The previous night
Tae sat at her desk with her head in her hands, why, why did Nedzu tell him to do that. The public had slowly but surely been getting moved onto their side, and then the person in question goes and pulls this stupid stunt. At least the boy had clearly not been aiming at the crowd specifically, many weren't hit and none of the reporters equipment had been drenched, so they couldn't complain about anything besides some wet shoes and socks. The chairwoman of the HSPC had finally prepared their message, it was about to be aired along with All Might's retirement announcement. Though to be fair everyone already knew he was going to retire but the HSPC needed to make it official. She turned the TV on and prepared for the next shitshow, at least she could trust All Might to give a decent speech, she rubbed her face taking solace in that fact. Well that and that the new laws were almost put through, removal of a quirk is now a potential punishment for committing a serious crime using a quirk.
"-ight is here to make an statement tonight. Many are speculating that it will be him announcing his retirement but it could be anything folks, so let's give a round of applause to our NUMBER 1 HEROOOOOOOOO!" The man with a mic pointed and a spotlight shined onto the dilapidated form of the number 1 hero.
Toshinori felt the pressure but it was nothing he hadn't done before, he waved at the crowd with both of his hands as he walked towards the middle of the stage. All Might sat before speaking. "Thank you for having me Toro, how has your week been going so far?"
"Great and it's great to have you as well, how has life been since the battle? Is your old wound still acting up? Also I just want to make sure that you know we all think the world of you for doing everything you have for the last six years despite said injury." Toro did truly respect the man in front of him.
Clearly the crowd did as well as they erupted into cheers, Toshinori heard things like 'We love you All Might', 'Were so proud to have had you as our number 1', 'Thank you for everything All Might'. All of that was in combination with the entire crowd clapping as loudly as they could.
Once the cheering stopped All Might Continued. "Well I won't say it's been easy and I'm sure the astute noticed how my time doing hero work was going down year after year after year. That being said I've had this injury for over six years now so I'm more or less used to it. As for life after the battle it hasn't changed much honestly, I was only able to maintain my hero form for two hours prior to the battle so I must say it didn't come as a surprise that I'd finally hit my limit. I'm just glad that my two proteges were there to carry the day, I'm very proud of them." Toshinori was in fact truly proud of them, he didn't care how many interviews he had to take so that the world saw them the same way.
"Speaking of your two proteges, what do you think about the public's dislike of Izuku Midoriya, err All For None."
Toshinori chuckled. "Well I heard about what he did to those reporters and protesters earlier and while I can't say that was the best way to handle it, it certainly was effective. As for their dislike of him I'm sure eventually he'll win them over just like he won me over."
"Speaking of that when did you meet him? You speak as if you known him for a long time." Toro was genuinely curious.
"Ah that is because indeed I have, I met him near five years ago. It was classified at the time but I met him after he took his first quirk. I have a friend whose quirk can detect lies and the boy spoke about how he wanted to be a hero and that it had been an accident, he was a late bloomer if your wondering. Young Midoriya actually wanted to be like myself and save people with a smile, the boy asked me a simple question, "Can I be like you? Can I be a hero with my quirk? A Villain's quirk?" Toshinori paused for dramatic effect.
Toro needed to hear more. "And?"
"I simply laughed at the boy, no quirk is villainous. Could you imagine if I was a villain? Instead I took the boy on and made him one of my two proteges, I knew my time would be up eventually and I figured who better to carry the torch." All Might smiled fondly at the memory.
"Ah so you let him take your quirk?"
Toshinori had mentally prepared himself for that question and while it still shook him, with Izuku's quirk known it could easily be explained. "Indeed, however my quirk is a stockpile quirk and when All For None first takes a quirk he can't use it to its fullest potential. It will be awhile before you can expect him to have power like I used too, I just recently let him take it after all." A complete lie but it was all they had, they couldn't let anyone find out about One For all.
"I must say that it's still quite the story that not only does one person possess All For None's quirk, but he is the great grandchild of a previous villain with the very same quirk. Did you know his lineage when you met him?" Toro asked.
"Truth be told no but it would not have mattered, I know the heart of a true hero when I see one and he has that spark. Anyone who sees him as anything other than that is very mistaken." Toshinori would protect his charge however he could.
"I see I see, you have total faith in him don't you?"
"I do with 100 percent certainty, Young Midoriya will do a great job as a hero and as one of my replacements."
"Speaking of replacements, Yaoyorozu Momo or Deva when did you pick her as another of your proteges. Also is it official then? Are you retiring All Might?" Toro finally got to the main chunk of tonight's interview.
"Indeed, I came here to announce my retirement, as of now Endeavour is the number 1 hero. It's regrettable that this day finally came but I've been preparing for this day for a long time. As for Deva I met her about three years ago, she also had the true heart of a hero, she'd been used by all the people around her but that never hurt her belief in humanity. She just wants to give back to the world and help others, I'm just as proud of her as I am young Midoriya."
"Now you say used, would it be okay for you to tell us how?"
"It would not." Toshinori chuckled. "Just like young Midoriya, she has her own circumstances, If they wish to speak about it, then they may do so. I will not speak of such matters for them."
"I see, and how do you think your retirement will affect villainy in the long run?"
"Honestly in the short term I think the crime rate may increase for a bit, however since your asking about the long term I have no worries."
Toro tilted his head. "And why is that?"
All Might chuckled again. "Have you not heard anything I've said tonight? The world will be in the care of two excellent heroes in the near future, in fact they should be starting work studies soon so you'll see them in action within a few months. In addition the HSPC asked me to make a few comments to assuage the public. 'Izuku Midoriya and Yaoyorozu Momo will be in no trouble regarding the fight at Jakku, in addition the removal of someone's quirk is now a punishment that can be doled out for misusing a quirk.' So in other words, villains. You should watch out, this symbol may be retiring but you've got two new ones to deal with." Toshinori gave a devilish grin to the cameras as the crowd erupted.
Tae cut the screen off, she didn't need to see anymore, All Might was killing it. Even retired she could count on the man to do his job dutifully. Feeling slightly better about the day's ending she laid back into her chair and relaxed.
Current Day
Izuku sat outside Uraraka's room, he'd realized something important. He missed Galeforce, he'd put so much effort into making the quirk his own, Air Cannon while different and arguably stronger was not the quirk he'd loved. Izuku raised his hand and knocked on the door, it was right before the provisional license exam but Uraraka would not pass with Galeforce. She simply did not have the practice required with the quirk yet, Air Cannon however? It comes strong and she wanted to do rescue work, Air Cannon is way more useful for that.
Uraraka rubbed her eyes as she opened her door, she had like another hour to sleep and whoever was knocking was doing so like 3 hours before they needed to get up. The exam isn't until noon and this was one of the few days she could sleep in. So when she opened the door to see Izuku's freckled face staring her down she was confused to say the least. "Deku?"
"Hey Uraraka, I need both a favour and I have a favour to give." Izuku rubbed the back of his head realizing how selfish this request was.
"Sure?" Uraraka was confused to say the least.
"I want Galeforce back!" Izuku near screamed out in passion.
"Deku I don't mind but I literally have to do an exam with a quirk I'm already behind on." Uraraka furrowed her brow, she'd given him the chance to not give up the quirk and he'd given it to her through tears anyway.
"I promise you Uraraka, I'm not hurting your chances of succeeding." Izuku gave her a bright smile.
"Deku what?" This exchange made no sense to her.
"This isn't an insult but honestly you aren't trained with the quirk enough to pass the test, but there is another one I want to give you. With it I promise your going to pass, I want to give you my new Air Cannon quirk. If anything you need to worry about holding back instead of not going far enough." Izuku both wanted to help the girl and get his favourite quirk back.
"Deku I am literally going to take a test that will determine if I can do hero work or not in like 4 hours. I do-"
Izuku cut her off. "Uraraka I promise you this quirk will help you more but if you don't want it then I won't push you." Izuku struck his hand out waiting for her answer.
Uraraka stared at the hand, realizing just what Deku was asking. She'd have to start fresh with a quirk she has no experience with on a test that could determine her future, but he had a point does she really think she can control Galeforce enough to pass this test? "Deku will you help me practice with it?"
"Absolutely, the only strain the quirk causes is that it takes a bit of the oxygen in your body but honestly the amount is so miniscule it's basically nothing. You'll do so much better with this quirk I promise you, both on this exam and in rescue work." Izuku reasserted his hand.
Uraraka saw it and accepted, she grabbed Deku's hand and felt the small tingle of a quirk leaving and then being gained. "Alright let's do this deku!"
"Trust me, you'll need to hold back more than anything. That quirk is really, really strong." Izuku visibly shook when he remembered what he did to those trees.
"O-oh." Uraraka paled at that but followed Deku regardless.
"We're here." Aizawa said to his class. As far as he was concerned they had this test easily, now that Midoriya's secret had been revealed they didn't have to hold anything back. Sure the U.A. crushing was still a thing but honestly Eraserhead laughed, his class was going to turn the U.A. crushing on its head. His student's were going to slaughter the other competitors, so Aizawa did the only thing he could he sat back and smirked as his class exited the bus.
Todoroki immediately noticed a dark haired heavily built man staring at him darkly as he left the bus, he just chose to ignore it and walked with his class.
However as soon as Aizawa exited the bus he internally cringed, NO NO NO NOT HER!
"Eraser? Eraser? Is that you?"
A sea foam green haired woman started waving at their teacher as she ran over. The entire class stared and were confused by the scene.
"Ohmigosh it is you Eraser, I saw you at the sports festival and on the TV but I haven't got to see you in person in forever! How's my future husband?" The pirate? themed woman asked but the entire class was more focused on her speech than anything else.
"HUSBAND!?" A good chunk of the class shouted. "Awwww teach you should've told us you had a special someone." Mina added.
"She's not and were not." Eraserhead was doing everything in his power not to flee back onto the bus, instead maintaining his composure as best as possible. He can just ignore her advances and pretend that everything is normal.
"But if we got married we could start a family life filled with laughs everyday." The woman continued.
"That sounds like an actual hell Emi." Aizawa responded.
Emi just started laughing. "Psssh always my straight man Eraser."
"How'd you two meet!" Mina squealed out.
Emi seemed delighted to answer the girl. "Our offices used to be close to each other. We'd occasionally help each other and our mutual relationship bloomed. A true love held between two people."
"Untrue, Ms. Joke stop confusing them." Aizawa groaned.
Said woman just start howling with laughter. "I told you all it'd be fun to mess with Eraser, come on you lot."
As Ms. Joke said that a class of students appeared behind her, however what drew their attention was the black haired Midoriya that stepped out in front of them "Oh it's really you guys, I saw you on TV! My name's Shindo it's nice to meet you all." Shindo held his hand out.
Everyone in 1-A did a double take looking between the two, while Bakugo slapped the hand Shindo held out away. "Screw off, the words coming out of your mouth don't match the look on your face. If your gonna be coming after us might as well say it upfront." Bakugo snarled as he walked off.
Kirishima gasped and bowed. "Dude don't be like that. I'm sorry for how rude he is."
Shindo just changed his smile to a much more natural looking one. "Nah it's fine, it just shows how strong his spirit is. Can't wait to see you all in action."
Aizawa getting tired of the spectacle called out. "Go get changed, stop wasting time. Midoriya your with me."
Hearing that name startled Ms. Joke's class. "THAT'S HIM!?"
Izuku copied his teacher and slapped his face. "It's nice to meet you all?" Izuku wasn't sure if they were scared or surprised.
"Huh so that's the kid, and she's the other one?" Emi pointed at Yaoyorozu.
"That's them, however were wasting time. I already said once, Go get changed." Aizawa threatened his class who hurriedly walked off.
Once alone and walking towards their seats for the exam Izuku had to make something clear. "Um Aizawa-Sensei?"
Seeing his Problem Child looking so pensive had the man confused. "Yes?"
"I just wanted to apologize about yesterday, I really didn't want to prank you and honestly like I told Nedzu that was kind of mean. The only reason I agreed to it was Nedzu said that having ones sentience taken away and then having it suddenly regained was really startling. I mean could you imagine suddenly being turned into a mindless animal only to suddenly go back to being able to think, I'd be freaking out if I was no longer capable of higher thought personally." Izuku really liked Aizawa which is why that prank hurt so much and Bakugo had already started turning over a new leaf, as for Monoma, fuck him.
Aizawa wasn't exactly happy about what happened but he didn't exactly blame Izuku either, Nedzu would've done something regardless. "It's fine just don't do anything like that again, also if I need help getting revenge on Nedzu your helping me."
Izuku started smiling at that. "You got it Sensei!"
Ms. Joke had been walking behind the pair as they talked and even she couldn't handle how wholesome the situation in front of her was. You really care for the kid don't you eraser?
They got the rest of the way to their seats before anyone spoke again. "You really like this year of kids don't you Eraser, I counted and you still have all twenty of them."
Aizawa just scoffed. "They have potential, that's all."
"Oh ho then what about what I heard at the sports festival, you seem pretty attached to this little one at least." Emi continued to tease.
Izuku on the other hand started blushing profusely.
Aizawa even couldn't outright deny her statement, he'd feel bad saying that in front of the kid.
Emi who had been merely joking stared at the two and came to the obvious conclusion. "Oh my god, you really have won him over. Am I dead? Have I been going about trying to win him over wrong? How'd you do it kid? Tell me!" The woman stood up and was violently shaking the kid.
Aizawa stood and threw the woman back into her chair, a fact he found very easy as he used a little bit of his super strength. "Stop grilling him, he gets that enough." Aizawa said dismissing her.
Ms. Joke was stunned, this kid not only won over All Might, he won over Eraserhead. Was that even possible? What's his secret? "Kid you gotta tell me your secret."
Izuku sighed as well. "I don't have one?"
"Joke, it's starting soon, stop bothering him. If you truly want to try and win me over, you'd do your best to not make me angry." Aizawa added.
Wait, he was considering it? She'd just been messing with him, now that she actually thought about it her and Aizawa wasn't the worst match up possible. Suddenly she was slightly blushing in her seat as for the first time in her life she didn't have a joke prepared. So instead she just turned to look at the giant box containing all the hero hopefuls unfold as the first round started.
Izuku on the other hand activated zoom and stared at his class, a certain ravenette in particular. He believed in her beyond a shadow of a doubt, however Izuku was confused as to the actual goal of the exam. They all had rubber balls in hand and targets on their body, so the goal was likely to hit those targets with the balls, the teachers did say combat ability was important. Izuku wondered how many targets each of them had to hit to pass.
Ms. Joke on the other hand had another question on her mind. "Did you not tell them Eraser?"
Aizawa smirked. "Tell them about what?"
"You know exactly what I mean, the thing that's almost become a custom at this point, that thing?" Emi didn't want to outright say it because of the student next to her.
Izuku while confused started thinking about what she meant. His classes abilities were known, they were watched at the sports festival, the other classes knew who they were immediately ... Oh. "There going to all target U.A. aren't they?"
"Ding ding ding, your quite the smart one aren't you. So like I said why didn't you tell them Eraser?" Emi redirected her gaze back at the man.
"I didn't tell them for the same reason I haven't expelled anyone. They're all heroes in training of the highest order. When they actually begin their careers as pro heroes and they actually do hero work, all of their enemies will know their quirks ahead of time. This is just training for the future." Aizawa gave his evil glare to Joke.
Izuku didn't mention how he could very easily change that but for the most part Aizawa was correct, heroes had to fight people with unknown powers while having their own powers known. It was certainly a 'logical' move as their teacher would put it. "Ah if that's the case then they have nothing to worry about."
Emi let out a surprised gasp. "Huh?"
Izuku just smiled. "Momo's down there."
Momo had very quickly realized what would happen and had coordinated their class, even without Izuku they had this. "They're all going to come for us, Uraraka, Bakugo, Todoroki, and Mina you are our defense. Sero, Tokoyami, Iida, Tyusu, Kirishima, and Aoyama, your going to pick off stragglers for free kills for us. Everyone else we are the close range defense, if anyone gets in close. Make them regret it." Momo had definitely been influenced by her crazy boyfriend if the sheer bloodlust radiating from her body meant anything, but the fact that Bakugo of all people was listening to her orders without question, was what really convinced the rest of the class to listen to her.
"I'm going to blow the fuck out of those balls 3D printer. Round Face, Icy Hot, and Alien girl you better not let us down." Bakugo screeched.
Todoroki just let out a small smirk. "That's assuming you can keep up with us Bakugo."
Bakugo started growling grimacing at the boy in question. "Grrrrr you think you can talk hot shit? You lost to that one fuck from 1-B of all things."
Uraraka cut in. "Guys guys stop fighting, we have to literally fight every other person here. We don't need more enemies."
Momo joined in. "She's right Todoroki give us cover, Mina start producing acid as vicious as possible outside of the barriers. We need defense or mobility to counter being attacked and we can't do the latter so defense it is. Bakugo and Uraraka you handle all the projectiles, both of you have explosive quirks. Iida your our strike force, run in attack get out, Kirishima if you see a chance go for it as well." Izuku had told her about the new quirk he'd given Uraraka and honestly it scared her, hell it scared her when Izuku had it.
"Got it Yaomomo." Uraraka smiled.
Kirishima was ready. "Dude commander Yaomomo is manly as hell."
"I shall do as you ask Vice President, our actions will not let our class down. 1-A shall run through today into the future." Iida was not the most competitive but even he couldn't help but be infected by the mood that had overtaken their class.
"High Class your lucky I actually acknowledge you." Bakugo added.
Izuku smiled as his class started working together to build a fortress to defend themselves, they'd all really recently come together. With both of the classes most anti social members coming together, it really strengthened their bonds. Todoroki and Bakugo thank you two for finally working together, even if begrudgingly. Momo was the rallying banner when Izuku himself wasn't available and it truly honored him, he was their class president sure, and they all looked up to him with some kind of respect. Now that respect was being applied to his girlfriend and he couldn't be more proud of her.
"Why do you both look so excited, am I missing something?" Ms. Joke tilted her head at the two people next to her.
"Tell me Emi, did you see that disastrous interview the HSPC set up with Midoriya and Yaoyorozu?" Aizawa asked.
"It'd be hard to NOT have seen it, the thing was broadcast nearly everywhere."
"Then do you remember what Midoriya's quirk is?"
It took a few seconds but the lightbulb finally went off. "Kid you didn't!"
"Oh I definitely did." Izuku started chuckling.
"That's so unfair Eraser why do you get him as a student. I want my class to all have extra quirks!" Emi was once again feeling sheer awe at the child in front of her, he not only had charisma that could draw in the likes of Eraserhead and All Might but he had the power to back up that respect.
Aizawa laughed harder than either Emi or Izuku had ever seen before. "If you want this idiot he's yours, I swear the amount of trouble he's put me through, I swear I've lost years of my life teaching this class alone.
Izuku sank into his seat at that, his teacher wasn't exactly wrong. The greenette hadn't exactly made it easy, what with being targeted by the villains and now the Yakuza, Izuku briefly wondered what his class would be like if he'd never been in it.
Aizawa saw the self deprecating look on the kids face and relented. "Midoriya, I was joking. You may be a major pain in my ass, but I do want you. Don't forget that."
Izuku sniffled a bit but kept himself mostly composed, he remembered the night before he was kidnapped. Aizawa could be such a dad at times. "You got it sir."
Emi on the other hand was squealing, was this what it'd be like if she could snag Aizawa? Was he really a big softie underneath all the snark. "You've got to go on a date with me now Eraser, after seeing that I refuse to settle for anything else." The sea foam colored woman said.
"Eh maybe." Was all Aizawa said as he returned to watching his class, that black haired Midoriya managed to break up the ground but the majority of the attack had been cancelled out by Jirou, on the other hand Kirishima and Iida were rapidly running about and throwing other kids at the group of their class, allowing for a quick clean up.
"Wanna make a bet Eraser?" Izuku asked.
Slightly interested. "About?"
"How fast it'll take all of our class to win." Izuku smirked completely confident in all of them.
"Hmm your on Problem Child." Aizawa also smirked.
"I bet they all pass within 8 minutes, if it takes any longer than that you win."
"And the stakes?" Aizawa asked.
"We have to do one thing the other asks, within a reasonable limit of course."
Emi couldn't help but stare angrily at how cocky U.A. was being, though from what she could see down there they weren't exactly wrong. Their class was something else entirely as it mowed down the competitors. Their defense was nigh impeccable as the faster students ran around picking off the weak links of other classes. Joke especially stared at the round faced girl who was now somehow capable of producing hurricanes from her hands, something she certainly couldn't do before and almost certainly she could now because of the green haired student sitting next to her. At this point the woman just hoped her class would be smart enough to avoid trying to fight U.A.
"Your on Midoriya." Either way Aizawa felt it would be a win for him, a favor for the kid couldn't hurt that bad, right? (Wrong, Aizawa was very wrong at that moment.)
"We should've brought Eri, she would've loved to see this." Izuku said as he fiddled with the now grown horn, it was starting to slightly ache again so he definitely needed to use it soon. The wind up time seemed to be around a month, and it was probably time to finally try and use it for human testing, he'd need to get Ectoplasm to help with training it, his clones were the perfect test dummy. That or Izuku's own creations, he didn't want to accidentally unmake a person after all.
"You know why we couldn't Midoriya." Aizawa added dryly. "Although I do agree she would've loved to see this. Did she tell you she's learned how to do the cat's cradle with string. I've never seen her look more proud."
"Huh no she hasn't, maybe she's going to show me later." Izuku responded.
Emi who could no longer contain herself. "Whose Eri?"
"Government Secret." They both responded mechanically but Joke could see the shit eating grin on their faces. God it was like there were two Eraserheads.
Grumbling she turned back to the match and noticed 1-A had specifically been tying up people instead of actually getting them out, they had around 30 people forcibly restrained at the moment. Emi was just glad most of them weren't her student's. Then suddenly the announcer went crazy, announcing person after person passed as 1-A just started mercilessly tagging the people they'd collected.
"Looks like I win Aizawa-Sensei." Izuku said.
"Looks like you did, so what's your favour?" Aizawa asked inquisitively.
"Simple. Take Ms. Joke out on a date."
Aizawa froze, the kid wasn't serious right? "M-midoriya."
Was the other greenette playing as her wingman? Emi couldn't believe her ears.
"A bets a bet Aizawa, how bad could it be? It's just one date. If you hate it never talk to her again, it's as simple as that." Izuku continued.
Okay that kind of hurt her feelings if she were being honest, she's not that bad. "I promise I'll be on my best behaviour Eraser." Emi fluttered her eyes at the grumpy man.
Aizawa just huffed before fishing out his phone. "Here's my number, ONLY call me during work hours. I'll figure something out by the end of the week." After having done so he glared as his student, though the pro hero couldn't entirely be mad, his student did just use his free favour to try and help him.
Izuku just had a shit eating grin on his face. Another point for Team Izuku.
Emi on the other hand stared at the phone like it was some kind of holy object. "I love you kid!" Emi entered the number into her own phone before returning the object, she'd been trying forever to get the hard asses number and the kid accomplished it in like 10 minutes.
"No problem , huge fan by the way. I want to be a hero kind of like yourself honestly, though Eraser is still the inspiration for my kind of hero." Izuku admitted which started making the person next to him start blushing profusely.
"Hear that Eraser? You've got a fan." Emi started teasing.
Completely being caught off guard Aizawa could only grumble in response.
Izuku decided to spare the man. "I wonder what round two is going to be like, do either of you know?"
Aizawa glad to be free from the twos combined teasing. "No idea Problem Child, they actually completely restructured the test due to the increasing villain attacks and the retirement of All Might, the pass rate has been drastically decreased as well."
"Yeah, it's crazy how much has been going on lately... Wait a minute your All Might's personal student aren't you? And he's had that injury for years, you knew didn't you?" Emi realized.
"Yeah I did, he actually showed it to me the day I met him." Izuku also looked fondly back at the memory, he wished his other mentor was here as well. "I'm going to go to the restroom while there on break. Either of you need anything?"
Both just shook their heads which led to Izuku walking off. As he did he swore he could hear Ms. Joke flirting with Aizawa. The thought disturbed him greatly so he increased his pace to the restroom. Izuku pondered things briefly as he went, Warp Gate kind of invalidated quite a few of his quirks and he'd recently had the problem of being too close to his limit. Water Cutter was entirely unnecessary as he could just open a portal to the ocean. Float made it so Molecular Manipulation was unneeded as well since he no longer needed to keep constantly using Galeforce to fly, not to mention he did exhaustive endurance training. Izuku should pawn the two of them off on 1-B or teachers. Though if he gave them to 1-B it could be seen as a gesture of good will, he'd ask Nedzu about it later. Izuku's thoughts had been occupying his mind so much he hadn't even realized he'd made it to the bathroom already.
Izuku thought he heard footsteps behind him and turned only to see nothing, but then he heard the unmistakable sound of shoes running on tile. Izuku instantly entered battle mode, Tempo activated and Thermal turned on, finally Izuku saw them. He had an invisible enemy, but Hagakure was down in the arena, not to mention she was definitely on their side. Not letting himself hesitate Izuku dodged the attacker's outstretched hand that had he could only assume was a weapon based on the way their hand was held. "Who are you!?" Izuku shouted before activating Galeforce and attempting to push them into the wall. However as he did so, somehow the figure disappeared. Izuku activated Muscular immediately and rolled forward, narrowly avoiding a blow behind him. He'd heard the wind of the attack pass over where his head used to be as Thermal once again confirmed that there was a person in front of him.
The figure finally went slack and started laughing. "Oh Izu darling it's been so so long since I've seen you. How wonderful you'll be covered in blood. Can you imagine it, we can cuddle each other covered in each other's blood. Honestly the thought gets me so excited."
Izuku watched as the girl moved one of her invisible hands in between her legs. So you know, he was more than slightly unnerved at the thought of the woman in front of him getting off to the idea of drowning in his blood. "Toga you wanted help once, just come back. I promise you we can still help you." Izuku asked pleadingly, the girl didn't deserve whatever had been done to her.
The figure suddenly turned visible before snarling. "As long as that bitch lives I can never have my Izu. What's wrong with a girl fighting for the man she loves? If anything the voices freed me, the world was stifling me but now? Now I'm free." Toga suddenly switched back to smiling. "Besides were alone together Izu, don't you want to be together darling? Think of all the things I could do for you! That harlot wouldn't be willing to do half the stuff I'm into." Toga lifted her skirt revealing a very very damp spot on her underwear. "See! Look at my love for you."
Izuku had never been more disturbed in his life if he was being honest. Usually when a woman was basically throwing themselves at a guy they would be happy, but this, right now? No no no no no absolutely not. "Toga if you give yourself up I can still plead your case, I know your a good person."
That was clearly not the response Toga wanted as she started snarling. "I knew it, SHE'S CONTROLLING YOU!" Toga started screaming at the end. "The doctor was right I will be needing these." Toga suddenly held up multiple vials of what appeared to be blood.
Izuku knew what Toga's quirk was and was very confused.
The confused look on her darling's face was so adorable. "Oh Izu dear don't worry about it, I'm just going to remove all those unnecessary things from your life. Soon it'll just be me and you." Toga started laughing and Izuku decided it was time to stop playing around.
Snapshot Izuku called to himself before lunging at his opponent. His opponent's tools, Invisibility, Teleportation? Ability to copy a person via drinking their blood, Izuku needed to restrain her now before she could cause more trouble. Izuku watched as the cheshire smile left her face slowly once she realized Izuku was attacking her, sorry Toga but I'm ending this in an instant. Izuku's fist slammed into her gut only for the impact to soften as goo replaced the injured part. Izuku instantly ended Snapshot as the girl started dissolving into said goo.
The smile returned as she started dying. "Oh Izu, haven't you been told to treat a girl n-nicer than that. And d-don't worry, I have plenty more of your c-classmates blood. I' can't wait to s-see you for real l-later." Even as the clone died it never stopped smiling.
Izuku stood in front of the pile of goo and started realizing just how much of a threat the girl now posed, she's psychotic, can apparently turn invisible and is holding the blood of multiple of his classmates. Not to mention Twice can just copy her and send out invisible clones to attack people, Izuku could no longer deny the threat the League posed, they needed to be put down. Izuku was internally crying as he fell to the floor. 'I'm so sorry Toga, I failed you.' The reality of the situation had finally hit him, he was an underground hero, a killer. He would likely need to kill the remaining league members as well as the people in control of the Yakuza, while the evil ones deserved it, people like Toga and Twice did not. Izuku sat weeping in front of the pile of a goo for awhile, the weight of responsibility he'd thought he known he had when in reality he hadn't, finally settled in.
Aizawa walked into the bathroom only to find his student openly bawling. When Izuku hadn't returned he got worried but now? Aizawa knew something was seriously off. "Midoriya what happened?"
"Toga, she was here." Izuku gestured to the goo pile and the now broken vials of blood. "She had multiple vials of the blood of my classmates and she said she has even more. I'd start searching hospitals or other places similar for moles." Izuku responded, his ever analytic mind unable to be stopped and in this case, was acting as a coping mechanism.
"Midoriya, look at me." Aizawa commanded.
Izuku did so begrudgingly.
"Don't think about that, are YOU okay?" Aizawa softened his voice considerably.
"Physically yes, Mentally I'm not so sure. I just, I just finally realized that I'm likely going to have to kill this girl. The first person I tried to save, the first person I failed." Izuku stared blankly at the pile of goo, he could deny it no longer. His path was going to be one filled with blood and death, just like Nighteye said.
This was the second time Aizawa had heard the resignation in his tone, why was the world like this to someone who just wanted to help people. Aizawa strode past the dissipating goo and grabbed his student before hugging him. "Midoriya, you haven't failed yet. You can still reach her."
Izuku just looked at the floor darkly, not even reciprocating the hug. "Can I? She just threatened to murder half of my class, she can turn invisible now and Twice can send out as many clones of her as he wants. Had it been anyone but me and maybe Jirou and Shouji you'd be looking at the bloody remains of one of your students Eraserhead."
Upon hearing that news even the underground hero had been shocked into silence, not to mention the boy hadn't even used his name.
Izuku separated from the man before speaking mechanically. "Villain: Toga Himiko, multiple vials of classes blood, can turn invisible, can transform with said blood into any of our classmates. Can possibly teleport, vendetta against Yaoyorozu Momo in particular. That's my report, I'm taking a walk Eraserhead."
Eraser just watched in shock as the zombie esque body of his student walked off, the man wanted to help but he doubted he could at the moment. So instead he did the only thing he could and called the examiners warning them of the fact that a Rank A villain was here. The exam was already mostly finished by the time the news spread so they ended it immediately, accepting the results they had so far. While proud of the fact his entire class now had provisional licenses, Aizawa couldn't shake the overhanging dread that he now felt. Izuku was right, the villains weren't going to stop, and now it was possibly time for their counterattack.
