Infinite Hero Academia Loops
By
AJ Katon
Disclaimer: This series is not affiliated with the SB Infinite Loop Branches. It is mostly inspired by Innortal. Those hard workers have their own thing and this is mine.
Hero Loop Logs Entry 1
I'm glad that I was able to create this log book. I'm pretty sure even with this I've lost track of how many times reality reset. The first few times were not good on me. Considering how I usually am and suddenly finding myself younger, then All Might back to his Hero Form and being the Symbol of Peace, and finally the Kamino incident happening all over again.
My friends didn't remember. Kacchan didn't remember. Not even All Might and Mom. One for All was gone and with it my Dream of being a Hero. At least until the Sludge Villain incident and I was told that I could be a Hero. Again and Again.
However, no matter how many times my efforts are erased, no matter how many times I watched my friends get hurt, no matter how many different ways that All Might, I won't give up. I will become a great hero and save everyone that I can.
Midoriya "Deku" Izuku
Loop 1
Izuku was ready. The League of Villains had arrived and Kurogiri was about to scatter him and his classmates. All that training was about to pay off.
"MWAHAHAHAHA! DEATH FROM ABOVE!" Mineta basked in his newfound power as he threw his sticky balls into the lake. The foolish villains for hire tried to swim away but there were too many balls. Mineta hadn't even realized he was bleeding now.
"Mineta. You may wanna calm down." Tsuyu said, her expressionless face centered on the back of the last member of their trio. Coincidentally he was also the reason why they hadn't plummeted back into the water yet. "And Midoriya, I thought your Quirk was super strength. Kero.."
"Um, surprise?" Izuku tried to play it off with a smile.
Shame the frog-girl's unflappable face stopped that plan. "Midoriya…"
"Puberty." And wasn't that just the worse answer. "Late Quirk puberty." And trying to use a deeper voice didn't help either.
"Ok I ran outta balls. Get us outta here Midoriya!" Never before had Mineta been a greater savior. Truthfully Mirodriya was still getting used to the flying himself. It was strange. Waking up to find himself with a Quirk. Considering the many, many repeats that featured him back to his usual self with no powers to speak of. The loops were weird.
Pivoting to return to the rest of the class fighting against Kurogiri, Izuku spotted Tenya making his escape and Aizawa being held down by Nomu. It was time to even things up for All Might.
He zoomed in and stopped next to his classmates. WIth a "Sorry, gotta go!", he speed off into the air. He gained some momentum before allowing the green Lightning of One For All to envelop his body. Getting back up to that much power was easier each time.
THrusting a heroic finger at the gaping Shigaraki, he boasted "Now VIllains, taste my Justice!"
Like many things he wished that the Tick hadn't rubbed off on him.
Loop 2
"One. Two. One. Two. One. Two."
Another loop, another clean-up of Dagobah Municipal Beach Park. It had become part of Izuku Midoriya's routine to clean the place up, One for All training or not. The pleasure of seeing the cleaner area and the birthplace of his Heroic journey was reward enough.
"THIS SHALL BE THE START OF OUR NEW EMPIRE!"
Of course. Izuku wasn't pessimistic by nature but even he knew that the random new villains could only come from the universe zeroing to ruin his day.
Turns out they were a machine duo who seem…to be posing as dramatically as possible?
"Look Husband! A welp looking to join our expansion of the Robot Alliance!" Pointed out a feminine figure with one glowing eye. Her slick and squarish design made him think of a robot. But there weren't any robot based villains during this time.
Her counterpart had no eyes. Just a visor that glowed hot pink. "I see him Wife. Let us capture him and begin our fiendish plans!"
Well Izuku wasn't that worried. They didn't seem that strong. He could take ca-
Then both pressed a button. This summoned a rolling tank out of the bay!?
"Wait! I just cleaned that a day ago!" Izuku's scream of anguish was rolled over by the tank coming for him.
Loop 3
Being a adult was hard. Being an teenager could be argued to be harder.
The hardest was someone who had been working with UA as head of a major company and trying to discover new ways to help heroes and law enforcement. Izuku paused on that thought, the slip of paper concerning business transactions all but filled out before him.
Considering he was sitting in a cushiony velvet chair in front of a wooden business desk in his studio tower of nine stories tall, he had much time to think on such loop had thrown off his sense of time. Not only was he only a couple of years younger than All Might, it would seem that his Father had helped fast track him into the world of business. And now he was doing a job that didn't involve much in the way of punching evil doers like he would usually take during loops.
However he was helping people all the same and that was good.
AWOOGA! AWOOGA!
Izuku almost fell out out his chair. Slamming a button on his desk, a view screen appeared. "What's going on?!
"It's a Code Mei! Code Mei!"
Izuku was glad that his windows included a Code Mei mechanism to open up. The last few times he'd gone through them was ridiculous on the repair bill.
"My Strongest Baby is complete!" Bellowed Mei Hatsume in between her boisterous and, may I say, maniacal laugh
So yes. Izuku Midoriya had helped Mei Hatsume, known Tech girl and crafter of "Exploding Babies" of UA. He had been indebted to the girl for the many times she had upgraded his equipment and battle costume. Plus he did like her inventions despite the few times they tended to go wrong. That false gun she had at the UA Sports Festival along with that backpack was still a wonder to his eyes.
So with all these resources and time on his hands, why not help out the promising mechanic?
Simple really. He forgot to set limits.
"Flip the switch! Let my baby LIVE!" The pink haired mechanic yelled to some other engineers near, shock of all shocks, a giant switch. To which just as Deku arrived, they flipped it.
As the startup of the Giant robot triggered, widespread destruction imminent, Izuku could only think one thing.
I would've liked to have piloted it.
Loop 4
An adult Izuku Midoriya was doing paperwork at UA and sighed. Once more he was an adult but this time, he not only had his flight powers but he also he was a teacher! His memories told him that he had logged in many heroic rescues and a few villain takedowns so for now he was working as a temp assistant teacher.
He signed off another graded homework sheet. The work of a Hero and Teacher was a harsh one indeed. Still the rewards of seeing his old friends training hard and just having fun always brought a smile to his face.
The smile dropped a bit. And of course the troubles of the League of Villains were right around the corner just made them more precious.
"Hey Midoriya," the heavy and loud voice of Present Mic brought his attention away from homework hell,"We're going out for drinks later. You coming?"
"Ah, sure. I just need to finish up a couple of more papers." His answer got a whoop from a Mic and Midnight. Aizawa was gone to his sleeping bag and the other teachers have him an appreciative smile.
Next to him, All-Might in his mighty form asked, "Too much on your on mind Midoriya?"
"Kind of." He replied turning to look the older man in the eye. "I guess I wasn't really sure what to expect when i accepted the job here."
THe Symbol of Peace gave a mighty laugh. "Believe it or not, I'm still under the same problem. Teaching is hard!"
Deku had an idea why. He and Katsuki were pretty big problem children the first time around. He only hoped that his former rival and friend had finally calmed down a peg with him not around. Probably not though.
Sliding the last paper away, he stood and stretched. The satisfying creaks bringing him back to life. Smiling at his fellow teacher, Deku thrust a hand to him, "Well I better get going. Will we see you at the bar?"
"Unfortunately I'll be studying a bit more at more." All-Might apologized while shaking the hand, "Also I do not drink!"
Seeing the No.1 Hero rub the back of his head was a surreal image.
Deku walked away to get his coat and other items. "Well neither do I really but it is fun hanging out with everyone. I hope to see you there sometime."
And he did. Someday, there would be days of just normal times without much villain attacks. Or at least less attacks on UA. And he would help to ensure that.
Plus he heard from past loops that All Might was a funny drunk. The fanboy in him had to see that.
Loop 5
Deku watched the girl from the side.
Inwardly he was giddy. Heck he was so happy it was kinda hard to keep his serious face intact.
He was no longer the sole person in these loops. Granted that probably wasn't something to be truly happy about but the sheer fact that he wasn't alone anymore managed to drown out such thoughts. But that also meant she was a newbie to everything now and was bound to make some mistakes as she tried to re-create events from the main timeline. And that's why he was here.
Izuku watched closely. She was getting better at the basics of fighting. She managed to keep her feet a good distance apart and hadn't fallen over herself. He wasn't sure why she would but considering the second time they met before the loops, it paid to be ready.
Not like he had a lot of ground to stand on. He was a punching and sometimes kicking man, not a martial arts nut. Even if he did spend some loops with that Archaeologist version of and his niece.
Anyway. If Mei Hatsume was going to step up to the front lines or just be safe in this Looping Insanity, some self-defense was literally better than nothing.
But then she pulled out a gadget. Deku blinked. "Mei what is that?"
"Smoke Bomb!" The next movement was obvious.
Izuku sighed as the strangely strawberry smoke overcame him. With a bit of Full Cowl and a swipe of his hand, the smoke is gone. And Mei had disappeared.
"Looks like its hide and seek again." So saying, he began to walk. Mei's lesson was over after all.
Loop 6
Class 1-A knew that their classmates were weird. Heck the teachers were weird. But that didn't mean there was a short of surprises like Sato being a pretty good baker or Mineta being smart. Things however had taken a different turn when it came to one Izuku Midoriya.
Despite his cinnamon roll/Madman status, it was hard to deny Midoriya was a weird nerd. But now that he came with lawyer suit, a briefcase, and a graph sheet? It was getting to be a bit much.
"So you see ," Izuku tapped his graph with an All Might style pointer. The graph showed a drawing of Endeavor on one side with Shoto on the other. There were more details under Shoto's as well as spin offs and small paragraph. "While the usage of just your ice quirk has more constructive uses and less collateral damage, utilizing both sides your full quirk name is the final way to beating Mr. Endeavor as a Hero."
Shoto just kept silent. He also continued to glare. But those infernal glasses hid Midoriya's eyes.
Taking the silence for him to continue, Izuku took his pointer and gestured to his graphs and charts. There was even a childish picture of a smiling and happy Todoroki wrapped in a hug by their classmates (generously given by Eri). He was going to convince Shoto that accepting his quirk as his and not his Father's. This time with less messing up his hands.
He learned eventually that hurting yourself to prove a point wasn't always necessary.
Loop 7
"...And that's what I know about the loops." Izuku said before popping a rice ball in his mouth.
Time had come back to the first hero vs villain battle between Izuku and Bakugou but as the One for All user was about to do things close to the same as regular Bakugou flipped the script, as he want do. Of course charging at Izuku screaming what did he do and such, though with more curses would do that.
Izuku had promised to explain things after the match but things got more complicated when Ida and Ochaco revealed that they remembered things as well. To top it off, All Might had asked them to report to him after the class.
Nothing else was said even as he reverted to his Toshinori form.
All were dead silent as they tried to digest the fact that existence was broken and that time was resetting over and over. Ochacho was gobsmacked while Ida tried to robot chopping movements to center his mind.
"Who the f%&k screwed up reality that bad?" Asked Bakugou.
"I don't know."
"Young Midoriya," Toshinori spoke up, "Just how long have you been doing this?"
"I kept some logs for the first few times. It wasn't easy since my stuff would disappear with each repeat.
"As for right now, I don't get a lot of chances to explain things since without proof, everyone assumed I had a mind reading or clairvoyance Quirk. I go with the clairvoyance so I can bring Eri here early. Or when I wanted a quieter loop and would forestall the League of Evil's plans."
Deku blinked and snapped his fingers. "Oh that reminds me."
He pulled a device from his pocket. With a tap, a holographic picture of a certain pink haired mechanic appeared, shocking the group.
"Mei Hatsume knows?! Before us?!" Ida bellowed with hand gestures. Beside him Uraraka had a complicated expression on her face.
Izuku blushed and started stammering. There was a thing and she started looping like me. It just kinda happened. I was told by that it would happen gradually but I did think you guys or at least All Might would awaken first."
The rest nodded. That sounded about right.
Back to the hologram, the aforementioned Mei was busy at work on something but perked up as if something caught her eye. Removing her helmet, she greeted Izuku with her usual smile. "Hey Master. Did you need something?"
Cue massive stare.
Deku braved it all, burning cheeks not withstanding. "Mei, we've got some new loopers."
Mei swiveled around and looked at the kids and one adult in one shot. "Wow! I think I know these guys. Oh! Hi small All Might-Sensei."
"Small?" The teacher waved.
"So Master," Izuku really wished she would stop that, "how much are you gonna show them? You already gave the broken verse speech right?"
"Yes. I think we can show a bit more today. Why do you ask?"
"Well~," the musical way she said that made Ida and Izuku himself, flinch. "Since they're gonna be our new buddies in the loops, I can show off our baby!"
Silence. Ochaco could feel the desk she was gripping start to creak and break. Bakugou felt a powerful irritation building in his chest.
The has crashed. Reboot?
"Wait which one?" Asked Deku.
He doesn't even deny it!?
Loop 8
"Target number 3. Shigaraki Tomura." Announced the boy called Deku.
The identified Leader of the villains laid a bored eye on the kid. He was looking for a lamb to sacrifice to get some hits on UA and if this kid wants to do it why not?
Wait, when did the kid get sunglasses?
"We've been looking for you for some time now." Somehow the sunglasses seemed to shine with an unholy light. The kid lifted an arm and shouted, "Twinkle! My Beauty Bag."
A bag sailed through the air and landed in Izuku's hand. Out in the distance, a magnificent cape billowed in the wind. A large twinkle shining bright before the figure disappeared.
Opening the bag with the flourish of a stage magician and twice as hammy, the One for All User unveiled gloves, a rack of diverse beauty products, and a comb/brush combo.
"And now..." Green lightning burst around him. His corona of power was enough to make many of the villains start wondering if they had made a mistake. Then he started flying and they knew they had made a mistake.
"I. Shall. Make. You. Beautiful."
Loop 9
Deku couldn't look away.
Outside the window was black. Sheer total black sky as far as he could see. He would swear that he saw a twinkle of a star some distance away but that didn't matter. That couldn't keep the wide and amazed smile of his face.
"I'm in space." He whispered laying a hand on the window.
"First time, son?"
Izuku turned to see a curly haired man in a yellow and black uniform, similar to the one he wore. Izuku snapped to attention amd saluted.
"It's alright kid. We're not on duty yet." The man stepped next to Izuku. "Enjoying the view?"
"Yes, sir. It's just even with going to the Academy I never really braced myself for the real thing. The simulators don't do it justice."
The Chief nodded. "New recruits always get like that on the first voyage. You'll be seeing a lot of the black at the station but you would've had better luck seeing the stars on a voyage vessel."
"I guess but well." Izuku slowed down to gather his thoughts, "Anywhere is fine for me if I can help. Maybe next time, Sir."
"Suit yourself. Name's Miles O'Brien by the way."
"Izuku Midoriya." Something was coming up on the view. A large station that could use some repair.
"Welcome to Deep Space Nine."
AN: Ok. That's it for now. As I said, I'm not involved with the larger Infinite Loops. This is mostly for fun and some more writing practice. This will also be the only writer's note.
I think I may stick to Nine loops a chapter and will endeavor to update this when I can.
Lastly I wanted to keep this first chap to the main MHA world with some variations. The last loop, just like arriving at the aforementioned station, was a signal/starter to more fused loops to come.
This chapter was also late since I didn't want to phone post it and spell check is kinda bad on a phone.