Open World: Heroes

by BioQuill

Izuku Midoriya was a quirkless child in a world of super heroes and villains. When his idol, the number one hero, tells him he can not become a hero without a quirk, he finally gives into his own demons, and jumps to take his own life. Fate, however, has other plans, and Izuku will soon learn that quirks are just one way to become a hero, in an endless reality of possibility.

3. Chapter 3: Start of a Hero

I woke up early the next morning. Having needed to… crawl out from under the… pile on my bed, I was outside. I wanted to focus on the Quirks I obtained so far. And so far, that's Katsuki's Explosion. Kai's Overhaul. Tomura's Decay, and Kurogiri's Warp. "Now, what are my limitations here…" I muttered.

"All depends on what you don't want to do." Delilah answered simply as she popped up out of thin air.

I jumped. Gonna be a while before I get used to that. "Morning." I said, looking at my hands. "So far I have four…" I said, small sparks from Explosion going off, quickly vanishing from view as small cracks and dry skin covered my fingers. Decay. It too vanished as I deactivated it. "So far they're how they were when they first developed. Katsuki's explosion is just like how Kachan's was when we were little. Yet I can feel them… growing… rapidly." The sparks from Explosion now went off, bigger than before. Closer to what Katchan could do, but not quite there yet.

"That's how Copy Cat works, after you copy an ability, in this case Quirks, they adjust quickly after as if you were naturally born with it." Delilah explained.

"Yeah. I can feel them… aging, as if trying to catch up to my current age." I said, taking a deep breath as I tried something different. To my surprise, Decay activated in one hand, and Explosion in the other. "I can use two, maybe more, at once then…"

"Careful with that." Delilah said. "Even if you can do multiple abilities all at once, it puts a pretty big strain on your body and energy reserves, even some people like All for One who are capable of using dozens of skills at once do that sparingly." Delilah warned. "Using two or three might be okay for now, but don't try and push yourself too far okay?"

"All for One?" I asked. "Huh… I'll try not to over exert myself." I turned the two Quirks off. "I should figure out how best to train with them, as well as learning the best combo measures."

"There's plenty of people out there that are good trainers, some in the Heroes Guild." Delilah answered. "And All for One is the arch nemesis to All Might, One for All's also the one that injured him to that massive degree."

"Right… He did show me the injury…" I remembered. "So All for One's Quirk is like Copy Cat but he takes the Quirks rather than Copies them?"

"Bingo." She nodded. "So let me ask, what do you think One for All does with that big brain of yours?"

"Hm? Well, you said it's All Might's Quirk, so clearly it's a powerful Quirk… is it similar in some way to All for One? Given the names they would be related. A lot of twins and even siblings back home had quirks that complemented one another."

"Well...yes and no." She started. "See, All for One was actually the older brother to a supposedly quirkless younger brother, and so All for One decided to give his younger brother a simple quirk that let him stockpile powers, little did he know that the younger brother's quirk was a 'Successor' type quirk, where he can hand off his powers to whoever he deems is the next person who would use his power, One for All, properly as a true hero." She explained. "And that's how, if thing's played out differently, you had to eat All Might's hair to gain his powers."

"... I think I prefer Copy Cat then…" I laughed weakly. "Still, knowing that then… if One for All is still a sibling Quirk to All for One, then passing along the Quirk to someone with a quirk should also pass along the prior owners quirk, and… that would explain how the quirk gives such power. Multiple Quirks all working to empower the original almost like… engines…" I muttered in thought. "Each new owner, quirk or not, would just grow that power. And even possibly allow prior quirks to be used by the newest user if it evolved…"

"There was only one drawback to all of that though." She started. "If you naturally had a quirk before being given One for All...it would burn through your life force as your body could barely hold in all that descendant power plus your own, so the prime users for it were Quirkless, like All Might and, at least in most worlds, you." Delilah explained.

"Huh… I doubt that's an issue in this reality though. I doubt The Mother would have left that as is. Hmm… guess that means maybe All for One is in the same boat? The more Quirks he took the more he would deteriorate… unless he could counter it with healing and immunity Quirks…"

"Which is exactly what he did, stealing as many healing quirks and longevity quirks he could, only reason why he needed a Darth Vader mask was because his face was damn near caved in and his internal organs were injured as much as All Might's their first encounter." Delilah explained. "And...well I might as well show you a version of their fight when you were given One for All if you want to, just to give you some real context on what's being talked about here."

I nodded, watching a video Delilah showed me of this fight. Hmm, no new Quirks. Guess this Ability only works when I see them in person. Makes sense actually. Would be too easy if I could just watch a video of a power and replicate it. "So, that's the two most powerful Quirks… both aren't what I was expecting but it makes sense. For as powerful as they are, there would be limitations back home… limitations that are non-existent here…"

"And the limitations was both of their bodies literally couldn't handle what was going on, All Might sacrificing the rest of his power in One for All and All for One only being able to do this with all that regeneration and medical equipment keeping him going." She said honestly.

"Hmm… Is One for All and All for One Quirks here too?"

"Oh yeah, they're both Rare type Abilities, and even then their like stupid rare with how powerful they either are base or how stupid they can be with time and effort." Deliliah said honestly. "Also, given their Quirks, they can't be handed around, you gotta be born with it." She added.

"But they're still Quirks… Abilities... so I could copy them…" I said. "I just can't copy Legendary Abilities. If they're rare, then I just need to see them being used."

"Yep." My girlfriend nodded. "Just gotta find them, and I'm not sure if you need to see all of their quirks they either stole or inherited to get the full effect so keep that in mind."

I shook my head. "Just their quirks in action really… besides, Copy Cat copies them as they were when they first manifested so even so I won't be punching mountains or anything like that until they mature to my current age… Say, how many of those… All for One bad guys are, well, Bad Guys here?"

"A...good majority of them." She said carefully. "One of them managed to create a Chaos Guild...it's not well known but it's main purpose was for that one to hunt down any and all copies of himself and One for All and steal their powers to make himself the strongest...but there are a few that are decent people and have been trying to do better than their villonous counterparts."

I nodded, thinking that over some in my head. "And how exactly do these realities One for All and All for One differ compared to the ones back home?"

"Either different successor's to One for All, different age groups for All for One...or in some cases, completely different people, two more...well known are Shigaraki and...you." Delilah said honestly.

"No, I mean in regards to how they work. I know how they work back home but do they work differently here I mean. Like can All for One only take and seemingly give Quirk Abilities or all Abilities, and can One for All pass along all prior owners abilities, not just the Quirk based ones?"

"A combination of both." Delilah answered. "I don't know all the details, but One for All is a Transference quirk so I'd say it can give more than just the Quirk's the previous owners had, and All for One...well the All for One in his Guild wouldn't be a big enough threat by himself if he couldn't steal people's abilities as well as Quirks." The anthro cat answered.

"Hmm… Makes sense. Having Copy Cat alone gives me more of an advantage but still, if the day comes when I can get back home… They'd be useful to have." I thought aloud. "Still, collecting all these Abilities and Quirks doesn't mean much if I can't use them properly."

"You're up early Izuku." Katsuki said, walking up to Delilah and I with a cup of coffee in hand. "Training or thinking?"

"Just talking about One for All and All for One and what he could do with his new Copy Cat ability." Delilah answered simply.

"Heh, already aiming big then?"

"I just… thinking mostly. But since you are here, mind if I ask you a question?" I asked.

"Shoot."

"How did you train Explosion? What did you do to gain full mastery?"

Katsuki thought about that for a moment. "Well, when I was your age I would just use it as often as possible. Small or large It got my hands used to the heat and force of the explosions. For training I kept forcing myself to generate larger, bigger ones even if my palms and arms began to crack and bleed. I'd practically dig tunnels with them sometimes. When the War hit I practiced more on the battlefield and after, when I was made a Time Walker, I learned I could utilize the different energies to increase or change the effects and just overtime I got creative."

"How do different energies cause different Explosions?"

"Well, mixing in a bit of Electricity can cause everything from an AOE paralysis to EMP, or just straight up electrocution. Ice froze massive areas of impact. Air or Fire would increase the effective size of damage of a blast. Mixing energies also gave impressive results."

"So, on top of mastering the Quirks alone, I can combine them with various other abilities, energies and even Quirks?"

"Bingo." She said, chugging her mug down.

"It's a really interesting thing when you start adding elemental energies to certain abilities." Delilah said honestly.

"Yeah… so how big are your Explosions now? Without any added energy or other abilities effects?" I asked.

Smiling, Katsuki placed her now empty mug down and took off one of her gloves. She raised the gloveless hand to the sky. I saw a single spark, and suddenly everything above me went pure white as Delilah and I were blasted back against some trees. The wind force alone made hearing anything other than the howling air impossible. When it ended my ears were ringing and looking up, I saw not a cloud in the sky, save for one twice the size of this mountain, in the shape of a mushroom. "And that's without even trying." Katsuki's muffled voice said.

"Could have given us a warning!" Delilah shouted as she held her ears in pain from how loud the explosion was.

"That was… incredible…" I breathed.

The ringing in my ears went away, Katsuki casting a healing spell on us. "That's what constant practice and training got me. Don't regret a thing."

"And I could… get there too?"

"With time and effort, yeah." Katsuki nodded. "You now have your own Explosion Quirk, copied from mine. I guess I could help teach you about it also. Honestly, thinking back a teacher with a similar quirk to mine would have been very helpful."

"How so?" Delilah inquired.

"Well, back home Quirks are largely pretty unique for people. While families can have similar, even the exact same Quirk, most didn't become pro heroes. Most adults only learned enough about their Quirk to controle it in adulthood. While in UA I did discover and learn a lot about my Quirk, I had to make these discoveries on my own. Learn where my limits were and how to surpass them the hard way. The teachers helped but none of their Quirks were similar at all to mine, so they could only offer advice and their own thoughts on how to work it. With Izuku having a perfect copy of my Quirk, I can teach him moves and techniques I had to make and develop over time rather than him have to learn it all alone from nothing."

"That… would be great!" I said, getting excited at this newfound realization and the possibilities.

"Sounds great." The cat girl smiled happily. "Got the best teachers in the world to help you learn your new quirks."

"Heh. Come on then, food first cause I doubt you ate anything yet then we can start some Quirk training." Katsuki said.

A quick breakfast later we were back outside. Katsuki placed a large tree log in front of me. "First I need to see how large of an explosion you can make so far. Put as much effort as you can into it and blow up this log.

I nodded, looking over and seeing Tomura, Kai and Delilah sitting and watching nearby. Somehow Katsuki managed to get Kurogiri to give them the day off.

Nodding I activated Explosion, putting my hand to the log and tried to focus on making it bigger. The result was a small chunks of the log, just slightly larger than my hand was missing from it. I winced from a bit of shrapnel that blasted back at me. Thankfully it wasn't an issue thanks to healing magic.

"Hm. Not too bad. If I was to guess the age your Explosion Quirk is at is roughly ten or eleven…" Katsuki stated.

"Certainly age's fast given he just got it not too long ago." Delilah mentioned.

"That's how Copy Cat works. Since it copies the base version of the Quirk, in this case how it was when it first manifested, it will rapidly age the power until it's the same age as Izuku's physical age. That goes for every Quirk Ability or similar Abilities." Katsuki informed me. "At this rate it will be at the same age as Izuku in a few more days. Maybe less. This gives us plenty of time to work up your tolerance to it."

"Fair enough." Delilah nodded.

"Only thing we need to be concerned about is if my quirk won't suddenly become a passive quirk when it 'comes of age'." Tomura mentioned carefully.

"Don't worry about that Tomura. I did some digging into that and turns out for Passive abilities like that, there's always a switch. The good news is that means yours could also gain this Switch for on or off as well, if someone with the right Ability can help." Katsuki stated.

"Seriously? Tomura's Quirk can become… it can get turned on and off at will?" Kai asked.

"Yeah. There's only a few of them around but Ability Modifications are possible. Through either the Admins of Abilities, or by specific Abilities."

Tomura looked completely shellshocked at this sudden news. "R-really?" He asked slowly, his voice so full of hope that he can finally turn off his quirk.

"Yeah. And ironically, Izuku was probably planning on getting one in the near future."

"Wait I am?" I asked.

Katsuki nodded. "All for One isn't just capable of taking and giving Abilities, it can also Blend them. If you were to take Tomura's quirk, it would blend with your version of it, gaining the switch for on and off. Then you give the blended Decay back and the switch for on and off will also be given. Then, because of Copy Cat's nature, it will just recopy the ability."

"Isn't that technically duplicating abilities?" Kai asked.

"Yeah… it's why Nexus can't find out Izuku has this ability. While not actually illegal, Duplicating Abilities is considered taboo, but for this once I don't think anyone would bat an eye."

"Are you sure your not going to get…another 'promotion' because of this mom?" Tomura asked carefully.

"Like I said, it's not illegal, just largely frowned upon. There's no legal consequences considering it was already known about these methods of Ability Duplicating. Besides, I won't tell if you won't." She smirked.

"Works for me." Tomura nodded with a smile. "But...better question is, where the hell are we going to find All for One? Finding him is rare enough, and most of the time he's a rat bastard still bent on world domination."

"Heh. Don't worry about that, I already know where one is." We all stared at Katsuki. "What? You think we didn't purge Chaos Guild members of Abilities before imprisonment? He works for the Sons, Daughters and Time Walker guilds as a sorta… Ability Bank. His brother too, since his can take Legendary Abilities."

"Woah…" I said, slack jawed.

"Huh…" Tomura started. "So that's why finding All for One is so difficult…"

"Yeah. He and his brother are kept in safe houses in Super top secret locations. Changes every year too. I don't have clearance to bring you there to meet him though… but I can visit and maybe persuade him to visit." Katsuki thought aloud.

"Wait, really?" Kai asked. "He can go out and visit?"

"Under supervision yes." She nodded. "And I can tell him why he should. He and his brother are some of the very few people outside the Time Walkers Guild I can tell this information too…"

"Damn." Delilah said honestly. "You guy's must hold some pretty terrible people if All for One is one of the few people you can talk to openly about time stuff."

"Well we don't call our Prison 'Damnation' for nothing." She shrugged. "I'll get to that little idea in a bit. For now, time for you to train your Explosion Quirk Izuku."

I nodded. "Okay. What do I do?"

"Right now the force of the explosions are not too powerful, but you have little to no resistance to the back blasted shrapnel. Explosion will naturally build up your bodies resistance not just to the heat and force of the blasts, but your resistance to shrapnel it might also cause. This is why you never see your Bakugo's hands all bloody from using his quirk on something stone or metal."

"So he has to blow up rock hard things?" Tomura asked.

"That's my job for Izuku." Delilah said cheekily.

That earned a laugh from everyone save me…

"Heh, well it's more like… think of it like an Alcohol tolerance. The longer one spends drinking and drunk over time their tolerance grows to a point where they can function normally despite their bodies being completely intoxicated. Same general principle applies but without the negatives of hangovers and withdrawals." Katsuki stated.

"Fair enough." Delilah nodded.

I nodded, getting to work and started the training.

The shrapnel of pebbles and splinters stung, but they weren't as bad as I was expecting. At one point my palms began bleeding, and Katsuki healed me up and gave me a break.

The more I used it the more I could understand Katchan's ego. I always knew his quirk was powerful, probably one of the most powerful out there, but to use it myself…

I went over to my room real quick, looking through my notebooks and opening up Katchan's page. Let's see… I know he can use the thrust from his Quirk to gain flight, and if the… animated version of our lives told me anything then he can also focus the size and shape, plus since his, and therefore my sweat is basically nitroglycerin, I could leave some along walls and floors and with fire magic essentially create Landmines or remote explosions.

"Midoriya? You in there?" I heard a voice call from behind the door with a polite knock. "Better not be Delilah in there trying something new with anyone else…"

Hm? Who's… oh, must be… one of my new… I gulped. Oh sweet Lord I am not ever getting used to that part of my new life. "Uh, c-come in?" I offered.

The door opened and showed a female Shoto Todoroki, the female version of the son of the number two hero Endeavor. I only knew that because of the Show version of my world Tomura made me watch. Still, seeing a female take on them… Shellshocked would be a gross understatement. "How are you doing today Midoriya?" The well mannered teen asked, which that also gave me a little whiplash since everyone kept calling me by my first name.

"I, um… fine." I muttered. I'm barely getting used to Delilah alone… I can't even imagine also going out on a date with another girl, and then both knowing and being okay with it! "What, uh, brings you here?"

"I thought it would be a good idea to spend some time together while Delilah was...busy." The dual haired teen said carefully. "While she's a wonder to be around...sometimes one on one sessions are good."

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! "Uh, sessions?" I asked.

"Yes, sessions." She said while sitting down on my bed. "And...I wanted to know something…" She asked carefully.

"What?" I asked nervously.

"Well...I was wondering…" She blushed a little as she started to pull something out of her Assistant. "If you'd like to…"

"Uh...what is it?" I started to sweat in sheer nervousness as I literally saw her start to steam up.

"Would you…" She started as she pulled out...a brochure to LegoLand? "Would you please go with me to LegoLand?" She asked, her eyes filled with stars as she gave me the most adorable face I've ever seen.

"... Lego...Land? What is that exactly?" I asked while taking the brochure.

"LegoLand is an entire amusement park filled with all sorts of attractions built using nothing but Lego." She said, her voice filled with excitement. "Just the humble lego block has built so many wondrous things, from amazing statues, to actual living constructs."

"Huh…" I said, looking the brochure over. They have multiple locations on Dechamore, one back in Amberdoven even. Rollercoasters, mile high slides, and various other attractions. "It does look interesting. But… what is a Lego? Some kind of toy?"

The dual quirked woman blinked. "You...don't know about Lego's? They should have been a common toy back on earth…"

"I…. didn't pay much attention to anything not All Might back when I was little…" I laughed weakly. I actually kinda regret all that now. I missed out on a lot of other fun games and books.

"There was literally an All Might Lego set…" Todoroki said. "Unless there wasn't one back for you…" She shook her head. "Alright, I know exactly what we're going to do today."

Suddenly, she grabbed my arm and began dragging me out. "Huh? Wait I still have Quirk training!"

---

How did I get here? That was my thought as suddenly we were in the middle of a rather active theme park. And to answer my earlier question, a Lego is a small colored building block that come in various shapes and sizes.

"Welcome to LegoLand!" Shoto said happily. "What do you think?"

"It… looks like a kids fantasy toybox." I admitted.

"And it's one of the best fantasy toybox's." Todoroki said warmly.

"I've never been to a theme park before… what do we do?"

"Oh you sweet summer child." She sighed out. "We're going to have fun, see all the builds people made for this place, go on rides, and just have fun on our date." She said with a warm smile.

Date… right… hehehe… I am so never getting used to this. "O-okay… so, which of those should we do first?"

"We're going to be doing as much as we can before it closes for the day." She said happily. "But...hmm, let's start with the builds, cause I'd like to show you what people have created from Lego's alone."

"Alright then." And so, Todoroki dragged me along to the Displays of builds. They were definitely impressive. Functioning ferris wheel, Lego animals, people, buildings. They even did some impressive details on the mini cities.

"Believe it or not, this isn't even the half of what people have done with Lego's." Todoroki said honestly.

"Really?"

"Yep, cause there's actual worlds made out of it." She said honestly. "Yes, literal worlds made out of Lego."

"... I feel like I shouldn't be surprised…"

"Trust me, it's alright to still be surprised." She said honestly. "One of the most well known is the Lego world in the Digital World."

"... There's a digital world?"

"Yes there is." Todoroki nodded. "One of the main races in that realm are Digimon."

"Digi-what?"

"Digital Monsters." She answered. "Alright...whoever goes on a date with you next needs to take you on an anime binge."

"Right… so, want to try one of the rides next?"

"Yes." She nodded. "Which are you feeling up for right now?"

"Rollercoasters are supposedly a classic."

"Yes they are." She nodded. "Which Roller Coaster would you like to ride on?"

"Uhh…" I looked around at the ones I could see from here. "How about… that one?" I pointed to the one in the distance that was themed like a giant castle.

"Sure, let's get going." She said warmly. "Off to the castle." She cheered happily.

Walking to the ride, we waited in line for a short while then got into the ride. It was called Medieval Dragon Rider. The coaster was decorated like a Lego dragon. Once we were seated in and secured the ride started. It was fast, full of flips and spins and twirls. I wasn't sure how long it lasted but I was quite dizzy after it was over.

"How you feeling Izuku?" She asked me carefully on one of the slower parts of the ride.

"I think my eyes are upside down…" I sputtered.

"Well...this was your first ride on a Roller Coaster…" Todoroki said nervously.

When it stopped she had to keep from falling over. I took some time to regain my sense of balance. "That was… not what I was expecting…" I said, the spinning finally slowing down.

"Yeah, the first experience with a Roller Coaster can be...a little rough if you're not prepared." Todoroki said sheepishly.

"I didn't realize how fast and disorienting that would be… although given Explosion and other speed based abilities I might acquire getting used to high speeds and G-forces could be useful…"

"Some people have the Speed Force to help them get past those side effects, but I can see your point." She nodded.

"Speed Force? Is that a type of energy?"

"Well...yes and technically no?" She said with some thought. "The Speed Force is an energy type, but it's based on movement and velocity, or just kinetic energy to it's logical extreme." She started. "It gets past all known forms of speed bast physics for the person, so they won't immediately die to friction or accidentally cause nuclear explosions by going to fast, but you need specially made clothes to withstand it."

"Huh… sounds interesting. Don't think any speed based heroes back home ever had anything like that." I said, thinking back. No, no there wasn't any. Well, maybe? There was those years back when Quirks first appeared, maybe someone had it but never did anything with it? I stood up, shaking the thought off. "So… wanna go at the ride again?"

"Sure." She nodded. "If you're feeling up for it, cause I'd rather you not get sick." She said carefully. "And also, as a quick side note, you'd know for a fact someone has the Speed Force if they produced electricity from their speeds."

"Hmm…" I thought back again. "No… no Speed Heroes on record have ever done that. Lots of people have Electric based Quirks but no speed to them." I recalled. "Alright… Okay, now I'm good for round two."

"Kinky." I heard Delilah say out of nowhere, which made me whip my head around and I didn't see hide nor hair of the cat girl.

"Don't mind her." Todoroki said as she grabbed my hand. "Let's get on another ride."

"Right…" I forget her Legendary Ability let's her be everywhere and nowhere all at once.

We started with Rollercoasters. Starting off with smaller, shorter ones then moving along to the larger, faster ones. I did end up on one of those mile high slides. Which actually ranged in height from a mile to… a hundred miles…

That one was actually really fun. Felt like when you were a little kid going down a large slide, only this time the slide really was massive.

"Feeling better with the Roller Coasters Midoriya?" Todoroki asked.

"A bit, yeah." I nodded. "Compared to some of the other rides here, this was easy… Hey, mind if… I ask you a question?"

"Shoot." Todoroki asked.

"Well, uh… you aren't like Delilah, I mean that… you're someone, or a gender swapped version of someone from my world… do you… have their or… your own version of their memories?" I asked. "I just… was curious. I know Delilah said that Prize Pod People can be copies of people who already exist but… I never thought I'd meet one."

"Well…" She sighed out as she gently touched the...burn mark. "I do have memories of 'home'...and a lot of other things...somethings are better left unremembered but...one thing I do remember still is that you were the one that helped save me from my father's...horrendous expectations..."

"But… that… does that even…" I know what she's talking about, but… that didn't happen between us…

'it's your Quirk, not his!'

Right?...

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After the day spent with Todoroki at Legoland we finally returned home. When we did, she let me copy her Quirk. Half-Cold Half-Hot. I never did quite get that name, but I didn't question it either.

Right side freezes, left side heats up and catches fire even. Even at this… young of an age the Quirk itself is so potent. What Endevor did is… disgusting… at least she doesn't actually have him for a father...

"The main reason why Endeavor wanted me to have this...dual quirk, was so I, and now you, wouldn't have the biological weakness of each, where Ice would give the user frostbite for ice or...literally burning yourself alive for fire if used too hard." Todoroki explained to me. "Which, unless your immune to either element, is still an important thing in this world to keep track of."

"I know… still doesn't justify them. It's not even an excuse…" I muttered. When we got home I began flipping through my hero notebooks again. I added in Todoroki and we spent some time talking about her quirk and what she can do and possibly could do.

"So one thing I needed to learn was ice skating, because with my fire I can propel myself on whatever iced over surface rather quickly." She mentioned. "Helps with disorienting opponents as their slipping and sliding everywhere and I can basically skate circles around them."

"I see…" I said, writing that bit down. "How fast can you travel this way?"

"Depends on how hard I shoot my flames, but if I wanted to I could go pretty fast at maybe...fifty miles an hour." She said with some thought. "I haven't really fully tested it out yet."

"Huh. You could probably achieve both thrust and lift if you can shape your ice into something akin to wings and funnels for the fire like a rocket. I don't know how far you'd get but I'm willing to bet you'd go pretty far and even pretty high up if you got the ice shaped and thick enough to not immediately melt…"

"That's true, plus I can direct and condense my flames so I won't accidentally melt whatever ice I create if I'm going to be flying." She brought up.

"True." I nodded.

"Sounds like you two are getting along." I turned, seeing Katsuki at the doorway. "I was wondering where you ran off too, then Delilah told me about your date with Todoroki." She smiled cheekily.

I blushed, laughing weakly. "Heh, sorry about that."

"I took him to LegoLand." Todoroki said warmly. "It was amazing."

"Really? Haven't been there in a few years. Think the last time we went, Tomura was about eleven… anyway, Izuku, mind coming along? There's some people I want you to meet."

"Duty calls." Todoroki said softly. "Well...today was really fun."

"Yeah, it was." I gave her a smile and nod then got up and followed Katsuki. "So, is this…"

"All for One and his brother, yeah. Akio Shigaraki and Yoichi Shigaraki."

"Oh… they actually came?" I asked.

"They were very interested in your Future when I told them about it." Katsuki chuckled. We arrived in the living room. Two white haired men sat at the couch. One was taller and more built, the other shorter and weakly looking. "Akio, Yoichi, meet Izuku Midorya."

I nodded, giving a quick bow. "It's, uh, nice to meet you both."

"It's nice to meet you Izuku." The weaker looking one, Yoichi, said with a raised hand and a friendly smile.

"So this is young Midoriya." The taller one, Akio, said, the man's eyes looking over me with a well trained eye. "It is nice to meet you." The man said with a friendly smile.

"L-likewise." I said. Katsuki and I took our seats on the couch across from them.

"So, as you know Izuku is hoping to copy your main quirks." She started.

"I mean...if we were to get technical…" Yoichi started sheepishly.

"Then One for All is a combination of two different quirks in my little brother." Akio finished. "All for One on the other hand…" Akio started as he looked me dead in the eyes. "Do you know what my quirk is and does?"

"It, well… It allows you to take Quirks, or rather, in this reality it takes abilities. All save for Legendary ones. A willing person wanting you to take the ability is a simple transaction but an unwilling person is a battle of wills. Your quirk also lets you blend abilities and such. Right?"

"That is correct in regards to how it works." He said carefully. "But...there is a drawback to it that...what few remaining versions of myself always fall for…" He sighed out.

"Brother...it's not your fault…" Yoichi said carefully.

"It's not the Quirks fault…" He sighed out. "Midoriya...what do you think happens to a person who is given an ability that, in all intents and purposes, is the strongest for an entire universe?" He asked carefully.

"... Mad with power?" I offered.

"Correct…" The older brother nodded. "My power is, excluding three hyper specific quirks, is the strongest Quirk known to any universe we come from...and even though other versions of me has passed down All for One...either they were turned evil due to the power or...worse…" He said, the last word filled with so much venom and hatred it...felt bone chilling even if Katsuki trusted him.

"So you can see why we would like to...talk to you through all of this Izuku." Yoichi said carefully. "Cause even good people have been...corrupted by its power."

"What… what does it do?" I asked.

"Something that you don't...fully have to worry about." Aiko said after taking a deep breath.

"It will be a challenge, but you'll overcome it. I trust you Izuku." Katsuki said.

"And we wouldn't be here if we didn't have some trust in you Izuku." Yoichi said. "But we only got a quick explanation from Katsuki about why you wanted our quirks...but we want to hear your explanation on why you want All for One and One for All."

I thought about it… why did I want them? It was a passing thought but… To Prove All Might wrong? No, no I… I hold a grudge still but I wouldn't want to have them for that. No… I wanted them… Quirks… "To be a Hero." I said. "Being born Quirkless in a world where just about everyone had some unique power, life wasn't easy. I was far more fragile than anyone, and always I was looked down upon. Heroes were all I ever had growing up, I wanted to be like them, saving the weak and stopping people who abuse their powers. Here or back home… people are still abusing their powers. Back home with villains, or here with Chaos Guilds, people still need heroes. I want to be the greatest hero, not for my flashy powers, but because I can save people with that power. One for All and All for One, I will only use them to help people. My brother Tomura is already first on that list. With All for One, I can take, modify, then return his quirk so he can turn it on and off." I said, looking the two brothers in the eyes. "I know I am inexperienced with them, so if you allow me to Copy them, I'd be honored to have you both teach me to use them properly and safely."

The two of them grumbled as they pulled out two small bags and handed them to Katsuki. "We really shouldn't have made the bet with her…" Aiko said.

"I told you…" Yoichi frowned. "But that is a fantastic explanation Izuku, and we now know that you're a good choice for our quirks."

"... You three bet on me?!" I was shocked.

"Heh, sorry, but it's a habit you get when you grow as old as us." Katsuki said, pocketing her winnings.

"Also because you're not the first to ask us for strong abilities from us, you're just one of like...three others that wanted our base quirks." Yoichi added.

"I can collect and train with the abilities I copy on my own. If I can get a teacher out of it, then bonus. Katsuki is already helping me with Explosion." I explained.

"Yeah. Gonna show the kid some of my moves." Katsuki said with a smirk.

Aiko and Yoichi both looked at Katsuki with looks like 'I really should point out the problem here...but I don't want to'. "Mind...rephrasing that?" Yoichi asked carefully.

"I will hurt you both. I'm literally one of the few people in existence who can." She growled.

"I… don't get it…" I stated.

"Don't think to hard about it, they're just like how Tomura was before he got girlfriends."

"Oh he finally got girlfriends?" Yoichi asked, perking up at hearing the good news. "That's great news!"

---

Elsewhere

"I've been used in a joke!"

---

"Tell me about it." Katsuki sighed but smiled. "That's also how Izuku here ended up with so many himself."

"Heh… more Delilah's choice but I didn't say no…" I muttered...

"Well it's still great." Yoichi said.

"The pod people...really need the help." Aiko sighed out. "Too many to count half the time…"

"Uh, if I may ask… do any of you know why the Prize Pod People even exist or are a thing? It just seems so…. Strange to me." I asked.

"That's just how thing's work in this world." Aiko shrugged. "Just like with all the other rewards in this reality...there's a lot of things we still don't know about this world even after so long."

"Huh. They… need help?"

"Do you know what the Match Maker's guild does when someone like you has a heart and grabs as many Prize Pod people they can?" Yoichi asked.

I shook my head.

"They throw a party." Katsuki said.

"They are so relieved that someone decided to have a heart and or was horny enough to take even a miniscule amount of pod people compared to their…'inventory'." Yokio sighed out. "It's...incredibly sad…"

I nodded, remembering the amount of people that receptionist lady said were… available. "Yeah…" I sighed, but smiled. "Good thing Katsuki here is helping me help them."

She nodded. "Whole reason I'm not stuck in the Archives room right now." She chuckled. "A City of Prize Pod People.

"That's certainly going to make the Match Maker's Guild excited." Akio said honestly.

"That's an amazing thing to do." Yoichi said happily.

"Yeah. I'm working with Kurogiri right now for the basic planning. Between his own and my own storage we got enough stock of raw items for some framework and a few houses. The main thing will be constant supply and the, well, building process but we can both get help and do good at once."

"Sounds like a plan." The older brother nodded. "But has anyone learned of this town yet? Or that your doing this in general?"

"We're gonna wait to announce it until we at least have some workplaces and homes built." Katsuki informed. "Besides, it's for the people stuck in the Match Makers Guild, anyone out and about now likely already has a home or is part of a team."

"That's fair." Yoichi nodded.

"And when you make this public...what do you plan to do about the…'undesirables' that might make it more difficult than it should?" Akio asked carefully.

"Don't you worry about that…" Katsuki said, summoning her Keyblade. "I've already… got someone in mind for that…" She said, smirking as she tapped the top against the ground.

"Think they'd take this up?" Akio asked curiously, not sure who she was talking about but wanting to make sure whoever she was thinking was indeed up to the task.

"He will be, and he'll be more than on board with the idea. If you doubt me, wait a while and keep an eye on the news."

"If you say so." Akio nodded. "But...you haven't been wrong too often about things."

"I'm not in the top twenty for nothing." She smirked.

"Fair." Yoichi nodded. "And it's why you constantly get 'promotions'."

The death glare Katsuki gave Yoichi could have given anyone a heart attack. "So… not to sound rude but… Copying your Quirks?" I asked, hoping this potential conflict gets derailed fast.

"Don't mind that." Aiko said with a wave of his hand at Katsuki's death glare. "And it's not rude, let's get onto why we're here." He said with a nod.

With a nod, Yoichi plucked a hair from their head, handing it to their brother. To my surprise, he ate it.

[Ability Obtained: Quirk Ability - One for All]

With that done, now Akio placed a hand atop Yoichi's head.

[Ability Obtained: Quirk Ability - All for One]

"Huh, that was… weirdly anti-climatic."

"Sometimes even the strongest of powers ain't the flashiest." Katsuki chuckled.

"Congratulations Izuku, you have two of the strongest quirks in the world." Yoichi nodded.

I nodded, feeling the Quirks as they began aging. "Thank you. When will you two be able to teach me how to use them?"

"That depends on our chaperone and if we shouldn't head back." Aiko said simply.

"Speaking of, where are they?" Katsuki asked.

"Here." A voice replied from behind us.

"Shit!" Katsuki yelped.

Behind us, laughing, was a Time Walker in the same cloak uniform as Katsuki, only with the hood up. "Damn it Eleven, I know that's you under there!"

"Sorry, sorry, I can never resist." They said, pulling the hood back. They were a fairly large chinned, brown haired man. He sounded… British.

"Greetings Eleven." Aiko nodded. "I see you still have a knack for sneaking up on everyone."

"Eleven?" I asked.

"It's something to do with his species." Katsuki informed. "They can… regenerate, taking a whole new body, face and even gender at death. He is his eleventh Regeneration."

"Call me Doctor." He said.

"Doctor… Eleven?" I asked.

He frowned, but then smirked. "Doctor Eleven. Actually has a bit of a nice ring to it."

"Well...kind of better than Doctor Who." Yoichi mentioned. "But Izuku, meet one of the original Time Walkers."

"One of the originals?" I asked, looking over at him.

"Well, yes and no." Doctor Eleven said. "I am not one of the Time Walkers founders, but my species and therefore myself are one of the oldest time travelers in existence. Excluding the old Gods and Admins of Time."

"True." Yoshio nodded. "But considering how long he's been at the job...well you'd think he was one of them."

I nodded, digesting that bit of information.

"Either way, you two are due back at the secret base soon. While this location is safe the Higher Ups did only schedule you two here for an hour so… See you in three." Before I could question that, he was just… gone…

Katsuki chuckled. "And you two say I'm bad."

"I mean...you did leave us to deal with an Elder Chernabog that one time…" Aiko brought up.

"I thought it was an accident?" Yoichi brought up.

"It was payback for the Malace Demon thing." She smirked.

"How the hell was I supposed to know…" Yoichi grumbled. "Everything about their profile was legit...I double and triple checked."

"And this is what you get for going on a dating website." Aiko pointed out. "If we were allowed to go to a Match Maker's guild we would have."

"Okay… so, what now?" I asked.

"Well right now we should at least tell you the basics of how to use our abilities before we have to go." Akio started. "But mostly mine given that 'One for All' is a transference quirk and can only work if you want to give a willing participant the power through them absorbing your biological materials."

"Okay, what should I know and keep in mind?" I asked, quickly pulling a spare notebook and pencil from my assistant. Wish I had this back home. Storage feature alone is the best.

"Firstly, my quirk is an activated ability." Akio started as he raised his hand and showed black and red marks covering it. "And with this I can take someone's abilities and quirks, whether it's by choice or force, but when I have to do it by force, then it's more of a 'Battle of Wills' to see if I can overcome my opponent and take their abilities away or force them to use it."

"Is it painful? For them?"

"It...depends…" He said carefully. "Cause if someone is weak willed but still tries to struggle against me...it's not a pleasant experience from what I've heard."

"Oh… Um… how does blending the Abilities work? I know from Tomura making me watch that… show version of home that when the… evil you did that to Yoichi, it mixed his Quirk and the energy build up one. How does that work exactly?"

"It's a little...complicated." Akio started. "If you saw my final Fight with All Might, it was activating several quirks I had…'collected' through the years, and with Yoichi here...honestly that's more of his quirk than mine." The tall brother shrugged.

"My original quirk is a transfer quirk, where I can hand it off to whoever I please, and when my brother gave me the compound quirk...well neither of us really knew what was going to happen until years down the line." Yoichi shrugged.

"Hmm… So the blending was a complete accident, and using multiple quirks at once wasn't the same as blending them to make a new quirk?" I asked.

"Kind of ya." Yoichi nodded. "With the stockpile quirk and my transference quirk it was the best set of hyper specific circumstances you could get."

"Huh… but, I can blend them on purpose right? I need to help Tomura…"

"You can blend them on purpose." Akio nodded. "Does he trust you?" He asked me suddenly. "To the point he'd willingly give you free reign on his quirk?"

"I've known Tomura since I got here. He helped teach me to fight, helped me adjust… it would be terrifying, but I want to help make his oldest wish come true, give him the ability to turn his quirk on and off. I know he trusts me, and with your help I can do good on his trust in me."

Akio nodded. "Good, then we should start with him while we still have the time."

"I'll go grab the little pervert." Katsuki said as she got up. After a few minutes and a small… Explosion later, she had Tomura with her.

"What was… with the explosion?" I asked.

"She interrupted me and my girlfriends…" Tomura grumbled.

"Not my fault you popped a Viagra." Katsuki huffed. "Either way, Izuku got their Quirks copied and to help train him with All for One you'll be the first he takes, blends then returns a quirk from."

"Well...I suppose that could wait for this." Tomura said carefully.

"Alright, so what do I need to do, Mister Akio?" I asked.

"First, activate All for One, then put a hand on him." Akio started. "It's going to feel weird, but don't struggle against it...either of you."

Nodding, I activated All for One. It felt… different, than the other Quirks. It felt… mature already. I placed a hand on Tomura's wrist. I felt like I was… reaching into Tomura. Blindly reaching out. Carefully, I reached out, thinking about his Quirk… Decay.

As if a light switch flickered I spotted, almost like a daydream, a glowing grey light within Tomura. I reached out, taking it in my 'grasp' and while I felt a sudden, small bit of resistance, it was short lived and soon I brought it over to myself.

[New Quirk Ability Gained: Decay

DecayDecay is already an existing Quirk. Would you like to keep this Ability or Modify it?]

Woah… uh, Modify?

[Modifications currently Available: 5

Add Trigger for activation of Quirk ability at will.

Explosive Ashes: Decayed objects will explode after a set time.

Incinerate: decayed objects burn as they rot.

Freeze: decayed targets will frost and mummify.

Thrall: Decayed living objects you targeted can be rebuilt and only your orders.]

What the? Uh, just… the Trigger please?

[Second Decay Quirk Modified.]

I could still feel like I… held onto Tomura's Decay. It was… the same, but different now. Like it… had a barely noticeable extra weight to it. With my hand still on Tomura's wrist, I 'reached' back into Tomura. I put Decay back where it was. I felt his Quirk make itself back at home within him, almost like a second heart and a little better than before. "I… think that's it?" I said as I let go of Tomura.

"Well...let's test it." He said as he tried to deactivate his quirk and touch the chair I was sitting on.

Nothing happened. He smiled, looking at his hands. I could see him pondering how it turns on and off, then nodded as he gripped a pen from the table in his hand and after a moment, it quickly cracked and turned to dust. He smiled, putting that same hand on the table, palm and all, and nothing happened.

"This...is the second best thing to ever happen to me." Tomura said happily.

"Is the first your little harem?" Katsuki asked.

"Why wouldn't my happiest day be when I was able to finally have girlfriends when...I thought I was cursed to never be with anyone ever?" Tomura asked carefully.

"He's gotta point." Yoichi admitted.

"That was… definitely interesting…" I muttered. "When it… got to the Blending part, it let me… modify his Quirk. Add things to it from the other Quirk Abilities I have." I started. "There was four others."

"What were the others?" Tomura inquired, curious as to what his quirk could have had besides the switch.

"Exploding Ashes, basically whatever you decay will explode once it's completely ash. Incinerate, when you decay something it rapidly incinerates over the normal decay. Freeze, meaning anything you decay will not just rott but also freeze solid and even mummify. Last was Thrall, anything you Decayed to dust you could revive into an undead servant." I explained, Tomura's eyes going wide at that. "I don't know if I could have added more than one though, so I just went with the Trigger, or switch option."

"It would...depend on the strength of the person you would be giving it to." Akio said honestly.

"How strong would I need to be for more than just one change?" Tomura asked.

"Well...it's kind of like skills in a sense." He answered. "Just a bit different since instead of stats or skill points, it's more on your own self cause if you have too much than it will burn through your energies a whole lot faster than it would normally or a single change." He said honestly.

"Which can lead to death if you ever lose too much too fast." Yokio added.

"So… If I'm not ready for it I'd just end up with a respawn then… huh…" Tomura muttered. "How can you gauge how ready you are for a Modification?"

"Izuku would know, especially if he went on to learning plenty of Scan abilities." Yoichi answered. "And also, there's a thing in your Skill Tree where Quirk's are involved, and since you interacted with Izuku's All for One, you should find it sooner."

"Huh. So, given the list of modifications that was there, it can modify and blend abilities of similar classes and such?" I asked.

"Pretty much, but it's easier to blend abilities and modify them with similar abilities and all that." Akio answered. "It's why, in the All Might vs All for One fight, you saw him use all those physical based enhancement quirks and not entirely strain himself."

"Right…" I nodded, thinking the possibilities over.

---

I was washing myself up for dinner. I splashed some cold water on my face, taking a deep breath. My mind was still racing with the possibilities when it came to using All for One. While One for All is useful, I think to best make use of it I'd need the Energy Build Up Quirk and go from there. I chuckled at the idea. Me, with All Might's Quirk? I know I've literally been shown that I could/did get it but still. I find it hard to imagine anyway.

"What's got you in a chuckle fit?" Delilah asked behind me suddenly.

I yelped. I will never get used to her ability to pop up anywhere. "Heh, just still feels funny is all, everything that's happened to me and such. A Quirk to be a Hero is all I ever wanted, and now not only can I copy almost any Ability, but I can even modify them thanks to All for One."

"Yeah, a lot has happened since you first got here." Delilah nodded with a smile..

"Sometimes it all still feels like a dream." I admitted. "Speaking of, what are the requirements for entering the Heroes Guild?"

"Not much honestly, just gotta sign up and do some minor tests to show your up for hero work as well as being a decent person." She answered.

"No classes or training program to complete beforehand?" I asked, finding that quite the 180 from home's rules and laws.

"There are classes and training program's if you want to apply for those in the guild, but actually 'joining' is fairly simple and straightforward." She stated.

I nodded, figuring classes like that would be extremely helpful.

After dinner I was in the living room going over my notes. Odds are in a day or two all the Quirks will be caught up to my body in terms of maternity so they will be much stronger soon. I'll need to learn how atomic structures and masses work to best utilize Kai's Overhaul Quirk. And if that show variation of his could do… all that, some anatomy and biology would be of use too.

"You aren't wrong." I turned, seeing… myself?! I jumped, standing up and looking at the doppelganger in shock. I've yet to run into a reflection of myself here, and this version of me was… definitely different. The green of their hair was far darker and more of the black showed than the green. They wore a black suit, the top piece just a white dress shirt with a loose necktie. His eyes… were like two rubies with the red color. "Would be quite helpful."

"Wh-who are you?!" I yelped.

"I'm you." They answered simply. "Or at least, a version of you that could have happened even after you jumped." They added with a simple shrug.

"What? Did Katsuki bring you, or is Kai messing with me?" I asked, walking over and poking my copy, eyes widening as my finger phased through them like air. "Wh- wait what?! Don't tell me you have some phasing Quirk or Ability or something…" I asked, noticing that if he did… Copy Cat… didn't copy it just now… "What… are you?"

"Now that's the proper question." He said simply as he slowly circled me. "Katsuki didn't bring me, and Kai is most certainly not messing with you, this entire conversation is happening in your mind." They explained.

"My… are… are you… All for One?" I asked.

"Bingo." They said with a...very concerning grin. "I am All for One, or at least, a version of you that obtained it from Akio before he was smashed into the ground."

"Stop that." I huffed. "'A version of'. I'm me, not whatever copies of me exist here and not that weird cartoon version either. You… you're just some… side effect of my new Quirk Ability."

"That's also true." He said honestly. "I am All for One, and even though you copied me from one of the good versions of Akio, I'm still here to...lead you on a better path, give you advice...be a friend." They said, which sent a chill down my spine with how they said it.

"I doubt that…" I muttered. "Let, given… Akio is the only… him that's good…" I thought, eyeing this… other as he kept smirking at me. "Power corrupts… All for One, you, doesn't just take power… you can modify and alter it… but you… I had to confirm those Modifications… reach out and tell you what to look for when working with Tomura's power… meaning you can't do anything on your own… can't even use the Quirks without my say so… you're no different than a parasite…" I said, glaring at them.

"That's all correct." This person said...almost too readily, not losing their smirk in the slightest.

"... So what are you supposed to do then? Try and… sway me to being… whatever you want me to be?"

"Maybe, maybe not." They shrugged. "Cause currently I told you it was a good idea to go into biology and anatomy for Overhaul." They pointed out.

"What? Don't… hey stop that!" I yelled. "You're trying to confuse me. Make me doubt myself. I've been on this end long enough to recognize mental manipulation when it's happening." I huffed. "Just get out of my way. I wanna do some training in a bit and you're not helping."

"I suppose all those gymnastics you've been doing with Delilah have been paying off cause that was a very fantastic display there." The other me laughed. "But fine fine, go ahead and do some training. I'll still be here in your head."

"Obviously…" I groaned, looking back over to them only to see they vanished.

With a huff I headed outside, activating Explosion and got to training. I trained til fairly late before heading back inside for bed.

---

With luck I was practicing in the Realm of Dreams too. I even ran into a familiar face. "Glad to hear you've been doing well Izuku." Toga stated as we walked down to the 'gym'.

"Well, I'm glad you're enjoying the Vampire life…" I replied with a half laugh.

"It's super fun." Toga said with a wide toothy smile, showing off her pearly white fanged teeth. "Too bad sunlight sting's a bit, always wanted to try and tan…" She pouted.

"I'm sure you can boost resistance or get an can help, and if not, maybe they make special sunblock for vampires?" I offered.

"That's true...just some things are making that a bit hard on me at the moment." She said nervously.

"What things?" I asked.

"Either money or skill points cause...well the sunblock thing is a tad expensive, and I haven't gone to a dungeon in a while…"

"There aren't jobs you could do? Even something part time? What about your family?"

"There are, and my family could help…" Toga started. "I suppose I haven't gotten around to it all considering I'm still adjusting to a lot of this Vampire stuff." She said honestly. "But what about you? How's thing's been?"

"Heh, pretty busy honestly. Been training with my family and met some interesting people from Katsuki's work. Shortly after you left and we beat the Vampire guy Tomura and Kai made me open a Prize Pod and inside was… Delilah." I said, growing a bit red.

"What's she like?" Toga asked eagerly.

"Heh, pretty bold… and… affectionate. Part cat, very… forward… flexible…"

"Experience talking or is she a gymnast?" Toga asked with a cheeky grin.

"... Bit of both honestly… given… training…" I muttered, my red blush now cherry dark.

"You sly dog." Toga giggled. "Anything else in your love life?"

"..."

"What?"

"..."

"Uh, speak up?"

"Oh only a few… thousand Lover Class… pod people…" I muttered.

"You either got stupid lucky with a dungeon, or you made the Match Maker's guild really happy that day." Toga said honestly.

"Delilah's… fetish…" I muttered. "Uh, yeah but it was the Match Makers Guild."

"They must have thrown a party immediately after you did that." Toga chuckled. "I knew you had a big heart Izuku."

"Heh… Delilah declares no mercy…" I muttered.

We arrived at the 'Gym'. While it is a Gym, it's for testing out and pushing limits of Abilities. "So, gain anything special since becoming a vampire?"

"I started getting my Household." She said as she raised both her hands as two wolves made of pure shadow's appeared. "They're really friendly, and even though they're made of shadow's, they're still super floofy." She giggled as she pet two of canines affectionately.

"Wow, that's amazing." I said, showing aside the Copy Cat notification. "Are they summons or are they a spell?"

"A Summon Ability, cause Vampire's have a thing called a 'Household', which can be any combination of rodent, bat, or canine." She explained. "It's why you constantly see bat's or hear wolves howling in the good vampire movies."

"Huh. Interesting. How about your… diet? I know Katsuki told me something about that but I'm not sure."

"While I can eat normal food thankfully, my race of vampire's do need blood to keep ourselves healthy and our powers going." She said honestly. "Which that's where...a bit of my money has been going just to make sure I have enough blood, cause I also need to take into account the blood type cause it depends on my own blood type."

"Really?" I wouldn't have guessed. I set up the target range and began using magic. Levitation was almost second nature, and I managed to memorize the matrix so I didn't need the drawn ones anymore. Levitating up a pebble and sending it through a wooden target.

"Yeah, believe it or not a lot of things are based on blood type, especially back home." Toga said honestly. "Cause my Quirk and others that use blood to activate them are partial to the blood type, O being the most resistant of all the blood types." She said as she sent her two shadow wolves to try and tear apart a fast moving dummy.

"Hmm… interesting…" I noted. Almost makes me wish I was type O. Another pebble, another bullseye in the center ring.

"Getting pretty good at levitation magic." She said honestly as she commanded her wolves to dodge an attack from the dummy.

"I think since my mom could use something similar with her Quirk, it's easier for me. Even though nothing ever developed for me, I guess some part of me still has that from mom." I said as now four pebbles all flew, each one hitting their targets.

"Makes sense, quirks are hereditary and even if you didn't get it you might have gotten the talent for it." She shrugged.

"Heh, guess so." I smiled as I began to test the magic some more, picking up twenty small pebbles and rapidly shooting them through several targets. "Hmm… have you picked up any spells aside from these shadow dogs?"

"Yeah." She nodded. "What kind of spells did you want to know?"

"I guess any really. I haven't expanded my spell library as much as I probably should have." I admitted with a sigh. "Haven't dungeon explored much either."

"Fair." She nodded as she brought up a hand and created an orb of shadows. "Shadow Ball, originally a pokemon move that became a usable spell."

"Right, Tomura adopted one in the dungeon we met." I nodded, remembering his little Eevee. "Is it useful?"

"It is indeed, not only is it a shadow based spell so it can hurt certain things that are immune to physical damage, it also hurts specific creature types more like ghost's and certainly psychically capable beings." She said honestly.

I nodded, but also noticed something. Copy Cat didn't copy Shadow Ball, but copied Household and her Vampire Race. Hmm, interesting. If it's a spell anyone can learn it must not activate, only for spells that would be species specific. "Hey, Toga, you know of a lot of dungeons?"

"I know a bit yeah, why do you ask?" She inquired.

"Well, my family is planning on a project. A city so we can free Prize Pod People and they can have a home to go to. It's gonna take… a lot of resources so, do you know any that drop lots of raw resources for building?"

"Any really." She said honestly. "But if you're looking for some really big amounts of raw materials I'd recommend digging in all the Mines, that's the best place for raw materials."

"Mines huh? I heard Dechamore is basically a resources planet, but can mines really get us all we need? I guess for metals and such sure…"

"You'd be surprised what's in the mines." Toga said honestly.

"Hmm… fair enough. There's still so much I don't know about this reality. You ever find anything while just digging or mining?"

"Depending on how deep you dig or certain other conditions, you can find a whole host of nifty shit anywhere in the mines." Toga stated simply.

"Huh… Guess I can also use that as a training exercise… So, what do you plan on doing for money?"

"Maybe join a guild, do some dungeoneering, maybe be a model considering my quirk." She shrugged. "Not sure...there's honestly way too many to pick from."

"Right, you can shapeshift by drinking blood. Speaking of, did you gain any new abilities by becoming a vampire to enhance your Quirk? I'd imagine you probably have an internal… bank, of sorts for blood to shift between different forms so long as that blood is still within you…" I thought aloud. "Plus add in the Vampire race abilities, drinking blood would heal you and more than likely give you more use out of each drop for every form…"

"You're doing the thing again." Toga told me.

"Uh… what thing?" I asked, feeling a bit embarrassed. "Thinking to myself outloud?"

"Has anyone said it's adorable when you do that?" Toga asked

I blushed, taking a step away from Toga. I'll admit she's… got charm, but I'm just not used to girls saying that let alone… and knowing Delilah… "Heh… most people got annoyed by it back home…"

"Which is always sad." Toga sighed out. "But here, you won't have people get annoyed by you thinking out loud."

"Heh, that is nice to know. So, what do you usually do in the realm of dreams? Normally I'm with Delilah but this time we ended up in different places.

"Just hanging around, having fun and playing games, sometimes coming here to train my new vampire powers." Toga said honestly.

"Huh… Say, what kinds of Prizes can you win here in the Sleeping Realm?" I asked as I brought up a map and began searching. If people had these back home...

"Anything honestly." She shrugged. "The Sleeping Realm is just as real as back home, so if you win an item here from any of the game's this place has you can get it back in the waking world."

"Right…" I nodded, finding a few games of note that would definitely help Toga out. Oh… this can work too… "Come on, I think I have an idea to help your blood/food issue." I said as she followed me.

We had to travel across a few different areas but finally we arrived at this one booth.

'Blood Fruits! Unleash your inner monster and win the only fruit to quench your thirst for Blood!'

"You'd be running around hunting people who volunteer to be chased. The more you take down the more of these Blood Fruits you win, and so long as they are a type of Blood Fruit a Vampire like you can eat them and gain the benefits. Plus, you can plant the seeds since they have basically apples, oranges, grapes and such but, well, blood based. If the ones being chased manage to not get hunted for the round, they win other prizes." I explained as the game zone doors opened.

"Sounds fun!" Toga cheered happily.

"Yeah, plus it will let you really test out your abilities in a competitive and combat based environment." I added. We got to the main desk and Toga signed up to be the 'Monster' one of four this round hunting six 'Victims' or so the game labels them. "I'll watch from the screens, you go and… be a vampire… Heh, that was lame…"

"It's alright, and I can finally show you what I'm capable of." She said happily as she went off to her starting position. "This is gonna be so much fun."

With a nervous laugh I nodded as I headed to the viewing area. Several other people were here and I quickly took my seat. The 'Victims' were limited on abilities and had to find crude or create makeshift weapons from the environment and were given a ten minute head start before the 'Monsters' were sent to hunt them. 'Monsters' were not allowed weapons and were also restricted to certain abilities and powers. Toga would have to rely on her Household's summons and whatever physical additions her Vampire race gave her.

When the ten minute mark hit the 'Monsters' were sent out and immediately some 'Victims' began either teaming or trying to set traps.

Toga was rather quickly climbing a tree to reach a second floor where a 'Victim' was set up with a few crude traps and a crowbar as their only weapon. Both 'Monsters' and 'Victims' had three lives. Your prizes won for 'Victims' were based on if you made it to the end of the round, an hour, and how many lives you still had. For 'Monsters', it was the same but they also added in how many you hunted.

I watched as Toga jumped from the tree top, through the old wooden wall and managed to tackle the person down. Rapidly she bore her fangs and bit down.

[Himiko Toga Received First Blood]

A text displayed at the bottom of the viewing screens.

That was gruesome, but effective. Being an undead she must have improved night vision. Plus from how she acted she must either have been able to smell or sense the person up there without needing to actually see them physically. Useful, and gave her the advantage.

"I see you're already taking quite a licking to the vicious display." I nearly jumped out of my seat as I heard myself say. "Can't really say I blame you."

The other me… All for One, said in the seat next to me. "Crud, you can show up here too…" I groaned as I slouched in my seat. "Back home that would be horrible, but here the fact is it does kill them but death here is largely a temporary hindrance, only an hour or two of lost time if that, cause places like this bring you back almost instantaneously. Gruesome, yes, illegal, not in this reality."

"Such an open mind to slaughter." All for One pointed out as the camera zoomed in on another 'Monster', this time a Wolfman that caught an unaware victim as they shoved both their clawed hands through the victim's chest...and literally ripped them in half.

"It's not like it would be my first choice. Heroes back home sometimes did have to kill to save lives. It's not a noble act but it is sacrificial. They end a life and lose a part of themselves in the process. Though, that's not the case here. What did Tomura call Heroes who kill without hesitation… Chaotic Good?"

"Yes it is." All for One nodded.

"I'll admit, it has it's place in the justice system. Some bad guys just can't… shouldn't be around…" I sighed, thinking back to that Nexus member… They just attacked and… destroyed so much… "But it should only be a last resort."

"Having morals is quite literally the only thing stopping this world from becoming...more of what it started off as." One for All said carefully.

"Isn't that why the Family of Heroes exists? Evil will always exist so long as there is good. You can't have one without the other. Dungeons help let people vent and get out there more… violent urges, but sometimes some people… just want to watch good things die…"

"You're understanding this a lot faster than some." All for One pointed out. "But this is all speculation, you aren't out there fighting for survival." He said as we saw one of the monster's leg's get caught in a bear trap. "Even if it's all fun and games, and death has no permanence...the fear of death is always there, and sooner or later, you'll have to do something terrible…" He trailed off as one of the Victim's stabbed the monster in the chest with a steel spear.

"Maybe… but this isn't like back home. In the end, this is for fun, a sport." I said, looking up the two on screen. "This place has its flaws, but the only people who can kill are regulated. Level Five Dungeon Bosses, Void Admins, and Time Walkers… all approved by The Mother. Even you can't say she would let a murderer keep a knife."

"While that's all true...there's still something's out there that can't be helped." One for All stated simply.

"The fact I can't keep you quiet?"

"Oh no, that's never going to change." He stated simply. "But if there's one thing that can change your world view, it's meeting a Chaos Guild member again...cause here, this is all in a controlled environment, dungeons are at least regulated as best as they can, but the real thing...is a whole lot different."

"That's why I'm going to become a hero." I said, smiling a little as Toga was now in the lead for the 'Monsters'. "Next time… I won't be helpless…"

"And another check for that…" They muttered as they pulled out a notepad and jotted down something.

"... Are you keeping score or something?"

"Oh, this is something a vast majority of people have." One for All said. "There's certain lines that are a little...too common after certain events, and you said the line 'I won't be helpless', which could either be correct, or backfire horrendously."

"... My ever growing hatred of you aside… what do I even call you. I keep referring to you as either 'myself' or All for One."

"I'm literally both of those." He answered. "So neither of those things are incorrect, and who knew you hated yourself that much."

"... Jaaku." I said, looking back over to the screen. "That's what I'll call you."

"Well...calling me Evil isn't necessarily incorrect either." Jaaku chuckled.

"It fits at least, if not a little unimaginative." I sighed.

"Fair." They shrugged as they ate some popcorn I didn't know he had. "Want some?"

… I reached out, phasing a hand through them. "At least you're still just an illusion." I sighed.

"Which seems a little silly considering we're in a realm that lets your subconscious roam free." One for All pointed out...which was a valid point now that I think about it.

"Maybe because you aren't even alive, or have your own Consciousness. You're just leeching off mine."

"Maybe, maybe not." They shrugged. "But I'm your quirk now, a part of your very being, so how am I a parasite when you willingly accepted me?" They asked. "Or more accurately, asked Katsuki to find me?"

"I don't regret it." I stated. "I just plan on using you for good rather than what you want."

"And I'll be here, waiting." They said simply.

I gazed over back at them, only to see they vanished. I groaned, rubbing my head.

The round ended with Toga having seven kills and one death. She was rewarded with twenty Blood Fruits of varying types. She pocketed most of her rewards, save a blood apple she ate, sadly staining her shirt though.

"I...don't entirely know what I expected, but a Red Gala wasn't the specific apple I'd have thought it would be…" Toga muttered as she ate the blood apple.

"I can't believe how much… juice… it has." I said as her shirt, which somehow made it through the game unstained, was now soaked and heavily stained as she ate. "It's like if an apple and an orange mixed… which probably exists here…" I said in thought of that interesting fruit hybrid.

"Yes." Toga nodded.

"Heh. So, looks like blood supply will last for a bit and since you can grow the seeds you can basically be self sufficient there. So, where do you live? In the cities or…?"

"Well, I always have a home with my parent's back on Homeworld...but besides that I mostly just travel around, camp out and be...wherever." Toga answered simply.

"Huh… how old are you? Not to be rude! I just… people here live so long and it's hard to tell someone's age when they can look as young or as old as they want."

"Two hundred." Toga answered. "And it's alright, the whole 'don't ask a women her age' thing isn't really that big a deal...unless people actually try to make it a problem."

"True… and, wow, never would have guessed. And you're from Homeworld? What's it like there? I hear it's big but… bigger? At least that's what Kai said."

"It's the biggest planet in this entire realm." She answered. "It's the first world the Family created...or was it terraformed?" Toga frowned. "There's debate on how Homeworld was started, but it's the first world, which is why it's called Homeworld."

"Right, but how was where you lived? Only ever been on Dechamore so I don't really know how to compare it considering there's basically the city or the country. Then again a small town here has more people than my old home planet so…"

"There is no land travel unless you like taking the extremely long way." Toga started. "It's all mostly teleporter to get to one place or another because of how big the planet is, and other than that it's a pretty normal all things considered, you got your rural areas, the cities, and a bunch of other things. It's also the place with all the main Guild HQ's, so if you ever wanted to see where all the Guild's branch off to other planets, go there."

"Huh. Alright. So, got any idea where you're going in the waking world?"

"Well considering all this stuff I won I might have to think of my next location." She started.

"Someplace to set up a farm then huh?"

"Probably, gonna make a killing with it all if it works." Toga said honestly. "But...I have no idea about agriculture and farming...thank god YouTube exists."

"Heh, true. So, looks like all you need now is some money to set up someplace."

"Yep." She nodded. "Which is...yet another thing I need to spend money on…" She frowned.

"Well, there has to be cash prize games around here somewhere." I said, looking around our area. "Dungeons do exist in the realm of dreams, right?"

"Yes they do exist in the dream world." Toga nodded. "So...maybe I can do a dungeon before I wake up…"

"I'll help." I said with a nod as I began looking up Dungeons here… let's see… most money… huh… "I found one but it's kinda….weird."

"What is it?" Toga inquired.

"Well, it's a Casino themed dungeon. Basically you fight off hordes of undead, but all the machines do work and are able to be broken open. Reviews state they hold anywhere between 100 to 700 thousand rem."

"Damn." She said in surprise. "That's a lot of rem...let's do it."

"Uh, okay but even so the dungeon has restrictions." I brought up. "All powers and abilities are nullified, and you are allowed to bring in a weapon but it has to be something… breakable or a firearm. Weapons can be found all over the dungeon though too."

"Well...knives are breakable right?" She asked. "Cause I'm really good with knives."

"Well, yeah I suppose. Though that makes an issue for me. I don't usually like using weapons. Guns or otherwise…"

"How good are you at hand to hand?" She asked curiously. "Also it didn't say magic isn't nullified, so you'd still be able to use your levitation spell." She answered.

"Maybe, but I don't know much about hand to hand." I said. "I've gotten a lot stronger compared to back home but I'm not that strong. I guess if I have to I'll use a sword or something. If magic is allowed, even restricted, I'll use that til my MP empties."

"Just says powers, like quirks, and abilities are nullified, so magic should be good still." She said honestly.

"Hopefully." I sighed out.

"I'm sure it'll work out." She said with a comforting smile. "And I'll make sure to keep you safe against any zombies that get too close."

"Right… actually, would they even acknowledge you given you're an undead too?"

"I'm a challenger so probably." Toga shrugged.

"Huh, fair point." I nodded.

Getting to the dungeon was another long travel but once there and entered we were given our options. Toga went with a small knife she had for now, and thankfully magic is allowed in here, just restricted. So levitation works fine. There were a few walking around.

Seeing them was… disturbing. I've seen some horror movies and such before, but to actually see it…

The main thing that stuck out was the smell. I've never smelled… such putrid… meat… "Headshots… right?" I asked Toga, Levitating up several casino chips.

"Yes, destroy the brain since that's what keeps them moving." She nodded as she readied her knife.

"Right…" I sighed, shaking a bit. It's just a monster, it was never human, and I can do this… Taking a deep breath, I shot out the chip at the decaying head. In a splash of bone fragments and rotten flesh it quickly fell. Changing target I shot several more, easily taking them out with one or two chips.

"Nice shot." Toga complimented as she stabbed a zombie in the head and slashed out of it's skull into another zombie's head.

"It's become a lot easier." I admitted, five chips downing three zombies. "Though the smell is… horrible. The one I killed in the dungeon we met in didn't smell this bad…"

"Yeah, the different forms of zombies can be...more fragrant as it were." She wrinkled her nose at the terrible smell as she kept hacking away at the zombies.

The amount in the room began to die down some and quickly we walked through the halls and to the nearest slot machine. It was too tough for my Levitation to break, and even with her Undead strength Toga couldn't pry it open. "Crap. There's gotta be a crowbar or something that can explode around here…" I muttered. I could use my Quirks… can I?

I quickly checked, activating Explosion in small sparks. Okay, those seem to work but I can't use them in front of Toga, she doesn't know about my Legendary Ability and the less people who know the better. Can't risk Decay either… maybe I can use Overhaul and mess with the internal locks? It's a risk...

"Got a plan Izuku?" Toga asked as she axe kicked a Zombie's skull in.

"Just… we'll need a crowbar, or an explosive to open these things up. There should be something around here we can use." I answered, rushing through and looking for something to open these machines up.

"Do you think you can lift one of them up and just chuck it at these zombies and it'll open that way?" She asked.

"If you couldn't force them open I doubt tossing it around will do much."

"Never underestimate what would happen when you chuck heavy shit." She said honestly. "But I'll look for a crowbar or something to help out." She said as she ran around the zombies looking for a crowbar or something.

I took out a few around the area, taking 'cover' behind one of the machines and activated Overhaul. If I can at least destroy the locks without causing noticeable external damage…

I felt the Quirk reach into the materials of the Slot Machine. How they were shaped and what they were made of… if I can just… Taking a deep breath I tried to pull the components apart, hearing something break but the machine still didn't open. Crap.

"Need some help?" My evil self asked, the bastard appearing to lean against the Slot Machine I was currently trying to tear open.

"If you're not gonna help please leave Jaaku…" I groaned, taking out two more zombies and moving to the next machine.

"I'd love to help, you just need to give me control of your body real quick since it seems you're having some real trouble working Overhaul." Jaaku stated simply.

"Not happening." I spat. "Besides, you can't be any better at it than I am, you are me after all."

"Then why do you keep trying to tear open the wrong material points?" Jaaku asked simply, as he put a 'hand' on my head and somehow showed me I wasn't focusing on the right points and that's what was keeping it from just popping open. "It's almost like I know a thing or two when I'm the mental representation of you with All for One." Jaaku said sarcastically.

"..." I frowned, and against my better judgement, tried his way. The machine popped open. "... Why help me?" I asked, pulling out the despensers of rem and pouring them out. "What do you really want?"

"Yes, why would I help myself in a dungeon filled with the undead that smell like a skunk's rotting corpse." Jaaku pointed out. "But why am I helping you really? Because I'm a friend that wants to see you see you flourish, to gain your trust and show you the wonders of life." They answered. "Cause even if I'm All for One, I still am Izuku Midoriya, a teen with a good heart and a decent sense of morality."

"And yet you admit that Jaaku, a name that means Evil, fits you perfectly…" I huffed.

"Yes." He said with that damned smirk. "But is there something wrong with me wanting to help?"

"The fact you don't exactly have the best reputation as a quirk for one…"

"What? Me?" He asked in mock surprise. "You wound me good sir."

"Your look alone is… sketchy."

"I am dabber as hell and you can't deny that." They said, fixing their tie. "I mean seriously, have you ever wore a suit this good?"

"You're pretty arrogant and snarky."

"Snarky yes, arrogant? Coming from the guy that immediately wanted the two strongest quirks his planet could offer after you learned you can copy quirks?" He countered.

"... Alright I'll give you that one." I sighed, popping open another Machine. "You also have something akin to an identity crisis going on."

"Then why did you want me if you didn't want an identity crisis?" They asked.

"I don't mean me, I mean you." I said, looking over at them. "You say that your me, and maybe you are to an extent but you keep referring to yourself as A Quirk or me or an evil me or all of the above but you can't settle on who you are, and when you can't answer straight, you just say yes or something sarcastic." I stood up, looking them in the eye. "Are you a person or not Jaaku?"

"That's the funny thing." He said, his smirk never leaving even after I was calling him out. "Is that I am, yet I'm not." He said simply. "I was born from your psyche since you obtained All for One, so I am you, I am All for One because, again, I was born from you obtaining it from Akio. Am I an evil you? Well who knows, cause at the moment I have a better sense for fashion that's for sure." They shrugged. "I'm the imaginary friend you never had, and I can help you do great things, and I can give you a demonstration if you'd like to know I'm not bluffing."

"... I don't buy it." I stated, looking them over. "You… have all my memories, all my life experiences… but none of your own."

"Isn't it weird that you're just figuring that out after I literally told you?" Jaaku asked. "But let's not focus on that kettle of fish, right now you need to get a bunch of money and murder more zombies to impress Toga."

"I'm not trying to impress her, I'm just helping her out." I said, opening the third machine and emptying it out. Rapidly I sent more casino chips of death through the heads of more approaching undead.

"I wouldn't say that." Jaaku chuckled. "Now come on, let me have a little fun to prove I'm not just bluffing, it'll help Toga out a lot."

"It'll take a lot more than your word to get me to trust you." I said, finding a slightly tattered duffle bag and using that to carry the rem. So far my count is 200,568 rem.

"Well I can't really do much more than give you my word when I'm like this now can I?" They pointed out, which was true given that they were only a part of my mind. "You know actions speak louder than words, especially with what we know now."

"I'd at least like to know more about you from Akio first. While you are a copy of his All for One, you are still an independent Quirk, and he knows more about what you are and what you can do."

"Well sorry to say that we don't entirely have the time." Jaaku said, which I was about to ask what he meant...then I heard Toga scream.

"... I'm not even gonna ask how you did that." I muttered as I ran. I spotted Toga fighting off against an undead I'd never seen before. They looked… huge. Their muscles alone seemed to be grossly enlarged to inhuman degrees, their whole upper body was pure muscle that put All Might to shame in terms of size, though their legs and head were small by comparison. Almost comically small actually.

I used scan.

[Class: Undead

Name: Tank

This pure behemoth of an undead is a Mutation of the Standard 'Green Flue' variant of Undead. Their mutation has caused excessive muscle growth to the point of physical deformation. The density can withstand even high caliber bullets and their heads, while still normal sized, seem to be reinforced by the thicker hide of their skin alone.

Primary attacks include throwing large chunks of the ground or objects at targets, or ran into the target at fairly high speeds as well as swinging their arms and sending victims flying. They will often even use other, weaker undead to throw at a target from a distance of kill them if they are in the way.]

Shit!

"And here I thought this was going to be mostly Dead Rising in Vegas…" Jaaku frowned.

"The fuck's a Tank doing here!?" Toga yelped as she dodged the massive zombie's punch...which caved in an entire Slot Machine.

"Shit!" I yelled, casting fire at the thing.

"No wait!" Toga yelled as the fire made contact. The whole undead went up in flames… And kept charging at her.

"Crap, is it fire resistant?!" I yelled as I rushed near to Toga, grabbing a nearby chair and throwing it at the mass of undead muscle.

"The thing's so heavily muscled it's resistant to most forms of damage that can't break either it's hide or the density of it's muscles. You're going to either have to smash it with something bigger and heavier...or let me out." Jaaku told me. "Even if you claim I only have your memories, I know a whole lot more than you'd think, so do you want to try your luck and do something you haven't trained for and possibly get Toga hurt, or do you want me to deal with this son of a bitch before bad things happen?"

"I can't use Quirks around her. She could get suspicious." I muttered, using Levitation to toss slot machines and tables at the beast. "And I have a feeling that's what you'll do."

"Of ye of little faith." Jaaku told me. "I'm you, and I have your magic's, do you really think I'd be dumb enough to blow our cover?"

"Is that a rhetorical question?" I muttered as I quickly pulled Toga to me with Levitation. "How you holding up Toga?"

"Scared shitless that a god damn Tank is here." She panted heavily. "Even with my new Vampire Durability, a Tank is a god damn Tank, it's one of the physically strongest zombie's just on pure bulk alone."

"We either need to kill it or run." I said, the two of us moving out of the way from the surprisingly fast beast. Thankfully with all the machines and thin hallways in this place, it made chasing us difficult.

It did often knock aside and render undeads in it's way into paste as it chased us, and that was more frightening. Eventually Toga and I did find a small pile of weapons… guns.

She immediately picked up a rifle and began shooting.

I picked one up too… "Damn it…" I huffed. I had my finger just over the trigger… why can't I pull it? "What's wrong with me?!" I growled as my hand refused to pull back.

Toga was already reloading, the beast still targeting her specifically. Crap!

She began running off, dodging a swing of it's arms that hit me.

The wind left my lungs as I was doing across the room and through a nearby wall.

I saw as my HP went from 100 to 43 instantly.

"Izuku!" Toga shouted in worry as she dodged another swing from the stupidly aggressive Tank.

"We're gonna need to work on that mental block to guns when we get out of here." Jaaku told me. "Now, for the third time in this one simple dungeon...let me help you." Jaaku told me, which felt so...weird, cause it sounded so genuine, so real, like something...I would say.

I coughed, my lungs burned as air went back into them. "You… can only do…" I coughed. "What I say… right?"

"Yes yes, now hurry and get whatever details you want before it gets to Toga." Jaaku said carefully.

I sat up, breathing deeply and slowly. "One. Minute." I huffed. "and not a second more…"

"Perfect." Jaaku nodded as he vanished into thin air. "One Minute, that's all I need."

"Then… hurry up…" I spat. "Help Toga."

"Alright." Jaaku said, as suddenly I felt...out of place, as I watched my body stand up. "One minute...starting now!" Jaaku snapped as he suddenly bolted towards the Tank, lifting up five slot machines and a whole lot of chips to...form a robot arm! I didn't know I could do that! "Hey ugly!" Jaaku shouted, the Tank looking over to who suddenly shouted as Jaaku slammed the Machine Hand slammed it's palm down onto it, flattening the thing as each of the slot machine's whirred to live and started to fire coins straight into the tanks body at high enough speeds to pierce it's tough hide, the Tank roaring as it struggled against the heavy weight and sudden onslaught of coins.

"I-Izuku?" Toga asked in shock as Jaaku picked up the thing and started to crush it's weakening form.

"Don't worry Princess, I got this." Jaaku said with a confidant grin, seeing Toga lightly blush at how it all sounded. "Now just add a little fire…" He muttered as he set the Tank on fire, the flames digging even deeper into it's growing wounds as he formed a second mechanical arm. "Who wants to play some Volleyball!" Jaaku laughed as he flung the Tank up in the air and spiked it so hard a shockwave appeared and shattered window's as it flew so hard it crash landed into a massive group of zombies and caused a small explosion.

"Hot damn!" Toga yelped in surprise. "Where did you learn all of this?"

"When a beautiful ladies in trouble, gotta improvise hard." Jaaku answered as he put the machine arms down and levitated all the guns. "Ready." He started as I heard all the gun's safety's turn off. "Aim." He pointed all of them at the Tank that was, even after all it's punishment, getting back up and roaring it's challenge. "Fire!" He threw his hand down as hundreds of bullets rained down onto the weakened Tank, it's roar's of pain finally being cut off after ten seconds of non stop firing.

"Wow…" Toga muttered in awe, never seeing someone take down a Tank like this before.

"And as a final touch." My other half said as he levitated several slot machine's over to Toga. "And all for you my lady." He said as he snapped his fingers in a flashy way as they all opened up with a massive amount of rem pouring at Toga's feet.

"I...uh…" She started carefully, her cheeks beat red at how...confident and strong I suddenly became. "While...your so adorable when you're shy...you're hot like this…"

"Say what?!" I yelped. Course, she couldn't hear me. Jaaku still has fifteen seconds...

"Oh my sweet Vampire." Jaaku said with a confident smile. "You're making me blush with such a compliment."

"It's true though." She said honestly.

"Well, all I can say is," He said as he walked over to Toga with a confidant swagger to his step. "When someone's in need of help, especially a pretty lady, I'll always be here to help." He said warmly, softly putting a hand on Toga's cheek...and it still felt warm even though she's a Vampire.

"What are you doing?!" I yelled. 7 seconds left.

"What…" Toga stammered slightly, not knowing what to do given how forward Jaaku was.

"You know exactly what I'm going to do." Jaaku said with his signature smirk as he slowly leaned in...for a kiss!?

3…

2…

1…

Suddenly I was back in control and...was kissing Toga's forehead.

My face lit up as red as Toga's. We both stood there, awkwardly in that position until I woke up.

---

To say the next morning fared any better would be… a lie. The next morning I woke up to something, or someone heavy sleeping on top of me. I don't know who, or even what they are all I do know is that they are very… fluffy? Yeah, that. Really soft fur… huh. "Delilah?" I asked, wondering if she was under this mass of fur too. She usually is next to me when I sleep.

"Yeah?" Delilah yawned. "What's...hey, who called dibs on being top?" Delilah asked groggily.

"Did you really just make that joke?" I asked as I tried to find out which was out from under whoever this was.

While feeling around I felt fur and… a different kind of Soft Delilah and my own forms that I was all to familiar with.

Yipe!

I tried to jump but was unable and only managed to yank my arm back. Okay, so not that way… okay then, other way-

Soft…

Wait what?!

Am I… between… oh god...

"Hold on." I heard Jaaku say as I...heard a camera go off. "Perfect." Jaaku laughed. "And here I thought I was the 'lady's man' of the two of us."

Ignoring them, I crawled forward since either side was… walked off… I managed to get out and take a look at who was on top… they looked like a fox. Red and blue fur, the red being dominant along their body with blue being highlights along their tail, Ears and nose. They had five tails by my count… and she is easily over twenty FEET tall!

"Woah… Don't remember you…" I muttered, looking away at her… why is she naked…?

"Where's...my cuddle buddy?" The fox yawned, looking around groggily.

"Uh… hi." I waved, trying not to look at her. If I look at her, even keeping my eyes up I'll still be seeing her… chest. I could feel her sleepy eyes settle on me. "Um… so, who are you… and, uh… why are you naked?"

"I'm one of your mates." The fox yawned. "I'm Sonya, a Mountain Kami." She said. "Mother Inari helped me to become one after a certain amount of time and trials." She yawned.

"Wait, as in Inari the Goddess of Fox's, Agriculture and…" I gulped. "Fertility?"

"Yep." She nodded, her massive tails wagging at a gingerly pace; it almost acted like a fan.

"Right… but, still… why are you naked?" I asked again. "I get you're… tall, but… you should have clothes… right?"

"We're at home, I'm in bed with you and the few other mates you wanted with you," She brought up as I noticed Todoroki was cuddling up so hard to the fox I thought she'd sink into the sea of floof the fox had. "And also clothes can be a little cumbersome, even after all the advancements to it that have been made." She said as she lightly...groped her chest.

"I'm liking her more and more." Jaaku laughed.

"Save some groping for me…" Delilah yawned as she shuffled over and hugged the large fox.

"... Right… well, it was nice meeting you… Sonya, but I've got training to do so… bye…" I said, using Warp and falling through the black mist into the front yard. "Just when I think I'm getting used to this…" I muttered.

"Come on, you could have at least done a little groping." Jaaku teased. "She is your girlfriend after all."

"Hush you!" I yelled, jumping to my feet. "and the hell was that with Toga! God, I'll be lucky if I can ever talk to her again!"

"You think because I did that she'd never talk to you again?" Jaaku asked. "I'm pretty sure she's trying to find you right now, wanting to know more about what happened back there and probably wanting some more."

"I am really wishing I gave you less than a minute back there…" I growled. "I can barely handle being with Delilah, she's… well, I've...been with her but I know my feelings with her are at least forming into love. Todoroki I'm… navigating. I don't need you throwing someone else into the mix, someone I don't look at romantically by the way!" I yelled.

"You can if you gave her the same time you are with your other girls." Jaaku stated simply. "Especially right now, I know you're a massive shy nerd,"

"Hey!"

"But believe me when I say you need to take a deep breath and stop overthinking things." Jaaku stated bluntly.

"I wouldn't even have this issue if-" I collapsed, feeling like there was a high pitched… screaming all around me. Jaaku was the same, holding their head in pain.

When it ended we both looked up and saw Akio. "I take it you're getting along as well as I expected…"

"Seems so…" A second, black suit, strange mask wearing version said from next to him. "So, this is the copy of me you made?" They said, walking over to Akio… and kicked them… "I'm actually disappointed."

"What… the…" I said.

"Izuku, meet… All for One… my Quirk." Akio said. "Just like your copy, mine too manifests like this, a dark copy of who you are easily representing all you can become should you give into your inner demons."

"... By immediate comparison Jaaku isn't so bad…"

"That's because your 'inner demons' is a confident snark fest that has no limits on his powers or empathy for his enemies." Jaaku stated. "Akio's version on the other hand...well you saw the fight with All Might so there's that asshole constantly pestering him."

All for One gave Jaaku another hard kick, sending him rolling.

"Yes… it's difficult, which is why I wanted to know for sure. I trust Katsuki's word, but to Truly know someone and yourself, you must see what you can do when you let your worst out." Akio said.

"Wait… the Tank… was that you?"

They nodded. "I needed to see what… Jaaku, was. How much of a demon he could really be. You have no idea how relieved I was that he was just an overpowered pervert."

"Is that actually better?"

"Compared to All for One… my own Demons, it proves you're even better of a man than I."

"Considering the Darth Vader wannabe can't take a joke, I'd say yes, it's actually a lot better." Jaaku groaned as he stood back up.

"So… what should I do about them?" I asked.

"Co-exist." Akio answered. "Despite the hardships, All for One and I get along well enough. He even gets to… stretch his legs, when work requires it."

"It's always nice to make them scream before they get imprisoned, make them powerless." All for One said.

"Right… and, Jaaku." Akio said, looking over at them. "You are you. Despite your origins, never forget you are your own entity." He said, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a small book. All for One and One for All and You. "My brother and I wrote this so many eons ago. We felt it's best you have it now. You are the first person we have ever 'passed' these powers along to. This is for when we can't help you train in person."

I nodded, taking the book.

"So question, given I'm here because of All for One...would there be other people in Izuku's head due to One for All?" Jaaku inquired. "Or is it not happening due to 'getting it from the source' as it were?"

"He likely won't. But I know if he was to use it to obtain an Ability from another, both All for One and One for All have… similar effects." Akio said, tapping the book. "It's all in here. You have a long, difficult road ahead of you Izuku, all leading to a bright future. Jaaku too." With that, Akio stood up, a Time Walker portal opening behind him. He walked through and was gone.

I looked down at the book, opening to the first page.

"So be glad you're too good of a person, cause even at your worst your still a better person than most." Jaaku said as they looked over my shoulder to see what the page had to offer.

[All for One and One for All, both before and After the war are rooted in DNA as the source of their power. After, both gained the power to effect spiritual and other various aspects, but their core powers still effect DNA. Quirks, Super Powers, Mutations, and many more can all be taken, or passed along with these two Abilities. While One for All can let one experience, view, and even talk to a prior ability user through DNA the Ability holds, if it is genetic based, All for One can let one view their own memories and scour their genetics, and Modify them at will.

From an Assistant Menu, this is limited, but from the Abilities personal 'mindscapes' the true potential is awakened.]

"Mindscape? Is that where you go when you aren't… here?" I asked

"Remember when I mentioned I was 'the imaginary friend you never had'?" Jaaku asked. "Yeah I wasn't just being snarky, I'm literally a figment of your imagination made manifest because of All for One, and from what Akio said, I'm actually my own person due to it."

"Hm. Do you remember what it's like in there?"

"Well…" He started. "Ever heard of Psychonauts?"

"Oh yeah, I think Tomura said he finally got the sequel to it." I brought up.

"Well in Psychonauts, the 'Mindscape' is the entirety of your experiences, thoughts, and feelings made manifest into a special world that can range from a massive disco amusement park, to a massive acid trip based on a brain suddenly feeling senses again after twenty years."

"... And mine?" I asked.

"Home." Jaaku said honestly. "Our...well, your hometown back in Japan, where everything is as it was except for a few details that you'd have to personally delve into cause...sometimes it's a little hard to explain." Jaaku shrugged. "And...well, even if I'm a new person from your psyche...seeing Mom was tough…"

"... She's there… or, a mental memory?" I asked.

"More a construct based on your memories and feelings." Jaaku said honestly. "That's why Bakugo is split into two...one where you and him are reliving some good memories as kids...and one where he's in prison for being the biggest douche on the planet."

"... Huh. And what about yours?" He gave me a look at that. "What, the book said All for One and One for All have their own Mindscape, and that's where their full potential lies."

"Mine is…" Jaaku started. "Well it's a nice enough place to be honest." He shrugged.

"Do… you think you can take me there? If your… our full potential is there then we have to both get in there."

"Oh my~." We both heard Delilah say somewhere.

"I was about to say." Jaaku started. "That didn't really feel like it could have been taken that way...but Delilah is a horny cat."

"You both are going to drive me insane…" I groaned. "But seriously, can you take me there?"

"I'm pretty sure I can." Jaaku said honestly. "Might feel...a little weird going inside your own mindscape, but it'll be an experience."

"Eat first." I looked up, seeing Katsuki standing over me. "Before you say anything, yes I know about Jaaku, Akio explained this to me long ago and yes I knew cause duh. Don't take too long letting everyone else know otherwise Delilah will wanna add you and Toga together rather than get Jaaku and Toga to date."

"... Can you… see him too?" I asked.

"No but I can… sense them. Yeah let's go with that."

"Well...at least she knows I'm here." Jaaku started. "And yes, you should eat. Even if you were in the dream realm, we still used up a bunch of energy and mana from killing that Tank."

"...Yeah… plus I should really tell the others so that when Toga shows up you can handle that." I said.

Gathering everything and telling them about Jaaku was simple enough. It helped that when he took over my body our eyes changed color. Delilah, to everyone's surprise, did not like Jaaku very much.

"I'm surprised she didn't like you." I said, finishing off my breakfast.

"She fell in love with you, the shy adorkable introvert." Jaaku stated simply. "I was giving this personality from All for One due to you having absolutely no chance to get it, so that's probably why." Jaaku shrugged. "I'm the confidence and 'unchained fury' that you would have had if you fell to villainy, but still have that stupidly good heart and moral compass."

"Wouldn't that make you more of an anti hero or Vigilante?" I asked.

"Would you say what I did to that Tank were either of those things?" Jaaku asked carefully. "Even if I was defending Toga?"

"Hmm… yes." I said. "Back home lots of people who were vigilantes did far more damage to property and a villain than a hero would normally. And the few recorded 'anti heroes' were extremely violent with their victims but they did deserve it… that was largely back in the early years of Quirks though."

"Hmm...true." Jaaku shrugged. "They could get pretty brutal." He said honestly. "Do you think Delilah can hear me? Considering her Legendary Ability and all?" He asked me, which was...a good question.

"Well, given the nature of that Ability… probably." I thought.

"Well...good to know...hopefully she can't hit me because of it." Jaaku brought up.

"Just don't flirt with her and I think you'll be fine."

"Cause...she's weirdly not okay with an actual part of you." Jaaku brought up with a frown. "Even if Akio said I'm my own person...my entire being is from your subconscious, feelings and actions you either suppressed due to all the bullying or...other things not letting it happen." He started, which made sense given what I was explained from both Jaaku and Akio. "Yeah...all of this is weird, especially when I'm supposed to also be 'my own person'..."

"If that's how it works then… Akio must have had it way worse than I did. Plus his All for One came along when he was already an adult."

"If not his entire life." Jaaku brought up. "Cause remember, he was born with All for One…"

"Maybe… so, ready for a trip to my, yours and some other Mindscape?"

"Sure, let's have some fun down memory lane." Jaaku said honestly.

"Okay… So, how does this work?"

"Just take a deep breath." He said as he clapped his hands together and spread it out in a way that created a doorway. "And hope this works."

"Hopefully." I nodded, closing my eyes and taking deep breaths. I thought of going back home… my apartment with mom. The roads, the buildings…

"Hi Izuku." My eyes snapped open. She looked like when I was little, younger and still so caring… "It's been a while baby."

"M-mom…" I teared, clenching my hands… "I… you… please… be here…" I began crying. This was… the first time since coming here I cried…

She smiled at me. "Yes and no… I'm similar to Jaaku, I'm made from your memories of her, but even so, thanks to Jaaku, I'm also linked to her." I looked at her, confused. "DNA, Izuku. You are your mothers son, that part of her, is forever part of you, and so, I was able to better become her. It's funny, really. I have her memories, all the way up to your birth, because of Jaaku, and yours from after… I'm almost… a reflection of her."

"It was...really hard to help focus in and...extremely painful emotionally…" Jaaku brought up. "But...I managed to do it."

"You… You can do this…" I said, covering my mouth as my body trembled. "Your potential…"

"We're still limited in our existence Izuku." Mom said. "We can't leave this mindscape. Jaaku can, because of what he is. Part of you, part Quirk, part… himself." She smirked, looking over at him. "But, enough of that." She said, standing up and taking mine and Jaaku's hands. "You two need to find other Mindscapes."

"Alright mom." Jaaku nodded. "And...given this entire world is stupidly vast...if Tomura was able to find girlfriends even with his quirk...we can figure out how to make you just like me." Jaaku said, which surprised me how he...looks so vulnerable, on the verge of tears at even knowing mom here wasn't fully real…"But we should get going before...I forget to leave again…"

"Forget to leave?" I asked as mom took us through the front door. I did a double take. It was… so identical. It was so much like home, only some things seemed different and they were minor. "Woah…" I looked back over at Jaaku. "How is all this possible, and you aren't a Legendary Ability?"

"This is all in your mind." Jaaku answered. "You are a very detail oriented person, so of course you'd remember everything vividly, I just...helped nudge thing's in certain ways, given how I was created I know how to do certain things really well…" He explained carefully. "And...don't ask about forgetting to leave that room…"

"... Well, if I could, I'd at least reclassify you as a Legendary Ability." I said, giving them a genuine grin, even if just a small one.

"Thanks...but I wouldn't give me that kind of credit, Legendary Abilities, even the joke ones, are a lot better in some ways…" Jaaku started. "I'm just...doing what I can."

"Still amazing." I said.

Mom led us through town, and as we walked I spotted… a Blond me? A Red and White haired me? A Pale Grey haired me? "Confused?" Mom asked.

"Yeah…" I said.

"Well so were we before Jaaku explained it a bit." The grey hair one said simply, putting their...gloved hands into their pockets...I only ever saw Tomura wear those types of gloves.

"Those other versions of you are your other quirks." Jaaku explained. "Because CopyCat created your quirks on the genetic level, they all became beings in your mindscape, with certain combinations of personality traits and physical traits." Jaaku explained.

"Woah… that's kinda creepy…" I admitted as we passed who was clearly Warp...

"You get used to it." He said as they passed the misty version of themselves.

We arrived at… the school. It was different, the walls cracked and dirty, the windows caked in dirt or shattered. "So many terrible memories here…" Mom sighed.

"Yeah…" I sighed. "Why are we here?"

"It's where Jaaku's brother is." She answered simply.

"... One for All… why here?" I asked.

"Best...to hear it for yourself…" Jaaku said carefully. "It's...rough."

Mom took us in. The hallways all felt cold and lifeless. Arriving in my old classroom, we spotted them. They were something between Jaaku and I, white, black and green hair with pale blue eyes. They were dressed in my old school uniform, seated at my old desk which was far more chipped, broken and singed than I remember. He was looking out the window, looking… content. I looked over at mom as she let go of mine and Jaaku's hands, giving us a nod and a smile before we headed off.

I gave her a nod back, and we walked over to them. To One for All. "Hello Izuku." They said without looking over at us. "Hello brother." He added. "What brings you here?"

"Just doing some...introspection at the moment." Jaaku said carefully. "How are you doing brother?"

"Waiting. Not much else to do for the time being." They said, placing their arms atop the desk. "As I am, I'm rather worthless. At least until I gather fuel."

"Fuel?" I asked.

"One for All is...half transference quirk, half stockpile quirk." Jaaku started. "Cause...well for All Might for instance, he had plenty of 'fuel' due to all the other successors of One for All, only thing he couldn't do was use the successor's quirks due to the massive hole in his stomach." Jaaku brought up. "So at the moment, One for All is starting from scratch, without any built up energy from years of use."

One for All chuckled, looking over at us now. "That was before, Brother dear. Just like you, I too was changed upon the end of that War." He said, turning back over to the window. "While true, I can improve All forms of abilities and even the basic body by stockpiling energy, it is not how I fully function anymore. Abities I enhance, but to properly do this, I must build a… kiln, first."

"A kiln?"

"Much in the same manner you temper metal and bake clay to harden them, so too can Abilities. The longer they bake in the Kilns the stronger they become. The energy a current user uses is actually just the excess heat from them, not as intense and easier to use."

"And don't worry, we're not going to turn this place into the Kiln of the First Flame." Jaaku started. "Old bastard Gwyn still doesn't understand that cycles happen..."

"Isn't that...from Dark Souls 1?" I asked carefully. "I remember watching Tomura play a bit of it and talked about how...disappointing the final boss was."

"Yes it is." Jaaku nodded.

"In any case, it takes sturdy stuff to make these Kilns. And a special, everlasting fuel to burn for the fires." One for All said.

"And these are?" I asked.

"DNA. Normally the transferring of me from person to person gives me the old users DNA to create the new Kiln within my new host, but since Copy Cat uses your own DNA, I can't make them. As for the fuel; With DNA comes memories, as she proves." He gave a quick glance to mom, waiting by the doors. "Thankfully, we might just be able to work around this little issue."

"And what a work around it is." Jaaku said with a smile.

"You." He said simply, looking at Jaaku. "Your unique power to manipulate quirks, create… her, all prove your full potential isn't just taking and giving Abilities, but full control over DNA. If you search deep enough from mother's DNA, you'll find the parts of her from Grandma, Grandpa, and their parents and so forth, and therefore their memories… and, if you do it right, even their Quirks. They say within every human back on your old earth, deep down in their genetic codex, far back enough they all share the same ancestors. Jaaku, can open that Codex and bring them here, in a sense."

"You do know that, if we do figure this out, we'd be considered a low level reality warper right?" Jaaku asked...wait what!?

"Again… how are you not Legendary Abilities?!" I yelled.

"We've never shared a user before." One for All answered simply. "It won't be fast either. But in this reality, time isn't an issue."

"Also because certain people are literally born with the abilities to create universes with a mere thought." Jaaku started. "That's why I said 'low level' reality warper, cause on the low end of that overpowered garbage is the ability to manipulate matter to a certain degree...mid range is literally creating universes...and we high end would be God's with a capital G in comparison to your average adventurer." Jaaku explained.

"Right… I'm gonna ask Katsuki about all this and then ponder just what she sees in my future if this is all… starting now…" I said.

"Listen, reality warping on a low level is great...but to help all the Prize Pod People out, you're going to need something completely different than all that." Jaaku brought up.

"Even so how am I warping reality? My own mindscape isn't exactly warping the reality out there." I stated.

"When we learn how to bend DNA to our will, then we'll be on a low tier of warping reality." Jaaku corrected. "Have you heard of Genetic Engineering?"

"I don't think they refer to… this." I motioned to everything. "When that is brought up."

"Hmm...fair." Jaaku shrugged. "But I was mostly talking about how we could rewrite DNA with a mere thought." Jaaku started. "But we're going to need to learn a whole lot about Genetics, cause even though I can do a lot of fancy things...I don't know many of the specifics about it."

"Looks like I'll have to add study to my training… plus I still was hoping to increase my spell library… and figure out other stuff…" I muttered.

"Take your time." One for All said. "There's no rush."

"Heh, fair point…" I sighed.

"But while there's no rush, we gotta start somewhere." Jaaku said simply. "Where do you want to start?"

I thought that over. "Definitely my quirk and physical training. If I throw studying into the mix… I'll have to make up a schedule and stick to it, plus… knowing Delilah and….possible… others…" I muttered in thought.

"Delilah wants to ride you harder than an ox pulled cart on the Oregon Trail." Jaaku said rather bluntly. "All the other's at least want to date you."

"Uh… can you not… please?" I sighed. "I have a lot of work to do."

"I'm just pointing out the obvious." Jaaku said. "And right now, it's we have a lot of work to do."

I nodded. "Right."

---

"How long has he been at this?" I heard Kai ask.

"Six days. Ran up to me, dumped a load of info then had me help him make a schedule he's been keeping to a T like a religion." Katsuki's voice replied.

"Yeesh, and I thought Tomura was obsessive."

"It's not my fault that half the games I've played had some bullshit things to do to get a hundred percent." Tomura countered. "But seriously...why does he want to know so much about Genetics all of a sudden?"

"Apparently, both One for All and All for One are able to utilize and manipulate genetics, an after apparently talking to both of them he learned they might be able to reach into his own DNA and pull out the DNA that made him up, ya know, mom and dad, and from there Grandparents and so on. This would include memories and even Quirks is done right so he's mixed in Studying and Exercise." Katsuki explained as they watched me doing my push ups while reading. "Effective use of time but still, just hope he isn't overworking himself."

"So basically he figured out how to become a minor level reality warper?" Tomura asked. "Damn, talk about a massive step up from his normal abilities."

"How many push ups has he done so far?" Kai asked.

"He still has two hours left on this so, and he's only been at it for one so… two hundred and sixty four." Katsuki said.

"Ah, makes sense as to why Delilah is drooling then…" Kai added.

"I'm surprised Izuku hasn't been working out in a pool of her drool." Tomura brought up. "Cause...well she's probably been there the entire time."

"He's got complete and total concentration." Katsuki added. "Plus six days of it he likely got over it."

"You put a betting pool on something here didn't you?" Kai asked.

"I got five hundred rem on at some point Delilah tries to incorporate herself into his workouts."

"Incorporate how?"

"Nothing I care to say in front of children."

"And I have five hundred on Delilah not doing it cause she's always had a weird...look whenever she looks at Izuku." Todoroki brought up.

"Oh, you mean ever since Jaaku came up she's been acting a little...weary around Izuku?" Tomura asked.

"I just… It's a Pod Person thing, I can't explain it…" Delilah spoke up.

"It's because you see 'me' as someone completely different right?" Jaaku asked Delilah, taking over a bit for me as they kept up the routine. "Not a part of Izuku's personality he never was allowed to express right?"

"Yeah, close enough…" She said.

"All I can say is...even if Akio told me and Izuku I'm my own person...I'm still Izuku, his confidence and pervy side personified after years of neglect due to bullying and a whole host of other things." Jaaku grunted, keeping up the push up routine carefully.

"... Pervy side you say?" Delilah asked.

I activated Warp.

---

"Huh, that's interesting…" I muttered, reading the book Akio gave me. Apparently One for All can gather DNA from another without needing to be passed on. That might work out well...

"So the better question is, do we already have the other's DNA from Copy Cat." Jaaku brought up. "And...if this won't accidentally cause a multiple personality situation…"

"No, Copy Cat works with my own DNA to create the Quirks. If my studies are right this is because part of The Mother's changes, DNA has new, multiple blank strings of DNA easily manipulated and altered. The longer you live the more you create and on average a healthy person will make one new strand of this blank DNA a day capable of storing hundreds or even thousands of coding sequences. This Blank DNA is also why beings of different species or even mechanical and organic beings are capable of having children." I recalled. "I guess Copy Cat uses this and morphs it into the Quirks it's copies so far, as well as the the various race profiles I've obtained."

"Fair enough." Jaaku nodded. "Only reason I bring that up is because when we met the quirk's you copied, they all had physical and personality similarities to the people you copied."

"Well, back home it was also believed a person's personality affected how their Quirk worked so maybe to make an identical copy it mimics both the Quirk biology as well as certain genetic personality traits."

"That would make sense." Jaaku shrugged.

"Seems so. Hard to believe so much has changed about just the human Genome alone. Comparing it to back home, it's like a whole different species."

"Well considering everyone in this reality is ageless when they hit physical maturity and 'immortal', gotta fix something with DNA and other things." Jaaku shrugged.

"Fair enough…" I said, flipping the page. "Hmm…"

"Hey, uh, Izuku." Kai said as he walked into my room. "That Toga chick from forever ago is here… not even sure how…"

"... Blame Jaaku…" I huffed.

"It was to tease the absolute shit out of you cause you know for a fact she's into you." Jaaku pointed out.

"Only because of that stunt you pulled…" I groaned…

I got up, knowing this was gonna happen sooner or later.

"Did I hear right!" I jumped as Dililah appeared behind me. Never getting used to that. "Jaaku flirted with a girl and now she's here?"

"It was to tease the hell out of Izuku, plus she already had the hot's for him I just gave the two a gentle nudge." Jaaku answered to Delilah. "Plus it was just a kiss on the forehead, nothing 'too' bad for Izuku here, even if his head almost looked like a steam vent for a moment."

"Really~ Well, maybe you aren't too bad Jaaku… if only you were female."

"Excuse me what is happening and why am I terrified…" I asked as I started backing up.

"Only female? Isn't one of your fantasy's to get double teamed by Izuku here?" Jaaku asked. "Well...it could be a threeway considering my brother, One for All, is also here."

"Yeah but we both know Izuku isn't into that. I mean I wouldn't mind it…"

"And like that I'm outta here…" I said, using Warp to get outside where Toga was waiting.

"Wah! Wait, what, how?" Toga asked, looking between me and the front door. "You… have a Quirk?" She asked.

"... That's a… Long story…"

"When?"

"Sometime after we first parted ways."

"How?"

"...An… Ability…"

"...What Ability?"

"... If I tell you, you promise never to tell anyone."

Toga considered that for a moment, then smiled. "Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye."

"... what?"

She laughed. "Yes I promise."

"Okay… Copy Cat."

"... You… THE COPY CAT!" She yelled. "Sweet… that… makes sense… Wait so you had… With the Tank… Why didn't you use any of your Abilities?"

"My… Girlfriend, Delilah, has Shrowdingers Cat… Nexus… tried to take her…" I said. "It's why we're hidden way out here… speaking of, how did you…"

"I may have… exchanged contact info when you… kissed my head… Just, tapped your Assistant against mine and that did it… Used that and a location app…"

"Oh…"

"In my defense...I honestly didn't know that could happen…" Jaaku said carefully.

"So… was that... an Ability?" She asked, blushing now.

"Uh… yes and no… Long story short, I have a sort of… second person in my head. Jaaku, that was… him…"

"Oh... "

"Yeah, he is made from all my… repressed and unexpressed feelings and emotions."

"Oh… So… in a way… that was you?"

"Well...yes and no technically." Jaaku said as he stepped in for some context. "As Izuku explained, I'm his confidence, perversion and…'lack of restraint' as it were, given form due to certain conditions. We were told I'm my own person by Katsuki but...everything kind of leads to 'I'm this Izuku either way'." Jaaku explained carefully to Toga.

"So, you're like an alternate version then?" Toga asked. "You're still Izuku, but you're also your own person. I've met a lot of alternate versions of me… most of them either work for villain guilds or as raiders over on Armageddon…"

"It kind of sucks that my existence is in this 'yes and no' scenario." Jaaku grumbled. "But yes and no, yes that technically I'm an alternate version of him, but no because I'm a mental construct due to certain abilities."

"So, kinda like a Split personality?"

"That works." Jaaku nodded. "And while we've come to a bit of an...understanding between each other, when it comes to fights I need to be 'let off my leash'."

"Heh, you were amazing fighting that Tank…" Toga said with a smile. "I uh, wouldn't mind seeing you do that again sometime Jaaku…"

"Ha! I knew it! She liked you Jaaku!" I yelled from the mental limbo space while Jaaku was in control.

"Question." Jaaku started. "Before I did that whole kiss on the forehead thing...did you have feelings for Izuku?" He asked. "Cause the main reason...at the time why I did that was because I wanted to give you and Izuku a little…'push' as it were...and also tease the shit out of him because me, as well as many others, find his embarrassment adorable and funny to a certain extent."

"I find him cute, I won't deny that. But I could tell he didn't see me that way… not many do. Most people see Himiko Toga and think of the crazy killers that so many of the other me's are. I always figured my kind of perfect guy would make the first move." She said, looking up at Jaaku. "And that was you Jaaku, not Izuku."

"Izuku would have made the first move, but he's nervous with all the girlfriends he got." Jaaku brought up. "But...well, looks like Izuku was right this time."

"Good. Thanks to all that money I was able to buy an instant building. I'll go set up my house down the mountain." Toga said, giving Jaaku a kiss on the cheek. "Visit me sometime?"

"Anytime my lady." Jaaku said with a warm smile.

"Heh, if we get far enough along you'll learn that, while my family is of nobility, I am no lady~" Toga said, turning and walking her way down the mountain path.

Jaaku gave me back controle. He watched Toga disappear, whistling as he watched. "Heh, looks like you got yourself a girlfriend after all." I said.

"What a woman~." Jaaku sighed happily.

"Yeah, I'm gonna figure out how to get you your own body before you two get that close." I chuckled.

"Maybe...but who knows right now." Jaaku shrugged. "But...glad something's are working out right now."

I nodded. "So, the question is what should I do now?" I wondered.

"Training." I looked over, seeing Katsuki at the door. "Your copy of Explosion is matured up to your body age, and your physical training has been good. Time to see what you got."

"Uh, sure… where are we going?"

"Someplace to really test yourself." Katsuki said. She teleported us to someplace that looked like… well, like a building really. The sign on the building read 'Simulation Guild'. We entered and after she paid a small fee took us inside one of many rooms. At first everything was blank, pitch black then suddenly everything was… "Wait, this is the UA sports arena!" I said, looking around at the empty battleground. "How are we here?"

"This is the Simulation Guild Izuku, they aren't like most guilds, more of a support to let people practice in a near identical or sometimes even stronger version of environments and opponents." Katzuki stated. "Everything here is a complete digital replica, but the damage, and force when fighting here is all real."

"Well, looks like we can finally look at what you can do after six days of religious exercise." Jaaku said simply.

"So, who or what will I be fighting?" I asked.

"Someone I think you needed to get over." She said, waving her hand as some kind of display/keyboard appeared before her. She typed in some things for a moment and I looked back at the other side… It's been a while since I felt my blood run cold.

"Deku…" They growled… Kacchan...

"He… Right, a… replica…"

"The fuck are you doing here you quirkless wannabe!?" Bakugo shouted, their hands already already sparking as if to show how outrageously pissed he was at seeing me. "What was the last thing I told you about shit like this Deku?" He growled as he started to walk towards me.

"Oh ho ho he's pissed." Jaaku said.

"... To go jump off the roof…" I said, feeling myself get… angry… "And that's exactly what I did Kacchan!" I yelled, sparking Explosion in my own hands. "And guess what! Your advice paid off!"

"Well it looks to me like it didn't, cause you're still here!" Bakugo snapped at me. "Sweet lord you can't even kill yourself right even after you were a big enough bitch to finally do it!" He snapped. "Yet again, I need to be the one to fix your mistakes!" Bakugo snapped as he put his hands behind his back and jumped lightly...then he used Explosion to propel himself swiftly at me with a dive kick.

Years of watching Kacchan and taking his abuse kicked in as I side stepped, rapidly raising my hand as he started to fly past me and fired off Explosion, sending him to the Arena's edge where he caught himself. He looked so mad, but that's just Kacchan.

"Oh, looks like little Deku finally grew a pair." The blond headed bastard said. "It was going to be boring other wise!" He said as he blasted himself towards me again.

Thinking quick, I fell backwards. Kacchan was above me now and I rapidly used Explosion to blade him higher into the air, then put both hands to the ground as I blasted myself up after him, grabbing him by the shirt. "I spent years watching you Kacchan! Taking your hits and watching you practice! Tell me, ever take the full force of one of our explosions point blank?!" I yelled, slamming my palm to their face and setting off blast after blast into their head as we fell back to the ground. The impact knocked up away from one another. I got back up quickly, looking over at Kacchan as he got back up. His face was slightly singed, his eyes red from the dust and point blank trauma, and his hair burnt as well. He still looked so angry.

"You call that full force?" Bakugo growled. "My shit's are more explosive than that! Let me show you how it's really done!" He shouted as he put his hands together in a cone like fashion. "Howitzer…" He growled as both his hands started to glow brighter...brighter than I ever saw. "IMPACT!" He shouted as he was fired the second biggest explosion I've ever seen...it looked like a tidal wave of fire was rushing towards me.

I didn't even think, just grinned. As it got closer, I raised my hands, letting black mist flow. "Warp." I spoke, letting the Quirk open up in front of me. It swallowed the blast and heat… and I opened the end portal over Kacchan's head.

The blast destroyed his end of the arena, and when it faded Kacchan was standing in a crater of burnt earth, his body badly beaten.

He actually coughed up smoke like in the cartoons. "Is that all you got?" He growled, and if this simulation had anything correct to go on with Kacchan, it was his incredible stubbornness.

"No. How's about I show you!" I yelled, using Levitation to float him into the air as I used Explosion to fly myself up there. I switched to Half-cold Half-hot and punched Kacchan with an ice covered fist, then used the fire to spin myself into a kick right into their neck, sending them crashing back to the arena. Landing near by I used Overhaul and rapidly shifted the groundwork to morph and change into several large pillars that smacked them around, then used Warp to teleport him back at my feet where I swapped Races into that giant Gorilla form, and slammed my fist into their body.

They used Explosion, and swapping to my Etherian Cat form jumped out of the way as they breathed rapidly trying to stand.

"When did you get the balls?" Bakugo panted heavily.

"When I took your advice, and jumped off the roof." I answered, swapping back to normal and rushed them. He raised his hands to blast me, but I grabbed both his hands in mine. "And was reborn." I said, activating Decay.

Kacchan's hands turned to dust instantly, and as he screamed, I gave them one final punch to the stomach, using Explosion to blast them into the wall outside the arena where he burst into a flash of blue and white lines.

Looking over, I heard clapping sounds coming from where Katsuki was. She was applauding me. "Congratulations Izuku, you surpassed Bakugou, an exact replica of them from your own memories and various versions of them in this reality. Excluding my fine self." She smirked. "How's it feel?"

I took a deep breath, looking at my hands. "... that was harder than I expected…" I said, hitting the ground as my body began trembling. "The whole while my body just wanted to run…"

"But you stood your ground and beat his pansy ass like it was nothing." Jaaku said honestly. "It takes a lot of guts to face your fears even when you want to bolt."

I took another deep breath, taking a seat on the ground. "I didn't want my training to be for nothing. I need to be strong enough to be a hero to those who can't protect or fight for themselves. I guess I… took a lesson from you Jaaku." I smiled.

Katsuki nodded. "A good lesson to take. Sometimes to beat an opponent, monster or not, you need to let go of restraint."

"Yep." Jaaku nodded. "Restraint is good sometimes...but not all that."

"I let my built up anger just… used it..." I sighed. "How many more of these am I going to do?" I asked.

"You've faced off against your biggest obstacle here, so you'll get a small break before we continue." Katsuki said.

"Which you'll need cause you burned through a lot of energy." Jaaku told me.

I nodded, laying on the ground as I looked up at the artificial sky. Almost hard to believe it's all some hologram. It's so lifelike…

I faced off against Kacchan two more times then against several villains from back home. Even against a Replica of Stain himself! That one… I didn't do so well against…

"Well, that's my first time ever… dying…" I muttered, feeling the blade when it stabbed me through. I shivered. Not a fun experience…

After it went dark in that arena I woke up back in bed an hour later. My first ever respawn.

"Finally." Delilah said as she grabbed me and pulled me in for cuddles. "Cuddle time." She purred happily. "But how was your day?"

"Emotionally exhausting… physically exhausting. First ever death and respawn…" I said, feeling over my chest where the replica Stain's blade impaled me. "Wasn't… not something I want to repeat but might just end up doing that."

"I said to tag out with me." Jaaku frowned. "I know you wanted to test yourself but really? Fighting Stain of all people?"

"Your first death is...always a bad feeling." She said sheepishly. "But glad you came back better."

"I do feel surprisingly well rested… if a little sore…" I sighed. "So what have you been up to while I trained?"

"Hanging out with all the lucky ladies you have." Delilah said honestly. "Trying to figure out a decent schedule for when you might want to start dating everyone...and also being surprised as shit when some insane mad man and his kinky girlfriend picked up a million prize pod people."

"Wait, seriously!" I said. "When did that happen?"

"A few hours before you respawned." Delilah said honestly. "Katsuki damn near did a backflip when she heard the news, and currently she's off to meet the head guy who made the front page on 'Tripping Balls'." She said while bringing up the news article in question.

"..." I didn't even read the article, just read the paper's name… "Why…" I muttered.

"Because someone had to be trippin balls to be doing this." She said, as if it were the tag line of the thing.

"... have you been hanging around Tomura?"

"No actually." She said honestly. "This is a legit news paper, and it tells actual stories, not unlike 'The Onion', where it's a legit news site but it says...a bunch of ridiculous stuff even by this world's standards."

"Okay…" I said, reading it over. "Still… wow… and Katsuki went to meet with them?"

"Yeah, considering you grabbed thirty thousand and you wanted to make a town for the Prize Pod People, then he grabs a million which either cleared out an entire Match Maker's Guild location or came close to a pretty significant portion, she would immediately want to see the guy."

"Huh. Speaking of, how has that been going along? I know I haven't been… helping in that regard at all…"

"It's honestly been going as smoothly as it can with what resources and manpower we have." Delilah said honestly.

"Oh thank goodness…" I sighed out. "Guess at some point I should really go down there and check everything out- ah!" I yelped as a familiar giant fox grabbed both Delilah and I in her hands and… covered us… "Uh… Sonya…"

"Yes?" The giant fox asked with a kind smile.

"I uh… see you still… are naked…" I gulped.

"I don't see that as a problem." Delilah chuckled.

"What, uh… have you been up to?"

"Waiting for you to get back." She said softly. "You've been away for more than a week and I missed my cuddle buddy." She pouted adorably. "But also, we need to spend time finding ores for the town."

"Heh… ores huh… you can help with that?"

"I am a mountain spirit." Sonya brought up. "So I would know prime mining spots, especially since we live in a mountain range."

"Huh… that's actually a good point…" I thought, remembering the walk up this mountain when we first got her. It's incredibly big. "I guess we should ask Kurugiri first, since this is his mountain."

"That would be good, cause we'd need permission to start mining on his land as well as to scout any possible Mine's that would have spawned when we start to dig."

We talked about that idea for a while before I eventually got up. It was night out and I decided to finally walk down and see how well that progress went… woah.

There was still a lot of unused land, but roads and various areas were already set up with buildings, all ranging from skyscrapers, factories, warehouses, and homes all around this area. I noticed a large lake nearby I didn't realize was here when we first arrived. It reflected the moon clearly. I took a seat on a large rock nearby and just looked at it… It was there, almost fully built, and it hasn't even been that long. Something like this back home, even with Quirks would have taken years. This is barely a month.

"What do you think?" Sonya asked.

I turned, seeing Sonya and was surprised. She was… clothed for one, in a tank top and camo jeans. It oddly suited her. Second, she was smaller, just a little over my height now. "No boots?" Was all I could say. It got a laugh out of her, and she took a seat next to me on the rock.

"Boots have always been restrictive." She said simply, softly patting the ground. "I love the feel of the earth beneath my feet, it makes me feel closer to nature...it's also one of the reasons why I don't wear clothes, being a mountain kami sometimes clothing and such feel restrictive."

"Heh, surprised you wore pants and not a skirt then." I think I just gave her an idea… "In any case, yeah… I can't believe how much was built in such a short amount of time." I said, looking back over at the city down the mountain.

"Skirts are too...frilly." She said carefully. "But yeah, this is what happens when people take something seriously, especially for us Prize Pod People."

"... What about you?" I asked. "Delilah said she has no memories from before, and Todoroki remembers her family, but also knows that it both… did and didn't happen."

"Todoroki is a special case with you." Sonya said simply. "For us Lover Class that are...born in this world as it were, we don't have memories of 'before', but with Todoroki and other women just like her...you and them come from the same world, and then share a special connection that would have it be where you both experienced thing's that did and didn't happen." Sonya explained carefully. "But...let me ask, was Todoroki's first instance was when you helped her realize it's her quirk, not her fathers?" She inquired, which surprised me that she nailed it so quickly.

I nodded. "When she said that, it was brief, but for a second… I saw us in that UA arena, and I was telling her that. And it's true, after all. Her quirk, it's not her father's, or her mother's. It might have been the result of the two, but it's its own power, hers."

"Yeah, that makes sense." She nodded. "That's the biggest and most important day back on your world for her, the day she truly fell in love with you as you helped her be unshackled from the horrible chains her father put on her." She explained. "If you want more details on how it works, talk to Katsuki about it, the finer details are a lot of time based shenanigans."

"Huh… that makes sense I suppose… what about you? No memories either?"

"Only who I am and how I got my status as a mountain god...after that, absolutely nothing." She sighed out.

"Strange…" I said, looking up at the sky. Various night creatures were flying about. Think I see a plane or something up there too… and the stars… even with all the lights of the city below, they were bright and visible.

"The sky's beautiful isn't it?" Sonya asked softly.

I nodded. "I remember one night, back home, there was a city wide blackout. Some villain took out the power plant. No power for three days. Mom and I would sit out on the walkway with the neighbors and look at the stars. They were just like this, so bright and sparkling. Makes me wonder what was beyond them. Back home, because of Quirks things like Space travel and such were pretty much put to a stop. They only barely recently got back into fashion and that's mostly because space agencies recruited people with Quirks that worked perfectly in space."

"Well...if you ever want to go to space we can." Sonya said honestly. "There hundreds, if not thousands of different space ship designs we can get to travel the stars."

"I know, and maybe someday I'll head on up there. For now though, I have a lot I need to do on the ground first." I stated, wondering where this reality's greatest hero is. The Family of Heroes… they must have a number one. I'd like to meet them.

"Still thinking about being the number one hero?" Sonya asked curiously. "You...have this sparkle to you when you think about it."

"I was wondering who the Family of Heroes thinks is the number one amongst them." I said. "People that powerful. To see them fight must be… amazing."

"The Family is a powerful group indeed, it's always a marvel to behold whenever one of them decides to show themselves." She said honestly. "And the number one? Well it's highly debatable, and the only ones that would know is Lord, the Master of all the Guilds, or other that Lord has managed to go on record saying 'they're all retired, don't know where they are and don't care." She said, "But the common consensus would be Jericho the Undead, who's supposedly the oldest and most powerful of The Family due to skills and experience."

"Really? Oldest as in… one of the original members, or born into the family?"

"No idea." Sonya answered. "The Family is...mysterious in too many ways. They were the first Household to ever be created over a ludicrous amount of time, and anyone that tries to find specifics are either stopped at the door by the Time Walkers, or are sworn to absolute secrecy based on what the reporters are asking." She answered. "It's why The Family is always talked about as this nebulous force rather than a well known group of people." She explained.

"I see… so Jericho probably isn't even their real name I bet. Probably more like a Hero name…" I thought aloud. "Still, it's incredible…"

"Yeah, or it could be a new name after eon's of being called the same thing." Sonya shrugged. "Who knows, cause it's damn near impossible to even meet one of them to begin with."

"But people have met them?"

"Very few and far between." She said, "If you want to meet people that have most certainly met The Family, go see the Isekai Guild, they constantly get into fights with them from this...possibly massive misunderstanding."

"There's an Isekai guild? Wait, why do they get into fights with The Family?"

"Because they believe the Family is hiding the way back to their homes." She answered carefully. "See...the Isekai Guild managed to somehow figure out there's a massive Machine, some bygone ancient computer being housed by The Family and Time Walkers, and they think they're keeping the way back all to themselves for some dumb ass reason." She frowned. "I know I'm a Prize Pod Person and I don't know my past at all...but when I have the one I love here, and not a care in the world…" She started as she lightly took and held my hand. "Why would I need anything else?"

"Huh… I guess I can understand why they think that. Where there's gods there's people looking to kill them… Someone from back home said that, back in the early years of Quirks. His answer to why even with legalized heroes, Villains kept popping up."

"I mean, some people are just assholes." She stated simply. "But yeah, I see your point..."

"It's just how people are. They'll always find a reason to fight, for better or worse…" I sighed. "Maybe there's something online? Used to watch a lot of filmed hero versus villain videos online."

"Oh there's thousands of those online." Sonya answered.

"Heh, figured." I looked over at the city for a while. After a few moments I made up my mind and looked over at Sonya. "Wanna go down there and check it out?"

"Sure!" She answered, her still large tails wagging happily.

With a nod, I stood up, walking with Sonya down the mountain path and into the city below. "By the way, what did Katsuki name it?"

"The town?" Sonya asked.

"Yeah. It has to have a name. I know I didn't name it. I figured she did."

"Candlelight." Sonya said.