Before I get into this chapter I just wanna say I have my own opinions about the traitor and so will be using my theories in this fanfic~ Enjoy

I drag my hand through my hair frustrated, I've got less than a week to come up with a plan to pull this off. There's so many things that can go wrong if we go forward with extracting the student… That's not even considering Shigaraki. He could be making his own move, or even be planning to ambush me there. Getting the power of All for One is essential if I'm to put an end to All Might. Aida is also another problem, her quirk seems to be a powerful "suggestion". If plausible enough the suggestion can take deep root in your brain. She can alter your memories as well as compel you to do something that you don't want to. Even now I feel compelled to destroy… The power felt amazing. The thing that worries me the most is whether or not that feeling is Aida or me. I can slowly feel myself slipping away, will All for One's power steal away my sanity as well? I put my hand to my forehead and grimace. All this thinking is giving me a headache. Downstairs I hear Toga's shrill voice as shr and Irina argue, I smile wryly. It's a bit difficult to believe that these people have sided with me, apparently they were followers of Stain and decided to follow me after I defeated him. I'm not so fond of Toga… She's too much alike Irina, the pair of then are quite a handful to deal with. I do have to admit that they are quite useful. With Toga's quirk it would be easy to infiltrate the school, thinking through my classmates Hagakure would be the best to disguise her as. Irina can extract her easily, Toga would than be in charge of signalling the best time to attack. Preferably when Kacchan and Todoroki are out of the way, I glance down at my paper and circle Aizawa's name as well. His quirk is the most troubling. He'll need to he distracted whilst the extraction occurs, I'm not sure who to send to counter him. Irina is out, Dabi as well who I'll have set the forest on fire in order to separate everyone. That leaves me, Toga and Twice. It's likely that Aizawa would want to detain me again, still under the impression that I'm being controlled by the villain. I ponder this, I wonder how trusting I could get them to be. The cogs in my head turn, if I could use a hostage situation and be convincing enough… I could distract them long enough for Irina to come and get us. Toga would have to be the one to hold me captive, since Aizawa would block any quirk used to threaten me, a good old knife to the throat would have to do. The plan is kinda crazy but it could work. I could also use Twice to my advantage as well, convince them that he was pretending to be me. I tap my pen on my lips and smile, it's a long shot and there are a lot of holes in the plan, but I would only have to hold out long enough for Irina to come get us. The main problems would be Uraraka, Iida and Todoroki who have seen my abilities. If they had been allowed to report to the police and teachers my whole plan would fall apart, but thanks to Shigaraki's impulsiveness he's left me a loophole. He'd had Aida make Iida, Uraraka and Todoroki believe that him and a Nomu caused the damage. I know Aida's power to fall apart if triggered by a stimulus. She'd managed to erase her existence from my mind, but after seeing her I could remember meeting her again. Similarly Uraraka, Iida and Todoroki could recover those memories if they see me or my powers so they need to be out of the way for this plan to work. For the last week the news has been focused on the league and how dangerous they have become. I'm glad Shigaraki is so full of himself. The plan is set, now to convince the others.

There's a silence in the room as I finish explaining the plan, I stand my ground confident in my plan and don't break the silence. I can practically see the wheels turning in each of their heads as they mull through the idea. It's a simple plan, but should waste enough time. After all the heroes can't risk an innocent getting hurt. A smile spreads over Toga's lips

"I get to see Izu-Kun all beat up and bloody again, I'm all for it~"

I grimace a little, roughing me up would certainly increase the believability of me being held hostage. It would be good to get a uniform to my junior school and wear that, give the illusion that I've been held captive the whole time, that I wasn't even present at USJ. They're not aware of Twice's abilities so we can swing it that someone else was making the illusion and that my quirk is actually his. That would leave me appearing quirkless again and make me even more an effective hostage. Irina suddenly laughs,

"Beat up and hold our boss hostage huh? Sounds like fun~ More dolls are always welcome,"

Dabi shrugs, he's a man of little words.

"You know my clones aren't that strong right? He wouldn't be very helpful when it comes to fighting. And he would have his own autonomy! What if he screws up the plan!"

"That's the point. At this point in time we're looking to avoid conflict. In and out without actually engaging anyone in a direct fight. We need everyone in order to stand against All Might, including the target. And I'm not worried about him disobeying. If he has the same level as intelligence as me he will follow the plan."

"So everyone is fine except you?"

Dabi speaks for the first time to add the discussion,

"Well it's not like I have to have major injuries or anything, just be roughed up."

He narrows his eyes but doesn't say anything, clearly seeing a problem with it.

"Do you have a back up plan? And what about that Shigaraki guy?"

"I'll think of something, as for Shigaraki…"

I trail off, my forehead creasing as I think. He's definitely a wild card, but he's weak at the moment. He won't have the support of All for One and is unlikely to gain enough help to launch another attack, the only person he would have to rely on would be Aida and kurogiri… It's an unknown but I have to take the risk.

"I'm banking on him being too unorganised to plan anything. If he does happen to show up we evacuate immediately."

He's too laid back to do anything about it, I've already got the most important people on my side. I turn to Irina,

"Do you reckon you can get ahold of a Aldera Junior High uniform?"

She puts her hand on her hip and flashes me a displeasing smile,

"Just who do you think I am?"

I grin, now to carry out the plan without a hitch.

The first stage is getting Hagakure out of the picture. This proves to be difficult, I mean why would it be easy tracking an invisible girl. Luckily she usually wears her uniform and so can be spotted if we are vigilant. Shrinking her is not an option, we'd likely lose her if she were to take her uniform off, so we have to resort to good old grabbing and bagging. Her home isn't too far from UA, we track her for a few nights just to check what time she normally goes home before deciding to strike. I crouch low on the rooftop above an alley where Dabi is lying in wait, my job is to signal when Hagakure is about to walk past the alley so we can snatch her. There's a fire exit ladder down the side of the alley. She usually walks past here at 8pm, on cue I can see her skirt and shirt come into view. I use a stick to tap three times on the ladder, I watch as Dabi shuffles to the edge of the wall and waits. Hagakure's footsteps sound and Dabi lunges quickly wrapping a hand around where her mouth is likely to be and slinking quickly back into the alley. There's a small sound of a scuffle and a muffled scream, quiet enough to not be heard by anyone on the street. I scan the street quickly to check we were not spotted, to my relief the street is empty. At the other end of the alley Irina pulls up in a black car, still much more expensive looking than I wanted it but it'll have to do. Dabi scoops up Hagakure tucking an arm under her legs and places her in the back seat of the car. I shuffle to the edge of the rooftop and push off, using my momentum to clamber quickly down the ladder and slide into front seat of the car with Dabi. Irina speeds off, the first stage has gone on without a hitch. We'll let Hagakure go once we have what we need. She won't be much help, aside from providing a little blood for Toga. I pull up the hood on my hoodie and keep my head low, my face is quite recognisable now. There's newspaper articles about me all over the place.

The next day Toga goes to school in place of Hagakure, there's a classroom on the second floor that's close enough to the wall for Toga to throw a note tied to a rock. UA has changed location last minute, Toga was lucky enough to overhear Aizawa discussing the location with the coach driver. Toga is to stay on the bus as we all head to the location early and find a secure place to hold up until Toga reports. We choose a place a ways away from the cabin the students will stay in, far enough to ensure we won't be found. I decide to stay in an Aldera uniform the whole time to try and mess it up a bit more. It's another day before Toga finally comes to advise on the attack time. The students would be carrying out a test of courage in pairs, it seems luck is on our side as Kacchan and Todoroki get paired up. We plan to show up a few minutes after they head into the forest. I end up asking Dabi to tuffle me up, I grimace a little as I stand there and tense waiting for the blow. For a moment I see myself as my younger self as Kacchan raises his hand to strike me. I clench my fists as they tremble slightly, I'm not that weak anymore… I'm no-

My ears ring as I stumble backwards, pain blossoms across my jaw. I'd completely forgot to brace for the blow.

"Sorry… You okay?"

I rub the side of my face and nod, I push myself back up.

"Again."

By the end of it I'm an absolute state. It's a little difficult to stand up, acting pained should be easy. My whole body aches, my bangs are singed and my clothes are torn and muddy. I really do the look part. Toga comes skipping through the trees no longer disguised as Hagakure, she grins widely seeing me so beat up.

"Ahh Izu-Kun! You really do look best all beaten and bruised!"

"Let's just get this started."

I mutter. Twice nods and makes a clone, I'd had him take measurements of me in my villain outfit. Toga grins happily clearly enjoying herself, she pulls out a knife toying with it for a few moments before standing behind me and wrapping an arm around my throat. We're almost the same height so she doesn't have much trouble, we shuffle forward through the trees, I let out a breath and grab her arm as if trying to stop her choking me. Almost automatically she tightens her grip, my clone follows close behind. He'd had the plan explained to him, so hopefully he follows along. All eyes swivel to us, confusion swirls through the crowd. The 2 teachers present step forward in front of the students to protect them but stay still. I grimace and try to tug at Toga's arm, Aizawa steps forward, Toga smirks and presses something cold to my neck.

"Ah ah, I wouldn't move if I were you Aizawa Sensei~ We don't want anyone to get hurt right~?"

She presses the knife harder, I suck in a sharp breath as I feel warmth trickle slowly down onto my shirt. She's having way too much fun with this. My clone steps forward and places a gloved finger under my chin smirking,

"We came to show you our play thing."

I'm surprised, but glad, that he plays along perfectly. Aizawa's gaze narrows,

"Isn't that Deku…?"

A murmur goes through the crowd of students as they take in the situation,

"The forest!"

They point behind us, probably at the smoking fire Dabi has started.

"Who are you people? What do you want? Let the civilian go."

Aizawa demands hotly, he's falling for it… Thank god. His eyes scan my uniform and his eyes widen a little,

The fake Deku swirls around his smirk growing wider.

"Have you realised yet? For 11 whole months no one came to save this poor kid, and you call yourself heroes."

He chuckles amused,

"This kid though, he's something else. Kept hope the whole time. Thought All Might would come to save him. Hah, you should've seen his face when he saw himself reported as a Villain and All Might made that speech about bringing him to justice."

Horror sweeps through the crowd, and the students murmur,

"Midoriya…"

"They're monsters…"

"Look at him… He's so beat up.

Aizawa trembles infuriated,

"Midoriya… I'm sorry you had to endure that. We can reach you now. We'll definitely save you."

I open my eyes to meet his gaze, I tremble with rage myself. Tch, heroes think they're so high and mighty. I force a pained expression, the trembling can be mistook for fear. We've only got another few minutes to hold up like this before Irina comes to get us. To my dismay my vision swirls, the pain is getting almost unbearable. I can't feel the hands grabbing at Toga's arms, just a few minutes… One of my arms droop down, Toga has to tighten to hold my slumping form. It's incredibly difficult to stand up, my clone suddenly steps forward, he must see my struggle. I peek through a slit in my eyes at him, he holds something in his hand, a small black console with a red button that he presses down. He holds up for Aizawa to see,

"Know what this is?"

He glances to Toga and nods, she suddenly let's go and I crash to the floor. She crouches down beside me as I push myself up with difficulty, she pulls me back so I'm practically resting against her and rests her hand on my throat.

Aizawa has shuffled forward a foot, looking for any opportunity to rush and save me.

"This little thing is a detonator."

He waits for those words to sink in before continuing.

"We set it up just before you arrived here. If for some reason my finger is removed from this button… Boom~ Can't tell you where the bomb is though."

I have to admit, this clone is impressive. Not only did he come up with a back up plan, he plays the bad guy perfectly. A scream suddenly sounds from beside us, a blast of fire misses the clone by a hair's whisper. A figure crashes into me and Toga, I'm thrown backwards, Toga lands a little ways away from me. I grimace and grab my throbbing rib cage, damn today is not my day. I slowly open my eyes, than snap them open quickly. Kacchan kneels from landing and has frozen. His eyes widen as he takes in my battered form and old Junior High uniform, I can see the confusion on his face.

"Midoriya…"

I'm shocked into silence, I can't remember how long it's been since he said my name. My actual name.

"Damn brat. You better stay right there. Unless you want blood on your hands."

Kacchan's eyes swivel to the fake Deku, to the detonator in his hand, and than back to me. Rage and pity wash over his face. The pity on his face is sickening, how dare he pity me. I press onto my stomach harder, the pain keeping me from losing control of my anger. If I blow it now we're all screwed. Kacchan losing it would be a problem as well, I grit my teeth and mentally prepare myself.

"K-Kacchan… We should do as he says. He won't hesitate to h-hurt people…"

Kacchan simmers down a little, the words sting him. Good. Feel every bit of guilt that you should have felt from the start. I glance around to Toga, Irina should be here any second, we need to be as close as possible to make to make it easier for her to extract us. She stands and skips over to the clone murmuring in his ear, he keeps his eyes fixed on the teachers.

"We'll end this nice and peaceful. We'll take what we want and leave, else your students die. Got that. Get the kid."

I flinch as Toga grabs my arm and pulls me to my feet, I put on a limp as she guides us to the clone. So close now… So -

Than the worst happens. The one thing I had banked on not happening. I could curse myself for my stupidity.

Hi Haru here~ I wonder what happened~! Also Deku's clone is really fun XD the fact that Twice's clones have their own free will is really interesting, double deku = double trouble! Deku's clone illustrates how evil Deku can really turn, but more of that in the future huhu~