Author's Notes: Chapter edited and corrected by Scott Fellman.
I put thoughts of All Might and AFO aside and focused on the moment; there were more important problems.
"Behave yourselves, it's for your own good, there's nowhere to run. Once we're done, the Travelers will be handed over to the PRT, while you will be returned to General Ironwood in Atlas." Gran Torino said as he looked at Cinder's group, who grit their teeth, almost glaring at him in hatred.
At that very moment, Edgeshot slipped through the door and opened it, allowing armed soldiers to enter the house immediately. At that instant, my Haki immediately screamed at me.
"Watch out! Nomus are coming!!! " I roared so that even the people outside the building heard me, just as I expected. The black mud exploded everywhere, and Nomus began to emerge from it.
I started moving, Sun Breathing: Thirteenth Form. I was fast —I was always fast —but I pushed myself as far as I could, as fast as I could. The Nomu only had half their bodies left. There were almost a dozen of them, but in a split second, all the Nomu had been cut down, causing them to fall to the ground.
The black liquid expelled the other half of the Nomu, and they fell dully to the ground.
"Kamui Woods! Don't let the villains go!" Gran Torino exclaimed loudly. I could see the liquid beginning to come out of the villains' mouths. I clicked my tongue when I felt the same liquid begin to rise up my throat.
For a moment, I considered letting All For One teleport me to get to the battlefield faster, but I clamped my mouth shut and swallowed the damn shit tar back down. I didn't trust AFO to get me to the damn battlefield; I'd have to do the same.
I watched as the Heroes tried to stop the villains from escaping, but they were ultimately teleported away despite all their attempts.
" I'm so sorry, they got away!! " exclaimed Kamui Woods.
"It's not your fault! We couldn't do anything either; this quirk was directed towards specific targets and transferred them! " Edgeshot exclaimed, frustrated.
"Gran Torino! All Might needs reinforcements!" I exclaimed to Gran Torino, who frowned.
"Izumi, come on, let's get out of here. Our job was to get you back and return to UA, let All Might take care of the rest." Taylor said, appearing at my side, I approached the gap and saw all the Nomu being controlled with ease.
I gritted my teeth,. No, my Haki was starting to hit harder and harder,. This wasn't over, and if AFO and All Might were really at their strongest right now, or close to it, since All Might should only have the embers, then... this would be a disaster.
"We need to evacuate everyone! Gran Torino! AFO is at full power! She plans to fight All Might without holding back! " I yelled once more to Gran Torino, the only one who was truly able to understand exactly the danger we were in. Gran Torino's expression darkened.
"...Nezu asks... what did you see?" Gran Torino asked urgently. My eyes widened slightly. I looked over and saw he had a small earpiece in his ear, apparently Nezu was monitoring everything, I looked at Taylor and saw that the same earphone was in her ear, without hesitation I approached and took it from her.
"Izumi!?" Taylor squealed, I put on the headset.
"Nezu!" I exclaimed quickly as I put on the headset.
"Miyamura, there's no time to waste. What did you see?" Nezu asked immediately. I bit my lip slightly. I couldn't tell him anything for sure; this was so different from canon, it only had the location in common.
By now, I'm sure All For One was fully healed, she could fight at full power, or something very close to it. On the other hand, even though All Might was also fully healed, he no longer had One For All, only the embers of his Quirk... and I didn't know if the embers would be enough.
"I'm sorry, Director! But I didn't see much —just that it caused massive destruction. My Haki keeps making me scream, and…" I glanced at the other heroes, gritting my teeth. "It's very possible that OFA will use up all of its burning coals and the public will see its true appearance." I said immediately. I could hear Gran Torino gasp; luckily for me, everyone else present seemed confused.
"...did he do his job?" he asked after a few seconds.
"Spectacularly." I said without hesitation with complete confidence, even at such a disadvantage, All Might would do his job as the Symbol of Peace to the very end, without wavering for a single instant.
"Okay, do you have any ideas?" Nezu asked, and I sighed in relief.
"Besides going there and easing their workload by getting the civilians out of the place? Not much." I said honestly. I had planned to get into the fight, but Nezu didn't need to know that right now.
"All right, this is for all heroes, neutralize the Nomu immediately and then go support All Might as quickly as you can." Nezu said seriously.
"I can get us there in a few seconds; one of my shikigami will do that," I said immediately.
"All right, heroes, you heard him, do your job," Nezu said immediately. I sighed in relief.
"Understood!" I said happily to Nezu as I jumped out of the building, barely touching the ground, I launched myself towards the Nomu, dancing around all of them and the police officers and the heroes while tearing them all to pieces.
"You! Are you Miyamura!? Nezu told us that you would take us to All Might!" Endeavor exclaimed as she approached with heavy steps and an angry expression. I nodded and looked at Tsukauchi, who nodded.
"Go! Help All Might, we'll take care of it here! " Tsukauchi said before moving her hands to begin directing the armed police.
"All who are coming, come closer!" I exclaimed loudly, I could see several heroes approaching, especially my fiancées, I ignored it for the moment, I dropped Enma in my shadows and moved my hands. Great Serpent.
As soon as the snake's head emerged, I decapitated it without hesitation. The heroes were slightly surprised, but my hands moved to the next figure, Nue: Totality.
My shadows exploded onto the ground and spread dozens of meters in all directions. It began to rapidly emerge, and all of us began to rise as my Nue began to appear.
My shadow shot into the sky; even without fully appearing, we were already a dozen meters from the ground. Finally, the Nue emerged completely, and its form was revealed in its entirety.
I could see the others trying to hold their ground against the Nue's movement as I looked down. A massive Nue, a huge bird with a snake's tail, had held me back slightly. It wasn't the size of the one I remembered Sukuna summoning, but it had a wingspan of at least 50 meters.
Then the Nue finally stabilized and shot off in the direction of All Might and AFO. Luckily, I didn't need directions; I wasn't more than 5 kilometers away. Even if I went further, the amount of aura and haki colliding where they both were was so great that I could feel it from much further than my normal range.
I crouched down slightly and began to move my hands once more, Jackalope (name under review). Small rabbits with deer antlers began to emerge from my shadows, yes, Jackalope was the only name that came to mind every time I saw this fusion.
"You can grab one of them; they are capable of healing. You just have to bring it close to the wounded, and they will heal. They are capable of healing most minor wounds instantly, and they are capable of stabilizing the most serious ones with a little time." I said immediately as I began to throw the Jackalopes to the heroes.
"Do you really think we need -"
BOOOOOOOOM!!!!!! We all turned our gaze towards our target, a huge explosion had suddenly occurred where a dozen buildings and more were completely destroyed.
At the epicenter of the explosion, All Might and AFO stood as if nothing had happened, standing on top of a massive crater of destruction.
"Everyone grab a damn rabbit and start the evacuation!" Gran Torino shouted, gritting his teeth. The rabbits jumped without hesitation and landed on the heroes' shoulders.
"Taylor! Get your bugs, find all the civilians you can and help rescue them, your bugs will be able to find any trapped civilians! " I said to Taylor urgently while gritting my teeth.
I searched with my haki and didn't sense any League of Villains members, so it's possible AFO sent them away from the beginning. That was annoying, but she also told me that it was an idea to prevent AFO from teleporting me away.
I really don't want to know where they'd send me, even though I was confident I could get rid of them; the immediate crisis was stopping All For One.
I made my Nue land and melt into my shadows once more, we all touched the ground and stood up straight.
"Everyone! Keep the civilians away! Create a perimeter so All Might can fight without holding back! Don't get involved! Don't get close to the villain! She's capable of stealing quirks and using them against us! " Gran Torino shouted orders, and everyone nodded immediately, even Endeavor, who was glaring at AFO and All Might.
"You five! Don't even think about coming near me! Stand back and let All Might handle everything! " Gran Torino shouted in our direction before shooting off in one direction with a rabbit on his back.
"Izumi! Let's go! " Ruby said urgently.
"Go your way!" I said solemnly, as I looked at the battlefield.
"No, definitely not, you're not going to fight that, Izumi! Azula, paralyze Izumi! " Taylor exclaimed, almost in panic, to my surprise, Azula was already moving in my direction. I opened my eyes slightly, but my body moved immediately, and I took half a step away, but Ruby tackled me without hesitation and clung to my waist.
"Girls, you're being ridiculous!" I exclaimed as I dodged Azula's attack. Darkness lunged at me and grabbed me by the neck, damn it.
"Ridiculous us!? You-"
My eyes widened as I saw AFO's arm expand. I gritted my teeth, grabbed Darkness and Ruby in my arms, disappeared with both of them at the same time, and stood behind All Might.
All Might struck AFO's attack with his own fist; even so, the enormous power of All For One's attack continued its path in the direction of the buildings, where I could still feel several life presences within them, so I placed myself in front of the attack.
My shadows exploded, my Nue grew into a wingspan hundreds of meters long, I could feel the consumption of my aura, but there was no time to cry, the Nue crossed its wings in front of it protectively and dug its claws into the ground before receiving AFO's weakening blow.
Luckily, my Nue held on long enough to retreat only several dozen meters despite having its wings completely shredded and much of its forehead injured.
"Izumi!" Taylor exclaimed as she approached me once more, dispelling Nue in an explosion of shadows. "We have to go, now!" Taylor shouted urgently, her whole body strained.
I could see the insects swarming all around, forming arrows and walking towards the rubble. Taylor must be having a terrible time; her insects could see all the victims of the attack. Still…
"All Might needs assistance," I said through gritted teeth.
"Are you crazy! You want to face that! " Taylor asked incredulously.
"Not to confront her, no head-on, but enough to help All Might, to create a space for him." I said honestly.
"And you think you're going to help?" Azula asked, appearing with a jump. She was gripping Nichirin's sword tightly as she watched the fight. All Might and AFO had begun exchanging blows at high speed.
Every blow between our fists generated a huge shockwave that shook our bones even from where we were, more than 100 meters away. I was about to ignore the girls once more and jump to help All Might-
"Well, well, well... I hope I'm not late for the fun." My grandfather's voice carried easily through the mess, and I could feel relief run down my spine.
I turned around and saw my grandfather calmly walking through all the destruction around him as he made his way towards All Might and AFO with confidence and a straight back.
"Old man?" Taylor asked, very confused. "Izumi... why is your grandfather here?" Taylor asked, confused.
"IT REALLY IS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU, OLD FRIEND, ESPECIALLY UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES…WANNA FIGHT TOGETHER LIKE OLD TIMES? " All Might asked, also sounding relieved. My grandfather hummed amusedly before looking at AFO.
"How… unexpected to see you here… Ryuma." AFO said calmly, but for once, I could hear the tension in her voice.
All the heroes froze instantly…
"RYUMA!?" shouted all the heroes, and I smiled widely. Now everything had changed: two national ranks against AFO.
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