8 years later:
Izuku was running as fast as he possibly could, but he couldn't help but stop and check out the local peacekeepers fighting "Their quirks were so cooollll!" he mumbled as he was running, of course, he decides to get distracted on registration of all days he could have stopped to watch.
He arrives with two minutes to spare and quickly rushes to his classroom to give his teacher his list of schools that he wants to join for middle school " ah Midoriya you're cutting it, close young man, now hand over your paper and I'll get you entered into the system" he drones on as a panting Izuku hands his paper to the man, he takes a quick glance at the paper before rushing back to double check that this was correct
"Midoriya there is only one school on here, and the Military Academy out of all schools"
"Yes sir, that's all I've wanted since I was a child and I know I have the grades and quirk to be accepted" beamed Izuku "hmmm I guess if you believe you can make it who am I to stop you, but remember young man this not an easy path for you to take nor one for the faint of heart" he advises Izuku, he nods along with his statement knowing full well what he has signed up for, saying his goodbyes to his teacher he walks out mussing to himself about his path forward before remembering Shigaraki said he was going to stop by for a quick visit to congratulate him on graduating!
As he walks through his apartment door he can already tell that was already there by the second pair of shoes by the door " Mr. Shigaraki it's so good to see you again" Izuku yells out excitedly " Ah Izuku there you are I was wondering when you would show, but how did applying for your school go?"
"Great! I know for a fact that I can get into the academy." Izuku exclaimed to his mother and Shigaraki "Hmmm, yes you certainly are capable of going into the academy" Izuku beamed at this praise " But remember the academy may be easy for you but remember you wanted to join Special Ops Division when you turn eighteen and that's not meant for your average man" he reminded making Izuku turn his head in embarrassment but before he could retort " but then again your not your average kid aren't you" encouraged Shigaraki making Izuku turn to look at him with tears in eyes from the praise " Thank you Mr. Shigaraki I won't let you down" sang Izuku.
"Now let's go celebrate shall we, it would be a tragedy to let all this food go to waste, and let's not forget that I have a gift for you but that can wait for later" Izuku just nodded following him wondering what kind of gift he has for him.
2 hours later
Izuku was sitting outside on the balcony with Shigaraki after they had finished dinner, Shigaraki had asked Izuku if he could come outside with him to talk and give him his graduation present, he is wondering what it could possibly be seeing as how Shigaraki is one for gift giving.
"Izuku I can't tell you had proud of you I am" Izuku had been left speechless seeing as how he doesn't have a dad around for this type of male reinforcement in his life " and if you do achieve your dreams of getting into the Special Op Divisions which I know you could easily do it if you keep the pace you are at now, but when you join the Division I would want you to be in The Horseman." Izuku was rocked by this seeing as how the Horse Men was a group of the best men and women of the best in the army, they were the first to ride into battle and would stay until it was over and they were classified by the government. Izuku couldn't believe it. He has been trying to figure out just who was Mr. Shigaraki, but he hasn't been able to find any leads now seeing the offer he was just given by Shigaraki had to be near the top of the government.
Or at the top.
Izuku shook that theory off, why would one of the leaders of japan spend any time with him of all people " now I know this is a heavy ask seeing as how they receive the hardest missions and are asked to do some questionable things at times but remember this is just an offer you can deny it" Shigaraki tells Izuku as he watches his face searching for any clues he has to his answer, Izuku quickly shakes himself of his stupor " Mr. Shigaraki this is such a generous offer but I don't know if I have the skills or capabilities for that." Izuku says thinking there is no way he can compare to those living legends "Izuku I'm telling you now that we don't just offer this to just anybody, we give it to those with the potential to thrive in their conditions and grow from it. So yes Izuku I think you could join and become one of the best In the Division." Izuku feels like he is going to cry " If you think I can become something that great Mr. Shigaraki then who am I to let you down!" Izuku all but screams at him as he is bowing to accept the offer.
Shigaraki smiles, he is one step closer to finishing his masterpiece.
"Good Izuku that's the spirit you need, I can't wait to see you succeed." Shigaraki says as he pats a bowing Izuku's head "now seeing as how my present won't be taking place for the next few years let's give you another one shall we, hold out your hand" Shigaraki went on as he offered his hand to him, Izuku was really excited now feeling the quirk Shigaraki is offering him rise to the surface. He grabs Shigaraki's outstretched hand slowly taking the quirk from him to not do any damage on the extraction " wait what is this quirk Mr. Shigaraki?" he questioned " Its name is Hypo-Eyes and is clearly centered in the eyes, but that is all that will tell you for now and next time I see you I want a clear description of the quirk, do you think you could do that Izuku?" he just nods his head already thinking of ways he could use the quirk and what affects that it has, he already knows it will be a quirk he needs assuming that it is a mental type quirk it could fit into his collection perfectly. "Now let's head back inside, it is about time for me to be leaving," Shigaraki tells Izuku making him feel saddened by the thought of Shigaraki leaving but he knows that he is a busy man.
Shigaraki had said his goodbyes to the MIdoriya family and said he'd call the next time he could stop by for anything besides the normal half-a-year visit, As soon as he closed the door Izuku had begun to tell his mother of the offer he had received and the new quirk he had gotten as well. Inko had known Shigaraki was going to give Izuku something special for his graduation but no one in their right mind would think he would offer a twelve-year-old boy something like that, what was he thinking she has heard just as many horror stories of The HorseMen as she has heard praises but she reminds herself that Shigaraki always has the best in mind for Izuku but she is still going to call and rant to him about his being offered to early and the dangers of it to boot! Izuku is still mumbling to his mother about the new possibilities of the quirk he has " Izuku honey" He looks up from his rambles to his mother smiling brightly at him " I'm so happy for you and can't wait to see what you become, now tell me more about this new quirk and preferably something I understand." Inko laughs at her now embarrassed son " Thank you so much mom, now its name is Hypno-Eyes….
What Izuku and his mother had discovered about his new quirk was that it allowed him to trap anyone that he looked in the eye in an illusion of his choosing, it was exhausting at first but he thinks he can get used to it and after so many uses he began to notice his eyes starting to hurt. Izuku can already tell this is going to work perfectly for his fighting style, now what was left is to think of ways he can use his new quirk while also wondering who he could practice on because the thought of putting his mother under illusions that could harm her didn't feel right to him but that is a problem for later. For now, he had to put all of his focus into training and becoming the best he possibly can be.
Izuku has come to find out that the Military Academy this early on is nothing but a regular school with a strategies class and mixed martial arts in gym class, but Izuku is deterred seeing as how they will start the harder training when they turn sixteen and actually start to use their quirks. He had actually made a good friend on the first day of class too, and he had a quirk that was similar to his. He still laughs to this day when he thinks of how they met.
"Izuku arrived at class thirty minutes early because he was so excited to get started with his actual training, as he sat down he takes out his quirk notebook hoping to finish some notes he had started earlier on new illusions he could use "You there with the green hair what's your name and quirk!" some blond-haired kid nearly screams at him with a pointed finger " Ummm, I'm Izuku Midoriya and my quirk is exchange who are you?" Izuku questions the rude boy " I'm Neito Monoma, my quirk is copy, and I'm learning our classmates' quirks so I can prove I'm the best! The now identified Neito exclaimed as he hit his open palm with his fist "ooo really are quirks are really similar what are your limitations?" Neito was dumbfounded by this " wha wh-what do you mean our quirks are similar?" Izuku just nods " Ya kinda while I can't copy quirks I can take them and stockpile them as well I can also give quirks away but I've been told that can be dangerous to some people." Neito was just getting hit with shock after shock " just because you think your quirk is better than mine doesn't mean I still won't surpass you!" Izuku was confused, seeing as how never said that his quirk was better, before he could respond to this wild boy the instructor walked in "Alright maggots! You will refer to me as Instructor Brown and only that, we will begin with introductions after we go over what we will be covering in the years you are here, and listen closely because I will not repeat myself!" he had yelled to the class " Now In the academy, you will not only be doing your regular schooling but classes on unarmed and armed combat but also classes on strategies, you are expected to not only pass these classes but exceed as well and by god, if you don't you will feel my wrath." Brown paused before continuing to let what he said to sink in " and the final part if you fall behind or slack off in any way you will get the boot and get kicked out of the school, we do not tolerate slackers and weaklings. We are the best of the best and you are going to act like it. Do you understand." with a quiet murmur of yes's the instructor's face turned red, " I SAID DO YOU UNDERSTAND" the class intimidated " YES SIR"
"Good, now are there any questions before we get into testing." With that said a few kids raised their hands with general questions that Brown had answered but what shocked the class the most was when a kid with a cannon for a head asked "sir, you mentioned combat is that going to be a quirk or what sir?" Brown started laughing at the question " HAHAHA you kids have no idea do you, quirks aren't everything in this world while yes they are what the majority of the world uses to fight and defend, what a lot don't understand is that even someone with a worthless quirk or no quirk at all can kill them." Brown said with all seriousness. Izuku was shocked everything for him up until this point had relied on quirks and he had thought they were the pinnacle of strength and that he didn't have to rely on anything else to help him fight if he had the right quirks " What are you sure sir" said the same cannon headed kid " HaHe, yes, of course, I'm sure seeing as how I'm quirkless myself and have put down many strong quirk users and what you think I got this far just by sitting around doing nothing?" He says looking down on the kid with a feral-type smile "no sir, i d-ddon't" stutters out the kid "good now are there any more questions you have to ask?"
Izuku was still shocked at the fact this man was quirkless and have able to beat powerful quirk users, it had started to change the way he thought of himself he knew now that training his quirks wasn't the only thing he would have to do to become the best he would train everything he could he quill exceed.
Flashback over
Izuku looked back at those early days with a fond eye its when he slowly started to see that his dream was something he couldn't just slide right into he had to work his quirks but more importantly his body and when it came to his best friend they had started out as rivals (that was one-sided) but they had started training together more and more until Izuku had straight up asked Neito if they were friends his answer was to just scoff and Izuku knowing him they were friends and he was happy about that, but throughout the years that Neito and he had become best friends Izuku had never stopped training he couldn't not since he had a goal to achieve. What made him excited too was that next year they would turn seventeen and could actually start to begin quirk training with the academy, he is excited to finally begin to use quirks in actual combat with his other classmates. In the past couple of years, he has seen Shigaraki a few times a year but not as many as he normally would he understood seeing as how they currently were fighting on multiple battle fronts but every time he saw Shigaraki he couldn't help but be excited to tell him about the progress he had made with his quirks and at the academy, Shigaraki had told him a few of his ideas with Hypno-Eyes had value and could be perfect for him but he had learned something about Shigaraki, he doesn't care much for quirks that take a lot of time and effort into mastering he likes quirks he can stack on one another for a larger effect. Izuku has come to realize that he likes quirks that have a large learning curve but also a large payoff when finally mastered, but he can't fault Shigaraki for his choice seeing as how everyone has their own opinions.
Shigaraki and Izuku could talk about quirks for hours on end and the possibilities of them and new combinations they could think of, but even with all these talks of quirks Izuku has yet to be given a new quirk in years and this is for a reason Shigaraki had told Izuku that if he is to give him another quirk it would be for a big occasion and that he has to take his own quirks from now on. This had left Izuku a little on edge, he didn't know how he felt about taking someone's quirk that was like taking an arm or a leg from someone but he knew when he was in a battle or a fight he would have to do everything in his power to win, but will he really do everything he can to win? He still feels remorse when he hears someone talk about killing, some talk about it like they haven't committed one of the worst sins humanity has. He has told Shigaraki about his feelings on killing, he could have sworn he saw a small bit of annoyance on Shigaraki's face " That's ok Izuku its best that you feel that reluctance when it comes to ending someone's life, it just means your human" those words that washed away his thoughts of Shigaraki being annoyed at him.
Izuku was existed to be one step closer to his dream and finally be able to show off the skill he has been learning and perfecting
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He opens his eyes with a yawn wishing he could have gotten more sleep but with the number of missions and training he has been doing recently six hours was about the max amount of sleep he could possibly get and it was starting to take a toll on his body but those are thoughts for another day, he goes through his morning routine and slips on his gloves to walk to the cafeteria for breakfast
" Tenko! There you are I was looking for you!" he looks over and sees his older sister Hana " Hey Hana what do you need." he tiredly replies " Grandmother and Toshi are looking for you and they want to talk about the latest battle they had." Groaning he nods and she wandered off to do whatever his weird sister does, might as well get breakfast before going to talk to his Grandmother and uncle.
After eating he quickly makes his way into the dojo that they most likely would be at, he quickly spots his Grandmother sitting at a table with his uncle talking over a cup of tea " Grandmother you needed to speak to me" Smiling Nana slowly stood to greet her grandson " Tenko! There you are I've been waiting all morning for you to come." Tenko hugged her already knowing what they are wanting to talk about. Toshinori looked at Tenko with a happy look on his face as if he was a proud father " Now Tenko I think we both know why you are here, with your track record with missions and your skill we want to have you speak on the offer he had given you a couple days ago." Tenko hummed at this, he had thought of an answer for days and still hasn't been able to come up with a suitable answer for them " I still have yet to decide on an answer yet if I'm going, to be honest, it feels like a cheat code and a code that I don't know if I'm worthy of."
Toshinori had finally spoken, " There is no need to believe that you are not worthy Tenko because we are not the only ones that think you are worthy to possess One For All" Tenko couldn't help but feel a bit unnerved at not only the quirk but the responsibilities that it brought with it as well " Ok I will think about it a bit harder and come up with an answer that next time we have the conversation " that's all that we can ask for Tenko," Nana says grinning at her grandson "now let's get into the new intelligence we have received" Tenko sighed these always had news that would make his life harder " Agents Red and Yellow have provided us with not only alarming news from the battlefront but of some new weapon All For One may be releasing soon" Tenko flinched at this seeing as how every new weapon he released had been either a human or once was "and that there is a large terrorist organization cell forming in japan as well. But let's start with the former first, All for One now has a large base on the Chinese shore in the Yellow sea and with the fall of Korea a couple years ago he has started his push down and we can reasonably assume he wants control of Beijing before he continues south." He sighs at this, the news wasn't all that shocking since his campaign against Korea had gone so successfully that he had expected him to set his sights on Chins next made the most sense since besides Europe and the united states china was his largest threat and with what Europe as a whole is having to deal with at the moment they are too distracted to do anything about it "Though he is progressing in China is it not going as easily as it was with Korea but honestly seeing as how they had just gotten out of a war themself that was predicted, and China isn't going to go down without a fight either and with their military strength and successful Quirk breeding program they should be able to hold their own for some time." All Tenko could think about was the mess the world has become since quirks had started to appear, every nation in the world as soon as quirks were determined to be genetic had started breeding programs either secretly like most did or like China openly did it and encouraged the programs to proceed, While some may see it as unethical which it might be but that's just how the world works now and some of the countries populations hated it China's loved it and would do anything to keep it alive.
"Not surprising news really, we expected this to happen eventually, what I really want to know about is this new weapon he has developed." Her expression darkens thinking about some of the "weapons" she has fought in her crusade again All for One "Sadly that is the least information we have on all we know for the last couple of years All for One had been leaving every six months for a day to look at this weapon and has let very little information slip but what the agents have recovered is that a Doctor that works for his Quirk Awaking lab had gone missing after looking at one child she had for that day scheduled, something odd that happened as well that a couple children had been inducted into the soldier program or straight up went missing after that day which follows is usual M.O if he visits one of these facilities" Nana spits almost disgusted to be saying it, Tenko doesn't blame her but he has become a little desensitized to hearing tragic and horrifying news like this, because when All for One sees a quirk he will do EVERYTHING in his power to claim his for his own " so in conclusion all we have is that he is doing his normal monster behavior but he might have found a child that will be a Weapon for him" Tenko can see that his Uncle his Clenching his fists in anger, he knows how much he hates that man and he can't blame him for that " but what makes this child so special for him to put so much time into him, that isn't normal for him at all." Tenko wonders out loud "That we do not know yet but we are hoping either red or yellow will have an opportunity to find out soon," Nana says to him before counting with the last topic of the discussion today
" Finally the Terrorist Organization that I spoke of, from what we know about them that their place of origin is unknown but they have spread out across the world and are everywhere from the U.S to Africa and up until now they have been small in numbers in japan but they are starting to gain traction. Now their end goals are not currently known but we do know they refer to themselves as the Children of Wickedness or The Children of Sin so we can assume they are a satanic cult that only wants to cause death and destruction as much as they can." He honestly couldn't take it much longer with how much is pilling up and going against them "How bad are they honestly"
"While right now their numbers are in the hundreds maybe breaching the thousands we don't exactly have a clear sight on how big they are, but they practice a wide range of causing destruction from suicide bombing to trigger fueled rampages." Nana was seething at this "Ok I don't think I could deal with this all right now I need time to process all that's happening and try to plan." Tenko states as he is rubbing his head, feeling a headache coming along he excuses himself and says that he'd seriously think about the One for All offer.
"Tenko how'd the meeting with Grandmother go!" he had seen his sister floating above him before she had spoken, she had taken after their grandmother with her quirk called Flight not a very offensive power but still has its uses but him, on the other hand, had taken after his grandfather with his Fissure quirk and was improved with his mothers Rot quirk had combined into his own quirk Decay a powerful ability that allowed him to decay an object that he touches with all five fingers and recently he has found that he can control the level of decay that he applies to anything he touches and the spread of the decay but there will always be a slight decay everything, that he has not been able to disable and has lead to him wearing gloves with the pointer finger missing to help his quality of life "It went about how I expected it too, make a decision and oh no the world is just as shit as I remembered." Hana's expression darkened slightly "Do you actually want the quirk Tenko because you can say no"
"Hmmm that's what I don't know sis, I think I want to continue the legacy but I'm not going to lie to you when I say I'm a bit nervous to take it because of the burdens I'll carry when I accept it." Tenko admits to his still floating sister "I know Tenko, it's a big choice but I want you to know that I'll always be here for you!" she says comforting him "Thanks sis that's what I needed to hear, but damn I can't believe I have to deal with this shit I'm barely even twenty." laughing and patting his back Hana offers for them to get lunch together and spend time as siblings, not Agents, Tenko agrees wanting to get his mind off the events that he'd just learned about but even with all that what bothered him the most was this so-called "weapon" that was in the works.
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All for One couldn't be happier his campaign against Korea had gone perfectly to plan, of course, he knew that they were low-hanging fruit the real prizes are still to wait when the real battle starts on the Chinese front line. He knew that there would be snags in the line when it came to catching China but he can live with that seeing how well his army truly did against Korea was perfect but now he has to figure out how to keep the peninsula in his grasp, he has a few ideas for how to exactly accomplish that but that can wait for now seeing as how just giving them the food to survive is already better than what their own government could provide for the nation. The rise of quirks was not kind to either nation with everything from war to famine they were left desolated and a fraction of what they were,
It was like they were asking for him to come and take over!
He laughs at that thought, he just wishes his war on China could run as smoothly as the other had but what could one do when China had been the lead runner in Quirk Breeding and genetics it still baffles him to this day how far they were willing to go to produce such average and generic quirks while yes they did have some offshoots to allow for extreme grown but usually they didn't see what made quirks so powerful was there unpredictably like for example he had seen a guy with a crap quirk that had been able to shoot laser beams out of his claws, he enjoys thinking about that memory and how it had shocked him such an interesting quirk. Too bad it was so weak or he wouldn't torn his arms off like he had, but hey he sure had tasted good HAHAHAHA.
Good memories he said to himself, those lines of thought had led him to his newest project Izuku Midoriya. Such a bright young mind and don't get him started on the quirk he had wanted it so bad he almost mutilated the boy for it but alas he had to stop himself, it would be bad for business to lose such a asset to something so petty and his quirk doesn't have the same downsides as he does while yes he does have downsides just as all quirks do his does not affect the quirks he uses, no it doesn't limit him to certain quirks just because the user has a grudge against you for taking their quirk and he knows he can make him is the greatest weapon against his enemies he just has to play his pieces right, you see he has already started when he was a child his multiple uses of quirks to get young Izuku to love him and praise is worth but with one of their most recent conversations he knows that he will have to change up his tactics slightly and he has heard of the perfect organization to enact his plans.
Because what weapon does not want to kill of course.