Nezu was waiting patiently in his office when his door opened, and All Might and Mirio stepped into the room.
"Sorry we're late." All Might said.
"Yeah some crazy stuff happened while we were gone." Mirio said. "Probably would have been better if we were around to help."
"No-no it was of the utmost importance that you train to master One for All." Nezu said.
Mirio and All Might had been sent outside of U.A. so All Might could train Mirio on how to master the quirk he had been given in hopes of him being able to stop Izuku.
"Speaking of which, how was your progress?" Nezu asked.
Mirio smiled brightly, before flexing and activating One for All, the power shining off him like lighting bolts.
"I can use 70% of it right now but it won't be long until I can use it all!" Mirio said proudly.
"Well that's good, you should probably do that quickly thought, because Izuku Midoriya is growing more powerful by the day, and he just destroyed the Yakuza." Nezu revealed.
"Wait what!?" All Might's eyes widened.
"Wait the Yakuza! As in the Yakuza, Yakuza!" Mirio asked.
"Yes. Earlier today Izuku Midoriya stormed the Yakuza base and then later destroyed it, along with the leader, Chisaki Kai." Nezu explained. "Many of the Yakuza members died, but surprisingly there were a lot of survivors. And when we captured them, they were so terrified of Midoriya most of them confessed to the many crimes that the Yakuza had committed in exchange for safety."
"Can we even keep them safe?" All Might asked. "Midroya destroyed Tartarus, where on earth would we keep them that would be safe from someone like him?"
"Well, you see myself and some members of the government were thinking on how to do that very thing sometime ago." Nezu explained. "And we decided that the only way to keep a prison safe from Midoriya, is if he doesn't know about it. So we;ve been secretly rebuilding Tartarus in a remote location, underground, while keeping it from public knowledge."
"Ahh! Clever!" Mirio said. "Midoriya can't kill what he can't find."
"Well in theory." Nezu said. "After today, it's fully possible that Midoriya may have an ability that neither he or us know about that could help him find the prison."
All Might frowned. "That's right. You mentioned Midoriya is getting stronger. I assume you mean he's developed new abilities."
"Quite a few new abilities." Nezu said. "After capturing two of the higher ranking members, they told us quite a bit about some abilities we didn't know about before. Firstly, we already knew about his regeneration ability, but we didn't quite know how strong it was, apparently it can restore Midoriya's entire body, even when it is completely destroyed."
"Wait what!?" All Might shouted, blood shooting out of his mouth. Mirio said nothing but the shock was evident on his face.
"Chisaki Kai has the ability to completely destroy anything he touches in an instant, and put it back together in any shape at his digression." Nezu explained. "He managed to touch Midoriya and completely destroyed his body. A few seconds later it grew back. From nothing."
"So he's immortal?" Mirio asked.
"We don't know the full details of this quirk, but yes it seems that fully destroying Midoriya's body, won't kill him." Nezu said. "But that's not all, apparently Midoriya can spit out swarms of exploding insects, capable of tracking down his enemies. Also, possible weather changing abilities, according to the villains he was able to summon small earthquakes and storm clouds. He also is able to increase his size to grow larger than buildings. The limits of all of these abilities are of course, unknown."
"At this point All for One has to be involved." All Might said. "It wouldn't make any sense otherwise."
"Oh but it gets worse." Nezu said pulling up a piece of paper. "You see the way Midoriya killed Chisaki Kai is the most interesting, and terrifying part. According to the villains, Midoriya, who had grown to the size of a building at the time, hoisted Midoriya up to his eyes, and then without even touching him, killed him. And not only did he kill him apparently it was quite a painful death too, the villains said that Chisaki screamed as if every soul was burning before he died. And when his body was later looked at, no one could tell how he died. Other than his eyes, which had been completely destroyed, there were no injuries on his body. And the injuries to his eyes wouldn't have killed him. They looked for anyway he could have died, and they found none. It's as if his body just ceased living. As typical with Midoriya we don't know much about this ability, so for now it is being referred to as the Penance Stare."
"So he can look at people and they die?" Mirio asked.
"We don't know the details but that is a possibility yes." Nezu said.
"Ok this is quickly getting out of hand." Mirio said.
"This got out of hand, a long, long time ago." All Might said.
"At this point I'm not going to even bother calling a meeting. Mirio you are the only hope we have of defeating Midoriya, you need to be able to use 100% of your power, as soon as possible." Nezu said in a more serious tone.
Mirio smiled brightly and gave Nezu a thumbs up. "Don't worry sir, I'll make sure Midoriya gets the help he deserves!"
All Might smiled at his successor's optimism. "That's the spirit young Togata!"
"Also there is one minor detail." Nezu said. "Apparently the Yakuza were holding a little girl. Not much is known about why as many of the lower members didn't know much about her and the higher ranked members refused to say anything, but from what little the lower ranked members did know, it's implied they were torturing her."
The mood of the room took a sudden, and drastic dip and both All Might's and Mirio's smiles fell.
"What?" Mirio and All Might asked, hoping they had heard him wrong.
"It seems the Yakuza was torturing a little girl for some reason." Nezu said, he stated it with his normal peppy tone but on the inside he was almost as furious as the two heroes in front of him. In all honesty. When he read that part of the report, he truthfully was quite happy that many of them died. "However according to the two high ranking members, Midoriya took the girl after killing their leader."
"Well...at least she is free now." Mirio said, barely managing an obviously forced smile. He had not been ready to hear that a small child was being tortured for who knows how long.
All Might could not manage that same amount of positivity. "Still this sounds like more than a minor detail."
"Well as terrible as it is, Midoriya already took care of that situation." Nezu said. "There isn't much we can do about it at this point."
"Shouldn't we be looking for the girl?" All Might asked. "If there are no reports of her being found then she's probably still with Midoriya."
"We don't need to worry about that." Nezu said. "This is far from the first time Midoriya has rescued children, he always tends to drop them off at either their families homes or a police station. We don't have to worry about that."
"Are you sure about that?" All Might asked.
"I am." Nezu said. "I'm sure that she'll be returned to her family soon or we'll find her at a local police station. I'm sure Midoriya knows what to do."
Meanwhile, with Izuku.
Izuku had no idea what to do.
Normally Izuku would ask her where her parents were or where her house was. But since he looked through Overhaul's memories when he killed him, he already knew that Eri's mother had abandoned her, leaving her in the care of her grandfather, who Overhaul put in a coma.
So Izuku sat down in a local library, the place he usually liked to go for some quiet, and looked over his options while Eri was sound asleep on his lap. Luckily the library was closed, which was no issue for someone who could teleport, so he was alone with the girl.
First option, give Eri over to the police. While that may seem like an appealing option, there was one issue. Izuku had taken her from the Yakuza. And while Izuku may have killed the boss of the group and destroyed their main base, the Yakuza was still a big group with a lot of members and a lot of bases, and he did leave two high ranking members alive. And technically the Yakuza were not an illegal group, meaning that they may just be released. In short, it was very possible that if he handed them over to the police, then the Yakuza might just take her back. And while Izuku wasn't sure if that could happen, it was a possibility, and one that Izuku would not allow to happen.
For that reason he also couldn't take her to an orphanage. That and also he didn't like the idea of sending a little girl, who had already suffered enough for a thousand life times, to an orphanage where she would likely be bullied.
He obviously couldn't keep her because, well the reason was rather obvious, so his only option left was to find someone trustworthy to give her to.
Unfortunately for Izuku, he didn't really know any trustworthy people who should have children.
There was his sister who was definitely not an option. For one she was in school, two she was overly paranoid and controlling, and three she was probably not in a mental state where she could handle taking care of a child.
Katsuki was out for...obvious reasons.
So the last person he could think of would be aunt Mitsuki. Izuku didn't think that a girl as meak and afraid as her, needed to be in house with both Mitsuki and Katsuki. Plus Izuku had seen what happens when aunt Mitsuki raises a child, and Izuku didn't want to immagine what Katsuki would be like if he already had horrible trauma in him. So while that option wasn't out of the picture, it was less than ideal.
Then there was the last option, the one that seemed, unfortunately, like the best option.
Keep her until he finds a trustworthy person to give her to. Preferably a hero that could keep her safe.
Izuku sighed and found himself petting the girl's hair. It was strangely calming to him, it made him feel at peace even if just for this moment.
He knew about her quirk thanks to Overhaul's memories. It was another reason he held onto the girl. If she could rewind his body to back before he made the deal, then he could turn himself back to normal.
Of course he didn't know if quirks would work on magic, but he had to at least try. Worst result is that it works and his powers are gone but she accidently undoes his existence. And honestly, he could accept that so long as this nightmare was over.
After a while, the girl opened her eyes. She immediately jolted awake, looking around wildly, not recognizing her surroundings until her eyes landed on Izuku.
"Hi." Izuku said quietly, trying not to freak her out.
Eri didn't say a word, instead she looked at Izuku with a mix of fear, curiosity and hope.
The two just looked at each other for awhile, Izuku having no idea what to say.
Eventually it was Eri who broke the silence.
"Why...why didn't you k-kill me?" Eri asked him.
"Because I came to save you." Izuku said.
"W-why?" Eri asked tearfully. "Overhaul said that you killed bad people. A-and I'm a bad person."
"No you're not." Izuku said softly but sternly. "I know what he said to you. He said you were cursed. That you were a monster. But he's wrong. He lied to you. He was the monster, not you."
Eri looked at him with wide eyes, this was the first time anyone had ever spoken to her so softly, so kindly. Never had anyone held her so carefully, never had anyone been so warm.
Everything about him seemed so trustworthy, so nice. But it didn't make any sense? Why is he being so nice to her? Why would he say she's not a monster? Her curse made her a monster. It's why her mother didn't want her. It's what made her father disappear.
Eri was so confused, her head hurt. She wanted to cry, but she didn't. People got angry when she cried, and she didn't want to make Ghost Rider mad at her.
But Izuku could tell when someone was trying not to cry, and he knew why. Overhaul would punish her severely in order to get her to stop crying.
Izuku wrapped his arms around her and said, "It's ok. You can cry as much as you need. I will never hurt you. I promise."
Eri didn't know why, but she believed him. Tears started rolling down her cheeks once again, and she hugged Izuku tightly, trying to envelop herself in as much of his warmth as possible.
After a few seconds, Eri's horn started to glow.
Izuku's eyes widened. Is her quirk starting to activate?
And then Izuku felt it, his body shifting and changing, getting smaller and smaller as he rapidly became younger.
When Eri felt Izuku's body get smaller, she gasped and immediately got off of him.
By the time Eri completely removed herself from him, Izuku had already been transformed into a small child, looking to be around Eri's age.
"Did it work!?" Izuku said in his younger, high pitch voice.
Eri didn't stick around to see what Izuku was talking about, and instead ran as far as she could, thinking that she had made him angry, or that now that he knew her quirk he would think she was a monster.
Izuku watched her run with a sad expression on his face. She probably thinks that I'm mad. Well she can't get far when all the doors are locked. I'll go after her once I've confirmed if-
"I'm still here."
"Damn it!" Izuku shouted, tears welling up in his eyes.
"While the girls power may work on our body, our soul will remain untouched, and that is where our power lies."
So no quirk is gonna be able to fix me. Izuku pouted, his childish face making this look adorable. I should have known it wouldn't have been that easy.
"I would suggest that you destroy this body. Unless you want to be stuck in this childish form."
I can do that? Izuku wondered.
"Every time your body regenerates it goes back to the state and age of after you were first resurrected."
Izuku sighed. So I probably can't even die of old age.
He took a deep breath, and activated his powers.
Once again Izuku's body burned, however this time it was much faster and rather then turning into a skeleton, every part of him burned, even the bone, until there was nothing left but fire.
After a few seconds Izuku reformed his body, now back to his normal state.
"Ow." Izuku groaned.
After remaking his clothes, Izuku decided to go get Eri.
It wasn't very hard to find her, the place only had a few exits and all of them were locked.
He found her banging against the main entrance, desperately trying to flee, her horn still glowing. It was a heartbreaking sight.
The girl turned her head and saw Izuku behind her, she looked back at the door knowing that it would not open.
As Izuku approached her, she closed her eyes and once again readied herself for pain.
But once again, that pain never came, instead all she felt was a warm hand on her head.
When she opened her eyes she saw Izuku kneeling down, his right hand transformed and patting her head.
"I figured that, your quirk probably couldn't affect me like this." Izuku said. "I promised that I wouldn't hurt you, remember."
"W-why?" Eri asked. "Why are you being so nice to me?"
"Because you deserve it." Izuku said. "You deserve to be happy."
Eri didn't understand, she just didn't. No one had ever said things like this to her. But...he didn't hurt her. She cried, she ran from him, she even used her quirk on him. But he didn't hurt her.
Slowly her horn stopped glowing and her quirk deactivated. She cautiously got closer to him, finally showing some sign of trust.
Izuku smiled slightly. He didn't expect her to fully trust him, not after seeing him as a ginormous skeleton monster, but for now he just wanted her to not be afraid of him.
A part of him, needed her not to be so afraid of him.
"W-what are we going to do now?" She asked.
That was a really good question.
It was time for him to make a decision.
And for now, he only had one real option.
"For now, you're going to stay with me." Izuku said. "And I'll keep you safe."
Eri looked at him fearfully and nodded. "T-thank you G-ghost Rider."
"Izuku." he corrected. "My name is Izuku Midoriya, please call me that."
"O-ok...Izuku." Eri said.
Izuku smiled and picked her up.
Finding a place for her wouldn't be easy. Nothing was when it came to his life.
But he'd do it for her.
Because she deserved to be happy.
Sorry that this chapter is a bit shorter than normal, but to be fair the last chapter was longer than normal.
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