~O~

The man stood straight with a smirk spread across his disgusting face. He raised his hands which were covered in blood of the ones dear to the green haired boy.

The green haired boy...

Izuku Midoriya...

Midoriya?

He sat on his knees, defeated as his arms rested numb on his sides. His eyes were wide opened, staring in all directions. Taking in as much as he could, ignoring the fact that it all broke his heart and he wanted to scream at the top of his lungs.

The blood was everywhere he could see. It was so... So frustrating.

Like, he's just sitting there. Watching. Unable to do anything as All For One slowly, painfully murders everyone dear to him. His mother, All Might, his friends, his teachers, Eri and the list goes on.

Come on, Izuku.

He shut his eyes tightly.

You can do it. Take it all in.

He quietly repeated every word All For One had said to him.

Endure it.

It's not real. They're all still alive.

He told himself as he checked his memory. Yes, he remembered every word that came out of All For One's mouth.

He was going to do something else until he was interrupted by a bloodcurdling scream, a splash of blood and another dead body drooped in front of him. Well, Todoroki was dead.

He didn't even flinch.

He was getting used to it now.

That's good.

It's been a whole month since he started his little mind games to make Midoriya give up. There's been different ways and this was just one of them. Whenever Midoriya would sleep, he would be there with a different scenario to show him, to break him. And the green head had never told anyone. He's been doing this for a whole month now.

"We don't have to go through this if you will be a good boy and just comply with me and join the dark side." He said it so casually. He didn't even care if he just killed someone. Not in reality but still...

A monster.

Midoriya didn't reply. He just quietly sat there and observed.

Because this wasn't reality. Just a dream All For One was controlling.

And this was all that was going to help him win in the reality...

Just wait and watch.

Just wait...

And watch...

He smiled.

~O~

And the very next few days seemed to fly by as Midoriya began to gradually interpret the situation. He wrote everything he remembered that All For One used to say or show him, messing with his mind. And slowly embracing all those facts, connecting the lines between One For All's full potential, Tartarus prison break and the death of his comrades to joining the dark side and benefiting the villains with the help of quirks.

"Okay, let's go over everything again," Midoriya said to himself, his notebook opened in front of him, pencil in one hand as he looked at the time.

01:03 am.

It was pretty late. But he had some work to do. So, he refused to sleep. There was no time to sleep.

Then he turned back to his notebook.

"Let's see," He began, "I have One For All. A quirk that has been passed down from generations to generations, it's power increases after passing down to the next user. If All For One is talking about it's current full potential and considering that I'm the ninth user of this quirk... Tartarus break was due to a traitor in the faculty... Helping villains... Deaths... Quirks—!"

Midoriya stopped dead in his tracks as he came to a sudden realization.

"He mentioned quirks, not quirk." The green haired boy raised an eyebrow as his eyes flew back to where he wrote all those factors he remembered.

"He also mentioned high end Nomus... Nomus with multiple quirks... And sensibility... Quirks... One For All... Nomu... Traitor in faculty..." He muttered to himself.

"I got it!" He snapped his fingers as a smile spread across his freckled face.
Which then immediately turned from a victorious smile to a painful one.

"Dammit... He can't be serious..." Midoriya said as he let his head fall into the notebook resting on his desk.

Yes, he found out what was going to happen now.

Did he like it? Not one bit.

Was he going to tell anyone? Nope.

Was he going to ask for help? Absolutely not.

Did he had a counter attack planned? That was something not even the closest person to him should know.

Cause, you know.

All For One had a Search quirk.

And that was something Midoriya knew damn well.

He had a strategy planned out perfectly well. If All For One messed with him, he was gonna do the same thing back. He made a silent promise to be bound to throw back everything All For One does from this point onwards.

And so, the green haired boy decided that they were going to use his enemy's power to defeat the enemy.  

~O~

The next morning, Saturday, Midoriya made his way to UA's Support Lab. There he found Mei Hatsume, as per usual but he still was thankful for her to be there because he wanted to talk about something important. Support Items probably. Who knows?

And so, Midoriya's next two or three hours were spent in the Support Lab with Hatsume. Since, no one else, but the two, was in the room, nobody knew what happened. And it was better that way

After that, he left to visit the Class-1-B dorms. And there he spent another good one hour with his previous team members in one of theirs room. Nobody questioned it. It was normal for them to get along now. And nobody should question it, because it was better that way.

After that, back to his own dormitories. A silent order spread out all across UA. He didn't say he made the plan or how he knew about it or what exactly was going to happen. He just set them straight orders as if these orders were given to the green haired boy himself. Spread it out. Three code words. Just three code words that will mark everything he was going to do. They would mark his victory from the very beginning.

Three simple words, everyone apparently knew the meaning of. But not their real purpose.

He was going to embrace and then counter the situation so gleefully while watching the faces of despair of both sides from the shadows as he annihilates the enemy completely wit—!

He mentally slapped himself.

Maybe the role of Villain Leader rubbed off him too much...

He closed the door to his own dorm room and pressed his back against the door. He smirked, "Screw the rules..."

~O~

The very same day, the villains had their own plans in view. Quick and swift. Sudden without much trouble. A short-timed but of huge worth attack on UA High.

Objective? One.

Izuku Midoriya.

Take him and get back to the new base.

Dabi, Toga, Twice and Shigaraki would provide the distraction for the Pro Heroes while Mr. Compress and Kurogiri would get the job done.

11:00 am. Right on time. Not a minute too late. Not a minute too early.

Why attack in broad daylight? Well, they have All For One, the Symbol of Evil himself on their side. Why hold back? If they could have it now, why not? It's not like UA can take on the Symbol of Evil. Even All Might's retired. So, why not?

Then, with a sudden and quick blast of blue fire coming from a warp gate Kurogiri created near the training grounds, the villains began to enter from different locations around the campus thanks to Kurogiri again and began their on respective jobs. Dabi on the training grounds, Shigaraki near the teachers' dormitories, Toga near the student's dormitories, Twice near the main building as the literal hunt for Midoriya began.

The Pro Heroes too, on first sight engaged in battle with the villains and informed the students to stay hidden and safe. Hero Course students were allowed to fight back in case of emergencies only.

And just as planned it didn't took very long before Dabi spotted Midoriya in the training grounds. He quickly turned on his communicator and informed the rest of the League about Midoriya's location.

But of course the kid wasn't the single one in the training grounds. There were his other classmates too. Not all of them but just a few, considering it was a weekend.

"Should we attack?! Mr. Aizawa said in case of emergencies but I don't think this guy's here to have a fight at all!" Kirishima exclaimed, hardening his fists. He and his other classmates were currently hurdled around right behind the walls Cementoss created for training purposes.

'I did expected them to be here.... But this soon? Someone's impatient.' Midoriya thought as he peeked out from the corner, noticing that Dabi was on his communicator. Probably informing the other villains.

'Okay, calm down... You can do it...' Midoriya thought to himself as he maintained a stern look before turning to his classmates.

"I don't think we should attack just yet. He hasn't made a dangerous move yet." Midoriya replied to Kirishima's earlier question.

"He's right. We should follow the given instructions." Iida said, sitting beside Midoriya on the floor.

Kirishima and the others only nodded to his statement before Dabi stepped in and made them regret whatever they were thinking. He came from a portal behind the students and once again used a huge amount of blue flames to attack or more specifically, separate the students from each other. The teenagers scattered out in the open away from their hiding spot.

"Compress, your turn." Dabi said through his communicator.

And as soon as he did, another warp gate opened. But this time, behind Midoriya. A gloved hand emerged and quickly made it's way to the green haired boy.

"MIDORIYA!!" Iida and Kirishima yelled at the same time, running towards the boy. But the said boy didn't make a move.

One touch, and Midoriya was trapped in one of Mr. Compress's little blue orbs. And with the orb, the hand went back in.

And soon, a warp gate opened underneath every villain on campus, marking their retreat.

Everyone was left flabbergasted.

The League took Midoriya...