In a bar, Kamino City
An extremely agitated Tomura Shigaraki was sitting on a stool facing his supposedly free-willed babysitter. Kurogiri was polishing the glasses which was a ridiculous chore to say the least, the man-child broke every single one, they might as well be used and thrown. The hand-faced masked villain was deeply disappointed in himself, he was beaten by a single child, this Izuku Midoriya will be trouble. Not to mention that Sensei seemed to cut him off, there hasn't been any interaction between them since the day after the USJ incident. He only informed him that there was a misunderstanding with what happened with Kurogiri and it won't repeat again. Tomura was still mad at the mist-man but trusted master's words.
On top of his defeat, he had his quirk stolen, HIS QUIRK! He felt cold, like a part of him was taken away(no shit), which wasn't an unfamiliar sentiment but an unwelcomed one. His quirk, Sensei and the hands that covered his body were the only thing that kept him sane and alive all these years, but now it seemed two of them were gone.
Speaking of the devil, the screen beside the table flared up, with the words 'Sound only' plastered on a pale lilac colour background.
"Greetings, Tomura Shigaraki…"
"S-Sensei?"
"I had some affairs to tend to, that is why I have been somewhat distant, don't assume it was your incompetence during the attack, you acted very well for you first mission, my child"
"Y-You are not mad?"
"How can I be mad at you Tomura? Now tell me are you in good health?"
"I-I am not fine Sensei, the brat STOLE my quirk! You said he wouldn't be able to do that!"
"Ah yes, it seems I was wrong about that fellow and I happen to recall our conversation later that day that the boy had a 'Blue Dragon' type quirk?"
"Yes master." the bartender chimed in.
"Probably stole it from someone, that freak!"
"Are you implying that I am a freak too Tomura? Oh I am hurt..."
"N-No Sensei, I wouldn't, I-"
"Calm down, I was kidding, the fact that you were wrong prompted this humor, do you really believe that a quirk like that would exist and I won't know of it?"
"Then how?"
"Leave that for me to wonder. I believe this mission was just to announce the arrival of the League of Villains, it was bound to go down the way it went, but I hoped that the Noumu would survive… Tomura you have experienced the power of quantity, now I want you to gather quality villains into the league, become their leader, I will be here always to support you from the shadows. Don't worry about rejections and pitfalls, you can always recontinue where you left off."
"Yes Sensei, b-but without a q-quir-"
"Do you really think you'd have to worry about such a prerequisite with me at your side? Kurogiri..."
Complying with the Dark Lord's commands it opened a small portal just above Shigaraki's noddle, moments later a scarred hand made its way to his head which gleamed with dark red aura.
"After all, everything is for you, Tomura Shigaraki"
In a hospital several miles away from the bar
"So, why did the mist-man listen to you?"
Izuku was in a bit of a conundrum, he couldn't lie to the person he'd just kissed, neither he was allowed to spill the beans. Melissa was a curious person to say the least, if she wants to know something, she will… It's only a wonder how she's so patient while researching,
"I-It's a long long story, maybe later?" He asked hoping that she'd relent.
"Oh, we've got time~"
Sighing in defeat, Izuku began the story, he knew the history of One for All wasn't his to tell, but the part about his quirk could be spilled, and knowing his classmates, they'd have to be explained too.
"You see, I am not the only person with the quirk 'All for One', the first user or rather the originator of the quirk is a villain that descended into power at the dawn of quirks, the time was chaotic, you remember the book we read about the quirk evolution?"
Melissa whipped her head from izuku's lap and sat straight with all her attention focused on him "Yeah, the time when government were trying to create laws with quirks in mind and the whole crime breakout, it's as the author quoted, 'In such a time, a person's power described their state in the society', so you're telling me that you're sorta related to that guy?"
Izuku coughed to delay and make up the words in his mind "Yeah, I hope you understand what a man with my quirk, full extent of my quirk, can do… He manipulated people and basically played god, he took it all for himself, hence the name 'All for One'."
Melissa adjusted her glasses "Fascinating stuff, though now I wish I had my notebook or something, but why are you telling me this now? Wouldn't he be long gone by now?"
"Tell me, what do you think the word 'Noumu' means?"
"No brain, and it had multiple quirks-" Melissa's eyes widened as the realisation hit her like a truck. "S-So he's alive?"
Izuku sighed, he didn't wanted to worry the girl but keeping her in the dark would still be devastating if she found out the hard way "Yes, the attack proved of his existence, he is the real face behind this so called 'League of Villains', perhaps with a quirk that increases lifespan? Anyhow, our one of the worst fears have been identified, he was thought to be dead after his fight with All Might but-"
Izuku internally cursed as the last words escaped his mouth, 'I shouldn't have said that, I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT!'
"Back up, Uncle Might killed him? He doesn't kill, he incapacitate at max, wait this person is 'All for One' right? Izuku, be honest with me, is there a backstory between my quirk and yours? Because if Uncle Might would go to such lengths, that must mean it would be a fated rivalry or something."
"I am sorry Melissa, but that's not my story to tell…" he completed with a defeated look, which was caught on quick by the girl.
"It's alright, there must be a reason why you are refraining to tell me, but I got a gist of what is happening."
"Yeah, the point is Kurogiri was also a Noumu."
Melissa practically shouted at the revelation "What!?"
"Apparently he is their perfect creation, an artificial humanoid creature capable of forming original thoughts, you see Noumu are assigned to people, and from what I could gather 'All for One' is the master of Kurogiri. As I am also a bearer of the said quirk, he listened to me too."
"Ohh, but how do you know so much about these abominations."
"My quirk told me, as ridiculous as it sounds, then again there's Tokoyami… And one last warning..."
Melissa sighed, this got complicated fast "Hmm?"
"Myself and All for One can see through each other's eyes."
"WHAT THE FU-"
The week passed uneventfully, except for the part where All Might scolded him for spilling the beans without him, or the part when he was bombarded with questions by his classmates. The fact that both of them happened one after the other was not a pleasant experience…
2 days after Izuku's hospital visit
Izuku was resting in the comfort of his room, they had returned late from the hospital so everyone was asleep, but now rumbling and hustling voices of 21 teeneagers could be heard from even 4 floors apart, turns out the word got around that Izuku had sneaked in and an impromptu meeting has been set up for him to explain the shit that went down.
The school had given them the whole week to relax, but realising he won't be enjoying that luxury today, he got up and descended down to the common room.
While he was stepping through his way, he encountered Melissa, things were awfully weird since yesterday, after that kiss none of the teens wanted to address the elephant in the fear of rejection.
"H-Hey Sleepyhead~" she tried to maintain her teasing while stuttering and blushing for obvious reasons.
"H-Hi M-Melissa" yeah... Izuku wasn't doing much good himself either.
"Ready to explain to the people what "really" happened? I can't believe they think Kurogiri is a double agent."
"Let's just hope for the best" declaring it in the air, both of them finally made it to the common room.
"MIDORIYA!"
Upon gazing on the crowd, it seemed only half of the population shouted, while some seemed afraid? Uneasy? Or in Todoroki's case… not caring enough but still there to assess their rivalry.
It came to his attention that since the cat was out of the bag, his quirk All for One, can be really scary to the common public. Fortunately he had great friends who came out and stood beside him as a motivator to push through this conversation, turns out there were significant additions to his group. Kashiko, Kirishima, Kaminari and Sato joined in, while Melissa and Momo were already there.
"Hey guys…"
Baffling everyone, the bubbly Uraraka spoke up "HEY GUYS!? WE WERE SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU DEKU!"
"Yeah Midori, why'd you sneak in like that!"
He had made peace with Midori as quite frankly he liked the nickname, but hearing Deku from someone else other than Kacchan was a little fresh, but seeing as it made him happy he didn't bring it up.
"I'm sorry guys, I was really tired, waking up from a coma and all..."
While the teens were unsettled as to how someone can brush off a coma, they got the vibe that he is fine as of now. So they moved onto their next agenda, which was…
"Greetings Midoriya, I am afraid I owe you an apology, it was wrong of me to judge you such unwisely, and for that I am sorry. You put your life on the line to save us classmates and our teacher, I will forever be grateful for your actions, therefore I must wholeheartedly put my faith in you as our class president' the 'Engine' user bowed to the greenette.
"I-It's alright Iida, I know I can come off as somewhat of a 'slothful' fellow" he spoke as a blue eyed blonde snickered in the background.
Hoping he hadn't offended the teen, Izuku continued "From what I heard from Tensei Nii-chan, I know you are gravely invested in academics and I truly respect you for that."
"W-wait you know my brother?"
Izuku chuckled as he reminisced his memories about the pro-hero as a teen "Yeah, he used to babysit me a lot during school"
Tenya's eyes widened as the realisation hit him "Oh, no wonder I can sense superiority around you."
The whole class laughed even the stuck-up ones shed a smile "I-I suppose I am."
"Now, Midoriya would you tell us about how the hell did you command Kurogiri and beat that Noumu, cause as far as I know only this dude can 'Brainwash' people" Sero proclaimed while pointing at the lilac haired teen who was glaring daggers at Midoriya.
Izuku knew those eyes, those were the eyes of betrayal and jealousy, specifically jealousy for the quirk. He made a mental note to confront him about it later.
"This may sound absurd but you're gonna have to bear with me" after getting a few nods, he began. "All of you must remember the mist-man referred to the exposed brain creature as 'Noumu'. Investigation found that, Noumu's are actually artificial beings created from the dead corpse, hence contain the quirk factor of all the corpses used, when they are created they are assigned to the someone as their authority, since they are practically brainless, we believe that Kurogiri was also a Noumu but he was far more advanced, and since he saw the someone superior in terms of power to his owner, he decided to jump ship, but the police have also come up that that mishap might be corrected so that such an event won't repeat itself again."
The common room was dead silent, just then Kirishima who was also in dark about the situation, perked up "But how do you know about all this and who's behind creating these Noumu's."
The class seemed to hum at his question, Izuku realised they were buying the story, 'great going Izuku, you have their trust, now drive it home!'.
"When Kurogiri switched sides, the Handy-man got really upset and starting throwing a fit, he cursed some 'doctor' about how his creation was defective, and in the end, someone took control over the Noumu and asked him to teleport himself and Shigaraki to their hideout."
The teens nodded as they comprehended the 'reality'.
Ochako decided to sum up "So it was all the work of some mad scientist?"
"A mad scientist who's supporting a bunch of power hungry villains, Ribbit."
Izuku internally sighed in relief as the class discussed their story among themselves, though a hetero chromatic teen and an insomic didn't seemed to buy his story and decided to do some independent digging amongst themselves.
"Okay everyone, it seems we all experienced something that could've been a traumatic experience, how about we discuss our experiences of the USJ incident?" Kashiko suggested while gathering everyone's attention, even she didn't buy his explanation but made a mental note to ask him later.
"That's a great Idea Sekigai, who wants to go first?" Momo took charge of the recently appointed discipline officer of the class.
"OOooo I'll go!" The pinkette exclaimed.
"Sure."
"We remained at the entrance, when the mist-man took everyone away, we decided to get Iida to the school, Thirteen-sensei tried to incapacitate the villain but he tricked her and she got herself hurt, then me and Sekigai kept Thirteen alive using first-aid, while Shoji, Sero and Uraraka all did ultimate job and got Iida through the gates, it was so awesome how Uraraka pointed out his weakness and exploited it for our benefit."
The mention of the teens blushed a bit while Uraraka sheepishly rubbed the back of her head "It was his brace that was hidden due to his fog but when he ran it was clearly visible."
"Great job Uraraka!" Izuku congratulated his classmate while sipping his morning tea.
"Me next, Ribbit."
"Sure Tsuyu."
"I told you to call me Tsu."
"Go ahead Tsu." Momo deadpanned.
"Me, Kaminari and Shinso were on the ShipWreak zone, we were dropped directly into the water so, I searched these two, picked them up and took shelter at the ship, the villains had us surrounded from all the sides, and Shinso was able to brainwash only half of them, then he got a nosebleed. Ribbit."
Shinso came out of his mysterious persona and joined into the conversation "We decided that we'll drop Kaminari in the water and he'll shock everyone, before we could do that a man who could materialize water, I think, made a claw and slashed the ship in half, the claw unfortunately hit me in the head and I fainted, consequently everyone came out of my control, then Asui… I mean- Tsu grabbed Kaminari with her tongue and threw him in the water, shocking everyone present and frying his brain."
Kaminari took over "I was able to make out little details like the lightning strikes, but seriously if Handjob didn't go for Shield, he was coming for us, so yeah thanks."
"It's okay, I am not very proud of that moment, can I go next?"
"Y-Yeah sure Melissa." Sekigai stated as she took a seat beside Momo, also sipping her daily tea.
"Ojiro and I were dropped at the conflagration zone, we got the job done by defeating the villains, we actually made a contest out of it."
Ojiro chimed in while being nervous as suddenly the multitude of eyes shifted towards him "Yeah, she won and after that, Shield gave me her water-bottle as the heat was too much and she went for the shipwreck zone."
"Hmm, I guess dividing and conquering is still very productive." Momo stated as she noticed the tension between her two best friends.
The conversation went on as they all explained their experiences and encounter like how Hagakure was dropped with Todorki and how she missed his ice while he defeated everyone in a blink, Todoroki just shrugged, Jiro explained how they systematically took down the villains in the mountain zone, she also nonchalantly mentioned Izuku's comfy landing to which Momo and Izuku blushed furiously while Melissa was glistening with anger, the boy was also tackled by Sero and Kaminari for the 'juicy details'. Finally it was the moment they were all looking forward for Izuku's story.
"So, I was with Momo and Jiro but later went to the plaza to help out dad, I found him lying on the ground with a bloody-puddle of a face, with that monstrosity pinning him, and Melissa within the grasp of HandJob, I fired off my ultimate attack, I was hoping to withhold that one as it could have brought the whole stadium down, it was an extremely poor environment for my quirk, the lightning fortunately took out the cannon-fodder but the creature was unscathed, he started brutally punching me and the whole whazoo, just before his final punch I was able to rip of his quirks, which gave me an edge, after you all were warped away, I took down Shigaraki with a subtle tornado and his quirk was unmatched for something like that, took his quirk, just then a beep occurred and the doctor seemed to have all called him back. All Might arrived at the very moment and I fell unconscious."
While some of the students were amazed, others were still kinda jealous of the people getting an extra quirk from the greenette, one of them decided to raise her voice "Hey Midoriya, it's really cool how you saved us and all, but I feel like it's a bit unfair that some of us get extra quirks while some doesn't."
Izuku knew this was bound to come up one day or the other, so he decided to go through with the plan his father and All Might gave green light to.
"I know, and that is why all of you will be getting extra quirks, though I am warning you beforehand, some people cannot bear another quirk, their hardware, or brain memory is limited to containing only one quirk, I took my quirk 'Impact Recoil' and the one I gave to dad from Tartarus, I will pull up a list as to which of them are available and we'll choose accordingly. For the people that wouldn't be able to handle extra quirks can also trade for it, I won't be pushing any of you, it'll be completely your choice" as soon as the words escaped his mouth the lilac haired teen's eyebrows furrowed.
"Nice, thank you Deku!"
Sekigai decided it would be an appropriate time to end the meeting "I think everything is settled, does anyone have any questions? ...Alright meeting is adjourned."
After a moment, Melissa was seen dragging Izuku with his legs to the stairs with him pleading "I didn't mean to, I am sorry, please!"
After two hours or so
Izuku was sitting before an extremely tired and deflated Toshinori in the teachers lounge, turns out the teachers and the rest of the school still had classes.
"Young Midoriya, why?"
Izuku had just finished explaining how much he had spilled in front of his successor.
"She's was onto me, I mean literally, I couldn't lie, you know I am a terrible liar, at least when I am not given the lines I am supposed to speak. Besides I haven't told her anything about the backstory of One for All, not even the brothers part, though she does suspect something because of the names, which was bound to happen when you first mentioned it."
"Ah, alright, but still you should have kept your mouth closed, now she's gonna ask me!"
"All Might, tell me are you not ready to tell her, or she's not ready to comprehend?"
Toshinori rubbed his tired eyes that were begging to be closed "Just go back Young Izuku and please don't say anything else to her okay. Just until after the Sports fest, I want her to do her best as her father and the whole world will be watching, I didn't want her to be worried about anything else for the time being."
'Oh so that's what this is about' Izuku wondered as he bid his idol goodbye and went back to the dorms to enjoy his rest of the day.
The free week as the class had dubbed it was almost over, Da- Aizawa-sensei wanted to announce the sports fest but he knew the week was essential for their rest as they won't get any for the rest of the year.
Izuku had informed the faculty about his newly acquired 'Super Regeneration' quirk, among all Recovery Girl was the most worried as now the kid would be even more reckless than he already was, but after hearing a rumor of Melissa keeping the idiot in check calmed her worries, though she still wanted to test his vitals, therefore currently Izuku was again standing on his beloved field, while Aizawa-sensei stood beside him and the others with the addition of Momo, Melissa, Kashiko and Kacchan behind the glass window
Nedzu was so proud of his honorary nephew, he was even more fascinated on the topic of Noumu's, so when Izuku came to apologize about the fact that he gave away his gift to Kirishima, he calmed the child that it was alright and 'Impact Recoil' was supposed to be a temporary quirk anyways, what really baffled him was his new 'Hydra' quirk, it was flashy to say the least, the class were informed that the quirk came from Tartarus to mask something even they can't comprehend at the momentz. Nedzu informed him to make it's use minimal as it took serious concentration to work and with using Hydra, he couldn't focus enough to use Weather Manipulation. He did encourage the child that he might be able to use it in the future.
His voice flared up on the speakers "Alright Izuku, give me your biggest lightning strike."
"You got it!" he cheered while Izuku complied with Nedzu's demands, turns out he could now control when he wants to levitate and when to not when firing one of his strikes, so he stood straight on the ground and fired up his quirk, his eyes glew blood-red, purple veins forming on his body, he focused and striked a lightning bolt right in front of him.
A giant crater formed at the scene and Izuku could feel his body deteriorating at the scene at a much faster rate, he fell on his knees and Aizawa got alerted that something wasn't right, he carried Izuku to the surveillance room, where the teen assured his father that he was alright and could walk on his own now.
While the teens were in awe at the scene and one was seriously deliberating why the lightning felt so uneasy to watch, Recovery Girl uncharacteristically shouted "Why! This wasn't supposed to happen!'
Worried, everyone gave their undivided attention to the Youthful Heroine "Izuku's Super Regeneration quirk doesn't sit quite well with his Cell-Activation one, the body seemed to be confused as to which one to use to heal itself, not to mention it's evident that even that level of Regeneration quirk has some weaknesses, like it cannot heal injuries that are in the process of healing, it only heals or regenerates the area where an external factor was responsible of the injury. This is frustrating to say the least but, I am certain that this quirk is useless for Young Izuku, it has to be transferred soon before it messes up his body even more."
The cheerful atmosphere of the room fell, Izuku thought his biggest hurdle was removed but it wasn't 'Destiny is a bitch isn't it' he cursed internally.
Nedzu seemed to have an idea, someone who could make the much needed use out of the said rare quirk "Recovery Girl, would this quirk work for him?"
"Ohh yeah!"
Later that day
Izuku and Aizawa were asked to stay behind whereas the other teens were asked to take off and enjoy their last day of freedom…
Nedzu came into his office to find the father-son duo present and sitting in front of his desk, he himself hopped on his oversized chair and greeted the duo.
"The arrangements are done, he will be here any minute now."
"Excuse me Uncle Nedzu, but who?"
Aizawa knew exactly whom Nedzu intended to pass on the quirk to, if he were being honest with himself, that wasn't the wisest idea, but the kid had a lot of potential but crappy luck in the genetics department, at first they were about to pass it on to Melissa to help her with the bone-breaking but turns out One for All does not allow that and looking at the fated rivalry between the two, it was foolish to even consider that idea.
"Oh, he is a third year student of ours, one the best student we have at the moment and the closest to being the next number one hero!"
"Oh you speak too highly of me Principal Nedzu." a voice came from the door when suddenly a lean teen walked through the doors and approached the two, Izuku's heart sank when he gazed upon his appearance.
"Hey, the name is Dabi."
NOTES:
Current Quirk ListCurrent Quirk List
Izuku Midoriya : Weather Manipulation + Unknown Quirk, All For One, Minor Cell Activation, Scanning, Hydra, Super Regeneration
Melissa Shield : One for All
Shouta Aizawa : Erasure, Metal Manipulation
Momo Yaoyorozu : Creation, Decay
Eijirou Kirishima : Hardening, Impact Recoil
Rikido Sato : Sugar Rush, Shock Absorption
Denki Kaminari : Electrification, Insulator
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