the villaness only wanted to rest

[MHA x CANON] - fan writing inspired by the world of My Hero Academia. ✦

This story was born from my own imagination.

My Hero Academia and its original characters belong to Kohei Horikoshi.

Kazumi was never meant to be a hero.

She was a vessel.

A discarded daughter. An experiment. A girl whose body became a prison long before she was locked behind iron bars.

Known as Experiment G-01 and whispered about as the Glitch Child, Kazumi spent years hidden beneath the world, surviving endless cruelty at the hands of those who saw her as nothing more than a tool. She stopped dreaming of freedom long ago.

Then a new prisoner is thrown into the cell across from hers.

Shota Aizawa.

A weary pro hero who refuses to look away.

In the darkness of an underground prison, where escape seems impossible and hope feels long dead, two broken souls begin to find something neither expected: understanding.

But when the League of Villains attacks the USJ, Kazumi's past collides with the present.

To protect Aizawa and the students, she unleashes the terrifying entity bound to her - Erebus - turning the tide of battle in a display of raw, otherworldly power.

The heroes and students witness the demon inside her. Fear wins. Doubt spreads. Accusations fly.

In the end, Kazumi is taken away to Tartarus, the high-security prison for villains, while Aizawa watches the one person who saw him as human dragged off like the monster everyone believes her to be.

This AU contains:
✦ Imprisonment and survival
✦ Heavy themes and traumatic pasts
✦ Found family and emotional healing
✦ A broken girl learning to live again
✦ Slow-burn trust and companionship
✦ Canon events shifting around one forgotten girl

If you enjoy stories about healing after unimaginable pain, stubborn hope in the darkest places, found family, and a tired hero refusing to abandon someone the world has already given up on, then welcome to:

"The Villainess Only Wanted to Rest."