"Have a seat, let's chat" he motioned as a chair appeared before him, similar to which the man was sitting on but without the chains and ropes. Izuku took a look at the practically faceless man and then at the chair. There was nothing else he could do so he went along.
Izuku couldn't shake off the eerily feeling coming off the man in front of him, he felt the familiar timidness and horror, the kind he experienced when he was 5. In that demolished house, he felt cold, scared but he thought it was probably because of All Might's description of THE All For One.
"Don't worry child, I mean no harm, in fact, even if I wanted to I can't and won't hurt you, I am here to give you some information and… some warnings" Izuku relaxed a little, he was technically in a dream and the man was bound to the chair, even with his supposed monstrous strength, he couldn't move.
"And if you are wondering, I am your quirk, the first bearer of myself. Now I can give you all the pieces of the puzzle or I can ask you what is your current level of understanding of the quirk" the man questioned and tilted his head.
Izuku's eyes widened, 'Is this some kind of game to him?' he wondered, but he also knew if he wanted to control the full extent of his quirk this conversation was a blessing in disguise or probably the other way around.
"I-I have these h-holes in my palms and i-if I connect them to an exposed skin area of a person I can either give, take, or activate their q-quirk" Izuku didn't know why he was stuttering, where did all of his confidence and charisma go?
"That's the basis of it, yes and don't worry child, the personality changes, or I'd rather say improvements were my doing. You will get them back once you leave. Now what do you think about your quirks and how much do you think is your maximum capacity?"
Izuku hummed, it was all making sense to him now, the sudden rush of confidence he got when he activated the quirk, like the elevated charisma, he pondered over the man's question.
"My first quirk is Weather Manipulation, it's pretty self explanatory, but it's taking a huge toll on my body. Recovery girl told me that an 'Unknown' quirk is fused with it which has crippled me. 'All for One' had worsened the previously mentioned cell deterioration, and I apparently have a 'stolen' quirk that is barely matching up to the cell death, I call it 'cell activation'." He took a pause and gathered his breath, if he could even breathe in whatever place he was in "Yeah, that's about it, oh wait no, I have taken a quirk 'Impact Recoil' from a death row inmate, which I am able to use, as some of them 'stolen' quirks are also worsening the side effects."
The man sat silent, Izuku shuddered at the thought that he might have insulted him as the said man is practically his quirk.
"Hmm, that sounds about right. I know Weather Manipulation has that drawback, but why do you think that I am taking such a toll on you?"
Izuku adjusted himself in his chair, he was about to mention 'One for All' to him and regarding the fated rivaling of the two quirks it wasn't a wise decision.
"W-W-Well, i had a theory that since O-O-One f-f-for A-A-A-All and A-All for One are somewhat alike, they both s-stock pile something. In case of One for All, its physical energy and in yours, its quirks, I-I believe there is something stockpiled in my All for One that is yet to be unlocked" he gazed over the man who was visibly agitated by the mention of his polar opposite quirk, he was internally wishing that he won't turn quirk hungry for it.
To his surprise the man chuckled, he couldn't see a smile as there was no face because of the mist, but the laugh was genuine "I see, at least I am content that my power is not wasted with an undeserving individual. As you can clearly see I am practically locked, or rather restricted. You were also right about the 'stockpiling' aspect of the two quirks. But I'd advise you to refrain from mentioning that quirk in front of me, nobody knows what might happen if I couldn't keep my hunger in control…" a chill ran down Izuku's spine as the man started laughing darkly.
"Now that you have proved yourself, at least enough that I can be assured that I am not in the hands of a mindless monkey, I shall reveal some secrets about me. The first thing you should know is that I have no concept of 'good' or 'bad', I indulge myself in the endeavours of my user, given his conviction is compelling and appealing to me. If the aforementioned condition's weren't met I wouldn't have even bothered to talk to you. And believe me when I say it, I would have had you pass on this quirk and killed you right away, but that is a story for another time isn't it..."
Izuku was now officially petrified, but he couldn't come around the idea of passing his quirk, 'Can All for One be transferred too, maybe it's similar to-' he half wondered before the man began again.
"Yes, I can be transferred, but not by the method that 'you know who' is passed. There might be some artificial methods to pass on this ancient quirk, but the easiest and painless is how nature intended."
"By reproducing" Izuku responded on cue.
"Yes, now don't bother wondering if your father or maybe some ancestor of your's was a bearer or not, 'cause it is possible that you might be the first one to awaken it, after the first bearer that is. The only thing you need to know is that you are related to that man, I am neither interested to know how nor I will ponder on that matter."
Izuku was about to go into deep thought about the repercussions of the fact that he is related to All Might's nemesis when he sensed that the man is not finished.
"Now, currently you can only handle 3 extra quirks, I would've had you figure that out by yourself but that would hurt me as much as it would hurt you to go above that limit. The reason for such a barrier is the stockpiled quirks that you have within me."he took a dramatic pause"Young Izuku, you have 4 more quirks that you would have to unlock aside from the cell activation quirk to be able to harness my power. After tonight that number will drop down to 3, you have put in amazing work to handle your quirks Izuku and as a reward, you'll have one more quirk in your arsenal from tomorrow. I won't tell you which one."
Izuku's eyes widened '4 more quirks? I can barely manage the ones I have!'
"It seems you didn't understand me, the more quirks you unlock the less drawback it will cause to your body. It seems we have little time left for our chat, the real reason I talked to you is to warn you. You see all 'All for One' users have a 'mental' connection with other AFO users and OFA users, it seems in your case it's exceptional and overwhelming, what I am trying to say is that, from now on each time you use me, or the first bearer uses me, you two can see through each other's eyes."
Izuku's heart sank, 'The f-first bearer m-means the original A-All for O-One!'
"Yes, it's a two edged sword. I might be able to dismantle the connection but I have no power in this world at the moment.
Farewell Izuku Midoriya, we'll meet again… soon"
Izuku saw the man wisp away, he felt the chair beneath him vanish and he fell in the void, he screamed but no voice came out. He was just falling through the vast emptiness that surrounded him, until all he could see was black.
It was almost time to get to school, Aizawa was ready with his usual costume on, when he heard a terrifying anguished scream coming from Izuku's room. He dashed towards his room and threw the door open to find Izuku sitting silently, with no hint of expression on his face, he paid caution to wind and activated his quirk as he moved towards Izuku, he was hoping that he wasn't too late, and there won't be a lightning striking the dorms down. He reached Izuku and found him unfazed by his presence, he wasn't even blinking, he shook him hard enough to make him come back to reality.
"Hey dad..." Izuku grumbled as he rubbed his eyes.
"What the f-, actually you know what. Explain why are you not ready yet and the fact that you just screamed at the top of your lungs for no reason?"
Izuku's eyes widened when the realization hit him, 'It wasn't a dream was it?'
"A-Actually dad, umm.. We need to talk. I-I just talked to A-All for O-One", Izuku stuttered as he tried his best to make sense of the situation,
Aizawa's blood ran cold, "What do you mean you 'talked' to him? Isn't he dead?"
"Uhh, actually All for One as in my quirk, it's sentient and apparently he is alive."
Aizawa was fully awake now, even the hint of tiredness he had was gone in a second, "All right, looks like you are going to piss off Nemuri and Hizashi yet again, get changed, meet me downstairs. I'll call Nedzu and get it all settled up."
Izuku sighed as he remembered something important, his promise, "Dad! Please don't tell Melissa!"
"Why?"
"Because All Might doesn't want her to know… yet" Izuku was already about to deliver All Might's worst nightmare to him, he didn't want Melissa to get caught up in this, until she's ready.
Shouta grunted as he stepped out of his room and called Principal,
"Yea, Nedzu, Code-AF1 meeting now!", He stated cryptically, ever since they suspected some moles in the police force, they started being more secretive about the conversations on such grave topics.
"Affirmative, come on down." The voice came from the phone, he quickly switched off his cell and patiently waited for Izuku to come down, the other class students had already filed out and he knew Nedzu would put Hizashi to take care of his homeroom class.
After a couple of moments, Izuku came down dressed in his school uniform, "Alright, let's go." Aizawa opened the door and both of them got moving.
Melissa and the rest of 1-A were sitting in the class, with the absence of Izuku and his hobo of a dad that also happens to be their teacher. She turned back and looked over to Momo who seemed to be revisiting the notes from yesterday's class.
She whispered, "Hey, where do you think Izuku is? He didn't come for breakfast."
Momo looked over from her book, she had a worried expression when she sighed, "A missing Aizawa-sensei and a vanished Izuku always meant one of two things, either he is sick or his quirk flared up. We are alive so I am inclined to the former."
Melissa hummed, she was about to get up and look for him when the voice hero came through the door and shouted "HEYYAA LISTENERS! TODAY YOU'LL BE JOINING ME FOR TWO BACK TO BACK PERIODS! ENGLISH ROCKS!"
The students deadpanned, while Melissa relented and sat down.
'I just hope he's okay.' she thought.
Izuku and Aizawa stood before Nedzu, Chiyo and a deflated All Might. He had just informed the, about the 'dream' and the developments.
All Might was in too much shock to utter a word, his greatest nightmare was once again, a reality. Chiyo had her head resting into her hands and Aizawa was on the verge of having a migraine.
Nedzu, the only being who was still in check with reality summed up "So let me know if I am wrong, your quirk 'All for One' is sentient, you have 4 more quirks to unlock before you can use the full extent of your quirk and consequently you can only carry about 3 extra quirks including the one you took recently. The most important of them all, the Symbol of Terror is still alive, which you and him can look through each other's eyes whenever one of you uses 'All for One'."
Izuku took a look around the distressed adults and nodded.
Nedzu continued "And you go on to say that you have unlocked one of those 4 quirks, have you tried which one it is?"
Izuku grumbled, "Not yet… we just came here right away."
Nedzu hummed "Aizawa you and Izuku may take rest of the day off, we will take some tests on Izuku and make our plans going forward, a major threat has just been confirmed, Toshinori and I will discuss. Recovery Girl you may accompany them and perform the usual tests and see if you can discover what new quirk has our Izuku unlocked."
Aizawa grunted and walked away with Izuku in tow to the field.
"So he is seeing him now, actually "he" will be seeing through Young Izuku now. Melissa should be kept away from him for the time being, we don't want him to know the 9th user. At Least until we figure out how exactly and how much they can view through each other." All Might spoke reluctantly.
"Yes, that is the rational way to do this, but for that you'll have to tell her about "him", you can't keep it from her for forever, not now. We can make Izuku refrain seeing her today and make him look sick, but the day after tomorrow, that is, the weekend would be an optimum time for such a confrontation." Nedzu explained calmly to the worried hero.
Toshinori sighed "I know, this is such a disaster. And if he sees Young Melissa using One for All, it would be the worst case scenario."
Nedzu nodded "I hope you are ready All Might, for what's to come."
Aizawa was standing insanely tired, Izuku stood before him trying to activate his new stupid quirk, Recovery Girl was at a distance following his vitals.
"Alright try again, so far it's not a physical one, it's not one that changes an environment. Keep trying."
As if on cue Izuku tugged on the new quirk-string and tried to focus it into his hands, nothing happened. A thought came to his mind, 'What if it's something like dad's quirk?' he activated the quirk again and the world became black and white, he looked around and noticed his father glowing greenish? It was a heat signature like vision, he focused in on his father and thoughts came rushing to him, details about his quirk.
-Eye related, quirk suppressing, long range-
He noticed Aizawa smirk under his glance.
"Izuku your eyes are glowing yellow, though I am not feeling anything different, what is it?"
Izuku looked over at Chiyo and nothing happened. 'Maybe it's range dependent?'
"I think it's some sort of scanning quirk, kind of like heat vision. When I looked at you and I could get some decent information about your quirk."
Aizawa nodded in satisfaction "Well that's convenient, it'd be useful for finding injured people." He took Izuku and went to Recovery Girl to find that Nedzu and Toshinori had joined them.
"So… Young Izuku, what is it?" Toshinori asked while Nedzu and Chiyo were going over the results.
"I am gonna call it 'Scanning'." he spoke as his eyes glowed yellow and his mind was filled with information about All Might's quirk.
-Stockpiling Quirk, full body strength enhancement, melee range-
"Yes! I just confirmed it, the quirk gives me a decent chunk of information about a person's quirk, though it has a range. Like I tested it from a distance at Recovery Girl but I couldn't, but dad was standing much closer and it worked on him. So if I put the info part away, I don't know if there's any drawbacks, there wasn't any dry eye or anything bu-" Izuku continuously muttered, as the adults stared at him dumbfoundedly.
Aizawa turned towards the Recovery girl and rubbed his temple "What's the stats?"
Recovery girl handed the man a couple of files, "The cellular deterioration has lessened, it's not significant but it's improved and apparently the "Cell Activation" quirk has improved a bit too. This proves that unlocking these quirks are a blessing but why these quirks are there in the first place is still a mystery."
Nedzu coughed, he focused his attention on Izuku and began "Young Izuku, I have something to ask of you. I know the recent developments must be stressful, but for the time being, at least not until we can find out how strong is the connection between you and that man, you'd have to stay away from Melissa. A day after tomorrow Toshinori will reveal the secret of All for One and One for All to her and then things can get back to relatively normal."
Izuku's heart dropped, he was about to confess to her. But he knew the risk he would be taking by being close to her, while being unknown to the effects that could be caused by his new-found connection to All for One himself.
He reluctantly nodded, it felt like watching his mother die by his hand again in a loop "I understand, I will just stay in my room for the rest of the night, and will give a call to Momo that I am sick. Things are a little awkward with Melissa at the moment."
The adults didn't know what to think of the mentioned awkwardness, they truly pitied him. Even though it would be for their safety, no one was satisfied.
Izuku was sent back to the dorms to take the rest of the day off and Aizawa was set to take that day's class. Fortunately today was quirk training so it won't be such a hassle to miss it.
The day passed uneventfully, it was night time and Izuku was laying in his bed trying to fall asleep, in the past hour he had received multiple phone calls from Melissa, Momo, Sekigai, Uncle Mic, Auntie Nemuri and even Kacchan. He told them he woke up with a stuffy nose, teary eyes, flushed face, and didn't want to infect them. He told them that he was taking meds and will be healthy by tomorrow. Momo had emailed him the notes from the classes so at least he wouldn't be left behind. Auntie Nemuri had made him a get-well-soon card, unfortunately the secret of All for One and One for All weren't revealed to them yet, they did know that Izuku had the ability to give and take quirks but nothing of the backstory. Next day there would be a special class that would be taken on a somewhat secluded facility on the school grounds, something called the Unforeseen Simulation Joint, regardless it was rescue training and he was super excited for it.
Izuku was about to fall asleep when his vision changed, his eyes transformed, his vision turned that to of an infrared one, all was remained was the black sclera, he saw a dimly lighted room, a person sitting on what looked like a medical stool, he had a long beak, incredibly muscular body, exposed brain!? Izuku saw his hand moving towards the organism's brain and dark black-reddish aura surrounding it's palm, the creature jolted in pain as the palm connected with his exposed brain. It screeched until the palm was lifted off him and the vision faded again, now back to his usual eyes and Izuku could see his room.
"What the fu-"
In building far far away,
A man with deformed face was sitting on a chair in a dark room. The bio-engineered monster stood before when suddenly his visions faded. He could see what looked like a dorm-room or a cheap apartment like the one he used to share with… never mind that, he saw his body looked like something of a teenager.
"What is it?" A man wearing deep round glasses and a doctor's coat popped up from the shadows.
To his surprise, the man laughed in glee.
"Finally…!"
Notes:
Current Quirk List
Izuku Midoriya : Weather Manipulation + Unknown Quirk, All For One, Minor Cell Activation, Scanning, Impact Recoil
Melissa Shield : One for All
Shouta Aizawa : Erasure, Metal Manipulation
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