All Might stopped just before his three students. Everything had went to bad to worse in the matter of an hour. Now the train station is gone. People are hurt. Some are probably dead and now the young boy before him was hurt and passed out. His son.

He wasn't the type to get mad but this time he was furious. He was angry to see Izuku Midoriya like this. He had been trusted with this boy's care and here he was in the arms of his fellow student and boyfriend hurt. The hero dropped to his knees before them with a grim look on his face.

"What happened here?" he asked quietly with his voice shaking.

"Stain."

Shouto scratched his face, "He's over there."

The boy pointed at the ice chunks that were melting onto the ground. The Hero Killer was knocked out cold and wet in a crumpled heap. All Might stared at him for a few moments then back at his students.

How in the hell...

"Deku came up with the plan and we beat him," Bakuguo said, "I think he just exhausted himself more than anything."

All Might called the police and he waited by the villain while they all showed up taking the right precautions just in case the psycho woke up.

"The situation in town is bad," one officer said.

"I know. Fifty three people are dead. Sixty five are injured and another eleven may not make it."

The hero grinded his teeth.

Fucking All for One. The stupid bastard. He sure knows when to show up. I never meant to put him through all of this. He didn't deserve this. None of them deserved this.

"All Might! Is there anyone hurt here?" called out some medics.

He turned to the side but his students were gone... Again.

"Todoroki! Bakugou!" he screamed but no one answered him.

DAMNIT

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"You're fucking crazy," Bakugou said as they ran through the crowd of people with Izuku on his back.

"I know but I have to see if they're still there," Izuku whispered.

"Any sign of trouble and we are out of there," Shouto said with a stern voice.

"Icyhot is right. I understand the need to face this man but it wouldn't be smart to hang around."

Izuku stayed quiet.

This is my chance. Maybe I can talk to All for One. Get an answer. Or at least see his face again without freaking out. I need answers.

He looked down at the top of Katsuki's head.

If it wasn't for them... I would be doing this alone.

His heart clenched at the thought.

This is everything. The beginning to face my problems. To find out why things came out the way they did. I can do this. I can do this...

He closed his eyes.

Toshi is going to be really mad at me. I hope even as mad as he will be, he'll understand. I can't imagine doing this without One for All. This is the chance we've been waiting for... Everyone is depending on me to take him down... All the users before me... It ends with me.

Izuku opened his eyes and reached down in his pocket.

"You ok back there?" the blonde asked.

"Yea, I'm just getting my medicine."

Shouto smiled as they kept running.

"We're bad for each other."

Katsuki smirked.

"Only in the sense we encourage bad behavior and actions."

Izuku laughed weakly as he finished off the bottle. His throat felt ten times better.

He was lucky that his Uncle Shouta helped him find something to soothe the burn in his throat if he overused it. That medicine wasn't meant to drank all at once but Izuku wasn't risking his boyfriends' lives to be careful with a small bottle of medicine. He knew it would numb it for the time being so he could do what he needed too.

That's all he needed... was time and power.

Blue flames came into view quickly. Screams were heard. There was bodies everywhere. Izuku, Bakugou and Shouto ignored the death around them and continued charging forward. Izuku did his best to not look at them. He didn't want to panic and cause problems for everyone considering who they might be near at that moment.

"Slow down," he whispered into Katsuki's ear.

"Do you see something?" he asked.

"I think I do."

Todoroki stopped dead in his tracks.

"To the left. It looks like a shadow behind those blue flames."

It did indeed look like someone was standing there and it threw everyone on edge.

"Let me down."

Katsuki lowered his boyfriend down and they stood there for a moment. Izuku stepped forward trying to calm down the erratic beating in his chest.

"Come out, now."

The shadow moved.

Good god- Katsuki thought as the person stepped from behind the flames.

Fierce blue eyes peered down at this from behind the cracked white and red mask the person had on. He had spiky black hair and his arms were covered in purple scars. He looked like a stereo typical bad boy with his black trench coat and ripped up white tank top. Katsuki rolled his eyes but Izuku and Shouto couldn't take their eyes off of him.

"What do you want?" the person asked.

"Where's All for One?" Izuku asked in a demanding tone, "I have something I want to ask him."

"Oh, is that right?"

Shouto watched as those blue eyes landed on him. He felt like he was staring at someone familiar.

"What do you brats think you can do?" he asked stepping closer, "Shouldn't you be in hero school learning to be hypocrites?"

"You talk a lot of shit for someone who hides behind a mask," Katsuki said, "Why don't you take it off and show us your ugly ass face."

The person laughed.

"Where is he?" Izuku asked again sounding more impatient.

He wasn't here to play around.

"Who do you think you are?" he asked, only ten feet from them now, " You're nothing but a little kid-

"I'm not just a kid!" he yelled.

Silence fell between them.

"I am Izuku Midoriya- son of Flamethrower! I don't take that title lightly!"

The freckled face boy stepped closer to the villain. The person tensed up.

"You think being the son of some crappy hero is something to be proud of?"

Shouto's eyes locked with the villain's. He swallowed hard.

"He wasn't a crappy hero. He was a hero that protected me until his last breath! He protected the people of this country and more! I walk in his footsteps and All Might's to become a great hero!"

"Delusional."

"Maybe," Izuku said, "But at least I can follow through with it. I'm not hiding behind a mask. Or behind a man."

The person growled.

"You little fuck-

"Now, now boys. That will be enough."

All for One came walking out of the shadows with a mask on but Izuku knew it was him. There was something about him that made Izuku's entire body fill with dread.

"What did you want to ask me, son of Flamethrower?"

"I need to know something. Something that has been bothering me."

All for One removed his mask.

"I like that you're curious. I wonder what you would like to know."

Izuku swallowed hard.

I want to know everything.

"Why me?"

His voice trembled slightly and almost failed him. He was angry. He... lost everything thanks to this man. Stain might've taken what little he had but All for One ruined his life from the beginning. Ruined his father and mother's life. He ruined All Might's life. All those people he cared about were hurt by one man.

"Because."

Izuku just stared at him.

"What?"

"Because. I can do whatever I want."

That was not the answer he wanted and it pissed him off. He felt his hands heat up.

"Midoriya!"

Izuku barely turned with All for One moved. The man jumped over him and headed straight for All Might.

"NO!"

One for All powered up through his legs and he was off. Shouto and Katsuki had no time to stop their green haired boyfriend. Izuku skidded out in front of his adoptive dad, catching All for One's fist in his hand. The force of the hit blew dust and rubble around. The area was quiet.

No one spoke a word.

"I came here for you, you leave him alone!" Izuku shouted.

All for One jerked his hand away quickly once he felt the boy's hand heat up.

"It seems it would be dumb on my part to do anything today. I'm rather exhausted."

All for One disappeared into some gray sludge and he was gone. The guy with the blue flames was gone in that gray sludge as well leaving the hero and three students alone.

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"I can't believe you did that! That... that was so stupid!" Aizawa yelled.

Izuku hung his head.

"And you two!" he continued, "What the hell is wrong with you both?! Considering the things those two did and you take him of all people to him?! What if he snatched Izuku up and was gone, huh?"

Katsuki looked away and Shouto stared at the floor.

"This is something I would think a novice would do- not three almost pro heroes? What would Toshinori do if something happened to you?!"

"I'm sorry."

Shouta slapped the back of Izuku's head.

"Ow!"

"Go to your rooms. I don't want to see for the next few days!"

The three boys jumped up and ran to their rooms without another word to each other.

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Toshinori placed his empty glass onto the coffee table. He was in Aizawa's room in the dorms. Hizashi and Shouta were sitting across from him on the couch. The three of them had been quiet for a while sipping on their alcoholic drinks. Things haven't gotten any better since they returned. They were still pretty upset.

"Hello you three. It seems the atmosphere in here is rather heavy."

They looked up to see Nezu standing there with a cup of tea in his small, white paws.

"Hello sir," All Might said as he started pouring himself another glass.

"Are you that worried Toshi?"

"You could say that."

Nezu nodded as he placed his cup on the coffee table.

"Can I have a chair?"

Hizashi nodded and went towards the small kitchen then returned with a chair.

"Here sir."

"Thank you."

He sat down and looked at All Might.

"I talked to the three boys myself."

The three teachers looked mildly surprised.

"Oh."

"I would to discuss Izuku Midoriya."

Toshinori tensed up.

"I've been talking to several students and the teachers. I have video of the confrontation from earlier. I would have to say I am extremely impressed with him. The fact he came up with the idea to take down Stain without killing him too. The fact he didn't seek revenge. There's something about him."

"What he did was stupid and he wasn't thinking," Aizawa said.

"That being so... he showed me something."

The three teachers looked at him rather confused.

"All for One treaded carefully. Once Izuku jumped in to save you, he second guessed himself. He must know the boy's abilities already since he had kidnapped him but then he isn't sure of the new things he learned."

Silence.

"If Izuku Midoriya can formulate a plan to stop Stain, then he could stop All for One if given the chance. He only managed to do it with the help of his two classmates. Their quirks compliment each other in a nice way. I expect great things from him, Katsuki Bakuguo and Shouto Todoroki."

"They're still in trouble."

Nezu laughed, "Of course. I would like to know your thoughts on what I think."

Present Mic and Eraserhead stayed quiet.

"I don't know."

"You handed him your power thinking he was fit for it."

"I know I did but I didn't want him to face that man."

"That is the fate of those who carry One for All... isn't it?"

That it is.

"Though, the whole community is grateful for those three boys."

Shouta looked up with a small smirk on his face.

"I suppose they should be. It took a loner, a hot head and an emotionally distant child to take down someone that the whole community feared. They are great students."

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The next day, Izuku stayed in his room, missing class. They were informed someone would bring their work to them for the day. He continued to chat with Shouto and Katsuki in a group chat they had created. He was in the middle of laughing at Shouto and Katsuki arguing which was the best candy there was when there was a knock at his bedroom door.

"Come in."

The door was pushed open slowly to reveal All Might but he was in his normal, skeleton looking form.

"Dad? What's up?"

"Can I speak to you?"

Izuku swallowed hard and nodded.

"What happened yesterday..." Toshi said as he closed the door, "Was uncalled for."

The teenage boy stayed quiet.

"I don't know what to think. I was so scared, when I saw you face to face with All for One..." he trailed off.

"I have no plans to die anytime soon."

All Might stared at Izuku. There was determination in those big green eyes. He remembered when he was like that back when he had gotten his quirk.

"You don't know what he would do to you."

"I have some idea."

Izuku placed his phone down and slid off the bed to stand up.

"I'm not stupid. I knew he would still be there... I think that he was waiting for me."

"Getting revenge isn't the answer-

"I wasn't looking for it. I want to stop him before he ruins someone else's life like he did mine."

Toshinori swallowed hard.

"I don't want another young kid to go through that and I think that blue fire user was someone's kid. How do we not know that he managed to kidnap someone's child and used them like he tried with me?"

The man sat down at Izuku's computer chair.

"I suppose that's true. I never thought about it like that."

"In that moment when... when he went after you... I flashed back to the time I couldn't save my Mom or Dad. I couldn't allow that to happen again."

There were tears in Izuku's eyes.

"I couldn't allow him to take another hero. Another person I loved- everyone loves. I know those One for All users died at his hands. I won't let it happen again."

"Are you suggesting you would kill him?"

Izuku blinked and lowered his eyes.

"I don't know. I wouldn't know until the time came I suppose."

Toshinori pursed his lips together into a thin line.

"It would put a black marker on your record as a hero before you even started."

Izuku nodded.

"I just... want to save everyone All Might. I don't want people to suffer like we did."

Me either kid... me either.