Bitterness, Carefulness and Happiness

Izuku eavesdropped into the conversation.

She had no idea where Dabi was taken to as he and Giran were gone into a black portal.

'I hope he'd be OK...' she gulped as Dabi's job was to gather intel BEFORE she too, can join because she was afraid.

She took to eavesdropping while doing Vigilantism patrol in the current city she was in, all the while enjoying a festival in a yukata.

Apparently Giran found a High Schooler whose identity was under Media Lockdown because she was a minor, but responsible for Blood-Letting Murders. For now, it's her and Dabi. Well, due to bluntly saying to the Villain's face that they're there because of Stain, guy flipped his shit and tried to murder both, but stopped by someone.

'Haaa...Dabi and I usually go out together for stuff like this. Its weird without him around~' she pouted, sitting on a bench and swinging her legs childishly.

Dabi was grudge in human form but had humanity in him somewhere since he took her in and was her mentor so she worked to humanize him and became his little sister figure.

She knew he was manipulating her into villainy so she manipulated him back and both succeeded on each other that Dabi was getting far humane these days, even indulging her on stuff like going out together for fun to balance out work and play and 'All work and no fun makes anyone a cranky mess.' her words. She also homecooks him meals using her fantasy food she creates to humanize him further-as well as making him healthy- as she wondered that when was it did he last get home-cooking after he started being a Villain? And she's doing vigilante stuff within eyeshot.

He mellowed out. His sense of humor is still black comedy brand though and remained contemptuous of their Hero-Oriented Society but is a much better fellow than when she met him. He knows her past, she doesn't know his that when he was out, she cheated with her Quirk...well, he had a good reason he turned out that way.

Well, they hang out when not being Villains. He wears make-up to hide his patches, at least until he completely heals and develops a flame-resistant body thanks to her items.

She got a call as her winged ball walkie-talkie came to life, hovering beside her.

'Yeees?'

/Izuku, where are you now?/

'Oh, I'm in Sakakibara Temple! There's a Festival here so I'm all dolled up for the event...waaaah!' she dove forward to dodge an attempt to catch her with Capture Cloth.

/Oi?!/ Izuku rolled forward and quickly jumped away in order to look behind her. It was Eraserhead and Midnight.

'Tch, I'm in for a fight, talk to you later!'

'Midoriya-chan, time to come home, its way past bedtime~' Midnight coaxed kindly. "Nice reaction time..." she thought. "Her guard is always up, is it?'

'Jeez, did my mom put a price on my head or something?' Izuku joked as she materialized a pair of green glass balls quickly that floated near her hands. Eraserhead noted the speed of how she created her weapons, making him think he's getting slow in activating his Quirk. "I'm in for a bad dry eye in my future." he thought humorously. He also decided to give Yaoyorozu homework regarding this. However, what ARE those balls?

'No price but any parent would want their child back home, kid. So come back with us.' Eraserhead told her.

'How about a no?' Izuku snarked. 'Like hell I'll step back in world that did nothing but hurt me!' and she began shooting large beam blasts at them and started a long-range battle, forcing them on the defensive and stirring up dust as she materialized a bubble around her head making it look like she had her head inside a glass ball to defend against dust and Midnight's Quirk. 'Being a Villain is much better! I can defend myself from this shithole of a world as much as I like and I can give mom a better life! What good did society do for us anyway?!'

'Do you seriously believe that, kiddo?!' Midnight gasped out.

'Hell yes!'

'We're taking action Midoriya. We tackled the problems in our education system as well as your grief with Bakugo! Isn't that enough for you?' Eraserhead tried to talk to her again as she was relentless in her assault, ensuring the dust blocks visual. Midnight also can't do much or she'd dose him too.

Who was the dumbass who said she's an easy catch again?

'It's too late...it's always too late!' Izuku snapped angrily. 'Had you been my teacher years ago or at least someone like you...I would still have hope that my fellow Quirkless and I have someone to turn to! But all I see is nothing bit selfishness, self-centeredness, arrogance, cruelty and ego higher than the Mars' Mt. Olympus! I had nothing to defend against that when everyone is against me! Even if I have a Quirk now, do you expect society to be nice to me because I have a Quirk now after eleven years of powerlessness under criminal mistreatment? After eleven years of misery as if what they've done to me never happened?! Fuck that! That's how this world is! POWER HUNGRY GARBAGE!'

'Midoriya-chan please, your mother really wants you back. Her husband left her and so did you!' Midnight gasped out in her pleading as she was getting exhausted fast from all this jumping around. "Plus Ultra my foot, I need to get back into shape..." and how Dabi trained Izuku, speaks volumes of how hard they'll fight against her mentor.

'At least I never left her high and dry! I give her lots of money, beauty products and told her to find love again while I'm fighting for a better world! A world where humanity, not Quirks matter! We'll destroy this stupid society once and for all!' and she let out a flash bang by breaking her weapons that blinded the pair.

'Uwaaa!'

When they could see again after they stopped seeing stars, Izuku was gone.

All that's left, were three large fancy glass bottles containing shimmering green, pink and white liquids respectively, about one liter each. And a note.

'...shit.' Eraserhead swore as they read the note. 'Is it a good thing that she likes All-Might enough for this?'

'...we gamble?' said Midnight. 'But this is a Class-S National Secret...how did she find this out?' she wondered worriedly. 'If Dabi knows, no doubt the League will know soon...'

'I wonder about that.' said Eraserhead. 'Both of them are Stain fans and Stain respects and admires All-Might, setting him as ideal Hero standards. For now, we wait and see. Let's take these with us.'

xxx

UA, Principal's Office...

Nezu looked at the thick glass bottles with icy glass corks with cute childish designs, befitting of potions in a video game

'This is what she left behind after escaping.' Nezu stated flatly as he looked at the note.

Green one for making his injury fresh and raw again for Recovery Girl Complete Regeneration.

Pink one for strengthening cells and internal organs to prepare for green.

White one for extra energy boost.

In order, it's pink-white-green.

'We can trust this.' he said.

'We can?!' Midnight and Eraserhead gaped at him.

'Yes. We keep this between us five.' Nezu decided. 'As a precaution for now.' he told them. 'I called All-Might and Recovery Girl over...we'll be doing this in the Infirmary. Blood is a usual sight there and not in my office. But I'm sad to hear her choice. She and Dabi believes their goals can be accomplished by joining the league. They believe Stain saw something of worth there, that their goals are the same when we know better.' he said. 'Have you approached Inko-san about this?'

'Hai. Well...understandably, she...wasn't too happy about it.' said Midnight softly. 'Hearing her daughter willingly joining Villains to destroy the society we know now...and telling her how her kid despaired about teachers...if things were different, huh?' she muttered despondently.

'Kids should be raised well, especially as kids spend hours in school more than at home starting age 4.' said Eraserhead. 'With kids exposed to lousy adults outside home, its not surprising anymore as children are easily-influenced.'

'Well, I have had many long meetings since.' said Nezu. 'She who has a useful Quirk turned to Villainy and we have one boy here with a so-called villainous Quirk still chose to be on the good side. Ironic. We should make an example out of this boy. If he could challenge the world and pursue good...why did she give up so soon? However he's in a precarious place as well. One event, he too, will break. For he too, suffered unfair discrimination by categorism. We must nurture this bitter fruit and make it sweet.'

xxx

'So that's what happened?' Dabi asked as Izuku threw her yukata in the wash. She was irate she didn't get to enjoy the festival because of the Heroes.

'Yeah. How did my mom get Heroes to catch me? Not even they would act to find missing kids after being paid for it...' Izuku huffed as she was shamelessly in a sports bra and boyshorts at home and grumpily sat on the couch. 'And you took a girl home at that...'

'For one thing, do something about crazy here.' said Dabi as Himiko sat cheerfully on their couch. 'Her equipment sucks ass and its expensive to hire Giran. We're not official members yet so we won't get stuff for free for now and she has to prove herself tomorrow.'

'Hummm what are you good at then?' Izuku asked Himiko.

'Well I'm pretty good with knives~been using mom's fruit knife for years.' said Himiko. 'Oh, and I'm also in the Gymnastic's Club too.'

'Humm...' Izuku looked thoughtful before looking like she had a Eureka moment.

'Roll up your sleeves and 'arms forward' so I can get the size just right.' Himiko rolled up her sleeves as Izuku approached her. Izuku measured her lower arms using her own hands, before she materialized a leather padded gauntlet with a retractable knife mechanism as long as her lower arms, as well as a form-fitting, comfortable, well-insulated and very-form-fitting body armor tube-style, after making Dabi turn around and make Himiko take off her top - bra included.

'Wow, you can make stuff, this is sooo cool!' Himiko gushed out as she admired her new toys and armor before putting on her uniform top back on and debated over keeping her bra or not...

'Fantasy and magical items only. I can't make real-life stuff you'd find in today's legal and illegal markets. And I'm still exploring loopholes in my Quirk since I just awakened my Quirk last year.' said Izuku. 'Your new stuff are inspired out of ancient anime and video game from about a thousand years ago. Data still exists in the internet for me to work off with. That gauntlet has retractable blades. Only, unlike in the video game, you can control the blades at will, unsheathing and retracting them so you can fight without having to grope around for switches or something. As for the armor, look up the wiki website of Dragon Ball Z.' Dabi sweatdropped while Himiko was wide-eyed in disbelief. She got her armor off of age-old anime?

'Uhhh...OK?'

'For now only three of us know this.' said Dabi. 'Don't tell anyone about Izuku until I'm sure it's safe. Think of her as a secret partner.' he told Himiko. 'With a Quirk like hers, she's in danger from freaks who will want to use her in more ways than one or worse, steal her Quirk. In a world like this, anything's possible.'

'Okie dokie, I won't tell.' said Himiko, shaking her head childishly. 'I can imagine that anyway.' twisted and insane she may be but she's got standards. Izuku's quirk is darn loads useful! An organization will go boom-bastic with her stuff!

'Thanks.' said Izuku with a grateful smile. 'I prepared dinner you guys can get some in the pot. I just ate back at the festival so eat before Toga goes home. And Toga, study dance that involves a lot of arm waving and incorporate it into fighting because of your gauntlets as a secret weapon incase you get disarmed of your original weapon, nobody will see your gauntlet blades coming.' she advised. 'If you got money on you, buy spare knives. If you're forced to use your gauntlets, say that you once did Enjo Kosai with some Yakuza and asked the gauntlets as pay incase you're asked where you got them.'

Himiko's jaws dropped and Dabi gaped at her considering the mental image that gave them in their heads.

'Its our only excuse you know, I know what you're thinking right now.' Izuku sweatdropped. Being the nerd she was, she's very, very genre savvy. 'Only Villain Brokers get access to stuff like this.'

'Ehhh OK...that's kinda kooky though.'

'It's a necessary believable excuse.'

After they had dinner, Toga cheerfully went home.

'Well, she'll get crazier tomorrow.' said Dabi. 'The only one with common sense in there is that misty bartender dude while Giran could care less.'

'Well, I'll watch from afar.' said Izuku. 'There's a man behind them otherwise that weirdo handy-guy will fly his shit more often than run an organization anyway...we need to know his Quirk first. If we're in danger, I'll bail you out so keep the badge on you at all times.'

'No kidding. He's a gross-looking crazy manchild with a hand fetish. I'll see what happens and decide from there.' Dabi told her. 'For now, take over our jobs.'

'OK!'

And they turned in for the night.

xxx

All-Might and Recovery Girl are nervous for a reason.

'So she left this behind after ditching you guys?' All-Might asked Midnight.

'Yeah. Eraser's out on a torture-spree, coming up with ways to train our students with Vlad since Izuku-chan's formidable.' said Midnight. 'She kept us on our toes and quickly equipped herself against us. Her item generation speed is a blink. Yaoyorozu takes seconds depending on item. But so far she conjured glass balls that can shoot beams and three bottles.'

'Well, given how she rescues Heroes that fit ideal Heroes, I think we can trust these.' said Recovery Girl, eyeing the bottles. 'Besides, incase anything goes wrong, I'm here to fix you up.'

'...Heroes like me...huh?' All-Might mused. 'A world where Heroes...all Heroes are good moral people.'

'Yeah, we're still alive aren't we? Izuku-chan just pushed us back and stirred up dust, meaning, her items are vulnerable to Erasure.' Midnight giggled before looking sad. 'Izuku-chan's just sad that teachers like us weren't there when she was little. She saw how cruel humans can be to those they deem inferior to them. She believes the League will destroy this society that made Quirks end-all-be-all back to humanity again. She believes that and says it's too late for her to turn back now. Capture by force is all we got.'

'Mm...well, try it out.' Nezu encouraged. 'I doubt she'd kill you as you're Stain's ideal Hero.'

'...kami-help me...' All-Might shuddered. 'In what order again?'

'Pink, White, and Green.'

All-Might drank the three bottles in order. Strangely he didn't feel TOO full as expected from drinking three liters of potions, he thought. Pink one made his insides fill with gentle warmth and he felt healthy. Second one he felt so energetic he felt he could destroy a city by himself with his ultimate move he was even glowing in power with One For All! Heck, he even buffed up against his will!

'S-Seriously?!' Midnight gasped out as she, Nezu and Recovery Girl gasped out as they can feel his power radiate from the glow.

'OK, green one last...I better take off my suit...she said it'd make my wound fresh again and I don't want to know how fresh did she mean by that...' said All-Might nervously. He took off his blazer, shirt and tie, revealing his bony, mangled body...and drank the green potion last.

The second the last drop passed by his throat...

He cried in pain as his scar...slowly started opening up and bleeding...revealing his gaping hole of an injury and parts he's lost. The lost parts were glowing green in a silhouette.

'Hurry! He can't lose blood for too long!' Nezu cried as Recovery Girl quickly kissed All-Might by the arm...regenerating his whole body. First was his lost organs, nerves, some of his ribs, muscle tissue...and finally, skin. And All-Might was wiped out again in exhaustion he was back to skinny form again.

'T-that...was terrible!' he gasped out. 'No wonder I have to be here! But...the pain I endured for years...it's gone!' he choked out, placing a hand tenderly on where his wound used to be and going teary-eyed in happiness. 'I...I can be a full-timer again...I don't have to keep secrets anymore.'

'We'll test this out after a week of Rest, All-Might.' said Nezu. 'For now, the only ones in the know will be us three and Aizawa-sensei. We must keep this a trump card. This will be our secret weapon against the League...that the Symbol of Peace, is in perfect good shape. So for now keep up your three-hour shows.'

'He WILL be if he starts eating!' Recovery Girl smiled. 'But years of not eating and relying on IV Drips...we'll have to give you a full medical first.'