"Haaah...hah...haah...hah...what was that...just now...hah..." Izuku panted as he looked at his hand, shimmering with red veins signifying the activation of his quirk
"Did I accidentally use it?" He felt uneasy at the just thinking about how bad sokething like that could go, "Come on...I just got it...like why..." he asked in fustration
"That's a good question, why indeed..." a voice was heard right by his side
This caused Izuku to turn his head, only to be met by the same white haired man, who was sitting on the floor, crosslegged with one hand holding his face while the other, standing on his thigh, to which he, of course like any sane person, was going to scream, but was stopped by the man's hands and several other disembodied hands from doing it
"MMMPH!"
"Shush! It's me, One for all!"
Izuku stopped squirming hearing that, ending up putting on a confused face
"Whaff dof yuv meen?" said Izuku in a muffled voice
"Wait a sec..." OFA(?) said before he took his hands off, with rest of the hands following his action
"Haah!" Izuku breathed
"Listen, let me properly explain everything before you start screaming again, okay?"
Izuku wasn't sure what to say, but with an uneasy face, nods as a sign for OFA(?) to go ahead
"Well...you see...I am the first user of One for All, essentially...and it was created when my own quirk, which I didn't at the time know that I had it, basically merged and mutated with the one my brother gave me, I mean you saw the dream didn't you?" He finished with a question, which Izuku responded with a nod again
OFA proceeded to explain as to how the his pass-on quirk and the power stockpile quirk, merged and formed OFA. He proceeded to explain how his consciousness was trapped inside OFA after giving it to his successor and dying, in a making him the quirk itself. He also added that even the other users' souls and also their quirks got stored inside it, making Izuku gasp
"Damn...this is giving me a headache..." Izuku said in pain
"Hahahahaha! Well, you gotta accept it, though!"
OFA looked at Izuku with a warm gaze and smile before standing up straight
"Well, you know what? Let's properly greet each other, okay?"
Which caused Izuku to look him for a second before warmly smiling himself and standing up on his feet in the floor, with extending his hand towards him
"Well, if that's the case...I am Midoriya Izuku, which I am pretty sure you know about, but anyways nice to be working with you, from here on out"
OFA gladly took his user's hand and responded with, "My true name is Shigaraki Yoichi, or as I am now called, One for all, nice to be working with you either, Ninth"
"You can call me Izuku, really...I mean you are my quirk so...yeah, there isn't any problem I have with it!" Izuku said, which caused OFA/Yoichi, to perk up
"Sure...Izuku..."
There was a peaceful silence for a few seconds before it was disrupted by...
"Hey kid, what's up?! Name's Banjo Daigoro, I was the 5th user!" A bald headed man who just manifested and shaped from a whitish grey smoke, behind Yoichi
"Banjo-senpai, you should keep your voice down a bit, people are still sleeping, you know..." Another appeared in a similar manner, this time a black haired young man wearing a blue long jacket with a high collar that's covering his mouth, "Oh, by the way, My name is En, and was the 6th, nice to meet you"
"En is right, we can't shout like that...oh! My name is Shimura Nana and I was the 7th user, Nice to meet too, Ninth or Izuku, I guess..." This time, the one who appeared was a beautiful woman with raven black hair, styled in a half-up-half-down bun and a mole near her mouth
"And I am Shinomori Hikage, the 4th, nice to meet you..." Another man with short white hair that parted away from the base of his forehead, but...the most noticeable trait of his, are the two scars that look like cracks on a glass formed from the left side of his face to the chin
There was a silence, where all of them were just there with anticipation, as if more were to come
"Oi, Aren't those two going to coming out and greet him?!" Daigoro asked in an irritated manner
This prompted for the rest of the two spirits to also manifest, two of them wearing some sort of uniform. with one of them being a man with a ponytail and a headbad, while the other is a spikey haired man with huge scar that ran across his face. Both of them had tired expressions before introducing themselves
"I am the third"
"And I am the second"
Another silence came about
"Wait, that's it?!" Yoichi exclaimed at their ridiculously short greeting
"Yep"
Which caused Yoichi and the rest of users to deadpan
"Hah, whatever..." he sighed, before looking back at Izuku, "Sorry for scaring you like that, though..." he said in a sheepish voice, with his hand behind his head, stroking it
"It's fine...although..I have to clean this entire room, now..." Izuku said in a tired tone, while looking at the mess, his room has become, "Oh no! My collections!"
The ghosts of OFA watched him going through (ironically)all the stages of grief, while trying to clean up his room, especially some of broken stuff
It was early in the morning, with having been just risen...
Inko woke up, got changed and went to the kitchen to make breakfast, but what she wasn't expecting was...
"IZUKU! WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?!!"
"Good morning, mom"
"Good morning, Izuku's mom"
"Ahh~ Good mornin-DON'T JUST DODGE THE QUESTION LIKE THAT! ONCE AGAIN I ASK, WHO ARE YOU ALL?!"
"Calm down mom, let me explain, okay?"
"So, let me get this straight...you all are, the previous users of OFA...and now are a part of it, because your souls are stored within it, along with your quirks...am I right?"
"Hmm, you are correct" said Hikage
Inko was in disbelief and getting a headache about all the stuff that's been happening, as of late
"Haah...I guess, there is no point working up over it...well, I'll just go make breakfast...and Izuku get ready for school, ok?" The vestiges and Izuku were relieved about this being sorted now
"Yeah mom" he said with closed eyes and a monotone voice
"Well, it sure has been a long time since we interacted with the real world..." said Yoichi in nostalgia
"Yeah.." Nana replied
The walk to school was rather pleasant for Izuku, especially considering he has company this time
"Woah...nothing has changed at all...cool..." said En
"What a depressing statement..." Nana responded
"Hey, have we forgotten about someone?"
"Hmm...WAIT, WE FORGOT ABOUT ALLMIGHT'S VESTIGE!"
In the void of OFA, the vestige of the great hero lies without speech...
School-time felt like a breeze, with all of the class completely ignoring Izuku like usual
No one gives a shit about you, do they? Izuku... the voice of Yoichi was heard in Izuku's head
It was the last period of the day, Physical Education
Yeah...not like, I can do anything about it... Izuku spoke through his thoughts
Currently, all of the class were doing long distance, via going in a group of five and Izuku has already done his, getting a good result
"Well...I'll be damned, Midoriya!" A teen with stretchable fingers came, "You sure are doing a good job at beating us quirkless, but...WHAT CAN YOU DO IF I DO THIS?!!" he said before whipping his finger towards Izuku
"Huh? AAAHH!!!" Izuku shouted, but the attack never came as he saw the reason behind it
"Huh?" was the response everyone, including both Izuku and Katsuki
The fingers stopped by a bunch dark tendrils, with a light teal aura, extending from within Izuku's sleeves. They wrapped themselves around the fingers rather tightly, as if threatening to crush them
It was then that, some kind of smoke seemed to swirl and form into a white haird man
"You sure have the galls to attack someone like that, don't you?" Yoichi spoke with clear disappointment and irritation in his voice
No one was sure which surprised them more: Whether Izuku using a quirk or some stranger appearing out of nowhere
"And you! What kind teacher are you, ignoring a kid getting bullied like this?!" This time being more enraged, while pointing a finger at the teacher
"Wha-Wait! Who are you, again?! It is school time, you know?!" the teacher exclaimed
Yoichi didn't reply, at least not before morphing into something else
"I am his quirk"
Izuku gasped at Yoichi as he just spat out about him having a quirk, worried about a certain someone getting angry
"His quir-What are you talking about?! Midoriya never had one!" The student who tried attacking, started
"Well, now he does" Yoichi replied
The entire class was in disbelief of this sudden development, although one was able to recover faster so that he can get some answer by himself
"DEKU!! I AM GOING TO GET DOWN TO WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE!!!" Katsuki screamed while tiny explosions were popping off in hands
Yoichi, being the mad lad that he is, just branched out and morphed the dark tendrils into a cage around Izuku and himself, without that much of a trouble(although, it did hurt a lot for Izuku), which caused the oncoming Katsuki to stop dead midway in his track
"DAMNIT! GET RID OF THIS CAGE, YOU PRETTY GUY LOOKING FUCK!!"
"Pretty guy..." Izuku muttered under his breath
"I am not letting you harm him, you know?!"
Bakugo was seething, but eventually gave up and just went on to brood by himself. The class went on, with the surprise of learning about Izuku's quirk not fading
With the school ended, Izuku slipped towards the park, without anyone noticing, to avoid anymore questions
There he saw Hikaru sitting in the bench
"Ah! Hikaru-san, how have you been?"
"Mmh? Oh Izuku, it's you! You lookin pretty happy today, aren't ya?"
"Ah...you see, I just got something yesterday..."
"Hmm...and what's that?" One of eyes quirk up while asking
"Well...I got a quirk, you see..."
"I see, you got a quirk..." The old man said before doing a double take, "Eh?"
"So, it seems that I am one of the rare people known as late bloomers, essentially...I don't think I need to explain what that means, though..."
Hikaru had an unread expression at first, before turning it into a happier one
"Well that's great to hear then, you finally got a quirk of your own, kid! Congrats!" he said in a jolly tone
This caused Izuku to feel warm in his heart
"Thank you!"
"Hehe...sure, sure...but, what is your quirk, then?" Hikaru asked at the end
This question prompted Izuku describe his quirk, while omitting the secretive parts. The man was rather in disbelief that someone can be late bloomer and also have one that's not even related to his family, which Izuku kinda felt bad for lying about that
"Kid, you sure have come a long way...you used to look pretty skinny back then, but look at you now, all grown up..." Hikaru spoke warmly
"Well, thank you for giving me those advices then..."
"Ahh...oh, that's not that big of a deal, kid! You were the one who used it to be a better person, so don't put it as if I was helping you the most or something..."
"Haha..."
They sat there in peace, enjoying the atmosphere of the fall season for sometime
Izuku was walking back home as he was speaking to the vestiges in his mind
Well, that old man sure seemed kind hearted... He heard En say
Yeah...I've known him for a few years now and he has talked with me about a lot of stuff...
Hehe...well, that man seems like the cool grandpa type... said Daigoro
Yeah...yeah, he is...
After going home and resting a bit, he left for the training ground once again to meet Allmight and the others
"Young Midoriya, how have you been?" Allmight happily greeted
"You look like you are in a good mood today, brat..." said Gran torino
"Ahh...well...I wanted to say this sooner, but didn't get the time to and is probably something hard to tell, on the phone, you see..."
"Hmm?" Both of them responded simultaneously
"Well..." It was then that the vestiges appeared at the same time, but the that caught both of the heroes eyes was...
"NANA!" "MASTER!"
Both of them lunged towards the vestige of Nana, hugging her tightly
"I thought I will never see you again, master..."
"I'm sorry I couldn't help you out back then..."
Both of them hugged her even tighter, all while Nana watched with warm eyes
"It's fine both of you...I know you feel bad about what happened, but nothing can be done about it...I mean look, I am back again!" she said in pride, before muttering out, "Although as dead person, now..."
They kept the hug for a bit long before retracting
"Well, since that's outta the way, I wanna ask...how did you do it, was the whole thing about OFA being concious have anything to do with it ?" Gran torino ended with a question
This was proceeded with them explainin all stuff that happened
"I see, so that's how it is...so now Young Midoriya also has to learn to use the rest of the quirks, huh?"
"Yep" said Yoichi simply
"And don't worry, with our help, it shouldn't take that much time for you to be able to know to use them...at least most of them..." Daigoro said
"Hmm?"
"Well, there was the problem of second and third not wanting to help Izuku, at first...but we convinced them after sometime annoying them, though..."
"Wait why?" Both Izuku and Allmight asked
"Because they thought that Izuku might a bit too idealistic a times, but...it doesn't matter now..." Yoichi replied instead
The mentor and his protégé wanted ask something but didn't go with it, as Yoichi continued
"The other reason being...second's quirk and how it has been since being collected inside OFA..."
"Where are you going with this?" Gran torino intervened
"Just listen...you see, 2nd's quirk, Gearshift, after being stored inside OFA, evolved into something really hard to control and something dangerous..."
This statement made them gulp
"Although, before explaining why that's the case, I should explain how Gearshift works..." he sighed for a second, before continuing to explain as to how it is a sort of touch based telekinesis that changes its speed via 4 gears, as the name suggests...all while ignoring the laws of inertia..which is not too surprising considering that pretty much all quirks, including the ones that are not really exactly ridiculous in their nature, such as having horns in the head, defy the laws of physics. But their are quirks that take it to a higher degree, such as star and stripe's new order and of course in this case, gearshift. From what I know, when gearshift combined with OFA, it evolved alongside it. Previously it was only capable of moving small objects, but now it do so for more diverse targets, with being capable of working right down to the cellular level. When used in conjunction with One for all's raw might, it's capable of warping the very laws governing reality itself
"Huh?!" was the only reply, the trio were able to utter
"Exactly!"
"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! What do you mean by warping reality?!" Izuku nervously asked
"Exactly, what I said"
"Huuuuuhh...wait, why didn't ones like blackwhip end up like that?" Izuku asked while being confused, gaining a headache in the process, along Allmight and Gran torino
Yoichi looked at him with a serious look before continuing, "Well, blackwhip was close to it, but just wasn't enough for it to happen..."
"I see..." Izuku responded in a low voice, before asking for Yoichi to continue
Yoichi then explained how this ability can be controlled to some extent, currently and can even be fully controlled after enough training...although he does recommend not trying to do something far too ridiculous like trying to manipulate time or trying to find a loophole for it...at least not until he gets a good grip on it. He also talks about, how it has a 5 minute time limit before things start to go out of hand, while also saying that using gearshift leaves his cells exhausted and in need of breath, essentially
"And that's enough for gearshift, for now!" Yoichi finished
"Well...that sure was a lot to take in..." Izuku said in fustration, "First it was just a strength enhancement that can be passed on...after that it was about it being possessed by the previous users and having their quirks...and right now it is goddamned reality-warping..." Izuku sighed, "...man, I didn't expect things to change this fast..."
"Yeah...me too..." Allmight says in exhaustion
"Same here..." Gran torino followed up Allmight, similarly
"Let's think about later...and Allmight?" Yoichi ended with gaining Allmight's attention
"Hmm?"
"Could you be kind enough to find about Hikage's medical report, especially regarding his death...because there is stuff we need to know about..." Yoichi seemed uncomfortable saying that, as if he is hiding something
"Sure, but why?"
"Well there is something we must know...that's all I am gonna say for now, ok?"
Allmight looked confused and suspicious of his vague answer
"Sure...but you have to say why, okay?"
"Yeah, I will"
After that conversation was over, they proceeded to do training. Izuku was learning to use all the quirks, except gearshift and danger sense for now
For the next week and a half, Izuku was able to learn to use nearly all of the quirks, including danger sense, which he manifested when he was going towards the training field and a bunch of villains were coming the way he was going
The medical report that Yoichi had asked regarding Hikage was also discovered, which confirmed the on theory he and the rest of the vestiges had regarding Hikage's death and the fate of One for all
"So, One for all cannot be passed on anymore, huh?" Izuku asked as he was looking at his right palm
"Yeah, the burden of having a quirk of your own and OFA, basically saps your life force, which is why you can only live until you are at the age of 40...after which you start aging rapid, with your body quite literally breaking..." Yoichi answered
"So, young Midoriya might be the last user...hmm..." Allmight whispered
"Yeah..." Yoichi answered again
"Well, nothing can be done about it, but OFA has already done its primary job of defeating All for one, you know...and even without OFA, there are always going to be really strong abilities that could help people, so long as it is in the right hands, though..." Hikage said this time
"You know, I am at least glad Izuku isn't danger of dying pretty fast..." Nana added, in relieved tone
"Yeah, you right...let's start training again" Yoichi said to Izuku as he walked towards the field
Izuku learnt at least use all of his quirks within just two weeks, due to the fact that they were simple to use. Although his control over gearshift's reality warping is still bad. On a good note, he learnt that he can combine his quirks, such as using blackwhip and smokescreen to create a dark fog that can be morphed into something, or combining danger sense, float, fa-jin and smokescreen to create a moving fog that can detect danger and attack or using gearshift to use his quirks such blackwhip remotely by manifesting them on a object
For the next four and a half months Izuku's training kept on going as he gained better control over all the quirks, with minor improvement to the reality warping
His classmates got more friendly now that he had a quirk, which didn't exactly sit right with him, but he wasn't exactly easily angered or irritated, not including the fact that they at least stopped the bullying
His talks with Hikaru went on as usual, speaking, especially about his improvements regarding his quirk or his social life, which did improve in a way
The vestiges helped him train himself with their advices and tips they gained over their lives. They also ended becoming ingrained into Izuku's life, with him getting used to their antics, such as Yoichi being a manga nerd, Hikage trying to live peacefully only to be dragged into something by the other users(especially Daigoro), Nana being like a alternate universe Inko to Izuku, En somehow knowing how to hide a body, etc
All on all, a lot of stuff changed and happens, but another one, is yet to come...
It was February 12th, the chill breeze swept across the streets as Izuku was jogging back home in the early morning hours...
"Haah...haah...hah..." He panted as he held on to a wall
"Well...I guess...I could take a drink..." he finished before going over to the vending machine nearby
At the same time, another figure was running his way, through a dark alleyway close by
"Hmm...orange should be fine..." he said as he pressed for an orange juice box
Just as Izuku was about to drink out of his juice, something small ran into him, causing him to be slightly pushed
"Ahh!" The voice of a little girl was heard
"Huh? What was that?!" he exclaimed before looking at the source
It was girl, who seems to be around the ages of 5-7, with bluish, off white hair and a brown horn, sprouting out of her forehead. Her outfit was something that sent his alarm bells off, considering they were, what he can assume to be, a hospital gown, with bandages being wrapped around her arms and legs, especially along with her physical health
"Hey...are you okay?" Izuku asked gently
The girl who had her eyes closed, after being hurt from fall, opened her eyes again to see Izuku holding a hand out
"Huh?" Her voice was nervous
"I asked whether you are ok or not?"
She looked at him with an unsure look, before taking a his hand nervously
"I-I-I am fine...sorry..." she said in a low voice, not meeting his eyes
Why does she look like this...I should help her... Izuku thought
"Hey, is something wrong? You don't look like you are in a good state" he asked softly, so as to not make her feel uncomfortable
"N-No! I-I am fine! Sorry for bumping into you...but I have to go!" she said while getting ready to go...but, was stopped by Izuku's hand
"Listen, you pretty clearly look like you need help, considering your current state, so please! Let me help you, ok?" he said while sitting on one knee, and his hands on her shoulders
The girl looked unsure as to what to do Can I trust him? He doesn't look bad, though...I mean...I would eventually run into someone...and even if he turned out to have bad intentions, at worst it wouldn't be any different from how he treated me...please...I hope, this person is nice... she thought for a moment before saying with the same nervous and unsure voice of her's
"s-sure..."
Izuku didn't waste anytime picking her up into his arms and holding onto her tightly, before he started sprinting away, fighting back his exhaustion from the exercises he was doing just before finding her
"Don't worry...I don't know what happened, but...I will make sure you are safe, ok?" he said with a warm face
Eri looked at her hero, with tears welling up in her eyes, for the first time feeling peaceful and happy at seeing someone kind, hoping this isn't a lie, before burying her face into his shoulder while shaking
Izuku side-eyed her with the same warm expression before looking back forward with a brace face, running along the streets as the sun's morning lightrays hit both of them
"What's your name? Just wanna know" he asked softly
She didn't answer immediately, before doing so in her previous soft voice
"Eri"
"I see...that's a cute name!" he said trying to comfort her, before introducing himself, "And my name is Midoriya Izuku! Nice to meet you, Eri-chan!"
Eri didn't answer at first, but slowly uttered out, while still having her face in his shoulder
"N-Nice to meet you too..."
"Hmm!" Izuku nodded happily
As Izuku ran towards his home, someone can be seen watching them in the same dark alleyway, Eri came out of...