeah, that's it! Peter already hurt him a lot, so he's just weaker now. That's why I'm doing so well."

Completely ignoring the fact that time itself seemed to slow down when she was attacked, Toga nodded to herself, accepting the explanation for why All Might was actually getting injured when she attacked him.

Speaking of All Might, after finding his balance, he wiped his mouth and crossed his arms together. For a split-second, the faintly began to glow orange.

"CAROLINA SMASH!" With that, his arms were thrown apart in an X-shape. Even that seemed to slow down. Toga watched as, in the wake of All Might's attack, the air itself was split and an X-shaped gust of wind was sent flying towards her. Acting fast, she dropped to the ground and slid underneath the lower half of the "X."

The powerful gust of wind blew the band off one of her disheveled hair bands, causing the ball of hair to release itself and fall down her face. Shaking the hair away from her eye, Toga threw herself into a standing position and sprinted towards All Might.
She was done questioning it. There would be time to figure everything out later. For now, all she needed to know was that she was somehow outpacing and outmuscling All Might. As long as that remained true, she could stay in the fight.

Continuing her sprint, she watched All Might closely. The muscles under his suit tensed, his arm twitched slightly.

"I… can see it. He'll slam his hand down and try to hammer me into the ground."

Just as Toga predicted, the blonde hero lifted his right arm above his head before slamming it back down. To avoid the attack, Toga twisted to the side, spinning on one heel and slamming her elbow into the open wound on All Might's side. For a moment, she felt the tip of her elbow enter the large injury. It was a gross feeling, but the teen knew it did a lot of damage, so it didn't bother her.

Toga didn't realize it, but All Might was fading. He had already used too much power today and this fight had lasted too long. It was taking too much of his energy to maintain his muscle form. At best, he had 10 minutes left before he had to push himself into overtime.

He had thought the battle was over when Peter was all that remained, but then this girl appeared. She hit just as hard as Peter himself, even moved as fast as him. It felt like fighting a copy of the spider-themed hero.

"I cannot hold back any more. If I am to finish this, I must use everything I have."

All Might's eyes glinted with renewed energy, a blue shine emanating from them.

He tensed his entire body, all of his muscles preparing to give everything they had.
1 second to prepare himself.

Then he struck.

All Might attacked, not with his fists, but with his legs. In a wide, arcing motion, he swept his leg to the side. He watched as the girl effortlessly dodged underneath, like she wasn't even trying. Sure, in his injured state, the lone hero was much slower than usual, but it was a disheartening sight nonetheless. However, it worked in his favor.

All Might fully expected the girl to dodge under his kick. Planting his foot firmly on the ground, he twisted his body around and slammed a fist down directly on top of his opponent. She wouldn't have any time to dodge, there was no way.

And like that, his theory was proven right. For the first time, his opponent was unable to avoid his attack. That didn't mean she took the hit though.

Upon realizing she was stuck, the young girl put both hands over her head and grabbed the muscular fist before it could strike her. It took a fair bit of effort, but she managed to hold back the huge fist.

All Might was surprised, but he shoved the new emotion down. He had been a hero for years. New developments were part of the job. Adapting to them quickly was necessary.

Taking advantage of this, he clenched his other hand and smashed a fist into the girl's side. With both hands occupied holding his other hand, she couldn't protect herself from the attack.

All Might's massive hand slammed directly into the side of her ribcage, sending her flying. For several feet, she tumbled down the street before colliding with a loose chunk of concrete.

"Toga!" Peter yelled in concern for the little vampire.

"... Huh?"

Toga was prepared for something to break, for tremendous pain to overtake her. But… she felt fine. Well, maybe fine was a stretch, but she definitely didn't feel anything seriously wrong. At worst, it was a feeling similar to accidentally walking into a door frame. Painful, but not enough to even warrant a shout.

Standing up, Toga patted her body all over, feeling for anything broken or out of place. She felt fine.

"... I'm definitely gonna need to figure this out later." Was the first thing that came to mind.

Placing one hand on the base of her neck, Toga tilted her head to the side. The dry sound of a cracking neck rang through the street. Satisfied, she sprinted straight for All Might, ready to continue fighting.
The buff hero raised a foot and stomped the street, hoping to knock Toga off balance. She wobbled a bit on the uneven surface, but managed to stay upright. When she came within 10 feet of All Might, she leaped into the air. Ready for her, the blonde man threw a punch straight at her. As Toga expected, it too slowed down.

"Time it perfectly." She mumbled to herself.

She patiently watched the fist come closer. When it was barely a foot from her face, she grabbed hold of the wrist, using it to flip herself around and, raising her legs, stomping both feet onto All Might's face. As the hero fell to the ground, she tensed her legs and used his face as a springboard, flipping off and landing nearby.

"Sure you want to keep fighting?" She taunted. "I really don't think this is going too well for you."

"Oh my god, what am I doing? STOP!" Even if you asked her, Toga genuinely wouldn't be able to tell you why she was taunting the number 1 hero. Even if she was winning, it felt like something very dangerous to pull.

"As if I would surrender to a villain like you." All Might groaned as he pushed himself to his feet. The moment he returned to his feet, he was already attacking again. A punch, a kick, even a headbutt. Every possible attack, he performed. Every time, Toga avoided him perfectly.

"My ears are starting to hurt. Does he have to be so loud?" Every time All Might missed her and struck the ground, the noise was so loud it felt like somebody firing a shotgun next to her head. She involuntarily flinched over and over as the fight went on.

While Toga was having trouble with her hearing, All Might was tiring fast. His time limit was drawing to a close. He took hit after hit, but hardly ever seemed to return a hit.
In a lucky break, Toga threw another punch his way, a punch he just so happened to block by moving his hand to the perfect place. Grabbing hold of her fist, the buff hero roughly shoved her away.

Instead of pressing the attack, All Might took a moment to take a breather. He needed a new strategy, not a single attack that worked once.

Seeing that Toga was trying to close the distance between them, he stomped the ground to knock her off balance again. He needed more time to come up with a solid stra-

...Hm?

It was hard to be certain, but All Might could swear he saw the girl flinch when he stomped the street. To him, it didn't sound very loud, but to her…

"Could her weakness… be sound?"

A small grin formed on All Might's face. That was it. He had found her weakness.

Dropping to his knees, All Might raised a fist and slammed it into the street as hard as he could. Again, the girl flinched.

That was his way to win.

Looking around, All Might grabbed two nearby chunks of concrete and smashed them together repeatedly. As he did that, he walked closer to Toga, stomping with every step. As he got closer, the girl threw her hands over her ears and shut her eyes, trying to block out the sound.
Soon, he was directly in front of her. Dropping one of the rocks, he brought up a fist and struck her in the chest. It was a solid hit. With no leverage, Toga was knocked off her feet and onto her back. Not about to let her escape, All Might grabbed both her arms with one giant hand and lifted her off the ground.

"You… have all given me more trouble than most have ever managed. I can honestly say it was a great struggle to defeat you. Take pride in that when you're locked up in prison… villain." All Might spoke in an almost respectful tone right up until the final word, which he spat out like it was a curse. "I am sorry to do this, but I would prefer if you weren't awake for this."

One final time, a fist was raised. Toga struggled to free herself from All Might's grip, but she was stuck. With no other options, she tried kicking him, but was unable to deal any real damage in her position.

Again, time slowed. She watched the fist sail towards her, though she was unable to do anything. She couldn't dodge, she couldn't fight back. All that could be done was to wait for the impact.

"DROP HER!"

A shout, a crack, the feeling of falling. Toga watched a pair of feet slam into All Might's face from out of nowhere, knocking the muscular giant back and causing him to drop her. She felt herself fall for only a second before she was caught.

"Are you okay?" The newcomer asked in concern.

"Peter? You're fine?"

"'Fine' is kind of a stretch. I still feel like crap." Peter responded jokingly.

The whole time Toga had been battling All Might, Peter's healing factor had been working overtime to heal him. At best, his ribs and arms were no longer broken, but he was still exhausted.

"Here, I've got you." Slowly, Peter set Toga down. She found her feet easily and was again standing on her own. All Might stood before both of them, looking even worse than both of them put together.

"Toga, what is going on?"

"I really don't know Peter. I have no idea what's going on anymore." The vampire girl responded honestly. "That's not really important right now, though."

To emphasize her point, she pointed at the lumbering giant before them.

"... Good point. You ready to fight?" Peter checked.

"I should be asking you that." Toga smirked.

"Fair point. Well, let's go then." Bumping her shoulder lightly with the back of his fist, Peter charged forward. Toga was right behind him in a moment.

All Might's eyes darted between the two of them, trying to decide who to focus on.

Peter attacked first, bringing a fist down in an overhead swing. All Might held one arm sideways to block the attack, only to be kicked in the stomach by Toga. Peter followed up by smashing his foot into the side of All Might's knee, forcing to fall to one knee. Toga took advantage of this and cocked an arm back, punching the hero just above his right eye.

The impact of each attack rattled All Might's body. He had to shake his head a few times to clear his blurring vision. He attacked next, swinging a punch at Peter. The young hero slid on his knees underneath the punch, grabbing All Might's wrist and yanking it down with him. All Might's arm was pulled behind him, leaving his left side open to attack. Toga was quick to move in, striking him over and over all over his torso. Peter finished up by leaping over All Might's back, webbing his left arm as he went and slamming the man's fist into his own head.

The lone hero fell to his knees, panting heavily. He was done. His time limit was running out.

"I can't retreat. I never retreat. If there are villains to be stopped I refuse to abandon the fight."

However, there was a single, nagging thought clawing at his mind.

If he really thought about it, what was Peter?

His immediate answer would be "a villain." Peter had lied to him, betrayed him, joined up with villains, and turned several of his classmates against him.

But why? He said there was something he needed to explain. There was a chance, a small chance that Peter was still the same person he knew. The question was, was he willing to take that chance?

"We've got him, Toga. Just a little more and he'll be finished."
"Right. Just a bit more."

Both teens advanced as one, ready to finish the fight. All Might watched them approach, doing nothing to defend himself. When they were barely 5 feet away, he finally raised a single arm.

"TEXAS SMASH!"

The attack was aimed not at them, but at the ground. All Might's meaty fist stopped just short of the ground, unleashing a monstrous gust of wind. The ground cracked once more and a storm of dust swirled into the air, blanketing the entire area in a mud-colored mist.

"Crap. Where is he?" Peter muttered. His spider sense told him nothing. The number 1 hero was nowhere near them.

Had he run away?

No. That didn't make any sense. All Might never ran. If there was a villain to be stopped, he wouldn't relent until they were captured. Then why did he leave?

"There's no point in thinking about it. Let's just be thankful he ran away." Peter reasoned. If All Might was gone, that was good news in his book.

Next to him, Toga breathed a heavy sigh of relief and fell to the ground, sprawling on her back and staring at the sky. She had never felt so exhausted in her life. All she wanted was to lay down and relax, but she couldn't even do that. The things she could feel without touching them, the things she could see without looking at them, the god damned loud noises that assaulted her ears endlessly, they all made relaxing impossible.

"Peter… am I dead?"

"What!? No, of course not!" Peter denied. "You're alive, just like the rest of us."

"That's good. I'd be sad if I died before I came back." Toga responded. She steadily found her footing and stood up again.

"'Came back?' What do you mea-" Peter's question was cut short when Toga tackled him with a hug. In his exhausted, unbalanced state, he was unprepared for the sudden "attack" and fell onto his back with Toga on top of him.

"Peter… are you real?" Toga asked. Her face was pressed into his chest, muffling her voice.
"Am I… real? I don't-"

"Please just answer the question!" Toga shouted. "Are you real? Please."

It was hard to tell, but it sounded like the young girl was trying not to cry. Peter didn't really get it, but he wasn't about to keep asking questions when she was like this.

From his position on his back, he wrapped both arms around Toga, returning her hug.

"I promise I'm as real as I've always been. I'm here." He promised.

Peter could feel something wet and slightly warm on his chest. He was right, Toga had begun to cry.

"... Thank you." A meek voice replied. Toga shifted her head so that her chin rested on Peter's chest. She stared him in the eyes, a small smile forming even as tears fell from her eyes.

She could still hear, feel, and see way too much, but she didn't exactly mind too much at the moment. Right now, she just wanted to continue holding onto Peter like he was a lifeline.

For a full minute, the two of them just lay there in the street, taking a well-deserved break after the tiring experience they had been through. Eventually, Toga was unable to ignore her senses anymore. The world around them began invading her mind again, something she was not happy about. Though, there was something there.

Above the sounds of cars, birds, bugs, and settling dust, there was one sound that Toga heard above all the others. A loud, shrill screech that made her cringe.

Police sirens.

"Peter-"

"I hear 'em. The cops are on their way. We'd better hurry and get everybody together. We all need that hospital more than ever, and I'd prefer to get some treatment before the heroes put our faces on the news.

"Glad we're in agreement then." A harsh voice barked. Neither of the teens could see who had spoken because of the lingering dust cloud, but they recognized the voice.

"Dabi?" Peter asked in surprise. Acting fast, Peter leaped to his feet, carefully helping Toga to her feet so she wouldn't be thrown off of him.

"The fuck else would it be?" Was the scarred man's annoyed reply. He walked out of the mist, looking as intimidating as ever. Todoroki was slung over his shoulder, still unconscious and breathing heavily. "Sleeping beauty here hasn't woken up yet, so I'm stuck carrying him. Make sure to let him know he owes me one when he wakes up."

"After today, I believe we are all even with each other." Another voice cut through the dust cloud. "I was right. All Might truly is one of the few real heroes in this world."

"You would compliment the guy who just kicked our asses. Ow, it still kinda hurts. Still, that was such a manly fight. I can't believe I got knocked out so fast." Kirishima walked out next, rubbing his bare chest with a pained expression.

"For once, I'm actually kind of glad my brain gets fried when I use my quirk. If I had woken up sooner, I'd have had to rejoin the fight." Kaminari muttered quietly enough for the others to not be able to hear him."

That was it. None of the others regained consciousness, so they had to be carried. Kirishima took Midoriya, who was lying near the crater he and Peter created. Iida was carried by Kaminari and Twice was carried by Stain, albeit reluctantly.

"Hold on, how are we supposed to get into the hospital? Our faces were already on TV, remember? I doubt they'll be willing to treat us." Dabi pointed out.

Don't worry, I already thought about that." Peter responded. Reaching over Kaminari, he tugged the nanobot container off of Iida's chest and brought it near his mouth.

"Override command 63-J. Allow all access."

The container beeped twice, flashed blue, then returned to normal. Peter pressed it onto Dabi's chest and tapped the center. The remaining nanobots formed into a fairly generic-looking hero costume. It would hide his identity well enough.

Afterwards, Peter did the same with the other compartments and pressed them onto Stain, Twice, and Toga. The vampire girl was a bit unhappy about having to wear a mask, but agreed in the end.

"You guys go ahead, I've gotta get Mr. Aizawa." Peter waved off the others and ran in the opposite direction to retrieve his teacher. He'd probably tell the staff what was going on with them the minute he woke up, but Peter couldn't just leave him in the street.

Strangely, when Peter arrived at the building Mr. Aizawa had been left at, he wasn't there. The scraggy man was nowhere to be seen.

"Did All Might grab him before he left. Well, guess that's one less thing I have to deal with."

Satisfied, Peter turned around, about to head back to the hospital and meet up with the others. The moment he turned around, however, his spider sense alerted him to something approaching fast. He felt a gust of wind behind him, which was enough to let him know who was standing there.

"... Why'd you come back?" He asked coldly without turning around.

"... Please. I do not wish to fight. I only want to speak with you," A deep voice responded.

"Oh, so now you want to talk? I'm pretty sure I asked if we could do that earlier, then you started throwing punches." Peter whipped around, glaring at All Might. His entire face had turned purple. A bruise like that wouldn't be healing anytime soon. On top of that, a weird steam was emanating from his body and a strained look adorned the hero's face.

"Please…"

Peter was extremely suspicious, but the man truly did seem to only want to talk. Besides, with the state he was in, it was doubtful that he actually posed much of a threat. Whatever that steam was, it obviously didn't mean anything good.

"... Fine. What is it?"

"... You understand… that I couldn't simply take you at your word, yes?"

Peter opened his mouth to reply, but closed it soon after to bite back a retort. He wanted to deny it, but if he was being fair, it may have been a bit unfair to ask for trust immediately after dropping a bomb on All Might's entire world. It didn't totally justify everything that happened between them, but it was still somewhat understandable.

"... Yeah, I guess." Peter conceded ruefully.

"I am not completely in the right here. I would like to hear what you have to say, but… I am running low on time. Besides, it is probably best if I know less rather than more. Just tell me… you truly are doing what you believe is right? Everything you said about those villains, that they're trying to be better… that was true?"

"Of course." Peter responded with no hesitation.

"... I see. I still don't completely trust you, but just this once… I will allow you to go. However, do not expect anything like this from me in the future. I cannot openly support you, but I will choose to believe that this is all leading to something good. I will believe in you Peter. But know this… if it comes down to it, I will fight you once more, and I will not retreat a second time." All Might stated gravely.

"That's fine by me. If you want to fight, I'll fight. What I'm trying to do here is bigger than me, it's bigger than you, and it's definitely bigger than the people you work for." Peter replied cryptically. "I made friends with these people, I got them to change. They can be better people, they already are better people. I'm not done, and I won't be anytime soon. What I'm doing here is too important to just be abandoned. If the heroes want to fight me, I'll fight back. If you want to do the same, I'll fight you too."

Peter's voice remained even. Not once did he stutter or even allow himself to look away. All Might looked into his face and saw nothing but determination. He was serious about everything he had just said.

Wordlessly, All Might extended a single hand. Not as a fist, but in a handshake gesture. Peter stared at it for just a single second before he reached out and took hold. The two heroes locked eyes and shook hands.

In any other situation it could have been called a friendly gesture. But now, it was something completely different. It was a declaration. They were done… and from this point on…

They were enemies.

1 Hour Later:

"You're sure she's okay?"

"Aside from some bruising, she's fine. Hardly something you visit the hospital for."

Peter and the others had made it through the lobby and were all being treated. Stain, Dabi, and Twice had to keep their suits covering their heads, but were still able to be treated otherwise. Thankfully, they hadn't taken too many hits to the head. Dabi was healed by a doctor with a regenerative quirk and given a salve for his burnt hand. Twice somehow didn't break his back, though there were a few bones out of place that had to be realigned. Stain was a bit complicated because of his dislocated jaw, but he assured Peter he could "take care of it."

At first, he hadn't understood what Stain meant, but a few seconds later, when the noseless man dipped into a bathroom, followed by a loud crunching noise and a shout of pain, Peter understood.

Iida was fine, he just needed new glasses. Luckily, he wasn't completely blind, though he was very nearsighted. Kaminari didn't need any serious treatment since his only real injury was a large bump on his head. Kirishima had a few broken ribs which were fixed by the same doctor who healed Dabi. Todoroki needed fairly extensive treatment to cool down and heat up his body, as well as to heal his face.

Peter insisted he didn't need treatment. It would only be a day or two before he healed on his own.

Right now, they were all settled in one of the hospital's waiting rooms. It was a slow day, so they were the only ones there. Peter and Toga were the only ones not in the waiting room.

Just to be sure she was really fine, Peter insisted that Toga go through a full checkup process. Her vision, hearing, and reflexes were all tested, with a blood test currently underway. It was an annoying process, since she had to drop specific sections of her mask to avoid revealing her full face. He had initially hoped that they would all be normal, but…

"She doesn't need any real treatment, but her tests were very odd. Hearing and vision are several times above average, and she's got some of the fastest reflexes I've ever seen. What did you say her quirk was again?" The doctor asked without looking up from his clipboard.

"Uh… sh-she doesn't have one. She's quirkless." Peter responded.

"Hm. Whoever decided that must have been fresh out of med school. With results like this, she has to have some kind of physical enhancement quirk." The doctor checked his clipboard for the 7th time, looking over all of Toga's test results. "Well, the results from her blood test should be in soon. Until then, do you need anything else?" He asked politely.

"Actually, yeah. Can I get a change of clothes? Mine are really tight for some reason." Toga hooked a finger under the collar of her shirt and tugged it lightly. At least, she thought she tugged lightly, but the sound of a ripping seam proved her wrong.

"..."

"... Please ignore that." She looked away, slightly embarrassed.

"Well, a change of clothes shouldn't be a problem. Nurse?" The doctor waved a hand at his assistant, who nodded and left the room.

In all seriousness, Toga's clothes really were bothering her. They always felt like they fit perfectly, but ever since she woke up they had been uncomfortably tight. She had tugged at them multiple times now, thinking they were just resting the wrong way, but nothing changed.
2 minutes later, the nurse returned with a set of clothes for Toga. She and the doctor both left the room, leaving her and Peter alone.

"Well, I'll see you in a bit. Once the blood test comes back, we can get out of here. The sooner, the better." Peter glanced out the window behind him. The police were still combing the area. It wouldn't be long before their faces got put on TV. Then they would all officially be on the run.

Waving goodbye, Peter left Toga alone so she could get changed. She was a bit reluctant to let him leave. Hospitals always made her uncomfortable. It was nice to think about all the blood bags hidden somewhere in the building, but aside from that, they made her uncomfortable.

Setting the clothes on the table beside her, Toga grasped the hem of her shirt and lightly pulled it up.

*Rip*

"..."

She… lightly… pulled it up. Toga barely put any effort into the familiar motion, yet somehow it was enough to make a large tear in her shirt.

"... Whatever. I wasn't going to be wearing it anymore, anyway."

Not caring what happened to it anymore, Toga tore off what was left of her shirt. She reached for the new clothes beside her, catching a glimpse of herself in the mirror as she did so.

Peter's POV:

Peter was waiting outside the hospital room, ready to go back inside whenever Toga was finished getting dressed. While he waited, he turned over everything in his mind.

"She could hurt All Might, she could outpace All Might… this goes past him just being tired. No offense to Toga, but she should not have been able to do that."

Not just the fight with All Might, but also the more recent events were running through Peter's mind.

"200/20 vision, hyper-advanced hearing, split-second reflexes… between that and all that stuff with All Might, it sounds like when I… I mean, she did drink my blood, but that shouldn't-"

"HIEEEE!" A shrill scream pierced Peter's ears. It had come from Toga's hospital room.

"Toga?!"

"UM, P-PETER?! COULD YOU PLEASE COME IN HERE!?"

Peter reached for the doorknob, hesitating momentarily to turn it. What if she was just screwing with him? She could be naked in there.

"Screw it. If that's the case, I'll deal with it later."

Turning the knob, Peter opened the door to the examination room and stepped inside. The first thing he saw was Toga checking herself out in the mirror, a stunned look on her face. Thankfully, her pants were still on, but her shirt was gone, leaving her in just a black sports bra. It was still better than her being naked, though.

What caught Peter's attention was Toga's body. He had seen her without any clothes on twice, and she had always been a pretty skinny person. Now, though, if somebody had called her skinny, he would have told them to get their eyes checked.

Toga's arms were much thicker and way, way more muscular than before. When she turned around to check out her back, which was equally muscular, Peter could see she had more developed muscles in the front as well, including a fully formed six pack.

"... Peter? What is this?" Toga didn't necessarily sound scared, though her voice was a few octaves higher than usual.

"... Uhhhhh." Was all Peter managed to say.

It was official. He knew exactly what was going on. How could he not? He had experienced the same exact thing himself.

Now… how was he supposed to explain this?

I'm sure most of you figured this out already, but now it's official. Toga has gotten a share of Peter's powers. Make way for the next Spider-Woman. I'm pretty sure there's already 26 of them, so now it's 27.

The original plan for this chapter was to spend a page or two on the All Might fight, sort of like a summary, before moving to the "second half," which was the Peter and Toga section of the fight, which was originally gonna be way longer. But then I thought, "Nah, that's boring." Rather than just summarizing the fight, why not put some effort into it? Why not make it some epic battle straight out of an episode of an actual anime? And damn, I actually had a lot of fun with this chapter. No regrets here. Well, some regrets. Since the first half was so long, I had to make the second half way shorter than I planned, otherwise it would have just been 60 pages of fighting.

Well, here come all the comments about how I nerfed All Might. I mean… yeah? Obviously? Be fair here, if I didn't nerf All Might, the fight would have been down to just him and Peter in about 5 seconds, and that would just be boring. And I shouldn't have to explain why I didn't write him shouting every single attack whenever he did anything. That would have gotten really annoying really fast.

Anyway, like I said in the beginning, there won't be new chapters for a while because I'll be working on rewrites.

And no, I did not forget about Spinner, Magne, or Mr. Compress. And yes, Shigaraki, Kurogiri, and Muscular will be coming back soon as well.

Thanks for reading and remember to leave a review.

Aren signing off.