- A While Back at the Musutafu Docks -

Joker grinned maniacally as he had the most twisted look of glee behind his mask, "That's right, boys! Here he is! The one and only All Might! Witness his true pathetic form! A malnourished nightmare! A sight for sore eyes! A disgusting absolute fake! Oh, and let's not forget the people at home! This is your Symbol of Peace! This is your savior! This is your Number One Hero! A simple LOSER! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!"

All Might still stood there, his hands shaking in horror as he realized...he lost it.

He lost One for All.

The gift that was given to him from Nana...it's gone.

The only connection he had with her since her death...

It was taken away from him...

N-...Nana...I...I...I...failed...I-I failed you...

Mirai, whose face wasn't being stepped on now, looked up at All Might in equal horror, dread filling his whole being.

A-...All Might...Toshinori...no...this...this isn't happening!

Yet...he felt like he saw this coming...

As Joker's laughter died down, he puts the gun back in his suit and asks him with sadistic delight, "Oh, do tell me, All Might, how does it feel to have nothing?"

All Might stood there quietly...and murmured, "You...You took it away..."

Joker chuckled, "Yes. That I did."

"...You...You took...the only thing I could remember her by..." All Might - Toshinori - muttered in hopelessness.

...That raised a curious eyebrow from Joker.

"Oh?"

Mirai's eyes widened, hearing what Toshinori said.

Toshi! No!

"Who's her? Tell me more," Joker goaded with a grin.

Toshinori looked at his shaking hands...he then closed them into fists, clenching them in righteous fury.

"...What do you even know about Sylph?" Toshinori muttered in quiet rage, "She was a good woman...who believed in me...that I could...that I could be a Hero..."

...On the outside, hidden by his mask, Joker was grinning. But on the inside, he was...intrigued.

"...Now why would she inspire you to think that?" Joker asked with a slight sneer, "You already have a great Quirk. Oh, sorry, I probably should say had. You know, past tense and whatnot?"

...At that moment, Toshinori realized that he may have said too much...so he stayed silent...

...Joker kept his hidden grin behind his mask, "I mean, the Quirk itself is pretty powerful. It's not even a villainous one at all! It's the perfect heroic Quirk...although..." he tilted his head, "...you know, come to think of it, I don't even think it has a name. At least...that's what Hacker said when he looked up in the Japan Quirk Registry."

...Toshinori froze...

"...Hm. Hey, Hacker! Did you find anything about All Might's Quirk, or are you still stumped?" Joker asked him.

Hacker shrugged, "Nah, still stumped."

"Hmm...interesting..." Joker mused as he rubbed his masked chin with his fingers from his right hand, looking up in thought, "It's almost like...well, kind of, I guess, but I just get the feeling that...the Quirk you had was almost the same as that kid I messed up back at the Yaoyorozu Estate. What was his name?"

Frozen in place, Toshinori felt like his whole complexion went pale.

"It was so average, something like...Zuko? No, not that one. Sounds familiar, but not really. Hm...Zuku? No, no...although, I feel like I'm getting close. Now, what was it? Was it...hell, I don't know, Deku? ...Hmm...now that sounds a little familiar...funny thing is, I remembered his last name from the files that Hacker dug up in UA. Something about a Midoriya or-oh, wait! Now I remember! Izuku Midoriya! That's what the kid's name was! That's right! Yours and his look and sound quite identical! Oh, and I also remembered something! From what I heard, you spoke to the boy! You were proud of him! You were moved! You called him a True Hero!"

...Toshinori stood there, not saying anything...

"...Yes..." Joker gave out a knowing grin. "There's something about that kid you liked...you thought he was a True Hero, didn't you? ...Now, why is that?"

"..." Toshinori just glared at him, his fists clenched to his sides, with a scowl on his face.

"...If you ask me...the kid's a failure."

...The blood was beginning to boil in Toshinori.

Joker kept going. "And you also know who else is a failure?" he grinned widely behind the mask, "That so-called Hero that got killed in action against the legendary Baddie himself! You know the one! Sylph!? I mean, you do happen to know her, right!?"

Toshinori gritted his teeth as he pursed his lips...anger seeping into his system.

"...And you know what? Even then, she had a peculiar Quirk. I mean, the history books said that her Quirk was Float, but...it would seem she used strength-based powers and moves as well..." Joker stood there as he thinks, "...You know, come to think of it...yes...yes, that's very peculiar..."

...The once All Might stood there rigid...

"...Hm...well, I guess I can always torture ol' Izuku the Deku some more to get it out of him," Joker chuckled, "What do you think, All Might? Should I test his limits on how good of a True Hero he could be?"

"...Shut...your mouth!" Toshinori seethed.

He can taste iron in his mouth...

Blood was coming out of his mouth. But he didn't let it deter him. He still stood there standing tall...

The henchmen looked on at the deflated All Might in disgust and revulsion as they see him letting blood come down his jaw, dripping off of it.

Joker though just couldn't help but giggle in sadistic glee, "Oooh, tough words coming from a hack!"

"He's anything but a hack, you bastard!" yelled out Mirai, as he twirled on his hands while still having the card still embedded into his arm. He swung his legs, even while one of them was injured, and knocked over Joker's legs, tripping him.

"BOSS!" the henchmen exclaimed in shock.

But Joker caught himself with his hands on the ground and cartwheeled to the side. Mirai stood back up, adrenaline surging through him as the gunshot wound to his leg didn't stop him. What also didn't stop him was the razor card that was still in his arm, which he forcefully got it out by grabbing it and yanking it out. He then started to rush at him with the card and started swiping the weapon at Joker.

The clown was on the defensive, as he barely dodged the swipes of his own blade from Sir Nighteye. One swipe cut through his mask, making it have an opening. It probably cut his face as well, but Mirai wasn't too sure.

"Shit!" Thermal cursed, "That Nighteye guy is still going! Someone shoot him!"

"Don't have to ask me twice!" Hacker said as he locked on Nighteye.

But then, a forceful hit came up and hit Hacker's back.

"Augh!" Hacker exclaimed.

"Ugh!" yelled out Thermal as he too was kicked in the chest.

It was Mirio! Recovering from the shock that Joker inflicted on him, he shot up quickly to perform upside-down split kicks to the two henchmen. He then thrust himself up and got back on his feet. Turning around to Thermal, he delivered punches to him, in the chest, stomach, and face. He finished his barrage with a kick to Thermal's side, knocking him to the side. Once he was done with that, he turned around to face Hacker's back, who was recovering from the hit, and dove at him. Knocking Hacker down from behind, the Villain slammed onto the ground as Mirio wrapped his strong arm around Hacker's neck, and grabbed his gun arm so he wouldn't shoot anyone.

"Urk!" Hacker grunted.

"You won't get away with this!" Mirio exclaimed righteously.

"Hurk!" Hacker grunted once more, "Oh-urk!-really, huh, kid? Let me ask-urk!-you something! Aren't you-urf!-forgetting someone?"

"What!?" Mirio exclaimed, and then, he was lifted from behind. "Ack!"

The person that was carrying him by the cape was none other than Turtle.

"I have to say, you are a fighter, kid. But, this ends here," Turtle told him as he flung him to where the police were.

Mirio rolled on the pavement, bouncing on the ground and flailing around like a rag doll until he skidded to a stop in front of none other than Tsukauchi.

"Lemillion!" Tsukauchi exclaimed.

Then-

EEEER! EEEEEEERRRR!

...A tour bus came barreling through the hole that Turtle made with his atomic breath beam. Everyone on the police side barely got out of the way of the bus as it rushed toward the scene that was going on.

Driving the bus was Rubber, as Crystal was accompanying him inside it.

"COMING THROUGH!" Rubber yelled out.

Turtle looked over at the bus, "Ah. Our ride is here," he turned to Thermal, who was gradually getting up. "You okay, Thermal?"

"Yeah...ugh," Thermal readjusted his neck. "Damn kid got the jump on us."

"Well, either way, get Overhaul over there," Hacker said to them, "I think it's time for us to leave."

Taishiro, overhearing them, decided to do something, "No you won't!" he rushed over to the three henchmen.

The three henchmen then firmly kept their stances as Hacker aimed his gun, Thermal got his goggles off, but has his eyes closed, and Turtle looked like he was preparing to shoot his atomic breath again.

Taishiro paused in his step.

"...Yo, Turtle. Get Overhaul, will ya?" Hacker asked him.

Turtle cleared his throat to stop the atomic breath, "Sure thing."

"You better step back, Fat Gum," Thermal warned him while his eyes were closed, "Or I'll burn whatever fat you have left."

"Nice one," Hacker compliments.

"Thanks," said Thermal.

"Either way, you got nothing, pal," Hacker told Taishiro, "Your Quirk is gone, and you'll be dead if you take one step forward."

"..." Taishiro gritted his teeth, but stood his ground, not once moving.

Damn it! If I move forward, they'll just either shoot or burn me! I'm just a sitting duck in all of this! I can't do anything!

Meanwhile, Turtle rushed over to Ovehaul and grabbed him, carrying him under his arm. Overhaul didn't even fight, he was just too in shock by what all that is happening.

"I think you can put your goggles back on now, Thermal. I'm thinking ol' Fat Head here gets the picture," Hacker told his colleague as he aimed at Taishiro, "I got this."

"Alrighty then," Thermal put his goggles back on, opening his eyes, "You just got spared for being roasted, chump."

They backed away and turned around, with Thermal turning around to run, and Hacker looking back with his gun still in his hand aiming at Taishiro.

Taishiro just stood there feeling helpless...

Meanwhile, back to Mirai and Joker, the two were still parrying each other, the former swiping the razor card at the latter in a desperate fashion. Joker was dodging as best as he could, getting a few cuts on his arms and another cut on his mask from Mirai in the process.

At this point, Mirai thought he was winning this fight, breaking through Joker's defenses, when the bus came barging through, honking its horn.

"What!?" Mirai looked over his shoulder for a brief moment at the sound of the bus coming through.

That was a mistake.

Joker tapped the heel of his right shoe and a blade came out at the front tip of it. Swinging his left leg forward at Mirai into a kick, the blade went toward him-

SHUNK!

...and stabbed Mirai in the chest, puncturing his heart and left lung!

"URK!" Mirai exclaimed, the stinging pain now forming where he was stabbed.

Toshinori eyes widened as he froze, seeing Mirai stop after Joker kicked him...they both paused in their stances...until Joker pulled his leg back to let the blade on his shoe come out of Mirai's chest.

Blood was dripping out of Mirai's wound. He dropped the razor card on the ground, letting it make a clanging sound, and fell to his knees as he bled.

Toshinori ran over to his once sidekick.

"SIR NIGHTEYE!" Toshinori yelled out frantically.

As he ran over to the scene in question, though, someone came zooming through to block his way.

"Where do you think you're going, All Dud!?" Loco exclaimed with his gun aimed at him, while Cham was still onto Loco, hanging on and riding on the guy's shoulder.

"Yeah, ya fake!" Cham said with a gun in his hand as he aimed it at Toshinori, "What could you possibly do now? Just let the Boss have his fun!"

"Man, I got to say, the Boss got us good! I thought we were really giving up for a second!" Loco commented.

"Heh. Yeah, we really should've known! The Boss always has a plan!" Cham agreed.

Toshinori paused in his step, utterly helpless and having no One for All strength to fight back with. Blood started to drip out of his mouth as he gagged.

"Ho shit! Damn, All Might really looks fucked up! What the hell happened to the guy!?" Cham asked out in question.

"Don't know, but who would've thought this little shit was the Number One Hero, slash, Symbol of Peace? Haha!" Loco jested.

Back to Joker and Mirai, the latter kneeled to the ground, clutching his wound as he haggardly tried to breathe through the pain, his lung and heart punctured and making it even harder to do so. Blood was pouring out of his chest and it was coming out of his mouth.

Joker stood there, once again looking victorious. He tapped his right heel on the ground and the blade went back into his shoe.

"My, my, my, you're tougher than I thought!" Joker complimented, "However, I grow tired of this. And if you think you can get away with cutting my suit and my mask, well then, hu-hu-hu-hu-huuuu...you're sorely mistaken."

Mirai grunted, the blood spilling out of his mouth and out of his wound while he knelt there. He coughed and blood splattered on the ground. The injury could be serious, the blade going through both his left lung and heart.

"You're...You're going to pay for what you've done, you bastard," Mirai struggled to say.

"Oh please, spare me the righteous talk. All Talk and No Bark here already had the gall to say that line. Although, I'll give you points for adding that little insult there," Joker said as he reached for his gun in his suit, "Loco! Cham!"

"Wha-huh? Y-Yeah, Boss?" asked Loco.

"Huh? What's up, Boss?" Cham asked.

"...Take All Might with us," Joker suggested.

"HUH!?" Cham and Loco exclaimed.

Toshinori's eyes widened. Mirai also froze.

"Uh...really?" Cham asked his Boss.

"Yes. I feel like he has more to say...don't you, All Might?" Joker asked him directly.

Toshinori just glared at him.

"And just so you'll be in an even more debilitated state," Joker said as he pulled out his gun, aimed, and shoots it at Toshinori in the left leg.

"GAAAAH!" All Might yelled out in pain.

The police, Tsukauchi, Mirio, and Taishiro looked over at the yell made by All Might.

"All Might!" Tsukauchi shouted. He turned to his comrades, "We need to move, now!"

"Right!" Mirio exclaimed in fury, "We need to save All Might and Sir Nighteye! Let's go!"

"You heard the kid, let's move it!" Tsukauchi yelled out to his men.

Taishiro, hearing their exclamations, gritted his teeth in anger and muttered to himself, "Yeah...let's go!"

And they all rushed forward to Joker and his men.

Meanwhile, with All Might, he was clutching his leg as it was bleeding through the wound, trying also not to vomit blood while he was at it.

"ALL MIGHT!" Mirai shouted, ignoring the pain in his punctured lung and heart.

"Okay then, boys, now take him," Joker ordered Cham and Loco.

"Uh...okay. You're the Boss, obviously," Cham shrugged.

"Yeah. I mean, we trust ya," Loco said.

"Oh, glad that you do," Joker said with an evil grin behind his mask.

"NO! WAIT!" Mirai shouted.

Cham and Loco paused as they began to pick up All Might. The others, they being Thermal, Hacker, and Turtle, who shoved Overhaul onto the bus, looked over to where Mirai and Joker were. The police, Tsukauchi, Mirio, and Taishiro all paused in their steps.

"Hm?" Joker hummed inquisitively.

All Might looked at Sir Nighteye in concern.

Sir Nighteye struggled to get up, all the while bleeding from his wounds, his hand clutching his chest. He turned around to see All Might as he gritted his teeth through the pain.

"All-...All Might...all those times...all those times I worked with you as your sidekick...those...those were the best days and years of my life...to work alongside you. You...You weren't always the best at thinking up plans. I always think them up...and you would always listen...thank you...thank you for letting me get the opportunity to work with you."

All Might looked at him in surprise.

Sir Nighteye continued with haggard breaths, "As for our disagreements...whether I was right or wrong...or whether you were right or wrong...I still respect you either way...even to this day..." he coughed up blood, "...You...You made your decision...and I respect that decision."

All Might's eyes went wide in shock.

...Mirai...

"I...I can only hope...I can only hope that one Hero will take down these scumbags...until then..." Mirai looked up at All Might - Toshinori - with his face firm and serious, but his eyes emotional and watering behind his glasses. "It was an honor and a privilege to work with you...you are my Hero, All Might. But most of all...you are my friend..."

All Might stood there...his eyes watering a bit as he was emotional, smiling as he was saying, "Thank you...old friend...it was a great honor to know you and work with you as well...Sir Nighteye."

...Mirai smiled, tears running from his eyes.

The police force and Taishiro all stood their ground. But with Mirio, he looked on in dread, hoping that the feeling in his stomach is lying to him...

...It was quiet...

...Until Joker said, "Hm. I guess you're saying all of this now because you predicted this."

Joker raised his gun at the back of Mirai's head...and shot him.

BANG!

Taishiro's eyes widened and his mouth dropped.

Tsukauchi's eyes widened as he looked on in dread.

Mirio's eyes widened as his mouth dropped in a yell, tears coming down his eyes as his second father figure was shot fatally.

Toshinori's eyes widened as he looked on in horror at his once sidekick, his friend, being killed in front of him.

Mirai...plopped forward on the ground...dead.

Joker, with a sadistic grin behind his mask, said to his men, "Come on, boys! Let's-a-go!"

The mad clown then rushed over to the bus.

"Damn. Tough break, All Might," Cham said and nodded to Loco.

"Yeah," Loco said, rearing his fist back and punching him in the back of the head, knocking him out.

WHAM!

Loco then grabbed Toshinori and heaved him up onto his shoulder. "I'll carry him! Just get on me!"

"Sure thing!" Cham said as he grabbed onto Loco, and Loco basically rolled out to over to the bus.

"NOOO!" Mirio yelled out in despair.

"DAMN IT! EVERYONE! SHOOT THOSE VILLAINS!" Tsukauchi ordered the police. He got an extra gun out and gave it to Taishiro, "You know how to use one, right!?"

"No, but I'm willing enough to use one right now!" Taishiro exclaimed in anger, as he got his borrowed gun and started to aim at either one of the Villains, Joker specifically.

They started firing.

But the men and Joker soon got in the bus, with Turtle shielding the gunshots with his back shell. They soon all entered the tour bus and Rubber closed the door and drove Joker and the rest of them off.

The bus turned around and drove through the hole made by Turtle, and proceeded to go forward.

"Quickly! Get to your patrol cars!" Tsukauchi ordered his men.

The detective then turned around and saw that Mirio was kneeling beside Mirai, too in shock to process that he was dead.

"Damn it! Someone get Lemillion out of here!" Tsukauchi ordered anyone.

"I got it!" Taishiro said as he rushed up to the teenage boy. Once he was close, he grabbed him by the shoulder, "Hey, kid! Lemillion? I-I'm sorry...I'm sorry, kid, he's gone!"

"...Sir Nighteye...Mr. Sasaki...he's...he's gone..." Mirio said in despair, his eyes filled with tears.

"Hey...I'm sorry..." Taishiro said, eyes filled with tears as well, "He fought like a True Hero."

"...He did..." Mirio nodded...and his mouth went into a firm thin line. "...We'll get that monster. That Joker."

"Yeah...we will," Taishiro nodded strongly.

- Back at the Bar in Kamino Ward -

"Damn! Shit! That's brutal! I agree!" Twice exclaimed as he sees Joker shooting Sir Nighteye in the head.

"Hey, they're making their getaway!" Spinner said as he watches.

"Holy crap, they're taking All Might!" Magne exclaimed in shock.

"Whoa! It's really heating up!" Toga said, interested in what was happening.

"Hey, they're basically doing what we're supposed to be doing!" Dabi exclaimed.

"Hmm..." Shigaraki hummed in thought, "...Sensei?"

"Yes, Shigaraki?"

Shigaraki turned his head to the screen across from them, "...What do you think we should do?"

"...Hmm..."

The Villains and Kurogiri looked over at the screen as well.

"...How about I ask you this, Shigaraki?"

"Oh? Okay..." Shigaraki stood up and walked over to the screen.

"...Would you consider maybe...helping Joker and his crew?"

Blinking at that, Shigaraki asked his Master, "Helping them?"

"Why yes. They are no doubt going to be chased by the police, so maybe you and the League can...assist Joker and his men while being in the shadows?"

"...Oooh...like a ninja, huh?" Shigaraki said with an evil grin.

"Yes. Precisely."

Shigaraki chuckled, "That would be very nice of us...yes, that would be good!" he turned to the League, "Everyone! We're going to secretly help Joker and his men! As of right now, I choose Spinner, Mr. Compress, Dabi, Magne, and Twice! Kurogiri! You're coming with us!"

"Yes, Shigaraki," Kurogiri nodded as he flew to where they are.

"Sweet! Excellent!" Twice cheered.

"Well then, this will be quite the interesting thrill," Mr. Compress said with a smirk.

"Hell yeah," Dabi said, readying his blue fire.

"Aw yeah! Let's get to it!" Magne said with a pumped fist in the air and a grin.

Spinner nodded, "We won't let you down, Shigaraki."

"Hehehe! I know you all won't. Until then, let's help Joker escape!" Shigaraki said with a sadistic and gleeful grin.

Shorter chapter here, but I feel like this is a perfect place to stop for now. ^^;

As for updates on this, I might need to put this on pause for a moment. I got other stories that I need to write, and I want to make an original story myself for a contest I'm trying to enter! Wish me luck on that! ^_^ I might not even win or be selected, but it sounds fun either way! :)

Until then, tell me what you all think of this chapter! Read and review! Fave and follow! Get pumped and excited! The next chapter will only be a while, but know that there is more! ;)

Thank you all for reading and keep on rocking everybody! :D

-TSP