"How did you do that, Deku!" Katsuki asked, his explosive personality evident in his actions as he grabbed Izuku in a noogie. After the end of the exercise, Izuku and Ochako, with her gravity-defying quirk, released their friends. Katsuki, always the interrogator, jumped up to question his long-time friend.
"Ouch! Kacchan stop!"

The comical scene, a testament to their friendship, eased some of the tension and unease caused by the disturbing information that had been dumped on them. Some of them even chuckled.

"Then start talking!" Katsuki said, releasing Izuku anyway.

"Yeah, anything to make us forget the idea of having our insides out," Denki muttered under his breath as he crossed his arms and slumped in his chair. Despite himself, he couldn't hide his grin.

"And give us an explanation of what happened while you're at it." Hanta rolled his eyes, shoulders relaxing despite the frown on his face. "Cause we're still a little confused."

Izuku, known for his analytical mind, backed away. He didn't want to get caught in another headlock, "Okay! After doing something like that in a dream, I got the idea, but the Team Attack was a surprise for me, too." Izuku explained this to his threerious friends while they returned to the viewing room.

"So much for an explanation." Hanta snorted, a few of his classmates letting out startled laughs.

"Oh, my spectacular Spider-Man, you have no idea." Bola laughed, and Hanta blinked in confusion.

"Uh, who?" Everyone looked confused.

Bola gasped dramatically, no doubt looking aghast behind that helmet of his as he cupped his helmet where his cheeks would have been with his armored hands. "You never heard of Spider-Man?!"

"Uh, no?" Izuku tilted his head, "Is he another hero in a different universe? Cause we don't have a hero like that." He perked up and stood, staring excitedly at Bola, whose body went as stiff as… well, an actual statue, "That means he had a spider quirk?! What type?! Is it a spider mutation?!" Some of his classmates shuddered at the mental image, but Izuku was too excited to notice. "What are his abilities?! How—?!"

Izuku was smacked with a kitchen sink on the face, and he shouted, more out of surprise than pain, as he fell behind his chair, his legs kicking behind his seat.

"Chill," Bola stated bluntly. His body relaxed as though he hadn't frozen as an actual statue earlier and caused any chaos.

"Midoriya/Izuku!" Nearly everyone shouted. Everyone stood up in a panic, and his friends scrambled to check on him. Katsuki's eyes widened as he stood up to look back at his former friend.

Inko was hysterical and ran to her baby to check on him. She fuzzed over him, "Izuku, are you alright?! Speak to me! My babbbbbby!" She wailed as her tears started flooding the room.

Then, the salty tears were drained.

"Thank the stars, we thought ahead and added a drain system here," Bola muttered, putting his hands on his hips as he huffed, both Eris snorting at him. "Otherwise, this room would have become a salted lake. And that would have been a problem with my sweet water-dwelling audience."

SM Eri shrugged. "You can't stop Mamadoriya."

"Guys! Mom! I'm fine!" Izuku insisted, trying to push them off. It was a miracle that he got nothing worse than a couple of scrapes, a nosebleed, and a big bump on his forehead.

"You aren't fine!" Tenya protested, chopping his hands. "Our host threw you a stainless steel sink at you!"

"Why would you do that?!" Ochako and nearly everyone glared daggers at Bola.

Bola shrugged, "Bunny boy here needed to stop talking. He needs to learn not to shoot his mouth like a motorboat so other people can answer."

"So hitting him with a kitchen sink is acceptable?!" Mina wasn't the brightest, she admits that, but even she could see throwing a heavy sink like that was a bad idea.

Bola waved off their concerns and anger, "Chillax kiddos, no one will die here. Besides, he had worse. You know, bones go brrrrrrr."

"That doesn't make it better!" Everyone shouted, and Bola cackled.

"No, but this makes it more fun!" He laughed, slapping the edge of his balcony, which thoroughly irritated everyone. SM Eri was laughing with Bola while the other Eri eyed her Izuku, giggling faintly at how his mom was smothering him.

Izuku managed to escape his mom's hold and wiped his nose with a tissue that Sleppt kindly handed him, "Guys, it's okay."

"Midoriya, he threw a sink at you," Shoto said, his tone cold as he glared daggers at their smug host. "That is criminal."

Izuku sighed but couldn't help but smile fondly at his classmates' protectiveness.

"Anyway, Bunny boy." Bola put the conversation back on track and ignored Izuku's protest of 'I'm not a rabbit!' "To answer your question, no. Spider-Man is a vigilante from a different universe from yours. And if you want to find out more, you must catch up with the Marvel universe!"

"The what universe?"

"The Marvel Universe." Bola cackled, "And let's throw the DC Universe in while we're at it! You missed a whole pot of superheroes and vigilantes. So we need to buckle up for this road!" Izuku perked up in excitement while everyone else looked at each other with uncertainty and unease. "But first!" Bola pointed his finger at Sleppt. "Bell boy! Order up!" He snapped his fingers.

Sleppt merely shook his head at Bola's antics but smiled nonetheless. "Sure, I'll go to my space and grab my Spider-Man movies and a few others," he said before turning around. But you'll have to watch them on your own time." With that, he sunk into the floor.

Eventually, everyone returned to their seats to continue with the showing begrudgingly.

"I have to say, that was an incredible performance, Izuku-san." Tenya said, doing his signature hand chops, "Your quirk capability to enhance others will surely be extremely useful in your future as a hero."

"Yeah, it was amazing! I felt so strong! And we were like shush and bam!" Ochako made gestures and noises to illustrate their movements. The entire experience was nothing she had ever seen or felt before. She just couldn't put it into proper words, making the others laugh at her childish enthusiasm.

Similarly, the rest of the class laughed at the girls' enthusiasm, much to her embarrassment, as his face blushed a bright red. It was a nice distraction from what happened earlier.

"Still, though it looked fun, I wanna go Shush and Bam too!" Toru exclaimed, the pout as clear as day in her voice.

"Yeah, that's not fair! I want to use One for All, too!" Mina agreed with her friend.

A small chorus of agreement from a few of Izuku's classmates rang out.

"I wonder what kinda firepower I'd have with that," Katsuki thought, now looking at his palms.

"One for All…." Shoto simply stared at the screen, but even he couldn't stop thinking about the possibilities All Might's quirk would have with his quirk.

Bola snorted—these poor, naive children.

Nana's playful voice echoed in the back of Izuku's mind, "Good to know you're all having fun, but I have to ask something." Her tone became more serious,

Everyone perked up at hearing Nana's voice but stilled when her tone became ominous.

"When you jumped up the building, did you feel something different?"

Some of them looked at each other, bewildered, whereas others tilted their heads curiously. Izuku, likewise, was confused and had his journal ready, just in case.

Izuku looked down at his hands. He hadn't really thought about it. It had come so naturally to him at the time. 'Now that you mentioned it, I felt lighter, like I was using a High Jump, but I still couldn't get the hang of it. How did I jump so high? Even with Full Cowling, I shouldn't have enough strength to reach that high.' The more Izuku thought about it, the more confused he became.

"Do we want to know what he meant by High Jump?" Momo was losing her grip on reality a bit, so she needed to ask.

Bola shrugged, not seeing why she was being so dramatic, "It's what says in the lid. You use magic to jump high. Not exactly rocket science, but if you get good enough with it, you can do all kinds of awesome stunts." He started to listen with his fingers, "Including but not limited to jump and orbital drop a poor sob. Jump to other dimensions. And my favorite is to jump, fall, miss, and then fly, in this order.

Momo grumbled and sank to her seat, "Forget I asked." She sure would try to.

"Just focus on the class for now. I'm gonna ask some questions and see if I can discover anything." Nana was sure that if anyone knew what happened, it was the Other, so she was going to do her job as the 'spiritual guide' and try to help Izuku. She was way over her head when the subject was the 'Guardian of all worlds,' but she sure is willing to try her best to support the new holder of One For All with everything she can.

Toshinori had to admit it was nice seeing his master look after his student as diligently as he did.

"I can only hope she is watching over us both here too." He kept the words to himself.

Deciding to follow Nana's idea, Izuku and his friends made their way to the viewing room. All Might called them to the front of the class, "NOW, FOR YOUR SCORES, YOU ALL DID EXTREMELY WELL FOR YOUR FIRST FIGHT! YOU ALL WORKED WELL TOGETHER, AND EVEN IF NOT INTENTIONAL, TAKING THE BATTLE TO THE ROOF LIMITED COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO A MINIMUM." He then turned to the rest of the class, "NOW, WHO CAN TELL ME? WHO WAS THE MVP OF THE MATCH?"

A tall girl with black hair in a spiky ponytail and a revealing costume was about to raise her hand until Mina threw her hand up in the air, jumping in place excitedly, "Me! Me!"

"Still as peppy as ever, huh, Mina?" Kirishima chimed in, and he almost had to chuckle.

Yuga stepped in, "It seems no matter where she is. Her exuberance is her most defining trait. C'est magnifique."

Mina preen at the compliments, even if she didn't understand what her French classmate said. "Hey, I can't be me if I ain't a bundle of joy!"

A few of their classmates laughed.

"More like a bundle of noise," Kyoka grumbled, ensuring her enchanted headphones were firmly on.

All Might chuckled at her enthusiasm. He gestures to her, "GO AHEAD, YOUNG ASHIDO." Seeing the other girl's disappointment, he makes a mental note to call the other girl, young Yaoyorozu, next.

"Both Midori and Ochako-chan were MVPs!"

Most of their classmates cheered in agreement while the two in question flushed with embarrassed smiles.

All Might raised his eyebrows. "AND WHY DO YOU THINK THAT?" He asked, voicing the question of himself and a significant amount of the class.

"Because they were a team, and they won as a team. Knowing Midori, he would say that it was all a team effort and tell you he didn't deserve it because he was only doing his part."

Izuku blushed in embarrassment at that, and he didn't do it that much, did he? Well, his other self, at least.

Tsuyu chimed in, "It seems Mina is just as on the mark as ever."

"Well, our Midoriya does seem to make it a habit of not giving himself the credit he's earned," Tenya added.

Shoto spoke up to the surprise of no one, depending on who you asked. "We should probably help him work on that," He said, more like it was a matter of fact than a question.

"Oh, definitely." Ochako agreed, eyeing her friend, who buried his face in embarrassment. Seeing low Izuku's self-esteem, most of the class seemed more than determined to help him.


"You did okay, Roxas, but the MVP here was Izuku."

"Hey, it was a team effort. I only did my part, Axel."

"You've gotta give yourself a little bit more credit than that. You took more than half the Heartless out alone! You deserve a pat on the back."

"If you think he deserves something, why don't you pay for the ice cream today?"

"I agree with Roxas on that one, hahaha."


Of all people, Koda chimed in, "T-they sure seem to eat the sea salt ice cream a-a lot. I-is that healthy?"

Kyoka answered him, "Probably not." Then she shrugged, "But no one's stopping them, so why would they stop?" She said nonchalantly.

"Are we not going to ask what that memory was about?" Mashirao asked.

Minoru shrugged, "Even if we did, I doubt we will get any answers."

Mashirao sighed while many of their classmates murmured their agreement, "I guess. I'm just frustrated that we still have no idea what happened to the other Midoriya."

"We all are," Mezo said. "All of the memories of the other Midoriya are disorganized, and whatever memory we see hardly gives us as much information."

"But we do have our Midoriya writing everything down." Shoto pointed out, "And he had melded with that memory of the Shattered Midoriya."

"True." Denki admitted, "But I wish we had more information."

"All of us do." Kyoka rolled her eyes. "I don't know how much longer I can put off with the craziness here."

Bola and SM Eri burst into laughter, further irritating the punk girl.

Izuku got a wake-up call in the form of an elbow on the side, courtesy of Katsuki. Quickly looking around, he saw his friends, both at his side and those with the rest of the class, were giving him concerned glances. All Might, too, noticed, but he continued talking to give him time to get his bearings.

"NOW ONTO THE NEXT MATCH!" As All Might prepared for the next match, Izuku and his friends walked to the rest of the group.

"And look at that, our other selves are also concerned." Denki pointed out.

Mina grinned, "Shows you that Shattered Midoriya's magic of friendship has spread through all of us!"

"Like a plague." Katsuki bluntly stated.

"That's not very nice Bakugo!" Eijiro and a lot of their classmates frowned.

Katsuki gritted his teeth before tsking and turning away from everyone.

The new additions noticed the worry they were showing to Izuku, but before anyone could ask anything, Katsuki took the lead, "Anything important?"

"I… I don't know." Izuku started to note his vision down. He could feel Katsuki's inquisitive stare, so he tried his best to explain, "It didn't have anything important in it, but what it could mean is what worries me."

Despite those words, though, Izuku couldn't help but smile, especially when he thought of the name he'd just heard. Roxas… what a familiar name. He placed a hand over his heart, "Maybe there is something I'm just not seeing." Who was Roxas?

Naturally, Nezu and Izuku wrote that down.

"Would you look at that? I was about to ask the same thing!" Denki's sarcastic remark and the way he glared at Bola conveyed perfectly how peeved he was getting with all the questions with no answers they had.

Their host wasn't impressed. "Tough luck, bucko." The armored man huffed a laugh, seeing Denki dramatically fall at being shot down—metaphorically, at least.

"You're mean." He pouted as he crossed his arms.

Izuku spared the sulking electric blond a sympathetic glance, but most of his focus was on SM Eri.

She held her breath, with both hands over her mouth, as if physically stopping herself from answering. SM Eri's face was getting red. Maybe if he—

Before Izuku could finish the thought, Bola popped out from behind the seat and abducted the otherworldly unicorn.

"Not on my watch." The armored man laughed at Izuku's crestfallen face. That's what the kid got, fishing for spoilers.

"We'll talk more later." Katsuki saw that Izuku wasn't comfortable talking about it now. Seeing that they were attracting attention, he decided to put it on hold for now. The ones out of the loop were confused, but Katsuki's stare with a promise of pain was enough to make them let it go for now.

"HERO TEAM WINS!" All Might's shout got their attention. What they saw was the building completely covered in ice. Everyone stared at the screen in shock. The match didn't even last a minute.

"Man, I still get chills every time I see it," Denki showed. "One For All or not, Todoroki is something else."

Sero chimed in, "You're telling me, man." He then looked down at the boy in question. "Todoroki, you're a beast, man," he said with a smile.

Shoto paused for a moment. "A…..beast?" he merely looked down at himself and then his hands in confusion. "But I'm not covered in fur or don't have claws?" He looked up to look at the green-haired teen for an explanation.

At the boy's answer, the rest of his class let out a few chuckles and giggles, confusing him even more.

Izuku simply said, "It's a form of expression, Shoto—" He said before catching himself on saying the boy's first name. "Uh…Todoroki. It just means you're powerful."

"That's a massive understatement…" Hanta muttered under his breath, and a few of their classmates who heard his words merely nodded or let out noises of agreement.

Said the boy, merely nodding with a look of semi-understanding. "I see," before turning back to the screen.

The sound of Izuku muttering a mile a minute got their attention. He was writing so fast his journal smoked. While some were staring, his friends let a relieved sigh. He did the same when they talked about their quirks, so it's a good sign, as it meant he was back to normal.

Rounds of laughter filled the theater, and while Izuku would have hidden in shame, he was doing the same thing as his counterpart, which increased the laughter.

More matches happened. Izuku studied his classmates' quirks while Koji, Denki, and Yuga got to know the ever-growing group of friends. Izuku's friendliness ended, even letting the shy giant Koji feel at ease.

"Didn't I tell you all? It's only the second day, and he's already friends with half the class!" Katsuki said, grumbling under his breath that he should have bet on it.

That made both Bola and SM Eri laugh for whatever reason. Everybody stared as they kept at it until running out of air and still laughed some more. Bola was wheezing by the end of it, and SM Eri's face had gone completely red now.

"Should we be worried?" Hanta's question only made them weakly cackle some more.

Izuku's advice ended up helping his friends in their matches. While not all of them won, they were sure their scores would be good. After all, they were still being graded.

Seeing the class was at its end, he discretely made his way to All Might, "Can I talk to you after class?"

Toshinori discreetly gave him a thumbs-up and whispered back, "Meet me at the teacher's lounge."

Shoto slowly raised his hand, but Izuku grabbed it and brought the offending limb back down. They stared at each other for a long minute before the youngest Todoroki backed down.

He still would get a confession out of them.

After giving a basic overview of the last match, All Might ended his class: "NOW KIDS, WATCH HOW A PRO MAKES AN EXIT LIKE HE HAS SOMEWHERE ELSE TO BE!" With that, he was gone.

"I can't give it more than a seven out of ten after seeing your style." SM Eri complained to Bola, who only gave a showman's bow.

"What now?" Kyoka was not even gonna pretend she expected a decent answer.

Bola cackled, "Let me show you the true way of making an exit like you have somewhere else to be! YEET!" He then proceeded to grab himself by the back of his neck and throw himself into a flip that had him spinning away.

The armored man flew out the window to their right and back in through the one to their left, ending in the exact same spot as before.

SM Eri applauded while everybody else tried to make sense of what they just witnessed. They failed.

As the class started to prepare to leave for the day, Izuku rushed to the exit, holding his phone up and saying, "Hey, guys! Before we go, can I get a picture of all of us in our hero costumes?"

The laughter came back double fold.

His question was answered, with the majority of the class agreeing. Those who were uncertain were dragged into the photo. In the end, with a little bit of help from Momo, who used her quirk, Creation, to make a tripod, he took a picture of the entire class 1-A.

Izuku asked for everyone's contact information and created a group chat for the class. He sent the picture to the chat, his mother, whom he could almost hear crying in joy, and All Might.

"Why didn't we think of that?!" Mina shouted. "We need to make our own class chat!"

"Yeah!" Toru jumped. "The friendship! The communication! The nicknames!"

"It would be nice to be connected with our classmates." Tsuyu nodded in agreement.

"Indeed!" Tenya chopped his hands, "Having a class chat would help us strengthen our bond and update everyone with school protocols and rules!"

Momo nodded in agreement. "Indeed. It would be nice if anyone had questions, to communicate with one another and make plans for school work."

Mina, Toru, and the other less-gifted classmates faceplanted at their class representatives' words.

"That's not the point of a group chat!" Mina despaired.

Shoto looked at their fallen classmates in confusion.

The class then got back in their uniforms and made their way back to the classroom. As time was almost up, they simply chatted, waiting for the bell, "Hey, guys, I have something to ask All Might, so you don't have to wait for me."

"Yeah, no. We aren't going to leave you hanging, Izuku." Mina grinned after she and everyone else recovered from their dramatic ordeal.

"First name base already?" Toru snickered.

"I'm not going to waste any more time." Mina waved it off.

A lot of the teens snickered while Izuku grinned sheepishly,

Eijiro gave Izuku a pat on the back, "Don't worry, Izu-bro, we have to wait for the train anyway. We can wait for you."

"See!"

"Thanks, guys!"

As Izuku left the classroom, his friends couldn't help but laugh, "He really is gonna ask for an autograph, isn't he?" Ochako said, between laughs.

"Pfft!" is all that came out of Denki's mouth before laughter came from him. It wasn't just him; nearly everyone was laughing, including his mother and All Might. Izuku let out a mortified groan as he covered his face.

Shoto looked at his friend. "It seems we know you a little too well, Midoriya."

"That's Deku for you. He got an autograph out of every hero he's met." Katsuki snickered, remembering Izuku running after heroes after battles to get his notebooks signed.

"So true!" Denki burst into another round of laughter, his ribs hurting.

"I'm going to pee!" Mina laughed, clutching her stomach as she struggled to breathe.

"Oi, don't go wetting the furniture and carpet like that!" Bola sounded enraged and disgusted at the mere thought of it, steam coming out of his helmet as he waved his fist angrily in the air. It honestly scared everyone that the humor turned to ice. "If you're going to do your business, do it in the bathroom! I am not cleaning up after you like an untrained puppy!" He huffed,

"Yes, sir!" Everyone saluted like soldiers, looking nervous and terrified as they sweat.

Meanwhile, Izuku quickly made his way to the teacher's lounge. Opening the door, he saw that only Toshinori was there. He was in an oversized yellow pinstripe suit, in case he needed to go in his buff form. He was seated on a couch that was facing another. In the middle was a simple coffee table with two cups of tea on it.

Eventually, the laughter calmed down, and the mood became more somber.

"You know…" Ejiro started, his eyes filled with anguish, "Now that we know the truth, seeing All MIght…like this after using his hero form…" He swallowed, his throat tightening as he looked down so no one could see him breaking down. "—it's just painful to watch."

There were murmurs of agreement, some students hunching their shoulders and looking away.

Toshinori said nothing and merely pressed his lips into a thin line.

"All Might!" Izuku greeted. While Izuku knew the pro's name was Toshinori, even in his 'Small Might' form, All Might is always All Might, no matter how he looks.

Toshinori had to hide his face to prevent the students from seeing his eyes watering. Present Mic patted his shoulder reassuringly, also covering the students' line of sight with his body to give Toshinori a moment of reprieve.

Nemuri leaned closer to Inko and whispered, "That boy is precious."

"Yes, he is." Her baby was a treasure. It was a shame that many people, including her own son, couldn't see it.

All Might smiled, "Young Izuku, I have to say your performance today was astonishing, and your class was really cool in that picture! But I don't think that's what you wanted to talk about." His light-hearted tone became more concerned.

Izuku nodded, taking a deep breath. He started explaining what he had learned to Toshinori— about what Eri did during practice and what that could mean for All Might himself.

There was a lot of breath hitching. They knew this already, but to hear it properly in Shattered Midoriya's desperate and hopeful voice… It brought down a sense of hope.

To say that the symbol of peace was surprised would be an understatement, "Are you sure that it's possible?"

Izuku's knuckles clenched tightly. His eyes shadowed as he looked down at his knees and heard his shattered counterpart voice his plans.

The mere thought of being healed elated him, but he was missing a lung and a stomach, and no one in the world is known to be capable of undoing or healing such damage. He didn't understand how his students could even get such ideas, but he appreciated the thought nonetheless.

Momo covered her mouth with one hand, trying to hold back her sobs.

All the students cried, horrified upon hearing the damage All Might had to go through. They never noticed because the former Symbol of Peace didn't want to burden them with the reality.

But the one who truly held the burden was his successor, who, while a fanboy, looked up to the man as a mentor.

Katsuki looked down, gritting his teeth harshly as he looked down. Despite how he felt, he refused to cry like the rest of his classmates.

It's better than the well-meaning attempts to get him to retire.

Izuku sucked in a breath, tears falling out of his eyes as he choked a sob.

Izuku nodded, taking the journal he made for Eri's training, the title being simply her name. He opened it to a page with diagrams and calculus that made Toshinori's head spin, "I made the math, and it'll work. I just need to teach Eri a little more control of her magic."

"Midoriya…" Shoto looked at Izuku, voice soft. Despite looking expressionless, the greenette could see the empathy in his friend's eyes. "While All Might will never use One for All ever again, do you think that Eri could at least rewind him before he got his injury?"

Izuku sniffed, taking a moment to compose himself. He shakily replied, "I-I do believe it's possible."

Shoto said nothing, nodding as he turned his attention to the screen. Whether they were related or not, Midoriya clearly cared for All Might, both as a father and mentor.

He looked Toshinori in the eyes. His teacher saw the burning determination of a hero who could save a life, "We can save you!"

"Please… Please save him." Izuku prayed, eyeing SM Eri from the corner of his eye.

SM Eri eyed Izuku and smiled at him, full of empathy, whereas Eri looked at her hands, deep in thought.

Toshinori took a deep breath and bit his lip, but he didn't really think such a thing was possible. He knew about his future, and his student is still a hopeful youth who truly believes anything is possible. Toshinori probably had a hand in that, considering he gave Izuku a quirk. He knew One for All was a literal miracle for him.

"Does…" Ejiro swallowed, "Does All Might believe he can't be saved?"

Toshinori's shoulders hunched, his eyes refusing to look into any of his students, especially young Midoriya, who turned to him.

Nemuri and Hizashi gave soothing circles on the man's quivering shoulders as he struggled to keep it up.

In any case, Toshinori bowed his head. He couldn't deny the hope and determination in his students' eyes. Maybe there was a tiny part of the older man who wanted to believe his student. "Then I'm counting on you, Young Izuku." He already trusted Izuku with One for All, so trusting him with his life wasn't any more challenging.

Sobs were coming everywhere, and Inko's tears had to be drained while the teachers, who were unaware, wore umbrella hats to prevent getting soaked.

Izuku choked on his sobs, snot covering his face as his own tears were also drained. His friends would have comforted him had they not been crying, either. While not a mess like many of his classmates, Shoto sobbed as tears went down his cheeks.

Bola found the entire somber atmosphere amusing but remained silent. The last thing he wanted to deal with was everyone rebuking him for being insensitive. These guys won't know what hit them.

After that, Toshinori and Izuku continued to talk. Most of the conversation was about how All Might felt about teaching his first class and what Izuku thought of it. It was some time before either realized how late it was getting, "You should spend your time with your classmates, not an old man like me. They'll be your fellow heroes someday. The bonds you form now will matter in the battles and years to come."

"I-it almost sounds as though All Might is encouraging you to befriend us so that if he dies, the pain won't be as bad," Ochako murmured to Izuku sadly. The mere thought of that happening made her want to cry more.

Izuku swallowed, having experience dealing with death. "I…" He took in a shaky breath, "It's never easy…"

Ochako merely nodded solemnly, remembering her own experience with Sir Nighteye.

He laughed while doing his best to keep his smile. When the door closed, he couldn't hold back the tears anymore. He felt awful about giving his successor false hope. His successor gave him a light at the end of the dark tunnel that he had been trapped in since that fateful battle so many years ago. The pro didn't have the heart to tell his student that his fate was already sealed.

Everyone's hearts shattered upon hearing All Might's thoughts and narration. The fact that he had already accepted his fate…

At one point, Toshinori may have been okay with dying. He would have preferred to help as many people as possible before his life ended. Being a hero is the one thing he has done right in his entire life...but that wasn't the case anymore. Somewhere along the way, the older man had gotten a spark— a spark in his heart of welcoming warmth, undying devotion, and endless determination. These are the feelings he's felt continuously since meeting Izuku Midoriya.

"No way!" Ejiro shouted, making everyone jump. The solemn atmosphere shattered as he stood up from her seat. His quirk activated as he gripped the empty chair before him and accidentally snapped it in half.

"HEY!" Bola bellowed, standing up from his chair and throwing a fist in the air. He sounded irritated. "Do you have any idea how long it took to flourish this room?!"

The hardened hero in training ignored their host's complaints as he continued, feeling everyone's eyes on him. "There is no way we can let All Might die!" Ejiro looked unhinged as his eyes remained stuck on the crying form of their teacher. "All Might deserves to live his golden years for all the manliness he did to our society!" Ejiro was choking on the tears, his shoulders quivering.

"Kirishima is right, damn it!" Denki stood up, a serious look on his face. "We're right here, in a dimension where the impossible happens left and right like nobody's business! If we can't die, who's to say we can't help All Might?!"

The students started to get determined and shouted their agreement.

"Yeah!" Toru shouted, her arm sleeves waving in the air, indicating she had hands up. "All Might has kept us safe. We should repay him!"

"YEAH!" Students cheered as they let loose of their quirks, causing a bit of a mess and damage that had Bola sobbing with his hands covering his helmet. Both Eris patted his back for comfort.

Toshinori was sure he felt his breath hitched as tears began to form in his eyes as he heard his students' words.

"Heh, look at that All Might." Hizashi gave a weak smile, eyes red. The voice hero looked as though he was about to burst into another round of crying, much to the dismay of the underground hero next to him. "The kids really love you."

Nemuri gave Toshinori a teary smile, her composure calm compared to Hizashi, who couldn't hold the tears anymore and burst into another round of tears. "These kids would travel to the end of the universe so you can live your golden years."

Although admittingly irritated that his students and co-workers were causing a stir, Aizawa grunted in agreement. Toshinori noted that he was more emotional than he had ever seen the man be. "Those brats are going to kill me first before you die, I swear." He muttered, not looking at him in the eye.

"But Kirishima is right." Nezu pipped in. Despite his perky expression, Toshinori could see the empathy in the principal's eyes. "We're at an advantage here, so wasting this opportunity would be a shame. While little Eri has the potential to revert you to before your accident, there are bound to be alternate ways to heal you. The children will see to it even without our approval."

Toshinori looked back at his students, who admittingly made quite a mess in the theater. He let out a breathless chuckle as tears ran down, covering his face with a hand. "Yeah, they're good kids."

Bola regained himself and grumbled under his breath, "I give them the best hosting, and they repay me by making a mess." He huffed, slouching on the balcony edge. "Fuck it. I'm not dealing with this shit. I'll have Sleppt clean this place after dinner and have Dark install another quirk suppressor here." He sat down in his chair and crossed his arms with a pout. Both Eris gave him a comforting pat on each shoulder, but even then, they couldn't keep their amused smiles from him.

Toshinori Yagi wants to live. He wants to live for the young man who inspired him and saved himself from being a hypocrite. He wants to live for the young man who wants him to live.

Now, it was Izukus' turn to tear up again; he left them flowing, but this time with a bittersweet happiness.

After drying his tears, he once again promised in his heart to be there for Izuku. Whether or not Izuku could heal him didn't matter, but Toshinori would be damned if he just gave up without a fight, 'I don't have an excuse for having one foot in the grave. But it doesn't mean I'll act like it.'

Chuckling at the slightly morbid thought, he looked out the window and watched the sunset, knowing that he would be there to watch it rise.

"There isn't any doubt that your other self can help All Might Midoriya," Shoto murmured. "Just like we will with our All Might."

Izuku tearfully gave his friend a watery smile. "Yeah…


A man was drinking in a dark bar. He had messy blue hair and red eyes full of deep hatred. On his face, a disembodied hand hid his features.

Suddenly, tense air filled the room, and many breaths hitched in. Inko subtly shuddered at the malice the man on the screen was radiating.

Toshinori's eyes widened, and he sat up straight as though an iron pole was shoved on his spine. "Tomura."

Izuku had finished his mentor's thought. "Shigaraki." His voice was grim.

"They think that their precious heroes will protect them from the dark." He grabbed a picture of All Might, and when all of his fingers touched it, the image crumbled into dust. Why don't we show them just how wrong they were?"

A few students muttered curses or eyed the villain warily before the screen turned black momentarily. While they managed to defend themselves on the USJ, when the villains attacked the training camp and kidnapped Katsuki, it didn't change how creeped out they witnessed how unhinged Shigaraki was.

"Well, fuck." Katsuki pretty much summed up what everyone was thinking.

The screen turned back on, and thankfully, it was a different scene.


"Are you sure it's possible?" A boy, entirely covered by his black cloak, asked Izuku.

The tension lessened slightly, but all the students looked wary at the stranger next to Shattered Izuku.

The teachers, however, seem to look at each other, all of them frowning but understanding glistening in their eyes. Inko, who came to a similar conclusion as the heroes, looked like she swallowed a lemon,

"They're just kids," Inko whispered, looking almost in anguish. She never wanted to see her baby do something as dangerous as being an enemy spy at such an age. Even if it was not technically her son, her heart cried out.

Toshinori eyed his successor's mother, "I don't like it either." He admitted, gaining her attention. "These children shouldn't have to go through what they do in their first year. They should have had time to nurture and grow before confronted by this."

He looks up at the two teenagers on screen. "The fact is, in this world, these children were put in danger. How large is the danger? We can not say as we lack details, but it's enough to know that what these boys are confronting is something they shouldn't confront so young." Toshinori's eyes hardened at the screen. "But are willing to fight in the front lines."

Inko glanced at Toshinori with a frown and nodded in agreement. "I just don't believe the children should face something as devastating as this. My baby had gotten critically injured so many times, and his class had been attacked by the same villains continuously." Inko took in a shuddering breath and placed a hand on her chest. "I'm concerned for his safety, and seeing another Izuku go through something potentially worse… It just makes me worry."

"I understand." Toshinori nodded. "UA had failed to keep the children safe, but we will work through it. I promise."

"Thank you," Inko whispered, and he nodded. While she had doubts, Inko knew he meant well, as he cared for her son.

"I did the math, and it'll work. We can save them!" He answered with conviction. The sunset cast a golden glow on them and the clock tower.

Everyone wowed at the beautiful sunset as though they didn't cause a mess in the theater.

"Wah! Now that's a view!" Mina grinned. Oh, how she wished she had her phone to take a picture.

"I haven't seen a sunset as beautiful as this since the Maldives," Momo admitted with a nod.

Ochako came out of her awe and froze in shock at Momo's words. It's a wonder how someone as wealthy as Momo would befriend everyone underneath her social status.

"Are you idiots fucking stupid?!" Katsuki suddenly snarled, interrupting everyone's fawning and causing them to jump in surprise.

"What are you talking about, Bakubro?" Ejiro frowned, his expression forming a confused frown.

"Were all of you so distracted by a shitty sunset that you didn't hear what the other nerd said?!" Katsuki looked incredulous, and nearly everyone squawked in alarm and indignation.

"Kacchan is right." Izuku frowned, ignoring a couple of his classmates whining, 'Not you too, Midoriya/Dori/Izu!' as he pondered while cupping his chin. "My other self talked about 'Saving them.' and that he did his research."

"Are you saying that those black-cloaked villains have hostages?!" Ochako asked, horrified as everyone let that sink in.

"It's a possibility," Izuku muttered, looking at the screen pensively.

"Huh, why am I not surprised? You always try to save everyone." The boy in the cloak turned and started to walk away. "I'll trust you on this, then."

A couple of students burst into laughter.

"Was there really any doubt?" Denki snorted.

"Yeah, no. If there is a Midoriya who wouldn't be a hero, then they are an imposter." Mina rolled her eyes with a grin.

"Unless they're a villain," Jiro muttered under her breath.

Bola cackled, "Oh, these poor, sweet summer children. They have no idea of the vastness of the multiverse." The stone-armored host whispered to SM Eri, who looked just as amused.

"If you have a Midoriya that doesn't try his hardest to save anyone he can, is it really Midoriya?" Shoto asked no one in particular.

"That's what I said!" Mina grinned, "But yeah. That sums it up!"

Izuku had no idea what to make of this and simply decided not to say anything.

Izuku smiled, nodding, "Thanks, Riku." He turned to the tower and started to walk.

"Wait, so that was Riku? I couldn't even recognize him!" Mina blinked dumbfounded, "He got a lot taller!"

"Wonder how he looks like underneath that cloak." Toru wondered, gaining sweatdrops from everyone.

Izuku chuckled, "Riku grew like a weed while we were undercover- Oh, wait, bleed through." He knocked on the side of his head to try and organize the things his other self knew that ended up in his head. "Man, that's weird."

"Meh, at least we still love you." Mina waved off.

Izuku spluttered hopelessly, blushing like a tomato at that remark, while a couple of his classmates laughed at his reaction.

Sitting on the edge, he was on top of it in a minute. He watched the sunset and waited. Sometime later, three other people in cloaks appeared, "Took you all long enough. I was starting to think you wouldn't show them. There, Izuku greeted them with a smile that betrayed his tone of fake annoyance.

"Sorry! Xion and Roxas didn't want to take my shortcut." The tallest one, with a mane of spiky red hair and green eyes, with marks that looked like reversed teardrops, said while sitting at Izuku's right.

Shoto pulled out a notebook, taking notes of this Axel fellow. Bola moaned and slapped himself in the helmet, causing a loud crack when rock collided with rock.

"Oh, that's right!" Denki snapped his fingers, "Wasn't Midoriya close with these three?"

"Kinda obvious there," Jiro said sarcastically.

"No, I mean…" Denki scrunched his nose as he tried to find the words. "Since Shattered Midoriya is friends with these guys, and he mentioned something about saving them, do you think that maybe they are the hostages?"

Everyone simply stared at Kaminari in what seemed like genuine surprise. Nezu hummed, "That is an interesting theory, Kaminari. And from the little evidence we were given, it is a possibility." He raised his paw, proud of his student.

Denki beamed under Nezu's praise, and his classmates were likewise impressed, if not baffled.

Kyoka finally said, "That was…..surprisingly perceptive of you…." She meant it as a compliment but was too shocked to say much more.

"The last time we took one of your 'shortcuts,' we ended up surrounded by Gargoyles!" A boy, seemingly Izuku's age, with spiky blonde hair and blue eyes, seated at his left while complaining with the redhead.

There were various snorts and a few slaps as a couple of students were facepalming.

"Note to self: never take Axel's shortcuts." Hanta snorted.

"Yeah, not sure I'm interested in being stared at by a bunch of Gargoyle statues." Rikido agreed, feeling a little uneasy while Koji blanched at the thought.

"Uh, while that is rather non stabilisé, It's unlikely that they are ordinary statues." Yuga, the class's resident sparkler, pointed out.

A couple of students, known for their pale complexions, blanched at his implication.

"Yeah, I think I stay away from any type of Gargoyles." Rikido, the deadpanner, added, with a couple of his classmates nodding in agreement.

Being a conspiracy theorist at heart, Shoto hardly paid attention to the conversation, being far more invested in his theories.

"This Axel, surely there is some relation to my father."

"I already said I'm sorry. Can't you let that go?!"

Everyone, including Shoto, chuckled in amusement as he continued to take notes.

"Hey! If you two keep fighting, then I'm eating your share!" A girl with black hair and blue eyes with a darker tone, like the ocean, said while sitting at the blonde boy's left. In her hands were four blue popsicles.

"Aw, man!" Denki, the emotional one, sobbed. "I knew I forgot something! I still haven't tasted that sea-salt ice cream!"

Kyoka, the eye-roller, rolled her eyes, "Nothing new about that." She let out a sigh when he simply let out a pathetic whine in response. "It's almost dinner. You can ask Dark to give you the treat."

Denki stopped his crocodile tears and pondered. "I guess so." He looked at her pleadingly. "Can you remind me if I forget?"

Kyoke sighed in exasperation, rolling her eyes. "Fine. So long as you stop crying." Her stomach gave a weird chern when he beamed at her.

"You're the best!"

Kyoka waved him off, "Yeah, yeah."

Unknowingly to either of them, Mina took a moment to glance at them before her eyes went back to the screen.

Izuku laughed at their antics. These precious moments under the warm light of the setting sun will always be remembered in his heart. That's what gave him strength. That was what made him choose the more complex path, the path that would lead them all to their happy ending.

'After all, that's the job of the story's hero, isn't it?'

"The other Midoriya is taking a big risk in helping those three," Tenya noted.

"Well, it's very obvious that he cares for them." Denki shrugged, "And seeing that both Midoriyas are willing to break their bones to protect someone, I'll say that it's not much of a stretch."

"That's the way of the hero!" Ochako grinned, "Just like Shattered Deku said."

"Though the question is, was he successful?" Shoto bluntly asked, and everyone went silent. They didn't have an answer for that.

"I'm… pretty sure he did!" Ejiro gave a strained grin as he shrugged uncertainly, "Cause the other Midoriya saved the other Eri."

Shoto hummed as everyone pondered over their classmate's words.

"That is perhaps possible," Momo murmured, nodding in agreement.


"You've got to be kidding me!" Kyoka's exasperated voice broke Izuku from his thoughts of the dream he had last night. The group of now ten were walking to UA but found the entrance blocked by a mob of reporters.

Most of the class blanched in exasperation when this brought back the thought of being hounded at the beginning of the year.

"Don't these extras have anything better to do than hounding fucking students?!" Katsuki, of all people, was sick of it.

"Completely irrational and an interference of work," Shota said, clearly aggravated.

Toshinori gave a strained smile, "Yes, the disadvantages of being a limelight Hero, unfortunately."

"Which is why this sourpuss is an underground." Hizashi pointed at the scowling homeroom teacher.

"Hmm, Shota here certainly is missing out." Nemuri grinned teasingly.

Shota's eyes went red. "Popularity isn't everything. If it interferes with my work, then it is a distraction," He said matter-of-factly.

His coworkers were amused.

"What are we going to do now?! Aizawa-sensei won't like half of his class being late!" Eijiro said with no small amount of panic.

Shota hummed in approval. It seemed his students' counterparts learned fast.

Izuku saw that they would need a distraction. It was clear that the mob had no plans on leaving anytime soon, especially when he heard the reporters wanting to talk to All Might. He thought of the perfect plan, "Guys! I have an idea. Prepare to run." Before they could ask anything, Izuku made his way to the mob.

The students blinked in surprise.

"Well, I wasn't expecting Midorya to be a scapegoat." Denki chuckled nervously.

"Plus Ultra?" Minoru asked weakly.

Tsuyu croaked, "Whichever the case, I'm just glad I won't see myself being mobbed."

"True."

"They even saw me!" Toru cried, shuddering as she remembered that horrendous day she was hounded. "It was so uncomfortable when they surrounded me and pushed those mics on my face!"

Inko sighed tiredly, shaking her head in exasperation. "A shame common decency is hardly a priority regarding news."

Shota hummed in agreement with the problem child's mother. This was why he hated these vultures.

"Hey!" Izuku's shout caught their attention. Without giving them a chance to swarm him, he continued, "If you guys want an interview with All Might, then why don't you ask him? He's right there!" He pointed to a place behind the crowd. They all turned, only to see an empty street. Turning back, they saw Izuku and his friends already inside UA, running to the main building and laughing.

This caused a couple of class 1-A members to laugh at the reporters getting duped by Shattered Midoriya.

Shota had his eyes closed but had a sort of approving air about the way he was seated.

On the way, they passed their teacher, who openly smirked, as nothing made him happier than seeing the media being made a fool. They all passed by his side, greeting him in their own ways. Aizawa let them go and walked to the gates. His face was already the perfect mask of indifference.

"Even Aizawa-sensei approves!" Toru jumped, and the students let out laughs of agreement.

Unknowest to them, Hizashi and Nemuri gave sly smirks and knowing eyes at the annoyed Shota if the twitch in his eyes said anything.

"You really love these kids, huh, Shota?" The voice menace drawled, gently elbowing him.

Shota wanted to strangle him with his capture weapon. He only held back because it would be pointless to kill him in a dimension you can't die on. That, and the rat warned him of a decrease in his paycheck.

"You're inconveniencing our students. Leave." He turned and walked away, unwilling to waste even one more second with these vultures, as he liked to call them.

The students laughed at their teacher's counterpart's sass.

As always, one tried to follow him, and he heard the incredibly satisfying sound of the UA barrier closing on their face.

What he didn't notice was the figure hidden in the shadows, watching everything.

Seeing this sent a chill down the watchers' spines.

Ochako shuddered. "To think we were being watched all that time."

Shoto turned to Ochako. "By whom? The villains or the staff of this theater?"

"Uh…both?" Ochako said weakly, shrugging helplessly. There was really no easy answer to this.

The icy-hot teen merely eyed Ochako, who smiled awkwardly at him and started to sweat briefly before humming. He didn't miss the way she slumped in relief.

Aizawa made his way to class, finding the second pleasant surprise of the day: his students were already in their seats, waiting in silence. That put him in a good enough mood to ignore the thumbs-up and grateful looks Izuku sent his way, even if he was curious about how Izuku knew he was arriving.

Shota hummed in approval. Now, if only his students were as considerate as those troublemakers on screen.

"Midoriya."

Izuku jumped up and said, "Yes, sir!" The action earned chuckles from the class.

"Good thinking. That little stunt saved both you and your classmates time. Time that could be used for other things."

That simple praise made Izuku beam with happiness.

Mina spoke up, "I think I need a flash warning for that bright smile," She said with a grin on her face. She eyed the green bean with them with a teasing smile.

Izuku could only hunch his shoulders in embarrassment as he purposely tried to ignore her.

"Now for today," Aizawa's tone took a serious edge that put his students on edge. Some looked at him in despair, while others braced themselves. What got the teacher's attention was how both Izuku and Katsuki looked ready for anything. They were tense but also excited. Whatever they might face, they'll face it head-on.

Inko blinked in confusion and looked a little tense. Meanwhile, Nemuri and Hizashi were stifling their laughter with their hands. For someone who often complained about unnecessary drama, their friend was so dramatic.

The students took a moment to laugh at their counterparts' tense dread.

"Man, I remember this." Ejiro chuckled, shaking his head fondly. "I thought for sure there was going to be a test or something." He grinned back at his classmates.

A few of their classmates cackled at the remark.

"You will choose your class president." The whole class let out a collective sigh of relief.

Inko looked bewildered over how such a severe atmosphere led to this, whereas nearly everyone in the theatre was laughing, some smacking their armrests or their knees as tears of mirth ran through their faces.

"Now, Aizawa, there's no need for you to scare them off so easily," Nezu chuckled at his drowsy employee.

Shota looked apathetic. "They handled it well."

The teachers snorted.

He was just waiting for the usual outburst, but to his surprise, Izuku, who was still up, started walking towards the chalkboard.

"What are you doing, Midoriya?"

The students paused on their laughter and looked at the screen curiously.

"I'm just preparing for the election. If we vote, then it'll be fair for everybody, right? I was already standing, so I thought, 'Why not do it myself? Aizawa-sensei will probably use his time to catch up on his sleep. Last night, he helped the police bust a car dismantling operation.' That was so cool, by the way!" Izuku explained while writing the names of the whole class on the board, ending with a little fanboy moment.

"I'm not sure if this needs to be said, but this Midoriya is kind of scary once you think about it," Shoto commented, seeming a bit off-put. "Not only is he very perceptive like ours, always able to read people, but he's also much more outgoing and willing to push forward. Midoriya has a tendency to butt into the situation when he feels necessary but is still reserved."

Mina then perked up, narrowing her brows in confusion. "I mean, yeah, but what's so bad about this Midori being more outgoing?"

Denki continued, shrugging helplessly. "Yeah, if anything, Wouldn't him being more open be a good thing?" He finished confused

Shoto continued his train of thought, "That's because this Midoriya would probably be almost impossible to escape from if you were trying to bottle up your emotions or hide your feelings. When he sees a situation where someone needs help, he would persist even more so than our Midoriya, and there would be no avoiding him."

"A nerd you could never escape," Katsuki, of all people, said as they all noticed a chill up his spine. "That would be scary."

That made the class nod in agreement, seeing his logic, or laugh at his sudden transformation from serious to starstruck: "That is a great idea, Izuku-san. In recognition of your foresight, I would like to give you my vote!"

Some laughed at their Class Representative's counterpart.

"Hey, don't leave me hanging!" Mina grinned.

"Me too!"

"Me three!"

"Me too!"

"Me three!"

Everyone laughed at the coincidences of words.

Bola certainly was crackling, and he wasn't breathing as he slammed his armored arm on the balcony.

"Yeah, Midori for president!" Izuku blushed as his classmates voted for him. He scratched his head in embarrassment, seeing all his friends voting for him, even Katsuki. Izuku didn't think what he did was a huge deal, but they seemed to think so. In the end, he was elected with fourteen votes. He voted for Momo, who became vice-rep with six votes.

Momo hummed throughout her classmates' laughter, "So, like in our world, Midoriya was elected Class Representative."

"I mean, yeah. Only except he wasn't as confident or much of a gremlin, and our class wasn't as crazy or chaotic." Kyoka rolled her eyes, arms crossed. "Only this time, I doubt Greenie will hand off his position to Iida."

Momo could only nod slowly, agreeing with her classmate's explanation.

They were now standing in front of the whole class. Izuku bowed at the crowd, "Thank you for the vote of confidence. Don't worry, we're going to do our best!" Izuku threw his arm up in a fist to show confidence and mask his nervousness. Momo followed his lead, and while she would have liked to be the president, she was happy that the one who got the position was at least someone competent.

Katsuki snorted under his breath. "The nerd didn't last long, he was trembling like a fucking pussy."

"No, but this Midoriya is very likely to keep his position." Ejiro, of all people, pointed out to him, to the blond's dismay. "This Midoriya isn't as skittish, and he certainly has the leadership."

Katsuki merely hummed, crossing his arms.

They didn't see Bola doubling over and trying to hold back his laugh, Eri smiling at his side and gently patting the man's back.

Oh, if only they knew.

Classes followed like usual, and now, at lunchtime, Izuku's group had the addition of Momo, who couldn't say no to Izuku with the sheer friendliness and insistence in his tone when he asked if she would like to sit with them.

"Wow, lunchtime already? That went fast." Muttered Denki.

Kyoka rolled her eyes, not having the motivation to punish him. "Just finish this. I don't know how long I can last."

There were a few growling stomachs, and a few students blushed in embarrassment.

"And now I remembered I'm hungry," Mashirao muttered, scratching the back of his neck as his cheeks were slightly flushed.

Mezo and Koji nodded in agreement, and the rest of their classmates murmured, some of them rubbing their stomachs.

Dark Shadow huffed. "Yeah, I'm starving. There better be apples."

Eri perked up, having overheard the mass of darkness. She drooled as she remembered the candy apple Dark had given her while SM Eri eyed her with a cheeky grin.

"So Greenie, enjoying the newfound power," Kyoka asked sarcastically. Tenya went into a tirade of the responsibility of a class president while the others laughed.

The others also laughed while Tenya sympathized with his counterpart.

Momo had to ask, "Are you always like that?"

"Yup, I wouldn't want it any other way." Izuku's words made everyone smile. They wholeheartedly agreed with him: "Don't worry, you'll get used to it too, Momo."

The girl in question was surprised by him simply using her first name, but seeing that no one batted an eye, she asked, her privileged upbringing and experience with those with second intentions trying to befriend her making her cautious: "Why did you call me by my first name, Midoriya-san?"

"Because we're friends, right? You can call me, Izuku." He responded like it was apparent, his brilliant smile easing Momo's worries. That was something about him that simply reassured her. Her mind couldn't help but compare him with All Might.

Tsuyu chimed in. "Comparing him to All Might isn't far off."

Denki began to speak, "I mean, yeah, with knowing about One For All, it's kinda like Midoirya is a mini-All Might."

Toru chimed in. "Mini Might! That's a good nickname for our Midoriya, too!" She cheered in excitement.

Izuku could feel his cheeks turn red in embarrassment. "N-no! It isn't?!" He hastily said, unable to get the words out as he desperately waved his hands.

Mina chimed in, seeing a perfect opportunity to tease her classmate. "I don't know. Mini Might suits you, and it has a nice ring to it," she said cheekily.

Denki then spoke, grinning. "Mini Might, huh?….. Yeah, I can see it."

Ejiro chimed in, "Yeah, Mini Might fits, especially with him copying a lot of All Mights' moves."

Mezo, of all people, commented on this, "With Midoriya having his quirk and calling him Mini Might, it's kinda like he's All Might's kid."

Kyoka chimed in, "If we're calling Midoriya Mini Might, does that make All Might his Mentor Figure or Father figure?" She, of all people, is going along with this.

Yuga joined in, "Who says it can't be both? After all, when it comes to being a hero who both shines so brightly," The French student was now sparkling.

Shoto took notice of this, and while he didn't say anything, Izuku could swear he saw a glint in his eyes as he pulled a notebook from…somewhere.

"There has to be some vaccine for this virus that is spreading," Bola said, looking through a book with contempt.

Hanta chimed in, "Still though, this Midoriya makes friends so easily."

Rikido came in. "Making friends seems to be one of the things he's really good at."

Izuku, of all people, chimed in. "Friendship is Inevitable," he said with a bright smile before he recoiled back in shock. "What was?…"

Everyone burst into laughter at the mortified Izuku. Meanwhile, All Might, while just as embarrassed, simply held back a smile. It was good for the boy to relax and enjoy time with his friends.

"Yes, I think we are." She answered with a smile of her own, but she wasn't ready for Izuku to seemingly freeze, his face vacant.

The amusing atmosphere was sucked dry when they saw Shattered Izuku turned blank, looking more like a dead fish.

"W-what happened?" Denki spluttered, voicing everyone's thoughts. "She just said a couple of words!"

"A few words could have various meanings." Nezu wisely pointed out. "It is very likely it triggered a very impactible memory."

The students pondered over the Principal's words.

That sent his friends who knew about it on red alert. "What did he get from that? It was just five words!" Katsuki didn't know if he should be pissed at whatever set Izuku off or the fact that no one said something like that until now.

"Fucking, thank you!" Katsuki said to himself, glad someone could speak his thoughts, even if it were another version of him.

Those who didn't understand what was happening were both confused and concerned, a sentiment that spread when Izuku let a tear drop fall. The light was back in his eyes, and with it, he started to laugh while drying his tears.

Everyone had no idea how to react other than to express empathy at the Shattered Izuku's bittersweet laughter.

"Geez, must've been a lot of emotions…" Minoru muttered, uncertain how to go through this.

"What did you see?" Katsuki's voice was leveled, but every single one of them could feel the concern in it. Izuku took off his journal from… somewhere and responded while writing,

Tsuyu croaked, "I know this isn't related to the other Midoriya's problems, but it still puts me off how calm Bakugo is."

Katsuki fumed as others agreed.

"Yeah…" Denki grinned, "His personality is flaming crap and garbage. Seeing him calm is just wrong."

"Oh, screw you, assholes!"

"Don't worry, it's just that… I saw the first time I got a friend to smile." His voice was heavy with emotion, and tears were still falling, but his smile was there even then.

Everyone took that in as both Izuku and Nezu wrote it down.

"The first time he saw someone smile?" Mina repeated, frowning and furrowing her eyes as she tried to decipher the meaning.

"What? That does mean Shattered Midoriya met someone who never knew how to smile?" Denki asked, scratching his head in confusion.

"It…does imply that, doesn't it?" Momo murmured.

Izuku, Ochako, Tsuyu, and Ejiro automatically glanced at Eri before looking back at the screen. Izuku certainly remembered that the little girl didn't know how to smile back in the hospital and how he dedicated himself to making her smile for the first time since Overhaul.

Eri looked down, remembering how she herself couldn't smile. She had a lot of help from Lemilion, Deku, and everyone to learn how to do it again. She hoped the other Deku helped that other person, too.

"Okay, I think you guys need to explain what the hell is happening." Denki voiced the question to all those who still didn't know.

"That's an understatement." Denki snorted. "We still don't know what the hell is going on."

"At least we know more than our counterparts." Minoru pointed out. "We know that the Shattered Midoriya is trying to regain his memories with the influence of Dream Midoriya."

"But we still don't know how he lost his memories to to begin with." Shoto pointed out.

Rikido scratched his head. "Yeah, that's really giving me a headache."

Izuku finished his notes and dried his tears again, but then an alarm sounded. A familiar feeling sent alarm bells in his mind.

The same alarms blared in Izuku's head as he tensed.

In a second, he was standing, looking at the cafeteria doors. A student came stumbling and falling from there, but Izuku focused on the dark creature jumping on her. In a second, his Keyblade was in his hand, and he sailed through the air, leaving a trail of green lightning behind him.

Everyone in the theater is tensed up in fear now. While they weren't sure of all the differences, they knew what they were seeing with the yellow beady eyes.

"T-t-the-" Minoru let out shakily, pointing the screen weakly. He was ghost white.

Izuku finished it for him. "Heartless." He let out breathily

"They're here?!" Ochako asked, standing up and putting her hand on the sear in front of her. She looked at the screen in horror.

"They're going to rip out our hearts and eat them!" Screeched Denki.

"Don't word it like that, mon ami…" Yuga looked green, holding back a gag.

Kyoka chimed in, "And besides, it's not like they're here."

Bola barely managed to hold on to a sharp, sarcastic bark of laughter while SM Eri winced. They could almost hear a laugh coming from the Lockdown Room.

However, the teachers were wide alert, sitting up straight as they narrowed their eyes at the sudden threat.

"Oh, man…" Hizashi started to sweat. "If these are the Heartless guys…we're in so much trouble."

"I don't even think our quirks would do any permanent damage either…" Nemuri murmured as she looked worried.

With a swing, the creature burst into a cloud of darkness. "Are you okay?" He asked the student, a girl from Gen Ed. She nodded and stood up, shaking again. "Go, I'll handle the others. Momo! Get everybody out!" The girls followed his commands.

"Woo! This certainly is a sight to see!" Denki grinned as he turned from the screen to the green-haired teen. "But then again, there is no way Midoriya would pass the opportunity to save anyone from danger."

"At least he didn't break any bones this time." Hanta snorted.

Izuku flushed as he scratched the back of his head sheepishly while his classmates laughed wholeheartedly.

Izuku turned to the doors and saw the mob that came from them. It was insane. These are the creatures that kept showing up in his dreams.

Everyone sucked in a breath.

"That's… more than I expected," Momo said weakly.

"No shit." Kyoka cursed. "What would happen if Greenie had to face a huge army of these things?!" Nearly everyone blanched, with Inko looking like her body turned into a husk and her soul was leaving her body.

Izuku overheard her and simply looked away, trying not to gain attention.

Bola snickered as he watched the scene foretold on the stunned audience. Oh, this was all so amusing.

Izuku eyed each one as they approached him, "One Large Body, two Soldiers, and a bunch of Shadows? I know Heartless can't exactly think, but coming with only that is pretty stupid." Izuku's taunt seemed to anger the Dwellers of Darkness, but he wasn't afraid. In the visions, he took an entire army of Heartless like these, and now?

Izuku pulled out his notebook in a flash, writing down the Heartless and their names along with a quick sketch of any of the ones he hadn't seen. Meanwhile, everyone was looking at how fast he was writing and making sketches, absolutely bewildered.

Though, one thought didn't leave him, bringing dread to the pit of his stomach.

He wasn't alone.

Izuku felt One For All flooding his body with power, the lightning cracking threateningly over him, "You want him, then you'll have to pass me!" Others didn't hear Nana's voice, but the sound of the energy bursting from him conveyed the message.

Everyone was pumped up when, all of a sudden, an information bar came on the left corner saying:

[Information!: Heartless invaded U.A.! Defeat all the Heartless and rescue anyone along the way!]

Everyone was caught off guard.

"Wait, what is that?!" Denki asked what everyone was thinking.

Bola sat back, his feet resting on the balcony. "That, my dear friend, is an information bar. A little addition by moi." He indicated that by prodding his thumb on his chest.

"So what's this about?" Izuku asked, his notebook and pencil in hand.

Bola snorted. "Isn't it obvious, bunny boi? It's a bar that shows the current objective of the situation on screen. That way, our ADHD brains can keep track of what the hell is happening."

Denki pumped his fist, "Nice!"

Bola bowed, "You're welcome. Now, back to it! Eu quero ver o quebra pau!" The sudden switch of languages caught the people down in the audience off guard, but the screen resumed before they could ask.

Momo made a note to ask how Bola knew Portuguese later.

Izuku took a deep breath and moved. With Full Cowling at 10%, he took out all the Shadows before they could move. One Soldier jumped at him and tried to hit him with an axe-kick. Izuku sidestepped the attack and countered with a kick of his own. The strength behind it sent it into the other Soldier, and both flew against the wall hard enough to make both burst into darkness, allowing crystalline hearts out.

Everyone was cheering at the other Izuku but went quiet when they saw the crystalline hearts leave the black smoke that was once the Heartless and float away before disappearing.

"Was…was that a heart?" Denki hesitantly asked.

Kyoka snapped out of her daze, rolling her eyes. "Kinda obvious there, Jamming Yay."

Izuku, however, wrote that information down, even drawing a vanquished Soldier and the same heart. "Could these hearts mean what I think they meant?" Izuku asked himself.

His friends turned to him in confusion, having overheard him.

"What do you mean?" Ochako asked, frowning.

"Have you figured out something, Midoriya?"

"Eh…kinda?" Izuku looked at his friends, not realizing everyone was listening to their group. "You guys noticed that the word 'heart' is used often."

Shoto hummed in agreement. "Your counterpart mentioned his own heart countless times. I just assumed it was a regular heart."

"Uh, yeah. But what if it means something else?" Izuku theorized. "Like, the heart is something very important?"

"Like what?"

Izuku pondered before sighing, slumping. "I honestly don't know because I don't have much information to make out a complete hypnosis." He looked at the paused screen, a single heart high in the air, about to disappear. "But seeing that some of those Heartless are releasing them, it would mean that they are worth something."

"As interesting as this is…" Bola drawls, "How about we save it until dinner? Cause the exciting part is about to start." He started to bang his fists on the railing, "Quebra pau! Quebra pau! Quebra pau! Eita porra, briga na baixa!"

"Uh…sure?" Izuku was understandably getting weirded out by the chanting in a language he couldn't understand.

SM Eri only rolled her eyes and waved at Izuku to brush off his concern. Bola was as big a meme lord as Yoichi.

The Large Body swung an arm at him, which once would have made Izuku slide back from the force trying to block. Now, he stopped with a hand. Izuku then picked up the Heartless and jumped, slicing it in half with a single slash, freeing another heart.

"Thank god there isn't any blood…" Denki said, turning a little green at the mental thought.

"No kidding, it would have been a bloodbath otherwise." Minoru agreed, looking just as green and ready to throw up.

Koda blanched at the thought before likewise turning green. He didn't think he had the stomach for anything gruesome. Mezo patted his back as a form of comfort.

Izuku fell back to the ground and looked around. The cafeteria was now completely bare of people. Behind him, a Shadow emerged from the ground and bounced at his back,

"Watch out!" Nearly everyone screeched, some of them forgetting that the Shattered Izuku on screen could not hear them or that the moment in question had already passed.

"WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING!" A large hand grabbed the Heartless head and held it in the air.

"All Might!" Both Izuku and Katsuki let out in excitement, with the former unable to keep still on his chair and the latter grinning madly.

Everyone else cheered, happy that the alternate number one hero saved his pupil.

"All Might!" Izuku turned around and saw his teacher in his buff form, dwarfing the Shadow in his hand,

"Crush the bastard's head!" Roared Katsuki throughout the cheering.

"Now I'm very glad there's no blood," Ejiro muttered, turning green at the thought as his stomach twisted.

"I CAME THE MOMENT I HEARD THE ALARM BUT SAW THAT YOU HAD EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL, OR AT LEAST ALMOST EVERYTHING!" He laughed, pointing at the struggling Heartless.

"Yeah, Midoriya, if it weren't for the Shattered All Might, you would have been in real trouble." Mina giggled.

Izuku sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. He paused, however, when he processed what his pink classmate had said. "Wait, what? Why did you call the other All Might that? I thought we only called that to my other self."

Mina shrugged, smiling all the same. "Why not? It's boring to call everyone 'other' all the time." Her grin was broad.

Toru nodded, not that everyone realized. "Yeah! It would make sense that since we gave the two Midoriyas nicknames, we give everyone too!"

"So what? Are we calling our alternate selves Shattered?" Denki scratched his head in confusion.

"Yep!"

Kyoka looked like she would have an ulcer at what was happening around here. "I can't believe what I'm hearing." She muttered. "Can we just continue?!" She asked out loud.

"Yeah, I can't stand losing any more brain cells from this stupidity," Shota muttered, looking dead inside.

"Now, Shota, don't be rude." Nemuri abolished, though it was pointless as she had an impish smile, indicating she was enjoying all this.

"Yeah," Hizashi wrapped his arm around the grumpy homeroom with a dramatic flair. "Little listener has a point! We all have counterparts here, and it would be too boring if we just call them 'other selves.'"

Shota's eyes twitched as his coworkers and students snickered. "Shut up and continue with the showing." He said through gritted teeth.

Izuku scratched his head, embarrassed. "Sorry, I'm used to having someone watch my back during fights." He had said it without thinking, slashing the Heartless, making it burst into another dark cloud.

"He says that while casually slicing another enemy." Hanta snorted.

"Now we have to hurry. You make sure all the students are safe. I'll go take care of the other Heartless."

Izuku could feel the Darkness of the Heartless in the school, which made him worry about his friends.

Ochako grinned at her Izuku and teasingly elbowed him. "Always thinking about us, huh?"

Izuku shrugged, and the brunette chuckled.

"Well, I am grateful that Midoriya is still a hero despite the circumstances." Tenya chopped his hand, smiling at his friend.

Shoto nodded. "He wouldn't be the same otherwise." His smile was small, but his friends knew that it held so much emotion

Izuku beamed. "Thanks guys."

"YOUNG IZUKU, YOU CAN'T EXPECT THAT I'LL LET YOU GO ALONE AFTER THESE THINGS!" All Might knew that his successor was capable of fighting those things, but he was still a boy and his student. His job as a teacher and hero was to ensure he was safe.

"Yeah, no. There is no way that 'Mr. Break his bones' is going to stop." Denki snorted, which aroused laughter all over the theater.

Bola peaked down and pointed at the teen. "Objection! It should be "Mr. Bones, go Brrr!' Or, at the very least, 'Mr. Bones are mush.' It fits the theme better."

"Uh, sure." The blond shrugged, wary of their host. "Why not?"

"Don't worry, Toshinori-kun; he won't be alone!" A squeaky voice called behind them. They turned and saw Nezu entering the cafeteria.

"And there is the Shattered Principal's second debut." Denki claps before gesturing to the screen.

"Please stop." Kyoka groaned, burying her face in her hands.

"I wonder what Principal Nezu has in plan." Momo ponders, "As I recall, he implied earlier he knew something about the Keyblade."

Everyone thinks over this while both Izuku and Nezu have their respective journal and notepad ready.

"After all, even Heartless can't expect to simply invade my school and threaten my students." His cheerful voice had a dark undertone.

All the A.U. staff members and students shivered at the tone while Nezu himself cackled. Others' fear of him amused the mysterious chimera; he shared the same amendments as his counterpart. No one attacked and threatened his students or school.

It does not leave his notice that his "shattered" self, as his students had affectionately nicknamed him, seems to have some knowledge about these Heartless creatures. He rubs his paws eagerly, unable to wait to get more information.

"I will personally accompany Midoriya-san as he is the only one properly equipped to deal with this situation." He said, indicating toward Izuku's Keyblade.

"Well, that was fast." Muttered Minoru.

"At least it's good to know Shattered Izuku isn't going to get in trouble fighting these monsters," Mina pointed out with a bright smile.

"Thank goodness." Ochako grinned cheekily at her friend. "Because even if he wasn't, pretty sure Izuku here would go anyway. So, really, the Principal saved Izuku from getting in trouble in the future."

Izuku could only shrug, unashamed. It was true. Even if he gets in trouble, he would fight back to protect someone in danger. The uncaring gesture caused everyone who saw that to snort.

Toshinori was concerned for his successor's safety and wondered how Nezu could possibly know that Izuku's Keyblade could vanquish these creatures. The fact that the principal knew the names of these creatures raised a new set of questions, but now wasn't the time to answer them. He was sure of one thing: nothing was more important to Nezu than his students' safety.

While the students processed the narration of Shattered All Might's thoughts and feelings, none of them saw Nezu's fur stand as he slowly stood still. The staff members took notice and cautiously eyed their boss.

Nezu had a distrust for humanity as they were responsible for the experiments he had to endure.

The student's breath hitched. They knew the mainly unpleasant rumors that went around their Principal, and everyone knew that he had been experimented on due to being one of few animals to have a quirk.

But for this to be brought up out of nowhere…

Still, he never included children in his distrust. When asked, he always says, "An old friend said, 'Children are the little lights that can make a future bright,' and I couldn't agree more." Even if he never said who this friend was, those words had an impact on the scarred principal. He always did his absolute best to protect his students.

"Hum?" Nezu asked as his fur subtly went down. Admittingly, he knew that children had the potential to have the power to change the world, but no one ever spoke those words to him. Interesting.

Everyone sighed in relief, but they kept their guard up.

All Might nodded, "OKAY, I'LL LEAVE HIM IN YOUR CARE, PRINCIPAL." Toshinori gave Nezu and Izuku one last nod to them before speeding off. Nezu made his way to Izuku and, with quick movements, perched himself on the boy's shoulder,

Denki let out a chuckle despite himself, and that caused everyone to look at him. He raised his hands defensively. "I know I shouldn't laugh, but I couldn't help it."

"Now, can you tell me where we have to go? I, too, don't like to put you at risk, but as the only one capable of dealing with this threat, I have to ask for your cooperation."

"Well, good to know that the Principal is giving Izuku the thumbs up." Ejiro grinned. "Shows how manly he sees him."

"To be fair, the Principal only allowed Midoriya to fight because he knew that only the Keyblade could vanquish them," Mezo pointed out, having overheard the redhead. "So it's very likely that the other Principal Nezu had no other choice but to allow the other Midoriya to fight."

"I guess." Ejiro begrudgingly agreed. "Doesn't change that the Shattered Izuku is acting very manly."

Mezo hummed, "Not the words I'll use, but I agree."

Izuku was surprised by the turn of events, but feeling the sincerity in Nezu's words, he had to comply, "You can count on me, Principal Nezu!" They traded a nod. In a second, Izuku was off. Using Full Cowling, he jumped from wall to wall in UA's hallways.

Feeling the darkness getting closer, Izuku took a turn and saw Midnight, one of his teachers, fighting a mob of Heartless.

The students were cheering.

"Hey, it's Ms. Midnight!" Toru cheered.

"I think you mean Shattered, Ms. Midnight!" Mina teased as she jabbed her invisible friend, who giggled in agreement.

"And she's fighting those dreadful Heartless!" Yuga pointed out, and Koda shuddered in fear and disgust at their yellow bug-like eyes and the shadow's antennas.

Nemuri looked pleased to see herself, but it didn't last long. She frowned when she realized her counterpart was fighting those ugly shadow-like monsters, and she was struggling from the looks of it.

There were mainly Shadows and Soldiers, but three Emerald Blues were making the battle difficult for Midnight as her quirk liberated a sleep gas. The wind controlling Heartless blowing it away made her quirk useless in the situation, and while still a hero, fighting a whole group alone was proving too much for her.

"That's a lot of Heartless," Tsuyu stated bluntly. Despite her blank face, her classmates could pick up the apparent worry from her tone.

"Her quirk only affects men, with women having a diminutive effect in most cases." Izuku frowned, mentally pondering his history art teacher's quirk. "However, her quirk should affect all living things, not just humans."

"So that does mean it would've been effective had it not been for those heartless blowing away her sleeping gas?" Denki asked.

Izuku nodded. "It should."

"Well, at least you showed up to help?" Ochako shrugged helplessly.

Izuku shrugged, too. "I guess. Though how she'll take it in, I don't know."

Just as a Soldier was about to jump on her back, Izuku dashed into the battle and slashed the soldier in half. "You okay, Midnight-sensei?" Izuku asked, putting himself between her and the Heartless.

"And there it is." Mashirao dawled. "Let's see how this goes."

The Dwellers of Darkness felt the instinctual threat posed by a Keyblade, and now they are focusing solely on Izuku.

"So the keyblade really is a threat?" Shoto frowned upon the wording of the narration.

"If it is, that means they'll constantly attack Midoriya." Tenya also frowned in thought.

"Which means Izuku will constantly throw himself in the danger zone without any self-preservation." Tsuyu bluntly pointed out.

Ochako jabbed her friend playfully, "Which means it would be up to us that he doesn't do more harm to himself."

Izuku looked at his notebook, unable to face anyone.

Nezu jumped from his shoulder and started explaining to Midnight before she could say anything: "Kayama-san, Midoriya will deal with this. Please step aside."

The hero wasn't about to let a kid at a mob of monsters without saying anything, "Principal, you can't be serious! He is only a first year, and even if he wasn't, I will not let a kid risk his life!" Nezu's answer was to point to Izuku.

"If only she knew how much experience Shattered Midori has." Mina snorted.

"Except the other Midoriya has no idea what type of experience he has." Shoto pointed out.

"I mean, yeah…" Mina shrugged helplessly, taken aback by the anti-social teen's response. "But I meant that the Shattered Izu knows how to deal with them better than our teachers. Plus, his Keyblade is the only thing that can kill them."

The teen took that in and hummed in understanding before looking back at the screen.

He was already in the middle of the battle. Having taken out the Shadows, he used his superior speed to destroy the Emerald Blues before they could throw him in the air with their magic.

The students cheered.

"Hell yeah!" Denki cheered. "Wreck those Heartless' butts!"

"Show them how manly you are, Shattered Izuku!" Ejiro roared, standing in his seat and smacking his fist on his chest.

"Sit down, Shitty Hair!" Katsuki barked, dragging the redhead back to his seat. "And don't ever word that again!" He harshly whispers at him.

Jumping from a wall to the ceiling, Izuku dived down Keyblade first. The moment Heroes Rising touched the ground, a shockwave blew the Heartless away with some quick-fire spells. The battle was over.

"That was barely a battle." Hanta snorted, shaking his head in amusement and exasperation. "That was just flexing, man."

"I'm just glad those Heartless were taken care of before Ms. Midnight, and anyone in the crossfire was gravely injured." Momo sighed.

"Amen, sister." Kyoka agreed.

"You have nothing to worry about, but I would be grateful if you accompanied us." Nezu chuckled at Nemuri's shocked face, but the mirth quickly faded to seriousness. Even though Izuku proved himself capable, he was still his student.

The students laughed at their teacher's gaping face but felt a shiver down his spine when Nezu's expression changed in a matter of seconds. It felt…wrong to see that face in the furry Principal's face.

Izuku was taking deep breaths to help calm down after the fight, but then he felt it. A great darkness appeared, and he had to take care of it now before it found someone else or destroyed the school, "Principal! We have to go! A big one just showed up, and I have to defeat it before someone gets hurt!"

Denki, of all people, chimed in," So….wait, can Shattered Midoriya like sense the Heartless!?" He asked in a mix of confusion and astonishment.

Rikido spoke up, "It seems that way."

This caused Hanta to chuckle, "That must come in handy when you have the one thing that they're afraid of."

"Child of the light sent to destroy the beings of darkness," Fumikage adding his own spin on it

But it seems the resident green-haired danger junkie and their principal were bust jotting down in their notebooks.

The tone Izuku used conveyed just how serious the situation was. Nezu nodded, "Let's make haste, Midoriya, would you kindly?" Izuku nodded back and rushed at them. Nezu hopped on his shoulder, and Izuku grabbed Midnight in his free arm.

A wolf whistle and laughter later, Izuku was snapped out of his concentration and looked up at the screen before blushing madly.

Normally, he would blush up a storm upon seeing that her costume was basically a dominatrix suit, but in the current circumstances, he barely noticed it. With 10% of One For All, he didn't slow down at all, even with the extra passenger weight.

Meanwhile, a certain other Izuku's blush began to darken now that the thought had been brought back to the forefront of his mind.

"Ok… This is mortifying." Izuku muttered as his classmates burst into laughter. "I'm pretty sure that's not what my other self meant…" He defended his counterpart weakly, but it was all for naught.

"Doesn't make it less funny." Mina teased her classmate.

Izuku groaned.

Izuku jumped and, with a swift kick on the wall, crossed the hallway like a rocket. "I normally would say that you're enjoying this, but I know how worried you are, so I've got some good news for you." Izuku listened to Nana while making his way to the school courtyard. When she finished talking, Izuku smiled, knowing he had a trump card.

Everyone perked up at Nana's sudden exclamation. It was a massive understatement to say these teens missed her.

"Oh yeah! I forgot that All Might's master was there! She'll help Shattered Midoriya!" Ejiro cheered with a few of his classmates. Toshinori simply smiled at his students' eagerness to hear from his deceased master.

Momo hummed thoughtfully, "I wonder what was the good news." She said as the screen muted the explanation and watched as Izuku grinned.

'Thank him for me later; now let's save my school!' Izuku arrived at the courtyard and set his passengers down. "That sure was a ride, kid, but why are we out here?"

"First of all, knowing where to look for a ride is good!" Mina winked at Izuku, who looked sheepish. "Second of all, I agree. Why did Shattered Izu bring them there?"

Katsuki rolled his eyes. "If you shut up and watch, we'll find out, " He bluntly stated, his expression surprisingly not too angry.

Mina's shoulders suddenly tense upon hearing the ashen-blond teen, and she said nothing. She purposely pretended not to notice the worried look everyone shot her, all while she failed to see the explosive blond's eyes glance at her with an unreadable expression.

Nemuri's question was answered by the sound of Present Mic screaming as he was sent flying.

Nearly all the students cried out, "Present Mic!"

The man in question, ignoring the panic of his students, shouted joyfully, eagerly jabbing the dismayed underground teacher next to him. "Oh yeah! It's my turn, in another world!" He cheered, throwing his arms back excitedly, and Nemuri chuckled at his dramatics.

Shota's eyes twitched at the man shouting in his ear. "Be quiet." He seethed.

To his utter dismay, his childish co-workers let out barks of laughter as they threw their heads back.

Izuku bolted from his place, grabbing his teacher before he could crash to the ground. Landing, he cast a quick Cure spell on the hero: "Huff, thanks for the save, listener. That would have hurt." Mic smiled and gave Izuku a thumbs-up, but the moment was interrupted by the sound of heavy footsteps approaching.

Everyone jumped at the sudden noise. They all dreadfully prepared themselves for what was coming next.

"This almost feels like a boss level in a game, man," Denki whispered, and Minoru nodded in agreement as he trembled in his chair.

"I know, right?" Hanta agreed with a nod.

Looking up, Izuku glared because a Guard Armor towered over him.

Everyone shouted in surprise at the heartless monstrosity. It had a body, a head, two arms, and two legs—none of which were directly connected to each other.

Even more surprising was the music and the information box that came out as soon as the Guard Armor was revealed.

[Play: KH 1.5 Shrouding Dark Cloud]

[Information: Defeat The Guard Armor to save the School!]

"W-what is this?!" Kyoka sputtered.

"Well, with how awesome boss battle music is and how the information box says to defeat that Heartless, I say that it's a boss battle," Denki said confidently as Kyoka's eyes twitched.

"Yeah, I get that, Jamming Yay." She deadpanned.

"So mean!"

"A Guard Armor?" Izuku asked with a frown. "I guess I understand." His tone was unsure as the battle scene occurred. He put whatever information he could on the boss.

Midnight used her whip to grab them, bringing both towards her. "Midoriya-san, are you familiar with this creature?" Nezu asked, his voice calm even while his fur stood on end.

Izuku quickly learned, "Yes, that's a Guard Armor. It's really sturdy. Its arms and legs can attack on their own, and the worst part is that it can use its torso as a cannon."

Izuku was jotting down the information his counterpart had said about the Guard Armor; the smoke was coming so fast that his pencil and journal pages could catch fire at any moment.

His friends watched with fascinated surprise.

"Oh wow, what speed!" Was all Ochako could say.

Tenya looked uncertain, "Well, at least he's not breaking the sound barrier?"

Shoto carefully glanced at the taller teen. "Don't be so sure about that. Midoriya is known to do the impossible, no matter which dimension."

Both Ochako and Tenya winced in dismay and eyed Izuku with caution.

"Woah, back up. Did he say it can shoot its body like a canon?" Denki asked incredulously.

The heroes deadpanned at him. " Are you serious?" Present Mic asked in a tone of frustration and disbelief.

Hizashi couldn't help but agree with his counterpart's words. "Tell me about it," he said, looking at his friends. "What kind of hack is that?" He complained.

"The same one that threw you away like nothing." Shota witted sourly.

The Voice hero pouted as he crossed his hands, and Nemuri chuckled at the dynamic.

"Unfortunately. Don't matter what, don't let the cannon hit you because it'll hurt a LOT." With that said, Izuku sprung into action. Hizashi was about to protest, but Nezu quickly explained the situation and the plan, which was to follow Izuku's lead and keep him safe.

"Well, at least our teachers are doing their jobs to keep this nutjob safe." Kyoka snorted.

"I really hope you know what you're doing," Nemuri sighed, rushing toward the Heartless Hizashi behind her.

"I mean, even without his memories, the other Midoriya clearly knows what he's doing." Hanta shrugged helplessly.

"And Nezu apparently does too." Tsuyu pointed out, reminding everyone that the principal's counterpart was onto something.

Izuku successfully attracted the Heartless away from the school, but the rain of attacks thrown at him left him on the defensive. That changed when the pros joined the fray, dividing its attention.

"Go, Shattered Izuku!" Mina cheered with her classmates. "Kick that Heartless' big butt!"

"Not that it has a butt to begin with!" Denki joked.

Kyoka looked at wit's end, silently chanting something as she was at breaking point.

Izuku saw the Gauntlets focusing on Present Mic while Midnight kept the Hammerlegs occupied, "Keep them busy. I'll try to destroy the Armored Torso!" The pros were still reluctant to let their student fight but nodded and followed his plan.

"Can't imagine how they feel being bossed around by a student." Denki joked, earning a couple of snickers.

He then cried out when Kyoka, who had reached her limits, jabbed him in the ear and punished him by amping the sound of her heartbeat.

"Shut up!"

Izuku jumped at the Torso and started to strike it, swinging his Keyblade the fastest he could. "Shouldn't you take out the other parts first?" Nana asked.

"That does seem reasonable." Tenya frowned as Denki rubbed his ears from the background with tears. "If you removed the severed limbs, it will be weakened."

Ochako shrugged helplessly, "Maybe Shattered Izuku has a reason?"

Izuku's answer didn't stop his attacks even while he answered, 'The core is in the Armored Torso. If I destroy it, then the whole Heartless will vanish.'

"Well, there's that at least," Tsuyu commented.

"But wouldn't it still be better to remove the limbs so you can easily attack the torso?" Mashirao frowned, not understanding it as they watched Shattered Izuku assault the Guard Armor's torso. "All four limbs will be attacking to protect its core, so logically, it would be best to get rid of them."

Minoru shrugged helplessly. "Plus Ultra?"

The martial artist sighed.

The monster didn't just take the assault. Spinning on its axis like a top, it started to dash at Izuku. The greenette quickly started dodging, jumping away from the charges.

Everyone jumped.

"Ok, I wasn't expecting that," Denki muttered, still recovering from the earlier jabbing.

"I'm still waiting for the cannon bit." Hanta shook his head.

"Look out!" Izuku turned and saw Present Mic and Midnight being tossed aside by the disembodied limbs. The parts reconnected, and Izuku knew what it meant.

Izuku likewise felt dread from his counterpart on his screen, and he gripped his journal.

The Gauntlets held the bottom of the Torso, pulling it and aiming at the downed heroes. Energy started to charge and form a sparkling orb. Izuku blitzed at the pros and put himself between them and the Heartless.

Seeing the Guard Armor charge up its cannon and, for the first time, feeling a sense of dread when it was aimed at their teachers, all the students cried out.

"And I regret what I said," Hanta muttered, shrinking in his seat.

Even more dread came when Shattered Izuku jumped in the way.

"Shattered Midoriya!"

"What is he doing?!"

"Get out of the way"

"Move!"

Izuku, likewise, was uncertain what to make of it but kept quiet. He trusted his counterpart and was confident despite the crazy stunts he pulled.

"Kid, get out of the way!" Hizashi said breathlessly while trying to get up. The hit from the ghostly limbs had knocked the air out of his lungs.

"What the hell is the little listener doing?!" Hizashi shrieked really loudly. He then choked when a certain capture weapon from an ire Shota started strangling him.

"Shut up!" He seethed, having reached a breaking point. "Your constant shouting is going to destroy my eardrums!"

The adults then worked on easing the disgruntled teacher and for him to let go of the blond before anything drastic happened. Just because they couldn't die here didn't mean they were entirely safe from any dire consequences.

Needless to say, Shota got a dock on his paycheck.

The Heartless fired, and the orb moved across the air with a dull buzz. Izuku planted his feet on the ground and focused One For All in his Keyblade. The ancient quirk overcharged his magic, making the spell break the natural limits of its level. "Reflect!"

Everyone stopped shouting and blinked.

"Reflect?!" Izuku said in shock and confusion, his journal and pencil ready to jolt down as much information as possible.

"A new magic spell!" Toru said in shock, but a hint of excitement could be heard in her voice.

Translucent hexagons, seemingly made of glass, enveloped the three heroes in a dome. The bomb hit the barrier, exploding with a deafening boom and a blinding flash of light.

Everyone reeled back at the unexpected spell and squinted their eyes when the screen blinded them momentarily with a bright white light.

Izuku took the form of the spell and began to draw it to the best of his ability.

Izuku took heavy breaths, the strain caused by his stunt catching up with him. The dome cracked, and small fissures ran throughout, but it stood.

Everyone had felt a minor dread at watching the dome crack but calmed down as it stopped.

Izuku wrote this information like mad, whereas Nezu wrote it calmly.

Focusing on the force absorbed by the spell, Izuku pushed his magic, and the hexagons shattered. The shards flew and rained against the Guard Armor like hail. Each fragment exploded with a portion of the power of the Heartless' own attack.

"Oh, oh wow." Mina blinked. "This wasn't what I was expecting when Shattered Izu said 'reflect.'"

Everyone stared in awe as the fragments reflected the damage.

"Well, karma is a bitch no?" Denki asked weakly.

Tenya snapped out of his daze and chopped his hands at the blond teen. "Language Kaminari!"

"Just saying." He muttered.

"You two, okay?" Izuku asked over his shoulder, not letting his enemy out of his sight.

"Let this be a lesson, children," Nezu spoke up, standing up as he gathered the attention of the teens. "You must never take your eyes off your enemy until you know they've been subdued."

Shota spoke up as well. "And even then, you must stay vigilant. One moment of carelessness can lead to the tables turning on you for the worst," He finished the finality in his voice apparent.

The trio that took down Stain shivered and nodded. They learned that lesson the hard way.

"Yeah, thanks to you. You weren't kidding saying that would have hurt," Nemuri said while helping Hizashi stand.

"From how that shield cracked, I'll say they were saved from suffering any broken bones," Momo murmured.

Fumikage's expression was grim. "Or worse, suffer an untimely death."

"Yeah, thank god it didn't happen," Minoru murmured.

"Got any idea of what to do now? Because I doubt you can pull that off again. "

"I'll try to—" Izuku was interrupted when the Gauntlets shot at him. He prepared to block the blow, but that wasn't its intention. The floating hands grabbed Izuku by his sides and pulled him.

"Midoriya/Izuku!" His classmates cried out. The Gauntlets had moved so fast that suddenly, they all got caught by surprise, along with Shattered Izuku.

They brought him before the still-raised Torso, which started charging again. Izuku struggled, but he couldn't shake off the metal hands.

"Damn it, what are the teachers doing?!" Katsuki snarled, looking ready to jump on the screen.

"Oh, no, you don't!" Nemuri ran at them, swinging her whip. It hooked on one of the Hammerlegs, pulling the hardest she could, and she threw it at Hizashi. "Your turn!"

He took a deep breath and sent the disembodied feet crashing into one Gauntlet.

The students cheered as their teachers' counterparts saved Shattered Izuku. Katsuki tsked but was smirking nevertheless.

"Now that's how pros do it!" Mina cheered.

The two heroes in question preen on the praises of their students while Shota rolled his eyes with an annoyed grunt.

Izuku felt the hand loosen, and he took his chance. He escaped his restraints and swung Heroes Rising. The strike sent the pile of limbs at the still-forming orb, causing it to destabilize and explode.

"Thanks! Now, time to end this!" Izuku jumped up and pointed his Keyblade at the pile of metallic parts on the ground. Time seemed to slow down, and Izuku started to Focus on the weak spots in the Guard Armor body.

The audience watched in awe as the image on the screen slowed down to a fraction of the speed.

When the markers started to appear on the Guard Armor, Mina pointed at the green-yellow crosshairs, "What are those?!"

Everybody rounded to Bola, who pulled his blackboard again.

"That's a Shotlock. Imagine 'mind over matter' turned to a hundred. You use Focus, a type of energy your mind produces, to speed up your perception and tag your enemies' weak spots." He drew out a crosshair over a stick figure. "When you are set, you synchronize an attack with it, and it's almost guaranteed it will hit."

Toru raised her hand, "Why?"

"You basically program the attack to hit the mark, and it will try really, really, really hard to." The host finished and threw the blackboard away, where it seemingly vanished into thin air.

"Lightning Plasma!" Izuku was enveloped by golden lightning with a green hue to it. He shot down and pierced through the armor as it started to rise once more. Stepping on the air itself, he shot out again.

Midnight and Present Mic watched, amazed, as Izuku transformed the monster into Swiss cheese. The trail of electricity forms a high-voltage grid.

Similarly, the students sitting there were amazed.

Katsuki simply let out a "….shit..." Too stunned to say anything.

Ejiro simply shook his head and said, "You said it, man." He grinned. "How manly."

Hanta chimed in, "This is like something out of a video game."

In a final move, Izuku jumped high in the sky before diving down, swinging his Keyblade overhead. It fell like a guillotine on the Heartless head, hitting it with all the energy built up by the move.

The moment Izuku's feet touched the ground, he jumped away. The Guard Armor's head shook momentarily before falling into the Torso, hitting the ground a second later. Darkness started to ooze out of the Heartless, forming a cloud of dark smoke.

They all watched as a crystalline heart floated out of the dark cloud before disappearing in a flash of light.

Everyone watched with bated breath. Was it over?

Izuku felt his body at ease despite himself. Somehow, he knew it was over.

"It's over now?" Hizashi asked Izuku, tilting his glasses down and raising an eyebrow. The boy nodded with a smile, "Yup, that was the last one."

With that, the audience, but mainly the students, erupted in cheers. Ochako was shaking her friend wildly, shouting in both relief and excitement, and Izuku laughed in response. Tenya tried to calm her down, and Shoto watched the madness.

"Hell, yeah!" Katsuki yelled.

"Too loud," Shota muttered, covering his ears with his hands.

Kyoka was inclined to agree she would've felt stronger about it if it weren't for the headphones.

"That was awesome!" Ejiro grinned.

"Yeah, man, the other Midoriya is making us look bad." Denki grinned.

Despite the smile, Izuku couldn't help but feel that something was off about the entire situation.

The sudden change in the atmosphere caused the excitement to die down.

"It better be because that Shotlock really tired you out." Nana's voice was laced with concern; she could feel Izuku's exhaustion.

"No kidding." Denki snorted, trying to lighten the mood a bit.

"Not the time, man." Hanta shook his head, and the blond teen slumped in his seat.

"That was truly a marvelous display, Midoriya-san." Nezu clapped while walking closer. "Are you certain that the threat is gone?"

"Yes, Principal, the school is safe now," Izuku said, dismissing his Keyblade.

"Thank goodness for the ability to sense those monsters." Momo sighed in relief. "The last thing I would want is for anyone to get jumped by one of the creatures who survived."

Everyone shivered at the thought.

"That is a relief, but there is one thing that I still do not understand: how could a heartless that powerful come here? I know they are attracted to the Keyblade, but is it normal for one of that proportion to go after you?"

"If so, it's fucking terrifying." Denki bluntly stated, and everyone agreed.

"Language, Kaminari!" Reprimanded Tenya.

"It's the truth! How can we relax knowing those things would attack Midoriya any time, anywhere?!"

Everyone didn't want to think of the carnage and looked at each other, uncertain how to respond to this.

Izuku raised his hands, "I-I'm sure that's not going to be a problem, Denki!" He stuttered nervously as his hands made a 'calm-down' motion with a nervous grin.

"How can you be sure?!" Everyone eyed the green teen, who looked ready to run away.

"Oi!" Bola called out, getting everyone's attention. "Just chillax, and don't hound the bunny before the day is over! Just watch and find out!"

Nearly everyone in the audience grumbled at the response while Bola cackled.

Izuku's eyes widened, "No, there's no reason for a Guard Armor to come here. Unless…"

"Unless someone commanded it to come here," Nezu completed Izuku's train of thought, Midnight and Present Mic growing solemn at its implications.

This caused the class to tense up, a feeling of dread washing through them once again.

"Commanded them?" Izuku said, confused, "You mean someone can control the heartless?!" he said, letting the shock and panic hit them.

Katsuki simply let out a groan, facepalming. "Oh great, just fucking peachy!" He said, sounding pissed off.

The other student let out their own agreements or frustrations out

The teachers simply sat there, and Shota could feel his eye twitch.

Hizashi scratched his head. "Well, that complicates things.

Toshinori looked up at the screen, his expression concerned. "Yes, it does. If the Heartless can be commanded like a group of soldiers, it makes fighting them all the more complicated to deal with." He looked at his successor's counterpart. "Young Midoriya's counterpart being the only one that can permanently get rid of them at the moment… it worries me," He said, looking sad and grim.

The other adults seem to agree.

"That does mean the League of Villains gain the command of the Heartless?!" Minoru shrieked.

Everyone looks horrified.

Izuku couldn't forget it. In every dream where he defeated such a monster, someone was always controlling it. Heartless are mindless. They would never be smart enough to gather together for such an assault.

"They're mindless?" Momo asked, horrified.

"That means they would act more like rabid animals, right?" Denki asked before hastily adding, "No offense, Principal Nezu!"

"None taken Kaminari." The furry principal replied with a nod. "And I agree. If these Heartless are indeed mindless, that would mean someone is pulling the strings behind the scenes."

"Which means that the League of Villains will have a darker force up their sleeves," Fumikage stated grimly.

"Yikes." Dark Shadow shivered. "They may be black as me, but they certainly aren't friendly!"

Everyone looked at each other, dread pooling their stomachs at the given explanation.

"That was what I feared, that this attack was not an isolated occurrence..." Nezu turned and started to walk back to the building, his mind already running with precautions.

"But a declaration of war."

As the screen faded to black, the last thing the audience saw was the Principal walking back inside the school. The audience sat silently, trying to process the information they had been given fully.

Unfortunately, they weren't given a chance to do so as a familiar voice spoke up from all around them.

"Attention! Attention, this is your resident Butler, Handyman, and all-around maintenance man!" Sleppt sounds from what sounded like an intercom.

Katsuki looked up in confusion. "Bellhop?"

Everyone also looked up in confusion.

"I know you all just wrapped up the viewing of our last episode for the night and would probably like to talk about it." There was clear anxiousness in his voice. "But I have a very important message from Dark that simply cannot wait."

Hearing the name, Minoru began to quiver in fear. Whatever it was, he knew it couldn't be good.

"Huh, I wonder what's wrong." Mina wondered, tilting her head.

"Her message reads." Sleppt cleared his throat and started, "'You all have only ten minutes to get to the dining hall, or the only thing you'll be eating is air and dust; good luck.'" Sleppt finished the message and turned around, "I have delivered this message, and with that…" The next thing they heard was a chair falling over, running, and the slam of a door.

The audience stopped and sat there before looking up to Bola's balcony, seemingly seeking confirmation of the message's validity.

But he was already gone, and apparently, he took the two Eris with him.

"Well, shit." Katsuki put all their thoughts into words, then bolted. With that, all hell broke loose, and the students ran to the dining hall the fastest they could, with some of them pushing and screaming.

"Everyone calm down!" Tenya shouts while running to catch up to his classmates and chopping his hands. He was in class representative mode. "We need to go in a calmly order! Please, calm down!"

"Didn't you hear Prez?!" Denki screeched. "If we're not in time—!"

"No dinner!" Mina wailed, running out faster.

Due to Minoru's short structure, he couldn't be as fast as his classmates and was falling quite behind. Thankfully, though, he got permission from Mezo to cling to his leg while the youngest teen ran with his classmates.

As the adults witnessed the madness, they exchanged looks and followed at a more reasonable pace—all except for Nezu, who remained sitting, staring at the blackened screen.

"Interesting."