A.N. I know i haven't updated in weeks, honestly things are just really hectic with my last semester in university. Either way I'll try to update more frequently however i might shift the reactions. It won't be solely focused on the story Prohibited power, i might do small alternate universe with my original ideas to avoid over copying because a large chunk of the story so far was all thanks to Griffin Strange, totally support the guy...he's already crossed 100k words.
All for One had lived a long life. He had watched legends rise and fall, sometimes contributing to said legends. He had always prided himself on being a very smart and serious individual...and yet being reunited with his brother had easily stripped away those 2 centuries worth of loneliness. He's had some weird thoughts about the situation, like of any of this real or not, he didn't know.
On one hand it felt as if it was all a dream. He was reunited with his brother after so many years...a brother who was supposed to be dead no less. He was able to feel the calm soothing presence of the woman who had managed to soften his hardened heart after so many years, but the most amazing thing by far was that he got to meet his son or rather exist in the same space as him for a while. He wasn't going to complain about his son not recognizing him. He was already painfully aware all the choices he made had divided them. His son wanted to be a hero and had found a father figure in his greatest enemy. It was only natural they would be on opposite ends of the spectrum much like how it was with his brother. He wouldn't complain. He learnt already not to take things for granted, even the small things. He learnt that the hard way when he lost his brother, the only family he had.
All for One wanted to laugh and assume he had finally succumbed to his injuries. That he was finally dead and was going to be tormented for all eternity for his actions. He had read many stories about it. Hell's image would warp and change itself to suit the victim. All for One had everything he ever wanted. His brother, the woman he loved and his sons, Tomura and Izuku and yet he was well aware of how easily it could all be ripped from him and destroyed before his very eyes.
Flare and Gregar were able to nullify all their powers and render them defenseless. Gregar himself could go on par with All might, so what's to stop them from nullifying their powers and letting themselves run rampant. He already sensed it when he tried to take the girl's quirk. She was not human in the slightest and neither was Gregar that much was clear. They were otherworldly beings who were now forcing them to watch the reality of another universe.
A universe where he hadn't failed as badly as he did as father. Granted he wasn't even a father in that universe but he certainly filled the role more than he did here. It was fine watching it at first, even amusing maybe and then he heard himself training with Izuku.
"Normal slap!" He heard his brother called out. Before he felt something smack into his face. His younger brother had slapped him.
"You slapped me." He said dumbfounded.
"Why would you do that?" He told his brother.
"You were doing it again." One for All told him. "The muttering." The younger sibling clarified.
"No I wasn't." He defended himself.
"Yes...you were. Be thankful your mask muffled it a bit, and that no one could really see or hear you while you are..." One for All gesture to how his brother was still tied upside down..." like that."
"Okay fine I was muttering. So?"
"We still need to keep your secret right?" One for All asked. "Or do you plan on revealing who the kid is to potentially everyone in this room and put a target on his head for both villains and heroes." One for All deadpanned.
'He's got a point.' All for One thought.
"Fine. I'll stop. But can you get me down from this. The blood is starting to rush to my head." The older brother told the young one.
"Hey don't look at me. I have no clue how to detach those binds. It is not like Gregar and Flare made them easily removable. It is meant to hold the strongest people in the world in place. Did you think I could just say something like Presto Release-o and it would work."One for All deadpanned.
As if on cue the seat All for One was sitting on lifted off the grown and straightened itself into a slab of sorts before the restraints on All for One were released. The symbol evil didn't have time to react as he fell head first off the chair. The impact garnered the attention of everyone in the room, both heroes and villains alike. All for One struggled to get tit his feet as the fall combined with the blood rush he received was not a welcoming combination.
Much to his dismay the fall had loosened the last bit of what remained on his mask. When he stood up he felt the pieces of his mask crumble away as his face finally revealed. There were several gasps at the sight of him but not for the reasons you readers might think. The people who gasped were Tomura, Kurogiri and the heroes who were aware of the injuries the villain had sustained from All might. Mainly because those injuries aren't there anymore. The face that was once destroyed completely by the greatest hero was now healed and whole.
However years of keeping his eyes closed had left him unfamiliar with the feeling he now felt as the elements were now exposed to his face. The villain however realized that some odd did happen. He was feeling a sensation in his eyes. Slowly All for One brought up his hand and gently touched his face. His fingers slowly traced his lids and with a little effort he slowly forced them open after years of no use.
The first thing All for One saw...was the smile of his brother One for All. He blinked a few times as he glanced around the room seeing the other heroes and villains. His eyes caught sight of Tomura and then Inko and finally Izuku before leading back to his brother. He hadn't even realized how tears were beginning to form in his eyes as they started to burn from him not blinking.
"Sensei, you're healed." Tomura practically yelled as he ran to give the man who was a father to him a hug. One for All approached his older brother and then promptly poked him in the eyes.
"Son of a b- We have the same mother so don't finish the statement." One for All interrupted him. "Besides I needed to make sure they were real and not an illusion."
The villains seemed happy that All for One was back at full strength, the heroes well one of them in particular had lost his grin and had it replaced with a big scowl. Nezu and Recovery girl looked at Yagi with worry. He was clearly upset by this, scratch that he was furious. He had tried so hard to vanquish All for One and rid the world of his evil and now the man was back at full health. However knowing what they knew they wondered if Flare did this to help reason with the villain.
Staring at the recovered villain, Recovery girl got a suspicious thought. She reached over to All might's side and wacked him where his injury should have been with her cane. The hero had flinched out of reflex but he seemed to recover pretty quickly much to his surprise. Recovery girl then lifted up All might's shirt revealing a toned, unscathed abdomen.
"She healed both of you." The nurse mused. "But don't you even think about confronting All for One. Otherwise who knows what she might do to us." The nurse warned him.
"How can I not go after him?" All might growled.
"First off no one has powers except for him and his brother." Nezu countered. "And we don't even know if the healing was permanent. For all we know she could have just healed you so you wouldn't change back mid show and reveal yourself. As for him, she might have healed him so he could actually watch the show."
"WE'RE BACK!" Gregar's voice boomed throughout the room. Everyone turned to the entrance and noticed Flare and another girl with her and a familiar student. However the most shocking thing was the fact that there were two incredibly huge mechanical wolves standing right behind them strapped onto..a sleigh?
"Sorry we're a bit late. Had to pick up some friends and a whole lot of groceries. Kind of forgot to stock up on food for when we...invited and kidnapped some of you." She told them. One of the new strangers let out a small cough.
"Oh right...okay U.A. and League of Villains meet Treble Gospel, Griffin Strange and Okami Amaterasu." She motioned to the grey mechanical wolf, the student and the girl respectively.
"HEEEEELLLLLLOOOOOO!" Treble's voice boomed almost deafening some of them.
"What's up?" Griffin asked.
"Greetings." Amme said politely.
Before anyone could say another word the two large mechanical wolves began to shimmer before they shrank down revealing Gregar and Treble in their regular size.
"Okay so Treble,Kurogiri, All for One, Recovery girl, Nezu, One for All and Mama Midoriya." Flare spoke. "You're all coming with me to help prepare the food. I kind of left Lunch Rush behind and I am feeling too lazy to go after him."
Almost immediately Izuku tried to stop his mother from leaving but Aizawa held him back before glancing at the Principal and the Nurse. "Don't worry Izuku. We'll make sure nothing bad happens to your mother." Nezu assured him.
As the group were ready to leave Flare turned to Gregar. "Why don't you do a little Q & A with them in the meantime?"
"Do I have to?" Gregar whined but Flare shot him a glare. "Alright fine."
After Flare's group left Gregar turned to the remaining people. "Alright who ever has a question raise your hand."
Almost immediately everyone's hands were raised as they all tried to ask questions. Gregar sweat dropped when he saw this. He was not the one who dealt with crowds, his specialty was punching the daylights out of everything. Luckily Gregar had Amme who could handle crowds almost as good as she could fight. Amme let out a loud whistle getting everyone's attention.
"Okay. We're gonna do this like civilized people. I want you all to discuss with each other what exactly you want to ask. You'll be in three groups, Heroes, Villains and Students. Each group has 2 questions they can ask so I recommend you make the most of it if you want proper answers." She ordered. Amme pondered something for a moment.
"Just to clarify a few things. My name is Okami Amaterasu, just call me Amme. I'm...Gregar's significant other." The girl explained. "This here is Griffin Strange. He's a friend of our...creator of sorts and he is responsible for creating the world that we are presently watching." She explained to them." She gestured to the student in the room. Gregar then tapped her shoulder and whispered something into her ear.
"Okay so apparently you all should just watch the next episode for now and use that time to think of questions while you watch the next episode and then we'll answer them after." She told them and with that Gregar snapped his fingers and summoned the remote to his hand and played the next episode.
"Izuku hey ! Are you ready for-" When she spotted her friend ahead of her on the way to U.A. Ochaco was ready to give him a small tap on the back but he turned around and she ended up meeting with a small version of Aizawa "A-Are you okay ?!" She worried.
"That's pretty accurate."
"Yes ! Absolutely ! I'm just a bit off today" Izuku was focusing so much to stay up in fact that he barely recognised Ochaco for a second.
"D-did you forget to sleep ?"
"Well ... I kinda ended up training all night hehehe" If he could tell the truth he would say that the king of demons tortured him until he became an instrument of chaos and destruction ... though that also sounds cool in the end.
"Must have been one hell of a training session." kirshima commented.
"I think Gregar can top that with 10x more pain." Amme commented.
"Yeah. Gregar rigged up his own training simulator and super charged it with cybeast energy. The simulator is probably one of the best pieces of training equipment available on in our world." Treble commented.
"Really? Hey um can we try it out after?" The hardening quirk user asked.
"We'll see." Gregar responded.
"You shouldn't have done that ! Besides, today we-Oh ! don't you know ?! All Might is a teacher ! Some students were talking about that when I was walking home yesterday ! THAT'S SO COOL, MY PARENTS WON'T BELIEVE ME" Beamed Ochaco as she randomly punched the air.
"Oh ... in fact I knew" Izuku genuinely admitted.
"YOU KNEW ?!"
"H-Hey ! I-It was a secret ! I couldn't just tell everyone ! And you would have know eventually"
"... sure ... what exactly did you do yesterday ?"
"Hum ... well I- ... I- ... hum, I wo-worked on my costume yes ! I was working on some upgrades and I ended up falling asleep on my desk" if only it was true ... Sensei didn't go easy on him at all, they tried a lot of different quirk so Izuku would be able to feel any quirk way faster than he did before.
According to Sensei each quirk had a special touch, it was harder with him because he had an almost infinite quantity but any other opponent would only have one quirk. The purpose of their training last night was to be able to identify and pull a quirk quickly without not pulling enough or too much …
"Sounds like he needs a little bit of precision and concentration to use his quirk." Erasehead noted.
1-A classroom a few minutes later.
"Do you think All Might will be able to fit inside the room ? I heard he was massive !" Commented a student called Hanta Sero.
"Dude no way he is so tall" replied Denki Kaminari.
Each time he heard the voice of a student Izuku tried to replace their name in his head, as he never had any friend so far it was a great time to do so, also he might work with them later.
Apparently everyone was now aware that All Might was teaching at U.A. and class 1-A was supposed to start the day with him ... he was late, off to a great start ... but Aizawa was too after all so it didn't change much in the end.
Ochaco was playing with a pen until she noticed something coming out from Izuku's bag, his analysis notebook.
"Hey Izuku, have you ever done anything on All Might ?" She asked gesturing at his notebook for a second.
"Oh ? All Might ? I must have at least two entirely dedicated to him"
"Wow ! Tell me about it !"
"... w-well, where should I start ?" Izuku had to keep it simple, the last thing he wanted to do was to say weird things about quirks again in front of Ochaco "... his quirk is classified and he never speaks about it but we can put it as an emitter ... but- ... it's a strength enhancement quirk at the same time so-" Izuku was interrupted by a loud and booming voice coming from outside the classroom.
"I AM ..." everyone stared at the door, waiting for what was about to enter "COMING THROUGH LIKE A NORMAL PERSON !" Nobody would do it this way but everyone was too amazed to find this awkward, All Might was here, in the class, both of his hands holding each side of the door to prevent his body from falling down.
"You just love to show off, don't you?" 1A's homeroom teacher deadpanned.
"Don't be so judgemental. Sometimes showing off and being cocky can work in a person's favour. It can make your enemies underestimate you as well as make them annoyed and prone to slip ups in bouts of anger." Amme said, not to subtly glancing at Bakugo.
All Might put his fist in the air and stood behind the teacher's desk "Yes ! As all of you must have heard I am indeed a teacher at U.A. this year ! And I'll be teaching the hero basic training ! You will be trained in different ways in order to learn the basics of being a hero, so far that should be self explanatory !"
"What is there to learn about being a hero that would require a whole university to be dedicated to it?" Amme whispered to Gregar. She was not exactly familiar with the hero aca world as her companions were.
"In a world where everyone is super and can be a hero, they have an education system dedicated to train heroes." He answered. "It's severely flawed though as there world has a discrimination problem with said powers. People without powers are belittled, and even those with powers can have life rough especially when they have quirks like say brainwashing or one's that require the user to ingest blood." He then cast a glance to Shigaraki, Amme followed his gaze at the pale young man. "His power practically killed his entire family when it first manifested so you can imagine the trauma that caused him." He whispered to her.
Each student seemed completely hypnotized by All Might, from Izuku's point of view it was becoming kinda scary.
"Let's not waste any more time !" All Might dramatically turned around and showed a small sign with "battle" written on it to the students "that's what we will be doing today ! Combat training !" Izuku suddenly felt that a certain someone became way more interested and enthusiastic about All Might's explanations.
"Combat Training!" Amme practically screamed. "The first thing you drill into their heads is what it means to be hero. In other words everything except combat. You should teach them ethics first and foremost."
"And to go with that ... This !" All Might pointed the left wall of the class room with a controller and a bunch of cases opened with numbers on them "Here ! costumes made based on your quirk registration and the requests you sent before school starts !"
Izuku stood up with the other students to get his case, he quickly opened it and found exactly what he asked for, everything was here, the new gloves, the suit, even the mask.
"Wow I can't believe they actually that in." Ilda commented.
"Considering they let Bakugo in I'm pretty sure U.A. has lower standards than you think." Amme commented. She had seen Bakugo's first interaction with Izuku in the original series. She hated his guts more than ever after she heard the swan dive comment and seeing him get away Scott free almost every time he exploded and threatened murder had made her lost interest rapidly until Gregar introduced her to Hero Aca's own Dekuverse. Still she didn't see the purpose of a hero school. Yes you are taught the ropes by actual heroes so they don't die from making stupid, careless mistakes. They practically turned the system into a perverted version of itself. Amme was a strong believer that everyone who has power should use it to protect the weak and be a hero. To her heroes should chose to be heroes out of a sense moral judgement, not because of legacies or because it's a decent career part. All those things just devalues the meaning of a hero. She hated even more when she saw heard that heroes needed licenses and then heard the backstory with the todoroki family.
"After you change, gather in Ground Beta !" Instructed All Might before leaving the room.
Izuku kept looking at his costume for a moment, especially the helmet, Ochaco was here too, she was really curious about what kind of costume Izuku would wear since she believed he had no quirk.
"Can I see ?" She asked pointing at the helmet
"Yes of course !" Izuku handed it to her, she was surprised to discover that the helmet was shaped into a black skull.
"I-Izuku ... I'm not questioning your tastes B-but ... it's scary" she mumbled with blank eyes.
"Y-yeah ... I know, at first I wanted to be a hero just like All Might, a hero which always smiles but- ... smiling doesn't always help people ... someone made me realised that sometimes you have to do what has to be done, even if it means being the villain of the story. So that's my costume, I'm the good villain ..."
"The good villain. Isn't that an oxymoron."
"Not necessarily. A villain is someone who society despises. The term hero and villain have always been associated with an ideal member of society and the not so ideal member." Griffin stated.
"You world treats heroes and villains as black and white individuals, but such concepts are foolish and actually hinder your own world." Treble added.
"You say that as if your own world is so much better. Let me guess. You guys hail from a higher plain of existence where such conflicts are beneath your kind." Dabi retorted.
Almost immediately the wolves and Amme started to laugh like crazy. Griffin just looked confused due to his unfamiliar with his associates history. Gregar was the first to ease up do he was still chuckling.
"Oh please our world is still far from ideal but we are getting there don't worry." Gregar told them. "We already had our glaring flaws pointed out a long time ago. We're doing the same for you now."
"In our world, Gregar was attacked for practically just existing by a flawed system. When he retaliated he was called a monster and hunted down. Wasn't easy for them of course his powers were beyond their own." Amme told them before motioning to Treble. "Treble is the failed experiment of a take over the world maniac. He tried to copy the then ultimate being in our world through an artificial means and ended up with a rampaging Treble." Finally she motioned to herself. "I am a guardian doomed to hunt a wretched serpent. Always trying to stop him but never able to truly kill him stuck in an endless cycle."
"Our lives aren't perfect. Hell the very reason Flare exists is to try and kill me." Gregar told them. This caught everyone by surprise. Flare and Gregar were so close and yet she was supposed to kill him. They wondered what the history was there. Maybe they could ask them with one of there questions.
Ochaco stared again for a second at the skull shaped helmet ... she smiled "... I guess you are right, let's do our best !"
"Absolutely !"
Later, in Ground Beta.
"They say the clothes make the man young men and ladies" declared All Might as the students entered on Ground Beta "Be fully aware ! From now on, you are heroes !"
All Might took a general look at the costumes and smiled, proud of the new generation "That's great everyone, you all look-" then he notices that someone was a bit late and running throught the entrance tunnel.
He knew it was Izuku Midoriya, after all he took a lot of time to study each files of each student ... if only his pocket manual for teaching was enough.
Ochaco was behind the group, waiting to see Izuku in his costume, he looked really great ... however she was curious about where her friend was hiding his uncontrollable haircut under his helmet ... who knows ? Maybe they are very fluffy and he doesn't have that much hair.
"Izuku ! You look wonderful in your costume ! It's really down to earth" she noticed that Izuku was acting awkwardly, probably because it was the first time he saw her wearing her costume. "I really should have written what I wanted mine ended up being a skintight bodysuit, it's kinda embarrassing" she admitted.
"N-no you look great too really !" Commented Izuku, his voice sounded a bit different due to the helmet ... even if Ochaco was right in a way, she looked REALLY cute.
Izuku tried his best to disappear into the couch. Ochaco meanwhile was turning redder than Kirshima's hair. Toga was snapping pics with her phone while the U.A. girls squealed at hearing Deku comment Ochaco.
"Go get her Midoriya." Kirshima told him. "Be a man and tell her your feelings."
"Kirshima." Deku said as he blushed as well.
"She looks a bit like Harp Note or maybe Roll." Treble commented on the girl's outfit.
"Young man this costume will have to be changed" declared a booming voice, it was All Might "especially the helmet ..."
"Why?" Shigaraki commented. "Looks fine to me." The villain stated.
"This coming from the guy who wears the hands of his dead family." Gregar deadpanned.
"How do you know that?" Tomura accused.
"World watcher. Remember Tenki." Gregar growled.
"Your real name is Tenki?" Dabi deadpanned.
"It sounds so cute." Toga added.
"Shut up." Tenki….i mean Tomura scolded. Now he really hoped they didn't delve into his own backstory.
"B-but, it was approved right ?"
"Indeed it was, do not take this has a harsh review but in our world your costume is what's going to determine who you are and how people will look at you"
"Y-yes ..."
"Good ! Now let's start shall we ? it is time for combat training, this is a real battle and you won't be fighting robots this time ..." All might was about to explain everything but ended up flooded by questions, someone even asked about his cape on his costume or something about looking good or not.
In the end it was about a bomb scenario, two team, heroes and villian, each team could win if they neutralised their opponents, the hero team had to came in contact with the fake bomb and the villain team had to defend it. At least this time All Might decided to kept the scenario simple enough, no danger about the bomb exploding or the villains having hostages or something that would either come out from Aizawa's or Nezu's mind.
"You will be divided in team of two ! We will do this exercise once and then we will change the teams again" All might took out a tablet similar to Aizawa's one, after a few seconds he started giving the teams ... However ... Ochaco wasn't in any team ... and Izuku wasn't either.
"I-is this a bug ?" Ochaco asked awkwardly.
"Well no, Izuku you won't be participating, I'm sorry I should have told you this back in class so you wouldn't have to even put on your-"
"Why ?!" Izuku asked angry.
"Why what ?" All Might replied somehow unaware of why Izuku was angry which only worsened his state of mind.
"Why am I not participating ?"
"It's because you are quirkless, I thought you would-"
"Hypocrite." Everyone glanced at Toga but then realized it was Griffin who shouted it.
"Don't mind me." He told them.
"You thought what ?! I'm in the hero course ! What if I'm quirkless ?! It doesn't change anything !"
"Y-you could get hurt !" All Might was almost yelling at his turn but he refrained as he was talking to a student in front of the whole class, he had to maintain a certain appearance.
"You….Idiot." Treble muttered. Immediately Amme, Gregar and Treble disappeared from their seats. Everyone looked confused, especially All might before a white wolf appeared in front of him with its mouth snapping inches before his head. Treble and Gregar were on either side of the wolf holding it back.
The wolf was none other than Amme as they soon learned. Gregar decided the best course of action was to warp her out of the room so she doesn't accidentally kill someone.
"Okay let's hope he manages to pacify her and convince her that since that's an alternate world she shouldn't hold other grudge against you. She's usually more calm but she's been on edge lately." He said as he tried tinget everyone to focus on the show.
"Just like the other students ! How can you think that I took the hero course if it isn't to become a hero ?!" If Izuku wasn't so limited he would probably be punching All Might in the face until he bleeds.
"That's a very scary thing to hear from Deku." One student commented. Aizawa probably wanted to smirk and make a comment that it wouldn't take much to make All might bleed from the face but it was beneath him.
"I don't suppose I can get that image for a wallpaper." Shigaraki commented.
"This is not my day." All might thought to himself.
Ochaco joined him "I agree ! That's unfair to judge him like this because he is quirkless !" No one else dared to reply at All Might himself but Izuku and Ochaco could see that some of the students were actually either feeling guilty of not being courageous enough to defend him or thinking the same for a moment.
"... Fine, Izuku and Ochaco you will be on the same team ..." All Might didn't agree of course, Izuku shouldn't be in the hero course, even less present for this kind of class ... but the looks on the faces of the other students was overwhelming.
"Not so smiley now aren't you."
"The first exercise ! ... Katsuki Bakugo and Tenya Lida as the villains ... against Ochaco Uraraka and Izuku Midoriya as the heroes"
"Well fudge."
"What are the odds this would be the same match up?"
"More consistent you'd think. These two are practically fated to be rivals most of the time."
A few minutes later in front of a fake building.
Izuku couldn't figure out if this was either made on purpose by All Might or if the universe simply hated him.
"Don't blame All might for this. The universe is actually out to get you." Treble told him.
"Wait what?" Izuku screamed. "You aren't actually serious about that." The young hero asked.
"No I am serious." Treble told him. "Haven't you realized it yet? You got the bullied past. The quirkless status and your class is the main target for almost every major villain strike. Trouble follows you and by extension everyone else." Treble didn't finish however. "Yet you are also the most gifted by the universe. You have a power most will only dream about attaining. You have bested those villain attacks and have grown stronger mentally than most other individuals your age and that goes for all of you."
"S-so ... any plan ?" Asked Ochaco carefully, Izuku was in a bad mood and his blank stare at the building was ... inhuman.
"Hum ? W-well I don't want to act as a leader b-but if you need a suggestion ..." Izuku looked again at the building "I do not know exactly where the bomb is but it must be big enough to blow up the whole building so ... I would say either on the third floor or fifth one, now ... Tenya is fast but his quirk doesn't allow him to take complicated trajectory so if you use your quirk on him he might not be able to counter attack ... and when it comes to Katsuki ..."
"Seems like this version of Problem child can analyze quicker, or maybe he is just more confident in those analysis."
Izuku rubbed his neck for more than fifteen seconds, Ochaco tried to get him out of his blank time by clapping her hands next to his head.
"W-WHAT-?"
"You weren't mumbling this time but you weren't talking either so I thought you needed help ... what's wrong ?"
"What's wrong ? ... All Might ... if even he looks down on quirkless ... it's just hard to digest"
"We have so many comments we would like to make on that, but we'll refrain." Treble muttered.
"Then prove him wrong ? If you keep thinking about this it will only diminish our chance to win"
"Deku, I swear to whatever God that exists that I will get you two together, even if it kills me….or anyone else." Toga gleamed at the couple.
"Swear to Amme then, she's technically classified as Goddess, actually she's classified as the mother of gods in some worlds." Treble explained, "We'll really need to delve into our own origins later, maybe through the same movie method."
"... you are right ... so ... Katsuki, he won't listen to Tenya and will run around recklessly to find us ... well rather me, so ... Tenya could follow of course but that wouldn't work so he will be the one defending the bomb"
"And I'm my quirk is our best asset against him"
"Exactly ... I'll handle Katsuki, it's not like he would be smart enough to pursue you"
"How are you gonna deal with him ?"
"I told you on our way to U.A. you remember ? I trained like hell yesterday"
"You looked just like Aizawa in the end ... we still have two minutes ahead of us, any last suggestion in case something goes wrong ?"
"... yes, we don't have to enter by the door according to what All Might DIDN'T say" Izuku pointed the sky with his finger.
"... ohhhhhhh I see"
"Why didn't I think of that?" Deku facepalmed.
"Um you did, just in you know another alternate reality." Kaminari deadpanned.
"K-katsuki wait ! If you-"
"SILENCE FOUR EYES ! I'M GONNA SHOW THIS STUPID DEKU WHERE IS HIS PLACE !"
"Seriously...I think he's more violent than ours, our Bakugo at least had some sort of conversation with Tenya before he went hunt down Deku…..okay saying out loud doesn't make them sound any different." Sero added.
Tenya was ... discouraged, he already expected that Izuku would take this exercise too seriously because of what All Might said but now there was another problem, his own teammate, he didn't know if it was a personal grudge or if Katsuki was just acting ... if it was indeed this situation he would act as a villain too but ... his teammate was simply too honest for that.
"You are going to make us lose ! ..." he received no answer ... so instead of trying to reason with him he decided to gain as much chance of winning as possible by guarding the bomb himself.
"You're too slow." Twice echoed.
Meanwhile outside the building.
"Looks like you were right Izuku"
"I'm kinda grateful that Katsuki is still a complete violent and angry bastard ... sorry for swearing"
"No I agree ... the bomb isn't directly next to a window, I'm gonna have to find another way around"
"Okay, then I'll distract Katsuki and give you as much time as possible, if I manage to beat him I'll join you"
Ochaco nodded and used her quirk on herself to make her way inside the building directly on the fourth floor, the floor right above where the bomb was located so she wouldn't meet with Katsuki.
At the same time Izuku ran directly inside by the main entrance, he was trying to keep some discretion, it's not like he wanted a face to face with Katsuki.
On the other hand Katsuki wasn't trying to hide, each of his footsteps could clearly be heard inside the whole building.
Izuku could feel that he was coming toward him ... he already had a plan in mind, he would hide around a corner and wait for Katsuki to get past him, then put his arms around his neck to get on good grip on his body and his quirk by the way.
Katsuki will be confused because his quirk won't activate and to finish him Izuku would just have to force him to surrender ... then no ... this last part was just simply impossible, Katsumi was too stubborn to give up.
"THERE YOU ARE !"
By reflexe Izuku ducked to avoid an incoming grenade gauntlet which managed to smash a part of the wall where he was hiding. He muttered again, Sensei was right definitely something he would have to get rid of.
"Remind me to give you all extra homework on stealth training….some of you might seriously need it in the future." Aizawa told them.
He rolled away, using the momentum during which Katsuki was pulling his gauntlet away from the wall.
"DIE !"
Katsuki directly charged toward Izuku, his right arm extended toward Izuku and the left one preparing an explosion.
An opening, Izuku ran directly in front of him and grabbed Katsuki's right arm, his explosion wasn't ready yet and he wasn't fast or strong enough to counter Izuku.
He pulled Katsuki toward the ground and slammed his body against it, he saw Katsuki coughing some saliva for a moment ... but even if he was on the ground Izuku didn't have the advantage of the surprise now, the best option he had was to run away and figure out a better way to neutralise Katsuki.
Ochaco managed to find the bomb room, Tenya was guarding to bomb ... according to Izuku he wouldn't be able to fight back directly, so all she had to do was to grab the bomb.
Tenya was looking directly at the only entrance ... stealth wasn't an option then. Ochaco ran inside the room and used her quirk to jump over Tenya and grab the bomb !
Tanya was surprised but not out of option, he grabbed the fake bomb and brought it somewhere else in the room using his quirk.
"Nice try but I won't let you touch it !"
Izuku didn't foresee that ... Tenya could move the bomb and with his quirk it was literally impossible to get him ...
Ochaco used a communication device to contact Izuku "I'm inside the bomb room but we have a problem !"
"OH REALLY ?!" Izuku had to yell so Ochaco would hear him, Katsuki was using his explosions to get some speed and catch up with him.
"Is he being sarcastic or just talking loudly over the explosion?"
"Probably both."
"You can't run forever !" No be couldn't but he was bringing him exactly where he wanted to, hopefully Ochaco would figure out what to do if Izuku's plan work ... now he just had to check one thing.
Izuku arrived at a dead end, the perfect place ... Katsuki arrived the next second.
"Trapped like a rat !" He raised his right arm toward Izuku ... he knew it, this couldn't simply be a detail.
"Katsuki stop you will-" Izuku quickly heard All Might's voice on the radio, obviously he was aware of what Katsuki was about to do but he however didn't care much about the result !
"Burn !"
"I've seen bigger….I've survived bigger." Treble muttered to himself.
"Okay….this guy is too unstable and that's saying something." Twice deadpanned. "If those are the kinds of heroes that are being raised then maybe I'll do something safer...like joining the yakuza or something….. I hear the Eight Precepts of Death are hiring. Anyone want to come with?"
"Put your hand down Toga." Tomura muttered.
There was a big explosion, even bigger than the last ones, it was so powerful that for a brief instant Tenya was destabilized. Ochaco jumped on the occasion, this time she wasn't aiming for the bomb but directly for Tenya, and she managed to grab his leg, she quickly activated her quirk on him but Tenya didn't say his last word.
"Not yet !" He firmly grabbed Ochaco and used his quirk, even if Tenya knew that he wouldn't be able to control his direction, he had to stop Ochaco and get her as far as possible from the bomb.
"If all else fails FLOOR IT."
"Damn it !" Ochaco really hoped that she would not get sick, Tenya was not aware of this weakness but he was still exploiting it right now.
3 years ago.
"Here we go again."
"... what are you scared of the most ?"
"The most ? ... I'm not scared of death so that minimize my field of answer ... I would say ... what I can't control"
"What you can't control ? Like ... the rain ?"
"Control is ... well, in a way I would call it freedom ... a slave has no control, it isn't free ... it lives and dies as a prisoner ... yes, I'm scared of what I can't control, I'm scared of what I can't see or can't change"
"But ... then death-"
"I'm not scared of death ... I'm a believer somehow you know ? I'm know where I'm going and I'm not scared because whatever happens I truly believe I made the right choices ... why did you asked this question Izuku ?"
"Never would have picked him to be the religious type."
"Religion is an ancient concept….makes sense that someone from the pre quirk era would still hold some belief. Quirks really have changed our mentalities." A teacher said.
"... what if- ... what if one day I don't have the choice ? What if one day I'm forced to do something ?"
"That's a complex question, beside there is no real context ... I can't answer that for you, if I did I would give you one choice, and you would assimilate this choice as the only possible one, there is never only one option, there is always at least two"
"In the case of Gregar, there is always the option to punch it in the face and if that doesn't work then run away, train and hit it again." Treble muttered.
"Despite sounding almost entirely reliant on brute force, the fact that he considers retreating to get stronger says a lot." Griffin whispered to him.
There was a lot of smoke, Katsuki was pushed back a bit, but he was satisfied, his costume worked and he completely destroyed Deku.
"Four eyes, I'm done with the quirkless trash, finish the pink bitch all rig-?" Suddenly out of nowhere a hand grabbed Katsuki's face and sent it straight at the wall.
"What did he call her?" This time the girls were all fired up once more. Treble and the Teachers had to try and pacify them not unlike Gregar was doing with Amme, so they wouldn't beat Bakugo.
"Surely you heroes are smart enough to expel a flight risk like that right?" Twice sounded almost hopeful that their world might be better.
"They produced the number 2 hero, a woman abuser, child abuser and overall violent and despicable trash." Dabi retorted. "I sincerely doubt they would expel him." A lot of comments made by the scarred man caught a lot of them by surprise, some were ready to call him out for slandering the number 2 hero's name while Shoto could only wonder why the enforcer of the League knew so much about Endeavor, maybe a relative of his mother….no this guy was obviously fire….long lost cousin perhaps.
The smoke was dissipating, Izuku was in the middle ... unharmed, not even a scratch.
"How is he so much better than me? Am I really that pathetic?" Izuku thought. "We both held back, we both didn't use our quirks but why is he so much better than me in everything. He's smarter and stronger….and I am the one who actually has enhancing powers. He doesn't even have any quirk besides All for One and that's limted without him stealing quirks despite him knowing how to."
"How-?! Y-YOU STUPID DEKU !" Katsuki threw a punch with his right arm, Izuku dodged on his left grabbing Katsuki's arm in the process ... and this time he was in direct contact with his skin.
The screen froze as the entire image turned black with Izuku and Katsuki being made of white outlines. A faint yellow aura appeared around Bakugo before it immediately condensed into a ball and was pulled from his centre towards Izuku but stopped at the point of contact.
Katsuki was about to use an explosion with his left arm ... but nothing came out, he was completely lost, something was wrong, very wrong, his quirk, he couldn't feel his quirk anymore, his mind went blank for a few seconds.
Izuku headbuted Katsuki with his helmet and took out the capture tape, he could really hurt Katsuki if he kept hitting his head like that but the result was here, Katsuki was losing all control.
Badass Boast in 3….2….1
"How does it feel ?" Izuku asked in a whisper as he brought Katsuki to his knees.
Katsuki kept struggling, maybe he was trying to create explosions ? It was useless, Izuku had a tight grip on his quirk and he wouldn't let go.
"To get so close to your ascencion ..." Izuku rolled up the capture tape around Katsuki's arms and squeezed it tightly until Katsuki grunted a little, just to be sure he wouldn't try anything stupid.
"And it all ends up on the ground ?" Katsuki now had his face against the ground, he tried to look at Izuku but all his saw was a black skull ... it was ... overwhelming, he ... lost ?
Everyone, villains and heroes alike felt shivers run down their spines. This version of Izuku was not someone they wanted to mess with.
"Hey Griffin, can we bring your Izuku to watch with them some time in the future."
"I'll think about it." Griffin responded quietly.
"K-Katsuki has been arrested !" Announced All Might on the radio, even he didn't sound like he actually believed Izuku had won.
"Ochaco can you hear me ?"
"Yes !" At the same time Izuku could imagine in what kind of situation Ochaco was with the noises through the communication device "Are you alri-?!"
"Yes ! We don't have much time, I need your position and the position of the bomb in the room !" If Izuku was right ...
Ochaco explained where she was, she managed to grab a pillar and she was trying to kick Tenya but he was worse than a mosquito.
Still ... she didn't understand Izuku's plan, he just told her to grab something and to not let go.
"Time is running out ! Even if you defeated Katsuki we will win HAHAHAHAHA"
"Tenya please just drop your villain act ... it's just awkward now"
"It was also an absolute cringe. We'll be glad to give you some tips to act the part." Twice told him.
"I don't think that will be necessary." Tenya replied trying to be as polite as possible.
"O-oh ..."
Izuku grabbed one of Katsuki's gauntlets, it was part of his plan.
"You should have forbidden everyone from using that weapon, not just Bakugo." Aizawa scolded All might.
"Don't touch that !" Katsuki yelled, if he didn't have his arm tied or if he didn't have arms at all he would probably be trying to bite Izuku right now.
"Stop barking would you ?" It was very simple, he just had to pull the pin like a real grenade ...
The bomb was five meters in his left above him, and Ochaco was only 2 meters behind ... he pulled the pin and …
"Still blew up several floors." Kirshima added. "Manly….destrucive but manly nonetheless especially since it wasn't a point blank blast."
The floor exploded, that's why Izuku told her to old tight, Tenya was losing his grip, Izuku had calculated everything ... Ochaco was really impressed, the bomb was too far away to get impacted by the explosion and at the same time Tenya wasn't holding her back anymore !
Using her quirk Ochaco propelled herself at the bomb and-!
"BOMB RETREIVED !" She Yelled out loud to expresses her joy !
"H-hero teams win !"
"Well ... I won ..." Izuku looked at the big hole he made in the ceiling, it almost reached the roof ...
"You-You-"
"Shut up would you ? It's about time you learn about losing and keeping it low, I'm done with all your trash talk about quirkless people ... in fact I'm done with everyone who thinks just like you and ohhh you aren't the only one no, far from that" Izuku leaned close to Katsuki's face "you are the worst one ..."
"It's strange how personal he feels about his quirkless status despite obviously having a quirk." Jiro commented.
"Maybe it's not so much the quirk but more on how he viewed the world because of it." Aizawa answered.
"But can a different quirk really have that big a change on a person's point of view."
"It is a radically different power."
"What do you think Midoriya?" Tsu asked him.
Izuku was lost in his own thoughts. He could feel himself becoming more conflicted than ever. Once again, the other self was proving to be an entirely different person. He had the power but refused to use it fully, yet he still won without even damaging himself like he had. He was also strongly vocal about the discimination of quirklessness, his on screen counterpart was never even quirkless to begin with and he was already trying to bridge that gap. Meanwhile what had he done to help the matter. Midoriya felt shame and regret. He had been quirkless and once he received his power by chance he forgot all about the unfairness he and 20 percent of the world's population faced. He felt awful. He wondered how All might felt.
Katsuki struggle again but the way Izuku tied him up didn't let him stand up.
"I guess Tenya will grab you on his way out, I don't see any reason to help you, it's not like I would have any at this point"
Izuku left the building, the first person he saw once he was out was Ochaco, obviously she heard his little conversation with Katsuki.
"We made it !"
"Yeah ! Thanks to you, without your quirk I'm almost certain that the bomb would have been out of our reach"
"Don't try to spoil my ego hehehe, you did everything ! That was incredible, you defeated Katsuki ! ... but ... what happened ? There was a big explosion and then- ... it was confusing, now did you avoid that ?"
"Well ... you see Katsuki's explosions are created via a substance that his body produces, mostly around his hands, this same substance is stocked inside the two grenade of his costume he was the one who created the first explosion ..."
A few minutes ago.
"Burn !"
Katsuki thought that he trapped me in a dead end, he was too focused on me to notice that the said dead end had a larger room at with a window at the end of it, I hid in a corner to avoid the explosion and used the window to evacuate the heat.
"Can I transfer students from a different dimension?"
"AIZAWA."
"It was just a joke…..maybe."
He look so satisfied ... he dropped his guard and all I had to do was to attack him, the best points to destabilize an opponent are either the throat or the head. My goal wasn't to hurt him so ... I aimed for the head.
"Always aim for the head."
The second explosion came from the other gauntlet ... I must admit, I was kinda ... improvising, at the moment.
"Improvising ? ... but then that's even cooler !"
"No it's not ... it was stupid, I was stupid, imagine that it was a real situation ? Here I knew my opponents, especially Katsuki. In a real situation I wouldn't, and I'm sure our goal wouldn't simply be to grab the bomb, we would have to put it in a safe place and then disarm it ... the real life is way more complex than this game ... today I didn't win anything, I just ended up acting like an idiot"
"It's good to be hard on yourselves sometimes. Just don't overdo it." Aizawa explained.
"I-Izuku don't say that ! It's not the real life we- we aren't heroes yet" Ochaco tried to cheer up Izuku
"... then tell me ... why didn't we just rush inside the bomb room by one of the windows while Katsuki was done ? We could have ended everything in about three minutes ..."
Izuku was ... right ? Ochaco didn't think about this ... Izuku's plan seemed so perfect back then.
"Hindsight is 20 20, you only realize the better solutions after you already used the mediocre ones….hate it when that happens." Treble grumbled,
"Then why ? ... why did you choose to confront Katsuki ?"
"... A certain someone was looking at me" Izuku insisted on the word "certain" Ochaco knew of who Izuku was talking about.
"... Well, could you do me a favour then ? For putting me in danger ?"
"Please tell me she asks him for a date?" Toga bounced.
Izuku turned around awkwardly as if he had lost all his seriousness in the process "Y-yes ?"
"Cheer up ! We won !"
"S-sure sorry ..." Izuku was right, under the mask the individual was completely different.
"Okay I'll take it, but i want to see them date after." Toga said.
In the observation room.
"Great, everyone is back, now can someone tell me who was the MVP of this exercise and why ?"
A girl with black hair and a red costume raised her hand ... Momo Yaoyorozu.
"Yes ?"
"Either Tenya or Izuku, both of them managed to exploit, as much as they could, the capacities and talents of their team. In the villain team Tenya didn't have much choice as Katsuki wasn't going to cooperate, this is part of why they lost, however Tenya managed to defend the bomb against Ochaco when he was clearly disadvantaged considering Ochaco's quirk"
All Might didn't interrupt her, not yet at least ... in fact he wasn't sure if he should because he didn't expect her to give so much detail.
"The hero team exploited the division in the villain team to recover the bomb, Izuku knew that Ochaco would have the advantage against Tenya and that he would not be able to fight back, so even if Ochaco couldn't reach the bomb she was putting some pressure on Tenya. Also, Izuku used Katsuki's behavior and his own quirk against the villain team to recover the bomb, at the same time he neutralised the biggest threat in the villain team and helped Ochaco to reach the bomb, in a real situation all they would have to do to finish would be to neutralise Tenya before disarming the bomb ..."
Everyone was speechless and most of the students in admiration toward Momo's cleverness.
"W-well ... you are right ! Good job ... does anyone have something to add ? No ? Good ... next teams will be-"
The day went on like this, teams after teams, result after result, it gave Izuku the occasion to see and analyse the quirks of his classmates, some of them even talked to him, most because they were impressed by his performance, the other because they noticed that he was writing on a notebook, a brand new one made for his years at U.A.
The last team finished, All Might congratulated everyone and ran away like if there was a robbery right after he finished his speech.
"... maybe he had to go to the bathroom" suggested Ochaco
"He wasn't even trying to go fast at this point ... I would say that he was at around 2% of his maximum speed" added Izuku as he finished writing in his book.
As they walked to the exit of Ground Beta they saw the buildings which had been used during the exercise, it was a mess to be honest, especially the one they used and another one filled with ice by a student called Shoto Todoroki.
"I-Izuku" Tenya called him on the way "I noticed that you were taking notes ... c-can I see them ?"
"Of course ... I can even give you a full copy of this one once I'm home"
"R-really ?! I mean ... if it doesn't bother you of course, it's your own work and I wouldn't like to steal it"
"No, everyone can use it, in fact I'm glad people find it interesting ... back into my old school the other students thought that I was some kind of creep ... well I don't blame them, I was writing it during the classes ... Someone even used their quirk on me to stop me from mumbling"
"Wow ! Did you get hurt ? What happened next ?"
"N-nothing to be honest ... It was only electricity"
"... nothing ? Like nothing for real ? Your teachers didn't react at all ?"
"No-no they-"
"Young Midoriya !" Izuku almost bumped into All Might while he was talking to Tenya.
"Y-yes ?"
"Could you give me a minute of your time ? We have to talk ..." Izuku didn't like how grave All Might voice sounded but he wasn't in a position in which he could say no ...
"Yes ... yes of course" he replied.
"Good !" He turned toward Tenya and slightly bowed "Sorry to interrupt your conversation"
"It's nothing sir, whatever you have to say to Midoriya it must be important !" Tenya was forcing himself to not salute in front of his teacher.
A few minutes later.
Izuku was brought into a small office, obviously it didn't belong to All Might, it was empty, a desk and two sofas separated by a small table.
"... I'm sorry for what I said" All Might proposed a soda but Izuku denied it "I- I misjudged you and-"
"If you are here to apologise I really don't care"
All Might smiled "Oh well, I'm glad you accept-"
"No you didn't understand what I said, I don't want any of your excuses, what you said earlier seemed were clear, according to you only those who have great and powerful quirks can be heros"
"I never said that I-"
"Oh but you suggested it ... I don't hate you, I do not see any reason to do so, I just want to tell you that you don't have to pretend"
"Pretend ? Why would I do that ?"
"Isn't that what everyone does ? On the first day as my teacher you managed to act exactly like mostly everyone toward a quirkless person"
All Might didn't smile anymore ... he wasn't answering either.
"Now if you will excuse me I must go I- " as Izuku was taking his bag All Might stood between him and the door.
"No, I can't let you leave like this ... please believe me, what I said earlier didn't reflect my thoughts I ... I'm sorry, I messed up yes, and as your teacher my duty is to fix this ... so please, give me another chance"
For a moment Izuku was actually considering the ... opportunity ... for once he found someone who seemed to sincerely want to be forgiven for what he said on quirkless people ... for once ... it was the first time at all someone was apologising.
"At least he recognizes where he went wrong unlike other people you'll see later on." Griffin told them.
"... Alright ... but be careful about what you say, not everyone is as lucky as me" Izuku walked toward the door, All Might moved away "... see you tomorrow I guess"
"You too young Midoriya !" He was already displaying his signature smile once again as if nothing happened ... that's why Izuku ended up forgetting the idea of a hero who always smile ... it's simply not a solution, Sensei had a few points about that …
Tomura could agree, however Treble had other ideas. "A hero who always smiles is not a bad idea, but it does have flaws." If you wanted a hero who didn't smile then look at Endeavour."
Treble recalled his own adventures, he had always tried to maintain a positive attitude even in the most hopeless of situations. The one time he actually stopped smiling was when he tested faith and gave into his sadistic side, but even then he wore a slasher smile.,
He was out but then a hand grabbed Izuku's shoulder "but before you go ... tell me, who taught you those moves ? The one you used during the exercise"
Izuku acted surprised for a moment, and then he casually answered "I mander them myself to be honest" he added a small smile to show his pride.
"Oh I see ... just wanted to know, you are free now" Izuku left ... and this time he made sure to walk fast enough so All Might would not have the idea to follow him or find yet another excuse to keep him here.
But All Might wouldn't ... and for a very long time, he clearly saw "Izuku's moves" somewhere, how could he forget after all ? His nemesis used the same ones.
"And tensions rise."
A.N. so unfortunately there is no post chapter/episode conclusion here, instead I'm going to ask on your opinions for what the next few chapters will be.
The chapter immediately following this one will be have a question and answer section either as its introduction or as its post reaction conclusion.
I will also focus on my sub plot with everyone in the theatre.
I also intend to do a possible reaction to another story in the next chapter one of my own original ideas, however i am a bit lost for which one to use so i am going to list them out here an you all can review and tell me which one you like and think should be next.
Story idea 1 (Generator Rex style)
When Izuku was a kid he stumbled into an old abandon lab, this lab contained an A.I. who existed before quirks and was tasked with perfecting the cure when for many issues of the pre quirk world with...nanites. Upon the development of quirks the nanites were shifted to be a cure but were subsequently cancelled as the widespread of quirks slowly became the norm. However with the quirk singularity doomsday theory the A.I. was left running and over the centuries developed the nanites as the ultimate support item to help control the quirks by reducing there power. These nanites would also allow an individual to make machines out of there bodies while still staying human. However the A.I. would not be tasked with this cure for fear of going rogue and instead would be programmed to choose a worth human to wield the power the nanites
Story idea 2 (Digimon style)
Digimon have always been around and have interacted with humans before, however this was before quirks. Now the two worlds are interesecting more and more and with the arrival of the digital quartz zones digimon are now living in the world in between. Enter Izuku Midoriya...a boy once deemed quirkless gets a second chance by becoming one of the digital world's newest guardians. He protects the digital world while also trying to fulfill his dream of becoming a hero and even if he doesn't have a quirk, he does not need one if he gets trained by the ultimate fighter himself Marcus Damon.
Story idea 3 (more of an original style than the other 2)
Izuku learns early on that he does have a quirk, a very impractical but powerful quirk. He can bring statues to life. However these statues are really lost souls who were brought back to life because of his wishes and they have lost their memories as a result. Still they agree to help him become a hero but who are they really. Meanwhile Tomura is going to become the greatest villain of all time, at least that's the plan but a nomu and old friend might have other ideas.
Story idea 4 ( Okami Style)
Amme has watched over humanity for centuries. She was there when they didn't even the world was round and when Gods and Demons were more prevalent, now centuries later the world is full of villains and heroes all due to the manifestation of quirks. The world no longer needs its Goddess, it needs a hero and she will be more than willing to teach one of the few actually heroic individuals, Izuku Midoriya her secrets.
Well that's all. Tell me what you think...Should i keep doing reactions to Prohibited power or do you want to see some of my original works as well.
Note when i say i original i mean these stories aren't even published yet, so technically the reaction fic might be more of trailer of sorts.
