"... Mom?"
"Focus, damn nerd!" Bakugo blasted a Nomu that was speeding towards Izuku.
"Huh? Wha—" Izuku crossed his hands, tanking a powerful punch and shooting out through multiple buildings.
'Focus, you're distracted.'
"I can't... My mom, she's in danger!"
'Trust the 8th,Yagi won't let her be harmed.'
Izuku clenched his fist in helpless rage.
He didn't speak. There was no room for words. Only action. Only survival. His heart pounded in his chest, unyielding. His grip tightened on PlayfulCloud, the cursed staff humming with anticipation. The time for restraint had ended.
"DAMN IT ALL!!!"
===
Elsewhere, deeper in the labyrinthine corridors of U.A., another nightmare unfurled.
All Might sprinted, his heart racing faster than his feet could carry him. He had to reach Izuku. His student. His successor. His pride. His fear was silent but loud, a wolf gnawing at the back of his mind.
He needed to protect his son.
He didn't notice the portal until it opened before him, until the darkness thickened and the world stilled.
And then the man stepped through.
No—monster.
AllForOne.
Tall, broad, cloaked in shadows deeper than any night. His mask gleamed beneath the dull light, and behind it came a voice that sounded like rot and rust.
"It's been a long time," the villain said, his voice slithering through the air. "I was wondering when I'd see your naive face again."
All Might stopped, muscles tense, breath ragged. His eyes locked onto the figure before him. Rage. Disgust. Hatred. They churned together in his gut.
All For One tilted his head. "You didn't think I'd let you interfere, did you?" His tone was mocking, laced with venom. "Your little student is busy dying. Let him."
All Might's fists clenched, nails biting into his palms.
Not now, not inside U.A.
Not while his son was in danger.
"Move," he muttered in barely controlled rage.
The villain chuckled, low and dark. "No."
The symbol of peace collided with the symbol of evil in a powerful explosion of strength.
===
There was no time for speeches. No time for fear. The Nomu surged forward as one, snarling and inhuman, but Izuku was already leaping into action. PlayfulCloud spun in his hands, its cursed weight a perfect extension of his rage.
He struck first.
The first Nomu's head snapped sideways, the force of the blow cratering the wall behind it. Bricks shattered. Wood splintered. The monster crumbled but didn't fall. Its head twisted back unnaturally, bones snapping as it snarled.
Izuku didn't stop.
He spun, low and fast, the staff crashing into the gut of the second Nomu with a crunch that echoed like thunder. The beast staggered, stumbling through shattered glass. Blood sprayed. Not enough.
Never enough.
The third was faster, claws raking through the air. Izuku ducked, felt the sting of air slicing his cheek, but he moved beneath the strike and drove his elbow into the creature's ribcage. Bone cracked. PlayfulCloud followed—one strike, two, three—each hit shattering flesh, caving bone, until the Nomu was nothing but broken meat on the ground.
But the others kept coming.
Izuku realized that he can't win.
He needed help.
The only person that is strong enough and available near him is none other than her.
"MOMO!!" he shouted at the top of his lungs as multiple Nomu's pummeled him down.
Momo's figure jumped down from the 3rd floor, her eyes showing a determined fearless rage.
Her body was coated with multiple layers of Graphene, a carbon-based material that is around 300 times stronger than steel, 60+ times stronger than diamonds.
Her armor was pure black, wearing impact absorbing materials beneath it.
This is the armor that Izuku suggested to her after 2 weeks of heavy training, she refused to wear it during the sports festival aa she considered it cheating.
Unexpectedly, Momo never expected to need to use it today, the same day of the sports festival.
She held an electric whip that scorched the earth as she landed, charged up with the help of Kaminari.
Wearing red protective night-vision goggles that can withstand bullets, she dashed forward with a nimble body, courtesy of Uraraka.
"Get... Off!!" she whiped forward, dissecting 2 Nomu's clean in half, halting their regeneration with the powerful heat.
"Atta girl!" Izuku praised and spun, pulling himself out of the Nomu's grip with a powerful kick to the face.
He stood near her, a face of pride in full bloom.
This is what he worked so hard for, this is what he trained them to do.
This is why he always pushed them to the absolute limit and beyond it.
"I'll handle those two things, you handle the other two," Momo spoke with confidence.
A warrior is not a warrior without their armor.
And Momo's warrior spirit got ignited as she faced the powerful foes.
"I'll help her," Uraraka hovered down, holding a huge heavy steel mallet connected by chains, courtesy of Momo.
It was bigger than her, so heavy it can't be lifted by a common person, luckily, she can wield it due to her Quirk.
The two girls looked at each other and nodded.
It has to be said; nothing can bend the will of the human spirit!
"Thanks, I'll leave those two to you!" Izuku jumped back, leaving Momo and Uraraka to handle the Hedgehog Nomu and the Claw Nomu.
With Tokoyami still busy pummeling the Sound Nomu, he had the Hawk and Power Nomu left.
"Bakugo!"
"Haaah?!"
"Can you handle the big bird thing?"
"Tch. Like hell I'm gonna let some overgrown chicken get the best of me. I'll crush it, even if it kills me!"
Bakugo lunged forward, his explosions propelling him in hight speed as he blasted the feathered beast.
"Your opponent is me! DIE!!" he spun and delivered a devistating attack, his face showing a feral grin.
Izuku watched from below as Bakugo engaged with the large monster midair.
His gaze landed on Shoto.
Shoto nodded, ice exploding him upwardly toward Bakugo.
"Now its only you and me you big fuck," Izuku cracked his knuckles, holding PlayfulCloud in his hand.
The beast roared as it lunged forward, using its durable skin as a shield as it slammed into Izuku.
The beast expected Izuku to fall back, be pushed or even get trampled under its weight, but never did it think that Izuku would just tank the attack, standing there as his hand emitted steam from the powerful impact.
Power. A Quirk that allows its user to enhance the basic attributes of the body greatly.
Combined with Regeneration and BronzeSkin, it created a being to be reckoned with.
But nothing that 50% of One for All couldn't handle.
Izuku gripped the beast, his powerful grip twisting and tearing the flesh itself as he held it in place.
Wild crackling of green electric arcs raged forward, twisting itself onto the ground and cracking it down with sheer force.
"I'll save everyone today, even if it kills me," Izuku muttered.
[Hero Aura Activated]
The green arcs intensified, turning cyan. He spun PlayfulCloud and delivered an earth shattering attack on the Nomu, throwing it back so hard it flew to another area inside U.A.
Izuku jumped atop of the beast, using it as a form of transportation as he traveled to his mother's apartment.
===
Fists collided with fury.
All Might struck first, his punch a meteor that split the air. All For One met it, hand open, catching the force like a god holding back thunder. The impact cracked the ground, shaking the earth beneath their feet.
Neither man moved.
"You're weaker," All For One taunted, his voice low, dangerous. "The years have not been kind to you, Symbol of Peace."
All Might's glare could have burned stone. "You're still the same coward hiding behind your monsters."
That laughter came again—dark, poisonous. "Cowards survive. Heroes die."
All Might lunged, fists blazing with power. A strike aimed to break mountains slammed forward, but All For One twisted, dodging with unnatural ease. His counterstrike tore through the air, slamming into All Might's ribs, sending him crashing into the wall with enough force to crater steel.
"And I'll make sure to be the coward that buried the hero," he walked towards him, deliberately slowly.
All Might stood up, his figure moving from side to side.
AFO paused, an incredulous expression on his face. "Are you... Drunk?" he asked with genuine surprise.
All Might coughed, steadying himself. "I'm... Not," he bolted forward, delivering a kick that the opponent blocked with ease.
AFO redirected the momentum against him as he spun and delivered a counter strike.
"You're weaker!" he punched his injured side. "Slower!" he kneed his chin. "And you dare get drunk?!" he kicked him back with indignant rage.
"Just how much did you look down on me? Did you think that just because you were inside this place that I wouldn't attack you?"
AFO grabbed him by the shirt. "You've gone soft."
All Might directly headbutted the man, knocking out a tooth.
"I see you haven't changed," All Might stood back shakily.
It was bad.
He had used his time for the sports festival, he has less than 8 minutes remaining.
Never in a million years did he expect him to attack now, especially with all the added security.
Unfortunately, no electronic security system can survive AFO's Quirk attacks.
And no one was strong enough to fight him.
No one but him.
So the only way was to finish this as fast as possible, to burn everything that he has to put this beast down, once and for all.
But...
His son was in danger.
All Might stood. His shadow rose like a mountain, unyielding. "I'll reach him," he snarled. "I'll tear you down to do it."
All For One stepped closer, each word a blade. "You'll fall long before that."
"Tonight, one of us will fall and it's not going to be me." All Might's eyes narrowed dangerously.
"You're really hell bent on saving that kid... Is it because he is your successor or is it something deeper?" AFO analyzed his expression calmly.
"Ohh, what do we have here? Love isn't it? Beautiful thing I reckon, countless times have I fallen in my youth... Now I understand why you were drunk," AFO cackled.
"You love his mother, don't you? You want to live a normal life, don't you? You want to die old, don't you? I'll grant that to you, just hand over One for All and I'll leave you be, promise ~" AFO lied with ease.
"You rotten old monster, One for All will not be handed over to you, not even over my dead body!" All Might punched forward at 100%, breaking multiple building inside U.A.
"So be it," AFO's mocking smile faded, replaced by a serious expression.
"Kurogiri."
"Yes!"
"... Get the woman."
"Like I'd let you!!!"
All Might slammed his fist into All For One's face, the impact shaking the entire area. But the villain didn't fall. Didn't stagger.
He laughed.
"I'll crush your hope," All For One hissed. "I'll burn your legacy to ash."
All Might didn't flinch. "Then I'll die standing over your corpse."
Their fight intensified, not allowing any of the other teacher to intervene.
"I can't do anything, I have to see him to disable his Quirk but he is moving too fast," Aizawa muttered through the headpiece.
"Go save the students, they are our priority for now, return back immediately afterwards," Nezu instructed with a heavy heart.
Once again, he had to rely on him, on the sympol of peace.
His fortress is falling.
===
Izuku knocked down the ceiling, kicking down the corpse through multiple floors and landing with a thud as he rolled and stood.
"Mom?!" he shouted, looking around anxiously.
Nothing. Not a single reply.
He frantically began searching throughout the building, checking each and every corner.
Nothing.
"WHERE THE FUCK IS SHE?!" he shouted, emptying his frustration on the Nomu.
BOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!!
Izuku looked east, hearing a missive explosion of force.
He knew the source of this power, only one person inside the school can do such a thing.
"All Might. I have to help him but..."
Nothing, no matter where he searched, nothing.
'Aid the 8th, maybe he'll have some information about her whereabouts,' Hikage instructed.
'I sense my brother's presence nearby, he's here,' Yoichi, the 1st user of OFA warned.
"Its him!," Izuku muttered, enraged.
He leaped forward, ignoring the Nomu that was chasing him and heading to the direction of the sounds.
===
"Fall back!" Aizawa landed down and directly wrapped a nomu in his carbon-fiber scarf.
The beast blasted a sound wave attack towards Aizawa that was intercepted and canceled out by a sound wave from Present Mic.
Eraserhead directly activated his Quirk, his hair began to float out as his eyes turned crimson red, canceling all the Nomu's Quirks.
"S-sensei..." Tokoyami heaved with relief, his face bloodied, scratches all over his hands.
While DarkShadow could handle the Nomu, it damaged him, the host. The debris and Shockwaves from the attacks rendered his muscles numb and injured.
"Go to Recovery Girl, we'll handle the rest," Present Mic placed his hand on his shoulder, comforting him with a calm rage.
Lately, Yamada felt like the world was out to get him, whenever he felt relief he was attacked by these things.
First it's the U. S. J Nomu, then Kurogiri and finally, you have these grotesque disgusting corpses.
The worst part is that the kids were always involved.
Yamada has a soft spot for kids, it is unforgivable.
"It's the work of him," he spat with rage.
"Yes, most likely him."
Both of them looked east, towards a heavily damaged area of the school.
"All for One." X2.
===
"Where are you looking?" a heavily injured Bakugo intercepted the Hawk Nomu and got its attention.
"Ba—kugo!" Shoto shouted, coughing mid-speech. "We have to work together to beat it," he coughed some more blood. "It's the only way we can win this!"
Shoto was barely standing, his legs shaking as half of his body was frozen while the other half had no clothes on, completely burned.
"A 0-4, a complete victory... Just like All Might... just like Izuku..."
"THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR YOUR INFERIORITY COMPLEX YOU BASTARD!!"
"SHUT UP YOU HALF- BAKED WIMP!" Bakugo barked, dodging a strike from the speeding Nomu.
He has learned to adapt it its speed, dodging based on the vibrations in the air and relying on his instincts and fast reflexes.
He can't rely on Shoto, he is injured, badly.
Today, Bakugo pushed his limits to the absolute limit, he is running on pure willpower.
He knows that Shoto is also in a state of half consciousness, the guy was heavily injured during the festival and had little energy left to fight this monster, he ended up fighting it anyway and now he's even more injured.
"Complete... Victory..." he muttered as he heaved in a haze of exhaustion, steam rising from his skin.
Multiple small sparks started igniting all over his body, turning his irises into an explosive shape as his figure began to glow out.