"...Sensei?" Shigaraki asked. "Where's Izuku?"

"He's getting a quirk, Tomura." Sensei replied. "He is just getting ready."

"He is?" Shigaraki asked with worry in his eyes.

"Don't you want him to join you in your quest?" the older man asked. "I promise no harm will befall upon Izuku, besides, your goal is to topple the symbol of peace, is it not?"

"It is..."

"Ah...you're worried he'll become like the others?"

Shigaraki nodded.

"Don't fret." Sensei ruffled the grey hair of the child. "Believe in your little brother, he'll pull through this."

Sensei left Tomura where he stood as he patiently waited for both Sensei and Izuku.

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"How do you feel, Izuku?" asked Sensei as he came out of the green tubes.

"Why did I need to go in there?" he asked.

"It's just a precaution, to strengthen your body."

He looked at his hands followed by the rest of his body. "Does that mean I have a quirk now?"

"No."

It took Izuku a second for that to register. "Huh?"

"I strengthened your body, Izuku." Sensei said as he flexed his fingers. "Augmented, if you will. I have yet to bestow you the quirks."

"But I thought the body training-"

"It was needed, yes, and you still need to do that. I just gave it a boost, as a reward for doing so well past Kurogiri's expectations. Think of it as a bonus."

"T-Thank you, sensei..." He bowed his head causing Sensei to chuckle.

"No need for formalities, Izuku." He gestured Izuku to a seat. "However, augment boosts like that makes you...artificial."

"Artificial?"

"Yes, you're beyond human now." Sensei said. "You are an Artificial Human, Izuku."

"But I still need to follow the training regime?" Izuku got a nod in return.

Sensei beckoned him closer, holding out his hand.

"I shall give you the quirks of your parent's now." He said placing his hand on Izuku's head. "You might find yourself falling asleep however..."

Then, young Izuku felt it! He felt it!

It course through his body!

However, when it was over it happened again!

It was an odd feeling. Odd...but probably something he would get used to in the future. That's if Sensei would provide more quirks for him.

"Izuku?" he heard Sensei call his name. "...Izuku?"

"Yes, Sensei?" he responded as Sensei's face look down at him. "...D-Did it work?"

"Work? I think it went perfectly. Just as I calculated." He said as had already removed his hand.

"Interesting...very interesting. It seems he 'accepted' the quirks much more easily than others due to being quirkless." He thought as he returned to his desk. "It could also be from sheer willpower and want for a quirk that the quirks were accepted. He truly is a clean slate for quirks to be added...and no sign of being a mindless doll either."

"The perfect artificial creation! A sentient Noumu..."

"Um...how do I test for my quirks?" he asked him.

"Do not fret, I got that covered." He said before sending him a proud smile. A proud smile! "I have to say, I'm proud of you."

Izuku smiled, not bothering to hide it.

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Days past as Izuku learnt to use his quirks, the quirks of his parents...dead parents...

It went along smoothly and could be controlled quite easily.

Fire Breath was quite easy to understand, he could breathe fire from his mouth. Kind of like a dragon.

That quirk belonged to his father.

Attraction of Small Objects was his mother's quirk. It allowed him to attract small objects or tools towards his body.

When Sensei said despite what they could do they were still useful. He was right! They had plenty of uses!

He'll never have to get up to get the remote again!

Or you know, do sneak attacks with it too...

Just imagine what scattered knives could do.

Izuku kept at it, practicing as he recalled sensei's words.

"You took to those quirks like a fish to water. Kept it up and I might give you another quirk."

There was no time to rest.

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"Let's go, Izu." Tomura said as he led Izuku outside.

"Where are we going?" he asked his older brother.

"Out." He said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Out where?"

"Shopping...mostly..."

He followed his brother and did not recognize much of the city seeing as he usually stayed where Tomura and Kurogiri was, with sensei too!

"And the number one hero All Might has saved the day yet again." A news reporter said on a giant screen.

Tomura groaned as he looked up at the screen, seeing that smiling blond bastard. "See that Izuku, the symbol of peace." He spat out. "What 'symbol' he is. If he is truly a symbol of peace, he's doing a horrible job."

And then, to Tomura's ears, he heard Izuku agree. "Yeah...just like all the others."

Tomura placed a hand on Izuku's shoulder and smiled. He was very happy that his younger brother shared the same way. "Well we better get the shopping done."

Izuku spared one last glance to the screen of the smiling hero.

"Just as sensei said..."

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Tomura carried the bag in his hand as Izuku carried the other bag.

"Tch... seems we have some annoyances..." Tomura groaned with mild annoyance.

Izuku looked ahead.

Thugs...

"What do we do?" he looked up as his big brother who seemed to hold back an emotion.

"We use our quirks." Tomura said as if it would solve their problems. "Those thugs will not hesitate to hurt you, hurt us, hurt sensei." He told the younger boy.

"S-So..."

"We fight to survive. No heroes will come save us outcasts."

Izuku gulped as a reassuring hand was found on his shoulder. "Don't worry. I'll make sure it's okay in the end."

Izuku counted the thugs. Three in total and all pretty weak as decided by Tomura, speaking of Tomura, he already started to walk again.

"Hey kid-" the thug, who was holding a knife, dropped to his knees to 'talk' but landed with his face...missing...

Granted he still had his skull.

"Trespassing on our turf and killing our boy!" the second shouted.

Izuku surprisingly wasn't fazed.

He saw the corpses of his parents after all.

But he still felt a little sick.

The knife came down at Tomura. His brother in all but blood!

He wouldn't allow it!

A sea of flames engulfed the second, causing him to drop the knife and fell to the ground.

The third immediately turned to him before two knives stabbed themselves into the thug's back.

As he fell to the ground as Tomura disintegrated the back of his head.

"How are you holding up, Izu?" he asked as the child was kneeling over, ready to spew up his lunch.

Tomura patted his back. "Let it all out." He said.

Izuku looked at the three thugs. They were old and ragged.

They were outcasts of society.

"I'll admit Izu, I didn't want you to do this, but I wanted you to be prepared against the real world. They wouldn't have hesitated to kill us...like the night sensei saved us."

Izuku silently nodded, refusing to throw up. "I...I'll be strong...for you, sensei and Kuro!"

Tomura helped Izuku up as they headed back to the bar.

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Sensei watched as both Tomura and Izuku sat at the bar as Kurogiri fixed them up some lunch.

They were growing by the day and Izuku had taken the first two lives away from another.

Originally he was going to set up a test for Izuku about taking a life. But now he didn't have to.

They hated heroes. They strived to take down the symbol of peace. This, he saw as pride filled him.

Speaking about the symbol of peace...he was getting closer.

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Izuku used to be eight years old, but now he was nine. Tomura was only three years older, being twelve.

They both seemed worried as Sensei had increased and pushed their training to the limits.

He was starting to worry them.

Kurogiri included...

"I'll be back." He said to the two boys.

"Where are you going?" Tomura asked as Sensei kneeled in front of them. "There's something I need to do."

They watched as Sensei had disappeared into the darkness of the night.

"Come now." Kurogiri said. "Have faith in sensei, will you."

And so, they followed the mist man.

"Hey...Kurogiri..."

"Yes, Izuku?" he turned his head to the green haired nine year old.

"Are you worried for sensei too?"

"...I am." Kurogiri answered.

"..."

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It had been days without sensei, weeks to be specific.

Sensei had yet to turn up.

Where was he? Where was he?

Where was sensei?

"Boys..." Kurogiri's voice called out as his shadows warped around the two. "Sensei...wants to talk with you..."

Izuku closed his eyes as Kurogiri's quirk covered him. He had the ability to warp, quite a useful ability.

He heard Tomura gasp and Izuku followed next as he gasped when he opened his eyes.

Sensei's face...the top of sensei's face...

The top of his face from his upper lip up...was now entirely made of scar tissue now. It covered his entire head, the back of his neck too.

He had no nose, no ears, no hair, no eyes...though...they could make out the outlines of eye sockets if they looked hard enough.

He had various tubes sticking out of his neck and jaw to help with his breathing.

It was like he was attacked by a monster!

"S-Sensei?" the cracking voice of Tomura asked as he slowly approached the now handicapped man.

"Shigaraki...Tomura..." he called out slowly, still wounded from his battle. "I failed."

"What happened to you sensei?" asked Izuku, with tears threatening to fall.

"...Izuku...what happened?" he dry cough forced itself up his throat. "All Might happened."

Both Tomura and Izuku's eyes widened. "A-All Might! He did this?!"

"Yes." He said bluntly. "All Might did this to me."

Sensei could feel them hugging his legs or rather Izuku was hugging his leg as Tomura fell to the floor, he could feel the tears from Izuku.

"All Might!" Tomura spat out with such venom. "I'll kill him! I'll kill the symbol of peace!"

"I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him. I'll kill him!"

Sensei felt Izuku's grip tighten on his leg. "First my parents...now sensei?" his breathing got heavier. "I-I don't want to lose you too! Sensei!" he declared.

"I'll make sure All Might will never hurt you again! I'll help nii-san kill All Might!"

Sensei stayed quiet for the longest time.

"Come here, both of you."

They did as they were told as two arms wrapped around them. "Thank you. That means the world to me." He said.

"Sensei, you shouldn't move!"

"I'm fine. I'm still alive. I just need some time to rest."

The kids gave him a look as let go. "If you want to take down the symbol of peace...you need to get stronger."

"Then we'll get stronger!" Tomura declared.

Izuku nodded next to Tomura, heroes had already taken too much from him. He didn't want to lose anymore.

"Then go and get stronger."

And then, Kurogiri warped them away.

They were going to get stronger. Stronger to kill All Might!

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A cold shiver went down All Might's back as the hero stood after 'defeating' his long time nemesis of his, his sensei, his sensei's sensei, and so on.

He was the eighth one, and the one who 'defeated' the long time menace. The evil ruler of Japan that lurked in the shadows for years...yet, he didn't feel anything.

Especially if that chill was anything to go by.

He didn't feel like he defeated his enemy. If anything, there was a chance he could still be out there.

No...he had to be.

"...All For One..." the hero looked in the direction of their previous battlefield.

The hero fell to his knee as he clutched his side.

It hurt, it still hurt.

It never once stopped hurting.

But, now when the adrenaline finally stopped kicking...

The pain was unbearable.

He spat out blood.

He needed to get to a hospital and quickly!

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"It seems I was too late." Sensei muttered as he sat in his chair. "This quirk is useless now."

He had taken a quirk called Super Regeneration and just as the name implies, allowed whoever had it to regenerate from any injury on the user's body such as missing limbs at incredible speeds.

However his scar tissue face...was unaffected.

His wound had already cicatrized. It was a worthless quirk to him now.

However, despite it being useless for him...it could be useful to another...