Rejoice my meager amount of readers because this story has not yet been abandoned !
DragonGodZ : I'll be honest I took an embarrassing amount of time trying to figure out if that was a compliment or not . I have taken it as one , so thanks.
Onwards to the story !
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When Izuku woke up he was surprisingly still on his rooms floor . He had honestly expected all of that to be a dream that he would open his eyes again only to find himself in a ruined Japan fighting off his inevitable death .
He didn't even realize he was crying until the tears stained the floor .
It was such a risky gamble but they'd (because he should take the least credit for this ) done it ! It had taken the sacrifice of his predecessors but another chance was given .
And he would not squander it .
Looking outside his bedroom window he saw Japan in all its beauty . No longer crumbling from relentless attacks but standing tall with the morning sun slowly rising in the east . That explains why his mother hadn't noticed his fainting , he probably arrived in this time ( that's so weird to say ) in the night.
A stroke of luck on his part but Izuku was known for having luck , good or bad luck depending on who you asked . It gave him time to get his bearings .
Walking to his computer he checked the date . He travelled to about a year before he was set to attempt the UA entrance exam . The timeframe came with it's own complications .
On one hand that gave him a year before he could work with UA as trying to establish contact now would only make him look suspicious . He had the element of surprise now , he is an unknown player not even All For One could plan for . It had to stay that way for awhile if they wanted to catch the supervillain of guard .
On a brighter note with one whole year before the entrance exam the things he could change where limitless . As long as he was careful about not being suspicious and he kept the butterfly effect in mind he could pretty much change anything he wanted about the timeline .
And so Izuku continued to plan , writing down everything he could remember and formulating strategy after strategy. Even knowing the future ( which was subject to change via butterfly effect) there were many uncertainties .
One's he couldn't think about quite yet because a series of knocks originated from his door .
" Izuku ?"
" Y-Yeah , Mom ."
" Oh , you're awake already freshen up , you'll need to be at school soon ." Izuku heard footsteps going downstairs.
It was then that Izuku ran into his first issue , getting past his mother .
Looking into his mirror he saw himself in all his not-glory . He was bruised and beaten , his clothes and gear in tatters , scars and musculature visible to the world and looking very different compared to the scrawny child he'd been before UA . He doubted his mother would believe he got his physique and scars overnight.
He could always tell her but did she really need to know about this ? It would only make her worry and she won't benefit from knowing . She might also try to help and Izuku couldn't put her in danger like that he'd find some other way .
It thankfully didn't take Izuku too long to realize the flaws in his thinking . He was trying to do everything by himself again just like when he left UA and became a vigilante. His friends had snapped that mentality out of him but it seems without them he reverted back to that way of thinking .
He didn't need to do everything on his own . He had people he could trust to back him up and his mom was one of those people . Even if she wasn't a fighter , she kept him grounded and she knew how to calm him down .
Back before UA it was the two of them against the world . She was his anchor and she wasn't afraid to tell him he was being stupid . If anyone deserved to know it was her .
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Inko hummed a jolly tune as she begun to set the table . Breakfast was ready and Izuku should be down any minute now ready for school. She was feeling fancy this morning and whipped up some pancakes she hoped he'd have enough time to enjoy them .
She was correct about one thing Izuku did come down the stairs but he gave her quite a shock while doing so .
She gasped as she saw beaten form of her son looking back at her . He looked like he'd been through hell . Wounds all over his surprisingly muscular body , scars littered his arms making them look patched together at the seams, a massive burn covered his back . He looked much older than the Izuku she had wished goodnight yesterday but that didn't matter, what did matter is that he was hurt .
" Oh Izuku ! What happened? Let me grab the first aid kit . You sit down I'll be right back ."
He looked towards her with a chestfallen expression before walking towards the couch , Inko returned with the first aid kit and immediately started tending to him the best she could , he clearly needed a hospital but she could alleviate his pain for now .
" What did you do to get this hurt ?"
Her son got a bitter look on his face before it morphed back into a sad expression.
" Funnily enough I was the one who took the least damage that whole time ."
The least damaged ? What had happened that her baby got so injured and who were the others that were worse off .
" What happened to you Izuku ?"
Her son looked at her apologetically .
" Sit down mom , this is gonna be a lot to take in ."
Inko would look back on this moment later and agree , it was a lot .
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Shorter chapter but a good one nonetheless, I decided to have Izuku tell his mom early as it wouldn't really work in this instance for it to be a secret as he still has his future body . Plus it shows he learnt from his emo-batman moment .
