CHAPTER FIFTEEN: GOD
"It's quiet around here", Ochako yawned. She was sitting on the couch with some friends from class after finishing her homework. The provisional license exam was coming up, so it was nice to have a break from all the training and villain attacks. Mina turned on the television hoping for something that might alleviate the boredom. Flipping channels to the news she was about change it again when Ochako told them to wait.
"What is it?" Momo asked. The news was reporting live on the scene. A villain had taken control of Geonosis Tech's building and locked himself inside.
"Isn't that where your boyfriend works?" Tsuyu said aloud.
"He's not my boyfriend!" Ochako argued with a blush. "And yes"
"What's his name?" Mina asked, curious to know who gravity girl was smitten with.
"Izuku Midoriya", the news suddenly said, showing a picture of the boy. "Police on the scene have revealed the identity of the villain Apotheosis, a known member of the League of Villains"
"Huh!?" Ochako's brain stopped working for a moment after they said that. That's not possible. Izuku a villain? Izuku the nicest sweetest boy she knew working for the league?
"What the?" Mina's jaw dropped. Uraraka's crush was a villain?
"I guess the weddings off", Tsuyu chimed in.
"What did they just say?" Iida appeared in the room having just entered in time to hear the report. Apotheosis was the villain that saved him from Stain. "Turn it up!" Mina fumbled with the remote for moment before turning the sound up.
The news reported Allmight himself had entered the building to apprehend the villain. A few minutes later the heroes Kamui Woods and Edgeshot arrived on the scene and went inside to back him up. After some time more heroes and police showed up, but no one else went inside. The reporters stopped talking when something went flying out the side of the building and crashed straight through another.
"What's happening?" Momo asked watching the scene. The camera's zoomed in to the front of the building where a hole appeared and green haired boy the same age as the students levitated into the air.
"That's him", Ochako's eyes widened seeing the boy she knew. Izuku held his gold covered left arm out and in an instant everything was blown away and the video feed was cut. The students were too shocked for words.
"What was that?" Tsuyu asked.
AT THE SCENE
"HMMPH!" Izuku slapped his right hand over his mouth as his eyes widened in shock at what he just did. The sheer excitement from the amount of power he now possessed almost made him throw up. "Wow", he whispered looking at his infinity gauntlet in amazement. "To think that was only thirty percent with three stones"
"That's enough Midoriya!" Allmight appeared having recovered from getting knocked into a building. He saw the destruction that boy caused and almost couldn't believe what just happened.
"Oh hello", Izuku smirked down at him as he reached out with the gauntlet and ripped the chunk of concrete that the hero was standing on out of the ground.
"Whoa!?" Allmight looked around in confusion as he was lifted into the air. Jumping off the floating rock he made to grab Midoriya, but a portal opened between them sending the hero back to the ground.
"This is amazing!" Izuku exclaimed. He pointed a digit at one of the nearby buildings and watched with joy as a large gash was carved into the side of it in the path his finger was moving. "It's even better than hoped it would be", with a wave of his gauntlet the boy lifted up a few turned over cop cars and started juggling them in the air. "I'm starting to see why you're so addicted to your power Allmight"
"What have you done!?" The hero demanded. It didn't make any sense. Midoriya was supposed to be quirkless, he told him so the day they met. Yet here he was with not only a warping quirk, but also a powerful telekinetic quirk.
"I leveled the playing field", Izuku smirked down at him from where he was floating. "Is that so wrong? That a quirkless person like myself figured out a way to achieve limitless power", he chuckled.
"What the hell is going on here!?" A voice shouted. The hero and villain turned to see Endeavor arrived on the scene.
"Endeavor!" Allmight called.
"Ah! More test subjects", Izuku wasn't afraid at all. With the Infinity Gauntlet on his hand, there was nothing to fear any more.
"Did you do this!?" Endeavor turned his glare to the one responsible to all this destruction. A villain arrogantly levitating in the air as if he was above them all. Sneering at the boy he blasted him with fire in an effort to one up Allmight before he took the victory.
"Wait! He's just boy!" The number one hero shouted, but was sadly ignored. Izuku's grin widened seeing the fire coming at him. Using the gauntlet he made a quick upwards pulling motion and in seconds all the water from the fountain below him was yanked upwards to collide with the flames and fizzle them out.
"Water! The ultimate antithesis of fire!" Izuku laughed. "How are you the number two with such an obvious weakness?" He questioned while launching all the water at the hero so fast he didn't have time to dodge and was swept away.
"Stop this!" Allmight attempted to jump and grab him again, but this time Izuku flash warped away. After the hero's large hand passed through where the boy was, he frantically glanced around.
"Looking for someone?" Izuku appeared higher and away from him with glowing red eyes. Smirking he reached out to another building and ripped the antennae off with the reality stone and threw it like a spear at Allmight. Being in midair the muscled hero wouldn't be able to dodge, so instead he grabbed it with his hands and safely fell with it to the ground. "Nicely done!" Izuku applauded him.
"Please just stop!" Allmight pleaded again. "I don't know what power All for One gave you, but that doesn't mean you should trust-", he was cut off by the green haired teen laughing at him.
"I turned him down actually", the man paused in surprise. "He offered me a quirk and I turned him down. I don't need a quirk, I never did", waving his left hand Izuku lifted multiple chunks of concrete. "If someone like me can become the strongest person in the world, than that means that quirks aren't as great as everyone made them out to be", with a shout he tossed the rocks at Allmight. "They're overrated!"
"Texas Smash!" With one punch he reduced all the chunks to pebbles. Not giving Izuku a chance to fight back or teleport away he rushed through the air so fast the eye couldn't follow. In a second he was within touching distance of the boy, but right when he reached out to grab him the yellow stone on the gauntlet glowed brightly and then everything stopped. The entire area was encased in a big yellow translucent bubble and everything inside had apparently frozen in time, all except the one who cast it.
"Ten", Izuku smiled seeing Allmight frozen still with his big hand inches away from his face. "Nine…Eight", he floated and glided around the hero as if he was in water. "Seven…Six…Five…Four", once he was behind Allmight he pointed his gauntlet covered hand at his back. "Three! Two! ONE!" The bubble dissipated and time resumed. Izuku grabbed the hero with the power of the reality stone, covering him in a red glow. "RAAAAAAHHHH!" With all his strength he threw Allmight straight into the ground below. The impact created a small crater and kicked up a mushroom cloud of dust. Izuku coughed clutching his throat. "How does Kacchan scream all the time? I almost ruined my throat"
"It will take more than that!" Allmight emerged from the rubble. "To defeat the symbol of peace!" Izuku just scowled at him.
"I know it will!" He said back. "However instead of fighting me, you should be more worried about evacuating everyone here"
"Why?" Izuku just grinned and pointed a thumb behind him.
"This building is about collapse", with roar he turned and made a rapid clawing motion with his gauntlet. With his new power he tore a massive chunk out of the corner Geonosis's building. "Kamui Woods and Edgeshot are still in my office, better fetch them", Allmight panicked as the building began to lean precariously. "Bye!" He waved goodbye as a portal opened behind Izuku that he let himself fall through, vanishing without a trace.
"Dammit!" Without thinking twice the hero soared through the air and crashed through the slowly collapsing building. He landed in Midoriya's office and grabbed the unconscious body of Kamui Woods and the pile of tangled cord that was obviously Edgeshot. Leaping through the same hole he came from Allmight quickly began gathering up as many injured police as possible. Some of the other heroes began waking up and followed Allmight's lead. Even Endeavor reluctantly helped the number one hero get everyone to a safe distance. Once everyone was out of the way the building finally collapsed, falling to pieces and with it all the evidence of what Midoriya was working on that secret room of his. Izuku was smart, he trashed the building to not only escape, but to cover his tracks as well.
ELSEWHERE
Inko was holding her breath while watching the news. She had seen everything. From the announcement from the police about how her son was a known member of the League of Villains called Apotheosis. She watched with shock as they showed live footage of the building where Izuku had sealed himself inside. Allmight himself went inside and Inko breathed a sigh of relief. If anyone could bring her son back to her and talk some sense into him it was the number one hero. Her relief turned to horror as Izuku appeared on the screen levitating in front of the building, he then did something that blow away everything around him and caused the live feed to cut out.
'What's happening? Where are you Izuku?' She wondered while waiting anxiously for the news to report anything. The phone rang interrupting her thoughts. "Hello?" She answered.
"I'm sure you've seen the news by now", that was Izuku's voice.
"Izuku", Inko spoke quietly.
"I can imagine what you must think of me", he sighed remorsefully into the phone.
"Where are you?" She asked.
"I'm sorry, but I can't say", Izuku apologized.
"Why?" Inko wanted to know why he turned into a villain. Where did things go wrong? Izuku just chuckled sadly at her question.
"Isn't that the question everybody will be asking", he paused for a moment. "I just want you to know mom, I don't blame you for anything. None of this was your fault. Everything I did and plan to do is all one hundred percent me"
"Please Izuku, you don't have to do this", she pleaded. "Just come home"
"You have no idea how tempting that offer is", Izuku sounded a bit choked up on the other end of the line. "But I can't take it. I started something big. I've come this far, so I might as well go all the way"
"You don't have to sweetie. Whatever those villains talked you into, you don't have to do it"
"I'm sorry mom, but I've been planning this since before I joined the League of Villains", he apologized again. "I realized a while ago that I can't live a world where people like Allmight and Katsuki get everything handed to them on a silver platter just because of a superior quirk. I can't let that fraud get away with it. No! I won't let him get away with his lies! Never again!" Izuku quickly calmed himself down. "Goodbye mom. We'll see each other again when I've made everything right", with those parting words he hung up.
"Izuku. Izuku. Izuku!" Inko kept calling her son's name into the phone. She softly cried while hearing the dead tone.
AT A STREET CORNER
Izuku looked down at his phone one last time. He hated hurting his mother like that, but he vowed to himself that he would make it up to her. He stood up from the bench and tossed his phone into the trash, no longer needing it. Walking into the middle of the busy street he simply waved his gauntlet and forced all the cars to swerve to the left and to the right, making a big open path right down the middle.
He waited about a minute and right on cue, the squad car that he was tracking arrived. Izuku smirked seeing his target and pointed his left armor covered hand at it. The police inside didn't realize what hit them. First they saw a boy in a white lab coat pointing at them, the next thing they knew a portal opened in-between them. As soon as the car was half way through Izuku snapped it closed, splitting the vehicle in two. The front half with the two officers in it was teleported somewhere else while the back half skid to a stop in front of the boy.
"Hello Toga", Izuku smiled seeing the girl bound in hand cuffs in what was left of the car.
"Izu-kun!" Himiko grinned showing her enlarged canines. "I didn't think you'd come back for me"
"I don't abandon friends and allies", he said extending his right hand out for her. "I thought you knew that about me", Toga took his offered hand and allowed him to remove her hand cuffs with some strange gauntlet he wore.
"Did I do a good job impersonating you?" She already figured out that he used her as a distraction but she didn't care.
"Yes you did", Izuku decided to throw her a bone and give her some praise and a pat on the head. "You've proven yourself invaluable to me", with another wave of his gauntlet he opened a new portal next to them. "Need a ride?"
"You seem so different", Toga grinned. "You're more confident than the Izu-kun that I knew"
"Maybe this is the real me? Or maybe this is the new me?" he wondered aloud. The teen did feel different ever since he put the infinity gauntlet on. He felt as if there was nothing holding him back anymore, like he could be whatever he wanted. Do whatever he wanted. No more restrictions, and no more bastards telling him what he could and couldn't do. For the first time in his life Izuku felt truly free in every sense of the word. "Let's go. You need to call Tomura and have him pick you up"
LATER THAT NIGHT
"How did this all go to hell?" Allmight asked mostly himself. After the incident he had returned to U.A, practically collapsing into his true for on the couch in the teachers' lounge having nearly exhausted his power fighting that robot, battling Izuku, evacuating the area and then spending the majority of the night helping the police sift through the debris for any clues to what the boy had done to himself. So far they had found nothing. It was all destroyed when Midoriya collapsed the building. He still hadn't come to terms with that. Where did that boy get these abilities? He said All for One offered him a quirk, but he turned it down. Why would he turn that man down? But what concerned him was that he knew All for One wasn't a person that took no for an answer. That means the villain probably knew what Izuku was up to. Everything he said during their last battle finally made more sense.
"How are you holding up?" In walked principal Nezu. He too had seen what happened on the news and wanted to check on his fellow educator and friend.
"I let a boy that I turned into a villain get away, how do you think I'm holding up?" Toshinori asked sarcastically.
"You didn't let him get away", the small white bipedal animal corrected. "He caught you by surprise and successfully escaped. There was nothing you could have done against an opponent who thought that far ahead"
"I should have", the man replied. "I'm supposed to be the symbol-", Nezu cut him off.
"The symbol of peace and justice, yes I know", the principal walked over and sat himself on the couch next to the hero. "I've been giving it some thought. Ever since I saw what happened on the television, I started wondering about Izuku Midoriya. Is it true that he's supposed to be quirkless?"
"He was", not anymore from what Allmight had witnessed. "Why do you ask?"
"From what I was able to gather about him online, he's a very intelligent boy. Graduated middle school early and got into one of the best non heroic schools in the country, top of his class, interned for Geonosis tech and designed a line of new support devices. The company even praise him for his supposedly amazing quirk analysis skills", Nezu listed off all the things he already knew about the kid.
"Where you going with this?" Toshinori asked.
"Coupled with that new invention of his he would made a wonderful hero", way to twist the knife of guilt further in. Though something he just said made the hero pause.
"What new invention?" The gaunt man inquired.
"The device on his left hand, the gauntlet", Nezu pointed out. "From what I observed from the incident, his powers seem to emanate from that gauntlet he wears", now that he mentioned it Allmight did remember the metal glove on Midoriya's hand, you couldn't miss it. He also remembered how it would glow when he used whatever quirks he now had.
"Has there ever been a case of someone building a machine that replicates a quirk?" Toshinori wondered.
"None that I can recall", Nezu pondered. "Ever since the hero profession started all technological research has been focused on the enhancement of quirks, that's how the support item industry was born"
"What if someone could build such a device?"
"Then that person would become quite powerful, not just physically but socially too", Nezu explained. "Imagine how the public will react when they find out its possible to artificially replicate quirks"
DAGOBAH MUNICIPAL BEACH
A black misty warp gate opened up in the parking lot. Out of stepped the new leader of the league Tomura Shigaraki, followed by Dabi and their transport Kurogiri.
"Is this the place?" Dabi asked.
"This is where Miss Himiko said she was waiting for us", Kurogiri said. Shigaraki ignored them and marched towards the beach while they followed. Passing mountains of scrap metal, junk, abandoned cars and broken down appliances. They paused when they saw a rusted car frozen in midair covered in a blue aura.
"What the hell?" Dabi raised a brow. There were more around them locked into space, not just cars, but old fridges and dish washers too.
"Look", Kurogiri pointed towards what looked like a pile of glass shards. Next thing they passed was a large pillar made entirely of ice, then a pyramid made of sand, and finally a big ball made of crushed junk packed together.
"What is all this?" Shigaraki wondered looking around for their wayward member.
"Over here!" They all looked over to see Toga waving at them. She was sitting close to the water with her arms wrapped around her pulled up knees with a dreamy look on her face.
"What's going on here?" Tomura questioned her.
"He said he wanted to practice" Toga smiled.
"Who?" The water off in the distance erupted like a geyser, shooting straight into the air. At the base of it stood a figure. That figure began moving towards them, walking on the very surface of the water until they could see that it was their former member Izuku Midoriya a.k.a. Apotheosis. The boy strolled up to them, his vest and lab coat discarded, leaving him in just the black dress pants, shoes, and white shirt with the top few buttons undone showing a bit of his solid pectorals.
"Tomura!" Izuku called waving hello. "See. I told you we would meet again"
"You", Shigaraki scowled at him. He had seen what happened earlier that night on the television and finally started to put two and two together. "So this is what you were up to", he eyed the gauntlet on the teen's arm. "The robots, the strategies, the information, it was all just one big diversion so you could build this"
"Yeah…it was. You're so smart Tomura", Izuku smiled despite the older villain figuring it all out. "I confess I was secretly building my ultimate device for over a year now. I was sick of living in a world where I was looked down upon for being quirkless, so I created this", brandishing his left arm he showed them. "The Infinity Gauntlet, a device that grants me the greatest quirks this world has ever seen", to prove his point he waved the gauntlet at the water and the group stared in awe as the ocean was split in half like some sort of biblical event.
"That's so cool!" Toga gushed.
"Are you strong enough to take on Allmight?" Tomura asked, that was and still is their goal after all.
"No not yet", Izuku sighed in disappointment. "I was able to catch him by surprise tonight, and he held back against me. Also my gauntlet isn't complete"
"Why did you call us?" Dabi finally spoke up. He missed talking to Izuku. He was one of the few that shared the same ideals as the hero killer Stain, but wasn't an annoying fan boy about it like Spinner. "Do you wish rejoin the league?"
"I borrowed Himiko and I just wanted to give her back", the green haired teen looked to their hand covered leader. "But I would like to work with you all again if that's okay. We can start a mutual partnership. If you need assistance call me and I'll help, but I expect the same thing in return. Does that sound like a good offer?" Truthfully he just wanted to burrow specific members of the league.
"It's a good offer Tomura", Kurogiri spoke from over his master's shoulder. "You've seen the power he now has"
"It does sound good, too good", Shigaraki glared at him. "Yet you still haven't told me what you hope to accomplish with this master cheat code of yours", Izuku just grinned at him.
"My goal is simple. I wish to defeat Allmight, not just simply kill. I want to expose him to the world. Show everyone the lies he told, then once his world has been torn down, I'll build a better one on top of it", Izuku looked out at the water towards the rising sun peaking over the horizon. "That will be my revenge on Allmight for giving me false hope in this wretched world and then snatching it away"
"Destroy his world and make a new one", Dabi summarized. "I kind of like the sound of that"
"Alright you have yourself a deal", Shigaraki finally agreed to a proper alliance. "But don't ever try to manipulate me again"
"Are you still upset about that? I used you to accomplish my goals and you used me to accomplish your goals. That's how everything works", Izuku explained.
"I don't mind being used!" Himiko shouted.
"Don't start with that again", Izuku sighed running a hand through his messy hair, muttering about crazy fan girls. "Please take her away, she tried to cut me three times already", Kurogiri opened his warp gate and the league took their leave. Tomura Shigaraki glanced back at him one last time, noting how different Izuku was acting now that had power. Much more forward than the meek boy that used to work for him.
When they were gone Izuku went back to practicing with the infinity gauntlet. Then after an hour the package he was waiting for finally arrived. One of his handmade hover drones descended towards him. Part of the reason he toppled that building was not just to erase all evidence of his work, and cover his retreat, but it was also to give this one single drone a window to escape with its cargo as it was programmed.
"Thank you", the drone's top opened up and out popped a vial containing a sample of blood. Izuku smiled as he held the small container filled with red liquid. "Quirkless people like us can't be heroes. Isn't that right Allmight?" He looked back out at the water. "But I want to be something greater. The most powerful person in the world, who shapes it by his design", the gauntlet hummed with power. "There's a word for that being", using the reality stone he lifted up every piece of scrap and junk from the beach and levitated it out into the shore. Izuku quickly stacked it all together and began spelling out a word. Just three massive letters in the English alphabet, made from trash, and sitting in the water as a monument to his limitless power.
G…O…D
Sorry about the wait. I had to take a few days off from writing or else I'd get burnt out and when that happens my writing always suffers. Also I wanted to go seem Venom. Awesome movie. Not as good as Infinity War, but that movie raised the bar so high that any super hero movie for the next few years is going to have a tough time following that. Also I don't upload a chapter until I'm one hundred percent satisfied with it, so if I'm not happy with parts I will rewrite it. I do appreciate your patience. I still miss those tiny grammar and spelling errors that word doesn't catch, no matter how many times I proof read the chapter.
I'm going to take this time now to address a few common questions I noticed in the reviews.
Why is the time stone yellow? I changed the colors. The power stone is going to be green. You'll understand why later. Also the soul stone is going to be purple and I haven't decided what color the mind stone will be.
Why don't they just cut his arm off? Do you really think Allmight or any other pro hero is going to brutally dismember a kid?
Will Aizawa's quirk Erasure have any effect on Izuku or the gauntlet? I can't say right now, but we will find out soon enough.
Is their going to be a romance with any characters? No. For starters I'm taking a break from writing romantic stuff with this story. Also this story isn't about that, I'm not sure if I was clear on that early on. Even though it's pretty obvious with how one sided Toga's attraction is.
INFINITY GAUNTLET POWERS
I want to explain the stones in this story since there still seems to be confusion as to how they work and what they do. I want to remind everyone that these were created by Izuku from the genetics of people, taking different aspects of their quirks and meshing them together to form a crystal that only works with the device. They do not control the universe. It's my version of the infinity gauntlet and stones applied to the MHA series. Izuku will probably be the strongest person on planet earth when it's complete though.
Space Stone: Creating Warp gates/portals. Flash warping only in short distances (Think flash step from Bleach, but leaves a blue glow). Locking things into a point in space. Epidermal shield, protects the wielder's body from most harm and can be focused on specific areas of the body at the cost of decreasing it from other areas.
Reality Stone: Complete manipulation of matter (moving it, reshaping it, changing its state, breaking it down, etc.) you could almost liken it to alchemy from FMA. Some gravity manipulation. Energy manipulation. Body levitation.
Time Stone: Stopping time in a zone or area for a maximum of ten seconds. There is a cool down to this power that depends on how many seconds time was stopped in the bubble. There is another ability called Restoration, but I'm waiting for a future chapter to talk more about what that does.
That's it for now. I'll leave this in the AN and update it as the chapters go on and more stones are revealed.
Thanks for reading and waiting patiently.