Chapter 19 the one above

It felt weird in a way, to stand next to these impressionable children as they all gushed about what they thought they will be doing during their rescue training exercise. I remember the first time I went to the USJ quite well. It is an impressive structure and one that I dearly hope would survive the coming storm relatively intact. True, had no proof that there might be a villain attack today, but it made an awful lot of sense when you think about it. The perpetrator used the gathered crowd of reporters as a smokescreen to enter UA. The most likely goal of this action was to gather intel on the schedule and the students that will be attending off campus facilities. Say what you will about UA security, but attacking the main building was nothing short of suicide, even for someone of Endeavour's caliber.

They were probably planning on ambushing a group of students at the US regardless of who those students were. Class 1-A just so happened to be the first on the list.

looked around at the kids dressed up in their hero costumes. Honestly, they looked somewhat ridiculous in my eyes. They were so cheerful. It was almost heartbreaking to think that they were more than likely going to face villains by the end of the day. To the side, Aizawa was signaling me to come to him. I smiled and nodded, acting just like any other management department general course student, even if I was clad in high grade armor underneath the henge I was using to appear as a generic 16-year-old student.

"Is everything set?" I asked

"Yes. All Might's not going to make it, though" said

Aizawa

I cursed. My original plan was to help evacuate the students with 13 while All Might and Aizawa held the villains off. After that it was my turn to give the villains a good smack down. Unfortunately, it seems like All Might used all his time in his muscle form on petty thugs on the way to school.

"Tch, I should have expected it" I said in annoyance

"Do we cancel the event?" asked Aizawa with a worried undertone in his voice

The truth of the matter was that facing down a well-organized group of villains would be problematic. If only I had more time to track down the perpetrators this wouldn't have happened. I'll have to expect some kind of blowback from the media regardless of what will happen. I need to handle this with the utmost care.

"No. It's annoying but I'll probably have to reveal my henge ability in the worst-case scenario. It can't be helped; the mission must continue" I said annoyed

"All right problem child, this is your show" said Aizawa leaving unsaid the 'don't screw it up' at the end

I rejoined class 1-A as they got on the bus. This class was quite the lively bunch.

"So, Akito-san what do you think so far of the hero course?" said the red-haired kid on the bench opposite to mine, Kirishima I think his name was

"Oh, it's nice, I'm sure that you will all become great heroes" I said with a placating smile

I wasn't expecting my cover persona to be dragged into a discussion with the students of 1-A, at least not one where said students weren't openly boasting about their powers. I suppose that Aizawa was right to keep this lot.

"Heh, thanks, though I have to ask, have you ever met Rikudou when you were at school last year?" asked Kirishima

I stiffened imperceptibly. With a quick glance around I could see that the rest of the students were also paying attention to the conversation, Izukw, Katsuki and Todoroki in particular

"Why do you ask?" I said faking nervousness

"What do you mean why do we ask? That guy's a legend. He's the youngest pro hero ever and he's powerful enough to beat Endeavour and All Might" said a kid with blond hair and a lightning bolt like black strands in it, Kaminari if I'm not mistaken

"I mean, yeah I met him once during our first year sports festival" I said, keeping up with the cover's known history

This drew the attention of the class even more so than our previous discussion

"So how was he in person?" asked Kirishima with an excited smile on his face

"I didn't meet him in person, per say, but I can tell you that I don't remember much after the horn sounded and announced the second round" I said

Some might feel bad for lying to these kids, but I have no such inhibitions. After all, I couldn't care less if this entire class would die so long as Izuku was safe. This being said I believe that this mentality is more or less a result of my desire to not fall under the curse of hatred. To do that, the most effective way is to prevent the Mangekyou from activating and prevent any situation that would require and or force it's activation.

"Tch, of course you wouldn't" grumbled Katsuki

"So, you can't tell us anything about Rikudou?" asked Todoroki

"Well, I could tell you his name" I said

Time to test out a little theory of mine.

This drew the curious eyes of the crowd. From the corner of my eye I saw the panicked look on Izuku's face. I could also see Aizawa giving me a

'really' look so much so that I struggled to not grin back.

"So, say it!" said Kaminari

I could tell that everyone on the bus was thinking the same thing, minus, of course, those already in the know.

I paused dramatically

"His name is Madara Midoriya" I said

There was silence in the bus as almost every pair of eyes turned to look at Izuku. I could tell that Izuku was panicking on the inside. Well panicking more than what was showing on the outside.

"Ok, that's enough of that. We're here" said Aizawa

That man, ruining my fun like this and by the look on his face he knew exactly wat he was doing.

I moved away from the main body of the class and pretended to go to the observation room to the side of the USJ. From there it would be a simple matter to monitor the events in the dome.

Class 1-A moved inside the large domed structure that was the USJ. Even so, they were only half paying attention to what 13 was telling them. The other half of their mind was occupied with the revelation that one of their classmates was the brother of the most powerful hero student ever.

There was not a single person in the country that didn't know about the famed Rikudou. The kid who entered UA at 14 and graduated at 15 all the while taking a place at All Might's side as his heir presumptive.

After the regular spiel from 13 about the dangers of their powers they were led inside.

Aizawa was standing next to one of the pillars near the entrance on guard for any suspicious activity.

He knew that Madara was doing the same from the observation room, but it never hurt to have more eyes on the job.

Just then the lights flickered, and the fountain began to misfire. Aizawa was instantly on high alert.

A pool of darkness seemingly appeared in front of the fountain and expanded. People began to exit the darkness

"Everyone back! Those are villains" said Aizawa as he wepared himself for battle

The students seemed frightened by his statement

"How were they able to get here" asked Kirishima somewhat rhetorically

"Sensei, what about the trespassing sensors, why aren't they activating?" asked Yayorozou

"They must have some kind of quirk that's blocking them from activating" said 13

"Or they have a skilled hacker on their side" commented Izuku

The other students turned to look at him in surprise and Izuku blushed at the attention

"Kaminari, see if you can reach anyone outside" ordered Aizawa

"No sensei, I can't reach anyone" said Kaminari

"That settles it. This is the work of a quirk. 13 take the students away and keep them safe" ordered Aizawa as he prepared himself for battle

"Wait! Sensei, you can't seriously think that you can win against all of them. You'll die of exhaustion" said Izuku

Aizawa didn't refute that. Izuku Midoriya knew his fighting style and his body's limitation and he was correct. In a straight fight against that many opponents, he would lose by exhausting himself against the villains.

"Don't worry Midoriya, this is just a delaying action. The main event is yet to come" said Aizawa

As if in response to his words a devastating boom was heard from the outside and the ground shook

"Is that All Might?" asked Kirishima

Most students tended to agree with their classmate's semi-rhetorical question, but a few knew better. Another boom and the doors were blasted inwards by the body of a monstrous villain with pitch black skin and a bird like grinning face.

The villain flipped and landed on his feet at the base of the stairs. As soon as he came to a stop a blue streak shot forth from the dust that appeared in the wake of the villains' encounter with the doors and rewarded said villain with a sword through his mouth and head. So great was the force the sword was thrown with that the villain found himself nailed to the ground with the sword sticking upwards from his mouth like some sort of perverted mockery of Excalibur's legend.

"What manner of mongrel dares attack this school?" came a voice from the now settling dust

The students turned their eyes to look at the new arrival and what they saw rooted them to the ground.

Coming out of the smoke dressed in pristine black and red armor was by all intents and purposes an Izuku Midoriya look alike. However, in their hearths the students knew that was false. This was not their shy green haired classmate. If you ignored the superficial, the differences were clear.

Shorter hair and narrowed glowing green eyes that were looking at the villains before them with contempt. The figure before them was an impressive site to behold as he walked forward weathered in blue lightning and outputting enough pressure to be felt across the entirety of the USJ.

Rikudou had arrived.

I had barely arrived in the control room when the monitors flickered off and the power cut out to the cameras inside the USJ. I had hoped to see at least a bit of the students' capabilities and in all honestly the villains should have done the same.

This means that the leader of the villains was impatient or a risk taker. Witch one it was is still to be determined.

I dropped the henge and flooded my body with lightning natured chakra. I did not activate my now completed Lightning Style: Lightning chakra armor because like it or not it's a power hog and I most often than not have other means of dealing with my enemies. This being said, it's not like my base speed is anything to be ashamed of, it's just not at the ludicrous level of the speed I have when using the Lighting Chakra Armor.

Iran to the entrance and just as I reached it, my instincts screamed at me to doge. I dodged, barely, and the punch that was meant to take me out buried itself into the ground with a resounding boom. I backflipped away from the being who attacked me.

"I see, so the villains designed to send someone to guard the entrance while the main group takes care of the students. A pity that I was the one sent to reinforce them"

I ducked under another punch and kicked out at the villain's midsection. The kick was too fast for the villain to react and the power behind it was enough to send it crashing through the doors of USJ and into the large square in the middle of the structure. Strange, the kick had enough power behind it to turn All Might's insides to mush and yet the villain appeared to be able to recover. I drew my sword, charged it with lightning natured chakra and flung it at the enemy. It became a streak of blue light as it raced to its target and ended up embedding itself into the villain's skull through his mouth, nailing the villain to the floor behind him.

I surveyed the area as I exited the dust cloud

"What manner of mongrel dares attack this school?"

I came to a stop at the tip of the stairs and crossed my arms as looked at the impudent rabble bellow.

One of the villains with whitish blue hair and hands stuck on his body began to scratch his neck intensely.

"Nomu" he said

My advanced hearing could make out what he was saying despite the distance.

As soon as he said that the villain that I had just killed brought his hand up and grasped the handle of the sword I had thrown into his mouth and pulled it out. I couldn't help but be slightly repulsed by the sight. What manner of creature was that? No human could have survive having their brainstem destroyed. The creature returned to its master's side and stood alongside another creature, presumably of the same origin as itself.

This being said, I couldn't help but feel that this other creature is much more powerful than it's sibling creation. It is clear, this is no mere attack but the opening shot of a much greater war.

"Villains, identify yourself and your intentions and I may yet consider your pleas for mercy" I declared loudly

The villains looked up at me startled and I flashed my Sharingan on. At the sight of these eyes most of the villains began to take a step back and avert their eyes, having heard of my hypnotic powers.

Suddenly before me a black abyss appeared in the shape of a drain and out of this abyss two glowing yellow eyes appeared.

"We are the League of Villains. Our mission here is to ensure that this location is All Might's grave. have to say, I didn't think that the famed Rikudou himSelf would come to the children's rescue. It seems that All Might has failed in his task as the Symbol of Peace" said the owner of the eyes in the darkness

I raised an eyebrow. Is this it? No idealistic speech about what's wrong with society and other such acts of theater? Well then, this is interesting.

"Interesting, you group is clearly a new one or I would have heard of a quirk like yours being used for villainous acts. The question remains, will you come quietly, or must I use force to make you" I said

The eyes narrowed and as he began to speak again I made my move. In an instant I was in front of him and my Sharingan bore into his yellow eyes

"I-Impossible!"

"Sharingan: Genjutsu"

"Kurogiri!" yelled the hands guy

His body instantly formed and I grabbed the villain by his now exposed metallic collar

"H-How?" he asked as he tried futilely to rid himself of the bonds of the genjutsu I had him placed under

"Wouldn't you like to know, now I'll be taking all the info that's in that little head of yours. Try not to resist, it would make this whole ordeal go quicker" I said as my Sharingan glowed brightly and the tomoe began to spin

I felt his, no its mind resisting my intrusion but it was futile. I broke through its meager defenses and began extracting its memories. I doubt that I could have used this method on anyone capable of wielding chakra even at a most basic level.

"Nomu kill him!" scream the hands guy

Even though I was looking into the eyes of my target as I was rummaging through its surprisingly empty mind my Sharingan could detect the beam of energy that was hurtling towards me, having been fired by the other creature. Breaking my mental connection with the one now identified as Kurogiri, I threw my captive into the nearby lake.

This would more than likely lead to his escape and if not then he will drown. I can't be too careless with the lives of villains, especially not when there are impressionable children behind me. If I did then the media and the hero commission would raise a fuss and give me more headaches than a teleporting villain, and yes pun intended.

Reaching into my pouch I withdrew seven pre-prepared fuinjutsu talismans and threw them between myself and the beam. Now, I wouldn't normally use an untested technique like this, but I can't dodge the beam or else it would hit the group of students behind me that were busy evacuating.

"Fuinjutsu Barrier style: Rho Aias!" | said as I thrust my hand forward

I maneuvered the talismans in place with chakra strings and activated the seal. From each talisman a blue sealing circle spun into existence and from each circle a single line was sent to the origin, in this case my palm, where another bigger circle spun into existence. Just as the beam reached me, seven concave golden layers of chakra appeared before me, each bearing the fuinjutsu of the seal tag that spawned it.

The beam stuck the next moment and its force was so great that it sent me skidding back towards the group of frightened students. I reinforced my feet with chakra and used chakra's suction proprieties to stick to the ground but even so the pressure was so immense that it cracked the ground beneath my feet. The first layer failed the very next moment, sending a shockwave through the air behind me. I could hear the screams of the students as the harsh winds buffed against them, forcing them to take cover behind the cupola provided by my shield.

The second layer broke and the beam showed no signs of stopping if nothing else it seemingly increased in power. The power burst was enough to shatter the third barrier.

I clenched my fist as I focused more chakra into the barrier, doing my best to keep the beam at bay!I had more than half of the original barrier's total layers, so I wasn't too worried.

The fourth barrier broke just as the beam shut down. I kept the shield up for a few moments as I surveyed the enemy. They seemed shocked at my survival.

"Ni-san!" yelled Izuku as he tried to get to me

"I'm ok, Izuku. Rho Aias has proven effective" I said as I allowed the remaining three layers to dispel and the remaining three tags that didn't shatter burned up as the fuinjutsu that was maintaining them was dispelled

"You, You CHEATER!" yelled the hands guy

He seemed to be scratching his neck furiously and I'm sure that his eyes were gleaming with madness behind that severed hand that covered his face.

Now that I'm thinking about it... disgusting, absolutely disgusting.

"Tomura Shigaraki, calm yourself" said Kurogiri

That seemed to snap the now named Shigaraki out of his scratching frenzy

"You... if you weren't out warp gate, I would have turned you to dust Kurogiri! That man, he lied to me. That energy beam the Nomu fired should have destroyed All Might in one shot!" yelled

Shigaraki

The students heard this and looked at me in shock.

"Hm, a most accurate assessment. If it was able to hit All Might it would have indeed been enough to kill him" I said win a low tone

I was heard by the class behind be. I think that some are crying.

"Ni-san..." I heard behind me

Iturned just enough to get a look at the kids with the corner of my eyes. Their faces told me all that was needed to.

"Don't worry, everything will be all right, why?"

Their eyes widened and I swear that Izuku was crying

"Because /AM HERE" I roared

My chakra surged, cracking the ground even more than it already was, as the familiar feel of lighting covered me in a storm of blue arcs signaling the activation of the famed Lightning Style Chakra Armor.

I didn't need to look back to know that every single student gave off a relieved breath of relief at my words.

For the villains, this was probably their worst nightmare as they all were preparing to flee and even Shigaraki took a step back in fright.

I withdrew four kunai from my pouch that had special sealing tags attached to the end. With a flick of my wrist they were imbedded into the four corners of the plateau we were standing in.

"Izuku, do you have the distributor seal on you?" | asked

"Huh? Ah, that y-yes, I have it" said Izuku as he took out a small piece of paper with the seal

"Good, I need you to protect your classmates with this barrier" I said motioning at the four kunai with tags at the end

All the color drained from Izuku's face

"Ni-san, I-I can't- "began Izuku but I cut him off

"I'll erect the barrier, however I need you to maintain it" I said

I didn't have much time for talk. I needed to go and now

"Rikudou, we can't keep them here" said Aizawa looking worried

"Here is the safest place for them. The barrier will hold against anything other than that warp guy or the two creatures. If I was ambushed outside, what's to say that there won't be other traps" I cut him off

The man gave me a reluctant nod.

I began my hand seals

"Fuinjutsu Barrier Style: Heavenly Four Wind

Rotation"

Behind me Izuku was awkwardly folding his hand into seals as he slapped his hand on the small seal on the ground.

From each of the sealing tags on the kunai a blue fuinjutsu circle once again spun into existence.

From there lines were drawn between them and the small green circle that spun into existence from Izuku's seal. Once connected a greater circle spun into existence and the barrier sprung into existence as a thin but deadly layer of wind blades circling at close to Mach 10.

Once that was done I sprang into action, the ground cracking even more as I shot forward and down the stairs, appearing to be a blue blur to all who saw me.

"RUN!" yelled the villains, but they were too slow

On the way down I retrieved my once discarded sword. slowed down just enough to once again be visible and not kill anyone with my punches.

This being said, while I might have lost the blue streak, my chakra saturated sword did not. As I swung it a blue hue was constantly emitted, making my swordsmanship something to behold as my lighting coated saber sliced through various appendages of the villains. Nothing truly crippling, they might not be able to use their quirk after this, but then again they wouldn't have been allowed to regardless. After I was done incapacitating their quirks, I used the lightning that my armor gave of as a short-range stunner. That way didn't need to get close to them and try to punch them.

"Nomu!" yelled Shigaraki

Looking at him, I saw that the first creature was nowhere to be seen. My instinct screamed at me, but in the position I was I in couldn't dodge and thusly I could only block. I put my faith in my technique and took the blow from the Nomu head on.

Because I was off balance I was thrown back and ended up skidding across the lake. Suckers, I can walk on water.

'Water style: Water Dragon Bullet'

As soon as I finished the hand seals, three great water dragons shot up from the lake and let loose a most terrible roar. I rode on the head of the third dragon and finishing another stet of hand seals the water sparked as lighting natured chakra coursed through it.

'Lightning style: Spider Web'

The villains that were hiding in the water were knocked unconscious and some might have drowned….. let's not dwell on that.

The two dragons in front crashed into the central plaza and managed to wipe off most of the villains and the muscled Nomu. Shigaraki and Kurogiri were saved by a shield erected by the apparently catatonic Nomu that fired that beam at me at the beginning of our fight.

'Fire style: Great Fireball'

I jumped off the dragon as I took a dep breath and spat out a fireball the size of a small house at the shield.

My remaining water dragon was headed to another open zone to stun the villains there and prevent their escape. Meanwhile I had to deal with the Nomu.

As I was falling I put my hand up and

As I was falling I put my hand up and used one of the most iconic techniques in my arsenal.

"RASENGAN!" I roared as a giant spinning ball of blue chakra roared into existence in my palm

The rasengan was easily bigger than me, but I did not care as I brought it down on the head of the poor Nomu

"Burst!" I roared

The ball ballooned and shot out of my hand with tremendous force carving a trench though the ground of the US_ and then carving in half the fake mountain of the mudslide zone before finally punching through the dome of the USJ and turning upwards leaving two trails of blue light swirling together in a helix before finally detonating high in the sky with a spectacular explosion.

landed near the base of the stairs and turned to face the remaining enemies.

They weren't looking good. Shigaraki was severely burnt and Kurogiri appeared to have lost quite a bit of his mist. The Nomu on the other hand was still alive and kicking and apparently healing. Good thing that I took out the other one with that much overkill. After all it's impossible to heal from being atonized.

"No, no, no, no, no, NO, NO! I REFUZE TO ACCEP GAME OVER! YOU CHEATER! The final boss was supposed to appear at the end, not at the beginning!" yelled Shigaraki

"We must withdraw Shigaraki Tomura. We cannot defeat him and the Nomu can't even match him.

We have lost" said Kurogiri

"Perhaps, but we can make sure that he doesn't win" said Shigaraki now unexpectedly calm

I could see a maniacal grin forming behind his face hand that put me instantly on guard

"You aren't doing any of that" came Aizawa's voice

His capture weapon warped tightly around the two of them and his quirk was active. That meant no warping for Kurogiri and if what |learned from him is correct then no decay for Shigaraki. Still Shigaraki's grin didn't abate

"Eraser, cover their mouths" I yelled

"Nomu kill everyone" ordered Shigaraki

The creature screeched and let loose a burst of power that knocked Aizawa back, forcing him to blink. That fraction of a second was all it took and Kurogiri and Shigaraki warped away.

"Eraser!" I roared again

"Eraser!" I roared again

"It's not working!" Aizawa yelled back

The barrier against the creature was apparently capable of mitigating Aizawa's quirk then.

Intriguing.

I looked at the screeching creature and my

Sharingan detected what could only be described as an immense power accumulating where it's heart should be. My eyes widened in understanding as the creature let loose a shockwave like barrier.

I dashed to Aizawa and used my body to shield him, allowing my Lightning Chakra Armor and actual armor take the blow. Still it was powerful enough to disrupt my armor's circuits and shut down my shield.

Looking back I saw it priming what could only be described as some sort of energy breath, most likely the same attack I blocked earlier. As it did so, the curious looking cylindrical things lining it's back and hands depressed into its flesh making the creature's muscles balloon up. With my Sharingan I could see the power coursing through its veins suddenly increase tenfold and become something extremely unstable. It wouldn't be wrong for me to say that the creature had somehow tapped into the hidden power of the eight gates and this is some sort of artificial method of extracting said power, though at a terrible cost.

"Eraser, that thing's going kamikaze and plans to take us out with it. Retreat to the shield dome if it's still up, if not take the kids and go as far as you can" I said

"What about you, Rikudou" he asked

A stupid pointless question, Aizawa

"Don't you know that already? I am here, after all" I said back with a grin

Aizawa held my Sharingan gaze for a moment before breaking out in a sprint up the stairs.

I turned my eyes back on the monster in front of me. Fuck it, won't let some third-rate science experiment kill me.

Lightning swirled around my arm as I drew it back and consolidated in my hand as a spear

"Lightning style: Lightning Spear"

I threw the spear at the Nomu, though this only seemed to enrage it as it engaged once again it's barrier.

The lightning spear crashed against the barrier and for a moment it seemed to work, but suddenly the barrier began spinning and the spear skipped on the now uneven surface and landed in the fire zone, making a giant hole in the dome cover, allowing villains and fire to escape.

"Fuck this, Earth style: Cataclysmic Quake!" I roared

I slapped my hands on the ground as I finished my hand seals and flared my chakra.

I slapped my hands on the ground as I finished my hand seals and flared my chakra.

The ground trembled as it cracked under the immense forces I was putting upon it. The grounds of the US ruptured as if they were great tectonic plates. The fissures didn't only remain on the ground. The massive dome that covered the arena split and tore asunder with massive chunks of concrete and metal falling from the sky. The small-time villains that were still conscious and alive on the ground bellow huddled together in fear of the might before them. The lake of the shipwreck zone cracked and spilled its water and the resulting flood engulfed the storm dome knocking down buildings and crushing villains in the debris.

I stopped the jutsu and stood back up. I calmed and centered myself. This fight has already exhausted almost a quarter of my chakra. Heh, I'm a monster.

I couldn't stop myself from grinning. Never before had I had such a satisfying fight, it's almost a shame it has to end.

"Earth style: Great Bedrock Shut!" I roared

Chakra flared as I held my hands clasped together in the snake seal. The ground trembled once again and moved.

In a seemingly impossible feat the 7 shards of the

USJ moved away from one another crushing all in their path. The news helicopters above me captured this sight, as I would later learn.

I took a deep breath as I ended the technique.

Only a few more to go. By the amount of power the creature is building it's clear that it draws its power from nature energy as well as it's own strength, but even a potent source of power like nature energy is not as plentiful as you may like to believe. Besides, it's difficult to control and that's the opposite of what that creature is doing. By the looks of things, the blast would be quite massive.

I formed the cross seal and 6 shadow clones appeared. They each flickered to one of the remaining 6 shards of what was once the USJ. I can't let these villains die like this, even if it would be infinitely easier to protect just this one shard.

I formed another set of seals along with my clones

"Earth style: Earth Barrier" we called out at once

Alongside the rim of each of our shards great walls of stone rose from the ground to stand against whatever force their maker intended but I knew this would not be enough to weather this storm.

That was why my clones and I stood outside the

walls.

Each of us withdrew seven sealing talismans from our pouches. As the creature reached its critical point we threw the seals in the air and focused our chakra.

"RHO AIAS!" we roared as one

Shimmering blue fuinjutsu circles spun to life around the talismans, connecting the seven to the one in the middle. Once again the seven layered golden barrier sprung to life as the creature detonated

The shockwave was enough to shatter the glass of the main building at UA and do the same for a good number of buildings in the adjacent town.

After that came the omnidirectional energy burst that crashed against the seven shields with seven layers. A portion of that energy shot into the sky as some sort of twisted beacon to all to bear witness, a twisted monument to this battle.

I could feel my reserves drain as I struggled to maintain all seven shields by myself by means of the chakra transferal between myself and my shadow clones.

The first layer broke and lost concentration for a bit, skidding back until my back was firmly pressed against the wall. Soon after the second layer broke and vith it went the wall my back was pressed against.

As I did the first time, I reinforced my feet and stuck myself to the ground with chakra. As soon as I did that the third layer broke.

Whatever that thing did to itself to get this much power was clearly a one trick pony and it wouldn't have been that bad if it wasn't a constant stream of energy that was bombarding my shields. It takes a lot more chakra to constantly reinforce the whole area of the shield as opposed to a single spot of less surface. This was barely going on for 30 seconds and I already burned through half of my remaining chakra.

The fourth layer broke and then the pulse happened, shattering the ground I stood upon by the force it exerted on myself. This in the process broke the fifth layer and with my chakra reserves dwindling I couldn't reinforce the sixth quite enough and it broke as well. I was left with a single barrier between myself, the kids, the other villains and the self-destructing creature.

Just as cracks were beginning to form on the seventh and final layer the energy stopped.

I looked up and saw a charred corpse standing on a solitary pillar of earth a good 50 meters in front of me. Almost as soon as I saw it, it crumbled like dust along with the pillar it was standing on.

I dispelled the barrier and my clones and staggered backwards from the feedback I received.

I remained standing. Even if I have barely a tenth of my original reserve, I cannot allow myself to show any kind of weakness.

looked me at the crater where the central fountain of USJ used to be.

The war has just begun, All For One and I don't intend to lose.

Fuinjutsu Barrier Style: Rho Aias- the golden shield with seven layers said to have an equal defensive power to that of the Triple Rashomon

A/N I felt this chapter was longer than the other ones thank all of y'all for reading my story and pass over the power stones I won't try to become a god with them I promise