Never Be The Same
Author's Note: Hey everyone and welcome back to Never Be The Same. So we are focusing a little bit more on Shouta this chapter but it takes place immediately following the end of the last chapter! We are starting off with our heroes and heroes to be first with Shirakumo and Eri. Also please note that Eri is majorly OOC cause she was not subjected to the abuse at Chisaki's hands. Which is explained in this chapter. Last author's note I said I was going to explain Shirakumo last chapter... I forgot xD well it's happening this chapter instead. Also, I'm changing up my original idea for Shirakumo because I felt like it was too close to the manga and I don't want to spoil anything for anyone just in case.
Don't really have any new things to tell you about at the moment other than I have decided to go ahead and do an alternate reality to Never Be The Same! It's currently in the works and I'm so excited cause I'm defying laws for everything xD
I do want to thank you for the comments and kudos! Thank you so much!
Additional Notes: I am on tumblr at fallenangelofhades, you can hit me up there at any time. Rather it be for a question, prompt, or just to talk!
Fanfictionnet user WingingItLass: I love this comment so much xD Shouta definitely deserves a hug! Also he needs to be wrapped in his sleeping bag, hidden from the world, with a cat, and a nap! All for One is definitely going to be OOC in this because of the circumstances and I loved what you had to say about him!
Anyway on with the fic my dudes!
Chapter Warnings: The usual, probably going to mention Shouta's childhood and past, BAKUGOU! He is his own freaking warning. He needs his own tag too of just being a warning. Slight Manga Spoiler (it's close enough to the actual thing that I want to put this on the warnings)
Chapter Seventeen: If Only (by Dove Cameron from Descendants)
Chapter Summary: Shirakumo reveals his past and connection to Eri. He is reunited with Nemuri and Hizashi. The heroes get their first clue about Shouta's whereabouts. Meanwhile, Shouta learns more about the League, All for One, and surprisingly Toshinori. Shouta is given a choice.
The room was in a dead silence as Shirakumo stood with Eri next to him. Hizashi's tear filled eyes finally spilt over as he surged forward and brought the blue haired man into his arms. Nemuri followed in suit as Shirakumo stood stunned. He was not expecting this reaction in the slightest from these two. He was expecting anger and betrayal, yet here they were opening their arms to him.
Eri clutched tightly to his pants as Hizashi pulled back and whispered, "You're alive. You're real."
Shirakumo grinned at him. "That's a reason I'm here. I have some information that all of you need to know." The cloud user's face turned serious as he looked out to the students.
"That's why you left in a hurry." Sir Nighteye stated, looking over to Tsukauchi.
The detective nodded. "Once we found Shirakumo in the system, I tracked him down and confirmed his identity. This man is really Oboro Shirakumo." Tsukuachi confirmed, watching the relief come to Hizashi and Nemuri's faces. "Shirakumo sent me a message during the meeting and well.. I'm unsettled with it."
Shirakumo took in a deep breath as he turned to face towards the others. "I should start from the beginning so you can fully understand what is going on." The blue haired man stated. "Some of you may of heard from Hizashi that I died sixteen years ago."
Izuku rose his hand, watching as Shirakumo looked to him with a smile. The smile was soft and caring. His eyes widened for a second as he looked between Shirakumo and Eri. The man knew who he was. That had to be it. "Um... my question is about your death..."
Shirakumo smiled. "You are a lot like, Shouta." He paused, ruffling Eri's hair as he looked back out to the others as well. "I was dead. I woke up in a morgue with Hideo Aizawa standing above me."
Izuku was in shock as he looked over to Toshinori. The blonde had to be thinking the same thing as him. "Hideo resurrected you." Toshinori whispered.
Shirakumo nodded. "Yes and he did it for his own vendetta."
"Shouta." Izuku stated, his voice shaking as he spoke.
Once again Shirakumo nodded. "Yeah... I didn't want to agree to it at all. The ultimatium I was given..." His voice trailed off as he looked down at Eri. He kneeled down and smiled at the girl. "Eri, could you go play in the other room with some of your toys?"
Eri smiled up at him and nodded her head. "Okay, Daddy." She whispered, running off but not before she grabbed her bag off of the floor.
Once the little girl was out of sight, Shirakumo turned back to the others. "Hideo told me he resurrected me for one purpose. He was going to use me to control Shouta. If he were to act out... he was going to use me as a way to put him back into place. If I didn't comply with his rules or I tried to tell anyone I knew about me being alive... he would..." Shirakumo stopped as his face paled. "Rape Shouta and than kill me in front of him and than kill him."
"So, where did you go?" Hizashi questioned, his curiousity clear on his face as he looked his friend up and down. Still in complete disbelief that Shirakumo was standing in front of him.
"I know that Midoriya already knows this information." Shirakumo said, giving a look to Izuku before looking back to Hizashi. "Hideo took me to Takashi Akabane.. he's better known as The Boss of the Shie Hassiakai."
Jirou rose her hand and waited as Shirakumo motioned for her. "What's the Shie Hassiakai?"
"Basically, they are a mafia. Organized crime leaders. Takashi took me in as his own. Takashi is Shouta's grandfather on his mother's side." Shirakumo stated.
Kirishima's mouth dropped open. "So his father is a villain and his mother was born into organized crime."
Shirakumo smiled softly. "Kanna... Shouta's mother... wasn't raised to be a yakuza. Takashi told me that she preferred to keep her children away from that life. I stayed with them until about six years ago when Hideo showed up at Takashi's doorstep with Eri." The blue haired man explained.
"So that little girl is Eri?" Yaoyorozu questioned which gained a confirmation from Shirakumo.
"By than Takashi had also taken in another boy.. Kai Chizaki. He is currently the new young head of the Shie Hassiakai after Takashi fell into a coma." He paused, his eyes filling with anger for a moment. "Eri is Kanna's daughter which makes her Inko and Shouta's sister. I begged Takashi to allow me to raise her. Chizaki... I didn't trust him. I still don't." Sir Nighteye perked up from the mention of Chizaki even Mirio seemed to listen in further on the information now. "When Eri got her quirk... she accidentally killed Kanna's brother, Akito."
Noises of shocked filled the room. "That little girl... killed someone?" Kaminari whispered in disbelief.
"Unfortunately... yes. Akito and Eri were playing and the horn on her head grew and lit up. Next thing we knew, he literally just vanished. Reversed him right out of existence." Shirakumo explained. "Chizaki is attrached to this power. Her quirk is called Rewind. She can rewind any organic orgasim to a previous state."
"That sounds just like Hideo's quirk." Midoriya stated in complete shock. Eri had no blood relation to Hideo. In no way could she manage to inherit a quirk like his.
Shirakumo frowned. "That's because Hideo was born quirkless."
The statement was a bombshell that none of them were expecting. "THAN HOW THE FUCK DID HE DEAGE YAGI AND AIZAWA!?" Bakugou hollered, slamming his hands on the table.
Shirakumo held an amused look as he stared at Bakugou. "If you would let me finish, I was about to tell you how he got regression." He paused as Bakugou huffed and sat back down. "Regression actually belonged to Akito Akabane. It was stolen from him thirty years ago by All for One."
Toshinori jumped up, the look of disbelief covering his face. "Why would All for One give up a quirk that could keep him young forever?!" Toshinori wasn't sure if his own words were a statement or a question. Regression was an extremely powerful quirk with the abilities to revert ages and memories. As well as the fact that it was permenant. No one could reverse the effects.
Shirakumo shrugged. "I found out about it fifteen years ago when All for One showed up at my door." Once again the room filled with noises of shock. "All for One already possesses a quirk that allows him to stay young and he gave the quirk as a pay off to Hideo. Hideo was a prosecutor with the law office and he had been on All for One's trail. I guess the power went to his head."
x
He couldn't keep himself locked in this room forever. Dabi came in often, sometimes Toga or Tomura would come with him, and they would talk for hours. Shouta wasn't sure how long he's been here but not once has he had the feeling to try and escape. They've made him feel... welcome.
Come to find out, Dabi is a good dancer. He had caught Shouta doing some of his dance work outs and joined him. It's not surprising in the least that Dabi would end up knowing some forms of dance because of his father. Shouta had thought that Dabi was going to make fun of him at first until the scarred man had grabbed ahold of his hand and started to dance with him.
The Boss villain, All for One, hadn't intruded any further on him. He's probably actually seen the man once since he had witnessed the villains kill Hideo. All for One hadn't said anything to him but rather smiled at him. Something about the man drew him in. He couldn't explain it. He needed to figure it out. All for One was giving him this sense of security that he had only felt with his friends at U.A. He felt... safe. He shouldn't. This man had commited so many crimes in his life. He ended All Might's career as a hero at Kamino Ward. He was the one who caused the injury in the first place. Yet, Shouta couldn't help it.
Shouta took in a deep breath, his hand on the door knob. He had tried it before, he wasn't locked in and no one had been standing on the other side of the door. It was almost as if they knew that he wasn't going to make a break for it. That he wasn't going to run. That scared him. They haven't given him a reason to actually trust them aside from Dabi, who had shared his darkest secret with him. They had killed Hideo but that didn't prove to Shouta that the League wouldn't do something to him. He had no way of knowing their true intentions. At the moment, they were trying to make him comfortable.
The Erasure user finally got the courage to swing the door open and froze completely as he came face to face with All for One. The man stood, almost shell-shocked, at the door with wide eyes and his fist raised up like he was going to knock. "Shouta, I see that you're awake." The villain snapped himself out of his stupor and lowered his hand. Placing a smile on his face, the villain motioned for Shouta to follow him.
Shouta wasn't even sure what lead him to follow after All for One but soon he found himself falling in line with the man as they walked through the halls and turned the corner. Dabi was sitting off to the side talking quietly with Toga and Twice. Tomura wasn't that fair off with Spinner but the blue haired man sat in silence.
None of them looked up at them as they made their way to a separate room away from the main area. Shouta looked around the room hesitantly as All for One rounded a desk and took a seat behind it. "Please, Shouta. Come sit and make yourself comfortable." The villain motioned to a couch on the opposite side of the room. "Are you hungry?"
Shouta shook his head. Dabi had already brought him by food earlier. "What do you want with me?"
The question didn't shock the villain in the slightest. Instead the man just smiled. "Nothing. I've got to be honest with you, Shouta. When Hideo broke me out of prison, he wanted to give you to me as some sort of constellation prize."
Shouta froze. He wanted to do what? My father willingly was going to give me to a villain?
All for One watched him for a second. "I agreed. Sort of. I have no intention of using you against your will. I needed an excuse for that bastard to work with me. In the end, he reverted my body back to before the attack from All Might and he ended up dead."
Shouta balled his fists, the confusion and anger settling in him. "So you want me to join the League?"
All for One shrugged. "Do you want to join the League?"
Shouta growled. "Of course not. My classmates talked about how the League constantly attacked them. Kidnapped Bakugou! I could never join you." The teen said, practically hissing out the words in anger.
All for One smirked. A smirk that sent chills down Shouta's spine. All for One carried himself with a dominating presence. His cool grey, almost black, eyes practically staring into Shouta's soul. "The same classmates who have been lying to you?" Shouta bit his lip in attempts to keep himself quiet. "Toshinori Yagi, Izuku Midoriya, they have both been hiding something from you. How Present Mic and Midnight kept the biggest secret of all from you."
Shouta finally snapped. "If they are keeping something a secret, it's for a good reason. I did lose fifteen years of memories. Of my life to my bastard of a father."
All for One made a noise in his throat in agreement. "That is true. All Might and Midoriya have kept this secret from everyone. It could risk both of their lives if someone knew outside of myself."
Shouta was beyond confused by that statement. It didn't make sense that this man would know a secret that only Toshinori and Izuku would know. That would be almost impossible. "What are you talking about?"
"Curiousity killed the cat. At least that's what some people say. Your little boyfriend and his protege. They share a quirk." All of One stated. Shouta's eyes widened.
That's impossible.
All of One chuckled, watching the wave of emotions flood over Shouta. "Their quirk is called One for All. I would know since I created it."
"Why are you telling me this?" Shouta muttered.
All for One shrugged. "After everything you've been through. You deserve to know the truth. One for All started with my brother. I thought he was quirkless. So did he. Come to find out, he wasn't. I gave him a strength quirk that he was able to pass on. It's gone through nine people now." He paused, watching as Shouta calculated the information. "You know, All Might was quirkless before he gained this quirk?"
Shouta's eyes widened. All Might was born quirkless?
"You're lying!" Shouta growled.
All for One only laughed. "I have no reason too. If I lie to you, that wouldn't be fair to you." The man stood back up, walking over until he was standing directly in front of Shouta. The teen flinched as All for One reached out and moved a lock of black hair and tucked it behind his ear. "Now, enough of my torment. Tell me a little about yourself? I know you have a sister and a nephew. I know your quirk and that you want to be a hero. What do you like to do in your free time?"
Shouta felt his face flush. He was not expecting this. "Um... I like to dance. My mom put me in classes when I was a toddler and I just never stopped."
The villain let out a laugh, a geniune smile on his face. "Of course your mother did. She was a dancer herself. She probably also put Inko into classes too."
Shouta nodded. "Yeah, Inko quit when she hit high school." His eyes narrowing on the villain. He did say before that he knew information on his mother but how he knew such information on Inko terrified him.
"If you wouldn't mind, would you show me something that you learned?" All for One questioned. Shouta eyed him for a second. The villain didn't seem to have an ulterior motive. At least that Shouta could see.
"There isn't enough room in here." Shouta stated.
All for One motioned towards the door. "But there is out there."
Shouta's face got redder. There was no getting out of this. He nodded. "Do you have a phone by chance?" Shouta questioned. All for One paused for a second before pulling the device out of his pocket.
"Tomura's assossicates have a speaker that my phone is connected too." All for One added.
Shouta nodded as he walked into the room, now catching the other's attention. He eyed the phone in his hand. He could call the police. Call U.A. If he did that, he would surely get caught by the villains. They would know. Instead, Shouta pulled up a music site and searched the track he wanted.
Shouta handed the phone back over to All for One, the music starting. He placed his hands on the floor and waited for a second before starting. His mind ventured back to the dance studio at U.A. The music filled his ears as he felt his body move along to the music.
It felt right.
x
The news had dawned on them. The pros were working with the new information and Toshinori took a moment to walk up to Shirakumo, who was now sitting with Eri. The blonde took a deep breath and sat on the floor next to them, The blue haired man smiled at him as he took a seat.
"You know, Yagi. I'm glad that Shouta has someone like you." Shirakumo muttered.
Toshinori stopped for a moment before he felt a smile come to his face. "Thank you." He paused, not sure what to say in that moment. This man had been Shouta's ex in the past. Shirakumo would remember it but if Toshinori calculated right, Shouta didn't remember. His mind would be a year before those events took place. "Do you have any regrets about everything with Hideo?"
Shirakumo shrugged, smiling at Eri as she passed him one of her toys. "Yes and no. Hideo was so obsessed with Shouta that he was willing to bring me back from the dead to try and control him. I'm surprised he never did use me against Shouta." He sighed, a frown settled on his face. "I do regret never telling them I was alive. I know that I allowed so much pain to happen to them while they believed I was dead. I really did die but Hideo's powers... that's how strong they were. I'm honestly surprised it took him this long to go after Shouta."
Toshinori took in a deep breath as the next thoughts that came to his mind made him shiver. "Do you think the League killed Hideo because of Shouta?"
Shirakumo nodded. "All for One told me everything. The first time he stopped by was six years ago. I literally thought I was looking at Shouta at first. All for One didn't know the details of what had happened to Shouta and I think maybe Shouta told them."
x
Shouta was in complete surprise as the villains broke out into cheers once the music stopped. He was breathing heavily as he pushed himself off of the floor and faced the others. The silence was now filled in with slow playing music, music that you could dance the waltz too.
All for One smiled down at him, leaning down and holding his hand out. "Would you mind dancing with me?" He bowed his head, patiently waiting for Shouta to make the first move. Shouta gulped, looking between the rest of the villains. Dabi hopped up along with Tomura. Tomura making sure not to touch the flame villain with all of his fingers. Toga joined Twice on the floor and they were already in a fit of giggles at their attempts at the waltz. Spinner scoffed and gave Mr. Compress a look before sighing and standing up with him.
Dabi gave Shouta a soft smile and a nod, motioning towards the head villain. The teenager took in a deep breath before taking the man's hand. It took him by surprise that All for One made the perfect stance for the waltz. All for One hummed along to the music as the pairs danced around each other.
Shouta opened his mouth to talk before All for One quietly shushed him and whispered, "I know what you are going to ask me. Shouta, I have something that I have to tell you." The villain stated, twirling Shouta on his heel before pulling the former hero back to him. "Shouta, I despise All Might or for you... Toshinori Yagi. However, he is no longer in my radar. The Symbol of Peace is gone from this world."
Shouta glared at the man. Hating the words that were coming out of his mouth. "Why do you hate Toshi so much?"
All for One gave him a soft smile. "He did try to kill me six years ago. He knocked down my men one by one. He was getting in my way. I couldn't have that."
"You were the one who injured him. You could say that's fair, I suppose." Shouta replied, allowing the villain to continue to guide him. He was finally getting his answers. If the villain was willing to talk because of a dance, he would allow it.
"There is more, Shouta." All for One said, "Hideo Aizawa was never your father."
Shouta scoffed. "I never believed him to be. I might of been related to him by blood but he was not my father."
The villain merely laughed. "That's not what I'm saying."
Shouta narrowed his gaze once more. "That what are you saying?"
"I'm your father, Shouta. You're biological father." All for One said. Shouta felt his blood run completely cold. This man had to be lying. Shouta searched for any signs of deception on the man's face. This couldn't be true. "Legally, he was your father but biologically, you are mine."
Shouta tensed up. "That's why you want me to join the League..."
All for One let out a hearty laugh. "I'm not going to force you just because you are my son. I have Tomura as my successor. This is his calling. He had been wronged by the system." The villain's smile widened as he reached up and tucked some of Shouta's hair behind his ear. "I want you to be who you want to be. You can be whatever you want to be in this world and I will completely support you on that. I just wanted to get Hideo out of the picture."
Shouta took in all of the information that the villain was giving him. It was starting to make sense on why Hideo hated him so much. Why he called him a bastard child. It made perfect sense. Everything did. "Than why am I still here?"
The villain just smiled again. "Because I need your help with something."
"What?" Shouta hissed.
"You have a sister. Her name is Eri. Kanna gave birth to her right before she was killed by Hideo." All for One paused as the shock came to Shouta's face. "She is with an old friend of yours... Shirakumo. I visited him the other day with some information. He's with the pro heroes I would guess right now. But Eri is being targeted by the same people Hideo wanted to give her too."
Shouta frowned. "Who would that be?"
"The Shie Hassiakai under the command of Kai Chisaki."
Author's Note: So that is all for this chapter. So the dance that Aizawa did is called "The Investment" by Kalani from Dance Moms. I will put the url below. users, it won't show up for you but if you look up "Kalani the Investment" you will find it, if you want to see what dance he did! watch?v=VtPLxCgiCzc
