The machine kept going for days, only stopping when Kurogiri thought that Izuku was in too much pain. He would stop the process, but Izuku would glare at him. "Don't stop now!" His voice would be hoarse from all the  screaming, but he refused to give up halfway. Kurogiri would regretfully turn the machine back on and the screaming began once again.

Eventually it stopped, but only because Izuku lost his voice and had passed out. Kurogiri took this time to feed Izuku and tend to any wounds he had acquired while struggling to get out of the bonds that kept him down. He made sure to do this fast since he didn't know when Izuku would wake up next.

It went on for four days. It was a long, drawn out process. No matter how much Izuku claimed he didn't want to remember who he was, there was still a small part of him, deep down, that couldn't bring himself to let it go.

After seemingly endless torture, the machine finally turned off for good. Izuku opened his eyes and jumped. "W-who are you?" He asked in a raspy voice. He winced and looked down. "W-wait...who am I?"

"Izuku Midoriya. We are the League of Villains, and you're one of us," Shigaraki said. "Don't you remember us?"

Without warning, Izuku let out a laugh. It was eerie and out of place with the boy. He hadn't laughed in so long.

"S-sorry, League of Villains?" He laughed harder. "What a stupid name."

"Izuku-"

"Why's my head hurt? I can't feel my hands. Why am I trapped here. Am I your captive?" He laughed again. "You guys enjoy torturing little..." He looked down his shirt. "Boys?"

"Izuku, your part of our team." Kurogiri was put off by the way Izuku was behaving. It was nothing like he was before. He thought something like this might happed. His past is what made him who he was, but now with it gone, he was like a little kid again. He had no filter and kept saying things very bluntly.

Kurogiri started to undo the straps of the machine. "Woah, dude. What are you doing?

"Letting you go?"

"Oh, okay. Just wanted to make sure you weren't gonna hurt me again."

"Izuku, we did that because you wanted it."

Shigaraki kicked me. "Don't remind him if the past. He might remember again and this whole thing will restart."

Kurogiri got Izuku's bonds off and helped him stand. The boy wavered slightly, most likely starving despite Kurogiri's attempts to feed him. He was pale and looked thinner than he had been before. Izuku leaned heavily on Kurogiri for support as he brought him upstairs. "We'll have you eat something, and then you should take a shower."

"How do I take a shower?"

Kurogiri gave Izuku a concerned look. "Izuku, do you remember anything?"

"Yeah, but nothing you're telling me. I remember how to talk, don't I?"

"What else?"

Izuku though about it for a second. "Um...how to use a gun? Algebra? How babies are made?"

"Okay, so those last two aren't extremely useful, but at least you remember how to shoot." They had made it to the bar. Kurogiri set Izuku down at the counter. He had a thought. He picked up a wine bottle. "Can you read this?"

Izuku stared at the bottle blankly. "I can read a few words, but most of it is gibberish."

Kurogiri hummed and got to work making some broth. He assumed Izuku wouldn't be able to keep most food down right now. "Tell me if you remember anything else."

Izuku was swinging his legs and humming tunelessly. He was acting a lot younger than he was. Before he had lost his memories, he'd been fairly mature for his age. Now, he wasn't even as mature as a junior higher.

"Are you my dad?"

Kurogiri wasn't ready for that question. "Um...no."

"Then who are you?"

That was a good question. Kurogiri hadn't really thought about what he was to the boy. "I'm...your sensei." It wasn't a lie, since Kurogiri had taught him basic Japanese and math until he had been caught up mentally to that of a third year.

"Sensei? I don't think that's right. Who's my dad then?"

"We don't know that Izuku."

"Oh. Okay." He accepted it so easily. Kurogiri didn't think that he had the mental capability at the moment to understand what he was saying. This kid was going to be a lot more difficult to deal with then before.

"Are you gonna give that to me, or will I just have to pry it from your cold, dead hands?"

Kurogiri looked back. He had finished the broth but he had been caught up in thinking. Izuku's face had changed. He looked more sinister and that seemingly offhanded comment was most likely a threat. Something had changed in Izuku's voice.

Kurogiri handed the boy the broth and Izuku drank it straight from the bowl, wincing when it burned him. "Careful."

Izuku glared at him. "Whatever." He downed the rest of the soup and stood up. "I'm gonna go find a shower and learn how to use it."

He wandered off before Kurogiri could stop him. He hoped the boy wouldn't get too lost in the hideout.

After he left, Tomura came in. "He okay?"

Kurogiri shrugged. "Mentally, he's unstable. He's missing vital things in his memory. It's also likely he doesn't have a set in stone personality. His maturity is gone and he seems to have trouble thinking straight."

"Yeah. At least he didn't lose it completely though. He would've been useless then." Shigaraki tapped his fingers on the counter. "The real question is, can we still trust him?"

"I'm not sure." Kurogiri poured Tomura a cocktail. "Hopefully this wasn't a mistake."

"Yeah. Sensei's been telling me that the kid could be the key to bringing down All Might."

Kurogiri nodded. "I know. I guess we'll just have to teach him the things he doesn't know anymore and we'll go from there."

"This is too much backtracking for me. Have fun. Call me when he's a normal human again. Okay?"

Just then, there was a scream. It was Izuku.

He went to see what it was, but Izuku was already running down the hallway, a towel around his waist. "That burned!"

Kurogiri sighed. This was going to take a while to get used to.

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Hope your still liking this.

I'm trying to mess with Izuku's personality but I'm not sure how well I'm doing it. Hopefully it'll get better as I get further in the story.

Also, I think the rest if this story will be in 3rd person point of view to be easier to understand.

Hope this chapter was okay. I don't really like how it turned out, but whatever.