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Tsukauchi needed a raise.

The boy sitting across from Tsukauchi gave him a worried look. The boy was wearing a normal average middle school gakugen. The boy was also very polite and kindness practically radiated off him.

It was shocking that this child was this much of a headache to deal with.

What was even more shocking was the boy was the one who turned himself in for vigilantism, illegal quirk usage, and the assault of a pro hero.

"So, to check again one more time, from the intel I have gathered in the last 5 minutes," Tsukauchi started, "you have confirmed that you are indeed a time traveler, a time traveler from 200 years ago, therefore a time traveler from the pre quirk era. Correct?"

"Um, not necessarily a time traveler because the person sent me though time without my consent…" The boy said while he was sitting upright in his seat across the table from where Tsukauchi was sitting.

Tsukauchi sighed and said while rubbing his eyes "Here, let me clarify something. What I mean by a time traveler here is "a person who has traveled and/or had been sent to a different time period that is not theirs" ok? Now, could you please answer again?"

"Oh, in that case, yes sir. I am indeed a time traveler."

Tsukauchi had a lie detection quirk. He could know if what the person said was a lie or not. However, it treated half truths as lies, and it didn't work if replied with a question, and if the person believed a lie then the quirk would say it's the truth.

So when Tsukauchi's quirk said that the boy spoke the truth, he wasn't sure if the boy was insane or if the situation itself was insane.

" And confirmed that the broccoli tree video that was popular 3 years ago was an actual video recording of a real life event."

"Yes, I was one of the people who was responsible for the accidental creation of that broccoli."

Tsukauchi's quirk, once again, said that the boy spoke the truth.

"And finally, you have confirmed that people with quirks existed even long before the glowing baby was born."

"Um, sir. I just wanted you to know that this is the 4th time I am answering these questions. But to answer it once again, yes. I know a man over 40 years old who had a …quirk. Honestly I can't get used to saying that word."

Tsukauchi's quirk said that both statements the boy said were true.

Correction, Tsukauchi really needed a raise.

"Alright then Mr…" Tsukauchi looked at his clip board again.

"Kageyama. Kageyama Shigeo. But my friends just call Mob."

"Um, ok. So Mob, pardon my bluntness, but how the heck did you end up in a situation like this?"

The boy who identified himself as "Mob" thought deeply for a moment before saying "It started at Master Reigen's birthday party. Or should I say, at the end of it…"

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Oct 10 2024

It was Master Reigen's birthday. Kageyama Shigeo, better known as "Mob" by his friends, and said friends prepared a surprise for Master Reigen at his office.

After surprising Master Reigen, somebody dropped Master Reigen's birthday cake.

Mob had quickly stopped Master Reigen's cake from splatting on the ground. 

By making it splat on Master Reigen's face instead.

Everyone in the room burst out laughing.

"Hey! Who did that!" shouted Reigen

"Aw, I wanted to see his crying face" Dimple said jokingly

"Ehhh? Is that so?" Hanazawa san joked along

"I've got a client coming after this, you know! You'd better help me out, all of you!" 

Though Master Reigen was shouting this out everyone in this room knew he wasn't angry. 

Mob was having too much of a good time laughing to notice.

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After the short party and after helping Master Reigen cleanup, everyone except Mob, Ritsu (Mob's dearly loved brother), Dimple (a green ghost who followed them around because they were the only ones who could see him), Suzuki Sho (the son of a powerful Esper) and Master Reigen's staff (Serizawa san who was also a esper and Kurata san) were left.

Master Reigen eventually also shooed out those 4 from his office. They reached the door when suddenly all the Espers suddenly flinched.

"Uh, Mob?" Master Reigen asked his former Disciple, "Is there something wrong?"

"I have…" Suzuki san suddenly said, "never felt this much power before in my life… Not even from my father…"

Mob felt a sudden spike of power from his right side. Mob tried to turn to see what it was but was met with a blinding blue light.

The last thing before Mob blacked out was a blood curdling scream from Ritsu shouting "ONII SSSSAAAA…"

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Oct 11 2213

The first thing Mob noticed when he was slightly conscious was the amount of Espers nearby (Mob had an ability for that). Or they felt a lot of Espers. But most of these Espers had their powers stuck in a part of their body. Others could control the movements of their powers fluidly.

Mob eventually heard 4 pairs of footsteps getting closer until he heard a gasp.

"...Anaguma san," a high pitched voice of a little girl said. "Is… is that person dead? "

"I, uh. Oh no, no he is not. See, his chest is moving. So that means he's still breathing. Uh, we should still probably report this to the police." a voice of a male teenager replies.

"Is he going to be okay?" another high pitched voice said. But this time, it was the voice of a little boy.

"Wait, didn't you say you forgot your phone at home?" a voice that sounded like it was autotuned asked.

Okay, at this point, Mob was very confused. He felt that the boy with the autotuned voice used his power to turn his voice into the autotuned voice he had. That energy was stuck in the boy's throat.

The girl had energy stuck to her fingers, the other boy didn't have any energy while the teenager had energy stuck to their entire body… in a form of a badger?

Mob then remembered he had the ability to physically move around. So he opened his eyes. The sun was super bright.

"Oh, oh look!" the kid with the autotuned voice (and who apparently had rainbow hair and eye colors) exclaimed, "The person is moving!"

A teenager who looked like a badger and was named Anaguma looked at Mob who was just now standing up.

Mob scanned the area and realized he was in an unfamiliar playground.

"Um, hello?" the badger said in perfect Japanese.

Mob did what any kid would do in this kind of situation.

Mob stood up, wiped the sand off his pants, respectfully greeted with a bow that was 90 degrees and said "Hello. Uh, could you please tell me where I am currently?"

…what? Did you expect him to jump and run as fast as he could screaming? …Actually that would probably be the most understandable reaction. I myself would have probably had a reaction along those lines. However, we must remember this is Mob.

The badger was the first to reply. "Uh, we are currently in Musutafu, in the Shizuoka prefecture."

Musutafu? Mob thought to himself I never heard of a place in Japan like that.

"Oh really?"

The badger stared at him weirdly "...Of course? You were lying here so you should have known where you were if you decided to… what middle school do you go to?"

"Oh, Salt middle school in Seasoning city."

Now it was the badger's turn to be confused.

"Didn't that school close like 40 something years ago-"

"Ooh! Ooh!" the pink haired girl interjected, "Could you tell us what your quirk is? Please? Pretty please? "

"Now, Shiroaka." the badger started, "Remember: you don't just ask random strangers what their quirks are."

"You don't just ask random strangers what their quirks are…" the pink haired girl repeated sadly.

"Oh, it's fine. I'll tell you what my quirk is." the pink haired girl smiles again, "but first, uhh, could you tell me what a quirk is?"

It became very silent.

"Um, did I say something wrong?" Mob asked cautiously. 

Oh boy, he had no idea.

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"... You're joking. Right? Right? " the blue haired boy asked in total disbelief.

"Uh, is that something that I need to know?" Mob confusedly asked.

"Wow, you really don't know what quirks are, do you?" the badger boy said. It wasn't a question, it was a statement. A statement that Mob quickly confirmed with a nod.

"Uh, so. How do I explain this… Quirks are like… super powers! Yeah, basically superpowers that almost everyone has… You do know what superpowers are, right? "

"Oh, powers like my telekinesis rig… wait, what do you mean almost everyone? "

"I mean, there are quirkless people like little Ao over here but…"

"No, no. I meant the everyone part… What do you mean by that?"

"... Almost everyone has quirks? Isn't that common knowledg… oh yeah, you didn't know what a quirk was, huh… So, um yeah? 80% of human beings on Earth have quirks."

"... Since when? "

"Uh, I don't know? Like the 22nd century?"

"... What year is it right now?"

"... 2213? Why do you ask."

Mob's eyes opened so wide they looked like they could pop out any second. Mob had time traveled. Into the future. Almost 200 years into the future at that. 

Mon realized everyone everyone he had known was already dead. There was no one who knew Mob. 

Mob started to understand what Urashima Taro felt like.

Now, for you people who aren't familiar with that story, Urashima Taro is a story about a young man named Urashima Taro, who saved a turtle from some kids who were bullying it. One thing led to another and eventually he was transported to at least 100 years into the future, where everyone he knows and loves is dead. Then he opens a box and proceeds to die of old age.

And no, I won't give you more context anymore. Google it and it will come up.

Now where were we? Oh, right. Mob having an existential crisis.

So, Mob was having an existential crisis and he must have looked very bad because the rainbow kid asked "Are you okay?" in autotune. 

Mob was not ok but the autotune helped him snap out of it.

Mob decided to do what any normal person would do in that situation. 

"Uh, yeah. I'm fine. I just… I just need to go to the police station. Um, could you lead me there please?"

The badger man looked surprised and said "Um, sure. I have to babysit these kids so they have to come with me. My name is Anaguma by the way."  

The group started walking.

"Uh, I'm sorry but I know you said it but I forgot your name."

"You can just call me… Mob."

"Mob…huh. Like a… mob of angry people?"

"No, like a background character. A character who doesn't stand out from the crowd. Like just being part of a mob of people. That kind of mob."

The group walked quietly down the street.

"You know," the pink haired girl whispered to the rainbow kid, "That name is kinda fitting since he looks so plain."

The blue haired boy stared daggers at the girl. "That is not very nice." he said as his voice dripped with venom "That is rude and you should apologize."

"Ok, ok. Geez, calm down." the pinked haired girl let out a sigh. She faced toward Mob and said "I'm sorry for calling you plain faced. It wasn't a very nice thing to do."

"It's ok, I get that a lot. That's the whole reason I have that name."

The blue haired boy also sighed. "I'm also sorry, Shiroaka. I just don't like people calling each other names. Even if as a joke."

"Yeah, I understand you." the rainbow autotune kid began, "Though it's usually just teasing and name calling, quirkless descrimination and villainous/weak quirk descrimination sucks."

"You get bullied for having  psychi… quirks?" Mob asked curiously.

Once again everyone looked at Mob as if he asked if chickens could summon gods. Well, technically if the chicken has a quirk that can do that, but even then, that would be extremely rare. Quirked animals are also fairly rare as well.

"How sheltered were you when you were growing up?" the pink haired girl asked.

"... I went to a public school?"

"THEN HOW COME YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT QUIRKS WERE?" shouted the blue haired kid. The kid looked as if his favorite TV show was canceled. "You're just here to make fun of me… aren't you?

"What?" Mob asked, confused and startled.

"Just answer this question: do you have a powerful quirk?"

"Now Ao," Anaguma said calmly "Let's calm down and…"

"ANSWER ME!" Ao shouted at Mob, eyes now full of tears.

It was barely audible but Mob gave the answer in a small voice. Smaller than a mustard seed. But it was still audible and clear as day to the child named Ao. "...yes." That was enough a reason for Ao to run off from the group.

"Ao! Come back!" "Heeeey, waaaiiit uuup Aaooooo!" "No, stop! Come back!"

Ao ran faster while wiping his tears away from his eyes. 

Anaguma looked suspiciously at Mob "Did you really come here to make fun of Ao?"

"What? No! I would neve-"

"Then how come you act like you know nothing a normal person would know, and literally say the opposite of ANYONE who can read the situation? HUH!"

Mob slightly shrunk as he was being interrogated by the angry badger.

"Uh, Anaguma-Nii?"

"What, Oto-kun?"

"AO-KUN IS BEING ATTACKED BY A VILLAIN!"

This got everyone's attention as they saw a large, muscular indigo haired holding Ao by the neck.

"Anyone get close to me and this kid's neck will be broken like a twig!" 

"HEEELLLPPP!"  terrified Ao cried.

What? Mob thought, as he was very confused. A villain? What is this? Some kind of mang… Then Mob realized that he was a psychic who was currently in the future, where 80% of the world population now had superpowers. 

Suddenly, the concept of villains existing didn't seem so strange anymore.

Mob tried to step in, but Anaguma stopped him "What? Are you crazy? That guy is a Villain! A real one too!"

"I was just going to go and talk to him. That guy is a human too." Anaguma gave Mob a  look. Also, I have a powerful psychic quirk. If he attacks me I can stop him and I-"

"Are you serious? Two words. Quirk. Laws."

Mob blinked at Anaguma as if he said nugget balls instead of quirk laws.

"Wait, you really don't know about quirk laws?" Mob stared at Anaguma "... wow. Ok, I'm starting to think you really didn't know what quirks were. So basically, unless you are a Hero you're not allowed to use your quirk or attack and/or interfere with villain fights."

Mob currently had one thought. And that thought was: But that literally makes no sense. 

"Yeah, yeah. I know. Most people think it's stupid." Mob stared at Anaguma as he wondered if Anaguma had a mind reading badger quirk. "However, that is the law. And we are not allowed to interfere."

Mob could not understand Anaguma in this situation. How could Anaguma stay so calm in a situation where someone's life was in danger?

"So do we just stay here and wait?"

Mob said that as a rhetorical question. And Anaguma seemed to understand that.

"It's against the law, we can't do anything."

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"Ao is in trouble! What's more important? A life or keeping the law?"

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"It's illegal so we will wait. Period."

"Still it-"

"Look! A Hero is coming!"

That cut Anaguma and Mob's conversation short.

"It's pro hero Tele-disk!"

Mob saw a yellow disk fly by and when it hit a telephone pole a woman wearing a yellow suit that made her look like a power ranger was teleported to it.

The crowd cheered while the villain sighed.

"Don't come close or the kid's neck will be…"

The villain couldn't finish that sentence, because when he wasn't looking Tele-disk had thrown a disk to the ground right next to him. Tele-disk did a roundabout kick which connected with the villain's face. The villain grunted as he lost his grip on Ao.

Ao ran back to Anaguma while the villain and Tele-disk kept fighting. Most people focused on the reunion of Ao and Anaguma but Mob focused on the fight. He realized that the villain might have an angle changing quirk because all of Tele-disk's disks started missing.

The crowd booed Tele-disk for having a bad shot while the vultu-I mean media were reporting the fight.

Eventually, the villain turned the trajectory of one of the disks and made it fly to the ground. Tele-disk saw it and tried to put up a guard but when Tele-disk teleported to that spot the villain punched her in the gut. Tele-disk was on her knees until the villain grabbed her face and slammed it into the cold concrete. 

He put his foot on her back so that she couldn't move. Mob realized that Tele-disk now became helpless under the villain's feet.

"Mwahahaha. So much for "Heroes always win". Now perish!"

To Mob, everything seemed to be moving in slow motion.

As the villain raised both his arms to crush the hero's head, the hero was struggling under the villain's feet. The crowd was gasping while literally providing no help or support to the hero. Meanwhile the vultures (did I say vultures again? Strange, I wonder why) the media was yapping away.

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Mob slowly raised his right hand as colors flew around him. 

The next moment the villain's head suddenly slammed into the concrete. There was a cracking sound and Tele-disk quickly got up and checked on the villain. The villain was knocked out cold.

People's eyes scrambled around to find who knocked out the villain when Mob's nose itched from the dust and he let out a big "ACHOO!".

All eyes now turned to Mob. Even Tele-disk, who was very very confused, now looked at Mob after recovering from her shock.

Mob just shrugged and quietly said "... Oops?"

That was truly one of the biggest understatements of the century.

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Midoriya Izuku was coming back from school. School was… the same as usual. He was usually ignored while Kacchan hung out with his "cool" friends. 

And they were the ones that were nurturing Kacchan's superiority complex, indeed.

And because Izuku was quirkless, he couldn't be a "cool" kid. It was always like that since pre-school.

Graduating into middle school didn't improve anything. In fact, more "cool" kids were joining Kacchan's group of "friends", and making him more and more… unpleasant.

Auntie Mitsuki's hot headed personality and vivid language didn't help Kacchan get better either.

Izuku sighed,  as he walked down the street when he saw a crowd forming in the distance.

A villain attack? Izuku thought, At least I can make one hero analysis before going to the beach.

Izuku pulled out a notebook, and started pushing through the crowd.

Just then, some idiot shouted, "Look! A Hero is coming!"

Come on, Izuku thought  Why in the world would you literally warn the villain that a hero is coming?

Don't get Izuku wrong, he loved heroes from the bottom of his heart. However, liking to see heroes fight and giving a villain the advantage in that sort of fight  are two different things,  specially when giving those kinds of advantages in fights like these, where civilian lives are at stake is just stupid.

Izuku saw a yellow disk coming toward a telephone pole and reasoned that Tele-disk was the hero who was coming up. 

And Izuku was correct.

Izuku was analyzing the entire fight, while the crowd booed at Tele-disk.

Are they stupid? Can't they see that the villain has a vertex changing quirk? Tele-disk is not the one missing the shots!

Izuku flinched when Tele-disk got punched in the gut.

"Mwahahaha. So much for "Heroes always win". Now, perish!"

Izuku's eyes widened, feeling so helpless at that moment. Him jumping in would change nothing at all, because the fight was too far away. But no one stopped the villain when they probably could have.

Stupid HPSC, making their stupid quirk regulation laws that aren't even relative anymore. Yet, they still enforce those laws even right now.

Izuku then saw something from the corner of his eyes. A boy wearing his school uniform didn't look much older than Izuku did. Izuku felt something familiar about this boy. As if Izuku had seen them in a picture or something.

As the boy slowly raised his hand, colors started flying from behind him. Many shades of green and purple were thrown across the sky as a background to the boy.

Then the villain's head was slammed into the concrete.

The crack was sickening and while everyone else was confused, Izuku understood that the boy had done that by himself.

The boy also seemed confused before he started to sneeze very loudly, which drew a lot of attention to him.

"Oops?"

Suddenly, the blue haired boy who was just rescued shouted, "Look! It's All Might!" and pointed at the sky.

Izuku knew the boy was faking it, because Izuku didn't hear any sound of air rushing through the sky, since it's the usual noise that can be heard when All Might flies.

The vultures (I meant the media. Sorry, must be the autocorrector) quickly turned their heads toward the sky, as if they were starving people who suddenly smelled delicious food.

In a way, that analogy is correct. But instead of food, it was news they were starved of.

People get tired of reading about villain attacks every 2 minutes.

Izuku, instead of searching for the non existent All Might, saw that the boy who defeated the villain looked confusedly at the blue haired boy, before giving a quick bow and running off.

Well, Izuku didn't need to follow that boy. He needed to go to the beach to give that purple haired kid medicine and blood.

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"Look! It's All Might!" 

Mob gave Ao a confused look. Then he realized that all eyes were now away from him. He gave Ao and Anaguma a quick bow as he started running away from the crowd.

Eventually he stopped to catch breath near a dumpster, where he knew it was far enough.

Now, Mob was pretty fit physically after working out with the Body Improvement Club. He was the vice president of that club after all.

Mob was about to start running again, when he felt a hand on his shoulders.

Multiple things happened all at once.

The first thing Mob felt was an overwhelming feeling of inferiority. He felt a power so big that he instantly knew that he was no match against this person. 

No one in the world was.

Half of his instincts were screaming at him to run away as far as possible, while the other half was just screaming at him to end himself before the person got their hands on Mob.

However, the power was somehow contained. The containment of the power made the feeling of the power disappear as fast as it came.

Lastly, Mob felt a sort of familiarity from that power. It was very reminiscent of his younger brother Ritsu. 

Mob suddenly had hope.

He knew it was a foolish hope, and that it was logically not possible. However, he still hoped. Hoped to see his brother again. He hoped that the person who grabbed his shoulder was his brother. That his brother Ritsu somehow found a way for longevity and that Ritsu grew his power and that that was the reason Mob felt that strong power. Because that power had been cultivated for two centuries. Just, just maybe…

Mob slowly turned around…

…to see a green haired boy smiling at him.

"... Hello?" Mob said awkwardly.

"Hello! I just wanted to ask a few questions about your quirk."

What in the world is going on? Mob thought confusedly.

"Uh, sure? Also, did you follow me? I think I saw you at the… villain attack." Mob asked while slowly walking forwards.

"Um, actually no." Izuku replied, as he also started walking alongside Mob, "I was actually going to go to this beach and we just coincidentally met each other here."

"Oh, ok." Mob sighed a breath of relief. He was about to ask about how the green haired kid had gotten to the dump as fast as Mob (who regularly exercised) before stopping and asking "Wait, what beach?"

"Oh, yeah." Izuku pointed to the mountains of trash "This is a beach. People started throwing stuff away so it became a dumpster. My mom said it used to be very pretty. So how much can your quirk carry?"

"Oh, I never had tested that because I try not to use my …quirk much." Mob replied "Normal people can live their lives without quirks."

Izuku paused for a second "... but most normal people have quirks though."

Oh shoot.

Well, what's the point of having secrets anyway.

"This may sound crazy but I'm from the past." Mob started "I was in 2024, but I was somehow sent to almost 200 years into the future."

Izuku just nodded and said, "Oh, that makes sense. That also explains why you didn't know who All Might was. And the reason why you are saying the word quirk like it's foreign."

"Wait, you just believe me? Just like that?"

"I mean, there is a wise saying that goes, pardon my French, 'Quirks are bullshit'. Anything can happen with quirks." 

Mob thought about that for a second and realized that that actually made sense.

"Well," Izuku suddenly started, "I have something to give to someone who lives in the beach so…"

Both Mob and Izuku heard it. It was the sound of grunting.

Izuku quickly ran towards the sound, and flinched when he saw something beyond the trash. Then he quickly moved quietly as he went closer and hid behind some of the trash. Mob also followed Izuku's lead. What Mob saw shocked him.

It was a man wearing a yellow costume playing a game on his phone. That itself wouldn't be shocking, but doing that while two other people in costumes were beating two children with police batons.

A purple haired kid was trying to protect a blond haired kid from getting hit by covering her with his body while he was taking all the blows.

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Mob was absolutely furious.

Mob turned to Izuku to ask what to do when he realized Izuku was about to leave.

Mob grabbed Izuku's wrist before he left asking "Should I call the police? These people look like villains. I already have done vigilantism so I should be the one to stop the-"

"Ok, first of all, they are heroes." Mob blinked at Izuku "Of course I don't mean actual heroes like All Might but they have licenses that allow them to use their quirks." If Mob wasn't so kind, he probably would have sworn under his breath. 

"And secondly," Izuku had a glint in his eyes "It's not vigilantism if you don't have a quirk."

Before Mob had a chance to ask what he meant, Izuku jumped down and shouted "OI! THUNDERDOLT! YES YOU!"

That got the number 3 Hero's attention.

"Um, who are you?" Thunderbolt asked. He had the audacity to look confused. 

"I am here to end your career." Izuku said with such venom that it actually made Thunderbolt flinch.

"Hey kid," one of Thunderbolt's lackeys that was beating the children, while wearing a blue spandex, started, "As you know, we are heroes. We were just putting the villains in their plac-"

"PUTTING THE VILLAINS IN THEIR PLACE, MY ASS!" Izuku shouted at top volume. "Those people you are beating up, those defenseless children can not be charged more than petty thieving and they would receive a pardon from the judge because of their foster parents' negligence and because they needed a way to survive. Add suffering from a disease as bad as Hayes-Wilczak Syndrome and there isn't much to discuss. There isn't much to discuss about them but you on the other hand, Thunderdolt, the fucking number 3 hero, letting your sidekicks Nightshade and Red Wing fucking beat the crap out of two children all because of petty theivery? Ha! You know? I am recording this entire thing on my phone and I'm not even bluffing" Izuku showed Thunderbolt his phone and just as Izuku said, it had been recording the entire conversation. "Now if you excuse me, you fucking fakes, I have to prepare for my court case against you three child beaters-"

"You know?" Thunderbolt interrupted, "Wouldn't 'Number 3 hero saves a quirkless civilian from mind controlling villains' sound good on the headline of the newspaper?"

Thunderbolt enjoyed seeing the purple haired kid tense up when he said "brainwashing" and the sight of Izuku clenching his fists tightly.

"What? I just added the word quirkless just to see if my hypothesis was correct. And I was. You know, quirkless people truly must be inferior if their self preservation instincts are this bad. They really are a dying out race for a reason."

"Psst, boss." Thunderbolt's lackey in the red spandex started "Video! Remember?"

"Of course I know that you idiot!" Thunderbolt shot back angrily.

The next moments played out in slow motion to Mob.

Well, only Thunderbolt was moving in slow motion (later Izuku excitedly told Mob that Thunderbolt could move at almost light speed so that meant that Mob was moving faster than light speed), everyone else was frozen in place.

Thunderbolt was slowly pulling out a knife from a hidden part of his suit. Though Thunderbolt was a child beater (though Mob didn't that Thunderbolt beat his own daughter at the time) he wasn't stupid. There was no way a weak kid with a brainwashing could hit someone with a punch that was thrown at (almost) light speed. So Thunderbolt chose the second best option: make it look like Izuku was shanked by villains and pretend he couldn't arrive on time.

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Mob realized what was happening so he used his telekinesis to fly himself in front of Izuku and blasted Thunderbolt with a powerful telekinesis push.

Thunderbolt was pushed back and knocked off his feet. As he dropped to the ground he also dropped his knife. As Thunderbolt scrambled to get back up Mob realized that Izuku and Thunderbolt's lackeys started moving again.

Izuku was clearly confused for a few seconds before piecing his knowledge together. He more or less understood the situation.

Then, the unthinkable happened.

Out of nowhere, Thunderbolt, in his rage, took out a pistol, and shot Mob.

In the head.

Mob's body started to fall backwards… for only a second. Then, Mob's entire body stopped midair and exploded in a white light.

"What the fu…" Thunderbolt tried to start. However, he never finished.

Because ???% awakened.

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When Mob woke up, he was sitting in a chair in the hospital.

"You're finally awake."

Mob looked to his left to see Izuku sitting next to him.

"...you don't understand this pre-quirk videogame reference, do you?"

Mob shook his head "I didn't play a lot of video games. Also, what happened?"

Izuku sighed and pulled out his phone. He played the video and skipped the parts Mob already knew.

Mob wasn't ready for what he saw.

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The part of the video Izuku fast forwarded to a fragment showing with Mob's back. But Mob's entire body was glowing in a white light.

Even from just watching the video, you could almost feel the pressure that was being exhorted out. 

Then, a number of things happened.

??? (Mob realized that it was ???) made his hand into a "scissor" (like you would do in rock paper scissors) and pointed it at Thunderbolt. Laser-like colorful rays came out of ???'s index and middle fingers.

The rays cleanly disintegrated Thunderbolt's legs and most of his hair, effectively making him both crippled and bald.

Thunderbolt luckily (or unluckily, in Thunderbolt's case, but… who cares about him anyways?) landed on the stubs where his legs used to be, and cried out in pain.

In the background, the purple boy and the blonde girl (Mob later learned their names were Hitoshi and Himiko) were being gently moved to a safe location thanks toMob's telekinesis.

Then, Thunderbolt's red and blue spandex lackeys ragdolled to the floor.

"Uh… uh, Boss?! We can't feel our bodies!" the red spandex lackey shouted at Thunderbolt.

But Thunderbolt was so busy feeling the pain through his body and screaming because of said pain, that he didn't realize he couldn't move or feel any part of his body, beside his legs.

"I destroyed almost all your motor neurons with my telekinesis." ??? explained. Mob got chills watching this because ??? was explaining it in a more casual way, so it was like saying the weather was sunny, not announcing that you will never be able to move any part of your body beside your jaw ever again.

Then, the three bodies of Thunderbolt and his lackeys were dragged (Thunderbolt started screaming louder) to a place far away, when suddenly Izuku was also being flown to safety by Mob's telekinesis.

The next scene shown was the craziest part of the video.

Mob used his telekinesis to lift every single piece of trash on Dagobah each, and constructed a tower with them. The tower was magnificently constructed with such architectural detailing, that Mob himself had no clue how the heck he built it later on.

"This tower had 500 doors." ??? explained, "There is only one real door. If someone tries to break it open by brute force, it will collapse on you, and you will die. If someone opens the wrong door the tower will collapse on you and you will die. If you leave it for too long, it will collapse and (you've guessed it)...You. Will. Die. Have fun." Then ??? proceeded to drop the entire tower on the three bodies, and they were left in there, crying for help.

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"Well, that was…confusing." Mob blankly stated.

"So you really remember nothing?" Izuku curiously asked.

"Nothing at all. I don't even know how I built that tower."

"Ok. After this happened, you flew us here and fell asleep. After a minute you woke up."

Mob silently nodded.

"...So, what are you going to do now?"

"...I'm going to turn myself in."

"Yeah you… wait, you're gonna do what?!" Izuku jumped out of his seat in shock.

"I'm going to turn myself in. And no, there is nothing you can do to stop me."

Izuku looked troubled, until he rummaged through his bag and gave Mob a card that said "Inko's objection".

"My mom's a lawyer, so you should call her when you need a lawyer after you turn yourself in." Izuku started "Use the code "You're not a clown, but the entire circus" when you call her. Then she'll know."

Mob gratefully took the card, "Thank you and… wait, are you crying?"

"N… no."

Izuku was indeed crying,  his eyes starting to tear up.

Mob just hugged Izuku like how he would hug his brother Ritsu. 

"It's ok! You gave me your mom's card, so everything will be fine."

Mob and Izuku said their goodbyes, and Mob headed straight for the exit.

Izuku couldn't say thank you to Mob for what he had said to him.

"What you did was… reckless," ??? had Izuku berated after landing near the hospital, "...however, you did act like a true hero today. Selfless and brave. You should be proud of that."

At that exact moment, both Izuku and Mob realized they never exchanged names.

Little did they know how much that would change.

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"Hey, did you see the new viral video? The one with the "Oops" Kid?"

"Yeah, it's all over the internet. And did you hear the news about the Thunderbolt tower incident?"

"Yeah, some people are live streaming it right now as people are trying to find out which door is the real one. I heard that they will hire the vigilante "Snake Eyes" to open the door."

"Wait, the Snake Eyes from the group Sociatus Requiem? Man, heroes working with vigilantes! That's a first. I guess what they say about seeing everything if you live longer is true, eh?"

"Could you please focus on your work?" detective Tsukauchi asked in a tired voice.

"Come on, nothing interesting ever happens to police officers nowadays. All thanks to the heroes. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. We can just do paperwork and get paid."

Tsukauchi facepalmed as he said, "Well, now you've jinxed it. Your blood is now on your own head. And now, I'm going to get more coffee. My future paperwork senses are tingling."

As Tsukauchi left to get more coffee, Mob entered the police station. The police officer hadn't yet taken their eyes off their computer screens. "Good afternoon, how can I help…" he looked up, "you… Takeshi, I'm not dreaming, right?"

"What makes you think that Yamashita…" the other police officer also looked up.

"Hello sirs, I'd like to turn myself in for vigilantism, illegal quirk usage, and assaulting a hero." It was at this moment he knew… he fucked up. Yamashita also realized that it was going to be a long day. "Oh, and that hero in question is Thunderbolt. I was the one who put him in the tower." A very, very long day.

When Tsukauchi came back, he just stared at Mob, then at Yamashita, sighed, took a sip of his coffee, and simply said, "I told you so.

Chapter Text

"...and now here we are." Mob finished.

Tsukauchi was glad he had a camera set up to record this conversation, because Mob's story had so many bizarre events, that Tsukauchi had lost track of the order.

"...I honestly have no clue what to do in this situation," Tsukauchi stated. "If you go to a court case you'll probably lose to the HPSC's high ranking lawyers. You could possibly be sent to Tartarus."

"Um, where is that, exactly?" the boy asked innocently.

"... I think I need to call… the ra-"

As Tsukauchi was saying this, his phone rang, making him very confused.

He had put it on silent mode.

And Tsukauchi checked his phone.

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You are now chatting with "Ninkilim"

Ninkilim: No need, detective. Because I am here!

Lie_Detector: Wait, what?

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Just as Tsukauchi sent the message, he saw Eraserhead, who looked as tired as always, walking in with Nedzu, who was wearing a top hat perching on his shoulder.

Nedzu jumped off, did a front flip, and landed on both of his feet before saying, "Hello detective. Am I a bear? Or am I a mouse? I am the principal of UA, and I am here to help!"

The chimera proceeded to walk up to Mob and chirped, "You must be Kageyama Shigeo! Nice to meet you! My name is Nedzu." Nedzu proceeded to stick out a hand (or was it a paw?) out to Mob, Which he then promptly shook before standing up and bowing politely.

"Hello, Nedzu-san. As you know my name is… wait, how did you know my name?"

Tsukauchi heard Eraserhead mumble something along the lines of "the rat god knows everything".

"It was quite easy to hack into the police database, actually." Mob looked very confused. "But anyway, we are here to talk about you, not me."

Tsukauchi then remembered why he was going to call Nedzu.

"So what are we going to do with this headache of a situation?" Tsukauchi asked.

"Don't worry about it! Because I will be this man's lawyer! Free of charge!" Nedzu replied.

"Oh yeah that would be nic… Wait, what?!"

Everyone in the room (besides Mob) stopped what they were doing, and looked straight at Nedzu.

"Oh really, sir? Thank yo…"

"It's a trap." 

Surprisingly, it was Eraserhead who interjected.

"Don't sign your name on anything the rat gives you, or you'll be selling your soul."

"Aizawa! How could you say such a thing! You wound me!"

"Do you deny it?"

The rat was silent.

"So you don't deny it."

Mob looked at Eraserhead, then at Nedzu, then at Tsukauchi. Tsukauchi realized that Mob was probably as confused as Tsukauchi was when Mob told him his story.

Oh, how the tables have turned.

Nedzu finally broke the silence by saying, "Please ignore him. Anyhow, I just have one condition for you in this contract." Nedzu put a contract on the table. "You need to answer my questions to the best of your abilities. Got it."

Mob thought about it for a second. He looked at Tsukauchi, then at Eraserhead again, who was shaking his head, mouthing the words "don't do it kid". Mob finally decided and said, "I accept."

Nedzu looked happy, while Aizawa whispered under his breath something about selling your soul.

"Ok! Now, if you could sign here, and…"

"But..."

Nedzu froze. Tsukauchi froze. Eraserhead froze. Everyone in the room froze. Mob had interrupted Nedzu and was about to bargain with him. Normally one would never even think of doing even one of those things. To Nedzu. The Nedzu. Much less both of those things at the same time.

However, Mob did not know anything about Nedzu so he thought he had the upper hand in bargaining.

"I'd like to add a condition of my own. I would like it if Midoriya Inko could co-defend me in my case. Since two lawyers are better than one (and also because Mob wanted to see the green haired boy again, but Nedzu had no way of knowing that)."

The room was absolutely silent.

The silence was broken with a small giggle. Then Nedzu broke out in a full maniacal laughter. Mob was confused and asked  Nedzu, "Sir, are you ok?"

"I'm fine, I'm fine. More than fine actually," Mob was even more confused. "This proves that you are actually from the past because you had no fear at all trying to bargain with me. None. I'll gladly accept that condition. Now we have one more thing to discuss. Where you will stay."

Mob thought for a moment and realized he had no place to go. 

"We could technically put you on house arrest in UA, or we could find a relative of yours and ask them if you could stay. It will be a house arrest of course. You're the one who turned yourself in."

Mob, after a few seconds of pondering, said "I'd like to stay with distant relatives. Wait, did Ritsu have any children?"

The rat started crackling madly again, but this time it was a bit different. He seemed… afraid, somehow. "Now, that's when things get complicated again."

Tsukauchi confusedly searched the police database for Kageyama Ritsu. He was in the section about Ritsu's grandchildren when he saw the name.

Akatani Mikumo

Also known as "The First hero: Defiant".

"WAIT, DEFIANT IS THIS KID'S NEPHEW!"

Once again the jaws of everyone in the room (besides Mob and Nedzu, who were having a tea party using cups and pots that came out of nowhere) dropped.

"Defiant? Like the Defiant?" Eraserhead looked like he was having a brain aneurysm.

"Um, sorry but who is Defiant?" Mob asked, while pouring tea in Nedzu's cup from the pot using his telekinesis.

"He was the first hero and he established the hero associatio…" Nedzu paused, "Wait, how are you using your quirk?" 

Everyone looked at Mob.

Surely enough, he was wearing quirk suppression cuffs and using his quirk at the same time.

Nedzu began crackling madly while drinking his tea.

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After Nedzu had calmed down a bit, Nedzu started speaking again. "The problem is that Mob has… a few distant relatives."

"You call that a few?" Tsukauchi pointed at his computer which had about over a hundred names. 

And that was only including Defiant's grandchildren, and not their decendents.

"How many wives did this guy have?" Yamashita asked, looking at the list.

"Officially 1, but in reality… 3. And no (Nedzu looked at Takeshi), he did not cheat on Hatsume Kei, all four of them were in a consensual relationship. At least according to surviving interviews with Defiant's 15 children. Well, on the bright side, all frog complex mutants are basically your relatives."

Mob was torn between being happy Ritsu had so many descendants and questioning why the heck Ritsu's descendants were so weird. 

"I… don't think I'm ready to live with frog people. Not to be racist or anything, it's just…"

"It's ok. Totally understandable. Now, let's see… if we exclude mutants.. and then… Oh. Oh ho ho! I think I found the perfect person for you to stay with. Or should I say, family."

Nedzu pointed at a name. A name Mob wasn't really familiar with but had seen before somewhere… wait a minute.

Mob checked the card the green haired boy had given him. The name on the card matched the name Nedzu pointed at.

Inko Midoriya.

Well, this is awkward.

Chapter Text

Izuku was at home, waiting for a phone call.

The phone call, from the boy with the psychic quirk.

Izuku didn't really play many videogames, besides some pre-quirk classics that his dad somehow owned in large quantities.

He was watching the news on the couch. The news channel he was on (and almost all news channels) were doing a live broadcast from Takoba Beach, talking about Thunderbolt in the tower.

The news reporter explained that the heroes had eventually hired a famous vigilante known as Snake Eyes, who had a luck quirk.

A vigilante who Izuku may or may not have befriended on HeroNet.

Vigilantes were heroes in Izuku's opinion. He knew that they broke the law, but Izuku also saw that they sometimes saved more people than normal limelight heroes do.

They were also by default more heroic than Thunderbolt.

Then, the news report showed that Snake Eyes chuckled when he saw the giant tower.

And then, much to Thunderbolt's horror (and to Izuku's delight), Snake Eyes started choosing a door to open.

By doing an eeny-meeny-miney-moe.

And the heroes there were very confused by that.

Thunderbolt, who could hear everything going on outside, screamed at Snake Eyes to be serious and how he wasn't a real hero but a vigilante, a law breaking villain. Izuku wondered if the psychic boy also took some IQ points or brain cells from Thunderbolt using his telekinesis. Then, Izuku just concluded that Thunderbolt just couldn't see the situation he was in clearly. And Thunderbolt continued to call Sociatus Requiem, as"A group of mindless murderhobo villains that pretend to be heroes." Wow.

Snake Eyes apparently didn't like that.

He replied by saying they shouldn't blame him if the tower fell, because of the limitations of his quirk not always letting him change the chances to 100%.

Thunderbolt understood the underlying threat behind the message.

That Snake Eyes can make the tower fall if he wants to.

Thunderbolt became suspiciously silent after that.

Snake Eyes eventually dramatically walked up to a door, counted down slowly saying, "Ok, I'll open the door in 3, 2, 1, 0.5, 0.25, 0.125…" this went on until Snake Eyes lost count of what number he was on. Then, he shrugged and flung the door open.

The tower did not collapse.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief (or in Izuku's case, disappointment).

One reporter has the courage to start reporting, "Today, the vigilante Snake Eyes from the group Sociatus Requiem and… what is Snake Eyes doing?"

That got everyone's attention.

Snake Eyes had gone in front of another door.

He put his hand on the doorknob.

"I wonder what happens if I open another door."

Everyone started panicking.

"Don't do it!" "Are you crazy?" "Stop! Stop!"

Everyone rushed to stop Snake Eyes.

However, they were all too slow.

Snake Eyes opened the door and everyone braced for the tower to fall.

…

…

Nothing happened.

The tower didn't collapse (to the confusion of everyone besides Snake Eyes).

Snake Eyes was laughing while holding his stomach. 

"Hahhah! Oh, oh you idiots. All the doors of the tower were safe. It was a logical ruse the entire time! Oh, my stomach. Ha!"

Thunderbolt and his lackeys had clearly peed their pants. Whether it was because they were there for a long time or because they were scared of the tower falling on them, the subject would become an infamous topic to debate in HeroNet.

The news live broadcast concluded shortly after. That was when Izuku's little sister, Aiko, came up on scene. 

"Onii-san, can I have the remote?" Aiko had white hair with green streaks in them. Her eyes were red like Izuku and Aiko's father.

"Sure thing." Izuku gave Aiko the remote and she turned to another channel after she snuggled next to her brother on her couch.

That's when the doorbell rang.

"Coming!" shouted Izuku's father Midoriya Hisashi from the kitchen.

Izuku's mother was pregnant (again) so his dad tried to help out by doing all the house chores.

And he was surprisingly good at them.

Hisashi rushed towards the door and when he opened it he seemed confused.

"Good evening sir, I'm detective Tsukauchi. May I ask if "Midoriya Inko" lives here?" an unfamiliar voice said.

"Ah, that would be my wife. She is currently pregnant so unless it's an emergency then I…"

Hisashi stopped mid sentence.

"Uh, honey!" Hisashi suddenly shouted "I think you might need to come out here."

Huh, that was strange. Dad usually doesn't call mom to do anything unless it's important.

"Coming!" Inko replied from the bedroom. After a few moments Inko came from the bedroom. She hurried because she knew her husband wouldn't call her unless it was something important.

Inko went up to the door. Hisashi explained that a detective had came looking for her.

"Yes, I am Midoriya Inko. What's the matter, detective?"

"So, um. Have you ever heard the saying, pardon my French, (Izuku quickly covered Aiko's ears) "Quirks are bullshit"?"

Inko looked very confused "Yes, I have. Uh, why are you telling me this?"

Izuki heard the voice of the man named Tsukauchi sigh. "Well, bullshit happened."

"Let me guess," Hisashi interrupted, "He's Inko's ancestor from the past?" 

The detective must have looked at Hisashi weirdly because there was a lengthy silence.

"No detective, I didn't read your mind. I do, however, have a very good memory. And I remember seeing a person just like that from Inko's family tree."

"Well, close enough. This is Kageyama Shigeo, the brother of Kageyama Ritsu, your ancestor."

"Um, oh! Yes, I remember hearing that he suddenly disappeared one day. Everyone assumed he was dead but… wow. Quirks are complete bullshit."

"So is he here to stay with us because we are his closest relatives?" Hisashi went straight to the point.

"Yes, if you are ok with that he will be on house arrest until-"

"Wait, what do you mean with house arrest?"

"He, um, not knowing anything about quirks laws did some accidental vigilantism. He was the one who turned himself in so we think that it is safe for him to-"

"Wait, isn't he from the pre-quirk era?" Hisashi asked, visibly confused.

"... Shigeo confirmed that quirks existed before the glowing baby. Like, way before."

Hisashi made dying whale noises.

"This, this changes everything…" Hisashi began.

Tsukauchi questioningly looked at Inko who rolled her eyes looking at Hisashi and muttered about him going again.

Hisashi began muttering at an unimaginable speed, a speed that even someone with a speed quirk would have a hard time catching up with.

Inko turned to the detective and said, "We would gladly accept Shigeo to stay in our home for a while. I am also a lawyer so if he needs a lawyer then I might be able to help."

Tsukauchi looked at Shigeo and said, "Uh, you are."

Inko looked confused, "Pardon, what?"

"... You will be defending Kageyama Shigeo alongside Nedzu as your co-attorney."

Inko blue screened herself, before returning and asking, "Uh… when was this decided?"

"Well this is going to be awkward," said a familiar voice. Izuku had heard it somewhere before. "You are not a clown," Tsukauchi looked confusedly at Shigeo "You are the entire circus." Hisashi stopped his muttering before bursting out into laughter. Inko turned and gave Izuku a puzzled look. Izuku slowly walked to the door to see…

The boy with the telekinesis quirk.

"Um, suprise?"

Izuku was very confused.

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After Inko invited the detective to have dinner with them things calmed down a bit. However, it was super awkward.

"...so we were related."

"Yep."

"By blood."

"Yep."

"You're a lot of greats grand uncle."

"Um, do you not like that I'm your something great grand uncle?"

"What? No! Nononono no! I just… It's just Ironic."

"It really is."

Hisashi coughed and got the boy's attention. "Is there any other thing we should know besides the fact that you disabled the number 3 hero?"

"Um, oh! Did you also know your ancestor was Defiant?"

Mob didn't know that was a state secret. In Tsukauchi's defense he tried to stop Mob by giving him signs but Mob, being the non social person he was, didn't recognize them and said it anyway.

There was silence in the Midoriya house until all three Midoriyas (for different reasons) shouted "WHAT?!" all at the same time.

Aiko just ate popcorn and cola (that appeared out of nowhere) in amusement.

Now it became really awkward.

Chapter Text

After the dinner, the Midoriyas and Mob said goodbye to detective Tsuakuchi.

Izuku was happy to have a sleepover.

Izuku led Mob to the Midoriya's spare bedroom, while giving Mob a tour through the Midoriya house.

"This room is Hana-nechan's, this one is Ten-nii's, this one is Asa-nii's, and this one is mine. Our parents' and Aiko's rooms are across the hallway. We are not allowed to enter our parent's rooms. And this one over here…" Izuku opened the door, " …is now yours!"

The bedroom had a single bed, a wardrobe, a desk and a chair for the desk. The room had a window and it was quite spacious.

"Do you have a phone?" Izuku asked Mob.

This was when Mob realized he was so shocked about being sent to the future that he forgot he had a phone. Mob turned his phone on and it still had a lot of battery left.

Izuku told Mob what the WiFi password was before Mob asked Izuku a question.

"Wait, if this is the future, then why do people still use the same phones as back in my time?"

"The great info purge, didn't the detective explain it to you?"

Mob thought back to when he was at the police center.

"There was a man with a virus quirk," Nedzu had explained. They were trying to give Mob a quick overview of what happened during the last 200 years while Mob was gone, "A computer virus quirk, that is. People were still pretty afraid of quirks so that person was probably pressured a lot. When that man reached his breaking point, he used his quirk to delete all information on the internet. They successfully did so, causing anything that was connected to the internet at that time to lose all its data. That is why people had to reverse engineer everything from scratch. This left a lasting impact on the science community, which is why we don't have a colony on Mars yet."

"Reverse engineeringp everything from scratch, right?"

"Yep." Izuku nodded, "That's why even though you phone is 200 years old, it should be able to connect to the internet."

Mob was able to open Google. Then he clicked over to the "news" section and he found out that all the articles were talking about him. Mob found some articles titled "The "oops boy": Meme and mystery" or "Oops boy, or villainous scum?" and many other weird and/or disturbing titles. 

Izuku quickly noticed this and said, "Uh, I think you should click out of that."

Mob's mood had been deflated from all the article titles calling him names that he did not like.

At all.

Suddenly Mob and Izuku heard someone say, "I'm home!" from the front door.

Izuku grinned as he said, "That's Asa . Let's go say hi."

Izuku gently grabbed Mob's wrist and dragged him (gently) towards the front door.

Hisashi was giving Asa (who was giving Aiko a hug) a brief summary of what happened when Asa spotted Mob. Asa grinned and said, "Hello. My name is Midoriya Asa but you can just call me Asa."

"Hello, my name is Kageyama Shigeo," Mob did a 90 degree bow, "but you can just call me Mob."

"Mob, huh. I'd say that's a weird nickname but my nickname was "Buffer/Debuffer" so I have nothing to say."

Mob looked at Izuku questioningly before Izuku explained. "Ten-nii likes video games so he gives nicknames based on video games. By the way, where's Ten-nii and Hana-nechan?"

"Tenko is having a sleepover at Suto's house while Hana is also having a sleepover as well. Well, legally they are adults. They'll be fine."

Aiko muttered something along the lines of 'no they're not'.

"Yeah, you're probably right. Hey Mob, let's go to bed."

"Ok." Mob replied.

Izuku and Mob said their goodnights to each other, not knowing that at that exact moment, people were planning things in the shadows…

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"...So what you're saying is that a person from the past, who is a gen 0 quirk user, has been teleported here and that they are the ones who disabled Thunderbolt. And that they can ignore quirk suppressing technology?" the HPSC president asked, sitting on her chair in her office.

"Yes, ma'am." A man hidden by the shadows asks, "Shall we do something about it?"

"...Wait for tomorrow morning, then we move. We need to arrest him so that we can… examine him closely. Let's send him to Tartaurus for ending the number 3 hero's career." 

Now, as you probably could tell, here the word examine would be more closer to "do inhumane tests and experiments on". So the HPSC president would probably want to send Mob to "Tartarus" so that she could fake his death and do some examining without anyone finding out.

"Yes ma'am." Then the man in the shadows disappeared.

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Mob woke up in an unfamiliar place. He was confused about where he was until he remembered he was now 200 years into the future.

Mob wondered if Ritsu, his parents, Master Reigen, Dimple and his friends were worried about him. 

Mob realized that because this is the future, they probably were worried about him but all of them had already died many years ago.

Well, Dimple might still be around but Mob had no way of knowing where Dimple currently was at.

He might have already moved on from Mob after a few years.

Mob felt tears building in his eyes. Though his social senses were still near zero, he expressed his emotions a bit more freely after being rejected by Tsubomi.

Mob lied in bed until he heard a knocking noise. 

"Yes?" Mob answered, wiping his tears away.

"This is Inko. I made breakfast. If you want to, you can join us."

"I will, please wait a minute." Mob got up from the bed, put his phone in his pocket, and opened the door.

"Good morning Shigeo." Inko said, as she smiled kindly. "How are you feeling today?"

"I'm fine. Thank you for asking." It was still kind of awkward for the Midoriyas and Mob, but they had mostly gotten over it last night.

Inko led Mob to the kitchen where there was a large, rectangular table. There was some bread and jam with fried eggs for breakfast.

"Good morning uncle-nii."  

"Good morning Mob." 

"Morning Shigeo." Aiko, Izuku and Hisashi greeted Mob.

"Good morning." Mob replied, "Uh, I don't see Asa san today."

"He went to his job as a sidekick for Pro-Hero Blue flame." Izuku explained, as Mob sat down on one of the chairs and started putting jam on his bread.

Suddenly, Izuku's phone rang.

"...That's strange. Who would call me this early in the mor… Ah, it's Asa." Izuku put the phone on speaker mode, "Yeah Asa-nii, what's the matter."

"You need to get Mob out of our house, now. " Asa's voice sounded panicked. "The HPSC is gathering heroes to capture Mob. I just got confirmation from a HPSC hero friend of mine that said that they were going to do a raid on my house. They said that the HPSC says that Mob is a threat and… " only static noises came out of the phone.

"Hello? Asa-nii? Hello?" Izuku quickly ended the call, and tried to text Asa. Then Izuku realized that the internet was not working.

Mob was very confused. "Wait, aren't I already on house arrest? How are they planning to arrest me agai…"

"Class 6 quirk rule." Hisashi interjected, swearing under his breath so that only he could hear it. "It was made so that the HPSC could take control if… let's say for example, All Might went rogue. But they are planning to use it in a way that allows them to capture you."

"Alright!" shouted a voice that sounded like it was coming from a megaphone outside the house, "Kageyama Shigeo, we arrest you under the class 6 quirk law for crimes such as: vigilantism, illegal quirk usage, interfering in a villain fight and the assault of the number 3 hero Thunderbolt. Come out peacefully or we will use force."

"Number 3 hero, my as-"

"Izuku, please stop." Inko interjected. However, she looked equally furious. She then looked at her husband, "Isn't there anything we can do?"

Hisashi thought for a moment, "Well, I could take all the heroes outside an-"

"Correction," Inko quickly cut Hisashi off. "Anything legal we could do?"

Hisashi grumbled something about his brother and a sense of justice, then said, "I'm afraid not."

"If you do not come out on the count of 10," the voice continued, "We will have to use force. I repeat, we will have to use force."

Mob looked at the 3 Midoriyas, then said "It's ok. I will go."

"1, 2…"

"What! No! You can't go!"

"3…"

"It's ok, I'll be fine. I can defend myself."

"4…"

"Mom! Dad! Say something!"

"... As much as I don't like this situation, that is currently the best option."

"Dad!"

"5, 6, 7…"

"Thank you for your hospitality. I hope we will see each other soon."

Mob turned to Izuku and gave him a hug, "It will be fine. I've dealt with worse."

"8, 9…"

At that moment, Mob used telekinesis to open the door.

"Alright, put your hands in the air where we can see them. Walk out slowly. And no funny business, or else."

Mob quickly obeyed. Outside the door there were many onlookers and some heroes (Mob later learned from Izuku that all of them were HPSC heroes). The people who were looking all had different expressions. But there was one thing in common about all their looks. They radiated one thing. 

Fear.

Mob felt like the first time he lost control over his powers. He hurt the bullies and even injured Ritsu. Mob vowed never to use his powers again until he met Master Reigen. Je learned from Master Reigen that his powers could be used for good. That Mob could help people with his powers.

But now, Mob wasn't so sure.

And while it is true Mob wasn't the one who did the damage, Mob couldn't help but wonder what would happen if he lost control of his power while he was helping someone, then would he also mindlessly attack the people he was trying to help?

Mob didn't want that.

Now the heroes put Mob in handcuffs and shoved him in a van. The guards had guns and wore masks that hid their faces. 

Mob really began to wonder if he was really just dangerous and if he should just be locked away somewhere. Where the world was safe from him. Where he could just hide away forever.

Mob's thoughts started spiraling downwards…

_____

The HPSC made a stupid move arresting Mob.

However, this was not because they probably angered Nedzu.

Not because they angered Inko or even Hisashi.

Heck, not even Aiko (and you really don't want Aiko mad).

But because they angered a little quirkless boy.

The HPSC president herself was quirkless, but she didn't want people to be reminded of that. So she began making laws that limited the rights of quirkless people.

The HPSC president couldn't have known or even imagined that making a person (that she was actually trying to limit the right of) angry would have been the single biggest blunder in her entire career.

This was because Midoriya Izuku was lonely.

After his dad explained what actual friends were like, Izuku realized that Kacchan wasn't really a friend anymore. He also realized that the kids Kacchan hangs out with weren't friends as well.

They were a bad influence.

So Izuku began actually training with his mom to be able to become a quirkless hero instead of wishing hopefully for a chance to become a hero to suddenly appear from the sky.

But he was still lonely.

He did have Hana-nechan and Ten and Asa-niis and Aiko, but they weren't the same as having a friend of the same age.

Until Mob came along.

Mob was a kind soul much like Izuku's own. He was polite and though he lacked understanding of social norms, he was a good friend. 

Izuku knew that even from only spending a few hours with Mob.

And since Mob had to stay at the Midoriya house, Izuku had an actual friend he could talk to and spend time with.

He had a friend, that is.

Until the HPSC ruined everything. Again.

First it was them ruining the image of heroes as something only for money and fame.

Then they began giving licenses to unqualified people as long as they could follow orders and obey every command from the HPSC.

And now, now Izuku was officially pissed off.

Izuku opened his computer and began speeding away at a project he had been working on for a year and a half now. He had been waiting for the perfect chance to finish it.

Now Mob had opened that path for Izuku.

Izuku wondered what he should name it for a long time. However, now he had the perfect name for it. The HPSC was experiencing the calm before the storm.

The eye of the storm to be exact.

Izuku finished and published his literary masterpiece.

The Thunder Pamphlet.

Chapter Text

At this moment the HPSC realized, that they fucked up.

That moment was when the Thunder Pamphlet was published.

The Thunder Pamphlet was a 76 page essay. First, it revealed the crimes Thunderbolt had committed during his career as a hero.

And there were a lot of those.

Another thing was that the Thunder Pamphlet had no physical copies.

It was a digital essay.

That had videos in it.

The first of the 13 videos in the Thunder Pamphlet was an interview of Thunderbolt's own daughter.

Izuku had apparently been the only one to hear her in her desperate cry for help from Thunderbolt's abuse a year prior.

Izuku has taken notes on how Thunderbolt had abused his daughter, first hand descriptions of all the events, and had taken an interview using an encrypted video chat website (that Izuku made himself).

That in itself would have been a devastating blow to the HPSC's image, Thunderbolt's image, and the image of heroics in general.

But wait, there's more.

The first 10 pages talked about Thunderbolt, but the other 66? They talked about heroics.

And how the HPSC twisted them.

He talked about all the unqualified heroes and compared the collateral damage, number of accidents, casualties, and many more things between HPSC heroes and independent/UA heroes.

There was a significant difference. And not in the HPSC's favor either.

Now this, this was the end, right? Surely?

Nope. Izuku didn't work on this for a year and a half for nothing.

The first 10 pages were about Thunderbolt, the next 16 were about heroics, and then Izuku began comparing employment rates between quirkless/"villainous"/weak quirk holding citizens and citizens who had flashy or strong quirks.

It didn't look like a lot at first, but that was when only looking at numbers.

If you had a weak quirk, you were more likely to be treated badly in the average workplace. And more likely to be pressured into early retirement. And if you complained about it or tried to sue the company, then the company would say that it was your fault for succumbing to the pressure.

The quirkless had it even worse.

Because of the HPSC's new laws, you had to write your quirk on your work application. This doesn't seem like a bad law, until you realize its true purpose.

To create a hierarchy.

And if you were quirkless, you couldn't just write "quirkless" in the quirk section. In fact, there was no "quirkless" section on the application. 

You had to wait another 2 weeks to get a separate piece of paper to put it with your work application.

And sometimes, that paper was delayed.

You couldn't even work at a part time job without that paper, so you were effectively jobless during that period.

And you needed to order a new piece of the same paper everytime you applied to a new job.

The same thing happened with complex mutant type quirk holding citizens.

Except their papers took 4 months.

At minimum.

And because all those papers were also printed at the HPSC, the printers there sometimes "broke" and it took longer.

Now, now surely Izuku was done. Surely he had nothing more surely…

Not even close.

First 10 pages were about Thunderbolt, the next 16 about heroics, the next 30 about laws and injustice, and now the final section was about abuse of power by the HPSC. And the perfect martyr and most recent victim had suddenly appeared.

Kageyama Shigeo.

Izuku first noted that Shigeo turned himself in after the Thunderbolt tower incident (which was shortened to the TT incident).

Next, Izuku noted why the TT incident happened in the first place.

It happened because Thunderbolt was letting his sidekicks (read lackeys) beat children. 

And was in fact encouraging them to beat the children harder.

Finally, that was the how . Thunderbolt was blatantly quirkist against the quirkless and attempted murder against a child.

Shigeo had no choice but to defend Izuku.

Shigeo had also lost control of his quirk, which took over using a more violent persona but still took notice of the children who were being beaten and Izuku who was filming the whole thing.

Izuku also noted that pro hero Tele-disk also sent a thank you message for saving her during the villain fight.

Then Izuku pointed out Takoba Beach.

Kageyama Shigeo had made an architectural behemoth while also cleaning the entire beach.

The beach that people had changed into a dump.

Now people who remembered the beach before it was trashed and the people who had never seen the beach in its original beauty could both see its marvelous scenery now. And the local businesses will start to grow thanks to tourism of the beach (partially thanks to the tower).

And it was all thanks to Mob.

Now, what damage did he cause? He attacked child beaters and quirkists, while not being completely conscious.

The Thunder Pamphlet closed off with a quick summary of the past 75 pages for people who couldn't (or didn't) read the entire essay. The summary still made sure that it left no important detail unaddressed.

The HPSC realized the threat this essay was to them.

At first they tried to discredit the essay, but quickly realized that the arguments and evidence were so sound that there was literally nothing to discredit.

And because this is the HPSC we are talking about, that's really saying something.

So they decided that quickly taking it down was the best course of action so they did… or at least tried to.

The Thunder Pamphlet had a special protection software installed into it. Which made even the best of the HPSC's professional hackers tear their hair out in frustration.

Finally, they did manage to delete it.

Only for it to come back on the most famous hero fansite cafe on HeroNet.

And posted by the owner SmallMight2200.

Aka Midoriya Izuku.

Now this version had 34 more pages added to the "HPSC's abuse of power" section.

The HPSC realized that they were doomed.

So they did the most logical thing they could think of.

Announced that Kageyama Shigeo had resistance to quirk suppressive technology.

And apparently, quirks that had the same effect (Eraserhead had tested it out back at the police station).

It was after the presentation that the HPSC realized they drew a target on Shigeo's back.

And the HPSC was currently the one who held Shigeo in custody.

Which means that they drew a target on their own back.

"Welp" the HPSC president said to her fellow advisers in their final meeting, "I'll do the most responsible thing in this situation. I resign. Mera, you're in charge now." And the HPSC president grabbed a parachute and jumped out of the window.

Mera was absolutely flabbergasted.

Contrary to the belief, Mera and the HPSC president didn't get along well. Mera sighed and said "Good riddance. Now, any of you have any idea how to deal with this shitshow?"

_____

Nedzu crackled and face palmed as he rode on the backseat of his car, which was driven by Aizawa (much to his dismay).

He crackled while reading (and rereading) the Thunder Pamphlet.

While blasting the Hamilton original soundtrack through his car (Aizawa started questioning his life choices at this point).

Nedzu promptly facepalmed when the HPSC announced that Mob had quirk suppression resistance (Aizawa also groaned when Nedzu told him about it).

However, Nedzu became happier when he heard how the HPSC president was being sued for crashing a 9 year old girl's birthday party right after she resigned.

The girl was Lunch Rush's daughter.

Nedzu was kind of afraid for the (now past) HPSC president because she had called upon Lunch Rush's wrath.

And one does not simply run away from Lunch Rush's wrath.

Nedzu had to learn that the hard way. 

This happened because Nedzu refused to raise the chief's pay and budget for the kitchen.

Nedzu is still 75% sure that Lunch Rush only spared him because he wanted to remain a legal citizen of Japan, and not a wanted criminal. However, Nedzu was 100% sure Lunch Rush could hide Nedzu's body and still get away with it if he was caught red handed.

Lunch Rush just needed to get rid of the new witnesses after all. 

Nedzu shook his head to get rid of the unpleasant thoughts and memories as he realized that they reached their destination.

Deika City.

Apparently Yotsubashi Rikiya, CEO of Detnerat, wanted to have a private talk with Nedzu.

Usually, Nedzu was very paranoid and wouldn't have gone to that meeting under normal circumstances.

Being sent a video of Beat Jeanist in a fur suit with Purity, the leader of the Creature Rejection Clan, wasn't a normal circumstance.

However, Nedzu had Eraserhead, so Nedzu wasn't very afraid.

And what would Rikiya do? Blackmail Nedzu? Ha! As if.

A small part of Nedzu's mind told him that Yotsubashi was the same name as Destro, his old friend.

That he betrayed and abandoned.

Nedzu told that part of his brain to shush.

Besides, what could possibly go wrong?

_____

EVERYTHING WENT WRONG, EVERYTHING WENT WRONG!

"Hail Hydra, bitch."

SHIT WENT FROM ZERO TO A HUNDRED REAL FUCKING QUICK!

Aizawa was staring judgmentally upon Nedzu.

"This.. this isn't possibl-"

"But it is. You just witnessed it yourself." Rikiya had his smug look of superiority as he explained this to all of the numbers of the Meta Liberation Army, a conspiracy thought to have been dispersed a hundred years ago. But now, Nedzu was facing the consequences of his own actions by seeing the empire Destro had built upon the ruins that Nedzu had made.

"So, now that we’ve established what the stick is…" Re-Destro continued "... we’re going to talk about the carrot. Namely, what the MLA’s goals are, and how exactly can you help me in the next step of the plan to achieve them. Namely," Re-Destro paused "The recruitment of Kageyama Shigeo."

What? "What?" Nedzu thought and said at the same time.

"We want Kageyama Shigeo to be part of the MLA for several reasons. Namely, his unique and very powerful meta ability. However, we also want him to join because of another valuable resource he possesses: knowledge."

Nedzu gulped. That was also one of the main reasons Nedzu said he would be Mob's attorney.

Knowledge about the pre-quirk era was scarce, so much that even a paragraph about a single day of the pre-quirk era could be worth billions.

"We will sign a contract here and now saying that you and Kageyama will join the MLA. And when you sign it, it will mean the entire UA will be part of the MLA. Well, maybe except All Might because… you know. He's All Might."

"Actually," Nedzu quietly added "All Might's civilian persona votes for the Hearts and Minds party." that actually stopped Re-Destro "I'm guessing that All Might would actually like to join the MLA because of their similarities to the Hearts and Mi-"

Re-Destro raised his hand which made the rodent stop. "Well, this is awkward." that made Nedzu extremely confused, "The H&M party is already in the MLA…"

Nedzu thought for a few seconds before connecting the dots.

Oh…

"... well I think we should talk about the rest of the terms of agreement." Re-Destro promptly said a long list of things that Nedzu made note of in his brain, "...finally Kageyama can go home whenever he likes and that's about it. Any questions?"

Nedzu raised his hand as he signed a paper which made Nedzu feel like he was selling his own soul (oh, how the tables have turned). "Um, could you tell me where you got that … video?"

Rikiya gave Nedzu a smile while saying "My daughter has a playmate whose father is my… acquaintance. The acquaintance was the one who reached out to me to make his son join the MLA saying that it'd be a good experience for him. I think his son's HeroNet ID was Smallmight2200."

Nedzu pauses. He had definitely heard that ID somewhere…

The it hit him.

"My acquaintance's son is a First Advisor codename "Notebook" by the way." Re-Destro looked at the paper Nedzu signed. "Welcome to the Meta Liberation Army, First Adviser: Ninkilim."

Chapter Text

Mob wasn't doing so well.

Being locked in a cell didn't help.

Mob's spiral had gotten very far. So much that Mob wasn't sure he should even be alive.

Now you might think that it is strange of Mob to think that, but remember: everyone he has known and loved had died. That it on itself had taken a heavy toll on Mob.

And then, Mob was reminded of the damage that he could provoke, and the damage he did inflict.

Mob had made 3 people disabled.

Sure, Mob wasn't totally conscious and he knew that he would never do it on purpose. However, Mob somehow unlocked a new power: ( How many powers do I even have? Mob thought to himself) a death ray that fired from his fingers.

As if Mob wasn't op enough.

Mob never wanted to hurt people. He was even going to try and talk it out with the villain that had Ao hostage before he knocked him out using telekinesis.

Now, look at where he was. Being seen as a dangerous criminal, and being treated like one as well.

Mob's cell wasn't really a cell. Apparently, there were a few HPSC rest stops where people could go to the bathroom, stretch a bit, and refuel the cars.

There was a small location in the corner where it was surrounded by bars and had a door which was also made up of bars. There was a long bench in the cell for prisoners to sit on. Mob just sat on the bench quietly waiting for the people to take him to the next location.

Mob jumps a little, when he hears the lock on the door to the cell being open. Mob just stood up and was ready to go wherever the people were going to take, when the guard took out a key and unhandcuffed Mob.

Mob was very confused.

"Uh," Mob started, "I think you're supposed to keep that on me sir."

The man chuckled and said, "Well, I'm not sure if I'm a sir but we just received new orders. Orders to take you back home."

Correction, Mob was extremely confused.

"But.. but why? I… I hurt a person and…" 

Mob heard another guard sigh in the background. When he turned to see where the sound came from, he saw one guard giving the other guard 10000 yen. The guard receiving the money said, "I told you, low self esteem and thinks he genuinely did something bad."

…No words could describe Mob confusion at this point.

The person who received money realized Mob was looking at her and said, "Oh, yeah. Sorry for betting on you. But what I said is true. You're feeling guilty for disabling Thunderbolt and his sidekicks right?" Mob nodded. "Well, don't be. I knew Thunderbolt was a douchebag the moment I saw him but MAN. There are lines that you should never cross. Oh, right. You probably have no idea what I'm talking about. Here, you can have your phone back." The lady tossed Mob's phone to Mob. "Search "The Thunder Pamphlet" and you'll understand."

Mob did just that and he realized that Izuku was the one who wrote it. Mob went to the summary section of the essay and that changed the way Mob thought of himself and his powers.

Mob had cleaned a beach that would have taken 10 people at least 3 months to clean in a few seconds while delivering justice to those who deserved it. Mob was still aware of his surroundings while being in his angry form and helping those who needed it. Mob remembered the reason the TT accident happened in the first place and wondered why he forgot about it.

Probably low self esteem.

Mob was now a bit more cheered up and also realized that you should always see the full story, not one part of it.

He now knew this because of experiencing it himself.

The guards became a bit more friendly and they walked him to the car to drive him home…

_____

Mob felt very nauseous.

That was probably because the car he was in was rolling down a hill.

For some reason a truck came out of nowhere (there weren't even any sidelanes either) and pushed the heavily armed car Mob was riding in.

Mob quickly used his telekinesis to make the car safely roll down and land on its wheels.

And also to protect the passengers.

Everyone was surprised and on high alert.

They landed in some kind of desert area that wasn't there before.

A guard put their hand to their ears and quickly said "Team Alpha come in, I repeat, Team Alpha." There was only static coming out of the earpiece.

"Well," Mob said, "At least we're all safe."

All the guards looked at Mob and facepalmed.

"Alright," one guard said, "I mean this in the most respectful way possible. Kageyama Shigeo, you son of a bi-"

Apparently, Truck-kun wanted more.

Because of that the guard's curse was perfectly cut when the second impact happened.

Most of the guards who weren't already knocked out were now out cold.

The only one who was (barely) conscious was Mob. The car apparently came to a halt sideways and Mob didn't have the power left to flip the car upright.

Mob did, however, have enough power to use his telekinesis to check if everyone was alright and Mob sighed out a breath of relief when he found that no one had any serious injuries and that all their pulses were still active.

Just then, the car door opened and a woman with blue and pink hair jumped inside. She was wearing a gas mask when she took it off as she started to talk.

"So you must be Kageyama Shigeo." She said.

Mob tried to reply, but he started feeling drowsy.

"Don't worry. When you wake up, we'll help you to be liberated. "

And with that, Mob's entire world turned dark.

Chapter Text

Mob woke up on a comfortable bed.

He was confused because the bed wasn't his, nor the Midoriya's.

Then, the memories came back.

The truck, the bicoloured haired lady, the Thunder Pamphlet…

Mob looked around in his surroundings while sitting upright on the bed.

He was in a room with green wall paper. There was a mini fridge, a desk, and a door that led to a bathroom, which had a shower attached to it.

But the exit was nowhere in sight.

Mob stood up and was about to use his telekinesis to feel for an exit.

But even before he could even try, he suddenly felt dizzy, and collapsed on the floor.

While Mob was still recovering on the floor, a man that looked like a bear came into the room through one of the fake walls.

The man helped Mob back on the bed and said "I'm sorry we had to do this, but we gave you a drug that causes dizziness when you try to stand up."

The man bowed and said "My name is Miyashita, and welcome to Deika city, the headquarters of the Meta Liberation Army."

Mob's eyes widened. Back at the police station, when he was receiving a quick history lesson, one of the most important events was the Meta Liberation War.

"What… What does a terrorist group want from me?" Mob asked cautiously.

"... what?" Miyashita genuinely looked confused. "Oh, right. Yeah, I thought the same thing. But the Grand Commander showed me in person how great the MLA was. I think he sent me to you because I know what it is like to not have known what the MLA actually was."

Mob was mulling it over when he remembered what Nedzu said during the history lesson.

"That is true about the Meta Liberation Army. However," Nedzu paused, "You should always take history with a grain of salt because the situation can vary from person to person."

"But sir," Mob asked, "how could a terrorist organization have a different side of a story?"

Nedzu chuckled lightly and said, "Even a small baby can become a giant Kaiju monster in the eyes of ants."

Mob decided to know what their side of the story was.

"So… the only thing I heard about the MLA was that it was a terrorist group. So could you teach me?"

When Mob looked up at Miyashita, he practically beamed with happiness.

"Ok then, so it all started when Yotsubashi Chikara was born. His mother…"

Unknown to Mob, one of the fake walls was a one way glass. Behind it, there were 2 people standing. One had a long nose, while the other had a notebook.

"Kageyama seems ready to hear all sides of a story it seems." Yotsubashi Rikiya, or Re-Destro, the Grand Commander of the Meta Liberation Army said while smiling.

"I'm just glad he's ok." Midoriya Izuku, or Notebook, First Adviser of the MLA said with a sigh. "So, what will you do if Mob decides not to join the MLA?"

"Then I have no choice but to send him back." This time, it was Rikiya who sighed, "So, could you tell me what his quirk is?"

Izuku thought back to the night before the HPSC arrested Mob.

"So," Izuku asked excitedly, "What's the name of your quirk?"

Mob blinked and said, "I had never thought of a name for my.. quirk before." 

"Oh!" Izuku became even more excited, "I thought this might happen since you're from the pre-quirk era. So I took the liberty of making some prototype names."

Izuku showed Mob a notebook, and it had a long list of names.

Mob looked at one name in particular.

Psycho.

"Do you like that name? Psycho?"

"Psycho 100." Mob muttered to himself.

"Hey, that's actually a good name. Psycho 100! Though, I gotta ask, where did the 100 come from?"

"Huh?" Mob turned to look at Izuku. "Oh, oh yeah. It's just part of my.. quirk where I see a sudden flash of a percentage from time to time. Usually when I am fighting someone. I think it has to do with how close I'm reaching my limit."

"That's really cool! What other things can your quirk do?"

"Well, I can absorb and release energy, sense people's quirks and spirits in a 20km radius…"

"Wait, did you just say spirits?"

Mob paused before asking, "Do people not know ghosts exist?"

Izuku proceeded to faint.

Izuku smiled at that memory.

"His quirk's name is Psycho 100."

_____

"So, what you're saying is most of what people know about the MLA is propaganda?"

"Um, to summarize it in one sentence, then yes."

Mob wondered how much history Japan had altered. If what Miyashita said was true, then Japan's government really, really sucked.

"But, but why? "

"Hmm, which is easier to incriminate? A bunch of freedom fighters or a bunch of racist terrorists?"

Oh. That made way more sense on why propaganda was so useful.

"I know murder isn't right but changing the story from an assassination attempt into a terrorist attack just so you can torture and kill the said assassin is just… wow." Miyashita then looked at his watch, "Oh, it's time for your interview!"

"My what?" Mob asked confusedly.

"Oh right! We want you to join the Meta Liberation Army!" Miyashita said, while (politely) pointing at Mob.

"... is that meant to parody the American "Join The Army" poster from World War 2?"

"Yes," Miyashita said, with no embarrassment in his voice, "yes it is."

"...ok. Please lead the way to the interview."

Miyashita got up and walked to a wall. He did the MLA Salute facing the wall, and the wall slid open revealing a passageway. Mob tried to get up before feeling dizzy again.

"Oh. Oops." Miyashita looked genuinely apologetic. "Sorry. I should probably get you the antidote."

_____

Mob wasn't sure if he should join the MLA.

He now knew that the MLA was not just a mindless quirk supremacy terrorist group. But that doesn't mean that the deaths of the people killed because of the MLA were justified.

Mob was led by Miyashita to a room that had a table and 2 chairs on each side. Mob sat down on one chair while Miyashita said "Good luck" and went out of the room.

Mob waited for a few more seconds until a smiling man with brown hair and a long nose came in through the door.

Mob stood up to bow but the man put up his hand and said, "No need, we are all equals here."

Mob sat back down and the man sat on the other chair. 

"My name is Yotsubashi Rikiya, but you can just call me Rikiya-san."

_____

Somewhere else, a pink haired girl sneezed. Then she went back making her invention which she called the "Squid Bazooka Baby".

_____

"Welcome to the interview to join the Meta Liberation Army."

"Um, honestly I do not know if I should join the MLA or not."

Rikiya-san smiled kindly and said, "That is understandable. If you wish so, we can send you back to your home right away and have nothing to do with us anymore. Under the condition you do not speak of this interview, of course."

Mob thought about it. He knew that the MLA had started wars and got people killed in the past. However, he also knew that the HPSP was corrupted (which was the entire reason he was in jail in the first place.)

He also knew that only 10% of the MLA were quirk supremacists.

 And neither Re-Destro nor even Destro himself were one of them.

Mob knew that they wanted to give people more rights, to liberate people.

And the reason Destro became Destro in the first place was because of people who killed his mother.

If people were more calm and smart then they would have made rational choices.

Alas, humans were stupid in general.

Mob mulled all these things over. He knew he could help the MLA with his knowledge.

He could help society to return to the (mostly) stable state that it was before the dawn of quirks

Better yet, he could even help fix the flaws of the past generations.

"My final answer is…" Rikiya looked at Mob as if he was a  TV presenter who was about to announce the lottery numbers.

"...yes. I will join the Meta Liberation Army."

Rikiya-san smiles as if Christmas came early. "Thank you." he said, "Nowhere are the terms and agreement of joining the Meta Liberation Army."

Rikiya san gave Mob a contract on a clipboard. The contract had a very very long list of things to agree to, like, "I will not tell anyone that I am part of the MLA" or "If someone does the MLA salute, you must also do so." and many other things. At the end of the contract it said:

I _____  ______ will join the Meta Liberation Army under the code name ______ as A first adviser .

Signature _____________

The first adviser part had already been filled out by Rikiya-san, so Mob couldn't change that. Mob put in his name but paused at the code name part.

What was a good code name? It couldn't be Mob because it was a nickname….

Then it hit Mob.

Mob quickly signed the rest of the paper and gave it back to Rikiya-san.

 Rikiya-san took a quick and gave Mob an amused smile.

"Welcome to the Meta Liberation Army, First Adviser: Blank. "

_____

Home. Mob at first wasn't sure where his home was anymore. Everyone he knew was dead. He didn't know where to go. 

Then he remembered Izuku. He remembered the Midoriyas and how nicely they treated him. He remembered how they welcomed him, a complete stranger, into their homes. He remembered how Izuku had recklessly, yet selflessly gone to protect complete strangers from the number 3 hero.

Mob decided that the Midoriyas were his home now.

So when Rikiya-san asked where Mob's home was, Mob told him the address for the Midoriya household.

Rikiya-san suddenly laughed and said, "No, no. I just wanted to know where you think your home is. I'm not gonna be the one to get you home anyhow."

Mob blinked before asking, "Um, then how will I go back home?"

Rikiya-san just smiled and then drank some kind of drink. The interview room started to be filled with gas. When Mob started to panic, Rikiya-san said, "Oh, don't worry. It's just sleeping gas. Once you wake up you'll be at your home after being rescued by some UA and MLA heroes. Also, tell Notebook I said hi."

Mob was about to ask who Notebook was when everything went black.

Chapter Text

"-ey, hey." Mob heard a familiar voice.

He felt a strange sensation, as if he was floating on water while falling through the sky.

Then, he opened his eyes.

The place he was in was very dark, and he could see only one thing in front of him.

Or should I say, one person .

"Hello," Mob started, staring at ???%. "Um, I'm not quite sure what to call you."

"Just… just call me 1 ." ??- no 1 stated. "I just wanted to talk to you before you woke up."

"How are you still… here? I thought you disappeared after I accepted we were the same people?"

1 shrugged. "I was born of you suppressing your emotions. Even though you can now more or less freely express your emotions, things like that don't disappear right away. They take time."

Mob mulled it over and said, "That makes sense."

"Um also," 1 sheepishly said, "I wanted to apologize for going… a little overboard with Thunderbolt."

"A little?" Mob sarcastically asked.

"Yeah, well… wait, were you being sarcastic just now?"

Mob paused, said "I guess I was." and bursted into laughter. 1 soon followed.

"Well," Mob began after he calmed down, "Though it was a little extreme, I think that Thunderbolt deserved a punishment. I was thinking of more jail for life but becoming disabled is also a pretty good punishment."

Mob's surroundings began slowly fading away.

"I guess I'll have to go soon." Mob said, a bit melochany. "I hope we can see each other again."

1 smiled and waves his hand, "Of course we'll see each other again. Whenever you look in the mirror, you are looking at me. I am you after all."

"Yeah, just don't go overboard like last time."

1 chuckled, "Bye!"

The place turned completely white in an instant.

_____

When Mob had woken up, he was in his bed. Not his bed from the past but his bed when he was at the Midoriya household. The room also looked like the room he stayed in when he was in the Midoriya household.

Then realized this was the Midoriya household.

He also realizes that Izuku's sister, Aiko, was staring at him from the ceiling of the room.

"Hello, Aiko," Mob said, "Could you tell your other family members that I am awake?"

"Ok, uncle-nii." Then Aiko proceeded to walk on the ceiling and through the walls of the room.

Meh, Mob had seen weirder things. Living with a ghost helped with that.

Suddenly a crying Izuku burst through the door and hugged Mob tightly.

Mob honestly had no clue what to do in this situation so he just slowly patted Izuku's back until he calmed down.

Then Mob remembered Rikiya-san told Mob to tell Notebook he said hi.

Notebook. What did Izuku always carry around? A notebook.

Slowly, Mob did the MLA Salute.

A still crying Izuku saluted back. So did Inko and Hisashi.

Even Aiko saluted back.

Well, at least he wasn't alone.

_____

After Izuku had stopped crying, he explained to Mob how the heroes "located" Mob and "rescued" him from a "random" terrorist group that "disapeared".

Izuku said that with a lot of air quotes.

Which, Mob did not understand.

"Uh, what are you doing with your fingers?" (inside Mob's head, 1 facepalmed.)

Izuku stared confusedly at Mob before realizing and said, "Oh, these are air quotes." Mob still looked like he didn't understood, "They are for, um, describing things that aren't true?" Mob was even more confused. "Uh, dad! Help me out."

"To quote Einstein…" Hisashi replied slowly, "'If you can't explain it to a 6-year-old, you don't understand it yourself,' Shigeo is not a 6 year old." 

Izuku just gave a frustrated stare to his father, who was now carrying Aiko.

"I know what air quotes are." Izuku said, grinding his teeth.

"Then explain it to me, onii-san." Aiko said innocently.

Izuku was silent.

"See, you don't understand it."

Izuku stared at Aiko before sighing and saying, "Well, Aiko is never wrong. I fold, father, I indeed do not know what air quotes are."

Hisashi grinned before Aiko once again innocently asked, "Daddy, can you explain to me what air quotes are?" Hisashi's smile flattered while Izuku began smiling more.

"I, uh, well, um, yesn't?" Hisashi said, while shrugging his shoulders.

Everyone there burst out in laughter, including Mob.

Hisashi wondered what it would have been like if he and his brother had gotten a bit more along together…

_____

One For All changed after Akatani Mikumo's mother got it. She was a 1st gen quirk user and her quirk was a minor telekinesis quirk.

Apparently, OFA now pulled on the spirits of the holders' deceased loved ones.

That was the reason why Kageyama Ritsu was currently banging his head on a wall.

Akatani Mikumo, aka Defiant, had no clue how to reassure his grandfather.

Apparently his grand uncle was somehow still alive, and Ritsu was not ready to face that fact.

The Third, a woman with yellow hair and a water quirk, whispered in Mikumo's ear, "Um, second, could you please make him stop?"

"I have no clue how to though." Defiant replied, "My mother and father are working on that. And failing."

Defiant's mother and Yoichi were trying to reassure Ritsu.

"Pardon my French, honey, but my onii-san, the kindest person on this planet, has been fucking arrested, kidnapped, and rescued after disabling 3 people. Please explain how this situation can get any better?"

Defiant's mother had no reply, so Ritsu continued to bang his head. Yoichi tried to change OFA, so that Ritsu's head landed on a pillow, but Ritsu just turned to find another wall.

The Third decided to change the subject, "By the way, can't you now manifest yourself out of One for All because of Sixteenth's quirk and OF reaching singularity?"

"I can and I will, but only when the Nineteenth will take their entrance exams for UA."

"Shhh, we're watching a training montage." Yu Takeyama, aka Singularity, the first rescue hero, said to her husband.

"Fine, fine. Anyways, just let my grandfather be. After he calms down, the only thing that could make him have that reaction again is if my uncle Seikyo is still alive. Then, both my father and Grandfather will start banging their heads. Anyways, I'm gonna test the Fifteenth's "Astral projection" quirk with the Fourteenth's "Locate" quirk to try, and visit some other members of my family."

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2213 Oct 15

Defiant started to regret using Astral projection with Locate. He usually disagreed with the saying "Ignorance is bliss" but now he learned that some things are better unknown.

Like, the fact his uncle is still alive. And is married to his descendant (that also looks extremely like his mother) and has multiple children (one of which looks extremely like himself, which was kind of like looking at a palette swapped mirror).

Also his grand uncle was here.

And his grand uncle and his uncle's daughter (Aiko) could apparently see him.

"Hey Izuku, good morn… wait, when did your hair turn black. And when did you become a ghost?"

At that moment Izuku came out of his bedroom. "Mornin', Mob."

Mob looked at Defiant, then at Izuku, then at Mikumo again.

"...why are there 2 Izukus?"

Izuku rubbed his eyes confusedly, "What do you mean? Maybe you're still kind of sleepy and you're seeing things."

"...nope. The invisible Izuku is apparently panicking right now."

"Good morning Izu-nii and uncle-nii… why are there two Izu-niis. Except one is a palette swap of the other."

"Hey! I was first!" Defiant shouted annoyedly. "My name is Akatani Mikumo!"

"Oh, you're also Ritsu's descendant. Did you become a spirit to come and see your family?"

"... Well, close enough."

Izuku, who couldn't see Defiant, was staring strangely at Aiko and Mob.

"Let me help with that, nii-chan." Aiko said.

Izuku saw a older version of himself, but with longer hair. And the older version had black hair.

"Uh, so, who are you?"

Mikumo sighed, "I am Akatani Mikumo, an-"

"OMGYOUREDEFIANTICANTBELIEVEITSOISITTRUETHATIMRELATEDTOYOUOHTHANKKAMII-"

"Wow wow wow, calm down kid." Defiant said, "Yes, I am related to you. But, uhh, this is kind of awkward but I gotta tell you something…" Mikumo then whispered, "...about you're fathe-"

"Defiant?" Defiant froze. He slowly turned around and there he saw Hisashi. In Paw Patrol pajamas. With a coffee mug that said: Number #1 Best Dad Ever!

"Uh, hi uncle." Mikumo smiled uneasily as he shook his hand at Hisashi. 

Hisashi took a sip out of his mug. "This is awkward."

"Uh, why?" Mob asked.

"Because the last time we saw each other in person, we were fighting each other."

Izuku blue screened. "Um, how old are you, dad?"

"... I was born in 2026, so… about 207?"

"Wait, didn't Mommy's ancestor call Daddy uncle?" Aiko blinked while asking innocently,  "Does that mean Daddy married his own niece?"

All eyes now turned to Hisashi.

Hisashi sighed. "Look, in my defense, I only learned this a few days ago after learning Inko was related to you." He pointed at Defiant, "I didn't even know she was related to Shimura Nana before giving Tenko and Hana their quirks. And-"

"Wait," Izuku magically took out a notebook from somewhere, "what do you mean give quirks?"

Hisashi sighed, "This is going to be a long story. So, this is, kids, and Shigeo, and Mikumo, the story of how I met your mother."

"That's a pre-quirk reference, correct?" Defiant asked.

A grin formed on Hisashi's face. "Ah, I see that you're a man of culture as well."

Chapter Text

It all began with 2 brothers.

One was born in 2026. The oldest brother was named Shigaraki Seikyo. 5 years later, in 2031, the second brother was born. The youngest brother was named Shigaraki Yoichi.

Now, Seikyo was a natural born politician. He could speak so smoothly that it was as if he was spreading butter over a hot slice of toast.

Yoichi, on the other hand, was a natural born genius. He could decipher codes other people had to work an hour on in 3 minutes.

The two brothers had one thing in common. Well, 2, if you count their weird natural white hair and red eyes. That one thing was their love of comic books.

Especially superheroes.

This detail will be totally overlooked and have 0 lasting effects, right?

Wrong.

One day, Seikyo got a phone call. At this point, Seikyo was a member of the national diet at the age of 23, when his 18 year old brother (who sped through college as if it were kindergarten) told him to come quickly to a location. 

That looked very suspicious.

Seikyo, hoping that this wasn't some elaborate prank or a scheme to get him killed (or both), went to that location which was a warehouse in the middle of nowhere.

You can imagine the surprise when Yoichi showed him superpowers existed.

It was a psychic lady named Koni who had short black hair (Seikyo later found out that this was his brother's fiancee).

Then Yoichi (with puppy eyes and all) begged on his knees to please use Seikyo's power to get him a laboratory.

Seikyo eventually (and kind of reluctantly) used some backdoor deals (which included funding some kind of  dubious secret governmental project called Project EE) to get his brother a small laboratory. He even got a few helpers (which included his brother's fiancee). Yoichi looked as if Christmas came early the first time he walked into the lab.

Seikyo smiled but secretly thought to himself that this would lead to nowhere. That superpowers (even if he himself found them super cool) were just rare occurrences and that Yoichi will never find the secret of them.

Oh boy, he was wrong. 

2 years later Seikyo yet again got another phone call from Yoichi that he had been able to make an artificial superpower (he called them "Remixes" for some reason) and that he wanted to give his brother one too.

One thing led to another and the 2 brothers began an entire world conspiracy to help the world grow and to solve world hunger and...

You probably know how it would end.

It ended with infighting.

Yoichi complained how Seikyo, trying to mind control entire countries to do his bidding, was "All for One" when it should be "One for All". 

Seikyo liked the title and began using it for himself (much to Yoichi's frustration and dismay).

At about 2051, Yoichi asked his brother to do a favor. Yoichi had a terminal illness and he asked Seikyo (who could give and take quirks) to give him a stockpiling quirk to help him have enough strength.

Seikyo, shocked to learn such a truth, quickly gave Yoichi his most powerful stockpiling quirk.

The next day Seikyo realized he fucked up.

The council was in shambles as the "radicals"  (who were on Seikyo's side) were trying to deal with the "Moderates" (who were on Yoichi's side) after they started a pandemic.

This was by means no deadly pandemic. However, this meant that the genes suppressing quirks in normal people were now basically non-existent. 

Now the Radical's monopoly on quirks had been destroyed.

Yoichi had also started World War 3 (even Seikyo was shocked at that) to stop Seikyo from gaining more power by mind control.

Seikyo had Yoichi tracked and brought to him.

Sadly Yoichi got the last laugh as he blew himself up when Seikyo's men were right about to capture and apprehend him.

Along with his knowledge of artificial quirks.

If you ever ask, Seikyo will deny ever crying for Yoichi's death on that day.

Then one day, he found out that someone had created a Meta-human network. Someone by the name of Defiant.

They had essentially created a superhero system out of nothing. Something even the local police approved.

Seikyo decided to visit Defiant after a fierce battle at Gunga mountain (where he found out his brother's pet rat with an artificial intelligence quirk betrayed Seikyo).

Apparently, Defiant was his nephew.

And almost strangled Seikyo to death.

Seikyo barely got out.

After a failed coup done by the Moderates, Seikyo decided to talk to this "Destro" so that he could increase his power (the radicals were falling apart at an alarming pace with only 3 council members left).

Seikyo ended up losing another council member and most of his army to that battle at Deika valley.

Seikyo was at his last stand at his base in the Niigata mountains. That was when Defiant offered him the option to let him atone for his sins by going to prison.

For one second, one split second, Seikyo had considered it. He wanted Yoichi back, he wanted to go back to when they joked about comic books and played video games together.

However, the sunk cost fallacy seemed too big. So he decided to teleport out of his situation.

But not before one of Defiant's sidekicks used their quirk to somehow erase all of Seikyo, no, All for one's quirks except All for one.

All for one decided to never again trust family.

After taking some quirks, he found out that the scientist that worked for All for one (who was later killed by the rat and used as a puppet to fool All for one) had a grandson. All for one took that grandson under his wing and gave him the alias "Garaki".

All for One prepared for a long feud…

_____

March 20 2197

"Sir, I just don't understand why you changed your view on family?" Garaki told All for One through the phone.

"I never did." replied the king of the underworld, now gently rocking a baby. The baby had an extreme resemblance to All for One himself. White hair, red eyes, even the baby's facial features were the same.

"Then why did you start a family? Without telling me?"

"Well," All for One began, "I've been thinking about legacy. You know that our immortality quirk only lasts a thousand years, correct? Now if we reach the end of those thousand years and we have no way to extend our lives, what is left? Our empire will crumble away with no One to lead it. Our names will be erased from history. History will forget us and-"

"Please," Garaki said tiredly. You could almost hear him rubbing his eyes. "Don't tell me you had that idea because of a stupid musical."

"Hey, hey! Hamilton is a good musical." All For One defended.

"I… I just… nevermind sir. Tell your baby I said happy birthday."

"I will. Bye." and with that, All for o- no, Midoriya Hisashi put his phone away in his pocket as he tickled the baby.

He smiled as he said "Happy birthday, Asa."

_____

October 4 2097

"Garaki, I've been having this weird feeling recently." All for One said, while lying down on a bed (that could also turn into a chair). 

Garaki sighed. Just because of the one decision of getting a degree in therapy for fun, Garaki became All for One's personal therapist. 

"Could you please describe this feeling sir?" Garaki asked while he prepared his clipboard and pencil.

"The feeling is… all fuzzy and warm. It kind of feels like when I was younger and played with my brother. Just… a different kind of fuzzy. Like a bit more intense. I am also attracted to the person, my new secretary, that gives me these… feelings."

Garaki looked up from his clipboard and said, "Sir, I think that you have a crush."

All for One stared blankly at Garaki. "A..  crush? Um, what do I do now, doctor?"

Even though All for One was a two century old demon lord of the underworld, he still had zero understanding of feelings. Scratch that, zero understanding of real feelings. He could fake emotions like a professional actor (he had to get his wife to marry him somehow ). However, when it came to genuine emotions, a dog probably had more understanding that All for One.

"Well… you can't ask that woman out because you're… already married."

All for One thought for a minute, then snapped his fingers. "You're a genius doctor!"

"Uh," Garaki said, a bit frightened, " how am I a genius exactly?"

"I just have to get rid of my current wife! Then I can ask the secretary out and make her my new wife!"

Garaki facepalmed. All for One had zero morals so that would have been easy to do. He didn't really love his current wife anyway. Gataki couldn't help but feel a bit guilty for causing the death of a person but oh well, he threw his ethics out the window more than a few decades ago.

"Just… call me if things don't go well." Garaki (almost beggingly) asked.

"Don't worry! I'm All for One! I can handle this!"

_____

All for One could not handle this.

His wife had been in an unfortunate "accident".

After a reasonable amount of time All for One (or Midoriya Hisashi) tried to hit on Shimura Inko.

He failed horribly.

She always had some kind of excuse. ALWAYS!

And because all her excuses were valid with evidence to back them up, All for One started considering giving up.

On New Year's Day at 1 in the morning, All for One decided he needed to take a stroll (after making Garaki take care of Asa of course).

And by a stroll, he meant jumping from rooftop to rooftop.

Then he saw her. The famous thief who called herself Mischief was looking at the scenery. She was known for her non violent heists so All for One decided to try and talk to her, for a villain to villain talk (and perhaps get some tips on impressing a girl).

He silently crept behind her and said "Hello the- AAHHHH!"

All for One felt his heart being ripped out of his chest.

Mischief now was looking at All for One in shock. But then the face turned into something that resembled more annoyance than shock. "Oh come on! I thought I fixed this habi… Mr. Midoriya! Oh shoot, I killed my boss! Wait, how do you hide bodies again?"

"You could pour acid over them and leave nothing behind," All for One suggested.

"Yeah, but I don't know where to…. WAIT! MR MIDORIYA! YOU'RE STILL ALIVE!" Mischief now realized that the hole that All for One's heart tore was slowly mending itself. "How? I thought you had a fire quirk?"

"I do have a fire breathing quirk." All for One said in a-matter-of-facty way. "I also have a regeneration quirk, night vision quirk, telepathy quirk and many more."

"Wait," Mischi- no Shimura Inko pieced together the pieces. Then she looked at All for One. " You're the legendary quirk thief?"

"Correct, and it seems you have stolen my heart." All for One pointed at the heart in Inko's hand. "Both literally and figuratively."

Inko blushed and said, "I'm so sorry! I thought I fixed this habit and… what do you mean figuratively?"

All for One kneeled in front of Inko and took a box out of his pocket. "I actually liked you from a long time ago. I tried to invite you to dinner but you never gave me the chance." All for One opened the box and in it there was a shining golden ring with a cartoonishly big diamond. "But now, I just wanted to ask, will you marry me?"

You might think that this came out of nowhere, but remember, when real emotions were involved All for One threw all logic out the window. In his mind, he thought that this was the perfect time to propose to someone.

Inko thought for a moment and said, "...yes."

All for One blue screened. "Wait, just like that?" He stood up. "I honestly thought you were going to reject me. I'm like 200 years old as well."

Inki blushed a little and replied, "I honestly had a crush on you, Mr. Midoriya. However, you were married when I met you. So I kept my distance."

All for One quietly congratulated himself on making the right choice.

"But then, when your wife died and you tried to invite me to dinner, I was afraid you might find out about me… other job and reject me. So I decided not to even start that relationship."

Oh All for One thought. That was the reason for all those excuses. After all, if you're secretly a wanted criminal, you're probably gonna be good at making fake aliases.

"But" Inko continued, "Since you're the one that proposed, I happily accept." Inko was smiling now.

_____

After that night, time flew by fast.

All for One (under the alias Midoriya Hisashi) married Shimura Inko. Inko eventually got pregnant and on July 15, 2199, Midoriya Izuku was born. He got his curly hair from his father but the green color from his mother.

All for One felt inexpressible joy.

But soon, he got news from Garaki that made him even happier.

"The "Shimura Tenko kills his entire family" plan is finally ready to be activated, sir."

Oh, this will be fun to watch.

Chapter Text

The "Shimura Tenko kills his entire family" plan was a fairly simple plan.

Key word: fairly.

All for One had secretly given Shimura Tenko a very destructive decay quirk. All for One then used a quirk locking quirk so that All for One could unlock it when he wanted to.

And see Tenko kill his entire family.

This plan seemed easy on paper but Garaki knew it would be a total pain in the butt go through all the preparation. However, one does not simply go against the orders of the underworld's demon king.

Even if that said king gets frequently bonked in the head by his wife.

And (eventually) All for One and Garaki finished preparations. This was gonna be a bloody night. All for One wanted it to be one as well.

He wanted to make Shimura Nana cry from heaven.

_____

April 17 2200

It was night time. The stars filled the sky. Of course, you couldn't see them because of all the apartment lights. But All for One had a quirk he could use to counter that.

Shimura Tenko, a young 6 year old boy, was sitting in the yard of his house, crying. He hid behind a tree when his dog came to comfort him.

All for one had an idea. It was an awful idea. It was a wonderful, awful idea. I should activate his quirk now! He was watching from the roof of the neighboring house.

The dog slowly came to Tenko.

Tenko hugged the dog and cried about how he hated everyone.

The dog at first confronted Tenko, but slowly and surely it turned into dust and several chunks of flesh.

Tenko was clearly panicking and was scared.

"Tenko?" a young girl's voice called out, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that."

Tenko tried to talk but he couldn't. All for One couldn't take chances and have Tenko warn his family.

However, there was one thing All for One underestimated.

Love.

Even though Tenko had said he hated his family, he still loved them deeply and with all his might and determination Tenko shouted at his sister " RUN! STAY AWAY! "

Hana was definitely not expecting that but she knew when her brother was serious. She confusedly ran out of the yard.

All for One had not expected this at all. He wondered if his plan failed until Tenko's mother and grandparents came out. They looked horrified. Tenko started vomiting and grasped the ground.

The decay spread.

And it reached his mother and grandparents.

Tenko's mother tried to go and hug him but as the cracks reached to the top of her head, she too turned into chunks of flesh and gore.

Eventually Tenko's father came out and saw that his entire family had been killed.

Tenko cried out towards his father.

All for One could see that his father was deciding on whether or not to choose violence.

Then Shimura Kotaro made his choice.

His father ran to Tenko and embraced him.

Even as he was being turned into dust Tenko's father just hugged Tenko repeatedly over and over again "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sor…." until Tenko's father turned into dust.

Tenko screamed an inhumane screech.

Tenko sobbed as he lamented the loss of his parents.

Hana slowly creeped back into the yard. Her eyes widened when she saw the scene.

There was a large dusty crater in the middle of her yard. There was blood and many chunks of flesh lying around. Tenko was weeping alone inside the crater.

"...Te- Tenko?" Hana asked cautiously.

"St…stay back." Tenko jumped up and slowly backed away from Hana. "I- I.. I might… hurt you too…"

Hana frowned and went back into the house. When she came back,she had a pair of artist gloves.

She threw them to Tenko. And though she was still visibly shaken said "Wear these. I think your quirk is activated when you touch things. I saw on tv that if you wear these, your quirk won't activate."

Smart girl All for One thought as he finished up his popcorn that he brought with him. Too smart, almost.

Tenko cautiously put the gloves on. They were obviously too big for him, but they got the job done.

"Wh- what are we gonna do sis?" Tenko asked, almost on the verge of tears again.

Hana's face hardened and she said "We need to go to the police. Maybe they know what to do."

Hana and Tenko slowly walked away from the house.

Uh oh. This isn't going as planned. All for One jumped down from the roof.

Invisibility

Flight

All for One flew above the night sky to see what direction the siblings were going.

He flew to an alley he knew they were going to pass.

Knockout

Silence

All for one prepared for the siblings to cross when he fired the two quirks at the two siblings.

Hana suddenly fainted which caused Tenko to panic.

"Hey? Sis? Wha-" suddenly the voice stopped coming out of Tenko's throat.

Tenko desperately tried to speak but it was all in vain.

Tenko eventually dragged his sister into an alleyway where he waited for someone to come and help him and his sister.

All for One laughed at the sight. He considered the plan to be successful and decided to go back home.

_____

The next morning

All fo- no Midoriya Hisashi was eating toast for breakfast. His children were still sleeping and he was enjoying that.

Suddenly a worried looking Inko came out of their bedroom.

"Good… morning? Is there something bothering you?" Hisashi asked.

"My brother… it's his birthday today so I tried to call him… but he didn't pick it up."

Hisashi frowned and asked "Didn't you say you didn't have a good relationship with your brother? Heck, he didn't even come for our wedding. Or he might just be bus…"

"No, you don't understand…" Inko interjected. Hisashi notices she looked very afraid. "There has never been a time he didn't answer my phone on his birthday. Even if our relationship was very… strained, he still answered the call. I think I need to go and see if something's wrong."

Hisashi stood from his chair "I'll go with you."

Inko thought deeply for a second before saying "Ok, I'll call Mitsuki to see if she's ok with babysitting Asa and Izuku."

_____

Hisashi and Inko were riding the train towards her brother's house.

"...So… what's your brother's name? I don't think I've ever heard you say it." Hisashi noted that the buildings looked familiar.

"...Huh what? Oh sorry. I was just… thinking of something. His name is…"

Hisashi wasn't ready to hear that name.

"...Kotaro."

…What?

No, no! It.. it's probably a coincidence. Shimura and Kotaro are popular names after all… yeah… just a coincidence…

_____

Hisashi had a feeling that the neighborhood felt familiar.

The houses looked familiar. The road looked familiar. Everything around him felt familiar.

Because he was there last night.

He... no, All for One was there last night.

Laughing maniacally as he watched a child slaughter his family.

Seikyo felt sick in the stomach.

"The house should be around this corner…" Inko said as she was looking at the map on her phone.

No, no. Please no, no, NO!

The house had a big crater in the middle of it's yard.

It reeked of rotten flesh.

There was dust covering most of the yard.

Inko fell to her knees in tears, covering her mouth with her hand in shock.

She looked at Hisashi with an intensity he never saw.

…Does she know?

No, no. She couldn't have known. No

no… ha.. how.. did she.. know..?

NO!!!

Hisashi ran.

He ran as fast as he could.

He ran towards that alleyway.

PLEASE BE SAFE, PLEASE BE SAFE, PLEASE BE SAFE, PLEASE BE…

Hisashi turned the corner…

…and saw a small boy curled up in fear.

There was an older girl next to him that was sleeping.

The boy slowly lifted his head to look up.

Seikyo suddenly felt a feeling he had not felt in a long time. He could see the pain, the suffering he caused.

He felt guilt.

It made his stomach churn and made him want to cry out.

But he had a job to do.

He first called Inko then called the ambulance.

He deactivated the sleeping quirk he put on Hana and removed the Silencing quirk he put on Tenko.

"You… don't have to fear…" Hisashi said slowly.

Hisashi internally laughed dryly at the irony of what he was about to say.

"...for I am here."

_____

Hisashi was sitting in the waiting chair at the Hospital.

Inko was talking to the doctor about the conditions of the children.

Hisashi started to wonder why he felt the guilt.

Seikyo had felt no guilt when he led a war that killed millions.

All for One enjoyed hurting people and watching them suffer.

Why was Hisashi feeling guilt?

"Who is the one feeling the guilt?" a voice asked.

Hisashi looked up and saw himself. It was a younger version of himself, when he was a politician. Before he got All for One from his brother.

"What do you mea-"

"Answer the question. Who is feeling the guilt?"

"Well, obviously me. Who els-"

"Then who are you?"

"Who am I? I am…"

Seikyo wondered what he should reply with. Should he say All for One or Hisashi? Should he say Seikyo? What about all his other aliases?

Then memories started flooding his brain.

"Nice to meet you. I am Yamazaki Masayoshi." "Suzuki Haruka's the name." "Do you know who I am? I am Maki Kyo!" "I think you know me by the name: Bando Rika."

Hundreds of memories of saying different names flooded the man's brain.

"Now again, who? Are? You?"

Now memories of killing and destroying people's lives came.

He remembered killing Ventus, Shimura Nana.

He remembered killing that soldier after stealing their fire breathing quirk.

He was reminded of how much blood his hand shed over his lifetime.

"Who are you?"

"I…. I am… a… monster. " The man finally replied. "I… have ruined peoples lives… for my selfish ambitions…" tears started streaming down his face.

The young politician nodded. "You are a monster who has ruined the lives of those innocent children. And now you will ruin the lives of your children."

Hisashi stared at the politician confusedly.

"Think about it. Remember Inko's look on her face? She knows. She knows you killed them. She will abandon you. Abandon your children. And even if you try to raise them on your own, they will always wonder why their mother abandoned them."

This broke Hisashi's heart.

Will his children really be abandoned by Inko? He didn't really care if Inko abandoned him at this point but the children?

Seikyo started reflecting on his relationship with Yoichi. He did love his brother. It was just that Yoichi was trying to be a better person and destroy the monster, his own brother, that he had helped create. Sure, Yoichi started World War 3, but that was also because he didn't want All for One to become the absolute ruler of the world.

In a way, it was Seikyo's fault as well.

If he was "One for All" like his brother and not "All for One", would things have been different?

At this moment, Inko came out of the doctor's room, after she finished discussing the state of the children.

Hisashi took one look at her and darted towards the stairs.

_____

Hisashi took off his shoes.

He was at the edge of the roof and was waiting for Inko to catch up.

He finally heard Inko slam open the door.

"Hisashi." she said in a stern voice. 

"My name is not Hisashi." All for One relied. He looked back at Inko, "Please don't abandon Asa or Izuku. Goodbye, Inko." Hisashi prepared to jump.

"I know you killed Shimura Nana." All for One paused. "I knew it, yet I married you." Hisashi looked back. "Why do you think I did that?"

Hisashi had no answer. "I also know that you gave Tenko his quirk so that he would kill his family."

"Then why do you still want me alive? I killed your brother, I killed your mother, and I probably killed your father." Seikyo honestly couldn't remember if it was him who killed Nana's husband. He also didn't understand why Inko was trying to stop him

"Well, I honestly didn't have a close relationship with my mother." Inko explained as she slowly came towards Hisashi. "I was apparently literally just born when she left me to fight you, so that never really bothered me. You have to remember that I was also a villain."

Oh right . Hisashi had actually forgotten that part.

"And I talked to the doctor. The children were apparently abused multiple times before this incident."

What? "Ok, I swear, this time it's not me. I draw the line on children trafficking and child abuse."

"I know. Hana explained that her father would "punish" them severely if she or her brother talked about anything related to superheroes."

Well, this is new info. Seikyo thought to himself.

"Tenko was even sent outside of the house until he apologized."

"Just get to the point." 

"What I'm saying is, he got what he deserved for being an ass to his kids."

All for One laughed. It was a humorless, dry laughter. "So? I killed their innocent mother and grandpare-"

"They saw this happening and yet they did nothi-"

"DON'T TRY TO JUSTIFY MY ACTIONS! I HAVE KILLED HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH MY OWN BARE HANDS! THIS CHANGES NOTHING!"

All for One was trembling as he shouted at Inko.

Inko stood her ground firmly and continued. "I am not trying to justify your actions. You've said it yourself, you killed hundreds of people. But do you really think killing yourself will atone all those sins you've committed?"

Seikyo began mulling over what Inko said. Seikyo noticed she was right. He was so focused on his own guilt he didn't realize that killing himself wasn't atoning his sins.

It was running away from them.

Hisashi slowly walked away from the ledge and fell on his knees in front of Inko.

Inko then said "And even though there is nothing you can do to undo those crimes you have commited, you can try to make amends. You can start by raising Tenko and Hana and ending your crime empire."

Hisashi nodded as he began begging "Please, you can abandon me. Just please don't abandon Asa and Izuku. You don't have to live with me if you want. I will-"

Inko pulled Hisashi into a hug.

She then looked at him with her hands on his shoulder and said "You dummy," she smiled "I'll never abandon you! Like how you'll never abandon me."

Hisashi felt the dams in his eyes breaking and began crying in Inko's shoulder.

Inko just laughed and said "So, this is how it feels when you cry." That made Hisashi laugh and they both laughed together on the hospital rooftop.

Chapter Text

Some things are easier said than done.

Dismantling a criminal empire without anyone knowing was apparently one of those things. 

Midoriya Hisashi learned that the hard way.

After that night at the hospital, he started trying to get rid of his empire little by little.

Hisashi didn't realize how big his empire truly was until that day.

Usually, Garaki was the one doing those kinds. But since Hisashi was doing it secretly, even from him, he couldn't just ask for help.

It all seemed hopeless.

Until…

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Hisashi was walking out of a building.

It was the headquarters of one of his smaller groups. Honestly, killing them was insignificant compared to the giant empire that was left fairly unchanged.

Heonly now noticed that he was drenched in blood after killing all the people inside.

…what? Hisashi knew that he wasn't a saint. Besides, the people he killed tonight were human and child traffickers. He put all the victims to sleep while he slaughtered the traffickers, andmade it so that they'd wake up when the police arrived.

The heroes were confused by who had destroyed this small organization, much to Hisashi's humor.

He used a quirk to make himself spotless when he heard the noise of someone slowly clapping for extra dramatic effect.

Hisashi's reflexes tried to kick in and fire an air cannon at the person but he managed to hold it in.

"Impressive," the stranger said. It was an unfamiliar voice, belonging to a young man's voice. The man was covered by the shadows and though it was hard to see him, Hisashi could make out that the man was wearing a black robe with a crimson lining. "Much expected from the king of the underworld, All for One."

"I can see from your uniform that you're from the Brotherhood of Djehuti." Hisashi calmly replied. "What do you want from me?"

"I am known as "the Hair '', one of the 7 high ranking officers. I am here to make a deal with you in Djehuti's stead. "

"The… Hair? Interesting. Since your title is an important part of the body and you're a high ranking officer, that likely means that your cult's hierarchy is similar to that of India's caste system where each group of people is represented by a body part and mutter mutter mutter… "

The Hair coughed in his hand. "..huh? Oh, right. So, what's this… deal?"

The Hair smiled. Hisashi knew what kind of smile that was. It was a kind of smile he himself used to wear during negotiations. A smile that said ‘I'm gonna make you an offer you can't refuse’.

"We know…" The Hair started, "...that you are dismantling your own empire. We will do that job for you."

Hisashi curiously looked at the Hair. "...go on. I'm listening…"

"We will dismantle it but Djehuti will become the new boogeyman of the underworld."

"...that's it?" Hisashi skeptically asked

"Yes, Seikyo ," Hisashi's eyes widened. "...as long as you or your children don't try and reclaim the throne… you'll have nothing to do with us. You are just plain, old, Midoriya Hisashi. Got it?"

Hisashi mulled it over. Then, he started laughing. Like a mad man who has lost their mind. The expression on the Hair's face told him that he didn't expect that.

Good. Confusion is always a good ally.

"Ok, just give me three days to settle my affairs. I will permit you to spread a rumor that Djhuti fought me and, let's say, crippled me? As long as you don't say Djhuti killed me, I am fine with whatever rumors you decide to spread. After three days, then I will allow you to start taking over. Well, I appreciate you making my night interesting. Hopefully, this will be the last time we meet. Goodbye." And just like that, Hisashi unleashed a smoke screen quirk and teleported away.

He could never have imagined the consequences this would bring…

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"Garaki." Hisashi said to his mad scientist, who was currently sitting on his mad scientist spinning chair. The boy he helped raise had grown old, looking older than Hisashi (though that was not true). 

"Ah, Sensei." Garaki greeted him. "I haven't heard from you in a while."

"Well, I have something to tell you." Hisashi threw Garaki an envelope.

Garaki opened the envelope and found bank notes, and a credit card that had a slip of paper with the password on it. Gataki's eyes widened at the number of money in the bank account "Oh! Sensei, thank y…"

"Garaki, you're fired."

Garaki paused. He slowly looked up at All for One. "...what? I… why? Wh-"

"I am retiring." Hisashi cut him off. "That card will have enough money to fund your research for at least a few decades. That is my last gift for you before I leave. You must also leave within three days because the brotherhood of Djehuti will destroy and take over what is left of my empire."

Garaki was speechless. He stared at Hisashi with eyes full of betrayal. "Hey, don't look at me like that. Here," Hisashi plucked a hair from his head and put it in Garaki's hand, " this will be my farewell gift."

Hisashi slowly walked toward the exit. 

"Why," Hisashi stopped, "why did you build this empire? Why are you forsaking it now?"

Hisashi thought for a moment. "I guess I grew a conscience."

Garaki laughed dryly in his seat. "...well, goodbye Sensei."

"Goodbye Garak… wait, what was that hero-in-training you turned into a nomu? Experiment three, right? Yeah, free him and return his memories. This is my last request as your teacher. Also, I must warn you, if I ever do see you again, I will have no choice but to follow my conscience. So…" Hisashi looked Garaki straight in the eyes, "...may we never meet again. Goodbye." 

And just like that, Hisashi left. Garaki sat there for one more hour silently before breaking into a mad laughter…

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2209

Hisashi had done it.

He had created a (nearly) totally clean company. 

Blackmail was technically illegal but blackmailing the principal of UA High school because you knew him from over 100 years ago wasn't.

…was it?

Anyhow after getting some funding from Nedzu, Hisashi set up a Hero Agency monitoring company called "Dragon Co." Most of the employees would be complex mutant or so-called villainous or weakquirk holders.

The company also had a guaranteed ‘your children can also be employed here’ policy so that the employees' children can work at the company once they grow up.

This might seem like a waste of money but Nedzu had deep pockets.

Some of the employees Hisashi hand picked were Bubaigawara Jin (who had a "villainous" quirk and was unemployed because of it) and a mutant named Iguchi Masashi (who had a son named Iguchi Shuichi).

Hisashi thought that his life looked a lot better.

But there was one thing he still needed to end.

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"Breaking news! A villain has taken the entire HPSC building hostage and is threatening to level it if All Might doesn't show up. The villain is calling himself "All for One" and… oh look! There's All Might!"

"ALL FOR ONE!!!" One could almost feel the hatred radiate from All Might as he flew to the roof of the HPSC, where All for One was standing.

"Ah, All Might! I was wondering when you were going to show up." All for One blasted an air cannon at the hero, who just dodged the attack.

All Might landed on the roof. "I AM HERE!" the titan of a man shouted.

"Yes, yes, I know. You are standing right infront of me. cough Oh sorry, could you give me a moment? I'm still recovering from that fight with Djehuti."

"YOU… wait, you actually fought Djehuti?"

"Of course. The brotherhood of Djehuti has taken over most of my empire. Djehuti themselves could become the boogeyman of the underworld like I was. They don't have the quirk to give or take quirks like me but they are still darn strong."

Of course, this was being filmed by helicopter and (thanks to a secretly planted mic by Hisashi) picked up the entire conversation.

"Key word:" All for One smiled as he prepared a large attack, " could. "

All Might quickly jumped off the building as All for One demolished the HPSC (after waiting for the heroes to evacuate all workers, of course).

All for One slowly descended to the ground while All Might's landing created a giant crater in the HPSC ruins.

"I am here to announce myself to the world. I am Shigaraki Seikyo, also known as All for One, the quirk thief, and many other names. I am here to announce myself by killing the Symbol of Peace, for I will prove that I am the true Symbol of Evil!"

All Might put all the power One for All gathered and prepared for one big smash.

"Now! Prepare yourself for Japan! You shall see that pillar of hope crumble to dust in mere seconds and…"

All Might closed the gap in between themselves while All for One looked shocked at the speed.

"You talk too much." was what All Might whispered before shouting at the top of his lungs "UNITED STATES OF SMASH!"

"Oh sh-" famous last words.

All for One was obliterated into nothing in a mere few seconds. All Might shouted a scream of victory. He did it! He actually did it! He avenged Nana! All for One was finally dead.

No one, however, noticed that All for One changed into some kind of gray mush that soon disappeared into thin air…

___

All for One and Shigaraki Seikyo are truly dead. Hisashi thought as he was watching the news with his family. His family was cheering as they saw All Might defeat a previously unknown super dangerous villain. Thank you… All Might…

"You know," Hisashi told little Izuku who was sitting on his lap. "I think I'm starting to understand why All Might is the greatest hero of all time."

" Finally! " Izuku sighed. He had tried to convince his dad since ages ago that All Might was the best hero.

Hisashi sent a text message to one of his employees. A very important message.

___

Bubaigawara Jin found out something he would have rather not have known about his boss.

Recently, Hisashi had come to him,  literally begging on his knees for Jin to make a copy of him so that he could attend a meeting and spend time with his family. Jin reluctantly agreed to do it.

Right now he was in his house (provided by the company) with his fiancee on the couch watching TV. The program changed into breaking news, where a villain was threatening the entire HPSC.

There wasn't anything strange about this. Not until All Might smashed the villain (Jin thought that that came out wrong). Then Jin felt a copy disappear. Which was strange because Jin hadn't made any copies beside the one for his bo-

Oohhh…

White hair? Check. Red eyes? Check. Speech patterns? Check. Only the facial and vocal features of the villain were different from his boss. The villain also turned into the mush that usually Jin's clones become. Jin realized he helped a S-rank (at the very minimum because he destroyed the entire HPSC building) villain cover up his own death.

Jin heard his phone's notification go off.

It was a notification that stated a lot, a lot of money had been deposited into his bank account. It also came with a message that said "I know nothing, you know nothing, we know nothing. :)"

That smiley face was truly terrifying.

…oh well. Hisashi was a good boss so Jin decided to not report to the police.

What could possibly go wr- no, nope. Scratch that. Nothing can go wrong. Period.

That was what Jin thought of this matter…

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Oct 11 2213

Hisashi was content with his life.

He had a job as a CEO of a company with a good and clean image (and record). His wife was pregnant with their (Including adopted children) 6th child. He had a loving family. Nothing could ruin his day…

And of course the door bell rang at that exact moment.

"Coming!" Hisashi shouted. Time to have his day "ruined". Hisashi believed that he could take on anything the world threw at hi-

Of course. Kageyama Shigeo. His brother's father-in-law's long lost brother. Of course. He is in the future.

Hisashi was dumbfounded. This made no sense. Wha- what even was this?

Then Hisashi proceeded to mumble. To everyone else he sounded like he was mumbling about the possibility of quirks before the glowing baby, but he already knew that. He wondered how much his… Uncle-in-law? How much Shigeo knew.

Did he know about Project EE? The Scorched Sun? How much did he know and how did he come here? Why did he come here?

Hisashi was relieved when he heard Shigeo knew nothing.

Then he learned that he married his brother's own descendant. Wonderful. Sweet home Alabama as his brother would have said.

You should never tempt fate.

No matter how tempting it is, tempting fate is always the worst idea.

Midoriya Hisashi learned that the hard way.

Chapter Text

The next few months went by quickly. It was decided that Mob would be tutored by Nedzu until the next school year. In the meantime, Mob could train his quirk at UA where he took his lessons 

On the first day of tutoring, Nedzu had Mob test the limits of his quirk by sending a Zero pointer as far high up as he could.

Mob apparently sent it to another solar system.

And the more shocking thing was that he said he could still go further.

The teachers at UA began hearing Nedzu's mad cracklings more frequentoy after Mob had started to be tutored.

Mob also got a "special" quirk license, so that he could protect himself from kidnappers (who are fairly eager to get their hands on Mob after the past HPSC president revealed that quirk suppressors don't work on him).

In the meantime, Mob stayed with the Midoriyas and became like another member of their family.

After a new years, o  January 7th, Inko gave birth to a girl. She girl also had a red eye on her right and a green eye on her left. Her hair was green and had one white streak on the right side of her hair .

Inko had asked Mob to make a name for the girl. Mob pondered for a while and decided to not name her after someone he knew. Mob finally decided on a name.

"How about... Eiko?"

Inko said she liked the name. And so, Eiko was a new addition to the family.

Finally, the day Mob would go to Aldera middle school came.

What could possibly go wrong?

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April 5 2214

"Um, Izuku?" Mob cautiously asked.

"Yes?" Izuku replied confusedly.

"Is your school an uncomfortable place to be in that's also full with a lot of mean children?"

"Uh, how did you know?"

"Because there are so many evil spirits crawling around the school that I can't even see the school itself."

What Mob saw was many evil spirits in forms of different bugs (because the spirits liked bugs, mob had reasoned) that were all different colors on the walls, windows, doors, sidewalks, and even at the entrance where Izuku and Mob were standing.

"Hey guys! Look!" One evil spirit noticed Mob, "I think this guy can see us! It's been so, so LONG!"

A choir of deep echoing voices laughed as they all stared at Mob.

"Huh, I did hear a story thay how our school was built on top of a graveyard." Izuku thought out loud. "Oh shoot! Mob, let's hurry! We're gonna be late for class!"

Mob decided that he could deal with the spirits later, so he hurriedly followed Izuku.

"Close the gates so he can't escape!" one spirit suggested.

So close the gates they did. However, they didn't know that Mob wasn't trapped with them.

They were trapped with Mob.

___

"You guys are all third years now." the teacher announced once they introduced Mob to the class. "It's time to start thinking seriously about your futures. I would hand out these future career forms, but…" There was a slight pause.

"I know you all want to be heroes!" The class suddenly fired up with a lot of different quirks.

Until Mob confusedly asked "Uh, sensei? Shouldn't you stop our classmates from using their quirks right now? It is illegal and I must report this to the police if this doesn't stop right now…"

"Wait wait wait, what?" the room became completely still "I.. I know technically this is illegal but… they're still children! You're also a child! Haven't ever at least once secretly used your quirk? I-"

"I use to try and not use my quirk because you don't need it for everyday life." the room somehow became even silenter. "I mean, am I wrong. Also, you're in charge of this class, Sensei, and you take full responsiblit-"

"Oh shut up!" a angry blond kid shouted at Mob "Who the fuck cares? It's not like anyone cares about a bunch of children using quir-"

"It is still illegal quirk usage an-"

"Oi! I'm talking here! I wasn't finished ye-"

"Uh, technically I was talking first and you were the one who interrupted."

Now the class was dead calm. Who was this new kid who confronted the teacher and Bakugo? Was he just suicidal?

"Why you!" Bakugo leaped out of his chair and made explosions that propelled him towards Mob. Mob simply used telekinesis to spot him midair.

"HEY FUCKING LET ME FUCKING DOWN THIS FUCKING INSTANCE YOU FUCKING HYPOCRITE! YOU FUCKING SAID THAT YOU SHOULDN'T FUCKING ILLEGALLY USED FUCKING QUI-"

"Actually," Mob took out his card. "I have a license, and you don't. The law is on my side, not yours."

"Okay, okay. Calm down everyone. Okay Shigeo, from now on, no quirk usage beside people with licenses. Also, please let Bakugo down."

Mob gently let the grumbling angry pomeranian down.

"Also!" Bakugo started shouting again, "Don't lump me with this bunch of losers, Sensei! With their crappy quirks!"

The class (besides Mob and Izuku) started protesting against Bakugo when the teacher said "Oh right! Bakugo your applying for UA right?"

There was some chattering among the class. Bakugo jumped on his desk and began shouting "Ah the stupid chatter of extras! I aced the mock exams! I'm the only one here with the stuff of UA! I'll even surpass All Might and be the greatest hero out the-"

"Uh, Izuku is also applying for UA though. He also passed the mock exam, and so did I. I was also tutored at UA."

All eyes now turned once again on Mob. But one kid said "Wait, Midoriya?" Then they all laughed. Izuku sighed and gave a tired look at Mob who became even more confused. Mob noticed that the influence of the spirits was strong here. Maybe because of that swearing Bakugo kid…

Just then, Bakugo leaped off his desk and shot an explosion at Izuku's desk. Izuku just tiredly moved his desk and Mob (once again) stopped Bakugo midair.

"Why are you laughing?" Mob asked.

"Because a quirkless kid wants to be a hero! Hahah…"

"Can any of you even pass the mock exam for UA?"

You know the drill by now. Dead. Silence.

"Then why are you laughing when you can't even pass the written exam? Izuku has a bigger chance than you guys."

The class started protesting. "Also Sensei." Mob now looked at the teacher. "Why aren't you doing anything? This is blatant bullying in plain sight."

"Uh," the teacher was trying to think of a good excuse. "Well, being a hero is a dangerous job. So, discouraging dangerous activity to people that can't handle it is my job and-"

"How is bullying supposed to solve that?" You know the rules, and so do I. Silence. "Also, I actually think I might have to report this-"

"OK! Ok, class, please go back to your seats."

Everyone grumbled as they did what they were told.

Mob just sat down, not knowing all the enemies he made on his first day.

___

Meanwhile

A villain made of sludge was running from a store he just robbed. There weren't any heroes around so he decided to go hide somewhere that he knew would have few people passing by. Maybe he could even hijack another body and steal their quirks in the process…

___

School was over. Mob went to the bathroom and asked Izuku to wait for him.

As Mob was returning from the toilet, a big, purple spirit blocked his way.

"Hoho! Are you the one who can see us?"

Mob was about to tell the spirit to move out of the way when he heard an explosion coming from his classroom.

Oh no. Those are Bakugo's explosions. Mob thought.

Mob tried to go back to the classroom but the spirit blocked him saying "Hey! I asked you a question!"

87%

"I'll be the first and only hero from this crappy middle school!" Mob heard Bakugo's voice from the classroom. "First to win the honor of becoming a student at UA high. Guess I'm just a perfectionist. In other words, don't you dare get into UA nerd."

"Let me pass." Mob commanded the spirit.

"Kid, don't you understand the situation? I'm a powerful spirit and you're a middle schooler…"

"Let. Me. Pass." Mob said, in a much stronger tone.

93%

"You wanna be a hero so badly? If you think you'll have a quirk in your next life…" Bakugo said smugly. 

"Ok you little runt. That's the last straw here. I'll make you learn how to…"

"Go take a swan dive off the roof!!"

"Read the air!"

100% A N G E R

Many things happened at once. Mob ran through the spirit. The spirit was about to say something but suddenly letting out a deafening screech and disappearing in a spiral of colors.

Mob choke grabbed Bakugo using his telekinesis. He didn't actually choke him but it still shocked Bakugo greatly.

"Are you suicide bating your classmate?" Mob asked in a dark tone. Bakugo immediately knew from the aura that this wasn't the same Mob at the beginning of the day. This Mob meant no funny business.

"H-hey," one of Bakugo's lackeys tried to calm Mob down. "h-he was just joking…"

"Oh really? Sorry, I didn't notice. Hey, would you mind if I rip out your Adam's apple?"

The lackey gulped and took a step back.

"Why? I was just joking? Why are you so…"

"Mob, please stop." All eyes now turned to Izuku. "Katsuki isn't worth wasting your time on."

Mob thought for a moment, then he dropped Bakugo. He then flew outside of the building and while still floating in the air, he used his powers to exorcise all spirits in the school. The spirits all started either screaming, begging, or even trying to escape. But Mob left not even a single one escape. Once he was done, his 100% wore off and Mob left the school with Izuku.

Mob knew that bad people attracted evil spirits. So the only reason so many spirits were in the school was because the people there were bad. Even if a spirit influenced a person, a bad person would be more easily influenced. This caused an endless cycle of more and more evil spirits coming to this school. Mob wondered how so many spirits could have been in one place…

___

Bakugo was walking down the street with his two lackeys.

White hair took out a cigarette and asked "Hey, could you light this for me?"

Bakugo turned around, snatched the cigarette from his hand, and exploded it.

"HEY! That was the last…"

"I fucking told you to quit smoking! It's bad for your health!"

White hair rolled his eyes and said "Yeah, yeah. Whatever." and continued grumbling about his wasted cigar.

Bakugo frowned and added "Also, if you are caught smoking, it'll be added to my record as well! I need a spotless record, you hear me?!"

"Sheesh, fine. I'll stop." White hair finally accepted defeat.

Bakugo secretly sighed a sigh of relief. White hair was going to get cancer from smoking if he kept that up. Not that Bakugo cared or anything.

Bakugo kept walking down when he heard a weird sound. They were walking down a street that not many people knew about.

He noticed his lackeys' eyes widening so when he turned around, he saw a giant man made out of sludge. He reeked of sewage and rotten food.

"Look at my luck! Easy quirks to steal! I might even be able to take one of their bodies over!"

White hair panicked before smiling mischievously and said "Well, Bakugo over here is the most fit out of the three of us. He also has the strongest quirk. We two saw nothing and you can just take him and leave."

Bakugo just stared at White hair and asked "What the fuck did you just say."

Famous last words.

The sludge villain covered Bakugo and while Bakugo struggled, he knew that he was doomed.

"Any last words to say to your friend?" The sludge villain jokingly asked the two traitors.

"I never liked you. Good riddance. Goodbye, Kacchan." White hair mocked Bakugo with the name Dek- no Izuku used to use.

As Bakugo thrashed against the villain even as the villain ran at a high speed, he suddenly remembered what the nerd once said.

"I'm telling you Kacchan! They are not real friends!" Izuku tried to warn Bakugo.

"Shut up nerd! You think you're better than me? You have no fucking friends unlike me." Bakugo replied. Bakugo then thought for a second then said "Wait, that came out wrong… Oh, whatever. You know what I mean!"

Izuku just sighed. "Listen Katsuki ." Oh. That was new. "This is the last time I am telling you this. They. Are. Not. Your. Friends." 

Bakugo just sneered and ignored him. "That's rich coming from the friendless nerd who followed me around the entire time…"

"Ok, that's it. I tried to warn you. But mark my words Katsuki , you'll remember this moment one day as the day you lost your last real friend." Then, Izuku turned back and walked away.

"Hey. Hey! Hey, nerd! Come back! Fucking come back right this instance. Hey, DEKU! COME BACK!" Izuku however, didn't stop. Nor did he come back. He just kept on walking.

Katsuki was fine. He was fine. He didn't feel anything. He was fine. He had lots of friends. He was fine. He was fine. But…

Then why were tears coming out of his eyes?

Bakugo realized that the nerd's prophecy had come true. Bakugo just decided to accept fate. He gave into hopelessness. But then…

He saw the nerd. And the nerd saw him.

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"Bakugo wasn't always like that." Izuku explained as he walked with Mob. "It changed after Kacchan got more and more… 'friends'."

Mob noted that Izuku used air quotes. This meant that the word friends wasn't really referring to friends but people who acted or pretended to be friends.

"Also I know this doesn't justify his actions but the phrase "take a swan dive off a roof" has become a more popular phrase nowadays. Kacchan probably thought that if he said it in front of his "friends" then he'd look cool or something. "

"He still shouldn't have said that." Mob said worriedly.

"Yeah, I know. But I know he doesn't actually want me to die at the very least."

"I guess people change for the worse sometimes." Noted Mob. "Also, who did you call a few minutes ago?"

"Oh that? I was just… checking something important with someone."

___

"Notebook, I think we already had this conversation before." Re-Destro replied on his phone. "But since you ask, I've checked once again and it has been confirmed that, no, Aldera is not a MLA recruitment center made by the extremist side of the MLA. Because, honestly, even they aren't that stupid, and that's saying something. Anyhow, no one is stupid enough to make a recruitment center for freaking middle schoolers who don't even have good quirks. And make it in a city where Nedzu is literally always at. Though, may I ask why you asked?"

"Oh. It's nothing, really." Izuku lied.

I really need to teach Notebook how to lie more smoothly because he absolutely sucks at it. Re-Destro thought.

___

"It's not really important now." Izuku lied.

If any person saw Izuku lie, they would have known it. But Mob wasn't just any person, he was worse at reading the room than an foreigner who couldn't speak Japanese, so he didn't notice anything.

"Well then, do you want to go to Takoba beach before going home?" Mob asked. "I'm going to check to make sure it's still stable."

"Nah, I just want to go home. You can go there if you want to though."

"Ok, see you at home." Mob waved and headed off in a different direction.

"Bye! See you!" Izuku replied.

One Mob was out of earshot, Izuku let out a big sigh and walked down to the main street.

A crowd bigger than the one that morning had formed along the street.

From the info Izuku gathered through the whispering crowd, someone (a middle schooler?) was apparently being held hostage by some "Sludge villain". The heroes couldn't do anything because they didn't have the right quirks.

That's a stupid excuse. Izuku thought. A hero should always risk their lives to help civilians.

Someone shouted "The villain's coming!" and everyone just watched as the villain just strolled up the street.

People really are too dependent on heroes nowadays, huh.

Izuku got out his notebook but then he heard a familiar noise.

Explosions.

Kacchan's explosion.

Izuku looked up and saw Kacchan.

His eyes were full of despair. Tears streamed from those eyes. The angry, rude, brash bully was gone, only a scared kid remained. Izuku only had one thought. 

Bakugo looked like he needed saving.

It was as if time stood still for Izuku.

Izuku had a choice. He could either let whatever power that's out there handle Kacchan's fate. Or, Izuku could take matters into his own hands.

Izuku rushed out from the crowd and chased the villain.

The heroes noticed and shouted at him to come back.

But Izuku didn't look back.

He held his bag by the string part and threw the main part of his bag at the sludge villain, aiming for the eye.

The villain however, simply moved his eye to avoid the bag.

The kid's smart. The villain thought. "Welp, nice try. But you gotta try harder than that to catch a villain."

The villain tried to quickly leave the scene.

But…

Something was pulling on him.

The villain looked behind and saw that the bag had sunken into the sludge and the kid was pulling him.

No… there was something else being pulled.

The sludge wasn't the thing being pulled backwards.

His quirks that he had stolen were.

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Izuku felt a sensation he had never felt before.

His vision kept on changing into different shapes and colors. Until he realized.

What is that mushy cylinder?

What Izuku saw was a quirk core. The core that generates energy that is converted into the powers that people know as quirks.

4 other flat cylinders were in that one mushy sludge cylinder.

Izuku wasted no time and quickly spread his hand on the cylinder…

…and pulled.

I can do this! Izuku thought to himself. I can actually do…

The sludge villain pulled back.

It was a desperate game of tug of war. However, the sludge villain had much more experience and was winning by a landslide.

Hah, I guess I really am just a deku… Izuku thought as he felt the quirk that he had only for a moment slip away from his fingers.

Until…

Izuku suddenly felt a hand rest on his shoulder.

"You can do this Izuku," Mob said, smiling. "I believe in you!"

Izuku felt a surge of power and his determination once again strengthened.

100% F A I T H

Izuku's grip tightened as he pulled harder than he had ever in his life. Izuku saw the cylinders, one by one were moving from the sludgy cylinder to Izuku's chest.

"N-no! NO!" The sludge villain screamed. But it was all in vain. Izuku felt the last, sludgy cylinder go inside his chest and where the villain once was was a naked unconscious man and a confused Bakugo.

The heroes quickly rushed over to Izuku.

"... what the heck just happened?" Kamui Woods asked confusedly.

The vultures started swarming the villain and the heroes.

"Allow me to explain, sirs." Mob suddenly stepped up. "You see, that kid over there is a kid who also goes to our school." Mob pointed to Bakugo. "My friend Izuku here ran out to save him and while he bought time, I quickly flew over, and yes I have a license because I'm the oops kid, remember?" Mob flashed his license at the vultures and heroes. "I used my telekinesis to knock the man unconscious while helping Izuku get out."

"But…" Death Arms wasn't convinced. "Didn't the kid use his quirk to…"

"Quirk?" Mob blinked. "What quirk? Izuku is quirkless. Bakugo over there can confirm it since he always bullied Izuku for being quirkless. Right Bakugo?" 

The teen simply grumbled while the vultures were eating the story up.

"...Still, it was dangerous for that kid to jump in like that. Why did you jump in when even we didn't! You could have been severely injured with no quirk to..."

"Sir," Mob Interrupted. "I think the question we should ask ourselves isn't "why did a middle schooler jump in when even the heroes didn't intervene", it's "why did the heroes not intervene when even a middle schooler jumped in." I think that that is the correct question, sir."

Checkmate 1 thought. Of course, 1 had asked Mob if he could take over and used his talking skills to get out of this shitshow that was happening. Sure, that statement still had some flaws and loopholes like what he was doing was technically vigilantism since his license was only for defending himself. And Izuku could still be sued for interrupting heroes in duty. And that if Death Arms didn't have the prejudice that people needed quirks to defend themselves (which probably came from a mix of him being right, and a quirkist social prejudice Japan was currently has) like he was right now, he sadly would have been correct. 

But, luckily, Death Arms was only strong in his arms and not in his brain so he had nothing to say.

"Now if you excuse us, we will take our leave. Bakugo still needs a check up after being in direct contact with the sludge though." And with that, 1 quickly grabbed Izuku's hand and they both ran for their lives.

The people there were dumbstruck at the situation while Bakugo was still thinking about the nerd.

Why did the nerd help me? Bakugo wondered.

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Mob and Izuku were walking down the street towards their home. Izuku suddenly asked in a raspy tone "Is there anyone nearby?"

Mob confusedly replied "Uh, no but why do yo…"

Izuku suddenly fell on his knees and vomited a large amount of blood.

"Are you ok?" Mob shockingly asked.

"It's fine," Izuku just waved his hands dismissively. "really. I think I just over used my quirk. Actually, now that I think about it, I have a quirk now! Several in fac…" Izuku went back to coughing out blood.

Mob worriedly looked at Izuku. Mob went down.

"Uh, Mob. What are you doin- AHHHHH!"

Mob suddenly carried Izuku in the bridal carry pose and quickly flew to their home.

Little did they know that a certain angry pomeranian who was about to shout at Izuku for saving his life had held his tongue after seeing him cough out blood.

Why did you save me? Bakugo wondered again. 

…and why are there tears coming out of my eyes again?

Chapter Text

Luckily, Izuku wasn't hurt that badly. The biggest problem was that Izuku's new quirk wasn't made to carry 5 new quirks. At most he could carry 2. Other than that, a few of Hisashi's healing quirks brought Izuku back to full health.

Hisashi also loved the fact that Mob had started one of the biggest internet debates in 3 years.

Time went by quickly after that day. Bakugo entirely stopped talking to Mob or Izuku. The class stopped bothering Izuku and Mob as well. Some of them even tried to befriend Izuku after hearing about his quirk. They were all rejected, of course.

"If you didn't want to be my friend when I was quirkless, I don't want to be your friend when I have a quirk." Izuku would always reply.

Izuku and Mob didn't really care. They were both busy preparing for the entrance exams for UA.

Izuku was mostly fine with the written test and Mob had greatly improved after being homeschooled by the rat king for so long.

The problem was the second part of the exam.

In order to get into the UA Heroics course, you needed to complete two parts of the exam. The first part was the written exam which was on paper. The second part was the practical exam where you needed to complete tasks which gave you points. The tasks are unknown because of a contract you write when you take the exam saying that you may not discuss the contents of the exams outside of UA. Part of the reason for this was because of security issues.

Most of the reason was Nedzu wanting to have fun seeing people scramble to complete the task.

Izuku had deducted that it had something to do with quirk usage and you needed good control of your quirk in order to pass. This a problem for both Mob and Izuku because while both of their quirks were powerful, both of them didn't really have high control over them. Mob had actively gone against using his telekinesis and Izuku had only recently gotten his quirk.

They could also not use their quirks in public as Japan had some of the strictest quirk laws in the world.

This problem was solved by Hisashi using his seemingly endless bank account to buy some land so that they could use a loophole that said quirks were allowed on privately owned land.

Izuku and Mob were both trained by Hisashi and Inko's friends (who were called uncle Akaguro and Sako).

Finally the day of the UA entrance exams came.

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Feb 26 2215

Izuku and Mob were standing outside the gates of UA. They had come here yesterday as well for the written exams. After months of preparing for it, the day had finally come.

The cold spring wind hit Mob's face like it was from an air conditioner. 

"I know this is kind of random but… what happened to global warming? Did you guys stop it?" Mob curiously asked Izuku.

"...Global what?" Izuku seemed confused as if he had never heard the term.

"...Nevermind."

"Ok?" Izuku the. turned his head toward the giant building. "Are you ready for this?"

"Yes." Mob replied. "Let's go."

They both took their first steps into UA…

…Only for Izuku to trip.

Mob tried to use his telekinesis to stop Izuku but a brown haired girl with round pink cheeks and in a coat tapped on Izuku with all five fingers.

As Izuku started to float upwards, he was  confused, and he then saw that Mob was confused as well. The girl grabbed Izuku's arm and helped set him down on the ground.

"Sorry for using my quirk on you." The brunette began. "But it's a bad omen to trip and fall."

Mob noticed that Izuku began blushing and that he was currently unable to speak.

"Thank you for helping my friend." Mob decided to help out since Izuku had blue screened.

"You're welcome!" The girl said as she smiled. "It sure is nerverecking here. Good luck!" And with that she left while waving her hand.

Mob waved back while Izuku was recovering.

"What… just happened?" Izuku finally began to talk. "Why did I… freeze up?"

Mob just shrugged. "I thought you were ok with talking with girls. You talk with Aiko all the time."

"That's because she's my little sister." Izuku replied. "Well, let's get going."

Izuku and Mob walked through the gates and saw a giant fountain. Behind the fountain was a giant golden statue. It was a statue of Defiant, the first Hero. Defiant had his signature mask as he had his right leg on a stone and his hands were reaching out, using his telekinesis quirk.

"...This is Ritsu's grandson…" Mob mumbled to himself.

"Hey!" Izuku and Mob turned their heads and saw the girl from earlier. "Nice to see you again. You know a lot about Defiant?"

Uh oh Mob thought to himself.

Izuku had a wide smile.

"Why, of course! Defiant, real name Akatani Mikumo, was the first official hero. Known for his debut during the fight in Ehusa bridge, he also established the hero system we use today! HehadblackhairandwasmarriedtoHatsumeKei…" Izuku started mumbling until Mob tapped him on the shoulder. "Huh? Oh! Sorry! I have a bit of a habit of mumbling. Also, thank you for saving me a few… minutes ago…" Izuku now realized he was actually talking to a girl and started blue screening again.

"No problem! And wow! You sure do know a lot about Defiant! I'm also pretty sure I'm related to him or something."

"Oh really? I'm also related to him." Izuku managed to unblue screen himself.

"Seriously? Well…"

" Attention! " The speakers started blaring. " The practical exams are about to begin. For all those who are taking the exams, please head inside of the building. "

"I guess we should go." The girl said. "Nice talking to you! See you at the exam!" She ran off once more.

"...Well that went smoother than last time." Mob commented.

"We should also start going." Izuku and Mob started heading towards the designated area.

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There were many people who were there for the exam. Izuku and Mob sat next to Bakugo who didn't look at them.

Present Mic came on the podium.

"It's Present Mic!" Izuku whisper-mumbled. "It's inspiring to see all the teachers at UA being pro heroes."

Mob nodded. Present Mic took out a mic and shouted "WELCOME TO TODAY'S LIVE PERFORMANCE! EVERYONE SAY HEY!"

The room was awkwardly silent.

"WELL THAT'S COOL MY EXAMINEE LISTENERS! I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE GUIDELINE OF YOUR  EXAMS TODAY! ARE YOU READY?"

No one replied. Present Mic simply clicked his tongue and mumbled something about kids these days. Then he began shouting into the mic again. 

"THIS IS HOW THE EXAMS WILL GO! YOU'LL BE EXPERIENCING 10 MINUTE LONG "MOCK CITY MANEUVERS"! BRING ANYTHING YOU WANT! AFTER THIS PRESENTATION, YOU'LL GO TO YOUR ASSIGNED TESTING AREA!"

"That's so kids from the same middle school can't help each other." Bakugo quietly spoke as if to himself. "I'll destroy all of them."

"Guess we'll be in different testing sites, huh." Mob commented.

Bakugo gave Izuku a quick side look before looking forward again. "Guess you'll live another day."

"EACH SIDE IS FILLED WITH 3 FAUX VILLAINS!" Present Mic continued. "POINTS ARE DISTRIBUTED FOR DEFEATING EACH  ACCORDING TO THEIR RESPECTIVE DIFFICULTY LEVEL! USE YOUR QUIRKS TO DISABLE THE FAUX VILLAINS AND EARN POINTS LISTENERS!"

"But," Present Mic's tone suddenly became serious "Don't go anti hero and attack other Examees. Got it?"

Present Mic suddenly regained his lively persona. "EVERYONE SAY HEY!"

"HEEYY??" Everyone shouted after being shocked from the sudden tone change.

"Excuse me!" A blue haired boy wearing glasses suddenly stood up. "May I ask a question!"

"Um, I'm not finished explaining…"

"There appears to be no less than 4 varieties of faux villains in this handout. Such a blatant error, if it is one, is highly unbecoming of UA. Japan's top agency. We're all here today in hopes of being molded into model heroes!"

"Yes, so…"

"And you with curly green hair!" the boy suddenly turned to Izuku and pointed at him. "You've been muttering this whole time, it's distracting. if this is some sort of game to you, then please immediately leave!"

All eyes were now on Izuku. Some people snickered while others remembered Izuku from the news. Mob saw that Izuku was trying to calm himself down after suddenly receiving so much attention.

Let me at him! 1 shouted in Mob's head. I'm going to tear that kid apart!

"Oi!" Bakugo suddenly stood from his seat. "Boy with hearing quirk and glasses! Sorry for my friend's loud muttering!"

The boy looked confused. "...Me? Pardon, but I don't have a hearing quir-"

"Oh really?" Bakugo had a sneer on his face. "Then why are you bothered by some person's small muttering? Different people have different ways of coping with stress, and a little muttering isn't hurting anyone. Also, why do you keep cutting off the teacher when he is trying to explain? You're being more distracting than my friend over here! And the teacher didn't even finish his explanation yet! Didn't you learn from your teachers to ask questions after the explanation because the question might be answered! Just saying "please" and using fancy words don't make you polite!" With that, Bakugo sat back down.

Everyone now looked at the glasses boy who had nothing to say. He bowed, turned to Izuku and did a 90 degree bow. Then he turned to Present Mic, bowed again and said "I apologize for the interruption, sir."

"IT'S OK EXAMEE 7111. THE FOURTH FAUX VILLAIN IS MORE OF A GIMMICK. DEFEATING IT GIVES NO POINTS DO YOU SHOULD AVOID IT."

"Thank you for your time sir." With that, the boy sat down.

"THAT'S ALL FROM ME! I'LL LEAVE MY LISTENERS WITH THE SCHOOL'S MOTTO! THE GREAT HERO NAPOLEON BONAPARTE ONCE SAID "TRUE HEROISM CONSISTS IN BEING SUPERIOR TO THE ILLS OF LIFE"! PLUS ULTRA! BREAK A LEG EVERYBODY!"

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Mob and Izuku separated to their assigned testing sites. When Mob arrived at his testing site, he was confused as there were no other examees.

"Welcome Shigeo-kun!" Nedzu appeared out of nowhere. "You're probably confused why there aren't any other contestants right?" Mob nodded. "Well, take a guess! Come on, I've tutored you well. You can figure it out."

Mob thought about it. Mob examined the situation he was in and why he was in it. In the end, he came to a conclusion. "I am taking a special exam that no one else is taking."

"That is correct! I guess all that hard work has paid off!" Nedzu laughed. "While others are going to fight faux villains, you'll be fighting them while rescuing people. Of course, the people are robots in this simulation so you'll have to go around the entire city rescuing while fighting. Do you understand?" 

Mob nodded. Nedzu left after saying "Then let's get this started! Good luck and Plus Ultra!" 

Mob did some light stretches. He stopped when he heard Present Mic said go and he heard a big rumble from the ground. When he looked up, 3 gigantic robots were staring down at him.

Let's do this! 1 shouted within Mob's head as Mob surrounded himself with physic energy.

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Many people were crowded at Izuku's testing site. Izuku noticed that the girl from earlier and the boy in glasses were in the same place.

Suddenly, a random kid shouted "Hey! It's the quirkless kid from the sludge villain accident! Do you really think you can enter UA?"

They don't know I have a quirk yet. Izuku thought. I'll just ignore him.

"Why? Is your undeveloped quirkless brain unable to process my words?"

Many kids chuckled at that while Izuku just sighed.

"Hey!" The brown haired girl that stopped him from tripping came to the kid. "That's not very nice."

"Uh, who asked you?" the kid smirked.

The glasses guy also came up to the kid. "Please stop this behavior in an instant. It is disrespectful to…"

"Yeah sure. Whatever Mr. I-interupted-the-teacher. And what does this quirkless kid have to do with you? He has no chance at being a her…"

Everyone saw a red blur as the quirkist kid suddenly fell backwards while clenching his private part. "AAAAGGGGHHHH!" The kid screamed in agony.

"Hey guys!" A red haired kid with a fancy wooden sword appeared right next to Izuku out of nowhere. The kid also had red eyes and innocently asked "Do you guys think that quirkless people are useless?"

Some kids nodded in confusion while others shook their heads in confusion. 

" Then go fuck yourselves to sleep tonight ." Everyone froze at the sheer anger contained in that one sentence. "If you look down on others, you have no right to be a hero."

"Who the… aghh hell are…aaagh you?" The kid who was still clenching his private body part asked.

The red haired kid suddenly looked as if he disappeared in a blur but one second later he was still standing in the same place. Meanwhile, the kid on the ground shouted louder and looked like someone had kicked him there again.

"AND BEGIN!"

Izuku and the red haired boy started sprinting into the city while other kids were just standing there confusedly.

"WHAT'S WRONG? THE TEST HAS STARTED! THERE ARE NO COUNTDOWNS IN LIFE."

As Izuku ran through the surprisingly well built faux city, he finally encountered a robot the size of a dumpster. Izuku remembered his dad's analysis of Energy Manipulation.

"Your quirk probably has something to do with controlling energy." Izuku heard his dad explain to him. "The colors changing thing that you saw when you awakened your quirk was probably you seeing different forms of energy. And since you were able to take the energy of quirks, you probably can change other energy types and you might even be able to convert the energy into other types."

Izuku focused on his breathing as he used his quirk. He reminded himself that a quirk was a tool but it was also an extension of his body. Izuku got in a orthodox boxing stance and threw a straight at the robot. But as he threw it, he changed the energy he had from eating food and directly converted it to kinetic energy which surrounded his fists. 

He remembered seeing a video of All Might compressing air which allowed him to fire projectiles. Izuku's straight copied the video of All Might and created a blast of compressed which sent the robot flying and slamming into a wall.

1 point, huh.

Izuku realized it was going to be a long 10 minutes.

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"Um, Nedzu?" Pro hero Midnight asked as she and all the teachers were preparing to watch the exams. "Isn't it a bit… overkill to make one teenager take on a whole city by himself?"

"Overkill? Why, no! I honestly think I should have raised the difficulty even more for Shigeo-kun."

Midnight was flabbergasted and confused.

"I think we should start the exams." Nedzu to Present Mic via walkie talkie.

The teachers watched the drama with Izuku in the center before seeing that Izuku and the red haired kids were the only ones to run right away. 

"What the actual fuck?" Midnight shouted.

Everyone turned to see what Midnight was shocked about. A screen showed Mob simply using his telekinesis to lift all 3 zero-pointers and flying to find "civilians".

Nedzu simply crackled while All Might was shocked to see such power.

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Shoot, I only have 34 points! Izuku being Izuku jumped in to save people every 5 seconds. Because of that, Izuku couldn't focus on fighting robots in the chaos.

Then the ground began to rumble. A gigantic robot towering above the building appeared like a giant kaiju and destroyed the buildings.

Everyone started to run away from the giant robot. Izuku was about to turn away when he felt a familiar energy. It was the energy of the girl from before. She had quite a unique energy that could only be compared to Izuku's dad's energy.

Izuku wondered why she wasn't moving so he headed in her direction.

Izuku gasped when he saw the quirkist boy from earlier had stabbed the girl in the leg and was trying to stab her again. However, when he saw that Izuku was coming to intervene, he ran away. Izuku saw that the distance between him and the girl was too far and that the robot would get to her first. What could he do…

Izuku had an idea. He knew it was a stupid idea (Izuku had a lot of those). He also knew it was a self sacrificing idea (Izuku had a lot of those as well). However, desperate times call for desperate measures.

Izuku took a deep breath and went into a squat position. He used some of the energy he had left from his breakfast and poured it into his legs. Izuku then jumped up while releasing the energy and he flung himself up into the air. Izuku then did something with his quirk that was experimental.

He had recently found out that he could convert the energy he had into elemental energy. Izuku smiled as he converted the potential energy around him from being high in the air into a ball of plasmatic energy near his right foot. Izuku screamed "PLUS ULTRA!" while kicking the ball of plasma as hard as he could (boosted by his quirk of course) and the ball soared through the sky until it crashed into the robot.

Izuku breathed a sigh of relief after he saw that the robot fell backwards. Now the girl was safe. All he had to do now was safely land…

Izuku suddenly coughed out blood. Uh oh . Izuku had gone over his limit. If he used his quirk again, it could cause irreversible damage.

Like his heart being ripped apart while he was still 30 stories above the ground

Izuku wondered if this was how his life was going to end. Izuku was thinking of ways to get out of this situation alive when he saw the girl from before suddenly fly through the air towards him. She grabbed his arms with all five fingers and gravity stopped working on him.

"...Gravity manipulation?" Izuku asked while  smiling and floating in the air with the gravity girl.

"Wow, you must be super smart if you figured it out that fast..." The girl replied.

"TIME'S UP!"

Izuku was still floating in the air, looking at the brown haired girl when he saw his world go black.

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Multitasking was apparently hard as heck.

Mob learned that the hard way. 

Mob was currently saving all "civilians" which were just mannequins in clothing, defeating all "villains" which were just zero pointers, and constantly using his telekinesis to find more civilians to save.

And there were a lot of civilians.

Mob usually just crushed the zero pointers flatly like a can or held them up in the sky while not allowing them to do anything.

"TIME’S UP!!" Mob could hear Present Mic's voice ring through the speakers. Mob gently let down all the civilians and zero pointers. Mob made some calculations in his head and found out that he had saved 1789 "civilians".

Mob suddenly wondered how much money UA had. He also had the feeling that if he asked Nedzu his reply would have been some crackling and then a "Yes".

While slowly walking towards the exit, Mob reminisced of the talk he had with Hisashi.

"I don't really want to apply for the hero course." Mod told Hisashi. Hisashi had looked up from reading a book called "The Prince". "I don't understand the "Hero Culture" Japan currently has and I don't really want to use my powers since it was something I didn't need in my original life."

Hisashi frowned a little and seemed to be deep in thought before saying "So, Shigeo, you want to return to your life before right?" Mob nodded at that. "But we don't know who or why you were brought to this time specifically, right?" Mob nodded again.

"Well then, it's unlikely someone from your time attacked you so it must be someone from my time. And since you were likely brought here by an illegal quirk usage, a villain probably summoned you. Becoming a hero is the best way to find villains. Even in the U.A. hero course you can get internships where you'll be able to be in action yourself and try to find that villain."

Hisashi then smiled faintly. "And I'll be honest, I want you to look over my son Izuku." Mob was confused at that. "You have the most bullshit power I've seen. And I'm over a century old. I'm even questioning if it is a quirk or not due to it not following any quirk logic. And I'm a bit afraid for my son. Izuku… he's a good kid. Kind and intellect. But he's also recklessly brave sometimes. I'm afraid something might happen to him."

Hisashi sighed "I know this sounds selfish but… please protect Izuku for my sake."

Mob breathed out a sigh of relief that this was over. He saw Nedzu on Eraserhead's shoulder waving his hand at Mob while Eraserhead had a annoyed face. Mob waved back and began running toward them…

…Until all of a sudden, Mob's world froze. Mob couldn't move his body and Nedzu and Eraserhead were also stuck. Was this a villain attack? Mob didn't know. Then…

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…Mob's entire surroundings changed. It was a rocky environment that looked like a scorched desert. However, when Mob looked beyond, he saw that this was some kind of dome. There were many different sections. There was a section that was filled with water and a boat and another section was set entirely on fire.

"Hey, you ok?" An unfamiliar voice called out to Mob. He turned around and saw a red haired boy who had a red cape. Under the cape, there were many pockets containing many different things such as some metal marbles, duct tape, and some kind of rectangular looking thing. The boy also had a sword attached to the side of his costume.

Mob realized he himself was in different clothes. Mob had worn his school Gakugen for the entrance exam but now he was wearing something that was similar but different. The Gakugen looking clothes were much bulkier and looked sturdier than his original school Gakugen, yet felt more comfortable and lighter. 

Mob also had some kind of mechanism on his sleeve which he had no clue how to use. That's when it hit Mob. Izuku had asked Mob for a sketch for a concept of Mob's hero costume once. Mob didn't really know what he wanted for his costume so he just drew his school Gakugen. Did that mean…

"Hey Shigeo!" The boy once again called out.

"Um, hello." Mob replied. Did Mob know this kid? "Uh, could you please tell me where I am?"

The boy seemed a bit distressed and asked "Hey, do you know what today's date is?"

Mob scratched his head and said "February the 26th?"

The boy groaned while covering his face and Mob noticed a person on the ground who was unconscious.

"Um, there's a person who's hurt next to your feet…"

A giant explosion interrupted Mob as he and the boy turned their heads to look at the mountain section of the dome.

"Oh shoot. I don't have time to explain but you're at UA, it's the 12th of April right now and a villain attack is happening. Since you're pretty strong you should go and find the other students who are scattered around. Bring them to the exit. Now I gotta go!" And just like that, the boy touched his own arm for some reason and jumped away.

Mob was left very confused.

Chapter Text

April 12 2215

Midoriya Izuku was excited for today's hero training lesson. Apparently, his entire class was going to do some kind of rescue simulation.

When the bus arrived, Izuku had sat down next to Mob and Ochako. They were currently discussing about quirks as they heard the bus being driven through the smooth roads of UA.

"So you're saying that your quirk had an awakening which allowed you to cause other items to orbit around another item you touch?" Izuku asked with immense curiosity. "Fascinating! I wonder how this sort of quirk awakening was possible!"

Ochako just laughed nervously while saying "Oh.. um.. it's nothing. I just… trained my quirk during my free time. Glad you enjoyed hearing about my quirk Angel-kun."

"Um, Ochako-chan?" the frog quirked girl named Tsuyu asked from across the bus. "Can I ask you a question, kero?"

"Uh, yeah sure." Izuku saw a bead of sweat run down Ochako's face.

"I'll be blunt with you, why do you call Midoriya Angel-kun kero?"

Ochako stared at Tsuyu for a few seconds while Tsuyu just stared back. "Well…" Ochako blushed a bit and started playing with her hair. "Midoriya saved me during the Entrance Exams. He suddenly flew up into the sky and destroyed the Zero pointer. He kinda looked like an angel when he was in the sky."

The bus soon bursted into a torrent of questions. "Midoriya destroyed the zero pointer?" "Midoriya can fly?! I am really wondering what his quirk is now." "Midoriya did what! Amazing!"

"That's our savior for you!" A voice shouted from the back seats of the bus.

Everyone turned their heads and saw the smiling blond haired girl bouncing around energetically in her seat while the purpled haired kid with deep eyebags sighed.

Parallel to those two was Bakugo sitting next to a green haired girl with golden eyes. Those four kids had been put into Class 1-A for a new rehabilitation program Nedzu (who was requested by Izuku) had started. Four rehabilitating villains for each hero class from 1-A and 1-B to 3-A and 3-B.

Izuku just shyly waved back at Himiko while Bakugo just grumbled to himself.

"Hey guys! We're here!" The bus stopped and one by one the students got off the bus.

"I like the new design of your costume Angel-kun" Ochako said as they made their way into the simulation joint.

"Oh, I sort of changed the design  eI got inspiration from you calling me an Angel." Izuku explained flusteredly.

"Just get married you two." A third voice approached them. Izuku and Ochako turned around to see Fushicho, the red haired kid from the Entrance Exam. The two blushed after realizing what Fushicho said. Fushicho proceeded to just laugh and said "It was a joke! A joke! Anyways, what did the yellowed haired girl mean when she called you savior?"

"Oh that?" Izuku was deep in thought for a moment before saying "I think I need to ask Himiko firs…"

"It's fine." Himiko said as she suddenly appeared next to the trio together with the purple haired kid. "You're ok with it too, right Shinsou?" The purple haired kid whose name was apparently Shinsou just sighed and nodded. "See? You can tell him if you want!"

"Well then," Izuku looked around before cupping his hands over his mouth before shouting "Hey Mob!" and Mob came over to the group.

"Yes Izuku?" Mob replied confusedly. Izuku just placed his hands on Mob's shoulder and said "You know how Mob built the Takoba Tower right?" Mob was more confused while Fushicho and Ochako started to understand and put the pieces together.

"Wait!" Ochako gasped "So you're…"

"Yep." Himiko replied while popping the P. "The ones Thunderdolt assaulted. If it wasn't for lil Shinshin right here," Himiko jumped up and grabbed Shinsou's neck by her arm while smiling, much to Shinsou's visible displeasure (though he blushed a bit and did not try to push Himiko away) "I'd probably would have not survived running away from my home."

Ochako frowned and asked "Why did you run away from home? Was it because of your parents?"

Himiko frowned and said "They have no right to be called parents. They've even let my little sister be kidnapped by a villain recently."

"What! That's terrible!"

Himiko and Ochako continued to talk like this while the four boys silently walked behind them.

Eventually the entire class entered the dome shaped stadium like Simulation Joint.

Someone shouted. "Wow! This place looks like Universal Studios Japan!" which caused Mob to whisper into Izuku's ear "Universal Studios still exists? How come Disney and other companies disappeared but Universal Studios still exists?" Izuku turned to answer Mob but realized he didn't have the answer.

A person in an astronaut suit walked up and said "There's a Flood zone, Landslide zone, and Conflagration zone etc. Every disaster and accident you can imagine."

Mob heard Ochako and Izuku fangirl/boying over the Space Hero Thirteen. " I built this facility myself. I call it the "Unforeseen Simulation Joint"."

Eraserhead walked up to Thirteen and asked "Thirteen, where's All Might? I thought he was meeting us here today."

"All Might suddenly received a message saying there was a mass scale villain attack and they needed him. We have to do our lessons without him."

Eraserhead grumbled about something while Thirteen simply said "He's the number 1 hero you know? He needs to go when he's called. Luckily we have some backup. You'll be familiar with him…"

Suddenly a black mist appeared next to the group of children. This caused them to be startled and they all watched as the swirl became bigger with shades of purple in it. Eventually a blue haired man wearing a hornless blue oni mask stepped out of what now looked like a portal. The portal closed behind them and the person now looked at Eraserhead. 

"Sensei! Is this a villain attack?!" Iida the blue haired glasses wearing kid asked.

"If it's a villain, then I'm going to crush them! " Bakugo shouted. Eraserhead shouted "Bakugo wait!" but it was too late. Bakugo jumped and blasted himself into the man. 

The man simply conjured another portal with a flick of his wrist and made another portal right in front of it so that Bakugo would fly in an endless cycle. "Tsk, tsk." The man said. "If you're just gonna think that a person is a villain based on their appearance then I'm very disappointed. I guess this job is not suitable for you Bakugo Katsuki." 

"HOW'D YA… KNOW… MY… NAME!!" Bakugo asked (read as "demanded") as he was falling through an endlessly looping portal.

"Cause I'm your substitute teacher for today along with Thirteen." The man replied nonchalantly. "Allow me to introduce myself…"

"Shirakumo," Eraserhead interrupted. "Could you please not make my student braff on his own hero costume?"

The man called Shirakumo turned and saw that Bakugo was about to throw up so he changed the direction of the portal to go up and when Bakugo lost the momentum he had accumulated, Shirakumo once again made another portal to bring Bakugo safely down.

Bakugo proceeded to dump his lunch on the floor much to Thirteen's horror.

"Oops, sorry Aizawa, sorry Kurose… for overdoing my prank. …I'll help clean up afterwards."

Thirteen simply sighed and said "It's fine. The USJ's seen worse. But don't go back on your word, help me clean after school. Also please remember that we have to refer to each other in our hero names."

"Woah, this makes Thirteen look less like a hero and more like a person." A yellow haired kid with a black stripe in his hair whispered.

"All heroes are people, idiot." A pink haired and skinned girl with horns replied.

"Oh. How come I didn't notice that earlier. Heroes just… looked more… higher, above the average person in my mind."

"I'd blame the media." A kid with tape coming out of his elbow replied.

"Alright, sorry for my late introduction. I am a pro hero Purple Cloud. You'll probably not know me since I'm an underground hero like Aizaw… Eraserhead, the grumpy guy over there." Everyone laughed at this besides Eraserhead himself.

Izuku saw that Mob suddenly flinched so he asked "What's wrong?"

"Something's not right." Mob replied seriously. "I sense some kind of disconnection with the outside world. I could kind of feel my surroundings outside the dome using ky telekinesis but now, I can feel only inside the dome. Wait!" Mob suddenly shouted which interrupted Purple Cloud.

"What's wrong Shigeo?" Purple cloud asked worriedly.

"Another portal is forming over there!" Mob pointed to the center of the dome, however, nothing was there.

"...Is this some kind of joke or… wait a minute… Huh?!"

Just as Mob had said, an orange circle appears in the air. The circle was as small as a ring in size and the rim of the circle was a darker shade of orange. The circle became bigger and bigger and while it was becoming bigger still, people started coming out of the portal. They were all wearing green cloaks that covered their face and had black accents on them. About 15 people in total had come out of the portal.

However, that wasn't the end. Three gigantic titan-like creatures that had tar black skin and humongous muscles came out of the portal. The creatures also had bird-like beaks and eyes that were literally on its exposed brains which was simply frightening to look at. The jagged stone like teeth and saliva drooling down from their mouths added the intimidation factor.

At this point the portal had stopped growing yet did not close. Purple Cloud shouted "I'll go get back up!" but when he tried to use his quirk, he realized it did not activate. Purple Cloud tried to open another portal, this time inside the USJ, and to Purple Cloud's relief this portal opened.

"Everyone stay calm!" Thirteen told the students.

"Villains? Invading UA? No way!" "Wait, do we have to fight them?!" "The giant monster looks so scary!"

"Sensei, aren't there intruder sensors?" A girl with a ponytail and red clothing with zippers asked Thirteen who replied "Of course… but they're not activating?"

"Hey, it looks like one of them is saying something." 

And surely, one of the cloaked people was saying something. However, they were too far away so neither the students nor teachers could hear what they were saying. A girl who had long earphone jacks for earlobes spoke up and said "Um, thanks to my quirk I can hear them."

"Same with me." A giant kid with multiple limbs, some of which were a mouth, eye, or ear. "They're saying…"

"Students and teachers of UA!" One of the people in green cloaks finally began shouting at a volume at which everyone could hear. "We are the Brotherhood of Djehuti. We have come here to show the instability of heroism by grasping its foundations with our own hands and shaking it."

"We were the ones who have caused a diversion to remove All Might as a variable." Even Eraserhead was shocked at this claim. "Now, please consider it an honor and pleasure to be able to serve Djehuti as a sacrifice for the greater good. Thank you."

"Wait, what did they mean by sacri…"

All three of the gigantic monsters jumped up into the air and flew towards the students. Eraserhead prepared his weapon, Thirteen prepared her black hole, Purple Cloud prepared to make a portal and all the students prepared their quirks…

…but the three creatures suddenly just floated in the air, unable to do anything. This confused the students and teachers and when the teachers and students looked at the villains, the villains looked just as confused as them.

"Um…" Mob started as all eyes turned to him. He only had one hand out but it was obvious that he was the one who immobilized all three of the creatures. "What should I do now?"

"Um, just keep them like that for now." Purple Cloud replied. 

"All right! It's 27 vs 15ish people!" A red haired kid shouted as he hardened his fists and slammed them into each other.

"No." Eraserhead replied. "You will not be fighting. You are still teenagers and you have no…"

"Are you people…" An ominous voice came from one of the villains. It gave goosebumps and sent shivers down all of the students and teacher's spines. "...afraid of the dark?"

Everyone remained silent as the owner of the voice stepped out of the crowd of cloaked figures. The cloaked people dispersed into different parts of the USJ and when Eraserhead understood what was happening, it was too late. A stream of black light… no, a stream of darkness sprung out of the owner of the voice and it started covering the entire dome.

"I. AM. FEAR." Fear shouted as the entire dome became dark.

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When the USJ became bright again, Mob realized he was in the desert zone. Mob looked around but realized that no one was near him. He also realized that everyone else must have been scattered away and the giant creature also disappeared.

Mob used his psychic abilities to locate where everybody was at. He recognized Izuku's quirk signature but he didn't spend enough time memorizing other student's signatures. The quirk signatures had always confused Mob. They were different from what he used to see with other ESPer users. 

This was when Mob realized there was one signature right behind him but it was too late. The pink haired man fired a beam of energy at Mob's forehead and hit bullseye. Mob's eyes became white and the man started his memory wiping. Everything was going according to plan…

…for five seconds when Fushicho kicked him in the head and knocked him out. Mob regained consciousness.

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The darkness that surrounded Izuku vanished as fast as it came. He realized that he was in the mountain zone. Izuku knew that this had to be a strategically used teleportation to disorient the heroes. Izuku looked around and saw Ochako was fighting a man in a green cloak. 

The man could stretch his limbs as if they were rubber and… wait, wasn't this just Luffy's Rubber Rubber fruit? Izuku noticed that the yellow haired kid, Kaminari, and the other green haired kid who was a rehabilitating villain, her name was Dian, both had electric based quirks.

"This ain't fair at all!" Kaminari shouted as he avoided a punch. 

"Life is never fair." Dian replied while smoothly dodging and even counter attacking the man.

"I just need to touch him once!" Ochako shouted. "We can do this!" Ochako proceeded to dash from place to place using her quirk to try and touch one of the man's arms or legs but his reflexes were too good and because of the rubber-like nature of those limbs, they could bend in any unnatural way.

Izuku had the advantage of surprise… or so he thought. The man suddenly put his thumb in his mouth and blew on it while shouting "Second gear!"

… Ok, this guy was now just straight out copying One Piece here. The man's body began to turn red and he began panting more. "I'm fairly impressed with you children." The man said. "You can remember me as Tezuka. I think this is the best way of showing my respect to you right now. At least you'll know who killed you. Now please excuse me." Tezuka punched Kaminari straight in the face which caused him to faint while Ochako and Dian dodged the attacks.

Tezuka was about to slam his fist into Kaminari so Izukj quickly converted some of his energy into Kinetic Energy and rushed towards him. Izuku then converted the momentum he built up into a shield to cover him and Kaminari.

Tezuka was confused but Ochako shouted "Angel-kun!"

"Angel?" Tezuka said to himself. "That reminds me of something else…"

"Oh kami." Izuki shouted out loud. "Please don't turn into an angel from Evangelion."

Everyone there was stunned. Dian and Ochako didn't know pre quirk manga so that sounded like gibberish to them but Tezuka was shocked in a happy way. "Finally!" Tezuka shouted which made all three of the children jump. "Someone who knows pre quirk things! It's been so long!"

"...So you're admitting you are ripping off One Piece?"

Tezuka remained silent until he said "Look, it's been like 150 years since Oda died so there's no copyright preventing me." Tezuka suddenly straightened his back and shouted "There's also nothing stopping me from doing this!" and let out a scream while unleashing a shock wave. When Izuku opened his eyes he just sighed.

Tezuka had become a Super Saiyan. Just. Absolutely. Great.

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Himiko opened her eyes and saw that everyone else was gone. She looked around trying to find out what happened. Himiko heard a slight fluttering behind her and the sound of something being thrown.

Himiko quickly turned around and used a knife of her own to block whatever was coming towards her. She had turned just in time to see a knife flying towards her which she casually deflected.

A figure who was cloaked like all the other people was standing on top of one of the trees. However, this figure had giant, majestic blue butterfly wings sprouting from behind their back. Himiko squinted and shouted "Who the heck are you and what did you do to all the other people!" The figure just chuckled and said "As brash as ever. Others know me as Psyche but you know by another name."

Psyche jumped off the tree and came closer while Himiko slowly backed off. "Recognize these wings?" Psyche asked, almost with a hopeful tone.

Himiko squinted and looked at the wings. They were a beautiful neon blue with red and purple streaks on them. Suddenly, Himiko jumped back and gasped. "No…" Himiko said, mostly trying to convince herself and almost like a whisper. "It can't be…"

Psyche let out her hand to Himiko. "Join me Himik… no, Himi-nechan ."

Chapter Text

Hagakure Tooru was currently in a tight spot. When the darkness that had swept over the U.S.J. subsided, she found herself in a building that looked like it would collapse any second now. She deduced that she was in the Ruins zone because of the unstable looking building and dust being everywhere. 

The dust in made it hard for Tooru to move completely stealthily and there was a villain looking for students nearby.

The villain was a badger complex mutant who had a Tommy gun that looked like it came straight out of those pre quirk era black and white films. The look was completed with them wearing a tuxedo and a fedora.

Tooru noticed, however, that this villain looked uneasy, as if they weren't sure about why they were here. Thinking this to be the perfect moment, Tooru began tiptoeing towards the nearest exit. 

Sadly for Tooru, she didn't know that badgers had a great sense of hearing and the villain turned their gun in the direction of Tooru which caused her to stop moving.

"I…" The villain's voice was deep but… it was the voice of a boy hitting puberty. Why was another teenager teaming up with villains? "I… am sorry but I will have to…" a bead of sweat went down the boy's fur covered face. "Kill you…"

Tooru didn't know what to do. The boy had not yet pulled the trigger and his hands were shaking but if Tooru made any sudden movements she would probably become swiss cheese.

Unbeknownst to these two people, there had been a constant bouncing sound slowly coming closer and closer from a distance. Now, it had grown big enough for both Tooru and the boy to hear and they both turned their heads to the direction of the sound.

The boy saw a purple ball flying to one of the walls, then another one, and another one. The balls were displaced in a random order that neither the boy nor Tooru understood. The boy knew that these balls belonged to Minoru Mineta, the class pervert, and anything the ball stuck to it would not come off until the ball magically disappeared (quirks seriously were bullshit).

The boy remembered that Mineta himself didn't stick to the ball when a purple blur flew past him, hitting one of the balls which bounced the blur at an angle at which there was another ball. The blur zoomed around the boy who was trying to point the gun at the blur but was failing miserably. 

The boy focused on his hearing and once he understood the blur's bouncing pattern, he pointed his gun at where the blur would bounce to next. The good news was that he had inferred correctly. The bad news was the blur had bounced off the ball at a new angle which made it fly straight towards the boy.

The boy had his finger on his trigger. If he pulled it, it would be his victory. If he pulled it, he would have completed one of the missions of killing Minoru Mineta. But…

The boy didn't want to become a murderer. The boy took his finger off the trigger and accepted his fate as the blur roundabout kicked the gun out of his hands and used the remaining momentum to do the same to the boy's head.

The boy was flung into a pillar. Ouch, Tooru thought. That's gotta hurt. A lot.

The blur turned out to be Mineta in his hero costume which was a tight full body suit which covered his face as well. The short kid's face was not full of any anger or hatred but of sadness. He picked the gun the boy had dropped, loaded it, and pointed it at the boy.

Tooru was very confused at what was going on but did not make a sound as it seemed Mineta didn't know she was there. After a sigh, Mineta asked "Alright, why the heck are the Brotherhood of Djehuti trying to kill us. Last time I heard about them they were targeting adults not children. Have you guys really fallen that low?"

"I… I don't even know anymore." The boy said as he sighed deeply. "I only joined 4 months ago via recruitment, everyone on this team joined by recruitment actually, and…"

"Wait, you mean everyone who is attacking the U.S.J. right now was recruited?"

"Yeah, by the same person too. But that's as far as I'll tell you."

"I see…" Mineta seemed to be mulling some things over.

The boy whose face had a slight tinge of disgust asked "Also, how are you not expelled yet?"

Mineta looked confused. "Excuse me?"

"Why haven't you been expelled yet after… all that. It hasn't even been the first month and the amount of behavior logs you have is… unbelievable."

Mineta's face became cold and his eyes seemed to pierce through the boy. The boy returned with the same intensity. "That's the exact same question I have."

Now it was the boy's (and Tooru's) time to be confused. "Does that… does that mean you've been doing those… actions on purpose? To get expelled?!"

Mineta chuckled and said "Man, if we were on the same side, I think we'd be friends. Yes. I want to be expelled from the most prestigious school in Japan. Or be moved to the non-hero course classes at the very minimum. Have you ever noticed how many perverts there are out there in Japan? Why aren't they being punished? Because our country's current law sucks. This was all a calculated risk on my part."

The boy seemed to grow more furious by the second. "First of all, why? Why did you apply for the hero course in the first place if you want to be kicked out!?"

"I didn't." Mineta replied nonchalantly as if a hero in training being interogated by a villain about his sexual abuse charges wasn't a strange situation. "My mom made me apply." Venom dripped when Mineta said mom. "I don't even want to be a hero. Who's idea was it to allow a bunch of grown adults wearing goofy costumes with godlike abilities to protect a nation against terrorists who also have said godlike abilities? I think it's stupid."

"Um.. ok. Let's say you have a vendetta against your mom, but what about the people you are abusing? They have to go through multiple uncomfortable situations because of you. Why do they have to go through this? No one has the right to decide this kind of stuff and you are…"

"Do you think I sleep well every night?" Mineta asked. His voice seemed emotionless. "I fucking know I am a disgusting piece of shit! I thought this would be over on day one! Why am I seriously still in the hero class! Just let me be expelled for goodness sak…"

" Is your skull that thick? " It was the boy's turn to have his words drip with venom. Mineta actually flinched as he realized how scary angry badgers were. "You are denying people of their rights as people and all you're worried about is your grudge against your mom? My parents both died in a villain attack! I never got a proper education because I had a complex mutant quirk and people denied me of basic human rights! All my relatives deny me as well! I had to live off babysitting for crying out loud and here you are, ranting about your mommy issues when you are, as you said it yourself, attending the most prestigious school in Japan."

The boy stopped to breathe and there was complete silence aside from the sounds of fighting outside of the zone. "A thorn under your fingernail can hurt, and I understand that, but don't go complaining about that to a person who's had their heart ripped out of their chest." 

The boy remembered about a year ago, the incident that made him no longer able to babysit. What were the names of the children? He didn't remember. One of their names was a color. Then they found the other boy. Sometimes, Anaguma blamed the other boy for the loss of his job. Other times, however, Anaguma realized that if that boy wasn't there, the situation could have been way worse.

After the incident, Anaguma reached the lowest point of his life. When he was about to jump off  the roof of the hospital where he was born, the place where he was cursed to live in this unfair life, a man recruited him. He got proper food and shelter. He didn't have to pay any money.

It was heaven. Sure, he had sort of joined a cult villain group, but still, the people called villains treated him better than his relatives, his own flesh and blood.

Anaguma joined this mission to see that boy one more time. To see if the stranger from the past had adapted to the future. Anaguma did and so he had fulfilled his last wish.

Anaguma suddenly laughed aloud, heartfelt laughter. Mineta realized something was off. "I hope what we talked about will make your path a better one." Anaguma said as suddenly reached out for his shoulder pad and took out a pill from it. Mineta tossed the gun aside and tried to stop him but he was too far. The pill reached his mouth…

…Until Tooru kicked it with all her might. The pill went flying and while Anaguma was still dazed, Tooru judo grabbed him, threw him onto the ground and locked him in a Kesa-Gatame, a locking position which stopped him from moving.

Though Anaguma could not see her, he felt her tears falling on his face. "Don't give that moral speech and try to kill yourself! Suicide is still murder!"

Anaguma paused for a while to mull it over and then said "Well, sorry to make you cry. And also, sorry that I can't and won't give you any more detail about the Brotherhood of Djehuti. Can't hurt my own family." Both Mineta and Tooru were confused when they heard Anaguma say family. "Well, I guess all I can say is that I'm glad I didn't pull the trigger."

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"Ku- Cho-chan! What are you doing here!" Himiko demanded as her sister smiled.

"So you do recognize me!" Kurucho happily exclaimed. "I knew you'd recognize me!"

"Wha- ok, first of all, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? You made me worried sick!" Kurucho looked sheepishly at the ground. Himiko then frowned as she looked at her sister. She was wearing the same robe as the people who called themselves the brotherhood of dehuti or something. "Why are you with… those people? Were you actually kidnapped or-"

"Oh no no no," Kurucho waved her hands vigorously as she tried to explain. "They were the ones who stopped me from…" Kurucho trailed off in her own line of thought.

"Cho-chan?" Himiko shouted to snap her sister out of it. "Cho-chan! Kurucho!" The butterfly girl returned to her senses and replied "Oh, sorry Himi-nee. I got lost in my thoughts for a bit… Oh! That reminds me!" Kurucho suddenly flew closer towards Himiko. Himiko flinched but didn't resist. After all, this was her baby sister, right?

Himiko had now noticed that Kurucho had dyed her hair blond. Unlike Himiko, Kurucho had taken after her mother and had black hair. This caused even more of an… distinction between Himiko and Kurucho. The unnatural Blond girl and the perfect black haired girl. Himiko had never blamed her sister for being the "perfect daughter" their mother wanted to be. The pressure was high for both Himiko and Kurucho since Himiko had to suppress her urges while Kurucho had to got perfect grades and scores.

While their dad didn't enforce any such rules, he still sucked in where he did nothing for his children because he loved his wife more than his children. Usually, Himiko would understand but in this case, the margin was so large she'd say it was larger than the grand canyon.

Kurucho held both of Himiko's hands with her own and said "Himi-nechan, come join me!"

What? "What?" Himiko was confused. Her sister was currently in a villainous group that was attacking a school with children who barely were high schoolers and she wanted her to join? "Uh yeah, no." Kurucho's face soured at that response. "Kurucho, I don't know how or why you got into this group but you need to leave it right now. I don't want you to get hurt or…"

"Oh…" Kurucho's voice changed its tone. "You don't want to be with me?"

"No, it's just.. I…" Himiko tried to move her hands away but her sister was holding her hands tightly. "...Cho-chan?"

"Himi-nechan, did you know my quirk had a side effect?" Himiko did not know that. Kurucho's quirk not having a side effect was another point in the perfect daughter imag- 

Oh. Oh no. "I never told anyone but… The first time I used my quirk, my head hurt a little." Kurucho was no longer looking at Himiko but looked like she was looking through her. "The pain slowly grew more and more but I couldn't tell anyone. I didn't want to be hurt by mom like… you."

"It's ok Cho-chon, so can you please just let go-"

"I've always admired you, Himi-nechan. Did you know that?" Kurucho's voice started to get a bit… creepy. It sounded like she was… obsessed with her sister. Himiko even got chills when her sister said Himi-nechan. "You endured all the hardships mom put you through. But one day, you ran. You ran and promised to come back for me."

"You didn't." 

Kurucho started squeezing Himiko's hand so had that, through Himiko did want to, she had to break free of her sister's grip using force. Himiko headbutted her sister and backflipped to ger out of her sister's grasp. Kurucho didn't seem very fazed by the headbutt. "Mom made me use my quirk more and more. To show off to her friends. To have a part in a school concert. As I used my quirk more and more, the pain became maddening ."

"Then, I saw you. You were being hurt by that Thunderbolt. " Himiko flinched when she could hear the venom dripping when Kurucho said that name. "How dare he hurt my sister. My sister is perfect. I need my sister. That is why…" Kurucho took out a new knife from her robe. "I'll recruit you, Himi-nechan. Even by FORCE if necessary."

"Cho-chan…" Himiko said as she drew her own knife. "I know what pain caused by a quirk is like but…"

" YOU KNOW NOTHING! " Kurucho shouted as she suddenly ran towards Himiko. "I wanted the pain to stop. I wanted it to stop. But the only way to stop it was…" Kurucho's and Himiko's knives met each other and caused sparks to fly. "...burning it all to the ground." Kurucho kneed Himiko in the stomach. Himiko did not get a second to breathe as her sister tried to hit her with the butt of the knife but Himiko blocked the attack and rolled away, gasping for air.

"I turned on the burner. Mom and Dad had gone out for groceries. I got into my butterfly form, knowing that this would be the last time. But… that's when he pressed the doorbell. He knew my name and my situation almost perfectly. He asked if I wanted to get away from my parents. He asked me if I wanted the pain to stop." Kurucho smiled a smile Himiko had seen before. 

Himiko had reached her breaking point and drank the blood of another person. The person had been knocked out of shock and Himiko had gone to the bathroom. As she was wiping away the blood from her face, she was the mirror and there was a face of pure ecstasy. Pure bliss. Pure… madness.

Her sister was doing the exact same face.

Himiko remembered the time her parents were watching an old pre quirk movie. She didn't remember the plot but she did remember the title. Joker: Folie à Deux, a mental illness shared by two.

Himiko noticed the irony of that memory.