Hello! Just to let you guys know I did update the last chapter just a bit. It's nothing major, the ending is still the same I just realized I left some things open and needed to fill in a few blanks! So, you don't have to re-read the chapter again just to see what changed.
Stain was bound by Todoroki's ice and Izuku/AFO Izuku shared a few more words with Hitoshi.
So, it's time for you guys to be warned. You see, this has always been my plan, but basically after the Stain fight is when things really go off the rails for Izuku and Hitoshi. Like things get crazy. This is where the AU part of this story start to take hold.
Shouta approached. His bloodlust and anger could be sensed by all. His eyes continued to glow an incensed shade of red. Honestly, if his son wasn't currently unconscious then maybe he would have gone off the deep end on all of them then and there.
'Save the lecture for later make sure everyone is okay first. Put the dad mask away.' He told himself. He then blinked allowing his eyes to return to normal. He took in the scene. Five of his students, two of them his children, stood surrounding the Hero Killer: Stain. Who was encased in Todoroki's ice with Hitoshi currently trying to tie the villain's hands with his capture weapon. Then there were the pros. Two of them.
Native, a fellow underground hero, who had an unconscious Izuku on his back, and Hawks. Hawks was perched on top of the roof. He smiled and gave a little two-finger salute to Shouta. While also poking his tongue out.
"Let me explain-" Todoroki took a step forward and Shouta put a hand up, silencing the dual haired boy.
"Do you have any idea how worried Mic and I were when we went back to the train and you two weren't there?" Shouta growled at Todoroki.
"Please, Mr. Aizawa-" Iida approached next. He bowed at his teacher. "It was my fault. I was foolish, they were only trying to help. Besides…there's something wrong with Izuku." He stated boldly as he looked his teacher in the eye.
"What injuries does he have?" Shouta turned to his son. There was a swooping noise as Hawks jumped from his perch and landed with the rest of them. He went to help Hitoshi.
"I…I'm unsure, all I know is that he's coughing blood, but that's not all. Mr. Shouta, I don't know if anybody else saw it, but Izuku. His hair. It was white."
Hitoshi let out a startled gasp as he turned towards Iida with wide-eyes. 'He saw!?' Hitoshi thought as he felt himself start to shake all over again. 'I knew right away, that's why I kept his hood up so they wouldn't see, but if they did see and if his hair is still white-...'
"You okay there, Troll Doll, you look like you've seen a ghost?" Hawks asked as he gave Hitoshi a playful shoulder shove.
His father looked incredulously at Iida. "His hair was-"
"-White, as well as straight."
Hitoshi's heart was racing as he lost feeling in his hands. 'Don't do it. Don't do it…' He thought desperately as his father reached for the back of Izuku's hood. 'Please tell me he changed back- Please! Please!'
"I didn't see anything like that." Todoroki chimed in suddenly. "But, I was face down on the floor. I couldn't see Izuku; However, I can say that Izuku didn't act like himself. His tone was different for sure. He was… I don't even know how to say it…feral?"
Shouta rose an eyebrow as he continued to look at Iida then to Todoroki. With a sigh, Shouta turned and grasped the back of Izuku's hood. Then he pulled the hood back-
Hitoshi sighed, softly he didn't want the others to hear, once Izuku's curly green hair bounced out of the hood.
"But…" Iida whispered and touched his face. "I saw-"
"Here." Tokoyami reached over and handed Iida his glasses. "I think these are yours…"
"..." Iida took the glasses, his brow furrowed as he looked at them. "I know what I saw…" He told himself in a whisper.
"Just, tie up the villain. We'll flag down an ambulance. Hawks, think you can carry Stain?"
"Happily!" Hawks grinned.
That was when Hawks tapped Hitoshi's shoulder. Hitoshi looked up at his mentor. Hawks had a smirk on his face. "Something you like to share with the rest of us, Troll Doll?" He asked in a hushed whisper so only Hitoshi could hear him. "Know something the rest of us don't?"
"Of course not. Don't be ridiculous." Hitoshi huffed as he finished tying the last knot. "Todoroki? Think you can melt this glacier you created?"
Todoroki, even though he didn't see what Iida had, looked just as perplexed as Iida as he started to melt the glacier. He kept looking back at Izuku. Same with Iida.
"Kind Bandit! Freezerburn!" Came Present Mic's wail of worry from, what had to be, several alleys over. Everyone covered their ears.
"Hizashi, we're over here!" Aizawa, though not as loud as Hizashi, was still able to resonate his voice and made it echo.
Seconds later Hizashi slid into the alley. He rushed to Izuku first and foremost. "Little listener!" Because Shouta was looking directly at Hizashi he wasn't able to use his quirk, thank god, they all would have been deaf.
Hizashi was quick and pulled Izuku's head away from Native's back. Probably to make sure he was okay if anything. After all, he didn't know about the injuries. Izuku coughed. It was a weak cough, a kitten cough if you would, but he still spat blood out from this cough and that was more than enough for Hizashi.
"Oh my god-"
"-Give him to me, Native." Shouta ordered not requested. He tried to save himself by coughing and readjusting his tone. "You're injured. It's only logical that I hold him."
Native didn't fight it as they transferred Izuku on to his father's back. "C'mon." Shouta tilted his head towards the end of the alleyway. "Lets go."
Hawks grunted as he held on to Stain's limp body under one of his arms like he was holding a sack of potatoes. "Not exactly light, is he?"
Finally, their ragtag group were free from that alleyway.
"So, all the Nomu's were taken care of?" Hitoshi asked Hawks as they started to down the road.
"I took care of two of 'em." He admitted as they walked in step. "With the help of Mic there that is."
"Yeah, I…" Mic made an uncomfortable face. "I had to go so high with my quirk that I basically blew it's head up. It wasn't pretty and I think I made a hero or two deaf."
"So…it's over?" Tokoyami asked next as he tucked his hands into his cloak. "The Nomu's were all taken care of?"
Hawks shrugged a little. "As far as I know. There was one we couldn't get to, but I saw a bunch of heroes chasing it down. I'm sure they got it-"
-There was a screech and before they even knew it Izuku was snatched right from Shouta's back by the final Nomu.
"Listener!"
"Izuku!" Shouta was fast as he used his capture scarf to try and hook it around the Nomu's wing. Higher and higher the Nomu went, but luckily Shouta managed to catch the wing and stop the beast. "Shoot it down!" Shouta demanded. His feet started to move, the Nomu was strongest in the air and Shouta felt his feet nearly lift off the ground.
"I can't use my quirk! I might hit Izuku!" Hizashi yelled as he could only watched, horrified.
"Dammit! Neither can I!" Todoroki gnashed his teeth.
"Dark Shadow, grab Izuku!" Tokoyami demanded and in a flash the dark quirk rushed to Izuku. Dark Shadow grabbed on to Izuku's arms. Dark Shadow and the Nomu were in a dangerous game of tug o' war.
"Hang on!" Hitoshi threw his own capture scarf up and grabbed on to the Nomu's leg. It didn't stop the Nomu, as it still had one working wing, but it helped hold it down. "Hawks, shoot it down!"
"Fake heroes, all of you-" There was a ripping noise and by the time they turned it was too late, Stain leaped off of Hawks back and into the air. Stain landed on the Nomu's back and with one swift stab to the brain the Nomu went down with a painful shriek.
"Izuku!" Shouta yelled as he released the Nomu from his capture weapon and ran, only to stop as Stain grabbed the back of Izuku's hood, keeping Izuku hostage.
"-Fake heroes who do this because of money and fame. It's pitiful." Stain ranted as he, the Nomu, and Izuku landed on the ground. Stain kept Izuku's hood tightened in his hand, keeping Izuku off of the ground.
Shouta stood closest to Stain; his teeth were gnashed together as he balled his fists together. "Get your hands off of my son!" Shouta snarled at Stain as he pulled on his capture weapon, his hair rose above his head and his capture weapon flew up in every which way, a warning to Stain.
"I save your boy from a certain death and this is how you repay me? Another fake, a fake who only cares about themselves. If this wasn't your boy, if this was some other hero, would you care so much? Would you be so combative? I don't think you would be!" The air shifted and an ice cold fear gripped all of those standing around.
"I will purge the world of fakes like you!" Stain continued to roar while he pointed at Aizawa. "Rip you apart and down, one by one!"
Nobody could move, even the usual cool headed Hawks looked terrified at what he was witnessing. Todoroki fell back on to his butt with a gasp. The power, the fanatic air about Stain was just too much for him. He looked over at the others. Iida had fallen just as he had, Present Mic looked horrified, Tokoyami and Dark Shadow both quivering.
Then there was Hitoshi.
Hitoshi was the only one who didn't look too effected. In fact, Hitoshi started to walk forward with his hands shoved into his pockets. Shouta grabbed Hitoshi before he could get too far, yanking his other son back.
"Asshole, we get it." Hitoshi boredly stated as he looked at Stain. "But I've faced worse than you. You want to say you're big and bad but you hide in the shadows waiting to strike unsuspecting heroes like a coward!"
"Heh…" Stain smiled. "Then come at me you fake!-"
His eyes whited out and his jaw went slack.
"Sure. I win." Hitoshi huffed as he jerked out of Shouta's grip like it was nothing. He then approached Stain. "Let Izuku go." The demand was simple and Stain did as he was told, his grip on Izuku's hood going slack. Izuku hit the floor with a soft 'thump' and hardly moved. Hitoshi was swift and grabbed his brother. Hoisting Izuku over his shoulder and running back to the rest of them.
"Someone might want to tie him up." Hitoshi huffed as he passed them all.
"...How?" Todoroki whispered to Hitoshi.
Hitoshi paused and looked down at Todoroki. For that moment Hitoshi's eyes almost seemed to glow with the same intensity that Stain had as he stared right into Todoroki's eyes. "Because I was held captive by a villain much worse than him." Was Hitoshi's answer as he continued on.
Nobody truly had an answer to that. Not even Shouta seemed to have an answer as he retied Stain up with his own capture weapon. There was just silence, uncomfortable silence. And that silence would stay until the ambulances, and the rest of Hawks' sidekicks finally found them only a few minutes later.
The dead of night settled on the, now healing, city of Hosu. Everyone either gone home or back to their respected internships. Everyone say for two pros and three students. Iida, Todoroki, and Izuku were admitted to the hospital, their injuries to great to be ignored. Mr. Aizawa and Present Mic would be coming back tomorrow, having booked a hotel room for the night. This just left Iida, Todoroki, and Izuku in the same hospital room.
"I know what I saw, Todoroki." Iida whispered to Todoroki as they both looked over at Izuku's sleeping form. Izuku had yet to wake from the Stain fight, he hadn't puked anymore blood up, so that was good, but he was still asleep.
Todoroki's right arm was in a sling, same with Iida's own right arm. Izuku's left shoulder had taken a worse blow, with Stain's knife actually going through the bone, but apparently that was the worse injury he had suffered. Nothing to his ribs, nothing causing internal bleeding from what doctors could see.
So, what caused him to bleed out of his mouth?
"I wish I could back you up, Iida, but I didn't see what you saw, but it's as I said: I noticed a difference in Izuku's behavior. His tone and attitude was off." Todoroki whispered back to Iida.
"..." Iida looked away from Todoroki for a moment and back down at Izuku. "Did it feel like…like Hitoshi was hiding something earlier?"
"Yes. You noticed that too? Earlier when he and Izuku were speaking. He just… turned around after Izuku passed out. It was strange considering how close they are."
"Agreed. Again, I've known those two since grade school. Hitoshi would always make sure Izuku was okay. I mean, you've said it yourself, after the USJ attack. The ambuance workers had to pry Hitoshi off of Izuku. For him to just…walk away was strange."
"What Izuku said seemed to have scared him. I still don't know what he meant… 'The others aren't happy, Toshichan, and I can't fight them off forever.' ." Iida repeated softly. He shook his head. "What did he mean. He couldn't have just meant Stain. He said 'others' as in plural."
"I thought you meant the first thing he said to Hitoshi. 'Either I'm getting stronger or your quirk is getting weaker.' that leaves implications that I don't like. It makes me think-" Todoroki bit his tongue.
"Say it. I won't judge."
"It makes me think Bakugo's theory may be correct. That Hitoshi is the soul source of Izuku losing his memories. It feels wrong to think that, because Hitoshi clearly loves Izuku and vice versa. Not only that but Izuku…Izuku kept referring to Hitoshi as 'Toshichan.'."
"Something I noticed as well. He's never ever called Hitoshi that. He's only called Hitoshi 'Hichan.' for as far as I could now."
There was a tad bit of silence between the duo as they continued to look at Izuku. Then Todoroki reached over and touched Izuku's curls. It was such a simple touch, he watched as the coils bounced back up after he lightly squished them down. Then, he grabbed a lock of hair and lightly pulled it down so it was straight. It landed just past Izuku's chin, almost touching his shoulder. "It looked like this?"
"Hm?" Iida looked at Todoroki then at Izuku. "Yeah, it did, only it was white. Stark white like an albino rabbit."
"White hair on Izuku… how interesting. I hope to see it one day."
Yagi…
Toshinori's eyes twitched.
Yagi, listen to me, I don't have much time-
Toshinori breathed in a sharp breath as he looked around the darkened area he was in. He couldn't see anybody around him, but he knew that voice anywhere. "Nana-"
I don't have much time. Yagi, the boy, Izuku. He's not who you think he is. You need to take one for all back!
"Take one for- I can't-" He looked around frantically for his mentor. "-Nana-"
You have to! Toshinori, his father is-
There was a scream, not just one, but multiple. The screams of the vestiges of one for all. Toshinori felt a chill run down his entire body when he heard footsteps. Soft footsteps just echoing around him. Then a voice spoke. It sounded almost identical to Izuku's own voice, but it…it was different. The tone was familiar.
'No.'
All Might. It's a pleasure to finally meet you in person. I was curious about you since the other one won't shut up about you.
Toshinori almost felt frozen. The voice was coming from behind him. His head turned slowly to look at the person behind him.
There Izuku stood.
Only his hair was white and his iris's were red. With these new features he looked almost identical to-
'No.'
A sadistic smile fell upon Izuku's face.
I think I'll be seeing you again soon. Choose your next action very carefully, Toshinori Yagi, Number Eight, All Might. Whichever you choose to go by. Don't worry about the other seven. They've been…er…contained, for now. They were really displeased when they saw me for some reason. I just can't imagine why. They tried to hurt me as well as the other me! So, I put them in their place.
Izuku laughed a little laugh that turned to a sickening cackle. Red and green lightning flickering around his body as he did this.
Toshinori Yagi woke with a start. Sweat beading down his entire body as he sat up from his bed. He panted heavily as fear gripped his heart in a vice grip. He was afraid his heart would stop then and there. That this was the big one.
'No…No! I didn't…I couldn't- I- Inko!'
Scrambling for his phone on his nightstand, Toshinori nearly dropped it a couple of times in his haste. Once he had it in his hands he unlocked it and immediately dialed Inko's number.
It rang once- twice-
"It's three in the morning…" Inko whined on the other side of the phone. "Why on earth are you calling me?"
"Izuku's father! Who was he!?"
There was a second of silence as he could feel Inko's raising eyebrow. "Hisashi Midoriya was his name. He vanished shortly after Izuku was born… why does this matter?"
"Did he have white hair and red eyes!?"
"Why does it matter?!" The woman snapped in irritation. "Why couldn't this have waited until the morning-"
"Inko…please…I need to know. This is important. He…he may be the person who kidnapped Izuku."
He heard Inko sigh on the other side of the phone. Her irritation and aggravation dully noted by the blonde man. "Sometimes." She huffed. "Sometimes his hair would be white, sometimes black. He told me it was because he was born with two quirks. Fire breathing and changing his hair color. His eyes always stayed red. Can I please go to bed now?"
"Was he…tall?"
"Nearly seven foot."
His heart plummeted into his stomach as cold fear gripped him by his throat. "...Thank you." Toshinori hung up without saying 'goodbye.' He just stared at his wall. He felt his mouth go bone dry as the start of a panic attack started to set in.
'I gave One for all to the son of All for one…the son of All for one who also has All for one on top of One for all…what have I done?!'
Oh yeah, it's all coming together.
:). Like I said at the start. This is where things start to change from the original plot.
Now, again to try and curb any confusion you guys may have. All for One Izuku isn't the same as normal Izuku. That much is clear. As All for one was passed down to Izuku through genetics it became that of a sentient quirk, kind of like Dark Shadow, only in the form of an alternate personality but not in a DiD sense.
Afo Izuku was kept away through Hitoshi's brainwashing and can only come out either when Izuku accidentally actives him (when Izuku took Endeavors quirk by mistake) or when the quirk itself is stronger than Izuku. (Izuku getting in the head by Stain pushing him into a wall.)
The quirk itself is getting stronger because Izuku is increasing his usage/ strength of OFA. That's why it hasn't shown itself since Hitoshi brainwashed it away for the second time.
Also, someone said that Izuku having drawbacks to taking quirks negates the whole point of AFO. Which, yes, you have a point, but again. AFO isn't the original verison. That and Izuku's body has to get use to the quirk. So, the longer he has a quirk (like Endeavors for example) the stronger his body becomes to it. So, the longer he has Endeavor's quirk the less likely he is to get burned.
Can the personalities merge?
We'll just have to see on that one.
