Along The Path Of Vengeance(Sasuke/Mha crossover(Naruto)

Chapter LIV: So Fragile

Another day of Midoriya's crusade continued with him taking a small break to meet with All Might. The two stood on the ground floor of an apartment building as rain patterned against the glass. All Might held the bundled lunch in his hands, frowning, "Young Midoriya... I heard about what happened with those two villains from Hawks." Midoriya frowned looking out the window while he continued, "Doing things alone it's... it's not sustainable anymore! Your classmates have been working harder than ever to get stronger and fight by your side, you can join them!"

Midoriya's expression made it look as though his mind was partially somewhere else. He spoke robotically, "I'll only be putting them at a greater risk... if I stay on the move, at least I can be the only target."

All Might grimaced and pinched the bridge of his nose, "Your intentions are noble, Young Midoriya... but that hasn't been working well for you! You were nearly captured yesterday because of those two! What if Ha—"

Midoriya's danger sense went off and his eyes tracked a bullet going straight for All Might's head. He glared and moved into action, grabbing the bullet inches from Toshinori's face and crushing it with a black whip before tracking the trajectory it came from.

His eyes met with the assassin in leopard print clothing on top of a building and he acted without thinking. Black whip extended and wrapped around him, ripping him through the railing of the building and slamming him into a car before pulling him through the shattered glass and slamming him into a wall, putting a crater in it. He gripped him by his collar and yelled in his face, "Where is AFO's location?! Tell me!"

The assassin coughed up blood and Toshinori raised a hand, "Midoriya..."

Thoughts of his failure against the snake duo ran through his mind and the assassin grabbed a flashbang on his belt, but Midoriya grabbed and crushed his hand in it, "Tell me!"

The assassin gritted his teeth and cried in pain, "Ok ok! It's—"

Before he could speak, his skin cracked and glowed and Midoriya's danger sense went off again. He tossed the man out of the window and he exploded hardly a moment later.

Both of them fell silent as car alarms went off, and Midoriya was the first to recover, "AFO must have planted something in his assassins to make them self-destruct if they're gonna betray him... of course, he would do that..." He clenched his fists.

Toshinori looked down, "That was too far, Midoriya... That was..."

"That was necessary! I couldn't risk that guy potentially killing you!"

Toshinori stepped toward him, "And what about when you had him in your hands already? You brutalized him... Midoriya, this isn't who you are."

Toshinori put his hands on his shoulders, and Midoriya swiped his hands away,, backing off, "Well, maybe I gotta change some things then! I can't go soft against AFO! THAT is why they almost beat me yesterday!"

"Young Midoriya! That is not the message you should have gotten from that fight! You're not talking like a hero! One For All is not about fighting in solitude! Your predecessors—"

"My predecessors failed!" His words cut sharp and Toshinori fell silent. Midoriya's expression momentarily softened before hardening again when he remembered AFO telling him “It's your turn now.”

He put his mask back on, "I'll make sure to succeed where they all failed... I'm sorry, All Might, I shouldn't have come here. I'm just putting you at risk too."

He turned away and got ready to jump away, but Toshinori called out, "Wait! You aren't fully recovered, at least eat!" He held up the food he made, but Midoriya only briefly looked at him before turning away again. "All Might... don't tag along anymore... I'm capable of going above 100% without any recoil now; there aren't any heroes stronger than me, so... don't worry about me."