Chapter 41

TITLE: End of an era

'Sora…?'

Hana's eyes widened in surprise upon seeing him, wasn't he supposed to be with the heroes by now, how did he appear here, she wondered.

"Sorry for the trouble, Menhera"

AFO apologizes and seconds later, Shigaraki, Kurogiri and the others appear before him.

"Master…"

Seeing AFO, Shigaraki felt disappointed in himself as he had failed him but AFO neither disappointment or anger as he said

"No need to feel bad Tomura, even if you've failed this once, you can still succeed after all you have the league and Menhera here. You have to continue trying, no matter how long it takes keep going until you achieve your dream, use any means possible after all, everything is for your sake"

But soon, BOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!!!

All might appeared! With a punch to AFO but the villain already predicting this, easily blocked the attack though he was pushed a few feet back.

"ALL FOR ONE!!! I'll take EVERYTHING from you today!!"

"Are you going to try killing me again this time?"

AFO wondered as he stared at all might before the two clashed, causing a shockwave that pushed Sora and league behind, though Sora was just letting himself be one with the wind.

"Hah all might, you've grown weak over the years. Do you plan to defeat me with this little strength?"

"I can say the same about you AFO but this time, things will be different, I will not make the same mistake I made 5 years ago, I'll save Menhera and surely put you and the league behind bars"

With that he charged at all might again but the villain immediately uses air blast, thus sending all might crashing into several buildings.

"You okay old man?" Sora asked upon noticing all might's state but AFO was the one to answer him as he said

"Worry not Menhera, it'll take more than that to kill him." Before he redirected his attention to Shigaraki

"Tomura, you and the league must escape with Menhera here. My warping quirk won't work but if I do this"

Immediately a strange like sharp blades form on his fingers before touching Kurogiri causing his quirk to activate as a warp gate formed before them

"Now you must escape"

"But master, leaving you alone will be too dangerous"

"Don't worry about m-"

But before he could complete his statement, all might appeared out of nowhere and charged at him, pushing the villain back. AFO uses air blast and pushes all might slightly back before shouting at Shigaraki

"GO Tomura, you still have many opportunities to grow stronger" and he turned his attention back to all might.

"But…"

"No time to complain now, Shigaraki, AFO said we should leave so we shall get moving" the magician, Mr. Compresso said as he used his quirk on the unconscious Dabi.

Hearing this, Shigaraki nodded a he turned his attention to Menhera, the others followed as they looked at him, readying themselves to capture him. Sora seeing this sighed as he said

"Must we fight?"

He really didn't want to have to fight them as it sounded like too much of a pain but the villains thought otherwise as they engaged him. Toga, Twice and Mr. Compresso lunged at him.

All might seeing this, wanted to try helping him but AFO stopped him in his tracks as he said

"You should focus on me" before they resumed their battle.

While this was happening, the three villains had lunged at Sora but he was easily able to fend off against them as he pushed them back using the wind, not wanting to bother moving his body.

Hana's expression immediately changed upon seeing the villain's attacking Sora, if in the beginning she was scared of AFO, right now she was mad. These villains had to gut to not only capture Sora but now they're attacking him, she couldn't stand still and thus activated her quirk as she rushed to Sora.

AFO feeling someone else's presence immediately frowned as he said

"Haaa… the beauty of youth, sadly I don't want any interruptions to my plan"

Immediately he shot a blast of air at Hana, all might tried to moving to save her but AFO didn't give him the chance, Hana could only watch as the blast headed towards her, she closed her eyes and braced for impact but seconds passed but nothing, her brows trembled slightly before she finally opened her eyes and what met her gaze was Sora.

'Am I dead? Is this what the afterlife feels like?' She wondered upon seeing Sora but he seem to read her mind as he said

"No, this is not the afterlife and you're not dead"

"So this is all real?"

"Yep"

"But how, I clearly saw the blast headed towards me"

"Well I saved you in the split second… darling"

"Huh…?"

Hana's mind tried glossing over the matter but it immediately stopped upon the mention of the last word 'darling'. She short circuited upon hearing those words from Sora's mouth as she asked

"Could you repeat what you just said…?"

"It's a little embarrassing but ok… darling?"

At this point she finally understood what Sora meant as she wanted to ask something but Sora cut her off as he said

"You once told me that you had taken an interest in me and asked me to become your darling but I refused not only because it wasn't reasonable but it also didn't sound right. So let me ask you something Hana Nakamura…" He paused suddenly before continuing

"Will you be my girlfriend?"

Yes at this point, he realized he had slight feelings for her and even if he wasn't yet madly in love, he just knew that as they stayed together, it'll work out, he knew relationships were built with time thus he wasn't worried about not being able to love her enough, no, he knew that he'll be able to give more than enough even if he's lazy sometimes.

"Of course darling!"

Hana answered immediately, she didn't think twice upon hearing his question after all, he was one the one who saved her a few years back and he never looked at her with those 'eyes'

"Haaa…. That was hard" Sora sighed before looking down, their conversation took about 2 minutes so nothing had really changed about the fight except all might being slightly pushed back by AFO, so he said

"Yo all might, we're okay. I'll take care of the villains so you can go all out"

"Thanks young Menhera"

All might wanted to refute but knowing who Sora was he hesitantly agreed, turning his attention back to AFO, all might said

"This is it for you AFO"

AFO looked calm but he panicked slightly upon hearing Sora's words so without a second thought he forcefully activated Magne's quirk, gathering all the villains together then threw them into the warp gate.

"Master…!"

Tomura said out loud upon being dragged into the portal, he was clearly worried about AFO's safety but AFO just smiled as he said

"You have to continue the fight in my stead"

With those words, the villains were teleported away. Sora seeing this smiled slightly as he thought

'Less work for me'

Though he was very strong, it was still stressful carrying Hana especially when she hugged him so tightly, now all he wanted to do was land far away from here and watch the battle which be believed will be worth watching.

With that the clash between the symbol of peace and the symbol of fear continued.

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Moments later,

"UNITED STATES OF SMAAAASHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

All might shouted upon delivering the last punch to AFO which creates a great shockwave and after a while, the dust settled and lying on the ground was AFO beaten and unconscious while above was all might, his arm raised to the sky to show his victory which was also announced by the reporters. With that he transform to his hero form to show he's the symbol of peace and when the chaos had calmed down, he pointed to the camera and said

"You're next"

Seeing this, Sora sighed as the finger was pointed at him, sighing he looked at the sky as he muttered

"Ahh... Still got a long way to go"

This marked the end of all might's era and the beginning of a new one.