I feel like last chapter was terrible, but you all seemed to like it.
We are fast approaching the USJ. This chapter leading up to the attack is going to escalate. Little by little, crazy will be set in, until Izuka explodes into the fight against All Might. And the fight between Izuka and Aizawa…
Yeah. We're going to pick up.
Let's go.
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Izuka, Toga, and Hatsume sat near the entrance to the cafeteria. Izuka and Hatsume were on early lunch break. They were waiting for the time. A single second. A tiny bit of time where Tomura would cause a distraction.
The alarm rang. As soon as the students began panicking, the three slithered past the crowd and into a separate part of the school. Izuka and Hatsume stood guard as Toga transformed into Lamplight and slipped down the hallways.
The alarm turned off right as Toga got back. "I got the schedule. Next Monday in the morning, class 1-A will be going to the USJ. All Might is supposed to arrive an hour after they do."
"That was fast."
"Nobody's there."
Izuka and Hatsume nodded. "Okay. I'll make sure that we get enough people together. We should get back to the Cafeteria."
The three students went back into the cafeteria. Nobody even realised they had been gone. Izuka felt her phone vibrate in her pocket.
Power Loader: I need you and Mei. Gate's been broken.
Izuka locked her phone. "Power Loader needs us to inspect the gate."
"You have a hero's number?" Toga hissed.
"Spare phone. Other one's a burner." Izuka grinned. "Let's go Mei."
The two junior inventors walked out of the main school building. They met Power Loader by the door, who walked with them to the UA gate.
"This was caused by something sinister…" Izuka heard the principal mutter. "A declaration of war…"
"Nezu. I brought them. Should they take a look?" Power Loader asked.
Principal Nezu looked at the two students and nodded. "Please offer your insight."
Izuka and Hatsume both stepped up and inspected the UA barrier. From what anybody else could tell, someone had used their quirk to melt a hole through the gate. Izuka and Hatsume knew Tomuras quirk however.
"It's a quirk. Disintegration of some sort… Not a support item. I'm good with machines, but not as much with quirks."
Power Loader nodded. "Okay. Thank you. We at least know that it was a quirk. You can head back to the studio."
Izuka and Hatsume bowed, before walking back to the school.
"So? You wanna invent anything?"
Izuka shrugged. "I mean. You'll need weapons. And with those electricity gauntlets, you've got some good stuff… Hmmm. Wait. We haven't even started steel boy's costume!"
"OH SHIT! Those are due Friday right?"
"We'd better get on that."
The two bolted back to the support studio, where they began gathering a lot of materials. Special cloth, bits and pieces for the support gear, and Hatsume's robot. They then retreated to the private shop.
As they worked Hatsume noticed something she hadn't before.
"Izuka, you have tattoos?"
The scarred girl nodded. "Yeah. They each have some personal meaning to me."
"How'd you get them?"
*Flashback*
Izuka and Toga walked through Tokyo. They had been given a day off as congratulations for infiltrating UA.
A small sign caught Izuka's eye.
'Tattoo's'
The girl pulled Toga towards the shop. They entered to find it relatively clean, just a man at a desk sat before them.
"How can I help you?"
Izuka looked at Toga with begging eyes. The blonde smiled. "Hi! Me and my friend would like some tattoos."
"Okay then…"
"Wait. You aren't going to-"
"Ask for your age? Nobody really cares. It's your body. You agreed to it."
Izuka and Toga looked at each other and shrugged.
"You can both go in here. I'll be with you shortly."
Izuka and Toga sat in the room. "You really want a Tattoo?"
"Babe, I have a reason."
Toga shook her head. "Fine. Do what you're gonna do."
The tattoo artist came in. Izuka asked for three phrases in kanji. The artist obliged, but warned her that it would be painful. He was shocked to see the number of scars on her back.
After the first was done, Toga decided to get one as well. Izuka added a similar one to her request. The artist finished the works relatively quickly. In the end, Izuka had three phrases on her back.
"Deku."
"Swan Dive."
"Not a Hero."
Himiko's initials rested overtop of her heart. Toga had Izuka's initials done. The two left the artist a pile of money, saying keep the change. They were children, but he had been kind to them regardless.
Izuka and Toga spent the rest of the day hanging out in the city. At one point, they passed the tattoo shop, where they saw a familiar little boy with a woman, laughing along with the artist.
"I'm glad that they're finding good homes." Toga smiled. "They deserve it after what my parents did."
Izuka kissed the blonde, before they were warped back home. The two ended the day on the rooftop, looking at the stars for a while, before going inside to avoid the night heroes.
*End Flashback*
"That's how it happened."
"Aww. You two are so romantic!" Hatsume chirped. "It's so cool how you can be crazy badass girls, and then be wholesome the next minute."
"Eh. You'll be like that too after you've had your first kill."
"Who was your first kill?"
Izuka's pupils shrank, she shuddered. "I think… it was myself…"
"Are you okay? You don't need to talk about it."
"No. I'm fine."
)=(
Iryu Takanawa was a student in class 1-A. She had only been added to the roster when Recovery Girl recommended her.
Technically, she wasn't a part of the class. She was Recovery Girls personal student. But she participated in some classes to aid the hero course. Her quirk limited her to being support based. While it was a very powerful healing quirk, it did have some downsides.
Iryu's quirk 'Super Heal' Allowed her to draw in air around her, and use it to heal any injury. She could get light headed if it was overused. Iryu also couldn't heal herself.
The ramifications of her quirk had hit her like a truck after healing All Might. She had been knocked out for a week. Nezu agreed to let her be Recovery Girls apprentice after the recovery of the number one hero.
Now Iryu walked down the halls of UA. She had been called by Recovery Girl to hear about her next assignment.
"Hello!"
The nurse's face lit up as she beheld her prized pupil. Her only pupil for that matter. "Iryu! We need to speak about next week."
)=(
Power Loader walked into the lab later in the day and found them still hard at work. Izuka wiped some sweat from her eyebrow as she adjusted the output of the iron supply.
"You two should pack it in. School was let out a half hour ago."
Hatsume gave a thumbs up and screwed in a final metal plate. Izuka and Hatsume both placed the suit in a suitcase and picked up their workbench. Hatsume gave a wave and headed home.
Izuka was warped back home, where Toga was waiting.
"What the hell took so long?"
"Sorry, but if you want Tetsutetsu, we should make him a good suit. Lost track of time."
Toga shook her head. "Yeah, okay. We need to get you ready for the USJ attack… We need an Alibi."
"Have Twice clone you."
Toga nodded. "That'll work. I can have one clone transform into you. Any other preparations?"
Izuka tapped her finger against her chin. "I want to be sent back into the isolation chamber."
"You want to go Back?" Toga was baffled. "You know what that place does-"
"Exactly. Which is why I want to go back. I need to be completely consumed by the USJ."
Toga nodded. "Okay then. Follow me."
Toga called Kurogiri, who warped them to All For One.
"What is it you two need?" The man asked.
"I want to go back to the chamber until the raid." Izuka said.
"Oh? Well then. We can certainly do that." All For One smiled. "I'll have the Nomu take it from here."
Izuka felt a fog wash over her mind, before she fell to the floor, unconscious. A nomu picked her up and took her to the room. Toga watched her girlfriend get carried away.
"Sensei. Don't make her too crazy. Even I have a limit."
Toga was warped back to her room.
…
Izuka woke up once again in the isolation chamber. Three Nomu walked in and began beating her. After an hour, they left. Leaving a bruised Izuka behind.
Ten Minutes later, they came back. And so it continued day after day. For four days. A clone of Toga was Izuka's stand in.
Each day, a Nomu was added to the room. Thursday there were four. Friday there were five.
Izuka steadily found herself going numb. She couldn't feel the impact of the Nomu's attacks. Sometimes, the Nomu would step up the torture. They would begin hitting harder. Scratching. Biting.
Izuka felt none of it. She only felt an unbridled rage.
On Sunday, The Nomu began beating her again, while All For One talked to her.
"Izuka Midoriya. What is your conviction?"
Izuka Tried to answer, but no sound came from her.
"Answer me. What is your conviction?"
Punch. Punch. Scratch. Slam. Izuka felt nothing. She only had one thing to do, answer.
"What is your conviction?"
One Nomu grabbed her hair and lifted her head up, making her lock eyes with it's mindless face. The Nomu knocked the chair over, causing her to fall on her back. One slithered atop her and grabbed her wrists.
"Hhhhh-Hhhhh." Izuka rasped. The Nomu tilted its head to the side, as if asking the same question.
"What is your conviction?"
Izuka lifted her head up and nibbled the tip of the nomu almost lovingly.
"Harder Daddy."
Izuka kicked forward, knocking the Nomu off of her, before ripping herself out of her bindings. Two of the Nomu charged her, disgusting teeth bared. Izuka leapt up, making the beasts collide with each other, before landing two kicks on each of them.
The next pair of monstrous beings attacked. Izuka caught a punch with her left hand, before hurling the Nomu into the wall. The next attack came, Izuka sidestepped and punched, knocking the beast out.
Blood dripped from Izukas body as she fought. The Nomu couldn't touch her anymore, she was too fast. The last beast stepped forward. All For One curled his lips into a smile as he watched the girl glow fainty, before fading back to normal.
Izuka leapt atop the Nomu's head and wrapped her legs around its neck. She ground herself against the beast twice, before it thudded to the ground. The pressure she applied had destroyed the beasts exposed brain.
"What is your conviction?"
Izuka looked up at the speaker in the room. "I'm going to kill everything…"
All For One smiled as he opened the door. "Well Done Izuka Midoriya. Few have ever been able to escape the isolation room. And you are the first quirkless to do it. Allow me to heal you."
All For One placed his hand atop Izukas head. He felt around as he healed her, there was no quirk.
'I was right. She's done it, hasn't she…'
"Izuka. What do you know about quirk evolution?"
"A quirk will undergo a change that makes it more powerful, it can be achieved through training, or in life or death situations." Izuka rasped as she healed.
All For One nodded. "Did you know that the quirkless can undergo a similar change?"
Izuka cocked her head to one side. "How so?"
"It's only spoken of in specific books. It's mostly kept a secret. The quirkless population has the capacity to be more powerful than the quirked population, but only a specific percentage of it. You are one of that percentage."
"Can you please explain what you mean by a change?"
All For One grinned. "Straight to the point then. If a quirkless person is subjected to enough physical stress, mental stress, trauma, training, etc, they can go through a process known as ascension. They still have no quirk, but they can tap into a pool of power. They can hold strength equal to that of me, with no quirk. Their physical abilities increase, and they become… a little more than human."
"So I'm not human then?" Izuka asked numbly.
"Oh come now. To them, you never were. Now, Shigaraki is waiting for you to join him in preparation. You march on the USJ in the morning."
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Izuka stood with the rest of the vanguard beside Shigaraki. They were in a large warehouse. Small time villains slowly entered.
"You guys aren't coming right? Sensei knows what you lot are capable of…" Tomura said, scratching his neck.
"Izuka's going with you. We have another mission." Toga said.
Tomura facepalmed. "Great. I've got the one I'm afraid of."
"What was that?" Izuka smiled.
"N-nothing…"
The scarred girl slithered up to Tomura's face. "Come now, you can't be afraid of me... Are you afraid of something else?"
Tomura gulped.
"Am I attractive to you?" Izuka giggled softly as she saw the faint blush on Tomura's cheeks. "I see. Since I'm sterile, we can have fun any time."
Izuka brought her face close to the hand that covered Shigaraki's face. She pecked it once, before returning to the vanguard.
Tomura shuddered once as he brought his hand to where Izuka had kissed his 'mask' "Father says thank you."
Izuka smiled. "Wouldn't have it any other way."
Toga looked at Izuka. "You sure you're okay?"
Izuka grabbed Toga's head and kissed her. "Does that answer your question?"
"I want you so much right now…" Toga breathed, her hair ruffled. "But it's almost time… I'll head to school. Let's go Mei. Twice, I need a clone."
The girl was duplicated, before her clone transformed. "See you soon babe."
The vanguard left. Izuka looked at Tomura. "You ready?"
"I was made ready. Today is the day…"
Tomura stepped up in front of the crowd of minor villains. "Hello! All of the villains here, today we accomplish something monumental."
A cheer went up throughout the warehouse.
"DEATH TO THE SYMBOL OF PEACE!"
Izuka fastened her bracers as Tomura spoke.
"That's right. Today the league emerges into the world."
Izuka took out her sword and wiped it, before sheathing it once more.
"Today we kill the number one hero…"
Izuka fixed her hoodie, and fastened her mask.
"Today we steal his phrase. We will show the world…"
A portal opened, Izuka stepped through as she heard Tomura finish his speech.
"WE ARE HERE!"
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Alright. The USJ is coming.
Yes, I gave Izuka some kind of power. Actually, it's not even power, just physical strength. Think of Bell cranel from Danmachi. The argonaut skill. That's basically Izuka right now, I'm classifying it as a fighting style.
So there. We're gonna get to see eraserhead vs Izuka soon.
Until the battle.
Sushi Out!