Woo! A new chapter!

Little note here: The authors note at the start will generally be short. Only major announcements and/or warnings about the chapter will be put here. Everything else will be at the authors note on the bottom.

With that being said..

WARNING: This chapter gets a little bit gruesome. If you'd rather not read that, skip the parts between the first (After "-weird..") and second line separations.


Normal Text - Story telling

"Hey there!" - Dialogue

I like cheese - Thoughts

"I will kill that bastard!" - Whispering and/or mumbling.


Chapter 02 - The Dark and Light of Science

"I-I'm in a different universe."

Once that realization struck Izuku Midoriya, it was enough for him to despair. He placed his head in his palms and had a slight mental meltdown.

W-Why me...

However, Izuku's brain would not allow any meltdowns to last long. So naturally, it moved to the most pressing issue: How would he return to his own world?

The first thought was the use of "Quirks". He remembered that, moments ago, he was just attacked with a girl that used green orbs to fire lasers. "If there are quirks, then there must be a power just like the one that sent me here! Maybe-"

Izuku quickly halted that line of thinking. "Don't be dumb! If I'm right and this really is a different universe, then any rules for powers might be different than from my world. Maybe that girl is the only person in the whole world with a power."

Right now, he didn't know anything about this place. When someone is left with no knowledge, the only choice they have is to research.

After letting his own brain cool down for a minute, Izuku pulled out his phone again. Unfortunately, just like in the alleyway, there was no service. To make matters worse, none of the Wi-Fi connections would work with his phone.

Dang it! While he half expected it to not work, it was still a massive let down. His only options left were finding a public place, like a library, or buying a new phone.

Well, Izuku could also ask someone, but the last time he asked anyone for information, he nearly got ripped apart by green lasers.

Regardless of which option he picked, he had to get moving. Just standing around and doing nothing would do Izuku no good in moving forward with any plans.

He grasped his backpack firmly and observed his surroundings. If that girl wasn't lying, he was currently in an area known as District 15. Izuku had no idea where that was or what that meant exactly, but he figured he would find out soon enough.

Before he could start moving, however, he felt a strange presence behind him. Izuku whirled around, worried that it was the same girl from before and that she was here to finish off the job.

But there was no one there.

Huh, that's-

A sudden bang resounded from where he was facing before. Next thing Izuku knew, he was slipping into unconsciousness.

-weird…


For the second time that day, Izuku was struggling to open his eyes.

Ugh… not again…

Unlike last time, however, he couldn't freely move his body. Something was keeping him restrained.

"Oh ho ho! The unknown subject has finally woken up!"

"...W-Who's… there?" Izuku groggily asked, finally managing to get his eyes open. He could make out a tall figure wearing a lab coat, but everything else was still blurry.

"I'm so very glad you asked! The name's Kihara Kazuma! I'll be your careholder for the time being!"

Of the many questions lingering in Izuku's mind, he went with the shortest one that he thought of.

"...W-Why?"

"Oh! The subject goes for an unexpected question! Of course, such a fascinating arrival would go for that route! You see here, this lovely Kihara was incredibly bored! I was stalking the cameras, looking for some new test subjects, when suddenly, you appeared!"

Oh, cameras. But the way he said it was really creepy. While Izuku was having those thoughts, his vision was gradually clearing up. He could see that his arms were restrained by metal clamps, although he could still move his fingers freely.

The lab coat person took a few steps closer to the quirk user, giving a grin that sent chills down Izuku's spine. "I thought you were just another one of those teleporting espers who messed something up! But then a generous lady tried observing your AIM field and declared that you had none! Oh how shocking that was!"

Teleporting esper? Is that what their powers are called? Even as he had those thoughts, Izuku was figuring out the limits to his movement. When he tried moving his legs, they refused to budge. He figured that they were restrained as well.

"Then to make things even more surprising, you ran away in an instant! Oh how surprising it was to witness that! I just had to find out about you for myself!"

During the Kihara's explanation, Izuku's eyes were wandering around the room that he was currently in. As he did so, his face quickly paled at the sight he was seeing.

The room was full of computers and capsules. Thankfully, the capsules were empty and didn't currently hold anything. Well, as far as he could see. The computers also seemed rather innocent and didn't suggest anything nefarious.

Then what made Izuku's face pale so quickly? It wasn't the capsules nor the computers, but rather what was next to the chair he was in.

They were machines that held a high number of sharp objects, some of which looked like they should be kept far away from any humans. In addition to that, there were some other odd looking objects that Izuku had never seen before.

"Oh my! It looks like you've spotted my tools!" Kazuma fake gasped, taking another step closer to the green haired teen. "Those are my best friends! I really wanted them all to meet you, so I'm hoping that you can become friends with them!"

The danger level suddenly increased ten-fold and Izuku began panicking slightly. I need to get out of here! This scientist is crazy!

Unbeknownst to the quirk user, One For All was rising under his skin, ready to be unleashed at the flick of a finger.

"I've taken precautions too! My metal is so strong that not even the #7 could break out of it!" cried out the scientist, finally moving away from Izuku. "I just simply can't let my subject be free! That would make me so sad!"

The scientist was currently staring at Izuku with the second scariest eyes he'd ever seen (the scariest being the Nomu from USJ). They had a look of utter glee, as if the scientist was restraining some sort of excitement. His own fear was rising so quickly that he didn't notice his fists clench in panic.

"Oh, my best friends are ready! Please be gentle with them!" That was all the warning Izuku got, before the machines next to him suddenly stabbed sharp objects into his arms.

Pain quickly flooded his system and overloaded his senses. It almost felt worse than his injuries at the training camp, due to the sheer suddenness of it.

His primal instinct kicked in and he flicked his thumb, middle and ring fingers. And since One For All was bubbling under his skin, it unleashed a massive wind force that was very dangerous for anyone near it.

The stabbing pain dulled slightly and Izuku's brain was in a daze for a minute. He thought he could hear the screams of a certain scientist and the sounds of machinery being destroyed, but he couldn't tell.

When he snapped out of the daze, however, his eyes widened in the new sight in front of him.

The entire room was a mess. Debris and machine parts were laying all over the place. The scientist that was intent on torturing Izuku was laying on the far side of the room, appearing to be unconscious.

Did I do this?!

While the machines that held the sharp objects next to him were mostly unharmed, they were now unactivated and remained dormant. In addition to that, the metal clamps on his arms and legs were open, allowing Izuku to leave the cursed chair he was sitting in.

He suspected that he might have accidentally destroyed the power source, which triggered a failsafe and deactivated the machines. Though, Izuku wasn't entirely sure.

When he tried to get off the chair, however, he felt a surge of pain shoot down his right arm. Looking down to see why, his face paled at the sight.

Even though the sharp objects weren't inside his right arm for very long, they still got far. As a result, his arm was bleeding profusely. If he didn't get medical assistance soon… it wouldn't be pretty.

To make matters worse for him, three of his fingers were now bruised and mangled up. The immense damage to his right arm forced him to support it with his left arm.

I-I can't believe this… Why does this happen to me?!

In the corner of his eye, Izuku noticed his backpack was laying on the side of the room, unharmed from the destruction. Now that he thought about it, why did he keep his backpack on when he rushed into the fight?

"Whatever the reason is… I can't lose it!" Izuku declared to himself. It was the only connection he had to his old world, since his phone… was nowhere to be found.

Still cradling his arm, he stumbled over to the backpack and tried to pick it up. It was an arduous task, considering the constant dulling pain in his arm, but he was able to manage.

While the damage to his arm was extensive, Izuku has been in worse conditions.

Still, the pain gave an idea. He zipped open the backpack and peered into it, seeing if he had anything to wrap around his arm. Before he could look far, though, a thought occurred to him.

Wait… I had a coat earlier! Where did that go?

Izuku looked around the room again, but there was no sign of any coats laying around. He must have lost it somewhere or had it taken.

He checked his backpack more thoroughly, but all he had was one of his hero notebooks, his wallet (Hopefully the money still works...), a small All Might keychain (W-Why is that in here?!) and...

...that's it? I swore there was more in here.

Without anything to wrap his arm, he had no choice but to get out of here and find medical assistance as soon as he could.

Izuku slung his backpack over his left shoulder and slowly walked over to the doorway. Before he walked out of the room, however, he turned his head to the unconscious scientist.

Nearly everyone else would have just walked out of the room without a second thought about the Kihara. Hell, some people would have even killed them to ensure that they stayed down.

Izuku, however, wanted to be a hero.

He wasn't crazy enough to help his torturer heal, but he didn't want to see someone die from his own actions. So he took a few steps over to the scientist and checked for a pulse.

He's still alive. I don't see any cuts anywhere either. Guess all I need to do is move the body a little bit.

Despite the fact that his right arm was in a terrible condition, he still used it to move the Kihara's body into a more comfortable position. If he was still in his own world, Izuku would have called the police at this point. However, he wasn't sure if the police were a thing here.

Also, well, he doesn't have a phone to use.

After double-checking the scientist to ensure he was fine, Izuku walked out of the room and into the hallway. At the end, he could see the exit not very far.

He entered the hallway normally, still cradling his right arm but not paying attention to the large amount of blood spewing from his wounds. He was focused on getting to the exit quickly, without applying too much pain to his arm.

Had he left Kazuma Kihara alone, he would have succeeded just fine.

Shortly after entering the hallway, Izuku's vision suddenly got blurry. His senses were starting to fade out again, just as they had earlier in the streets before being kidnapped.

This was the result of not stopping the bleeding that began earlier. By not doing enough about it, he put himself at a severe risk.

I… need to… get... out… of here…

He was desperate to reach the exit. Izuku needed medical attention and he already messed up by not trying harder to stop his bleeding.

His steps became more sloppy and his vision began swirling. The low levels of blood in his body were taking its toll quickly. Before long, Izuku would collapse and fall unconscious. If no one found him and/or didn't get assistance quick enough...

He would die.

But Izuku refused to let that stop him.

The door still seemed so far away, but he continued fighting against his failing body and kept walking.

A trail of blood followed him, coloring the floor red. But he continued to move forward and, despite all odds, he reached the door. He used every muscle in his body to push it open.

Why did he refuse to stop moving?

The door swung open, dumping Izuku into the streets of the city. It was still dark outside, but he wasn't done yet.

Why would someone, who would risk his own life to save one person, refuse to die?

He took a few more steps towards the streetlight, so he could be seen by someone. The blood continued to drip behind him, but Izuku didn't notice it.

For someone like Izuku Midoriya, the answer was simple.

A few more steps were taken, before his vision and legs finally gave out on him. A bleeding boy fell onto the concrete sidewalk, slipping into unconsciousness underneath a streetlamp.

He still wanted to save everyone.


That night was a very busy night for Anti-Skill.

Aiho Yomikawa had been called to seven different areas since midnight. It shouldn't even be legal working for that long, but Anti-Skill needed all hands on deck.

After solving an usual case at a nearby school, Yomikawa was wandering the streets of District 7. Normally, that would have been something within Judgement's jurisdiction, but the late time forced Anti-Skill to take over instead. She was reflecting on the details of the case that was just resolved.

What kind of massive pervert group goes into a school and plans a huge operation, just to place HD cameras in the girl's locker room? Especially at the start of summer break?

Indeed, it was an extremely unusual case. If she was in charge of that operation, she would have done things differently.

N-Not that she would have done such an operation in the first place!

Yomikawa turned right into a street filled with boarding houses. It wasn't a far distance from the school to her apartment in Family Side, so she opted to walk instead of driving.

The street she was on was quiet and empty. It was not as clean as some of the other areas of District 7, but it was still a relatively safe street to walk at night. The streetlamps illuminated the sidewalk and road, so it wasn't that bad.

Except, as Yomikawa kept walking down the sidewalk, she felt that something was very wrong.

It was very faint at first, but she could smell blood. It was a smell that she despised, because it usually meant that an operation wasn't going very well.

She ran forward, intent on finding the source of the blood. The smell got stronger as she got closer to the halfway point of the street. It didn't take long for Yomikawa to reach the source of the blood.

A strange green-haired boy was unconscious on the sidewalk, his right arm spewing out blood at a frighteningly fast rate. Three of his fingers were severely bruised and mangled to a very unnatural degree.

Who could have done this? She took a quick look around, but there was no one else in the streets.

Yomikawa quickly pulled out her phone and called an ambulance. Whilst doing that, she absently noted that there was a small trail of blood behind the boy leading to one of the boarding houses.

But she wasn't going to worry about that this instant. Once she confirmed that help was on the way, Yomikawa took off her anti-skill coat and wrapped it around the boy's arm, hoping to halt the blood.

She wasn't going to allow a child to die on her watch.


Izuku Midoriya, for the third time in 24 hours, was struggling to open his eyes.

"U-Ugh… why do I feel so tired..."

He expected to see his dorm room at UA filled with All Might merchandise. But instead, he only saw a white ceiling. When Izuku moved his body up, all he saw was a blank white room with a window to the right of his bed.

"Huh? Is this a hospital?! Why am I-"

And then the memories of last night finally struck him. He was teleported to a city in an alternate universe, got attacked by a girl with green laser orbs and was kidnapped by a crazy scientist. Izuku fell unconscious and nearly died from the blood loss, yet here he was, safe and sound.

Actually… was he safe?

Did the scientist get back up and take him again? Or did a different scientist take his body and send him to a "hospital" that was really a secret laboratory that performed illegal experiments that violated numerous human rights?!

"Ah, you're finally awake."

Izuku jumped in surprise. He nervously turned his head to his left and saw a frog-faced doctor standing next to his bed. The doctor was giving a small smile to the green-haired teen.

"H-Hi?" Izuku timidly greeted the doctor.

"Good afternoon. How are you doing?"

"Uh.. I think I'm doing ok… Wait, where am I?!"

"Glad to hear that you seem to be in good condition. As for your question, you're in District 7's hospital."

The District 7 part meant nothing to Izuku, but the hospital part made him relax slightly. It sounded safe and official to him. Especially since he has been in a lot of hospitals.

"Are you aware of the details surrounding your injuries? Specifically, what occurred to your right arm?"

"Oh!" He thought about it for a moment. "Well, sort of. My brain is... a little hazy on the details."

"That's alright. I can go more in detail about the specifics later. Do you think you're in a well enough condition to answer some questions from Anti-Skill?".

Anti-Skill? Are they like the police force here? "Uh, can you tell me a bit about Anti-Skill?"

"Ah, you aren't from around here? I did suspect that, with that hair color," the doctor joked. "But as I am a doctor, I'll do my best to fulfill my patient's requests. Anti-Skill are the group of people who help keep the peace in this city. They're basically Academy City's police force."

So my guess was correct. "That makes sense! By chance, do you know who brought me here?" He wanted to thank whoever it was for not leaving him to die.

"I do know. But unfortunately, I cannot bring them here right now. I can contact them, however, if that's what you want."

Izuku thought about it for a minute, before shaking his head. "I don't want to force them to come. But thanks!"

"I understand. I apologize for shifting the topic, but let's move back to my previous question." The frog-faced doctor turned his head to the monitors next to Izuku's bed and checked the data. "Do you think you're well enough to answer some questions from Anti-Skill right now?"

He considered the request in his head, then nodded. "I-I think so. Can I just stay here?"

"Of course. That was the plan anyways."

Soon after, the doctor left the room. After a few minutes of waiting, an Anti-Skill officer walked in, full uniform, and asked a few questions surrounding Izuku's injury. They explained how another officer had found him laying down on the sidewalk with a badly bleeding arm.

When they asked a question about if he was attacked, Izuku responded with his experience. "This weird scientist called himself Kihara Kazuma. He used a machine to s-stab me with some really sharp objects."

The officer's eyes widened slightly at the mention of 'Kihara', but Izuku didn't notice it. "And then I accidentally used my-"

Before he continued, Izuku cut himself off. He realized that this world likely didn't know what a "Quirk" was, as evidenced by the scientist apparently doing all of his actions to research more into his powers.

"Used your what?" the Anti-Skill officer motioned for him to continue.

"I-I accidentally used my… ability to blow him away." When the officer merely nodded, Izuku let out a sigh of relief. Looked like he was in the clear for now. After a couple more questions, the officer stood up.

"Ok, I think that's all of the details we needed. I only have one more question for you."

"Go ahead."

"Where are you from?"

And just like that, Izuku's situation got a lot more stressful.

"H-Huh? W-W-What do you mean?" His stuttering wasn't really convincing anyone.

"Anti-Skill has checked all of our databases, and your identity has not appeared anywhere there. Are you perhaps an illegal immigrant?".

How would Izuku respond to a question like that?! Should he make up a lie? Or tell the truth about where he came from?

He'd rather tell the truth, but he knew that was a terrible idea. One, he didn't know who he could trust with this information. And two, they would probably think he was crazy.

Wait… that scientist mentioned teleporter espers right? I-I don't know what esper means, but the teleporting part is important!

Sometimes, the best lies were ones made from half-truths. Izuku used this to his advantage.

"O-Oh, right! This might sound weird, but I think I was teleported here."

The officer raised an eyebrow. "Elaborate what you mean by that."

"Well, I was in…" Izuku paused for a second, thinking of how to phrase his location. He didn't want to say Mustafu, for fear that the city didn't exist. "...Shizuoka prefecture, going home from grocery shopping, when suddenly, I felt something touch my shoulder. I don't quite remember what happened after that, but I woke up in an alleyway here. That's all, I think."

The Anti-Skill officer was silent for a few moments. "If that's the case, do you have anyone we can contact to let them know you're ok?"

I didn't think about that! You useless Deku!

"U-Um… no I don't. Everyone I know is gone."

Izuku didn't realize how that sounded until the words came out. He winced at how it sounded, as if everyone was dead.

"Oh. I'm sorry about that. I apologize for asking. Do you at least have a residence?"

The quirk user shook his head.

The officer was starting to feel bad for asking these questions. It was painting a depressing picture for the green haired teen.

"Did you have anything on you when you teleported?"

Izuku began shaking his head, but then remembered that he did. "Oh yeah, my backpack! Where is it?"

"I have it right here," said a new voice. The Anti-Skill officer turned their head to the door with widened eyes. "I can deal with this boy. You can go now."

"O-Of course, Yomikawa!" The original officer bowed, before leaving the room, leaving Izuku with the new person. She was a tall female, with body proportions that left the quirk user slightly flustered just by looking at her.

"Uh, who are you?" Izuku asked.

"The name's Yomikawa Aiho. I'm the person that found you in the streets. I'm also an Anti-Skill operative, just like the one that was in here before."

"O-Oh!" Izuku's eyes widened slightly. "But the doctor said that he couldn't bring the person who saved me here."

"Did he now? Guess I'll have to consider giving that frog-faced guy a lesson." Yomikawa cracked her fists with an evil grin as she said that.

"Ah! Please don't do that! He's been nice to me!"

"Ha ha! I was just kidding. But you know, I overheard a little bit of the conversation you had. Were you seriously teleported here from outside of the city?"

Izuku nodded. "I-I'm pretty sure that's what happened." I don't know why, but I feel a little nervous?

Yomikawa, for some reason, suddenly lowered her voice and moved closer to Izuku, making him get more flustered. "Ok. I sort of broke protocol for this, so you better appreciate it. Normally, us Anti-Skill operatives have to do a full sweep of any belongings for suspicious characters like you."

"H-Huh?!"

"You failed to show up on any databases. That automatically made you suspicious in the eyes of the higher ups. However, luckily for you, you weren't marked suspicious until you already arrived at the hospital."

"...And?"

"I checked your backpack earlier, just to see that you weren't some terrorist who failed on their mission or something. You had no bombs, which was good. However, your wallet was inside there. Since we needed to make sure you weren't on any wanted lists, I checked it for any identification."

Izuku's face went slightly pale when it occurred to him what the only real identification he had was.

To showcase what she meant, Yomikawa took out his wallet from the backpack. She opened it and pulled out an ID card. Only it wasn't a typical identification card used in Japan.

It was Izuku's provisional hero license.

"'Izuku Midoriya', that's your name, right? Can you explain to me what this is?"

He gulped. How was he going to get out of this one? Would he have to tell the truth? Or would he lie about it?

"And if you're curious as to why I didn't just immediately hand this over to the others, it's because I'm sure you have a real story. The higher ups would just throw you into jail without a word. But don't try anything with me."

With a short amount of time, the only option he could think of was to wing it.

"I-I-It's a provisional h-hero license. It a-allows me to u-use my ability in public." He was so nervous that the stammering was far worse than it normally would be.

Yomikawa raised an eyebrow at this. "You said you were outside of Academy City, correct? I do not believe that there are regulations on power usage in Japan, so that makes this useless. And why is it called a 'Hero' license?"

Crap! I've ruined it! Izuku was sweating bullets, his brain desperately trying to think of a way out of the situation he put himself in. Unfortunately, the only solution he thought of was telling the whole truth about his existence here. Or at least enough to satisfy the lady.

Well that, or making up some story about it being a fake license for a gym or a club, but Izuku didn't trust himself in pulling that off without any doubts from the other side.

With a heavy sigh, Izuku left himself to his fate. "Are you going to believe what I say?"

Yomikawa gave a questioning look at this. "This is Academy City. Many crazy things have occurred here. Whatever has happened to you, I think I can handle it."

A small smile appeared on Izuku's face. "We'll see about that. I'd also prefer if you didn't tell others."

"I can't make any promises, kid, but I'll try my best." She also gave a small smile.

With that, Izuku began his story. He explained how he was from another universe where the majority of the population had powers. In order to manage these powers, you couldn't use them in public unless you had a hero license. These allowed you to use your powers in order to save people and stop villains from committing crimes.

He went on to explain how he got sent here by a villain with the power to teleport people to other universes, but that they didn't know about it themselves. He briefly mentioned what occurred when he got here, including what occurred with the laser girl and the scientist, before ending with him fainting.

At the end of it, Yomikawa was staring at Izuku with wide eyes. "W-Wow, that was certainly not what I was expecting."

Izuku let out a small laugh. "What would you have expected?"

"Hmm… something like a gym license or a club."

You mean that could have worked?!

She was silent for a little bit afterwards, going over everything Izuku said in her head. It was a world changing viewpoint, so it only made sense that it would take time for it to sink in. After a few minutes, she spoke up again.

"To be honest, I thought you were crazy at first. And to be honest, I think you still are a little bit. But all of that explains a few things, like your sudden appearance and the date listed on here."

That's… good?

"I may just be a teacher and Anti-Skill operative, but even I know how dangerous this information can be. I'll try my best to keep this information hidden."

That small kindness was enough for Izuku's eyes to suddenly burst with water, as if he was a water hydrant. "T-Thank you so much!"

"Hey, no problem kid. Although, maybe stop flooding the hospital bed."

"Eep! Sorry about that." Izuku wiped his eyes with his hands, but some tears still leaked out. "Oh, and thank you for saving me last night!"

"Once again, it's no problem. I couldn't bear the thought of letting a kid die in the streets like that. And it is my job to help keep the peace in this city."

They were silent for a few moments, before Yomikawa spoke up again. "Well, I have to leave now. But don't worry, I'll be back. Chances are that you'll need an actual ID now, so I'll get you that. We'll also have to discuss what to do from here."

A small pang of sadness rang from Izuku. After all, a really nice person actually listened to what he had to say and didn't dismiss him right away. Still, he understood that she was an adult and had responsibilities. "Okay."

"See you later, Midoriya!" Before Izuku could respond in kind, she had already left the room.


After the Anti-Skill operative left, the doctor returned to the room. He examined Izuku's arm again and asked a lot of questions about it, including what the scars were, where they came from and how his fingers got that messed up in the first place.

"Power overuse" was the excuse Izuku gave to the doctor, which seemed to satisfy his questioning. And it was technically true.

Soon after, the doctor explained that he could be discharged tomorrow, but Izuku explained that he needed to wait for Yomikawa to return with "some items that I'll need". He mentioned that he didn't know how long it would take.

After some deliberation, the doctor agreed to allow him to stay at least until Yomikawa returned with the items. He also said that he was free to explore the hospital in the meantime, as long as he had a nurse with him.

It was a strange policy not normally used on patients, but Izuku did feel like he needed to move around a little bit. When it got closer to sunset, he called for a nurse and asked to take a look around the lobby.

The two walked through the hallways of the hospital. Most of the rooms appeared to be unoccupied at the moment, but it was a little hard to tell.

Once he was in the lobby, he let his eyes wander around. It looked very similar to the hospital lobbies back in his world, just a little bit bigger. Guess that's something that doesn't change between universes.

Since night was quickly approaching, there were very few people in the waiting room. The only occupations were himself, his nurse, another adult with brown hair and a spiky haired boy with a nurse of his own.

Actually… now that he took a closer look, Izuku observed that the spiky haired boy looked confused. It was like he was seeing a hospital lobby for the first time.

Maybe he's lucky enough to never have to visit a hospital?

Oh how wrong that guess was. Just a few seconds later, one of the ceiling tiles fell down and nailed the boy right on the head. Then the impact caused him to slip on the floor and fall down. To make matters worse, he somehow landed in a way that made him look up at the nurse's outfit.

Needless to say, the nurse ran away in embarrassment.

Izuku's eyes widened slightly at what just occurred. Even though it wasn't his business, he still jogged over to the spiky haired boy. The nurse tried to get him to slow down, but he got to the boy before she could do anything.

"Are you alright?" Izuku asked, offering his left hand to the unlucky boy. He blinked in slight confusion, before grabbing it with his own left hand.

"Y-Yeah. W-We haven't met before, have we?" The boy said this with a nervous expression.

"I don't think so. I'm new to this city anyways!"

"Phew. I was worried that someone I knew appeared out of nowhere. N-Not that you're a terrible person or anything, haha!"

What does he mean by that?

"Well, guess I better go apologize to that nurse!" Before the spiky boy could leave the lobby, however, the coffee machine sitting by the counter suddenly disobeyed the laws of physics and whacked him in the head. Like before, he fell to the floor.

"..." Izuku was speechless. In the span of a minute, this guy had been smashed in the head by a ceiling tile and a physics defying coffee machine in a supposedly well managed hospital.

I take back what I said about his luck.

"S-Such Misfortune…" the boy mumbled with a downtrodden face. Just like before, Izuku offered his left hand and pulled him back up. "Thanks for the help."

"It was no problem! By the way, what is your name?" It was a bit unusual for someone to ask for names right after meeting them, but he felt like knowing who the unlucky person was.

"My name? Ah, it's… Kamijou Touma." Izuku noticed that he hesitated slightly, but he didn't think much about it.

"Nice to meet you, Kamijou! I'm Midoriya Izuku!" He gave a blinding smile that many back home would call "Way too bright!".

Kamijou blinked a bit in confusion, before giving a light smile of his own. "N-Nice to meet you too. Well, I really have to go! See you sometime later!" he shouted, before running into the halls.

Izuku was a bit surprised at his speed, but he guessed that he probably didn't want to get smashed in the head by another ceiling tile. Giving himself a mental shrug, he looked around the lobby a little more.

There wasn't much to see, so shortly after, he asked the nurse to take him back to his room. Once back in there, he decided to reevaluate his situation.

"I'm in a hospital. Luckily, the technology here was enough to fix my arm with no new damage. I wonder if they- no, not right now! Anyways, someone now knows about where I'm from. It's not ideal, but maybe it will work out in the end. Now, about this city…"

It just occurred to Izuku that he still knew very little about where he was. "I know nothing! What do I do about this?! Who would be willing to tell a stupid Deku like me about this city?!"

"I can do that, if you wish."

The green haired teen jumped in surprise for the second time that day. He was seriously getting a little sick of the same events occurring twice or more in a short period of time.

Standing by the door was the same frog-faced doctor from before. Izuku wondered how he knew what he was thinking.

"You were mumbling."

Ah. His face flushed in embarrassment. Still, if the doctor was willing to tell him about this city, then he would take that offer. "I-I'd be very thankful if you told me about this city."

The frog-faced doctor gave a small smile. "That's no problem for me. You're a patient, after all. Oh, it just occurred to me that you may not know who I am. Most people call me Heaven Canceller."

What a cool name!

And so, the Heaven Canceller explained to Izuku about the basics of Academy City, including what espers were, the different levels of espers and the district system.

By the end of it, night had finally fallen on the city. Izuku felt slightly guilty about taking up the doctor's time just for giving explanations to him. He was mostly appreciative, however.

"Thank you for the explanation, sir!" Izuku bowed his upper body to show his gratitude.

"Of course. Although, please don't call me sir." Despite this, Heaven Canceller still held a small smile. "If you want to know more, I unfortunately cannot help you. I know several people who can fill you in on the finer details."

It was a tempting offer, but Izuku shook his head. "Thanks, but I don't want to burden you anymore than necessary!"

"If that's what you want, that's fine. I must be going now to check on some of the other patients."

"Of course! See you later, Heaven Canceller!" With a wave, the doctor left the room, leaving Izuku much to think about.

So instead of Quirks, they're called Esper Abilities. They also have a ranking system based on how powerful their abilities are. Level 0 means you have a very weak ability or none at all, while Level 5 means you have a very strong ability. The vast majority of people with a power underwent a curriculum in order to develop these abilities, which makes them different from quirks…

For a moment, Izuku thought about if quirks worked like that. Would he have fulfilled his childhood wishes of having a power of his own, or would he have been one of the unlucky ones who couldn't develop any?

A-Anyways, Heaven Canceller mentioned something about AIM fields, but I didn't understand that. He didn't explain that very much, just that it was related to how espers got their powers. Oh well, maybe I can research more about that later.

"I wonder though, he mentioned how Academy City's population was majorly students. Since one has to undergo a 'curriculum' to do it, does it mean adults can't manifest abilities? Maybe I should ask someone about it…"

When Izuku thought about asking someone, his classmates from UA immediately popped to mind. It suddenly put him in a depressed mood, because he was far away from any of them right now.

"Kacchan… Uraraka… Iida…" He remembered how he just… left them! No goodbyes at all, no warning that he was in an alleyway fighting a dangerous villain, nothing! He just disappeared without a trace.

He needed to find a way home, but the picture was looking very bleak for Izuku. Granted, he still didn't know a lot about espers and such, so there was still a possibility that there was something out there that could help him.

It wasn't very likely though.

The change in thoughts left him too depressed to continue thinking about the information given by the frog-faced doctor. So instead, Izuku decided to pull the covers of the hospital bed in and closed his eyes.

That night, he didn't sleep very well.


And there we go! The following author's note is quite long, so just be warned.

Big thank you all for the support on chapter 1! 46 follows and 34 favorites is a lot for a new story like this one. But the 19 reviews was a really big surprise to see!

These bottom notes will be split into any initial notes, then me talking about the chapter, why I chose to take a story in a direction, before answering any reviews I received. So, let's get into it!

I hope you enjoyed the chapter! You can sort of start to see the story taking shape now, but again, I still haven't fully decided on the direction I'll be going in.

From last chapter: I said I had yet to decide whether I'll be using dub or sub terminology. After thinking about it and a few reviews, I decided to go with a mix of the two!

Basically, I will, for the most part, be avoiding the use of honorifics. I generally don't watch subbed anime and it would add complexity (for me) to the story. However, like I said, it's only for the most part. I think I'll use sensei a decent amount, since I think I can actually do that without messing something up. Also, if (Spoilers: it's probably a when) Kuroko appears, I'll be using Onee-sama instead of sissy.

And, as you saw here, "Such Misfortune" prevails!

I forgot to mention this in the previous chapter's author note, so I figured I would mention it here. On the MHA side of things, the school festival arc has concluded, but the pro hero arc has not occurred yet. This means that Izuku has already fought Gentle Criminal, but Endeavor and Hawks have not fought Hood just yet.

Now, let's talk about this chapter as a whole.

First of all, I hope you liked the Kihara OC I made! I considered going with one of the canon Kiharas, but when I looked through them, Gensei was the only one I figured who would actually do something like this early on. And at this time, the Level 6 Shift is still occurring, so I don't see Gensei moving his attention away from that. You could say Kazuma is one of the crazier Kiharas.

Next, Aiho Yomikawa. If you don't recall, she's the P.E teacher at Touma's school. To be honest, the direction I went with her was different than my initial plan. She went from not appearing at all, to showing up for a little bit, to suddenly being one of the major characters of this chapter. I'm hoping that I portrayed her well enough here, but it was a little hard considering that she isn't really that major of a character.

Which moves onto the next point that might be a bit controversial: Izuku telling Yomikawa about where he's from.

When I first started writing the story, I didn't intend for anyone to find out until much later on. But as I was writing the interactions between the two characters, I realized that due to Izuku's character and the fact that his wallet tagged along with the trip, it would be very hard for him to hide anything from the officials at first. Izuku is not the type of person who can make a huge lie without some big planning beforehand, so to me, it felt like this was the natural sequence of events. But don't worry, he didn't tell her EVERYTHING, just the very basics.

Another note: It might be a bit confusing for Izuku to call himself a "useless Deku", considering what his hero name is, but I think it's in character. You can't just wipe out ten years of an insulting name within the span of 6 months or so. To me, Deku the hero is what he aspires to be, and if he doesn't reach that, then he's just a useless Deku. That's my take on it.

Finally, Touma Kamijou! The scene with him and Izuku was honestly hard to write, because of the fact that Touma is technically less than a day old (And the scene itself was admittedly a little forced, but I think it's still realistic). His memory was wiped around the same time Izuku arrived in Academy City. So I had to consider how he would act in a situation with a random stranger.

I think that's all I wanted to mention about the chapter. Onto the reviews!

From multiple reviewers: You all mentioned the Toaru Fandom and how I might just get utterly destroyed by it. I actually wasn't aware of that to be honest and I heavily appreciate it. While I'd like to think I'll be immune to any criticism and just keep on going, I'm not actually sure. But I will do my best to persevere!

From multiple reviewers (again): Izuku vs the Level 5s. That's spoilers, but don't worry, I'll do my best to make the power levels as accurate as possible. That's all I can really say to be honest.

From Guest: "I think he's jumping to the conclusion that he's in a different universe it's been 200 years since Quirks happened so some city names are bound to have changed or history of the names of certain cities May have been lost to history due to the chaos quirks caused". That's a fair thing to say. However, I would say that a city like Academy City, which apparently takes up 1/3 of Tokyo (or something like that, I might be wrong) with advanced technology and a literal wall would certainly be mentioned in the MHA world in some form, even if it was utterly destroyed.

That's all of the reviews! Now, before I end this note, I do have a question for you all.

Should Touma's Imagine Breaker work on One For All? When I go over it in my head, I can think of valid viewpoints for both sides. So I decided to leave it up to you guys. What do you think?

Don't know when the next chapter will be. Anyhow, I'll see you guys later!