Alarm bells sounded through the room, through the entire building. There had been a breach!
"You two have to leave at once, come with me" the head of the guard stated, starting to pull Inko along.
"Oh, but leaving they will" All For One laughed. The electricity started fluctuating, making the lights blink. A black portal appeared and Izuku froze in his place.
No, no, no! This wasn't really happening!
"Surprise! Are you happy to see me Izuku? Are you? Are you?" Toga asked with a wicked smile on her face as she hupped around him.
"You're coming with us" Dabi stated, taking out the guards with his blue flames before blocking the door. Meanwhile Shigaraki had freed All For One, helping him stand up.
"Are you okay, master?" he asked, bowing a little.
"Yes, all thanks to my son" he smiled, rubbing his wrists.
"No..." Inko whispered, tears streaming down her face. Izuku was to shocked to move or reacted at all.
"Come on Izuky! Let's go to our new home!" Toga laughed, hooking her arm into his.
"You too, Mrs Otsuka" Dabi whispered, guiding Inko towards the portal.
After her Shigaraki and All For One vanished into the black hole. Now Toga was pulling Izuku along as well. Once he stepped through, there was no turning back... But they already got his mother! What could he do other then comply? There was no one here to help him... And than he heard it. The faintest yell. Right before entering the portal. All Might yelling his name... He turned around, wanting to reach out for him but was pulled in none the less.
The blackness vanished and All Might slammed the wall angrily, shouting and cursing while he kept hitting those damn bricks. All For One had won... He had taken everything away from him... His hero carreer, his student... Every goal he ever had in life... Distroyed. Utterly distroyed! Everything he worked so hard to accomplish... Gone. He punched the wall one last time before tiredly leaning his head against the cool bricks.
"I failed you..." he whispered, slowly losing consciousness.
- - - - -
Word got out fast and the security footage leaked onto the internet. Almost the whole world had seen it by now, no surprise there... All Might had locked himself away somewhere at UA, unable to face the press. Not only did his greatest enemy escape, did his own pupil betray him, but was the secret of One For All exposed. People now knew he had given his quirk to young Midoriya. They demanded an explanation he wasn't able to give. How could their symbol of peace do something like this?!
Meanwhile Bakugou had fallen in a downwards spiral as well. He had to explain to his class that he knew. He knew about One For All, about All For One being Deku's father... He explained All Might's whole quirk to them without ever showing emotion.
'Promise me that whatever happens tomorrow, you'll still love me'
He could still hear his voice rang inside his head.
'Promise me!'
He couldn't help but wonder... Did Midoriya know? Know what was gonna go down? Did he have a part in it? Was this the plan all along? Was his whole persona just an act to gain their trust? To gain information and sabotage UA from the inside out? He had cried for hours, Kirishima doing everything in his power to calm his best bud down.
Bakugou had gone rogue, attacking whoever talked to him, going off to train by himself to blow off steam. Conspiracies about Izuku had taken over the internet, yet most of class 1-A refused to believe their friend was actually working with the bad guys. How could he? After telling them he was so afraid to become like his father? But then again, it could all be an act...
They'd all seen the footage. They've never seen Midoriya like that before... Maybe it was his true nature surfacing? Maybe it had been all a big pool of lies, made to lure them in... But none the less, classes continued. UA was facing another wave of controversy, but neither student or teacher seemed to care.
Class 1-A was robbed of its liveliness, sitting in dead silence in the classroom. Kacchan was staring out of the window, tears in his eyes. Not a moment had gone by where he didn't think about Deku... About all the things they did together, the life they spend growing up with each other...
How could he ever believe that everything was a lie? That the pure innocent broccoli he knew, was actually an evil mastermind, out to get his hands on One For All?
Mr Aizawa walked into the room, over 10 minutes late. No one cared. Not even Iidia, who put education above anything else. Thursday Izuku and his mother had been taken. Or as many thought, they went with All For One. They escaped together, as a family of villains. Today was monday, four days after everything took place. Four days of uncertainty and emotional torture...
"Morning Class" Aizawa said. Nobody reacted.
"All Might will be back as a teacher today. I expect you to behave respectfully. You all know he is going through a difficult period"
Katsuki couldn't help but laugh. He supressed it almost instantly, but everyone had heard it.
"Do you have anything to comment on that, Bakugou?" Aizawa asked, activating his quirk so the spikey haired teen wouldn't be able to hurt anyone or himself. Even he knew in what kind if state the boy was at the moment...
"You say it like he's the only one who lost someone important" Katsuki scowled.
"Like he was the only one who was deceived... News flash! Deku screwed us all over! So no! I won't show any respect for that shallow shadow of a hero! He needs to get his fucking shit together! Who the hell does he think he is?! That he's better than us?!"
"No, I would never think that young Bakugou"
The whole class looked to see All Might standing in the doorframe.
"But unlike you, I don't think it was young Midoriya who deceived us. This was what All For One had been planning all along"
"Yeah, tell yourself that stupid fucking lie! You just want something to make up for your poor judgement in chosing a successor!" Kacchan hissed, glaring at the retired hero.
"Unbelievable I used to fucking look up to you... I fucking admired you goddamnit!"
Tears started streaming down his eyes and he slammed his fist onto his desk, angrily staring ahead of him. He was painfully aware of the void behind him. Deku's place in class...
"I haven't given up on young Midoriya. And I can see in your eyes you haven't either" All Might replied calmly.
"I understand it's easier to be angry, Bakugou. To be mad at him for betraying you. It's much harder to see the harsh truth. That Izuku Midoriya and his mother have been kidnapped by All For One and are forced to live under his rule. It worries us both"
"Shut the fuck up!" Katsuki yelled, tears streaming down his face, his fists clenched.
"You know nothing about how I feel okay?!"
"But he is your boyfriend, is he not? You must be worried sick... Thinking over all possible things they could be doing to him right now... So you shut off your emotions, be angry, be mad at the world. It's not the right solution, young Bakugou"
"Than what the hell is?!" the explosive teen hissed, simply crumbling down.
He made himself small, breaking down in front of the whole class. They had never seen Bakugou cry like that... They had actually never really seen him cry. Nobody except Kirishima of course. Silence fell as All Might didn't answer anymore and all that could be heard was Kacchan's crying.
"He fucking knew this would happen!" he shouted through his sobs.
"That green bastard knew All For One was planning something! H-he was so fucking scared... H-he made me p-promise to still love him after whatever would g-go down that thursday... And I-I didn't see it... I didn't fucking do shit to stop it from happening!"
"You wouldn't have been able to" All Might replied calmly, now standing in front of the blond.
"I was there when it happened. No one was able to intervene"
"I-I could've stopped him from going!" Bakugou hissed.
"No, you couldn't. Deep down you know that" he answered, carefully hugging him.
"There is nothing you could have done to change what happened. This is not your fault"
Katsuki harshly returned the embrace, holding onto All Might's shirt while crying in his chest.
"The police is doing everything in their power to track them down with the help of various hero agencies" Aizawa added.
"They will be found and the truth will surface, you can be sure of that"
"Do you believe Deku is evil, Mr Aizawa?" Uraraka asked, raising her hand.
"No" he answered honestly.
"Otherwise I would've expelled him the first day of school"
The class swallowed, remembering that day very clearly... They were all so scared they would be kicked out, certainly Midoriya. He couldn't control his own quirk, how stupid was that? That's what they'd thought back then. Now they knew it wasn't even his quirk. That he actually only gained it the morning of the entrance exam... He had grown so much since then...
"Is there anyone in this class who believes Izuku Midoriya is actually an evil mastermind?" Aizawa asked, dropping his quirk since Bakugou wasn't a threat anymore. Nobody reacted to his question.
"That's what I thought. Now, All Might, would you please take Bakugou out of class with you? I think he needs some time"
- - - - -
Izuku tried to control his breathing as he cried silently. It's been four days... Four days since he and his mother were taken. They were held in the new headquarters of the League of Villains. It was super fancy and they had everything they could ever wish for... But it wasn't right...
All For One had acted like he never vanished from their life, playing the happy little family with them. He had even given Deku his quirk back. The one he was supposed to develop as a child. Share With One.
It made it possible to use the quirk of anyone he touched or was close to. His father had told him that he would eventually be able to activate other people's quirk without them being around. That Izuku just needed to remember what they looked like, how they made them feel... All For One had started training him, but Deku never gave it his all.
He had been secretly gathering information about the stronghold, its weaknesses and defence systems. He studied the guard paterns, the quirks of the villains, their roles in the organisation. He'd even devoted a whole notebook to it! Yes, Izuku had already planned five different ways to escape this place, but none of them he wanted to use. He and his mother would be fine, they would get away. But that wasn't what he was worried about...
The League had planted bombs on UA grounds during those attacks a while back. If Izuku didn't comply or fought back, they would set them off. They would blow up UA and everyone in there. They would kill his friends, his teachers, innocent people... Kacchan...
He inhaled sharply, focussing on his writing as a tear fell onto the page. This notebook held everything. Every single detail... Tonight he would sneak out between guard changes and come back before anyone notices he's gone. He'd planned it all out, it was all in there. He took a shaky breath, wiping his tears away.
"Izuku! Dinner is ready!" his mom called out.
"Coming!" he shouted back, quickly shoving the notebook underneath his pillow. They'd recreated their appartment perfectly. Midoriya's room was exactly the same, with one mayor change. All his All Might posters and merch had been replaced by posters of Villains.
He sighed, walking through the hall towards the kitchen.
"Can you set the table sweetie?" she asked, looking at him with a forced smile. She was keeping strong for her son, Izuku knew that. She acted along because she knew there was nothing else she could do. It was her way of protecting her family, her son.
"Of course mom" Deku answered, setting the table.
"I'm home!" All For One exclaimed as he entered through their front door.
"Oh, that smells absolutely delicious! Inko dear, what have you made us this time?"
"Pork cutlet" she answered. 'My favorite' Izuku thought as he watched his father walk into the room. Like said before, he was dead set on playing the happy family. It was sick and disgusting.
"How was your day son? I heard you gave Dabi a hard time at school?"
School, what a joke. His villainous training had been nothing but one big joke. Of course Midoriya had played along, listened to every word. But that didn't mean he liked it.
"He asked me to fight him, not my fault he can't handle my power" Izuku shrugged, knowing his father tolerated the nonchalance.
"Ah yes... So hard to find good personel these days" he sighed.
"And how are things with Toga?"
Toga, his self proclaimed girlfriend... The thought alone made shivers run down his spine and not in a good way. His heart only belonged to Kacchan!
"Good" Izuku forced out.
"Glad to hear!" Aiko grinned, ruffling his hair and walking over to the kitchen where his mom was cooking.
Deku shuddered, glad to be rid of that man for a few seconds. He grabbed the remote and turned on the tv, showing the news. It was about him, as per usual... Izuku had followed up on all theories and conspiracies about him. He knew he was painted off as the son of the symbol of evil. That he was supposed to be this evil child that seduced All Might and sneaked his way into UA to make it fall. That he all did it for his father, All For One.
It were all lies, and he knew that. But what if others didn't? The world believed he turned on them... What would his friends think? All Might? Kacchan? Did they believe all this?
"Izuku, turn of the tv sweetie, dinner is ready" his mom said. Midoriya nodded absentmindedly and turned off the screen, letting the remote fall onto the couch as he walked over to the table. If there was anything he hated most, it were the family dinners.
All For One would be gone when Deku got up so he didn't see him in the morning. Sometimes he caught a glimps of him during the day but never more unless they had training together. And at lunch he ate in the mess hall with all the other people who lived and working in this prison. They'd been kind of nice to him in their own special way, I guess, but Midoriya didn't trust it. The only reason they didn't kill him was because he was the son of their master...