Even after my parent's deaths, I never stopped fighting. I never stopped screaming for them to save me as they had in the past. Even though back then. I knew they were gone and they would never come back.

Hitoshi kicked against the man holding him. This man wasn't the man with Axe Hands, but rather some big goon. "I want my mommy!" Hitoshi screamed before he violently threw his head back, smacking the man right in the nose with the back of his head.

"Ack!" The man dropped Hitoshi and instantly the boy took off running. "You brat! Get back here!" There were heavy foot falls behind him and Hitoshi immediately turned a sharp corner and prayed for a hiding place. Instead he rammed his body right into someone else. Hitoshi gasped as he fell back on his butt.

He gasped when he saw another little boy around the same age as him. The boy had green curly hair and bright green eyes that stood out greatly against the pure white clothing he was wearing. This little boy wasn't alone as an adult male stood behind him. The man was tall, probably taller than the man with axe hands. He wore a plain, but expensive looking suit. His hair was white and the curls almost matched the little boy's curls. When he looked down at Hitoshi, Hitoshi saw that this man had red eyes.

Instantly Hitoshi felt on edge and afraid. This man had an air about him that chilled Hitoshi to the very bone. He started to scramble away while scared gasps left his mouth. "No- no…" Hitoshi managed to curl himself against the nearest wall while he shook violently. "I just- I want to go home."

"And just who are you?" The man asked with a curious head tilt. "Kome? Who is this boy?" This man then turned towards the man who had Hitoshi in his grasp earlier.

"Shinsou, sir."

"Shinsou… ah…" The man slowly turned to Kome in particular. "This wasn't the person I asked to be collected."

Kome huffed while he bowed his head. "I apologize. The man you sent to collect them, he killed our original target. We figured the child was better than nothing. He has a brainwashing quirk, found that out the hard way. we figured that would interest you."

Hitoshi put his hands to his eyes as a scream ripped through his throat. His own scream echoed around the tight too-bright hallway. "I just want to go home!" Hitoshi all but shrieked as he grabbed fists full of his hair.

"I have no use for him nor his quirk. Maybe I could make him into a Nomu, make him useful-"

I never knew it at the time. I only realized way later on in life, when we were officially safe that you saved my life. Did you know this at the time, Zuchan?

The boy dropped down so he and Hitoshi were face-to-face. The boy was squatting and with his face so close to Hitoshi's, Hitoshi could see other little details better. Like the millions of freckles that littered his face and body.

"Izuku, what are you doing?" The man inquired as he turned to look at the boy in question.

"I like him." Izuku whispered, his eyes slightly wide while he shook a little.

"Oh?" That got the man's attention as he came over and put his hands on Izuku's shoulder. "Do you?" When he looked down at Izuku, Izuku looked up at him and nodded.

"Can I keep him?" Izuku questioned and Hitoshi bit his tongue. More than anything Hitoshi wanted to yell, he wanted to scream that he wasn't some stray dog that they can keep, but he didn't. Deep down he knew better than to yell. That he needed to stay quiet if he wanted to keep living.

"Well, give me a reason why we should and I'll consider it."

"He's my age."

"And?"

"...I like his quirk."

"You haven't seen it yet, my boy."

"Well, from what I gathered. His quirk might be wasted on a Nomu."

"Oh?"

"Yeah. From the little I heard. His quirk isn't activated by touch, nor is it a quirk that he can just will on a person. He probably needs something like… speech or a response to activate it. Am I right, Kome?" Izuku turned towards the man in question.

Kome gave a very nervous nod. "Ye-yes."

Izuku then looked up at the white haired man again. "Making him into a Nomu would be a waste, daddy. Unless you plan on making him into an intelligent one, which may not even work out. So, why not keep him. He could be… my second brother. With a quirk like his and with Tomachan protecting me I will absolutely be safe from any and all harm."

'Daddy' paused as he thought on Izuku's words. "Very well. You got your wish. You-" The white haired man pointed at Hitoshi. "-Are a very lucky boy."

"I am a very lucky boy." Hitoshi commented out loud. This caused Tokoyami to look at him in confusion while the two of them ran.

"Are you alright?" Tokoyami asked as they both carefully slid down a particularly steep foot hill. "You went quiet for a while. I was starting to get worried."

"I'm fine." Hitoshi stopped and looked down at the other foothill they were approaching. Once he saw that this one was steeper than the last so he turned and reached for Tokoyami's hand. Tokoyami hesitated for a moment before he reached and took Hitoshi's hand into his own.

Hitoshi took the lead and carefully slid down the hill helping to keep Tokoyami up right. They were getting closer to the plaza now. That was when Hitoshi stopped suddenly and he dropped to his knees, letting go of Tokoyami. Hitoshi grabbed onto his head. 'It's gone!' but that thought only lasted for a moment, a second if even, before he felt normal again.

'Oh, nononono. This is bad.' Hitoshi was shaking as Tokoyami looked at him with wide eyes.

"Are you alright?!"

"I…need to find my brother." Hitoshi whispered as he got back up to his feet. "C'mon!" with that he took off running.

He continued to run. They were getting close to the plaza and Hitoshi could see that some villains were still standing but most were down and out for the count. The ones still standing didn't bug him, except for the giant one that had their back to them. They were too far to make out any features, they were just blobs and shapes to Hitoshi.

'Where's dad?! I don't see him any more.' Hitoshi realized once they were getting closer and closer to the group that his father was nowhere to be seen.

The closer to the group they got, the more features Hitoshi was able to make out. Like how it looked like the giant of the group was holding on to someone. Keeping them from escaping. 'It's dad. It has to be.' Hitoshi thought with a growl.

Hitoshi spotted an abandoned rebar on the ground and snatched it up as he ran. If his father was in trouble then dammit, Hitoshi wasn't just going to stand there.

Closer and closer Hitoshi fell upon the group of villains, the leader, the one with the hands plastered all over his body seemed to be in a heated discussion with-

Hitoshi stopped short. Just like that his bloodshed dissipated when he realized that the man with Axe Hands was standing right there. Well, maybe it was best he stopped because that was when Tokoyami tackled him. The tackle was surprising but not uncalled for.

"Do you have a death wish?" Tokoyami hissed as the two of them hid behind a bush for cover. "You need to stop and think before you act."

"Yeah." Dark Shadow emerged and struck Hitoshi against the skull. This made Hitoshi whine and cover his head.

Hitoshi was ready to bite back at Tokoyami but he stopped when another familiar voice cut through the air. One that made Hitoshi be reminded of his head wound.

"Tomura Shigaraki. I have grave news, a student has managed to escape and is probably asking the pro's for help as we speak."

Hitoshi and Tokoyami both cautiously peeked up over the bush to see who the man of smoke was speaking to. He was talking to the man with hands all over his body and almost instantly Hitoshi dropped down so he was no longer looking at the two of them.

'That's Tomura Shigaraki?! I've only heard of him in passing, I never met him. Then… that means they are back. He's still around and this isn't just a random villain attack.' Hitoshi felt a gasp leave his mouth and feared he was going to lose control of his emotions again.

Tokoyami put his hand over Hitoshi's mouth to keep him quiet, and possibly grounded.

Shigaraki let out an unhappy whine and this was followed by the sound of repetitive scratching. "Oh Kurogiri, if you weren't our warp gate out of here I would have turned you to dust by now! At least tell me you got rid of Thirteen?"

"The space hero will not be bothering us anymore."

'No! Not Thirteen!' Hitoshi's mind ran wild with the idea that Thirteen had been defeated. 'At least she hadn't been killed…' There was little relief to that thought. Then Hitoshi looked over at the man made of smoke.

'That's right. Kurogiri… he remembers me, but I think we only met once. During one of our escape attempts, he caught us. He nearly caught us on our last escape attempt as well… He's going to send us back- no-' Shinsou clenched the rebar tightly with both of his hands. 'We will never go back to that hellhole.'

"I guess that's it then. Let's just take what we got and go home-"

"Are you kidding me! I never even got to chop a single head off of someone's shoulders!" Axe Hands practically whined while he waved his axes around violently.

"You do make a point. I guess we could ruin the Symbol of Peace's pride before we leave-" With that Shigaraki turned and that's when Hitoshi saw that Tsu, Kouda, and Kaminari were in the water and Shigaraki was going for the most defenseless one. Kaminari who clearly wasn't all there and in Kouda's arms on top of it all.

'Everything he touches turns to dust. So, it's best you learn how to protect my son otherwise Tomura will be coming for you next.' Hitoshi from memory alone because it terrified him. It was something instilled in him as a fear, a knife hovering over his head threatening to fall.

Then in seconds, Shigaraki had his hand clamped tightly on Kaminari's forehead. But nothing happened.

"Oh, Eraserhead, you are just so cool-" Shigaraki turned and the behemoth of a man moved and Hitoshi finally got to see where his father had been this whole time.

He was a bloody and broken pile on the floor, just hardly able to raise his head up to stare at Shigaraki, to stop him from turning Kaminari to ash.

"Tell you what, Raion, cut Eraserhead's head off." Shigaraki gave a dismissive wave. "He's just become a nuisance at this point. And this will be a mercy killing."

"No!" Came Izuku's shout and that's when Hitoshi realized something horrific. That giant bird man had Izuku in his clutches.

Tsu sprung into action. Grabbing Kaminari from Kouda with her tongue. "Run!" She told Kouda who was now freaking out and shaking from his spot in the water.

"Dark Shadow!" Tokoyami yelled and Dark Shadow shot out from Tokoyami, blocking Shigaraki's attack and actually forced Shigaraki to take a step away. "Go! Hurry!" Kouda took a scared step back, tears sprung in his eyes as silent cries left his mouth.

Raion sported that same manic grin that Hitoshi remembered all those years ago as he charged for Aizawa. Hitoshi's caregiver. Hitoshi's father. "No…" Hitoshi whispered as he gripped the rebar so tightly in his gloved hands it hurt. "Not again…" He stood.

Raion was getting closer to his father.

"Stop…" Hitoshi took a step closer as he readied the rebar in his hands.

Hitoshi was never noticed as Raion got ready to swing-

"I'm not going to lose another family to you!" Hitoshi roared and ran. A deep scream ripped through Hitoshi's mouth as he swung the pipe, blocking Raion's axes from getting to Aizawa. There was an actual spark when the metal from Raion's axes struck the rebar and he actually looked a little shocked that someone would dare stop him from murdering. Hitoshi's legs nearly gave out from the weight Raion was putting on the bar.

"Well, well, who do we have here?" Raion smirked as he added more weight against Hitoshi's bar. "Hitoshi Shinsou, right? I remember you… more specifically your screams when I cut your mother's head off of her shoulders right in front of your eyes!"

"Don't hurt him- don't hurt him!" Izuku shrieked and Hitoshi could hear the tears in his brother's voice. Out of the corner of his eye, Hitoshi could see Izuku kicking against the giant being in an attempt to get free.

Raion's eye color flickered. From their normal brown color to a whitish color as his strength depleted for just a moment. Hitoshi nearly collapsed to his knees as he dared to look at Izuku. "S-" Hitoshi growled as the tip of Raion's ax threatened to nick Hitoshi's nose.

Hitoshi felt his arms shake as he tried his hardest to push Raion's arms up and away from him. "You think you're big and brave, huh? What kind of a man cuts down a harmless mother!" Hitoshi spat in Raion's face, making the man shake his head in disbelief, but Raion didn't respond. He just smirked and forced more weight down on the bar. This nearly brought Hitoshi down fully to his knees. "You! You fucking coward! You decapitated my mother in front of me! She was harmless!" Hitoshi roared more in desperation to get Raion to talk to him.

"And I'll do the same to you!-"

Right when Hitoshi was going to activate his quirk to silent Raion there was an explosion towards the USJ doors that caused both of them to turn their heads towards the explosion in question.

"I thought something was wrong when neither Aizawa nor Thirteen were answering their phones." A voice that sounded like it came from the heavens echoed all around them. "I cannot begin to think of the horrors you kids faced, but fear not, children. For I am here!" All Might roared in rage, a very prominent scowl on his face as he ripped his tie off of his form.

Hitoshi let out a tiny but happy gasp. "All Might!"

"It's All Might!" Izuku cheered and his voice broke with excitement.

"We're saved!" Tsu cried.

Hitoshi made the mistake of allowing his form and grip to slack on the rebar and Raion used that to his advantage; smacking it right out of Hitoshi's hand and sending the bar flying away from him; Raion smiled. "I'm going to enjoy this!-" Raion threw his arm back and it was more on instinct did Hitoshi lift his hands up in a pitiful attempt to protect his neck.

Well, it turns out it was for nothing. There was a violent gust of wind and Hitoshi gasped as Raion was suddenly gone. With one solid punch, All Might sent Raion flying into the water. Hitoshi paused for a moment, and it was only when All Might was standing in front of him, did Hitoshi fall to his butt.

"Than-Thank you!" a whine left Hitoshi's mouth as he felt tears perk and fall from his eyes in seconds. It wasn't until the danger was gone did Hitoshi realize that he almost wasn't going to make it.

"Ah, All Might." Shigaraki started to scratch at his neck.

"You kids, take Aizawa and get out of here." All Might didn't even acknowledge Shigaraki as he directed Tsu, Kouda, Kaminari, and Tokoyami towards their downed teacher, and to Hitoshi by proxy.

Tsu jumped, Kaminari still wrapped in her tongue, and she was the first to Aizawa while Tokoyami and Kouda both ran.

"I- I'm not leaving without my brother." Hitoshi swallowed so hard that he could feel his throat click. He then slowly stood and stared the giant beast down.

Shigaraki let out a dry laugh. "Your brother?"

Hitoshi growled and took a step forward ready to throw down, but All Might stuck his arm out stopping Hitoshi in his tracks. "Stop. Let me handle this, young Tora." All Might spoke in a low voice.

Feeling movement beside him, Hitoshi turned and saw Kouda pick Aizawa up with ease and placed him on Kouda's back. Hitoshi saw that yes, Aizawa was still awake. Hitoshi felt torn for a moment as he looked back and forth between his father and his brother.

"Now, you dastardly villains, if you have beef with me that is fine, but you will not hold a child hostage! Let him go!"

"Unfortunately not, Symbol of Peace." Shigaraki had a mocking tone in his voice as he then gestured towards Izuku in question. "This one belongs to us."

"How many times do I have to say it!? I don't know you! Let me go!" Izuku violently kicked his legs against the creature holding him. Izuku's quirk flickered as green lightning moved through his body in a 'blink and you'll miss it' way.

'Stop, calm down. You nearly took it once!' Hitoshi thought as he felt that familiar feeling that nearly brought him to his knees again. He wanted nothing more than to yell at his brother to stop, but he couldn't if he did then…

Everything he worked so hard to conceal would be for nothing.

"Then it appears we're at an impasse because I will not let you leave with that student of mine. Why? Because I am here! Carolina…" All Might was powering up for an attack and for a very real moment Hitoshi feared that All Might was going to sacrifice his brother by attacking the giant bird that had Izuku in his grip, but no.

It was right as All Might swung did his plan come to light. He actually swung towards Shigaraki. "Smash!"

"Nomu!"

Izuku was dropped like a sack of potatoes as the creature jumped in front of Shigaraki to protect him.

'That's a Nomu!?' Hitoshi thought with wide eyes. He was nearly turned into that?!

As Izuku fell he braced himself with his arms and he looked up at All Might with wide eyes. "All Might! That thing it-"

"-It's the anti-symbol of peace!" Shigaraki expanded his arms out as he declared this once the punch landed and Nomu didn't move. "It has shock absorption, meaning no matter how hard you punch you can't send it flying, but it really was a good try."

"Hi- Tora H, Get your brother!" Aizawa barked, his voice deep, raspy, and slightly gurgled as he spat blood out on Kouda by accident. "S-sorry." He wheezed.

"Right! You guys go on ahead! Get him to safety!" Hitoshi went running for Izuku as the others quickly went running back towards the entrance. He reached his hand out "Let's get out of-" Hitoshi was shocked when Izuku knocked his hand back rather harshly.

"No-" Izuku hissed as he stood to his feet. His legs wobbled uneasily. Hitoshi noticed fairly quickly that Izuku was not just pale but was sweating while his body shook.

"It's best if we just let All Might handle it, Izuku. He's the pro after all besides-" Hitoshi leaned down. "It's an order from dad." He whispered to Izuku. Izuku's breath hitched as he stumbled a little. "You don't look well, you need to rest."

"I…I can't leave." Izuku whispered back.

"Well, I must thank you for telling me about Nomu's shock absorption! I have other ways of defeating such a creature!" All Might quickly grabbed Nomu from around its middle, hoisted this beast up before suplexing it.

For a moment things seemed to be looking up, but that didn't last long. Purple smoke appeared right blow All Might and he let out a startled cry of pain and Izuku let out a soft and startled gasp at what they were witnessing.

Kurogiri used his quirk to transport the Nomu's head and hands directly below All Might so the Nomu was now squeezing All Might's sides tightly with its big meaty hands. "I do not like having blood in my portals, but if it means getting rid of you then I'll gladly do it." Kurogiri snarled and his portal started to tighten around All Might-

"Leave him alone!" Izuku then charged. His quirk activating giving him an increased speed. He then reached his arm out and the rebar that Raion had knocked out of Hitoshi's hands earlier flew into Izuku's hands.

That was when his brother slammed the end of the bar into the Nomu's eye.

"Oh fuck!" Hitoshi couldn't help but scream out in terror.

The Nomu let out a shriek of pure pain as it released All Might, but it wasn't down for the count and neither was Izuku as he pulled the bar out of the Nomu's eye.

But… it didn't end there.

"Got you!" Came Bakugo's shout as the blonde used a loud explosion to attack Kurogiri. Then He grabbed onto the back of Kurogiri's neck where a metal plate was just barely visible to the naked eye. Bakugo then pinned Kurogiri to the ground effortlessly. "Heh! I knew there had to be a body on you somewhere, you weird portal freak!"

It didn't end there either as suddenly ice came flooding in freezing half of Nomu's body.

All of this combined allowed All Might to escape the creature's grasp.

"I was informed of your plans to kill the Symbol of Peace." Todoroki gave a growl as he walked towards their group. "Luckily I ran into Bakugo and Kirishima on the way here and we've come to stop you."

Hitoshi watched as Kirishima tried to attack Shigaraki but he just barely missed as Shigaraki dodged out of the way. This caused Kirishima to jump back to Bakugo just as quickly.

Izuku was shaking a little more noticeably as he held the rebar tightly in his hands, one end now bloodied. and Hitoshi could feel it in his own mind. What Izuku wanted. 'Stop.'

"Now don't you try anything fucking funny. Or else I swear they'll be taking you out of here in pieces!" Bakugo hissed to Kurogiri.

"That's not very heroic." Kirishima gave an awkward laugh and Bakugo actually chuckled.

"Well, neither is stabbing someone in the eye, but it seems Deku isn't as useless or cowardly as I originally thought."

"Tora I, you don't look so good bro." Kirishima took a step towards him. Hitoshi saw that Izuku was staring right at Shigaraki.

'Don't you fucking do it!' Hitoshi took a big step forward ready to stop his brother.

"Aw, Izu-Sama, I almost missed that murderous look on your face." Shigaraki all but mocked Izuku. Izuku's breath quickened.

"I-" Izuku paused to breathe in as he tightened his grip considerably on the rebar. "-Don't know you!"

That was when Shigaraki turned to Hitoshi. Hitoshi felt his blood turn to ice, like Todoroki was freezing him stiff. He said nothing and that made Hitoshi even more anxious. "Well, I can't have you pinning my portal out of here, can I? Nomu, kill boom-boom boy so we can get out of here-"

It was on that command did the Nomu break free of Todoroki's ice but it caused half of his body, the half that Izuku had stabbed to boot, to break, but if there's one thing Hitoshi learned, it's that he shouldn't get his hopes up as the Nomu regenerated. Not only did it heal it's missing limbs, but the eye that Izuku had taken out as well.

"What?! It has more than one quirk!?" All Might cried out in shock as he watched this.

"Oh yes! I never said shock absorption was its only quirk symbol of peace!" Shigaraki cried victoriously. "This Nomu was made specifically to fight and counter your attacks! Now, Nomu! Kill the explosion brat!"

The Nomu jumped ready to attack. Bakugo let out a gasp and for a moment even Hitoshi felt like the worst may happen.

Two things happened. One: All Might was faster than the Nomu and managed to grab Bakugo and Kirishima right in the nick of time, jumping them to safety.

Two:

"Don't hurt him!" Izuku roared out and the Nomu stopped and trilled in confusion.

'It's gone!' Hitoshi collapsed to his knees as he grabbed at his head. 'Stop! Stop! STOP!'

"Attacking children, how low can you get?! Do you have no mercy!?" All Might growled. If he had questions about Izuku he wasn't asking.

Hitoshi slowly got to his feet. As he reached for his brother almost blindly. 'Give it back!' Hitoshi stumbled as he grabbed at Izuku's shoulder.

"Well, I had a choice. My ally or your student. I mean, as long as we're on the subject. Maybe you've forgotten, but he-" Shigaraki pointed towards Izuku. "-Stabbed my Nomu. Why is reckless violence only good if it's the heroes doing it? You heroes create violence to solve violence!"

"Fuck you! You attacked us first!" Izuku yelled back at Shigaraki. "What did you expect us to just lay there and take the beating you give us!? You attacked us, you nearly killed our teacher and Thirteen did you just think we weren't going to fight back!?"

Hitoshi clamped both of his hands on Izuku's shoulder and he could feel his brother's shaking was even more violent than last time.

"You don't look so good, Izu-sama-"

"I. Don't. Know. You! So stop calling me that you-you- basement dwelling man-child, who sounds like they eat a carton of cigarettes for breakfast everyday!" Izuku shrieked in a mixture of exhaustion and irritation. He then dropped the rebar to the ground.

Shigaraki tensed and he got down like he was ready to attack. Izuku squatted down as his quirk flared out all around him. His exhaustion was pushed to the side as green lighting flickered all around his limbs.

It never got that far as while they were having that little fight, All Might had squared up on the Nomu and their fists had collided. This sent Izuku flying back into Hitoshi's arms and the two boys rolled to a stop. Hitoshi made sure he took the brunt of the fall as he wrapped Izuku up tightly.

Izuku was shaking even more violently in Hitoshi's arms now. "Give it back." Hitoshi whispered to Izuku. Hitoshi left no room for argument as he grabbed onto Izuku's hands. Izuku only shook his head softly from side to side.

"I don't- I don't have anything-"

"You do."

All Might was yelling, something about the Nomu having a limit to it's shock absorption, but in all reality, Hitoshi wasn't listening.

"Hey-" Kirishima came rushing to them. "Are you two okay? Tora I, you look awful." Kirishima offered his hand and Hitoshi took it, using both Kirishima and himself to get Izuku to his feet.

Izuku stumbled and his legs nearly gave out as his knees buckled.

"-Plus Ultra!" The trio turned swiftly just in time to see the Nomu go flying out of the USJ through the roof. A relief flooded Hitoshi in an instant. "Heh, I've really gotten weaker, in my hayday it would have taken five good punches to do that. Tops. Now? That was over three hundred." Hitoshi could see smoke leaving All Might's form and felt on edge.

"Good, we're not needed anymore." Todoroki sighed out in relief as he reached for Izuku. "Can you walk?" He asked softly.

Izuku had only gotten paler as the time went on and he truly looked awful. "I-"

"Hitoshi Shinsou! This isn't over-"

"Mother fucker!" Hitoshi cursed as he turned just in time to dodge as Raion's, now soaked to the bone, axes came swinging down. Bakugo came to Hitoshi's aide, surprisingly. He used his explosion to stun Raion just long enough to kick him away.

"Shinsou!? I thought your name was Tora?" Todoroki asked as he tried to use his ice to freeze Raion in place, but with his axes it didn't work and the man was free within seconds charging again. However, with his wet form he was shivering now, making him slower than before.

"It's a long story!-" Hitoshi felt defenseless as he jumped back just in time to avoid another slice for his head.

"Stop." Izuku wheezed.

There was too much happening at once. Between Raion attacking Hitoshi and not being knocked down, to Shigaraki who wasn't going to give up. "Stop!" He cried again as he buried his hands into his curls.

Shigaraki charged for All Might, his hand outstretched ready to try and turn the hero to dust.

"Izu-Sama." Shigaraki's voice rang throughout his head.

"Give it back." Hitoshi had hissed in his ear.

"I almost missed the murderous look on your face."

"Give it back."

"Remember Izuku, you can- you can- you can have any quirk your heart desires." A man had once said to him.

"Everybody stop!" Izuku howled so loudly that he felt his vocal cords stretch and tear. And…it worked. Those around stopped; freezing in place. Eyes blank and mouths slack-jawed. This included those on his side as well. From Hitoshi to Shigaraki and even Kurogiri was affected, Izuku felt dizzier and dizzier the longer he tried to keep this quirk in place.

He stumbled towards All Might, hoping to push him awake so he could finish the job. Izuku's legs nearly gave out as he felt something wet running down his face. Was it tears? Had he been crying? It wouldn't surprise him. His head was killing him, feeling like it was going to explode as his brain throbbed against his skull violently. "All-" Izuku's vision started to blur and darken around the edges.

It lasted only two maybe three seconds tops before he let go of everyone at once. Izuku fell right at All Might's feet. He felt sick, dizzy, and like he was knocking on death's door.

"Sorry for the wait everyone! I've returned with the teachers!" came Iida's proud voice.

A gunshot rang through the whole of USJ striking Shigaraki in the shoulder.

Hitoshi jumped back as a bullet struck Raion right in his left hand.

"Shigaraki!" Kurogiri made a portal, but he was just a little too late as more and more bullets flew striking Shigaraki in non-fatal area's.

"You're not leaving me!" Raion jumped through the portal in record time.

"You coward!" Hitoshi roared in anger.

"This isn't over! One way or another! You're going to come back to us, Izu-sama! One way or another, father misses you!" Shigaraki promised right before the portal vanished.

"Oh-" All Might fell to his butt as he shrunk down into his tiny form. The smoke surrounding him was more than enough camouflage for them.

Izuku clamped a hand over his nose as he now realized that the wetness was coming from his bleeding nose. The blood wasn't light either as droplets fell past his fingers. He felt sick and before he knew it, on top of the bloody nose, he vomited up his lunch.

'Not right- not mine- not right- not mine!' Izuku's mind was a flurry of thoughts. "Hey-" Toshinori put a hand on Izuku's shoulder. "Are you okay, young Tora?"

"Not-" Izuku tried to speak but he cut himself off as he felt himself shaking and shivering again. "Not mine!" Was all he managed to say before he felt sick again. His body was freezing and that's when he realized he was currently at the start of a fever.

"Breathe- here." Toshinori ripped the sleeve off of his white shirt and held it to Izuku's nose. "That's a lot of blood. Did you get hurt?"

'He needs to know!' Izuku then grasped onto Toshinori desperately. "Not- mine!"

"What's not, please, just tell me."

"Hi-" Izuku felt even more lightheaded as the tunnel vision almost completely overtook his eyesight. "Hichan's quirk… It's not…mine." Was the last thing Izuku managed to wheeze out before darkness completely took over him.

Yeah. I was absolutely planning this twist the whole time. Tell me what you guys think in the reviews! Some of you guys hit the nail directly on the head with your theories as far back as chapter five! Seriously impressive guys!