Chapter 71
Toya pulled back from Eva. Her eyes were closed, and he noticed she was getting burned heavily from him, her body acting fast to heal at the same time. He looked around, seeing All For One was nowhere near. He kissed Eva's head then went back into the sky, staring down at Endeavor and Hawks.
In the sky, Urakaka and Tsu were still going after Toga, crying for talks of romance.
"Leave alone!" ordered Toga. "I'm not some hopeless, lovesick girl anymore. GOT THAT HERO?"
"Get behind me!" ordered Pixie-Bob, throwing up a mud wall. "Recover and regroup!" Kamuri was getting Komori to safety.
"These fires are keeping me from spreading my pores!" cried Komori, staring at everything below.
"Move the captured villains to safety!" ordered Shishido. "If we leave them, they'll burn!"
Urakaka touched Tsu to have her float.
"Himiko Toga and Kurogiri are just the start," said Tsu, pointing forward. "We have to deal with Dabi, too." She became sadder. "Todoroki...Shoji...please be safe."
"Uravity!" cried Jiro. They looked back to see Jiro, Tokoyami, Dark Shadow, and Monty coming in from behind. "Froppy!"
"Tsukuyomi! Earphone Jack!" cried Urakaka, reaching out.
"Where is Violet Gust?" asked Tsu in surprise.
"She is injured, but she will be alright," assured Monty, he gestured down to where Eva laid unconscious, and he frowned, seeing that All For One stood next to her body.
"This isn't a battle anymore," said Tokoyami. "It's pandemonium." He glanced at Dark Shadow, who was starting to get upset because of Eva.
"Your ear is hurt," Monty said to Jiro. "Are you okay?"
"I went toe-to-toe with the demon lord earlier," answered Jiro, looking at him. "Honestly, I'm lucky. You came out of the same Warp gate as the army of Twices. I'm guessing that means it's actually Toga, right?"
"At this rate, the entire country will be buried," said Urakaka, studying the action below. "We gotta stop her."
"Agreed," nodded Tokoyami. "Except Dabi's flames are too hot. They aren't slowing Toga down, but we have to keep our distance. What do we do? Where do we even begin? This wasn't part of the plan."
"Plans in battles are never going to be linear," said Monty. "There will always be pieces that make it unfold, always having something in mind for when things like this happens." They looked at him. "Each of you, think of what you feel like you need to do, and tackle it, most likely deal with us splitting." He studied everything in front of him. "Listen to what I have to say, I may not get a chance to repeat it." They nodded.
Endeavor was fighting off lots of Twice, he looked at Dabi, who stared down at him.
"What did you do to Shoto?" demanded Endeavor. "Where is he?"
"I wanted to bring you his corpse as present, but he was too strong," answered Toya, he was losing control again. "It would've been perfect, Dad. Watching you break down in the rain. 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." All For One stood up happily at the way the board game was playing out. All For One reached down, grabbed Eva by her costume, and shot off to join Tomura.
"Yuki!" shouted Hawks, he appeared in front of All For One, he quickly through up a shield to block Hawk's attack, this made All For One laugh.
"Hawks. 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," taunted Hawks, he removed his hand, blood gushed out of his head. "Looks like you don't have much faith in Shigaraki." All For One's gaze changed harshly.
"How astute of you," grunted All For One. "That's correct. He's still not 'complete' in the truest sense. There's a reason he still needs this version of me. I am hoping this girl's body will knock some sense into him...that is if it holds up."
"ENDEAVOR!" Hawks shouted looking down. "Let's face it. The plan to split everyone up fell apart. 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 and Shigaraki! We are going to lose Violet Gust if we don't act! You have to take Toya down!" Endeavor gasped looking at Toya again. Toya was looking to where All For One was holding Eva, then at his father.
All For One laughed. "What a cruel thing to ask. The poor man's lost an arm and is barely able to stand up. Besides, wouldn't that go against your master plan? You said before that Endeavor's goal was to defeat me as quickly as possible. Abanonding his mission would--"
"Damnit," growled Hawks. "SHUT UP!" He got angrier. "Aren't you forgetting? You were already beaten by our number-one hero once today. He's not abandoning anything!"
"How pedantic," said All For One as he moved his hand, holding Eva by her ankle.
Toya shot toward Endeavor, the old man formed fire wings, his eyes purely on his oldest son.
***Coffin in the Sky
"What?" asked Aizawa in surprise. "Yamada. Then---" Another gate opened letting Twice doubles fall through, Monoma got slammed to the ground hard, his nose bled, the quirk erase hold on Shigaraki stopped, the flesh egg coming out of his body burst open with him screaming loudly in pain. The explosion caused a huge disruption in the fortress, causing one of the power poles to go out.
"This is Mandalay." Her voice reaching everyone. "The flight system stopped working! We've been hacked! Someone's taken over the controls! That's not all! The control center is currently under attack! Phantom Thief is unable to continue his mission! We can't count on Erasure! I'm afraid the worst villain in history is free!" Shigaraki floated in the distance, with lots of his skin around his waist like a skirt.
"Kurogiri! What went down at Central Hospital?" asked Izuku.
"If we fail here, Japan---no, the whole world--will crumble in this monster's hands," explained Mandalay.
"His skin's peeling off?" questioned Izuku. "Is he molting?"
Shigaraki stood up more with a wicked smile. "Even if I am still in here. What would you do with me?" Izuku gasped. "Want to have another little chat at the mall?" Shigaraki was now in control. "Get over yourself, hero. You know exactly who I am. Your villain!" Izuku gasped even more the fortress was falling fast toward the sea.
"Damn it!" gasped Izuku reaching toward his mouth. "I can't breathe. Feels like I'm suffocating." He crouched down. "If I don't let my body recover, I can't take in enough oxygen." Izuku got back up again, eyes laid directly on Shigaraki. "You heard me. I am your villain! And yet you just don't understand. The fact you don't get it is why we have heroes and villains!"
"I understand," said Izuku. "You took my sister." Shigaraki opened his eyes a bit more. "One of the most important people to me."
At the control room, Kaminari left the building with others, all yelping at the sight of the Twice army.
"How the crap is Twice here?" asked Kaminari.
"Monoma, are you okay!?" called Fukidashi.
"Mr. Aizawa!" yelled Kaminari. "What are we supposed to do now?" The American fighters were figuring out how to help when they saw Gentle Criminal bouncing across the water.
****over at the cave
Chikazoku cackled in delight, his puppets following as he left the cave. He squealed to the stop seeing a group of people in front of him including Ms. Joke, Shindo, and Hounddog.
"Did you think you could outrun us?" asked Ms. Joke. "Now that's funny, Mr. Skeptic!" All of them showed signs they had been fighting. "A smart man would put his hands in the air. There's no use of running." He backed up, Hound Dog growled, stepping forward, removing his mouth cage.
"Yuki's scent helped lead us directly here," said Hound Dog. "He's ours. They'd better keep playing their part. Hell of thing. Never thought we'd trust fae to help us out."
Ms. Joke. "Don't forget to do what Eraser asked of us; gather everything bit of Yuki that got left here after we take this guy out." Shindo saw horseshoes lying around the edges of the cave entrance. After quickly defeating the guy and handing him over to the authorities, the team went inside the cave, it was eerie, wires ran down the top edges.
"In here," said Hound Dog. "Her scent is heaviest here." Inside the room, they saw lots of flowers wilting about, markings of days on the wall, a mattress, a Frankenstein table. There were fae blood stains all around the experiment gathering spot.
"The rest down there!" ordered Ms. Joke.
'Ma'am!" they responded, going further down. Shindo went over to a desk, there was a binder, some dating back to 8 years ago. It was journal reports on Violet Gust. The skinning, the eyeball removal, the temper, the biting, the nails, and even open heart. Shindo flipped immeditaly to the heart page, there was a drawing. The heart was described as something that large amounts of power, it was human like, but glimmering. Gained an infection from trying to touch it.
Next to it, was the drawing of the eye, notes made on it. Having it under a microscope, medical procedures.
"This is awful," said Shindo flipping the page to see information about what's in the muscle of a fae. "Horrible."
Ms. Joke opened a refridgerator, she saw jar labeled tip of the middle finger, it was a bone. Next to it, was bone marrow liquid.
"Shindo go back to the room where Violet Gust was most likely held," ordered Ms. Joke. "Document everything."
"Yes, ma'am."
***
Back at the coffin in the sky, Gentle Criminal with the help of La Brava's quirk bounced up the fortress
"GENTLY SUPERLOVE!"
He placed a giant air trampoline around the fortress, hoping to help keep it in the air.
"Are we safe?" asked Mandalay after the fortress was leveled. "How? It's like there's a trampoline made of air." Izuku gasped. he looked away with tears in eyes, he saw Gentle Criminal smiling up at him, old man was in tears. Bando snapped Izuku's attention back to Shigaraki.
Shigaraki reached his out, wiggling his fingers with excitement toward the ground, at the last second a purple and pink spiral bullet ripped through, cutting his hand from his arm. Izuku looked to see Lady Nagant standing in the distance. Another bullet shot out, cutting off his other hand. Izuku shot forward smacking right into Shigaraki, taking him out of the fortress.
"Where are you going?!" demanded Mirio.
"It's too dangerous!" shouted Izuku, going over the edge.
***Deep inside Shigaraki***
"YOU UNGRATEFUL PIECE OF GUTTER TRASH!" yelled All For One angrily. " YOU KILL YOUR COMRADES, THEN ACT LIKE A HEROIC MARTYR? WHAT A WEAK-MINDED, RUDDERLESS COWARD!"
Shigarakis fingers filled All For One's mouth, and he chuckled.
"Thought you could manipulate her into serving you, huh?" Many fingers shot out like a fountain. "How'd that work out? You should've kept your hands to yourself. It was the same tactic you raised me. You used my connection to Shimura and All Might to push me and fuel my anger, tried to do the same with Eva, but she's not easily manipulated. As I fumed, you plotted to hijack my mind and body for yourself. You stoked my hatred because I was your best chance to finally steal One For All. Eventually, we started to merge. I became a piece of you. But you know what, Master? I didn't like that very much. So, I hid the core of my being deep, deep within. Eva helped with that when she separated your conscious from mine...yes I was aware she did that. It had felt she lifted a 100 year long migraine. And while in the cave, at night as we slept side by side, I was able to hide my being well. Little by little, careful not to draw attention, that tiny piece of me started taking back control. I'm following my own path, not yours."
"KUROGIRI!" screamed All For One.
***Back outside of his psyche
"This body's not moving the way I want!" admitted Shigaraki. "Warp me to All For One immediately, damn it!"
"Shig--" began Kurogiri. "I-I will protect Shigaraki." He was wigging out. "No. Who? He's..." Where? Shig--My friends.
**Deep inside Shigarki
Shigaraki crawling through the hands. "I don't need One For All to achieve my dreams. I will not be your pawn. You don't have control of everything. And like others, my heart won't change. Every aspect of this world is to blame for what happened the past. In that poor excuse for a home. My end goal is simple!"
***Back outside his body.
Shigaraki with a smile. "I want the total destruction of everything connected to that house!" Izuku grunted. "That will save me. It is the only thing that can. Got it, hero?"
Izuku became angry. "Are you saying...all that time you spent with Eva meant nothing?" Shigarakis' smile dropped a bit. "She let you into her heart, made her feel safe...and it meant nothing to you!" Then stopped on the ground, skidding distances from each other. "There's no way I'll let total destruction happen. But still. I can't pretend I didn't see scared little kid crying inside of you." Lighting struck. The fortress was fixed from falling even further, and Kurogiri was tearing himself on who to protect.
Kaminari got through about of Twices to see his teacher's falling.
"Mr. Aizawa!! Present Mic! Wait. No!" Kurogiri suddenly appeared, letting the two fall through his gates, and disappeared. "Whoa, did he just save them?"
"Perhaps," said Mandalay. "Or maybe he's just trying to get rid of Erasure. That would be best for Shigaraki. Whatever his intentions, all we can do is keep fighting. We have to believe that everyone will be okay. That we'll win this. We'll trust in Midoriya.
***Gunga
They were still fighting off the large Twice army, blue fires surrounded them. It was complete chaos. All For One was shooting through the sky, still dragging Eva along with him by the ankle. He looked back to see that Hawks was still following.
"I WON'T LET YOU REACH SHIGARAKI!" growled Hawks. "THIS IS OUR STORY! YOU ARE NOT GONNA GET YOUR WAY! Everything's on the line. The kids down there. Violet Gust. Japan. And the rest of the world. All you've ever done is corrupt our lives! THAT ENDS NOW!" He shot red feathers that easily got deflected by All For One. In seconds, Hawks had a sword right at All For One's throat.
"You still don't see how strongly the wind blows in my favor," smiled All For One menacingly. He turned his other hand, Hawks warped apart, which shocked Tokoyami. Hawks looked back at Tokoyami and All For One with a beautified face. This made Tokoyami go into greater shock.
"Ouchies," cooed Hawks. "I was flying so fast 'cause I wanted to be with you." All For One swiped the illusion away, he looked to see Camie flying on a giant finger.
"Whoa, big yikes! Like that was for realizes close.
She pointed her fingers at him.
"Hawls is a total rizzcake. You can't un-alive that snack! I'd enter my grief era."
Shishikura was holding up Hawks with another finger.
"We were sent as an auxiliary defense force to receive the evacuees from UA, but they haven't arrived yet. Unfortunately for you, we deduced that there was imminent danger and took the liberty of inserting ourselves into the fray." Inasa controlled many swirls of wind. "You now face SHIKETSU HIGH SCHOOL'S--"
"Dang!" cried Camie.
"HERO COURSE STUDENTS!"
"You think you've won?" asked Inasa with a big smile. "Well, think again. I decide how the wind blows!"
"Hold up fam, you sure that's All For One?" asked Camie. "When'd he get a face card?"
"I crave vengeance for my father," said Shishikura. "But I won't be blinded by hate. That's what our enemy wants. Dad was a prison guard who protected others, and that's exactly what I will do."
"Shishikross!" shouted Mora from below. "The alumns have arrived!"
"We got word that Shigaraki and Deku left UA!"
"This battlefield is in chaos! We must turn the tide of the fight!"
"Quickly! We've got to get Toga contained while not letting up on the big guy," ordered Picie Bob. She used more of her mud. "Use long-range attacks! Throw everything you've got at All For One!" All For One held up the back of one of the Twice's. His body mutated with large spikes coming out of the end, dark balls forming each end, using spikes from his legs to hold up Eva, he smiled devilishly. A big yellow ball with purple bits shot out, trapping everyone in the attack.
"Brace yourselves!" ordered Shishido. "Everyone stay on your feet! Use the shield Quirks for cover! Stay Strong! He's wide open! Don't let up your attacks!"
"This far into our battle, and you still want to believe you can beat me?" asked All For One. Only two of could make an impact; one isn't even here, and the other in my grasp. This is not bravery. " Endeavor had Toya chase away from the battlefield, away from the others. "You witnessed my power when I was in my prime. Young generations don't remember a time before All Might was on the rise. You're ignorant to the way the world trembled before he became a symbol. It was an era of impenetrable darkness. The fear was debilitating. There was no safety for anyone. My golden age was defined by suspicion and resentment. Exploitation and intolerance!"
"Yeah, yeah. We get that!" shouted Inasa. "We don't much about you, though. They only teach us the important stuff in contemporary history! Todoroki's my buddy, and I've been watching him and his pops. I'm here 'cause I'm cheering for them to come out on top in this fight! Their hot-blooded passion burned away any fear I might've had of you." Hawks gasped, and multiple fingers shot into the wind.
"I'll kill the boy controlling this troublesome wind," declared All For One. "And then start stealing Quirks." His spikes grew larger and multiplied.
"Inasa!" shouted Mora as the attack from before went off. "Don't let off! Keep those vortexes going. Suck up all the Togas!"
"On it!" grunted Inasa, blood spilling from his head. "The wind was already strong out here, which makes my power work even better! I will use it to rescue my wind buddy, Yuki!" All For One glanced down at Yuki, he pierced one his spikes through her limbs to keep her held; she still showed no sign of waking up, but she did not seem on the verge of death like before. Inasa intended his vortexes. "Your glory days are long gone. Tomorrow, we'll see a future built by the heroes I'm rooting for! You won't stop them!" Hawks was coming from behind Inasa to attack again." All For One and Hawks stared each other down.
"Enough of this!" ordered All For One. "You naive fools are going--" He paused, slowly looked back to see Dark Shadow towering over him, pure rage. Deep inside was Tokoyami.
"Darkness comes in many forms. You have no right to speak of it. Don't forget the era of darkness you ruled is one that we've devoured. Clouds gathering, after as you attacked, blocking out the light and enhancing my power. The winds from the battle are affecting the flames too, quelling them." All For One began to attack. "All Might himself explained. You didn't steal Endeavor's Quirk because touching his fire isn't touching him. Do you see? This is why I was chosen to support these heroes!" He readied a punch. " DARK SHADOW, TOTAL RELEASE!"
"YOU'VE GOT THIS, KID!" yelled Hawks heartily.
"How 'bout I give ya a tailwind?" asked Inasa, directing wind around Dark Shadow's fist. Hawks appeared inside the void, putting a hand on Tokoyami. All For One held up a shield, but Tokoyami's punch broke through it.
"BLACK ABYSS. LIGHT OF BALDUR!"
On repeat, Tokoyami and Dark Shadow beat up All For One.
"Beat the crap out of him, Tsukuyomi!" encouraged Hawks. "Keep him preoccupied as long as you can. I doubt any of us would be able to stop him as he his now, but his time's running out. Don't forget he's like this, 'cause Endeavor already trashed him once. Hold him here, and we'll stop him permanently!"
"I am being careful to make sure we are not hitting Violet Gust," said Tokoyami.
Down below, laid Jiro.
"Dark Shadow needs support! Block any source of light! The more darkness, the better!"
"Heard!" shouted Cami. "I'll use Glamour to serve a late-night vibe with ambient auroa illusion. " She began her move.
Kamui had a full head of hair, he held a knocked out Komori. "We've got to stop her from making clones."
"I've got you covered!" shouted Inasa, he punched. "You can trust that the wind stays at your back." All For One let out a big attack, making everyone slide back from its force.
"How obnoxious," said All For One standing up, he was younger. "Only a bully tries to solve their problems by punching them.
"Where's Violet Gust!" yelped Dark Shadow. "I swear, I did try to avoid hitting her!" Hawks looked down to see she was nowhere in sight, he did see random spots Twices being hit in large numbers, turning into big piles of slush; the attacks causing it, was not something he could see. He jolted when he saw a bunch of doubles getting taken out like bowling pins by an invisible force. All For One jolted up, back on his trajectory to get to Shigaraki.
"I have a feeling we don't need to worry about her condition," said Hawks as he watched some of the blues flames be extinguished. He saw fields of flowers popping up.
"Black out!" shouted Cami, trying to create that illusion for Dark Shadow.
"He's so fast," grunted Tokoyami.
"Here, let me push you along," said Inasa, directing the wind. "Catch him! We can't let this monster escape!"
Down below, some of the heroes began to panic when they saw hundreds of silhouettes of leaves entering the battlefield, confusion entered the heroes when the silhouettes attacked the twice-doubles; every time a leaf guy got split, they got put right back together.
"Whom's quirk is that?" asked Jiro as they ran. " I have not seen anyone here use that!"
"I don't know!" shouted Tsu. "But I think they are on our side!"
"I have seen this before back in the village!" shouted Monty, he directed some of Dabi's flames to trap the doubles till they were defeated. "The person who's directing this attack has been on your side since the beginning! Finally, using both at the same time!" The girls all looked at each other.
"Yuki!"
Back up, behind them in the chase appeared Gigantomachia.
"Destroy them, dear Machia," ordered All For One.
"Not as bad as it looks," said Hawks. "Isn't that right, Tsukauchi? Let's see how this plays.
Machia lifted up a hill-sized chunk of land, chucking it at All For One.
"What's this?" asked All For One after easily destroying the attack. In Machia's hair was Kirishima and Shinso, this made the bad man gasp. "Clever bastards."
"Nice work, Tokoyami," complimented Kirishima, with blood spilling out of his head. "We brought some help. This guy's not getting anywhere near Midoriya!" He glanced around. "Where's Yuki???"
"I killed her!" cried Dark Shadow, giant tears spilled out, Tokoyami tried to calm him down, Hawk pointed down to the doubles getting blasted by wind, and leave sillehouttes attacking.
"She was unconscious, there was a big attack. and we have not seen her since," explained Hawks. "But trust me when I tell you that she is alive." Kirishima nodded.
"Good."
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