suddenly opened his eyes staring into the black void, his quirk was looking at him with some unrecognizable face, the longer he stared at it the more his quirk reminded him of a dog.Izuku's other quirks rested behind it showing none of the signs of life that his quirk did.Izuku walked through the empty space before kneeling next to the black string that was his quirk."Who's a good boy." Izuku pet it gently as the thing cooed under his touch."You really saved me back there with All For One.You're able to understand me, aren't you?"
The black claw string just turned to look at him, which Izuku took that as a yes."You need a name then, I know you've been looking out for me all this time after all." Izuku pondered for a bit, his quirk was black so Kuro felt appropriate.In addition his quirk was a glutton, it was never content with what it had, it always wanted more."I got it how about Kuroe?"
The black string curled around Izuku and he took that as a sign his quirk liked it.He briefly wondered what having a sentient quirk was going to be like going forward.He should probably ask Tokoyami for advice since he has to deal with dark shadow all the time.
"Well we might be stuck in here for awhile, what do you normally do for fun in here?" Izuku asked his quirk.
The string just moved over to the other strings like a snake and started twirling with them, Izuku deadpanned.That must get boring really fast, poor quirk Izuku thought.I wish I could show him the outside world.
"Wait a minute what's wrong with that one." Izuku pointed at the bright glowing string that represented breath of life.It was shaking and vibrating quickly, something felt wrong with the quirk.But before Izuku could go and inspect it their moment was interrupted when they suddenly felt a shift in the void, suddenly clouds began to roll in and Izuku's quirk looked scared."Has this never happened before Kuroe?" Izuku asked aloud.
Meanwhile
Momo was in that black cloudy dreamscape again but this time she was staring down an extremely muscular bald man who towered over her."Yo girl you're using it all wrong.You gotta have the right feelings when you try to control my power ya hear."
Momo tried to respond but her mouth was still covered in that black mist from the last time she was here.
"You ain't got a mouth but that's okay, my names Daigoro Banjo lil miss and that power you've been using is my quirk.It's called Blackwhip, vestiges of the previous users have all been mixed into the core of One For All.You could say it's like a blender and we're all swirling around inside.It's a small little thing, undulating like a wave that's been expanding ever since the first.It's the source of our power, our hidden strength.Until now no one has been able to use the previous founders powers but recently that core has been starting to swell and expand."
Daigoro paused for a moment."We've never seen anything like it and we have no idea why it's happening now.Remember when you were chasing yer lil boyfriend, you must've been thinking something like I need to stop him or something like that right?"
Momo nodded, at that time in the forest the only thought in her mind was 'I need him back, please let me reach him'.
"You're lucky mine was the first that manifested then because it's perfect for that.Mine's a grade A quirk if I say so myself, I used it to soar through cities back in my hayday.HOWEVER It's important you remember that One For All is a vessel for storing power, my quirk is much stronger than it was before." Banjo was going to continue but noticed his body was starting to disappear."It seems my time is running out lil girlie, I'm starting to feel really ligh-" Daigoro suddenly started swinging his head around, the fading stopped but the world had become much darker.He looked behind the girl noticing the cause of the current issue."YOU!HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE!?"
Momo turned what parts of her body weren't clouds behind her in order to see what the man was yelling at.She wasn't expecting to see Izuku of all people inside her dreamscape and One For All.
Izuku was just as shocked, are these the dream's Momo sees?They did fall asleep holding each other meaning they were physically touching right now.Maybe that's why?But to answer to the bald man yelling at him."Honestly no idea, is it a problem that I'm here?I'm guessing you're a previous user of One For All?It's nice to meet you, if you've seen any of Momo's memories you know I'm not a threat."
The man just spluttered."Dude barging into private conversations is rude, I don't care how much you two interact.This is our place to hang out, you can't just come stomping in here with THAT." Daigoro pointed at Izuku's quirk.
The black dog?Claw?String?look offended at the insult and if it had eyes Izuku could swear it was glaring at the bald headed man."Hey don't insult Kuroe.He's a good boy!" Izuku jumped in to defend his quirk.
Momo just looked onto the scene with confusion, Kuroe?She really wished she had a mouth right now.She needed to diffuse the situation before it devolved into anything worse, although this was just a dream?Could any actual damage be dealt here?
"You're calling that thing a good boy?You know what it's done right?" Daigoro couldn't believe his eyes.
"Hey don't insult him just because All For One's a dick.Kuroe only listens to me, isn't that right boy." Izuku pet his quirk firmly and it relaxed its stance instead of keeping up its, glare?
Daigoro was dumbfounded, this was the thing they'd all been trying to fight?"Well whatever it's still rude to come into somebody else's dream man, even if y'all are dating."
"Like I said I have no idea how I got here and why doesn't Momo have a mouth?" Izuku asked the ghost.
"Her body represents how much her control of One For All she has.While unfortunate it seems her mouth hasn't formed as a result yet." Daigoro explained."Anyway I have no idea what you did but it seems like our time is up." The man held up his hand showing it was slowly dissolving."In conclusion ninth you're gonna get all our quirks, get ready.Also cya All For One dude." He explained before fully disappearing and the dream ending.
Momo and Izuku both jolted awake, Momo stared at her boyfriend in confusion while said person in question just had a shit eating grin on their face."Told you." Izuku smirked.
Momo realizing she hadn't just dreamed that sagged in relief but then noticed Izuku was wobbling."Izu what's wrong?"
Izuku felt far away he almost wanted to faint.What was wrong with him?Izuku was barely able to lift his hand and stare at it but he couldn't keep his hand from shaking.He'd never felt this out of it before ... wait out of it?Izuku remembered the string in their shared dream, he was running out of life, but why?He hadn't created anything and the pigeon army was lost on the night of his kidnapping, the only things he was keeping up at the moment were the goats, the classes animals, the gifts he gave to Kouta and Eri, and the snake, THE SNAKE!Izuku realized the thing was feeding off of him to survive, what the hell, none of his creations had ever done anything like that before.Sorry support course and 1-A but I need it more than you right now.Izuku called back the life from those creatures and instantly felt himself regain full faculty, but it was still draining.Izuku needed to do something about that snake or he'd just end up in the same situation further in the day.
Momo relaxed once Izuku returned to normal."Are you okay?"
Izuku shrugged."Something's up with the snake I gave the portal quirk, it's somehow stealing my life." Izuku was now afraid the rest of his creations could do that but was curious as none of them had taken any actions like that previously.
"Izuku I know you love Breath of Life but that quirk is scary." Momo started pouting, she knew that was one of Izuku's favourite quirks but the risk it caused the owner was massive.Momo felt something solid scrape her arm and look down to see Eri had been woken up.
Izuku also noticed their unicorn waking themselves up and felt guilt immediately."Sorry Eri, we just had an interesting dream." Interesting to say the least Izuku scoffed, he looked over at the clock and noticed it was only 10 minutes before they normally get up, that was something at least.
Izuku paled."Oh no I just realized I don't have my phone." Izuku started internally panicking."Momo we need to find a phone fast."
"Wait why?" Momo was rubbing the girl's head while looked at her Izuku.
"My mom." Izuku paled.
"Oh no you didn't." Izuku's lack of a response was all the confirmation the girl needed."You did.Come on Izuku how do you keep forgetting to tell her stuff?" Momo noticed Eri was staring up at her now."Izuku's Mother can be hmm what's a good word, scary when she's mad."
"O-overhaul was scary w-when h-he got m-mad t-too." Eri nodded along.
OVERHAUL!?They both shot a look at each other, had the girl just named her captor?They needed to tell Nedzu immediately."Don't worry she's really nice normally, I promise she's nothing like the person you just mentioned." Momo reassured the girl.Momo grabbed a brush before setting to straightening out the girls hair.
"Yeah Eri, Mom's really nice, she raised me to be me and I'm not scary am I?" Izuku hated that he had to basically retrain this girl to handle normality, it was a slow and cruel process to see what just had happened to this innocent child.How deep the trauma truly went.
"N-no.I'll t-try m-meeting h-her." Eri didn't want to but if she raised the nice person she can't be that bad.
"Good.Alright let's get downstairs, maybe we can convince Sato to make us some pancakes." Izuku leapt from the bed before holding his hand out for Eri to take.The unicorn did so and Izuku helped lead her to the bathroom so she could brush her teeth before they continued their journey.Izuku had a thought then, when did he become a dad?How did this happen, it just ... fell into place?Realizing his situation Izuku sighed, it's not like he minded it at all anyway.
Momo squealed at the sight.Izuku was such good Dad material, maybe what Mina said last night hadn't been far off the mark.Blushing heavily she realized they somehow had a child before any ... activities occurred.'Damn it Mom, stop making me think about such weird things' Momo realized just who'd planted the idea of marriage in her head.
Once they were all ready they set out for the first floor it was currently 8:40 am and the meeting Aizawa mentioned was at 9 so they shouldn't have to wait long.Eri had requested to ride on Izuku's shoulders again so he let the girl do so as they reached the common room.Most of their class were present as they drearily looked around the room.Izuku gave a weak wave to everyone realizing just how much they were gonna have to explain."Hey guys."
Shinsou just glared at Izuku."Smoke bombs, really?"
Both Momo and Izuku paled at that."Shinsou leave us alone alright, last night was really stressful." Momo frowned.
"Yeah yeah whatever, Sato's making food for everyone if your hungry." Shinsou dismissed them almost immediately although his gaze lingered on the cat Eri was holding.
"Thanks for finally getting rid of the pigeon Midori!" When Mina got up this morning and that abomination was gone, replaced by a rock she'd never been happier.
"You can thank Shinsou, he wasted the life in my main army and I didn't have enough to restore them.The snake is taking my life so I had to take it from somewhere else." Izuku glared at the person he held personally responsible for him losing his cute little birds.May they rest in peace.
"The world can thank me for that one." Shinsou smirked back at Izuku.
Alright that's it, he's killing him, but before Izuku could go on the offensive Sato handed him a plate with toast and eggs on it.How very american Izuku thought."Thanks Sato, though I don't suppose you could make some pancakes for Eri?"
"I could if I get fast tracked for another quirk Midoriya." Sato smiled with his massive lips at the boy.
"You don't need to bribe me you're already next and hey you were the one who wanted such a heavily requested quirk." Izuku just sighed as he set Eri down.
"Yeah I know Midoriya I was kidding.You doing okay?We were all super worried about you.I got knocked out by the gas then I wake up in the hospital and you've been kidnapped." Sato said as he returned to the kitchen in order to make the requested item."Do you like strawberries Eri?"
Momo looked at the girl currently between the two as she tilted her head."It's a fruit Eri I'm sure you'll love it." Momo did her best to smile but it probably wasn't too convincing.Life had honestly been moving too quickly lately, she just wanted to have a day to relax with Izuku.Her thoughts were interrupted when Aizawa came down from upstairs.
"I see most of you are here, Kaminari, Hagakure, Iida.Go wake Sero, Tsuyu, and Tokoyami." Aizawa dismissively instructed his students before walking over to the coffee machine.
Todoroki watched in rapt attention as Shinsou handed their teacher a cup.A notebook instantly formed in his hands, 'They both know each other like coffee'.That's another point for dadzawa Todoroki thought.This information needed to be added to the wall back in his room.He also needed to confront Yaoyorozu and Midoriya, Dad Might may not be as failed as he thought.Last night when the true form of All Might was revealed and it was none other than the scout that found the two of them.His theory had been rejuvenated when he realized that Toshinori wasn't a scout, he was All Might himself.Todoroki laughed in his head, they called him crazy but they would do so no more.
Izuku and Momo both watched as Todoroki was furiously scribbling in his notebook as he stared at the two.His head was rapidly switching between the paper and them.Momo whispered to Izuku."Is he okay?"
"I have no idea." Izuku whispered back.
Aizawa watched as the remainder of his class filed in."Great now that you're all here we can start.I'm sure all of you have some questions regarding the 'incident' that occured last night.I'm also sure you all already saw him but we managed to successfully recover Midoriya which is great but." Aizawa paused."Some of you were present as well that night, even if the media didn't catch you.Especially since they caught a certain someone who not only recklessly endangered herself but directly fought with the villains.Todoroki, Bakugo, Kirishima, Hagakure, and Iida, you all left the hospital without telling anyone.While you didn't directly get involved, don't think Nedzu didn't catch you moving towards where Midoriya was captured.However you did not get directly involved with the rescue even if you had in fact tried to, as such I cannot be too strict with you.However Iida, I thought I'd already warned you against such actions."
Iida was already bowing."Sensei I did everything in power to stop them but I knew I could not.Once I realize I could not dissuade them I decided to do everything in my power to keep them safe.I owed Izuku too much to leave him in the hands of villains and had I contacted the teachers or police they would not have arrived in time.They were going to leave and had I not joined them I couldn't have held myself with any level of respect, even if we did nothing." Iida's very soul told him he needed to act
"Be that as it may, you did go off with the intent to commit vigilantism and because of that the final member of your group succeeded.Normally I would've expelled you all, especially you Iida but as it stands current times are dangerous and we need all the heroes we can get.However ... Yaoyorozu want to explain yourself?What possessed you to not only jump into the fight to save Midoriya but to also attempt to take on the main villain?" Aizawa knew the answer he wasn't stupid but hearing it from the girl herself would certainly help.
Yaoyorozu just tightened her fist, she needed to stand strong here.She'd already made the choice that the rules weren't going to stop her and if the result is she got expelled then so be it.She could be successful at another school, nothing would stop her."Because I could never forgive myself for not trying.Because everything I am is because of Izuku.Because I love him."
Many in the class started awwing, especially Mina."You go get it girl!"
Aizawa wanted to facepalm but that was the literal answer he expected.If he expelled the girl he would likely lose problem child number 1 as well, not to mention the Hero Commission still hadn't reached a decision.It was ultimately up to them as to what happened to Yaoyorozu.Aizawa had no intentions to expel one of his best students, not to mention All Might's successor.He'd planned on letting her off from the get go but he needed to maintain his stance as a hard ass."Be that as it may you still disobeyed about 3 different laws and engaged in vigilante activities.You're suspended for a week, you have detention for a month and you owe me a 20 page essay on illegal quirk usage, the same punishment as Iida." Eraserhead paused for a bit."Now with that handled I'm sure you all want to hear from Midoriya regarding how his time with the villains was, do NOT drill him on the experience.Being captured by villains is by no means a pleasant experience.I have to go meet with some of the teachers and Nedzu.I trust you can all remain here and not cause any trouble?"
When no one said anything Eraserhead just walked off."You're all getting today off but expect to get back into the swing of things tomorrow, we have to make up for lost time with the summer camp."
With the man gone and Hagakure ever being the bold one."Sooooooooo Wonderboy I know he told us not to ask buttttttttttt?"
Izuku taking the hint just sighed and went to go sit down on the couch."It's not going to be that interesting or anything It's not like I was tortured if you were wondering Hagakure.They basically just tried to convert me to their side and then when the heroes arrived I started fighting back."
"Only you could make a kidnapping sound boring Midoriya." Hagakure sighed."Still all of us wanna know."
Uraraka was next to the girl shaking her head enthusiastically."Fine I guess I'll start from the beginning, it all started when I fought the person who had this quirk." Izuku let some of the muscles extend over his hand as he showed it off before explaining the rest.
"Wait so All For One is your great grandfather?" Todoroki asked.
"Yeah?" Izuku tilted his head back at the heterochromatic teen.
"Nothing, nothing." He was already erasing some of his notes in his book, how had Todoroki forgotten.Midoriya had a father, Yaoyorozu on the other hand must be All Might's daughter.
Everyone in the class had started to stare but it was Bakugo who spoke up."What the fuck Icy Hot, that's all you got from the nerd's story?" Bakugo was still trying to deal with the fact that Deku was basically a eugenics project gone rogue.
"Yeah I feel like there's more important stuff to care about in there.Even if Izuku is related to that bastard he'd never met him before so who cares." Hagakure added.
"Yeah Toru's right Midori, none of us are gonna judge you.We know you're better than that guy, plus you kinda beat him up on live TV.I do gotta ask though are you and Yaomomo gonna be okay?She did kinda break the law last night and you kinda outed yourself." Mina was slightly worried for her classmates.
"Well according to Kamui woods the Hero Commission has no idea how to handle our situation.If they arrested us no doubt would the public be furious, and that's on top of the fact they just lost Toshinori." Momo lamented.
Kaminari grabbed the remote and turned the TV onto the news before anyone could argue."Well let's see then."
Jirou wanted to stab the idiot with her jacks for his stupidity but it was too late to stop him.
"- ttle last night we here at JNN are still speculating as to the actual quirk of the boy known as Izuku Midoriya.We can see him using the warp villain's quirk here, but then he somehow managed to use several others so we can only surmise that his quirk is some kind of copy one.Once he touches his target he gains their quirk, seemingly forever if the Sport's Festival is anything to go by."
The co anchor joined in."What about Yaoyorozu Momo, her quirk is also just as weird.She jumped into the fight without a provisional license and unprompted, how should the girl be punished for her actions John?Also what about the speculations that the two are dating?Just about anyone knows who the Yaoyorozu support company is, could Izuku Midoriya be trying to win over the girls wealth?"
"Well it wouldn't surprise me and with her looks and wealth just about anyone would try to woo the girl.Hell her quirk can create any inorganic material right?Just think about all the appli-"
Momo had had enough."And we are officially done with the news, does ANYONE object."
The entire class noticed how her brow was furrowing but Izuku was the only one stupid enough to try and calm the beast."Momo it's just the media, I don't care if they think I'm some kind of gold digger.You know I'm not and that's all that matters."
Hearing that instantly calmed the girl down, not to mention Eri was looking up at her with slight fear in her eyes.That alone brought her senses back."I'm sorry Eri, they were just saying some really mean things about the two of us.Stuff I'd thought I'd gotten over but apparently, life never changes." Momo started petting her head.
Kirishima had been trying to avoid staring at the scene so he turned his phone on only to see the Twitter feed."You guys may wanna avoid social media for a bit." The hardening user said.
"I kinda figured." Izuku sighed, this wasn't the kind of thing to be swept under the rug."Go ahead and lay it on me Kirishima, it's better that I know then I don't."
"Welllllllllll, it's pretty split.Half think of you guys as super heroic the other is kind of baseless speculation and some are downright calling the two of you villains.A lot of people are trying to figure out how exactly your quirk works as well." Kirishima said sheepishly.
The entire class was drawn from their conversation when the front door opened and in came some of 1-B."Ah Kendo how may I help my fellow Class representative."
The orange haired girl was followed by Tetsutetsu and Pony."Ummm how do we put this, we wanted to apologize ... and also to see if you were okay."
"Yeah the last time we got to see you wasn't exactly on the best of terms.We heard what happened from Vlad and we kinda just felt like the ... worst." The metal teen said.
"So we sorry." Pony added in broken Japanese before she bowed.
Izuku wasn't quite sure how to respond to this but he did his best."Guys don't worry about it you aren't the first to judge me and you certainly won't be the last.You can tell the rest of 1-B I'm not angry with them, well except Monoma.You can still tell him to fuck off." Izuku chuckled a bit.
Kendo had some slight worry in her eyes but realized the person in front of her wasn't the type to keep an unwarranted grudge."We'll ... try to make him act on his best behaviour but regardless thank you Midoriya." Kendo bowed again before the trio of 1-B left.
"So that was weird." Sero added.
"Kinda but I still appreciate it." Izuku wobbled for a bit, fucking snake we're dealing with that now."Later tonight we wanted to have a party to celebrate everyone's safe return.How does that sound?"
Tenya was already about to voice his concerns considering what happened the last time they did something like this but then he relented."We aren't staying up past 1."
The entire class stopped to stare at Iida, had he just condoned something that would harm school time potentially?"Ah you're finally warming up to us you tin can.Great to have you." The girl with a buzz cut laughed, they'd finally managed to infect mr. perfection.
"I was always warm to my fellow classmates I just - needed some time to realize maybe every rule need not be followed as strictly." Tenya wanted to try being like his brother for once, what would that be like?
"Good to have you Tenya.I need to take care of some stuff.Sato could you make some dessert or something and Jirou could you get us a playlist?I'm going to have Momo make us decorations later but first we need to handle some personal business.Oh also you're coming Hagakure."
The visible girl spun around to face the newest user of All For One."What why me?"
"Because it concerns you, unless you want me to make more private news public." Izuku deadpanned.
"Oh fine then where we going wonderboy?" Hagakure was more than a little curious.
"Nurse's office, you too Momo let's get going.We've got an unruly creation to deal with." Izuku felt his insides shift as the string in question was violently shaking back and forth."Can you guys take care of Eri for a bit?"
Said girl was busy stuffing her face with the pancakes Sato made her, traitor."Yeah we got her Midoriya." Sato added.
In Recovery Girl's Office.
Izuku knocked on the door three times before Izuku entered followed by Hagakure and Momo."Chiyo we're here."
The 'youthful' hero was busy looking at some medical scans as they entered, she didn't even look up as she responded."And what is it you all broke this time."
"Nothing actually I just need to see the snake, it's somehow hijacked Breath of Life and is using the connection to drain me.I've been considering killing it off because as it stands I'm going to run out of life before the day ends but I know you need the thing to study it." Izuku also really wanted to keep the warp quirk.
"Fun fact first did you know your creations come with a fully functioning nervous system and organs to match.That villain, Twice it's kind of like his quirk but also different because you can't create functional copies of a person who can use quirks but you can fully copy any living organism's basic structure as well as alter it.What villain did you get that quirk from again?" The nurse asked still staring at the MRI scans of a flying snake with thin bones.
Izuku plopped down into a chair while Hagakure and Momo took a bed as a seat."Some idiot who only used the thing to steal valuables, I swear I've never seen a quirk wasted more in my life.Because of his misconceptions regarding his own quirk it took me weeks to figure out that I could interchange body parts.Anyway disregarding that fool, where is the snake.There's only two ways today ends, that snake dies with the quirk and it's gone for good, or I take the quirk back and manage to control it."
"He's still in the box dearie, are you sure you want to try this again?That quirk almost killed you." Chiyo finally looked up from her scans as she spoke, worry clearly in her eyes.
"I am, that quirk is incredibly useful and if we leave it as it is I'm dying anyway.Something needs to be done regardless." Izuku was saddened by the fact he created that snake solely to suffer, he hoped the thing forgave him.
"Well then you'll probably want to see this." Chiyo activated her monitor and the image of two human brains appeared on screen."The one on the left is the average human brain, the one on the right is you Midoriya." She then started playing the images and they both quickly differentiated themselves from each other.The image on the left had one continuous glowing dot at the front of the brain while activity constantly occurred all over the brain swirling like a mist in his own."I'm sure you can see the difference, there was something similar with your brain as well Hagakure, it seems the more quirks a person possesses the greater the brain activity.That strain is what causes what you call 'nomuing' a person.Once it hits a certain point the brain can no longer handle it, however now for the important bit." Two new images popped up, this time of the snake and Hagakure and sure enough that same swirling was present in both."It's my belief that the quirk you took from Kurogiri and you're quirk Hagakure are made up of more than one quirk.You mentioned that the warp quirk took up 4 times the space of the average one yes?Well I believe that's just it, it's four quirks combined to create one.As loathe as I am to admit it, the doctor working for All For One is much smarter than me on the subject of quirks.There was one important bit in the testimony you gave the police, it was right after All For One told you his plan to create offspring." Chiyo did her best to replicate the sentence.""Lamenting my failure but having gained the good doctor I abandoned that plan." This one sentence has some serious implications Midoriya.Do you know what they are?"
Izuku just nodded his head but Momo to his left looked like she was having an epiphany."The doctor gave him the life extending quirk.That's why All For One could abandon his old project." Momo paled as she realized just how old that doctor Ujiko must have been.
"Exactly, it is my belief that the doctor known as Ujiko is responsible for All For One's longevity, quirk or no.They've been in operation for a very very long time, Ujiko is probably the world's leading expert on quirks.He's lived more than twice as long as me so I'm not surprised but still the fact remains that he has way more knowledge on the subject than I do.He's created the Nomu, Kurogiri, and even Hagakure, however there's one more thing that bothers me.There was a Nomu at the attack on Hosu that also had super regeneration, the same as the one at the USJ.I highly doubt that they found two seperate quirks that did the same thing and then wasted both of them.It's my belief they are able to copy quirks somehow.Whether that is by science or another quirk they possess I do not know.Anyway the reason I'm bringing this all up is that at the end of the day, they put this horrifying human experiment of a quirk into a nomu and not another person.Midoriya even if your body is an anomaly among anomalies are you sure you want to risk this?" Chiyo gave him a very serious tone.
Izuku pondered it for a moment.Hagakure's quirk was made for her, or altered in some way.The way she described it she always had it but at the end of the day other human DNA was mixed in.That was Izuku's quirk wasn't it, the ability to swap that around.How could he possibly step down from a challenge such as this."I do, that quirk while dangerous is incredibly useful.I won't use it at first and I'll let my body gradually get used to it.So where is the snake?"
Recovery Girl sighed, she knew this would be the result from the beginning."I have it in the backroom let me grab it."
Izuku watched as the elderly nurse left before returning with the quirked snake a few moments later."This is your last chance to back out sonny."
"I know and I won't be, if Hagakure could handle it then so could I." Izuku opened the lid before placing his hand on the creature, I'm sorry for what I put you through, rest now.Izuku began the transfer and instantly his head started to hurt as he neared his limit again, as soon as the quirk was fully inside of him Izuku released Breath of Life and let the snake go peacefully.Izuku made a silent prayer to his new quirk please play nice this time and Kuroe, treat him well."Huh, I just remembered.Kurogiri still has EMP, it feels like I shouldn't have forgotten that."
Chiyo was this close to smacking the boy on the head with her cane."You told the police at least right?"
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhh, no?" Izuku was waiting for the syringe shaped cane to smack him but it never came.
Recovery girl gave him the benefit of the doubt this time."You were injured, kidnapped, and there were more important things going on I'll let Nedzu know for you.The rat also somehow knew to tell me to tell you this."You're mother's been informed so do not worry about it, I even gave her visiting rights for noon.""
Izuku immediately flung his head to look at the clock, it was 11:45.Izuku turned to Momo searching for some sort of mercy."Don't look at me, this is the grave you dug, but I'll at least be there with you when it happens."
Hagakure just started laughing."My god wonderboy you're so fucked.That being said this has been an interesting experience, I'm glad I came if only to see you suffer.I would recommend heading to the dorms as that's likely where your mother will be heading.Toodaloo you nerds." Hagakure twirled her fingers as she walked off.
"I love and hate her, is that possible." Izuku own brow was furrowed now.
"Easily dear, as I'm still with you aren't I?" Momo added.When Momo turned and saw the look of defeat on his face she couldn't keep that up."I'm sorry, I wasn't being serious, I love you."
"I know." Izuku just pulled her into a hug."I'm sorry I made your life complicated like this.If I hadn't recommended you to All Might you could still be having a normal life."
"Izuku." The use of his name in that tone made it clear she was pissed."I made the choice myself, I have never regretted accepting One For All.Sure it's made life more stressful but I've been with you the whole time, how could I ever regret that choice."
Izuku was near tears at this point but he held them back."I love you too."
"I know." Was all the girl said for several moments."Now let's go see your pissed off Mom."
The duo sat out on a bench in front of 1-A's dorms."So how angry do you think your mother's gonna be?"
Deku just shrugged at his girlfriend."It entirely depends on what Nedzu told her.I don't think I can be blamed too much since I was literally kidnapped and my phone was stolen but ... it's my mom, so you can never know." Izuku truly had no idea how his mom would respond, his only option was to hope for the best.
The pair didn't sit there for long until they witnessed a woman with familiar green hair pop out from behind the bushes in front of the 1-A dorm.Izuku could see the recognition in her eyes once she saw them on the bench."IZUUUUUU!" His mom just started running at him so the boy did the only thing he could and held his arms open for her.When the crying green haired woman collapsed into his arms Izuku just did his best to console her.
"I'm fine mom the villains didn't even hurt me while I was kidnapped." Technically true since he wasn't injured until the big fight.
His Mom was barely speaking between sobs."Izu I - saw - the - news.I - was - so - worried."
Izuku just kept consoling the poor woman, his nose started trickling some blood which wasn't entirely surprising to him."I know Mom, I'm sorry.I did everything I could to stop them ... Also sorry if this feels out of nowhere but I've got some news I want to tell you."
The crying woman stopped for a bit to stare up at him.
"I'm dating Momo ... I have been for awhile, I'm sorry I didn't tell you." Izuku rubbed the back of his head.
"Honey, I'm not stupid, I know.You being kidnapped by villains is way more important." Was the woman's only reply.
"I-I see.Don't worry Mom I'm okay, they didn't do anything to me." Izuku just went back to hugging his Mom.
Inko just paused in between sobs."You owe me a huge explanation mister."
Momo had just been watching the sight feeling slightly out of place but she decided to join in on the hug as well."Yeah we got him back Inko."
"I've always known you were going to be in danger because of your quirk Izu but a Mother's never really prepared to watch their child fight for their life on live TV." Inko paused as she started sobbing again."I thought I'd never s-see you again."
Izuku just held his mom while she cried into his shirt."I'm sorry Mom, but we got him.All For One's in prison now, they don't have the warp quirk either anymore.It should be much safer for me now." Izuku wisely did not mention how the remainder of the league and the doctor escaped.Izuku briefly wondered if Toga was okay, he really hadn't meant to hurt her like that.Not to mention this mysterious Yakuza group and 'Overhaul' whoever that is.Izuku by no means was out of the danger, he'd only dealt with the biggest threat.The rest would come eventually, he'd just have to stand strong and face it with his allies.Izuku was by no means alone and he definitely wouldn't be fighting alone.
"I know dear, I'm just worried.Heroics has one of the highest death rates out of any occupation and just because you're as strong as you are doesn't mean you're safe." Inko just tightened her deathgrip, her sobs were mostly done she just wanted answers now."Speaking of, how long has Toshinori been All Might?"
Izuku just laughed."Sorry Mom, he didn't want to tell anyone about his condition, it was to keep the public from panicking.He fought All For One five years ago and they managed to heavily damage each other.I suspect the news is going to reveal All Might's injuries in order to save face.They can't let two random kids take all the credit." Izuku had been taking Nedzu's media manipulation lessons to heart, everything was a pattern as soon as you started to look inbetween the lines.
"... I see.So you're okay Izu?" Inko visibly relaxed once the shock had finally worn off, now that she took the time to look her son up and down he seemed fine.However he suddenly started having a nosebleed, Inko immediately fished out a napkin for Izuku.Only to be surprised Momo had been beaten her to it.
Said girl looked over at the elder Midoriya."Sorry Midoriya-san, I'm just used to it now.Izuku's being an idiot trying to keep some stupid dangerous quirk." Momo was glaring at the idiot in question as she wiped his nose.
"Is he now?Also it's Inko to you dear." Inko noticed the glare coming from the other girl and quickly joined in.
"It's better than it was last night Mom, I don't plan on using the quirk for awhile, at least a few weeks.Hopefully as time passes it'll happen less and less." Izuku just sighed as the pair glared him down."If it doesn't I'll get rid of it, I promise.Is that good enough for you two?"
Both of the women cheerily changed their demeanor."Fine with me Izuku dear." Inko felt like she'd lost like 5 years of her life."Can I come into the dorms?I want to meet your little friends, well other than the ones I've already met."
"We mayyyyyy have one more surprise for you." Izuku sheepishly rubbed the back of his head.
The woman raised the boy in front of her, she knew when she wasn't going to like whatever that surprise was.What surprised Inko the most however was that Momo was also mimicking Izuku's actions, meaning she was involved somehow."What."
"We're kinda responsible for a seven year old girl?" Izuku looked away as he said that, being unable to look his mom in the eyes currently.
"Well not officially, were just the people she's most comfortable around.Aizawa-Sensei helps out a lot as well, Nedzu too.It's more of a shared thing really ... On a positive note we're sure you'll love her." Momo added.
"I'm not even going to ask, I just need to sit down before I faint." Her baby boy was really not a baby anymore.At this point he was basically all grown up, Inko wasn't sure how to handle that news.
"I'll go get her Izuku, just keep your mother calm." Momo blearily added as she walked off.
"Mom it's okay we haven't done anything like that yet, the girl was kidnapped." Likely for her quirk Izuku thought."U.A.'s just keeping her for the time being."
" ... Izuku the next time you drop information like this one me, please let it be when It wasn't directly preceded by a kidnapping." Inko could feel the grey hairs as they grew.It wasn't much longer before little Momo came back out with a little girl with white hair, red eyes, and a horn.Inko could see how pensive the girl was and immediately relaxed.She could be angry with her idiotic son later."Hi I'm Ms. Midoriya, it's a pleasure to meet you, you can just call me Inko if you want though."
Eri was holding onto Momo's legs for dear life."E-eri, it's also nice to m-meet y-you."
Inko's heart melted at the sight, this poor girl was terrified of her.Literally terrified, being a member of a hospital made the evidence of the situation clear to her.She's likely been abused, probably beaten and god knows what else."It's okay Eri you don't need to get any closer to me if you don't want too.Also can I say your cat is adorable."
"M-mister Izuku m-made Mr. B-bubbles for m-me." Eri stutteringly replied.
Izuku having seen enough of that sat down next to the girl, he held out his hand."Here Eri."
Eri recognized what the nice person was trying to do instantly and she took his hand.
It'd almost become like a ritual for the two of them.Whenever Eri would get scared Izuku would take her quirk and give her Air Cannon to play with for awhile.Izuku had been trying to convince her that her quirk wasn't evil and she wasn't a monster.Izuku hoped that by having her quirk and not becoming a monster it would convince the girl it was safe for her.Izuku felt the little pop as the horn appeared on his forehead.Eri was already running around blowing things with his quirk and it warmed his heart to see how happy it made her.Izuku still had no idea what this stupid quirk did and he was determined to figure it out one day.Seeing the confusion on his mother's face."It's her quirk, she hates it.I let her borrow Air Cannon every once in awhile because she likes it.I'm trying to prove to her that she isn't a monster but it's taking time."
Inko knew just how hard it was for mental wounds to heal, they were much more troublesome than physical ones."I see, is it safe for you to be doing that?You haven't exactly kept me up to date with the quirks you have." Inko was starting to pout again, quirks were dangerous things to be handing out willy nilly.She knows just how dangerous it can be.
"I've gotten a lot better control over it, the only exception are Nomu's.Their quirks are dangerous and All For One does something to them.I fully intend to ask him when I visit his cell." Izuku had many many questions for the man.
The other people present didn't seem to see that way however as they shouted in unison."WHAT!?"
Eri noticed the shouting and started making her way over to the group, they can't be mean to mister Izu.
"I mean I need to take back all the quirks he stole and return them to their rightful owners like Ragdoll." Izuku explained as he felt a small scared child bump into his leg."Hey Eri it's fine we're just having grown up talk."
Both women noticed that they were scaring the little girl and relented, but this conversation was far from over.
" Anyway come on inside.I think Sato was making cookies, you want some Eri?" Izuku had already grabbed the girls hand and started walking back into the dorms.He didn't particularly feel like getting grilled at the moment.He looked down to see confusion on the girls face."Don't worry you'll like them." Was all Izuku said as he led the girl inside.That being said he could easily feel the stares from Momo and his mom on his back as he went inside.
"Yo Sato, how close are those cookies to being done?" Izuku asked into the room as he led Eri to a stool.
Hagakure gave a small scoff from the couch on the other side of the room."Nice horn wonderboy."
"Keep bad mouthing it and I will run into you headfirst visi girl." Was Izuku's simple retort, her face made it evident his threat was received."So anyway I'm stealing like 30 quirks in the near future Sato, I'll make a list of them and you get first pick, sound like a deal?"
Sato just shot his head up from where he was leaning into the oven."Deal!You want the entire batch cause like I'll give you the entire batch for a quirk." It was finally Sato's turn, he was screaming inside.
Izuku felt a poke to his side and turned to see their punk girls ear jacks were lightly being pressed into him. "... Hey Green I don't want to sound ungrateful but you wouldn't mind getting me a different quirk would you?Also I'm glad your safe Midoriya, we were all really worried about you."
Jiro had been absentmindedly twirling her fingers around her other jack as she spoke, Izuku noticed a while ago that this was the girls nervous tick."No problem Jiro, it's not like I asked before I gave you that one.So I don't mind, although I'm kind of at my limit right now so I can't exactly take anymore.I'm planning on dumping a bunch into random animals and leaving them in my room, kind of like a quirk bank." Though that's going to take a bit since his life total right now was rather low, stupid snake.Izuku's nose started bleeding as soon as he insulted it and he decided that it was karma at work, sorry snake rest in peace.Momo just handed him another handkerchief."Thanks, it isn't getting worse at least.So it was definitely quirk overuse that caused what happened last night." At least part of his theory had been proven true.
Sato came walking over with a plate full of cookies before handing one to Eri.When the girl stared at the thing like it was a foreign object.Sato decided to prove to her that they were good and ate one from the plate."See, there good." Sato beamed at her, this was a pretty good batch if he was being honest.
Izuku watched as the girl took a tentative bite before her eyes shown wide, like she'd just seen gospel.The cookie did not survive for much longer and the girl rapidly went for a second one."No more than two okay Eri?We don't want your teeth to rot."
"B-but." Eri's protest died when she saw the look in his eyes."Okay..." Eri pouted before eating the second cookie much slower than the first, wanting to savor the taste.
Inko was surprised her son of all people was the one to encourage healthy habits for the girl.He really has grown up hasn't he.
"Hey Momo are your parents okay?" Izuku decided to ask since the subject was on his mind.
"I saw them at the hospital but not after the battle with All For One.I did call them to let them know I'm alri- What?" Momo stopped dead in her tracks with the look Izuku was giving her.
"Double standards if I ever saw them." Izuku huffed.
Yeah okay that was fair, maybe she shouldn't have gotten on her boyfriends case since her parents are also probably in the process of breaking their way into the school."I'm sure Nedzu said something to them for me." She sighed in defeat.
Izuku decided it was time for a little bit of payback, so he whispered into Eri's ear.
The little girl just started mischievously waving her head back and forth, squealing at the idea.Okay so Izuku was a bad influence, sue him.Izuku took back his quirk before depositing another one into the seven year old.
"Mister Izu told me to do this!" The unicorn, err not so unicorn pointed her hand out in front of her and started firing a small stream of water at Momo drenching the girl instantly.
Momo just sat there in silence for a few seconds, taking in the fact that Izuku had just weaponized a small child of all things."Izuku I just want to say.Later, I'm GOING to get back at you."
"Consider it payback for getting on my case when you did the exact same thing I did, also I'm not cruel come over here." Izuku gestured to the door.Before opening it and letting the now soaked girl step through."Hold still for a sec and I'll dry you off." Izuku started creating heat with his hands before blowing the air at his understandably pissed girlfriend."I'm sorry I know I overstepped some bounds there."
Momo just sighed, she'd have to redo her hair but at least she wasn't soaking anymore."It's fine Izu I saw how happy it made Eri.Just don't expect me to not do something similar later."
Izuku just smiled."Why wait?Eri hit me too!" Izuku shouted into the room before the girl came running out and started soaking him.
Momo just chuckled at the sight.Izuku was pretending the water was slaying him, plus she could appreciate how he was trying to be fair.Add in the smile on Eri and Momo quickly decided it was for the best, WAIT SMILE?!
Izuku had come to the same realization, this was the first time the little girl had smiled in the front of them.Izuku picked her up while she kept spraying him and started twirling her around for a bit.Once Izuku decided to stop he set the girl down."Alright you can stop now Eri." Izuku laughed."Also don't spray people without their permission first ... or it's Monoma.He's a freebie."
Eri nodded enthusiastically.
Inko watched the couple playing with the girl and couldn't say anything.It was so beautiful she was almost in tears again, this was in spite of the fact she was probably running a risk for dehydration at this point.She remembered how she managed to faint for the very same reason during the sport's festival.
Mina had been simply content to watch the situation as well, she didn't want to ruin the moment by teasing them.Even if she was slightly jealous of the two, hopefully she can find somebody like that to be with.Though that thought hadn't stopped her from taking pictures for later.What use was a weapon if you never used it.
The rest of 1-A who was in the commons room just stayed silent or kept doing what they were doing before all the noise started.
In Nedzu's office
The news was currently playing as the bear, rat, mouse, watched intently."In other news it seems the HPSC has released this photo of our beloved ex number one hero.You can see the injury he'd sustained five years ago defeating the villain that attacked Jakku last night.The villain who has come to be known as All For One was likewise damaged in that battle.The two 1-A students that fought the man were only able to win because of that injury."
"So you're saying the two kids basically stole All Might's credit, but look at the form he took after he protected that citizen.He hardly could've kept fighting, even if that one kid, Izuku Midoriya hadn't portaled him out.Not to mention how powerful his qu-"
Nedzu sighed as clicked the button on his remote silencing the television.This was such a headache, he'd been successful at keeping the hero commission at bay for the time being but eventually they were going to crack down.The rat needed to be prepared for that.The only thing playing any news network was battle that occured last night, social media was much the same.He'd gotten power loader to create some bots and spam positive messages about his two students, he'd hoped if public favor was on their side it'd help in the long run.In addition to that was he trying to think of a way to spin the incident so that it looked like Yaoyorozu was forced to join in the battle but with so much video evidence to the contrary it was becoming increasingly difficult.On the bright side the HSPC believed the lie that Nedzu had given her permission to engage and rescue Izuku.
The mouse was brought from his thoughts when a knock at the door came."It's Izuku Nedzu, I brought Momo as well."
Probably better if he makes a story with them now rather than later."Come in you two, we have much to discuss."
Izuku pushed the door open before holding it that way for Momo to enter."So we may have learned the name of Eri's kidnapper."
Certainly not what Nedzu had been expecting, he'd thought this little meeting would be about Jakku."Oh and who is it?"
Momo answered."Somebody going by the name Overhaul, it's probably a villain name or some other alias."
Nedzu had already been walking over to his computer by the time the girl started speaking.He ran the name through the police records stored on his computer and immediately a face appeared."Shie Haissaikai, the eight precepts of death.A known Yakuza gang that has been slowly petering out of existence for the last decade or so." Nedzu hit the print button almost immediately as he got files on the known associates."It seems this is indeed the group Shigaraki mentioned, they're aren't many Yakuza groups left and this is one of the few." Nedzu started scanning the files immediately, Overhaul's quirk wasn't mentioned but it seemed he was now the second in command of the group."Izuku consider this an impromptu lesson, I want you to tell me how you would defeat the members whose quirks we know." He handed the folders to the boy in front of him.
Izuku had made it a decent way through the stack of files before he stopped.Izuku stared at the fourth one and started screaming internally, this would literally make Shinsou a god."Nedzu you do realize how good this quirk works when combined with Shinsou's right?"
Nedzu tilted his head which just prompted Izuku to continue."Confession, he can force the user to respond verbally to him, I almost don't want to tell Shinsou that this even exists.I trust Shinsou but that's too much power for one person to have."
Nedzu hadn't been thinking about it from that angle but once he realized that combining the two was something only Izuku could do it didn't really surprise him that the boy thought about quirks that way.He probably always considers things like that when he first hears about a quirk."I agree with your sentiment Izuku.If the confession quirk ever comes into your possession I would highly recommend exerting caution.Now anyway back to analyzing them."
"Sorry I just shuddered when I looked at it and saw the possibilities.You agree with me right Momo?" Izuku turned to his left, the girl had been looking at the papers over his shoulder.
"His quirk already kind of scares me Izu, please don't give him that." Momo honestly wouldn't trust being around Shinsou if Izuku gave him that confession quirk.It's not his fault but being able to forcibly control anyone at will with no way of stopping them from doing so scared her.
"Anyway I'm mostly done with this, a lot of these quirks are not meant for combat or generally not that useful.Like this guy." Izuku pointed to the image of Tabe Soramitsu."Quirk: Food, basically lets the user eat anything they want.It's just a super weak version of one of the first quirks I got.He can't eat air, I'll just blast him into a wall and be done with it.Hojo Yuu, Quirk: Crystallization.He's like a bad version of Kirishima or Tetsutetsu, he likely doesn't have as much heat resistance as the two either.I can think of a few ways to beat him but I'd probably lead with scalding water created by combining Water Jet Cutter, Air Cannon, and Molecular Manipulation.Endeavour would be a good person to send against this person if you wanted somebody other than me to fight him." Izuku paused."Should I keep going or just list the only two problematic ones?"
"I'm curious, who do you consider to be problematic Izuku?" Nedzu asked.
"These two." Izuku pointed to Rikiya Katsumake and Kendou Rappa."The speed at which the Rappa can punch breaks the sound barrier, that alone is scary.As for Rikiya he has to physically touch you in order to drain stamina but the problem is this doesn't list how fast he drains it.Is it like one touch and your out or does it take awhile to kick in?Sorry but with the current amount of information that's the best I can do.That being said if I were going to fight them I'd have someone who specializes in fighting long range handle it, Momo would be a good choice actually."
"I see, I'll have that sent to the police.There's no way some random little girl would know the name of the second in command of a Yakuza organization without having actually meant the person.The police will likely start monitoring their group soon." Nedzu paused but it was time for the real talk now."We need to discuss how were going to handle the two of you going forward.I'm doing everything in my power to keep the HPSC at bay but they are going to come here to talk to you two personally, likely tomorrow or the next day.We need to have a story sorted by then or we're going to be in trouble.It'll ultimately be up to them whether or not you two can remain heroes in training.I don't like that it's come to this but you have to realize just how serious this is.The death toll in Jakku was astronomical and you two were in the main fight, some people are even blaming the deaths on you two.Not that that makes any sense but its the media, they'll do anything to sell a story." Nedzu pulled up a tabloid article that just read 'U.A. encourages its students to act recklessly!'.
Izuku didn't like Nedzu's explanation, not one bit but he could see how the media is spinning it.All Might and Endeavour are likely also under fire since they're actually pro heroes and they still let something like this happen."I see, and what exactly is the HSPC planning on doing?"
"They plan on basically interrogating the both of you.They will likely be trying to make you confess that regret your actions or something before kicking you out.They don't like looking poorly in the public's eyes and you two gave them quite the shiner.It doesn't help that you went in unwarranted Yaoyorozu, they are going to be particularly strict with you.Izuku was kidnapped and has a provisional license, it's not like he had the choice to not fight.Well up until he got the warp quirk, after that he definitely had the choice but anyway you always did, you chose to involve yourself.I've already told them I gave you permission to fight so remember to stick to that, as for everything else.Just believe in yourself, you need to convince them that it was necessary you were there which honestly considering what happened to multiple of the top 10 heroes, shouldn't be that difficult." Nedzu had already been pulling many many favors in order to get it to at least this point.
"I'm sorry principal, I made your job so much harder." Yaoyorozu looked down but she felt a hand squeezing her own, that helped at least.
"No that would be the villains who kidnapped Izuku.I'm not angry or disappointed in either of you so don't be at yourself.While unfortunate, your intervention was necessary." Nedzu sipped his tea before returning to his desk."You're both dismissed, I need to handle some more paperwork and make a few more calls.Time is short after all."
They both just stepped out of the office in different levels of defeat."I knew it was going to be bad but not that bad, Kirishima was right we should avoid social media." Izuku sighed.
"I know Izu." She squeezed his hand back."At least tonight is the party, so we can just forget our troubles for a bit."
Izuku brightened a bit at that and they made their way back to the dorms.
And what a party it was, it's not every day someone manages to vomit ... on the ceiling.The common room is really tall too, Kaminari somehow vomited over like 10 feet into the air, it was crazy but alas it's a story for another time.
Izuku sat at in the one of the meeting rooms scattered throughout U.A., the Hero Safety Public Commission was going to send an agent to meet him here shortly.Eraserhead sat next to him, Nedzu managed to convince the HPSC to let an adult sit in on the interviews.All Might ended up being the one who went with Momo, they decided if the previous number 1 was in the room they were less likely to try anything and Momo definitely needed the help more than Izuku did.
Izuku watched as the pro hero absentmindedly twiddled his thumbs and decided to speak."So Aizawa-Sensei what's our game plan going to be?"
"Simple, you tell them the truth, you don't regret your actions and you would do it again if necessary.You weren't in the wrong here and so you shouldn't be punished." Aizawa knew the boy was just trying to alleviate his nerves so he went along with it."I have no doubt they're going to try something, especially so with Yaoyorozu.Don't let them get you angry, prove that you are level headed and chose to act because it was the right choice." Aizawa turned to the door as the handle clicked before beginning to turn, he just sighed.Well let's get this over with he thought.
A man with a dark grey suit entered the room while flashing his badge."My name is Naomoto Tashino, I'd shake your hand but I know what your quirk is and I'd rather not take the risk." Izuku winced at that backhanded statement."Now then I've been the one responsible for your case for a while now and now that you've gone and bollocksed everything up that includes cleaning up after your mess.A fact I do not appreciate."
Alright Izuku wanted to punch this guy in the face.Izuku was about to respond but Eraserhead beat him too it."Are you in insinuating Midoriya even had a choice in the matter, you are aware he was kidnapped yes?" If the barely restrained anger breaking off of his teacher was anything to go by the man also wanted to punch him in the face.
"Ah yes and because of the fact he took place in that battle a third of Jakku was destroyed, hundreds were dead and now the Symbol of Peace's secret is out in the open.Not to mention your secret, are you trying to tell me you couldn't have just left once you got the warp quirk Midoriya?"
Had this man seen the same battle Izuku did because if so, what the actual fuck.He tightened his fist under the table in order to restrain his anger."I believe you remember I'm not the one who revealed Toshinori's secret, that would be All For One.You know the villain Yaoyorozu and I stopped?"
Naomoto wasn't a fool he could see the intended effect of his words, a little more and he could make the monster snap.Get him thrown in Tartarus with his Great Grandfather where he belonged."True true, but you are aware of the trouble she's in, live firing of a weapon with civilians in the area, not to mention guns are illegal in Japan.I promise you she will not be getting off lightly.She was irresponsible and an idiot for her actions that only endangered the lives of others."
Alright fuck it, this guy's dead.He can insult me all he wants but NOBODY insults Momo.Izuku was about to jump over the table and knock this idiot clean out but Aizawa held him in place."You and I saw very different battles then.Midoriya not only saved multiple pro heroes by warping them to safety he also kept any further casualties to a minimum by keeping the fight in the already destroyed areas.As for Yaoyorozu, she's my student and I know her not to be an idiot.She CLEARLY made sure there were no civilians anywhere near where she was shooting.She also has a license for their use, she was fast tracked in that regard since Snipe wanted to see how much he could teach her about gun safety.So thats another point you misconstrued, frankly it sounds like your here just to insult my students.If you continue to do so I promise there will be consequences." Aizawa gave the man an extremely hard glare before continuing."Now then you already know the facts of the matter and my student was clearly acting in a rational manner, on top of that All Might himself gave the okay for him to fight.So unless you managed to find evidence of my student's wrongdoing, evidence that mind you does not exist.Are we done here?"
Naomoto grit his teeth in frustration, he'd been so close but he had his orders.As long as the boy proved that he was in control of his actions that night he was to be let off with a stern warning, he was quickly losing his chance to get rid of this headache of a child."What about the way he defeated All For One, his use of near lethal force could've killed someone."
"One my arm was blown off, two it didn't, three I knew what I was doing.So I was just meeting my opponent with equivalent force really, he'd clearly been trying to kill me." Izuku was glad Aizawa had stopped him, he was more in control of himself now.As much as he wanted to, he couldn't attack this man, that would probably get him thrown into Tartarus.
Naomoto sighed he couldn't push this anymore, Eraserhead was right he was being too aggressive and these meetings were being monitored."Fine then.Where is the Snake, I was ordered to retrieve it.I'll take it and gladly be on my way."
"Oh it's dead I have the quirk back now." As if on cue he started bleeding from his nose, stupid freaking Nomu quirk.
Aizawa saw what was happening and handed his student a napkin from in front of him."As you can see the quirk is dangerous, why Midoriya insists on keeping it is beyond me.However the fact of the matter is that nobody else could handle it, if the HSPC wants to study it they'll have to do so from here."
"What do you mean nobody else can handle it?" The agent was confused to say the least, he only knew of the quirk not any potential backlash it caused.
"Recovery Girl is currently studying it so you should ask her if you want to know more about it." Aizawa pinched his nose just wanting to be down with this clown fiesta.His previously uncontrollable student can now teleport in addition to flying so honestly he didn't think anyone could blame him for being unable to control the boy.
Naomoto could use that, maybe he could convince his higher ups of the danger this boy now possessed now that he had the warp quirk back."Is there any possibility that him having such a dangerous quirk has made him infectious to others?"
Izuku just gave a 'Are you serious?' look to the man.Aizawa officially had enough and decided to end the meeting."We're done here, I will be talking to your boss later, I can promise you that."
Naomoto sighed, he'd just get a slap on the wrist at least he tried to get rid of this villain in the making.That's better than doing nothing."Fine, I'll be glad to be rid of both of your presences anyway."
When the extremely unpleasant man left, Izuku let out a breath he wasn't aware he was holding."I hate people like him, it's not my fault I was born with this quirk."
"I know Problem Child, I know." Aizawa was confused as the boy held his hand out.Aizawa tilted his head at Midoriya indicating for him to explain.
"It's time you got another quirk Aizawa-Sensei, if anyone should have one it's you and I think you'll like this one." Izuku had given the man the quirk before after all.
Deciding that it was probably for the best Eraserhead shook the green haired boy's hand before he suddenly felt much stronger, he remembered this feeling."Ah so that one, I can see why you'd pick it for me Problem Child, oh and don't think this will get you out any homework or anything."
Izuku just laughed."Never thought it would and yeah while I can stack super strength and Muscular, I really don't need that kind of power.Muscular is strong enough on its own." Izuku shuddered at what he did to Toga, he hadn't even been trying to do that.He just swung his arm backwards and she went flying, it left a dirty taste in his mouth.That and the fact that he couldn't stop Compress from grabbing her, Izuku hoped she's alright.
Meanwhile in Momo's interrogation.
"Toshi, thanks for backing me up here." She smiled warmly at her mentor.
"Of course my girl, I'd never leave you hung out to dry like that.I can't let anything happen to you after all." Yagi explained."By the way after this me, you, and Young Midoriya are going to have a chat about Nana, It's time you both knew." The skeleton of a man said so sadly.
"We also have something we need to tell you, we met the fifth user Daigoro Banjo.Somehow Izuku was able to invade his way into One For All during one of those dreams.Oh also he named his quirk Kuroe of all things." A little bit on the nose Izuku dear, that literally translates to Black Hunger.
"I see, that is rather important then.For now however let's just get through this meeting with you still being in the hero course, Nedzu managed to manipulate events somewhat in our favor.We should make full use of that." The door handle turned and Toshinori took a deep breath.
"All Might, Yaoyorozu, My name is Hiro, a pleasure." A short stocky man with brown hair and glasses entered the room, he briefly shook the pairs hands before sitting down."I'll be frank the HSPC Chairwoman told me do anything in power to get you removed from the hero course.However I won't be doing that."
That piece of information stunned the pair, Momo even more so than All Might."Wait why?"
"Simple, fuck em." Hiro just laughed at their confused stare."You see I had family in Jakku, I know I would've done anything to save my loved ones, so how can I judge you for the same."
"My condolences Mr. Hiro, it's truly a shame what happened.If only I had been stronger." Toshinori lamented that he needed his two students to step up where he had failed.Although he'd also realized how much Nedzu was currently manipulating the situation and it scared him.A good reminder to never anger the mouse.
"I've seen the injury All Might, if anything I should be thanking you for perservering for as long as you have.As for my family, it's okay it was tragic and sudden but I can only spend so much time mourning them before I need to move on.I'm sure my daughter is looking down on me from heaven smiling, you were responsible for stopping the bastard that killed her.How could I face her if I took the future of the person who avenged her." Hiro bowed as he said that."So thank you."
"I-I don't know what to say but you shouldn't be the one thanking me, I should be thanking you." Momo quickly returned the bow, this man had her deepest condolences as well.He could easily be blaming her for the death of his daughter but instead the man was thanking her for the actions she took.
"Was it quick at least?" All Might asked being reminded of his failures once more.
"Yes, thankfully it was.She didn't suffer." The man said sadly."Now then Nedzu you may turn the cameras back on so I can 'interrogate' her." Said man was smiling into the cameras.
The intercom buzzed to life."I will be turning them on shortly Hiro.It's good to see you could make it." Nedzu's raspy voice came through the device.
"Likewise, now then Ms. Yaoyorozu.Would you like to explain the reasoning for your actions for what occured at Jakku." The man's demeanor rapidly changed and he was no longer the kind elderly man from before, he was steel now and no nonsense.
"When I saw Izuku there safely but missing an arm I knew I needed to jump in, the heroes were losing that fight and they needed our help.Once All Might had been reduced to his current state I asked for permission to fight and he agreed, this was just prior to Izuku portaling him away if your wondering." The girl lied but Nedzu had told her that it was very important that she'd asked for permission first.
"Ah yes with my condition revealed, Torino down for the count and myself barely able to maintain my hero form I knew I was lack of better terms 'useless'.We needed my student's strength to carry the day." All Might was quick in backing up his protege's story.
"I see now for the live fire rounds you used in the battle, why did you think it was about to create an anti tank rifle?Do you have any training with such a weapon?" Hiro asked.
"She does actually we have Snipe at U.A., he gives private lessons to Young Yaoyorozu in his free time.She already has a license to carry a firearm." Toshinori explained to the agent.
"I see." Hiro wrote that down in his notes."Now as for the actual battle itself, you did check for civilians before opening fire yes?"
"Absolutely, if you watch the video of the fight you'll see me clearly looking around before aiming down the sights, I would never use such a dangerous weapon if there was any chance a civilian could get hurt.Endeavour was a good 20 feet away as well when I fired the first shot, there was no way I'd hit him either."
Hiro wrote that down as well, but he needed to fake some anger."A child should not be using such weaponry even when they're trained to do so, especially such a dangerous weapon.Did you know the round you fired manage to go through several of the buildings debree.You're lucky nobody was back there!"
Yaoyorozu was shocked to hear the man yelling at her but she quickly realized he was just playing for the cameras."I made sure to fire the weapon so it'd impact with the ground before it could go too far, there's no way it would've hit somebody."
"You don't know that!" Hiro hated that he had to play the bad guy here but oh well.He adjusted his tie before continuing."Anyway getting back on topic, you're aware your actions made us look incompetent correct?If society starts to lose trust in our ability to monitor heroes accurately that will be on the two of yours actions.Imagine what'll happen when a hero arrives on scene but the civilians don't trust the man to do his job correctly, it'll be chaos!And you will be directly responsible for it."
"That's a tad unfair on Young Yaoyorozu Hiro-san, the blame should be placed where it falls and that would be myself and Endeavour.We failed to do our jobs so children had to step in and do it for us, if you blame them for trying and succeeding at saving lives that seems counterproductive." All Might pointed out the flaw in logic there.
Hiro pretended to grumble before continuing."Yes but we are the ones who choose the how the heroes are ranked, if the populace decides we are doing our job incorrectly it could very easily lead to the loss of life.Especially in the long term, it's going to take awhile for the public to regain that trust."
"Why not make use of that then?" All Might suggested.
"I beg your pardon?" Hiro was legitimately confused.
"The HPSC wants to appear competent yes?Then be competent, here are two very powerful future heroes, use that.Have them go on TV and make statements, show the public that you recognize the potential of these two, it'll go leagues in placating them.The HPSC recognizes the strength of these two students and will certainly be monitoring and helping guide them in the future." All Might explained his plan, he'd thought it was pretty ingenious himself.
Hiro started stroking his chin thoughtfully, that was in truth a pretty good plan and an easy escape as to why Hiro didn't kick the girl out."I see, I do actually like that plan.I'll be bringing it up with the chairwoman later tonight.I think I've asked all my questions and I should probably go give my boss the news.I won't keep you two any longer, have a good day." Hiro bowed before exiting the room.
Momo groaned in relief."Toshi did I ever tell you that I love you."
"You could stand to mention it more often Young Momo, I know had those same feelings toward my master.Not romantically of course, but she was like a mother to me." Toshinori was suddenly 40 years younger, a lanky boy staring up at the woman who would change his life.He still missed her to this day, sighing he broke himself from his daydream."If you ever meet her through One For All, can you ask her if she's proud of me?"
Momo realized the significance of that request and nodded."I will but she already deeply does, I promise you that All Might."
"Thanks Young Yaoyorozu, now let's go find Young Midoriya before this old man starts crying." Toshinori was definitely having an emotional response at the moment.
"Your not old Toshi.But sure let's go find him." She'd already pulled out her phone and texted the boy in question."He's in room 304, Aizawa is with him."
"May as well tell them both together then." The skeleton of a man rose from his seat before walking out the door.