Change of Heart (IzuToga)

Chapter 17~What Kind of Quirk is That?!

"Kill"-means  a character is speaking
"Murder"-A person's inner thoughts
Slaughter-An important detail for something such as a quirk
•••-break to past and or present
......-scene changes or a time skip happens, used to break paragraphs in large groups
—— cutting to the authors note at the end
Let's begin!

   Izuku felt his blood begin to boil, the league of villains was still running? "What do you mean? Why are they stronger?" His fist tightened until a hot liquid started to drip off his hand. "I cannot tell you unless you decide to help our investigation." Izuku went over to a wall and hit it with his head, "don't worry. I just need some clarity before I accept you offer. I don't want to act off of anger just alone." Izuku did it once more and shook his head when he was done, "I'll do it."
   "It's great to have someone on the team that's fought them before. Now, you'll be learning from Mirio on how to be a hero, maybe even learn something about the League through patrolling, I don't know. But, if you are doing this for your own agenda, then I wi-" Izuku cut him off "So what if I'm selfish? I'd rather live in peace with my girlfriend, than have to constantly be scared about the future." "Fine, I guess that's an okay goal to work for," Sir Nighteye pushes his glasses further onto his face, "but you're on thin ice Midoriya, Izuku." "I'm okay with that," Izuku leaned against the wall behind him and rubbed his forehead.
"Now, how do the Yakuza play a role in the League's activities?" "I'd rather you sit down than lean against my wall like an arrogant brat. But, the two groups should be meeting up with each other sometime soon, that's what Bubble Girl was talking about before you and Togata showed up." He walked towards his computer desk, the reflection of the light made bounced off his glasses. "We have a general area of where they could be, and we're searching, but we still need someone to patrol around there for any suspicious activity." "If you don't mind my interrupting, what does this have to do with me and Togata-Senpai?"
   "Well," Bubble Girl spoke up, "both you and Mirio would be dressed as civilians and watching for anything shady that's going on there." "Ha, I can't blend in with a crowd, and I'm pretty sure the two of you know that. I guess I'm going to be a lookout for Mirio, right?" She nodded, "You would be correct Midoriya." "Cool, can I go now? Or do you have more to say?" "No, you can leave. Just expect to go patrolling with Mirio tomorrow." Izuku could feel Sir Nighteye's gaze upon him, despite not directly looking at him.
   "Okay, then I'll actually take my leave," Izuku walked towards the door and opened it. He held up a peace sign as he exited the office; Sir Nighteye sighed, "how did you even find him Mirio?" "Uhh, he was smart enough to nearly beat me in a couple of fights that we were to have. The teachers brought us in to train this new class because of several incidents they haven't been strong enough to face. It kinda shows how big of a gap there was between him and the next strongest student."
Sir Nighteye pinched the bridge of his nose, "you have to be kidding. He's the next strongest hero at U.A?! He acts like a goddamn brat...you know what, I don't really care, just as long as you two do what You're told, we'll  be fine. You can go Mirio, I need to finish my conversation with Miss Bubble Girl." Mirio left the room shortly after being told he could. "I guess he gets his stubborn side because of what his father did. He's not a villain, but the way he acts isn't like a hero, I'll have to fix that then." Sir Nighteye smiled, "where did you say the Yakuza set up shop?"

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   The day afterwards, Mirio and Izuku walked to a normal looking area, in clothes that any normal teen would wear...except Mirio. He was wearing his hero costume. "You know the plan?" Mirio asked, "of course, I just have to watch you from a rooftop so that no one can see me." Mirio nodded and made a sound of confirmation, "and?" He let the A roll on his tongue for a bit, "if anything happens call your agency and proceed to protect you. I know what I'm supposed to do, so don't treat me like a child Togata-Senpai." Mirio chuckled, "you can't be careful enough when it comes to things like this. Something could easily go wrong and result in one of our deaths."
   Izuku sighed, "I guess your right." "Good, now get up to the vantage point, I'll start patrolling." Izuku nodded and headed into the alley on his left, Mirio continued to walk straight. "Why do I have to be le-" Izuku stopped dead in his tracks. He heard the faint cry's of a little girl. They seemed to be echoing off of the walls of the tight alley ways.
"Where is that coming from," Izuku lowered his voice to a harsh whisper. He slowly crept through the corridors until the cry's got closer. He peered down an alleyway and saw two shadows begin to shift within it. He quickly brought his hand down to a panic button that was on his belt. This was to be used if something was wrong, and there definitely was, because he could see the person they were looking for. Kai Chisaki. He was holding a little girl by her wrist and dragging her roughly through the alley. He was muttering something. It was unintelligible, so Izuku began to approach him from behind. When he got close enough he heard Kai speak, "Gotta get away from All for One. I'll protect you Eri, even if it results in my death, I don't want to see the world end, not yet at least. You're the key to this planet's demise and I can't give you to it's opener, Tomura Shigaraki. Now be quiet Eri, he could still find us." "What? Tomura's the new...All For One?!" Without paying attention Izuku kicked a glass bottle across the alley. He saw Kai, or Overhaul, turn around. His shirt was covered in blood and is left arm was torn off...but he seemed to be older than he was shown to be. "Jesus Christ, are you okay man?" Izuku didn't bother to keep up an act, Overhaul may have been a villain, but he seemed to be worried about whatever the league was planning.
    "Don't come closer, or I'll kill you." Overhaul was breathing heavily, presumably because of his missing arm and advanced age. "I won't, but what were you saying about Tomura Shigaraki and the League of villains? You mentioned something about a new All For One, what do you mean by that?" Izuku took a step closer with each question he asked, it was almost unnoticeable. Almost. A pillar nearly crushed Izuku, it came from the building next to him. Suddenly more and more of them appeared until he found himself to be stuck in a cage.
   "So can you explain it to me? How there is a new All For One despite him being dead." Izuku was floating behind Overhaul the entire time, what was in that cage was a reflection. "Goddamn it! Are you apart of the League or no!?" Izuku shook his head, "Good...then promise me that you will take Eri with you, I'm not too long for this world, especially after using up the remnants of my power." He let go of Eri's hand as Izuku touched the ground; He then limped over to the wall and placed his back against it before falling to the ground. "C'mere kid, it's alright now." Izuku walked over to Eri and grasped her delicate hand into his palm. "Don't let Tomura grab you," he pointed a finger towards Izuku; It was brittle and looked as if was going to fall off at any moment. "If he does, then he'll do to you what he did to me. Just protect Eri with your life," His voice trailed off and his head drifted downwards.
   "Eri, do you know what happened to Overhaul? Did a teen about my height with hands covering his body do it to him? You don't have to answer me, though." She shakily nodded, "Its Okay now Eri, you don't have anything to worry about." The tears that were consistently flowing from her eyes, began to slow down. "H-He protected me from Tomura's hand, I don't really know what happened after that...please don't hurt me whoever you are." She shuddered under Izuku's touch, and a small tingle of electricity courses through him. "I won't harm you Eri, I'm here to protect you. And if someone harms a single hair on your head, then I'll stop them easily." He put his hands under her shoulders and lifted her up into a hug. "Don't worry, I'll take care of you now." Izuku took one last glance at Overhaul's corpse, it was dusty and already falling apart. Not wanting to expose Eri to Overhaul's dead body any more, he started to head for the exit. "Shame. I wish that I got his entire quirk before he died, but I guess that's fine."
   A chill went down Izuku's spine; He looked towards the voice, "of course it's you. Why wouldn't I run into the next All For One?" Tomura was above him, sitting atop a ventilation unit. "What makes you so sure that I'm All For One? How are you so sure that I have your father's quirk?" Izuku could tell that he was toying with him, "I don't know, maybe that corpse." He pointed towards Overhaul, "Eri, when I put you down, run in the opposite direction of him." Izuku whispered, he slowly led a hand down to his belt. He took off the sensor and placed it on her arm using wind, he did this without Tomura knowing. "Click the button as soon as you start running. And Never. Stop. Clicking it."
   "Oh? So Overhaul told you about what I tried to do? He tried to stop me, but will you be able to?" Slowly he made his way towards Izuku, and Izuku walked towards Tomura. Suddenly Izuku put Eri down and slashed the air with his hand, a blade of air was shot towards Tomura's face. He ducked to avoid a cut, but his eye was still sliced open. "Eri! Run!" With that, she took off in the opposite direction while he held his eye shut as blood spattered everywhere. "You bastard! I'll kill you for that!" Tomura rushed towards Izuku, his hands were emanating a black aura. "Shit, I have to stay away from him," Izuku pushed him back with his quirk, but he didn't budge. He ran until he laid his hands on Izuku, "Fooled ya." A young girl's scream tore through the alleyway.
   Izuku looked behind him as Tomura disappeared. He was holding Eri, shutting her mouth as he did. "Kurogiri, open up a portal, I got what we need." A purple portal opened up behind Tomura, "NO! ERI!!!" Izuku ran for the portal as Tomura stepped through, "Too late, the world will be ours Izuku Midoriya, and there's nothing you can do to stop it." "I WILL SAVE YOU ERI!" The portal closed right in front of him, "I WON'T QUIT UNTIL MY LAST BREATH! YOU HEAR ME TOMURA, I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL MAKE WHATEVER I DO TO YOU, EVEN WORSE IF YOU FUCKING HARM HER YOU ASSHOLE!"
   Spit flew out of Izuku's mouth as he screamed, and blood started to drip from his nose due to rage. "Now, How the fuck did you take Eri? How did you go past me without teleporting? How did you take Overhaul's life when you stole his quirk, but not Toga's?" His vision began to deteriorate, "Damnit, gotta calm down before I...before I fall." He couldn't hear anything clearly, everything sounded like he was underwater. But he could make out a voice, a faint one that was thrumming in his ears. "Izuku!" He fell to his knees, "......Alright?!" He could see Mirio, but that was only after he got up in his face. "Yeah, just give me a secoooooo." Slowly an inky darkness took over his eyesight, and before he knew it he passed out.

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   "We've been getting a constant signal from Izuku's tracker, what do you think it cou-" at that moment Izuku shot up in a hospital bed, sweat was pouring down his face, it was dark at the time. "Where's Eri?! Where is she?!" Were the first words to come out of his mouth after being knocked out. "It's okay Izuku, just calm down because everything's alright." He looked towards the voice, but his eyes were cloudy. He could tell that it was Toga though, "Wait, Eri? You mean the kid Overhaul was using?" Izuku looked towards Mirio who asked the question, "Yeah, yeah. Overhaul gave her to me so that I could protect her." Izuku's vision became less blurry and he could see everyone in the room,"Overhaul gave you the child that is a key element to his experiments," Sir Nighteye was the one who spoke up, "why?" Izuku looked sad, "To prevent her from being used by Tomura, or should I say the new All For One." Everyone in the room looked shocked, "Apparently he killed Overhaul by making him age rapidly, even after stealing his quirk."
   "Are you sure about this Izuku? How do you know he wasn't lying to you?" Izuku shook his head, "I'm pretty sure, because his original quirk never made his hands glow like an abyssal black." Izuku was ashamed of himself, he couldn't protect a little girl from being kidnapped, she must've been terrified without him. "Nor did he ever have a quirk that made someone age at a drastic rate. Though if I have to guess, his original quirk mutated with All For One and created whatever the fuck his quirk is."
   Sir Nighteye sighed, "this isn't good, we don't even know what Eri's definite quirk is...but, if Overhaul was using her for experiments with a quirk erasing drug, then it has to be something that resets someone to a previous state." He rubbed his temple, "We have to put an end to him before he destroys the world. Mirio, Midoriya, And Himiko. Would I be able to count on you three to help me raid their base and put an end to them? We're going to be doing it with pro heroes soon. So are you in?" Izuku looked at Toga, they held a gaze for a few seconds before nodding. "I can't let that little girl down, she needs someone to save her. And I'm not going to let anyone else do it." Toga agreed with him, "well then! Welcome to the anti League team, Midoriya and Toga-Chan. You have to get better Izuku, your our ace in the hole for this operation." "Got it. Now can I get some rest, everything still feels fuzzy." Sir Nighteye nodded and walked towards the door, he gestured for Mirio to walk out and the both of them did.
   "Damnit all to hell," Izuku clenched a fist, "I could've prevented this if I knew what his quirks are!" Toga looked at him empathetically, "You should be upset," Toga paused, "But I know you'll be able to save her from Tomura. I know you'll be able to beat his dumbass face in and protect a little girl, I know you'll shield her from the evil in the world and guess her from it. So stop beating yourself up over it, you got this Izuku."
   She got out of her chair and slid herself on top of Izuku, "I believe in you, you should believe in yourself, but I know that Eri believes in you." She kissed his lips in order to give him some confidence. Izuku sighed, "I guess you're right Toga. I need to believe in my own strength," he kissed her right back, but on the forehead. "That's the spirit! Now, you gotta get better and stop feeling all 'fuzzy" she quoted from him. "Okay, Okay. You should know I lied to them so I could get some time alone with you." He kissed her one more time before Mirio popped his head through the door. "So your tracker? Was it attached to Eri?" Izuku nodded for Mirio's question in pure shock and awe, "wow, good job on thinking that fast Izuku." When he popped his head out of the door, the two lovers looked at each other and burst into laughter.

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   Izuku was standing in front of the hospital's mirror with his hero outfit on. Today was the day they would raid the League's hideout. Today was the day they'd bring the League down to their knees. Today was the day for Izuku to redeem himself, to rescue Eri and protect her. But first, he was going to research events in the past that have been related to the...weather.

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