14- The Chain Thus Far
"They're... giving us no room to move, shroom" Kinoko says as she backs off from the large amount of chaos that has just began.
"I won't lose sight of your again!" Ochaco says as she comes through the warp, Tsuyu following behind her, her tongue wrapped around Ochaco's wrist, "I still haven't gotten to talk about romance with you!".
"Stop pestering me..." Toga says as she looks at Ochaco, her Quirk wearing off slightly as the top half of her face returns to normal, "there's no maiden in love here anymore... hero!".
The doubles start to overpower the heroes, knocking them down as some heroes manage to get rid of other doubles. Touya's flames tear through the ground, too, burning some of the heroes alongside the trees and the grounds. Pixiebob jumps in front of a group of heroes as she throws the ground upwards, blocking some of the doubles, some of them disappearing.
"Get behind the earthen wall!" Pixiebob yells as she looks back at the people around her, "everyone, get back for now!".
"I can't spread my spores now because of the flames, shroom" Kinoko says as Kamui Woods grabs her, pulling her into the air with him.
"Move the captured villains, too!" a pro trying to organised the captured villains says as he looks around at some of the other heroes, "they'll burn to death, if not!".
"It's not just Himiko Toga and Kurogiri" Tsuyu says as she and Ochaco touch their hands together as Ochaco makes Tsuyu float, "Dabi's here, too... Todoroki-chan... Shoji-chan... everyone...".
"Uravity! Froppy!" Kyoka says from behind them as she and Tokoyami fly over.
"Tsukuyomi!" Ochaco says as she holds her hand out, grabbing Kyoka's hand, "Earphone Jack!".
"This battle can only lead to chaos" Tokoyami says as the four of them huddle together.
"Kyoka-chan, your ear..." Tsuyu says as she sees Kyoka's missing ear.
"If this is all I got after fighting the demon lord, I think I got lucky" Kyoka says with a small smile, "if you all came out of the same warp gate, that means the Twice army is Toga, right?".
"At this rate, Japan will be buried" Ochaco says as she looks at the spreading doubles, "we have to stop them".
"But Dabi's flames are too hot" Tokoyami says as he looks over at Touya, "Toga can just ignore them and keep making more doubles, but all we can do is try to get away. This isn't a battle anymore! They've broken through our strategy to split everyone up".
Endeavour uses his one remaining arm as he beats down Twice's doubles. He looks up and sees Touya floating above him.
The flames on his chest... is that the Phosphor Shoto was talking about?
Endeavour asks as he looks at the move he's never seen before.
"What did you do with Shoto, Touya?!" Endeavour asks angrily.
"I wanted to bring him as a gift for you, but he was too strong..." Touya says as he holds his arms out to either side of him, "I won't be able to make my whole dream come true anymore... but I'll take as many of the things important to you... the things you're trying to protect... as I can...".
The winds are in my favour. Everything's linking together and falling into place for me. Kurogiri himself probably went to Tomura. That warp has a longer effective range than my incomplete Sludge Warp, so it would've been best if I got that one for myself, but it's fine. I'll ride this chaos and go to Tomura!
All For One says as he takes off from the ground. He looks in the direction he's headed when Hawks flies in front of him, trying to strike him with his swords. All For One puts up a yellow shield as Hawks strikes it, the two of them being thrown back slightly from the impact.
"Hawks..." All For One says with a chuckle, "you should face Bubaigawara's dying wish".
"Even with Rewind on you, you seem to be in a hurry" Hawks says as he lets go of the wound on his forehead, blood dripping down his face, "do you not trust Tenko-san?".
"You're quick to understand" All For One says as he glares at Hawks, "that's right. He's still not complete in the truest sense. There's a reason he still needs me like this".
"Endeavour-san!" Hawks yells as he looks down at Endeavour, "the plan to split everyone up stopped working a long time ago! At this rate, it'll be too hot for anyone to fight. If we're wiped out here, everything will be headed towards Deku, Koko, and Shigaraki! Please stop Touya!".
"How mean!" All For One says as he starts to laugh, Endeavour looking at Hawks, "to say that to someone who's lost an arm and is about to pass out. Besides, aren't you the one who said it? That his mission was to defeat me as quickly as possible? He should abandon his duty?".
"Shut up!" Hawks yells annoyed, enough with hearing All For One's rambling, "you've already... lost to our number one hero once. So he's not abandoning anything!".
"Now you're just quibbling" All For One says as his expression darkens.
Touya throws himself towards Endeavour, keeping his eyes dead set on him.
My duty... this time... I will... watch.
Endeavour says as he looks up at Touya, flames forming over his back in the shape of phoenix wings.
--- in the coffin in the sky ---
"Yamada" Aizawa says as the warp opens next to him, Mic being thrown out.
Then...
Aizawa says as more doubles show up out of the warps. The rooftop they're standing on gets completely flooded by doubles as Manual is forced to let go of Monama, some of the doubles grabbing Aizawa as others push Monama to the ground, forcing him to shut his eyes as his nose breaks against the impact of the ground. Izuku lands on the ground near Tomura as Tomura continues to scream.
"Koko, get away from him!" Izuku yells as he watches Koko get closer.
"Ten, you've got this! You can fight him! Please fight him!" Koko screams as she holds onto Tomura's arm, not wanting to let go of him.
"Get away from there, Koko! He'll kill you!" Best Jeanist yells as he tries to use his Quirk to pull her away, only for him to be unable to do it due to her telekinesis.
Tomura's stomach inflates more as Koko watches in horror, only wanting the pain to be over for her brother. Tomura's stomach cracks, the same anything would with Tomura's decay as it bursts open, Koko being thrown away as Izuku flies to her, grabbing her as he holds her close. The explosion causes problems within the coffin in the sky's flight system as Koko realises the whole of U.A. is starting to fall.
"Koko, what's the matter?" Izuku asks as he looks at the expression on Koko's face.
"U.A.'s falling" Koko says as she looks at him.
"Do you think you can stop it?" Izuku asks as he tilts his head.
"I can link my power to Katsuki's" Koko says as she looks over at Katsuki who's laid on the ground, Edgeshot still doing what he can to save him, "it won't take anything out of Katsuki, and he'll still have the same chance at living. But in order for me to be able to continue with my Quirks, I need to attach myself to a lifeforce. Everyone here can still fight. But Katsuki's unconscious. He's no dead until he's buried, right, Izuku? I can do this!".
"Go, I'll hold him off!" Izuku says as he pushes her waist, Koko running over to Katsuki.
"Okay, Kacchan. It's gonna be okay" Koko says as she holds Katsuki's hand, "Edgeshot, if you can still hear me, don't worry if you feel anything different. Just focus on what you're doing. Everything is gonna be okay".
Koko holds one of Katsuki's hands as she puts her other hand on the ground. She shuts her eyes as the ground is covered in a light pink energy. Everyone falls slightly as they feel the falling sensation stop. They look around and see that they're covered in a ball of light pink energy.
"Koko" Tamaki says as he looks over at Koko.
"You see that, All For One?" Izuku asks as he looks over at Tomura, "your daughter... who you say is nothing without her All For One Quirk, is currently holding up the foundations of our school, with her telekinesis Quirk which she had before All For One. Koko is everything without her All For One Quirk. It's you who's nothing! Koko is Tsuki Shimura, Koko is Kokoro Yagami, and Koko is Sakura Shigaraki, without every single part of you! You underestimate your daughter! That will prove to be your downfall!".
--- below U.A. campus ---
"They got one of the power poles!" Power Loader says as he comes out of his cubby, "we can't put in a spare!".
"It's going to fall apart!" another engineer says worriedly.
"It's the price we're paying for rushing this job!" Power Loader says as he puts his hand on the railing.
"What about the electromagnetic barrier?" Hatsume asks as he looks at Power Loader.
"There's not enough to output with what's left!" Power Loader says as he looks down at her.
This is Mandalay. The levitation control's stopped working! Koko's currently wrapped the whole place in her telekinesis to keep us floating for as long as she can and so the electromagnetic barrier stays up so you guys have time to do what you need to do. Whatever that may be, hurry it up. Koko's not doing well. She doesn't look good. It could give out at any given moment. We've been hacked! Someone's taken over the controls!
--- somewhere in the woods near Gunga ---
"I'm finally in!" Skeptic says as he types on his computer, "fall, heroes!".
--- below U.A. campus ---
At the same time, the control centre island is currently under attack! Phantom Thief is unable to continue his mission! Koko's tries to use Erasure, but her Quirks are slowly using their effectiveness. Her telekinesis and elemental manipulation Quirks are fine and untouched, but every single one she's ever copied is slowly losing its effectiveness. It's like All For One isn't on her side anymore. Erasure has been neutralised! At this rate, the worst ever villain will be released!
--- in the coffin in the sky ---
Izuku's breathing becomes heavy as he sees a warp appear next to Tomura.
"Kurogiri!" Izuku says as Koko looks over, seeing Kurogiri next to Tomura, "does that mean Central's-?".
If U.A. falls, Japan- no, the world- will be destroyed by his hands!
It's peeling off? Is he malting? He's not moving...
Izuku says as he watches the loose skin on Tomura slowly fall off.
"Even if... I'm here... what did you want to do?" Tomura asks as he looks at Izuku, "you wanna have a little chat with me at the shopping mall? It's pointless, hero. I'm your villain!".
Shigaraki's persona!
Izuku says shocked.
"Koko, did you hear that?" Izuku asks with a smirk.
"Sure did, Izuku" Koko says as blood pours from her eyes and ears, "you're still in there, brother".
--- where Skeptic is ---
"This is what happens to U.A.'s system if I touch it" Skeptic says with a chuckle, "the underground evacuation system is also already in my hands! Foolish masses and heroes still clinging to the old state of affairs should all fall in the name of liberation!".
--- in the coffin in the sky ---
I have to stop U.A. from falling, even if it kills me. But with Katsuki's life force, I can keep hanging on until he comes back. He will come back. I can feel it. Being connected to him like this, I can feel him. He's fighting to live. If U.A. falls right now, Momo and all of the others below us will die. At the same time, to make sure Tenko doesn't get away, Izuku has to hold him off as much as he can on his own.
Koko says as she looks over at Izuku.
Damn it! I can't breathe! I'm suffocating- it's the backlash from the powered up Gearshift... if I don't let my cells rest, I can't take in enough oxygen.
Izuku says as he clutches his chest.
"I told you, you can't be defeated yet" Kudo says as he appears over Izuku's shoulder, "but maybe this is a blessing in disguise. It looks like they're having a hard time integrating on their side, too. One For All and All For One are resonating with each other, so we can't look "inside" the other. It doesn't look like he can move that body freely at the moment. Right now, you should try and get your body to move as soon as possible. Everything that has happened up until now will definitely help you".
--- where Skeptic is ---
"Found you!" a female voice says through the speakers on Skeptic's computer, "you finally showed yourself, huh?" the voice says as a shadowed outline appears on Skeptic's computer screen, "you were pretty hard to find!".
"Huh?" Skeptic says as he looks at the person on the screen.
--- where the police are ---
"But it wasn't a bit of trouble for me!" a woman says as she types on her keyboard, "because it was all for Gentle's sake!" La Brava says with a bright smile.
"The evacuation system's down!" a man says as he looks at Tsucauchi, "there's something jamming the signal!".
"Gunga's requesting backup!" another person says as he receives a distress signal from the Gunga team.
"This reminds me of something that happened when I was a shut-in..." La Brava says as she recalls those times in her life, "I visited the Feel Good Inc server for practice one day and replaced all the ads with Optic Kitty! Overly long functions and variables with excessively wide scopes- your coding habits haven't changed at all since then!".
--- where Skeptic is ---
"You!" Skeptic says as he realises who the woman behind the mastery is, "do you know how much money was lost from that?!".
"Sorry about that!" La Brava says teasingly, all of Skeptic's screens playing Optic Kitty again, "stop it! Don't make them do "the PUMP" dance! This is bad. Our systems are getting taken over one after another. But- U.A. and its evacuation system... the two most abominable ones..." he says as he and some of his lackeys grab all the things they need before abandoning their hideout, "I won't let you have those!".
Skeptic runs out of the cave he's hiding in when he sees a group of heroes standing in the way of his escape.
--- where the police are ---
"Tsucauchi-san!" one of the police officers says as he looks at the specification data of U.A. at the current time, "despite Koko's efforts, U.A.'s altitude is dropping even more! Its heading toward land! It won't stop!" he says as he looks over at La Brava, "Aiba, you need to do something fast!".
"That last impact destroyed the whole system!" La Brava says as she stays focused on her work, "I'm trying to reactivate the levitation with the remaining parts right now by writing a new program! I'm not gonna make it!".
"We were wrong after all..." another police officer says as he walks over to Tsucauchi, "to leave the all important final line of defence... to a villain serving time".
"A crime is a crime" Tsucauchi says as he looks down, "the past won't go away. But... there's something there".
--- at the coffin in the sky ---
"I'm your villain!" Tomura says as he looks at Izuku, "you don't have to understand. It's because you don't understand that we have heroes and villains".
--- below U.A. campus ---
"It's no good! We have no signal!" the tech guy says as he tries to get the system back online.
"Try it again!" a woman says as she looks over at the guys trying to keep the signal going.
"It's not going!" the girl says as she looks up at the woman.
We can't control it! Prepare for impact!
"Get ready to fight!" a girl says as she looks at Manga and Denki.
"What's going on?!" Denki asks as she looks at the girl.
"What, what, what, what!?" Manga says as they all run for the exit doors.
They make it outside as they look up and see the amount of doubles overtaking the rooftop.
"Twice?!" Denki says, completely overwhelmed by the whole situation.
"Monama!" Manga yells as he looks for his friend.
"Aizawa-sensei!" Denki says as he prepares his spare item on his wrist, "what are we supposed to do now?!".
Two jets from the U.S. try to attack from above but there's too many doubles to be able to shoot and know they're not gonna hit the heroes. They look around, looking for some answers when they see something jumping across the water, Gentle Criminal.
--- where Skeptic is ---
"Your location's already been scared, Skeptic" Miss Joke says as she stands next to Hound Dog and Shindo, her arms folded, "we're the closest, so we came to get you!".
"Jeez... what a twist of fate..." Hound Dog says as he takes his mask off, "that we would come to entrust our futures to them".
--- where the police are ---
"It's up to you now, Tobita" Tsucauchi says into his radio.
"Do you best, Gentle!" La Brava says as she throws her arms up in the air.
--- where Gentle Criminal is ---
"Of course" Gentle says as he puts his hand up to his ear, "if it's to repay him...".
--- one month earlier at Mizuku Prison ---
"The outside wall's down!" one of the guards says as he shoots at the giant Nomu.
Two of them run off as the Nomu takes down two other prison guards.
"Everyone, retreat!" the prison guard says as he gestures for his comrades to run away.
The Nomu stomps on the prison guard, crushing him to the ground.
"With this, you're all free now!" Muscular says as he walks towards the helicopter which Tomura came on, All For One and Tomura getting on it, too, "you can do whatever you want!".
The other prisoners watch as the helicopter takes off.
"Now go, and do as you will!" Muscular yells as the helicopter flies off into the distance.
"Free?" one of the prisoners asks as he watches the helicopter disappears, "seriously? This isn't a dream? I'm gonna get that guy that snitched on me!".
"There was someone I missed killing back then!" another prisoner says as he takes a step forward.
"What's this world coming to?" another prisoner asks as he puts his hand on his head.
"Girls! Girls!" another prisoner says as he joins the group who are walking towards their freedom.
Gentle runs in front of the prisoners as he puts his hands out to his sides, wanting them to stop.
"What the hell's wrong with you?!" a prisoner with bug eyes asks as he looks at Gentle.
"W-Wait, you guys" Gentle says worriedly.
Guys who tell you there are no do overs in life are either those who don't want to, or those who're impatient and want results fast.
Gentle remembers the words of the detective who took him in.
"I made a mistake in the path I took" Gentle says as he looks at them all, "and I didn't have the courage to stop. Are you guys really okay with this?".
"Huh? Of course we are!" a guy with spikey hair says annoyed, "moron!".
I want... to become someone who can show them a bright future!
Gentle remembers the words of Izuku during their fight before the U.A. festival as he manages to stop the prisoners. He collapses at the front of the prison as the detectives come over after reports of the prison break.
"Seven prisons were attacked, but this is the only one that didn't have any jailbreakers" the detective who took Gentle in says as he comes over, "Tobita. What do you want?".
"I want to see La Brava" Gentle says with a sigh, "and...".
--- present day, where Gentle is near U.A. ---
"I thought I'd be happy if I could just be with you" La Brava says through Gentle's earpiece, "I'm stubborn, you know. I mean... if you're happy, then I'm even more happy!".
"Absence makes... the heart grow fonder!" Gentle and La Brava say at the same time with smiles on their faces.
"Gently Superlover!" Gentle says as he jumps up, putting his hands underneath U.A. as he holds onto the bottom, pushing upwards as he uses his Quirk to keep it floating.
Are we safe? What? The air turned into something like a trampoline...
Mandalay says as she looks down at where Gentle is.
The air turned... into a trampoline... Gentle Criminal!
Izuku says as he realises who's helping them right now.
"Young girl, you can let go of your telekinesis! I've got us!" Gentle yells as Koko hears him, letting go as Tamaki runs over, grabbing her as she nearly passes out in his arms.
"Koko, are you okay?" Izuku asks as he rushes over.
"I'm alright" Koko says as she holds Izuku's hand, not letting of Katsuki's.
"You've got to stop scaring us like that!" Tamaki says as he rests his head on top of her's.
"Where's the fun in that?" Koko asks with a slight giggle.
"Kid, focus up!" Banjo says as he appears over Izuku's shoulder, "he's moving again!" he says as Izuku looks over at Tomura, "even if we've stopped falling, if that hand touches the ground-".
Tomura goes to put his hand on the ground when there is a gunshot. Everyone looks over and sees a purple and pink bullet stuck in the ground. Izuku gasps as he looks over in the direction from where the bullet came.
"She came-" Koko says with a small smile, "she listened to me and Keigo, Izuku".
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