So if I got a good response from the test chapter you will see this screen.
Thank you for the interest in this new story, I swear I am working on other stories, but I just love writing for my hero academia
So disclaimer: I own nothing.
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Inko's POV
I picked up my phone was Izuku done with the test already?
"Hello is this Inko Midoriya?"
"Yes this is she."
"I'm sorry to inform you miss but I'm afraid your son was apparently dragged through a portal early this morning, his body was found, we rushed him to the hospital but I'm afraid he was already gone."
The recover slipped from my hand
It wasn't true, he couldn't be dead. There was no way.
I never got to apologize.
I turned my back on him when he needed me most, did nothing for his pain.
Now he's gone.
"DEKU! Where are you! I never thought you would actually sign up for the test but dip when it came time to take it! Where are you nerd!" Katsuki barraged in
Just like when they were little.
I couldn't bring myself to stop sobbing.
"Auntie, what happened?" His whole demeanor changed
I shakily picked up the phone
"H-h-h-" I couldn't–
I felt him gingerly take the phone
"Hello? This is Bakugou Katsuki, I'm a friend of , can you explain to me what happened." He spoke formally for once
His grip tightened.
"When did this happen."
I need to know who did this.
"Thank you, I'll get her over there, have a nice day."
"Katsuki, is this really happening?"
"I think so, or else we are both having a really bad dream." He responded helping me to my feet
"I have to go see him, don't I?" I could feel my tears starting back up
"You do, but I can take you, just to make sure you stay safe."
"Thank you Katsuki, you know Izuku always thought of you as his best friend. I'm thankful for all the kindness you showed him, especially when the bullying got bad."
He seemed to flinch, I would ask him about that later.
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Bakugou's POV
Kindness?
Best friend?
I put him through hell, why didn't he ever tell her?
Shitty nerd, getting killed. That wasn't supposed to happen, he was supposed to live a perfectly normal life. He was supposed to get married and make his mom happy.
I'm the asshole who made his life hell.
I'm the dickwad that told him to kill himself.
I'm the absolute fuckface that beat down his spirit, burnt his book.
And he still considered me a friend.
What the hell.
What the HELL!
Shitty Deku dying, getting murdered. Not only that having All Might find his body three hours after he was taken. How did he even know?
How was a quirkless idiot like him supposed to defend himself?
How was—
Why didn't I ever apologize.
Stupid pride, stupid powers! I can do basically anything I put my mind to, but I can't protect a friend from childhood.
'A textbook Icarus' my mind supplied
A textbook Icarus, and my wings were melting.
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Modoriya's PoV
"Izuku Midoriya, it's nice to finally meet you." All for One spoke from his high chair, he wore a mask to cover his face, but I knew that voice
"You can cut the act. You may have left when I was young but that doesn't mean I don't know your voice." I glared slightly
"Don't talk to teacher like that!" Shigaraki growled
"No Tomura, I deserved that," he took off his mask and a face I only remember from photos in my home was revealed. "After all, I did lie to his mother about where I was going, and when I was coming back."
"Hi dad." He had an unreadable look in his eyes
"Wait, you're his son?" Kurogiri spoke from somewhere behind me
"Yea, I guess misdeed runs in our blood."
Suddenly he laughed, and for some reason my chest felt light
"To think my own son would be the one to reclaim my brother's power from Toshinori. I missed you Izu." He grinned at me, it looked like mine, it really was him.
"Wait my uncle was the original vessel for One for All?"
"In a sense. When I was first building my empire, I thought my brother to be quirkless, he argued with me about my actions. I had been bringing order to a society overrun with chaos and murder. If he could only seen that. I wanted to prove to him that what I was doing could benefit people. I gave him a quirk to stockpile power, and that was when he found out about the quirk he was born with. To pass power down through the consumption of DNA. He turned on me, trained a successor to continue to fight my plans for years. Eventually came the hero you know as All Might. Nearly six years ago we fought, and he hurt me extensively, it was only through a healing quirk that I managed to steal I am alive. Even now I have to stay hidden."
"He tried to kill you? How does the world not know about the fight, I used to be a major fan and even I didn't know about that fight!"
"Because he covered it up. He didn't want the world to know he killed a villain instead of imprisoning time. He thinks me dead, but now? Now he has given his powers back to where they belong, our family line." He descended to look me in the eyes. I could see scars all over his hands that presumably went up his arms.
I suddenly had a thought.
"So was I born quirkless? Or did you take mine?"
He sighed and rubbed his eyes, pale green. Not like moms.
"When you were young your quirk emerged, and you immediately went into a comatose state. Your body wasn't developed enough to handle the power you were granted. Your mother was panicking, as was your friend Katsuki. You had fallen out of a tree and hit your head. Seeing you like that, seeing your mother like that, I knew that I could take away your powers, and then one day, once you had grown strong enough, give them back to you."
Silence
"So I grew up quirkless, when in reality I was supposed to be stronger than all of them? Is that what your saying?" I could feel the electricity in my veins, anger building up inside waiting to blow.
"If I hadn't taken your powers you would have died. You were the light of your mother's and my lives. We couldn't lose you. I never told her what I did. I couldn't bear for her to blame me. So I threw myself into work, Inko would always call and I would get to hear your voice, telling me about how your day went. Then I got busier, and eventually All Might tracked me down."
"What causes you to come out of hiding then? Someone mess up a job?" Why would he have not given it back sooner? I could have learned and grown with it
"It was about six years ago, on July 15th I was on my way to a birthday party. I had intended to give you back your quirk that night, but then he found me. I tried my best to fend him off without giving away where I was going. The last thing I ever wanted was to put you and your mother in danger."
My birthday… all night took my dad from me, on my birthday. He took my chance at having my quirk back on my birthday. He took my dad from my mom on my birthday.
What kind of sick joke is that.
The man I had looked up to, for years, screwed me over the most.
I believed in him, and he screwed me over.
"So if he hadn't hurt you, I wouldn't have had to grow up like I did?" I could feel angry tears coming on
"No, you wouldn't have. I wish I could have been there for you Izuku. I truly do. But after my injuries I couldn't do much."
"I understand. You started building the league, looking for a different successor. I'm sure mom told you all about how I wanted to be a hero at that point." I chuckled, I had been so foolish
"She had, but that didn't matter to me. Even if we would have crossed paths on opposite sides on day, I would have respected the man you had become on your own merit."
He cared. He actually cared.
"So what now? You have One for All in your bloodline again. Do you want me to stick around?"
"Absolutely, you are of my blood, and you chose this path on your own terms."
"I will be a part of the league until I'm buried six feet below." This was it, word was bond. This was my father, and through this, I could make the one who hurt me so pay.
"Then I think it's time to give you back what I once took."
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Dabi's PoV
So this was the league of villains… a couple children and a smoke monster.
"So why should I join? All I see are a couple of teenagers and their teacher supervision."
"We have enough power to take down All night, and subsequently, enough power to take down Endeavor." A green haired child spoke
"Why should that matter to me?"
What did they know
"Well it's obvious you have a grudge against him. The last seven of your kills have been all members of the Endeavor agency. Not to mention the sightings of someone fitting your general description, minus the scars, spending a good amount of time with the number three hero Hawks. In an advanced background check run by me, we found that you fit the general appearance of the missing son of number two hero Endeavor. If we continue on this theory we come to the fact that his wife is a resident in a mental hospital near his mansion. Is there anything else you wanted us to tell you, or would you like to be honest with us about your name?" The green haired kid grinned at me, but it wasn't a normal grin, it was one of accomplishment, one that revealed all I needed to know about him. He was hungry for any type of power he could get, emotional, physical, or psychological.
I admire that.
"Well I'm sure that little folder of yours has a couple theories about my name, but I'll save you some time. I am in fact Touya Todoroki. I'm just impressed you figured it out so quickly. Now mind telling me your name?"
"Ah but names have power, you can call me Deku. This is Shigaraki, and Kurogiri." 'Deku' pointed towards the two next to him
"That's not something for you to reveal." Shigaraki growled
"AW come on Shi Shi, let's not get worked up about the small details. Is that anyway to treat your brother?"
Siblings huh? They look nothing alike.
"Speaking of siblings, how are yours doing? I'm sure you ran away from home for a specific reason, but what about little Shouto who you left behind? Don't you want to see him again?" Shigaraki spoke, so they were trying to use my family against me. Fair tactic.
"Shouto is enrolling at U.A. This year, he's gonna be a hero and I'm going to kill him when that happens. He won't turn out like my father, and I will personally ensure of that." I was ready to do whatever it took to keep my siblings from turning into him.
"What if he weren't to become a hero, what if he were to join you in villainy? What then Touya?" `
That was a new idea.
"What? You want to use me to turn my baby brother to the dark side? What do I get out of this?" This was starting to get interesting.
"You get a solid place to stay, freedom in doing what you want, all at the small price of helping us out every once in a while. We help you, you help us, we'll even throw in the possibility of saving some of your family in the process." Kurogiri chimed in , he was mostly silent, but he made good points.
"So you want me to join this tiny group of three people? I might consider it you guys get bigger. Talk to me again in like a hundred years." I snickered
"We do have more members, thank you very much." Shigaraki hissed
"We actually have another lieutenant that is actually working on infiltrating U.A. We have a couple prospective members, a doctor, and our leader. But you don't get to know about him just yet."
"Alright, I'll admit, this seems promising, you obviously have some sort of connection due to all the information you scraped up about me, but I have some conditions to join."
"No way—" Shigaraki started
"We're listening…" Deku cut him off
"I will help you try to bring my brother over, so long as I am allowed to date whoever I want, have my own place outside of the league headquarters, and am allowed to opt out of missions." There is no way they would agree to all of that, but hey go big at the beginning.
"We can agree to you having your own place, it'll be harder for heroes to catch us all if we aren't always in the same place, secondly you can keep dating hawks if that's what you were trying to secure. He could be useful in the future, so we'll allow it; however, we can't allow you to opt out of missions Willy Nelly, so we will allow you to remain hidden for the first two or three. Just so we don't show our entire hands all at once." Deku explained
"I can vibe with that. When do we kidnap my little brother?"
Grins were plastered on their faces, and I was ready for a ride.
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I flopped down onto the couch in my apartment. Well, not entirely mine…
"Asahi? That you?" My boyfriend called from the other room
"Yep it's me babe!"
He didn't know my real name, nor did he need to.
"I thought you were gonna be gone for longer," Hawks walked into the room
"Yeah well, the interview wrapped up early."
Half truths were a guys best friend.
"So.. how'd it go?" He seemed excited
"I got the job," Hawks broke into the biggest grin I've ever seen adorned his face.
"Congrats babe!"
"I'm glad it's gonna work out. I think it's gonna be a lot of fun."
"So… what exactly is the job again? You never gave me a clear answer."
Shit
"Bartender. It's not high class or anything, but it's a pretty cool place, maybe you could stop by sometime."
"Maybe I will, but you know I don't have the highest tolerance, ya know."
"Trust me tweety… I know, on god do I know. One drink and you're just singing away for the next few hours." Takami seemed to quiet up
"So are you going to be working nights?"
"Yeah, a couple. But hey, I'm trying to get my schedule synced up with your patrol schedule so I can be around when you are."
"They are working with you this much? Weird."
"Like I said, they aren't anything high class, they mostly needed someone for weeknights, and a couple weekday."
"What's it called?"
"What's with the interrogation?"
"I'm just curious where my boyfriend will be spending his time for the foreseeable future. Is that a crime?" He narrowed his eyes
"Ok, that's fair. If you must know its called Lov's. You feeling better about this Tweety?" I slung my arm around his shoulder, slowly rubbing circles into his back.
"Yeah, I'm sorry about all the questions. Some stuff happened at work." He sighed
"You can tell me what's going on Takami. Maybe I can help you put somethings into perspective…"
"Ok, so you know about the kid who was murdered on the day of the U.A. Entrance exam, like a week ago?"
"Rings a bell, he was found by All Might right?"
"Yeah, but what hasn't been stated ever, and I probably shouldn't be telling you this but the kid had been training with All Might for ten months before his death. According to my sources the two of them had similar quirks and All Might was training him to be the next number one hero." His eyes had darkened, it wasn't anger, or desire. It was more like blood lust. The look didn't fit with who he was.
"So this kid was supposed to be the next All Might, but got taken out so quickly? That doesn't add up." I could tell Shigaraki about this
"I know right? Mind you the kid looks nothing like All Might, but people are thinking maybe he was some sort of relative, or illegitimate son."
"Can I see a photo of him?" He looked almost shocked at my interest.
Right, I'm just Asahi, the boyfriend of the number three pro hero. Not anyone interested in murder or criminal activity
"Sure, um let me check I know I got a DM of his middle school photos."
He started scrolling through all the DMs from rando girls, a couple of pro heroes, and even apparently some nudes he was sent. It made my blood boil. He was mine whores.
"Wait, I got it through regular messages." Either he had no clue what he was doing, or he knew exactly what he was doing to make me jealous.
"Mmmm, I'm sure." I grabbed him a little tighter.
"Here we go, Izuku Midoriya. Only child with just his mom. His father has been absent for years so it fits into the secret son theory."
Deku.
Deku was the student who had been 'killed'
Clearly they had been planning something and it didn't work. I wonder how tomorrow would go.
"Interesting. Anyways I think we have something we need to get to." I stood up quickly, still holding his phones
"We have something to do? Pray tell me sweetheart what exactly that is?"
I turned to him and gave him a smile
"Reminding you what you would miss if you ever answer those bloody thirst calls you get on a regular basis."
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Todoroki's POV
"Shouto, you will be dropped off at the exam in an hour, if I find out that you did something to embarrass me, there will be consequences."
"I understand." What was the whole point of this. I'd go to school, get my license, become a hero, and live out a life completely controlled by him.
I was just a puppet to usurp All Might, and things hadn't been any easier since that kid died.
He probably would have been in my class, but when dad found out that All Might had been training a successor… I still have burns.
"I'll be back later." I walked out the door as quickly as possible
The less time I had to spend with him, the better.
Suddenly, I was falling
"SHOUTO!"
I hit the ground with a hard thump. It was wood, warm artificial lighting.
A kidnapping from right outside my own home.
"Wow, he's a lot prettier than you described. But I should've guessed your brother was hot." A voice from behind me spoke
Brother?
"Yes well, I had. hoped your gremlin ass wouldn't cause too much trouble when you finally met him." A more familiar voice spoke
I stood up, I was in a bar?
"Wow, he just as tall as you! He probably has more room to grow too!"
"Deku, can we focus please?"
I finally got a good look at both of the voices I heard.
The younger voice belonged to a green haired boy, who looked vaguely familiar, and around my age. The other was my height, had jet back hair, and scars littering his body. His voice was barely familiar and I didn't know why.
"Look, I don't know what type of stunt you are trying to pull right now, but my father is the number two hero. It won't take them long to find me."
"Oh we know! That's why we are currently faking your death!" 'Deku' was a little too cheerful, and that shocked me almost as much as what he had just said
Faking my death.
Why would they need to do that.
"What makes you think that I'm ok with being dead?"
"You want to get away from your dad right?"
Silence
Deku was grinning wider than I thought was physically possible. How did he know.
"Look Shouto, we just want to help." Finally the older one spoke
"I don't think we are close enough for first names, and besides, who said I wanted to get away from my dad"
"You did, 'I don't like the training!' 'He hurt mom, why does he do that?' 'I don't want to be like him big brother.'" He paused "You say we aren't close enough for first names, but we were once. I mean, calling you todoroki would have been stupid since it was my name as well."
His eyes, why his voice was familiar
"Touya?"
"Miss me? I told you I'd be back." He grinned at me, the fucker actually smiled at me, and then he decided to hug me?
"Aw two family reunions in a week, how touching." Deku smiled
I finally hugged back.
This was all happening so fast. One moment I'm at my house, the next I'm falling, after that I am told my death is being faked, and now I have my oldest brother attacking me with a hug? All why an emerald eyed boy watches from a corner. Who was he, why did he look so familiar.
"As touching as this is, why are you doing this?" I looked at my brother, his face seemed to stretch wider, but it left my stomach in knots.
"We want you to join us Shouto." Deku spoke from behind me, but his demeanor had changed entirely. He had been bubbly and excited, now… now it was something else entirely
"Join you in what?"
"Showing the world that heroes aren't to be trusted. I jumped off a building after a hero crushed my hopes and dreams. Touya and you were both hurt by your father on so many occasions your brother has to hide his scars from the public with a device your father gave him. Others have torn families apart, allowed people to die. Heroes have caused more chaos in our society than what villains ever could have. With the rise of superheroes we saw the growth of fights between heroes and villains, some of those villains even getting their roots from the misdeeds of heroes."
Why was he making sense?
"For nearly a century power was all that mattered, then once heroes came along the weak finally stood a chance. But in truth it just made everyone without power dependent on those who did. A new society was formed where anyone could upset that balance, so the schools were created, but not with equal opportunity for all Stu ended. Take U.A. For example, they have an entrance exam based on combat ability, so someone with a non physical quirk would almost always get passed up. Our society is flawed, our heroes are flawed, most only out for themselves and for money." My brother continued
"Look at your father, he is practically worshiped by society, when in reality he hurt your family more than any villain could have. All Might destroyed my chances of seeing my father again, and only recently did I meet him again. We want to show the world the truth. That they are trusting the wrong people with their safety and their lives."
"Ok, I get your point. But from the way you are talking I can guess you are both villains. What would happen if All Might were to oppose you? Your plan would almost surely fail. He has the most powerful quirk in recorded history." The flaws in their plans were obvious, so why does it feel like I'm trying to convince myself not join
"Yes, but that's in recorded history. What about the period of time when quirks first appeared? What about the hidden facet that allows All Might to pass his quirk onto someone he deems worthy? How would we be able to predict who he would give it to?" Touya was almost laughing now, and Deku's face grew darker
"So Shigaraki told you about that, or did you find out through your boyfriend?"
"Boyfriend?"
"I did some digging, asked a couple questions, and yeah your picture didn't come up until Takami mentioned it. You really shouldn't have mentioned having enough power to take out All Might to me then. Really ruined some of your dramatic tension."
"Well then, its true that I was his successor, but let's just say I found out some interesting sides of my hero that I didn't appreciate."
That's where I knew him from. So the villains had the successor to the number one hero on their side, now they were trying to recruit the number two hero's successor. That was actually well planned.
"So what I'm hearing is you plan to kill All Might," I concluded
"Him, and your father, but not until we destroy whatever trust society had in him. You could help us Shouto. You could help us make sure that no one else was ever hurt by your father, we could make sure that what he did to your mother does not go by with no consequences… that is if you choose to join us. If not you can go your own way." The way he spoke made too much sense, it was a choice that should be made very carefully but the fact is I was convinced since he opened his mouth.
Was this his quirk? He said he was All Might's successor but what if he had a different ability.
"Shouto. I won't force you to do anything you don't want to, but think about it. We could take what he taught us, what he did to us, and use it to destroy everything he has worked for."
This had been planned to the T, with a slim chance of failure. If I was to work with them I would be free, I could make him pay…
"Ok, I'll join."
"I'm so glad to hear that Shouto." My brother's smile still made me uneasy, but not in the same way as before
"I'm excited to get to know you more Shouto." Deku's face went back to what it had been when I first landed, warm and welcoming. Just who is this kid? And had he been calling me Shouto this entire time?
"Well I'm sure you two have plenty to catch up on, I have other matters to attend to." With that he turned on his heel and left the room.
"So, boyfriend huh?" I looked at Touya, he just looked away with a small smile on his face. "Does he know?" This changed his entire demeanor
"No, no he doesn't, he doesn't even know my real name. But that's not the point. He's never going to find out so I can continue living like I do, spend time with him, then work to finish the work I've started. It's not easy but life rarely is."
Silence
"So what about you, figured out what team you're on yet?"
"Pft, as if I've had time to think about that. I have time to figure it out."
I wonder what Deku is up to.
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Midoriya's POV
"So how'd the recruitment go." My father spoke from above, he had been asking to see me a lot recently, to try different things out… he'd even given me a project of my own, recruiting Todoroki Shouto.
"He's agreed to join, that charism quirk you lent me works magic."
"All Might made you the perfect subject to see how many quirks a person could handle. Unlike the Nomu we have created you have a quirk that allows you to stockpile power. You have the ability to handle more than the average person. Even high level quirk users would start to feel the effects of having three quirks held in their body."
Three quirks, sure I was gonna let him take the charism enhancing quirk back, but just the thought of having three quirks sent shivers down my spine. I had always been the weak link of the class, now? I was more powerful than all of them.
"So what now? We have Todoroki Shouto on our side. What's the next stage of our plan?"
"We train our new recruits. You've barely tested the powers you took from All Might. You need to learn how to use it properly. I will oversee your training myself, as I know the most about it. I'll see you tomorrow morning."
"Wait, you haven't taken back the charism enhancer…"
He just smiled at me, "I think it'll help you learn how to talk your way out of a situation, I won't always be there to help you."
With that he dismissed me.
Three quirks, and he wasn't taking the third back. He wanted me to learn. Maybe one day I'll become his successor instead of my adopted brother.
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Alrighty, since I had a fairly good response to chapter one here is chapter two!
I know people may get mad at the fact that I gave midoriya two extra quirks, had both of the todoroki brothers join in one chapter, and introduce All for One as Midoriya's father.
But hey, I've had two snow days and already binged through two cooking YouTube channels.
Anyway I can't wait to continue this story, it's about to get interesting.