No Other Way

And just like that, Slice and Chimera are down!! The two teams took a hell of a beating, but they came out on top! And jeez, can I just say how terrifying Komori's mushroom quirk is? Like, at first glance, you'd expect a quirk that's called "Mushroom," to be super weak, right? Wrong! I will hands down say she is the strongest student in class B, even more so than Cry. Fight me on it. Anyways, now that those two villains are down, there's just one left, but of course, it's Nine so..... it ain't gonna be easy. Kendo and Monoma have quite a handful before them. Now let's see how they take on this menace. Enjoy!


-POV: Third Person-

"I've already fought this battle before. It disappointed me yesterday, and it seems it's no different now...." Nine said as he stood across from Monoma and Kendo who were both on their nears, already reaching their limits in terms of stamina as Nine had just bombarded them with his quirks.

"Kendo! Monoma!! Please, you have to get up!! You have to beat him!!" Katsuma and Majoro cried out as they sat on their knees with Cry who was still unconscious. 

"We have to..... get back up...." Monoma said as he reached out and grabbed onto Kendo's right shoulder. 

"It's what heroes like us.... do.... to protect others...." Kendo said as she did the same to Monoma, the two lifting each other back onto their feet. 

"We won't let you touch those kids....." The two said, activating their quirks again. Kendo enlarged her hands as Monoma used the copied Reality quirk to open two small portals at his sides.

"I know you won't let me. That's why i'm having to use force. And that is why I must kill you two." Nine said, raising up his right hand to use his finger beams again.

"No way in hell we'll let that happen either! We're taking you down, asshole!" Monoma shouted as he unleashed fire and lightning from the portals. Kendo followed behind the attacks as Nine stopped charging his beams to create a barrier. Monoma's attacks struck it and exploded on contact, but they were unable to break through. 

"Again with the pointless assault...?" Nine questioned as Kendo suddenly came leaping through the smoke, reeling back her giant right hand to strike. 

"Well, at least you're getting more creative..." Nine said as he created a second layer to his barrier, increasing its defensive power as Kendo struck it. But the barrier was so tough that she just bounced right off of it.

"Now, begone..." Nine said as he created one of those sea serpent heads from his back and made it go after Kendo. It opened its sharp gaping jaws and clamped them down over her. But she stretched out her arms and legs to keep them open for the time being. Only, her options for movement were heavily limited now.

"Nowhere for you to run, girl. Checkmate..." Nine said as he dropped his barriers and readied his finger beams again. He fired one off of each finger that all went straight for Kendo. 

"Mirror Reflector!!" Monoma shouted as he suddenly made dozens of mirrors appear in front of Kendo. The beams struck them and were reflected back where they came from. But Nine's reaction speed was so quick, he easily made another barrier to block them.

"Interesting..... I wasn't aware my Bullet Laser quirk could be reflected by simple glass. But, I guess it is in fact real lasers, meaning they're made of light. I grew cocky..." Nine said as thunderclouds began to form above the ruins. 

"So perhaps I should take things more seriously now, by showing you the very quirk that I can call my own." Nine said as lightning and tornadoes began to rain down from the sky, trapping him and the others inside a vortex of wind and debris. 

"Kids, hold onto Cry! Make sure he doesn't get blown away!!" Kendo shouted as she shrunk her hands to give her space between the serpents jaws. She quickly jumped away as its jaws clamped shut, then enlarged her hands again and smashed its face, blowing apart its teeth in one shot.

"Seems you've learned from your mistakes yesterday, girl. I wonder how much longer you'll last though?" Nine said as Kendo charged him, shrinking down her hands and reeling back her right fist to strike. 

"Long enough to take you down!" She shouted as she threw her punch. Nine didn't even bother to create a barrier as he simple stepped to his left and dodged her straight punch. 

"You won't win if you just use simple attack like tha-" Nine tried to say as Kendo enlarged her right hand while it was still near Nine, hitting him as he was sent sliding along the ground. 

"Hmm.... not a bad effort.... and a tad unpredictable..... She's not stupid, i'll give her that...." Nine thought as he suddenly felt a cold air fly around him. Monoma was creating and controlling a wind stream filled with hail and snow, dropping it all to the lowest temperature he could muster. 

"Let's see those barriers of yours stop this...." Monoma said, parts of his costume beginning to freeze from the cold as he sent a wall of freezing wind at Nine. 

"Freezing Everfrost!" Monoma shouted as it all swirled around Nine, his feet beginning to get encased in ice as it moved up his legs and now over his waist. 

"Nothing more than a minor setback...." Nine said as he became fully encased, not moving an inch.

"Minor setback my ass.... you're stuck in there..... you're do-" Monoma tried to say as another serpent head broke out of the ice and went right for him.

"Oh crap! Open: Portal!" Monoma shouted in a panic as he made a portal appear in front of him which the serpent flew right into. He then closed it before it could pull itself out and severed its body, making Nine retract it back to him. Nine then stepped out of the shattered ice and brushed off the shards on his jacket. 

"I told you.... minor setback...." Nine told him as Kendo had managed to run around him before he broke out of the ice. She had both hands enlarged now as she reached out and grabbed him from both sides, lifting him off the ground as she squeezed tightly. 

"Got you!!" Kendo said proudly as Nine turned his head to look at her. 

"No you don't...." Nine said as thunder rumbled above them. 

"Oh no!!" Kendo said as she looked up, only to see a thunderbolt coming crashing down for her. 

"Don't worry, Kendo!" Monoma shouted as he went to make something to stop the bolt. 

"You won't be saving her this time..." Nine said as he quickly created yet another serpent from his back that went straight for and clamped down around Monoma's chest hard. He screamed out in pain as he lost focus and was unable to make his creation. Kendo was struck by the lightning bolt and freed Nine, having been sent flying back into a stone pillar that stuck out of the ground. 

Kendo now laid on the ground, seemingly motionless as she hardly even breathed. And Monoma remained trapped in the jaws of the serpent, meaning Nine now had a free path towards his target.

"Now that the distractions are taken care of, come here, little boy...." Nine said to Katsuma as he walked over to him. 

"No! Stay away from my brother, monster!!" Mahoro screamed as the two kids cried out in fear. 

"Get out of my way, girl. Or else I will be forced to harm you as well." Nine said as the two kids pulled on Cry, trying to wake him. 

"Cry, please!! You need to wake up!! He's a villain and you're the hero! You have to stop him from hurting my brother!" Mahoro cried as Nine suddenly stopped for a moment to look down at his right foot. Kendo had crawled over and was grabbing onto his leg to slow him down, despite being beaten into submission. 

"Where... do you.... think.... you're going....?" She said, blood seeping out of her mouth as her skin was charred in some spots as well from being struck by lightning. 

"I'm going to take what's mine. And you are being very annoying..." Nine said as he raised up his left leg and dropped it down, kicking Kendo in the face over and over again until she finally let go and let him advance.

"I can't..... the pain's too much..... can't focus....." Monoma said, trying to slip out or pry the jaws of the serpent open but it was useless. It was keeping him from using the Reality powers too. 

"no...... stop...." Kendo said very weakly as she could only watch with a faded vision as Nine approached Katsuma. 

"STAY AWAY!!! KATSUMA, RUN! I'LL PROTECT YOU!!" Mahoro screamed as she charged Nine. But her efforts were for not as Nine simply reached out and grabbed her by her neck, lifting her off the ground and making her face Katsuma. 

"Do as I say, boy. Or I will kill your sister without hes....." Nine began to say as he was slowed down again. Only this time, his right foot got caught under Cry's left arm. 

"Even when you're unconscious, you still infuriate me!" Nine said with a bit more intensity as he slipped his foot out then raised it up. He made it come crashing down right onto Cry's face, breaking his nose and ripping the skin of his cheeks a bit. But even after getting struck like that, Cry did not wake.

"Perhaps you died after all from my subordinates fun with you yesterday. Regardless, back to business..." Nine said as he turned back to Katsuma who just looked on in horror as Nine held his sister.

"Give me what I want now, Katsuma. Or you will never see your big sister ever again...." Nine threatened as he squeezed Mahoro even tighter. 

"No, stop it!! Fine, i'll give you my quirk! Just let my sister go and stop hurting the heroes!!" Katsuma begged as Nine let out a brief chuckle. Nine then tossed Mahoro aside and over to Kendo who caught her. 

"Smart boy. Now.... don't move...." Nine said as he crouched down in front of Katsuma and reached out to place his hand on him. 

"You did the right thing, Katsuma. Your sister is alive, and i'll let the heroes go when we're done here." Nine said as he was about to place his hand on Katsuma's face. 

However, just before he laid his hand on him, a portal opened up in between them and a familiar diamond arm came flying through, crashing into Nine's face. He was sent flying back as he smacked hard against a stone wall, the metal mask over his face shattered a bit as he just looked on in  shock. The arm went back through the portal as it closed, Nine looking on to the person who created it. Cry was standing, a gaze of intense death in his eyes, his raged locked on him. 

"Don't you dare lay your hands on him, you bastard...." Cry said with immense intimidation as he ignited his right arm in blue flames. 

"So you're alive after all, huh? And here I thought today was going to be easy...." Nine said as he got back up. 

"You were taking on my classmates. At what point did you think this would be easy!?" Cry shouted as he whipped his right arm forward, firing off a giant burst of blue flames. 

"Yes, actually, I did." Nine said as he made a larger barrier to block the fire. But, when all the smoke cleared, Cry had vanished. 

"Now where did you go...?" Nine questioned as he began to look around. 

"I'm right here!!" Cry shouted as Nine felt a tremendous impact on his back. He was sent crashing forward as he was blown through a large boulder on the ground. Cry had made a portal to take him right behind Nine and catch him off guard. 

"Cry, you..... you're alright..... and you can make.... successful portals....." Kendo said as Cry walked over and crouched down next to her, Mahoro, and Katsuma who had run over. Monoma was still trapped in the serpents jaws though as Nine hadn't taken enough damage for it to disappear.

"Yeah..... guess I did. Turns out, I've been looking at it all wrong. Rather than trying to control my quirk, I more so had to understand it. Put my emotions into it when using it. It helps me feel where I can spawn the portals. But forget about all that, i'm just glad you're all still alive. And i'm so, so sorry for sending you away yesterday." Cry said as he rubbed the top of Kendo's head and then helped her to her feet. Kendo punched him right in the face with all the strength she could muster, which wasn't very much being so weak right now. 

"When this is all over..... i'm having... a long chat.... with you...." Kendo said as Cry simply smiled and handed her off to Katsuma and Mahoro. 

"Kids, please take her and yourselves behind some cover." Cry told them as they gave him some nods before dragging Kendo along her feet behind a wall. 

"Please be safe....." Katsuma and Mahoro said as they peered around the corner to watch, worry filling their faces. 

"Kids, if I were to be safe, then I wouldn't be a good hero." Cry said back to them as Nine finally got back up onto his feet, more of the metal mask on his face broken as he was gritting his teeth in rage. 

"Not once.... but twice? You actually hit me twice? Well that's the last one's you're ever going to get, you dumb kid!!" Nine roared in a fury as he raised up both his hands and fired off all the bullet lasers he could. 

"That won't work on me anymore, Nine!" Cry shouted as he opened up another portal, causing all the bullet lasers to fly through and then out a second which Cry made appear above Nine. They rained down on him, bombarding him as they all dug into his skin. Nine fell to his knees as blood soaked up his jacket and his skin began to tear again, revealing a purple substance underneath. 

"No.... not now...." Nine said in complete pain as Cry realized he'd overused his quirks again. All the pain made the serpent holding Monoma disappear, allowing him to get up again. 

"Monoma, go over to Kendo and see if you can treat her. I'll take care of Nine..." Cry said as he gave him a nod before rushing over to Kendo. 

"This time, I won't let my guard down. No interventions." Cry said as he used his quirk to trap himself and Nine within a force field dome. 

"I can't..... I need that quirk....." Nine said as Cry electrified his right hand. 

"I've already had one quirk taken from me before. I won't go through that ever again, nor will I let anyone else share in that pain. Goodnight, you bastard." Cry said as he went to place his hand on Nine's face.

"No..... NO!!! I WILL NOT IT ALL END LIKE THIS!!!" Nine suddenly roared out as the tubes in his back armor began to glow. A purple liquid within was absorbed into his body and Nine suddenly surged with an overwhelming power. 

"Rain hell down!!!" Nine shouted as a huge thunderbolt came crashing down from above, striking the force field and shattering it like glass, but also dissipating the bolt. 

"What the!?" Cry said in shock as Nine placed all the tips of his fingers on his lower chest. 

"BEGONE!!" Nine roared as he fired, blasting Cry point blank as his bullet lasers went all the way through. Cry was left with holes in his chest like before, but they sent him flying back. He crashed against the side of a pillar but landed on his feet, grasping his new wounds. 

"Gotta keep going.... Can't afford to stop now..." Cry said as he tried his best to ignore the pain, despite blood dripping out of him like crazy. 

"I DON'T CARE WHAT IT TAKES, I'LL DESTROY THIS WHOLE ISLAND IF IT MEANS KILLING YOU AND TAKING THAT KID!!!" Nine yelled as he made a ginormous lightning bolt come crashing down over Cry. 

"THAT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN!!" Cry replied with fury as he raised up his left arm, then pointed his right at Nine. At the ends of each hand, a portal appeared. The lightning bolt flew through the one above him and came out the second, firing at Nine now as it struck him, sending him back through several trees.

"ENOUGH!! YOU DIE NOW, BOY!!!" Nine roared as he came flying out of the trees, riding a small tornado under his feet as he spun circles around Cry. He created his sea serpents from his back again, 2 of them as they reached out and bit down on Cry's arms, spreading them out. 

"Aaaaahhhhhhh!!!" Cry screamed as their teeth dug into the skin on his left arm. 

"NOW RIP HIM IN TWO!!!" Nine roared but Cry used his quirk to detach his diamond arm before the serpents could pull. 

"He's thinking so quickly and having everything he wants occur..... he's finally learned how to fully use that quirk...." Monoma thought, watching Cry as he blasted the serpent head still holding him with a ground spire he created from the earth.

"Let's see how you like it when I use your strongest weapon too!!" Cry shouted, first making a new arm for himself, and then using his quirk to also generate lightning in the clouds above.

"The weather was my quirk before all of this, no one can use it better than me!!! You'll fall to its almighty power!!!" Nine shouted as he created a gigantic tornado that swept its way towards Cry. 

"RAGING BLACK BOLT!!" Cry shouted as he pointed at Nine, unleashing a black lightning bolt that came down and struck the tornado. The two attacks pushed at each other, but ultimately, Cry's was able to burst through and dissipate the tornado. Unfortunately, the wind from the cyclone caused his bolt to fly off course and miss his actual target.

"JUST DISAPPEAR ALREADY!!!" Nine roared as he pointed all his fingers at Cry and unleashed a huge barrage of bullet lasers at him. Cry created a portal behind him and jumped back into it, however, one of the lasers went in also and managed to strike Cry in his left forearm. But the portal still closed as Cry vanished. 

"THAT'S NOT THE KIND OF DISAPPEAR I MEANT!! NOW SHOW YOURSELF!!!" Nine demanded as thunder rumbled above. But, he wasn't using his weather quirk to generate it, so he knew it was his opponent. 

"I ALREADY TOLD YOU, I AM THE MASTER OF THE WEATHER ITSELF!!! NO FORCE ON THIS PLANET CAN DEFEAT IT!!!" Nine shouted as he began generating another massive tornado to counter the oncoming bolt. 

"WHO EVER SAID I WAS USING THE WEATHER!?" Cry suddenly shouted as a portal opened up in the ground in front of Nine, jumping out of it with his right arm vibrating violently. His ultimate move charging up power. 

"NO, I WILL NOT ALLOW THIS!!!" Nine shouted as Cry threw his punch. 

"ABSOLUTE MASS HA-" He tried to shout but, mid-swing with his fist, Nine created three more serpent heads that lashed out, one biting Cry's diamond arm and pulling it back, stopping the attack. The second chomped down on his right lower chest, biting into some of the holes in his chest which made him scream beyond belief. And the third bit down on both of his legs, keeping them together as Cry was lifted high into the air before the serpents whipped him around, smashing him through trees and the ground. 

"REALITY IS NO MATCH FOR THE QUIRK I POSSESS!!! ALL FOR ONE IS UNSTOPPABLE!!! I AM INVINCIBLE!!! NO MAN, NO WOMAN, NO HERO ALIVE ON THIS PLANET CAN STOP ME!!!!" Nine roared with great pride as Kendo and the rest only watched in horror. 

"It's not enough..... even with Cry back and at 100%, we're still losing..... He needs.... help...." Kendo said as she limped her way out of cover, but not before Monoma grabbed her and pulled her back. 

"We're not going anywhere, you hear me? Cry told us to stay out, and do you see how those two are fighting? You wanna get caught in that?" Monoma asked her as she just sighed. 

"But he's losing.... and if he can't beat him alone, then no one can..... we have no choice, Monoma.... we have to step back in...." Kendo said as she slipped out of his grasp and found the strength to start running. 

"Oh, screw it!" Monoma shouted as he followed after her. Katsuma and Mahoro stayed behind cover and watched. 

"Damn it..... gotta.... get out of this..." Cry said as he tried to pry himself loose. But the serpents held strong, not budging at all as he saw Kendo and Monoma rushing in to help him. 

"Back again, are we?" Nine said as he raised up both hands to fire his bullet lasers. 

"GET AWAY!!! BOTH OF YOU, RUN AWAY!!!" I screamed to them but they kept on running towards me. Nine was nearly done charging too. I had to do something to save them. 

"I can't use my quirk with these things latching onto me..... too much pain... can't focus...... Wait, that's it!!! I have to do it! I have to use it, just like before, when me and Deku fought Overhaul!" I thought as my body began to surge with an immense physical force, my veins glowing a dark red as I let out a battle cry and pushed back as hard as I could. 

"ONE FOR ALL!!! 100%!!" I roared as I generated the full force of the mighty quirk through my right arm and blew off all the serpents in one shot, however, the sheer power of One for All completely shattered my diamond arm.

"BOTH OF YOU, GET DOWN!!!" I shouted to them as I opened up a portal and jumped through, coming out the second in front of my friends as Nine fired his bullet lasers. Monoma jumped out of the way but me and Kendo were right in the line of fire. 

"HOLD ON!!!" I shouted as I grabbed Kendo with my arms and put her behind me as I put my back to the lasers, waiting for them all to strike me. But they never did. 

"NO!!! I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO DISAPPEAR, BUT ONE OF YOU JUST HAS TO STOP IT ALL!!!" Nine raged as me and Kendo looked back and saw a force field shielding us. We both then looked to Monoma and saw he was the one who made it for us. 

"You smug son of a bitch, I freakin' love you." Cry said to him as they all exchanged smiles for a moment before looking over to Nine.

"JUST DIE ALREADY!!!!" He roared at the top of his lungs as he sent multiple bolts of lightning down from the sky. 

"Can't control it like Midoriya does.... only got 100% or 0..... in one spot, focus it into one spot!!"Cry shouted as he generated One for All at its max into his left arm and reeled it back.

"SMASH!!!" Cry roared as he threw his epic punch, sending a shockwave into the air that collided with all of the bolts. The attacks fought back but eventually destroyed each other, resulting in a colossal explosion that shook the very island we stood on.

"Wait, that power? It's like-" Kendo tried to say as Cry suddenly screamed out in agonizing pain. Parts of the skin on his left arm had ripped open, blooding spewing everywhere as massive bruises appeared as well. 

"That's the same power as him! As Midoriya!!" Monoma shouted as Cry withstood the pain and then sighed. 

"Alright, fine! It's the same but I don't have time to freakin' explain!! Just get away!! I don't wanna cause damage to you!!!" Cry shouted as Nine then used his weather quirk to create his largest tornado yet, only this one was on fire as well. 

"WITNESS THE STRONGEST NATURAL FORCE ON THIS PLANET, CHILDREN!!! IT WILL BE WHAT KILLS YOU!!!" Nine roared as he sent the firenado at us. 

"Again..... gotta do it again!!! SMASH!!!!" Cry roared as he threw a punch with his left arm again, sending another massive shockwave at the firenado. However, it did not break through. 

"No.... it wasn't enough...." Cry said as he realized his damaged arm made his attack weaker than before. 

"YOU'RE TOO WEAK!!! YOU'RE ALL WEAK!!! YOU HAVE NO PLACE IN THE WORLD I'LL CREATE!!!" Nine shouted as he created three more serpents, each going after one of the students as they clamped down on them, pinning each right next to each other. 

"NO!!!! NO, WE GOTTA GET OUT!!! WE CAN'T LOSE!!!" Cry screamed but not even One for All was strong enough for him to break out now. His arm was just too damaged to bust the serpent trapping him. 

"I can't..... it's too strong...." Kendo said as she couldn't even enlarge her hands anymore. 

"I can't do it anymore..... i'm all out of time....." Monoma said as he'd reached his time limit. He had no quirks to copy. 

"I WIN!!!! AND YOU ALL WILL DIE!!!" Nine shouted as a massive convergence of thunderclouds gathered above, creating a huge cloud that spanned miles in diameter. 

"No.... I..... We can't let it end like this..... we still have to save them..... Katsuma..... and Mahoro..... we have to save everyone....." Cry said as he looked to Kendo and Monoma. Both had one hand free, as did he with his left arm. 

"Both of you, reach out and touch my hand!" Cry said, extending out his arm as much as he could. 

"Why!? Do you have a plan!?" Monoma asked me. 

"It's crazy.... but it just might work.... You just gotta trust me though!!! So please, reach out!! Take my hand!!" Cry begged as his two friends reached out to grab his hand. They reached out as hard and as far as they could,just barely able to touch finger tips. 

"This quirk..... it isn't my own..... it was created long ago..... and its torch is passed on from generation to generation..... wielded by those who stand against true evil....." Cry said as they all now got a little further, but still not enough to grab onto each others hands. 

"This power was never passed to me..... but I used my Reality.... to copy it.... and now, it's stayed with me..... a new branch of this mighty quirk..... and now the two of you.... are next to wield.... it's incredible power!!" Cry said as he knew there was no other way to win. This is all they had left to stand against Nine. 

"Use this power..... to stand against that evil..... and shine your light onto a bright future for all!!! With this power, we will become one!!!" Cry shouted as the three finally locked their hands together. Cry generated the mighty quirk into both of them, letting out tears as there was no going back now. After all is said and done here, his days as a hero would be over forever.....

"This is the power to change the future!!! To save everyone!!! THIS IS ONE FOR ALL!!!"

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