Chapter Text
White glowing strings are tying around his body, “Eh, to think this is what happens when you die, I thought when you die your head just goes blank and everything ends,” Dazai says to himself as he is falling through a black void with white strings wrapping around his body. His bandages unravel as he slowly falls, he looks at the white light shining brightly in front of his eyes. The sound of gears turning rings in his head. “To think this is the truth of death, this feels like fiction over reality, I even made sure my death was painless.” Dazai says blankly.
He looks around him as his bandages slowly fall to the darkest part of the void as he falls slowly. He closes his eyes and says “I wonder if he’ll come see me on the other side?”
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Dazai wakes up in a soft white bed with curtains blocking the windows at night. His body feels strange, no bandages around his body and his senses feel blurred. He can’t move at all, his body feels much smaller and his head feels fuzzed.
1 year time skip…
Dazai now understood his situation, he was reincarnated, but to think this is what it feels like to be three years old with an older brother who was about 2 years older than him. It’s strange, he can’t remember anything about his past in this life but can remember his past life better than anything. His plans, his torturing, his mafia life, living in a shipping container, and committing suicide. He was 18 in his past life and is now 3 years old in this life, in other words he’s mentally 21.
Since he’s 3 years old now, he’s going to preschool which is undoubtedly boring and stupid. Your days are just spent learning kanji and how to write your name. Strangely enough his birth name in his past life and in this life is the same. Midoriya Shuji, that is his new name.
His older brother is annoyingly obsessed with becoming a hero, he sulks so much about his friend Kacchan, and the fact that he’s quirkless.
2 years later…
Two years later…
Wow, he is now known as a genius. He knows quite a lot and his quirk was now labeled as a mutation. He can accurately remember things now, he can do equations that people four times his age do.
“Shuji, why is Kacchan so mean to me? I thought he wanted to be a hero. Making someone cry isn’t being a hero, can I be a hero without a quirk? Mom didn’t answer me.” Midoriya says.
“Ne, Izuku-ne, do you expect me to know why Kacchan is mean? Probably because he’s jealous.” Dazai says with a childish demeanor.
“I don’t think that’s why,” Midoriya nervously says.
“But, I saw your grades! You got the highest in the class! Why else would he be mean to you other than him being jealous?” Dazai childishly says knowing the actual reason his older brother is being bullied.
“I-I guess, but do you think I can be a hero? After all, I’m quirkless,” Midoriya sadly says.
“Heeehh?? Seriously? Why are you even asking that?!” Dazai says, pretending to be annoyed at his older brother.
“Oh, sorry, I guess you wouldn’t know.” Midoriya says, looking down.
“Izuku-ne! Are you stupid? Of course you can! Everyone just has quirk biases, you can become a hero if you try hard enough! A quirk is just a tool to become a hero, if you lack a tool, just create one!” Dazai says rudely, trying to shake off his older brother’s nervousness.
“I-I can be a hero?” Midoriya asks himself.
“How many times are you going to repeat that? I just said it” Dazai says to Midoriya who seems very inspired by his words.
Midoriya brightens up, “You're right! I can be a hero with enough work! From now on I’ll do my best to be a great hero!” Midoriya says happily.
“That’s good, you better Izuku-ne, if you don’t achieve your dream, I’ll be sad.” Dazai says, saying the last parts with pressure.
“I’ll do my best as your older brother Shuji.” Midoriya says patting Dazai.
After Dazai’s encouragement, Midoriya started training his body and studying even harder, ignoring Bakugo’s insults and abuse.
7 Years pass…
Midoriya finds All Might catching the sludge villain. All Might drops the bottle he kept the villain in. Bakugou gets caught by the villain and Midoriya rushes to save him even though he is quirkless. All Might lets Midoriya inherit his quirk and makes Midoriya do some intense training. Dazai notices Midoriya eating a lot more when coming home and doing some weight lifting. And when he asked his older brother was flustered and stuttered a lot. He eventually said it was nothing.
Dazai follows Midoriya with the mafia surveillance technique. He finds Midoriya training with All Might. When Midoriya gets home, he doesn’t say a word about it. He’d rather have his older brother not worry about it.
He goes to the convenience store to buy some bandages.
10 months later…
Midoriya takes the UA exam and gets into the UA. Shuji and Midoriya Inko prepared a celebration party for getting into the UA.
Midoriya opens the door, “Congratulations for making it into UA!” Dazai yells with a large smile on his face. “Shuji, mom,” Midoriya says, eyes wide with happiness. Dazai grabs the cake knife and cuts the white cake with strawberries on it. He cuts the cake into 3 equal parts. “Izuku-ne, take any slice,” Dazai says with his signature flamboyant smile. “Shuji! They’re all perfectly equal! How do you expect me to choose a slice! I swear you for some reason are good at everything!” Midoriya says expressing his hard time choosing.
“Izuku-ne! Were you hoping I’d cut them unequally so you can have extra cake? You already have the privilege of picking the first slice!” Dazai exclaims in fake hurt and offense.
“Shuji-kun, please don’t be overdramatic, it’s only a slice of cake.” Inko says, closing her eyes, putting her hands together.
“Wow! I thought you were really offended! You are weirdly good at that.” Midoriya exclaims.
“I am the younger brother of future professional All Might after all,” Dazai says, closing his eyes and placing his hands on his chest, faking pride.
“Stop teasing me Shuji!” Midoriya says, embarrassed at Shuji’s comment.
“Okay, okay! Just pick a slice already Izuku-ne!” Dazai says, pretending to sulk like a child.
“Uh, um…” Midoriya mutters eyes squinting at the three slices of cake.
“Izuku-kun, how about you let me pick a slice for you,” Says Inko desperately wanting cake.
“Ummm yeah sure,” Midoriya surrendered to his mom’s suggestion.
“This one!” Inko says picking one of the slices up for Midoriya.
She picks up her own slice and starts eating it. Inko smiles after eating the cake. “Shuji’s Sweets are the best…” Inko says pleasured by the dessert she had. She looks at a remaining slice on the table.
“Mother!!! If you love the cake so much you can have my slice.” Shuji says, smiling at his mother.
“Ah thank you Shuji!!! You’re such a sweet kid!” Inko says while eating her new slice of cake.
‘Ah even in this life I still don’t like eating that much.’ Dazai thinks, looking at Midoriya and his mother eating cake.
After a while, Midoriya starts training again, preparing for his first day at UA.
At 12:34AM…
Dazai puts on a cloak he secretly bought and starts walking around town. He watches villains try to commit crimes. Go goes to the town library and starts reading books about quirks. After 2 hours he returns home and researches things on his computer.