Alternative Universes, Plots and Other Nonsense

by darkest_nova

Summary:

The title is self-explanatory.

Basically, I have a lot of ideas I wrote on my notes (and sometimes tried) but never posted on the Ao3.

Izuku-centric but also with recorrent presence of Shinsou Hitoshi, Aizawa Shouta and Eri (and Yamada Hizashi).

ps: some of them are brief and short, while other have more content

Chapter 1: the red rabbit and the trickster

A duo of vigilantes transforms Musutafu on their playground.

The Trickster is slippery, an exhibitionist, a snarky little shit (if a bit cocky), an expert in finding what makes people tick, and very good at hypnosis.

The Red Rabbit is quick on their feet, likes to keep the villains and heroes alike running in circles, has very good kicks, and is a skilled acrobat.

Eraserhead hates them.

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• Hitoshi is like a magician while Izuku is his "assistant"
• They have an aesthetic 
• Hitoshi pretends to hypnotize the bad guys but he's just using his quirk
• They love to prank people, regardless if they're villains or not
• Aizawa is so done™
• Izuku wears tactical gear but with a bunny mask and a red jacket with shiny buttons 
• Hitoshi acts like the showman and wears a purple overcoat, he also has a top hat
• Izuku also has a bo staff that looks like a long magic wand (the black with white tip ones)

 

(i had sketches of their uniforms but i can't put them on ao3, so...yeah)

Chapter 2: sweet whiskers and bitter coffee

During a pacific night, Shouta's sleep is interrupted by a kid crashing down in his coffee shop, bleeding. Said kid is also a vigilante who is trying to arrest his villain-counterpart. 

And, now, for some weird reason, the vigilante starts to come at the coffee shop everytime they can, in their civilian form, either to pet his cats or drink something. It's strange to know such lonely and sad kid is the same one kicking criminals' asses around Musutafu.

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• Aizawa never became a hero and works part-time at his cat cafe
• Izuku is a mess
• He never got One for All and is on Gen Ed at U.A.
• Aizawa doesn't like Hero Society
• Inko is never at home
• Slowly, Aizawa grows fond of Izuku 
• It probably ends in angst 

Chapter 3: a little sparrow inside a cage

Sparrow is one of HPSC's most valuable trophies, the 9th place at the Hero Billboards, Hawks' little brother, as their marketing campaign says, and the new charming face around the teen audience but most of all...

He is the youngest pro hero in Japan, only 16, and already carrying a hero license.

Sparrow knows he always wanted to be a hero but... his life seems meaningless, a big thread of lies, camera flashes, and fake smiles on his face.

He wants to be free, not a bird inside a cage.

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Izuku was diagnosed as quirkless when he was 4 years old and kidnapped as a lab rat by the HPSC

• Izuku, and a bunch of other kids, were chosen to be subjects to an experimentation to recreate Hawks' quirk based on his DNA samples
> he was the only one who resisted and survived

• The HPSC pushed Izuku through the almost same treinament as Hawks, to become a hero, one of their best creations

• Izuku needed to learn how to bear the weight of his wings, and his back almost atrophied
> there are still scars around the wings on his back

• Izuku learned how to fight very young and how to deal with the press because he was going to be a limelight hero, like his "brother"

• Hawks and Izuku met each other when they were 13 and 6 respectively 
> they weren't close, since hawks was considered flawless and izuku wasn't

• Both of them learned how to hide the pain and emotions, how to bear punishments, how to become perfect heross

• After Hawks debuted, Izuku's treinament became more torturous so he could catch up his antecedent

• Izuku debuted when he was 14 as Sparrow: The Featherling Hero, becoming the youngest hero in Japan and very popular among the public
> he met a lot of important people and heroes
> he created a public persona, similiar to his brother's
> people loved when izuku and hawks were together

• Izuku is considered a year older, but he is in his canonical age
> izuku debuted when he was 14, but actually, he was 13
> while class 1a are 15, izuku says he is 16, but actually, he is 15 as well
> hpsc changed his age and birthday 

• Izuku and Bakugou don't remember each other
> Bakugou knows his mother had a nephew that was his friend but he doesn't remember them playing together

• Izuku has an undercut and a piercing
> his hair is still green but darker and he covers his freckles 
> his wings are much alike sparrow' wings, hence the name

• Most of the pro heroes don't like Izuku for mutiple reasons, but mostly are:
- he is a child, for safety and petty reasons
- he is very tied with hpsc
- he is very tied with the media

• Most pro don't know Izuku also does underground missions but solo and out of Musutafu

• While Hawks prefers Endeavor, Izuku prefers All Might
> they actually met each other in a charity event

• Izuku also met Yaoyorozu, Todoroki and Iida in charities events and he is very close to them
> he likes to surprise them going to their schools to escort them in surprise hang outs

• Todoroki, since he met Izuku earlier, he has a (not very stable, cuz, y'know, it's izuku) emotional support. He is also close to Yaoyorozu and Iida before the canon starts
> izuku and todoroki are closer because todoroki probably saw how izuku interacts with the hpsc and has his own theories about what happens behind the closed doors (it isn't pretty, and deep down, shouto knows it isn't)

• Izuku and Hawks work at the same agency

• The Sludge incident happens and Izuku scolds the heroes 
> when the heroes' agencies backlash against izuku, to make him apologize and go to a hero school since "he doesn't have enough experience" 
> the hapc agrees because they want him to go to u.a so he can spy the school, nedzu and all might

• Izuku has older sibling energy

Chapter 4: role swap au

After the deaths of his best friends, Izuku tried to deal with his never-ending grief and his own issues until he finally became an underground pro-hero and, a few years later, a teacher in his alma mater.

Six years later, Izuku prepares himself for a new year with a new batch of students to teach, nothing out of the ordinary. Until the villain attacks start, his students' dark pasts come to light, and his hidden demons return to drown him.

 

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"Not all men are created equal," Midori-sensei says, his voice low but clear like crystal. "Heroism isn't about a flashy quirk or just plain kindness. It's about understanding how the world works and try to do the right thing."

"In your line of work, you will see yourself in situations where you ask "how is it fair?". As heroes-in-training, you will define the next generation. Will you be better than the old ones or worse?"

He smiles sharply, definitely dangerous, but it fills them with determination.

"So, give me your best. Plus Ultra style."

 

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 Midoriya Izuku - Pro hero: Null

• Izuku takes Aizawa's place as Class 1-A homeroom teacher and also teaches Law and Ethics;
• He was a Gen. Ed student with Hitoshi, and they made it to the hero course after the Sports Festival;
• The Dekusquad has a different composition;
• After Hitoshi dies, Izuku takes up his capture weapon with great reluctance. He used to have escrima sticks as weapons;
• There was supposed to have a "spin-off" about what happens after the Hero Studies;
• Inko disapproved of his dream of being a hero and tried to make him choose between having her in his life or being a hero;
• Aizawa is Izuku's personal student. He reminds Izuku of Hitoshi;
• Izuku has a cat named Jellybean II, a descendent of Jellybean, a cat he, Hitoshi, and Shouto saved when they were younger;

Shinsou Hitoshi - Kurogiri

• Hitoshi takes Oboro's place as Kurogiri;
• While in canon, Dr. Kyudai wanted to take get Shouta instead of Oboro, in this universe, their target was Hitoshi since the beginning;
• All for One stole Brainwashing, and they used his corpse to create Kurogiri;
• Hitoshi was the glue that connected the trio (He, Izuku, and Shouto);
• Hitoshi had a dad who supported his dream and was waiting for him to come home;

Todoroki Shouto - Fubuki

• Shouto takes Dabi's place and vice-versa;
• Even though he was the perfect son, Endeavor wanted more children who were as powerful as his eldest;
• After Hitoshi's death, Shouto isolated himself (like Izuku) and became more rebellious;
• His death was from the explosion created by the terminal shock of his ice and his fire;
• His villain costume has a mask to hide his scar (phantom of the opera style);
• Izuku and Shouto's fight also happens at the sports festival, but Izuku manages to win before the explosion happens;
• Shouto stopped using his fire and dyed his hair white to erase his red side;

Veteran Class 1-A (+ Monoma)

• Monoma, Ochako, Tsu, and Mina became U.A. teachers;
• Kaminari is Hound Dog's assistant, studying to become a quirk counselor to help kids like him who have problems dealing with their quirks;
• Monoma is Class 1-B homeroom teacher and playfully has a rivalry with Izuku;
• Ochako used to be 1-A homeroom teacher until Izuku got his license, and Nedzu moved her to teach fundamental heroics, with her consent, of course;
• Tsu is the rescue training teacher (like Thirteen);
• Mina is the Gen. Ed. teacher;
• Bakugou is the 5th in the Hero Billboard;
• Kirishima likes to invite the old Class 1-A over to catch up;
• Jirou, Tokoyami, Midoriya, Shouji, and Ojiro are underground heroes;
• Iida, Sero, Kaminari, Sato, and Ashido are twilight heroes;
• Bakugou, Kirishima, and Aoyama are limelight heroes;
• Uraraka, Asui, Kirishima and Yaoyorozu are rescue heroes;
• Kouda is a support hero;
• Todoroki and Hagakure are villains;
• Shinsou was supposed to go underground;

Chapter 5: green and purple are complementary colors

Aizawa Shouta is Class 1-A homeroom teacher for 8 years. He is known as the most hardass teacher in the school, and that fame is justified since he expells freshmen students left and right on the first day. He isn't like Hizashi or Nemuri who try to be kind with their students and bond with them, he just makes sure to do his job, nothing more, nothing less. 

Shouta would rather be hated by his students than let one of them die and suffer again.

He learned his lesson before.

He just didn't expect his new class being targeted by villains leading to mass traumatic events (and a dorm system later) and a stubborn kid wanting to be his personal student to enter the hero course.

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• Izuku was Aizawa's past personal student who graduated as an underground hero and died during a mission;
• Aizawa used to treat Izuku as his own kid;
• Izuku was from Gen Ed. and transferred to the Hero Course;
• Aizawa blamed himself for Izuku's death;
• He thought his relationship with Izuku clouded his judgement of Izuku's training and capabilities; 
• Izuku started following Eraserhead around after learning about him and asked if he could be a hero (like what canon izuku did with all might)
  > aizawa said yes
• Izuku died when he was 19, and if he was alive, he would have been 24;
• Eventually, Hitoshi convinces Aizawa to train him and he starts to use Izuku's old capture weapon;
• Hitoshi is very stubborn and a little shit who wants to be a hero out of spite (and to help people like him who were ostracized); 
• Class 1-A are sweethearts who like their teacher for everything he has done even if they think he hates them (spoilers: he doesn't); 
• Even though Shinsou and Midoriya were different, somehow Hitoshi always reminded Aizawa of his old pupil

Non-confirmed stuff:

• Maybe Hitoshi could see Izuku's ghost who helped him;
• Maybe Inko was a bad parent and Aizawa fostered Izuku when he was younger after he transferred;
• Maybe something similar happened to Hitoshi and Aizawa was forced to confront his fears and insecurities to help another kid close to him;

Chapter 6: but you won't rest

"Are you an angel?" The child asks.

Hitoshi tilts his head to the side and ponders.

"I prefer the term guardian."

After an accident, Hitoshi is tasked to guide the soul of a child through the veil. However, Izuku won't accept death before he becomes a hero.

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or: 5 times Izuku resisted death and made Hitoshi's job hard + 1 time he welcomed Death with a hug.

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• Hitoshi is a reaper;
• Hitoshi was supposed to take care of Izuku's soul when he died;
• Izuku said nope and returned back to life;
• Hitoshi was bewildred;
• After that, Izuku could see Hitoshi just fine;
• Izuku was taken to foster care, where he "almost" died and Hitoshi tried again;
• Izuku made Hitoshi as his honorary big brother because he seemed lonely;
• Probably Izuku died because Hisashi was an asshole and set the apartment on fire because of his quirk; 
• Hitoshi grows attached;
• Izuku dies (it's not even a spoiler)
• Hitoshi guides his soul and is sad after because reapers can't go to the other side;

First version

• In this version, Izuku leaves foster care and accidentally becomes a vigilante;
• Hitoshi is not even surprised;
• Aizawa finds him and take him in;
• Unfortunately, Izuku feels like he's a burden and thinks one day Aizawa will realize how much problem he is;
• Izuku stays quirkless and this changes some arcs;
• Things happen and Izuku dies;
• Aizawa mourns for a son, even though he didn't know Izuku loved him like a dad;

Second version 

• Izuku stays in foster care and canon happens the same way;
• Hitoshi is slowly losing his sanity because of All Might and Izuku breaking his bones;
• Hitoshi can share his suffering with the other ghosts of One for All;
• Things happen and Izuku dies;

* maybe aizawa finds about izuku's home situation and takes him in, or maybe he doesn't :)

Regardless, Izuku saved people and that's enough for him to rest. He hugs Hitoshi and he holds him on his final moments.

Hitoshi never finds a soul as bright and stubborn as Izuku's.

 

 

Chapter 7: is it a cat? (no, it's a god!)

Izuku hates humans.

Ok, not really. He's just not interested enough in them. They're too arrogant to his taste and have a short live span. He saw empires fall, wars end and quirks rise, and he's not impressed. He just wants to enjoy the small pleasures of being a cat.

This leads him to Shinsou Hitoshi, a young kid who dreams to be a hero despite the way everyone treats him. Izuku finds him interesting and decides to destroy anyone who dares to lay a finger on the kid.

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• Inspired by Forever severed by Willofhounds and other cat!Izuku fics;
• Izuku's cat name is Midori because Hitoshi liked his green fur;
• Izuku has a god complex (kinda);
• Izuku saved Hitoshi from some bullies and followed him home;
• Izuku is All for One and Yoichi's sibling
  > all for one created quirks
  > all for one saw humans as his worthless but entretaining toys while yoichi saw humans as more than just gods' toys
  > he saw them as their mother's creations
  > izuku just didn't care
  > yoichi created one for all, a god's blessing he gave to a human before he died, all for one spent years trying to find his brother's gift
• Hitoshi becomes a vigilante and Izuku joins him;
• Izuku grows attached but he doesn't admit (not out loud anyway);
• Aizawa takes Hitoshi in and gets a grumpy cat as a bonus;
• Izuku won't admit but he is jealous;
• Hitoshi joins Class 1-A just fine 
• During the USJ, Izuku went feral because Shigaraki was hurting Aizawa, and in doing so he hurt Hitoshi;
• Izuku hates seeing Hitoshi sad;
• Hitoshi is the only one who can pet Izuku;
• The Kamino conflict is awkward, for All for One that is;
• Izuku has a sycthe and fire powers (and maybe necromancy);
• His true form resembles a nekomata, but he's not one; 

Chapter 8: sunshine smiles and family bonds

Midoriya Izuku loses his mother to sickness and now, he is more alone than he ever was. He is quite surprised that he wasn't put right in foster care, like what happened with other quirkless kids like him. He just isn't sure he prefers that or staying with Kacchan at the same house.

But instead of going with his aunt and live with Kacchan, he goes to live with the person written on his mother's will, Aizawa Shouta, a name he has never heard in his life.

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or: Izuku learns how to live with a present dad while Shouta tries parenthood for the first time.

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• Aizawa bio dad!AU;
• Izuku is 6-7ish;
• Izuku knows, from an extent, that Hisashi isn't his bio dad because they don't look alike at all
  > Hisashi has brown hair and red eyes and squared features, while Inko has green hair and dark eyes, round features
  > Izuku has dark green and black hair, green eyes, freckles and round features
• Yes, Aizawa has freckles, but they only show during the summer;
• Inko was sick but she hid the sickness from Izuku until it was too late;
• Hisashi left when Izuku was 4;
• After her excuse of a husband left, Inko had to work more. The stress aggravated her sickness;
• When Inko died, Mitsuki took Izuku while things were getting resolved, as Izuku's godparent, she was sure she would get his custody
  > when was revealed Izuku would go to Aizawa, she was mad because Aizawa never showed up and she was more adapt to take care of her nephew
  > The court didn't care about where Izuku would go, since he was quirkless, he was a "waste of their time" because they could be helping kids with more important cases, they were just following the regulamentations so they wouldn't do more job than the extreme necessary
• When Mitsuki took Izuku to Aizawa, he recognized him as Eraserhead and was in shock, because apparently, his mother and auntie knew a pro hero??
• It's a very soft story focused on hurt/comfort and fluffy;

Backstory time:

• Ok, so Inko went to U.A. along with Mitsuki;
• To make sense, Aizawa is a bit older than he is in canon, so when he meets Inko they're 17-18 but before the graduation;
• Inko got pregnant but never told Aizawa because she knew he wanted to be a hero and she was afraid of his reaction (be mad or abandon his dream);
• Inko was forced to leave school because of her parents and had to marry Hisashi;
• Mitsuki never knew about this and thought Aizawa left Inko to fend herself;
• Aizawa was clueless about the whole thing (if not a bit heartbroken when he read Inko's will letter for him after he took Izuku);

*ps: i know it doesn't make sense because aizawa isolated himself after oboro's death, but remember: this is just a silly concept

Chapter 9: tainted silver lining

When Izuku wakes up under the bridge and sees All Might flying away, he knows something went wrong.

Because he was supposed to be dying under Shigaraki's feet.

Now, stuck in the past and without any way to get One for All again, Izuku must try to fix the future through less-than-legal means and figure out how to become a quirkless hero.

Plan V it is, then.

At least he's not completely alone.

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Midoriya is tired of being nice.

Shinsou is done with the universe's bullshit.

An understanding is reached.

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• Shinsou is a foster kid
  > he was adopted by Aizawa during the first timeline
• Even though they are on good terms and grew relatively close during their vigilante shenanigans, Shinsou still has some prejudices toward Midoriya;
• They work it out;
• Izuku doesn't have One for All anymore, and he feels incomplete (and useless);
• Hitoshi and Izuku decide they're fine with sacrificing their dreams of being heroes and their morality if their loved ones are safe and alive;
• They wreck shit and kill All for One, Dr. Kyudai, and Overhaul;
• They save Eri and give her to Aizawa;
• They incapacitate Shigaraki and Stain, and destroy the MLA and the Shie Hassaikai;
• They give Kurogiri to Nedzu and a few tips about Endeavor;
• Since there's no League, Toga, Spinner, Mr. Compress, Twice, and Magne don't become more "dangerous";
• Hitoshi can't talk to Aizawa (too painful memories, and he can't face the fact he'll never see the dad he knew again), so Izuku talks for both of them when they meet on the rooftops;
• Izuku misses Yagi a lot;
• After they figure their shit together, Izuku invites Hitoshi to live with him since his foster home sucks and Inko is never at home;
• Canon never happens;

Non-confirmed stuff:

• Maybe Izuku and Hitoshi go to U.A. but as Gen. Ed. students;
• To keep an eye close on their old friends but they don't interact;
• Maybe since All for One died (for good), One for All disappears leaving behind a very confused Toshinori, Nighteye, and Mirio;

Chapter 10: don't ask for permission if you want to change the world

Prometheus is a villain. At least, that's what the HPSC says.

Prometheus has been destroying the careers of corrupted pro-heroes ever since a terrible day changed his life for the worse.
Prometheus is a persona, a symbol of justice in a world surrounded by lies and corruption of the people who were supposed to protect them.

After a slip, Prometheus is finally revealed as Midoriya Izuku, a quirkless kid who lives alone without supervision. Nedzu, interested in this kid, forces Izuku to be enrolled at Yuuei, his former dream school, and to stay under the care of Eraserhead for safety measures.

And that would have been a lot less complicated if the leader of the League of Villains didn't set his eyes on Izuku, the perfect candidate for his crew, and if Izuku accepted the new chance he didn't want.

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• DAFPIYWTCTW is inspired by Change: Genesis (YoonJae20), Stick to the Database, Trust Falls (EmbeddinAmber), Desperately Departing (Saavaage), Black Rabbit (TheFoggyLondonView), and Datastream (TarynMcT)
  > it's another version of "What it means to be redeemed". Another AU of mine
• Izuku isn't a villain. People think he is one because his target is the hero society's corruption, more specifically, the pro-heroes
  > he is like Stain but without the murder part
• Izuku is morally ambiguous and a little shit;
• Izuku doesn't want to be a hero anymore, but Nedzu thinks he can change that
  > also, he knew if the HPSC put their hands on the kid, something really bad would happen
  > hence making Aizawa babysit izuku
• Hizashi and Shouta are married, so Izuku lives with both of them;
• Izuku and Aizawa light-hearted hate each other (not hate, but they annoy each other all the time);
• When Prometheus was arrested, Izuku's name was leaked, but his appearance was a secret because Nedzu managed to erase his picture before it got on the air
  > Bakugou is hella confused
• Hawks lowkey admires Prometheus, even though he wasn't supposed to;
• Izuku managed to put Endeavor under investigation and suspension of his license, but he isn't arrested yet
  > Shouto and Fuyumi stay with the Yaoyorozu family for a while (Natsuo is in college)
  > Natsuo, Dabi, and Shouto are ecstatic with this since they hate their dad
• Stain considers Izuku a true hero, just like All Might;
• Izuku hacks and has a lot of analysis notebooks;
• Some kids in U.A like him and others hate him, which is fine for him, even if they harass or bully him. He doesn't care;
• Shigaraki and All for One want Izuku so badly to join the League
  > even if Izuku doesn't agree with their methods or doesn't want to be a villain, they still want him
• Izuku also takes down criminal groups, but he informs only the police, not the heroes;
• Izuku and Hatsume just click when they meet each other;
• Izuku also helps train Shinsou when he declares war against class 1-A;
• Prometheus used to stream games most of the time
  > one of the reasons why Shigaraki wants Izuku in the League
• Nedzu and Izuku played online chess together before
• Izuku is very tiny and thin for a kid of his age
  > Izuku uses the profits he makes during the streams, but in the beginning, he was used to not eating to pay for his equipment
  > he really didn't care about his own mental and physical health;

Backstory time:

• Inko was a vigilante when Izuku was younger;
• A hero almost killed her and didn't care because she was a "criminal";
• It was in the middle of the day, and Izuku was going home when this happened;
• He stopped to see the fight, thinking it would be cool;
• Izuku saw the hero take the vigilante's mask off, and he realized it was his mom;
• He tried to reach her, but the police standing by took him away;
• Inko died before the medics could arrive at the hospital;
• He started to hate heroes;
• Izuku was taken to foster care;
• He stayed there until he got tired of being abused and ran away;
• Sometime later, Prometheus debuts and gains a lot of popularity;
• Before canon happens, Izuku finally wins Nedzu at chess, and he gets curious and tries to find the kid;
• He finds him and makes a deal with Tsukauchi -- let Izuku be in U.A.'s custody and Nedzu will give him Prometheus' location;
• Tsukauchi accepts, and they arrest Izuku;

Chapter 11: even a worm will turn

Aizawa Shouta is supposed to be quirkless.

When you are treated almost like a second citizen or like dust under society's shoes, you start trying to do whatever it takes to fix what's wrong with yourself, and suddenly, you are walking with the wrong people and making a deal with the devil.

Aizawa Shouta has erasure, but his toe joint says otherwise.

Mistakes are made, but who's to say there is only one sinner?

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Quirkless Aizawa meets All for One at 13 and is forever in debt.

This changes lots of things, including his relationship with one Midoriya Izuku.

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• In the quirkless community, All for One is almost like a cautionary tale;
• Aizawa hears about him and, like any tired and angry teenager, decides to find the guy and ask for a quirk;
• Aizawa becomes a hero and All for One's mole for the future;
• After Oboro's death, Aizawa finds out about the nomufication and tries to fight All for One, but the man taunts him ("who are you going to tell? the heroes, shouta-kun?")
• By All for One's orders, Aizawa brought Tenko to All for One;
• When All Might starts to work at U.A., All for One uses his deal with Shouta to make him a spy;
• After this, Aizawa slowly starts to drift off from his friends;
• Shigaraki likes to taunt Aizawa about his traitor status;
• When Izuku shows up at school with One for All and Aizawa notices the signs, he panics because he thinks Izuku made a deal with All for One;
• Aizawa asked to change his shoe design to black and erase the signs of primordial shoes, just in case. Izuku didn't, so it was more noticeable for Aizawa;
• Izuku is so confused when his teacher starts to offer him quirk training and says he's there if Izuku needs someone to talk to;
• Izuku breaks fewer bones because of it;
• Izuku is still wary because teachers never liked (or helped) him in the past, but Aizawa seems to be the only one who can understand him;
• It probably ends in angst;

 

Chapter 12: prepare for trouble (and make it double)

Izuku and Hitoshi pretend to be the same vigilante, Dioscuri, for years.

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Little did Eraserhead know he has two chaotic problem children instead of just one.

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• Hitoshi and Izuku know Mei
  > Izuku works at the same workshop as her and is kind of her apprentice
  > they also commission a lot from her
  > she knows they are vigilantes, but they never confirmed because of plausible deniability
• Izuku uses modified high boots so he can be the same height as Hitoshi;
• No one in the precinct knows Dioscuri's quirk since they have a lot of equipment to fake quirks
  > almost everyone in the underground thinks they have multiple quirks like a certain myth
  > that certainly scared Tsukauchi to death and interested All for One
• Dioscuri uses they/them pronouns to reference the fact they are two people, but everyone thinks they are non-binary;
• Both Hitoshi and Izuku have voice modifier modulators so they can use the same voice;
• Every time one acts like Dioscuri, there is another one hiding as a secret backup, just in case, and they make sure to look like a clone quirk;
• Dioscuri is really famous, thanks to the internet
  > the underground's forums are crazy for them
  > and they were known for being very neutral unless you deserved it
• They fooled almost everyone for five years 
  > except for somehow, Todoroki, who was very active in the forums and made a theory about it
  > no one believed 
• They use domino masks
  > they make sure to only show their eyes so they can't be recognized

Chapter 13: the world is a dark place (under my wing you will be safe)

When Izuku is 7-year-old, he gets a best friend and brother.

When Hitoshi is 7-year-old, he settles and never lets go.

If asked, Midoriya Inko has two sons, blood or not.

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I like Aizawa Shouta Adopts Shinsou Hitoshi, but I think Mamadoriya deserves to shine.

So, I gave her a foster license.

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• After many bad placements, Hitoshi grows bitter and thinks he'll never find a place to call home;
• When Inko fosters Hitoshi, she recognizes some signs since she has fostered before and has seen some cases of abused children;
• She's a lawyer in this;
• Izuku is ecstatic to have Hitoshi, since he likes the idea of having a sibling, but Inko advises him to keep distance so Hitoshi doesn't overwhelm and to not ask about his quirk because Inko suspects it's a touchy subject;
• They don't say anything about Izuku's quirklessness because Izuku is afraid Hitoshi would hate him;
• Hitoshi and Izuku share a room;
• When there's no threats of muzzles or other things, Hitoshi thinks it's because they don't know what his quirk is;
• Hitoshi is transferred to Aldera;
• One of the teachers forces Hitoshi to reveal his quirk, and while some of his peers start to treat him badly, Izuku continues to follow him around;
• hitoshi: *surprised pikachu face*
• When they go home, Izuku reveals they already knew about his quirk and Hitoshi asks why Inko never did anything about it;
• Inko calmly explains that she wouldn't muzzle him or anything like that;
• Izuku is horrified;
• When Hitoshi sees Izuku being bullied for the first time, he tries to scare them away but Bakugou laughs at Hitoshi's face and taunts him for defending Deku;
• Bakugou "accidentally" reveals Izuku is quirkless;
• Hitoshi doesn't give a fuck about it;
• The kids start to bond more (Hitoshi is bewildred that Izuku has Eraserhead merch)
• Hitoshi slowly adapts living with the Midoriyas, even if he thinks it's temporary;
• Inko is so happy Izuku and Hitoshi get along well;

A mother's worry:

• Later, Hitoshi reveals he wants to be a hero, Izuku is the first to support him;
• Inko is hesitant but also supports him;
• Izuku says they'll be both heroes;
• This opens a can of worms;
• Inko wasn't sure Izuku could be one because of his quirklessness and that it was very dangerous for him;
• Even though Izuku wants to be one, he always seek for validation because no one (not even his mom) truly believes he can be a hero; 
• Inko thinks he doesn't know her opinions, but he does;
• Hitoshi believes Izuku can be one;
• Hitoshi doesn't think it's fair Inko believes he can be a hero but she can't believe her son can;
• Inko tries to explain him, however Hitoshi is not easily convinced and, while he's afraid of arguing with his foster parent (that never ended well), Izuku is his best friend and he would be a terrible friend if he didn't say anything;
• It's not like she doesn't worry for Hitoshi, she does, but Hitoshi has a quirk to defend himself;
• She is a good parent but even moms have their faults;
• Hitoshi kindly but firmly opens her eyes about her worries and that Izuku is just as capable as him; 
• Inko doesn't change her opinion abruptly but she slowly get used to the idea that Izuku is not changing his mind;
• And, besides, they will be heroes together, they will protect each other, and she'll always be there to worry and wait for them to come home;

Aldera's case:

• "Why Inko didn't open a case against Aldera?" She tried, but it didn't work because few would support a quirkless kid against bullying;
• Inko saw her son's bruises and talked to the school about it;
• It didn't work and Izuku started to hide the bullying to not worry his mom; 
• And because he knew every school would be like Aldera, it wasn't worth to transfer;
• Inko notices (because she knows when her baby is hurt) and doesn't confront him about that, but helps him with the bruises; 
• When Izuku tells him about it, Hitoshi doesn't like it, but he understands Izuku's reasoning; 
• Inko wished there was at least one school that would be kind to her boys. Just one ;

The Adoption:

• One day, Hitoshi's social worker comes to take Hitoshi;
• Hitoshi is sad but resigned;
• Izuku is heartbroken and hugs Hitoshi;
• He doesn't let go;
• The social worker gets impatient and nastily tries to grab Hitoshi and separate him from Izuku;
• Inko doesn't hesitate to stop her and declares she will adopt Hitoshi;
• The social worker is clearly shocked and awkwardly tries to convince her to not do it; 
• She tries to tell Inko Hitoshi is a villain-in-making;
• Inko is furious and tells her with all the words that she knows what she's doing and that she can easily open a case against the social worker for quirk descrimination;
• Mamadoriya is scary;
• The social worker guarantees she'll start the paperwork and hastily leaves;
• Hitoshi is happy but also confused and worried because now Inko won't receive governament money anymore;
• Inko cries a little and kindly tells Hitoshi she doesn't care about the money. He is one of her sons, regardless of blood or quirk;
• Hitoshi, Izuku and Inko spend the afternoon together watching All Might movies. They are still shaken, but now, Hitoshi sleeps knowing he will never leave; 

The Sludge Villain incident:

• It starts like the same;
• Since it doesn't make sense that he can possess two people at the same time, the sludge villian only possesses Izuku;
• Hitoshi is too panicked to use his quirk and tries to break Izuku free;
• His hands get stuck in the sludge;
• When All Might saves them, Hitoshi desperately tries to wake Izuku up;
• All Might tries to help (like he did to canon). Hitoshi stops him and forces him to call an ambulance;
• He does, and tries to leave but Hitoshi grips his clothes, angrily telling he can't leave because Izuku is a victim and heroes need to stay with the victim;
• However, like in canon, All Might is at the limit and he can't reveal his true form to a random middle schooler;
• So, with a guilty heart, he pries Hitoshi off and leaves;
• Hitoshi stays alone under the bridge, waiting for an ambulance and for his brother to wake up;
• Inko is called to the hospital and frets over them;
• Hitoshi relutantly tells her what happens and Inko tells him how brave he was. Hitoshi sobs;
• When Izuku wakes up, Inko kisses his forehead and finally cries;
• After Inko goes away to talk to the doctors, Hitoshi tells Izuku what happens;

This is all I have for now. 

Chapter 14: under the red lights

It's 2065. The laws of Meta Regulation were recently declared, and Japan is on the edge of a civil war.

Those who have Meta-Abilities are revolting against the government, and terrorist attacks are all over the country. A great portion of the Metas are ostracized and considered too dangerous to keep living, so they try to survive by any means, including breaking the law. That motivates a group of individuals who want to protect and help those in need.

Before the heroes, there were vigilantes.

And before the Limelight, there was the Underground.

---

When Cloud 9, a famous vigilante in the local community, goes missing, Soundwave, an elusive criminal, contacts an informant to find him.

Sounds simple, right?

Well, Izuku --better known as Mouse -- begs to differ.

---

• Could say is inspired by Ketterdam, Six of Crows; District 3, Katana Zero; Zawn, Arcane; and the Red District, The Red Strings Club;
• Musutafu is the youngest city in Japan, popularly nicknamed the Pandemonium
  > also it is one of the cities with a big concentration of metas
  > the crime rates are high, especially in the red district, the lowest part of the city
  > people who live there are named downers
• Izuku is an informant named Mouse;
• Quirks are called Meta-abilities;
• The HSPC is a government program to deal with the metas 
  > they also kidnap metas 
•  All for One created a cult 
  > Shirigaki is still his apprendice
  > the meta-liberation army is somewhat allied with All for One
• Kurogiri owns a neutral-ground bar where most of the characters stay;
• Bakugou, Oboro, Shinsou, Yaoyorozu and Kirishima are vigilantes;
• Kaminari is a hacker and Jirou is an informant;
• Uraraka, Mic, Hagakure, Compress, and Sero are thieves;
• Aizawa, Kayama, Yagi, Tsukauchi, and some other heroes are part of the police
  > shouta and nemuri are cop partners 
  > they are all quirkless except for Tsukauchi, who pretends to be excellent at lie detection through body language (but it's just his quirk)
• Somehow, Aizawa and Midoriya (because of Yamada) were investigating Oboro's disappearance at the same time;
• Jirou and Izuku like to gossip a lot;
• Oboro was kidnapped by the HSPC;
• Izuku gets caught in the crossfire and discovers the skeletons in the government's closet;
• Maybe he finds the existence of Hawks and they both team up to kick the Commission's ass;

 

I don't have much plot-wise, but I have a lot about the characters.

I created a more heart-warming version of Under the Red Lights (with slight changes) named Barman's Guide for Apprentices. Probably I'll change the title and will publish it later.

Chapter 15: game over (i didn't choose to restart)

Izuku decides it's finally enough and falls from the same building All Might crushed his dreams. It's not like people would miss him, and besides, he will finally be able to rest. His mom would be free of having a quirkless son, and Kacchan may explode fireworks when the news comes.

Well, there is just a problem, Izuku technically died, but... he is alive

What a wonderful joy! When he finally gives up, the universe doesn't let him. Death is certainly a strange concept.

So what does Izuku do? He starts saving people, of course! If he couldn't have been a hero without a quirk, now that he has one, he can! Of course, illegally, because he is pretty sure he was declared dead.

Now he also has the advantage that he can't die, so he isn't afraid of shit! Everything can hit him now.

Of course, in Izuku's journey to be a "not-vigilante," there would be nosy people, and it happens to be fricking Eraserhead.

How can you kindly ask one of your favorite heroes to fuck off?

---

• Izuku commits suicide after he saves Bakugou from the Sludge Villain
• Izuku has claustrophobia because he was buried "alive" and had to dig with his own hands to get out;
• The Bakugous showed up at his funeral, but Inko didn't
  > Katsuki deeply regrets it
• Inko wasn't a present mother, being neglectful, so Izuku was pretty much on his own when he was alive
  > when he died, Inko left the apartment
• Izuku's skin is cold and pale
  > his quirk makes him starved
  > he does need to sleep but doesn't tire easily and requires fewer sleep hours, except after he uses his quirk
• Izuku becomes an adrenaline junk
• Since he can't die, Izuku is more reckless and self-sacrificial
  > he still uses his head to study his opponents, but if he needs to die, then so it be
  > *Eraserhead concerned noises*
• Izuku makes a lot of death jokes, which doesn't help his situation;
• Izuku almost scared the shit out of Aizawa because one day, he passed out of alcoholic comatose. and the other thought he was dead
  > well, he was, but...
  > it was a fun night to izuku
  > it definitively wasn't for Aizawa though
• Dabi and Izuku met when they were buying hair-dye
  > Dabi is a vigilante, not a hero

Chapter 16: rebirth, regrowth

Izuku has been a vigilante for more than a year, ever since his life changed for the worse and he found himself alone, forced to grow up much earlier than he was supposed to be.

After multiple meetings with a certain pro-hero, Izuku is forced to face his own emotions, learn how to trust again, and, maybe, finally answer his question.

Can he still be happy after everything?

---

• Izuku has been a vigilante for a year after he was rejected by U.A's school board;
• Izuku's vigilante name is Bug;
• Bakugou almost killed Izuku, one day after the Sludge Incident because of how Izuku made him look 'weak' and to teach him a lesson to stop looking down at him and stop pretending to be a hero
  > an unknown hero (Ingenium) found Izuku bleeding in an alley and took him to the hospital after fighting the hospital staff because of their quirkist treatment, that's the reason why Izuku is alive
• Izuku is hard of hearing
  > this makes his vigilante work difficult, since he doesn't have the money to pay for hearing aids, but he still tries
• In this universe, Bakugou receives One for All because life isn't fucking fair;
• With the League's attacks, Aizawa is busy protecting his class, giving opportunity enough to Izuku learn by himself how to become a vigilante;
• Izuku used to go to a normal high school, but he was expelled (because of discrimination) and just never enrolled in another one
  > he's now trying to find a second job
• Izuku sold all of his hero merch to gain money;
• Izuku works in a pharmacy
  > previously, Izuku lived in his childhood apartment using the money his mom left for him and the money he got from selling all of his hero merch, but the taxes got higher (consequences of the villain attacks) and weren't enough to sustain himself, so he had to find a job
  > his payment was lower than a normal employee's because 1. Izuku is a teen, and 2. he is quirkless
  > he moved to a cheaper apartment in the lower district and started patrolling around the area. At the same time, Aizawa started patrolling in the lower district to find the rest of the league. That's when both meet each other. This happens two months before the end of the year
• Izuku meets Dabi sometimes because he comes to the pharmacy to buy hair dye and burn-cream
  > Izuku always makes sure to add bandages or energetic jellybeans (because Dabi always looks ready to pass out)
• Izuku's vigilante persona is well-known in the clandestine clinics, where they treat the outcasts;
• Izuku had to learn by himself how to do parkour, how to fight hand-by-hand, how to build gadgets, etc, but at the cost of his hands, some broken bones, multiple concussions, multiple broken bones, and other injuries
  > his training for the U.A entrance exam helped him learn, but it still was hard as fuck
• Izuku didn't have time to truly grieve his mother's departure because he had to focus on trying to find a way to sustain himself without help and his vigilante work
  > he had a problem with repressing emotions since his childhood, with the bullying, his mother's neglect, and everything in between
• Izuku has implied he has suicidal tendencies, even if unconsciously 
  > Izuku also is afraid of people trying to catch him because being a vigilante is the only way he can be a hero, and if he isn't a hero, he can't be anything else, and he will die
• Izuku has sleeping problems;
• Izuku is trying to not trust Eraser, while Aizawa just wants to put this kid in his class (and maybe give him a blanket, or coffee, or even a hug)
  > Aizawa always says Izuku has potential and that he would be great in the hero course, but Izuku always deflects or just ignores it, because it's painful
  > deep down, Izuku, besides being scared of destroying his only chance because he trusted a hero, is afraid Eraser is like everyone else, so he keeps his status close to his heart
• Todoroki never had a reason to use his fire;
• Izuku saved Ingenium's life after finding Stain by accident and convincing him Ingenium was a good hero
  > Tensei still had to be in a wheelchair, but only temporally

I created a playlist for this AU: rebirth, regrowth

Chapter 17: the abyss gazes also into you

"Why do you want to help me? I'm a villain," the boy said, his voice hoarse from disuse. Because that's what he was, just a boy, regardless of the pitch black covering his face and his many eyes staring at Nedzu, making his fur stand like prey against a predator.

"I think you made a mistake..." Nedzu answered, his wide-feral-friendly smile softened, imperceptible for an untrained eye. The boy's eyes never leave him, "and that is alright. Accidents happen. I do not think you are a villain."

"Then I guess you are the only one who thinks otherwise."

---

Midoriya Izuku murdered his mother, Midoriya Inko, and his father, Midoriya Hisashi, in cold blood.

At least, that's what the media said about the gruesome death of the pro-hero Dragon ten years ago, but they couldn't be more wrong.

Izuku, diagnosed as quirkless, manifested a quirk. His quirk? Allow him to intermediate between this reality and the Void, an unknown dimension of darkness and inexplicable entities, through his emotions. Too dangerous to be loose in Japan, the Hero Commission sends Izuku to be locked in Tartarus when he's five years old, away from the outside world.

Years later, Nedzu stumbles into a report about an intriguing prisoner in Tartarus and decides to investigate to quench his boredom.

---

• Izuku calls his quirk "entities" and their dimension "void" or "abyss";
• Izuku at first was diagnosed quirkless, but he manifested his quirk during a fight between his parents
  > Hisashi was abusing Izuku because he was quirkless
  > Inko found out and tried to protect her son
  > Hisashi attacked Inko, and Izuku wanted to protect her. His quirk manifested, and since his emotions were out of control, the entities killed both Inko and Hisashi
• In this universe, Midoriya Hisashi was a pro-hero named Dragon
  > Hisashi was a daylight hero, so that's why the case appeared in the news, painting Izuku as a villain and a cold-blooded killer because of his quirk
• In Tartarus, they were testing and experimenting on Izuku's quirk since it was a portal to another dimension. It was not fun
  > when Nedzu discovered this, he was enraged
• Izuku is used to staying still in the same position
  > he is relatively small than the other kids of his age
• He used to write letters for his favorite heroes in crayons, asking for help;
• Erasure doesn't stop Izuku's quirk from working, but it scares the entities for some reason
  > that's why Aizawa is "fostering" him.
• Izuku is completely silent when he's not talking
  > he scared Aizawa many times because he couldn't hear Izuku's footsteps
• The entities are sentient, but most of the time, they reflect Izuku's emotions and states of being. However, they can use his body for their own will if Izuku is unaware or out of control;
• Most people are uneasy and wary of Izuku because the entities activate people's fight-or-flight instincts and, of course, because Izuku was accused of being a villain on live television;
• Izuku is touch-starved and socially awkward;
• Because of their predicament, the HSPC hired "nannies" to take care of Izuku's education and document everything that happened outside of their experiments (most of them weren't kind) (some of them died);
• The entities are focused on protecting their intermediate because it's their only way to manifest inside reality;
• Parental Nedzu is strong in this;
• Aizawa was terrified at first, but now he's learning to get used to it;
• Izuku always suffers from guilty about the Accident and has no sense of worth;
• Izuku has to learn how to smile again (like Eri);

Emotions and Manifestations:

• Anger: Wild tentacles;
• Sadness: A hole covers his face. You can't see anything but pitch black. There's a waterfall of tears leaking through it if Izuku is crying;
• Hunger/Starvation: Petal face. Too many teeth;
• Happy/Neutral: Normal face;
• Anxiety: Eyes following him around;
• Curiosity/Vigilance: Multiple eyes, each full of concentric circles, on his body (do not confuse it with anxiety). He's covered in darkness like he's just a shadow/silhouette;
• Self-doubt/Guilty: A person-like shadow appears behind Izuku and seems to be choking him;
• Meltdown/Overwhelm: Black glitching form;
• Threat/Intimidation: Rupture on his face. Open his mouth inhumanly more, showing more teeth;
• Lying: Shadow-like tentacles seem to enter his mouth. Izuku doesn't seem affected by it;
• Fear: He's covered in darkness like he's just a shadow/silhouette (do not confuse it with curiosity/vigilance), and it looks like he's melting. Normally only one of his eyes is showing;

First version:

• Nedzu learns about Izuku ten years after the Accident. So Izuku is 15 years old;
• He manages to make a deal with the Commission to put Izuku under probation order so if he graduates, he gets to be free;
• More plot-focused;
• Tokoyami and Dark Shadow are Izuku's first friends;
  > They call Izuku "Void Touched,"
• Bakugou is afraid, but he shows it through anger (not cool);
• Class 1-A is conflicted;
• All for One is interested (and creepy);
• Izuku is ecstatic and terrified because he doesn't want to mess up again;
• After his classmates tentatively start to interact with Izuku more (probably during the dorms arc), Kaminari is bewildered by Izuku's limited knowledge about pop culture in general and tries to show him everything;
• All Might finds Izuku an endearing child (if a bit strange) when he sees Izuku following Aizawa and Nedzu around like a lost duckling. He will admit that when Nedzu told them Izuku would be a student, Toshinori was wary because of the whole Accident, but he can't exactly believe it anymore when Izuku is introduced to the teachers;
• Izuku suffers a bit of bullying from other courses students, but Nedzu takes care of it :).
• When Eri is rescued, she and Izuku are glued together. She follows Izuku everywhere;

Second version:

• Nedzu learns about Izuku three years after the Accident. So Izuku is 8 years old;
• He manages to make a deal with the Commission to put Izuku under probation order;
• Aizawa awkwardly tries to teach Izuku how to be a normal kid;
• Nedzu is a recurring guest at Aizawa's house (Aizawa doesn't even try to stop him);
• It's more fluffy and domestic rather than plot-wise;
• "Sometimes a family is a human disaster of a dad, the most intelligent being in the world, and an eldritch kid who can talk to dark entities (and, of course, a cool DJ uncle and the best aunt)."

Chapter 18: laundrymats and midnight talks

Midoriya Izuku has a mom. She's just always at work. Yes, she will pay the rent, and yes, he's doing well at school. No, his classmates are not bothering him, he's just clumsy and is an attention-seeker. No, he won't try for the U.A. exam, and he doesn't patrol the neighborhood to save people. He's just a useless Deku, and he's fine with that.

Shinsou Hitoshi is doing well at his foster home. No, his foster parents aren't wasting the government money on expensive stuff and neither in travels around the world. No, he doesn't live alone most of the time, and, yes, his teachers are very good for even letting him watch the classes with a quirk of his being close to their students. And no, he doesn't walk around the city at midnight to see cute strays, no sir.

---

• Inspired @theodore.ld tiktoks: here
• (i know it's about dabi and izuku, but hitoshi is there too);
• It's mostly two sad kids creating a friendship and trying to survive against all the hardships of the world;
• Izuku and Hitoshi meet multiple times at a laundrymat and awkwardly don't say anything;
• Until Hitoshi sees Izuku's customized Eraserhead pin and he thought he was really cool;
• As much as I love dadzawa and he appears sometimes, it's not dadzawa focused;
• Dabi makes random appearances because I also enjoy Big Brother Dabi;
• Not plot, just vibes 

Hitoshi:

• Hitoshi is a foster kid with many bad experiences in foster care, but instead of abusive, his foster parents are neglectful;
• His foster parents use the money the government gives them to take care of Hitoshi and spend it with expensive stuff and travels around the world;
• At first, Hitoshi loved the prospect of living by himself, but soon enough, it became a lot to take care of a house with almost no money;
• He works little jobs around the neighbourhood so he can eat;
• His house is without energy;
• So he uses a laundrymat to do laundry;
• He also likes to stroll at midnight (because of insomnia) to see cats;
• He met Aizawa when they both saw the same cat. Aizawa noticed Hitoshi walking around and lying through his teeth when asked about his parents. He also saw the bruises (from bullies);
• (Aizawa is worried);

Izuku:

• Inko never stays home, but sends money sometimes;
• One of the reasons why Izuku is in the denial about his mom being a bad parent;
• Izuku lies a lot;
• Izuku sold most of his hero merch and also does little jobs (not around his neighbourhood, because everyone knows he's quirkless);
• Izuku accidentally became a vigilante;
• He doesn't do that on purpose;
• His laundry machine broke and it was easier to use a laundrymat instead of buying a new laundry machine;
• Izuku knows Aizawa and they ocasionally meeting during patrols. And he noticed Izuku is very skittish;
• (Aizawa is worried²);

 

Chapter 19: the end as we know

Midoriya Izuku is the only survivor of the 1-A Class after All for One takes over Japan. All of his (family) friends are gone and he can't use One for All anymore. The future is a mess of ashes and destruction. Izuku and Tenko are the only survivors of the fallout and they discover something that can fix everything.

Unfortunately, things never work and Izuku is sent to the past alone, with the weight of the world on his shoulders once again. He won't fail this time.

---

• Another time traveler!Izuku;
• When Izuku ran away during his vigilante arc, the villains under All for One's orders kidnapped him 
  > All for One wanted Izuku because of the one for all
  > yes, Izuku was tortured to the point all for one broke OFA and rendered Izuku practically quirkless again
  > Izuku didn't bend to All for One wishes but he paid a price
• All for One betrayed Shigaraki by stealing decay and almost killing him
  > in their fight, Shigaraki lost an ear and has a scar that goes from his mouth and crosses his cheek, he also became blind in one eye because of a Nomu
• The League and the whole Class 1-A died
• After his betrayal, Shigaraki uses his real first name, Tenko
  > he disowned Shigaraki Tomura and the Shimura surname
• Theme song: As The World Caves In - Matt Maltese;
• Playlist
• Tenko and Izuku have a rough start because of their previous conflicts and Izuku's grief;
• Tenko had a hard time grasping his mentor betrayed him;
• Inspired by Viridian (SilvermistAnimeLover);

Chapter 20: sun flames and hunter's blood (demon slayer au)

When Izuku is eight years old, his mom dies neither to a villain nor a disaster, but to a horrifying supernatural creature, and he goes living with a strange old man who insists that he knew his dad, who disappeared years ago.

Instead of becoming a pro-hero, Izuku trails another path, a more dangerous one, and becomes something else. While still saving people, of course.

---

• A Demon Slayer crossover AU, somewhat;
• Izuku belongs to the Kamado bloodline on his father's side
  > his father was a demon slayer
• Hisashi disappeared when Izuku was five
  > Izuku thought he left because of his quirklessness even when his mother told him that wasn't true
• Inko died when a demon tried to attack Izuku
  > she gave him her wisteria necklace
• Gran Torino was a demon slayer and knew Hisashi
  > he adopted Izuku after learning Inko died to honor his friend's legacy, and started to train him
• Izuku inherited his father's earrings;
• Izuku trained in the same place Urokodaki trained Tanjirou;
• Izuku uses Water Breathing, Thunder Breathing, and Sun Breathing;
• Izuku is fairly known and respected by the demon slayers, especially from the countryside;

World Building:

• Ths breathing styles are difficult to skill for quirked people since quirkless people created the breathing styles
  > quirkless demon slayers, even if rare, are more skilled
• Tsukauchi knows the demon slayers since he is also a Kakushi (there is a whole department in the police for the clean up and erasing any indication of demon slayers' involvement);
• The only ones who can become demon slayers are the traditional families (families who passed the dances/breathing styles);
• Quirkless demon slayers work more in the countryside because they don't suffer discrimination;
• There is a small reunion point for demon slayers in every province of Japan, in Musutafu and Hosu, there are a restaurant and a coffee shop respectively;
• The demon slayers have a kind of radar to track demoniac activity;
• The Hatsume family is a family of Nichirin blade's blacksmith;
• Ms. Joke, Sir Nighteye, Gran Torino are demon slayers, along with other heroes;
•  Fumikage knows the Shadow Breathing dance but he wasn't trained to become a demon slayer;
• Todoroki Rei's family side are demon slayers. Her uncle is a Hashira;
• Shimura Nana was a demon slayer and a Hashira;
• Some Nomus are experiments using demon blood and quirks;

Chapter 21: look for me in the stars (guide me home) (updated draft)

"Sometimes in the dark, Shouta lies awake, slowly recovering from a nightmare, trying to regulate his breathing, and feels a hollow ache inside his chest. Of course, he is used to it, but it never fails to hurt his heart.

Two doors away, there is an empty room with an empty bed, dusty toys, and old posters.

Today, Izuku would be 15 years old.

It never gets easier, Shouta thinks bitterly."

---

Eight years ago, Aizawa Izuku was kidnapped and declared dead. The investigations were useless, and Shouta never was the same again.

Years later, Eraserhead meets Null, and his whole world shatters.

---

• An updated version and fusion between the old draft of this one and another AU of mine called "how to find a family";
• Also based on another AU called "the hybrid's shadow"
• I'll post those someday;
• Izuku manifests Erasure when he's four;
• Hisashi abandons them soon enough;
• Due to personal reasons*, Inko takes Izuku to her sibling's house;
• After a fight, Inko leaves Izuku behind with Aizawa;
• Midoriya Izuku becomes Aizawa Izuku, and Shouta adopts him as a son despite being his nephew;
• Even though he's quite young and relatively new in his career, Shouta harbors Izuku after his mother's abandonment;
• Izuku and Bakugou are still friends even after everyone calls Izuku a villain;
• One day, Izuku is kidnapped, and Shouta snaps;
• They never found Izuku;
• What no one knew is Izuku was kidnapped by All for One and Dr. Kyudai after he found out he had another chance to put his hands on Erasure like he always wanted since Oboro's death;
• Years later, during one of his patrols, Aizawa meets Null, who's a vigilante;
• He doesn't know why, but Null feels familiar;
• Then his new class is targeted by villains and Katsuki is kidnapped;
• Aizawa feels like he's living his nightmare once again;
• Null tries to free Katsuki at the same time the heroes find the League's base;
• On national television, Null comes to All Might's aid and faces one of his worst nightmares;
• Of course, All for One recognizes Null and tries to incapacitate the vigilante before he tries to touch him;
• Null doesn't have much choice other than open his eyes;
• All for One is defeated and Null is arrested;
• Aizawa feels so lost and relief;

Null/Izuku:

• Null was experimented on over and over again;
• He was Dr. Kyudai's personal toy;
• Null's Erasure is supposed to be stronger than Eraserhead's Erasure since it has more reach and can erase more than one quirk(it sucks because it always hurts to open his eyes);
• Null uses a blindfold, so he doesn't open his eyes;
• Dr. Kyudai liked to put Null to fight against his nomus;
• His quirk doesn't only depend on visuals. Null can also nullify quirks by touching people;
• He also uses gloves;
• Null also has a regeneration quirk;
• He was supposed to be a nomu, but Null escaped before Dr. Kyudai could begin the nomufication;
• Technically, Null "killed" Dr.Kyudai so he could escape (he didn't, the asshole is still alive, but Null doesn't know that);
• Null's memories are a bit hazy, but he remembers a little bit about Shouta;
• When he meets Shouta, he doesn't recognize him at first, but when he realizes he has a full panic attack;
• Izuku doesn't tell Shouta about his identity because he's not the same he was before and is afraid Shouta will not accept him back after everything. Izuku is scared Shouta will be disgusted with him;

Aizawa Shouta:

• Shouta grieves for Oboro and Izuku;
• The guy becomes more of a mess than he was before;
• He hasn't spoken to his friends has been years;
• He doesn't teach at U.A., focused on his personal investigation to find Izuku and his patrols;
• Until Nedzu "kindly" coerces him to join his staff next year;
• More like he forced Aizawa to become a teacher;
• Nedzu was Aizawa's mentor during his school years;
• After they meet again at the U.A., Katsuki sometimes slips to Aizawa's new office and stays there for lunch and they don't mention it;
• They don't talk during these, they just coexist in grief;

*Backstory time:

• Inko and Shouta are blood siblings. They used to share the Aizawa surname;
• After Shouta's quirk manifested, he was considered a villain even inside his household;
• Their parents divorced because of his quirk, and their father left them;
• Since Inko is older than Shouta, she left the house after high school;
• Inko still blames Shouta for their family's fallout;
• Shouta grew up neglected by his mother and considered a villain by his sister;
• So when Izuku manifests the same quirk as her sibling, and that makes her husband leave, Inko is furious;

Chapter 22: deception (the art of pretending)

During their whole lives, Izuku and Hitoshi had been told they wouldn't be anything other than a statistic and a villain. Their dreams were shattered, and being a hero became nothing but a tainted memory.

Years later, and with blood on his hands, Izuku lives with the guilty of being a creator of abominations.

And when he looks at the pristine uniform, Hitoshi lives with the guilty of being a wolf in sheep's clothing.

It's never easy.

After their capture, they are offered a chance to redeem themselves and become part of a corrupted system that destroyed many lives. The answer should be simple, but it isn't when they also want to keep Eri safe. And they can't do that alone.

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• Izuku and Hitoshi met Eri much earlier and saved her from Overhaul, putting them in danger in the Underworld until they made a deal with All for One, so no one could reach them
  > Izuku hates that decision but also doesn't regret it if that means keeping Eri safe
• Both of the boys are morally ambiguous and gray
  > their moral compass is what is best for Eri
• They chopped Overhaul's finger off in one of their fights;
• Eri loves her Nii-sans, but she hates it when they get hurt or do bad things;
• While Hitoshi was the League's spy, Izuku was working with The Doctor, unfortunately
  > he had nightmares of seeing the corpses or transforming his siblings into a nomu
• All for One saw Izuku as just a pebble compared to his siblings
  > but his intelligence was very useful
• Izuku analyzed the Sports Festival;
• When the class 1-A had their first English class, Hizashi had a panic attack after he left because he saw Hitoshi's muzzle scars;
• Nedzu made some moves to keep the kids away from their sentence if they were rehabilitated so they could be together;
• Izuku and Hitoshi had to wear a tracker on their legs and live with Eri under Eraserhead and Present Mic's custody;
• During the Summer Camp Attack, Hitoshi saved Kota because he hates seeing children in danger, and Kota has the same age as Eri
  > he just tossed Kota in Aizawa's arms and ran after that
• Sir Nighteye heard about the famous Deku and Siren, who chopped one of Overhaul's fingers off and stole something from him, was at the U.A and went to talk to him to help the investigations
  > he just didn't know Deku and Siren were children and the thing they stole was Eri, who was also a child
  > he is very freaked out because children survived Overhaul

Backstory time:

• Izuku and Hitoshi met when they were young kids
  > Inko shut Izuku out of the house, and Izuku started to wander around the city
  > he found Hitoshi muzzled and hurt in an alley and helped him
• Izuku went missing when he was 11 after his mother almost killed him, and he ran away
  > Inko started drinking and taking more shifts after Hisashi left them because of her son's quirklessness
  > so Izuku didn't see her barely at all, or when he saw her, she would hurt him
  > and to make it worse, he had to endure Bakugou at school
• On the same night, Hitoshi was thrown out of his foster home
  > a parallel between the first time they met when the roles were switched
• They started doing jobs in the underground since they were kids and couldn't find a normal job. Luckily (or unluckily), the underground doesn't care about age or quirks;
• A few years later, Eri tried to escape and found Izuku and Hitoshi;

Chapter 23: what it means to be redeemed

Since this is one of my oldest drafts, it doesn't have a summary.

Maybe I'll reform this one later and make an updated version?

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• Midoriya worked with the LOV and All for One being his protegé with Shigaraki;
• He was their analyst and helped with the Nomu project without knowing about Dr. Kyudai and All for One's plans;
• Dabi was one of the students in the rehabilitation program at the U.A. and became Nedzu's personal secretary after graduation. He was 17 when he entered and graduated at 21;
• U.A. already had part of the dorms because of the rehabilitation program; 
• Aizawa was also part of the rehabilitation program when he was young because of vigilantism;
• Nedzu is currently helping Dabi to get custody of Shouto (since his siblings are already adults) and to let his mother get out of the hospital;
• Dabi was Nedzu's personal student, just like Aizawa was during his school years and Izuku during the rehabilitation program;
• Midoriya turned himself up to the police after learning the truth about the Nomus, and Nedzu got interested in his intelligence and his story;
• Aizawa is the rehabilitation teacher, and Midoriya shares classes with 1-A, except for heroics;
• Midoriya was part of the foster system
  > one of his foster parents was a criminal who encouraged and manipulated Izuku to do quirk analysis and sell them
  > little by little, his mentor made Izuku part of the underground until it was too late
  > and then, his guardian put him to work with All for One and disappeared
  > All for One forced the guy to hand Izuku to him after seeing his intelligence
• Midoriya has therapy sessions;
• Midoriya started to say he was a murderer because of his analysis. Three people died and became the thing that almost killed 1-A in the USJ incident and probably many more;
• Even being a villain/informant, Midoriya still has the desire to protect and help people, even if he represses his emphatic side (because people took advantage of it before);
• Izuku's villain's name was Silver because of his helmet and because he dyed his hair in silver/white;
• All for One makes Izuku see the Hero Society's faults;
• Izuku had an undercut when he started the rehabilitation program;
• During his stay, Midoriya's hair got too long that covered his eyes, so the 1-A girls tried to cut his hair;
• Midoriya wears a lot of black;
• Midoriya and Nedzu play chess sometimes;
• During the Internships, Izuku helped Iida and Todoroki but almost got kidnapped. After that, he needed to wear a tracker;
• Most of the events happen like in canon, but the Overhaul raid and the Summer Training Camp arc switch, so Eri met Midoriya before they went to the summer camp;
• Since Izuku worked with the Shie Hassaikai before, Nedzu recommended Midoriya to Sir Nighteye, who reluctantly accepted;
• Midoriya just participated in the Sports Festival because Aizawa saw he had potential while Izuku was training Shinsou and pressured him ("annoyed me") to join it;

Chapter 24: fly like a bird, sting like a bee

For five years, Izuku has been acting as Midoriya, a vigilante in Musutafu, protecting the people and saving lives. His life isn't great, but his second job makes it better.

At the beginning of the exams for high school, Izuku tries to balance his vigilante duties with his personal life, trying very hard to follow his dream to go to Yuuei, the school for talented kids, while avoiding his mother's wrath and detective Aizawa's advances to arrest him.

When the upbringing of criminals and riots around the city turns his life into a mess, Izuku finds himself struggling to understand he can't save everyone.

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• Inspired by Spider-Man, especifically Peter Parker and Miles Morales, and many Vigilante Izuku fics (including A House Divided Against Itself by BeyondtheClouds777)
• In this universe, quirks are called meta-abilities
  > metas aren't seen in a positive light 
  > a majority of the population isn't meta
• Izuku and Inko's surnames are Akatani, while Izuku's vigilante name is Midoriya
  > midoriya is a reference to his natural green hair
• The League is commanded by All for One and has more members than in canon;
• The Meta Liberation Army exists;
• Yuuei is a school for talented kids
  > and has the same fame as its canon version
  > Nedzu still is the principal but he is a metahuman instead of a quirked animal
• Izuku and Inko don't have a good relationship;
• Aizawa is just a detective really close to lose his sanity
  > think of him as the commissioner gordon or something like that
  > tsukauchi is his partner 
• Izuku inspired his gear and outfit in many comic books (marvel and dc exist);
• Yagi is Izuku's homeroom teacher and like a mentor figure
  > izuku is collecting parental figures left and right to conpensate his lack of a decent one /hj
• Hitoshi and Izuku know each other because they were grouped together to do an assignment 
  > and used to live in the same neighborhood
  > Hitoshi still has brainwashing
• Mutations aren't a thing yet since this is when quirks are starting to be a thing;
• Metas aren't happy with their status in society;
• The HPSC is a governmental program to hunt down metas 
  > Shirakumo almost died because of this but All for One saved him 
  > Shirakumo was Aizawa's childhood friend but he disappeared
  > that's what inspired Aizawa to become a detective
• Dabi manifested a superpower and his father almost killed him
  > Endeavor is a minister 
• Shimura Nana is a minister and she advocates for metas rights;
• Yamada is a teacher at U.A.
• I'm still not sure about Izuku's quirk;

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Chapter 25: the hybrid's shadow

Five years ago, Tsukauchi called Eraserhead to pursue Hybrid, a young vigilante who was after All for One, a myth in the Underground. Tsukauchi, afraid Hybrid would kill himself if they didn't stop him until too late, asked Eraserhead to catch him.

Since then, Aizawa didn't have much success, not when the kid was slippery and hostile towards anyone who tried to arrest him. It took a long time to gain his trust, but Aizawa still feels he is not even close to solving the mystery behind Hybrid.

When the rumors of a dangerous organization start to rise, Eraserhead offers a deal to work together to defeat them and, in the end, Hybrid will need to turn himself in to the police. With this new partnership, Aizawa starts to learn more about why the kid is so reluctant to become a hero.

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• Izuku is 14-15
  > the story begins one month before the entrance exam
• Hybrid starts when he is 9 years old 
  > he was a shadow vigilante, but then he saved a journalist and they wrote an article about him, finally making the police notice him, much to his annoyance
• Izuku's quirks are: Shadow Manipulation, Shapeshifter, Regeneration, Minor Telekinesis, Teeth, Haze Dream and Fire Breathing
  > the reason why izuku didn't became mindless was because izuku's quirk factor can hold multiple quirks, like his grandfather's.
• Izuku's vigilante name, Hybrid, is a reference of his monstrous appearance for the crimminals;
• Izuku and Bakugou knew each other as childhood friends;
• Inko is All for One's daughter
  > she ran away because she discovered he was a villain and left before Izuku was born with her husband
  > she changed hers and Izuku's surname to midoriya
  > years later, Dr. Kyudai alerts All for One about Inko and Izuku and he goes after them
• Midoriya Hisashi was an undeground pro-hero named Dragon
  > All for One went after him to find his daughter and killed him when he didn't budge and stole his quirk
• Izuku is a nomu;
• Izuku has Trypanophobia (fear of needles) and Latrophobia (fear of doctors)
• Izuku didn't set a foot in a hospital since Dr. Kyudai's routine calls
  > he usually treats himself since he has regeneration
• Izuku's appearance is completely made up since he doesn't remember his original body
  > izuku's natural hair was dark green, but it became white after the physical and emotional stress he went through as a child
  > if he stops using shapeshifter, izuku's original form appears to be a distorced shadow since izuku's body was destroyed
• Izuku has nasty visible scars;
• Izuku has been homeless since he escaped the lab;
• Izuku has a radio that catches the police's radio frequency 
  > he also hears present mic's radio show
• Tsukauchi was very much worried about Hybrid when they discovered he was a kid and was after All for One (the same guy who hurt Toshinori);
• Izuku has his notebooks but they are encrypted (there are 32 in general, with catalogued villains as well)
  > the notebooks are more about quirks than heroes, but there are some profiles if izuku finds someone interesting
• Midoriya Izuku was declared dead;
• Izuku thinks of himself as a monster, hence why he has no self-regard of himself
  > and no self-preservation because of his regeneration quirk
  > Izuku hates looking at himself in the mirror
• When Izuku finally turns himself in, as his part of the truce, Aizawa kindly forces Izuku to live with him
  > of course, Hizashi was very eager to met the kiddo
  > Izuku hates that he is invading their personal space even though Eraser always remarks that he isn't
  > Nedzu, who was really excited to meet chimera, let him move in the dorms with aizawa and yamada
  > he also allowed Izuku to watch every classes he wanted because izuku wasn't an official student and hadn't been in school for years
• Izuku and Yagi are wary of each other
  > Yagi isn't used to kids like Izuku and because this kid is his nemesis' grandson who also has multiple quirks, and was trained to kill him
  > Izuku, on other hand, is because all of the suffering he (and Tenko) went through was to kill all might, and he is naturally wary of everyone except Aizawa
• All for One burned Inko's apartment down and kidnapped Izuku straight from the police station
  > when Mitsuki and Masaru went to take Izuku home, they realized Izuku went missing
  > but it was already too late
• Izuku is a fast-learner;
• Aizawa and Hizashi have three cats: bastard (tabby), takoyaki (calico japanese bobtail) and Orion (black stray);

 

Notes:

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Chapter 26: the chosen one (fantasy au)

Legend says eons ago when the greatest evil poisoned the Earth, a warrior chosen by the gods wielded a weapon from the stars and banished said evil from its power. Generations of brave warriors were chosen, and, one by one, they wielded the same sword to protect people.

Until evil returned, and the gods chose a human to fight.

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You are blessed by the gods, his mom used to say, I can see it in your eyes.

Who would have thought she was right. Izuku, a human, a weakling, and an orphan, is marked by the green lightning. It sounds like a joke.

The gods were mistaken, people say. However, that is not right. The gods are never mistaken.

Somehow, the all-mighty warrior and king Yagi Toshinori can see why the gods chose him. Izuku can't, but it doesn't matter. He will not let evil thrive. If he has to fight, then so it will be.

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• Inspired by Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and other fantasy works;
• Humans are considered inferiors by other races because they can't do magic;
• Izuku was chosen by the gods to defeat All for One;
• Izuku is the ninth champion, while the previous holders of the One for All are the other champions;
• Yagi is sick after years of fighting for his kingdom, so he can't wield the sword, but he still carries it everywhere;
• Toshinori is also the king;
• Nedzu and Mirai are royal advisors;
• The sword is a gift from the gods, so it has divine properties;
• All for One was a god who was banished to Earth with half of his powers;
• He wants the sword because it can help him achieve his former godhood again;
• Izuku is an orphan and tries to survive by stealing people;
• He also helps other orphans to survive;
• He was caught by the guards when the gods marked him;
• Izuku was taken to the 
• All for One follows Shigaraki, the regent prince of the Kamino kingdom;
• All for One met Shigaraki when he was a kid and used his father's mistreatments to make Shigaraki trust him more easily;
• All for One's weakened form looks like a shadow;
• Kamino and Yuuei are rival kingdoms;
• Guards start training at 15 years old;
• Toshinori has human ancestry:
• Some of the nobles' families are the Todorokis, the Yaoyorozus, the Iidas, and the Bakugous;

Notes:

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Chapter 27: the echo in the world

He sprays paint across the walls of the subway, across the billboards and alleyways. Messages, poems or just random things, be drawings or quotes. Anything to leave his mark in world. People won't know who wrote these, but maybe they'll remember his words.

He's tired of being forgotten.

---

Izuku has a quirk that makes everyone forget his existence.

It's a lonely life.

---

• Like the summary implies, Izuku has a collection of paint sprays;
• He likes to paint murals, write messages, phrases, quotes, poems and draw doodles;
• Most of the things he has, he stole;
• Everytime Izuku is found by Eraserhead, who always forget who he is;
• Eraser thinks the murals are pretty, but it still is vandalism;
• Izuku likes to mess with him, sometimes;
• Izuku calls the Put your Hands Up;
• People can hear him in the audio, but they won't remember Izuku specifically, even if Izuku says his name;
• People can also see him in recordings, but not in photos;
• Izuku lives in an abandoned building;
• He saves people sometimes;
• He likes to meet Hitoshi but he introduces himself with different names;
• Izuku meets his mom, just to see how is she doing, but it hurts a lot;
• Izuku was on the edge of a roof multiple times, but ironically, there was someone there to take him down;
• Since his world is his oster and there's no one to stop him, he is trying to learn every nook in Musutafu;
• He knows lots of people;
• Izuku has a notebook for quirks and for people's personal information;
• Weirdly, Izuku can telephone people, but they can't telephone him;
• This is more of a concept rather than a plot

Chapter 28: never in a place i could call my own

Midoriya Izuku is a dimensional hopper. He explored worlds most people didn't even know it existed and saw incredible things. 

That sounds cool, right?

No, it is not.

Even since he manifested and was launched across dimensions, Izuku is alone in a multitude of multiverses, never in one place for too long. After 10 years by himself, Izuku gave up trying to go home. Now, he just goes with the flow and waits for the inevitable. 

However, during one of his short-journeys, Izuku meets Eraserhead, who accidentally saves him from his powers and gives him a way out. Izuku knows this is only temporary and one day, Aizawa-san won't be there to erase his powers on time, but Izuku can't help but hope.

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• Izuku's powers are inspired by America Chavez; 
• Izuku explored multiple dimensions, but in every single one, he didn't exist
  > he found dimensions where people didn't have powers, where earth was dominated by aliens and many others;
• In his dimension, heroes didn't exist and quirks are called superpowers;
• Izuku can dimension hop but he can't control where to and when he does it 
  > sometimes he hopped when he was sleeping
  > so when Aizawa asked him why he was awake at that time in the morning, Izuku explained to him and Aizawa was concerned
• The period Izuku stays in a dimension can vary between 5 hours or months. The longest he stayed in a dimension until now was 3 months;
• Izuku misses his mom a lot;
• Izuku has attachment issues;
• If All for One somehow kidnapped Izuku, he could use his homesickness and promise he would find a way for Izuku to go home;
• But Izuku wouldn't betray Dadzawa;
• Or would he?
• :)

Chapter 29: withered flowers

In a society where quirks mean anything, of course there would be discrimination against those who don't have power. But the root of cruelty goes deeper.

Children who have failed to manifest a quirk are taken in the dead of the night to become part of the Blossom, a project to force quirk manifestation and "clean" the impurities in society.

---

If you asked, people would say 20% of the world population is quirkless.

If you asked, people would say Japan doesn't have quirkless people.

One of these statements is false.

---

Phi is nine years old, and he feels like he's closer to death.

He's hanging by a thread. If he doesn't manifest a quirk before his ninth birthday, he will be exterminated.

He will never see his brother again.

No, that can't be. He said he would find Kappa when he manifested, and they would be reunited again.

He promised. And Phi never breaks his promises.

or: Phi escapes the Blossom to find his brother, and he finds a family.

---

• The Blossom is tied with the HPSC;
• Kids who manifest strong quirks are most likely to train to become heroes;
• They are transferred to the Paragon, a specialized unity to train powerful kids, like Hawks, and then taken by the HSPC;
• The HSPC's involvement in these things is completely erased;
• The Blossom collects a batch of children and name them after the greek alphabet;
• Izuku is Phi (Φ), while Hitoshi is Kappa (Κ);
• Hitoshi manifested brainwashing when he was six, so he was taken away;
• His quirk wasn't considered strong, but it was very useful for the HSPC;
• Hitoshi ran away and was found by Aizawa, who took him in;
• Quirk doctors from a public hospital are tied with the HSPC. That's how they find quirkless kids so easily;
• Even though quirk discrimination is present in canon, it's more prominent in this universe;
• People are classified by their quirks
  > everyone gets a color
  > blues are emitter types (weak quirks)
  > yellow are emitter types (average quirks)
  > red are emitter types (powerful quirks)
  > purple are emitter types (dangerous quirks)
  > black are quirkless
  > green are mutations
  > grey are passive quirks 
• The classification depends of the doctor that diagnoses you;
• Izuku never manifested a quirk. It was his death sentence;

Notes:

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Chapter 30: abandon hope all ye who enter here

Izuku is the one and only prince of Hell. Spawn of the Monarch and Lúcifer.

Years ago, his father departed from his place as King of Hell and opened the gates, allowing demons to enter the human realm as they saw fit. The Monarch, Inko, stepped up, even though she didn't have absolute power. Only the King could control Hell and close the gates once again, and Prince Izuku, as in his right when he completed 150 moons, is the next in line to the throne. However, his father left with the Royal Crown, the artifact that crowned the King and would concede total control. As she learns this, Monarch Inko, queen of Hell, sends her son to retrieve the crown and return with Lúcifer.

And she won't mind if Izuku sends some demons home through his journey.

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• Izuku is going to force his dad to come home after spending years buying milk /hj;
• All for One is Lúcifer is Hisashi;
• Inko is pissed;
• Inko is a present (if a "bit" overworked) and loving mother, even if the way demons show love is different from humans;
• Izuku is unhinged;
• Izuku has a scythe (i love giving Izuku a scythe); 
• Izuku accidentally saves Bakugou and gets One for All;
• The Slugde Villain was a demon;
• Izuku doesn't understand the concept of quirks that much;
• His hellish powers aren't visible if Izuku doesn't want people to see them;
• Toshinori truly believes Izuku is an orphan;
• Time runs differently in Hell. For Inko and Izuku, Hisashi years ago, when Izuku was four moons. However, for humans, it has been 200 years;
• Aizawa thinks Izuku is a vigilante because he saw him running through alleyways during some of his patrols;
• Even though he is the Prince of Hell and really powerful, Izuku isn't omnipotent;
• Izuku likes human sweets and their blue sky;
• Hell is described as cold instead of hot;
• Izuku smells like sulfur;
• Just a random AU;

Additional stuff:

• Inko and Hisashi's story is a bit like Hades and Persephone;
• That's why Inko didn't go after her excuse of a husband herself, because she is binded;
• Also because she is a good mom and wasn't going to leave her son to raise himself;
• Izuku is a hybrid, that's why his eyes are different (zagreus vibes);
• Every human just assumes it's a mutation;
• Hell is, by all means, more like the Underworld than Hell itself;
• But it has demons, the devil and all the circles; 
• The Hell is divided between Minor Demons, Deceased Souls, Major Demons and the Royal Family;
• Major Demons are the other princes of Hell and their clans:
• Izuku, Inko and Hisashi belong to the House of Lucifer, Morningstar;
• All for One still has the crown;
• When he came to Earth, he met Yoichi and raised him like a sibling/son/pupil (*cough* ignoring the fact he had just abandoned his son *cough*);
• The story is the same. He gifted Yoichi with powers, Yoichi used it to stop his "brother" because he didn't agree with All for One, and gifted his power to another person;
• Hisashi felt truly betrayed that day; 
• Izuku makes most people unsettled; 

Notes:

To be honest, I wanted to make a Chainsaw Man AU, but it would be too similar to the Demon Slayer AU, and I've never watched or read Chainsaw Man except for reading the wiki, so... yeah. It would be boring.

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Chapter 31: claws and teeth (den and kin)

After a raid to an illegal ring fight, Aizawa Shouta finds himself taking care of the central piece of the case, a twelve-year-old fighter raised in captivity, Chimera.

The problem is Chimera is severely traumatized and injured, without mentioning his feral behavior and lack of communication, besides growls and hisses. This isn't unexpected, but as much as he acts like a feral animal, Chimera is a kid who needs a home.

He just hopes he won't mess up badly.

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• Izuku was born with a mutant quirk (i'll post the design on tumblr);
• When Izuku was born, his parents abandoned him because of his quirk and he lived on a orphanage until he was 3 years old;
• He was kidnapped by quirk trafickers and sold to an illegal underground fighting ring;
• The Cage is a fighting ring that focuses on entretainment of the public with sadistic methods; 
• Their crimes include illegal quirk usage, illegal fighting, money laundering, illegal wager, quirk trafficking, child endangerment and child abuse;
• Their fights are secretive and their public is directly invited by the staff. If you don't have an invite, you can't enter;
• Aizawa was sent to go undecover and that's how he found out Izuku existed;
• Izuku's fighter name is Chimera;
• In a safe environment, Izuku behaves like a feral kitten (or so Shouta says) and a like a bird;
• Izuku likes to climb things (and people);
• He doesn't hesitate to fight dirty using biting, scratching and other stuff;
• Izuku was fighting for his life;
• The staff used to put a muzzle on Izuku when he wasn't fighting because he always tried to bite his handlers;
• Sometimed they put a muzzle on him before the fights so it would harder for Izuku to fight;
• Sometimes Izuku likes to play with Aizawa's capture weapon and he has to pry Izuku off;
• It's like untangling a cat off from a yarn ball;
• Izuku and Bastard (Aizawa's cat) like to playfully fight each other;
• At first, Izuku never left Aizawa's guest room and he would growl if the hero put a foot inside the room;
• He made a den with the sheets and pillows;
• Izuku's wings are completely torn, so he can't fly;
• His tail is soft but it can sharpen like an arrow;
• His legs aren't like human legs;
• Pro-Hero Eraserhead, Aizawa "he's like a kitten, it can't be that hard to take care of him" Shouta;
• He's a dork;
• Izuku is capable of human speech but it's like a three-year-old;
• Normally, his instincts wouldn't influence him that much, but because of his life, Izuku relied on his instincts to survive, so now most (if not all) of his actions are guided through predator instincts;
• Izuku has two rows of teeth (Aizawa had to get Recovery Girl because Izuku almost rip off his wrist); 
• Izuku can be overprotective and clingy;

Notes:

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Chapter 32: i created a family from the dust and dirt

Todoroki Touya was 15 when he got free from his father's clutches but lost the way to save his siblings. To everyone, the oldest Todoroki died, and for Touya, he might as well be.

During one of his trips to find food, he meets a small green child who imprints on him like a baby duckling. Months later, Touya finds three new younger siblings to protect in this unfair world. 

After one of his siblings gets sick, Touya finds a solution, but for that, he needs to learn to trust again and trust a pro-hero of all things.

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• Touya wakes up from his comatose a year earlier than canon;
• Touya doesn't change his name to Dabi yet;
• During his time on the streets, he finds little Izuku, who lost his mom recently and was thrown out by his dad;
• Touya shares a sandwich with him, and Izuku starts to follow him around;
• (He's not amused, shut up);
• Izuku is 7-ish, I think;
• Todoroki relates a little bit with Izuku because they both have trauma related to their dads and being considered a "failure";
• Touya relents and lets Izuku stay with him; 
• Sometime later, Izuku finds Hitoshi;
• Hitoshi had just run away from his foster home after a bad night;
• Izuku brings him to Touya to help him take Hitoshi's muzzle off;
• Since Izuku brought Hitoshi for him, Touya couldn't leave the kid behind. He's not a monster;
• So now Touya has two little kids following him, and while he pretends they annoy him, he's slowly getting attached;
• Sometimes Touya is reminded of his siblings, and he gets sad;
• Hitoshi is quiet and reclusive, but he minutely starts to talk more;
• Touya is not proud (yes, he is);
• And then, they find Toga;
• Touya is almost sixteen;
• Living in the streets is hard, and sometimes Touya has to steal because he can't get money;
• And he does some illegal services;
• Izuku and Hitoshi don't like that, so he does it when they are not with him;
• They found an abandoned building in the lower district, and now they live there;
• Himiko accidentally attacked Izuku because she was starving and she couldn't find animals for a while;
• Touya is stressed and concerned, so he's harsher than he should have been;
• So, of course, Himiko starts crying, and Izuku tries to help her;
• Himiko joins the group, and even Hitoshi starts to like her, so Todoroki doesn't have much option other than let her come with them;
• The months go by, and Touya starts doing more dangerous jobs to get more money;
• Eraserhead keeps finding a kid in shady parts of Musutafu, and he's worried™;
• Aizawa tries to approach Touya to get his trust, but the kid is slippery;
• Touya is scared of Aizawa finding out and separating his new little family;
• During winter, Himiko gets sick;
• Todoroki tries multiple things, but it wasn't working because they lived in a cold and moldy place;
• Desperate times call desperate measures, so Touya goes after Eraserhead;
• He doesn't like it, but he can't find anyone else;
• Aizawa helps them and offers his home for them;
• Touya is reluctant, but he knows the other kids also can get sick;
• Hitoshi automatically likes Aizawa's home because he has cats;
• Touya threatens Aizawa if he dares to do something to his siblings;
• Yes, Touya threatens Eraserhead inside his own home;
• Basically, the plot is Touya learning to trust a parental figure again, hurt/comfort, the kids' shenanigans, and domestic fluff;
• Aizawa becomes a father of four;
• (Five, if you count Eri later in);
• After Aizawa adopts all of them (it's not a spoiler, you guys knew he was going to adopt them), he contacts Nedzu to help him get a new identity to Touya;

 

Notes:

i've just watched the mha stage play and it shouldn't be that good! /j /pos

seriously, go find some clips, it's awesome

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Chapter 33: yellow gold, emerald green

"I don't want to go to U.A"

Hizashi stops his grading and looks at Izuku. The boy is hesitant, shoulders hunched and head hung down, his wild hair covering his eyes. The image reminds Hizashi of the first weeks after Izuku started living here and his heart twists a little bit.

That won't do.

"That's fine," he says carefully, tucking his students' papers away to give his son full attention "Do you want to tell me why?"

Izuku hesitates but shakes his head. Ok. That's all right, and he makes sure to tell him that.

"That's ok. Do you have another option?" Hizashi asks. He knows Izuku tried for other schools besides U.A, some were known names, while some were small schools, compared to his alma mater, but good nonetheless. Only a few returned with an acceptance letter.

His sunshine slowly signs 'Ketsubutsu'

And later, Hizashi will tell Shouta how relieved he was. He doesn't know what he would do if his sunshine gave up of his dream.

---

How Izuku and Hizashi found a family in each other.

---

• DADMIC!!!
• The story starts a little bit before Izuku meets All Might;
• Izuku has been in foster care since his mother died and it wasn't a good experience;
• Hizashi has an emergency foster license if he needs to protect children (or something like that - hero stuff related);
• Izuku's last case was the final straw to his social worker, who warns this is his last chance and threatens to throw him on the streets if he doesn't behave;
• Obviously, Izuku is scared;
• Even though Hizashi is very social, Izuku doesn't speak much and only talks when necessary
  > so most of their conversations are one-sided
  > until Hizashi finds out about his analysis hobby and tries to ask questions
• Izuku hides the bullying and is very adamant to stay at Aldera even if Hizashi suspects there is something wrong;
• Izuku knows Hizashi is Present Mic, and he freaked out at first, but since Hizashi never said anything, Izuku kept quiet;
• When Hizashi goes to the radio station, Izuku likes to listen to the Put the Hands Up;
• Hizashi calls Izuku sunshine or green bean
  > and other cute nicknames, but those are the most frequent
• The Rooftop Inccident happens and Hizashi is worried because clearly something happened to Izuku;
• Izuku gives up being a hero for a while;
• One day, someone calls Present Mic to ask if they could be a hero with a weak;
• "Of course, little listener! Like a best friend of mine said to me before: "Quirks are just tools to level the field. They don't measure potential" and I stand by that. Anyone can be a hero! Anyone! It will be tough, but it's worth it in the end." 
• Izuku, reminded by All Might's speech, gets angry because "are all heroes hypocrite?";
• So when Hizashi comes home, Izuku is deadly quiet, and not his anxious quiet, but a type of quiet that makes Hizashi stop;
• Izuku very quietly asks: "Did you mean it?"
• "Izuku? What's wrong?"
• "Did you mean it?" 
• "Mean what?"
• "What you said on the radio?" Izuku's voice gets louder "Did you mean that at all or did you say that to preserve your reputation, or was it for pity?"
• Hizashi wants to ask how Izuku knew who he was, but he doesn't;
• "I meant every word of what I said"
• "No, you didn't" His voice snarls "You didn't. No one does. Not even All Might does. When they say anyone, they are lying. No one considers quirkless people, we aren't anyone, we are nobody. That's the difference."
• "Do you want to be a hero?"
• He hesitates "I wanted to"
• "Do you want to be now?"
• "It doesn't matter what I want. I need to be realistic"
• It's clearly someone else's words, and that makes Hizashi's blood boil;
• Anyway, Izuku vents because he has been carrying this weight since All Might left him behind and Hizashi listens to him and promises to help him; 
• After his outburst, Izuku is mortified because now Yamada-san will call his social worker and he'll need to live in the streets;
• He even prepares his bag;
• Except, nothing happens;
• Instead Hizashi sits with him to talk about what he'll need to do until the applications for hero schools open;
• Izuku is so confused;
• Hizashi softly tells him he meant every word of what he said, which includes finding someone to train him because he's not sure Izuku is compatible with his fighting style;
• I don't need to say there's a lot of tears after that;
• Hizashi introduces Izuku to Aizawa;
• Aizawa doesn't mind training Izuku since he wants to be a hero
  > Hizashi is slightly jealous because Aizawa starts to train Izuku with a capture weapon, but after seeing Izuku smiling, his jealousy vanishes
• Izuku starts to trust Hizashi little by little, and that makes Hizashi's heart soar because he's so happy--
• When the aceptance letters start to come, Hizashi approaches Izuku with the idea of adoption;
• He asked for the paperwork during the year and it finally arrived;
• Izuku says yes;
• At first, Izuku wanted to go to U.A and he even passes the exam, but his encounter with Bakugou and discovering All Might will become a teacher there makes him change his mind
  > Hizashi takes it in stride and supports Izuku's decision even if he doesn't know the reasons
• Izuku goes to Ketsubutsu instead of U.A
  > since Ms. Joke works there, and Aizawa knows her, Hizashi is less worried because she can protect him if something is wrong
• Izuku unsurprisingly thrives as a hero student and he finally has friends who don't care about his quirklessness;
• When the U.A dorms are created, Izuku is forced to transfer because Hizashi would be living 24/7 in the dorms
  > it's a very long night when Hizashi tells the news
• Izuku finally confesses what happened during his childhood, about Bakugou and about All Might, and why exactly he doesn't want to leave Ketsubutsu;
• Hizashi is *this* close to punch his coworker;
• Izuku's friends and classroom give him a goodbye party, and promise to keep contact;
• Class 1-A accepts Izuku with open-arms with some notable exceptions (*cough* bakugou *cough*);
• Hitoshi also transfer to Class 1-A;
• He and Izuku bond!
• Izuku also bonds with Uraraka, who he saved during the entrance exam;
• Izuku is mostly tense during the classes because he sits behind Katsuki;
• Hizashi asks Izuku if he can tell Aizawa so they can do something about it;
• Izuku doesn't want to, so Hizashi says to at least put his desk somewhere else; 

Non-confirmed stuff:

• Maybe there's a bit of Erasermic;

Notes:

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Chapter 34: nekomata and his two tails

Sometimes a family is a tired and grumpy vigilante/anti-hero and his two little menaces whom he loves very much but doesn't admit.

(yes, I'm targeting you, dad)

---

Seven years ago, the vigilante Bakeneko finds a kid with a muzzle on their face and promptly takes them home. 

Later, he finds a kid in a dumpster and also takes them home. It was just so he could contact Tsukauchi to make a report and get rid of them. But with two pairs of puppy eyes and a warm heart, Aizawa Shouta begrudgingly accepts his fate as a single parent.

---

Nekomata: A creature from Japanese Folklore; Described as a cat with a biforked tail; To gain revenge against those who wronged it, the spirit may haunt humans.

---

• Vigilante Aizawa!;
• Aizawa never got to transfer to the hero course because, at the time, the school board was full of assholes, and Nedzu wasn't the principal yet;
• Aizawa works as a janitor;
• He's contracted to clean anything, from offices to old crime scenes to heroes' messes;
• Aizawa's vigilante name was Bakeneko;
• Aizawa and Tsukauchi have a weird relationship where they banter around, but Tsukauchi still tries to arrest him;
• It's wild;
• He found Hitoshi when he was six years old;
• He was on patrol, and Aizawa mistook him for a stray;
• Hitoshi likes to tell this story to unknown people to embarrass his dad;
• Aizawa took him home to take his muzzle off;
• He was going to take Hitoshi to the police station (because he's not good with kids), but the fear in Hitoshi's eyes makes him hesitate;
• Hitoshi takes the couch for the night;
• Shouta says it's only temporary 
• Liar;
• Hitoshi hesitantly tells Aizawa why he was with a muzzle, and he is horrified;
• Yeah, the kid can never go back there;
• Until Aizawa can find a good home for Hitoshi, he lets the kid stay with him;
• He even cleans his spare bedroom;
• At first, they're not close. Hitoshi is still skittish, and Aizawa gives him space;
• Hitoshi goes to school while Aizawa goes to work;
• At night, Aizawa makes dinner and leaves for patrol after Hitoshi goes to sleep;
• One day, Hitoshi calls him from school because the principal wants his guardian there;
• So Aizawa goes there and finds Hitoshi with multiple bruises. And he sees another kid badly pretending to be scared;
• The principal and teacher ramble about Hitoshi using his quirk on a classmate;
• His bullshit senses are tingling. He knows something is wrong;
• He asks for proof and the principal shutters, trying to convince Aizawa they know it was Hitoshi, but he still wants the camera footage;
• They don't give the footage, and Aizawa claims if they don't want to show the footage, Hitoshi is not guilty;
• The other kid's parents, the principal, and the homeroom teacher try to argue with him, but Shouta simply guides Hitoshi away, wanting to go home to treat his injuries;
• Hitoshi is confused and asks why Aizawa didn't believe the school;
• He says it was because he recognized the signs, and it's obvious that everyone else was lying;
• After that, Hitoshi starts to get closer to Shouta;
• Aizawa calls his "contacts" to forge some documents, and Shinsou Hitoshi becomes his foster son;
• He also goes after Hitoshi's former foster parents and gives them a scare :);
• During one of his jobs, he finds Izuku sleeping in a dumpster because he has nowhere else to go;
• Saying Izuku was scared out of his mind it's an understatement;
• Since Hitoshi is at school, Aizawa takes Izuku to eat something and brings him home;
• Izuku innocently tells him his mom shut him out of home, and he has been on the streets for two weeks;
• Aizawa is horrified²;
• Hitoshi is hesitant to share his spare room with Izuku, but Hitoshi starts to soften for Izuku;
• Meanwhile, Aizawa goes after one Midoriya Inko;
• It's not a fun talk, and Aizawa goes back home fuming;
• He also "adopts" Izuku;
• Even though Aizawa hates Hitoshi's school, he thinks if Izuku and Hitoshi were at the same school, it would be more bearable;
• So Izuku transfers to Hitoshi's school;
• Life goes on until Izuku notices Aizawa-san slipping out of the window in the middle of the night;
• Like a seven-year-old kid, Izuku is curious and wakes Hitoshi to theorize;
• They both start following Aizawa-san and find out he's a vigilante;
• Why didn't Hitoshi figure it out before? Well, it wasn't obvious Aizawa was one. To be honest, he thought the guy was homeless when they both met;
• One day, a hero notices two kids on a rooftop while he's fighting Bakeneko and asks: "Do you know them?"
• Aizawa isn't amused;
• He scolds them for following him ("honestly, you kids have school tomorrow"), but Hitoshi and Izuku refute him, saying they were worried about him and that he could be arrested! Who would take care of them, tuck them good night, order for take-out, and train them to become heroes?;
• They make a deal. They stay out of the fights, hiding at a safe distance, and they would serve as a look-out as long as that didn't affect their grades and they were out of trouble;
• Aizawa teaches them a bit of self-defense, just in case;
• During a patrol, Aizawa is badly injured and the kids act quickly. They throw bricks at the bad guys, and Hitoshi uses his quirk to make them leave;
• Of course, they are grounded, but Aizawa starts to train them because if they want to be problem children, at least they should be capable of getting out of trouble;
• Quickly, Aizawa's vigilante name changes to Nekomata;
• Just a family of vigilantes terrorizing villains and heroes;
• Probably Izuku and Hitoshi will still go to U.A., but more experienced than most of their classmates;

Notes:

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Chapter 35: storge

Storge (/ˈstɔːrɡi/ STOR-ghay from ancient greek στοργή (storgḗ) “love, affection”).

familial love. refers to natural or instinctual affection, such as a parent's love towards offspring and vice versa.

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How far would you go to keep your kid safe?

If Shouta were to answer, he would say pretty far.

At 21, he becomes a parent.

He doesn't know how to do this.

---

• Based on this post: Here;
• Quirks are rare and feared;
• Shouta, or 11, was an experiment and raised to be a soldier;
• His quirk isn't Erasure in this AU;
• Genesis took Shouta's DNA and tried to create a more aprimorated version of him, using volunteers
  > And it worked, years later, but it did
• Shouta only found out years later, when the baby had some months of life;
• Shouta was the one who picked the baby's name: Izuku;
• 11 escaped with 22 because he learned Izuku was supposed to kill him after completing his training;
• Shouta wasn't worried about being murdered. No, he was worried about the baby experiencing the same things Shouta did when he was young;
• His kid (oh, god. he has a kid?!) will not be a soldier. Not if Shouta has something to say about this;
• Shouta is unbearably soft toward Izuku;
• Izuku is almost like a carbon copy of Shouta, except for some additional stuff because of his "mom";
• Just a dad trying to raise his son in the best way possible while dealing with his traumas and running away from monsters;
• Sounds fun;
• I don't have a plot for this, I'm sorry;
• Izuku is a good baby; 

Notes:

i added more stuff to chapter 30, just warning you guys

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Chapter 36: illegal legal vigilante apprenticeship

"Wait, wait. You want me to become a vigilante?" Izuku gapes. His eyes flick wildly between Aizawa and Yamada. Shouldn't that be illegal?

Aizawa-san blinks, "I didn't say that."

Izuku frowns, "Yes, you did."

The man shakes his head, "No, I said if you, by any means, decides to fight crime by yourself, I would train you, and you would accompany me during patrols. It isn't vigilantism because you don't have a quirk, therefore, can't be accused of quirk usage." 

Huh. He never thought about that.

He hears Yamada-san mutter bad words behind Aizawa-san's back.

---

After the U.A. school board denies his entry in the Hero Course, and any course in the school for that matter, Izuku can't help but think Kacchan and everyone else were right.

Until a knock on his door presents him a new opportunity.

---

Version One:

• Morally Ambiguous Aizawa Shouta, because no sane hero would suggest to a child to become a vigilante;
• Hizashi doesn't agree with this, but he's there to be the voice of reason;
• Izuku is completely confused and going with the flow;
• Izuku technically should be in Class 1-A but the U.A. school board simply denied his entry;
• He can't be a student;
• They claim is because of his black marks, which Shouta calls bullshit;
• Midoriya was one of the best scores in the exam, even if his score in the pratical test were a bit miffed, but Aizawa was already interested;
• Nedzu implied Aizawa should investigate Midoriya Izuku, because he couldn't do anything about the U.A. school board decision; 
• So Shouta started digging through Izuku's historic and was flasbbergasted;
• Aldera really did Izuku dirty;
• He has many black marks, they were not even trying to hide;
• So Aizawa dragged his husband to Midoriya's address to meet the kid;
• "Shouta no" "Shouta yes"
• Why didn't Izuku try for other hero schools? Because they weren't in Musutafu (he doesn't have money to move to another city) and U.A. gives scholarships;
• Inko is there but she just doesn't care (in a bad way);
• Izuku, of course, accepts, because what hero fanboy would turn down an offer to be trained by the one and only Eraserhead?! (and Present Mic!);
• Aizawa is a little shit;
• Mic is so so done;
• Crack treated seriously;
• Inspired by Setting a New Precedent by ShadeCrawler;
• Izuku's vigilante name is Pipesqueak, or Pipes for short;
• Guess who suggested that name?;
• Everyone has a nickname for Izuku, and Izuku is confused because none of the nicknames are calling him useless nor insulting him;
• Izuku suggested Deku but Hizashi denied it (izuku told them a little bit about aldera, and saying aizawa and yamada were horrified is an understatement);
• Izuku uses a bycicle helmet to protect his head during his stunts. It's a bit cute;
• The police doesn't even blink when they see Izuku following Eraserhead around;
• It's just amusing at this point;
• I don't know how the League's attacks work in this AU to be honest;
• I also don't know who receives One for All;

Version Two:

• The U.A. school board denies Midoriya's application to the entrance exam;
• Nedzu implies something is wrong to Aizawa, who decides to investigate;
• Everything is the same but Izuku has more 10 months of vigilantism and training before he goes to high school and before the League's first attack;

Notes:

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Chapter 37: oh, lay my curses out to rest (tlou au)

Izuku is used to living alone.

That's how he has survived most of the time in a warzone. People will only get you killed during an apocalypse, and while there's not much to live for, Izuku prefers surviving. Kindness is a weakness survivors can (and will) explore, regardless of whether you look like a sad orphan. If you live long enough, you'll learn the lesson, and Izuku learned the hard way.

However, this changes a little girl falls into one of his traps around his camp.

---

• Izuku is a lone survivor who lives in a sanctuary in a forest on the outskirts of a destroyed city;
• Izuku uses a gas mask and has a rifle;
• One of Izuku's legs was wrongly healed, so he has chronic pain sometimes;
• This is not a retelling of tlou. I'm just using its system;
• Eri is a bit older, like 8-9, and she was adopted by Aizawa and Yamada when her mother died due to complications in childbirth;
• Eri and Hitoshi are siblings;
• They were separated when an attack destroyed their former shelter;
• Eri doesn't know where her family was relocated, and she has been looking for them;
• Technically, Izuku lives in Kurume, Fukuoka;
• Kurume is a warzone between rival gangs;
• Izuku used to live in a QZ with his mother when he was a kid;
• Inko was young when she had Izuku, and she was a firefly;
• During a rebellion gone wrong, Inko was killed, and Izuku ran away outside the QZ;
• Stain found him and taught him how to survive 
  > unfortunately, Stain didn't survive
• Izuku was with a group of survivors, but they abandoned him with a hoard of infected;
• He almost died;
• Izuku has killed before;
• If it were any other person, Izuku wouldn't have helped, but Eri was just a little girl. No kid should be surviving alone (the hypocrisy...);
• Zukkun is Eri's new big sibling;
• She wonders if her dads would adopt Izuku too;
• Non-confirmed: Maybe Izuku is immune? 

Fun Facts:

• In the drafts, Aizawa was supposed to be lost trying to go back to his family;
• Izuku would snoop his stuff and find a photo of him with Hitoshi and Eri;
• Izuku would also have a dog, Nana;
• Nana, somehow, would convince Izuku to help Aizawa to find his family;
• Nana is an intelligent girl;
• "They don't deserve to become orphans or wait for a dad who maybe would never come back" ~Izuku's logic;
• Aizawa getting attached and being like: "Zashi won't get mad if I bring a stray, right? Hitoshi and Eri would like a new sibling. They'll like Nana."

Chapter 38: wayfaring rogues (and a sister)

"We're fucked," Hitoshi spits, trying to hide the fear in his words, "We're so fucked."

"Hitoshi," he warns.

"No, seriously. Why did you think this was a good idea? Why did I think it was a good idea."

Honestly, Izuku didn't know too.

"Just shut up and keep your cool." He hisses, not keeping his own cool at all.

---

During a mission, Hitoshi and Izuku find a little girl without knowing the implications of the Empire trying to find her, whatever it takes.

---

A Star Wars x MHA crossover by an author who knows the equivalent of nothing about star wars.

---

• Hitoshi and Izuku work under Overhaul's criminal syndicate
  > it's not nice. At least they have a roof under their head between missions and (questionable) food
  > unfortunately, they have to pay for arrangements, and they pay with the missions
• Izuku and Hitoshi were orphans taken from the streets and met each other while working for Overhaul
  > after one mission together, Chisaki put them to work together all the time because of their efficiency 
• The guy is an asshole;
• Eri belongs to a force-sensitive race called Unicorns;
• She has long hair, a little horn, and kitten paws (I'll post the designs on tumblr);
• Chisaki wants Eri as a weapon for his evil and corrupted schemes;
• The Empire is trying to find all of the force sensitives;
• All for One is Palpatine, and Shigaraki is a Darth Vader rip-off (kind of);
• If it was canon, Wayfaring Rogues would be between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope;
• Izuku is a proud honorary big brother, while Hitoshi is a reluctant (but also proud) honorary big brother;
• What do you do when the entire galaxy is after your new adopted sister? Improvise and cause chaos;
• Hitoshi and Izuku are little shits;
• Izuku likes to carry Eri in a sling;
• She has a habit of wandering off. She's very curious;
• The Shie Hassaikai base is in Tatooine (Hitoshi hates Tatooine);
• He also hates Chronostasis, the right-hand man of Chisaki Kai;
• "You hate everyone, Toshi," "Everyone gives me a reason to hate them," "So you hate me? :(" "... I didn't say that."
• The kids find Yagi Toshinori, an old Jedi Master hiding from the Empire;
• He was almost fatally injured, and now he can't fight;
• He's a sweet guy;
• And he lives with Gran Torino. Also, a Jedi Master, who they are pretty sure is now senile;
• Shirakumo is a Sith who is an Inquisitor and likes to annoy Shigaraki;
• Shirakumo was a Jedi who turned to the Dark Side;
• Aizawa and Yamada are bounty hunters;
• Kaminari is a terrible guide. Based on Izuku and Hitoshi's previous experiences;
• They meet each other sometimes to spill the tea;
• Kaminari's dad is a mechanic and fixes ships. Kaminari stays there most of the time; 
• Giran is an informant the kids know because of old jobs;
• The Empire finds him and forces him to betray them;
• Think about The Mandalorian plot. That's it;
• With many changes, obviously;

Notes:

i have another star wars aus, tell me if you want me to post it :D

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Chapter 39: how to stop an apocalypse - a guide by midoriya izuku

Midoriya Izuku disappears after All Might shatters his dreams. The last time he was seen was after the sludge villain incident. No one notices his departure.

Months later, a young boy lands on a dumpster in a dark alley in the red district, drowning in a loose suit, with blood on his face and with a broken briefcase.

Somehow, these two events are connected.

The countdown for the apocalypse begins. Let's hope for the best.

(A time traveler assassin saving the world? More likely than you think.)

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• Technically an Umbrella Academy AU (a very old one, for the matter);
• Also inspired by Viridian by SilvermistAnimeLover;
• Izuku plays Five's role, trying to stop the apocalypse;
• The Handler found Izuku when he was about to jump from the roof;
• The Temps Commission modified Izuku's DNA with DNAs of the most dangerous serial killers in history (based on the TUA comics);
• They also erased part of his memory and gave him a quirk;
• Izuku's quirk makes him act faster than normal people, so when he activates his quirk, everything goes in slow motion and he can "predict" other people's moves;
• His quirk is based on Chronos from Katana Zero;
• Izuku found out about the apocalypse when he was 29 years old;
• At the same time, he found out about his surgery and felt betrayed and violated;
• So as an act of spite, he decided to stop the apocalypse;
• No, this is not a way to redeem his sins, and no, he's not doing this to revive his dream of being a hero. He's just some guy doing what (most) people would do to save mankind!
• Izuku doesn't really know how the apocalypse happened;
• The only thing he found on the Commission's archives was that, somehow, All for One and the U.A. were related to the end of the world (he was running away from people trying to kill him, give him a break);
• Izuku destroyed part of the Commission during his stunt;
• His briefcase was destroyed during the crossfire, so when he traveled back in time, there was a malfunction, and his body returned to his teens;
• Izuku's memories are slowly returning. It's not fun;
• His emotions are also a mess;
• Bakugou will never admit it, but he was bothered about Izuku's radio silence;
•  Izuku doesn't finish middle school
  > honestly, he forgot Aldera (and, by extension, Bakugou, because it has been years for him) existed. He has other things to worry about, and he can finish school with his eyes closed
• Izuku is a master assassin
  > Izuku knows melee combat, fire-weapons, and cold-weapons management
  > and gymnastics (he is flexible)
  > he can kill with anything you put on his hands
• Izuku has phenomenal speed, strength, senses, endurance, and reflexes
  > his footsteps are soundless
  > john wick kinnie /j
• Midoriya accidentally becomes a vigilante;
• In the first timeline, since Izuku didn't do the entrance exam, Hitoshi was in Class 1-A;
• Izuku loves coffee
  > he is also a fucking genius
  > he also smokes
• Izuku tries for the entrance exam while trying to find All for One;
• Since Izuku doesn't know why the U.A. is important and he doesn't care about heroes anymore, he goes to Gen. Ed. and accidentally transfers to the Hero Course;
• He totally ignores Shigaraki's existence (oh, what a fool);

Notes:

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Chapter 40: a place to rest and return to

Midoriya Izuku has been on the run ever since he was accused of being a traitor to his school. Betrayed by his own mentor, with no way to contact his friends or his mother, and being hunted by both heroes and villains, he still needs to stop All for One and is afraid of what will happen if he succeeds. Izuku is slipping towards a rabbit hole of paranoia, helplessness, and exhaustion, something he didn't feel ever since before U.A. 

After a fight with a villain, Izuku is found by one of his teachers, and he finds himself at a crossroads: trust a hero or die.

Surprisingly, it's not an easy choice.

---

• Suspected Traitor Izuku AU;
• Honestly, I don't believe Toshinori wouldn't protect Izuku with all of his mighty (ha!), but since this is an AU;
• I'm sorry, Toshinori;
• Izuku is accused of being the U.A. traitor by the HSPC
  > they reveal his quirkless status and how suspicious it is for Izuku, who had been quirkless since he was four, suddenly gain a quirk when he was 15
• Nedzu only allows the HPSC to investigate because one of his teachers died, and another one almost died as well, he is opening the school to shelter civilians, and the school board and the HPSC are pressing him against the wall
  > he is tired, fucking stressed, and with his hands (paws?) tied, there is nothing he can do
• While the HPSC is stupid, they, unfortunately, aren't dumb
  > they investigate Izuku's background before starting the accusations
  > they don't interrogate Bakugou
  > they play with the kids' emotions, taking advantage of the paranoia after multiple villain attacks
  > they cut the connection between Izuku and his mother and keep an eye on her
  > they take advantage of that Aizawa, the responsible for the class and one of the people the HSPC hates to deal with, is out of service
• They use the investigations to enter U.A. (that is Nedzu's domain, and Nedzu hates the HSPC), and they use it to get closer to All Might and, if they are lucky, Eri (but that's hard since she is Aizawa's daughter, not a U.A. ward) or another promising student, and even use Izuku himself;
• All Might, in this universe, decides that his and Nana's secret is more important than revealing it to protect Izuku's innocence;
• Tsukauchi isn't available because he is busy with the fallout of the Paranormal Liberation War, and one of the ways to contact him is through Aizawa
  > the other is through Toshinori, but since Naomasa knows his secret, it's not an option anymore
• Izuku goes after All for One, and the HSPC uses it to aggravate his "traitor" status;
• Izuku is found and saved by Present Mic after a violent villain fight, where Izuku almost dies due to injuries, exhaustion, and a fever;
• Aoyama feels truly guilty because he's the traitor, not Izuku;
• Bakugou defends Izuku with teeth and nails for everyone who agrees with the HSPC's bullshit;
• Class 1-A doesn't believe the HSPC, but the rest of the U.A. does;
• Aizawa is still in the hospital;
• Inko is losing her patience. Her baby boy is somewhere out there, and those people are preventing her from trying to find him;
• Thirteen (and Snipe when they are unavailable) is taking care of Class 1-A
  > it was supposed to be All Might, but Class 1-A (specially Bakugou) feels betrayed;
• Bakugou knows what Yagi is doing (and that hurts more than anything);
• Since Class 1-A doesn't know about One for All (yet), they feel betrayed that All Might believes the HSPC so easily;
• They also feel betrayed because of Nedzu;
• Todoroki truly believes there's something they don't know because, even if Izuku denies it, All Might treats Izuku like a son. He doesn't want All Might to be like his father at all;
• Midoriya thinks his friends believe he's a traitor;
• Class 1-A doesn't turn vigilantes because of many reasons, including their parents, the U.A.'s security, Nedzu's underline threats of expulsion, Aizawa's recovery, etc;
• Izuku was taken to the HSPC before his escape, and let's just say their interrogation methods are neither ethical nor legal;
• Hizashi knows there's something wrong. This whole situation is completely fucked up;
• When Izuku fully recovers, he leaves HIzashi's apartment in the middle of the night, giving the guy a heart attack;
• Hizashi tries to find Izuku again because Izuku is one of Shouta's kids, and he would be damned if he wouldn't protect his husband's kids for him;
• They need to be there to see their teacher again;

Chapter 41: the deeper you dig, the darker it gets

When Izuku once again moves to another foster home, he isn't surprised. It would have happened sooner or later, and he knows it's going to be the same with this house. It doesn't matter his foster guardian is a pro-hero (the present mic, of all things). It's always the same process.

He stays for a while, follows the rules but will be punished anyway, tries to ignore his quirk until he is kicked out for being a burden and the cycle restarts in another place.

That's until Izuku goes home earlier and meets the ghost of Aizawa Shouta, Shinsou's dad, and Yamada's husband, and the same man Izuku saw being kidnapped two months ago.

---

Izuku can see ghosts, but it's not enough to classify as a quirk, so he's diagnosed as quirkless with schizophrenic tendencies.

This destroys his entire life.

If the bullying wasn't enough, the destruction of his parents' marriage triggers his abandonment by his own mother. She leaves him in the first orphanage she can find and Izuku spends years in problematic foster homes while trying to pretend ghosts aren't real, and that his therapy is working.

However, a new placement makes him investigate a weird kidnapping. And you know how the saying goes: the deeper you dig, the darker it gets.

---

• Izuku can talk and see ghosts, but he was diagnosed as quirkless;
• Aizawa was kidnapped
  > the police think he is missing
  > he died and became a ghost
• His body was used (and reanimated) by Dr. Kyudai to make a nomu; 
• He and Yamada were married and adopted Hitoshi when he was a little kid;
• All ghosts have white hair;
• Izuku has some white streaks in his hair;
• Aizawa is slightly in denial of his death;
• He wants to find what happened with his body;
• Izuku was present when the kidnapping happened but he wasn't aware of it, and ran away in fear;
• Hisashi divorced of Inko when Izuku was diagnosed, and Inko blamed Izuku, so she abandoned him in an orphanage;
• Izuku was also "diagnosed" with schizophrenia and is forced to go to therapy;
• Most of his foster parents didn't take him there, saying it was useless or he was trying to get attention;
• Izuku doesn't like his therapist that much because she always talks in a condescending way;
• Unfortunately for him, Yamada-san does take Izuku to his sessions;
• Izuku's meds give him a fuzzy sensation that bothers him, so he doesn't take them; 
• It's not like he needs them;
• Izuku's last foster home ended in disaster because thr neighbours called the police after hearing odd noises;
• He was taken to the hospital because of grave injuries and was forced to cast his arm;
• Because of the police's involvement, Hizashi was the best temporary placement (regardless that his husband is missing);
• Izuku was so drained out during the years that he thinks if he can reach 18, he's already living too much;
• He doesn't care about his dream anymore, but he still likes heroes;
• He just thinks it doesn't fit him anymore;
• Aizawa is insisting in asking Izuku to find a way to let him communicate with Hizashi and Hitoshi;
• Izuku is annoyed because he can't control these things, and "I can't just say to him: oh, hey Yamada-san, I can your dead husband. He says he was kidnapped and people killed him to sell his organs. Would you like me to say that, Aizawa-san?!"; 
• But he is also driven by guilty because he was there when it happened, so he's trying to help Aizawa;
• It's a mess;
• Hizashi is stressed;
• Hitoshi is bad at feelings and the epitome of teenage angst;
• Not a good combination, in my opinion;
• Aizawa is slowly losing his memories and they don't know why;
• "What a man driven by despair can do?"
• Izuku hasn't seen Katsuki in years;
• Hizashi is awkward with Izuku;
• Hitoshi doesn't really care about anything. He just wants his dad back :(

Notes:

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Chapter 42: a bond made of fire

Midoriya Hisashi was a twilight pro-hero named Dragon who died before his son could complete four years old, leaving behind his widowed wife to raise their son.

Somehow, this changes everything.

---

Izuku finds out about his heritage at ten years old and, moved by his dream of being a hero, decides to follow in his dad's footsteps despite his mother's overbearing worry and quirklessness.

That's how he meets Eraserhead, the former apprentice of the Dragon.

---

• Due to her husband's death, Inko changed because of her grief;
• She had to raise Izuku by herself and never stopped seeing him as her baby since he was the last reminiscence of Hisashi;
• This got worse when Izuku was diagnosed as quirkless. She became overprotective, afraid she would lose him too because he was more "fragile";
• When Izuku wanted to become a hero, Inko shot that down really quickly;
• She tried to repress Izuku's dream and admiration for heroes because that was a dangerous path;
• Inko already lost someone because of this world. She wouldn't lose her son as well;
• Everything she did was coming from a place of mother's love and worry (and her own grief), but it doesn't mean it was healthy; 
• Over the years, she started to be bitter about Hisashi, even though she loved him. Because he chose that path without thinking about what he would leave behind! Why couldn't he think about his son, about her?!
• Inko works a lot because being a single mother of a quirkless kid in a discriminated world is stressful;
• Despite his mother's attempts to shut down his dreams, Izuku still seeks to be a hero;
• He feels guilty about this because he knows his mother only wants the best for him, but it's within his nature to help people;
• Izuku has more self-doubt because his mother likes to make decisions for him ("for your safety, honey")
• Izuku lies about the bullying, saying he's just clumsy (which aggravates inko's perception of his "fragility" even more). He doesn't want to worry his mom;
• (and he's sure she would put him in an online school)
• One day, Izuku and Inko were doing spring cleaning, and Izuku found an old hidden box where he found out about his dad;
• Izuku doesn't have many memories of his dad, and his mother always looked like she was about to cry when he asked, so he stopped;
• He finds out his dad was a hero and is shocked;
• He also finds a photo where there's his dad, baby Izuku, his mom, and an unknown teenager;
• Izuku doesn't know why he feels familiar;
• Scouring through his dad's old stuff, Izuku finds out the teen is Aizawa Shouta, Hisashi's former apprentice and fucking Eraserhead;
• In an epiphany, Izuku slips out in the middle of the night to find Eraserhead;
• That's how Aizawa Shouta meets his old mentor's kid;
• This AU is more about Older Sibling Aizawa than Dadzawa;
• Izuku is like twelve-years-old when they meet;
• Aizawa thought Izuku was a lost kid and now is awkwardly seeing the kid fanboy about him;
• He's not paid enough for this;
• Izuku asks the big question™, and Aizawa says yes;
• Aizawa starts training Izuku;
• Hitoshi was a temporary student of Aldera when he was in foster care, so he and Izuku became friends;
• Hitoshi is now in a great foster home and waiting for the process of adoption to be done;
• He has two moms now;
• Izuku doesn't tell his mom about his training, afraid of what she would do;
• Because of his training, Izuku can evade his bullies without getting hurt;
• Bakugou hates it (and he's confused because where the fuck the nerd learned to do that?!);
• Aizawa helps Izuku with his self-esteem and self-doubts and becomes an older sibling figure;
• Hitoshi joins the training;
• Izuku also meets Yamada-san and Kayama-san;
• Since Izuku has a support system who believes he can be a hero, I don't think Izuku would ask All Might if he can be one, but if he does, it ends in the same way, but Izuku doesn't get OFA;
• Izuku motivations are: to save people with a smile and live his father's legacy;
• Izuku passes the entrance exam with flying colors;
• But Inko discovers this after seeing the mail, and there's a fight between them;
• Izuku insists he can be a hero and that he understands why she worries about him, but she has to respect his wishes and stop treating him like a baby;
• Inko, in a fit of despair and anger, locks Izuku inside his room. It's a symbolism of her trying to keep him safe and protect him but also restraining his freedom;
• Izuku calls Aizawa for help because he doesn't want to lose his future;
• He doesn't hate his mom, but he can't help but feel hopeless. If his own mother doesn't believe him. Can he actually do anything?;
• All of this AU is based on this tiktok (ignore the context): Here;
• I made this AU to be a series with each work being focused on a character (or their relationships): 

a glimpse of you - Izuku finds his dad's stuff 

red tight shoes - how Izuku's quirklessness affects his life 

lavender and sage - how shinsou and Izuku meet + temporary Aldera student Hitoshi 

two birds on a wire - Inko's mental state after Hisashi's death + her relationship with Izuku's quirklessness 

little dragon kid - Aizawa meets his old mentor's kid 

soar high - Izuku's growth during the years + the entrance exam

howling at the moon - Inko discovers izuku's results at the u.a exams. Izuku calls Aizawa, scared for his future

burned out ashes - the aftermath 

Notes:

i made a doodle from chapters 34 and 35, if you guys want to see it

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Chapter 43: fearless child, broken boy (tell me what it's like to burn)

After Izuku meets his idol, his world comes crashing down, but, that's not enough to make him give up on his dreams. He just has to find another way out. And what better solution than being a vigilante, it's not like they can arrest him for quirk usage, right?

However, not everything goes as planned. Somehow, Izuku managed to catch the attention of the Underground, meet Eraserhead, manifest a quirk out of nowhere, and be hunted by a mastermind supervillain.

(and sometimes, he questions himself if continuing dreaming is worth it)

---

• Inspired by Bones - Imagine Dragons;
• ("I-I-I got this feeling, yeah, you know. Where I'm losing all control. 'Cause there's magic in my bones")
• Izuku never becomes All Might's successor but, somehow, manifests One for All
  > the vestiges choose him after he saves bakugou from the slugde villain 
• Aizawa becomes attached to the sad small green vigilante;
• All for One finds out about Izuku and thinks he's All Might successor;
• Izuku has a harder time using One for All than it is in canon because he doesn't have a mentor to help him;
• One for All manifested during a bad patrol;
• At first, Izuku liked to use a bo staff as a weapon;
• Inko is worried because she knows something is wrong and Izuku pretends it isn't;
• This is during the 10 months before the U.A. entrance exam;
• Having a quirk is not as fun as Izuku thought it would be;
• Izuku starts to have "nightmares" after he manifests One for All;
• It's just the vestiges trying to communicate, but the conection is weakened, since One for All technically was never transferred to Izuku;
• Izuku calls One for All 'the quirk' because after years of being quirkless, he can't truly believe that quirk is his, even though is impossible to transfers quirks to someone else (oh, the irony);
• I don't have much about the plot, so this is a short AU;

Chapter 44: major arcana

On the day the Empire rose, Hitoshi lost his mentor during the Jedi Purge and was forced to survive alone. However, a kind woman saved him and decided to keep him as her son. Hitoshi hid his true nature as force-sensitive and, not much later, became an older brother to Inko's second son, Izuku.

But his past caught up with him. And now, they're after Izuku too.

After running away from the Empire with Izuku, leaving his mom behind, Hitoshi will go through more difficulties to protect his sibling from the Dark Side and cross the galaxy to find a Jedi master to help.

---

• Another StarWars AU;
• Ignore any errors (I tried to make everything according to the wiki, but jesus christ starwars is complicated);
• Major Arcana is about rebuilding old bridges, fixing past mistakes and protecting what's valuable. It's also about family (like most of my fics);
• Anyway, Hitoshi was recently turned into a padawan when the Great Jedi Purge happened;
• Aizawa was his mentor;
• Oboro was considered missing and Aizawa was the first to go after his friend, leaving Hitoshi at a Jedi temple;
• Unfortunately, Oboro joined the Dark Side;
• When the Empire attacked the Jedi temples, Hitoshi managed to hide;
• He wanted to stay in the temple in case Aizawa came back for him;
• But that never happened;
• After a week, Hitoshi went after food and to find someone that would help him find Aizawa;
• He was chased by stormtroopers but saved by a kind woman named Midoriya Inko;
• Inko was pregnant, but she adopts Hitoshi and he becomes her first son;
• Even after everything, Hitoshi still kept his padawan braid;
• Over the years, Hitoshi accepts that Aizawa is dead. It's not easy;
• When Izuku is born, Hitoshi promises Inko he'll protect him with his life;
• When Hitoshi is 15, the Empire knocks on their door after a force-sensitive;
• They were after Izuku, without knowing Hitoshi was one as well;
• Inko forces Hitoshi to flee with Izuku;

Version One:

• In this version, Hitoshi and Izuku wander across the galaxy trying to survive;
• Izuku is only 5ish when they lose their mother;
• Hitoshi teaches Izuku the basics but even his knowledge is limited since his training was cut short;
• In another planet, they were found by stormtroopers and Hitoshi is seriously injured;
• Yamada finds and saves them. He takes the kids to someone who can help them;
• It's Aizawa;
• Plot-twist: Aizawa was alive all this time;
• Oboro almost killed him, but Aizawa managed to survive;
• He also showed Aizawa the temple's destruction, knowing Hitoshi was there and thinking he was killed during the purge;
• He lives in a secret place where not many people would dare to explore;
• Hitoshi is confused and angry;
• He waited for years for his mentor to find him. He was there when his people died. He even accepted Aizawa had died;
• He grieved for nothing, after all?;
• Why didn't Aizawa tried to look for him? He lost a friend? Well, Hitoshi thought he had lost a dad! He was a kid!;
• (of course, grief comes differently and suffering shouldn't be compared)
• Izuku is cutely unaware of his brother's feelings. He wants to train and become a Jedi like his big sibling;
• Hizashi works as a mediator between them;
• Meanwhile, Emperor All for One sends his pupil Shigaraki to "help" Oboro;
• They hate working with each other;

Version Two:

• This version comes with a twist;
• Aizawa also joins the Dark Side since he lost his padawan, he doesn't have a perspective of the future anymore;
• He lost Hitoshi, he doesn't want to lose Oboro too;
• (flawless logic, i'll admit /s /lh)
• Aizawa uses a helmet to hide his face;
• Hitoshi is raised by Inko, but when the Empire comes to find Izuku, Aizawa (and Oboro) is found with a surprise;
• Hitoshi and Izuku run away, and Aizawa goes after them;
• Hizashi finds the kid and takes them to Nedzu (who is a little bit like Yoda, but not really), an old Jedi master;
• Hitoshi and Nedzu knew each other since Nedzu trained Aizawa in first place;
• Aizawa also finds them;
• It's not a fun reunion;
• Hizashi is exasperated. He didn't sign for Jedi bullshit;

Notes:

i have some doodles from this au, but i'll post them later since i'm at school

there's one starwars au left to post, should i do it?

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Chapter 45: thicker than thieves

There's a gun pointed at them.

Izuku gulps, and Hitoshi draws a sharp breath behind him.

Nedzu stares at them impassively. 

The file in his hands is heavier than it looks. 

"May I know what are your interests with my school?" Nedzu asks, the gun never leaves them, "and how did you bypass my security system?"

Izuku is not religious. His dad was and used to drag him to assemblies, but he had never been interested in it when he was younger.

But now? Now Izuku prays for God to answer.

---

Izuku and Hitoshi are thieves.

They'd met when they were at their worst, and now they are just trying to survive. The dreams of being heroes have been forgotten.

When a mysterious guy assigns them to rob the most prestigious hero school in the country, they don't say yes, but a high amount of money (and death threats) might have changed their minds.

That's how they got stuck in an office with the most intelligent being on the planet pointing a gun at them.

---

• Izuku and Hitoshi are thieves because kids like them can't find good jobs;
• Inko and Hisashi were divorced, and she died when Izuku was 5. He was sent to live with his dad;
• Izuku used to live with his alcoholic dad but ran away when Hisashi set their home on fire (because fire breathing and alcohol aren't a good combination) and now lives with Toshi;
• Toshi decided living in the streets was better than surviving in foster care, always getting beaten black and blue;
• They survived through a lot of difficulties and discovered stealing things gives them good money;
• They steal documents, information, objects, and even equipment;
• And they even created a network system;
• Hitoshi and Izuku saw how society was fucked up, and that changed their dreams;
• Besides, they were criminals. No way they could become heroes;
• Do they want a good shelter other than a moldy apartment in an almost abandoned building? Yes. Would they change their decisions to run away if they knew they would end up as thieves? No;
• Midoriya Izuku and Shinsou Hitoshi are siblings;
• Shigaraki heard they could enter everywhere (an overstatement, they weren't that good) and decided they were the best to infiltrate in U.A.;
• He offered good money for the service, but Izuku and Hitoshi denied it. They weren't crazy to try that;
• Shigaraki might have threatened to kill them (by demonstrating what his quirk can do on their equipment);
• So now they have a mission to infiltrate one of the most secure places in the country, joy!;
• "Instead of Izuku actually managing to hack into UA I say it would be more interesting if Nedzu actually let him hack the security sys. Mostly because he wanted to see who was stupid/ballsy enough to try and hack into the most secure place in Japan" -by Sahasrara_Walker
• They infiltrate in the middle of the night and try to find the archives in the teachers' room;
• Unfortunately (or fortunately), they get caught by Nedzu;
• They hastily explain what happened when Nedzu forces them to his office, knowing there's no way out;
• Instead of immediately calling the police (or even killing them), Nedzu gives them tea and offers the couch he has in his office, because one of the thieves looks like he's about to pass out;
• They both sleep after the adrenaline dies out (and Nedzu tempered their teas);
• In the morning, Aizawa is convocated to Nedzu's office and is surprised to find two teens he has never seen in his life dozing off on his boss' couch;

Notes:

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Chapter 46: introductory classes for an assassin

Yamada Hizashi is a retired hitman who turned into a completely normal civilian after years of bloodshed. He lives in a nice apartment, has good friends, a great husband, and has a decent job. It sounds extremely boring, but it's what makes him happy.

However, his old supervisors are not amused by letting one of their best agents become a loose end. So, they assign a new agent to the case.
Who happens to be terrible at his job.

---

or: Yamada takes an assassin under his wing who is also trying to kill him.

---

• Inspired by this post;
• Hizashi is an unassuming guy. People think he's naive, loud, and even dumb sometimes, without knowing he's really smart and almost all of what he does is to maintain his persona;
• HIzashi and Aizawa are married;
• Aizawa doesn't know about Hizashi's old life;
• Izuku is a nervous wreck because he just completed his training, and now they want him to kill one of the best agents?! He can't do that;
• He was considered one of the weakest agents in his ranks. Izuku knows this, so why send him? He doesn't understand;
• Izuku admires Hizashi because he was one of the best hitmen in the agency;
• Hizashi is a music tutor;
• They pretend Izuku is one of his students;
• This means Izuku learns about music;
• Since Aizawa goes out to work, Hizashi and Izuku stay together most of the time, and Izuku always tries to kill him;
• He's absolutely miserable about this;
• Hizashi: "what are they teaching you guys? Do you call that training? They got a lot worse after a left."
• Izuku: :(
• Hizashi:"... jesus. ok. get up. I'll teach you how to actually hold a knife"
• Aizawa is not even bothered Izuku is there anymore;
• The kid is nice and polite, better than most of his students;
• Izuku tried poisoning Hizashi. However, Hizashi developed an immunity to poison;
• Hizashi is almost like John Wick;
• Izuku is very creative about his attempts. Hizashi will give credit when it's due;
• Sometimes, when Hizashi needs to go to a student's house, Izuku follows him;
• He just stands in the farthest corner of the room until Hizashi is over;
• It's kinda creepy, but at least the kid isn't trying to kill him during his lessons;
• The kids don't notice him there because Izuku is good at stealthy;
• The only person who can sense him or his footsteps is Hizashi unless Izuku makes it obvious (to not freak people out);
• Deep down, Izuku wants to be a normal kid;
• HIzashi gives lessons to Todoroki, Jirou, Aoyama, Yaoyorozu, Shinsou, and Monoma;
• Who are also Aizawa's students (minus Monoma);
• Gives SpyxFamily vibes without the spies part, I think?;
• Very short AU;

Notes:

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Chapter 47: fragments of a shattered mind

In the final battle between One for All and All for One, the cycle doesn't end, but instead, it breaks, ugly and painful. Midoriya Izuku becomes an empty broken shell of a haunted quirk that cannot be fixed.

Years before Yagi Toshinori found his legacy, Nedzu found a kid, shattered what seemed beyond repair, but Nedzu is anything but compliant. The kid will never be fixed but it's enough so they can hold themselves alone. Nedzu keeps their story away, a secret close to his paws, in form of a hero license.

---

• Inspired by: The Little Deku Who Could (chapters 69 and 92) by an orphan_account and Silver Lining by SimplyKaren;
• Izuku accidentally travels back in time 16 years before he and his classmates entered Class 1-A;
• It's because, before the connection was cut and OFA fragmented, one of the vestiges' quirks was related to time. It worked like a "fail safe" to stop Izuku from dying and losing One for All forever;
• One for All was damaged during the battle against Shigaraki/All for One;
• They tried to take One for All by force, but we know that would never happen;
• You know when you try to pull something out, like a nail stuck in a wall, but it won't budge, and it can break (or damage) the wall? It's almost like that;
• It damaged the connection between the holders, so Izuku stopped seeing them and couldn't use their quirks consciously;
• Izuku can't control One for All anymore;
• Shigaraki/All for One weren't aiming to kill (despite Shigaraki's wishes), they wanted Izuku's will to break so he could willingly give up One for All;
• Izuku's body was found and the police called Nedzu after discovering Izuku's hero license;
• Since it was bound to Midoriya Izuku to be born, Nedzu changes his name to Akatani Mikumo, and his file is totally classified;
• Izuku's memories are fucked up, with gaps and blurred images. However, the trauma is very much still present, regardless if he remembers why they exist or not;
• Izuku still has flashes from his past life and follows some of his old instincts without realizing it (flinching because of explosions and loud noises, muttering and fidgeting when nervous, analyzing things, muscular memory, weird things he learned but forgot when exactly he did that, compulsive tears, impulsively running to danger when someone needs help, etc)
• Izuku has his old scars (villain battles, his previous bullying, the broken bones) but also a new set: cracked scars, like shattered porcelain;
  > inspired by But who saves you? - poe_tate_toe
• On bad days, Izuku disassociates or has visions of his timeline
  > he also has chronic pain and nightmares (on rare occasions, he has sleep paralysis)
• Akatani has dark brown hair and green eyes
  > his freckles are mostly invisible because of his mask and scars;
• Technically, Izuku was adopted by Nedzu, but legally, he is a Yuuei ward;
• Izuku managed to become Aizawa's friend in Gen Ed.
  > Nedzu put him there because Izuku wouldn't have to use his quirk
• Akatani is registered as quirkless;
• Nedzu thought Izuku's friendship with Aizawa was a good thing because of Shouta's quirk
  > until Shouta dragged Izuku with him to the hero course and, well, Izuku only trusted Shouta and the other way around, there was no way Nedzu could separate them
  > of course, Izuku doesn't remember who Aizawa is, but when they met, some part of his mind related Shouta to safety and trust 
• Akatani became part of the rooftop gang;
• It was kinda obvious Izuku went through some shit, so Oboro, Hizashi, Shouta, and Nemuri made sure to help him;
• Izuku went to the underground and became the fundamental heroics teacher, years later, Yagi becomes his assistant instead of teacher, so he could still watch young Midoriya;
• Izuku used to go to Nedzu's office while he was working and enjoy the tea scent and the background noise
  > and they would play chess if Nedzu wasn't busy

Fun-fact:

• Before I made this version where Izuku is a different person, I tried to use more of the original material, so Izuku and Aizawa would be the same person;

Notes:

recommendation of the day: Epic: The Musical by Jorge Herrans and many other talented singers

if you like greek mythology or the story of Odysseus, then it's perfect for you! go listen to it

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Chapter 48: and the universe said the darkness you fight is within you

"So, you are a "Sith"?" Hitoshi asks from Shouta's side.

"Was." Midoriya stresses, "I was a sith."

"Right..." Hitoshi drawls, not convinced. "And now, you are wanted by the Empire."

"Yep," He nervously chirps.

"Because you have something they want."

"Someone," Midoriya stresses again. Shouta notices how tense the kid's shoulders look and how he's ready to run. "I have someone. Not something."

"Ok, ok. You have someone they want. So you are asking us, Mandalorians, to help you and that someone to find another someone, who you don't know where they are, and put ourselves at risk because of a mess you've made?"

A heavy silence covers the room with a blanket.

"...Yes," Midoriya answers, not above a whisper.

"Why do you think we would help your kind?" Hitoshi coldly. He glares daggers at the boy in front of them. Even the helmet can't hide Hitoshi's sneer.

---

Izuku, despite being one of the prodigies of the Dark Side and one of the appendices of the Emperor himself, is quite dumb. No one with good mental faculties would kidnap a force-sensitive kid from the Empire's cells and steal a ship. 

And no one would seek help from the most dangerous people in the galaxy.

---

• Another StarWars AU;
• Also inspired by The Mandalorian and Ad Astra by Hellenite;
• Again, tried to follow the canon timeline, but it's messy;
• Izuku is a Sith and one of the Emperor's apprentices, along with Shigaraki, who is an inquisitor;
• Shigaraki is jealous of Izuku, despite being "better" than Izuku, All for One's first apprentice and a general;
• Izuku was Toshinori's padawan before the Jedi Purge, and when his mentor was killed by All for One, instead of being killed along with the others, the Emperor ordered his torture to allow the dark side of the Force to manifest in the young Jedi and raised him as a mentee;
• This is inspired by Trilla Suduri's lore (The Second Sister from Jedi Fallen Order);
• Despite using the dark Force and forsaking the Jedi way, Izuku is kinder than most Sith (that's why Shigaraki considers him weak and unworthy of the Emperor's attention);
• Izuku thinks Toshinori would be so disappointed and disgusted to call him his padawan;
• Izuku's hair is white, and his eyes changed to red;
• Before the purge, Izuku's appearance was like his canon's;
• That's Not How The Force Works;
• Shigaraki rebelled against the light side and sought All for One's guidance;
• He was Nana's grandchild;
• Toshinori was considered a hero before his death;
• One day, Shigaraki's troops find Eri, a force-sensitive Unicorn who exhales unexplored potential for All for One;
• Chisaki Kai and Dr. Kyudai are All for One's scientists (and those who tortured former padawans into becoming new Sith) and were ready to explore her abilities;
• Izuku's sympathy toward Eri (and how she reminds him of himself) is what pushes him forward to kidnap Eri from the Empire's bases and steal a ship;
• He talks to an informant who indicates two Mandalorians who may help him;
• After Eri's initial fear, she starts considering Izuku as her hero since he was the first to save her;
• Izuku is very protective of her. He promised he would take care of her (this is important);
• "One step closer, and you will know why I was made The Emperor's apprentice";
• Aizawa adopted Hitoshi years ago, and he turned into a foundling;
• Hitoshi was raised to the Mandalorian ways;
• Despite being dad and son and Hitoshi being 15-16, Aizawa trusts Hitoshi with his own life. They fight together. They get hurt together, and they stand together, side by side. He protects Hitoshi, and Hitoshi protects him;
• Aizawa and Hitoshi fled during the Mandalore Purge and survived, becoming bounty hunters;
• They (Hitoshi's is more noticeable) hold a grudge against the Empire, and Izuku was literally a Sith;
• They do it for Eri, but she wants Izuku with her. Even if Izuku wants her to go without him;
• He's trying to find a way to leave her with them because he's a bad person. She would be better off without him anyway;
• Izuku wants to find Gran Torino, his master's old master, and if he's dead, he will try to find Nedzu;
• At first, Hitoshi is wary of Izuku and tries to make Eri feel more comfortable with them so that if the Empire finds them, they can take Eri and leave Midoriya behind;
• People think Sith choose the path they took, and it's true in most cases, but not Izuku's (but of course, Hitoshi and Aizawa don't know that);
• It will take time for them to soften for Izuku;
• The three of them are soft for Eri;
• Found Family!! (but with a ton of angst :) );
• Everyone needs a hug;
• Minus All for One, he can die in a ditch for all that I care;

Notes:

i love the end poem, so much

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Chapter 49: my palms and fingers still reek of gasoline

When Izuku is four years old, his dad's fire turns green, and his home turns ashes. Everyone says it's a force-manifested quirk, but Izuku doesn't feel as happy as he would be to finally have a quirk. Not when his mama isn't there to celebrate with him.

Two years later and his life is miserable. He doesn't have friends or a real family, he still suffers the effects of his quirk, and he isn't useless anymore. No, now he is a villain. And villains can't be heroes.

Can they?

---

Izuku's quirk

• Izuku's new quirk is pyrokinesis, a mutation between Inko's and Hisashi's quirks;
• Izuku can't originate flames, but he can control them from a preexistent fire;
• When he's in control, the flames will turn green (like greek fire from Percy Jackson);
• Because of its color, Izuku called his quirk Pyre;
• Technically, Izuku's quirk wasn't supposed to exist because Izuku's body is the same as a quirkless person, so his body doesn't stand his own quirk;
• I like to think that quirk drawbacks are more severe if the quirk wasn't originally yours or incompatible with your body (like in Izuku's case);
• If Izuku uses Pyre for too long, his fingers will start to scorch, and so will his hands and arms if he continues to do so;
• Izuku needs a lot of control because his quirk also makes the flames more powerful, ergo easier to lose control. The bigger the flames, the more powerful he makes them;
• He has to stay close to a fire source because his body lost its natural heat. He can suffer from hypothermia and die;
• Izuku may have pyromaniac tendencies, but at the same time, he's traumatized by his own quirk;
• (I like giving Izuku a fire quirk);

Plot:

• When Midoriya Inko dies, Izuku is four-years-old and recently "diagnosed" as quirkless;
• His dad is always mad with him, and despite his mom's best attempts, not even she can soothe his anger;
• Hisashi wants his son to have a quirk at any cost, and so he tries to beat the quirklessness out of Izuku;
• When Inko discovers this, she's furious, and a fight breaks out;
• Hisashi tries to use his quirk on his wife in a fit of rage, and to protect his mom, Izuku manifests a quirk;
• His home is engulfed by flames, and his mom dies;
• His father barely survives because of his natural fire resistance, but he's in a coma;
• Without a guardian fit to take care of him, and because of his social worker's disdain, Izuku is put in foster care;
• Katsuki was mad because of his auntie's death and lashed out against Izuku;
• Katsuki blamed Izuku because his quirk killed auntie.
• He also says he would've been better off dead instead of Inko because Izuku is now a villain; 
• Izuku is transferred after an "accident";
• Izuku suffers bullying at his schools, and his foster homes are shitty;
• His social worker always makes sure to tell everyone that Izuku is a villain;
• And his burn scars don't help to appease his image of delinquent
• He meets lots of kids, including a purple-haired kid with a mental quirk;
• Until they are separated;
• When Izuku turns eleven, he takes his lighter, an old (almost burnt) photo of his mom and him, and a pocket knife and slips out of the window during the night;
• He's declared missing and, two days later, dead because of the police's incompetence;
• Izuku starts to live in the streets;
• He meets Dabi, whose quirk is similar to his. They bond a little bit but part ways because Dabi's motivations are different from Izuku's;
• He meets Stain, who helps Izuku but leaves to continue his life mission;
• Izuku commits some vigilantism, and he thinks it's fun;
• And then, he meets Eraserhead;
• Aizawa starts to bring coats, food, and other lighters after Izuku's old one is without fuel;
• Izuku thinks Aizawa will leave because everyone leaves him behind, but Aizawa never leaves;
• He asks if Izuku wants to have his guest bedroom, but after all of his experiences, Izuku doesn't accept it;
• It takes a long time for him to trust Aizawa enough to tell him bits of his past;
• Eventually Aizawa adopts Izuku, but shhh, that's a spoiler;

Notes:

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Chapter 50: blood from the father, blade from the son

Izuku has a quirk, despite what his register says.

His mom always told him to be careful. To never use his quirk in public because bad men would find them and try to take Izuku.

Unfortunately, no matter how much Midoriya Inko tried to hide, one day, she would pay the price.

And she did.

---

Midoriya Izuku sees his mom's dead body inside their home and understands this is a message.

His dad is trying to get him.

Well, he can try all he wants, and Izuku will be ready.

He will find his dad and make him pay for going after his mom. Hero or not, Izuku won't hesitate to cross the line to see his dad bleed.

---

Six years ago, Eraserhead met Dagger, a young vigilante who is after to kill his dad to avenge his mother's death. Ignoring his homicidal tendencies, Shouta can recognize the kid is grieving and seems to be deeply traumatized, so he tries to be someone the kid can trust.

Years later, Dagger, or Midoriya Izuku, is under his care and ready to become a hero-in-training. However, when a new enemy rises to take the hero society out of the bat, a familiar face shows up, making Izuku's past come to light.

Sometimes, Shouta wonders if it's much to ask for a break for his kid.

---

• Slightly inspired by Ill-Gotten Gains by ghostmaybite and His Kidlante by Otaku6337;
• Midoriya Hisashi is All for One;
• Izuku has All for One;
• Hisashi wanted Izuku as his successor because of his quirk, but Mamadoriya said no and left;
• Instead of going to Dr. Tsubaba, Inko falsified Izuku's quirk register with their doctor;
• She tells Izuku to keep his quirk a secret;
• Even if people treat him badly because he's "quirkless" he will be safer like this;
• Inko teaches Izuku morally ambiguous things to keep him safe;
• She learned a lot of things being a wife of a supervillain;
• Izuku's natural hair is white, but Inko dyes it in green;
• It was Izuku's idea;
• The only person who knows about Izuku's quirk is Bakugou because he was there when Izuku manifested it;
• Not even Mitsuki and Masaru know this, just Katsuki;
• Katsuki and Izuku stay friends!;
• Unfortunately, when Izuku is nine-years-old, his mom is brutally murdered inside their home, and he knows what this means;
• When he's sent to foster care, Izuku runs away at the first chance he gets;
• He warns Kacchan he is leaving and Katsuki offers his parent to take him, but Izuku kindly declines saying there's the risk of his dad finding his family;
• Katsuki makes Izuku promise he will be safe;
• Izuku becomes a vigilante to find his dad and destroy him;
• Izuku's vigilante name is Dagger;
• He still wants to be a hero, and he will be one, but first, he needs to take care of something;
• He is homeless;
• Izuku can easily hold grudges;
• He has a bit of paranoia, but it's justified;
• Aizawa is stressed because there's a feral vigilante kid who is trying to commit murder!;
• Also, his dad's senses tell him the kid needs a hug;
• However, Izuku is slippery;
• Despite running around the underground for months, it's quite hard to find Midoriya Hisashi, especially if your dad is considered a myth, you don't have support or a network and you are a ten-years-old;
• Izuku likes to visit his mother's grave and bring her favorite flowers;
• Aizawa wants to help, so Izuku tells just a bit of information he has;
• They keep getting nothing and soon enough, it has passed a year and a half;
• They bond during this;
• Izuku even tells his quirk to him;
• One day, Aizawa casually mentions this to Tsukauchi, who is going pale minute by minute;
• Tsukauchi asks for Aizawa to bring Dagger and he instantly calls Toshinori;
• After a lot of convincing, Izuku relents and goes with Aizawa to the police station;
• There, Aizawa and Izuku meet All Might's weakened form and Toshinori tells All for One is dead;
• Izuku cries of frustration and relief; 
• He doesn't tell All Might what his quirk is, afraid of what he's going to say;
• Since Izuku never used a quirk, Tsukauchi let him go without charges;
• It's a lie, Izuku used his quirk most of the time to catch villains, but Tsukauchi doesn't know that;
• And Aizawa is no snitch;
• Aizawa takes Izuku to his apartment;
• Izuku finally visits Katsuki again to tell him the news, not everything, but enough to satisfy him;
• Izuku lives with Aizawa until he starts U.A.
• He even joins Aizawa during patrols, but mostly as a backup now;
• Toshinori likes to visit Izuku sometimes;;
• He even tries to offer One for All but Izuku kindly denies, since he already has a quirk;
• Katsuki and Izuku go to U.A. together and Izuku feels more happier than ever;
• His mom's death is avenged (even though not being by his hands), he has a better dad now, he's with his best friend and he's going to be a hero!;
• Of course things start to go wrong at the USJ;;
• The crusty man hurt his dad, now he's going to pay;
• Stain goes next;
• During Summer Camp, Izuku and Katsuki are kidnapped and Izuku fucking pissed™;
• Staring at him, he finds Shigaraki, who wants Kacchan to become a villain; 
• They're so done;
• And later, he finds his dad was alive after his battle against All Might;
• When All for One kidnaps Izuku, he wasn't expecting murderous intent emaning from his kid;
• He's... slightly scared;
• The Kamino Ward fight happens and Izuku tries to attack his father, but Katuski grabs Izuku and drags him to leave the battlefield;
• At least he manages to hit one of the respirator's pipes, so the fight ends earlier;

Version one:

• All for One dies before he's sent to Tartarus;

Version two:

• All for One is in terminal state;
• Izuku is restless, because his father is still alive, Shigaraki is somewhere out there and there's no All Might anymore;
• None of Aizawa's attempts soothe Izuku's stress;
• Izuku hates the HSPC for keeping his fafher alive for research pruposes;
• If depended on Izuku, he would already be dead;
• I don't have an ending for this, sorry;

Notes:

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Chapter 51: there will come a soldier, oh lei, oh lai, oh lord (fantasy au)

When a war strikes in the kingdom, the king Yagi Toshinori goes to the front lines to help his people. Instead of following him, Aizawa Shouta, the royal knight, is ordered to stay and protect the prince and Toshinori's only son, Yagi Izuku.

---

"What are you doing?" He asks.

"Frower crows!" the prince exclaims, excitedly showing Shouta a tangle of colorful flowers with their stems tied in knots. It's messy.

... He hopes the gardener never sees this.

---

• Based on this;
• Inspired by Passerine - bluepajamas;
• Aizawa is the silver knight and Toshinori's personal royal guard;
• Technically he was supposed to go with him to war, but Toshinori made him promise he would take care of his son in his absence;
• Inko died when she gave birth to Izuku, so there's no queen;
• Toshinori calls Izuku his sunshine;
• Nighteye and Nedzu are Toshinori's advisors and they take care of the kingdom while he's gone;
• Izuku likes to call Aizawa Uncle Shouta;
• Izuku loves flowers, drawing and animals (except gooses);
• Izuku is friends with Kacchan (katsuki), Shocchan (shouto), Toshi (hitoshi), Momo, Tenten (tenya) and Chako (ochako);
• Katsuki, Shouto, Hitoshi, Momo and Tenya belong to noble families;
• Uraraka is daughter of one of the former servants in the castle. Her mother used to work there, and now she has an atelier;
• Endeavor is a good dad;
• Nemuri and Momo are related;
• Izuku always asks Aizawa to tell him a story of his dad before he goes to sleep, even though Aizawa always say this is going to be the last time he does this;
• It never is;
• Izuku wants to be a knight, like Uncle Shouta;
• Hizashi, Oboro, Tensei and Nemuri are the kingdom knights;
• Everyone loves Izuku;
• Izuku likes to spend his time in the garden and in the library;
• Izuku presents Aizawa with a flower crown every day. He has lots of them in his room;
• He also presents them for other people;
• I'm not sure if I will kill Toshinori or not;
• Very fluffy and with bits of hurt/comfort;
•  

Notes:

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Chapter 52: wingless bird

Along with the manifest of quirks, people began to be born with wings. Generations later, almost everyone in the world had a quirk and a pair of wings. Not everyone were born with wings, but they had a quirk to compensate.

What happens when you don't have a quirk or wings?

---

Midoriya Izuku isn't ordinary. He's part of the 20% of the population that is quirkless, and also part of the 21% of the population that wasn't born with wings. Combine those two factors and you will understand how hard is to live in his skin.

Despite all the adversities, Izuku wants to be a hero, and after passing the U.A. exam, he feels closer to his dream. 

Will he give up, or will he thrive?

---

• People are born with wings!
• Quirkless people can be born with wings, it's not exclusive;
• Izuku just draw the shortest stick;
• After generations of adaptation, people are tallet than they were centuries ago because their bodies adapted to support their wings;
• Izuku is considered the shortest of the class (except for Mineta);
• There's a reason why the classroom doors are so big;
• Izuku uses his height and his lack of wings at his favor;
• He can enter places of people can't, he is quick on his feet when it comes to melee combat, and he can be more stealthy;
• Izuku has a lot of knicknacks, knives and a taser;
• Wings are heavy, so heroes like Eraserhead had to train alot to mantain their agility while having a weight slowing them down;
• Most of Class 1-A doesn't have this training;
• To be honest, Izuku got to enter in Class 1-A because of sheer luck, a lot of determination and tools;
• Uraraka is still saved by Izuku;
• Izuku doesn't get One for All;
• But he still cleans Takoba beach, so he can get stronger;
• If Izuku didn't enter the hero course, he would go to Support;
• Izuku started to learn mechanics so he could build mechanics wings;
• That was one of his dreams;
• When he asked for that on his costurme, the department declined (because they are assholes);
• Aldera sucked;
• Bakugou and his lackeys liked to grab Izuku from his legs and drag him across the courtyard or pretend to let him go;
• The USJ goes a bit different;
• Funnily enough, in the USJ, Izuku was teleported with Bakugou and Todoroki;
• They just left him behind;
• Actually, Bakugou left them behind, and Todoroki went the other way;
• Since they were too busy stroking their egos, Izuku tried to find his way back to the entrance. He found the plaza instead;
• He managed to use Shigaraki's distraction to save Asui, Kaminari and Uraraka
• Not satisfied, while All Might and the nomu were fighting, Izuku tried to save Aizawa-sensei;
• He asked Asui (call me tsu, kero) to launch him across the plaza with her tongue, since they couldn't leave Kaminari by himself in his wheey state;
• But one teenager alone can't carry a full-grown person, so he had to fight Shigaraki;
• Fortunately, All Might overwhelmed the nomu and Kurogiri forced Shigaraki to leave;
• During the sports festival, Izuku is desclassified at the first game;
• He can't win if everyone is flying in a race;
• Todoroki doesn't use his fire;
• Izuku meets Hatsume regardless and she sees him doodling inventions and aprimorations in his equipment;
• She's starstruck and offers a partnership;
• Hatsume and Izuku become friends!;
• Next day, unsurprisingly Izuku doesn't receive any internship, but Aizawa tells him he will go to the Principal's office after class;
• Izuku thinks he will be expelled;
• When Midnight asks if he has a hero name, Izuku lies and says he's going to think about it;
• Aizawa takes him to Nedzu's office;
• Izuku thanks both Nedzu and Aizawa for giving him a chance at the hero course, and that he knows he's there because he will be expelled;
• Nedzu reveals he wanted to talk to Izuku because he wants to offer an internship;
• Nedzu is one of the few pro-heroes that don't have wings, so he can help Izuku with that department, and with the cameras, he knows Izuku is a smart kid;
• Aizawa would help where Nedzu can't, which means Izuku would train combat as part of the internship with Eraserhead;
• Izuku even cries a little bit (a lot);
• His hero name is The Wingless Hero: Kiwi!
• Kiwi is a bird that doesn't have wings, and also a fruit that is green inside;
• Very fitting;
• Aizawa also starts to train Shinsou after his placement at the Sports Festival;
• Izuku is gossip at the U.A. every since the first day when he entered the cafeteria;
• He doesn't have wings, and because Bakugou screamed at the top of his lungs Izuku is quirkless, and someone heard part of the Class 1-A talk about it, so by the end of the first week, everyone knew Izuku was quirkless;
• Very short and unfinished AU;
• I have little doodles from 2020-2021, so it's old stuff;

Notes:

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Chapter 53: we are ready for a street fight

un·der·dog

/ˈəndərˌdôɡ,ˈəndərˌdäɡ/

noun

a competitor thought to have little chance of winning a fight or contest.

a person who has little status in society.

---

When Izuku is feed by a kind person, he's shown the brutal world of underground fights.

He wouldn't have it in other way.

You better watch out. There's an underdog in the ring, and he won't back down easily.

---

Izuku lives with his uncle after his mother's passing and life sucks. His guardian is a grade A asshole, the bullying at school is annoying and he feels farther and farther away of his dream.

After a bad fight, Izuku is locked out of his uncle's house and spends the night wandering around the alleyways. A kind man takes pity of him and gives him some food. The guy is part of an underground ring fight, and Izuku can't help but think he's so cool.

Despite being just a kid with no fighting experience, they let him fight. That's the beginning of his journey as Underdog, the quirkless wonder;

---

• Izuku lives with his uncle, Akatani Mikumo, after his mom dies;
• Inko was very sick;
• Since Hisashi was out of the picture, they put Izuku with his "closest" relative, his dad's brother;
• Mikumo is an asshole;
• He mistreats Izuku a lot;
• Izuku pretends he doesn't hate his uncle, but he does;
• You can't run away from your anger, Izuku;
• Izuku probably has unresolved anger issues;
• Aldera also sucks, and that doesn't help with Izuku's stress and mental health;
• One day, after a beating, Mikumo says Inko was a weak woman for creating such wimpy excuse of a son;
• "Don't you dare talk about my mom like that, you f*cker";
• Izuku spends most of his days aound Katsuki, you can expect him learning some swear words;
• Anyway, Mikumo locks Izuku outside the house and Izuku tries to explore around the city;
• Izuku meets Sasuki Giyuu, or Paladin, who sees Izuku is beaten up and offers him food;
• They go eat in a food truck close by;
• Giyuu tells Izuku a little bit about what he does and Izuku thinks he's so cool;
• He offers Izuku to see him fight, which he accepts; 
• It becomes a routine, Izuku will slip out of his room by the window and go to see the fights;
• Giyuu asks if Izuku wants to try, since he'll need to learn this if he wants to become a hero;
• Izuku is holding pent-up rage because of his uncle and his classmates (he just got suicide-baited), so he accepts as a dumb move;
• Izuku, of course, loses;
• Everything hurts, but he feels... euphoric;
• It's weird, but not bad;
• So he keeps going;
• He loses every single time, but it's different from what happens at school. He can't explain why, it just is;
• Izuku learns from some fighters and by being punched. Sometimes failure is the best teacher;
• Months later, Izuku wins for the first time;
• By now, he's more agile. He can duck faster, tuck and roll, throw punches without hurting his hands, he knows how fall, how to ignore the pain and he's learning how to fight and analyze at the same time;
• His first win is considered an rite of passage;
• That's when the fighters choose Underdog as his alias;
• After a newbie wins for the first time, they can finally say they're a figther, and the veterans choose a name for them;
• After the first time, Izuku starts to win more than lose. Now he can defeat opponents stronger and bigger than him;
• He unloads all of his stress in the fights;
• Izuku learns some dirty tricks;
• He starts to make a bit of money because of the bets;
• Most veterans know Izuku and let him wild at the newbies for understimating him;
• Izuku is an adrenaline junkie;
• (and a bit unhinged);
• BAMF Midoriya Izuku;
• Being short has some advantages;
• Analysis is a life saver;
• Izuku is missing two teeth and his nose is now crooked;
• His finger-joints are weird after punching for a long time;
• He already had broken (and dislocated) bones during his fights;
• High pain-tolerance is very useful;
• Giyuu and Izuku are best friends;
• He's more of an older sibling figure than a mentor;
• Quirks within the ring are allowed. No weapons, unless it's a special fight;
• There's a training area since the ring also works as a gym at daylight;
• Most fighters don't give a shit about Izuku being quirkless, but those who does... well, let's just say they've learned their lessons;
• Izuku feels so accepted and respected at the ring. It makes him so happy;
• The ring is full of people with descriminated quirks; 
• At first, Izuku was worried because there were criminals around the ring, but now he knows the world is not black and white, and he doesn't mind interacting with thugs;
• Unless they were really bad people. He knows where to draw the line;
• Izuku has better reflexes and is quicker than most of his peers, so he can easily escape them to leave unscathed;
• That makes Bakugou pissed;
• There was one time where Izuku punched Bakugou in the face because of reflexes;
• Aldera called his uncle, and it didn't end well for Izuku;
• The fighters were so worried because Izuku was swaying on his feet and looking worse than he does after the fights; 
• So now, Izuku tries to run away as fast as he can;
• When he enters U.A., he still comes to fight in the ring;
• At the sports festival, the ring cheers for Izuku, especially for the one-by-one rounds;
• Izuku ends in a high placement; 
• Aizawa is a bit impressed by Izuku's moves;
• Most of his class is flabbergast;
• I don't know if Izuku ends up in Class 1-A at first try, or if he goes to Gen. Ed first;

Notes:

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Chapter 54: a duty too heavy to bear (fantasy au)

Aizawa Shouta, a lower mercenary, is paid to infiltrate the castle and kill the king. Everything is falling apart, and the citzens are tired of listening to a cowardly faceless monarch. It's good money and Shouta doesn't care much about the king to care.

Entering the castle is easy enough, and finding the king's quarters doesn't give him trouble. In fact, it's like the castle is empty. It doesn't matter. He just needs to be quick. Kill the guy, and get out before someone notices he is there.

What Shouta is about to learn will change a lot of things.

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Version one:

• Izuku became king when he was seven years old after his father died of sickness;
• His mother died when she was sailing to visit her home kingdom;
• Hisashi's royal advisor took advantage of Izuku's naivity and his emotional state to get more control;
• He was the one to suggest Izuku should pretend to be his father so his people would think nothing was wrong;
• Sometimes, Izuku would pretend to be his dad at the main window at the castle so the citzens would know he's there, taking care of the kingdom;
• The Advisor manipulated Izuku to make decisions that would benefit himself;
• And most of the time, the Advisor would be the king's "spokesperson" and give orders in the name of the king, despite Izuku not knowing about this decisions at all;
• Because of this, the citzens, the other kingdoms and the counsil hated the king;
• Izuku stays in the castle most of the time, at his dad's office;
• If he had free time (which, most of the time he didn't), he would stay as his quarters or the library;
• Not even the servants know about this. They talk like he's still a prince;
• The only way the servants can speak with the king, it's through the Advisor;
• The guy even delivers the food, news and mail;
• The king's office is off limits;
• One day, Izuku receives a mail and is shocked to find the news of a threat of war;
• He didn't know about this;
• Instead of calling his confident, he takes a walk in the village;
• He goes disguised as a normal traveler, so no one recognizes him as the prince;
• During his walk, he hears everyone talking hateful things about his persona and how he's an awful person;
• This breaks him;
• He returns to the castle and the Advisor screams at him for leaving the castle, afraid they would get caught;
• Izuku thinks how stupid he was for believing in him;
• Instead of blaming his Advisor, he blamed himself for disgracing his dad's name;
• When the Advisor leaves, Izuku dispenses the knights due to his father's orders and enters his quarters;
• He writes a letter for his people and climbs the rail of his balcony;
• At the same time, the counsil is planning a coup;
• And Aizawa is infiltrating the castle;
• He's horrified to find a kid at the edge of falling down;
• Izuku tells him Aizawa a bit of his story, after realizing why he's there;
• He asks Aizawa to kill him, bowing down on his knees, so they can both have what they want; 
• Aizawa offers an way out because he doesn't think a kid deserves that;
• Note that Izuku is 13 when this happens;
• Focused on angst, more dramatic stuff;
• Izuku is not on a good headspace right now;
• Aizawa becomes a very worried dad;
• Found family with roadtrip, cuz those are the best combination;

Version two:

• Hisashi is a tyrant king and Aizawa is sent to kill him;
• Before he can escape, Izuku finds him with blood on his face and the kid's dad's corpse on the floor;
• Izuku meekly asks if Aizawa will kill him too;
• Aizawa is surprised the kid didn't start screaming or running away;
• Izuku implies Hisashi was not a good dad and asks Aizawa if he can come with him;
• He confesses with tears that he knows he's not a good person because he doesn't want to be a king, and he knows everyone will expect him to become one after they find his dad is dead;
• Aizawa is not comfortable with this, but he also doesn't think it's a good idea to let a kid take the crown. Izuku is like, what? Six, seven years old? Doesn't seem logical;
• He awkwardly pats Izuku, minding the blood on his, and decides he can take the kid to Oboro's inn and let his blond friend deal with the rest;
• Izuku guides Aizawa to his room so he can grab his stuff. He doesn't trust Aizawa won't leave without him;
• While Izuku is taking his stuff, they hear one of the servents screaming;
• Aizawa panics, grabs Izuku and jumps out the window;
• Found family and roadtrip;
• Very fluffy and with attempts of humor;
• A bit of hurt/comfort;

Notes:

i'm sorry about the lack of creativity these days, and the many fantasy aus i've been posting, but it has me on a chokehold

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Chapter 55: older izuku au

"Class, meet Midoriya Izuku. If you have any doubts, ask him, not me." 

"Geez, thanks, Zawa," the boy, Midoriya, huffs dramatically before smiling at them, "Hello, everyone. My name is Midoriya Izuku and I'm in Class 2-A!"

"I thought everyone in Class 2-A was expelled?" Kaminari asks, dumbfounded.

"They were," Midoriya and Aizawa-sensei say at the same time. They don't add anything else.

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Midoriya Izuku is born one year before Class 1-A.

This changes everything and nothing at all.

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• Based on some fics in the 'Older Midoriya Izuku' tag;
• Izuku is one year older than Class 1-A;
• And also the only student in Class 2-A;
• Aizawa expelled his entire class last year, with Midoriya being the exception;
• (I know he offers them a second chance in canon, but let's pretend it's not a logical ruse);
• Before U.A., Izuku was a vigilante and worked along Eraserhead;
• Izuku already had a lot of experience after being a vigilante for five years;
• They already had a pretty close relationship;
• Izuku's vigilante name was Batter;
• He had a baseball bat as a weapon;
• Aizawa managed to convince Izuku to try for the entrance exam;
• Since he was Aizawa's only student and already had better knowledge than an avarage first years, Aizawa focused on teaching him second and third years subjects;
• Izuku still patrols with Aizawa, even outside internships, but now they can claim he's Eraserhead's mentee instead of a vigilante;
• Izuku is considered the staff's young brother (kinda, it's complicated to describe their relationship, but izuku is closer to the teachers than any other student);
• Except for Aizawa, that's his dad;
• Izuku was put in the second year's sports festival, that's how he met Mirio, Nejire and Amajiki;
• It's not like the first year's sports festival was that popular anyway;
• During the sports festival, one of the games was paintball;
• Surprisingly, Izuku nailed it;
• That's why Snipe annoyed Aizawa to borrow his kid so he could teach the sprout how to shoot;
• And also, he won the second place at the Sports Festival, losing for Mirio;
• One of his matches, Izuku used a rock from a hole in the floor as a weapon since hero course students can't bring weapons;
• Everyone was scared of him after that;
• Aizawa cackles everytime he is reminded of this;
• Izuku has big brother energy;
• He has first-aid lessons with Recovery Girl;
• Honestly, Izuku is more a T.A. than a student;
• Aizawa bullies him to do his paperwork;
• Vlad and Izuku are frenemies;
• Izuku shows up at Mic's radio show sometimes;
• Before Izuku was a vigilante, he met All Might. The sludge villain incident happens before canon, but Bakugou is not involved;
• This happens after his fight with All for One;
• I'd like to think Yagi's vision about a quirkless person being a hero is a product of his injuries;
• His injuries, on his point of view, made One for All be limited, and as a source of his strength, powerless;
• Mixing this with his hero complex, All Might realized he couldn't save people without his quirk. If he's not All Might, he's just Yagi Toshinori, a quirkless person;
• And that changed his worldview;
• Maybe if Izuku asked him about being a hero before his injuries, maybe he would've said yes;
• But idk, that's just my view, I'm sorry if it sounds confused or if it doesn't make any sense;
• Anyway, All Might says no, and that's one of the reasons why Izuku becomes a vigilante;
• Bakugou and Izuku have a strained relationship;
• Katsuki considered Izuku as his big brother, despite being only one year apart;
• Until Bakugou started to avoid Izuku after he was declared quirkless because he didn't want to be seen with a 'useless Deku' like him;
• And then, Izuku disappeared;
• Bakugou doesn't admit, but he is regretful because he lost his brother, and he can't apologize, not after many years without talking to him;
• This relates to Inko's neglect and Izuku's vigilante career;
• Izuku gave up waiting for his mother's love, and packed his things;
• As an act of spite, Izuku never warned her he left, so one day, Inko woke up with an eviction letter;
• Living in the streets convince Izuku he could help without being a hero;
• At first, it was just small actions. Guiding heroes to victims, trying to help homeless people and lost kids, before he started to wreck shit and stop the bad guys;
• Aizawa adopted Izuku after he entered U.A. because Izuku didn't reveal his identity until later;
• Which is funny because Aizawa knew almost everything about his kid, except for his face and name;
• Found family is truly a blessing;
• Izuku's main weapon is not a capture weapon, but he knows how to use one;
• He uses two small ones around his arms. He uses them for mobility and to grab people and stuff;
• It's like a grappling hook;
• The reason for this is because he doesn't feel like the capture weapon is a good choice for him and he is not as skilled as his dad;
• Aizawa thought it was a good idea to teach him because a good hero always have more than one weapon;
• They have a cat named Racoon;
• Actually, Racoon was Izuku's but after he moved in, he is now Aizawa's cat as well;
• Izuku is a vent gremlin;
• Izuku has a collection of knives, his bat and a softgun;
• Since he doesn't have a license yet, he can't use a normal gun;
• But he modified his bullets, so they can deal more damage;
• Nedzu and Izuku have an afternoon tea time. Aizawa highly disagrees with this;
• Izuku doesn't hold grudges against All Might, but he still feels uncomfortable while interacting with him alone;
• A light-hearted AU, nothing impressive;
• Just a bit of crack;

Notes:

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Chapter 56: all that glitters is not gold (it's blood) (hunger games au)

Notes:

i don't know why, but somehow, i got interested in the hunger games setting tag and thought "why not make one"

enjoy, and please tell me your opinions about it!

Every year, the Capitol choses two teenagers from each district to become tributes and put them inside an arena to fight to death, until one is last standing while the whole nation watches the carnage.

These are called the Hunger Games.

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or: in any universe, Midoriya Izuku is bound to be a tribute.

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Version one:

• Izuku was chosen when he was 12;
• He was an orphan, and only had Shinsou as his family;
• They liked to think they were brothers;
• Unfortunately, Shinsou was also chosen as a tribute;
• (I know they chose a boy and a girl, but in this universe, they chose regardless of gender);
• Shinsou was 13 at the time;
• They were both from District 12;
• Their mentor was Gran Torino;
• Storytime!: Gran Torino and Nana trained Toshinori as a tribute, however, he didn't make it. Nana grew too attached to him, and that made her interact with resistence groups, which lead to her death by the Capitol. Gran Torino grew old and died one year after Izuku won;
• Due to circunstances, Midoriya was the last survivor at the arena and winner of the 125th Hunger Games;
• Losing a brother and having to murder other people in cold blood scarred Izuku;
• Izuku is the youngest victor in the Games;
• He is known as Switchblade because he killed his last opponent with one;
• Two years later, Izuku has to mentor Eri (12) and Kota (13);
• (Fun fact: I wanted Izuku to train Aizawa because I thought it was comically tragic a 14-year-old kid train a 18-year-old, but I decided to change that);
• The other tributes were older than him, he learned to create a detachment;
• But Eri and Kota are the same age as he and Shinsou were when they were selected, it's hard to not let his emotions interfere;
• It hits too close to home, espeacially knowing one of them has to die;
• Izuku lives closer to the woods. He hates the Victors' village;
• Eri lived with her uncle Chisaki Kai and grandpa, who is bed ridden;
• Chisaki is less of an asshole, but still a prick all the same;
• Kota lives with Mandalay, his aunt, Pixie-Bob, Tiger and Ragdoll, after his parent's death;
• Kota isn't afraid to insult the Capitol, but only in the presence of safe people, because his family always told him to be careful of making his opinions known;
• Eri is afraid of blood. This makes training her hard for Izuku since she refuses to hold a weapon;
• Izuku is a bit cold towards them, but he also worries a lot;
• Being a young Victor is hard, specially if you are on your own;

Version two:

• In this one, Aizawa is a victor and mentors Izuku and Uraraka along with Lady Nagant;
• Aizawa focuses more on Izuku, and Lady Nagant focuses more on Uraraka;
• Uraraka is older than Izuku by three years, so she almost feels like a older sister;
• Izuku takes care of his mom, Inko, who is sick;
• When they leave, Inko gives Izuku her wedding band as a token;
• Aizawa is almost thirty and he saw many children die;
• He knows it's wrong, but he can't help but think Izuku won't survive. The kid is the youngest and from a poor district, his chances to win are slim to none;
• That's why he's incredibly surprised to see Izuku alive leaving the arena;
• When they return the District 12, Izuku discovers Inko passed away after her sickness got worse due to stress and lack of food and medicine;
• Since Izuku wasn't there, Inko could never say goodbye;
• Actually, Inko knew her death was close, but she thought saying this to her son would only distract him during the Hunger Games and get him killed;
• Uraraka's parents blamed Izuku for their daugther's death even though Izuku wasn't even responsible for it;
• They were at the wrong place at the wrong time, and Uraraka died on Izuku's arms;
• She asked him to say to her parents she loved them and to help them if he won;
• Izuku sends them supplies every time he can and doesn't blame them for their anger;
• In fact, he agrees them;
• Aizawa has a prosthetic eye and leg;
• Aizawa and Nagant are roommates because the houses at the Victors' Village are too big and they don't have families;
• Aizawa also kindly forces Izuku to move in with them;
• (There's no romantic relationship);
• Izuku contemplates why he needs to stay alive now that he doesn't have a reason to live anymore. He stops taking care of himself and spends his day at his mother's grave;
• They all have unhealthy coping mechanisms;
• A fucked up found family (yay... /s);

Version three:

• This resembles the start of the canon Hunger Games;
• Aizawa is Izuku's older sibling and trying to get enough food for their survival;
• They're orphans;
• When Izuku is twelve, his name is called;
• Scared for his future, Aizawa volunteers to go on his place;
• Before he goes, Hizashi, his best friend, promises to take care of Izuku;
• Izuku gives Aizawa a yellow visor he found while scavenging;
• Even before the games, Aizawa never takes the visor off, despite his stylist's complains;
• Aizawa meets Oboro, another tribute of District 12;
• You know where this went;
• After Shouta comes back home, he and Izuku move in the Victor's Village;
• Aizawa wanted to bring Hizashi's big family too, but he wasn't allowed;
• It were hard times with Aizawa dealing with trauma while taking care of his sibling;
• Izuku wanted to help, and he did, but sometimes, no one can help, not if they didn't experienced it;
• Aizawa doesn't regret volunteering, not if it meant keeping his brother safe;
• When Izuku is fifteen, he's chosen again;
• This time, Aizawa can't stop it, and neither can Hizashi;
• The irony of the destiny is a divine comedy;
• Izuku accepts the way it is while Aizawa is angry;
• Not at Izuku, no. He's angry at the Capitol, at the universe, the gods, whatever made Izuku be chosen again;
• "Maybe it was meant to be";
• Aizawa gives Izuku his visor as a token; 
• Todorki Shouto is also a tribute;
• Touya is a victor from a year after Aizawa;
• Fuyumi and Natsuo couldn't volunteer for Shouto because they were already 18;
• Endeavor used to work on a mine and is an alcoholic; 
• Rei died years ago;
• Touya is part of a resistance group so he can help Shouto out of the arena and because he's tired of the system and people doing nothing;
• There is a tension between Aizawa and Touya because their little brothers' lives are in line, and there can only be one standing at the end;
• Despite this, Touya shares his information with Aizawa who also wants to get Izuku out of the Games. It's a mutual benefit assured relationship (is that how it's written?)
• If Izuku and Shouto survive or not is your choice because I don't have a definitive ending;

Notes:

i must make a confession: i have never watched the hunger games *leaves stage*

all of the information i have is from the wiki, so i'm sorry for any inaccuracies

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Chapter 57: metamorphosis (reincarnation au)

Notes:

warning: this au is recent and not well-thought

After the war, Japan slowly begins to rebuild. All for One is dead, and without their leader, the League isn't a problem anymore. 

Aizawa Shouta feels like he aged 10 years, and now he has 21 kids, including his adopted ones. To be honest, he expected most of his class to give up the hero career, but surprisingly, they stayed. His husband is recovering, U.A. restarts its classes and society turns back to normal.

And for a few years, everything was fine.

Until Midoriya Izuku showed up.

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• The war happens during Class A's first year;
• Since they stopped having classes because the heroes needed every help they could get, the courses will have to come back to school as freshmen instead of going straight to second year;
• All for One was killed during the war by All Might;
• Instead of fighting All for One five years before canon, their fight happens at Kamino Ward, where All Might is almost fatally injured; 
• Most of canon happens normally, but of course, without Izuku's presence, there are some major changes;
• Shinsou is in Class 1-A;
• Aizawa and Mic adopted Shinsou and Eri before the war;
• Oboro is partially healed and lives with Shouta and Hizashi;
• Bakugou never had a childhood friend; 
• Uraraka was also a Gen. Ed. transfer like Shinsou because of her pontuation;
• If I'm not mistaken, Ochako got enough points to pass because she saved Izuku, right? So, I thought it would be interesting to play with this;
• With no one to send a s.o.s signal, Iida had to amputee his arm because of Stain;
• Todoroki was coached to use his fire during the war, but he doesn't feel comfortable or reclaim his fire side because he never told anyone about this story;
• Where does Izuku fit in all of this? Well, he's All for One's reincarnation;
• Inspired by what happened to Makima in Chainsaw Man;
• Midoriya Izuku was born and declared quirkless;
• Until he manifested his quirk months after his quirkless "diagnosis";
• His quirk? All for One;
• Midoriya Inko, terrified of her son, flees;
• Izuku, not knowing where his mom is, decides to go at the police station to ask if they could find his mom;
• The HSPC learns about Izuku's case and decides to arrest him;
• The heroes are convoqued to decide if they arrest him in Tartarus or kill him;
• Everyone thinks Izuku is All for One's son, but he isn't;
• Most heroes are divided between their opinions but few think about the child's well-being;
• Aizawa is one of those;
• *the horse and the infant starts to play* /hj
• Aizawa barely manages to convince the heroes to do a test run;
• They don't even know if the kid is like the villain for god's sake, why kill an innocent child?
• Anyway, Aizawa and Mic take Izuku in;
• Izuku was always considered a strange child. Too quiet, always seemed mature by his age, never had many friends and sometimes would space out;
• Izuku frequently remembers about his past life, but it looks like blurs, flashbacks, and he never understands anything;
• It leaves him spooked anyway;
• Because of the changes at U.A., Class A is in their 3rd year;
• Does a person is defined by their parent (in this case, past life) or how they are raised?
• Let's find out;
• Even though he advocated for it, Aizawa can't help but be wary of what Izuku could become, because after what everyone he loved went through, it's hard to let go of grudges;
• Izuku still doesn't understand what's going on;
• A bit wholesome with angst, existencial questions and complicated relationships;
• Worldbuilding is still wacky, so this is not the final draft;
• Most of my AU's aren't final drafts anyways;
• But still, it's not confirmed how the worldbuilding will work;

 

Notes:

i really should make more aus focused on the trio (izu, toshi and eri) or in other mentor/parental figures or explore other characters with izuku, i feel like my aus are so repetitive and it will get annoying to read the same thing everytime

sorry for the rambling tho, ignore it if you want

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Chapter 58: "they call us the best vigilantes in town" "no one calls us that"

Vigilante partners Hunter and Lilac find a weird kid passed out in a dark alley and bring them to their humble abode. Without no one waiting for them to go home, Izuku and Hitoshi welcome them to stay as long as they need.

That's how Crimson joins the fray.

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Meanwhile, Present Mic, a.k.a Yamada-Aizawa Hizashi, searches for his missing husband.

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• Crack treated seriously, I think?;
• Izuku and Hitoshi met each other in a group home and got close like glue;
• They ran away after they grew tired of the bullying and abuse;
• At first, they tried to survive with small jobs, but no one wanted to hire them;
• So they turned to illegal stuff;
• This opened the way to vigilantism;
• They learned from other vigilantes, anti-heroes and criminals how to fight;
• Since they ran away, they now live in Hosu, running away from the heroes and the police, fighting villains, and saving people;
• They live in a moldy building with people who also can't pay for something better;
• There's no hot water. Sometimes there's no energy, and the pipes leak through the walls;
• However, it's the only home they have;
• The kids have been doing this for years, living with hurts and scars, but they've learned from the experience;
• Aizawa changed his shift to replace another underground hero in Hosu and forgot to mention it to his husband;
• He was hit by a quirk that de-aged him to his teenage years (14-15, before he entered U.A.);
• He passed out in an alley, and someone stole his capture weapon;
• Hitoshi and Izuku were patrolling around the area when they found him in an alley;
• They decide to bring him to his apartment until he wakes up;
• When Aizawa wakes up, he only has the memories of his body age, which means he doesn't know anything about his 15 years and fowards;
• Hitoshi lends Aizawa his clothes since they are almost the same height (Aizawa is a bit shorter than Hitoshi tho);
• They ask him if he has somewhere to go (because that alley was far from the popular area, so either he was lost or he didn't have a home);
• Aizawa, who lived with bad parents most of his life not by choice, finds an opportunity to never come back;
• The kids welcome him to their apartment;
• A new vigilante hits the streets;
• In Musutafu, Hizashi freaks out because Aizawa didn't come back after patrol last night;
• He checks hospitals, other underground heroes, the police and finds nothing;
• Hizashi asks his friends and Nedzu for help;
• The kids' vigilante names are based in shades of colors;
• Izuku is Hunter Green, or just Hunter;
• Hitoshi is Lilac;
• Aizawa is Crimson (cuz of his eyes);
• I don't know how or when Aizawa turns back to his actual age;

Notes:

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Chapter 59: breaking news: tired pro-hero helps nervous kid to become a competent villain

"Listen, I know it may be tough," Eraserhead (the!! Eraserhead!!) says, "but being a villain isn't worth it. You should give up."

"Wait, why are you saying this?" Izuku asks. His voice weavers, "are you saying this because I wasn't good enough?"

"What the hell, kid-- No," the hero says exasperated, "I'm saying this because being a villain is a crime!"

"But do you think I could be one if I wanted to? How would you rank me on the villain scale? Is it good? Is it bad?! Do you have any tips?"

Shouta groans. He can't do this today.

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Instead of growing up with heroes as his role models, Midoriya Izuku grows up with a great dad, who happens to be a villain.

(That doesn't stop his fanboy tendencies, tho.)

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This is the journey on how Midoriya Izuku sets a path to become a powerful villain and somehow hooks pro-hero Eraserhead (and many others) into this mess.

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• Inspired by a Tumblr screenshot on Pinterest: here;
• Also inspired by Black Rabbit - TheFoggyLondonView;
• A bit of crack, very wholesome;
• (Sorry for the shortness of it);
• Midoriya Hisashi was a supervillain mastermind who disappeared after his marriage;
• He lived well with his wife, Midoriya Inko, and had a beautiful son, Izuku;
• Hisashi didn't have an easy life and decided he would be the best dad to his son because he didn't have one as a child;
• Instead of wanting to be a hero, Izuku thought being a villain was way cooler;
• Kacchan would be the number one hero, while he would be the number one villain;
• But Izuku still likes heroes;
• Somehow, Katsuki is still friends with Izuku even after his diagnosis;
• One of the reasons he wants to be a villain is to be close to his favorite heroes;
• Despite being a villain, Hisashi has more morals than most villains (and heroes) in the underground (*cough* all for one and endeavor *cough*);
• Izuku wants to be a villain to make his dad proud;
• Since everyone says he can't be a villain, might as well continue his dad's work;
• Regardless of it, Hisashi is proud of whatever Izuku wants to be;
• Aizawa didn't sign for this shit and is slowly adopted into the Midoriya family;
• I'm not sure if Hisashi is killed, arrested, or lives well with his family. You can decide what happens to him;
• Inko knows what Izuku is doing but is supportive of her baby's choices;
• All for One and Hisashi hated each other;
• Hisashi's villain's name was Blaze;
• Izuku's villain's name is Spark;
• Even though he has the support of his loved ones, Izuku is still a nervous wreck and a kid trying to live up to his dad's legacy, so you can understand how hard it is for him;
• Spark is trying his best;
• Izuku is an anxious green bean and a chaotic little shit. He is multi-tasking;

Notes:

sorry for the wait, i was on a trip, but now I'm back! and with many unplanned drafts

also, quick question (ignore it if you want): if i were to write a complete (or not) fic based on one of these aus, which one would you want to be the first one?

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Chapter 60: the bar deep down below

It's 2065. The laws of Meta Regulation were recently declared, and Japan is on the edge of a civil war.

Those who have Meta-Abilities are revolting against the government, and terrorist attacks are all over the country. A great portion of the Metas are ostracized and considered too dangerous to keep living, so they try to survive by any means, including breaking the law. That motivates a group of individuals who want to protect and help those in need.

Before the heroes, there were vigilantes.

And before the Limelight, there was the Underground.

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Just a bunch of outlaw misfits finding a family in each other because the world is a shitty place.

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• A more light-hearted AU of Under the Red Lights (chapter. 14);
• What inspired me to write help in the rain;
• The bar is a neutral ground where criminals and vigilantes can drink or trade information with Izuku or other people
• Kurogiri is out of the bar most of the time, doing god knows what, so Izuku is in charge of the bar, Touya is like a bodyguard in case of trouble, and Himiko does what she wants;
• Some characters (Oboro, Aizawa, Kayama, Mic, and Touya) are aged down to 17-18;
• Besides Mic and Touya, Oboro, Aizawa and Kayama are vigilantes;
• All the kids have problems;
• Everyone needs a hug;
•  Izuku has direct contact with Recovery Girl 
  > who is slightly younger but still older than everyone else;
• Some canon characters become criminals and vigilantes, or part of the police (like Yagi);
• Also, there is an appearance of ocs, but they aren't important;
• The bar has a Tetris machine Kaminari found in the junkyard;
• Sometimes, they have Uno and karaoke nights;
• To pay for information, you have to tell a secret or other information
  > and, of course, get a drink
• Izuku has a brain cell, most of the time
  > Yaomomo has one
  > somehow, Bakugou also has a brain cell
  > Kurogiri has two
  > Aizawa has one
  > the others share the last brain cell
• Jirou and Izuku like gossiping;
• Kaminari is the battery for the karaoke machine;

Now, for the characters.

Izuku:

• Izuku is adopted by Kurogiri and becomes a barman;
• Still an informant tho;
• Izuku ran away from home and Kurogiri found him
  > Izuku insisted to Kurogiri he could pay for shelter by doing a job as a bartender
• No one knows what Izuku's quirk (meta-ability) is
  > people think is a five-point contact, because he uses gloves
  > but it's just an aesthetic choice and because he handles drinks
• Izuku's codename at the bar is Echo;
• Izuku likes to do card tricks and invent drinks for the people he likes;

Touya (+ Shouto):

• Touya was almost killed after manifesting his meta-ability;
• Everyone thinks he's dead;
• Kurogiri found him and also brought him to the bar;
• Touya's codename is Dabi;
• Dabi is always happy to kick the ass of anyone who tries to break the rule of pacifism;
• His favorite drink is Blue Flame, made by Izuku;
• Years later, Shouto also manifests a meta-ability and runs away to find his brother;
• That's how he finds the bar;

Himiko:

• Himiko's codename is Ghoul;
• She found shelter in the bar and never left;
• Sometimes she makes trips to the underground to gather information for Izuku;
• Himiko and Izuku have the same age, so they treat each other like twins;
• Her favorite drink is something Izuku invented just for her: an appropriate version of a bloody mary with gooseberry syrup, blood, and no alcohol;
• She had selective mutism at first, but now she's getting better thanks to Touya and Izuku;

The parasites (affectionate):

• Aizawa (Akuma), Oboro (Cloud 9) and Nemuri (Midnight) are vigilantes;
• Bakugou (Ground Zero), Shinsou (Siren), Kirishima (Red Riot), and Yaoyorozu (Gaea) are also vigilantes;
• Mic (Soundwave), Uraraka (Spacewalker), Sero (Snatcher), and Hagakure (Whisper) are thieves;
• Jirou (Rumor) is also an informant;
• Kaminari (Chargebolt) is a hacker wannabe;
• Most of the kids have school even if they don't go to the same one;
• Oboro is a college student struggling to keep his grades;
• Nemuri and Aizawa stopped studying after high school;
• Nemuri is a waitress and Aizawa is a cashier in a grocery store;
• Mic ran away years ago when he was in foster care and has been a criminal ever since;
• He used to have selective mutism;
• He took Hagakure under his wing, and later, Uraraka;
• Aizawa and Oboro work together sometimes;
• Aizawa doesn't have erasure, his eyes are just biologically red. He has a telekinesis quirk;
• Most of them suffered discrimination and/or abuse inside their homes;
• Yaoyorozu's parents are politicians and pretend their daughter doesn't have a meta-ability;
• Bakugou's parents are scared of him, which sucks because Mitsuki manifests her fear through verbal (and sometimes) physical abuse;
• Shinsou is in foster care and also has selective mutism;
• Uraraka steals to help her parents;

Other characters:

• All for One created a cult 
  > Shirigaki is still his apprendice
  > the meta-liberation army is somewhat allied with All for One
• The HSPC is a government program to deal with the metas 
  > they also kidnap them 
• Eri and Nedzu were experimented on at the same facility and helped each other to escape;
• The Naruhata vigilantes make cameos;
• The Big Trio are vigilantes, except for Tamaki who is there for moral support;
• Nighteye pretends he's a private investigator but he's a vigilante;
• Hawks walks a fine line between vigilantism and villainy;
• Miruko takes names and kicks asses;
• Stain is a vigilante and Spinner is his apprentice;
• Compress and Magne are thieves (they know each other but don't work together);
• Twice is a criminal but also... not really?
• Mustard is a little shit and a criminal;
• Yagi and Tsukauchi are detective partners;
• Recovery Girl is a clandestine healer and a hospital nurse during the day;
• Endeavor is a police officer (and still an asshole);

Chapter 61: secrets in the closet (let them run wild)

In the past, Eraserhead met a kid with a heart of gold and shiny green eyes.

Now, he meets Retaliation, a villain with dead green eyes and a thirst to destroy hero society.

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Midoriya Izuku was kidnapped by the HSPC after they found how useful he could be. They molded him to be their perfect little soldier, a weapon.

After escaping his personal hell, Izuku finds the existence of the League of Villains and decides that the Commission has already played their game, and now it's his turn.

It's an eye for an eye, and Izuku doesn't care if the world goes blind.

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• You can decide if Izuku has a quirk or not and which one he has;
• My first choice was to give him a quirk that lets him control things with puppet strings, but eh *shrugs*;
• I personally think this works best with quirked!Izuku, but I'm not sure;
• But regardless of your choice, Izuku still becomes a vigilante;
• Izuku didn't fight bad guys, but he helped victims and the heroes;
• He also sends his analysis to heroes agencies;
• Eraser didn't like the idea of Izuku running around at night, but the kid promised they would behave and stay away from the fights;
• Izuku is found by the HSPC because they have eyes and ears everywhere;
• So one day, Izuku just stopped showing up at patrols;
• Aizawa thought Izuku stopped being a vigilante and was relieved;
• Oh, that poor fool;
• The HSPC thought Izuku had great potential to be a soldier for them;
• Izuku spent years being their weapon, a little puppet to their schemes;
• He grew bitter and filled with rage;
• Izuku, instead of wanting to be a hero, now had only one goal: destroy the HSPC;
• He got to escape the HSPC and found himself in the streets;
• His mom was dead, and he was alone in the world;
• He got interested in Stain but thought his methods were useless;
• That's how Izuku meets Spinner, and they both hear about the League;
• Spinner considers Mikumo (Izuku's fake alias) as a friend, but Izuku isn't interested in making friends;
• Like Dabi, Izuku's goal isn't about All Might, but it's a step towards the true reason for their actions;
• Akatani Mikumo creates Retaliation, a villain with a big goal and who will do whatever it takes to do so;
• During Summer Camp, Izuku and Aizawa accidentally find each other in the forest and fight;
• Aizawa is shocked (and a bit heartbroken) to find the same kid who wanted to help people fell so low;
• Of course, Aizawa doesn't know what happened, but still self-blames because maybe if he tried to help more or had stopped Izuku the first time, none of this would have happened;
• But the past is past. His feelings don't matter. What matters now is that a villain is trying to attack his kids;
• The Kamino Ward fight happens, and Izuku manages to escape with the League;
• After the Shie Hassaikai arc, Izuku is taken into custody along with Kurogiri;
• Technically, Izuku was supposed to be sent to a rehabilitation program, but the HSPC said 'nope' and sent him to the maximum security prison in Japan;

Extras:

• Aizawa wants to help Izuku. However, Izuku thinks he is doing this out of pity and because of a hero complex;
• Which isn't too far-fetched. Aizawa wants to help because Izuku is around his kids' age, and he feels it's partially his fault for why Izuku became what he is;
• "I'm not here to fix your sins, Eraserhead. Don't use me to make you feel good about yourself."
• Izuku taunts him asking what about the other kids the heroes didn't help, what about Toga, Mustard, and countless kids discriminated against, suffering abuse or worse;
• He asks about the kids who want to be heroes, sent to die fighting villains, praised to risk their lives for a meaningless sense of justice;
• Izuku isn't angry at Aizawa, but he wants to make Eraser think about the system he works with;
• And he doesn't want pity. He wants revenge;

Edit: I forgot to mention that is very likely that Izuku escaped with the others when All for One destroyed Tartarus

Notes:

it's confusing, yes i know. i made this au when i was at school cuz i was bored, sorry for the lack of hard work
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Chapter 62: hey street cat, put your paws up!

A three parts series featuring Vigilante/Coffee Shop Owner Aizawa, Quirkless Barista Izuku, cats, hot cocoa, sad moments, lots of hugs, found family, and more!

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Part 1 - I can't remember who I was just last December

"Helplessness wasn't something Shouta was familiar with.

The reason for this was that it was illogical to think that way. Letting himself feel helpless would hinder his progress to become a hero, and that was something he couldn't do to himself. So, for years, Shouta never let himself break under the pressure, the traumas of his childhood, and all the ostracism because of his quirk.

That was until the day Oboro died. Helplessness took his mind and never left.

After that, everything started to go wrong, to remind Shouta of how weak he was, that he was pathetic for trying to pretend he was in control of his life and deny the truth. Helplessness became a recurrent feeling, suffocating his lungs and making him forget how to breathe. 

Now, months later, away from his dream, laying in an empty dirty apartment with unopened boxes, Shouta sleeps on a cold floor, alone.

Completely helpless."

• Main song: Oh My God by Alec Benjamin;
• This is part of the universe of Street Cat, being Aizawa's backstory that leads to canon;
• The HSPC put the fault of Oboro's death on Aizawa and forced U.A to expel him
  • Actually, they wanted to arrest him, but Nedzu managed to convince them not to do it, but he could've done more if he wasn't just the vice-principal
• Oboro, Hizashi, and Shouta were boyfriends until Oboro died and Shouta was expelled
  • Hizashi and Shouta fought and broke up after Shouta left the school
  • The reason was that Hizashi thought Shouta was leaving willingly and decided to just leave him behind
  • That, of course, wasn't true, but grieving teenagers aren't always with their heads in the right place
• Aizawa's parents were neglectful but not physically abusive. They just didn't care for him
  • Not even a week after his eighteenth birthday, they ditched him from the house which forced him to find another place to live
• Aizawa's old apartment was dirty and almost falling apart, but it was the cheapest place he could find on short notice;
• The vigilantism started not much later since Aizawa moved to a low part of Musutafu where criminal activity was normal, and heroes didn't frequently patrol
  • Erasure was useful but not that much without a weapon (his capture weapon), so he had to adapt his fighting style
• The Pumpkin's Corner wasn't initially from Shouta but actually from an old lady who was nice enough to hire Shouta -- who looked like a dead walking corpse and not very friendly
  • Unfortunately, she died, but she passed the coffee shop to him
  • She was like a family he never had
  • Pumpkin was the cat's lady and the reason she named the coffee shop
• Aizawa started smoking not much after he moved in;
• He still has the googles Oboro gave him;
• Aizawa also started a gardening hobby, somehow, years later;
• The scar he has in canon was given during a fight with a nasty villain, not a Nomu
  • So when he meets Izuku, he already has the scar
• Aizawa has a lot of nightmares
  • Most of them are about the day of the work-studies
• Aizawa is morally grey;

 

Part 2 - like you're hanging by a thread (but you gotta survive)

When Izuku is four years old, he realizes love is unconditional unless you are quirkless.

When Izuku is 10, he finds a little note after school and all of his mother's things gone from the apartment.

For a whole month, Izuku refuses to acknowledge the grief for something he has never had, the terror inside his chest threatening to choke him and all the weight and tiredness he shouldn't feel at 10. Then, when a warning comes from the mail, Izuku finally breaks and accepts he is completely alone.

He knew how hard it would be to find a job, considering his age, lack of experience, and quirklessness. The world wasn't fair. And after many rejected interviews, his hopes lay in passing a test for barista in a cozy cat cafe, owned by the scariest man he has ever met.

• Main song: Numb Little Bug by Em Beihold;
• Inko left Izuku to fend for himself when he was 10;
• Izuku is hard of hearing and doesn't have hearing aids
  • They are too expensive
• Aizawa is picky with his interviews, and everyone knew about it. That's why the clients were surprised to see Izuku working there
  • A little reference to his quirk assignment test and a parallel between him and Hizashi
• Izuku was scared of Aizawa's cold demeanor, but he slowly starts to trust him and understand Aizawa is a softie;
• Aizawa emotionally adopts Izuku, and he's not even aware of it;
• During New Year, Izuku found Aizawa a bit tipsy, and they watched the fireworks together;
• (I have the draft of this! If you want me to post it on Tumblr, please tell me);
• In Izuku's file, Aizawa is listed as his contact in case of an emergency
  • It took a lot of insistence from Aizawa to Izuku put that in his file because he didn't want to cause the man any trouble
• Tsukauchi is a recurrent client in the coffee shop;
• Shinsou also frequents the coffee shop very often
  • He met Izuku before the U.A., so they are best friends
• He was in foster care but is now in the process of being adopted by his two new moms;
• Hitoshi drinks sickly sweet abominations, not just coffee
  • Aizawa cringes every time he sees it, and Hitoshi makes sure to annoy him with that
• Aizawa packs lunch for Izuku even if he knows it's probably going to be destroyed by the bullies
  • It still makes Izuku tear up every time
• One day, Aizawa almost went to Aldera to beat Bakugou and every teacher on Izuku's behalf, but Izuku managed to convince him otherwise;
•  Aizawa started sewing Izuku's gakuran because of the burns and scratches from his bullies;
•  Nemuri goes to the coffee shop sometimes
  • She is trying to amend his and Hizashi's friendship but... things are fucking complicated

 

Part 3 - the heaviness that I hold in my heart's been crushing me

On the anniversary of one of his boyfriends' death, Aizawa Shouta finds a kid on a roof after a patrol. Said kid is his only and best barista, and the closest thing he would call family.

On the day of his eviction, Midoriya Izuku feels like he went through hell and back, and all of his dreams were shattered because of his idol. Before he can take a drastic decision, a familiar face stops him.

A family sometimes can be a depressed cat cafe owner part-time vigilante, an (also depressed) quirkless barista kid, and a bunch of cats.

• Main song: Pluto by Sleeping at Last;
• (To be honest, I should just make a Dadzawa and Izuku playlist);
• The same day Izuku's eviction notice came in, was the day of the Sludge villain incident;
• So you can understand he was a mess;
• Aizawa was patrolling, a bit worried that (his) the kid didn't come to work, but he tried to not think about it;
• Until he found Izuku at the top of a rooftop, on the edge, ready to jump;
• Izuku wasn't going to jump, not really, but he was considering it;
• Aizawa can count how many times he was scared in his whole life. That moment entered on the list;
• They manage to come down the building and walk to the coffee shop;
• "I don't want to be alone tonight, Aizawa-san";
• Izuku lays down the truth about why he was on the rooftop and why he works at the coffee shop;
• Aizawa makes Izuku swear if he ever thinks about suicide, he needs to tell Aizawa;
• He also tells Izuku he's a vigilante and that's how he found him;
• Aizawa kindly forces Izuku to take his bedroom for the night, and that they will bring his stuff later;
• Izuku wants to pretend everything is fine, and nothing is wrong, because he wants to feel he's in control since his life was out of his grasp ever since his childhood;
• Hugs, lots of hugs;
• They both need it;

 

Extras:

• Aizawa finds Eri and kidnaps her;
• If anyone asks, she is her niece;
• Eri calls Izuku Izu-nii
  • She calls Aizawa Zawa-san
  • Toshi-nii is an honorary sibling
• Aizawa's fridge in his apartment is full of photos, colorful magnets, and Eri's (and sometimes Izuku's) drawings;
• He is trying to quit smoking because of the kids;
• After Izuku enters U.A., Aizawa gives his kid the goggles Oboro gave him;
• Aizawa sometimes wonders what would've happened if he wasn't put the blame for Oboro's death, if he didn't fight Hizashi, or if he had died instead of Oboro (and if he was too late to save Izuku);
• He has a new nightmare now;
• Hizashi is 1-A's homeroom teacher
  • He is also the teacher with an expulsion record, which doesn't make sense considering his cheerful persona
  • Really, he terrifies the first years

 

Cats:

• Devil was a cat in the Pumpkin's Corner that only obeyed Izuku, no one else
  • Sadly, the cat died of old age
• Bastard likes to climb on Aizawa and hang himself in his hair
  • The trick is to scratch behind his ear and his neck, then he falls limp
  • He also likes to bite Izuku's ankles
  • Eri is his favorite
• Hitoshi doesn't have favorites but he calls Beans his godness
  • She is a Persian cat
• Hat likes to make the clients' hat his home
  • Especially if it's Tsukauchi's hat
• There are other cats, but those are the most mentioned ones;
• There are cats from other universes here too;

 

Fun facts:

• There is a more fun version of this AU where Eri is rescued earlier by Aizawa and it's Izuku finding out about his vigilantism, and they trying to hide Eri from the underground;
• The Pumpkin's Corner was supposed to be called Sweet Whiskers and also a coffee shop where villains and criminals would fraternize at night;
• Hizashi was Hitoshi's foster parent, but decided to give him two moms instead;
• The CloudEraserMic was an accident but I'm not complaining;

 

Notes:

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Chapter 63: the confused insomniac, the angry pomeranian and the vengeful spirit

When Izuku was left to die by a hero in an accident, he thought that was the end. His pathetic life was done, and he didn't even get one step closer to his dream.

But life is full of plot twists, and Izuku returns to the land of the living.

Just... not the way he was supposed to be.

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The death of his childhood best friend (victim) makes Bakugou rethink some of his choices, and it sets him on a path of vigilantism. And someone needs to control the unhinged spirit running around Musutafu.

Somehow, Midoriya Izuku and Bakugou Katsuki are always connected. It doesn't mean it's a good thing.

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• Unhinged Vigilante Izuku;
• Regretful Bakugou (also a vigilante);
• After Izuku is left to die by a hero, he becomes a ghost and seeks revenge;
• (I'm not sure how he dies, you can't decide that);
• His death unlocks a ruthless side of him;
• Bakugou changed schools and wasn't the big fish in the pond anymore;
• Izuku's death made him realize he was a dick to his former best friend and has a slight change of character;
• And changing schools gave him a reality check;
• Izuku finds Katsuki, who thinks he's hallucinating;
• Katsuki is the "voice of reason" because Izuku will watch the world burn and laugh;
• (Not because he thought how many heroes ignored people like Izuku and didn't have anyone to protect them);
• Izuku is a vengeful spirit;
• To be honest, they don't know what Izuku is, but a vengeful spirit is the closest description of his new personality;
• "You're an asshole now, and I don't like it. The asshole here is me, not you." "You're just mad that I have a backbone now and don't care about your anger issues."
• (I can't decide if this is an immortal!Izuku fic or a ghost!Izuku one);
• At first, due to the side effects of returning to life, Izuku treated Katsuki with disdain and coldness because of their past;
• Now they are on better terms and bicker all the time;
• Bakugou is protective (despite the fact that Izuku can't die anymore) and hates it;
• Bakugou wants to be a limelight hero, but at the same time, Underground heroics is looking good now;
• Shinsou just happens to be close by all the time;
• "I think we can't mansplain, manipulate, manwhore our way out of this one." "Manslaughter it is, then. "NO--"
• He's so done with them;
• Hitoshi is the sanest in the group, which says a lot about these kids' mental health;
• I don't know why Shinsou is here, I just like to put him to deal with other people's messes;
• And because that trio sounds really funny;
• Maybe there's Dadzawa?;
• The beginning is full of angst, but later it's just "crack";

Notes:

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Chapter 64: quirk swap au

Midoriya Izuku is born with a quirk, just like everyone else, while Aizawa Shouta is the only quirkless hero in Japan.

That changes a lot of things.

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• Izuku is fairly well-known by the police because he is always in trouble
  • He has a lot of illegal quirk usage charges against him since his quirk activates on reflex, and he has a hero complex
  • Despite what everyone says, he isn't a vigilante
  • Tsukauchi and Sansa don't even try to lecture him anymore;
• Aizawa and Izuku met during one of those incidents, and the hero walked him home;
•  Since Hizashi and Aizawa are married and he doesn't have erasure, Hizashi's quirk made a lot of long-term damage;
  • Hizashi is deaf, and Aizawa became hard of hearing
  • That didn't make Aizawa love Hizashi any less
• Aizawa uses canon Izuku's red shoes
  • Quirkless people are forced to wear those shoes
  • At least it highlights his eyes, according to Hizashi
• Aizawa's hero's name is Spiderlily
  • His hero costume is like in canon, but with an intricate pattern of spider lilies on his sleeves and chest;
• Izuku has experience in doing things blind
  > his peers (and sometimes teachers) used to blindfold him
• Bakugou and Izuku are friends;
•  Funnily enough, Izuku can easily pass as Aizawa and Yamada's kid
  • Izuku's eyes are green, just like Yamada's
  • They both have a cheerful persona and are more emotional
  • Aizawa's eyes are biologically red, just like when Izuku uses erasure
  • Izuku has black highlights in his hair, like Aizawa, whose hair is black
  • And they both use capture weapons
• Izuku takes the Eraserhead name because of Hizashi's suggestion;
• All Might is a little wary of erasure since it can easily reveal his secret
  • But he doesn't hate Izuku or anything like that
• Yagi actually admires Aizawa for being a quirkless hero since even in his generation, the quirkless weren't seen as hero material, so he's glad Aizawa rose as a respected underground;
  • But he still worries about the man;
• Not everyone knows Aizawa is quirkless, some people think he has an unknown quirk;

Notes:

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Chapter 65: constellations of dead stars

I give Izuku some necromancing powers, and that changes some fates.

Is this just an excuse so I can (almost) kill characters, make them meet Izuku earlier, and adopt him on spot? Yes.

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• I'll be honest: I don't have a plot for this;
• It's just Izuku saving people, dead or not;
• Is he human? a god? or a cryptid? an angel? Death? Life? an eldritch being? who knows;
• My favorite fact about this AU is that every person Izuku revives has freckles;
• They get multiple silver freckles, like stars, after Izuku revives them;
• He also has those;
• This means Aizawa, Dabi, Toshinori, Hitoshi, Tenya, and Sir Nighteye have freckles;
• (I'll draw this, just you wait);
• Izuku's quirk can bring a person back to life and heal them enough so they can't die;
• The person still deals with pain and the aftershock but is out of danger;
• Izuku saved Aizawa after he fell off a building during a villain fight;
• He was tired and burnt out, so he kinda slipped;
• Izuku also helped Tenko before All for One fully made him his apprentice;
• Aizawa adopted both of them despite being so young;
• Because he had two kids, Nemuri sent his curriculum to Nedzu so he could get a decent payment;
• Izuku somehow found and revived Touya, and that created a snowball of events that led to Enji losing custody of the kids;
• Because Rei was still at the psych ward, the Todorokis went to live with their grandma;
• They still come around the Aizawa household, specially Touya and Shouto;
• Shouto becomes Izuku's friend;
• After All Might's battle against All for One, Izuku found Yagi and revived him;
• He still has his injuries tho;
• Izuku sensed there was someone else dying on the battlefield but Yagi (dead on his feet, bleeding) kindly coerces Izuku to turn away;
• So All for One is dead;
• Some weeks after he leaves the hospital, Izuku finds All Might saving people in the city and gives him a lecture about self-care;
• Imagine a small ten-year-old scolding a grown-ass man who is growing more and more panicked;
• Anyway, Yagi becomes another presence in the Aizawa household;
• (I kinda want to make this Erasermight, but you can take this with a grain of salt and consider them as strangers co-parenting the child that saved them and his adopted siblings);
• Izuku also finds Hitoshi and Himiko through the years;
• Hitoshi died trying to escape his foster home, but Izuku said 'nope' and brought him back from the dead;
• Aizawa has to sit down with Izuku and explain he can't keep bringing strays. He knows he won't say no to Izuku's puppy eyes;
• Himiko is adopted by Vlad King, but she also likes to stay with Izuku;
• Izuku gets One for All;
• Tenko and Touya go to work with something that isn't heroics;
• Himiko goes to the Support Course;
• To be honest, the only villain attack is the incident with Stain but Tenya is fine after Izuku revives him;
• Nighteye still doesn't think Izuku is a good successor (which pisses everyone off), but he might as well accept it after Izuku revives him during the Shie Hassaikai raid;
• After Eri is adopted into the family, she realizes most of them have silver freckles and she paints them on her face so she can be part of the family;
• This doesn't make any sense, but I'm still here for it;

Notes:

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Chapter 66: atlas

In a world where heroes are more of a marketing gimmick than protectors, Keikai rises as an unknown vigilante in times of crisis, fighting bad guys and saving people.

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It has been months since Yagi-san disappeared, and Izuku is desperate.

His mentor wouldn't go MIA without warning him. That's not how they work. 

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Keikai (警戒)

the action or state of keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties

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Version one

• Inspired by fearless child, broken boy, tell me what is like to burn (ch43)
• Izuku is a vigilante named Keikai and has been doing it for a while;
• Most of the canon characters are villains, except for some heroes and the kids;
• The corruption around the HSPC and the hero rankings is more prominent;
• Yagi was aware of the HSPC's doings, and that's one of the reasons why they tried to eliminate him;
• After his battle against All for One, his injuries started to affect his hero work, and so the HSPC tried to understand why because they wanted to know and control everything;
• Somehow, they found out something about One for All;
• They didn't know everything, but they found Toshinori manifested a powerful quirk when he was 15, and that's not an ordinary feat;
• They also found some shady stuff about Yagi's and Nighteye's investigations;
• The HSPC wanted Yagi to train one of their agents to be a successor and give his quirk to them;
• Yagi refused because he wanted to choose by himself and he didn't trust the Commission with that kind of power;
• Months later, Toshinori is almost murdered in his own home;
• All Might was declared dead after a "villain fight";
• This triggered a rise in criminal activity, and Yagi couldn't fight because the HSPC would go after him again;
• And he was still physically delibated due to his still healing injuries;
• One day, he saw a green-haired kid saving a little girl from being hit by a car in the middle of the street;
• Despite hurt, the boy smiled and helped the girl to calm down. And suffered discrimination after the people around the accident found out he was quirkless;
• Yagi, touched by the boy's kindness and seeing himself in that kid, decided to make him his successor;
• Without All Might, Japan needed a new kind of hero;
• After an awkward encounter and explanation, Yagi starts to mentor Izuku;
• Instead of wanting Izuku to go to a hero school and become a pro-hero, Yagi wants Izuku to not apply to the entrance exams;
• If Izuku is in a hero school, the HSPC would find him more easily and if Izuku becomes a pro-hero, he would be bind to the Commission's corruption;
• Izuku and Yagi have fights over that matter;
• Like in canon, Toshinori has a lot of secrets, but in this AU, he's not easily convinced to tell them;
• Izuku wants Yagi-san to trust him so he can help. He can't keep doing things blind;
• "The less people know, my boy, the better";
• Even before Izuku manifests One for All, he is already doing vigilante stunts around Musutafu;
• He starts to write more notebooks about villains;
• One day, after Izuku receives One for All, Toshinori disappears;
• Izuku was still breaking his bonrs while using the quirk, and he and Yagi had another fight;
• But Yagi-san wouldn't just abandon him, right?;
• Days turn into weeks turn into months;
• Keikai starts to investigate;
• Izuku finds Gran-Torino while looking through any clues about Toshinori on the internet;
• Gran-Torino, suspicious of Izuku, fights him until Izuku proves he is All Might's successor and that he's looking for him;
• Unfortunately, Torino doesn't know anything, but he is willing to help Izuku;
• Keikai starts to digger deeper in the underworld;
• Meanwhile, a new organization (the League) starts to rise and underground is buzzing;
• For the context, Nedzu is the boss of a villain group called Checkmate Vanguard;
• It's mostly the canon U.A. heroes but villains;
• Some of their allias are different, like, for an example, Present Mic is Resonance;
• There's also a part of the plot where All for One finds out Izuku has One for All and it starts a manhunt to get the kid;
• Oh, and a little bird tells the HSPC about a certain vigilante, and they get interested to bring him to their side;
• Some one needs to give this kid a break;
• Where in the world is Yagi? Who knows :);
• Class 1-A makes some cameos, but they don't show up a lot;

Version two:

• Yagi is not hunted by the HSPC, so he's still All Might;
• Izuku doesn't get One for All, and he becomes a vigilante by himself;
• He has been one for a few years;
• Most canon heroes are villains;
• Yamada finds out Izuku is a kid;
• Some of the villains are smart, but they are all dumbasses for not noticing they have been fighting a child;
• Hizashi is worried he can get charged of child abuse. Aizawa is so fucking done;
• "I think they will be more worried about your villainous activities rather than you having your ass kicked by a child, Yamada";
• Yamada starts to be concerned about his little foe because who would let a kid fight villains?;
• Somehow, the whole Vanguard becomes involved in the secret;
• They start to meet him in civilian persona;
• Izuku is confused because he doesn't know any of those people;
• They want to bring him to their side;
• However, Shigaraki also wants to bring Keikai to their side;
• It's a wholesome mess;
• (with a bit of angst);
• This doesn't have much plot like the previous version;

Version three*

• I just wanted to write this down because I can easily forget this AU;
• Just think! Think about it: Villain Aizawa mentoring Vigilante Izuku;
• Based on ch.2 - sweet whiskers and bitter coffee
• (If you want a whole chapter about this AU, just say in the comments :D)

Fun fact:

• The second version was the original version, but then I started to draw an angsty version of this AU and I went too deep in the rabbit hole;
• If for any reason, Keikai went to the canon universe through dimensional shenanigans, he would be terrified because he's in an unknown location with people he doesn't know and people who were trying to hurt him not a while ago;
• Yes, I thought about that cenary because I also enjoy the Accidental Dimensional Travel trope;

Notes:

i think you realized that one of my favorite tropes is a character trying to find someone (or something) and realizing that the rock bottom always had a basement

also, i was looking through my drafts (again) and i found an unfinished work of an old AU, would you guys be interested if i posted it on tumblr?

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Chapter 67: friend of shadows (or a boy and his (not) dog)

Shinsou Hitoshi, delinquent and "villain-in-making", meets Kurai, Musutafu's cryptid, and the monster around the alleys.

They bond.

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kurai (暗い)

the absence of light in a place

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• Hitoshi had been locked out of his foster home and slept in the streets for the night;
• While exploring the alleyways, he finds a weird shadow;
• It looks like a normal shadow but it's not his;
• The shadow starts to mimic Hitoshi, making Hitoshi try to do different poses and movements;
• Until the shadow leaves the wall, transforming into a big dark dog with bright green eyes;
• Hitoshi nervously says he prefers cats, so the shadow transforms into a kitten;
• Hitoshi names the shadow Kurai;
• Kurai is actually Midoriya Izuku, a quirkless kid who went missing years ago;
• Izuku was taken by Dr. Kyudai and transformed into a nomu;
• Izuku escaped but is still trapped in his shadow form;
• Izuku starts to follow Shinsou around in his dog form;
• He can be anything, but he likes to be a dog;
• It's a wolf, but no one says anything and the kids didn't realize it yet;
• Izuku isn't totally aware that he is a person;
• (because of what happened before he became a nomu);
• What people see is a purple-haired kid with a big dark dog following the kid like a lost duckling;
• Which is not too far from the truth;
• Since his foster home hates pets, Hitoshi sneaks out of the house to give Kurai food;
• One day, Hitoshi abruptly transfers and Eraser and Mic foster him;
• Since Hitoshi is wary of them, he doesn't tell them about Kurai;
• He manages to convince them that he's okay to come back home by himself;
• He always meets Kurai after school;
• The months go by and Hitoshi starts to like the Yamazawa household, but he still doesn't trust them to reveal Kurai;
• Until it's winter;
• When a blizzard happens, Hitoshi gets worried about Kurai and sneaks out to find him;
• HIzashi and Shouta see that Hitoshi is missing and Aizawa goes looking for him;
• Meanwhile, Hitoshi finds Kurai lethargic and too cold to touch;
• He starts to get desperate for his friend until Aizawa finds him;
• Hitoshi begs his guardian to help him, and he's so hysteric that Aizawa relents;
• Fortunately for the kids, the Yamazawa don't mind sheltering Kurai since he makes Hitoshi so happy;
• Sometimes, if he's feeling like it, Kurai transforms into a cat to make Aizawa like him more;
• How do they find Kurai is a human kid? Erasure;
• Aizawa wasn't aiming at Kurai, but he was in his line of sight and got affected;
• They see Kurai shift to a kid of flesh and blood, completely scarred and sick;
• When he turns it off, Kurai returns to his shadow form and everyone is so confused;
• Aizawa and Yamada start to investigate, while Hitoshi helps Kurai with his existential crisis;
• But they will only find everything out after Kamino;
• In the meantime, they will help Kurai to be a kid again even though he doesn't feel like one;
• And also try to help Hitoshi heal from his old experiences as a foster kid (and adopt him, of course);

Fun facts:

• Hitoshi and Kurai were supposed to be vigilantes, and when Aizawa would meet Hitoshi he would offer to take him in, but Hitoshi would say he will only go if his friend was allowed too;
• Aizawa would be so stunned he would be quiet for 5 minutes;
• That version was inspired by this;
• Personally, I like both versions, but the old draft was too similar to ch7;
• I wanted them to register Kurai as a service dog to Hitoshi so he could join him in classes, and help with Hitoshi's panic attacks in case he can't reach Aizawa or Hizashi, however, they would probably try to incentivize Kurai to be more human, since he's one;
• Inspired by Penumbra by flowerpetal275;

Notes:

sorry for the long wait, it was hard to finish this one and i still have more aus to post...

oh, and i created a pilot one-shot about ch.17, if you liked that you, you should check it out ;)

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Chapter 68: actors au

My Hero Academia is a successful franchise that tells the story of Midoriya Izuku, a kid who gains a superpower and becomes the next number-one hero.

A new generation of actors has a chance to shine as the protagonists and cause chaos on the set.

---

• I thought about giving the actors the same name as their VAs, but I don't believe this is a good idea;
• I also thought about their names changing to a new one, and their real name would be the canon ones to avoid misunderstandings, but I'm not sure;
• (I'll use their canon names to explain it so it's easier to understand)
• Anyway, it's a modern AU where everything is part of a movie/tv show;
• Inspired by some fanarts I saw from juniperarts, noodle and tea, meru90;
• Everyone is friends;
• Izuku and Shigaraki are siblings;
• Yagi is a very well-known actor and MHA is his last production before he retires;
  • He and Enji are good friends;
  • He is one of Izuku's inspirations and they both are nerds over superheroes
• Aizawa and Hizashi are married in real life, and because of this, their characters have chemistry together, hence why most of the fandom ships EraserMic;
• Aizawa used to be a tap dancer;
• Ashido has a tiktok account where she posts almost everything that happens on the set
  • she always drags one of them to do a trend dance
  • Kaminari appears most of the time
• Aoyama also has one and likes to take the most unexpected pictures
  • He likes to break the fourth wall as well;
• Most of the kids are active on social media, especially on Twitter;
• There are a lot of bloopers and interviews compilations on Youtube (MCU's and MHA VAs' energy):
• All for One is very good with the kids
  • He helps them when the kids have to do homework in the set
• Bakugou's parents work in fashion, so he used to do a bit of modeling, thus is aware of how to deal with the spotlight;
• The Todorokis aren't related;
• There are rumors that Touya and Takami are dating, but nothing is concrete;
• Eri is Chisaki's daughter
  • She became Eri because the other actresses were too afraid of Chisaki's character (inspired by juniperarts)
• Nighteye also likes jokes in real life and is more upbeat than his character;
• Some of them have a different appearance compared with their characters;
• Izuku is a little shit;
• Nedzu is a puppet, but during rehearsals, their VA acts in its place;
  • This also happens with Hagakure
• The actors have a bit of training to act during the fights;
• Shinsou has a twitch channel;
• A silly AU with a bit of crack;
• (If you have more suggestions, you can comment them!)

Notes:

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Chapter 69: bloodborn

A series of murders around Musutafu puts Eraserhead to track a ruthless serial killer, and all the evidence points to a vampire.

Which doesn't make any sense, because vampires don't exist. However, Aizawa might start to believe in them now.

---

After Izuku kills his Sire in an attempt to free himself, he becomes a vampire hunter.

---

• Izuku was a fledgling who was forced to stay with an abusive Sire because of blood contracts;
• This leads to Izuku committing murder, trying to free himself;
• It works;
• But during the fight, Izuku bit his Sire;
• It was to say vampires that bit other vampires (especially if they were Sires) were cursed, or that they would die;
• Actually, that wasn't totally true;
• As a side-effect, Izuku was more powerful but easily starved;
• Izuku starts to hunt for Sires that also abuse their fledglings;
• There's a ""secret society"" of magical creatures, and the vampires are a community with their own laws and mores;
• Hunters exist and are still active;
• Worldbuilding with urban fantasy;
• Izuku is considered a pariah and a criminal for killing his Sire and feeding from him;
• Izuku refuses to drink blood from humans (which led to a couple of unpleasant situations with his Sire), and feels guilty for doing that with animals;
• Izuku is a bit unhinged, but still very much an emotional mess;
• (the poor kid is traumatized)
• Aizawa is skeptical (it makes him more terrified in the long run);

Notes:

this one is short and a bit tacky, and i'm sorry for that :(

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Chapter 70: turn back time (rewind before it breaks)

The world ended in flames, and Shouta was there to see it burn.

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Aizawa Shouta, formerly known as Eraserhead, is one of the last remnants of the Heroes' Last Brigade. He has already lost his comrades, his family, and his (kids) class, and now, down on his knees across Nemesis, he stares the villain in the eye, reflecting on their already lost war. There's no symbol of peace to save them and no last resource to use against the League. All Shouta can do is accept his death with open arms and join his friends on the other side.

And then, he wakes up.

---

Accidental time-traveler Aizawa, but with a twist :)

---

• (yes, I know this trope has already been used multiple times. This is purely self-indulgent (like my other aus, honestly))
• Inspired by many others Time Travel fix-it with Villain Izuku;
• The war is lost, and the villains win;
• Aizawa is executed and accidentally time travels a year and a half before everything happened;
• Nemesis is considered one of the most ruthless villains among the ranks because of his accurate ways to destroy villains
  • He's like Mastermind, from For the Want of a Nail by myheadinthecoudsnotcomingdown
• Nemesis ordered the death of many heroes (and some villains);
• After Aizawa comes back, he focuses on eliminating all the threats of the future;
• And that includes eliminating Nemesis;
• Except, Aizawa discovers Nemesis's past as Midoriya Izuku, a quirkless kid who is hanging by a thread;
  • He knew Midoriya was Nemesis, but he knew nothing about his past except the basics
• Aizawa starts to keep the kid close so he can control and avoid Nemesis' rise;
• Cue to an extremely reluctant dadzawa;
• Yamada is worried™ about his husband's mental health
  • And he knows there's something fishy going on, but he wants his husband to come to him and trust him with his burdens
  • Honestly, Mic is great
• Midoriya is confused and an anxious mess
  • his home life isn't great
• In the first timeline, Yamada and Aizawa adopted Eri;
• Aizawa is so done;
• Morally grey Aizawa;

Non-confirmed stuff:

• There are two ways I imagined Izuku's downfall to becoming a villain
  • The traditional version where his dreams are shattered by All Might, and after being ridiculed by the heroes after saving Bakugou, he walks a darker path 
  • The other version is everything went normal until Aizawa's quirk test assignment. Eraser expells Izuku, and All Might orders Izuku to give his quirk back. Instead of wanting to be outcast and worthless again, Izuku disappears from the map, taking One for All with him
• Shinsou was Yamazawa's foster kid in the first run;
• Bakugou's redemption;
• League of Villains' redemption;

 

Notes:

i added a new version on ch. 66 - atlas, go check it out ;)

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Chapter 71: how hard co-parenting can be? (a lot, actually)

In a universe Yamada Hizashi never became Present Mic, he's bound to meet Aizawa Shouta anyway.

Oh, and did I say he's a villain?

(and there's a problem green child too)

---

• An enemies-to-lovers where Aizawa and Hizashi both try to co-parent Izuku
  • (don't ask me /j)
• Hizashi's villain's name is Loudspeaker;
• Most call him Soundwave because it's cooler;
• Hizashi "adopted" Dabi and Toga;
• Not really adoption, he mostly mentors and provides a safe shelter for them, but they are free to do whatever they want;
• Hizashi has a network web that connects some other cities besides Musutafu;
• Hizashi and Aizawa are petty toward each other;
• Since Hizashi never became a U.A. student, Aizawa's hero name isn't Eraserhead;
• (I haven't decided yet, so if you guys have any ideas... please send them)
• Oboro still "dies";
• (sorry, man) 
• Izuku is a homeless kid who likes to meddle a bit too much in people's business;
• That attracts trouble;
• Hizashi and Aizawa don't have enough level to unlock Izuku's backstory
  • just joking, i have no idea what izuku's backstory is
• Izuku has trust issues;
• They have a mutual goal which is to help Izuku, while also going for each other's throats;
• I'm not sure about the plot, it was supposed to be a mystery of sorts, but... idk

Notes:

sorry about the shortness

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Chapter 72: 3.005 miles

"Before most of Earth's population developed what people call quirks, they were called meta-abilities and were a rare phenomenon. While a small percentage of scientists were worried about the next generations, the military, the government, and most scientists would kill to put their hands on a metahuman.

And they did.

That's how the Foundation was created. A place to study and control metas, trying to put humans inside cages.

That's how they created monsters."

---

After escaping their torturers, newly appointed Izuku and Hitoshi decide to enjoy their freedom while also avoiding the authorities or being found by the Foundation. After running kilometers away, they need a hitchhike.

Luckily, they meet Kayama Nemuri and her pickup truck.

---

• Inspired by The Dog Days (are over) by pathicsoul, The Firestarter by Stephen King, and Stranger Things (kinda);

Izuku and Hitoshi:

• Izuku and Hitoshi are unconsciously arrogant about their abilities
  • They don't consider normal people a threat, except if they are related to the Foundation
• Since they didn't know their names, the boys chose their own names;
• They both have barcode tattoos on their necks
  • Every subject at the Foundation had one
• Hitoshi and Izuku used to have really short hair, almost shaved
  • When they escaped, they decided to grow it out, as a sign of freedom
• They both have a high tolerance for pain and are deadly skilled
  • Trained to kill since birth 
• Izuku and Hitoshi take turns on who's the older sibling and who's the chaos gremlin;
• Izuku was born inside the Foundation while Hitoshi was taken from his family when he was young;
•  Sometimes, Hitoshi gets overwhelmed because of everyone's "brain noises" and has a meltdown
  • Izuku knows how to help with those
•  Hitoshi has Telepathy
  • which gives him access to mind control, like his canon quirk
• Izuku has telekinesis;

Nemuri:

• Momnight!!
• Nemuri was visiting her family after her dad's funeral
  • It wasn't pleasant
  • Her family hates her guts, and she's not fond of them either
• Nemuri is married to Aizawa and Hizashi
  
  • I found out this ship existed and thought it was really great
• Nemuri almost hit the kids with her car btw
  • It was an accident, but luckily, nothing happened
• There are many bamf midnight moments since some stuff happen during the trip;
• One look at the kids and she knew they needed help;
• Hizashii: oh, hi nem, how was the funeral?
  Nemuri on the phone: it was great, um, listen, there's something i need to tell you
  Shouta: ... what did you do?
  Nemuri looking Izuku and Hitoshi prove ice cream for the first time at the distance: ᵢ ₘₐᵧ ₕₐᵥₑ ₐ𝒹ₒₚₜₑ𝒹 ₖᵢ𝒹ₛ
  Hizashi: ...you adopted kids. Without us?!
  Shouta: That's what you're worried about?

Fun facts:

• I couldn't decide which one of them would meet the kids;
• In the original work, the trio would be Aizawa, Hizashi and Toshinori;
• (i found out ship existed around the time i created this au)
• (i'll be honest and say i'm still not sure which trio i want to use because both have great potential)
• Technically, in the original version, Aizawa would find the kids, and then I changed for Yamada, but now it's Nemuri

Notes:

i'm terrible at deciding things
you may have realized this after noticing i have lots of non-confirmed stuff in some aus, and that i create different versions for them as well

hope you guys are having a great week

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Chapter 73: we may not share the same blood (but we do share the same shoes)

Based on ch. 64

Shouta knows what it is like to be dragged through the mud, to be less than the dirt on people's shoes, and how all men aren't created equal. That was one of the first lessons he was taught after he was diagnosed as quirkless, like it's a fucking disease. Before he became an underground hero, he was already aware of how the world worked for people like him, the scorns of society, ever since he was four years old. Nowadays, Shouta fights with claws and teeth to protect his people. He will never forget where he came from.

That's why when he meets seven-year-old Midoriya Izuku, he doesn't hesitate to reach out.

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• There's a whole quirkless community with its own rules and stuff;
  • Quirkless people wear red shoes;
  • Worldbuilding, because hell yeah!
• Based on Ota's Lace Worldbuilding by Otaku6337, See You in the Morning by Broken_Radio, it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a town to save one. by Useronhiatus, and alone in crowds (but not alone in sentiment) by kijosakka;
• Quirkless Aizawa!
  • (we need more of those)
• Aizawa's hero's name is Spiderlily, just like in ch.64 
  • He's damn well known by the quirkless people and they consider him his patron
  • He's always awkward and embarrassed when people call him that
• Izuku loves to spend his time in Safe Haven where he can interact with his people and pretend just for a moment that he isn't considered different;
• Aizawa meets Izuku when he went to visit and spotted him there sometimes
  • Aizawa likes to help in the community by doing charity work or just being present there to help people feel safe
  • He may not be a people person, but he likes to be somewhere where he belongs to
• They just interacted after Aizawa caught Izuku's classmates bullying him and he went feral;
• Aizawa insisted on helping Izuku with his injuries and is worried about Izuku's home life after Izuku says some stuff
  • Many kids were abandoned or abused because they were quirkless, so Aizawa is there to rescue them and make sure they are not sent to another bad place*
  • (even though it's not common because the new generations are less prone to be born with no quirk at all) 
• Izuku doesn't like to talk about his bullying because his mother will worry and she's already so stressed, and she will think he's fragile or something
  • He doesn't want to be a burden
• Izuku starts to interact with Aizawa more now that he knows he's a hero and quirkless!
  • All Might is still his favorite, but Spiderlily is his personal hero and most of all, he knows he's safe
• One day, Izuku brings up the fact that he wants to be a hero and Aizawa decides to help;
• This leads to a very careful and intense conversation about Izuku's future with Inko;
• Despite being a good mother, Inko can't help but see Izuku as her little fragile baby boy (because moms do that sometimes), and his quirklessness doesn't help with her worries
  • Aizawa calls her out on this and says Izuku won't be a kid forever. Aizawa understands her worries, he does, but there's a difference between worrying and overprotectiveness
  • (Inspired by Shinsou and Inko's segment in ch. 13)
• Aizawa promises Inko he will be there to teach Izuku how to be a hero, and that she's not alone in this journey;
• Of course, Izuku is still too young to start training, but he needs his mom there to believe in him;
• This leads to Aizawa being "adopted" into the Midoriya family;
• Aizawa and Inko co-parent Izuku and become good friends (no, it doesn't end in ship);
• As a sign of affection, Izuku likes to knock his shoes on Aizawa's shoes (like a shoulder bump, but with their shoes)
  • Aizawa starts to do that as well
• Izuku trains with a capture weapon!
• Spite made Aizawa unhinged, so of course his protegé would also be unhinged, tho he knows how to mask it well;

Fun Facts (plus a bit of the worldbuilding)

• Tsukauchi, Nedzu, and Recovery Girl are part of Aizawa's hotline when there are some major troubles
  • Aizawa checked with the community if he could include them "in the know"
  • *Watanabe Akemi (an oc) is a social worker and one of Aizawa's friends, she is responsible to relocate the kids and make sure they go to a safe environment
• Allies of the community use a special pin so they can be recognizable (Present Mic and some other heroes - mostly underground - use those);
  • After Izuku and Shinsou become friends (because of course they would), Shinsou starts to wear the 'safe' pin
  • In fact, most of Class 1-A starts to wear that pin
  • It made Izuku cry a lot
• Yagi goes visit the community when he's not busy, but it's rare nowadays because of his workload;
• Late bloomers are still accepted in the community;
• Since Aizawa doesn't have Erasure, his hair "floats" because of the static electricity his capture weapon creates;
• Izuku often calls Aizawa 'dad' (the first time was so embarrassing and funny at the same time. Inko loves to remind them of that);

Non-confirmed stuff:

• Since Aizawa doesn't have erasure, Dr. Garaki never had a reason to go after him, and thus getting Oboro
  • Maybe Oboro is alive
  • Or maybe he's dead but didn't turn into Kurogiri
• Izuku's hero name (give me ideas in the comments, pls)

Notes:

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Chapter 74: come with me and take the ride to the other side

"So you're the new kid?" The purple boy suddenly asks from his spot at the corner of the room.

He hesitantly nods.

"I'm Shinsou Hitoshi," The boy - Shinsou - says. His eyes hold a weariness that makes him wince in sympathy.

"I'm Midoriya," he says, "Midoriya Izuku."

---

Despite not sharing the same blood, Shinsou Hitoshi was the only family Izuku had after his mother died and he was left in an orphanage. They went through thick and thin together, like brothers.

Hitoshi protected him from the bad kids at the group homes and always made him smile.

Izuku always helped him with his bruises and gave hugs to remind his brother he didn't have to face his burdens alone.

They tried to survive in a world trying to drag them through the mud. The villain and the weakling, bounded to be left behind. But that didn't matter, they had each other, and that was enough.

Until it wasn't.

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• Inko died and Izuku was sent to an orphanage;
• He met Shinsou there and decided to be friends with him
  • Shinsou was shunned by the other kids because he had a scary quirk;
• Shinsou didn't want to be friends with Izuku, but he pushed through Shinsou's grumpy personality
  • He started to defend Izuku because people always mistreated him;
• They are around six when they met;
  • They started to be sent to other foster and group homes together;
  • They even shared the same social worker;
• Izuku always support Hitoshi's dream of being a hero, since he wanted to be a hero himself;
• When they were lucky, they liked to go to cat cafes;
• The only thing Izuku had from his old home was an All Might plushie;
• One day, when they were 11, they were forcibly separated and sent to different foster homes;
• Hitoshi was transferred to another social worker, so he didn't know where Izuku lived
  • He waited for Izuku, suffering but always hoping to find his brother again;
• Until he snapped and left his foster home;
• Shinsou's descent into villainy was for his survival at first, but then, he became a villain out of spite
  • And to destroy the system because he was tired of the unfairness of it all
  • Shigaraki (and All for One) were there to whisper in his ear and convince him Hero Society wasn't worth it
• My first idea for his hero name was Momus: the personification of satire and mockery, and several literary works used him as a mouthpiece for their criticism of tyranny (source: Wikipedia)
  • (If you guys have other ideas, I'm happy to read them)
• Meanwhile, Izuku is also struggling to survive in foster care
  • Things are tough but he doesn't bend, he stays
  • However, he's always missing Hitoshi
• During one of his many transferrences, Izuku is assigned to the Erasermic household;
• At first, Izuku is terrified of Aizawa and Hizashi, despite their attempts of welcoming Izuku with open arms
  • Deep down, he wants to trust them and tell them about Hitoshi, but he's not sure they are safe
• Even after Izuku goes to U.A. he still doesn't trust them
• I don't have much about the plot, but I can guarantee it's full of angst :)

Fun facts:

• Most of the key points of this AU (except for the villainy part) are based on another AU of mine with Big brother Aizawa
  • I'll admit is more wholesome than this version
  • I can post it if you guys want?

Non-confirmed stuff

• I'm not sure if Izuku gets One for All
• I'm not sure if Shinsou is a spy, or if he's Shigaraki's "player two"

Chapter 75: please believe me (i'm not a liar)

Midoriya Izuku is a liar.

He fights his classmates, he cheats on his tests, he is never dressed accordingly, he skips his classes and the list goes on. Despite his efforts, no one believes him when Izuku says Bakugou attacked him, or when he scores better than his classmates. No one.

(Not even his mother.)

So he just stopped denying it. If they blame him? Sure, of course, it was him. Yes, he's an attention-seeker freak and a useless Deku. Yes, he fought with Bakugou because he was jealous. Yes, he cheated because he was lazy and didn't study. Yes, he skipped class on the roof because he liked to be in trouble, not because his peers locked him in there. Yes, he wrote death threats on his desk because he was bored and doesn't have any respect for the school.

It doesn't matter what he does, they will always find a way to put it on him. So he decides to do whatever he wants, because if it's always his fault, at least let's give them a reason for it.

But of course, things can always get worse. 

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After his mother considers sending him to a reformatory camp for delinquents, Izuku is finally done and decides to run away from home.

And he becomes a vigilante because why the hell not?

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• Inspired a little bit by Lost and Found by Assassin Bug;
• Things are rough for little Izuku, but school gets worse when Izuku meets his new homeroom teacher;
• Simply put: the guy is an asshole;
• Instead of ignoring Izuku or lightly reprehending him because "he's quirkless. he doesn't know any better", he always blamed Izuku;
• If something is out of place, it's Izuku's fault;
• He starts berating him in front of the class, and accusing him of cheating on his assignments;
• He hates when Izuku mutters;
• He claims Izuku is jealous of his peers because they have quirks;
• And this encourages the staff and the students to do that to him as well;
• His punishments are the worst
  • They get physical sometimes
• The school had Inko on speed dial because Izuku is always in trouble
  • This affects her work because she has to leave earlier sometimes to go to Aldera
• Izuku always tries to defend himself, but this leads to his homeroom teacher start calling him a liar;
• And this influences everyone around him;
• Even his mom starts to believe his teacher instead of Izuku!;
• At first, Izuku is so sad about disappointing his mom even though it's not his fault, but she doesn't believe him;
• But as he grows up, his sadness turns to bitterness
  • Izuku realizes that it doesn't matter what he does, he will always be the one at fault
  • So he starts to don't care (even though it hurts)
  • Fun fact: Inko used to treat his injuries even though she was mad at him, but nowadays, Izuku refuses to let her help because of his bitterness
  • Deep down, he wants her to believe him, to realize all the lies
• The bullying gets worse
  • Izuku tries to defend himself (keyword tries) because since it's always his fault, might as well stop to be defenseless and stand his ground
• Inko gets more and more stressed and desperate because she doesn't know what to do
  • They fight a lot at home, which is mostly one-sided because Izuku gave up ages ago arguing with her, but Inko insists on repeating the same stuff over and over again
• She doesn't recognize her baby boy anymore
  • (and whose fault is that?)
• Because Inko was always at Aldera, Izuku's homeroom teacher meets her and they both bonded because of their attempts to "help" Izuku;
• To Inko's eyes, Izuku's homeroom teacher is a nice man who has his best interests at heart and seems to understand her struggles;
• So the teacher starts to show up more at Izuku's home because of his closeness to Midoriya Inko
  • And Izuku is so mad at this
• Soon enough, Inko and the teacher start dating, and now Izuku has to "live" with him
  • Which leaves Izuku at his mercy most of the time
  • And this is why Izuku starts to explore the city instead of staying at home where he has no one
• Gradually, the teacher starts to plant a seed of doubt in Inko, that maybe, Izuku isn't worth her time. That she's stressing too much and her son is selfish, not realizing everything she has done for him;
• One day, Izuku finds out they want to send Izuku to a reformatory camp for troubled teens and delinquents
  • That's the straw that breaks the camel's back
• Izuku runs away from home, angry (and heartbroken);
• He accidentally becomes a vigilante because he never gave up being a hero
  • His vigilante name is Black Sheep (i kinda wanted to not use this name because I didn't want it to be restricted to just one AU)
• Dadzawa
  • Let's be honest, you were waiting for him
• Izuku loves to hear pre-quirk songs during his patrols
  • His favorites are "Cherry Bomb" by Runaways (cherry bomb was going to be his vigilante name in the first draft), "Teenagers" by My Chemical Romance, and many others!
  • Based on my own rock playlist
• Can't say there's a specific plot, but I imagined a bit where Aizawa fondly accuses Izuku of being a "bad liar" (maybe he was lying about his sleep schedule or an injury), and that hits him too close to home, making Izuku reply "You could say that" and leaving Aizawa confused

Chapter 76: if i was dying on my knees (you would be the one to rescue me)

Despite not sharing the same blood, Aizawa Shouta was the only family Izuku had after his mother left him in an orphanage. They went through thick and thin together, like brothers.

Shouta protected him from the bad kids at the group homes and always made him smile.

Izuku always helped him with his bruises and gave hugs to remind his brother he didn't have to face his burdens alone.

They tried to survive in a world trying to drag them through the mud. The villain and the weakling, bounded to be left behind. But that didn't matter, they had each other, and that was enough.

Until it wasn't.

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• Izuku was abandoned by Inko after his diagnosis;
• He met Aizawa in the orphanage and decided to be friends with him;
• Aizawa was shunned by the other kids because he was scary
  • At first, Aizawa didn't want to be friends with Izuku, but he pushed through Aizawa's grumpy personality;
• He started to defend Izuku because people always mistreated him;
• Aizawa was ten years old and Izuku was four;
• They started to be sent to other foster and group homes together;
• They even shared the same social worker;
• Aizawa became a big brother;
• Izuku always support Aizawa's dream of being a hero, since he wanted to be a hero himself;
• In bad foster homes, Aizawa tried to defend Izuku from their guardians;
• Before Aizawa went to U.A., they were forcibly separated and sent to different foster homes
  • Aizawa promised Izuku that when he reaches 21 and become a hero, he would get a foster license and get Izuku out of the system
  • He was transferred to another social worker, so he didn't know where Izuku lived;
• Izuku waited for him, suffering but always hoping to find his brother again;
• Until he snapped and left his foster home;
• Aizawa worked hard to leave the system and give his brother a home
• Since getting his own apartment was expensive, Hizashi and Aizawa shared an apartment as roommates but pretended to be partners to justify why they were living together for the foster license application
  • Hizashi is the best! And, besides, he wants to meet his best friend's little brother 
  • Should I mention that Aizwa has a crush on his best friend? 
• When he finally got his foster license, he tried to reach Izuku's social worker until he found out Izuku was missing for weeks
  • Aizawa was Pissed™;
• He changed his whole patrol route, trying to Izuku, and asked Tsukauchi, a detective he worked with a few times, for help;
• Fortunately, Izuku found Aizawa;
• He was running away from some bad man trying to "teach him a lesson", and he was already hurt
  • Izuku was already sleeping in the streets for some weeks;
• He bumped into Eraserhead and immediately they both recognized each other;
• Since Izuku was running with adrenaline, the relief of finding a safe person made him pass out
  • Shouta was happy and horrified;
• After a heartfelt reunion (full of tears), Aizawa manages to get Izuku's custody;
• Izuku tries to be the wingman and put Shouta and Hizashi together
  • His brother comes to complain about the blond's obliviousness. Of course, he's going to do something about it!
• Hizashi notices how Aizawa is soft toward Izuku and that makes him smile all the time
  • And annoy his best friend
• Just fluff with hurt/comfort, I'll be honest;

Notes:

sorry about the shortness of it

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Chapter 77: spite (doesn't) look good on you

Not all men are created equal.

That phrase took root inside Izuku when he was diagnosed as quirkless (as if it were some kind of fucking disease).

And it was one of the reasons why he became so bitter. He has written a list.

The list, honestly, is huge (his old teachers, his middle school peers, Bakugou, All Might, his mom Inko, society in general, everything).

Being bitter is tiring, but nowadays, it's one of the only ways he can live without being crushed by the pressure of Hero society. Besides, of course, determination and pure spite.

Hope is a feeling he lost a long time ago. 

He remembers the hope of becoming a hero and helping people, comforting them with a smile on his face, like a certain Pro Hero #1, screaming at the top of his lungs "I AM HERE".

Looking back, he can't decide whether he feels pity or resentment.

Izuku stares at the mirror of his bathroom, looking at the most recent scar Bakugou craved on his skin, curling around his neck, and feels a pool of resentment and anger in his stomach, growing and growing, filling him like a hot-aired balloon.

Izuku thinks he has reasons to be bitter.

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After a traumatizing near-death experience, his dreams shattered by his idol, and public humiliation, Izuku accepts the whole world is against him. He only has himself to trust. 

10 months later, Izuku enters Gen. Ed. class and focuses on trying to transfer to the hero course. Izuku dives into training and doesn't let anything stop him. The walls around his heart weren't ever as strong as now.

The dedication pays off, eventually.

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Or: Izuku and Hitoshi role swap where Hitoshi is in class 1-A, one step closer to his dream but with many challenges along the way, and Izuku is a spiteful Gen. Ed student ready to throw hands at anyone who wants to put him down.

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• As the summary says: it's a role swap (of sorts, a little bit);
• Very old AU
  • I even have an incomplete drabble about this
• Izuku goes to Gen Ed and never gets OFA from All Might;
• Izuku is a sassy and spiteful little shit;
• He declares he wants to be the first quirkless hero in front of the class, on the first day of school
  • When Hizashi hears it, he instantly thinks about Shouta
  • His classmates didn't like that (some even made sure to show him their dislike)
• He also declares war against Class 1-A before the sports festival
• Meanwhile, Shinsou is having the time of his life except his classmates are cheerfully annoying and want to befriend him
  • Kaminari is the most successful 
• Bakugou is an asshole, sadly;
• After their round, Izuku can't help but feel cheated. Sure, Shinsou's quirk is amazing for hero work, but he didn't have the chance to try;
• Aizawa still offers a private apprenticeship;
• Izuku and Shinsou have a chance to meet each other better after the joint training (the one where Monoma is a bastard and Izuku unlocks blackwhip);
• Uraraka also meets the kid that saved her during the entrance exam
  
  • She was a bit sad he didn't make it to Class 1-A
• I don't have much about this one;

Notes:

Sorry about my lateness and the shortness of this chapter
This week has been a busy one ;-;

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Chapter 78: soulbound, heartbound

A soulmate AU, because those are really cool

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• Aizawa and Izuku share a parental soulbond;
• In this AU, Izuku is born a bit later, so Aizawa is older than canon (not by a lot tho, just 1-2 years);
• Izuku was born when Aizawa went through a difficult time in his life, still grieving Oboro and as a new-debuted underground hero;
• I kinda imagine that, during this period, Aizawa didn't have much regard for his own life, but after his soulmate was born, he started to take care of himself, so he wouldn't accidentally hurt them
  • Soulmates share injuries (and intense feelings sometimes)
  • Great angst potential :)
• At first, he thought it was a mistake. He just became an adult! How is he supposed to be a parental soulmate?!
• He just rolls with it later on;
• Meanwhile, Izuku lives a tough life as an orphan (legally) and as a quirkless kid
  • His bio parents left him because he didn't share the parental soulmate with them
• He dreams of meeting his parental soulmate and having a family
  • But he can't help but think that he will be rejected because of his quirkless status
  • Little did he know Aizawa didn't give a shit about it
• Bakugou and Izuku share a platonic soulbond
  • After Izuku's diagnosis, they almost fell apart, but Bakugou pulled his head out of his ass and decided Izuku's lack of quirk didn't matter because he was Katsuki's soulmate, and that was all that mattered
  • Bakugou is the only person that believes Izuku can be a hero nowadays
• Anyways, Aizawa spends years sharing injuries with his kid while he can do nothing about it, except treat them, hoping (praying even) that he would find the kid and bring him home;
• They do meet eventually, but due to some... unusual circumstances; 
• You see, Izuku is also a vigilante/informant, and Aizawa works with them
  • Bakugou also knows about Izuku's activities and is so done with his best friend
• Shenanigans and plot ensue
• It does end in a happy ending tho (i think);
• Eventual Aizawa Shouta adopts Midoriya Izuku;

Version two

• I also thought about what if Izuku doesn't have a mark at all and, despite this, creates deep connections and gets a family without soulbonds
• Or, or, he finds out he does has soulbonds, and is iffy about it because he spent his entire life being treated like he was less than anyone else because he didn't have a mark and now that he finally has one, people are seeking him out because of their soulbonds
• Regardless, it's just variant ranting, don't mind me

Notes:

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omg, i'm so sorry for my disappearance, i was out of ideas and got busy with some stuff (if you follow me on tumblr you might know what it was)
anyway, i'm not sure i can update as i used to, but I'll try! and sorry about this au's shortness

as always, comments and deeply appreciated :D

hope you guys have a great week <3

Chapter 79: rogue steps to become a pro

It's Izuku's final year as an apprendice. The countdown to his professional HSPC exam to have a pro-hero license and prove he can be a hero begins, but his dad's new class and the rise of a supposed "League of Villains" are very distractful. 

Join the adventures of Midoriya-Aizawa Izuku while he becomes Class 1-A's new big brother, proves to be a menace to Hero Society and makes his dad proud.

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or: Izuku is older than Class 1-A and a reformed vigilante with a dark past.

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• Izuku is 18-19;
• Izuku is aroace -- not plot relevant, but it matters to me;
• He lived with his good mom Inko and has a fairly normal childhood;
• Despite the hardships of being a quirkless kid and having only his mom to raise him, he was very happy and satisfied;
• Until his mom died and his dad, who -- surprise, surprise -- is All for One, came to raise him;
• Shigaraki was influenced to create a rivalery with Izuku since he felt his position as Sensei's student threatned -- because AFO is an asshole;
• He calls Izuku an extra -- or NPC depending of his mood;
• Being created without restrain -- and almsot spoiled -- Shigaraki was prone to have fits and use Decay in frustration and anger
• Unfortunately, Izuku was a target of said fits sometimes;
• All for One also forced a quirk on Izuku, but his body painfully rejected it so he took it back;
• Tired of this life, Izuku ran away and became a vigilant;
• AFO treats this as childish behavior and just a "phase" -- inspired by White Diamond from SU
• Izuku's vigilant name is Rogue and he became popular in the Underground;
• Rogue and Eraserhead had a game of Cat and Mouse before evolving to a partnership and fully trusting each other;
• And then Izuku was adopted;
• Instead of taking the Entrance Exam, Izuku was vouched by both Aizawa and Nedzu to become a heroic apprendice instead due to his previous knowledge;
• And because Izuku didn't went to (a formal) school for a long time;
• Izuku could watch classes, but he also had permition to go on patrols -- with Eraserhead -- had to fill reports, answer to "his" agency and go through the HSPC evaluations to prove he could continue being an apprendice;
• He also do gigs as a T.A sometimes;
• He is Nedzu's pupil too;
• Aizawa and Izuku are really close and see each other as equals, even though they are father and son;
• Aizawa knows he can trust Izuku to take care of himself because of everything he knows Izuku can do and his son already survived years without his help. He is not a common child;
• Even if sometimes, he wants to mourn this. Izuku should've had a normal childhood, but he didn't and Aizawa, as much as he wants to, he can't fix that;
• Izuku knows Bakugou but Bakugou doesn't know him 
• Inko and Mitsuki knew each other, so Izuku knee Bakugou, even if he was just a baby, but Bakugou doesn't remember it at all;
• The same year Izuku is taking his final exam to prove he can have a pro-hero license, it's the year canon starts;
• Izuku becomes Class 1-A's big brother;
• No All Might bashing;
• He's a cool chill guy, but an inexperienced teacher and he has issues™;
• After Yagi's relutance in accepting Izuku's role, Nedzu's warning and a bad first lesson later, he asks Izuku's help with his teaching who happily complies;
• All Might does consider Izuku a candidate for One for All but he thinks better of it and realizes this would erase Izuku's dream -- and his future acomplishes -- as a quirkless hero;
• USJ is a terrible reunion;
• Shigaraki starts to referring Izuku as Player Two;
• Izuku relates a little bit with Todoroki's sttrugles and slowly coaxes him to use his fire, it's a long process, but they are working on it, there's no rush; 
• Izuku saves Iida from doing something stupid in Hosu;
• Shinsou is the one who talks to Shigaraki at the mall;
• Izuku offers himself to the League so Shinsou and Bakugou -- their picks to join them as villains -- can be safe;
• Another terrible reuinion between sperm donor and offspring;
• Aizawa is worried™ -- he hates Izuku's self-sacrificial tendencies;
• The Shie Hassaikai raid almost ends in tragedy but thanks to Eri (and Izuku) Sir Nighteye is saved;
• Eri becomes and addition to the Aizawa-Midoriya household;
• Izuku does become an underground pro-hero in the end;

Notes:

yo
what's up?
after, what? a year? i am here with another plot because i missed writing about izuku (and dadzawa)
probably all of you abandoned this work and will have a full surprise on your emails hehehe -- or maybe not, if you unsuscribed, which, yeah, fair enough

hope you guys have a great day (because i won't have one :D *smiling through the pain*)

ps: also, just because i can, please listen to the magnus archives, it's super cool and very spooky

Chapter 80: to be a shadow

Kids are taught that you can pick what type of hero you want to become. You can be a limelight, going after big-ranked villains, rescue-based, to help victims in disaster, patrollers, always watching the streets for danger, and many others.

What they don't know is that there is a secret type of heroics: underground heroes.

Better known as killing agents.

Midoriya Izuku, despite being an avid fan of heroes, boderline obsessed, wasn't aware of this. Which is ironic considering he was a perfect fit for the category, according to the HSPC anyways.

Aizawa Shouta is not paid for this.

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or: where underground-leaning heroes-in-training, instead of taking the common lessons to become a hero, are pulled aside and carefully groomed to become perfect assassins.

Unfortunately, it's part of the job.

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• Heavily inspired by How to Silence (Both guns and people) - ShadeCrawler;
• Basically, underground heroes are like the ANBU -- yes, from Naruto -- considered a special unit focused on assassination.
• They don't work only in Japan, but also overseas, infiltrating governments as sleeper agents, killing influential people, escorting important people and etc;
• HSPC is really interwined with the government thus they also work from them;
• The Entrance Exam is standard, made by, you guessed it, the HSPC, and your points design for which school you will go -- like a SISU, of sorts;
• Normally, highest scores go to U.A;
• During the Exam, those with quirks, abilities and background leaning to underground are pulled aside and insted of going to a hero school, they go through a specialized training to become a killing agent;
• Izuku wanted to be a patrolling hero, since it was better fitting for his analysis and he didn't want to be under the spotlight that much;
• However, he was designed to become a underground and was left under Aizawa's wing;
• Aizawa -- also pulled aside during his exam -- was not paid for this shit;
• Izuku is confused as hell -- understandable -- and panicking a lot because he doesn't want to kill people?? He didn't sign for this??;
• Aizawa and Izuku have a bit of a strained relationship because Aizawa is socially awkward and terrible with children and Izuku doesn't want to be here™;
• They do learn to care for each other, but it might take a while;
• Training is hard as fuck -- physically and emotionally;
• Izuku's first kill is a mess and he doesn't leave his room for days;
• They bond sometimes over hot cocoa and cats, but like I said, it takes a while for them to open up and truly care for each other as mentor/student; 
• Aizawa is ordered to infiltrate in the U.A. for a while; 
• The kids think Aizawa is a under-ranked low-profile patroller;
• When the dorms come up, Izuku is forced to move in with Aizawa which raises a lot of questions;

Fun facts:

• Since Underground Unit are kept in the dark, Shinsou isn't aware of the existence of Eraserhead or heroes with weak/vile quirks, so he isn't interested in going to heroics, but after the Sportd Festival, he was pulled to be part of them and trained by Nemuri;
• While the quirk works in favor to pick a new agent, the background is taken in account. Kids more likely to not be missed by anyone are better looked upon;
• Nedzu knows about the Underground Heroes and is trying to work against it -- one of the main reasons why he lets Aizawa work in the U.A even knowning that's suspicious;
• Snipe, Midnight, Nagant, Best Jeanist, and others are underground as well;
• New agents are designed to a mentor and go through the official HSPC training and their veteran's training;
• Aizawa and Yamada know each other but only outside of their hero personas -- before Aizawa becomes a teacher;
• Reports are not written but recorded as statements for better preservation;

Notes:

double plot >:)
i literally don't know what happened with me to post two ideas out of nowhere after a year, i am just being silly

hope you guys enjoyed it, have a nice week

Chapter 81: the amazing viridian spider

Alright, from the beginning....

My name is Midoriya Izuku, I am 14 years old and I was considered quirkless until I was bitten by a radioactive spider. Yeah, it's sounds unbeliavable, I know, but that's what happened. And then things started to spiral out of control, and suddenly I was in the middle of a lot of trouble. I was just a normal teenager with a big dream of becoming a pro-hero.

I didn't mean to become a vigilante, instead.

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or: Another spiderman!Izuku AU, because why not?

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• Izuku is bitten by a radioactive spider during an aldera field trip to a scientific HSPC facility;
• He accidentally kills the spider... (he didn't even realise at first);
• Weird shit start to happen to him and Izuku is understandably freaking out;
• He has Miles' thingy that make him invisible (but not the eletricity one);
• And, of course, all of the spiderman powers;
• Izuku starts to tests his powers during the night and, somehow, that evolves in vigilantism;
• By day, he's useless deku, and by night, he's the Viridian Spider;
• The Viridian Spider starts to collect a fanbase;
• Sero is in it (shinsou as well);
• Meanwhile, HSPC are freaking out² because their project was fucking gone;
• They think it was stolen, so they put Eraserhead in the case;
• Also, Eraser is chasing the new vigilante because Tsukauchi asked;
• Dadzawa ensues ;)
• Unfortunately, Inko isn't around, so Izuku is fostered and mostly alone :(
• (shinsou is also fostered)
• People in Aldera talk about Viridian Spider and Izuku tries very hard to not start laughing;

Notes:

maybe i'll do a part 2 as the ideas come by, so stay tuned :D

hope you enjoyed <3

Chapter 82: three shades of problem children

If you told Aizawa Shouta he would adopt three kids by the time he's 31, he would think you're crazy and leave.

Maybe the crazy one was him all along. 

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Kemuru

• For the first time, the main character is not Izuku -- i know, it's shocking (he is a major one tho because i love him);
• The story is mostly about Kurayami Kemuru;
• His quirks allows him to turn his body to black smoke;
• His dad is a villain and Kemuru was trained to become a weapon for him;
• Kemuru finally escaped when he was 11ish and he was homesless;
• While living on the streets, he started to accidentally saving people and became a young vigilante;
• The police asked Eraserhead to investigate;
• Eraser at seeing a kid younger than his students fighting criminals: wait a fucking minute;
• Muru thought Eraser was a villain who worked for his dad, and then, upon realizing he was a hero, thought he was trying to arrest him (not exactly wrong);
• The boy was very slippery, so Eraser tried to get his trust, but that was also difficult;
• It took a few months to get the kid to trust Aizawa, and a few more to take him out of the streets;
• So, by the time Kemuru went to live with Shouta, he was already 13;
• Muru had to go through an educational program to rehabilitate him (since his education was lacking);
• Aizawa adopted him during the process;
• Kemuru still has a few problems to call Shouta dad, and Eraser understands it, but also knows Kemuru does see him as family, he just doesn't verbalize;
• Kemuru joins Class 1-A when he's 16, so he is probably the oldest of the whole bunch;

Izuku 

• Izuku is neglected by his mother and his father left years ago;
• He suffers bullying at school and struggles with money (and food);
• He starts to train to become a hero way earlier;
• He doesn't get OFA (i think? i haven't decided yet);
• He gets in Class 1-A by sheer luck and Aizawa's dad senses start tingling;
• Shouta starts seeing the red flags -- he pays a little more attention to Izuku because he has "an idea" on how the descrimination works (an understatement, it's a lot worse) and because Izuku reminds him of himself (a little bit);
• Aizawa notices a lot of problems and decides to investigate™;
• Izuku is a bit more withdrawn (and his fighting style is more agressive and dirtier};
• He and Kemuru become friends :D;
• It takes a while, but he does get adopted by Aizawa;
• I'm not sure, but I think Izuku did some vigilantism but it wasn't very often? or maybe Aizawa never got the chance to meet him -- kemuru and izuku had a few encounters;

Hitoshi

• Hitoshi is in foster care and he hates it;
• He's always moving from place to.place because no one likes him;
• He did suffer abuse, but mostly, be's neglected and avoided at all costs;
• Toshi didn't get to Class 1-A first try, so he goes to Gen. Ed course;
• The Sports Festival happens and Aizawa offers to train him personally, and of course, Hitoshi says yes;
• Shouta sees the signs and begins to investigate (this happens while he's also investigating izuku's home life as well);
• Kemuru sometimes come by, so he and Shinsou begin to bond;
• If Izuku stays quirkless, then he also comes because Aizawa trains him as well, if not then Izuku meets him a bit later;
• Hitoshi is also adopted!;

Aizawa

• Loves all of his sons to death;
• Chronically tired because they are also little shits;
• Not sure if he adopts Eri, but she lives close and the boys (and Shouta) love her

Chapter 83: death worlder / space pirates AU

In which, alien mercenary A'zawa is captured by a group of criminals involved in illegal fighting and forced to share his cell with one of the most dangerous species in the universe, a human.

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• Basically, humans are space orcs/cockroaches;
• Earth has been empty for ages because humans left after climate changes and etc;
• Somehow, a criminal group found a human and made it become a fighter in their ring;
• The human is Izuku;
• Izuku is considered dangerous, highly volatile and one of the best;
• They get a lot of money when he fights;
• Izuku is treated like a feral animal, at best;
• My boy is terrified all the time, especially considering he can't understand the alien's language;
• He fights for his life, literally;
• Meanwhile, Aizawa is a space mercenary, member of Nedzu's group;
• They are space pirates;
• Shouta was captured by the ringleaders and forced to become a fighter, sharing the cell with Izuku;
• Both are completely terrified²;
• Little by little, Aizawa realizes Izuku is like a kit despite being a threat;
• Izuku thinks Aizawa is like a panther (big cat);
• There's a lot of miscommunication;
• But also they find a common ground to understand each other -- it takes a while tho;
• When the crew comes to rescue Aizawa, he takes Izuku with him;
• Everyone lose their shit -- minus Nedzu, because he's actually curious about humans;
• Izuku is raised by Aizawa and the crew, and becomes a space pirate;
• Found family at its finest;
• Class 1-A does show up, but like, not together;
• Todoroki is like the prince of a collony, who was kidnapped, but saved by Izuku, who also kidnapped him;
• Bakugou, Kirishima, Asui, Sero, Jirou, Yaoyorozu, Ochako and Tenya are like young scouts of the intergalactical guard or something like that;
• League of Villains are another space pirates;
• The Shie Hassaikai are a space mafia where Shinsou and Kaminari unwillingly work;
• Everyone is aged up to, at least, 18;
• Izuku is probably aroace;
• And a BAMF;
• The crew is trying to find humans and understand what the fuck happened to them;

Chapter 84: natural fears: the vast (part 1)

Summary:

warning: spoilers (?)/terminology from The Magnus Archives and mentions of suicide

"Kid, I need you to slowly get away from the edge. Can you do it for me?" the hero's voice is calm, controlled, even if his shoulders are tense. 

"Why, Eraserhead?" Izuku smiles when the man falters, not expecting to be recognized, "Are you afraid of heights?"

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When he was little, Izuku was deeply afraid of heights. Despite his best friend complaints ("How can you save people if you can't climb a buidling, Deku?"), he never really lost that heavy weight in his stomach when he looked down at his bedroom window, or when his peers locked him in the school's rooftop. 

However, looking down at the sidewalk, seeing tiny people following with their lives, unaware of his existence atop of their heads, Izuku doesn't feel afraid at all.

---

Becoming an avatar at 14, Midoriya Izuku gives people heartattacks by jumping from high buildings -- and bringing them with him too.

Aizawa Shouta is not amused.

---

• Crossover (?) with The Magnus Archives;
• Starring: the 15 fears!
• (no, i won't make all of them, just a few);
• Basically, Izuku became an avatar of The Vast, which represents the fear of your own insignificance in the universe, as well falling, skies, voids, deep waters, outer space and etc (taken from the TMA wiki);
• What's an avatar? Avatar are people who, once connected to an entity -- a fear -- they receive outerwordly powers, but they need to make an active choice to become one and they feed on normal people's fear;
• Izuku made this choice when he commited suicide after being attacked by a villain and left in a rooftop;
• Izuku did actually die, but he also "came back";
• His powers include messing with people's senses and making them believe they are falling, giving vertigo, falling from dangerous heights and ending just fine, bringing people to The Vast domain;
• Midoriya becomes a common sight, being seen on high rooftops by pro-heroes on patrol, being confused as a victim at first, but now, heroes are alerted to be wary of him;
• Some of them think he's a villain;
• Izuku loves tricking people and seeing them nervous while he balances at the edge of a building;
• Eraserhead was one of his first victims -- and Aizawa will deny until his death that he screamed;
• Aizawa begrudginly keeps the kid company since Izuku always tried to chit-chat with him, either to prank, to annoy or just because he's lonely;
• Despite being a little shit, Aizawa does worry about him because Izuku doesn't seem emotionally stable and his "tendencies" are red flags for him;
• Izuku does a bit of vigilantism, but that's not really his focus? He's chilling most of the time -- he loves pranking the villains tho;
• Does Izuku still want to be a hero? That's a hard question;
• Let's just say the LoV is no match for this chaos gremlin;
• Simon Fairchild would be proud.

Notes:

i've been wanting to make an AU like this since i started listening to the podcast (if you haven't already, go listen to it :D)

so, this is going to be a "mini-serie" of AUs where Izuku is an avatar of a couple of fears, this one didn't have much plot, but maybe i'll think of one later

hope you guys like it, comments are deeply apreciated <3

Chapter 85: natural fears: the lonely (part 2)

Notes:

warning: The Magnus Archives spoilers/terminology & mentions of bullying, child neglect and mental health issues (?)

Ostracized since a young age due to his quirklessness, Midoriya Izuku was isolated from everyone. He haven't seen his mother's face for years, he doesn't have any friends to talk too, most strangers don't like him and his teachers don't care. 

Sometimes, when he bothers to care, Izuku wonders if he's really truly alone.

---

During an uneventful patrol, Eraserhead finds a mysterious child that, for one moment, he thinks it's a figment of his sleep deprivation. 

Until he sees the kid again. 

Aizawa had a lot of reasons to just let the police deal with it, to mind his own business and go on with his life, but a part of him knew he couldn't let the kid go.

---

• Second fear: The Lonely;
• According to the podcast, it's fear of isolation, abandonment, of being completely cut off and alone, or disconnected;
• Normally, it's signed by fog, coldness, silence, travel, ships and faceless crowds (taken from the TMA wiki);
• So, his powers are vanishing on sight, creating/manipulating fog and banishing things or people to The Lonely domain (like Peter Lukas);
• In this AU, Inko doesn't care much about her son, which leads to Izuku living in a cold empty house;
• He has no friends and teachers ignore him in class or pick on small things to blame Izuku;
• Quirkless people wear a special shoe, so it's easily recognizable. People either avoid or bother him because of this;
• His peers love to bully him in different ways;
• One time, when he was hiding from his bullies, Izuku entered The Lonely by accident;
• Every time he needed to hide, he started going to The Lonely;
• Eventually, Izuku goes to the domain whenever he has a bad feeling (sadness/anger/etc) since no one is there to judge him;
• Due to his connection to the entity, Izuku started to become apathetic and lose himself;
• It was easier to live this way;
• With nothing to ground him with reality, he "dissapeared", but no one cared (no one, except katsuki, who wouldn't say anything, of course);
• Izuku's hair got white streaks;
• During a patrol, Aizawa saw Izuku and thought he was a ghost a sleep deprivation hallucination;
• But then, he started seeing him other nights too;
• Slowly, Aizawa got to know Izuku little by little, even if Izuku was quiet and not willingly to share much, and he would "fade away" when he got too tired to keep talking;
• Sometimes, it felt like Izuku forgot about his own life;
• When Shouta went to investigate Izuku's home life -- because he was really worried -- he found out his mom left years ago and no one was caring about the kid;
• School life was no better and Aizawa understood why Izuku seemed so void of life;
• Convincing Izuku to "come back" instead of becoming a part of The Lonely was a hard task, but Aizawa promised Izuku he didn't need to be alone forever, that someone did care for him and that he would be missed if Izuku was gone;
• Spoiler TMA season 4: think about Jon reaching out to Martin, but it's totally platonic/parental and it's Aizawa saying 'I see you';
• So Shouta adopts Izuku, yippie!!
• Hizashi and him are married, so now Izuku has two dads;
• The first months are hard, cuz Izuku was used to be lonely and deattached that Erasermic had to ground him so he wouldn't fade away;
•  Izuku had to relearn to feel emotions instead of shutting them down;
• Izuku has a foggy consistence and his voice is a bit echo-y;
• Izuku kinda reminds Aizawa (and Yamada) of Oboro, but if Izuku was a distorted mirror;
• Since Midoriya is like 11ish, he goes with his dads to U.A during the first months;
• When Eri is saved, Izuku shares with her that he also had a hard time learning to smile and it's still not natural to him, which makes her relate to him a bit.

Notes:

izuku is a martin blackwood kinnie and i'll stand by what i said /hj /lh

hope you guys liked this one, comments are deeply appreciated

Chapter 86: natural fears: the stranger (part 3)

Notes:

Warnings: The Magnus Archives season 3 spoiler and mentions of skin substituition and uncannyness

The circus arrives without warning. 

Despite their uncomfortableness, people go see its performancers who look more like dolls and don't move quite right , their smiles are a different kind of uncanny. Colors blur together in the ring and the eerie music chimes from the big musicbox, for a last dance, before they leave.

Something feels wrong, but they don't know what.

No one notices a little boy wandering away, guided by a pale hand.

---

Tired of dancing until his limbs fall off and being the star of a endless show, a mannequin decides to leave the circus in a mysterious fit of independence.

---

• This part is just me wanting to make Izuku a performer XD;
• The Stranger, according to the TMA wiki, is the fear of the unknown and the uncanny, normally represented by mannequins, dolls, theatre, masks, skin, performances and wax figures;
• In the podcast, The Circus of the Other was a group who served The Stranger, leaded by Nikola Orsinov and were an important part of the story (specially during season 3);
• Izuku was taken by them when he was really young and became a living mannequin;
• (they grabbed human!Izuku's skin and put in a mannequin);
• He was the lead dancer and one of the main performancers, so he was in a lot of pressure (and Nikola being herself really didn't help!);
• So he leaves because he's tired and gains a sense of independence somehow??;
• He moves like a human, but a bit more... weird, and he sometimes does things humans can't do;
• And he's very resistent, since he cam'f exactly die? I mean, he can be destroyed, but like, normally he replaces his limbs when they break and etc;
• Since the circus isn't stationary, Izuku traveled around the world, but never left the circus;
• He tries to behave like a normal human, but comes across as exccentric and strange;
• Of course, I had to put Aizawa in the middle of it;
• Aizawa seeing a child manhandle a criminal and fixing a dislocated shoulder without a flinch: wtfwtfwtf;
• At this point, this AUs are just me making Aizawa suffer at the hands of The Fears (like a certain archivist);
• Izuku was mistaken as a normal civilian by a criminal who tried to rob him, but got a concussion and two broken ribs in the process;
• Izuku, of course, gets taken for questioning and Naomasa is struggling™;
• Nothing Izuku says make a lot of sense?  But he's a minor walking on the streets at night by himself and was just attacked, they can't let him go like that;
• They ask for his parents, and Izuku literally begs to not be returned to the Circus. Naomasa and Aizawa think he's being abused;
• Since it's very late to call for a social worker, Aizawa is "forced" to take Izuku temporarily;
• Hizashi wakes up with an unknown child staring at him sleeping;
• It's a hectic morning, to say at least;
• Izuku is just glad to be here;
• He's easily excited and impressed by everything, even if his way of showing is not exactly "normal";
• When the social worker comes by to take Izuku, Aizawa thinks that's the last time he'll see the kid;
• He's very wrong;
• Izuku manages to break in the Yamazawa household;
• Erasermic are confused af (and a bit terrified);
• However, Izuku is just chilling;
• He starts to show up a lot;
• He gives them the creeps, but eventually, the couple gets used to his quirks;
• They try to ask about his foster parents, but Izuku just gives vague answers, so they just let him be;
• Hizashi finds out Izuku is a great singer and dancer, so sometimes they do performances in the kitchen, Aizawa is not amused (yes, he is);
• At first, Izuku wasn't comfortable with that since he had been forced to dance night and day until his limbs literally fell off, but Mic never pressed him and let him do his thing, he popped off!;
• Because of Izuku's strangeness (ha), he doesn't tend to last in his foster homes. The foster parents are deeply uncomfortable around him;
• Aizawa and Yamada are just built different /j;
• It doesn't take long to Shouta to give in and talk to the social worker so they can foster Izuku;
• Meanwhile, Nikola is franticly looking for her lead dancer;
• TMA Spoiler season 3: i know she's dead, but bear with me, pls;
• Does Izuku become a hero student? That's a good question. Maybe? I don't feel this version of him is particularly interested in becoming one, but I also can see him messing with the League and unsettling Shigaraki (and Class 1A lol);
• To be fair, this AU is mostly crack, so I'm sorry if this isn't your cup of tea. I just like Izuku being a silly chaos gremlin, but also mildly terrifying without meaning to;

Notes:

i wasn't planning to make a part about the stranger, but i listened to melanie martinez and suddenly got inspiration to write izuku being a part of the circus and i had to do it XD

hope you enjoy it, comments are deeply appreciated :D

Chapter 87: seafoam on seashore

During an undercover mission, marine-preservation volunteer Aizawa Shouta finds a little mer captive on a dark basement by a bunch of creature traffickers. Unfortunately, before he can call for an arrest, he needs to complete the mission.

The good thing is that he can bond with the small pup. It will make the relocation process go smoothly on the long run.

---

or: A mer AU with human!Aizawa and merfolk!Izuku with found family and biology innacuracies

---

• Aizawa works on a marine institute, along with all of the U.A teachers;
• No Powers AU;
• Nedzu is still the boss XD;
• All of the kiddos are cute baby fish;
• Izuku was held captive by traffickers for a long time, until Aizawa came around;
• Sometimes, they go undercover on criminal circles involving ambiental shit to find evidences and work alongside the police to arrest the criminals;
• Izuku was terrified of Aizawa at first, but he grows attached;
• Aizawa becomes like a dad to him -- despite the especies differences;
• Aizawa is not aware of this (he's a bit oblivious and in denial);
• Hizashi teaches the kids to communicate with sign language or japanese so the caretakers can understand their needs better;
• They rehabilitate sick mer, mers found out of the sea, and other special cases before letting them go to the ocean;
• Some do chose to stay, but other return to the ocean;
• They also take care of mers without parents -- either because they died, or in some extreme cases, because they left;
• The LoV are also mers, but they stay in other aquariums -- except for Himiko ;

Notes:

i'll be honest, i didn't have a lot of ideas for this one, but i was suddenly inspired to write because of a fic i read yesterday, and this was born

enjoy, i guess?

Chapter 88: you call it shady shit, i call it casual business

"I don't need a sidekick," Shouta sneers, "This is not a fun game, in case you haven't notice."

"Well, in case you haven't notice," the green-haired teen smiles, all smug, "sidekicks exist to avoid situations exactly like this."

The situation being Shouta all bleeding out on a stranger's couch, nursing a massive headache and his identity exposed after years of a well-kept secret.

Fuck.

---

Despite what the public and the media says, Aizawa Shouta, or Phobos, isn't really a villain. He's just trying to overthrow hero society and reform the system, that's all. 'Be the change you want to see in the world' and all of that jazz.

You would think people would be too terrified to approach him. And, yeah, they are.

Except for a green gremlin child, who managed to destroy all of his sense of normalcy.

---

• In other words: Nimona AU;
• But Aizawa is in fact responsible for all the chaos he has caused;
• And it's not in a medieval world;
• Eraserhead is not a hero;
• Izuku somehow becomes a fanboy of a "villain" and wants to become a sidekick;
• Aizawa is a human disaster;
• Izuku is a little shit;
• Izuku has and will enter in debates about Phobos being a vigilante or a villain;
• Izuku and Aizawa are unhinged and feral;
• Everyone is morally grey;
• Izuku knows a lot of shit in the underground -- he's an information broker;
• Nedzu is actually really proud of his former student;
• Izuku stalked Phobos for a while before trying to approach;
• HSPC is really pissed;
• Crack treated seriously (but mostly crack);
• Phobos takes names and kicks ass;
• He wouldn't join LoV because Shirigaki is a brat (in his eyes);
• Doesn't really have plot? Just a random AU;
• The plan of overthrowing hero society is actually functional, but not a work for only a single person;
• That's when Izuku's charisma comes in;
• Aizawa is not fond. He didn't even want this child following him!;

Notes:

i'm not really sure why i posted this, but oh well

enjoy, i guess? it's not one of my brightest aus, i'll be honest, sorry for the lack of quality :/

Chapter 89: star touched

Midoriya Izuku might look like an ordinary boy to the common eye, but he has a fair share of secrets in his hands.

By day, he's the meek quirkless boy "Deku", but by night, he's The Guardian, a witch trying to protect the humans and spirits from malicious forces outside of their reality.

---

When a peculiar case ends in Aizawa Shouta's hands, he finds himself unable to solve the mystery around the weird bunker underground Musutafu's streets. Luckily, Detective Tsukauchi knows someone who can enlighten them in this investigation.

Enter Midoriya Izuku, outworldly matters' specialist, network charmer and the last witch in Musutafu.

---

• Occours pre-canon (canon doesn't really matter in this AU)
• Inspired by Complicated Creation by Elemental, and other medias;
• Inko taught Izuku magic;
• Izuku is considered a vigilante, somewhat;
• He already helped the police with some cases that envolved the supernatural;
• He can communicate with spirits;
• Just an excuse to make Izuku badass and make Aizawa suffer™;
• That man is so done;
• Izuku lives in a temple from the pre-quirk era;
•  Aizawa's case involves a pretty dangerous cult trying to invoke an entity by human sacrifices;
• Aizawa is not paid enough for this type of shit;
• Izuku spends his free time helping spirits, feeding stray cats (who are definitively in touch with the supernatural) and talking with strangers in the underground; 
• He has a bo-staff with a blessed knife inside;
• He knows a lot of rituals, mantras and talismãs to keep bad things away -- supersticious grandmas love him;
• There's a lot of breaking and entering... I'm not even joking;
• This is actually based on one of my oc's lore with some little modifications;

Chapter 90: and i tried to move foward (just to be in the same spot)

Midoriya Izuku is just a normal teenage boy, with a pretty okay life. His grades are good at school, and despite not having friends, his peers don't shun him, they just aren't interested in him and that's totally fine. He likes to play videogames, read mangas and scroll through social media in bed when he has no energy to do anything. Sure, he would like to see his mom more often, but he knows she's busy trying to provide for both of them, so he doesn't complain. He's fine with his ordinary life. 

'Ordinary' until he falls through a train track and lands in a completely different Japan, years in the future, where everyone has a "superpower" like those in the comic books. Everyone, except him.

---

or: my take in 'Izuku is from the 21st century and, somehow, time travels to MHA's present era'

---

• Inspired by other fanfics of the same trope;
• Izuku is 12/7 baffled by everything and the rest of the time he's just so done and tired;
• The first thing he tries to do is go home, but well.... it doesn't exist anymore;
• He doesn't have a good time;
• He tries to go to the police, but he's classified as a missing person case, somehow??;
• Homeboy is really going through it ngl;
• The whole department is confused;
• Tsukauchi is there and does the only logical thing in this situation: he calls Nedzu;
• The first time Izuku meets Nedzu, he thinks he started to hallucinate and passes out;
• It wasn't a dream, unfortunately for him;
• Nedzu is fascinated and Izuku is deeply uncomfortable;
• Technically, since he's registered as a cold case, that implies Izuku never went back to his timeline which sucks a lot for him;
• When he finds out, he just goes numb;
• Because of his current predicament, Nedzu offers sanctuary to Midoriya -- even though he's only a school principal;
• Normally, the protocol dictates that the police should call a social worker, but Izuku isn't a normal case. He was pushed years foward and doesn't know anything about the world they live in, and what if someone did this? what does that mean for them? they need to keep this under wraps; 
• Besides, Nedzu loves a good mystery, and Izuku is an enigma on its own;
• So, yeah, Izuku goes to U.A!;
• He's terrified;
• The teachers are really confused;
• To be really honest, I didn't think of a plot for this AU because I was focusing more in hurt/comfort and the whole found family aspects;
• Would Izuku become a hero? That's difficult to answer because even though he likes superheroes, it was never a possibility to him, so it feels ridiculous to work as one, and he has complicated feelings about everything;
• He liked to keep things simple. He didn't want to be special, he just wanted to be normal. 
• But, at the same time, he likes to help people -- let's be honest, it wouldn't be Midoriya Izuku if he didn't /hj /lh
• Edit: I feel like I made this AU sound sadder than it should be, so you can interpret Izuku as a bit more excited after he gets used to everything, or maybe not. Like I said, it's your call.

Notes:

i was so damn sure i wrote an AU like this before, but apparently no?? because there's no chapter about it, so now i'm doubting my own mind. yippie! :)

anyways, happy new year everyone!!!

Chapter 91: a different kind of safe

Two years ago, Nobody -- a well-hidden underground hero -- went missing on an undercover mission. No one knows his whereabouts and not even if he's dead of alive.

Eraserhead never stopped looking for his colleague, but the tracks went cold and he ran in circles again and again, just in case he missed something, anything.

Now, these are the consequences.

---

• you can already guess who Nobody is;
• spoiler: it's izuku;
• instead of his normal age, izuku was born two years after aizawa, yamada and oboro;
• this make him their kouhai;
• he's still quirkless and became an underground hero too;
• izuku found aizawa pretty cool during the sports festival and started to follow him around -- much to shouta's annoyance;
• yes, he called him "aizawa-senpai", and yamada, oboro, nemuri and tensei laughed everytime;
• izuku still called him that even after they graduated and became colleagues;
• aizawa stopped being bothered about it;
• they were in close contact even after UA and oboro's death;
• though, izuku usually saw shouta (and hizashi by proxy) more;
• he had a very weird habit of sneaking into their apartment -- which scared hizashi half to death during the first times this happened;
• they miss him a lot;
• what happened to izuku? well, chisaki happened;
• izuku was on undercover investigating the yakuza when he found out about eri and chisaki's plans about quirk-erasing bullets;
• unfortunately, he was caught before he could warn anyone;
• chisaki kai became very interested in izuku after finding out he's quirkless and thus, he also became a test subject just like eri;
• izuku tried to help eri as much as he could, offering bits of comfort, stories about the world outside, and etc;
• they formed a very close bond;
• izuku wasn't aware of how much time he went missing and had mostly given up someone finding him, but he never lost hope of getting out with eri, even if that meant they would have to do it alone;
• it was izuku that helped eri escape the first time, even if that meant a very painful exam session;
• when chisaki brought eri back, izuku was terrified for her;
• luckily, the heroes arrived sometime later;
• izuku aided the heroes on their fight against overhaul, even if he was out of shape and bordering malnourished;
• aizawa did recognize izuku and was absolutely flabbergasted;
• after everything, izuku and eri were brought to be treated and for izuku to give his statement from his disappearance;
• there was a very heartfelt reunion between shouta and izuku (and later, hizashi and izuku);
• when nedzu heard they found izuku, he promptly offered him a place inside UA where he could stay recovering and where eri would be safe;
• they would live together in an apartment right across the erasermic;
• the whole class 1-A were confused about the weird man that was watching their classes and following their teacher around;
• eri and izuku have chronic pain;
• eri goes to a vetted (by nedzu) kindergarden because she deserves the best;
• at first she was terrified and was afraid of not being close to izuku, but he (and hound dog) helped her through the process;
• in truth, izuku was also terrified as he confided in aizawa and yamada, but he knew it was mostly the trauma talking and he couldn't let it mess with eri's life, but it hurt a lot;
• it's not really discussed but izuku is aroace -- it matters to me :(
• oh, yeah! shinsou is being fostered by the yamazawas, but most of the time, he's in class 1-A dorms;
• the kids try to "use" him to spy on the mysterious stranger, but shinsou almost doesn't receive important information (on purprose, because izuku and shouta are little shits);
• so, this kind of means shinsou and eri are cousins! yay :D
• but we all know she's his (and class 1-A honorary little sister);
• eventually, izuku officially adopts eri;
• just hurt/comfort, fluff, found family and shenanigans;

Chapter 92: my greatest weapon is self-control

"Midoriya Izuku is cursed, as simple as that.

It sounds like a horrible, dreadful thing, but he's used to it. Always had been ever since he was a little child. His shadow moves wrong, his eyes are too bright, he hears a voice no can hear and everyone fears him, even when they say they don't, but they avoid him anyways. His mom was the only one who could stare him in the eye and still treat him the same.

Sometimes, he doesn't know if he loves or hates her for it."

---

Sometimes, men make questionable choices for the people they love.

Why would a mother be any different?

---

• this au is a fusion of chapter 89's concept and this new concept, so you can say it's an au divergence (ha!);
• this one feels a bit dark, but bear with me;
• inko is a witch;
• izuku got very very sick when he was 5 and he was forced to stay in the hospital for a long time;
• the doctors already knew he was going to die;
• not wanting her baby boy to leave, she makes a ritual and strikes a deal with an entity;
• izuku starts to become healthy, but something changed;
• the entity -- kyōfu -- starts to talk to him, but no one can hear except for him;
• his shadow moves strangely, sometimes not following his moviments -- kyōfu controls it;
• dark ambients behave strangely when he's in it;
• his eyes shine too bright -- it's an eerily glow;
• kyōfu is a primordial entity and because of his power, it triggers the feeling of being prey in humans. they use instincts and act on them;
• it's very hard to not to;
• inko is one of the only that can surpass her fear;
• she feels bad for putting izuku in this situation, but she's not sorry for it;
• is it a crime for wanting her son to live?;
• inko teaches izuku about magic;
• she teaches him to ward against evil spirits, to protect his body, mind and soul, to fight what lurks out of their sight;
• kyōfu wants to use izuku's body as its own, but it only can if izuku's willingly gives his body away/loses control;
• being unconsious doesn't count, but izuku becomes at kyōfu's mercy;
• inko tells izuku to never let go, that he's strong enough and she's always help him, that he doesn't have to carry this burden alone;
• because of kyōfu, izuku's magic is too strong and sometimes he gets backlash (like in OFA's case), so inko designed runes to help him channel it;
• it also makes him restless, so it helps burning energy. izuku keeps an exercise routine because of this;
• bakugou tries to not show he's affected by fear with anger, and it worked when he was a kid, but nowdays, he tries his best to ignore izuku
• it doesn't work that much because he still cares, but he doesn't know how to;
• inko dies, and unlike her, izuku doesn't know how he can help her -- he doesn't even know if he wants to, because he wouldn't want his mom to be cursed like him, even if it breaks his heart to see her go;
• inko knows this and she's very proud of her boy's decision. maybe she's too selfish.... her baby boy is too good;
• inko makes izuku promise he would try to follow his childhood dream;
• kyōfu starts to use inko's image when it interacts with izuku;
• it doesn't do this out of malice, per se. it just happens and it uses it to its favour;
• at first, izuku's angry and terrified, but now, he learned to not look;
• izuku has an habit to do nightly explorations in the city;
• he still helps the grandmas, but they don't know it's him -- he wards their home from outside;
• he has a very weird talent of tracking things -- maybe because kyōfu is an primordial predator;
• he can see spirits and some are terrified of him, while others treat him a human (derrogatory) but they know there's something wrong;
• izuku purifies or banishes evil spirits, it depends of what the situation calls for;
• aizawa sees izuku sometimes, but something always makes him stay away, with baffles him because that's a kid??? he needs to do his job???;
• but his animal brain is just danger!! danger!! leave!! run!!;
• he's so confused;
• he tries to watch out for the kid even from afar, but izuku is elusive;
• but they do end up meeting each other by accident when eraser needs to investigate a building and izuku is there to punt a mf to the spiritual realm;
• aizawa is weirded tf out;
• izuku is very lonely;
• he has a habit of talking out loud, even if he knows kyōfu will listen anyway because they share his mind, he just doesn't want to feel so alone;
• kyōfu doesn't care for the method. it listens anyways but rarely offers a comment;
• kyōfu is not necessarily evil nor good. it acts based on its wishes, necessities and instincts; 
• its talk sounds like gibberish, a language humans can't compreehend; but izuku can understand since they are connected to the soul;
• normal cats are wary of izuku, except for one;
• izuku is friends with a cat with two tails, but strangely, the cat doesn't behave like a nekomata;
• nekomatas can talk and have a consciousness, but the cat doesn't;
• the cat is a spirit, he just doesn't know what;
• the cat comes and goes how he pleases, but he always knows how to find izuku;
• people see the cat as a normal kitty -- with only one tail;

Fun facts:

• during the sports festival, when shinsou uses his quirk on izuku, he "meets" kyōfu, who acts very protective and possessive of their mind space and doesn't want to share it;
• shinsou passes out because he was forced out and midoriya ends up winning by accident;
• dark shadow actually enjoys izuku's presence. tokoyami does too but izuku's dark energy is a lot so even he's affected -- very small compared to anyone else;
• izuku was one of the students kidnapped by the LOV during summer camp, and let me tell you, even AFO was miffed by him;
• (he doesn't want you to know, but he was scared);
• izuku let kyōfu reveal a bit of itself to AFO, not much, but just enough to make an impression;
• most of the time, kyōfu stays on izuku's shadow (literally) because he's very good at self-control and keeps it at bay;
• nedzu is very curious and wary of izuku at the same time;
• at first, he didn't want the boy on his school, but that's mostly because of his instincts going haywire, however, he knew izuku was just a kid like any other examinee and aizawa definitively had a soft spot for him, even if the hero wasn't aware;
• so now, he really wants to reveal izuku's mystery, but he isn't inclined to stay at the same room with an apex predator;

Chapter 93: fake it til we make it

"U.A doesn't accept quirkless people, Hitoshi."

His heart lurches in his chest. Hitoshi somehow feels betrayed. He always dreamed of being a hero, even when no one believed he could and because of this, he decided he would do this alone. He didn't need anyone, he could reach the stars by himself if he fought hard for it. That was until Izuku, a boy who believed in him when no one else did. A boy who decided to help him, to ease his journey. And when Hitoshi finally thought that, maybe, they could do this together. That sharing a dream with Izuku would be nice. He finds out that would never be a possibility.

No. He wouldn't let the world take this from them.

Izuku helped him, and now it was Hitoshi's turn.

"Who said they need to know?"

---

Hitoshi and Izuku, friends for two months and a half, are already attached to the hip and ready to fight for each other if needed. 

After Izuku reveals why he won't do the entrance exams, Hitoshi takes it personally.

---

• feral hitoshi and izuku, can i get a wahoo?;
• hitoshi and izuku met when izuku helped hitoshi escape his bullies;
• at first, hitoshi was wary of izuku because he was "too nice";
• that's just the midoriya charm;
• izuku had given up his dream of being a hero when he found out U.A (and other hero schools) don't accept quirkless people;
• but he could help hitoshi achieve his dream!;
• they start training together;
• izuku actually plans a whole training routine for hitoshi, with exercises, food diets and everything else;
• izuku gushes a lot about hitoshi's quirk, which scares/confuses him a little bit;
• they clean the dagoba beach!;
• they sell scraps for hatsume -- izuku knows her;
• actually, izuku knows lots of people;
• hitoshi is just there for the ride;
• hitoshi wasn't expecting to get attached, but now he would die for izuku;
• at first, this is just exageration, but then, it's not;
• izuku would do the same, btw;
• anyways, shinsou finds out about quirkless people not being able to enter hero schools and says fuck them;
• he has the brilliant idea of faking a quirk for izuku;
• if that doesn't work, they go with plan B: vigilantism;
• they go with an analysis quirk and claim that he's a late bloomer;
• ideological falsehood lesgo!! /j
• surprisingly, it works???;
• actually, it doesn't. nedzu literally knows the second he looks izuku's documents;
• but he never like the commission board anyway -- he was trying to change the quirkless prohibition for years -- so he lets it go, but he asks the teachers to keep an eye on izuku if he passes, just in case;
• izuku and hitoshi pass with flying colors!;
• they actually cry together;
• they were terrified on the first day;
• bakugou threw a fit when he found izuku there because what the fuck is the nerd doing here???;
• hitoshi almost slaps him in the face because don't you dare be an asshole to my best friend and because his nerves were haywire;
• aizawa comes in time to intervene and adds that izuku has a quirk;
• bakugou is fuming;
• "what the fuck?? no he doesn't??" "kacchan, i am a late bloomer" "since when???" "since summer" "why didn't you tell me??" "why would i tell you?? you would say i'm lying"
• "but he's wearing the shoes" "yeah?? just because he got a quirk, it doesn't mean his toe-joint will disappear??? it's a fucking bone" -- that's hitoshi btw
• the boys don't know that the teachers know;
• aizawa kind of wants to let the kids know that they know, but the boys are so skittish with everyone except each other that they would probably crash out of the window on the first word out of his mouth;
• and he's not totally wrong.....;
• so aizawa keeps an eye on them, and on bakugou;
• and he starts to look on their home lives;
• mostly crack, with hurt/comfort and maybe fluff;

Chapter 94: wolfwalker

Despite Shouta's preference for felines, he manages to befriend a dog. 

Meanwhile, Izuku finds a small comfort during the full moons.

---

• Werewolf Izu!!;
• izuku is still quirkless tho, the Wolf isn't a quirk;
• it's like a mutated gene from his family's older generations, before quirks even existed;
• personally, i like the idea that the transformation lasts the whole full moon, so he gets to be a Wolf for three days;
• his Wolf form is still young and fairly small, so he looks like an young adult dog;
• izuku isn't 100% aware as Wolf, but he's more conscious than normal animals;
• Wolves are bigger than normal animal wolves;
• shouta has a soft spot for the dog, but he will deny it until he dies;
• he's a cat person through and through, but hizashi sees him;
• izuku has a very complicated relationship with inko :(
• (sorry guys);
• inko is terrified of the Wolf -- and for an extent, izuku;
• during the nights, she locks izuku in his room and wraps a gag on his mouth, even if it's not a full moon -- she doesn't want to take any risks;
• during the week with full moon, she doesn't let izuku come out even when it's morning -- thus, he misses school;
• (katsuki will never admit but he's worried every time);
• inko insists that everything is for izuku's own good and that she's doing all of this because she loves him;
• izuku has wolf/dog teeth and some of their habits/instincts;
• inko doesn't cook any type of meat ever since izuku first transformed -- which messes up izuku's nutrition;
• the transformation hurts :(
• after the shifts, izuku is left very very tired;
• the Wolf is izuku as much as he is the Wolf;
• izuku has a good sense of smell and sharp ears even in human form;
• as a Wolf, he hates being caged, so that's why he made a way to leave his room and explore the city;
• also, because of the transformation, he has more hunger
• that's how aizawa found him;
• he took off the gag and gave the dog the bentō hizashi prepared for him;
• izuku is wary at first, but he recognized eraserhead as 'safe',
• izuku started following aizawa from afar on his patrols;
• aizawa thought he wanted to follow him home, but when he ended patrol, the dog left;
• every month foward, during full moon, they meet;
• aizawa thought it was really weird the dog's behavior, but according to his husband, dogs can be pretty smart, "-- even if you think they are a bit dumb, sho";
• aizawa's name for the dog was Dog (i'm not kidding);
• this happened for a long time, until a specific patrol;
• aizawa got in trouble and izuku tried to help fighting off the bad guys, but he got hurt badly;
• since it was 3 in the morning and no vet was open, he took the dog home and prayed recovery girl would answer his calls (spoiler: she did);
• recovery girl was not impressed to be called to cure a dog;
• afterward, they waited to take the dog to a real vet in the morning, but izuku shifted since it was the last full moon;
• scared the shit out of mic and eraser;
• since he was healed by recovery girl and was transformed back, he slept for almost a whole day;
• of course, aizawa and yamada called tsukauchi;
• when izuku woke up, he was mortified;
• aizawa thought that he was a vigilante for a moment, but izuku awkwardly explained that it wasn't a quirk and he doesn't do it on purprose;
• after that was explained, something nagged aizawa because if the dog, or, well, wolf, was a kid -- why he found him gagged every time they met?;
• they called inko to get izuku and they could see izuku's apprehension;
• inko was livid and terrified -- she berated izuku for escaping his room and almost dragged him home by his arm, but the men stopped her;
• they weren't liking this situation one bit;
• aizawa made sure to give the kid his phone number just in case something happened;
• izuku wasn't planning on calling;
• it went.... normally for almost six months;
• until inko locked him in his room during another full moon, but didn't let him go after;
• izuku became desperate to leave;
• he made a lot of noise until the neighbours heard him and went to check. before they could call the police, izuku ran away to call aizawa;
• when aizawa and hizashi arrived to get him, izuku barreled on shouta, bawling his eyes out -- he was even whining;
• it broke the couple's heart;
• they called tsukauchi who, in turned, connected the dots that midoriya was the kid who escaped his worried neighbours;
• he didn't want to worry them, but he was so wrung out and he did the first thing his mind told him to -- call eraserhead;
• the police would start an investigation and meanwhile, izuku could stay with hizashi and shouta temporarily;
• despite the whole mess, they managed to find a routine during the first weeks, until the full moon came again;
• izuku was terrified;
• aizawa insisted on staying with him during the transformation which izuku didn't want to because it was very ugly and he didn't want to bother aizawa;
• besides, izuku never spent a transformation with someone else, so he didn't know what would happen;
• shouta held izuku through the whole thing even when the Wolf became too big for his lap -- he couldn't let the kid suffer through it standing by, he wanted to comfort izuku even if it seemed useless;
• izuku was really touched, he even cried;
• they walked around the block when izuku became restless and listened to hizashi's radio show the first night;
• the second night, aizawa went to his shift and hizashi stayed with izuku;
• aizawa came back home with his husband being smothered by a very big dog on their bed -- "izuku's fur is really soft, sho, you can't blame me"
• they also found out about izuku's food problems and started to cook lots of food with meat;
• izuku started to come out of his shell (as a human) and show more of his Wolf traits (noises, den making, body language, etc);
• izuku still wants to be a hero, though, it might be complicated with his canine status, but he still wants to try!;

Chapter 95: anachronism

Akatani Mikumo was a name that spurred danger around Japan centuries ago. One of the notorious criminals and terrorists before the Meta Regiment Acts, known for destruction and chaos. He was killed in action and marked as another stain in the long line of villains that would rise years later. 

At least, that's how people spoke about him.

Mikumo wouldn't dare to call himself a goody-two-shoes, of course not, but he had morals, for fuck's sake. He fought for what was right, even if his methods weren't legal, he wanted to help people like him, Anomalies considered too dangerous to live. Unlike some of them, he knew revolutions didn't start with "please" and "thank you". 

He knew he was going to die young like that, but he didn't mind. What he did mind was his naivity in trusting a man like Shigaraki. Mikumo felt so stupid. In the end, he paid with his life. 

He never expected to wake up again, though.

---

Akatani Mikumo is reborn as Midoriya Izuku, and unfortunately for him, he will always be a black sheep. Power, or no power.

---

• Akatani didn't call quirks as Meta abilities;
• For him, they were called Anomalies;
• It sounded cooler;
• He used to have telekineses -- and it was pretty strong too;
• Mikumo was one of AFO's henchmen before he understood Shigaraki was a megalomaniac asshole;
• He was considered a criminal and terrorist by the population + the government;
• Mikumo used a lot of illegal ways to get what he wanted;
• Yoichi helped him understand his brother wasn't thinking about the betterment of the future or for the people, which made Mikumo turn his back on him;
• He wasn't able to save Yoichi before AFO imprisioned him;
• Mikumo reluctantly teamed with Kudo and Bruce to help their resistence -- and thus, they managed to save Yoichi (for a while);
• Kudo and Mikumo had a lot of grievances because of their different worldviews and methods;
• Because of his "betrayal", Shigaraki stole Mikumo's power and killed him;
• He was reborn as Midoriya Izuku;
• Because he had red eyes during his first life, Izuku was also born with red eyes instead of his canonical green eyes;
• Izuku remembers everything;
• He was considered a very odd child, to say the least;
• Mikumo has always been a bit harsh... because of his past
• When people started to bother him due to his quirklessness, Izuku reacted accordingly;
• Katsuki and Izuku got in a lot of fights because of it;
• Mikumo never minded getting hurt;
• He misses his powers a lot, but he would never let people think he's vulnerable;
• Since he had a terrible relationship with his parents, Mikumo soaks Inko's love like a sponge;
• Despite his teachers and peers' annoyance, Izuku is the top of his class since, well, he knows the subjects -- and what he didn't, he studied;
• For Mikumo, knowledge is power;
• Surprisingly, humanity's progress slowed down because of quirk uprising -- really disappointing in Mikumo's view;
• Izuku isn't that interested in being a full-fledged hero;
• Actually, he has no idea of what he wants to do in the future. Mikumo got what he wanted in the end, so now, he's free to do what he wants;
• He still wants to help people;
• He acts like a hardass little shit;
• Because of his bad sleeping habits, Izuku likes to explore the city at night;
• He also hacks things just because he's bored;
• He can use guns -- but doesn't have one (yet);
• Izuku got interested in support gear and started to learn on how to build things;
• He is friends with Hatsume;
• One of his best projects is a shock glove -- converting kinetic energy into electrical;
• And it's weighted, so even if malfunctions, it can pack one hell of a punch;
• He also built a bo staff that can be divided into sgrima sticks (with tasers) -- it works with magnets;
• People start thinking he's a vigilante. Izuku doesn't really care about it;
• They call him Akuma -- which, yeah, fair;
• Izuku sounds older than he looks -- since Mikumo died at 24;
• Izuku becomes friends with Magne, Spinner and Dabi (on different ocassions);
• Aizawa and Izuku have a small beef against each other;
• When Mikumo finds out AFO is alive, he's going to shove a bomb in the guy's throat;
• Izuku hates coffee -- he prefers energy drinks;
• Izuku smokes only when he's too anxious or stressed. Mikumo used to do the same;
• He likes quoting vines and old memes;

Chapter 96: down to earth

Iz'kyu would say the whole thing was a goddamn misunderstanding. He was just doing his job! Who would have known that stolen cargo was a weapon of mass destruction from the CGS? Well, certainly not him!

Now, he's stranded in a deathworld, his ship is broken, he's surrounded by humans and there are authorities looking for him to arrest him, which is really unfair because none of this mess was his fault! Honestly...

---

Iz'kyu is an interplanetary courrier trying to make ends meet and survive one day at a time, and he's just fine.

Until he gets a job that puts him on the sight of some crime lords and the government, and makes him land on Earth, one of the most feared planets in the galaxy.

---

• Izuku is an alien! :D
• CGS stands for the confederation of the galactical systems -- it's like the republic in star wars;
• he takes names and kicks ass;
• he's a mechanical genius;
• he also has a plasma gun;
• His name is written as Iz'kyu, but the pronounciation is a bit funky for humans, so they call him Izuku;
• To fit in, he created a device that makes him look human;
• He's scared of humans;
• Humans are treated like space cockroaches;
• And dangerous predators;
• Considering that no one tried to initiate contact and left Earth alone, most aliens do not know how humans really works and believe in most urban legends about them;
• So, they don't know humans developed superpowers;
• Izuku was horrified;
• To fix his ship, he started to scavenge for scraps and metal in dumpsters, junkyards and the Takoba beach;
• The police received a lot of complaints about trepassing XD;
• Izuku also became an accidental vigilante;
• (I know it's cliche but i'm a sucker for this trope, so bear with me);
• Mei is the first human Izuku truly talks to;
• Aliens have a standard universal translator, so it didn't take much for Izuku to add Earth's language;
• Some officials from CGS came looking for Izuku and the Thing™;
• And criminals who were also after the Thing™;
• The Thing™ is a bioweapon. It's a recently discovered parasite that can destroy ecossystems. The CGS didn't want it in the wrong hands and they were still researching it;
• A smuggler managed to get the sample and run away with it;
• Before anyone found him, he gave it to Izuku without explaining what it was, which was really fucking suspicious, but Izuku was used to shady deals and some more illegal jobs;
• That was until he was almost shot down;
• I kinda wanted the Thing™ to be a creature, like Goose from Captain Marvel, but for now, it's a parasite;
• Anyways, besides the CGS and the bad guys, he's also running away from the military;
• The classic alien running away to avoid being experimented with;
• Which brings us to our favorite dad, Aizawa!;
• You were probably wondering where he was;
• Ok, so, instead of meeting him as Eraserhead, Izuku met him as a civilian;
• Izuku was trying to find some food in the trash of a restaurant, but he was scared away by an asshole;
• Aizawa saw him and took pity on him by offering some food -- he just left a grocery store;
• Izuku was really really weirded out, but his hunger spoke louder than his trust issues;
• Aizawa was trying to find some information on the kid, but Izuku was tight lipped;
• After this, Izuku started stalking him, thinking Aizawa was trying to lure him and dissect him;
• Aizawa clearly noticed him, but as long as he didn't hurt anyone or actually found his house, it was fine.... probably;
• He started to give Izuku food because he appeared to be starving, but he approached Izuku like a feral cat;
• Aizawa was really worried™;
• Honestly, I'm not sure how the story would go;
• Idk if Izuku would go to U.A. just to learn more about humans and accidently enter the hero course, or if he just shows up sometimes and people think he's Aizawa's son or smth like that;
• Of course, eventually Aizawa finds out that Izuku is an alien, but he's mostly..... chill about it;
• In the end, Izuku clear things up with the CGS and they leave him alone;
• I'm not entirely sure if Izuku would stay on Earth or if he would go back to space, but I'll leave it to your preference.

Notes:

surprise!! i'm not dead :D

Chapter 97: ghosting

Aizawa Shouta is haunted by a case he never solved. 

Literally.

---

In July, 29th, nine months ago, Midoriya Izuku went missing. The child's disappearance was reported two weeks after his last time seen alive. No witnesses were nearby his abduction. The cameras were too outdated to see clearly who took him. His mother left the apartment a year ago and the authorities were unable to contact her.

The police declared the case cold. 

No one cared for the thirteen-year-old boy, just because of his big red shoes.

---

Nine months ago, Eraserhead was designed to a missing person case, but unfortunately, no clues were discovered and the police declared it cold. He was forced to stop looking. 

He never stopped to feel guilty.

Now, he seems to be haunted by the boy, who he can see during his patrols, above the rooftops. A ghost too "lively" to be just his imagination.

---

• Izuku died when he recently turned thirteen, after being kidnapped;
• Aizawa was asigned to the case, but his efforts were in vain;
• Izuku became a ghost, hauting Musutafu;
• At first, Aizawa thinks it's the guilty eating him alive, but Izuku acted too "normal" to be his imagination;
• Sometimes, Izuku would watch heroes fighting, just to stop being bored;
• He really likes cats. They can sense him;
• His smiles are mostly fake;
• Sometimes, he stays on the same spot for a long time, never moving at all;
• He wants to move on, but he doesn't know how;
• He's not angry, or sad, he's just tired and bitter (he feels bad for being bitter, but he can't help it);
• Sometimes, he feels like he's not even the same Midoriya Izuku, like he's just an impression of the real Izuku;
• Aizawa started to pay attention on what was happening to quirkless people. He started to donate for organizations dedicated to help against descrimination. He took care to watch them, protect them, just to feel like he could help and stop other kids from have the same fate; 
• (and maybe to stop feeling guilty);
• Izuku's body is empty. Underneath his "clothes", there's a gap where his insides should be;
• Bakugou and his family were the ones to report his disappearance after he stopped going to school;
• Katsuki was enraged when the police stopped looking for Izuku, and was really guilty for not treating him right;
• Making Izuku proud was his new motivation for becoming a hero;
• His parents put him in therapy;
• Izuku was being neglected after his mother left him to fend for himself;
• After Shouta and Izuku start talking, Izuku keeps following Shouta, because he's the only one who can see him and he's so lonely;
• At some point, it gets too heavy not being heard. He knows it too well;
• Aizawa doesn't mind much. It's the least he can do for Izuku;
• Izuku takes Aizawa to his body. Unfortunately, the criminals moved out from the place a while ago;
• One day, Aizawa takes Izuku to the graveyard to see his grave;
• It's full of flowers. The Bakugou family always tend it when they come visit, and Katsuki secretly buys flowers each month;
• They find out Izuku can become tangible, but it takes a lot of "energy" and he can't stay like that for too long;
• Izuku can't change his physical appearance, sadly;
• When the canon events start to happen, Izuku is there keeping an eye on the students for Aizawa;
• He follows the LoV when they kidnap Bakugou and goes back to warn him of the location;
• He also scouts the Shie Hasaikai's hideout when they go get Eri and arrest Overhaul;
• I'm not sure if Izuku would become a "student" and appear to more people, or if he would stay a secret;
• They tell Tsukauchi and Nedzu because of Aizawa's seemingly uncanny accuracy in finding hideouts;
• Nedzu is intrigued and Tsukauchi needs a raise;
• They tell Hizashi but only after they can make Izuku tangible;
• He's a bit hurt his husband kept it a secret from him, but he understands;

Notes:

this was a sad one, sorry :(

Chapter 98: coraline au

Todoroki Shouto hates changes, despite his life being full of them.

When his Father forces Mother and him to move out from their old house, Shouto is sure that the whole thing will be awful. The worst part is that Natsuo and Fuyumi won't go with them, leaving Shouto alone in a strange house in the middle of nowhere, full of silence and the ghost of their brother haunting everyone.

This is when he finds the small door on the wall.

---

• This one is very old. I just never posted it XD;
• The setting is the same as Coraline, so, no quirks or anything like that;
• Touya died (for real), which made the family fall apart;
• Enji and Rei started fighting a lot;
• They had an arranged marriage because of their parents, and despite it, they tried to make it work;
• They had some ugly fights, because of their different personalities, but nothing too severe;
• He never physically abused Rei or the kids, but he still had his moments of questionable decisions;
• Look, in a scale, au!enji >> canon!enji;
• After Touya died, their parents started to fight more. Rei became depressed. Enji's grief manifested as anger;
• Natsuo left for college, Fuyumi got a job as a teacher, Rei got sick, and Shouto was stuck in the middle of it;
• Enji was transfered to another city, so Shouto and Rei went with him;
• Most of the time, his mother was in her room and his father was working, which left Shouto completely alone in a different house;
• For the neighbours: Izuku is Wybie; Compress is Mr. Bobinsky; Gentle and Brava are Mrs. Spink and Forcible;
• To be honest, Bobinsky could be either Compress or Gran Torino. I'm not sure which is funnier;
• The Cat is, well, Aizawa;
• The Beldam is Other!Touya;
• Of course, there are the other!parents and other!siblings, but Touya is the main one;
• Unlike canon, Touya had a great relationship with his siblings. Shouto admired his big brother and always wanted to be with him, which was the start of many jokes from Natsuo that he was replaceble;
• Other!Touya starts to charm Shouto about the Other!World, where the whole family is together, he can have cold soba anytime he wants and they are happy;
• It goes the same way the movie goes, mostly;
• Instead of the gloves' episode and the mom going to the market, Shouto is angry because he finds out Natsuo and Fuyumi aren't going to come visit them in the weekend, thinking they are abandoning him;
• Other!Touya offers the button eyes and Shouto is not ready to accept it;
• Shouto tells Izuku about the whole thing, but Izuku clams up and he refuses to talk about this, he just warns Shouto that, whatever happens, he should pretend the door doesn't exist and stop going, before the temptation is too much;
• Izuku doesn't know Shouto went there more than once;
• Aizawa helps him and tells him about O!Touya's true reasons;
• Touya traps Shouto in the mirror where he finds the ghosts: Eri, Kouta, Mahoro and Katsuma;
• (i know it's three but i wanted to add all the children);
• Shouto and Zawa escape the door with his family members (in the snow globe), and Izuku appears to help when Shouto is getting rid of the key;
• Izuku and Shouto become besties, and they go to the same school! That's where class 1-A is;
• Natsuo and Fuyumi do appear at the end! They said they weren't going because of schedule problems, but they manage to come and see the new house;
• It ends in a hopeful note. Not exactly a good ending, but they will be just fine;

Chapter 99: dadmight au

"Oh, my. I thought you knew who your betters were."

Izuku twitched. On the other side of the room, Yagi-san wheezed painfully under Master's steel boots. A pistol hovering above his face. Behind them, multiple soldiers were trying to subdue Aizawa-sensei, who struggled with great deal of strength, but they had advantage in numbers.

"You know what happens to those who don't follow the rules, Alpha-17," the pistol's click echoed around the room. The safety was off, "but I am willing to change your punishment, if you behave."

The boy slowly let go of the soldier's vest. 

The Master gave him a twisted smiled, "Good. Now, come foward, my Opus, we still have a job to do."

---

• Inspired by Nicholas D. Wolfwood's backstory (trigun stampede);
• Izuku was taken to a specific orphanage when he was four away from Japan;
• (Inko didn't give Izuku away willingly);
• The orphanage had only quirkless kids;
• Children would be handpicked to become guinea pigs in experiments to awaken their quirks;
• Izuku was forced to go through several torture sessions disguised as scientific experiments;
• Those including: electrical shocks, isolate chambers, water tanks, starvation, poisons, brainwash, dehydration, drugs, wounds, etc;
• Besides awaking their quirks, the experiments were also studies about the limits of the human body and psyche, the differences between quirkless and quirked people, and ways to explore animal mutation, biological weapons, and combining technology and flesh (cyborgs);
• Izuku created a supernatural resistence, inhuman strentgh, and sharp senses;
• He has also has a prosthetic arm and leg made with stem cells -- another experiment;
• For comparison, it looks and works like Obito's limbs when he woke up in Madara's lair (yes, i'm talking about naruto);
• His hair also became grey;
• Children who died during the experiments were used as organ sources;
• Children who discovered their quirks were contained to be studied -- but some of them were too strong to be dealt with, so they were killed on sight;
• Izuku escaped when he was 12 and hid in a cargo boat going to Japan;
• He was found by the customhouse who tried to contact his parents and social services, but he disappeared right after;
• He lived on the streets and hitchhiked around the country, always on the move;
• Meanwhile, the scientists were looking for him everywhere;
• When he arrived in Musutafu, he was not planning on staying long, just enough to find anything about his mom before he was taken;
• However, that changed when he saved Toshinori from a robbery;
• He already had used his time, so he couldn't transform;
• Luckily, the robbers weren't too dangerous, but Izuku still kicked their asses;
• Toshinori was baffled with this random kid who appeared out of nowhere and took three grown men down;
• He noticed Izuku was hungry (actually starving, but he doesn't know that) and to repay for his kindness, he brought the kid a meal;
• Before he could offer to take Izuku home, the boy vanished, making Toshinori really worried;
• Toshinori tried to find Izuku, just to certify he was okay;
• He finds him! But when he tries to find out about his homelife or anything too personal, Izuku deflects, so Toshi assumes he's being mistreated;
• I mean, with all the scars and Izuku's behavior, it's not an unreasonable guess;
• With nothing but a first name, Yagi can't do much except ask Tsukauchi to investigate these breadcrumbs, so he tries to make sure the boy is okay, at least;
• Toshi asks Izuku to meet once a week, just to chitchat and eat something;
• He doesn't expect Izuku to actually come, because for all that the kid knows, he could be a kidnapper or smth;
• Yagi is shocked to find Izuku in Takoba beach just like he asked to -- and his concern multiplied;
• Izuku is just there for free food;
• He's pretty sure if Yagi was from that place he could take the man out, so he's not too worried;
• Plus, he knows where the man live (he stalked);
• They do this for like six-seven months;
• While searching for clues about his mother, Izuku took up vigilantism -- by accident;
• He just can't do nothing while someone is suffering;
• He even saved a convenience store in Hosu -- it's not his fault they weren't allowing to let him out;
• So, of course, this brings the police's attention;
• Tsukauchi tells Yagi about this and oh, he panics. He really doesn't want Izuku arrested;
• He's not proud to say he delays asking Izuku about it;
• Izuku doesn't lie because there's no reason to. He realized vigilantism is illegal (because there's an annoying man chasing him at night), but it's not like he actively finds crime;
• Besides, he's not even using a quirk;
• Toshinori asks if Izuku can talk to his friend who works in the police, and he accepts reluctantly;
• Naomasa is surprised that Yagi managed so easily;
• When asked about his parents, Izuku says he had a mom, but he doesn't know what happened to her, so he was wondering if the police could find anything;
• All Izuku knows is that her name is Inko and that she's probably from Musutafu because that's where he was taken from;
• After multiple data searches and a sellection of photos, they find her. She died nine years ago, in a traffic accident. They never found the culprit;
• Izuku knew the chances of her being alive were too low, but it still hurt;
• They also discovered Midoriya Hisashi left Inko months before her death so he was unreachable. The Bakugou's reported Izuku's disappearance but, apparently, it was never investigated;
• The two men are outraged, but Izuku thought as much, quirkless discrimination was rampant in most parts of the world, including Japan;
• Without a guardian, they needed to contact social services;
• Izuku asked if Toshinori could take him in, which seemed like a logical conclusion since he trusted the man;
• They ask Izuku about what he was doing before meeting Yagi and he answers vaguelly;
• He was on the run from his Master. He was in America before coming to the country. No one is supposed to know he's here since they have eyes and ears anywhere;
• Izuku refuses to answer more and threatens to leave if they don't stop asking question they can't and don't want to know;
• Izuku is doing this as a form of protection and failsafe in case something goes wrong. And he doesn't like discussing things from before;
• They reluctantly let it go, for now;
• Naomasa says that, without a guardian, they need to call social services to give Izuku a home;
• Seeing Izuku's tense at the prospect, Toshinori offers to take him in since, as a hero, he as emergencial foster license;
• Izuku is pretty happy by this and it makes sense since they already know each other;
• So they start living together and is actually pretty great. However, Toshinori feels a little bad because most of the time, he's out being All Might and can't stay to help Izuku;
• Izuku isn't bothered about it because he's too used to be alone, and Yagi lets him have a room with a good bed, he has food and he doesn't punish him or experiments on him;
• As you can see, the bar is really fucking low;
• Toshinori confides in Naomasa that he's afraid of not being able to care properly for Izuku. The detective points out the way he can do this is cutting his hero hours and talking to Nighteye again;
• Toshi and Izuku have a parent-child bond! It's not a conventional one, but it can be described as such;
• Ok, so, I don't know how the talk between Yagi and Mirai would go, but in the end, they manage to work together again;
• Yagi cuts his work in half with Nighteye's agency and Mirai keeps track of extreme cases where All Might truly needs to show up;
• Because Izuku didn't go to school for years, Toshinori wonders if he could hire a tutor for the kid;
• That's when Nedzu calls in, because of course he would;
• He invites Izuku and Toshinori for a interview and, if he see Izuku has the potential to learn everything he missed, then Nedzu would gladly do it;
• When they meet, Nedzu and Izuku hit off like a storm. Yagi is absolutely terrified;
• Izuku confides in Toshinori that when he was a kid, he always wanted to be a hero like All Might, but before, he gave up of this dream because he lost hope that he would live to adulthood;
• Yagi gave him this dream back;
• (toshinori will admit that he cried after this);
• So, Toshinori starts to help Izuku train;
• He also tells Izuku about the OFA, but he says no when offered;
• After years of being dissected to find a quirk, it's just leaves a bad taste in his mouth;
• Besides, he doesn't want to go to limelight;
• Also, Mirai meets Izuku too and becomes, like, a funny awkward uncle, or smth;
• Izuku also meets Mirio, because Nighteye thought he needed more people of his age to talk too; 
• And there's Gran Torino too, ofc;
• After a while living together, Izuku gathers the courage to tell Yagi some of what he went through;
• It's a hard conversation and Yagi vows to never let Izuku go through that again;
• So, after two years or so, Izuku takes the entrance exam;
• The theorical part is a bit hard on Izuku, but he manages to pass. He doesn't come first or anything impressive, which disappoints him a little considering he's being tutored by Nedzu;
• To be honest, Nedzu would never expect Izuku to come first after years of not receiving proper education and studying for only two. The fact that Izuku passed is impressive enough, considering that the exam is hard af;
• They are not the first hero school in Japan, after all;
• The practical part tho, it was breeze for Izuku;
• His strength helped a lot with the robots, and he saved some people -- including Uraraka, just like in canon;
• He comes in first in practical, twenty fourth in the theorical, and overall, in sixth place;
• Toshinori is so proud of his boy;
• On the first day of class, Bakugou can't recognize him. It's been eleven years since he saw Izuku and four years old don't have the best memory around;
• And Izuku doesn't have his green hair anymore;
• In USJ, All Might is actually there! Izuku is teleported along Todoroki and Bakugou instead of Asui and Mineta -- who, mind you, it's not even in the class anymore;
• (shinsou is in his place);
• Izuku also helps All Might by ripping the nommu's brain off;
• Sports festival happens probably the same?;
• Todoroki tells Izuku about his upbringing and he can relate to this a little bit;
• During the final exams, Izuku goes with Yaoyorozu against Aizawa. Bakugou and Iida go against All Might;
• It's actually pretty funny;
• Summer camp goes the same, I guess, but Shinsou get kidnapped along with Katsuki;
• Some of the kids follow Kirishima's lead to find them;
• It happens the same way it does in canon, and in the end, All Might retires;
• During hero studies, Izuku has an internship with Shinsou and Aizawa since he wants to go Underground;
• They get involved in the Shie Hassaikai's raid, Eri is saved and Nighteye doesn't die!;
• After this, that's when trouble comes in;
• Somehow, the orphanage breaks into U.A. and threatens to hurt Class 1-A if Izuku doesn't come willingly;
• Izuku is terrified and, despite everyone's protests, he goes with his master;
• Toshinori is heartbroken and feels completely helpless because he can't protect his boy;
• Everyone is scared because why were these guys looking specifically for Izuku?;
• The teachers are worried because if they aren't working with the LoV, then that means they are a hidden enemy, they don't know anything about them;
• Yagi is forced to tell them about everything Izuku told him, which horrifies them more;
• Izuku said his escape was a strike of luck. The chances of him doing it again are too slim;
• And, considering they took him out the country when he was a kid, it makes things more complicated because if it's in Japan, then the heroes can't take care of it for the most part, but overseas, that would be a nightmare to deal with;
• Izuku does came back to his dad, don't worry!!;
• I just didn't think enough about how (⁠•⁠ ⁠▽⁠ ⁠•⁠;⁠);

Notes:

i'm pretty sure this is one of the longest AU's and the first main dadmight i've created, which, wow, that's wild lol

Chapter 100: natural fears: the dark (part 4)

During the first times his peers locked Izuku inside a cupboard at school, he was terrified of the dark. 

He doesn't remember when it started, just that he was too young to understand he had nothing to fear. He remembers crying, afraid of unknown monsters lurking at the darkness, as if they would materialize through thin air and take him away.

His teachers would let him there for hours, pretending they couldn't hear him, before unlocking the door, repreending him for not being at class and making disruptive noise. "Always an attention-seeker, that quirkless boy," they would say.

His classmates would snicker at his screams, at his ashen face, taunting him for being a crybaby. Only babies were afraid of the dark, they would jeer. His fear only encouraged them to continue. 

Of course, all of this was before the dark became a comfort for him, his only moment of reprieve from the bright and loud world outside.

The monsters hidden in the dark would never be as dangerous as the ones bathing in the light.

---

Midoriya Izuku was always connected with the dark, whether by fear or affinity. After so long embraced by the pitch inside the cupboard at his school or his own room, it wasn't a surprise when it became a part of him.

He would show them all what is like to be truly afraid of the dark.

---

• Fourth fear: The Dark;
• It's one of the oldest entities in Magnus Archives. It is the primal fear of the dark and the unknowns regarding what lurks within it;
• It can manifest as dark/sticky/brackish water as well as coldness and blindness;
• Izuku is really afraid of the dark when he is young;
• When his peers found out about this, they would lock him inside a janitor's room as a form of bullying;
• His teacher didn't care about it unless it was to berate him or let him go home;
• Everyone said he should "stop whining" and "deal with his fear" since he was already big enough to "know better";
• That's why he never told his mom about it;
• He could also hear and feel something inside the room with him, but he could never see it, and maybe that's what scared him the most;
• It never physically attacked him, but it would laugh or growl or whisper in his ear, caging him from above while his hid his head;
• It was awful;
• Eventually, he learned to share the space with it;
• After a long time being locked inside, Izuku started to get used to the dark;
• He started to get headaches during the day when it was really bright;
• At home, he stopped sleeping with a nightlight, finding the darkness soothing for his eyes and head;
• He also started to see through the dark; 
• When his classmates realized they couldn't scare him anymore, they stopped this method -- but not the bullying;
• Because of this, Izuku willingly started to lock himself and wait for his bullies to lose interest in him;
• He connected with the beings in the pitch;
• His body temperature dropped a lot. Black marks appeared in his hands and legs like he plunged them in ink;
• His hair became pitch black instead of green. His eyes light in the darkness, but when he's outside, they have a glaze over them;
• He would spend almost all day inside his room with his windows and door closed when he could;
• At night, he would leave his house and explore at late hours, when most places were closed;
• He liked to scare villains off from the shadows if they were doing something bad;
• Sometimes, when he encountered really really bad criminals, he would let the dark "devour" them;
• Inko was very worried about her son;
• The only scenes I thought were the USJ, the fight with Stain, summer camp and the Shie Hassaikai;
• During the USJ, Izuku would blackout the place to send the villains away and protect the class;
• The thugs were completely terrified when the police got their statements;
• Izuku also managed to help Aizawa-sensei before Shigaraki (and the nomu) hurt him too much;
• Aizawa thought he had gone blind for a moment;
• Izuku saved Iida just fine (even though he was traumatized by Stain's screams as he was dragged away);
• The summer camp fight was a bit complicated for the LoV since it was really fucking dark;
• And Dark Shadow lost control -- which took a lot from Tokoyami; 
• Izuku gladly sent Chisaki to the Dark after they saved Eri;
• Dark Shadow really likes Izuku;
• Everyone is a bit scared of him;
• Bakugou pretends he's not but even he's unerved;
• He is ruthless, if a bit too cold, but when talking to victims, he's actually really sweet;

Chapter 101: how to disappear completely (rewrite: chapter 15)

"That's what you don't understand, Eraserhead." Izuku's voice was raw, bitter and so, so tired, "I lost everything I've ever had."

"So, please, just let me go. Before I lose you too."

Shouta closed his eyes, letting the kid's grief roll over him, and said, "no."

---

After years of struggle and exhaustion, Midoriya Izuku is absolutely done with his life. The only reason to keep going is his mom's wish for him to live and fulfill his dream of becoming a hero.

However, when he's left in a rooftop after asking All Might if he could be a hero despite his quirkless and being told a ressounding 'no', something inside him shatters. Izuku takes a chance to be happier somewhere else.

But, instead of dying, he wakes six feet under, burried in the dirt.

---

• Title: How to Disappear Completely by radiohead;
• This is a rewrite of one of the AUs in this work, because I liked the concept but the tone left to be desired (and i didn't have much material);
• I know the texts above make it look like it's only angst and no comfort, but actually there is a lot of comfort and fluff (after the bad things happen);
• So, Izuku has a death quirk;
• He found out when he jumped after All Might told him he couldn't be a hero without a quirk;
• It's not All Might bashing, he's not malicious or anything, but his phrase has consequences;
• Izuku wakes up in his coffin, burried under the earth and he has to crawl his way back up;
• This leads to a minor claustrophobia;
• Inko was a good mom, but she got really sick and died one year and a half ago;
• Izuku only continued to live because he promised her he would follow his dream of being a hero;
• Izuku started to work on odd jobs to pay for her treatment. He even started to sell his analysis for money;
• Because of the jobs, he had to skip school sometimes and that made his grades go down -- which made the teachers really angry at him;
• And he also slept in class when he was too tired;
• The bullying was really bad;
• Bakugou stopped to bother him after Inko died, until he found out Izuku applied to U.A.;
• Then, you know what happens;
• Bakugou had a big reality check after this. His parents also put him in therapy;
• Izuku's quirk takes a lot of energy, so everytime he dies, he wakes up starved, and then he gets sleepy;
• Despite being tired all the time, he has difficulty to sleep. He has reprieve if he's knocked out;
• Also, some of his emotions are muted down. In some aspects, he's apathetic;
• Sometimes he's scared of himself because of it;
• His body temperature is really low. He doesn't breathe anymore, unless he's doing it consciously;
• He still uses his red shoes, so people always think he's quirkless, which leads to some uncomfortable moments;
• He lives in an abandoned building ever since he woke up;
• He started to accidentally catch people commiting crimes and fight them, or guiding people to the police station or other heroes;
• It escalated after a while;
• (he died sometimes);
• Aizawa got curious and wanted to learn more about this vigilante (and to make him go home);
• Izuku was skittish and didn't trust Aizawa enough to let him too close;
• Shouta was really concerned™;
• He was always trying to make Izuku stop considering that sometimes, Izuku got involved in dangerous shit;
• But for Izuku, he couldn't stop because if he did, someone else would have to risk themselves and could get killed. At least, he didn't have that problem;
• Izuku never tried to go back to his old life after he was declared dead. He didn't have friends, his mom; their home was sold and his things were thrown out. Why would he want to go back?;
• Sure, his life now wasn't any better, but at least he was helping people and not being treated like a punching bag. He could fight back now. He was not helpless;
• Izuku helped Toga once by giving his blood to her and pointing her to a blood bank that let people with blood-type quirks to feed;
• Funnily enough, that's how Himiko meets Vlad King (and gets adopted);
• In a patrol, Aizawa got caught in a crossfire, but Izuku saved him and died in the man's arms. Shouta was heartbroken, he knew the medics would not arrive in time;
• Izuku tried to tell him he would be fine, he just needed to wait a little, but Eraser was too desperate to listen;
• That's how he ended up in a morgue;
• The staff warned Tsukauchi who warned Aizawa about the body going missing;
• Aizawa found Izuku again a few days later;
• He was so sad and angry;
• He tied Izuku with the capture weapon to stop him from running, to make sure it was really him, to make sure he was alright and to shake some sense into the kid;
• They have a long talk (more of a heated argument and a crying session (for izuku)); 
• Aizawa offered to take Izuku to his home since he's almost 100% sure he has no place to stay and no guardians taking care of him;
• After that night, Izuku disappeared for some time to be alone and think about this offer;
• Shouta will never admit but he was freaking out because what if the kid said no; what if he ran away to another city and shouta never found him again;
• Hizashi tried to comfort his husband, but most of the time, it didn't work, so he focused in getting their spare bedroom clean;
• Izuku came back and said he still wasn't sure about it, which, ok, that's fair, so Aizawa took him to meet his husband and their apartment, to see if it would help his decision;
• Hizashi was really happy to see the little listener, but at the same time, he got really sad when he saw the state Izuku was in;
• Izuku loved their cats: Ashtray, Tuna (or stinky) and Fluff (or bastard);
• He didn't really move in at first, but Shouta and Hizashi managed to convince him to eat there sometimes, to see the cats or anything else he wanted to do;
• They weren't too happy about it because they didn't want to send Izuku back to god-knows-where he was, but it was better than nothing;
• Little by little, Izuku starts to spend most of his time in the apartment. Sometimes he even sleeps there;
• He feels so comfortable it's too easy to slip and lower his guard;
• After some time, he just stays;
• They buy stuff to his room, against Izuku's protests. They buy him clothes, and notebooks, art suplies and even a cellphone; Izuku is overwhelmed;
• Izuku developed some issues with money and wasting;
• They also put him in therapy with Hound Dog;
• Since Izuku is legally dead, Tsukauchi helped making him a new identity. He still has his original name, they just added Yamazawa along with Midoriya;
• When Izuku goes to the U.A., he enters in Gen Ed, where he meets Shinsou;
• He still wants to be a hero, but he also knows he can't pass the pratical exam, so he didn't even try; 
• USJ really opens a can of worms for Izuku because he almost lost another parent again (he never called erasermic dads, but deep down, he's already attached);
• Sports Festival goes mostly well. Bakugou still wins, but he's not restrained nor muzzled when All Might comes to deliver the medals;
• Hosu is a mess;
• Shinsou and Izuku are in the Summer Camp which sucks because they are kidnapped. They wanted to bring Shinsou to their side. All for One especifically requested for Izuku because he knows he was a vigilante and has something weird going on with him;
• Fun fact: Katsuki isn't kidnapped, but Shouto is (because Dabi);
• Eri is rescued yay!!!
• I'm still not sure if Nighteye lives...;
• Bakugou entered in Class 1-B actually;
• They meet each other again in U.A. and Katsuki drags Izuku to an empty classroom and starts to get really angry. Anger was always his coping mechanism. Some habits die hard;
• Izuku just snaps and screams at him lots of things that were bottled inside his chest, things that he never dared to say outloud because it hurts.
• After this incident, they mostly don't talk anymore;
• All Might is a very sensitive topic for Izuku;
• Himiko is in Class 1-H. She and Hatsume are besties;
• Hizashi has a habit of bundling Izuku up with warm clothes because he's always freezing;
• Sometimes Aizawa still has nightmares about Izuku's death;
• Izuku takes Shouta and Hizashi to meet his mom;
• Nemuri invites herself over their apartment one random night and she finds out about Izuku. After that, she becomes his anutie;

Notes:

i'm starting to think i'm on a roll XD

yes, i know the revival quirk is a cliche, but this whole things is supposed to be self-indulgent, so it doesn't matter ┐⁠(⁠´⁠ー⁠｀⁠)⁠┌

(should i start to rewrite some old AUs from here? i feel like i have nothing new and exciting to add)

Chapter 102: just a silver lining (second version: chapter 23)

Notes:

ok, so fair warning, this au deals with a triggering theme: police brutality and abuse of authority

if you think i made lightly of it, please tell me (it's important) and i will take this chapter down

"He sighs, already used to the silence. He grabs the unoccupied chair across the metal table and drags it closer, until he can sit a small distance away. He's not here to interrogate the kid, just to understand what he'll be, probably, working with.

"You might not know me, but I'm Eraserhead."

With a sharp movement, the kid's face come into view. His eyes are wide and very green, but have a gleam of caution shining through, but one of them is colored in purple and blue. His nose has dried blood and there's a cut on his upper lip. His cheeks still have a bit of baby fat, striking against the marks of violence, and with lots of freckles.

"Ah, so you know me, then.""

---

Most people aren't aware that U.A. has a rehabilitation program. Despite it not being in a large scale (Nedzu tried), it has been going for years, with notable participants being reintroduced to civil society with few problems.

Appointed as the representant, Aizawa Shouta -- Eraserhead -- is tasked to oversee Midoriya Izuku, a young vigilante with a heart of gold and black mark on his record.

---

• A second version of what it means to be redeemed (chapter 23);
• The same premise, but instead of a villain, Izuku was a vigilante;
• And this happens in pre-canon. Aizawa is 28 and Izuku is 13;
• U.A. has a rehabilitation program for criminals. They don't deal with extreme cases, Nedzu picks the candidates according to their offense and/or willingness to be part of it;
• Technically, it's a fusion between reformatory and rehabilitation;
• They go through therapy, group therapy, volunteer work, ethics classes, capacitation courses and etc;
• Aizawa was a part of the program because of vigilantism when he was young;
• Instead of being Heroics' teacher, he's the program's representant and ethics teacher;
• He's also Nedzu's personal student;
• Snipe is Class A's teacher, along with Vlad, who is B's;
• Dabi and Magne were also part of it; 
• Magne, despite her charges, got to live freely. She is in another city, with a good job and is currently fine, with her friend;
• Dabi, or Touya, is Nedzu's personal student, a kind of secretary and T.A. when he feels like it. He's also working with Nedzu's help to get Endeavor arrested and his mother out of the hospital;
• Most of his skin is healed, but still has patches of burns. He still has piercings and dyed his hair black;
• His siblings know he's alive, and sometimes, they meet each other. It's a bit hard to get Shouto out of the house, but they make it work;
• Not everyone can "turn into a new leaf", but the results are satisfactory enough for the project to keep going;
• Nedzu is aware of the program's shortcomings and that some people "fall through the cracks", but that's why he's always striving to correct mistakes;
• Despite his own grudge with human race as a whole, he can be very forgiving and prone to second chances, if the individuals also make the effort to be better. And, according to Aizawa, he has a soft spot for underdogs;
• Izuku had been a vigilante for a year and a half;
• No one knew it was a vigilante, until months later, when a witness saw him and told the police;
• The police thought the cases were isolated, maybe by multiple people with no connections to each other, even though there was too much activity to be just a coincidence. Because of this, it was low on the priority list;
• After they had a witness, they investigated the patterns and realized it was a vigilante. They put an alert for the officers, but no one got to catch him;
• They asked heroes to help them, but most were too busy. An underground hero, Razor, volunteered to patrol and catch the vigilante;
• He was the first to make contact and discovered he was a quirkless kid;
• After that, he didn't take the case seriously, but with Izuku escaping every time he tried to arrest him, he got really angry;
• When the vigilante was involved, Razor would drop everything to pursuit him, even abandoning victims and/or criminals before emergency/cops arrived;
• He got lucky and caught him, but he was too angry to see reason. Izuku tried to escape again, but that just made him more mad;
• He tried to strangle Izuku, but he managed to hit him and got away;
• Razor told the police he was assaulted. Thus, Izuku got higher on the priority list and classified as 'violent';
• The police got him and he tried to "resist", they rough him up and one of them broke his arm. This made him pass out and stop moving;
• Tsukauchi found out about this and gave a disciplinary action, threatning to take it to their superiors. He would anyways;
• He tended Izuku's injuries (or, the ones he knew about); 
• Since Izuku -- in the record -- "assaulted" a hero, "resisted" arrest and "confessed", he would need to serve a sentence;
• He didn't exactly confess, he just agreed with what Tsukauchi asked, but never told him the reason;
• Quirkless people were considered of age when 13, despite the majority age for the rest of people being 18;
• Tsukauchi called Nedzu for assistence, and by consequence, Aizawa had to go as well;
• Nedzu makes sure the officers and the pro-hero will be dealt with. They won't go unpunished, that's a guarantee;
• Tsukauchi feels very guilty about the whole situation;
• Aizawa and Nedzu took him to U.A. where he would be healed by Recovery Girl;
• Because he's younger than most criminals, Recovery told Nedzu it would not be a good idea to let Izuku stay with the others, so Nedzu asked the other teachers (except Aizawa) if they would be willing to house him if he decided so;
• Recovery Girl discovered Izuku had injuries not healed properly and malnutrition, thus he had to go through a specific care instead of just using her quirk on him and calling it a day;
• So Izuku had to be on a sling for his arm;
• Touya took Izuku's things to U.A.;
• Nedzu asked if Izuku would want to live in a teachers or if he wanted a room for himself in the building;
• Aizawa interjected saying Nedzu didn't ask the teachers;
• "Yes, I did, Shouta, I'm not rude." "You didn't ask me." "I was going to ask you now." "With the kid in the room? That's just coercion." "Coercion doesn't even work on you, Shouta. You never do things unless you truly want to do them." "... Fuck off."
• Izuku starts to live with Aizawa in the teacher's dorms;
• The teachers sleep in U.A., but the students don't have dorms. Aizawa, Recovery Girl, Nemuri and Hound Dog sleep there in case something happens in the rehabilitation. The others sleep in there to give support (and to not pay rent);
• Nedzu sleeps in his office (there's a hidden compartment with his bedroom in there -- no one knows where it is);
• Aizawa has a cat named Felony/Menace -- it depends of the moment;
• Menace is actually pretty tame around Izuku. Aizawa thinks it's unfair;
• Izuku is an anxious bean, and also a nerd;
• He's pretty quiet and hesitant at first, afraid of bothering Eraserhead and the other heroes, but also waiting for a shoe to drop;
• And he's surprised they are nice?? Sure, they are heroes, but that's not a requirement and most people are never nice to him;
• Nedzu got really interested in his quirk analysis;
• They drink tea and play chess sometimes;
• Nedzu drinks tea with most of the people in the program, unless they don't want to, but he rarely plays chess with them;
• Touya sucked, Aizawa was a decent player, and Izuku can keep up with him;
• Izuku also goes to therapy -- with Hound Dog;
• Aizawa sees a bit of himself in Izuku, because of their desire to help people regardless of legality and consequences, so he can't help but sympathize with him (and he's a softie);
• Izuku meets Mirio, Nejire and Tamaki, and they become friends;
• He's their little sibling! (not that Izuku knows);
• Izuku also makes friends with some of the people in the program, despite them being older than him;
• Touya has big brother energy;
• Nedzu introduced Izuku to him, and Touya thought he was like an awkward duck;
• "You and my little brother would be great friends." "Thanks?";
• Izuku told Nedzu and Aizawa later about what Razor did, and Shouta almost tried to go after that fucker;
• Izuku has a bad habit of biting his nails and ripping skin off his fingers, so Aizawa always carry a rubic cube for him to fidget instead;
• Eventually, Shouta adopts Izuku;
• Hizashi and Nemuri (and the other teachers) love the green bean. That's their nephew, no take-backsies;
• A fun fact: Hizashi and Ectoplasm makes bad jokes, but Nedzu makes even worse jokes;
• Weirdly enough, Izuku is the only one who laughs at them;
• U.A. is a really big found family;
• When Izuku was using his cast, the teachers signed it with colorful markers;
• After Izuku was cleared by RG, Aizawa started to teach him how to properly fight without busting his hands too much;
• Aizawa and Nedzu have weird mental games with each other. The other teachers are already used to it;
• Izuku still wants to be a hero, and he wants to help with the program;
• Before U.A., Izuku was living by himself and working anywhere he could, meanwhile going to school and keep doing vigilantism;
• Izuku got hooked in Ghibli movies and he annoys (fondly) Shouta to watch with him;
• Hizashi always call Izuku to put bugs away, because Shouts is a "meanie";
• Thirteen and Izuku love gushing about space;
• It's been a long time since Izuku ate Katsudon, and when Lunch-Rush learned about this, he made him one. Izuku cried a lot;
• Izuku likes to work on trinkets with Maijima (Power Loader), it's fun!;
• Snipe has a quirkless cousin, so he knows a bit of what they go through;
• This AU is not really focused in canon events;
• Class 1-A is the same, except Shinsou is there from the start;
• The League doesn't have Magne nor Dabi;
• Izuku doesn't get One for All -- Mirio does;

Chapter 103: magic number

• So, this is more of a concept that an AU;
• Izuku has a quirk, and its name is Magic Trick;
• Izuku can do all the things a magician can, and they are actually real;
• He can make stuff disappear with a move of his hand and reappear them in his person or someone else, like behind their ear. It has to be something small;
• For the big stuff, he needs a sheet and cover them to do the trick;
• He can escape any rope or cuffs (except quirk-cancelling ones);
• If he throws cards, they can cut stuff. Not deadly, but they are sharp;
• He can make stuff appear in his top hat, but they have to be roughly the same size as the hat;
• Flowers can become pidgeons;
• If he throws smoke bombs, he can disappear too;
• Izuku can conjure ropes from his sleeves -- those colorful ones made of handkerchiefs;
• He can hypnotise people. It's not like Hitoshi, but it's powerful if he can focus and uses an object to keep the person in a trance;
• It's a bit op, I'll admit

Chapter 104: crow's eye

In Underground, there are rumors of an informant that never make mistakes. They know everything, especially if it's something you want to hide. The shadows whisper a name, afraid they're listening, 'Karasu', they call him. People pay them for anything, analysis, secrets, blackmail, forging, you name it. Sometimes, people just receive things they never asked for.

Karasu is a force of nature. They do what they want, and no one can't even stop because because they never saw their face.

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For years, Aizawa Shouta has been receiving sensible information about his cases in neat brown envelopes with a black crown stamp on them. Information that put criminals behind bars, dismantled illegal rings and saved missing people around Japan. All of them were signed by the same name, Karasu.

However, in an ordinary mail day at U.A, he doesn't find a clue, but a request: save a little girl from the clutches of one of the most dangerous groups in Yakuza: the Shie Hassaikai.

---

• MAYBE an alternative version of another AU of mine, but I like to think of this one as it's own thing;
• Izuku is an information broker baby!!;
• He has been doing stunts like this since he was 10;
• His alias is Karasu;
• At first, he only helped the police, sending information about cases regardless of the severity. If he could get angthing, he would send it;
• Then, he started to sell analysis to anyone who asked. For the right price, he could dig secrets hidden under the rug, falsify documents for people trying to start anew or run away;
• He even hunts evidence of corruption in the hero ranks, police department and the political sphere;
• He dismantled money laundry schemes, helped bust drug production, save kids from abusive situations, and lots of things;
• He didn't managed to get Endeavor arrested, but Shouto's guardianship it's not his anymore;
• Karasu is a very well-known name in the Underground. Some would dare say he's more known than All for One, since the man is considered a myth and Karasu isn't;
• (and this makes All for One pissed)
• Of course, he didn't do it for everyone, Izuku was careful to check who his clients were. There were some lines he wouldn't dare to cross;
• Karasu talks a lot with other informants in the Underground, trading information for another;
• How did Izuku know everything? His quirk;
• His quirk let him create crows out of origami;
• He uses his birds to see and hears things he wasn't able to, and also, communicate with them;
• To spy or scout through his birds though, he needed to be in range. Long-distance didn't work;
• If his birds were damaged, he can feel their pain;
• If his birds die, their bodies turn into crumbled paper;
• Sometimes, if he needs physical evidence, he carries a camera and bugs. He also can hack stuff. He's not a professional but it gets the job done;
• When he's fourteen, he finds out about Eri and decides to fuck up with Overhaul;
• He asks Eraserhead for a favor;
• So, Izuku has been sending information about Aizawa's cases for a long time. At first, he didn't know if they were true, but as time went by, Karasu became a reliable information source;
• He was miffed because he never even bought those things. Karasu just sent them on a whim, forcing Aizawa to pay without a choice. And because the broker somehow knew he worked at U.A and sent them during mail day;
• Mail Day is when they look through what was sent to their postal address;
• Since they've been doing this for a while, Izuku decided Eraserhead could be trusted to save Eri;
• Which means the Overhaul Arc happens earlier and Eri is safe and happy when canon comes by;
• And, of course, Aizawa adopts her;
• Maybe someday he'll meet Karasu, who knows :)

Chapter 105: hey, little songbird

There was a little songbird, who loved to make his mother smile.

There was a little songbird, who dreamed of helping people.

There was a little songbird, who was trapped in a cage.

There was a little songbird, who lost his voice.

There was a little songbird, who thought he would never see the sun again.

---

• Izuku has a voice song called Lullaby;
• The name is misleading because it doesn't only make people sleep;
• Izuku can calm people down, make people sleep; boost their energy; soothe pain temporarily; make them sick, hurt them, erase a memory; and with a lot of effort, make people do something he wants;
• (i'm aware some of these effects are only possible with high pitched noise or really low sounds, but shhhh, let's pretend he can do it);
• Erase a memory or control a person takes a lot of control, focus and energy;
• He can erase only one memory and if he does, if the person thinks about it, they will only remember the song;
• To control someone, he needs to think really hard about what he wants them to do. He can only do one action;
• As a side effect for using his quirk too much, he can become hoarse or lose his voice, he has migraines, his ears may ring for some time, pass out due to low energy;
• The more control he needs, the more severe the consequences are;
• The time he spends singing also is a factor;
• Soothing people's pain doesn't take much. Making them sleep is a bit more taxing, but not complicated; Boosting their energy takes effort;
• So, in a scale of easiest to hardest: Calm>Soothe>Sleep>Energy>Sick>Hurt>Control>Erase;
• Izuku's quirk doesn't work if it's recorded. He needs to be actively singing;
• It does work through technological means, for example, through a megaphone or a speaker;
• He can affect multiple people, but more people means more energy and control;
• It's a powerful quirk, but also very dangerous for him;
• When he was a kid, Izuku started to lose his capacity of speech, only managing to comunicate through noises -- whistling, humming, singing notes (no lyrics), etc;
• His mom took him to a doctor and then a quirk specialist;
• They made multiple tests until they figured out what was happening; 
• Izuku's peers thought his quirk was a bit lame. His mother was so proud of her baby boy;
• One day, Inko died to an accident, a robbery gone wrong, and her son disappeared;
• Izuku was taken by his dad, Hisashi, who was the leader of a crime syndicate, one of the branches of Yakuza;
• Hisashi has been spying on Inko ever since they broke up, when she was pregnant;
• When he discovered Izuku's quirk, he saw an opportunity that could help his schemes;
• One of his goals was to reinstate the Yakuza's glory, like in the old days;
• Izuku was trained, used as bait, distraction, a weapon, and sometimes a punching bag (if his father was too angry);
• If Izuku wasn't being ""used"", he was put in a muzzle, just in case he tried to use his quirk and escape;
• Izuku was normally left in a small room with no windows;
• Hisashi was really smart, but also arrogant, and that led to multiple problems in his group;
• He called Izuku his "canary";
• He spent 7 years in his father's clutches, until a raid happened -- they arrested Hisashi and most of his subordinates;
• The authorities found Izuku and noticed he was the same boy seen helping the criminals in some footage;
• They tried interrogate him, but when they realized they couldn't understand him, Tsukauchi asked Present Mic for help;
• Izuku was so scared at first, but when Hizashi arrived, he was a bit starstruck;
• He just needed something to write, but Hizashi being there helped Izuku a lot. He even thaught Izuku a bit of sign language;
• Izuku wrote a lot to tell his story for the police -- it was worthy 8 pages;
• It broke Hizashi's heart. He really liked the little listener;
• Izuku was put with a social agent, trying to find a home fit for him;
• Meanwhile, Hizashi was sighing everytime thinking of the kid. Aizawa was driven mad;
• It was really hard for Izuku to adapt to the foster families. Sometimes they even gave up after one of two week;
• After a bad placement, Izuku had no hope for finding a home ever again;
• So, imagine his surprise when he was taken to a man who sounded exactly like Present Mic;
• Both Hizashi and Shouta had a foster license, thus Mic just had to convince Aizawa to accept it;
• It took him a while to warm up to Aizawa since, well, he knew nothing of the man. At least, he knew who Present Mic was;
• But the thing Izuku loved the most were the cats. They had two!! And the cats liked to climb him. It was amazing;
• Hizashi taught him sign language;
• During the mornings, Shouta and Hizashi had to teach, so Izuku started to go to school -- that's where he met Hitoshi, who is his best friend!;
• Since Mic had more work during daytime, Shouta was the one to pick Izuku up at school and stay with him in the afternoon;
• And when Eraser had to go patrol, Zashi was the one who took care of Izuku at night;
• Weekends were for the three of them;
• Izuku started to go to therapy with Hound Dog;
• Despite still dreaming of being a hero, Izuku struggled a lot with low self esteem, guilt for helping Hisashi and fear of his quirk;
• Sometimes, he had nightmares about what happened before he was saved and of Hisashi finding him again;
• His dads would kill the man before letting that happen;
• Hizashi is dad and Shouta is papa;
• The first time Izuku called them that, they both cried;
• Nemuri is the wine auntie and she spoils him rotten;
• Iida and Izuku meet each other earlier;
• Izuku and Hizashi sing together a lot. Shouta is there for moral support;
• In special days, Hizashi takes Izuku to the radio station and he can choose the songs;
• Hizashi's sign name for Izuku is the word 'green' and singing;
• Sometimes, Izuku gets really frustrated that he can't "talk" because not all people know sign and it takes time to type things or write;
• When Izuku becomes a student, he and Kouda also become besties;
• Izuku, Shinsou and Jirou have a group chat;
• Bakugou and Izuku find each other again, which is sweet but he rather die than admit to anyone he missed the nerd;
• Shinsou is in class 1-A from the start because he got training from The Eraserhead -- who he fanboy-ed a lot when Izuku introduced him for the first time;
• Izuku's hero name is Songbird, because that's what his mom used to call him :,)
• There could be an arc where Hisashi escapes prison and tries to get Izuku back, but it would be after the Kamino incident;

Notes:

if anyone guesses correctly where the title comes from, i will give a big virtual cookie (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)⁠✧⁠*⁠。

Chapter 106: displacement of fates

Midoriya Izuku has been in multiple complicated situations. Fights, almost dying twice, under the thumb of a megalomaniac overlord, living with dangerous people and trying to not be killed, and so much more. Ever since he was 14, when he made decisions he would regret for the rest of his life, Izuku has been walking a tightrope knowing one day he would fall and no one would save him.

However, this type of incident was definitely not in his bad luck's bingo card. How the hell one get thrown back in time and in another dimension?!

---

Three weeks after USJ, Class 1-A is still healing from the trauma caused by the invasion. No one is ready to address the elephant in the room, not even their teachers.

But it seems they will be forced to when Aizawa-sensei and Nedzu guide Midoriya Izuku, who was not supposed to be there, to a homeroom debrief.

---

Y'know those fics where canon/hero Izuku somehow travels to an alternative universe where he's a villain? Well, let's put a twist in it.

---

• Okay, so, both of them are AUs. This is not a AU-to-canon, but AU-to-AU;
• And also, a time travel;
• In one AU, he's was part of the League of Villains, he was betrayed by All For One and the League, but managed to escape arrest; 
• He's 16;
• In the other AU, Izuku got One for All and entered Class 1-A, but died in the USJ trying to save his teacher and friends;
• Let's call the original 'Midoriya', and the traveler 'Izuku'
• He tried to get to the League, trying to understand why he left him behind, but Shigaraki attacked him to really kill him;
• All for One convinced Tomura and the others that Izuku was a traitor to their cause;
• From the beginning, Izuku wanted to change society, to reform it so people like him weren't shunned or ostracized anymore;
• And since he couldn't do it as a hero, he decided to work with what he could;
• For AFO, despite being smart, Izuku was a hindrance;
• He was too weak, he didn't have the nerve to truly hurt or kill someone;
• Izuku was a coward who didn't want to dirt his hands for their cause, who tried to manipulate people when things didn't go his way. He lacked ambition. He was just a quirkless boy who wanted to feel important, who had no dignity and couldn't face the fact he had no use in the world;
• At least, that's what All for One said to the League. And Shigaraki told Izuku that;
• Izuku tried to make Shigaraki see reason, to convince him he didn't betray them, but it just made Tomura more angry;
• Shigaraki hurt him a lot, but Izuku managed to escape before they could kill him. After this, he was utterly alone;
• He stayed low for sometime, to heal and decide what he was going to do now on;
• The authorities found him and tried to arrest him, which led to a chase and Izuku was struck by a combination of quirks;
• Izuku woke up three weeks after the USJ and in the middle of nowhere;
• He started to try and find his away around, really confused;
• A creep tried to mess with him, but before he could defend himself, someone put the man down;
• And it was Eraserhead;
• Before he could even try to escape, Aizawa got him trapped in the scarf;
• He started to ask who he really was and how did he know Midoriya to copy him;
• The U.A. told the press someone died, but they never released the name to the press;
• Izuku still tried to escape but Aizawa didn't relent, now getting a bit desperate;
• He brought Izuku over to the station and Tsukauchi had to interrogate;
• Which led to the revelation that he was Midoriya Izuku, just.... not the same one;
• They call Nedzu;
• Izuku makes them explain why they thought he was someone else, considering all of them knew who he was;
• Midoriya died in the USJ when he was saving Aizawa from being beaten down (too badly) by the nomu;
• He still feels guilty for letting Midoriya stay in the Class. If he had failed him, none of this would have happened (he also feels guilty because the kid died for him);
• Since they can't exactly arrest him for crimes he never commited in their world, Izuku makes a contract with the three of them and tells a resumed version of his world;
• Izuku joined the villains' side after being saved from death. Someone found him dying on the side of the road and brought him over to The Doctor;
• The Doctor used Izuku as a test subject to some unethical methods while he recovered;
• Izuku had a lot of long-term effects from his fall. He had chronic pain, his hands trembled even after physical therapy, his sensitivity of light and sounds hightend, his left-eye was blurry, he got tired easily, low endurance, brain fog and hard to breathe after too much activity;
• Also, his left leg had a slight limp;
• After a long recuperation, The Doctor noticed Izuku's intelect even after his injuries. He saw a talent to be used, and introduced him to All for One;
• At first, Izuku didn't want to help them, but he owned them a lot. He didn't ask them to help, but they did anyway -- he didn't want to be a burden;
• Izuku started helping The Doctor with his experiments, analyzing quirks of possible nomu's candidates (not that he knew) and how they could be combined, wrote down Garaki's discoveries and cleaned the lab and equipments;
• After a while, they introduced Izuku to Tomura because he was feeling bored;
• Shigaraki thought Izuku was an stupid NPC, he was affronted Izuku didn't know how to play videogames and thought he was no fun;
• Tomura had fits of rage when he didn't get what he wanted, threatned people, got annoyed and bored easily and didn't care much about other people's feelings. He wss very difficult to deal with, but Izuku had experience with volatile people and, despite Tomura's faults, he didn't actually hurt Izuku;
• Maybe Shigaraki pitied him, but Izu didn't care anymore;
• And sometimes, if he was in a good mood, Tomura was okay to be with;
• He helped with some of Shigaraki's plans when asked and got the schedule at U.A, but he wasn't in the USJ;
• Izuku made analysis of all of the heroics' students during the Sports Festival and created combat strategies;
• Unfortunately, Iida died in the Stain's incident;
• Izuku got along better with Toga (because she was his age), Magne (because they shared some worldviews) and Spinner;
• He helped kidnap Bakugou and Shinsou (who was in Class 1-A from the start) during Summer Camp;
• Bakugou, and everyone else who knew him before, thought he was dead;
• Then, the heroes arrived and things went completely sideways, and now he was here, stranded in a completely different universe, alone and with nothing;
• Aizawa was horrified that there was somewhere the problem child was a villain;
• Though they couldn't exactly arrest Izuku, there was no way they could let him go so easily. 
• Despite Izuku hating this notion and swearing he would never work with All for One again, Nedzu decided Izuku should stay where they could watch him, just in case, and also, to offer protection;
• So Izuku found himself in a cage, yay....;
• Bro was not happy about it, but he was not in the position to choose;
• In the next morning, Nedzu introduces Izuku to the faculty and explains his predicament;
• Everyone is horrified, especially Yagi (who Izuku deliberately avoids looking at);
• Despite knowing his story, Nedzu is still interested in understanding what made Izuku choose to ignore his morals and work with the League;
• And also, to dissect his brain;
• He and Aizawa introduced him to Class 1-A too;
• Everyone was either outraged or didn't know what to think of it;
• Bakugou was the angriest and tried to start a fight, with no success. Izu cleaned the floor with him;
• Nedzu announced they would be doing the Sports Festival next week and that, with the recent information that came to light, they would not use the students real names and keep their quirks a secret as much as they could;
• He also said Izuku would be doing analysis of their quirks to help with training and cover their strengths and weakness. Mind you, he never even asked Izuku or Aizawa for permission;
• No one is happy about it;
• Homeroom and Pratical are uncomfortable;
• Aizawa ditched Izuku with Class 1-A to sleep (and to spy). It was annoying;
• Class 1-A were really awkward because while Izuku wasn't exactly mean, he was a bit snarky, more withdraw, never answered their questions and he seemed more jaded than his happy-go-lucky counterpart;
• Meanwhile, Izuku was used to talking to people older than him (except for Himiko), people who were completely hostile or had ulterior motives;
• Pratical lessons were just boring, and he had to be in the same room as All Might -- also not fun;
• The kids were told Izuku came from another dimesion, but not that he worked for the League;
• With Nedzu's help, they managed to warn Ingenium about Stain;
• Izu tells them most of the League's hideouts and that they had a spy at U.A. However, All for One never told them who was it and since it was a different universe, they couldn't be sure if it was the same;
• Some of the kids tried to approach Izuku regardless of his "cold" demeanor and his disinterest in making "friends";
• Uraraka tried to call him 'Deku' once by accident, and Izuku got hostile over it. She didn't know about what happened in Aldera and was confused why he lashed out;
• He knew they were just curious and most of them only saw Midoriya, instead of him. Maybe they were too afraid to face the fact that if Midoriya never entered U.A, he might have ended up like Izuku;
• Izuku can't help but feel bitter and envious of Midoroya. He knows what happened to him was the consequence of his own actions, but damn if it doesn't rub salt in the wound.
• Midoriya got a quirk, entered U.A, his mom loved him, he had a mentor, and teachers who liked him, and he had friends, people who cared. Izu had nothing. He was the lowest of the lowest;
• It's funny how Midoriya had everything and died, while Izuku had nothing and lived -- and he didn't even want that;
• Izuku offered the profile of most members, but never revealed their personal info -- they were still his people, or at least some of them were;
• When the kids were in classes, Nedzu would drag Izuku to play chess and have tea, and maybe debate about ethics and hero society or more about Izu's universe;
• Unfortunately, Izu liked talking to Nedzu -- unless the principal was trying to fish more about his past or psycheanalyze him;
• Internships went okay, and they got Stain;
• Since Izuku explained about the nomus, some of the teachers went to Hosu to help;
• Izu was prohibited of using a phone with internet and could only use a computer with someone supervising -- just in case he tried to contact the League;
• At first he wasn't supposed to, but Nedzu noticed Izuku had trouble writing manually during some days, so he let him have a cellphone;
• Nedzu got to implement the dorms earlier, so by the final exams, Class A and B were living at U.A;
• Izu had a room in the teachers' dorms, but he mostly didn't use it -- he had trouble sleeping, so he just stayed at the common room, thinking;
• It scared the shit of a few teachers when they got down to grab something from the kitchen;
• He was forced to help Yagi with some of his lesson plans. Toshinori tried to talk
• Bro was a free TA at this point XD;
• Summer Camp was at the same place, but they never told the students where it would be;
• Despite the betrayal, Izuku still had some empathy for the members he knew and wanted them free to be who they were, get help for any problem they had and not suffer again;
• He knows the chances of convincing them were too slim, but one can hope;
• He wanted All for One dead;
• Izuku truly thinks he can't be a hero anymore and that he's not interested in it;
• As the plot thickens, Izuku learns to open up again to other people, to redeem himself and maybe heal;
• Maybe it will end with a bittersweet ending;

Chapter 107: the brightest flame (rewrite: chap 49)

Izuku remembers the warmth of his mom's embrace around him, always holding her baby boy within reach to make him laugh, to protect and to love.

He remembers the warmth in his dad's chest when he slept on top of him, he could hear his beating heart and feel the flames burning underneath his skin.

Now, Izuku feels the coldness deep in his bones, pulling him under, the kind that paralyses, the kind that snuffles any flame, and the kind that nothing can subdue.

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Midoriya Izuku had lived a life full of hardships. 

He was diagnosed as quirkless, both of his parents died, he was never enough to be wanted or he was too old to be loved, he didn't have friends and his dream was getting far away from him one day at time. When he finally manifested a quirk at age of eleven, a true miracle in the doctors' eyes, he thought that, maybe, things would get better.

But it didn't happen. 

He was still an orphan, too old to atract potential foster parents, his quirk was too bothersome to be impressive, he was too damaged after years of rejection. Still a burden and still tossed aside.

So, Izuku stayed while everyone left him behind.

---

During an ordinary patrol, Eraserhead finds a boy on a roof. Thinking of the worst, he runs to reach him, ready to save him.

However, nothing happened. It was just a kid with insomnia who wanted to look at the skies and sketch in his notebook. He still takes the boy back to the orphanage, just to be safe.

And, for some weird reason, they keep meeting after that.

---

• Ok, I loved the concept of Izuku having a green fire quirk, I'll admit, but I wasn't satisfied with what I wrote, so I decided to rewrite the whole thing!;
• Probably this is, like, the third time Midoriya Hisashi is not an asshole;
• He's just some guy who loves his wife and son very much;
• They supported their son in everything, even in being a hero. Inko was terrified at first, but Hisashi comforted her saying it was years in the future and Izuku would have training and them by his side;
• Unfortunately, Hisashi got caught up in a villain attack while at work and he didn't survive;
• Inko's grief made her immunity lower and she contracted multiple health problems that led to her death, two years later;
• She tried very hard to be strong for Izuku, but by not letting her grief show, she internalized and never really healed;
• Izuku went to a few family homes, but because the other children didn't go along with him, it made it hard to keep him there;
• The foster parents would say they didn't match, and that maybe Izuku would be better off somewhere else, and the process always repeated;
• Some were less nice, but at least they were honest about it. The nice parents made a thousand excuses to his caseworker to take him. They were nice, but not enough to treat him like one of their own;
• After a long time doing the same process, Izuku's caseworker dropped him in a child care instituition, where he would stay for years;
• The younger ones had more chance to leave, especially if they had good quirks. Meanwhile, kids like him were left behind;
• Kids at his age mostly ignored him, too focused in their own problems to bother him. Some bullied him if they were bored or anger at something. The older ones just didn't care;
• The caretakers were always busy with a problem or one of the young kids, so the aged up children were normally pushed to the side, unless they caused trouble;
• Izuku grew up isolated even surrounded by other people;
• Some of the kids he lived with also left, either to family homes or foster care;
• At school, things weren't better. His peers liked to mess with him because he was weak, an orphan, and quirkless and his teachers didn't care unless he made mistakes;
• He started to help to take care of some of the younger kids when the caretakers were too busy to pay attention to them;
• When he was eleven, he manifested a fire quirk! It was a miracle, according to the doctors, since late bloomers manifested between 6 and 7, and Izuku had an extra toe-joint. It wasn't supposed to happen;
• His quirk uses his own body heat to generate flames and he fire breathes like his dad -- his flames are light green (a bit like greek fire from Percy Jackson);
• He can also control and enhance fire, but if it's not his, it's really hard to control, which can lead to the fire to spread out way stronger than before. He needs energy and focus to do it;
• Because of his quirk using body heat, Izuku is way colder than he's supposed to be and if his temperature drops more, he can contract hypothermia, so he's always bundled up in coats, uses a scarf and has to sleep with more blankets;
• He's very sensitive to temperature drops and colder weather/environment;
• So unlike the Todorokis (Shouto, Endeavor and Dabi) who overheat, Izuku overcools;
• Izuku thought for a moment that things would change, but it didn't happen;
• Sure, at first, Izuku was the talk at school, people tried to approach him to see if it was true, but after a while, they found more interesting things to focus over;
• And his quirk had a lot of drawbacks, so his peers thought he couldn't do "cool tricks" and maybe he was just too weak after years of being quirkless; 
• Things stayed the same;
• After years of being treated as an annoyance, a burden and a scum, Izuku couldn't just brush off his experiences after manifesting a quirk. Maybe he would carry them forever;
• At school, Izuku lost motivation to do better when he was ten, settling to be the average of the avarage. He's pretty smaet, but his best was never appreciated, so why the effort?;
• When Izuku was twelve, he started to leave the institution to walk around the city and draw in his notebook, feed the strays and if he felt a little daring, watch the stars and some undergrounds doing patrols;
• Ever since he was little, Izuku had trouble sleeping. He didn't fall asleep easily and sometimes, he dreamed of his dad and mom, but it was too painful;
• They weren't nightmares. They were memories from before. Memories from when he could smile easily and see his parents alive. Their laugh haunted him sometimes;
• During his night escapades, Izuku met Dabi, who also had a fire quirk and taught him a few tricks, he even gave Izu a lighter. Dabi would scoff at Izuku's dream of being a hero and advice him to stop his "worship", if he was truly in a bad mood;
• One day, Izuku said that when he was too young, he wanted to be a hero like All Might, who smiled even during hardships, but nowdays, he would be a hero so no one would lose a loved one, he would not let children lose their parents like him. Not if he could avoid it;
• After that, Dabi stopped to insult his dream, but he still hated them. A small foolish part of him thought that, maybe, Izuku would be a hero worth admiring, if he didn't lose himself;
• Eventually, Dabi went his separate way, still following his mysterious ambition, leaving Izuku behind to grieve for his first friend;
• He knew Dabi would never give up his objective, but he stupidly hoped he would consider to stay close for Izuku;
• When Izuku was thirteen, he met Eraserhead, who thought he was a jumper. He couldn't help but laugh a little when the hero told him;
• Aizawa insisted in taking Izuku back to where he lived;
• They started to meet each other accidentally. Sometimes Aizawa was patrolling and saw Izuku feeding stray cats, or watching him fight, playing with his lighter and making a small fire;
• Shouta took him back every time;
• He started to bring some snacks to share with the kid during his pauses, and if the night was calm, play Mic's radio station;
• Aizawa really liked Izuku's drawings;
• He talked about his cats' shenanigans, his husband, his students and fellow teachers, his cases (the light ones) and heroes he met;
• In turn, Izuku slowly started to open up. He talked about the cats he fed, the gossips at school, the young kids at the institution, things he drew during the day, the adventures he went with Dabi before he left, things he wished he could do;
• But sometimes he trusted Eraser with a bit more. His teachers' indifference, his peers' scorn, his caretakers' neglect, strangers  sneering at his shoes, and his parents' love;
• It hurted to say those outloud after years of silence, but oddly relieving at same time?;
• Time goes by and Aizawa and Izuku continue to talk. In private, Shouta is discussing with Hizashi about a long-term placement, or even adoption;
• Hizashi is entirely on board and excited to meet the little listener;
• During winter, Izuku has to stay most of the time indoors, but he tries to meet Eraser, just to be ushered back by him;
• It's comforting to have someone worried about him, even if it's only temporary;
• Oh, how wrong he was;
• A few months later, right after school, Izuku arrives at the institution to see Eraser and a blond man waiting for him, who is Hizashi and fricking Present Mic;
• Izuku freaked out a little bit;
• Eraser explained they wanted Izuku to live with them, and while it wouldn't be an adoption at first, they were willing to if Izuku accepted after they completed the trial;
• He knows they can't replace his parents, and they don't want to, but they want to give Izuku a home to stay, stability to grow and love;
• Izuku is completely shocked and hesitant to do it, because he was hurt so many times, never enough for people to like him, then, out of nowhere, two heroes want him. It is an adjustment. Is he ready to believe them? Is he ready for when Eraser will bring him back here and forget about him?;
• He doesn't know;
• Maybe it's dumb of him, to still hope, but he accepts. It's easy to relent because he knows Eraser for almost an year and he knows Present Mic through him; 
• They start slowly by coming to see him after school, to spend time together, then, they start to take him to restaurants, parks or any place they think he could have some fun;
• Izuku can't help but bask in the warmth;
• And, then, after four months, they move to the next stage;
• They give him a room in their apartment and take him shopping to decorate it. Izuku is overwhelmed with the options and still afraid of permanence; 
• Izuku starts to get better at school, just to make them proud;
• Some weekends, they go to U.A. so Izuku can train his quirk in a safe environment;
• Izuku takes the entrance exam and, while he's not in first, his results aren't something to brush over. They celebrate with Katsudon;
• Funnily enough, Hizashi and Shouta never told Izuku about the rescue points, he figured it out by himself -- and he told Shinsou, whom he saved from a robot;
• When they meet again while going to their first class together, Shinsou awkwardly thanks him for the tip;
• Bakugou is surprised as fuck to see Izuku there. It has been almost 10 years since they last saw each other;
• Battle Trials are also a surprise since Izuku uses his quirk to go against Bakugou and Iida, and Katsuki is like: what the fuck??????;
• Izuku is deeply suspicious about Bakugou's quirk because it wasn't supposed to behave like that, even if it evolved -- how the heck explosions and lightning are related??;
• (Yeah, he got One for All);
• Izuku and Hitoshi become friends. He also talks with Tsu, Uraraka and Kaminari;
• USJ goes very hard on Izuku, because of quirk ehxaustion and Aizawa getting hurt;
• This is the first time Izuku calls him "papa";
• He fought Shigaraki head on, but before anything happened, the teachers arrived;
• Hizashi tries to soothe Izuku's fears and keep him warm while also worried about his husband. It's not easy;
• Izuku has a lot of flashbacks of sitting in an hospital chair by his mom's side, but he refuses to leave when Hizashi tries to take him home;
• It's like both of his traumas melded together. It hurts just as much;
• The first time Shouta wakes, Izuku finally cries -- but from relief. Hizashi and Izuku try to force him to stay resting when he argues about going back to classes (it doesn't work, sadly);
• Sports Festival is fun until he hears Endeavor talking to Todoroki. Izuku shuffles the hero's flames and takes Shouto away with an excuse about sensei wanting to talk to him;
• When Todoroki tells his story, Izuku is outraged;
• Their fight is mostly ice vs. fire, and while it sounds balanced, Izuku has an apparent disavantage. He tries to make Todoroki use his fire, but he believes it's for Izuku's own benefit;
• Izuku doesn't care about winning, he just doesn't want Shouto being more hurt (indirectly or not) by his father;
• When it starts to get too cold, Izuku keeps going to make Shouto see reason. He asks why he is harming himself just to continue, and Izuku answers that someone should have helped Todoroki before this point;
• Unfortunately, Izuku loses, but he managed to make Shouto spark a flame before he reached his limit and passed out;
• Shouta and Hizashi are super worried and scolding him for being so stubborn, but Izuku just said Shouto needed someone to be in his level for him to actually listen;
• Izuku wins in third! -- Bakugou still goes first;
• Todoroki joins the friend group;
• When they pick the internships, Shouto tells that his father will likely force him to train under him. Izuku declares he's also going (Endeavor also put an offer for him) for moral support and to help Shouto understand how he wants to use his fire;
• For his hero name, Izuku picks The Hope Hero: Dragon Star!;
• Shinsou goes with Eraserhead, Kaminari goes with Present Mic (to help with his quirk), Uraraka and Tsuyu still go with Gunhead and Selkie, respectively;
• Izuku and Shouto go with Endeavor to Hosu, and they save Iida. Yay! (also, Izuku is almost kidnapped);
• The Final Exam is Aoyama and Izuku against Thirteen;
• In the mall, Shigaraki talks to Izuku, saying even though he's not a player two, he proved he's not just an useless NPC;
• Summer Camp goes okay at first, until the villains arrive;
• After saving Kota, Izuku meets Dabi again and he's desolate. Dabi is "gleeful" to test Izuku's strength now that he's a hero-in-training;
• Both Shouto and Izuku fight Dabi;
• Izuku's strategy is to shuffle Dabi's flames, but since he can create more, he starts to redirect them and helping Shouto to corner him. It's an endurance fight for him, especially with Todoroki's ice;
• It creates a distraction to take the students -- Shinsou and Bakugou;
• Izuku is incapacitated and not allowed to get out of the hospital -- parents and doctor's orders;
• Yaoyorozu, Shouto, Iida and Kirishima still go to Kamino to save their friends, along with Kaminari;
• Aizawa, of course, is really pissed and also a bit glad they didn't try asking Izuku because he knows his son would've gone too -- Hizashi points out that Izuku is stubborn just like him;
• Around the time the kids move into the dorms, Izuku's adoption paperwork is finally ready!;
• Izuku is still reeling about Dabi being in the League. He knew Dabi hated heroes and he was definitely not morally light, but it feel too much like a betrayal;
• During hero studies, Izuku and Shinsou go with Aizawa;
• Mirio is not hit with the quirk-bullet, but Sir Nighteye still dies;
• Joint Training is a mess because Bakugou goes a bit berserk (and now there are tendrils??), especially after Monoma's comments, and the Bakusquad plus some of the other students have to help;
• Izuku tells his papa about his suspicions and while he's sure Bakugou would never accept a quirk from All for One (and it wouldn't make any sense), there's something fishy going on;

Fun facts:

• For Izuku: Inko is mom, Hisashi is dad, Shouta is papa and Hizashi is pops;
• The Yamazawa cats (Totoro, Stringbean and Rascal) love Izuku;
• In the beginning, Hizashi bought a heated blanket just for Izuku. It made him cry a little;
• Both Aizawa and Yamada try to tuck Izu under their arms, an habit they don't know how it started. It gets easier for Izuku to relax and lean on them;
• A little after the Sports Festival, Todoroki tells Izuku his theory about Bakugou being All Might's secret love child, and despite Izuku's claims that, no, Katsuki already has a father, Shouto still believes his theory;
• Izuku's hero name was created by his dad when they played pretend before the accident, so Izuku always knew what his hero name would be;
• Izuku is aiming to be a twilight hero, so he's trying to experience both worlds;
• During Autumn and Winter, his friends try to huddle him when they see him shivering, his papos smother him in coats and even the cats and Eri (who is living with them) try to keep him warm when he's sitting on the couch;

Chapter 108: monster-made human

When Midoriya Izuku jumps, no one is there to see him fall, no one is there to save him, and why would they? They never cared about him. It's easy to let solitude choke him while he dies. How utterly alone he is, just because he's different from everyone else.

When He get up, hours later, no one is there to see His fatal injuries stitching up by themselves, no one is there to see Him smile like nothing was wrong in the world, to see Him stumble around His own feet. They will never see His smile stretched impossibly wide and fingers reaching the shadows around the alley.

No, they will only see Midoriya Izuku -- painfully ordinary and pitiful boy. And that's how it's supposed to be.

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Izuku wasn't supposed to die so early, but life isn't fair. He knows that very well. So, for His own peace of mind, He decides to lend a helping hand.

Who would've thought being a human was so interesting?

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• A little bit inspired by The Summer Hikaru Died. I haven't read or watched it, so it doesn't follow the same plot;
• Izuku jumps after saving Bakugou and an Entity possess his body;
• The Entity got all of Izuku's memories, so technically, they're both Izuku now;
• The Entity felt Izuku's hopelessness and decided to do something, but He was too late. Now, He wants to achieve Izuku's original dream of being a hero;
• Being a human is exciting for Him;
• Izuku's body have the scars from the injuries after the jump;
• School is interesting because He never heard of any of those things the teacher is talking about, even though He has Izuku's memories;
• Bakugou is pissed at Izuku for ""trying to save him"" and he goes confront Him;
• He is also angry at Bakugou for being such a bully to Izuku and actually says this in his face. After this, Bakugou avoids looking at Him;
• Two days later, He finds All Might in his shrunken form while walking back home. He is also pissed at the hero for how he treated Izuku;
• All Might says he was trying to find Izuku after the sludge villain to say what he did was heroic and that he was wrong, Izuku can be a hero -- and he would help by giving Him his power;
• He would rather become a hero with no power, but He assumes Izuku would be honored to have it;
• He makes Yagi explain why exactly he picked Izuku, of all people. Considering the number of kids who also try to do the right thing across the city, He assumes there's another reason besides being "heroic";
• When Yagi tries to deflect, He threatens to leave, which makes him relent and tell him;
• The man tells Him about also being quirkless and how he saw himself in Izuku, which makes Him understand Yagi a bit better;
• Izuku accepts to be trained -- and it goes mostly like canon;
• Toshinori notices Izuku's supernatural tolerance for pain during the training;
• After a few months, Izuku is evicted from home since no one is paying the bills and the landlord just wanted an excuse to kick Him out;
• Izuku scares him by threatning to hurt him and, when the landlord screams he is going to call the police, He asks if he's willing to admit being fooled by a quirkless kid;
• He decides to find another alternative since He likes being independent and it doesn't even cross His mind to talk to Yagi;
• So, He goes to school, leaves to train with All Might and at night, finds somewhere new to sleep. Rinse, repeat;
• He loves sleeping. He never needed without a body, but now, it feels amazing!;
• Toshinori realized Izuku never brought lunch, so he brings something to share with his student or take Him somewhere to eat.
• Yagi is worried™ about Izuku but he doesn't know how to approach the subject;
• For Yagi, Izuku is a kind-hearted child, if somewhat creepy, a bit silly and blunt, even with him;
• Izuku loves eating everything -- human food is incredible!;
• Technically, The Entity knows everything Izuku knew, but it's a bit complicated than that. For an example, if you ask Him how to make tea, He can answer step by step, but if you ask Him to make tea, He will probably burn the water;
• He is curious about everything humans do, so He always wants to know how something works, especially if the original Izuku didn't know the answer;
• At some nights, Izuku attracts the attention of Eraserhead who always tries to make Him go home, but loses Him in the middle of it;
• Aizawa is worried™ about this nocturnal problem child;
• Izuku masks His presence for other people, so while He's not physically invisible, it's almost like He is;
• And He can sense someone else close by since His perception is inhuman;
• Cats love Izuku, and He loves them too. He likes to play with the strays;
• Izuku has no filter and doesn't hesitate to speak His mind, unless someone stops Him from doing so;
• Izuku has a habit of not blinking -- He forgets sometimes. It unsettles everyone;
• Eraser tries to wrangle some info about the kid subtly, but He is mostly confused and almost never reveals anything;
• He wouldn't know subtly unless it hit Him in the face with a hammer. The Entity is horrible with social cues -- He is still learning;
• When Aizawa finally directly asks why Izuku is on the streets in the middle of the night, He tells the hero the true and that actually shocks him for a bit;
• Does He know how to lie? Yes, but He doesn't see any reason to;
• Shouta wrangles the kid to the station where they talk to Tsukauchi, who calls a social worker;
• However, since Izuku is older than most kids AND quirkless, the chances of him getting a stable place to stay are pratically slim;
• So, for now, Aizawa has to take Izuku in. Yay......;
• Shouta is already regreting the whole thing;
• The hero introduces Him to his cat, Bastard, and puts Him to sleep in the guest room;
• The first day is already stressful because He doesn't come back from school like He's supposed to;
• Shouta is ready to hunt Him down but Izuku arrives before he can leave the house;
• Izuku explains He was training and He didn't know He needed to tell Aizawa;
• Shouta is immediatly suspicious of Izuku's mentor and makes Him take Shouta next time;
• Shouta isn't exactly sure if he should feel relieved or even more concerned when he sees it's Yagi;
• Yagi almost has a heart attack when he sees Izuku and Aizawa on the beach;
• Aizawa starts interrogating Yagi about the training and actually scolds him when he finds out Izuku AND Yagi don't use proper equipment while handling the trash;
• Toshinori is sad when he finds out Izuku was sleeping in the streets because He never told him and feels guilty because he should've done more;
• Meanwhile, Izuku is bored out of his mind;
• Shouta also takes Izuku to see Recovery Girl, just in case He has something;
• After the "secret" is out of the bag, Shouta decides to oversee part of the training when he can and keeps contact with Yagi to talk about Izuku;
• Those two are co-parenting an eldritch disaster;
• Izuku takes the Entrance Exam and uses One for All for the first time. Aizawa is completely confused;
• At first, Yagi wanted to keep One for All a secret from most people, including Aizawa, but Izuku thinks it's stupid and makes him tell Shouta anyway;
• That man is NOT amused and will probably throttle someone;
• Izuku still saves Uraraka during the pratical exam;
• First day of class, and Izuku is super excited to meet more humans. He becomes friends with Ochako, Iida, Tokoyami (He thinks the bird head and Dark Shadow are really cool) and Shoji;
• They think Izuku is a bit weird, but He's a cool guy;
• During the Quirk Assignment, Izuku actually grabs Mineta by the scruff of the neck and brings him to Aizawa (with the girls' permission);
• Battle Trials are so easy and He doesn't fight Bakugou -- which makes Bakugou so fucking mad;
• Every day after classes, Aizawa and Izuku meet with Yagi to train His control and find a way to stop breaking His bones;
• Izuku doesn't mind, pain doesn't do anything to Him, but that just made Aizawa and Yagi more horrified and determinated to find a way;
• By the time USJ comes around, Izuku can use One for All three times before he breaks a limb;
• Izuku falls with Tsuyu and Momo in the boat and after they get out, Izuku leaves to go to the Plaza instead of going back to the entrance;
• He tries to help Aizawa leave and uselessly bandages some of his injuries, but Shigaraki hears him and is surprised he didn't hear Him arriving;
• Shigaraki tries taunting Him, but Izuku casually says He's not scared of them. He has seen way worse;
• He is way worse than them;
• Affronted, Shigaraki orders the nomu to kill Izuku. He scrambles on top of it with OfA and rips its brain off with His bare hands;
• Yagi and the teachers arrive before Shigaraki can lay a hand on Izuku and he gets shot by Snipe;
• Since Aizawa is in ICU, Yagi takes Izuku home and promises to take Him to see Shouta when He can;
• Shouta tells Izuku He was absolutely stupid by taunting Shigaraki, which He replies He genuinely wasn't, He was just stating the truth (meanwhile Yagi just coughs blood in shock);
• Shouta still says He was stupid, but thanks Him for trying to take care of his injuries (even if He didn't do anything);
• Izuku has so much fun during the Sports Festival -- He gives His mentors so many heart attacks during the whole thing;
• He wins against Shouto and fights against Bakugou who is seething the whole time;
• Shouto admires Izuku a little after the fight because He won the battle almost never using His quirk;
• Bakugou and Izuku's fight is a bit more brutal than it should've been and ends in a tie, since they both knocked out;
• Izuku still goes with Gran Torino during internships and instantly vibes with the old man. He also learns the Full Cowl;
• Shouto and Izuku team up to beat Stain's ass;
• Izuku doesn't really care about Stain, but He won't let him kill his friend;
• When the police chief tells them about what will happen next, Izuku points out they don't have to actually reveal who caught Stain. They can claim it was an Underground hero or a hero who didn't want to be revealed, hell, they even could claim the police caught the Hero Killer;
• He knows Shouto doesn't like his father, so giving him more recognition just sits wrong for them;
• A while later, Shouta appears to take Izuku home and scolds Him again for recklessness, including Shouto, he also gives a punish to Tenya for going after Stain; 
• Shouto asks if Izuku is All Might and Aizawa's secret love child, which makes Izuku burst laughing and Shouta orders Todoroki to never say those words ever again;
• Final Exams are a bit of a mess and after it, Bakugou finally confronts Him about not being the real Izuku. He explains that at first, He wasn't, but after staying in his body for so long, they might as well be the same person;
• When Katsuki asks why He was using this body, He replies that He wanted to achieve the original Izuku's dream of being a hero and that He has no intention otherwise;
• Bakugou also finds out about Inko and what happened to the original Izuku. He didn't want to answer, but He thought Katsuki would never let it go unless he knows the truth;
• Bakugou cries a little bit and Izuku leaves him alone to process it;
• Izuku asks Toshinori and Shouta about grief so He can understand what Bakugou and other humans go through;
• The Entity feels He also grieves for Izuku as well;
• Shigaraki doesn't show up at the mall;
• Summer Camp is really cool and makes Him work harder to control One for All. He thinks about how far He has come and wonders if Izuku is proud of their progress;
• Izuku goes against Muscular again to protect Kota until help arrives. Shouta and Izuku fight together, and while he goes to find the other students, Izuku needs to find a safe place for Kota;
• In the middle of the chaos, Compress tries to capture Izuku but when it continues to be hard to catch Him, the villain makes a deal to retreat if Izuku comes willingly -- which He accepts;
• Then, He finds out they also got Bakugou;
• Shigaraki wanted Izuku because he was intrigued about this NPC, and All for One wanted to know who was the one to defeat a nome created to destroy All Might so easily;
• They talk about the League's goals, Stain, All Might and hero society;
• Izuku tries to dissect Tomura's brain a little bit. After having glimpses of humanity, He doesn't understand why they see the world in black and white;
• He also asks what will happen after Shigaraki's goal is completed and why he wants to destroy everything instead of laying a foundation;
• Tomura wonders about Izuku's ruthlessness and gleefully points out that shouldn't be a hero trait. He says he's was angry at Izuku for beating his nomu, but he can push it aside if Izuku joins them. He knows Izuku has a sharp mind, an earth-shattering quirk and something darker underneath His skin;
• Izuku politely refuses and threatens that if the League does anything to His precious people, He will show Shigaraki what real fear looks like;
• Despite not taking the threat seriously, Shigaraki can't help but be nervous under that unblinking gaze;
• Izuku is sent to talk to All for One, who instantly recognizes Him as the ninth user. In turn, He can sense All for One has something ancient in him and that he's rotting from inside out;
• Izuku asks if All for One wants to be a god and calmly states that no matter how far he goes he will never be one, not even close;
• All for One is a bit annoyed after Izuku's statement and says He's a boy who knows nothing at all and one day, He will die under his hands; 
• Izuku concedes one day He will die, but just for a moment -- unlike All for One. He says He's more than what the villain can understand. For Izuku, All for One is dangerous, yes, but there so much more than what humans comprehend;
• That man doesn't scare Him;
• Before they can finish the conversation, the heroes arrive and All for One sardonically apologizes but he has others matters to attend to;
• While All for One and All Might fight, He and Bakugou are rescued by their friends and taken away from the League;
• Izuku tells Toshinori and Shouta about His talk with Shigaraki and All for One, and tells them what He truly is;
• He tells them about the original Izuku, what made Him stay and what made Him want to be human;
• He is Izuku as much as Izuku is Him now. He wishes the real Izuku hadn't died, but He is also glad He got to meet so many interesting people;
• Yagi leaves first since he met the real Izuku before his death;
• Shouta is also confused and reeling, he asks why Izuku told them now, which He replies it felt like the right time and something in All for One made Him think about some stuff;
• Aizawa says he's disappointed he couldn't meet the real Izuku but he's a little glad he met Him, despite all of the trouble He causes;
• And Izuku hugs him, awkwardly because He doesn't know how hugs work;
• A few days later, He talks to Yagi again. Toshinori says he was angry at Him for deceiving him, but he is mostly angry at himself. He asks if it's his fault the real Izuku died, which He answers he was the straw that broke the camel's back, but it isn't only his fault. The real Izuku suffered even before he met All Might;
• He asks Yagi to remember he's only human and humans are flawed things, as much as they try to hide behind masks and cheerful personas; 
• Yagi says it will take a while to get used to Him, but He answers it's understandable. 
• After the license exam, Mirio suggests He should go with Nighteye for His hero studies, but the man is angry at Him for no reason -- and they don't even know each other;
• He thinks Nighteye has a little of hubris, even if unconsiously, for believing his quirk is infallible. For Him, nothing is reliable, not even time, and trusting too much makes humans ruled by fear or pride, whatever comes first;
• However, Izuku berates Himself for judging too much, since He is different from other humans;
• He does pass Sir's test tho (because Izuku is a bit petty like that);
• Funny thing; because Izuku isn't human anymore, Foresight doesn't work the same way it does to other people;
• Later, Izuku asks Shouta to take Him or ask if Fatgum can take another student;
• Most of the internship is helping Shinsou train for heroics, since he's aiming to be at Class 2-A next year. Well, until Eraserhead is called to help in a raid
• Shinsou thinks Izuku is really Weird;
• Despite Shouta's own mind saying it was a bad idea, he takes Izuku with him;
• Sir Nighteye is only a bit surprised;
• Izuku takes Eri, who admires Him for not being scared of Overhaul, and fights the villain head on. He lets His Wild side show during the fight, just to scare the man;
• Nighteye is gravely injuried, but he doesn't die. He will have to stay out of commission for a while, but he thanks Izuku for helping;
• During Joint Training, Izuku talks with the vestiges, but instead of unlocking Daigoro's quirk, he unlocks Nana's;
• They are confused about Him, but as long as He is against All for One, they will help Him;
• Izuku doesn't get the rivalry Class A and B have because there are too much students for just one classroom and Aizawa and Vlad King pick them randomly -- He tells Monoma as such every time he tries to taunt them;
• Every time Eri has a nightmare, she goes to His room and sleep there because she knows He's not scared of anything and He will protect her;
• Kaminari is trying to teach Him about memes and he is baffled Izuku doesn't know anything;
• Bakugou and Izuku are.... mostly fine, now, but Katsuki keeps his distance. He's still processing everything;