"You are gonna have to give me some answer"

Izuku felt thousands of knives gently piercing the surface of his body, the space around him was unsustainable. He could not think correctly, it appeared that a large part of him had accepted that his fun time as a hero ended here.

"I-I-I-I- ... I-mean-" the teen wanted to throw out, lay down and hopefully realise that this was all just a bad dream.

The detective stood up and walked next to Izuku, Naomasa had completely shattered the teen's spirit, it wasn't even hard. It was cruel but necessary, the traitor was trapped with him and the Pussycats were positioned in case Izuku showed any kind of resistance.

"You cannot lie to me, with my quirk I would know it" Naomasa forced Izuku to look at him "Now tell me..."

Izuku couldn't think about anything, he didn't have any strength or enough will to speak, and when the detective touched him he almost lost control of All for One, he almost- ... Izuku knew what could have happened, simply being aware of his possible mistake made him felt even worse than before.

"Are you working with the league of villain ?"

His fear vanished, Izuku's jaw dropped down and his eyes went blank ... the urge of running away that he had been trying to suppress turned into a urge of laughing.

"W-what ? N-no ! Of course no !" The teen was clearly able to speak now, and instead the detective was speechless.

"You- ... You aren't working with the League of Villain or any other group that has malevolent intentions toward the school, the students and our society ?"

"I-I just told you no ! Why are you even asking me this ?" Now Izuku had the high ground, he might as well push the detective to his limits while he has the opportunity.

Naomasa sighed and sat back in front of him "We- ... we have been suspecting you for a long time now, when you picked your hero name we developed some sort of paranoia, we all thought that what happened that night with Stain and your decision wasn't simply the fruit of hazard"

"... I-I can't blame you for that ... but who else is included inside your "we" ? Who else thinks I am a villain ?"

The detective looked really disturbed "The staff of U.A. and All Might to synthesise, we-... we even theorized you had a quirk, but I saw how you reacted when I- ... when I forced you to talk, anyone in such a state of panic would have tried to run away and use their quirk but clearly you didn't. Unless you have a very good control of your fears I am now convinced you do not have any. I-I really want to apologise, isolating you as a suspect like we did was-"

"I understand ... please, just-just leave me alone, this isn't the first time I am being harassed like this. You used Ochaco to make me talk, I will tell you that yes I felt guilty when you because I have my own secrets, secrets that I shared with her, secrets that aren't supposed to be heard by anyone. Yes I am scared of being seen as a villain because of this secrets but I can swear I front of you detective that I AM NOT a villain" Izuku was now standing up, the atmosphere of the room had changed, in fact the situation turned in Izuku's favor.

"You aren't lying, you never lied once ... I think that's quite enough, I promise I won't try to spy on you or Ochaco again"

"I think we agree on this"

"But there is still one thing I would like to ask you" the detective's tone changed, Naomasa was serious again "I tried to speak with your mother but she wasn't in your apartment, I-I was still in the urge of finding a potential traitor before it's too late so I got inside on my own and ... I looks like your mother and your sister are gone"

Izuku's fear striked again "What do you mean by gone ?"

"A lot of clothes have been taken, photos and other personal belongings, it doesn't look like a kidnapping but I do not see why they would have left"

"D-detective, my mother and my sister have absolutely no reason to leave our home like this !"

The student and the detective stared at each others "You do not know anything about their departure do you ?" Naomasa needed a confirmation.

"No, I do not, this isn't normal" izuku answered, fully understanding why the detective was asking something that seemed to have alredy been answered in the last minute.

"Come with me then, I need you to be with me to investigate your house without a mandate" Izuku nodded and followed the detective outside the room. Aizawa was right outside, and he looked as surprised as the detective when he realised that he wasn't a traitor.

"Naomasa what's going on ?"

"We do not have much time, Izuku isn't a traitor, we will have to interrogate the rest of the students later, Izuku's mother and sister disappeared"

Aizawa glanced at his student, now filled with remorse "I apologise ... just go now"

The teen didn't say anything, he followed the detective outside and got into his car "Do you think the League is involved ?"

"Perhaps, but I do not understand why they would target me especially" All for One was here to hold back Tomura, so the League wasn't going to get anywhere near his family, Izuku couldn't think about anyone else who would try to do this ... his mother never even tried to contact him.

The detective was driving as fast as he could, he kept glancing at Izuku every minute "Izuku ... you confirmed that Ochaco indeed knows thing about you, I do not want to keep harassing you, but I'm even more curious than before and-"

Izuku interrupted the detective "Everything she knows about me has nothing to with criminal activities or activities. Now you can confirm once again I am not lying" Naomasa sighed and kept on driving.


Forest compound, lunch area


Ochaco was escorted back by Eraser Head, the teacher asked the attention of all the students "Detective Naomasa had an emergency and your comrade Izuku Midoriya had to go with him, I will not go into any details but it's about his family, I won't say anything else. Now you are free until night time, you may go outside if you want but you aren't authorised to move away from the surroundings of the compound, and yes I mean no one in the forest ... do what you want now"

Aizawa was about to leave but Ochaco held him back "W-Wait ! I-Izuku ... is-is he-"

"He is fine, it's nothing you have to worry about, your boyfriend hasn't been arrested or something" the pro noticed that Mandalay was gesturing at him, she was clearly requesting his presence "I have to go"

Aizawa could be lying, she did not see Izuku leaving, and suddenly everyone seemed so ... relieved, Eraser head, the Wild Wild Pussycats ... someone tugged her costume from behind, it was Kota.

"I heard everything" the kid began to say. Ochaco forces herself to smile as the other students were looking in her direction.

"B-by everything you-you mean-"

"I was in my room during his interview or whatever the police guy calls it, the ventilation is connected to the room they used so I happened to spy on their exchange, your zombie teacher didn't lie just so you know" Ochaco breathed out a sight of relief.

"But I also listened to what you said last night when you and-" Ochaco dragged Kota out of the lunch area and went outside with him when she let go of him he began to laugh "Hahaha I knew I was into something !"

"Please tell me everything you heard"

"Well Izuku is not a villain, I figured that out way before we uh ... discussed together, someone as weird as him can't be a villain I think. But I also heard you two discussing in his room, and I'm not referring to your teenage romance or anyth-" Ochaco put her hand over Kota's mouth, the kid was about to complain when he noticed the distress emanating from her face. "You-You weren't supposed to hear this, Kota I-I need to ask you, for Izuku, please do not ever say to anyone that we had this conversation yesterday" Kota thought about her request for a few seconds, the he nodded and Ochaco let him go.

Kota looked around them, they were alone "Izuku is not a villain right ?"

"No, no he is not, but he- ... people doesn't know things about him, and if they knew these things they would definitely call him a villain. He trusted me enough to share his secrets, I don't want to betray him"

Kota grinned "I like him a lot, I will keep my mouth shut ... unless he refuses to tell me where he got his shoes"

Ochaco almost pulled out a "Inko" and barely avoided to fall on her knees when Kota added a counterparty. "Well at least you understand why-"

An explosion was heard from the other side of the compound, Ochaco was about to investigate when most of her classmates were now running out from the main entrance. She spotted Lida and Mandalay organizing the evacuation, she raised her voice to get their attention "What is going on ?!"

"The League is here ! We have to go now ! Our location has been leaked ! Follows the others throught the forest, we will hold them back" answered Mandalay ... the pro looked at the ground and then she yelled so that all the students would be able to hear her "WAIT !"

The whole class 1-A stopped "You have my authorisation to fight, if necessary engage combat at will, do not let them take your lives, stay together, protect each others and win, you understand ? NOW GO !" Mandalay ran towards Ochaco and Kota "Take Kota with you, we will defend the compound until reinforcement arrives"

Ochaco used her quirk on the kid and placed him on her shoulders "I will protect him until the end"

Kota grabbed Mandalay's shoulder before leaving with Ochaco "If you do not come back, I will be VERY angry, so promise me right now, you WILL come back"

Mandalay knew very well that Kota feared that the Wild Wild Pussycats would end up like his parents ... this time he wouldn't be left alone "You made me a promise, I won't broke mine" Ochaco followed the rest of the class and Mandalay went back inside the compound.

The students ran away as quickly as possible, the Pussycats told them about the trail and where they should go to leave the forest but the students barely escaped for a minute when a purple smoke appeared out of nowhere in front of them.

"That-that's their portal guy ! Do not make the same mistake, we need to stay close from each others he won't be able to separate us !" Yelled Mina.

The mist stopped it's advancement and soon it took a more humanoid shape "Well you improved, but we also got some upgrades since the U.S.J" Kurogiri began to disappear "Mustard, it's your turn"

Another kind of mist began to spread from the forest, it wasn't from Kurogiri this time. Momo examined it for a few seconds "Mezo, use your quirk, is this-"

"Poison, wait no It's-... it's sleeping gas ! Get away from this !" The students moved away from the gas cloud. Shoto stepped out from the group and raised a long wall of ice to prevent the gas from progressing further in their direction.

"We have to keep moving ! Kyoka, Mezo, Koji, use your quirks to locate any hostiles ! 1-A move !" Ordered Tenya, but Momo interrupted him.

"W-wait ! Fumikage, are you alright ?" The bird student was on his knees, he was shaking, and his breath was irregular.

"T-too dark n-need L-LIGHARGGGG !" He had lost control of his quirk, Dark Shadow immediately attacked all the students around Fumikage. And since a problem never arrived without another, thin and sharp spikes emerged from ground.

"Spread ! Spread ! We are surrounded !" Said Kyoka.

The students were forced to be divided in small groups, Ochaco and Kota had been completely isolated from the students, Dark Shadow wasn't targeting the students anymore, now it was rampaging around the metal spikes, sending them like spears in every direction.

"Hold on Kota !" Ochaco did not want to leave her friends alone in this situation, but Kota was her first priority.

"Y-you really fought them ?" The kid asked.

"They weren't that strong the first time we did, they have done some recruitm-" Ochaco saw something dashing toward her, she recognised the sheen of a knife, the teen dropped Kota and ducked to avoid the blade.

"Toga"

Their assailants stood up and turned to face Ochaco "Weeeeeeell, long time no see"

Ochack thought about answering back that it had only been a few days since their last encounter but Kota was present ... Kota !

"Kota, you have a special place to hide, go here and wait, I won't be able to escort you anymore"

"B-but Ochac-"

"Please go" Ochaco gave an order this time, Kota drifted away from the trail and disappeared in the bushes. "You do not have to do this Toga, All Might isn't even here"

"Yeah yeah we know that, but Shigaraki has another target in mind" Toga removed her mask and began to play with her knife "I hope you do mind"

"Just leave, Izuku isn't here either, he left a few minutes before you arrived. And you know I'm not lying, he would have been with us when you atta-"

"Your boyfriend isn't our target either ... well not directly, for once Tomura had a long term plan ... or a multi step plan whatever"

"Then who is the target ?"

Toga laughed out loud and gave Ochaco one of her signature smile "You silly !" She didn't get enough time to react, a hand grabbed the back of her head and then ... everything went black.

A marble rolled at Toga's feets "Ohhhh so that's why they call you Mr Compress ... that's still weird though"

"I'm going to ignore your last comment since your performance dear Toga was absolutely astonishing ! You would be a good assistant"

"... are you being sexist now ?"

"W-whatever, we have what we wanted, let's call Kurogiri and leave this place before someone gets caught" Mr Compress took the marble and put it in his pocket.


Izuku's apartment.


"It's- ... it's true" the teen observed the room with an attentive eye, there was absolutely no trace of fight, everything was in it's place, at least everything that had not been taken. Izuku directly went to his bedroom, his notebooks were gone too.

"You found something ?" Asked Naomasa while he was searching the other rooms.

"My- ... some of my things have also been taken, but it's nothing really ... it doesn't make sense, I-I can almost tell it's not a villain attack" Inko would have called Sensei, it's the first thing she could have thought to do in this kind of scenario and All for One could be here in less than a minute.

Then where was his mother ? And Eri ?

Izuku took out his phone, he wanted answers, now. He typed two digits when Naomasa's phone rang, the detective checked who was calling him, his face radically tensed "Toshinori what-" All Might, something was happening Izuku's head turned in the detective's who still had one of his hand searching a drawer "Oh no ! I'm coming back right now with reinforcement !"

Naomasa sprinted outside the apartment, Izuku trailed behind him "Detective what did All Might-"

"The League is at the forest, the location as been leaked !" He yelled.

"Wha- Bring me with you I can-I can-" the detective stopped the teen.

"You do not have a license and you are only a student, you aren't at the camp, we have one less student to evacuate, so please, stay in your apartment and let us protect you and your classmates"

"But-but I-" the detective was gone alredy, he jumped in his car and left immediately ...

Izuku clenched his teeth, the sun was going down, he was alone in the middle of the street with only his costume, his helmet and- ... his phone.

Suddenly he found a solution, he found a way to be here to protect his friends, it was a terrible idea, something even more stupid than trying to fight Stain without a quirk, but he did not care. Izuku put on his helmet and called the one person he shouldn't call.

... bip ...

... bip ...

... bip ...

"Tomura isn't available right now, are you done ye-"

"Hello Kurogiri, you are the one person I needed to speak with" His voice was completely different, Izuku was another person now, he was All for One. The mist Nomu did not end the call, Izuku has all his attention. "You know where I live so you have about one second to warp yourself in front of me"

And in the next second the villain did, Kurogiri was standing in front of him, silent and completely still.

"I knew the first time we met something was wrong with you, you aren't a human you are ... you are some sort of very upgraded Nomu, with a consciousness" All for One didn't create any of the Nomu that the League used ... but Kurogiri was something else, the villain looked away. "I need you to bring me back to the forest, I'm asking nicely, because if you do not, I will go by my own means. In this scenario Tomura might miss his personal taxi in the process"

Izuku was willing to take the risk to steal Kurogiri's fused quirk, but his body would be affected, and there was no guaranty that he would understand how to use it, a threat was his best option.

"I-I have been tasked to protect you I can't simply bring you in the middle of a fight like this-"

"You have been tasked by who ? ... All for One- ... it-it makes sense now, you never tried to kill me or to severely injure me. He gave you this order before the U.S.J. ... I won't compromise Tomura's plans, but in exchange you will bring me to the forest so I can protect my friends"

Kurogiri starred at the ground for a few seconds before turning into a cloud "We are alredy withdrawing our forces, but some of our new recruits are still fighting and they refuse to come back, I'll drop you in the mountains and then I'll "bring" those I can find back to our base"

Izuku walked inside the mist "I'm fine with this"


Forest camp, mountain.


Kurogiri didn't lie, he brought Izuku were he asked but the villain was gone immediately after he dropped the teen. Izuku looked all around him, the forest was burning, and among the smoke there was another cloud, definitely gas, explosions, giant ice spike, the whole area had been turned into a battlefield.

Somehow this scenario reminded him of the events that unfolded at the U.S.J. but this time he wasn't afraid of using his quirk anymore. Izuku followed the trail that was going down the mountain to reach the forest.

"If I hurry up I can still help everyone ... where are they-" Izuku used All for One to locate all the quirks around him, and the first one he found belonged to Kota, and he wasn't alone, however the person with him wasn't an ally as far as Izuku could tell.

The teen headed straight in the young boy's direction and when he finally had a visual contact he saw Kota being held in the air by his throat. And the hand that was holding him the air belonged to the infamous muscular ... Izuku and Sensei talked about other villains when they couldn't come up with another topic.

Muscular wasn't a pleasant subject, Sensei had expressed more than once that some people do not deserve their freedom and the power that nature has gifted them with, this one villain was near the top of the list.

Above all the murders and other inhumane atrocities he had committed, Muscular was the villain responsible for the death of Kota's parents.

"I'm gonna squeeze your eyes out of your head, it's going to be so fu-"

"RELEASE HIM, NOW" Izuku yelled from the inside of his helmet immediately catching the villain's attention. Muscular was clearly surprised, he released Kota and turned toward the teen.

"In fact I'm coming back in a minute, there is still a nuisance I have to deal with, and the boss will be happy if I kill one of the students, I barely had the time to do anything." Muscular walked toward Izuku with his face displaying a sadistic grin "You should run away you know, it's always funnier when you run away from me"

Izuku didn't move, he had never been so focused on one thing at the time "You are the one who should run, because after what you have done, I am not letting you go"

Muscular's face twitched, then the villain began to laugh, he was barely four meters away from Izuku and he wasn't taking this situation seriously at all "HAHAHAHA You-You pff-pfffHAHAHAHAH ! You are just like all the others, so determined, but you will end up just like them !" The villain activated his quirk in a second his arm expanses and Muscular moved his right arm to directly attack Izuku. "TAKE THIS !" The murderer yelled.

But something felt weird, he did hit something but ... but it was like his arm found a very hesitant wall, when the dust cloud resulting from his attack cleared Izuku was right in front of him, holding the villain's fist with Only one hand.

"Weak" said Izuku without any kind of emotion in his voice and loud enough to make sure Muscular heard it.

"What-YOU PEST-" The villain tried to land another punch and this time he got to see what happened, his muscles expanded and when his arm approached the teen it shrunk back to it's original shape.

"My turn" Izuku vanished, Muscular gasped, the villain looked all around him to find the student but it was too late, something or rather someone grabbed his leg, and the next instant his body was being repeatedly slammed against the ground like the head of a hammer. His first reaction of course was to activate his quirk ... but nothing came. His vision was all blurry and he could barely think about anything, but Muscular clearly distinguished a massive mass of flesh holding his leg.

After about ten second it stopped.

Izuku stood over Muscular, the villain had a few broken bones, but nothing serious enough to kill him ... however he wasn't done here ... Izuku asked himself what Sensei would do ? And if it was right or eren to do so.

"You have hurt so many people that I'm not even sure the justice system can punish you enough for your crimes ... but I can, I will return your quirk do not worry, but before that, I'm going to make sure you won't ever be able to hurt anyone"

Izuku felt something move behind him, it was Kota ... Kota, he was about to do something terrible in front of a child, if he did not notice or remembered that he was still here watching the whole fight Izuku would have-

"Kota ... what I am about to do isn't heroic but- ... but I have to-"

"Do it" interrupted Kota with the same determined expression that Izuku had under his helmet when he arrived "He has to pay !"

Izuku smiled and looked back at Muscular "You used your quirk to become a monster and make innocents suffer, now I will make sure that each time you try to simply activate or use it in any possible way ..." red lightnings began to spark around Izuku's right hand "You will feel more pain than you ever did"

Izuku grabbed Muscular's face and sent him back his quirk, he messed it up as much as he could, forcing it's activation, taking ir back at the same time, doing everything that could possibly hurt someone firing a quirk transfer.

Muscular didn't have the strength to move but everyone in the forest was able to hear his screams of despair as his own quirk was practically killing him. Izuku removed his hand when he felt the villain was choking, his hand hurt, the last time he did something similar it was with this Yakuza ...

"I-Izuku" Kota called him "I- ... You-You aren't a villain right ?"

Izuku removed his helmet and sat down, he could only assume as the fire was decreasing in size at the other end of the forest that reinforcement had arrived, he saved at least one person. "I lied yes ... I do have a quirk, but I can never use it in public, or else I would be put in prison immediately, or worse. I decides to spent my life as a quirkless until- ... until I met someone very special who helped me to get over my fears"

Kota kept looking at Muscular, he couldn't tell if the villain was dead or simply unconscious ... deep inside him he was satisfied, his parents were avenged and this monster would be experiencing a living hell for the rest of his existence. The kid sat down next to Izuku "I-I won't say anything, I promise. You saved me and-and you made me realise that I shouldn't let my hate hurt other people ! I want to be a hero just like you in the future"

Izuku couldn't hold back his laugh when Kota expressed his vision of his future "Trust me, it's a lot more exhausting than it looks. I can't bring you back sorry, I- ... I'm not even supposed to be here, so technically I never thought Muscular, In fact you were never here in the first place, you see where I'm going ?"

Kota raised his thumb "Gotcha ! ... hey ! Then it means Ochaco also knows about-" Kota's face went blank as he realised he had completely forgot about this detail "Ochaco has been ambushed !"

"What ?!"

"She was escorting me to outside the forest when another villain tried to stab her ! She told me to ran away and-and I-I couldn't do anything I am sorry"

Izuku stood up, his heartbeat increased in speed, he focused All for One, he searched for a long minute but he couldn't feel Ochaco's quirk anywhere.

"N-no that's-that's not-" Izuku had all the pieces of the puzzle now, this whole plan had never been about All Might, it had always been about him. The one person that had been standing in Tomura's way since the beginning even unwillingly, they never planned on kidnapping Katsuki, Ochaco was the target, she always was and now she was gone.

But perhaps he still had some time to fix his mistakes "Kota ... You will make a good hero, I think you can make the difference between good and evil unlike most people. I can't change this society, I never had this power, I am about to do something really dangerous" Izuku put back his helmet on his head and looked at the kid.

"We never saw each others tonight, now go" Kota smiled and nodded, he ran away back to the compound.

Izuku took out his phone once again, he knew perfectly that Tomura was waiting for his call.


League's hideout.


"Alright Compress, do your thing and let her out, I would appreciate if she was conscious when "he" arrives ... and Kurogiri where are the others ? Muscular, that teen and the teeth guy ?" Tomura wasn't used to coordinating so many people at the same time but as far as he knew the plan was going as he expected it to go, so he was in a relatively good mood.

"They were either arrested or I couldn't find them" Kurogiri lied on purpose, he witnessed the end of Muscular a few minutes ago.

"Annnnnnd hero goes noth-" as soon as Compress had released Ochaco he was knocked back all the way back to the end of the room.

"What the-" Spinner who had been paying more attention to Tomura and Kurogiri's conversation barely turned around to find out what happened when he received a chair in his face.

"Isn't she supposed to be numb when she comes out of your stupid marble ? The leader of the League wasn't really disturbed his new recruits however were utterly confused, the student they had kidnapped was true fury and they weren't allowed to hurt her.

Ochaco from her own point of view barely felt the time change, she was just aware of a few things, she wasn't in the forest anymore, she was surrounded by villains, she was alone ... and what looked like the exit door was just in her left. She attempted to reach it but soon enough Toga was in the way with a kitchen knife in her hand.

"You aren't getting anywhere sorry !" Toga laughed while she was spinning the knife with her hand.

Ochaco grabbed another chair and moved as far away as she could from the villains, it was a poor protection but they looked hesitant to engage a fight with her. She had to find a other exit.

"You are too noisy, can anyone just tie her up to a chair or som-" Tomura's phone rang "In fact all of you shut up and stop making noise for a minute"


At the same time, forest compound.


Detective Naomasa had just arrived, a good part of the forest had been destroyed during the attack, the pros were mostly unharmed, but this time something even worse happened, while none of the students were severely injured, one of them had disappeared.

During this event Ochaco Uraraka had gone missing.

Kota Izumi, a young boy came back unharmed to the compound almost at the same time the detective did, the kid ran straight into Mandalay's arms when he found the hero and told her that Ochako had been kidnapped.

Also, another student, Momo Yaoyorozu explained to the detective that she was also suspicious about the behaviour of the villains and when she noticed that her friend wasn't anywhere to be seen she attempted to put a tracker on one of the villains.

Right now she was resting in a bed as she had been exposed to the toxic gas of a villain, she was very exhausted but she insisted to talk with Naomasa.

"With this device you will be able to locate my tracker, I-I tried really hard I swear but I couldn't do anything, they came especially for her and- ... I just can't see why they would target her"

"It is not your fault, we did everything we could to prevent another attack but this time it was someone from the inside who allowed the League to find out your location. You did just enough, with this device we will be able to find Ochaco ... are you sure you do not have a single as to why the League would kidnap her ?"

"N-no really ... she is so kind and- ... all she wanted was to become a hero to help her parents and now-" Momo was barely holding back her tears "If she dies I-I-"

"Hey hey breath, we won't let this happen, for now rest, we will handle the rest" Naomasa left the room and joined Eraser Head outside the building.

"The principal called, he is inviting the media at U.A. to speak about the situation. As if we needed them to make our lives harder" Aizawa's face had some burn marks, nothing severe but he had been caught of guard and if his reflexes had not been sharp enough back then he would be reduced to cinder at this time.

"Actually this is going to help us, we didn't receive any ransom yet right ?"

"No ... why ?"

"We are going to make them look left while we approach from the right" Naomasa showed Momo's device to the teacher. Aizawa raised an eyebrow at first, but then he smiled.

"Well then, we end this now"


Well I did say at the same time but give me a break, a lot of things are happening at the same time anyway ... Izuku's current position.


"I get it now, you won, you were the smartest" Izuku had to play Tomura's game now, he wouldn't take any risk, the leader of the League could throw a tantrum at any moment. Already he could hear him laughing silently, his jubilation made Izuku sick.

"Well then, are you really convinced she is still alive ?"

"If I didn't, I would already be in your bar and however I am not convinced you would still be alive ... now send Kurogiri, I bet h- ... they are listening anyway-" Izuku immediately felt Kurogiri's presence behind him, the mist villain stood idle for a moment.

The teen hung up and took a few steps toward Kurogiri "Is it a trap ?"

"No ... your friend has just been released, she is putting up a fight ... I will bring you next to her, just step in "Izuku nodded and walked throught the black mist.

Back to the bar the villains that were still standing were encircling Ochaco, she slowly understood that she had lost her chance when Toga stood between her and the door.

"You should just give up, I don't really want to hurt you" Toga was on the front line, barely three meters away, Ochaco foresaw what would happen, the villain girl would jump on her and ever if she was able to dodge or counter her first move the others would pin her to the ground and this will be the end.

"Uh ?" But suddenly she stopped, Ochaco heard the blow of win behind her, and when she looked on her left Izuku was here, like a knight in shinning armor. From her point of view he was this hero that appears in fairytales, but from the side of the villains his apparition was overwhelming. Even Toga wanted to throw up, Tomura stood up and looked at Kurogiri who reappeared next to him.

"What the- I TOLD YOU TO BRING HIM-" Tomura regained his composure, Izuku was looking directly at him.

"You wanted to talk, so let's talk" Izuku grabbed Ochaco's hand and moved her closer from him. "You kidnapped her, you forced me to face you, why ? What is the whole point of this situation ? If you want to kill me I should warn you, Muscular did not last for more than a minute"

"W-What did he say ?" Asked out loud the villain named Twice as he ran to the other side of the room before going back to his original position "He said something scary !"

"He won't be able to use his quirk, in fact he won't ever be able to live like a normal human being, he never did though" added Izuku while red sparks spinned around his left hand.

"Izuku did you-" Ochaco could guess what happened ... it actually made her smile, she had the sensation that Izuku was free from some kind of invisible chains.

Tomura laughed "Killing you ? No ... I had an ever better idea, exposing you, your quirk, it is the same than Sensei. The greatest and strongest villain to ever exist" Izuku froze. "What would happen if all your lies were exposed ? All Might, the heroes, U.A. they would hunt you down in a desperate attempt to save their position ..."

Izuku's mind went blank. The room was gone, the villains and Ochaco were gone and their quirk along with them, he found himself sitting back with All for One in his basement.

The master of crime was on the other side of the room, both of them were wearing their helmets like a perfect pair.

"Well, it seems like you are once again cornered" the figure of All for One said.

"It isn't a good time to teach me something or to make some bad and lame jokes I'm sorry, and this time I won't be able to get out with our quirk" Izuku answered back.

"Tomura isn't a problem, it has never been, right now you could just beat him up and arrest him, no one would be able to say you are a criminal for saving a student of U.A. and putting a end to the activities of a dangerous villain. No Izuku ... think about what is the biggest problem now, you have all the answers, you couldn't use All for One to get yourself out of desperate situations before, remember how you used your brain in the past"

All for One walked away, the room came back pieces by pieces and so did the people inside.

Izuku looked at a TV behind Tomura, it was displaying the news ... All Might, Eraser Head and principal Nezu were speaking about the kidnapping of Ochaco ... but something was wrong, Izuku felt something very hostile approaching.

"What are you watching ? Turn off this stupid TV I can't stand this symbol of-" Tomura was about to destroy it himself when Izuku spoke.

"It's a trap"

The villains were all confused now "Uh ... boss did you mentally break this kid ?" Asked Magne with a tone full of boredom.

"N-No listen ! This-this interview it's-it's a trap ! All Might can't be on the TV because he-he is outside the bar right now ! I can feel it !" It was Tomura's turn to become blank, he knew Izuku wasn't lying, he didn't have the time to think about a possible bluff, he was convinced that in the current situation Izuku had no reason to lie.

"Kurogiri get us out of here now !" The leader ordered, the mist villain worked as fast as he could, everyone in the bar was engulfed by black mist, and right before being teleported they all heard a voice at the door yelling "pizza delivery !" Most of the villains didn't hear anything else as they were alredy being transported, but the last people to be clearly recognised the sound of a door and a wall being smashed through.


A few kilometers away ... Kamino.


The whole League of Villains along with Izuku and Ochaco landed inside what appeared to be an old and empty warehouse.

Mr compress help Spinner and Toga to stand up "Well this was a close call, he was right though All Might was at the door"

"I guess we are safe now, no more heroes to ruin the day ... well we still lost the bar-" Magne was removing the dust from their clothes when Izuku intervened.

"No we aren't safe yet, if they found you that's either because one of you leaked the location of your base or they managed to track you down, search your clothes for a small device, anything unusual !" The villains looked at each others unsure of how to proceed, after a few seconds they were all looking at Tomura.

"What are you looking at ?! JUST DO IT ! They are probably alredy tracking us down ! ... kurogiri where did you bring us ?"

Izuku noted that the mist villain was awfully quiet compared to the few times he saw them "The first location that was available I'm afraid, but we are still in Kamino"

While the villains were focused on finding whatever gave out their location Ochaco grabbed Izuku's hand and the two of them slowly began to walk away ... then they ran out of the warehouse as fast as they could.

"What the- catch th-"

"Here I found it ! In my scarf !" Spinner's voice was louder than Tomura's and the villain's all heard the order way too late to do anything.

Once they were out Ochaco activated her quirk "Hold on !" She grabbed Izuku's other hand and the two teens of propelled themselves in the air.

They were both safe ... he made it, he saved her. Izuku didn't care about the void beneath him, he hugged Ochaco tightly and even let out a few tears. Ochaco couldn't see it of course but she deduced Izuku was crying because his breath was irregular. "I was so scared, I'm so sorry I was not here to help when you needed me" the teen apologised.

"I'm fine, they didn't hurt me I promise ... you were fearless in their base, it was so intense." Ochaco helped Izuku to navigate to a nearby rooftop on which they could land "Izuku this-... this villain, Muscular, what have you done to him ?"

Izuku looked away "I-... I went too far this time, you will be interrogated, and you will have to tell the truth. You alredy know what happened to Muscular, or at least you can guess how it went. But if I do confirm this information it is one more evidence they will use against you for helping me"

"I do not understand, you saved me ! You are a hero Izuku, no one can deny that !"

Izuku removed his helmet "How did I save you ? How was I able to locate the base of the League of villains without any help, without a quirk, what happened to Muscular ? Why did I risked my life to save you in the first place when I knewnit was highly illegal and dangerous"


About one kilometer away from Izuku and Ochaco's position.


"Why are we even here ?" Asked Mount Lady as she walked with Best Jeanist in what appeared to be an abandoned building.

"We believe that the League of Villain is producing some kind of weapon around here, the police directed us to this place as it was more than simply suspicious.

"It looks so old ... of course it's more than suspicious, I'm ready to bet that there is a nest of mutant spider inside this place" the woman wasn't feeling well at all, and neither was the man, they both had the same growing feeling of dread and sickness.

"I apologise but you two aren't supposed to be here" said a third voice in front of them.

Best Jeanist immediately used his quirk and trapped another individual a few meters ahead, the two pros got into a fighting stance. "W-Wait what if it is a civilian ?"

"Considering the situation I'm an not taking any ri-" but suddenly his strings were all burned and reduced to cinder. The individual kept walking toward them at a slow pace, his face appeared under the weak light that was passing through a window.

"This is my Nomu factory, you are in right place from your point of view, but from mine you aren't"

"YOUR factory ?" Repeated Best Jeanist as he and Mount Lady took a few steps backward "Well this is the end for you villain, your factory is going to be shut down as soon as you and the rest of the League is arrested"

All for One chuckled "That's the thing you see, I was about to get rid of it myself"

The two pros exchanged a glance full of confusion and curiosity "Wait-Wait- ... are you serious ?"

"That would be too difficult to explain ... but if you get out of the building now you might be able to avoid the explosion"

"What explosion" asked the woman.

Suddenly All for One's hands began to glow and a sound of accumulating power clearly signal to the two pros that something bad was about to happen. "This one"


Back to Izuku and Ochaco

Izuku sat down for a moment, Ochaco went next to him and layed against his shoulder. "You could speak with that detective, he sounds like a nice person, he could help you, I'm sure he would understand why you have been hidding for so long"

"Ochaco" Izuku said softly with the sweet warmth of a candle in his voice "Detective Naomasa isn't a bad person, but eventually his superfood would learn about my quirk and it could go so far that I wouldn't simply be sent in prison"

she began to see how far the police and the heroes would go to turn Izuku's life down "It is the end for me ... I should- ... I should probably just run away with-" the teen was interrupted by a very loud noise, an explosion very close from the building where they had been resting.

Izuku used All for One ... Tomura and the other members of the League were gone, and even if they were still present none of them had the ability to cause so much destruction. Izuku focused even more, but as he reached his limit he had a familiar feeling. He recognized two quirks that belonged to Best Jeanist and Mount Lady ... and among them-

"N-no way" how did he miss that ? Only one person in the world could have such a strong presence.

His focus was disturbed when Ochaco put her hand on his shoulder "Izuku what are you- ... what do you see with your quirk ?"

"I-... I have to go there, I can't explain everything now. Ochaco I really need-" Ochaco activated her quirk on Izuku before he could finish and she dragged him to the bottom of the building.

"You do not have to beg me for help, you just saved me, I can't refuse anything ! ... but can you stay safe in return ?" Then landed in the street, something small just crashed near the area of the explosion, Izuku didn't have to use All for One to understand who just arrived.

"I will ... you should go, it's going to get chaotic around here"


Kamino ward ...


"I can't really judge how long it took you to reach my position, you either heard the explosion or you receive a message from your two colleagues ... oh and if you are wondering they are fine, I gave them enough time to get away after all"

All for One had been waiting for this moment, he was floating in the air and staring at the void, he sighed and dropped back on the ground, he intended to hurt a bit his nemesis by showing him the quirk of his mentor but this wasn't going to give him what he wanted.

Or the other side of the field of ruin, Toshinori was speechless, it was All for One, the man he had killed a few years ago, standing in front of him. The murderer of his mentor ... when the Symbol of Crime turned around All Might felt a shiver running down his spine, the face of his opponent was twisted in chaotic ways, no eyes, no nose, just a mouth. He wasn't disturbed by the state of his enemy though, he had also been injured during their last encounter.

Who knows how far it could go this ?

"You-... this is the last time you ever hurt anyone !" Yelled All Might as he charged straight at the villain, his fist literally made the air scream but it was stopped effortlessly by All for One. All he had to do was raise his right hand and stand still to block the Symbol of Peace.

"I believe you are right, this is the last time I will ever show up ... I surrender."

All Might was ... scared, of course he was surprised but above all he was scared, he lost his focus, he expected to be killed during this brief second where the only thing he could think of was "Why ?"

And yet All for One slowly let go of All Might's fist "If your friend Naomasa was here he could confirm I am not lying but I do understand that there is no possible way you can ever trust me."

All Might retreated, he kept at least thirty meters between him and the villain "What is the meaning of this- ... is this some sort of joke ? Why would you surrender and drag the League with you ?"

"The League is fine without me, I haven't done anything to help this organisation, the only element that links me to the League is Tomura, I have nothing else to do, he was the one who planned each move I haven't made any suggestion or anything close from it"

"Then WHY ?" Toshinori yelled even louder.

"I am retiring ... but I can't simply disappear like this, I want you to arrest me."

This didn't make any sense, All Might thoughts about pinching himself to see if he wasn't trapped in an illusion but it was real, his worse enemy just announced in the middle of a fight that he was retiring like a common civilian would.

"We do not have much time though, the medias are on the way."

"Give me one reason to not strike you down immediately ?"

"I can't" simply answered the villain. He hadn't smiled once since All Might arrived, Toshinori was running out of option, his logic told him to end everything now, and so did One for All, he could feel the quirk boiling inside his body ...

Yet his heart was ready to give the villain a chance "Fine, do not move, reinforcement will arrive soon with special handcuffs.

All for One smiled slightly and nodded "Thank you ..."

The silence was akward, it sounded impossible for the two of them to be so close from each others and not fighting to death. "However, if any kind of journalist shows up ... I will have to fight, i can't let my legacy end with me surrendering"

"So it's all about your legacy ? You-" All for One raised his hand in the air, it was enough to silence Toshinori who believed that the villain was finally about to attack, but nothing happened.

"You would never surrender, why should I ? We both have a legacy to protect, I am too old to wear the title of Symbol of Crime, and I doubt anyone will ever be able to deserve it. I am just aking you to help me end things properly, send me to Tartarus or another manmade hell I do not care."

All Might clenched his fist, each word that came out of the villain's mouth was like a knife flying in his direction "After all you have done you think you are simply going to be arrested ?"

"I am dying, I could fight, but I am not convinced i would survive the process ... you know how it is" Shigaraki gestured at the injury he had inflicted to All Might. "Do not deny it yourself, you were about to kill me in our last confront-"

A small man wearing a yellow costume appeared next to All Might "Toshi what is- ..." the old man, Gran Torino, the individual who turned All Might into the mass of muscle he is today. "Toshinori what are you doing he-"

"He is surrendering, I hardly believe it's true but-" All Might touched his weak spot for a second "I'm ready to give him a chance, even if means I will pay for it later."

Gran Torino wanted to strangle his old student ... yet it didn't seem like he was being hypnotised or mind controlled by All for One, no one really knew what the Symbol of Crime was able to do. "Fine then ... but if he tries anything I'm putting an end to this myself"

"This is our deal" explained All for One "This is supposed to stay secret, if the press arrives the deal is off, and I will fight back"


Izuku's point of view.


The police wasn't here yet, however All Might wasn't completely alone, about five pro heroes including Gran Torino were position around All for One. Izuku didn't know how he was supposed to help Sensei, why was he even here ? Tomura had escaped just a few minutes ago and the villain even found the tracker that had lead the heroes to their base.

He couldn't do anything in this situation ... but he had to know, why was All for One surrendering like this ? The villain wasn't preparing any kind of attack, he didn't need one, he could just escape with his transportation quirk.

All for One froze for a second and began to turn toward Izuku's position, he stopped turning halfway. "... Also, I would like to warn you, some of your students are currently hiding nearby, they probably tried to rescue Ochaco Uraraka, she alredy managed to escape if you want to know, they shoud probably LEAVE before they end up getting punished"

Izuku couldn't find anyone else in the area, All for One was talking about him ... he asked Izuku to leave ?

Meanwhile All Might said something to Gran Torino and the old pro moved away, however Izuku could not hear anything. Something very noisy was approaching ... an helicopter, journalists. All for One told them he would fight back if journalists showed up.

"... All Might, did your colleagues managed to evacuate all the civilians in the area ?" The villain asked genuiely.

Toshinori kept looking at the helicopter, he tasked Gran Torino to check if indeed some of his students were doing something really stupid and to ask the police to secure the area, but it was too late. "Yes they did ... when are you going to drop your act ? I'm not buying it, no one is, what it the point of all this ? Are you so desperate to win that you try this kind if low and dirty tricks ?"

"No one has to die, killing you wouldn't change much, our time is over, the new generation is here already, even if I have to admit it deceives me ... by the way, did you find one ?" All Might faltered for a second "The next user"

"... I did, but they refused ... Were you planning to give your quirk to Tomura ?"

All for One smiled for a moment and looked away "I never was, in fact I had another option on my min but-"

At this very moment his mouth was left wide open, he figured out something, he had planned everything, and like a miracle his plan turned from a masterpiece into a divine plan.

hasn't reached it's full potential yet, it is still impaired"

"So you are planning something after all"

All for One raised his right arm and red sparks appeared all around it "Enough talking, we are being watched ... keep in mind I'm not pretending, I will go all out, you better do the same."

All Might did not say a single world, he leaped at the villain, he expected his punch to be blocked with some shock absorption or nullification quirk like the first time, however instead All for One dodged his attack without using a single quirk. The Symbol of Peace's attack created a large cloud of dust and the helicopter even felt the impact of the hir against the ground and was destabilised as a result.

"Wha-?!" The hero had never see All for one fight like this, in the past the villain would use various combinations and fusions of quirk to surprise and obliterate his opponents and yet today-

The next second One for All was gone from the hero's body for a short moment, Tohsinori did not have enough speed and time to block the incoming punch in his jaw.

All Might was sent against the ground, this attack did not hurt him too much but focusing to regain the control of One for All was different, if he hadn't been injured he would already be striking back at the villain's face.

"I taught someone a thing or two, and in the process I learned a few things myself" All for One ran at All Might and punched him in the stomach. The dust was begging to clear and the helicopter now had a clear field of view over the whole fight.

All Might had almost revealed his true form, this fight was more than simply dangerous for him, he was the Symbol of Peace, he had to protect the people from the truth.

He couldn't reach All for One directly, the villain had countered all his attacks with little effort so far. The Symbol of Peace brought his right arm behind him and with a large movement he sent a powerful wave of wind toward All for One. Instead of using a quirk to escape, the villain literally ran away and disappeared behind a pile of debris, only to reappear behind All Might as soon as he was gone.

This time however the symbol of Peace managed to dodge the next attack, but it was once again a close call. "It's even funny I must admit ... I should have thought about this fitting style myself" commented All for One in the middle of the fight.

Toshinori analysed the surroundings, this time All for One wouldn't be able to pull out the same move, he repeated the process to create another wave of wind, but the time the villain decided to simply interrupt All Might before he could make his move.

All for One held back the Symbol of Peace's fist and lifted him in the air before slamming his body against the ground. Standing back up was hard, harder than it was at the beginning of their fight, All might looked at his hand ... he wasn't in his heroic form anymore, and the helicopter-

Helicopters ... he didn't notice, but while they were fighting more had arrived, and now the truth was out, the Symbol of Peace, a thin and weak old man with bruises all over his body.

"... I should be enjoying this moment, but even now I can't laugh at your misery, I fully understand what is about to happen in the future. I am not worried though, I know exactly the person who will bring back the balance to this society's

All Might was desperate, All for One was- ... he had no word to describe the villain's behaviour, and during their whole fight, he used almost no quirks ... to what extent had he been weakened ? No, he had to end this now even if it leant using the last sparks of One for All inside him.

All for One chose to not his his quirks on purpose, also, he had to limit the injuries he would receive during this fight. He was about to attack again when he felt a strong wave of aggressiveness coming from the Symbol of Peace, it was more than 100 % of his power, he had never displayed this kind of power in the past.

The weakened hero lifted his fist in the air, All for One's attention drifted to something completely different, his student, his protege, Izuku still in the area ! All Might's fist dropped down toward the ground.

All for One teleported toward Izuku and-


Everything happened so fast, All Might, Sensei ... now Izuku was against the ground, laying next to All for One inside the part of a warehouse that hadn't collapsed yet. They were still in Kamino and close from the place where the fight had begun.

"I told you to go away, but of course you didn't listen" All for One was now sitting next to Izuku with his legs crossed.

"Y-you were fighting All Might, I couldn't just stand kilometers away and watch you-"

"Lose ? ... and here I thought you trusted me, I will tell you Izuku, you aren't completely wrong, I did intend to lose this fight on purpose. However you being so close wasn't part of my plan, I know what happened at the camp and- ... I'm also aware of Muscular's fate, you have done what had to be, I'm proud of you."

Izuku looked at the ground "But in the process Tomura got what he wanted, now I can never be a hero, they will lear soon enough that I'm not quirkless, and the rest will follow quickly."

All for One was not smiling, he stretched and layed down all his body, the cold cement surface was almost welcoming. "Then we have reached the final problem."


And here we are, just a quick announcement, people have been complaining about the grammar, fine. I'm putting this story on hold until everything is fixed. So this means no new chapter until it's all clean.

See you all another time.