JUST A HEADS UP, THERE WILL BE MANGA SPOILERS. ALONG WITH WHAT WAS REVEALED IN THE MANGA I'M ALSO GOING ALONG WITH HOW THE GAME USES ?'S QUIRK.. because it hasn't been said in the manga yet whether or not this is completely possible. But whatever, it's an AU, I can do what I want...

? WILL BE REVEALED IN THIS CHAPTER LOL.

*Ding Dong*

A doorbell rang in an apartment building. A green-haired woman answering the door.

When she opened the door she was met with her lost son.

Inko Midoriya and Izuku Midoriya stood face to face.

She looked at her son and stepped back, fear in her eyes.

His mother had seen him that night.

Reaching into his pocket he grabbed a knife and approached his mother.

"165..."

~ZERO~

"IZUKU WHY!?" My mother screamed.

"I have no choice... You'll ruin my plan if you're not dead..." I stepped closer to her and soon rushed at her and stabbed her into the stomach.

It didn't take long for her to die of blood loss. However, in all honesty, this hurt me to do.

Now, the only thing I had to do, was to go confront All Might as the same boy I always was.

You may be asking, why?

Because I can...

Honestly, I already know All Might will believe me. After all, he wants me to come back, so does everyone else. Toga is the perfect alibi for me, absolutely perfect.

I already looked like I had been tortured and Toga's quirk was all I needed to prove that all those crimes weren't mine to All Might and my classmates.

I know it sounds too farfetched, but I've overlooked everything, and this is the perfect thing to prove my false innocence.

There are things I can do to change my appearance back to normal, such as dying my hair back. The acting wasn't going to be a problem for me, I had already lost every ounce of humanity I had left. Still, even without my humanity, I can trick them all into believing I'm still sane. Even after years of the league committing crimes under my name, they finally would have seemed to let me go after killing my mother.

Of course, it would be too obvious if I wasn't acting in grief. Whether it be out of loss or several other reasons, I need them to see me as someone who fears for their life. It makes sense after three years for me to be like that, a tortured teen who's lost his ability to have dreams because of what happened. A teen whos nights are filled with endless nightmares and sad memories.

Someone who was never given a moment to escape, not even a moment to see those he cared about enjoying their lives. Only someone who was trapped without hope, and moments filled with pain as he was forced to watch the ones he cared for were hurt or killed.

I already know they'll believe me...

It doesn't matter what progress I've made with One for All. When I was still resisting I was learning on my own...

~ALL MIGHT~5 DAYS LATER~

I was sitting down on a park bench in the middle of the day, thinking to myself.

It had surprised me to hear that Mrs. Midoriya was killed by her son... I didn't know what to think anymore, especially when my phone began to ring.

I picked it up to see Naomasa was calling me.

N- "Toshinori?"

M- "Hello Naomasa, what's the reason for the call?"

N- "I think you should come down to the Kamio Wards police station as soon as possible."

M- "Is something wrong?"

N- "No, it's not that, it's just..."

M- "What is it?"

N- "Zero, or rather, Izuku Midoriya, arrived there and the circumstances explained to me are rather odd..."

M- "I'm on my way."

I didn't expect to hear that. I rushed and headed down to the station as fast as I could, meeting Naomasa outside about an hour later.

"Toshinori, thank you," Naomasa said to me.

"No," I told him, "Thank you for letting me know."

He nodded, opening the door for us to head inside.

"Midoriya is in the questioning room as of right now," He explained.

I nodded, "What happened when he arrived here?"

"I was told he arrived in a rush," He began, "He was crying and pleading for help, bloodied and bruised."

I was taken back by this, "What's going on..."

"That's what we're trying to figure out," He said, "Needless to say he was cuffed and questioned. However, he was more open than anything. We asked him multiple things, he seemed terrified, he told us that there was a location nearby where he was being held. We looked into it, it looks like he's telling the truth, but it looks like the ones behind this fleed."

"May I speak with him?" I asked.

"That's one of the reasons I asked you here," He pointed to the room where Midoriya was, "He said he had to speak with you."

"Thank you," I began my way to the room.

I turned the knob and opened the door, seeing Midoriya in the room, he jumped a bit when I opened the door. I looked at him as his body tensed quickly, his breathing fast and shaky. His hair was it's normal color but messy and knotted. His clothes splotched with blood stains and scars wherever skin was exposed. He looked over towards the door and saw me as I entered the room, tears welling his eyes with a weak, quivering smile on his face.

"A-All Might...!" He said with a relieved tone.

I looked at him, his hands cuffed together and to the table. His eyes saddened as he looked where my eyes were, "All Might please... Just listen to me, I'm not Zero..."

He saw the shock in my eyes and turned away from me, "It's Toga Himiko... She's been taking my blood every time she could and used her quirk to be me... to frame me..."

"Midoriya," I sighed, "Explain to me what's happened the last three years..."

Fear welled in his eyes as I said that, he shivered.

"I was locked away in a room, every day, every hour until they came in an I was tortured... Chained to the ground, too tight around my wrists, it tore my skin and made blood run whenever I moved," He gestured to his wrists, the scabs, and scars that circled them.

"I could hardly ever sleep, and when I did, all I ever saw were nightmares..." He curled his head down into his arm, "Beaten, burned, stabbed, and other things... So many times I couldn't count, I thought I was going to die..."

I was speechless.

"I couldn't even try to escape, I was always too weak to get onto my feet or fight back..." He cried, "I thought I'd never see anyone I cared about ever again, but I was wrong... Still... I wanted to see them happy, but instead, I saw them in pain or as they died... At the hands of my imposter."

"They killed my mother..." He whimpered looking up at me, "Why did they have to kill her? She died believing I was a monster, a killer!"

Everything he said, it felt real. He was in pain, grieving.

"The last thing she ever saw was my face... and it wasn't even mine..." He sniffled, "I don't blame to cops for treating me like this, it's what I expected... But I just want to go home... To see my friends... To be happy... But I feel like my heart's been ripped from my chest."

"Midoriya I-" I chocked on my words, "I'm sorry I couldn't save you from what they put you through."

He tried to smile, his lips quivering.

"You survived... and that's what matters," I told him, "We'll get you the help you need."

"Thank you..."

I walked out of the room and saw Naomasa waiting for me.

"How did it go?" He asked me.

"I truly believe he's telling the truth," I told him, "He's traumatized, and that's not something that's easy to fake."

Naomasa turned and looked through the one-way window at Midoriya who seemed slight more at ease, "Rehabilitation might, or might not, be possible for him... You realize that, right?"

I looked through the window, and replied with a sigh, "Three years is a long time to endure torture... At such a young age, I can't imagine the pain he was put through."

"As for now..." Naomasa handed me a paper, "Midoriya is going to be transferred and cared for here. I have a feeling if he tried to live a normal life as he is right now... He'd end up getting himself killed by accident of paranoia."

I sighed, "You take care of that... I'll visit him after his transfer tomorrow, and I have a feeling someone will want to see him."

He nodded, "Farwell for now then."

"Right," I nodded as I walked out the door of the station and began my way to the school.

I need to get ahold of Nezu and the students as soon as I can. I need to let them know...

I know I didn't speak with Midoriya for very long but he needs to rest besides, the police have already questioned him.

~IZUKU~

I sat in the same room for another few minutes until someone walked into the room. I flinched and quickly turned my head seeing it was the same man from before.

"In a few hours, you're going to be coming with me to a type of hospital that'll help you," He told me in a kind voice, walking over to me going to take the cuffs off. He put pressure against my skin and the metal and I pulled back. He was caught off guard for a moment, looking down at the scars on my wrists, "It's alright, I'm taking them off. You'll be in a safe place where no one can hurt you again soon enough."

I tried smiling but nodded slightly as he removed the cuffs from my wrists.

"Feel free to move about, you don't need to stay confined to this room," He told me.

"Okay..." I answer him with a shaky voice, "Thank you..."

He walked out of the room leaving the door open as I just sat in the chair.

This probably would have been what happened if they hadn't forced me to commit murder... more than once. After a while, it just became a way of relief from the pain I was feeling. Until it became something much more to me, something I can't come back from or show to anyone who believes my deception.

SHORTER CHAPTER BUUUUUUT, I DECIDED TO FINALLY UPDATE CHECKMATE. WHO'S EXCITED FOR SEASON 4!? OOOOH I CANNOT WAIT TO WATCH IT AFTER HAVING READ IT.

HOPE YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO EVERYONE'S PERSPECTIVE ON IZUKU NOW THAT HE'S BACK. SHAKEN, SCARED, TRAUMATIZED, THAT'S WHAT THEY SEE... LITTLE DO THEY KNOW OF THE BEAST THAT LIES UNDER HIS DECEPTIONS!

SEE Y'ALL SOOOOOON!