Ok, so, a few things: 1) I went back and changed Izuku's quirk a little so that the colors are different from when he uses One for All in the anime. Now, they are a bright, golden color instead of the neon-red. When I was writing that chapter, I honestly forgot that before he actually went into Full Cowl, thus making everything green lightning, it was neon-red veins that spread across his skin.
2) There is important stuff I need you guys and gals to read at the bottom, so if you don't like reading Author's Notes, then just skip to the bottom of it and a summary of it will be there.
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Anyway, hope you enjoy!
Chapter 3: The Plan
Izuku Midoriya stood in a large, dark room filled with different kinds of industrial equipment scattered about, alongside 3 other figures while another was laying on a hospital bed in the center of the room. The figure on the bed was none other than Inko Midoriya, Izuku's mother. She was hooked up to a multitude of medical devices so that the others could keep an eye on her vitals.
They had brought her here so that the man that had trained Izuku, a villain he now referred to as All for One, could give his mother some of his healing quirks to try and save her. They couldn't do this in the hospital because… well, they're villains. Also, the doctors weren't doing anything to help her anyway, so they used Kurogiri's warp gates to get her out of there, as well as the machines that were hooked up to her and the bed.
It had been a week since that night and it hadn't seemed like the quirks were doing anything for the longest time. All for One had also warned the child that putting more than one extra quirk inside of someone ran the risk of turning them into a mindless beast with no control over their quirks, and that risk rose with each new addition.
This is how he came to make the Nomu, a weaponized human that only took orders from the programmed individuals. He also made sure to put in that he only used criminals in his experiments, as essentially killing an innocent person just for their quirk wasn't worth the risk.
Everything was silent in the warehouse since then. Izuku continued to train his quirk, more determined than ever to get stronger to take down the heroes, especially All Might. Kurogiri, the person with the most medical training, kept tabs on his mother and reported them to the boy and his Sensei. Shigaraki tried to help in any way he could, whether that was helping Kurogiri, trying to console Izuku, or even just staying out of the way. The normally obsessive man was showing a whole new side of himself due to the seriousness of the whole situation. It seemed like everything was beginning to settle down again, and although the circumstances weren't the best, the quiet was good for a mind filled with discord.
That is, until today.
You see, Kurogiri had come into the bar, where Izuku had taken up temporary residence to stay close to his mother, in a panic while saying that something bad had happened. He then transported them to the warehouse to see Tomura and AFO already there, surrounding his mother around the bed.
It only took a second for Izuku to see the problem. Every muscle in his mother's body was tense and sweat was pouring out of every orifice in her body, causing the sheets to be soaked in the salty liquid. The most surprising thing about this image was the oversized, grey arm that now occupied the space where her left arm should be.
"What happened?!" Izuku yelled out as he ran to his mother's side and took her right hand in his.
"It seems the quirks we gave her were too much and she is turning into a Nomu. The regeneration quirks we gave her seem to have healed her injuries and are now morphing her into a mindless beast. I am sorry, my boy. The only thing I can do is take the quirks away again but removing that many at one time would kill her instantly."
"And I suppose taking them out one by one isn't an option?" Izuku asked, that having been the only idea that came to mind.
"I'm afraid not, as the time it would take for her to heal enough for another extraction would be too long, she would be a Nomu before we could even take out three. I know this is a terrible thing to do, but I must leave this decision to you. We will give you time to thi-" the man was cut off by a sudden voice.
"Izu-ku…" Inko rasped out as she looked upon her son, squinting through the pain and sweat.
The others were in shock. This woman was literally going through a major physical mutation, as well as excruciating mental pain caused by the number of quirks in her body, and yet was able to awaken so that she could speak to her son one last time.
"Mom? Mom, I'm here. I'm here, mom." Izuku cried as he squeezed his mother's hand harder.
"Izuku… I'm so glad… you're alright." She grimaced as she tried to give out a relieved smile.
"Mom, I'm so sorry. I tried to help… I thought that it would help. I'm so, so sorry." Izuku put his head on the bed as he cried, feeling the guilt crush him inside.
"I'm so… proud of you." Izuku looked up in shock at his mother's words. "You will be… great… at whatever you do. Your father… would be so proud…of who you've become."
"My…father?" the boy asked, confused at why she would bring him up now of all times. He hadn't ever really known his father, other than his name and quirk. His mom kept a few photos of him in the storage, but he had never been bothered to look at them. He was never around, so Izuku didn't care to try and learn about him from photos and passing phrases from his mother.
His mother said a few more words, but Izuku could only see her mouth move. It seemed as if all sound was muted by some kind of universal remote. It was as if his mind knew that whatever she said, would break his already fragile mind and heart. So, to protect itself, his mind processed the information directly into his subconscious, until such a time that Izuku was fit enough to remember those words, or something happened to spark the memory into resurfacing.
When the world came back to him, Izuku could only stare as his mother was forced into unconsciousness once again. The pained expression on her face never leaving.
"Izuku…?" Sensei asked, his somber tone matching the general atmosphere.
"Take your quirks back. I will not see my mother turn into a monster." Izuku spoke with certainty, despite his shaky voice. "You might need them in the future."
Choosing not to speak, for fear of disturbing the shaky hold the boy had on his emotions right now, All for One glided over to the woman and laid a hand on her exposed skin, a dark glow emanating from the contact.
Suddenly, Inko let out a gasp of air as the pain left her body as quick as it had come. In an instant, her arm was back to normal and her breathing was steady, as if fate wanted to crush Izuku's hopes once more. For, after her moment of euphoria was over, the heart monitor let out a long, shrill tone as her grip on her son's hand went slack.
There was a long moment of silence before glowing gold lines started to appear all over Izuku's exposed skin, increasing in intensity with every passing moment.
"I couldn't be prouder of you."
It seems as if, like his heart, Izuku's quirk was racing out of his control. He was absorbing every external force acting upon his body all at once with no clear limit. It seemed like he was even absorbing the force gravity was having on his body as he started to float up, his mother's hand being the only thing keeping him from flying off.
"I have the best mom. I promise I will spend the rest of my life paying her back."
Instead of just absorbing the kinetic energy of everything that came into contact with him, Izuku somehow created an area of effect around him, causing ferocious winds to pick up any small items around the room and shoot them at him.
"…promise me you'll be careful."
All for One rushed the boy to try and comfort him, but once he met the area of effect of Izuku's quirk, it was like trying to move through pudding. Without some of his strength enhancing quirks, he was sure he would be frozen in place instantly.
"I should have done something when I realized he was so arrogant. I'm sorry."
"Kurogiri, warp him away! He's gonna blow!" Shigaraki exclaimed as he tried to disintegrate anything that could hurt anyone by flying around.
"I can't do anything while he's holding onto her like that! You need to separate them!" Kurogiri responded as he opened a large portal behind the boy, ready to warp him away as soon as he could.
"I'm trying!" AFO yelled as he used a number of strength boosts to overpower Izuku's force absorption. While he was finally able to make the boy let go of his mother, it also sent his quirk into overdrive, as seen by the gold lines in Izuku's body turning as dark as night.
"NOW!" He yelled, though it proved unnecessary as Kuro had already enveloped their charge in his portal, leaving the room in an eerie silence.
"I love you, Izu. I love you so mu-" "DETROIT SMA-"
Not a moment later, a large explosion was heard from far off, prompting them, and many others who were awoken by the sound, to look out the windows.
Somehow, as if carried by the explosion itself, an agonizing scream was heard over the rumbling of the explosion as well as the shattering of windows. A scream that tore at the hearts of all who heard it, even if they didn't know why.
When everyone looked outside, what they found shocked them to their core. An enormous shockwave was heading their way from way out in the ocean. Their hideout was already on the edge of town, close to the beach, so Kurogiri figured the best place to send him that wouldn't be near any residential areas was the water. Unfortunately, this had the added effect of creating a massive wave that was surging towards the beach and, subsequently, town as well as the shockwave that they could already feel shaking the windows.
AFO was about to tell Kurogiri to warp him to the beach so that he could try and negate as much of it as he could but was forced to halt when he saw a figure already on their way to do just that.
A few moments earlier
Toshinori Yagi, or, as most know him, All-Might, was just walking around in his deflated form, as he had no reason to be in his hero form right now. He had just picked up some groceries and was about to head home when a sudden eruption of noise shook his eardrums and forced him to search for the source.
Luckily, the blonde was able to pinpoint what had happened pretty quickly, seeing as how a giant wave was now surging towards the beach and town.
Thinking quickly, All-Might threw his groceries to the ground and sprinted full force at the incoming threat, subtly changing into his hero form when no one was looking. Now in his powered-up form, the blonde was able to reach the beach much more quickly, even when the force of the explosion hit him and forced him to make an emergency landing, lest he be pushed back while he was in the air.
Once that was over, and with the tsunami almost upon him, Toshinori brought back his fist and, with all of the power he could muster (and then some), shot a Texas Smash at the wave with enough force to send an almost mile-long section of the wave into the sky before crashing back into the sea.
Before he could celebrate, however, Yagi was forced to watch as the very ends of the wave that he couldn't disperse crash into the beach and cause a few buildings to collapse from the force alone.
Without another thought, All-Might leapt into action to try and save as many as he could from the fallen buildings.
Elsewhere
A soft thud brought AFO out of his spying as he turned around to see an unconscious Izuku laying on the ground, his attire completely shredded showing the massive amount of damage his body had sustained.
After a quick scan, it all seemed to be just surface damage with a few broken bones and torn ligaments strewn about. Nothing a few healing quirks couldn't fix in a few days to a week at tops. Though, even if he could heal from the physical damage, no one knew the toll this event would have on his psyche.
"What the hell was that? I thought we found his limit a while ago?" Shigaraki whispered in shock, trying not to yell and disturb the young boy.
"You of all people know how fragile limits are, Tomura. But don't worry, he hasn't done any serious damage, that was just a culmination of today's events taking their toll on the boy. He probably won't be able to use his quirk for a couple days due to overuse." AFO explained as he stood up after lending the boy some of his minor healing quirks. "Kurogiri, please take Izuku to his bedroom. He needs his rest now more than anything."
"Of course, master." The black cloud nodded before escorting the unconscious green-ette to the safety of his bed.
Once they were alone, Shigaraki looked towards his mentor. "Sensei, what are we going to do? Do you think he can recover from this?"
"The real question is not if he can, but what will he be like when he does? His view of heroes has been shattered, he knows he can't trust them anymore. They have let too much happen and done little to stop it." Sensei answered honestly.
"Isn't that what you wanted though? To shake his beliefs enough for him to join us in ending the hero society?" the student asked in confusion.
"Yes, but not if it would cost him so much." The teacher responded with a sorrowful look towards the lifeless body of Ms. Midoriya.
Bakugo Residence-
Katsuki Bakugo, long-time tormentor of Izuku Midoriya, was currently on his couch in the living room watching the news with a shocked look on his face. Sitting beside him on the couch was his father, though he had already started crying instead of staring at the screen.
The source of their unpleasant moods was none other than the paused screen in front of them. A report of the recent villain attack downtown with a very-well-known plume of green hair sticking out of a gurney leading to one of the many ambulances ready for transport.
His mother, Mitsuki Bakugo, was already in the kitchen trying to get ahold of the hospital her long-time friend was supposedly at. So far, she hadn't any luck after the nurse she was talking to had apparently went to check on Inko's room, only to go silent and then hang up.
She had barely heard the nurse yell, "Where…" before the line went dead. This only made Mitsuki's nerves that much worse.
Katsuki was just as upset as his mother, seeing as how every time he went over to the Midoriya household when he was younger, Inko had been the most caring, accommodating person he knew, even when he was being a dick. Granted, he hadn't been over to their house in quite a while, ever since Deku failed to…
The youngest of the Bakugo family's eyes widened in realization. "Oh god, Deku…"
With that lone thought, Katsuki Bakugo raced out of his front door and immediately took to the route he had taken hundreds of times before.
"Katsuki!" his mother tried to call out when she heard the door slam open.
Seeing that her son was long gone, the Bakugo matriarch shared a worried look with her husband as they let the silence prevail.
2 weeks later
It was the last week of Katsuki's middle school career and he walked into school like no-one had ever seen. Biting his nails and looking at the ground in worry, disregarding all the students sending him curious glances.
The reason was simple. It had been a little over 2 weeks since the villain attack and no-one had seen hide nor hair of the green-haired Midoriya family. His mother was never able to find out what room or even what hospital Inko was in and Izuku hadn't been to school ever since.
Despite his outwardly dick-ish nature, the explosion-user couldn't help but lose sleep over the little annoyance that was Deku.
It wasn't until he arrived at his class that he froze in shock. The little greenette that no one could find, no matter how hard they looked, was sitting at his desk while staring at his textbook.
Instantly shedding his worried and anxious appearance, Katsuki stormed to Deku's desk in a rage.
"Who the hell do you think you are?! You just disappear and make everyone worried as hell for two goddamned weeks and think you can just show up at school without any warning!" Bakugo yelled, slamming a small explosion into the desk to make sure he got the boy's attention.
When the smoke cleared, the blonde was greeted with a very scary looking Deku. "Where I have been is none of your concern, Bakugo. Get the hell away from my desk before I make sure you are never able to use your precious explosions again."
Katsuki, and all those close enough to hear the boy's soft, yet dangerous voice, took an involuntary step back as pure fear invaded their systems.
Growling, Katsuki forced himself to take a step forward to retort. "What the hell are you saying!? You think just because your mom's in the hospital, that I'll-"
"My mother…is dead."
Silence crashed into the classroom like a tidal wave. Unlike before, everyone in the room could clearly hear that, even without the boy raising his voice.
Katsuki's eyes widened as he took in a quick gulp of air. Seeing Izuku's emotionless eyes staring into his as he said that almost brought tears to the bully's normally rage-filled eyes.
He had seen and heard of death, what with villains all over the world, it was kind of inevitable. But, to have it affect someone so close to you…
"I… I'm sorry." The blonde whispered as he looked at the floor.
"Save your pity. You were never my friend, so you have no reason to feel sad about my mother. I will visit your mother and tell her the news, since they were best friends. But you? You are just an arrogant bully who has too much of an ego to see when people are genuinely wanting to be your friend. Long story short, it's too late for you to try and be nice. Just leave me alone." With his piece said, Izuku went back to reading over his textbook.
Rather than retort about the greenette speaking to him that way, Katsuki Bakugo, for once in his life, said nothing as he returned to his assigned seat.
Izuku, meanwhile, was forcing himself to not cry at the thought of his mother, or to show his rage at Bakugo on his face. He had spent too long training with All for One to show weakness right now.
He would go through with the plan, and he wouldn't let his personal vendetta against anyone get in the way of that.
…
The rest of the week went by uneventfully. Bakugo, or anyone for that matter, hadn't tried to mess with Izuku, for fear of what he would do to them. The greenette in question had caught back up in his studies, thanks to the administrators understanding of his situation. He had ended up passing his final middle school year at the top of his class.
Now that school was over, Izuku had about 9 months to train as hard as he could for the U.A. Entrance Exams. AFO had agreed to teach Izuku all he could, even how to bend your quirks general function enough to find other uses for it.
Izuku also planned on perfecting his fighting style, as well as getting his costume made. He would also have to ask his sensei for a personal favor, though that could come later.
As he arrived at the warehouse, Izuku could see that AFO had changed it very much since the last time he had been here. Now, instead of various machinery that no longer worked littering the place, there was actual workout gear, as well as a state-of-the-art Quirk Apprehension Chamber. These babies could take one of All Might's weaker punches and still be fine. It was made to see how much a person's quirk and control over said quirk has progressed over a certain period of time, as well as give tips on how to improve with it.
"How the hell did you get ahold of one of these?" Izuku asked as he walked around the machine in admiration.
"Being a villain has its perks. We just threatened one of the developers into… "misplacing" one and voila, now we have one. Think of it as a graduation gift." AFO explained with a small smile, not that you could notice with his mask on.
"Thank you, sensei. This will help a lot." The boy responded as he was busy imputing his information into the touch screen pad next to the door.
"Izuku, in order for you to be ready for this plan of yours, you will need all the training you can get. Are you sure you're ready?" The greatest villain in history asked as he put a hand on his student's shoulder.
Izuku stopped imputing info as he turned to his teacher with a smirk. "Of course, I'm ready, how hard can infiltrating the most prestigious hero academy in the world be?" that earned a chuckle from the crime lord. Though, that reminded Izuku of something he wanted to ask. "Hey, sensei, how did you find out about me anyway?"
AFO looked confused for a moment but relented the information regardless. "Well, we did a search of quirkless individuals in Tokyo and put together a list of people we thought would be suitable for the quirk transfer. Why do you ask?"
Izuku smiled a large, malicious smile as he couldn't believe his luck. "That's perfect. How soon can you get me a filtered list of those individuals with a general background check on all of them?"
"Shouldn't take that long. How do you want it filtered?" AFO asked as he took out a notepad and started to write what the greenette wanted.
Again, that smile split Izuku's face. "I need them to be around my age and have some kind of event happen in their lives that might make them resent heroes."
"What are you planning, Izuku?" the man asked as he wrote everything down and put the notepad up.
"Oh, you know, just trying to find others like myself. If you were quirkless, and there was someone out there, like you, who was given a chance to achieve greatness, wouldn't you like to be given that chance as well?" Izuku asked hypothetically with a shit-eating grin on his face, making his sensei finally realize what the boy wanted to do.
With a chuckle that turned into a full-blown laugh, AFO couldn't believe how cunning the boy in front of him was. They could have an army of former-quirkless individuals who would give their lives just to be seen as something other than worthless.
Many of them already resented the current societal system; though, given their powerless condition, they could never speak their thoughts. Most of them had probably given up on the chance to be great. I mean, besides in their dreams, its not like someone could just come around and give them a quirk, right?
Well, Izuku would show them just how wrong they were. They were all special, and he would make sure they knew it. He could just see it now: a group of teens that were bullied and resented all their lives, finally being given the power they so craved. They would be loyal to whoever was gracious enough to provide them with such a chance.
And they would form the greatest team against the hero-obsessed society. Why? Because they would see that, due to their superiority complexes, and rotten treatment of those weaker than them, they have sealed their own fate.
"Oh, and one more thing." Izuku spoke up after a bit of thought.
"Hmm, what is it? Anything I can do to help this plan of yours." AFO agreed in giddiness. It had been so long since he had met someone with such a cunning and devious mind like his own. This kid had ideas that he himself hadn't even come up with in all of his years as a villain.
"Well, these kids need some serious incentive to join us, and seeing as how I would hate to have you lose any more of your power, lest All Might attacks before we are ready, you might want to go quirk hunting."
"Ah, yes that would probably be best. I can start finding individuals today after we're done training." He agreed as he made sure to remember to do that as he took his suit jacket off and laid it on a bench.
"Oh, and sensei?" Izuku called out, getting his bosses attention once more. With a smirk, Izuku continued. "Make sure they're powerful."
Chapter End
I know that chapter wasn't really all that long compared to some of my other ones, but that seems like its longer than it actually is. Idk why, maybe I'm just being weird.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed that chapter. I know some of you are going to be mad about Inko dying, but I assure you, it is going to be the main driving force of most of, if not the entire, story.
As for what I described at the end of the chapter, Izuku will be making up a team in the League of Villains separate from the Vanguard Action Squad, made up of formerly-quirkless individuals. Most of them will be OC's, but I'm debating bringing people from other anime into this as the teens but that's up to yall.
Also, what you saw when Izuku went ape shit after his mom died is NOT how he will be during most of this story. That was just an event of his quirk getting the better of him due to an emotional and traumatic time. I'm not sure if it's canon, but I read somewhere that it's pretty common for younger people with powerful quirks to become overwhelmed by it and lose control easily.
Oh, and I hope you guys and gals don't mind the little wait for uploads, but I have recently started a notebook that I have been taking notes in and fully fleshing out my ideas for each of my fanfics. I have it with me almost always so if I think of an idea for any of my stories, I can jot it down before I forget it.
Ok, I will see you all in the next one, please review and tell me what you liked/disliked and any ideas you might have regarding the story. There is no guarantee that I will use what you come up with, but I love hearing your ideas. See ya!
P.S.- This is just for those that don't like to read all the Author Notes (No judgment, I completely understand). Please let me know in the reviews if you think adding people from different anime into Izuku's team is a good idea or not. If yes, then go ahead and let me know of your ideas of who would make a good addition.
If anyone doesn't like the publicity of reviews, you can always PM me or message me on discord. My discord is Wistful#2438 and we can talk about any ideas you have for my fics.