"He's probably still asleep."

Shouto shrugged.

"We should help him clean up some. He has too much pride when he needs help. Besides, no one has heard from him in a couple days."

Dabi woke up and heard voices outside the door. He got up quickly and ran to the kitchen seeing Kurogiri wasn't there. He sent a text to everyone telling to leave the apartment. He opened the door to Jin and Himiko's room seeing them barely waking up. Dabi locked the door as a warp appeared. He wasted no time pulling Himiko and Jin through. They were gone when the door opened up to the apartment.

Of course Tomura heard his phone go off but he didn't move. He was too tired and comfortable to move. He drifted back off quickly when he heard the door knob rattle. He heard voices he didn't recognize and it was too late to back out now. He swallowed hard. Izuku moved some and his eyes flew open to see Tomura's face. It looked horrified. The door swung open showing it was Shouto and Ochako.

"Oh!" she cried as her face turned red.

Izuku buried Shigaraki's face into his chest trying to hide his face.

"What are you doing?!" he hissed.

"Sorry! Didn't realize you had someone over!" she yelled.

"How old is he?" Shouto asked seeing the grayish looking hair.

"He's a little older than me! Go wait out there ok!"

Shouto's eyes narrowed like the whole thing was suspicious but did as he was asked. The door clicked shut and Izuku jumped off the bed and locked his bedroom door.

"Fuck," he whispered.

Tomura sat up and stared at the window.

That was so close.

He grabbed his phone and texted Kurogiri. A warp showed up a minute later and he walked through without giving him a second look. Izuku pulled on a shirt and went out to join his friends.

"I didn't know you had a boyfriend," Ochako said looking at the floor.

"Um... It's someone I met the other day."

"A one night stand?" Shouto asked looking surprised.

"He wouldn't be the first...." the hero admitted, "No one really wants to stick around for a hero but I'm hoping he will."

"Awww Deku!"

"So what brings you guys here?"

"To check up on you but next time we'll call."

"I'm surprised you can have sex with that shoulder like that."

Izuku face turned red, "I-I was on bottom ok? I can do it just very carefully."

God, this is so horrible. I can't believe I had to lie about this.

"That's all I need to hear!" she cried, "You want to go out Izuku?"

"Yea.... I can do that. Give me a minute to get dressed."

"What about?" Shouto said looking down the hallway.

"He'll leave when he's ready!"

X

X

"How are you doing being out?"

"It's ok. I was out the other night so...."

"When you met your special friend?" she finished for him.

He blushed lightly, "Y-yea."

"Bakugou was asking about you."

Izuku frowned at the thought, "Why?"

Shouto shrugged, "I guess he feels bad about it. Have you talked to our agency yet?"

"I tried calling but they told me to take two more weeks off. They want me rested and well. I suppose they feel bad about me going into that building. I mean it is my job so it was ok."

"You could've died."

"I know."

Izuku sunk down in his seat.

I feel like shit looking at them. It's a reminder I can't be the hero I needed to be.

"You can go back soon enough. You should rest. You need it."

"I guess we don't have to worry about you being alone," Shouto said giving his friend a cocky smile.

"I'm sorry! I would've warned you to stay away!"

X

X

His friends dropped him off and he went back to his apartment. He unlocked the door and walked in. It sounded so quiet. He sighed and flopped onto the couch.

"I'm home," he said quietly.

It wasn't like anyone was going to answer him. He plopped down on the couch staring at the TV. It was off and he could see himself in it. He looked so pathetic and sad. Someone who couldn't control the power he had. He remembered when Shouto struggled with his fire from not using it but now....

He was a pro.

I won't ever get better. I literally attacked Dabi and Tomura without meaning too.

It made him sick to think he almost hurt them.

I'm a horrible person.

"Izuku!"

He jumped and turned around to see a warp appear and Himiko popped through.

"Lock your door. Let's go."

"Can I ask why?"

Himiko scratched her head.

"They told me not to say anything."

"They?"

She held up one finger to her lips and made a zipper motion.

"Um... ok."

Izuku did as he was instructed and grabbed his keys and phone. She grabbed his good arm and pulled him through. The feeling of going through was really weird but it wasn't gross like back when UA was attacked. He must've had his eyes closed tight like he was afraid to see something he shouldn't because he opened them when he saw brightness through his eye lids.

"Um, why are we in a field?"

"For training!" she said with a devious grin.

"Training for what?" Midoriya asked looking confused.

"For you."

Tomura and Dabi came from over the hill.

"Do we really need to do this?" Dabi asked looking annoyed.

"Himiko can heal you since she got a good blood supply from someone with a healing quirk. The effects won't be as powerful as the original person with the quirk but it's good enough to stop any serious bleeding. So take that sling off and come at us."

He looks so serious. I know he's not kidding. The look on his face isn't like when he broke in the USJ. He looks more serious. It's not a game for him now.

"I... I'll hurt you or myself."

"You think you can even touch me?" Shigaraki asked looking amused, "I don't think so. All Might couldn't even get close to me."

Dabi snickered. Twenty Twice showed up behind them.

"In this moment, we aren't your friends. Come at us."

I don't know. Can I even take on that many villains at once?

Izuku scratched his head then shrugged. It had been a while since he did anything training wise. He fired up One for All at twenty percent and charged in at Dabi first. Much to his surprise, Dabi dodge him and Tomura appeared behind him but Izuku didn't skip a beat. He dropped down and kicked the villain's legs from underneath. He grabbed Shigaraki's arm and threw him about thirty feet away.

Remember, legs only. Shoot style. The look on his face was kind of funny though.... He didn't expect me to move so fast.

Three Twice jumped at him but he kicked the first one and it hit the second. The third one connected a fist with his face when a black tendril came out of his side and grabbed the Twice copy. It threw him into a nearby tree and he was gone from existence. Tomura frowned at the fact he was able to control it but he was more aware of his feelings at that moment.

Ten more Twice came for Izuku but this time he used a completely different quirk none of them had seen him use. He slapped the ground and rock came flying up turning into spikes. Five of them disappeared. Six more tendrils came out grabbing the left over Twice and crushed them.

How interesting.

"Is that all you have? What percent are you at?" Tomura asked.

"Twenty."

"What are you? A fucking chicken?" Dabi taunted, "Crank that bitch to seventy and come at us."

Izuku looked unsure.

"We can handle you."

The hero still didn't make a move.

"Are you even trying anymore or are you scared?" the leader asked, "We don't have time for you to stall."

Tomura rolled his eyes after a minute and slapped the ground. The grass disappeared as his decay raced towards Izuku. He jumped out of the way as the ground crumbled. Deku was losing focus fast. Once he hit fifty five, the power stalled and his anger started to flare up. Without warning, the black tendrils were back but they were more wild in nature.

"ARGGHHHH!"

They crashed into the ground and everything around it like a wild animal. Dabi gave Shigaraki a questioning glance. At that rate Izuku could destroy a whole forest.

"You need to calm down and focus!" Tomura yelled, "You're getting upset and thinking too much about it!"

"I have too!" he yelled.

"Then you aren't doing it right!" Dabi yelled.

"What should we do?" Twice asked, "He's going to hurt someone."

"KACCHAN IS WATCHING YOU!" Dabi screamed.

"Huh?"

The Black Whip disappeared quickly.

He looked around quickly but all he saw was the League of Villains.

"I can't believe that worked...."

"You're already expecting to fail when you start."

Izuku gave him a questioning look.

"You doubted yourself. The moment I mentioned fighting, it was all over your face. What happens when you try to push past your limit?"

"My body sometimes can't move then Black Whip comes flying out."

Dabi flicked the hero's forehead.

"Ow!"

He then proceeded to jab him in the forehead.

"You are using it here when you should be feeling it. I understand that you're worried about breaking things but you need to let it go and go."

"But-

Tomura put a finger on Izuku's lips.

"You use your legs now, right?"

Deku nodded.

"I want you to use seventy percent smashing the ground into rock and kicking it over the hill. That's all you have to do and we can go home."

"Don't think too much."

The two of them stepped behind him. Izuku let out a shaky breath.

Just feel it.

Izuku took in a deep breath and he felt One for All rush into his body. He felt it fly high to sixty eight percent but it wouldn't go to seventy. He was starting to get upset a again and stopped. He always analyzed everything and it was hard not to do that now. With what he had done today.... he wasn't getting anywhere.

He tried again making it to seventy but his body wouldn't move this time. His body couldn't handle the strain to even move. Once he let it go he fell over onto the ground. Izuku groaned as his body couldn't move. He felt his face heat up.

How fucking embarrassing. I can't move now.

"Is he ok?" Himiko called.

"No," Midoriya answered for himself.

"What happened exactly?" Tomura asked.

"My body hit it but wouldn't move."

"Get the fuck up and try again," Dabi said looking annoyed.

"What?"

"Do it."

Izuku sighed.

After an exhausting two hours, Izuku was laying on the ground at Dabi's feet. No, he didn't make it to seventy percent like they wanted but he made some improvement. That was enough to make him smile.

"What the fuck are you so happy about?"

"I made it to sixty two. I made it...." he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

Tomura smiled at the hero laying in the grass.

"Well, it looks like we made it somewhere after all."

Himiko came skipping up and took her spot by Izuku. She pulled out a silver foil package and thrust a straw in it and started drinking it.

"Why are we helping him for?" Dabi asked, "The stronger he gets the harder it will be if we ever have to fight him."

"I don't want to fight him."

"You want to tell me what you want to do exactly?"

Tomura said nothing as he stared at the hero. He didn't exactly know what he was doing anymore or what he wanted.

"This healing thing is pretty neat!"

They stared at a small girl sitting there with bright red hair.

"You didn't kill the girl did you?" Dabi asked.

"Of course not!"

Shigaraki knelt down and picked Izuku up. It felt like his back had bled some while they were having their mock fight.

"Let's get back home."

"You've gotten really attached."

Tomura glared at the small girl.

"No one asked you."

"He's bleeding some on you."

He rolled his eyes and walked through the warp gate with Dabi and Himiko trailing behind him.