A.N. I am really bad at timing. Just after I posted the notice yesterday, because I didn't know the state of Griffin's story, he comes back alive just in time to update. Oh well. But in all seriousness I'm wondering if to just make this prohibited power exclusive from now on, or since the digimon story is making head way on its own, I'll do a watching the story fic for that separate or just skip some scenes and add it in here. Only time and reviewers will tell.
But here is the next chapter and Griffin...I burnt down the office.
"Okay so we need to discuss somethings." Flare said while the audience ate. "We've gotten some information from the higher ups and we have good news and bad news." Flare told them.
"Is the good news that you plan to let us go?" Mineta asked hopefully.
"No…due to the boss realizing some stuff he had decided to cut the worlds viewed. You will no longer be viewing the digimon world or the nanite world." Flare informed them. "Instead…you'll just view the prohibited power, with the random clips at the end." She informed them. "At least until further notice, he might change his mind later." She told them.
"That's the good news?" Endeavour asked.
"Yes."
"So what's the bad news?" Nezu inquired.
"The bad news…we have to go and kidnap another version of you guys to watch the digimon story." Gregar informed. "That means another class 1A, another league and another U.A. staff." He told them.
"Wait what why do you need to that?" Izuku asked.
"Reasons we cannot disclose." Flare answered. "Fortunately we might not be the ones doing it but rather some of our friends will."
"That doesn't make it any better." Izuku said.
"I know…that's why we said it was bad news." Flare answered. "Either way once you finish eat we will resume watching."
The audience were left with that revelation and despite many of them thinking to act against it, they couldn't figure out how. Realizing the best thing to do was wait and see what happened, the audience finished their food before going back to the theater. In the theater, Flare stared the next episode.
"Anyone up here ? Izuku I'm calling recovery girl"
"U-uh ? N-no I'm here ! I'm f-find no need to call anyone"
"What happened ?"
"H-honestly I h-had a flashback but nothing bad really ! We-we should just go for our lunch right ?"
"I think, she can count herself lucky." Shigaraki noted. "She doesn't have to sit through all the flashbacks like we do." He said.
"Sure, Iida and the others asked us to join !"
"R-really ?!"
"Yeah ! In fact it's Momo who suggested this to ... you know, b-break the ice like they say"
"T-... that's great ! I-I thought everyone would give me the cold shoulder but ... wow, let's go then !"
Ochaco nodded and led the way, as they were getting closer from the lunch area she noticed that Izuku was slowing down "You know ... It's kind of obvious that you do not trust the other students ... is it really that hard ?"
"I-I wouldn't say it's about trust, I guess I had bad experiences that's all ... I never had any good friends since-" Izuku stopped.
"Izuku ?"
"Oh look how concerned she's getting." Toga pointed out. "Pretty soon they'll be in bed, cuddling and stuff." The vampirism girl added.
"Did you ... did you ever considered what would happen if you didn't get a quirk ? Imagine, you are going to see the doctor, full of hope and dreams about what power the universe gave you a-and then ... nothing"
"I might consider that an actual blessing." Shoto answered. Eri seemed to nod at this as she started to snuggle up between the two boys. Fatgum all the while was looking at the number 2's son and wondering exactly what he meant by that.
"Izuku I- ..." Ochaco never considered that, she had nothing to fear, both of her parents had a quirk she never met someone quirkless before Izuku. When she was young it's almost as if quirkless people didn't exist. "... no ... I never considered this"
"Me neither ... I spent so much time trying to activate anything in my body, or rather I wasted so much time, sometimes it was not because I wanted so much to be a hero ... being quirkless it's like ... it's like being an outcast from humanity, people laugh at your own misery ..." Izuku looked down, around the end his voice sounded hesitant.
"You know I'm starting to wonder." Nezu spoke. "From how he's spoken it's become obvious that this Izuku has gotten so good at lying about being quirkless, that one has to wonder if he's actually managed to lie and convince himself, at least on a few occasions." Nezu pointed out.
"It could be possible." Aizawa noted.
Ochaco didn't know what she could do in this situation, she couldn't let down Izuku and-
"But hey ! It's all different now right ? I'm going to make a lot of friends !" Izuku was now smiling as if the last three minutes never happened "let's go now ! We don't want to lose more of our lunch time right ?"
"Y-yeah !" Followed Ochaco throwing a punch in the air to show her ... excitement ?
...
Izuku wasn't excited at all ... he was scared like he had never been.
"Oh come one, we aren't that terrifying." Mina said.
"Maybe not to me, but to him you are." Izuku said referring to his other self.
Five years ago.
"Can't this be optional?" One of the students complained.
"No." Gregar answered.
"All ... for One ? That's how Y-... It's called ?" Asked Izuku now staring inside yet another cup of tea after a few minutes of explanations about his power.
"Yes, I came up with this name for a reason" Sensei had delayed everything so he could talk with Izuku for the next seven hours if he had to "how did you discovered it ?"
"I put a lot of thought and effort into that name unlike somebody." All for One said as he glanced at his brother.
"No you didn't. You ripped off the three musketeers." One for All answered.
"So did you."
Inko glanced at Nana. "They sure are acting like brothers now. Aren't they?"
"I would have never guessed they were fighting for 200 years if I saw this." Nana answered.
"... When I was four I- ... I accidentally stole my fri- ... friend's quirk for a moment, I was scared at this moment and he has an explosion quirk, I guess you know how it ended"
"... you don't have it however, you gave back his quirk ?"
"N-no, I-I guess I only took it briefly, without thinking or noticing"
"... How many times did you use All for One ?"
"Two times ... the second time I-" Izuku shivered "I used it on my mother, I- ... I hurt her a lot"
"I guess this time you completely took her quirk, but you rushed the process, it must have been exhausting for you too ... and- ..." All for One was ... impressed, he had used his power so many times and he didn't always used it to stole a quirk, sometimes to torture, sometimes to help.
"I remember when it was just helping." One for All said. "Why did you stop again…oh right…you became a devil." He said bitterly.
"And the devil descended from heaven, sent by God to take evil and rule it." His brother quoted. One for All turned to his brother.
"Seriously?" He asked his older brother. "You got that of a fortune cookie."
"Actually an old friend of mine told me it."
But each time he stole a quirk he had this hunger, he wanted to give back some ... but he couldn't, how was it possible to give up a part of his power when he would use it better than anyone ? And yet Izuku, All for One supposed that the boy was around ten years old ... and all this years he never tried to take a quirk.
He had to be lying, anyone who would posses so much power would try to get more ! ... but he wasn't, so far Izuku had been one of the honest person he had meet.
"... Why ?" Asked Sensei losing his neutral tone at the same time "If it was so easy for you to get a quirk, why are you still quirkless now ? Don't you want to be a hero ?"
"Y-yes but-"
"You could have everything you want ! This world could be yours, I don't understand ..." All for one sat back into his chair and rotated toward his wall of screens ... as if he could see what they were displaying, he looked pathetic, and in front of a children above all.
"There is a trope for this." Present Mic said. "Evil cannot comprehend good and vice versa. Essentially it means some actions may totally be lost to a person of another alignment. For example a murderer will see nothing wrong with taking another life but a pacifist will clearly see the problem. Similarly he doesn't understand how Izuku could resist the power, because to him he only sees a lust for power as the only way.
"... it wouldn't be right"
That made him laugh, genuinely laugh "right ? Hahaha what's right ? Aren't you tired of being quirkless sometimes ?"
"I am yes"
"So why ? Don't you want to take away the powers of those who do not deserve it ?"
"Yes but-"
"BUT WHAT ?! TELL ME !" Now it was anger who spoke through All for One, it was just impossible ... the greed for power was natural for every human being and no one could resist it "WHY DO YOU CHOOSE TO BE WEAK ?"
All for One reaped his chair from the ground and threw it somewhere else in the room ... this was a mistake, not only he managed to hurr himself by using a quirk in his state but he scare Izuku. He was about to apologise but he couldn't stand up anymore ... pathetic, he only used it for a second and now he was completely drained.
He was using all the strength he still had in him to not completely collapse ... a hand appeared in front of him.
"... Because I don't want to become a bad person" Izuku answered.
All for One ... hesitated, he grabbed Izuku's hand and the young man helped him to sit back into another chair.
"I-I don't want to become like them ... if having power means that you become a monster then- ... then I don't want to ..."
"Absolute power corrupts absolute." Aizawa said.
"So the most powerful quirk will always be the most corrupting?" A student asked.
"It doesn't have to be a quirk." Shoto answered. "Power can be anything, postion, wealth, status. It all can corrupt a person."
"It has corrupted people." Stain added. "Heroes before didn't need licenses or money to reward them for their job, they just did it. Not like today."
...
"And what if this world need monsters ?"
"That depends on how you define monster." Nezu answered.
"Is that- ... lunch rush ? Wow ! That's so cool ! Even the cook is a pro hero !" Beamed Ochaco as she and Izuku arrived at the lunch area.
They didn't even have to wait, the said hero was making at least five plates per second, Ochaco grabbed a bell of rice mixed with green jelly cubes and Izuku chose a purple soup ... it didn't look tasty but it was made by a pro hero with a specialised quirk in the end.
"I still wouldn't trust it. It looks like bricks." Twice added. "Looks tasty."
Izuku was as surprised as Ochaco ... however he was really considering if this hero could be considered as a pro, most people doesn't know what kind of quirk he has as they only consider the results.
It seems very simple in fact, Lunch Rush can use any kind of environment and turn it into food ... if only this kind of power could help the people starving outside.
"Does Lunch Rush do charity?" One teacher asked.
"I don't know." Another answered.
"Can you see them ?" Asked Izuku
"They said that they would be sitting next to the windows ... here !" Ochaco indicated a large table, Izuku spotted Tenya, Momo, Denki, Tsuyu and ... he was confused for a moment to see a uniform floating but he quickly understood that it was Toru.
"Hey everyone !" Called Ochaco
"Ah ! Did something happen on your way ? We feared that you may not come" explained Momo as she offered a seat to Izuku and Ochaco.
"Sorry, I spaced out and I ended up delaying us" apologised Izuku.
"Oh ... does it happen often ?" She carefully continued.
"Well ... I'm trying to avoid that, sometimes I end up muttering in front of everyone or space out like I did with Ochaco, It just happens like that when I get lost into my tho-" Izuku looked at Momo's plate, in the middle stood a literal block of iron "is that-"
"Actually no it's not hahaha" she took a knife and cut throught the iron cube as if it was a brick of butter "honestly I don't know what it is, it tastes like ... tomato and curry I would say"
"Mine is supposed to be some kind of ice cream" explained Tenya "But it's very hot ! It tastes like jalapeno peppers or something similar ! I tried to put water over it but it's useless, they should really put some description about the food" he concluded with a surrendering tone.
"I'm not even sure I want to eat my soup now ..."
"It's made by Lunch Rush Izuku ! Come on give it a try"
"Lunch Rush?" Asked Denki curious "who is that?"
"He is our cook" answered Izuku "Most people do not know him because he is not really a field hero, more like a support ... no offence intended, I mean he really helps a lot !"
"Wow that's great ! I wonder if all the staff is composed of pros then" replied Toru.
"I have heard that Number Thirteen is going to be hosting us this year in some kind of training facility ! She is my idol !" Added Ochaco.
The teachers did their best to remain as stoic as possible with this. They needed to be professional, even if some of them took gratitude in hearing their students praise them and say they were there favourite.
"It makes sense Ribbit, your quirks aren't similar but they are good for support and well ... they have the same theme ? ... like space and gravity ? Ribbit, also your costume really looks like an early version of hers"
"Yeah exactly ! Which one is your favorite Tsu ?" Asked Ochaco.
"Right now I don't have any ... favorite, though I do like Recovery Girl a lot" she explained putting a finger next to her mouth with a vacant stare.
Izuki noted that she was hard to read, maybe she was emotionally strong ? Though Izuku never saw a front having expressions.
"Mine would be my big brother, being a hero is some kind of legacy in the family and I'm really looking up to be as good as him" answered Tenya.
The other students mostly answered that All Might was their favorite hero ... and then they started to stare at Izuku ... which of course meant that they were somehow waiting for an answer.
Izuku tried to ignore them at first ... if it wasn't for Tsuyu's bluntness.
"Midoriya, what about you ?"
"M-me ? Oh-oh yes ... well ..."
Five years ago.
"Here we go again."
All for One expected Izuku's visit, the kid kept coming each and every day after school, even during the weekend, unless he had something else planned. It wasn't a bad thing, he really enjoyed each second with the young man ... such a bright mind, All for One pushed back every appointment he had with Tsubasa to get some private time with Izuku.
"Yeah he really would make a better father than me." All for One sighed. None of his seat mates said anything to say otherwise much to his dismay.
"H-hello" He muttered as he entered inside the basement.
"Good afternoon Izuku, I bought (He meant "asked my personal taxi to steal") some new variants of tea ... this one is called Deideri ... doesn't mean anything, but I'm sure it smells like ... mint ?"
"Wait…is he talking about Kurogiri?" Spinner asked.
"Most likely." Mr. Compress answered.
"S-Sensei I- ... I don't want to disturb you but- ... my hands they-" The young was cut off as All for One grabbed one of Izuku's hand. He had already lived this situation, Izuku was very worried, at first All for One suspected it when Izuku entered, the young boy was shy but there was a big difference between being shy and scared.
"... It hurts right ? And you can't control it either" Sensei guessed as he saw the red sparks around Izuku's hands.
"Withdrawal." Both brothers realized. They had vague memories of how sick All for One could get if he didn't use his quirk. Sometimes, though it felt like the sickness was more deliberate on the quirk's part, as he never got sick when there was no quirk in the area.
Recovery girl was also looking at boy noting how the quirk behaved.
"I-I can't keep going to school like this ! I can barely suppress it and people are already starting to notice that I am acting weird"
...
The quirk was starving, just like any muscle it had to be used in order to live, but Izuku wouldn't like this answer.
"Since when ?"
"... two years ..."
"It has been two years ?!" The pain must be unbearable, he had to do something right now "listen, it happened to me too alright ? You are going to be fine but there is something you have to-"
"I have to steal a quirk right ? ... I- ... Well I theorized this fact but I confirmed it on my way, I know how quirks work and-... I don't know how I'm going to do this, I don't want to steal any quirk !"
Stubborn at fault this kid ...well All for One will have to make an effort.
"Use mine, you can't take them but I'm willing to share some with you until All for One stops reacting this way"
"You-you- really ?"
"You don't know how hard it is for me, it looks simple but it's going to hurt me as much as you" All for One was greedy in a way when it came to quirks but he was also talking about his current physical state ... beside Izuku never tried to steal a quirk voluntarily ...
"You guys might want to cover Eri's eyes and ears." Gregar warned. The two fire users did as told as the girl pressed play.
"Take my hand, but hold your horses, I will start ... we don't want any complication alright ?" But there will be complications All for One knew it ...
Izuku extended his hand for Sensei, when their hands touched Izuku lost his balance, something was terribly wrong with Sensei ... usually he could "feel" the quirks around him and he always wondered why he couldn't feel se same around All for One.
Now he knew why, he probably always felt his presence, when Sensei grabbed his hand Izuku foresaw the void, the almost infinite quantity of quirks flowing through him, at the same time so chaotically and peacefully.
Everyone stared at the screen wide eyed as they saw hundreds of ghastly images. The images looked like people but not quite. Their bodies were pale and see through, and their eyes were empty, hollow, black pools of ink. It was like something right out of her horror show. Nana and OFA recognized this, it was the souls that were attached to the quirks. They had long since realized that quirks in some cases were tied to a person's soul, even if the quirk was passed on to someone quirkless; a part of the soul was still carried with it. What they were seeing now, were the hundreds, if not thousands of souls that had all been in contact with All for One all trapped within the quirk's core. The scariest part…was that those souls weren't incomplete. They were just fragments of some personalities, that was the difference between the two. When you took something by force, it is never truly yours, but when you were given something it was yours.
"What the hell is that?" Some of the almost everyone else in the theatre said.
Izuku brought his hand to his mouth; if he had a pile of dead bodies in front of him he would probably have the same reaction.
"I hope you can hold back" chucked All for One.
After a minute Izuku managed to catch his breath.
"Y-you knew I would have this reaction right ?"
"I did, but my curiosity pushed me to see how emotionally strong you were ... I must say I'm impressed ... now take my hand again, and let's see if we can tame your dissident quirk"
"Anyone else feel like throwing up?" Mt.. Lady asked. Surprisingly several heroes and villains lifted their hands up as well students.
"H-he is not really a hero but, he was an important figure and he still is. I guess he showed me what kind of hero I want to be and be helped me a lot, without him I wouldn't be here"
"Wow, who is he ? A cop perhaps ?" Asked Ochaco
"No, he is some kind of ... uhh ... teacher ? Of everything ? L-let's keep it that way" As if he was going to say that the man who gave him the will and the skills to be a hero was a former criminal genius.
"Some kind of secret teacher, that's sounds great Midoriya, Ribbit"
Izuku gave an awkward smile to the frog student.
"WARNING, LEVEL 3 SECURITY BREACH"
For the next seconds nothing happened, then a bell rang and the students present in the lunch area started to panic.
"W-what is this?" asked Ochaco, as she tried to avoid being caught in the crowd of students running away.
"A security breach? That can't be possible, no villain is stupid enough to attack U.A." thought Tenya. "We have to evacuate ... but I suppose we will have to find another way"
"Stupid!" Shigaraki feigned in disbelief. "I'll have you know that plan was almost fool proof. Isolate the students, cut off communications, overwhelm you with numbers, divide and conquer and we even had the perfect counter for All Might." The leaded of the League said. "The one detail we didn't account for was you quirks and even then we would have beat you had someone, not let you escape." He said as he glanced at Kurogiri.
"Wait look!" Tsuyu showed the outside of the lunch area, from their table they could see the entrance of the school, it was just a bunch of journalists being pushed back toward the exit.
"How did they get in?" Wondered Izuku "there is no need to evacuate then ! We have to tell everyone!" Izuku turned back toward the flow ...
Four years ago
"Here we go again."
"You ... traded quirks ?"
"Sometimes yes, or I offered them ... each time it was a calculated decision however, I never gave a quirk out of generosity"
"No but you once gave a quirk out of fear." One for All snorted. The ladies casted him a glance, while his brother glared. One for All cleared his throat. "In the early days quirks were rather weak, so sometimes a person with a quirk wasn't that much more powerful than a person without. Still there were some people who while they mightn't need quirks still treasured them dearly as they were a part of them. My brother here made the unfortunate mistake of taking away a quirk from someone who saw it one such way. The result, he was beaten within an inch of his life before he realized he should probably just return the quirk and beg for mercy."
"Seriously." Nana asked, but All for One remained silent not wanting to speak about the incident at all.
"I'm actually scared to ask who could that." Nana admitted.
"Believe me, he may be scary but he is nowhere close to as terrifying as the one who will not be named." One for All answered.
"Are you referring to Ge-Ge?" Inko asked.
"No..Ge-Ge was an angel…I'm talking about a true demon." One for All shuddered.
"Calculated decision ? You mean-"
"When quirk first appeared the government tried to take control of this new power ... I do not need to tell you how the people reacted, especially the one who had quirks"
"... Did the government-"
"No they never found me, at least no yet, not even when ..." All for One stared at the ceiling, even if he couldn't see it Izuku knew that Sensei was simply trying to suppress the pain "Anyway, some were looking for power, others for protecting, guidance ... I offered them what they asked, in exchange I only asked for their trust"
"B-but you used them then !" Beamed Izuku
"I offered them the choice, what do you think I would do if one of them refused ? Maybe you think I will do something as low as torturing their family or killing them for some obscure reason, well no, a lot refused you know ... maybe they were smarter than the other, or more courageous ... In fact yes, let this be your lesson for today"
Izuku listened carefully to Sensei's advice.
"In a desperate situation a leader has to emerge ... make sure that you are this leader"
"How ?"
"Offer them hope, or force them to believe that you are their only hope"
"That's both the hero and villain methods rolled into one." Ilda noted.
"Heroes and villains are very subjective terms. You can use either version depending on your alignment." Kurogiri pointed out.
"Throw me ... ?" Muttered Izuku
Ochaco heard that "what ?!"
"Ochaco, your quirk on me, NOW !" Izuku extended his hand toward Ochaco who immediately used her quirk on him. Izuku jumped above the student flow and flew until he reached the exit door which was completely blocked.
"So in this world, Midoriya acts instead of Ilda." Kirshima noted.
"It looks so." Denki answered.
"SILENCE !" Izuku yelled as loud as he could.
He obtained the attention of the students "DON'T YOU SEE IT'S ONLY JOURNALISTS ?! ARE YOU ALL OUT OF YOUR MINDS TO REACT IN SUCH A WAY ?!" Most of them looked down or toward another direction.
"YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BECOME HEROES SO ACT LIKE ONE IN THE FIRST PLACE !" After a minute the crowd dissipated and Izuku felt that Ochaco was releasing him.
After that he took another full minute to breath and catch up with what just happened.
"Midoriya !" Tenya was the first to reach him "you were incredible !"
"T-thank you B-but ... I'm never doing that again !"
"Izuku !" Ochaco looked exhausted when she arrived, Izuku didn't know that using her quirk for sush a small amount of time would drain her so much "A-are you okay ? I was so scared ! But wow that was so cool !"
"I'm fine ... and relatively happy that it worked"
"I hope you will do it again ! That's how a true hero should act ! I'm so happy to have you in our class and to have you as our class representative" commented Tenya.
Izuku smiled and rubbed the back of his head ... but his task wasn't finished here "I-I have to go to the bathroom I'll be right back"
"B-but your lunch-" worried Ochaco
"I'll take it later thank you, sorry that lunch got really messed up"
"Do not worry about that, who knew the journalists could be stubborn to the point of breaking into a high secured facility ?" Ironized Momo.
In fact Izuku didn't go to the bathroom at all, he was heading toward the school entrance ... the doors didn't simply opened for a bunch of annoying journalists and paparazzis.
When he reached his destination, the said journalists were gone. Izuku noticed some cameras smashed on the ground; in the end it wasn't much different than the flow of scared student. Aizawa was here too with Nezu, they were examining the door.
"Illegal use of quirk ?" Asked the director
"Most likely, nothing "conventional" can do so much clean damage" Izuku gritted his teeths when he heard the word conventional, just what kind of problem did Aizawa had with quirkless?
"It's not necessarily a problem, more so it's just common terminology now." The teacher pointed out.
"Then it's a declaration of-" Nezu's hears twitched and in the next second his head made a turn toward Izuku "Ah ! Well that's just a perfect timing ! Hello Izuku" greeted Nezu.
"Someone seems to have taken a liking to boy." Recovery girl noted.
"He's outsmarting most people here. I feel a sort of kinship with that." Nezu responded
"D-director" answered back Izuku.
"Shouldn't you be in class ?" Asked Aizawa with his monotonous slight angry tone.
"I-I wanted to know how the journalists managed to breach into U.A. for the other students"
"Don't be so harsh with him Aizawa, beside you should be in class too !"
"At least I have a reason to be here ...'"
"... Anyway ! Izuku, you have some talents when it comes to studying quirks right ?" Asked the director pointing the door in every possible direction.
"Y-yes ... you want me to-"
"I want you to have a look, after all a second examination can always be helpful"
"S-sure" muttered Izuku, he walked closer from the door, Aizawa moved away from his spot.
At first glance the gate had been turned into a pile of small rock ... it couldn't be an explosion or else the rocks would be scattered. Izuku grabbed one of the rocks ... it wasn't hot either.
"A keen observation." Nezu pointed out.
"That's ... weird, it's just like suddenly the door fell down like a card castle ... it was dismembered, purely and simply, cut in every possible direction" concluded Izuku
"Do you mind giving us more argument ?" Asked Aizawa.
"First there was no explosion, or else we would have heard it and there wouldn't be a pile of metal rocks where the door once stood, then-" Izuku gave Aizawa a piece of the door "it's completely cold, if someone tried to cut throught with a saw or a laser it would still be hot, beside I'm sure the journalists would have noticed ... No it was done by something that can deconstruct even U.A.'s massive gate without being too visible"
Nezu wasn't smiling anymore and Aizawa was just staring as always.
"W-was that helpful ?"
"More than enough Izuku, you can go back to class, and tell the others to get ready, we are going out of the school facility" ordered Aizawa.
"Y-yes" Izuku ran back to the classroom.
...
"Deconstruct? Dismembering? What kind of quirk is that?" Asked Aizawa confused.
"Off the top of my head….Overhaul and Decay." Kurogiri answered.
"He is very close from the verity ... call back Midnight and Recovery, I think we are not done here yet"
"They left a few minutes ago for an incident in the city, a hostage situation or something, All Might joined them ... that means he won't be present this afternoon" Aizawa sighed, hopefully Thirteen would handle the students on her own.
When Izuku entered the classroom everyone was ... silent, some students were whispering about the breach while others were occupying themself with whatever they had in their desk.
"Izuku ? What happened ?" Asked Momo
"Illegal use of quirk, but the teachers are already dealing with this" Izuku faked a smile "Also Aizawa told us to get ready we are leaving soon, apparently we are going outside of the school"
"Did he say why ?"
"I guess he will explain later ... or after some secret test who knows ..." Izuku sat back at his desk ... he shouldn't have missed his lunch, he was so hungry after all this stressful events
Three years ago.
"Another one."
"Sensei what is this place ?"
"Isn't that Ms. Natasha's shop?" One for All asked. That was a shop there friends always use to visit for sweets or just to relax so seeing it like that was really disheartening for the man to see that. So many memories existed because of that place.
"It used to be an old candy shop ... got closed because they couldn't keep up with the competition"
"Competition ? I mean ... it happens right ?"
"Do you know why there are laws that regulate the usage of quirks ?"
"To make people feel normal." Toga spat.
"To prevent people from causing chaos and hurting other people ... ?"
"Yeah right." Toga snorted. Some of the villains and students looked at the girl with a little worry.
"Close enough in a way, but also to avoid this kind of things from happening, you see when quirks appeared some used them for their job, just imagine being able to create ice cream by refining the air around you ... even if I must admit yes, that's an exotic quirk"
"That sounds awesome." Eri said in awe.
"It kind of sounds like Lunch Rush's quirk, in a sense." Momo noted.
"D-did they get caught ?"
"No, they didn't, in fact they chose to not use theirs to keep up ... and they ended up losing because they didn't use all they had to win"
"That's not-"
"Fair? What's fair in life Izuku ? ... sorry for this slip ... what I want to tell you is that one day you will be faced with a situation in which you will not have enough strength to save yourself ... if it ever happens, promise me that you won't do anything stupid"
...
"I promise"
"By stupid, I assume he means don't hold back for any sense of honor or anything of that manner." Fatgum said. "If the situations comes down to it, a person must act on the best interests of those around them as oppose to their own self interests."
"That has to be the best thing I ever heard you say Tubby." Dabi answered.
"When Eri goes to get a snack, I'll show you who's Tubby." Fatgum told the villain darkly.
"Izuku ?"
"AHHHH ! A-Asui !"
"Call me Tsu please"
"Oh, yeah right" Izuku ended up sleeping again, well hopefully he caught most of what Aizawa explained, this afternoon they would do rescue training. At least this time no one would try to beat the hell out of him.
"And that's how you jinx yourself." Mina said as she recalled that day.
"I wanted to know, where did you learn all those moves you showed up during the combat training? I never saw any hero do that. Is it your own style or did someone taught you?"
"Oh ... y-yes well, half and half I would say, someone gave me the basics and I modified some ... but very recently we started training again"
"Damn that's so manly!" Beamed Eijiro "I would like to be able to use moves like that!" He activated his quirk around his arms "I can't stop imagining how I would look if I could combine your style with my quirk"
"Your quirk is really great for infighting, in fact I suppose you can just run into most fight without having to bother about the danger right?" Added Izuku.
"Damn yes I can ! Just like Red Riot !"
"Haha, I guess we really took a lot of our idols's personalities right ? Well mostly ..." Pointed out Ochaco.
"Talking about personality, Izuku do you know which hero inspired Bakugo to make him like that ? Ribbit"
"Uh-uh what ? I-I"
"Yeah Bakugo and Todoroki both have incredible quirks" admitted Denki from the back of the bus "and they do fit their personality, no offence guys !"
"None taken ..." muttered Shoto
Katsuki raised an eyebrow, it made Izuku chuckle, he was only interested by the conversation because people were talking about his quirk,.
"I mean, Bakugo looks angry all the time, what kind of hero inspired him?" Teased Tsuyu "I never heard of any that would match his personality so I guess this one isn't very popular" That triggered Katsuki.
He stood up and agitated his fist toward Tsuyu "UH ?! SAY THAT AGAIN SO I CAN KICK YOUR ASS !" That only made the students in the bus laught.
It was so funny, now the roles were reversed and Izuku would be able to enjoy each and every moments of his time at U.A.
"Is it the same thing in our world too?" Tsu asked. "No offence but from how your power worked before, I imagine it would cause some trouble." She noted.
"Nah it wasn't that big a problem." Izuku lied.
"This is such a disgusting conversation" complained Momo who was sitting next to Ochaco.
"Yeah but in a way it's fun right?" She proposed.
Izuku noticed that Ochaco didn't bring her helmet, however now she was wearing gloves.
"Wow he's even noticing the little details. Ochaco marry him." Toga teased.
"What?" The girl in questioned blush.
"She's not wrong." Mina added. "If a boy notices those little details then he's a keeper."
"That's new?" He asked her pointing at her hands.
"Oh, yes ! In training to use my quirk on myself and I came up to the conclusion that I shouldn't try to hold for a longer period but instead I should practice my movements ... and I must admit that your gloves gave me this idea ... but they aren't made for climbing or protection are they ? They look so ... well soft ?"
Izuku took of his left glove and gave it to Ochaco "yeah kinda, someone gave them to me four years ago and since I keep bringing them with me, they may look soft but trust me they are as hard as diamond"
"Is that the same person that trained you who gave you those gloves ? ribbit" asked Tsuyu as Ochaco gave her the glove.
"Yes, they did a lot more for me"
Four years ago.
"How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man?" One for All said. Everyone turn to look at him confused. "You kids don't know your cartoons." He sulked.
"Should I be ashamed that you do." His brother deadpanned.
"I know it's not winter yet but I happened to find this and I wanted to give you a small gift ... for keeping company to an old man like me hahaha" Usually All for One avoided to talk about his age, he took out a small package from a closet and put it on the operation table.
Izuku never tried to ask either, even if Sensei pretended to be old, or at least called himself as an old person the rest of their body felt wrong ... he looked like he was around thirty or forty years old.
"Did you find an eternal youth quirk?" One for All asked.
"Nope, what you see before you is a combination of various regeneration and longevity quirks." All for One answered.
"Thank you Sensei b-but you didn't have to ! You did more for me than I could ever do"
"Quit apologising and open it would you? How in the world can you be so over polite ?..."
Izuku opened the small package ... a pair of black and green gloves.
"That's- ..."
"When All for One first appeared I didn't know how to ... control it, in fact I even managed to scare myself a few times in the street has people came too close from me. They are useless to be honest but ... I felt safe. I supposed it might help you"
"You would give me your own gloves ?"
"I don't need them anymore, beside it's not like I can use them anymore, just look at the size of my hands ! Anyone would think I could crush their head with such a pair of claw hahaha"
"Why do I feel like he's not joking." One student stated.
"Because he isn't." All Might answered, recalling vaguely just how bad those 'claws' really were.
"Ok, looks like we are he- ... wait, why did we stop in front of a giant dome?" Wondered Kirishima as he got out of the bus "That's huge, it's like what? 700 meters tall?"
"Please do not waste any more time, we have too much to do in one afternoon, follow me" ordered Aizawa.
"Hello everyone ! I have been waiting for you !" Greeted a deformed voice which belonged to a person dressed as an astronaut.
"N-no way !" Shouted Ochaco "It's the space hero Thirteen !"
Izuku knew a bit about this pro, they had save a lot of people across the world due to their powerful quirk. They had a lot of experience so obviously Thirteen was the right person to teach the class about rescuing.
Without further explanation the class was brought inside the dome, some students said that it looked like an amusement park ... and in a way it did, but the true purpose of this place was to reproduce natural disasters.
Thirteen called this place the Unforeseen Simulation Join ... or USJ for short ... which might be a problem since USJ was already taken for Universal Studio Japan as most of the students thought about the anachronism.
"Hey Shouldn't All Might be here too ? Oh no let me guess he managed to get caught into another interview so he would not have to deal with his work ?" Compained Aizawa as he walked next to Thirteen.
"Actually no it's something else ..." Izuku couldn't hear what they were saying but he noticed that Thirteen showed three with her fingers to Aizawa ... but three for what ? Class ? Villains ? A distance ? Hours ?
All Might wasn't teaching to another class but he did work as a pro in parallel to is work at U.A.
"Anyway before we start I have a few things to say ... or actually two ... I mean three" stated Thirteen.
"At least he's not Uncle. He'd go 'one more thing' before adding two 'One more things' to the list after." One for All deadpanned.
"We get it !" Answered back the class.
"As all of you know our society has a strict quirk regulations and everyone has a file saying either or not their quirk can be dangerous, for example, my quirk is called black hole, no need to explain how it works ... but I could very well use it to bring chaos and-"
As Thirteen was giving some explanation Izuku started to feel weird, he didn't have to be scared right now, why would he ? His file had been saying he was quirkless since he was four, and that would not change for a long time.
"Right ... now that this is over we-" Aizawa was interrupted by a strange electric sound, the light in the dome switched foams further at the centre of the plaza the fountain was having some problems too, the water flow kept stopping.
"Uh ... Thirteen what-" Aizawa turned around, something black appeared in the middle of the plaza, smoke ? No something was coming out from it "Stay together and don't move !" He ordered to the class.
"What ? I thought we were rescuing people and-" Eijiro took a step forward but Aizawa immediately pushed him backward.
"I said done move ! This is real, those people are-"
"Villains" completed Izuku.
"And that's a wrap." Flare said, "I assume most of you know what's going to happen now right."
"The villain attack." The students answered.
"Judging by the setup, I assume Midoriya will no doubt use his quirk." Ilda said.
"Correct but the question is how?" She asked.
"Taking the villains quirks are too obvious, he'd get himself trouble easily." Momo theorized.
"Then he will have to be stealthy." Tokoyami added.
"He could take nomu's quirks." Shigaraki realized. "If he takes shock absorption or even regeneration, then it's game over." He realized. "No fair."
"You brought a creature with multiple quirks to attack us." One student said.
"In his defence you guys had your own multiple quirk hero." Flare responded. Technically One for All was two quirks combined into one. "Now it's time for our extra clip." She said as she started the one shot. "This one just has AFO though." She said.
"Remind me the next time you want to go fishing to say no." AFO said to his companion. He really should have stayed in bed this morning, but nooo, he had to go for bonding time. Now he was tied to a raft with his friend, floating down the river just because they stumbled upon some poachers. Said poachers shot them with tranquilizer darts thankfully but it was official, he hated fishing.
"What exactly was their idea bonding?" One student asked.
"Fishing." One for All answered. "In Africa." He added.
"I take it; this was why you never took me fishing." Shigaraki said.
"Yep."
"Well judging by plants, the increase in water current and that rumbling I'm hearing. I can safely say that the stream's gonna get a little rough up ahead." His friend said as they glanced up ahead and saw the approaching waterfall.
"How do you suppose they'll get out of this one?" Jirou asked.
"Maybe someone will save them." Tsu said.
"I'd bet they have knife." Toga said.
"Maybe a quirk." Izuku suggested. All for One was the collector of quirks after all.
"So what's the plan, Stock?" All for One asked.
"I'm almost out of power, but I think I can lose your binds and then you'll lose mine." Stock said.
"Okay." All for One said.
"Hey just what is Stock's power?" Nezu asked.
"Stockpile." The brothers answered simultaneously. This caught the attention of several individuals. Does this mean, he was who they thought he was?
"What's it do?" Kirshima asked.
"Basically he builds up power over time, before he unleashes it." One for All explained. "The power he builds can be sped up by eating or absorbing electricity and heat but it's still slow but when it gets going….oh boy watch out." He said.
Stock struggled for a while but was able to lose the cords binding AFO. The younger boy then got up and began doing his best to undo his ally's ropes; however they were a lot tighter than he expected and the raft was getting closer to the edge. "There not budging." AFO said.
"Well try harder." Stock told him; unfortunately it was to no avail. "You know what never mind. Go save yourself." Stock told him.
"Is this one of those self-sacrifice things?" Denki said.
"You wish."
"Okay." All for One said as he jumped and grabbed a low lying branch and pulled himself to safety. Stock then glanced up wide eyed.
"Wow, not even an ounce of sympathy for your friend." All Might said.
"Believe me. You won't be feeling sympathetic with what you see next." All For One said.
"What are you doing?" Stock asked.
"Saving myself." AFO answered. "Like you told me to do." He deadpanned as he watch Stock reach the waterfall.
"He did say so." Twice said.
"I was kidding you can't just leave me like this. All for One. All for One …ALL FOR ONEEEE." Stock screamed as he fell over. All for One looked over the edge of the waterfall.
"Is he dead?" One student asked.
"He'll live." He said to himself.
"How were you so sure?" Someone asked.
"Because we know Stock." One for All said.
At the base of the waterfall, the broken pieces of the rafter floated. "OOOONNNEEEE." Stock shouted as he resurfaced.
"See…he's fine." All for One said.
He was coughing up some water before he looked around. "Haha I'm alive. I'm…alive." He shouted for joy before he felt something nudge him in the back.
"He celebrated too soon." Shigaraki said.
Turning around he was greeted with the snout of an alligator.
"Wow it is not his day."
The next thing he knew the alligator lunged at him.
"Please tell me we don't have to see mauled body." Mineta said.
"Please tell me we'll see lots of blood." Toga cheered.
All For One managed to make his way down to the base of the waterfall with relative ease and what he found made immediately rethink some of his life choices.
"You swore revenge on alligators?" Inko asked.
"Nope. I learnt never to piss of Stock again so long as he lived" All for One answered.
"If he was alive, you would definitely not be the man you are now." One for All said.
Stock was wrestling the alligator while he was in the creature's mouth. Said creature was also trashing around trying to get rid of him.
"This is not what I expected." Tsu said.
"Yeah. That dude really knows how to fight." Rappa said.
"He's wrestling an alligator in its mouth. Totally manly." Kirshima said.
"He's not even using his quirk." One for All answered.
Eventually Stock did fall out of the creature's mouth, but rather than try to finish the job, the alligator used that as an opportunity to try and escape from the lunatic. Unfortunately for it, there would be no escape.
"Is the alligator actually afraid of him?" Mt. Lady asked.
"You wouldn't be." Present Mic said.
"I like me a man who is strong willed." Midnight said with a sly smile.
"Oh no." Stock said as he grabbed the creature's tail as it tried to escape out of the water. "Don't start something you can't finish." He said as he pulled the creature back in. All for One winced as Stock hammered away at it, even taking the creature's little arms and slapping him with it. "Quit hitting yourself. Quit hitting yourself." Stock said as he hit the alligator with its own arm.
This earned a laugh from Eri as well as a few other members of the audience for how hilarious the scene looked.
"That's a rather childish thing to do."Ilda scolded.
"Childish maybe, but it's definitely funny." Denki answered.
The real kicker though was when Stock grabbed the Alligator's snout, flipped it over and held the creature under water with its belly exposed to the surface.
"I'm starting to feel bad for the alligator now."
And then Stock saw AFO.
"Oh boy. You gonna get it." Some of the students and villains said. Sadly All for One knew he did.
"You…" He said and the young villain instantly regretted coming here. Before the young boy could even try to escape, Stock had already reached the shore dragging the alligator with him before he tossed the creature on top the young boy. Both of them flailing as Stock walked up. "That's for leaving me to go off a WATERFALL." Stock screamed into AFO's face.
"Really that's it." One villain said.
"You let him go off a waterfall and made him fight an alligator and that's all he does." One of the villains said.
"Like we said," All for One explained. "We know Stock. He's one of the hardest people to kill." The villain said." Plus compared to the times we accidentally set him on fire."
"….or dropped a truck on top him."
"We hit him with a train that one time."
"I put broccoli in his taco a time."
"We get it." Gregar interrupted. The audience member could just look on between the two brothers and man onscreen.
Satisfied he got even with the boy; he lifted the gator of and then tossed it back into the water. "Go on; get out of here you over grown lizard." He said as the creature scurried back into the water. Stock then helped the boy back up.
"Well at least he didn't kill the alligator." Spinner said.
"Okay I think I got that out of my system." Stock told the boy.
"Are you sure?" AFO asked.
"Nah…Let's go pound those poachers." Stock said as they walked off.
"So we have a girl who can set you on fire with ease and a lunatic who can wrestle a crocodile after falling off a waterfall." Overhaul noted. "Who else is on your family?" He asked the brothers.
"Off the top of my head; we still have a maniac of driver, our own sadistic dominatrix, an incredibly loud rock star, a wild pyromanic, a literal ice queen among many many more." All for One said.
"Although Stock was technically the leader we followed at the time." One for All pointed out.
"You followed him." Some said in disbelief.
"He's…let's just say he's special." One for All said.
"Well on to the next chapter." Flare said.