Midori the Queen

Feel the Burn

~Tartarus Prison~

“Well now this is certainly a surprise.”  All for One spoke as the guard announced that he had a visitor. “All Might has come to visit me. Feeling some regret are we?” 

“No regrets on my end, All for One.” All Might clarified sitting in his shrunken form, and swimming in his former costume. “I did what I was always meant to, and that was to ensure you live out the rest of your days behind bars.” 

“If that's true then I'm curious as to why you're here. Surely it's not to offer me a deal.”

“Tomura Shigaraki, where is he?” All Might questioned and got a grin out of All for One. 

“I don’t know… unlike your pupil my young man has left the nest. Soon he will be in pursuit of his own path. I only gave him the little nudge he needed to take charge.” 

“By nudge do you mean your attempt to eradicate Izumi Midoriya?” All Might closed all ten of his fingers into tight fists.

“Attempt?” He laughed. “Is she not out of the picture? I believe I accomplished exactly what I wanted.” 

“You said you were going to turn her into a weapon…” All Might said, doing his best to remain calm. “You took the young man's quirk and gave it to her, but what else did you force into her to try and break her mind?”

“Try?” Now the question came out surprisingly irritable. All Might heard the tone and tried not to feel smug about it.

“Karma lives on… Her mind is as active as ever.” He informed him and watched the muscles in All for One’s body tense.. “Both she and her friend Dabi have escaped police custody.” He leaned forward in his seat. “You were dead set on breaking her mind, but you failed. She was in a coma for a few days but now she's loose on the world again. Like her name speaks she'll be out for revenge. She'll tear apart any plans you have, make her own way through the world rising in power while you rot away in this cell.”

Outwardly calm but internally seething with irritation, All for One sighed.

“It would seem you and I have something in common. We both underestimated Karma’s strong mind.” He said with a slightly amused expression. “I don't know whether to be impressed or appalled.”

“Matters little to me how you feel about it. I’m retiring from hero work, but she’s a loose end I can’t afford to let go. I’m determined to find her, but no one knows what her new abilities are. No one but you.”

“I see… your initial question about Shigraki was only a ploy. SHE is the real reason you came here.”  

“There are plenty of heroes working on finding Shigaraki and his league, but my connection to Karma is personal, and I won’t rest easy until I find her again.” 

“Just what’s in it for me to give you the information I have on her? What makes you think I’ll just hand over this valuable information to you knowing I’ll receive nothing for it.”

“I’ve never known what you wanted to accomplish. You spent years preserving that body, devoting that time to exploiting, controlling, and toying with people. Whatever you’re planning, whatever your final game is, it no longer includes Izumi Midoriya. She’s played her part, which is why you tried to remove her from the picture, but you failed. She’ll continue to outsmart anyone who attempts to overthrow her. She’ll find new followers, build over and over until she finds the one that sticks. With or without her kingdom she is still a Queen amongst villains, and has rightfully earned that title.”