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CHAPTER START---
"What the hell is going on back there?" Eraser Head asks, gritting his teeth as his eyes sting.
Beside him, Rock Lock uses his Quirk to lock his eyelids open while Manual uses his water Quirk to keep his eyeballs moisturized.
Huddled behind a collapsed building, they brace themselves, the constant shockwaves from the fight threatening to split the earth between their feet at any moment.
Manual peeks his head out from behind cover and can only see a kaleidoscope of destruction in the distance.
Bright orange flames erupting alongside explosions, Mt. Lady swinging an enlarged metal pipe around, and both Ryukyu and Nejire-Chan rapidly flying through the air to help everyone reposition.
'Eraser Head, did you blink?' Mandalay asks through her telepathic connection.'No, my Quirk is still fully active. What's going on?'
'Shigaraki used a detonation Quirk to gain distance and got a second wind. They confirmed his other Quirks aren't working, but this still doesn't make sense.'
'It must be his body. They likely planned for it and gave him a body that is powerful without active Quirks. Not surprising since Gigantomachia was the blueprint for their Nomu. The detonation Quirk still doesn't add up though, even knowing all of that.'
'Can you get closer to activate your Quirk again, maybe shut off more of his Quirks?'
'That's not how it works,' Eraser Head braces himself as an enormous shockwave shakes the battlefield. Even a mile away, they could barely stand as it washes over them.
Manual looks over their cover to see a giant-sized Dark Shadow, empowered under the gloomy overcast sky as it forms a gargantuan fist, larger than Mt. Lady, and pummels Shigaraki repeatedly into the ground.
More shockwaves erupt and Rock Lock crouches, using his Quirk on the ground and locking it in place, stabilizing their footing as the earth around them cracks.
'Mandalay, they'll just have to figure it out, as is. If I blink, all the damage Shigaraki's taken so far will be instantly healed, not to mention the threat of Decay. Have them stick to their current plan, damage him enough for our one shot to count!'
A scant few hellish minutes later, every Pro Hero in the battle against Shigaraki is hurting.
Broken bones, missing limbs in very few cases, and bodies on the verge of expiring due to excessive Quirk use.
And yet, they endure, because that's what Heroes do.
Tomura Shigaraki is in even worse shape, relatively speaking. Severely hurt, bones showing, burns slowly healing all across his body. His mind so shaken in his skull that it's almost been rattled into mush as they juggle him between attacks.
All to line him up for the final hits, aimed to weaken him enough that he can't see their precious shot being used, or use Recoil to reject it.
Tsukuyomi begins their final assault, using his gargantuan Dark Shadow and condensing it into a fist the size of a car, slamming Shigaraki into the air, directly toward Mirko, who's awake purely on adrenaline as she kicks upward.
Shigaraki counters with a sloppy backhand, connecting with her shin and shattering it before he's launched above her.
Beside Mirko, Mt. Lady readies her makeshift weapon and swings for a home run, slamming it directly into Shigaraki's head and sending him higher into the air.
He frantically flails his arms, hard enough to destroy her arm and shoulder, sending her stumbling back as she falls over, screaming in pain.
Most of the Pro Heroes are already half awake on the ground, having spent every drop of energy they had just to whittle him down this much, all for him to be launched up toward Ryukyu and Nejire-Chan.
Ryukyu uses her wind to counter Shigaraki's attempt at dodging, producing a gust that cancels his wild swing against the atmosphere for Nejire-Chan to hit him with the full might of her Quirk.
Her spiral energy attack connects, grinding against Shigaraki and tearing into the exposed muscle, however, it was not enough.
The pain wracking his body was already so overwhelming that his mind was numb to it, allowing him to lock his gaze onto Nejire-Chan.
"You're slow," he says before kicking off the air directly toward her, pushing through her attack.
Ryukyu rushes between them to smack him away, but he's too fast, rushing past her shoulder and tearing through her left wing.
He leaves her behind to fall to the ground before reaching Nejire-Chan, and at his immense speed, the woman is effectively frozen in the air.
Just inches away, he stretches his battered hand out and reaches her face, spreading his fingers to tear her head off, and closes his hand on her head.
'Huh?' Shigaraki's hand phases through her face, just before his entire body harmlessly passes through her and her Hero Costume.
After rushing past her he spins around, looking back to see that Lemillion had just barely made it in time to touch her leg, spurred into action by seeing his dear friend almost die, he moved faster than he thought possible and launched himself out of the ground.
Eventually reaching her high in the air and touching her, and for the first time, he made someone else Permeable.
Lemillion's Quirk had fully awakened.
Shigaraki understood this and waved his hand at them, sending a gust of wind at both the exhausted Pro Heroes, crashing them into each other and knocking them out.
Tsukuyomi catches them with Dark Shadow before flying back into the air, however, before he's able to engage Shigaraki again.
Both Deku and Dynamight descend with a relentless onslaught of attack, constantly dancing around Shigaraki with their superior aerial mobility while battering him from all sides.
'Strong,' Shigaraki thinks as each of Deku's hits shatters his bones.
Dynamight's explosion clouds his senses, but with each blast, they grow weaker, and the man slows down.
'You're the weak link!' Shigaraki smiles as he spins, surprising them with his sudden speed, and lunges toward Dynamight.
Dynamight smiles, using energy Shigaraki didn't know he still had and instantly avoiding the attack, surprising the villain.
'They tricked me? That means the person I should have attacked is…' Shigaraki turns back around to see Deku rearing back his right hand, electricity cracking all around him as he punches toward Shigaraki.
'My master should be fine with a corpse!' Shigaraki punches toward Deku, putting everything he has into this strike, knowing that if he survives it, the heroes won't have anyone who can stand against him.
Their fists meet, and to Shigaraki's surprise, Deku's fist crashes through him, breaking his hand, wrist, and forearm, barely thrown off course enough to stop it from punching through his head yet again as it crashes into his chest.
"Ugh!" Shigaraki gargles blood up as Deku's forearm is buried into his chest, his hand comfortably through the villain's back as he rears back his left hand for another strike.
Shigaraki's eyes widen. Panicking, he kicks Deku with all his might in the thigh, breaking his leg, and in the instant he punches forward at Deku's chest.
The punch is too powerful for Deku to survive, but luckily, Dark Shadow and Tsukuyomi were already nearby, intercepting the blow and forming a barrier around Deku.
The force is still so immense that it reaches through the shield and taps Deku's chest, breaking his sternum and ribcage before throwing him back, removing his arm from Shigaraki's chest in the process.
Shigaraki grits his teeth, and with a hole in his chest that people could see through, he kicks off the air and lunges forward to finish the job as both unconscious Pro Heroes fall to the earth.
"Back off!" Dynamight yells as he hits Shigaraki with an explosion, desperately trying to protect his friend, annoying the Villain.
Shigaraki tries to ignore him, focusing on his target and kicking off the air once more.
Closing in on them, he hears explosions from his left side, and smiles.
He pivots in an instant and dashes toward Dynamight as the man uses an explosion to race toward him, and before anyone can process what just happened, his arm, all the way to the biceps, is punching through Dynamight's stomach.
"You're nothing special," Shigaraki says to Dynamight, watching the determination in his eyes become fear and rage. "But you are annoying."
Dynamight coughs up some blood, desperately clasping at Shigaraki's wrist, trying to free himself, but the villain reaches out with his other hand and punches through his torso as well, slowly separating his arms to pull the Hero apart.
"I've wanted to do this since you ruined USJ," Shigaraki smiles viciously. "Any last words, hero?"
Dynamight vomits up a mouthful of blood as his consciousness and life leaves him, but in a moment of defiance against death itself, his eyes widen and a defiant, pissed off expression dominates his face.
He reaches forward and places both hands beside Shigaraki's head, palms open and facing his ears.
"PLUS ULTRA!"
Shigaraki pulls his arms apart to kill Dynamight, but before he can do so, the Hero's entire body sparks and glows with orange light.
He uses the full awakening of Explosion to make himself and Shigaraki ground zero for an explosion that knocks out all the Pro Heroes below who were barely conscious, while the few in better condition barely brace themselves in time.
The entire city and nearby mountains shake for almost ten seconds, leaving a cloud of smoke in the air.
And the moment that smoke cleared enough, Shigaraki could be seen kicking the air to hover in place, most of his body torn apart to reveal his internal organs in certain places as the entire left side of his skull was broken and missing, slowly but visibly healing itself.
Shigaraki hears crackling flames below, feeling immense heat approaching, but can barely think at the moment, so his response is late, too late.
He looks down to see Endeavor rocketing toward him, and is oblivious to the bullet fired from miles away the moment he becomes visible through the smoke.
Lady Nagant's Quirk Deleter Round hits him in the side of his head, the one place they were sure he couldn't simply tear his body apart to avoid the effect.
Shigaraki's body tenses as his Quirks are entirely deleted, allowing him to only retain the traits of his evolved body, but without some of the base Quirk Factors, his strength had decreased yet again.
Not to mention all of his active Quirks were not entirely gone.
And as the crushing realization dawned on him, Endeavor grapples onto him, wrapping his arms and legs around the villain and unleashing hellfire on the battlefield one more time.
Shigaraki screams for less than a second before the sound of raging hot air and crackling flames overtakes it.
The Pro Heroes on the ground who were unconscious feel Endeavor's power and wake up, amazed once more by their #1 Pro Hero, proud to have followed him into battle.
And within a precious few seconds, both Endeavor and Shigaraki fall to the earth below.
Endeavor has 3rd degree burns on his arms and legs, while Shigaraki looks entirely well done. His pale skin is now pitch black and charred, with his eyes burnt shut.
He falls to the ground, punctuated by his fried skin cracking upon impact as Endeavor falls nearby, and Shoto rushes over to them.
Shoto reaches his dad and immediately begins cooling him off with his ice abilities, but Endeavor protests.
"No, forget me. Go cremate the body."
"I can't," Shoto glances to his left side, which has deep burns and bones protruding through his arm. "My body is already overheated, not to mention the injuries. I can't make much of a fire. Besides, your flames are the strongest."
Endeavor closes his eyes and focuses on his Quirk, trying to control the heat around him and push it away to help Shoto cool him off.
A minute later, Shoto almost collapses, frostbite on his right side as Endeavor is now cool enough to sit up and catch his breath.
Even now, he can feel his life fading, many of his internal organs being pushed far beyond their limits in this battle.
Shoto helps him stand, only for Endeavor to drop to his knees before taking a single step.
"Dad!"
"I'll be fine," he lies. "Go help Deku, get him to the evacuation point. Burnin will help Tsukuyomi, you kids are more important than us."
"But—"
"That was an order," Endeavor says, forcing himself to stand, looking at the severely injured Top 10 Pro Heroes around them. "Go take care of your friends, son."
Shoto nods. "Alright."
While Shoto grabs Deku and Endeavor cools off enough to use his Quirk, Mandalay contacts him telepathically.
'Eraser Head hasn't blinked yet, but you need to hurry.'
Endeavor grits his teeth and limps over to Shigaraki on mangled legs. Behind him, Burnin and Tsukuyomi are far in the distance, and Shoto and Deku are already evacuated thanks to Uravity.
Endeavor focuses his mind, expending the last of his life to create his final flame, struggling as it barely flickers to life in his palm.
The heat slowly builds as he stands above Shigaraki, the villain still charred, but his mouth moving, muttering something too softly for anyone to hear.
Endeavor narrows his eyes at him while gathering the flame.
"I'm…so…sorry," Shigaraki's voice barely reaches him.
"Sorry?" Endeavor raises his hand, enveloping his right arm in bright white flames.
"I'm sorry…master," Shigaraki says as Endeavor's fist descends, already burning away his body and the surrounding ground while moving toward the Villain.
"Tomura," A beam of red and black energy slices off Endeavor's entire right arm as a bored voice terrifies all the barely conscious Pro Heroes to their cores.
"Master," Shigaraki mutters as Endeavor stumbles back, holding and cauterizing his stump as the pain stuns him.
He drops to his knees, desperately looking up as All For One stands in the air, only a dozen feet off the ground.
Wearing a black three-piece suit, his head fully healed, free of his visor, showing off his short white hair and grey eyes, all atop a seven and a half feet tall body with a muscular build in no way inferior to All Might in his prime.
"All For One?" Edgeshot asks, unable to get up, so he turns his head to look at the Demon Lord. "You aren't fused?"
"Oh? Is that the plan Re-Destro brought you?" All For One asks jokingly while landing beside Shigaraki.
Endeavor forces himself to leap away, taking a knee and not looking away from the Villain.
"That plan was true, before the Panacea. But now, it's outdated. But we never updated our files, and for good reason, it seems. But still, you heroes really did do a number on my plans, deleting these unique Quirks from Tomura…so annoying. I don't have any copies of most of them, including Decay. I'm sorry, Tomura, you'll have to make do without it."
"Master, you're keeping me?" Shigaraki asks.
All For One looks over the battlefield with his dozens of sensory Quirks, and doesn't find Deku anywhere. "You have failed me yet again, Tomura."
"I'm sor—"
"No need, Tomura," All For One says as he gestures toward Shigaraki, causing him to levitate up to him and placing a hand on his head. "This super regeneration will keep you alive until we can get you back into a laboratory to finish healing."
"Another chance?"
"Yes, always," All For One says. "Because, Tomura, it doesn't matter how many times you fail, how many times you are beaten or fall. You will always have another chance, for one simple reason.
I am here."
END CHAPTER---
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