A.N. Okay so I know that there are many reaction style fics out there in the world wide web, and i know this already a little unconvventional given that it's another fanfic everyone is reacting too, but what exactly do you all like about and what do you think makes this one stand out compared to others.
I really want to know what my strengths are with this and if there is anything I'm missing.
As far as the character reactions go i know i could do better, but i feel it's best to focus on a sole group of people among them, but as the fic goes on I'll interchange them, some of them really have no connection to Izuku to make there reactions worthwhile unlike most of the main set and are really just there to fill gaps.
Well on with the kidnapping...reviews will be appreciated.
One For All relaxed back into his chair as he waited for the group to return. He doubted the wolf would have actually suffered hyperthermia given his already insane strength and durability but given how it seemed the world itself punished him, he didn't know what to think now. It seemed like Gregar and Flare were actually under the orders of some higher being why else would they say that they had rules to follow as well and also get punished for breaking those rules. On the other hand he would admit that he did find it funny, especially when his brother was currently tied to a chair upside down. Flare and Gregar were odd but they were the good kind, well as good as kidnapping 30 something people can be. The first holder's thoughts were interrupted when one of his successors approached him.
"Are you really One For All?" All might asked in a serious tone. It was clear the symbol of peace liked this situation the least off all. One For All knew each of his successors like the back of his hand due to how long he stayed within each of them with Deku being the only mystery as he was still a child and still growing.
"That depends, are you ever gonna stop flexing to look buff. I kind of preferred the scrawny kid from Brooklyn." The first user told him.
"I'm from Tokyo." All might corrected.
"You wear the red, white and blue. You were once powerless but had a pure heart and was then given my quirk which brought your physical capabilities further than humanly possible and you are basically the poster boy for model hero. You are practically Captain America and I am gonna address you and refer to you as such Toshinori Yagi." The first user deadpanned.
"You still didn't answer my question….also who is Captain America?" All Might asked. All For One who was currently feeling the blood flowing towards his head turned to face the Symbol Of Peace and then his brother. He knew what his dear old old brother was gonna say.
"And I don't think I will." One For All answered with a smirk. He could tell his brother was going crazy with all the pop culture references he was making to the heroes from the days before quirks. Was he being cringy, possibly but if it irritated his older brother then he could do this all day.
"Are you for real?" All might asked.
"Fine you've talked to me into it." One For All said, he paused for dramatic effect making sure his brother could clearly see him. "I am One For All." He deadpanned trying his best to mimic the legendary Tony Stark.
"WOULD YOU JUST CAN IT WITH ALL THE POP CULTURE REFERENCES!" All For One screamed, startling everyone in the theater.
"No, I don't think I will." the younger brother answered.
"You already used that one." All For One grumbled.
"Shit."
"Language." All For One yelled.
"Ha, now you're doing it as well." One For All teased.
"When I get out of this we'll do 'get help'." All for One threatened.
"Oh fudge, you're making references." One for All sweatdropped as he remembered what that particular reference was. All might was already walking away, he didn't know what mind games the two were playing but he would get to the bottom of it.
"Okay I'll admit we should make them do 'Get Help' later." Flare joked as she watched the monitor. "All might's reaction was priceless."
"I still can't believe All For One is acting like that" Nezu stated.
"He's only acting like that mainly due to his brother being here. If it wasn't for One for All, he probably would have been brooding in the corner or plotting." Flare said.
"So that really is One For All."
"Yep."
"The two brothers fought each other during the first episode and that broke most of their tension. As Gregar had noted they didn't carry any desire to kill the other, both showing some restraints with their powers. Gregar counted a total of 39 times where either of them could have killed the other if they tried. At best I'd say there relationship is like a DMC type of relationship."
"DMC?" Nezu asked.
"It was a popular game series that existed around One for All and All for One's youth. Two brothers bestowed with great powers were always fighting. One was serious and sort more power defeating any who stood in his way often, and endangering the world and the people who lived there. The other was goofier, less powerful but would stand in his brother's way to protect the people. The younger brother would eventually grow in power and match his brother, leading to numerous clashes and so they would fight for years, until it was the only thing they could remember doing." She explained.
"That sounds like a very sad relationship to have." Recovery girl added.
"It was but there was a happy ending to the story." Flare explained. "You see, the older brother had a son who also inherited the power of his father. The father was never around at the time due to reason but the son found a mentor figure in the younger brother and took up the legacy of the younger brother. Eventually there was one last rematch between the brothers, but this time the son intervened. The story ends with the son fighting when the younger brother could not and defeats the father for the final time. The two brothers reconcile but they still fight only this time it is more for sparring and fun rather than to kill each other."
"The parallels between the two are quite profound, but they still lack the son….unless…" Nezu trailed off as he stared at the screen showing the people in the theater. He glanced between the two brothers and then the heroes, more specifically Izuku and All might. Recovery girl also gasped as she started putting two and two together.
"About time you figured it out." Gregar smirked.
"So it really is true."
"So it seems."
"Toshinori is All for One's son."
Both Gregar and Flare both facepalmed hard, Gregar's claws actually digging into his face. "No you fools, Izuku is All For One's son and Tomura is Nana Shimura's grandson." Gregar deadpanned.
"That was my second guess." Nezu added," But you have to admit it made more sense at the time seeing the age difference."
"I'm adding All Might being the son of All For One to the list of ridiculous theories, it should fit right below Todoroki's Izuku being All might's secret love child." Flare told them.
However as she was writing it down on her notepad, a phone rang. Flare looked down realizing it was hers.
"Hey Decibel what's up…..I'm suppose to do what now...no didn't forget….I'm uh heading over right now." Flare hung up the phone. "Okay change of plans. Gregar I'm gonna need you to watch them while I go…."
"Perform with Decibel. Yeah I know she invited me but I told her no since we had been booked with this whole kidnapping. I had assumed you did the same." Gregar deadpanned. He then saw Flare giving him a puppy dog look ironic since he was the actual dog. "Alright fine, but don't you dare tell anyone where I am." The wolf threatened.
"Have I ever mentioned how your the best brother in the world." Flare laughed.
"Yes. Now go." Gregar ushered her and she teleported out of the room.
"What was that all about?" Nezu asked.
"She double booked." Gregar merely responded. "Let's head back and check on your students."
Gregar and co. arrived to a surprisingly peaceful and conflict lacking setting. The heroes and villains mostly kept to themselves, being on opposite sides with the exception of One for All who was sitting next to his brother and enjoying his misery. It didn't take long before the heroes noticed the return of their nurse and principal.
"So how was it, did they do anything to you?" All might asked frantically.
"Relax. Nothing bad happened to us while we were there. Gregar and Flare actually gave us some information as to why they brought us here." Nezu answered as he turned to the villains. "All of us."
"However it will take me sometime to think of a proper way to explain it so you'll have to forgive me I don't say anything. What we learnt was rather….mind blowing to say the least." He explained.
"Hey where's Flare?" Inko asked, between the two of the kidnappers she trusted the girl more since she seemed less violent.
"Give me a second." Gregar said as he walked over to the screen. He took his claws and pried off a panel beneath it, revealing a rainbow set of wires. Reaching inside the wolf yanked out several wires before he started sorting them out.
"What are you doing?" I'm trying to patch the screen into the...there we go." He said as he pushed the wires back inside. He opened his palm and green energy danced across before they all convulged and formed a remote. Gregar pointed it at the screen and the black screen was filled with static. The wolf wacked the panel with his tail and the static cleared up.
Everyone looked on at the strange site, it showed a group of people none of them recognized. They looked like they could be heroes or villains but the clothes they wore looked remarkably different. One being in particular stood out among them, a wolf that looked like Gregar only his armour was a little more damaged and grey. The people seemed to be discussing something among themselves, when a familiar voice called out.
"I'm here." Flare muttered as she ran up to them. The wolf was the first to react enveloping her in a bone crushing hug.
"Who are they?" One student asked.
"My friends/family." Gregar responded.
"Ehem." One of the group members coughed. "Where have you been girl? We were suppose to go on 10 minutes ago."
"I'm sorry." Flare said nervously. "I kind of got caught up doing an assignment."
"And what assignment was this."
"Um watching Hero Aca….with some guests."
"Hero Aca?"
"It's the code name for your megaverse." Gregar said. "Nezu will explain it later when he thinks of how."
"I never pegged you for the kind of girl to be into that kind of thing."
"Gregar kind of got me hooked."
"Oh fudge."
"Speaking of his ragingness, where is he?"
"Babysitting."
"Uhuh….last time you let Gregar baby sit, he threw a kid off a building."
"YOU DID WHAT." Every exclaimed at that statement, even the villains.
"I WILL DO THE SAME TO ANY OF YOU AND DROP A FREIGHT TRAIN RIGHT AFTER." The wolf threatened. Also I was training the kid to use her wings and had several contingency plans….it ain't that different to some of the stunts you people pull...I am looking at you All Might."
"Okay so he's adult sitting."
"Last time he did that he crushed several spines."
"I was watching some captured thugs who thought it smart to use a child as a hostage to escape. They are lucky I broke their spines so they wouldn't feel the pain when I broke everything else." The wolf countered, before noticing everyone else casting him a glance. "I'm not helping my case, am I?"
"Not even in the slightest." One for All deadpanned.
"I get it, Gregar is practically a God of Destruction. He does have self control sometimes." She countered. Though it seemed the usual in control girl didn't even believe her own words.
"You destroy the infrastructure of civilization one time and people still remind you of it. I save not one but two worlds in my life time already, how much more community service do I need." He whined.
"Well whatever. Treble here managed to convince them to let us go on later so we have some time later."
"I am good bodyguard." Treble cheered as he stood by Flare's side looking at her.
"Your also a good boyfriend." Flare answered as she began nuzzling him. "I might have to treat you later."
"OH HELL NO." Gregar screamed sending, electricity all over the room. The overflowing current wasn't exactly electrocuting, instead, everyone felt like millions of tiny pins were prickling them.
Wack! Everyone sweatdropped as they looked to the source of the sound. Recovery girl was standing behind the wolf with her cane in hand.
"Are you better?" Recovery girl asked.
"Actually, yeah." Gregar answered…..he then noticed how panicked everyone around him looked. "Okay I'm gonna go and cool off in the other room while you all watch the next episode. DON'T kill each other. Recovery girl. You're in charge of the heroes. One for All, keep your brother in check." He told them as he disappeared, leaving the remote with the nurse.
"Am guys look at the screen." Izuku said in a bit of disturbed voice. Onscreen was now just Flare alone.
"Hey guys." She said with a wave, before something dawned on her. "I suppose I can't really hear if your responding or not. I could feel Gregar though. Sort of a sibling thing." She said. "Okay so I am hoping he didn't explode and maim any of you; would really suck of it did, but that's to be expected. I suppose I should apologize for not being there but I double booked by accident so...sorry." She pleaded. "I'll bring some of my friends by later...maybe just one….I still need to get more payback on Gregar." She told them.
"Well I can't chat for long unless I want to people to think I'm crazy so adios." She said as she slid her hand the fourth wall of the screen, changing it back to the previous one.
"That was weird." Some said.
"I just stopped questioning it." Another responded. Seeing no more interruptions, recovery girl pressed play.
"Do you know who he is Izuku ? I mean our teacher, as a pro hero" Ochaco was trying to speak as quietly as possible, she didn't want to be Aizawa's victim once again ... and plus she was the first of the day AND the year.
"Nezu didn't tell me but ... this scarf, I could swear I saw it somewhere and when it comes to his quirk it's definitely linked to his eyes. I'm not sure the director would let someone as tired as him teach if there wasn't a good excuse ... signs of exhaustion, black clothes, he works during the night ... an underground pro ? ... Oh ! Y-yes of course ! It's Eraser Head!" Izuku beamed.
"... Eraser what ?" Asked Ochaco completely lost as she tried to picture Aizawa with a literal eraser costume.
"Hahaha, that is literally the most hilarious thing I have ever seen you in,Shota." Midnight chuckled. Oh how she wished Ms. Joke was here to see this. Eraser head said nothing, merely glaring at a certain loud mouth blonde. Present Mic whistled as inconspicuous as possible.
"Eraser Head, with his quirk he can suppress someone else quirk just by looking at them!"
"Wow, I had never heard of a quirk that could block another quirk ... it must be rare"
"That's why he is so tired ... and that might also explain why he is so ... I wouldn't say angry ... in a bad mood ? Grumpy ? ... maybe he is bored ..."
"Actually I'm tired from having to work all night and teach all day. If you all would just listen and take things seriously everything would be just peachy."
"That explain why he doesn't want to see us "socialising" ... makes noises" Ochaco slowed down so she and Izuku would be a bit behind the whole class as they were walking outside. Izuku didn't notice though as they kept chatting together.
"... why did you lie ?"
"Ooooh, you're in trouble."
"Lie ? W-what are you talking about ?"
"You can stop pretending, Recovery Girl told me while I was at the infirmary, you are quirkless Izuku ... how are you going to pass Aizawa's test ?"
"What happened to patient doctor confidentiality?" Izuku groaned.
"Never heard of it." The nurse replied.
"S-she told you ... you have to understand-I-I'm sorry I feared that you would treat me differently if you knew I had no power. I guess it doesn't matter, maybe everyone does this test at the beginning of the year, so the teachers can keep track on our progress"
"I would never do that !" She yelled at Izuku before she saw that she actually scared him, for real "I- sorry, I shouldn't have yelled like th-"
"Deku." Uraraka whispered. "You know I would never have judged you even if you didn't have quirk right." She told him. Deku meanwhile was left feeling a bit of uncertainty now that his brain had processed everything. He knew Uraraka might be telling the truth when she admitted that she would never judge him, but a small part of his mind, the part that always tried to tear him down stated otherwise.
He kept gazing at his counterpart, the one who was truly he his opposite. Onscreen Deku was a boy born with a quirk that would have been a curse to him without All for One's mentor ship and even that was debatable as this version of the villain seemed…. Nicer? Yet the fact still remained, his counterpart was a boy born with an amazing quirk that could no doubt make him a hero but he chooses to be labelled as quirkless for spite. Meanwhile here he was in his own world, born quirkless and had to be given his power by All might, sure it was an honor but apart from All might choosing him because of his heroic nature, what else could he offer. He wasn't strong before he got One for All, even after all that intense training he did for 10 months before entering U.A. he still came last in Aizawa's test. He couldn't even stand up to Bakugo until he met Uraraka.
"Is everything okay ?! I heard someone scream !" Tenya was really quick when it came to investigating on something that didn't seem "normal" or "proper".
"Sorry Tenya, Izuku asked if I could send people to space with my quirk and I overreacted hahaha" Ochaco smiled awkwardly.
"Oh, right ... you two shouldn't slow down, we might be late" he proceeded to turn around and run back with the class.
"... H-honestly I'm glad someone doesn't look down on me for once ... thank you Ochaco"
"Just hug, or kiss or something." Toga yelled at the screen.
Four years ago.
"Here we go again." One for All deadpanned.
"They forgot you ?! I'm sorry but I don't see how this is even possible"
"Wait this feels familiar." One for All mentioned to his brother.
"It does." All for One told him.
"... during our sport class the teacher asked me to stand somewhere, we were playing dodgeball ... and that's all"
"... excuse me but your story doesn't make sense, there is simply no context ... now tell me, why did your teacher asked you to stand away"
"Yeah...we definitely had this conversation before." One for All deadpanned.
"H-he- ... he said that I wasn't- ... I wasn't resistant enough for this exercise"
"Resistant ? Did he thought that your head would get detached from your body if you happened to get hit by a ball ?"
"I suppose if enough force is applied. That could happen." Tsu said.
"Not unless, you are Nugget." One for All countered.
"Who?"
"You people life a sad sad life." One for All shook his head.
"N-no ... he- ... he had created groups before the exercise, according to physical capacities m-mine didn't play that's all"
"And you don't happen to know who was in your group ... right ?"
Izuku shook his head which made Sensei sighed and rubbed his neck.
"One day you will have to accept that they aren't fair with you-"
"200 + years and we are still no better off now than we were back then." All for One muttered to himself.
"I know they aren't ... what else can I do ? Once I become a hero they will see that they were weong"
"And you think they are just going to let that happen ? Tell me ... do you think black and white people became equal just like that ? Do you think people with mutants quirk are treated equally today ? Equality is a lie, the funny and cute little things you are being taught, when you are like four years old, those little lessons about life ... well see ? That's garbage, if you want to be treated equally, you have to be better than them, stronger, smarter ... colder"
"... Them I should become worse than them ?"
"Yes." The villains answered.
"No." The heroes answered.
"Hum ... hahaha, at least I'm sure you will never become a bad hero ... come on now, next time I hope you will tell me how your game of dodgeball went"
"Katsuki Bakugo"
"Yes ?"
"In junior hight, what was your best result for the softball throw ?"
"67 meters"
"Then try doing it with your quirk" Aizawa threw a ball for Katuski and started looking at some device for the test.
Katsuki took the ball in his hand and made a great turn with his arm and-
"DIE !" the ball flew away with a trail of fire as if it was a missile.
Ochaco looked a Izuku, her face simply told that she expect something less barbaric.
"Die ?" She whispered
"Don't try to know if he was serious or not ... poor ball though" he answered back with a half broken smile.
"This is the most rational way to form the foundation of a hero" Aizawa turned around toward the class and showed the device he had been holding, it displayed 705.2 meters.
" Okay what the hell is he talking about." One for All whispered to his brother. He may have been somewhat aware of what was happening with Izuku and his other successors but that didn't mean he went through every little memory.
"Ah yes...society as sort of….devolved in a way." All for One stated.
"I am not sure if I want to trust what you say considering that you're….well you." One for All told him.
The whole class started talking about how amazing it was ... and then someone pronounced the word "fun".
"Fun ? You think this is fun ? ... Alright, who ever ends in last place at the end of all the eight tests will be judged to have no potential and ... will be punished with expulsion"
"Okay I know a certain someone who would be really really eager to break every bone in this guy's body." One for All told his brother.
"That doesn't sound very heroic." All for One retorted.
"Don't play dumb. You and I both know he was the first true hero, before heroing even became an official thing." One for All told his brother.
"Even to this day you still hold, Stock to such a high regard." All for One replied.
"And you don't?"
"I'll admit...I respect him, I would even go as far as saying he was the first greatest challenge I ever had to overcome," and even to this day, he still haunts me in the shape of the One for All quirk.
Expulsion ... that's it, Izuku was already in the jungle, he couldn't- or rather didn't want to believe that Aizawa did that on purpose because he was here ... in fact he really hoped his teacher had only lied so the class would be at their maximum during the test.
And still Nezu did say that he had already expelled a whole class one year ... and that he had all the rights to do so.
Izuku felt something grab his hand, it was Ochaco ... hopefully he still had his gloves to avoid an incident.
Aizawa had finished to argue with a few students who didn't like his method "For the next three years U.A. will do all it can to give you one hardship after another ... Go beyond Plus Ultra ... Demonstration is over, now we will start with 50 meter dash."
"Ah yes...school, why worry about facing any really hardships in life, when you can fake it with a severely flawed education system." One of the villains joked.
50 meters dash ... Izuku didn't have much time to analyse each member of his class but he knew that some of them definitely had no quirk that could help them to run faster, and there was a two runway ... in fact his theory about motivation could be true. Putting two runway so the students can keep track of the person in the other runway ... in the end Aizawa didn't seem like a bad person nor sounded ... and he knew a lot in this field.
... This test ... to what extent was he authorized to go in order to not be in last position ? There was still something fishy about it ... Of course everyone would use their quirks to get extraordinary results.
During the 50 meter dash he had to run with ... Katsuki ... he didn't expect this situation.
"Well fudge."
Both of them walked to the start line, there was a small camera at the end of the runway, it was here to give the time of each students but there was no way to exploit this detail and he didn't know exactly what Aizawa allowed.
"On your mark ... set ... G-" Aizawa's voice was cut off by the sounds of Katsuki's explosions which knocked Izuku away and sent him at least 3 meters away from the runway ...
He did it on purpose ... he did it on purpose, this bastard ... Izuku finished the dash in more than 12 seconds ... and Aizawa didn't say a thing. He saw that Ochaco was about to intervene but Izuku simply gestured to her to give up ...
The other students started whispering between each other, Izuku couldn't hear what they were saying but he could guess.
In the end it answered his question ... he could do anything, Aizawa would not say a thing.
"Are you okay ?"
"I have seen worse ..." Izuku got closer from Ochaco and whispered "I am the one getting expelled right ? That's what everyone said ..."
Immediately most of the students felt a shiver run up their spines. Mama Midoriya was giving them all a look that would scare even the bravest of foes. Several of the heroes flinched from her gaze as well especially Aizawa. It didn't help that she had Flare and Gregar's mysterious superior in her favour. All for One was glad his mask still concealed part of his face as he was sure if she looked at him, he would panic and if not then he might smile at the expense of the bullies and teachers who were on his son's case.
Ochaco looked behind her for a second "... Yes ... please tell me you have an idea to get out of this mess"
"I'm going to exploit Aizawa's rules ... only the last one get expelled right ?"
"Ummmm….how is he going to do this." Midnight whispered to Eraserhead.
"I don't know, but I am curious to see." The underground hero responded.
Two hours later.
Izuku finished last on each activities ... it was simply depressing.
"Um I don't think he understands the meaning of the word exploit." One student commented.
"Alright, I will let you breath for a minute I need some eyes drop ..." he left the class in the gym ... and as he left Aizawa did something really interesting ... he dropped his tablet on a bench …
"He wouldn't"
What if-
"Izuku what are you doing ?!" Ochaco grabbed his hand to stop him
"He would."
"I have no other choice ! If I can change my results-"
"That's the worst kind of stupid." Twice said. "It really is."
"Then he will notice ! And you will get expelled"
"... the last exercise is the ball throw ... I was last on all the others, it's not like I can just be first now ... sorry but I have to do this"
Ochaco let Izuku's hand go "just- ... please consider what I said, maybe he is lying ! H-Here! The ball throw yes ! I'll use my quirk on the ball a-and-"
"Wow...she's really loyal to him despite only knowing him for one day. How cute." Mina said.
"I see what you are trying to plan Ochaco ... it would work yes, that's genius but ... Aizawa would never allow that and- ... and I really want to do this on my own ... even if it means that I get expelled"
Ochaco sighed "... Please don't go" then she went back to chat with the rest of the class.
No one was watching ... but Ochaco was right, If Izuku changed his own results Aizawa would be able to accuse him ... and he couldn't change someone else result in order to not be last ...
But then he got an idea …
"Oh it's big brain time." All for One told his brother.
Two years ago.
"Okay ... I think I found my question"
"Good ... then I'm not completely useless to you, ask go on"
"You are as humorous as the Master of Masters, aren't you." One for All said to his brother.
"What can I say? I can preach about world peace, when i am really planning it's destruction. It's not about what you say, but rather what you do."
"Yeah, I definitely know who was your role model now."
"What would be ... the very last solution during a crisis ?"
"... Any ?"
"Any"
"Hum ... Do you know what is nuclear deterrence ?"
"You mean ... with the weapons ?"
"Absolutely, today there isn't much use for this kind of weapon, now there quirk much more dangerous than this kind of toy ... well ... the lesson for today is about deterrence ... No one would be stupid enough to use it's final weapon if the other can use it too, tell me, what would be the result ?"
"Chaos ... no winner, everyone would be at the same level"
"Exactly ... deterrence, forcing your opponents to give up the fight before it even start"
"In other words, if you can't win, then make sure its a draw instead." Nezu mused.
Izuku took the tablet, no one noticed, he went to a locker room ... it only took him a minute, he went back and dropped the tablet exactly where he picked it up ... and again no one saw him.
Ochaco was drinking a bottle of water along with the others, the atmosphere was relatively ... relaxed, obviously all the other student felt safe ... not for long, when she noticed Izuku approaching with a satisfied smile she knew something changed.
"So ?"
"Now the odds are balanced"
The musketeer brothers glanced at each other. One for All went to open his mouth but All for One was quicker and grabbed the younger brother. "Nope, not going to get this one." All for One said as he somehow manage to gag his brother while being upside down on the chair. This earned him questionable glances from the various heroes and villains, but at the moment it didn't matter when it came to him dealing with his brother.
Ochaco moved a bit from the group so she could tall with Izuku without being heard "what did you change?"
"Everything" he answered still smiling
"Everything?"
"E-... everything ? ... by everything you mean ?"
"I changed everyone score and put it to infinite, I didn't know it was even possible ... oh ! I also erased all the previous records"
"Well I'll be damned." Eraser thought to himself. "That wasn't a half bad idea,"
At the same moment Aizawa came back rubbing his eyes at the same time, he picked up his tablet from the bench and frowned.
"... Very funny" he muttered loud enough so the whole class would hear "Alright ... so, there was a problem with your results ... so I will only count the last test" this last announcement started a lot of whispering but they didn't last for long "you have 2 minutes to be outside"
"So this is what you meant by balancing the odds, you put everyone on the same level so Aizawa would be forced to only count the last test"
"I hoped he would ... so far it looks like he is"
"I highly doubt you or well the other you, bought that trick." Mic whispered to Eraser.
Somewhere at the same moment.
"You summoned me Sensei ?"
"Oh ... yes, come closer please, I don't want to yell across the whole room" Sensei gestured for Kurogiri to take a few steps.
"Do you need anything again ?"
"No ... not this time, I have special orders ... Tomura is already planning ?"
"As you suggested he is"
"Good ... You are to keep this for yourself and never tell Tomura, understood ?"
"Yes Sensei"
"... There is a student at U.A. ... Izuku Midoriya, if you ever encounter him ... he is to be left unharmed"
Nezu and Recovery girl looked at this closely and tried to get a read on the All for One in the room. The idea of him being Izuku's father was quite a surprising thought, probably right below the whole multiverse shenanigans Flare had mentioned earlier but still there. It was a little difficult for the two of them to properly wrap their heads around it, but if there was anything Nezu learnt it was that humans could be capable of great evil and great good if they so choose. From how it looked, All for One might be easier to persuade than others if they approached him with Gregar and Flare's help, but getting everyone else on board ...yeah that was going to be one helluva a party.
Kurogiri flinched for a second ... he wouldn't ask Sensei's reason, never ... but this ... was definitely unusual.
"So ?"
"Excuse me Sensei, I lost focus for a moment, yes ... Izuku Midoriya is to be left unharmed ... b-but ... may I ask if he is part of the plan ?" It was risky but Kurogiri was simply too curious.
"... Not exactly, but I can tell you he is indeed part of a plan ... now go back to Tomura ... and remember, this information is to be kept secret, even if I disappear"
"Yes Sensei" Kurogiri warped away.
"... I wonder how Izuku is doing right now"
"Ohhh, what a loving father you are." One for All teased, only to receive his brother's shoe in mouth.
Izuku was supposed to be the last one to throw, at least now he had all his chances, Ochaco actually scored infinite with her quirk, he must say that this was kinda fun to watch everyone wait for almost 5 minutes until the Aizawa's tablet decided to stop tracking the ball.
Katsuki did even better than the last time, about 50 meters better.
Those who didn't have a good quirk for this exercise threw the ball at around 50 meters, it was still impressive.
"Midoriya ... your turn" called Aizawa
Izuku walked into the white circle and took the ball, 50 meters ... yes he could do that if he gave all he had ... he took his breath and with all his might he launched the ball.
"... 68.4 meters, good we are done here ... oh and by the way, I was lying about the expulsion stuff"
"WHAT ?!" Screamed everyone, except for Izuku, a boy with an ice and fire quirk and the girl that could create tools.
"That seemed obvious, it was only an excuse so we wouldn't take this test as a simple game," she explained.
"I'm starting to think I was wrong." Momo muttered
"W-WHAT THE F*CK ? WHY AREN'T YOU EXPELLING DEKU ?" Yelles Katsuki at Aizawa
"Calm down would you, and who is-"
"THIS QUIRKLESS TRASH WAS LAST ON EVERY TEST AND NOW YOU ARE JUST-" Katsuki found himself completely restrained and unable to scream anymore.
"Is it me, or does this Bakugo seem ...angrier than ours." Kaminari said.
"WHAT WAS THAT PIKACHU!" Said explosive teen yelled.
"Do not take the electric mouse's name for such profanity. Call him an Endeavour or something." Tomura told them. Dabi tossed his leader a small smile before regaining his own neutral expression. Inwardly Shoto also smiled a bit, though he knew he shouldn't be when a villain was the one to say it.
"He does seem a little more unhinged….. I hope that doesn't become a problem later." Tsy spoke.
"Do that again and you will be the one to get expelled, I'm about to release you and if I hear any little kind of annoying nonsense coming from your mouth I'll send you straight to hell ... understood ?"
Katsuki didn't move for a minute and simply grunted, after that Aizawa released him ...
"Go back to the class, I'll be here in a minute" the class moved, Izuku was about to follow but Aizawa grabbed him by the shoulder "Expect you, we have to talk"
"Y-yes sir"
"... I never thought you would mess that much with the results, in fact I'm impressed you did so quickly"
Izuku was being ... praised ?! No one ... no one ever did ! Except Sensei, for once people would treat him just like anyone "Th-"
"But you completely ruined this test" it broke Izuku's hopes.
"W-what but I-"
"You didn't notice ? Everyone knew that you would be in last position until your little trick with the results, and you know what they did before that ? They felt safe ... so they weren't at their maximum, so I'm going to be clear ... if you happen to become a handicap for this class I'm expelling you immediately"
"... yes ..."
"Good, now stop wasting my time and go back to the class"
"Sheesh man, chillax will you, he's just a kid." One for All said.
"I am sorry, but who exactly are you supposed to be?" The underground hero responded.
"Me...I'm just an ordinary guy." One for All told him, "But I can tell you right now, that you are just as narrow minded as the rest of these teachers." One for All told him.
"Bold words coming from a villain." Eraser countered.
"Villain ...oh that's rich." One for All said. "I knew several heroes who would have a field day taking you back to school."
Wasting his time ? Becoming a handicap ? ... Izuku hated Aizawa as much as Katsuki …
"I can't blame him, after seeing this." Mic said.
Once he was back into the classroom he received ... a lot of glances and heard some whispers about the exam which consisted in
"Is he really quirkless ? Damn that's ... so strange"
"Isn't he the one who scored first during the exam ? How did he do that ? He must have cheated"
"Ah yes …. How ironic ….. Most of those students got into the hero course via villain points while the most heroic one of all is always pressured by heroes and heroes in training into thinking he's useless." Dabi retorted.
The most annoying thing was that they were completely wrong, he wasn't quirkless at all, in fact he could be much more quirked than any of them and no he didn't cheat, he happened to be better than them, that's all.
"Oh no… he's starting to get egotistical…. He's gonna become a second Bakugo." Ochaco joked.
"What?"
"Relax, I was only teasing."
He kept smiling as if nothing was happening and sat at the desk next to Ochaco, so far nothing has indicated that the desks were attributed to a student in particular.
"Well looks like it's not so different" he whispered to her
"I'm so sorry"
"Oh don't be ..."
"What did Aizawa tell you ?"
"... idea rather not mention this conversation excuse me ... I guess the worst part of the day is behind us now"
At the end of the day.
Izuku managed to learn the names of some of his classmates ... though they mostly avoided him and he didn't try to reach out either.
Ochaco asked if he wanted to walk with her for a while but he explained that he needed some alone time.
"Izuku …..you do not just turn down a hot babe, when she's offering to walk with you." Kaminari said. "That's like the first step."
"Oooh my baby has a girlfriend." Inko cheered as she hugged Izuku. Izuku and Ochaco meanwhile were blushing furiously as the other students and villains made comments on their relationship.
He didn't remember the last time he had been so angry ... the last time he felt so lost ... yet he remembered that when he met Sensei ...
Sensei, his presence was overwhelming, he simply had something that felt dead around him, an aura that could force you to give up any kind of hope and courage. And yet this man was a monster, they simply happened to find each others, Izuku was lost and Sensei was here to cheer him up. He was innocent and yet a murderer was the only person that could help him.
"Oh I have been there." Tomura whispered. "I have been there."
This man became an idol to him, he wanted to be smart like him, strong like him ... even feared like him ... a hero so terrifying that no villain would ever dare defy him.
"Well that's one way of looking at it. So he wants to be like Endeavor." Toga whispered.
"No. Endeavor is no hero, just a fake who wears a hero's mask." Dabi answered.
It had been a long time since All Might disappeared from his mind, each day he would wait until he could see him once again and talk about everything, he would always be honest even when the truth was terrible or simply not a "good" one.
The only other people he had been able to rely on so far were his mom and ... and Ochaco ... she actually knew he was quirkless ... and yet she was different, she didn't judge him, he had saved her once and it was enough to prove that he could be a hero …
"It was all I ever needed." Izuku thought. "To be told I could be a hero."
He finally reached the park ... empty as always, no wonder why ... this place was filled with garbage and trash. Sensei was here already, waiting on a bench, most of the time it was Izuku who would wait, today they switched.
"Ah, finally there ... you look exhausted" stated Sensei
"I am ... and hey ! I survived !"
"Congratulations, now tell me about this first day"
"I swear...these two are like father and son, or at least what a father and son should be." Shoto thought.
Izuku went on to explain everything that happened this morning ... mostly the afternoon wasn't so important as it was only about the regular classes.
"And that's it ... now I'm here chatting with you"
"... It could have been a better day ..." Sensei sighed and relaxed his body on the bench "hopefully I'm not the one in this hell, do you imagine having to do all that work in my current conditi-"
"I need you to train me"
"... What ?"
"I- ... I need to get stronger ... what your taught me last night ... it won't be enough. P-Please I-I need to get stronger"
"... You do know it isn't that simple if you don't use All for One ..." Izuku gritted his teeth, it wasn't deception but fear ... fear of failing "But-" Izuku immediately looked back at Sensei "If you really want to train them we will do just like yesterday ... every night until you are strong enough, I will also help you with All for One ... I didn't tell you all the secrets of this quirk"
That last part of that speech earned the attention of the pros… well earned it even more. The secrets of All for One. It was no secret that such a quirk was among the rarest of them all, discounting the artificially created One for All and considering who the user was, this might be the most information All Might and the heroes could get on it.
"T-thank yo-"
"Do not ... it won't be a fun thing, when I said training I was serious, in fact I implied way more than that ... you did work a bit to get in shape but as you are right now it is simply not enough. And ... you lack of determination"
"Determination ?"
"If one day you had to kill to save people, would you do it ?"
"I WOULD NEVER!" Deku shouted.
"I-"
"Don't even try to tell me a hero doesn't kill ... I'm serious, one day this situation might happen and you will have to be strong willed enough to take someone else's life, am I clear?"
"If I remember correctly, there was a hero who actually labelled himself as a murder because his actions of continuously sparing the villains always ended up with them escaping jail and killing more innocents. He said and to quote, 'No more! All the people I've murdered by letting you live.' end quote."
"B-but ... how do you want me to train in order t-to kill ?"
"Simple, you will do it on me-"
"WHAT?!"
"WHAT ?!"
"You could stab me a thousand time I will still be standing up ... to be honest I think it will take a small nuclear bomb to knock me out"
"Or an All Might…. Okay maybe I might need Deku or wielder number 10." One for All mused.
"T-that's insane ... that would mean that you have- ... have-"
"A terrible quantity of shock and radiation absorption quirk along with regeneration of course ... in the end they are all the same ... don't you think this is a strange fact ? As users of All for One we have no quirk factor in our bodies, which is why we are signaled as quirkless ... oh but if I remember your doctor only checked for your foot right ? An extra bone ? I have it too you know ... hahaha fools ... no one is completely quirkless nowadays"
"No one was completely quirkless back then as well." All for One said as he glanced his once 'quirkless' brother.
"But ... with all the quirks in your body ... you must have a great quantity of quirk factor right ?"
"Good question ... I never checked ..." the conversation ended here for a moment ... until Izuku picked up his notebook.
"Oh also ! I changed my hero costume ... It's- It's a bit awkward but you really inspired me to make it and- ... oh ... sorry, I forgot you couldn't-"
"No no ... I'm sure that whatever you designed it must be great"
"Oh but I liked the green bunny suit." One of the girls teased, causing Midoriya to blush.
Around the same time, at U.A.
"Hum ... That's unusual hahaha, hey Eraser ! Come here for a second !" Sometimes Nezu went into the teacher's room to chat a bit or simply get some coffee ... right now he wasn't really ... welcomed ... but he was still the one giving the paycheck from another point of view so the staff could deal with him.
Aizawa really needed some sleep, the afternoon wasn't enough to fully recover the long nights and now DAYS of work ... but Nezu wouldn't stop harassing him so he "courageously" got out of his sleeping bag and dragged his body to Nezu.
"What is this ?" He asked clearly showing he was annoyed
"Midoriya's costume, at first our partners who works the creation of all the students equipment sent it back to me because they believed it was a bad joke hahaha"
Aizawa didn't pay any attention at first, he just hoped that he would soon be dismissed ... but when Nezu spoke about a joke he rubbed his eyes then found out what was wrong with Izuku's costume ... it looked very ... villainous.
"That's indeed a bad joke, a very bad one"
The whole body seemed normal, a black and green suit made to ease the movements, a pair of reinforced gloves ... this detail seemed weird but why not after all, and finally the head ... it had been replaced by a black helmet and some kind of mask with a bunch of ... tubes ? Aizawa wasn't even sure if he was looking correctly at that.
"Why am I not surprised? His costume looked identical to All might in our world made sense why it would be like Sensei in this one." Twice noted.
"I wonder what inspired him ... well I'm still sending it back with an excuse about this mistake"
"You are not gonna let him wear such a thing ?! ... are you ?"
"I am"
"I swear ... if you think you can allow everything only because you are-"
"Oh, so that's why you are in a bad mood today ... you didn't know ?"
"I feared that you would"
"You were right ... so now tell me, why did you give him a chance if you think he can't stand up to our level ? After all you left your tablet on purpose did you ?"
"... Because I was in the same position as he was" Aizawa silently left the room leaving Nezu alone.
"Wait a minute." One of the villains gasped. "How on earth would your quirk have been useful in that physical test…. For all intents and purposes you are technically quirkless if you faced a mutant quirk user or somebody who doesn't rely on quirks."
"It's not...not unless I sabotage my competitors." The underground pro answered.
"HYPOCRITE." Toya called out.
"Well ..." Nezu took out a bunch of paper sheets "not exactly went it comes to written results hahaha" there was a big "PERFECT" on each of the sheets.
"Wow… and those were suppose to be nearly impossible if I recall." Cementoss stated. "Especially for one with high specs." Power Loader added.
Later that night.
"Good ... now there is something I would like to show you"
Izuku panted, Sensei wasn't physically strong but with all this quirks he was as strong as hundreds of people united "C-can- can we do a break ?"
"No, now come here and take my hand"
"Y-your ... your hand ?"
"Yes, it's a small trick but it can be useful ... I want you to pull one of my quirk slowly-"
Everyone was now staring intently at the screen to see just what exactly this trick entailed. Even Tomura was a bit excited considering he rarely got to see much of Sensei ever since the incident.
"No ! I already said I will never do that again !"
"I said pull, I never said take ... there is a small limit between those two ... and in this gap your opponent can't use his quirk"
"Holy cow. That's practically a contact version of Eraser's power." Thirteen said.
Sensei raised both of his hand, in one of them he created a small fire ball "Now try ... and remember, I said to pull slowly, right now we are just working on mastering your control over All for One ... you never practiced did you ?"
"O-Of course no ..." Izuku gently took Sensei's other hand ... it was ... immense, so many quirks ... "I can't find-"
"Are you even trying to find it ? Do not give me any bad excuse and pull it" Sensei's tone became more aggressive.
"I-I think I got it ..." Izuku pulled ... slowly as Sensei said, as he did, he could feel that the quirk became more and more resistant and at the same time the fireball was diminishing.
"Good ... now close your eyes and tell me when you feel the limit"
"... here" Izuku opened his eyes, the fireball was gone
"Good ... now release, let's see if you were right"
Izuku released the quirk and the fireball appeared once again.
"Perfect ... the user doesn't feel anything as long as you don't try to actually take it, they will only be confused by this little trick and you will be at the same level as them ... now let's do this a few hundred times just so you can master it"
"I'm supposed to be in my bed right now !"
"You were the one who asked for help, and I'm not letting you go until you have finished"
"You should try teaching once this is over." One for All teased his brother once more.
"And you should try shutting up." All for One answered.
The screen faded to black, but quickly started glitching out.
"Um what's happening?" Izuku asked as the screen started to glitch. It filled up with static before it glitched to reveal a stage. Everyone looked on curiously before they noticed a certain girl arrive on stage.
It was Flare and her friends...were they going to perform or something? How before they even got the chance the camera moved to back stage where it looked like a group of rather shady individuals had appeared. They noticed Flare's boyfriend, Treble was now in a fighting stance, readying himself to fight.
"You aren't supposed to be here. Leave now before I throw you out." Treble warmed.
"I'm afraid we can't do that. We're under orders to ruin this show and more specifically that bands." One of the goons, the leader said.
"I was hoping you'd say that." Treble grinned as he pressed his arm against a speaker. The students all watched as the speaker's volume rose to higher levels than it was supposed to.
"What's he doing?" A student asked.
When the screen changed back to show the band start playing, Treble raced forward.
"He turned up the volume to drown out the sound." Present Mic exclaimed.
As the music raged the students found it really complimented the fight good. The fight between Treble and the goons was different to what they expected. Erase head made good note of what was going on with this opportunity to study one of their captors allies as well the situation he found himself.
"Take note children." He told them. "This fight is practically a stealth battle." He explained as motioned to the screen.
Treble was holding his own despite being out numbered however much to there surprise he was accumulating damage at a rather rapid rate. He wasn't dodging any attacks and sometimes through himself forward to intercept a stray shot.
'Why isn't he dodging?" Ilda asked.
"Its because if he dodges, an attack will most likely connect to the equipment and disturb the performance." Tomura answered him surprisingly. "He wants them to not stop the show so he's letting himself take the hits."
"A rather reckless strategy, if you ask me." Aizawa commented. "He won't last long if he doesn't get help." As if on cue a green blur swept through the screen taking several villains by surprise.
"Have no fear, because I am here." Gregar grinned at his fellow wolf.
All might frowned hearing the wolf mimic him, but he would let it slide since he was doing it as a hero.
"About time. It was now starting to get annoying." Treble told him.
"Annoying...there is a hole in his chest." One student screamed.
"Let's show these navis how we do things in the beast den." Gregar growled as he opened his claws. Treble tossed something the students didn't recognize to Gregar. The green wolf caught it and immediately the area around then was drenched in a grey and green aura. The aura surrounds the villains trapping them inside with the two wolves.
"That looks like some sort of encasement." Izuku noted.
Treble summoned several giant rock cubes in front of him and then struck them with a fan sending them forward. Gregar meanwhile create a strange weapon with his two arms. The weapon fired and when it struck the rocks they exploded outwards hitting every single one of their opponents.
"It's like a silencer of sorts. It's containing the noise and damage of their attacks so they can fight without alerting anyone." He theorized.
"Such a thing would be very useful for both heroes and villains." Nezu mused.
The screen changed perspective back to the stage where the band had just finished performing their song when the roof behind them exploded launching fireworks much to the band's surprise.
"Wait it's over already?" One student commented. "They barely even did anything."
"Gregar and Treble seem to be capable fighters. I don't think a few hired thugs could challenge them so easily...especially if its for something petty like a concert. Remember this is the same guy who beat All might in a fight and then took on the entire staff right after." Recovery girl told them.
"It seems like all we have to do now is wait for them to return." Nezu said as the screen faded to black once more.
