USJ Arc finished! Right at the same time as the manga too! Now, before we move to the Grand Festival I have an important question: should Izumi use Deku as her hero name or should she use another name? And if so, any ideas? I´m open to both ideas, just want to hear opinions.

Also, I uploaded a new story, just on my ao3 account. I didn´t put it here because the crossover doesn´t exist in this site, and its easier to find with the tags that ao3 uses.

Its a Pokemon crossover, and somehow people actually like it. I don´t know how, its the weirdest crossover I could think of. By large. If you want to check it out, my username in ao3 is the same as here.

Hope you all like this story, thanks for reading it!

17

Toshinori felt like he was the biggest idiot in the world. No, in the universe.

He was the Symbol of Peace. The Number One Hero in Japan. The eight holder of OFA. How many times have those titles lured villains in an attempt to kill him? Dozens? Hundreds? Honestly, he had lost count.

Besides, compared to AFO assessination attempts, the rest seemed more like flies poking at a lion. Bothersome, but not threatening.

But the truth was that he had gotten too confident in his position. In his position and reputation. He had gotten lazy.

And now his students and colleagues have paid for it.

Thirteen was safe; the students behind her and Machoke too, thankfully. But most of the class was missing. Aizawa was severly harmed, blood pouring from his face, his arm bent at an unnatural angle. And Bewear, one of Midoriya's toughest Pokemon, showed signs of damage as well.

"Do you like our gift, All Might?! Shame you came so fast; I was planning on leaving you pieces of your students as a souvenir." Shigaraki taunted the Number 1 Hero, sadistically grinning at how furious the hero looked.

All Might didn't respond to his taunting; he had more important priorities than exchanging bad banter with some wackjock.

"I'm glad that Midoriya-shoujo is so overprotective of Eri-chan. Gallade was able to warn us of the situation quickly enough. I got ahead of the rest; they should be arriving in a few minutes. Iida-shonen should be about to meet them. I told him to inform them of everything that happened." The students gathered sighed, relieved that the heroes would soon arrive and save them from this nightmare.

"All Might, be careful. Those villains are more dangerous than they seem. If their leader is truthful, then the big one isn't a normal human." Thirteen intercepted him before he could move further, worry on her voice. "He claims that this, Nomu, has more than one quirk."

For just a second, All Might froze. Fear enveloped his mind. Fear and panic. The phantom of his old foe threatened to crush him.

'No. It can't be him. He is dead. I saw it myself. I felt it. It must be something else.' All Might forced himself to push all those old and painful memories to the back of his head, to lock them up tight until he could find somewhere safe to let them run wildly.

He didn't have time to dwell on the past; he had to save his students and fellow heroes.

All Might lurched forward, the few villains that were still conscious didn't even get a chance. All they felt were the hits of the strongest hero before unconsciousness claimed them.

All Might grabbed a barely conscious Aizawa, feeling guilt and rage at seeing the injuries that the underworld hero had sustained.

Despite having a smile on his face, there was no disguising his rage. His eyes were furious, his smile tense, not cheerful. All Might was using all his years of experience and self-control to not explode and show his real emotions.

With another lurge, he ran towards Bewear, placed the battered Pokemon on his back, and then quickly grabbed the three scared students, protecting them with his body.

One last jump, and he was close to the staircase, his charges gently deposited on the floor.

"Asui-san, Mineta-kun, Kaminari-kun, help Aizawa to the exit and stay there." He ordered.

"But what about Bewear? We can't let her here!" Kaminari protested, staring horrified at the bruised bear.

"Don't underestimate her. She is stronger than she looks." True to his words, Bewear was moving her arms, pushing against the ground to lift herself up.

Asui tried to help her, hugging her side in a vain attempt to assist her.

One of Bewear's paws shakily patted Asui's head. The stuffed Pokemon smiled gratefully at the frog girl, appreciating her kindness.

"Now, go. I will take care of this trash."

The group obeyed him. Kaminari and Asui lifted Aizawa's arms between them, with Mineta following closely, his hands filled with his balls in case someone tried to attack them. Bewear lagged behind them; her size and weight were too much for the kids to handle.

The three students were relieved that All Might was here and that the rest of the staff wasn't that far behind. The guy that had dispersed everyone was held tightly in Machoke's grip, leaving only two villains left: the crazy one with all the severed hands covering his body and the creepy one with the exposed brain.

Even if one of them had managed to defeat both Aizawa-sensei and Bewear, he was still All Might.

There was no way he could lose.

Machoke glared at the monster called Nomu. Machoke was a grown Pokemon and an adult, a seasoned battler who had fought against many opponents from all over the Regions.

He had seen all types of fighters: cocky, nervous, arrogant, confident, cautious—even the bloodthirsty ones that struck recklessly and savagely.

Nomu was none of them.

There was no intelligence behind its eyes, no desire, no emotion.

Its screams were too loud, trying to scare and intimidate, but that would only work on those already frightened by its appearance.

For him, it was only annoying.

Yet, just because Nomu didn't seem to be an intelligent being didn't mean that Machoke didn't want to beat it to a paste and pound it to the ground.

After all, that thing had hurt his best friend.

He stared painfully at Bewear, his training partner, his best friend, the only one with whom he could fight to the fullest without fearing hurting them.

Machoke only had a few opportunities to truly let go of his strength, to not control himself, to take off his belt, and let his monstrous strength out.

In the past year and a half that they had known each other, they had built a great friendship based on respect and having lots in common.

Ah, all of them treated each other like a team, like family, but like with any other family, some members were closer to others than to the rest.

Lucario and Gallade called themselves brothers, too similar in their values. Mienfoo orvitated them a lot, not that they minded. Lopunny, Infernape and Ambipom were a trio of pranksters; Hawlucha got along with all of them, easily fitting in each group; Toxicroak and Hakamo-o were loners; and Tyrogue was still a baby.

What hurt him most wasn't seeing his sister in all but blood hurt. No, it was the defeated look that she had. How she walked ashamed of herself, how she wouldn't lift her head to look at him.

That monster had hurt his sister's pride, and he wanted nothing more but to return the favor.

"I know that you wish to help your friend, but you can't." Thirteen told him. "We have an important duty to uphold; we must protect the students." The heroine reminded him calmly of their responsibilities.

Machoke grunted in response. He knew that the space heroine was right. They had to protect the students. These kids had probably never seen a true fight in their lives, never fought for their lives against such monsters. Maybe they got mugged once or twice, or got spooked by a creepy guy, but not this.

He had. Poachers didn't care if a Pokemon was already captured or part of a protected species. They certainly didn't care if they had to kill a kid to get their hands on a rare Pokemon.

Machoke shook his head, dispersing dark memories. This wasn't the place or the time to get lost in his head.

He had to stay on his toes.

All Might stared wordlessly at the leader of the villains. The man was bended over, grasping a severed hand with reverence. When he had grabbed young Asui, Mineta and Kaminari, he had knocked aside the hand covering the villain's face, not exactly by accident.

"Ah, Ah, Father." Shigaraki spoke to the hand, "He truly is strong father. And fast. My eyes couldn't follow him. But he wasn't as fast as on his videos. Were they right? Has your power decreased, All Might?" A malicious glint shone in his visible eyes.

"Mutter all you wish, villain. It won't change anything." All Might wasn't in the mood to barter with Shigaraki. Not after seeing the state of Aizawa and Bewear. Not after imagining how his missing students were faring. Not after imagining his successor in the place of his harmed colleague.

'My overconfidence in my title and status caused this. So I must be the one to stop it!'

All Might leaped forward, straight at Nomu, acknowledging him as the biggest threat.

His arms were crossed in an X formation across his chest, aiming for a chop cross.

"Carolina SMASH!" All Might struck Nomu in the chest. To his surprise, there was no injury visible or any sign of pain or discomfort on the creature. In fact, Nomu tried to grab him in a deadly bear hug, which he evaded by crunching and delivering a powerful punch to its abdomen.

"Unvelivable. None of my attacks do anything!" He admitted.

"Of course they don't. Nomu's Shock Absortion was made with the purpose of withstanding your brutal strength, All Might. You will have to gut him to kill him, and he won't let that happen!" Shigaraki gloated, pleased that his creature was performing as expected.

"I see! Then, I know exactly what to do!" All Might used his speed to stand behind Nomu; quickly, he grabbed him in a bear hug by the middle and performed a highly explosive backdrop.

When the dust cloud settled, All Might was standing, while Nomu's upperbody was buried in the concrete.

"Now-" CRUNCH.

All Might turned around. His eyes widened slighly in disbelief.

All stared in disbelief.

Despite having his entire upperbody buried in hard, harder than rock, concrete, despite the fact that he should be uncouncious, or even dead from the impact, Nomu was moving.

Not just moving. Nomu was using his legs to push against the floor, the concrete groaning, cracks forming.

"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH" With one almighty yell, Nomu pushed his body out of the floor, blood pouring from his teared skin and muscle visible to the eye.

And then, the skin began to mend. In only seconds, to everyone's horror, Nomu looked as good as new.

"Hahahahaha!" Shigaraki laughed at the scene. "See! Nomu is imparable! Shock Absorption to counter your strength and Super Regeneration to mend even missing limbs! He is the perfect counter weapon made against you! All Might!" He gloated, overconfident of Nomu's power.

All Might frowned, a hundred plans going over his head, trying to find a way to defeat both villains before OFA gave out and his secret became known.

Nomu barely took a step forward when a wall of ice covered him completely.

"Oy, Half-Bastard! I was about to pummel him!" Bakugou yelled to a calm Todoroki.

"The phrase is thank you. That thing would have ripped you in half if it had gotten hold of you."

"Why you little-!" Bakugou snarled at the two-toned boy.

"Wow, Bakubro, calm down!" Kirishima tried to calm him down.

"Todoroki, you should have used your fire. Your ice is a bad choice for this battle." Izumi pointed with her chin at Nomu's encased body. To the ice and fire user shock, his ice had cracks and fissures quickly growing.

With one mighty crash, the ice was pulverized from the inside, its former prisoner not even showing freeze burns or hypothermia symptoms.

"See, it doesn't matter what you throw at him. Nomu was made to kill All Might. That´s his sole purpose. To kill the fake Symbol of Peace and restore true peace to the world!" Shigaraki announced. "After all, what kind of Symbol of Peace acts so violently against his enemies? Come on! You want to kill me, right, All Might? Is that what you teach these kids? Look at how that boy was willing to kill Nomu with his ice! Is that how heroes are supposed to act?!"

All Might snorted. "If you are going to lie, at least learn to do it. You just want to kill me. I can see it clearly in your eyes. The eyes of a maniac that just wants to kill everyone on their path."

"Huh. So you do have a brain somewhere beneath that mass of muscles. Doesn't matter. You all will die. Nomu. Kill the kids first, then the teachers, and then All Might." Shigaraki smiled sadistically at his new idea, already imagining All Might's despair at failing to protect those he cared about.

All Might stood in front of the kids, his arms wide open, prepared to shield them from Nomu.

"All of you, run. I will deal with both of them."

"All Might, wait-" Izumi tried to interrupt him. "No, run with the others now."

"If Infernape and I use that move, we can overcome his Super Regeneration and then you would only have to deal with his Shock Absorption." She pointedly glanced at her left wrist, where a familiar silver bracelet rested, holding a stone engraved with two z interwened.

All Might hesitated. He was aware of what Midoriya-shoujo was talking about. He had seen it back when he was training the girl. On more than one occasion, the greenete had practiced certain powerful attacks with her team, with him serving as a witness to their power.

He knew that his succesor was right; he understood her worries. They were running out of time. He only had a few minutes left before he would have to return to his weak form. If he overexerted himself… who knows what would happen.

Izumi saw the hesitation in her mentor's eyes. He didn't want to risk her life or the others. But the truth was that they didn't have any other choice.

"Midoriya-shoujo, I can't order you to attack a dangerous villain just to protect myself. Do you understand?" Izumi nodded, a wry smile on her lips.

All Might nodded, and then he jumped right at Nomu, both combatants striking hard at each other.

"Infernape, come out!" "INNN"

"Midori-sis? What are you doing?" Kirishima asked her, confused.

"Helping All Might." She answered.

Huh? But he said we can't interfere!" "No. He said he can't order us to help him, not that we can't."

"And you think you can defeat that thing?" Todoroki coldly asked.

"I don't need to defeat him; just weaken his regeneration." Izumi smirked at their looks. Even Bakugou looked a little shocked at her confidence.

Izumi breathed out; she focused. Not on herself. Not on her aura or on OFA. She focused on Infernape, on their bond, on the key stone that stood on his own bracelet, and on the z ring on her wrist.

Once she felt the energy flowing among both of them, her eyes snapped open, and her body followed the moves necessary to activate the powerful fire-type attack.

With every motion her body made, fire surrounded her body until she was covered by a fiery inferno.

"Infernape! Z Move!" The fire surrounding her body flew into a shower of stars that was absorbed by Infernape. "INFERNO OVERDRIVE!"

Infernape created a giant fireball, bigger than All Might, bigger than Nomu; its size could have covered both combatants and left space for one more easily.

"AAAPEEEEE!" Infernape threw his most powerful attack towards Nomu, who was being kept in the same place by a barrage of fast punches from All Might.

When All Might had started his attack, he had made sure to keep Nomu's back against Midoriya-shoujo, making sure that the creature would only pay attention to him.

So, when he saw Infernape produce the fireball, he jumped, kneeled Nomu on the eyes, disorienting it temporarily, giving him the chance to grab him by the arm and throw him right into the path of the fire-type attack.

The resulting explosion kicked off a bigger dust cloud than the one All Might had previously made. The heat wave released from Z Move had even Bakugou and Todoroki´s eyes sting, making the explosive user blink and swear at the dryness while the two-toned boy used his ice to refresh himself a little, all the while glaring hatefully at Infernape´s panting form, seeing another hated person instead of the ape Pokemon.

"Midori-sis!" Kirishima shouted, rushing to Izumi´s side when he saw how the greenete swayed in place.

Izumi panted breathlessly, holding OFA tight to her body, feeling how the quirk wanted to lash out, to be released and explode like a hurricane.

Izumi was vaguely aware of Kirishima´s worried voice at her side, of his arms helping her to sit on the ground, right next to a crouched Infernape.

The trainer had never felt this winded before. Not even back when Riley first taught her how to access her Aura or when Overhaul beat her up, or when she first began to truly train to control OFA.

The closest she ever felt to this sensation was when she defeated Kiawe and used a Z move for the first time.

That time, Izumi had not only activated the Z move, but she had also fueled its power by giving her aura to Infernape. The resulting Inferno Overdrive didn't just wreck and scorch a good portion of Wela´s rocky hills; it also made Pokemon and trainer faint for two days.

After regaining consciousness and being berated by a pissed and worried Lilly, she quickly figured out what happened.

The Z moves, much like the Megaevolution stones and most likely the Dynamax Phenomena she had heard about, used the aura and energy of both trainer and Pokemon to activate. And since she was an aura user, a person that could control and manipulate her aura by will, the Z stone and ring focused on it without her realizing it and used it as fuel for the overpowered attack.

With that in mind, Izumi focused her training on reigning in her aura to avoid that situation ever happening again. It wasn't like she could simply not use Z moves; they were a great advantage in a battle. Also, they were a badge of pride, of success.

Unlike the Mega stones that any trainer could find if they worked their asses to the bone, the Z moves could only be won after defeating their guardians.

By the time she met All Might, she had finally managed to control the amount of aura she would use on the attack. She had only practiced a little before inheriting OFA and thus focusing on keeping a leash on its power, less it tore her apart.

This was the first time in months that she used a Z move. She had been ready to control her aura, to only let a small amount leak; she wanted to weaken Nomu, not kill it after all. What she hadn´t expected was for OFA to also activate, to actually try to somehow power the Z move, to try to strengthen Infernape.

In a way, it made sense. All Might said that OFA was a quirk that stockpiled power and passed it to a new holder; it was a quirk that got more powerful the more users it passed through.

'Wait, could OFA actually transfer to Infernape or any of my Pokemon if we used a Z Move? What if we used Mega evolution? Did my aura somehow alter how OFA worked?' She thought fearfully, panicking about the possible repercussions of the quirk mechanics changing.

"Wow, Midori-sis, Infernape, you two are really manly." Kirishima muttered awed at the state of Nomu.

The ultimate weapon was covered in third-degree burns, with patches of skin not even bleeding and others gushing blood like rivers. One of its eyes was completely destroyed; only an empty socket left. Surprisingly, the exposed brain was the only part not injured. Most likely, it was the toughest part of the body.

If All Might had any pity for the severely burned villain, he didn´t show it. He ran straight towards the injured villain and let a flurry of powerful punches collide against his chest, abdomen, head, blood pouring from the injuries.

"Thanks to Midoriya-shoujo and Infernape-kun's efforts, I only have to deal with Shock Absorption. A+ for perfectly figuring out a villain's weakness! Now, it's time for me to finish this nightmare once for all! PLUS ULTRA!" All Might´s fist collided in a beautiful uppercut against Nomu´s chin, throwing the villain not just against the dome that protected the USJ but also throught it, easily tearing through the metal and blinded glass that formed it.

Everyone stared in awe at the show of strength, not only of the Strongest Hero but also of trainer and Pokemon.

Well, almost everyone.

"Cheater." Shigaraki seethed in absolute rage, his eyes never leaving a tired Izumi.

"What kind of power-up was that? Huh? That was a cheating skill! It wasn´t fair! You, you, cheater!" Shigaraki moved faster than they expected, his right hand aimed towards Izumi's face. Even without knowing what his quirk did, she felt like death was coming for her.

"CHOOOKE!" A boulder crashed against Shigaraki, sending him tumbling to the ground, blood pouring from his mouth, and several bruises already forming on his body.

Izumi glanced back towards the entrance hall, where a pissed Machoke had just used what she recognized as Smack Down, his face glaring furiously at Shigaraki.

Unfortunately, Machoke's intervention meant that Kurogiri used his distraction to slip past his grip and teleport towards Shigaraki.

"Shigaraki Tomura, the heroes must be close by. Nomu has lost. Thirteen is in perfect health, but she is far away, and I now know the weakness of those strange creatures." Kurogiri´s eyes locked on Izumi´s form. "Its owner is weakened, as are her other two creatures. If we strike now, together, we can still have a shot at killing All Might."

Shigaraki stood in silence, considering his options. "Making it this far, finally getting face to face with the Floor Boss, and running away like a couple of moobs? No, I can't do that. You are right, Kurogiri. We will finish this now." Shigaraki moved, his fingers stretched, aiming right for Izumi.

The villain didn't make more than a few steps when a bullet pierced his arm.

Standing on the top floor, panting and exhilarated, stood a proud-looking Iida. And surrounding him were the rest of the teachers.

"Class President! Thirteen-sensei! Everyone! Sorry, it took me so long! But I brought reinforcements!"

"Stand down, villain, or the next bullet will make you need diapers for the rest of your lowly life." Snipe threatened coldly, showing bare mercy to someone who dared to attack the kids in such a cowardly way.

Shigaraki stared blankly at the gathered heroes, not caring about the blood pouring from his hand.

"Tch. This Boss can call for allies, huh? Guess we will go back to the planning board, Kurogiri." Kurogiri enveloped Shigaraki with his mist-like body, bullets passing aimlessly through it. Even Thirteen´s Black Hole couldn't slow down their attempt to escape.

"We might have failed this time, All Might, but the next time you will die! Symbol of Peace!"

With that last threat, Kurogiri and Shigaraki disappeared.

All Might let out a sigh.

None of the students were dead. Bewear would recover as soon as Recovery Girl treated her. None of the students were severely injured. Scared, maybe traumatized? Sure. But those wounds could and would heal. Thirteen was safe, and Aizawa was already grumbling about not wasting time with hospitals.

Seeing Young Midoriya being hugged by her friends, seeing her safe, and not shutting down after such an experience made him feel even prouder of his chosen successor.

All the villains, except for the leaders, were being arrested; the police would shortly take them to the station to interrogate them and jail them for the multiple charges they had managed to collect in less than an hour.

Even his secret was safe. With the intervention of his colleagues, he managed to step out of everyone's sight and release his Muscled Form.

All Might frowned. They might have won this battle, but one thing was sure.

This wasn´t the end of it.

He knew it.