Izuku tried to be confident and hype himself up as he warped over to where his father was. It was line of sight teleportation, which was why his father was willing to part with it, but it still let him get to the warehouse in just two or three jumps.

But the cool quirk wasn't the point. The point was that he was going to approach his father and discuss his plans to be a hero one day. Well, right now his plan was to become a vigilante, but from there he wanted to look into one of the vigilante rehabilitation programs. They weren't very accessible, but if you were powerful, beloved by the public, and hadn't committed crimes beyond being a vigilante, then it was possible.

It was a long shot, but he never let that stop him before. He would need to distance himself from criminals and become a renowned and loved vigilante. And that meant he couldn't keep getting involved in his dad's affairs, because that would get him branded as a villain immediately if it was known about.

So he made his way up to his dad, prepared to make his arguments and explain his case. Then he saw his dad's wide smile and his confidence began to wane.

"Hey, kiddo, did you need something?"

"Uh, not really." Shit. That's not what he meant to say at all.

"Well, if you're free, there's someone I wanted you to meet. I know you like studying quirks, but you haven't really had a chance to actually test them, and this guy would be perfect for helping out with that."

"Um, sure. Who is he?"

"He's an acquaintance that I've had for a long time. Not the brightest bulb, but he's the most powerful and loyal individual I've ever worked with. He's called Gigantomachia and he was my bodyguard. I guess he still would be if I needed him to do something like that."

"Yeah, I guess we can do that. But I don't want to hurt him or anything. These quirk combinations are pretty strong."

His father chuckled lightly, "I will be truly impressed if you can hit him hard enough for him to even register it as pain. He's essentially indestructible, even I would have a hard time outdoing him in terms of physical power."

"Oh wow, I didn't think anyone was stronger than you."

All for One gave a booming belly laugh, "I appreciate the compliment, but it's a big world out there." He pressed a button on his desk. "Kurogiri, open a portal for me to Gigantomachia's location." He turned back towards his son. "Maybe when we get back we can talk about whatever you actually came to talk with me about."

Toshinori took a deep breath as he knocked on the door in front of him. After a few seconds the door opened and he was met with Inko giving him a confused but not unfriendly look. A look which had softened greatly over the couple of months of them working together.

"Toshi? What are you doing here? Did something happen with the case?"

"Uh, not particularly. We've mostly just been hitting dead ends."

She looked at him slightly suspiciously, unsure what he would want if it wasn't case related. "Alright, well come on in then. No point having you stand out in the cold. I'll get some tea started while you settle in."

He sat down and tried to collect himself within the minute or so he had before Inko returned with a few cups of tea. She walked over and sat down across from him after setting down the tea on the table between them.

"So, are there any updates? Are we any closer to bringing Izuku home?"

He shook his head as he looked at the ground. "We haven't made much progress. We're running into a big issue where we know where he visits and who he's interacted with but every single person covers for him. They all divert and refuse to consent to Tsukachi's quirk, which is their right to do, but it makes everything harder."

"If you know where he is, can't you just send heroes in and get him? Where is it, anyways?"

"The last few weeks there have been a lot of updated quirk registries. People with unpleasant or damaging quirks are suddenly becoming quirkless. We can tell he's been contacting these people through support groups and offering to take their quirks, but whenever we show up or try to use surveillance, he just switches to a different meeting. And as soon as we leave one he goes back to it. So it's pretty clear that the people there respect him and are tipping him off. I tried going myself, and I get less hostility from villains than I do there, since they saw me as trying to hurt a kid they were protecting."

After he finished explaining she smiled a little. "I know it's technically bad for the investigation, but I'm glad he has people looking out for him while I can't. Does him using his quirk to help people add to his charges?"

He sighed, not liking every part of the system he enforced. "Yes, every time he uses his quirk is another charge of illegal quirk usage and vigilantism, since he's using it to help people."
"I see, well I hope we can get him back sooner than later so we can help him before it's too late."

All Might wasn't really sure when 'too late' was. Even if it wasn't pleasant to think about, there were very few scenarios where Izuku didn't go to jail after they found him.

"But that's not what you came here for, is it?"

He shook his head, "No, it isn't. Inko, I came here to apologize."

"I don't mean to be rude, but you'll have to be more specific. You've hurt me many times and in many ways."

"I know, and I'm sorry for that. I wanted to apologize specifically for not coming back. Until you had gotten angry at me about it I had never even considered that it was an option. I suppose I had always assumed I wasn't welcome back and I'm not exactly the man you had loved. I'm quite literally half of the man I used to be and I doubted you wanted a skeleton like me around."

Inko wiped away the tears that began forming. "You stupid, stupid man. Of course you would have been welcomed back. Sure, I would have still been upset and yelled at least a little, but I always understood why you chose what you did. But I'm a bit hurt that you thought I was so shallow that I cared about how you looked."

"Let's be honest here, no one likes All Might for his brains."

"It's a good thing I never cared about All Might then. The man I cared for was Toshinori Yagi, not that hero persona you put on for the public. You really thought my affection was based on how muscular you were? Sure, you being strong was a benefit, but it was never important. You can't eat most food, your health is awful, and you're as skinny as a beanstalk, so what?"

"I appreciate the sentiment, but I don't think many would agree with you. I know I'm well past my prime." He was about to continue when he was cut off.

"Of course you are. You're coming up on fifty years old, you're not supposed to be in your prime. I'm not exactly as fit as I used to be either. Just know, that no matter what you say, I truly don't care about your health issues, and I would have accepted you back without question."

Yagi nodded slowly as he thought over his words. "I think maybe I need to rethink some things then. Because I also assumed you would want me out of your lives again once Izuku was brought home to you, but after what you just said I'm not sure."

"Toshi, stop being an idiot. Sure, it's been very easy to be mad at you for the last fifteen years, but every major issue we had was based on you not being here. I've always wanted you here and being a part of our lives, but if you're going to be here at all you need to commit one hundred percent. No backing out or neglecting this family. Because he doesn't deserve that, and honestly neither do I."

There was a spark of hope that he hadn't completely ruined his chances with the most amazing woman he'd ever met. "Inko, could I take you out for lunch at some point?"

She paused and had a sad look on her face. "Ask me again once our son is safe and sound. I know I'm not thinking straight right now and I'm certainly not at my best. So, I think it's best that any big decisions should wait until then, because I don't want to do something I'll regret later."

Well, that wasn't an outright no, so he nodded and agreed and hoped that maybe one day they would be able to put their shattered family back together.

Izuku flew through the air as quickly as he could using the dragonfly quirk he had come to enjoy greatly. He zig zagged between trees before shooting straight up, a few hundred feet behind the massive giant that is Gigantomachia.

He could only use three quirks at a time consistently, but he found that he could push it four for a couple of seconds. He flew as fast as he could toward his opponent before dropping the dragonfly quirk and quickly pulling forth three new ones.

Stone Golem was a simple and self explanatory quirk. It was a mutation that made the user very stone-like and incredibly durable. He had gotten it from someone who didn't want it anymore since it prevented almost all sense of touch.

Gigantification was a common quirk that usually came with other mutations as well. This one let the user grow to about forty feet tall and gave ape-like qualities, which was why it was registered as 'King Kong'.

And finally, he activated 'Khali', which gave him the physical attributes of the Hindi deity Khali, blue skin, increased strength, and most importantly, eight arms.

Since both 'Khali' and 'Stone Golem' included subtle mutations making the user taller, with all of them combined he stood at a little over fifty feet tall with blue tinted rock skin and eight arms. And with his momentum carrying him forward, this massive form of his slammed into his sparring partner with a deafening boom that shook the forest they were in.

They both rose to their full heights and Izuku was dwarfed by the giant, but by far less usual, since at least now he was over half of his opponent's size. Izuku was launched backwards by a punch that hit his eight armed block. Even if he knew his opponent was holding back, it still put his defenses to the test.

The teenager charged back in and activated 'Exponential Punch'. Each punch would be 50% stronger than the last one as long as they were in quick succession and uninterrupted. If he paused for more than five seconds or received a hit in return, then the quirk started him back at regular strength.

This paired incredibly well with 'Kali' by punching with four arms at a time. The two four armed swings seemed to barely phase 'Machia, but the third actually knocked him over. Because by that third swing, the last fist to land was doing over eighty times what it usually would, but those three swings were as long as he could hold four quirks, so he had to drop all of them in exhaustion, but he was happy with those results.

The giant looked down at the now normal sized Izuku and cheered loudly.

"Good job little lord! That last one made my arm achy for a few seconds! You're so strong! Just like lord!"

He found it super weird that he called his dad lord, and by proxy called Izuku Little Lord, but he had come to accept that 'Machia was like a giant puppy in attitude even if he was like a walking mountain.

"Thanks 'Machia! You did great too! Thanks for practicing with me!"

The giant lumbered over to where his father was.

"Little lord is good. I will squish everyone who is mean to him."

"Thank you Gigantomachia, your loyalty is always appreciated. I care about him greatly and feel much better knowing you would protect him."

All for One looked over and smiled as he saw Izuku drag himself out of the forest, looking absolutely exhausted but definitely proud of himself.

"You did great Izuku, combining Exponential Punch with Kali was an excellent idea."

Izuku slumped down next to his father. "Yeah, but it really wiped me out. I wish I could use four quirks without getting so tired. You're able to use like twenty quirks at once, so four really isn't that great."

"Nonsense, you're making fantastic progress. You've only just started training, surely you didn't think I mastered my quirk all at once. It takes years of training and practice, but you'll get there. I'm sure you'll far surpass me one day since you're already far stronger than I was at your age."

"You really think so?"

"Of course. Quirks naturally get stronger with every generation, and with your predisposition for taking it seems like you should be able to hold more quirks than I ever could. One day my mere thousand quirks will pale in comparison to your collection. But that's enough for now, let's head back so you can get cleaned up and we'll talk about whatever's on your mind."

Izuku nodded and they were warped back home after he said his goodbyes to 'Machia.

After a shower and a quick lunch he sat down with his dad.

"I want to be a hero. I always have and I still do. And that means I can't keep helping with anything criminal or meet with any allies of yours. And when I start as a vigilante I won't be able to ignore any illegal things and I'd stop anyone doing illegal things, whether or not they work for you."

"Izuku. It's fine, I completely understand. To be honest I always anticipated this, I knew you didn't want to join me in villainy. From what you're saying, it sounds like you're aiming for the vigilante rehabilitation program. That'll be tough since you typically only see that clause enacted once every couple of years or so. You'll essentially have to become so popular that the general populace will refuse to stand by your arrest. But if anyone can pull it off, I think it would be you."

Izuku started to cry a little and hugged his dad tightly, "You really think I can do it?"

"I think you can do anything you put your mind to. But there's one thing I won't budge on, I won't have you homeless while you run around fighting crime. Even if you want to function separately from me and my allies, I want to handle your housing so you don't have to worry about trying to set that up as a minor with a warrant. And I like knowing where you are, just so I don't need to worry too much."

"Yeah, of course dad. I'd really appreciate that since I didn't really have a plan for that."

"One last thing on the subject, no matter what's going on or what situation you're in, if you need help in any way, I will always be there for you. I trust you and believe in you, but also know that you're not alone and that I'll have your back whenever you get in over your head."

He gave him a big hug and tried not to get tears all over his suit. "Thanks dad, I don't know what I'd do without you. This entire situation would be so much harder if you hadn't rescued me."

After Izuku had left and warped back to where he was staying, Garaki, his trusted doctor, walked into the room.

"I thought your plan was bringing him into villainy?"

"Oh I am. But this situation must be approached much differently than with Tomura or any one else for that matter. He is one of the few people on this planet that could probably challenge and will one day outshine me. So I intend to play the long game."

"How long are we talking here? He would be a devastating opponent if the heroes gained control of him."

"I have already given him some potent healing quirks and one of my longevity quirks. So, it could take fifty, or even a hundred years and that would still be fine."

"Hm, I suppose, but couldn't you just force him to join you? You're stronger than he is right now, and you could keep him from getting stronger than you."

"Doctor, have you ever read the works of Machiavelli? He has been misquoted many times but he was quite the intelligent man, especially for his time. He is famous for saying 'it is better to be feared than loved' and many used that as an excuse to rule with brutality since a people's love is fickle while fear is more easier to create. But, that isn't the entire quote, his true words were, 'it is better to be feared than loved, but never be hated.'"

"I'm not sure I follow you, how is that relevant here?"

"Well, if I were to simply overpower him and break his heroic spirit by force, he would bow to my will in fear, but his hate for me would grow and fester. And with that hate, the moment my guard was down he would strike me down. However, if I let him leave and the heroes break his spirit for me, then his hatred will be pointed towards my enemies. And then, if I kill those who harmed my son, now he knows to fear me by witnessing my brutality, will love me for protecting him, and will not hate me, for I will kill the heroes involved before they can tell him I was the one who orchestrated the entire thing."

"I see, I suppose my intelligence lies in manipulating the bodies of man, not his mind."

"Ha! Perhaps that is so. But regardless, he will be joining our ranks soon enough. I must simply be patient and allow him to come to me while keeping a watchful eye."