I felt like I was floating. A state of serenity and bliss. Now that I think about it… I haven't felt so well ever since dad died. Suddenly there was a bright flash of many colors and I was sucked into it. It felt as if I was stretched thin and that my body was constantly battered and crushed. I screamed and suddenly… I was awake in an unfamiliar room. The bed I had been laying on had morphed into a half-cocoon shape, I had probably done it subconsciously due to the nightmare. Suddenly my door burst open and a worried boy entered…AH! Now I remember.

"Are you OK? We heard screaming and came to check." – and truthfully, behind Izuku was Inko, holding a pan in her hands.

"Sorry for waking you up! I'm fine, just some dream!"

"Tenori-kun, where is the blanket?"- Inko asked him.

He looked around and saw the grayish dust on the bed and carpet.

"Oh, fuck! The blanket!" – Tenori cursed.

===Some time later===

"I'm sorry for disintegrating the blanket!" – he bowed.

"Please stop apologizing Tenori-kun. I said it's fine. We've been doing for half an hour, now eat up. The breakfast will get cold." – Inko handed him a bowl of miso soup.

"Thank you."

"Nori-kun, do you… you know… want me to show you around our apartment and the town, because you are… from a different dimension and all." – Izuku asked shyly.

"Of course. I better gather more information about this place, especially if Kamakiri DID come here too." – he then bit into a toast.

"Great!" – Izuku smiled brightly and Tenori had to look away in order to not be blinded.

"I'm amazed. Back in Musaka you either had to be rich or criminal boss to have such a big apartment for yourself. Usually 10 or more people would live together in such place." – he remarked.

"It must have been tough." (Inko)

"Yes, it was."

After breakfast, Tenori helped with the dishes. When they were ready, Izuku took him around the apartment.

"You've already seen the bathroom, guest room and kitchen. This is mom's room but we shouldn't go in without a permission. And this is my room!"

Izuku stood in front of a door and smiled at Tenori.

"You said you were a hero fan, right Nori-kun?"

"Yes, my favorite is All Bright! I always wanted to be one, even after I was forced to join the syndicate." – he answered a bit sadly.

"I also want to be a hero! Just like All Might! Ah, that's my favorite hero. He's also the No. 1 hero. I also have a bunch of hero merchandise in here." He pointed at the door "Are you ready to see it?"

Tenori was excited. Back in his dimension everyone that was found guilty of 'conspiring with the damn heroes' was dealt with rather quickly, so people burned everything hero-related in fear of being suspected. In the end he didn't have anyone to share his hobby with for years. Now, that he found a kindred spirit, it was understandable to be happy, so he eagerly nodded.

Izuku smiled and quickly opened his door to reveal his room, full of All Might merch and occasional other hero's poster to his eager friend but instead of what he expected, Izuku got…

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

…a scream of terror.

"What's wrong Nori-kun?!" – he turned around and saw Tenori curled into a ball on the floor, shaking like a leaf.

"I'm sorry! Please kill me quickly! Please kill me quickly! I-I don't want to be put in the lab, not the lab!" – he gripped his hair and didn't dare to move from his spot.

"Nori-kun!" – Izuku shook him.

In a fit of panic, Tenori lunged at Izuku and pinned him on the floor. Despite his lean build, due to years of 'training' by Mana and other villains, he packed a lot of strength in his body. Izuku was scared and started to choke a bit due to the pressure. He could see that Tenori was scared and not thinking straight.

"N-Nori-kun…" – Instead of fighting back, Izuku stretched his hands and patted him calmly on the back.

Inko had also heard the scream and rushed to see the scene. Tenori relaxed and was no longer choking Izuku but he was still shaking like a leaf and was breathing quickly. Inko, that had experience with kids, slowly approached the two boys, helped Izuku get Tenori off him and then hugged them both, Izuku also hugging his new friend and mother back. Soon Tenori calmed down and was no longer in panic mode but then he started crying.

"I-I'm sorry… I'm so sorry…" – he sobbed.

Mother and son decided to stay and ignore the door, where probably neighbors had come due to the scream, it was quite loud after all.

…..

"So… you thought this No Bright was in Izuku's room?" – Inko asked skeptically.

"Yes." – he looked down at his feet.

"But how? I don't think I've ever heard of him. Not to mention getting a poster of a villain…" (Izuku)

"How can't you see it? He's all over your room!" – Tenori raised his voice as he pointed a shaking finger at said place.

"Wait! You mean that you thought All Might was No Bright?!" – Izuku shouted.

"Of course I'd think so! Just look at him! Same built, same hair, same eyes! You just have to give him a suit and a goatee and it'll be like a mirror." – OK, he might have been ranting a bit there but Tenori was still in a bit of shock.

"Hmm… I think… I have a theory." – Inko finally said with a thoughtful look.

"What theory?" – Tenori asked and Izuku nodded.

"Well… It may not be entirely accurate until we know exactly WHAT is different but I think your dimension may be a mirror to our own."

"That… actually makes a lot of sense, considering a look-alike of the worst villain is worshiped as a hero here. We just need to figure out what's different and what not. Still… I'm not stepping a foot in your room any time soon Izuku." – Tenori deadpanned.

Izuku just rubbed the back of his neck and blushed slightly.

…..

Tenori had his clothes taken by Inko and thrown in the washing machine. He now wore some of Izuku's. He chose a loose green and black shirt, blue pants and decided to use his own shoes, despite their sorry appearance, holes and all. They had searched for quite a while to find something fitting that didn't have All Might theme to it. It was silly but Tenori was still not comfortable with it. Although they fit, the clothes were a bit short for his slightly longer limbs. In the end he used his Quirk to make then a bit longer. Inko had given them money to get some more clothes for Tenori and new shoes.

"It's unacceptable for a young boy like you to look like a beggar! You will get at least one new set of clothes and shoes! Got it?" – she said in a firm tone that strangely reminded him of his grandma and made him salute out of habit.

Tenori followed Izuku as he led him through the streets of Mustafu. He looked around and marveled the city, especially how clean and crime-free it was. Back in Musaka it would have been unusual to walk down the street and not see trash, graffiti or a mugging attempt. Mustafu on the other hand looked a lot like Musaka before the Era of Chaos came. He could see some familiar mark or street but there were many differences. Shops were gone, replaced or moved to another place, there were a lot more parks and most importantly, the center of the city wasn't destroyed due to the grand fight between good and evil.

"Nori-kun, we're here!"

He stopped and looked at the mall. It was bigger than any he had been to before. Tenori would be lying if he said he wasn't excited. He was very excited. Izuku led him inside and for now he let himself relax.

After quickly picking up new sneakers, pants, shorts, a T-shirt and a very dark-blue hoodie, that Tenori put on almost instantly after exiting the store, he was glad to finally be out of the clothing store. He carried his bags, despite Izuku's protests.

"If you want to help so much, how about buying me an ice-cream? Wait, you have those here, right?" – he asked Izuku.

"Of course we do! We're not THAT different to not have ice-cream." – Izuku explained.

"Sorry, it's just that back then… we had ice-cream once a month and it was a single ball of plain vanilla, so I wasn't too sure…"

"Only one ball?! Well, then I'll treat you to any flavor you want, as long as it doesn't exceed 1500 yen." – Izuku said with a confident smile.

….

"Now THAT is delicious! How many years has it been since I had caramel ice-cream?" – Tenori was in bliss.

Izuku decided to lead him to one last shop before they left the mall. A store specialized in hero merchandise, called Hero-mart. A bit of a lousy name but Tenori went with it.

"Maybe we can start you on our own heroes! Maye you'll even see someone famous from your own dimension."

"I don't know Izuku… I agree to come though, just keep me away from the No B- All Might section. I'm still not comfortable with HIM."

They entered the doors and started looking around.

"Now, this is a good hero to start with – Ingenium! Is there someone like that in your world?" – Izuku asked quietly as he took out a poster, sparkles in his eyes, eager to learn more.

"Yes… This looks a LOT like Metal Thunder. His name is Liida Tenasi, his costume is black, sharper and he is a villain. He's also a bit crazy."

"Really?! Ingenium is nice though. How can he be like that?"

"Don't know but he has some serious problems in his head. He almost hit his head to death in the wall. It was fortunate he fainted before that but I had to help clean the bloodstains. The rest of the Liida family are heroes though, so I'm not too sure what caused him to leave all that." – Tenori mused.

"OK! Next hero – Best Jeanist!" – Izuku showed him another poster.

"The Snrangulator. He used metal strings to kill people but was killed a few years ago during an attack on a bank. He wore black, no turtleneck jeans, the hair covered his eyes and had a LOT of piercings, tattoos and was paler." – he deadpanned.

Izuku frowned because the mirror dimension theory was getting more and more probable.

"Huh? Who's that?" – Tenori suddenly asked.

"Oh, that's Endeavor. I don't like him much, he's not nice but is the No.2 hero." – Izuku explained.

"Ah! I remember. It's Endeboar! He's a hero back where I come from."

"Really? I guess not everything is opposite then."

"Yeah, but Endeboar is actually a flaming boar with human-like appearance. I don't like him much but at least he's funny when he slams his head into things, especially machines."

"Oh! They had an Eraserhead poster! Wow, these are rare to find!"

"Eraserhead? Hmm… From what I remember there's the Corrector. He's a vigilante from Saga, if I remember correctly."

They continued like that for a while until it was time to leave. Tenori and Izuku reached a conclusion – although Tenori's world may be an almost complete opposite to Izuku's, there were some things that were the same, although with small differences. They walked down the street and talked animatedly about some heroes Izuku knew (Present Mic, Recovery girl, Ectoplasm and etc.) and some Tenori knew (All Bright, The Avenger, Biscuit and etc.). It all went well until someone bumped into them.

"Sorry!" – Izuku apologized.

"HUH?! What was that brat?!" – the man shouted.

Tenori knew very well what that was. This kind of people was like cockroaches where he came from. Extortionists – they would usually target elderly and children, also people without Quirks or with weaker Quirks. He noticed the sharp teeth the man had and concluded it may be related to his Quirk.

"I'm hurt because of you brats. Now you have to pay me 5000 yen at least!"

"B-but I don't have that much money…" (Izuku)

"You should have thought of that before running into me!" – he went to gran Izuku but another had clamped on his wrist and stopped him.

"Listen now you bastard! I know what you are trying to do, so don't bother! I'll give you a chance to walk away calmly, if you don't… I'll make you regret ever crossing us." – Tenori said in a practiced dark tone.

One of the life skills he gathered was to be able to change the way he behaved almost instantly and reign in his emotions when needed.

"Damn brat!" – the man tried to punch Tenori.

In a quick motion, Tenori flipped the man, pressed him on the pavement and pressed one of the pressure points on his neck.

"Gah!" – the man shouted in pain.

"Listen well…" Tenori's voice sent chills through Izuku's and the man's spines "… I can and HAVE caused much, much worse pain to people. I can make you a cripple even without using my Quirk, so better run off and don't bother us again, got it?!"

The man nodded.

"Good." Tenori let him go and kicked him "Now scram!" – the man ran away, clutching his throbbing arm.

The two walked in silence for a while.

"T-thank you for saving me again Nori-kun." – Izuku finally said.

"No prob! I've dealt with a ton of these guys daily. They though that I was an easy target because I was a kid….. We're not telling this to your mother, are we?"

"Yes, I don't want to worry her…"

"OK, I got it. I have a condition though."

"What is it?"

"I'll train you in self-defense. You'd also need it if you want to become a hero after all."

"Thank you Nori-kun!"