Alrighty it time for the next chapter of Project Velocity. Last time Ochaco handled the villain group Color Shift and then joined Momo and Shinsou in the lower level of the landslide area. Then Izuku had to step in to save Eraserhead and relied on all of his classmates to stop Nomu and protect their teachers. It's time to see how well his plan works.
Guest: It's pointed out that the bullet that went into Nomu's shoulder had already began to heat up, something that the other red bullet didn't do and a point of interest that I will come back. As for the relationship between Ochaco and Izuku, notice how there no pairing within the description of the story. :)
As always I do not own MY HERO ACADEMIA or any of their characters.
With that, let's start off with a bang.
At Izuku's command, Ochaco forced her fear out of her body and lounged forward. Not wanting to take any chance of missing a finger, she pressed all ten fingers into Nomu's chest. Nomu then began to bring down its fist but was found to have missed Ochaco, resulting in its fist embedded into the ground. It raised its head and saw Ochaco standing back by Momo and Shinsou, holding a hand to her chest showing she had been pushed back.
Then a long barrel of metal filled its vision and Nomu saw Izuku standing right in front of him, barely out of the range of its attack. Nomu screamed, but Izuku released the pressurized shot he had built up. It rang like a gong, as Izuku's shoulder was forced back and a blunt purple bullet flew forwards. The purple bullet struck true and Nomu yelled and was forced back a few feet.
Izuku let out a breath he knew he had been holding, and then with a smirk said, "So that idea does work." His idea had worked, Nomu might be about to absorb the impact. But that only worked because Nomu didn't anything redirect that energy into and since it was unable to brace itself against the ground, it had nothing to redirect the impact to. But it was clear some kinetic energy was nullified since Nomu didn't go flying.
"Impossible, Impact Absorb such had not allowed that," Shigaraki yelled, turning away from Mina, Tsuyu and Kaminari. How could a first high schooler be about to stand against the Nomu that Master and Doctor had built to fight All Might? All Might was the height of strength, no one would dare stand to be the same, yet a first-year high school student had found a way around Nomu's quirks.
"It's physics. Impact absorb can only work if Nomu has stable ground to push off against. That's how absorption works. Not a complete transfer, because energy cannot simply disappear. Now let's if this does" Izuku said, as he got ready to unleash a more powerful shot. Yet with no gravity, Nomu was faster, meaning it easily rushed forward and shoulder-checked Izuku, hitting him square in the chest. As Izuku went flying back, Nomu reached forward and grabbed Izuku's ankle, then with ease threw the dual-colored student into the side of the mountain area.
"Midoriya." yelled all the students that were in the main hub. Knowing her quirk was the reason Nomu was able to move so much faster, Ochaco released her quirk, as Shigaraki began to laugh and walked over to Nomu.
"This Nomu was bio-engineered to be the perfect counter for All Might, Hyper regeneration and Impact absorb. Quirks that withstand anything the #1 hero throws it. What chance did you think you had, brat?" Shigaraki said.
In the hole in the mountain, Izuku's body was on fire. His vision was dark, but his left eye screamed in pain. It felt like his entire body was broken and beaten, yet he still had people to protect. He needed to continue fighting until the heroes arrived, to fight to save his classmates and teacher. That made him reflect on a conversation he had with Mareo.
"Midoriya, when is it most important for a hero to stand back up?" Mareo asked as he swung at Izuku's left side. With his left eye covered by an eye patch, Izuku couldn't see the attack, only seeing it in the peripheral of his right eye. Izuku raised his left hand to block, but he missed the attack and Maero hit Izuku across the jaw.
Izuku fell to the ground and struggled to his hands and feet. Mareo had been training Izuku for the past 9 hours, and Izuku still had two to go until he could take a break. Izuku clenched his raw fist and pounded his knuckles into the ground, adrenaline spiking in his body as it had been for the last three hours. With the adrenaline, Izuku forced himself onto his knees. "When he has nothing else to give. Because as long as a hero breathes, he can provide hope."
"And are you willing to train to become that kind of hero?" Mareo asked, as he grabbed Izuku's hand and helped to his feet. Izuku brushed himself off and nodded, "Good now show me that move you've been practicing."
Mareo had brought up the point that a sniper's biggest advantage was their sight and range. Without their sight a sniper won't be able to fight in their preferred range, effectively making them useless. So Mareo had Izuku train while wearing an eye patch, and through much struggle, Izuku learned how to fight with only one eye. Izuku lifted his arm to try and pull himself out of the crater, yet he couldn't move.
He was alive, meaning he still could fight, but could he really find a reason to fight for people he barely met? Izuku sighed and his body started to go limp. But then he realized something, he wasn't just fighting for the people inside the USJ. The villains wanted to kill All Might and if they succeeded, no matter how unlikely that was, it would cause a ripple effect. With the symbol of peace dead, villains would run rampant, causing terror and fear. Terror and fear Izuku had promised Eri would never feel again.
These villains were no different from Overhaul, they used fear to control people, something Izuku would not allow to happen as long as he could stand.
Out in the courtyard, Shigaraki laughed. He was wrong to fear Izuku because in the end there wasn't anything he could do against Nomu. With that, Shigaraki charged Ochaco, she had been the one to do something to his Nomu that made it ineffective. Noticing she was slowly shifting to a battle-ready stance, looking like she was ready to fight, however, as he reached his hand out a gunshot went off and landed right where his foot was about to land. He looked and saw the mess that was Izuku. He had pulled himself out of the hole Nomu had thrown him into.
Yet all that did was show how broken his body was. His right arm had several cuts on, blood dripping from his fingertips. His scooter was broken and a deep gash, starting from Izuku's left eye and going back to his ear, took its place. Izuku rubbed his left eye and saw his vision go completely black, his left eye was damaged. Now he only had his right eye to see, but he had been trained for this.
Izuku lowered his arms and gripped the edge of the crater. "You stay away from her. You six, grab Eraserhead and get out of here." Izuku yelled, as he pulled himself out of the creator and pulled out his knife.
As his legs hit the ground, they screamed out, but they weren't broken, just sore. Luckily Nomu hadn't had any gravity to leverage itself off, if it had then Izuku would have been dead. Izuku flipped his knife around as he faced Shigaraki, increasing his heart rate, and flooding his body with adrenaline, "I'll handle them."
"How are you not dead?" Shigaraki called out, voicing the thoughts of everyone in the plaza. Izuku had been punched by a creature designed to fight All Might and embedded into the side of a mountain, so the confusion and worry were understandable.
"Because I dug down deep and found a reason to keep on fighting," Izuku yelled as he charged forward, causing Shigaraki to laugh.
Morals and values, no villain would ever understand those, so Shigaraki just laughed. To people like him in a fight, the only strength that mattered was strength. How strong someone's quirk was and Shigaraki had the best on his team.
"You think you can take us by yourself. Kurogiri, grab this wanna be hero." Kurogiri began to move, but Bakugo suddenly appeared behind him and lit an explosion against the villain's armor piece.
"Impossible, how did you see that?" Kurogigi asked, as Bakugo grabbed the armor piece and pushed Kurogiri to the ground, keeping the teleporting villain in place.
Bakugo had teleported to the business complex with Kirishima and the villains that had been sent after them were easy enough to handle. Bakugo had commented that this league of villains didn't seem to have any kind of serious players. Even the purple mist villain that teleported them around seemed to play more of a support role rather than attack, yet with the bullet Izuku had given him, Izuku would be able to easily locate them. Yet when they were walking down the street, that's when Bakugo heard two pressurized shots go off in quick succession, Kirishima didn't think his classmate could portray so much panic and fear before. Yet then Bakugo let off two explosions behind him and went flying towards the main plaza.
Bakugo knew what one pressured shot meant. It meant the situation had been bad even though Izuku resorted to that. A second pressured shot meant Izuku was up against someone who could handle that kind of attack. And with Izuku yelling in anger, it didn't take much to tell Bakugo that the situation had gone worse to worse, as Izuku wasn't to lose his cool so easily.
As Bakugo came flying out of the business/residential hazard area, he saw the hand villain approaching Ochaco, Momo and Shinou, with Tsuyu, Kaminari and Mina in the water. Izuku had his quirk trained on Shigaraki, yet Kurogiri was still in play. Then Shigiraki gave the order. Teleportation, while not used for direct combat, played a large part in turning the tides of a battle. So while rare, any time one popped up, the nation's government where the person lived was quick to shelter them.
After Russia had tried to hide one of theirs, all nations agreed that anyone with a teleportation quirk was to be reported to the United Nations and the World Hero Mission Agency. So Bakugo knew he would need to get the teleporter off the playing field. Yet Bakugo's early attack had done nothing, his explosion only slightly moving the purple mist, but the teleporter had to have some kind of body. Even otherworldly quirk had to have some kind of mortal tether.
Bakugo's eyes scanned the purple mist teleporter, then he got a glint of something metal. Without question, Bakugo knew that was the tether. It was small, durable and the purple mist teleporter had tried to hide it as the next second the glint was gone. Bakugo took a running start and then launched himself into the air with his explosion.
As he neared the purple mist villain, Bkaugo held out his hand and grabbed a hold of a metal neck brace. Bakugo then forced it to the ground, pulling the purple mist teleporter down along with it.
"I thought it was weird that if you didn't have a body, then you wouldn't need this armor." Bakugo said, then set off another explosion, "Move and you're dead. Come on you heard the nerd, get Eraserhead out of here."
Ochaco, Shinsou and Momo ran over, while Kaminari, Mina and Tsuyu pulled themselves over the water. Ochaco used her quirk on Eraserhead and Shinsou and Kaminari carried him up the stairs, the girls following behind.
"Now it's just you and Nomu. Nomu, kill this cheating bastard." Shigaraki said.
Nomu screamed and charged forward and brought its fist down on Izuku. But Izuku had dropped down and slid between Nomu's legs and used his knife to create several cuts. Izuku got back on his feet and saw the cuts heal, telling him that small slashing attacks got through. Impact absorption was meant for an attack from All Might, giant punches, so knives and swords won't be foreseen to be used. Izuku transformed his right arm and aimed it at Shigaraki.
"Who bio-engineered this Nomu? It wasn't you or your accomplice. How was this accomplished, a person can't be born with more than one quirk and there's no way to give a person a second quirk. So who made Nomu and how did they do it?" Izuku asked as he levelled his weapon at Shigaraki's head.
"Nomu don't stop until this brat is dead," Shigaraki said. Using his hearing Izuku ducked from a punch and rolled back, but Nomu was fast and stomped around where Izuku had rolled to. Izuku had to quickly dive to the side to escape but Shigaraki was already there waiting for him."
Shigaraki grabbed Izuku's right arm and gripped it tight. "Your quirks only work on your right arm. There were several chances firing from your left would be better, you could have trained a weapon on Nomu, but you had to make sure you were aiming at me, since your left eye isn't working."
Pain flared up in Izuku's right arm, causing him to look down and see that his right arm was disintegrating. Shigaraki was gripping the end of the barrel, so Izuku fought through the pain and transformed his arm back, allowing it to slip out of Shigaraki's grip. But the damage transferred over, the skin on Izuku's right arm was cracking and falling off, revealing muscles underneath.
Izuku flipped back from Shigaraki's next attack and kicked the villain in the chin. Izuku clenched his teeth as he transformed his arm back and fired a shot at Shigaraki, but Nomu stepped in and stopped the bullet. Izuku took notice, as Nomu could have easily killed him but it decided to protect Shigaraki. Though calling it a decisions felt wrong.
"Nomu, kill him, while I deal with his little friends." Shigaraki said, then turned to the group running up the stairs. Shigaraki took off, while Nomu began to punch at Izuku. With his left vision missing, and using the pain and adrenaline, his sense of hearing became more attuned and Izuku focused on that to dodge the punches from the left.
Yet Izuku couldn't counter as his focus was thrown at Shigaraki running towards the group. They had no idea what his quirk was, or how to fight. He needed to protect them, to save them. He needed a way to deal with Nomu and Shigaraki, Bakugo had Kurogigi handled. Yet Nomu had orders to kill Izuku, so if Izuku moved to attack Shigaraki, then Nomu would have an opening to kill him. And Izuku hadn't accomplished anything to change the world.
Izuku was decked by Nomu and his face slammed against the ground. Izuku spat out a tooth as he looked at Nomu, the monster staring back with no soul. "You're just an evil creation, built only to kill and to protect your master." Then Izuku remembered how Nomu had previously moved to protect Shigaraki and that Izuku got an idea. Izuku transformed his right arm and with a yell, he fired a red bullet into the brain of Nomu. As Nomu let out an unearthly scream and clawed at its head, Izuku dove between its legs as he transformed his right hand back. For what he was about to do, he needed to transform both arms.
"Hey Shigaraki, you can call it an ultimate move as it takes the rest of my ammunition to do. I just call it…." Izuku said as he swung both arms forward and clapped his hands together. The clap echoed through the entire USJ, the weight behind it caused all movements to cease for the next few moments. Izuku gritted his teeth as his right arm began to transform, the broken skin became even more torn apart. Yet it wasn't only his right arm transforming, his left began to length out also. A purple metallic colour, starting as his elbows, quickly travelled his arm, making his forearms appear metal. His fingers began interlaced and twirled, becoming a barrel. It looked like Izuku's normal rifle, just twice the size.
But then began to transform again. The barrel and forestock began shortly, while the diameter of the barrel increased. The stock bulged as a hiss of air escaped Izuku's gritted teeth. Even normally this move caused Izuku a bit of pain, with the disintegrated skin on his right arm, the pain was starting to make the edge of Izuku's vision go black.
Izuku then took a deep breath as his arms finished transforming, the barrel now the size of a cannon. Izuku grounded his feet and yelled, "Cannon Shot!"
A deafening sound came out of Izuku's barrel, and a cannonball the size of a basket came flying out. The sound quickly travelled upwards and rattled the glass panel that made the roof of the building. That glass panel immediately broke and began to fall to the ground, but not before the large projectile was hurling itself towards Shigaraki. As if sensing its master in danger, dismissing Izuku, Nomu charged over and blocked the projective from hitting Shigaraki.
The Nomu yelled as he held his ground against the large projectile. Even its feet began to be moved backwards, as it struggled. With a yell Nomu lifted the large cannonball into the air, and then slammed it against the ground, only leaving the top 15% visible.
Izuku groaned as his arms transformed back, some scars on his left arm, but none were bleeding as much as those on his right. His muscles were all tight, he couldn't move as if he was a statue. They were all screaming in pain, but Izuku didn't let it show on his face. He pushed through and made his determination shine. Determination to keep standing, to keep fighting until his last breath.
"This is the best you can do, what hope did you have?" Shigaraki asked as he laughed and began to scratch his neck.
"I wasn't hoping for much, just a distraction and you played perfectly. The only thing I was doing was counting. 5,4,3.2,1" Izuku said, then a loud crash of something metal hitting the floor. Izuku couldn't help but smirk, while he had perfect timing, he had taken a shot in the dark about how quickly help would arrive. And it seemed he had guessed correctly as one last attack hit the door and All Might stepped into the USJ.
"The final boss finally arrives, now it's time to clear this level. Nomu, kill that brat with the gun, then kill All Might." Shigaraki said. Izuku saw Nomu turn to him, it hadn't shown any emotion up to this point, but now it looked like it was happy to kill Izuku.
It turned and shot towards Izuku, who saw All Might coming racing towards him to save him. Yet Nomu reached him first and with the strength of All Might behind its fist, said fist connected with Izuku. The last thing Izuku remembered was his head hitting the ground and passing out.
Bakugo watched as Nomu punched Izuku, hard enough that Izuku hit the ground and then his body bounced up a bit. All might then reach Izuku and Nomu, his shoulder checking Nomu, but when that didn't do anything the creature swiped at the symbol of Peace. All Might quickly stepped out of range and drew back his fist to ready a punch.
Bakugo's focus jumped from Nomu, to All Might, then to Izuku. All Might, Izuku, Nomu, Izuku, Nomu All Might. Bakugo then bites his tongue, Nomu had taken Izuku's Cannon Shot and from the shoulder check it should have been obvious that Nomu had some kind of quirk that nullified All Might's strength. Izuku had let loose the Nomu was a bio-engineered monster, anyone with the knowledge and smarts to do so would be smart enough to try and add a quirk that nullified physical strength.
Yet it seemed All Might didn't realize as he planted a sucker punch into Nomu's chest. The creature just grinned and returned the punch to All Might's stomach. Despite the ever-present smile on All Might's face, Bakugo could tell that it was painful and forced. Bakugo didn't want to accept it, he told himself the lie that he couldn't join the fight because he had to take care of Kurogiri, but the truth was from the moment he laid eyes on Nomu. His body had been frozen in fear.
Bakugo couldn't move, yet he saw his best friend, his brother lying unconscious on the battlefield. No less than a meter away from a fight that with each punch shook the building. Bakugo felt his pride swell, his brother had the guts to fight that creature, even knowing he didn't have a chance, only to buy time. Bakugo had the same training, the same level of skill, and the same strength, yet his will was not strong enough to fight such a creature alongside his brother.
Bakugo growled as his hand released Kurogiri, the next second he let out two explosions and was soaring towards the fight between two titans. Bakugo didn't care if he was a David running towards two fighting Goliaths, he would make himself known.
Bakugo got in close and laid both hands on Nomu's back and lit off all the sweat that was within his gloves. Yet he knew it wouldn't do anything, it would get the creature's attention. And it did, along with All Mights.
"YOUNG BAKUGO." All Might said.
Yet Bakugo didn't listen; he blasted himself over Nomu's back and planted his foot into its exposed brain. Though it felt like Bakugo was kicking a brick wall, he didn't let off. He vaulted over Nomu and landed between it and All Might. Bakugo quickly pulled the pin on his right gauntlet and unleashed a point blanket massive explosion against Nomu. It was strong enough that Bakugo was forced against All Might.
Bakugo didn't stop, as a vent opened up on his right gauntlet, he pulled the pin on his left gauntlet and unleashed another explosion. While Bakugo figured the impact of the explosion wouldn't do much, the heat would slow down Nomu and give Bakugo enough time to pass along some information.
"It's a bio-engineered creature to fight you. Anyone smart enough to give it quirks would be smart enough to add some kind of kinetic energy nullification. It was strong enough to withstand Izuku's cannon shot. You're going to have to get creative, you can't punch your way out of this one." Bakugo said.
"THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION, YOUNG BAKUGO." All Might said, then stepped forward to block a punch from the still healing Nomu, "NOW GET YOURSELF AND YOUNG MIDORIYA OUT OF HARM'S WAY."
Despite his shoulder screaming in pain from using his gauntlets in quick succession, Bakugo unleashed an explosion and dove towards Izuku. In military style, Bakugo rolled on the ground, lopped Izuku's left leg around his shoulder and then as he completed the roll, slipped his right arm under Izuku's left arm. As Bakugo stood up, Izuku came within him.
As All Might re-engage Nomu, Bakugo took off towards the plaza. He saw Shigaraki and Kurogiri off to the side, watching the battle as if they were in the belief that Nomu was all they needed to handle All Might. Bakugo disregards them, if they thought they would beat All Might, the symbol of not only peace but hard work and training in Bakugo's mind, they were mistaken.
Bakugo dashed up the stairs and saw Kirishima had joined Momo, Ochaco, Shinsou, Tsuyu, Kaminari and Mina in returning to the front entrance. Ilda was back and knelt over Thirteen's exposed back. Bakugo could see some wisps of dust come over and disappear into her suit, right at the shoulder.
Thirteen's file had her quirk Blackhole transform her arms mid-upper arm down into a black hole. She supposedly didn't have that great of control over it and had to wear her suit, which had a safety system in case her suit was compromised. The safety system must have kicked in but was damaged and that is why dust was leaking into her suit.
Bakugo then saw Thirteen's back. There was cut and missing skin all over, enough to turn anyone green. Mr Aizawa didn't look any better, his black jumpsuit hid it well, but Bakugo could see blood stains where there were obvious cuts. Bakugo set down Izuku and leaned him against a pillar, he then disconnected his gauntlets. Letting them fall to the ground Bakugo reached down to his belt and pulled out a roll of gauze.
"Ponytail, Engines, you've obviously got some first aid training," Bakugo said, catching the attention of everyone around him. Bakugo then instructed them how to give Thirteen and Mr Aizawa first aid. Momo was able to provide disinfectant spray, while Ilda began to wrap Thirteen's back. Seeing that just two people wouldn't be able to work fast enough, Bakugo started barking orders to the rest of Class 1-A that was around. He gave a quick lesson on how to properly wrap the bandage to stop bleeding without causing it to be too tight.
"Engines, how far are the other teachers?" Bakugo asked as he finished wrapping Izuku's eyes.
"Not too far away." Ilda said.
Bakugo worked furiously to wrap Izuku's bandages, his mind so focused on saving his best friend, that he didn't notice the amount of blood coming out slowing down and Izuku's heart rate dropping.
Down in the central plaza, All Might had taken Bakugo's advice and looked for other means to take care of Nomu. That had ended with All Might having Nomu in a deadly headlock on his right side to keep Nomu from getting to his injury which was already bleeding.
All Might kept his grip over Nomu as he looked over at Shigaraki and Kurogiri, "You lied Master, All Might isn't weaker. He's better than ever, but if it wasn't for that stupid cheat code of yours that just won't die. Nomu would have been fresh and ready to fight."
"YOU'RE ALL OUT OF PLAYS VILLAIN. SURRENDER AND TELL ME WHO BUILT THIS MONSTER." All Might said. Bakugo's statement about Nomu being bio-engineered and having been given an impact nullification made All Might think. While Bakugo couldn't possibly know about the quirk that could steal and give quirks, it was possible he wasn't far off. There was only one quirk and one man who could do that, yet All Might had made sure that that man had died nearly six years ago.
Perhaps it was that mad doctor All for One seemed to have under his wing. In a final attempt to kill One for All the mad doctor had created this creature by the name of Nomu.
"Nomu, break free and kill him," Shigaraki said as he began to scratch at his neck. All Might was meant to be a dumb brawler, Master had talked about among all the endlessly symbols he fought against, All Might was the most simply-minded one. He punched and if that didn't work, he punched harder, but here and now he was going for a grapple.
That explosion kid had told him something. All Might wasn't supposed to be able to think about Impact nullification by himself. And then there was a few seconds that the explosion boy had gotten in the middle of the fight. He must have passed along information to All Might, before getting away with the cheat code.
Nomu began to punch All Might's side, each time with more and more force behind it. Finally, Nomu grappled All Might's arm and pulled it away from its neck. This gave Nomu the chance to slip out and attack properly. It yelled as it began to punch All Might again.
All Might blocked and deflected the punch, before landing one on its beak. The beak caved in a bit, but then the bone pushed back out and healed itself. Some impact nullification to handle All Might's attack and then regeneration for when impact nullification was overcome. That meant impact nullification wasn't the only plan, because there was a limit and it seemed Izuku had whittled it down enough that regeneration had to come into play. Yet most regeneration quirks didn't work too quickly, meaning the regeneration quirk Nomu had could also be overwhelmed.
With that thought, All Might planted his feet, hard against the ground. He blocked an uppercut, then and then drew back his right fist. With the full strength of One for All drawn full and imbued into the attack, All Might planted the fist where a heart would typically be. All Might felt the impact of the attack spread out, but then he saw lacerations spread out from the impact. Blood began to flow out of the cuts.
"Impossible, Nomu was designed to withstand any of your attacks." Shigaraki yelled.
"THIS MONSTER MAY NOT BE HUMAN, BUT IT'S A STILL A MORTAL CREATION, IT CAN BECOME TIRED THE SAME AS EVERYTHING ELSE." All Might said, as Nomu suddenly went backwards. Perhaps it jumped back to avoid an attack, but All Might then noticed the trench on the ground. Nomu had been forced back, its quirks were out of juice, "AND IT APPEARS THAT FACING AGAINST MY STUDENTS HAS TIRED IT OUT."
Nomu yelled as it pumped its fist against the ground, cracking spider webbing out. Its eyes looked pissed, as if it had been taught its entire life that it was capable of winning any fight it fought itself in. But now it was becoming pushed back. It screeched as it ran forward, its eyes boring into All Might's soul.
Yet before the titans of strength could reach each other, the sound of cracking ice echoed through the USJ. Suddenly an ice pillar formed in front of Nomu, rocketing upwards and upper cutting its jaw with enough force to break the beak and itself.
As Nomu fell backwards onto its back, Todoroki appeared and scoffed, "Even without its quirk, its body is still designed to handle a strong offensive."
"You brat." Shigaraki yelled, looking at Todoroki.
"THANK YOU YOUNG TODOROKI, BUT I MUST ASK YOU LEAVE THIS FIGHT TO ME." All Might said, shooting a small glance at the son of the man who the world considered to be his best rival.
"All Might!" Todoroki yelled and sent out another wave of ice. All Might followed the ice and saw that it had stopped the Nomu as it had begun to run at All Might. Perhaps in his older years, or that fact he had a group of people under his tutelage, All Might's focus wasn't what it was supposed to be.
Nomu's eyes were blood-shot as they were focused solely on All Might, the lower full of its body encased in thick ice, while its upper body was still free and trying to reach its target. All Might realized as his focus was on Todoroki, Nomu would have been able to easily bulldoze him.
It is clear even without the use of its two quirks, Nomu was not a creature to be taken lightly. All Might would need to deal with it swiftly and properly as he was already pushing his time limits. Though with its quirk exhausted it wouldn't be as hard if Izuku had stood his ground, yet that didn't mean All Might was going to put anything less than all he had into his punch.
All Might took a heavy step forward and drew back his right fist as he proclaimed to the world, "MY STUDENTS HAVE SHOWN THE TRUTH OF THESE WORDS, ONE ABOVE ALL ELSE. NOW LET ME SHOW YOU HOW MUCH I BELIEVE IN THEM." -All Might swung his fist forward and hit Nomu right at the sternum, the creature's muscle held the tackle back, but All Might pushed One for All further and All Might felt Nomu's ribs begin to crack, "THIS IS WHAT IS MEANS TO GO BEYOND ONE'S LIMITS, PLUS ULTRA!"
Nomu screeched as it went flying through the air and when it hit the broken glass roof, there was no hesitation as the metal frame broke apart. This allowed Nomu to fly unrestricted into sub-orbit, far away from Kurogiri's ability to teleport it back.
And for this All Might stood triumphant as he looked over at Shigaraki and Kurogiri, daring them to act. Shigaraki started to get an itch, it wasn't a physical itch, no it was the itch to destroy something. The final boss stood in front of him, their master plan had failed because of that stupid cheat code they ate, no normal high schooler should have been able to handle Nomu so easily. That high schooler had played Nomu, Shigaraki and Kurogiri like a fiddle, he was dead now but not without first causing Shigaraki to lose this stage.
Shigaraki took a small step, but then a presence caught his attention. Shigaraki looked over and saw the first-year UA teachers standing at the top of the stairs. It was obvious that if he attacked, he wouldn't only have to contend with All Might but all the other heroes. The itch within Shigaraki's being grew, but then Snipe stepped forward and shot at Shigaraki.
Due to Kurogiri's quick actions, he was able to spring in front of Shigaraki and teleport away, but not before two bullets had struck Shigaraki. The first one was in the left shoulder and the second one was his right hand.
"Well that should put him out of commission for a while." Snipe said as he twirled the gun around before sliding it back into its holster.
*duh-duh*, Izuku's plan work and he was able to, with the assistance of Ochaco, hold off Nomu until All Might arrived. It worked but at a great cost. Bakugo that had to step in and slow down Nomu to pass along some important information to All Might and then get Izuku out of the middle of the battle. Then Bakguo showed his prowess of being a pro hero of handling Izuku's injurie, while instructing everyone else at the top of the stairs of how to handle Eraserhead's and Thirteen's wounds.
With Izuku's interference earlier, Nomu's stamina and quirk had been worn down and All Might was able to more easily handle the creature. His hero time will be shorter than before but the toll given to save the day has been passed to another.
Next time: The round up of the USJ attack, Shigaraki has a talk with All for One and Ochaco reports to Mad'am President about the situation. Shigaraki now seems to have a personal hatred for Izuku, yet Shigaraki is meant to the ninth wielder rival, wonder how that will play out. will Izuku have two powerhouse gunning to kill him. And how will Madam President react to Izuku's action. Will she finally see the light or will she only him see as the seconding coming of Lady Nagant.
Next Chapter: Status Report
Review and tell me what you think.