So ... first of all yes, chapter 7 is all bold, I will fix this later, second is more like a personal tip, the mobile app seems be bugged when publishing chapters and actually turns everything bold for no specific reason.

Too busy to put this chapter through a proper grammar check, I will do so when I'm on vacation ... maybe end of March, I don't know.

No review corner this time either sorry, I got PM spammed :V

"I'm incinerating you." Dabi was not in a good mood, most of the time he was in a ... "mood", being told by his leader and friend that his mother was about to join their little group of terrorists gave him ideas with terrible implications ... mostly including the dead body of his current boss.

"She is just as stubborn as you are, what else am I supposed to do? lock her into her room? Wow, smart idea, remember how that worked for your sperm donor?"

"SHUT UP!" Kurogiri had to use his quirk to send away Dabi's attacks. Meanwhile Rei was watching helplessly, she didn't want to involve herself ... Touya didn't want her to get hurt or worse, but so did she.

"Get a hold of yourself, your mother is watching damn it." Tomura was the one scolding someone in the hideout for once.

Dabi kicked a chair. "I'm heading out, screw you all ... not you mom."

Rei was about to go after her son but Kurogiri held her back. "He needs time to think for himself ... he will come around, do not worry."

"I abandonned him once ... I'm barely lucky enough that he found me." Rei whispered to herself.

Izuku was doing great, he would go to U.A. make a detour by All for One's basement on his way home and- ... speak with his mother about everything and he meant everything.

He could trust almost everyone perhaps not Ochaco, Hitoshi and even Toru to the point of mentionning All for One and One for All though.

All Might was ... more tolerable than he thought. He was terrible at his job but he had a fundamental view of the profession which ... while it didn't always make sense and All for One would rather go deaf than being forced to listen to the Symbol of Peace monologuing.

Speaking of which Izuku was on his way to class 1-A, he wasn't paying attention to where he was going but he clearly felt someone standing right in his way ... but-

He stopped and looked up, it was an older boy, perhaps a third year? He was glaring daggers at Izuku. "Uh ... Can-Can I help you?" He had blond hair and gave Izuku the feeling of a younger version of All Might.

There was something disturbing about though, his quirk felt hollow ... like an hologram. But the agressivity was real, Izuku wished he wasn't alone at this very moment. "Oh, nothing, sorry I was just passing by. I heard about you Izuku Midoriya ... you have a very interesting quirk." And then he just left, almost pushing Izuku out of the way.

"... Ok."

About one minute later Izuku arrived inside the classroom, today's schedule would be a little different, Aizawa announced that they would have to elect class representatives.

Somehow, Izuku got elected with seven votes. "Thank everyone but- ... Literally, why?"

Katsuki was fuming, again, he probably just wanted to get the position for the sake of having a title and instead Izuku was elected when he did nothing to get the position, never express any desires to obtain it and was probably the less social student of the class ... even Koji, who most people believed to be mute, was more popular than him.

"You managed to stop everyone from panicking when the journalists broke into the school, I heard the rumours, that's a great show of leadership Midoriya!" Tenya reasoned while adjusting his glasses.

"Indeed, I think it takes a of courage to take initiative like you did." Momo added.

"Ok that's two votes ..." Izuku looked at his trio of best friend and he could tell where three other votes came from. "Who else?" He saw Koji and Fumikage raise their hands. "Ok, I'm telling you this, I do not want to be class representative and you should vote for someone who actually wants the position."

Aizawa turned around in his sleeping back. "You got elected, deal with it."

"I step down from my position?" Izuku countered.

"You can't." Aizawa continued.

"I don't want to boycot the position until you pick someone else, can we please deal with this without starting a war?" Izuku waited for the teacher's anzwer, after a few seconds he rolled his eyes and called for another vote.

Somehow, Hitoshi was elected as the class representative, with Momo as the suppleant. "Ok I guess." the brainwasher commented when the results were revealed.

"Now that this is done, tomorrow we will be heading to the Unforeseen Simulation Joint, afternoon classes have been cancelled. Note that your results will be counted for the trimester." Aizawa informed them, Izuku had heard about this facility before ... USJ .. Universal Studio Japan? No ... Ah right that's a place owned by Thirteen.

Judging by Ochaco's excitement she knew about it too, Thirteen was her favourite, a rescue hero with a quirk that was also "space" based. "This is awesomeeee!" she whispered to him.

"Now everyone out to training ground Alpha, Midoriya, you stay here for a minute, we need to talk about your costume, speaking of which, Hitoshi, yours has arrived." Izuku briefly saw his friend pulling out a capture band similar to the one Aizawa uses from his box, he was now certain of where Hitoshi was finding his inspiration.

"What about my costume?"

Aizawa pulled a box from under his desk and dropped an helmet shaped in a skull right in front of Izuku. "Mind explaining this?"

Izuku considered his answer. "Well ... gang orca dresses up like a mafia boss so-"

"You wanna beat him at who looks more like a villain?" Aizawa warned, Izuku was testing his patience. "The skull is a big no, make it faceless and why not ... the rest is fine, I will allow it for today's exercise."

"Thank you sir."

"Don't push it, at least you aren't wearing a cape." Aizawa handed Izuku the rest of the box, it contained his costume, after a closer inspection of the helmet he was satisfied to see that it fulfilled his request ... it was a bit heavy though. Izuku was on his way to the training area like Aizawa instructed when he felt All Might's presence in a seemingly empty room.

"Mirai says there isn't a better candidate than you." He overheard All Might say, Izuku stopped in his tracks and took a few steps back to listen on the conversation.

"I trust my mentor's judgement sir." That voice ... the blond boy that glared at him? Yes, it was the same quirk.

"You have to understand, this is not a decision you can go back on. Once you take on this mantle ... but Mirai probably told you the whole story." All Might continued.

"Yes ... yes he did. I'm ready, I won't disappoint anyone, if All for One ever shows up again I will make sure to send him back to hell."

Izuku wanted to vomit ... All Might was about to give One for All to this boy, he had All for One, he was about to become the target of One for All, it just started.

"Is someone here?" All Might called. Izuku ran.

Toshinori opened the door but he couldn't find anyone ... perhaps the noise came from another floor. "Sorry for rhe interruption. As I was saying- ... Despite Mirai's recommendation I want to specify that All for One is dead, perhaps there are a few of his followers left but he has been dealt with. The war has ended."

Mirio looked away deep in his thoughts. "What about this student? Izuku Midoriya?"

"Young Midoriya? ... Yes, his quirk is almost like All for One, but he isn't this monster trust me ... How about you go and see him train? He is really impressive trust me." the symbol of peace offered. Mirio didn't know what to think ... Sir Nighteye told him to never trust anyone who might be related to All for One, his mentor was always right.

"Today's exercise is simple, one of you will be carrying a top secret package, the goal is to identify the carrier and intercept him before he reaches the gate all the way at the end of the area." Aizawa presented the class a map of the area, except it didn't show the layout of the city, just the general shape of the area.

"Three of you will be carrying a special container while the rest of the class will have to apprehend them and retrieve their package. However keep in mind only a single container matters. If the real one gets away, you all lose."

Tenya raised his hand. "Aizawa sensei, what kind of package do we have to intercept?"

"Good question ... just keep in mind that sometime you will be asked to execute a task and to not demand details. This is how our job works, heroes are people with licences that certifies they know how to use their quirk in the limits of the law. A regular police officer couldn't use their quirk like we do because they haven't been trained." Aizawa explained.

"We are specialising agent of society, we serve publically just as we act in secret. Infiltration, sabotage ... underground heroes are usually referred to as such because we are specialised for this type of intervention." he concluded. "Any other question?"

Izuku raised his hand hesitantly. "Is this always- ... legal?" The other students whispered to each other, confused by Midoriya's question, they were heroes, what did he mean by legal?

"We are underground for a reason ... but good question." Aizawa picked up three backpacks. "Runners will be ... Tenya, Hanta and ... Izuku." Oh great he spoke too much. "Grab these and go to the entrance, you have ten minutes to prepare, same for everyone else, ten minutes to prepare and to spread out through the city, unlike your counterparts you will be given radios to communicate."

Aizawa had picked Tenya and Hanta because they had mobility quirk ... did he anger him to get picked? Eraser Head had a nasty tendency to "punish" them if they weren't r

taking things seriously enough, or perhaps he was trying to test Izuku's limit ? Either way he didn't have much choice than going all out if he wanted to win.

Hanta was about to open his container when Tenha grabbed him by the wrist. "Wait ! what are you doing?!" The engine student asked . "Aizawa sensei said to not look inside !"

"But-But how are we supposed to figure out who is the target?" Hanta countered.

Izuku shook his container and felt something inside. "I am ..." Izuku put on his backpack and made sure it was secured correctly. "Anyone got a plan?"

Tenya adujsted his glasses and crossed his arms, meanwhile Hanta was just smiling at Izuku. "Uh ... guys?'

"Well we are listening." Tenya specified.

"Yeah go on, tell us your plan man!" Hanta added.

"I asked if you had a plan, why would I have a plan?!" Izuku deadpanned.

His two teammates exchanged a glance. "Midoriya, you are the analysis guy of the class! Hitoshi, Ochaco and Toru keep saying it. Of course you have a plan!" Hanta believed in him and Tenya did as much.

All for One had told him more than once how hard it was to have people that consider you as their leader, as the one to turn toward when there is an issue. He didn't want that role, being class representative would have been better. "Ok, ok ... let's see, this is yet another city, I assume cementos is the one building everything and the rest of the environment is made out of props so there is definitely no sewers here."

"They don't know who has the package, so they can't take any chance." Tenya noted.

"Do not underestimate them. Momo can create traps or even drones to cover more ground. Also, while I don't know the full extent of his quirk, Shoto could make terrain hard to navigate, especially for you Tenya. Koji can use birds, Ochaco can make herself float above the city, Meso is basically a walking radar ... we don't have many options on our side." Izuku listed while trying to not accelerate his speech.

"Man this sucks, we are losing this are we ?" Hanta's motivation had severely dropped, Izuku was supposed to help them, not mention all the scenarios leading to defeat.

"If we were following logic ... the three of us would spit up and make a run for the exit. That would increase our chance to disorganise their ranks and make it harder for them to adapt to our movements ... unless- ... change of plan, we are staying together and we push into a single point."

"What?! But-But you just said-"

"Do not worry Hanta, It will have the same result than the first plan but we will have three time the impact ... so, you are in?"

"Coming from the guy who can have like twenty quirks at the same time that sounds like a bangger, let's do this!" Hanta had recovered his motivation.

"I will be unstoppable!" Tenya seemed just has determined. "You can count on me to pierce their defence line."

"Alright then !" Izuku put on his helmet and closed the faceplate. "We are delivering this secret package." He raised his hands in the air, almost imitating All for One signature pose of ... glory, or whatever emotions he would like to instil inside his followers mind.

both Tenya and Hanta yelped when they saw Izuku's helmet. "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?" They took a few steps backward as their cute and friendly classmate with wild green hair suddenly turned into some sort of angel of death.

"What? That's my costume! ... please don't take Aizawa Sensei's side I put a lot of work into it." That he did, seven pages of notes and sketches ! Along with a couple of revised versions, some with All for One's personal suggestions.

"Just-Just don't stare at us too much." Hanta requested, looking away from Izuku.

Meanwhile the rest of the class had made a very good use of their time to prepare for the arrival of the runners. The hardest part had been to design a "captain" to coordinate their defence operation, captain that wasn't Katsuki Bakugo, the other students didn't necessarily dislike him but- ... they figured out quickly enough that he wasn't a good person.

The amount of traps and defenses they were able to setup was very limited but sufficient to slow down Tenya, they agreed that due to his quirk he was the main threat if he ever managed to get past them.

Momo was quite exhausted after creating so many traps, as a result Fumikage had been designated as captain, it was either him or Shoto due to their "cool" mood, Shoto refused because he felt like he would be more useful if he could focus on his actions and simply following orders instead of giving them.

"Ochaco, how are you doing, do you seen anything from your position?" The bird student called out.

"I'm fine for now, I'm stable so I can handle it for a while longer." Ochaco was floating a about two hundred meters above the ground, her suit did help to keep some warmth. "Oh! I see- ... It's them!"

"Where are they coming from?" Fumikage pressed.

"Straight forward ! I can only see Izuku though."

"What about the others?"

"I- ... Wait nevermind, It's all of them together !" Ochaco released her quirk for a split second to give herself descending speed until she landed next to Fumikage. "They might be trying to force our line of defence."

"Understood, everyone if you heard this, gather to the center of the area, we have to stop them here, focus your efforts on Tenya and Hanta." Fumikage looked at Ochaco. "Izuku cannot use mutation quirks?"

"I can't say if this counts as mutation but I would be more worried about our own quirks." Ochaco wanted to mention that Izuku had a hard time dealing with a lot of things at the same time and that they could use this against him but then she thought back about the cafetaria. She didn't want to see him like this again, but if the others ended up finding about it on their own so be it.

"I will head down, keep watch, if one of them crossed our line I want you to follow them, though I really hope it won't be Tenya." Fumikage hurried down the staircase to help the others.

Izuku, Tenya and Hanta were approaching quickly, Tenya wasn't using his quirk so his teammates could keep up, their goal was to support each other until they were in contact with the line of defence.

"Tenya, remember, whatever happenens, you ignore every kind of communication and you take the detour through the buildings when we engage the fight." Izuku instructed.

Hanta overhead the order. "Hey, what's this about? You said the plan was to break through their line of defence!"

Izuku gave a thumbs up to Hanta "That's my job, you have to cover Tenya's escape at all cost."

"But he doesn't have the package, you do ! What kind of distraction is that ?" Hanta complained.

"That's the point." Eijiro was leading the defence line, smart move, if Izuku absorbed his quirk he wouldn't be advantaged but that's without taking Hanta into consideration.

Izuku reached for the hardening quirk, He was less heavy than Eijiro but with Tenya and Hanta to support him had a stronger impact.

Then came Denki and Mina, Izuku had to act quickly. "Split!" he ordered, his teammates moved a safe distant away. Denki's plan was clear, use his quirk to stun them, but not if Izuku had something to say about it.

He absorbed Denki's quirk to gain is biological resistance and then proceeded to force the activation of Denki's quirk, Izuku was close enough to be affected but so was Mina and she didn't have Izuku's resistance.

Denki didn't understand what just happened, Mina had collapsed to the ground next to him. Next thing he knew, he was being tazed himself as a result of his quirk being deactivated by Izuku.

Hanta and Tenya were on their way to the exit just as planned, Hitoshi was nowhere to be seen ... also as expected. The next wave of attack was more complicated to deal with, Fumikage and Shoto, they learned from the mistakes of their classmates, instead of charging head on they were using ranged attacks, Izuku definitely didn't want to risk stealing Fumikage's quirk and Shoto was trying to freeze the ground along with him.

He had to get close one way or another and get across this line of defense. "Aren't you worried about Tenya escaping with the package? I see about seven of you and three out of the way." he tried to taunt, another suggestion from All for One, except Izuku was too kind to play with people's feelings and he was a quirk analyst, not a psycholog and or a psychopath ... not insinuating that All for One might he one though.

"Sorry Izuku but we know about your plan, Hitoshi intercepted Hanta and made him talk, we know you have the package and that Tenya is just a decoy." Fumikage announced in an attempt to discourage Izuku.

"Is that so ..." he noticed Katuski a few meters behind shoto, waiting with the rest of the class. Izuku felt Toru approching behind him, he pretended to be focused on the rest of the class and right when the invisible girl made an attempt to attack him he blocked her fist and pushed her back toward the defence line.

"Well at least she tried." Fumikage commented, Izuku's quirk would by default make him difficult to approach, now they only had one target to worry about though. Izuku seemed to give up on attacking their barrice and instead went in the same direction than Tenya, probably in an attempt to regroup and hopefully gain a little advantage back.

"Damn it he is getting away." Shoto couldn't risk attacking with Toru in the way, Izuku was running inside a building. "Someone go after hi-"

"Shut up I'm on it!" Katsuki was already on his way to hunt down their target.

"Mezo, Mashirao, you have mutation quirks, go after him it's safer, try to not get blasted." Fumikage wasn't sure of their plan anymore. "Tsuyu, Ochaco, we need to get on this roof and catch Midoriya at the top. Rikido, check if Eijiro is fine and block the exists with him, even if Midoriya escapes Hanta is out of the game and Tenya won't be able to do much to assist him, it's just about neutralizing the target."

Just escape, escape and gain some time, surely it can't be that hard. The greenet had to get into a confined space to delay his pursuers. He wished the fake city had sewers but no, empty buildings will have to suffice, He stopped in front of a staircase or a few seconds and opted to go up.

"DEKU !" Oh great, he didn't have to look down the staircase to know that Katsuki was right on his tracks. The building was surrounded, he counted eleven quirks with three heading in his direction, Katsuki included.

He was heading for the rooftop and realised that a contingent was already expecting him. He had to stick to the plan for as long as possible, Izuku kept going until he was on the last floor, just in range to absorb Ochaco's quirk, he could use Eijiro and Denki's quirk for a bit longer. Perhaps he should have taken Toru's quirk but- ... no, stripping is out of question.

He had a few seconds to breath before Katsuki arrived at the top of the building. "No more running Deku!" He could end this quickly, the explosive teen went for a right hook, Izuku wished he had some capture band right now.

He easily dodged the attack and attempted to use Denki's quirk on Katsuki but his opponent propelled himself away with a quick explosion. Mezo and Mashirao where two floors away-

"Stop wasting my time!" Katsuki removed the pin from the graned gauntlet of his costume. Izuku's brain processed the action quickly ... hiw much glycerine was inside this thing? How many people where on the roof?

He activated Eijiro's quirk and hardened his skin, he could reach Katsuki before he activates his quirk and in the best case disable or take the blonde's quirk, and jn the worst scenario eithee tank the explosion himself or deviate it to protect everyone.

He was in the worst case scenario, He absorbed Katsuki's quirk but was unable to stop him from triggering the explosion, Izuku pushed Katsuki's arm in another direction, the blast fragilised the roof and a small portion of it collapsed on the floor below, no one got hurt but Izuku was quite stunned.

Mashirao arrived and went for a kick with his tail in Izuku's blindspot, All for One's awareness allowed him to dodge the attack, Mezo's assault followed right after and this time Izuku couldn't dodge. He was pushed back to the other end of the room, Fumikage and Tsuyu moved to his floor through the hole created by Katsuki.

"Drop the package Izuku, we have you surrounded." The tail student ordered.

"We have the low and the high ground, there is nothing you can do." Fumikage added.

"You think so ?" He jumped through the window, using Ochaco's quirk to slow down his fall, Eijiro and Rikido were here to catch him down the street. Izuku tried to propel himself to another building but suddenly Ochaco was on his back, dragging him downwards.

"You are not getting away sorry." He struggled but it was too late, he had been taken by surprise, Ochaco hadn't used her quirk at all when she jumped down. All for One movht have helped to locate her presence but Izuku just couldn't focus on so many things at the same time.

"Ok ok, I surrender, no more punching please." He let gravity do his things and was "apprehended" by his classmates, they even handcuffed him with a fake pair. "Congratulations heroes you caught me." he kept playing along ... it was a bit fun, Aizawa might as well allow this for the sake of realism, the greenet sat down on the ground with his legs crossed, awaiting the big reveal.

"That's right villain! And your cargaison is ours!" Eijiro said, attempting to act the part of the heroe. "Sugar rush, the backpack please." Rikido searched inside Izuku's backpack ...

He kept searching, the sugar student even ended up turning the back inside out to make sure that the package wasn't just very well hidden inside. "Uh ... it's empty." The akward silence the followed was absolutely priceless, and Izuku was enjoying every second.

...

"What?!" Eijiro dropped the act. "Where did you hid it?"

"I didn't hide anything, you just got the wrong information." Izuku's plan had worked, now he just had to wait for a while longer and-"

"End of the exercice, the runners have successfully delivered their cargaison." Aizawa announced through the radio. "Izuku you are free to explain your plan." The teacher added.

"It was obvious Hitoshi would try to brainwash either Tenya or Hanta to get them out of the game as soon as possible. I'm not sure how he did it but it happened anyway." Izuku began his explenation. "Tenya had his orders, ignore everything and run for the destination, Hanta didn't know we swapped containers, the plan was to distract you long enough for Tenya to be safe. Not that I didn't trust Hanta but he was the most susceptible of being brainwashed and used for informations."

"What about you? What makes you so sure you can't be brainwashed?" It was Hitoshi's voice, Izuku answered to test All for One's theory.

"I got my own solution." He felt Hitoshi activating his quirk but it wasn't being controlled.

"Wait for real? How?" The purple haired boy was quite surprised, sensei was right, this helmet is the best.

"I will explain later, let's go back to Aizawa sensei ... can you remove my handcuffs now ?" Rikido was about to follow with Izuku's request when Momo stopped the sugar student.

"Wait ... Aizawa sensei ? Are we legally allowed to negotiate prisoners trade in exchange of the package ?" The creation student wondered.

The radio remained silent for a few seconds. "In a real situation, that would be your best shot to either get back what you couldn't intercept or try to gain some time and intelligence in order to get it. We do not have the time to proceed with this though, plus it's something that will be covered only in third year with teachers playing the part as villains. Good thinking though, extra points for you, do not think it excuses defeat." Eraser Head informed.

"Congratulation runners, you delivered your package, defenders you did as good as you could, the ennemy was clearly advantaged but had it not been for disinformation you might have followed Tenya instead of Izuku and recovered his package." Aizawa debriefed. "Villains have the advantage of the first move most of the time, but if you take it away from them then it's basically about setting up the perfect trap."

Aizawa's eyes landed on the brainwashing student. "Do not blame yourself Hitoshi, you reported what you found, it's better than nothing, your team caught Izuku anyway, in a real scenario it might not have been the best outcome but it's still a long term source of information." He reassured the brainwasher whi had been really deceived when he realised he had in fact contributed to the failure of his team.

"Now ... Katsuki, this grenade on your costume is a powerful tool, but if Izuku had not intercepted your attack you could have hurt your colleagues or even civilians in a real scenario. Buildings won't always be devoid of life like these ones." He scolded the blonde who looked away, bitting on his lip to dampen the anger.

"Fumikage, you did a good job at managing your team, it's only been a few weeks and you don't know much on your classmate from a personal level but you used their quirks efficiently. Are you sure you don't want to join Nezu's management classes?"

"N-No sensei, that's not a role that I appreciate." Fumikage answered honestly.

"Good, we are done for this morning, go get your lunch. And do not forget we are heading to the U.S.J. if you forget your costume it's not my problem." Aizawa left the area with the students following closely behind him, Izuku removed his helmet to get some air.

"Your plan was great." Hitoshi admitted.

"Thank you, that was a long shot but I kept going back to Tenya. Barely no one in the class can catch up with him, so if he just crossed your line of defence for a few meters he would be able to reach the exit."

"What if I had brainwashed Tenya instead of Hanta."

"That's where I relied on luck. Tenya didn't know about me swapping the packages, if you had brainwashed him, and even if he had guessed about the plan since he had orders, he would have told you about the plan, that he was only a bait."

"And you were expecting me to go help the others afterwards ... I think I would have done exactly that." Hitoshi admitted.

"He has leadership skills and he did great even against many opponents." All Might commented from the security room as he watched with Mirio.

"All for One is a terrifying power ... he didn't take their quirks? It's- ... weird, did he copy them?" This looked similar to Sir Nighteye's description but Mirio hardly saw how this could be qualified as monstrous.

"No, Midoriya can take quirks permanently, he told us he did once with his mother by accident, that's how he found out about his quirk. What he did was "absorb" or "assimilate" his classmates quirks, he can have multiple at the same time but the more he uses these quirks the faster they disappear."

"That boy Denki ... he lost control of his quirk?" Mirio noted as he watched the replay.

"It seems so ... or perhaps Izuku used his quirk against him? I do not know about this." All Might suggested, but from Mirio's point of view it was no coincidence, Midoriya had hidden some of his abilities ... how did he block the attack of the invisible girl? He should report all this to Sir Nighteye.

"I recognise he has a lot of potential, but he acts a bit sloppy." The third year noted.

"You are mistaken Mirio ... his plan succeeded, he protected his comrades from young Bakugo's explosion even in the context of the exercise. He has been through a lot, if he wanted he could probably just steal the quirks of his classmate and neutralise them as a result."

"But he didn't ... is he scared of his quirk?"

"There is a high possibility he is, Nezu is still investigating Izuku's previous school, so far it's not looking good, some of the staff members were part of a cult or some quirkist organisation ... He could become an ally in the future, do not make the same mistake than me, always try to see what's inside people, what's their depest motivation."

Mirio looked at Izuku walking away surrounded by his classmates, he looked so genuine ... perhaps he could try. "Do you think Aizawa sensei would let me show them what kind of level the third years have at U.A. ?"

"Stupid Tomura, always doing whatever he wants." Dabi kicked a peddle, he didn't go too far from the bar, the neighbourhood wasn't exactly safe.

"That rock hasn't done anything to you." The flame villain rolled his eyes and made a dramatic turn to face Kurogiri.

Dabi considered incinerating the barman but that would make his mother cry. "Kurogiriiiii ... great to see you there, could you please go to hell and leave me alone."

"You aren't really thinking this ... you would have burned me otherwise."

"Can't, everyone knows mom is flirting with you. She would cry if I did, I won't."

Ignoring Dabi's mention of his relationship with their hos- new member he approached the teen. "I'm the one who convinced Tomura to accept, he didn't want to involve her at first."

"I wish I could be certain that if I did incinerate you Sensei wouldn't come after me and inflict a punishment worse than death." Dabi had to know at some point, All for One was nicknamed the Boogeyman for a reason.

"From my point of view it's simple Touya-"

"Don't use that name." Dabi's fire covered his arms, Kurogiri didn't deserve to ise this name, no one did if not his mother.

"You can either let her help you, so you can protect each other, or you can try to push her away until she decides she can't stay behind you anymore and she makes a mistake."

"She is going to get herself killed, she couldn't fight HIM back, she won't hurt a bunch of kids at the U.S.J."

"Trust her, let her stand by your side." Despite all he had been through, Touya was still a kid, they were all kids. If sensei intended to act as the mentor then Kurogiri could always act as- ... as the parental figure if they ever needed one.

"This world hurts so much ... how do people keep going?"

"Because it can only get better, right ? If there is one thing sensei told me it's that there is good and there is evil and between there is a lot more. There is never an absolute one." Kurogiri reached out for Touya

"Damn it." Touya grabbed Kurogiri's hand and before he knew it the bartender was getting hugged. "If you hurt her I'm burning you."

"I will keep that in mind ... wanna head home now?"

"Hell yeah.

Izuku entered inside All for One's basement. "It's me!"

"Deku ... please come here, we need to talk." Izuku had never heard sensei being genuiely worried. He had a lot on his mind, more specifically All Might giving away One for All to that younger copy of him that was already glaring daggers at him ...

Izuku shook his head and continued further down the basement. All for One was waiting for him in the kitchen, without his mask ... drinking what looked like expensive wine. "Is- ... Is everything alright?"

"No, no we are about to reach the point of no return ... I asked Kuro- ... my friend to buy some soda, just for you, you like lemonade?"

Izuku grabbed the can that All for One was handim. "Uh- ... sure ... can you give me more details? What do you call point of no return?"

"Tomorrow you and your class are going to the U.S.J. right?"

"Ye-Yes ... did I already say it? Wait no I did not! How do you know?"

"I will try to keep it simple, I am retired, I am not stepping back into my role as a criminal master lord for as long as no one is forcing my hand ... or starting the third world war." All for One affirmed again.

"Where is the but?"

"But I have a disciple." Izuku gulped. "He is about three or four years older than you and he has decided to fight against the government to create a world that fits his vision. I couldn't be prouder of his initiative and he has all my support."

"Sensei that's-"

"Tomorrow he will reveal himself to the world by leading a raid on the U.S.J. during which All Might will hopefully get killed and or face humiliation, that's his first step towars the fall of the HPSC."

The teen managed to grab a chair to sit down. "Sensei why-"

"Why did I omit to mention all this? Because I thought you wouldn't be affected by this."

Izuku's world was collapsing ... he felt stupid, betrayed, how did he even believe that this man was truly retired ? And worse than all "I'M AT U.A. !"

"That's why I'm telling you everything you need to know. Because I can't keep you in that happy loop anymore, there is going to be a war and if my apprentice isn't the one to start it then it will be another fool like Re-Destro ... no, it's better if it happens now ... I trust you to become the hero that you have been dreaming of."

"You are insane." Izuku wasn't afraid to insult All for One, he had the right- no, he deserved to be angry, enraged.

"I'm insane? Great, you should have realised this month ago, but again you are the kid with the greatest quirk on the planet who befriended the greatest villain of the world and visited him almost every day like that weird uncle that may or may not be related to him for some cosmic reason !" The villain scolded back before he slammed his hand throught the table, Izuku was unphased, he had felt the quirk gathering inside the man's arm since the beginning of their conversation.

"Have you been using me?" The greenet accused.

"If I did you would know." The villain starred at the teen until he looked away, admitting that he was right. "I told you what I know, not everything, but a lot, I entrusted you with the secret war between One for All and All for One. I exposed the secrets of the HPSC, I spoke about my old business, why do you think I did this?"

"Are you trying to turn me into you?"

"I'm trying to make you better than me, I followed some stupid wrath and I want you to carve your own path. Because if you do not-" All for One gestured at his face. "This is what happens. You end up in a basement with about one or two real friend and if you are lucky enough you are able to attone for your sins and your past mistakes."

He grabbed his backpack ... he should just head home. "I- ... I'm done, we are done."

"Deku, all I'm asking you is to sit down and think about everything for a minute. I'm not holding you back if you want to leave and never return, but tomorrow will happen one way or another."

"Then what am I supposed to do?! Pick a side?! Well too late! One for All has been passed down and I'm already the target of the new holder!"

All for One's froze ... he opened the fridge and uncorked another bottle. "That changes a lot of things." The villain waited, he was waiting for Izuku to sit down, the teen took a a deep breath and sat back.

"All Might and a boy older than me were discussing about One for All ... he wanted to give it to him. He said- ... he said his mentor had been suggesting him to All Might or something similar."

"Did you hear a name?"

Izuku focused on his memory. "Mirai?"

All for One rubbed his face. "Mirai Sasaki ... you also know him as Sir Nighteye."

This was a worse case scenario. "All Might's first acolyte ... You called him a fanatic. Can I know the exact reason now? Please no more lie ..."

All for One put the bottle on the counter, Izuku noticed the villain hadn't drinked at all ... was he supposed to tell him he was reponsible for not drinking in front of a minor? "Nighteye is- ... disturbed, his quirk allows him to see the future, or what he believes to be the future, on average a human uses like less than ten percent of their brain power, now imagine that someone get stimulated by something very specific, like the blood of another person ..."

"He saw something- ... something linked to All Might?"

"And more, keep in mind One for All is like- ... a collective consciousness. The stimulis must have been great enough to send him years in the future. I'm sure he saw something twisted enough to make him go crazy over All Might's quirk ... crazy enough to groom some kid to become the perfect One for All ... from his point of view of course."

"Just like you groomed someone to take over your place?" Izuku taunted.

"... You don't know Tomura like I do, he is a bright kid with a terrible past. I wish you could meet him not as an ennemy but as a- ..."

"As a friend?" the teen completed.

"Yes ... Yes perhaps as friends. Just because he wants to Kill All Might doesn't make him a monster."

"He wants to kill- ... he wants to kill the one person who more half the people in this country are looking up to."

"He also wants to destroy the symbol of ignorance and indifference ... you remember when you intervened to save Katsuki Bakugo? What did they say? That another hero would come and save him? ... All Might is a pillar, he has becone the foundation of this country and he isn't eternal, one way or another he will retire and the consequences will be disastrous."

"So what's the point of killing him?"

"Tomura has the right vision ... It's about weakening society as I said, I still hope to be reunited with my brother before I did, I'm heading straight to hell anyway ... it's obvious isn't it?"

"You believe in the afterlife?" Izuku raised an eyebrow.

"One for All exists, it's more than enough to make me a believer, believing is good, it gives motivation. Otherwise you can waste into what can be proven scientifically and never question anything around yourself."

Izuku looked at the table, deep in thoughts. "What should I do?"

"Follow your heart, I won't ask you to pick a side. I trust your judgement ... if you have any doubts you could always not go to U.S.J. ... pretend to be sick."

"How would it look like if they attack the U.S.J. and I'm the only one who isn't present on that day? I have to go and- ... and hopefully I can protect everyone." Izuku crossed his arms on the table to rest his head, he was so tired.

Shigaraki felt something, an impulse, he was driven to sit next to Izuku and support him in a physical way but- ... he never went to the end of this thought. "And three minutes ago you were about run away and never come back."

Izuku sighed. "I don't hate you ... I just hate that you didn't mention all this mess, if you did I would have stayed away from you."

"Then I regret nothing." All for One concluded.