Broken...Not Shattered

Chapter 40: The Start of Civil War

(This 'arc' which will just be the legion in the mindscape figuring out what happens will be decently long. I'll probably introduce what happens outside, but how, well how I'll do it will be a bit different. Also, I know this isn't an accurate depiction of D.I.D and I apologize, but well I don't really know what to say. With that on with the chapter.)

Izuku was still hugging himself in the seemingly infinite abyss that he was trapped in. While was still letting out a flood of emotions he heard a young, but also familiar voice say, ''Yeah let it all out. It took me a while to stop crying too, but eventually, you get used to it.'' Izuku, with freely flowing tears, turned around harshly, well as well as he could have while floating. He looked everywhere but found nothing but an empty wasteland. He tried to stand up, but there wasn't anything to stand on. He tried to make a platform with his quirk, not expecting it to work, but out of nowhere a small platform appeared. ''Well, I'm offended that you found out how to do that so quickly. It took me years to figure it out.'' ''WHO ARE YOU,'' Izuku shouted out. ''Well out of all people you should know. You're the one who killed me after all.'' ''I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! WE'RE IN MY STUPID BRAIN! YOU CAN'T KILL ANYONE HERE!"

The sounds of footsteps appeared and slowly started to get closer. ''You would think that, but here we are,'' the voice said tiredly. Izuku kept on turning around, but the voice said, 'Under you Izuku.'' Izuku looked down and where his reflection would usually be if he was standing on glass, he saw himself...well that wasn't completely true. He saw a much younger him, him from before the quirk diagnoses. ''What the'' Izuku muttered as he went on all fours and tried to make eye contact with himself. ''How are you...well you? How is this possible? You look just like me. Are you me?''

Younger Izuku rolled his eyes and suddenly he disappeared and reappeared in front of Izuku. "Yeah. I'm you. You kinda killed me so, well here I am.'' Izuku stood back up and towered over his younger self. ''Well if I killed you that means your dead. Does that mean I'm dead? Is this the afterlife?'' Y.I, younger Izuku, shrugged and replied, ''That's not what I usually call it but if that's what makes you comfortable then sure.'' Izuku looked around then back at Y. I and said, ''That's not what I want to call it. I want to call it what it is.'' ''Calling it what it is. Hm. Well, no one really knows what this place is.'' Izuku sighed and said, ''I guess I should rephrase the question. Am I dead?"

Y.I shrugged again and said, ''The body's alive so technically no, and we are here talking so no. But also kinda. It's complicated. Not a single one of us has figured a way out.''

"Us,'' Izuku questioned. Y.I chuckled and lightheartedly said, ''You have a lot to learn from me.'' His tone then shifted into a serious one, ''Especially about Grimm and Fu.''

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(With Grimm)

''That harlot. Izuku and Hikaru may not know about her nightly escapades with the various men and women, but she can't hide them from me. She may think she's got his body all figured out, but I've been hi-jacking it since day one. I've been killing the other bullies and the others since day 1. She thinks she's the only one who can delete memories. Screw her,'' Grimm angrily muttered while navigating the expanding labyrinth. ''AND WHY IS THIS SO BIG,'' he shouted while punching through a wall. However, unlike the others, it reformed. ''The hell,'' he whispered as he punched through it once again. It reformed once again and the cycle repeated.

''SCREW IT! I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH IT!'' Grimm then backed up to get a running start and as he was about to collide with it, it opened. ''Hold your horse's murderer,'' a strange voice said. ''I thought I killed you all,'' Grimm muttered while turning around.

He was met with a dark-skinned person, with shoulder-length red hair with violet eyes who looked like him and Izuku. ''That's what we wanted you to think Grimm, but in all fairness, you and Michiko got most of us. Still don't know why you teamed up with that monster. We only wanted to help him, and your unhealthy obsession made us your enemies.'' Grimm rolled his eyes, ''Cut the bullshit Akako. We both had our end goals. I wanted to stay by his side and all of you wanted to abandon him. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT WOULD HURT HIM!'' 

In turn, Akako rolled his eyes and said, ''We can argue all day but there's something you need to know. Michiko and Akuma are back.'' ''THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!'' Akako just turned around and said, ''Nothing is impossible.''

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(With Fu)

''Why did I say that? God, I screwed up.'' Then the idea of Grimm exposing her escape came to mind and she groaned, ''I can't even be mad if he did that. Damn it all to hell.'' She then put her back on the walls and slide down to the floor. ''What is happening outside?'' Fu stayed like that for a bit before getting back to her feet. She then looked at the walls and thought to herself, ''Can I jump on top of them? Well, only one way to find out.'' Fu tried to jump on it but couldn't make it to the top and instead hit her face when she collided with the wall. She tsked and walked away, but she turned around and lept from wall to wall until she reached the top and landed on it much like a gymnast would stand on a balance beam. ''Knew I could do it,'' she said with a minor smile. She looked around and saw the central control unit. ''Well, now I know where it is. Time to figure out what's wrong with Izuku and hopefully fix everything.