Warnings: Major Character Death, Gore, Blood

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"Midoriya, may I talk to you before you leave?" The HC president requests as everyone packs to leave.

"I prefer not, but I don't think I have a choice."

It doesn't take long for everyone else to leave. She turns her attention to him.

"I will be frank: if Shigaraki is going to be as strong as you believe, I don't think Endeavor will be able to defeat him."

Izuku sighs, "Considering I explained backup plans, you either don't believe they will work or didn't listen."

"I believe they are too risky."

"Okay, so why are you bringing it up now instead of during the meeting?"

"Because what I am about to say may cause an outrage amongst your team members. I hope it does not come to this solution, but I personally believe it is the best one. However, you can not mention it to your team members."

"Just spill."

"I believe you are our best bet at defeating Shigaraki with the capabilities of your technology."

"When you say defeat, you say it with a different tone compared to when you said for Endeavor to defeat him."

"I expect Endeavor to capture. If Endeavor fails, I expect you to kill. If Shigaraki can defeat the number one hero, he is too large of a threat in society."

"Ah, there it is."

"Are you willing to do it?"

Izuku considers it for a moment before responding,

"Yes."

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Shigaraki turns toward me with a grin. Even with the distance, I hear him so clearly,

"I sense my little brother nearby, but he's nowhere near a threat that I have to eliminate like you, Izuku Midoriya."

In the blink of an eye, I stumble out of the way to see Shigaraki's hand fly past inches from my face. Shigaraki soars and lands a few feet (or meters) from me.

I only avoided that on gut instinct, and it was pure luck that I was able to move in time. That is a big fuck. If Shigaraki even attempts to attack me again, I'm gone. I need to get Rex back. I can do that by sacrificing one of my batons to it, but I need to be careful in case Shigaraki decides that he needs to dust it. In fact, I'm surprised he's not dusting it now. Does he consider me a threat in general rather than with my technology? That's kind of stupid when I am only a threat with my technology or the right people.

Where's Endeavor? I need him to distract Shigaraki so I can zap Rex back to life-

"Shigaraki!" Endeavor yells as he flies into the scene. Thank fuck, "Izuku, get out of here!"

"I need a moment! My armor ran out of power with that last blast! Distract him please! Make sure to get him in the crater!"

I don't get much of a response as Endeavor starts his fight with Shigaraki. Hopefully, Shigaraki isn't so strong to defeat Endeavor of all people. Otherwise, life is shit.

I scramble over to Rex and open up one of the flaps to find a hole specifically built for the baton. I knew this would happen to some extent. When I say to an extent, I mean I didn't think Rex would end up using all its power. I thought I would have a chance to plug the baton in while still moving around. Obviously, that's not the case as I am a sitting duck. I slot the baton in and turn it on to charge it. It should only take a few seconds.

While Rex charges, I command the rest of my crew, "Shigaraki is here. He has regenerative powers now, enhanced speed, and most likely enhanced strength. We do not know if he has any other abilities at the moment. Endeavor is fighting him and keeping him in the damaged area. Eraserhead, we need you here. In addition, anyone with the ability to stay off the ground or fight ranged needs to come here now. Patch, return to me and enter wing mode."

I hear a bunch of rattle over the intercom, but I ignore it when Rex comes back to life. I swiftly pull the used baton out and throw it aside. I ask Rex to become my armor again.

"Nomu have woken up!" Endeavor suddenly yells. What?

As soon as I have my armor back, I rush over to the edge of the crater to find Shigaraki and Endeavor dancing in the flames with nomu as Shigaraki's team. Fucking hell, the plan didn't work!

I wanted to wait for the rest of the heroes and Patch, but I need to get down there now. Besides, they should be here at any moment.

I don't even bother running at this point. I have Rex zoom around, and I jump into the crater with a harsh landing from Miriko's last (and only) gift. I don't think about it as I zoom in to get a closer look at the nomu before I decide how I need to divide everyone. I don't even get too close when they all notice me and shift their attention to me. At least a dozen nomu rush me, and all of the bastards are high-end. However, I notice something off: most, if not all, of them are injured to a good extent. That means my explosion did something! They're slowed down! I rather them be dead, but I ain't going to complain if they could have not been injured at all.

"Update: there are nomu. All of them are high-end, but most of them are injured, so they should be slowed down. I need everyone to focus on the nomu to keep them from going after Endeavor except Eraserhead," I announce as I watch the nomu get closer. Some of them have ranged attacks, so I am already having to dodge to not get hit by those. I grab my shotgun that has been hanging from my shoulders the whole time, aim for the closest nomu, and shoot. The hits land, and it screams before collapsing from the bullet's effects. YES, THEY WORK!

"Understood, we're just arriving!" Eraserhead informs me. I look over my shoulder to find a bunch of heroes hopping down into the crater.

Snipe adds, "I'll shoot for those that approach us while you focus on those who stay focused on you."

"I can work with that!" I exclaim as I roll back and begin pumping my shotgun. Of course, the bastards keep coming at me, so I'm having to dodge while pumping a heavy-duty shotgun. Hard as hell, but I'm working with what I got here.

I watch the heroes approach and some of the nomu turn their attention towards them, some even looking excited when they see them. Guess they really do get crazy people to be these guys. Focusing back on myself, I see a few nomu still chasing me. It makes me wonder if they were programmed to chase after specific people or if they chose to chase after me.

I have the second shot ready to go when Patchy comes by, "Activating wing mode."

I consider that pretty good timing. I hear a loud click behind me and feel some weight there as well, which really doesn't help my front. However, it's only a little bothersome right now since I am running on adrenaline.

Now that I can fly, I head for the sky and fly right by them, successfully shooting one of the ranged motherfuckers. That's how the fight goes for a few minutes: dodge for a life time while pumping a gun, fly up, shoot, and repeat. It's a rather slow process that allows me to defeat on average one nomu a minute, and it's probably less than that considering some of my shots miss despite these mother fuckers being weakened. Shotguns are not accurate in general. It doesn't help that I need all of those bullets to land, and that doesn't always happen either. If all the bullets don't land, it slows down the nomu, so that's something. Thankfully, the heroes deal with their group of nomus much faster than me and help me out.

I hear a large crash and earth crumbling nearby, presumably from Endeavor's fight. What is going on over there? Endeavor just needs to catch him on fire and burn him to death!

"SHIGARAKI JUST GOT OUT OF MY SIGHT!" Eraserhead yells, practically deafening me. Shit, what?!

"Everyone get off the ground or get out of here just in case he activates his quirk!" I immediately demand as I withdraw from the battle with the nomu to chase down Endeavor and Shigaraki.

"IZUKU, WAIT-!"

I ignore him as I zoom towards the disaster zone the two created. It doesn't take long to get there, and I immediately jump in without looking at what is going on.

Once I do, I nearly throw up when I find Endeavor's head hanging from Shigaraki's grip, the blood dripping on the ground like a sacrifice was being made. Endeavor's body is gone.

Endeavor is dead. Our number one hero is dead.

Shigaraki notices me with a large toothy grin and shows me the face of Endeavor's head, which holds a face of fucking agony as his face is scrunched and blue eyes that stare into my soul.

"What a reward I got from a mini boss! Dabi might not appreciate me doing the job for him, but I'll let him keep the head. That should appease him. What do you think, Izuku?" Shigaraki asks, the grin not disappearing once. I honestly can't respond.

"Izuku, I know you can hear me. You need to withdraw. We can handle it from here," Shouta nearly begs of me as soon as he sees this scene, I assume. I'm not following that advice. I can't.

I might be taking too long to response as Shigaraki suddenly throws Endeavor's head aside, and it rolls away, "Whatever. I'll display it as a trophy if Dabi throws a bitchfest about it instead of burning it," Shigaraki shrugs and starts moving slowly, "I'll worry about that later. Besides, the main boss is right in front of me!"

That's when Shigaraki rushes at me, and I roll to the side to avoid, getting ready with withdraw my katana to slice him apart when he returns only for him not to do that.

Instead, Shigaraki goes straight for Shouta, who is at the top of the mess by himself.

It takes what feels like too long to shoot my grappling hook and chase after him, hoping one of the two get to Shigaraki before he gets to Shouta.

Hope does not carry me far enough.

I am a couple seconds too late as Shigaraki tackles Shouta to the ground, slamming his head into the ground hard. I don't even think about it. As soon as I am close enough, I snatch Shigaraki by the neck and throw him off as far as possible. I then grab my shotgun and shoot in his direction to scare him off further.

Once I know Shigaraki is far enough, I drop to Shouta's side and immediately reach for his neck to make sure he is alive. I give him a quick look, but considering his head is covered in blood, I look away from and focus on finding a pulse. Anything, please.

I let out a breath I didn't even know I was holding when I feel one, it being weak, but he's alive! That's something. However, I am well-aware that it might not be for long considering what he has just sustained unless he gets help. I need to get him out of here-

"Eraserhead is so cool, huh? Too bad he was in the way. I was right on your connection. Make sense considering he can't cancel anything from you," Shigaraki suddenly spills out of nowhere.

That brings me back to reality. I can't take Shouta back. If I even try, Shigaraki might get us both. However, Shouta might not make it unless someone else comes that is just as fast.

And if Shouta dies...I don't want his sacrifice to be a waste before I join him.

Rage burns in my chest as this fucking child has killed two significant heroes without a second thought, possibly three without any consequences. All because I wasn't fast enough or strong enough.

I'm fucking tired of it. Shigaraki needs to die.

I reach for Shouta's hand and grip it tightly. Then, I let go, straighten up, and unwrap the shotgun from my shoulders and throw it beside him as it's just going to be deadweight against Shigaraki.

I face Shigaraki, glaring him down as I give my final command, "Endeavor is down, and Eraserhead is unconscious, close to his death possibly. I need you guys to grab him and get out of here. I'm calling an evacuation. I will handle Shigaraki from here. Eraserhead is just at the edge of another crater if you come in from where I left earlier.

Goodbye and stay safe."

I cut myself from the intercom system to stop any distractions. Besides, I don't want them to hear my possible death.

Death really isn't on my mind though despite my raging heart. I simply want Shigaraki dead before he can reach anyone else.

"Patch, Rex, it's time to go plus ultra. Limitations shall be dropped. Death is an accepted possibility," I tell the robots, and I hear their noises announcing that they have been activated. All that needed to be said in order to activate plus ultra mode as it will fuck me up. It's a warning system. It increases its capabilities to the max in exchange for wearing down the battery quickly and possibly breaking me. It's not something a normal can handle without wear and tear, but what the fuck ever.

In summary, I need to take down Shigaraki fast.

Shigaraki grins, "This is the type of boss battle I am after-!"

I don't even bother letting Shigaraki monologue anymore as I rush him, grabbing his by the throat and continuing to move forward. Once we drive off the edge, I switch to flying to get him away from Shouta and any possible help for him. I don't need Shigaraki intervening.

Shigaraki goes to reach towards me, and I let go before he can get the chance to decay me. Shigaraki starts to fall below me when I shoot my left grapple towards him to grab him. If he touches the ground, I have no clue if he will try and decay the area again and get Shouta. That's too much of a risk. I need to keep him in the air.

Shigaraki must still be recovering from the sudden action as the grapple manages to grab him. I start to bring him towards me to prevent him from reaching the ground when he decides to grab the rope of the grapple to decay it. I have to shoot my laser at, and thus towards Shigaraki, to keep the decay from reaching and killing me. The laser does not hit Shigaraki as I wish it had as he had immediately blew himself away somehow, probably with a new quirk. He swiftly gets himself upright to land, and I take the risk to fly right towards him.

I grab Shigaraki by the shoulders and speed up out descent to fly him right into the crater wall. Before we reach it, I let go and release an air blast from my underground costume right him to crash him into the wall hard. Dust picks up as I can see large crackers now decorating the earth now. I don't even bother trying to save myself from the crash. Instead, I raise my right arm with the laser and shoot towards where he would have crashed.

Before the laser gets a chance to shoot, Shigaraki jumps from the crash with multiple broken limps and bones like they aren't affecting him at all right towards me. Instinctively, I try to fly back to avoid him, but he manages to grab onto the wings with a tight grip to keep from the moving. It leads us to crashing towards the ground. I take a split look at the wings to see if they could still fly. However, I can immediately tell that they are out. They are too wrangled to keep flying. Fuck!

"Patch, let go and try to follow Shigaraki to self-destruct on him!" I order as I raise my left arm and release an air blast to get Shigaraki off my wings.

Shigaraki is forced to let go, causing him to fly back. As soon as he let go, I feel the weight of the wings disappear from my back as well. It takes me a moment to right myself before I land hard of my feet, Rex lightening the crash a little by rolling to reduce the resistance. I have to bend my knees and use my robotic arm to touch the ground and stabilize myself before I fall on my face. I grit my teeth because everything hurts, but it's sort of a numbing pain right now. It's not enough to bring me down yet. It takes a moment for me to finally stop flying and straighten up.

"Hey, what day is it?!" Shigaraki suddenly asks with a confused look. He isn't approaching me or anything, so it's clearly important. I suspect it's to figure out why his injuries are not healing as fast as the nomus-

Wait, why didn't I recognize that before? That's super good! I have a chance! It makes me wonder how he is only recognizing that issue now. Did Shigaraki get so absorbed in his fight with Endeavor that he just didn't notice, or did Endeavor wear him out enough to where the healing is slowing down?

Either way, it's good for me, and I need to take him down before he completely heals.

I hurtle right towards Shigaraki and blast myself into the air to give myself the advantage above. I'll need to be careful with it as I haven't been keeping track of how much air I have used, but that's a risk I am willing to take here especially. When I start coming down towards him, Shigaraki shoots up at me to intercept. I take advantage of that and shoot the right grapple to grab his arm. With Shigaraki as my tether, I go for a heavy slam against his chest, letting gravity take the lead by forcing him to crash to the ground. I land and tug on the grapple holding onto Shigaraki to bring him right back to me like a bangarang.

When Shigaraki gets close once again, I successfully punch him in the liver, sending him flying back into a crumpled mess. I take that chance to shoot the laser at him while he is down, but I assume his regeneration quirk helped him out of that situation as he manages to get out of the way of it still. Unfortunately, since the laser is on the same hand the grapple is on, that destroyed my homemade tether to Shigaraki.

I have lost both of my grapples, and I can no longer fly. At this point, I have to fight close-quarters with Shigaraki if I want to destroy him. The only lethal thing on me is the laser, and that's a bit slow to shoot. That's why I've been conserving and fighting instead of just shooting those all over the place. Rex has limited energy anyway and is already pushing limits by practically ripping me apart.

But who will survive longer?

"What a ridiculous boss battle this is!" Shigaraki complains as he comes at me again.

At that moment, I decide to try avoiding him instead of fighting him. If I wear him down enough, I can strike him down and kill him then. I don't believe I have the capability to keep attacking him and hoping to land a hit. Even if I use the katanas or the batons, Shigaraki will just heal it off.

So the dance begins with me zooming around Shigaraki as he tries to get me. He uses his airblasts to increase his mobility, forcing me to move around even more. It feels like a dance in hell, and I even withdraw one of my katanas into my left hand just for something to push Shigaraki back if needed.

The plan does not work. Instead, as Shigaraki fixes himself up, he goes faster beyond. He starts to catch up to me even with the extreme painful turns I make.

Desperate to slow Shigaraki down, I hold a constant laser for a couple of moments to sweep across the battlefield only for Shigaraki to jump over it like its nothing.

And, seeing my opening, Shigaraki dives right at me before I can even think of dodging. Shigaraki grabs me and slams me into the ground, and I somehow stay awake despite my head being smashed-

Only for the battlefield to disappear. My pain is suddenly gone as I feel weightless. My vision is no longer filled with the disaster of the hospital but rather hundreds of people surrounding me. Screaming at me, yet I don't understand a word as everything seems to echo in my head.

Until they seem to be muted and blurred. I look ahead to find Shigaraki standing there, and All for One joined at his hip like they are conjoined twins...what the fuck? And Shigaraki doesn't happy about it either, so that certainly doesn't encourage me in any way.

All for One looks at me excited, "I said we will meet again soon, didn't we? I must be honest that I was quite disappointed that you didn't visit me again." Who would want to visit you? Nobody wants to visit you.

"Cool. Where am I?" I question right off the bat.

All for One laughs at me, "Ah, you seem more impatient than usual. The heroes must be overworking you, huh, little one?" I am not answering that, "That is expected. Quirkless suffer, but you are probably aware of that."

"No shit, sherlock. Stop trying to steer the conversation and answer my question."

"Of course, of course. You are inside my quirk, All for One. The people you see around are all the quirks that I have stolen," All for One explains. Holy shit.

I can't help my curiosity, "So these quirks maintain a form of the original user? Like a part of a soul or a piece of personality?"

"Quirks mean individuality remember?" Oh yeah. That's shit. However, that is good to know for my adventure to help Kurogiri.

"Got it. Why am I here then?"

Before All for One can answer, Shigaraki starts to rebel, "I was just about to defeat him! Let go of us, Sensei!"

All for One for turns to him, "Now now, Tomura. Izuku here is very helpful to your quest, but I might have a way of killing him," Tomura doesn't say anything, allowing for All for One to continue by facing me, "You see, with Search, I can see your weaknesses. Some are obvious like fire and Eraserhead, but there is one that stands out to me: quirks. A very broad weakness to have, but it's rather strange when you seem to have a solution for every quirk you come across. I considered you have a deep-seeded hatred with them that can be used against you, but that doesn't make sense either."

I sigh, "Got to the point, pedophile. What is my grand weakness?"

All for One grins, "What if the reason you are quirkless is because you can't handle quirks at all? What if you are allergic to having a quirk or maybe gain quirk dysmorphia to the point that you destroy yourself to save yourself from the agony? Oh, or maybe it turns you into a nomu?! So many possibilities!" That is one of the saddest things I have ever heard about myself. However, if that's the case...

"You plan on giving me a quirk to test out that theory," I finish his diluted wordings.

"So smart! I have so many options to choose too! However, I have one hiding that should kill you in an instant," All for One casually announces he searches around. For some reason, I feel that is for dramatics because he 'finds' it easily, "There it is! I honestly did hope you would join our side, but I deny that is happening at this point. It's truly been an honor knowing you, Izuku Midoriya, but I'm afraid this is the end. Maybe in another time-"

Suddenly, I feel arms wrap around my shoulders-

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