Izuku: Variety

Epilogue

Midoriya sits on the roof of UA, hiding in the corner as he uses his quirk to give his writing speed a boost, a mutter storm echoing across the partially enclosed area. What's he doing here, one might ask? Well, he's analyzing every aspect of his life, trying to calculate whether or not he should follow his Alternate's examples in an effort to gain his own quirk.

Don't get him wrong! He loves the fact that his childhood idol trusted him enough to have entrusted the legacy of his quirk to him! Even though he would have appreciated a heads-up regarding the two-hundred year old nemesis that comes with someone holding One For All...

Still, no matter how much he appreciates the quirk, how much good he's been able to do with it just in his first year at UA, it doesn't change the fact that it's not his. And he just can't manage to shake away the doubt that the Alternates have planted: that he does have a quirk, but hasn't been able to use it because it essentially needs a kickstart.

But... if he does decide to try and unlock a possibly latent quirk by doing as they did, he needs to be careful. An odd thing to consider when you're planning your suicide. But on the off-chance that he actually doesn't have a quirk, he wants to be able to come back. He can't make his friends and mom suffer just because of his own selfishness.

Which is a problem, because two of the ways his Alternates got quirks/abilities are one-hundred percent fatal! Midosagi has to literally die, while Emerald Dragon had to bathe in lava for an indeterminate amount of time. And he's not even sure that's how she 'awakened', as she put it.

On the other hand, Broccoli's method of gaining his quirk, or quirks, is completely impossible. He essentially underwent a different method of becoming a Nomu than the ones his class has encountered. Not only does that mean his quirks aren't really his, but Midoriya also isn't willing to risk One For All coming under the control of All For One during the process.

And of course there's the fact that he'd be equally likely as not to lose his mind during the process. It's clearly idiotic to even consider.

So he's out, and Kitsune's method wasn't much better. Her power comes entirely from her bloodline, her inheritance from the Tailed Beast. Since those are just a show in this world, lighting himself on fire using someone's quirk would just result in him becoming cooked Midoriya. No powers for him.

His questions to Emerald Dragon didn't help him in trying to identify any characteristics that would tell him if he too could become a dragon, though the way her lips curled when he asked spoke of how little she thought of him becoming one. Or maybe it was something else...

Either way, she ended up just as unhelpful as the others.

So, really, the only one he can reasonably try to copy is Midosagi. The problem with his is that it's not an instant regeneration kind of thing, instead taking a minimum of thirty minutes to come back to life, and a maximum of twenty-four hours. If he were to try and wait the full length of time it could happen, but it didn't work, then he'd stay dead! Nothing can bring someone back so long after they died! And even with what they do have available, it only works within moments!

If he tries to get Midosagi's quirk, he'll have to be prepared to stay dead.

He sighs, leaning back so his head taps against the wall. "What should I do?" He asks himself aloud, hoping that the noise will help him make a decision. He isn't expecting a reply, so when one comes in the form of an explosion blasting him sideways, it's safe to say he's surprised.

"You should stop being fucking stupid, Deku! The fuck is wrong with you to even consider something like that!?" Bakugou lands with a heavy thud, signature scowl on his face as Midoriya picks himself back up. But instead of apologizing like Bakugou expects, Midoriya scowls back at him.