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Chapter 33

Bakugo was walking down the hallway of the hospital. It's been two days since Deku was taken by the villains, everyone was talking about it, all over the news.

Damn vultures.

Melissa visited the hospital to see how everyone was doing , it looked like she was crying, she took Deku's shield since it was a property of UA, heh it belonged to Deku and Deku alone.

He continued to walk as he thought about what he heard the other day, Yoyourozu had attached a tracking device onto the Nomu she fought. Giving one to All Might for the heroes.

Bakugo clenched his fists, he couldn't just wait.

"Bakugo!" He looked behind him and saw Uraraka and Todoroki standing there.

"We got your message." Todoroki walked over. "What's this about?" Uraraka asked. Bakugo

"Gonna talk to Yaoyourozu." He responded and continued to walk down the hall. The other two followed behind him. "What?" Uraraka looked confused.

Bakugo ignored her when he saw the room where their friend was, he opened the door and saw Yaoyourozu sitting on her bed.

She turned and was surprised. "Bakugo, Todoroki, Uraraka, what are you doing here?" She asked, Bakugo entered the room.

"You made a tracking device and attached it to that monster." He said, Uraraka looked at Momo with wide eyes.

Yaoyourozu frowned. "... And you want me to make you a receiver just the one I gave the heroes." She guessed as the room went silent.

"... Can you make one?" Todoroki asked. "Todoroki!?" Uraraka looked at the boy in shock.

"I can… But what do you intend to do with it?" The rich girl narrowed her eyes.

"What else, I'm gonna rescue Deku." Bakugo answered with a glare.

"But we can't, we don't have our licences!" Uraraka argued. "We aren't in that world anymore where we can use our powers however we want!"

"We don't need to use our powers to rescue Deku." Bakugo retorted. "But still, we would be facing villains!" Uraraka argued. "We just need to avoid being spotted." Todoroki crossed his arms.

"You could use support items." The group turned around to see Melissa by the door, "Melissa, you can't come with us." Ochako frowned.

"I'm not asking to, I know that I'm not trained as a hero and my place is in the labs, but what I can do is give you guys the tools to go and save him." Melissa gave Bakugo a determined look. "What do you need?"

Bakugo crossed his arms. "Night vision goggles and maybe a few smoke bombs."

Ochako sighed, rubbing her face in frustration. "We're gonna get into so much trouble."

Lady Nagant was standing on top of a building overlooking Kamino ward, she looked over at the people who were walking around without any care in the world.

She looked at her watch, just a few more hours…

Nagant remembered the conversation she had with that kid after she agreed to help him.

"Kamino?" Nagant raised an eyebrow as Midoriya had his eyes closed, focusing on something.

"Yeah, I need you there to prepare for a battle that will take place days after, I need you to assist, after that, I'll help you and tell you everything, I promise, that I won't hide anything from you." Midoriya turned and smiled at her.

"... You shouldn't be too trusting, kid." Nagant narrowed her eyes.

"It hasn't backfired on me before, besides, everyone needs a second chance at life, yours was taken." The kid turned away.

"I need to go save my friends, you need to get out of here, stay safe." Midoriya courched and disappeared in a flash.

Nagant blinked, "So fast…" She muttered and got up going to her extraction point.

"... kid, you better make good on your promise." Nagant reached into her bag and took out a box of takoyaki and started to eat. "Fuck I missed this." She muttered

I stared at the wall of my room/cell.

The room itself was small with only a bed and a bathroom, boring but I had to be patient.

I could feel the previous user's anger towards me. I understood why, I was in the belly of the beast and I came here intentionally.

They removed the cuffs before placing me here, All For One was very sure I couldn't escape, I wasn't trying to.

My guard was Twice, which I expected, Spinner wasn't here nor was Magne, Kurogiri was attending the bar, Shigiraki had no patience and Dabi was… Dabi.

This was a perfect opportunity to reform him, I looked at my hands, I only had one shot at this.

All for One could ask Kurogiri to fetch me at any moment.

I got up and leaned against the door. "So why did you become a villain?" I asked.

I waited until I got a reply. "Because I chose it! IT WAS FORCED UPON ME!" I bit my lip.

"You know… I always believe that there are villains that didn't choose this life.." I said, hoping that Twice was listening.

"It only takes one mistake, one bad day to shake the foundation of a person's life." I continued as I looked up at the ceiling.

"I have a feeling that you're one of those people." I finished.

There was silence for what seemed like eternity, I closed my eyes and pushed off the wall, walking back to the bed, I stopped as the door unlocked and opened.

I turned back to see Twice peeking his head in. "And how would you know of a bad day huh!?" He asked in an angered tone, now not contradicting himself.

Smiling, I turned to face him. "Let me tell you a story." I offered. "I love stories! HATE THEM!" Twice shouted.

I watched as he entered the room and closed the door crossing his arms. "Don't worry, I'm not gonna escape, I can't you guys have a teleporter." I chuckled and sat on the bed.

"Yeah it's pretty hard to escape, IT'S EASY!" Twice contradicted.

I looked at Twice as I started my tale

"There was a man, he was a comedian, not a good one though." I started. "He didn't have much money, he lived in a small apartment, but what he did have was a wife, she was pregnant." Twice stared at me, I couldn't tell his expression because of the mask.

"The man wanted to give his wife everything and give his child a good home, so after another failed act, he was offered a job by the mafia to rob a chemical factory." I sighed softly.

"He had no interest in it, he wanted to be an honest and decent man, but then he found out his wife had died along with his child."

Twice continued to stare, but his fist was clenched. "The mafia though, they didn't care, even after he didn't want to go through with it anymore, they pushed him into going through with it." I looked at the floor. "They gave him a costume of a lesser known villain and as the cops caught up, they threw him under the bus, the cops went after him thinking he was the mastermind, but in reality, he was just a man who had nothing to lose. He fell into a vat of chemicals and it changed him, he lost his sanity and turned into a villain, craving destruction and chaos."

I closed my eyes, the Joker's story… or one of them, was a sad one. "Why tell me this, there's no happy ending!" He asked. "Because, I've seen how one small thing can derail your life." I answered. "What happened that made you turn to this kind of life?" I asked him.

Twice looked away. "None of your business." I hummed at the lack of contradicting, maybe when both his persona's agree on something it comes out as one. "Too personal?" I asked. "You're just trying to get me to let my guard down! I TRUST YOU COMPLETELY!" He pointed at me accusingly.

I hummed. "Maybe, but I'm not gonna do that." I told him. "I know I can't escape." I shrugged.

Twice stared at me, trying to find something in my expression, but he didn't find any deceit. "... Why do you want to know more about me?" He asked, "Truthfully, I want to help you." I smiled at him. "Help? THERE'S NO HELPING!"

"Yeah, I want to see your side of the story, see the kind of person you are behind that mask." I walked up to him. "I have helped reform a villain before, she's very nice, I think you two would get along." I grinned.

"Nah, not my thing. SOUNDS FUN!" Twice shook his head rapidly.

"Well, if you don't want to tell me… why don't you let me see for myself?" I asked. Twice looked at me weirdly, his expression was so obvious.

"Huh?" I raised my hands. "Can you trust me for a moment?" I asked, "Yeah, NO!" Twice contradicted himself.

"Look, if I end up hurting you, you can go straight to your boss and he can disintegrate me." I offered. "Just trust me." I slowly moved my hands and placed them on his head.

He didn't stop me or try to move. I closed my eyes and tapped into the feeling I felt when I faced Nagant.

Suddenly I saw his memories.

Losing his family.

Losing his job.

Creating clones.

Clones killing each other!

SPLITTING!

DOUBT!

AM I THE REAL ONE!?

I pulled away and stumbled as I was starting to shake, the feeling was overwhelming, I looked at Twice, with pity and understanding. "I'm sorry…" I whispered.

"You… saw." Twice gripped his head as the memories came flooding back to him.

I took a deep breath, "Jin." I called out. "You're the real one." I told him straight out.

"YOU DON'T KNOW THAT!" He screamed at me. "I do, because if you weren't the real one you wouldn't even exist!" I exclaimed. "The quirk would fall apart if the original was dead and you were injured when you watched all of your clones kill each other."

I took a deep breath. "Please… if that won't convince you… then let me prove it." I took his arm. "I can dislocate your arm." The man looked at me like I was crazy. "You can trust me." I assured him.

Twice stared at me for a while before he looked at his arm and held it out. I took it and remembered the practice I had with setting a dislocated arm and the videos on how to dislocate one.

"Take a deep breath." I warned and then CRACK. Twice whined and banged his hand against his thigh. "I'm… not disappearing." Twice looked at his hand in awe.

I quickly relocated his shoulder with another crack, snapping him out of his thoughts. "OW!" I shushed him.

"You… you did that." He muttered, still looking at his hand, now knowing he was the real Twice.

"I want you to trust me and give me a chance in helping you" I offered my hand. Twice stared at me and slowly took my hand.

I smiled at my new ally. "... You got any cards?" I asked.

"Why should I help clean up UA's mess? I'm a very busy man you know,". Endevour glared at Naomasa.

Mirko was in a room filled with other pros and the police.

She gritted her teeth at Endevour, this was why she hated teaming up, it was easier if she was on her own.

"Get off your high horse, you are a UA alumni." Jeanist spoke through the TV with a camera mounted on it.

"There is a bigger picture here Endevour, we couldn't call in heroes from the school." Naomasa looked at the heroes and SWAT team in the room. "It's possible that this incident is the beginning of the end for hero society. We'll stop at nothing to resolve this successfully."

Mirko crossed her arms. "During my time with Midoriya, he showed me that he had the heart of a hero, I can bet everything that he's fighting back."

"Why are you even here?" Endevour asked, "You never team up." The flame hero glared at her,

Mirko returned the glare with one of her own. "Those villains have my student, I'm not just gonna stand around and let others do the work… Besides, I learnt that heroes need help from time to time."

"I owe it to Midoriya by not protecting him during the training camp, I will rectify that mistake." Tiger spoke from the TV.

"Thanks to the tracking device placed by one of the students, we believe that there are two separate hideout locations." Naomasa continued to speak.

Mirko felt a meaty hand on her shoulder. She looked behind to see All Might, "Thank you for coming." He gave her one of his smiles. "Don't think I'll start teaming up all willy nilly after this." She turned away.

All Might looked at Gran Torino who nodded at him.

All For One wasn't gonna get away.

I was playing Poker with Twice, we were betting on chips.

I had Twice on my side, now I just needed to meet with-

The door opened, knocking me out of my thoughts as Kurogiri stepped in. "The master wants to see him." The shadow spoke.

"Awww and I was winning. I WAS LOSING THANK YOU!" Twice contradicted and I got up. "Let's get this over with." I looked at Twice who winked at me, I gave him a smile. "Next time we'll finish." I patted his shoulder and walked up to the teleporter and I was enveloped in a black fog.

I found myself in a dark room, I looked around and saw in the center of the room were two sofa chairs with a bright yellow light shining over them. I walked to the chairs and looked around.

"It's nice to finally meet you… Face to face." I looked at the source of the voice and saw him, the Symbol of Evil, All For One.

He was wearing a suit and his mask, which I had to admit, intimidated me, but honestly, his aura was already doing that.

"Sit down." He offered. I sat down on the chair and watched as he did the same.

I stared at the mask, knowing that he had no eyes or nose, but he could sense me just fine. "Is the mask too much? I feel like it is, but alas, I need it." All For One crossed his legs and clasped his hands together.

"I understand and honestly it does add to the intimidation factor but your aura does a good job at that already." I spoke with complete honesty, I knew this man could kill me without a thought, but I knew he wouldn't.

I had something he wanted. "At last, a user who can converse with me without malice or hate." All for One sounded giddy. "Your predecessors were so serious, no banter, no talking, just yelling and hate."

I raised an eyebrow, "I can guess why that was the case, so can you." I responded, I relaxed in the chair.

"Yes, I suppose me murdering their loved ones was a factor in it." I glared, "But you are a fresh slate." I could feel All For One smile as he stared at me.

"... Why am I here?" I asked, "You asked for me specifically." I tilted my head.

"That's the question isn't it, you see, when I first saw you, I didn't see much, just another soul lost in the clutches of this hero society." I listened to the man as he spoke.

"But when you popped up in Hosu, that little speech changed my view." All For One leaned in. "Society is not broken. It only needs people strong enough to make their way through the harsh reality." He quoted.

"I loved that, I fully agree." I felt a bit sick, the Symbol of Evil, agreeing with my words. "Strong people survive while the weak can either adapt… or perish."

"We're survivors, you and I." I frowned. "What do you mean?" I asked hesitantly.

"Izuku Midoriya, age 15, born quirkless." I glared at him as he said that.

"I looked through your records, I know how quirkless people are treated, so sad." All For One spoke with remorse.

"Like you could know." I spat in anger.

"Oh but I do, you see, I was born when quirks first emerged, not even called quirks at the time, they called the ones who had powers freaks of nature, that's how people are, they hate what they don't understand."

"It took decades for people to accept quirks into their lives and now those who were considered normal were on the other side of the coin." All For One spreads his arm. "I know you struggled and it all came to a stop when All Might came into your life and offered you salvation with One For All."

"But why should you try to blend in with the crowd? Nothing will change, you are just part of the majority now." I was starting to see his motive now.

"... You want me to become a villain, turn against the heroes." I realized. "Why go with the people who abandoned you in the first place?" All For One asked.

"What about Shigaraki?" I asked, "He hates me."

"Shigaraki is a pawn in a game I'm playing, you could take his place." I narrowed my eyes. "You can join me and make those people who wronged you pay." He got up and offered his hand. "Don't you want to be happy, to feel like you don't have to hide amongst others."

I stared at the monster in front of me, why was he offering me this, this wasn't like him… It hit me like a brick.

He was afraid, afraid of what I would become.

I tried my best to not smile.

"I'm never gonna join you All For One, I know the pain and suffering you cause others and I don't want any part of that, I will never join you, I will take you down." I spoke with a determined look on my face.

The Super Villain stayed silent and got up. "I'm disappointed to hear that. You would have made a fine replacement for Tomura." He sighed and I froze at the mear killing intent that he leaked.

This… I could see my death in front of me, I then felt a hand on my face. "It'll take me a while to break down your will, but after that, you won't be strong enough to resist me." All For One spoke with a cold tone. "Sensory Overload." I felt my senses turn up to 11. "Give me One For All."

"G-Go to hell." I snarled. "Very well." He shot black blades from his fingertips into my body.

I screamed in agony as I felt pain shoot through my body, my hands gripping the chair ripping the fabric. I gritted my teeth and glared at the villain through his fingers.

The response was instant as I felt electricity course through me painfully as my screams echoed across the room.

Bakugo was leaning against the wall in front of a warehouse where the tracker had led them. Todoroki was looking over Momo's shoulder, Ochako was looking at the warehouse. All of them were wearing hoodies to hide their faces.

"Are you sure it's here?" Todoroki asked Momo.

"I'm positive." Momo looked at the tracking device.

"I think we should have worn some disguises." Uraraka pulled down on her hoodie.

"We're not here to play dress up." Bakugo growled as he marched towards the narrow opening between the two buildings. "I see a window here, come on."

The group shimmied between the two buildings, "Round face, make us weightless." He hissed. Uraraka nodded and used her quirk to lift him and Todoroki up the wall to get a closer look at the window.

Bakugo took out two night vision binoculars and handed one to Todoroki.

They looked inside and Todoroki gasped. "What?" Bakugo looked at the direction Todoroki was looking and bit his tongue to hold a curse. "This is a fucking Nomu factory.." He hissed.

"A factory to make those things?" Momo asked, looking horrified at the thought.

"Do you see Midoriya?" Todoroki asked, shaking out of his shock to continue looking for their friend.

"No.." Bakugo growled. "Let us down." He ordered and Ochako put them down.

"We didn't see him." Todoroki revealed. "No-" Momo was cut off as they heard noise coming from the front, they froze and there was a loud crash!

"Good work Mount Lady." Bakugo recognized that voice, it was Best Jeanist!

"The heroes." Uraraka looked at them. "We need to go!"

"Yes, they appear to have this handled." Momo nodded in agreement as they started to move out of the narrow alley.

Then they heard something. "My apologies, if I had known I had company, I would have been more prepared."

"STOP RIGHT THERE!" Bakugo turned around, "Round face, let me up!" He hissed.

"Put the body down!" Bakugo froze, body?

"Wait… that's-"

"I said STOP!" Jeanist ordered and then, in a flash, everything around them was destroyed, buildings were collapsing, the wall behind them was only able to cover them barely.

Bakugo was frozen in fear, next to him, Todoroki, Uraraka and Momo were also frozen.

'The hell?' Bakugo thought as he felt a strong presence right behind the wall they were leaning against.

He saw his dead body on the floor along with the others, he bit his tongue snapping him out of it.

"Tomura has finally started to think rationally and make decisions on his own, I do wish you haven't gotten in his way" The voice spoke in a muffle tone.

Bakugo leaned over to look at the man who did it, his heart stopped, not at the sight of the man, floating in the air with an aura of malice and evil surrounding him… but of the body he was holding.

Being held by the collar of his shirt was Deku, his eyes white and he was limp as the man tightened his grip. "Deku…" He looked in horror at the sight.

"Now then… Shall we begin?"