Heya everyone! And welcome to the new series of this MHA made by ME! So, with the accident that happened the date 23rd of March in 2023, I decided to heal my heart from such pain and asked for permission from our dear author "draconis ignitus" about doing a REACT version of his famous story "Legion." Which he was A-OK on this, here we are!
And since we know that I'm doing this, I had the pleasant agreement of doing such thing.
So, without further ado, I present you "MHA Reacts to Legion."
Have a wonderful day!
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CHAPTER 1: Hail the Brotherhood
Midoriya Izuku wouldn't know what just happened. He was with the class in their dormitories doing their own things, he had patched up the troubled relationship he had with Bakugo Katsuki and they were now on good terms, at least. He saved Eri from the Shie Hassaikai and beat the crap out of Overhaul and his Eight Bullets but at the cost of Sir Nighteye's death and his senpai, Togata Mirio, Quirk: Permeation.
Still, after doing everything he could, at least now Eri was happy and had smiled during their School Festival and he was responsible of hers while in school, Eri was either with Mirio or Aizawa-sensei.
He went to bed to get ready for another day in heroism but somehow, he felt… disturbed. Like he was in a place he shouldn't be.
He bolted up from where was laying down – he frowned when he discovered that his bed was here but the room was unfamiliar despite the same theme he decorated in his room – and walked out of the bedroom.
Once he got out, he knew he wasn't there when the halls weren't matching with the same colors he knew by heart and he decided that remaining in his pajamas – which are All Might themed, of course – and went to search someone.
It didn't take long when he heard…
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS PLACE!?"
"Kacchan!" Izuku said before rushing toward the source of the voice.
'How was Kacchan here? Where is this place? How did a villain take us here? Is the League of Villains again?' Those were the panicky thoughts of Izuku as he rushed, using a little of his Quirk: One for All toward it.
Once he reached it, his thoughts were between panic and confusion.
Panic because every member of Class A and Class B were together in what he could assume was a cinema or a theater and they looked and acted just as he was.
And confusion because there were also his teachers, a few heroes, the Big Three, and others who he recognized during his stay at U.A.
"Kacchan!" He decided to think later and put it at the present.
"Deku! What the hell is going on?" Katsuki yelled in frustration as his palms kept cracking with small explosions, something Izuku remembered that his Quirk acted with his emotions.
"I-I don't know." He replied, looking around in much confusion as the blond.
"Young Midoriya!"
"All Might! You're here too!?"
"As the rest of us of U.A., a few heroes such as Endevour, Hawks, Mirko, Best Jeanist, Edgeshot, Death Arms, Kamui Woods, Mount Lady, Ryukyu, Gran Torino, and the WWP." Principal Nezu said as he was walking toward them with Aizawa Shota (Eraserhead) and Yamada Hizashi (Present Mic).
"Izuku!"
The greenette looked at the newly adopted Eri and Izumi Kota from the Wild, Wild Pussycats making their way toward them. The heroes of said group also came with Sosaki Shino (Mandalay), Tsuchikawa Ryuko (Pixie-Bob), Shiretoko Tomoko (Ragdoll), and Chatora Yawara (Tiger).
"Where are we?" Eri asked nervously, holding onto Izuku like a lifeline.
"I-I don't know, Eri. Something tells me that we aren't where we supposed to be."
"Yes, such is a place that even I don't know."
Izuku's eyes widened in shock and turned around to see the supposed deceased hero that went to work with had died, Sasaki Mirai (Sir Nighteye).
"Sir Nighteye!" Izuku cried out in shock and disbelief.
"Mirai!" Yagi Toshinori (All Might) was the same. He had read the report and the state of his former sidekick that he didn't know how to react to it.
"Sir!" The one who couldn't believe most was Togata Mirio, who didn't even hesitate to hug his master in shock and happiness.
"Midoriya, Togata, All Might." Mirai couldn't believe it either but here he was and he needed to build the bad relationship he burned with his former boss, his successor and the one he trained.
"Here I am too, you zygotes." Torino Sorahiko (Gran Torino) grunted as he made his way toward his trainees.
"G-Gran Torino, sir!" Toshinori, the former Number One hero, cowered behind his successor in terror to see his former teacher. Izuku wasn't much baring the same as he was trembling at the elder who kicked his ass during his internship before the Hosu incident. "I-It's good to see you again…"
Sorahiko snorted before a laugh, a familiar yet impossible laugh made him and Toshinori freeze in shock. He turned around to see the impossible sight of the deceased hero, friend, and mentor, Shimura Nana, laughing with a few other unrecognizable people behind her.
"N-Nana?" Toshinori couldn't believe his eyes. One thing is reuniting with Mirai but another thing is reuniting with his mentor, his predecessor, and the only one who he could accept as his mother figure just in front of him. "I-Is… is it you?"
Nana's laugh diminished as she wiped the laughing tears from her eyes and sobered. "Yes, Toshi, it's me."
Toshinori would accept that he made his way toward her and gave her a hug, hoping that it wasn't a dream and remained like this forever. Nana accepted the hug as her successor shuddered in tears and patted his back. She then gave her old companion a cheeky grin. "What's up, Sorahiko, you missed me?"
Sorahiko couldn't believe it either but the tone and the power she emitted couldn't be no one else. "You damn right I do; you still own me those Taiyakies you stole from me!"
Nana laughed again as her eyes matched the green ones. "Heya, Ninth, it's good to meet you in person."
Izuku's eyes widened in proportion which Katsuki – who was forgotten next to him – wondered if his eyes were going to pop out of his eye sockets.
"Y-Yo-You're…"
"Oi, Deku, stop being shocked every time, dumbass." Katsuki snapped him out of his shock, slapping his head.
"He looks just like you, Second."
"Don't remind me, Third."
As they were left to their own, Class A and B wondered what had just happened.
"It seems that Midoriya-kun is having a moment." Iida Tenya said, watching his friend and former bully standing with a few notable heroes.
"Deku-kun…" Uraraka Ochako mumbled, knowing that there was Sir Nighteye who had died during the raid and she left him with the knowledge that Izuku needed much time.
"Kero, I wonder where we are by the way." Asui Tsuyu wondered as she glanced at the cinema/theater they were staying at. "Even our rooms are here but it didn't feel like it was ours."
"Mh." Todoroki Shoto hummed in agreement.
"Well, glad I'm not the only one thinking like that." Shinso Hitoshi grumbled as he made toward the only people of Class A that he was used to with, only because they knew Izuku.
"Shinso-kun? You're here too?" Tsuyu asked.
"And me too!" Hatsume Mei shouted, making Ochako and Tenya tense which they hid behind Tsuyu and Shoto in fear of the eccentric woman. "And I was a blast making my babies! I wonder if this place has a workbench somewhere."
"Don't worry, Hatsume. It will be all explained in a moment."
Everyone tensed when an unfamiliar voice spoke in a nonchalant tone. Every student, hero and young kids watched the one who spoke to notice the sight of the one possible responsible.
He was like a teenager only in that his hair looked like Shoto's except that it was white on the right and black on the left with two small bear ears on the top of his head and a small crown. He was a little tanned, has the aura of a Bishōnen character and had two perfect amethyst-colored eyes. He was wearing a black three-piece suit with a white shirt and black tie, black gloves, golden button on his jacket, a king cape in color black with white fur around it, and a golden chain hanging his pants and the pocket of his jacket.
"Well, well, it seems like every person that I chose are respectfully here." The man sighed in satisfaction. "Even Sir Nighteye, which I'm sorry about your death. But hey, at least you're here with the rest of us, hm?"
"Where the hell are we, you villain!?" Todoroki Enji (Endeavor) shouted, preparing his Quirk to vanquish the villain.
"My God, is he always like this? Of course he is, what did I expect?" The crowned kid scoffed before snapping his fingers, which resulted on Enji's Quirk turning off.
"What the…?"
"Who are you supposed to be?" Nezu asked carefully. If such person could turn off the Quirk of the current Number One hero, he didn't know what kind of Quirk this man had.
"Oh, careful are we, Nezu-kun?" The teenager snickered in amusement. "Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt anybody if it is necessary. At least I didn't bring the villains to watch the show!"
The heroes and heroes-in-training glanced at each other in worry but were in relief when no villains were here. The only thing they had to worry is about this guy who can turn off their Quirks.
"Tsk, give them some entertainment and they distrust such present." The teenager, like if he could hear their thoughts, scoffed. "It's like everyone else of my kind said, the first reaction of bringing the people of this universe is distrust. At least, I'm prepared to fight back if necessary."
"Uh, what brings us here, Mr…?" Yaoyorozu Momo began politely.
The teenager slapped his hand on his forehead in realization. "Oh, right, forgot about it. Thank you kindly, Yaoyorozu-san." The man stood up from his seat – which looked like the seat of a throne – and bowed dramatically. "Sorry for the late introduction! My name is not important but I go by the name of Kuma. Nice to meet you all. I'm a great fan of your universe, truly."
"Universe?" Mei perked up in interest. "Are you saying that the theory of the multiverse is real!?"
"Why, yes! Of course the multiverse exists, my eccentric woman!" Kuma shouted in joy, holding himself like he was pulling an invisible strap forward. "The idea of the multiverse exists, but because of it's complex, nobody could have known of it… unless a group of individuals like me are able to see them, of course."
"Why are we here then, Young Kuma." Toshinori asked.
"Hoh, calling me 'Young' makes me younger, thank you Yagi-kun." Kuma chortled. "I'm far the eldest of this place, truly far than the Dawn of the Quirks, but calling me young doesn't mean that I'm going to pamper you all like children, am I?"
Everyone tensed but didn't last long as Kuma laughed in glee. "Oh, you should have looked your faces!" He cackled, snapping his fingers. "Of course, this cinema/theater was added with a snack bar and many other delicious treaties that you can enjoy. A cinema/theater is nothing without some snacks, right? And don't worry, the place replenish itself on its own and we can take a break whenever we want."
"But I have a question?"
"Hm, what is it, Tsu-chan?" Kuma asked, crossing his arms, and planting a fist under his chin.
"I know you mentioned that this is a cinema/theater, but I'm asking, what is this place?" She asked, not knowing if letting this person calling her by that nickname was okay or not.
"Oh right, you mortals wouldn't know what this place is…" He chuckled. "This place is put inside a pocket dimension that only the people placed here can move and act while the outside world is like in stasis. They won't know you disappeared, and you'll return to your own world as soon as this place has finished the course of the show."
Tsuyu nodded and few of the heroes and students sighed in relief.
"Come on, I'm not that bad." Kuma grunted, pouting, and crossing his arms in mock-hurt. "I have known a few of my kind acting a little sadistic or worse, but I'm more like in the grey area."
"Sorry, I was worried about my family." She pointed out.
Kuma nodded. "Understandable, have a nice day."
Kaminari Denki, Sero Hanta, and Ashido Mina laughed at the meme he just spoke. "Ah, a man of culture I see." Denki laughed.
Kuma smiled brightly. "Why yes, my young Pikachu, that I am."
"Hey…" Denki complained mock-hurtfully, with the two laughing and Jirou Kyoka joining in.
"In any case!" Kuma brought up. "I think it's time for the show to start, am I right? So, take your snacks and seat whenever you want while I take a moment to prepare." With that Kuma disappeared just as his throne, leaving the heroes alone.
"So…" Kirishima Eijiro mused as he scratched his head. "What should we do?"
"It seems that we don't have any other choice." Shoji Mezo said, crossing his multiple arms.
"*Yes, I noticed that this place didn't have any other animals so I'm not sure about escaping this place.*" Koda Koji signed nervously.
"I saw a kitchen in this place on my way here so I can assume that we can cook something after this?" Sato Rikido added.
"Hey, at least it's like a movie night!" Hagakure Toru said excitedly.
"It would show my shiny form!" Aoyama Yuga posed in his splendor self.
"Hmph, as if we would enjoy the movie with Class A, I say." Monoma Neito grunted in the usual supremacy he sported before being knocked out by Kendo Itsuka.
"Monoma… sorry about him." She apologized.
"Oh, don't be, we are getting used to it." Momo said in dismissal.
"She's lying." Kyoka grinned.
"Revelry in the dark." Tokoyami Fumikage said.
"Something on your mind, Endeavor?" Takami Keigo (Hawks) asked as he couldn't find anything in this place with his feathers.
"Don't be, he's just mad that his Quirk was turned off like the idiot he is." Usagiyama Rumi (Mirko) snorted as she grabbed a carrot-flavored snack and munched on it. "But I hope this place has a training ground to train. I don't want to get rusty watching only."
"Relax, Rumi. You'll get your chance to ask." Tatsuma Ryuko (Ryukyu) said diplomatically.
"At least the food is good." Toyomitsu Taishiro (Fatgum) said as he had grabbed different snacks to eat.
"Well, at least this is an experience not many people would be able to be in." Hakamada Tsunagu (Best Jeanist) said, brushing his brilliant hair – somehow Katsuki shuddered when his eyes connected with his former intern teacher.
"I see." Kamihara Shinya (Edgeshot) said in agreement.
"What brought you here, old timer?" Takayama Yu (Mount Lady) asked the only active hero within the top ranks.
"Hey! You're being rude!" Ogami Shinnosuke (Death Arms) yelled, outraged.
(A/N: Don't think of looking at his name. Fun fact, I decided to use the voice actor in Japanese as his name.)
"Kami, Mt. Lady." Nishiya Shinji (Kamui Woods) groaned, facepalming.
"Hm, youngsters these days." Fujiwara Yasuhiro (Yoroi Musha) said, his armor sounding the cinema/theater with each step. "I do not know the reason behind but it seems that this 'Kuma' person brought me here when I could be protecting the city from the villains."
(A/N: Same as Death Arms)
"It brings me joy to be reunited with many heroes!" Mogami Tsuguo (Crust) said in delight, crying rivers in awe. "And mostly, I am so happy to be with the former hero, All Might, showing the youngest how to be a hero!"
(A/N: As you should know)
"At least it could bring you time to sharpen your skills, Yoroi Musha." Sakamata Kugo (Gang Orca) voiced his point.
"Hm, I agree for now." The elder hummed.
"It's strange to have many heroes in this place." Amajiki Tamaki said nervously.
"But it's interesting and amazing!" Hado Nejire said excitedly.
"Maybe so…" Mirio rejoined with the two others of the Big Three after speaking with Sir Nighteye. "But we should be able to enjoy the time we have here despite that I don't have a Quirk anymore."
"Don't you worry about that, Togata-kun!" Kuma popped, announcing his return. "While this place is away from the timeline of your world, my superiors had suggested that since everyone here present have their Quirks, you should also have it. I already did it to Ragdoll too!" Snapping his fingers, Mirio could feel the feeling of his Quirk. Before he could cry in happiness, Kuma added. "Also, this place has a cooking facility, cafeteria, playing zone, training grounds, and most importantly, individual bathrooms, and a spa!"
Many women were delighted at the sound of a spa, but none other than the little pervert, Mineta Minoru.
"Oh! I forgot, if anyone doing something drastic like peeping, well…" Kuma snapped his fingers again as multiple robots emerged from the ground, looking menacingly at everyone and cracking their metallic knuckles. "Don't think that the security here is light, m'kay?"
Minoru felt that threat was pointing at him as his eyes glinted dangerously as his eyes looked at him.
Kuma lightened his look and smiled at everyone while the security robots returned to their posts. "Right, ladies and gentlemen! Prepare your popcorn and snacks, and let's get to it!"
Mei looked delighted to dismantle those robots and see what kind of machinery they worked on. But instead, she was pulled away by her teacher Maijima Higari (Power Loader).
"You can ask him later about those blueprints, Hatsume. For now, rest like you show do." The support teacher ordered his 'problem child.'
Mei grunted in displeasure but for now, she listened, grabbed her snacks, and sat with the rest of the Deku Squad, much to the horror of Ochako and Tenya.
"Alright, you listened to that person. Grab your snacks and get seated." Kan Sekijiro ordered his class.
"Yes, sensei!" Class B said in unison.
"You think it will be educational to see this?" Ishiyama Ken (Cementoss) asked as he prepared his snacks.
"Don't know, partner. But we'll know for sure in a moment." Nara Tōru (Snipe) said.
(A/N: ... :3)
"Oh, I hoped to see those snacks. Mine!" Kayama Nemuri (Midnight) said in delight, grabbing her favorite snacks from the pile.
"Hey!" Hizashi shouted since those were his favorite snacks too.
"I'm happy about you, Mirio-senpai." Izuku said happily as he knew how devastated he looked even if he pretended to be otherwise.
"Yes, Midoriya! I'm overjoyed with POWER!" Mirio shouted in his trademark pose, Eri doing the same and laughing. "And I will be able to practice more instead of rusting my skills!"
"That's great to hear, senpai!" Tenya shouted.
"Don't be so still, Tenya." Iida Tensei (Ingenium) chuckled while wheeling toward him.
"Brother!"
"Nice to meet you, Ingenium. My name is Uraraka Ochako and I'm a friend of Iida-kun."
"Nice to meet you too. I'm glad to see that Tenya is in safe hands and friends. And call me Tensei, it seems that my little brother is now named after me."
"Brother…" Tenya groaned in embarrassment.
The Deku Squad laughed at the reaction of their speedster friend as they grabbed their snacks. Shoto was at least happy that the snacks had soba so he grabbed as much as he could and sat with his friends.
"Don't eat too much if you're going to have a stomachache at the end of the show, am I clear?" Shuzenji Chiyo (Recovery Girl) said to everyone who agreed immediately.
You don't fuck with the white mage.
"Is it really necessary?" Kurose Anan (Thirteen) said in confusion.
"I think it, grr, is in her rights, Thirteen, grr." Inui Ryo (Hound Dog) growled.
Class A and B seated accordingly with their groups, and the heroes sat with the ones they were used to. Kuma stood in front of the screen.
"Now, ladies and gentlemen, this universe is going to show the one person who everyone loves and cherish." Kuma announced dramatically.
"Oh, I hope it's about me!" Minoru said.
"In your dreams, grapist." Hanta sighed.
"It's about Midoriya Izuku!"
Everyone paused as they processed that before they shouted. "EEEHHHHH!" The loudest was the mentioned person.
"W-Wh-Why me!?" Izuku shouted.
"Oh, please, you villain magnet." Kuma scoffed, which others snorted in return, knowing that he was right and Izuku looked indignant. "I know for a fact that each universe you, our lovable green cinnamon roll…" Another snort. "…happens to be always in the middle of some dramatic fight against villains which in turn, either you get hurt or learn how to use well your Quirk."
Izuku tensed when he was put with that statement. Katsuki, Toshinori, Sorahiko, and Mirai tensed too. The other One for All users glanced at each other and weren't worried much about it since it was going to be time that their powers would be announced to the world, directly or indirectly.
A few noticed their reactions but didn't question much as Nezu, Chiyo, and the supposedly Detective Tsukauchi Naomasa didn't tense at such declaration. Well, the latter did, but quickly wiped it off. David and Melissa Shield looked at their respective friends in confusion and were now worried that their nervousness was showing to everyone present.
"Now, now, I know you are nervous. But I hope that everyone to understand that once this show is finished, no words from it gets out." Kuma explained. "Unless you want to get your head exploded like a watermelon." He threatened darkly.
A few students gulped or shivered nervously while the heroes tensed at such darkness Kuma possessed.
'Only that it is a bluff, I cannot control on that magnitude that could affect them to the others that aren't here.' Kuma frowned, glaring at each one of them to try it. 'The only thing I can do is to hope that they learn it and hide it willingly or I have to make drastic measures.'
"Since everyone got it, let's start the show, shall we?" He clapped his hands, turning the lights off and the screen to shine. He grabbed his caramel bucket of popcorn and sat with the rest of it in his throne.
CHAPTER 1: Brotherhood
"Where we are going always reflects where we came from."
"Nice title." Shoji said.
"And something added that we can learn from." Kuma nodded.
It started with a dream.
A single man, whispering. At first, he didn't even remember. But then the voices started appearing in his head. Just one, two the more. Until all day he was plagued with them.
"Nice beginning." Kaibara Sen snorted sarcastically.
"I wonder what kind of dream Midoriya was having to listen voices." Honenuki Juzo said worriedly.
He was already quirkless… he didn't want to be known as crazy too.
"Man, that's rough." Shinso huffed.
"Quirkless?" Ochako and Tenya said in unison and confusion while Izuku tensed and was sweating nervously.
"M-Maybe it's nothing guys." He deflected hastily. "It's another multiverse, maybe…"
But the voices comforted him, stood by him. When nobody else would, when his best friend became his tormentor, and when his mother denied him.
"Man, that's fucked up." Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu grunted.
"Who could possibly hate the green bean?" Tokage Setsuna said angrily.
Katsuki tensed and gulped nervously as Eijiro watched him in confusion just as the other members of the Baku Squad.
They whispered comforts, appreciation, encouragement, and approval. Constantly reminding him.
"You can be a hero. You will be a hero."
"What a nice bunch if they are encouraging him." Nezu sighed as he sipped his tea.
"But I wonder what kind of people would encourage Midoriya if they are only voices." Hizashi mused in confusion.
Then one day, he appeared.
Izuku was 4 when he got a Quirk. But he was 10 when he finally found out.
Izuku was first scared, as all children are when a random person who looked exactly like you appeared in your room.
Everyone blinked in confusion before shouting in shock.
"EEEHHH!"
"In this universe, Midoriya has a Quirk!?"
"Doesn't he already have a Quirk? What the hell!?"
"Two Midoriyas!?"
"Are we going to hear them mutter like ours?"
"SILENCE!" Kuma shouted, annoyed that it was expected to happen but to hear them is another thing.
Naturally, Izuku's innate curiosity overwhelmed that fear.
"Who are you?"
"Nicely done, greenie." Setsuna snorted in amusement.
"Midoriya is always like this." Tenya affirmed.
"Iida-kun!"
"Right!"
"Uraraka-san!"
"Well, finally I'm outta here! Hi Izuku, I'm your Quirk!" The doppelganger said, only to pause as Izuku immediately froze, and fainted.
"That too."
"Todoroki-kun!"
"But Midoriya-chan, you tend to faint when something incredible happens, kero."
"Asui-san, not you too…"
"Call me Tsu."
…
…
…
"Well, that could have gone better."
Someone snorted. "Understandable of the day."
After getting the initial shock, happiness, tears, more shock, happiness, and tears from Inko and then even more tears. They all managed to sit together in the living room and talk.
"Man, they can cry much. They could at least flow the streets if it were like that." Denki whistled.
"At least they should hydrate themselves if they keep like that." Momo said worriedly.
"Deku can cry for hours and not feel anything." Katsuki snorted.
"Kacchan!"
"Am I wrong?"
"…no. But you shouldn't say it like that." Izuku pouted, Ochako patting his back while covering her laughs.
"So let me get this straight, my son, has been listening to voices for years and never told me, and it turns out it's his Quirk?" Inko was devastated, her own son hadn't trusted her enough to talk about what was happening for the last six years of his life.
"Wow, greenie, lying to your own mother. That is big no-no." Setsuna said, her hand disconnecting from her wrist and shaking it to Izuku's face.
"If I can say something, she couldn't have believed him even if he had told her." Shishida Jurota remarked. "If someone said that he/she could hear voices without proof, nobody could have."
"That may be right." Rin Hiryu said in agreement.
"Yep, we've been inside his… I guess you could say mindscape? Most of them are 'asleep' I guess you could say. Right now Izuku's only strong enough to bring me out but eventually, we might be able to summon others. Who knows? Maybe even an entire army! No villains gonna want to mess with that!" The clone said as he started chuckling.
"Wow, think of the possibilities of having many clones protecting the cities." Tsuburaba Kosei said in awe.
"Yeah, there could be many possibilities with having many man power with that kind of ability!"
Keigo frowned since this kind of Quirk reminded him of Twice or Bubaigawara Jin and his Double Quirk.
Inko felt like the experience was surreal, it was as if she'd had twins instead and both with completely opposite personalities.
"That would have been surprising!" Mina said, earning a lot of attention to her. "Having one is cute enough but having two but have different personalities would have many possibilities of knowing him!"
"C-Cu-Cute!? Me!?" Izuku yelped in embarrassment.
"Enough of embarrassing him, Young Ashido. And let's continue with the show." Toshinori saved his successor. Izuku sighed in relief while the other members of the OFA laughed at the Ninth's situation.
"But I always hear their voices?" Izuku asked as he leaned forward , he had grabbed a fresh journal for this one but had yet to name it, too excited at the idea of writing about his own Quirk.
"Some of them wake up from time to time. They like seeing through your eyes… we've always been in your corner, Izuku." The copy said with a sad smile on his face. Izuku immediately knew what exactly that smile meant.
"Do you?" Shoto asked.
"Y-Yeah…" Izuku replied.
While his friends comforted him, many heroes watched him in slight worry that this kid had suffered.
"He's going to need therapy after this." Nemuri sighed.
"Agreed." Nezu said, looking at the counselor. "Can you do it, Hound Dog?"
"Yes, Principal, I will do my best, grr." Ryo affirmed with a nod.
"Okay… do you have a name?"
"Mm… not really? I have a designation, like a number that popped into my head. One time when you were looking through some American military-based heroes I came up with an entire thing. CT-00-0001. CT for clone trooper, since I'm a clone and well… I liked the word trooper." He explained with a grin.
"Thank you!" Denki shouted when he didn't understand the 'CT' term.
"Shut up, dumbass." Kyoka growled, threatening him with her jacks to his face.
"Yeah… no way am I calling you that! You're not just a clone! You're not just my Quirk! You're me! Just… a bit different. So you gotta have a name!" Izuku said passionately, he didn't want to be like other people with sentient Quirks who disregarded them.
"You are a great companion in the darkness, Midoriya." Fumikage approved of him.
"Yeah!" Dark Shadow agreed.
Izuku smiled. "Thank you, Tokoyami-kun."
Nishida Masakazu (Ectoplasm) smiled under his mask as such intention wasn't very liked with non-sentient Quirk users. While his Quirk: Clones are part of him, they didn't do much as what Midoriya could.
(A/N: No need to be said)
01 was surprised but smiled at the thought.
"Alright then, but what should my name be? And it better not be a reiteration of All Might! I saw enough of those when you were a kid, Mighty Boy." He teased.
Izuku flushed red, as much as he admired All Might, even he had to admit that those names were kind of cringey.
"My boy! There is no shame of calling close to name hero name!" Toshinori yelled.
"You still thought of those names, Deku?" Katsuki snorted. "What a kid you are."
"At least he isn't called like those cringy names of yours, Bakugo." Kyoka snorted.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY, EARS?" Katsuki roared indignantly.
"What were those names?" Rumi asked in total curiosity.
"Bakugo called himself 'Lord Explosion Murder' for the first time." Nemuri said with a wave of her hand. "I instantly shot it down."
"Cold. I like it!"
"I don't know… I think you should decide. I mean… it's your name." Izuku mumbled out.
01 nodded at the good point and started to think about it. Unfortunately, he also had Izuku's mumbling habit.
'Is this what it feels like?'
'So similar?'
"Wow, even yourself are creeped out like it, huh." Awase Yosetsu pointed it out.
"Mh." Kodai Yui nodded.
"Revelry in the dark." Kuroiro Shihai agreed.
"That did come expectingly." Fukidashi Manga said.
"Mh." Yanagi Reiko nodded.
"Hm!" He snapped his fingers and smiled at both of them. "I choose Jango!"
"Jango? That's so cool!"
Inko just smiled at the two, though now she did wonder if she was going to have to take care of two growing boys instead of just one… or more if Jango was right.
'Oh dear.'
"Anyways, in celebration of finally getting your Quirk! How about I make katsudon!" Inko was immediately met with the excited cries of two ten-year-old boys for their favorite food.
"Jango? That fits well for some reason." Kyoka mused thoughtfully.
"Jango means 'brave warrior' in Africa and since he's the opposite of Midoriya who looks braver than him at the time, it kinds of fits." Momo supplied. "It also means 'awake' so it also fits him."
Izuku was mesmerized that in this universe he had something like a 'brother' as he wrote on his notebook – which neither the ones sitting close to him or Kuma watched him having on himself – to see the many possibilities of his Quirk.
"Do you know how he brings those notebooks, Kuma?" Tsuyu asked in total curiosity.
"Y'know, many of our kind had wondered the same but nobody knows for sure, where Midoriya brings those notebooks." Kuma replied in total honesty at such boggling action. "We tend to joke that crying or being a villain magnet was his Quirk or something, but him bringing those notebooks whenever he is, is kind of shocking even for us. I doubt that if he's naked, he would bring those notebooks somewhere."
Shoto mumbled out as he also wrote down the conspiracy theories in his own notebooks.
'And the conspiracy Shoto attacks again.' Kuma groaned as he munched on his popcorn.
The following visit to the doctors was a very joyous event for the family. Officially labelling his Quirk as "Clone", with the understanding that it could be updated later if it proved true that more clones could come out and the added note of him being the second oldest late-bloomer recorded. The first being some Yagi kid 40 years ago. Despite this, however, Kacchan was not so excited at seeing "worthless Deku" with a Quirk. It seemed to have shaken him because immediately after class he confronted Izuku with his lackeys and started to bully him.
The teachers glanced at Toshinori who gulped nervously at such statement from the doctor. He knew that he was a 'late-bloomer' but his status as Quirkless wasn't very well-known. Nana smiled softly that she didn't even regret choosing him as her successor but it seemed that the secret of One for All was closing in.
Then the students glared at the supposed "Kacchan" while said person decided that the roof was suddenly interesting.
Even Kuma looked at him with a glare and raised eyebrow as he paused the show. "Wow, Bakugo-kun, while I know the reason behind it. I can't understand how your brain works. If he's Quirkless, you get mad. If he has a 'normal' Quirk, you tell him its weak. If he has a 'villainous' Quirk, you call him a villain. If he has a Mutant Quirk, you call him a monster or freak. I mean, what's the point of him having a Quirk if you're going to be mad at him for something he has no control of."
Eri sniffed as she didn't know how to feel about that. She knew that Deku was the one who saved her from Overhaul but she doesn't see him as a monster, instead, she is her hero who saved her when everyone told her, her Quirk was a curse.
Eri tensed when a hand touched her head but it was warmer and kinder. She looked up to see Izuku giving her a smile and caressing her slowly. "It's okay, Eri-chan. Overhaul won't hurt you anymore and your Quirk is not a curse."
Eri smiled happily and gave him a hug which he returned warmly.
Kuma sighed as he clapped his hands. "Alright everyone, you can chew him up after the show. So, return to your seats or whatever and pay attention."
"You think that just cause you gotta Quirk you can stand up to me, Deku!? You're nothing!" The blond went with his hands already crackling.
Izuku was already crying, his hopes of finally being accepted by his childhood friend being shattered in front of his eyes.
"Man, I really fucked up…" Katsuki groaned, rubbing his eyes.
"That's not manly, Bakubro." Eijiro grunted, not knowing how to feel about that.
"We already made up so there is no need to attack him, you guys!" Izuku quickly defended him, covering Eri's ears – which Shino covered Kota's much to his chagrin. "So please, guys, let's keep watching!"
Everyone grunted reluctantly but followed the greenette's words and sat down.
On that day, things stayed the same, and yet things changed.
Katsuki's prejudice stayed the same, as well as his assumptions. Automatically assuming that a clone of Izuku would mean the same weakness to violence.
Unfortunately for him, Jango was not Izuku, even though he was a clone.
And he did not like Bakugo Katsuki.
So in true fanboy fashion, he copied a move that both boys saw All Might do on TV.
And cold-clocked Katsuki in the jaw.
"DAAAAAMN!" Denki and Hanta shouted, posing the same as the meme while the others laughed at the blonde's result.
"HAHAHA! Wow, greenie, your brother is impressive!" Setsuna cackled.
"You got owned, Bakago." Kyoka chuckled.
"SHUT YOUR MOUTHS, EXTRAS!" Katsuki roared.
"Oh look how a clone punched the great hero of Class A. How the mighty have-!"
*CLONK*
"Again, I'm sorry about him."
"Don't worry. No harm done." Ojiro Mashirao answered for their class.
"Man, at least Monoma would have learnt that there is a time and place for that." Kamakiri Togaru stated.
"You don't know him enough, I think." Shoda Nirengeki sighed.
"Hm." Bondo Kojiro nodded.
"It was kind of funny though." Tsunotori Pony said in perfect Japanese.
"Pony? Since when you can speak well?" Komori Kinoko said in confusion.
"You're welcome." Kuma snickered, grabbing more popcorn in his bucket. "This place is able to translate in the language everyone is familiar with so I though, "why don't I also help those that don't understand other?" hm?"
Pony cried and bolted toward Kuma who then hugged him thankfully. "T-Thank you! With this, I'll be able to learn Japanese without worrying others!"
Kuma smiled and patted her head like a small kid. "It's alright."
"Oh lord in heavens, thank you for bringing someone with a heart to us!" Shiozaki Ibara said in total prayer.
"Did that light come from somewhere or was it only me?" Juzo asked.
"No, it wasn't just you." Manga supplied.
"Uff, I thought it was only me who thought like that." Awase sighed in relief.
"I came out to have a good time and I'm honestly feeling so attacked right now." Kuma huffed indignantly. "And nobody asks me about that light. The same as Midoriya, don't ask, I don't want to know."
The young boy was out like a light and seeing their illusionist leader unconscious on the ground lost any courage they had and ran away.
"Blasted Pomeranian." Jango grumbled as he shook his hand. Turning to Izuku, who could only stare in shock and pant as the adrenaline left his system. He had fallen on his rear while backing away and was still shaking.
"Booo! Cowards!" Denki shouted with Hanta thumbing down.
"I'm going to use that the next time." Mina chided happily to use the new nickname on Katsuki.
"You wouldn't!" Katsuki snarled.
"Try me, bitch."
"Deku-kun looks like a scared puppy!" Ochako cooed but was worried about her best friend.
"Uraraka-san… please…" Izuku's face reddened instantly.
Jango grimaced at the sight but promised to himself that he would help Izuku get better.
"Come on vod, let's go home." He said while pulling Izuku up and then walked him home.
Once reaching their room, with promises of explaining to mom later, Jango set Izuku on the bed and let him weep for the friendship that was lost, and the dream that came with it.
Later, after explaining everything to mom, Izuku and Jango sat together in bed, Izuku taking comfort in who was probably his only friend.
How sad.
"Yeah, how sad." Nemuri sighed sadly.
"It looks like Bakugo is going to need some anger management after this, don't you think?" Shota grunted, but inwardly he was boiling in anger that one of his students was the instigator. He wanted to explode and strangle that school for letting such actions without doing anything for their students.
"Don't you worry about it, Aizawa." Nezu said frigidly, which many teachers and even heroes shivered at the tone the principal was using. "After we're done here, I promise you that school is going to be burning down."
"Here for more information, Principal Nezu." Kuma supplied. He was so glad to give him all information about that place.
"Hm, Aldera Middle School… Yes, thank you kindly, Kuma-kun, for the information." Nezu chirped joyfully which now the teachers of U.A. felt kind of pity for them… for two seconds.
"My thanks to you, Principal." Kuma chortled as he made his way toward his seat. "Do your worst!"
"Hohoho, that I shall~!"
"What was it you called me earlier? Vod-something?"
"Hm? Oh, vod. I was thinking of the future, ya know? If we're gonna be heroes, and we get more clones we're gonna need to come up with strategies and stuff, and I was thinking of creating a language, just for us."
Nezu's interest perked up. If such language existed, it could help many people coding with a language not many people would know. He hoped that his other version has more encouragement of it as he should.
"That's an interesting way of putting it. I should learn from it too." Izuku muttered as he scribbled down.
"What's it called?"
"I'm callin' it Mando'a."
"Cool… what does it mean?"
"It means brother."
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…
"Teach me?"
"Of course."
With that the screen turned black and lights on, saying that the first show was over.
"Man, that was cool. I hope that it would teach us Mando'a too." Eijiro said, pumping his fist. "That is manly!"
"Don't worry, the show is going to show subtitles what it meant for the language these two brothers are saying." Kuma assured them. "Meanwhile, take thirty minutes to rest and we will return to the show."
With that, everyone went to do their business or resupplying their snacks. Saying so, everyone was in agreement that this show was going to show them a part of a certain Midoriya Izuku.