Before we start the chapter, I want to talk about Shigaraki for a bit.
In the last chapter, I said Shigaraki wasn't that great of a villain(At first). I mean that in the context of the world he isn't a great villain(At first). He's a bit more capable than your average thug, but that's about it. His fight with Eraserhead shows he is capable of noticing things and isn't a complete idiot, but he still has to call on his attack dog(The Nomu) to protect him. And it's not like he's some great tactician either, his strategy at the U.S.J. is to literally throw his villains and the Nomu at his opponents, sure he splits them up but he doesn't know their quirks and for all, he knows he could be sending them to places that makes their quirks stronger(Which does happen) and the goons he brought with him were so weak, that Ojiro, by himself, managed to take down an entire group of them, in an area that was on fire.
You've definitely heard the phrase, we are alike you and I, being said from a villain to a hero. And in the case of Izuku(Canon) and Shigaraki, that's definitely true. Both Izuku(Canon) and Shigaraki start off rather weak and have to be saved and carried by their mentors. But over time they both become more capable, more useful and more dangerous.
They're two sides of the same coin. (Which makes it difficult to write when you change Izuku's role in the story, but that's a different story.)
Now imagine this. All Might just gives Izuku One for All and then leaves. And instead of going to U.A., he becomes a lone vigilante. Meaning no help from All Might, U.A. Recovery girl, his classmates, no one. Just him and One for All.. Now, put him up against the entire league of villains(Toga, Dabi, Twice, etc) with All for One on the way. That's basically the situation Tomura is in right now.
Later in the series, Tomura grows both as a villain and a character. And now(In the manga) he is probably one of the better villains in the anime(And there are a lot of good ones).
So when I say, Tomura wasn't a very good villain at the beginning, that's like me saying Endeavor wasn't very popular. That was the case some time ago, but now it's not. (Although there are still a lot of people who REALLY hate Endeavor, and for justified reasons(Although it's not justified to send death threats to the creator.).)
There are no bad characters in My Hero Academia(There are controversial characters but that's different from bad). There are some one-note villains but they don't stick around for long and it's not fair to compare them to the characters with way more screen time.
Now that we have that settled, let's get into the story.
All Might wasn't smiling.
His face was dead serious. And he was shooting a burning glare at Tomura. While Tomura shot that glare right back.
For a moment. All was silent, as All Might and Tomura locked gazes.
Then, a deranged smile broke out of Tomura's face, and he started laughing like a madman.
"You know what. Screw it! Even with this stupid debuff, my build is more than enough to kill you!" Tomura readied himself for combat.
"Oh. Let's see about that." Was All Might's retort.
Suddenly the wind roared, and All Might was right on top of Tomura.
"Texas Smash!" All Might cried, his fist hitting Tomura right on the top of his head.
Wind swirled around them, and the floor underneath Tomura split and broke apart.
But Tomura himself was unaffected.
"What?" All Might was shocked, the was the maximum amount of force he could use on a normal person without causing serious lasting damage. It normally knocks people out instantly. Even people with endurance quirks normally were at least a little affected.
Tomura smirked. "Not used to it taking more than one hit?"
"Must have an endurance quirk." All Might muttered. "Guess I'll have to put my back into it."
"Like I'd give you the-" Tomura was about to attack, but forgot he didn't have his super-speed quirk so All Might just punched him in the stomach.
Tomura was sent flying by, the force and the wind knocking him through the concrete.
Shigaraki used his stretchy arms to grab onto the ground to try and stop himself, however, his quirk decayed the rocks meaning he just kept on flying until he hit the wall on the opposite side of the facility.
"He did it! There's no way he could take that kinda hit unscathed!" Mineta cheered.
The rest of the class started cheering, but some were more hesitant than others to celebrate just yet.
Sure enough, seconds later a black misty portal opened up behind All Might, and Tomrua came out of it with his arm held out, ready to decay the hero.
"All Might look out!" Aizawa shouted. "Behind you!"
"What!" All Might looked behind him, but it was too late, Tomura's hand was a centimeter away from his face.
BRR!
Just as Tomura's hand touched All Might's face, his arm was shot off by a laser.
"GAHHHHH!" Tomura cried out in pain, falling onto the floor in front of All Might.
Everyone looked at where the laser had come from and saw Sukui crawling out of the flood zone. Her eyes were red and emitting steam, and she held a very serious expression on her face, and her fake skin was slightly torn.
"He has multiple quirks!" She shouted as she got out of the water. "And it seems he has some sort of shock nullification. Does not have any effect against energy-based attacks."
"It's shock absorption you oversized toaster!" Tomura corrected while his arm grew back. "And, it's not like it matters anyway. Because I can regenerate!"
As Tomura said this, he started growing back at a rapid pace, the muscle, the bone, the skin, all of it growing back until his arm was back, good as new.
Or...that's what he expected to happen.
What actually happened was nothing. His arm stayed a steaming burning stump.
"Why isn't it growing back!" Shigaraki's cocky facade now broken as he started to panic.
"Hey, dipshit! You can't grow back carbonized cells! I already figured out your regeneration trick when you healed after my first few blasts, so I turned up the temperature." Sukui shouted, her eyes getting fired up once more. "Meaning both your arms aren't coming back."
"Both-" Before Shigaraki could finish Sukui shot out another laser beam, and without his super-speed, he was a sitting duck.
BRR!
"Ahhh!" Tomura cried out as his other arm was cut clean off.
"Holy shit Midoirya!" Kaminari shouted.
"Nice fucking work!" Bakugo praised, surprising everyone. "What! The fucker had it coming!"
Kurogiri looked on at Tomura, saw him on his knees with both his arms missing. It was pretty clear that he was going to lose. It didn't much matter to him. He'd done as he was told.
"Was that really necessary young Midoriya?" All Might asked.
"He possesses the quirk All for One. I don't know how I know that I'm gonna have a long talk with dad after this, but I know he's very, very dangerous." Sukui said. "Even my anti kill switches are off so dad doesn't seem to want me to mess around with him."
"All for One!?" All Might looked at Shigaraki. What! This is...his successor!? Does that mean…
"Is he really dead?" All Might asked out loud.
Shigaraki breathed in deeply, pain and rage coming out with each breath. "Is...he dead? Is...is he dead!? You killed him! You killed him! You left him on the verge of death, and let him live out his next few years suffering! YOU KILLED HIM! I'LL KILL YOU!"
It was then, Eraserhead blinked.
"RAH!" Shigraki charged at All Might and headbutted him with all the strength and speed he had.
"GaH!" All Might was hit right in the stomach, knocking him back about a dozen feet.
Sukui shot another blast, but this time Shigraki managed to dodge it, with the beam only grazing his side.
"You!" If looks could kill then Sukui would have exploded from the glare Shigraki was giving her. "I don't care who your father is anymore! I gave you a chance to live! And you shot off, my arms!"
Shigaraki charged at her, intent on killing her. Time slowed down for the villain as he neared his prey.
I'll kill her! I'll take her apart, I'll kill her! I'll fucking-
But then who will fix my brother?
Suddenly, Shigraki slowed. What?
That slow down was all that was needed for All Might to catch back up, grab Shigaraki, and throw him away from Sukui.
"Young Midoriya, you've done enough, leave the rest to me." All Might said.
Sukui looked at All Might.His health wasn't great, Sukui assumed that it was due to years of hero work, and Shigraki still had his shock absorption and his other quirks, and her scanners told her that All Might's chance of winning by himself was only fifty-one percent. On the other hand. This was All Might.
Sukui gave All Might a wicked smile. "Kick his ass."
With Shigraki.
Tomura crashed into the landslide zone. Landing on the hard rock below, the impact creating yet another crater.
The villain lied in the pile of rocks.
At this point, his rage had reached such dizzying heights that he'd almost come back around to being calm again.
I've decided. I hate knockback. I hate it. I hate it so fucking much! I hate being thrown around like a goddamn rag doll! I am sensei's successor! I am his will! I am-
A half-finished project.
Tomura's eyes widened. There it was again. That voice. It sounded like…
"Sensei?" Tomura asked.
This is...an unexpected turn of events. It is rather unfortunate. What a mess you've gotten into Tomura. Didn't I teach you not to rush things? Half these quirks don't work well together, and you didn't even take the time to figure out how they work, how they mesh, how they merge.
Suddenly Tomura felt tired.
"Sensei?" Tomura groaned.
"Rest now Tomura, I have business to attend to."
All Might landed a few feet away from Tomura, intent on finishing the villain. "All right villain it's time to end…"
He looked at Shigaraki in the crater, his eyes closed and his body still.
Um...did...did I knock him out? It can't be that easy. All Might thought as he cautiously got closer to Shigaraki.
Slowly he got closer and closer to the seemingly unconscious villain until he was standing over him.
While either he's out. Or this is a-
Suddenly Tomura's stubs where his arms were, extended out and rapidly wrapped around All Might.
Trap! All Might struggled to try and break out of the arms, but they had the same shock absorption property as his body, so he wasn't making much progress.
Good, that should take him a while. At least Tomura had the sense to get that shock absorption quirk. All for One? Thought. Now let's see...ah yes, this one will do.
Tomura(All For One?) bit his tongue. Blood started spitting from his mouth before his regeneration quirk patched the injury right up.
Then using another quirk, All For One took control of the blood oozing from his mouth.
The blood flew up into the air, before changing shape, becoming like that of a blade, and slicing down through the air, and his arms.
Once Tomura's arms were cut off, this time with no head applied, his regeneration quirk came into effect, and his arms grew back.
Damn it! I have to...get out of this! All Might struggled even harder, and the weird flesh cocoon he was trapped in started to loosen.
That will not confine him for long. I need to get back to Kurogiri and escape before he frees himself. All for One thought.
Meanwhile, back with Kurogiri.
The misty man himself had already surrendered. There was no point in resisting as he couldn't fight them all at the same time, and trying to escape was futile with Eraserhead keeping his quirk from working.
Eraserhead was currently stepping on his back, keeping him down on the back while using his capture tool to keep him from moving.
"I hope you enjoy your stay in Tartarus," Eraserhead said.
Kurogiri didn't respond.
"So is that it?" Kaminari asked. "Did we win?"
"Probably," Sukui muttered. "There is still the chance that-"
Before she could finish, Eraserhead was flicked off of Kurogiri by one of Tomrua's extending arms.
"Ah!" Eraserhead shouted as he was knocked a few feet away. Blinking accidentally due to the impact.
All for One was instantly by Kurogiri's side, picking him up off the ground.
"It's time we left." He said.
His speech...it's different from before. Kurogiri figured something was off, but now was not the time to argue.
"There's still the chance that that will happen." Sukui fired off a laser aimed at Kurogiri.
However before the beam could hit him, All for One picked up Kurogiri, and the hands on Tomura's detached arms, and ran out of the facility, smashing through the wall and leaving the students and teachers in his dust.
"Damn it." Sukui cursed, before using her sensors. "He's moving too fast. We don't stand a chance at catching them before he warps away."
"Where's All Might!?" Sero asked.
"Scanning." Sukui looked around until she found him. "He's in the landslide zone, he's trapped by what looks to be the villain's discarded arms, he'll break out in about a minute but they'll be long gone by then."
As the information sunk in, everyone reacted differently.
Some of the students revealed that everyone got out alive and relatively unharmed.
Others, namely Bakugo, were pissed that the villains got away.
Sukui however.
"Midoriya where are you going!?" Thirteen asked as Sukui started walking away.
"I tapped into the security system for the building, all the villains have been taken care of or have fled. The battle is over." Sukui said in a matter of fact tone. "And I think I have some questions for dad."
"Well wait till class is dismissed first," Eraserhead said, pulling himself off the ground. "And besides, we all have some questions for your father."
Sometime later.
It didn't take long after that for the police and other heroes to show up.
They rounded up all the villains and once everyone was sure it was safe, the class was dismissed and everyone was sent home.
The minute Sukui stepped through the U.A. gates, she was immediately enveloped in a hug from Izuku.
"Oh my god, Sukui I'm so glad you're ok!" Izuku sobbed, hugging his soaking wet robot daughter as tight as he could(which wasn't much). "All the camera's started getting interfered with and then they started destroying the security system and-"
"Dad." Sukui interrupted him, her tone completely devoid of emotion. "We were attacked by someone named Kurogiri and someone who had All for one."
Izuku froze completely. "W-what?"
"Dad, how was I made?" Sukui asked, her tone carrying a faint trace of desperation. "Please tell me that villains didn't help make me."
Izuku looked at her for a second. A million things going through his head at once as he tried to think of any, possible excuse or lie he could give her.
But in the end...was it worth it? Was it worth it to find ten-thousand ways to lie to his creation about her creation? Izuku hated lying. And he especially hated lying to his family.
And at this point, when she practically already knew. It just wasn't worth it.
"Let's go inside. This...isn't something we should talk about in the open." Izuku told her.
That unsurprisingly didn't make Sukui feel any better.
A few minutes later.
The two of them sat in their home, which had been a U.A. dorm that had been abandoned, and then cleaned up for the Midoriya family.
The two sat across from each other, Sukui dead silent, and Izuku nervously trying to figure out how to explain this.
"Ok," Izuku said eventually. "So when I first started designing you, my plan was to use spare parts from the beach that everyone dumps their trash on."
"You were going to make me out of trash!?" Sukui said, sounding really offended.
"I didn't really have many options, and I was desperate!" Izuku defended himself. "But...it became obvious to me that that wouldn't work. And then...he showed up."
"All for One," Sukui said.
"Yes. He knew what I was trying to do, I don't know how, but he gave me an offer. He would give me everything I needed to make you, and in return, I would make him, his own android." Izuku explained.
"Another android?" Sukui's eyes were as wide as they could get. "I have a sibling?"
"I wouldn't say that. The other android isn't like you. You were built to be your own person, but the other android was built to be a copy of someone that died." Izuku clarified.
"That's still big news! Why would you make an android for a villain!? Why would you work with a villain in the first place!" Sukui asked him.
"I...didn't know they were villains at first," Izuku told her, avoiding her gaze. "I knew they were shady of course. But I didn't know they were villains. They were government secrets, only meant to be known by high-level pro heroes, so I had no idea who they were at the time. Again, they were shady and they didn't really hide that they were villains even if they didn't say it. But...I was so desperate that I looked past it."
Sukui was silent. Her eyes closed and her face scrunched up as if she was trying to concentrate on something.
"S-Sukui?" Izuku called out to her.
Sukui looked up at him, still not saying a word, and just stared at him. Very intensely.
"Are you...scanning me?" Izuku asked in confusion.
Scanning complete, the subject is confirmed to be Midoriya Izuku. Sukui's scanners confirmed.
Reviewing the subject's identity and crossing it with the subject's actions...error. Checking for lies...error. None found. Error, error, error.
Sukui held her head. "AH! My head freaking hurts!"
Izuku's eyes widened. "That...that shouldn't be happening I didn't give the ability to feel pain!"
Error! Error! Error! Error! Numerous impossibilities and errors detected. Emergency shutdown initiated.
Suddenly Sukui's body became limp, her head fell to the table, and her eyes closed.
"SUKUI!"
Meanwhile elsewhere.
"Ah. Another failure." The Doctor said as he watched another one of his Nomus dies.
"Having trouble old friend?" Said a voice coming from behind him.
The doctor jumped, and quickly turned around, seeing none other than Tomura Shigaraki standing behind him.
"Shigaraki?!" The Doctor asked, freaked out at first. "I...didn't know that All for One told you about this place."
"I didn't," Tomura said, confusing the doctor. "It seems that something rather unexpected has happened."
"Wait...that way of speaking, your movements…" The Doctor started putting two and two together. "All for One?"
"Indeed." All for One said. "It seems that my quirk has somehow duplicated my consciousness, and it has now supplanted Tomura's."
"Incredible." The Doctor gasped. "All for One has even more secrets than I could have imagined!"
"Tomura is still here of course. But his will cannot beat mine." All for One explained.
"I see! So, what will you do now?" The Doctor asked. "Are you still planning on retiring?"
"No." All for One answered. "I don't know what it is. Perhaps something to do with my quirk or Tomura's presence in my mind, but the thought of retiring while that fool All Might still breathes...irks me to no end. It seems like it's time to remake my plans once more."
Meanwhile, with the original All for One.
You know you think with me being as old as I am, I would be better as something as simple and every day as cooking. All for One thought as he stared at the burnt pancakes he made.
He looked behind him at Yoi and Eri, both staring at him while he deliberately blocked the view of the pancakes with his body.
Crap I knew I shouldn't have stopped ordering out. Alright, do I have a quirk for this...I have a healing quirk but will that work on pancakes? All for One stuck out his finger, and his fingernail suddenly grew, becoming sharper, thicker, and turning green.
He stuck his nail into the pancake and was both amazed and relieved to find that the burns started to go away. Until the pancake was just a normal looking, non burned pancake.
Hmm, interesting. I knew keeping that quirk was a good idea. All for One proceeded to do this to the rest of the burnt pancakes.
Once the pancakes were all fixed, he turned around with a plate full of pancakes in hand.
"The food is ready." All for One served all three of them.
"Thanks, Aku!" Yoi chirped as he scarfed down his food. His sensors tricked him into thinking he was hungry.
"Thank you," Eri said quietly, eating her pancakes very slowly and carefully.
All for One looked at the two of them with a bit of pride swelling up within him. Heh heh. Ah, here I am. All for One, nightmare of the underworld, slaughterer of countless heroes...feeling pride at having failed to cook pancakes, and then fixing them with a quirk. Like that required any skill. Still, perhaps with a bit of practice, I can improve. And if I make a mistake, I'll just fix it with that quirk. After all, it's not their complain-
"These taste kind of bland," Yoi commented.
All for One paused for a moment, before sighing. "You'll say my food is bland, and yet here you are devouring it as if it was your last meal. And here I had nearly forgotten how ungrateful you can be."
"I'm not ungrateful!" Yoi objected, pouting slightly. "It's called constructive criticism! And Sensei says that it's a good thing."
"Well let's see how she reacts when she's on the receiving end of that criticism." All for One deadpanned.
"I like the pancakes," Eri said in her meek quiet voice.
All for One smiled, patting her on the head. "At least you're on my side."
"That's because Eri's an angel and wouldn't say a bad thing about anything," Yoi said.
"I-I'm not an angel." Eri looked down at her feet. "I'm a monster."
"Nu-uh!" Yoi objected. "Monsters are bad people that use their power to hurt people! And you don't hurt people so you're not a monster!"
"But…" Eri looked at him. "My quirk-"
"Oh are you on about that again!" Yoi gave her an annoyed look. "You can't control your quirk! That's not your fault!"
"Yes, listen to him." All for One wasn't exactly good at...comforting people. He was good at using people's grief to manipulate them, he was good at bringing people's worst qualities, he was good at manipulating people's egos. But comforting little girls, not so much.
Whenever Eri got into her dressed state(Something that happened annoying often if you asked him) he mostly just let Yoi take care of it. His little brother was far nicer than he was, although he lacked any sort of subtlety and was rather...adamant about his opinions.
"You're an angel and I don't wanna hear anything else!" Yoi crossed his arm.
"But-"
"Nope."
"I-"
"Nada!"
"Overhaul-"
"Is a monster!" Yoi finished. "And he's a big fat liar! I'm sure your quirk could do something good!"
"Yes!" If there was something All for One was good at, it was utilizing quirks. "With some training, you could become a fantastic doctor."
"A...doctor?" Eri looked unsure.
"Yes. Your quirk could be a blessing to those who are on death's door." All for one continued.
"A blessing?" Eri repeated, touching her horn.
"Yeah, your right! She could rewind people before they got hurt!" Yoi added. "See! I knew I was right!"
"You think...I can save people, with my quirk?" Eri asked.
"Yes!" Yoi shouted.
As the children continued to talk, All for One looked at the clock.
"It seems the time has come for you two to go." All for One said.
Yoi looked at the clock. "Ah crap!"
"Language!" All for One scolded.
Yoi, literally, picked up Eri and hoisted her over his head, before running upstairs to his room and grabbing both their book bags with his mouth.
"NW WIME TW WATH WETH BO!" He shouts with his bookbags in his mouth, before running towards the open window.
"Wait now let's use the stairs!" Eri tried to tell him but it was too late, and Yoi jumped out the second-story window, landing with a jolt.
"WO WCHOOL!" He cheers as he runs to school.
"That boy." All for One sighed, still smiling.
Having his brother back was everything All for One thought it would be. A pain in the ass that brought on endless problems and never stopped questioning him no matter what he did.
And was entirely worth it despite that. He was a bright, cheerful distraction to life's many problems.
Eri was a nice bonus. She was quiet, didn't ask for much, and was grateful whenever she did get something. Of course, she did have that extreme depression of hers that he had no clue how to deal with.
I should probably get her to a psychologist. I'd need to make up a story for why she had all these traumas though. Can't exactly tell them the truth. All for One suddenly felt a weird disturbance. It feels like Tomura's fucked something up. And in spectacular fashion...Well. Hopefully, it has nothing to do with me.
So now we have two All for One's!
To explain, to those who read the manga, remember when All for One's consciousness seemed to affect Tomura during his fight with the heroes after he got All for One? Well in this Tomura didn't really have the character development and strength of will to just tell it to fuck off like he did in the manga, so it just takes over his body. He's still there but it's like he's sleeping.
Anyway, please review and have a nice day.