The Assault
"I still don't understand how you got this info," Eraser Head sighs.
Midnight lies with a smile, "Oh I just overheard some villians talking."
Eraser Head shrugs, "Well whatever."
Eraser Head speaks into an earpiece from the roof he's on with Midnight, "All Might, is everything ready?"
All Might sits in the area where the fake target was said to be, an open parking lot in the slums as he replies through his ear piece in his Muscle form, "Yes. I'm ready whenever they arrive."
Eraser Head and Midnight watch from a distance, waiting for the moment to strike. Waiting to end...
The Leauge of Villians.
"This is a bad idea," Vamp sighs, "At least let me help you."
"Vamp no," Richard replies as he puts his mask on, "This is my chance. Imagine, all eyes on the assault. The media watches and sees me attack. They'll never hate me again. It will be the final blow against heroes and villians alike if Purity, who they know is 15, deals the final blow. They'll all finally listen. They'll finally listen."
Richard chuckles hysterically, madness in his eyes that even Vamp sees.
"You're still sick," Vamp pleads, "Don't do this."
Richard shakes his head, "We can keep kids safe Vamp. This is my one chance. OK? Just, let me have this one."
Now, Vamp has made a lot of progress with her own mental state, but not quite enough to see just how broken, how unstable, her brother is, so she nods and replies, "OK. I trust you bro."
"I'll be home soon," Richard smiles, "Love you sis."
With that Richard leaves towards the ghetto, as the Leauge sends Dobi to the location...
Dobi arrives via a warp, which is just as the heroes have planned for. All for One turns on a tracker in his earpiece as he tackles Dobi back through the warp, arriving in the bar, ready for a fight.
"He's downtown!" Midnight exclaims checking her phone to see the location of the tracker, "Let's go!"
As Midnight and Eraser Head head towards the base, Richard sits on the roof of the abandoned building, waiting, listening in as he climbs down next to a window to see All Might fighting off members of the Leauge, sirens in the distance as police and other heroes arrive.
"Richard you have to act now!" Purity exclaims.
Richard nods and climbs in, blasting the Leauge, much to everyone's surprise. He however, stops at Dobi.
"Don't hurt a child," he mutters, "Never hurt a child."
"Purity!" All Might exclaims turning to face the young vigilante, ready for a fight. Richard returns in kind until suddenly...
"Fools," he chuckles as the grey warps bring everyone to the desolate arena.
There he stands, All for One, menacingly looming, glaring at Purity as a spotlight from a news copter shines down...
"Guys are you seeing this!?!" Deku demands.
"Why won't Richard reply!?!" Tenya demands in the group call as they all watch.
Asui remains silent, knowing full well the truth, but finally manages to think of something to say, "Let's watch huh? All Might is in danger and Purity is there too. This is not going to end well."
The news anchor from the chopper, speaks, "The hero All Might and people's hero Purity appear to be under attack by some immensely powerful villian! We don't know-"
All for One laughs, "Them or me All Might? Choose."
Before All Might can attack, All for One blasts the chopper out of the sky, sending it into a free fall with a ball of fire.
"Young Purity let us call a truce and save them!" All Might pleads.
"Not kids then not my problem!" Richard exclaims, "You save them! I'll handle this!"
All Might is baffled by this. So anyone who isn't a kid doesn't matter? Do parents who are good not matter? Do people who just turned 18 not matter? All human life matters, and this logic is so backwards and twisted, the only response All Might can offer is to catch the falling chopper.
"We could've been allies," All for One laughs.
"We are nothing," Richard glares, "And I'm going to end this, right here, right now."
Richard begins to charge an attack, Pure Light.
"In one blow," he growls, blood dripping from his mouth as he strains his quirk.
"Yeah cause that's all ya got," Purity reminds.
"A blast?" All for One chuckles, "Very well. Let's see it."
All for One combines countless projectile quirks into his palm to counter, as Richard puts every bit of energy he has into this attack, screaming as he fires a massive beam of light, "Purest Radiance!"
"Die," All for One replies, countering with a black and grey beam of energy. The two clash, Richard is physically pushed back by the counter, and feels his legs giving out as he falls to one knee.
"Protect," he growls, pulling on his last reserves, turning the sky bright as day with his light. Yet even with every bit he has in one attack, he is a first year, with no training of his quirk from the Summer Camp, no formal practice prior to the academy, is severely injured and ill, and frankly, no where near the power of All for One. While he puts everything into this grand attack, All for One puts in... there is effort, and All for One is at least impressed by that, but compared to the massive power of All for One, Richard is still a student, and Todoroki, Bakugo, or Deku, the big three of 1-A, would stand an even meager chance against All for One, but Richard? Not a snowball's chance in Hell. Then why fight? Because he has to. He knows, just as All Might is a symbol, he is too. A symbol of hope. A symbol of the children. He is the one who keeps kids safe. It is his duty. It is his purpose. Despite how twisted and toxic this goal has become, his intentions remain good. Therefore he must fight. Even if he will lose. Even if...
He will die here...
Richard's strength gives out. He supports himself on one knee with his arm. He can't keep going. All for One laughs, and prepares the killing blow with his mesh of projectile quirks.
"Die," he glares.
Richard can't die here. Won't die here. With the last of his power, he creates a flashbang effect, allowing him to hide and watch as the villian is blinded.
After that, in all honesty, All Might returns, and, in almost the exact same way as it did from when Bakugo was rescued onward, the fight is the same. That is until All for One falls. Just after All Might gasps out, "It's your turn," is when Richard crawls out of his hiding place, exhaustion in his eyes. He coughs up blood, wipes it, and claps slowly as he approaches.
"There we have it everyone," he smirks, "All Might and All for One fall, an eye for an eye against good and evil."
All Might glares, powerless to act as the reporter continues to record the scene. Richard offers All Might a handshake, much to the hero's surpise.
"Allow me to be clear before we continue," he explains, "I bare you no ill will All Might. Even if I could not give a flying fuck about anyone over 21, you do. I respect that. Even if it's in areas I don't give a shit about, you've done so much good for the world. Despite my personal views, I look up to you. I respect you. I appreciate you."
All Might, knowing trying to apprehend him is pointless, merely smiles and shakes the kid's hand, but pleads, "Then stop. Purity, you're 15. You don't have to do this."
Richard shakes his head, and explains, "It's my life, one and only."
Richard sighs and turns to the camera, "We have reached a crossroads gentlemen, and we have a choice to make. The time has come to turn our attention towards children. All Might has done good, but he blinded us with false security. This may have been best at the time but times are changing. I, Purity, regret to inform you all of the truth. The truth is..."
Richard sighs and takes a deep breath, "U.A. academy is impure."
It's then. It's then it all clicks for Deku. He hates heroes. He hates child abuse. Uses only his left hand. Has a fixation on purity. What Asui has been hiding...
Deku opens a seperate chat with just Asui. Richard flees the scene before the other pro heroes arrive.
"Asui," Deku demands, "I need the truth."
"What do you mean?" Asui inquires.
"Richard," Deku demands, "He's Purity isn't he?..."
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