My Pawfect Rebirth

143: Suffering

"Glad you decided to come back, so let's chat." Daigoro stated, with his arms resting on his knees and his hands clasped together.

'So I did manage to get back here, and it wasn't in my sleep this time.' Izumi thought. 

"Seems you've managed to take care of the League faster than we thought, then again you weren't alone in doing it." Daigoro said. 

"I was told to come here and talk to you guys since Shigaraki has decided when the final battle will be." Izumi said. 

"And when will that be?" En asked. 

"It's in 2 days, and though I thought training my body physically would work, I was told that I needed to train myself mentally too. But I still don't understand that part all too well." Izumi stated. 

"I see... it seems you might've been told this because you need to know the history of who you are going to face." Toshinori assumed.

"You mean... the past of Shigaraki?" Izumi asked. 

"Indeed, as that man has changed from what he used to be when he was younger. All for One has poisoned his brain to the point of thinking that Shigaraki will be in a safer world if he was in control, but he's wrong." Nana answered. 

"I was told Shigaraki got All for One's powers when he was only a child, right?" 

"Yup, but those powers haven't really enhanced his body until recently." Daigoro said. 

"So... what happened to him that led All for One to think Shigaraki needed his power?" Izumi asked.

"Shigaraki–no–Tenko Shimura was just an innocent child from the beginning, but All for One believed that one day–this child–would snap. Tenko's father abused him as a child because of what Tenko believed in, and because this child was abused to the point of snapping, he somehow killed his entire family with a hidden Spiritual Power that he never knew he had. All for One had managed to basically brainwash Tenko into killing his own family and thinking that he'd be safer without them in the way. And because of that, Tenko has been led down a path of destruction and chaos that never should've been there in the first place." Nana said. 

Izumi was speechless, but it made sense when she thought back to seeing Shigaraki earlier that day and the look in his eyes.

"To be honest with you, I think he doesn't just need to be stopped, but killed." Nana said, that caught Izumi's attention. 

"Wait- kill him? Why?" 

"He's a dangerous man-child who thinks society is out to get him because of what he's done. As much as I think it is a bit much to do, killing is possibly the only option." Toshinori said. 

Izumi looked around at each predecessor and could tell they were all possibly thinking the same kind of action. The man sitting in the center throne calmly lifted his eyes up to look at the greenette. 

"Though killing Shigaraki could be bad, it's the only option to keep both Realms safe from his destruction. But what do you think about this; Izuku?" the man asked. 

Izumi could tell who this man in the center was and knew that he was probably going to judge or test what her answer would be.

"Well I don't think that's the right thing to do!" she yelled. All of them looked up at her, not really sure if they heard the greenette correctly. 

"And why do you say that?" 

"Because, when I looked into the eyes of Shigaraki earlier... I could tell something was hiding from the surface for him, something... innocent. Like there was a child hiding behind a mask that can never be taken off. That child is screaming and crying for help, but there's no one to answer, and I don't even think All for One would really try to reach out to him either. I just... I honestly think All for One's been using him and controlling him to the point that he doesn't know who he is anymore either. Shigaraki is not a bad person, I can see it, I can see it in his eyes that he's wanting to be saved and protected by someone or something that is willing to help him!" Izumi answered.