It's been a while, hasn't it?

Providence

(Inspired by Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Grimm Tales: A RWBY Story by Cameron Davis, and Ignited Spark by 3PeopleInACoat)

In the beginning, when he was but a child, Izuku Midoriya was a quirkless little boy with no one in his corner. He had no friends to speak of, Kacchan refused to associate with him and bullied him along with his goons, and even his mother, despite her doing the best that she could, had little positive prospects for their future, including hers as the mother of a quirkless child.

He was alone. So very alone...

Until he met someone. A friend. A girl with rosy cheeks and brown acorn hair, who accepted him for nothing more or less than himself.

Uraraka Ochako.

The two of them would become fast friends, spending so much of their time with each other that they were soon enough nigh inseparable. They would laugh and play with each other until the sun went down every single day, and then repeat the process the very next day, and they would do so happily.

But being friends with a quirkless person placed a target on Ochako's back as well, and Bakugo would make it his mission to make her life just as miserable as Izuku's.

And in the face of this violence, Ochako would respond with her own.

Over the years, Ochako would begin to shift in the wake of the brutality against the two of them. Whilst she would retain much of her positive personality, there was a sharp edge to her now, a bitterness and cynicism about Bakugo, Aldera, and everything else that she kept mostly to herself, save for sharing it with Izuku and Izuku alone.

And soon enough, from one of the fights with Bakugo, she would begin sporting a nasty scar across her nose, red and raw.

In the present of the story, Izuku would be caught up with the slime villain and All Might would free him. They would have their talk and All Might would smother his dreams with his words, as was in canon. Soon enough, the sludge villain would capture Bakugo at Aldera, and Izuku would try to save his old bully/friend.

However, this would be where the changes begin.

Because Izuku would end up being caught up in the sludge villain as well.

Because it would be Ochako who saved both Izuku and Bakugo from the sludge villain.

And because it would be Ochako who was approached by All Might and offered One for All.

Yes, this is an 'Ochako has One for All quirk' fic.

And so Ochako and All Might would spend the next ten months at Dagobah Beach, training the young girl to gain the powers of One for All whilst Izuku would be left in the shadows to wallow in misery, losing any chance he had of ever becoming a hero.

However, Ochako herself would refuse this fate, and whilst she wouldn't be able to tell Izuku of her training with All Might, she would begin to train him herself as well, forwarding him to a friend of hers that she had met in private.

A friend by the name of Itsuka Kendo.

Soon enough, the U.A. entrance exam would begin, and whilst Ochako would pass (with the help of One for All) and make it into Class 1-A, Izuku would fail and be placed in the General Education department, though not without making friends in Hitoshi Shinso in his class, and Yui Kodai and Setsuna Tokage in Class 1-B. They would form this story's newest iteration of the Dekusquad, with Ochako forming as the lancer of the group and Izuku as its (reluctant) head...

Before they were joined by Himiko Toga, the class representative of Class 2-B, one of the Big Three of U.A.'s second year alongside Mawata Fuwa and Rody Soul, and the personal joint apprentice of Recovery Girl and Vlad King.

Soon enough the mock battles test would begin, and Ochako would show off to Izuku her new hero outfit, that being a hybrid of her canon hero costume, but less skin-tight with more padding, and that of a militant soldier with armoured pieces covering her body. She would have her fight with Bakugo and Iida, though with the odd number of people in her class, she would be a solo act against them.

The fight would end in a draw, though not before she beat Bakugo's face in.

She and Bakugo really hated each other.

Soon enough, the night before Class 1-A's trip to the USJ, Itsuka and her friend Saiko Intelli would take Izuku to a warehouse in the outskirts of Vale, where they would introduce him, on the orders of another, to the group that they belonged to.

An armed villainous group by the name of Providence, the League of Villains of this world.

That's right: Itsuka and Saiko are villains in this fic, they belong to this universe's version of the League of Villains. Their task, on the orders of their leader and spy within U.A., is to induct and introduce Izuku to the organisation and bring him into the fold, all in time for the attack on the USJ the next day.

But Izuku would rebel against them and escape the warehouse, though he was forced to ditch his phone upon realising that Itsuka and Saito were tracking him on it. He would spend the whole rest of the night trying to warn police and heroes about the attack on the USJ, but would get turned away either by no one believing his story (due to either the supposed ridiculousness of it or his quirklessness) or because of the timely intervention of Providence's agents.

He would be forced to go to the USJ himself.

So he would spend the whole rest of the night journeying to the USJ, constantly stalked by Providence's goons all the way there.

But when he eventually gets to the USJ the next day, he finds that he is too late to warn them.

Kurogiri warps into the middle of the field, and expels from himself the forces of Providence, led not by Shigaraki, but by one Kaina Tsutsumi.

Lady Nagant.

Yep, Nagant's taking over ol' Shiggy's position as the head of the League of Villains, and because of it, the modus operandi of Providence is uniquely different as well. Instead of just being a collection of street thugs and brawlers, Nagant's forces are made up of armoured and armed mercenaries, and by result are much more composed and organised.

On top of that, it is revealed that in the past, her version of the league had subsumed much of Humarise into their fold, as Beros serves as one of her chief lieutenants alongside Kurogiri and their young enforcers in Itsuka and Saito, as well as the villain Leviathan, also of Humarise origin, being their primary Nomu, who willingly allowed himself to be turned into one instead of it being an unwilling victim.

Lady Nagant, in comparison to Shigaraki, is much more mature and methodical to her actions in leading Providence, and would've won the initial fight against the students and the teachers if it wasn't for Izuku's early warning to them, and in the ensuing fight, Kurogiri is forced to scatter them across the USJ at random to be taken care of as a result of last second improvisation instead of it just being part of the original plan.

However, the fight that follows in the USJ quickly turns back into Providence's favour as the students and teachers are hunted down and corralled by Nagant's mercenaries and enforcers. The scattered battles that ensue become much bloodier than in canon, with many of the students suffering from grievous wounds inflicted upon them by Providence, raising the stakes even higher.

As many of the students are forced to surrender and be taken hostage by Providence's enforcers, Tsuyu, Kaminari, and Sato are able to link up with Ochako, with the Nomu that is Leviathan hot on their tail.

And that is when Ochako pulls a gun on the three, Leviathan answering to her call.

Ochako Uraraka, All Might's successor and the ninth wielder of One for All, is a villain, one of U.A's traitors, and Lady Nagant's chief enforcer.

And she coldly orders her classmates to surrender.

He does so, and they march out onto the square where the rest of the hostages have been gathered. The rest of the class is shocked by Ochako's betrayal, but she doesn't divulge her reasons as to why she has turned traitor to any of them.

But when Bakugo and Kirishima attempt to intervene and take down Nagant, Ochako takes on Bakugo and beats him to a bloody pump, shattering his arms and hands and leaving him broken on the floor. Kirishima is forced into submission at Bakugo's capture, and soon enough, all of Class 1-A and their teachers has been captured.

But not Izuku. He remains out of sight of Providence's roaming patrols, having swiped one of their guns from them during the battle and going into hiding, trying to stay out of their sight and make his way toward where the hostages are being held.

Luckily for him, his words from the night before had reached someone's ears.

Though Providence did their best, Izuku's words do reach the head of one hero agency, being that of Team Idaten, and Ingenium, alongside Enigma and Bigshot, go to investigate.

And soon enough, they are confronted by Providence's armed goons and realise the situation that is unfolding before them, calling in for backup.

Calling in All Might.

Just as Providence anticipated.

Soon enough, the USJ is surrounded by a blockade of heroes and police, including the likes of the rest of Team Idaten, the lovers Mirko and Ryukyu, the former vigilante Pop Step (with her husband, the Skycrawler, still working in America for the time being), and the rest of the teachers at U.A..

And as Providence wanted, All Might intervenes to save the hostages, bursting through the roof of the USJ with a frown on his face.

And Nagant is quick to challenge him.

Her orders are for All Might to surrender, and for Leviathan to kill him. If not, then the hostages will be killed in turn.

(She only means this for the teachers, though. She has no desire to harm the children, though she won't let it be known.)

As Leviathan and All Might start to battle, the rest of Providence's goons begin to throw themselves into the fight, firing at All Might and delivering shot after shot onto him, further worsening his critical wounds.

The fight for him is going poorly, and it looks like all hope is lost.

And that is when Izuku, without a quirk or special power at all, intervenes on his own.

Perched up on a high position nearby, Izuku takes the gun in his hand and begins to wildly fire down on the Providence forces below, not hitting any of them and almost hurting himself with the recoil, but succeeding in drawing their attention. This gives Class 1-A and the teachers the brief window that they need to overpower their captors and break free, taking their weapons and beginning their own fight against the disorganised mercenaries and enforcers.

And now, with the hostages cleared out, All Might loses any reason he has to hold back and sends a blow with all his might (heh heh) into Leviathan, before proceeding to beat him bloody and leave him on the ground.

However, the fight is a lot closer than expected, and Leviathan is still able to critically injure him. Worse yet are the Providence soldiers who are still nailing him with rounds, even whilst the rest of the pro heroes begin to flood into the massive building.

But that doesn't stop him, as soon enough he spots Lady Nagant incapacitating Ingenium and his sidekicks, and moves in to take her down...

Only to be rebuffed and stopped by his successor, Ochako, who nails him with a supercharged punch to his side and leaves him spiraled onto the ground.

All Might, bloody and wounded and onto his last minutes of time in his buffed form, is horrified by the sudden betrayal, as is Izuku as he is forced to watch the fight from up above.

And as Kurogiri whisks away Nagant, her enforcers and Nomu, and whatever Providence soldiers they could recover, Ochako locks eyes with Izuku, sending him a tearful expression, before being taken away.

The Battle of the USJ is over, and One for All and All for One are now both in the hands of the enemy.

In the aftermath of the battle, because of his connection to Ochako, Izuku is thoroughly questioned by the police, including Detective Naomasa Tsukauchi, but they find nothing that suggest that he had any awareness of Providence before last night. On top of that, his testimony about the heroes and police officers that had rebuffed his warning helped to arrest over a dozen people for negligence and quirkism, as well as exposed several agents of Providence.

However, when the police and heroes raid the warehouse that Providence had been frequenting the night before, they find it stripped down and abandoned. There was evidence of previous activity in there, but not enough to pin it to anyone.

Soon enough, Izuku is released from police custody and returns home for the night, shaken by the ordeal and left with a warning for his actions.

However, upon returning home, he finds Inko chatting happily to a guest.

Ochako.

The news of who was at the USJ hasn't been sent out yet, so Inko still believes that Ochako is part of Class 1-A, and asks if she is hurt. She says no, but is clearly shaken herself by the event.

Izuku and Ochako are left on their own in the living room whilst Inko is in the kitchen, making tea for them. A boy with no quirk and a girl with the most powerful quirk.

The two of them talk in hushed whispers. Izuku asks why Ochako had joined with Providence, and Ochako quotes how she felt about Bakugo, Aldera, All Might, and hero society at large. Izuku knows that this isn't all, but Ochako refuses to say.

Izuku asks if anything about their friendship was ever genuine, and Ochako says that all of it was. Every single detail, and every single second of it. It was why he was supposed to join them after all. It was why she had ordered Itsuka and Saito to bring him into Providence.

And it's why he can still join now.

Izuku gives her no answer.

Over the radio in the kitchen, the first details of the USJ are broadcast, and they reveal Ochako to have betrayed U.A.. Inko looks to Ochako in shock, and all the girl can do in response is shrug and get up, apologising for taking up their time and going for the door.

"The offer's still on the table, Deku... there's still time to join us."

"..."

"...See you around, Izuku."

And she leaves. Izuku tries to catch up to her, but when he opens the door, she's gone.

The next morning, Izuku and Inko are placed in protective custody and sent to stay in U.A.. Meanwhile, police forces raid the Uraraka family's construction business, but find it to be deserted. Not a trace of anyone at all remained. At the same time, the rest of the Dekusquad (Shinso, Yui, Setsuna, and Himiko) meet up with Izuku, and together they try to come to terms with the fact that Ochako has turned against them.

And in the meanwhile, at their secret base, Ochako comes to terms with her decisions as she dons her new outfit (a black and pink set of armour, like that of Crosshair from The Bad Batch), and wishes little Eri at her side well as Providence licks their wounds and prepares for their next operation...

All the while their benefactor, All for One, basks with glee at having One for All back in his possession...

What happens after this, I do not know, but I have a few ideas:

The main story would focus on the rivalry between Izuku and Ochako, and would be a David versus Goliath story, with Izuku, the quirkless boy, going up against the all powerful Ochako, armed with the most powerful quirk in history.

Pop Step would take Izuku and the rest of the Dekusquad under her wing, training them to be able to fight against Providence and the other villains out there, and serving as the Team Mom of the group.

The Sports Festival would be a lot different, with different events leading up to the 1v1 battles. Whether or not it should be behind closed doors due to the threat that Providence poses, I don't know.

There would be a lot of tension between the Dekusquad and 1-A, as the squad would receive more advanced training than the rest of the school because of their mentorship under Pop Step and her hero friends, and Setsuna and Yui would begin to share what they teach with the rest of their class in 1-B. Because of this, the roles of the festival would be reversed, with what's left of 1-A believing that the Dekusquad and 1-B were being arrogant, and the squad and 1-B (sans Momona, because of course) trying to refute this. These tensions would only be worsened by Ochako's defection and Izuku's connection to her, as they would begin to suspect him of being a villain in disguise as well.

Since Izuku is not in Class 1-A, Todoroki would instead choose Bakugo as his rival, but this time the boy would not reciprocate it. His attention would be all on showing Izuku up, and as such would only worsen the inner tensions of 1-A on top of it, thanks to Izuku not serving as the class's heart.

Many of Class 1-A would be injured in Providence's attack, meaning that half the class cannot compete in the sports festival, meaning that the other classes dominate the brackets.

Izuku and Shinso would seek help from Mei Hatsume of the support department to help them get through the sports festival, and the latter is soon brought into the Dekusquad.

The Dekusquad are able to make it into the first stage of the 1v1 rounds, but Hatsume bows out after showing off her gadgets in her fight, and Izuku and Shinso are both taken out in the semi-finals. Yui and Setsuna make it into the finals, and Setsuna wins the sports festival.

Izuku is met with distain at the sports festival due to his quirklessness, and it takes Midnight calling out the crowd to get them to shut up.

Bakugo and Todoroki go up against each other in the first of the 1v1 rounds, but Bakugo ends up taking the latter out whilst he is only using half of his quirk. Bakugo is, of course, enraged by this, but he ends up getting taken out by Yui in the next round.

Providence pulls an assassination attempt on All Might at the ending ceremony of the sports festival via paying off a minor Pro Hero by the name of Slugger to plant a bomb on his weak side, but the assassination attempt fails and Slugger ingests a cyanide pill to prevent himself from being captured.

Instead of being a Hero Killer, Stain instead continues to go under the name of Stendhal, but is now known as the Villain Killer. Ochako and Izuku are forced to team up to take him down when he goes after them both after killing several villains and Providence-aligned heroes.

In the months following the USJ, multiple heroes, from sidekicks to minor rankers, begin to defect to Providence, escalating the crisis as Lady Nagant's charismatic leadership continues to bring more into the fold.

Shinso is allowed to transfer into the hero course, but Izuku is denied because of his quirklessness and the HPSC's refusal to change the status quo. In response, Pop Step introduces him and the Dekusquad to a pair of former villains now vigilantes for training, Gentle Criminal and La Brava. The group proceed to take covert action against Providence in the shadows.

Tensions in U.A.'s hero course continue to rise as resentment and mistrust in the classes continues to grow, and the fears of more traitors in their ranks continue to divide them.

Meanwhile, Ochako and Nagant go on a personal mission to take down Overhaul and the surviving members of the Shie Hassaika, whom they had previously saved Eri from and almost drove into extinction. Now, they finish the job, but learn of the existence of the MLA, who declare war on Providence.

The HPSC learn that Uwbami and her agency have been funnelling money to Providence, and when they try to raid their establishment, they make their change of allegiance public. The lines in hero society are being drawn.

All Might is left filled with regret over giving One for All to Ochako, and begins taking to Nighteye's advice on giving it to Togata. However, the latter turns it down, and All Might is left without a successor in mind.

Soon, during the provisional license exam (Providence have no reason to attack the children at the summer camp, so they do not), Providence activate their agents in all of the hero schools, and a massive uprising takes place, with hundreds of students and teachers from different schools (Camie and Isana from Shiketsu, Shindo and Tatami from Kestubutsu, and even Ms. Joke) siezing control of their academies and handing them over to Providence. U.A. is barely able to stop their own revolt from taking over the entire campus and are just able to quell the uprisers.

Japan sinks slowly into civil war as scores of heroes switch sides, and the Dekusquad are forced into the frontlines. With One for All and All for One on the enemy's side, Providence seems almost unstoppable.

Soon enough, tensions in U.A. finally hit a boiling point, and the Dekusquad, second year Big Three, and many members of Class 1-B are forced to go on the run under Pop Step, Gentle Criminal, and La Brava's protection as they are hunted down by a violent mob made up of their former classmates, led by Bakugo Katsuki.

These escapees soon form their own independent faction of vigilantes known as the Coalition, and find themselves at war with Providence at every turn as they make alliances with unlikely allies in the likes of Spinner, Mr. Compress, and Twice.

Soon enough, All for One and All Might face off, but in the ensuing battle the two of them end up killing each other, and the quirk of All for One is passed down to Ochako, making her the holder of both All for One and One for All, thereby becoming the most powerful quirk user in all of history.

And then, we learn of Ochako's reasons for joining Providence: she was in love with Izuku, and hated how society looked down on him, demonised him and people like him because of what they were, not who they were. She was tired of the corruption and stagnation of the hero and villain dynamic, and as such desired to tear it all down and build something anew.

And she would do so by not just destroying hero society, but all quriks as well.

As Japan falls into war and hero society begins to tear itself apart, the Coalition and Providence face off, one foe to another, ready to fight until the bitter end...

And in the middle of it all, Izuku and Ochako face off. The quirkless versus the most powerful quirk. The weak versus the strong. Nature versus nurture. David versus Goliath.

It was the ultimate test, to see what was stronger.

And the fight that would come was sure to ignite the whole world.

So yeah, here we go, a complete overhaul (hee hee) of MHA's original story, with my own twist on it.

This idea was inspired both by 3PeopleInACoat's fic Ignited Spark and my own question of: "What would happen if One for All and All for One were placed on the same side?"

So here, I decided to make an IzuOcha fic that not only combined the adorable childhood friend trope, but also the idea of Ochako being a villain as well as having One for All, as well as the quirkless!Izuku trope and about a dozen others.

Also, if this fic is going to work, then One for All is and All for One are going to have to be changed significantly. Because, you know, an awesome quirk aging you to death kind of takes the possibilities of writing fanfics about other people apart from quirkless peopel getting it and poops on them, you know?

Anyways, with all of that said and done, stay safe, stay healthy, leave a review, and as always, if you want to use this idea, just send me a PM or a review/comment, and then it's all yours.

But until next time, Titanmaster 117 out!