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"Hello" - Speaking

'Hello' - Thinking

Hello - Texting

"Hello" - All might

"Hello" - Talking through Radio

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If you were to go to Aldera Middle School and ask around what they think about a quirkless green haired boy named Midoryia Izuku, well you'ed get many answers, "Boring, kinda pathetic looking, and forgettable" from the boys, "Plain-looking, weird, and creepy " from the girls, even if you were to ask the teachers and Principal they'll say similar things, but you'll always get a single description for Midoryia Izuku no matter who you asked in the school, he's a "Waste of Space".

Bullies, grades being tempered with, pushes, shoves, school supplies thrown across the ground, love confession pranks, burnt quirk analysis , suicide baiting.... just the usual day to day stuff journals Izuku has to deal with, don't get him wrong he would he wished the experience was better even if just a bit but hey at least Kacchan doesn't hurt him as much as when they were kids anymore, so that's a win in his book!

I don't think he was ever my friend...

He would make an amazing hero!

Heros don't put others in their place with their quirk...

After all his quirk is amazing for hero work!

Hurt, pain, a flash of bright light, burning

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It was the end of school and Izuku was making his way back to his apartment.

"Stupid Kacchan... telling me to take a swan dive" Izuku continued to hold the wet note book to the sun hoping it'll dry his (now wet and slightly scorched) quirk analysis journal faster. After a few minutes the green haired teen sighed and put the slightly dryer note book gently into his backpack. 'Ill put it in some rice at home'

His apartment wasn't that far from school so it shouldn't take long to get home.

Kacchan you idiot! You shouldn't have said that, what if I actually really did jump you'll would've been held accountable for bullying me into suicide!

Izuku shook his head, clearing the unwanted and unimportant thoughts within his mind.

He entered a small grocery store and went to the freezer aisle. He looked at the many options of ice cream looking to pick out a flavor "Let's see... Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, cookies and cream... Ah! Here it is." He picked up a tub of coffee ice cream. "Mom said she always wanted to try some." Izuku went to the cashier and paid for the ice cream before continuing his way home.

It wasn't long before he was passing an alleyway when the sound of something coming out of a manhole cover being moved was heard behind Izuku "A medium sized body... To hide in."

"Huh?!" Izuku turned around and saw a man with some Sludge related mutation quirk- 'Nows not the time for analysing quirks! Just run!' it was too late as the villain was moving way to fast for Izuku to react in time.

It wasn't long before he felt something start going into his mouth, which he realized was the sludge that made up the villains body.

"Don't worry... I'm just gonna hijack your body. Try to calm down" The villain said with his slight distorted voice, it almost sounded like he was talking with a underwater voice filter. "It'll only hurt for 45 seconds... then it'll all be over." Izuku started to claw at the sludge... it barely even helped but it's the only thing he could do to try and escape.

"I'm saved, you're a real hero to me kid." Izuku doesn't know how to feel about a villain calling him their hero. "I never thought he'd show up in this town." 

Hearing that he tried the best he could with sludge in his mouth to yell for help while still trying to claw his way free. "MMF!!" ...only a audible muffled sound came out.

"No point in trying that kid, it'll just make it hurt more. I'm made of fluid you see!" The Villain informed the obvious.

'I can't breathe! I can already feel my body growing weaker...' each time he clawed at the sludge he could feel and see his movements getting slower.

Bum Bump Bum bump bum bump

'Im dying! 

Bum bump Bum bump

'I don't want to die!'

Bum bump bum bump

'Someone... please save me!'

Bum bump

'No..'

bum bump

bum-

The sudden sound of the manhole cover crashing into the ceiling of the aisle "Fear not young man!" A familiar booming voice echoed through the alleyway.

'All might?!' Izuku practically screamed inside his own head. All Might the No. 1 hero of Japan and the world's Symbol of Peace was here to save him!

"Shit!" The Sludge Villain cursed.

"For I am here!" The hero pulled his fist back "Texas-" and shot it forward "-Smash!" The force of the punch was so powerful that it sent a shock wave and exploded the villains liquid body everywhere.

Now Izuku is an All Might fanatic and it was amazing for him to see one of the hero's moves up close, which would cause him to ask the hero all sorts of questions. There was just one problem, the shockwave of the attack which defeated the sludge villain(Thank God he can finally breathe again) also affected him, launching him at high speeds towards one of the hard concrete walls of the alley like a torpedo.

'Oh no, this is going to hurt...' Izuku quickly closed his eyes knowing that he'll be in a world of pain, which... to the fan boy's surprise never came?  Though he did feel himself pass through something.

Izuku only had one thought on his mind before blacking out. 'Why is it so hot right now?'

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If you were to ask how Yagi Toshinori or as many of the world knew him as, All Might about how his day has been going he'll say really well.

He cleaned his truck, now it's all nice and shiny. When and bought some groceries at a store which was having a sale, helped an elderly woman cross the street which then gave him some money and told him to go get himself a treat, which he didn't bother asking since lots elderly people are just like that(besides Recovery Girl and Grand Torino)

He also decided to stop a thief that had some sort of sludge body quirk, which made it difficult to capture him and started chasing him when the man went into the sewer system, he made a mental note to take an extra long shower at the end of the day.

After a bit of a game of cat and mouse, All Might finally was able free his nostrils when he figured which manhole cover the villain exited out of.

The villain seemed to have captured someone, a green haired kid who appears to be a middle schooler. 'Gotta be careful, don't want to hit the him' 

All Might fired an attack, making sure to hit the villain and not the young man, which... unfortunately didn't really work out. The attack took out the villain, knocking them out as planned, the kid unfortunately wasn't so lucky, the shockwave sending him flying towards one of the alley's concrete walls.

'Crap!' All Might quickly shot forward but before he could just reach the child a portal made a fire appeared which said child was launched through with it quickly shutting closed causing the hero to faceplant into the wall leaving an All Might face shaped indent into the the material.

"Well shit." 

After picking up all the pieces of the sludge villain in a soda bottle he took out his phone and dialed a number, it was soon answered.

"Heeey Recovery Girl how's your day been going? Well uhh something may or may not of happened and it may or may not be my fault" The sould of a tired sigh could be heard on the other side of the phone.

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The first thing Izuku felt when waking was how hot it currently- Ow. Scratch that the first thing he felt was the splitting headache that felt as if he bonked his head on the table before slipping on soap and smacking his head on the ground.

After a few minutes of him rolling on the ground gripping his poor head in pain he finally noticed that intense heat. Thankfully due to genetics he still had a few sub-mutations that gave higher heat/fire resistance compared to most people(he thanks his dad's fire-breathing quirk for that) also helps with taking Kacchan's explosions easier

Unfortunately it still felt as if he was an egg in a microwave.

Fwoosh

"Huh?" Izuku turned towards the noise, this time backing up learning after the whole sludge villain incident. On the ground was a circle of fire which then erupted, turning into a mini fire-tornado before dispersing revealing a pale women with a mostly black suit and red highlights with silvery white wavey hair with curls in a ponytail, two horns poked out of her hair and red eyes.with noticable eyebags and a pair of glasses. 'A teleportation quirk maybe?'

"Uhm H-hello?" 

The women ignored his greeting and pulled out a clipboard, her black arrow-tipped tail flicking behind her. How he didn't notice the tail, he didn't know but it wasn't that important. The women adjusted her glasses and spoke "Izuku Midoryia, Japanese, sins consist of only minor greed and a small percentage of envy, this not even close enough for someone to enter hell for..." She muttered before pausing mid yawn as she squinted at something on the clipboard. "Current status: Alive??"

She looked towards Izuku, they piercing gaze she was giving him made izuku nervous and a little uncomfortable. It wasn't long before the women called for him "Moral come here please"

Izuku jumped at the sudden question "Me?" he asked nervously after all he had no idea where he is at currently. The women rolled her eyes "No the other person with green hair right next to you. Yes you who else, Beetlejuice?" She said with sarcasm as he made his way towards her.

Said man appears in a puff of smoke, grinning "You called?"

Without even looking up from the clipboard she said "No, I won't ever go on a date with you"

The man shrugged, unbothered "Worth a shot" then poof he was gone leaving in a puff of smoke.

Izuku didn't know how to react to this little ordeal so like any sane person, he ignored it hoping he'll forget about it.

Anyway

"You uh needed me for s-something Miss-"

"Pandemonica." The women, now Pandemonica told him while she walked around him, studying him.

"-Miss Pandemonica-san?" She stopped moving and suddenly started messing with his hair while having a concentrated look on her very pretty face.

She only stopped to glance at him, before going back to messing with his hair. "Hmph thanks for the compliment but don't push your luck mortal"

Izuku's face went crimson with embarrassment 'Crap, I said muttered that out loud didn't I?'

"You did indeed."

"...." Izuku really wanted to just bury himself right now and not die of embarrassment.

The women, Pandemonica was apparently done doing her... thing with his mess that he called his hair. "Ahem As amusing as it is watching you squirm with embarrassment, we have business to attend too."

"We do?" 

Pandemonica gave him a look that screamed Are you stupid or something?. "Of course we do, you're a mortal soul that somehow made your way in hell despite being alive and not having done any sins that's bad enough to end up here."

"Oh, that makes sens-Wait what do you mean I'm in HELL?!" Hearing that he almost pulled his hair out with how hard he gripped it. "WAIT THAT MEAN YOU'RE A DEMON!"

Pandemonica just flipped through a few papers on her clipboard unbothered "Yes, welcome to the land of the damned I'm Pandemonica, Hell's customer service."

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Pandemonica like usual was tired, she hasn't had coffee in the past three centuries.

She feels like she'll pass out any day now

Her days usually went wake up, wish she had coffee, get dressed, eat breakfast, go to work and do paperwork, sometimes greet new souls in hell, go home, eat dinner, do paperwork late into the night, wish for coffee, go back to sleep, repeat. That's how it's been for as long as she remembers her time as hell's costumer service.

And today wasn't any different for her until she went to greet a new soul that just entered hell then that's when it started getting interesting.

Pandemonica yawned as she looked up from the papers on her clipboard and looked at the living mortal with very soft hair as he was currently freaking out, muttering about how he couldn't be in hell and that his mother was going to freak out. 

Usually she'd find this quite amusing or entertaining but she had to get him to Ms. Lucifer as hell wasn't a place for a living mortal.

While the mortal was still currently panicking Pandemonica pulled her Radio out and turned it on before speaking. "Ma'am we have a situation that I think you should know about."

Someone with a rather regal voice picked up on the other side and spoke, sounding tired. "Pandemonica dear, if it's about paperwork then can't it wait? I have enough to do, I don't need anymore-"

Pandemonica interrupted "A living mortal has appeared in hell, he is currently right next to me."

"What..."

The voice turned silent before speaking again "...Please give the mortal the radio, I wish to speak with him."

"Of course ma'am."

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Izuku was calming down when he noticed Pandemonica approaching.

He got of the ground. "Y-yes?" He asked nervously.

Pandemonica held out a... radio? "Someone important wishes to speak with you mortal."

He reached and grabbed it from her hand, it was on. "Uhm Hello?"

A feminine and rather regal sounding voice spoke "Hello mortal, Pandemonica has informed me that you somehow found yourself in hell, if I may ask what is your name?"

To Izuku her voice kinda sounded like the ones in those pre-quirk drama shows that his mo- he shook his head getting back on topic. It would be rude if he didn't answer. "It's Midoryia Izuku ma'am."

The voice made a noise of curiosity "I take it your Japanese, as you introduce yourself with your last name first, it's a sign of respect and for formal introductions is it not?"

"Y-yes ma'am." Izuku said nervously.

"We don't get many Japanese in hell so it's always interesting when one comes here. Even if by accident, anyway moving on I take it your most likely don't have a clue who I am, do you? It's alright if you don't I won't take any offense."

Izuku scratched his neck "Well Pandemonica-san said you were someone important so I guess you're her boss?" He said nervously, hoping not to insult the mysterious woman.

An amused chuckle came through through the radio. "You'd be correct Midoryia, I am Pandemonica's boss and an important person. I have many titles and names; Satan, The Snake, The Devil, The Queen of Hell, The CEO of Hell..."

"But you dear mortal, may call me Lucifer."