Izuku stared at the dust drifting away in the wind. What had once been Izuku's most beloved friend, Ochako Uraraka, was buried underfoot as Shigaraki Tomura's body stepped towards him. The flaky grey particles that had once been Izuku's best friend scattered in the soft breeze, taking his hope along with them.

  He had failed. Everyone was dead.

  Everyone was dead.

  Every single person Izuku had ever met, had ever seen, had ever spoken to, had ever loved.

  They were all dead.

  The thing puppeteering Shigaraki's body chuckled with his deep voice.

  "Izuku Midoriya. Once soaring so high, now brought so low. How does it feel, Ninth, to crawl around in the dirt along with the rest of us?"

  A brief spike of rage made Izuku's eyes sharpen for but a moment, before they clouded over once more, staring blankly at the remains of his last friend.

  Class 1A had been on the run, picked off one by one as they were hunted by Nomu and villains alike.

  Kirishima had been the first to fall, remaining behind to be the wall that gave his family the precious seconds needed to escape the horde.

  It should have been Izuku.

  Ashido followed not too long afterwards, managing to take out three high end Nomu alone before succumbing to her injuries, eyes glazing over as she went to join her childhood friend.

  Kaminari, Sero, Jiro, Tsu, Koda, Sato, Ojiro, Shoji, Tokoyami, Aoyama, Mineta, Yaoyorozu, Shoto, and Hagakure all fell in quick succession, barely a day passing between losses.

  They still weren't sure when exactly they lost Hagakure.

  Tenya had gone missing during a scouting mission, searching for shelter.

  A Nomu with engines in its legs had turned up a week later.

  Katsuki had led the hordes of Nomu away during an ambush, letting the final two members of class 1A get away with promises to meet up at the next planned shelter.

  He never showed up.

  They hadn't heard from him since, but they had heard explosions in the distance when running from Nomu. Whether that was Katsuki somehow still fighting or.. something else, they never knew.

  They'd lasted a month until All for Tomura himself had come for them, earth crumbling and body twisting to suit his needs.

  They'd fought, however briefly it could have been considered a fight, and Ochako had been grabbed, turned immediately into dust and blood.

  Any fight left in Izuku had died alongside her.

  The monstrosity chuckled quietly, walking slowly, purposefully towards Izuku.

  "It would seem that I win little Hero... I'll be taking One for All now."

  Shigaraki's arm raised, three fingers splayed and reaching for the greenette's face.

  Nine!!

  Izuku, you have to fight!

  Come on Ninth!

  I know she's gone, but you have to keep going Izuku!

  ... Come on kid.

  Stand up and fight!

  Fight on Deku!

  The reaching arm was batted away, emerald lightning jumping between the Hero and Villain's forearms. A golden glow around the Hero's right leg signaled the use of FaJin, launching him to his feet and past the guard of the Villain.

  One for all: Faux 150 percent!

  The Hero's right arm thundered forwards, glowing red veins, a golden shine and emerald lightning wreathing his fist. His left hand tapped his own chest, two thoughts going through his mind at the same time.

  Transmission: Top Gear!

  Goodbye my friends...

  Space distorted around the Hero, cracking lightning splitting the air apart before his fist, the Villain torn to shreds as reality itself was wrenched open.

  "SMASH!!!"

  Izuku Midoriya and All for Tomura vanished off the face of the Earth.

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  "I am Here! I am Here! I am here! I am here! I am-!"

  Izuku rolled over, still half asleep as his hand batted at the limited edition All Might alarm clock sitting on his bedside table.

  Rolling back over to face the wall, Izuku sighed and snuggled back into his All Might themed bedsheets. It would be better to rest as long as they could before moving on, he and Ochako hadn't been able to sleep much since-

  Izuku's eyes snapped open, the sleepy fog in his head now gone as he realized he was alone in the bed.

  Where was Ochako??

  Wait.

  Where was he?

  Blinking the sleep from his blurry eyes, Izuku took in the very familiar room.

  It was his room... But how..?

  Ninth!

  Izuku, are you okay?

  Holy shit that was trippy as fuck!

  Language Daigoro!

  You can't disagree!

  I know, but still, language!

  Deku, are you well?

  You okay kid?

  Where are we? It looks similar to your dorm room...

  Izuku furrowed his brow.

  What was this, some kind of illusion?

  One for All gives you a high resistance to mental type quirks. It would need to be an immensely powerful quirk, or perhaps several used in tandem, but even then...

  Izuku nodded along with Yoichi, getting out of bed and picking up his phone.

  Holy shit.

  "Okay guys, what's going on?" He asked.

  What the shit???

  Daigoro!

  The date was two and a half years off of where it should have been.

  Either we are all on some strong stuff, or were...

  "How though? None of your quirks have anything to do with time travel!"

  The stockpile has decreased drastically.

  "What?" Izuku asked Yoichi.

  In your.. final moments.. you used One for All, FaJin and Transmission at 100 percent for a single punch.

  Our quirks respond to emotion remember. And you were.. angry. Daigoro added.

  One for All is no different. Yoichi continued. Your despair, your want, your need to see your loved ones again fueled the quirk, and it responded to that. I'd say around 70 percent of the stockpile was drained to punch a hole in time itself. It's probably a one in a million chance, but...

  "We're really in the past..." Izuku murmured, staring down at his skinny right arm.

  What do you want to do? Nana asked carefully. Izuku could feel the ghost of her touch on his shoulder, offering support.

  "If I do nothing, things will just return to as they were, but probably faster and much worse..."

  You need to be careful. Yoichi advised. Messing with time can have dire consequences unless done right.

  "I know. Alright, my main goal should be taking down Shigaraki and the rest of the league. All Might deals with All for One just fine at Kamino, and so long as Shigaraki and Dr Garaki are dealt with, he won't be able to escape Tartarus."

  He could feel the vestiges agreeing with him, giving their input as he pulled out a brand new notebook and titled it 'Plans for the Future Volume 1'. It was written in a cypher taught to Izuku by Nezu before the genius chimera met his end at the hands of a warping Nomu.

  Perhaps catch Shigaraki in Kamino?

  What about during the Yakuza raid?

  You'll need a cover story for your quirk.. I think the same 'Energy Stockpile' we came up with before will do just fine.

  What about Stain? Maybe we should warn Ingenium?

  But the Iida kid needed that incident to grow...

  Should the USJ be dealt with differently? Eraserhead would probably appreciate the lack of severe injuries.

  Rescuing the unicorn child is a priority. Maybe gather together any evidence you remember from the raid and send it anonymously to Nighteye's agency?

  Are we gonna talk about the skinny arms?

  Everyone paused as Izuku slowly looked down at his skinny limbs.

  "Aw crap."