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Ok timeline is a little messed up here so I'll quickly explain it. Midoriya is in the last 2 months of his last year at Aldera. The League are already assembled aside from Toga because she loves having the freedom to do whatever whenever without permission. The League had already attacked UA as well halfway during Izuku's second year at Aldera. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy!!

Izuku Midoriya was arrested at the young age of 15. He had originally come home one evening from Aldera and surprisingly no one was there at the school's gate for his usual beating so he just assumed today was one of his more lucky days of the year. He was so wrong in thinking that. So...so very wrong...

"Where is mum? I thought her shift at the hospital today ended at 5PM but right now it's 6PM and she hasn't even texted me anything...Guess I'm cooking dinner tonight then" Midoriya shrugs to himself as he leaves the living room with the TV still on the News channel, just barely missing the court case of a 15 year old which is being restrained at that very moment. Maybe if he saw it he would have been able to plan for it sooner...

He sighed and snuggled through the cabinets for some spices to add onto the salmon and rice with asparagus he was cooking tonight. He wasn't at all experienced like Inko was though so he had to keep it somewhat basic for his poor newbie skills and knowledge. He nearly drops the spatula he had been holding in confusing when he hears something.

"Midoriya Izuku open the door this instant!" A loud booming voice Midoriya had never heard in his life calls from the door and the greenette jolts from his position in the kitchen to rush over to the front door to unlock it completely disregarding some sauce on his clothes and hands. So what he got a little messy? 

He looks through the peep hole and spots a tall broad shouldered police officer with a serious expression on his face, immediately opening the door in fear of what would happen if he did otherwise. The officers eyes seem to darken when they spot the parts of red on the boy and within the blink of an eye Izuku was being pressed flat onto the ground with his hands being tied behind his back.

The greenette eyes widen in shock and horror before he struggles and tries desperately to understand what's going on, to understand what he did wrong. In the end he decides to just ask the officer but almost straight after he gets a brutal slap to the face which is sure to leave a mark. Another one for the collection huh?

"You fucking know what you did you scum!" They yell before taking out a picture of Izuku's sweet innocent mother not bothering to pay attention to the clear confusion on the teenagers face.

"You feel happy now that you got rid of her?!" The boys face pales into a spectacular ghostly white and he struggles majorly against the officer even more so now that he knew this was just a big misunderstanding.

Unfortunately the officer wasn't there alone and 2 others just as big and strong as him picked Izuku up by one arm each and began dragging him through the hallway. Of course it was noisy with all of the complaints and demands to know what was happening from the boy and Izukus neighbours all stared in shock at the sight of him being arrested and hauled away.

Izuku was internally screaming and was tempted to outright begin begging that any one of them would stand up and help him out but no one moved from their spots at the doors. He didn't do it whatever they thought he did. H e didn't he swears!!

Later that day he had been placed in court and he was going to protest and try to prove it wasn't him the moment he was given permission to speak by a nearby officer but the judge shut him up quickly before playing a video feed that was obviously recorded by a bystander in what seemed like the parking lot of the hospital his mother worked at.

He couldn't believe it, it...that was him in the video! The only difference Izuku saw between him in the mirror and this copy though was the crazed look in the others eye he could never imagine imitating before literally sucking the life out of Inko with sharp canine-like fangs, no like a goddamn vampire in fact!

He let the tears fall for watching his mother die at the hands of some sick maniac but the judge misinterpreted his actions and instead thought they were tears of guilt or because he was ashamed of himself that he had been caught. He was instantly put into a temporary cell at the nearest station before they said he would be moved into a more secure prison much to his dismay. 

He wasn't even surprised at the fact how no one came to visit him before he was transferred.

When he was shoved into his cell for the next 3 years he wasn't particularly sure what he was expecting. He saw a few patches of dirt and mud on the ground but other than those small details the cell looked pretty clean so his first thought of prison was of how the movies had lied to him.

He was expecting it to be filthy and grimy but it looked somewhat decent, the only thing the movies seemed to get right sometimes were the beds which were wooden planks attached to the walls by chains it seemed. They each had a single blanket and rough pillow on them much to his dismay.

Overall he was alright with the room altogether but he didn't know how he felt about the other 5 people occupying the room alongside him. One had pale blue hair reaching down to their shoulders and was laying on one of the beds presumably sleeping by looking at his relaxed posture. Or he could just be antisocial, Izuku could never know for certain with these criminals.

Right fuck he's sharing a room with 5 criminals who actually committed crimes. He turned towards the 3 of them who seemed to be playing a card game on the floor, Izuku quickly found out it was Uno based on the cards design, nice to know the prison allowed some forms of entertainment then...

And another guy with jet black hair and a few purple scars was playing with his quirk in boredom seeing the look on his face. His quirk seemed to be a gorgeous blue flame which Izuku could already feel the heat dispersing off of it from a few feet away. He gulps and shakes off his nerves and goes up to the one who looked like they were sleeping and softly shook his shoulder as to not wake him in a panic, he began speaking when they looked awake.

"U-um excuse me?" At the mention of a new unknown voice all of the heads in the room turned to him at neck breaking speed before the guy with purple scars littering his body smirks. 

"You seem a bit young to be put in here pipsqueak"

"Well I'm not really meant to be here at all but I guess I'm a little young?" He says wringing his hand on the bottom of the white sleeves of his shirt he was given and shifts from foot to foot in his white trousers. A guy with green scales who had been playing Uno (and was currently losing with 14 cards as Midoriya counted) puts down his deck and faces Izuku seriously with a hint of, is that pity or amusement? Izuku really couldn't tell at that moment. 

"That's what they all say. You ain't got the best luck in the world if you got paired to share a room with us kiddo. What's your quirk anyways?"

"M-My quirk...? O-o-oh!! I-I'm quirkless Sir"

The room goes silent before the teenager suddenly feels a hand patting his back and spots the fire user in the corner of his eye there next to him whilst sporting a giant grin. 

"Welcome to the shit hole pipsqueak, your gonna hate it here just as much as we do. And we hate it a lot. Your bed is the one above Spinners-" the guy with the green scales waves in his direction before picking up his deck again and going back to his game looking incredibly focused which made Midoriya smile slightly before turning his attention back towards the guy with purple scars gesturing for him to continue," And they also do lunch in this huge ass cafeteria not too far down the hall because they know some of us hate being stuck in one place forever and that we get violent and cranky when we're all irritated more than we usually are."

After the brief introduction of the place Izuku sat down in between some of the guys playing games which they didn't seem to mind at all judging from the looks on their faces softening when catching sight of him and decides to help them every now and then in getting a lead which they are secretly thankful for with Compress somehow being the constant Uno champion, the League were sure that bastard was cheating but they had no proof to back it up.

"New arrival dip shits! Don't care what the fuck you do with your fresh meat but here ya go!" A guard calls out (the same one which had brought Izuku into this cell actually) before throwing inside the cell a blonde girl with canine fangs that looked eerily similar to those of the maniac who killed Izuku's mother. The boy shook off his doubts and continued grinning nervously at the guard when he glared at the rest of the guys in the cell.

She giggles at the sight of the cell door locking up in front of her before turning around and greeting everyone looking and acting like she doesn't care where she currently is. Izuku being only here for a month with his cheery attitude never falling, greets her with just as much enthusiasm because he didn't want her to have to deal with the awkwardness known as the League first at least.

Once the two introduced themselves he explains to her that she can have his bed instead of what she was originally left with since hers is a bit weaker than the rest of them (Though he should be underweight enough to prevent it from breaking).

The girl, which Midoriya had rather quickly learned went by the name of Himiko Toga, thanked him over and over again even daring to give him a kiss on the cheek which made his face explode into a cherry colour as he never really talked to girls around his age much and he himself was shocked at how calm he was talking to her although he could take a guess and say it was because she was another criminal like the rest of the League (who weren't too bad personality wise if you asked him).

It seemed like she was going to yell over towards someone on the opposite side of the hallway before he places a hand over her mouth and gestures to keep it quiet then pointing towards a small window in there cell showing that it was sunset.

He then points towards Dabi's direction who was currently glaring at her in annoyance and Izuku continues to explain that towards the end of the day you got to bed early or you keep it down for the others who want to sleep. A little agreement the prisoners made amongst themselves so it wasn't complete chaos during the nighttime much to the relief of the guards working the night shifts.

Midoriya recalled one guard who looked extremely young compared to the rest of them and how nervous he looked. The greenette was struggling to get some sleep because it was still his first week in prison and his back hadn't adjusted to the harsh wood like the rest of his cellmates. He was looking outside the small window and smiled softly to himself whilst looking at the full moon shining down at him when he spotted light coming from down the hall.

It got brighter and he soon realised it was due to a flashlight being held by a guard who looked his age! Maybe a year or two older? He quietly jumped down onto the ground checking that he hadn't woken anyone else in the cell with him before walking up to the bars and tilting his head when the person jumped a foot in the air right after seeing him in the light. 

"WHO-"

"Shhhh!---" Midoriya must have expressed how desperate he wanted him to keep quiet in his expression as the boy shut his mouth before checking both ways down the hall and then in the cell only deciding on coming over to him after so they were at arms reach through the gaps in the bars. The next time he spoke was much quieter and Midoriya internally thanked whatever god hadn't given up on him.

"Whoa....You look around my age" He said in...was that awe and interest? Midoriya raised an eyebrow before smiling softly and asking the boy for his name. The other seemed taken aback for a second and was obviously searching his face for any signs of deception seeing as from his point of view Midoriya was still a criminal. He took a deep breath before muttering it out whilst looking at the ground almost shyly, trust him Midoriya would know when someone was nervous and filled with anxiety.

"Lewis..." He looked back up to make eye contact with Midoriya when he heard him begin to reply.

"Nice to meet you Lewis! You work the night shifts here I'm guessing?" Midoriya leans against the bars and smiled properly for the first time since he'd been transferred here at the thought of finally being able to talk to someone his age without getting beaten up after so long. The boy seemed to be relaxing more now as they oozed into conversation. 

"Yeah I guess, first night actually... And you are?" Was that a small hint of a smile Midoriya spotted at the edge of the guys lips? His own toothy grin widened.

"Midoriya Izu-"

A smack ran through the hall pausing him mid-sentence as Midoriya raised a hand to his cheek in a pathetic attempt to stop the stinging before Lewis was pulled away from the cell harshly, dropping his flashlight in the process revealing one of the more harsher guards pointing a gun at Midoriya's head snarling horribly at him. Midoriya felt his body go stiff and slowly picked up the flashlight on the ground next to him before rolling it over towards Lewis through the bars who nodded his thanks whilst he crouched down to retrieve it.

"Get the fuck away from him disgusting criminal!" He gave off a warning shot next to his face which made him yelp in terror and jump back only to be shielded by a slim body within the blink of an eye. Midoriya looked up in surprise and met tired, irritated red eyes which were glaring at the guard before swapping focus to look at him instead and helping him up with his gloves on that were missing a finger so he could touch things without worry of killing them.

It reminded him of one scene in The Lion King 2 for some reason.

"Go to sleep, I do not need this shit right now." He ordered to the teen but Midoriya swore he picked up a softer tone in it. He nodded hesitantly and shyly waved at Lewis before going back to his bed but not before spinner ruffled his hair and helped giving him a boost up. At least his cellmates didn't hate him for waking them up...

Shaking his head to push the memory to the back of his mind he turned his attention back to Toga to give a brief introduction of everyone, quickly going over everyone's names whilst gesturing to who he was talking about, only Twice and Spinner returned the greetings seeing as the rest of them looked like they were about to go to sleep.

"So I feel like I've seen you from somewhere before Toga... have we ever met before?" The blonde seemed to be studying his face before grinning showing off her teeth once again.

"I don't really recognise you from the top of my head... Oh however I do remember a woman I killed who looked a little bit like you!" His world stopped for the billionth time that month. His face pales and he gently places his hands on her shoulders and takes them over to Togas new bed although that wouldn't give too much privacy in the first place 

"D-Did she recognise your body which you were wearing at the time?" His mind felt like a hurricane just passed through it.

"You knew I was wearing someones body? My my Izu-kun were you somewhat of a stalker before you got thrown in here hmm?~~~"

"P-Please answer the q-question Toga..." He was beginning to get desperate now, he just wanted to know if this.... this...

"Hmm alright Izu-kun... Yeah she did actually, I just took a random blood sample from the hospital that day then the next thing I knew I was trying to outrun security from sneaking in to staff only areas when a women with long green hair who was a bit on the chubbier side interrupted us and grabbed my arm with a horrified gasp like she knew who I was or rather who I was at the time." Toga waved her hands around a lot whilst retelling the story seeming happy that someone took an interest in her daily events.

"She seemed shocked and almost, ashamed? Like in a motherly way which was when I got a slight glimpse in a mirror before I was tackled by more security. My hair seemed to be green and my eyes I think were...." Her voice faded and her body tensed as she looked straight at Izuku who was failing to hold back tears and her own cat-like eyes widened and she covered her mouth to try and muffle the sound of her own horrified gasp before grabbing onto the front of his plain white shirt and placing her forehead on his chest just above the fists.

"Please forgive me Izu-kun! I didn't mean to get you into trouble I swear it was a coincidence!" She pleaded gathering the attention of the other cellmates. 

"I-It's a l-lot to process Toga..." he chuckled wetly whilst wiping at his tears with his sleeves, " I mean I just found out the face and name of my mystery maniac who wore my face whilst killing my mother." Everyone in the room stiffened at this new revelation but none were ready for the next words that came out of his mouth.

"And yet for some reason I'm not angry...Toga I forgive you, I don't know why but I guess it's because in the end thanks to you I've finally made my first real friends which my mother would have been very happy with even if their backgrounds are a bit... shady. Don't waste the second chance I have given you though." Before he knew it he was being tackled by the girl and she was sniffling heavily before declaring.

'I WILL NEVER HURT YOU AGAIN IZU-KUN! NEVER NEVER NEVER!!' He smiled wobbly whilst returning the half hug half tackle and rubbing circles into her back in an attempt to soothe her. He Wiped at the small tears and snot on her face with his sleeve and cringing at it once she was all good. Guess his mother was right when she said he would make a good big brother.

Which was when both of them were reminded that they had an audience.

"Holy fucking shit kid your actually gonna let her get away with that? You're too fucking kind..." Dabi said whilst ruffling the kids hair. Dabi seemed to be one of the ones more open to talking with Midoriya over the past month and he kept showing behaviours of that of an older brother so that made Izuku wonder if he had younger siblings in his family.

Oh well that's a question for another day he guessed.

"Hey Shigaraki...?" A grunt was his reply although Midoriya wasn't expecting anything more when it came to this specific guy.

"Me, Toga and Mr. Compress were thinking of playing some Uno together in a minute so uhm.... would you l-like to join us?" Shigaraki turned his body on his 'bed' so he was now facing the boy and narrowed his eyes at him suspiciously. The longer the silence and staring went on, the more nervous and fidgety Midoriya got until he stuttered out an apology for wasting his time, excusing himself to return back to where cards were being shuffled which was what shook Shigaraki out of his weird state.

"None of you better fucking cheat or gang up on me otherwise I'm throwing the cards out of the cell." He says standing up before nudging the boy towards the spot on the ground where the other two villains were. Dabi absolutely despised card games for some random reason he had yet to share with the group and Twice was off to his daily therapy sessions so he was a no go.

The four of them sat down in a square whilst Midoriya swiftly dished out the cards to make sure no one could cheat and purposely give themselves all of the +4's etc. He had a rising suspicion that Mr. Compress would do it whenever he had been chosen to shuffle the deck.

"Aw all of my card suck!!~~" Toga whines when she looks at her 10 cards however all she receives in return is a pat on the shoulder by Izuku before he looks at his own cards. 

Shigaraki snorted at the horrified expression on Toga's face for the lack of sympathy from the most emotional support bean in their group and Compress chuckled to himself as well before the game had officially begun...

[Two Hours Later]

"Hey guys I'm ba!-"

"YOU EVIL EVIL FIEND CAN'T YOU TELL I'M ALREADY WOUNDED ENOUGH?!?!" Twice paused mid-sentence staring at Shigaraki and Toga who were currently in a yelling match because he apparently played a +4 when she was holding way too many cards than what you would normally have according to Dabi giving him the quick run-through once seeing his confused expression.

The yelling match stopped very quickly however when Midoriya had out of nowhere hugged Shigaraki from behind and resting his head on the guys shoulder pleading him to 'just sit down please' and poor Shigaraki looked too flabbergasted and the revolution on how Midoriya just touched him without fearing of getting disintegrated seeing as he left his gloves on his bed because they were itchy if he wore them for too long or because he wasn't scared of having the living soul beaten out of him because it was Shigaraki they were talking about here. So instead of giving a proper reply he went for silently going to his spot back on the ground after patting the greenette on the head.

[...]

"Hey kid...?" Shigaraki tried to seem relaxed and in control but Midoriya could see the hesitation in his eyes as he raised an eyebrow. Currently everyone was heading back to their cells after their lunch. It was slightly plain today with only a bowl of rice, salmon and chopped vegetables but the prisoners were thankful for the food nonetheless, Midoriya even heard that sometimes once every month or two Lunch Rush voluntarily comes over to the prison to offer cooking lessons to anyone willing to learn to give some of the prisoners a healthy hobby they could keep to if they ever left. 

Although it was total Bull. Everyone knew once your placed in Tartarus your only escape is death because someone breaking into this prison was near impossible.

Midoriya's respect and admiration for Lunch Rush doubled by hundreds the first day he came over since M was transferred into this prison as he was looking forward to that rare opportunity to be able to learn some basic meals for his mother who promised to teach him recipes a few days before she had passed.

Not to mention it's a familiar setting for him when he is in the kitchen so he would feel more at home if he imagined hard enough. He shook his head to remove the pestering thoughts which would do him no good now and get him completely distracted before he turned his head to the right to be able to properly face Shigaraki.

Right, Shigaraki had asked for his attention- 

"Yes Shigaraki?" He replied with curiosity and a hint of caution. Being surrounded by villains teaches you a few things which wouldn't hurt for the quirkless kid to know about. He also loves it when he is able to connect with his cellmates because from what he saw they used to be a huge villain group which had broken into UA easily a year or two ago, he was glad he wouldn't have to experience that event happening to him. Luckily for them the teleportation guy apparently made it out safe with his quirk and was somewhere waiting for there return which was weird because didn't most of the League have life sentences?

Ugh! Getting off track again! Midoriya harshly smacked himself across the face and ignored the stinging feeling clinging to him to listen to Shigaraki who was only slightly shocked at the hit. All he could think of was 'mood' at he felt slightly dumb because of it. He was an expert gamer but he never paid much attention to the friendship roles and stats in the game, rather wanting to focus on the plot and badass monsters and super villains he got to fight so he wasn't in his element right now.

"About that Uno game..." He looked down towards his feet like they were the most interesting thing in the world and his body began trembling slightly.

Midoriya noticing and then misinterpreting the body language thought that he had done something very wrong. He grabbed Shigaraki by the wrists to face him properly and slightly paled at how red the others face was.

'Oh god he's so mad he's turning red with pure rage!!'

"I-If I did a-anything w-wrong please tell me Shigaraki! I-I don't want to overstep any boundary-"

"You didn't do anything" Shigaraki interrupts him before he could go on an apology streak which the League noticed that he did a lot, it was slightly annoying for the League when Midoriya would non-stop apologise for random things but in the end they were all just worried for him (No matter how emo and heartless they wanted to look) as that was probably a result of how the outside world treated them.

If the criminals were born in a better life they might think the same as most of society that the quirkless are useless however it's different for them because they were all at rock bottom in their own way so how could they ignore the signs of someone going through what they did? They aren't monsters.

"Actually, I..." Shigaraki took a few deep breaths and didn't notice when Midoriya had dragged him over to his bed under Mr. Compress's but he was slightly grateful for it and only then noticed that the teen was rubbing soft circles into his back to help him calm down. What did he ever do in his life to meet someone so caring, even for the despicable? He leaned into the touch and sighed again before looking at his lap and hiding his eyes behind his hair before whispering,

"I was abandoned and no one would touch me or come near me willingly because of my quirk since I was around five...Your one of the first" He honestly didn't know what he expected from the others reaction but he was more than happy with the sudden hug he was receiving. He nuzzled into the curly locks and his mind were filled with images of when he would rub his face into the fur of his old dog to calm down and unconsciously hugged the boy slightly tighter, not that he was hearing any complaints from the other.

Soon enough he began to notice small changes between him and his other cellmates, not just Izuku, they were all being more open to touching.

Midoriya was more than happy to be Shigaraki's chin rest and cuddle buddy whenever he was bored or sitting down and wanted hugs. In fact Midoriya thought it was absolutely adorable how someone older than him by 4 years was acting like a child demanding attention and hugs from him.

Not to mention he was pretty touch-starved himself with the only gentle touches being from his mother and the rest leaving him with new scars and bruises as he had told Shigaraki one night where they just couldn't sleep (It was hard to keep Shigaraki from escaping to find his main bully to teach him a lesson). After that he was slightly suspicious how the amount of times Shigaraki wanted attention went from around twice a day to nearly every two hours but he wasn't going to begin complaining.

Toga was always slightly more touchy with her cellmates than the rest of them were, she would always be in your personal space and didn't seem to get the idea of 'boundaries you psycho, learn them!' and would always giggle whenever someone brought up how close she liked to be with everyone. However now she wasn't so energetic when she jumped at him but rather acting more gentle, pats on the back or nudging his shoulder whenever he would say something cringe or downright stupid that even Twice knew it was dumb.  

Compress would sit closer to him than he did before besides during Uno because 'Fuck off you cheating bastard you ain't looking at my damn cards!' which was when Shigaraki made sure he wasn't sitting on either side of the guy to avoid getting any +2's or +4's by him which was something he absolutely loved to do. 

Dabi was very clear in his behaviour around Izuku that he had once been a big brother of some sort but Shigaraki never expected to be on the receiving end on that treatment. Out of nowhere Dabi would lightly punch him in the shoulder or ruffle his hair and put him in headlocks whilst not even fearing to insult and tease him every chance he got.

Shigaraki didn't mind too much but he would kill anyone who found out if he didn't value their life.

Twice always gave him slightly more harsher slaps on the back or arm but Shigaraki found that it wasn't too painful after the first few he received and the guy was already dealing with enough mental shit on his own so it was thoughtful how he still decided to help out Shigaraki with his own.

Spinner was always the one who would come up and talk to him but he was surprised at how he was getting high fives and talking more with the guy, they didn't realises that they even liked the same video games until Midoriya brought it up out of nowhere that he would miss the update for an online murder mystery game which was when the two gamers friendship was set in stone.

All in all Shigaraki owed it to Midoriya for probably being the one who told everyone to act this way towards him. Although Midoriya started it however he could tell that the others were genuinely getting more used to being closer to him than most probably would. It made him feel slightly more human and he couldn't wait to tell his Sensei about how awesome this treatment and these interactions feel.

Whenever he is cuddling Izuku or fake-wrestling with Dabi or even just hanging out with all of his cellmates he feels like a few pieces to his missing puzzle had revealed themselves and would continue to as long as he remained calm and determined to finish it. He really didn't deserve this but he could be selfish one more time and enjoy it if they were willing to indulge in it.

Midoriya had been one of the only ones to notice during one of their outside breaks when Dabi seemed in a sour mood as he walked over to the shaded area to sit alone. He walked up to his cellmate and silently sat down next to him knowing that when it came to Dabi he wouldn't tell you anything until he was ready so both of them just enjoyed the weather, silence and comfort of another warm body next to them until the greenette heard a small, unsure voice which didn't sound at all like Dabi usually did.

"Am I a good person...?" Midoriya jumped slightly at the sudden noise but relaxed almost just as quickly as he placed a finger to his chin in thought before sighing and turning to Dabi.

"Well it depends on who you ask, if you asked a civilian or Hero or guard then they would say no, but!-" Midoriya quickly added when he saw his friend shrink into himself,"If you ask anyone else in here for example that would be an entirely different story because we know you, know your likes and dislikes. We know how your personality is and your morals which can completely change ones idea on you if they just listen..."

Midoriya laughed bitterly before shrinking in on himself and murmuring under his breath.

"If it's not what they want to hear society will never listen to those in help more than others" 

Before he knew it an arm had draped over his shoulder and he looked up to see Dabi looking over towards the forest seeming completely uninterested but Midoriya knew different. He thought that would be the end of their conversation but he must have guessed wrong. 

"What if I ran away because I couldn't handle the responsibilities placed on me, leaving my family to suffer at the hands of my father without me to protect them huh Midoriya?" He said obviously not expecting an answer from the smaller and younger male but today both were full of surprises as he felt arms wrap around his torso and a face pressed against his chest, he looked down to see Midoriya hugging him. Dabi raised an eyebrow and asked what the sudden affection was about but was cut off by the boy.

"Don't blame yourself because you wanted to best for you. You shouldn't have even had to suffer in the first place because you should have grown up with a loving family. You simply wanted the pain to go away and then made a decision based off of that thought." Midoriya raised his head so his chin was resting on Dabis chest but they could easily make eye contact,"That does not make you a bad person, if anything you were the victim in that situation Dabi so don't destroy yourself on it"

Midoriya's eyes widened when he felt scarred hands grab the back of his shirt tightly as his friends trembling form hugged him tighter, bringing him up to the others height so Dabi could rest his face on the younger's shoulder as Midoriya let him process what he just said whilst rubbing comforting circles into the guys back. 

The two parted easily with a newfound warmth between them which Midoriya would guess is how it felt when you actually got along with your siblings in one of those rare moments when you simply enjoy being related. ((Like that happens at all to begin with)) He noticed on their way inside once they were called back to their cells how Dabi instead of staying with Spinner and Twice he stayed next to Midoriya even when Toga and him started chatting excitedly about something he couldn't care less about. 

Midoriya was getting ready to go to sleep that night when he felt something smack him in the face whilst he was laying down. He removes the item from his face to see that it's a softer looking pillow which was rare to come across and looked up just in time to see Dabi rolling over in his own bed grumbling. If he got lots of hugs from Midoriya the next day then no one mentioned it especially when Dabi reciprocated them whilst glaring at everyone to keep their mouths shut.

Twice was always more paranoid and distressed than the others, he would always be afraid of anything that could hurt him enough that he'll die if he were just a mere clone. He was also mentally scarred from his own quick so he had that going for him as well just to add onto the emotional baggage he'd been carrying for years.

One time during lunch Midoriya had spotted him sitting alone in the darkest corner of the room whilst muttering to himself and holding the sides of his head harshly. He quickly excused himself from their cells table and walked over to Twice before placing down his food and sliding it over the table so it was closer to the man.

He paused in his jerky movements and stared at the food like it was actually a soup filled with blood and cut up organs sticking out of it and then slowly raised his head to see Midoriya's soft smile whilst his eyes showed the clear concern he had for his cellmate. The expression was new to Twice and he expressed his confusion.

"Why are you....? You better not be doing what I think your doing!" He lets his voice fade out as he looks down once again to the food and Midoriya scratches his cheek whilst grinning nervously. 

"You looked like you needed something to take you mind off of whats happening right now desperately and all I got on hand at the moment is my food so...here" Midoriya rubbed the back of his neck at the silence as it dragged on and decided to look up again towards Twice only to yelp.

"A-Ah please don't cry!!" Midoriya stuttered when he saw tears form at the edges of Twice's eyes. The man wiped at them with his sleeve before picking up his chopsticks and beginning to eat the food with a soft smile on his face after he took the first bite. All the while Midoriya was smiling softly at him noticing how his shoulders relaxed and all together the stiffness in the mans body seemed to fade away. He stacked the bowls and chopsticks before placing a hand on Twice's shoulder and looking him dead in the eye.

"Twice you are an amazing character to meet and I couldn't have asked for a better friend. Sure you have your flaws and doubts but your not alone, everyone does heck everyone in this room probably has a few which they keep to themselves. Just know that I'm here for you if your in a bad place and need someone to bring you out of it, not to mention Toga would help you as well without a doubt" Twice gasped at that and placed his hands on his cheeks smiling despite the snot and tears which had reappeared on his face.

"You really are too kind Midoriya-kun... You're so mean and horrible to me I despise it!" He said holding a hand to the area where his heart would presumably be and clenched it tightly.

"I'm glad to know you feel that way Twice I really am, now come on over and join the rest of us on our cells assigned table! Everyone was beginning to wonder where you were!" Midoriya replied as cheerful as ever whilst dragging Twice towards the rest of the group completely missing the whispers of awe at how young Midoriya and Toga were and how cheerful cell 103's table seemed ever since they arrived.

Midoriya enjoyed the hour the prison gave them in the outside courtyard.

Of course because of the different sections in the prison however they had to take turns during the day on which section got to go outside. Luckily Midoriya's section was earlier in the morning than others meaning they were able to get the refreshing chill of the cool outside air before it got too hot and bothersome for everyone to handle.

He was currently sitting on top of one of the more sturdier branches of the gigantic oak tree placed in the courtyard's furthest right hand corner amongst other trees to give some shade to the prisoners who had their time period in the later hours of noon where the temperature would be at its peak for that day.

They have hidden cameras and microphones placed randomly all around the outside area anyways to make sure people weren't plotting anything against the guards backs whilst taking cover in the shadows, even at this very moment Midoriya could feel a camera somewhere around him focused on his form.

Midoriya sighed to himself as he relaxed his body was just enjoyed the gentle breeze passing by the prison at the moment and decided to shift his body so he was leaning against the trunk to be more comfortable. He swore he could fall asleep here if he wanted to however with no distractions, like some nights before he stayed awake thinking about all that had occurred during his stay here and the events which lead to his demise here. 

He thought of how Kacchan would have most likely reacted to his sudden disappearance before he laughed bitterly to himself only slightly surprised he wasn't crying at the moment right now, Kacchan probably wanted something like this to happen to him so he could get him away from him for good. He hopes that at least Kacchan would be happier without him there.

He wonders if Aunt Mitsuki hates him from the bottom of her heart now for 'his crime' which he apparently committed. He wishes he could see her one last time just to apologise for the loss of her best friend and would even be willing to take the blame for the murder if it meant it saved Toga from her rage and fierce words. With Mitsuki, both her bark and her bite hurt when she's serious about it. 

"Midoriya?" A familiar voice appeared in front of him, when had he closed his eyes?

He shrugged it off and waved off Spinners concern for him as the guy told him their group was to head back to their cells for the daily check up to make sure none of the prisoners had killed each other seeing as the prison found it a waste of money to place cameras down the hall when they could just have guards checking up on them every hour or two. Speaking of guards, Midoriya will have to stay up late tomorrow seeing as it would be Lewis's night guard shift from what he told him last time.

He smile at the memories that flooded his mind of the others visits to the point he would even sometimes visit Midoriya during the day, obviously with the excuse that he was gathering data on the villains in case on ever managed to break out when in reality the two of them would banter and complain about both of their roommates much to their amusement and the Leagues embarrassment.

Speaking of cellmates...

"Izu-kun!"

"You took your time didn't you for such a goody-two shoes huh?" Dabi gave him an amused grin and laughed when Midoriya punched him in the arm harshly glaring at him like he would kill him if the guy didn't stop.

Of course he wouldn't though because this was Dabi for fucks sake.

"You thinking about some stupid shit or something?" He ruffled Midoriya's head and pat him on the back roughly a few times not that the younger minded. He closed his eyes and tried not to be reminded of rough hands which caused him so many bruises on his back before from the explosions.

Most of the bruises still show in different shades of purples but he made it his mission to make sure none of his friends (He can call them that right?) were to ever find out. They didn't need to know he was covered in them anyways because they all had much bigger issues he had to focus on.

"I bet it's about Lewis" Mr. Compress speaks up out of nowhere grabbing everyone's attention who then quickly changes their point of focus back to Izuku who looked somewhat surprised. He tried to walk away from the group but Shigaraki grabbed onto the back of the collar of his shirt before placing him down in the centre of all the rest of his cellmates with Shigaraki and Dabi looking at him with narrowed eyes.

It felt a lot like he was being scolded or interrogated by annoying and protective older brothers. Well that's what he assumes this situation is like anyways.

"And who is this so called Lewis?"

Yep, definitely what being interrogated by annoying and overprotective older brothers feels like.

"Just a friend I made?" He gave them a half truth, they didn't really need to know that Midoriya was ruining his sleeping schedule to be able to talk to the guy anyways.

"That's what they all say, have we ever met this guy?"

"Only I can get to have Izu-kun!" 

"Piss off he ain't dating your psycho ass!" Shigaraki replied quicker than you could blink and hugged Midoriya much like a Koala would whilst glaring at the girl who began giggling.

"Shiggy is jealous! I never thought that could happen" she squealed.

Dabi looked disgusted by a thought he had and pulled the guy off of Midoriya before ruffling the teenagers hair and it seemed like he did have a heart because he promised to hold back and calm everyone down whilst he got some shut eye for a bit before lunch would be called. Midoriya had one of the best naps in his life that day and didn't notice the soft glances aimed his way by the other cellmates. 

Alright the league would have to admit it at this point or they'd be the biggest liars on the goddamn planet. No, biggest liars in the entire universe.

Izuku was a fucking pleasure to have around in such a dull and shitty place. For example, before the guy had come along lunch would have usually be eaten in a unnerving silence and everyone would act in almost robotic movements constantly repeated every day before having to drag themselves back to their cells to do whatever the fuck they normally did in their free time. Now that he was here however, Izuku had filled the entirety of it on their table with constant conversation that could go on for hours even after they've gone back to their cells.

After the psycho girl came alone most of the chatter was mainly with Toga with her enthusiasm matching his own but one day as the two were on a specific topic of which hero could easily take down All Might (including underground heroes and even some villains) someone butted in with their own observation on a hero they fought before landing themselves in prison which they believed to match his speed and agility easily and soon enough he joined in with their conversation despite never talking to them before. It was just so easy to get along with Izuku and Toga.

This small (huge) change of pace seemed to have sparked something in the other prisoners as every day for the next week more and more people would seem to butt in on the newfound chatter so much that the prisoners had to move around the tables to be able to form 6 massive ones so others could join in on conversations easily by leaning on their chair or walking over to the other tables. It was much more spacier as well in their opinion.

Heck it was thanks to all the chatter Midoriya caused that some people from different cells which normally wouldn't talk because they never felt the need to were actually beginning to form bonds, friendships and rivalries were now a common sight whenever their group was called to the cafeteria which made everyone in their group feel more at home as you could hear banter, gossip, jokes and laughter once again in the  canteen no matter how much certain guards tried to gain order once again.

Muscular in particular showed potential and despite his harsh and bloodthirsty personality, he took quite a liking to the League alongside a kid around Izuku and Toga's ages who preferred to be called Mustard who had once mentioned his quirk which was when Midoriya began asking him about it only for the three of them to soothe into normal conversation with Toga butting in excitedly after hearing about how Mustard and her went to the same school apparently.

By the 2nd month Izuku had been in there he had almost all of the prisoners sitting around wherever he sat if there was a space free that didn't belong to a League member, if not then they would just stand around his seat from all angles or even sit on the table... not that the kitchen staff minded as they were secretly bothered by the robotic personalities of the prisoners before the livelier atmosphere so they didn't mind the new seating plans at all and even encouraged it, helping sort out the layout of the new tables.

Some of them would occasionally talk to each other about how they apparently lost control of their quirk so it became protocol that they would now have to wear quirk cancelling bracelets almost all day and night whilst others just ask Izuku and Toga about what life was like outside before they came in seeing as they were the newest arrivals out of everyone in their section.

And it was a pleasant change for the staff to get used to finding the cafeteria bustling with chatter instead of silence, the sudden difference in atmosphere when their group came in even surprised Lunch Rush when he came for the monthly visit and cooking class for his first time since Midoriya had been there, it was a clear difference with the group before them acting mostly silent with only small mutters whilst their group was full on yelling, loud chatting, debates etc.

Since he was mainly based in UA High he could easily pick out who was the main focus for chatter and if Izuku got slightly more fish than the other prisoners no one mentioned it. Lunch Rush enjoyed the difference majorly and found himself almost imagining that he was back at the school with students chattering and just relaxing all together. He was even able to view the cafeterias first-

"FOOD FIGHT BITCHES!" Dabi yelled above all the chatter as he threw his rice bowl at Muscular, pieces of rice and vegetables sticking to his face causing an outright war of mess and leftovers which were overlooked as everyone started screaming war cry's as other pretended to die as a group around them would roleplay for the heck of it. The staff felt only slightly guilty how they supplied more food than usual to keep the battle going for a solid 6 more minutes. That group of prisoners also went to the showers earlier than usual to get rid of all the food which had gotten stuck to them and their clothes.

They end up sharing stories about their past whilst on their way to their courtyard hour the next day seeing as they all wanted to properly get to know each other for the first time since forever but whilst Toga was talking about her school life Midoriya seemed to shrink into himself a bit and a guy with a mind reading quirk who was concerned for his actions quickly used his quirk to understand what he was thinking but accidentally blurted out in shock that Izuku was bullied. Midoriya was only half ashamed of himself as he was thinking that yes but he was planning on supplying them all with a half lie to satisfy them whilst also preventing them from killing anyone because he's surrounded by people who 100% would kill someone for him.

Everyone instantly gave him shocked looks and others gave him sympathetic ones and he grinned sheepishly whilst rubbing the back of his next to keep himself from stuttering when saying it was alright but all the others disagreed and began saying how awesome he was even when he went a full cherry red colour from all of their compliments. Midoriya was such a nice difference from all of the usual cold and boring prisoners which would temporarily be placed with them in their ward so they would cherish the only good thing in this prison as much as they could.

Izuku saw some leaves outside turn orange and begin to fall reminding him how winter will be coming soon and how he has been in here for around 5 months or so. He pondered over this for a moment whilst the group started their made up tournament of psychical abilities. He was brought back to reality when it was the 5km race with multiple obstacles and laps, 3 people were up along with Muscular, Dabi and Mr. Compress although the latter seemed like he would rather be doing literally anything other than that at the moment.

With him and the rest of the group cheering all of the contestants on and shouting out encouraging words and teases Midoriya kind of forgot how bad these people actually were until their outdoor time was unfortunately interrupted just when the racers were getting onto their last lap with Muscular and Dabi fighting for first place, it was such a close race!!

An alarm ringing throughout the entire courtyard and their section of the prison repeatedly said that everyone would be to head to their cells as soon as possible seeing as some important people were coming over to inspect them and for future connections.

Of course everyone began yelling their protests and expressing how much they didn't like this sudden change of events. Not only was the race nearly done but after this the prisoners were going to spar as the 'next event of the tournament' and lots of people were looking forward to witnessing that event happen, even Izuku!

Izuku sighs tiredly and began moving back towards the building which silenced the others as they stared at him. He looked back at them with a pleading expression to which the prisoners reluctantly follow him soon afterwards and headed down towards their cells yet everyone was able to keep up the chatter on who they bet will win the next event tomorrow.

Izuku walked to his own cell, saying goodbye to people who had cells closer to the courtyard than others with Toga, Dabi and Twice because Shigaraki never liked being outside ("Like the pale fucking vampire that he was" Dabi would often tell Izuku) hence why he rarely joins in the groups outings to the courtyard and Spinner was usually later than everyone else when coming back because he enjoyed the fresher air out there as it would apparently help him with his scales with the humid air and as a result of it he would usually stay outside for as long as he possibly could.

Once everyone had finally made it back inside including those who usually lagged behind, Izuku waved over to Mustard who coincidentally turned out to be in the opposite cell to him with Muscular and some other guys he would occasionally talk to at lunch about anime (He learned about how the English audiences were very argumentative apparently over their 'ships'?).

They began talking across the gap with Toga, Twice, Mr. Compress and Spinner playing a new game of Uno with the scaled man determined to beat the champion and Dabi and Shigaraki even made a comment every now and then before a hand slammed against the bars that were in front of Izuku's face making him jolt and take an instinctive step back before he looked at the guy who had just screamed at him to shut up even though he was the only one talking now.

"Pot calling kettle black" Midoriya mumbled towards Shigaraki who only snorted in response. However it all quickly died down to silence once again when a new voice no one had ever heard before popped up. It was more the phrase which made them pause than the suddenness of a new person. 

"Dude that's not a cool way to treat these guys!" His voice sounded a lot younger than the guards, Midoriya perked up excited because it sounded like someone else who is his age! Was there another teenager who had been arrested? No that couldn't be otherwise that shitty-excuse for a guard would have already started screaming for him to shut up and thrown him into a cell already.

"They get what they deserve" The guard hisses back towards the direction of the voice before turning his glare back onto Midoriya with his eyes darkening a fair amount. Midoriya never really did get along with this guy seeing as the boring old man enjoyed the power he had over the prisoners and how none of the prisoners usually talked back to him until Midoriya arrived and starting back chatting the guy which sparked some braveness in the other cells. 

So yeah he had a big problem with this guard over the rest and the guy hated him too but it was mainly because he increased everyone else's self worth which practically shattered the silent or obedient treatment he would have normally gotten from his friends but now that Midoriya was here snarky remarks were usual and some of the guards who had a sense of humour and pity in their hearts unlike this one even bantered with the prisoners in all good fun.

"Pfft alright Fuck Face although at least here we got decent lives compared to your fucked up lonely and pathetic as shit one" Dabi says walking up to the bars with a tense posture that meant business and most of the inmates began laughing, some even saying how accurate the remark was despite the guards sudden and desperate yells for them all to shut up. Midoriya guessed it was so he wouldn't look like a pathetic excuse for a guard in front of visitors although that was inevitable with the guys crappy personality. 

He could see the new teenager which had popped up from the left of the hall looked like he wanted to say something but didn't want to interrupt the prisoners out of respect (or fear) so he smiled softly and tapped a beat on the bar that gathered everyone's attention which made his voice easier to be heard by all of them.

"Can we please let the teen speak guys?" Everyone mutters some apologies and Midoriya clapped his hands together in front of his chest and said they didn't need to apologise at all and should rather get ready for the event at the courtyard tomorrow getting a few raised eyebrows from the guards and some from what looked like a class of heroes in training.

Some of the students jaws had practically dropped to the ground and he suddenly got nervous and anxious with all of the eyes staring intently at him. He didn't even notice a specific pair of eyes which he would recognise anywhere as he quickly looked towards Dabi for encouragement to be confident.

They knew some of these guys were bloodthirsty villains but they pay attention to him? Sure he was able to quiet them all down but they would have done so if anyone else from his cell asked (or rather ordered) them to. It was no big deal.

The League was something to be feared of even from behind bars when they got pissed and cranky.

Kirishima goes up to the greenette fearlessly with a bright and genuine smile and makes a stupid move of holding out his hand which goes into the cell. Izuku raises an eyebrow and shakes it after a moment of hesitation.

"Nice to meet you! You look my age and that was so manly how you got these guys to quiet down!" His smile never faded even when they let go off each others hand right before Izuku put an arm around Toga who tried to unsuccessfully sneak up on the duo to probably tear the guys eyes out with her fingernails. He'd rather not have blood staining his clothes today, Lewis was meant to be on the night shift tonight and he always was more queasy than the other guards.

"Well 'these guys' are actually my friends so they respect me and vice versa." 

"Bro you legit just held an actual villains hand..." a blonde with a black streak of hair says in disbelief. The guy with bright red hair chuckles nervously before rubbing the back of his neck with the hand he used to shake Midoriya's. He then began waving it in front of his face before showing his class that it was perfectly contact and there was nothing wrong with it.

"Well its not broken so that's a good sign right?" The teen turns back and yelped when he came face to face with Toga's canine teeth only just noticing Midoriya desperately trying to pull her back after a moment. The greenette sighed irritated and asked Dabi if he could help to which the guy replied 'no shes your problem' with a smug look.

Midoriya warned everyone to keep out of Togas reach and went over to Dabi and smirked when the guys own dropped replaced with a look of terror when Midoriya harshly grabbed the others ear and twisted it much like an angry mother would do before dragging him towards Toga not letting go even when the guy had an iron grip on his arm. Dabi wouldn't dare break his arm, he was too soft on Izuku for him to be able to do something like that.

"Fine asshole! I yield" Dabi huffs and picks Toga up by the back of her shirt before pulling her off of the bars effortlessly. Shigaraki snorted at the display but shut up quickly when Midoriya glared at him threatening to do the same to him. Of course that moment was when he heard a piece of his past he wanted to honestly forget came trudging back into his life full force.

"DEKUUUU?!?!" a terrifyingly familiar voice yells and Izuku went so pale you could mistake him for a vampire at first glance. His gaze slowly met with one that filled his thoughts from time to time and he didn't even know why he thought he was hallucinating. He guessed it was because he really didn't want to see Kacchan ever again after gaining real friends.

"K-Kacchan? Oh god i-it really is y-you..." Midoriya was completely frozen under the glare he's receiving right now. The stuttering caused the prisoners to be on guard. They got that habit out of Izuku a month ago.

"What in the absolute fuck you asshat!"  Of course he had to be apart of the special visitors looking through their ward.

On the way back to his cell a few minutes prior he even heard some of the guards gossiping that they would remain here for the rest of the day to monitor their movements, downside means him and his friends will have to deal with these guys for the entire day but the good part is he spotted Lunch Rush passing by them so that meant they were getting something extra special today. He was brought back to his senses when he heard more voices speak up.

"Hey shut the fuck up and don't yell at Midoriya like that!!" One voice from further down the line yells. He recognised it as the guy with the mind-reading quirk.

"I'll yell at this fucker however I like dumbass!" He yells before grabbing Izuku harshly by the collar and pulling him towards the bars so quickly Izuku yelped in pain when his face made contact with the unforgiving metal. He opened his eyes hesitantly and was honestly terrified by how close Kacchan was.

"Why the hell are you in prison you useless piece of trash!" The fist on his shirt tightened in its grip and he was sure he looked like he was on the verge of a panic attack. He already felt the tears forming and rolling down his cheeks. He hadn't cried for nearly 3 months since he came here dammit!

"Get your hands off of him!" Dabi yells before sending a wave of blue fire at the boy. Bakugou steps back just before it could reach him and let's go of Izuku in the process. The blonde snarls when everyone else in their cell began yelling at the blonde and Aizawa who had been watching from the sidelines narrowed his eyes at the greenettes form kneeling and clinging onto another older cellmate who was currently hugging him and rubbing soothing circles into his back.

He didn't expect any of these cellmates to care so deeply about a person seeing as most of them were... well known for being heartless maniacs and he frowned at the lengths they would probably go to help him. Hell one of them were willing to kill another kid just because they made the guy cry.

He restrained Bakugou with his capture weapon before his student could cause anymore problems and began leading his class further away from Cell 103 with a protesting Bakugou screaming through the tape towards the guy with green hair and if Aizawa glanced behind him at the boy with a small amount of pity in his eyes then none of his students noticed it or decided not to mention it. Smart move on their part.

Before they went around the corner however Aizawa pulled one of the guards behind to get a room set up for him seeing as he was going to try and figure out this mystery about the unusual softness towards a specific prisoner, heck the kid didn't even give off any sort of bad vibes or indication that he was once a supposed criminal so either the prison made a bad mistake without caring about his side to a story or he was incredibly good at faking.

He would find out soon enough anyways. If not here then through the files he would be asking of everyone in cell 103 to Nedzu who would gladly give him the information because the guy had a thing for chaos.

"Fucking self absorbed brats thinking they're entitled just because they want to be heros" Dabi muttered under his breath as he added some stored ice he liked to use on his scars whenever he used his quirk accidentally to burn an Uno card or two out of rage onto Izuku's marks where his face had harshly connected with the metal bars separating their cell from the hallway. Shigaraki snorted at the weak insult and sat up from his spot on his bed giving Dabi a cocky smile and raised eyebrow feeling suddenly interested in pissing off the fire-user.

"That's the best you got Onion Skin?" He says leaning his chin on his hand as his Cheshire grin grew even more.

"I thought truly bad nicknames were meant for fuckers you care about Crusty Dick" Dabi retorts got even sparing the guy a glance as he knew it would piss Shigaraki off more than if he did give him his full attention, not to mention how Izuku's wounds took priority.

"Oh go suck a dick"

"I'd rather have some-"

"Stop it your both starting to make Izuku go all red, your corrupting his innocence! Keep going keep going It's funny to see him like this!" Twice yells in desperation as he tries to keep the pure boy as innocent as possible when around the League and rushes to the greenettes side before covering both of Izuku's ears with his hands and sighing in relief afterwards. Shigaraki and Dabi huffed in annoyance but stopped arguing anyways.

Everyone in their ward was well aware that Izuku was still innocent and probably didn't hear this sort of language often whilst most of them were around 20 or 30 and well aware of sex education and the jokes which revolved around it. Shigaraki suddenly sits up even straighter as he was in a slouched position and grins out of nowhere once again and looks out in the direction of where the entrance or rather exit is placed.

"Master is on his way"

The atmosphere seemed to have changed instantly and suddenly all of the others in the cell except Izuku and Toga began grinning darkly before Dabi spread the message to the cell next door through whispers and within barely a few minutes everyone in the prison ward had gotten unusually silent but Izuku saw that they all looked ready to pounce at any moment like something big was about to go down soon. He walked over to where Shigaraki was and sat down on the edge of the others rough wooden bed before leaning over towards him and whispering.

"Who is master?" He asked with a nervous expression, as much as Shigaraki wanted to however, he wouldn't risk telling the guy about Master yet. Shigaraki thinks he would be fine if it turns out Master had failed into getting them all out but he doesn't know how Izuku would react to the planned breakout alongside the hope getting lost into something more dampened if he expected to be saved only to be let down. Shigaraki didn't want to let down someone who he's come to care about deeply, some would say its obsession but he sees no problem with it and the poor boy is as touch-starved as he is. 

He shakes himself from his thoughts quickly before sighing as he hugged the boy and nuzzled into his soft curls, they always reminded him of his old corgi and he doesn't think he'd ever find someone else who'd be able to recreate that feeling as well as Izuku.

"You'll see-"

"Midoriya Izuku of cell 103!" The greenette looks up from his place in Shigaraki's arms to see a new guard he never noticed before and raises an eyebrow in confusion and curiosity.

Spinner rolls his eyes and leans against the back wall muttering annoyed sentences along the lines of 'Tense Newbies' with a disgusted and disappointing expression firmly painted on his face before Izuku walked up to the bars slowly like if he moved too fast the guard would provoke him and it obviously didn't work or proceeded to piss him off more because before he knew what was happening he was suddenly being grabbed by the collar of his shirt and shoved into the direction of the gate.

He waited patiently for the guard to unlock it and gave his cellmates one final glance before hesitantly walking through it where he was given a glare by the guard and the moment the door clicked shut behind him he felt a punch hit him from behind knocking all of the air out from his lungs. He clenched his shirt and took in quick gasps of air.

"Well? Get moving you piece of trash!" His eye twitched but he didn't move much even when he heard footsteps coming his way at a quick pace. He would have flinched at the next found that began yelling if he didn't recognise it instantly and his mind supplied that he would be safe with his friends around.

"Oi! Fuck with Izuku and your fucking with every goddamn asshole thrown into this shit hole!" Muscular yells with an expression that spoke volumes about how pissed he was getting at such a quick pace however the guard simply smirks cockily at him and then everyone around the duo which had now pressed themselves up to their own cells bars glaring daggers at the guy before backhanding Izuku right across the face before stomping on his ankles making the greenette grit his teeth. The guard once again slaps the other with such a force that causes the greenette to trip over his feet and fall on his ass almost as soon as Midoriya had tried to get back up.

"Or what? You fuckers can't do shit to me behind bars" 

"Just fucking try us and your head will be hanging on the wall as our decoration" Muscular says with a blood lust look in his eyes which made the guard shiver momentarily before shaking the nerves off and regaining his composure especially since he didn't want to be caught assaulting a prisoner on his first week here, he'd be kicked out for sure.

He huffs, grabbing Izuku and dragging him off away from the cells whilst trying to ignore the calls following them of the angry cellmates they left behind when a very obvious bruise began forming on the greenette's left cheek and one of them caught a glimpse of it. Once they turned the corner Izuku noted to no one in particular that they were heading through a tunnel which led out of his ward but he was already memorising the path if he even was going to be able to go back. 

That thought made his mind blank for a moment and he felt a bit of sweat roll down his figure. What if they decided that he was being too troublesome by giving the prisoners something good when they were meant to suffer and hate prison so much that they would never want to leave if they ever did get released which in of itself at this prison was highly unlikely. Midoriya has only heard of 3 people who got released because they were framed for their crimes.

Izuku was tossed into a room when he was deep in thought and he recollected his thoughts and observed his surroundings spotting himself in a blank room except a single chair in the middle of the room which was probably where he was meant to sit at this moment, the room all together wasn't very big but it could easily hold four people and leave just enough room for those four to be able to move around a little bit. He looked around the room smiling when he caught sight of a camera tracking his movements and made faces at it and laughing when he heard Jeremy say how utterly stupid he looked at that moment.

It seemed alright until he remembered someone asked to see him and he turned towards the only wall he hadn't looked at, too distracted with the camera and came face to face with that same group of visitors which had appeared in his ward. A wall of glass was currently separating them, he yawned showing how not amused he was about this situation.

A tired voice had suddenly cut through the speakers however and Izuku jolted a bit in his standing position before seeing it was the black haired man wearing that weird scarf. 

"Midoriya Izuku, age 15 making you one of the youngest Prisoners in Japan since the year 2316. May I ask you what it seemed you did to get in?" A strange choice of words Midoriya had thought and ignored the part of his mind that still kept holding onto the hope that someone would find out it wasn't him who killed Inko however he had a better life in Prison than he ever did in the outside world.

'Not the Right Side'

Izuku frowned and narrowed his eyes deciding to walk right up to the glass and glare through it straight at the tired man who was probably their teacher now that Midoriya got a good look at him. "Nothing actually, I was falsely accused of murder because the judge did not believe in a person that could shape shift their body into other people's. My mother was murdered and the killer wore my face"

"...What is your quirk..?"

"Just check my files idiot, thought you would be awake enough to understand that most of my information is on it. Don't know about a phone number though so if you wanna call me don't. The League would never let me hear the end of that" Izuku joked with a smirk whilst going to sit down on the chair and crossing a leg over the other whilst hanging an arm behind him on the chairs back. The boy seemed bored and done with this weird event already and Aizawa couldn't help but think of 'That's a fucking mood right there'.

'Middle is too strong'

"What happened to your face boy? That was not there when he passed by your cell coming us 13 minutes ago" This question specifically made Izuku laugh although it was one of his bitter ones, ones which screamed 'There is probably tearing at me from the insides out right now but I won't tell you about it'. Aizawa yawned but his eyes were sharper than before which Midoriya took great note of and prepared to answer any of the next questions with loopholes if they rise any suspicion in him.. 

"Oh! New guards think they're the boss of us prisoners and the others usually let them get away with it for a little bit unless they mess with me first"

'Top left is slightly loose but not enough to be able to make a great impact'

"Are you their boss instead then?" Izuku blanked completely which showed his genuine shock and surprise before he busted out laughing wholeheartedly. The sound making most of the students flinch and the completely 180 degree turn in attitude from the teen their age with only Kirishima still seeming unaffected by the sudden change and Aizawa glared at the figure on the other side because he really hated getting mocked even when it seemed like a valid question...at the time. He composed himself after awhile and wiped the tears from his eyes before smiling genuinely at the man. 

"They're my friends so they care for me as I do them like I said before to uh ... think the guys name was Kirishima or something like that. The other guys in my ward call me the Prisons sun and even some guards have taken a liking to me as my attitude was apparently 'a change these guys fucking needed to feel more human' which was shocking because like, most of the guards and staff here besides the kitchen staff think we deserve to rot in hell. In conclusion, I made friends with people on both sides of the cell." 

"You better not-"

"Jesus I'm going to finish my sentence here in Prison. I'm not the one you should be worried about breaking out though, at least not without all of my other comrades behind me. I could get out of here by 5PM tomorrow on my own if I wanted to but the guys back there in the hallway you passed through a few minutes ago have had a dull routine since I came along so I'm staying for them."

'Bottom left is where I should aim.'

"I don't buy it" The man says whilst gripping onto his capture tape tightly.

"You don't have to though now do you? Now I want to go back, it's way too boring here for my tastes and in all honesty. A complete waste of my time" He stands up from his spot on the chair and almost smirked when he heard a voice which had been unusually silent for way too long for his liking.

"YOU WALKING AWAY FROM US SHITTY NERD!?"

"Careful Kacchan my friends wouldn't like you yelling at me like that" Midoriya replied smoothly whilst moving to stand behind the chair with him hands gripping the edges of its back.

"THEY CAN'T FUCKING HEAR ME"

Izuku giggled much like Toga would, guessed she rubbed off on him a little bit and he gave everyone on the opposite side of the glass and toothy grin before his eyes turned too dark for most of the students liking.

"Or can they hmm?~ You weren't the one to have gone through all of their quirks and give them complete lists of pros and cons to them which they could supply in certain situations and environments. If someone ever did break out of here even with a weak quirk they could probably do some damage from what advice I gave them all individually or as groups if some quirks complimented each other."

And the next thing he heard was something he wish wouldn't have ever been brought up in this conversation. Sure he wouldn't have minded so much if it were one of the people in his ward however these guys were practically strangers to him and knew all about him without having a good reason to. 

"It is shameful how you could have murdered your mother like that, in broad daylight no less! A mother is someone you should care for with deep respect and love yet you threw that all away and took her life! That is not how a child should act!" A new young but stern voice pops up and he sees a blue haired boy with his file in their greedy hands.

He looked up towards the guy and made eye contact with him with his lips snarling in disgust at the clear murderous vibes hidden behind his eyes, another thing you pick up on when being taught useful things prisoners had to do to survive before being thrown in here. Izuku frowns and walks up to the glass eerily slow letting each footstep echo at least once in the room before making another dragging the chair behind him all the way until he was right in front of the guy who seemed to have been slightly taller than him.

Shigaraki always said when you want to intimidate someone, don't show weakness and stay silent because people would rather some chatter rather than silence and right now it seemed to do the trick with most of the people around the blue haired male stepping back a foot or two. He took a deep breath and his grip of the chair tightened before his eyes widened with pure rage clean as day present in his eyes.

"I. Didn't. Do. It!" He full on yells whilst throwing the chair at the glasses weakest point from what he observed and it ended up cracking greatly shocking all of the students and scaring them more than they already were if the girls clinging to one another were anything to go by but Aizawa was looking at the boy the entire time throughout this unusual investigation and the man didn't fail to notice how for a split second during the conversations the others eyes would search the glass. The kid was smart. Dangerously so if he could find a weak point so quickly in something so strong.  

"Another huge hit to this glass and I could easily break it but I'm not idiotic enough or blinded by rage to even begin imagining on engaging in a fight with 19 first year UA students. Oh and I could never take Eraserhead on with the obvious difference in combat experience but I guess I would have one little advantage when it came to the quirk side of the fight hm?" He faces the camera in the room again and his mood once again did another 180 with his innocent expression back and he waves at it with an innocent smile on his face.

"Hey Jeremy I'm ready to go back you self absorbed prick!"

"Love you too dickhead" A crackled and hoarse voice appears from the speakers and Izuku laughs imagining him grinning and giving him the middle finger in front of the screen showing the camera footage before the door was opened and Izuku smiled at everyone once more before he left to return back to Cell 103. 

The a few days later after that eventful day when Izuku had woken up from his afternoon nap he was thoroughly shocked that it was to the sound of an alarm blasting through the hallway and probably through the rest of the Prison ward and Dabi was currently shaking him awake harsher than he normally would with a look of slight desperation adoring his features.

"Dabi?!" He turned to face his brother in all but blood and and once realising that he was meant to be getting up he instantly shook himself enough that he was somewhat conscious and out of his bed but his head was slightly fuzzy.

"No time to explain it properly but in short Shigaraki's buddy is breaking us out now let's get fucking going before the guards catch up to us!" 

"WHAT?!" Izuku was still half asleep despite his mind obviously waking up quicker than it was before although so Dabi rolled his eyes irritated with what he had to do and decided it was better for the both of them if he just threw the other over his shoulder before sprinting off into the hallway so that way they would be able to catch up with everyone else in their ward already a few paces in front of them.

The greenette had spotted a few other prisoners around the two of them as well which he recognised clearly from lunch and the tournament which were running in the same direction as them and they seemed to be stiff and on high alert until they had been able to spot him to which their muscles had relaxed slightly from what Izuku could see but clearly not enough for them to be thrown off guard that easily.

It was only then that he began hearing the sounds of screams, war cries which was to be expected with the people in their ward and finally the sound of clashes of weapons and fists where guards and prisoners were probably fighting but his eyes ignored all of the battles around him where the prisoners were clearly winning and they instead landed on Mustard, a teenager slightly older than him who was currently being cornered by some guards who were closing in on him.

With not many options left and his mind remembering and giving him flashbacks of a few times he was able to hang out with Mustard and Toga together he came to a decision.

He wasn't going to lose another family member. Not if he could do anything about it.

Izuku regretfully hit Dabi in the back where he knew the other was most sensitive due to his burns and scrambled to get up before the other could react quicker and grab him as he apologised over and over again.

He heard the other prisoners cries but ran past them and weaved through most of the guards expertly thanks to stealth training with Mr. Compress until he made it to his destination and with as much momentum he could gather at that moment, collided his shoulder with one of the guards sides and surprising the guards in a show of strength, he threw the guards body over towards the others before they could react and grabbed Mustard before booking it towards the direction of the exit which he remembered seeing a few times since he first was sent here. 

"T-Thank you so much Izuku!"

"No problem Mustard now lets get going bef-"

Crap.

He thought as he saw guards chasing after all of the prisoners outside the main gate leaving a few to guard the doors to make sure any people lacking behind weren't given a chance to follow the others outside. He looked around desperately for a way out until his eyes stopped and focused on a supply closet a few metres to the duo's right and turned around to grin at Mustard.

"What would happen if say... I found a Gas Mask or two in there?" The others face had morphed from shock into mischievous as both of them slammed open the door. To their utter surprise they were actually able to find 4 Gas Masks in there but they only took 2 seeing as they didn't see anyone else lacking behind other than them.

Izuku knew the majority of the guards in the ward that were able to get to the situation in time were probably at the exit already ready to restrain anyone they caught so Mustard got to work immediately once the two had their masks on securely.

The two of them walked through the mist with ease as Mustard was using the senses that were a part of his quirk to be able to guide the duo towards the doors and the fog faded out once they'd reached the exit where their friends were probably going to be on the other side.

After the two of them removed their masks with both of them storing them in the two backpacks they had found in the storage closet which they assumed would be of some use if this whole fiasco did end well for the prisoners despite Midoriyas doubts about this entire break-out. Izuku opened the double doors slightly excited to see the outside again and feel free with his friends only to have a gun pointed at his face the next instant making his freeze in his movements completely.

"Oh shit its Izuku!" Dabi yelled behind him towards everyone else who was calming down after the fights they had to partake in before lowering his weapon and sighing in relief that he didn't shoot Izuku on instinct. He would be joining the damn kid in death if something ever happened not to mention he would feel guilty as fuck.

Izuku and Mustard then walk outside only to become face to face with an incredibly bloody and gory picture. Almost every surrounding wall was some shade of red and corpses were unavoidable wherever you looked to try and get away from them. 

A year ago and Izuku definitely would have vomited at such a horrific sight however he guessed Prison just changes people as the group of cellmates walk out of the main gate in the direction of the 3 army helicopters which seem big enough to hold up to 20 people in each one at least.

Everyone then and there realised that there would have to be some prisoners left behind so everyone began deciding who's quirks would be best for transport across the water or just who deserves a spot in the helicopters. 

The group also quickly discussed and agreed on 2 phone numbers they would have so if one side wanted to contact the other they would know how to if both sides have got a mobile device or some form of communication. Izuku was unsurprisingly one of the first 10 people to be decided to get on a helicopter as everyone there knew about his quirkless status and not to mention his complete and utter devotion to making their lives as happy as possible no matter how many times guards shouted at him for doing so. 

Izuku felt slightly better about taking what could have been someone else's seat when Mustard, Muscular, Dabi, Spinner, Mr. Compress, Twice, Toga and Shigaraki are all put into his helicopter either because Shigaraki requested for them to be on there (and no one said otherwise because he was the one who had a friend that broke them out) or their quirks really weren't useful for water transportation.

The person sitting next to Shigaraki wore a black mask that covered the bottom half of his face with multiple wires attaching him to machinery placed within the front corner or the helicopter. To say Izuku was curious about the man and his condition to have to have that many wires attached to him would be the understatement of the year. The man seeming sensing the air of curious eyes on him, turned from his short conversation with Shigaraki in order to face the greenette with what Izuku could only guess was interest which was indicated by the tone of his voice.

"Ah so you must be Midoriya Izuku boy... I've heard a lot about you" He says and Izuku tilts his head slightly showing genuine curiosity when he replied.

 "You have? May I ask from who?....If it's alright to ask of course!" The mans laughter cuts Midoriya off and suddenly their helicopter was taking off and flying over the ocean towards mainland Japan. You know, seeing asv the prison is on an isolated island.

"Why from my student, Shigaraki of course! As he talked a lot about you on our phone calls not that the guards could even begin to understand how much of a mistake that was on their part. He called you the Prisons Sun one time during our calls you know?"

"Wow gossiping behind my back, I feel betrayed." Shigaraki deadpans whilst looking at his master and Dabi begins to outright laugh in the others face before getting into a more comfortable position in his seat opposite All For One in between Spinner and Mustard who seemed to be minding their own business or thinking about what they might do once they land. 

"So what are we going to do now oh great master of escaping huh? That shit is gonna be caught on News fucking quickly if even one of us or the others is spotted outside or if a Pro decides to check up on the goddamn prison after that alarm started blasting. No doubt it's connected to some form of law enforcement off the island" The group takes a moment to process what Dabi just said and tries to think of a solution, most of them coming to the conclusion that it would be best to just get out of Japan whilst they can however not everyone was thinking that way as said.

"Why not just keep a low profile then so they could possibly think that we went to another country and not assume we stayed? Obviously the law enforcement on mainland japan know that even if we got caught, not all of us only think with our fists meaning they'll assume that if we did escape then we wouldn't 'be so stupid' to just return to a land where it's obvious we're meant to be in prison if spotted and recognised.

I say that as long as we're careful about what we do, where we go and how we look we should be fine going back to Japan right?" Izuku suggests before mumbling nonsense no one could usually keep up with.

All For One smiles under his mask although no one would be able to tell the difference in the first place. At least this boy could make up for his quirklessness with quick thinking and observing . He also saw the way he strategically found that weak spot of the glass during his 'interrogation' and smiled even wider. 

He looked down to see his pupil engaging in conversation with the greenette as well and AFO couldn't help but notice now Shigaraki was leaning forward and making eye contact with the boy whilst they talk. Completely different to how he acted with the others on the helicopter.

After Izuku fell asleep he didn't know how long he had been sleeping until he woke to someone shaking his shoulder. He turns to see Toga there with a huge grin on her face and he smiles softly at her before yawning. Memories of the past day flood into him and he shoots up from his position of laying his head in the blondes lap and looks around to see the helicopter had landed in what seemed like a forest. He gets up and smiles at Mustard who seems a bit cautious and is sticking closer to Izuku than others (Minus Toga because she loves invading personal space ♡) 

"I must part with you all here however it did come to my attention of abandoned buildings being spotted outside within these areas so I hope you can find shelter soon." All For One simply says before waving quickly and then getting back on the helicopter before it took off. 

The group of 60 (because there was 3 helicopters) began splitting up to search meaning some took the high ground whilst others used their quirks to search or travel faster on lower grounds. One of the villains with a camouflage quirk appeared out of nowhere exclaiming that he had found a possible shelter. Of course everyone followed him back to his find and it was a huge factory which was embedded in a smaller mountain than the others surrounding the greenery. They all began flocking inside to check it out and Toga squealed when she found beds, although old, that were stick manageable to sleep on. Even more so than the wooden planks they got back at the Prison. 

Everyone agreed on who slept on which floor and that they would mainly remain in bed rooms with the people from their old cells with the exception of someone who just couldn't get along with another. It was all sorted out after what felt like an Eternity to Izuku as he was basically the emotional and mental guide of the group. Everyone slept amazingly better in the rusty beds than they ever did before for a year or few and held a meeting on the ground floor where there was a ton of room. 

"Everyone I thank you all for coming down at such an early time but even though we escaped Prison we didn't escape reality." Izuku began with a big smile at first but it faded into a serious expression as he stood on an elevated platform so he could be seen and heard by everyone.

"We have basic beds whilst can last us a month or two but our main focus now will be attire, food and drinks. Not to mention we will need a phone of some sort to check up with the remaining 46 of us left at the Prison in case they ever did make it. I would like people with camouflaging quirks to raise their hands."

7 people raised their hands clearly in the air with one of them being Toga and Izuku grinned.

"If it wouldn't be too much then I would like you all to be in charge of going into the nearby cities and towns for getting us the necessities. Obviously none of us can get a true everyday job so we are going to have to resort to... other means of getting some money. I would prefer it if people who had good fighting styles and less empathy could take charge of those means..." Muscular quickly got the drift and grinned darkly at the thought of being able to see blood on his hands again. 

"And the rest of us will be focusing on remodelling this factory into a sustainable hideout. Of course we will want to keep rooms such as this the same in case people ever try to look for us but other rooms such as in the sleeping quarters will hopefully be changed quickly. I will be helping that category so if your quirk could help with materials or architecture I would greatly appreciate it if you helped me. Now... LET'S GET TO WORK!"

Cheers could be heard through the crowd and Izuku climbed down from his heightened stage and sighed in relief barely able to contain his anxiety of having that many eyes on him.  Toga instantly clung to him and kept saying how proud she was of him and Shigaraki ruffled his hair, carefully of not putting on all 5 fingers whilst Muscular waves at the boy before going off with some of the more violent Prisoners. 

Toga and her group of 7 camouflaged friends went out that evening and came back a few hours later with the news that they were only an 2 hour walk from the nearest city but the annoying part was it held UA High in it. Izuku frowned mumbling to himself before he asks an old corrupted hero for a layout of the city. The guy had holographic vision and could transform his body into a mobile device to catch illegal activity.

He was now presenting everyone with a perfectly clear map and Izuku asked a guy with a printing quirk to copy what was being shown. It took awhile and Izuku thanked the guy when the printed map was finished. He promised he would make it up to them but they simply waved him off with smiles at being able to help.

Izuku played out the map and used a pen Dabi gave him to circle UA and other hero agencies until he found a spot where a hero agency wasn't. He circled it and then lined up some routes they could take and showed it to the rest of the group explaining the areas they shouldn't go into unless absolutely necessary. They all thanked him once again and the printer guy got everyone who was planning on going outside a map. After 3 days Izuku began to notice some people just staring outside wantingly and brought Toga aside when she returned from her trip that evening to ask a favour of her.

"Would it be alright if everyday you guys went out you brought like 3 to 5 people with you? Everyone seems to be getting a bit bored of just laying low..."

"Oh Izu hunny it won't be easy but for you I'll do it. Can I have some of your blood though?" She asks with a mad blush on her face and Izuku turned pink before stretching out his arm and pointing to the middle of it away from any joints.

"O-only here"

"Thank you Izu!" She stabs her new needle storage weapon into his skin and he hisses momentarily before he saw the tank fill up about a quarter of the way and she let go of it before smiling and skipping back towards the bedrooms.  The next day him, Toga, Shigaraki, Twice, Dabi and Mr. Compress went out into the city wearing hoodies of all colours so they wouldn't seem weird however Izuku, Compress and Toga rolled their eyes at the 3 boys who had their hoods up to hide their faces. They guessed Twice needed something to stop himself from duplicating so he got a free pass but two random people wearing black hoodies with the hoods up is just weird for spring. 

The group end up just going to parks so they can have a nice change before a guy bumped into Izuku. The greenette turned around and apologised at the same time as the skinny figure. He had long blonde hair and was scrawny and wearing a simple white shirt and some baggy trousers. 

He seemed to eye Izuku for a moment before this body stiffened slightly although it didn't go unnoticed by the others young calculating eyes but he decided to just smile happily and apologise again before catching up to his friends, making a loud joke about his 3 friends being emo when in reality they saw the panic on his face. The group decided to avoid that part of town for the rest of the day and ended up in a sweet corner cafe.

They ordered some milkshakes and muffins so they could bring some food back to everyone else when the door bell rung again signalling someone else had come through and all faces turned slightly to see the same scrawny man but with a friend it seemed. The guy was well known though as Principal Nedzu of UA High and Izuku cursed for the first time in his life.

"Shit..." the principals eyes turn to his and he acts like he just spilt some of his banana milkshake on himself and pats his lap before grinning and saying he was fine to his friends. Their order takes a bit longer as they made quite a big one and they decide to get a table with the permission of the worker. They sat down and began talking about normal things like what they wanted to do next.

"My neck feels itchy again" Shigaraki says out of the blue and Izuku takes out some bandages from his pocket and hands them over to the other so if he was going to scratch he would scratch the bandages instead of his actual skin. 

"You're too kind freckles"

"Oh hush your all just a bunch of jerks" Izuku says glaring half halfheartedly at Dabi. 

"What you talking about? I'm a goddamn fucking angel" he states proudly before being asked by the waitress to keep it down a bit because there was a family over the other side which had a young girl with them. Dabi was going to flip her off but Izuku intervened.

"Our deepest apologises, I will try to make sure it doesn't happen again... sorry if we wasted some of your time Miss"  She sighs in relief like she was expecting another loud angry customer but was thankful the group had at least one reasonable person in it.

"Suck up"

"Being a suck up can have its advantages sometimes" Izuku says matter of factly before sticking his tongue out at the other. Dabi smirks but Toga suddenly stood up and rested her arms on Izukus head. 

"Look a park! We should go there after"

"We need to get home though!" Izuku whines before a few huge bags were placed in front of them. Izuku takes out the money Muscular gave them and pays for it before they grabbed the bags and left. Their small talk faded into silence as they walk into an alleyway leading towards the outskirts of the city. Izuku swore he heard footsteps but everytime he turned around no one was there. He narrowed his eyes and kept walking but went a little faster. 

"Hey didn't we have a portal guy we could call if we got lost in a new city? With all the travelling we do I think we might want to start relying on him a little bit.." Shigaraki just nods before speed dialing Kurogiri with the phone Twice was able to pick pocket from a teenager hanging out with their friends. It was a short conversation but thanks to the map Izuku made they could give him the exact location they were at. A portal opened up in front of them and everyone went through without hesitation. Izuku took half a step in before he heard running and looked behind him. It was the same scrawny figure but he seemed to be transformi- 

"Oh crap!" Izuku yelled jumping through the portal, All Mights hand barely grazed the boys trousers before he was gone through the portal. The man curses to himself before alerting the Police Station of this occurrence and began walking back to the cafe where some police cars already were and Nedzu was talking with the manager of the cafe.

Izuku was pale when he walked through the portal and took in deep breaths. All Might found them! Oh god that had to be like the worst Pro to have spotted them. It couldn't have even been a corrupted Pro could it?! Izuku calmed himself down and told everyone tomorrow no one would be going outside, not even Toga's or Muscular's groups.

They were to ration the food and only a selected few would go out now and in smaller groups. Izuku walked outside to have a look and see if anyone followed their location. He found nothing around them but was suprised when he found a sewer system underneath a trapdoor in one of the separated buildings.  

He noted it quickly in his mind that this was here and could lead to an underground system connecting other places in the city before turning around and walking back inside to sleep for the rest of the day. 

"Guys Muscular won and huge bet! Now we can buy proper clothes and bags for everyone!" The whole group cheered inside the main room where everyone was sitting down on the floor or on a pipe in the air. Izuku was one of the ones on the pipes and he was more than ecstatic about having a few personal items he missed like a notebook and pen, there was only so much his mind could remember about these people quirks. 

"Yeah yeah I'm bloody amazing now I'm going out to buy me some new clothes-"

A knock on the door halted everyones cheers and it went deadly silent as someone announced it was a Pizza Delivery Guy. Izuku saw everyone in a confused state before his eyes widened and he jumped up from his sitting position putting everyone on guard.

"ITS THE PRO-" 

"I AM HERE!!" A loud voice announced as All Might bursted through the side of the factory and everything felt slow motion as all of the villains started to panic and run away as more Pros such as Eraserhead and Endeavor entered the building. Izuku jumped down into a dark area but felt a tap on his shoulder and turned to see big yellow eyes.

"Hi there villain!" It said happily.

"Have I met you before?"

"Now!" Something grabbed Izuku and he realised it was an invisible person due to the socks she was wearing at this very moment to prevent her from stepping on glass.

Izuku cursed and tried to pry himself out of her grip but he didn't train his body much unlike his friends.

"Toga!" He yells in desperation and before he new it a blonde boy with a tail punched where the girls head was causing Izuku to catch his breath.

"You know a way out right Izu?!" He saw the red on the mans face and instantly knew who it was so he simply nodded before he was pushed aside as the Dark Shadow bursted out trying to grab them.

"Ojiro why are you helping them?!"

"My Izu-kun always comes first!" A more feminine voice comes out of the man. 

"Follow me!" Izuku yells over the commotion gaining the attention of the League, Mustard and Muscular along with 2 girls from the camouflage group. The criminals all follow the Green haired boy catching the attention of Aizawa and some class 1-A students.

They begin to give chase and Aizawa cursed when he saw the boy with green hair looking around quickly before yelling at the black haired guy to use his quirk above them. Blue flames didn't waste a second before bursting out before Aizawa could remove his quirk and a pile of pipes rain down on the heroes. 

Izuku is panicking like mad as he leads his friends towards the trap door. If the top 2 Pros were here it would be safe to say there were more. He opened it up and grabbed some flashlights he spotted in the corner of the room which thankfully worked and handed one to everyone before getting them to jump down. He was just closing the wooden hatch before a painfully familiar voice bursted through the doors.

"DEKU GET YOUR ASS HERE RIGHT NOW!" Izuku shut the trap door and then jumped down the ladder before turning on his torch and running with his friends. They hear yelling but they assumed the guys just got down as echoes were still a thing.  The smell wreaked of human waste but Oh well. Walk in a sewer or go to jail until the end of your days and all the villains would choose the former if asked to pick.

They found another ladder and climbed it quickly before realising they were in the middle of a road which seemed eerily quiet. Izuku lead everyone into a nearby alley making sure that the metal lid was put back when Mustard got out. The group take a breather in the protection of the darkness and Izuku grabs his hair in annoyance.

"We just wanted to live free lives..." he sighs feeling defeated before a train zooms by the houses which makes the boy remember something and turns to Muscular.

"Please tell me you still have the money"

"Yeah, most of it is still in good condition pipsqueak" 

"Great! We're getting out of town!" Izuku announces before rushing them all off towards a clothes shop where they try on clothes in the Try On section and leave the old ones there before rushing out the store without paying. They needed to save the money for something more important than clothing right now. 

The station wasn't too far and it turned out to go underground so the trains have less Air Resistance and can go faster. Izuku takes the money Muscular gave him and went up to the man giving his best puppy eyes with a few tears leaking out. No one knew what he was talking about but it must have been damn good if it made the man shed a tear before giving him the tickets and some of the change back. Izuku seems to thank him before turning his back to the man to grin at everyone else.

"Manipulative bitch" Dabi sneered as he ruffled the boys hair.

"Gothic Alien" Izuku retorted with a grin before they went to their platform to wait. The train arrived shortly after they made it there and everyone was relieved how they wouldn't have to wait too long as not to give the pros a chance to catch up with them. By now police cars were probably transporting the villains that didn't escape back into a more secure Prison. Izuku sighed as he remembered how hopeful everyone was at the idea of living sort of free again but he failed them. He let them down. He should have thought of not letting anyone walk back in the light of day. 

People started boarding the train and leaving through the same doors but the villains waited until everyone else moved until they went through. Mustard had just made it on and Dabi, Toga and Izuku still had to get on before loud steps were heard coming from the staircase. And by the sounds of it there were a Lot of people rushing down at the same time. Izuku quickly handed Dabi all of the tickets he had and pushed the boy and Toga inside the train right before the doors closed behind them. All of the villains looks back in horror as the train slowly makes its departure, leaving the beloved greenette behi-

BANG!

"NOOO!" Toga screams banging her fists against the window as Izukus body fell to the ground as blood appeared within the strands of his hair. Police surrounded the body to confirm who it was and they got some paramedics to pick up the body. The group faced the train leaving at a faster speed than before and curse to themselves as they nearly got their hands on 2 other villains as well. 

The villains on the train were silent except Togas sobs. She was no doubt closest with Izuku as they were always together and smiling or laughing. Heck they could have been siblings for all that mattered. Twice made it his priority to calm down the blonde girl and comfort her so he wrapped her in a hug and whispered soothing things into her ears until she calmed down from uncontrollable sobs to sniffles and hiccups.

Shigaraki didn't seem as fazed on the outside but he mastered his poker face way before he got into Prison. On the inside he was internally screaming and wanted to cry so bad, one look at his comrades proved that he wasn't the only one holding back. He put his hands in the pocket of his new hoodie but raised an eyebrow when he felt something inside it. He pulled out the mystery object to find out that it was a piece of paper with some writing on it that looked so painfully familiar to the man. He unfolded it more and called everyone over.

They all slowly gathered around and read the note slowly in their minds as to not cause a further scene than they already had. It was from Izuku...

'They say Prision life sucks but I guess everyone can be wrong sometimes. You guys mean the world to me and it would kill me to see you guys back behind bars. I knew the police were coming and that was why I wanted everyone on as fast as possible but I guess if I didn't take this note back then I didn't make it... Your destination will be in China and there are multiple tickets I got so all of you can go wherever you want. Please live for me and I will know my sacrifice was the right one to make...'

-The Prisions Sun (Its me Izuku) 

P.s I stole your ice that one time Dabi

"Son of a bitch" Dabi muttered with a fond smile on his face.

Ok now Shigaraki DID shed a few tears as Dabi took out the tickets Midoriya gave him. They each silently took one which they thought sounded like a nice place and tore the note evenly so they could write down what phone number they were going to have and so that they could keep a piece of Izuku with them. The journey wasn't too long but even though the villains were slightly nervous of what this new area may bring them, they were determined to take this second chance and live their new life to the fullest, if not for them then for the greenette.

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"Midoriya Izuku" the boys eyes opened barely before a bright light met them and he blinked furiously before his eyes adjusted to the light. He opened them fully to see himself right in front of a gun aimed directly at his head and his eyes widen. He thought he was dead from that bullet unless...

"You were hit with a tranquilizer bullet so you would be able to answer some of our questions"

"..." Izuku stayed silent as he observed his surroundings, it was a plain white room with what seemed like a soft texture for the walls and flooring. He chuckled at the setup before staring at the glass wall. 

"Am I in some sort of Asylum from an old horror movie?" He asks jokingly.

"Don't fuck with us Deku."

"Hm? Well right now shouldn't it be the other way around because right now being dead sounds way more better than whatever this is"

Bakugou was speechless before he slammed his hand against the glass despite his teachers warnings.

"Motherfucker I came all this shitty ass way to talk to you so you better be fucking grateful"

"That's how I always felt right Kacchan? Grateful? I know who used my face as a disguise that got me in jail but I already forgave her the moment I saw her walk into my cell. Toga and I were best friends and still am as long as I'm alive. Sorry Kacchan but you got replaced a year ago"

"Midoriya we want to help you" Aizawa interrupted whatever the hell was going on between the two boys but the greenette just laughed.

"Killing my buds? Making them think I'm dead so they suffer whilst I'm living the rehabilitated life? To answer that statement Eraser I ain't stabbing them in the back."

"Wouldn't they be happy for you?"

"Eh its anyone's guess. I could have just been a tool or something in their eyes but I'm loyal to them either way"

"Either this or we force the answers about your so called 'friends' out of you and we hunt them down. Your crime was amateur compared to what they comitted"

"...You can't do that"

"But I can" a man with Orange hair and grey eyes walks up to the glass with a smirk. He raises his hand and asks Izuku who his friends were.

The greenette felt himself battling to keep his mouth shut but the quirks effects won in the end and without his permission he answered. "Almost everyone who I met in Prison, but I'm more close with the League and some others"

Aizawa glared at the younger boy. "We are giving you a once in a lifetime opportunity."

"Really sounds like blackmail to me" Izuku says walking up to the glass wall and then yawning. He rubbed his eyes before looking back forward to see the guy using his quirk.

"I'm quirkless Eraser, you ain't getting any satisfaction out of me" 

The tired Pro frowns before the ginger man taps the glass gaining the boys attention.

"What will it be little villain, redemption or ratting out your friends" Izukus eyes widen and he contemplates his options deeply.

On one hand with the tickets he gave his friends they could have gone anywhere and with anyone so he wouldn't actually be giving a specific location however if he simply says China then that would mean they would know to alert the go government to tell citizens to keep and eyes out for his friends and report them to the Police if ever found.

On the other hand having a go a redemption is probably just a slow manipulating way to get him to spill. They would keep him under surveillance meaning he would probably be going where a lot of Pros are and that would mean UA. The good part is if he can become a citizen then he could ask to visit his old friends who didn't escape and apologise to them. He would also be able to take notes on the next Generations of Heroes. 

All in all both had their cons but if they were going to try and slowly manipulate him into saying the information then they have another thing coming.

"I'll try redemption" he states and the ginger man on the other side grins like he just won the lottery. Izuku was still curious why redemption was even an option they considered for him. Sure he was smart but there were tons of intelligent people and people with intelligence heightening quirks. He looks over and spots a door that has been opened during their conversation and he hesitantly walks out. 

'Lets see who wins this game of Manipulation' he thinks as he spots all the Pros waiting for him outside the door including Kacchan.

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