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Izuku found himself waking up in a dark abyss. 

It was the night after the entrance exam. He had gone to bed fully believing that he had failed. After all, he didn’t manage to get a single point. 

‘Stupid, worthless deku’ he thought. Cursing himself for failing. For letting All Might down. How could he be a hero if he couldn’t get into UA? It was his dream school! It’s where all the greatest heroes went. And he’d screwed it up.

“Y’know, Kacchan’s idea to take a swan dive is looking pretty appealing right about now” he mumbled to himself, beginning to walk aimlessly around the void. “Why see the disappointed looks from everyone who believed in me when I can just face death and save myself the embarrassment”

He was about to continue his pitiful sulking when he heard a voice yell out. “OH MY GOD ISN’T THAT A MOOD!”

Shocked, he began to frantically look around him. Trying to find out where the voice had come from. All he was met with was black.

He began to walk backwards, not entirely sure what to expect, when he tripped over something. Landing in the ground with an ‘oof’ he looked up and saw a giant chair that looked like one you’d see in a throne room. 

Turning his head, he came face to face with a group of seven people and one figure made of mist. Six of them were staring at him while two stood with their faces against a wall that definitely wasn’t there before. Sucking in a deep breath, Izuku pushed himself to his feet before facing them head on.

For a moment it was silent before a man with shoulder-length white hair stood up and walked over to him. 

“Welcome to bible studies, we’re all children of Jesus” they said, with a wide smile on their face. Before Izuku could even reply, they started singing “kuuuuumbaya my lord”

The other figures began to groan, some rolling their eyes while one of them told the man to ‘shut up’. Still taken by surprise, Izuku let out a small giggle. This instantly caught the man’s attention as he grabbed Izuku by the shoulders and began to shake him violently.

“Toshinori! You beautiful beast, you have picked the best successor anyone could ask for!” He yelled at the ceiling(?) it was more like the roof of the void. 

“What’s- what’s going on?” Izuku questioned, stumbling to catch himself when the white haired man let go. “Who are you? Why am I here?”

“Oh right, introduction time!” The white haired man began. He opened his mouth to speak before a look of panic appeared on his eyes. “I’ve changed my mind, Second! Can you please introduce everyone? I don’t like doing it”

The man, second(?) he was guessing. Let out a sigh as he turned around from the wall and stalked towards the greenette. He stood tall in front of the boy, easily casting a shadow over him. “Him over there” he jabbed his thumb in the direction of the white haired man. “Is first. He does have a real name, but it’s easier to go by numbers for now. He’s the first user of this quirk that you’ve got. I’m second. You can probably guess why. The other one over by the wall is third. I’m sure the others will want to introduce themselves so I’ll leave that to them. You, Midoriya Izuku. Are nine. The void you are in now is pretty much the subconscious of the quirk. It’s where the user’s souls reside after their death. For some reason, you are able to enter here. Normally contacting the current user is difficult and can only be done under certain circumstances. You however, don’t fit into that.” He finished, turning around and walking back to the wall.

Izuku stood still for a moment, processing the information he was just given. ‘He didn’t fit into the normal circumstances? Why was that?’

“Anyway” a voice interrupted. He was shaken out of his thoughts by first who was now bouncing on the balls of his feet. “Let’s get you introduced to the others, then I can teach you all about the ways of the best generation that ever walked the earth!”

“No one wants to hear that first” a voice called out. Izuku turned his head to see a man with hair a similar length to first’s with three crack looking scars over his left eye. “I am Shinomori Hikage, or four. My quirk is called danger detection. It’s a pleasure to meet you nine”

“It’s nice to meet you too!” Izuku relied, giving the man a smile. 

“Sup little dude, I’m Banjo Daigoro or five!” Yelled a bald man as he ran up to the three of them. Activating what Izuku believed to be his quirk. He then proceeded to try and get hold of four. “The quirks name is black whip if you’re interested.”

Izuku took note of the name before turning to see a man with short black hair. “That’s En, or six!” Five called out. “He ain’t really one for talking much. But he’ll come round to it eventually” he informed. 

Izuku nodded his head and gave six a smile, before turning to the final person. She was a woman with onyx black hair that was tied into a half up half down style.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you Izuku. I’m Shimura Nana or seven. Although I’d prefer if you call me Nana. I’m not as big with the numbers as our names as the others are” she gave a warm, welcoming smile. “The one beside me is Toshi, or All Might as you know him. Since he isn’t dead, it’s more like his soul is here but also not. He can’t talk but can still express things”

“It’s nice to meet you all!” Izuku said, a grin on his face.

“Now nine!” First called, grabbing Izuku’s hand and pulling him away from the rest of the users. “I have so much to teach you”

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The next day, Izuku awoke in his room. 

He lay there for a second contemplating if the hours of ‘gen Z education’ he had received really happened. He definitely knew more about the topic. But maybe that was just some weird ideas he had made up. There was no way that a gorilla dying ‘fucked up the timeline’ as first had put it.

‘What a weird dream’ he thought as he pushed himself out of bed and went toward the bathroom. ‘Did I really speak to the past users or did I just make that up? I’ll have to ask All Might about it’ he continued his internal monologue. Jumping into the shower, he turned the heat up as hot as he could handle before he began washing his hair. He was about halfway done with washing the conditioner out when the shower curtain was pulled open.

“Hey Nine-“

“AAAAAAAAAA” he began to scream

“Stop screaming it’s just me- why do you have so much-”

Izuku grabbed the curtain, tugging it back to cover himself. He then grabbed the bottle of conditioner that was on the products rack and threw it at first. To no one's surprise it went right through him.

“Sir, this is a Wendy's” first said in a deadpan voice. To which Izuku would have laughed if it wasn’t for the fact that first was in his bathroom.

“GET OUT” he screamed from behind the curtain. 

“Fine, I’m going” he heard first complain. A second later it was complete silence other than the running shower.

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Izuku had gotten out of the shower about two minutes later, getting changed into his clothes and brushing his teeth. Thank god his mother wasn’t home due to work. He wasn’t really in the mood to explain ‘oh I was yelling at a ghost’ without looking insane. 

Entering his bedroom once again, he saw first moving around and staring at all of his stuff.

“You have a lot of All Might stuff” he said once noticing the greenette had entered. “My room used to look similar, but with anime posters and my life sized Danny DeVito cardboard cutout” he added nonchalantly. “It wasn’t as bad as my brother's room though. Any trend he saw on TikTok was instantly added to his room. LED lights, vines - and no, not the vines I told you about yesterday - at one point he even had toilet paper hanging from his fan. It made a vortex when it turned on. There was this one time we took a family trip to America when an election was coming up. My brother ended up stealing the signs from people’s gardens and proudly displaying them on his wall when we got home” first laughed at the memories. “It’s a shame what ended up happening though” he sighed 

“What happened?” Izuku prompted, walking over towards first who seemed to be disheartened.

“Eight didn’t tell you?” He asked, sadness turned to shock. Seeing the confused look he got, first began to seem angry. “The whole point of the quirk is related to that asshole I call brother and All Might didn’t tell you a thing?!” He began to pace over Izuku’s floor. “Okay then, didn’t think I’d be having to say this but now I am... My brother is the reason this whole quirk exists! His quirk is the ability to take and transfer quirks. When he was younger my family made him hide it because at the time those with quirks weren’t treated well. However, as he got older he became more aware of what he could do. He used to take quirks all the time and give them out to others. He thought himself to be a god. They thought I was quirkless, but it turns out I had a hidden quirk. The ability to pass on a quirk. Only found that out after the dickhead forced a stockpile quirk onto me. I was really ill at the time, so he thought I was weak and needed protecting. He even locked me in a vault for ‘the greater good’. Believed that him giving me a quirk would make him see his ways, be stronger and completely give into his will. But nope bitch! It gave me more reason to fight against him. I passed the quirk onto second not long before I was killed in the fight. And the quirk is meant to be passed down until one of the users kills him. He had a longevity quirk that keeps him from aging y’see. Sorry you had to be dragged into this not knowing, I thought you knew” he told the boy, dragging his hand down his face and groaning. “You’d think eight would have told you this before giving you a quirk that puts are target on your back, but I guess not”

“I-“ Izuku couldn’t speak. Why wasn’t he told any of this before? It could have had a major effect on his answer. But at the same time, he didn’t regret taking the quirk. Especially if he could help people.

“Ugh, this sucks. But hey, at least you’ve got me and the other users to help you. Even though second and third are acting like dicks and not wanting to be involved in this. But it’s chill”

“So it’s too late to just curl up in a hole and die?” Izuku asked, slumping against the wall. He could feel anxiety clawing at his chest.

“Sadly yes” first nodded. “By the way, I can feel your emotions. I know you’re anxious but I’ve got a little something that will help you feel better”

“What is it?” Izuku asked, hands grabbing at his arms.

“Any time you feel anxious, this is what you’ve gotta say - my anxiety is chronic but this ass is iconic” 

This prompted Izuku to full on snort with laughter. First also began laughing, to which Izuku pointed out he sounded like a windex bottle. 

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For the rest of the day Izuku and first ended up talking about what life was like before quirks were everything. 

With every reference and joke first made, Izuku could practically feel the other users sigh within him. 

At one point first even talked about a game at the time called minecraft. Going on about youtubers at the time like Skydoesminecrft, DanTDM, Stampy and more. Soon explaining how it became popular again five years after everything had died down when something called the dream smp surfaced, which resulted in first demanding Izuku watch videos of the main events that occurred. 

Within the week that Izuku had to wait for his exam results, he had ended up becoming extremely familiar with all the references first made. Soon enough he also began quoting them at random times. To the confusion of his mother, the annoyance of the OFA users and the utter joy of first.

Maybe having first as a mentor wasn’t too bad.

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After receiving his acceptance letter and dealing with a flood of tears, First decided that they needed to celebrate. And by celebrate, he meant ‘go to the 100¥ shop and buy ridiculous items just because they could’.

As they were walking around the shop, First was pointing at random items and telling Izuku to chuck them in the basket. Before they had even made it out of the party isle, the basket was already half full with items such as; worm on a strings, bouncy balls, kazoos, clout glasses (enough for all the users to have a pair), a wacky, wavy, inflatable flying tube man and a few packets of multi coloured elastic bands which First had screamed “LOOM BANDS!” Upon seeing. They continued making their way down the isles when a packet of dog dental sticks that looked oddly familiar caught Izuku’s eye.

“First look! It’s the good kush” Izuku whispered excitedly, picking it up and showing it to First.

First gave it a brief glance before turning and saying “this is the 100¥ store, how good can it be” with the seriousness of a man who is done with their child.

After paying for the abundance of random items, they headed back to the apartment where Izuku lay on his bed and let the darkness surround him.

He woke up in the part of the void with the giant chairs and other users. Except this time it was decorated with some of the items that First and Izuku had bought. The other users (minus second and third who had remained in their places against the wall) were dressed up in ridiculous outfits. To which Izuku had a guess that it was First’s idea when he saw the man appear in a giant inflatable T-Rex suit.

Grabbing the clout glasses, Izuku put his pair on before going up to each user and handing them a pair. To his surprise, Second and Third actually took the pair and put them on. Deciding that that would turn around but not come closer to the other users. First tried to get them to join, but in the end gave up after a good ten minutes of annoying them to no avail.

“Just ignore them, especially Second” First fake whispered, making sure what he was saying looked like it was a secret when it actually wasn’t. “He’s just one of those dirty iPad kids”

“I AM NOT!”

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When Izuku’s first day at UA arrived, First had decided the best way to wake Izuku up was to bang some trays together and scream at the top of his lungs “I didn’t get no sleep cuz of y’all! y’all never gonna sleep cuz of me”

While it did work in waking him up, Izuku regretted everything he had done up till this moment. Maybe it wasn’t too late to give OFA back to All Might.

“Nope it’s too late!” First sang, dancing around the room without a care in the world. He continued banging the trays together. 

“I’m going for a shower” Izuku groaned, rubbing his eyes. “DON’T bother me” we threatened, pointing an accusatory finger at First.

“I would do no such thing” he shot back, putting a hand over his heart and falling backwards onto the bed.

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“Good luck on your first day of school Izuku!” His mum had called out to him as he left the house. He thanked her before making his way towards the train station. 

First had been surprisingly calm on the walk there, it had prompted Izuku to turn around to see what the man was doing. The man in question was singing a song to himself. He stopped for a minute, letting First catch up.

“Now from the top, make it drop that’s a-“ And that was enough for Izuku to decide he doesn’t want to hear what first was singing.

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After a long journey of First and eventually Izuku singing songs as they traveled, they made it to UA. It took a moment for Izuku to find class 1A. He stood there outside the door, praying that Kacchan and the loud bluenette weren’t in his class, before opening it up.

“Huh? Did your old school shove a stick up your ass?” A familiar blonde snarled while the brunette was yelling at him for being ‘disrespectful to those who made the desk’.

He stood there for a second. A stained smile on his face. Luckily, nobody had seen him, so he slowly began to back up. First seeing what he was doing followed suit.

“Don’t be suspicious” First started singing, bobbing along to the tune. “Don’t be suspicious” Izuku sang along, joining in with the dance. “Oh don’t be suspicious, don’t be suspicious. DoN’T bE sUsPiCiOuS-“ they both sang as they got further and further out of the room.

“Oh it’s you! The boy with the curly hair” a voice cut through the singing.

“Huh” Izuku muttered as he turned around to be face to face with the brunette girl from the exam. “Oh ummm hi?” He said, rubbing the back of his neck with his hand.

“Real smooth” First laughed.

Izuku really wanted to respond to him and tell him that he was no better. But to save himself from looking insane in front of the girl, he decided against it.

The girl continued to talk about his performance in the exam while Izuku completely zoned out. It wasn’t like he was trying to ignore the girl, he was just extremely bad with social interaction. Almost ten years of bullying does that to a person. It was also at that moment the blue haired boy noticed him and sped right over, talking about how they had ‘completely missed the point of the exam’ and more.

“if you’re here to make friends, then you can leave” a gruff voice interrupted. Causing the three of them to look back and see a yellow cocoon on the ground.

“Who’s that pokemon?” First decided to ask. His voice sounding oddly chipper like the one in the show.

“Get to your seats” the cocoon talked again, to which the three of them scrambled to their desks. Izuku took the moment of confusion to reply to First.

“It’s pikachu!” He whispered, smirking as he waited for the joke to be complete.

“It took you all eight seconds to be prepared. As heroes that isn’t acceptable. I’m your teacher Aizawa Shouta. Now…” he opened up his cocoon sleeping bag and pulled out a stack of gum uniforms. “Put these on and meet me out on the field”

Izuku waited until everyone else had left the class before giving First a defeated frown. Seeing the opportunity to end his joke, First smirked.

“It’s Aizawa Shouta!”

“FUCK”

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Once the whole class was out on the field, Aizawa began to explain what they were going to be doing. 

Apparently they were going to be doing a quirk apprehension test. And the kicker was that last place was going to be expelled.

First leaned over to be able to whisper into Izuku’s ear. “You have a plan for this, right?”

“If by plan you mean chug some good old bone breaking juice and hope for the best, then yes” he whispered back, noticing how the bird headed boy in the class was staring at him.

“Bone breaker juice it is then!” First cheered. “Nothing like a few broken bones to start off the school day!”

For the majority of the tests, Izuku didn’t need to use his quirk. He instead decided to try his best without it and wait until it was needed. First had also decided to join in, doing pretty well in most of the tests. Although it wasn’t counted since no one could actually see him.

When the ball throw finally arrived, Izuku was called up to the circle. As he stretched his arm back to throw it, he powered up OFA and shot his arm forward. Yeah he ball however, only went about fourth meters.

“What?” Izuku mumbled, looking into the direction where First was, only to see that the ghost wasn’t there. “I-“

“You were going to break your arm again” the teacher stated. Drawing the boys attention over to him. “Then what would you do? Be useless on the field” grey bands shit forward and pulled him closer. “You’d be useless, and more of a liability then. So tell me” red eyes bore into green ones. “How exactly do you plan on being a hero if you only inconvenience others” this was said along with the man letting the boy go. “Take your throw”

“I’m trying, I’ve only been doing this for two fucking days” Izuku mumbled to himself to himself, looking at the ball to come up with a plan.

“I know how you could do this and not break your bones” First had mentioned, standing beside Izuku. “It's actually pretty easy, you’re just thinking too much like eight”

“Huh? How do I do it? Tell me!” he mumbled to the ghost, trying not to make his teacher suspicious.

“Haha nope” First had laughed, holding his hand out as if he was checking out his nails. “Figure it out yourself”

“Please just tell me. While breaking my bones has allowed me to feel something for the first time in about ten years… i’d rather not lose the mobility in my hands”

“Suffer”

Izuku groaned, tightening his grip on the ball. ‘Okay, just imagine that the ball is a child’ he told himself as he prepared to launch it. Arching his arm backwards once again. He lunged forward, not activating his quirk until the last moment. This caused the ball to be blown into the sky with a giant ‘BOOM’.

“YEET” Izuku had yelled as it departed from his hand, leaving behind a swollen, purple finger. “Sensei…” he said, turning to face his teacher who stood there with wide eyes and a slightly creepy smile on his face. “I can still move”

He thought that everything was going pretty well up to that point before…

“DEKU YOU BASTARD!”

He turned to face Kacchan, only to see him wrapped up in their teacher's scarf. 

“What the fuck, Is that allowed?” First said, still in shock from nearly seeing one of his successors be beaten up by an exploding brat. “I am shooketh”

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In the end, Izuku ended up coming last. Luckily for him, Aizawa had told them that expulsion was a ‘logical ruse’ and that no one would be expelled.

Walking out of the school, the blue haired boy introduced himself and asked to walk with Izuku to the station. They were making their way towards the school gates when they heard a familiar voice.

“HEY GUYS! WAIT UP!” the brunette girl yelled as she ran to catch up with them. Once she finally made it, she introduced herself. “My name’s Uraraka Ochako! You are Iida Tenya and you’re Deku, right?”

“no. My name’s Michael with a B and I've been afraid of insects my entire life” Izuku said as seriously as he could.

“Stop, stop, stop, where?” Iida asked, face scrunched up in confusion.

“Hm?”

“Where’s the B?”

“tHeRe’S a BeE???”

He vaguely heard First call out “I’m so proud”

Chapter Text

He found himself in the void again that night.

“Hey guys” he called out when he saw the other users. “What are you doing?” he asked as he sat down on his chair beside Five.

“First says he wants to ask us all something” Four said, looking towards First’s empty seat. “I swear if he brings in a bowl of cereal and starts asking if you’d class it as soup again, I will punch him with no hesitation” Five added on, cracking his knuckles for effect.

“I mean, technically it is a soup. Or maybe more of a broth in terms of consistency. Although people will argue against it since technically it’s not cooked or blended and- why are you looking at me like that?” Izuku asked when he saw the looks of horror and disgust on the other users faces.

“You did not just say that cereal is a soup!” Five yelled, using his quirk to yank Izuku off of his chair so he could be face to face with the man. “What's next?! You say you put the milk first, you cretin”

“First off, you pronounced it wrong. If you’re gonna insult me you’d better do it right. Secondly, who in their right mind would put the milk first? It’s obviously cereal, milk and then the bowl” Izuku stated, rolling his eyes and crossing his arms.

“I’m sorry- what?!”

“You heard me”

“I wish I didn’t”

“GUYS!” First yelled as he entered the void. “I have something serious to ask you!”

Everyone turned to face the man. Second had just sighted, while Third actually showed some interest in what the other had to say. Nana, Six, Five and Four all looked a mixture between confused and also cautious.

“What is it?” Four asked, walking up to Five to free Izuku at the same time.

“Okay so, how would you feel if we started to spice this place up?” First asked, bouncing on the balls of his feet. 

The responses were a majority of ‘fine’ and ‘go ahead’. To which first grinned and walked into the middle of the seats. Snapping his fingers, a TV appeared. “Now I know you are all thinking ‘First, you wonderful, sexy man. Why on earth is there a TV here?’. And i’m here to tell you that I found this!” he snapped his fingers again and a wii appeared, already connected to the TV. “and I’ve got us the best game of all time. I present to you…” he did a drumroll action. “JUST DANCE!” he cheered as he waved the game around.

The response was surprisingly underwhelming. The only ones who seemed really interested were Five and Izuku.

“What dances has it got?” Five asked, picking up a remote and inspecting it.

“ALL OF THEM!”

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“So you all ate Tide pods for fun?” Izuku asked as he began pouring himself a cup of coffee. He had woken up earlier than normal, so had time to just relax before he had to leave for school.

“Yeah! It was really funny. I ended up going to hospital because of it, but I survived” First laughed, bouncing around the kitchen.

“I don’t have tide pods.. But I can put bleach in my coffee!” he said, looking first for approval.

The man just nodded his head at the idea. “Wait! Let me record this and put it on HeroTube!”

While First took his phone out to prepare, Izuku got to work opening the cupboard with all the different types of chemical products and taking one out. First gave him a thumbs up, then Izuku opened the bleach. “One shot of vodka” he mumbled as he poured what was definitely more than one shot of bleach.

“Hey, hey! Guys, guys, ” he smirked, looking directly into the camera. As he was about to drink it, a black tendril erupted from his arm and threw the cup across the room.

“FIVE!” he screamed. “Can you maybe not, I’m just trying to do something”

~meanwhile in the void~

“First, stop corrupting the child!” Nana scolded, knowing that First could one hundred percent hear her.

“I think it’s a little too late for that” Four sighed.

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Just as Izuku thought he was going to have a normal school day, the classroom door burst open.

“I AM COMING THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!” All Might yelled as they burst through the door. The class was in shock, most of them began to talk excitedly about All Might being their teacher. First however seemed unimpressed.

“I mean absolutely no off- who am I kidding, I mean all offence. Eight cannot teach to save his life. Why on earth is he going to be teaching a full class of first years, when he can’t even teach his own protégé how to use the quirk he’s had for years?” First complained. “Don’t get me wrong, Eight is a good hero and successor to OFA but he isn’t the best mentor. Hence why i’m here”

“You haven’t taught me shit about my quirk” the greenette whispered to the white haired man.

“Well no, but I have mentioned what the issue is” 

“Really? What is the issue then?”

“You think too much like Eight”

“I- y’know what? we can sort this out later. Come on, the rest of the class has grabbed their suits and left” he said, getting up to grab his case. “also , this morning. Five used their quirk through me. Does that mean I can use it by myself or?”

“eventually, yes. But you’re not ready for that yet. You need to figure out a way to control what you can use before we even consider letting you use our powers. If you try to do too much too fast there's a chance you’ll be hurt… or die”

“Death doesn’t sound too bad” Izuku mumbled under his breath, leaving the classroom and heading towards the locker rooms.

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“Hey Michael” Uraraka called as he stepped out into the fake city. “I like your costume!” 

“Mich- OH! HAHAHA” he broke down into hysterical laughter when he realised Uraraka had taken what he said yesterday seriously. “First this is amazing” helaughed. Beside him, First was dying of laughter, banging his fist on the floor and struggling to breath. 

“First?” Uraraka questioned, raising an eyebrow at him. 

“Never mind that, my names not actually Michael. It’s Midoriya Izuku” he said, holding his hand out to Uraraka.

“Oh, well then. I like your outfit Izuku! It’s much better than mine. I should have been more specific, this one is kinda skintight”

Izuku and First had spent a lot of time on Izuku’s outfit. Underneath the whole outfit was a skintight, black, shock absorbent body suit. On top was a white shirt that was all hidden (minus the collar) by a pastel purple/pink hoodie. Made of a lightweight but durable material. On his bottom he wore a lighter blue pair of combat trousers held up by a black belt. On his feet he wore a modified version of his classic red shoes. When needed, they could release wheels from a department at the bottom and become rollerskates. To finish it off, he had his green hair split into a middle parting, painted small black hearts on his cheeks and had a clear visor that could read people’s vitals 

(Here is a drawing I’ve done of his hero outfit. Because idk if I explained it well enough)

“Thanks! Me and a friend came up with it” he smiled.

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“LISTEN UP YOU ZYGOTES” All Might yelled once everyone had arrived.

“Did he just call you zygotes?” First asked, pointing a finger towards All Might while dawning an unimpressed look. “Like he really just said that? I’m not imagining it, right?”

“Yeah, he really just called us zygotes” Izuku sighed. “I can feel my future, probably dead self cringing in my grave”

“How far in the future is that?” First teased. Poking Izuku’s cheek repeatedly. “Just kidding. Mostly”

“Oh ha. ha. Shut it”

“NOW DRAW YOUR LOTS!” All Might yelled over the crowd.

“What are we doing?” Izuku whispered to Uraraka. The girl gave him a look as if to say ‘were you not paying attention?’ to which Izuku just blushed and bashfully shook his head.

After Uraraka had explained it, Izuku walked up and picked a ball. As it turns out, he was on the same team as Uraraka. Both of them were team A.  All Might then pulled out another box. Explaining that the math he’s would be decided this way.

“Didn’t Eight even think to teach the basics? If Seven were here right now, she would be ashamed. OH WAIT! She is.” First disappeared. A few moments later he reappeared. Nine! Come to the void, this is hilarious”

Sighing, Izuku decided to see what first was laughing about. He closed his eyes and entered the void.

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“TOSHINORI WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING!?” Nana was yelling as she paced the void. “You don’t just throw kids into a battle when they have no experience! Are you stupid?! I thought I thought you to do the exact opposite of going into situations blind!”

Izuku tried to hold on his laughter as Nana continued to rant. He stopped when Nana turned to face them with lightning speed.

“Aren’t you meant to be doing a training exercise” she asked, a serious look on her face.

“I mean, technically yes. But I’m not going to lie, it seems like a bad idea. Plus First said that your reaction to All Might’s idea was hilarious and I wanted to see it” he smiled.

“It’s a valid reason” First added.

It didn’t take long after that for First and Izuku to go completely off topic. Discussing whether they should add LED lights or fairy lights to the void.  Which then led to them becoming ‘pro level interior designers’ and actually making items appear in the void to make it look ‘aesthetic’. In reality, it didn’t look aesthetic at all. It was just a mixture of random items that you could easily buy on Omozan.

“You two are both insufferable idiots. Did your mothers drop you on your heads when you were babies?” Second butted in, sighing as he faced the two. A black bar of smoke covering his eyes.

At the same time, they both replied. “Bold of you to assume I was held”

“Get out of here and go back to your training exercise. First, join him. Mostly because I don’t want to deal with you”

“Fine”

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When Izuku opened his eyes, he was met with the panicked expression of Uraraka. Sitting up, he saw himself in the infirmary. Looking at the clock, he saw that the school day had ended.

“Oh”

Recovery Girl appeared in front of him with a frown on her face.

“Oh no”

“Oh no indeed. Now, you passed out at the beginning of your hero training. Do you have any idea as to why?” She asked.

“Ummm. All Might called the class Zygotes and it was so cringy my heart couldn’t take it and decided to do what was right and make me pass out” he offered. A weary smile on his face. Beside him Uraraka burst into a fit of giggles and First was nodding his head in agreement.

“That’s not a valid reason. But I doubt you’re going to get a serious answer” Recovery Girl sighed. “If passing out is going to be a common occurrence, I suggest you come in for an examination so we can find the cause of it. For now, take these” she handed him a bottle of pills. ”they are iron tablets. Take one with every meal”

“Yes ma’am” he said, giving a salute as a joke.

“Good, now get out of here”

“Right! Uraraka, do you wanna walk to the station with me?” He asked the brunette.

“Sure!”

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On his way home, he passed in front of Bakugou’s house. The blonde in question was standing on the pavement in front. When the greenette had gotten into his sight, he turned and growled out. “Deku”

“Yes Kacchan?” The greenette had said.

“I don’t know what shitty tricks you pulled to get into UA. But don’t you dare think that you’re better than me because you’ve suddenly got a fancy new quirk. I am going to be the number one hero, and you’re just going to be another pebble under my foot”

“Whatever you say Kacchan. But I want you to know… this power. It isn’t-“ he stopped when he saw First frantically waving his hands. “I- I- it isn’t the most- ummm. I can’t control it yet. But when I can. I’m not going to fall behind. I’m going to surpass you one day” he said with the most determined look he could muster.

“Whatever Deku” Bakugo growled as he turned around and stomped back into his house.

“What the fuck was that?” First said as soon as they began walking again. “What’s his deal?”

“I honestly don’t know” Izuku frowned.

“Well anyway. How bout we go back to your apartment and play uno in the void?”

“Sure”

Chapter Text

“Nineeeeeee~” First sang, waking Izuku from his sleep. “Get up, it’s school time”

“No-“ Izuku grumbled out, grabbing his pillow and pulling it over his head. “Wake me up when it’s something important”

“School is important Nine! Where else would you slurp up all that brain juice”

“I have enough brain juice to be just fine” he groaned.

“Oh really?”

“Yes”

“Fine then…” First pretended to walk away. Just as Izuku thought he was gonna get some peace, first turned around and clapped his hands and pointed at the boy. “If you’ve got all the brain juice” he paused “Then how do you spell iridocyclitis?”

“Wha- iridocyclitis. I- R” he began, before completely giving up. “When will I ever need to know how to spell that?”

“Who knows? But you could be in a life or death situation one day and need to know how to spell it. Whatcha gonna do when that happens?”

“Happily pass away” the younger boy deadpanned.

“I- that’s fair”

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When homeroom had started, Aizawa had announced that they would be picking a class President. 

As soon as the words had left his mouth, almost all of the class was jumping around and saying that they wanted to be president. Izuku, did not.

Iida had suggested that they all do a vote, however some people just argued that they would just vote for themselves. To which they came up with the idea that they would all do a brief introduction. Not only could they pick a President, but also so they could get to know each other.

As the class went round the room, they all had pretty basic introductions. It mostly consisted of: their name, quirk, something they liked, why they wanted to be a hero and finally why they wanted to be president.

It was actually really interesting to hear his classmates aspirations. That was until a purple haired boy with what looked like grapes on his head spoke up.

“My name is Mineta Minoru! My quirk is called pop off and it lets me detach these sticky balls on my head. I can use them to trap other people, but I’m not affected by them” he started off. Izuku hummed, the quirk seemed pretty decent for capture missions and possible rescue. But then the boy continued. “I like the hot ladies if you know what I mean. And I aspire to be a hero to get all the hot chicks. If you make me class president I’ll make it policy for all the girls' skirts to be at least one inch shorter!” And ew. The greenette was definitely not voting for that creep. 

He began to hear a voice singing and discreetly turned to look at First. The man was stepping side to side while clapping his hands

“We’re not here to start no trouble. We’re legally required to do the “sex offender shuffle”

Deciding to ignore the man who continued with the song. it came to be his turn.

“Hi I’m Derek, welcome to pizza huhht. Lemme guess, pizzahh?” He huffs out before collapsing to the floor. A tray crashing down with him. The class began to panic, running towards him. One person questioning where the tray came from. Izuku took this moment to sit up and say “hi, thanks for checking in I’m ~ still a piece of garbage ~ ” the class seemed to be in a state of shock and confusion before Izuku broke the silences. “Oh and if you vote for me I will cry because I can’t deal with that much pressure”

In the end, Yaoyorozu ended up being class president with four votes while Iida became vice with two votes.

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Later that morning, Izuku found himself sitting in maths class. Ectoplasm was at the front of the class teaching about how to find the derivative of some equation then figure out how to find where it’s points on the graph were. Most of the class were paying attention and taking notes. Izuku on the other hand, had completely zoned out.

“Y’know what’s weird?” He mumbled loud enough for First to hear.

“Hm?” The vestige hummed, looking at the boy.

“Ever since I’ve been able to enter the void. I haven’t been able to really daydream when I zone out. The only thing that happens is that I can hear the other users talking in the void”

“Huh, that’s interesting. Probably cuz it’s your mindscape or mind palace-” First mumbled. He was about to continue when Ectoplasm called on the greenette to answer the question. Izuku froze up and stuttered out an answer. It was of course wrong. Izuku just flushed a bright red colour and lowered his head.

“I hate when teachers call on you. It was even worse when they had lolly pop sticks with the students' names on them. I despised it so much I snuck into my classroom during playtime and stole the stick with my name on it and hid it. Didn’t get called on for the rest of the year.” First laughed at his own story. “But anyway, get focused on your maths work”

“Why though? When am I ever gonna use this” Izuku subtly gestured to the work he had been scribbling down. 

“You can’t do what you love without high school”

“I don’t need no degree to be a clothing hanger!”

Izuku replied, raising his voice just a little bit too loud. The class turned to stare at him. Iida being on the verge of a stroke as he frantically chopped his arms.

“Sorry-“ the greenette whispered and he looked away, avoiding all eye contact. His face was now a bright shade of red.

“AHAHAHAHAHAHA” First was cackling as he watched the whole thing go down. “You did not!”

Izuku chose to ignore the vestige in turn for staring at his maths book. After a while of First still dying of laughter, he grumbled something out to the white haired man.

“Don’t you know how to do this stuff?”

“Nine, Nine, Nine” First tutted, shaking his head. “Do I look like someone who can do maths?” He gestured to himself. “There are two types of people in this word” he held up one finger. “Mentally unstable people” he held up another one. “And those who understand maths. Take a guess at what one I am”

“Point taken”

“The only maths I know is that nine plus ten is twenty one” First said with so much confidence Izuku couldn’t tell if he was actually quoting that or if he genuinely believed it.

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“Midoriya!” Uraraka had called out at lunch. Iida was following close behind her. “What was that in maths today?” She asked as she grabbed him by the arm and pulled him over to a table.

“Believe me, you don’t wanna know” he sighed. Slamming his head on the table. “I’m glad it’s lunch. It means I can finally eat my-“

*Insert alarm noise here*

(A/N wtf does an alarm noise sound like? Idk how to describe it)

“When is it my turn to be happy?” He whispered and he took a deep breath. Uraraka was asking around for what the alarm was for when a third year student mentioned it was an intruder alarm.

Izuku quickly found himself being dragged into a mob of students all making their way down the hall. “Ow” he grunted in pain as elbows were being smashed against him due to the people pushing. He looked to his left to see Uraraka and Iida, when an idea popped into his head.

He made his way over to them, trying not to be crushed by the stampede. Eventually he managed to grab their attention and tell them his plan. 

All of a sudden, Iida was floating above the crowd before he activated his quirk and went spinning. He crashed into the exit sign, looking exactly like the figure on the sign. He called out for the students to stop. Alerting them not to panic and that it was only the press. Everyone seemed to stop moving after that. All calming down. Izuku took this moment to sneak a picture of his friend. 

“Please do the sugar rush edit over that picture, I beg of you” First pleaded, shaking Izuku by his shoulders.

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By the time school ended, Izuku was relieved to be done with work. 

First had decided that they needed to go to a place called “big Tesco” which Izuku was ninety nine percent sure didn’t exist in Japan. But First kept insisting, saying “if you haven’t been in a big Tesco late at night you haven’t lived”

Izuku had mentioned the fact that there were no Tesco’s in Japan. To which First began to whine about how unfair life was. Izuku had laughed and agreed. Suggesting that they would go traveling once Izuku had graduated. Therefore they could go to big Tesco, Costco and IKEA. They were continuing to talk about where they would go when Izuku realised how much knowledge on places First had.

“First, I’m confused” Izuku said as he stopped walking. “Where the fuck in the world have you been?”

“I’ve been to a lot of places. My parents wanted me and my asshole brother to experience different places, so we traveled a lot. I’ve told you some stories about our times in the US. I actually lived in the UK for a while when I was like ten to about twelve? I’ve been on plenty of trips around Europe too. I still somehow managed to fair Geography though.” First supplied before going off on a rant about not understanding how he could have been to so many different places yet still not pass geography.

The greenette nodded and began to walk again.

Chapter Text

For once Izuku woke up without First’s interference. Slowly sitting up, he looked to his alarm clock to see that he was-

OH SHIT HE WAS RUNNING LATE!

Leaping from his bed, he dashed to the bathroom and jumped in the shower. He washed himself as fast as he could before running back to his room, towel around his waist. Grabbing his uniform, he chucked it on. Not caring about how messy it looked. 

He ran to the kitchen to grab something quick to eat, when he saw First whipping something in a bowl.

“Oh hi Nine!” He smiled, looking up to the boy. “I’ve made you a smoothie bowl” he pointed to a bowl that had a chocolate layer over the top. “And also-“ he grabbed a glass filled with ice and poured the content of what he was mixing on top, adding milk after.

“WHIPPED COFFEE!”

Izuku groaned. “Was this really more important than waking me up for school. I’m gonna be late and Mr McExpellsAlot is gonna- oh I don’t know? EXPEL ME!”

“Calm down Nine, we’ll be fine”

“Just call me Izuku. I’m with Nana and the whole ‘I don’t like the number name’ thing” the boy mumbled as he stabbed a spoon into the smoothie bowl.

“Okay then Izuuuuuku~” First sang. 

“I changed my mind- don’t refer to me. Ever.”

“Big oof right there”

“Anyway, on the topic of names-“ the boy began, twirling his spoon and completely forgetting that they were late for school. “What’s yours?”

“That is classified information, Izuku”

“I’ll just ask Second then”

“He won’t tell you”

“He will if I annoy him enough”

“He dealt with me for hundreds of years now. He’ll just pull out his greasy ass IPad and turn the volume up to ignore you”

“Was he really an IPad kid?”

“Yes. Of course... Kind of. An early gen one though. I never knew him when he was a kid so I can’t really say he was definitely one. But the vibes are strong. If you ask him about it though, he’ll be like ‘I was born in 2007, I’m literally only 3 years younger than you!’. He’s just in denial. We actually met when he was around nineteen. He held out his hand to save me from the vault I was locked in. Third was with him. Although I don’t know exactly how old Third was at the time. He never actually told us his date of birth. Just that he was born between 2004 and 2007”

“What year were you born in?”

“Me? Oh, I was born in 2004! My brother was born in 2002”

“So was the white hair normal then or?”

“Haha nope! It was around the beginning of quirks manifesting. The DNA my parents had was mutated. But the gene was recessive. Both me and my brother ended up having it. Same with the green eyes here!” He pointed to his eyes. “I don’t remember my brother's eye color though. I just remember I ended up having a lot of shit genes that made me really ill a lot and he didn’t.” First sighed.

“That’s rough buddy” Izuku hummed in sarcastic sympathy.

“You didn’t just Prince Zuko me”

“Yes, I did!”

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When he had made it to his class, he was lucky to see that Aizawa wasn’t there yet. Ignoring the lecture Iida was giving him, he sat down at his seat behind Bakugo. The blonde had snarled at him. But otherwise, he was fine.

Not even a minute later, Aizawa came in and faced the class.

“Today you’ll have a trip instead of your normal classes and hero training. You can choose to wear your hero costume or your gym uniform. I don’t care” he explained before walking back out of the classroom.

The class broke out into excited whispers. All wondering how their day would commence. Grabbing their hero costumes, they all headed over to the locker rooms. 

After getting changed, they found themselves outside in front of a bus. Iida was chopping his hands and telling everyone to line up in an orderly fashion. But when they got on, they saw the bus was an open floor one. Much to Iida’s defeat.

While waiting for the bus to drive, Izuku decided to enter the void. Leaning his head back to look like he was sleeping, he let his consciousness fade.

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“Second! He yelled as soon as he entered. “I need you to answer me!”

“What is it?” The man asked, a hint of annoyance in his voice.

“I need you to tell me- OH WAIT! You don’t have a bar over your eyes!” The boy yelled, grabbing Seconds face and inspecting it. “You’re actually really good looking, but besides that, I need you to tell me Firs- AAAAAAAAAA” he screamed as First leaped at him and tackled him to the ground.

Second looked confused before a sly grin appeared on his face. “Let him continue Yoichi. I wanna hear what he was going to-“

“YOICHI! Your name is Yoichi?!” The youngest yelled as he shoved Yoichi off of him. “That is- that’s ironic that your name literally has ‘one’ in it”

“Your’s literally has ‘nine’ in it. So you can’t say shit”

“What did you want to ask me?” Second cut in. “If it’s something stupid I swear I’ll kick both of your asses.”

“No you won’t” Izuku deadpanned. “I can see it in your eyes! You care too much about Yoichi to do-“

“Time for you to wake up” Second cut through, whacking Izuku and kicking him out of the void.

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When he woke up, most of the class was staring at him.

“Ummm- hey”

“Are you okay bro?” Kirishima asked, looking concerned.

“Yeah, why?” The green haired boy raised an eyebrow.

“You just started screaming in your… sleep? Was it a sleep, it was only like five minutes. But yeah dude” Kaminari added. “Shit was scary dude”

“Huh? Oh yeah! I’m fine” he said with a reassuring smile.

“What happened to make you scream Midoriya?” Uraraka asked.

“Yes” was the reply she got. 

Realising that they weren't going to get an actual answer, they all returned to their normal conversations.

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“We’re going on a trip, in our favourite rocket ship. ZOOMING THROUGH THE SKY!” First began to sing.

“LITTLE EINSTEINS!” Izuku sang with. Once again gaining the whole attention of the class.

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“Midoriya?” Asui said, turning to face him.

“Hm? What is it Asui” 

“Call me Tsu. I tend to say what’s on my mind. And I’ve got to say. You tend to speak to yourself a lot. We’ve all seen you do it, and at first I thought it was your quirk. But you’ve shown that your quirk is super strength. So is there a reason that you talk to yourself?”

Izuku paused, thinking of what to say. Feeling the prying eyes of the class on him, he took a deep breath and looked to Tsu with the most haunted look he could.

“I see dead people” he whispered. At the same time, First messed about with the lights on the bus.

“AAAAAAAAAAA!!!” The whole class screamed. 

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They finally arrived at the USJ building. When they entered, Uraraka grabbed hold of Izuku and started shaking him when she saw Thirteen.

“Look it’s Thirteen, the rescue hero!” Uraraka excitedly whispered.

Thirteen began to explain what the exercise was when the lights suddenly shut off.

“I don’t have a good feeling about this Izuku” First murmured. Glancing around and training his eyes onto a purple vortex that was growing bigger.

Out of the vortex, dozens of villains exited and overtook the central plaza. The final person to exit was a man with dismembered hands covering his body.

Aizawa readied his capture weapon, about to jump down and fight them. When Izuku had decided to call out.

“WHAT’S YOUR NAME?” Izuku yelled towards the main villain.

“WHAT?” They yelled back. 

“WHAT. IS. YOUR. NAME?” He continued.

“SHIGARAKI”

“FUCK YOU SHIGARAKI!” He knew that the villain probably wouldn’t know what he was doing. But he still wanted to do it.

To his surprise, the villain continued.

“WHAT’S YOUR NAME?”

“MIDORIYA”

“FUCK YOU MIDORIYA!”

There was a pause. Nobody said a thing. Izuku, hating the awkward silence. Turned to Aizawa.

“Continue”

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In retrospect, he probably shouldn’t have called the Misty man Kurogiri a ghastly knock off. 

Now, he found himself being dropped over a pool of deep water. Yoichi appeared beside him.

“Happy birthday I guess?” First said, a nervous smile on his face. He wasn’t sure if he should be quoting vines, but he thought Izuku would appreciate it.

“I CAN’T SWEEM!” He yelled out before being submerged in the water. 

He opened his eyes and looked around, seeing something blurry moving towards him. He began to violently kick to try and repel himself backwards, but it was no use as the blurry figure was moving quicker. Just as the thing was about to bite him, he felt something wrap around his waist and pull him up.

When he finally caught his breath, he saw he was on a ship with Tsu and Mineta. Looking back down at the water, he saw the hoard of villains that were surrounding the boat.

“WE’RE GONNA DIE!” Mineta cried, grabbing onto Tsu. The frog girl slapping him away with her tongue.

“God I wish” Izuku mumbled, thinking of what to do.

“YOU WISH?!?” The purple ball boy screamed.

Completely ignoring Mineta, he turned to face Tsu. 

“What can you do? I think I can make a plan”

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They made it to the plaza just in time to see Aizawa getting slammed into the ground by a creature with its brain exposed.

The three stared in horror at the scene before them, Mineta whimpering and crying. This caught the hand villains attention, and he turned to face them.

Tsu and Mineta froze while Izuku remained calm. The villain turned and said something to Aizawa before charging at them with his hand outstretched. Pushing the other two out of the way, Izuku put himself directly in line with the villain's hand.

“Damn, he really bout to rock my shit” he mumbled before getting his face grabbed… only for nothing to happen. 

They both stared at each other before turning to see Eraserhead with his head lifted, eyes glowing red while blood dripped down his face. At that moment, the creature slammed his head back down into the concrete.

“Oof, that was a vibe check in itself” the boy said, causing the hand villain to look at him with a mixture of confusion and awe. “Anyway-“ he said cheerfully, lining back a first. “VIBE CHECK!” He yelled, punching the villain in the face.

Shigaraki stumbled back while clutching his face. The hand that was once covering it lay on the ground a few feet away.

“FATHER! I’ll kill you for that you stupid NPC!” Shigaraki raged. Furious eyes boring into Izuku.

“I’m a bad bitch! You can’t kill me!” The boy retired, getting prepared to fight. 

“I’d be careful NPC. Or else you may just end up like your teacher over there” the villain laughed, taking a swing at him. That worthless mini boss didn’t stand a chance.

Reaching behind him, he pulled out a blue lightsaber. Choosing to ignore the confused murmurs from his classmates, wondering where he got it.

“Aizawa is a queen!” He yelled, swinging the lightsaber around and getting into position.

“if he breathes… HE’S A THOT!” Shigaraki yelled back, coupling out a red lightsaber from nowhere too.

First stared in shock, but also admiration. A smile creeping onto his face.

“I know you could die and all. But you will be going down with honour! A true warrior. Facing off against another cultured member of society” he face cried. Pretending to wipe a tear from his eye.

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He didn’t get to have much of a battle before All Might burst through the door to the building.

Shigaraki growled in frustration before setting the creature (which was now known as the nomu) onto the hero. 

“Now where were we?” He grinned, turning back to face the hero in training.

“I just yote your lightsaber across the plaza, and now it is a free for all” the green haired boy supplied.

“Oh ri- wait. Did you just use yeet in the past tense?”

The hero in training just smiled.

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By the end, the rest of the heroes arrived. Snipe took some shots at Shigaraki, hitting him in the shoulder and knees at least four times.

The villain had cried out in pain, falling to the ground while a portal surrounded him. Izuku found himself surrounded by the portal too, but it was acting more as a shield than as a transportation method.

“He needs some milk” he said, smiling as he saw the look on the villains face.

Finally, the villain disappeared with the portal. Leaving Izuku standing there. First came up beside him, a mixture of laughter and fear in his voice.

“You just memed a villain…” he laughed in fear, grabbing Izuku by the shoulders. “The villain memed back!” His laughter turned into panic and sudden realisation. “Izuku, I don’t know how to say this, but it isn’t good. You saw that creature. That shouldn’t be humanly possible to exist, even with quirks. And if that villain knows memes from hundreds of years ago, that means there has to be someone to tech him. All forms of media from my time has been blocked and/or destroyed. The only way to find it is to look deep. He couldn’t have just stumbled on it, god! You didn’t even know about YouTube or TikTok or any of that until I showed you. And even then, you had to do some major digging and hacking to be able to get the apps on your phone. He’s been taught that, and the only person who could teach memes and create monsters like that is my brother” the white haired man was pacing as he said it. 

It finally hit Izuku, if his brother was alive, he wasn’t safe. And guessing that it worked both ways. Shigaraki was definitely going to talk about Izuku’s knowledge of memes and gen z culture. Even if it might not have a direct link to First, it will still make him a person or interest.

In other words. He was fucked.

“Welp, guess I’ll die then”

Chapter Text

When Shigaraki hit the floor of the bar he let out a groan. His arms and legs were in so much pain he couldn’t move without risking a wave of pain all over his body.

He heard Kurogiri make his way towards him, but scared him off with a snarl. If it wasn’t for Kurogiri being so incompetent, they could have been successful in their task.

He could feel his consciousness fading, and he gave in. Closing his eyes and drifting off.

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When he awoke, he was on his bed. His shoulders and legs bandaged and partly healed. His legs were still too sore to move, but he could move his arms comfortably enough.

Grabbing a controller from his bedside table, he decided to play some games to pass the time. 

Kurogiri came in at one point with a tray of food, to which the villain ate in silence. He could still feel slight rage towards the warper for allowing one of the students to escape. But as the days passed, he found himself calming down.

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After endless hours of gaming, he decided it would probably be best to go over what happened during the USJ.

One person kept appearing, irritating the hand villain. That green haired brat wasn’t like the other NPCs. He was more like another player. Someone who didn’t follow the code of the game, but wandered until finding the next battle or cut scene.

Remembering what his sensei once said. Memes from the 2000’s weren’t known in today’s time. With the rise of quirks, they were forgotten, buried in the past with no chance of coming back. Besides, historians were too focused on the birth of quirks to even care about looking into the culture at the time. It was quirks this, quirks that. So why did that other player know about them? He’d have to tell sensei about it.

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It wasn’t until a week later he was healed enough to be moving around. He had finally gotten up from his bed for another reason than just using the bathroom. 

Making his way down to the bar, he took a seat. Kurogiri passed him a glass of whiskey, to which he slowly sipped as he looked up to the TV screen. 

“Tomura, my boy. How did the USJ mission go?” A voice cut through the silence. 

“It didn’t go well, sensei. One of the brats managed to slip out of the gates and contact the heroes. All Might arrived first, but he easily defeated my nomu!” The villain grunted, a scowl on his face. “Then there was this stupid brat! They were quoting memes and other references that you taught me! How is that even possible?! You said that no one else would know them, yet they did” 

“Someone knew the references I taught you?” The man behind the screen asked. Some sort of amusement in his voice.

“YES! When I arrived at the place, the brat interrupted and started quoting them. Of course, I responded thinking it was just a coincidence. But no! Then, the brat yelled ‘vibe check’ and punched me. Before he pulled out a lightsaber yelling that his teacher was a queen. I don’t even know where he got that lightsaber! Even his outfit looked like it was a whole reference. He had  a middle part in his hair, those glasses that make it look like some AI, and black hearts on his cheeks. He also had on a collared shirt, with a pastel hoodie on top. He had combat trousers on too with one of those belts that hang. And his shoes were retractable roller skates. The only difference were that they were red and the wheels retracted into the bottom like heelies would!” Shigaraki ranted.

“What did he look like?” Sensei pressed.

“He had green, curly hair and green eyes. Freckles all over his face too. Slightly tanned skin compared to his teacher and the other two NPCs that were with him. Why do you ask sensei?”

“Hmmm” the man hummed to himself. It was silent for a minute before he spoke. “Kurogiri, open a portal to my location. I’ve got a photo and I need Tomura to see it”

“Yes sir” the warp gate replied, doing as he was told.

A photo was handed to the villain. He could see straight away that the photo was the exact same person as the boy who he has fought at the USJ. The only difference being that this was a photo of the boy a few years younger. The boy was in a middle school uniform and was extremely scrawny compared to his older self.

“That’s him… but why-“

“Well it appears you’ve met my son then” sensei said, chuckling to himself. “I wonder how he managed to get into the hero course though. He is quirkless after all”

“He wasn’t quirkless” Shigaraki rebutted. “He had a quirk. He used it in the shipwreck zone to propel himself and the two other brats over to the plaza”

“Oh really now?”

“Yes sensei. Although I’m confused, why didn’t you tell me you had a son?”

“Ah, well you see. When I was injured by All Might, I wasn’t able to continue to see them. I was half dead after all” he chuckled. “I told them I had to move to America for business. I still kept in contact with my wife, although my little Izuku never really had the time to talk. I had to watch him grow up through photos and videos. (Though it wasn’t the worst since I lived through 2020)” He sighed at that. “I didn’t tell you as I wasn’t sure how you’d react to knowing that you technically have a younger brother. Plus, I was hoping to keep my family out of this whole mess until I could return to them after destroying hero society. But I guess plans have now changed. Who would have guessed he would’ve become a hero, and now have a quirk? He truly is like my little brother” the man rambled on. Seemingly lost in thought. “Though I am intrigued to know how he learned about the culture of my past. And where that quirk has come from”

“I have a little brother. And it’s the brat from USJ” Shigaraki mumbled to himself. “Okay sensei. I’ll be going now”

“Of course Tomura. And don’t worry about the whole USJ thing. You’ll have other attempts. One defeat leads to thousands of successes… Or crying in a corner and contemplating why you exist. But that can be saved for a later date”

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Making it to his room once again, he grabbed his controller and loaded up a game he had become quite skilled at. It was kind of late, so he was expecting most the people online to be from different regions: Joining the multiplayer lobby, he joined a team and found the vc the other player was in. It connected and the other person began to talk.

“Hey- I'm gonna be honest and admit I didn’t think anyone would join my vc, but welcome I guess” an oddly familiar voice said. Shigaraki didn’t know why it sounded so familiar.

“Thanks” he said cautiously. “Now start up and let’s destroy some noobs”

“That’s the kinda talk I- WAIT HOLY SHIT!”

“Huh?”

“Fuckhands McMike! Is that you?!?” The voice yelled. “Oh my god I think it is” the person began to laugh like a maniac.

“What the- who the fuck do you think you’re talking to you asshole!”

“Did you miss me so much you hunted me down for a rematch? I know your skills with the force are shit, but damn. It’s been what? Twelve? Thirteen hours? and you’re already trying to find my IP address so you can find out where I live and kill me in my sleep? That’s cold man” the person laughed. And wait. Shigaraki now recognised where he knew the voice from. That was the same laugh that-

“You’re that brat from the USJ!” He growled, using every bit of control he had not to dust his controller.

“The one and only. Now! Are we gonna continue this back and forth or are we going to kick some people’s asses till they threaten us with something obscene?”

“You- fine!” He groaned. As the game loaded.

For the next four or five hours they continued to play with each other. Entering lobby after lobby and kicking asses. Eventually the hero in training said he was signing off.

Shigaraki just reevaluated his life’s decisions before shutting his own computer off.

What the fuck just happened?

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“Can you please tell me why you thought it would be fun to play with a villain who literally tried to kill you not even a day ago?” Second asked as the boy stood up to stretch his legs. Turns out the throne chairs don’t stop you from getting stiff legs and a sore back, no matter how comfy they look.

“I thought it would be fun” the ninth said, shrugging off the males question. “And it was. He was one of the best players I’ve played with. We crushed so many children and probably made them cry-“

“You’re meant to be a hero in training!” 

“And? It doesn’t mean children crying isn’t funny”

“That is true” First added, wrapping his arm around Seconds shoulder and hanging off of it. The second user just sidestepped and let the first fall.

“Have I ever mentioned that I hate both of you?”

“You love is really” the two replied at the same time. Smirks on their faces.

“That’s debatable” he sighed. “Now get to sleep Nine, you’ve had a long day. And I’m tired of dealing with you”

“I am sleeping. This is my mindscape… I come here when I sleep and/or lose consciousness”

“Why me? What did I do to deserve this?” He groaned as he sat down on his own seat.

“Offer your hand to me all those years ago. That’s what you did to deserve this” First laughed.

“You two are going to be the second death of me”

Chapter Text

Once returning to school, all they did was train. The sports festival was coming up and Izuku was dreading it.

“I’m gonna be live infront of millions of people. One of which could be your brother. He’s gonna come kill me” Izuku fretted as he paced around the empty preparation room. “Oh gooooood why meeeee”

“I’m sure it’s not that bad” First tried to comfort. “What’s the worst that could happen? He comes and murders you in front of your friends and family? He kidnaps you and locks you in a vault? He- OW” he yelled out as he was whacked in the head by second who then returned to the void.

“Can you please give me some advice on what to do? I’ll do anything. Just teach me how to use this quirk” Izuku begged, falling to his knees. 

“Anything???” First inquired with a devilish smile.

“Anything”

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“Tomura” a voice called out. “Come on, the festival is about to start” All for one said as he turned on the festival on his computer screen. Similarly, the same picture played on the tv screen in the bar. Tomura was sitting at the bar counter with a drink in his hand. 

“Why exactly are we watching this again, sensei?” The villain asked, looking at the screen with a bored expression.

“To watch my son and your brother perform obviously” All for one answered. “It could also provide insight as to what exactly his quirk is, and where he got knowledge on a generation that is forgotten about in all senses”

Taking the answer. They sat there in silence until Present Mic began to speak. After a brief explanation and welcome to the audience, he started to introduce the classes. 

As 1A walked into the arena, Izuku stood out almost immediately wearing an outfit that made the supervillain choke on his spit in surprise.

“Is he- is he wearing the strawberry dress and ten inch heels?!?” Shigaraki exclaimed in surprise. Eyes blown wide.

‘That little shit’ All for one thought as he saw his son in an all too familiar dress.

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Ten minutes prior

“So why am I wearing the strawberry dress and ten inch heels?” Izuku asked First. “Not that I’m complaining cuz I look badass. But it’s more curiosity as to why this exactly”

“Oh Izuku, Izuku, Izuku. Y’see, when we were younger, my brother wore this exact outfit and I may or may not have streamed him strutting around in it on twitch and made him an internet sensation. He hated me after it and did anything to get back at me.”

“Okay, but why am I wearing it? Aren’t we trying to avoid catching your brother's attention?”

“Nope! There’s no way we’d be able to do that. So I’m using this as my opportunity to make fun of him and see how much I can piss him off”

“You’re exposing yourself. What if he finds out you’re the cause for this and like experiments on me to see if he can bring you back”

“He can try, but he’d be a dead son of a bitch I’ll tell you that!”

“That’s fair”

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“There is no doubt my brother is behind this” All for one mumbled to himself. He instantly recognised the dress and heels when his son stepped out. The only person who could have possibly known about it was his brother. There was no way this was just a coincidence.

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“So I just channel it through my body?” 

“Yeah! All of us vestiges will help regulate the power at first so you can move and not be injured by one for all. but we WON’T allow you to use more than three percent right now. Got it?”

“Got it!”

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Running up to ‘the fall’ was actually really entertaining. He took out a speaker from the void (which acted as a quirk in itself. How? Izuku and the vestiges don't entirely know) and started to play a TikTok audio. He made it to the edge, did a two finger salute before opening his arms wide and falling back as the music picked up. Green lightning that was once sparking around his body fading as he dropped.

He didn’t entirely know what he was going to do to not get knocked out, but he was saved from having to worry about that when black whip activated and he was flung to the end of the obstical. He could hear Fifth cheering and laughing while Second, Third and Sixth were scolding him for being reckless. He could also feel the worry coming from Nana, but decided to ignore it. He could deal with it later.

First was beside him, laughing and mumbling something along the lines of “okay Yuu Otosaka”. Which caused Izuku to giggle.

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After nearly having a heart attack, All for one took a deep breath.

“Oh god, why must his recklessness run in the family. What did I do to deserve a child who has my brother's recklessness and possibly rebellious streak” he sighed, placing his head in his hands. “At least I have one child who isn’t like that” he tried to negotiate with himself.

Shigaraki was still sitting in the bar watching the festival. Slightly concerned for his younger brother, but intrigued to see what would happen.

“Wait-“ All for one realised. “That was the Fifth successor’s quirk. This is indeed interesting”.

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Izuku came in first after exploding himself across the minefield and unknowingly giving a supervillain another heart attack. First was cheering along and dancing.

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The second event wasn’t very eventful, surprisingly. It was mostly just his team getting targeted by Bakugou and Todoroki. Although Izuku did end up teaming up with a girl with pink hair who said she liked his style. She had a lot of passion about her inventions which Izuku respected. (And here we see a lifelong friendship bloom when Izuku asked if she could help him make a doomba that had motion detection so it would stab anyone who it picked up)

Though he did catch the dirty glares his classmate Todoroki was sending him. Especially after he burst into flames during the cavalry battle.

It was when lunch arrived he found himself following the boy into an empty hallway.

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“Izuku, you shouldn’t follow people who death glare you into random hallways. This is how people get stabbed” First whispered into Izuku’s ear.

“If I do get stabbed do you think I’ll get to keep the knife?” Izuku whispered back.

“I hope so, what’s the point on being stabbed if you don’t get to keep the knife”

“Exactly! Hey guys, what would your responses to getting stabbed be?” He murmured, before getting responses from the other users.

“Rude” second mumbled.

“That’s fair” Fourth added. “If they make it past my danger detection then I probably deserved it”

“Are you gonna want this back or can I keep it?” Five cheered.

“Would you believe me if I said that I never taught them that. It was just pure coincidence that they responded perfectly to that” First added.

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“Are you… All Might’s secret love child?”

“WHAT!?!” Both Izuku and the vestiges exclaimed.

 First and Fifth began laughing like maniacs. Second was actually stunned silent. Third, Fourth and Sixth were still processing the question. Nana was just accepting it and the vestige of All Might was shocked but didn’t give any allusion as to having an opinion to the idea. 

“This is gonna be a long talk” Izuku whined to himself as Todoroki then asked his next question.

“Have you ever heard of quirk marriages?”

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After hearing Todoroki’s story, he kept his mouth shut. It wasn’t that he didn’t sympathise with Todoroki or didn’t want to say something to try and console him. It's just that he has spent so much time with First that he didn’t trust himself not to make some sort of trauma joke about it. (He even had to hold back a ‘that’s rough buddy’ to which First called him unoriginal as he’d already used that phrase in this fic and there was a million other memes he could quote)

Todoroki stood there in silence for another minute before turning to leave. “I’m going to beat you. And I won’t use his flames”

It wasn’t until he was fully out of sight that Izuku let out the breath he was holding.

“Do you think there’s a wikihow article that Endeavour read and followed? Because that seems totally like something from there” 

“IZUKU!!!” He heard Nana scold in his head.

First pulled out his phone and googled ‘how to raise the perfect successor to surpass your rival’ but there wasn’t one.

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He was about to step back into the room and wait to go out for the final event when he saw the girls in cheerleading costumes.

“Hey guys, what are you wearing?” He asked as he walked up to greet them.

“Mineta and Kaminari told us the girls were required to wear a cheer uniform and perform a routine to hype up the final event” Momo told him, to which Izuku frowned.

“There’s no such thing as that. You should get changed into your gym outfits” he told them. “Also Momo”

“Hm?” The girl questioned. A dejected look on her face from realising she was tricked.

He pulled a box of protein snacks from the void and chucked them to her. “Eat these to gain your stamina and lipids back for the finals. But could you also make something for me?”

“Sure, what is it?”

And that’s where Izuku began scheming.

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To say the look on Mineta’s face wasn’t hilarious when Izuku walked with the girls, him in a full maid outfit instead of his strawberry dress and the girls in normal gym uniforms would be a lie. He looked so dejected. Izuku was trying not to fall to the floor with laughter.

“Why the maid outfit? First asked while holding back laughter. First had also decided to put a maid dress on so Izuku wouldn’t be alone through this.

“Fan service, am I right?” Izuku jokes, elbowing First in the side.

“No!” 

“Yes!”

Chapter Text

“So… sensei?” Shigaraki said, staring at the scene in confusion as the green haired boy was doing the ‘nya, ichi, ni, san’ TikTok dance to the audience while wearing the maid dress.

“Yes Tomura?” All For One replied. His sighing is heard through the monitor.

“The one vs one battles are next right? How do you think that’s going to go?”

“Considering the way the previous events have gone. I fear my brother's recklessness really does run in the family. So horribly”

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Izuku and First had entered the preparation room not king after putting on a performance for the audience. Izuku did have to admit that the look on Mineta’s face was priceless when he saw that only Izuku was in a dress and not any of the girls.

“So I’m fighting this Shinsou dude first” Izuku mumbled. “I wonder what his quirk is. From the picture displayed on screen it appears he has no visible mutation,unless there is some hidden aspect-” he spiralled into his own thoughts.

“Izuku” First tried to get his attention. However, he was just ignored. “Zuuuuuku~” he tried again, walking up and waving his hand in front of the green haired boy. Once again, he was ignored. “NINE!” He finally yelled, getting Izuku to snap out of it.

“Huh?”

“Who cares about his quirk? we need to plan our course of action! What memes are we gonna use to confuse the enemy?” 

“If we’re going against Todoroki in round two I’m wearing an elsa costume and blasting let it go” Izuku stated with a smirk. “As for Shinsou, I don’t know much about him so I can’t make a decision. We’ll probably have to make it up on the spot”

“That we can do!”

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In hindsight going in blind probably wasn’t the best decision. Moments after walking into the ring, Shinsou began throwing insults and jabs at Izuku until Izuku eventually answered. In that moment he felt his mind going under.

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He found himself back in the void.

“Whaaaa-???”

The other users turned to face him when he spoke. They clearly weren’t expecting him to appear in the void. Moments later First appeared beside Izuku.

“No time to explain! Get out the void bitch, we're going shopping!!!” The vestige yelled whacking Izuku on the head.

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He snapped back in reality to see himself standing a foot away from the arena like. He paused, blinking to regain himself before turning around and facing his opponent who was frozen with shock.

“You weren’t supposed to break out of my control” he stated. An annoyed expression made it onto his face. “You have everything! You’re already in the hero course! You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth from moment one with such a heroic quirk” he yelled as he charged towards Izuku. Izuku proceeded to do the same and charge toward his opponent. “You’ve never had to deal with people telling you you wouldn’t make it, that you’d never be a hero!” And that. That hurt Izuku a tiny bit on the inside. Even First winced at that. “That’s why you just need to get out!” The purple haired boy yelled as he slams into the boy trying to push him out.

It was a small back and forth. Both boys shoving at each other trying not to get sent out. Shinsou lifted his fist and aimed a solid punch to Izuku’s face. The punch had enough force he could feel his nose break and the blood trickle down. He stumbled a bit allowing the other to get him closer to the edge.

“You need to lose!” He grunted and he tried to get the green haired boy over the line.

Suddenly an idea made itself present in his mind. From the void he grabbed an uni card from a game that they had been playing the previous night. He turned the card over to face shinsou. It was an uno reverse card.

“UNO REVERSE BITCH!!!” he yelled as he grabbed Shinsou’s arm and twisted it before twisting on his own feet and using the momentum to throw Shinsou over his shoulder and out of bounds.

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Once his round was over, he actually walked up with Shinsou and congratulated him on making it to the finals and putting up a good fight. He also took this time to compliment his quirk and find out more about it.

Turns out Shinsou’s quirk was a brainwashing type that allowed him to take control of others if they responded to him. Izuku kept questioning him until they made it to his class's stands where they bid farewell to each other.

“He was actually a decent guy” First said to Izuku as they walked towards a seat. “He just has a few biases that are kinda concerning”

“Yeah, but I get where he is coming from. If I was still quirkless I think I’d be a bit bitter if I worked so hard to get where I was and was placed against someone who seemed to never have to try in their life to be good” Izuku mumbled.

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“Yoichi, what are you doing?”

“Nothing!” The white haired man squeaked as he hid his phone. “Just ummm… reading an online book”

“An online book… Hand the phone over” 

“Never!”

Second. Being the icon he is, appeared beside First and grabbed the phone. handing it to Izuku to see. The boy thanked him before giving First a devilish grin and began reading out loud so first could suffer but quiet enough his class wouldn’t hear. It was lucky he chose to sit away from most of his classmates.

“My mum burst through the door. ‘Get up and pack your bags’ she yelled at me. ‘I can’t afford to keep you so I’m selling you to a new family’ she said as she slammed the door behind her as she walked out. Begrudgingly I packed my bags before getting dressed into my cute outfit *basic outfit from Pinterest* and tying my long brown hair into a messy bun. I leave my room and walk down the stairs just as the doorbell rings and I open it up to see ONE DIRECTION right at my front door. 

‘Ello ello luv, I’m your new father!’ Harry exclaims as he pulls me into a tight hug. Now c’mon, we’re going on a world tour and you’re going to come perform with us’ he- are you really reading a 2014 one direction fanfiction from wattpad?!?”

“…no” he replies sheepishly.

“Right… right”

“Can we please just forget this happened”

“But Yoichi, you’d look super adorable in that outfit. C’mon, you’ve gotta tie your long brown hair into a messy bun and put the outfit on” Izuku laughed as he stared at First. “Don’t you guys think so?” He said, feeling the confirmation from the other users in his head.

And that’s how Yoichi ended up dressing like Y/N for the rest of the sports festival. Much to his displeasure and the other users (especially Second’s) amusement.

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“Elsa dress?”

“On!”

“Speaker?”

“I’m the void, ready to bring out when needed”

“Go get em!”

“Let’s go boiiiii”

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As soon as the match began, Izuku brought the speaker out and pressed play.

“The snow glows white on the mountain tonight. Not a footprint to be seen. A kingdom of isolation. And it looks like… I’m the queen”

This caused the audience to go silent for a moment, even Todoroki stood still. His eyes narrowed in suspicion.

“The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside. Couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I've tried”

There were murmurs of confusion from the crowd, but Izuku kept going.

“Don't let them in, don't let them see

Be the good girl you always have to be. Conceal, don't feel, don't let them knowwwww”

He saw Todoroki preparing an ice attack.

“Well, now they knoooooow!”

Suddenly, a giant wave of I’ve was being shot his way right as the chorus began.

“Let it go, let it go. Can't hold it back anymore. Let it go, let it go. Turn away and slam the door” he sang, dodging the ice and powering up to destroy it with a punch.

More ice was sent his way but he continued to sing and defend himself at the same time. The cape on his Elsa dress flowed as he moved.

“I DON’T CARE! What they’re going to say. Let the storm rage onnnnn” he paused for a breath. “The cold never bothered me anyway”

…

By the end of the song, Todoroki was still attacking with ice, the other avoiding it and blasting it away.

“Well that didn’t work…” First mumbled. “Next plan?”

“Yeah”

The introduction to all star began to play.

“Somebody once told me it’s your power Todoroki-“ he was stopped when a huge block of ice tore through the speaker. 

“That’s fair. I’ve gotta admit that was one of the more cringe ideas I had”

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The fight had continued, getting more serious and emotional as it went on. Eventually, Todoroki began to use his flames and him and Izuku charged at each other with their powers fully activated.

In the end, Izuku was flung out of the arena and straight into the concrete wall by the blast that was caused (but prevented from being worse by Cementos). Todoroki on the other hand had managed to use his ice to prevent himself from going out of bounds.

Izuku collapsed seconds after Todoroki was announced the winner.

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He found himself in the void for the second time that day. However this time, the vestiges were looking pissed. First was nervously fidgeting trying to look anywhere but the other vestiges.

Using this moment to try and lessen the tension, Izuku smiled.

“Hello there!” He greeted, First bursting into laughter at the star wars reference beside him.

That definitely wasn’t the best decision. They all sighed before grabbing him and taking him to the corner where a playpen was. Huh, that was new. Izuku was placed into the playpen and a sign appeared beside it that read ‘baby jail’.

First was dragged to the other side where another playpen was, his sign being read as ‘temporary vault’ which First clearly wasn’t amused with considering the fact he was screaming about eating everyone’s ankles.

They both ended up staying there, not being allowed to leave their pen until Izuku woke up.

Chapter Text

“Let me out, let me out. This is not a dance. I’m begging for help, I’m screaming for help. Please come let me out” First sang for what must have been the one hundredth time.

“Yoichi please, for the love of god. Shut up” Second sighed. “You’ve been doing this for an hour”

“An hour?!” Fifth exclaimed. “It feels like he’s been doing this for a month!” 

“That’s because the author hasn’t updated this fic in a month and has left us here” Izuku piped up from his corner. “Therefore this hour has technically been a whole month”

“Izuku, stop breaking the fourth wall!” First yelled. “It’s sacred and the readers don’t need to know we know about them!”

“Oh yeah…”

The other users stood still, staring between the other two like they’ve both grown another head.

“Y’know what. I don’t even want to know” Second said, turning around to walk over to his chair.

“Can you please try and hurry with this whole ‘waking up’ thing lil dude” Fifth added. Using black whip to poke at Izuku.

“Yeah yeah, I’m trying. I can’t do much though since I technically didn’t go to sleep willingly” 

“So you’re stuck here?” Six asked.

“Pretty much so”

“What if you’re dead?” Fifth laughed.

“If he is then whatever ain’t All For One help us all. We’d have a Yoichi the second here for all eternity with no escape like we somewhat have now when he’s not here” Second sarcastically replied.

“Technically I’m stuck with you for eternity anyway. Can't you hear my thoughts and all that all the time?”

Second looked him in the eyes. The man’s face looked like he was contemplating his afterlife. 

“Fuck” was all he said.

“Phahahaha oh come on my hero~” First laughed, wrapping his arms around Seconds shoulders. “As the designated chaos causer I promise me and the baby of the group (aka chaos causer #2) will NOT be on our best behaviour and will make you regret ever saving me~”

“Fuuuu- WAIT. Get your ass back in the temporary vault corner Yoichi!”

“You’ll never take me alive hero!” First yelled behind him as he began to run away, Second chasing after him.

The other users decided to ignore their antics and walk over to the baby jail corner where Izuku still was.

“So if Yoichi is out of his corner can I come out of mine?”

“Sorry dear, but we told you that you’re gonna be there until you wake up” Nana 

“Yes mother” Izuku sighed

“Mother?” Six questioned.

“Yes mother. Me and Yoichi gave everyone family roles”

“Oh really, so what are they then?”

“Okay so… Yoichi is the one uncle who would let you away with anything and everything and is also probably wanted in most countries” the users nodded their heads in agreement.

“Yeah that makes sense” Third mumbled. “When we saved him from the vault and his brother he became an absolute lunatic. Though he probably was one to begin with. But he definitely was wanted in many places because he decided that he would hunt down the brother he was meant to be running from just so he could start arguments with the guy”

“Huh, neat. Anyway- Second we decided would be the wine aunt who is ‘married’ to the crazy uncle but they’re only in it to avoid taxes”

“That’s fair. They actually jokingly got ‘married’ once and when I questioned them they said something about the government and taxes. Not like we actually paid any taxes because we were wanted all over Japan. But then Second wanted a divorce because Yoichi kept quoting memes and would call Second a greasy iPad kid who didn’t have the mental capacity to understand anything but cocomellon”

“Because he is!” First piped in running past them.

“I AM NOT” Second yelled as he tackled First. “Plus I was like thirteen when that came out!”

“I keep forgetting Yoichi is only three years older than him”

“You wouldn’t think so, huh?” Third laughed. “Yoichi died when he was in his early thirties if I remember correctly. Second was around twenty nine? Maybe twenty eight. They’d been practically best buddies since the day we saved Yoichi, so that must have been nine(ish) years. Second died when he was maybe thirty if my dates are correct. He passed One For All to me before fighting All For One then-“

“Quit yer yapping” Five interrupted. “We want to know the rest of this family dynamic”

“Oh right! Sorry. Continuing on. Third was… OH Third was Father dearest. Because he was apparently the only sensible one out of the trio yet somehow radiated ‘I’m the dad who’s lived an amazing, secretive and badass life but will only tell you the stories at random times and no one will believe you’”

Third hummed at that. The other users also nodded their heads to that. 

“Four, you’re the the cousin who went off to live by themselves and just shows up at family events every now and again and just stands there ominously after living their life of solitude that somehow ended up with you joining a cult”

“That’s very specific. Also is that a jab at me living in the woods for most of my life?”

“Mayhaps… MOVING ON. Five! You’re the favourite cousin who takes you to all the parties and is genuinely just a joy to hang out with because you get into the crazy shit and somehow make it out alive”

“YES!”

“Six, to you’re the quiet cousin who is actually just as cool and crazy as the favourite cousin but no one believes it so you just vibe”

“That’s fair”

“Nana is of course the mother cuz she is the only voice of reason we all have”

“True” all the users agreed.

“All Might is the golden retriever uncle who doesn’t have a clue what’s going on half the time”

“And then there’s me who’s the baby of the family. Though First jokes I’m gonna be the next bringer of the apocalypse”

“Y’know what, I see it” Four mumbled. 

“But yeah, that’s about it. We might change some of the roles later but for now they fit we think so it’s all- oh I’m waking up now-“ he said before disappearing out of the void and awakening in a hospital bed in Recovery Girl’s temp office.

“Damn. I didn’t even get to see who won between First and Second”

Chapter Text

Maybe waking up and saying that out loud wasn’t the best idea. Concidering the fact All Might and Recovery Girl were both in the room waiting for him to wake up.

As soon as they saw he was awake, All Might rushed to give him a hug telling him he was so proud. Izuku soaked up the fatherly affection before realising Recovery Girl lifting her cane above her head. Needless to say, both Izuku and All Might ended up with a whack to the head.

Recovery Girl went on to give them both a long lecture. Izuku for being so reckless and All Might for teaching said student to be so reckless. In Izuku’s head he could hear First say “hey! That recklessness is 90% him and 20% on me!” Which was then interrupted by him screaming and letting out a few curses to which Second then said. “First of all, it would be 90% and 10% not 20% you absolute dumbass. Secondly, stand still so I can kick your ass!” Which First then yelled back “I failed maths, what more do you want from me?! To get an actual education?!”. This continued back and fourth for a while before it seemed like the other users joined in and held thre two appart while covering their mouths. 

After being berated by Recovery Girl for what felt like hours, she finally left the room. All Might stayed a little longer talking about random things to keep Izuku entertained until he had to leave to go give out the awards. Izuku decided he would go to see it but was told it wasn’t for another half hour and that All Might just needed to get there early to sort it out.

“That’s fair. Have fun All Might!”

“Just call me Toshinori, my boy” the blonde hero said with a smile. Leaving the room.

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A few minutes later First materialised infront of him looking like he’d had the shit beat out of him. Which wasn’t too much of a surprise considering what had occurred. Some seconds later Second appeared too, wearing a smug grin while also looking just as beat up. They glared at eachother for a solid three minutes before Izuku decided to break the tension.

“So… who won?” He asked. Knowing full well it was Second.

“I don’t wanna talk about it” First mumbled. 

“It was me, now admit to your sins”

“I apologise to the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Head shoulders knees and toes-“ he was cut off with a whack from Second.

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“We should probably go to the ceremony now” Izuku told the two vestiges beside him. Pushing himself off the bed as he did so. “I wonder who won? Concidering I wasn’t there too see because I was knocked out, it’s gonna be a surprise”

“Yeah let’s go” Second agreed, following after him. 

“Let’s gooooo” First agreed.

As they were walking Izuku began to think.

“Hey, do you think we should tell All Mig- I mean Toshinori about you guys?” Izuku asked, looking at the two.

“ABSOLUTELY NOT!” First answered without a second thought. “He must not know. We need him to be oblivious so we can confuse the blood outta him”

“Wow, that was a blow. Really had to do that to my emotion support father”

“You’re emotion what?” Second questioned.

“My emotional support father. Did you not see that hug he gave me earlier when I first woke up?”

“Yes. We stopped fighting for a moment to watch such a beautiful moment. What were you even thinking at the time?” First asked, getting all giddily.

“‘ah yes, fatherly affection. Something I haven’t had in years’ was my first though when he hugged me”

“In years? So it’s just you and your mum then?”

“Yeah. It’s been just me and mum for as long as I remember. When I was four. He just upped and left. No goodbye or anything” Izuku sighed. “He went to get the milk but it must be sour as fuck by now. So yeah. I’ve been lacking in the father department for a while. I’m taking open applications though.” he laughed. While giving the two finger guns, sunglasses appeared on his face as he did so.

(In a computer room All For One sneezed before being overcome with the need to buy a carton of milk)

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“That was so boriiiiiing” First sighed as they left the stadium. “I still wish you went up there and told UA that ‘Bakugo Katsuki is NOT a monster’. It would have been funny”

“It would have. But I think he would have killed me afterwards”

“Fair enough”

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“Soooooo~ hero names. Got any ideas?”

“Yeah, I was thinking ‘the meme hero: Candice!”

“It’s beau-“

“ABSOLUTELY NOT” the users shouted in unison.

“Fine then. How about ‘the meme hero: deez’”

Another round of disagreement from the users.

“Hmmmm- oh I know!” Izuku said as he scribbled something down. First tried to look over his shoulder and see what he was writing, but Izuku hid it from him. The other users who could see what he was writing gave off a warm and happy feeling at the name so he believed it was the right choice.

Izuku was called up to the stand where he flipped his card around to show his name.

‘The Meme Hero: Yoichi”

Midnight looked confused for a second before a smile appeared on her face. She said it was a great name, but wanted to know why he picked it.

“Ah well, it’s the name of someone who’s taught me a lot. They’re one of the reasons I’m here now and without them I would probably be a completely different person” he began. “They’re an amazing person who wanted nothing more than to be a hero- (‘and cause as much chaos as possible’ was left unsaid)” Second laughed at that and added on his own “comic book nerd wanted to live out his marvel dream”. Which caused the smile on Izuku’s face to widen as he tried not to laugh at that. “-and I want to keep their memory alive” he smiled. “So that’s the hero I am” he looked towards his desk to see First standing there with tears glistening in his eyes.

“That’s beautiful” Midnight expressed. Thought might I ask what the type of hero means? You said the ‘meme’ (read ‘me me’)

(A/N I can’t find the vid but it was one where the lady pronounced meme wrong in like a court setting it smth? It was real, I’m not imagining it right?!?)

“Ah, it’s ummm… classified” was what he said in return before going to his seat where First pulled him into a hug.

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Izuku stared down at the sheet of internship offers in front of him. It turns out his display at the festival caught himself a lot of attention.

“Told you the strawberry dress was magnificent” First mumbled beside him.

“Yeah, but now I have so many people to choose from”

He continued to scan over it when he felt a feeling of recognition at one of the names. ‘Gran Torino’ it read. Izuku paused for a moment before placing his head on the desk and entering the mindscape.

“Do you guys know him?”

“Ah yes” Nana said. Walking over to be in front of him. “We used to work together back when I was alive. He helped train Toshinori too! Knew about One For All and everything.” She smiled.

“So is he a good choice then?”

“I’d say so. He’s harsh at first. But he definitely does bring out your best fighting spirit and go plus ultra”

“That’s my mind made up then. Right now I need all the help I can get. And if he knows about One For All then he may be able to help him get more control over it than what I had at the festival. Thanks for that by the way guys”

__________

Waking up from the mindscape, he picked up his choice sheet and wrote a name down 

Mentor: Gran Torino 

Chapter Text

Izuku stood outside of the rundown building where he’d apparently be spending his internship for the next week at. 

“Nana, this place looks pretty run down. Are you sure that this is the right place?” He asked, giving the building a skeptical look.

“I’m pretty sure it is” She said, materialising next to him. First, who wasn’t expecting her to appear leaped a foot in the air as she did so. “Plus the sheet you were given says this address too”

“If I get murdered I’m blaming you”

“Noted”

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He knocked on the door, waiting for a reply. After a minute or so with no answer, he decided to open it up and go in just to make sure everything was okay. Upon opening the door, he saw a man laying face down in what appeared to be a puddle of blood with his organs spilled on the ground.

“AH, we’ll then” he mumbled. “Better get myself prepared for appearing on the next true crime case documentary” he mumbled as First stifled his laughter.

“I’M ALIVE!” The man who was supposedly dead yelled as he lifted his head. First, who once again wasn’t prepared for any sort of scare screamed.

“Oh… that’s a shame”

“Well aren’t you going to help me up?” The man said to him. A slightly annoyed glint in his eyes. Izuku determined that he most definitely heard the boys mumblings. “You find an old man lying in what looks to be his own blood and you just stand there and stare? What kind of hero brat are you meant to be?!”

“One who didn’t sign up for dealing with this shit” he mumbled. Nana started to giggle. “You knew he was gonna do this didn’t you?” He whispered to her. In response he got a thumbs up as she tried not to laugh.

“Well, I guess I’ll just have to bea- train that disrespect outta you” the old man said, standing up and leaving the room.

“He was totally about to say beat” First whispered. “OH GOD HE’S GETTING A BELT!” He then yelled as the old hero appeared with a belt in his hand. That was all he managed to hear before he found himself being kicked at an ungodly speed into a wall. The hero laughed before putting the belt down.

“Your reaction time is crap brat. You need to pay attention to the person. Not just the object they have in their hand. Thought you were meant to be that blonde idiot's successor, not some untrained and oblivious hero wannabe.”

“And I thought you were one foot in the grave but here we are old man” Izuku shot back, getting up to his feet.

“Ohohoho” the man laughed. “You have spite. Let’s see how long that will last. Hurry! Get changed into your hero suit. Then we’ll spar”

Izuku followed the man’s orders. Changing into his hero costume, before returning to the kitchen to see it empty… until he was hit with another kick at an ungodly speed.

“WHAT WAS THAT FOR OLD MAN?!”

“for not paying attention to your surroundings. Now get up we’ve got work to do”

__________

“Nana, why would you condemn me to this”

“I didn’t condemn you. You could have picked any hero on that list”

“…”

“I’m right though”

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He fell asleep almost as soon as his head hit the pillow. Completely exhausted from the ‘training’ he had been doing. It wasn’t long before he saw the familiar darkness of the void.

“God I missed this place” 

“IZUKU” the users yelled as they saw him.

“That was brutal-“ “damn kid, now I can see why Eight was down right terrified of that man” “didn’t he used to teach at UA?” They all said at once.

“I feel like my body is jelly and it’s only the first day” he whined, collapsing onto his designated chair. “Kill me now”

“I thought we would get to hear stories about Eight- not that we really need them since we’ve seen his life since he got the quirk - but that’s not the point!” Six added. 

“Actually he only mentioned Toshinori when insulting me. wonder what he’d say if I asked him about them” he mumbled. “Also, to bring up another thing. Are you guys gonna be coming out and making yourself visible to me - or possibly others - more often now? Because both Second and Nana have materialised and stuck around”

“That’s the plan lil dude!” Fifth cheered.

“We’ll materialise every now and again to hang out or just get out of the void. So you’ll be seeing us around more often” Fourth added.

“Neat!”

“He reminds me of someone but I can’t put my finger on it” First mumbled.

__________

After a morning of getting the shit kicked out of him, Izuku and Torino sat down to eat lunch.

“So what was Toshinori like when you taught him?” Izuku asked.

“Ah, he was a good kid. But a complete fucking dumbass at times” The hero said. 

That piqued Izuku’s interest. 

“Oh really? Tell me more”

“You wanna hear more? Fine then-“

By the end of that day, Izuku and Torino had formed a new found friendship and come to the agreement that when the time arises they were going to prank the hell out of Toshinori and show him no mercy.

__________

“He’s now one of my favourite people besides Yoichi and the rest of y’all” Izuku states as he appears in the void that night. 

The other users give him a bewildered look before their expressions change to that of understanding.

“To be honest, we were there to see each one of those events Torino told us about- yet hearing it from someone else makes it even more hilarious” Six said, giggling into his hand.

“Please tell me your gonna start randomly saying events from the stories to fuck with Eight” First begged.

“Of course I am! Who do you take me for?”

“HeheheHEHEHEHE-“ First began to laugh before a violent cough racked his spirit. “Holy- what? I literally don’t have- AHHH- lungs” his coughing continued.

Izuku watched this happen in confusion. It wasn’t until he caught sight of Second smirking he realised this was probably normal.

Second saw him looking and called him over.

“Any time he tries to do that horrid demon laugh this happens. It’s hilarious to watch him never learn from his previous mistakes” and ah, that makes sense.

“Should we… I don't know- help him?”

“He brought this upon himself”

“I- that’s fair”

__________

After another difficult day of training and throwing insults at each other, Torino threw Izuku’s case at him with a smirk on his face.

“Suit up kid, we’re going to Hosu”

“Short old man who lives alone takes in the young protagonist to help them train an ancient pow- HOLY FUCK I’VE FIGURED IT OUT! HE’S YODA!” First yelled at his revelation.

Chapter Text

“Are we there yet” First asks for what must have been the hundredth time.

“Yoichi if you don’t shut the fuck up I’ll beat you so hard you’ll wish you never left the vault” Second hisses as he appears beside First

“Wow Second, that’s so rude. Plus I could easily kick your ass” First smirks, giving Second the middle finger.

“Not true. I’d be the one doing the ass kicking. Now zip it” Second argues back. Also giving First the middle finger

“If they do fight again, I vote ¥5000 on Second winning” En said, appearing beside Izuku.

“EN!!!” The other users yelled at him.

“Whaaaaaaat, I’m bored. Let me bet on who’s gonna win. It’s not like we have much else to do concidering we’re on a train and- HOLY FUCK WHAT IS THAT!?” He yells as a nomu slams straight through the side of the train carriage.

Izuku yelped as he jumped back. He was paying too much attention to the other users that he didn’t even realise the nomu was staring directly at him until Gran Torino shoved him out of the way. He then kicked the nomu out of the carriage and leapt out after it. Warning Izuku that he had better stay in the train or else there would be consequences.

“So… we’re totally not listening to him right?” First whispers to Izuku.

“Considering the fact that we always cause chaos, what do you think?”

“Let’s go boiiiii” First yelled, jumping out of the hole in the train. Izuku followed swiftly. Second and En decide that they’d offer moral support from the void.

They were both running around the area, helping civilians out from under rubble and providing assistance to the pro heroes in the area when Izuku heard a call.

“Iida, where are you?!”

Izuku turned to see Manual, the hero Iida was meant to be interning under calling out for the boy.

“Why do I have a feeling he’s doing something stupid right now…”

“Because he probably is”

Izuku sighed. “Let’s go find him”

“On it!”

__________

Turns out Iida was doing something stupid. When Izuku found the other teen, he was lying face down on the ground with a man standing above him. Sword pinned against his neck.

“Okay it’s obvious we’re gonna fight this guy… but if I do end up getting stabbed do you think I’ll get to keep the katana?”

“I’d say yes, it’s covered in your blood then technically it becomes your property”

“But then it could also be classed as evidence and the police might take it-“

“Guys you really don’t have time to be discussing this. Save Iida then go talk about knives” Third sighed as he appeared in front of them.

“Okay dad!” the two responded

Third just gave them a blank look before returning to the void.

“I’ve got a plan” First said. It might not work but if it does it will be funny”

“Let’s hear it then”

__________

“You think that because you bear the title of ‘hero’ you can do whatever you want. Well let me tell you that you’re wrong! I’ll purge the world of all you fa- OW my fucking knees” the killer yelled as he felt his knees be whacked with something. The crack they made was visible and it was obvious that they were at least fractured a little bit”

“GET CROWBARRED BITCH!” Izuku yelled, slamming the crowbar back down onto the hero killer's knees for good measure.

“Oooof that gotta hurt” First murmured.

“Iida! Are you okay? Can you move?”

“No! I can’t move at all. It must be the work of his quirk. But that’s besides the point. What are you doing here? This is my revenge against him for what he did to my brother! You shouldn’t interfere with what I’m doing! Just walk away and leave him to me. This is my-“

“Jeez this kid can monologue” Fifth groans.

“For someone who nearly got stabbed you’d think he’d be a bit more considerate of your help here” Nana adds.

“I vote we leave him here. If he’s so determined on fighting a serial killer who’s murdered literal pros with hero licenses then who are we to meddle with fate” En murdered.

“Or we could have a WWE style smack down and beat the sense into him. Grab your popcorn folks!” First suggests.

“If we’re beating sense into him can we please do it with a rule book. It would be hilarious. ‘Avid rule follower attempts murder and gets his shit rocked with a rule book’. Buy your tickets now” En adds on.

“Plus, take it from someone who had repeatedly tried to murder someone. He’s doing it all wrong. He doesn’t even have any weapons. What’s he planning to do? Kick him to death?” First laughs.

“He’s still monologuing…” Fourth sighs.

“Should we stop him?”

“Oh look, the serial killer is getting back up. Izuku! Whack him again” 

Izuku whacks the hero killer once again.

“See what I mean about the weapons! So much easier! Honestly I’m glad I tried to murder my brother so much. It really taught me some valuable life skills”

“So insightful” Izuku laughs while holding a hand to his head. “I’ve learned so much from you Yoichi”

“OMG GUYS!”

“What?“ all the users including Izuku ask.

“We should bully him with the fairy emojis! Like what the internet did to that one killer on Instagram”

“I’m down for it” Izuku says.

“Same here”

Izuku gives stain one more whack to knock him out before pulling rope out from the void and using it to bind the hero killer.

“Honestly Iida. I mean this in the nicest way but you’re a fucking idiot. This is a literal serial killer and you thought you could fight him alone?”

“I-“

“Nope. Now you’re gonna listen. When his quirk stops having an effect on you, you’re gonna pick up native-“ he points to the hero in the alleyway. “And you are going to take him to where the other heroes are. After that you will lead them back here so they can pick up the hero killer. Then after all that we are gonna have a serious discussion about why you would even think this was remotely a good idea. Got it? Good.”

“Damn you really channeled your inner Third and Nana there”

__________

By the time the hero killer awoke Iida had left the alleyway. The only one left was Izuku who was staring directly at him.

“Who are you?” The killer asked, trying to remove himself from the bindings.

“The hero makes Yoichi. Now about the events today mr hero killer… ‘You tried your best 🧚✨but it wasn't good enough 🧚✨’”

“It’s starting!” First laughed.

“What? Untie me now! Or I swear to god-”

“🧚 if god doesn’t make mistakes 🧚 then who the hell made you”

“How are you saying that out loud-“

“U look tired 🧚 sit on a chair 🧚 just make it electric”

“You’re just a fake! Like that other brat! I’ll put an end to you once I’m out of these ropes. This is just a mistake I won’t let happ-“

“✨everyone makes mistakes ✨but you’re parents made a big one ✨”

“Pop off Izuku!”

“I’m a serial murderer. I’ll make you regret this”

“you dropped this 🔴 put it back on your nose ✨… oh wait you don’t have one”

“I’ll do my best to-“

“✨just put your best foot forward off a bridge”

“Oh you think you’re funny don’t you?”

“Absolutely hilarious”

__________

The insults continued for another five minutes before Izuku could hear voices coming from down the street.

“Well then, it looks like the heroes are here. But before I go” he walks over to stain and grabs a knife from the man. “I'm keeping this”

__________

“Well technically I didn’t use a quirk so- WAAAAAH”

Izuku was not expecting to be kicked square in the face by Gran Torino.

“WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT STAYING ON THE TRAIN?!”

“WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FROM ME OLD MAN?!”

“TO STAY ON THE TRAIN”

“WELL IM SORRY THAT- AH FUCK!” He screamed as a nomu swooped down and dug its claws into him. He could see the ground getting further and further away from him.

Eventually he was dropped on a roof and was face to face with none other than Tomura shigaraki.

“Fancy seeing you here” he murmured sarcastically at the villain. “So you come here often?”

The hand villain just stared at him perplexed… then proceeded to kick the boy off the roof.

“What was that for?” Kurogiri asked.

“I don’t know. I panicked”

__________

“Ah hospital bed. My one true love. We meet again in this unfortunate circumstance”

“Izuku. Are you okay?”

“Of course I’m okay. I’m with my true love. A hospital bed”

“Okay but like… don’t you want your true love to be.. I don't know… a person?”

“Nah, ain’t really interested in that to be honest. Romance ain’t really my thing. But with the amount of times I’ve been in a hospital bed I should practically marry it at this point. Considering I’m gonna be seeing a lot more of it in the future”

“Fair enough. Also Iida is just staring at you”

“Oh yeah I needed to yell at him… IIDA YOU DUMB FU-“

He was interrupted when the door to their hospital room opened and the chief of police, along with their mentors, walked in.

“We need to talk to you regarding the hero killer incident” the chief of police began. “Considering the fact that you are both minors, and considering you both acted without a license… you will both be facing reprimand for illegal quirk usage. Especially when the story gets out to the public”

“But that’s not-“

“Let him finish brat” Torino says.

“However… we would be able to cover this up and give the credit to Endeavour considering he was one of the closest heroes to the scene at the time. If this is done we would be willing to dismiss any charges you would face. Do you agree with this?”

“Yes” Iida says instantly.

“NOPE!” Izuku yells at the same time. 

All the people in the room turn to face him.

“First off. You will not give credit to Endeavor of all people. secondly. I didn’t use my quirk at all during that whole exchange. I used a crowbar and rope. And I don't know what my file is for you, chief of police, but last time I checked my quirk was written down as a type of strength enhancement. Thirdly. I did not whack him in the knees many times with a crowbar and yell “GET CROWBARRED BITCH” to not receive any credit for it. So I want credit and no reprimand considering I didn’t break any laws here”

“YEAH! Fuck the police! We want credit”

“You didn’t use a quirk at all during the whole conflict?”

“Nope, none at all”

“I’ll see what we can do”

_________

‘Hero in training Yoichi successfully puts an end to the Hero Killers reign of terror’ 

Was the headline to every news outlet the next week. Right on the front page was a picture of Izuku in his hero costume and one of Stain now locked up.

The moment Hisashi had laid his eyes on it he choked on his own spit. In shock at seeing his brother's name in the paper. And in even more shock when he realised that it was his son using that name. It definitely wasn’t a coincidence anymore. His brother definitely had some form of influence on his son. And if that were the case, he was slowly getting closer to having his family as a whole.

“Tomura”

“Yes sensei?”

“Did you know about your younger brother being in Hosu?”

“Ah yes. I um- I kicked him off a roof”

“You kicked him off a roof?” He asked in disbelief.

“Look, I panicked. I didn’t expect him to be dropped in front of me by a nomu. He just began to talk and I kicked him off the roof. It was completely justified!”

Hisashi just sighed. He needed to collect his thoughts after everything that has happened in the past week.

Chapter Text

Once internships were over everyone was back to class. excitedly talking about how their internship went. 

Iida refused to look at him. Anytime Izuku looked over to the boy, he would turn away in guilt. It made sense, but it was definitely starting to annoy Izuku.

“I wish he would talk to me” he mumbled to First.

“He’s probably feeling really guilty at the moment. Give him a couple days to come to terms with what happened… if that doesn’t work, we could always whack him with a crowbar”

“He’s my friend! We ain’t hitting him with a crowbar”

“Fiiiiiiine” First sighed.

“Plus we decided the rule book would be more hilarious”

“YES!”

The two continued talking in hushed whispers when someone called out to Izuku.

“Hey Midoriya?” Kaminari said as he walked up to him.

“Huh?”

“You fought the hero killer man! What was that like?”

“It was… an experience”

“C’mon man, you’ve gotta give us more than that”

“Fine” Izuku said, seeing the opportunity to take the piss. Standing up he began walking over to Kaminari.

“People are constantly asking me ‘what’s it like to be a se-‘“ at that moment he put his foot up on Kaminari’s chair but slipped and slammed his head onto the desk.

Kaminari let out a small scream while First burst into laughter.

“I know it’s the vine… but did you actually mean to slip there?”

“…no” Izuku grumbled, rubbing his head. Which caused First to laugh even more.

Standing up, Izuku glared at First.

“Anyway about Stai-“

“Dude are you oka-“

“No off topic questions”

“What? Why?  that looked-“

“Because I don’t want too”

“Your head is bruising… I think it’s fair I ask if you-“

“No, no! Permission denied”

“Can I at least take you to Recovery Girl”

“That is an off topic question”

The rest of the class, who had been in shock, then joined in trying to ask Izuku if he was okay. Despite Izuku’s best efforts to shift the class's attention so he didn’t feel any more embarrassed. They continued to badger him about it. It was at that moment that his teacher walked into the room and told them all to get to their desks.

“You have been stopped” Izuku finally said before sprinting to his desk.

Aizawa just stared at him before beginning to announce the school's plans. Apparently over the summer there would be a training camp so that they could all improve their quirks. That got the class excited. They all began to excitedly talk about what they were gonna do during it before Aizawa cut them off.

“Before the summer camp though, there is something else you’ll have. Depending on how you do will depend if you’ll be able to attend or not” he paused when he noticed the class staring at him in anticipation. “That thing is final exams”

The class seemed to let out a groan at that. Izuku took this moment to look at First and… well he was definitely pale. He honestly looked like he has just witnessed his whole Star Wars collection be burned in front of him.

“Izuku…” he whispered, a hint of fear in his voice.

“Yeah?”

“Y’know… it’snevertoolatetojustdropoutofschoolandbecomeavigilante.i’llsupportyoualltheway!plustheresmanybenifitssuchasnoexams”

“Huh? Please say that again but slower”

“It’s never too late to just drop out of school and become a vigilante. I’ll support you all the way! Plus there’s many benefits such as no exams” First repeated.

“I’m sure the exams won’t be that bad”

“Izuku it’s bad enough I have to be stuck in this hell hole with you for like 6 hours of the day… if I have to sit through you actually studying for an exam and actually taking the exam all while I can hear your thoughts, I will have a mental breakdown. I beg of you! Just do what I did and be a vigilante… you don’t need an education for that. All you need to know is how to kick names and take ass”

“Yoichi-“

“Izukuuuuuuuuu! I’m serious. I’d rather die again than hear you trying to work out x^2 + (m-3)x + m = 0 and then find what the value of m is. It just ain’t right. Maths shouldn’t have letters in it!”

“The answer for that would be m<1 and m>9 by the way”

“How did you-?”

“The author googled it because they too failed maths…”

“So we’re screwed then?”

“Nah, for the plot to progress I need to pass the exams and go to the summer camp. So you can guess what’s gonna happen”

“Now that’s just spoiling the chapter”

“Have you ever read a fic where I’ve failed the final exam?”

“…No”

“Exactly”

__________

Turns out the written exams went decently well. First sat in the void contemplating all his life decisions while Izuku answered the questions. He also had slight help from Nana as she helped Toshinori study when he did his exams. 

It also came in handy that Gran Torino was a teacher at UA before he retired, so Izuku just went to him for help studying. Even though most of the time it would just end in them arguing over something stupid.

It was the week after the written exams when the class entered a bus that took them to the training area where all the teachers were waiting. It was then announced that they would be fighting the teachers.

“That’s not too bad” First said to Izuku as the names were being read out. It wasn’t until Izuku’s name came up that First would retract that statement.

“Midoriya and Bakugou. You two will be paired up against All Might”

All Might then slammed into the ground from wherever he was waiting. The class jumped back in shock and now it was Izuku’s time to have the colour drain from him.

“Is the vigilante idea still available”

“It’s always available. If we make a run for it now then we can be prepared and go out tonight”

Izuku slowly began to back up. Sadly though, Aizawa noticed and used his capture weapon to hold him in place.

“Damnit”

__________

Izuku sat on the bus that was taking him to the fake city where they were going to fight All Might. Bakugou was on the other side of the bus.

“Kacchan. We are going to need to come up with a plan to fight All Might”

“LIKE HELL I’M GOING TO LISTEN TO ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH!”

“Fail then”

“You tell him Izuku!”

“What was that DEKU?”

“I said fail then… if you think you’d actually be able to fight All Might and win without a plan then you’re wrong”

“I’ll kill you you dumb nerd!”

“If you did that we’d fail the exam… but I’d be a lot happier”

“Shut it!” 

__________

“Let’s go home”

“The exams just started”

“And we’ve already lost Kacchan. So let’s go home. Who needs to pass exams? With the way the users have described it I’ll probably be dead by 25 anyway”

“Izuku, don’t say that. You’re gonna live a long happy and successful-“ Nana began but Izuku cut her off.

“Long? HA! Haha. Nope. Growing old terrifies me. Plus Hikage literally died of old age at 40… he was number four! Four you hear! I’m nine. I’ll be lucky to even see 20”

“Don’t be so pessimistic” Nana sighed. “Plus Toshinori is in his late forties'… I think”

__________

It was about ten minutes in when Izuku decided that there was no point. Kacchan was missing, All Might was completely destroying the city. There really was no hope. So he made himself a bowl of cheerios from the void and sat in a random alleyway.

About 5 minutes later All Might appeared in front of him. He looked like he was about to fight but stopped for a minute.

“Are you okay Izuku? Why are you sitting here and eating cheerios?” He asked. Confusion and concern written on his face.

“i eat cheerios because they’re heart healthy and my heart has been severely damaged…so kacchan if you’re out there-“

He was interrupted by an explosion hitting All Might straight in the face.

“Oh well we found Kacchan”

__________ 

“I have an idea”

“Ohoho?”

“Pass me the shovel”

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He waited until All Might was walking away with Bakugou before materialising a shovel from the void. All Might got a few steps away before Izuku threw it directly at his head, knocking them to the ground.

“I think he’s out cold”

MIDORIYA IZUKU AND BAKUGOU KATSUKI HAVE PASSED THE EXAM

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“I can’t believe you threw a shovel at his head” Nana sighed as she walked beside Izuku while he was walking home.

“That was beautiful” En laughed.

“Betcha he wasn’t expecting that coming!” Diagoro smirked.

“I’m really concerned for all of your guys' sanity” Hikage mumbled.

“You can’t say anything mr ‘I was a hermit that lived in the woods for 17 years because of constant paranoia affecting my every move’”

“You literally know what my quirk is. Just wait until I let Izuku use it then we’ll see what the fucking hell my life was like with that quirk being amplified by One For All”

“Haha… I’m in danger”

“I mean my quirk technically does tell you that-“

“Enough out of you”

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It turns out, even those who failed were still allowed to go to the summer camp. The downside was they’d be doing summer school after the day's training to compensate for failing the practical.

“I’m so glad we don’t have to do that… imagine having to study after training for the day. And I’m guessing that would be at night time too. No thank you!”

“I mean we are pretty lucky in that sense”

“Oh, the class are looking at you expectantly”

“Huh?” Izuku turned to face his classmates.

“We’re planning on going to the mall!” Kirishima started. “We tried to convince Bakubro but he said he didn’t want to come”

“Did he just say ‘Bakubro’?” Izuku whispered to First.

“Yes… If I ever hear that name again I’m gonna be sick. That was terrible, awful, the worst thing I’ve ever heard and believe me I’ve heard some terrible things in my life… like my brother calling the Star Wars trilogy a cinematic catastrophe. Actually wait, maybe the name isn’t as bad as that but you still get my point!”

“Kirishima please. And I mean please. Never say that name again. It makes me die a little more on the inside when I hear it”

“Okay man! But anyway, are you gonna come?”

“Y’know what? Sure. I have nothing better to do”

“Oh and we can stop in past the Waterstones to see what manga they have!” First cheered. 

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“Tomura”

“Yes sensei?”

“I’ve heard that class 1A are going to be going to the mall. From what I’ve been told, your little brother is going to be there. I know you have questions for him so this will be a good opportunity for you to talk to him and possibly find out some information to help you continue with your quest”

“Right! So what should I do? Grab him and bring him here?”

“No…” All For One started. Pausing for a moment to think. “That will come later. For now I just want you to speak to him and see if you can find out anything. His personality, his ideals and all that”

“Can I ask why?”

“He reminds me of my brother. From what I’ve been told and from what I’ve seen through the sight quirk I have. He’s exactly like him. I want you to tell me what you think he’s like so I can really tell if my brother has any influence over him”

“Of course sensei.”

Chapter Text

Today was the day the class was going to the mall. From the moment Izuku woke up he could tell it wasn’t going to go well.

“IZUUUUUUKUUUUU!”

“Yes Yoichi?”

“There’s an old comic shop at the mall… can we please go there? They might have some Captain Hero comics. I haven’t read one of those in foreverrrrrr”

“Wasn’t all that stuff wiped from history though?”

“I mean… yeah. But you never know what could be lurking in the comic shop”

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“MIDORIYA!”

“URARAKA!”

“YOICHI!”

“Huh?” 

“I wanted to feel included,” Yoichi sheepishly said.

“I’m glad you could make it Midoriya” Uraraka said as she gave him a hug. “The others were thinking you weren’t going to arrive”

“Ah sorry about that… I had to find something before I came here” 

That something was his will to live. He’d lost it around the time First began to sing CPR while Second did the backup vocals. When questioned on why. Second just turned to him and said ‘suffer’.

Luckily for him, Nana came in and decided to banish them to the shadow realm (aka the other side of the void) and threatened to make a vault just for First if they didn’t cuz out the idiocy.

“I’m just saying. She preaches about us being idiots when she herself was one too. LITERALLY. All the One For All users are idiots. It’s like our trademark. All of us died insulting my brother or just doing something no one else would do on their deathbed” Yoichi complained. To add dramatic effect he threw his hands up and diverged into a fit of mumbles.

“Really? Please tell me more, i’m intrigued”

“Hi intrigued i’m Youchi”

“Shut”

“Anyway back to the story at hand. Let me think. I don’t actually know how Second and Third died. They don’t talk about it much and at the time One For All wasn’t powerful enough for our consciousness to ‘awake’ so to say. Hikage died of old age, or well the quirk killed him. But my brother was there at the time. This man literally sat on a sunbed, dressed in a Hawaiian shirt and shorts with a pair of sunglasses, tequila in hand and looked my brother in the eye to say “welcome to isolation. Destination wherever the fuck this forest is. Time is about right for me to die. You should consider it too.” Then he threw up a middle finger to my brother and died. Just like that!”

“I- that’s icon behaviour right there”

“Exactly! Anyway, you know what Diagoro is like so I’ll skip over that. En! En was in the middle of fighting him in a city and went “what? You gonna drop a building on me or something pussy. Alright bet!-“ then had a building dropped on him”

“That doesn’t surprise me”

“Really?”

“It seems like something he’d do”

“Anyway now is time for the top of the cake. NANA!” Yoichi smiled as he began to recount the memory of her death. “She had just pushed Eight away from the battle. The scene was getting extremely dramatic. Then my brother turned and was like “any last words” and this woman. This QUEEN. Gaslighted, gatekeeped and girlbossed her death. She turned to him and said “tough talk for a fellow with a small cock””

“No way!”

“Yes way!”

“I refuse to believe that our mother could say such things. Mother figure, is this true?!?”

“If I say yes and you laugh not even death will save you from my wrath”

“So it’s true?”

“I have my priorities. If I’m going out in a way I didn’t entirely choose you know I am getting my last word in”

“PHAHAHAHAHA” tears sprung to Izuku’s eyes as he burst out laughing… only to remember that Uraraka was right in front of him. His face turned as red as a tomato. “Oh shit. Sorry I- um- COMIC BOOKS!” He yelled as he attempted to spirit away, but Uraraka grabbed him and made him float.

“You can’t run away from your problems”

“no. BUT I CAN TRY!” He added, trying to run in the air. He failed. Miserably. He let out a defeated sigh as she lowered him back to the ground.

“At this point I think the whole class is used to you talking to yourself” she said, trying to cheer him up.

“I don’t speak to myself. I speak to the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future who haunt me and shows me the tragic tale of Kermit and the other muppets”

“The ghost of what? What are you on about?”

“Did the muppets mean nothing to you?!?”

“What are the muppets?!” Slightly yelled back in confusion. But it was too late, Izuku had already begun walking to the comic shop.

She never did find out what the muppets were.

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“Izukuuuuu, they don’t have it” First pouted.

“And that’s my problem, how?”

“Wow, woooow I see how it is. I’m your best friend and this is how you treat me” he held a hand over his chest. “I give you knowledge of memes, I give you the power to kick ass. And I get this in return”

“Yep”

“Anyway, let's go find Uraraka and go somewhere else. This place sucks ass.”

“Yoichi, we’ve been here for 5 minutes”

“And?”

“Nevermind. let’s just go”

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Izuku and Yoichi were walking around the shop, but there was no sign of Uraraka anywhere. Izuku decided that they weren’t going to find her after 10 minutes of looking, so he pulled his phone out and began to call her. 

Holding the phone to his ear, he listened to it ring 3 times before someone picked up.

“Uraraka where are yo-“

“Well hello there little hero”

“Fuck” he stated as he hung up. He then realised that his friend was being kept hostage by a villain and called back.

“Did you really hang up on me?”

“Did you really kick me off a building 2 chapters ago?”

“…” there was silence on the other line.

“…” he was silent in return waiting for an answer.

“Okay fine… if you want your friend, meet me on the mall roof. But if not then I might just dust her”

“You leave her alone you-“ he manages to say before hearing a beep meaning Shigaraki had hung up.

“I can’t tell if I’m wanting to kill him or myself at this point” Izuku groaned, rubbing at his temples. 

“Why not both?” Youchi added.

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Izuku stormed up to the roof, frantically looking for Shigaraki. It didn’t take long for the boy to find him with arm around Uraraka’s neck. One finger lifted to stop himself from dusting the girl.

“Ah, you’ve arrived” the older one smiled. It wasn't in any way a pleasant smile. You could see the malicious intent behind the villain's eyes.

“Bad vibes! bad vibes!” First began to panic. “That’s the smile my brother gave me when he was trying to manipulate me. The one that says ‘I’ll lure you into a safe sense of security then destroy all your star wars posters and captain hero comics’ Izuku! He can’t have my comics. They’re the only thing keeping me ali- dea- SANE!” He began to wail clutching a star wars poster he pulled from the void tight to his chest.

“Let. Her. Go”

“No, I don’t think I will”

And with that, Izuku lunged for Shigaraki. The villain was tackled to the ground and began trying to scramble away from the hero in training’s attacks.

And it was at that moment. Shigaraki knew. He’d fucked up.

The moment being Izuku sinking his teeth into Shigaraki’s arm. This was the moment he realized that his little brother was insane. So in this moment of pure panic, he turned to the girl he had previously held hostage.

“AAAAAA GET YOUR FUCKING FRIEND BITCH!”

“It don’t bite” Uraraka replied.

“wha- YES IT DO!”

Now you may be wondering. How did Uraraka know the reference? Well let’s just say First had more ghostly influence than he thought.

The scuffle between Izuku and Shigaraki continued until Izuku managed to get a good kick to Shigaraki’s stomach. Sending him off of the roof. Right before he hit the ground, a portal appeared and swallowed him.

“PAYBACK BITCH!” Izuku yelled. 

He began to wipe any dust and dirt that was on him before turning back to Uraraka.

“You okay?” He asked as he walked over to her, offering a hand out to help her up off the ground where she was sitting having been thrown when Izuku tackled the villain.

“Yeah. Who was that though. Are they a friend of yours?”

“Are they a- URARAKA! They literally had their hand around your neck and were going to kill you. And your dumbass goes ‘are they a friend’?!?”

“Well when we were in the comic shop they were wanting to go over to you. I went and asked them if they knew you and they said yeah, and that they were your friend. Then he put his arm around my shoulder and led me up here saying he’d call you using my phone and have it be a surprise. He put his hand around my neck and told me it’s a joke between you two”

Izuku stood there stunned for a moment. He blinked. Then blinked again.

“Uraraka please. I beg of you. What about any of that encounter seemed friendly”

“I don’t know!”

“Then why the fuck would you go with them?!”

“I don’t know either. I didn’t think”

“That was Shigaraki!”

“SHIGARAKI!”

“YES”

“We need to call the police then”

“Well I was about to until you said that”

“Okay I’m sorry now let’s just call them”

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The interview with the police took a while. By the time Izuku was out of the police station both All Might and his mum were outside waiting for him. When his mum saw him she ran to him and pulled him into a tight hug. Then proceeded to whack him on the head.

“Stop getting into stupid situations or I will batter you”

“Hey, hey it’s not my fault! Also why would you say that right outside a police station?”

“Only God would be able to help you by the time I’m done with you. The police won’t have a chance to save you. Now stop being a dumbass and let’s go home”

“Ma’am I think-“ All Might tried to interject. But Inko sent him a death glare.

“Hush! I’m only joking. But seriously Izuku. If I have to get another call about you being with the police or in hospital because of a villain. I won’t hesitate to pull you out of school if it’s that dangerous”

“Mum you can’t be-“

“I am serious” she said. Before whispering under her breath. “Honestly you’re just like your father. I swear the craziness and danger attraction is in your DNA or something” she then looked at him. “Just- Izuku I can’t do this anymore. Promise me you’ll be more careful”

“I can certainly not do that”

“Izuku!”

“Mother dearest”

“You know what, let’s just go home” his mum sighed.

“Your mum terrifies me” First whispered to Izuku. There was a wave of agreement from the other users with that statement. “Would she really do that though?”

“She loves me really. And she wouldn’t really pull me out of school. She knows I would just go rogue if she did. It’s more of a warning to tell me she’s done with my crap. That or she pulls off her slipper and chases me around the house with it”

“The amount of times my child made me want to do that” Nana murmured to herself. “Maybe I should use that technique on all of you. It could knock some sense into you all”

“NO!” All the other users (Izuku included) shouted in fear.

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“He’s insane” Shigaraki stated as he entered the bar.

“That does tend to be a younger brother thing” All For One said sympathetically.

“Did your brother-?”

“Yes. He also pulled many knives on me too. By the way, if Izuku does that. Run. I’ve learned from experience that my family does not do hesitation. He will stab you if given the chance” All For One said, a slightly haunted look appearing on his face. 

(Don’t ask how he can have a haunted look. Even Shigaraki doesn’t know how he manages to portray that much emotion with that little facial features)

“So what do we do?”

“The training camp is coming up. Why don’t you pay him a little visit and bring him home to meet his father? I have the perfect room for him here. One he won’t be able to leave” the supervillain smirked. 

“Of course sensei”

Chapter Text

“Why did I agree to this again?” Izuku groaned as he got up. He looked over to his clock to see that it was 04:00. Today was the day the class was leaving to go to the training camp. And from what Aizawa said, the bus was going to be leaving at 07:00.

“Simple. You had no choice” First said as he appeared beside Izuku. 

“But why so early? I was enjoying playing Wii sports bowling and making the miis do the spin. Then we had to be up. Four am is the time for going to bed. Not waking up!”

“I’m saying it now. This wouldn’t be an issue if we were all lizards. Actually. A lot of my issues wouldn’t exist if we were all lizards.”

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Izuku managed to make it to school on time. He was actually the first one there (besides Aizawa) so he got onto the bus and sat at the back.

“Is it just me, or have the other users been more chaotic recently?” He asked Third who had decided to sit beside him while Yoichi was running around the bus drawing on the steamed up windows.

“They have been. You and Yoichi are rubbing off on them. They are also their own level of batshit crazy”

“Ah, that makes sense”

“I mean you kinda have to be somewhat insane to take on a quirk that makes you a walking target for the biggest supervillain in the world y’know?”

“That or suicidal”

“Yeah. Sometimes I question which one it is for them”

“I can tell you that Diagoro did it because he wanted to. He would have been like ‘try it bitch’ while running around like a lunatic.” Izuku laughed as he pictured Fifth swinging around with black whip while challenging All For One to try and kill him.

“Hey” Fifth interrupted. “I can tell you that I accepted this quirk because I thought the opportunity to annoy the living fuck out of a supervillain was the best option. I mean what other way to go than going out while making sure said supervillain will always remember you as one of their biggest annoyances”

“He was the first one of us to become a hero too. I blame him. He’s the crazy one who passed down the crazy genes”

“I did not! We all had them to begin with”

“I’m not crazy. It’s you and everyone after you!”

“Yoichi and Second”

“Oh… I forgot about them”

“That’s what I thought bish”

“How do you forget about them when you three were always together for like five years?” Izuku asked.

“When you’re with crazy for long enough you learn to block it out” Third sighed.

“You say that like you didn’t join us with our plans the majority of the time” Yoichi yelled from his place at the front of the bus.

“Ha! Called out” Fifth laughed. As he began to poke Third in the face.

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Eventually everyone arrived and boarded the bus. Todoroki decided to sit next to Izuku with Uraraka beside him and Iida beside her.

Soon enough the bus began to move and everyone began to talk to each other. The volume is getting louder and louder. First, being First decided to make an appearance again.

“Ladies and gentlemen. The volume on this bus is Aaaaastronomical”

Izuku burst out laughing at this, which in turn startled Todoroki who shot out ice right in Izuku’s direction.

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“Hey Izuku” First whispered to Izuku.

“Yes?”

“Look out your window”

The boy did so. He saw another bus with what seemed to be another hero class from a different school in it.

“You know the rules right”

“We’ve got to flip them off to show we are the superior school?”

“Exactly”

So that’s what Izuku and First did. The other school noticed and decided to do it back which caused a small rivalry which the other users joined. By the time they had passed the bus the one for all users were yelling and cheering.

“HA GET FUCKED!” Fifth yelled.

“Imagine being so inferior they couldn’t even get to our level” En laughed.

“Sucks to suck! UA is the best!” Nana cheered.

“Imagine going to their school full of losers. Couldn’t be us” Second smugly said as he crossed his arms with a smirk.

“They wish they were us” Yoichi added.

“What? Dead?” Izuku joked.

“Exactly”

The fact that none of the students in the other bus or in their bus could see the users made it even more hilarious to Izuku. But for his triumph in proving he was superior, he did end up getting strange looks from his classmates.

Oh well that wasn’t new.

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They had a “bathroom” stop eventually. The whole class was directed out of the bus and to a cliff on the mountain. Everyone looked around in confusion before two heroes seemingly appeared out of thin air and introduced themselves.

That introduction was then followed by the class being thrown off said cliff.

Nana had luckily known this trick with the training camp for years. Stating that they had a hero who did something similar when Toshinori was in his first year. So she allowed Izuku to use float before the class got thrown off.

Aizawa had just stared at his floating student.

“Are you going to come down?”

“Are you going to throw me off the cliff?”

Aizawa then wrapped his capture weapon around Izuku. Used it to launch his student over the cliff edge. Then let it unwrap while activating his quirk, causing Izuku to plummet towards the ground where his class was fighting some sort of earth monsters.

“YOU TRAITOR!” He had yelled to the hero who just peered over the cliff edge, smirked, then walked away. 

“He betrayed you” Third began to sing to him.

“And you know that he’ll never feel sorry” second added on.

“For the way you hurt” First sang.

“Yeah, he talked to you”

“On the cliff side together”

“Saw how you used float”

“But that didn’t matter”

“It took him two seconds”

“To go off and throw you”

“Guess he’s a bad teach”

“Cuz he’s just a traitor”

“You done?” Izuku asked. The trio had finished their rendition of traitor by Olivia Rodrigo.

The trio decided to ignore him and start their own conversation. One that Izuku definitely didn’t want to hear.

“Okay now we just need a song to serenade his teacher” Third muttered.

“I vote my heart will go on. We can get the others to play the recorders in the back”

“Yoichi. As much as I love you. We will not make our serenade to Izuku’s teacher a meme” Second sighed.

“Why are you trying to serenade my teacher in the first place?”

“Have you seen that man? AWOOGA”

“Your teacher’s hot Izuku”

“I’d like to see what else that scarf can d-OW”

Second was whacked by Third before they turned back to discussing ways to seduce his teacher.

“You’re done… you’re done” was all Izuku said before turning around to see that his class was gone.

“Fuck!”

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Izuku and the other users - having absolutely no sense of direction except for Fourth - spent the next eight hours walking around with compasses from the void not having a clue where to go , asking Fourth for help - who quietly admitted that he didn’t have a clue either -  and singing.

“Into the thick of it” Yoichi sang 

“Into the thick of it” Izuku continued.

“Into the thick of it” En joined.

“Ugh” Daigoro sighed along with the song.

“We’re trampling throoough the bush” Nana sang. At this point they were all doing a cheery march as they sang. “On and on we push”

“Into the thick of it” Hikage sang.

“But we can’t see where we’re going” Second concluded the first part of the verse.

This continued for another hour until one of the dirt monsters appeared and picked Izuku up, taking him towards the camp where he was greeted with his worried classmates who had all eaten dinner and had a bath at this point.

He decided that he’d do the same thing his classmates did a few hours ago. He made himself some food (the food made previously had been eaten by this point) and sat down at a table outside.

As he was eating. He noticed a little boy out of the corner of his eye.

“Ew a child” Yoichi murmured. “Kick it”

“YOICHI!” All the users yelled at once.

“What? Am I wrong? Look at it. It looks like it needs to be kicked”

“Izuku. Don’t you dare listen to him. Also The child is not an it!” Nana warned Izuku and scolded Yoichi.

“Wasn’t planning to”

“Good”

While Izuku was having an internal battle with trying not to laugh at Yoichi being scolded by Nana. The boy had ended up walking up and sitting across from him.

“Hey?” Izuku said. Not entirely sure what to do.

“You’re not like the others” the boy stated as if it were a matter of fact.

“I’m not? Damn, I really said ‘I’m not like other class 1A members'’” Izuku joked.

The boy just stared. Confusion and anger made its appearance on his face.

“Anyway. The names Izuku Midoriya. What’s yours?”

“Kota” the boy murmured.

“Nice to meet ya Kota. Do you want something to eat or???”

“No. And I don’t get you!”

“Huh?”

“You’re not like the others”

“The others as in my classmates?”

“Yeah! They kept coming up to me and asking me things and trying to act like perfect heroes. I don’t get why! Why do you want to be a hero? They’re horrible and leave you all alone”

“That’s a lot of baggage” Izuku heard one of the users whisper. He wasn’t entirely sure who it was either.

“What’s up with you and heroes? I get some of them are shit” - “Izuku! Language around the child” he heard Nana chastise - “ and some honestly don’t deserve the right to be admired by the public and the hero system itself is a complete load of bullshit who puts people on pedestals (wow Second’s rants are really shining through here) but… what do you mean by they leave you alone?”

The kid looked stunned for a moment. Clearly not expecting that from Izuku. “It doesn’t matter” he finally  growled out before storming away. Mandalay - who had been watching the whole interaction - came over to him.

“Sorry about Kota. He’s my nephew, but lives here after his parents died. They were heroes”

“Oh… I see. Who were they?”

“You might know them. They’re the water hose duo”

“The ones who were murdered brutally by muscular” Izuku noted.

“Yeah. They were the only people he really had in his life at the time of their death. His whole life was flipped upside down at such a young age. All he ever heard from the public was how their deaths were a good thing. A noble sacrifice so to say”

“So it brewed resentment toward them?”

“Yeah… if you don’t mind me asking. Do you think you could maybe help him? I’ve heard from your teacher that you’ve got quite the personality. And I’ve not seen Kota interact with someone that much other than us. If you’d try to speak to him and maybe be his friend I’d really appreciate it.”

“Yeah of course” Izuku agreed.

“So the child’s an orphan… interesting”

“YOICHI SHIGARAKI I SWEAR TO FUCKING ALL FOR ONE-!”

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“They're gonna rumble. They gonna take your face off” x4

“It’s about drive” 

“It’s about power”

“We stay hungry”

“WE DEVOUR” all the users sang as Izuku was training. The camp had been brutal so far and the first day wasn’t even over yet.

“Please. I beg you all to stop”

“You gotta put in the work” First continued.

“Put in the hours”

“And take what’s ours!”

It was definitely going to be a long day of training.

__________

“Fancy seeing you here”

“What are you doing here?” Kota spat.

“I come with food”

“Hmph”

“So you wanna talk?”

“…”

“If not we can just sit in silence… i'm just telling you now that i'm not walking back down that mountain after walking up here without eating my dinner”

“Do you think they wanted to leave me?”

“No” Izuku instantly replied.

“Really?”

“Yeah,  I’m sure they would do anything to be here with you now if they could”

There were a few sniffles from Kota before he turned to him.

“Go away you stupid hero. This is my secret spot. You’re not meant to be here”

“Yeah sure” he said as he placed down a plate. “Here’s some food by the way. Have you eaten? If not make sure you eat”

“Pack it up mystic messenger kinnie”

“Yoichi this was a personal moment”

“And? I’m just speaking the truth. You sound like all those asses on mystic messenger ‘have you eaten today’ bitch fuck off I was on a hunger strike against my brother”

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“I’m alone”

“You have us!”

“I’m alone and stuck with idiots” Izuku corrected himself. Glancing at his single piece of paper with his letter on it. Due to there being people being taken for extra lessons, there was an odd number. Meaning Izuku was alone for the fright challenge.

“We could just ditch it. I saw Kota go up there earlier”

“Yeah let’s go do that”

They began to make their way up the mountainside to Kota’s secret base. Half way up they began to see smoke rising from the forest.

“This doesn’t look goo-“

“C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E S-O-N-G song. C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E S-O-N-G song. And if you don’t think that we can sing it faster then you’re wrong. C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E S-O-N-G song!”

Yoichi continued to sing it as they continued up the mountain. They had picked up the pace slightly but we’re still focusing on the smoke rising from the blue flames.

“EVERYONE! VILLAINS ARE ATTACKING THE CAMP! ” Mandalay’s voice ran through his head. This wasn’t good at all. He decided it would be best to sprint to Kota now.

When he got to the secret base, he saw Kota cowering on the ground with a cloaked villain standing over him. Without thinking he used black whip and wrapped it around Kota, pulling him over to where Izuku was standing. The villain looked up at him before pulling off his hood and grinning.

“It’s you. The brat the boss wants”

“That what, the who now?”

“Enough of this!” 

With that, muscular charged towards Izuku. His fist raised ready to strike. As he ran, muscles began to emerge out of his arms and wrap around them. Making his arms bigger.  

“Ah fuck” Izuku murmured to himself. 

He looked at Kota who had tears in his eyes. It made sense since this was his parents murderer. He knew he had to save the kid. Even if the kid didn’t particularly like him. It was his duty as a hero and blah blah blah.

“Don’t worry Kota. I’m going to save you” he declared. Giving the boy his best smile to say ‘I hope everything will be okay but I have absolutely no clue whether or not it will actually work so hang on a bit with it’

He shoved Kota to the side before turning to face muscular who was still charging towards him.

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“Hang on. Pause the fic for a sec. He sure is taking his time to punch you. He’s been running at you for a good three mini paragraphs now.” Yoichi said as he appeared next to Izuku.

“Fanfic logic. We need time to explain the plot and devise a plan while the villain runs at us. It would make it less dramatic if he just punched me before we could tell Kota that we’re going to save him. Y’know?”

“Yeah but still… look at this. There’s literally a pause button in front of him and the whole world minus us is now in black and white”

“Fanfic logic”

“Fair… do you want a backing track then?”

“Is this backing track going to be the one for all users singing?”

“It’s what we’ve been doing the whole chapter”

“Yes and now this chapter is the longest in this fic. It’s already 2700 words and we’re not even near the end so how about we just skip this bit and get to the part everyone wants?”

“Good enough for me!”

“Sorry for the interruption readers. We now will return to your scheduled fic reading”

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Aizawa wasn’t entirely happy when he saw his student covered in blood while bruised and beaten. He also wasn’t entirely happy when said student chucked a child at him before yelling that he was going to ‘fuck some bitches up’ and running back off into the woods before he could even get a word in. 

He also had the displeasure of finding out not even thirty minutes later that said student was kidnapped by the villains he had run towards without a second thought.

He definitely wasn’t paid enough for this.

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“Ow” Izuku groaned as he awoke to find himself in a dim room. He pushed himself up to find that the floor was solid concrete. 

His eyes took a moment to adjust to the dim room. But when he did, he didn’t like what he saw.

The room was large and empty. It gave off a similar vibe to what the void was like before Izuku and First decorated it. The only difference being this one felt cold with no air of familiarity. The room was decorated similarly to how his bedroom had been decorated when he was younger. The only difference being that instead of All Might merchandise, there was captain hero and other pre quirk posters, figures and items that covered the walls and shelves. It felt odd that whoever was the reason behind his kidnapping (he knew it was the league but even this felt too far for them) knew exactly what his childhood bedroom had looked like.

The final thing he noticed about the room was the giant vault door. Izuku felt an icy cold feeling creep over him when he saw it. Everything was suddenly cold. 

He looked to see First beside him. Staring at the vault door with fear in his eyes. An uncertain look on his face. First remained like that for a good five minutes before he blinked for the first time and turned to Izuku. That haunted look still on his face. 

“Izuku…” he began. Voice timid. “This isn’t- this is- it’s not-” he took a deep breath. “We need to get out of here before it’s too late. If we’re in here then he knows. He knows something! I can’t- you- I can’t let you go through the same thing as I did”

Izuku was about to comfort Yoichi before the man completely switched up.

“THAT MOTHER FUCKING BITCH.” He screamed. “JUST WAIT UNTIL I SEE HIS STUPID FACE AGAIN. HE’S GONNA REGRET EVER FUCKING WITH ME AND MY SUCCESSORS! YOU HEAR THAT HISASHI. YOU’RE BITCH! YOU'RE DEAD TO ME”

Izuku was stunned by the sudden change in Yoichi's demeanor. 

“You okay?” He asked. Not entirely sure what he should say after that.

“Huh? Oh yeah. I just needed to get that out of my system. If I’m being honest, this isn’t the worst case scenario. I’ve been locked in enough of these to know all the tips and tricks to getting out.

“So what was with the freak out then?” Izuku asked. “The haunted look. The stuttering. The timid ass voice.”

“Realising that if we are in a vault my brother is definitely the cause and that I’ll need to see him again” Yoichi sighed. “The horror that is knowing he’s still gonna have that stupid ass smirk he has and will go on a whole monologue like he does every single time he defeats one of my successors” he paused. “Also the fact that if you’re locked in the vault he might tie you up in here and read Facebook memes and laugh at them like they’re actually funny until you slowly feel your sanity dwindling away. I don’t think I can cope with that again Izuku”

“Not the possibility of him just killing me?”

“Nah not really”

Izuku was about to retort but was interrupted by the sound of the vault door creaking and slowly opening. 

Where in all his glory. 

Stood All For One.

Chapter Text

All for one smiled down at the boy sitting in the middle of the vault. Of course, Izuku couldn't see it due to the mask. But it was there anyway.

He slowly walked forward, stopping in front of his son. He stood there for a moment once again before crouching down. He placed his hand on the boy’s cheek wanting to see his son’s reaction.

As expected. Izuku’s face morphed into one of disgust before he pushed himself away.

“Hi welcome to chilli’s” he said in a serious voice. He saw Izuku try to cover a laugh before he continued.

“Izuku Midoriya,” he said. Pausing to make sure he had the boy’s attention. Once he had confirmed that Izuku was focusing on him. He took off his mask to let his smile be seen. His son looked like he was holding in a laugh so he waited for a moment before continuing. “I hope you get used to this room. I spent so much time perfecting it just for you!” He said. 

All For One watched as Izuku glared at him.

“Now, now. There’s no reason for that look. I know this is all new and scary but I promise you that you’ll learn to love it” he said in a patronising voice. Speaking like he was talking to a toddler.

He got more silence in return.

“I see you’re deciding to be difficult. It’s no bother though. Maybe if I leave you in here for a while you’ll learn to be grateful and respond appropriately when someone spends so much time making the perfect gift for you.” and with that he turned on his heel and left the room. 

He entered his own room and turned to the TV. Turning it on to show the camera in his son’s room was working. He watched Izuku closely as he got up and started to look in the corner. Before seemingly starting to talk to something… or someone.

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“Did you see his dumb ass smile. It makes him look stupid… oh wait. He always looks stupid. Nothing new there.” Yoichi grumbled to himself as he sat in the corner of the vault now. Pouting. “Gotta admit though. He kinda suits the potato face. Has that ‘I got what I fucking deserved’ look to it. I wonder how much it hurts that narcissist's ego to have to see that ugly ass face every- OH WAIT HE DOESN’T HAVE EYES!” Yoichi then burst into laughter at his realization. “Guess I am and always will be the prettiest sibling!”

“The prettiest sibling with the most god awful fashion sense” Izuku laughed. Watching Yoichi gawk at his statement.

“My fashion sense is amazing, thank you very much!” Yoichi said while placing a hand on his chest and tilting his head up. “Much better than yours ‘Mr I wear shirts that say trousers on them’ and anyway. Why am I getting slander right now? What did I do to deserve this” 

“One. My fashion sense is iconic. Two. I don’t know, I just felt like it”

“Right, right”

“…”

“…”

“Should we try breaking out of here?”

“Meh, it’s worth a shot”

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“How the fuck did he make this vault so well?” Izuku groaned.

For the past god knows how long, they had been trying to find a way out to no avail. The other users had even tried flying around and outside the room to look for any clues. In the end they found nothing.

“Well he’s definitely learned how to make vaults since the days I was locked in here” Yoichi commended. “He even made the walls quirk proof or have quirk cancellers in them. But it only seemed to work when the vault door was closed. Cuz I felt the quirk when the door opened. Which he probably added after that one time I spun myself around so fast I was like a blur and ran into the vault wall like I was a beyblade”

“Unless I can somehow convince him to open the vault door — which I doubt he’ll do — we’re kinda stuck here then”

“Which brings me to my question. If he’s got quirk cancellers then how can you still see us? We are literally souls trapped by a quirk and the reason we even exist in the quirk is because it gained enough power to store and manifest our consciousnesses”

“I dunno. Plot relevance?”

“Sigh”

“Did you just say sigh out loud?”

“It’s been a long week”

“It’s literally like a Wednesday… I think”

“It’s Wednesday my dudes AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH”

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It was a while before All For One returned.

It was difficult to tell the time in the vault. So they went by the meals he got (and didn’t eat). So far there had been twelve, which suggested at least four days had passed. But he was doubtful because it could be likely that All For One was purposely giving him extra meals to confuse him.

“Are you ready to behave now?” The villain had asked. 

Izuku threw a glare at him but the man brushed it off. 

“I think you should come with me Izuku. I’ve got something to tell you.” All For One told Izuku. Beginning to walk out of the vault. “Oh” he paused before turning around. “If you try anything I thought I’d let you know I have eyes everywhere. And I have men who won’t hesitate to stop you. So I’d suggest you follow along”

“Reminds me of the time he had one of his followers stab me” Yoichi griped.

Sighing, Izuku pushed himself to his feet. Following slowly behind the man. He was swaying on his feet a bit from the lack of food but he still pushed forward.

“Oh, by the way Izuku. I’d stop with your little hunger strike. My little brother did the same thing and it got him nothing except becoming too weak to even try and stop me” 

“That’s bullshit” First grumbled. “I was perfectly capable to fight you even without food”

“He can’t hear you,” Izuku whispered.

“Who can’t hear me?” All For One questioned, tilting his head to face Izuku.

“Your mother, that's who” Izuku shot back.

All For One just sighed before continuing to walk.

They soon walked into a room which looked oddly familiar to a star wars movie set. Yoichi stopped for a minute to admire how close to the actual movie before turning to Izuku and giving a shrug. No idea what the villain was planning.

Suddenly, Izuku was lifted into the air and slammed into a tower in the middle of the room. All For One walked closer to where Izuku — who was really confused — was now grabbing the pole. 

“Izuku. You have not yet realised your importance. You’ve only begun to discover my brother's power… join me. And I will complete your training. With our combined strength we can end this disruptive conflict and bring order to the galaxy” he said.

“Is he really quoting Star Wars right now? The audacity of him. He said ‘he would never watch a stupid movie like that little brother’ then pulls this. Oh if only he could see me now. I would beat the shit out of him for all my Star Wars merch he destroyed because it was ‘nerdy crap I didn’t need’” Yoichi ranted. Beginning to pace around and make very inappropriate gestures towards his brother.

“I’ll never join you!” Izuku shouted. He knew the quote from the numerous times he’d watched the movie series with First. 

(Only, both Izuku and Yoichi are idiots and don’t actually see where this is going.)

“If you only knew the power… y’know what this is stupid. Blah blah never told you what happened to your father blah blah”

Yoichi looked offended. The gasp he let out when All For One decided to just skip over such an iconic scene in all the history of the Star Wars series was so loud and full of shock and anger Izuku had to stop himself from laughing.

“Izuku… I am your father” All For One finally says to his son. 

Izuku pauses.

Yoichi pauses.

“THAT’S NOT EVEN THE RIGHT QUOTE!!!” They both yell. Only Izuku’s yell actually being heard.

Yoichi takes it upon himself to finally do what he should have done the second he saw his bastard of a brother. And that was to possess Izuku.

“THE QUOTE IS ‘NO, I AM YOUR FATHER’” he yells through Izuku’s body. His voice being the only thing that makes it obvious that it’s not actually Izuku speaking. “Honestly. You have the actual audacity to quote star wars after bullying me for liking it my whole life. Then. THEN. You decide to not even do your research to make sure the one thing you had to say was even right? OH JUST YOU WAIT HISASHI! I’M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS SO HARD YOU’LL BE BEGGING FOR THE MERCY OF MY HUSBANDS WHOM YOU DESPISE! I WILL RUIN YOU FOR THIS YOU BASTARD. HOW DARE YOU TAINT THE BEAUTY THAT IS STAR WARS WITH YOUR FUCK UP” he yells in Hisashi’s face. The villain being too shocked to even respond.

“Brother?” He whispers out before the anger that was in his son? Brother? Seems to disappear. Leaving him with a shocked looking Izuku.

Hisashi begins to walk over before Izuku shouts in horror.

“Wait… FATHER???”

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Maybe passing out with the world's biggest villain — who you just found out was your father — in the room wasn’t the smartest idea. But hey, when has Izuku ever had a smart idea?

He was now contemplating all his life decisions in the void.

“He’s my father” he says. Voice devoid of all emotions.

“He’s your father” Third repeats. Patting Izuku’s back. Being the first one to ‘help’ Izuku.

“This is- I honestly wasn’t expecting this” Nana murmurs. “What’s next? That brat Shigaraki is actually my grandson who was abused by my son due to some abandonment issues which resulted in a hatred of heroes caused by me having to give him up because my husband was murdered by All For One and I feared he would be too. Only for All For One to find said abused grandson and groom him into being a villain?”

“At this point it wouldn’t be a surprise” Hikage sighed.

“I’m telling you that hand on the top of his head feels familiar. I just don’t know why”

“Guys! shouldn’t we be helping Izuku?”

“Shouldn’t we help Yoichi?” En added. Pointing to the ghost currently pacing the void.

“Why?” Nana, Diagoro and Hikage asked.

“Because he currently looks like he’s either going to commit homicide or scream from excitement and I don’t know what one it is”

“Why would he scream from excitement?” Diagoro questioned.

“3” En said

“2” Third continued.

“1” Second finished.

“I’M AN UNCLE!!!” Yoichi screamed with joy running up to Izuku and hugging him. “I have so many plans!” He sang, dragging Izuku off to the corner of the void. Izuku just accepted it. Not really knowing what to do.

“Wait…” Second pauses. “Oh no”

“What?” The other users asked.

“I’m his uncle too. Like literally and not just a pseudo one now” Second said in slight horror. “I’m even more connected. To that batshit crazy family now”

“I mean technically you already were in the pseudo family roles. But they’ve been needing to change anyway” En mentioned.

“They’ve all got to change” Diagoro piped up. “Eight is now the father figure — and the fact that will piss the bastard off is beautiful — but that means Third needs a new role. He can’t also be the dad”

“That’s fine. Technically I’m also included in the legit uncle role too”

“Really?” The others asked. “But that would mean you were-“

“Yeah. Do you really think I was the Third wheel — no pun intended — to Yoichi and Second’s whole marriage? Nope. Legally — kind of. Technically we were war criminals when it happened so it’s not entirely legal but we do have the certificate — I’m also married to them both. We just thought it was funny to make it seem like I wasn’t.”

“And you never told us?! I'm hurt” Nana puts a hand on her chest. “Does anyone but you three know?”

“All For One for obvious reasons. (Cough cough Yoichi using it to annoy him because ‘how could his baby brother get married to two criminals who are working to eliminate him’) and Izuku”

“Wait, Izuku knew?!?” Nana shouts in shock.

“Yeah. Do you forget we have gossip sessions. I told him a while ago. He was in on the secret and agreed to stay quiet to see how long it would take you to notice”

“That little traitor” En and Diagoro yell.

“Anyway. I can join the uncle squad. Meaning that I don’t have to be the responsible one anymore” 

“Oh no” Second whispered. Causing the other users to turn and finally face him.

“Why oh no?” The others asked, now growing fearful of Second’s reaction. 

“I don’t know why you’re saying oh no Second” Third smiled.

“Stop being so fucking nice and show them how crazy you are”

Third only continued to smile which scared the users even more.

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When Izuku woke up from passing out. He found himself back in the vault. Except this time he had a plan.

Operation make All For One ever regrets locking him in here by being as annoying as humanly possible (aka quote memes and vines until he begs you to stop)

The only issue was he was going to have to wait until he next saw the villain. 

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Days had passed with no sign of All For One. Food kept appearing in his room, but the villain himself wasn’t to be seen.

“Y’know. being locked in here has really allowed me to think and work out some things” 

“Like?”

“The answer to the universe”

“Is it 42?”

“It’s 42”

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“Izuku?” All For One called as he opened the vault door. “I’m sorry I’ve not been able to visit you. Some heroes found the league's main base so I was helping them relocate. But to make it up. I’ve brought you a gift”

“So you just gonna bring me a birthday gift on my birthday to my birthday party on my birthday with a birthday gift?”

“It’s not even your birthday”

Izuku huffed, turning as if he were going to face the wall. He then did a full 180 and sprinted for the open vault door. Only to be grabbed by the back of the neck by All For One.

“Izuku, I know this is new. But as your father-“

“You’re not my dad! always wanna hear sumn- ugly ass fucking potatolehead-“

“Stay put. It’s for your own good”

“HoW dO yOu KnOw WhAt’S gOoD fOr Me?”

“tHaT’s My oPiNiOn!”

…

“Anyway” All For One said after a moment of silence. Trying to bring the topic back to what he originally wanted to say. “I’ve brought you a gift”

“What is it?”

“It’s a crystal… nothing more” he said as he slowly backed away and out of the vault.

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After many more failed attempts at trying to get Izuku to speak to him civilly and just stay in the vault. He decided it was time for a new tactic. 

Tomura Shigaraki.

Hoping that his successor would have better luck at conversing with his son. He decided to send Tomura in to speak with his younger brother. He also prayed that Izuku never got that ‘brother hating’ gene Yoichi seemed to have.

He was trying his best to deal with his son. Especially after he heard his brother's voice come out of him with the same rage Yoichi had always had. He’d seen his son supposedly speaking to thin air. He knew something was going on. But if he could even get his son to trust him and sit still in the vault. How was he meant to get the truth on if Izuku was really seeing his uncle or if it was just some trick.

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Tomura wasn't entirely sure how he ended up in this situation. One minute he was in their new base playing video games. The next he was teleported to Sensei’s room and was told to bring his little brother some food (a croissant to be exact). 

He made his way over to the vault. Opening it up and looking inside to see… NOTHING.

Just as he was about to call sensei. The brat jumped out and screamed at him.

“WAH! Stahp! I could’ve dropped my croissant”

Izuku just flipped him off while trying to make an escape. Luckily Kurogiri was on guard and created a portal in front of his brother. Right back into the vault.

“Baby brother. Why must you defy me like this?”

“The fuck to you just say to me”

“Baby brother?”

“Disgusting”

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“Wanna fuck with him too?” Izuku asked. Despite hating the fact that Tomura had referred to him as ‘baby brother’ Izuku felt his newly known little brother instincts kick in. 

“Oh absolutely I do” Yoichi answered.

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The next time Tomura came to visit Izuku had a plan. From the void he had materialised some fake blood and covered his eyes, ears and nose in it. Making it seem as if they were all gushing blood. Then he placed one in his mouth and waited.

Tomura walked into the room and Izuku stood not facing him. He waited for Tomura to talk before he turned around and bit down on the blood packet. Causing to spurt and slowly drip out of his mouth. Holding out his hand towards Tomura he stumbled forward before collapsing and then began convulsing on the ground. 

Tomura screamed and All For One burst through the vault door. Just in time for Izuku to initiate part two of his plan. He had En use smoke screen to create an eerie mist over the vault floor. He then got Nana to float him into the air but only by his middle so that his arms and legs dangled.

The users began to screw around with the lights, making them flicker before fully shutting off.

And finally First possessed Izuku again. And brought up a memory that only Hisashi Shigaraki would know.

A second later Izuku screamed a horrific screech and dropped to the floor and lay there. Motionless. 

Tomura looked on the verge of passing out before he made a swift exit. Practically sprinting out of the room.

“Not today [redacted] All For One yelled before using a teleporting quirk to get away. 

(A/n [redacted] is Second’s name but since no one knows what it is then this is what you’re getting)

Completely leaving the vault door open.

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“Huh. That worked”

“So do we escape?”

“You might hate me for this. But I was kinda wanting to snoop around. See if there’s anything interesting”

“Idiots” Second grumbled. “All of you”

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Snooping definitely was an idiotic decision. The first room he walked into was Tomura’s room. The traumatised villain was sitting on his bed playing video games looking like he wanted to end it all.

The villain turned and just stared at him. Then he brought out his phone and held it up. Eyes wide with great and body slightly shaking. Izuku saw that the contact name was ‘dad sensei’.

“Wait. How about we compromise? I leave and you don’t call All For One. You get the option to get rid of me and never have to see me again. Seems like a win win situation to me”

“Nice try, baby brother. But that isn’t going to work on me. I’ve already contacted da- Sensei and he’s on his way here now. Now get out of my room I’m playing minecraft”

“But that’s terraria”

Tomura sent him a death glare which Izuku noted and slowly began to back away. Straight into All For One

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“Izuku. I need you to tell me who taught you these pre-quirk era references” All For One pleaded. 

“Your mother. That’s who”

“Not this again” All For One sighed. “Tell me!”

“Fine it was candice”

“Candice? Who’s Candi- NO!”

“HA!”

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“Father when can I leave to be in my own~ I’ve got the whole world to see”

“Haha Worldussy” First laughed.

“Please. I beg of you to stop”

“Oh so now you beg. It’s not like I did the same thing and you ignored me and continued to read Facebook minion memes and anti-vax posts” yoichi continued to gripe at All For One. His complaints are going unheard of course. 

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“Your hair is starting to get long” Yoichi said one day while rubbing his hands through Izuku’s hair. It was down to his shoulders now and was just a pure mess of curls. Not much of a difference since his hair used to be just below his ears but It was to be expected since he’s been in the vault for at least three months now.

“I’ve noticed. But there isn’t much I can really do. There’s literally nothing in here I could use to cut it” Izuku sighed, twisting one of the strands. He didn’t exactly hate his hair being longer. However he did hate how All For One tried to use it as an opportunity to bond with him by doing his hair. According to Yoichi he did the same thing until Yoichi grabbed the sharpest object and threatened to hack it off yelling ‘I’m not afraid. I tried to give myself a wolf cut before and you saw what happened there’.

“I mean, it really suits you if I’m being honest. You could maybe leave it like this. Trim it to keep it neat obviously. But you really do look good with long hair” Yoichi whispered (why he was whispering? Izuku didn’t know. It’s not like All For One could hear him unless he possessed Izuku which he hasn’t done because it seemed to drain Izuku completely of his energy)

“Y’think?”

“Yeah. I don’t mean this to sound bad. But when it was shorter you kinda looked like a mini Hisashi. I’ve only now realised it since y’know. But the more I think about it the more similar you look with younger him.”

“The long hair is staying”

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After many failed attempts to bond with his son (and have his son bond with his adopted brother) All For One finally had an idea that was foolproof. 

Or that’s what he told himself when he spent his Friday afternoon setting up the perfect setting for family game night. There were snacks and a bunch of movies to watch after. It was perfect.

In hindsight he should have thought about the fact that Izuku and Tomura absolutely despise each other. Which is ironic because most of the times he’s seen them they seemed to get along. Just doing normal brotherly things like kicking eachother off of roofs and threatening to kill each other. Those were things he and Yoichi did constantly when growing up. Especially when he locked Yoichi in the closet when he annoyed him and then he would quote Facebook memes. That’s when Yoichi would really show his brotherly love by threatening to burn his suits. Hisashi would of course respond by threatening to destroy Yoichi’s Star Wars and anime merch. 

At first Tomura was trying to converse with Izuku. Calling him baby brother and trying to talk about his day (something Hisashi constantly did with yoichi when he was in the vault). But Izuku completely rejected it. Seemingly growing more annoyed every time the words ‘baby brother’ came out of Tomura’s mouth.

“HE CHEATED!” Izuku yelled. Pointing an accusatory finger at Tomura.

“Pay up bitch!” Tomura lauged. Holding his hand out to Izuku. Which resulted in Izuku flipping him off.

“Son. Give your brother ¥200. You landed in his property”

“It’s not his property! He doesn’t even have the cards for it. Plus. He’s a villain. He probably commits tax evasion, so has enough money as it is!”

“It is my property. Now hand over the money before I dust you!”

“Oh I’d like to see you try asshole!”

“Bring it!”

“BOYS” All For One shouted to try and get their attention.

“SHUT THE FUCK UP!” They both yelled back at him.

Taking this as his opportunity, he reached over to the bank and stole some money and a few of the boys cards. It took them a while to notice but when they did they both turned on him.

Well at least they were bonding.

He had other games which might work out better too.

Yoichi however had begun to rant about how All For One would always do that when they played. Izuku had to sit there and listen to both Yoichi and Tomura complain. Until All For One spoke.

“I’ve got uno”

“It’s fine”

“No it’s not fine!” Yoichi pouted. But since no one could hear him the game began.

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“I was thinking”

“You can think?” Second laughed.

“Rude. Anyway I was thinking. Don’t all the users have a spiritual connection to one for all?”

“Yea, why?”

“What about Toshinori? He would be connected to it right? Hence the vestige version of him”

“Right”

“Why don’t we try to communicate with actual Toshinori through vestige Toshinori?”

“That… might actually work”

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Toshinori woke up that night from a weird dream? Nightmare? Of his boy, his mentor and six other mysterious figures doing a conga line and the Macarena. He grabbed a spare notebook trying to decipher what it meant. But all he got was a link to a video on this old website called YouTube. He had no idea what that meant.

Chapter Text

Hisashi opened up the vault to see Izuku sitting with an mepad watching something. It wasn’t until he recognised the music being “on and on” that he had an idea of what Izuku might be watching. After all, Yoichi used to watch these videos non stop when he was around eight.

“What are you doing?” He asked. Eyebrow raised as he waited for an answer.

“Watching the top ten best vault escapes” Izuku replied. Not taking his eyes off the screen. “These are really amazing. Even better than the top ten most dangerous rollercoasters.”

“It’s 3am. You should be asleep” he sighed, taking the mepad away from his son and destroying it with a quirk. “Where did you even get a mepad?”

“Hid it under my pillow. Since you took away my ds I had to make do”

Which was true. Hisashi kept finding Izuku with random electronics over the past month. He had begun to give up when Izuku brought out a Nokia phone and began prank calling people. Not calling and asking for help. Simply prank calling them. It made Hisashi question if Izuku was serious about not wanting to be in the vault, considering he’s had many escape chances but hasn’t taken them.

“Y’know what. I don’t even care at this point” Hisashi sighed. He was about to turn and leave when- “what’s up with the hot glue everywhere?”

“Oh that,” Izuku said. Not phased in the slightest. “I tried some five minute crafts to see if I could break out of here. As you can see, it was unsuccessful”

“When has five minute crafts ever been successful? Also it’s been around about six months. At this point, Do you really think that anyone is coming to save you little Izuku?” He teased. Smile growing as he waited for his son’s reaction.

“Worth a shot. And honestly nah. I’m just hoping that I’ll ware you down enough to the point you’ll absolutely despise me and just let me leave” Izuku grinned. 

“I put up with my brother for the thirty something years of his life… if I could cope with that, then I believe I can cope with you little one. After all” he paused and smiled wider. “You’re my son Izuku. And even though you take after your uncle in many (many) ways. I won’t ever let you leave”

“Okay… but what if you do?” Izuku asked. Tilting his head slightly and taking a step towards Hisashi.

“I won’t” Hisashi replied, standing his ground. He knew what Izuku was trying to do. 

“But you could”

“Not gonna happen”

“Yes”

“No”

“Yes”

“Absolutely not”

They kept going back and forth for another five minutes before a familiar face appeared. Tomura stood in the entrance of the vault.

“What do you want Tomura?” All For One asked. A hint of disdain in his voice. “Can’t you see I’m trying to convince your brother that he’s never leaving and that he should just accept his new life”

“Except he’s completely wrong. Because I am going to leave. And then I’m going to ask Toshinori to adopt me” Izuku countered. Staring Hisashi directly in his eyes at the last part of his deceleration.

“You’re not”

“Oh, but I am”

“I won’t allow you to do that, you little-“

“Y’know what” Tomura mumbled.. “I’ll just come back at a different time” he proceeded to turn and walk out of the vault.

“It’s 3am. You should be asleep anyway!” Hisashi called after him. “Y’know what. Go to sleep, Izuku. We’ll continue this conversation in the morning” he sighed. Following Tomura’s lead and leaving the vault.

__________

“Okay Izuku, I know you’re awake now it’s time to have a serious conversation about-“ Hisashi began before his voice suddenly cut out. He, of course. Didn’t notice this as he could still hear his own voice.

Izuku sat on his bed keeping a straight face as he pressed and impressed the mute button on a remote he found. The remote apparently being for All For One’s mask.

This continued for another ten minutes until Tomura walked into the vault. Upon seeing his sensei gesturing like he was talking despite no noise being heard, he turned to give a sceptical glance at Izuku. Izuku just winked at him.

Deciding he didn’t get paid enough for this — he actually didn’t get paid at all — he just walked over and sat beside Izuku. Gesturing for the remote. When handed it, he fiddled with a few buttons before pressing the unmute button.

What Izuku wasn’t expecting was for All For One’s voice to come out in Spanish. He glanced at Tomura who chuckled in response.

He continued to change the language for another twenty minutes before All For One had finished his whole rant and left the vault, not realising how his mask was now set to German 

__________

“I can’t believe he changed the language” Nana laughed, appearing behind Izuku. Izuku gave a nod in agreement.

“For someone who is apparently an ‘evil mastermind’ and ‘the most sociopathic and uncaring person in Japan’ he really doesn’t show it” Second grumbled, also deciding to become visible to Izuku. “What happened to the cold hearted asshole we all dealt with?”

“He became a dad” Third said. “Albeit a shit one. But a dad nonetheless” he shook his head and sat beside Izuku.

“And how do you know that was the cause?” Second asked, glaring at Third, who sat with a straight expression.

“My father was the same. Stone cold bastard until I came around. He gave up his job and everything for me once I got my ability” Third smiled as he remembered. “He was a spy and assassin for the anti-abilities association. And a roughless one at that. But when I was born he lightened up a bit on his work, and when I got my ability he completely gave it up”

“You know. For someone so private, enough so that you won’t even give us your name or age. You sure love to ramble about your life” Izuku said, side eyeing Third. “We literally just found out you were married to Yoichi and Second after having us convinced it was just those two who were married by the way you would talk about them. Yet you’ll tell me about ‘back in your day’ without a single moment of hesitation” 

“Yeah, I’m not seeing your point here” Third replied, shrugging his shoulders. Also I never said we weren’t married”

“You said. And I quote:

 “ They actually jokingly got ‘married’ once and when I questioned them they said something about the government and taxes. Not like we actually paid any taxes because we were wanted all over Japan. But then Second wanted a divorce because Yoichi kept quoting memes and would call Second a greasy iPad kid who didn’t have the mental capacity to understand anything but cocomellon”

What part of that ‘THEY’ includes you?”

“I never said we weren’t married. I just stated those two decided to get married and say it was for the tax benefits. Not once did I say I was or wasn’t apart of that decision”

__________

Izuku and the other users tried getting another message out to Toshinori. This time it was Izuku’s idea to take one of vestige Toshinori’s smoke hair strands, enlarge it and place it on the floor.

He then had the other stand in a circle around it and begin dancing around it.

“All hail the All Might hair” he said while doing the ritualistic dance around the smoke hair.

They all went along with it for a good five minutes until Yoichi realised what they were doing.

“Are we doing that stupid tomodachi life dreams?” He asked, his shoulders moving up and down as he curled in on himself and began laughing.

__________

When Hisashi entered the vault another day, he saw Izuku lying in bed. He walked over to his son to see if anything was wrong. When getting closer, Izuku sneezed and coughed which instantly set off alarm bells for Hisashi. 

Rushing over, he began to fret about his son. Was he I’ll? Did he need the doctor? He felt his son’s head. No temperature. That was somewhat good. 

“Izuku what happened?!” He asked the boy who had opened his eyes to look at the man.

“Sorry…” he mumbled. His voice sounding frail. “It’s just… I’m… I’m”

“What is it?”

“I’m allergic to little bitches” he said, his mouth curving up into a smile.

Hisashi stood still in shock. He took a deep breath. Another one. Then spoke.

“Izuku… if it weren’t for the fact you were my son and I love you very much. You’d be dead right now”

“I’m already dead inside Hisashi. Do your worst”

“First of all. No” he paused. “Second of all. It’s dad to you. Or father”

“Pack it up Darth Vader wannabe”

__________

“Listen, all I’m saying is that you need to let me speak to Yoichi” All For One pleaded. He has been trying to get Yoichi to talk to him since the reveal. Yet the only time he’s seen any trace of his brother was when Izuku pulled his little stunt on him a few months ago. “Little brother! I know you can hear me!”

He was met with silence. And then with Izuku (or possibly Yoichi) flipping him off

__________

Tomura showed up later without All For One. He stepped into the vault and locked it behind him (probably to make sure the weird “the vault cancels Izuku’s quirk when it’s closed” mechanism worked)

“Little brother, I brought an old phone. Wanna play Roblox?” The villain asked, throwing the phone currently ex-Hero in training. 

“Don’t call me that” Izuku complained, catching the phone. He opened it up and opening Roblox. “What game are we playing?”

“Wanna take the piss out of people on royal high?”

“Sure, why not”

__________

“Why is there a potato attached to the fan? Actually, wait. When did we get a fan in here?” Tomura asked as he entered the vault the next day.

“A potato flew around my vault before-“

“No”

__________

“Okay, but hear me out” Izuku begged, following Tomura. “You let me out of the vault. We have a truce on the grounds that All For One is the worst human being ever”

“Sensei isn’t even that bad. And you should be referring to him as father. Considering he IS your father” Tomura replied, blowing off the comment about letting Izuku out of the vault.

“Please big brother” Izuku begged. “C’mon big brother, just let me out”

Izuku could see Tomura’s resolve beginning to crumble as he continued his younger brother ways of annoying the hell out of the villain.

___________

“If we’re gonna do tomodachi life dreams then I have an idea” First said as he walked over to Izuku. He whispered the idea into Izuku’s ear which caused the boy to light up and run over to vestige Toshinori.

That night Izuku made the vault look like a camp ground and stood beside vestige Toshinori. He then turned to whisper in his ear.

“All For One has me locked in a vault somewhere. He’s also my dad”

Vestige Toshinori’s face then flew off and towards the roof of the vault where it disappeared to the users. 

They all saw the subtitles “no way! You’ve got to be kidding!” Appear as it happened.

__________

“Okay but how about we just leave together?”

“I wouldn’t do that to sensei. I’ve been loyal to him since the day he saved me and took me in. I wouldn’t just let you escape. That would be defying sensei” Tomura reasoned. 

“When he took you in? Wasn’t that like too many years ago to count? C’mon live a little. We can go to moonbucks or something. Stop being such a boomer”

“I’m twenty”

“You’re twenty? It’s alright, All For One doesn’t even need to know baby girl”

“I hate that I know exactly what you’re quoting” Tomura grimaced.

“Exactly! We have a mutual understanding, so will you let me out? I won’t even leave your side. I just need out of the vault for a while”

Tomura stared blankly at him. I’m return, Izuku sighed. Slumping over and dragging his hands down his face.

“Look at me! Six months of not being able to work out or use my quirk — which still doesn’t even make sense on how you can still use yours when the vault door is closed but I can’t —“

“Also how you can still see us and use the void powers of summoning anything you want. Which is weird because that disappear when Eraserhead uses his quirk on you” Yoichi added in. The others agreed with him. It was a stupid plot point. But it was already established so it’s too late to change it now.

“I have literally no muscles or strength left. If I tried to use my quirk at this point I’d probably blow my arms off. What kind of threat would I be out in the real world? C’mon big brother. Pleaaaaase”

Tomura sighed, stood up, and made his way to the vault door. Opening it up, he nodded his head in the direction. Gesturing for Izuku to follow.

“Oh my god that actually worked” Izuku mumbled. “Maybe if we ask him, he would punch All For One for us.”

“Did he really just give in because you called him big brother?” Nana asked. She was in as much shock as the other users right now. “That’s kind of pathetic”

The other users began to chime in with similar remarks which caused Izuku to hold back laughter. It wasn’t even that funny if he was being honest, but he still felt like laughing anyway.

Tomura, who had had enough of watching his younger brother look at the air around him and make expressions like he was engaged in a conversation, called out to him. “Are you coming? or should I just leave you here to-“

SMASH

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Tomura was sent flying backwards due to the wind pressure the attack caused. He slammed into the wall beside Izuku. And began breathing rapidly. He had clearly been winded in the ordeal. Smoke filled the room as shouting began to ring out.

“Ow my leg” he groaned out in pain. 

“SpongeBob? Really?” Izuku blanked.

“Don’t question me, I’m in serious pain here. It’s the first thing my mind thought of” Tomura defended himself.

“I could make it worse for you,” Izuku offered.

“Touch me and I’ll disintegrate you”

“Wow, and I thought we were bonding, big brother” Izuku said, holding his hand over his heart in an effort to show he was hurt.

“The cain instinct is real, little brother”

“I know, that’s why I offered to make it worse. I think we would grow way closer if we had a fight to the brink of death and the winner is proven superior and gets to be player one in any and all games we play for the rest of our— hopefully short— lives” Izuku stated, placing his hands on his hips and puffing out his chest.

“You’re the worst” Tomura retorted.

“You literally kidnapped me” Izuku deadpanned.

“It’s not really kidnapping. It’s more of a surprise adoption. Except it’s not an adoption at all because Sensei is your father and I’m your brother. So more like a family holiday except we’ve not left Japan and haven’t really gone on holiday”

“You literally just contradicted yourself through that whole sentence.” 

“Yeah, but it makes sense still.”

“When did we suddenly start to get along again?” Izuku asked. Not exactly knowing when they became civil and actually more like brothers than they were when he first arrived in the vault. “Like I can feel myself starting to tolerate you”

“I think it was during our fourth family game night where we realised sensei was cheating and combined our competitiveness and pettiness together to absolutely ruin his monopoly experience to the point he had to ban it because we were an unstoppable force to be reckoned with when we played it” Tomura answered, still breathing heavily and holding onto his ribs.

“He absolutely deserved the ruthless destruction of all he had built. That lying bastard was embezzling money from the bank to build hotels on properties he did not own” he complained. “Then he would just not go to jail, saying that he paid off the police because they’re a corrupt organisation that’s easily manipulated by those who hold more power and money”

“Ah yes, vicious cycle of life and monopoly”

“I mean we all die. You rather kill yourself or get killed” Izuku whispered. Tomura in rerun began to beatbox. “what’cha gonna do?”

They were both silent for a second. Wow this smoke was taking ages to clear.

“So do we have a truce on the grounds All For One is a lying bastard and needs to be shown that you don’t fuck with the best monopoly players Japan’s ever seen?” Izuku held his hand out for a handshake.

“Why didn’t you propose that earlier? It’s a way better truce than ‘Sensei is the worst’” Tomura shook his hand back. Before realising that his quirk activated.

“Oh… there goes my arm” he murmured as his fingertips began to turn to dust. Luckily for him, Tomura realised what was happening and stopped his quirk before it was too late. Leaving Izuku’s skin on his  left hand and slightly up his arm cracked but not gone.

“That’s gonna scar” Tomura told him. Lips thin and eyes slightly concerned. “And not like a normal scar. You’re hands gonna look cracked but with less blood”

“Awww you actually care, big brother?” Izuku cooed. 

“No… I just realised how screwed I am if sensei sees that”

“I’m gonna tell him”

“C’mon it wasn’t even that bad. Here, you can use your quirk on me too”

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“It’s kind of scary that I can see the similarities between them and my brother and I” Yoichi whispered to the users. “These two are almost the exact same, just not as homicidal… yet”

“I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing” Nana muttered beside him.

“Do you think he’s calling him big brother as a joke or?” Hikage asked.

“It’s a mix of both” Yoichi said. “He’s totally milking it because it makes Shigaraki fold like an omelette. But it’s also somewhat genuine and not genuine at all”

“Meaning?” Second asked.

“Oh! They’re totally using it to piss the other off. “Can’t you hear the pettiness in their voice when they say it? What I mean by the mix is that they’re gonna get so used to calling eachother it that it will become natural. The same happened between me and Hisashi. He started calling me little brother to patronise me and I called him big brother back in the exact same way. Eventually it became the normal way for us to refer to each other. Low-key sure he actually forgot my name at one point”

“funny, yes… but not funny haha. funny weird” Diagoro said

“That’s not the slightest bit concerning” Second sighed, rolling his eyes.

“I find it entertaining” En whispered. “See who’s the first to break and get annoyed over it”

“I swear you enjoy causing drama” Nana frowned.

“Oh I do! I don’t normally speak. never did in life or death… until Izuku came around that is. But I used to hear everything. I heard all the drama all the time. Izuku is also the type who reacts to everything with the ‘I’ll fight you’ attitude. So it’s entertaining to watch the drama he gets into.

“I would say the “I’ll fight you” is more Bakugou, is it not?” Third asked. His face frowning, similar to Nana’s.

“You are right. But think about it. Izuku is literally a Yoichi mini me. You challenge either of them in a fight they’ll agree. Even if they know they’ll lose. That’s what I mean. Also Izuku has literally threatened to fight All For One seventy three times in the past six months he’s been in the vault”

“You literally encourage it.” Nana retorted.

“Also seventy three isn’t as much as I expected. I thought it would be in the hundreds by now” Yoichi mumbled.

“It’s entertaining to see him go from calm to ‘I’ll kick your ass’ in the matter of All For One appearing”

__________

It wasn’t until the smoke cleared and he saw All Might’s figure standing there did he let out a breath.

“All Might?” Izuku called out from beside Tomura.

“Yes my boy!” The hero grinned. “I’m sorry it took us so long, but we are here to save you!” He said, stepping aside to let the other heroes rush into the room. Izuku was quickly grabbed by them while Tomura was detained by the others.

“How did you find me?” He asked his hero.

“Ah well, it’s kind of a strange story.” The hero admitted. “I had a dream where you told me you were locked in a vault, and that All For One was your father” he paused in his story telling for a moment. “My face then flew off and out of this weird building and then into the universe. Even though it was a strange dream, I had the urge to look into the building and when doing so we picked up on strange activity and decided to preform a raid. And here we are”

“Vestige Toshinori you beautiful bastard” Izuku whispered. Surprisingly not catching All Might’s attention at his comment.

“That really worked?” Second asked in shock.

“HA! IT REALLY WORKED!” Yoichi laughed.

“I also got a weird dream about you, my master and some other figures worshiping my hair” All Might admitted.

“Oh… how… strange? very peculiar indeed” Izuku sympathised, trying his hardest not to laugh.

It was quiet for a moment. An awkward science between the two.

“It wasn’t lying about the whole ‘I’m All For One’s son by the way. That’s completely true” Izuku blurted out.

“What-“

“Wha- ack” Izuku began to hack up some strange grey goop.

“Izuku, my boy?” All Might called out as Izuku was surrounded in the sludge before disappearing completely.

__________

The sludge reappeared outside of the vault. Dropping Izuku beside his father. A few moments later, some more sludge appeared and Tomura was dropped beside him. The villain landing on his face. Tomura having a harsher fall than Izuku did let out another groan of pain.

“Oh come on! Again?! Why me?!?” He yelled out, rubbing his face from where he scraped it and pushing himself up.

“Ha, sucks” Izuku mocked.

“I will fucking destroy you” 

“Will you two please get along?” All For One asked. “You’re brothers, you should behave like it”

“So you want me to lock him in a closet and read Facebook minion memes to him?” Izuku asked.

“Then you want me to try and stab him?” Izuku added on.

“And then for me to burn his All Might merch?”

“Only for me to declare war against him and try to run him over with a car… three times?”

“And then for me to lock him in a vault”

“Only for me to escape with my two true loves. Except that will never happen cuz I don’t do romance. But then try to run away from him for the rest of my life. Except I won’t run away and I will most definitely go back to argue with him?”

“Is that what you’re asking for us to do?” They both asked simultaneously.

All For one stood there for a moment, stunned into complete silence from the synchrony and knowledge his two sons shared.

“How did you know about all that?” He asked sceptically.

“Yoichi told me”

“Izuku told me”

“Ah that makes sens- wait. YOICHI TOLD YOU?!”

“Who’s Yoichi?” 

“You know exactly who Yoichi is”

“Yeah. Me”

“No, you’re not Yoichi”

“I’m the meme hero: Yoichi”

“You know what Yoichi I mean”

“Do I?”

“You do”

“All For One” All Might called as he shot towards the area. “Your reign of terror ends now”

“Funny, that’s exactly what you said last time” the villain spat back at the hero.

“Young Izuku, my boy. Get out of here!” All Might yelled as he burst forward towards All For One.

“Your boy? Please. He’s my son All Might” All For one sneered, raising his hands to prepare an attack.

Both super hero and super villain shot towards each other, both quirks roaring. They clashed and a huge explosion burst out over the city, knocking both Izuku and Tomura backward.

“Owwww” the villain once again groaned.

“Today really isn’t your day”

“Well i tell you what sherlock holmes” Tomura started pettily “you are unbelievable” he sighed. “What else have you noticed?

“That I’m severely lacking in a moonbucks coffee”

“Really?” The villain deadpanned.

“I wasn’t joking. We could get a McFC too” Izuku suggested, continuing to stay down on the ground.

“I want a big, original recipe Mac” Tomura said.

“Why are you saying it like I’m paying” 

“Because you are,” Tomura replied. Smirk 

“As you can see. I am very small. And I have no money. So you can imagine the kind of stress that I am under”

“John Mulaney, really?”

“Anyway. Let’s go get some moonbucks”

“Fine. Kurogiri, let’s go”

__________

“- and can I get a pink drink?” Tomura asked the barista at the moonbucks they went to. Due to Tomura being a criminal I’m Japan, they had to get Kurogiri to take them to one in America.

“A pink drink?” Izuku laughed.

“This is a no judgment zone”

They both waited for their names (which were horribly pronounced by the barista) to be called out. They took their drinks and sat down at a table. Kurogiri sitting beside Tomura, but not making his presence too known. It was almost like he wasn’t there.

“I can’t believe you left the league to deal with themselves” Izuku said, taking a sip from his iced latte. “What a great leader you are” he said sarcastically.

“I know. I’m a fabulous leader” he responded as he took a sip from his drink. “Anyway, I’m sure they can deal with themselves. If not, then Sensei can help them.”

“Do you think they’ve realised we left?”

“Probably not”

__________

They returned back to their original places in Japan ten minutes later. Only to see that All For One and All Might were still going at each other. None of them seemed to have realised the two boys had been missing for the past fifteen minutes.

They both had their hands on the other, trying to throw each other down. Diagoro took this moment to make an appearance.

“Can I get a waffle? Can I PLEASE get a waffle” he said as All For One began slamming All Might into the ground repeatedly.

“Oof, that’s gotta hurt” Yoichi mumbled. 

__________

“Welcome to the fight, folks. In the right corner, our number one hero, the man with the smile to save a million. ALL MIGHT!” Izuku cheered, appearing to be dressed in a presenter's outfit with a microphone in hand.

“And here in the left corner we have his opponent. The dastardly villain, his quirks are a million. The ruthless, terrifying ALL FOR ONE” Tomura half heartedly cheered into his mic. Dressed exactly the same as Izuku.

“Now Tomura, here we see two global superpowers — and I don’t mean their quirks — going against each other in the fight of a century. Super hero vs super villain. What do you think?”

“Well Izuku. As you can see, these two are both very powerful and influential in their own ways. No matter the outcome there is going to be a drastic shift in society itself. It’s a very important match for the champion belt”

“Exactly Tomura, that’s why they’re going full WWE style this round. Not that we saw the first round because it happened when I was around four and couldn’t provide the commentary for our readers-“

“Readers?”

“You’ll learn eventually. Just go along with it”

“Okay?”

“But this is a very important round. How about we listen carefully to the words being exchanged between our two fighters”

The very newly summoned camera panned towards the fight, the audio beginning to be picked up.

“Surrender now All For One!”

“You’ll die before I do that All Might!”

“Very heated indeed” Tomura commented as All For One threw All Might into a building “A rough hit from All For One there. Will All Might recover?”

“Of course he has. The man’s been in the game for around thirty years now. He can walk off an injury like that with ease”

“All Might retaliates with a Texas smash. Very wise choice of attack” Tomura continues with his commentation.

“But His- All For One manages to counter it” Izuku adds in.

“An old man is joining the fight?”

“That’s Gran Torino for you readers out there who don’t know. A retired hero who you’d think be dead due to a heart attack with the amount of sugar he consumes, instead of healthy well balanced meals”

“Truly a mystery to how he fights right now”

“Okay folks, we’ll be back after a quick commercial break”

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“Are you tired of being chased around by a supervillain for the entirety of your life?” Hikage began, sitting in a wood like scenery. “Don’t you just wanna get away from it all?”

He stood up and walked towards the camera.

“Well now you can with One For All’s fourth user’s woodland retreat” he smiled. “For only the low, low price of giving up your social life, you too can spend seventeen years in solitude”

“One For All’s solitary retreat. Register now”

__________

“And now for the weather, here’s our weather man Daigoro. Daigoro?”

“IT’S GONNA BE HOT!”

“Thank you Daigoro” Izuku said before turning to Tomura. “This guys not gonna work”

“Who is this guy? There’s no one here”

“CLIMATE CHANGE” Daigoro interrupted. 

__________

“We should listen to what some of our viewers have to say” Izuku points to another camera slightly off from the fight. “Starting with Yoichi Shigaraki. All For One’s brother.”

In front of the camera, Yoichi appeared.

“This is just horrible” he whined. “Fourty minutes of fighting and Hisashi isn’t even dead. It’s truly a tragedy”

Yoichi disappeared and Second appeared.

“Now here’s Second” Izuku introduced.

“Honestly there shouldn't be a second round to begin with. All For One lost the first fair and square when his head was smashed in.”

“Now here we have Nana Shimura. A respectable hero who fought All For One too”

Nana was the next one in front of the camera. She took a moment to fix her hair and makeup before she put on a sad face.

“All For One is a despicable, horrible Amman who is using a poor orphan known as Tomura to try and take over-“

“Did you know, All Might. That Tomura Shigaraki is actually the grandson of Nana Shimura” All For One taunted. Sadistic smile on his face as he watched All Might fumble.

“-I’m sorry, he’s my what now” Nana paused and turned to stare at All For One.

“I’m sorry, he’s your what now?” Izuku echoed.

“I’m sorry, I’m who’s what now?” Tomura also repeated.

__________

It wasn’t much later when Kurogiri ended up being hit by Gran Torino and was rendered unconscious. Slumping to the floor the moment Torino’s foot made contact with Kurogiri’s head? Mist? Izuku wasn’t sure.

All For One took notice of it and decided to speak up.

“Tomura, the league is already in a secure location” he activated a quirk and shot it into Kurogiri. Behind Tomura, a purple portal started to swirl. “Take your younger brother and get out of here”

“But sensei, I can’t leave you here! I’m meant to help you kill All Might” Tomura cried out, hand coming up to his neck to vigorously scratch it.

“This is getting very dramatic” Yoichi murmured. “I think we should have some background music” he said as he pulled out a recorder for himself and one for Izuku.

He passed Izuku the recorder and a bit of sheet music before he gave the go ahead to begin playing my heart will go on. Horribly because neither of them are the slightest but musically inclined.

“Go now!” All For One yelled, a shock wave bursting out of him. Sending Tomura flying backwards towards the portal. Izuku had managed to dive out of the way of the portal, so was only blown into a wall.

“SENSEI!” Tomura called out to the man one more time before disappearing through the portal which closed behind him.

“Rose you promised you wouldn’t let go” En whispered as he wiped a tear away. “Anyway chille, what are we doing now?”

“We probably should get away”

“But I have popcorn!” Yoichi piped up, holding up several bags. “So how about we stay and watch the show?”

__________

With one final blow, All Might knocked All For One into the ground. Leaving him unconscious. Midway during the fight, All Might had transformed into his skinny form. Having ran out of time during the fight. 

Now however, he was standing. Fist raised into the air in victory as he looked towards Izuku and pointed at him. He then gave Izuku a thumbs up before other heroes rushed in to help contain All For One and take All Might to get medical attention.

_________

“I’m telling you Mr Midoriya” Tsukauchi sighed and he was questioning the boy. “You need to tell us what All For One actually did to you while you were there”

“And I’m telling you Mr Tsukauchi” Izuku repeated. “He forced me and Tom-Shigaraki to play monopoly and uno with him until we got to competitive and tried murdering each other. He then cheated and we teamed up to absolutely destroy any hope he had of winning”

“This can’t be the serious answer” the detective sighed, running his hand down his face.

“You have the truth quirk. Is it pinging untrue to you? No. I didn’t think so”

“I’m going to dismiss you for now” Tsukauchi said. “You’ll be called back in later for further questioning”

“Really though, what do you want me to say? He tortured me? I mean he kind of did that time he read Facebook anti-vax posts and minion memes. Really all he did was be extremely overbearing. And exist. Can you give him the death penalty or something for that?”

“Goodbye Mr Midoriya”

_________

When he got out of the police station, his mother pulled him into a tight hug. She didn’t say anything for a solid five minutes, just kept him in her grip. When she pulled away, there were tears in her eyes.

“Hey mum-“ he began, trying to bring up the topic.

“Yes Izuku?” She asked, wiping the tears from her eyes with her sleeve.

“Have you ever considered divorcing Hisashi?”

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Returning to UA was different.

After a week of recuperating, doctors visits and interviews with the police. Izuku found himself with his bag and a few boxes, about to move into the new 1A dorms.

It was quite the struggle to get Inko to agree to letting him stay. She had refused adamantly. Saying she had just lost her baby for six, nearly seven months due to UA’s negligence. Why would she trust her son in their care 24/7 with an exception for holidays and some weekends?

It wasn’t until All Might got down on his knees in front of her and promised to protect him and mentor him, did she finally agree.

At some point in his standing in front of the gate for the first time in seven months, Aizawa appeared, preparing to lead him to the dorms where his classmates had been living since the attack on the summer camp.

He twirled his hair around his finger while debating if he really wanted to go. His hair was still shoulder length as he absolutely refused to cut it after Yoichi told him it made him look like a younger Hisashi. It wasn’t like he didn’t want to be back. He was actually really excited about that — well not really. But more excited about being here than in a vault. — it was just the fact he hasn’t seen his classmates in so long. What could have changed in the time he was gone?

“You’re also not excited about all the course work and tests you missed and will likely have to do” Yoichi whispered. “I can understand. I would not be excited to come back and have to do maths tests.”

That too. 

“I’m just saying.” Yoichi mumbled. “Vigilante life sounds way better. I know I said it when you had exams, and I’ll say it again. No schoolwork but still hero work. That’s what living the dream is”

“Stop trying to convince him to become a high school drop out” Nana scolded forst, appearing beside him and whacking him on the head.

“Owwww”

Izuku began to consider it.

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“MIDORIYA!!!” The class shouted as he entered the dorm common area. They all ran towards him, pulling him into a hug.

“Heyyyy” he said, slightly breathless from how hard they were squeezing him.

“We’ve missed you so much dude!” Kirishima said, holding his hand out for a fist bump, which Izuku returned.

“For real! You were with the villains for six months, nearly seven! How did you deal” Kaminari asked.

“How immoral would it be if I told them I just bullied the villains. And by villains I mean Hisashi and Tomura” Izuku whispered to the users.

“Pretty. But it would be funny to see their reactions” En laughed. “I’d say do it!“

“He just wants drama” Second said. Shaking his head. “But so do I. Let’s tell them all of Hisashi and Tomura’s secrets!”

“How about we don’t tell my grandson’s secrets to the class”

“Since when did you begin to care about him enough to try and defend him?” Daigoro questioned, mouth curving into a smirk as he slid closer to Nana.

“Oh I don’t care about him. If given the option then that child deserves the death penalty”

“NANA!”

“Whaaaat? All I’m saying is that I’ve claimed Izuku as my favourite. He’s like the favourite son I never had. Plus Tomura is becoming slightly more tolerable”

“Didn’t you have a son?” En asked.

“Didn’t you have Toshinori as a pseudo son?” Hikage asked at the same time.

“I love Toshinori dearly. But it’s Izuku we’re talking about. He just has the vibe around him. Yes, he’s an annoying prick a lot of the times-“

“Hey!”

“But he’s a lovable prick nonetheless. Hence why he’s my favourite. And unless Tomura decides to ditch All For One and join the cause of One For All, then he’s dead to me”

“That’s cold” Third whispered. “Almost as cold as her frozen, dead heart”

“What was that?” Nana whipped round to face him when she heard what he said.

“I don’t need to repeat myself to the likes of you! Anyway I’m leaving now, buh byeeeee” he said as he sprinted from the dorms.

“Oh no you don’t!” Nana yelled, flying after him.

“Oh yes I do!”

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“Can I leave now?”

“Midoriya, you’re only ten minutes into your catch-up lessons. You still have the rest of the school day” Ectoplasm sighs as he writes down the third standard deviation question for Izuku to do.

“I can’t believe in saying this.” Izuku said. “But I miss the vault. At least there I didn’t have to do maths” he complained. 

Despite Yoichi’s adamant protests to that, the other users actually agreed. The only terrible thing about the vault was All For One if they were being honest.

“Don’t say that” Ectoplasm scolded. “How about we move onto some quadratic equations?”

“Do I get to sing the song?”

“The song?”

“Negative b plus or minus the square root of B squared minus 4ac, all over 2a” Izuku sang to himself. Laying his head down on the desk as he did. That was the only thing related to maths he bothered to care about at the moment.

“Midoriya?” Ectoplasm asked, poking Izuku, who refused to lift his head.

“Down with the equations. Overthrow the mathematicians” he mumbled out. Barley being heard by the teacher.

“You have a check test this Friday, Midoriya. I’d suggest you start paying attention”

“I’m being punished for being kidnapped”

“You’re not being punished. You’re catching up with your classmates until you can join them in normal lessons.” Ectoplasm reasoned.

“But I’m six months behind in everything. And I’m not allowed to do hero training until I catch up. Plus before I can join hero training again I need to get my muscles back considering they’ve become as weak as straw since I wasn’t allowed to work out at all. How is this not punishment?” He groaned out, throwing his hands up in the air before letting them drop down and slam the desk.

“How about we move onto another question?”

“Do we have to?”

“It’s for the betterment of your future”

“Pfft, what future. I’m not going to live past twenty”

“That’s concerning, Midoriya. I’m going to send hound dog a referral for you where you can speak with him.”

“I’m not suicidal… mostly. My quirk is literally killing me. Unless I get some sort of immortality quirk then there’s no stopping it. I’ve decided to follow the path life gave me and become a Hikage kinnie.”

“Live in the woods?” Daigoro asked.

“No you dumbass. He means be killed by the quirk” Hikage answers.

“I will fight you” Daigoro taunts, using black whip to poke Hikage.

“Bring it on”

___________

“It appears your arm is healing okay,” Recovery girl said, examining his left arm. “Despite it not looking any better that is. Tests are showing that it’s healing”

“Stupid Tomura. Just he wait until I break his arm in five separate places” Izuku said under his breath. Gaining a concerned glance from recovery girl.

“It seems like your arm will forever have these crack-like scars,” she continued. “If you can even call them scars.” The ‘scars’ in question were the ones he got when giving Tomura a handshake to solidify their temporary truce. Now, he had deep, grey, trench-like marks that ran up his fingertips up to his elbows. Despite them being there, he didn’t really feel them in fact, his arm worked completely fine. 

“So can I leave now?” 

“Yes, you have your English catch up lessons with Present Mic anyway”

__________

Finally, a lesson Izuku didn’t need to work in.

Surprisingly, almost all of the One For All users knew English. All at varying degrees of fluency. But it was still handy.

Yoichi was the most fluent speaking wise. It was expected since his parents sent him and Hisashi to live in the UK with a relative when they were younger for a few years — “because we fight to much and they can’t deal with the attempted murder” Yoichi had mocked. — as well as them traveling to America many times.

Yoichi however. Spoke with a slight Yorkshire accent. Since that was where his relatives lived and subsequently where he lived for a few years. Which left the users who weren’t as fluent, struggling to understand him a bit.

Second found it hilarious. Taking the piss out of Yoichi for how he would say certain things. One of those things being how Yoichi would say “car on the road”. Which led to Yoichi tackling him and them wrestling on the ground.

“What is up with you all fighting recently?” Izuku asked Hikage.

“It’s always like this” Hikage says nonchalantly. “Yoichi and Second fight the most over trivial things. Third and Nana have this weird rivalry between them. They’ve never explained when or why it started. And Daigoro would fight with me to help me improve One For All in my final years before I passed the quirk on to him. But he also does it because he gets bored and likes to fight and since my quirk counteracts that, he challenges me to fight him and he tries to catch me off guard.”

Back on the topic of English. Nana was the next one to be almost fluent. She however had learned the American dialect and spelling. Which came in handy since Yoichi was dyslexic and struggled with spelling sometimes. It did also lead to them having slight arguments on how to spell certain words like colour and how to pronounce aluminium.

Second and Third had learned British English. Mostly from Yoichi switching to it when arguing with Hisashi. But only really speaking wise. Not writing. And the other three didn’t know any English, minus what they’ve picked up from the others.

So overall Izuku had been taught a decent amount. 

And even though he would refuse to admit it. He was slightly grateful Hisashi had begun teaching him when he was younger before he left. 

__________

“Young Izuku” Toshinori had begun. It had been around a month since Izuku’s return at that point in time. “I need to discuss something with you”

“Sure thing, what do you want to talk about Toshinori?”

“So, you know how we have All For One in custody right now?” Toshinori started, sounding really nervous.

“Yeah, he’s locked up in Tartarus”

“We have been trying to get him to speak and reveal where Tomura Shigaraki and the league may be. However he is refusing to cooperate and speak to me or any of the guards”

“Right?” Izuku raised his eyebrow. Giving Toshinori a sceptical look.

“He has agreed to speak, however. but only if you are there”

“Right? And I’m missing the part where that’s my problem.”

“Would you be willing to do this? The hero commission has compromised and stated that if you do, no matter the outcome. They will allow you to do another internship while your classmates do work studies. It would significantly help with your catch up work too”

“Work studies? You forget that I have no clue what’s gone on here in the past six months”

“Oh yes. Sorry my boy” Toshinori apologized. “Work studies are basically paid internships. Since class 1A and 1B all received their licenses earlier in the year. They are permitted to do hero work at a more sidekick level. These work studies were pushed off however due to the circumstances of you being missing.”

“I see. What about me getting my license?” Izuku asked.

“The hero commission will also allow you to do a course similar to what young Bakugou and young Todoroki did. Considering they failed the license exam. It’s more volunteer work and good deeds over an actual exam. That will only occur once you have caught up and are back on track with your class though.”

“But I’ll only be allowed to do this if I speak to All For One?”

“Indeed. I’ll be there with you. But it would be you asking the questions”

Izuku thought about it for a moment. Doing this would lead to him getting to do more than catch up maths lessons. God he hated maths. And history. Especially history. It wasn’t as fun when you have eight dead people yelling different answers at you because ‘they were there and saw it happen’ only for it to be wrong.

“Fine.” Izuku said. “I’ll go speak with him”

Chapter Text

The users all had a meeting in the void that night. Yoichi  standing in front of a whiteboard. The whiteboard saying ‘being in a confined room’ with ‘(potential vault)’ being written below it.

“Now here’s how it can go. There’s only one thing worse than being in a confined room (potential vault)” he began, before tearing away a piece of paper covering the next part of the sentence that stated ‘with All For One’

“All For One” Izuku and the others said simultaneously.

“Yes”

__________

“Are you sure you are okay with this?” Toshinori asked as the car approached Tartarus. He had been unsure for most of the drive there. Constantly asking Izuku if he was sure he wanted to do this. Anxiety was radiating off of him.

“Yeah. Let’s just get this over and done with” Izuku sighed, looking out the window at the ocean. They had driven off of the mainland to the island Tartarus was on. There were guards positioned all over the place. Obviously ready to attack when commanded.

“I can’t believe you agreed to willingly talk to the bastard,” Yoichi complained. 

“Because it gives him a chance at getting back into doing hero work. Basically the hero commission is blackmailing him into doing this by holding his future career as a hero over his head” Second said, brows furrowed in anger.

None of the users, including Izuku, were happy about this. They had to deal with All For One in the vault. And now that he’s in prison, they still have to deal with him.

“I vote we let Yoichi take over” En whispered to Izuku. Izuku gave a shrug of the shoulders while tilting his head. Considering the suggestion.

“We’re here” Nana murmured to the others as the car came to a stop. 

“Well, I guess this is it”

”how angry do you think he’ll be when he sees the All Might onesie?”

__________

“Do you think we could sneak off to find Stain?” Izuku asked Third as they were walking to All For One’s cell. “I want to bully him again.” Third took a moment to consider it before nodding with a smile on his face. The two waited until the guards who were leading them weren’t looking, then they snuck off.

The other users were all walking with Toshinori at the time and didn’t realise the two had left.

__________

“Izuku stahp. Izuku stahp. You’re gonna get in trouble” Third said as they entered Stain’s cell.

The killer looked up at him and froze. They both stood still, staring at each other. Until Stain shot forward and tried to punch Izuku.

Izuku quickly dodged out of the way. Sending a kick towards stain

“Hey! what was that for?”

“What are you doing here you fake?!”

Stain spat out, eyes staring daggers into Izuku.

“I was here to contact you about your cars extended warranty” Izuku said, raising his hands up in mock surrender. 

Stain stood there, looking very unimpressed with Izuku. “Why are you here? And give me one good reason why I shouldn’t strangle you right now” He asked, staring Izuku down.

“Hero commission is blackmailing me to speak with All For One. If I don’t, then I don't get to do an internship or get my provisional license”

“Why would they want a child to speak to a villain?”

“Oh I forgot. You don’t get any news here, do you?” Izuku asked the killer. After getting confirmation he continued. “So All For One is Tomura shigaraki’s boss. Do you know Tomura?” He received a nod. “Well they kind of kidnapped me and kept me locked in a vault for six months. And it turns out that All For One is actually my father. So now he’s refusing to speak unless I’m there. So the hero commission is now blackmailing me to be here so they can get answers out of him”

“And you say I go around telling my life stories to anyone” Third rolled his eyes while sticking his tongue out at Izuku.

“So they are extorting a child to get answers from All For One”

“Child labour, am I right?” Izuku laughed, nudging Stain with his elbow.

“But why are you here?”

“Like in your cell? That’s easy. I wanted to come say hi to my bestie. How's prison life treating you?”

“I despise you. You’re nothing but a-“

“A fake” Izuku cut him off. “I know. At this point I’m not even sure if I’m gonna be a hero with the amount of catch up work I’ve been given. Can you imagine doing six months of maths you’ve missed? Because I can’t. I’m one straw away from dropping it all and becoming a vigilante. Which reminds me! Have any tips for that? I know you used to be one”

“So the fake wants to be a vigilante?”

“Possibly. And why am I a fake? Is it because I hurt your poor little feelings? Awwww is the killer gonna cry to the prison guards. How tragic is it that you got bullied and defeated by a fifteen year old. That shits embarrassing. Aren’t you embaraaased”

“You’re a fake because you’re only in it for the fame! I’ve heard you demanded the credit for taking me in”

“Wrong! I’m in it because I want to piss a supervillain off because I work for his dead brother and said dead brother wants me to annoy the living hell out of him. And possibly murder him. Very much murder him. I also wanna help people and be there for them in their time of need and brighten their day and make them feel safe and like they can smile!”

“How heroic” the hero killer mocked. “I still don’t like you one but”

“So true. I’m the most heroic. Even All Might wants to know my secrets to heroism” Izuku placed his hands under his chin and posed. “Also I don’t like you either Mr ‘I kill the fakes but am also a huge Hypocrite because I have killed heroes who have fit into my criteria of a true hero’”

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“IZUKU!” Yoichi yelled as he ran around the prison. It had been around ten minutes since he realised Izuku and Third were both missing. The other users also agreed to help look. Despite them being able to just appear next to Izuku, they were panicked over the fact their successor has gone missing in a prison full of villains that they forgot they were dead and were connected to the void.

Eventually Yoichi ran through into Stains cell where he saw Third with a bag of popcorn in his hands. Wasting no time, he grab Third by the shoulders and shook him.

“Excuse me! Have you seen my nephew. He’s about this tall” he gestures with his hand to what was around Izuku’s height. “Clearly AroAce, but we haven’t had the talk. IZUKU! I can feel that uncle’s adrenaline kicking in”

“He’s right there, Yoichi” Third laughed, nodding his head in the direction of Izuku and Stain who were having an All Might trading card battle.

“Oh. Since when did this happen?”

“They fought. Argued and then came to an agreement on All Might being superior” he received a look from Yoichi as to ask ‘how the fuck?’ “I don’t entirely know how either”

“Well. Good we found him. Now the bad news is that armed guards are looking for him”

“We could take them”

__________

Eventually the guards stormed into Stain’s cell. Guns raised. Upon seeing Izuku they stormed forward and yanked him up to his feet before dragging him out.

Before he left he managed to shout at Stain.

“Next time I see you, you better scramble like an egg before I fold you like an omelette!” He laughed as the guard dragged him.

To which he got an equally enthusiastic.

“You think you can beat me? I’m the fastest-“ but he was cuz off by the door slamming.

__________

He ended up getting a full lecture before being taken to the room where All For One apparently was. 

This was the point where Izuku realised he didn’t want to be here.

“I want to go home now”

“Why do you want to go home Izuku?” All Might asked.

“Are you on drugs? Are you fucking on drugs?! Why do I want to go home?!”

“What is this? Big brother?” Yoichi whispered to Third who snickered. 

“I mean isn’t it big brother? It’s All For One we are seeing” En frowned. Clearly not understanding what Yoichi was referencing.

“Wait, have you guys ever watched big brother?” Yoichi asked in shock.

“No? I don’t think anyone but you, Second, Third and Izuku know what it is” Higake said.

“And I thought you guys were becoming cultured. But turns out you are nothing but uncultured swine”

__________

“Izuku” All For One greeted, as Izuku walked into the room. “And All Might” his voice filled with slight disdain. “Can’t say it’s a pleasure to be seeing one of you”

“Hisashi” Izuku said coldly.

“So harsh. After coming all this way to see your father. I’m hurt. And an All Might onesie? Really?”

“It’s my cosplay of the man who took you down off of your pillar of narcissism. And oh you’ll hurt a lot more when I-“

“You know why he’s here All For One. Now speak” All Might said. Voice laced with venom.

“Fine, I guess I will”

“Where’s the league?”

“Oh yes because I. Who is currently locked in the most secure prison in Japan. Know their exact location at this very moment” All For One deadpanned.

“He does have a point there” Izuku interjected.

__________

Three hours had past of All Might and All For One going back and forth. Izuku was just sitting there watching them argue. He had asked a few questions but was mostly cut off by All Might retorting to whatever All For One replied. It was getting really repetitive at this point.

“Mum and dad are fighting again. I think they should get a divorce at this point” Daigoro whispered to Izuku, which caused him to burst into laughter.

All Might was confused at what Izuku was laughing at, while All For One stared at him. Knowing exactly what likely happened but not having any proof.

Eventually, the guards came over the mic and said the interview time was over. Clearly as bored as Izuku and as frustrated as All Might at not getting any useful answers.

“Well I would say it’s been fun. But considering you wouldn’t let my son ask any of the questions, I wouldn’t say it has been.” He sneered. All For One slapped his hands on his knees and stood up. Tearing the restraints off as he did so. “‘ight I’ma head out” he said, opening a portal for himself.

“Oh, and Yoichi” he said, turning to face Izuku. “I think I need to remind you of something” he said, snapping his fingers and making a folded up note appear in Izuku’s hand before leaving through the portal. The guns that had been trained on him the whole time not firing a single shot.

“You’ve gotta be kidding me” Izuku said in disbelief. 

“All For One just-“ All Might tried to say. But cut himself off.

“It was that easy?! Isn’t this place meant to be the most secure place in Japan? WHAT THE FUCK!” Izuku yelled, slamming his hands onto the table in front of him.

The guards came rushing into the room. Ordering for Izuku and Toshinori to leave. They did without argument.

__________

“What does the note say?” Third asked once they got back to UA. Surprisingly, none of the guards confiscated it from Izuku.

Yoichi opened it up to the two words written on it.

The Game

“No” Yoichi growled. Face scrunching up and hands crippling the note. “No no no no no no no”

“What’s he going on about?” Nana asked Second who shrugged, equally as confused as the others.

“He did not just win! I refuse to accept this bullshit. Izuku, pack your shit! We’re leaving” he yelled at Izuku who was sitting in his throne.

“Second, you grab your tablet. I don’t want you talking to me”

“What did I even do?”

__________

A few days later, Izuku was pulled into the hero commissioner’s office with All Might. They were both put under strict instructions to not tell the public about All For One escaping. 

All Might agreed instantly. Understanding the impact it would have on the public’s trust in heroes if it ever got out.

Izuku, on the other hand. Didn’t agree. That sentiment was shared by the other users.

__________

“Toshinori, don’t be a sheep!” Nana yelled at him. Poking him in the chest too. He didn’t feel it but it still made Nana feel validated in scolding him.

“If we were to tell the public now, it would go better than not telling them and waiting till they find out for themselves. Keep their trust now instead of absolutely ruining it later” Second said. “Keeping secrets like this is why the quirk wars started”

“Really?” En asked.

“Yeah. The government was executing and experimenting on quirked individuals under the table. Of course, we knew about quirk — or ability as they were known at the time — hating groups that targeted individuals with abilities. But people finding out about what the government was doing, pretty much started an uproar. Quirked people began to revolt. Quirkless people fought back in favour of the government. And boom, a war occurred.” He explained.

“So we’re screwed, considering the commission definitely won’t spill. And if Izuku does-“  Daigoro said before being cut off.

“Who knows what they will do to him” Second finished 

“Probably throw him in Tartarus. They’ve done that to a few heroes who went rogue”  En said. “They did it to a few underground heroes when I was alive. I know cuz I worked with them until the commission put out capture orders on them. When you see the dark side of heroics, a lot of people have a change in views and try to speak out and cause change. But the commission didn’t like that”

“But back then the commission wasn’t as strict as they are now” Nana murmured. “Before All Might became a symbol, there was a lot more freedom in heroics”

“For the daylight heroes that is” Daigoro grumbled.

They all sighed. Knowing there wasn’t much they could do.

“I think there is something,” Yoichi began. “We let Izuku continue with what he’s doing right now. Try and find some info on All For One in our spare time. And when the time comes, we let Izuku decide what to do” he said. “He’s our successor. Which means we have to trust him and what he does. We’re not stupid. As much as we act like we are. Especially him. He’s one of the most strategically intelligent people I know. Reminds me of Hisashi actually. He’d do a lot worse if him and Tomura swapped places”

“What do you mean?” Third asked.

“If Izuku and Tomura were to have swapped mentors. Izuku would have had Japan under him at this point. Especially if Hisashi was the one teaching him”

“Then why isn’t Tomura doing that?” Second asked, rolling his eyes at Yoichi. “Surely All For One would have raised him to be just as bad if what you are saying is true.”

“Simple! Tomura is a pawn under Hisashi. Even though he claims to see Tomura like a son and as Izuku’s ‘older brother’. He didn’t intend that in the beginning. He was raised to be something else. Even if Hisashi has changed his thoughts on it. Izuku however, would have been raised as a heir to the throne. Especially considering he’s Hisashi’s son. He’d be the main player that decides if you win or lose the game. If the roles were reversed, Hisashi would of made him a monster”

“How do you know so much about chess? I’ve seen you gag at the thought of playing it before” Second said.

“Hisashi likes it. Tried to make me play with him many times”

“Why don’t we just let Izuku use One For All to its fullest potential then? We already allow him to use our quirks. Separately that is, but he’s still using them. Why not just let him let loose?” Nana asked.

“Because we could have a Hikage situation on our hands if we allow it to happen before he’s ready. His body is still adjusting to the quirk. And it will take longer now since he has to build muscle mass again because of the vault.”

“But eventually-“

“Eventually he could decimate Japan with the snap on his fingers”

“Can we do that though?” Third asked, getting giddy at the thought.

“We’re heroes. We are not destroying Japan!” Nana said. Raising her voice and sounding annoyed at Third’s excitement.

“Correction. YOU were a hero. En was an underground hero. Daigoro was a bounty hunter. I’m 99% sure Hikage was a cult owner. And Yoichi, Second and I were war criminals. Honestly, what has Japan ever done for the majority of us?”

“We’re not destroying Japan! That’s final!” Nana growled at Third. Now you have five seconds to get out of my sight before I destroy you.”

“But there’s only one Second here” Third said, drawing his lips into a thin line to stop himself from smiling. “I’ll be running for my life now. Izuku come run with me!”

“He can’t! He’s literally talking to the hero commissioner right now” Second yelled to him as he ran.

__________

A few more days had passed after the meeting. Izuku hat returned to school after getting back, where he was made to continue his catch up lessons. Luckily for him, the weekend was coming up. It was the weekend where he was visiting his mother.

As he made his way down the street towards his home, he felt a presence watching him. He stopped. Looked around a few times and eventually decided to continue walking when he saw nothing. Just as he was about to unlock the front door, he felt the presence right behind him. He turned around to be face to face with Tomura.

“Hey little brother” the villain smirked upon seeing Izuku’s unimpressed stare. “Did ya miss me?”

“Not at all. Was kinda glad I didn’t have to deal with your annoying ass constantly. You’ve kind of ruined it though.” He shrugged. Returning the same level of sass Tomura was giving him. “Also your grandmother says she will end you if she ever sees you”

“My grandmother? You mean the dead hero who abandoned her family?”

“The one and only” Izuku smiled. 

“Oh no, I’m so scared that a ghost is gonna come to haunt me” he faked being scared, placing his hands on his cheeks to exaggerate his shock.

“Just for the sass, I’m gonna take that stupid hand on his face and shove it up his ass” Nana huffed. “WAIT!”

“Hm?” Izuku hummed, trying not to allude to the fact he was talking to Nana.

“Now I know why that hand on his head feels so familiar” she said, clapping her hands at what she just learned. “It’s mine!” She smiled.

“She seems what to excited over that fact” Third whispered to Izuku. Getting a nod in agreement. “Crazy must run in the family”

“Like you can say any better. Your ‘family’ consists of being related to All For One, Yoichi and Izuku'' Nana retorted.

“Through marriage. I’m not blood related to that whack job of a bloodline. No offence Izuku”

“Offence taken” Yoichi answered for both of them.

“Anyway-“ Izuku said, locking eyes with Tomura. “Why are you here?”

“Did you know Sensei got out of prison?”

“Yes, I was there when he left. I’m debating moving to Iceland at this point ”

“Why Iceland?” En asked.

“Seems peaceful, and in a better shape than most other places” Second answered.

“Did you know he’s currently in your house?” Tomura said, nodding his head towards Izuku’s house.

“He’s in my what now?”

“Thought I’d come to warn you. As much as I love seeing you. I'm not really inclined to having to deal with you in a vault anytime soon”

Izuku just turned around and went to unlock the door. 

He opened it and walked in without a word. Made his way down the hallway towards the living room/dining area.

“Izuku, how nice of you to join me. Care for some tea and a game of chess?” All For One said, gesturing for Izuku to sit down. On the table lay a cup of tea, katsudon and a chess board.

Izuku did not sit down, however. He simply turned and walked out of the house. Not saying a word. Once he was out, he stood beside Tomura, pulled out his phone, And called All Might.

After informing the hero. He walked back in, stared hizashi right in the eyes and asked-

What are you doing in my house?” He let out a pathetic sigh. Verging on tears. “What are you doing in my house?”

“I want waffle fries”

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By the time All Might had arrived, All For One was long gone. Informing Izuku that he would see him very soon.

Izuku was standing completely still, not having moved at all since he entered the house the second time.

“Why me?” He asked. To no one in particular. “What did I do to deserve this?”

“Ignore Tomura’s warning,” Second said.

“For real little dude. Why did you ignore him?” Daigoro had asked him.

“Strategically. I thought he was lying to fuck with me”

“That’s your mistake then” Nana said. Not even trying to sympathise.

“You’re all assholes. You’re meant to be giving me sympathy.”

“Yeah, we are” they all agreed. “Plus you’re not getting any when you were literally warned he was here”

“I didn’t think okay!”

“He’s very smart, Yoichi. You are so right. He could definitely take over Japan”

“I stand by my point. But I may have given him the benefit of the doubt”

“I can literally hear you! And if it weren’t for a whole lot of rules I could easily have Japan under me!”

“Yeah, yeah. When I see it I’ll believe it” Second laughed.

“This family makes me want to murder people”

“You and me both” Hikage whispered to him.

“On the contrary, we need to change the family dynamics a bit. With the new additions and obvious changes we need to make” Daigoro said.

“We can do that later though. For now I think we need to focus more on what we are gonna do about Hisashi” Yoichi mumbled into his hand.

“And I’ve got an internship coming up soon too. Since I technically did go see Hisashi, the commission had to allow me to do one”

“Have any idea where you’re going to go yet?” Third asked.

“Nah. Aizawa sensei wants me to have the same talk the class had about work studies before I decide. Despite this not really being a work study”

“I think it’s gonna be classed as one.” Nana murmured.  “But will be called an internship because you don’t have your provisional license.”

“That’s fair then”

“Guess we’ll have to wait and find out who you’ll go with then”

Chapter Text

“Uncle Yoichi” Izuku said, a smug look on his face. Both him and Yoichi were in Izuku’s dorm. Izuku leaning over a sketchbook and sketching out some ideas.

“This is new… what do you want?” Yoichi shot back. 

 suspicious of his nephew’s tone and choice of name.

“So you know how we’ve been redesigning my hero costume?” He didn’t wait for a response. “Well I was thinking. I kind of want to get some piercings. But I need your opinion of what types I should get and how much it would piss off Hisashi”

“Oooh. You’ve come to the right uncle, Izuku!”

“No you haven’t!” Second butted in, slapping Yoichi on the head before putting him in a headlock. As Yoichi began to struggle and try to break his way out, Second continued. “This idiot got a piercing and didn’t know how to take care of it properly. It got infected after a week of having it. Don’t take any of his advice on this stuff.”

“It’s not my fault we were on the run from my brother and the government. It isn’t like we could just stop and take a shower to clean and disinfect it whenever” Yoichi’s pouted, breaking free of the headlock by elbowing

“Don’t remind me of those dark times” Third shuddered as he appeared beside Izuku. “I refuse to speak about it”

“That’s because you-“ Yoichi began to tease.

“Silence wench!” Third yelled over him.

“I do not wish to be horny anymore-” Second mumbled under his breath, causing Yoichi to burst out in laughter and finish what Second was saying.

“I just want to be happy”

“Did you really pay the extra $30?” Izuku whispered to Third. Causing him to get his chair kicked from under him. “Oh come on! You set yourself up for that!”

“You four are proof society is regressing” Nana sighed, appearing on Izuku’s bed. 

“What do you mean? Us three lived before you.” Yoichi said, gesturing to him, Second and Third. “And Izuku is proof society is going in the right direction. If anyone is proof that society is regressing, it’s your grandson”

“Are we bullying Tomura again?” En asked. “I feel like we don’t give him a break. Which is hilarious in my opinion. But what did he really do to us?”

“When do we not bully him?” Daigoro responded, propping himself up on Izuku’s head. “He also kicked Izuku off a building.”

“That is so true” Yoichi laughed, dragging Izuku out from under Daigoro. “But then again. He did help us with our news report. So maybe we should go a little easier on him.” He then pulled out his phone and began to research some piercing ideas.

“Tell that to the she demon” Third mumbled, pointing his thumb towards Nana, who glared at him in response.

“Literally how did your rivalry start?” Hikage asked. “I swear you just started hating each other one day.”

“The way our rivalry started is none of your concern” Nana said with a sweet smile. “But get involved and I’ll end you before you even blink”

“Noted”

“I think you should get your nose pierced.” Yoichi said, turning his phone to allow Izuku to see. “It’s one of the more ‘out there’ ones. Plus, parents normally seem to get annoyed when their kids get piercings like that”

“If you're doing that. Then you should get your belly button too” Third added. “I did that when I was younger and my parents weren’t happy at all. But they were more pissed about the nose. So definitely go for that”

“Get some normal ear ones too while you're at it” Second said.

“Does UA even allow piercings?” Hikage asked.

“They don't,” Nana answered. “It’s against the dress code”

“So we’ll just give Iida an aneurism in the process. Amazing!” En laughed.

“Okay. So if I add the piercings to my costume. Then it will end up looking a bit like this.” He gestured to his paper with the sketch of his costume idea. “What do you all think?”

(A/N I drew it on him because I cba to describe it in full detail. And yes. Those are loom bands)

“Perfect” they all said in unison.

“Oh, oh! You could also dye your hair white! Add to the ‘I’m my favourite uncle’s mini me’. Plus considering Hisashi says you are just like me. It might make him even more done with our shit”

“Or it could increase his ‘my brother and my son need to be vaulted’ idea” Izuku added on. Shooting Yoichi’s idea down.

“I don’t think his hair would be able to cope with being dyed white though? Wouldn’t it ruin his hair? I think the only real way to get it white with no bad damage would be with a quirk” Nana murmured. Inspecting Izuku’s hair by picking at a couple strands. “On the topic of hair though. You really need a haircut, Izuku. Or you should at least style it”

“Nana, your ‘mum’ side is showing” En sighed. Tapping her shoulder to get her attention. She turned to him and gave him ‘the look’. Which made him give up on trying to question her.

“She even has the mum look mastered now” Izuku whispered to Daigoro, who nodded in agreement. “Also, my hair used to be just above shoulder length. So if I cut it, it would just go back to me looking like Hisashi”

“It wasn’t just above shoulder length before the vault. It was down to your chin.” She stated, pulling a pair of scissors out from the void. “Sit down and let me tidy your hair up so it doesn’t look like a mop”

“I feel as if I should be taking offence to that” Yoichi mumbled. Pouting slightly when Nana smirked.

“Same here” Hikage said, giving him a pat on the back.

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The next day. Izuku showed up to class with his hair tied up (he had compromised on tying it up instead of letting Nana anywhere near him with scissors), a multitude of new piercings (courtesy of Yoichi pinning him down while Second and Third stabbed him with needles to put the piercings in), and the goal to give Iida a stroke.  

“I’m telling you that I’m traumatised after that” Izuku said to Yoichi as they walked towards his desk. “I’ll be having nightmares about it for years”

“You don’t dream” Youchi shot back.

“It will forever be in my memory”

It only took thirty seconds of sitting at his desk for Iida to notice and begin chopping his arms up and down with the most horrified expression on his face. That in turn caused the rest of his class to turn and look at him. All of their faces then portraying a range of different expressions and emotions.

“Wow Midoriya! The piercings look good!” Uraraka was the first to say. Todoroki. Who she was speaking to gave a nod in his direction, which Izuku took as him agreeing.

Aizawa had walked in moments later. Looking at Izuku before shrugging and pulling his sleeping bag out. Before he went to sleep, however, he told Izuku to go to the staff room.

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Upon arriving at the staff room, he came face to face with All Might and Power loader. 

“Hey?” He said, shutting the door behind him. “Is something up? Why are you looking at me like that?”

“YOUNG IZUKU” All Might said, transforming into his hero self before poofing back into his Small Might form. Blood dripped from his mouth as he did so. “We have some news about your hero costume!”

“Oh really?” Izuku asked. That was really quick, he thought. “I thought it would take longer.”

“Nonsense” Power Loader said. “When you sent me the design yesterday, I went straight to work”

“I sent you my design at like 3am this morning…” Izuku mumbled, with a look of concern but also amazement.

“That gave me five hours to work on it before school started” Power loader said, puffing his chest out in pride. Izuku decided it wasn’t worth arguing over.

“So what about it?” Izuku asked. “Am I getting to test it out?”

“That you are, my boy” All Might said. “We also have a third year student who is willing to test it with you!”

“Great! When am I testing it out then?”

“You’re going to test it in battle tomorrow, around the same time your class has their heroics class. The plan is for you to go over some basics with Power Loader today. Adding anything you feel is needed onto it, testing any support weapons, Making sure it’s compatible with your quirk. And other things like that. Then tomorrow we’ll test it in a battle simulation with the third year student” All Might explained. Leading Izuku to the support classroom. Once he was sure Izuku understood, he left with a quick goodbye.

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“I think I saw my life flash before my eyes there” Izuku said, collapsing onto his bed. Power loader had wanted to test out how flameproof it was. His solution was to have Mei chase him around with a flamethrower. Whenever Izuku would scream that that was not a good idea, Power Loader would ignore it and say that’s why he’d needed more coverage in his costume. Izuku would shoot back that ‘more coverage ruined the vibe’ until Power loader realised he wasn’t going to get anywhere with that conversation.

“I don’t get why I need more coverage. Does Yaoyorozu have more coverage? No. Does Kirishima? Absolutely not. He literally doesn’t even have a shirt. Why is it only me?”

“Maybe because YOU are the only one being targeted by a villain with a multitude of quirks at his disposal” Second said, giving Izuku a patronising smirk.

“That was a rhetorical question”

“And I still answered it. You’re welcome”

“Did you know what I heard?”

“What?”

“I heard the sound of you shutting the fuck up”

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“Hey little dude!” A voice called out to Izuku as he was heading towards the gym he was meant to test his costume in. He turned his head to be face to face with a face. Just a face. No body at all.

“What the-“

“I’m guessing you are the first year I’m meant to be fighting” the face continued. “I’m Mirio” he introduced himself.

This was the third year he was meant to be fighting? This seemed like it would be an easy fight then. Considering he seems to be fighting a head.

“Hey man, this looks pretty good-“ he said to Yoichi before the head began to emerge from the wall and he was met with a naked third year. “Where your clothes at” he then said, avidly turning to look away from Mirio.

“Oh, sorry little dude! Side effect of my quirk” Mirio laughed as he rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. “Anyway, I thought I would check out my little first year fighting partner and introduce myself beforehand. Considering we’ll be in a brutal fight in less than ten minutes.” He laughed, busing Izuku with his elbow. “Some of my buddies are here to help too. They should be in the gym already. So say hi when you get there!” Mirio yelled as he ran towards the gym. Still naked.

“Well that was an experience.” Yoichi whispered to him.

“Is he going to put clothes on or am I going to have to fight him naked?” Izuku questioned. Praying it was the former rather than the latter.

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“OH, OH!” A voice called out once he entered the gym. A girl with long blue hair ran towards him while a boy with dark purple hair followed behind her cautiously. “you’re that first year that was kidnapped by the villains for six months” she said, matter of factly. Almost as if she was proud to know that.

“That’s me. The one and only” Izuku said, Bowing down dramatically. “At your service. So what can I do for ya?”

“You’re fighting Mirio! We wanted to wish you good luck” she said, a huge smile on her face. “He’s one of the best in our year. Hence why he’s apart of the big three with us”

“The big three?” Izuku asked.

“UA’s strongest and who have the best prospect for becoming pros straight after graduation!” She informed him.

“And they want me to fight him?”

“You were the one to knock All Might out in your final exam” the boy mumbled from behind her. Shying away from his gaze when he looked at him.

“I mean, you are right but-“

“YOUNG IZUKU”

“JESUS FUCKING CHRIST ON A STICK” Izuku screamed. “What the fuck Toshinori!?”

“Are you ready to test out your costume in battle?” All Might asked. 

“I guess? So how are we going to do this?”

“Get into the ring and the training will start” 

Walking into the ring, Izuku got into a battle stance and waited. Looking around for his opponent. After a minute of waiting, he decided to let up his stance. He turned to face All Might, expecting the man to say something about Mirio running late.

What he wasn’t expecting was for Mirio to appear out of the ground behind him at that exact moment.

Chapter Text

Izuku spun around as fast as he could. Danger detection sensing Mirio coming in for an attack, preparing to defend himself. Only to see Mirio had disappeared. He turned back around to watch all his blind spots when he saw him fly out of the ground again. Naked. Very naked.

“He’s pulling his cock out” Izuku yelled, eyes going wide. His exclamation made Mirio hesitate for a moment. But he soon bounced back and threw a punch towards Izuku. Izuku ducked out of the way. Sending a kick towards Mirio. When his foot phased through the third year he used float to get out of the way and land on the other side of the arena.

“He’s going to be a difficult opponent” Hikage mused, appearing beside Izuku. “Danger detection is only picking his presence up at the last minute. Which isn’t giving you much time to prepare for a defence and counter.”

“You think I didn’t notice that?” Izuku whisper yelled.

“I mean… you are Yoichi’s nephew”

“What’s that support to mean?” Yoichi butted in. “I’ll have you know I was a fantastic strategist and fighter back in my war criminal days”

“Only when he wasn’t dying on the battlefield because he was really unfit and had terrible stamina,” Third laughed.

“Hey!”

“Or when he wasn’t antagonising villains… which, hey. You also do” Second added. Shorting a petty glance at Izuku. “The genetics for being an annoying asshole 24/7 really run strong”

“In my defence. I was locked in a vault for a while and was extremely ill. Working out wasn’t really the biggest of my concerns.”

“Can we get back to focusing on the fight?” Nana said, shooting a glance at the five of them.

“Yeah, I wanna see Izuku get his butt kicked.” En smirked, grabbing a handful of popcorn from a bucket he pulled from the void.

“You’re meant to be on my side here!”

“I am… but it would also be funny to see you get hit”

“Wow. Thank you so much. I’m so glad you care so much about be that my pain would bring you entertainment”

“You’re welcome. It will indeed bring me a lot of enjoyment”

That was the last thing Izuku heard before he was socked in the face by Mirio.

“OW!” He grunted as he held his cheek and landed roughly on the ground. 

“You seem to have lost focus there little dude!” Mirio called out from the other side of the arena where he had retreated to after the hit. “Try to keep your focus and we can try again, yeah?”

“Oh, you’re on!”

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“I prefered my day with Power Loader.” Izuku complained while sitting in Recovery Girl’s office. “At least there I didn’t get punched in the stomach over and over”

“You did try your best against him though” Nana said, trying to cheer him up. “You nearly landed a good few hits against him”

“He got a few while Mirio got at least a hundred” Daigoro said, lying down on an empty hospital bed. “For someone who’s faced two serial killers and All Might and took them down with a single hit. It’s a bit sad you couldn’t land at least one hit against Mirio.”

“I’m feeling targeted here”

“Good. You are”

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“Hey buddy!” Mirio called as he burst into Izuku’s dorm room a few days later. Scaring the life out of Izuku, Yoichi, Second and Third who were painting each other's nails and having a gossip session.

“Damn. I was wanting to get to the part of the story where Yoichi got kidnapped by a cult who were convinced he was the needed human sacrifice to bring their creepy demon lord to the human realm.“ Third huffed, sending a glare towards the third year hero student who had interrupted them.

“Mirio senpai! Can I help you?” Izuku asked. Putting the bright pink nail polish he had chosen for Second away.

“I wanted to have a chat with you about our fight!” Mirio said, crossing his arms and puffing his chest out.

“Okay? What about it?” 

“It was impressive how you managed to fight back. When I fought your class a few months ago I took them down with one hit. But you kept getting back up”

“Oh, thank yo-“

“HOWEVER!”

“Oh”

“I’d try do dial back the speaking to yourself during a fight though” he told Izuku. “It left you distracted enough for me to get out of your sight”

“I mean. It’s hard to keep sight when you drop through the literal ground” Izuku grumbled. “But hey, I guess my x-ray vision must be faulty enough for me to miss that. Sorry about that. Forgive me for my super real x-ray vision quirk not working”

“Okay I get it, no need to be sassy” Mirio brushed off. “Anyway, I have some exciting news for you!”

“Which is?”

“I’ve managed to get you an interview to intern under Sir Nighteye. He’s my current mentor and showed some interest when I brought you up. He says he’ll be willing to interview you and possibly take you on as an intern every now and again until you get your provisional”

“Wait. SIR NIGHTEYE AS IN ALL MIGHT’S OLD SIDEKICK?!” Izuku yelled at the realisation in who the man was. “OMG THAT’S AMAZING!”

“I forget he’s an extreme fanboy” Second whispered to Third. 

“Reminds me or someone” Third whispered back. Nudging his head in Yoichi’s direction.

“Wasn’t Sir Nighteye really stuck up though?” Yoichi murmured. “We’ve seen him through Eight’s eyes and he gave me all the wrong vibes. Seems like a narcissist to me. Is that really what we want Izuku to deal with?”

“I’m sure he won’t be that bad. Plus, he knows about One For All. So it could provide us more insight on how to use it” Hikage said.

“More insight? Hikage… we are literally his quirk. How would Nighteye have more insight than us? What’s he gonna do? Teach Izuku how to use Second and Third’s quirks? Bzzzzt wrong!” Yoichi semi yelled back. “I don’t like him and say we shouldn’t intern under him.”

“Well it’s Izuku’s choice” Nana said, glaring down at Yoichi. “One that we will not interfere with unless Izuku specifically asks us too.”

“I agree with Nana!” Daigoro added. “But I also do agree with Yoichi on the fact he seems like a raging narcissist at times. Also an internship would mean we’d have to deal with his horrible jokes again. Remember the time Eight didn’t laugh at one of his jokes and he sulked about it for the rest of the day?”

“That was a horrible time. I could feel poor Toshi’s awkwardness afterwards because he didn’t know what to do. So while he may not be the best, we shouldn’t let that stop Izuku from doing this if he wants to.” Nana said. Frowning slightly at the memory.

“As long as he doesn’t start pulling the whole. I won’t let you do this because ‘I can predict the future and you’ll die’ shit he pulled with Eight.”

“reminds me of my brother somewhat” Yoichi pouted. “All the ‘you can’t do this, you’ll die’ crap”

“To be fair. He can see the future” En added. “He most likely saw a future when Eight died.”

“And? We all die eventually. What’s the big deal?”

“YOICHI!”

“Whaaaaaat? I’m not wrong”

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“I can’t believe you’re doing this” Yoichi whined as they made their way onto the train. “Seriously. That guy is a complete bore. Why would you want to intern under him?”

“Because he was All Might’s sidekick. I wanna know what he’s like in person. Plus if he is as bad as you say. I can always just leave.”

“I mean true. But still.” He pouted, turning to face away from Izuku and slouching in his seat. “I’m gonna have to hear his obnoxious ‘I know it all’ voice. Do you want to torture me Izuku. My darling nephew. The one good thing my brother has ever done.”

“Do you really not like him that much?”

“He was so boring all the time. And then he’d make stupid jokes that weren’t even that funny. But worst of all he just stares at you like he’s judging you 24/7”

“The tragedy”

“So tragic indeed. So how about we turn around. Get off the train. And run away to live the vigilante lifestyle?”

“Depending how this interview goes then I’ll consider it.”

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“Hey Midoriya!” Mirio called when he arrived outside of Sir Nighteye’s agency. “Glad to see you could make it.”

“Glad to be here” Izuku replied. Giving Mirio a smile

“I’m not” Yoichi mumbled.

“Anyway, let me show you around the agency then I’ll take you to Sir’s office.”

“Would we not go there beforehand so I can do an interview? Won’t it be pointless to show me around when there’s the possibility he might not even take me on as an intern?”

“Yeah, but I have strong feelings he will. He seemed interested when I mentioned you too him”

“Oh, then let’s go I guess.”

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“And finally” Mirio began as they walked up to the final door on the tour. “This is Sir’s office” he said, making jazz hands in the door’s direction. “Sir should be ready for your interview now.”

“I’m getting an odd sense of dread here” Yoichi whispered. As the door to the office opened up. He didn’t get to say much else before Izuku stepped into the office to meet Sir Nighteye.

Chapter Text

“No” was all Izuku said, turning around and making his way out of the office. Only to be stopped by Mirio who grabbed the back of his outfit and dragged him back through.

“Mirio, Mirio please. Don’t make me go back into whatever torture room that guy has!” He pleaded, clawing at every nook he could grab it to stop himself being dragged back. “Mirio I beg of you.”

“He doesn’t have a torture room. It’s just a tickle machine.” Mirio sighed. “C’mon dude. He’s waiting for your interview.”

“How is that any better?!” Izuku hissed, trying to pull himself out of Mirio’s grasp. “I’d rather be locked in a vault again- no wait, I wouldn’t. But you get the point!”

“Interview time”

“No”

“Too late”

“MIRIO!!!”

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“You do realize you can’t spend the whole day in the void, right?” En asked, nudging Izuku - who was lying face down on the ground - with his foot. “You have an interview you need to do.”

“Maybe if I stay like this long enough, I’ll actually die. I don’t see how that would be an issue considering I wouldn’t have to deal with Hisashi or whatever we just walked in on.'' Izuku mumbled, trying to kick En back. Fortunately for the sixth user, he managed to jump out of the way in time.

“Considering that danger detection didn’t get set off, I doubt you’d be in any danger in that room.” Hikage told Izuku, picking him up like a sack of potatoes and throwing him over his shoulder. “Now come on, let’s get you to that interview. Right now you’re just lying passed out in Sir’s office.”

“Nooooo, maybe I like being passed out.” Izuku whined. “Also, unrelated. But since when were you blonde?”

“I’ve always been blonde.”

“No you haven’t. You had white hair.”

“Season six, episode eighteen. Your guy finally got a colour palette that isn’t black and white.” 

“Huh. Neat. The green is a nice touch.”

“Thank you. Now get out!” He said, throwing Izuku as hard as he could. 

His body got such a shock that it forced him to wake up. At the same time, Mirio was stood over him pouring a bottle of water over his face.

“Hello” Izuku said, taking the opportunity to make a vine reference. Only to be met with the confused and slightly horrified stares from Mirio, Bubble Girl, Centipeder and Sir.

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Now standing in the office alone with Sir Nighteye, Izuku really began to sweat. For the past two minutes, Sir had been staring directly at him. As if he was scrutinizing every single breath he took, or slight twitch or blink. He had tried to talk about All Might, considering the hero’s room was filled with his merch. But he only got a blank stare back.

Eventually the hero sighed and stood up. 

“You brought your form with you, correct?” He asked, holding his hand out for the form which Izuku quickly pulled out from his bag and handing it over. Sir studied it for a moment before placing it on his desk. He then walked over to Izuku and placed a hand on his shoulder, looking him directly in the eyes.

“He just activated his quirk on you.” Hikage whispered to him. Sending a glare towards the man. “Be careful of what’s to come. He’s planning something.”

“See! I told you this was a bad idea.” Yoichi said, throwing his arms up in annoyance. “He’s going to try something and I don’t trust him one bit.”

Izuku tried his best to avoid the continuous eye contact. Quickly looking down to the ground and fidgeting when he realized the man’s eyes were still on him.

“I’m all honesty” Sir began, looking down on Izuku. “I don’t plan to sign this form.” He said, face remaining blank. The only telltale sign of annoyance was a slight twitch of the eye.

“Why am I here then?” Izuku asked on instinct. Quickly slamming a hand over his mouth when he saw the furious look That flashed across Sir’s face.

“I want to know why All Might chose you.” He stated. “Why the son of All For One? Why a quirkless child with no potential.”

“Damn, now you’re just being mean.” Izuku pouted.

“Mirio deserves that quirk more than you do. He had the potential to be a fabulous hero. The next All Might. And what do you have? I mean look at you. Everything you had is gone. How on earth are you meant to save anyone. Especially when you’re the son of the very monster that generations of heroes spent protecting.”

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“Generations of heroes? Isn't Nana the only actual hero out of us?” En asked from inside the void. Currently, all the users were projecting what Izuku saw into the void and watching. 

“I thought Daigoro was a hero.” Third said, a perplexed look on his face. “You too En.”

“Nahhhhh” “nope” they both said at the same time. 

“Well technically.” Daigoro began.

“Let’s not get into the specifics.” En stated. Leaving no room for argument.

“Or how about we do” Second said, smirking when En shot him a glare.

“Absolutely not. I do not want to talk about those times.”

“Why not?”

“Guys-“ Yoichi tried to get their attention but was cut off.

“Because those times are behind me.” En said. “I am a changed man now.”

“Guyyyyys”

“Oh, you must have done something bad then.”

“They’re fighting”

“I did nothing of the sort. It’s not my fault the hero commissioner decided to stop me from getting my license before I even-“

“GUYS!” Yoichi yelled, getting their attention. “They’re fighting.” He pointed to Izuku’s perspective where he was bouncing all around the room trying to reach for something Sir had.

“Oh damn” En mumbled.

“Someone grab the popcorn!” Daigoro yelled.

“Should we help him?” Nana asked.

“He probably did something to initiate this… so no.” Second said. He watched the screen closely as Izuku went flying into a wall after Sir dodged. “He is the one on the offensive after all.”

“Actually.” Hikage said. “Izuku did nothing — for once — Sir was the one who initiated the fight. Said that if Izuku could grab the stamp out of his hand he would sign the form and stamp it.”

“But why would he want to work for him after he said all those mean things?” En asked, frowning at the thought.

“Probably to prove him wrong. It’s something I would do” Yoichi said. Puffing his chest out a bit in pride. “It’s something I’ve done.”

“Yeah and we all know Izuku takes after you and your stupidity.” Second mumbled, earning himself a smack on the head from Yoichi. “What, everyone knows it.”

“Rude.”

“It is true though.” Third laughed. Also gaining himself a slap on the head. “Ow.”

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“Times up” Sir said as he walked to his desk and took a seat. Izuku was on the other side of the room, panting as he tried to push himself to his feet and catch his breath.

“The vault-“ he took a few breaths. “Left me really outta shape” he huffed, curling in on himself.

“In those two minutes, you didn’t even manage to get the slightest bit close to me. Considering the deal was I would sign your form if you were to get the stamp off of me. You failed.” He stated, looking down on Izuku.

“In my defense, I didn’t want to ruin the merchandise,” Izuku said, gesturing to the All Might merch around him. “That’s got to count for something right?”

“I thought he meant his face for a second and was about to point out that he broke his nose and smeared the blood from it down the wall.” Second said, laughing as he elbowed Third to get his opinion.

“Same, not going to lie.” Third agreed.

Izuku turned and shot them both a glare, before his eyes widened upon seeing them. Telling them that he would discuss it with them later.

Sir was looking around the room. Staring at the blood and footprints Izuku had left behind. Not a single indent on any of the All Might posters, figures and other merch that was spread around the room. 

With a sigh, he extended his hand towards Izuku. Izuku, not understanding what he meant. Gave him a high five. The look sir shot Izuku after that definitely stated he wasn’t wanting a high five.

“Oh.” Izuku said, realizing what Sir meant. He grabbed his bag and dug out his form, handing it over to Sir to sign.

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“I can’t believe you did that!” Yoichi laughed, wiping the tears from his eyes from laughing so much. “Hey Izuku, Izuku!” He said, poking Izuku’s shoulder.

“What?” Izuku asked, pulling his hands from his face. He had had them pressed against his eyes since he left Sir’s office. Wishing he could undo the whole interview and start again.

“High-five” Yoichi said as he held his hand up for one. Izuku, in return, kicked Yoichi as hard as he could. Phasing his consciousness between the void and reality to make sure Yoichi couldn’t dodge it.

“Ow I’m sorry. Sorry” he sighed. “Anyway, you wanted to speak to Second?” He asked as they entered Izuku’s room and he lay down on his bed.

“Yeah.” Was all Izuku said before he lost complete consciousness and appeared in the void. “Now to the reason I’m here right now.” He said, turning to face Second. “YOU’RE GINGER?!” He yelled and pointed towards the user.

“I AM NOT!” Second yelled back. Head snapping to face Izuku as soon as the words left his mouth. Tone instantly defensive. 

“You are!” 

“Am not!”

“Are too!”

“Are not!”

“Oh no, not this again.” Third whispered. Pinching the bridge of his nose as he took a deep, long breath.

“What do you mean?” The others (minus Yoichi) all asked. Yoichi on the other hand was just giggling to himself.

“I’ll tell you guys in a minute-“ Third was cut off by a scream and then Izuku shooting past him with green electricity sparking off him. Not far behind him was Second who had a murderous look on his face. “Right now I’ve got to stop a homicide. Yoichi, you’re not getting out of this. You can help me stop this since you were the last one to piss him off by doing the exact same thing as Izuku.”

“Do I have to?”

“Yes.”

“Fineeee. Only because I want to pull some pranks on Sir. And we can’t do that if Izuku is dead.”

Third gave him an unimpressed look.

“And because I want to help my beloved husband who I love so dearly stop my other beloved husband from murdering my nephew.” Yoichi added on. Smiling at Third.

“That’s right,” Third said, grabbing Yoichi’s hand and sprinting after the other two. Yelling at Second to stop while Yoichi yelled at Izuku to keep running.