DETERMINATION

A True Hero, Reprise

All Might attempted to rush at you, but it was futile.

With a single blow, he fell to his knees, blood leaking out of his mouth and his once large, hulking form had turned into a skeletal shadow of his former self.

Pathetic.

"ALL MIGHT!" The green-haired, freckled boy shouted as he rushed forward, an idiotic attempt to save his mentor.

It didn't take more than a fraction of a second for you to turn to face him, blade raised and ready to strike him before he could even think of landing a blow on you.

Unfortunately, that wouldn't come to pass, as All Might, as a last ditch effort, used the last fragment of his strength to tackle you to the floor, it was touching how he used the last of his power to save his student. Touching, but stupid.

The boy managed to avoid getting killed this one time. But All Might won't be here to save him any longer.

"Young Midoriya... you have my power... the power of One for All. But this power alone isn't enough for this fight... I'm sorry to ask this of you, my young pupil... but you must buy that flower some time. That is the only way for this demon to be defeated." All Might said, his voice shaky and his breath ragged.

"Sometimes heroes must... commit great sacrifices for the greater good. This is one of those sacrifices. I couldn't handle One for All any longer, so I passed it down to you. And now, it's your turn. It's your turn to be a hero. I hate to ask this of you, but... you must sacrifice yourself and the power of One for all, so that what remains of humanity will be safe. I'm sorry that you only had the chance to have this power for such a short time. Perhaps, in the next life, you will have the time to prove yourself to be the hero you are..." Those were his last words before you continuously stabbed him in the same wound that caused him to pass down his power in the first place. Finally, you finished what you started with him.

Midoriya was staring at the scene in shock, tears falling down his face. You pushed All Might's body off of you and stood back up, dusting yourself off before turning to face Midoriya again.

Midoriya took in a deep breath, closing his eyes for a moment before opening them again. He seems to have gained some new resolve after hearing those words.

"I'm sorry it had to be this way. I'm sure, if you were given a proper chance, a chance to be good, you would've become a great hero. But now... it's too late to consider alternatives. You have hurt, killed countless. And now, if I can't stop you, I will at least hold you back for as long as I can, to give those who CAN stop you some time to prepare. I'm sorry."

Your eyes narrowed at him, unable to hold back a scowl as it appeared on your face.

He suddenly rushed at you, your eyes widened for a moment at his unexpected speed.

Ah, you see now. He doesn't know how to control this new power, so he's constantly using it at a 100 percent. This can be both beneficial and harmful for you. On one hand, this means he doesn't have much experience, but on the other hand, it means he will be unpredictable.

As he attempted to throw a punch your way, you blocked it with the blade of your knife, the impact causing a massive shockwave to be sent throughout the entire building, the very foundations started shaking.

Hmph, this is inconvenient. You can't reach Flowey if your fight with this kid ends up destroying the whole building.

You need to finish this quickly, before Midoriya can destroy the entire building with his inexperience.

Before Midoriya could go on the offensive again, you forced him to use defense, slashing wildly towards him.

He was forced to back himself up against the wall in a futile attempt to dodge your slashes.

If he didn't use his quirk at its constant peak, he wouldn't have even survived this long against you.

But thankfully for him, he doesn't have enough control over his own power to hold back.

Good for him, annoying for you.

You continued to slash wildly, until, eventually, Midoriya decided to try counterattacking. He launched a punch straight for your knife, causing yet another shockwave.

You were blown back by the force, but you also noticed something... his arm was broken.

You could barely hold back a smile upon seeing it. He has so little control over his quirk that he's literally hurting himself by using it. It's hilarious.

You flipped the knife in your hand once before immediately launching yourself back at Midoriya, dozens of slashes coming straight towards him.

There was no way for him to dodge them all.

The arm that was broken was cut off.

Midoriya let out a scream as blood poured out of the wound. His arm was cut off at the elbow.

However, despite the pain, he refused to back down.

He took in deep breaths before standing back up straight, his eyes narrowing at you.

You were actually kind of starting to respect this kid.

But that means nothing. He will die, just like the rest. Free EXP.

You launched yourself towards him once more, his moves have become a lot more sloppy and uncoordinated. To put it bluntly, he didn't have much left in him. What a shame.

You decided to finish it off.

With a single slash across the chest, Midoriya fell to his knees, gasping for breath as he looked up at you, pure fear in his eyes. Looks like he wasn't so ready to accept death after all. How unlucky for him.

As he died, a SOUL emerged from his chest, orange with a faint green outline. A multi-trait SOUL? That's a new one.

Just as you were about to slash it, it flew away, into a clear, glass container, which then proceeded to go further upstairs. You assumed it to be at the top floor. Just what is Flowey planning?