I'm not on EITHER side

We won.

Izuku's POV

"It's good to see you again. How long's it been since we last talked? A year? Two? Shigaraki told me that you left the League."

"Shigaraki is right about something for once. He's usually not telling the truth or just staying silent while thinking about nothing. Why are you here? What's your plan?"

"My boy, I don't think you're ready for that. My plans are far too complicated for you to understand." He turns his head off in a random direction before turning back to me. "You best get out of here, Midoriya. The man that killed your dreams is coming." I look in the direction that All for One looked in and see All Might approaching us.

"All for One! Your days of villainy are over!" All Might starts walking over to the area between us, not taking notice of me. I walk to a safe distance and survey the area, checking to make sure there are no civilians around. To the left of me, I hear muffled screaming for help. I run over and see a hand poking out of a pile of rubble. I grab the concrete covering the person and lift it up as high as I can. I see a woman lying on the ground with blood running from her head.

"Are you alright? Can you move?" She nods and grabs hold of my pants. She pulls herself towards me and gets out of the area of the rubble. I let the concrete go and pick her up. I run to a safe area and set her down. I turn back and look at the fight. All Might is being beaten, and I feel a sense of dread. I run closer and see steam coming from him. I don't know what that's about, but it doesn't seem good.

"ALL FOR ONE!" He turns towards me, distracted enough to not see a punch from All Might coming. I take a moment to look at All for One and see if I can spot a weakness. After a few seconds, I gather that it's the mask. "ALL MIGHT, AIM FOR THE MASK!" He must've heard me because he aims his next punch at the mask, hitting it but not nearly hard enough to break it. I run closer, examining the mask to see if there's anything I can do to help get it off. I see a small area I could probably get my knife into to pry it open a little.

All Might punches AFO closer to me, but it must've been an accident. I run over to him and jump on his back. He tries to shake me off, but I won't budge. I can hear All Might yelling something, but I don't hear it. I get the knife out of my pocket and jam it into the small crack by the base and try to pry it open. I can feel him grab me, but I do my best to hang on. He eventually gets me off, but the knife is still lodged into his mask. He tosses me on the ground, but I get up and run towards him as quick as I can. I jump up and drop kick the knife. It makes a bigger hole in the mask, but he catches me after I kick the knife. He puts me in a position so I'm looking at his face.

"You know, that took a lot of courage to do. Too bad it'll be the last thing you do." Before he can do anything, All Might runs over and punches him in the face. It cracks the mask a bit more, but still not enough to fully break it. AFO releases me, but I can tell what he was gonna do. Spikes start coming out of his hand. I see the knife on the ground and run over and pick it up. There's not enough distance between All Might and All for One for me to be able to try and pry the mask off.

"All Might, isn't your time limit almost up? You don't want the world to see your true form, do you?"

"What is he talking about?" I must've said it out loud because AFO turns to me.

"Oh, you didn't know? Well, All Might doesn't always look like this. In fact, he doesn't look like this a majority of the time. He's a mild mannered man who has no power whatsoever." I look at All Might and see him steaming more and more, before he seemingly disappears. The steam starts to dissipate, and out of it comes...

"YAGI?"

"I'm sorry, my boy. I couldn't tell you. I would if it wouldn't cause any problems, but I didn't know if you would tell anyone." As he's saying this to me, I feel something impale me on my left side. I look down and see that All for One changed his hand to be like a blade, and he stabbed me. He pulls the blade out and lets out a laugh. Yagi looks at me in horror before turning towards AFO and putting all his power into his right arm. He puts some in his left and hits AFO with it. He says something like pathetic, but I can't focus on that. I put pressure on my wound and stumble towards the two. All Might seems to need a little bit of help, so I sneak up behind AFO as best I can.

He doesn't seem to hear me, which really helps. I take my knife and stab him between the ribs. It gives All Might just enough time to completely power up and he punches AFO in the face, destroying the mask and sending him flying. I let out a small smile, knowing that the fight is over. All Might beat him. We won. AFO lays still, seemingly knocked out. Yagi goes back into his buff form, standing up with his head down and his right arm up. I shamble over to him and stand in the same pose.

He looks at me and smiles. I smile up at him. I hear people walking towards us, only for the footsteps to stop halfway through. I keep my left arm over my wound, keeping pressure on it so I don't pass out from blood loss. I feel myself start to tilt backwards, but a giant hand gently catches me and helps keep me upright. There are flashing lights all around us, some red and blue, others red and white, some just camera flashes, but I don't pay attention to them. All I can focus on right now is standing here with Yagi.

Eventually, he starts to have steam come off his body. He can't hold the form much longer. I lower my right arm and put it behind him, ready to catch him in case he seems like he's gonna fall. He exits his buff form and put his arm down, turning to me. "Now..." I look at him, praying that he'll make up for the words he said over a year ago. "Now, it's your turn." I can feel the tears start running down my face. I wrap my right arm around him and pull him into a hug. After a second, he hugs me back.

I can feel the last bits of my consciousness slipping, so I have to utilize it to its fullest. "Thank you, Yagi. You're my hero." With the last few words I can muster, everything starts fading to black. I feel Yagi shake me and hear him saying something, but it doesn't reach me. "You've been the best thing to ever happen to me." With that, everything is gone, replaced by nothing but black.

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That marks the end of this arc! I really hope you enjoyed reading it, because I definitely enjoyed writing it. There was a lot of rewriting this chapter, and I hope it came out to be the best it could be. I might write a bit more today, but I'm not fully sure. I know where the story is gonna go after this, but I'd still love to hear your guys' ideas. Let me know what you thought by leaving a comment. Again, thank you for reading. The support means the world to me. Have a good day, and remember to drink some water.