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Wide red eyes stared in wonder at the massive building full of shops and other goodies.
"Izuku-Nii, this place is so big!" Izuku let out a good natured laugh at Eri's innocence, glad that he could finally take the time to enjoy things like this, what with the country slowly rebuilding itself after the green haired boy had finally put All For One down for good.
They had lost a lot in their battle against the Symbol of Evil. Midnight Sensei's death still haunted class 2-A, and the loss of an eye had seriously weakened Aizawa Sensei's Quirk. Not that it mattered much anyways, considering that the loss of his leg had pretty much ended his career as a Pro Hero.
And then there was the revelation that Aoyama had been acting as a traitor. That particular one was something the class still hasn't fully recovered from.
Among other things, he was remorseful of his inability to save Tenko Shimura. At least he could take solace in the fact that Himiko Toga was currently undergoing rehabilitation. Maybe he should get her a gift-
"FOR RE-DESTRO!" Danger Sense flared as a gunshot rang through the air. Izuku activated One For All and pulled a backflip through the air, landing on the man and knocking his gun away.
Izuku bit back a groan. Soon after All For One's defeat, a faction of former MLA members who had broken off after Shigaraki seized control had surfaced, targeting members of Class 2-A in retaliation for Re-Destro's imprisonment. He pinned the man to the ground, using Blackwhip to bind his hands.
"Seriously!? For once I'd like to just go to the mall without getting harassed by a villain! Do you know how long it took Shigaraki's handprint to go away!?"
"Dammit!" The man writhed, ignoring Izuku's own annoyance. "That Trigger bullet was meant for you! Not that red eyed brat!"
...What?
Izuku turned, afraid of what he'd find. There was Eri, a blue, dart-like bullet embedded in her arm. Its resemblance to Overhaul's Quirk Erasing Bullets was already starting to cause her a panic attack.
The Sparks flying wildly from her rapidly growing horn only added fuel to the fire.
"Eri!" Izuku abandoned all rationality as he threw the villain aside and rushed over to the now spasming little girl.
'This is bad!' He thought as he covered his arms in Blackwhip and tried to calm the terrified little girl. 'Trigger temporarily enhances a person's Quirk, but to cause it to go out of control like this means it must be a more concentrated dose.'
"Everyone! Clear the area now!" Izuku turned his attention back to Eri as the civilians fled, bursts of energy from her horn causing nearby plants to rapidly shrink. "Eri!" He took hold of her shoulders, making sure Blackwhip was covering them. "It's ok, I'm right here. Everything's going to be ok!" Eri was unable to speak from the tremendous pain coursing through her body. Her horn began to crack, unable to contain the massive power flowing through. "Eri! Try to breath! I promise everything will be ok!"
"Izuku...Nii..." Eri's horn exploded, and Izuku was blinded by a white flash.
X
THE MORNING IS HERE! THE MORNING IS HERE! THE MORNING IS-
Izuku jerked awake, scrambling off of his bed.
"Eri!?" He looked around in a panic before he began to take note of his surroundings.
He was in his old bedroom, from before he moved into the dorms. Oddly enough, it was fully furnished, despite Izuku knowing that he had brought a large amount of his stuff to the dorms. He grabbed his phone, meaning to call Aizawa Sensei and see if he could give an explanation. To his great confusion, he had only five names in his contact list. His parents, auntie and uncle, and Kacchan.
'That's odd, where's everyone else's..." He trailed off as he noticed the date in the corner of his phone screen.
It was set almost two years prior.
The day of the Sludge Villain incident.
"That... That can't be right."
"Izuku?" There was a soft knock on his door before his mom opened the door. Izuku turned to look at her. There was a different air about her, one that he hadn't felt from her since he got One For All.
She gave off the air of a mother who felt she had failed her child.
"Are you alright sweetie? You look like like something's wrong."
"Ah, I'm fine mom. Just a... Weird dream."
"Ok, well, I'll let you get ready for school."
"S-school? What do you mean?"
"Aldara sweetie. You just started your third year there. Are you sure you're ok?"
"Ah... It was... A REALLY weird dream, kinda threw me off." Into nodded and shut the door. Leaving Izuku to his internal panic. He looked at himself in the mirror. He was as short and scrawny as he was back before he received All Might's Quirk.
'Was it all really just a dream, or...' He reached into himself, trying to activate One For All. Nothing came out. He sighed, pulling on that black uniform he had long since come to despise. Afterwards, he and his mother ate breakfast in awkward silence before he left for school. He walked a path that had long been ingrained in his mind, despite not having taken it in a while. He came across Kamui Woods' fight with the giant villain, before Mount Lady leapt in and stole the spotlight. He watched, an overwhelming sense of deja Vu. He saw Kamui looking dejected, and was contemplating moving over to encourage him when he saw something out of the corner of his eye.
A tall, skeletal looking blonde shuffling down a nearby alley.
Izuku moved without thinking, rushing towards the alley. Despite not currently using his quirk, Toshinori Yagi was a large man with long legs, so he naturally moved faster then most other people. Even so, Izuku was able to catch up to him just before he got back to the street.
"All Might!" The man stumbled a bit, coughing into his hand as he turned to stare at Izuku.
"A-All Might? Where? I don't see him."
"Look, sir, this is gonna sound crazy, but I know you're All Might." Toshinori let out a deep chuckle, but Izuku could see a bit of panic in his eyes.
"Young man, I think you're confused. All Might is a living tower of muscle. I on the other hand, look like I could keel over any moment. Now, you should probably continue on your way. You're going to be late for school, and-"
"I know about One For All!" Toshinori practically vomited blood on the ground in shock, and Izuku waited until he was finished heaving before continuing. "I know how All For One gave you your injury, how you can only use your Quirk for about three hours a day because of it, that the form you take as All Might is just that, another form. I know about Nana Shimura and Gran Torino, and I also know that All For One is still alive!" Izuku stopped to catch his breath, before he noticed the man staring at him, the look in his eyes showing contemplation on whether or not he should attack the teen before him or hear him out.
"Explain."
And Izuku did, telling him about the incident with Eri that to Izuku being thrown back in time, how he was Quirkless and was bullied and abused because of it, how All Might had named him his successor and passed One For All onto him. The USJ, battle against the Hero Killer, the Summer Camp attack and All Might's second battle against All For One, Sir Nighteye's death, the war against the Paranormal Liberation Front, and the final war against All For One. Izuku left nothing out.
"I know this all sounds crazy." Izuku panted as he finished his story. "You probably don't believe a word I said-"
"No, I believe you." Izuku gaped, staring at the skeletal man with wide eyes.
"...Huh?"
"I said I believe you."
"...Why?"
"Kid, you've told me things that are national secrets, things only a select few should know. Things a fourteen year old Quirkless kid should not have access to. Plus, I just get this feeling in my gut that I should trust you. I can't explain it." He waved his hand. "Also, Quirks are bullshit. I can literally transfer mine to another person. You getting thrown back in time because of one doesn't really sound that far fetched to be honest."
"I'm honestly still not even sure if it was all real or just a premonition to be honest. I wasn't able to access One For All this morning." Izuku shook his head. "But still, how can you just trust me so easily!? How do you know I'm not one of All For One's spies or something?"
"Hmm... Good point. I'll bring you to Detective Tsukauchi and he'll verify your story."
"We can do it later if that's okay. I still have to get to sch- CRAP!" Izuku yelped as he checked his phone. "I'm late! First period is halfway over by now! They're really gonna let me have it-"
"Young man." Izuku froze, turning to look at the walking skeleton. "You said you were bullied, right? Have your teachers done nothing to stop it?"
"Uh, well..." Izuku began to sweat. "No, actually, in fact some of the teachers even outright encourage it." He could see All Might's frown deepen. "I-if you could just give a lift to school, it won't take up much of your-"
"Young Midoriya. You are not going back to that school."
"H-huh? What do you mean?'
"I mean exactly that. I will speak to your parents about pulling you out of that school."
"M-my dad works overseas, so it's just me and mom at the moment, b-but you don't have to-"
"Young man, even if it turns out you're some spy working for All For One, I cannot, as the Symbol of Peace, stand by and allow this school to abuse you as they have."
"But-"
"No butts. Now, what is the name of your school?"
"A-Aldera?"
"Alright. Go wait by the train station. I need to make a couple of calls, then I'll catch up." As soon as the boy was out of earshot, the man pulled out his phone. "Hello, Nedzu sir? No, this isn't about the teaching job... No I am not using my position as the Number One Hero to get you some Casu Martzu. I know you like cheese but I can't understand why anyone would eat that stuff... Yes this about Aldera- Wait, how did you..."
X
After a few minutes of back and forth, Toshinori had brought Izuku in to see Detective Tsukauchi. The greenette had to admit, after getting used to seeing the man with facial hair following the war with the PLF, it was kinda odd seeing him so clean shaven and plain faced. Not that Izuku had room to talk, being plain faced himself.
The good detective had validated Izuku's story, leaving him and All Might stumped.
"We'll have to inform Nedzu of course." Toshinori sighed. "Not that I really want to, but it's Nedzu, he'll find out one way or another, if he doesn't already somehow know."
"There's also the matter of the boy's school." Tsukauchi pondered. "Quirkless and Quirk descrimantion are a lot like racism and sexism these days. While they do exist, they are also socially unacceptable. The fact that Aldera was able to get away with practicing these things for so long is really concerning. And given that Midoriya mentioned the Meta Liberation Army still being around..."
"Wait, you honestly don't think Aldera has connections to the MLA, do you detective?" Izuku asked, worried.
"It's an unfortunate possibility."
"I've gotten Nedzu to start looking into it. They won't be around much longer. There's also the fact that Young Midoriya's apparent knowledge of the future could very well help us turn the tide against All For One and this League of Villains." Izuku jumped as his phone rang, pulling it out to answer.
"Hello, mom?"
"Izuku! Sweetie, the school just called and said you never showed up!" Toshinori checked his watch.
"School let out half an hour ago. They waited this long to inform her?"
"Honestly, from what I heard, it doesn't surprise me."
"Sweetie, who was that? Are you in danger!?" Izuku passed the phone to Detective Tsukauchi.
"Ma'am, my name is Detective Tsukauchi. The police and some pro heroes are currently opening an investigation into Aldera Junior High regarding their treatment of your son. It would be in the best interest to both of you that he be pulled out of that school immediately."
X
Detective Tsukauchi had set up a later meeting with Inko to discuss Izuku's academic future, and the green boy was being escorted home by Toshinori. There was an awkward silence before Izuku spoke.
"I need to get in contact with Sir Nighteye." Toshinori coughed.
"You probably already know, but the two of us aren't really on speaking terms." Toshinori explained.
"I know that. But now's not the time for that. Eri is suffering at Chisaki's hands right now. The sooner we act, the sooner-" An explosion from an adjacent street cut him off, and Izuku turned, going pale as he recognized where they were.
'No... Don't tell me..." Izuku rushed toward the sound. He had hoped that All Might not chasing the Sludge Villain down would make him leave Kacchan alone.
He was dead wrong.
It was exactly as it had played out before. Death Arms standing around like an idiot doing nothing, Mount Lady being defeated by narrow streets, Backdraft trying in vain to put out fires, and Kamui Woods unable to get close due to said fires.
In the center of it all, was Kacchan struggling against a mound of sentient slime.
Izuku's feet moved before he could think.
He vaguely heard Toshinori yelling as he rushed past the startled Death Arms, ripping off his bag and hurling it at the Sludge Villain. Last time he chucked that back, it was a last second desperate move. This time, he specifically targeted the villain's eye, causing him to loosen his grip on Kacchan and allowing the explosive teen to breath.
"Deku!? What- Where the hell did you-!?"
"I couldn't just stand there and do nothing!" Izuku shouted, trying to pull the sludge off of Kacchan despite knowing it wouldn't work.
It was amazing how irrational a person could become when they were in a panic.
"Who the hell are you!?" The Sludge Villain gargled, raising a tentacle of slime. "Don't interfere brat!" As he brought it down, Izuku threw his fist forward.
A loud crack like a gunshot echoed through the air as the Sludge Villain was blasted apart, a sharp blast of wind throwing the onlooking civilians and heroes on their asses. Izuku blinked as the wind calmed down. He hadn't even seen All Might. Turning, he saw the Number One Hero in his buff form, in the middle of jumping in but too far away to have done anything. Izuku eyes turned to his arm. His sleeve had disintegrated, revealing bright red, swollen flesh as crackles of energy died down. Kacchan was on the ground, looking at Izuku in disbelief.
'One For All...' Izuku thought as he slumped to his knees.
{Nine! Nine! Can you hear us!? We're here! We're all here!} Nana's voice echoed in his mind.
{Kid, everything that happened with Unicorn at the mall really happened.} Banjo spoke up.
{The Trigger dart Eri got shot with supercharged her Quirk and threw us all back in time.} Yoichi chimed in. {We've been trying to reach you all day, but I guess One For All needed to adjust to your old, scrawny body without blowing it up. Or maybe it was the other way around... Regardless, it seems we're still at singularity, so you should still be able to access our Quirks-}
"That was incredibly reckless young man!" Death Arms interrupted as he stomped up to Izuku. "What the hell were you thinking, charging in like that!? You could have gotten yourself killed. We had the situation under control-"
"You shut the hell up!" Death Arms flinched at the venomous tone in Izuku's voice. The old Izuku would have trembled and taken the hero's scolding with Mary a complaint.
The current Izuku wasn't having this shit.
He stood up, ignoring his broken arm, and leveled a glare at the startled hero.
"You had the situation under control? All I saw was you standing around like an idiot doing nothing."
"M-my Quirk wasn't very well suited for-"
"His eyes and teeth are solid, aren't they? You saw me throwing the backpack. Or were you too busy in lalaland to notice?" Izuku was well aware of the news cameras filming them, but didn't really care.
"Young man, hostage situations are a delicate-"
"He was suffocating Kacchan, attempting to take over his body like a parasite. That wasn't a hostage situation, it was attempted murder. I'm pretty sure they teach these things in hero school. I know for a fact that any Hero Course teacher worth their salt would have expelled you on the spot for being so irrational."
X
In a darkened U.A. classroom, an ugly yellow sleeping bag sneezed.
X
"You didn't even try to negotiate with the villain to let Kacchan breath. You just stood there! Honestly, the fact that a civilian felt the need to step in and do your job for you only paints you as incompetent and a failure of a hero!" Izuku snapped, before turning around and storming off towards the paramedics, the Vestiges of One For All applauding him as he did so.
"Wha- HEY! Get back here-" Death Arms felt a heavy hand on his shoulder, and turned to find the Number One Hero staring at him in disappointment.
"The boy is right you know." That sent the media into a frenzy.
X
Izuku walked home, intent on calling All Might later. The paramedics had set his arm in a cast, though he hoped All Might could get Recovery Girl to help. Going around with limited arm movement sucked, he knew that first hand.
"DEKU!" Izuku sighed, turning to hear Kacchan say that he didn't need Izuku's help, only to stop.
The rage in Kacchan's eyes were a frightening sight.
"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT BACK THERE!? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING THAT DAMN QUIRK, HUH!? FIRST YOU DON'T COME TO SCHOOL, THEN YOU COME UP OUT OF NOWHERE AND PULL THAT SHIT!?" Izuku sighed.
"I wasn't hiding my Quirk Kacchan."
"BULLSHIT!" His hands popped threateningly. "I bet you were waiting to pull that damn Quirk out of your ass just to make me look bad! Huh!?"
"Kacchan, I was just as surprised as you were that I did that." Technically true. "If you would pull your head out of your ass, you might realize that."
"The fuck you say!?" Bakugo growled, lunging forward. "I'll kill yo- GAH!" A large, muscled hand had grabbed Bakugo's wrist and lifted him up into the air.
"Young man." All Might said, not smiling."What do you think you're doing?"
"Stay out of this All Might! This doesn't concern you!"
"You were about to use your Quirk to assault this young man who saved your life. I'd say it concerns me very much."
"HE PRETENDS TO BE QUIRKLESS FOR OVER A DECADE THEN PULLS A GODDAMN QUIRK OUT OF HIS ASS!? HE OWES ME A GODDAMN EXPLANATION!!"
"He owes you nothing." All Might set Bakugo down. "Go home, now, or whatever career you might have as a hero will be stamped out here and now." Bakugo growled, turning and stomping away. All Might waited until he was out of earshot before deflating. "Young Midoriya-"
"Please, it's not his fault." Izuku interrupted. "Aldera has been enabling him for the past decade. He doesn't know that what he's doing is wrong. He was able to become a better person in the other time, he just needs time to realize the world doesn't revolve around him." Toshinori sighed.
"Fine, I'll let it go for now." He turned to look at the young man. "So, you still have your One For All?"
"Yeah, I'm just as surprised as you." Izuku contemplated. "And it still has the same power as when I was thrown back in time. Nana says hi, by the way." Toshinori coughed into his fist before composing himself.
"Well, I was planning to give you my One For All and make you my successor. But I guess I can't exactly do that now. Unless..."
"Nana says you are not giving me a second One For All, and that it is a terrible idea for multiple reasons, and that Gran Torino will kick your ass for it." Toshinori coughed into his fist again.
"All right. All right. Plan B then. Since we can pass you off as a late bloomer with a Quirk similar to mine, we can make our relationship more public then if you were my successor." He buffed up, taking on his usual grin. "Young Midoriya, I would like to take you on as my personal apprentice!" Izuku stared up at him, eyes wide in shock. "Young Midoriya?"
"..." Izuku promptly fainted.
"Oh God dammit!"