Watching the press conference on the TV screen, Tomura couldn't help but chuckle as he watched the reporters hounding the teachers on the podium. To see these heroes being treated the way they deserved brought a wave of pleasure to him as he smiled back towards the two teens locked up in the room. "Isn't it so obvious to see now? These people who worship you heroes will turn on you the moment things don't go their way. Why not accept true freedom and just do what you want instead?"

While both teens sat silent, Tomura glanced down to the restraints on their bodies and sighed. "go on and remove their restraints now."

"What?" Compress looked over at him in confusion. "But sir, what if-

"They're our guests. It's very rude if we don't treat them as our equals." Tomura cut him off. "If we want them to understand us, then we shouldn't treat them any different."

While he was very hesitant, Compress gave a small nod and walked over towards the two teens. While keeping an eye on them, he quickly unlocked the cuffs holding Tokoyami first. The bird teens eyes did widen in surprise, not expecting them to actually unlock them. Seeing he didn't attack, Compress turned his attention to the one he was most curious with, the explosion user sitting there in silence staring up at him. Swallowing the small lump he felt, Compress went on unlocking the multiple restraints on him as well.

"Now I hope you can forgive us for the initial treatment," Tomura said as he watched Bakugo rub his now freed wrists. "We weren't sure what you might have tried at first. But now it seems we can have a civil-

"DIE!"

Tomura's words were cut off as Bakugo launched himself forward and launched a blast into face. The others in the room all gasped in surprise by the bright flash engulfing the leaders head. Tokoyami also felt his mouth fall open in shock, not expecting the sudden attack coming from his classmate. Even more surprising was in his movement, Bakugo had kicked over the spotlights as well.

"Don't just sit there, idiot! Use that damn shadow!" Bakugo yelled out as he jumped back from the villains.

While completely taken aback by the action, Tokoyami gave a quick nod and glared forward. "Dark shadow, come out!" he ordered, his quirk emerging outward and readying its claws.

"Shigaraki!"Kurogiri gasped in shock as he watched the smoke rise from his leaders face.

"What the hell?!" Compress snapped at the teens he had just freed.

Bakugo smirked as he watched the smoke cleared from Tomura's head, revealing the hand on his face had fallen off from the blast. "You stupid villains think we are just gonna join you idiots? Why, because feathers here looks dark and I don't play nice? You can shove that invite right up your ass. I'm going to be the number one hero the way I want to be."

The other villains all quickly stood up as they eyed the two kids, Muscular grinning as his good arm became engorged in muscle fibers. "I knew we should have broken their legs. Makes it easier to keep them from running away."

"That is way too excessive!" Twice scolded the muscle man before turning and analyzing the idea. "But quite effective!"

"All of you shut it…" Tomura quietly ordered as he bent down and picked the hand back off the ground. "None of you touch him."

"Aw just a little taste!" Toga snickered and licked her lips as she tightened her grip on her knife.

Tokoyami glared as the others all came closer, his eyes darting to the one door on the right for a possible escape. "If we try and fight we will be outmatched. We have to somehow get out of here."

"No shit, feathers," Bakugo sneered and sparked his hands up more. He had hoped to knock out the leader with the blast, but it seemed he didn't gather as much sweat as he had hoped in his palms. The cool air of the bar was making it difficult as it was, and he was hoping to save some for his escape. 'Shit, I have no idea if this wall is small or not. If it's too thick to break, then It'll take too much time to do anything and-

Knock knock.

Everyone in the room froze to the sudden knocking coming from the closed door, the air seemingly freezing over before a voice came through the other side.

"Hey, here with your pizza delivery."

While all the villains seemed perplexed at the random person arriving here, Bakugo's eyes widened in surprise when he recognized the voice. "Wait… that was-

BOOM!

The wall beside the villains burst open as a massive force crashed through the bricks launching all of them back. Both Tokoyami and Bakugo stared in shock as they recognized the large hero bursting through, his large smile beaming down towards everyone. "All Might?!" they both yelled in unison.

The number one hero slammed down onto the tile as the villains were still reeling from the sudden entrance, smiling bright as he cleared the way for his assistance. "Now, Kamui!" He yelled as the wood hero leaped in from behind.

"Right!" Kamui Woods responded as his arms erupted outward, branches shooting through and encasing all of the villains simultaneously.

"What the?!" Compress gasped as his arms were pinned at his sides, unable to touch the wood to free himself.

"A-All Might?!" Spinner couldn't even think about the bindings on his arms as he stared up at the great hero, the one man Stain truly respected and idolized.

"All Might…" Shigaraki growled out in anger as he stared at the hero, clenching his fists in anger while he was trapped in Kamui's quirk.

"You thought you were out of sight?" All Might said as he stood back up. "You villains didn't think we were going to just sit by after you kidnapped two kids, did you?"

"One tends to drop their guard when they are inside their hideout," the voice from behind the closed door said once more. Suddenly, the pliable body of Edgeshot slid through the crack between the door and the wall, the ninja hero reforming to normal before opening the door from the inside. Quickly running in after him were dozens of SWAT officers with their weapons ready. "You people made the mistake of kidnapping my student."

Bakugo stared in shock to how fast all these pro's entered, never expecting all these heroes to be coming in all of the sudden. He also wasn't expecting to see Edgeshot so soon after leaving his agency, the ninja hero giving him a quick nod before disappearing once more with his quirk.

While the league members all struggled to try and free themselves from their restraints, Muscular just stared right at All Might, seeing him in person for the first time. He could sense the overwhelming power coming from this man, but it only made him more excited. "So this is All Might, huh?" Muscular grinned, feeling his body twitching in excitement. "I've always wanted to fight someone like you!"

Kamui's eyes widened as he suddenly felt the strain building on his hold of Muscular, the villains body growing larger as his muscle fibers grew. "All Might, this is a dangerous one! I can't hold him!"

The wood around Muscular splintered out as his good arm swung outward, his engorged muscles not fazed by the bindings around him. Charging forward, Muscular laughed as he brought his arm back. "Come on, I wanna see why you are number one!" As he swung forward, however, his smile disappeared as All Might caught his punch with a single hand.

"You have good strength, I see. However…" Before Muscular could even react, All Might's right fist plowed into the villains stomach. The impact reverberated through the air as the villains eye rolled over white and he collapsed onto the ground unconscious. "Those injuries are obviously not healed yet. You will need much more to stand up to justice!"

"Damn you… you bastard!" Tomura growled in anger as he watched his strongest fighter fall instantly to All Might. "I am tired of this! Kurogiri, bring the nomus here now!"

"Tomura… something's wrong!" Kurogiri glanced over in worry to his superior. "The location where they are… I cannot get to them!"

"What?! Then get us out of -

Tomura's eyes widened in shock as a red line suddenly shot through Kurogiri's head, causing him to fall unconscious instantly. Floating up from the warp gate user, Edgeshot's head manifested as he came from the villains head. "I played around with his insides just now. He won't be getting up anytime soon. Besides, your other spot has already been taken care of."

"Wh-what?" Tomura sat in disbelief to what he was hearing. Did that mean… "No… there's no way master was stopped."

From Outside of the bar, Endeavor stood there tapping his foot in annoyance as he was waiting here with the rest of the police while All Might and the others all went in to strike. "This is bull shit! How come he gets all the glory once more?!" he snapped out.

"Just calm yourself, young one," Gran Torino mumbled out next to the flame hero. "We are here to make sure none of them can escape."

Feeling his forehead vein pulse, Endeavor scoffed and looked the other way as he crossed his arms in annoyance.

Back inside, Tokoyami stood there in amazement as the heroes made quick work of the villains they were so worried about moments before, looking over as All Might made his way towards both he and Bakugo. "I am so glad we made it in time for you kids. I was growing worried."

Swallowing the lump in his throat, Tokoyami gave a small nod to the pro. "Thank you, sir. I was hping you would come for us soon."

"Of course. I am sorry it took us so long. I hope you weren't too frightened."

"Frightened my ass! I was perfectly fine handling this!" Bakugo spat out in defiance, earning a chuckle from the ninja hero.

"You still are so defiant, aren't you?" Edgeshot snickered, only making Bakugo growl in annoyance and look away. All Might chuckled and turned back to the villains all on the ground.

"This entire place is surrounded now, so don't even try and escape from us. After everything you tried to do, there is no escaping the clutches of justice!"

While the police approached to begin handcuffing the villains, Tomura's temper was reaching it's boiling point now. His secret location had been breached, his league members were now all captured, and he was staring at the man responsible for all of that right here. The one responsible for everything in this twisted world… a man worshiped like a god to all of these people. One who people say will always be there to save you.

All except for Tomura.

He remembered being alone, a child lost and in despair, and no hero came to save him. No, it was his master that pulled him from the dirt, who gave him a new start in life and showed him what the world was really like. And now, he was watching all of it falling apart around himself.

"Damn you All Might… you bastard. You ruin everything in this world," Tomura growled as he strained against the wood around himself, glaring up at the blonde hero. "And that's why I hate you!"

Almost as if to Tomura's screams, black masses suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the air beside the villain shocking everyone. Before the could even react, several nomu's crawled through the swirling material right towards the unsuspecting heroes.

"Nomu?!" All might stared in shock as the grotesque creatures screeched and landed on the floor.

"What the hell is going on?!" Kamui gasped out as one of the creatures ran towards him before being swatted away by All Might.

"It's not Kurogiri bringing them here, he's still out!" Edgeshot confirmed looking down at the unconcious warp user, reforming his body and slashing through another of the incoming nomus with his sword. "This is someone else entirely!"

"What?" All Might growled out in confusion as he threw another nomu down to the ground, but felt his heart stop when he watched the same black cloud material suddenly burst out from both Bakugo and Tokoyami's mouths. "Oh shit!" He panicked as he watched both of them thrash about in fear as the mist grew larger around their bodies, rushing to try and grab them from whatever was happening. As his hands swung towards them, however, his heart sank when all he felt was his hands reaching for nothing, seeing they were already gone.

"No… NOOOOOOOO!"

"Bakugo!" Edgeshot gasped as he watched his student vanish, almost grabbed by another nomu reaching his way before he watched as the same material suddenly engulfed all of the league members before they vanished as well. "What the hell is going on?!"

"I'm sorry! I don't know what happened!" Kamui panicked as he felt them all disappear from his grasp. He turned outside to warn the others, but was only met with a horror scene as multiple portals had suddenly appeared around the police as well. Dozens of nomu's were attacking at once, both Endeavor and Gran Torino struggling to keep them from snatching one of the police officers. "What's happening?! I thought Best Jeanist had taken care of the other location?"

All Might stood there staring at his shaking hands, his anger at failing to grab either of the boys crushing his soul. He glared forward and slammed his fist into another of the nomus taking it out instantly, his fear of what happened to the others growing by the second.

several minutes earlier

Across the city of Kamino, Katara and the others rounded the corner of the alley as they quietly made their way down the darkened path. Looking down at the remote in her hand, Momo breathed in as the signal began beeping faster. "We are very close now, I'm sure of it." She said as she hugged the wall with everyone else.

"Sure feels like a place they would hide." Kirishima whispered as he glanced around themselves, seeing they had been alone for a few minutes down these more secluded streets. "If I were to hide a secret base, this is where I'd do it."

"Yeah, and that means they will definitely see us coming now," Kendo frowned, seeing they had no crowds to hide in now.

"Then we stick to the plan and stay silent." Katara chimed in and adjusted her hat up. "Yaoyorozu, does that show how close it is now?"

"It should be just down this alley to the right. We are right on top of it now." Momo signaled the others to follow her down the wall as they came to another turn, stopping as the signal was now almost constantly beeping. She looked at the screen and saw the red dot flashing directly in front of their location now, looking back up to the tall wear house ahead. "There! It has to be in there!"

"Great job Yaoyorozu! You certainly are quite the reliable one!" Tenya declared with a quick chop.

Smiling, Momo gave a quick nod looked over to everyone else. They all knew what they were getting themselves into now, knowing the danger they could be facing if they ran into the villains once more. But all of them knew they couldn't just sit while their friends were needing help, willing to take the risk to bring them home. Katara glanced over to Shoto beside herself, both of them nodding before they ran forward towards the base of the target building. Coming up to the wall, the group of seven all stayed tight to the wall as they walked towards a set of windows just above their eye level.

Seeing it just out of range, Izuku looked over to the tallest in the group. "Iida, can you give me a boost so I can see?" he asked, earning a quick nod from the speedster.

"Yeah, climb on." he answered and knelt down to his knees allowing Izuku to stand on his shoulders, giving a grunt and standing back up with him.

As he gained his balance, Izuku glanced into the window before frowning. "Shoot, it's too dark to see anything."

"Here, let me try." Kirishima said as he came up to his side on top of Shoto's shoulders. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a small pair of night vision goggles he grabbed just before they all left. "Figured it may come in handy since it was gonna be at night doing this."

Momo raised her eyebrow curiously as Kirishima turned them on and peered through the window. "You went bought some? I could have made us one of those instead and-

"AHH!"

All of them jumped at the sudden scream coming from Kirishima, Katara glaring up at him for possibly blowing their cover. Before she could say anything though, she saw the look of terror that came over his face right then. "What is it? Did they see you?!"

Kirishima couldn't answer as he stared in disbelief inside the building, sweat pouring down his forehead in fear. Izuku quickly grabbed the goggles from him and peered in, his own eyes bulging out in shock as he laid his gaze onto the line of brains poking out of the large tanks. "Th-There's tons of nomus in there!" he got out between his shivering.

"What?!" Kendo gasped out in shock, remembering what just one of those things could do.

Katara was also feeling her heart race, her hand gripping her bandaged shoulder underneath her shirt. She swallowed trying to keep herself calm, hoping that they could somehow get inside without having to come across another one of those things. She looked back towards the others, but before she could speak, her mouth fell open in shock when she suddenly saw a truck being lifted in the air by… a giant foot?

"What the heck is that?"

BOOOM!

All of them gasped from the sudden impact rocking the entire building, the force nearly causing both Izuku and Kirishima to stumble off of their perch. "What the hell was that just now?!" Kirishima yelled out in surprise as he caught himself back up to the ledge.

"Was it an explosion?!" Kendo asked as she crawled back to her feet.

"No, there was car that just crashed into the building." Katara quickly pointed out, "Someone kicked it inside."

Shoto gave her a perplexed look as he held Kirishima up. "They kicked a car?"

Confused with everything, Izuku looked back inside the window, but now saw there was light pouring into the side through the gaping hole on the other side of the building. To his amazement, he saw a plethora of heroes already inside the building. "Th-the heroes are here now!"

"They are?!" Tenya said in amazement. "They were mobilizing already?"

"Yeah… they did." Izuku muttered in amazement as he observed the scene. Inside he saw four different pros, two of them in fact in the top ten. Gang Orca had pinned two to the ground beneath his clawed hands, and the giant hero Mt Lady gripping several nomu's in her hands. The most impressive however was the rest of the nomu's had already been restrained by Best Jeanist, bound together by his threat control quirk. "Amazing. They captured all of them already!"

"All of them?!" Katara gasped in shock, only making Kirishima grin in satisfaction.

"Holy shit, they took all those nomu down in seconds! No wonder those guys are all pros!"

"You mean the heroes were already ready to strike when they did that press conference?" Kendo asked as she pulled her hat off. "They made it seem like they were still planning something."

"It was obviously a distraction for the villains to catch them off guard. A brilliant strategy!" Tenya chimed in happily.

As he watched the heroes holding the creatures down while police ran in with restraints, Izuku overheard Best Jeanist radioing in something about another team, and a certain name he caught wind of. "All Might?! There's another team somewhere else with All Might leading them!"

"Another place?" Momo asked in surprise. "Maybe that is where the league was actually hiding! If he is on the case, then surely Tokoyami and Bakugo are safe now!"

The others felt a wave of relief seeing they were wrong in thinking the heroes not being able to act in time to save Bakugo, realizing how rash their judgment was now. As the pair were lowered back to the ground, Tenya gave a sigh in relief to the entire situation. "It seems the heroes are on top of this even more than we expected. This is wonderful news!"

While it was certainly a blessing to see they weren't the only ones who acted quickly, Katara couldn't help but feel something was wrong. It seemed like it was the perfect ambush set up by the pros, capturing these nomus with no resistance and supposedly raiding another location somewhere else. While it sounded and looked good… she just felt it was too easy. These villains who had infiltrated the school and their camping trip so easily, it didn't seem like they would be captured with no resistance. It felt familiar to when she and her old friends and family attacked the fire nation during the eclipse. Her skin shivered as she remembered what happened in the end.

They knew of the attack and were ready for them.

Inside the warehouse, the remainder of the nomu were quickly rounded up by Best Jeanist and Mount Lady, the fiber hero rolling his eyes at the rookie complaining. "Quit making such a big deal of these things." he scolded her as she gagged holding the nomu's in her hands.

"Ugh, but these things are so creepy and gross. I don't want to touch these." the giant woman whined, frowning towards the squirming creatures in her grip.

"Ragdoll! Ragdoll what's wrong?!" Tiger cried out as he lifted his teammate off the operating table. He couldn't see any wounds, but was terrified by the blank look stuck to her face. "My god, what did they do to you, my friend?!"

"I'm afraid you are a little late for your friend, Tiger." All of the heroes turned to the voice coming from the shadows, the sound of footsteps coming through the darkness. "She had such a wonderful quirk. I just couldn't keep my hands off it once I saw what it was."

Gang Orca could feel the presence of the man growing closer, immediately becoming on edge as the figure approached. "Are you with the league?" he asked out, still unable to see who it was.

"Ever since I've healed up, my stockpile of quirks has been quite depleted. I just can't stop myself when I see such great abilities that I have to take them."

Not willing to take the risk to whoever it was, Jeanist's quirk activated immediately using his own clothing fibers and the stitching of this figure's clothing to restrain him. But not more than a few seconds after fully enshrouding this man in bindings, a force burst outwards shattering the restraints and enveloping the entire area in a massive explosion shattering the rest of the facility.

The powerful blast ruptured outward shattering the thick walls nearby the UA students, all of them gasping in shock from the sudden eruption. They dropped down covering their heads to shield themselves from the whipping debris flying by, clenching their eyes tightly as they huddled against the wall. Their hats and wigs all blew off from the air pressure rushing by, flying up along with the dust cloud rising. And just as fast as it came, the rumbling stopped and was replaced with silence. As they opened their eyes however, non of them could speak as they felt the cold presence of another nearby.

It felt like an ocean had suddenly fallen over the teenagers standing against the wall, the air so heavy because the overwhelming pressure that had come out of nowhere. Immediately, a fear unlike anything they had every felt engulfed their hearts, freezing them all instantly. Kendo brought her trembling hand to cover her mouth, struggling to keep her breathing under control just like everyone else there. Tenya and Kirishima's jaws were locked closed in terror, and Momo's eyes watered in horror as she held her breath. Shoto's eyes stared at the ground, his hands shaking at his sides from a sensation that made Stain's bloodlust feel tame. Izuku's mind was in shambles, realizing immediately who this was just from the description he had been told from All Might before.

'This… is All Might was talking about…' his brain screamed in horror when he glanced upward above the partially destroyed wall, feeling his heart ready to explode when he barely caught a glimpse of the dark mask high in the sky above the wreckage before ducking back down. 'TH-this is… All for One!'

Katara felt her heart pounding inside her chest, sweat pouring down her forehead from the sinister chill that had enveloped herself. Never once in her life had she come across a cold aura from someone like this before. To everything she had experienced in her life, she had faced armies, spirits and everything in between. And yet this… even the cold blooded Azula never gave off a feeling like this. This feeling was a level of evil even she had never felt before, her breath coming in quick inhales before she jumped slightly to the light clapping from above.

"Very impressive, I must say," All for One said amusingly as he slowly applauded to the downed hero on the ground. "You managed to pull everyone away from my blast just in time. It should be expected from the number four hero."

Gasping from his back, Jeanist stared up shock to the figure hovering in the sky above him. The rest of the team he came with had been pulled back out of the epicenter by his quirk, but the force was still enough to knock all of them down for the count. His eyes went even wider when he realized all the nomu's they had restrained were now gone, the only thing left being a strange black liquid mass disappearing from sight. "What the hell is this? This man…" he grumbled out as he remembered what they were warned of… the true leader of the league of villains. "This is him?"

"It is such a shame you had to get in our way. If you simply just let us do our thing, you could have lived to finally see my pupil prosper to what he could be." All for One chuckled as he watched the pro struggle but still use his quirk to launch an attack his way. "But it is always fun to watch worms writhe before they are devoured.

Before he could even see, Jeanist's eyes burst open from the powerful air blast ripping through his power and piercing him through the stomach. Blood burst from his mouth as the ground behind him shattered from the immense power, the heroes eyes rolling over white as he slipped into darkness. The seven teens all shivered in horror as they heard the gasps of agony from the top ranked pro hero being defeated as if it was nothing.

"Don't worry about being stripped of whatever little pride you have in yourself, Jeanist. I have no use of a quirk like yours." All for One whispered towards the bleeding man as he lowered himself to the ground, waving his hand and activating his own warping quirk once more. A few seconds later, the coughing forms of Bakugo and Tokoyami dropped in front of the villains feet, along with the rest of the league members showing up behind them.

"What the hell?!" Bakugo coughed out, wiping his mouth free of the spit that fell from his mouth, looking up in confusion to the new figure standing before him. He didn't need more than a few seconds to sense there was something different about this man, just the presence alone feeling like it rivaled All Might's aura. Tokoyami was feeling something similar as well, even feeling dark shadow shiver inside of himself as the man came closer.

Huffing out, Tomura spit out whatever black liquid got into his mouth before looking up in surprise to seeing his master in front of himself. "Master. You help me…"

"Your plan failed again Tomura. It seems you weren't expecting these heroes to find you so quickly, and you were assuming these kids would have joined you because of their differences from their classmates." All for One turned back to the two teens standing there. "These kids are surprisingly dedicated to their plans of becoming heroes, and kidnapping them certainly wasn't going to change their minds. But don't let this bring you down. You keep trying as long as you need to. Now, as for these two… it was an interesting idea, but they will certainly not go along with your idea. Perhaps there use is no longer needed now."

Izuku and the others felt their hearts jump when they heard that, seeing they were so close to Bakugo and Tokoyami. But to move out there and try to save them, there was no way they could do it without being caught, let alone seen. They wouldn't have to move first, however, as they all were caught off guard by the sonic boom erupting from the sky. All for One turned up towards the sound, smiling underneath his mask. "He's here."

Launching through the sky, All Might barreled straight towards the masked villain with his fists ready to strike. Lifting his own hands up, All for One slammed his hands into the incoming hero generating a powerful shock wave erupting outward launching everyone nearby away. The pair pushed for several moments before the ground beneath them cracked from the pressure, breaking their grip before being pushed back from one another. Everyone's eyes in the area widened in a mix of shock and amazement as the number one hero skidded to a stop before glaring at the villain leader.

"So you've finally come out of hiding, haven't you?!" All Might sneered out in anger, making All for One chuckle in amusement.

The seven teens behind the wall all felt like the fear locking them down suddenly lifted off of them, forcing them all to look around and see who had just shown up. "All Might!" Izuku almost screamed in excitement seeing his mentor here now, along with everyone else feeling their mouths open in amazement.

"All Might?!" Tokoyami gasped in shock as he lowered his arm to see, feeling relieved seeing the greatest hero in the world here now. But while he saw it as hope, Bakugo felt worry as the two separated.

'That guy stopped All Might with his bare hands! What the hell is he?!' He screamed inside his head as the villain turned forward to his new adversary.

"Well I couldn't be rude and let you think you had everything under control, now should I? Where would the fun be in that?" All for One taunted.

Gritting his teeth, All Might tightened his fists and raised them once more. "To think you were not dead after that day… I should have expected you were stronger than that. But I'll make sure you are done for good this time!"

"Oh? And you are going to be the one to do that? It's only four kilometers to the bar from here, and it's been well over thirty seconds since I sent those nomu to your location. To think it took you this long to get here… that means it really is true," All for One pointed a finger at the hero before himself, "You really have gotten weaker."

Hissing through his teeth, All Might didn't want to admit the truth he'd known for a long time now. Even before transferring his ability to Midoriya, he had been feeling One for all begin to diminish from his lingering injuries over the years. Even now, he probably only had thirty minutes in this form, but he knew if he pushed it, it would surely drop much faster. But even with that knowledge, he was still the symbol of peace, and he wasn't about to sit back and let that stop him.

"I notice you have on the nifty little oxygen mask there. Aren't you overexerting yourself as well?" All Might fired back. "I'll defeat you just like I did before, and I'll lock you up for the rest of your disgusting life!" All Might roared out and launched forward once more, but All for one stood still and opened his hand, his palm revealing a hole in the center.

"So noble of you, All Might." All for One whispered, unleashing a blast of air so strong it stopped All Might moments before he struck before blasting him backwards through several buildings.

"All Might!" Bakugo screamed in shock after the launched hero, taken back by the power this villain just demonstrated.

"Air Cannon, spring like limbs. Kinetic booster times three…" All for One chuckled to himself to the wonderful combination of quirks he just used. "It's always so wonderful to see such amazing quirks used together."

"Holy shit…" Kirishima's jaw hung open in terror seeing All Might thrown backwards.

"What the hell is this guy? How is he able to keep All Might back?" Kendo shuttered out, watching as All Might launched forward once more before the pair collided again.

Katara was unable to even process words at this moment, staring in disbelief as the two traded blows several times, each hit reverberating through the air and blowing her hair back. She had never sensed power to this scale in her life, even more than with the nomu at the USJ. As they traded strikes here however, she felt uneasiness as the villain didn't seem worried in any sense, even against the strongest hero in the world.

"To think you can get away with everything you have done, you are a fool!" All Might growled out as he punched away black tendrils shooting out from All for Ones fingertips. "I will lock you and your entire league away!"

Skidding back from the punch he blocked, All for One gave a grunt as his foe kicked off the ground and through another punch. "This is certainly not a place for you Tomura. You should leave for now until this is settled."

"What?" Tomura gasped as All for One released another air blast pushing All Might back. "Master, what about you?"

"I will deal with this annoyance momentarilly. I would prefer you weren't here so I have no need to restrain myself to not harm you. You are far to valuable to lose. Besides, you can take these kids here as your hostages to keep any other heroes from following."

"What?!" Izuku gasped at what he heard, sweating as he watched in terror the villains turn their gaze towards Bakugo and Tokoyami once more. "On no!"

"Shit… they are going to grab them again." Shoto growled out in worry.

"We have to do something now!" Katara whispered loudly, clenching her fists as she noticed the league ready to pounce. "They can't hold all of them back while All Might is fighting that leader, we have to help them!"

"This is too dangerous! We can't just fight all of them!" Tenya hissed out.

Watching Spinner run towards him, Tokoyami jumped back from being grabbed, but looked back in shock as Compress was moments from touching his back.

"Die!" Bakugo's explosion ripped through the air keeping Compress back. He glared and looked back at the "Watch your back feathers! Use that damn shadow of yours!"

Tokoyami felt his chest tighten hearing that, still worried of unleashing dark shadow at night like this. "It's too hard to control him. With no light-

"I'm your light, idiot!" Bakugo screamed out and dodged an incoming knife from Toga and spacing himself from Twice leaping towards him, "Just unleash that damn bird thing and kick their asses!"

As Tokoyami struggled with whether or not to use his quirk, Izuku was doing everything he could from just leaping out there and trying to grab both of them. He knew though if they tried to fight, there was no way to get out with out injuries. "We have to somehow get them out of there. All Might is holding back because he doesn't want to hurt them." He quickly stated.

"How the hell are we gonna do that? If we even move from here they will see us all!" Kirishima grunted out in frustration.

"But if we don't do something now, they are going to be grabbed again!" Katara glared in both anger and worry, watching as Tokoyami ducked under one of the villains once more, confused why he wasn't fighting until she saw the large moon above. Seeing it was so dark, she knew he was afraid to unleash his quirk and not controlling it. But she also saw the moon was close to being full, taking a deep breath knowing what she could do. "I have an idea."

Tenya looked over at her in worry. "Katara, don't even think about-

"If we don't do something now, there won't be anything to think of." Katara looked over to Shoto beside her, "You need to unleash all of your ice at once towards them, I can handle the rest."

While he was confused what she was asking for, Shoto trusted her enough to know she knew what she was talking about. Giving a quick nod, he clenched his right hand getting ready. "Alright. Just let me know when."

"Wait, what are you going to do?" Kendo questioned in concern.

"After Shoto unleashes his ice, I can bend it so it won't affect the two of them, giving them time to escape with us." Katara quickly explained, cracking her knuckles.

"Hold on…" Izuku whispered as he thought about what she was planning, analyzing the situation and thinking of every variable. After a moment, he nodded and leaned closer. "I think I have something else we can do together as well."

"Something else?" Momo asked in confusion, earning a nod from Midoriya.

"If this works, none of us will have to fight at all…" he explained as the others leaned in to listen to his plan.

Skidding across the ground before stopping, All Might clenched his teeth in anger and tightened his shoulders to ready for another engagement. Barreling forward, All Might roared out and collided fists with All for One once more. "You will not be taking these two as long as I am here!"

"Oh All Might, you can barely hold me back, and you plan on saving them too? You really are so noble." All for One taunted and expanded his left arm out and thrust it forward, driving it right into All Might's face. "You are just as foolish as you were so many years ago."

Grunting through the pain, All Might swatted the arm away and through a spinning back kick and blasting the villain in the chest launching him through a concrete piling. He turned to leap and grab the two to escape, but gasped out as the sharp ends of the tendrils pierced his back and threw him into another building. Rising from the smoke, All for One brushed the dust from his suit and readied another air cannon blast. "To think you can compete with me now after all these years, All Might, I am very disappointed in you. Your speed, power, everything you possess is just a shadow of your former self."

The concrete where All Might was thrown through burst outward, the hero standing there ready to go again. "The same goes for you, too! It's easy to see you don't have the strength you once bragged about either!" Leaping forward, All Might collided and grabbed All for One's hands before he could release another air blast. "If you think I would sit by as you take these kids once more, you are an idiot! You won't be harming them again!"

Smiling internally, All for One pushed back and matched the strength of his foe. "You are far too proud for your own good, All Might. Quit acting like you have this under your control. You won't be able to these two here… just like those others hiding behind the wall right now."

…

…

…

Every person in that area froze instantly to what was just said, turning their gazes toward the remaining wall from the facility. The seven teens who came to aid their friends felt their blood run cold, too terrified to even move. Their eyes all widened in terror, unable to breathe realizing they were exposed. "He… he knows?" Izuku stuttered out, feeling his chest constrict in terror.

Shoto swallowed the lump in his throat, shocked to learn they weren't secret anymore. He turned to see Katara sweating, their plan shattered before they could even act. Before he could say anything, though, his eyes widened in shock as a wave of blue fire came rushing right towards them. "Look out!"

Pulling Katara behind himself, Shoto slammed his right foot to the ground unleashing a wall of ice up in front of the others. The UA students gasped out as the bright flames crashed into the barrier, erupting upwards into the sky from the force. The wall beside them broke apart from the friction of the fire pushing out, the ice steaming upward as it slowly withered away. While Izuku and the others all recognized what this was, Katara immediately felt her heart race at the unique colored blaze rushing by them all, flashbacks to the girl that she had faced so many times before.

"It… it can't be…" She muttered out in shock as the ice in front of her slowly melted.

After a few seconds, the incoming flames halted, revealing the remaining ice and students to all of the others standing there. The ice fell apart as Katara stared in confusion and worry, waiting to see someone from her past. Instead, however, she watched as Dabi walked their way, his right hand engulfed in the same blue fire. "Well look who decided to show up once more. Isn't this a treat?" Dabi hissed in pleasure.

"Who… who is that?" Katara asked in confusion, startled as both Shoto and Tenya stepped forward getting between herself and the approaching man. The looks on their face were both of worry and anger, her eyes drifting back towards the villain walking towards them.

Tomura stared in confusion to those troubling teens once again, but also to the flickering blue fire dancing in the air. "What the hell is going on here now? He shows up now?"

"What… Midoriya?!" All Might gasped out seeing his pupil along with the others there, shocked to see them all there. "What are you doing here?!"

Tokoyami and Bakugo felt their mouths fall in shock, watching the ice fall apart and their classmates standing among the rubble. "What the hell? Deku?"

"Well, this is certainly a surprise," All for One chuckled as he saw how many students were there, still pushing back against All Might. "That search quirk I received is still new, so I wasn't able to register how many were watching our show. This only makes this so much more satisfying now."

"Shit, this is bad!" Kendo yelled out, expanding her hands readying herself for anything.

Eyeing the teens in front of himself, Dabi couldn't help but grin as he continued forward. "Seems like the big man was right. All of you were here like he told me."

Gritting his teeth, Shoto's left hand ignited as he remembered what happened in the forest, watching Katara helpless in this mans hands. "Try and come anywhere near us and I'll make you regret it." he hissed in anger, making Dabi chuckle out.

"Oh, still upset I touched your girl? I was being very polite before. Now I'm really insulted."

Katara's eyes widened at both the statement she heard and the look of rage growing on Shoto's face, never seeing his face like this. It didn't take more than a few seconds to understand what was going on, waving her hands and bending the remaining ice into water and covering her shoulders. "He was there that night, wasn't he?" She asked out, earning a quick nod from Tenya.

"He was the one after you when you were unconcious. I won't let him come anywhere near you again!" Tenya yelled out.

"Shit! Get out of here, kids! You-

All Might gasped as he was launched backwards from a kick to his stomach and slammed through another building. All for One lowered his foot back to the ground and turned back to the newly discovered teens. "I am so happy to see you all coming to join us. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance." he calmly said to all of them.

"Ohh! He came back to me!" Toga giggled seeing Izuku among the group, licking her lips and pulling out another knife.

Tomura glared seeing Izuku and the others had shown up as well, these kids somehow getting in his way once more. "What the hell is this? Why do these brats keep showing up?! And where the hell have you been, Dabi?!"

"Don't be too hasty, Tomura, and there is no need for any scolding for the mission any longer. In fact the two of us have come to a mutual understanding and have a new objective." All for One's eyeless mask focused in on Katara in the center of the group, smiling in pleasure seeing his target coming to him so soon. "Bring that water girl to me."

Katara and the others all felt their hearts jump to the villains order, looking back to see everyone looking right to the waterbender. "K-Katara?" Kirishima gasped in shock.

"Me?" Katara felt her skin crawl to the cold tone in the mans voice, terrified to know what he wanted.

"Huh? That girl?" Compress said in surprise seeing it was the same girl Dabi was after. "She actually was a target?"

"Well, as long as we get out of here from All Might," Twice cracked his knuckles before saluting. "Operation is a go!"

Growling, Tomura glared up to Izuku once more. "Well, I did warn him I would kill him next time we met. Looks like I need to keep my promise."

"We have to get out of here now!" Tenya warned, keeping his eyes going between Dabi and the others. "Time for a new plan!"

"What about Bakugo and Tokoyami?" Kirishima grunted as he hardened his body.

"If we don't do something now, all of us will be in trouble!" Katara yelled.

As All Might burst forward once more, he was once again stopped by One for All pushing him back. With the lead villain there, there was no way for him to get to the kids, and they knew that as well. Bakugo and Tokoyami hissed in frustration seeing while many of the others turned their attention to their classmates, Magne, Spinner and compress were still focused towards them.

"Looks like I'm not the only one coming for you now, little one…" Dabi laughed and engulfed both hands in fire. "It would have been easier if you came with me the first time."

The anger in Shoto's chest rose too much to control, his right arm frosting over instantly. "I told you she's not going anywhere!" he yelled out and swung his right hand forward.

Snickering at the incoming wall of ice, shooting forth a column of fire and blowing through the frozen attack. Katara couldn't help but stare to the blue flames breaking through the ice, the attack looking so familiar to the firebender that hunted her so many times. But the shove from Momo broke her daze, turning to see the creationist form a pair of flash bangs.

"Here they come!" Momo yelled and through them forward, the other villains jumping out of the way before they all raced forward at once, the other UA students bracing themselves to whatever was coming.

Glaring, Katara shot forth one of her water whips at Twice, the acrobatic villain flipping casually over her strike and slashing through it with his sharp tape. "Let's get out of here, now!"

"Right!" Izuku focused his hand and readied his hands to flick, controlling its level to 10%. "Smash!" the sharp shot of air rushed forward striking the unsuspecting Tomura in the chest, the league member stumbling backwards and glaring.

"You little bastard… you are always messing everything up!" he arched his knuckles and charged forward.

"Damn you, leave them out of this!" All Might growled out in frustration as he tried leaping towards them, only to be blasted by another air cannon shot.

"You are in no position to order anything All Might," All for One taunted, "And I thought this is what you wanted, to have your little heroes in training practice facing villains… I am trying to give the perfect demonstration."

"Feathers, if you have any worries about your quirk, forget that shit now!" Bakugo yelled out and shot a blast off keeping compress away. "Unleash that damn shadow beast!"

Tokoyami felt the air around him grow still in that moment, looking around to see Bakugo keeping Compress and Spinner at bay, while All Might was in a deadlock with the villain leader. Even with these villains here, he felt fear letting his quirk run rampant once more. But then he looked over to see his friends in danger, Shoto struggling to keep the blue flames from reaching the others, while Katara and the others now fought to keep Shigaraki and his league members back. He watched in worry as Momo through a net over Shigaraki, the rope disintegrating from his grip almost instantly and both Kendo and Kirishima avoiding several knifes flying there way.

"No…" He growled, his mind picturing any of them hurt while he sat here doing nothing. The darkness grew inside his chest and expanded outwards, his quirks red eyes emerging once more. "Stay away!"

Dark Shadow's thunderous roar rang in the night, the nearby villains looking up in shock to the monstrous form erupting out from Tokoyami. Compress began sweating as he stared up to the growling quirk. "Oh not this thing again!"

Before he could even yell out in fear, Magne was smashed into the ground by the gigantic clawed hand of the beast. The powerful crash stopped the other group of villains in their tracks and looked back along with the UA students, terrified seeing this coming from their classmate. "What the hell is this now?" Tomura growled in anger before his eyes widened in surprise to the rampaging beast.

"Tokoyami?!" Katara gasped in worry seeing her friend lose all control, remembering his incident in the USJ. "We have to help him!"

"No, he can help us!" Izuku said as he analyzed the situation instantly, seeing this as their chance. "Katara, do that idea you mentioned earlier now!"

"What? What do- agh!" Katara gasped as the flames rushed by, turning to see the blue flames overpowering Shoto's ice. She glared and was ready to shoot forth her water to help, but Shoto put his hand up to stop her.

"He's right. If we stay here it's only putting us in danger. We have to do it now!"

Shoto's words rang out to everyone their, Dabi's eyebrow lifting curiously. "Whatever you got planned, it's not gonna happen anymore."

"Yeah? We will see about that!" Katara shouted and shot forward a barrage of ice spikes at Dabi, the man forced to create a wall of flames to block the attack. Seeing their chance, Katara turned back the others. "Shoto, do it now!"

Focusing everything he had into his right hand, Shoto felt the ice race up his skin, fighting through the pain and gritting his teeth. Yelling out, he slammed his hand down and unleashed everything he could, the ice exploding out of the ground and rushing up into the sky. The cold air blasted out from the glacier sending a chill over everyone's skin, causing another confused wave to crash over the villains once more. Shoto winced out from the cold ice overtaking his face, hissing out and gritting his teeth. "Go, Katara!"

Taking a deep breath, the waterbender crossed her arms in front of her body before throwing them forward, shifting the entire glacier into water in a single motion. The massive wave fell down towards her friends before she quickly spun around and launched the water outward. Just as Dabi lowered his fire, his eyes went wide as he was engulfed in water and was instantly frozen in a thick block of ice. The wave rushed out and launched down towards the other villains, the trio yelling in shock from the tsunami sized surged barreling forward and sweeping them off back towards the others.

"The hell?!" Bakugo yelled and launched himself up in the air to avoid being swept away by the incoming wave, surprised to see how much water Katara could control. 'When the hell could hair loops use this much?'

The water surge rushed underneath him and crashed into the other villains and dark shadows form, the rabid creature growling in anger and looking up seeing Bakugo. "I'll kill all of you!"

Grinning, Bakugo brought his hands forward. "Good luck, shadow. Stun grenade!"

the bright flash illuminated the entire area, forcing dark shadow to screech out in pain and shrink back down in size, giving the gasping Tokoyami a small hold over his quirk. Seeing the rampaging beast shrink down, Bakugo dropped back to the ground, but before he landed was caught off guard as Compress leaped toward him with his hand outstretched.

"You aren't going anywhe- agh!"

Both Compress and Bakugo gasped in surprise as Kirishima flew through the air and crashed his head straight into the magicians face smashing his mask. "Not this time, you ass hole!" Kirishima growled out watching the knocked out man fall to the water.

"K-kirishima?" Tokoyami stuttered in surprise as he forced dark shadow into his body, receiving a toothy grin from the hardened red head.

"Hell yeah, we weren't going to leave you guys!"

"I had it all under control, idiot!" Bakugo snapped out, unable to keep a small grin from forming on his face. "You really are a crazy bastard."

Kirishima couldn't help but laugh, looking back to the others as he gave the thumbs up. "Nice!" Kendo shouted in success, shrinking her hand after just throwing Kirishima across the clearing. "We have to do it now!"

"Right!" Tenya quickly knelt in his sprinting position allowing his legs to warm up before furrowing his brow at Katara. "You better be right behind me!" he yelled out in worry.

"I will be! Just go!" Katara shouted back, waving her arms once more and squeezing her hands just as Shoto touched the water as well, forming a quick flash freeze together over all the water locking the villains in place.

"Oh s-shit it's cold!" Toga cried out as she was stuck below her neck.

"This is… too… much…" Spinner quickly passed out as his reptilian blood chilled too much and went into hibernation.

"Now this is quite the surprise now…" All for One grunted as he saw the events playing out, turning his hand towards the teens just before All Might slammed him through the floor with a combination of punches.

"Don't think I'll let you just go after them now! You're dealing with me!" All Might shouted, doing whatever he could to keep the focus on himself so the kids could escape.

"Go, now!" Katara ordered, earning a worried but stern nod from Tenya as he turned and signaled Kendo he was ready. She quickly hopped on his back as his turbo legs ignited up, the bright flames rushing out at max power.

"You better hold on tight!" He warned Kendo, causing her to breathe in and squeeze his shirt.

"I'm ready." She whispered, getting her left hand ready for this one shot they had.

"Recipro burst!"

Kendo yelped in shock as Tenya launched off in blinding speed, gritting her teeth as they rushed forward in the blink of an eye. Reacting on instinct, her left hand reaching out and expanding. "Tokoyami!"

Before he could even react, Tokoyami gasped out as he was snatched off the ground by Kendo's large hand. The sudden weight shift caused Tenya to stumble, but he gritted through his teeth and pushed harder carrying the two off and out of there.

"Hell yeah! There we go!" Kirishima shouted out before turning back to his friend. "Now let's go and-

"Don't tell me what to do!" Bakugo growled in annoyance and gripped Kirishima's jacket as his left hand sparked out behind him. "you better not fall, idiot!"

Kirishima's smile fell in fear to what was about to happen. "Wait, I thought I could do the same and- AHH!"

The massive explosion drowned out his screams of shock as Bakugo blasted off the ground pulling him with him. Gritting through the pain, Bakugo unleashed another blast catapulting himself through the air until they were clear of all the ice and out of sight.

"N-no… no!" Tomura screamed in anger seeing them gone, once again his plan failing before him.

"They're good!" Katara yelled in success, their plan from earlier working out in the end."Your plan worked Midoriya, lets go!"

"Right!" Izuku responded before turning to face Momo, the pair blushing slightly as he picked her up before nodding and focusing his energy. He had to be quick, so he had to step it up even further. 'One for all… 15%!"

Blasting off the ground, Izuku leaped over the ice and slammed back down in a loud crack. The speed caused Momo to yelp out, squeezing him tighter and making his heart race. He was embarrassed, yes, but her fear made him hold her closer and kick off the ground faster, focused on keeping her safe and out of there. Seeing everyone else safe now, Katara smiled and formed a raised ice block beneath herself and Shoto. "Let's go too!"

"Right." Shoto braced his body and put his focus into his right foot once more, the ice bursting out behind them and launching them forward. They rushed out through the clearing and felt relief seeing they were only moments from being out of here and back to safety.

But gasped from the massive column of blue fire rushing past and engulfing the path ahead.

"What?!" Katara shouted in shock as they came to a stop, having to step back from the intense heat radiating out. Both she and Shoto turned back around, their eyes going wide to see Dabi casually standing there, his piercing eyes seemingly glowing in the darkness.

"I gotta say, it felt good sitting in that ice for a bit. I was starting to overheat for a moment," Dabi smirked and shook off whatever ice chunks failed to melt off. "Now I feel ready to go again."

Shoto gritted his teeth, igniting his left hand once more as Katara summoned several streams of water around her body. "Damn it, he's already up." Shoto growled out.

"It doesn't matter. We can push him back together and get out of here." Katara crossed her arms in front of herself and created a spinning ring flowing around both of them. As they formed their defense, Dabi couldn't help but laugh to himself as he walked towards them.

"This is so adorable. Looking at you two wanting to work together, I wish I could take a photo of it," a cold chuckle escaped his throat as the flames on his right hand grew. "Because this will be the last time you can do that!"

Swiping his arm out, Dabi unleashed a thick wave of fire towards the pair of them. Slamming his right foot down, Shoto created a tall wall of ice to diverting the flames away as Katara bended a large section of ice around herself and skated herself to the side to flank him. Throwing her left arm forward, she shot out a thick current of water his direction to try and strike him, but Dabi spun backwards and waved his left hand up throwing up his own stream of fire striking hers and evaporating a large portion of it. Once again, the strange feeling in her chest returned seeing the intense flames burning out.

'They are much hotter than Shoto's…' She said internally as she shot forth a water whip trying to ensnare his arm, only for the water to quickly burst out as his fire shot through the end.

"Nice try, girl, but you need a little more than that to stop me." Dabi sneered as he turned and blasted off a stream of flames through Shoto's ice, but raised his eyebrow as the bright red flames of the young Todoroki erupted up and crashed against his own. "Trying for fire again?"

"It won't be the same as last time." Shoto growled and threw his left hand forth and shot a flamethrower like blast to Dabi, the villains own hand shooting his own colliding with one another. "Do it now!"

"Huh?" Dabi grunted at Shoto's shout, turning to see Katara raising both hands up and lifting a large wall of water behind herself. Instead of growing worried, he only cackled to himself. "Come on. Let's see what Shoto's girl can do, huh?!"

While startled at his words, Katara gritted her teeth and threw her arms forward, the wave rushing right towards her foe. Turning to face it, Dabi yelled out as both of his hands unleashed a powerful blast of fire colliding with her water, steam billowing up from the intense clash. After a few moments, even Dabi was surprised as he felt the large wave pushing forward, the seemingly endless water coming from the large amount of ice all around. Sighing at the fact he had to increase his output, Dabi prepared to step forard again, but was suddenly engulfed by a monstrous glacier erupting from the ground and freezing him once more.

Huffing out, Shoto shivered from the large attack he produced before turning back to Katara. "Come on, lets get out of here!"

"Right!" She called back running towards him before she froze to the blue glow coming from Dabi, gasping out as the ice burst out throwing both of them backwards. She sat back up but felt her breath falter when Dabi was already out, seemingly unfazed by being frozen multiple times now.

"You think something simple is going to hold me down? You little shits have no idea what I can do!"

Shoto hissed in frustration as he stood back up, activating his left flames once more. But before he could use them, his eye shot open in horror as he looked past Katara, feeling his heart rate spike instantly to what was behind her. "K-katara, look out!"

The terrified tone in his voice sent a sense of fear into Katara's chest, turning around and feeling her heart nearly stop in her chest. Hovering in the air behind her was the damaged form of All for One, his suit torn in several spots and part of his mask cracked revealing the left side of his face. She felt his gaze piercing through her soul… despite the fact there was no eye to look at her. She shivered seeing nothing more than a scar covered mass of skin, but could sense the cold sensation peering right towards her.

"I was worried you escaped as well with the others while I was busy," All for One commented as he brushed off a chunk of dirt from his coat, "I appreciate you keeping them here, Dabi."

"Of course, I couldn't just let Endeavor's precious interns leave so fast." Dabi snickered and ignited his hands once more, putting between Katara and facing Shoto. "We have more things to finish now."

The ground rumbled as one of the buildings Behind All for One shattered outward, all of them turning to see All Might blasting through the clearing. Despite the blood running down his forehead, the look of rage radiated out like a rabid dog. "I told you that you are fighting me! Don't even think about turning your attention to them!"

"Oh I beg to differ, All Might," All for One sighed as he brought his hand up, putting his fingers together to snap. "I am finished playing with you for now."

Snap.

The rubble to the sides of All Might burst upwards simultaneously, the blonde hero's eyes going wide as the pair of creatures leaped straight towards him. He gasped in surprise as he was punched in the face and sent him back into a broken wall behind. Coughing out, he looked back and felt his chest tighten when he saw the familiar brains exposed on the top of their heads. "Nomu's?!"

"What?!" Katara's heart jumped at the sight of the black creatures standing there, both of their bodies looking similar to the one from the USJ. Difference was one's mouth was shaped like a dog filled with razor sharp teeth, and the other's wide open jaws looking like they were frozen open. "There are more of those things here?!"

Spitting out a little blood, All Might glared at the pair of hunched over creatures. "You had more of these things waiting here, haven't you?"

"You have had some experience with these, haven't you, All Might?" All for One laughed as he walked up petting one of them on the back. "I have to admit, I was planning on letting these loose on any other heroes that showed up, but you are causing more trouble than I anticipated."

Simultaneously, both of the creatures charged forward straight towards All Might. Bringing his arms in front of himself, he blocked both of their punches, gritting out as he felt himself launched backwards and slam into another pile of rubble. Standing up, he glared out and kicked off the ground clothes lining the one hard, but gasped out as the other slammed a fist straight into his back and shoving him to the ground.

"All Might!" Katara shouted out in worry as she watched him bounce of the concrete, unable to get up before the first one grabbed his leg and threw him into the collapsed structure.

Laughing to himself, All for One enjoyed the demonstration of his creatures. "These two are not as strong as the one designed to kill you, but they are certainly enough to keep you occupied, All Might." He turned his gaze and directed it to the waterbender behind him, smirking as he cracked his knuckles. "I have something I have been itching to experience now."

"Katara, get away from-

Shoto was cut off as Dabi's fire rushed at him, having to unleash his own fire to shield himself from the blue flames engulfing him. "Don't take your eyes off me, Shoto. If you do, you're going to get burned again!" Dabi taunted him and threw a spiraling fireball towards his target, forcing him back and further away.

"Shoto!" yelled out watching him under attack, but a cold chill fell over her body to the footsteps approaching, turning back to see All for One walking slowly towards her. "What… what do you want?"

she stuttered out.

"I have been keeping an eye on you, miss Katara. You've been quite the spectacle since you became a student, and I must say, that power you have is remarkable. Offense and defense rolled together in one, along with healing abilities… that is a rare gift. Something like that I am very interested in trying for myself."

Off in the city, Izuku and Momo ran down the street together towards the crowded district. After they had gained enough distance between themselves and the villains, they made their way through the crowd trying to find where the others had gone. But what concerned them was when they looked behind themselves… neither Katara or Todoroki were there.

"What happened? I thought they were right behind us." Momo asked in worry, squeezing onto Izuku's arm in concern.

Despite blushing, his own worry was growing as well, confused to where they were. "I don't know… they were ready to go right when we were too. M-maybe we should go-

Izuku stopped talking when he spotted Kirishima and Bakugo through the crowd. He smiled when he also saw Tenya and the others there as well, happy to see all of them save. But he noticed all of them were staring up in shock to something above along with many others in the street, with Tenya's mouth trembling in horror. He looked up to the direction they were to see what was going on, but when he saw what they did, he wish he hadn't.

An areal shot of the destroyed warehouse showed All Might battling two nomus simultaneously, his idol and teacher struggling to fight off one while another jumped through the air and struck him hard in the back. As the camera turned, his blood ran cold when he saw Shoto trying to hold off the blue flames from reaching him, and Katara frozen in fear as All for One stood in front of her.

Crashing back into the ground, All Might growled out rose back to his feet as both creatures rushed him. Clenching his hand, he surged forward and slammed his fist into the first incoming nomu's stomach launching it backwards. He quickly grabbed the other one by the wrist and pulled it hard to deliver another punch to its chest. Flipping around, his eyes went wide as he saw All for One standing in front of Katara, knowing exactly what he was going to do. "You bastard! Don't even think about touching her!" He squeezed his fist and drew it back. "Texas Sma- GAH!"

All Might coughed out in agony as an iron spike pierced the back of his shoulder and exited the front, looking back as the last nomu he attacked shot out several more rods. "Damn you! Get out of my way! Texas smash!" the powerful gust from All Mights fist rushed out and blasted the nomu back, only for his attack to be nullified by the other nomu's own air blast quirk. "He gave this one his quirk as well?!"

As both nomu leaped at him once more, All Might could only brace himself as both slammed into his arms. "Grr! Katara, Todoroki! Get out of there!"

Finally free from the ice, Tomura shivered as he fell to his knees, looking over as both Twice and Toga slowly chipped away at the other trapped league members. He huffed out and turned back to the battle, watching in fury to the girl that froze them before his master. "G-go on… kill her now." He hissed in rage, wanting to watch her die finally.

Katara stepped back as the tall figure came closer, her heart pounding in her chest in fear to what he was going to do. Whipping her arms forward, she shot forth a thick stream of water encasing around his body, but before she could do anything with it it was shredded by the sharp black tendrils shooting out from his fingertips. While shocked, she gritted her teeth and arched her hands forward, the water hovering shifting into dozens of ice spikes and striking him all over. To her horror though, not a single one could even pierce his skin, the sharp ends cracking against his body.

"Don't try and resist, for it only makes the process take longer." All for One commented brushing off the ice from his damaged suit. "I'll let you go… after I take that interesting power of yours."

The breath in Katara's lungs seemed to freeze at the words she just heard, a sinister chill overtaking her body. "Wh-what?" She muttered out and stumbled backwards away from him. Her mind flashed back to her old home, remembering what she was told happened to the fire lord at the end of the war. Her hands shook in fear thinking this man had something similar to that, throwing her arms forward and bending all of the ice around herself and launching the wave at him, but gasped out as another powerful air blast obliterated the water into millions of droplets.

"Katara!" Shoto yelled in fear as she stumbled backwards, running towards her before a line of blue flames cut him off. Glaring, he ignited his left hand again. "Get out of my way!" he screamed and shot his flames at Dabi, only making him laugh in excitement as he blocked it.

"You are going to have to sit and watch what happens, Shoto. Watch as you can do nothing to stop it!" Dabi's excitement grew as he saw the furious look on Shoto's face, licking his lips and shooting off several more streams of fire. "She'll be an empty shell by the time you can see her again, I hope you can accept something so pathetic!"

"SHUT UP!" Shoto's left side burst out in towering flames, his eyes burning in rage. "Don't say a word about her!"

The entire area burst in light as the two fire users clashed, the heat however doing nothing to warm the chill overtaking Katara's soul as All for One was only a few paces from her. Sweat fell down her forehead as his large hand raised towards her, staring into the hole in the center of his palm like a dark void. "Stay away!" She screamed reacting on instinct, throwing her hand up towards him and focusing all of her energy into her hand like she did the night of the forest, her knuckles arching back and taking hold of his body stopping his movements.

All for One felt the strange sensation running through his arm, forcing his muscles to stop moving just before he reached her. While surprised at first, he couldn't help but chuckle out loud, smirking underneath his mask. "So this is that ability you did on my nomu. It's even more exciting to see it in action. You can control the blood in another body since it is a form of water. Fascinating."

Katara shuddered at him seemingly being excited about her bloodbending, tightening her grip on him to try and force him to the ground. To her horror however, he physically pushed through her power and inched closer towards her face. Even though it wasn't totally full, the moon was so close to being complete; he was just that much stronger than anything she had ever faced before, her body shivering as his hand inched closer towards her despite her power.

"Telekinesis pull."

Before she could scream out, a strange forced suddenly pulled at Katara's body forcing her forward. She panicked and released her grip, but couldn't move before she was pulled straight towards him, and his cold palm gripping over her face and squeezing tight.

"KATARA!" Shoto yelled in fury, his blood boiling as she watched the man grab her head. "Get your hands off her!"

"Not so fast!" Dabi's hand slammed into the ground unleashing a wave of fire blocking the way towards the other two. "You can just sit and watch what's going to happen."

"Let me go!" She screamed out in terror, her hands pulling at his grip to get him off. It seemed all in vain, being unable to budge him more than an inch as he lifted her off the ground. She cried in anger and flailed to get out, her panic rising as his grip tightened around her head. She opened her shaking eyes to see him peering at her in amusement, his cold chuckle seeming to echo in the night.

"Water. Ice. Plants. Blood. All of these forms of liquid under your control along with the ability to heal? Such a wonderful power is too interesting for me to not have for myself. I hope you don't mind letting me take this from you to rid you of the troubles of hero school." All for One laughed as he felt her shiver in his grasp, "It is mine now."

"No…" Katara felt a tear of fear roll down her cheek, balling her fist and striking at his arm. "Let me go!"

"Don't worry, I won't be killing you." All for One smiled as he activated his main quirk, his hand absorbing energy inward. "I can't promise it won't be painless, however."

A cold sensation rolled over Katara's body coming from this mans hand, her terror growing as she kicked her legs in desperation to free herself. She clenched her eyes closed again terrified on what was coming next. In the darkness of her mind, however, a glowing light appeared from within. A bright blue shine appeared in the shadows, followed by the mysterious figure she had seen in her dream once more. The unseen being's robes fluttered in the light, their hidden from the glow of energy before their eyes opened up, a shimmering blue energy pulsing outward in a blinding flash pushing out from her mind and to the real world.

"What?!" All for One gasped in surprise as he felt a strange energy burst out from his hand breaking his grip on Katara, the waterbender falling to the ground on her knees. "What was that?"

Katara sat up in shock and panted hard, her hands coming up and gripping her face in both fear and confusion. "What… what was that?" She whispered out, the sweat pouring down her forehead as she gathered her thoughts. This was that same feeling that came over her in the forest, but unlike before, there was no pain this time. She tried closing her eyes quickly to see it once more, but just as fast as it came, it was gone once more.

She had no idea who or what that was she saw, but it felt like… it was trying to speak to her.

Both Dabi and Shoto turned in confusion to what was going on, neither understanding what was happening. "K-Katara?" Shoto muttered in worry and concern, while Dabi tilted his head in annoyance.

"What the hell? Just take her quirk and be done with it."

All for One meanwhile stared down towards his hand, his mind processing that strange energy he had just felt. He had been around long enough to see the energy of quirks and how they worked. The sensation that came from this girl however was not like that. He rubbed his fingers together for a few seconds before he sighed in amusement.

"Interesting…" He turned his head back towards the girl below. "I should have understood why you seemed so unique this whole time. The fact that you can do so much with supposedly one quirk should have been a red flag this whole time to me, but now I see the truth because I can't take that. You are not like the others, aren't you?"

Katara slowly crawled to her feet as she stepped back from him, swallowing the lump in her throat and clenching her fist. "What do you mean?"

"The fact that your power you have is different than even what I possess." His eyeless face scrunched in amusement to his conclusion. "You don't possess a quirk at all, do you?"

Katara's eyes widened in at his words. Not to the fact that her bending was exposed to this man, but to the fact he seemed more entertained by how he couldn't take her power.

All for One felt a new sense of excitement growing inside, to find something so unique that even he couldn't understand fully. "This is even more remarkable than I anticipated. Perhaps I could let the doctor take a look at you and-

"Detroit Smash!"

Katara's eyes widened in shock by the gust of wind rushing by her in that instant, her mouth falling open as All Might's fist crashed straight into All for Ones face and launching him across the clearing. "A-All Might?!" She gasped out, her eyes drawn to the many tears and bloody wounds littering his body.

"M-Master!" Tomura yelled out as All for One colliding with several concrete slabs. He looked back to the other side of the clearing, his eyes shaking in anger to the pair of defeated nomus slumped over the ground. "Damn you… Damn you, All Might!"

"Both of you, get out of here now!" All Might ordered out, wiping his mouth free of blood and glaring to the rising dust in the distance. "I'll make sure he doesn't come near any of you anymore!"

"Huh?" Dabi hissed out and ignited his hands again, seeing Shoto panting in exhaustion at this point. "You think I'll let them leave here? You are going to-

Shoto gasped as a yellow blur flew through the air and slammed its foot straight into Dabi's face, the black haired man passing out from the force and collapsing to the ground. "What the…?"

Before he could even see, Gran Torino sped right towards him and catching him by the waist, the elder hero blasting through the air with him in his grasp. Not wasting a moment, he jetted across the space and grabbed Katara with is other arm, both teens gasping in shock as they were whipped through the air and carried away.

"Y-you?!" Katara shouted out as she was hoisted out of there, recognizing the older man from before.

"You little brats have a lot of explaining to do later!" Gran Torino scolded them as he rushed through the air, carrying the teens out of range and out of sight of everyone there. As soon as they were too far to see anymore, All Might formed a small smile seeing them safe, happy to see his mentor finally arriving to the fight before glaring forward once more as All for One walked through the smoke once more.

"Now it's just you and me now… All for One!"

Sighing to himself, All for One tore off the rest of his torn suit sleeve and tossed it aside. "You finished off both of those nomu, I see. I applaud you, All Might. But even if there were two of them, I am surprised it took you so long to take them down. And it looks like you spent quite a lot of energy there. You pushed yourself too hard again, didn't you?"

Gritting his teeth, All Might hated to admit it but it was true. He had to strain himself to fight both of them at once, shortening the limited time he already had, including the fact one of them struck his injury as well. He winced as blood seeped down his side, taking a deep breath once more.

"The fact you needed nomu's to fight me shows you have lost your touch as well. Too afraid to fight me on your own?!" All Might taunted him, which only made his foe chuckle out.

"All might, if I were afraid of you, I would have never shown my face to the world again. But like you stated, this is between you and me." All for One turned towards the unconscious Muscular and Kurogiri, the black spikes from his fingers rushing out and piercing the warp gate user. "Forced quirk activation."

Tomura's eyes widened in surprise as Kurogiri's portal suddenly opened up, watching as his masters spikes shot out and struck all the other knocked out members of the league. "Master, what are you-

"It's time to go, Tomura. You must continue your journey for me." All for one stated as he lifted and tossed the unconscious villains into the warp and out of the clearing, watching as Dabi fell through the portal and laughed internally.

'I am curious to see what he shall do next. While Tomura is growing, Dabi already has his goal set. I will have to keep an eye on his progress as well.'

shifting his other hand and opening his palm. "I know you will do great things soon."

Tomura, Toga and Twice all gasped as a small air cannon blast launched them backwards towards the portal, the shocked look on Shigaraki's face exposed by the falling hand. "Master, no!"

As they all passed through and the gate closed behind them, All for One turned his attention back to All Might. "Now then… Shall we finish this dance of ours?"

Once he was to a populated section of the town, Gran Torino saw he was out of range of the battlefield now and came to a quick stop on the sidewalk. He dropped both teens to the ground, their legs wobbly from shock before they stared at him in a lost gaze. "Get your butts back home now, you hear me?! Don't even think about going anywhere else!"

Not giving them a chance to respond, he turned around and blasted into the sky back towards the battle, leaving them standing there in the middle of several confused pedestrians. They sat in silence for several moments to what just happened, going from nearly dying to standing there on the sidewalk, their heart rates too elevated to do anything else right there. Slowly turning her head, Katara locked eyes with Shoto, her breathing too quick still to even think right. Before she could even say anything, she was suddenly pulled into a tight hug, his arms encircling her tight and his chin onto her shoulder.

"Are you alright?" He quickly got out, his own breathing hard and panicked. "When he grabbed you I… I didn't know what was going to happen."

Katara's chest swelled up right there, her panic rising once more as she thought of what just occurred. Her arms reached up and circled his back, pulling him closer as she pressed her jaw into his shoulder. She sniffled several times, her eyes moistening in both fear of what happened, but relief to what didn't. "I'm alright. I… I'm fine now."

Sighing in relief, Shoto's thumb rubbed her shoulder to try and comfort her. He could feel the slight tremble from her, squeezing her closer to make her feel safe. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have let that happen."

"It's not your fault, so don't even try and blame yourself." She took a deep breath calming herself. "We are safe now, and so is everyone else."

Nodding in agreement, Shoto lessened his grip on her and pulled away, a small smile on his face. "I'm relieved you're good. He wasn't able to do anything since you have no quirk."

Katara's smile faded when he said that, her mind thinking back to that odd sensation that came over her right then when All for One grabbed her. She tried thinking back to what she felt, but now it seemed gone once more, unlike that pain she felt in the woods. "Something happened when he tried taking my powers. It… I don't know what it was."

"What?" Shoto tilted his head in confusion. "What do you mean?"

"I…" Katara rubbed her head as she tried even understanding what happened inside her head, remembering the strange energy that seemed to rise and then vanish once more. "I wish I knew what was going on."

Shoto stared at her for a few moments in confusion before sighing. Either way, she was safe now and that's what mattered. He turned to lead her down the road to try and find the others, but his eyes caught the bright flash of the screen above the street causing him to freeze. "Oh no…"

"Huh?" Katara looked over to what he was staring at, her own eyes widening in shock and terror. "All… All Might…"

Coughing up blood, All Might stumbled back as he clutched his left side. Blood seeped through his costume as All for One's black spiked fingers pulled out of his injured spot. "Damn you… you remember that spot, don't you?" All Might growled out and stepped backward.

All for One took a small breath as well, his mask mostly destroyed revealing more of his eyeless face. "How could I not, All Might? It was the same night you did this to my face. So I call it a fair trade."

"A fair trade would be you buried in the ground where you belong! A cold hearted bastard like yourself has no right being free to torment and kill whoever you want!" All Might launched himself forward and locked hands with his foe and plowed him through the base of another building. "Not only did you try and kidnap my precious students, but you put your disgusting hands on one of them as well!"

Chuckling to himself, All for One pushed back against All Might and locked into another standstill. "I did, her quirk was so unique I just wanted to have it for myself."

"Young Katara is a wonderful student, and a sick man like you has no business coming near her!" All Might hissed in anger and stepped forward sliding All for one back. "I will make sure you will never get a hold of hers or an of my students quirks!"

"Oh but that's the wonderful part All Might, I can't take her quirk." All for One smiled and seemingly stared right at All Might. "Because she as no quirk to steal."

All Might was caught off guard by his statement, shocked to learn All for One knew as well. That second of distraction allowed All for One to launch him back with another air cannon shot, grunting in pain as he stood back up to see All for One hovering towards him.

"I can tell from your look you already know of her strange powers. I myself am so intrigued by the idea someone could have abilities like that yet aren't even quirks. I would love to see what makes her so special and-

"You are not going anywhere near her!" All Might threatened the villain. "She is a warm hearted girl who deeply cares for others! Even if she is different, she has proven to me she wants to help others, and that is all the proof I need!"

"And what about everyone else, hmm? What do you think would happen if the public knew what she really was?" All for One taunted, causing All Might to grit his teeth in anger.

"What are you saying? They saw you tried to harm an innocent child just now. They will see she had nothing to do with you guys now!"

Laughing as he looked towards the news helicopter in the distance, All for One lifted his hand and pointed to the stars. "This world judges others who were born with nothing, consider them worthless and nothing but trash in the street. Even those with possess quirks can be ostracized and cast out, treated different for something completely out of control. Even if your little student becomes a hero, what do you think would be the reaction from this wretched society you serve?"

All Might felt his smile falter to the harsh words from the villain, the words he was hearing hitting his heart.

"You try so hard to protect a girl like that, and it's all for nothing. As soon as they see who she is, this society will turn on her like the rats they all are. Even if she saved hundreds of people, they would see her as something bizarre; a quirkless person with power. A freak. Even your hero association would want to bring her in, to treat her as any other outcast in this society. I don't even need to make a scene and tell them all, instead I would relish in them finding out on their own. I can't wait to see your despair, seeing your efforts shattered by the very people you desperately work to protect."

All Might's heart tightened in anger hearing what was coming out of this mans mouth, his fists shaking in frustration. "This world has many problems, yes… people are rash and do not take others feelings into consideration." His mind flashed back to when he first met Midoriya, the terrified boy who wanted to be a hero despite being quirkless. "But there is one thing that you are wrong about. When people risk their lives to save others, they show the world their true self! They show the world they will do anything to protect those who need it, and that is what everyone will care about! Perhaps you don't understand the true meaning of being a hero, being the cold and manipulative monster that you are!"

"You are so foolish to even believe that nonsense, All Might," All for One's right arm expanded outward as his air cannon charged, readying it to fire off a larger blast. "You sound just like her the day she took her last breath. Nana was just as much-

All Might roared out in anger and leaped through the sky, the shock wave behind him shattering the ground. "Don't you dare say her name!"

All for One was caught off guard as his face was cracked by the intense punch shattering the rest of his mask, the force slamming him into the ground and fracturing the earth beneath himself. All Might hissed through his clenched teeth, shuttering in rage hearing this monster even mention his former masters name. As he sat there, he winced in pain feeling the steam begin to rise from his body suddenly, his limit pushed much more than he expected.

"What's wrong, All Might?"

All Might's eyes widened in shock to the laugh coming from beneath his fist, breathing harder as he felt his muscles locking up.

"I thought you were going to finish me off? You spent too much energy on those nomu, and now you are running on fumes. Just like Nana Shimura was that day I killed her."

"Don't say her name!"

The ground exploded from the air blast erupting from All for One's arm, but All Might was pulled out of the way by Gran Torino zipping by. "Toshinori, calm down! He's riling you up like he did the last time you fought!" Gran Torino scolded him, looking at the steam rising up. "You are at your limit already."

Hissing to the warning, All Might shook him off and stood back up. "I know that, that's why I need to finish this now!"

"Such positive thinking, All Might," All for One calmly stated as he stood back up, "But I think we both know the truth, that One for All is barely even in your body at this point. Every time you push your already weakened body, the energy diminishes, and all of my nomu have certainly done their job for me. Now it's time I rid you from my life."

Both of the heroes stiffened when they saw the arm of All for One expand outward, the muscles vibrating and energy gathering up for another big blast. They both went to dodge the blast, but when he moved, All Might's eyes shot open in horror when he saw several people crawling from the rubble.

"Some people aren't so lucky aren't they?" All for One chuckled sensing those bodies behind, knowing he would take the blast to protect them. "It looks like you aren't going to the afterlife alone."

BOOOSH!

Everyone across Japan felt their hearts clench when they watched the powerful air blast rip through the city on their screens. Cries of fear and worry rang out on the streets as people stared to the large jumbo trons set up in the cities, waiting to see the dust clear and see All Might was safe. When it did, however, gasps were all that could be heard. Standing their where the powerful form of All Might was now a frail and sickly looking man, his loose costume draped over his frame.

All of the UA students in Camino stared up to the large screens in shock and confusion, seeing who they thought was always a proud and powerful figure now a broken and weak form. Izuku however felt panic, seeing All Might's natural form exposed to the rest of the world to see.

"Now the world can see what you really are All Might," All for One laughed as he stared down to the coughing form of his rival below. "A pathetic and weak being. Their idol is nothing more than a walking skeleton."

"Toshinori…" Gran Torino gasped out in shock, seeing his former friends student looking like this now.

Huffing in and out, All Might clenched his fist and smiled, "It doesn't matter what I look like. As long as I am standing here, I will risk my live to keep everyone safe as the symbol of peace. I will keep my promise and make my master proud!"

All for one was amused to how positive this man could be, even after his true self was exposed to everyone else. "I just have to applaud you, All Might. But to say you are making your master proud is such a disservice to her."

All Might gritted his teeth and stepped forward. "You don't have the right to say anything about my master!"

"Oh, but I do, since we are so connected. In fact, I made sure that her memory would live on with me. Just so you know, Tomura Shigaraki… is Nana Shimura's grandson."

…

Words could not describe the sensation that came over All Might at that moment. It was as if a sledgehammer had struck his heart and crushed it instantly, his eyes trembling in shock and disbelief. "N-no… you're lying."

"Oh, but it's true…" All for One snickered, "I found Tomura all alone, distraught with no one there to help him. So I took him; Groomed him to hate you and nothing else. I couldn't wait to see you learn that you were willing to beat your masters descendant, to see you weren't there for him when he could have needed it."

All Might's hands trembled as he looked down to the ground, his masters happy face in his memory now causing him agony. "My… master's grandson? I…" his heart felt like it was going to burst in his chest, the only relief he could muster was to scream out in pain.

"That's it, All Might, know what you have done…" All for One charged his hand once more, smiling in satisfaction to his work. "Know you're master is wallowing in her grave as you weren't there for her lineage."

"All Might…"

The weak voice from behind All Might broke his tormented thoughts, looking back to see one of the survivors weakly crawling from the rubble. Her eyes were filled with tears of fear, yet looking at him with pure hope. "Please… please don't give up."

"He's… he's still All Might, right?"

"He's looks different… but it's still him!"

"He never gives up!"

"All Might can stop that villain!"

Despite their shock, voices all around the city called out in support for their hero. Cries of hope rang out all around the streets, Izuku and the others looking around in confusion before their own cheers rang out.

"You can do this, All Might!" Kirishima cried out.

"Don't give up!" Tenya yelled.

"Come on, beat him!" Kendo cheered.

"Be strong!" Momo screamed.

Izuku fought back the tears in his eyes as he stared at the screen, knowing he could pull through. "Win this!"

"Win this!" Bakugo cheered as well.

"ALL MIGHT!"

Katara's eyes cried in worry as everyone else on the street cheered, clenching her teeth and screaming the screen. "You can do it, All Might!"

"Don't let him win this!" Shoto cheered as well, their voices joining the millions across the country in unision.

Almost as if he could hear their voices, All Might stood back up defiance to the man now floating in the air. He knew if he gave up now, everything he worked for would be for nothing. "I have made mistakes in my life, but that doesn't mean I quit now. Being a hero, means I give everything I got until my last breath!"

"So stubborn, aren't you?" All for One sighed and pointed his palm towards the weakened hero. "It just means now I-

The massive inferno bursting into the sky engulfed the villain leader, the bright flames dancing before they were blown away by another air blast. All for One chuckled in amusement to the newcomer. "It seems we have more guests."

All Might turned in confusion to who shot the fire, but was shocked when he locked eyes with Endeavor, the fire hero staring at him in both confusion and fury. "What the hell is this, All Might?! What the hell is with that weak little body?!"

Leaping in from behind, Edgeshot landed and sighed in relief. "Looks like we made it just in time."

"So, I take it you finished off all of the nomus I sent there," All for One hummed to himself slight annoyance. "I should have expected that from the number two hero."

Endeavor didn't even respond to All for Ones comment, huffing out in anger seeing his rival in such a weak form. For his entire life he was struggling to reach the spot of number one, always behind and never able to match him. Now here before him was that man, nothing more than a frail pile of bones ready to fall over.

"No…" Endeavor growled out in fury. "You were always better than me. Now you better show the world why. SHOW THEM ALL WHY YOU ARE BETTER THAN ME!"

All Might was stunned by Endeavors sudden praise, realizing he was right in what he said.

"You've done good, All Might," Edgeshot leaped ahead of the weakened hero and drew his sword. "It's time we take him on."

"Oh, now this is quite the statement," All for One taunted. "You've seen how much trouble your precious All Might has endured, and now you-

All for One was cut off as Edgeshot shot through the air, his ribbon like body slashing up and almost striking the villains torso. "You'll regret trying to kidnap Bakugo. He's far too stubborn to even join you villains in the first first place!"

All for One went to shoot out a blast to strike the ninja hero, only to be engulfed in flames once more. He grunted in annoyance and blew the fire away, bracing his arm up to block the burning fist of Endeavor from crashing into him. "He's not the only hero you should be worried about!" The flame hero growled and unleashed an inferno forward before he was blast back in shock.

"You two have no business being here. All Might is already done for, and you still work to protect this broken figure." All for One sneered as Endeavor rocketed forward once more shooting a flaming javelin towards him. Dodging it, he readied his next quirk but winced as a slice ran down his forearm, hissing as Edgeshot whipped by once more with his Katana.

"He may be injured, and he doesn't look the same. But what matters is what a person does!" Edgeshot shouted in defiance. "It doesn't matter what he looks like, he is still everyone's number one hero!"

"Annoying…" All for One hissed and unleashed a max charged air cannon blast towards the ground shattering the street. The pair of heroes were thrown back before they regained their footing.

"That bastard has got quite the punch," Endeavor cursed and shook his shoulder. "I may have to use my full power."

"You do that, you'll melt most of this block," Edgeshot warned him, flicking his sword free of blood. "there are too many civilians within the area. Let's try and hold him off until more can get here."

"No…"

Both Edgeshot and Endeavor turned in confusion to All Might's demand, the blonde hero coughing out yet smiling. "I will finish this myself."

"What?!" Endeavor scoffed in disbelief. "You think you can do anything else in that state?"

"All Might, let us at least help you." Edgeshot advised. "With those injuries…"

All Might walked forward past both of them, his eyes low toward the ground. 'Even if I save my energy to transform once I rest later, I probably can only hold it for five minutes.' He chuckled to himself and looked up to All for One in the sky. 'What a waste that would be. It's better to end it for both of us here and now.'

"What's this? Planning on facing me alone once more?" All for One chuckled to himself.

"Yes. If I don't put my life on the line to stop evil, then how could I ever face my master in the next life?" The energy inside All Might grew, putting everything he had into one final burst. "I will gladly give all I got into putting you down, because I…"

The air around him burst out in a powerful shock wave, the others covering their face in shock as All Might was back to his muscular form.

"The symbol of peace and justice!"

All for One was surprised as the number one hero burst off the ground and slammed into his body through the building behind and crashing to the ground. "You are pushing yourself past your limit, All Might. You know exactly what that means."

"Of course I do! As long as you are finished, it will be all worth it!" All Might yelled out and slammed his fists into his targets chest over and over before he was blasted off. Spitting out blood, he kicked off the ground and launched forward once more.

"You are really stubborn, aren't you? You will lose all that you have just trying to finish me!" All or One's right leg expanded outward and pulsated, forcing his multitude of quirks into his attacks. "Spear like bones. Enhancer times four."

The powerful kick whipped around towards All Might's face as he blocked it, the kinetic energy rushing past and collapsing the building behind himself. "I may… but there will always be others to save the innocent! There will always be a symbol of peace to face evil!"

All Might unleashed several powerful punches into All for Ones stomach forcing him to cough out, but was struck with the black spikes piercing his left shoulder as another blast of energy struck his own stomach. All For one crawled back up and huffed in annoyance, surprised All Might still had this much fight left him him. "You are a fool to think you can actually win this, especially since One for All no longer dwells inside of you… it's inside Izuku Midoriya."

All Might's eyes widened in terror to All for One's assumption, shocked to see he knew the truth already. "I could sense the exact power coming from him. You gave him that to carry on your legacy, which is why you are a simple shell of yourself now. Now you will have to die knowing he win-

Gritting his teeth, All Might leaped right at the villain and unleashed a full powered strike launching All for One back and chasing him down. "His name has no business coming out of your mouth!" Before he could land another punch, All for Ones palm reached his chest, unleashing a point blank air cannon blast launching him backwards. He coughed out a thick stream of blood and fell to his knee, steam rising from his body at a dangerous rate.

"I am done playing with you now, All Might…" All for One's right arm shifted and ripped through his jacket, the muscles and bone structure reforming until it was a twisted mass of flesh and steel as large as himself. "Strength enhancer. Spear like bones. Kinetic booster. Springlike limbs. All of those previous attacks were just to wear you down, where this is the combination of quirks I have accumulated to finish you off for good."

Bursting through the air, All for One drew his massive arm back to give a final farewell to the number one hero. "You were a fool to give that power to Midoriya before you knew he could control it, now it's easier for me to take what belongs to me."

"You will stay away from Young Midoriya…" All Might's right arm flexed hard, his muscles sparking out yellow flashes of energy as he put in everything he had inside. "You will not come near him!"

The two collided their fists in a powerful clash sending a shockwave through the entire area shattering all the windows, the two in a stalemate before All for One smiled. "Impact recoil!"

All Might screamed in pain as his own attack reverberated back into his arm shattering his bones, his body being forced back as his own strength was being used against him. All for One laughed seeing his quirks working, grunting as he readied to watch All Might die once and for all. "All of your work will be in vain, this society will crumble after watching you fall. And you will watch in the afterlife as Midoriya will never become the hero you want. And don't worry, I'll keep Katara safe from this society, as I rip her apart and discover that power she possesses."

The fire in All Might's heart burned hotter than the sun at that moment, digging his feet into the concrete and stopping himself. "You will not interfere in the lives of any of my students anymore… AS LONG AS I AM HERE!"

Dropping down, All Might ducked underneath the massive arm and dug his left fist as deep as he could into All for One's stomach launching him into the sky. Blasting into the air after him, All Might rose above him and focused not only all his strength, but everything else keeping him going into his right fist. He pushed through the broken bones in his limb and clenched his fist, staring down to the symbol of evil floating back towards the ground.

'Goodbye, All for One!' All Might cried out in rage, knowing what was coming next and slammed his fist forward burying it into All for One's now shocked face.

"UNITED…. STATES OF… SMAAAAAAAAAAAASH!"

The two plowed through the sky straight into the street below shattering the ground, the road splitting and exploding upward in a tornado of energy and destruction. The earth caved in several times from the impact crushing downward and nearly folding in on itself. The other heroes there stared in shock at the display of power, unable to speak as they watched the spinning tornado rushing into the sky. After a few more seconds, the air fell silent.

'Goodbye… One for all…'

Katara mouth hung open in disbelief as she stared to the screen above. Everyone was in silence as the dust slowly cleared, revealing a single figure standing there. Several gasps came out from the people around her as they saw it was All Might, reverted back to his deflated form. But what they were in shock was the unconscious form of All for One on the ground beneath him. They couldn't even breathe in anticipation, praying it was over until they watched All Might slowly raised his fist above his head. In a powerful burst, he forced his body up, back into his muscular form, standing up in victory.

A woman on the road felt tears form in her eyes to the sight, falling to her knees in relief and smiled. "All Might… he did it. He did it!"

Screams of excitement and cheers rang out in the city as they saw their idol defeat this sinister force, happiness overtaking their fear and chanting the great hero's name to the sky.

Katara felt her breath falter in happiness seeing All Might standing there, a smile spreading across her face and a tear of relief falling down her cheek. "He did it. He beat him!"

"He won…" Shoto whispered in amazement, "he stopped him."

The fear she felt earlier seemed to vanish seeing that man brought down, instead now replaced with hope and happiness. Laughing in excitement, Katara turned and threw her arms around his neck, pushing herself into Shoto's chest embracing him tight. She giggled in glee feeling it was finally over, sighing in relief and laying against his body. Shoto himself was surprised by her sudden grip but smiled, pulling her close as well now that it was all over. They sat in each other's arms for several moments before they both moved back to speak, freezing when they realized they were face to face.

Katara's face heated up as she realized she was near brushing her nose against his, looking right into his dual colored eyes. His cheeks turned red as well, blushing and swallowing as his heart began beating faster in his chest. Both of them sat still like this for what seemed like an entire minute, unable to pull away due to the other's hands still around them. Even if they did let go however, they wouldn't have moved. Katara's breathed slightly as she stared at him, someone she had gone from almost despising to being perhaps her closest friend. His face that never left her mind, and that she didn't want to.

Shoto as well was stunned from moving, unable to take his own gaze away from the deep blue eyes of the waterbender before him. He couldn't imagine himself now having not becoming close to her, unable to think of himself feeling happier than having her in his life. He breathed out slowly as his eyes drifted lower and caught a quick peek at her lips, feeling his face flush lightly and trying to look away… something she noticed immediately.

Without even thinking she closed her eyes… leaning in and pressing her lips onto his.

The sudden touch sent a chill through both of them, pushing out all other thoughts as they sat there. Shoto's eyes shot open in shock, her soft lips pressing against his almost causing his mind to fog over in pleasure. He didn't open his mouth to protest, however, his hands subconsciously moving to her sides as he pulled her closer. Reacting on instinct, he closed his eyes and kissed her back. Katara shuddered slightly from the feeling, her heart pounding inside her chest as they stood there in the middle of the cheering crowd.

All the distractions around them at that point were meaningless, though. All they cared about was the kiss they were giving, and the one they were getting in return. They held onto each other as they refused to break apart, not wanting to lose this feeling for anything.

Notes: AAAAHHHHHHH! we finally got to it, everyone! moments all of you have been waiting so long for! i'm so happy to finally see this story reach this place. and I still have so much planned out!

Being ch. 50, I chose to not split this into two chapters and give it all as one major gift. So don't expect chapters this size often, this one killed me :( .

First off, let me say thank you to all of you wonderful fans out there. if it weren't for your wonderful support and the love you've given this fic, there is no way could have got this far. every time i see a new review, I have to open it to read it as soon as i can. I love seeing your reactions and that drives me. the more you do, the more I want to write!

With everything that has occurred so far, there is so many things that have changed so far. from All Might's fight being different since he wasn't as injured, to the many character interactions throughout. Every little change leading up to a major chapter cultimating here. And there is so many things I didn't even get to yet, so next chapter!

and as a special announcement, soon I have several artwork pieces coming for my original arc I have planned, so be ready for that.

Thank you all and can't wait to read your reactions. Till next time!