Chapter 72: Deliberation

Summary:

The Start of the Nabu incident

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

A week later

Momo sat in class, it'd been a week since the funeral and things had mostly calmed down. Well she says that but she's supposed to be getting killed within the next year, so when the ravenette said mostly calm she meant she's kind of a ball of anxiety and stress. Aizawa had informed them not to discuss the vision with the class until he decided it was time for them all to know. It would spread too much chaos or so the erasure hero thought. Izuku disagreed with the man at first but let it go once he thought about the burden it'd have on them. Like the burden it was having on herself, sometimes ignorance really is bliss Momo thought.

Speaking of the quirk stealer she turned to look at Izuku, he'd been strangely calm about the ordeal and she couldn't figure out why. Ever since his initial break down he'd been relatively normal and even supportive of her. Which was sweet, if unnerving, maybe since he'd changed the future once he wasn't as worried about doing it again? That made sense to her at the very least. Though at times she could tell it's on his mind, which to be fair she didn't blame him or think he should stop. She was just glad it wasn't consuming him like other worries had in the past.

The ninth then took another look around the room and saw Ochako staring at her which prompted Momo to give the girl a half hearted smile and a wave, hoping it would at least slightly alleviate the girls worries for her. It wasn't just the gravity user either, everyone could tell something was going on with Momo and Izuku, even if they were trying to hide their worries they clearly weren't doing a good job. That'd been made abundantly clear when Tsu walked over and said and I quote 'You two look like your puppy died.' Which to be fair was probably a thorough assessment of the situation.

The girl was taken from her musings when their teacher crawled into the room with his famous yellow sleeping bag. Seconds later the man emerged with a juice pack and leveled the class with a glare from his quirk, silencing them all. "Five seconds, not bad."

Aizawa paused and Momo could see the man had way more bags under his eyes than usual, the vision must be bothering him as well she realized. 'I wonder what it feels like to be responsible for the lives of your students and know your supposed to fail?' Momo briefly wondered before the man started talking again.

"Anyway as I informed you all previously, you'll be going on a special assignment for the entirety of this week. You're going to be shipped to Nabu Island where you will run your own hero agency for that duration. During that period of time you will respond to and answer any and every call you receive while you work from 'your' agency." Aizawa paused and glared as several students began excitedly cheering, which shut them up. He noticed a few had their hands raised and decided to alleviate their curiosity. "Yes Uraraka?"

"Won't villains try to attack us off campus again?" The Air Cannon girl wondered aloud.

"An astute observation but it's not like we can keep coddling you all, not to mention that's exactly why we're sending you to Nabu and 1-B to Yoto. Both islands are incredibly distant from the main land of Japan and neither have had any major villain attacks in the past 20 years. On top of all that both myself and Present Mic will be coming." Aizawa paused and took a breath. "That being said our presence will not allow any of you to slack off, our one and only job will be to guard and supervise you. All the work will be done on your own, in the event that something does occur then we'll jump into help and assist you all. Does this explain everything Uraraka?"

The brown haired girl just gave a nod before looking satisfied by the answer.

Aizawa then turned to Tsuyu and called on her. "Couldn't Midoriya just portal us all to safety if villains attack?"

"Another astute observation and yes that is exactly what will happen, he will also be responsible for bringing additional heroes to the scene. So trust me when I say we have taken every possible precaution in the event that something does occur, it will be handled." Honestly the problem child stealing that quirk was a blessing in disguise, he'd never tell the little shit but if he wanted someone to have Oboro's quirk it'd be him. "Any other questions?"

Iida raised his hand and jumped up before speaking. "Sensei is it possible to request last minute alterations to our hero costumes, and what will be the required materials for the trip?"

"I will be handing out a packet explaining the finer details at the end of class, that will include the things expected of you to bring. As for last minute hero costume alterations, they will have to be small in nature, you ARE leaving tomorrow." Aizawa finished his juice packet before setting it down on the table.

"Understood Sensei!" Iida bowed before sitting back down.

He was about to wrap things up and go rest in his sleeping bag when the problem child raised his hand. "Yes, Midoriya?"

Izuku was about to open his mouth and speak but decided against it. "Oh, um nothing, sorry. Just a question I answered myself."

That made Aizawa raise his eyebrow. "Are you sure?"

"Yeah I'm sure, sorry for the disruption." Izuku sat back down.

Everyone eyed him a bit for that strange interaction but ended up ultimately brushing it off.

Aizawa pinched his nose. "It's fine Midoriya, just don't make a habit of disrupting class for no reason. Alright your all dismissed early today to prepare for tomorrow, make sure not to stay up too late, we leave at 8am sharp." The man then climbed back into his sleeping bag before moving to the corner of the room.

Momo eyed her boyfriend and walked over to him as everyone started getting up. "So what was that all about?"

Izuku turned and saw her. "Oh it was nothing, I was wondering about quirk practice on the island but that's probably a bad idea. I really wanted to try duplicating quirks with Eri's quirk but I guess I just gotta wait a bit longer." The boy sighed.

"Oh that makes sense." Momo paused unsure what to say next. "Want to get ready for tomorrow with me?"

Izuku chuckled. "Momo our stuff is like split 50/50 between each other's rooms, you know we're gonna do it together."

Momo also let out a simple giggle. "Probably, and I'm keeping the All Might hoodie."

"I figured as much." Izuku sighed. "Well anyway how about a quick lunch before we go to the operation." The quirk stealer noticed the pout form on Momo's mouth, clearly not happy with the situation but he was glad she didn't say anything further about it. Izuku then turned to Tsu and Uraraka. "What about you two wanna come get lunch with us?"

Tsu just shook her head. "Sorry kero, me and Ochako gotta get some stuff."

Momo slightly deflated at that. "Oh well, we shall see you both tomorrow. What about you Iida?" The heiress turned to the boy rapidly packing his things.

"Unfortunately my brother is coming to visit and I shall be spending my upcoming evening with him. It is a shame but I must decline, thank you anyway you two!" Iida bowed before quickly walking off.

"Well at least his brothers finally out of the hospital." Izuku shrugged. "Todoroki?"

"Sorry Midoriya, I have a similar engagement with my mother. She's being released today and I finally got permission from the principal to go see her, my father will be my escort if your wondering." The stoic boy replied before slinging his backpack on and walking away.

"What about-" Momo went to turn but the girl was gone already. "I was hoping at least Hagakure might join us but I suppose not. I wonder where she got off to in such a hurry?" Momo wondered aloud.

Izuku shrugged again. "Who knows but I guess it's just us, should give us time to talk about you know what." Izuku whispered that second part as he gestured for them to leave the room. Once he got to the door he held it open for the other, then they continued walking towards the cafeteria.

"Mm, though we could talk about happier things?" Yaoyorozu supplied.

"We both know we need to prepare as much as possible Mo, I have no idea when or where you know what happens to you." Izuku stopped, turned, and put a hand on her shoulder before looking into her eyes. "I will save you, I promise you that."

The ninth looked back at the teens eyes they glowed with what she suspected to be fury and solemn duty. "I know Izu, I know and I'll save you too. I just wish we could spend our time together having fun, take a break from it all you know."

Izuku relented. "Okay, then let's do that. Your right, we can't let it consume our lives." Izuku grabbed her hand and they started walking again. "You hear about what Kaminari did?"

"Hmm?"

"The idiot licked his finger then stuck the thing into the power outlet after you left for class, apparently Sero bet him he wouldn't do it. He ended up shorting the entire building, I hope they've fixed it by now." Izuku lamented.

The ravenette just let out a long sigh/giggle. She loved the idiot, she really did, but she had no idea what Kyoka saw in him. "Is he okay at least?"

"Yeah he just went derp mode for a bit like when he overuses his quirk. I'm changing his nickname in the group chat to something rude later. He made me have to reset my All Might clock." The quirk stealer grumbled.

"Well at least he's okay, oh hey were here." Momo gestured to the cafeteria with her head.

"Oh yeah, I wonder if they're serving katsudon today." Izuku could already taste the delectableness of the dish.

"You know you need to eat things other than katsudon right Izu?" She teased.

"Hey! I eat other stuff." Izuku took offense to that.

"Yeah when they have no katsudon, at least I take a break from udon even when it's available."

Izuku just took that as his defeat. "Well your not wrong ... OH HEY!"

The suddenly excited face on the boy confused her. "What?"

"We should decide on a name for our hero agency! I can ask in the group chat."

Momo just giggled. "We going to be the All Might Jr. Agency?"

Izuku just started blushing. "Hey! I grew out of that when I was ten!"

"I'm just teasing dear." Momo ruffled the green headed boy's hair.

"I'm going to be taller than you one day." Izuku grumbled.

"I'm sure you will Izu." Momo giggled again, glad she could press his buttons like this, it always made her happier when she saw his cute blushing face.

"Why do I feel like you like messing with me." Izuku grabbed a try and started loading on food, trying to ignore her badgering.

"Because I do." Momo also grabbed a tray and followed behind him. "I do it because I love you."

"Love you too." Izuku responded in faux anger.

When they finally reached their table Izuku dropped into the chair. This was immediately followed by him letting out a loud sigh.

Curious, Momo sat opposite him. "What's up Zu?"

"I just, I don't know. I feel like something bad is going to happen at Nabu. I can't quite put my finger on it though. Maybe I'm just expecting the worst now because the worst always happens. I know we said no doom and gloom but we really need to catch the doctor. He's the reason EVERYTHING is so hard. Without him the league of villains would fall apart."

Truth be told the girl agreed. Ujiko was the one who copies quirks, the one who created nomu, the one who made All for One live this long. Without him the villain and the league would've fallen long ago. "At least you took the warp quirk Izuku, that was a huge blow to them, not just that but we put All for One behind bars. Sure they've changed tactics and are being more covert now but we can stop them." She gave her brightest smile.

"I know and I want to be happier but they can still copy quirks, and the bastard scanned my brain. What if he copied my quirk? I can't fathom what the result of that would be." Izuku paused. "Then again he's had All for One with him this whole time and he's never copied it. Maybe regular people can't handle our quirk? It'd make a lot of sense actually considering what our quirk does to our own body." Izuku looked at his hand for a bit as he said that.

Yaoyorozu thought about it and it made sense, they had near 100 years to sort this out and they just now started creating Nomu. Maybe the doctor recently just learned how to do so, that could also mean they just learned how to copy quirks. The thought scared her but she shook her head. "Izuku just because Shigaraki becomes a monster with multiple quirks doesn't mean we should be afraid of him okay? I have multiple quirks and so does most of our class. While I concede you are probably the strongest out of all of us, I'll catch up soon." The girl posed with her muscled arms.

That elicited a small chuckle from the greenette. "I know and I told you, you'll be stronger than me. I just wish a super villain with a vendetta against me and a doctor that can create terrifying monsters on a whim didn't exist. I mean he's already created several intelligent Nomu, I guess Shigaraki's the endgame, a Nomu like human." Izuku sighed. "But your right we shouldn't dwell on this, especially when we don't know what's coming, just promise me if something happens at Nabu come to me over everything else okay? We can always go 100% with Eri's quirk, though I'm kinda tapped on energy at the moment. So I don't know how long we can keep that up."

Momo saw the serious gaze in the boy's eyes and nodded. "Okay Izu I promise." There was a lull in the conversation as she ate. "Should I be at the surgery later?"

That made Izuku hesitate. "I mean, I want you to be but we are amputating my arm. If you don't want to see that please don't come. I don't want to scar you or anything. But hey on the bright side, afterwards my arm and hand will finally be back to normal." Izuku tried to give her a bright smile but it didn't help the frown on the girl's face.

"I just wish you'd told me sooner. Finding out your arm had been breaking continuously since the Overhaul fight was scary Izu. I don't want you to hide your pain from me, I can take it, I promise." Momo pouted.

'If only she knew the quirk stealer thought.' "I just didn't want to worry you okay? And yeah I'm sorry but I AM taking better care of myself I promise." He gave her another bright smile but this time it had the intended effect.

"Okay, I believe you." She smiled back.


Recovery Girl's Office A few hours later

"This is your last chance to opt out boy, we need you awake so you can use your quirk. Even with pain killers this is going to hurt, especially since we have to make sure you're lucid enough to heal yourself during the procedure." Chiyo explained.

Izuku gave a look to Momo and reaffirmed his will. "Got it, I can handle it." He paused for a second. "Plus I've lost my hand before, how bad can it be?" Izuku smiled to the people present in the room, those being Toshinori and Momo.

Recovery girl just sighed, not many of her patients would let themselves willingly be amputated but here she was. "Alright Midoriya, I'm going to inject you with this solution, it will slow blood flow, then I will be using this machine to surgically remove your arm along this line. As you can see thats where the damage you caused to your arm stops. After that you will begin healing yourself with your quirk while I apply this tourniquet, we can't risk you dying of blood loss now can we? Do you have any questions?"

"Nope it's just Jakku over again." Izuku gave a squeeze to Momo's outstretched hand while smiling. "I'm going to be okay, okay?"

She just gave a strained smile. "Alright..."

All Might gave a thumbs up to the child. "You got this my boy! However if something feels off please tell us and we shall immediately stop the operation. "All Might looked to the side. "Errr if we can stop it, it's going to be a bit hard to halt the process once the arm is actually off." Toshinori sheepishly added.

"And this is why I'm in charge of the procedure you dolt. Now both of you out of here, I don't need you distracting me or my patient during this." Chiyo not so gently shoved the two out the door with her cane.

Momo gave one last look into the room before exiting. "If you need me Zu I'll be right here!" Momo desperately shouted.

Izuku smiled at her. "Of course."

Once they were out the room Recovery Girl sighed. "Let's get this over with boy. Let me connect this IV drip and then we can begin. I just hope you know what your doing, even with painkillers this is going to hurt, extremely."

Izuku's smile faded a little. "I know, I've done it before both with Overhaul the quirk and the battle against All for One. I can take it."

"I'm sure you can, now hold still while I find a vein." Once a large enough vein was found the woman then slowly slid the needle into the boy's arm. Satisfied with the injection she then turned the flow on and the drugs were carried into his body. "Good now we commence in ten minutes. We need to make sure they have enough time to spread throughout your body and they kick in. In the meantime how about you tell me about Overhaul and your plan to heal Toshinori with it."

"Oh." Izuku supposed that was a good enough subject to waste time. "Well it's quite simple we find him the necessary replacements and overhaul them into his body. The man described being able to put people back together as long as they weren't in too many pieces so the quirk should be able to heal Toshinori in a similar manner. He needs a lung and a stomach transplant correct?" The boy hadn't exactly remembered what his mentor was missing. After all he had only offhandedly mentioned it once to him.

"So you want to use the quirk to take him apart and fuse him with the new organs. A risky surgery but it should be possible, while I think you just should wait for the horn quirk to charge up it should work fine as well." Chiyo examined her handiwork but wanted to wait a few more minutes before commencing the operation.

"Yeah, that's why I wanted to let you do it with the quirk. You have way more medical know how and while I have been studying anatomy to enhance my use of Overhaul I'm no where near knowledgeable enough on the subject as you. Do you think you could do it?" Izuku looked at the woman as he started feeling a bit woozy, the drugs were definitely taking effect.

"I suppose I can try but I think we should call in a professional on the subject beforehand, aka Overhaul himself." Chiyo hated the idea personally but the man would definitely know how to do it and while he would never cooperate maybe he could be cooerced. She wanted to heal Toshinori just as much as the boy did, maybe more. Every time she saw the man cough up blood she was reminded of her failure to heal him correctly.

Izuku on the other hand thought the drugs must be making him delusional. "You can't be serious Recovery Girl, the man is a monster. He bragged to my face, TO MY FACE! About what he did to Eri. I will NOT make any kind of deal with him. I'm sure All Might agrees, and Aizawa will probably murder the man if he sees him."

Chiyo had been expecting that reaction honestly. "Dearie sometimes we have to do things we don't like, but enough about that. It's time, are we continuing?"

Izuku steeled his resolve as the woman said that. He gave her a nod and Recovery Girl began to strap him down in a hospital bed so he wouldn't move accidentally. She then took his arm and strapped it to a nearby table separate from the rest of his body. A machine started whirring and the spinning blade made Izuku pale a bit, he turned his head so he wouldn't have to watch.

Chiyo saw the boy wince and turn but acknowledged his resolve and began. The blade started inching closer to the skin and even the woman couldn't bring herself to do this without feeling queasy. But she had too, she promised the she would and she finally connected the buzz saw with his skin.

Izuku nearly screamed in pain as the arm started to be cut through. The sound of metal on bone was particularly scarring to him. Izuku just shut his mouth and endured, he had to do this. Izuku heard the sound of blood splurting out of the wound and onto the ground and he almost cringed but resisted the urge to make any movement.

Seconds later Izuku finally heard the whirring stop and turned to look at his stump of an arm, the limb was now split from his body. He felt strangely light and didn't like how it off balanced him. "S-should I start h-healing?" Izuku stuttered out, the pain and the drugs were messing with him.

"Yes dearie, immediately!" Chiyo was already rushing over to the tourniquet, the sooner he started healing himself the better.

Izuku needed no further prompting and activated the necessary quirks. 'Quirk Enhancer plus Minor Regeneration.' He thought to himself. The speed of the healing increased by roughly 1.25x speed when it was quirk enhanced and once more glad he'd stolen that quirk and knew he needed more. He should definitely make a visit to Tartarus after Nabu.

Chiyo paused as she watched the boy's limb quickly reconstruct itself. It didn't even look the tourniquet would be necessary due to the speed of the regeneration, the thought made her cringe. It meant the boy might try even stupider stunts when using his body due to being able to heal himself so effectively. She set the held object down and moved over to the amputated limb before wrapping it up. The smell of blood was something the woman never particularly liked and she didn't want the arm bleeding all over her office.

The quirk stealer was staring at his arm and noticed the bleeding had already stopped, just more proof he needed to stack quirks. It'd only been like thirty seconds and it was already about 1/3rd fully healed. "Leave it t-to All for One, he's s-smart. Then again he's got a good hundred years of experience over me with my quirk. I suppose I could be forgiven for not knowing how to use it to it's fullest."

"Yes yes dear, the evil overlord has better use of his quirk but make sure you finish healing your arm. That's more important at the moment." Chiyo sighed but the surgery was a success, now they just needed to see if his arm healed fully or just back to the point it'd been before it was amputated. Honestly that would answer some questions she had about that regeneration quirk and it's exact function. If it was the prior she could make good use of it here for people with no stamina or have been injured too heavily for her quirk to be used on them.

Izuku had a similar mindset, although he was more just praying it worked as the wrist of his arm started to form, not much longer and they'd have their answer. He was still feeling a bit loopy from the drugs but he was far more in control than he'd thought he'd be. Though Recovery Girl did say she wanted him lucid so she probably used a lot less than a standard dose of whatever she gave him.

"Let me get the X-ray Machine ready ... and find some way to dispose of your arm. Might as well call those two back in while I'm at." Chiyo started moving with purpose as she released Izuku from the straps she used to hold him down.

"Give it to me, the enemy can use dead bodies to make nomu I know it's just my arm but I'd rather not take any c-chances." Izuku slurred out as he stared at the wrapped appendage.

Chiyo quickly walked it over to the boy and handed him his old arm. The realization the boy was holding his own severed arm was a weird one.

"I'm going to destroy it and drop the pieces in the o-ocean." Izuku opened a portal, then shoved the appendage through with his good arm. He followed that task by deleting it with Overhaul. "Now the league can't use it."

With that taken care of the boy looked back at his other hand and all the fingers had started to grow out, the skin expanded outward kind of like a flower but instead it was skin. It was oddly beautiful in a way, a morbid thing to be sure but still interesting to watch.

"Izuku!" The ninth shouted as she charged into the room once Recovery Girl gave her the okay. She pulled the boy into a hug before looking at his arm, it was almost fully back. She heaved a sigh of relief that at the very least they hadn't made things worse somehow. "I'm so glad it worked!" She nuzzled her head into the crook of the boys shoulder before finally letting herself destress.

"Indeed young Midoriya, it is good to see that everything went well." Toshinori flashed a thumbs up before sitting in one of the nearby seats. "I suppose we are just waiting on the results now?"

Izuku gave a nod as he flexed his newly grown fingers. His stomach started rumbling which made him chuckle a bit. "Guess I'll need to refuel after that, also I'm a bit loopy from drugs and blood loss. So sorry in advance if I'm kind of weird right now."

"I don't care." Momo said, speaking into his neck.

Chiyo returned with the X-Ray machine a few minutes later. "I know you were worried dearie but I am going to need you to separate from him." Momo reluctantly did so and moved back to the chair next to Toshi. "And now for the moment of truth. Did we do this for nothing." The machine started humming for a bit then a white background appeared. "I'm going to take a few pictures with this, please don't move Midoriya."

Izuku nodded and several flashes went off before images started appearing on the nearby board.

The silence as audible as the woman read the results before declaring what they meant. "Well I have to say I am quite surprised." Chiyo pointed at the boy's Radius on the board. "It looks like they've been fully repaired, the porous state of your bones is completely undone. It looks like a completely average upper arm now, the hand included. What a powerful quirk..."

Maybe he should rename the quirk but it is just weak regeneration. Well any regeneration is really strong, it's just slow, well not anymore but still, Izuku pondered briefly while Mo grabbed his hand and held it.

"I'm so happy." She had a bright smile on her face.

"Myself as well young Midoriya. Now we don't need to commence with that bone marrow transplant." All Might gave the boy a gentle smile as well.

Izuku's derpy smile greeted both of them as he started feeling his face with his hands. "I f-feel so w-weird."

That just made the pair chuckle. "C'mon Izuku, let's get you something to eat and then we can start prepping after a nap. We should probably let those drugs run their course before we start packing. Thank you so much Recovery Girl." Momo bowed to the lady.

"No worries my dear, just keep him safe. He puts too much weight on his own back, like a certain someone I know." Chiyo glared at the previous number 1.

"I suppose I will do my best to work that trait out of him." All Might backpedaled trying to stay out of the range of the woman's cane.

"We'll see you both later!" Mo quickly shouted before grabbing Izuku and walking him to the cafeteria to get a second lunch. Things were finally looking up, next they'd fix Toshinori but first Nabu Island here we come!

Notes:

A bit of a lull before the action begins :D Also we're getting close to 400k words! I'm so hype for the next mile marker.

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
Foresight: ?