8- Wounded Hero, Burning Bright and True
"You... what you hear about fear, strength, weakness, being special... I don't care about all that" Kyoka says as she grits her teeth, "I don't care! It's your fault that my friends are crying! It's your fault that my best friend is fighting to save her brother who you ruined!" she says as she sends out her now only one speaker, "Heartbeat Surround... Legato!" she says as she sends even stronger sound waves towards All For One.
"Motivation, behaviour, ability... these are all at the level of someone weak" All For One says as Koko holds onto Hawks who is struggling to keep upright due to his injuries, "it's not enough! Your power is overwhelming lacking!" he says as he tries to counter the attack, only for something to stop him.
--- inside All For One's mind ---
All For One looks back as he sees the apparitions of the users of Quirks he's previously stolen holding him back.
Is this the will of the Quirks I've stolen until now? No way... Not even New Order was... are you saying they got me... with weakness of the weak?
All For One asks with a smile.
--- in reality ---
"Hawks! Koko!" Kyoka yells as she ignores the pain and blood loss of her injury.
The first hit... the second and third hits... I've hit the same place continuously to spread the wound. Bit by bit... Sound Wave Vibration Enhanced... Flight Feather Blade!
Hawks says as he uses Kyoka's sound waves to enhance the strength and speed of his attack, hitting his blades against All For One's mask for a fourth time. The front part of the mask falls off on the upper part, exposing where All For One's eyes would be.
"Tsukuyomi!" Kyoka says as she looks at Tokoyami who let her go, Dark Shadow holding her up, "Dark Shadow, this is our chance!" she says as she covers herself and Dark Shadow from the sunlight, "okay, see you later!" she says as she jumps off of Dark Shadow, Dark Shadow returning to Tokoyami who wraps a black cloth around his fist.
Kyoka sends her sound waves towards All For One as Hawks' feathers keep her afloat again.
Hawks' current power isn't enough to inflict a fatal blow... in that case...
Tokoyami says as he puts Dark Shadow's fist over his, the cloth ripping.
"Black Abyss... Ragnarok: Fleeting Blow!" Tokoyami says as he takes off a major part of All For One's mask, "Koko, now!".
Koko flies in as she puts her hands up in front of her, using her telekinesis to break the mask apart bit by bit before nothing is left of the mask.
"Kyoka, let me cauterise your wound" Koko says as she flies over to Kyoka.
"No" Kyoka says as she ties a cloth around her head, "Hawks said that you can't use your Quirks, so don't. I don't know why, but don't do it, Koko".
"I'm fine, Kyoka" Koko says with a reassuring smile.
"You won't even tell your friends you're dying? Koko, they deserve the truth" Hawks says as he flies over, the four of them regrouping, "All For One is slowly killing Koko from the inside. Physically, she may look well, but every time she uses a Quirk, it hurts her".
"Koko..." Tokoyami says as he looks at her.
"Please don't tell anyone. Especially Izuku, or Katsuki, or Shoto" Koko says as she looks at Kyoka and Tokoyami, "I'll tell them. Just not until I know I'm near".
"You thought they were just stalling for time, didn't you?" Hawks says as he turns to look at All For One, "but bugs are actually... pretty annoying!".
I needed to dodge the attack just now. But I realised this too late. Ever since I lost most of my senses, I look for Sensory Quirks that could detect vibrations and infrared radiation. With those, I'm able to perceive much more than an ordinary human. If it was just that girl's immature sound, it wouldn't have been an obstacle. This cause was the Quirks' rebelling. This never happened before. Does this vulnerability stem from using copies? My authority over them is weaker than when I had the originals!
All For One says as he tries to use his Quirks.
Until just before this, it was all I could do to attack when he was unguarded. I couldn't deliver a fatal blow. But now, I can kill him in a flash!
Hawks says as he gasps. All For One grits his teeth as he manages to get rid of the apparitions as he yells. He sends out hundred of red and black vines as Kyoka covers her face.
"Jeez..." All For One says as he uses the vines to piece his mask back together, "that persistence must have warped you!".
Tokoyami and Kyoka open their eyes as they look and see Hawks in front of them, holding them, Koko behind Hawks, trying to protect him, Endeavour holding Koko close to him as two of the vines pierce through his arm. Hawks grabs Koko as Endeavour growls. He swings his body around and he punches the vines, breaking them.
"Endeavour!" All For One yells as Endeavour rips off his own arm, throwing himself at All For One.
--- a few moments ago ---
"You're even weaker now" a younger version of Endeavour says as he walks over, "your position... atonement... mistakes... responsibility... they've exposed your innate weakness and I lowered you to something I can't even stand looking at. You weren't able to become superhuman. Remember your origin. Remember what the enemy was. Remember your Father, who tried to save a girl from evil and ended up a lump of flesh along with the girl. Remember your jealousy and inferiority complex towards the true superhero. "Endeavour". The name you took on reflected your effort and subservient nature. You couldn't keep your ugly heart together without showing off. That's right" he says as Endeavour stands up, grabbing his younger self by the throat, "you can't be All Might or Deku, or even Koko. You only ever fought against your own weakness. That's why... you can't think of being reborn as someone else" he says as Endeavour pushes him to the ground, "keep cursing your own weakness. That's the only thing that was keeping you alive!".
--- present day ---
Endeavour growls as he sets fire to where his arm was, cauterising his own wound. All For One puts up a shield as Endeavour punches it, sending All For One crashing into the mountain.
"That's right" Endeavour says as he cauterises the wound on his side, "I'm persistent... that's why, for the rest of my life, there will never be a day where I console myself saying, "you did a good job". Ending this fight is my duty!".
That was a close one just now... close, huh? I knew that it would turn out like this... but I never thought that someone like you would make me recall the pain of that day. Wounded heroes are the scariest.
All For One says as he pulls himself out of the debris, only for Endeavour to appear right in front of him.
"You're too slow" Hawks says as he sends some of his feathers to back up Endeavour.
"Vanishing... Jetburn!" Endeavour yells as a large around of fire appears around his arm.
He raises his fist as he punches All For One down to the ground.
"You were supposed to attack with a Prominence just now!" Hawks yells as he looks at Endeavour.
"Didn't you see him switch to defence at the last minute?" Koko asks as she tilts her head.
"This isn't something I can do over and over" Endeavour says as he flies over, "I need to physically peel off the defence and make sure it lands!".
"You're keeping a cool head" Hawks says with a smile.
"No, I can't control my anger" Endeavour says annoyed.
"All For One..." Kamui Woods says as he looks at All For One who lays on the ground, "everyone, retreat!".
"Why? Now's our chance to press him!" Backdraft says as he looks at Kamui.
All For One puts up a shield as Endeavour punches the shield once again.
"Do you even have to ask?" Kamui asks as he and the other heroes are blown away, "because Endeavour's coming through!".
Endeavour screams as his eyes set ablaze, his fist going through the shield as he grabs All For One's throat. He pushes the two of them back through rocks and grass as he sets fire to the surrounding trees.
Because of those insects, my mask is... my body won't move the way I want it to. But if you're this close...
All For One says as he goes to touch Endeavour, only for Endeavour to shoot lasers from his eyes as he burns off All For One's arm.
"Your hands destroy people's futures, you bastards" Endeavour says as his eyes go back to normal.
"You did, too, didn't you?" All For One says as he looks at Endeavour.
"Yeah, you're right!" Endeavour says as he looks ahead.
My mistakes lead to Touya and stole the futures of so many people. The past won't go away. The anger, the resentment, and even the punishment all came together to create the future. The future is a path for the young to walk on. A path with many choices. That's why... I must win. So that when the young people walk on that path... the mistakes adults made in the past don't block their way. I'll keep being angry at myself.
Endeavour says as he takes himself and All For One to the skies.
"The anger, the resentment, even the punishment... I'll keep taking those on myself" Endeavour says as he looks at All For One, "I'll win and keep looking at Touya!".
"Stop-!" All For One shouts as Endeavour starts to burn him alive.
"Prominence Burn!" Endeavour says as Koko puts up a telekinesis shield since the flames are hotter than she's ever felt them.
We've already confirmed that he doesn't have super regeneration like Koko does. Even if he had a Quirk that we didn't know about, without a body like Shigaraki's, he must be de-
Endeavour says as he holds onto All For One's burnt body.
"Get away, Endeavour-san!" Koko yells as she sees something.
"Did you really think I appeared at the final reckoning with nothing up my sleeve?" All For One asks as a lump appears on the side of his forehead, something similar to Eri's horn, but not exactly the same, "I'm done using this body, and I'm ready to throw it away. That's why I can try this... did you think that only heroes could put their lives on the line? Villains are also at their scariest when they're wounded".
--- in the coffin in the sky ---
Everyone watches as Tomura's fingers and arms spread out across the whole of the barrier, moving around and dodging the school. Katsuki flies past a large portion of the fingers as some more chase after him. Mirko jumps off of a platform as she uses the build in gun with her prosthetics to shoot as Tomura's arm.
"What's wrong?" Tomura asks as he walks along his own arm, "can't do anything but run?".
Tomura strikes Tamaki down as he hits the ground.
"Suneater!" Nejire says as she looks down at Tamaki.
Nejire blocks an attack from the side as she looks behind her, Tomura hitting her down with another attack as she falls to the ground.
"Don't stop!" Best Jeanist commands as he slides along a wire he's manipulating, "stay in motion! If you stop, you'll be swallowed up in a second! Dodge as you aim for the body! It's an overwhelming number of arms, but in exchange, he's given up his All Might level mobility".
"Ninpo Pulp Thread Throttle!" Edgeshot says as he wraps himself around one of the arms, breaking it apart.
It's kind of hard to believe that this is just growth and not a Quirk.
Edgeshot says as he arm he broke apart regrows.
"The more All For One's Quirks settle in, the more my body looks for the best form to take based on the Quirks stored in me and various external environmental considerations. Shinya Kamihari. With this body and this power, everything will be in the palm of my hand" Tomura says as he looks at his right hand, "a world of either me or of what's outside me will be born. This world, divided so much in appearance, form, and ability that it loses its standard. Its destination is extinction and destruction. When there's too big a disparity, it breeds misunderstanding. Misunderstanding breeds fear and rejection. That result is the world we live in now, isn't it? If I take control of it, then everyone will be equally exploited! Don't you think that gets us one step closer to the peaceful world heroes want?".
"I don't know if you're Tomura-san or Shigaraki or All For One right now, but I can't keep listening to you talk" Katsuki says as he runs up one of Tomura's arms, "ever since Camino, you've just been talking and talking. I've got plenty of swear stored up after all that moving" he says as he lands on the ground, some kind of machinery forming on his back, "with what the support course made for me... Suppressive Heavy Mobile Unit: Strafe Panza!" he says as he crouches down to the ground, revealing multiple explosives and guns on his back, "I'll blow some holes right through you!" he says as he jumps up, triggering the guns and explosives as he aims them at Tomura's arms, "I'll crush your main body! We'll all do it together!".
Best Jeanist smirks as he lets out some wires, Mirko running up them as Edgeshot flies next to her.
"So we're a team?" Mirko asks with a smirk.
While Monama and Aizawa-sensei are sealing off his Quirks with Erasure... while Kaminari and his group are powering this arena... while Yaoyorozu and the others keep giving us a place to stand... misunderstanding breeds fear and rejection. the disparity that's too great... and misunderstanding... and fear... I took all that in a long time ago!
Katsuki says as he keeps pushing forwards.
"Bakugo-kun" Best Jeanist says stunned.
"And I've seen it all to take a step forward" Katsuki says as he keeps moving his sweat to power the guns, "I know that there are those who are trying to move forward even if it takes time. So I don't need you to meddle, you nut sack faced handyman!".
"Great Explosion Murder God... Dynamight!" Best Jeanist says, proud of his student.
"Howitzer Impact... Cluster!" Katsuki yells as he breaks through two parts of Tomura's arm, putting his hand out.
Tomura puts his hand out too as Katsuki lands the attack, Tomura putting up a yellow shield. Katsuki's explosion is too large as it shakes the entirety of the coffin in the sky.
"Monama! Don't close your eyes!" Aizawa says as he looks at Monama.
"You condense your explosions so you don't hit those around you, and that raises their power to a different level" Tomura says as he grabs Katsuki's arm, "it's wonderful... that's why... I broke it" he says as he squeezes his arm, snapping the bones and piercing the flesh, "sorry, but I'm still not interested in your path or your growth" he says as he raises his ever-growing arm.
"Dynamight!" Best Jeanist says as he slides down a wire.
"Shigaraki!" Mirko yells as she and Best Jeanist dodge Tomura's arm.
"Hey, who's the one who said, "if we could just get close to his main body"?" Tomura asks as he looks at Best Jeanist, "getting close to me means you'll have to experience power the level of All Might's with that body of yours" he says as he throws Katsuki aside.
Edgeshot, Best Jeanist and Mirko surround Tomura, only for him to shorten his arm as he throws it into the air, the pressure hitting the three of them out of the way. Katsuki hits the ground as he lies face down.
That was my biggest attack... is he really that far away from me?
Katsuki says as he raises his head to look at Tomura.
"What are you aiming for? What are you thinking?" Tomura asks as he looks at Katsuki, "Katsuki Bakugo. If there's just one thing I'm interested in about you... it's that you're the person closest to my sister and Izuku Midoriya right now... in that case, they'll definitely come back here. Izuku Midoriya... Sakura... One For All... and One For All".
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