It was Dark. It was always dark in the laboratory.
However, in Momo Yaoyarozu's room, she along with Izuku Midoriya, both were only 7, lay in her bed, looking at each other.
"How was training?" Momo asked
"It was long and... it hurt," Izuku replied
Momo's expression turned into fear and sadness, "Do you ever think we'll see our parents again?" Momo asked
Izuku nodded, "I do," he told her, "The heroes will come, I promise,"
"Really?" Momo asked
"Really," Izuku replied
"Together?" she asked
"Together," he told her, "If we go out there, what's the first thing you wanna see or do?" he asked Momo
"I wanna make another doll, for my mother and father, and tell them how much I missed them," she said with a soft smile
he gave her a soft smile back, "That sounds cute," he said
Momo giggled softly, "What would you want to see or do?" she asked Izuku
"I want to tell my mom sorry, tell her that I was wrong to say those things," He told her
"And do you still want to be a Hero?" Momo asked
Izuku smiled brightly, "Of course!" He said "Because I want to protect you Momo,"
Momo blushed a little as she smiled at him, "Promise?"
Izuku nodded and continued to smile brightly at her, "Pinkie Promise!" Izuku said as he held out his pinkie
Momo giggled happily and she took his pinkie in hers, sealing their childish promise.
At the time, if you saw them, you would say that those two kids, despite being brought up in the darkness of the world, seeing the cruelty of their fellow man, and experiencing the worse pains no child should ever feel, would grow up to accomplish their dreams, overcome their inner darkness and free themselves from the shackles of their trauma, and fulfill their childish promise to each other...
But that promise would not be fulfilled when they were set free, nor would it be anytime in the future.
For their promise would remain unfulfilled and broken...
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Izuku walked through the forest. It had been a week since he had... Since he... Had killed that entire town for what they did.
His eyes were red from the crying she had done.
He had killed them all. Their blood was stained on his clothes, his body, his face, and his hands.
He looked to his hands, now stained by the blood of other humans.
"Oh... Oh god"
Izuku's hands began to shake and he began to cry yet again. The tears he shed fell on his blood-stained hands and he fell to his knees. His sobbing became uncontrollable.
"W-What have I done!? What have I done!?" Izuku cried, he looked up to the sky as tears fell from his emerald eyes and a terrified look graced his face, "I'M SORRY! MAMA! I'M SORRY! I GOT ANGRY MAMA! I KNOW I'M NOT GOOD! I KNOW! I KNOW! I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY MAMA! PLEASE, MAMA! MAMA! MAMA, PLEASE DON'T BE MAD! I'M SORRY FOR BEING SUCH A BAD BOY! I'M SORRY! PLEASE, MAMA! DON'T HATE ME! I'LL TRY TO BE GOOD NEXT TIME! I PROMISE! I'M SORRY MAMA! MAMA!" Izuku cried out into the sky.
He cried and cried till finally, he could no longer because his lack of sleep and food tired him, and he fell forward, slowly losing consciousness.
"I'm sorry... Mama" Izuku pleaded as he completely blacked out.
However, just as he blacked out, a figure approached the young boy's unconscious body.
"Oh, my..." Began the figure, "What happened to you?" they asked with a concerned tone
Izuku's eyes slowly opened
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Izuku's eyes slowly opened, his vision was blurred, but he could hear voices in the same room as him.
"Kaina, Investigators have already concluded that it was the kid who did it," came a male voice
"I already guessed that Keigo, but I know that's not all, your holding out on something," came a female voice
Izuku decided to keep his eyes closed and listen to the rest of the conversation between the man, who apparently was named Keigo, and the woman, who was named Kaina.
"The kid was from the "Daycare" Operation," Keigo said "Technically speaking, the kid's not really a kid, he's one of those Nomu things"
"Oh my god..." Kaina said
'She probably thinks I'm a monster,' Izuku thought, he wanted to cry but forced the tears back.
"But he's still just a child, how can he be capable of something like that!?" Kaina asked
"We found a woman's body tied to a metal pole, she was burned but thanks to her dental records, the hospital was able to deduce the woman as Inko Midoriya, the kid's mother,"
"They... They killed his mother?" She asked, "Why!?"
Keigo let out a sigh, "Based on the evidence we found, Someone figured out who the boy was and the town went crazy, afraid of something similar to the Tokyo incident, the town came to a decision to get rid of them..."
"By burning a mother and trying to kill an innocent boy!?" Kaina cried
Keigo didn't reply right away, he waited and then began, "You care for the kid, don't you?" Keigo asked
Kaina didn't answer
'She can't care for someone- something... like me,' Izuku thought to himself, tears forming in his eyes.
"Of course I do," Kaina said, "Look at him Keigo, don't you see it?" Kaina asked
Keigo didn't reply, but Izuku could feel the man's eyes on him even if he couldn't see Keigo and Izuku tried his hardest to continue to keep up his act.
"He looks tired and hungry, and... lost," Keigo said
"Exactly..." Kaina said "He looks just like us,"
"What do you plan on doing?" Keigo asked "The Commission has already taken an interest in him,"
"Then I have to hurry and figure something out before they get their dirty hands on him," Kaina said, "I... I can't let them do what they did to us," She said
"I know..." Keigo said, "I'll help as much as I can," Keigo told her
"Thank you, Keigo," Kaina said
Izuku tried to stop himself from crying, he couldn't believe what he was hearing, what was happening. These people, Kaina and Keigo, wanted to help him, wanted to... save him. He tried to not cry, tried not to let them know that he was awake. He wouldn't cry.
Suddenly, he felt a weight on the side of his cot but didn't move. he then felt a light touch on his cheek.
"It's gonna be ok," Kaina told him, "from now on, everything is going to be ok... Izuku,"
Izuku quit the act and quickly wrapped his arms around Kaina's waist, surprising the older woman. Izuku sobbed quietly into her chest and while surprised at first and a little apprehensive of what to do next, she rested her hand on his head and patted it, reassuring the young boy.
"It's ok... everything is ok to be ok now," Kaina said "I promise,"
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"This is the boy?" All-Might asked
Nezu nodded from his chair, "Yes, he will be in class 1-B,"
"My goodness... And he's not the only one here, correct?"
Nezu nodded, "Yes, it seems that unbeknownst to Mr. Midoriya, the girl that was rescued alongside him, Ms. Yoayarozu, will be attending UA but in class A," Nezu told him
"Why keep them separated?" All-Might asked, "Would it not be better for them to be out together?"
Nezu didn't answer.
"I see... You suspect them," All-Might asked
"And you don't?" Nezu asked "Those two were held captive, experimented on, and given multiple quirks due to him, and both of them attend UA? Forgive me if I worry that he may have spies here now,"
"I admit, I do not suspect them, but I think that we are jumping to conclusions," All-Might said "He may have held them for a long time, but that doesn't mean that are his spies or puppets, both have had their lives ruined by his actions, in one way or another, so I think we should give them the benefit of the doubt, they are just children after all... Lost children that that," All-Might said
Nezu sighed, "Yes... You might be right," Nezu said "They are lost, and it's our job as heroes and teachers to put them on a path where they will find themselves," Nezu said
All-Might smiled, "I couldn't have said it better," he told Nezu, "Now, I will look through their files and see what kind of quirks they have, after all, I don't want to be caught off guard,"
"Yagi... Be prepared to see some quirks you recognize on their files,"
All-Might nodded, "I know..." All-Might replied,
All-Might left the office and the principal spun in his chair and looked outside to the front gates of UA, of his school.
Izuku Midoriya and Momo Yaoyarozu are 2 of the 30 children that were taken by the super-villain known as All-for-One and experimented on. Two children with more than 1 Quirk. Two children who had led troubled lives in one way or another.
Would they reunite today? Tomorrow? A week? What would happen when and if they should meet? Were they truly just lost, children? Were they spies for the symbol of evil?
Nezu could only let out a sigh of disappointment as he turned back around and took a sip of his tea.
"What an exciting yet very troubling year this will turn out to be..." He said
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In the far future:
"Come again?"
[I found something in the wreckage]
"What did you find in the wreckage?"
[It seems to be some sort of... Locket]
"Is there anything inside of it?"
[Let me check...]
1... 2... 3... 4... 5...
"Well?"
[Sorry, yeah there's something inside of it,]
"What is it?"
[A letter]
"A letter? To who?"
[It says that it's to... Ugh! I can't read it! The name is smudge with something!]
"Well, what does it say?"
[It says, "I am sorry, that I was never able to create the Paradise that we wanted together, but I know that you will carry on and make the paradise we dreamt of... Keep everyone safe, I know that you of all people will be able to do it, and please, find happiness after I'm gone, after all, I'm not the only one who loves you... With love-"]
[Beep! Beep! Beep!]
[What the hell is that!?]
"Impossible...! We just detected life in the wreckage!"
[What!? But the building has been wreaked for 5 years now!]
"The monitors not lying... Someone's alive under all that wreckage... Someone's still alive in the old UA campus!"
[What do we do?]
"... Get back here with that note and locket, I'll call Principle Nezu as well as the staff, I think they should be here in case something goes wrong,"
[Gotcha' boss, on my way back right now]
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What are Izuku and Momo's quirks? How much of a role will Hawks and Lady Nagant have? What sort of future has been shown? Who wrote the note? Who was it addressed to? Who is seemingly still alive under the rubble of the future UA campus?
