A/N: Under normal circumstances a lot of Quirks mean basically nothing. But with just the right setup, any Quirk can be downright terrifying when used correctly. As Deku's newest foe is about to show.
"Various eyewitness reports are confirming the presence of a new villain known as White-Out. Not much is known about them, save for their frequent use of popular correction tool White-Out or simple white paints to cover up any and all images of UA student Izuku Midoriya, as well as his known associates." A reporter said, even as Ochaco turned away from the TV.
"Hey, should we be worried?" she asked.
"If they want to pick a fight with Midoriya, that's their loss," Mina said. "He'd beat them six ways from Sunday, that's for sure."
"Yeah, he really would," Tsuyu noted. "Besides, we're all here too, aren't we? Kero."
"I guess you're right," Ochaco said. "Maybe I'm just worried because I'm his girlfriend…"
"You know, what if this is some elaborate ruse to get back at him for rejecting her?" Mina joked.
Ochaco rolled her eyes. "Who could he possibly have – oh wait right…" she trailed off, realizing the fair number of girls that had taken some kind of liking to Izuku over the past year. It was a lot. "Hang on, that implies he realized he was rejecting them in the first place!"
"It really doesn't, Ochaco," Tsuyu complained, "You realize one of those people was probably Toga, right? She's in jail, obviously, but y'know… Kero…"
Ochaco groaned. "I suppose that makes sense… But assuming White-Out is female-"
"-Which they probably are, given that bod-" Mina cut in.
"Well, anyway, doesn't she look a bit too… mature, don't you think?" Ochaco asked.
"Hey, you're plenty well-developed yourself, y'know," Mina noted. "Don't sell yourself short."
"That's not what I meant!" Ochaco retorted. "I mean, she looks a little… older. Like, a fair bit."
"So, what, Midoriya's a MILF hunter?" Jiro said.
"He's had a crush on me since I slapped him on the back in the entrance exam, so no," Ochaco replied firmly. "I mean on her end it'd be weird. Well, technically it's weird both ways but you get what I mean-"
"Indeed, this woman certainly seems more mature. And she makes use of… White-Out, of all things." Momo noted. "That implies she has access to a large amount of it."
"Pissed off, possibly laid off, office lady?" Jiro asked.
Momo nodded. "It certainly appears so. And given she's… rather public about her villainy…"
"Former reporter, then," Jiro surmised. "Great. At least she's not actively trying to hurt anyone?"
"That's still potentially hundreds of counts of vandalism, which would be a very substantial fine." Momo replied. "But yes, she does appear to be avoiding violent retaliation. The pen, in this case the brush, is mightier than the sword, after all."
However, as they were discussing this, White-Out had managed to sneak into UA by, of all things, stuffing herself into a paper package like what might be sent to her office on occasion, and waiting. When Ochaco went to open this package, she sighed. "Why did someone send me a box full of – MMPH!" Suddenly White-Out sprang from inside the package, using an enlarged version of the typical White-Out tape roller to gag Ochaco, and even as she tried to shove her outside or even float her away, White-Out suddenly appeared to dip into the paper behind her and pop out the other side. As the girls attempted to tear apart every sheet they could grab, White-Out shot between them, rapidly taping them all up in the process. She then dragged them outside, and began to laugh. "Well, I suppose you weren't expecting something as simple as paper to trip you up! But I've made a life out of finding and identifying any mistakes people have made. And thanks to Proofreader, I can do that without even needing to read through the page! Just hop on in, smack everything into place, and pop back out when I'm done." As Mina attempted to melt through the sheets of paper with her acid, White-Out laughed. "I wrapped all this paper in a Quirk-proof laminate. Can't have a Quirk-related incident in the office, you know!" Mina groaned. They really didn't have an out for this one. "Anyway, you girls just sit tight, OK? I bet you Wonder Boy will be down here any time now, but even he will be forced to concede defeat." As if to prove her superiority, she ungagged Ochaco.
"What makes you think he'll listen to you!?" she demanded.
"Paper's a lot stronger than you think," White-Out said with a smirk. "And besides, ever wonder why they call me White-Out?" The girls froze. "Because I can do this-" she mimed diving into a paper and popping out the other side, "-and you'll disappear."
White-Out AKA [REDACTED]
Quirk: Proofreader: If she touches a sheet of paper, she can move around everything printed on it as she sees fit! However, if there are no errors, she simply pops out the other side. Anything in the way at the time is broken straight through, with no consequences to herself.
"Wait, do you mean…" Ochaco mumbled.
"Yes, yes, I do. Since all these pages are blank, there's nothing for me to correct!" She smiled. "Which means I can pop right in, and through you on the other side. I'll be fine, unless there's a wall in the way. You, on the other hand…" she trailed off, point successfully made. And right on time, too, since Izuku had just come charging in.
"Sorry I'm late, I was… What did you do!?" he demanded.
"Oh, nothing much, just decided you needed a lesson." White-Out said.
"A lesson on what? How to make a demand? Because this isn't gonna work." Izuku said.
"No, a lesson on humility." White-Out said through gritted teeth. "Don't think I don't know about your little publicity stunt a few weeks ago, disparaging the claims of a reporter who only wanted to keep her fellow citizens safe from a potential menace."
"There was a police interview. I told them the truth. I could sue for slander, but I won't, because I'm nice." Izuku said. "Oh, and another thing, if you knew anything about me, you'd realize I was the pinnacle of humility. Because you want to know something?"
"What? Trying to garner sympathy now?" White-Out scoffed.
"No, I'm telling you the truth." Izuku corrected. "And that is that… I was Quirkless. For 14 years of my life, I was Quirkless. I've been at rock bottom and got shoved in a hole blown wide open by my very first friend. But you know what? I got up. I stood tall, and said I'd be a hero. No matter what anyone says. And look where I am now."
"Oh, yeah, like that's gonna convince me, kid." White-Out shot back. "Next you're gonna tell me that All Might was Quirkless just like you were."
"He was. Did you not know that?" Izuku said, now very puzzled.
"Bull. Shit. Kid. There is no way in hell he was Quirkless." White-Out said with a glare.
"Oh my God, you are dumber than I thought." Izuku facepalmed. "And here I thought you were just committed to some kind of bit, you know? I mean, really? White-Out? And you use White-Out all the time? Come on."
"I'm good at finding issues that need correcting and fixing them. Always have been." White-Out said.
"And you thought I was an issue. Me. The kid who literally punched a guy destroying an entire city by the atom so hard he vomited the whole place back up. Wow, you really are lost in your own head." Izuku shook his head. "But I guess I should've expected that, Ms. Hidabashi."
"Wha – How do you know my name!?" White-Out shouted.
"I've got 14 entire notebooks of Quirk analysis to my name," Izuku explained. "Ridiculously detailed, too. And villains always love explaining just how they work. So, when you mentioned making corrections, I realized that was your Quirky personality thing. Most people have one, comes with their Quirk."
"And how does that make me that disgraced hack of a reporter?" White-Out demanded.
Izuku had to snort to restrain a laugh. "Because every single article Nara Hidabashi wrote, and every story she covered live, always involved uncovering some big mystery to reveal the truth and get someone fixing the problem. Finally caught up to you a few weeks ago with that report on me." Izuku paused, collecting himself. "But you, you'd gotten so convinced that everything you did was exactly how it was supposed to go, that you lashed out. Tried, very unsuccessfully I might add, to wipe me off the map. And it all comes back to your Quirk. Something to do with correcting, or proofreading, I bet."
"GAH! Y-y-you… This wasn't supposed to happen! I was supposed to be the one revealing how much of a failure and a suck up you are!" White-Out cried.
Izuku shrugged. "Well, I may have been that once. It's how I got the name Deku, actually. But someone," he gestured to Ochaco, "Told me that I could turn that around. Be the guy who did things no one else would dare to do. Be the one who saves them all. And I did it. Even my sworn nemesis, the very guy molded to be exactly the man to defeat me, called me cousin in the end."
Suddenly White-Out began to laugh. "Well, that's all well and good, y'know, but you still haven't figured out a way to stop me from turning your girlfriend's stomach into Swiss cheese."
"Uh, I just did. Take a look." Izuku gestured to the paper wrapped around each of the girls of 2-A, noting the two bold letters written on each.
"What's that supposed to do?" White-Out replied. "I'll just pop right back out. There's no errors there. Besides, how'd you even do that?"
"You were monologuing. I've got superspeed. Do the math." Izuku said. "Also, there are errors on those pages. Think about it for a little bit."
"What do you – Oh, God dammit you're right. How did you-" White-Out stared. "There's literally no way for me to fix those. Two letters, incorrect either way. On all of them. How did you even think of that?"
"16 years of incessant Quirk analysis. I had a lot of free time." Izuku said. "Anyway, I think this is the part where I hit you and turn you in."
White-Out groaned. "Just get it over with…" With that, Izuku punched her right in the jaw, no One For All usage required, and she slumped forward. Then he untied everyone else.
When they were all free, Jiro couldn't help but laugh. "Only you would manage to beat a grammar Nazi like that. Only you."
"Yeah, and no One For All, either? Kero." Tsuyu added. "That's just rude, Izuku."
"I could literally bench press pre-Kamino All Might without any powerups, she should be thanking me," Izuku retorted.
"You're kidding." Jiro deadpanned.
"Nope. I think I have a photo, actually." Izuku said, pulling the relevant image up on his phone.
"Wait, you have an eight pack!?" Mina shouted. "Dude, that's so cool!"
Ochaco, meanwhile, was turning pinker than a blossoming cherry tree, and slowly floating away. Izuku very gently pulled her in with Attraction. "Th-thanks, Deku…"
"No problem! Anyway, come on, let's bring in the crazy office lady now." Izuku said, hoisting the unconscious Hidabashi over his shoulder.
He's so… casual about it, Momo thought. "Don't you think you're being a bit rough with her?"
"If she wants to act like garbage she gets treated like garbage. Recycling at best, maybe," Izuku said, rather thoroughly done with the whole mess.
"Wow, I didn't think he had it in him to be that mad," Tsuyu said.
"Oh, I'm not mad. Tired? Yes. Annoyed? Certainly. But mad? Oh man, you don't even know," Izuku replied. "I've only ever gotten mad once. And that was with Overhaul. Who, for those of you who were there should remember, I punched him so hard that entire area is now 10 meters deeper than it used to be, I think? Check it out on a topography map, it's actually really cool." Everyone stared at him, but they just went along with it. When it came to the subject of Izuku Midoriya, one always needed to expect the unexpected. Even if it included punching things so hard the topography changes.
Ochaco broke the silence. "Wait, what about, y'know, All For One? And Shigaraki?"
"I was scared of All For One," Izuku said. "As for Shigaraki… I pitied the guy. Really, I did. His grandma's really nice, actually, so maybe they've met in the afterlife and talked it out. Actually, wait…" he paused, asking the question in his head. "Alright, can confirm that Nana has in fact talked to her grandson."
"That is… really weird when you do that, y'know." Ochaco said. "Have you tried… taking others with you? Wherever you end up?"
"Uh, no? Why?" Izuku asked. "It's a mindscape, you can't just do that – wait actually apparently I can. Oh, wait, now I get it."
"Hm? What did you just get?" she asked.
"All Might's vestige shows up there. Even though he's, y'know, still alive." Izuku explained. "I might be able to pull off something similar. Who wants to volun – oh wait no, looks like I'm getting outvoted? Ochaco, grab on." He held out his hand, and Ochaco took hold of it. Suddenly she felt herself getting pulled inside Izuku's head.
"Look who finally showed up!" Daigoro said. "What'd I tell ya."
"Uh, hey Mr. Banjo," Izuku mumbled. "This is Ochaco Uraraka. Ochaco Uraraka, these are the 8 previous wielders of One For All."
"Yoichi Shigaraki," Yoichi said. "I was All For One's brother way back when."
"Nami Haishutsu," the second user explained. "I'm… not much of a conversationalist. Comes with pushing people away all the time."
"Mise Rikito," the third user said, extending a hand for a shake. Ochaco took it. "My Quirk's a little… hard to handle. Izuku over here seems to have a grasp on it though."
"Hikage Shinomori," Hikage said with a slight nod. "Nami over there may push people away, but I never let them get near in the first place."
"Daigoro Banjo," Daigoro nearly shouted. "I remember seeing you slap your boy over there back when my Quirk showed up. Keep doing that and you'll do great!" Ochaco chuckled slightly, earning a hearty laugh from Daigoro.
"Call me En," the sixth user said. "Don't mind if I seem to… disappear sometimes." Saying this, a veil of smoke surrounded him, until Nana slapped him.
"Don't mind En over there, he, and most of One For All's users are antisocial." Nana said. "I'm Nana Shimura, by the way, All Might's mentor as you might know me. Be good for my grandson, would you?" Ochaco stopped, taken aback by the declaration, before remembering the conversation she'd just had outside in the real world.
"I-I will, Mrs. Shimura!" Ochaco shouted with a bow. Turning to the last vestige, she added, "Hi, Mr. Yagi!" Unfortunately, Toshinori's vestige seemed to not acknowledge her. Izuku coughed.
"Oh! Apologies, young Uraraka, young Midoriya! Welcome to the mindscape!" Yagi grinned. "I don't really have much to say that I haven't already said, so just remember to go beyond!"
"PLUS ULTRA!" shouted Ochaco and Izuku.
"Who came up with that motto, anyway?" Yoichi said.
Toshinori shrugged. "Kids, go ask Nezu about that."
"Why can't you do it, sir?" Izuku asked.
"I'm a frail, old man, you're youngsters in your prime. I'm also your teacher." Toshinori smirked.
"Alright, fine, old man. You said it, not me." Izuku said.
"Oi! Quit disrespecting your elders, young Midoriya!" Toshinori shouted.
"Oh, come off it, Toshi, he's just teasing you. Besides, you really are kind of old. What are you now, 58?" Nana asked.
"56, which is longer than any of you lasted," said Toshinori. "Anyway, young Midoriya, feel free to bring some of your other friends here, I'm sure the other users would like to meet them."
"Uh, yes Mr. Yagi!" Izuku said. "Otherwise, anything else to talk about?"
"We really have to talk about your new Quirks, actually," said Yoichi. "That reporter wasn't wrong about my brother, his first Quirk was Fire Breath. The first one he stole, anyway."
"I've noticed you've never said his name, Mr. Shigaraki," said Izuku. "What is it?"
"Uh… Hisashi. Why?" Yoichi asked, and Izuku froze.
"Fuck," he eventually said, staring at his hands.
"Hey, Midoriya, what's with the… cursing?" Yoichi asked.
"Yeah, Deku, you never curse!" Ochaco said.
"Indeed, I myself have never heard such language from your mouth," added Toshinori.
"Uh, well, it's just that… my dad's name is Hisashi. And you all know what Midoriya means, right?" Izuku asked. That was when everyone else paused.
"Green… valley…" Daigoro said. "Hey, wait, I remember seeing a pic of your mom that you brought with you when you went off the grid. Now I ain't tryna imply anything, but she's certainly green… and has some big valleys…"
"EUGH!" Izuku blurted out. "That's my MOM! And you're a GHOST! Just… just… BLEURGH."
"Let's ignore that for now." Nami said, vomiting in his mouth a little. "Anyway, just keeping score: Your dad and Yoichi's brother have the same name. Your last name translates to green valley, and both you and your mom have green hair. All For One is known for using aliases. Am I missing anything?"
"My dad's Quirk is also Fire Breath," Izuku said.
"OK, so I'm pretty sure that reporter was right," Nami said. "All current evidence points to All For One being your dad."
Nana spoke then. "Wait, does that mean… he's my nephew-in-law?"
"Uh… I believe so," said Hikage. "And that just screams bad idea, but, well, I'm me. So maybe take that with a grain of salt. Also, Nana, how the hell didn't you check?"
"I died before Inko got married, so I couldn't." Nana said. "I thought I asked Toshi to do it, so…"
"I definitely don't remember that conversation," Toshinori said. "Though in fairness, this kind of familial shenanigans seems like the exact stuff All For One would pull, considering the whole situation with Tenko, and all that. Sorry for not watching him, by the way."
"Apology accepted, at least Izuku got through to him," said Nana.
"Hold on, hold on, hold on." Izuku interjected. "Something weird that I remember happening is Tomura getting All For One by… absorbing All For One's mind or something? It was really strange. In any case, at that point it meant All For One the person ceased to exist. At least, we all thought it did."
At that moment, a man strode in, clapping slowly and laughing along with it. "I couldn't help overhearing your conversation, and I must say, good on you with the deductions! I'm Hisashi Midoriya, once Shigaraki, though most of you know me as All For One."
A/N: Dun-dun-dun! Well, Dad For One is now in full effect, but what exactly will that mean? You guys will get to find out… later! Just know that while his criminal empire may be gone, he's got a couple other places he's still got very real influence…