A.N.
Disclaimer I only own Flare and Gregar.
My hero academia and all related characters belong to Kōhei Horikoshi.
The Prohibited Power is a fanfic that is written by Griffin Strange.
Everyone stared at screen, some curious, some just wanted it to be over others who were still silenced (Bakugo) tried not to make a seen. All might was anxious wondering what wait had in store for his young apprentice. Tomura was contemplating why he couldn't skip these cut scene but kept quiet as his master seemed interested in this development.
The screen displayed an empty park at sunset. A lone figure was sitting at a bench in the park scribbling in a notebook, muttering to himself.
The student's eyes all widened as they realized who the student was and looked down to their still unconscious classmate before turning their attention back to the screen when they heard footsteps.
"I hope I'm not late." asked a man as he approached the bench in the park.
All might felt his blood run cold as he stared up at the screen, his successor…..was meeting All for One. All for one meanwhile heard the various mutters of Izuku being on screen and recognized his own voice put 2 and 2 together.
"Not at all, I arrived just a minute ago." answered Izuku, nervously scratching behind his head. He didn't want to tell the man he was waiting long before everyone else left a half an hour ago.
"Well then….tell me how was school today?" All for one asked his usual question.
"Harsh…as always." The usual answer "I guess you won't tell me about you this time too" Izuku sounded a little down, clearly showing this wasn't the first time he asked.
"Maybe one day." All for One answered, his voice was neutral as he sat next to the boy.
"That's what you always say….our meetings have been going on for almost 5 years now." Izuku injected.
All for One chuckled. "HumHum….and each time you managed to pull out a story, I feel like an old man talking to his grandson in some kind of retirement home…hahah."
"Sensei." Tomura spoke weakly.
"This is another world Tomura."
Most students were surprised by the seen, seeing Izuku the most hero driven person talking to the villain. Ilda would have commented on his recklessness as well as several heroes but Nezu silenced them. Some theories started circulating among the students and teachers on whether this Izuku was a villain or a hero.
"Aren't you?" Izuku retorted on screen.
"I'm young in my head, my body however looks young but it's old…..very old, and after all… I still have to keep this mask it's not like I could go everywhere, I would scare someone to death."
"That is one freaky mask." One student commented.
"I still wonder how people manage to not notice it." Izuku wondered.
"He does have a point. It does seem kind of obvious." Momo commented.
"Of course you know how… or are you going to find out. Please go ahead, I do LOVE when you look smart in front of me."
"….A quirk? ….It isn't passive then….but…if you used it in the streets then you can't really control it's effects either so….my theory is that you can only suppress it…..like you are doing with me right now, am I right?"
"That is actually a sound analysis." One of the teacher's commented.
"Almost."
"Where was I wrong?"
"The part of the streets, I can't stay out for a long time you know this fact."
"Ah ….yes….that injury, you never showed it to me Sensie."Izuku remarked as he gestured to the mask man.
3,2,1. All the heroes and Tomura did a double take at Izuku's last statement. If there wasn't any doubt then there was now, that Izuku addressed the man as such. Tomura was very very conflicted…on one hand he had a player two, on the other hand player two was his sworn enemy after All might.
All might didn't know what to feel now. Shame, was an option, he clearly failed to put Young Midiroya on the path to be a hero in this world. Anger that All for One got to him. Worry for what the fate of this other world would have now that Midiroya was working for All for One. He knew the boy had so much potential especially with all that he had seen and All for One could turn that potential into a weapon.
All for One…was really really happy. In another world he was actually there for his son. And then the guilt hit him. In another world he was actually there for his son and they actually had a good relationship and his son didn't hate him. He really wished he had his eyes back to see this.
"You wouldn't like what you could see." All for one said on screen.
"Okay now I really want to learn what's behind the mask." Another student said absentmindedly before Recovery girl wacked them on the head.
"It's happen soon." Izuku reminded the man.
"Oh… this famous school exam? U.A. …. I'm still saying it is dangerous….even for someone like you."
"Wait he's trying to convince Izuku not to go?" Shoto asked.
"Maybe he doesn't want him to go so he won't get influenced by the heroes." Tsu suggested.
Aizawa and All might meanwhile were thinking two other things. Eraser head thought that All for one seemed a little bit fearful for Izuku, from of how the conversation went which didn't make sense considering the boys quirk and it was also suspicious that the villain would turn down a potential mole in U.A.
"I still believe I can be a hero… I haven't changed my mind." Izuku told him.
"Even without a quirk?" The man's sharp question definitely hurt the boy. All for One felt guilt. "…Sorry I didn't mean to say that this way."
"So he is quirkless." Bakugo grumbled. Others, especially the league of villains and heroes were surprised All for One apologized to the boy.
"No….I understand what you wanted to say but…I won't use quirks that do not belong to me….I will use my own power only when it's necessary." Izuku spoke.
"So he does have a quirk, but he refuses to use it. And he also refuses to use any other quirks All for One offers him." Midnight theorized. All might felt relieve but also conflicted. Izuku had worked hard and All might had given the quirkless boy his power. Now the same boy was back at that same position and he refused the power this time. He wanted to feel proud that Izuku refuse the deal with the devil but he knew it meant the boy would now have to struggle even more, especially if he insists on being quirkless. What power could make the boy so scared to even use it though was still a mystery to him.
"…You are handicapping yourself, that's what I always tell you but still….I can't comprehend why you refuse to use it…You did it once after all."
Izuku was still silent looking the other way.
"We are not so different…." Izuku muttered. "You always keep saying this, but we are not the same, you told me how you used it but it doesn't mean I want to be exactly like you."
All might's brain short circuited as he tried to process exactly what he just witness. He refused to believe this. It had to be a lie. There was no way this could be happening. This was not real. Izuku could never have the quirk of all for one.
All for One meanwhile was back to his happy place. His son had his quirk. A lot of mixed emotions flowed through his system. Some was pride, some was worry. He was also enjoying the mini freak out he knew All might was having right next to him. Gosh he wished he had eyes to see it.
The man huffed…Izuku couldn't discern with the mask if it was deception or if he simply accepted it.
"Well….I hope you know what you are doing…just-…don't hurt yourself, you have become someone really important to me."
"I won't let you down sir."
"Of course you won't my dear Izuku…well… here is some advice, at U.A. the entrance exam is literally destroying a bunch of robots in order to get points."
"R-robots? But- how do you even know that?"
"Hahaha it's not like it's a secret… you haven't been digging that much, anyway I just wanted to say that wreaking havoc on some poor weak robots isn't very heroic."
"Wait a minute, that's your exam. I would have aced that no problem." Tomura answered as he looked at some of the students. " Wait a second how the hell did some of you even beat the robots to begin with?" He asked looking at some of the students. True to his words some of them were questionable with their abilities like the invisible girl and the big quiet looking guy.
"Like we would tell you." One student rebuted.
"Why you."
"TOMURA." All for One raised his voice. The man in hands settle back in his seat.
Onscreen, gears began turning in Izuku's head.
"You think it hides something?" He asked the man.
"Oh I don't think…" All for one answered half-heartedly. He would let Izuku realize this himself.
"Not very heroic….there is another exam….right?"
All for One laughs softly before standing up. He stretched a bit and started to walk away.
"Who knows? You will tell me tomorrow right?"
"I won't have the results tomorrow."
"I was talking about the exam! And who are you kidding? You will get it….good luck" he left…yes tomorrow would definitely be a memorable day…though he didn't know in which way.
"He seemed really sure Izuku would get in." Ilda commented…"Do you think he somehow rigged the exam?"
"No." Uraraka answered. "Izuku is as heroic as they come. He knows that."
Principal Nezu meanwhile could already guess what the outcome would be, given on what he knew about the staff and Izuku however he wasn't gonna to say anything less there be other differences in the world that proved otherwise.
The next day
Izuku just finished his breakfast and was getting ready to go out now he just needed his pair of gloves ... but he could only find one.
"... Izuku" Called his mother; she was holding the other glove in her hand "... I- ... I just wanted to say that I was proud of you ... no matter what happens, you are my son and-and nothing will ever change that, I- ... I always tried to support you as much as I could, maybe I was bad at my role, maybe I never knew exactly how to help you ... when we find out what was your quirk I- ... I was scared ... scared that you would never be able to have a normal life ... this quirk was just- ... it wasn't bad, no quirk is good or bad, only the user is. When this incident with Katch- I mean Katsuki happened I feared the worst ... in the end no one remembers what happened, on that day I knew that you would never be able to use this quirk without being considered as a villain, a monster ... and still you never have up, today you are giving everything you have and- ... and-" his mother gave everything she had too ... Izuku loved her ... more than anyone so far.
"What kind of power could Izuku possibly have to cause this kind of fear from both himself and his mother." Todoroki pondered to himself. The fire and ice user could understand the fear a quirk can have. He knew better than anyone the kind of pain a simple quirk could cause with the right emotional baggage behind it. Half his face could testify to that.
The ice user remembered clearly the terrified and insane look his mother had given him before he was doused in boiling water. She was mentally, emotionally and physically broken. He was thankful however that they while Izuku and his mother seemed afraid, there were still in some sort of control. Something his siblings, his mother and himself lacked.
"Mom ...you can stop ... you didn't have to prepare all of this for me ... in fact it's me that would be completely destroyed if I can't come back and get a positive result ... I'm scared, but you know I have met someone just like me ... we talked a lot together and today I think I'm ready"
"Your friend ... I trust you Izuku ... please, if you make it to U.A. make sure to bring him here"
"Hehe, I don't think he will accept but I will definitely ask him ... I should really go now"
"NO WAY IN HELL." Bakugo yelled at the top of his lungs. The explosive boy didn't care whether this was an alternate universe or not, he would be damned if he allowed a villain to get next to aunty Inko. Turning to All for One, "YOU BETTER KEEP YOU FILTHY HANDS OFF HER." He told the villain. All for One in turn lifted a hand and several tendrils shout out and grabbed Bakugo. The heroes, students and villains all tried to move but found that they were still binded to the chairs.
"IF YOU HARM HIM ALL FOR ONE I WILL ENSURE THAT YOU SUFFER A FAITH WORSE THAN DEATH." All might threatened.
"As if you off all people could stop me." All for One retorted.
"SMASH." A voice called, and before All For One could react, he was sent flying across the room. Everyone turned their attention to his attacker expecting Izuku to have woken up but instead it was the strange man who emerged from Izuku, One for All.
"Hey bro." The man spoke with venom before charging at his brother again. Just as the two collided, Flare snapped her fingers and teleported them away.
"Gregar. Please go and make sure they don't kill each." Flare asked her brother. The wolf teleported away.
"Family, am I right?" She joked lightly but stopped when she noticed everyone just staring at her.
"Where did you send my master?" Tomura shouted.
"Relax he's gone to sort out some family issues with his brother." She answered. She waited a few minutes letting her words sink into their skulls. She could practically here the gears turning in those who were aware of One for All and the unbelieve thoughts flying through Tomura's head.
"It'll be explained later….probably." She added as she continued the show.
"You still have two hours to be at U.A."
"You never have too much time" he answers grabbing his backpack before leaving his apartment ... "Not so heroic ..." and in one night he still haven't figured it out ... "heroic ... what's heroic ?"
He had to take the tramway in order to get to U.A. ... he kept trying to understand what was the point of this exam ... of course people- ... people had to prove that their quirk was useful but ... but it isn't all what makes a hero.
It simply doesn't make sense ... this kind of exam is simply disgusting and unfair, what if someone doesn't have a quirk suited for fighting but-
"The kid isn't wrong." Midnight added. "I mean I could probably tear off my whole costume and none of the robots would fall asleep. At worse, other combatants might fall asleep and get hurt instead." Mineta and Kaminari both suffered nose blead as the image formed in their mind. Jirou noticed this and immediately struck both of them with her ear plugs,
"I told you the exam wasn't rational enough." Aizawa added.
"Well I guess I know what we're doing for next year's batch." Recovery girl told Nezu.
"Indeed we may have to take another look at our examination method." The animal principal nodded.
The train stopped, Izuku had reached his destination.
Three years ago
Everyone watched as All for One reappeared on screen for a flashback. They were back at the bench and Izuku looked…different.
"What is this on your face ?"
"Just a scratch ... I tripped when I was using my phone"
"Oh alright ... are you gonna tell the same lie to your mother ?"
Shoto almost couldn't contain his laughter. Oh the irony really was hitting him in the face today. His father , the number 2 hero was a contender for the worst father in history while the villain who for lack of a better term looked like the symbol of evil was more caring to a boy he didn't even know. Maybe he should have taken his brother's offer a long time ago. Maybe all of them should have left while they had the chance, when they could disappear.
"... my poker face is that bad ? ... kacchan- he got angry again"
"Bakugo what did you do this time." A sleepy eyed teacher wondered. Some of the students muttered to themselves. Bakugo couldn't respond, his mouth bounded as well as his body.
"Again ... and what was it all about ?"
"I- ... I had the best note for our last exam and- ... and he didn't"
"Really Bakugo. That's not manly at all." A certain red haired commented. "Seriously If you had an issue with Izuku doing better in exams then you should have studied and tried to beat him in the next one." Ilda added.
"Jealousy then ... hum ... how pathetic, I still don't understand why you keep telling yourself he is your friend-"
"I'm not- it's just that-" The man turned around and stared at Izuku "I-... I- ..."
Most of the kids felt themselves grow a little smaller as Izuku's perspective made All for One look like a towering figure to them. There was something quite undeniable about the man in his appearance.
"See ? I just have to look serious and you lose all control ... there is a reason to why he keeps targeting you, I don't think he remembers the incident of course ... however he is abusing of your "quirkless" status ... as everyone is ... you look weak ... it's like a bucket of crab, each time one will try to climb up the others will just pull him back to the bottom"
"Please don't say that" Izuku's voice had become very low, he wasn't scared of being honest with this man ... he was just too scared of the truth.
"... One day, eventually ... you will show him how weak he is compared to you"
"We did." Uraraka added. "We beat Bakugo and Ilda in the heroics test." She stated proudly.
"... I will ... but without this power"
"What is so terrifying about his power, though." Tsu asked out loud.
The man stood up and walked away "I won't be here for a week ... I hope you can handle yourself during this time" but then he stopped "Oh, one last thing ... never be scared of being smarter than the others as it is probably your best weapon"
"The man's not wrong. In the time before quirks power was either achived through one of three methods. Brute force, cunning intelligence and charisma or a combination of the two." Nezu added.
Izuku smiled and waved goodbye at the man.
The gates of U.A were massive, the school was almost a small city by itself ... or a big military base, depends of your point of view. But right after the gate the inside was more welcoming, a bunch of trees with pink leaves, some were falling with the wind.
He stopped for a moment to look around him, but he didn't pay attention to the people walking rain him ... especially one who had planned to push him away.
"OUT OF MY WAY" Izuku was pushed aside and he almost fell down ... he didn't even received a look, his former best friend just kept walking. The other students around them were already losing interest and making their way inside.
"Are you okay ?" That however was unusual, Izuku looked behind him and saw a hand.
"No-no I'm fine than-" Izuku grabbed the hand and as he stood up he realised that this hand actually belong to a girl ... a very cute girl.
Uraraka blushed as she saw the screen gain a pink tint around it. "Ha. Even in another universe, Izuku still likes you." Mina teased, causing Uraraka's face to turn even more red. The Gravity girl started to float up slowly as the comments started passing around the room.
"Yeah I am still waiting for him to ask her to a date, but they both seem so dense." Toga interjected. Her sudden outburst earned her stares from everyone, heroes and villains alike. "What? I'm a sucker for romance and those two are the most adorable example of it. Would they look cuter if they were bloody, yes but they're cute nonetheless." The villain girl said.
"This is both the cutest and most logical ship in my opinion." Flare commented gaining looks from all the other students. "It's certainly better than some of the ships I've seen across the multiverse and I'm not just talking about yours." She paused the screen and opened a drop box on screen revealing different images with izuku with other girls. "However some of these work as well in my opinion." Flare added.
"Wait when did Izuku get with all those babes." Mineta screamed.
"Relax grape boy. YOUR Izuku didn't get with them. There just a long listen of potential ships in the multiverse. You all have that list but Izuku's list is just a lot more extensive. Mostly because he so common as a pivotal point in the timelines that little changes like who he dates sends ripples through out." Flare added.
"Wait what."
"Moving on. I'll answer them during the break."
"I don't even know what this kind of person is doing here ... do you know him ?"
"I-I do ... but don't worry ... it's not important, you are here for the exam too right ?"
"Hehe yes ... actually it's great to be able to talk with someone else to- ... well release some tension"
"You don't know anyone here either I suppose"
"No ... I'm Ochaco Uraraka"
"Izuku Midoriya ... we still have some time before going to the conference room ... so ... how about we stick together ?"
"Sure ! I was going to ask the same thing"
Well ... Sensei was right, being himself was hard but oh how it felt good ... and wow he actually spoke to a girl ? And got her name ? In less than one minute ?
"... hello ?"
"Uh what- oh ... I spaced out didn't I ? Please don't tell me I said weird things"
"N-no you didn't say anything ... still we should go near, just in case we get lost, this place is gigantic"
"So only we have to listen to his mumbling."
"Yeah ... I wonders if every door is as great as the main gate"
"Most likely yes ... I'm so scared, I wonder what the exam is all about"
"... robots ..." Izuku said softly
"What ? You said robots ?"
"Y-yeah ... a good friend of mine told me what it would be ... he didn't told me everything though, that would be cheating ... I guess ?"
"Robots then ... well I guess I can deal with this, my quirk is called Zero Gravity, I can suppress the impact of gravity on anything I touch ... well almost anything, it has to be solid and I have a weight and- ... well not time limit but I get sick if I do it for too long"
Izuku had to resist ... such a quirk was simply too interesting, it had so much possibilities, what if she could hold her quirk long enough ? Would the object or the person end up deriving somewhere, who knows, in space ? To the moon ? Could she use it on herself ?
Several of the boys and girls sweat dropped, as they heard all the thoughts swirling through Izuku's head. Though saw several words start to circle him as the screen changed to show his different thoughts.
"And you, what's your quirk Izuku ?"
"M-mine ? ... well I- ... I-"
"... Is it related to the gloves ? If it's awkward we can talk about something else you know, I'm not forcing you"
"I- ... yes sorry I'd rather not talk about my- ... my quirk yes"
"Smooth real smooth."
They kept heading toward the conference room, they didn't talk much more on their way they mostly asked each others about their schools, exchanging phone numbers, planning to have lunch together eventually ... it felt so Strange especially for Izuku.
According to the schedule the written exams had to last for three hours but the physical exam however had no special indication.
Anyway, once they reached the conference room, which was in fact a gigantic classroom, they both received a seat number and a subject for the written exam. Ochaco looked rather confident, she could since the written exam wasn't necessary to be received ... according to the schedule again, who knows why the staff of U.A. still use this exam if the result don't matter.
Izuku's subject concerned, math, history and ... some kind of question about a hostage situation ... heroic philosophy ? He could face math and history but ... damn this last part, there is no perfect answer for such a question, he would just have to take the best option ...
Three Years ago
"What is this look on your face ? Something bad happened ?"
"Did Bakugo do something again?" Tsu wondered
"... I- ... I wondered ... heroes can't be everywhere right ? Then ... they can't save everyone"
"Of course ... just like the police, it happens ... why though ?"
"Of course you can't." Tomura spoke out. "After all most of you just need to save the people that matter right." He shouted angrily. "The people who society actually gives a damn about. The people who others will see be saved." He continued. "You heroes can't save everyone many people should stop being brainless NPCs into believing you will save them." He growled. Some of the heroes were about to speak but Flare silenced them immediately, so Tomura wasn't interrupted. "After all there is more to saving a person than knocking out someone you perceive as evil."
"That has to be the most sensible thing I've heard you say. Or the stupidest." Twice added.
"You know I like to read articles about heroes and their quirks right ? ... well I- ... I found some reports about the villain named Muscular-"
"Trash ... tshhh ... excuse me I shouldn't have interrupted you ... Well if I had to give you an answer ... imagine this situation, there is great war, a massive one between two civilisations of fighters, you are part of one of them and this one is pacifist ... however the other one simply thinks about killing everything and it is about to win ... if you could end the war by destroying the entire hostile civilisation along with yours ... would you do it ?"
"... What would happen if I do that ?"
"Simple ... no more war ... all the other civilisations are saved ... but yours will be gone forever ... in order to save billions you killed millions without their consent"
Izuku thought really hard about this question ...
"Do not bother trying to find another way ... this is your lesson for today ... It's about sacrifice, you have to understand that, No ... not everyone can be saved that's a fact ... but you shall never give up because of this"
All might just stared at the screen, a mixture of anger and understanding. Her understood this was an alternate world, hence this version of All for One may actually be more human than his version…but it still boiled his blood. The man who his mentor sacrificed her life to stop was now talking to his apprentice about how not everyone can be saved and sacrifices should be made. He couldn't tell whether it was hypocrisy or irony.
"Sensei ... you are always talking about how most heroes are bad and corrupted by the system ... and yet you are helping me ... why ?"
"So he is actually teaching the boy that system is wrong. Good to know." Dabi thought. He was glad that these students were also forced to watch this. Maybe they would see just how bad there society really was and why they needed to burn it. He glanced at Todoroki. The fire and ice especially should know how corrupt the hero system is…especially since he knew the truth of the number 2 hero. Maybe he should try persuading him.
"Because I think you can be different ... the right man in the wrong place can make all the difference ... yes, I won't rephrase this one"
"He is different." All might thought. Izuku wants to be a hero for the sake of being able to help people and make a difference.
"I should go now ... Mom is waiting for me"
"Oh yes, I'm not keeping you ..."
In the end Izuku considered that he did great, he managed to found Ochaco again outside for their lunch.
"So ? Your subject ?"
"Economy and chemistry ... and something about quirk analysis"
"Oh, I would have liked this last one"
"Quirk analysis ?"
"Y-yes, I do a lot, h-here look" Izuku took his most recent notebook from his backpack and showed it to Ochaco.
"W-wow ! It's so detailed" She closed it after reading the fifth page and took a look at the cover "Number fourteen ?! You made that much ?"
"Kids smart." One of the teachers commented. "Indeed." Aizawa added. "That kind of information in the right or wrong hand could certainly be a game changer."
"Yes, I don't remember exactly when I started ..."
Ochaco noticed that the cover was a bit burned "Something happened ? An accident ?" She asked pointing at the burned corner.
"I think I can guess why it's burn." One of the student said as they glanced at Bakugo.
"Not exactly ... I think we are going to be separated for the physical exam ... so ... good luck if that's the case ... and if it's not well ... we could help each other's right ?"
"But- ... what about the points ?"
"Don't worry about me ... I won't try to steal yours ... as long as you don't try to steal mines"
"Seems fair then"
"Kill stealing is a scummy move in gaming." Tomura muttered to himself.
A bell rang, lunch time had ended, all the examines converged to another conference room, still a missive one but an actual room made for conference.
Izuku was far away from Ochaco once again, not a surprise however he ended up being RIGHT next to Katsuki Bakugo, hopefully this last one wouldn't notice him ... at least he didn't so far.
"What are the odds?" Someone commented.
"In every world he and Bakugo took the exam. They always sat together." Flare commented.
"Seriously?"
"Yep."
The rules of the physical exam were presented by Present Mic ... and the conference quickly turned into a one man show. The rules were simple three types of robots, each giving one, two or three points upon destruction.
There was also one last robot but this one didn't give any point for it's destruction, instead Present Mic simply said that the examines should just avoid it if it ever appears ...
After that everyone was sent to some kind of training facilty. Izuku didn't see Ochaco but if he was right then she should have been in the same facility as him
The facility was enormous, obviously U.A. really enjoyed to do everything seriously ... the examines were given a few minutes so they could change, Izuku had a blue suit ... he didn't thought such about what he should be wearing for the exam ... expect for the gloves.
Four years ago
"Another Flashback. This is the third one."
"Gloves ? ... that's new, the new "hyped" thing maybe ?"
"N-no ... in fact I had to ask you if this kind of gloves could prevent me from-"
"Using your quirk I know why you are wearing this, I tried this method myself to see what could stop me ... it doesn't work like that"
Izuku gritted his teeth and proceeded to tear apart the gloves but an hand stopped him.
"But-... they can be helpful psychologically, quirks do not only activate if you want it, your state of mind is a factor too and if the gloves make you feel safer then that's a solution"
Tomura listened to his master's words. His state of mind was factor as well? He thought back to some of his memories especially of Father and his family. Nah.. he was probably fine.
"But you just said-"
"That I didn't stopped it, I never said that it wasn't harder to use it ... you did not listen until then end, as a good student you are trying to understand as fast as possible and I admire that, but you also have to listen sometimes"
"Take notes." Aizawa told his class.
'If he wasn't a villain I might have offered him a spot as a teacher." Nezu thought.
"Sorry Sensei ..."
"... You should try black and green ... it matches very well with your hair"
The other examines sounded very "confident" about this exam, Izuku heard some discussing together as he was looking for Ochaco.
"At the very least we have one less rival to worry about ... look how skinny he is"
"Yeah, compared to us he won't last for long ... lucky us"
"And yet the boy is in U.A. and there not." Kurogiri stated.
"Still questioning how Bakugo made it though."
B* ... they shouldn't underestimate him ... there ! He found her again, she was trying to focus ... he decided to wait befo-
"Hey you ! Are you trying to interfere with everyone else on this exam ?" Another examine in a blue suit grabbed Izuku by the shoulder and dragged him further away from Ochaco.
"W-what ?"
"It seems that I make the same mistake in misjudging Midoriya in any world." Ilda commented.
"Not true, only 90% of time are you are disgrace." Flare added.
"You really know how to give a pep talk."
"Don't you see she is trying to focus ?!" Either he was doing this on purpose or he really over reacted ... anyway this was just getting annoying.
"Of course I'm seeing this, you never imagined that we could be friends or that I had no intention to disturb her at all ?" Izuku really had to work out his character, his answer only made the other examine raise an eyebrow.
"Wow Ochaco, he's already calling you friends even after only knowing you since morning." Mina teased. The gravity user was still floating above their heads and she only got higher.
"STAAAAAAAART !" This came out from absolutely nowhere, the massive doors of the training facility opened and everyone simply stood in front for five seconds.
Izuku knew he should go but he really wanted to find Ochaco first-
"What are you waiting for ?" Asked a voice through a loud speaker "Go on ! You are wasting time"
He didn't have much choice now, he was already far behind the group and he had lost Ochaco. Izuku ran after one of the group and tried to find a part of the city where the robots were still active.
And it wasn't that simple ... he had ... no quirk, he couldn't simply smash the robots like most of the other examines did and most of the time someone else would steal his robot.
"If there were ever odds for him to overcome it would be that." Tokiyama spoke.
Ten minutes later he still didn't have any point ... It was now or never, he had to figure out what was the other part of the exam or else-
Suddendly a building collapsed right next to him and on top of it there was an enormous metal hand, no wonder it was the famous zero point robot. The other examines started to run away and so did Izuku, they were all running toward the exit as if the exam was already finished, instead Izuku just hid between two buildings if only he could figure out what Sensei meant ...
"H-help !" Someone yelled from the street in which the zero point robot had emerged ... Ochaco ... Izuku ran toward the origin of the voice without thinking and his friend was here stuck under a rubble, half of her body was being crushed.
Nezu and some of the staff sweatdropped. She was fine but there was probably only making themselves look worse in the villains eyes.
The robot was getting closer ... no one was here to help her and the other examines were just running away without even giving her a glance ...
"Ladies and Gentleman. The future heroes." Dabi joked.
"N-no ... that's not fair" Izuku ran the opposite way.
"Awwww, Izuku going to save his girlfriend even when he'll got pounded is just the cutest thing ever." Toga cooed.
The robot was getting closer, already his head was moving and aiming at Ochaco.
"I-Izuku ?! I'm stuck !"
"I see that ! You can't use your quirk ?"
"N-no I- ... I'm ... exhausted"
All might felt his hands tremble as he stared at one of the students and his successor.
She was losing consciousness either because she was panicking or because she couldn't breathe considering her position, Izuku tried but he couldn't move the debris ...
"A lesson about sacrifice ... just this once-" Izuku quickly took of both of his gloves and took Ochaco's hand "Everyone lives !"
The pure determination in his voice spoke volumes to them. Tomura scoffed at the notion of everyone being saved but didn't speak as the boy had earned his respect. Level 1 runs were always a challenge on skill and he would respect the boys guts for attempting it.
One Year ago
"Last one." Flare told them.
"Using a quirk without taking it ?"
"Wait.., did he say take a quirk."
"Yes ... made some experiences about this when I used a quirk that forces another quirk to activate"
"I thought his quirk was hiding the creepy mask."
"It works ?"
"Not on every quirks but mostly on contact quirks ... I just thought this fact could be interesting ... hahaha I don't even know how many quirks you analysed but what's funny is that you could never analyse your own quirk"
" It is kind of funny."
"It's not like I could ..."
"You never asked your mother ? You said that her quirk wasn't so strong and- Oh nevermind ... telekinesis right ? Or the equivalent ... bad idea-"
"That really can end in so many bad ways."
"It could either hurt me or my mother more than any other quirk I could take, that would be the case for any quirk which requires a sensible muscle like the brain, the hearth or the lungs for example, it might also explains why our quirk doesn't work on mutation"
"So we're safe." Mina exclaimed as she hugged her fellow mutant quirk users.
"... did you write this ?"
"I made some theory ..."
"Oh ... may I have a look one day ?"
"I thought you couldn't read"
"Blind or illiterate?" One student asked.
"Blind. He's too smart from the looks of it." Another answered.
"I can't but I can ask someone to do so ... and I could also correct some informations if you want"
"That would be great ..."
"Okay this part is more for visual representation." Flare told them.
A pink light glowed all over Ochaco….the light then began to crawl over Izuku as it engulfed them both.
Izuku pressed Ochaco's other hand as well has his own other hand on the biggest rubble above Ochaco and the rubble started to float, just enough so he could get Ochaco away.
"What."
"The"
"Actually"
"Fudge." Flare finished. "Don't anybody swear in the room."
All the students looked around in confusion. Ochaco was at loss for words. Did Deku just use her quirk, holy cow, deku just used her quirk. Several theories started to float around about him having either zero gravity or copy, Monoma's quirk.
And he managed to save her at the very last moment, the next second the robot's fist ended right where Ochaco was previously stuck.
"Okay that would have definitely killed them." Flare deadpanned,
"So close." Tomura said as he scratched his neck.
"STOOOPPPPP ! AND THAT WILL BE ALL THANK YOU ! SEE YOU IN TWO WEEKS ! ... MAYBE !" Announced Present Mic through the speakers once again ...
"Straight to the point. Didn't think you had it in you." Aizawa deadpanned.
"I concur." Kurogiri added.
"Hey." Present commented.
The giant robot seemed to shut down ... Izuku carefully dropped Ochaco in a safe spot and he collapsed on the ground ... there he goes ... he completely failed the exam but on the good side he saved someone and managed to make a friend ...
"Yeah that exam sucked. My opinion on your hero society decays even more." Flare whispered to herself.
"Places ! Places everyone, and again they thought it was funny to just make it pop in the middle of nowhere and- Hey ! It's not the time to sleep !" Izuku stood up in surprise as a cane hit is head, it was an old woman ...
Everyone let out a snicker at that. Recovery girl coughed immediately making them silent.
"R-recovery girl !"
"Ah at least you know my name, what happened to your friend ?" She said pointing at the body of Ochaco with her cane.
"Sh-she got stuck under some rubbles and I think she lost consciousness because her body was being compressed under"
"Good observation, here you are going to help me would you ! Carry her ... It's not like I'm going to do everything myself right ?"
"Y-yes !"
The girls all cooed at this passing comments on how Izuku was such a good boyfriend. Ochaco was still red on the ceiling and some of the boys groaned at the high expectations being set for them.
Half an hour later
Ochaco opened her eyes ... she was on something soft ... a bed ? And the room she was in was completely white.
"Ah ! See, I told you she was alright" an old lady face appeared above Ochaco.
"W-where am I ?" She asked clearly confused by the drastic change of environment.
"You lost consciousness during the exam, so your friend over here carried you to the infirmary" she pointed her thumb behind her, Izuku was sitting on a chair and waving awkwardly.
"What a gentlemen." Midnight teased.
"Izuku ! Thank you !"
"Without him Nezu's toy would have crushed you, the rubble were already barely letting you breath and your ankle was getting twisted ... don't worry though, right now your are in the exact same state as this morning"
"Thank you ...-"
"Recovery girl, I guess we will be seeing each other a lot if you managed to make a good score, I was watching but not judging so it's not up to me ... but I can tell that you made a great performance"
"R-really ! Thank you !" She made it ! Her parents will be so happy
"Stay here for five minutes please ... I just have a few things to see before you leave"
"No problem ... and you Izuku ?How was the exam ?"
"M-me ? I- ... hehe I thing I did as great as you" he smile seemed honest but their was somethings off with it ... "Well I- ... oh no ! I'm late ! SorryIhavetoleavemymomiswaitingformebutIreallywantedtostayuntilyouwakeuplet'stexteachotherslatergoodbye !"
"He needs help." Some of the students thought.
Ochaco understood that his mom was waiting ... but she was still impressed that he managed to put so much in ten seconds.
When recovery girl came back with a cup of water and a bunch of paper she looked sad.
"Something is wrong ?" Asked Ochaco
"Oh ... no ... He is right ... he really did a great job, there is in fact two kind of point system ... villain and hero points if you prefer ... he got 0 villain points but by saving you he probably got the maximum amount of hero points"
"So ... why are you so ... down ?"
"Even with a hightsocre like this he won't get in"
"Why ?"
"... he is quirkless"
"….. Bull-" "Language." Flare told them.
The screen faded to black as a list of the other episodes appeared. They stared at the screen for a few seconds. Nothing happened.
"what's happening?"
"we are waiting on the three musketeers." Flare answered. "We can't exactly move on unless everybody in the room is present, seeing that they might take a while, feel free to talk among your self's by the time and mingle. I'll be back shortly." and with that she teleport out of the room.
Meanwhile with the three musketeers...
1 sidestepped another piece of flying debris. He had been doing that for a few minutes now as the musketeer brothers duked it out. All for One for his age was fairing a lot better than his recently revived brother no doubt due to added healing given to him from Flare. He was wondering how long it would take the quirk stealer to realize how unnecessary the mask was.
One for All was another story. OFA was on the offensive keeping his brother on his guard at all times. That was surprising in and off itself seeing as the power he had was in its weakest form at stock 1. The fight was like an unstoppable force versus and immovable object.
"You haven't changed a bit." AFO spoke.
"Maybe not. But you clearly did." The younger one replied as he lunged forward. AFO raised a hand and a huge surge of air came forward pushing the younger brother back. OFA flipped back and landed on his feet. He lifted one of his leg up and stomped it at an angle facing his brother, a mini earthquake rushing towards AFO as the ground cracked towards him. The elder brother leap into the air before sending another air blast at his brother.
OFA had none of it as quickly lifted a broken piece of flooring and sent it flying towards his brother. He then darted straight behind it and jumped. As he predicted the rock smashed to pieces in front him but he quickly clapped his hands and sent another shock-wave carrying the broken rocks forward.
All for one couldn't react fast enough and was struck by rocks in his face. Several in particular struck his helmet with enough force to make his make his ears ring. One For All then darted forward his highest speed towards his older brother, who was trying his best to regain his focus only noticing his rapidly approaching brother, he tried to counter attack...but One For All slid right beneath him. Confused the elder brother turned to see where is brother went only to realize his familiar had kept going run around the room in a vertical path before appearing from behind him. The symbol of evil didn't even know what happened until he felt his brother grab him by the back of his pants and collar and lift him off the ground and into the nearby wall.
"That's got to hurt." Gregar winced as he saw OFA step back before collapsing on the ground. AFO's arms bulked up as he pressed against the wall and forcefully pried himself out of it. Bits and piece of his mask remained in the wall with the exception of what covered his eyes and nose. Gregar noticed the blood that stained AFO's white hair. One For All's faced morph into one of surprise as he saw it as well before he noticed the smile on his brother's face.
"I win another one. Now I'm up one." He told his brother.
"Where did you learn to count? We're even." All for One countered.
"Well how about we go again." OFA retorted.
"How about no." Gregar interjected.
He had been watching the brothers fight for some time and in all honesty he knew they were holding back. Or at least he was aware All for One was holding back. The fight had been explosive at first but when he saw either of them reach the point of attaining a killing blow he saw the hesitation between them. Whether it be One for All stopping him self from breaking his brother like twig or All for One only using his air cannon and a few strength enhancers.
They were the only family each other had before. Off course they wouldn't kill each other. That didn't me everything was sunshine and rainbows. They would probably fight with everything they got if they had to but in a fight where there was no stakes except the life of each other they would pull their punches.
"I assume that you're both calm enough to return." He told them. The two shrugged.
"I'm calm. He however..." All for one pointed to his younger brother."is a different story."
"Well excuse me if I'm still pissed about you becoming the human version of Darkside... or Lex Luthor you do got the suit after all."
"Really Quick Silver. You didn't see this coming."
"Hey I'm more of Flash guy or at the very least I'm the quicksilver from the X men Apocalypse and Days of future movies. That guy was good."
"Okay enough with the old superhero references. I get it you both love marvel and DC." Gregar growled. "I also get that you both still hate each other. So I'm not going to play therapist...that's Flare's job...I just need to make sure that you two can vent properly."
"I can assure you I have enough self control." One for All told them. All for One snorted at this.
"Really little brother?" All for One said sarcastically. "One Halloween you said you could stop yourself from over eating on the twinkies and that very night you basically entered a sugar induced coma."
"Hey you promised we would never talk about the twinkies again." One for All complained almost childishly.
"Hello. Villain. Symbol of Evil, here." All for One practically chuckled in a practical parody of himself.
"What just happened." Gregar grumbled as he saw the reactions of the two brothers go from fighting to the death to fight to the not death to hating each other verbally to acting like kids. The wolf coughed earning a glance from the two.
Immediately All for One's more serious and dark demeanor returned. One for All's appearance was a bit more deceptive, he looked plain and simple enough. Like he had no real power or was probably a buffoon. The frail appearance he had from his life before could probably contribute to that.
"You aren't as terrifying as you let on." The wolf told All For One.
"Are you sure that's not just your perception of me." All for One countered. Gregar pondered for a moment. It probably was..he saw a lot worse in a lot of other worlds than what All For One did. Gregar's own rival Nebula literally walked around with heads of his victims infused into his armor the terror and screams his victims suffered being mirrored by the heads.
"Maybe your right. I'm sure if I took any other pipsqueak from the theater and had them face you then they would be terrified from their point of view. Well c'est la vie." He told them. "Time to head back." He said as he snapped his fingers. The two of them vanished from the room. After they left green particles floated up from the room as the space began fixing itself.
A.N. and done.
That took a lot longer than i thought it would. I'm gonna take a moment to clear up some details here so here goes.
1)All for One in this story is Izuku's father and Inko is aware of this.
2) Due to One for All stockpiling power as well as other attributes from its previous holder i'd say it is possible to split them up, and splitting them from Izuku practically removes them from the Quirk. One vestige is refered to as a stock and all of them have the stockpile power in addition to whatever quirk they had. Seeing as how Izuku is the current holder of the full One for All he has stock level 9, but since Nana and One for All were removed, he is now stock 7. Nana and One for All are currently stock 1 and each and all might is technically using power at stock 8 but is limited due to him already passing it to Izuku.
3) For those of you who feel All for One is not being done justice. I must apologize but this is not the type of scenario where he can display power. He is bidding his time here. He is aware he is facing two being who are powerful without quirks, they are not human and they seem to have omnipotence and are aware off his crimes but choose to ignore him if he cooperates. He knows that while he may have power, he is outclassed against Flare and Gregar so he only needs to play the waiting game. He has no reason to mistrust them as they haven't proven themselves to be enemies ( they did technically pummel All might and revive his brother.)
