"I must save Shigaraki and his allies," Kurogiri declared as his yellow eyes twisted and turned. "Himiko Toga...what is it that you desire?"

"I wanna kill Hawks...then slaughter every other hero," Himiko answered without hesitation; because Hawks killed Twice...he would be her first target. To her, he had been alive for far longer than he should.

And so...with only revenge on her mind, the clones made their way to every single battlefield. Hawks gritted his teeth while clutching his feather blade. 'It's Toga! She had some of Bubaigawara's blood?' He watched as the clones quickly became a mountain in front of him. He let out a small growl, wondering if someone had beaten him to it before he even realized it. That was the only way this could happen...and he wouldn't be surprised if it was Dabi himself, the one who was the most distrustful of his... 'allegiance.' "Are you behind this, Dabi?!" He demanded the villain above his head.

"You're a dead bird," Himiko declared furiously from the portal, some of the sludge falling from her to make another clone.

Dabi had grinned while talking to her at her childhood home, summoning a flame from his hand. "Whether or not you spend today laughing or crying, tomorrow will come just the same. In which case...we should laugh, don't you think?" He mostly wanted to laugh at his family when he destroyed them of his own accord. "Let's continue his march of despair."

The entire battlefield was now covered with Twice clones...

'Infinite Doubles...Sad Man's Death Parade!' Himiko thought, remembering exactly what Dabi said to her. And she knew that if Twice were here now...he would be proud of her.

"We'll make sure we keep laughing. Forever."

Hawks could only look on with shaking eyes...a little terrified for just how much both wanted others to suffer with them at their strongest...especially since neither of them were even supposed to be here. But...they had managed to push their way through.

Hawks flinched from the state that Dabi was in now, and he felt like he could hardly recognize the villain just looking at him. But...it was no mistake, either. Despite the charred skin, the flames were still his. Hawks gritted his teeth at the state the battle was in now...

"Ah..." Kinoko backed away in a bit of fear. "There's...too many. We won't have shroom to move, much less fight!"

"Oh no you don't!" Ochaco arrived just as the portal was closing, reaching out her hand. "I'm not losing sight of you again!" She cried out, while Tsuyu was hanging onto her. The brunette continued to reach out, Tsuyu knowing exactly what she was going through right now...

You've kept so many feelings locked away... Tsuyu had used her tongue to hang onto Ochaco, knowing that she couldn't let her friend go through this alone. But you'd bare them all...to save her! And she was determined to stay by Ochaco's side...not just for her friend's sake, but Izuka's too. Don't worry, Mido. I'll make sure that Ochaco doesn't have to do this on her own. Just like you and Deku had to endure All for One for so long until we promised to help you.

"We still haven't had our talk about boys and romance!" Ochaco shouted down towards the army of Twice clones. One of them looked back towards the sky with a sunken expression. The top melted away...to reveal the top of Himiko's head.

"Leave me alone..." She declared, glaring up at Ochaco, who...she could care less about now. "I'm not some hopeless, lovesick girl anymore. Got that, hero?!" She shouted as she saw Ochaco getting closer.

"If a butterfly beats its wings in Brazil, could that lead to a hurricane in Texas? Will superhuman society, which began with a single glowing baby, cause the end of the life as we know it?" Meryl opened her eyes, staring at the camera. "One person has the power to change the world."

It was now an all-out brawl, mainly between Endeavor, Hawks, Himiko, Dabi, Ochaco, and All for One...

And thanks to Dabi's unexpected appearance, the Gunga Villa site was now in a circle of fire, and other fires were occurring around the area. The heroes screamed as the Twice clones quickly overwhelmed them, overtaking the battlefield in seconds. Pixie-Bob jumped up in the air, swinging down her mud to make a wall out of it. However, even with this move, there were still too many of them. "Get behind me! Recover and regroup!" She called out to the others.

"These fires are keeping me from spreading my spores around!" Kinoko frowned a little while Kamui Woods was helping to keep her airborne.

"Move the captured villains to safety!" Shishido ordered as they already had captured some in restraints. "If we leave them, they'll burn!" He'd rather have the villains face prison than to die by someone else.

Ochaco touched Tsuyu's hand to keep her up in the sky. Both of them looked up ahead. "Himiko Toga and Kurogiri are just the start," Tsuyu pointed out, gesturing to Dabi nearby. "We have to deal with Dabi too...Todoroki...and Shoji. Please be safe," She frowned in worry for the both of them. If Dabi was already here, then there might be a huge possibility that Spinner and Kurogiri might show up here too...she hoped that her classmates weren't seriously injured fighting off Dabi or Spinner.

"Uravity!" Kyoka cried out to the two of them. "Froppy!" They turned around to see Kyoka flying on top of Fumikage. She was still holding onto her bloody left ear.

Ochaco gasped as she reached out her hand to her classmates. "Tsukuyomi! Earphone Jack!" She then grabbed Kyoka's hand, and they looked out to all of the chaos down below. Most of the ground was covered with clones, and the four couldn't see much people...

"This isn't a battle anymore," Fumikage informed the three girls. "It's pandemonium."

"Your ear is hurt!" Tsuyu was the first to notice it. "Are you okay?"

Ochaco gasped in concern as she looked over to it, but Kyoka just gave a small smile. "I went toe-to-toe with the demon lord earlier. Honestly, I'm lucky..." She knew that if that laser was anywhere closer to her, she wouldn't even be alive right now... "You came out of the same Warp gate as the army of Twices. I'm guessing that means it's actually Toga, right?" She remembered that Himiko Toga was the only League villain out on Okuto Island. And that Himiko was the only one who could use Sad Man's Parade now since Twice was long gone.

"At this rate, the entire country will be buried," Ochaco narrowed her eyes at the sight, frowning. "We gotta stop her."

"Agreed..." Fumikage murmured while looking towards Dabi. Who didn't seem to notice them or really care of their presence at all. "Except Dabi's flames are too hot. They aren't slowing Toga down..." This was proven by Himiko making another clone made out of mud, which was not affected by the flames. "But we have to keep our distance. What do we do?" Endeavor grunted while punching a clone in the face. "Where do we even begin?" One of them lunged forward at the number-one hero, who used his knee to take one down. "This wasn't part of the plan."

The entire plan was to separate everyone so that the respective opponents could take them down on their own. But it was safe to say that the plan had long failed at this point, despite their drastic measures to have all of this happen. Even with everything that was supposed to be set in motion...things had went downhill for everyone all thanks to the League's interference.

Endeavor then punched a clone that was heading for him with his free arm, grabbing another to stop it. He turned around to swing a punch, pushing one away. His injured gash was still bleeding, but he wasn't paying any attention to his injuries whatsoever. He looked up at the sky, noticing Dabi was the closest to him. "The flames on his chest..." He noticed the purple flames still in front of Dabi's heart. "Is that the Phosphor move Shoto spoke of?" The man gritted his teeth, since Shoto wasn't here, meaning that something could've happened to him. "What did you do to Shoto? Where is he?!"

"I wanted to bring you his corpse as a present, but he was too strong," Dabi informed, looking down at his father with his blue flames still flying from his mouth. "It would've been perfect, Dad. Watching you break down in the rain," He seemed disappointed, but with his face practically unrecognizable, it was hard to tell... "Oh, well. I guess instead, I'll just have to destroy everything else. Whatever's important to you. The world you're trying to protect," His eyes shook with rage as he prepared himself, wanting to savor this final moment...even seeing Endeavor's injuries brought him some slight happiness for what was to come...

All for One stared from not too far away, also floating above the Twice clones. He let out a soft chuckle as he stared with a small smirk on his face. The wind blows in my favor. The board has been rearranged. And a path to victory has been cleared It was just like he said to Dabi once...about how when one path ended, another presented itself to him. And that new path was Kurogiri's sudden reawakening thanks to Spinner's persistence... Kurogiri no doubt went to aid Tomura. So loyal. His teleportation ability has a longer effective range than the inferior Sludge Warp I use. Perhaps I should have saved it for myself. It was too bad that I wasn't able to take Galaxy's Black Hole, but alas. I'll take advantage of the chaos and join Tomura as well! He prepared himself and jumped up into the sky while leaving behind a trail of dark purple energy.

Before he could actually leave, Hawks flew in front of him with a growl, swinging forward his feather blade. All for One saw this and put up a shield to block the blow meant for him. And then the shield broke into pieces. The winged hero let out a grunt as he flew backwards, his blade actually broken a little. "Oh, Hawks," All for One gave him a mocking smile. "You should be on the ground facing Bubaigawara's dying wish!"

"Even with a new army and a younger body...you seem to be in a hell of a hurry," The winged hero pointed out to the villain, a hand over his head. Once he moved it, he was actually bleeding from the forehead. "Looks like you don't have much faith in Shigaraki." He would rather focus on that than the Twice clones, because he was meant to stop All for One with Endeavor in the first place. And he didn't want to fail in that task.

All for One gave him a blank expression upon hearing this. Below the two of them, more Twice clones were charging in towards the heroes. "How astute of you. That's correct. He's still not 'complete' in the truest sense." Even though right now, Shigaraki was the strongest that he ever felt. "There's a reason he still needs this version of me." He knew that the more time he wasted at Gunga Villa, the less time he had to get to Shigaraki to get this version of him.

"Endeavor!" Hawks shouted, looking towards the site. "Let's face it. The plan to split everyone up fell apart." Endeavor stopped fighting to look at him, panting heavily. "At this rate, it'll get too hot for our side to keep fighting! And if we're wiped out here, these villains will head straight to Deku, Callista, and Shigaraki!" As it stood now...with the fire surrounding the heroes who were doing their best, they were still obviously outnumbered and overwhelmed. Not helped by the fact that the circle of fire was too big for any of them to escape through, especially with the captured villains. "You have to take Toya down!"

Endeavor looked up with a sharp gasp of what was being asked of him. It was already hard enough to rely on his own youngest son for the job...and now he was supposed to take on Dabi himself? The villain was already making it clear that he wasn't going to fight anyone else...but still...

All for One let out a laugh at the request. "What a cruel thing to ask. The poor man's lost an arm and is barely able to stand up," All for One gestured to his right arm. "Besides, wouldn't that go against your master plan? You said before that Endeavor's goal was to defeat me as quickly as possible," He then gave a sly smile towards Hawks, knowing that the number-one hero could never go through with it. Endeavor would either freeze or not be able to deal a blow on him, which would leave him vulnerable for either Dabi or All for One. And when that happened, it would be enough for All for One to take his leave. "Abandoning his mission would-"

"Damn it. Shut up!" Hawks shouted at him angrily, having had enough hearing All for One mock and belittle every single person he came across today. "Aren't you forgetting? You were already beaten by our number-one hero once today! He's not abandoning anything!"

All for One didn't seem to care as he stared at the winged hero. "How pedantic..."

Dabi prepared himself and headed straight for Endeavor without hesitation, flames flying from his face. Endeavor stared up at him...knowing that without Shoto here, it was all going to fall on him. My duty... Flamed wings appeared from his back as he stared, looking straight at Dabi. This time...I'll watch you...Toya Dabi was reflecting in his eyes...the man vowing to do what he didn't before he thought his son was dead.


Kurogiri's Warp appeared above Coffin in the Sky...popping out the charred hand and Present Mic...right behind Mr. Aizawa, Neito, and Manual. "What?!" The former yelped in alarm as he looked over his shoulder, knowing that neither Kurogiri or Present Mic were supposed to be here. It was never part of their strategy, as Kurogiri was meant to stay at Central Hospital so that this exact thing wouldn't happen. "Yamada. Then..." Another Warp opened up right next to it...revealing a Twice clone. He gasped sharply as there were many more arriving thanks to Himiko's wish to destroy everyone else. Manual gritted his teeth as Mr. Aizawa and Present Mic cried out during the chaos. And they had to do their best to make sure Neito didn't blink, but it was chaos within seconds. Some Twice clones pinned down all of them...causing Neito to blink, blood flying from his nose. Meaning the effects on Shigaraki...were now off.

As the twins landed side by side...something immediately was off. And Izuka's heart pounded as she felt like something was wrong. Shigaraki let out a loud groan not too far away from the twins. His back started to crack open, the two flinching in alarm. Then the back broke apart...and it was like a cocoon creating a new person as Shigaraki lifted up his head, screaming. Light then surrounded him and exploded the entire area, leaving the entire place almost in shambles.

"One of the power poles is out, and there's no way we're replacing it right now!" Power Loader shouted to the other support course students. They had to brace themselves from the sudden impact happening in the lab. "This rush job isn't gonna hold!"

Mei slid backwards, looking over her shoulder fiercely. "What about the barrier?!" She called out to her teacher.

"There's not enough output to keep it online!" He informed, causing her to frown deeply. They had to do something, otherwise the entire Coffin in the Sky wasn't going to last long...

This is Mandalay The cat-like hero communicated with Telepath to everyone. The flight system stopped working!

Momo gasped sharply as she was creating support beams, her eyes shaking in worry. "My classmates and the other heroes...Mido..." She murmured in worry for them.

We've been hacked! Mandalay reported, gritting her teeth as the power room was getting a bunch of emergency alerts. And unfortunately...there was currently no way to reverse it, and they didn't even know who was behind the attack. Someone's taken over the controls!

"At long last, I'm in!" Skeptic cheered happily from his secret hiding place...as he was the one hacking UA's system. He pressed enter with a manic look over his face. "Meet your doom, heroes!" He cried out, proud that he was doing what was laid out for him.

That's not all Mandalay continued as Momo gritted her teeth for the interference. The control center's currently under attack! The roof of the control center was being filled to the brim with Twice Clones, all of them having trapped Mr. Aizawa, Manual, and Neito. And the three had no way to fight them off on their own. Phantom Thief is unable to continue his mission!

Izuka gritted her teeth as she looked over her shoulder towards the control center. We can't count on Erasure! I'm afraid...the worst villain in history is free! Mandalay informed and the girl flinched. She rslowly looked towards Shigaraki...to see Kurogiri's face near the villain.

What? She clenched a shaking fist angrily. Kurogiri's here? Does that mean...Shoji and Koda failed to stop Spinner? And that's Toga's power at work...he warped them here.

"Uh!" Izuka flinched...as she remembered something from a while ago. And it was a memory that gave her a really bad feeling... "God damn it," Izuka gritted her teeth knowingly, gripping a tight fist. This got Katsuki's attention as he looked over to her. "I know only one person who could drag him away. Even when she's not near me...Himiko Toga always manages to screw us over."

I have no doubt that's what happened. But...something tells me she's not here for Izuku. If she was, she would've warped herself inside, not outside. Ochaco...I hope you're okay... Izuka thought while Izuku next to her panted.

"Kurogiri!" He glared his flaming eyes, clenching his fists. "What went down at Central Hospital?"

"What did you do to Koda and Shoji?" Izuka demanded to the villain.

If we fail here, Japan...no, the whole world...will crumble in this monster's hands.

Izuka's hands shook as she wasn't sure she could handle all of this at once. First Shigaraki's power, what happened to Katsuki and the others, and now this...how far were Shigaraki and All for One willing to go just to accomplish what they wanted for themselves? She had no doubt that one of them had someone who was able to hack into UA's computer system...and it was most likely the same person who was able to get her phone number to give to Himiko in the first place. If he's managed to hack into UA, a facility meant to have high-tech security...then we need to do something about it fast...

As they stared at Shigaraki...they could see that a bunch of skin was surrounding him, almost as if he was shedding. "His skin's...peeling off? Is he molting?" Izuku murmured to his sister, who almost tried not to gag.

"If he is, that's more disgusting than the fingers," She put a hand to her neck to keep herself from throwing up.

Shigaraki looked up with a small smirk, his hair covering his face. "Even if...I am still in here...what would you do with me? Hana, are you really gonna ignore who I really am? You can't do that when I'm always a reminder of yourself!" He snarled out that last part.

Both of them gasped from the sudden question...because he was finally responding to what they said earlier.

Izuku looked up while green flames came from his eyes and hands, surrounded by all of the projections from almost all the wielders. "Tell me. Is Shigaraki still somewhere inside of that body?"

Izuka's eyes were surrounded in purple flames to maintain her Lunar Energy, the same happening around her body. She moved her right arm up for Shigaraki to see personally. He then watched, gritting his teeth as purple flames formed a new hand made out of light for her attached to Best Jeanist's threads. "I don't care what you call yourself as right now. But...Shigaraki is the only one I'm interested in. So I'm not gonna hear anything else about it..." She glared as fire, wind, water, and rocks swirled around her body.

"Wanna have another little chat at the mall?" The villain implored, looking up with a small smirk. "Round 2 with Hana this time? Get over yourselves, heroes. You know exactly who I am. Your villain!"

Izuku let out a small gasp as Izuka glared at him. "That's...Shigaraki talking!" He murmured, the man's grin still prominent on his face...and he could tell it was Shigaraki because it was the same person who wanted to be taken seriously as a Symbol of Evil...

"You're not my villain. And you never will be. Because I was my own," Izuka muttered furiously at him. "Although you did play a huge part in that, you bastard." No matter what he said or did, she could never admit that he was her enemy. Not even after the aftermath of this battle, because the only thing she needed to do the entire time was to believe in herself and her power. It was only thanks to the League and Shigaraki that this realization came so late to her in life after she got into UA.

"Oh, that's right...you always were your own worst enemy. Lunar Energy only further proves my point," He remarked smugly, remembering that he had seen and experienced when Izuka first unlocked Lunar Energy at Jaku. "All because of that insignificant, annoying-"

"You done?" Izuka kept her narrowed eyes at him, but didn't react otherwise. Her hair blew behind her a bit as Shigaraki continued to grin. He was going to get her attention back even if he had to kill again to do it... I'm not letting him get to me...not again. I have to concentrate on what's important. At least I have Izuku here with me She thought as Izuku reached out to place a supporting hand on her shoulder without looking at her.

Don't worry, Izuka. You helped show me that Kacchan will be okay. As long as we both believe in him and everyone else...we'll keep each other focused! He thought furiously, trusting in what she had said to him when he saw what had happened to Katsuki.

Skeptic let out a cackle. "Let's see what happens to UA when I poke around its network! Their underground evac system is already in my hands! These fools who cling to the old state of affairs. They will not survive! This is liberation!" Skeptic gave a big grin, feeling like a puppeteer almost as he started to do his dirty work. He laughed as he was granted access...to the entire system of Coffin in the Sky.

Engines started to explode and it started to engulf the control center. We can't let us fall out of the sky Izuku thought while staring at Shigaraki and Kurogiri. The two villains weren't worried, because they knew that they would survive when the whole thing would come crashing down. The only thing that did matter was that everyone else would die on impact. If we end up crashing this hard, Yaoyorozu and the others below are dead! But I can't let Shigaraki get away, either. So I have to watch Kurogiri!

Izuka let out an annoyed grunt towards the villains, Shigaraki never dropping his evil smile towards them. Damn...I know too well how fast Kurogiri is, so if I try to go after him, he'll be able to stop me. But I can't just do nothing to prevent one of my best friends and the others from getting killed. And I know Izuku won't want Shigaraki to escape again, not after last time...so what are we supposed to do?

Izuku then let out a harsh cough. "Damn it! I can't breathe!" He reached out to his neck, to the alarm of Izuka. "Feels like I'm suffocating...!"

"I-Izuku!" Izuka bent down to him in concern, as she didn't feel any side effects at all. In fact, she was perfectly fine apart from losing her hand. He knew exactly what was going on with himself, though.

"It's the backlash from that overpowered Gearshift," He breathed out quietly so the villains wouldn't hear, kneeling as he glared up ahead. "If I don't let my body recover...I can't take in enough oxygen!"

Izuka bit her lip in worry to see him like this...

"I told you," Kudo's projection reached out to place a hand on his shoulder. "You cannot be defeated yet." The two gasped, looking over their shoulders to see him staring up ahead, not even looking towards them. "Hmm...Maybe this is a blessing in disguise," The twins looked up ahead to see what he was talking about. "It seems like they're having a hard time staying unified." They could see Shigaraki's hands twitching in front of his body, even if he never dropped his smile. Almost as if he was trying to hide what was really going on with him... "One for All and All for One are still resonating, as well as Galaxy, so we can look 'inside' each other to an extent. Based on what I see, he can't move freely at the moment."

Izuka blinked as she realized...that he actually had a good point. If Shigaraki wanted to attack, he would've done so already. Instead, he had been standing there the whole time, trying to get into her head. Which was unlike him now that she was thinking about it. He had already 'killed' Katsuki in front of her and showed no remorse for it at all. And he was about to kill her when she cut off her hand, so not killing the twins when he had the chance should've been a big hint. Something else was definitely going on within his body, and it was stopping him from unleashing Decay on them.

"Pull yourselves together and get back into this fight as soon as you have the strength. Everything that's happened up to this point...will power your victory," Kudo informed and Izuka flinched, looking at her remaining hand.

"...I wonder..." She gently touched Izuku's shoulder, some of his breath coming out of it to help him gain his breathing back. Kudo blinked in surprise as the boy slowly calmed his breathing down until he could do so normally. Izuka closed her eyes, sighing in relief.

"You restored him back to normal...?" Kudo murmured in a bit of awe; he didn't even know that Izuka was capable of doing such a thing.

"That's incredible," Izuku whispered as he got back onto his feet, reaching out to his neck. "I'm not even short of breath anymore. Thank you, Izuka."

She nodded and got back onto her feet as well. "It was honestly a toss-up of whether or not I could have combated the backlash of you doing that Gearshift earlier. I guess with the connection between our powers, there doesn't seem to be an issue with me counteracting your limits..." She stated without looking at him. "So at least he's not able to move right now. Otherwise I would've gave him an opening."

"What about you? You okay?" Izuku quickly glanced at the girl, who nodded sharply.

"Fine," She responded, still maintaining her hand made out of light. "Don't worry about me, focus on him. I can handle whatever limits Galaxy in Lunar Power throws at me." She already lost her hand; anything else right now wouldn't be any different. And she had seen Katsuki's pale and limp body... I know that if Izuku focuses on me too much, Shigaraki will pick up on it and use that to his advantage. So I have to make sure I can still keep up my strength against him. So whatever happens to me, I have to continue fighting. That's what Katsu would do if he were me right now She briefly glanced in the direction that Katsuki was in, and then refocused back on Shigaraki.


"Found ya!" A familiar voice called out while a figure appeared on one of Skeptic's screens. "About time you showed yourself. I admit, you're pretty good at this!"

"...Huh?" his eyes shook at someone already being able to tell that he was hacking them. And that they managed to get into contact with him so fast.

"But you were never going to hide from me for very long!" La Brava herself gave a big smile while rapidly typing! "Because I'm doing this for Gentle's sake!" She smiled in determination, her eyes glowing a little. After she was free from jail time...she had used it to hone her hacking skills. Not only that, she and Gentle had been tasked by the police to assist.

"The evac system's down!" One of the police officers in the room cried out as they had immediately taken notice of Skeptic's actions.

"There's something jamming the signal!"

"Gunga's requesting backup!"

"This is giving me some serious deja vu," La Brava commented while working as fast as she could. "Back in my shut-in days, I once hacked the Feel Good Inc servers on a whim. And then I replaced every ad on their sites with pics of Optic Kitty!" Skeptic couldn't keep his mouth closed as he was starting to lose his mind from what was happening... "Look at these excessive functions and ridiculous variables. Your ridiculous coding habits haven't changed a bit over the years."

"My trypophobia!" Skeptic cried out at Feel Good Inc, surrounded by multiple employees who didn't know what to make out of the screens...which were covered in Optic Kitty pngs.

Skeptic let out a yelp, recognizing the hack. "Impossible...!" He couldn't believe that she was the one behind his one and only failure, because it did end up hurting the company in the end. "Do you know how much money we lost from your stupid-"

"Aww, sounds like a real bummer," La Brava remarked, not caring about it. Especially considering what he was doing now, so she had no regrets then or now. She then covered four of his screens with Optic Kitty again like the first time, triggering his trypophobia all over again. He let out a terrified scream as they were everywhere. She smiled while making all the kitties dance around to a song.

"No, stop it!" He cried out as he couldn't take it. "Anything but the Pump dance! This is bad!" He looked around in a panic as all of his screens were overtaken by the dancing Optic kitties. "She's hijacking our programs with this vile feline! But..." He tapped something that glowed green from his monitor. "She won't get what's really important! UA and its evac system," He stood up after making his puppet, gritting his teeth and grabbing his equipment, running off. "They're coming with me!" His other puppets were carrying the rest of his things. He had crazed eyes as he was heading for the exit of the cave. "Even if you've pinpointed my location, I'll slip away and hack in elsewhere. The flames of our revolution will never be quelled!" He could just find another place to hide in and he could continue hacking the system as planned.

"Tsukauchi, sir!" One of the police officers called out to him. "Look at UA. It's still dropping!" Coffin in the Sky was heading towards the water... "Our projections show it'll hit the mainland," He looked over his shoulder to La Brava, a panicked look on his face. "Aiba! You have to fix this fast!"

"That'd be easy if the last explosion hadn't completely wrecked the flight system," She reminded him, knowing that there was a lot at stake. The students and Power Loader for instance would get hit first should the Coffin in the Sky hit the water. "I'm trying to bang out a new program to get UA floating again with the remaining parts, but it's no use! I don't have enough time!" She cried out while moving her arms as quickly as possible.

"We're dead," Another officer murmured with a desolate frown. "This was a mistake. We made our final line of defense...a villain who should be locked up right now."

Naomasa hummed a little, knowing that La Brava and Gentle for that matter had changed ever since anyone last saw them. And if Yuga was anything to go by...just because someone was labeled as a villain...didn't mean that they didn't deserve to fight for their chance either. "A crime's a crime. What's done is done." He thought of Yuga's crying...and how lost and scared he was. "But...not everyone is a lost cause." Class 1-A helped showed him that...and if they hadn't done so, he wouldn't even be letting La Brava assist them. But they did teach him something after all that had happened; that the definition of hero didn't always mean that they had to be perfect, or even be someone like All Might. They just had to have good intentions behind their actions.


Coffin in the Sky sparked a little while continuing to fall. The twins stared up ahead at Kurogiri and Shigaraki, and neither side had moved. You heard me. I am your villain! Shigaraki declared in his thoughts as Izuku slowly breathed in and out so he wouldn't have to rely on Izuka so much. And yet you just don't understand. The fact that you two don't get it...is why we have heroes and villains! Hana...you knew exactly what you would be in for by having Katsuki Bakugo by your side. Don't act like you didn't play a part in creating that present for Izuku too! After all, if he hadn't saved you, you would be the one dead right now. Don't tell me that doesn't have any effect on you anymore.

Izuka's shoulder-length hair flew behind her as she continued to stare at him with no reaction. I know fully well what he wants...I'm not giving it to him again She had a strong feeling he expected her to break down, leave herself vulnerable again like she did when Katsuki got hurt. But with Edgeshot restoring her hope, there was no way that she'd let her emotions get to her again.

"It's no good!" An operator reported from the control center as they tried and failed to fix the emergency screens. "I'm not getting a signal!"

"Try it again!" Another one called out from the control panel.

"Nothing!"

Mandalay turned away in frustration. We've lost control! Prepare for impact! She warned the others, running off.

Denki looked around in confusion as the electricity dropped around them. "Get ready to fight!" Yuyu warned her teammates.

"Seriously?" Denki turned around in disbelief, running out of the power shield with the other three. "What the heck is goin' on up there?" Mandalay guided them outside, holding up her hand as she gritted her teeth. She looked up, and the others did as well, yelping in surprise to see the Twice clone army. "How the crap is Twice here?!"

"Monoma, are you okay?" Manga cried out, his face screaming his classmate's name.

"Mr. Aizawa!" Denki yelled, putting on his shooter. However, neither voice called out to report to them... "What are we supposed to do now...?"

"Ethan!" Wedge from the American pilot team called out, as they had arrived to assist. "Shoot those villains."

"I can't. I might hit some of our guys," He answered, knowing that he could accidentally hit the twins, Mr. Aizawa, Manual, or Neito. Not helping was the fact that they didn't have visuals on any of the three down there...there were too many clones to tell where every single person was, and he didn't want to risk any heroes or students getting hurt by accident.

"They invaded from inside," Wedge reported as he stared down at the group. "Our squadron can't...wait," He looked down at the water...because he could see something purple glowing from the sea. And he already knew it wasn't Izuka. She wouldn't leave Izuku behind to deal with both Shigaraki and Kurogiri. "Are you seeing this?"

Whatever was glowing purple...was jumping up and down on an elastic wall. And in his sights...was Coffin in the Sky. "Who's that?" Ethan asked in confusion, since they weren't familiar with the newcomer.

Skeptic panted as he ran as fast as he could. He emerged from the cave into the pouring rain, cackling. He then looked up, yelping in alarm...as heroes in the distance had been waiting for him the whole time.

"Did you think you could outrun us?" Ms. Joke called out playfully. "Now that's funny, Mr. Skeptic! A smart man would put his hands in the air." Hound Dog and her student Yo were also among those in the party. "There's no use running."

Skeptic slowly backed away in fear as he wasn't expecting an ambush against him. Hound Dog stepped up with a growl. "He's ours. They'd better keep playing their part," He thought about Gentle and La Brava, having to reluctantly rely on them for UA. He then removed his mask. "Hell of a thing. Never thought we'd trust villains to bail us out."

La Brava giggled like a fangirl, holding her cheeks as she blushed a little. "It's up to you, Tobita."

"Do your best!" La Brava shouted happily, hearts in her eyes, acting as his cheerleader. "I believe in you...my beloved Gentle!"

Gentle was the one glowing purple as he continued to bounce up and down...looking up towards UA. "I will," He stated to his communicator. "If it means I get to repay the twins..."

About one month earlier, after the attack on Tartarus, Mikuzu Prison

Explosions went off from the prison, as a Nomu was attacking it thanks to All for One's escape. "They destroyed the outer wall!" One of the prison guards shouted as he and other guards were firing at the Nomu. However, the Nomu was already starting to overwhelm them, and they ran off screaming. One of them crashed into another.

"Everyone, retreat!" A guard was guiding them away from all of the fire and destruction. He looked up, only to get attacked by the giant Nomu. Meanwhile, the prisoners were already running away out into the open.

Muscular dropped his fibers with a smirk. "And that is how you do a prison break!" He announced to all of the prisoners. They all stood there in silence, not knowing what to do now... "You're welcome, ingrates!" He got into a helicopter and then left, looking down at the crowd. "Enjoy your freedom. The streets are yours!"

"We're free?" One of them murmured in disbelief.

"Seriously?"

"I must be dreaming..." They looked out towards the entrance. They could see the city lights just within their reach...

"I'm gonna murder that punk who ratted me out to the police..." A prisoner whispered happily at the thought.

"Never thought I'd get the chance to finish off my hit list..."

Another one laughed in a manic way as they started to go towards the entrance. "I don't know what's happening, but I love it! They're gonna regret locking me away!"

Someone then ran in to stop them, holding out his hands. "Just what do you think you're doing?" One of them called out as they were confused.

"No..." Gentle informed, his hair and beard shaggy. "You mustn't. Please!"

"Some people will tell you that there are no do-overs in life," The gorilla detective had informed Gentle once he was in custody. "But that's for people who don't want to change. Or are too impatient and want immediate results."

Gentle bowed his head all the way down to the table, starting to sob. He felt like his whole life, he didn't get to have a do-over when he severely injured a man...

"I made an error and took the wrong path," His eyes shook while looking at the crowd of prisoners. He knew...that this was not what his path was leading him to. And he couldn't let the prisoners do the same thing either. "Then didn't have the courage to stop. Are the lot of you really okay...with going back to your old lives?"

"Huh? Well, of course we are, you freakin' idiot!" One of them retorted, some of them preparing to attack as they lunged forward. "Outta the way!"

However...he stood his ground, remembering his fight with the twins. Izuku and Izuka had started to slowly push back against Gentle. "And so...I want to become someone who can show them a bright future!"

"And even though I'm still scared...I'll get up on that stage and prove that I can become a pro, and that I belong at UA!" Izuka had yelled, gritting her teeth.

Gentle looked up with tears in his eyes, remembering those words well as he looked up...

The birds flew away from the rising sun as some police officers walked over to Mizuki Prison...or at least, what was left of it. One of them was even the gorilla detective that Gentle had talked to. They came to a stop...looking at the sight that awaited them. "Seven prisons were broken into...but this is the only one that didn't have a single escapee," He spoke up...as Gentle sat in front of every single prisoner. He had managed to capture every one of them...all on his own. "Tobita," He slowly stepped up to the man, who hadn't lifted up his head. "What is it that you want?"

"...To see La Brava," He answered simply to the police officer...with blood over his face. He hadn't managed to complete his goal unscathed...the prisoners put up a good fight for their freedom, that was for sure. "And then..."

Gentle bounced off of his mini trampoline again, the next bounce causing the water to move around him. He prepared to pull himself backwards, reaching out his hands.

"I thought I'd be satisfied if I could just stay at your side forever," La Brava confessed as she watched. "I know that's stubborn and greedy of me..." She gently touched his marker on the map. "But now I think...that I'm happy whenever you're happy, Gentle." And the memory of reuniting with him after the prison attack...was a memory she would treasure for the rest of her life. "Actually, I think I'm happier then!" She smiled, blushing a little.

It's true what they say Both of them thought in unison. Absence makes the heart grow fonder!

Izuka flinched...glancing behind her to see Katsuki still lying on the floor. She could tell that Edgeshot was still working to bring him back to life. And remembering what Katsuki had done for her to save her life...her heart was starting to ache a bit.

Izuka's heart dropped as she stared at her boyfriend, her mouth wavering. She also...couldn't stop shaking at the horrible sight in front of her being etched into her memory.

"A...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" She let out a bloodcurling scream so loud that everyone stopped to look at her.

Her eyes softened just a little...as that was something she would never be able to forget. Especially with the person responsible just inches away from her. However...at the same time...she couldn't wait to see him again. I wish I could see you...but I know that when you're awake...it'll be worth it. All of that time spent together in UA...is something I'll never take for granted. I love you so much...Katsuki Bakugo. And when you're back, I'll tell you over and over again. Even if you don't wanna hear something you'd call mushy crap. But maybe that's why I was drawn to you back then...because you were always honest and protective... If she wasn't so focused on helping Izuku defeat Shigaraki...then she would be crying. But she would shed her tears later when it was the right time.

Gentle braced himself as a heart shape was sent out...and La Brava's felt love was giving him a boost. He soared up rapidly towards the school, holding out his hands. "Gently...Superlover!" He shouted as he swung up his hands, the whole bottom of the Coffin being engulfed in his Quirk. And then he held it back to the best of his ability, though the weight of it all was starting to push him back a bit. He summoned an elastic landing so that he wouldn't fall into the water. His arms shook from the amount of weight he was pushing, but he ignored it.

Young man. Young lady...are you...still fighting for the sake of someone else's smile? Long ago, I wanted to help an unfortunate soul in trouble. Though I failed...my intentions were noble and pure! He thought as he and UA were sinking towards the water still...

Denki, Mandalay, and the others yelped as they fell to the ground from the amount of movement. Gentle had managed to get Coffin in the Sky upright, keeping it balanced inside of his elastic cover. Are we safe? Mandalay wondered to the others as she looked up in confusion. How? She glanced towards the bottom of UA from her spot...seeing spots of pink underneath. She could also see the air above the water. It's like there's a trampoline made of air.

"Huh...?" Izuka murmured in shock as she slowly turned to Izuku knowingly.

A trampoline made of... Izuku let out a small gasp as he realized whose Quirk it was. Izuka's eyes shook a little as the twins turned to look at the source.

"N-No way..." Izuka covered her mouth in awe as they could faintly see Gentle himself. Someone that they never thought would become their ally now...

I simply...wanted to be of help! Gentle looked up with tears flying from his eyes with a grin on his face.

Izuku started to cry as well, Izuka's hand shaking as she tried and failed to hold it in herself. It's you! Gentle Criminal!

I can't believe it...he's really doing what he thought he couldn't so long ago...does that mean that La Brava is helping with the hacking? Izuka returned the smile to him, closing her eyes gratefully. "Thank you..." She mouthed to Gentle, who flinched and then returned the expression.

"We got a problem, kids!" Daigoro's projection warned the both of them, getting their attention. They turned right back to Shigaraki and Kurogiri, their tears disappearing. "His body is back in action! This is it." Shigaraki held out his hand to the ground. Izuku attempted to get up and failed, gritting his teeth. "Even if we're floating again, the second that hand touches the ground, we're finished!"

Izuku gasped as Izuka stood up, dashing over to him. Shigaraki grinned as he held out his other hand to touch her, thinking he could decay her right in front of the boy...but then something swooped in to stop both hands. Izuka blinked in alarm since that wasn't her, watching as both hands were cut off from Shigaraki's body. And the object that did it...was a purple and pink hair bullet. The twins gasped sharply in realization, the hand rolling around to a stop. Izuka teleported back to her brother to keep her distance from Shigaraki.

"No matter how far they fall...villains are still human," Naomasa defended as the twins looked towards where the bullet was fired, their eyes shaking. "Despite what they've done, we must always remember that," He and the other officer looked towards La Brava hard at work. Luckily, Gentle's actions would help buy her some more time to continue. "To borrow the words of an old friend of mine..." He closed his eyes...as Toshinori was heading out with his briefcase. "We need to look inside their hearts...at their origins."

Lady Nagant herself was the one who had fired from a building's rooftop far from UA! She then reloaded her gun to prepare for another attack...