AN: Ok hopefully this isn't corrupted this time!
Consciousness came to Izuku slowly. It was an in and out sort of thing. However, he eventually managed to pull himself up. He felt full. There was zero hunger tugging at him. It was always there in some way, but now… he screamed. If he felt the way he did that meant that he'd killed countless people. 'Mina? Uraraka? Iida? Kirishima? Kacchan?' he started going on a list of his classmates, but before he could finish the curtain across from his hospital bed was yanked to the side. It was All Might (in his skinny form, but still!)
"All Might!" he gasped. The Symbol of Peace chuckled. "How are you young Midoriya?" he asked. "W-what happened?" was his question. The skinny man shook his head. "So you don't remember anything?" he inquired.
"N-no." Izuku stuttered. "Don't lie to my young Midoriya. Do you remember anything?" he repeated. Izuku shook his head, tears in his eyes. "No! The last thing I remember is eating a villain about to rape Tsu- oh God did I eat her?! Did I eat any of my classmates!? Did I-" All Might put a hand to his mouth.
"Mmphphluf" he exclaimed, still shocked at the hand on his face. "Calm down Young Midoriya. And as for an answer to your question, no. None of your classmates were harmed by you." Izuku breathed a sigh of relief. "B-but what about the villains?" he asked. All Might sighed, dreading what he'd have to say next.
"There were seventy-four villains who attacked. Two escaped. Sixty-two were captured. That leaves ten unaccounted for." he said. Izuku turned green. All Might grabbed a bucket while Izuku hurled. Since there was nothing in his stomach the only thing that came up was bile. "T-ten?" he whispered. All Might nodded. "The only thing left of them were various bloodstains."
"I-I k-killed t-t-them?" he stuttered. "Hey, you didn't freak out this much back in training." Toshinori said, trying to calm his student. "I did when I got home. I hadn't had time to digest it."
"Interesting choice of words there." Yagi chuckled. Izuku then paled. "O- oh God… why did I choose that?" he asked himself. The Eighth holder of One for All shrugged. "I don't really care. However, there are a few things we need to talk about." He said. Izuku had a confused look on his face. "Like?" Izuku asked.
"LIKE HOW THE HELL YOUR QUIRK WORKS THE WAY IT DOES!" shrieked an exasperated Recovery Girl. "W-What?" Izuku flatly asked, shocked at seeing her so angry. "I am at my wit's end! I have no clue how your Quirk works and it bothers me!" she shouted. "I noticed." Toshinori deadpanned. "You be quiet!" she scolded at him. He obliged. "From what I've seen and what I've been told your Quirk e-fucking-volves! EVOLVES! It's not like the evolution of One for All, but like an organism! It changes with stimuli, not over time!" She threw her hands into the air. "And when I tired to draw blood, THIS is what came out!" She held a vial of black ooze with red light flashing through it. "And when I put it under a microscope I couldn't see anything! So I had to grab an electron microscope and you know what?! Every fucking part of the goo that came from you is a virus! And I know for sure it wasn't like this when you enrolled! I had given everyone a blood test after the first day, and you. Had. Normal. Blood!"
'Wow. She's really upset.' Izuku thought to himself. "Calm down Recovery Girl. You're scaring him." Toshinori said. "I'm sorry. It's just that your Quirk is so unique. Aizawa was able to erase it a few days ago but who knows now?"
"What do you mean?" He asked. "Well, according to Tsuyu, you were crushed by a boulder and turned into a black goo, not unlike what your blood is now made out of. So, I think your Quirk has officially become a mutant Quirk."
"But i-it doesn't affect my appearance!" Izuku stuttered. "It affects your entire body and you can't turn it off." Recovery Girl stated. "I-I guess so." he muttered. "And what of the evolutions?" Toshinori asked. "Young Midoriya probably doesn't know about the new ones."
"N-new ones?" he asked. Recovery Girl nodded. "According to eyewitness accounts, you were jumping around twice as far as you could the day before, sprinting up vertical walls like they were horizontal, and your entire right arm turned into a massive blade. However, you were unable to wield said blade effectively. Also, you were able to heal people" she said, reading off notes while Izuku grew paler. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go attend a meeting. I'll leave you two alone." Yagi stated, leaving the office. He gave one final thumbs up to his heir before leaving.
"The police have been investigating the group that calls itself 'The League of Villains', and there is no mention of a villian with the name 'Shigaraki Tomura." Detective Tsukauchi read off of the report. "It is the same with the villain called 'Kurogiri' with the warping Quirk. They are probably using false names, and may not even be citizens. In other words, these are people with unregistered Quirks who are in the underbelly of society."
"In other words you don't know anything." Vlad King stated. "Then we must hurry. Once Shigaraki's wounds heal, the League will definitely try again."
"The Ringleader?" Toshinori asked. "What is the problem All Might?" Nezu asked. "His attack was a bold move. In fact, most people would never carry it out even if they thought of it. He went on and on with his statements, and never mentioned his Quirk while bragging about Nomu's Quirk. And he became visibly upset when things didn't go his way."
"Even so, it was foolish to throw away the advantage of having an unknown Quirk like his did." Nezu responded. "He also made immature statements with a straight face and bragged about the things he had. He expected everything to go his way. Thus, my opinion of him is that he is a man-child."
"A child with power…" Vlad muttered. "Could it be that he never received Quirk counseling?" Midnight asked. Toshinori shook his head. "That may be the case, but depending on the counselor, that could've led to his path directly or just have not affected it." Everyone turned towards the skinny man. "What do you mean?" Tsukauchi asked. All Might sighed.
"Young Bakugou told me that both he and Young Midoriya went to the same elementary and middle school. The counselor there threw flattery at Young Bakugou, telling him that he could basically do what he wanted and that his Quirk was perfect for Heroics. Young Midoriya, on the other hand, got nothing but emotional, and in at least one case, physical abuse from the man." Everyone gasped. "Apparently his medical records showed an extra toe joint, in spite of him having a Quirk. The extra joint was seen as proof of Quirklessness, and almost every teacher and student bullied him for his apparent lack of a Quirk."
"They have no idea how lucky they were." Aizawa grumbled from his seat. "Agreed. Young Bakugou mentioned that he was constantly afraid Izuku would snap from the bullying at some point." All Might said. "And how do you know all of this?" Nezu asked, rage building in him. "I asked Bakugou after Young Kirishima mentioned that young Bakugou knew about Young Midoriya's… unique abilities."
"And he never felt the need to tell us?" Midnight asked. "Young Midoriya lied to my face about it when we first met. You all know about how people with incredibly different Quirks can be seen, especially you principal Nezu." All Might gestured to the hyper-intelligent animal. "I think that his life would've been filled with people constantly calling him a villain in the making, at least, which may actually lead to such a career. It happens. And with how Midoriya Quirk grows when he eats-"
"Grows?" Nezu asked. "It mutates whenever he consumes humans. He gained three powers in the USJ and improved another." he explained. Everyone stared. "An evolving Quirk…" Aizawa breathed out.
"Wait… what was that about eating people?" Vlad asked. All Might sighed again. "Young Midoriya's Quirk is, as I mentioned, unique. It morphs his body at will, and it makes him fueled by any large source of meat, although for some reason humans are the preferred fuel." Tsukauchi gasped. "And why wasn't this brought to the attention of the police?" He growled. All Might sighed. "I hadn't told anyone. As I mentioned, he knew what it meant. He wants nothing more then to be a hero, and he despises that part of his Quirk. And I know what the police would do. They'd hand him over the the government for experimentation." He finished the last bit with a snarl. "Let's get back on topic." Tsukauchi recommended. "Agreed" everyone replied, shaken by All Might's words.
"We checked out all of the sixty-two villains captured. They were all back-alley street thugs, but with rather vile rap sheets. The ten that were devoured were also assumed to be low-level as well. However, they still followed and agreed with the man-child is a problem. After all, in the current environment of the nation, villains who believe themselves oppressed by society may flock to such a simple idea." Vlad nodded. "That's true."
"There are a lot of people here who don't know what to do with their Quirk." Snipe mentioned. "That's also true, but there were so many there who, according to reports, knew how to hurt people…" Midnight observed. "Well it's thanks to you heroes that we in the police have been able to gather all of this data. We'll expand the search and attempt to arrest the perpetrators." "But still… a manchild…" Nezu muttered. "He's like our students in some way. If there's someone out there who's backing him while cultivating that malice…" he trailed off. Toshinori's mind was racing. 'NO! There's no way he could still be around! No one could've survived a punch like that! But still… it was the one who murdered my mentor and defeated all of the previous holders of One For All… All For One…'
UA was closed the next day, so Izuku managed to get home without seeing his classmates. He decided to call his dad.
"Izuku!? Are you alright!?" calm the frantic response from his father. "Dad! Y-yes I'm all right!" he stuttered out. A loud breath was heard. "Thank heavens. To think that an attack like that would've occurred… at least you're OK."
"Yeah… well, I'm physically fine."
"Dare I ask?" his father inquired. "There were seventy-four villains there. Two escaped. Sixty-two were captured. And the other ten…" he didn't need to finish it. "Oh… I'm so sorry Izuku… I'm so sorry…" his father muttered. "Dad, it wasn't your fault. It was the villain's fault for attacking. At least, that's what All Might said."
"...He's… correct." His father seemed to have to force the words out. "How have you been?" he asked. "Well, I've had to deal with incompetent staff for my whole life, but the most recent ones definitely take the cake! They can't follow simple orders!" he growled. "Then why don't you fire them?" Izuku knew that was cold, but there had to be more qualified people. "I can't. I've been assigned to watch over them and it would look bad if I got rid of them."
"Oh. Well, goodnight Dad." Izuku said. "Goodnight Son." Izuku hung up, hoping his father was feeling alright.
All For One was not feeling 'alright'. Shigaraki had been complaining about things and Kuroguri wasn't able to calm him down. And to top it off, according to Kurogiri, they hadn't been told to spare his son or honorary nephew! He'd given Shigaraki the scolding of a lifetime for that, and he had lots of practice in that department. From getting his brother to take his monthly vitamin shots to getting Izuku to eat his vegetables to… whatever, he knew how to scold without raising his voice. He didn't kill or deQuirk them because his son was mostly unharmed. He was scarred, but he knew his son would become a better person from it. It worked with Katsuki Bakugou, and his son had a stronger will then the explosive blond did!
Classes resumed after a day. "Hey! Did you see the news!?" Hagakure asked, waving her hand around (not that anyone could see it) "We were all on screen for a brief moment! Although I didn't stand out much…" she muttered. "That's true." Shoji replied. "W-Well It's hard to stand out when you're literally invisible." Ojiro sated. "Man, the channels all made a big deal out of it." Kaminari replied, leaning back. "I'm not surprised, although they decided to leave the more… gruesome parts out." Karishma replied, finally not stuttering. "Can you blame them? UA, the place where Pros are made was attacked!" Jiro respond, twirling her earphones. "Who knows what would've happened if the teachers hadn't arrived when they did!" Sero sighed, relieved that it had not come to that.
"HA! There would've been a fucking slaughter! Instead of 2 escaping, 62 captured, and 10 dead, it would've just been 74 dead!" Bakugou shouted. "You seem… sure of that…" Karishma responded. "Hey, you saw what Deku can do!" the explosive blond retorted. "...Point taken." the redhead responded. Said teen was just hiding in his seat, trying not to be noticed. "But man, All Might was super cool!" Sato shouted. "He pushed back those super-strong villains!"
"Yes, his strength is worth wondering at." Fumikage said, tilting his head. "And what of Midoriya?" Ojiro asked. Bakugou snorted. "Even when he was feral he seemed confused at the idea that he'd be a danger to us." Momo nodded. "He made a detour to save us from villians twice, and he showed no desire to harm us." Izuku, meanwhile, sighed in relief.
"EVERYONE! Homeroom is about to start! Sit down in your seats and cease talking!" Iida shouted, bursting into the room. "Ummm, we're already in our seats." one of the students said. "Shoot!" Iida mumbled, visibly shaking. "Don't worry about it!" Uraraka replied, bubbly as always. "Hey Tsu, is Aizawa gonna be here?" Mina asked. "Well, he did get checked out of the hospital yesterday, so probably." As if in cue, the door opened and he appeared.
"Morning." He said, his eyes looking less dry then they usually did. "Sensei! Are you all right?!" Iida shouted. "I am fine. Actually, I'm better than fine." He said. "H-How can that be!? We saw you against that beast-like thing!" Sero shouted. "You can thank Midoriya for that. He managed to heal me, and gave me a little gift." He pointed to his eyes. "I now have a protective and water-trapping layer right above my eyes but below my eyelids. This new tissue allows me to keep my eyes open indefinitely." 'I don't think I should mention that I asked Santa for this for three years in a row when I was a kid.'
Everyone looked to the green haired teen, who was just as shocked as everyone else. "I did that? I knew I could heal but to add a new organ?" He asked. "Well, it sees that Recovery Girl was right in saying that you didn't remember anything." He then turned towards his students. "But that doesn't matter. This is because the UA Sports Festival is drawing near."
"Is it safe to have such an event so soon after a villian attack?" Jiro asked. "What if they attack us again?" Ojiro asked. "The way people will think of it is that UA will be showing that our crisis management is rock-solid in that we're willing to hold this event. Also our security had been quintupled. And finally, the Sports Festival is a huge event. It's too large to be canceled by a villain attack. After all, it's one of Japan's biggest events. It's taken over from the Olympics, as most nations don't send Quirkless people to compete in those." he responded. "And many Pros will be watching for scouting purposes!" Momo responded. "After graduation it's typical to join a hero agency as a sidekick." Kaminari explained.
"But there are those who get stuck as sidekicks for their whole lives." Jiro responded. "I feel like you'd be one of those, Kaminari. Because you're dumb." Said boy flinched.
"Of course, joining a more famous hero agency will grant you experience and popularity." Aizawa continued. "Time is limited. If you expect to be a pro, then the path to your future will open up at this event. You have one chance a year. That means you have three chances. No aspiring heroes can afford to miss the event. Now that you understand that, don't slack off with your preparations! And now, Homeroom is dismissed." he finished.
"Even though all of that stuff has happened, I'm so excited!" Karishma shouted. "Hey, if we put on a good show and stand out we've taken our first steps at becoming pros!" Sero piped up. "It was worth coming to UA!" Sato exclaimed. "We only have a few chances. Therefore we cannot afford to miss this." Fumikage stated. "Ojirio, I'm getting super nervous!" Hagakure shouted. "I need to stand out in the Sports Festival!"
"But the pros might not notice you unless you try really hard…" he said. "Oh dear, what'll I do? I stand out just by standing still!" Yuga shouted. "The scouts won't be able to take their eyes off of me! Right?" he asked Koji, who furiously nodded. "You're lucky Shoji. Your brawn really stands out on your own." Kaminari said to his friend. "There's no reason for that unless I can show them my usefulness." he replied. "I think you'll stand out plenty, especially when you overuse your Quirk." Jiro mocked.
"E-everyone's so into it…" Izuku stammered. "You're not?!" Iida then stood up, arms wide. "We enrolled here to become heroes, so of course we'd get fired up!" He exclaimed. "W-well, you didn't see what happened when I get… fired up" Izuku stated. "He's right Iida. Also, you have a weird way of getting fired up." Tsuyu stated. "How can you not feel the same Midoriya?!" Iida demanded. "Well, when I get fired up… things happen. A-ask anyone here!" he stammered, repeating what he had just said. "Deku… Iida…" a voice growled. They turned to see… "Let's do our best at the Sports Festival…" Uraraka was growling. And frankly it scared Izuku. "U-Uraraka! Your face!" he shouted. "What's going on?" Mina asked, popping over. "You don't look very carefree, even though that's what your name means." "PM-" Mineta began, but Tsuyu had anticipated the move and blocked it with a countermove of her own; A bitch-slap with her tongue.
Uraraka planted her foot on the ground and raised a fist into the air. "Everyone! I'm going to do my best! "Yeah!" the classmates closest to her shouted. She then turned towards the other classmates. "I'm gonna do my best!" she growled again. "Y-yeah…" they stammered, intimidated by her 180 personality-wise.
At lunchtime, Izuku decided to ask a rather personal question to Uraraka. "Why did you decide to become a pro hero?" He asked of her. She was unprepared for a question like that. "Huh? Well… ummm… because…"
"MONEY?! You wanted to become a pro for the MONEY?!" he almost yelled. It was rather close. He knew his dad HATED pros who became heroes for that reason. He'd curse their names to high heavens. His mother had told him that he'd done that before he was born, but his language was more… colorful. When he asked his father had told him to multiply Kacchan's swearing by around 5. He was brought out of his nostalgia by his friend furiously rubbing the back of her head.
"W-well, that's the simplest explanation…" she choked out. "I-I'm sorry it's for such an unwholesome reason!" by now Iida was next to Izuku. "You two have such admirable reasons to become heroes, so it's embarrassing."
"Why is it that?" Izuku asked. He knew his friend wasn't greedy. "My parents own a construction company, but we haven't gotten any work at all, so we're broke. It's not something I like to tell people, though."
"Construction…" Iida said aloud. "So you want to get your Quirk licensed to bring costs down?" he asked. Izuku was thinking back to what his father had thought about the Quirk laws. He was livid at them. He was always complaining that Japan hadn't followed the American Republic in the allowing of public Quirk use with a license that was not only restricted to heroes. "She'd make materials float so they wouldn't need any heavy equipment." Iida said, breaking him out of his musings. "That's what I told my dad when I was little! However, they encouraged me to follow my dream, even at the expense of themselves… So when I become a hero, I'll make enough money for my parents to take it easy!" she finished. Izuku was quite shocked at that revelation. He was even more shocked when Iida started to applaud wildly.
"YOUNG MIDORIYA!" All Might shouted. "A-All Might?! W-what are you doing here!?" he screamed. "LUNCH!" he declared, holding up a small bundle. "Wanna eat together?" he asked. Uraraka started to shake. 'I-It's like he's a girl with a crush!' she thought to herself as she tried not to asphyxiate from laughter. "How about it?" His teacher asked. "S-sure." he replied, as Iida managed to get Ururaka to breath again.
"W-what was that?" Izuku asked. "My time I can spend as a hero is now three hours and fifteen minutes, thanks to you." The now demuscled All Might stated. "B-but how!?" Izuku near-shouted. "When you were… feral… you injected one of your tendrils into me, and a bulge of… what did Recovery Girl call it… biomass? Ah yes! Biomass. A bulge of biomass went out of it instead of in. It was injected into me, and it forced my body to regenerate. It hurt a lot, though." he finished, rubbing the back of his head.
"O-oh… that's how I heal people?" Izuku muttered. His teacher nodded. "Here. Have some tea." Toshinori said, handing a cup to his protege. "More Importantly, I brought you here to discuss the Sports Festival. You still can't control One For All, can you?" he asked. Izuku shook his head. "You'll have to rely on your Quirk… does it have a name?" he asked. Izuku nodded. "My dad came up with it. It's called Blacklight. It's based on the virus from Prototype."
"A fitting name." Toshinori said. "Well, you'll have to rely on it. After all, you shouldn't break your limbs." Yagi said. "W-well, you know about how… durable I am from what Recovery Girl said. But besides that, it only takes around fifteen minutes for my fingers to recover from using One For All naturally, and that was before the USJ incident. I'll have to test it out at home." he said. All Might was stunned. "I knew you could heal fast when you had to, but to think your Quirk gives off such a passive regeneration…" He trailed off. "Anyways, my time as the Symbol of Peace is nearing its end, even with the boost you gave me. And many with villainous intent are beginning to realise it." Izuku stood up in shock.
"I granted you my power so you can succeed me." he said, arm outstretched. "I'm certain that you feel the same way you did when we started training, right?" Izuku nodded. "The Sports Festival is an event where everyone, including Pros, are watching closely! This is what I came here to talk to you about! I want you to show yourself to the world, so everyone knows that a new Symbol of Peace had been born!" he shouted.
