DEER
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Disclaimer: Boku no Hero Academia belongs to Horikoshi Kohei
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Genre(s): Adventure/Hurt/Comfort
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Warning(s): Typo is my most loyal fan, spelling mistakes because English is not my mother language, Possibly OOC. NO BETA, so beware of grammar mistakes
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Summary: Shota thought discovering their 'Nightwalker' to be a kid was bad enough. Not to mention how the said kid is literally Quirkless, meaning the law cannot touch him.
"I don't wanna be a Hero. It's too troublesome"
And then this?
Maybe it's not too late to ask Nezu for a raise this year…
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Or, being a good citizen and stopping an illegal back-alley transaction resulted in him getting some High-Ranking Villain's attention. He didn't even raise a hand at those A-holes. Just glaring at them hard enough, they turned tail.
This second-chance of life is so not worth it. What a drag…
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(A/N): Sorry for the last chap, guys. But I did say Izuku will kill someone in the near future, right? This is only his first victim too `3`
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For the first time in his too-long life, All for One was curious.
The object of his curiosity was now standing in front of him, clutching onto a tanto he snatched from the League of Villain's warehouse—after he knocked Spinner down with a kick between the legs for confiscating his weapon—and glaring heatedly. His appearance of wearing nothing but a black tank top and a boxer didn't make him ridiculous. Instead, he looked even more deadly.
Midoriya Izuku, his name was.
What an intriguing human he is. All for One had been observing the said kid since the botched USJ infiltration. His interest was piqued considerably when Tomura was back from his first 'mission', angry and handless. It was an unsightly scene to stare. Not to mention, a barbaric thing to do for a kid who attended a heroic class.
All for One vowed to keep an eye on him from that moment on.
And what a journey of a lifetime this observation was. He knew now Izuku like to prowl around the city at night, breaking the UA's supposedly impenetrable defense just for the sake of his daily walk. Most of the time, Greeny was just doing his own business before he encountered a crime. Although there existed the days where he practically searched for one. His face was darker and his eyes were blanker then, jittery energy rolling out of his entire body. It was clear he wanted to retaliate and smack the bad guy upside down, a way for him to release his pent up emotion. Yet he held back albeit barely. Instead, he just cranked his Quirk up, the villains dropped unconscious.
That was one thing All for One questioned too, by the way. His quirk. Or lack thereof. How in the world did he do that? Where he turned the atmosphere around into a chilling temperature with glare alone. And, as he said before, could even cut people's respiratory, causing them to faint. Did he actually have power but hide it for some reason? No. His 'Scan' Quirk didn't detect anything so the greenette's was completely empty.
No wonder Kai wanted to bring the kid into the Shie Hassakai headquarter. He's a fine experiment to be looked at.
Anyway, Izuku is a killer through and through, All for One mussed as he evaded All Might devastating punch, followed by Izuku's own attack. This child was resourceful, menacing. No matter how the other heroes ordered him to stand down, he just kept on pushing. Picking up the useless junk scattering around the floor from their intense battle—broken pole, broken brick, broken glass, broken vehicles—and turning it into impromptu weapons. Now looking straight at Izuku and not via television or hacked CCTV, he is completely convinced that this teenager is a seasoned warrior. No wasted movement, immediately went for the vital area for the optimal damage. He didn't hesitate to hurt and that may be the reason why these heroes were so hell-bent in stopping Izuku, even if they have to face the malicious All for One one on one, despite their fear. They didn't want the teen to do something he couldn't take back—such as robbing other people's life—he still has much to live for.
The villain thought it was a futile attempt, however. Izuku had been falling down this rabbit hole for a long time. It started with Stain. Where he could subdue him easily. Laughably so. Then there was Muscular's case, who was now forever blind.
And Himiko
Yes. All for One nodded in contemplation while countering All Might's fist effortlessly. Himiko, Izuku's greatest 'accomplishment'.
There was a hidden camera in that basement where they locked him up. And the true leader of the League of Villain oversaw everything. Not only he managed to turn the situation into his favor, he did that without anyone noticing. That takes skill. He worked fast, effective, so-very-used-to-it-like-he-had-already-torture-someone-before. All for One was (morbidly) curious at that. He wanted to know what was going on inside this kid's mind. Wanted to know what makes him tick. So, he didn't inform Kurogiri to check. Letting Izuku massacred the girl till the death come knocking the door.
Although, he never accounted for him to burn the place down after All Might broke their safe house.
Who knew combining a hair spray—belongs to Magne—and a lighter—belongs to Twice—could be so hazardous.
(It was common knowledge, now that he thought about it. Everyone knew you should not spray a flammable substance near a fire. But then again, the existence of a Quirk become everyone first attention, that such measly science was of no concern to anyone notice)
(All for One was mortified to admit that he thought the same)
What an ingenious strategy otherwise. Himiko's body was now burned beyond reason. Buried under the rubles and pierced by the broken roof tiles. Izuku had covered up his vicious murder within a snap and nobody known the wiser.
Pity. Here he hoped the doctor could examine the greenette's work and check if he could steal a quirk from a corpse. Her power was too valuable to be discarded of, after all.
All for One backhanded Best Jeanist right on the face then ducked away from the flying glass (Izuku just threw them all of like it was some kind of a dagger. Or kunai, really). While the battle raged on, the kid's aura kept on blaring, keep on hanging. It was suffocating even to the heroes around, no matter how the child tried to contain the power output.
Speaking of the kid, it had been bugging the villain's mind as of now. Izuku was very aggressive since the end of Himiko's…'lesson'. What's wrong with him? Aside from being kidnapped and got tortured by his subordinate, of course. It almost like he was…dissociating. Like he was trying to push down his emotion to the deep dark abyss and focused onto the task at hand instead. He saw those gaze before. It was the gaze of a victim. The one he saw from the previous One for All's predecessor's family. Where they tried to take revenge on All for One for murdering their precious people. Emphasis on 'tried'.
Curiouser, curiouser. Young Izuku is really a fascinating subject.
So, All for One tried to take a gander. Using one of the quirks from his repertoire of many. Didn't remember where he got this, but this Quirk—Mind Reader*—is a valuable quirk nonetheless.
(He should've known that curiosity killed the cat.)
(Unfortunately, this time around, satisfaction didn't bring the feline back)
When he delved into Izuku's memories, he saw an image of carnage.
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Fire sprouted from the horizon and earth crumbled like sand.
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Weapons were thrown. Katana beheaded an unsuspecting enemy. The sound of lightning crackled. A man with white hair just pierced someone else's heart.
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There was a weeping father in the middle of the battlefield. The platinum blonde man was ignoring the fighting around, too busy hugging onto the still body of his daughter.
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Wind whisked past by. So fast, it cut the white creature's limbs to pieces. A teen with bright, blue eyes dropped in front of him, showing the follower his confident back.
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Then the same teen was dying. Izuku's (? All for One's?) trembling hand was holding his head upright. The usually playful smile turned sour. His lips open and unspoken words were uttered.
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A humongous orange monster roared in anguish.
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All for One let out a gasp.
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And Midoriya Izuku screamed.
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"HOW DARE YOU!" he dashed, tanto straightened to the fore. His blank, dead eyes were now bloodshot. The intimidating aura flared like crazy, that the old villain was actually having a hard time breathing now. The heroes themselves were powerless. The sudden onslaught of a negative air forced them down to the ground. All for One dodged the careless strike, then blocked the spinning kick using his upper arm. Izuku's unmoving mask had finally cracked. Showing them the true emotion hidden within, "you shouldn't have that power! It isn't yours! How dare you, how dare you—
"HOW DARE YOU, YOU THIEF!"
For the first time in his too-long life, All for One was curious.
—He recalled the vision of a monster rampaging through the land of humanity—
And for the first time in his too-long life, All for One was terrified.
(The night of the final battle continued on)
(A/N): *Mind Reader did not just take a peek of other people's memories, it also caused him to experience the emotion of the victim, as he is experiencing the memories with their eyes. Usually, All for One could ignore this drawback (he's a cold, cold man, after all) but Izuku's feeling was too strong that it actually overwhelmed him.