Authors Note: I had a thought and I'm kinda on a roll so here's more. I own nothing.
Unknown Variable
All for One sat in his dark office, watching the news coverage of Tomura's attack on the USJ. The woman on the screen was talking.
"…unprecedented attack. Luckily, we're being told there were few injuries. We're getting reports that two pro heroes, Eraserhead and Thirteen, were injured in the conflict along with a student Izumi Midoriya." All for One went so still he didn't even seem to breathe. "According to sources within UA the student's injuries were minor in comparison to the wounds inflicted on the pro heroes. All Might stepped in and ended the conflict in an explosive battle." The footage switched to a camera outside the USJ. The group of students stood around there, the cameras were behind a police line and he could make out none of what the students were saying as the reporter continued to speak. But he wasn't paying attention to her anymore. Instead he was scanning the crowd, he recognized two faces. Shoto Todoroki, son of the number two hero. They'd known about him for a while, he could prove to be a problem later in life.
The other face he recognized was Katsuki Bakugou. A childhood friend of his daughter's and the son of one of his wife's closest friends. He remembered Izumi playing with the boy at the park, playing Heroes and Villains. He took a breath and began to search through the files they had stolen from UA during the media frenzy. The class schedule they had stolen included a list of students, but not their quirks, he hadn't bothered with it since it didn't have any pertinent information anyway. His fingers scanned the list and froze on a single name.
It had been so long since he had seen them. He would never be able to see them with his own eyes again, thanks to All Might. All Might. He growled to himself. Izumi couldn't be at UA, not without help from a very powerful outside source. She had no quirk after all, he'd seen to that. He took a few deep breaths and flicked on his connection to the AV setup in the bar. Tomura would be resting but Kirogiri could answer his questions.
"Kirogiri."
"Yes Master? Tomura is resting."
"I expected as much. I want to speak to you. In person. Now." There was a slight change in the feel of the air in the room.
"I am here Master." He let himself have a sinister smile.
"I am aware. Just because the Symbol of Peace took my eyes from me does not mean I am blind Kirogiri." Many years ago, he'd taken an expanded sensory quirk from an unfortunate youth who'd wandered into the wrong place at the wrong time. While it didn't give him his sight back it allowed him to 'see' in a different way, combining his other senses to make up for the deficiency. "Tell me about the attack. Everything."
Kirogiri began his story. All for One listened intently. He gave no outward sign of his interest in Izumi or any of her classmates. No one could know about her after all. He'd made that promise to himself a long time ago. Kirogiri described Izumi breaking her legs leaping to help All Might. All for One twitched slightly but it was so minute that the smoking man missed it. Once Kirogiri had finished All for One nodded.
"You did well. You may return to the bar now." The warp villain bowed and vanished. All for One turned back to his monitors. His hands were shaking. He knew exactly what had happened now. All Might had taken something precious from him. He had found his family, though he couldn't have known what it was he'd found, and he had chosen Izumi as his successor. His sweet little Izu was the ninth possessor of One for All.
This meant several things. First of all it meant that All Might was truly weakening. Once One for All was passed on the previous user weakened. It was how he'd killed Nana Shimura after all. All Might would be easier to kill now. The fact that Izumi was breaking bones told him she had next to no control over One for All. It also made him exceedingly angry, angrier at All Might than when he'd taken his eyes and any last vestige of a chance he would be able to return to his family. He wondered if Inko knew how their daughter had acquired a quirk. He guessed she knew partial facts, if not a fabricated story. He knew that the holders of One for All were fiercely protective of their secret. He took another deep breath. This would require some tweaking of his plans. He folded his hands and frowned.
Across town Izumi Midoriya was having a dream. She wasn't sure if it was a nightmare or not. She was standing alone in a dark space. It seemed open but so empty, devoid of anything at all, a void of existence. She felt so afraid, floating in that space unable to move or breathe. Then a bright pinprick of light bloomed into existence. It was white and miles away from her. Another sprouted, closer this time but still so far away. This one was purple and just as bright as the first. Another bloomed, still closer to her. This one was blue. The next to bloom was red. The one after that was black but not like the void around her, it was still bright and Izumi felt safe. She had felt safe since the first light bloomed, though she was still hanging in a void and was so far away from the lights she felt that if she tried hard enough she could reach out and touch each light.
Another light bloomed, it was orange. Another, this one was so close and it was silver. The next one blossomed right in front of Izumi. It was gold and pulsed with so much light it almost hurt her eyes. She reached out, not knowing why she was doing it. She touched the light and another bloomed but this one seemed to grow from her fingers and spread throughout her body. It was bright green. It reached the top of her head and she shot upright in bed panting.
She blinked and frowned. For the life of her she could not remember the dream she'd been having or why it had woken her. She got out of bed and crept to the kitchen for a glass of water. She paused to check in on her mother and found her sleeping soundly. She smiled and silently crept back to her room. This time when she fell asleep she dreamed of nothing.
