Izuku could only stare in shock at the ghostly figures in front of him.
Two years.
He had been sent back in time two years before he met All Might.
Two years before he got into UA.
Two years before he got One for All.
"What the hell did you do?" Nana asked, her focus back on Hisashi as he just smiled
"Like I said, it's my birthday gift to my son" he answered, only confusing the others and making Nana angrier.
"But… but how, is this an illusion or a dream, what did you do to me?" Izuku asked, waiting for a proper answer from the culprit.
"Son, I know you are smarter than this, you've already figured out the answer haven't you?, you just don't want to accept it" His father said finally letting go of his little brother who quickly moved away from him.
He was right, he knew but the answer was just too imposible.
"But… but how? there have never been any records of any quirk that could mess with time, even more one that could send someone four years into the past!" He was right, he didn't want to accept it because it was just impossible, a quirk like that would never go unnoticed by either the villains or the heroes.
"Well, long story short, this quirk appeared in the early ages, the news spread like wildfire, a quirk with that kind of ability would never go unnoticed so I acted quickly, I stole the quirk from the young boy and then spread the lie that the quirk had been nothing more than a lie and just like that, no more time travelling quirk" AFO explained, again, like it was no big matter "Sadly the downside is that the one who has it can't use it on themselves, I was able to send chairs back to an hour but if I couldn't use it on myself to fix a mistake I made than I saw it as useless so I stopped using it and then forgot I even had it until the end of our fight"
Everyone just looked in silent shock at the man who confessed to have the power to manipulate time and call it useless.
"So… what happened to Izuku? Is he just gone?" Daigoro asked, Hisashi brought a hand to his chin as he thought of an answer, a chill ran through Izuku's back as he realized that he used to do that same pose a lot.
"It's hard to say, I never dare try messing with that part of the quirk since I didn't want to cause some kind of time anomaly but if I had to guess… we have two possibilities" Hisashi raised two fingers as everyone watched him "the first possibility is that when I sent Izuku back, I created a parallel timeline to ours meaning that our original timeline is still progressing just without him, the second option is that I sent back Izuku in the same timeline but thanks to the different actions that have already been made, the future we know has been erased and a new one has been made"
Izuku felt as something started to form in him, a warm feeling that he had forgotten about "So… are they…" Izuku couldn't finish his sentence as his hands trembled.
His father just nodded.
Tears wasted no time to start pouring down his face, not from sadness but from happiness, his friends were alive, he could see them again, wet laughs came spilling out from his throat as relief washed through his body, he could save them, he had another chance to stop their sacrifices.
His knees finally gave up on him as he crumbled to the ground once again feeling as if the weight of the world had finally been taken off his shoulders.
"Now that I think about it… didn't you mention something about an apology gift?" Fourth asked, letting Izuku catch his breath
"Ah! Yes, I had almost forgotten about it! but I don't need to explain that one, you can easily tell yourselves can't you?" the familiar dark smile appeared on Hisashis face causing everyone to freeze, Izuku who had managed to stand back up again looked at himself once more.
He looked normal, as normal as being in your younger body gets, but aside from that nothing looks off, so maybe…
Izuku closed his eyes focusing on One For All, he felt it react as the energy flowed through his body just like his own blood did but something felt… off.
He focused again trying to figure out what it was, it almost felt as if something had latched itself with- Izuku opened his eyes in shock as he fell to the ground again holding his head in his hands as it throbbed with pain because of the information flooding to it, energy had shot through him all at once, too different, too strong, he looked at his father who had a smile still on his face, he looked pleased with himself.
First marched forward and grabbed his brothers shirt and brought his face down to his level, a murderous glint in his eyes
"Why does he have your quirk?" First demanded.
Hisashi just laughed "I knew that killing the people who he cared about would be something unforgivable so I started thinking on something to try and make up for it, I couldn't bring them back to life and I doubt he would have like nomu versions of them as his underlings so I thought that if in our fight he proved to be worthy I would give him my own power, just like you brother"
First pushed him back, anger clear in his face and screamed "I am not like you!"
Hisashi laughed, the smile never disappearing "How I have missed those tantrums of yours, I sure am glad that we are all back together"
The mood did not fit the smile he wore, the hatred pouring out of Nana and First, how every other user tried to stay away from him and even Izuku whose emotions have yet to settle after the roller coaster that he went through.
"Izuku" Midoriya looked back up to his father who now had curiosity gleaming in his eyes "Now that you know the power you hold and the new chance that you have been given, what is it that you will do?"
Hisashi waited for an answer, his little brothers quirk was strong by itself but now that it had his own, added with all of the quirks he had, he had become a one man army, he was in a whole other level that no one would ever be able to reach but him, this kind of power would allow someone to not only conquer a nation but the entire world itself, and he wondered, what would the child of the greatest evil, the successor of the symbol of peace do with it?
Izuku looked at his trembling hand, he could feel them now, the thousands of quirks that now lived inside of him, their power could be his with only a thought, he closed his fist as a flame inside of him roared to life, he looked once more at his father, determination clear in his eyes, he had a mission and he was going to accomplish it and all this man did was give him the tools necessary for it.
Izuku stood up once more, this time his legs not shaking in the slightest as he looked forward "I'm going to save my friends and stop you for good"
All For One could only let out a laugh at his son's answer, what was it that Kazue used to call him? he was too stubborn for his own good "Then I hope you give me a good show"
Midoriya smiled and took his first steps into his second try at his life, behind him, the other users behind him every step of the way and his father walking beside him looking at the world around them.
But first things first, he needed a plan of action.
