MHA: Harder Better Faster Stronger

I waited.

One second. Two.

Then—

"DRIVE! DRIVE! DRIVE! DRIVE! DRIVE!"

My Stand met him halfway. Elbow to the jaw, knee to the gut, palm strike to the throat, all in one breath. Nomu reeled, staggered back, but didn't drop.

Thirteen turned sharply. "Iida, they've blocked communications. You're the fastest one here. Get outside and contact the principal. We'll hold them off."

"Understood!" Iida said, already shifting into sprint position. "Leave it to me!"

Kurogiri moved to intercept. "I cannot allow you to bring reinforcements."

"Iida, move!" Thirteen shouted. She activated her Quirk, the wind pulling into the growing vortex as she tried to suck Kurogiri in.

But he warped again disappearing and reappearing next to Shigaraki.

"Block the one with glasses!" Shigaraki snapped from above.

More villains surged forward to cut off Iida's escape, but Shoto stepped in creating an ice wall along the side to block them from reaching him.

Iida sprinted through.

That was all the opening we needed.

Bakugo leapt forward with an explosion. "You bastards picked the wrong class!"

The others moved, too like a wave finally breaking. Kaminari's sparks lit up again. Yaoyorozu created more shields. The whole class launched in together.

Up on the platform, I caught Shigaraki watching me. His twitching had stopped and he looked pissed.

"What kind of Quirk is this?" he hissed. "Why isn't Nomu winning? He's supposed to kill All Might and he can't even take out one damn kid?"

He turned sharply. "Kurogiri. Help him."

Nomu moved again. This time, he wasn't trying to hit me he was trying to tear the whole place down. He hurled debris, smashed walls, kicked up chunks of floor like shrapnel.

I ducked low, weaving between the rubble. That was fine. It gave me more cover and from the outside, nobody would guess how much training I'd done based on my quirk. My body could handle this.

Nomu dug his feet in and came right back, shoulder first trying to bull rush me through sheer mass. Stand sidestepped, landed a blow to the side of his knee, but he didn't flinch. Didn't even slow.

I slipped back two steps, keeping low. His healing was too fast. The only thing I had on him was control.

A portal opened at my side.

I saw the edge of a hand reach through, aiming straight for my neck.

I jumped back. Another portal opened above my head. I barely rolled clear in time.

Then another. And another.

I kept moving. Fast. Low. Unpredictable.

But they were syncing up now each warp more accurate than the last.

only for Nomu to launch a fist the size of a boulder straight for my chest.

Stand caught it just in time arms locking against the blow with a sharp snap of impact.

Even with that block, I stumbled back. I could feel the force shoot down my spine.

I jumped left only for one to open near my ankle. I leapt again and one opened above.

I turned to reposition, but another portal opened directly behind me. That same damn hand lunged out of the mist.

No more dodging.

I gave a sharp command. Stand shot forward and drove its fist into the mist straight into the wrist. A loud crack rang out. I didn't stop to see the damage.

But that's when Nomu came back.

He exploded out of the debris and threw a full punch straight at me.

It tore through my block. I felt something crack in my arm no time to check it. I just had to stay upright. Every part of me screamed to slow down, to breathe, but I couldn't. If I gave them an opening now, it was over.

Stand moved in, but the tag-team kept going. Kurogiri's hand came out of the mist again. They were trying to corner me into it. 

And with one good arm, there wasn't much I could do about it.

Stand dragged me out of range, but I was losing ground. My legs were starting to shake. My breathing was all off. Didn't even realize how hard I was clenching my jaw until it started to ache.

Nomu charged again.

Two punches. Then a third.

Another portal opened beneath me.

Stand reacted in midair, swatting the hand away with a sharp blow. There was a sickening crack, followed by a hiss from the fog.

I twisted hard to dodge the next one, but another portal opened right at my ribs. Then above. Then behind.

I couldn't keep it up.

I'd had enough.

I gave the command. Stand lunged into the mist and grabbed that damn hand. Yanked it straight out of the portal.

Shigaraki didn't expect that. His whole body came through the portal, warped into the open.

Stand slammed him into the ground without hesitation.

One punch—his nose snapped sideways.

Another—blood flew from his mouth.

DRIVE! DRIVE! DRIVE! DRIVE!

By the time it stopped, Shigaraki was slumped. Barely conscious.

Then, right before Stand could land the final blow, a new portal opened behind him. It pulled his body back through the portal.

Coward.

He was out of the fight, but I didn't chase 

I couldn't.

I was already falling apart from everything Nomu had landed.

My right hand was split open—blood running down my knuckles. My left arm was bruised, maybe fractured. I could barely lift it.

I dropped to one knee. as I swap the postion with my stand.

I couldn't breathe properly. My vision swam. My legs shook beneath me.

And Nomu…

Still standing. Still steady. Not a single wound.

Then—

A blur.

Aizawa dropped in hard, landing between us. His scarf lashed forward, wrapping tight around Nomu's torso.

And just like that, Nomu's regeneration stopped.

I saw the difference instantly.

The cuts my Stand left behind didn't close this time.

I forced myself to my feet.

One more shot. Just hold the line.

I raised one hand to my temple. My voice came out rough and low.

Harder. Better. Faster. Stronger… Overdrive.

Everything I had left I threw it in.

My Stand surged.

It hit Nomu again ribs, jaw, side of the face.

I pushed forward. Every hit shook him.

Then—

A shadow dropped from the sky.

"All Might!"

His voice hit like a cannon blast.

"HAVE NO FEAR, STUDENTS.. BECAUSE I AM HERE!"

He crashed down like a meteor, shaking the whole arena. and in a flash, he took out ten villains with before any of them could react.

Up above, I caught Shigaraki sneering. "So he finally showed up…"

"We're leaving. This isn't our battlefield anymore, master," Kurogiri rasped. A new portal opened.

They vanished into it.

Back on the ground, All Might turned toward me.

"You've done enough, young Reiji," he said. "Now… rest."

Then he charged Nomu.

The ground trembled.

Nomu took a step back but it was too late. All Might was already there.

Fists blurred. Blow after blow—relentless, focused, and furious.

And then one final punch.

"TEXAS SMASH!"

Nomu went flying, launched straight through the USJ dome like a cannonball.

And me?

I collapsed.

My knees gave out.

Then everything went black.

[TL:- Hey everyone! I tried writing a fight scene with a Stand, but I kept repeating the word "Stand" a lot because I couldn't come up with a name for it. Do you have any name suggestions? Please let me know!]