Not all men are created equal. I was four when I learned this harsh lesson.

My childhood words echoed in my head as I sat chained to a steel chair in the middle of a dark gray room. My arms and legs were bound by heavy steel cuffs and my face was covered by a gas mask that was being filled with a gas that numbed me and stopped me from using my Quirk.

That was to be expected however, I had caused a lot of chaos up in the city before I had finally been taken down. I still was thinking about the final fight, the woman who took me down and caused me to be locked in this room hidden under the city. She was a beauty who moved with grace and our fight was a furry of blood and blows.

I would give anything to see her one last time, to run my fingers through her long hair and to watch her stunning eyes as I choked the life out of her body. I was not a fool however, I would be left alone in here until I die, or they send in people to question me. The later was less likely after the man I killed, after I killed All Might.

Blue, a small blue hole appeared on the wall in front of me, only the size of finger. Inside was a swirling void of clashing blues. I watched in interest as the hole started to rip open until it was the size of a large man.

A man stepped out of the void, donned in a three piece black suit matched with a light green tie. The oddest thing about him was his mask, a twelve hour clock with shattered glass. I assumed that meant he had a time based Quirk, or he was a time based name but his Quirk had nothing to do with time, it happened from time to time with heroes and villains.

"Hello, I am here to offer you freedom"

His voice was deep, strong and gentle. He spoke with an air of authority and power without any hint of arrogance. His offer caught my attention, was he a new member to the broken league? Was he a friend to Sensei? Maybe he was just touched by my actions.

"Who"

I was only able to get one word out in a rasp as the gas filled my lungs. He nodded to me and started talking as he walked over to turn the gas off, but leaving my mask on to stop me from recovering my strength just yet. He was fairly wary of me, smart.

"I am from a time line separate from this one, one in need of the strong. I am part of that times League of villains and we are planning on taking down All Might, hopefuly with your help."

I listened to him with my shares of hopes and worries as he talked.

"Me"

I started to cough as I asked what he knew about me, luckily he seemed to get it from that word alone.

"My Quirk bring me to the strong, I only know that you are strong and clearly no a hero with this treatment. I am sure you will be willing to tell me it all when we get back to the base, and I am sure you would rather that then this"

He pointed to my bound body, getting a weak chuckle out of me. So he knew nothing of my rampage, my history or what I had done to gain what I held close.

"You are free to say no, I will leave you in this cell to die, but I am sure you would rather join the League"

He was most likely smirking as he said this, but all I cared about was the League, was it like mine?

"Dabi? Himiko?"

I had to watch Dabi die in this time, and Himiko was locked away somewhere just like me. I maybe could use him to free her, why would he say no to more power.

He did not answer for a moment, only stood there with an air of focus. Was he using his Quirk to find them? Or was he thinking of what I mean?

"dead"

I tensed at the word, both of them?

"what?"

My mind raced over what he meant, Himiko was still alive, I saw her before they took her away.

"I can see people in this time linked to you, Dabi has been dead for weeks and Himiko was murdered by a cop mourning her sons death."

Everyone I know is dead, the world believe me to be dead, surely I would be if I stayed here.

"I agree"

I fight the angry and rage in my voice, I wanted to kill the bitch that took away Himiko, tear her guts and and crave her apart with Himiko's knife.

"Good show, I was hoping you would see reason."

He called in another person from the void, a woman made of a yellowish green gel, her feet leaving a sizzling trail of steam behind her. She made her way to me and grabbed onto my bonds and slowly they started to sizzle and melt.

The man wearing a clock took my mask off, letting me greedily suck back a mouth full of stale, but not gassed air. I could feel my Quirk kick in now that I was filtering out the gas, my body healing.

"Hello there good looking, Thank you for this"

I smirk at the gel woman, who giggles at me but keeps working on freeing me.

"You seem to be in high spirits"

The man I dubbed Broken clock spoke under his breath, not a fan of my flirting with her. But I never was one to pass on flirting, well not after my training anyhow.

"I will ask what you wish to be called, I assume you have a name?"

He did not know my name? Or was he unable to tell what name I liked to use out of the few I had, maybe he only knew my birth name?

That left me to wonder what name I should use? I had gone by a few in my years of being a villain. I chose to keep the name I killed to gain. I licked my lips and face the Broken clock.

"I am All for One"

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One for All

Unrelenting power that rendered me broken, a power far stronger than I could handle. Yet I still worked everyday to hone it to a point where I could use it in a manner that would not leave me like I am today, broken in the nurses office.

I used my last few training days to find a sport where I could use my Quirk and not break myself, so far I had not found a way.

Every time I did break myself, one of my classmates were forced to halt their own training to drag my body to Recovery girl, Asui was the one who had done so today. I felt bad for making her miss out on training, and becoming a burden she was forced to deal with. She was currently sitting in a chair beside my bed, even after I had told her that I would be fine alone.

"Thank you"

She looked at me with her usually deadpan and responded very plainly.

"You say thank you a lot"

I started to turn red as I noticed she was right, I thanked her over four times so far today.

"S-sorry"

I was feeling more tense now that I noticed that we were alone, alone with a girl whom I barely spoke to. I should try and say something right? I should start with something charming? What if she assumed I was hitting on her if I did, maybe I could ask her something to get the ball rolling?

"Y-your Quirk?"

She looked at me, waiting for me to finish my question.

"Can I ask about your Quirk, I would like to learn more about it?"

I felt a little more at ease asking about Quirks, it would not seem odd for us to talk about one of the reasons we were here to begin with. I had missed the chance to see it during our first training test with All Might after my Clash with Kacchan had left me burnt and broken.

"Okay"

She was very plain with her response, but it seemed she was always like this with everyone, just a part of who she was.

I look around for my bag, hoping to get my notebook near me so I could write this all down after she left. Asui took notice of this and spot out her tongue that then wrapped around my bag that had been placed near the door and dropped it onto my lap. I watched in awe at her display of skill before she explained herself.

"you are gonna note this all down right? Like you did with the pro heroes"

I looked away from the girl and felt a ping of shame, I must look like a creep writing down about her in my notebook. I felt the need to state that this was nothing of ill intent.

"It is not anything creepy or odd I sweat, Sorry"

I winced at my poor way of trying to clear this up, only making myself seem guilty and covering it up. Asui places her finger to her lips, an actions I have seen her do a few times now.

"I don't mind, in fact I think it is very smart to take notes like that"

I start feeling a lot better as she said this, no longer feeling creepy. The next thing she said however turned me multitudes of red.

"I don't see you as the type to focus on odd things like my breast size or skin tight suit like Mineta"

She most likely meant that as a joke, but I had taken notice of how she looked in her costume. It hugged her very nicely and made it easy to see some of her better physical assets. I assumed it was like this for a number of reasons however, the tightness made it easier to swim without her clothes slowing her down which was needed for a hero who would be working in water like her. Her suit also gave off a frog like feel and made her stand out in the water due to its green tone, making it easier for people to see the heroine in the water.

"Also the flippers give her a good push underwater, but are small enough not to trip her on the land, also flexible enough to aid her with her leaps, and the goggles would-"

I stop after she tells me I have been muttering this out loud, I feel like a fool.

"So-sorry"

She did not seem to mind my mumbles, jumping straight into talking about her Quirk after I said sorry. She was sure to stop every now and then to let me jot it all down. I learned a few things about what she was able to do, how far she could jump and how long her tongue was. She told she new ideas she was working on to better herself and new way to use her tongue in both fights and everyday life. I learned that she had a hard time in the cold, it made her sleepy.

"If I do it right, I may be able to change the shade of my body and blend in with the background"

She was smiling as she talked, it was not a large smile but it was a readable smile, and it was something of beauty. It really lit up her face, I found myself staring as she talked.

"And what about you?"

I had gotten by with little in way of talking about my Quirk so far, but I was not gonna refuse her after she had given me so much new data to work with.

"I can summon a power to any part of my body and unleash it when I made contact with something, usually by punching or flicking."

I found it off putting that I was having a hard time thinking of how to explain my power, I never thought about it as anything more than using All Might's power. I should give it some deeper thought one day.

"Can I ask about 'Deku'?"

I looked away from my classmate and frowned, the word strung coming from her more than it did from Kacchan.

"It is an insult"

I did not want to get into it, the name that defined me for so long as useless.

"If you look at it that way, Ochako seems to like it and I highly doubt she is mocking you. Bakugo seems to be the only one who uses it as an insult. Maybe you should look at it differently now."

I feel odd, the idea of people using that name in a pleasant manner was new to me, but she was right Ochako seemed very fond of calling me Deku.

"You think so?"

I look at her, and she is still flashing me that small smile as she nods. How long has she been smiling? I rarely see her show any real expression in class, yet here she is smiling at me and telling me that I should look at my nickname in a new light, that I no longer need to fear the name.

"Thank you Asui"

I smiled back at her as I thanked her, happy to hear this. Her smile faded however and she returned to her deadpan look, had I offended her?

"Call me Tsuyu"

I looked at my feet and started to rub my neck, my checks heating up as I do.

"S-sorry Tsuyu"

We sit there in silence for a few moments, I feel like I killed the pleasant mood by calling her Asui

"We should get going, I am sure we are worrying the others"

I nod in agreement as I follow suit and stand. I cant help but smile at her height, it was fun being the tallest in the room.

so I rewrite this chapter, planning on doing the same with the next one. I just wanted to get a stronger hook for new readers and I have gotten better as a writer so I want to fix my messy early stuff.

still working on the newest chapter, but I am planing out the next ten to kept them flowing better and I have some real big shit planned.

anyhow sorry for the slow updates.