Chapter 69: Redemption of a Bad Patriarch

Summary:

A day of many happenings.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

The Next Day

Hawks was lackadaisically walking down the street as he patrolled with a certain flame hero, not even turning his head as he sent out his many feathers to help those around him as well as catching one pervert trying to streak. "You see Endeavour, this is the kind of day is what I want for all heroes in the future. A day where we can wake up, mingle with the populace, laze about, and eventually go home to have a nice day's sleep."

Endeavour grunted, this man was more and more quickly becoming exactly the kind of person he hated. The carefree attitude, the lack of responsibility, the ability to smile without a damn care in the world. 'Why had he agreed to this again?'

"So what are you in the mood to eat Endeavour? My friend already picked a place so I hope Korean Barbecue is good with you."

Another grunt was all that Endeavour muttered.

They walked in silence for a few more minutes before Endeavour finally spoke. "And who is this friend of yours?" Endeavour watched as Hawks easily saved someone's pet dog while simultaneously helping a lady up some stairs and signing an autograph, the sight almost angered him for some reason. Endeavour just ended up attributing it to the fact that he reminded him of All Might in a way.

"Ah you see, you've probably met him at some point, though you likely didn't like the man, All Might's former sidekick, Sir Nighteye." Hawks watched the grimace form on the man's face.

"And why are we meeting with that washed up man's fortune teller." Endeavour questioned grimly.

"Ah you see, he has a vision he needs to share with us apparently. He wouldn't tell me what though, only that all of Japan depended on him meeting with us. I being the man that I am accepted him at face value, you can make jokes about his personality but his quirks the real deal." Hawks paused for a moment as he raised a finger. "That reminds me, the joint he invited us to is called Yoritami, it's got these amazing liver skewers." Hawks briefly directed his feathers towards helping a kitty from a tree, smiling as another fan walked over and asked for a picture.

Noticing they were surrounded by fans Endeavour sweated for a bit, he had promised to change for not just his family but all of Japan. The new number 1 noticed a boy staring at him shyly and mustered up the courage to walk forward before offering his hand to the child. "If you want a handshake it's no big deal."

Instead of what he expected the boy simply sputtered. "Y-You've changed! The Endeavour I know doesn't do fan stuff, he's too cool to stoop to that level!"

The boy shouted before running away leaving the pro hero in shock as he stared at his hand. "I thought I'd practiced better..." Endeavour turned to see Hawks laughing at him and grumbled. "You're paying for lunch."

"No problem Endeavour-san!" Hawks added between laughs.

The number 1 just grumbled further.


The group sat on a very high floor of the restaurant in question, they gingerly ate their food with the exception of Hawks who was gorging himself.

"Man you really blew it earlier, you can't just change character like that Endeavour-san." The carefree hero sing songed. "Of course they're going to not understand the sudden difference. Your THE Endeavour, cold, aloof, cool, you're not like All Might whose all smiles and good feelings. I'm sure your fans already have that image of you. Oh by the way are you going to finish that."

"Glutton." Endeavour pushed the tray forward regardless. "So why did you call us here anyway?"

Nighteye looked at his watch, counting the seconds as he often did when the future would come soon. "Give it two to three minutes, give or take."

"Will you at least tell me for what reason we're all gathered, if there's one thing I hate, it's wasting time." Endeavour took a drink of his tea as he stared at All Might's former one and only side kick.

"I suppose that much is at least fine, I'm here for Izuku Midoriya." Nighteye counted as the seconds ticked down on his watch, ninty ... eighty-nine ... eighty-eight.

"And why don't you tell him what you told me Sir-san?" Hawks let out between bites.

"Ah yes a special type of Nomu has been reported to be in the area. Apparently it can speak the human language as well as think and empathize, I'm sure you can think of another specimen like that?" Fifty-five.

"Kurogiri." Endeavour realized.

"Exactly." Fifty ... Forty-nine.

Hawks took a bite of his Takoyaki before speaking. "What is it like?" Hawks had a questioning stare as the man looked at his watch again.

Forty ... thirty-nine. "Intelligent, can fly, has that hyper regeneration, it can extend it's muscles and limbs in order to attack, it seems to only want to fight strong opponents from what I saw in my vision, lastly it seems to somehow carry more Nomu with it, though none are as strong as it is."

That made Endeavour perk up a bit, this Nomu sounded terrifying to fight. "And when will be expecting it's attack?"

Thirty ... twenty-nine ... twenty-eight

Hawks nervously watched the man continue his odd behavior, not saying anything.

"Nighteye, I said when can we expect it's attack?" Endeavour pushed the man to answer.

"Fifteen ... fourteen ... thirteen." Nighteye looked up from his watch and turned around, seeing a black speck off in the distance, Endeavour followed the man's gaze.

Seeing the speck rapidly increasing in size made the pro heroes in the room jump into action. "NIGHTEYE, WHAT THE HELL YOU BASTARD!"

Just then their server walked into the room. "Do you all need any-"

Hawks jumped shoving the woman down. "GET TO SAFETY A VILLAIN'S COMING!"

"It's fine you'll save everyone in this building." Nighteye simply stated as he watched, waiting for the inevitable crash as the beast plummeted into the building.

Endeavour sprang forth knocking the man out of the way before launching a fire blast at the creature, trying to divert it's course to no avail. The man couldn't risk making too much heat in this cramped space. The monster broke through the glass shattering it instantly before viewing the people in the room. "Who's - the best here - the s-strongest?"

Endeavour's only response was to blast the creature out of the room with a flaming fist before jumping after it. "FLASHFIRE FIST: JETBURN!"

Hawks stared in curiosity. "Endeavour-san you can fly?!"

"I'm simply not falling, and you! We're going to have a long chat after this Nighteye." Endeavour angrily grunted before turning back to his foe. "You wanted the strongest? Well congratulations you've got the number 1 and I came here to fight!"

"You-you really thought that-that fire could kill-kill me?" The Nomu grunted as his charred flesh instantly fixed itself.

'Looks like Nighteye wasn't lying that the creature can regenerate itself, he must not underestimate this thing or it's many strong quirks.' Endeavour thought to himself. 'Colorwise this one's black just like the one at U.A. and the one he melted at Hosu, it seems the color denotes what league the Nomu is in. That would mean this things special even amongst special Nomu as it can talk, it's almost certainly in it's own weight bracket.'

"Are you-you strong?" Yellow eyes glowed from the creatures hood, staring into the man's eyes.

"In that case I'm going to take you alive and make you spill everything!" 'Flashfire Fist: HELL'S SPIDER!' To the man's surprise the creature suddenly surged forth dodging his attack while simultaneously grabbing him and slamming him back into the building with an elongated fist. Endeavour sputtered as he was launched through the entire building and out the other side. 'Seems Nighteye was right about that too.' Igniting his body he forced the creature to release him. "You don't stay burned for long it seems, guess that means I'll have to do this in one go."


U.A. Common Room

"Your move Todoroki." Izuku commented as he moved a pawn up two spaces. Momo was playing with Eri at the counter in the kitchen while Todoroki and Izuku played chess in the common room. Various of their classmates were also sprawled about in the room, Mina was chatting up Kirishima, Jirou and Kaminari were listening to music together on the couch, Sato was cooking as usual, Tenya seemed to be studying for their art history class, Uraraka was braiding Tsu's hair, and Sero was playing bash bros. A pretty ordinary day all things considered.

"Hmm." The stoic boy replied moving up his rook.

"Hey Iida!" Hagakure shouted as she bounced down the stairs.

"Yes Hagakure?"

"Can I borrow your notes dude? An unfortunate 'accident' occurred with mine." The invisi girl lamented.

"What accident?" Iida looked up curious.

"Don't worry but could you help me out?"

"No problem Hagakure, I don't suppose you'd mind waiting like thirty minutes before transcribing my notes? I was trying to get ahead on this topic."

"No worries man, I'll just go chill with some other people in the meantime, thanks!" Hagakure flashed a thumbs up before walking to the living rooms couch and plopping down.

"Sup nerds." Hagakure looked at her class president and the 'Icequeen' of 1-A.

"Not much Hagakure, just playing chess." Izuku moved his bishop up backed up by a pawn to pressure Todoroki's queen.

"I'm brewing some Tea, it should be ready shortly Hagakure. Is there anything that you need?"

"Nah dude just wanted to chill for a bit, thanks for the tea though but I'll probably pass. I'm no coffee addict like Shinsou or Aizawa-sensei but I still prefer it to tea." Hagakure had an idea then. "Holy crap! What is that?!" Hagakure suddenly exclaimed which made both of the teens suddenly turn, using their distraction Hagakure turned a piece for each of the pair invisible. Wanting to be a tad discreet she chose a piece for each that was quite awhile from being used.

"What was what?" Todoroki blankly asked as he turned around.

"Oh sorry I thought I saw a massive spider, my mind must be playing tricks on me." She innocently 'tee hee'd' which caused both of the boys to look confused but continued on playing after a bit.

"C-can we not mention big s-spiders?" Hagakure turned to her left seeing Jirou shaking on the loveseat.

"Oh sorry Jirou, you got it. Wasn't aware you're scared of em."

"T-thanks Hagakure." Jirou had never been a fan of insects in general but spiders specifically freaked her out far more than any bug, she thought it had to be the eyes or the legs that did it but something about them just unsettled the rock girl.

"Eri, get down from there!" Momo shouted at the girl who'd created an elastic surface high in the air and was currently hiding on it.

"Make me!" The Ex-unicorn shouted down at the Ravenette.

Izuku turned and wondered if he should help.

Todoroki just shook his head and Izuku shrugged deciding to see how it'd play out.

"It's dangerous young girl, get down this instant!" Momo had adopted a face that eerily reminded the quirk stealer of his mom and he paled.

"Nuh-uh, I'm being careful. Mister Izu taught me how to do this."

Izuku paled further at the mention of his name while Momo was boring a hole into his head with her stare. "I didn't teach her to do that! I just told her how to reapply the quirk every so often so you don't falllllllllllll ... oh." He'd totally taught her how to do that.

Momo sighed before activating Black Whip and grabbing the girl, which caused her to shout in joy. After depositing the ball of sunshine and rainbows on the floor she just had this innocent look on her face. "Can we do that again? And can you twirl me faster?"

Momo just face palmed. "Later Eri ... and outside."

"Okaayyyyyyy."

Todoroki was about to make his move but was interrupted by his phone going off. Noticing the caller was Fuyumi he naturally got curious. "Yes Fuyumi?"

"Shouto! Check the news!" A loud voice blared through the phone which startled the heterochromatic teen.

"Sero we're borrowing the television." Shouto declared as he grabbed the remote and forcibly stopped the game the boy was playing.

The headline caused Shouto to bend over on his knees as he sucked in a gasp. "KYUSHU UNDER SIEGE: ENDEAVOUR TAKEN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A LETHAL BLOW?"

A panicked female reporter was basically screaming as people stampeded around her. "We have no symbol, without a symbol this is what happens! This is a society without a symbol of peace!"

Everyone in the room jumped up from whatever they were doing and glued their eyes to the screen as they moved closer to watch. Izuku took a brief moment to survey the devastation and the first thought he had was to warp himself there and get into the fight instantly but something stopped him, Todoroki's eyes.

"Oh my gosh, is he going to be okay? The last we saw him he got thrown into that building, that thing's a monster even by Nomu standards plus all the other Nomu. Isn't this just Hosu all over again?" Kaminari panically asked.

Momo took a look at the Half-n-half user and just weakly let out their name. "...Todoroki." But then a second thought occurred, Eri shouldn't see this. "Guy's I'm going to take Eri to her room okay?"

"You got it Yaomomo, we'll support Todoroki, don't worry." Mina smiled brightly at their vice rep.

"Thanks Mina, let's go Eri." Momo not so lightly shoved the girl out of the room.

"They're starting to panic, their stampede is going injure countless more people." Iida had taken a seat closest to Todoroki in an attempt to console the boy.

"There's no way my bastard of a father would ever let this happen, ... he's too stubborn to die there..." Todoroki wasn't sure if he was trying to convince his class or himself.

Eraserhead busted into the room shortly after. "Todoroki, you already know."

A panicked voice cut through the crowd on the TV. "CUT IT OUT. THOSE FLAMES ARE STILL THERE, YOU SEE EM RIGHT? ENDEAVOUR'S ALIVE AND KICKING, HES FIGHTING FOR US! SO ALL OF YOU PEOPLE BETTER NOT BE GIVING UP ON HIM, CAUSE HE AIN'T GIVEN UP ON US!"

One of the boy's apparent friends seemed to be trying to drag him off to run but the boy held strong.

"He's right dude, your dad's super strong he ain't going down without a fight. Isn't that right Midoriya?" Sero looked to the spot Midoriya had been standing and noticed the boy was missing.

Aizawa noticed the lack of the boy's presence as well. "Don't tell me he... THAT STUPID IDIOTIC PROBLEM CHILD!"

Aizawa's shouts made everyone in the room turn to him. Uraraka was the first to speak. "Deku wouldn't ... Maybe he just went to the bathroom or some..." Yeah the girl couldn't even finish that statement, it's totally something Deku would do.

"Maybe he's helping Momo with Eri kero." The frog girl added.

"Who wants to bet we're about to see that idiot on live TV." Hagakure face palmed.

"I'm not taking a bet on a certainty Toru. Is there anything we can do to help him Sensei?!" Mina begged their teacher.

"Probably not, and chances are he was smart enough to get Nedzu's permission beforehand, now we can only pray." Instead of seeing a mop of green hair jump into the main fight instead it was Endeavour, the man looked almost fully healed but strangely more Energized than he had before.

"Look Todoroki! He's fine!" Sero brightened immediately.

Shouto was confused, his father had been stabbed in the chest and face but there was no trace of the wound.


Kyushu

Endeavour groaned in pain as his heavily injured body had been thrown through multiple buildings a piece of rebar was sticking out of his chest from where he'd landed on it. He was already trying to pull himself off of the object but it seemed to be a futile effort. 'Great I'm going to half to melt this then cauterize the wound, what a great day.' The number one barely able to focus his body before a black yawning portal opened up next to him. The man tried to speak but little could be said, his mouth and body were so injured he couldn't speak. "B-boy."

"Yo Endeavour, you're not doing so hot huh. We're going to have a quick chat and depending on how it goes there will be two very different outcomes to today's headlines. You see when I first saw the battle I thought to myself I need to get there, I need to save everyone but then something startled me. Something beyond words, your son, the child you abused, the one whose Mother you broke in a conquest for power, one of my better friends... He was worried, worried about you of all people and it shook me greatly. So number 1, I'm going to make this quick I have a question to ask and depending on how you answer, either I go out there and steal your spot at the top, or I fix you up and change the one thing that you bemoaned so greatly. The thing you broke your family for."

Izuku paused before activating Confession. "Do you regret what you did to your family?"

Endeavour paled for a second but then with great paid a singular word left his lips. "Y-yes."

Izuku noticed the man struggling to say more words and realized if he wanted his full answer he'd need to repair him a bit. Izuku reached over to the rebar deleting it and only it with Overhaul before activating Rewind and sending the man back to before he got impaled but after he got hit by the Nomu. A relatively short amount of time so it cost very little energy. "Now in clear Endeavour. Why do you regret it?"

Endeavour was about to ask how the boy just did what he did but felt himself compelled to speak before he could. "Touya, it all started with Touya. I loved him, I pushed him even though he didn't have the perfect combination of quirks. He wanted to surpass me, and with his flames he could've, the boy worked himself day after day and I was so proud. But then Shouto was born and suddenly everything I wanted in a child was present. That ... was my biggest failure, by tossing Touya aside the boy did everything in his power to prove his worth to me and I just ignored him. A year later Touya killed himself in a training accident all because he wanted to make me, his father, proud. My own child burned himself alive just to try and get that little bit stronger. After that something in me broke and I did everything in my power to make sure Shouto would never have a similar accident. Everything after that you know. I regret it because I was a terrible father, because I did nothing for Touya's legacy. Just a broken family with broken people, all in different ways."

Endeavour looked so defeated, Izuku had never seen the man look that way honestly. "Huh color me surprised. I guess there are second chances for people after all." Izuku reached over and finished rewinding the man like another five minutes at the end of it the man looked like he had never been injured in the first place.

Endeavour sat there as he felt his body start to fold in on itself as his wounds rapidly disappeared. Suddenly able to move despite the grievous injuries he received. "Boy what did you just do."

"You never saw that quirk, also I was never here. Lastly, take my hand." Izuku struck his hand out.

Endeavour on the other hand needed to move, he had to defeat that monstrosity. "Why?"

"It's your redemption arc Enji Todoroki. The power you always wanted, take it."

Endeavour looked down at the bo- no young man's hand and back to his face before taking the outstretched limb.

"Every abuse you've thrown out, every bit of suffering, just to obtain that power so easily. Surely it must be shocking Endeavour. With this you will never overheat again be careful though it goes both ways, if I hear so much as a whisper that you aren't using this for good. I will personally come back and take everything from you. This is your only warning." Izuku turned on his heels before starting to walk back into the portal he made.

Endeavour looked at his hand for a second, feeling the other power in his body and used it, he suddenly felt cooler and realized just what the boy had done. "Wait! Nighteye! You need to heal him he was injured in the initial attack, Hawks had to deposit him on the highest building adjacent the one that initially got attacked by the Nomu."

Izuku turned at hearing the name and sighed, today was going to get a whole lot worse wasn't it? "Fine, good luck number 1." Now how was he going to silently get to Nighteye, maybe he should borrow Hagakure's quirk? No he doesn't have time, the cameras should be focused on Endeavour, that should be plenty of a distraction. Izuku reaffirmed his helmet was attached to his head and looked to the skies. 'Well, he'd always wanted to go skydiving.'


U.A.

"Holy crap was Endeavour always that strong?!" Sero exclaimed as the man let out massive pyro attack after pyro attack, he was like the living embodiment of fire as he streaked across the sky.

Todoroki was equally surprised. "No, no he wasn't." 'What was going on? His dear old dad shouldn't be able to create this much fire without overheating.'

"How much longer till Wonderboy hit's the scene?" Hagakure asked aloud.

"Already kind of surprised we haven't seen him yet." Kaminari added.

Aizawa snorted a bit at the statement but his student was right, where was the problem child?


"Endeavour is back, he's chasing down the villain!" The reporter woman shouted.

The Nomu turned it's head. "You-you can also re-regenerate?"

'As if you freak, my body gave out on me awhile ago. Damn kid just had to meddle in my business.' Endeavour launched himself forward with as much fire as his body could handle before he started to deteriorate from the heat. It wouldn't matter how cool his body was if it got so hot he melted instantly. Steam was visibly leaking from his body as he pushed his body to the limit, an interesting side effect of his second quirk.

Hawks jumped in front of the creature distracting it long enough for Endeavour to slam his fist into it's mouth. The number 1 began pumping everything he had into his arm and body as he launched the two further into the sky where he could unleash his ultimate blast. 'You were me, you only sought power, no, you are me. With this I will end my past, I will say goodbye to the things that I was. I'll quickly roast this thing from it's insides and set it free. FLASHFIRE: PROMINENCE BURNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!'

A massive blast erupted in the sky as what looked like the sun exploded stunning everybody watching.


Izuku stared in awe as he fell from the sky, turns out Endeavour makes a better distraction than Izuku thought he could. As Izuku fell the glowing sun was so intense he could feel the heat from here, maybe giving the guy the thing he's always wanted wasn't the best idea Izuku shrugged as the heat and wind bit at his face as he fell. The boy activated Snapshot as he started scanning for his target while he plummeted from the sky. There he saw the man laying in a pool of his own blood Izuku aimed himself like a bullet towards his target decelerating as he got closer, making sure that the wind from his quirk wouldn't affect Nighteye. Izuku landed softly next to the man on this building so far from the actual fight. "Damn what happened to you Sir?"

The man's eyes opened only to weakly stare at the boy. "Ah ... just ... in ... time."

"What?" Izuku was taken aback as he strode over to the man. "Here I'll have you fixed up in no time." Izuku stretched his hand down about to activate his quirk when suddenly the man gripped his shoulder and stared into his eyes.

"No ... don't ... bother ... today ... was ... supposed ... to ... happen ..." The effect was instant as Izuku watched the man's quirk activate and suddenly everything shifted.

A much different world suddenly appeared around Izuku, it was nothing like his quirk world, this was weirder, it had movie reels flickering back and forth showing various images of the future he supposed. The grainy sound in the background was all too different from what he was used too, it sounded like a movie theater in here. Honestly quite different from the image Izuku had in mind when Nighteye used his quirk, he'd always thought that it would be time oriented with clocks or something.

"I see you made it. Just like I saw when I looked at your future a month ago."

The voice startled Izuku and he jumped to the side, but calmed once he realized who it belonged too. "So why are we here? And why didn't you let me heal you?"

"I suppose those are some logical questions for the situation but I believe it's more important that I show you the reason for you being here." Nighteye flicked his hand and one reel came into focus. "Your future, I was never going to tell you about this because I was never supposed to have made it this far. I was supposed to die at the Shie Hassaikai compound but instead you brought this new future into existence. The mission was going to succeed so I had no reason to tell you about my death, it was inconsequential all things considered." The man's face never changed expressions while he talked.

"But, I could've saved you? I did save you?" Izuku looked confusedly at the man.

"Exactly, until that moment not once had a future I'd seen not come to pass. But I'd like to think that the combined efforts of everyone present helped make a difference. Even that girl's quirk you used to power up the Ninth." Nighteye looked like he was parsing through the reel of Izuku's future. "Ah here it is, I've never seen a future with so much clarity before, usually it's like these reels, but this was no image, this was a moving picture and I think you are the key. Your quirk isn't just the ability to give and take quirks it's the ability to move pieces of a person's soul. I've seen the ghosts in your future if your wondering."

Well shit. Izuku had hoped that'd be a one time thing but oh well. "Well then? Why am I here? What am I the key too?"

"The future." Was Nighteye said as he eyes started spinning. "Ah yes now that I'm a part of you I can see it." The man walked over and braced his head against the boys head.

"Wha-" The boy was cut off as everything shifted but this, this was no dream.


Date Unknown Time Unknown Location Unknown

"..iya, come in. I re... doriya come ..."

"sn't resp ... Dek ... ple ... tell me you ... ight

The world was a haze as the crater that was once Jakku loomed around him. So many dead turned to dust on the spot by Shigaraki, the city was a graveyard with Izuku and that bastard at it's center. Izuku only hoped he put the bastard down for good, he'd cut his fucking head off for Mo but who knows what that hyper regen quirk can do. Izuku should've taken it when he had the chance.

'Ah you really overdid it this time didn't you Izuku.' Izuku looked down as both of his legs were missing and another arm was blown off, that was his good arm too. Izuku weakly watched as Shinsou approached his likely dying form, he was keeping himself from bleeding out with Liquid Manipulation but that would only hold for so long.

'Ah Mo I really fucked up didn't I, guess I'll be getting to meet you sooner rather than later.' The boy coughed up some more blood as Shinsou started screaming at him. Izuku took his left arm covered in a bit of blood and shoved it into Shinsou's Mouth. At least this way One For All won't die with him. "You ... have ... to ... live ..."

"Midoriya! Midoriya! Fix yourself, c'mon this isn't the time for you to give up! I know it looks bad but c'mon man you can't die here! Your too strong to die! I need you, we need you!"

Shinsou was weeping over his dying form, and it caused Izuku to form some of his own tears. 'Was this how it felt for Mo?'

"C'mon man this isn't a funny joke, we're gonna get revenge right? For Yaoyorozu? For Todoroki? For Jirou? For Mina? The Izuku Midoriya I know doesn't know how to give up. Please..." Shinsou was begging him at this point.

'Maybe if I wasn't missing over fifty percent of my body Shinsou.' The explosion he'd let out with Kacchan's quirk should've done it, it better have done it. He near atomized the place with it, turns out One For All is one hell of a power boost, who would've thought. Izuku coughed a bit more blood up, this was really it, he was dying, what a strange feeling. It was far more peaceful than he'd thought it be, his eyes started to shut but then that laughter, that cackling laughter. Izuku's eyes shot open as the fury returned.

"Izuku Midoriya, I told you didn't I? That I'd kill you in the most painful way possible. Now you get to watch as I murder another one of your little friends, one last failure before I come over and put you down for good. Just that like that skank who tried to stop me last time." Shigaraki was jubilant in his glee. His stark white hair flowing as the rest of his wrecked body hadn't properly recovered, cracks were all over his skin.

Izuku turned to see Shinsou stand up ready to face this monster given human form, and he couldn't allow him to die too. If his last blast with Kacchan's quirk was Plus Ultra than this one would be Plus Chaos. "Shin ... sou ... move."

Both people present in this barren hellscape turned to face the person who had been bisected on the floor. "Midoriya No!"

Izuku ignored the boy and blasted him back with Galeforce, the rush of wind only managed to stagger Shigaraki for a bit but it was all the time he needed. 'Goodbye One ... For ... All. Good ... bye ... Mo.'

'Explosion ... plus ... Quirk ... Enhancer ... times ... five ... One ... for ... All ... 100% ... condensed AP Shot.'

There was no final battle cry, no joy, only the last ditch attack of a person committed to completing a final task. There was silence as the explosion was unleashed but that was only because the attack itself moved faster than the sound it could create. A lazer beam shot out from his right hand as the heat and raw force caused his limb to explode with the attack. Izuku barely managed to aim the beam up in order to prevent more devastation.

That said nothing about what happened to the things in front of the attack, what it hit was vaporized, a scar now ran across the land itself. Izuku saw nothing as his vision went white and that was the end, he was sure of it.


Izuku returned to the reel world shaking and sweating, everything that just happened felt so real. "How?"

"Who knows, quirks are mysterious things Midoriya. It seems our time is also up, I don't regret meeting you child." Nighteye gave a rare smile which made Izuku shudder.

"Wait I can still save you! You don't have to die!"

"You're right I don't but I want to die, do you have any idea the kind of curse that is laid on someone who can see the future. I've lived countless lifetimes, all in other peoples memories. My actual age is probably over 150 at this point, everything's just blended together and I no longer can differentiate between timelines and lives. Please Midoriya, let me die in peace, I walked into that building today in order to die."

Izuku could barely process what the man in front of him was asking. "I but-

"No buts, let it happen and Midoriya, no matter how much you want to, do not take my quirk. You're better off without that cursed thing." Nighteye fixed his glasses.

"I suppose it's about time then. Oh and one last thing, I showed you this vision because I believe in you."

The world started collapsing around him. "No let me stop this! All Might needs you! Togata needs you!"

As Izuku tried to reach out and grasp the man he only found darkness as he finally returned to the real world.


As his consciousness returned Izuku watched as the man's arm fell from his shoulder landing in a pile of his own blood. 'Huh, you'd think I'd be desensitized to this at this point but the tears will still flowing.' All around Izuku he heard people cheering for Endeavour.

'Why, why did you do this Nighteye? Why did you show me that vision? Was that your way of telling me to change it?'

Izuku could only ponder as he stared at the man with a peaceful look on his face. "Why were you such a strange person Nighteye?"

'Why were people cheering when all Izuku wanted to was curl up in a ball and die. In the future he's supposed to lose everything, how could he possibly cheer?'


A Dark Room, Date Unknown

Izuku awoke with a start, well he says awoke but in reality he was just suddenly here. 'Why can't I feel the connection to my army?' Suddenly something started swishing through the air, his danger sense immediately activated and he entered Combat mode, activating as many of his quirks and started firing on all cylinders. 'Thermal, Snapshot, Elasticity plus Quirk enhancement.' The quirk stealer thought as he surrounded himself with bubbles of elasticity.' Something hit the ground with a thud as Izuku realized he was surrounded by many different things. Nomu from the looks of it.

"Aww Izuku kun why do you have to struggle against my love so much. It's just your lovely Himiko!" The girl said patting herself as she got off the floor.

"You are really persistent you know that?" Izuku whined out, 'how in the fuck had they caught him.' His last Memory was being on a rooftop next to Nighteye's dead body, why couldn't he remember anything after that?

"Awww Izu kun everything's fair in love!" The girl was twirling one of her knives around. "Restrain him Nomu!"

"Yeah fucking right I'm outta here." Izuku pointed his palm at the floor opening a portal to U.A. for him to drop through only for a small pinprick to hit his hand. Izuku stared at it curiously, is that a quirk erasing bullet?! "OH FUCK NO!" It was his bad hand anyway, sorry Recovery Girl. Izuku grabbed his right arm with his left wreathed in muscle and ripped the appendage clean off.

A very uncomfortable sound of bone and flesh tearing was accompanied by the limb starting to turn to goop. "Oh, I'm a clone. Hi Twice! Hi doctor!" His body was quickly also beginning to turn to goop no matter how he tried to resist it. "Awww what a shame, here I was going to enjoy ripping you all apart piece by piece. I only hope the next me get's a better shot at it. Byeeeeee!" The quirk stealing clone dissolved into a pile of goop with the biggest grin on his face.

"Phooey, how does he always figure it out so quick..." Toga just wanted some quality time with her darling.

"It's so creepy/It's so cool!" Twice added as he watched another one of his cloned failures break apart.

"At least this was better than the first time. He murdered two Nomu and broke Magne's arm before we stopped him. Why are we doing this again Ujiko? We're down to two quirk erasing bullets now. Dabi added.

"Like I said all we have to do is successfully detain him once and then the reward will be tenfold." Ujiko giddly explained.

"But like what if one of them actually escapes, that one got pretty close." Spinner said from his position behind a Nomu. "Twice can't get rid of his clones right? We might have to fight two of them at once if he does escape."

Magne was nursing the aforementioned broken arm. "Not to mention he didn't have that elasticity quirk last time. He might end up getting one that let's him escape instantly."

"As long as Shigaraki is undergoing his surgery I'm in charge. However I do concede that this may need to be given some more thought. Most people aren't willing to rip their own arm's off." The Good Doctor was honestly a tad bit intimidated by the boy because of his near suicidal actions.

"Oh well, next time for sure Izu-kun." Toga was playfully nudging the goop pile on the floor that was her darling with her foot.

Notes:

Current Quirk List
Izuku Midoriya: Kuroe, Breath of Life, Tempo, Ultra Sight, Muscle Augmentation (Renamed to Muscular), Warp Gate, Galeforce, Quirk Enhancer, Confession, Overhaul, Minor Regeneration, Elasticity, Rewind
Bakugo Katsuki: Explosion, Pyrokinesis
Tenya Iida: Engine, Air Step
Jirou Kyoka: Earphone Jack
Koji Koda: Animal Speak, Voice Throwing.
Mina Ashido: Acid, Liquid Manipulation
Sero Hanta: Tape, Minor Fire Resistance, Fire Breath
Yuga Aoyama: Navel Laser, Photokinesis
Kirishima Ejiro: Hardening, Shunpo
Yaoyorozu Momo: One for All, Creation, Blackwhip
Shinsou Hitoshi: Thunderclap, Brainwashing
Denki Kaminari: Electrification, Lightning Rod
All For One: Unknown
Eri: Zero Gravity
Nedzu: High Specs, Silence
Uraraka: Air Cannon
Mirio: Permeation
Sato: Sugar Rush
Eraserhead: Erasure, Super Strength
Setsuna Tokage: Lizard Tail Splitter, Vitality Stealing
Kinoko Komori: Mushroom, Float
Jurota Shishida: Beast, Mute
Hiryu Rin: Scales, EMP
Manami Aiba: -None-
Danjuro Tobita: -None-
Arakiel: Spider
Endeavour: Hellflame, Molecular Manipulation
Quirk Bank: Love, Paralysis, Bad Luck