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Standing on air in the middle of the battlefield.
A freshly made crater in the middle of Kamino Ward, collapsed building surrounding it with countless people buried beneath, All For One appreciates the destruction he caused.
Taking casual steps forward as if the air beneath his feet was sold he 'looks' around, noticing the Pro Heroes from moments earlier at the edge of the crater.
Most battered and bleeding from that one attack.
Noticeably Hawks and Jeanist were awake, Gang Oraca dove atop them to shield them with his body, while Mt. Lady tried to block as much of the blast as she could while cradling Pixie-Bob.
Mt. Lady was the most damaged, completely blacked out and bleeding from her head.
"Quite impressive," All For One say, seeing Hawks and Jeanist on the floor and unable to move."Your allies shielded you, but you wouldn't have survived if Jeanist didn't move all of you away from the blast at the same time. Such refined Quirk use is truly rare. You're no Horizon, but I see why the Commission foolishly brought you into this fight."
Jeanist uses his Quirk to control the denim of his own costume and struggles to make himself sit up to face the villain.
"Oh no, I insist," All For One says in a comforting voice, "no need to get up just for me."
He points forward at Jeanist.
AIR BULLET!
An invisible shot of air slams into Jeanists gut and burrows through him, shattering the ground behind him.
Jeanist falls back and Hawks struggles where he's laying, focusing as best he can he summons the very few feathers that both survived the blast and didn't get buried in the rubble.
All For One sees a handful of feathers struggling to fly over to the pile of Pro Heroes and is not impressed, instead deciding to look around at the few news helicopters already in the area, as well as the many news drones.
'Ahh, Ujiko sent them...no wonder they were able to get here this quickly,' he immediately realizes, glad his friend was playing along.
Keeping the act up he plays it up for the cameras and the transmission of his voice that was going to nearby devices, including the news teams.
"To think this is what top-tier Pro Heroes amount to," he gestures mockingly to the pile of Pros as the feathers begin moving the regular-sized ones away from him, rather slowly at that. "A failed assault and now a pitiful escape attempt. How disappointing.
I nearly died fighting Horizon, and at that point I ambushed him. But now all of you are crawling away, after surprising me with an attack you had weeks to prepare for...how pathetic can you be...
Honestly," he raises his hands, palms facing toward the group as his sleeves swell up again, readying the same attack but on a smaller scale. "If this isn't enough of a reason to make way for the next generation, I can't imagine what is."
Hawk's eyes open in horror as he realizes what's about to happen.
Only he and Mt. Lady were in the same spot, opting to move everyone else first, and he wasn't able to move her in this form. But even the others were only a few meters away, they'd die too.
"Air Ca---"
"ALL FOR ONE!" everyone turns to see All Might soaring through the air heading directly toward the villain.
"Oh, here to try and kill me again, All Might?!" All For One yells as they clash, the impact from their palms locking and grappling in mid-air sends a shockwave through the battlefield and down the surrounding streets.
Two people well beyond their primes, but stronger now than they would have been without Horizon existing.
All Might is healthier than he would have been.
All For One retained his original Quirk instead of using a copy as he intended to transfer the original to Shigaraki
The shockwave from the clash stirs Mt.Lady awake, just barely enough for her to begin shrinking, and knocks the other Pro Heroes including Hawks back a few feet.
The helicopters struggle to remain stable and some of the heavy-duty drones crash into the ground below.
"You've gotten weaker, All Might!" All For One yells as they continue to struggle for dominance, both already standing on the ground, the earth beneath their feet cracking and breaking apart.
"And you've finally realized how ugly you are, hiding your miserable face!" All Might yells back, taking a direct dig at the mask.
AIR CANNON!
Two blasts of air leave All For One's arms and knock All Might back for nearly two hundred meters, destroying multiple buildings as if they were nothing and surely injuring people in the process.
As All Might continues crashing through buildings, All For One returns to the air and casually dusts off his suit, still appearing completely untouched.
But everyone watching, from the heroes to the news teams and all the civilians viewing this were experiencing fear like never before.
For the first time to their knowledge, the Symbol Of Peace was actually being matched in power.
Knowing this All For One takes the opportunity to add his input, "I've gotten much weaker since fighting Horizon, but this should be enough to deal with All Might," a factual statement, at least in regards to his power, but he leaves no room for doubt that these heroes are struggling with a weaker version of what Horizon fought.
A moment later All Might rockets upward and out of the massive dust cloud that the last attack caused as the buildings were destroyed.
And as he's high in the air he turns and punches the air behind him hard enough for it to redirect him toward All For One.
"Oh, not so fast All Might, you've got heroing to do," All For One casually raises his right hand and points the palm toward the injured Pro Heroes, "Air Cannon!"
Another blast of air fires out, but this time All Might accelerates by punching the air again, swinging both his arms back at once similar to Bakugo's explosive flight, and gets in front of the blast.
"Smash!"
He punches the air blast with one of his own, completely canceling it out and forming a horizontal trench between them in the floor.
"Oh, how annoying that must be," All For One says tauntingly, "unable to use your full power because those pathetic excuses for so-called 'Pro Heroes' are in the way..."
All For One raises both his hands this time, releasing a massive blast as he did before to knock All Might away, and this time he simply has to guard with his forearms, grit his teeth, and stand his ground.
The costume on his forearms is torn away as his skin is bruised and gets some small cuts. But at either side of him, the stone floor is carved out a few meters deep, and it parts around him like a 'V' extending back for dozens of meters.
All Might feels these few massive attacks already taking a toll on him, but thankfully his body isn't nearing its limit yet.
'But I've only got a few more minutes at this rate...I need to end this fight quickly,' All Might thinks, and thankfully help arrives.
"Hey brat!" Gran Torino flies into the battlefield, landing beside All Might, eyes never leaving All For One.
"Sensei? What are you doing here?" All Might asks, all the while All For One is more than happy to give them a moment. He uses the time to choose the best possible combination of words for what he's about to do.
"Todoroki can deal with those Nomu," Gran Torino says. "Kurogiri warped Shigaraki and the other villains away, so when they're done they'll come here to help with search and rescue," he looks back for a moment to see all the Pros behind them. "You deal with that thing, I'll get them out of your way before coming back..."
All Might gives his sensei a brilliant smile and nods once, then rockets off toward All For One.
"Detroit...." All Might closes the distance and prepares a heavy downward punch with his right hand, "smash!"
All For one raises his forearms and blocks the hit, but the force causes All Might to push him back while still making contact, taking them further away from Gran Torino by the second.
A world-shaking brawl ensues, or more accurately. All Might begins a relentless assault while All For One simply hardens his body with Tough Scales and Strength EnhancersX12 to soak up the blows.
As he begins loosening up his defenses and fighting back, he lands a few solid haymakers on All Might, bloodying his lip.
But All Might has always been a superior brawler, the best in the world in fact.
"SMASH!" All Might punches him directly in the face, shattering his mask and revealing his disfigured head for the entire world to see.
RECOIL!
All Might is knocked back a few meters by his own attack, creating space between them as All For One retreats out of his striking range.
"Well, my mask lasted longer here than it did against Horizon, it seems children really are the future..."
"You're even worse than I thought," All Might says, glaring at All For One's disfigured head. "And don't you dare speak about my precious students! Today I'm going to defeat you so that you can never hurt them again!"
"Ohh, is that so? It's a shame you only care about protecting children now, isn't it, All Might?"
"What? What are you saying, I've always tried to protect everyone, no matter what!"
"Not everyone, not every child," All For One raises a hand to his head and picks the bits and pieces of his mask off, and tosses them aside. "What about Shimura?"
All Might grits his teeth, the vein on his forehead immediately raise as he gets pissed off, "don't you dare speak my master's name!"
"My apologies, but I didn't mean your master, not her...I meant the person you truly failed, her grandson. Tenko Shimura!"
All Might prepares to attack, readying another Detroit Smash to punch All For One's teeth out.
"Why would I ever care about someone as pathetic...as Nana Shimura!"
Enraged, All Might launches into his attack and All For One immediately backs up, raising his left hand to mirror All Might's attack.
As they get closer, All For One hits exactly where he knows it will hurt.
"Why her when her grandson is still alive, Tenko Shimura!" All Might leaps up and begins closing in, "or as you know him, TOMURA SHIGARAKI!"
"What---" All Might's eyes go wide as his entire world crumbles, that burning rage he felt moments ago was replaced by guilt and confusion.
But above all else, shame... a shame for failing Nana's legacy this badly.
Emotions so powerful that the logical thought that this supervillain was lying didn't even occur.
Because All For One knows, emotions will always be All Might's weak spot, and Nana Shimura is a giant flashing target.
And as their fists collide, both hands give everything they can.
But after that strike to the heart, All Might's spirit cracks, and All For One seizes the opening.
RIVIT STABS
A series of black spikes protrude from All For One's skin as their left fists collide and expand like sharp tendrils, piercing and burrowing into All Might's entire arm.
"ARGH!" All Might screams in pain as he feels the sharp spikes pierce and shatter his bones and muscles, from wrist to shoulder, all shredded inside and out.
And in the same moment, All For One raises his right hand, palm facing All Might as he grabs his face, "Air Cannon!"
BOOM!
The symbol of peace is sent flying directly downward into the earth below.
The entire world holds its breath, desperately hoping for All Might to be alive, but also at the edge of their seat for answers.
Both afraid and curious about exactly what All Might and All For One were talking about.
And unfortunately, they'd get exactly what they wanted...
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