It was the day after the Final Exam and classes had just ended and at the moment Izuku's Crew was discussing the upcoming training camp. Currently, they were discussing what supplies they would need for the camp.

"Oh, I was talking with Hagakure earlier during lunch and she came up with a great idea!" Lilique chimed in. "We can all go shopping together with our peers in Class 1-A and 1-B!"

With an upcoming afternoon decided upon, the crew then turned their attention to another matter; admittedly more relaxed than the upcoming training, but just as if not more important for some members in particular.

"The I-Expo is also coming up. Most of us have been offered tickets." Bakara noted.

"Grandpa often visits that place!" Makoto chimed in. "We gotta go so we can see how he's doing!"

"Be great to see what the old man's competition has tried to make." Rebecca said with a grin. "…That and learn more about how bro got banned from the island."

"NOT MY FAULT, IT WAS SELF-DEFENSE!" A voice from miles away screamed.

"…Everyday I find more rabbit holes to get lost in." Mipha smirked.

"I think Kaku mentioned that one….It WAS self defense in Pilar's case." Nia smirked as she barely held in laughs at what she'd been told.

"Guess I'll have to buy a bigger suitcase," Izuku decided.

"Yeah, me too. Never thought I'd be taking a trip like this." Katsuki admitted.

"I don't even have a bathing suit," Ben added.

"That's why this shopping trip is a good idea!" Lilique beamed.

DEVIL

While at the Kiyashi Ward Shopping Mall later that day, there were a few surprises. First, Izuku arrived late and with company

"Hi!" Komeko beamed with a wave, Eri weakly joining her as she hid behind her, the sight of which made everyone coo and awe.

"Still so cute!" Ochacko cooed as she gave the little girls a handshake. "What are you two doing here?"

"Dorthy and Matael had to do something with Mr. and Mrs. Midoriya." Eri explained.

"Thank goodness for the Door-Door fruit." Izuku mentioned, spying the others looking at him. "I have no idea what mom and dad are up to atlough they were smiling kind of…."

He paused, trying to find the right words.

"…Well, like Himiko, Yaato and Makoto when they get into a good fight!"

The image of Hisashi and Inko with those kinds of smiles was…haunting, to say the least; everyone knew them shuddering at such.

Elsewhere!

"GET BACK HERE YOU GREEDY C-WORD B-WORD!" Hisashi roared, flames escaping his mouth as chases after an already brusied and sobbing York.

"NO! NO!" York screamed as she felt herself being pulled back by Inko. "SAVE ME! DOROTHY! MATEL! PLEEEEEEASE!"

Dorthy was rusting spoons as Matael slipped on spiky gloves before joining the Midoriya parents in mercilessly pummeling the Greed Satelitte as Pilar recorded the whole thing.

Back to the mall!

Mineta then stepped forward and introduced himself to the two youngsters.

"Are you someone's little brother?" Komeko asked cutely.

"Oh, no." Mineta assured her as 'suavely' as he could…before another emtion took over. "But if you'd like, I'd let you be my.…"

The air suddenly grew cold and the stricky ball boy found himself being lifted by his collar.

"Yes, um. Excuse us, pitiful, grovelling grape colored cretin?" Kobeni asked, her and the other crew's faces far too calm as they walked off for a second, before all of them roared:

"WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?!"

"FLIRTING AND OR PLANNING TO FLIRT WITH KINDERGARTENERS?!" Izuku snapped.

"ON A WEDSEDAY, NO LESS?!" Chikara added.

"I can't help it!" Mineta wailed, fearing a beating of Biblical proportions. "I'm sad, lonely little boy with love to give and no one to give it too! It's my hobby!"

"Izuku." The others commanded as Izuku created an Air Door and flung Mineta into it.

"THINK ABOUT HOW YOU CONDUCT YOURSELF!" He snapped before he and the crew recomposed themselves and joined Class 1-A and 1-B. "Sorry about that, where were we?"

Quickly moving on from that, Rosa took Eri and Komeko to the snack bar, trusting Ben and Hilda to get whatever she needed.

"That and I haven't nearly as much time with the lil cuties!" She added as she dashed away.

"HEY! NEITHER HAVE WE!" Class 1-B all shouted together, trying to speed after the absorbing girl before she vanished. "…Wow. She is surprisingly fast."

The second surprise was that Shun found himself ambushed by Mei.

"Shun-Baby! I can't believe I ran into you! I've been hoping to call you, but I never got the chance to ask for your number or even talk to you."

"Why the sudden interest?" The Seraphim of Lust asked.

"Come on now. A girl doesn't just kiss a guy without meaning it."

Shun turned to see the rest of his siblings, all of them giving him approving nods and thumbs-up. He then turned to Mei and slowly nodded.

"Well, since we're both amateurs in the dating scene, how about we just start with some shopping?" Shun suggested. "My class and I are going to the training camp."

Mei grinned. "I can certainly help you out with that!"

Izuku had ended up going on a little date of his own with Ochako at the insistence of the rest of the crew. Kobeni had decided to give Denki a chance when he had offered to take her out on a small date while Makoto, Yaato, and Chikara went off to hang out with Momo, Kyouka, and Mina.

Well, in the case of Yaato and Kyouka it was admittedly more…'tolerance in the same place' as each other, due to Kyouka clearly having not forgiven Yaato for what he did.

"…Would it help if I apologized for not being able to control myself around a punk rocker Goddess?" Yaato asked. "And that Nia, Mipha, Himiko, Sumiko and Kohaku pummeled me black and blue for it afterward?"

"…Maybe a little…if the Goddess but was true." Kyouka humphed.

"…Who the hell says you ain't?" Yaato asked a sense of anger in his voice before he calmed down. "Unlike my brother, I happen to look for personality over looks! And you? Sassy? Brave? Protective? Musically inclined? Rocking a leather jacket even better than Rebecca? What kind of dumbass wouldn't want to be at your side?"

Kyokua broke into a blush at Yaato's words and the fairest hints of a smile crossed her face.

"Ah. There it is." Yaato smiled. "When you smile, you eclipse even the best feel good song, ya know?"

"….Just ask before you do anything from now on." The rocker girl demanded, trying to hide her smile.

"That and maybe buy you a few?" Yaato suggested as he pointed to a Record store, which made the girl chuckle.

"If you can any I don't already have." She smirked.

"Challenge accepted!" Yaato grinned as they walked in. Spoiler: He succeded.

Hilda and N found themselves taking a brief stop at the pet store with Kouji, N losing himself to the animals: He smiled warmly at them, petted them and seemed so at peace. Hilda noted that there was something in his smile that seemed more genuine being here. And she found she liked that.

Ben and Penny found themselves in a clothing store, heading towards the summer wear section.

"Ben?" Penny cooed as she stepped out in a sundress with a weaved hat. "Does this suit me?"

Ben's face turned red and his movements became mechanical as he waddled over before falling to his knees.

"Ben?" Penny asked in confusion as Ben took her hands into his own.

"How is it possible for perfection to become even cuter?" Ben asked aloud, making Penny giggle…which awoke him to reality as he jumped to he feet

Suddenly, Ben bumped into a lanky hooded figure, who turned to give an annoyed look at him before both their eyes met, immediately recognizing each other.

"You!"

"Well, well, well, Sensei's lost golden child..." Tomura smirked. "Small world after all, huh? I still remember you ripping my Quirk out of my body and erasing it in front of me."

"Far as I can tell, nobody should have that power." Ben glared. "What are you doing here?"

Penny worriedly backed away, Ben giving her an understanding nod as she ran off. Tomura just chuckled and shook his head as he turned to leave.

"Nothing much. Just needed to vent some steam, get some new video games." The young villain admitted. "You know, I was kinda hoping I could speak to Midoriya. There were things I wanted to tell him about."

"Like what?" Ben asked, narrowing his eyes.

"Well, for one, I'm building up my own crew. Seeing you, Midoriya, and all your friends in action at the USJ and Hosu inspired me. No man is an island and I need a good crew to help me out." Tomura smirked. "Though, to be honest about something...I want to thank you for getting rid of my Quirk."

That was NOT want Ben was expecting. At all. To further his confusion, Tomura was being genuine when he spoke.

"Why?"

Tomura chuckled bitterly. "Let's just say when you're a young kid with a new Quirk... Accidents can happen."

"Your Quirk accidentally killed your family, didn't it?"

"Bingo! That's the basic gist of it!" Tomura cackled humorlessly. "I was alone on the street. No one would help me because everyone expected some hero or other to do it for them. Society, right? Even now, it just makes me want to puke!"

A snarling grimace crossed Tomura's face, which was now looking considerably less wrinkled than before, no doubt due to the loss of his Quirk allowing his skin to heal naturally. However, he took a deep breath to calm himself down.

"That's why even now, I'm sticking to my guns on being a Villain. I can't stand seeing all these carefree, blissful, IGNORANT faces without getting pissed off. I don't exactly have a long-term goal, but right now, I just want to spread chaos, make the masses look up in horror and realize their own ignorance will be their downfall."

"So that's it, you want to set the world on fire and make people talk about you like you're some kind of 'troubled' school shooter?" Ben asked.

"I wouldn't exactly say that. You heroes are obviously gonna be putting out the fires, make people smile no matter what I do...but I want you all to know that I'll always come back. Any moment of peace you people have will be a fleeting one because soon, I'll return...and me and my crew are going to shake the whole damn world!"

A Warp Gate from Kurogiri formed as Tomura backed up into it, spreading his arms out as he laughed, the people realizing who he was now and backing away in fear.

"This is just a taste of the chaos my crew and I are gonna make! You and your friends better keep getting stronger...OR A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET HURT!"

With one last laugh, Tomura disappeared through the Warp Gate, which quickly closed shut as Ben growled and clenched his fist.

"I have to tell Izuku this..."

DEVIL

As the police had come, Ben had given his statement before returning to the rest of the Crew and talking to them about his encounter with Tomura.

"From the way he was talking, it seems that killing All-Might isn't his end goal anymore." Izuku theorized.

"That would certainly be a relief. While it does mean his new goal would be more ambitious, and likely dangerous, at least he's not focusing his sights on so narrow a target." Marco said, Click chirping in concern. "Easy there, little buddy."

"Ah, my young zygotes! I'm glad you're all okay!"

The crew all looked to see Toshinori coming in, with a relieved look on his face. As it turns out, Detective Tsukauchi had given him the scope on the situation between Ben and Tomura earlier.

"All-Might...Do you ever have times where you feel you can't save everyone?" Ben asked.

Toshinori sighed. "All the time. At any point in the world, there could be someone trapped or in danger calling out for me. And I'd never know about it, because I'm nowhere near the area. We may be superhumans, but what people often need to be reminded of is the 'human' aspect at that. There's always going to be people in need of saving just out of our reach. But that's all the more reason to stand tall and smile."

This certainly put a heavy mood on the entire crew. As they thought about the responsibilities that were now thrust upon them, Toshinori decided to lighten things up.

"In lighter news, I was contacted by someone I know from America recently. I'll be heading to the I-Expo next week, and I was hoping you'd all like to come as my guests."

"That's perfect!" Kohaku cheered. "Grandpa Vegapunk will be there! Can we bring Dorothy and Maetel too?"

"I don't see why not!" Toshinori laughed.

"Well, better raise anchor on the ship because I feel like we'll be taking the ocean route!" Yaato grinned.

DEVIL

"Things are proceeding well. The League of Villains' roster continues to grow." Dr. Ujiko noted.

"That's good, but the fact that Shiki is dictating so much of that roster is disconcerting. I must find a way to bring Tomura back under my wing... Or I won't have anyone to replace me." All For One said.

He wanted to blame Shiki for this solely, but he knew that wasn't true. Much as he hated to admit it? That damned D had been right:

'For as strong and successful as you are, Mugen? You're too obsessed with yourself. Need to learn to think of the big picture…and NEVER. HALF. ASS."

Those had been the words of Rocks D. Xebec; Captain of the Rocks pirates and the only man All for One ever willingly followed.

Admittedly it had started off on a whim; a vacation of sorts. Yes, it was beyond euphoric to rule Japan from the shadows, but after dealing with that pest En, he needed to shake things up a bit; stretch his legs, so to speak. What better way than to indulge in some good old Ultraviolence by helping cull the so called 'Celestials'; uber wealthy beings who refused to see the world change and had deluded themselves into thinking themselves Gods.

There was just something so…enthralling of making them realise in their final few seconds that they were beyond worthless; at least Quirkless people allowed for some of his schemes to follow through.

But Rocks was no weakling; no, his Haki and battle Prowers, along with his genius in archeology and science, had made him truly rival All for One has a demon lord. And one that would given All for One a true challenge beyond the One for All users; amn equally ruthless and powerful being who clawed his way to the top and commanding those who gave many nightmares with nothing but his command and the threat of death.

Even if Rocks had failed, having been slain at the literal last minute thanks to Garp Midoriya and Gol D Roger teaming up; his will lived on; Shiki, Newgate, Linlin and Kaido were still among the apex of power and Rocks' attacks had inspired Vegapunk to create the Devil Fruit Izuku had consumed, lest another so blanatnly and truly threaten the world.

And of course, then there was what Shiki planned to give Tomura: An object that even Rocks had been hesitant to use, even as his mortality became a burden: An object that, if the legends and research Rocks had done were right?

Quirks would be useless or unneeded by the one who used it.

"How does Shiki have that damned Stone Mask in his possession now after all these years..."The Symbol of Evil thought.

"Is there anything we can do, Sensei?" Dr. Ujiko asked.

"There is one...I recently heard of a group of arms dealers who are traveling to I-Island. And if my information is accurate... They'll be arriving at the same time as All Might." All For One grinned wickedly. "See if you can patch me through to them. I might be able to offer their leader something special for the occasion..."

Knightmare Lord A/N:

Coming up next is the I-Island/Movie 1 Arc! Strap yourselves in because things aren't gonna be the same as in canon!

Also, sorry if Tomura didn't meet up with Izuku but considering Ben is All For One's 'child', it would still fit to have them share a conversation together.