Izumi was moving faster than she ever had in her life, partially thanks to the impromptu boost from her unexpected brush with death and partially due to the worry about making sure Srijan got nowhere near them.

'What the hell's up with calling himself Toxic anyways, where did that come from?' She wondered briefly as she pulled off multiple tight turns through the city, weaving through buildings and bolting past some pro's who shouted at her but knew better than to try to stop her with how urgently she was moving.

It took her less than a half a minute to come upon her destination, seeing an apartment building and was quick to note the window was wide open. She threw out a tendril and zipped in, jumping up at the noise of shattering ceramic.

"I-Izumi!?" Kokoa asked, green eyes widening in surprise and her surprise only grew when her niece launched at her, pulling her into a tight hug. "H-hey I'm here, it's ok. What's up kiddo?"

"Thank god you're ok…" She muttered, before pulling back with a serious look. "I've got to take you with me, I'll explain on the way!"

Before Kokoa could even get a word out she was being carried bridal style as the Prototype ran towards the window.

"W-WAITWAITWAIT I'M NOT GOOF WITH HEIGHT- AHHHHHH!"

She let out a terrified scream as the vigilante dived towards the ground before using the moment and few tricks utilising her Biomass to boost her along, quickly regaining her speed.

"Momo told you about Srijan, right?" She checked, and the blue haired woman nodded into the teens neck as she clung on tight. "He's back, and he attacked mom."

"WHAT?!"

"All Might arrived and took her to hospital but I had to make sure he wasn't coming for you or Kendou. I came to you first because I didn't know Kendou when I beat him before so I have no idea if he knows about her." The greenette explained, practically flying out the boundaries of the city and seeing a large house down below, letting out a relieved sigh when she saw it was calm. "Hang on, we're landing!"

As soon as the girls feet touched the ground, a small crater formed from the impact. Normally she'd be more careful but she didn't have time for that right now, setting Kokoa down and rushing at the door, knocking loud and hard.

"JESUS, HANG ON, I'M COMING!" The irritated voice of Chizue Kendou called out, before she opened the door with a scowl, that quickly dropped upon seeing Izumi in her outfit. "Proto? What's going on?!"

"Izumi?!" Itsuka called out a moment later, running to her mothers side with a surprised expression.

"No time to explain, no one has swung past here have they?" She asked, getting a shake of the head from both red heads. The shapeshifter indicated back to her aunt, who waved awkwardly not sure what to do. "Ok good. This is my aunt Kokoa, please I know I'm asking out of nowhere but please let her stay here for a little bit. You all need to stay in one place, especially considering Kendou might be able to at least hold him off."

"Hold who off? Izumi, you're scaring me…" Kendou muttered, before she was suddenly pulled into a tight hug of her own.

"Just, if you see a man approaching, especially if he's wearing a outfit like mine in white, don't let him get to close and don't trust him." She said quickly, pulling away and turning to run. "He's a villain. He attacked my mom and I need to check her now but I had to check on all of you first. YOU BETTER ALL BE ALIVE WHEN I GET BACK OR I'LL BRING YOU BACK TO KILL YOU MYSELF!"

With that, Izumi once more launched into the air and disappeared from her families sight. Kokoa frowned in concern over the fate of her friend while Chizue leaned down towards her daughter.

"She can't actually bring us back, can she?"

"At this point, I wouldn't be surprised. Not planning to test it though."

The hospital staff at Mustafu General had likely often seen many surprising and terrifying things with their jobs and the world they all lived in, but the way Izumi must have looked barrelling through the door likely would have still been near the top, due to not just worry on her features but the plain murderous intent as she couldn't help but think about the other prototype.

"Ma'am, a-are you alright?" A blonde, blue eyed nurse asked nervously, approaching slowly and keeping eye contact. "I need you to stay calm.."

"Right, sorry. My mom… she was attacked by a villain and brought here by All Might. They said she wouldn't have more than a few minutes…." She explained and the nurses eyes widened.

"Ah, you're related to… Oh my, please come with me immediately." The blonde requested, gesturing for the teen to follow her as she hurried towards the back room. They passed a few hallways before they came into a sort of second waiting room, where one of the only people seated was All Might in his skinny form, chewing on his knuckle in anticipation. "All Might? Odd, he was here just a few moments ago…"

"Ah, he told me to mention if someone came for him, he was just at the bathroom." The skinny man quickly lied, impressing Izumi with how he hid his identity without any preparation.

"Right, well please just wait her Miss Midoriya. Your mother was moved into an immediate surgery, and Doctors are doing all they can to save her as we speak. You're incredibly lucky to have had All Might of all people ready, a few more seconds and I'm not sure there would have been- Sorry, I shouldn't say this, just know your mother is in good hands now. Just wait here for now, and a doctor will come along eventually."

"Alright, thank you." Izumi nodded, sitting in the seat next to her mentor. The nurse gave a nod as she walked away and the greenette let out a sigh, turning to her mentor. "You too…. Thank you…."

A deceptively strong but thin arm snaked around her neck, the man taking her into a sideways hugs of sorts to comfort. "She'll be ok, my girl. She'll be ok…."

"Right…. She will… She will…. Mom will be ok… they'll all be ok…."

She began to repeat that to herself quietly, muttering like she used to do so much as a kid. A soft sigh briefly drew her attention to her mentor, staring at her sadly.

"My girl… who on earth was that villain? You clearly knew him, so I can only presume he is someone you have fought as the Prototype but he seemed to have known you more…. Intimately." The man observed, and causing Izumi to let out a sigh of her own.

"…. He's the whole reason I can be who I am now." She admitted, looking down at a hand as it burst and reformed on its own to explain what she meant. "He's a complete monster. A psychopath but… I used to struggle to hate him. He was quirkless like me and trying to find a way to evolve us, to be equal with those with quirks. I thought he was like me, but he just wanted power. I wanted a quirk, actual superpowers whereas he just wanted to be… ah it's too vague, what he wanted, and that was his problem."

The greenette looked up to All Might, meeting his eye with a serious gaze and being met with his full attention.

"I'm not going to say he's the worst villain you've ever faced without knowing all of the villains you've fought, but…. He more than likely qualifies for one of the absolute worst. He was killing people before he even had powers, if the serums he made didn't produce the results he was after it would just cause the bodies to melt down and die a few days after. He did it to so many people and pretty much lucked out on no one making the connection until It was my turn."

"Your turn? What was different about that?"

"It was instant. I literally died for the first time, getting my powers. I don't know why, but either way it made his assistant curious and that's when he figured it out. Mom got me out of there, and-"

"-And I helped them, not knowing Srijan still had a vial to use. He injected himself, and became the only other person to possess the powers our Izumi does." A new voice interjected, causing both mentor and students eyes to swivel to the blonde somewhat burly doctor that just walked in with a concerned face. Izumi's eyes lit up with a sudden happiness though, as she rushed forward.

"YUUMA!" She cried out, wrapping her arms around him and getting a light pat on the back in return. She backed up after a moment, cocking her head to the side. "Wait, you're an actual doctor now?"

"Yeah, sorry about not being in contact for the past few years. Been busy finishing my medical degree, not that you needed my help with all the stuff you did." He laughed lightly, patting her head before turning more serious. "Normally we keep people with personal relations out to avoid issues but because of how sudden Inko's arrival was they needed me in. Once we had her stabilized they told me I should deliver the news so here I am. On my way out, though, she mentioned Srijan. Izumi, what's happening?"

"Wait, you two know each other?" All Might asked, getting an enthusiastic nod from his student, who turned to him.

"Doctor Yuuma was the first person to ever know about my whole being the Prototype thing, aside from Srijan." She explained, giving him a meaningful look. "You can trust him with any secret you need to, and considering what's occurred…"

The skinny blonde eyed them both warily, making his own assessment with a frown. "Are you sure, my girl? I mean…"

"Please. If there is one person I'm confident you can trust, and should, it's Yuuma. He can help if he just knows…" She persuaded, and with a sigh of reluctance her mentor nodded.

"Alright fine, if you are certain. If there's one type of person I could benefit from knowing, it would be doctors anyways." He admitted, while said man just shifted his eyes between them confused. "You might want to prepare for a shock-"

"A shock? What are you two talking about-"

"…Because I am here." All Might said proudly, bulking up into his muscle form and causing the doctors eyes to go wide.

"Holy…."

"This is a secret, one I would rarely share with others but in this situation I can hardly refuse my protégé. Now that I have revealed my secret, please enlighten me to this story you two seem to share."

"There's not much more to tell. At least not with the time we have." Izumi sighed, quickly recalling the important details. "Srijan manipulated me into attending a prototype of the new I-Island, which is part of the inspiration for my name and he tried to use a bomb that would have unleashed a hyper accelerated form of black death on everyone." She explained, as she watched the now once again skinny man's blue eyes light up in recognition.

"Oh my god… he was that guy?! I mean I heard about him but… Holy shit…." The man muttered, horrified by the implications.

"Amazingly, it gets worse." Yumma said with a sad look upon his face, looking away. "He planned to use his ability to consume and absorb other people's abilities to get stronger. He likely was under the influence of a 'want it, need it' effect. It basically makes the person absolutely need what they want at the time it's introduced onto them. Not the official term but what it's most commonly recognised it as. Midoriya's own was met and tempered by the fact she just wanted a quirk. Once she had that it couldn't crop back up, because of how vague Srijan's desire for power was though…"

"Fortunately, I was able to barely stop him. I had to absorb literal black death and get beaten within an inch of my life but I managed to overpower him eventually until he was taken in by the pro's. He should have been locked up in Tartarus Maximum Security for good though, which begs the question of why the hell is he out now." Izumi finished up, as Toshinori fell back into his seat with a haunted look in his eyes.

"You had to deal with all of that from such a young age? Truly…. You never cease to amaze me, my girl." He muttered, before a look of horror and realisation overtook him. "He's going to get stronger, isn't he?"

"I'm afraid so." The doctor confirmed, before turning to the door. "I'll be right back, I should just check for you when you might be able to see her. Midoriya… please, be careful."

"I'll do my best." She said, as it was all she could offer him. As he took off, she heard a ringing noise and turned to see All might putting his phone to his ear.

"Hello, Nezu?" – "You heard already? News does travel fast then." – "Well sir, please do not use this against her but Izumi is the vigilante known as-

The greenette's eyes widened at horror at her mentor revealing her secret so suddenly, but before she could even process the terror she was equally surprised if not more so by what she heard next.

"-Y-you already knew?!" He asked, stunned and Midoriya felt like fainting. 'Holy shit… I was already found out? Why didn't they kick me out then?' "Ah, of course. I should of seen that we wouldn't have been able to outwit you. Either way we can deal with this another time, we have a much more pressing issue to deal with, and I think you know what I want to ask."

The greenette cocked her head to the side confused, however her nerves were set somewhat at ease by the man's relieved smile.

"Thank you sir. I'll inform her right away. Now I must go, I'll come back up as soon as possible." He said, hanging up and turning to her, before he suddenly seemed to realize exactly what he'd done. "S-So uh… about revealing your secret identity…"

"I know, you had to." She assured him, knowing if they asked why she needed protection from Srijan it would come out anyways. She still met him with a steady glare however. "I gave you a choice though. So you could have at least warned me…."

"Sorry. Anyways, U.A. has a protocol in place for students who become endangered during their school years because of their hero work. If a villain is known to be after them, they are moved to a U.A. safe house. You and your mother have to go their, if this man is truly as dangerous as you say."

"O-oh… well, if it keeps mom safe…" She nodded, before looking up. "I don't think Kendou will need it but I think my aunt might need to come in with us as well. Srijan might actually know about her and try to target her."

"Then I'll see what we can do my girl." He nodded, when Yuuma suddenly popped his head in once more.

"She's up, and demanding to see you both. We tried to calm her down but it seems a mothers worry plus a near brush with death had made her much less apologetic and timid than usual." He said with a slight grin to Izumi. The number one pro and vigilante shared a glance for a moment.

"My girl. When he comes back, how will we beat him?"

"Well considering last time I had to absorb black death, get that near death power boost and did it in one go meaning he couldn't run away and get even stronger…"

"We're screwed?"

"….Yeah, probably." She sighed, walking off to see her mom. "We can focus on this later, we better go see mom now. She'll want to voice her opinion on the safe house thing."

"Right, of course…"

In another prefecture, far from Musutafu, Srijan scowled as he sat at a bar, a man made of purple smoke before him, cleaning out a glass before him while a light grey haired man with horrible skin and dismembered hands covering his body played some sort of game in the corner.

"All for One will not be pleased when he learns of what you have done." The man of smoke said, eyeing the shapeshifter critically.

"Well then he can be mad. Our working relationship is as partners, always has been and always will be. If he doesn't like it, doesn't mean shit to me."

"Sometimes, I wonder why he doesn't shorten the leash on you…." The man playing the game scowled, ignoring the game over flashing before him. "You're such an irritant."

"Because…. He knows exactly how useful I'll be when he finally wants to off All Might for good."