Hello everyone ! I'm back to school ! Well ... almost, at the time this chapter is released I still have a week (maybe).

Anyway ! Before getting to the reviews I would like to explain what I wanted to do in this chapter so you guys can tell me what I can fix or add.

This chapter is actually only a first part, I would like to explain how Izuku met Sensei and start developing Izuku's relationship with the other students.

Here it's mostly how Izuku ended up in All for One creepy lair and how Sensei discovered that he wasn't so "alone" on this planet.

Stoneless chapter 4

More pls . This is a really good story. It's not the traditional villain deku story or a tradition hero story it's something different.

I'm doing my best to be original without going full "WTF" but thank you ^^.

Bob chapter 2 . Aug 23

I don't know why, but I get the strange feeling 'Sensei' gave him something more than a bit of training. If he'd wanted to train him, he could have done it four years ago.

Yes he could have, but he didn't, that will be explained later.

Dear Death chapter 4 . Aug 23

*smiley faces*

Sure.

valkrus chapter 4 . Aug 23

Still interesting but next time maybe spend a bit more time re-reading it because there's a few spelling mistakes here and ,the way you describe the room that Midoriya use to avoid Bakugou's explosion is a bit weird because I can't really imagine it with the way you structured your sentence

Yeah, my beta reader Legomasterlord is kinda back to school right now so I'm looking for another one, I'm still trying to proofread myself and make sure that people understand what I'm writing (gosh I'm bad at this ...)

RiIl chapter 1 . Aug 23

The grammar is a tad broken at times.

Welcome to the club.

DragonshadowRyukage chapter 4 . Aug 22

...is Izuku foretelling his own future with the words "Good villain?" You don't have to answer that if you think you can't answer without spoiling something.

As River Song would say "Spoilers".

ListenToTheRain chapter 4 . Aug 22

It's good story, but relationship with Ochaco are a little bit too forced and rushed in my opinion. Ok, I understand that you like her and Izuku/Ochako, but you need to slowdown with that. Now it seems like you bashing all good characters and only Ochako is a saint and oh so accepting person. There's no real development about her, about them in the story now, just your will.

In the next chapter I will be spending a lot of time with the other students during their lunch, I will explore Izuku's relationship ship with mostly Lida and ... well not sure right now, maybe Momo and Yuga ... even if he is completely banned in France for being a complete insult toward us ... no really we don't even eat that much cheese ... what's even the thing with cheese ? ^^'.

ProjectIceman chapter 4 . Aug 22

Holy crap Izuku...Did...did anyone else hear the the All For One theme when Izuku was whispering and tying up Katsuki?

He did learn a lot of things ... you guys should listen to Sylas's theme from League of Legend, perfect for this moment.

Scarease chapter 4 . Aug 22

How (who ?) taught those movie ?my response would be none or your business Almight .One taught like their privacy and ask that keep quit of them .I will not betray that trust .They done no wrong to me and have willing help me when all others looked down on me ,rediculed ,bullies or ignored me .
All for one likely has more styles under his belt so he like also teach Izuka others as well so that would not be noticed especial to his nemesis Almight .plus like have Izuka change his costume design to so not mirror of his .This make sure boy does suffer do association and other such effects should thing get out or All for One is captured .

I'm assuming All for One never had a "real" costume as he doesn't like the hero propaganda (mainly represented by All Might) so Izuku doesn't have much to fear about the helmet or his costume being only composed of a tuxedo ... or something like that.

Scarease chapter 1 . Aug 22

So does he have same ability or different version of the ability ?
If need Ocs got some you might like both heroes and villains .
Also idea for unstable or Dark quirks .Quirks truly nasty with side effects and abilities some inspiring legends and stories such as Vampire ,werewolves ,demons ,and such .
Example I character Windigo quirk this plagues him with constant hunger for human flesh ,he grow stronger more consumes but if he does not eat regularly at least 10 pound a week he risks lose to hunger and same should he eat to much .By consume flesh and blood of human he his strangth ,speed ,sences increase ,toughness ,healing ,reflexes and so forth .Do this he is grave robber stealing human meat form morgues and grave yards .

Not interested by OCs but thank you, and no, Izuku as exactly the same version of All for One ... but with one small difference that will be explained WAY LATER.

Arsinis chapter 4 . Aug 22

Well, I must say this story is really interesting and well written, you have a unique take on AFO Izuku. Keep going please.

Well written meh ... depends if I have a good beta or not and if I'm not dumb enough to rush a chapter because I want to vomit what I'm imaginating ... lol. But thank you ^^.

Legomasterlord chapter 4 . Aug 22

I HAVE NEWS ABOUT MY EXISTENCE GOD *BEEP*-ING *BEEP*-N IT! My schedule is still gonna be Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for when I write, not just for me and my poll, but also for Griffin, my best friend. However! I can't really write on Monday-Friday much, as I get home at 6 IN THE AFTERNOON! So I apologize to you all, Griffin too, and hope you enjoy this chapter (THIS REVIEW WAS ANSWERED IN CHAPTER 5 AND I KNOW IT, AS I PREDICT IT!) and review, follow and favorite Chapter 5 of Prohibited Power, by Griffin Strange.
Izuku: Wow, you must care for these people if they read this.
Griffin read this as a fact as he always does. PEACE!

... dab

pedropedrin chapter 4 . Aug 22

Wonder if AFO is gonna use Izuku as an spy of some sort

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Nah ... and will be explained later too.

Righhtttttt ! This chapter is almost 8000 words long ... wow ...

Again I'm still looking for a beta reader since Legomasterlord is at school again (go check his fanfics btw !) So if anyone is interested they can PM me and we will discuss this together ;)

Now have a good chapter ! (Hopefully the grammar isn't too bad ... because of course it is with me :) ...)


"And it worked ? He couldn't use his quirk ?"

"No Sensei, Katsuki couldn't do anything ! He looked so lost ... in fact I only used All for One for about ten seconds, I think after that Katsuki was too scared to use his quirk correctly, thank you really !"

"Hahaha, I'm so proud of my student ... tell me, how does it feel to win ?"

"To win ? ... I'm not- ... I should be satisfied but I'm not, I won the exercise yes ... but there were so much possibilities, we could have won without even fighting Katsuki. And in the end I still managed to pick the one plan in which I risked losing"

"Then tell me why ? Why did you do that ?" Sensei knew exactly why, he was forcing Izuku to tell him the reason so that he would be more confident.

"... I had to defeat him, once ... to prove them wrong, to show them that I could become a hero even if I was quirkless, to the students, to Katsuki, to All Might ... to Ochaco"

"Ah yes ! Your new friend, how is she ?"

"... you mean ... how how ?"

"Well, how are you progressing with her ?"

"Progressing ? ... it's hard, I'm always scared of being weird in front of her or to be some kind of burden ... I know I never had much friends and maybe I'm over exaggerating ... I'm scared of doing things too quickly"

"HAHAHAHA ... You didn't take her on a date yet ?"

"... no ?"

"You haven't eaten your lunch together ?"

"Only for the entrance exam"

"You didn't do any sort of hangout with her ?"

"No"

"Then you are fine ... oh last question, you two aren't permanently texting each others ? I heard this generation keeps doing that"

"No we aren't into that really, or else what could we tell each other during the day ?" Izuku's phone rang, it was his mom asking him where he was "I should probably go, thank you again Sensei"

"This techniques belongs to you now, don't give me all the credits ... well I- ... yes tonight we won't be doing anything, you have to rest, enjoy your victory"

"Thank you" Izuku bowed at Sensei before running toward his apartment, he was already very late.

"... please be careful"


Ten years ago ... day of the incident.


Izuku remembers, he always do ... on that day most of the kids he knew received their quirks ... wings, extensible fingers ... explosion.

He didn't get anything ... he went to see the doctor the other day, everyone did ... it's not like the said doctor kept the fact that Izuku was quirkless for himself. Nooooo ...

He shared it with all his family, including his grandson ... maybe he thought that nothing special would happen ? Yes he was innocent like most of the people who made his life a hell.

But Izuku had a very different theory ... he also remembers very well how the "doctor" if he even deserves this title, announced to Izuku and his mother that he was quirkless ... just because he had an extra bone in his foot, he didn't try to look further and ohhh how wrong he was Izuku was "gifted" with the most powerful quirk in the world, and probably the most feared ...

When the doctor announced that he was quirkless he didn't try either to not hurt Izuku, the first things... and almost only things that he said were "you should give up" and "dream stays dream" ... he almost pushed him and his mother out of his office as if they weren't worth his time.

Did you know that when someone receives a quirk their doctor can decide to keep then under observation ? Or to "convene" them for a bunch of appointments ? ... considering he had a full kindergarten of children it must represent a lot of money right ? No need to explain further Izuku's theory at this point.

Anyway, most of the kids he knew had received their quirks ... during the afternoon most of them went to play at the park.

Izuku was here with Katzuki and a bunch of other kid ... Katsuki was already experimenting his quirk, just like everyone ... but his test subjects happened to be other kids, it's not like there wasn't any adult around, they simply weren't paying attention.

Katsuki and a groupe of other kid that decided to follow him as some kind of leader kept attacking a young boy with an extensible tongue quirk, he couldn't defend himself.

Some thing was wrong with Katuski, he wanted to be a hero so why was he attacking someone weaker than him ? He was laughing, did he find this fun ? Did he find this as fun as how he suddenly turned his back on Izuku because he was quirkless ?

Izuku stepped between them ... he didn't know what he was doing, he didn't know because his legs acted on their own and he didn't know what would happen to him either.

"K-kacchan stop ! You are hurting him !" Tears were already running down his face as he spoke ... he knew he couldn't do a thing, he just hoped for a miracle at this point, but what kind of miracle ? This world gave power to those who didn't deserve any ...

"What do you think you can do Izuku ?! Get out of my way ! Now !" Katsuki gave a warning punch toward Izuku, creating a small explosion in the process, it wouldn't hurt Izuku but he was more scared than ever now ...

But still "N-no, what you are doing is wrong"

"Move you- ... Damn it !" Something disturbed Katsuki ... Izuku looked behind him, the other mid ran away "you are gonna pay for that !"

Before Izuku could do anything the other kids with Katsuki were holding him, he struggled but it was useless ...

"Don't move alright ? I don't want to miss your face !" Katsuki's hand were sparkling with small explosions, he was approaching his hand from Izuku's face.

"N-no p-please" he struggled even harder "N-NO !" His right arm was free, he grabbed Katsuki's hand to push it away and then- ... he doesn't remember what happened ... something came out from his left hand, this is the last thing he remembers.

When he woke up he was in his apartment, resting on the couch, his mother next to him had tears running down her checks ... it hurts everywhere, it burned in fact, but what hurted him above all was his left arm, just what happened at the park ?

"M-my baby Izuku !" She hugged him, despite his physical state.

"M-mom what happened ?" he whispered weakly

"Ka- ... Katsuki's quirk became uncontrollable and you were caught into an explosion" ... no ... it's not what happened, he didn't see it but considering the situation he was in it couldn't be his quirk becoming uncontrollable.

"M-mom ... d-did I make Katsuki do that ?" He felt guilt ... what if he hurt the other children when he tried to defend himself ? What if it was all his fault.

Izuku tried to stand up but he could only sit on the couch.

"Izuku ! Don't try to do anything reckless, the doctor said that-"

"The doctor is wrong ..."

...

"What ?"

"Mom ... I have a quirk"


Present day.


For once Izuku manage to get up at a decent hour, and reach U.A. without any complication. Maybe this would be a normal day for once ?

Ochaco didn't show up on the way to U.A. Izuku assumed she was already in the classroom and he was right, he found her talking with another girl, he couldn't manage to remember her name but he knew she had some kind of mutation quirk, a frog quirk ?

"Goodmorning Ochaco" said as he sat next to her.

"Ha Izuku ! You look great today, you slept ?"

"I did, I enjoyed our victory from yesterday as you said and-"

"Midoriya !" Called the very recognisable voice of Tenya as he put Izuku's notebook in his desk "Thank you for letting me take a look at your work ! It really helped me and I must say what you wrote is very remarkable !" Evrything with Tenya seemed over exaggerated, he was always trying to be respectful and strict ...

"I'm glad it helped you" Izuku actually found rude that Tenya interrupted his conversation but he wasn't a bad person so he could forgive him.

After that Tenya walked straight to his desk and sat down.

...

Izuku turned around to look at Ochaco ...

"W-well in fact I don't have anything else to say ..." he admitted

"Haha that's okay ... we didn't receive any timetable for today, that's odd-" Ochaco stopped immediately when she spotted Aizawa entering inside the classroom, everyone did.

"Well, looks like you are getting used to how it works here ... anyway, today you are going to chose your class representative ... I don't care how you do it, just avoid making too much noise" Aizawa took out a sleeping bag from under his desk and casually took a nap in front of everyone.

...

"Fine ! We should choose our representatives with a vote !" Declared Tenya standing up from his desk.

"That's obvious but ... we barely know each others, and once we have picked our representatives it's not like we might be able to change so easily" debated Izuku

"Izuku is right ... how are we supposed to vote for people we barely know ?" Followed Ochaco.

"Simple, we will vote but we will add one more rule, no one can vote for themselves ..." proposed Momo Yaoyorozu.

The students didn't understand the goal behind this proposition.

"H-hey mind explaining ?" Asked Kirishima

"If we vote right now everyone will either not vote or vote for themselves, most likely, so if we impose this rule we might end up getting a class representative that most of the students acknowledge" she explained.

...

"S-so ... are we voting now then ?" Asked Ochaco to broke the akward silence which was taking place.

"Yes, anyone has a few sheets of paper ?" Asked Tenya.


The day of the incident.


Izuku's mom was in the kitchen, trying to do evrything in her power to keep her son safe, when Mitsuki called her she felt her world shattering.

Now Izuku was barely awake and rambling about having a quirk, about being responsible ... he felt responsible for hurting his friends ... it was already hard for him to leave without a quirk and-

"M-mom !" She heard his son yell from the living room.

Inko dropped what she currently had in her hand and when she stepped in the living room she saw Izuku staring at his hands ... his hands were emitting red lightings, they were glowing.

"I-Izuku ! You have-YOU HAVE A QUIRK ! MY BABY I'M SO HAPPY-" Inko grabbed her child into her arms, but as she did something hurt her, in her back, it felt like being stab repeatedly ... and then she felt exhausted ... she collapsed on the ground and ... nothing ...

...

Izuku didn't understand what happened, his mom was laying on the ground, unconscious, her arms still around his little body. Both of his hands were boiling, the weird red light was gone but the pain was still here.

The table, he had to use the table to stand up, he reached out for it but it was too far ... if only it could be clos- ...

Then he saw it, the table twitch slightly, moving toward him for a small centimeter .. he had already seen this ... it was- ... It was ...

His mother's quirk ...

He has his mother's quirk ... back at the playground he created the explosion because he had Katsuki's quirk, he can use his mother's quirk and he used Katsuki's quirk, he can use different quirl if he comes into contact with them-

And as Izuku kept trying to understand what was happening he made a realisation, this weird feeling he had in his hands ... he was pulling something, he was pulling something not physical something hidden inside his mother, just like he did with Katsuki ... he pulled a quirk ... no he didn't pull.

Izuku stole a quirk.

He looked back at his mother, still laying unconscious on the living room's floor.

"P-put it back !" He put both of his hands on his mom's body "Put it back !" He yelled as red lightings appeared.

"PUT IT BACK !" He yelled again, raising his voice even more.


Present day.


The results were ... surprising.

Izuku ended up having four votes, so he was right behind Momo who had seven.

"Well then, that makes me the president and you, Izuku, the vice president" she concluded.

"T-thank you b-but-"

"WHAT THE F*CK ? HOW CAN THIS SHIT HEAD BE ELECTED ?" Sreamed Katsuki all across the room.

Izuku was really surprised to see that Katsuki actually cared about such a thing as choosing the class representatives. Of course it was because Katsuki hated above all being inferior in any possible way to Izuku ... he didn't even want to be elected in the first place !

"He was elected in a fair way ! Just like Momo ! What's even you problem with him ?"

"SHUT UP FOUR EYES AND-" Katsuki ended up being wrapped up and sent into a wall by Aizawa's scarf.

"Can you ever stop screaming ? ... anyway, I guess you are done now with your little election ... and say I finally managed to sleep for a bit" complained their teacher.

The bell rang, Izuku was surprised that it took an entire hour just to complete a small formality, Aizawa didn't seem to care, he was already sleeping again.

"Congratulation Izuku !" Cheered Ochaco.

"T-thank you ... say ... did you vote for me ?"

"W-well actually I voted for Momo ... I mean ... You are a bit s-..."

"Shy ?" Completed Izuku.

"Y-yes ... so ... I thought it would be stupid to impose you such a responsibility"

"I admit it, I didn't really want to be president but I'm just vice so I guess Momo will do most of the work ... I hope I do not sound lazy saying that"

"Sounds fine ... just avoid saying it out loud people could misunderstand"

"... b-but then who voted for me ?" Izuku went back to the main question.

"I did !" Yelled Lida behind Izuku.

"W-why ?!" In fact Izuku was asking if Lida really needed to scare the hell out of him just to show his presence.

"Because you have natural capacities of leadership ! The way you analysed each people in our class was simply fabulous, it clearly shows that you managed to know each of us in only a few days"

Izuku didn't felt anything as Tenya praised him and his little analysis talents ... he just studied their quirk, he didn't even talk to half of the class at least once or learned their name.

And if Tenya voted for him because of the analysis book then Izuku could only wonder why three other people voted for him ... maybe because he was first for the entrance exam ? Because he completely destroyed Katsuki yesterday ?

No matter the reason, it wasn't because people thought he actually had the capacities to be their class representative that he got elected.

"Izuku ? Are you okay ?" Tenya was gone now, everyone was.

"W-what ?" He asked confused.

"You ... hum ... while Tenya was talking you ended up staring the ground, he went to have lunch with the others ... I don't think he noticed thought, did you have something on your mind ?"

"N-no it's-"

...


Five years ago.


Run.

Do not stop.

Keep running and do not turn back, they won't stop chasing you until you are home.

Five years ... five years during which they made his life a hell, five years since he was officially quirkless, they didn't care, Katsuki didn't care, Izuku didn't know how they could get any kind of pleasure from torturing him.

They always had an advantage, they had quirks ... and he didn't. Izuku knew such a quirk couldn't be used ... no ... shouldn't at all. The night he discovered his quirk he was even more broken ... he had a quirk yes but one he would never be able to use, and if he did people would only see him as a villain ...

This world was so wrong, bad people had power and good people had nothing, this universe even found ways to make them less than weak.

But right now Izuku had no idea of where he was going ... it was definitely the wrong direction, the houses around him looked very old, even abandoned. He shouldn't be here, there was no one in the streets ... no witness if Katsuki's and his friends ever managed to catch him.

Izuku kept going deeper and deeper, the streets started becoming smaller ... and then he met a dead end. The sounds were getting closer, he looked all around him, Izuku prayed for a miracle one last chance to escape.

"P-please ..." he whispered to anyone who was willing to hear him ...

He looked around him again ... a door ... a rusty metal door, without hesitation he tried to open it, Izuku grabbed the handle and pulled with a his strength, it barely moved, just enough so he could get on the other side.

The footsteps, the explosions, the laughs were still getting closer. Izuku crawled inside the building and hid ...

After a moment they were gone ... he didn't here anything else ... Katsuki wasn't complaining about anything or yelling ... it was ... weird ...

Izuku stood up and carefully looked outside ... there was ... no one ? Then ... Katsuki never followed him ? It was ... an illusion ?

...

He was losing his sanity ... Izuku chuckled ... the laughed at his own despair and misery ... how much longer would he be able to endure this nightmare ?

His laugh was cut by a metallic bang ... the door closed violently, something appeared around his body, black strings ? Glowing red ? Before he could say anything Izuku was gagged by the same strings and pulled further into the dark building.

He struggled, he knew it wasn't the right way, this part of the city was completely desert for a reason ! He was dragged below the ground, or rather he was phasing through the ground as if his body was nothing but air.

Izuku couldn't see anything, evrything was black ... he felt the ground once again after a few seconds and the strings weren't binding him anymore. There was a small source of light ... screens ? This place was strange ... compared to the building above this ... basement ? Yes, this basement was well kept.

As he walked closer toward the screens Izuku noticed something else ... an empty hospital bed.

...

"Now tell me all your secrets" Izuku wasn't quirk enough to analyse what was happening, he felt a hand grabbed his head and his mind went blank.


Present day.


"You have to stop going out ... your treatment isn't showing good result" Commented and old man as he was examinating a bunch of graphics.

"Did they ever show anything "good" during all these years ?" He asked back angrily, making the old man turn around expressionless "... sorry I- ... I'm not in a good mood today"

"Are you ever ?" He asked again ironically.

"... Tell me doctor ... how many quirkless kid have you examined this month ?" The question came out from nowhere ... why would his master be interested by that ? Maybe the treatment was making him senile ?

"None ?" He answered unsure

"This year then ?" The old man was starting to understand were this was going.

"... none ... this kid again right ? You never told me who he was, end every time you come back you look nostalgic ... again such a state of mind isn't good for-"

"Shut it with the treatment would you ? I'm dying I'm not stupid ... well dying ... I won't heal any time soon ... no he- ... this kid, he reminds me of myself"

The old man turned around and took out a piece of paper and a pen "I'm not a psychologist but I'm still your doctor ... I owe you a lot and trust me ... if you could tell me what's wrong then you would feel way better"

"Oh please do not abuse of the situation Tsubasa ..." All for One could see his doctor's face, he didn't need to turn his head around to do so but still he did ... just to add a bit drama in their conversation.

"Go on ... what's on your mind right now ?"

"... I went into his head once ... usually I do not use this kind of quirk, it's exhausting ... but I had to make sure he wasn't a threat at the moment ... and when I did it was so chaotic ... pain ... sadness ... hate ... he didn't have the life I had but we were similar in so much ways ..."

"... Like which ?"

All for One would never tell him about Izuku's secret quirk ... he wouldn't to anyone, in fact it was only because of All for One Izuku was still alive ... if he didn't feel it during that first contact then ... let's just say Izuku would still be missing today.

"Didn't I just answered ?" He glared at the doctor.

"... let's keep it that way ... but maybe you could give me an answer I can exploit ?"

"...


A long time ago ...


He remembers to good old days when the world seemed so small and simples ... he remembers how chaotic it was at the same time ... quirks ...

It was almost the end of the world back then, living weapons, weapons that might become uncontrollable one day, who knows ? What if someone suddendly obtained the power to create a black hole anywhere or to destroy anything in the universe just by snapping his fingers ? At this time everyone lived in perpetual fear.

Heroes didn't exist ... villains didn't either ... those terms could only be used in comics ... ahhh comics, just how many did he use to read with his brother ? Too much maybe, it gave him inspiration, it damned his relationship with his brothers ... and ruined his life.

Sometimes he wonders what kind of higher being decided to suddenly give power to the human kind when it was already corrupted ... he doesn't blame this said higher being, after he too received power ...

The power to control and manipulate every other powers in the universe, without any limit.

He was very young when he discovered his quirk ... about six ? It's not like he could have entered in contact with a quirk just by walking into the near by street, about only 5% of the population had one back then.

... ohhhh when he did ... this feeling is like a drug, when he takes a quirk and make it his ... he regrets sometimes that he couldn't give back some ... not that he never had the intention though ... he just couldn't, they were all too precious.

He also knew that such a power had to be used for the greater good ... even if it mean becoming the bad person ... the emergence of quirk had led the world to a period of societal collapse ... he could do it, he could control this chaos.

And he did ...

However what he never tells to anyone is how scared he was ... and always is. Scared of being unable to achieve his vision, scared of being corrupted by his own power ... scared of being backstabbed ...


"I wouldn't say this was exactly what I felt in this young man but- ... it was so familiar ... so I decided to give him what I never had"

"Guidance ?"

"Precisely"


Five years ago.


Izuku woke up in the dark ...katsuki, the old building, the black strings ... he remembered what happened and he was only happy to not be dead yet.

"Oh you are awake finally, I thought it would take another hour until you wake up" a voice startled him from behind.

He tried to stand up quickly but he didn't notice that he was laying on some kind of table so he ended up falling on the ground.

"Please try to not hurt yourself ..."

"W-where am I ?! W-what is this place ?!" He asked examining his surroundings once again.

"My ... home, sorry about earlier I thought you were some kind of thief ... I had to check your mind, you are free to go"

"Y-you did what ?" Managed to ask Izuku as he recovered his stance.

The voice sighed and a ... man ? Emerged from the shadow, Izuku couldn't tell because the first thing he saw was a black skull and a lot of plastic tubes.

"I checked your mind ... if you came here on purpose then ... let's just say you would not be as welcomed as you are right now ... still you seem a bit disturbed" the man walked closer toward Izuku which made him took a few step backward.

Izuku didn't notice as first but the man was massive, and ... something ... something was off now that he had a clear vision of him ... whoever this person was Izuku only felt death emanating from him.

"Now tell me ... tea ? Coffee ? ... maybe water ?" The sudden hospitality took Izuku off guard and slightly diminished the man's overwhelming aura.

"U-uh t-tea ?"

"Excellent choice ... though I'm not sure you will appreciate it, I don't have any sugar either ..." the man walked further into the room, that's when Izuku noticed that the previously dark and barren place was in fact fully equipped as a kitchen ... he was still questioning his mental state by the way. "Have a sit ... anywhere I don't care"

"W-..." Izuku tried to suppress the incoming questions and simply obeyed the man, he sat back where he was lying a few moments ago, a metal table ... which seemed to have been used recently ... very recently.

"Don't know what to ask next ? I understand, people needs answers to not lose their composure, any kind of answer is enough nowadays ... anyway" Izuku heard an acute whistling, probably coming from a boiler. "It would be rude to not introduce myself to my ... newfound invitee"

He came back with two cups that he dropped near a desk full of computer screens and then he sat in a big office chair, the one in which you expect to either see the richest man in the universe or the bad guy with a claw and a cat in old movies ...

"I can't give you my name as you wouldn't understand it, and beside you shouldn't know it at all for your own ... good" the man would have say safety ... Izuku knew it judging by the small silence the man made "Now that I answered your question would you tell me how you ended up here ? I saw you running like death was on your back"

He didn't, he did saw Izuku running while he was looking into his head but he couldn't watch nine years of someone else's life, he had to keep it short. He wasn't lying earlier when he said that he simply checked his mind to see if Izuku was an intruder or not.

"Y-you-" Izuku tried to say in a polite way that his ... host ? Never answered his question and he never asked one either, the best thing he could do was to answer his questions "S-someone was af-after me and-I-ran-and-h-here"

The man grabbed one of the cup ... Izuku would have found this fun because their was no way his host could drink this with the helmet he was wearing but right now the said host was simply too scary to think about anything close to fun.

"... could you please repeat what you just said ? And this time please make sure I can understand"

"R-Right, I-I said that I-w-was running because my fr- ... classmates were trying to ... bully me" Izuku knew what they would do to him but he didn't have to look miserable in front of his host.

"Well this time it's clever ... but ... no one was following you ... so tell me, I know you aren't lying, I don't need a quir-, I mean a lie detector to know that"

"I- ... I- ... I thought they were following me" believe would the correct word to use ...

"... Sorry I should probably not push you to answer" the man grabbed the other cup and handed it to Izuku "it should be cold enough now, enjoy it"

Izuku hesitantly grabbed the cup, it wasn't even tepid ...

"W-why- ... I mean ... A- ... Are you a villain?"

"Isn't that obvious ? Ha ... hahaha, it took you so long to ask this question, you really are a special someone. You could say I am one yes ... now tell me, what makes you say that, hum ?" He stood up and walked across the room.

"Yes ... is it because my home is dark and scary ? Because I abducted you ? ... no not abducted, I mean you are free to go. In fact, define what's a "villain" would you ? Here and now with your own words" It was almost calculated, he ended up right in front of Izuku.

"A-a villain is- it is someone who uses his quirk t-to do bad things ?" The man stared at him.

"... that's close enough from the "official" definition ... Now here is the problem with your statement, have I done anything wrong ?"

... no ... he didn't, he ... took care of him ? In a way ? He even offered him a drink.

"Now do not give me that look ... well I don't really know what kind of expression you have right now ... I'm half blind to be honest and-" He looked at his arm, there was a small watch but Izuku could tell that this one was worth a lot of money "hum ... 6 PM ... I'm almost sure you should be in your home by now, your parents must be worried about you"

"Y-yes !" Izuku grabbed his backpack which had been dropped next to the table.

"Please accept my apologies for this disagreement, the exit is right behind you ... be careful in the staircase though" Izuku didn't care much about what this man was saying, he had to get out NOW "Oh and feel free to come here, those bullies will never find you here"

Izuku stopped ...

"T-thank you"


Present day.


"H-... he came back ?" Asked the doctor surprised.

"He did ... this time however there was more than an illusion to fear"

"What kind of ... he didn't have all his mind did he ?"

"I think that he simply didn't want to be a public punching bag anymore, makes sense no ?"

"I wouldn't try to find refuge with you if we just happened to meet ... no offence"

"None taken ... where was I ?"


Five years ago.


Izuku ran down the staircase, he didn't recognise the place at first but he didn't have much time to choose, hopefully he did recognise the rusted metal door ... and this time it was half opened.

"Right on time, I forgive you for not knocking before entering ... tea this time again ?" Izuku was still catching his breath so All for One assumed that he would take some tea again.

"S-sorry ... I-I didn't now where I should go ... they are too used to the way toward my apartment ..."

"I offered refuge in the first place, I brought a chair this time, this old operation table isn't comfortable right ? ... tell me how about we introduce ourselves if we are going to see each other on a regular basis"

"I-I ..." Izuku look rather reluctant to answer ...

"Fine I will start, you shouldn't give your name to strangers, you don't have to give me your family name if you prefer ... just call me Sensei, that's how much people call me"

"I-I'm Izuku"

"Izuku ... I like this name, this is way better than yesterday we manage to have a decent conversation for about one minute so far"

Izuku chuckled slightly, the anxiety that he felt the other day was gone surprisingly "s-so ... what do you do here ? Are you alone ?"

"Hum ? Curious I see, I'm currently healing ... well "healing" such a big word ... I'm trying to, to be honest ... you were right to call me a villain yesterday, and before you go yelling at the closest police station I'm retired ... mostly"

"Retired ? ... that ... that doesn't sound ... normal ?"

"Hahahaha, dear Izuku, you didn't thought villains were eternal ... do you ? Even heroes have to retire one day, It's funny when you put it this way, the actual society needs villain so heroes can exist"

"But villains do not requires heroes ... right ?"

"And smart above all ... I understand why you are the scapegoat in this story"

"Sc-scapegoat ?"

"Don't tell me you do not know what it is, here" Sensei put a cup of tea in front of Izuku "now my turn, what do you want to do in your life ?"

"Y-... you wouldn't like it"

"Please, it's a silly conversation between two adults, what could possibly anger me ?"

"...I- ... I want to be a hero"

All for One stared at Izuku, he became silent ... and perfectly still.

"Well ... what kind of hero do you want to be ? It's not because I'm a villain that I necessarily hate heroes"

"I don't understand ... why am I even here ?"

"Who knows ? Because you feel lonely, because you are scared and maybe because you don't really see me as a bad person"

"... you-"

"Answer please"

"I- ... I'm not sure, I really want to be a hero just like All Might, a hero who save the days and bring hope to people with smile"

Izuku could swear that he heard Sensei breath under his mask, but this breath probably meant something worse.

"... good ... and what kind of quirk do you have ?"

"Q-quirk ?"

"Yes ! After all it's the power which makes the hero rights ? Now go on ! Show me what makes you special"

"B-but I ... I-" Izuku didn't answer, he tightened his grip around the cup of tea and stared at his reflection.

"Something wrong ?"

"N-no hehehe ... It's just-just ... I don't really ... have one" Izuku expected that his knew "friend" would laugh at him ... and he did.

"Hahaha that's a good joke" Izuku gritted his teeth "But ... I know when someone has a quirk or not" Izuku dropped the cup on the ground, suddenly he felt once again the morbid aura around Sensei.

"N-no I-"

"Do not bother about the cup ... show me your quirk would you ?" Before Izuku could do anything Sensei was in front of him and he had a firm grip around his right arm.

"N-No don't !" Izuku struggled to break free, he was stupid, so stupid, if course he couldn't trust a villain even if he was "retired" and "blind".

"It will only take a mome-" All for One intended to use a quirk to force the activation of Izuku's one but what he saw then gave him a sensation of ... pleasure ... and fear.

Red sparks ... exactly the same as his ... another All for One, ideas rushed through his mind, plans ... hope.

For a moment he was paying attention to Izuku who manage to break free, he was now running toward the staircase.

"W-wait ! I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT !" He yelled, grabbing Izuku with the black string quirk.

"L-let me go !" Shouted back the teen as he struggled with all his strength.

"Your quirk ! I know what it does ! I know why you pretended to be quirkless !" he caught Izuku's attention, the boy stopped wiggling "Your quirk ... you can't use it, because you want to be a hero ... and because a hero can't have this kind of power, you weren't running because of me, but because of what you can do ... Do you want to know how I managed to know you had a quirk ? How I knew what it was ?"

"... y- ... yes"

"My boy ... you and I are the only people on this planet that can steal quirks"