"Alright, we are doing this… right?" third asked.
Izuku had now been standing for five minutes in front of the door to his and his mothers place, he didn't know why but he was really nervous to see his mother again, how long was the last time he visited her, a lot of stuff had happened in his life from staying at the UA dorms, training and getting dragged into a war had really taken most of his time so he had no chance to go and see his mother again.
In a strange surprise, Izuku wasn't the only one nervous about opening the door, during the walk, his father had tried multiple times to strike up conversation even if the best he got was a lot of angry answers from Nana but the closer they got, the quieter he became until finally, he stood quietly looking at the door.
Izuku took a deep breath in and unlocked the door with his keys.
The small cozy apartment immediately brought back memories to Izuku, the times him and his mother sat together at the table and talked about their day, when they would cook meals together or when she would listen to him rambling about the latest hero news.
"Izuku welcome back, how was- You're crying! Izuku did something happen!?" Only until his mother pointed it out when she came to greet him did he realize that she was right, tears had somehow already formed in his eyes and even began rolling down his face without him even noticing, the refreshing atmosphere, the feeling of warmth from seeing his mother it all was enough to finally break down the wall he tried to put up for so long.
He tried wiping away the tears but more just kept falling down but it didn't matter to him, he smiled at his mother "sorry mom, everything is fine I'm just really happy to see you" these words made Inko smile and making a few small tears form in her eyes, she hugged her son and Izuku gladly accepted the warm hug.
The other users smiled at the scene but decided to give the mother and son privacy by leaving to another room, first turned back to look at his older brother who stayed in his place looking at his own family, in his face rested a small tired smile but the look in his eyes was a far away one, the same look of someone remembering an event of a long time ago, but what called his attention was the trembling hand beside him, he looked like he wanted to move but couldn't bring himself to do it, he turned around and left, his own hands slightly shaking.
By the time the mother and son duo had finally stopped crying more than a few tears had been shed on eachothers clothes but they easily went back to their usual routine, Izuku helping with their meal and surprising his mother since the last time he helped he still needed her guidance but it almost looked like he had been doing this for his entire life, Izuku could only smile at the compliment as he looked at the pot, the smell bringing memories of the times he cooked meals with his friends, a nice warm meal with your loved ones is more than enough to fill your stomach and refill your spirits.
The dinner was like any other family would have, questions like how was your day? was there something good in the news? questions like these were thrown around but even so for Izuku who spent his days fighting, for him who watched both friends and teacher fall in front of him, this was a moment that was a special treasure for him.
When Izuku got to his room the other users were already waiting for him, he cringed a little when he saw just how much All Might memorabilia there was.
"Alright, so what are you going to do?" asked Nana as she sat on his bed.
Izuku raised a hand to his chin as he started to think. As much as he would like to just go to the leagues hideout and beat their asses into next monday, with his body in the state it was in and with the new variable of all for one thrown into the mix it would be too dangerous to try it, so the first thing he should do is…
"I need to get back to how I was before, right now I don't even think I can use full cowl without crippling myself, so the best place to start would be with my training" Izuku had to accept that his body right now was as good as a wet noodle
"If I may ask, why not just use some of the strengthening quirks you now have to make your body suitable to use one for all, it would make things much more faster" his father said while looking at an empty space in the wall, all the all might stuff made him really uncomfortable and angry.
Izuku had thought about that idea but... "it might be a good idea to get a quick start but it would do us more harm in the future, I need to get my body used to this power again and if I used quirks right now my training would probably not give the same results as it did before, they might even be worse" it was a high risk to try it and high risks is not something Izuku wants right now so he needed to take the safe route even if it was slower.
"Well, might as well, but after that what are you going to do? by checking your memories I can see that it only took you a few months to clean it, are you going to use the remaining time to just train?" Asked his father.
Izuku just shook his head, training for two years could be a good idea but for this it would just be stupid since he would have a lot more freedom in UA then he does now so it would be better to give it his all then but for now he has a plan.
"I hate to say it but I'm going to take a page out of Shigarakis book" Izuku sat down, grabbed one of his empty notebooks and a pencil as and began to write "The best way to look at this would be as a videogame with different kinds of quests, the main and most important quest would be defeating the living AFO, the second one would be to beat Shigaraki since he is the successor, the third one would be to stop Overhaul because of his quirk erasing bullets, those would be our main quests but we also have a few side quests, their not important but they would make things easier down the line"
"We need to beat the league before they become too strong, I have to get my friends' trust back and we have to save Eri" Izuku finished, the other users deep in thought as they thought of their own plans.
"Well, we can leave any kind of fights out right now, like you said, you are in no condition to fight and you won't meet your friends in two more years so… that's a no in everything" second says making everyone look at Izuku.
"Well… not really, it would be foolish to try and go into a war with no kind of information on your enemies and I still remember the information we dug up on the league when we went to war in the future" Izuku changes to another page and begins writing again "Right now, more than half of the league is missing with only Shigaraki and Kurogiri, most of them start to join after the Stain incident and I did think about it, I can't fight them but maybe there is another way to weaken them, all of the members are people which society and heroes failed to help but if I'm able to convince them to come into our side, we might have an advantage" Izuku wrote down the different names of the leagues members "Shigaraki is definitely a no, Kurogiri is a maybe but I have no idea how to bring back his memories, twice and spinner are also off the list, Dabis entire existence is to make his father pay even if it means his life so making him would be impossible, he's literally too angry to die and most of the others are horrible villains that enjoy murder like a past time, leaving only one option" Izuku had crossed out the others name and drew a cirlce around the last one "Himiko Toga, right now she is in middle school and is the same age as me in a few years she will go in a rampage and start killing her classmates but if I play my cards right I might be able to not only stop her but convince her to get on our side"
His father clapped "Quite a genius plan, that girl Toga was an important piece in a lot of key fights and after her quirk evolved she became a formidable adversary to all of you so taking her away from the league is a big blow to their strength" Izuku felt his stomach turn when he got praise from that man, he is both happy that someone likes his plan but he really wants it to be literally anyone else.
"Well I have to admit, that's good but it doesn't seem like you are done" Third said giving Izuku a smile, the users saw the familiar glint in his eyes, that look in his eyes meant that Izuku was determined and nothing would be stopping him.
"Is it that obvious? Well I do have a plan for getting my friends' trust back, I know of one who I could bet you right now is praying for a hero to come and save him" Izuku smiled as the memories started to come back.
"You know, I've told you about my childhood so how about you tell me about yours?" Izuku asked, he and his friend sat alone in front of a campfire, it was their turn to keep watch as the others slept, their friend let out a tired laugh.
"Well, I guess that's only fair" Their friend passed their hand through their messy hair as they took a deep breath "My childhood wasn't the best, at the beginning I had a good family but when my quirk came in things changed, my parents were afraid of me and they worried how I could affect how their own friends saw them so they gave me away, left me in an orphanage to take care by myself, the kids there called me names, bullied me, hurt me, all because of a thing I couldn't even control" they let their gaze fall to the floor "Then, I was finally adopted, I had a small hope that things would be better, that I would have someone that cared for me but all of those expectations were stomped out soon enough, those bastards treated me like their personal slave, took out their anger on me when something went wrong" They looked at their clenched fists, their knuckles turning white and anger brewing in their eyes until it all disappeared leaving a smile under their tired eyes, their hands falling to their lap.
"I spent every night praying that one day a hero, someone could come and save me, to get me out of that dark place I was trapped in" they looked up at the night sky illuminated by stars, a soft smile on their face "and you know what Izuku, even if it took longer than I expected, I think you were the answer to those prayers"
In another part of town, a young boy with a head of wild purple hair, looked up at the sky with bags under his eyes and bruises covering his skin as their small and thin form trembled, Shinsou took in a shaky breath of air as small tears began to form in his eyes and let out a whisper as he looked at the stars "please… anyone…"
