All Might had just gotten the last civilian out of the rubble. With him carrying five others on his back, he rose slowly, turning to where he was dropping off the other people. He clambered onto the bus, setting a smile on his face and bellowed out a laugh.

"HA HA HA!" He saw the camera on him, as well as all the faces of people who had just lost everything, their homes, their clothes, their money, some even lost their family. But he knew he had to comfort them, to let them know that everything would be okay somehow, "EVERYTHING IS OKAY NOW, BECAUSE I'M HERE!" This was all he could manage as he hopped down from his makeshift pedestal, setting the injured on his shoulders on the ground as gentle as he could manage.

He knew what he was saying wasn't entirely true, but he simply couldn't say much more. He turned away from the crowd, into the battlefield that was filled with villains, terrorists, people who wanted to hurt other people to get what they wanted. His blood boiled at the thought of it.

He overheard other heroes on the comms, it was Eraserhead. "All Might, we need your help here now! The recue heroes will worry about the civilians at this point."

"What's wrong Aizawa?"

"The villains are powering up the device now, we have no clue what it is but it's beginning to light up!" Shota explained through grunts and breaths of air, no doubt dealing with villains as best he could.

All Might looked around to try to find a light, which he found quickly. A bright blue light was shining from a sort of crater a couple hundred yards away, just in the range of one of his jumps. He made the leap. As he soared through the air, he found his parabolic angle landing him right on top of a beefier looking villain. Making another, smaller crater, the bad guy was left unconsious. Looking towards Shota, who had just been struck in the back with a criminal that seemed to have a lion's features, All Might rushed to his aid, giving the assailant a quick backhand which sent him into the ground. He looked to Aizawa, whose eyes were dry and face bruised, cut and nose bleeding, pointed towards the blue light.

"Not me, the machine!" All Might jerked his head towards the machine. All for One held a gauntlet that barely fit his right hand towards the machine chanting some words in English that All Might couldn't quite make out. While another man with a gas mask-like helmet was facing All Might. He launched blades out of his arms, catching them with his hands and boasting his skills by rotating the blades around his hands then flipping with a solid foot in the ground.

"You will not win this fight lad." All Might told the bladed terrorist. He rushed forward, giving the man a solid uppercut, which he responded with a flip, hitting All Might on the jaw and landing a few feet behind where he once stood. All Might was impressed that he had stayed up after the strike. The man with the blades rushed this time, sliding towards All Might, which he intended to block. The man saw through it, stabbing his blade into the ground, causing a slight turn, which he followed with a launch into the air. He kicked All Might's left leg, sending him to the ground, then went for a shank in his right shoulder, which was stopped.

Aizawa grunted with his cloth tendrils, catching both the criminals arms. This gave All Might the option of gutting the man, with more strength than the uppercut this time, enough to send him out of the crater and landing him onto a loose bar. It went through his torso. He went limp. All Might sighed, disappointed with taking him down that way. He had no time to waste, however, as his attention switched to the machine before him and his friend.

It was too late, however. The machine's light had burst, opening a portal! Peering into the machine, All Might saw things that could only be described as Hell. Demons, fire and brimstone shone through the image. He looked to the man in the trench coat, All for One, What are you planning?

All Might didn't wait to see, he knew this man and his intentions were anything but in good intents. He charged him, "SHUT THIS DOWN, OR I WILL BREAK YOU!" He wound back his hand, then pulled it forward. "CAROLINA SMASH!" The force sped up towards All for One, jabbing him with enough force that would level a city. All for One instinctively raised his right arm to block this blow he surely knew he could. This, however, destroyed the gauntlet. The machine whirred, catching All Might's attention. The portal looked like it was going crazy, the image crumbled as creatures began charging towards them!

All Might was caught by All for One's strike, which hit him in the side with a great amount of force. All Might countered with another strong jab to the criminals jaw, sending him to the ground and sending a shockwave through the air. The portal began sucking everything in, all the rubble was rising towards the machine, even huge boulders were being absorbed by the portal! All Might looked to Aizawa, rushing towards him as the gravity grew on the device. He grabbed his ally with one hand and the ground with the other. The force almost sucked All Might in before a loud boom was echoed out by the machine.

All Might rose as the gravity instantaneously dispersed, the machine had vanished, leaving only small scraps of metal in the remnants of where the machine once stood. He looked in the direction he hit All for One in. Except he was gone, he had vanished into thin air. All Might even rose out of the crater, but found no one, he was simply gone. All Might sighed, then looked to where he killed the bladed man. All Might grunted when he found he was gone too. "This is all too crazy, what were they-"

A sudden fire went through All Might's left side. He immediately coughed up blood and fell to the ground and almost lost his grip from his muscular form. He kept it, however, and rose from his knelt position. Aizama rushed to his side, "All Might! God, we need to get you to a hospital immediately."

All Might rose his hand and waved at him, "Not yet Shota, we need to look around. The portal, it was up for some time." He recoiled from the pain, "If something got through, we need to find it." All Might began his sourvey of the area, checking any rubble in the crater.

Nothing was found in the crater, so they continued the search outside of it. All Might wanted to search any indoor place, he didn't want any person to see him with blood pouring out of his side. He eventually entered a still-standing church, though it was still far from habitable due to half of the walls being reduced to rubble. He peered into the scaffolding above, listening intently. There was movement, something quick, something somewhat light. He signaled Aizawa over his earpiece, "I think I've got something Eraserhead, in the church."

He stared into the darkness, looking for any sign of life. He only saw a glimpse of red lunge towards the back of the church. All Might moved forward with a bit of a sluggish speed, but still fast enough to meet the creature behind the podium. It was a small, red devil-like creature with an oversized rock hand on his right arm. He had the whole package, the tail, the horns, the eyes were even glowing orange like a fire. All Might expected it to attack, but instead it recoiled. It hopped backwards and fell on its back, but scrambled back to its feet and jumped away from All Might and into a row of seats. Aizawa had gotten into the church just as it hid.

"Did you find it?"

"Yes, I did. Hold off for just a second." All Might whispered as best he could. He walked lightly and slowly to where it had jumped off to. It was simply sitting on the seat, and poorly attempted to peer over the bench to where All Might was standing when it had leapt. When it noticed All Might walking towards him the creature ran to the center of the church to where Eraserhead could see the creature. His eyes widened at it and its eyes widened at him. It ran, jumping away from them and out of the church through a hole in the opposite side of the church.

Aizawa was the first to start running, "What was that thing All Might?"

"Don't know Eraserhead, but hopefully we can find it discover its intentions!"

The two heroes searched the broken city for as long as they could but nothing came of it. All they ever saw was rubble and scattered belongings of the people within the city. After an hour of searching, they could never find the red creature, and All Might couldn't hold up for too much longer.

The taller hero fell to one knee on a broken and burned car. The ache in his side had intensified and blood had found its way down to his leg. He grunted in an attempt to get back up without success.

Shota helped the injured man to his feet, throwing the large arm over his shoulder, "We can't continue this search, All Might. We must get you some medical attention." Before the number one hero could protest, Eraserhead continued, "I'm not taking 'no' for an answer."

All Might laughed, though he coughed up a few drops of blood as he did. "You're right. We should send a search party for the creature, however. I'm not positive, but it may not be evil inherently."

Aizawa nodded as the two turned around and headed towards civilization.

Three Months Later

Musutafu, Japan

A very young Izuku and his mother, Inko Midoriya had just gotten out of the doctor's office. Dealing with a young Izuku that was in shock after hearing he wouldn't have a quirk proved to be difficult. Inko knew that it was his dream to inherit a quirk that he would use to become a hero, and with how highly he regarded his idol, All Might, how much he wanted to become the best like him, she couldn't imagine what this was like for him. An idea did come to mind to cheer him up as they came across a convenient store. The mother and son walked into the store, Inko immediately heading towards the cutlet bowls. She opened the freezer, pulling out a package of the food and kneeling down to Izuku. She showed him the package.

"Izuku, honey? I'm going to make you favorite dish tonight once we get home! Is that okay with you?"

No response came from the boy. She peered past him and down the aisle behind her son. The candy aisle. She looked back to her son, "And how about we get some candy while we're at it, huh? Maybe they'll have some American candies available this time!" Again, no response.

She sighed, picking herself back up and walking into the candy aisle. Only one American brand was in stock it, so she picked up two Babe Ruth bars along with a couple other candies in an attempt to lighten Izuku's mood. She walked to the counter and bought the foods. The two walked out of the store, Izuku taking his mother's hand as they continued their walk home.

They got to their apartment as Inko fished for her keys that lay in her purse. She pulled them out and pushed the metal into the door, turning the key and activating the mechanisms which would allow the two to enter their home. The door squeaked as it opened into a mostly dark room.

There was a light coming from the visible kitchen from the hall. The mother raised an eyebrow, I don't remember leaving the stove light on.

The boy began his sullen stride inside, keeping his head anchored towards the ground. Inko took her steps behind him, shutting the squeaky door before looking back towards her son whom of which was staring into the kitchen with widened eyes.

"Izuku? What are you-?" the thought finally occurred to her. A robbery. She rushed forward, reaching out with both of her hands, "Izuku get back!"

She finally reached him, scooping him up in her hands and turning to face the intruders. It was to her surprise that there was no grown man with spikes sticking out of his hands or a crowbar in his hand. Instead what stood in the would-be criminal's place was a small, red child with a long tail staring back at Inko with orange, glowing eyes in front of her fridge which was partially ransacked of food. It was without clothes with only a few colorful stains covering its body, which helped her identify it as a boy. On the child's forehead was two horns that rose above his head and began to curve towards the back of his head. His right hand was one of the most strange things about him, having a hand that seemed to be stuck in some sort of large, rocky looking gauntlet.

To Inko, she remembered this kind of a depiction from school when learning about religions. The resemblance the boy had to a demon, or more accurately the Devil, was uncanny.

Inko placed Izuku back on the ground, pulling him behind her before asking the boy with nervous tears in her eyes, "W-who are you?"

The red boy's eyes narrowed as he crouched down and began to back away from the mother with a growl.

"It's okay, I w-won't hurt you." She gave her most reassuring voice she could manage. The green-haired mother knelt down and extending her hand. "C-come here."

The creature didn't advance towards her, so she took the initiative. This resulted in the red child leaping over the counter separating the kitchen from the dining and living room. He landed on the table of the dining room. Inko turned, still keeping Izuku behind herself. The red boy waved at them with his left hand, giving a small wail.

Inko tensed further than she already was, unable to think about what to do next. So when Izuku dug into one of the grocery sacks Inko immediately bolted her head towards him. She scrunched her brows, "Izuku, what are you doing?"

He didn't answer, but instead pulled out one of the Babe Ruth bars. He opened it and walked forward. Inko panicked and tried to catch her son, but she only barely missed him. Her quirk wouldn't be strong enough to pull Izuku back, so she was left reaching towards him.

"Izuku, get back here this instant!" She attempted to demand through a whimper.

The green-haired boy didn't hear her. The red boy stepped back, further onto the table with a growl. The son raised his candy bar into the air, offering it to the red child with a shaking hand of his own, "Here! It's really good, take it."

Another growl came from the red boy. Izuku frowned, looking back at the candy bar. He opened it himself, then waved it in front of the child. This caught the devil's nose, sniffing the air towards the candy bar. Consequently, he licked his lips, cautiously taking a step forward to investigate the candy. After a couple seconds of sniffing, the red boy snatched the candy from Izuku's hand and scoffed it down within seconds.

After he burped, Izuku turned back to his mother with a smile on his face, "He liked it!"

The son turned to the other child, who was now much closer and sniffing around some more. Inko ducked into the grocery bag and pulled out the second Babe Ruth, opening it and holding it close to the ground, but also close to her. The red boy didn't hesitate so much this time around, hopping to the ground and trotting to the mother with his hoof-like feet. As he picked the candy bar she picked him up, gently holding him as she would her own son as he ate the last candy bar.

Inko looked at her son, who was smiling with the wide eyes she remembered him by. She then focused on the boy in her hands, who made her cry by both relief that everything seemed calm now and at the fact that the boy smelled like a restaurant's dumpster.

"Let's get you cleaned up, then we can figure out where you belong." She smiled warmly towards the devil-boy as his tail seemed to twitch much like a cat's.