Never Be The Same

Author's Note: Hey everyone and welcome back to Never Be The Same! So we are entering one of my favorite arcs I had planned for this story! There is so much going on within the next few chapters and so many questions that will be answered. I will also be introducing our next set of characters! They are from Season 4 of the anime (so if you haven't watched it, it is kinda spoilerish but not really cause I'm not following the arc from Season 4). I will also be changing something major from the manga (which I'm not going to say just incase if any one doesn't read the manga) and doing my own thing with one of the characters. I absolutely adore and love this character so I couldn't resist the urge to do this. I will be adding another relationship tag of Dabi/Shouta Aizawa because when I started this new arc I got an idea. No worries my loves, ERASERMIGHT IS ENDGAME! I also plan on making a sequel to this story! Like the Dabi and Shouta parts aren't really relationshipy-ish. It's hard to explain xD

This chapter is named after a song that I absolutely love and it actually means a lot to me. It's called Savior by the Black Veil Brides. If you haven't heard the song before, I highly recommend listening to it. It's got a bit of screamo towards the end but it's such a great song and it reminds me so much of this fic. The Black Veil Brides happened to be one of the those bands that I listened to when my own life went to shit. This song literally saved my life.

Additonal Notes: I'm not sure if any of you read my fic I Want It That Way but Imma rant a minute. I HATE WRITER'S BLOCK OML. I currently have writer's block on my new chapter even though I know exactly what I want to do. Gah, I freaking hate it. I might have to change it up just so I can freaking write for it. It's really annoying xD. Okay, enough of my mini rant.

Well anyway, on with the story! So this story does take place directly after the closure of the last chapter.

Chapter Warnings: the usual, mentions of past rape/non-con, past child abuse, mentions of infedility, did I mention that Bakugou is his own warning? Yeah, he's his own warning xD

Chapter Fifteen: Savior (by the Black Veil Brides)

Chapter Summary: Shouta learns more about himself than he ever thought he would at the hands of the League of Villains, who oddly enough don't want to harm him. Meanwhile, Izuku goes to the police station with Hawks and everything comes crashing down.

The trip to the police station felt like hours to Midoriya as they had left the Gala. Hawks, who was sitting next to him, was on his phone talking with Endeavor. He couldn't hear what Endeavor was saying on the other side but the look on the Winged Hero's face said it all. Something bad was going on. Midoriya looked at his own phone, it had been two hours since Shouta had been taken. Two hours too long. Shouta never should have been taken. He had been in a room full of pro heroes and aspiring heroes to be. The villains should have never of had the chance to get close to Shouta.

Whatever Endeavor was saying to Hawks had to do with Shouta. Midoriya knew it in his gut. This was far worse than he feared.

The police station came into his site and the car they were in came to a stop. A feeling of dread overcame him once his eyes landed on his mother. The panicked look on Inko's face should not be there. Maybe if he had done more than Shouta would still be with them and Inko wouldn't have to suffer through this. Shouta is her brother after all. Inko still carried guilt to this day over their shared childhood.

Midoriya hopped out of the car and instantly his mother was shouting his name and running towards him. "Oh, Izuku. I'm so glad you're okay. I got a call from Hawks and he told me to come to the station. He wouldn't tell me everything. What's going on?" Inko rambled, the worry clear in her voice as she looked her son over. A look of relief came over her once she realized that he barely had a mark on him.

"I'm okay, Mom." Izuku muttered, fearing that he might be the one to tell her that Shouta had been kidnapped.

Hawks came up behind him and placed a hand on his shoulder. His amber colored eyes falling onto the short woman. "Hello, Mrs. Midoriya. I'm Hawks. If you would please follow me into the station so we can speak with Detective Tsukauchi." His voice was laced in empathy.

Inko was taken back for a moment before she nodded and allowed Hawks to guide her and Izuku into the station. "What exactly is going on, Hawks?" Inko questioned, her voice stern as she stared over her shoulder to the pro hero.

Hawks' poker face didn't waver. "We need to speak with you and Midoriya about a case we are currently working on." He stated vaguely. Midoriya already knew what was coming and he did not want to see the look that came to his mother's face when she found out.

With the words from the hero, Inko stopped walking completely. The motion caught both Midoriya and Hawks off guard. Her eyes glared into the two as she looked between them. "A case? The only thing I know of that is currently happening that could involve me and my son is something to do with Shouta. Where is he? Why isn't he here?" Inko said, her voice getting deeper as she spoke. It was the same tone of voice she had used when All Might had visited their home. His mother might be an all around sweet woman but the moment she got made, it was terrifying.

Hawks didn't reply but instead took a few steps and knocked on a nearby door. After a moment, Tsukauchi stepped out of the room and looked between the three of them. His normally soft face was grim as he told them to come into his office. "Thank you so much for coming down here, Mrs. Midoriya." The detective took a seat behind his desk once Inko and Izuku were settled in the chairs across from it and Hawks stood behind them.

Now Tsukauchi was on the recieving end of Inko's glare. "Tell me what is going on."

The detective took in a deep breath, his fingers laced together with his arms settled on his desk. "Mrs. Midoriya, there is no easy way to say this but Shouta Aizawa was kidnapped by Hideo Aizawa and the League of Villains earlier tonight." The detective stated. The look of despair came over Inko's face. Immediately words of denial flowed out of her as she looked between Tsukauchi and her son.

Izuku's face now showed guilt and regret as he looked down at his lap, no longer being able to look his mother in the eye. He hadn't been fast enough to get to Shouta. He had been pinned down by Toga and Mr. Compress. Spinner, Twice, and Dabi keeping the rest of the class distracted while Hideo took advantage of the situation.

"Oh my god.." Inko cried, tears freely falling down her face now. "How could you let this happen?! I thought this gala was supposed to be protected."

Hawks moved from his position from behind them and kneeled down in front of the woman. "I am so incredibly sorry. I know nothing I say in this moment will change what happened. The League of Villains managed to catch us off guard. The pro heroes were fighting against creatures called Nomu while the students were fending off the others. Hideo managed to sneak past and get behind Aizawa. I had been blocked by three Nomu. I wasn't able to get to him. I promised I would protect all the students and I failed. For that, I'm severely sorry." The gentleness of his voice caused Inko only to cry more. "Currently, Endeavor is working on rescue operations. He shut everything down immediately and has his agency working to find where Hideo might have taken him. That's why we called you here."

Inko looked confused now. "What am I supposed to be able to help with?" Looking between Hawks and Tsukauchi with uncertainity. Nothing but false promises had been thrown her way since her brother had been attacked the first night and they had been reunited. Now he was with the League of Villains? How exactly would she help? She was no hero. She is only a house wife who took care of her son while her husband worked.

Tsukauchi was the next to speak, gaining all of their attention to him. "Well, we don't have much information on your father. We only have what we have in the system. We were hoping you had more insight for us." He paused, opening a file in front of him and reading the contents aloud. "Hideo Aizawa, former assistant district attorney for Minato Tokyo district. His cases involved prosecuting villains and criminals alike. Registered quirk is known as Regression which can regress the inorganic or organic object to a previous state. Aizawa was married to Kanna Aizawa. Together the two had two children named Inko and Shouta. Kanna was ultimately killed by Aizawa before the man took his life. With the use of his quirk, he was able to reverse his injuries and spare his life. He reemerged to take Shouta Aizawa and Toshinori Yagi, leaving his victims in an age regressed state permenantly. There is no known reversal to Aizawa's quirk." Once he had read the contents on the paper, he looked back up to Inko. "We need your help figuring out what his obsession with Shouta Aizawa is. How were they when Shouta was younger?" The detective questioned.

Izuku looked over to his mother finally, watching as the wave of emotions came to her face. "It always struck me as odd. I was eleven when Shouta was born. My father, he took one look at Shouta and looked..." She paused for a moment. "Disgusted. Shouta never did look like my mother or father. My mother had light blue hair and red eyes while my father has green hair and green eyes. My mom said he probably took after her family cause her father had black hair and brown eyes. Something was always off though." This caught every one's attention.

This was the first time that Inko had gone into detail about her family near Izuku. Inko never really told him anything about them other than her father was a workaholic and her mother was a kind woman. Other than that, she didn't say anything else.

"What do you mean by that, Mrs. Midoriya?" Tsukauchi asked.

Inko pressed her lips together. "My father seemed to hate Shouta since the day he was born. Anything Shouta did was wrong in my father's eyes. When Shouta got his quirk, my father was so angry. That was the first time I ever saw the abuse. I came home from school to find Shouta locked in the closest with a blindfold on and his arms bound behind his back so he couldn't take it off." Inko explained. "My father would always call Shouta a... bastard... than it got physical."

Tsukauchi's face covered in disbelief. "What do you mean by physical?"

Inko wanted to cry at this moment. Her eyes were once again full of tears as she thought back to what Shouta had gone through as a child. "Shouta would speak and my father would smack him across the face. He would get locked in his room for hours at a time. If he used his quirk than he would go to the closest. If he talked back, he would get beated. If I tried to interfere, my father would strike me." The woman was full on sobbing at this point, the words barely being able to leave her. All the guilt she felt for leaving Shouta behind filled her once more. "Once I turned of age, I left. I wanted so bad to take Shouta with me but there was nothing I could do. Shouta wouldn't come forward about the abuse and my mother had no idea it was happening. I hadn't spoken to my father or mother since then. I only attended my mother's funeral when I found out that she had been killed."

The aura in the room was uncomfortable as Tsukauchi looked between the files on his desk and his notes. One thing that Inko had told him didn't settle right. Aizawa's quirk didn't match up with any of his known family members. His mother Kanna had a telepathy quirk and her father a regressive quirk. While both were emitter quirks like Shouta's, the only explanation would be if his quirk had been a mutation. Children not looking like either of their parents were common now that quirks had risen. It wasn't impossible for Shouta to look different from both his mother and father.

Unless.

Tsukauchi looked back up to Inko. "Mrs. Midoriya, do you give me permission to have my analyst run Shouta's DNA against your parents?"

Inko frowned. "Why would you want to do that?"

Tsukauchi sighed. "I have a hunch on why Hideo detested Shouta but I need to confirm it."

Without saying a word, Inko nodded. "What ever you need."

Hawks phone rang from his pocket, causing the Winged hero to jump. He rushed to get the phone from his jacket and raised it to his ear after muttering a quick apology. His eyes widened as Endeavor spoke on the other side. "On my way." Hawks stated, hanging up the phone a second later.

Tsukauchi looked to him, knowing full well that the call was important to this case in some way. "What's going on, Hawks?"

Hawks swallowed the lump in his throat. "Endeavor followed up on a lead from one of his side kicks who had seen one of the League members leaving a nearby warehouse. A body was found inside."

Midoriya felt his heart stop. "Is it Shouta?"

Hawks looked to the boy. "They aren't sure. They can't get close enough to tell."

Inko immediately jumped out of her seat and rounded on the hero. "Take me there."

Hawks raised his hands to keep her from leaving the room. "Absolutely not. We need to identify the body. From what Endeavor was telling me, the body is larger than a teenage boy. So please stay here with Detective Tsukauchi and I will be back within the hour."

x

Hizashi Yamada was in shock as he stood next to Endeavor, Fat Gum, and Fat Gum's work study student Tamaki Amajiki. One of the side kicks at Endeavor's hero agency had seen the villain Twice leaving this warehouse and decided to investigate. They had came across a horror scene inside.

In the middle of the warehouse had a body hanging from the rafters by chains. Surrounding the body was a ring of blue flames no doubt Dabi's doing. The body, however, could not be identified by just looking at it. The face had been completely discegrated off. From what he could see, stab wounds and slashes from a knife covered the body. Different places on the body had clear signs of use from Tomura Shigaraki's decay quirk. The person no longer had eyes or a tongue. The worst part made Hizashi want to puke. The man's gentials had been removed.

The only soothing part came in the form of the size of the body. The man looked larger than Shouta's small, lithe frame. Unfortunately, until the fire department arrived, they couldn't get close. Not one of the heroes who had responded had a quirk that could break through Dabi's flames. It was clear to them that whoever did this wanted their victim to suffer.

Hizashi looked over to the others, watching as Tamaki stepped forward towards the flames. The student stopping just short of the flames and kneeling down. Fat Gum looked down at his student, watching his movements as well. Tamaki's concentrated look on his face made Hizashi move from where he was standing to his other side. "I can't get a clear look but I can't see a lot of blood. He probably wasn't killed here." Tamaki muttered, pulling back and motioning for Hizashi to take his place.

Like Tamaki said, it was hard to see through the flames but he could see it. There was only a small pool of blood underneath the body. If the person had been killed at this location, there would be a lot more blood than what he could see. "You're right but this is brutual. They obviously didn't want anyone getting close. They probably did it to keep us guessing. Dabi's flames are powerful. It's going to take a while before we can actually get close enough to try and identify the body." Hizashi stated, standing back up to his full height. He walked around to the other side of the body, careful to stay a safe distance away from the flames. From the light radiating off of the fire, he could see the multiple puncture wounds to the back. He stopped for a moment as something dangling from a knife in his back caught his attention. It was a piece of paper. he couldn't read it from where he was standing and with the fire in the way, he couldn't get close.

Still in his gut, he knew this body didn't belong to Shouta. Shouta had been small for his age as a teenager. This body looked like a grown adult. They just needed to make the proper identification at this point. Hizashi had the sinking feeling that the person he was staring at was none other than Hideo Aizawa. His frame and structure matched the man he had seen abduct his friend. The best bet would be his hair color but with how much blood covered the man, they couldn't even see his hair color.

"I think this man is Hideo Aizawa. He's way to large to be Shouta." Hizashi called out to the others. Endeavor nodded in agreement.

"I saw him earlier. He was a lot smaller than I thought he would be at fifteen." Endeavor stated, looking over his shoulder as the fire department finally arrived.

Thankfully, it didn't take long for them to distingish the flames. Once it was safe to cross, Hizashi and Endeavor stepped forward towards the body. Hizashi immediately went for the back of the body where he had seen the paper. Fat Gum walked over and handed Hizashi a pair of gloves that were used at crime scenes. The Voice hero rushed himself to put the gloves on and reached out and grabbed the paper, bringing it close enough to himself that he could read it.

Even villains have morals.

Hizashi frowned. What exactly did that mean? Fat Gum noticed the look on the blonde's face and read over his shoulder. "Even villains have morals? What on Earth does that mean?" Even Fat Gum was as confused as he was.

Endeavor stopped for a moment. "If this is really Hideo Aizawa, what did he do that the League of Villains wouldn't?" The Flame hero questioned.

Hizashi's mind raced as he thought of everything he knew about Shouta's father. The League of Villains would kill, steal, and harm others for their goals. Their goals were to change hero society but Hideo Aizawa abused Shouta in every way. He beat him, violated him in every way. The Voice hero paused. The one thing that the villains didn't do came to his mind.

"They don't rape people." Hizashi whispered.

Endeavor and Fat Gum were both looking at him now. "What?" The red haired man questioned. "What exactly is that supposed to mean?"

Hizashi frowned, he wished he didn't have to tell any of them about Shouta's past but they were past that now. "Hideo Aizawa had raped Shouta multiple times when he was younger." The blonde stated. Fat Gum gasped, his face reddening in anger.

Even Endeavor looked like he was about to explode in anger. "What kind of father rapes his own child." The red haired man hissed.

x

He was in shock. Utter complete shock as his face was cleaned of the blood that was splattered on his face. The man cleaning his face softly shushed him as the warm rag moved across his face. "You're okay, Shouta. Everything is okay now." The voice sounded distant in his ears as he stared off into the distance. Fingers grazed his cheek, snapping him out of his stupor.

The man sitting in front of him looked at him with soft grey eyes. "He's dead..." Shouta whispered, his voice still completely filled with disbelief.

Once again the man shushed him. "You don't have to worry about him now." Now the voice was clear to him. The voice belonged to All for One. "You are free from him now. He can never hurt you again. They did that for you, and he will never return."

Shouta swallowed the lump in his throat as he looked up to the man. "Why are you doing this for me? You don't even know me." The teen muttered.

All for One smiled at him softly. "Remember what I told Hideo? That I know your mother's secrets." Shouta nodded. "I know them all. I know that you have a little sister and I know where she is." He replied.

Shouta shook his head. "That's not what I meant. He kept saying I was a bastard child. How exactly do you know me?" The teen questioned.

"I know everything about you, Shouta." All for One merely stated.

x

Detective Tsukauchi sat next to Detective Minato Sohma. Inko and Izuku Midoriya sat across from them as Detective Sohma ran Aizawa's DNA against the two samples. Sohma paused and looked up from his laptop. "So going over Shouta's DNA, he is a maternal match for Kanna Aizawa. She is his biological mother." He paused, switching the screen to another set of DNA. "The left side is Shouta's DNA, the right is Hideo's DNA that we collected when we arrested him."

Izuku looked it over. Nothing about the two looked alike. "These look completely different." Izuku muttered, his gaze moved over to his mother. Inko was completely pale.

Detective Sohma sighed. "Hideo Aizawa is not Shouta Aizawa's biological father."

Inko felt a sob break through her. "Who is his father than? My mother is dead, she can't tell me."

Sohma turned the laptop back towards him. "This might take some time but I can run his DNA through all the databases we have. If he matches anyone even fraternally, we will get a hit." He looked over to Tsukauchi who gave him the okay. He went fast to work on his computer getting everything together. "Hopefully we will have a hit soon and maybe learn more about what the hell is going on here."

Tsukauchi had a frown settled on his face as he thought for a moment. "Run his DNA through each of our systems. See if we can find a familial match at least. Someone in our system has to be connected to this some how. There is a lot more going on than we thought." The detective stated. Sohma nodded, his fingers still moving quickly over the keys.

Inko paused for a moment. Izuku didn't miss the way her eyes seemed to move as if she was deep in thought. She looked over to Izuku for a moment before turning her attention to Tsukauchi. "I remember right before my mother died, she called me and told me that if anything happens to her that I have to protect her." Inko muttered. Tsukauchi stopped what he was doing and looked at the woman in confusion. "I'm not sure what she meant but I don't think my mom was talking about herself. I think that she made of had another child."

Izuku's mouth fell open for a moment as Sohma stopped typing. "You think that you have another sibling out there?" The blonde detective questioned. Inko nodded. "Alright, I'm actually going to expand my search for possible children that were surrendered to the district anywhere from eight to seven years ago."

Tsukauchi frowned as he got up from his desk and moved over to his filing cabinet and grabbed out another file. Opening it up, he read the contents before stopping and turning to Inko. "I think you might be right. This is Kanna Aizawa's autopsy report."

He turned the file and handed it over to Inko. Izuku peered over her shoulder to read alongside her. His blood ran cold as he read the words.

Aizawa Kanna Autospy

Clear signs of a struggle, defensive wounds to the hands and feet. Torso had severe trauma. Cause of death caused by stab wounds, a stab wound to the heart ultimately causing death.

Kanna showed signs of post child birth.

Inko slumped back into her chair. "My mother had a baby. I have a sibling out there."

Izuku went to say something to his mother before Sohma interrupted them for after a moment. "Mrs. Midoriya do you know anything about your maternal grandparents?" Inko only shook her head. Sohma turned the computer to face her and a picture of a man with grey hair and soft brown eyes was on the screen. "This is Takashi Akabane also known as 'The Boss', he is the former leader of the Shie Hassakai. He's a yakuza. He is a paternal match to Kanna Aizawa and a familial match to Shouta Aizawa." Sohma stated.

Izuku stopped for a moment. He had never heard of the Shie Hassakai. Tsukauchi cursed under his breath for a moment. "The Shie Hassakai is basically a mafia. Currently, Sir Nighteye's agency is investigating their new leader Kai Chisaki. The Boss disappeared a few years ago." Tsukauchi stated as he sat back down at his desk. "If anyone has Kanna's child, it would of been him. Akabane hasn't been arrested for anything illegal."

Izuku felt cold as he looked at the picture and Tsukauchi's words reached his ears. "Do you think that the child would be okay?" Izuku questioned, his voice soft.

Sohma was the one who replied to him, "From what I see here, Akabane has one biological child, Kanna and two foster sons. One being Kai Chisaki and the other being Oboro Shirakumo." The last name caused Izuku to completely freeze. He remembered something that Present Mic had told them before. Oboro Shirakumo died during their second year at U.A. That would of been impossible. "It looks like Oboro Shirakumo has an adopted daughter, Eri Shirakumo."

Izuku shook his head. "That's impossible sir. Oboro Shirakumo is dead."

The outburst caught the other three completely off guard. "What are you talking about, Izuku?" Inko questioned, the concern on her face.

Izuku shook his head. "Oboro Shirakumo died when Mic-sensei and Shouta were in their second year at U.A. He was Shouta's boyfriend until he died in a villain attack. Both of them had seen his dead body. Midnight-sensei too. It can't be possible."

Tsukauchi and Sohma shared looks. "It says here that Shirakumo has been working as a pre-school teacher in Minato Tokyo for the last ten years."

Inko couldn't shake the feeling she got as she looked between the detectives. "My father had the ability to regress his own age and save himself from death. Could it be possible he knew about Shirakumo's death and reversed it?"

Tsukauchi thought for a moment. "Hideo's quirk is quite powerful. It could be a chance that if what Midoriya says is true that he went to the crime scene or morgue and reversed Shirakumo's age back to where he was alive. I'm not sure if he could fully reanimate someone from death though." The detective said, the uncertainity clear in his voice.

Inko shook her head. "It has to be. My father was legally dead for days. I buried him in a coffin. If he could do it to himself, who says he couldn't do it to someone else." The woman stated, her voice sincere and stern as she looked at Tsukauchi. Tsukauchi nodded, a smile on his face from the woman's attitude. Inko looked to Izuku, who had the same look.

"That would mean, if Hideo brought Shirakumo back from the dead. He did it for a reason." Izuku said, a smile coming to his face.

Inko smiled back. "The girl. His daughter."

Izuku turned to Sohma, catching the man's attention. "Do you think that it might be possible that Eri is Kanna's daughter?"

Sohma thought for a moment before nodding. "Let me pull up her information and run her DNA. Most child who are adopted have their DNA put in the system because of that reason." Sohma stated, looking back down to his laptop. He typed for a moment before pulling up a picture of Eri and turning the laptop to face Inko.

Inko's face lit up. "She looks like my mother. That has to be her. She has to be our sibling. Please, run her DNA to be sure." Inko pleaded.

Sohma nodded and went quick to work. After a moment he looked back up with a smile. "Alright with Shouta's DNA to compare it too, Eri definitely has a familal match to Shouta. According to this, they are full blooded siblings. They share the same mother and father." Sohma stated, a smile coming to his face.

Tsukauchi turned to face his partner for a moment. "Go ahead and run both of their DNA through the system and lets see if we can find their father."

Sohma gave his okay before turning back to his laptop. The only sound in the room was the man's fingers hitting the keys before the door opened once more to reveal Hawks at the door. The man had a grim look on his face as he entered the room. Tsukauchi caught on immediately and nodded at him. "Hideo Aizawa was found murdered in the warehouse. No signs of Shouta Aizawa had been there. Endeavor is working on another lead in hopes of finding where they might be hiding him." Hawks said.

Inko fully slumped in her chair in both disbelief and relief, now knowing that Shouta had not been the body. "What happened?" She asked softly. Izuku on the other hand didn't care that Hideo had been murdered. From everything that he had done to Shouta, the man had deserved everything that came to him.

"It looks like the two responsible for his death are Himiko Toga and Tomura Shigaraki. Dabi was on the scene cause the body had been encircled in blue flames." He paused for a moment, his face going pale for a second as his stomach flipped. "His gentials had been removed from his body and shoved down his throat. Present Mic believes that he was killed because he raped Shouta in his childhood."

Before anyone could say anything else, Sohma's laptop let out a loud chime which took the detective's attention back to it. The blonde's mouth fell open as he looked down on it. "Oh my God." Sohma muttered. Tsukauchi peered over his shoulder, the same look coming to his face.

"Well that is interesting." Tsukauchi stated.

Inko sat up, her interest spiking. "What is it?" She asked quickly.

"Getting Shouta away from the League is going to be harder than we thought." Sohma looked up to meet her gaze. "Shouta's biological father is... All for One."

Author's Note/Edit: So miss_xip pointed out to me that Inko already knew that Shouta had been raped by Hideo so I went back and rewent through my fic and low and behold, Chapter 3 Shouta told Inko. I had completely forgotten! Thank you so much for pointing that out to me I had completely forgotten that she already knew!