Midori The Villain

Summary: Fan Request: This is an AU of my Midori Series. Izumi is saved by All Might, but she is left pondering if being a hero is really the path she's meant to walk. Tired of being the victim she contemplates the words of a stranger who says there's another way to make her dream of going to UA a reality.

Inspired by:

The AMV "BLACKOUT" by xEnmaKozato

The Villain Deku Arc by Calla Draws

Chapter 1: The Corrupted Dream

Izumi wanted to be a hero.

All her life she'd been told it was something unattainable, something out of her reach. Her doctor that made the diagnosis that she was quirkless told her to give up. Her own mother burst into tears and apologized over and over. Her entire class laughed at the notion. Even her best and only friend whom had promised they would become heroes together put her down over and over.

When he found out she put in an application to take the exam at UA high school, a prominent school for heroes, he and the entire class laughed at her. How could a meek quirkless girl like her hope of entering a school for heroes? Was she stupid? Did she have a death wish?

Why are you applying to U.A? You're lower than the rest of these class losers, you're quirkless. What makes you think you can get into a school like that?

Stupid Bakugo

All this time and he still didn't know what he meant to her. As children her and her childhood friend had promised they'd become heroes together. After they found out she was quirkless, however, he'd flat out told her that the promise no longer applied. His opinion of her changed from someone who could walk beside him, to someone he was forced to shelter.

Baka Usagi!

Usagi… the Japanese word for rabbit. It was his personification of her, someone who came off as meek and timid and helpless. In his mind she was his frightened pet rabbit; someone he had to look after and protect. Now that they were growing up he was reaching for the stars and rising to the top. The promise didn't matter to her anymore, she knew she could never be as amazing as him. All she wanted now was to be strong enough to stand on her own two feet. She didn't want to inhibit him, but neither did she want him to leave her behind. She applied to UA for one purpose, and one purpose only. To prove herself.

She wasn't his pet. She wasn't a victim!

"Baka...Go…. Bakago! BAKA BAKA BAKA!" She shouted loving how it echoed down the done as if reaffirming them. She felt empowered and laughed. "Bakago BAKA!"

"A cute little shield…" a dark voice spoke from the shadows silencing her laugh. She whirled around and screamed as the green ooze form surrounded her and shoved down her opened mouth and throat. She struggled against it, trying desperately to move and fight, but her hands slipped through the mucus. The scent of him gagged her senses and she felt her eyes roll up and back as she lost her breath.

"Easy now, it'll only hurt for about 45 seconds… sorry about this cutie, but I never expected HIM to show up in this little town."

Him? She thought absently as she started to lose consciousness and screamed mentally. She wanted so badly to believe she wasn't a victim… and yet here she was about to die at the hands of a disgusting green glob. Maybe Kacchan was right after all. What could a quirkless girl like her do against villains like this?

Help me… She cried and felt the hot tears stream down her face. Someone help me!

Before darkness took her she heard a voice call out to them, and the shadowed figure of the hero she always admired since childhood.

All Might?

She wasnt sure how long she passed out, but once awake again she felt shame and confusion wash over her. Had it all been real? Had she really been attacked? Who saved her?

Her blurry vision focused on the figure in front of her, and she recognized the beaming smile and bulky form almost instantly.

"All Might!"

"Thank Goodness! You passed out, but you seem to be fine now. Not to worry, young lady. Our villain has been apprehended." He produced a large soda bottle with the villain trapped inside. Stunned and star struck Izumi could only stare and flush at him. It was the real deal, it was All Might!

For a few bumbling minutes she was the chaotic fan girl. Ogling, babbling, cradling the notebook that now carried his autograph inside. She promised herself she would cherish it and never let it out of her sight.

"You're welcome, now if you'll excuse me I need to get this villain to the police station." He crouched low bracing to leap up. Izumi lifted her head her mind racing as she didn't want him to leave. She was in front of her favorite hero of all time. The idol she and Bakugo had looked up to since preschool days.

"Wait!" She hesitated only a moment before rushing forward. Her arms stretched out moving to hug him. He leapt, and the force of his take off sent her flying back. She let out a squeak and fell on her ass wincing. She hissed out a breath rubbing her sore behind, glancing up with a pout. "Damn."

Didn't it just figure? She finally met her idol and she spent the entire time in his presence acting like an excited preschooler. No wonder he'd left in a hurry. All Might was a busy man, he couldn't possibly have the time to talk to a pathetic quirkless fan girl with delusions of grandeur.

"Oh well..." She looked back down at the autograph in her hand tears forming. What could he have possibly told her that she didn't already know? That occurrence with the villain had pretty much sealed her fate. "How could I possibly be a hero who saves people when I can't even save myself?"

From the shadows behind her Izumi remained blissfully unaware of the eyes that watched her. Shigaraki Tomura had followed All Might's trail to this pathetic city, had found him in his moment of heroics and watched with disgust. He was such a pretentious man, so full of himself and his ideals that he failed to see the darkness in people's hearts. Even the girl he'd saved now looked on hurt and abandoned because he couldn't spare a few precious moments to ensure her state of mind.

"Humph, heroes are all the same…"

Izumi gasped and jumped at the notebook fell to her feet and she turned around to face the figure in the dark. The boy looked a few years older than her, shrouded in a thick black hoodie and torn jeans. He stepped toward her and she took a few cautious steps away.

He spotted the notebook and crouched lifting it up by his pincher fingers. The notebook opened to its first page, a detail description of Mt. Lady whom she'd witnessed earlier that day.

"Hmmmm? What's this?"

"They're just notes… I… I'm a fan girl." She held out her hands for the notebook but he turned away. "Please give them back to me."

"In a minute…" Making sure he kept at least one finger off each hand he held the notebook more firmly and paged through it. His brows lifted at the details, descriptions, strategies, all in careful neat penmanship. "I heard you said you want to be a hero. Is that why you take notes?"

"Y-Yes…" She swallowed hard, not sure why this young man was making her heart skip and shake.

"You should find a new dream." He slammed the book closed, tempted to disintegrate it between his palms… but felt it would be a waste of good information. "Why would you want to be a hero when there's a better use of your talents?"

"What do you mean?" She nervously played with her fingers, twirling her thumbs over each other and biting her bottom lip.

"You want to help people, don't you?" He handed the book back to her. "Showing off flashy quirks and defeating villains isn't your style. You don't have the power or the confidence for that foolish career."

"I don't know about foolish… but you might be right about it not suiting me." Izumi hung her head and played with the spirals on her notebook. "Still… I've never wanted anything else."

"Be realistic." He turned and stuffed his hands in his hoodie pockets. You should use your observational skills to help those who are really trying to make the world a better place."

"Eh?" He head lifted up and she got a good look at his face. The scarred lips, and wild eyes sent her nerves on overdrive… but there was something in his voice that coaxed her… like a snake with its prey. "You really think a quirkless person like me can make the world a better place?"

"Quirkless?" Something flickered in those wild eyes a moment. His lips twitched then spread into a smile. "That seals it."

"Huh?"

"Nothing." He pulled out a card and held it out to her with his forefingers. "If you really want to go to UA, then look for me here. I know someone who can help you."

"Really?" She took the card and looked down at the address on it. She lifted her eyes back up just in time to watch the young man start walking away. "Wait! What's your name?"

He paused and glanced back at the her. He took stock of this skinny, freckled face girl and couldn't help but smile. He'd enjoy taking this All Might fan girl and warping her into something of his own creation… and wouldn't it be sweet, he wondered, if the very person to destroy All Might was his former fan.

"You can call me Tomura."

~The following day~

Izumi went to class like normal but couldn't concentrate on her school work. The fact All Might was in town and had defeated a slime villain was plastered on the news. There was mention of a young girl being caught in the scuffle but neither her name nor photo was mentioned.

Probably for the best she thought eying her autographed notebook. She didn't want Kacchan finding out and giving her a hard time.

"Oi Usagi…" Bakugo rapped her on the head and she grunted and slumped in her seat. "Have you thought about what I said?"

"About?" Who was she kidding? Didn't matter if he knew about her encounter with All Might or not. He would always give her a hard time.

"About accepting your place and forgetting this notion of going to UA." He leaned an elbow on her head and she pouted trying to bat him away.

"It's not a notion. Stop trying to talk me out of it Kacchan.. KYA!" She yelped when he exploded his hands near her face and she fell out of her chair and onto the floor. "Kacchan!"

"Don't Kacchan me, Usagi. I told you to give it up and I mean it." He crouched down eying her. "You're gonna get yourself killed by being stupid."

"Maybe, but…" She lifted teary eyes to stare up at him. Bakugo saw the hope and desperation in them, and it made his back tense up. "I won't know unless I try."

"It'd be easier just to take a swan dive off the roof." He flicked her forehead. "Grow up, Usagi and face facts. I'm not always gonna be around to save your useless ass." Bakugo diverted his attention to his friends and left her to pick herself up off the floor.

Izumi lowered her head and reached into her pocket where Tomura's card rest. When she stood she pulled the card out of her pocket and stare at the address.

"No you won't be… so I gotta learn to save myself."

~After School~

She called her mother saying she made plans with friends. Which she supposed wasn't a total lie .This Tomura guy seemed to genuinely want to help her, which made him a friend in Izumi's eyes. Still she worried that this was some kind of trap to lure in fresh young females. She'd heard all manner of kidnapping and sex scandals starting out with things like this.

"Is this really the place?" She looked at the seedy underground bar and gulped loudly. She had images of big dangerous men all crowding around her and licking their lips. She clutched the phone close to her chest and pulled a pencil from her bag just to be on the safe side. Push comes to shove she'd call the cops and fight her way out. She had the emergency numbers on speed dials so two quick flicks with her thumb would do it.

She made her way down the steps, taking a long deep breath before raising a hand to knock. It opened almost immediately and a tall figure dressed in a dashing butler's suit and a shadow for a face stood on the other side.

"Are you lost, little girl?"

"Oh…. uh… I don't know. I-I-I'm looking for Tomura." She held out the card. He took it in his hand, admiring the stationary with a quizzical expression and then glanced back inside.

"Tomura Shigaraki… there's a girl here to see you."

"Let her in Kurogiri." Tomura said taking a slow sip of his drink. He held the glass, pinky out and turned his eyes on Izumi. "So, you've decided to come."

Izumi hesitated before stepping through the threshold. She kept her hands clutched tight over her phone showing she was still wary of where she was and what she was doing.

"You said you knew someone who could help me get into UA? Did you mean it?" She jumped when Kurogiri closed and locked the door behind her. She swallowed hard, her eyes darting around and looking for any other people. When she saw no one she relaxed some.

"Yes…" He looked to Kurogiri. "Call the master."

"As you wish." He turned and picked up a phone dialing a number. Izumi's ears perked hearing the distinctive tones. Shigaraki rose and pulled a chair over in front of the TV screen on the front wall. He then pulled Izumi in, wrapping his elbow around her neck. She stumbled and squeaked before quickly sitting and nervously fidgeting in the seat provided.

The TV blinked on, the words "sound only" appearing and a voice speaking thickly through its speakers.

"Tomura Shigaraki?"

"Master…" Shigaraki stood beside Izumi and pulled up a strand of Izumi's curly hair rubbing it between his fingertips. "I want to make this one a member."

"The girl? Whatever for?" Another voice joined the gruff one from before. "The master is sick and busy so this better not be a joke."

"Easy, doctor, let's hear what he has to say." All for One crooned and leaned back in his chair. "Go on, Tomura."

"I think she'd be useful." Tomura scratched his neck eying the back of Izumi's head with a slow smirk. "She wants to go to UA high school… but she's quirkless."

"Quirkless?" The Master laughed gently. "How interesting. Tell me my dear, how do you plan to go to UA when you have no quirk of your own?"

"Uh, well I…" Izumi fidgeted at having all the attention put on her. "I've always wanted to be a hero. Ever since I was a little girl my friend Kacchan and I said we'd become heroes together… but then I found out I was quirkless." She shook unable to help herself. "I didn't want to give up. I learned martial arts… and I started taking notes on all the heroes I encountered and studied on TV."

"She's got a notebook." Shigaraki ruffled through her bag and had Izumi squeaking and holding her hands out.

"Hey wait please don't go through my things!"

Tomura pulled out the notebook and tossed it at Kurogiri. His hand formed into a warp and her notebook disappeared making Izumi pale and stare in fascination. She jumped out of her seat and stare at Kurogiri's hand as it took shape again.

"Amazing! Are you some kind of warp gate?" She scrambled through her belongings for a pen and paper and scribbled what she could down.

One the other side of the screen The Doctor and All for One hear the slap of Izumi's notebook hitting the ground. The doc walked over and picked it up. He flipped through and his brow rose curiously.

"Amazing organizational skills… hero identities, their quirk names and details, their specific attacks, strategies, weaknesses…" He eyed the girl through the screen as she started to question kurogiri with avid curiosity.

"Many people can take detailed notes… I get the feeling this isn't the real reason you want to recruit her Shigaraki." All for One smirked slowly. He could hear the doctor flip another page and his voice choked.

"She's an All Might fan…" The doctor sneered at the page with All Might's autograph. All for one started to laugh.

"Oh ho ho, now I get it. I can see why she piqued your interest, Shigaraki." He clapped his hands in a small applaud. "I approve of your motives. Now what should we do with our newest member?"

"She should get her into UA…" Shigaraki decided with a quick sinister grin. "Give her a quirk, Master."

"Eh?" Izumi heard this and her pencil dropped. She stare at Shigaraki wide eyed and astonished. "G-give me a quirk? He can do that?"

"I see…" All for One tapped his finger on the keyboard. "Is this what you request of me?"

"Yes, you said I can do what I want. I want you to give her a quirk, train her, and send her to UA."

All for One could see the plan Tomura was laying out, and approved of it. They already had a spy inside UA but this girl would prove far more useful if given the proper training. Taking one of All Might's precious fans, warping her into something of use to them, or better yet into someone they could control and manipulate as they saw fit. She could bring down All Might's guard, and expose every weakness, and vital point in the hero's society.

All for One's grin spread wide.

"Kurogiri… send her to me."

"Are you certain, Master?" The Doctor looked at him cautiously and was already starting to pull his mask on for protection.

"More than certain." He turned off the speaker so he could speak freely to his doctor. "Even if the girl doesn't survive the transition… I could just add her to my ever growing collection."

The Doctor laughed now eying the rows of Nomu floating in their tanks.

"Aye, that you can."

The warp appeared before them and a hesitant Izumi stepped through her body shaking from the cold of its warp space. She looked at it curiously, her face pale and sweaty from the fear she held back.

"Welcome, little one." All for One beckoned her and Izumi turned to face him fully. The sight of him, a middle aged man with a misshapen head, scarred and stitched tissue where his eyes should be. "Do not be afraid, child."

"I…" her voice squeaked and she swallowed hard. "I don't have much money to give you. Is there anyway else I can pay for your services?"

"You shouldn't say such things to strangers, little one. It gives them the wrong impression." He motioned her forward with his fingers. "This is not service, but a gift. You see I have the ability to give quirks to others… but I only ever do so with those I find worthy of them. Shigaraki believes you're worth it, and I trust his judgement."

"I… I will do my best to live up to your expectations then." She stood up straight her eyes determined now. "No.. that's not right… I WILL live up to your expectations."

"I've no doubt of that my dear. Tell me, what's your name?"

"My name is Izumi Midoriya."

"Ah, young Izumi…" he stretched his hands out and took hers pulling her closer. "What sort of quirk would you like?"

"I get a choice?" Izumi blinked and she pulled her hands out of his just so she could hold her chin and mutter to herself. "Well I suppose it would be weird if I had a quirk that didn't resemble either of my parents. My mom has a simple levitation quirk and my father could breathe fire… so maybe an ability to control fire, or maybe some kind of telekinesis quirk."

"Hmmmm you're limiting your choices by trying to think logically, Young Midoriya." He placed a hand on her head and snapped her out of her mumble. "However, from what you've just described, I think I've the perfect quirk for you."

"Really?" She looked up at him, her initial bone chilling fear easing some at his gentle almost fatherly touch.

"Yes… now I must warn you that the process will hurt. I must have your full consent."

"I'm not afraid of pain." Izumi's eyes went hard now, thinking of all the years of emotional torment, of the helplessness and loneliness. "I can take it."

"Good…" suddenly All for One wished with all his might that the child would live through the process. A girl with her determination and clever mind had immense potential. "Now then, Izumi Midoriya… let's begin."

Izumi went tense as All for One's hand clasped over her face. She felt his palm go hot and that heat seemed to flow inside her, making her temples throb, and blood scorch. She grit her teeth trying to bear with it. Her eyes went wide and wild and she clenched her hands at her side.

"Mnnng… Ah….. Ahnnn…" She could feel her legs wanting to buckle, felt herself wanting to pull back but shoved the notion back. She'd never felt this kind of pain before… it felt as if every cell in her body was on fire. Unable to take it anymore she shut her eyes, tears streaming down and her voice ripping from her throat in a pain filled scream. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

All for One watched her body collapse as the transfer of power completed. Her body slumped to the ground like a ragdoll.

"Doctor…"

The doctor stepped forward rolling Izumi onto her back and testing her vitals. He gave a "hmm" and a nod.

"She's alive." He opened her pupils. "No sign of brain damage. My guess she just passed out from the pain."

"Excellent… put her someplace more comfortable." All for One leaned on his knuckles his senses reaching out to scan over the girl." When she awakens, the real fun will begin."

~Ask Briry~

First chapter of a new story! I've got a lot of projects going on, but with the hiatus put on A Twisted Fate and The Midori Prequel, I've decided to put up a requested fic that I've been working on. I've hinted at villain Deku in my other fics, but never quite put them over the edge. In this fic I tend to stretched and tip those boundaries and really have fun with playing with off canon material.

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