A Villain's Rise

The Phoenix's ash

There is also another problem that has surfaced with my quirk after the fight. It seems that I, like many quirkless people, have a dormant quirk. Quirks that are locked away, often incomplete, insignificant, unstable or unusable. I knew that extreme trauma could forcefully activate these quirks, but I didn't think this would happen to me. Now, my quirk, my natural quirk has been unlocked and seems like it borrows power straight from one for all. Oh, how powerful it is. Great blazing controllable green flames. They could probably have rivalled All for one in his prime. However, it is so unstable. It was never supposed to activate, but my other quirks seem to have caused unforeseen mutation that unlocked this power. It is like a glass cannon; it could kill me. Even when not used it causes damage to me. My body is unable to use it. I'll have to use a combination of chemicals to supress it, so that it won't end up killing me. It's not ideal, but I don't need my natural quirk to succeed. After all, I have so many more.

Just as Deku finished writing in his journal someone knocked on the door. "Deku, there is something we need to talk about" Dabi said before he opened the door and walked into the lab. "You're back already? Thought it would take longer" Deku commented. "It has been 9 hours sine the attack. It's night outside" Dabi explained. "Oh. I guess I got slightly caught up in some work" Deku mumbled. "Shoto told me you weren't too well when you left Deika. Did you get hurt or?" Dabi asked. "No need to worry. My healing quirk had just reached its limit and couldn't heal an injury" Deku said dismissively.

"Now, what did you need to talk about?" Deku asked. "I met Hawks again. He asked to meet you. Again. You know, I'm getting tired of making up excuses" Dabi replied with a slightly irritated voice. "Really? I have to say, he is determined. It's just that we can't be sure if he is serious or not" Deku said. "I mean. The number 2 hero wanting to join a revolution that wants to destroy heroes. It is quite suspicious" Deku said with a slight laughter. "However, if he is sincere the impact on the public would be massive" He added and began pacing back and forth, muttering under his breath. "Alright. I'll amuse him. Early tomorrow, you know where. Tell him that if I see anything suspicious, I'll kill him" Deku ordered. "Will do" Dabi replied.

"Let me guess, it's not a coincidence we're having a meeting while Deku's talking with Hawks?" Spinner wondered as he sat in a planning room with Dabi and Todoroki. "No it isn't" Dabi confirmed. "We can't let Deku know about what we will talk about here. If either two of you tells him, I'll make sure you regret it. Understood?" Dabi said seriously, receiving nods from the other two.

"Good. Let's get to business, shall we?" Dabi began "I don't know how much you two have noticed, but there is something different about Deku nowadays something he doesn't want us to know. He has changed since I first met him" Dabi explained.

"Changed? In what way?" Todoroki asked. "Haven't you noticed. Ever since he fully adopted Eri, no scratch that, ever since we attacked Musutafu. It's like something is constantly on his mind and I don't mean the regular thoughts of revolution and experiments. There is something else he is keeping secret from us. Not only that, but his behaviour has also changed, he is calmer mentally now that what he used to be. Maybe it is because of Eri, but I just have a hunch there is something else" Dabi explained.

"Alright, so Deku behaves differently, doesn't mean there is anything behind it" Spinner said "A lot that has happened since Musutafu. He became a father, the revolution has grown considerably, not to mention the pain in the ass that has been the liberation army. People change, he has simply matured. Besides, him keeping secrets isn't something new. None of us know for sure about his life before he became a villain. Hell, we don't even know his real name!" Spinner argued. "Izuku Midoriya, that is his real name. And for the record, me and Dabi both know his story" Todoroki interjected. "Am I the only one who doesn't know?" Spinner asked. "Yes. Even Stain knows" Dabi replied, making Spinner grumble angrily to himself.

"Anyways, all of this isn't just some hunch I have. I have one piece of evidence" Dabi said. He pressed a button and a hologram of a picture came to life above the planning table. The picture was looking at Deku through a slightly ajar door. He was sitting at his desk, writing in a journal. Only a small portion of the text was visible. "åpre sud te væ"

"Alright, so he has a diary. A weird diary with letters I won't try to pronounce, but not the weirdest thing I've seen" Spinner said. "That's not the weird thing about this picture. The weird thing has to do with when I took. Because when I took it, Deku was supposed to be out on one of his trips with Eri. This is half an hour after he supposedly left and an hour before he came back" Dabi explained. "So unless he has suddenly become a very neglectful parent, which I doubt, then Eri is visiting someone else. And Deku is trying to keep that someone a secret from us. So we need to Find out who this person is" Dabi said.

"How? Deku is very careful about what he reveals and to who" Todoroki asked. "I don't know" Dabi admitted. "Even this picture I got of him was just dumb luck. We'll just have to do our best at investigating him without waking suspicion" He said. "And what about the revolution? Do we just continue following him knowing he keeps this secret from us?" Spinner asked. "Yes. We have no chance of achieving anything without him. None of us can compete either mentally or physically. Not to mention that the revolution is practically built around him. That's why we need to be extra careful. One misstep and..." Dabi said, but stopped when he heard someone approaching. He quickly turned off the picture before the door opened, revealing Deku. "Good, you're all here already. We need to make some plans" He said with a smirk.

A/N: Took longer that I expected, but her you have another chapter. A lot of foreshadowing in this one. Also, the text Dabi saw in Deku's journal "åpre sud te væ" does actually mean something, if you can decrypt it (Google translate surprisingly works for my dialect). Anyways, I'm up way too late and need sleep. I hope you're all having a wonderful day. Goodbye.