Midoriya turned and smiled at her.
"... You shouldn't be too trusting, kid." Nagant narrowed her eyes.
"It hasn't backfired on me before, besides, everyone needs a second chance at life, yours was taken." The kid turned away.
"I need to go save my friends, you need to get out of here, stay safe." Midoriya courched and disappeared in a flash.
Nagant blinked, "So fast…" She muttered and got up going to her extraction point.
"... kid, you better make good on your promise." Nagant reached into her bag and took out a box of takoyaki and started to eat. "Fuck I missed this." She muttered
I stared at the wall of my room/cell.
The room itself was small with only a bed and a bathroom, boring but I had to be patient.
I could feel the previous user's anger towards me. I understood why, I was in the belly of the beast and I came here intentionally.
They removed the cuffs before placing me here, All For One was very sure I couldn't escape, I wasn't trying to.
My guard was Twice, which I expected, Spinner wasn't here nor was Magne, Kurogiri was attending the bar, Shigiraki had no patience and Dabi was… Dabi.
This was a perfect opportunity to reform him, I looked at my hands, I only had one shot at this.
All for One could ask Kurogiri to fetch me at any moment.
I got up and leaned against the door. "So why did you become a villain?" I asked.
I waited until I got a reply. "Because I chose it! IT WAS FORCED UPON ME!" I bit my lip.
"You know… I always believe that there are villains that didn't choose this life.." I said, hoping that Twice was listening.
"It only takes one mistake, one bad day to shake the foundation of a person's life." I continued as I looked up at the ceiling.
"I have a feeling that you're one of those people." I finished.
There was silence for what seemed like eternity, I closed my eyes and pushed off the wall, walking back to the bed, I stopped as the door unlocked and opened.
I turned back to see Twice peeking his head in. "And how would you know of a bad day huh!?" He asked in an angered tone, now not contradicting himself.
Smiling, I turned to face him. "Let me tell you a story." I offered. "I love stories! HATE THEM!" Twice shouted.
I watched as he entered the room and closed the door crossing his arms. "Don't worry, I'm not gonna escape, I can't you guys have a teleporter." I chuckled and sat on the bed.
"Yeah it's pretty hard to escape, IT'S EASY!" Twice contradicted.
I looked at Twice as I started my tale
"There was a man, he was a comedian, not a good one though." I started. "He didn't have much money, he lived in a small apartment, but what he did have was a wife, she was pregnant." Twice stared at me, I couldn't tell his expression because of the mask.
"The man wanted to give his wife everything and give his child a good home, so after another failed act, he was offered a job by the mafia to rob a chemical factory." I sighed softly.
"He had no interest in it, he wanted to be an honest and decent man, but then he found out his wife had died along with his child."
Twice continued to stare, but his fist was clenched. "The mafia though, they didn't care, even after he didn't want to go through with it anymore, they pushed him into going through with it." I looked at the floor. "They gave him a costume of a lesser known villain and as the cops caught up, they threw him under the bus, the cops went after him thinking he was the mastermind, but in reality, he was just a man who had nothing to lose. He fell into a vat of chemicals and it changed him, he lost his sanity and turned into a villain, craving destruction and chaos."
I closed my eyes, the Joker's story… or one of them, was a sad one. "Why tell me this, there's no happy ending!" He asked. "Because, I've seen how one small thing can derail your life." I answered. "What happened that made you turn to this kind of life?" I asked him.
Twice looked away. "None of your business." I hummed at the lack of contradicting, maybe when both his persona's agree on something it comes out as one. "Too personal?" I asked. "You're just trying to get me to let my guard down! I TRUST YOU COMPLETELY!" He pointed at me accusingly.
I hummed. "Maybe, but I'm not gonna do that." I told him. "I know I can't escape." I shrugged.
Twice stared at me, trying to find something in my expression, but he didn't find any deceit. "... Why do you want to know more about me?" He asked, "Truthfully, I want to help you." I smiled at him. "Help? THERE'S NO HELPING!"
"Yeah, I want to see your side of the story, see the kind of person you are behind that mask." I walked up to him. "I have helped reform a villain before, she's very nice, I think you two would get along." I grinned.
"Nah, not my thing. SOUNDS FUN!" Twice shook his head rapidly.
"Well, if you don't want to tell me… why don't you let me see for myself?" I asked. Twice looked at me weirdly, his expression was so obvious.
"Huh?" I raised my hands. "Can you trust me for a moment?" I asked, "Yeah, NO!" Twice contradicted himself.
"Look, if I end up hurting you, you can go straight to your boss and he can disintegrate me." I offered. "Just trust me." I slowly moved my hands and placed them on his head.
He didn't stop me or try to move. I closed my eyes and tapped into the feeling I felt when I faced Nagant.
Suddenly I saw his memories.
Losing his family.
Losing his job.
Creating clones.
Clones killing each other!
SPLITTING!
DOUBT!
AM I THE REAL ONE!?
I pulled away and stumbled as I was starting to shake, the feeling was overwhelming, I looked at Twice, with pity and understanding. "I'm sorry…" I whispered.
"You… saw." Twice gripped his head as the memories came flooding back to him.
I took a deep breath, "Jin." I called out. "You're the real one." I told him straight out.
"YOU DON'T KNOW THAT!" He screamed at me. "I do, because if you weren't the real one you wouldn't even exist!" I exclaimed. "The quirk would fall apart if the original was dead and you were injured when you watched all of your clones kill each other."
I took a deep breath. "Please… if that won't convince you… then let me prove it." I took his arm. "I can dislocate your arm." The man looked at me like I was crazy. "You can trust me." I assured him.
Twice stared at me for a while before he looked at his arm and held it out. I took it and remembered the practice I had with setting a dislocated arm and the videos on how to dislocate one.
"Take a deep breath." I warned and then CRACK. Twice whined and banged his hand against his thigh. "I'm… not disappearing." Twice looked at his hand in awe.
I quickly relocated his shoulder with another crack, snapping him out of his thoughts. "OW!" I shushed him.
"You… you did that." He muttered, still looking at his hand, now knowing he was the real Twice.
"I want you to trust me and give me a chance in helping you" I offered my hand. Twice stared at me and slowly took my hand.
I smiled at my new ally. "... You got any cards?" I asked.
"Why should I help clean up UA's mess? I'm a very busy man you know,". Endevour glared at Naomasa.
Mirko was in a room filled with other pros and the police.
She gritted her teeth at Endevour, this was why she hated teaming up, it was easier if she was on her own.
"Get off your high horse, you are a UA alumni." Jeanist spoke through the TV with a camera
mounted on it.
"There is a bigger picture here Endevour, we couldn't call in heroes from the school." Naomasa looked at the heroes and SWAT team in the room. "It's possible that this incident is the beginning of the end for hero society. We'll stop at nothing to resolve this successfully."
Mirko crossed her arms. "During my time with Midoriya, he showed me that he had the heart of a hero, I can bet everything that he's fighting back."
"Why are you even here?" Endevour asked, "You never team up." The flame hero glared at her,
Mirko returned the glare with one of her own. "Those villains have my student, I'm not just gonna stand around and let others do the work… Besides, I learnt that heroes need help from time to time."
"I owe it to Midoriya by not protecting him during the training camp, I will rectify that mistake." Tiger spoke from the TV.
"Thanks to the tracking device placed by one of the students, we believe that there are two separate hideout locations." Naomasa continued to speak.
Mirko felt a meaty hand on her shoulder. She looked behind to see All Might, "Thank you for coming." He gave her one of his smiles. "Don't think I'll start teaming up all willy nilly after this." She turned away.
All Might looked at Gran Torino who nodded at him.
All For One wasn't gonna get away.
I was playing Poker with Twice, we were betting on chips.
I had Twice on my side, now I just needed to meet with-
The door opened, knocking me out of my thoughts as Kurogiri stepped in. "The master wants to see him." The shadow spoke.
"Awww and I was winning. I WAS LOSING THANK YOU!" Twice contradicted and I got up. "Let's get this over with." I looked at Twice who winked at me, I gave him a smile. "Next time we'll finish." I patted his shoulder and walked up to the teleporter and I was enveloped in a black fog.
I found myself in a dark room, I looked around and saw in the center of the room were two sofa chairs with a bright yellow light shining over them. I walked to the chairs and looked around.
"It's nice to finally meet you… Face to face." I looked at the source of the voice and saw him, the Symbol of Evil, All For One.
He was wearing a suit and his mask, which I had to admit, intimidated me, but honestly, his aura was already doing that.
"Sit down." He offered. I sat down on the chair and watched as he did the same.
I stared at the mask, knowing that he had no eyes or nose, but he could sense me just fine. "Is the mask too much? I feel like it is, but alas, I need it." All For One crossed his legs and clasped his hands together.
"I understand and honestly it does add to the intimidation factor but your aura does a good job at that already." I spoke with complete honesty, I knew this man could kill me without a thought, but I knew he wouldn't.
I had something he wanted. "At last, a user who can converse with me without malice or hate." All for One sounded giddy. "Your predecessors were so serious, no banter, no talking, just yelling and hate."
I raised an eyebrow, "I can guess why that was the case, so can you." I responded, I relaxed in the chair.
"Yes, I suppose me murdering their loved ones was a factor in it." I glared, "But you are a fresh slate." I could feel All For One smile as he stared at me.
"... Why am I here?" I asked, "You asked for me specifically." I tilted my head.
"That's the question isn't it, you see, when I first saw you, I didn't see much, just another soul lost in the clutches of this hero society." I listened to the man as he spoke.
"But when you popped up in Hosu, that little speech changed my view." All For One leaned in. "Society is not broken. It only needs people strong enough to make their way through the harsh reality." He quoted.
"I loved that, I fully agree." I felt a bit sick, the Symbol of Evil, agreeing with my words. "Strong people survive while the weak can either adapt… or perish."
"We're survivors, you and I." I frowned. "What do you mean?" I asked hesitantly.
"Izuku Midoriya, age 15, born quirkless." I glared at him as he said that.
"I looked through your records, I know how quirkless people are treated, so sad." All For One spoke with remorse.
"Like you could know." I spat in anger.
"Oh but I do, you see, I was born when quirks first emerged, not even called quirks at the time, they called the ones who had powers freaks of nature, that's how people are, they hate what they don't understand."
"It took decades for people to accept quirks into their lives and now those who were considered normal were on the other side of the coin." All For One spreads his arm. "I know you struggled and it all came to a stop when All Might came into your life and offered you salvation with One For All."
"But why should you try to blend in with the crowd? Nothing will change, you are just part of the majority now." I was starting to see his motive now.
"... You want me to become a villain, turn against the heroes." I realized. "Why go with the people who abandoned you in the first place?" All For One asked.
"What about Shigaraki?" I asked, "He hates me."
"Shigaraki is a pawn in a game I'm playing, you could take his place." I narrowed my eyes. "You can join me and make those people who wronged you pay." He got up and offered his hand. "Don't you want to be happy, to feel like you don't have to hide amongst others."
I stared at the monster in front of me, why was he offering me this, this wasn't like him… It hit me like a brick.
He was afraid, afraid of what I would become.
I tried my best to not smile.
"I'm never gonna join you All For One, I know the pain and suffering you cause others and I don't want any part of that, I will never join you, I will take you down." I spoke with a determined look on my face.
The Super Villain stayed silent and got up. "I'm disappointed to hear that. You would have made a fine replacement for Tomura." He sighed and I froze at the mear killing intent that he leaked.
This… I could see my death in front of me, I then felt a hand on my face. "It'll take me a while to break down your will, but after that, you won't be strong enough to resist me." All For One spoke with a cold tone. "Sensory Overload." I felt my senses turn up to 11. "Give me One For All."
"G-Go to hell." I snarled. "Very well." He shot black blades from his fingertips into my body.
I screamed in agony as I felt pain shoot through my body, my hands gripping the chair ripping the fabric. I gritted my teeth and glared at the villain through his fingers.
The response was instant as I felt electricity course through me painfully as my screams echoed across the room.
Bakugo was leaning against the wall in front of a warehouse where the tracker had led them. Todoroki was looking over Momo's shoulder, Ochako was looking at the warehouse. All of them were wearing hoodies to hide their faces.
"Are you sure it's here?" Todoroki asked Momo.
"I'm positive." Momo looked at the tracking device.
"I think we should have worn some disguises." Uraraka pulled down on her hoodie.
"We're not here to play dress up." Bakugo growled as he marched towards the narrow opening between the two buildings. "I see a window here, come on."
The group shimmied between the two buildings, "Round face, make us weightless." He hissed. Uraraka nodded and used her quirk to lift him and Todoroki up the wall to get a closer look at the window.
Bakugo took out two night vision binoculars and handed one to Todoroki.
They looked inside and Todoroki gasped. "What?" Bakugo looked at the direction Todoroki was looking and bit his tongue to hold a curse. "This is a fucking Nomu factory.." He hissed.
"A factory to make those things?" Momo asked, looking horrified at the thought.
"Do you see Midoriya?" Todoroki asked, shaking out of his shock to continue looking for their friend.
"No.." Bakugo growled. "Let us down." He ordered and Ochako put them down.
"We didn't see him." Todoroki revealed. "No-" Momo was cut off as they heard noise coming from the front, they froze and there was a loud crash!
"Good work Mount Lady." Bakugo recognized that voice, it was Best Jeanist!
"The heroes." Uraraka looked at them. "We need to go!"
"Yes, they appear to have this handled." Momo nodded in agreement as they started to move out of the narrow alley.
Then they heard something. "My apologies, if I had known I had company, I would have been more prepared."
"STOP RIGHT THERE!" Bakugo turned around, "Round face, let me up!" He hissed.
"Put the body down!" Bakugo froze, body?
"Wait… that's-"
"I said STOP!" Jeanist ordered and then, in a flash, everything around them was destroyed, buildings were collapsing, the wall behind them was only able to cover them barely.
Bakugo was frozen in fear, next to him, Todoroki, Uraraka and Momo were also frozen.
'The hell?' Bakugo thought as he felt a strong presence right behind the wall they were leaning against.
He saw his dead body on the floor along with the others, he bit his tongue snapping him out of it.
"Tomura has finally started to think rationally and make decisions on his own, I do wish you haven't gotten in his way" The voice spoke in a muffle tone.
Bakugo leaned over to look at the man who did it, his heart stopped, not at the sight of the man, floating in the air with an aura of malice and evil surrounding him… but of the body he was holding.
Being held by the collar of his shirt was Deku, his eyes white and he was limp as the man tightened his grip. "Deku…" He looked in horror at the sight.
"Now then… Shall we begin?"
Chapter End Notes
Okay... yeah I did this, I had to think a lot to come up with this chapter, it was soooo hard.
Redeeming Twice!!! And yes I used that story.
Anyway, what do you think of it, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, I will try and not take two weeks to write the next one, not promises though. See you later!
Chapter 26
Chapter Summary
The Battle of Kamino!
Chapter Notes
I LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes I finally updated, as of why it took me so long was because I was very sick and now I am better, it also took me so long to write this chapter up, maybe it's rushed but I am kinda happy with it, hope you enjoy,
See the end of the chapter for more notes
I opened my eyes and I found myself in the visage world.
"Great… I'm here." I groaned and sat up, I blinked and looked down, I was sitting on water.
"Huh… this isn't the normal place." I looked around in confusion as I got up.
Walking forward, I looked around trying to find any of the previous users, no sign of them.
"Geez… What does it take to find some help?" I grumbled.
"Just asking." I turned around and saw a boy with a smiling freckled face.
"Izuku?" I felt a lump form on my throat as I was looking at Izuku Midoriya who wore the old gamma version of his hero costume.
"Hey Ethan." Izuku smiled at me. "It's nice to finally meet you."
"What… how.."
"Well since you and I merged, what was left of my subconscious was buried here." Izuku walked past me, "All for One trying to steal One For All pushed you here."
"So he's trying to steal One for All." I frowned. "Trying to, the will of the previous users and us make it very difficult." Izuku responded. I stared at the person I admired for so long with a look of guilt.
"Izuku…-" "I know what you're gonna say and you don't need to say it." I looked at Izuku who was giving me a look of understanding.
"But I stole your life!" I exclaimed. "I took it away before you could achieve your dream, before you could meet your friends." I teared up.
"But you saved more lives then I could have, you saved Eri before getting your provisional license, you saved Toga before she joined the league, even saving Lady Nagant and Twice in a matter of days!" Izuku walked up and put his hands on my shoulders. "You even helped Kacchan."
"...But you would have done it all." I clenched my fist. "No, I couldn't… " I looked up at Izuku.
"I couldn't have made the plan to get captured by the league to save Kacchan…"
"No, you would have made a plan to save everyone and yourself." I rubbed the back of my head, and Izuku frowned.
"Not really, we're too much alike… We would both put our lives on the line to save others… that's why you and I merged."
I blinked. "What do you mean?" I asked, confused by the question.
"... Do you remember what happened before you came here?" Izuku asked. "Before you came into my body?"
"I was watching your show, I remember-" "No… you weren't." Izuku cut me off and pointed at the water we were standing on. I looked down and I gasped, seeing the water show the event that led me to being transported here.
I was in a bank depositing some money until men with guns came in and started to rob the place. I was kneeling on the floor as I watched gunmen point their weapons at the group of people with me among them, one of them had a gun aimed at a woman with a crying baby. "Shut that baby up!"
"Shh it's gonna be okay." The woman tried to soothe her child as it continued to cry.
"Shut that baby up!" The other gunmen shouted. "Gladly." The man pointed a pistol at the woman and her baby.
I couldn't just sit and do nothing! I sprung into action and tackled the gunman pinning his arm. "No!" I grunted and wrangled the gun out of the man's hand and aimed it at him. "Heh, do you even know how to use that?" The man smirked as I held the gun awkwardly in my hands.
"No, but I know how to do this!" I hit the butt of the gun on the man's forehead and looked at the lady who was covering her baby's mouth, "Thank you." She whispered
I got up and turned around and was met with the barrel of the robber's rifle. "This is what happens to heroes!" "FREEZE!" I heard the door slam open, I grabbed the barrel and then BANG!
I blinked as I was back in the visage world next to Izuku.
"... So I died and got those poor people killed." I stared blankly at the water as I saw the memory end the moment I was shot.
"You don't know that.." Izuku frowned. "You gave the police a chance to intercept when you fought back."
"I wanted to go out saving someone… But I probably ended up making it worse." I turned and walked away.
"... You wanted to save that woman and her baby, you did that… That's why you're here, you did a
lot of good and you can do more." Izuku put a hand on my shoulder. "We know you can, that's why we're helping you reach the goal you set."
The water showed a new image, showing Gym Gamma, Class A and B in graduation robes, Toga and Shinso among them, Inko and an older Eri up front with All Might sitting next to Inko with a camera and a proud smile, next to him was Nighteye and the big three, Mirio and Nejire were grinning while Amagiki was still shy as ever. Midnight on the podium announcing names with the dramatic flare, pro heroes in the crowd. This was a vision I was working to see happen.
I gave a small smile. "This is your goal." Izuku spoke, tearing up at the sight. "Our goal." I interrupted Izuku, looking at the green haired boy.
He shook his head. "No… You clinged to me long enough, you need to let go.." Izuku stepped back. "One for All is your quirk more than it is mine." He raised his arm, green lightning coursing through it.
I looked at my arm, blue electricity coursing through it. "You're Izuku Midoriya, basically the 10th user of One for All." Izuku declared.
I blinked at his words. "10th?" I asked with a tilt of my head.
"Well… One for All considered me the 9th with all the memories of my adventures in your head." Izuku smiled brightly. "You can finish the story with all of us backing you up."
I frowned. "... Once I leave… Will I see you again?" I asked the question that I dreaded to ask. "I'll always be a part of One For All, I'll always be with you." Izuku's smile faded. "But right now, we have something more important to talk about."
I gulped. "What is it?" I asked. "All Might's battle with All For One." Izuku responded.
"During the battle, All Might used the trick I used before gaining proper control over the quirk." Izuku explained, I rubbed my head, "What tri-" I froze.
"Yeah… that one." Izuku confirmed with a frown on his face
"FUCK!" I cursed as I grabbed my hair, I was so stupid, I didn't break my bones at all, All Might gained inspiration from Midoriya to use tricks to get past AFO's defences, now he might just try and power through!
"You need to help him." "I know that!" I shouted as I walked off. "Where are you going?" Izuku asked. "Back out there, who knows how long it's been since I passed out." I stopped and turned to Izuku.
"Did he stop trying to get in?" I asked. "Yeah, it's been a while, he must be getting Shigaraki." Izuku responded with a hand on his chin. "Okay, just gotta wake up… I hope I can see you again Izuku." I gave Izuku one last smile. "I'll give mom and Eri a hug for you!" I ran off with Izuku waving at me as I ran into the darkness, soon I felt my subconscious being pulled back into reality.
"SMASH!" All Might broke through the door of the bar and looked around for Midoriya. Kamui caught the villains in his branches, Mirko jumped in and kicked Dabi over the head and Edgeshot used his quirk to knock out Kurogiri.
"Hehe…" Shigaraki giggled. "Your student isn't here All Might, he's in another castle." The number one hero glared at Shigaraki.
"Where is he?!" He demanded.
"Oh, master has him." Shigaraki grinned. "He wanted to have a little talk, but with how infuriating that brat is, I suspect that you won't find him in one piece."
"Grr.. He's not here!" He called out to Naomasa, "Contact Jeanist!"
Mirko stomped over and glared at Shigaraki. "He better be alive." She left the threat hanging.
"I can't contact him!" Naomasa called back but soon Nomus started to appear from black sludge forming in mid air.
"CONTACT!" The police opened fire on the beasts.
The villains had sludge coming out of their mouths. "NO!" Mirko tried to grab Shigaraki. "Damn it!" She growled and kicked a Nomu up the jaw.
"I'm heading to Jeanist's location! Can you handle things from here?" All Might asked her. "Fuck… go and find the kid!" Mirko jumped to the street and drop kicked another Nomu as All Might jumped away.
"Let's finish this quickly number 2." Mirko looked at Endevour who was blasting another beast with his harsh flames. "Focus on your own Nomu."
Mirko looked in front of her and cracked her neck jumping into the fight.
Best Jeanist stared up at the floating man.
"You were able to pull all the other heroes away from my blast, so deserving of the number 4 spot." All For One mocked.
Jeanist looked at the boy the villain was carrying. "Ah, Midoriya, I nearly forgot that I stopped his heart." All for One sent another shock through the body causing the boy to groan.
Using his quirk, Jeanist pushed himself up. "You monster, I will not stop until you are defeated!" He sent fibers towards the villain who countered with a strong gust of wind, but Midoriya grunted and moved his body just enough to push the villains aim off, it landed right next to Jeanist's head.
"Still defiant Midoriya?" All For One sighed and shocked the boy again causing him to scream in pain.
"STOP!" Jeanist tried again, as All for One aimed at Jeanist and fired a gust of wind knocking out the hero this time. "I do not have time for this."
Bakugo shut his eyes as the screams of his childhood friend echoed in his head.
"W-we need to get to him." Ochako was crying as she couldn't get the sound of his screams out of her head.
"We can't, that villain has Midoriya in his clutches… and we can't fight." Todoroki gritted his teeth.
"There has to be something.." Momo whimpered as she heard her crush's cries of pain.
Bakugo looked through a small opening in the wall and his eyes widened as he saw villains
appearing in thin air from sludge.
"Master." Shigaraki looked up at his master. "Thank you.."
"Failed once again Tomura?" All for One floated down to his student. "Do not worry, you can start over, after all, this is all for you."
"And the brat?" Shigaraki looked at the body in his master's clutches. "I will keep him for now, he has his uses. But for now, you must leave." He looked up to the sky, "There you are."
Bakugo stopped breathing thinking they were found.
All Might, coming from the sky, slammed onto the ground and his eyes landed on his successor. "Young Midoriya!"
"Ah, All Might, right on time." All For One grinned under his mask.
"Let him go!" All Might dashed towards his nemesis and was met with a powerful blast of wind sending the number one hero through a couple of buildings.
"Now is the time to go, Tomura, Forced quirk activation!" All for one used his quirk to use Kurogiri to open a portal. "Go."
"Master, I won't leave you!" Shigaraki stepped forward.
"You must, Tomura, you are my legacy." All for One uses his quirk to throw the unconscious Dabi through the portal. "Now -" But he was cut off as there was a loud gunshot and a projectile hit All for One's arm, free Midoriya from All For One's grasp.
Twice took the opportunity and grabbed Midoriya's body and made a clone of himself to help carry him. "TWICE WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Shigaraki demanded as he realized that Twice was carrying Midoriya away.
"Saving my buddy!" Twice answered before All Might came flying back, All for One used Air Cannon to push Shigaraki into the portal as well as Kurogiri before the portal closed.
Twice dragged Midoriya to the wall that was still standing to catch his breath.
He froze when he came face to face with the UA students from the training camp.
"Hi" "BYE!" Twice greeted while his clone contradicted him.
Bakugo growled and marched toward Twice, "Whoa whoa whoa! I'm helping him!" "YEAH RIGHT!"
"Why the fuck should I trust you?" Bakugo asked as the clone turned to goop, the battle between All Might and All for One raging behind the wall.
Twice grunted and held his head. "Because he helped me and now I'm helping him!" Twice said trying to not contradict himself.
"... Sounds like something Deku would do." Uraraka said as she stepped forward.
"... Get out of here." Bakugo growled. Twice looked at Midoriya before nodding and left. "See you around. I WON'T!" Twice ran off.
Momo immediately ran to Midoriya and created smelling salts. "We have to wake him up, it'll be too difficult to carry him." She placed the salts under his nose.
Midoriya gasped and coughed. "Midoriya!" Momo smiled as he woke up. "GET DOWN!" Todoroki pulled everyone down as a shockwave washed over them.
All Might gritted his teeth as he looked at the downed All for One, the mask broken by his fist.
His buff form being held together by his sheer will. "You have so much in common with Nana Shimura, the utter waste of a human who passed One for All onto you." All for One taunted.
All Might glared at the villain and his arch enemy. "You keep my master's name out of your filthy mouth. She was a true hero!" He spat but the villain went on.
"A woman with no skills and grand ideas she couldn't live up to. How embarrassing for me, the creator of One for All, to see her inherit the power." All Might's rage grew as the monster spoke. "And the way she died was so pathetic, shall I tell you all about it?"
"ENOUGH!" All Might raised his fist to deliver another punch but All for One used his quirks to send All Might flying.
Coughing up blood, All Might nearly hit the helicopter but was intercepted by Gran Torino. "Gran Torino!" "It's the same as last time Toshinori, calm down! 6 years ago you got distracted and that's how he escaped and put a hole in your stomach!" Torinoused his quirk to break their fall.
"That's always been your weakness, don't let him under your skin." Gran Torino glared at the rising villain.
I sat up. "Fuck.. My head.." I rubbed my head groaning.
"Deku!" Ochako hugged me "You're alright." She said in relief, "We need to go now!" Momo pulled Bakugo up.
"Deku, can you walk?" Bakugo asked. "What happened… All Might!" I got up and leaned against the wall and my eyes widened as I saw Gran Torino and a half shrunken All Might facing against All for One.
"You guys need to get out of here now!" I gritted my teeth. "Not without you!" Todoroki put a hand on my shoulder and I slapped it away. "I can't leave, I need to help All Might!" I tried to summon my quirk.
"Deku are you fucking stupid! Only All Might can handle that boss villain!" Bakugo grabbed my collar and glared at me. "Come on, we need to let him finish this!" I grabbed his hands.
"I'll explain everything once this is over… I'm sorry…" I pushed Bakugo off. "But I won't let history repeat itself, Fa Jin… plus Overdrive!" I vanished in a flash of blue lightning.
"DEKU!" "MIDORIYA!" "FUCKING DEKU!" I'm sorry but I won't stand idle!
"NOT EVERYONE IS SO FAST!" All Might's eyes looked behind him and widened as he saw a woman trapped in the rubble. "I WILL OBLITERATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE PROTECTED!" All for One declared.
He prepared for the attack but what he wasn't prepared for was me jumping in front of him, cobalt blue lightning covering my body. "NOT THIS TIME, NOW!" I screamed.
On the still standing rooftop, Nagant aimed for All for One's arm. "Damn kid!" She took the shot, piercing All for One's shoulder making him stumble and go off target.
I crossed my arms and pushed my quirk to it's limits with Fa Jin and 60%, when All for One unleashed his attack, I sliced through the air creating enough wind pressure to rival the villain's attack.
The result was a tornado in the center of the battle field.
The dust settled once more and I was in between the two most powerful people in Japan.
"Ah Midoriya, come to see your master's death?" All For One taunted, "Young Midoriya, please, you need to leave!" All Might begged.
"I'm not leaving you to this monster All Might." I glared at All for One and took a glance behind me and my eyes widened as All Might coughed and reverted back to his skinny form.
"There it is, hollow cheeks and sunken eyes, the first to go will be your self respect and your ridiculous public image, show the world how pathetic you really are, symbol of peace." All For One spoke with a smirk under what was left of his mask.
"All Might." I gritted my teeth, he's reached his limit. I looked back at the symbol of evil.
"To think you are their number one hero. Now your adoring public knows your true form, try not to be ashamed." I growled at the monster's words. "Don't you dare talk down to him you scum, he's still the number one hero!" I screamed.
"Hush now, the adults are talking." I felt insulted by being ignored.
"You're right, even if my body rots and grows frail, even if you expose my weakened state, in my heart I still remain the symbol of peace!" All Might clenched his fist with a determined smile.
"Is that so? Ah well, I've forgotten how stubborn you are, I guess I'll just give up." All for One was speaking in a mocking manner, I kept my mouth shut, if I tried to stop him, it would seem like I knew what All for One was gonna say and it would be suspicious to All for one… and All Might needs to hear this… I hate this so much. "Oh and one more thing, Tomura Shigaraki, my apprentice, he's Nana Shimura's grandson."
I could feel anger dwell up inside me, not mine, Nana's.
"I kept wondering what would annihilate your golden heart." All for one spoke. "And so I found Tomura, groomed him to hate you and watched you smile as you beat your master's decedent."
This monster was sick… sicker considering his plans to take over Tomura's body in the future...
"You… lie." All Might sounded.. Broken.
"Oh come now, you know it's the truth, that is clearly something I would do." I looked behind me and watched as All Might was sinking into despair. "You're a monster." I growled as I looked at All for one.
"Haha yes I suppose I am… Where is your famous smile now? All Might, haha!" All For One
laughed as he put his thumbs against his cheeks, the same gesture Nana did showing her famous smile.
"RIGHT HERE!" I screamed as I gave my best brave smile. "All Might never knew about Shigaraki, he's not perfect, he's human just like the rest of us, you twisted a boy to become your puppet, it's not All Might's fault it's yours!" I pointed at All for One.
"Young… Midoriya…" All Might stared at my back, seeing the back of his master in my place.
"All he's done is try and save people he can reach, he's inspired others to smile like him, to save people like him!" I got into a fighting stance. "You were right about one thing, heroes have a lot to protect in this world."
All Might feeling inspired by his successor once again like so long ago, called upon the embers of One for All inside him and stepped up next to me, golden lightning covering his skinny form. "That's why." I started as blue lightning coated my body.
""WE WILL DEFEAT YOU!!"" All Might and I spoke in unison, our eyes shining with power and determination.
Levitation into the air, All for One spoke. "This is a sight I can't help but feel giddy about, master and apprentice will die together!" All For One charged his arm for another attack.
I smirked. "Who said it's just us?" I asked, just All for One moved his arm to counter a torrent of flames.
"Are you serious?!" All Might's eyes widened as he turned to the side and saw Endeavor. "WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT WEAK LITTLE BODY!"
"Looks like we made it just in time." Edgeshot landed next to the number two hero.
"I'm still impressed you handled them so quickly, as expected of the man who clawed his way up to the number 2 spot." All for One taunted again.
"GRR STAND UP AND SHOW THEM WHY YOU'RE BETTER!" Endeavor screamed. All Might looked at the two in shock.
"If the only reason you're here is to cheer him on, then I'd prefer you to remain silent!" The villain aimed to attack again but Edgeshot used his quirk to attack. "Think again madman, we're here to assist!"
I turned to see Kamui woods taking the wounded. "That's our job as heroes!" "And we would be doing a horrible job if we didn't help!" Mirko came flying in with a kick and was blown away.
Just then, a projectile hit All for One's shoulder. "Hey hey now, don't leave me out of this party." Lady Nagant called from her vantage point with a smile. "I come back years later to find this?"
"You." All for One gritted his teeth.
"You all came." All Might muttered. "Of course we did! We can't do much but if we can help a little, we have fulfilled our duty." Tiger spoke as he saved the woman in the rubble behind us.
I looked at All Might, "You don't have to do everything alone, All Might, let others help with your burden."
All Might looked at me and at the other heroes around him. "Thank you." He felt his heart swell.
"You need to stop him All Might, this personification of evil!" Edgeshot spoke as he dodged air blasts from All for One and Endeavor firing torrents of flame with Nagant firing shot after shot.
"Pros and citizens everywhere are praying for your victory, no matter what you look like, you're still everyone's number one hero!" Edgeshot screamed.
"How pointless!" All for One aimed at the ground below him and unleashed a huge attack, sending almost everyone away. I braced as the shockwave washed over us. "Let's stop dwelling in heroism and start focusing on reality!" All For One started to build up quirks on his right arm.
I grimaced at the sight, fuck it was terrifying in person.
I looked at All Might, one chance. "You're gonna need this." I placed my hand on his back and pumped One for All's energy into him, giving his flames more fuel.
All Might felt energy surge through him once again, his eyes widened when he felt his soul connect to One for All, he looked at me. "Your…" I flinched, he knew…
"Once this is over… I can only give you an opening, I think you'll know it when you see it."
"You will die full of regrets, All Might, as a hero and a teacher!" I blitzed to the side and got behind All for One, I used black whip to grab his arms and pulled hard. "All I hear are words of a madman!"
"This quirk!" All for One struggled against the black bindings as I pulled him down and grunted. "NOW ALL MIGHT!" I screamed.
Taking the opportunity and the power All Might was given, the number one hero ran forward.
A star moved from one point to another, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and finally the last point where the star shined brighter, he grabbed onto it and felt power surging into his left arm. 'Thank you master… Thank you Midoriya.'
All Might planted his feet onto the ground and delivered his ultimate move. 'Farewell All For One!' "UNITED STATES OF SMASH!!!!!!" He smashed All for One into the ground with his most powerful move, creating a tornado. I nearly went flying if my bindings weren't connected to the one receiving the attack.
'Thank you One for All.' All Might felt the embers dim but not extinguish completely.
I coughed as I let go and walked forward.
The smoke lifted and I saw All Might standing over All for One, I smiled a bit as the hero raised his fist into the air in a familiar victory pose and buffed up.
I could hear the screams of joy as the people of Japan see their hero rise over a villain.
I felt a hand on my shoulder, I looked up to see Mirko giving me a glare. "You have some balls to restrain that villain." I chuckled. "Yeah… got it from you." That got me a bonk on the head. "Fucking brat." She smirked.
I looked at All Might with a blank stare, what did he think of me… he knew who I was now after I connected him to One for All once again.
The sun started to rise as other heroes were looking through the rubble for civillians trapped under.
I was standing by the other heroes as All for One was taken into an iron maiden, he was alive still… I was glad that I didn't give All Might too much power to kill him.
Looking to my left I saw a news lady with a camera man talking about the incident, showing it live to the world. This moment… What would-
I was taken out of my thoughts as a hand was placed on my shoulder, I looked up to see All Might standing in front of me.
"My boy… My successor… Now it's your turn." He spoke giving me a kind smile.
My eyes widened in disbelief. "All Might.." I teared up, I couldn't believe it… He said it in front of the camera, telling the world that I was the successor to the Symbol of Peace.
But it was happening, I could see everyone looking at us with a look of shock.
Now… I had a feeling that things won't be the same.
Chapter End Notes
This chapter took so long to write... I hope it came out good, a lot of things happened and I can't wait to write up the next one.
So to go into detail, yes, Izuku is now part of One for All and Ethan is the 10th user, complicated, yes! Am I gonna change it, Nope, I worked hard on this so if you don't like it, deal with it. And his origin is revealed, how he came to the MHA world was something I thought long and hard about. Next thing, Lady Nagant is seen as a hero now, I'd like to see those HPSC bastards try to cover up now! Lastly, I'm sooo tired! I'm gonna go and catch some z's see you all in the next chapter!
Chapter 27
Chapter Summary
A lot of Explainations!
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
I was staring out the window of the hospital room I was placed in after I was taken out of Kamino and asked a lot of questions by Tsukauchi.
I tried to tell them I was fine… But apparently I had a broken rib and some bone fractures. I couldn't remember where I got them from, maybe from my… Time with All for One.
After it was revealed I was All Might's successor, people were swarming me when I was getting into the hospital to ask me questions and take my pictures. I was just happy to relax and was happier that there was a TV in the room.
Before being admitted here I was able to call Nezu about Twice and Nagant and being the rat overlord he was, he was able to get Twice into UA and helped with Lady Nagant and the HPSC.
Twice was hidden in UA and was gonna receive some therapy from Hound Dog last I heard.
And Lady Nagant was pretty much invincible being the one who helped in Kamino, the HPSC basically had to give her a licence to save face.
I smirked as I watched Nagant telling the press she was on a long term mission and was back.
This satisfied me.
Speaking of Lady Nagant.
"... Why are you here?" I asked the other occupant in the room.
Nagant was sitting on a chair reading a magazine in her costume. She came here an hour ago and just sat on the chair next to me and started to read. I just assumed she would ask me questions but just sitting there was unnerving.
"I don't trust anyone out here, you're the only person I can trust since you got me out of those commission bastards' clutches." Nagant responded looking up from her magazine.
"So what, are you gonna stick close to me until you trust more people?" "Yes, yes I will." "... You have major trust issues, you know that?"
She scoffed. "You saw my memories, what do you think?" She went back to her magazine.
I stared at her for a moment. "... Touche." I responded and laid on my bed.
"So what's your plan?" Nagant asked. "My plan?" I asked, turning my head towards her.
"Yes, your plan, you have something in mind, I doubt you don't." She was kinda right, I do have a plan, lots of them…
"Right now, I just want to rest, I'll tell you everything once I gather everyone else in a secure location." I told her, Nagant was an assassin, a dangerous one. I wanted to help her but to do that, I needed her trust so I had to keep myself open.
"Right…" Nagant was about to go back to her magazine until the door opened and Eri ran in and jumped onto the bed. "Big brother!" She cried as she clinged to my chest, tears streaming down her cheeks.
I held her close as she cried into my chest, I pet her head comforting her, feeling guilty about making her worry so much. "Hey, it's okay, I'm here, I'm safe." I soothed her.
I looked up to see Inko by the door, she looked like she had been crying a lot… probably has.
"You're okay…" Eri whimpered, clutching my shirt. "Yeah, I am." I held her close. "Izuku." Inko came close and hugged me tightly. "My baby boy." She held me tight as I wrapped my arm around her and pulled her and Eri closer.
Nagant watched awkwardly and then looked away.
Inko noticed the woman sitting in the chair. "OH!" Inko pulled away and bowed. "I'm so sorry for not noticing you, I'm Izuku's -" "Mother, I can tell." Nagant waved her off with a lazy smile.
Eri looked at Nagant and she recognized the heroine.. "You're from the TV, you helped my big brother."
Inko blinked and looked at Nagant before recognition flashed in her eyes. "Oh yes, you were helping in the battle with that villain, you're the hero who was missing in action and came back." Inko remembered the news that was shown just this morning
"Lady Nagant, it's nice to meet you." The heroine leans over to shake the woman's hand. Eri stared at Nagant.
The heroine looked back. "Oh this is Eri." Inko smiled. ".. You saved my big brother, thank you." Eri bowed her head, not letting go of me.
Nagant smiled, feeling her heart melt from Eri's words. "Ah it's no problem, just doing my job."
I smiled and then looked at my mom. I took a deep breath. "Eri, could you go with Lady Nagant to get something from the vending machine?" I asked. "I need to talk to mom." The tone in my voice was enough for the heroine to understand.
"Sure, come on Eri, I got some money in my pocket, you can pick whatever you want." Eri was hesitant to leave but she could read the room and left with Nagant.
Once the door closed I spoke. "You want me to pull out of UA." I stated in a blank tone, it wasn't a question.
Inko frowned. "Yes.. But you can't." She responded. "Because you're his successor.." I sighed at her words.
"Mom, even if I wasn't, I wouldn't have dropped out." I looked at her.
"Well I can't stand it!" Inko cried. "You got hurt when you had a run in with a villain in the mall, I know you did, don't lie to me!" I flinched.
"Now you got kidnapped and fought a villain who was able to go toe to toe with All Might and you expect me to be okay with it!?" Inko wiped her eyes, which were filled with tears. "I just want my baby safe.."
"... Come here… I need to show you something." Time to come clean, I couldn't just hold this in anymore.
Inko walked to my side and I placed my hands on her head. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, I could see into people's memories, I just had to project mine.
I felt my head ache as I showed her my previous life. Without any mention of the anime, I couldn't give her an existential crisis, I also showed her my time with All Might and One For All.
Inko pulls away moments later looking at me in shock. I looked away . "... I'm… not your real son… I'm in his body… but I'm not him… I have his memories and habits, so… I have 40% of his traits while the rest is mine… I didn't know how to tell you and I'm so sorry-"
"You're wrong." I stopped and looked at Inko who had tears streaming once more. "You.. are wrong…" She took my hands. "I think I already knew that you weren't my Izuku… But a new Izuku, you have his habits, his memories, you have the same eyes I recognized whenever he looked at me, but you were more confident and more sure of yourself, cooking meals and cleaning the house even when I don't tell you." She took a deep breath.
"You say you're not my son but these past few months say otherwise, you brought Eri into our home, you adopted her and I felt happier than before, seeing you act like the older brother and having a little one to look over, every night, you would come home and play with her while I made dinner, sitting together as you told me about your day and eat together with Eri would as you questions and I would just smile at the sight," Inko squeezed my hand.
"You are my son, my Izuku… Nothing will change that." Those words brought tears in my eyes as I pulled her into a tight embrace. "I love you mom… Thank you." I held her as tears streamed down my cheeks and Inko held me just as tight. "I love you too Izuku." Inko whispered. I pulled away and wiped my tears. "Thanks mom…" Inko gave a small sigh. "I'll support you and your dream, just promise me you'll be okay.."
I gave a small chuckle, "Mom… You know that the hero's life is a dangerous one… But I'll do my best."
"I suppose that's all I can hope for." Inko exhaled. "All Might better take care of you or I'm gonna give him a serious talking to." I laughed.
"Don't worry, All Might is a good teacher." I assured her.
Eri came back in with Nagant following behind with a blank look on her face, Eri had a lot of candy in her arms. "ERI WHY DO YOU HAVE ALL THAT!?" Inko asked as she went over.
"She was too strong… I couldn't resist…" Nagant sat on the chair with a defeated look on her face. "... Did she use her puppy eyes?" I asked, receiving a nod. "Ahh it's alright, only I can resist that." I pat Nagant's back.
Eri got on my bed and handed me some candy. "Thank you Eri." I smiled at the little girl and patted her head, making her smile. "I'm so happy you're okay."