Infinite Hero Academia Loops
By
AJ Katon
Disclaimer: This series is not affiliated with the SB Infinite Loop Branches. It is mostly inspired by Innortal. Those hard workers have their own thing and this is mine.
Hero Loop Logs Entry 1
I'm glad that I was able to create this log book. Though I'm pretty sure that even with this I've kinda lost track of how many times reality reset.
The first few times were not good on me.
Considering how I usually am, then suddenly finding myself younger and All Might back to his Hero Form and being the Symbol of Peace was something that I couldn't wrap my head around. Even worse was when i tried to interfere at Kamino that one time.
...That will stay with me to the end of my days.
I was alone back then. My friends didn't remember. Kacchan didn't remember. Not even All Might and Mom.
One for All was gone and with it my Dream of being a Hero.
At least until the Sludge Villain incident and I was told that I could be a Hero. Or those times I did something and then the world would reset. Again and Again.
However, no matter how many times my efforts are erased, no matter how many times I watched my friends get hurt, no matter how many different ways that All Might lost or died, I won't give up. I will become a great hero and save everyone that I can.
Midoriya "Deku" Izuku
Loop 1
Izuku was ready. The League of Villains had arrived and Kurogiri was about to scatter him and his classmates. All that training was about to pay off.
"MWAHAHAHAHA! DEATH FROM ABOVE!" Mineta basked in his newfound power and height as he threw his sticky balls into the lake. The foolish villains for hire tried to swim away but there were too many balls. Mineta hadn't even realized he was bleeding now.
"Mineta. You may wanna calm down." Tsuyu said, her expressionless face centered on the face of the last member of their trio. She had done well in getting the two out of the water but she hasn't expected this as a counter attack.
She also ignored the hand tightly wrapped at her waist. The blush would go away soon. "And Midoriya, I thought your Quirk was super strength. Kero."
"Um, surprise?" Izuku tried to play it off with a smile.
Shame the frog-girl's unflappable face stopped that plan. "Midoriya…"
"Puberty." And wasn't that just the worse answer. "Late Quirk puberty." And trying to use a deeper voice didn't help either.
"Ok I ran outta balls. Get us outta here Midoriya!" Never before had Mineta been a greater savior. Truthfully Izuku was still getting used to the flying himself. It was strange, waking up to find himself with a Quirk.
Considering that usually the many, many repeats he'd gone through would put him back to his usual spot with no powers to speak of. The loops were weird.
Pivoting to return to the rest of the class fighting against Kurogiri, Izuku spotted Ida making his escape and Aizawa being held down by Nomu. It was time to even things up for All Might.
He zoomed in and stopped next to his classmates. With a "Sorry, gotta go!", he speed off into the air. He swerved a few times before he stood above the remaining villains. Breathing deeply he allowed the green Lightning of One For All to envelop his body. Getting back up to fifteen percent was easier each time.
Thrusting a heroic finger at the gaping Shigaraki, he boasted, "Now Villains, taste my Justice!"
Like many things he wished that the Tick hadn't rubbed off on him.
Loop 2
"One. Two. One. Two. One. Two."
Another loop, another clean-up of Dagobah Municipal Beach Park. It had become part of Izuku Midoriya's routine to clean the place up, One for All training or not. The pleasure of seeing the cleaner area and the birthplace of his Heroic journey was reward enough.
"THIS SHALL BE THE START OF OUR NEW EMPIRE!"
Of course. Izuku wasn't pessimistic by nature but even he knew that the random new villains could only come from the universe zeroing to ruin his day.
Turns out they were a machine duo who... seem to be posing as dramatically as possible?
"Look Husband! A welp looking to join our expansion of the Robot Alliance!" Pointed out a feminine figure with one glowing eye. Her slick and squarish design made him think of a robot. But there weren't any robot based villains during this time.
Her counterpart had no eyes. Just a visor that glowed hot pink. "I see him Wife. Let us capture him and begin our fiendish plans!"
Well Izuku wasn't that worried. They didn't seem that strong. He could take ca-
Then the Wife pressed a button. This summoned... a rolling tank!?
"Wait! I just cleaned that a day ago!" Izuku's scream of anguish was rolled over by the tank coming for him.
Loop 3
Being an adult was hard. Being a teenager could be argued to be harder.
The hardest was being a Young Adult who had been working with UA as head of a major company and trying to discover new ways to help heroes and law enforcement. Izuku paused on that thought, the slip of paper concerning business transactions all but filled out before him.
Considering he was sitting in a cushiony velvet chair in front of a wooden business desk in his studio tower of nine stories tall, he had much time to think on such things. This loop had thrown off his sense of time. Not only was he only a good decade younger than All Might, his old classmates had retained their correct ages.
He was the only one to become a twenty something. But that didn't mean the plan to make things safer for everyone was off or couldn't be adjusted.
His memories played out as he tapped his pen to his mouth. It would seem that his Father had helped fast track him into the world of business.
And now he was doing a job that didn't involve much in the way of punching evil doers like he would usually take during loops.
However he was helping people all the same and that was good.
AWOOGA! AWOOGA!
Izuku almost fell out out his chair. Slamming a button on his desk, a view screen appeared. "What's going on?!
"It's a Code Mei! Code Mei!"
Izuku was glad that his windows included a Code Mei alert. It allowed them to open up without a press of a button. The last few times he'd gone through them was ridiculous on the repair bill.
...
"My Strongest Baby is complete!" Bellowed Mei Hatsume in between her boisterous and, dare I say, maniacal laugh.
So yes. Izuku Midoriya had approached Mei Hatsume, known Tech girl and crafter of "Exploding Babies" of UA. He had been indebted to the girl for the many times she had upgraded his equipment and battle costume back in the right timeline and the loops to follow. Plus he did like her inventions despite the few times they tended to go wrong. That false gun she had at the UA Sports Festival along with that backpack was still a wonder to his eyes.
So with all these resources and time on his hands, why not help out the promising mechanic?
As for the present problem? Simple really. He forgot to set limits.
"Flip the switch! Let my baby LIVE!" The pink haired mechanic yelled to some other engineers near, shock of all shocks, a giant switch. To which just as Deku arrived, they flipped it.
As the startup of the Giant robot triggered, widespread destruction imminent, Izuku could only think one thing.
I would've liked to have piloted that.
Loop 4
An adult Izuku Midoriya was doing paperwork at UA and sighed. Once more he was an adult but this time, he not only had his flight powers but he also he was a teacher! His memories told him that he had logged in many heroic rescues and a few villain takedowns so for now he was working as a temp assistant teacher.
He signed off another graded homework sheet. The work of a Hero and Teacher was a harsh one indeed. Still the rewards of seeing his old friends training hard and just having fun always brought a smile to his face.
The smile dropped a bit. And of course the troubles of the League of Villains were right around the corner just made them more precious.
"Hey Midoriya," the heavy and loud voice of Present Mic brought his attention away from homework hell, "We're going out for drinks later. You coming?"
"Ah, sure. I just need to finish up a couple of more papers." His answer got a whoop from a Mic and Midnight. Aizawa was gone to his sleeping bag and the other teachers have him an appreciative smile.
Next to him, All-Might in his mighty form asked, "Too much on your on mind, Midoriya?"
"Kind of." He replied, turning to look at the older man in the eye. "I guess I wasn't really sure what to expect when I accepted the job here."
The Symbol of Peace gave a mighty laugh. "Believe it or not, I'm still under the same problem. Teaching is hard!"
Deku had an idea why. He and Katsuki were pretty big problem children the first time around. He only hoped that his former rival and friend had finally calmed down a peg with him not around. Probably not though.
Sliding the last paper away, he stood and stretched. The satisfying cracks bringing him back to life. Smiling at his fellow teacher, Deku thrust a hand to him, "Well I better get going. Will we see you at the bar?"
"Unfortunately I'll be studying a bit more here before heading home." All-Might apologized while shaking the hand, "Also I do not drink!"
Seeing the No.1 Hero rub the back of his head was a surreal image.
Deku walked away to get his coat and other items. "Well neither do I really but it is fun hanging out with everyone. I hope to see you there sometime."
And he did. Someday, there would be days of just normal times without much villain attacks. Or at least less attacks on UA. And he would help to ensure that.
Plus he heard from past loops that All Might was a funny drunk. The fanboy in him had to see that.
Loop 5
Deku watched the girl from the side.
Inwardly he was giddy. Heck he was so happy it was kinda hard to keep his serious face intact.
He was no longer the sole person in these loops!
Granted that probably wasn't something to be truly happy about since someone else was trapped in this never ending loop. But that was overshadowed by the sheer fact that he wasn't alone anymore. However that also meant she was a newbie to everything.
She was bound to make some mistakes as she tried to stay true to the events from the main timeline or do something else altogether. And that's why he was here.
Izuku watched closely. She was getting better at the basics of fighting. She managed to keep her feet a good distance apart and hadn't fallen over herself. He wasn't sure why she would but considering the second time they met before the loops, it paid to be ready.
Not like he had a lot of ground to stand on. He was a punching and kicking man, not a martial artist like Kendo or Ojiro. Even if he did spend some loops with that Archaeologist version of and his niece.
Anyway. If Mei Hatsume was going to step up to the front lines or just be safe in this Looping Insanity, some self-defense was literally better than nothing.
But then she pulled out a gadget. Deku blinked. "Mei what is that?"
"Smoke Bomb!" The next movement was obvious.
Izuku sighed as the strangely strawberry smoke overcame him. With a bit of Full Cowl and a swipe of his hand, the smoke was gone. And Mei had disappeared.
"Looks like its hide and seek again." So saying, he began to walk. Mei's lesson wasn't over after all.
Loop 6
Class 1-A knew that their classmates were weird. Heck the teachers were weird. But that didn't mean there was a short of surprises like Sato being a pretty good baker or Mineta being smart. Things however took a different turn when it came to one Izuku Midoriya.
Despite his cinnamon roll/Madman status, it was hard to deny Midoriya was a weird nerd. But now that he came with lawyer suit, a briefcase, and a graph sheet? It was getting too be a bit much.
"So you see ," Izuku tapped his graph with an All Might style pointer. The graph showed a drawing of Endeavor on one side with Shoto on the other. There were more details under Shoto's as well as spin-offs and small paragraphs. "While the usage of just your ice quirk has more constructive uses and less collateral damage, utilizing both sides your full quirk name is the final way to beating Mr. Endeavor as a Hero."
Shoto just kept silent. He also continued to glare.
Taking the silence for him to continue, Izuku took his pointer and gestured to his graphs and charts. There was even a childish picture of a smiling and happy Todoroki wrapped in a hug by their classmates (generously given by Eri). He was going to convince Shoto that accepting his quirk as his and not his Father's. This time with less messing up his hands.
He learned eventually that hurting yourself to prove a point wasn't always necessary.
Loop 7
"...And that's what I know about the loops." Izuku said before popping a rice ball in his mouth.
Time had come back to the first hero vs villain mock battle but as the OFA user was about to start Bakugou flipped the script, as expected. Of course charging at Izuku screaming "What was going on", though with more curses would do that.
Izuku had promised to explain things after the match but things got more complicated when Ida and Ochako revealed that they remembered things as well. To top it off, All Might had asked them to meet him after school.
When everyone was gathered, Izuku began his explanation of the Loops and other worlds. He had even revealed his pocket dimension to strengthen the tale.
Nothing else was said even as All Might reverted to his Toshinori form. The others hadn't balked at seeing it so that confirmed that they were farther along in the timeline.
Even then it took a moment as they tried to digest the fact that existence was broken and that time was resetting over and over. Ochako was gobsmacked as she sat down while Ida tried to robot chopping movements to center his mind. All Might was looking out the window lost in thought.
So it fell to the last person to move things along.
"Who the f%&k screwed up reality that bad?" Asked Bakugou.
"I don't know. Nobody does."
"Seriously?"
"Well reality was broken at the time so there wasn't a lot of time used to finding things out than making sure we don't exist."
"Hmph. And you're this Anchor that our world revolves around?"
Izuku shrugged. That was pretty much how Urd had said it.
"Young Midoriya," Toshinori spoke up, finally rejoining the conversation. "Just how long have you been doing this?"
Izuku rubbed his chin. "I kept some logs for the first few times. Well after the panic went down at least. It wasn't easy since my stuff would disappear with each repeat and I hadn't learned about pocket dimension yet. That's not counting times when the Loop just stopped."
Not said aloud was the fact that a lot of times he didn't manage to make it pass double digit years. Although it was always when Mount Lady made her debut.
"As for right now, I don't get a lot of chances to explain things since without proof, everyone assumed I had a mind reading or clairvoyance Quirk. I go with the clairvoyance so I can bring Eri here early. Or when I wanted a quieter loop and would stop the League of Evil's plans."
Deku blinked and snapped his fingers. "Oh that reminds me."
He pulled a device from his pocket. It looked like a paperweight with an lcd on top. With a tap to the side, a holographic picture of a certain pink haired mechanic appeared, shocking the group.
"Mei Hatsume knows?! Before us?!" Ida bellowed with hand gestures. Beside him Uraraka had a complicated expression on her face.
Izuku blushed and explained. "T-there was a thing with a crazy drunk scientist named Rick! I still don't get what happened but our minds got scrambled and she started looping with me. I was told by that it was supposed to happen gradually and that people close to me or my story would Awaken first."
"And you thought it would be us?" Ochako asked.
"Well yeah. You and Ida were my first friends at UA. Kacchan is...Kacchan."
"Oi."
"And of course where would I be without All Might?" He smiled at his Hero.
The rest nodded. That sounded about right.
Back to the hologram, the aforementioned Mei had finally realized something was up. Normally she would be busy at work but this device Izuku used was an exclusive only the two of them used. Removing her helmet, she greeted Izuku with her usual smile. "Hey Master. Did you need something?"
Cue massive stare. Mixed with some deadly red aura. Wonder who was causing that?
Deku braved it all, burning cheeks not withstanding. "Mei, we've got some new loopers."
Mei swiveled around and looked at the kids and one adult in one shot. "Wow! I think I know these guys. Oh! Hi small All Might-Sensei."
"Small?" The teacher waved.
"So Master," Izuku really wished she would stop that, "how much are you gonna show them? You already gave the broken verse speech right?"
"Yes. I think we can show a bit more today. Why do you ask?"
"Well~," the musical way she said that made Ida and Izuku himself, flinch. "Since they're gonna be our new buddies in the loops, I can show off our baby!"
Silence. Ochaco could feel the desk she was gripping start to creak and break. Bakugou felt a powerful irritation building in his chest.
The has crashed. Reboot?
"Wait which one?" Asked Deku.
He doesn't even deny it!?
Loop 8
"Target number 3. Shigaraki Tomura." Announced the boy called Deku.
The identified Leader of the villains laid a bored eye on the kid. He was looking for a lamb to sacrifice to get some hits on UA and if this kid wants to do it, why not?
Wait, when did the kid get sunglasses?
"We've been looking for you for some time now." Somehow the sunglasses seemed to shine with an unholy light. The kid lifted an arm and shouted, "Twinkle! My Beauty Bag."
A bag sailed through the air and landed in the boy's hand. Out in the distance, a magnificent cape billowed in the wind as a figure with a shiny belt stood atop a hill. A large twinkle shined bright before the figure disappeared.
Opening the bag with the flourish of a stage magician and twice as hammy, the One for All User unveiled gloves, a rack of diverse beauty products, and a comb/brush combo.
He selected the gloves and picked out the comb/brush and what looked like Blue shampoo.
"And now..." Green lightning burst around him. His corona of power was enough to make many of the villains start wondering if they had made a mistake. Then he started flying and they knew they had made a mistake.
"I Shall Make You Beautiful."
Loop 9
Deku couldn't look away.
Outside the window was black. Sheer total black sky as far as he could see. He would swear that he saw a twinkle of a star some distance away but that didn't matter. That couldn't keep the wide and amazed smile off his face.
"I'm in space." He whispered laying a hand on the window.
"First time, son?"
Izuku turned to see a curly haired man in a yellow and black uniform, similar to the one he wore. Izuku snapped to attention and saluted.
"It's alright kid. We're not on duty yet." The man stepped next to Izuku. "Enjoying the view?"
"Yes, sir. It's just even with going to the Academy I never really braced myself for the real thing. The simulators don't do it justice."
The Chief nodded. "New recruits always get like that on the first voyage. You'll be seeing a lot of the black at the station but you would've had better luck seeing the stars on a voyage vessel."
"I guess but well." Izuku slowed down to gather his thoughts, "Anywhere is fine for me if I can help. Maybe next time, Sir."
"Suit yourself. Name's Miles O'Brien by the way."
"Izuku Midoriya." Something was coming up on the view. A large station that could use some repair.
"Welcome to Deep Space Nine."
AN: edited 1-29-20