It felt like Izuku had been transported to hell.
A blood-red color blanketed the sky, as storm like winds buffeted against his body. Tremors shook his body to the core, the combined forces of the wind and earth making it hard for him to stay on his feet. The surrounding scenery had been transformed into a swirling vortex of chaos, dancing and swaying to the whim of a single girl, whose face was stretched into a demonic sneer.
Toga Himiko.
Something seriously wrong was going on here. Izuku knew for a fact Toga did not have this much power before. There is no way a girl with her kind of demeanor would have been able to keep it hidden for so long. Izuku now had an idea of what happened to Kacchan and his classmates. But watching this overwhelming display of power made Izuku wish he had never confronted her.
Izuku had never seen so much sheer power since All Might, but something about this seemed very different. Much more primal and incomprehensible. Izuku's body was shaking from the terror coursing through him, rooting him to the spot, unable to flee even though he badly wanted to. He hadn't felt such a strong malevolent force since Hero Killer Stain, who had even managed incapacitate the Number Two Hero Endeavor with just the sheer strength of his conviction. And yet that seemed like a wonderful dream compared to the nightmare before him.
Involuntary tears started pooling in the corners of his eyes, the young hero having never felt so scared in his entire life. The years of Kacchan's bullying, the countless near-death experiences with villains in his short time in U.A., and watching All Might's final battle. None of them made him as terrified as he was now. It felt like he could die at any moment from fright. But he couldn't run. Couldn't risk upsetting Toga more and have her possibly destroy the city, if not the world. If he had to keep her focus on him to save everyone else he would.
Playful giggles could be heard over the cacophony of chaos, somehow only compounding Izuku's fear as he stared at her mad expression, made all the more terrifying by the hellish landscape dancing around her. Toga's fingers were splayed on her chin, her shoulders shaking from laughter, her smile wider than ever. Her cheeks were flushed pink with joy as she squirmed in excitement from the immense amounts of fun she was having.
"Izu-kun, you are so cute!" Toga hopped from foot to foot, unable to keep her excitement in check anymore. The way Izuku froze up at her tiny display of power made her feel all giddy, the terror in his eyes making her heart flutter. He was just perfect in every way! Sweet, cute, heroic, and so strong! The League of Villains were practically wetting themselves at just the tamest things she could think of. Toga could easily drop the whole city on Izuku right now, but here he still was, fear and defiance shining in his emerald eyes as he stood his ground. Eee, she loved him so much!
The green-haired boy watched in wonder as the vortex started turning in reverse, all of the stretched and twisted scenery returning to its original state. The gale-force winds began to calm down and the earth stopped shaking, the young hero in training falling to his knees for a brief second, the ordeal having greatly exhausted him, his body trembling as the adrenaline dispersed. Panicked eyes shot back and forth, checking out his surroundings, watching as it all returned to how it was before, not a single brick or shrub out of place.
"You were so cool, Izu-kun!" Toga bounded up the wielder of One for All, leaning over his kneeling form, her fists pumping up and down as she gushed about Izuku's coolness. All Izuku could do was stare at her with fearful eyes, trembling at the demonic creature before him. What did she have planned for him now?!
"The way you looked at me, with those defiant eyes! Aaaaa, it sent a shiver down my spine! I was sure you were going to run but you didn't! You looked me in the eyes and stood your ground! I'm sure Villains would have no chance against you! Just pow, pow, Detroit Smash! And then you're standing over their broken and battered bodies! The true definition of a hero, just like Stainy said!"
Toga's face was flushed a dark crimson, little hearts sparkling in her eyes as she cupped her cheeks, love practically radiating off of her body. Izuku sprung back to his feet, wobbling a bit as he tried to get feeling back into his legs, and slowly backed away from the love-struck girl. Toga merely watched him, her smile only growing wider. Pointing a quivering finger at the psychotic blonde, said girl tilting her in head in question, his voice coming out in an almost intelligible stutter.
"H-ho, whu, h-w, how did you do that?! T-that was not your quirk! I've seen it! Was that a hallucination, a trick, some quirk you stole!? No, no, no that felt too real…how…how did you do that?"
"So many questions today, Izu-kun." Toga giggled at the boys stuttering and stammering, finding it incredibly adorable. No person should be this cute. The blonde schoolgirl had to turn away from the adorable sight before her, or else she would never be able to answer his questions. She'd just drink in his cuteness until she died. Can she die? She should test that later.
"There was an accident. We attacked this super, boring research laboratory, like the ones you see in movies, white walls, lab coats, and everything. These two old nerds were the only ones there and they had this beamy reactor thing, something about powering the facility and being used for experiments. I wasn't really listening, was having fun with one of the lab men. Anyway, Ninja Boy came to stop us and he knocked me through a bunch of colorful little chemicals and I landed in that beamy thing. It burnt so bad and everything hurt so much. And my friends…my friends left me. I died."
Izuku stared at the schoolgirls back, listening in horrified silence as Toga retold the events of what had happened. Something in those chemicals must have reacted with the energy from the reactor and altered something within Toga, given her a new quirk or something. But what did she mean she died? And he knew Villains were bad but to leave one of their own behind like that. It was just unthinkable and unforgivable to the wielder of One for All. His heart hurt a bit for Toga in that moment.
"Something happened after that. I woke up in this strange room. I have no idea how long I was gone but I was ok. I felt great. Like something amazing had happened. In fact," Toga paused in her explanation, softly snickering to herself, "it was much better than I ever could have hoped for."
Looking over her shoulder, Toga stared intensely at the green-haired boy. Izuku backed away a bit in horror at the expression on Toga's face. It was a look of pure malice.
"I control reality itself."
"Everything in the universe is mine to do with as I wish. Every living and inanimate object can be altered and re-structured to how I see fit. Time is a mere plaything to me now. And so are your little friends. Heehee, just like the League was."
Izuku kept backing away as Toga fully turned toward him, her small frame seeming to tower over him, showcasing their vast difference in strength. To Toga, Izuku was less than a microbe of dust surrounded by the darkest depths of space. Turning on his heel, Izuku quickly sprinted across the platform and down the stairs, desperately hoping to get away from this psychotic god.
Jumping down the entire length of the stairs, Izuku rushed through the winding corridors of the station to try and find help, an exit, anything. What was he supposed to do? How are you supposed to combat a literal god? Every Pro Hero combined would be nary a light breeze to her. Spotting the glowing exit sign, Izuku quickly dashed through it to safety.
"Hi, Izu-kun!" Screeching to halt, Izuku's eyes bulged out of his eyes as he took in his surroundings. He was back at the train platform, Toga casually waving at him from the same spot he had left her.
Sprinting past her, not hesitating for a second, Izuku jumped off the edge of the platform, risking taking the dangerous railway bridge than stick around this hellish girl. The second his feet made contact with the ground he knew something was wrong.
"Don't do that Izu-kun. It's dangerous." Toga stood next to him, giggling lightly at Izuku's look of shock. He had landed on the platform instead of the rails, the blonde girl obviously altering the world so that he constantly ends up back where she was.
Izuku had to catch her off guard somehow if he wanted to have any hope of escape. Activating Full Cowling, Izuku flipped himself upside down, Toga's mouth forming into a small 'o' shape at his unexpected move.
"DELAWARE SMASH!" Flicking his finger as he did back at the Sports Festival, Izuku propelled himself away from the platform and toward the city, Toga shielding her eyes from the strong gusts of air kicked up by his quirk. It was a risky maneuver, Izuku knew it would probably lead to a lot of pain when he landed, but it was the best option he had to get away. Izuku watched the scenery fly by below him, when he suddenly, and roughly, crashed into a hard, unforgiving surface.
Sliding down the wall, Izuku bumped his head on the floor, quickly rolling over to rub the painful bump on his head. Eyes clenched shut in pain, Izuku quickly got back to his feet, prepared to make a run to the nearest Pro Hero Agency. Opening his eyes, Izuku let out an unmanly screech.
"You're going to miss the Train, Izu-kun." Twin golden orbs were staring back at him from mere centimeters away, Toga's nose playfully bumping his own. Stumbling back, Izuku bumped his already sore head against the wall as he slid down into a seated position, causing another bout of giggles to pass the schoolgirls lips. Kneeling down next to the green-haired boy, who was currently cradling his head, Toga gave him a couple of playful pokes to the cheek.
"Anyone ever tell you how cute your freckles are?" Izuku looked up at her in defeat, his shoulders slumping as he leaned back against the wall. Jumping up, Toga quickly hurried to his side and slid down the wall until she was seated right next to him. Adjusting her skirt, Toga began bobbing her head back and forth, a wide content smile on her face as she happily stared at the setting sun.
"What have you done to the universe?" Turning to the green-haired boy with a questioning 'hmm', Toga stared at the defeated hero whose eyes were concealed by his long hair. "What did you change?"
"Oh, only a couple of things." Spreading out her fingers, Toga began listing what she had changed, lowering a finger for every alteration she made.
"Made it so that I was in U.A. with you and everyone. I obviously had to alter the timeline so that I was always there. Your classmates are all so much fun! I already met Ochaco-chan and Tsu-chan back at camp but everyone is so wonderful!" Toga got sidetracked as she gushed about his, well now their, classmates.
"I did have to move that spikey, haired loudmouth to 1-B as I needed a spot and he had the best seat right in front of you. Plus, I also had" Toga paused briefly before snarling out the last part, "other, personal reasons."
Gulping loudly at the hate in her voice, Izuku tried his best to remain quiet. This whole thing was insane, but sadly he had seen the proof and it was very, very real. There was just one thing he had to ask, something that had been bugging him from the very beginning.
"Why can I remember everything that happened? Why weren't my memories altered?"
The reaction he got from the blonde was not at all what he had expected. Her face broke out into a bright red blush, stronger than any of the previous ones, the sadistic girl hiding her face in her hands as she pulled her knees close, little muffled squeals of embarrassment emanating from behind her fingers. Shaking her head from side-to-side, blonde hair bouncing, Toga peeked through her fingers at her green-haired crush.
"Aaaaa, how could you ask something like that Izuku? I didn't think you were so forward!"
"Wha-ugh, gub, huh, what did I say?!" Waving his hands in a panic, Izuku let out a series of noises that one could barely call words, greatly confused on what he possibly could have said to embarrass her so.
Removing her hands, blush still shining brightly on her cheeks, Toga started fussing with the end of her skirt as she stole shy glances at the boy seated next to her. A bashful smile was spread on her lips, the edges trembling from the wild emotions running through her.
"I-I didn't want to change you. I love you the way you are!" Izuku blushed at her brazen declaration of love, his heart skipping several beats. "I could never change a thing about you. I want to be with the Izuku I knew. Because he is already perfect!"
This time it was Izuku's turn to be embarrassed, the young hero covering his whole head with his arms as he began sweating profusely. He's heard Toga talk about how much she loves him before during their many altercations with the League of Villains. He had always brushed it off as mind games or some psychotic obsession. This helped him keep a decently level head when they were locked in battle, but hearing it in such an intimate position had steam coming out of the green-haired boy's ears.
'If she wanted to she could have made it so that I was in love with her. If she can alter time and space I'm sure she can do that. So why didn't she?'
"It's because I want you to love me through your own free will." Izuku jumped from Toga's sudden response to his internal musings, the blonde-haired girl smiling sweetly at him. "I told you already that your muttering is adorable, right?"
Cursing his nervous tick for once again putting him an embarrassing situation, Izuku mentally chided his traitorous mouth. Due to his inner musings, he failed to notice a certain girl closing in on him.
Izuku felt two strange objects surround his waist as something warm and heavy pressed up to his side, his whole body going as rigid as a statue. Izuku's head quickly snapped to the side with an audible crack of his neck, sweat pouring down his forehead like a waterfall. For there, arms latched across his waist in a strong embrace was Toga Himiko.
The love-struck schoolgirl had taken advantage of his momentary lapse in attention and snuggled herself up to his side, her forehead resting against his shoulder. The warmth of her body was seeping into Izuku's trembling body, the scent from her shampoo tickling his nose in a not wholly unpleasant manner. His blush returned tenfold when he felt two, ahem, mounds squish up against his arm. The only thing truly keeping him from enjoying the moment was the fact that the person hugging him was a psychotic all-powerful villain!
Raising his hands, Izuku was prepared to push Toga off, to create as much separation as possible, well as much as she would allow anyway. He was sure the volatile girl would have a very negative reaction to having her affection rejected, but Izuku felt like his heart would give out any minute, either from fear or embarrassment. Right as he was about to grab her arms, to remove them from around his waist, he froze.
What was he thinking? Denying her love now would be suicide for Izuku and god knows what she'd do to the world without any focus to put onto him. Everyone he knew and loved, all the innocent people in the world, could be extinguished, or worse, in a single instant. All from a girl being rejected by her object of affection.
Staring at the girl latched onto his torso, feeling her every soft intake of air, Izuku was hesitant to break her heart. For the sake of humanity and himself, but also for the girl who was holding him with the gentlest of touches, as if he were the most precious thing in the world. If there was one thing Izuku was bad with it was girls, and he was especially bad at breaking their hearts. And at the end of the day, sadistic godlike villain or no, Toga was a girl.
Sighing heavily, Izuku dropped his hands back into his lap in defeat. Toga had won. Izuku would do his best to keep the godly schoolgirl happy to preserve her heart and spare humanity. Even if it cost him his life and happiness.
As soon as Izuku accepted his defeat is when he felt the weight on his side disappear, a part of him instantly missing the gentle warmth as a chill seeped into his body. Izuku watched as Toga gracefully hopped onto her feet in a fancy flourish, raising her arms high and standing on her tippy-toes in a long stretch.
"Wellll, I'd love to spend every last second of this day with you Izu-kun, but I'm sure you want to go home." An exaggerated yawn passed her lips, her mouth wide open, tongue lolling out lazily. Toga leaned forward and smiled at the still seated boy, the setting sun framing her body in a heavenly glow. "You must be exhausted from out little games"
Izuku stared at the blonde-haired girl much longer than he would have liked, the stunning sight before him had left him dumbstruck. Skipping a couple feet away, Toga twirled in a circle, like a professional dancer, before stopping to shoot Izuku a wide grin. "I think it's about time we go home, right?"
Nodding in affirmation, Izuku leapt to his feet, checking to make sure all of his belonging were safe and sound. Confirming that nothing was lost or broken, thanking his luck for that at least, the green-haired boy walked up to Toga, who was impatiently bouncing from leg to leg.
Staring down the length of the train tracks, the wielder of One for All finally had time to catch his breath and collect his thoughts. One of the first things that came to mind was the fact that this whole time, with all of Toga's shenanigans and Izuku's failed escape attempts, not a single train had come by.
Finally taking in his surroundings he also noticed a complete lack of other people, not just on the platform but on the streets and shops nearby too. As if the platform had become a separate dimension in of itself. Whipping his head around, Izuku stared at the only possible culprit, said person currently giving him a mischievous grin.
"Finally figured me out, huh?"
As if summoned by her words, the telltale sounds of an approaching train could be heard, said vehicle pulling into the station mere seconds later. The loud screeching of the breaks signaled it's arrival, the train cars passing by one by one before coming to a halt where the two high school kids stood. The doors slowly began to open, accompanied by the familiar hiss of the release mechanism.
The second the doors slid open, Izuku was assaulted by the loud chatter and footsteps of a large group of people. Looking around in bewilderment, eyes staring unbelieving, Izuku saw the once barren platform now bustling with people. A long string of passengers disembarked the train, pushing and shoving their way through the throng of people, only adding to the already packed station platform.
Feeling something soft grip his hand, the young hero locked eyes with his new involuntary classmate as she dragged him toward the train door.
"C'mon Izu-kun! Gotta get a good spot before they are all gone!"
Toga pulled the hapless boy along with ungodly strength, expertly weaving them through the sea of people. Sliding into the first open seat she saw, dragging the green-haired boy into the seat next to her, Toga smiled triumphantly toward the dazed boy before resting her head on his shoulder.
All Izuku could do was stare forward in shock as the last of the passengers pushed their way into the train car, the young pair safe from being squished in their seats. Watching the scenery slowly start moving by in the window, Izuku cast his gaze over to the girl snuggled up to his side, a dreamy sigh escaping her lips.
'What am I going to do?'
A/N: Good question Izuku. Guess you'll have to wait to find out.
As I have mentioned before some of the events and timeline will be changed up to help fit with what I have planned for this story. I will have some events from the anime appear in the story, but it will deviate at one point to keep my ending idea intact. I still hope to make this story as entertaining for everyone as possible!
Thank you, everyone, for reading and watch out for Toga's under your bed!
