"The number one Hero is Diamond Hero: Red Jewel. Whose real name is… Eirin Kirishima." Ojiro announced. "The numbers forward are mostly people we know. Shuko Todoroki, Hyaku Togata, Katsumi Bakugo, Tamaki Amajiki… So either us, or people that resemble us." He scrolled down "There is a Hizuku Midoriya. Number 18, Flame Hero: Fireblitz."

"That's not what we need. Try to look up All for One or All Might." Todoroki suggested "We need to narrow down who it could be."

Ojiro nodded and continued to search, keeping an eye on the time. They had already checked, and the money in this universe was identical to that from Izuku's world. Unfortunately, that meant they only had a teenager's allowance to get by. Once they had eaten what they could in a fast food, they had scrapped together what was left to use a PC in an internet point, since their phones didn't work and Izuku's was dead.

"Right, All Might died twenty years ago. Complications from an old chest wound. He had already retired by then. Apparently, he did take down All for One in this world as well. Killed him in Genosi, but he got the wound that was fatal to him just three years later. There is no mention of his Quirk being anything special, so One for All never went public here."

Izuku gulped hearing that, Todoroki just frowned "Damn. What about All for One?"

"All for One had a disciple called… Mitsuhei Ashido?"

"Wait, is that Mina's alter ego?" Todoroki asked, surprised.

"I think so, because he went by the name of Alien King." Izuku said, pointing to a line of text "I remember Mina wanted to use the name Alien Queen before Midnight asked her to choose a less scary name."

Ojiro frowned "Weird, I don't remember that. Well, this says he was taken down by Lemillion, Lady Bomb and Red Jewel, with some help from other Heroes, after a long fight where many died, so…"

"It's one of those three. One for All is the only chance to really take down All for One." Todoroki concluded.

"Want to bet on which one it is?" Ojiro asked.

"This is serious Mashirao. Any way we can clue in further?"

Ojiro looked up a few of their fights, but then shook his head. "All three use a melee style. We can't figure out who has One for All by that." He looked further and grinned "But want to know who Katsumi Bakugo, also known as Lady Bomb, is married to?" He said, showing the screen of some gossip newspaper. On it was the marriage picture of a woman that had the same hair color of Bakugo and a muscular build, next to…

"For real?" Todoroki asked, with an amused look on his face.

"Yup." He said, looking at Izuku's expression "Ehi, if you keep quiet about us, I'll keep quiet about you."

Izuku just nodded, looking at his other self, with the same green hair, freckles and a large smile, standing next to the woman in wedding attire.

"Well this is nice and all, but I don't see how this helps us clue in on who has One for All."

"Actually, I was thinking. In our world, All for Deku has All for One. In his world, he has One for All. It's a pattern, see. If we assume that he is always related in some way to One for All…"

"Then Katsumi Bakugo is probably the best candidate to start. Right. Look up where we need to go." Todoroki grumbled, clearly unamused "I can't even stay away from them in another universe…"

Ojiro nodded and quickly took note of the address, a building in Kamino. "See, that's another pattern, Kamino is somehow always important."

"I think you are reaching there." Shoto replied "Seems a bit too easy to me that we should just follow his alternate selves, but it's worth a shot."

They left the Internet point and started walking. "Do we have enough for three tickets to Kamino?" Ojiro asked.

"Only for one person, if I use everything I have left." Deku replied "After that we won't have anything."

"Then we don't pay." Shoto simply stated.

"Wait, you want to get on the train without a ticket?"

"No, I don't want to risk getting involved in a dispute with an inspector that's feeling a bit too diligent, not to mention we don't have any valid ID. How do you explain that without getting into a mess? In short, we can't take a train." He replied, pointing his thumb to a parking lot nearby "I want to take one of those. Mashirao knows how, he can do it in a minute." Ojiro nodded in agreement.

Deku was flabbergasted "Wait, wait, are you saying you want to…" He lowered his voice to a murmur "steal a car? But… that's wrong Todoroki. It's a crime."

Shoto sighed, pinching his nose "We are just going to borrow it. Once we are in Kamino we tip the police about the stolen car's location if it makes you feel better."

"But what if a Hero catches us?"

Todoroki's expression changed. He nervously moved his hand through his black hair, revealing a small line of red and white at the bottom, the sign of a regrowth, thinking. "I forgot there isn't just the Police to deal with for a criminal… Ok, Mashirao, we will make sure Heroes don't come in the parking lot, but please, choose a car without an alarm."

"I wasn't going to anyway."

"I sure hope so. Come on Izu, follow me and act normal." Midoriya nodded, fixing his hoodie a bit more.

'I am stealing a car… Why am I stealing a car? This is insane… This is wrong… But we need to get to Kamino and start investigating to find a way home... Does that make it right? No, but I don't know…'

"Izu, calm down." Todoroki whispered as they reached the parking lot. He casually sat on a bench near the entrance, while Ojiro continued in the lot. He seemed to be confidently strolling to his own car, but Izuku could tell he was actually looking for the right car. Awkwardly, Izuku sat down next to Shoto, who just looked at him. "You are incredibly nervous. Stop it."

"But…"

"I said stop it. Mashirao will pick the right car, we are going to leave, and…"

"Is everything alright kid?" A voice asked, standing in front of Deku with a smile. Both Izuku and Todoroki looked up at the Hero that had just stepped forward. She was a woman with short burgundy red hair in her fifties. A closer look allowed him to recognize her, despite the age difference from the one she knew.

"Mandalay?" He asked.

"Oh, you know me? I thought I was always the least interesting of the Wild Wild Pussycats." She chuckled "Well, I notice you look extremely nervous. You are even shaking a bit. Is something the problem?"

"O-of course. I mean, no, no problem miss! I mean, of course there is no problem." Deku replied, shaking his hands and head rapidly. He glanced nervously at Shoto, who sighed.

"There is really no problem miss." The man said calmly.

"Uhm…" Mandalay glanced at Todoroki, at his scar, at his expression, at the age difference between them. Then Deku heard a voice in his head "Nod twice if you are in danger in any way. Don't worry, I can help you." Mandalay's Quirk, Telepath, allowed her to speak in someone else's mind. Thankfully, it was only one-way communication, so she couldn't hear his thoughts.

Izuku smiled softly, but then just shook his head. "It's really alright miss." He managed to say without stuttering.

"I see. Well, sorry to bother you then. Nice hero costume, by the way, but remember that you have to study to be an official one." She said with a smile, before trailing off. Both him and Todoroki looked at her as she disappeared in the crowd.

"Not bad." Todoroki said, "I mean, you almost got us caught but you managed to save it at the last second." Deku could tell there was a lot of sarcasm in the remark.

Deku sighed, trying to piece what had just happened together. He had seriously just lied to a Hero to cover a crime. He felt so guilty… "I know we have to do this. I think. To be honest, I'm not sure. I just don't like it and…"

"Ehi guys, need a drive?" A voice asked next to them. They turned to see a grinning Ojiro behind the wheel of a white car that looked like it had seen better days. They walked in, and Deku immediately checked the car to make sure they were not stealing anything else of value. Luckily, the back was empty.

"Don't worry, I checked the trunk too. There were only a couple umbrellas and some empty bags. We aren't taking anything they would really care about aside from the car itself."

Shoto just sighed "Very kind of you both. Now drive."

Ojiro nodded and stepped on the pedal, keeping an eye on the speed limit to never go quite over it. After a few minutes, everyone relaxed. Now they were far enough to be just a car in the road among countless others. For a while, no one said anything, but then Ojiro broke the silence. "So, what's your world like?" He suddenly asked.

Izuku blinked "Well, it's similar to this." He said after a moment "Though All Might is still alive, All for One is in jail, and our biggest enemy is the League of Villains."

"That sounds like some comic book antagonist." Ojiro chuckled "Who do they have that we know?"

"Mr. Compress, Toga, Dabi, Twice, Spinner… Actually, basically everyone I've heard of while I was there, except for Muscular and Moonfish, who were with them but are in jail, and some guy called Geten. Oh, and Overhaul was a separate group. Shigaraki Tomura is their leader..."

"Never heard of that one." Ojiro replied "What is he like?"

"He has a Quirk that allows him to destroy anything he touches with all five fingers. It's really dangerous." Izuku replied, remembering his encounter with the man at the mall and before that at the USJ.

"Sounds like Duster." The Quirkless hero shook his head "Think it's the same person Todoroki?"

"If he is, Mirio would have a heart attack hearing that. Tenshi taught him a lot when they were sidekicks for Nighteye, not to mention dying at the battle of Endoru to save his life." Todoroki replied. "Still we are lucky at least All for Deku never got his Quirk. Can you imagine that thing used for evil?"

"I can, if it's the same one." Izuku said.

"Right." Ojiro embarrassedly replied "Anyway… Oh, right, you go to UA, yes?"

"Yes."

"So, are you in class with us all?" Ojiro asked.

"Yes, we are all in 1-A."

"You know, that's so weird to imagine. The three of us in the same classroom, studying together."

Todoroki shivered "I don't even want to think about it." Then he glanced at Izuku "Sorry Izu, but I can't really forget what he did just because you are a good person."

"No problem sir. To be honest, this whole situation is absurd. All Might is probably so worried…"

"Ehi, if we are lucky, we run into someone that knows how your power works. If we aren't, you can always zap us again to another world. Sooner or later we are bound to bump into someone that knows what your Quirk's deal is." Ojiro replied with a reassuring smile. "Although honestly if you want to swing in our world and take another go at All for Deku…"

"Mashirao, we all got excited when you called us about a kid with One for All, but now we know he comes from another world, so let's be real. Who would want to help us clean our mess when they have their own to deal with?"

"I would." Deku said. They both turned to him, though Ojiro immediately returned his eyes to the road "I don't know what happened to me… I mean, him to become that. But I can't let it continue. I want to help you too. I can't just go back home and forget about this whole situation."

Ojiro and Todoroki looked at each other, then they both started laughing. "Are you sure your name isn't Mirio Togata, Izu?" Ojiro asked. "I guess that's what made All Might choose you guys. You saw what All for Deku looks like, and you are ready to jump back in his maws for a chance of a better tomorrow."

Izuku blushed at the sudden compliment. Todoroki was smiling too, which was new considering so far the man had clearly not been happy about Izuku's presence. "I just want to protect people. That's what a Hero is about."

"True. Still, I wouldn't fault a Hero that is afraid of facing the user of All for One. Not everyone did, after all. A lot of Heroes just retired once he took power." Todoroki explained "No one that graduated from our school year did though. Bakugo sure knew how to rally a group when he wanted to."

Ojiro laughed "You know what happened that night Izuku? When they passed the law that declared any Hero still active the following day was to be considered a Vigilante and arrested? We all got that single message from Bakugo about meeting up at a bar. Once we arrived there, him and Kirishima had put together a party to cheer up everyone."

"I think it was Kendo's idea." Shoto interjected.

"It was, but Bakugo went along with it. Remember his speech? 'Don't even think of quitting, you bastards! If tomorrow there isn't a Hero on the street, is because you all will be recovering from an hangover, not because of some shitty law! Let's show that asshole Izuku how much he scares us!'" He sighed "I don't think I ever drunk as much as I did that night. Everyone did. Well except Shiozaki."

"If you asked me that night, I would have never bet she would have ended up marrying Kaminari of all people." Todoroki replied, looking outside the windshield with a sad look "He was a party animal that whole night, dancing, drinking and basically destroying the karaoke. She managed to straighten him a lot."

"Yeah, she did." Ojiro sighed with a suddenly sad look on his face "I miss them so much."

"Everyone does." Todoroki replied "Kaminari could be an idiot at times, but he was always fun to have around."

An uncomfortable silence descended on the car. Ojiro and Todoroki were clearly reminiscing, and to Izuku hearing all this was both terrifying and incredibly sad. He knew Hero work was dangerous, but this… Hearing about his friend dying, the friends he had met just that morning, was something that made the discussion so much more eerie.

The car continued silently on the road to Kamino Ward as the sun started to descend on the horizon.

-

He was standing in the familiar darkness of One for All's dreams. He saw the First stand in front of him, and behind were the others. For the first time, he saw the face of the third. The man smiled at him.

"You are incredible kid." He said.

Izuku tried to respond, but he found he could not. The Third's dark hair were floating like a wind had picked them up, and he noticed the others were the same. He looked at the shadow covering his body, noticing now there were fewer than before, though he still could not move or talk.

"I never imagined there were more of us. More of him." The First suddenly said, and Izuku returned his full attention to him "Nineth, I can't do much to help you. But I'll tell you this." He put a fist to his heart, gently pushing "One for All, and all of us, will always be here. Good luck, and never doubt yourself."

Izuku looked at his predecessors, at their shape, and saw them smile.

-

Izuku woke up suddenly. For a long moment, he looked around in confusion, looking at the unfamiliar car he was into and at the two men seating in the front. Then he remembered what had happened the day before. He could not remember when he had dozed off, but he clearly had. He looked out but saw only unfamiliar buildings around the empty parking lot. The sun was rising behind the ones on the east, which meant it was about six or seven in the morning, judging by the season.

Both the others – Todoroki and Ojiro, it took him a moment to remember who they were – were sleeping, the latter snoring softly with the face pressed on the windshield while the former had reclined the seat. 'So this isn't a dream…' He thought, and that made him remembered One for All's vision. He touched his chest, where the First fist had touched him. "Thank you…" He whispered.

Todoroki's eyes opened immediately, and he stood up. "What time is it?" He asked.

"It's early in the morning. Probably six, seven at most."

The ice and fire user yawned "Fair enough. That's about eight hours of sleep. I didn't have the chance in a while. Ehi, Tailman, get up." He said, shaking Ojiro's shoulder. The blonde scratched his eyes as he woke up.

"Come on, I almost died yesterday, can I get some extra sleep?"

"Sleep when you are actually dead. We need to get out of this car before some Hero figures out it was stolen. We already took a risk napping in it." Todoroki opened the car's door and walked out. Izuku followed him, cracking his neck and shoulders.

"When did I fall asleep?"

"We noticed in Donoa Ward, so before that. We figured since it was already late, we were better off taking a rest together."

"Thank you, by the way. If you didn't fall asleep, Todoroki would have probably dragged us all to the Agency immediately, and frankly I was too tired to handle meeting another Izuku." Ojiro replied, standing up, before stopping "Not that it wasn't nice meeting you, Izu. Aside from the fact you saved my life, you are clearly a nice kid. But, you know…"

"No, no, I totally understand Ojiro." He said, "This is weird for everyone."

"Understatement of the century…" Todoroki muttered "Come on, we need to find that agency."

Izuku nodded, moving to put the hoodie back on, but Todoroki stopped him. "Don't. I need to get used to having you around. We can't really know how long it's going to take to find a way back, and I can't force you to wear that until then."

"It's not a problem, I can…"

"Kid, it's fine. We need to work together, the least I can do is look at you in the face." He replied. Deku hesitated, before deciding to comply.

The three made their way through the almost empty street, with only a few stores already open, mostly 24 hours shops. This Kamino was surprisingly similar to the his own. He started to recognize some of the buildings. One was the building where he had watched All Might's final fight. He still remembered vividly the crowd cheering for their greatest Hero, and smiled fondly seeing the large screen, even if now it was only showing a commercial.

As they continued, they made their way through the residential district, until they reached the address. In his world, Izuku suddenly remembered, this was where the Noumu factory was. He could never forget that place. However, in place of the factory here stood a large office building. Checking the doorbell, he saw it was indeed Fireblitz's Hero Agency. A number of sidekicks were listed below, but Izuku of course could not recognize any of them. After all, they were probably toddlers in his universe. 'Wow, that's a weird thing to think about.' He realized. Todoroki and Ojiro checked the list as well, but then walked away and just entered through the main door.

Early in the morning, the building was largely empty, with only a few sidekicks leaving after their night shift or for early morning patrol. None of them really looked surprised to see them just walk in. Probably they thought they had a reason too. Not having any better idea, they walked to the desk and looked around. There wasn't a secretary or anything like that, so they were a bit confused. Izuku noticed the door behind it was open, so maybe they were just working in the back.

"Kid, you need to organize better your Agency. The security is lax and there is no one at the desk. Even I had a better one." Ojiro commented.

"Smaller as it was."

"Come on, that's unfair. I was number 120 when we were forced to close them, of course it was smaller than Number 18's."

Deku scratched the back of his head "I guess you are right? It's weird, I always thought that I would be more organized once I had my own." Then he raised his voice to try and be heard by anyone that was in the back room.

"Uhm, hello?!" He shouted, "Sorry to bother, but is anyone there?"

"Sorry, just a sec!" A female voice replied. Soon after, a woman carrying a large pile of papers appeared. She was a young girl, probably around the same age as Midoriya that had ash blond, messy hair and freckles, and Izuku thought she felt somewhat familiar. It felt like 'Wait, could she be...' He thought to just ask, but then stopped. If what he felt was One for All, something was wrong. The sensation was not nearly as strong as what he had felt meeting All for Deku.

"Hello…" She started to say, before stopping to look at them. When she looked at Izuku, he watched her expression change for a moment, before returning to normal. "You know, you look an awful lot like my dad, and you look like one of his schoolmates." She quickly noted. "But you are both too young of course, especially you. Nice costume, by the way. Dad always went gloveless, they tended to burn, but mom and I are partial for it."

"Your… dad?"

"Oh, right, silly me, I forgot to introduce myself." She said "Itsumi Midoriya, a pleasure." She said with a smile.

Izuku could not help but gape a bit, and Itsumi looked at him puzzled, before clapping her hands together generating a mini explosion "Oh, of course, you are thinking 'Oh my gosh she is the daughter of number four Hero Lady Bomb and number Eighteen Hero Fireblitz', right? Don't worry, I'm not some classist jerk."

Deku had no idea on how to respond, and glancing back noticed the reactions from Todoroki and Ojiro: the former was doing his best to maintain some sort of composure, although he could see his horrified look, while Ojiro was just covering his mouth and laughing. "Uhm, the pleasure is mine. See, we are here to meet with Fireblitz."

"Oh." Itsumi looked at them in surprise "Dad is in the gym right now. He should be out in half an hour or so. Do you have an appointment?"

"No, this is an unexpected visit I'm afraid." Todoroki interjected "We are sorry but is there a way to meet with him?"

Itsumi glanced at them, then back at Izuku. He noticed her expression had changed a bit from the cheerful appearance she had a moment ago. "I'm sorry sir, but Fireblitz is a very popular Hero that has a lot of work to do. Without an appointment we can't just let you through." She answered in a far more serious tone.

"I see, well, I'm afraid…"

"I'm here to ask for an internship!" Deku said. Everyone turned to him.

"Oh? I thought dad said this year he wasn't taking another intern, since she already has me and Shiro."

"Well, that's kinda why I'm here. I was hoping to ask in person. I thought maybe if I did that I could convince him to take me for a trial at least. See, the rest of the class has someone to intern at already, and I hoped to find someone like mister Fireblitz. I know that it's asking a lot but…" Suddenly a hand hit him softly on the shoulder. He looked at Itsumi's arm.

"Don't worry, I like your guts! Princess Explosion Murder – name pending approval – will help you get a meeting with dad." She said, now back with a smile on her face, before pointing to the other two "But who are those two? They are kinda creepy, you know?"

"Oh, those are my… professors! They felt like they had to come in person."

"Izu is the best of the class." Ojiro said with an amused look on his face.

Todoroki glanced at him "A very promising child."

"Izu, uh? What's your full name?"

"I'm Izu… Oriya. Izu Oriya." He said, and he noticed Todoroki's appalled look and Ojiro's amused expression "Hero name is Deku."

"Deku, uh? Is there a story behind it?"

"Y-yes. A long one." He replied, and she chuckled.

"And what school do you go at? I'm from UA."

"You go to UA?" He asked, and she nodded with a large grin. "Well, I'm from…" He tried to remember the name of a decent Hero Academy that was close enough to Kamino "Yuka High." He replied, hoping it still existed in this universe.

Thankfully, it did. "Oh, so you are from around here. Cool. Yuka was my third choice of a school after UA and Shiketsu."

Todoroki read the situation and stepped forward "I'm sorry miss, this is all very pleasant, but can we meet Fireblitz now?"

Itsumi tapped her chin. "Well, I suppose it won't hurt to go to the gym and meet him there. Come with me. Just be warned, he can be a bit grumpy in the morning."

Todoroki rolled his eyes "Thrust me, I've seen worse." He said as the three followed the girl in an elevator, that took them up a number of floors until they reached the sixth. The walked outside and Itsumi led them to a room where they could hear the sound of weights moving in some equipment. When they entered the room, they found a largely empty room, except for two individuals that where training on a side.

Seeing Hizuku Midoriya in person was a surprise for Izuku, mostly because, unlike All for Deku, he did look different in many ways. After all, the last picture they had seen of him was from his marriage with Katsumi, which happened almost two decades prior. His green hair was kept short, his body had toned muscles bulging under the weights he was lifting, and a green stubble covered his cheeks and chin, making the Freckles a lot less evident. There was also a small scar on the left cheek, that looked like some sort of puncture wound.

Coaching him was a woman with ash blonde hair like Itsumi's. Katsumi Bakugou looked much like Kacchan's mother, he realized, but with muscles that could rival her son and somewhat longer hair, arriving to the base of the neck. She reminded Izuku of Mirko, the Bunny Hero, though she wasn't as tanned. When he looked at her, he felt something else though, like there was a connection between them. It was weaker than with All for Deku, but still he felt it. He wondered if she did the same. 'But then what was that with Itsumi...'

As Itsumi walked closer to her parents, Izuku, Todoroki and Ojiro stood quietly. They all knew from experience that interrupting someone in the middle of a fitness exercise like this was pretty rude, and they needed to make the best first impression possible. Luckily, it was Hizuku that stopped his training and stood up. Katsumi quickly handed him a bottle of water he drunk before wiping off his sweat with a towel and turning to his daughter and the three. "What's up, Itsumi?" He asked. His voice was calm, although Midoriya noticed an hint of grumbling in it.

"Sorry dad, I know you don't like that other people interrupt your morning training." Itsumi said, before her mother laughed.

"Ah! It's just that he thinks he is getting weaker!" She said with a grin on her face "Like I'd let that happen to my husband!"

Hizuku frowned "Katsumi, not in front of the guests, please. So, what can I do for you?" He asked, turning to the three of them before pausing on Ojiro. "Uh, you look surprisingly like a friend of m…" His eyes stopped on Midoriya "Oh my god."

Katsumi seemed to register Midoriya's face, or maybe the sensation of mutual recognition, at about the same time, before looking back to her husband, noticing the same surprise on his face. "So, who are you kid?" She asked, and Izuku noticed there was apprehension on her face and in her voice both.

"My name is Izu…" Midoriya stopped, before taking a deep breath "I am Izuku Midoriya, sir."

He had expected outrage.

He had expected surprise, and Itsumi certainly delivered that.

What he had not expected was the worried reaction from Hizuku and Katsumi both. They just looked at him with… pity? He was still processing that before the next question came up. "You have One for All and Teleport, don't you?" Katsumi asked.

Midoriya just nodded. If they knew about One for All down to that detail in a world where it was a secret, they clearly knew more. Itsumi was the only one that looked extremely confused, while Hizuku stood back up from the machine and quickly wiped himself some more with a towel. "Come on, let's go to my office." He said "We have a lot to talk about." He said "I can't believe it's happening again…"

"Wait, first, can I ask a question?" Izuku asked. He had too many, thanks to this brief exchange, but there was one in particular he wanted an answer to immediately.

"Sure, go ahead." Midoriya replied. The two locked eyes for the first time. Izuku realized they had the exact same eye color.

"Who has One for All in this world?" The teen finally asked. He needed to understand what was going on.

Hizuku chuckled. "Katsumi, Itsumi, Eirin and Hakyu." He replied, and then watched their expressions. "Right, as I said, we have a lot to talk about."