The Line Between Light And Dark

Ch 1. Fate's Hand

Six Years Later

Izuku walked down the street humming softly as he walked under a bridge, only to leap backwards when something slimy and green began to lung at him. Another Villain, he often got targeted by them as he had chosen the timid persona for his new life, it gained him favours with the Heroes but not much else.

However he'd gotten too far into the persona to turn back now, he could sense another presence nearby and so he couldn't allow himself to break character in case he got spotted and so he just began screaming for help.

The area of the city he was in did not get patrolled as often as others, but that didn't mean there weren't enough Heroes to potentially spot him.

Suddenly the slime managed to latch onto his arm, crawling up until it had engulfed him and then preceded to start flowing into his mouth. He choked as he grasped desperately at the slime, needing to breath and realizing if someone didn't save him soon he would die and that wasn't ideal.

He couldn't even take the Villain's Quirk as All For One reacted badly to mutation types, not that he couldn't take them, it was just extremely risky and could potentially kill him.

However in a shockwave the slime was removed, allowing Izuku to cough up some green goo as he watched All Might fight the Villain for a few seconds before managing to get them into a bottle. How humiliating was that, saved by his own arch-nemesis, he was never gonna live this down.

"Young boy, are you alright?" All Might asked, walking over and kneeling down in front of him with a concerned expression." You looked moments away from passing out, do you need me to call an ambulance?"

Izuku stared for a moment, before just nodding slightly as his chest still hurt and he suspect goo was still in his lungs.

"I should be fine, All Might." Izuku groaned a little, coughing slightly." Um, thanks for the save there, I thought I was a goner."

He said goodbye to the man and then he walked back to his apartment only to freeze, surprise clear on his face. It appeared that a boy no older then fourteen was being held by the very Villain that he had been attacked by, but the boy looked nearly identical to his little brothers boyfriend.

It was no secret he had hated the Second user of One For All, but he also knew they had made his brother happy and his dislike for them had shrunk over the decades.

He couldn't change the death of his little brother or their boyfriend, but he might be able to do something for this look alike. None of the Heroes were doing anything anyways, so perhaps he should take the risk.

With a rush he realized he was already moving forward, he had no plan and his feet had moved before he could even think.

Izuku cursed his stupidity, not having a plan he would need to use his Quirk. He needed an excuse for it though, perhaps an erasure type Quirk? As long as he never used the Quirk he stole it wouldn't be seen as All For One, which he should have thought of before when he was sorting out his persona.

His hand made contact with the slime Villian and immediately the Villain turned into their human form as their Quirk was sucked into himself. Izuku closed his eyes as a rush flooded over him, he hadn't even realized he was so empty until now.

It was a rush he couldn't help but let out a sigh at, the boy he had rescued was staring at him in complete shock.

However Izuku just stood up and ran off, not wanting to get questioned and possibly found out by the rest of the Heroes. He swallowed as he ran with the Quirk of the Villian inside his own Quirk, he had forgotten how addicting taking a Quirk was. He would figure out his feelings towards his Quirk later, he needed to get to his apartment and process the things he had just seen and done.