Chapter 22: My heart is strong; I will not fail, I will prevail.

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She had expected the worst while she was dashing towards the USJ, at speeds she could barely keep up in her deteriorating body. She didn't even think about forcing herself that far. Her students needed her; her successor needed her. No matter how much her body protested she was going to get to the USJ; she would make whoever decided attacking there was a good idea pay.

When she burst through the gates she was expecting mayhem. Hurt students, villains almost winning.

What she didn't expect was to see the central clearing with 15 students tying up various villains, or using Minerva's quirk to stick them together. Each villain sported a wide range of injuries; bruising, acid burns, bleeding ears, and so much more. Some even appeared to be unconscious.

She almost swore out in English seeing that.

All her years of being the number one hero hadn't prepared All Might for this: Seeing villains almost relieved to see her. Her eyes scanned and saw Mai and Rikku placing Aizawa and Thirteen down a ways away from the crowd of ... Jesus, 60?

The students relaxed as she walked up, glaring at the villains. "Students, are you alright?" she bellowed, her voice sounding colder than usual, making the villains flinch slightly from the power behind her voice.

Momo was the one to respond, looking up from her spot; she had been producing kevlar rope from her back, along with a few medical supplies to give first aid to the two teachers. "Oh thank god-" she mumbled rising up. "We- we are all fine" she answered, still some worry in her voice over Izuku's condition, the rest of the students nodded along.

"STATUS REPORT!" Izuku's voice echoed from the other side of USJ. The class jumped, turning immediately towards the source.

All Might crouched down near the teachers, giving a sideways glance to the class. "I am here, you can go ahead."

The class didn't need to be told twice as they dashed off.

Aizawa smirked softly from her spot, almost chuckling. "They just broke their dash records from the first day."

The number one hero looked at the homeroom teacher. "You should try to preserve your energy, those wounds look...stable, but debilitating. There's no need to strain your body more."

"Feh," she huffed. "Plus ultra."

All Might shook her head. "What happened anyway?"

The Villains answered, "All Might, you've gotta get us out of here! Please just take us to Tartarus: those kids are insane !"

"Let me rephrase that; what did you do?" She asked, voice even harsher than before.

"W-we followed this villain to attack you-" the villain replied sweating, "and she commanded this- w-was it called Noumu?" the rest of the conscious ones nodded.

"She told it to-" she gulped, "k-kill some of the students..."

All Might cracked her knuckles absentmindedly, making them flinch again.

"B-but-but it failed" she blustered, trying to scoot away from the #1 hero, failing miserably.

The younger one that had just tasted defeat huffed, "It killed that guy, but he got back up."

All Might loomed over the villain, her blue eyes shining with the promise to maim them more than they could imagine their bodies surviving.

They all remember the looks 1-A gave them, with that man standing at the forefront, and shivered.

Oh, God. It's the same- they are all the same- why did I even become a villain; heroes are goddamn TERRIFYING they thought in unison.

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