Author's Note: Hey everyone, FireSlash here and welcome to the fourth chapter of 'Immortality Sucks'. I want to thank everyone for showing this story support. Now, as some of you know, I made a decision as to what I'm going to do regarding Izuku's resurrecting abilities: This story will keep the 'reset the day' aspect while I'll be making another story where Izuku is more like the actual resurrection man. I don't know when it'll come out. Anyways, the pairing for this fic has yet to be determined. Please let me know in the comments who you want to see Izuku with (between Ochako, Tsuyu, and Yui). In regards to the pairing for the other version of this fic, it'll be the same three girls. I'll decide between the top two options as to which Izuku will end up with which girl.

Anyways, that's all I have to say for now, so let's get right to the story. Review and enjoy :-).

0000

Izuku watched the rest of the exercise go down. Being the first to go gave him the benefit of being able to analyze his classmates without having to worry about his match, so he did just that. By the time the last group went, the boy had created a page for everyone, completely noting their strengths and weaknesses. Well, there was still one person he had yet to do. For some reason, his classmate Shoto Todoroki has yet to use the fire aspect of his quirk. Based on the interviews he's seen with his fathe, the number two hero Endeavor, the boy had the ability to summon ice and fire from his left and right side respectively. Why he has yet to use his fire remained a mystery. Perhaps he has no natural resistance to fire, meaning that if he overused it, it would burn him. It would explain the burn mark surrounding his eye.

Eventually, the exercises ended and his class was dismissed. Grabbing his bag and slinging it over his shoulder, the boy was prepared to go home, only for someone to stop him.

"Hey Deku!"

Izuku froze in his tracks upon hearing Ochako say Katsuki's nickname for him, a fist forming inside his sweater pocket. He was really hoping that he didn't have to hear that name from anyone besides his bully now that he was out of middle-school, but alas, it doesn't look like things will change. It's whatever though, he didn't care too much. He'll get used to it again.

Turning around, he shot the girl and Tenya a quizzical look, the other boy having followed Ochako.

"Let's walk together," The girl said with a beaming smile.

"...Sure," Izuku replied. He usually walked alone and he liked the peace and quietness that came with it, but who was he to deny such a request? "As long as you don't call me 'Deku' again."

"But isn't that what Bakugo calls you?"

Izuku blinked. Turns out the girl wasn't aware of social cues. "As an insult 'cause my quirk barely works."

Guilt began to consume the girl. "Oh shoot! I'm so sorry! I didn't know!"

Seeing that the girl was genuinely sorry, Izuku simply brushed off the misunderstanding. "It's fine. Just for the future though, you shouldn't repeat nicknames unless you get that person's permission."

"I won't," Ochako said with a bow. Great, now Izuku was feeling a bit guilty…

Thankfully Tenya was there to provide a much needed distraction. "An insult? Did U.A really accept someone like him?"

Izuku had to stifle a laugh. "Yeah. You've seen the entrance exams. People like him thrive there. It's not like U.A does psychological evaluations anyways…"

"You do make a good point. Perhaps I should write a formal complaint to the school…"

"Well, I think 'Deku' sounds like 'Dekiru'," Ochaco cut in. "Like 'you can do it'."

Izuku noted that she had a good point. "I mean, if you want to call me Deku with that meaning, you can." It'll also make Katsuki angry, so that's a win in his book.

"But weren't you saying you dislike that name?" Tenya asked.

"Personally, as long as she's not insulting me, I don't really care. It's whatever. I just thought I'd have to deal with another Bakugo. One's a pain in the ass as it is..."

Eventually, the three teens reached the train station closest to their school, where they split off. Much to his relief, Izuku didn't die while heading home.

0000

"Oh hey, there he is," a muscular boy said the next day as Izuku walked into the classroom.

Izuku blinked, why was everyone looking at him? It was too early for him to deal with people, especially since he had to deal with the press earlier this morning. They found out All Might was teaching at U.A and were eagerly aiming to get interviews. "U, hi?"

"Dude, you were beyond manly out there yesterday!" A red haired boy ecstatically told him, eagerly standing up so he could move closer to the boy.

"Uh, what?" Was Izuku missing something here?

"Your match motivated us. You took out Bakugo like it was nothing!" The red-head told him. "We wanted to talk to you yesterday, but you left before we could."

"You were all over the place," a pink skinned girl with horns said with the same energy as the red haired boy, this girl being the same one who had angered Aiwaza during the quirk assessment test. "Ducking and striking like nothing!"

"I have to admit, it was quite elegant-" a blonde kid began to say, only to be cut off by the pink haired girl.

"So cool! Ah, I never introduced myself. I'm Mina Ashido."

"I'm Ejiro Kirishima," the red haired boy from earlier said, jumping back into the conversation.

Not missing a beat, the blonde kid decided to make his presence known. "I am the magnifique Yuga Aoyama."

"And I'm Rikido Sato," the muscular boy said with a smile, contradicting his rather intimidating stature. "Nice job out there. You really kicked butt!"

"Thanks…" Izuku wasn't used to being on the receiving end of praise, so he began analyzing his classmates to see if there were any ulterior motives behind their actions. When he determined there were none, he allowed himself to relax a bit. He already liked them better than his middle-school classmates.

Sitting down at his desk, the boy scribbled down some notes in his journal as he waited for the rest of his classmates and his teacher to show up. Eventually, they all did.

"Good, it only took you guys two seconds to be quiet," Shota remarked. "Much better than yesterday, but still not good enough. Now, I've seen your battle trials, and for the most part, you all did well. However, there's still more to be done."

'What now?' The class thought to themselves, wondering what strange activities their teacher had planned for them.

"You need to elect a class representative," the man told them as the class sighed in relief.

'Finally, a normal school activity.'

Immediately, everyone began eagerly volunteering themselves as Izuku stayed in the background, a non-caring expression plastered on his face. He personally didn't want the role as it would cut into his training and vigilantism.

"Silence everyone, please!" Tenya shouted "The class representative's duty is to lead others; it's not something just anyone can do. You must first have the trust of every student in the classroom. Therefore, the most logical way to fill this position is democratically. We will hold an election to choose our leader!"

"Is this really the best idea?" A blonde boy, Denki Kaminari asked, sharing the opinion of some of his classmates. "Everyone will just vote for themselves."

"Most people will, but that means whoever does receive multiple votes must truly be the most suitable for the job." Tenya explained before facing his teacher. "It's the best way, right?"

"I don't care how you do it, just make it quick."

'Hm, who should I vote for?' The boy thought to himself. There were two people he felt would be best for the position; Momo and Tenya. Momo was without a doubt the most intelligent person in the class, her critiques during the battle exercises showing as much, but he didn't know how well she could deal with stress. Tenya, while not as bright as Momo, was definitely an intelligent person, but was a bit stiff. This could work in his favor though as he would be better at keeping the rest of the class in check. Shrugging, he eventually decided to put Tenya's name on the paper solely because he knew the boy better.

Once the votes were casted, Tenya began putting up a tally system on the whiteboard to keep track of how many votes everyone received. As expected, a good chunk of the class voted for themselves. How else would someone explain how Minoru, the person already designated as the class pervert, received a vote? Izuku ended up getting caught up with watching the amount of tallies Momo and Tenya received that he didn't notice the fact he received six votes himself.

"It seems Midoriya will be our president while Yaoyorozu will be our vice president," Tenya stated, causing Izuku to perk up.

'Huh? Who voted for me?'

"Who the fuck voted for Deku?!" Katsuki yelled, vocalizing Izuku's thoughts. "Why the fuck would anyone do that!?"

"Well, for starters, he's not a ticking time bomb," Denki snarked, causing the other blonde to stare at him.

"I'll fucking kill you!"

"My point exactly."

As much as it pains me that I was not elected, I wish the two of you the best of luck," Tenya stated as an attempt to prevent Katsuki from doing anything rash. Thankfully, it ended up working.

"Thank you," Momo said with a bow.

Meanwhile, Izuku was mentally frowning to himself. He really didn't want the position. Thankfully, there was a quick fix to his problem.

"Thanks for voting for me, I guess. As my first and final act as president, I'm handing over my position to Yaoyorozu," Izuku told everyone. "And since Iida got the most votes besides us, I'm making him vice-president."

"Midoriya, are you sure?" Tenya asked as everyone glanced at him questioningly.

"Yeah, I don't want the position," Izuku replied as he walked back to his desk. "I think it's better to give it to someone who wants it and will do a good job over half-assing it myself."

Tenya nodded. "I understand. Thank you for electing me vice-president. I will do everything in my power to fulfill this job!"

"The same goes for me as president," Momo said with a politful bow.

0000

It's been two days since Yui Kodai was admitted to U.A's class 1-B and she was adjusting just fine. It wasn't hard for her to do so as she was quite adaptable to begin with. Her classes felt like ordinary classes, but a bit more difficult. Still, she was confident in her ability to succeed. Unlike her classmates however, the fact she was being taught by pro heroes didn't faze her. She simply saw them as her teachers who had a side job.

Speaking of her classmates, she found most of them to be nice. Loud, but nice. Despite this, she didn't really feel any other connection to them. Like her teachers, she simply saw them as her classmates. Some have tried making small talk with her, but she only answered with her typical hums and one word answers. Oddly enough, they still try to engage her in conversations. Besides her weird fan club back in middle school, this was the first time anyone's bothered to do so. Being the antisocial girl she is, she found their attempts to be a bit annoying, but didn't let it bother her too much. Her classmates were only trying to be friendly with her and who was she to get upset at something so innocent?

It was lunchtime now and Yui had plans to make her way to the rooftop, the place she ate lunch yesterday. No one used it, the students preferring the cafeteria, so it was the perfect spot for an introvert like her to hang out. Being served her lunch by U.A' s chef and pro-hero Lunch Rush, she was about to go to the rooftop when she noticed him from the corner of her eye. A boy with curly green hair and a tired disposition. Yui was an observant girl and she immediately noticed how similar his posture looked to that of the vigilante who helped her a few months back. Listening in to the conversation he was having with two of his friends (at least, she thought they were friends), she also noticed that his voice sounded oddly similar to the vigilante as well, just less deep.

Now, Yui didn't like talking to people, but she was interested to see if her assumptions were right. After all, the vigilante was the first person she found herself genuinely curious about and she still wanted to thank him for helping her. As such, she decided to make her way to his table. If she was wrong, so be it. It wasn't like they'll see each other again, unless one of them wills it to happen...

0000

Izuku saw himself as an existential thinker, constantly having questions like 'what's the purpose of life' and 'what is true death like' floating around in his head. Sometimes, he'd even ponder the questions he didn't want an answer to, such as 'what if everytime I die I'm actually not sent back in time but I'm sent to a different universe instead?'

However, the question he finds himself asking the most is 'why the fuck does this keep happening to me?,' this referring to the fact he keeps dying in ridiculous ways.

Take his first attempt at the entrance exam as an example. The robots were made to be non-lethal, but he was still killed anyways. Then there was the time he was in a constant loop as he kept falling while trying to climb some stairs. Only half of them were caused by him falling down them by the way. Dud quirks were the worst…

Today was another example of him dying in a ridiculous manner. It was lunchtime and Izuku snagged a seat for himself, Ochako and Tenya following him. He still had to get used to the fact there were people that were being nice to him.

"I can't believe you gave away your presidency," Ochako casually remarked as the three ate.

"It's whatever," Izuku absentmindedly replied. "Like I said before, better to give it to someone who wants it and will do a good job."

"And I thank you for electing me as vice-president," Tenya said.

"I guess so," Ochako stated. "You know, I'm surprised you didn't vote for yourself Iida. You look like you'd want the position with your glasses and everything."

'I don't think that's how you should be judging people,' Izuku mentally sighed in his head.

"I did want the position, but I personally believe that being a hero requires knowing when you should take charge and when you should allow others to take the lead. I thought Midoriya would make for a better leader than myself, so I acted accordingly."

"That's really cool," Ochako stated, her eyes gleaming in amazement.

"I'm glad you think so," Tenya bashfully said. "My older brother was the one who taught me this."

"You must admire your brother a lot." Izuku offhandedly noted.

"Indeed I do. My brother is my inspiration for being a hero."

"So he's a pro hero himself?" Izuku asked, causing Tenya to freeze up.

"I was afraid people would treat me differently if they knew, but yes, my brother is the pro hero Ingenium," Tenya admitted. Izuku immediately recognized the name. While he wasn't in the top ten, he was a well respected hero who has done more humanitarian work than any of them. The amount of people employed in his agency was also the highest out of any hero. "The name Ingenium is the name passed down by the Iida family. I hope to one day serve as the successor to my brother."

"Wow! That's really cool," Ochako stated for the second time. Izuku nodding in agreement. "I think you'll do great."

"Thank you."

Suddenly, without warning, someone took a seat at their table. None of them could recognize the newcomer, but it was Yui Kodai, ready to begin her interrogation.

"Uh, hi," Ochako said, trying her best to strike up a conversation with the new girl. However, Yui's attention was completely focused on Izuku, analyzing his very being. "Is there something you need?"

"...It's you," the girl stated as she continued staring at Izuku. Some might gawk at how blunt Yui was being, but it was how she knew how handle social situations best.

"Me?"

"You helped me."

"I did?" Izuku began thinking back to the all the times he's helped someone. Eventually he was able to recognize her. Seeing as he did nothing illegal, Izuku decided to admit that he was the vigilante who helped her. "Oh, you were the girl I helped with some thugs. How'd you know it was me?"

"Your posture and voice."

Izuku frowned. There was a reason why he hardly spoke when playing vigilante. Thankfully, it was only someone he helped who recognized him, so there was no need to worry about retaliation.

"Deku, what is she talking about?" Ochako asked the boy.

"I sometimes help people at night," Izuku told her. "I saw some men following her and interfered."

Ochako tilted her head. "Like a vigilante?"

"Yeah."

"While it is commendable that you have helped people, I hope you realize that vigilantism is illegal," Tenya told him. "Unfortunately, I must report this to the authorities."

"Vigilantism is only illegal if you use a quirk," Izuku told him, not bothered by his claim. He then turned his attention to Yui. "Uh-"

"Yui Kodai."

"Kodai, did I use a quirk?"

"No."

Izuku turned back to Tenya. "See, nothing to worry about."

Tenya nodded. "I understand. Forgive me for jumping to conclusions."

Izuku opened his mouth to say something, but the sound of an alarm cut him off.

"Level Three Security Breach detected. All students are to evacuate outside in a swift and orderly manner."

Wasting no time, everyone in the cafeteria began fleeing the facility. Unfortunately, with how unorganized everyone was, it was nearly impossible to squeeze out.

"What's a Level Three Security Breach?" Tenya promptly asked an upperclassman that passed by him.

"It means someone infiltrated school grounds!" yelled the upperclassmen, "In my three years here, this has never happened before! We have to get out of here!"

Now, Izuku was a smart boy. He knew that there was nothing to worry about, otherwise there would be a teacher making this announcement instead of a pre-recorded message. He also knew that with his luck, if he went along with the crowd of students trying to leave, he'd be trampled on and killed. As such, he decided to casually eat his lunch, not batting an eye to all the chaos going on. Of course, the boy had picked the outermost seat of all the ones at his table, so he was still trampled by the other students.

Upon being resurrected, Izuku sat up on his bed and angrily grumbled to himself. "Motherfucker."

Why did the universe hate him? Doesn't it know that death wasn't a painless process and neither was his form of resurrection?

Thankfully, when lunch rolled around again, he chose the innermost seat, so when the alarm blared, the boy was able to eat his lunch in peace.

Still though, less death would be nice. He was having such a good week, not having died once.

'Hopefully this will be my last death for a while,' Izuku thought to himself as he watched Tenya diffuse the situation. The boy had Ochako use her quirk on him, and propelling himself with his own quirk, made his way to the front entrance where he informed everyone that it was just the press and no one was in danger. 'Not too much to ask for, right?'

If only Izuku knew how this week would end…

0000

"Midoriya, I'm the type of person who says what's on their mind," his classmate Tsuyu Asui said to him. Currently, the class was on a bus that was taking them to U.A's Unforeseen Joint Simulation facility (USJ for short) so they could do some rescue training today. "So I have to ask, does your quirk really give you a random quirk on random days?"

Izuku put down his 'Hero Analysis Journal' and glanced at the frog girl, curious as to what reason she was asking that question. He gave her a false yet simple answer. "Yes."

Thankfully, this satisfied the girl's curiosity and he was able to go back to scribbling some notes down in his book. The class began talking to themselves, but Izuku didn't pay them any attention.

"Quiet back there," Shota grumbled at his class. "We're almost there."

True to his word, the bus began pulling up in front of the USJ. After exiting the bus and entering the building, the class was greeted with an individual in an astronaut suit.

"Hello everyone! I've been waiting for you," the individual greeted. Izuku stared at the hero with some excitement. Thirteen is one of the greatest and well-known rescue heroes to ever exist during the Age of Quirks, so getting the chance to meet the hero in person was exciting to a hero nerd like himself, and he wasn't the only one who thought so.

"It's the space hero, Thirteen!" Ochako exclaimed, bouncing on her heels. Somehow, she seemed to be even more excited to meet Thirteen than he was, though looking at her costume showed that she had taken inspiration from the hero's own. It seemed like Thirteen to her was All Might to him.

"Now, allow me to show you what's inside," Thirteen politely said, ushering the class inside. "Please, follow me."

Upon entering the USJ, the class was greeted with a view of several different terrestrial areas, each with a different disaster that heroes could possibly encounter while on the job. One had mountains, another was a red dome, one had broken and damaged buildings, another was a gigantic pool-like area with a ship in its middle, and so on.

"A shipwreck, a landslide, a fire, a wind storm, etc. I created this training facility to prepare you to deal with different types of disasters. I call it: The Unforeseen Simulation Joint! But you can call it USJ!" The space hero informed the class.

"Shouldn't All Might be here already?" Shota whispered to his colleague as everyone continued marveling at the facility.

"He's currently out doing something, you know how he is," Thirteen informed him, flashing three fingers at the man. The hero then began speaking to the class. "Before we begin, let me just say one thing. Well, maybe two things. Maybe three, or four, or five…"

"Clock's ticking," Shota reminded the hero.

"Right. As some of you know, my quirk is called 'Black Hole'. My quirk allows me to suck up and turn anything to dust."

"Your quirk let you help people no one else could reach," Ochako remarked.

"Indeed it has. However, you should know that my quirk can also easily kill people." When Thirteen said this, the entire atmosphere changed. "While, yes, I have saved dozens of people thanks to my power, it could also be used to kill. One wrong move, and my quirk goes from hempful to deadly in a snap. Some of you have similar quirks. They can either aid or harm others and it's up to you to make sure that they remain helpful when rescuing civilians. Aizawa's fitness test showed you the strengths and weaknesses of your quirks. All Might's combat training taught you that your quirks can be dangerous when used against someone. I ask for everyone to remember these lessons, for today you'll be learning how to use your quirks to save someone's life. Thank you."

Class 1-A began applauding their teacher, only to stop when Shota raised his hand, silencing them.

"I appreciate the applause. Now, let us begin-" Thirteen said, only for the lights inside the USJ to begin rapidly flickering as the sound of a door locking behind itself made itself known. Unknown to everyone, today's lesson was about to be postponed. "What is that?"

Following the direction that Thirteen was pointing to, Shota and his class saw several misty portals appear, dozens upon dozens of people exiting. Each looked different, but one thing was common amongst them, they all had bloodthirsty looks to them. The last to leave the portals were a man with several decaying hands attached to him and a black creature bigger than All Might and an exposed brain. The portals then disappeared, leaving behind a single humanoid with mist surrounding their head and limbs.

"Hm… the only real heroes I see are Thirteen and Eraserhead." The purple mist spoke. The man with the hands attached to him frowned.

"Where the hell's All Might?" the man asked, venom laced in his voice. "The schedule said he was supposed to be here today…"

"I thought that we were doing rescue work today?" Ejiro questioned his teachers, only to realize that all their attention was on the newcomers

Shota, having realized what was going on, braced himself for combat. "Thirteen, protect the students! These are real villains!"

Everyone in Class 1-A felt their blood freeze. What were real villains doing here?

"Where is he?" The man growled at the two heroes, loud enough for them to hear him. "I went through all the trouble of bringing so many friends who were eager to meet him. They want All Might, the great symbol of peace. I can't believe he's not here… maybe the sight of a few dead kids will get him to come…"

"I'll hold them off. Thirteen, get the students out of here."

Izuku wanted to join the fray, knowing that against a crowd, Shota would struggle due to him relying on ambush tactics in most of his fights, but decided against it as he didn't know what he was going up against. His teacher was more prepared than he was and if Shota was killed, all Izuku had to do was die. It was best that he analyzed his situation for now…

"Greeting U.A students," the voice of the mist man said from behind Thirteen and the students, him somehow having managed to sneak up on them. "I am Kurogiri and we are the League of Villains. I apologize for the intrusion, but our goal is to make sure that All Might, the symbol of peace, takes his final breath today. Sadly, he is not here, so I'll be needing your help to get him."

"Everyone, get behind me!" Thirteen said, prepared to fight this villain. However, before the hero could do anything, Katsuki and Ejiro launched themselves at the mist man, unleashing devastating attacks.

"Fuck off!"

"You think we'd let you have your way with us?"

"It seems that you truly are the golden apples of your generation," Kurogiri said, much to the surprise of everyone. Somehow he managed to avoid getting hit by two of the strongest members of the class. "Unfortunately, I do not have time to deal with you, so I must bid you ado."

The man then surrounded everyone in mist. Thankfully, Thirteen was able to activate 'Black Hole' and suck up some of the mist, saving some people from being warped away. Sadly, not everyone was saved, Izuku being one of them…

0000

When the mist began surrounding the boy, Izuku closed his eyes, not wanting any of it to get into his eyes in case the mist was acidic. Opening his eyes, Izuku found himself underwater. Sadly, he wasn't alone as a shark-like man began approaching him.

"Nothing personal kid, but you're chum," the villain said, opening his mouth to bite the young boy. Izuku frowned as he whipped out his staff. Like most people who lacked a water-based quirk, the boy was ill-suited to fight underwater. Thankfully, before the man could bite him, a green blur rammed into the villain, knocking him back. Glancing at his savior, he noticed that it was his classmate Tsuyu. Wrapping her tongue around him, she brought him to the surface and threw him onto a boat. It didn't take the boy long to realize that he was in the water zone. Sadly, the boat was surrounded by villains, each appearing to have an aquatic based quirk.

Izuku shot his classmate a thankful nod, one she responded to with her own. Making their way to a place where they could see the villains, the two teens began surveying their surroundings

"There's a lot of them…" Tsuyu remarked. "My quirk may help me underwater, but I don't think I can take them all on."

"Oh god, we're going to die!" Minoru hysterically declared, making Izuku realize that his shorter classmate was also on the boat. "We're going to die!"

Izuku noticed how both his classmates appeared to be nervous, with Tsuyu shaking slightly and Minoru being in hysterics. Unlike him, they had a reason to be afraid. Situations like these made him feel abnormal. Fear of death was supposed to be a natural thing, but the boy lacked such a feeling…

Shaking his head, Izuku decided to get his head in the game and took another survey around the area. Naturally, he realized that the situation wasn't looking too good for them. They were surrounded on all sides.

Well, at least it wouldn't look good if not for the fact his class were allowed to bring their hero costumes with them. Izuku currently has his own on him and everything that came with them, including his electric arrows and electric disks. Another glance at the Villains told Izuku that the chances of them having an electric based quirk were slim to none. They weren't moving either, trying to find out what they were capable of, meaning that the villains had no idea what Izuku could do. They were also closely packed together, making it so that Izuku could get them all in one go, his arrows electrifying a twenty foot diameter upon hitting water. All that was left was to create an escape route, and Izuku had just the plan.

"Hey Asui, think you can leap us about thirty feet away from here?"

"Yes, but why?" The frog-girl questioned the boy. "And call me Tsuyu."

Smirking, Izuku took an arrow from his quiver and shot it into the water, electrocuting all the villains in front of him.

"What the hell-"

Before the villains behind them could react, another arrow was shot into the water, knocking them out.

"As long as we land thirty feet or more away from them, we won't get electrocuted," Izuku told her as he picked up Minoru. "We should get going."

Wrapping her tongue around him, Tsuyu launched the three of them out of harm's way.

"We're… alive?" Minoru asked, amazed by the fact they had managed to beat the villains. "WE'RE ALIVE!"

The boy wrapped his arms around Tsuyu, secretly trying to crop a celebratory feel, only for Izuku to bop him in the head.

"Let's get out of here."

0000

Reaching the end of the water zone, the three teens continued lurking in the water. Unfortunately, the hand man and the large creature weren't very far from them, so popping out wasn't a good idea, especially since it seems like the hand man was in charge, making him potentially the most dangerous of the bunch. While Izuku didn't have to worry about dying, the villain could kill one of his classmates instead, making it stupid to rush in. In the background, Eraserhead was fighting the crowd of villains and was actually winning despite their large numbers. Unfortunately, he was slowing down, fatigue catching up to him.

"Hm, he's doing well against all this cannon fodder," The man said to himself as the creature continued standing idly. Why it was doing so, Izuku couldn't tell. It looked pretty strong, so siccing it on his teacher seemed like it would be a good decision. "Typical mid-boss."

Having knocked out another thug, Shota noticed that there was now a free passage to the man who seemed to be the mastermind behind the operation. Not wasting any chances, Shota began rushing towards the villain. Seeing this, the hand villain launched himself forwards and attempted to strike the pro-hero with a palm strike. Shota attempted to counter with a blow from his elbow, but the man managed to catch the blow. When he did so, the cloth and skin around Shota's elbow began to disintegrate. The remaining thugs began to gang up on the hero as their boss backed away, satisfied with his work.

"Shigaraki," the voice of Kurogiri echoed behind the man, a ball of mist forming and revealing the mist man a second later. "Thirteen has been incapacitated, but one of the students managed to escape."

Hearing this made Izuku relieved. It meant that at least some of his classmates were still doing all right. Hopefully everyone else was alright as well, or else he'll have to kill himself again.

"Tch, if you weren't my ticket out of here, I would have killed you," Shigaraki muttered under his breath as he watched Eraserhead defeat the last of the thugs.

"Give it up," Eraserhead declared. "I've beaten everyone you've thrown at me."

"Give up? Why should I?" Shigaraki said with a laugh. "You haven't even faced the final boss yet. Nomu, destroy him!"

What followed next can only be described as absolute carnage. Managing to move faster than Tenya, the creature began fighting Eraserhead, crushing the pro hero with little effort. The Nomu was not only faster than Eraserhead, but it was stronger, far stronger. Nothing Shota did even phased it as it managed to break his arm and hold him down.

Shigaraki laughed as the fight continued. "Meet Nomu, the Anti-Symbol of Peace! The thing destined to take down All Might!"

Izuku, Tsuyu, and Minoru could only watch as their teacher was beaten, knowing that if they tried to interfere now, it could result in their teacher being killed. If that thing was as strong as Shigaraki said it was, their interference won't do much. Izuku was preparing to off himself to save his teacher, but thankfully, the villains only seemed satisfied with beating him down, perhaps as a message to All Might when he eventually arrives. There was no way he wasn't coming after receiving word of what was happening to his students.

Unfortunately, the three needed to act soon and the time to act was coming up fast.

"Tch, All Might's taking too long," Shigaraki grumbled to himself, scratching his neck in irritation. "He should be punished for this." A sinister smile formed on the villain's face. "I wonder how All Might will react to some dead bodies."

Time suddenly slowed down for Izuku as Shigaraki rushed towards them without warning. Arm stretched, he was prepared to use his quirk on Tsuyu's face. However, Izuku was at peak human strength and has dealt with fast opponents before. Pushing Tsuyu out of the way, Izuku prepared to take the full-blunt force of the villain's quirk, staring the man down despite his incoming death. However, despite the fact Shigaraki was touching his face, his death never came.

Looking back at Eraserhead, both Izuku and Shigaraki noticed that the man was staring at the villain despite being utterly destroyed.

Shigaraki gave the man an evil grin. "Even when down, you still fight. You're so cool Eraserhead!"

The Nomu smashed the hero's head in response, knocking him unconscious. Moving itself next to its master, it allowed for the other thugs to start surrounding the fallen hero. "Now, where was I?"

*CRACK!*

Izuku swung his staff at Shigaraki while he was still distracted. However, the villain was quicker than he thought, so instead of nailing him right in the back of the head like he wanted, he smacked him right across the face.

"You brat!" Shigaraki snarled at the boy, only for his twisted smile to return when he saw Izuku brace himself for combat. His curiosity was piqued, especially when he noticed the boy wasn't even remotely afraid. "Oh, what's this?" Shigaraki asked no one in particular. "It seems that a new challenger has approached. You really think you can take on the Anti-Symbol of Peace? Your funeral. Nomu, forget the teacher and kill the kid."

Doing as it was told, the Nomu smashed Shota's head into the ground right as Izuku nocked an electric arrow. In an instant, the Nomu was in front of Izuku and raised its arm to crush his new opponent. The boy shot the beast, the arrow sinking into the thing's skin, as it grunted due to the electricity coursing through its body. However, it didn't go down, the voltage being too weak.

'The hell?' Izuku asked himself. Typically only one electric arrow was needed to bring down an opponent. Whatever this thing was, it was a monster.

"Surprised?" Shigaraki asked Izuku, the Nomu holding off on fighting him upon seeing its master. "Super strength, shock absorption, and super regeneration," Shigaraki began listing off all of the Nomu's abilities while Izuku tried to pump another arrow into it. Sadly, it seems like he'd need to somehow produce as much voltage as Denki could to bring the Nomu down. "He's the perfect counter to All Might. Nomu, kill him."

Before Izuku could react, the Nomu swung its arm and struck Izuku, the force splattering the boy's guts across the wall.

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Izuku sighed when he woke up. "It's going to be one of those days, isn't it?" The boy then looked at the bucket he always kept besides his bed. "Looks like I'll be using you a lot, old friend."

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His second attempt went as well as the first one, except with one minor difference. Izuku had a high level shock absorption quirk. During homeroom and his classes, the boy began detailing everything he knew about the Nomu and Shigaraki. The latter was quite quick, was at least decent in close quarter combat to be able to tag a tired EraserHead, and his quirk allowed him to disintegrate everything he touched. Whether he needed to use all five fingers like Ochako did for her own quirk wasn't something he could determine yet. The Nomu had shock absorption, regeneration, and enhanced strength. The regeneration and enhanced strength were what allowed it to shrug off his arrows. The shock absorption would prevent him from being able to use blunt force against it, although it didn't protect it from being pierced. Izuku noticed that its brain was exposed, so it was possible for him to kill it with an explosive tipped arrow. Why it wasn't covered, he didn't know. Currently, that was his best bet at killing the beast.

When things went down at the USJ, Izuku did everything he did before, except this time, he put himself in front of Tsuyu and Minoru when they arrived at the villains. Sure, EraserHead was going to protect them at the last minute, but there was a chance for things to go differently, and Izuku didn't want to risk that happening to his classmate. He hated seeing other people dying, even if he could bring them back. It meant that someone was going through what he was always going through and it sickened him.

When the encounter between the teens and the villains happened, Izuku made sure to hit Shigaraki again. Eventually, it was time to face the Nomu. Nocking an explosive arrow, the boy shot the Nomu in the brain, causing it to blow up. However, much to his surprise, the brain began regenerating.

"You think we'd leave such a weakness wide open?" Shigaraki mocked Izuku. "Nomu has more than one brain! How else do you think it could handle the strain of having multiple quirks? Nomu, kill him!"

Again, the Nomu swung its arm at Izuku, causing the boy to crash into a pile of rocks.

"That's one kid down." With Izuku seemingly disposed of, Shigaraki turned his attention towards EraserHead. "I wonder how many more I need to kill before All Might arrives-"

*TWIP*

The sound of an arrow flying towards him cut off the villain's speech. Before it could hit him however, the Nomu positioned itself so that it could protect its master. Electricity began coursing through its body, but like before, it didn't do much.

Immediately, everyone began facing the direction from where the arrow came from and were surprised to see Izuku preparing to shoot two more arrows, standing as if nothing happened.

"What the?! I thought I killed you!" Shigaraki yelled.

"Your Nomu isn't the only one with shock-absorption," Izuku said with a smirk before letting the arrows loose. Again, they stuck their target. One of them was another electric arrow while another one was a flashbang. Immediately, Izuku began reloading. His best chance at fighting the Nomu at the moment was by engaging in ranged combat. While Izuku could take any hit the Nomu dished out, he had no way to harm it when it was in melee range. His quirk only gave him shock absorption, it didn't enhance his strength.

"Tsuyu, Minoru, grab EraserHead and get out of here!" Izuku ordered as he fired two more arrows, the combination being the same as before. "I'll hold these guys off."

"Ribbit, we're not leaving you," Tsuyu declared, naturally not willing to leave a classmate behind.

Izuku groaned as he shot another two arrows, this time at Shigaraki, forcing the Nomu to block them again. "This thing will kill you if you don't leave."

"Y-you can't be serious…" Minoru stuttered. "T-that thing w-will kill you too…"

"I can take whatever this thing throws at me. NOW GO!"

"We'll come back with help, ribbit," Tsuyu said as she and Minoru left the boy, grabbing their teacher while the villains were distracted.

"I hate spammers," Shigaraki growled at Izuku, the effects of the flashbangs wearing off. "But you only have a limited amount of those things. What will you do when you run out?"

Shooting two more arrows, Izuku realized that the villain was right. He only had so many arrows he could use. However, he also had his disks as well as his shock-absorption quirk. Izuku knew that the best way to go about this was by playing the long game. One of his classmates had escaped and was getting help, so as long as he could hold off Shigaraki and the Nomu until then, he was set.

Sadly, he completely forgot about Kurogiri, who created a portal as he fired more arrows, teleporting them somewhere else.

"Nomu, grab the kid," Shigaraki commanded. The Nomu did just that, holding the boy by his neck. "You may be able to take Nomu's hits, but even you need to breathe. Nomu, strangle him."

Izuku began struggling in the beast's grasp as he felt his connection to oxygen be cut off. The boy tried slamming one of his flashbang disks into the Nomu, but it didn't deteriorate the thing. Eventually, Izuku went limp.

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The third try went just like the other two. This time though, Izuku had a medium level elasticibility quirk, allowing him to stretch as if he were a rubber band. This meant that if the Nomu started strangling him again, he could decrease the diameter of his neck, allowing him to not be affected by the Nomu's efforts.

This time though, Izuku brought a pair of binoculars, wanting to see if all his classmates were safe. Thankfully, he was able to confirm that they were. The only one missing was Tenya and that was because he was out getting help, something Izuku could tell since the other boy was the fastest in his class.

Everything was going well. Izuku's elastibility meant that as long as he was stretched out, the Nomu's blows couldn't hurt him. Eventually, he had the Nomu wrapped tight, preventing it from moving. However, the Nomu's strength was too great and with a massive flex, the monster threw off his opponent.

As Izuku began reassembling his body, he was unaware that Shigaraki had snuck behind him.

"Nice trick," the villain said as he placed his hand on the boy's face. "But not good enough."

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There was no fourth try. The boy resurrected with a regeneration quirk, which was not good when fighting someone far stronger than him. As such, the boy simply killed himself. Thankfully, he was able to command when his quirk worked, otherwise he would've been stuck.

Now that he thought about it, all his healing quirks were like that and he didn't know why. Perhaps it was so that he could still use his main quirk or maybe he was just lucky. That was something for him to look into later.

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When Izuku woke up the fifth time, he immediately threw up in his bucket. The resurrections were getting to him.

What sucks about him snapping his neck was that usually the quirks he spawned with were awful. This time was no exception as he gained another usage of 'Infinite Breath'.

"Hey quirk, I know you must hate me or something, but do you think we can get something else this time?" Izuku asked as he found himself staring down the Nomu, who once again killed him, this time by pounding him into the ground.

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"Oh fuck you."

The sixth time he resurrected, he had yet another usage of 'Human Pancake' as a quirk.

"Maybe burning myself will give me a better quirk," Izuku said out loud on the bus ride, causing everyone to look at him.

"Uh, are you ok Deku?" Ochako asked him, being the only one to work up the courage to do so.

"I said that outloud? Fuck." With no hesitation, Izuku snapped his neck, much to the horror of everyone else.

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Does the seventh attempt really need to be explained? Just like the fourth attempt, he respawned with 'Infinite Breath'.

"UGH!" Izuku yelled in frustration. He was tired of having to die constantly. If dying was painless, then he wouldn't care, but it hurt. A lot. Especially whenever the Nomu killed him. At least his deaths were relatively quick. Better than being drawn out in his opinion.

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During his eighth attempt, Izuku was seriously considering telling his teachers about the attack. It would save him a ton of resurrections.

However, there was a problem: doing so would force him to reveal his quirk, something he wasn't willing to do. Just imagine how people would react if they learnt that he couldn't die. They'd just use him as a sacrificial goat for the rest of his life. He'd never be able to live the normal life he'd want to. Sure, he wanted to be a hero, but he wanted to be one on his own terms, hence why he was going underground. Also, imagine what would happen if a villain gets word about his quirk. While he could reset the day, how was he supposed to know that a villain found about his quirk until it was too late?

Shaking his head, Izuku decided that he wasn't going to tell anyone. Letting out a loud sigh, he began fighting the Nomu again, knowing that he was just going to die again. Sadly, this was a threat skill alone couldn't overcome, so until he got a suitable quirk, he was going to keep dying.

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For the sake of Izuku's sanity, the ninth attempt will not be discussed. All that needs to be said is that Izuku found his new second least favorite quirk. Nothing tops 'Magma Blood', but this one was just horrendous.

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The tenth time he woke up, Izuku vomited into his bucket for two minutes straight.

"FUCKING HELL!"

The boy was beyond tired. He has died a total of ten times today, beating out his previous record of nine deaths. Normally, he'd get a good quirk right about now, but he was receiving exceptionally bad luck.

"Izuku, are you ok?" His mother asked him.

"Yeah, just a bit sick. Do you think I can stay home today?" Izuku asked her. Normally, he'd jump right back into the fray, but he was beyond exhausted and needed to recuperate.

"Sure," Inko said, having heard Izuku throw up. "Feel better and call me if you need anything."

"I will." Setting up an alarm on his phone, the boy fell back to sleep.

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No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't save them all. He'd either die trying or someone would die in his place. He was now on his twentieth attempt and he couldn't think straight. He didn't even know what quirk he had…

...Oh, right. It was water manipulation. How stupid of him.

Standing in front of the Nomu, Izuku began draining all the liquids outside its body. Humans were made mostly of water and he assumed the same thing applied to the Nomu. Thankfully it did, and it shriveled up and died.

"YES! IT'S DEAD!" Izuku shouted with glee. Normally, the boy has a policy against killing unless absolutely necessary, having yet to kill someone, but he was too tired to care.

"But I'm not," Turning his head, Izuku was met with the sight of Shigaraki's hand touching his face. In a few seconds, he was dead…

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"Damnit!" Izuku shouted as he rose from his bed. He was sure he had him that time. Rubbing his eyes, the boy noticed that it was actually the evening, which was strange seeing as he always resurrected at the beginning of the day. Frowning, it didn't take the boy long to connect the dots.

"A nightmare," Izuku muttered to himself. "Well, I guess it's time to go back." The boy prepared to snap his neck, but stopped. School's usually dismissed two hours ago. He was curious to see if any reporting has been done about the USJ. Turning on his phone, he began browsing the news app and eventually found what he was looking for.

"Thirteen People Dead as U.A is Attacked by League of Villains," Izuku read the title to himself before going deeper into the article. "...Deaths include pro-heroes All Might, EraserHead, and Thirteen alongside ten U.A students." Exiting the app, Izuku sighed to himself. "Looks like Shigaraki wasn't bluffing." Izuku was not looking forward to his future attempts…

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The eleventh time he resurrected, he got ANOTHER usage of 'Infinite Breath.' Being too sick of all this to care, he ran towards the Nomu like a maniac, earning himself another death.

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The twelfth time he woke up, he got himself a neat intangibility quirk. Sadly, he couldn't go tangible inside an abject, but avoiding all physical blows was enough of a blessing as it is.

Everything was going phenomenally. Neither Shigaraki or the Nomu could touch him. Kurogiri soon tried to get him with his portals, but the boy was able to duck out of the way each time a portal was summoned.

'Just a few more minutes. Then All Might will show up,' Izuku thought to himself.

Of course, this run was doomed to fail, but not because of the villains or himself. This time, it was because of his classmates.

"We're back," Tsuyu said, having brought back Ejiro, Katsuki, Shoto, and Fumikage Tokoyami, a boy with a bird shaped head who had the ability to summon a shadowy being to do his bidding.

Normally, one would be happy to see that their classmates weren't willing to leave him alone in a fight to the death, but for someone like Izuku, all this meant was that there were going to be casualties.

"What the hell are you all doing here?!" Izuku yelled at them. "I thought I told you that I can handle this myself."

"Shut the fuck up Deku, you think you can take all the glory for yourself?!" Katsuki yelled back.

Izuku was so close to popping a vein.

"We aren't going to leave you here," Ejiro told him as he hardened his skin. "That's not manly."

"You're only going to get yourselves killed!"

"Then it would be an honorable way to go…" Fumikage said.

Shigaraki smiled at seeing the other students. "If I can't kill one of you, I'll just move onto the next one. Nomu, kill them!"

"NO!"

Bypassing Izuku the Nomu made its way to the other students. Before any of them could react, the Nomu smashed Katsuki into the ground, killing him.

"You monster!" Ejiro slammed a hardened fist into the creature, but all it did was get the Nomu to turn its attention towards the red haired boy. Picking him up, the Nomu ripped him in half despite the fact the boy had hardened his skin.

Izuku didn't wait. Right before it could go after Tsuyu or Fumikage, Izuku turned off his quirk and shot a flashbang at the monster. "Hey ugly, over here!"

Noticing him, the Nomu rushed forwards, completely obliterating Izuku.

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Izuku was reaching his limit. He honestly wanted to curl up into a ball and cry.

He was about to do so when he noticed what his quirk was. The boy smiled before laughing maniacally.

There was no way the Nomu was killing him now…

When he arrived at school, he felt his quirk activate. He made sure to glance at everyone he could see. While in class, he began planning for the best way to use this quirk. On the bus, he shuffled through his thoughts. When they arrived at the USJ, Izuku made sure to look at Thirteen, the Nomu, and Shigaraki. Upon being separated, Izuku allowed the events to play out normally.

"He's the perfect counter to All Might. Nomu, kill him."

It was only when Shigaraki told the Nomu to kill him when Izuku made his move. The sound of engines revving up caught everyone's attention before Izuku shot towards the Nomu with such speeds excelling even it's own. When the two collided, a large shockwave was produced, throwing everyone back. Thankfully, Minoru and Tsuyu had left with their injured teacher, so they weren't caught in the crossfire.

When the dust settled, Shigaraki was shocked. Izuku had managed to catch the Nomu's hand with his own. However, that wasn't the only thing strange about him. His skin was hard as rock and there were engines inside his calves.

"How? How did you stop Nomu's attack?" Shigaraki asked the boy.

"Simple, your Nomu isn't the only one who has multiple quirks." Cocking his free hand back, Izuku slammed his palm into the Nomu, unleashing an explosion to deal further damage. The attack was strong enough to send the Nomu flying. "Allow me to introduce my quirk, 'Quirk Photocopy.'"

Yes, the quirk Izuku got upon being resurrected was a high level quirk duplicator. Just by looking at someone, he could copy their quirks. Since everyone at U.A had a quirk, it meant Izuku had plenty to choose from, including those of his classmates and teachers. In regards to mutant quirks, he could choose to have them alter his body or not. Apparently, the Nomu has several quirk enhancing quirks, meaning all of Izuku's were now supercharged.

"You, you're cheating!"

"I've been cheating since the beginning," Izuku smirked. From the corner of his eye, he noticed that the Nomu was heading straight towards him. In response, he unleashed a massive torrent of flames at it, slowing it down. Stopping the attack as his right side was starting to heat up, Izuku used his engines to propel himself forwards and delivered a devastating kick, breaking the Nomu's neck. The boy backed up in case it got up.

Naturally, he could finish off the Nomu, but he wanted to savor the moment. This thing has been a pain in his ass for so long. Now he can release all his frustrations on it without worrying about dying or it killing anyone.

"How does it feel to lose?" Izuku asked him as he began using his left side to cool his body.

"You fuck-" suddenly, Shigaraki froze, dazing out.

"Gotcha." Izuku then looked at Kurogiri. "If Kurogiri tries something against me, kill yourself."

Kurogiri's eyes widened. It seems that Izuku was using some sort of mind control quirk on his boss. With the threat of his boss's death looming in the air, Kurogiri wisely decided to not intervene. Noticing this, Izuku turned his attention back to the Nomu, it having risen up from what would normally be a fatal injury.

Cracking his knuckles, Izuku waited for it to make the first move. The Nomu, being a mindless beast, did just that, rushing towards Izuku with the intent of killing him.

However, it was horribly outmatched. Not only was Izuku stronger than it, but he was faster, smarter, sturdier, and more skilled.

Utilizing the combination of Tenya's, Katsuki's, Eijiro's quirks, he wailed on the monster, blocked all its attacks, and gave it hell. While he'd love to use some of the other quirks he got, the ones he was currently using were the most safe. Some, like Denki's and Yuga's quirks, had drawbacks to them, which could cause him to make a fatal mistake. He didn't want to get cocky…

"I believe it is time for us to go," Kurogiri mumbled under his breath, knowing that the Nomu was done for. Creating a portal under Shigaraki, he teleported them away from the USJ.

After having his fun, Izuku realized that it was time to end this. Summoning a massive explosion, the boy slammed the thing into the wall, knocking it out as Izuku's previous attacks had drained its regeneration and shock-absorption.

"Finally!" Izuku shouted, collapsing on his knees. It took him thirteen resurrections to beat the villains, but he did it. It was then that he remembered that his teachers were still injured. Having Recovery Girl's quirk, he began making his way back to where everyone was gathered, only for the front door to fly off its hinges, a very upset All Might being the cause.

"You villains made a mistake in attacking my students. Why? Because I am here!" The man shouted, only to notice that all the villains left were defeated. "Uh, what happened here?"

Kissing EraserHead and Thirteen on their foreheads, Izuku turned to the man. "Nothing except that I need a nap."

Collapsing on the floor, Izuku allowed his exhaustion to consume him. He deserved that nap damnit!

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Author's note 2: Honestly, the whole 'two brain' thing was just me trying to justify why all Nomu have their brains exposed…