Hunting for a Hero

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Izuku couldn't move.

He was stuck standing on the sidelines and All for One stood above Toshinori with a large smile on his face. Izuku tried to move, to do something to help his mentor, but he couldn't move. He wasn't even sure he had his body anymore. It felt like he was just a floating spirit, observing the scene in front of him.

"Shame your protege wasn't here to witness it. Although I must admit it was new for me. Normally the student abandons the master to save themselves. This time, you left the next vessel of my brother's Quirk to die," All for One let out a raspy chuckle.

Toshinori growled and tried to fight the man, but it was hard when his entire body was burning and he couldn't move.

Noticing helicopters in the sky, All for One turned and looked at the man who had injured him greatly. "Why not give me one more smile, All Might. After all, this will be your last one to show to all the people that believed in you heroes" The man taunted.

Toshinori gritted his teeth and glared up towards his archenemy with nothing but pure spite and hatred in his eyes.

When All for One saw how angry All Might was, he simply smiled and raised his fist. "Well, I enjoyed our fight but alas, everything must come to an end. Every battle must have it's victor and its loser," His smile turned predatory as he looked down at the broken man

"And I am the victor"

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Izuku's body lurched upwards out of his bed and slammed his head into the roof before his body flopped back onto the bed. His breathing was erratic and his mind in shambles. He squirmed around in his bed, trying to move his body, but he felt paralyzed.

"Ninth! Calm down!" En clamored from within his mind, trying to help the boy remain calm.

"A-All Might! All Might!" Was all that came out from Izuku's mouth, tears now rolling down his cheek.

"What's wrong with Toshinori?" Nana's vestige floated beside En.

"He died! UA was destroyed! All for One won!" Izuku exclaimed.

"Eighth is fine. He hasn't appeared. You just had a nightmare," Yoichi calmed Izuku down to the best of his abilities.

Izuku, still feeling scared, closed his eyes and tried to follow Yoichi's advice. The man was right. There was no change in OFA. He couldn't feel anything new in the Quirk. Truth be told, he didn't know if he would feel a change in the Quirk, but the man said Toshinori hadn't died, and he had no power to view back into his world, so many would consider it a dream. But Izuku didn't.

"No, it wasn't a dream," Izuku whispered to the vestiges as he stared up to the ceiling. "It's what's going to happen if I don't get home in time," Breathing a sigh of relief, he gently closed his eyes again until they burst open. "Blake!" He yelled out.

Nana was quick to reassure him. "Don't worry, we wouldn't be talking to you if she was around,"

Rolling over to confirm what Nana said was true, Izuku breathed a heavy sigh of relief when he found Blake wasn't in the room. She must've gotten up earlier and went to the library to read. 'Note to self, go spend time with her after calling Ruby and checking up on her,' He made a mental note before sliding through the opening of the ropes and hopping down to the ground.

He looked back up to the bed hanging from the ceiling and shook his head. He was honestly surprised he hadn't banged his head on the ceiling before. The most damage he had done to himself was when he fell onto the ground from his bed a week ago. It still surprised him that he'd been sleeping up there ever since he came to Beacon in November.