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Jakarta, Indonesia
"Jadi.....endingnya begini? (Translation: So.....that's the ending?)." A teenage boy with black hair and glasses can be seen scrolling through his phone, reading the final chapter of My Hero Academia. This teenage boy is Will, and he is enjoying his college vacation in his home country, trying to take breaks from college-related stuff.
Specifically, his Final Year Project. He still remembers how busy he was during that semester: the weekly meetings, fixing grammar errors, adding more stuff, then there's the mid-term exam, assignments, and the Final Exam. He lost a lot of sleep and spent a lot of time doing all his work past midnight.
That leaves him unable to spend his time enjoying what he likes the most, including reading manga. One of his favorite manga is My Hero Academia, and due to college-related stuff, he had to avoid spoilers on social media.
"Jujur saja, saya agak...kecewa...(To be honest, I'm a bit...disappointed...)." The boy sighs as he turns off his phone. "Gua harap ceritanya ga berakhir begin, Midoriya kehilangan kekuatannya, dan walaupun timeskip-nya berakhir Midoriya balik menjadi pahlawan bersama teman-temannya, saya merasa kalo orang-orang di Jepang melupakan apa yang Midoriya korbankan demi seluruh Jepang....(I was hoping the story didn't end like this, Midoriya loses his powers, and even though the timeskip ends with Midoriya returning as a Pro-Hero along with his friends, I feel like people in Japan forgot what Midoriya sacrificed for the entire country)."
Maybe it was because of the mangaka's health issues, but he feels like the ending feels incomplete.
Will looks at the phone once more and yelps in panic, finally noticing that he has spent most of his time binging the last remaining chapter of My Hero Academia. He couldn't help it; his daily routine in college has ruined his sleep schedule so much that he tends to forget when he was supposed to sleep.
Right now, the clock on his phone displays 2:50 AM. Will had never felt so panicked in his life, especially when he spent the entire night without eating dinner! He felt his stomach growling, causing him to clutch it in pain and curse himself for getting too invested in the last remaining chapters of My Hero Academia, forgetting to properly take care of himself. Letting out a tired and resigned sigh, he gets out of his bed and starts walking out of his room, hoping that he could cook some instant noodles while making sure to stay silent so he won't wake the others.
"Gua benci diri gua sendiri… (I hate myself…)." Will mutters in annoyance. "Bego...tolol...kenapa lu harus ampe lupa makan, jir... kalo begini terus, lu ga akan bakal lewat umur 30...(Idiot...dumbass...why did you forget to eat again...If this keeps happening, you won't get past 30...)." Will lets out another sigh as he reaches the kitchen and turns on the kitchen light.
"Oke-!(Okay-!)" Will freezes when he sees a masked figure trying to crawl through the kitchen window and another one trying to help the figure; both of them freeze when they see Will enter the kitchen.
"Bangsat! Maling! (Bastard! Thief!)" Will immediately grabs a nearby frying pan and slams one of the masked figures right on the head before he can grab a knife out of his pocket, which causes him to yelp in pain and fall to the ground. Will immediately smashes the pan right on the thief's finger at the window, which is a mistake, as he yells in pain before accidentally loosening his grip and falling off the window. Will freezes in shock as he hears the loud splat from the window, allowing the gravity of his actions to sink in. The other figure roars in anger and tries to stab Will with his knife, but Will snaps out of his horror and hastily smashes the frying pan onto the figure's head, causing him to crash into the stove and cough out blood.
Before he could continue, he heard a gunshot and felt an immense pain in his back, causing his entire body to freeze and start coughing out blood violently. Will turns around shakily, noticing a third masked figure pointing a smoking gun at him with a shocked expression.
"T-tidak...( No...)" Before Will can register what just happened, he feels another sharp pain as blood flows out of his head. As he collapsed to the ground and his vision turned black, he heard a loud shout from where his room was, and he saw the masked figures notice them.
He wanted to scream, to tell the others to run, but he couldn't even say a single word. To make things even worse, the masked figure hears the voice as well, raising his gun, and approach them. All he could do was feel his body growing cold and tears escaping his eyes as darkness consumed him.
'M-Ma...Pa...semuanya...(M-Mom...Dad...everyone...)'
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"Gah!" A boy with messy green hair gets up from his bed in panic before he clutches his head in pain and winces, feeling like his head has just been shot, with tears streaming down his face.
"W-what was that dream!? I..." The boy mutters before looking at his hands. "Scars....right, cleaning those beaches and dealing with Bakugou..." The boy blinks at himself. "Wait, B-Bakugou?! That's not right, I always call him Ka-!" Out of instinct, the boy immediately shudders in disgust.
"....god, I....my head was a mess....why does that dream feel so real...?" The boy shakes his head, and his vein starts to throb. "I...why can't I recall my name...wait, no, it's Izuku Midoriya...Deku..." In an instant, images of manga panels and anime scenes flash in his head, causing the boy, Izuku, to clutch his head in pain. "Arrgh!!"
"I-Izuku!" Izuku flinches when he hears a somehow familiar and yet unfamiliar voice calling him as the door opened, revealing a short woman with long green hair, sharing the same face as Izuku. "Is something wrong, dear? I know I should've stopped you when you started to overwork yourself while training for the U.A. Entrance Exam!"
'Overwork? Training? U.A.? Entrance Exam...?' More images of manga panels and anime scenes flash in his head, causing him to wince in pain before another familiar and unfamiliar voice can be heard from his side.
"Morning is here! Morning is here! Morning-!" The woman immediately turns off the alarm. Izuku turns to see the alarm clock with a familiar color palette, red, blue, yellow, and white, before looking around to see a poster with an image of a bulky blonde-haired man. Slowly, his mind starts to clear up as he remembers everything.
"...fuck..." Izuku mutters as his eyes turn wide open, and his face turns pale.
"I-Izuku!?" Izuku turns to see his mom looking at him in shock, a hint of concern visible in her face. Izuku shakes his head before giving her a shaky smile.
"I-I'm fine...I...just having a headache...f-from a nightmare!" Izuku lies to her, gripping his blanket tightly. His Mom (Inko Midoriya, the fandom's best mom) continues to stare at him in concern. "Truly...I-I'm fine now, Mom...." (Inko Midoriya's my mom....what!?)
"...okay...but please tell me if you're unwell," Inko says before leaving Izuku alone in his room. Immediately after she leaves the room, Izuku grips his head as his eyes grow wide, and his entire body sweats like crazy.
'Fuck, fuck, fuck. This can't be real, this can't be real! I'm in My Hero Academia world and of all people I could reincarnated as, it's Izuku Midoriya himself!?' Izuku/Will tries not to panic, but fails miserably. He wonders how this even happened in the first place. 'And why did it take me 15 years of my life to finally remember anything about my past life!? I lived through my life as Izuku Midoriya with a completely blank slate, an actual newborn, dealing with the bullshit named Katsuki Bakugou, and-, and-!'
Izuku didn't get to finish processing his thought as he felt nauseated. Without a word, he rushed to his bathroom and started vomiting.
"Izuku!" Inko hears the loud voice and starts rushing to him in concern. "Okay, that's it. I don't think you can continue until we find out what's going on!"
"Mom, it's fine..." Izuku groans as he collapses on the bathroom floor, feeling a bit better. "T-the pain is gone now."
"Son, I know how important UA's entrance exam is to you, but you can't neglect your health like that," Inko chastises him softly before gently picking him up. "You might need to rest a bit and tell your trainer you might be late."
"I-I'm sorry, Mom. But I can't rest now..." Izuku responded apologetically, still trying not to feel weird calling her mom. Sure, he might have lived for 15 years with her without his past life's memories, but his head is currently a mess right now.
"Honey..." Inko starts, causing Izuku to sweat nervously. He knows that tone from his memories, the silent warning tone. Sure, she may still sound normal, but the atmosphere around them shifts slightly.
"Trust me, mom...I'm fine..." Izuku reassures her. "All I need right now is fresh air."
"...you say that, and it only makes me worry more," Inko says as Izuku winces a bit. Part of him feels slightly hurt by her words, and a huge part of him feels embarrassed. He can't blame his mom since it has always been like this. During his childhood, he used to hide that Bakugou physically hurt him while his body was covered with nothing but explosive injuries.
"W-well, you can contact my trainer and ask him to report to you about me..." Izuku suggests.
"Izuku, I don't have his number," Inko deadpans, causing Izuku to sweatdrop. What was his past self thinking?
Right, eagerly accepting number 1 hero's transferable quirk and trying to keep it secret. He spent another moment convincing her to let him go while also giving her his number (He needs to tell All Might about that...oh, god, he's about to meet All Might in real life. Wait, he already met him for 10 months straight, but he hasn't met him with his past-life memories intact. Was there a difference? Maybe not.)before she finally relents, but not until she forces him to eat something and an aspirin.
Izuku walks out of his apartment as he lets everything sink in, staring blankly at the road ahead while wondering what exactly his life is now. He wasn't truly unfamiliar with his current situation, as he read isekai manga or manhwas besides My Hero Academia. The current predicament he's in reminds him of the manga he once read, Trapped in Dating Sim. Going through life for several years while he was completely oblivious of his past life until that one particular moment in his life.
'Today's the entrance exam. It'll start around 10, and right now, it's 5:26...' Izuku thought as he walked towards Dagobah beach. He had gone there every day for the past 10 months, so he remembers which path he should take. It takes him a while, but he manages to arrive at the beach. He takes a deep breath before covering his nose upon catching a horrid scent. He turns to his side and notices some leftover trash he hadn't finished cleaning. Letting out a sigh, he went to clean it up as his mind went into overdrive.
'Okay, calm down, Izuku (I should start calling myself that, it's my name now...I guess?). Think of the bright side: now that I remember my past life and thanks to my knowledge of My Hero Academia, I could use it as an advantage. One of them is my foreknowledge of OFA, meaning no shattering bones like some sort of masochist. All I need is to let the energy flow through my entire body, like how a microwave heats every side of the food instead of just one single side...ah, fuck, food metaphor again...I wanna facepalm when I read the manga, and now I made one myself. The fucking irony. I should control my cursing or else my mom will kill me. Ah, fuck, my mind's a complete mess! Am I Izuku Midoriya, am I Will, or am I both!? Why does reincarnation have to be so confusing!? Does this count as a classic isekai, or transmigration, because I don't know anymore!' Izuku thought as his mind flashed an image of thieves holding guns as he was dying on the floor. Widening his eyes in panic, he tossed the last trash away with much more force than he intended.
Izuku pants heavily, rubbing his forehead as he tries to distract his mind from that. But, no matter what he did, the image kept flashing in his mind as frustration and annoyance built up in his chest. He clenches his teeth as he grabs one of the trash items and tosses it into the pile, causing the trash to scatter upon impact. He had reincarnated into this world and lived in ignorance for 15 years, following the canon plot without trying to make any changes. To make things even worse, his past family's fate is unknown.
"RRRAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Izuku let everything out of his chest. After a few seconds, he stopped as he caught his breath and collapsed to the ground. He feels somewhat better, but his frustration remained. Before he got a chance to break down in tears, he was interrupted by something.
"Whoa!" Izuku blinks in surprise and turns his head towards the source of the voice, his face slowly turning pale as he recognized the face of the person in front of him. The spiky black hair, a pair of red eyes, and teeth similar to a shark, wearing the usual school uniform. The boy in front of him is Eijirou Kirishima himself, the 'manly' guy who sticks to Bakugou like a lost puppy. "I can't believe it! I thought this place was still a junkyard, based on what the news has mentioned! To think I would see the beach in full glory and the guy responsible for cleaning this place at the same time! This is amazing! Uh, wait, a-are you okay? W-why are you crying!?"
"I, um, uh…" Izuku is unable to reply, too surprised at the boy's sudden appearance. 'W-wait, h-how in the world is he here?! I wasn't supposed to meet him until I at least started the first day of school, and that was just seeing him in class and doing the Quirk Apprehension Test! I swear, this wasn't supposed to happen! D-did I somehow accidentally cause butterfly effects just by remembering my past!? I get that a small action is enough to trigger it, but this is beyond ridiculous, like that 'Time Travel Sneeze, Entire Timeline Fucked' level of ridiculous!' He pauses for a moment and remembers what Kirishima said before he wipes his tears off, albeit a bit aggressively.
"H-hey, you're okay there?" Izuku continues wiping his tears before looking at Kirishima, who looks concerned.
"Y-yeah, sorry. It was personal. I…wasn't expecting anyone to come here, at least not this early…It's why I plan to yell in the first place…" Izuku mutters the last part quietly, but Kirishima heard all of that.
"Oh! Sorry. But don't worry about it, I won't tell anyone." Kirishima says while giving him a grin and a thumbs up.
'That's the problem! I don't want anyone to know!' Izuku mentally cried, but he kept his thoughts to himself. "Thanks..."
"Oh, right…" Kirishima pulled out his phone before looking at Izuku. "I was wondering, do you know the nearest bus stop from Musutafu Train Station? I tried to search for one, but I can't seem to find it." Izuku's mind turns blank when he hears Kirishima's words; the gears in his mind turning.
'Nearest bus station…from Musutafu Train Station, but the nearest one is next to the exit…' Izuku thought before his eyes widened as he stared at Eijirou incredulously. 'Bro, that was like, 5 kilometers away from here!! How did you get from there to here!? I know this happens in a movie, but you're telling me Kirishima's non-existent sense of direction wasn't supposed to play for laughs, but a real shit like Zoro!?'
"…Ya ampun, baru pertama kali gua ketemu orang nyasar ampe sejauh ini. Dia kira dia Zoro dari One Piece…bang, lu jalan liat pake mata, kan…? (...Oh my god, this is the first time I met someone who's completely lost. He thinks he's Zoro from One Piece...bro, did you even use your eyes while walking...?)" Izuku mutters before he realizes he talks out loud and turns towards Eijirou, who simply smiles, albeit confused at what he just said.
"…the nearest bus stop is right next to the train station's exit," Izuku says in a dead tone, earning a surprised look from Kirishima. "And if you're wondering, there's also a bus stop right over there." Izuku points at the left side of Kirishima as he turns, noticing the sign that indicates the bus stop is there. Kirishima has the decency to look sheepish before grinning at Izuku gratefully.
"Thanks, bro. You saved my bacon." Kirishima says. "Oh, sorry, never get the chance to introduce myself. I'm Eijirou Kirishima."
"N-nice to meet you, I'm Izuku Midoriya…" Izuku says. "So…why do you look for a bus stop?"
"Well, I was hoping I could find a place to eat before I could partake in UA's entrance exam," Kirishima says before he perks up. "Oh, by the way, are you planning to take the exam as well? With all the training by cleaning the entire beach, and all."
"Umm, yeah…" Izuku has always been a terrible liar, whether in his current or past life. Every time he opens his mouth, he can't help but tell the truth, and every time he tries to lie, it is so bad people can only give him a deadpan stare.
"Cool! I hope I'll see you there during the entrance exam! I hope you'll pass, bro!" Kirishima excitedly said before walking away. Izuku merely stared at the boy in silence, wondering what kind of change would result from this brief interaction. Given that simply remembering his past causes this much impact on the timeline, he shudders at the future aftermath of butterfly effects.
Maybe it wasn't him, but something else had changed the timeline. He pauses for a moment before shuddering again, not wanting to know who was the one responsible for this.
"Oh, my…oh, my… GOODNESS!" Izuku yelps when he hears the familiar voice, jumping a few feet off the ground, and turns around to see that same hulking blonde man from his room's poster, All Might, Japan's number 1 hero. "You did it! You cleaned the entire beach, right before the entrance exam as well!"
"A-All Might! Y-yeah, I did…" Izuku says nervously as he lets out a somewhat tired smile. All Might simply laughs before patting his shoulder proudly, then pulls out his phone, showing a picture of Izuku All Might took pre-training.
"Yes, you did! You truly surprised me, my boy! Look at you! This is you 10 months ago! There have been ups and downs, but you pushed through! And here's the result of all of your hard work! You have not only become a suitable vessel for One For All, but you also exceed my expectations!" All Might laughs as Izuku can't help but feel somewhat embarrassed. He once laughed at the scene when the anime was aired, but now that he's the one experiencing the whole thing, he feels like it's no longer something funny.
Now, all he wants to do is find a hole in the ground, get inside, and bury himself. The shame of seeing himself like that is not something he could mentally recover from.
"All Might….do I….do I deserve this? I feel like I'm cheating." Izuku says, deciding to distract his embarrassment and messy thoughts while also continuing the plot forward. "You…did all of this for me. I feel blessed, but…"
"Young Midoriya, this is the result of your hard work. Don't feel bad for earning something you have deserved! I suggest you not cry because you're crying for the wrong reason!" All Might says as he wipes off Izuku's tears using a handkerchief he pulls out of his pocket. "Anyways, it's time! I was once told, 'Something that you receive because you are lucky and something that you receive because you are recognized are different in essence.' I suggest you take it to heart because this power is what you earned through all of your hard work."
"Y-yeah," Izuku replies before his face turns to dread, finally remembering the one particular moment that had become one of the earliest MHA memes. All Might plucks his hair off and hands it to him.
"Eat this!" All Might exclaims in a dead serious tone as Izuku stares at the hair in a deadpan manner.
"…..why?" Izuku can't help but let out a whine, earning a surprised snort from All Might before he covers his mouth. Why does he have to suffer this? Is this some sort of cosmic joke for a reincarnated person, specifically the one like him, who becomes the main character of the fiction he used to read?
And did this blonde buffoon just laugh at him?!! AND DID HE JUST CALL HIS IDOL A BLONDE BUFFOON!??! Izuku feels like he wants to dig a grave, crawl inside, and die.
"To gain my power, you must consume my DNA for the transfer to work!" All Might exclaims.
"…..Are you sure that you didn't do this just because you once had to go through the same process?" Izuku asks in a deadpan manner as All Might looks away and coughs loudly. It seems like he was spot on.
Still, his head feels to be messier than he expected because he would never call All Might out! He was supposed to be his greatest fanboy!
And no, he didn't consider Nighteye a fan when he believed he got to make decisions about choosing a successor for All Might. It was his quirk, so he gets to choose.
"I have no idea what you're talking about, Young Midoriya!" All Might exclaims while still averting his eyes, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.
"….liar." Izuku takes the hair before squinting his face in disgust. Even if he never gets his memories back, he doubts his pre-memories self would even go as far as wanting to eat All Might's hair. "….All Might, please tell me that at least you have water to help me swallow this?"
"Of course, Young Midoriya!" All Might exclaims as he pulls out a water bottle from under his jacket and offers it to Izuku. Izuku gulps before taking a deep breath as he shoves the hair into his mouth and opens the bottle before pouring it into his mouth, swallowing everything.
"Blergh! I am not going through this ever again!" Izuku says as All Might stifles his chuckles.
"W-well, young Midoriya, the good news is that you only need to do it once." All Might says as Izuku lets out a sigh, holding his throat.
"Okay, good, so now-!" Izuku pauses as his vision starts to turn blurry, his legs feel like jelly, and his body is losing control. "Wha-!?" Immediately, Izuku falls as the last thing Izuku hears and sees before falling unconscious is All Might panicking and holding him before his face hits the ground.
"Young Midoriya!"
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"Urrrgh…" Izuku groans as he opens his eyes. The moment he sees what is in front of him, his eyes shoot wide open out of shock. The familiar world displayed through anime and manga- the black void fills with purple light floating around the sky, 9 thrones in a room, creating a circle; each throne is seated by a person.
The first person is a sickly man with messy white hair, wearing a casual long-sleeved shirt and a pair of trousers with a pair of black and white shoes. The second person reminds Izuku of Katsuki Bakugou, except that his hair is red and there's a scar on his face, with a pair of bulky-looking gauntlets (Never mind, this part also made him look like Bakugou; no wonder everyone theorized that he's related to Bakugou), a black long-sleeved shirt under a green vest, a pair of green trousers, and a pair of black combat boots.
The third person has a similar outfit to the second person, with the difference being the absence of the gauntlet and shorter sleeves. The man has long grey hair tied in a spiky ponytail with a black bandanna around his head. The fourth person is a man with short white hair with two scar-like cracks from the left side of his forehead down to his chin. He wears long-sleeved white clothes covered by a tattered dark green jacket, a pair of long white pants with knee guards, and a belt.
The fifth person is a bulky bald man wearing dark leather clothes, a pair of gold goggles, and a bandolier with a lack of shirt underneath his leather jacket. The sixth person is a black-haired man wearing a collared red jacket that reminds him of a certain pro-hero (Best Jeanist), black trousers, a pair of hiking boots, and sports tape wrapped around his wrist. The seventh person is a tall woman with long black hair styled in a half-up-half-down bun, wearing a high-collared, dark sleeveless body suit with a pair of yellow gloves and white boots, a belt around her waist, a white long cape buttoned on her shoulder and a short one attached to the belt reaching her knees (Edna would have an aneurysm if she saw her hero costume). The last person is nothing but a yellow silhouette that reminds him of All Might in his skinny form.
"W-what?" The sickly white-haired man exclaims in shock, not expecting Izuku to pop out of nowhere.
"Who're you!?" The Bakugou-lookalike points his gauntlet at Izuku as he growls.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, calm down, everyone!" The only woman exclaims as she shields Izuku from others. "Don't be rash! He's just a kid!"
"A random kid suddenly pops into One for All?! I seriously doubt it!" The same man snarls as he continues to point his gauntlet at Izuku. Before things could escalate, the yellow silhouette suddenly stood up and placed his hands on Izuku's shoulders, not saying a word. Everyone immediately calms down as realization strikes them.
"You're…also wield One For All…" The sickly white-haired man says with wide eyes as Izuku nods, still too shocked. "H-how is this possible? D-does One For All have reached singularity?!"
"It's possible…I mean, we all remained dormant until suddenly the entire realm shook and everyone was transferred into this room." The black-haired man states. "But that doesn't explain what's causing the singularity."
"All we know is that it was caused by the boy, and based on Eighth's silhouette's actions, there's no doubt he's the Ninth, and he just received it not long ago." The bald man points out.
"Is it possible that it's due to Ninth's quirk?" The grey-haired man asks as the Eighth's silhouette shakes his head while making a cross sign. "Okay, he's quirkless, so that's tossed out the window." Before anyone could continue their discussion, Izuku winced in pain as he held his head, flashes of anime scenes and manga panels playing in his mind. All of the people looked a bit concerned as Izuku suddenly winced in pain, but they were also hit by images from Izuku's head. As the pain disappeared, Izuku lifted his head up and looked at everyone, who either widened their eyes in shock, jaws dropped, disbelief written on their face, and giddiness.
Wait, what?
"Isekai…" The sick white-haired man mutters as he shakes in giddiness. "Ninth is an isekai'd person! Oh, my god! This is amazing! It's official!" The man rushes towards Izuku and holds his hand, stars in his eyes. "You're officially the coolest wielder of One for All."
Izuku blinks at him as two men with similar-looking outfits facepalm and groan, while the rest continue to stare at Izuku in shock.
'…..ah, bangke. Belum 1 hari dan pada udah tau….ini pasti rekor baru di seluruh sejarah Isekai… (...ah, fuck.) Not even a day and people already knew...this got to be a new record in every isekai history...'
To be Continued