The Hidden Sith: Izuku Midoriya

P2 Ch2: Saving an enemy, Offer of a lifetime

"Speaking"

'Thinking'

"Thought Communication/Phone Call"

"All Might/Vocoder Speaking"

Force Vison/Flashback

Welcome to Ch 15 of this fanfic. I spent all of last night writing it, with a short break to go to the store and buy soda. Why the hell did Freddie's stop selling real sugar Kroger soda?! I'm thinking I'll try and get a first of a generation chapter out tomorrow or the day after, need to sleep after all.

BOOM! Darth Ferno turned his head toward the explosion. 'What was that?' Smoke was rising from the street a few blocks away. Ferno closed his eyes probing the darkside for an answer to the explosion. He snaped them open and began to run down the stairs 'The Sludge Villain! All Might must have dropped him!'

Rushing past, Izuku didn't even acknowledge the gauntly form of all might, as he ran toward the explosions. All Might looked at the back of Izuku. 'What is he doing?' The green haired boy came to a stop as All Might looked at him closer.

When Darth Ferno looked around, he noted the heroes, Backdraft, Death Arms and Kamui Woods were present. He looked at the situation, fires raging as he saw the individual held hostage by the villain. 'Oh, Sith hells, of course it's Katsuki who gets captured. And why the fuck aren't those three doing anything about it?' As he thought this Death Arms ran up to the villain. "I gotcha kid…I can't get a grip!" The Sludge's one eye looked down at Death Arms. "Begone pest!" The villain yelled as he threw the pro hero back into the crowd. The crowd began to murmur amongst themselves at the heroes failing to save Katsuki.

"What's happening?" "That Villain, he's got a kid." "He like a legit Super Villain." "Are the heroes just helpless?" "I'm here to help!" Darth Ferno looked up at the booming form of Mt. Lady. "Ah Mt. Lady, she can do something!" She then attempted to enter the street only to be blocked by the buildings. "My only weakness! I need a two-lane road."

"Well, I certainly didn't see that coming." Darth Ferno mumbled under his breath. "Where's All Might, wasn't he the one chasing this villain down earlier?" "Wait, All Might's Here?!" The teenage Sith Lord cast a sideways glace at the skeleton that was All Might. 'He must be limited on how long he can work per day and is out of time. But these four should be capable of freeing Katsuki at the very least.'

"You! Mt. Lady, go to the next street over and grab a water tank. You, Backdraft take a moment from the fires and cover Kamui woods in water to protect his branches. Death Arms, you provide backup support and Kamui, reach in and grab the hostage!" Izuku yelled at the four Pros. But rather then listen to orders, both Death Arms and Mt. Lady looked rather ticked off. Neither Backdraft nor Kamui woods have visible expressions with their masks, but Ferno could sense confusion and irritace from them. "Listen here civilian, we're the pro heroes not you, so stand back and let us do our jobs." Death Arms bit at Izuku. "None of us have the ideal quirks for the situation, so all we can do if keep others safe." Backdraft told him as he continued to fight the fires. The crowd began to murmur as these responses were sent Izuku's way.

"And you're just going to let him die?!" The Hero's grimaced but did not budge from their stubborn and foolish viewpoints. 'You've gotta be kidding me! These stubborn dumbasses! Why the hell did they become heroes in the first place?!' The greenette reached out with the force to sense Katsuki's current state. 'He's about to pass out. Like hell I'm allowing a literal piece of filth to kill Katsuki. Only I have that right!' Izuku began to run, weaving past the crowd and heroes. "Hey what are you doing kid!? Stop!" "Why is he running toward the danger?!"

"Like hell I'm gonna let him die because your four are too stupid to do anything!" Izuku yelled as he took off his backpack and aimed. 'Got one shot, aim for the only solid part.' No matter what, they couldn't discover his identity as Darth Ferno, so he had to be as ordinary as possible. 'NOW!' Ferno, with a hint of a force assisted throw, threw the backpack at the pile of sludge hitting it in the eye. "OW!" That was all he needed to grab Katsuki's lose arm and pull him out enough to catch a breath. He coughed as he breathed in."D-deku? Why-why would you save me? D-don't you h-hate me?" Izuku shook his head. "Like hell are you going to die like this. Even if I hate you, that doesn't stop me from prolonging your damn life!" He yelled, eyes flashing yellow unknown to Katsuki. The Sludge villain, recovered, looked at Izuku. "You again?"

All Might gasped as he looked at the apparent heroic spirt this Quirkless kid had. Ignoring the feeling in the back of his mind, he clenched his hand in determination. 'This kid, I'm the damn symbol of peace not some weak and sad old man.' Steam began to rise from his body as his from began to bulk up. 'No matter what, I have to save them both!' All Might leaped forward joining the fray.

"Disappear you pest." Ferno looked at the tendril coming at him. 'Need to time this just right.' As Izuku prepared to duck and doge, All Might appeared grabbing the sewage. "All Might!?" The blond gave Izuku a side look as he held back the tendril. "Young man I really shouldn't have chastised you when I myself wasn't willing to go beyond my own capabilities. Now, DETROIT SMASSSHHHHHH!" All Might yelled as he threw his punch at the villain while grabbing the two teenagers with his free hand.

As the villain was blown apart, Izuku closed his eyes and before he knew it, he was placed on the ground alongside Katsuki by All Might. Izuku opened his eyes to see storm clouds rolling in. 'Did he change the weather with air pressure alone? How strong is he?' Death Arms approached Izuku stern look in his face. "Do you have any idea how reckless you were. You could have killed the kid!"

Izuku's eye twitched in anger. "Just like you were willing to let him die because of inactivity. I told you a viable strategy, and none of you agreed to use it." Death Arms glowered with hate. "If you want to give orders, become a hero yourself, otherwise stay out of it." Darth Ferno bit his tongue in an attempt to stop himself from electrocuting the hero. "A little hard to do when you're Quirkless!"

Death Arms reared back but after a moment of internal conflict he doubled down. "Even more reason for somebody like you to stay out of the way! You don't have a quirk, you're fragile, less evolved, so you don't get the right to make decisions for Pro Heroes!" There was an audible gasp from the crowd as they heard what Death Arms said. Kamui Woods grasped his colleague's shoulder.

"Death Arms, while I agree that the child was reckless, that is no way to speak to someone, quirk or not." All Might nodded with this line of thought. "That kind of speech isn't fit for a hero, I suggest you take a moment to realize your mistakes." Despite the smile on his face, there was a stern look present. As Death Arms tried to process this, Kamui woods and Backdraft crowed around Katsuki, singing praise to him. While this was happening, the media began to crowd around All Might, trying to get his attention while All Might kept an eye on Izuku.

Darth Ferno, having enough of today, decided to simply sneak away while everyone else is occupied, grabbing his backpack. He didn't quite know why the force went quiet, but it didn't matter to him at that moment. He took another look at the scene and walked away.

The sun was starting to set as Darth Ferno was almost home. 'Hmm, Katsuki is nearby, clearly he wants to talk to me but seems to be too scared to do so, ah well.' He mentally shrugged his shoulders as he came to a stop. 'Why is All Might following me though? He's made his point and quite frankly I don't want to hear anymore.'

Before he could continue on his way, All Might appeared from the crossroad in front of him. "Young man, you left before I could speak to you!" Izuku had a blank look on his face. "Weren't you swamped by reporters?" All Might shook his head. "I stand for justice not sound bytes HAHAH-ACK!" All Might coughed up blood before shrinking in size. "You ran away because you ran out of time didn't you."

"Heh, you're quite intelligent, I didn't even tell you about my time limit and yet you could deduce that." All Might said as he wiped away some blood from his lower lip. "It's one of the only things that I have in life." All Might nodded, "So young man, before I could speak to you, you left…" "I'm going to cut you off right there All Might. You're just going to chew me out and quite frankly I don't need to hear anymore of your opinions. I'm powerless and there is nothing I can do. Although I don't expect someone like you to understand."

All Might looked down in shame. "You're wrong young man, I know exactly how you feel." Confusion crossed Izuku's eyes and All Might took that as a cue to continue. "I too was once upon a time Quirkless." Darth Ferno took a step back in shock, of all the things he was expecting that was not one of them. He scoffed. "Yeah right, it's not like you were given your quirk by somebody else." All Might sleeplessly rubbed his neck. "You're not joking, are you?" The blond shook his head.

Darth Ferno schooled his features before closing his eyes and probing All Might with the force. The answer he got back made him want to slam his head against a wall. 'How the kriffing hell did I miss his force senitivity? Am I that pathetic or something?' Ferno could hear his master snickering across the bond. He knew damnit and didn't say anything! 'He's stronger in the force than Ana was before she died, seriously how did I miss this?!'

All Might while waiting for the greenette to finish processing what was going on, felt an odd sensation. Like he was being poked, but without the physical touch. But, considering he had more pressing matters to deal with he elected to ignore it. The younger of the two opened his eyes and made eye contact with All Might. "Why are you telling me this?"

All Might nervously swallowed. "You ran in there to save somebody you hate, and you ask me why. Unlike me you're not necessarily reckless yet you are still heroic in your own way. I want to offer you my quirk in order to start a journey to be a hero. I, however, understand if you wish not to take my quirk as you have stated you already had a plan in life." Izuku's eyes widened as he looked into All Might's eyes trying to feel for a lie yet coming up empty.

Ferno breathed in and out. "Before I accept or deny your proposal, I need to understand the quirk and any baggage that comes with it." All Might closed his eyes in thought, before nodding. "That's fair young man." "Midoriya." All Might looked back at Izuku. "Huh?" "My name, it's Izuku Midoriya."

All Might nodded. "Ah, forgive me young Midoirya, I simply forgot to ask your name. Now where to begin, I suppose my quirk will have to do. Many people try to guess my quirk and whenever it comes up in an interview, I make a joke and dodge the question. My quirk is called One for All. It has two main abilities, one, it's a power stockpiler, and two it can be passed down. I'm the eighth holder of it." "Question." All Might nodded his head in acknowledgment. "When you say power stockpiler, do you mean, raw strength, energy or quirks?"

All Might rubbed his chin in thought. "My predecessor wasn't nearly as buff as I was so no, I don't think it stockpiles strength, and I've never displayed previous holder's quirks so I suppose just energy in general." Ferno nodded his head. While the force confirmed All Might was not lying, it was suggesting that there was more to it then what's on the surface. "Now I assume you want to know the history. It goes back to the dawn of quirks. Back then, the world was in chaos over the first generation of quirks. Amongst the anarchy, a man made himself known, his quirk possessing the frightful ability to take and give other quirks."

Darth Ferno took another step back in shock. That kind of power is incredible, and would easily put him on par with some of the strongest Sith Lords in history if the man played his cards right. All Might continued, seeing Izuku calm down a bit. "This man played off of people's fears, of others or themselves. He collected favors and followers, soon dominating the underworld. His name, All for One." Ferno grimaced. "I think I can paint some kind of picture of how he lived long enough to give you that scar."

"Perceptive, but that story isn't over, the man, All for One, had a younger brother. He was Quirkless, and was physically sickly, but had a strong sense of justice. He refused to be apart of his elder brother's schemes, and All for One sick of waiting for his mind to change, forced a quirk on him." Ferno thinks he could guess where this was going. "Low and behold, it was only after being granted a quirk did the younger brother discover his own, the ability to pass his own quirk on. The quirk granted to him was a simple stockpiler quirk. When the two quirks came together they merged making one powerful quirk. When he confronted his older brother, he failed, and died but before doing so passed on his quirk. Seven generations came and went, and I, the eighth was the one to finally take out the monster of a man. That was not a battle of glory but rather a personal vendetta."

'His hatred for All for One, it's almost as powerful as my own for Katsuki, if he wasn't so keen on peace and justice, I would try my hand at converting him. He wouldn't make a half-bad acolyte but fate had different idea's apparently.' "Did you see the body after the battle?" All Might blinked. "What?" "After you defeated All for One, did you see his body at all?" All Might was confused but shook his head.

Darth Ferno pinched his nose in frustration. "I've studied HPSC public protocols for dead Heroes and Villains. For a public Villain, the body is kept for thirty days then destroyed, unless it has something unique about it. I don't know the protocol for unknown villains, but I doubt it's too different." All Might stared to sweat, fear rolling off him. "I-uh, I'm not sure, I-just punched the top half of his head off, there's no way he could have survived that." His voice raised a few octaves. "Technically the human body only needs the brain stem to live, and said body part is in the lowest part of the brain, and if you had a brilliant neurobiologist on hand, you could piece the brain together enough that a healing quirk or two could kick in." All Might looked to be having a full on panic attack before he forced himself to calm down. "Young Midoriya, if what you say is true, then I swear I will take down All for One with my life, but you haven't told me about accepting my offer or not."

Ferno bit his lip in thought. "I need the night to think about it, could we exchange numbers, and I can ask you tomorrow?" All Might looked at the small boy before nodding. "That's fair, I suppose I need to worry about All for One for now. Give me your phone and I'll text my number." Izuku handed the device over after unlocking it. All Might punched his number in the text messaging app, before sending off a simply hello. His phone dinged in confirmation. "I hope to hear from you tomorrow Young Midoriya." The Sith nodded as he took his phone and began to continue his earlier path. 'I need to make a call.' All Might thought grimly.

Naomasa Tsukauchi was exhausted. He was running on two hours of sleep and coffee. And to boot, he had to process the sludge villain that All Might took down. Ah the joys of being All Might's liaison to the police. As he was about to return to his desk, his phone rang. Pulling it out, one Toshinori Yagi's name appeared on the screen. 'Speak of the Devil and he shall appear.' "Toshinori, what can I do for you?" "Um, right off the bat, could you tell me the protocol the HPSC uses for the bodies of non-public villains?"

"Ummmm, sure, just give me a sec." That question was out of the blue. He pulled up the private file on his computer. "Okay, the process is to retain the body for three months, to run various tests on it before incinerating it." All Might hummed on the other side. "Okay and just off topic, could you tell me what happened to All for One's body five years ago?" Tsukauchi suddenly got a sinking feeling in his gut. He inputted his credentials for the secure file and pulled it up. "Okay, um, Defeated by All Might, he was declared dead on sight and after the autopsy his body was destroyed the day after. But, standard protocol, and with his unique body, fuck. Fuck. FUCK! FUCKING HELL!" The detective slammed his free hand on the desk spilling the coffee. But that didn't matter as he was now wide awake.

"I was hoping my gut instinct was wrong." Tsukauchi began to pull up every file on All for one he could, Autopsy, finances, known associates, the works. "It's worse than him possibly surviving. The doctors on sight, the Police, the HPSC, there are people in all those groups on his payroll, they've all been compromised! It means that they can do his dirty work of finding rare and useful quirks. Damnit all!" The detective heard large impact on the other side of the phone. All Might likely punched a hole through a wall. Tsukauchi did not blame him. "What tipped you off Toshinori?"

"I found a potential successor to One for All and after explaining it and its history, he pointed out my idiocy." "It's not your fault Toshi, we were all fooled. Has he accepted yet?" All Might gave a sigh. "He said he needed to sleep on it and that he would get back to me tomorrow." Tsukauchi gave a weak chuckle. "Well, if he does accept, at least we'll know he's smarter than you." All Might gave a sigh of exhaustion on the other end. "Right you are Naomasa, listen, continue to dig up files on All for One. I have a meeting with Nedzu in a week to discuss my upcoming position, I'll bring him in on this."

"You sure it's a good idea to take a teaching position if he's still out there?" All Might coughed. "Not sure but One for All has to be passed down and if the young man I met doesn't accept it than somebody else will." The detective could acknowledge that logic.

"Sir, the Trojan Horse has picked up somebody snooping around your autopsy files." All For one waved his hand signaling that the computer technician to continue. "The origin would be the Iwate prefecture police station three, specifically Naomasa Tsukauchi, quirk Lie detection."

A grin appeared on the symbol of fear's scarred face before he started to laugh. "It would appear that All Might has gotten wise to my ruse. A little earlier than expected but in the end insignificant. He can't stop what is already in motion. You're dismissed Nagamura." "Yes sir." The technician bowed his head and left, one of the rare few to see All for One's weakened state and live. "hehehehehehehehehehehe ahahahahahahaha HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" While All for One laughed, even he couldn't account for every variable, especially unknown ones.

Booom! Chapter 15, personally I think I did a good job after spending 6 hours on it. It's difficult when you have ADHD and autism. Those protocols are something that I could totally see the HPSC have on their books, they shady motherfuckers. I know I'm sort playing fast and loose, but Izuku as a Sith is far more situationally aware and shrewd in analysis than his classic self. Honestly I would ask the same question if I was offered a quirk.