Chapter 25

Sir Nighteye felt like his heart was about to explode out of his chest while he drove like a madman toward Mirio, praying that he was quick enough.

When he arrived at Mirio's home he kicked the door open and ran towards the teen's room, only to find him lying on the ground in a pool of his own blood, he almost broke into tears after looking at the four cracks marring his face, he shook his face and kneeled quickly beside him analyzing as much as he could "At least the bleeding seems to have stopped"

He quickly called for an ambulance and put Mirio's head on a pillow before his detective instincts went into overdrive analyzing everything around them.

"No trace of a fight and Mirio's reflexes are honed to the extreme, the probability of a successful ambush is almost null" he turned to look at Mirio for a second before walking towards the door "The blood trail comes from the bathroom he… crawled from it, the sink is practically red… was he looking into the mirror?"

He glanced around and after he was a hundred percent sure that there were no enemies around, he got back to Mirio and kneeled beside him taking his hand

"What happened Mirio?" he whispered to the unconscious teen. After a few more minutes the ambulance finally arrived, once there were both in the ambulance, he started making calls

"Toshinori, sorry to call you this late but I need you in Mustafu's general hospital as soon as possible" A beat "I'm okay… is about Mirio" The call ended after that

After the longest ten minutes of his life, they finally arrived at the hospital, he was gladly surprised to see Toshinori already there "He must have come as All Might" Both men nodded at each other and followed Mirio's stretcher until the doctors stopped them

"Please wait here until we run some tests, he seems stable enough and the bleeding stopped a while ago but he'll probably need a unit" The doctor turned quickly and entered a room. After a few moments of silence, All Might finally spoke

"Was he attacked?" The anxiety in his voice was palpable

"Unlikely. There weren't signs of a fight, and Mirio is skilled enough to activate his permeation the second he experience pain" Nighteye said shaking his head

"His face… looked broken," Toshinori said through gritted teeth

"I was watching his injuries in the ambulance… it looked as if his face just… spontaneously was about to explode" Nighteye put his face on his hands

"Do you… do you think it was because of One for All?" Toshinori asked in a whisper

"I don't know Yagi… I have not a single clue" Toshinori nodded and took his phone, Nighteye just observed him while he walked towards the exit "Where are you going?"

"Recovery Girl is not only the best healer in Japan, but is also the one who knows everything about my quirk" Sir Nighteye nodded slowly and saw Toshinori run out of the building after a few seconds a boom in the distance signaled that All Might jumped away.

Nighteye stood there waiting for any information on Mirio, praying that his stubbornness with AFO wasn't the cause his protégée was in this delicate state. Because he wasn't sure he would be able to live with himself if that was the case


Izuku smiled softly while walking through Kiyashi ward with his friends, everyone seemed to be goofing around more than looking to buy what they needed for their travel to the camp, and Iida was the most distraught by that

"Friends please before we lose our composure we need to buy the essentials for the camp!"

"This key Chan is essential Iida!" Mina argued

"No is not!" Izuku turned towards the stifled laugh beside him. Ochako was using all her willpower to not burst out laughing

"We should probably go get what we need or Iida is going to get an aneurysm," Izuku said

"Yeah I just need some bug repellent, when I moved from Mie, I packed my camping year with me in case I needed to sleep outside," Ochako said proudly

"Wh- Why would you need to sleep outside?" Ochako turned towards him with a raised eyebrow

"In case my landlord decided to raise my rent?" Ochako said it like it was the most obvious thing in the world and Izuku nodded slowly

"I need a few long-sleeved shirts in case the mosquitoes attack us, I can see the store from here, what do you say you go for the bug repellent then I see you here in a few minutes to grab lunch" Izuku smiled at her soft blush

"Can we grab some mochi?" Izuku laughed

"Only if you let me eat some, last time we bought mochi you ate all of it"

"I did not! I swear it was Gamabu who ate it the last three!" Izuku knew she was telling the truth but shrugged

"Ochako, Gamabu is the size of a mochi, what you're telling me doesn't make any sense" Ochako pouted at him and he couldn't stop his laughter

"You're the worst" she turned around and walked away "I'm eating all your mochi prepare yourself!"

Izuku watched Ochako leave with a fond expression "At least we're still getting lunch after" He turned to catch his friends when a raspy voice stopped him

"That's so sweet that I almost vomit" Izuku felt his soul leave his body, he turned around quickly and pulled a kunai that he had hiding "Ah carrying weapons as a civilian must be a crime"

Shigaraki was a few steps away from him with a baby carrier in his hand. Izuku's eyes widened watching that a pinky finger was all that was stopping his quirk to harm the baby who was sleeping in it

"It's…blunt," he said automatically, his mind creating plans to save the baby

"Ah, a cosplay prop I see" Shigaraki scratched his neck "I want to talk to you hero" The moment the word hero left Shigaraki's mouth Izuku saw his body flinch. The look in his eyes seemed more manic

"Put the baby on the floor then and we can talk"

"Liar… as all the heroes are" His pinky finger flinched

"Okay, I'm sorry! What do you want to talk about?" Izuku almost screamed

"That's what I wanted to hear" Shigaraki smirked cruelly, then jerked his head to the side signaling an aisle that didn't have any stores in it so it was empty enough. Both walked slowly and in silence without losing sight of each other. When Shigaraki finally stopped, he started talking again "Tell me hero… why does the League of Villains isn't getting the recognition it deserves"

"What?" Izuku asked bewildered all that for that kind of question, Izuku quickly looked around looking for an ambush

"You and Stain are all the people are talking about! I was there in Hosu too; my Nomus were the ones creating havoc in the city! But no all the people are talking about is your fight!" Shigaraki screeched through gritted teeth

"Tell me, hero, you've bested me once in UA so you must know, why is the league not being called in all chat!" Izuku was lost for words not getting what Shigaraki was talking about

"You want to be recognized?" Izuku asked while slowly moving one of his seals toward Shigaraki

"Yes, I'm supposed to be the next symbol of evil and all that I am is a footnote in the papers, so tell me hero, why I'm being ignored again!" His pinky finger was almost on the baby carrier Izuku blurted what it was in his mind

"Purpose!" The villain froze

"Purpose?" Shigaraki asked confused

"Nobody knows why the league is doing what is doing… without a purpose is just meaningless chaos" Izuku's seal was almost on his target "Stain's creed was all around the news and people could relate to him. He also stood by his beliefs until the very end. What you've shown to the world is that you just destroy for the sake of destruction and you don't have a purpose to die for"

"That's it then… I get it finally. All this is All Might fault" Izuku raised an eyebrow

"I don't understand how you got to that conclusion, but I'll be taking the baby" Half a second was all Izuku needed, he teleported beside Shigaraki and ripped the baby carrier from his hand. Before Shigaraki could comprehend what happened Izuku kicked him away sending him flying deeper into the empty aisle, he then threw his kunai into the villain's arm

"You said that it was blunt!" Shigaraki hissed and was about to pull the kunai out of his arm when Izuku teleported beside him and punched him with his robotic arm

"I lied" Izuku smirked and summoned five shadow clones four to stop the people from entering the aisle after the commotion and the last one took the baby and teleported away "It's over Shigaraki, you can't take hostages and I'm faster than you. There is nowhere to go"

"I really hate you hero" Shigaraki spat in anger "KUROGIRI GET ME OUT OF HERE" prepared himself to stop Shigaraki from leaving but no purple mist appeared

"KUROGIRI, I SAID GET ME OUT OF HERE!" Izuku narrowed his eyes nothing was happening the manic look in Shigaraki turned to one of fear "Kurogiri?" that sounded like a whisper

"It seems that your drive forgot about you Shigaraki, is over" Shigaraki's eyes screamed hate, he quickly stood up and dashed towards Izuku in an attempt to use his quirk on him

Izuku dodged all the swipes Shigaraki threw with ease, his anger made his attacks easier to read, Izuku crouched and swept the legs from the villain who fell roughly to the floor, Shigaraki rolled away and put a hand on the wall, it started to decay, but before his quirk could do significant damage to the structure Izuku teleported to the kunai that still was on the villain's arm and punched him away from the wall

"I told you Shigaraki, is over. Surrender there is nothing you can do" Izuku saw the meaning of his words enter Shigaraki's mind, the hate in his eyes turned into fear and the fear turned into something animalistic as if his reasoning just stopped working and the primal part of it took control. When the villain put his hands on the floor Izuku's eyes widened seeing the ground beneath Shigaraki quickly started disappearing "It's decaying faster!"

He teleported behind Shigaraki and grabbed both his wrists and pulled them behind his back "I'm sorry Shigaraki but I need you to sleep "Lightning Style: Earth Flash" Izuku's hands released an enormous amount of lightning directly into Shigaraki's body. Izuku was surprised at Shigaraki's endurance the amount of lightning he was using should have knocked out someone after a couple of seconds, Shigaraki fought for almost twenty seconds before his body felt limp

Izuku sighed and wrapped the villain's hands behind back him with his belt. After that, Izuku pulled out his phone

"Ochako hey there was a situation"

"Izuku, I heard the ruckus and towards your location are you okay?"

"Shigaraki was here in the mall" Izuku heard a gasp on the other side of the line "Don't worry I took care of it, but I don't feel comfortable waiting for the heroes here I'm going to take him to the police station and bring Nezu and Aizawa"

"Understood please be careful" After a quick reassurance Izuku ended the call and mentally searched the tag he had on the police station when he felt it both the villain and the green hero disappeared from the mall


"I swear to god Midoriya I'm this close to expelling you," Aizawa said exasperated

"Don't be so hard on him Eraser, Izuku did well. He captured the villain with minimum collateral damage and no civilians were hurt!" Nezu chirped happily "By the way where is the baby he had hostage"

"Ah he is here in the station, my clone teleported towards Recovery girl but she wasn't in her office so he brought him here, I hope they can find the parents," Izuku said while Nezu nodded satisfied

"Good job Izuku, I'm proud of you," Nezu said smiling

"Don't misunderstand, I'm proud too… but you're making me want to retire soon" Aizawa said tiredly, Izuku chuckled and then turned serious

"What's going to happen to Shigaraki?"

"He'll be sent to Tartarus and then we'll try to dig out everything he knows about this league of villains" Izuku furrowed his eyebrows

"Do you really think we can get anything from him? At the end of our… talk he looked like a rabid animal more than a person" Izuku sighed

"He probably entered into a fight or flight state" Aizawa explained

"Exactly and that state could have prompted the change in his quirk" Izuku knew that stress, fear, anger, hate, or any strong emotion could prompt a new development in a quirk "Go to sleep Izuku you'll be traveling in two days, you need to rest after all Eraser is going to put you through the wringer"

Izuku saw the smirk Aizawa had on his face and sighed. He said his goodbyes and teleported towards his home. When he arrived, he heard the laughter inside, which wasn't strange but there was another laugh in there that he knew wasn't supposed to be there.

When he opened the door, he was received by a peculiar sight. Eri was in her All Might's pajamas with her foot on Ochako's back in a triumphant pose, while Ochako lay on the floor with an exaggerated pose of defeat, she had her tongue out and everything

"And All Might save the day again!" Eri said happily "No evil villain will ever defeat the symbol of peace!" Izuku smirked and teleported behind Eri using the kunai that was always on her belt and lifted her in the air, Eri squeaked and flailed to no avail

"Ah, the symbol of peace must have been losing his touch if he fell for an ambush like this!" Izuku said in a grave tone "You're in my hands now All Might!" Izuku then started to tickle Eri who couldn't stop the pearls of laughter escaping her. Izuku would always cherish that sound

"Izuku stop!" Eri said between laughs "Ochako help!" suddenly Izuku felt his weight disappear and now he was being held high by Ochako

"Ah, my partner in crime is betraying me!" Izuku said dramatically

"There is no honor between villains," Ochako said with mirth, the three laughed heartily for a while before Ochako finally put Izuku on the floor again, Izuku kept Eri in his arms while the little girl was hugging him tightly

"Ochako came with a box of mochi!" Eri said happily, Izuku turned to the brunette with a raised eyebrow

"Well… I didn't want the day to end with us not having any mochi. We wanted some for lunch after all" Izuku smiled at her and nodded

"That's very sweet of you Ochako," Izuku said while taking her hand with his robotic one, his heart beat faster when she didn't recoil from the cold feeling of the metal. Before he could say anything else, Eri put her hands over his ear and whispered

"You should take one quickly, she almost ate all of it" Ochako turned as red as a tomato and started stuttering denials while Izuku and Eri laughed, on the couch Inko smiled softly at the scene, she took a lot of pictures and sent them in their own little world to Mina who replied in a vast combination of Emoji's, before she made herself present, she sent a picture to Ochako, the picture of Izuku carrying a laughing Eri and Ochako carrying a laughing Izuku


Sir Nighteye and All Might in his deflated form were waiting for Recovery Girl assessment, both men silent hoping for the best after a couple of hours Nighteye decided to break the silence

"Have you heard anything from Torino?" All Might shook his head

"I only told him to investigate the other users of One for All a couple hours ago Mirai, he'll tell us whatever information he gets as soon as he can"

"I know, I'm sorry… I… I can't stop thinking about every possible variable" Toshinori put a hand on Nighteye's shoulder

"I get it Mirai, I'm worried too. But right now, all we can do is wait" Both men fell silent again for what seemed hours until finally, the heroine walked slowly towards them "Shuzenji, please tell us some good news" The somber sight of Recovery girl told them everything

"First of all, Togata's father is here now so act with caution. Right now, he is stable, but we need to keep him unconscious" Both heroes' eyes widened "He woke up while we were running some tests and he started crying in pain, we had to sedate him" She saw how Nighteye's knuckles turned white "The majority of tests results are normal, at the moment the only one that it's different from the ones he had before is the quirk factor test, which is normal I suppose after all he now have OFA in his system"

"Do you think that's the reason for his state?" Nighteye asked nervously

"Is a possibility but is still too soon to tell, we have more tests to run but I fear we will not have an accurate answer even after those, after all his case is unique" Recovery girl concluded

"So, we will never know for sure if OFA is hurting him," All Might said before sighing loudly

"We need more information on the predecessors," Nighteye said and All Might nodded "Shuzenji could you please take care of him, while we investigate"

"Whatever you plan to do, do it quickly, I'll do my best to keep him stable" Recovery girl nodded and walked away to the ICU. Both heroes walked faster toward the exit

"Does Shimura ever tell you anything about a one for all user whose body rejected the quirk?" Nighteye asked

"She didn't. All I know is that her predecessor gave it to her minutes before dying to his wounds" Nighteye nodded "And… Nana never said anything about one for all hurting her" All Might said sadly

"Sorry for asking this but I need to start gathering information" All Might nodded in understanding "We need to join Torino"

"What would we do if one for all is hurting him" Nighteye stopped in his tracks

"You…you should get it back" All Might nodded

"If that's possible I will" Nighteye's head turned towards All Might quickly, who understood the questioning gaze "There is a lot that we don't know about the quirk Mirai. What if I can't get it back after passing it? What if my body rejected the transfer? after all, one for all was already failing me when I had it, there is also the part where the user has to choose to transfer it and we'll have to explain that to young Togata while he's suffering by being awake. Is not that I don't want to accept it back Mirai, I would gladly do it even if it kills me as soon as it enters my body. But we're navigating in shadows"

All Might saw the eyes of his old friend fill up with tears and put a hand on his shoulder

"We'll save him Mirai, whatever it takes we'll save young Togata" Nighteye took a deep breath and nodded both heroes walked towards Nighteye's agency with a little shimmer of hope in their hearts


Shigaraki's mind was a mess, part of him wanted to scream in rage, hate, and despair, and the most humane part of his mind wanted answers. "Why does Kurogiri didn't attend his calling? Does Sensei forget about him? Of course, he wouldn't forget him, he is his heir" The questions revolved in his mind while he was being transported to Tartarus clasped from head to toe in quirk-suppressing technology, even his mouth was covered

Suddenly the vehicle he was being transported stopped moving and his ears perked up at all the sounds that the explosions outside made, he heard something heavy drop over the vehicle he was in and the officers driving it started screaming but were promptly silenced by a nasty crunch. The door of the vehicle exploded and after a few seconds of his sight accommodating to the light he saw a couple of Nomus looking at him, one had a smaller Nomu in its shoulder

Shigaraki smiled "Of course sensei wouldn't forget about his heir" he saw the small Nomu open its mouth and vomit a black ooze that enveloped him and the Nomus, when the light returned to his eyes he was in the Doctor's lab, still wrapped in quirk suppressing tech but he could wait until the Nomus freed him

At least that was his thought until he saw the Nomus walk away, leaving him trapped. His anger started raising when a voice called for him

"Shigaraki Tomura" All for One was seated in front of him covered by shadows "It seems that you failed me again" Shigaraki wanted to scream and explain to him but the metal piece in his mouth stopped him "Ah of course you can't talk" Shigaraki saw a minuscule movement from his sensei's hand and the metal over his mouth was ripped away

"Sensei is not my fault! Is All Might and that Hokage's fault!" Shigaraki waited for an answer but All for one stood silent in the shadows "Please release me and let me go and kill them sensei, I hate them!" a grave sigh was his only answer

"You know Shigaraki Tomura, when I decided to make you my heir, was mostly because you're related to someone that my nemesis loved" Shigaraki froze, he didn't know that "Ahh imagining his broken spirit when I revealed that my heir is the grandson of his master made me put up with you most of the time"

"Sen-" Shigaraki started but another movement of a hand put the metal over his mouth again

"Then six years ago he almost killed me, so I had no other choice but to keep cultivating you, turning you into the perfect heir for my reign" All for one then sighed exasperated "But you can't turn a koi fish into a dragon when the koi fish is nothing but useless"

"I had plans for you, Shigaraki but you kept failing over and over again. Kurogiri told me you needed more real experience and to be honest I planned to give you more opportunities… until a few days ago I was rewarded by another chance" All for one stood up slowly and Shigaraki's eyes widened when the lord of the underworld walked towards him

All for one was in front of him revealing his white hair, red eyes, and the most malicious smile Shigaraki have ever seen

"The universe decided to give me another chance to fix this broken world" All for one put a hand on Shigaraki's head "Don't worry you may not be my heir anymore but I do have plans for you" Shigaraki's eyes widened "What do you say my good doctor is he ready?"

"The drugs I put in him after he lost his arm must have already taken effect" Shigaraki saw the doctor walk from behind him "From the notes on the police files he already evolved his quirk, which means he is ready"

"Perfect after all I need a distraction… and if we're lucky he'll finally achieve his goal of killing All Might" All for one smiled darkly

"Ah even if he failed you so much, you're giving him one final chance to achieve his dreams. You sure are benevolent, Master"

"Of course, I am dear doctor. Prepare everything, don't skimp on anything you need, and boost him as much as that body of his can handle" The doctor nodded and put a syringe on Shigaraki's neck who screamed internally. His senses started to darken slowly, the last thing he heard before the darkness engulfed him was All for One and the doctor talking as if he weren't there

"He'll be a good distraction, Master"

"He will, and I think it's time to take this fight between my brother and me out of the shadows. To finally take my deserved place as the lord of this world. But to do that I need an army"

"You are an army by yourself, Master," Garaki said

"I may be one, but what is a lord without an army? No, I need one, but building one from zero would take years… and I'm done waiting. Fortunately for us, there is a pretty good army waiting for me in Deika city"

Shigaraki barely saw both villains walking away, leaving him trapped and alone. Finally, a few moments later, Shigaraki Tomura was no more


A/N: Holy! This was supposed to be like 2k words, but the more I wrote the more I wanted to add more and more. So yeah, Shigaraki Tomura was never the final boss here. I actually felt kind of sad for him at the end but it is what it is

I hope you guys like this one, shit is going to hit the fan soon! And I'm not ready for it! Also sorry for the delay in the chapters I'm writing another fic, so most of my ideas are going there. I can't avoid it I'm sorry! I think this is some form of ADHD. I do love writing this fic but for some reason, all the ideas in my head are for the other one. I hope that when I publish it, you guys like that one too.

As always, sorry for my grammar and thank you for staying with me all this time

Love you, guys :)