The King of Heroes: Null/Virtue

Rapture

"Never again!" Momo shouted as Izuku sat on his bed. She paced back and forth at a dizzying rate. "I'm your Queen! I want to know these things! If you need to do something on your own, I can accept that, but leaving me out of it just hurts."

Izuku nodded. "I understand, and I am sorry..."

Momo stared at him for a while. "Wait... that's it?"

Izuku froze. "I can get on my knees and beg for forgiveness if you want?"

Momo shook her head. "No, that's not what I meant. I mean, aren't you gonna justify your decision to hide it from me?"

"Oh... No..." Izuku awkwardly averted his eyes. "I shouldn't have done that to begin with. Just because I could see the future doesn't mean I get to hand-wave everything away. I see that now. I was hiding and holding onto things with the belief that everything I was doing was for the best future. I don't wanna do that anymore. I was wrong for thinking that Chaos Magic was my answer to everything. It was almost like an addiction. No matter how I segmented my memories or aimed for the brightest future, I was relying too much on it. I think it's best that I accept that and move forwards. I can't access it anymore anyways."

Momo slowly nodded, happy with the answer she received. "So then... are you willing to be more open about the futures you've seen?"

"Yes," Izuku answered without hesitation. "But I will still warn you about the less glamorous stuff. And I have to say, of course, that these futures are no longer certain."

Momo plopped down on the bed next to him. "Then I wanna hear it."

Izuku smiled at her, took a deep breath, and began.

*******

"So the Infestation War is still on?" Goto asked as Izuku explained himself at the Tower of the Gods.

"Unfortunately," Izuku replied. "Some things can't be changed... like that asshole," he said, pointing to Shigaraki.

The Eternal Lord shrugged. "Sounds like it worked out for you."

"What if it hadn't?" The Divine Lord replied. "If he died, what would've happened to us?" She was as proud as any other Lord, but Cathleen knew the NULL Lord would be critical to the war effort.

"Are you stupid? I'm not gonna reveal my contingencies to you, of all people," Shigaraki responded with a chuckle.

"See, I feel like you're just making that up to avoid looking like a dumbass," Goto said with a disapproving look.

Izuku sighed. "I know he has some contingencies. I just don't know what they are. But he's definitely a dumbass because if he had succeeded, the number of lives lost would've been absurd. Not just from the Infestation War, but also from Chisaki's contracts. He would've rampaged in Mirrim first."

"It's just that you sub-species can't look far ahead enough to take into account my plans," Shigaraki responded with a confident air, leaning back in his chair.

Everyone just shook their heads like they were disappointed parents. Shigaraki was a more serious threat than that reaction would make someone believe, but he was a pest you just couldn't get rid of. The best thing to do was treat him like a toddler and not give any credence to anything he said.

"So, it's time for all to be revealed then, yes?" Anna asked, ready to get everything back on track.

Izuku nodded, passing out the file that the table scanned and then projected like a hologram for everyone to see. It was a map of the Infestation Zone borders.

"We've been over some of this individually, but since everyone is here, I'm gonna give the full spiel," Izuku said. "And since my path in time has changed, I can't guarantee all of this will be exactly accurate anymore."