#he got to keep yagi toshinori alive

[myherobirdbros]

When you're living your life and then "We'll win this!" Fucking wrecks you it.

[thebnha-auhoard]

Still not normal about past OFA users so new au!

Revived OFA Users but they got revived on the first day of UA. And before they could really establish that they're the past OFA Users, Izuku ran past them because he was running late. All he really said was sorry to the three people he bumped into and sorry to the seven other people he bumped into. So now we just have the Seven Users being so confused on what happened and trying to figure out the world they live in now.

They could contact the Eighth and the Ninth but thinking about it, that would be incredibly sketchy and would probably just raise more alarm bells. Plus they don't know the entire situation of the world and going to them immediately may go and make them targets so it's better to keep themselves secret for now. (Kudou and Bruce were very good at pointing that out.)

Also seeing Nana alive when Yagi saw her die would be a shock and would either lead to a very lovely reunion or the reasonable idea that someone is using an illusion Quirk on him. And then there's the other fact that Nana, En, and Banjou were heroes and are legally dead so you know. More risk of the wrong attention on them.

So how do they go and get information on the world today and not reveal their identities? Well Yoichi would say they go and look in the library and research there! And for a week or so they did do that and they get a good grasp on what's happening in the world and they even got new clothes because god forbid they just stay in the clothes they were in. They learn about USJ and oh. Oh that's worrying. A creature with multiple Quirks? Perhaps All For One isn't as dead as everyone hoped he was.

Meanwhile in terms of research, Bruce did the more...impulsive and sketchy decision.

(Nana: Bruce is that Toshinori!? Did you fucking kidnap Toshinori!?

Bruce: It is very easy to kidnap him. It is so easy Nana you don't get it. You just drug him and then I asked Banjou and Shinomori for help and welp. Here we are. He was even in All Might form. Nana he is so reckless and trusting.

Nana: You kidnapped him!

Bruce: Yes and...now that I'm thinking about it maybe those two were right about this being a bad idea.)

So the OFA Users accidentally kidnapped All Might. Whoops. And then the moment Yagi woke up Bruce may have panicked and fucking drugged him again and then Yoichi panicked and may have said that the Seven are villains and oh. Oh this is such a bad start.

Kudou has the biggest headache ever and remembers why he was the one with the Braincell. How could they have fucked it up this badly!? At least he can do damage control as the Braincell of the group.

And then En points out that Kudou kidnapped All For One's brother after being sent to kill him and is now dating him, seduced two of All For One's closest Commanders and has one of them still dating him to this day while he broke up with the other on text, and then finally he pointed out how Kudou did not go and help with the Villain thing as he kept on making vague threats to Yagi so you know. I don't think the any of the three have a singular Braincell among them.

It's even worse as everyone starts leaning in on it and it gets worse as the media starts picking up on it because. Fuck they kidnapped All Might! Forget whatever the hell happened in USJ! Some people kidnapped All Might and all they asked for was information! What are these Seven people planning!?

(If you ask All Might he would say that it was the nicest kidnapping ever. He was of course on edge and you know being drugged sucks but they were generally friendly and one of them felt...familiar somehow? He isn't sure of it. He doesn't think they're villains, or at least the villains that people make them out to be. It is however hard to go and justify why they kidnapped him though.)

Meanwhile the Seven OFA Users are all screaming internally at this and then decided that okay. Sure. Sure we'll work with this. They can work with this and become Villains or Vigilantes, figure out if All For One is alive, and somehow they now have one-upped the League of Villains in terms of news coverage and for danger level. Great. Okay.

Anyways, this is the story on how the past One For All Users accidentally became villains. Or at least the very loose definition of the word "villain"

[blackberreh-art]

villain au ask: u got small might art in it, does toshi potatofy afo and gets unlung'd in the process? how does deku fit in this beautiful trainwreck

Yeppers, Small Might is definitely a thing and that all happens lolol, i hope you're prepared for a bit of an info/art dump!!

All the small might art I did was from 2018 so its old and bad but I still have a soft spot for it lol. Initially after Toshi went through everything and is seen as a menace to society (which is when he does potatofy afo and gets fucked up in the process) he keeps on the downlow for a long while - and then the mysterious yagi toshinori, a skeleton of a man, is seen running around the underground acting primarily as an info broker who's said to have ties to 'all might' lmao

here's a bunch of old art of small might- I have more but i dont wanna bloat the post LOL, you can see all the old (out of date shit) on my villain au tag

While the events leading up to canon differ, Deku still goes through the whole 'being seen by All Might' thing and its then that Toshi decides its time to officially retire and allow Izuku to become the symbol of peace he wasn't able to embody - but he doesn't know that afo is still alive (even though he dreams, oh boy does he dream)

So obviously things don't go to plan LOL

I havent fully plotted it out, but here's this lil snippet i wrote down in a fever dream that may or may not be canon to the AU, we'll see

[faulty-writes]

[ I present for your reading pleasure, a Tenko!Hero AU series. This features Tenko Shimura or "Tomura Shigaraki" as the rescue hero Deterior who aspires to become a front-line hero like his father, Toshinori Yagi. But things aren't going as well as he would have hoped, and despite receiving constant encouragement from his fellow hero Deku and his caretaker, Oboro Shirakumo he continues to believe he is nothing short of a failure. This belief only continues to grow when you, the reader, keep giving him a hard time. Yes, it's not easy being one of the newer villains on the scene. But you had your reasons for succumbing to the villainous side and when Tenko begins to find out said reasons, his fellow heroes try to convince him that he is the only one that can save you. ]

[ Chapter One Summary: Izuku and Tenko are hot on your tail after you steal some goods. Izuku gives Tenko the opportunity to try and confront you by himself. But after a quick fight, you manage to escape leaving him feeling like a failure. Izuku tries to offer him some kind words before the two of them call it a day. ]

The gentle breeze caressed your hair, and the scent of the honey-crisped summer air made you smile. Your eyes were fixated on the building in front of you, admiring the way the sun cast it in a heavenly glow. It was no wonder why Yuuei High was the number one hero school in Japan.

More importantly, the entrance exams were open for future hero students, and you were determined to pass. After all, it had been your dream to become a hero since you were small, and nothing was going to stop you. And although your stomach was in knots, you took a deep breath.

It was only natural to be nervous, but you had been training for this and your quirk was surely no match against others. “This is what I wanted,” you reminded yourself, watching as your potential future classmates walked past you.

“I see them! They’re heading your way Deterior!” Izuku shouted through his communicator, his quirk activated and illuminating him with a green hue. “Remember what we talked about and don’t worry if they get away, as long as you try, you’re already a hero!” he said with a smile, hoping his words encouraged Tenko.

He could hear the way your laughter echoed through the air as you weaved between buildings with your bag of stolen goods. A wicked smile was on your face, you never felt more alive than when you taunted heroes and committed crimes.

It gave you a certain rush, unlike anything you had ever known. Well, maybe that wasn’t exactly true. There was another time in your life when you felt this type of rush, but it was long behind you and there was no way to recover it.

You frowned, hating the heavy feeling you got in your chest whenever you thought of your past. After landing in an alleyway, you shook your head to get your thoughts straight and proceeded to climb your way onto the rooftop of an unknown building.

Your knee throbbed faintly as it impacted the rough texture of the roof, and you cautiously looked over your shoulder wanting to make sure you outran that hero who freakishly glowed. “Heh,” you smirked in victory and stood on your feet, ready to finish your getaway and sift through your newly obtained goods.

When you turned to walk forward, you heard the faint sounds of someone struggling. You looked to the opposite side of the rooftop where you saw someone’s hands appear. They wore what looked to be specially made gloves and unfortunately you knew exactly who they belonged to.

You crossed your arms with a sigh, feeling the weight of your bag against your hip. You impatiently tapped your foot, watching him topple over the edge of the rooftop, and onto the floor. His pants echoed for a moment or two before he shakily stood on his feet.

You took him in from head to toe. He had long wavy silver hair that reached a little past his shoulders. His hero suit was plain compared to some of the others you had seen. It consisted of a black body suit with accents of red and a long black cape with a hood.

One would assume that the red shoes he wore were specially made but given the fact he had trouble climbing up the building to get to you, that assumption was thrown out the window. In addition, they looked scoffed and beaten as if he had worn them for years.

He cleared his throat and lifted his head, that’s when you got a good look at his face, which hadn’t changed much from the last time the two of you had run into each other. His eyes were the same shade of red and he still had that same scar over his right eye.

The skin around his eyes appeared wrinkled, but that was nothing a little cream couldn’t fix. His lips appeared slightly chapped and there was another scar across the right side of his lip. On the bottom left side of his face underneath his mouth was a small mole.

“Stop…” he paused, taking another breath. He held his hand out, trying to strike a heroic pose. “Stop right there!” he shouted, making you roll your eyes. You weren’t threatened by heroes, and you especially weren’t threatened by Deterior.

His real name was unknown to you, and even if it wasn't that wouldn't change anything between the two of you. Ignoring his threats, you continued walking. “I said stop or I’ll turn you to dust, damn it!” his words came out in a shaky hiss.

He brought his free hand up, pressing it against the back of his opposite hand. You raised your eyebrow, wondering if he only did that to emphasize the fact his quirk was used to disintegrate whatever he pleased. He certainly didn't have that courageous personality you'd seen in other heroes.

Then again, he only began popping up in the front-line hero scene a few months ago around the same time you made your villain debut and began wreaking havoc on Japan. “Heh,” you smirked and continued forward, stopping when you were a foot or two away from him.

“You really are new to this whole hero thing, aren’t you?” your chuckle immediately irritated him. “Shut up, shut up, shut up!” he snapped, continuing to hold his hands up. ‘I gotta stop them this time, or I won’t hear the end of it from Deku…let alone the rest of the heroes’ he thought, tightening his jaw until he felt it ache.

“Aw, what’s the matter Deterior?” you mocked, circling him like an animal would its prey. He stumbled around, practically bouncing on his feet to keep up with you. “It's sad that we’ve done this whole dance before,” you noted, coming to a pause.

“But sometimes you make it too easy,” you snickered, running to jump over the edge of the roof. “Ah, h-hey!” he stuttered out, dropping his hands to frantically chase after you. He quickly removed his gloves, tossing them behind him without another thought.

You knew it was human nature to underestimate others, and when you felt those hands grab the back of your shirt and forcibly pull you back onto the roof, you panicked. “Shit!” you hissed, dropping your bag and bringing your leg up to kick the so-called hero as hard as you could.

You didn’t need to defeat him now, no. You just needed to get him away from you and remove your shirt as quickly as possible considering you could already feel it begin to disintegrate. Your foot collided with his stomach, causing him to stumble back and fall to the floor, granting you the opportunity to remove your shirt.

The cool bitter air was a welcome consequence and you decided to take advantage of Deterior, knowing he was defenseless now. Although your shirt continued to turn to dust, you held each bottom corner of it and charged at the hero before forcibly wrapping it around his head.

“What are you doing!?” he cried out, but you ignored him and pulled the shirt back with all your strength, forcing him onto his feet again. Acting quickly, you brought your leg back up and delivered a harsh kick to the side of his ribs then ran to grab your bag before jumping over the edge of the roof and out of sight.

He cried out and once again fell to the floor. Hissing, he sat on his knees and clasped the side of his now sore ribs, attempting to massage the pain away. His eyes teared over slightly, although he had a high pain tolerance.

He didn't give a damn if you had broken something, rather he was angry that he had, yet again, let you get away. “Tenko!” came Izuku’s voice from above, making the man look up. Your shirt continued to fall apart even after he tossed it to the floor beside him and quickly wiped his eyes.

He didn’t want to show any weakness in front of Izuku considering he was the successor to his adopted father, Toshinori Yagi also known as the former number one hero, All Might. The fellow hero landed on the roof beside him, cushioning the impact with his hand and knee.

“I was a little w-worried about you Tenko…” he stated, looking at the other with a frown. “Yeah well…” he huffed lowering his hand from his side and turning to glance at your shirt, witnessing as the last of it turned to dust.

“Hm?” Izuku frowned before noticing something was lying on the ground a little way away. Curious, he walked closer and noticed they were the gloves Tenko normally wore. “Huh?” Briefly confused, he looked over his shoulder seeing that the other was still on his knees with a frown on his face.

“Mm…” Izuku knew what was wrong and quickly picked the gloves up and walked back to Tenko, holding them out. “Um, here…you might…n-need these,” he said hearing the other mumble “Mm…” in response. He was half-tempted to smack Izuku’s hand away despite knowing he was only trying to help.

“Thanks…” he snarled, snatching the gloves away and slipping them back on with a sigh. Part of him hated wearing them because they only reminded him of how much further he’d have to go to control his quirk. Izuku took a seat next to him, he hated seeing others unhappy.

“Do you wann-” before he could finish, Tenko threw his arms up and exclaimed, “This on-the-field hero stuff isn’t meant for me!” which caused Izuku's frown to deepen. “Stupid running a-and climbing and the villain got away again!”

He brought his arms back down, slapping his thighs in frustration. “Well, we can-” Izuku would try to reason with him but like his childhood friend Katsuki Bakugou, he knew that when Tenko was worked up, he tended to talk over others.

“Always wanted to be a stupid hero, but this damned quirk is only good for…and sure I like destroying things but jeez! I don’t wanna be a rescue hero all my life for crying out loud!” he yelled, slamming one of his hands against the floor.

He watched Tenko’s face twist with sadness and anger. “I wanted to be like…him,” he said, and Izuku knew exactly who he was referring to and offered a sympathetic smile. “I know,” he replied, reaching over to lay his hand on his friend's shoulder.

“But being a hero isn’t a-about…well the fame,” he said, ignoring the way Tenko rolled his eyes. “I…I wanted to become a h-hero because I wanted to save others,” in fact, that’s what he prided himself in. Even if he got beaten to a pulp saving one person, it was worth it.

“E-even if you feel bad about…um, letting the villain g-get away, there were no casualties today,” he said awkwardly rubbing the back of his head, hoping his words would turn Tenko’s sour mood around. But then again, that wasn't likely.

“Everyone is s-safe and that’s the most important thing, even if…if they g-got away, the valuables they stole can be replaced,” he continued to frown, glaring at Izuku. Yeah, yeah. He knew that he was only trying to cheer him up but come on!

Couldn’t Izuku just let him suffer in his misery? He watched the green-haired boy stand up, finding his smile to be slightly annoying but not as much as that hand that he held out. “Let’s go see your f-father,” he suggested, flexing his fingers.

“Mm…” Tenko mumbled, now glaring at that hand as if it were making some offensive gesture. Normally the only person that held his hand was his sister, Hana. If it was anyone else, it just felt weird and unwanted.

He ignored the offered hand and instead pushed himself off the ground. He didn’t bother brushing away the dirt that covered his person, it's not like he gave a damn about his appearance. He sighed and looked at Izuku with a monotone expression.

“Heh…” the green-haired boy suddenly felt nervous and rubbed the back of his head. “I’m s-sure he can fix this. After all, h-he’s All Might,” Tenko’s eyes somewhat lit up at the man’s name and he nodded walking past Izuku.

‘Yes…he’s All Might’ he thought bitterly before stopping at the edge of the rooftop. “Well?” he impatiently tapped his foot against the floor and glared at Izuku with his arms crossed. “Huh?” he stared at Tenko with a blank expression, unsure of what he wanted.

“Are you going to carry me or not!?” he snapped making Izuku flush. “O-oh! S-sure um…” he ran over and kneeled in front of him, allowing him to climb onto his back. Once he made sure the other had a secure grip, he activated One for All and jumped into the air.

“Oh…and d-don’t forget,” Tenko lifted his head, though he kept his eyes closed. Heights weren’t exactly his favorite thing, and neither was flying. “Touya said h-he was getting closer to them and I’m sure he’ll return with the goods they s-stole today,” he frowned, even Touya was a better hero than him.

Then again, he was the oldest son of the current number-one hero, Endeavor. Of course, he’d have some idea on how to not suck at his job. Then again, Touya worked for the hero commission as a spy. Still, that was more than Tenko had accomplished with his hero career.

[truly-quirkless]

This actually sprang up from an RP a hot minute back.

Fin's Quirk- Quirkless- could technically be distilled from their blood and given to others, much like Eri's ability. It's essentially the same if it's distilled into a bullet- shoot someone, they lose their ability to manifest Quirks.

But unlike Eri's Rewind Bullet, Fin's wouldn't have an 'antidote' that could also be taken from their blood. On top of that, Quirkless would be passed down through generations, effectively removing any Quirk of any future generation made by its victims. Quirkless- as a power- is built solely upon eternal suppression. Where Aizawa's Erasure suppresses (or rather, erases) a Quirk's capabilities for a time (every time he blinks), Quirkless in the blood stream has no limit. Once it's fully embedded, that's it. Unless Eri rewinds the victim, that person- and all their future progeny- will never manifest Quirks outside of Quirkless. They may have others, but those will be suppressed by Quirkless, itself.

Fin's Quirk, 'Quirkless', is a response to the Quirk Singularity Theory.- If Quirks start to overload those who have them, then Quirkless makes it so that overload never happens via eternal suppression.

And, of course, Fin can temporarily apply this to anyone within a ten foot radius for up to five minutes. That's because their version of Quirkless- their personal version- has evolved to suppress Quirks around them, which was done in a split-second panic when Fin thought they were about to lose Yagi (Eri's Rescue/The Yakuza Raid Arc- really those two have a habit of saving each other Istg). If they had any offspring (they can't, Fin's infertile)- their offspring would not be able to suppress Quirks around them, just anything in themself that's not Quirkless.

And finally-

The only reason All for One didn't take Quirkless from Fin for his own personal use was because Quirkless doesn't have an off switch. It can be pulled back/grow exhausted and retreat- but only to the extent of one's own body. If he'd taken Quirkless, every Quirk All for One had would've become suppressed forever. Quirkless' base power- to suppress- was amplified by the other Quirks in Fin's family tree and mutated. One would have to have about the same power as a black hole in order to actually suppress Quirkless, itself. Technically, AfO could achieve that, but he'd have to give up on a lot of concentration, which isn't worth it since he's trying to get OfA.

I write this on the assumption that All for One has a Quirk somewhere in his arsenal that basically tells him the details of any Quirk he encounters/attempts to absorb or something- possibly 'Quirk Data' or something like that. And when he realized what Fin's was after trying to overload their body with Quirks, he just threw them into the air. They were still so weak from the kidnapping that he figured they'd die- but thankfully, the U. A. kids were able to save Fin from splatting against the ground, and got them out of the fight.

Overall, Fin doesn't exactly realize most of this- nor do any of their allies- but Quirkless could be used to completely erase Quirks off the face of the planet- forever. It could be used to stop All for One, like Eri's bullet. It is the destruction of a Quirk-filled society.

Thanks to this kind of ability, Fin probably would have gotten dragged into the final war arc whether they liked it or not- because a Quirk like theirs would dismantle the world All for One wanted to build (or, raise it up, since he could keep Fin alive and just continually harvest Quirkless from them to use on all of the rabble who refused to follow him/weren't worth killing or worth keeping their Quirks- but for that to happen he'd have to keep Toshinori alive, which would probably be fine since the dude would essentially be in a living Hell if that future came to fruition).

[shih-coulda-had-it]

Deku somehow gets teleported into Toshinori yagi’s timeline meets prime Torino and the 7th user of one for all they try and see how he got here and much of one for all he can control and he probably meets chiyo while he’s at it 😂

I already have something like this, though it’s less of a wip and more of a ‘eh, it has the trappings of a oneshot.’ So instead I’m just going to use this as an opportunity to spin other wheels, because, anon, this is another case of you giving me the outline instead of manifesting it yourself, for me to enjoy.

Villain Hunt!Izuku is arguing with All Might when he is slam-dunked into his mentor by a Time Displacement Quirk gone awry. The user’s motivation is that Deku is CLEARLY doing so much more than Small Might, so maybe Japan wouldn’t have gone to hell if Deku was in charge from the start! This has the intended consequence of Izuku being shot back in time to when Toshinori JUST received One for All at age thirteen.

This has the unfortunate, also intended consequence of Izuku possessing Toshinori’s body. He reacts as any traumatized teenager bearing the burden of the world would--that is, badly. Monitoring the situation is Nana and Sorahiko; the former is confused and scared for her would-be successor, and the latter is just ‘Of course this happens. Of course. That’s just our luck.’

Izuku has brought back the decades’ accumulated stockpile in One for All (vestiges included!), and it truly is a testament to Toshinori’s Quirkless genes that enable him NOT to break when Izuku lets fly his first Smash. Nana is flabbergasted. Sorahiko is reconsidering his early assessment of Toshinori-turned-Izuku. Then, Izuku taps into the rest of One for All, and all three of them proceed to have an intense discussion of (1) how to use this opportunity to demolish AfO, (2) whether or not young Toshinori remains, and if he can be retrieved, and (3) if Izuku is here permanently.

They relocate to Recovery Girl’s office in U.A. so she can run a physical on Izuku, and who do they find there but TOSHINORI, mid-50s, Quirkless as ever and vastly terrified of facing his dead oshishou and Prime Torino. The reunion is painfully awkward, except in the case of Toshinori seeing his younger self possessed by Izuku. There’s at least one joke about Izuku’s fanboyism going too far.

Toshinori is determined to meddle in this timeline, a period when governmental paperwork is practically ornamental and sooo easy to manipulate, especially when you have Nana (experienced in illegally redacting documents) and Sorahiko (unconcerned with things like ‘Hey, maybe murder isn’t the way’) by your side. The first thing he does is fish young Toshinori!Izuku out of the foster system, and claim him as his son.

Additional points of interest:

Toshinori also fosters Kotarou, and persuades him that there was a genuine danger that Nana had to protect him from, but don’t worry, it’s going to be taken care of and everything will be fine.

Toshinori takes control of the HPSC, and pulls Nana into it too. They endeavor to find some alternative way of keeping the pro-hero career alive and not gamified.

Izuku gets to be an even more feral teenager, trained by Prime Torino and Seventh Wonder, and actually sat down and tutored by Toshinori to make sure All Might, Pillar of Society, doesn’t become the ONLY Pillar of Society Japan will have.

Everyone scores a hit on AfO before he dies. Even Quirkless, mid-50s Toshinori.

Is Nanahiko a thing? Everyone’s wondering. Even Nana and Sorahiko.

[codenamesazanka]

Shimura Nana died when Yagi Toshinori was 18 years old, but by then she had passed on One for All.

It’s hard to say when exactly she did that - when she was fighting All For One for the last time, she no longer had the quirk, only the ‘leftover’ power from it - much like how All Might was able to keep going after giving OFA to Deku. It took about six, seven months (January/February to August) before it was completely gone, so we might be able to say that, based on this range, the earliest that Nana was able to give Toshinori the quirk (and still have enough power to fight AFO) was when he was about 17.5 years old.

But— All Might’s gradual loss of OFA could’ve been accelerated by his chronic health problems. Or: All Might’s lingering power was actually a case of prolonging, since he has it for so long that it “truly became his quirk” (Yoichi, Chapter 304). So we’ve got no idea.

In any case, let’s assume Toshinori was 17 years old when he got One For All. He would keep it for the next 40 years (Yoichi, again, Chapter 304). That makes him 57 when he finally hands over the quirk to Deku. Later that year, he turns 58 in June; and now nearly another year later, Yagi Toshinori/All Might is about to turn 59. Old man.

*

We know that All Might left for the United States for college after he graduated UA. If he had stayed there for the 4 years it takes to graduate with a bachelor’s then came back to Japan immediately afterwards, that means All Might would’ve been 23 years old when he first made his debut as a Pro-Hero. For the next 34 years, he became the Number 1 Hero and the Symbol of Peace. The massive thorn in All For One’s side for 3 whole decades.

*

Meanwhile. Shimura Kotarou, Nana’s son, was 32 when he was killed by his own son, Shimura Tenko, age 5.

That makes him 26 (going on 27) when Tenko was born. (Kotarou’s birthday is in July, Tenko’s in April.) And anywhere from, what, 22 to 25 when Kotarou’s first child, Hana, was born.

The average age an HeroAca parent is when they have their firstborn is age 25.

Assuming, too, Nana was 25 years old when she had her first and only child, that would make her… about 72 years old if she was currently alive. In the canon story, though, she died at age 31.

-

In Chapter 93, Toshinori Yagi is in what looks to be a middle school uniform when he first meets Nana. For ~symbolism and parallels~, we’ll say he’s 14 then, same age as Deku when Deku met All Might.

So Nana would’ve been 27 when she met Toshinori and took him on as her protégée. Her husband and son would’ve still be alive, Kotarou being age 2-ish. Likely Toshinori met and got to know Kotarou before the little boy had to be relinquished. Toshinori definitely was there to see Nana’s grief over that.

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Summarizing all this up:

Shimura Nana: Born ~72 years ago. Likely died at age 31. Probably met Yagi Toshinori when she was 27.

Shimura Kotarou, when Tenko was born: 26 years old. If alive, would currently be 46.

All Might: Currently 58 years old. Hero Debut at age ~23?

All Might’s Reign: 30+ years. That’s a whole generation and a bit more. And regarding that…

[ao3feed-dadzawa]

Naming Skills and a Robbery

Naming Skills and A Robbery by Majestyrys

He always believed that he was going to become a hero, quirked or not. Quirks aren't everything. He ignored everyone who told him otherwise.

A year ago, he got into UA as the first quirkless student.

But surprise, the universe decided to be a bitch and he got expelled on the second week because he found out a classified world-level secret by accident, and now he has a homeless-looking man slash underground pro-hero always on his tail in case he ever tells another soul about the secret.

Now, he runs a cat coffee shop with sass and spite as the only thing keeping him alive.

Words: 1627, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 11 of Midoriya Izuku Shenanigans

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Characters: Midoriya Izuku, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead

Relationships: Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Midoriya Izuku

Additional Tags: Midoriya Izuku is a Little Shit, Quirkless Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku Does Not Have One for All Quirk, Midoriya Izuku Does Not Go to U.A. High School, Midoriya Izuku is Not Okay, Midoriya Izuku is Not a Hero, Coffee Shop Owner Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku with his Godly naming skills, Tired Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Dadzawa Week, Parental Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Yagi Toshinori | All Might Bashing, Bakugou Katsuki Bashing, izuku calls him something creative, BAMF Midoriya Izuku, Crack, Midoriya Izuku Has A Gun, why is that not a tag, Midoriya Izuku Has a Uno Card, Attempt at Humor, Sassy Midoriya Izuku, Humor, Vigilante Midoriya Izuku, not really but kind of??, One Shot, Short One Shot, Not Beta Read, Drabble, Midoriya Izuku is Expelled from U.A. High School, Chaotic Midoriya Izuku

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/40619145

[ao3feed-izuku-midoriya]

Naming Skills and a Robbery

Naming Skills and A Robbery by Majestyrys

He always believed that he was going to become a hero, quirked or not. Quirks aren't everything. He ignored everyone who told him otherwise.

A year ago, he got into UA as the first quirkless student.

But surprise, the universe decided to be a bitch and he got expelled on the second week because he found out a classified world-level secret by accident, and now he has a homeless-looking man slash underground pro-hero always on his tail in case he ever tells another soul about the secret.

Now, he runs a cat coffee shop with sass and spite as the only thing keeping him alive.

Words: 1627, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 11 of Midoriya Izuku Shenanigans

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Characters: Midoriya Izuku, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead

Relationships: Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Midoriya Izuku

Additional Tags: Midoriya Izuku is a Little Shit, Quirkless Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku Does Not Have One for All Quirk, Midoriya Izuku Does Not Go to U.A. High School, Midoriya Izuku is Not Okay, Midoriya Izuku is Not a Hero, Coffee Shop Owner Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku with his Godly naming skills, Tired Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Dadzawa Week, Parental Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Yagi Toshinori | All Might Bashing, Bakugou Katsuki Bashing, izuku calls him something creative, BAMF Midoriya Izuku, Crack, Midoriya Izuku Has A Gun, why is that not a tag, Midoriya Izuku Has a Uno Card, Attempt at Humor, Sassy Midoriya Izuku, Humor, Vigilante Midoriya Izuku, not really but kind of??, One Shot, Short One Shot, Not Beta Read, Drabble, Midoriya Izuku is Expelled from U.A. High School

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/40619145

[pocketramblr]

Suspected Nomu AU weird idea

Okay, but in the 'Bakugou fixes things by lying and sorta telling the truth at the same time' version, what about if a conspiracy theorist (a Todoroki cousin?) put some things together later on, maybe even after Izuku is Pro Hero Deku, new #1, and released it to the public through a ranting youtube video with a conspiracy corkboard in the background:

1) the fact that All Might and All For One obviously KNEW each other at Kamino and it was PERSONAL, even if no-one could hear exactly what was said.

2) All For One obviously knew All Might was deteriorating. That is what little WAS heard.

3) Villains for YEARS now have been talking about Deku as The Traitor Nomu, even before he was a pro.

4) Deku's eyes only glowed green at first, when he was only using super strength, even before he could really control it. The Nomu eyes came later, as he started using more than one quirk. EXCEPT for when he was under MIND CONTROL.

5) Nomus are known to either have no will of their own (most) or have a constructed persona that is effectively controlling the body of the poor bastard that got Nomu'd. Which sounds a LOT like mind control.

6) ALL MIGHT's eyes only ever glowed blue, but he only ever used super strength and was never mind-controlled, was he? (I'm assuming he was never mind-controlled, mainly because other heroes wouldn't have stood a chance. If he was, and if it was brief like Izuku's first brush with it, said conspiracy theorist would be combing old media to find if his eyes went rainbow)

7) Both All Might and Izuku have the DNA of multiple people in them, confirmed by their own legally disclosed tests. Just as Nomus have been documented to have.

8) The paternity test has always been disputed, since there's been rumours of either the Hero Commission or All Might himself strong-arming the lab to give the results they wanted. And if it were true, why didn't they go public with it earlier? Even assuming they wanted to keep it secret as the 'official' story claims, you'd think they would have revealed it before it got to the point it did if it were TRUE.

9) All Might's real name is Yagi Toshinori, as revealed after Kamino and his retirement. A combing of old records found Yagi Toshinori listed as QUIRKLESS, same as Midoriya Izuku. They both developed EXTREMELY POWERFUL quirks later in life than anyone else ever documented. Both of them have the Quirkless Toe Joint.

10) Garaki Kyudai aka Ujiko Daruma aka Tsubasa [NAME REDACTED], All For One's doctor and Nomu specialist is KNOWN to have experimented on children and teens for decades, as seen in the declassified documents regarding Nomu.

11) Said doctor was Pro Hero Deku's childhood physician, the one who diagnosed him as Quirkless.

12) In his Tsubasa persona the doctor had a family, including a grandson Deku and Dynamight's age who went to the same primary school as them but went missing during their childhoods. According to seized documents, said child was made into the Nomu that briefly captured Deku during the Hosu Incident of Deku's first year and attempted to FLY OFF with him, rather than kill him like the three Nomus had been doing all night.

Conclusion? Pro Hero Deku is a Traitor Nomu, like the villains have been saying. But something NO-ONE has realised, possibly because it's been a state secret for longer than most of us have been alive, is SO IS ALL MIGHT. Currently unknown whether the Nomufication bred true and any of Pro Hero Deku's kids will ALSO be ridiculously powerful Nomus (assuming said kids are through a surrogate instead of adopted, considering his widely-documented relationship with Temperance), or if Traitor Nomu All Might managed to rescue another Traitor Nomu. Either would have precipitated All For One to move before he was ready, leading to his (temporary? Depends how the AU plays out) defeat at All Might's hands. But All Might obviously pushed himself too far, and the Nomufication (which MUST have been in a prototype stage at the time, considering the timelines and that such a powerful Nomu escaped) completely fell apart - which All For One KNEW would happen, because he had intimate knowledge of both the Nomufication process in general and All Might's prototype process in specific.

Just IMAGINE what all this information being laid out would look like, without the knowledge of One For All!

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Pocket: wow. I'm thoroughly impressed by all the details caught here, and I'm also now imagining that Cousin Brian David Gilbertodoroki is absolutely losing their mind as they go on through this video. Also, oh my god, this theory like five years after the fact, just when everyone was slowing down and accepting that All Might fudged his tests to explain how the kid got powers, but then No Cousin Bdgodoroki throws fuel back on it because if the new reveal of quirkless Toshinori and the past AfO encounters and how they know a nomuzation can be impacted and not work a la super Tomura.... Then it's not just All Might being himself and going plus ultra to keep the traitor nomu boy he rescued safe...

It's that All Might is also a traitor nomu. I'm not sure what benefit Cousin gets out of this, or how much is split between awe and fear of that but yeah .... Sorry izuku, you thought you were getting a break now? No lol

[allmightluver]

So, what is your take on the EM relationship? Who was the one to fall first and confess? Please support your speculations/opinions with canonical evident, if you'd like 😏 (BECAUSE YOU'RE SO DAMN GOOD AT IT ❤️) Thank you for your time 🙏

Oh goodness

You really want me to go all out huh Kunshi 😏

Well, I’ll try to summarize this as best I can ***(This may have some spoilers so be warned)**

The relationship between All Might and Eraserhead has been quite the journey. You can say, frenemies to “hey you’re not so bad”. They’ve known of each other for years, before the present timeline. Here in Vigilante’s, Eraserhead tells Tsukauchi that the situation they’re in is so dire, they need the Number 1. Aizawa acknowledges how powerful All Might is, despite disapproving of how handles media and fame.

But they didn’t really know each other until All Might started at UA. 

Aizawa believed Yagi to be reckless, irresponsible, and foolish in taking a job he has no training for. Not to mention the obvious favoritism. Yagi believed Aizawa to be too harsh and cold hearted on the children. Though as the two got to know each other, and went through traumatic events together (USJ and Kamino), they started to warm up more to each other, actually taking the time to get to know one another. 

All Might rushes to an injured Aizawa’s side, and the sight of how broken, bloodied and damaged his co-worker is visibly upsets him. The way Toshinori’s voice softens as he apologizes to Aizawa, unclear if it’s out loud or in his mind. Toshinori probably feels terrible whenever anyone’s been injured, but he seems particularly held up over Aizawa, most likely because he himself couldn’t be there when it happened. He was of being a hero all morning, and wasted all his time in his muscle form, so he wasn’t there with them like he should have been. Which meant Aizawa and (Thirteen) had to fight to protect the students, even if they were clearly unmatched. They were both badly injured in the process, all because Toshinori wasn’t there.

Then after the fight, Toshinori cuts his friend, Tsukauchi, off and asks how Aizawa, wait, Eraserhead, is doing. Oh and Thirteen too. He was relieved to find he they were alright.

When Kamino hit we see how intently Aizawa watches the news, watches All Might, watches Toshinori. He was clearly concerned, and in seeing AFO summon his many quirks in order to eliminate All Might once and for all, Aizawa’s concern only grows. And for good reason.

As an after effect, the students needed to move into dorms. Aizawa and Toshinori are paired together to speak to 1A’s students. It’s in the car that Aizawa, awkwardly, offers to buy Toshinori a drink. To which Toshinori politely declines, as he can’t drink. (*face palm*) 

However, after dealing with Bakugo’s...different family, Toshinori nudges Aizawa with an elbow his injured arm no less, and whispers that he now owes Aizawa a drink. 

Dunno about you, but I’d have to be pretty comfortable with someone before I’m close enough to nudge them and whisper secrets. And Toshinori is always seeking to know Aizawa better, be closer, impress him.

They even go out on a date to get a drink together.  Toshinori’s inner dialogue is the most interesting, from “I’m going to be even better friends with Aizawa-kun...!” to “All Might, you just gotta push past the walls of Aizawa-kun’s heart!” ...uh huh. To which Mic and Midnight totally crash their “Secret Dinner Outing” and invite themselves to stay, much to Toshinori’s (”Or on second thought...probably not then.”) and Aizawa’s despair (”Go home!” x3). Get outta here, you’re ruining our date!  And after Toshinori takes his leave, Aizawa chases him down outside to say....? “Thank you very much. I’m drunk right now so I probably wouldn’t say this if I wasn’t. But because you fought at Kamino and took down AFO for us, I’ll do my part and look after the students as much as I can. That’s why I want to thank you for everything.” To which after a silence, Toshinori responds with, “Aizawa-kun, let’s watch over the students from here on out together.” ...to which Aizawa mentions he won’t remember any of this and to never bring it up ever again.  (*repeat face palm*)

This only proves they’re becoming much, much, closer. They’ve gone beyond plus ultra frenemies and onto true friends. They take each other’s words and thoughts into account in a serious manner, like how Yagi managed to convince Aizawa to let him go to Bakugo and Midoriya when they snuck out, as well as going easy on punishment for them.

Aizawa’s also shown growing concern for Toshinori after his retirement. Firstly from seeing Toshinori out and about so soon after Kamino while he was still recovering from his injuries. And on the occasion a falling rock nearly connects to Toshinori’s head, you can see how quickly Aizawa reacts. The way you can almost see a flashback of his childhood friend’s unfortunate death running through his head as he tries to save Toshinori from the same fate. Once Midoriya saves Toshinori, Aizawa still reaches out to him, like he’s worried the man may get hurt, break, as he tells him that it’s not safe in this environment, and that Toshinori should leave, go where it’s safe.

When Aizawa couldn’t attend Bakugo and Todoroki’s extra classes, he asks Toshinori to go in his place, and even makes Present Mic go along as a body guard. He’s clearly concerned for the former hero’s safety and well-being. Toshinori now often fills in for Aizawa if he can’t make it to his own class.

When Midoriya’s new quirk is discovered, Aizawa takes Toshinori’s anxiety about the situation seriously, and they immediately go to put a stop to the training battle. 

But once Midoriya’s quirk settles down, Aizawa decides to let this play out, and calms Toshinori, saying he’ll put a stop to it if the situation happens again.

He later describes Toshinori as a genius, naturally talented, when explaining to Shinsou how he doesn’t expect the kid to be on the same level with the others in the hero course right off the bat. Aizawa has extreme respect for Toshinori.

The biggest moment between the two is late on a snowy night, when Toshinori sits outside in the cold, alone, contemplating...well, his life honestly. Aizawa find’s him, “there you are,” apparently looking for the taller man. Toshinori at first automatically deflects any questions about himself, and asks about the children. He then offers to help Aizawa with training Eri, in which the underground hero gladly accepts (something that Aizawa would not have done in the past, as he hated even speaking to the older man before). But Aizawa can see through the façade, and asks what’s wrong. Aizawa is one of, if not the only, person Toshinori confides in so deeply.  Horkioshi confirmed recently that of everyone (adults, I assume), pro heroes included, Toshinori is the closest to Aizawa. Toshinori decides he can trust Aizawa with his mental weights. He’s decided to live, but feels useless staying alive, powerless, unable to help anyone, or at least how the children need him to. 

Aizawa’s initially unnerved at the fact that Toshinori decided to live, as if the contemplation of otherwise was there. But he listens quietly, intently, to what Toshinori says. Finally, he tries to reason with the older man that being a workaholic, and never having time to rest, isn’t good either, points out that after holding up the country for decades, suddenly not having it has left an addiction. Toshinori doesn’t know what to do if he’s not running himself ragged. But also tells him that he is helping the students--by being alive, and by being here for them. There are a lot of people (Aizawa included?) that gain strength, just by Toshinori being there, alive. And he asks him to please keep on living and acting like his normal self. Toshinori’s overcome with emotion at his words.

For a relationship between the two, I’m sure they both would have had feelings for quite some time before ever admitting to it. Knowing their personalities, Aizawa would feel his feelings were illogical and deceptive. Toshinori is just a tad older than him, has met probably thousands more people than Aizawa ever will, and he was the number one hero. Falling for a guy like that just seemed too predictable and annoying. But Aizawa soon learns the differences between All Might and Toshinori, and while the latter still rubs him the wrong way at times, the tall, willowy man has managed to capture his heart. He feels compelled to care for the other, make sure he’s taking proper care of himself. And yet he tells himself it’s too invasive of the other man’s privacy; none of his business. When Mic and Midnight drag him to the bar and question him why his mood was off, he’d give no answer save for a shrug, and down another beer.

Toshinori would have feelings rather early, but most likely not realize they were more than just finally getting the grouchy Aizawa-kun to tolerate him. As weeks go by, he would catch his heart racing at Aizawa’s presence, blushing when the scruffy man would make tea for him after a coughing fit, and way too elated when Aizawa accepted the invitation for a drink together, alone. One night it would hit him just exactly how he feels for the younger man, and his heart would clench. Surely Aizawa couldn’t feel the same way, especially for a man as old, sickly, and awkward as himself. Even if it were possible, his own death is due to come within the next year, and he couldn’t do that to Aizawa-kun. He’d spend several nights fighting and eventually failing to quietly let his tears fall into the pillow below him as he tries to sleep, alone.

The two would cautiously work together, stepping around their own feelings to keep things normal between them. All the while Aizawa’s brain would fight against his heart, and Toshinori’s chest would tighten until a bloody cough was produced.

Finally, finally, after Mic and Midnight pry it out of Aizawa like a game of Operation, they force him to ask Toshinori out. It takes a week, but Aizawa finally finds the right moment to ask the former hero out for a drink and bar food. Glamorous as always, especially for a first date. But Toshinori gladly accepts, and spends the rest of the day convincing himself it’s just a friendly supper, between friends, not a date.

That night the two have a lovely evening of greasy bar food (which Toshinori politely only orders a small plate of fries, as there’s nothing blander on the menu) and beer (Toshinori also drinks a plain water). Aizawa apologizes for not taking Toshinori’s diet into account when picking where they met, and says he’ll let Toshinori pick the restaurant next time. Toshinori freezes at his wording. Aizawa’s quick to try and resolve, but Toshinori stops him. Asks him what exactly this is. A friendly dinner? Or something more? Aizawa buries into his scarf, and answers with a question in return; what do you want it to be? It’s then Toshinori sets his glass down, takes a moment to breathe, before spilling that he’d hoped it was a date. He’s bright red as he explains how he believes he’s developed...feelings over the months working together. That he wanted to go out again, but that he hadn’t wanted to force his feelings on Aizawa. Who would want someone like him?

These two have so much chemistry. They’ve been through so much together already: disagreements, near deaths, critical injuries, awkward moments of a budding friendship, talking each other off the ledge. In all the ships of the series, EraserMight has one of the most obvious connections and chemistries.

[feraldabi]

a burning hill

ERASERMIGHT (Aizawa Shouta/Yagi Toshinori)

Summary: Toshinori hates the feeling of falling apart; it’s too all-consuming and gut-wrenching. He’s breaking down and the one that’s supposed to help is the cause of his pain. 

He’s trying, though. By god, he is trying. 

TAGS: alt uni - no powers, PAST erasercloud, emotional cheating, angst, angst and hurt/comfort, established erasermight, breaking up & no makeup, tsukauchi naomasa is a good friend

*title after a mitski song*

ao3

Toshinori hates the feeling of falling apart; it’s too all-consuming and gut-wrenching. He’s breaking down and the one that’s supposed to help is the cause of his pain.

He’s trying, though. By god, he is trying.

Toshinori knows he’s desperately clinging to what he has with his boyfriend of four years, Shouta, but it’s a losing one. He’s walking on a frayed tightrope that’s ready to snap at any moment and all he can do is keeping going forward.

Keep going.  

Keep moving.  

Keep living.

That’s all he can do. He’s done all he could: he’s communicated with Shouta about his fears and worries and all he got for his trouble was dismissed.  

“He’s a friend.”

“What, no, I can’t Oboro asked me to get lunch with him—ah, he said the reservation is only for two and he can’t change it, sorry. Next time, promise.”

“Shit, that was today?! I have plans with Oboro, and I can’t cancel on him because I promised him I would go. Rain check, please.”

“What’s funny? You wouldn’t understand; it’s an inside joke between Oboro and I. It’s more work trying to explain than not.”

“He’s a friend, Toshinori.”

“Oh, that’s that new bakery, right. Oboro said he wanted to try the tiramisu, hold on. I’ll be right back I’m going to go buy it for him.”

“Rain check?”

“He’s just a friend, calm down.”

“Shit, sorry, didn’t mean to ignore your text. I was with Oboro.”

“Did you call me? Sorry, Oboro had my phone, so I didn’t know.”

“Oh my god, not this again. You’re being irrational, right now. Stop, I know he’s my ex. Hell, Toshinori, he knows that too. I’m not downplaying anything; I’m telling you facts. Let’s drop this, please.”

That was the last time Toshinori brought it up. He knew that bringing it up again would cause more fighting and that’s the last thing he wants. So, he kept quiet.

He keeps his lips sealed when everything out of Shouta’s mouth has something to do with Oboro: Oboro did this and he did that. Toshinori knew more about a man he’s only met a handful of times. He isn’t unaware or stupid enough to not realize how much effort Shouta puts in to make sure that he and Oboro aren’t in the same space. But, when they are in the same room Shouta makes sure to put as many people between them as he can.

Toshinori doesn’t understand, but he makes sure to adhere to Shouta’s unspoken rule of keeping his distance of Oboro. (Though, Hizashi’s and Nemuri’s expressions say too much. He’s thankful that they don’t intervene and leave him to his disillusioned world.)

Yet, the rare (read: very rare) moments when he’s able to talk with Oboro is when he understands the appeal. Oboro is a warm and bright sun that draws everything and everyone to him. You want to be in his presence, and when you have his attention you feel alive.

Shouta always loved basking in the sun.

So, he gets it.  

He understands the attraction Shouta has, and how Shouta was able to fall in love so easily with Oboro, is falling in love with Oboro.  

He gets it.

That doesn’t mean he’ll let Shouta go without a fight. A losing fight, but a fight nonetheless.  

He tries to be as bright of a sun, but his must be too scolding, too blinding, too much because Shouta starts reeling back. Sending him confused and irritated looks as he becomes more desperate to keep their relationship going.  

It comes to a head when their fifth anniversary rolls around. Toshininori had made sure to pull back, to not overwhelm his weary lover. He decided a simple meal full of Shouta’s favorite followed by a movie they both enjoy. Then, if the mood is right, they could move the evening to the bedroom. (It’s been too long since they’ve been intimate, but it’s fine. He doesn’t need sexual intimacy to be satisfied in their relationship. As long as he has Shouta then it’s fine. ((But, he doesn’t even know how long he has Shouta for.)))

It’s perfect.  

All he has to do is wait for Shouta to come back from his excursion with Oboro (and Hizashi and Nemuri). This is probably the only time he’s glad Shouta’s out because it gave him time to clean their shared apartment and prepare the dinner and dessert.  

The hours tick by and Shouta’s not home. He’s sent texts and calls, but they all go unanswered. He checks his social medias, and it’s on Instagram that reveals where his boyfriend is: in a dimly lit drag bar.  

The friend group seems to be enjoying themselves. In all the pictures he’s seeing they’re all smiling and laughing. He’s never seen Shouta smile like that before. He’s happy that Shouta’s happy.  

Yet, it wasn’t that that made him break, no it was a short video clip from Hizashi. The video starts with the opening notes of Gimme More by Britney Spears and pans around the room before settling on Nemuri who’s dancing to the beat with a blue drink in her hand. It was what’s in the background that stole his breath: Shouta is a breath away from Oboro and looking up at his just-a-friend with a soft smile and eyes full of love and longing as the two swayed to their own beat, their drinks clinking from when they would get too close to the other. The spell between them breaks when Hizashi yells at them to garner their attention, and that’s how the video ends.

It’s cold.

It’s cold, and he’s shaking.  

Toshininori always wondered if a dying star goes out loud or quite: it’s quite and cold.

So very cold.

He startles when he feels something wet hits his thumb. It’s a tear. He’s crying.

He’s cold, shaking, and crying in the dark of a shared apartment with a boyfriend that doesn’t love him anymore on their anniversary.  

Toshininori combusts; the tears stream down his face, and he can’t stem their flow. They fall and fall and fall. He takes shaky breaths and hiccups for his efforts.  

His tears keep falling.

Toshinori grabs a pillow and wails into it, letting out all his frustrations and sadness. It doesn’t help but he feels like it’s done something positive for him.  

Yet, his tears keep falling.

He stares at his tear-stained phone and does something he should have done from the beginning; Toshininori calls Naomasa.  

Naomasa answers on the first ring, “Toshi? What’s wrong? Isn’t it your anniversary today?” Huh, Naomasa can remember his anniversary better than his boyfriend.  

It’s the fact that Naomasa remembers the importance of the date that even his partner of five years couldn’t has him spilling his heart out. Toshinori tells Naomasa everything, sparing no detail. He tells his best friend all his worries, fears, and doubts. When he’s done he’s left dry mouthed and feeling lighter.  

Who knew telling someone that’s willing to listen could help so much, he didn’t.  

“Do you want my honest opinion or simply an ear to listen?”

“Honest, I know you won’t mince your words,” Toshinori states, fingers curling into his dress pants.  

“He’s emotionally cheating on you, and that’s not right. You need to break it off, right now.”

See, Toshinori knew this deep down but to have someone say it, well, that cut him deep. “No no no, Shouta wouldn’t cheat on me, Naomasa!”

“Physically? No, he wouldn’t, but he is emotionally. Hell, it sounds like he’s not even dating you! Where is he, Toshinori?”

Toshinori feels his throat close up, and he closes his eyes to the world.

“With him! He’s with him and not you on your fucking anniversary. You know what, fuck this, I’m coming over. You’re going to stay with me okay. I got your back, you’re not alone. I’m not going to hang up, so keep talking to me if it becomes too much.”

Suddenly, Toshinori doesn’t feel as cold as he once did.

Naomasa arrives huffing and puffing and his phone up to his ear and still talking to him. The hug that Toshinori’s pulled into makes the tears run anew. They stay like that for a good chunk of time before Naomasa declares that he can cry more at their place once they’ve moved his stuff in.

He cries even more, but it’s fine because Naomasa is there.  

He’s there when Shouta wasn’t.  

And, in less than four hours they’ve gathered all of his things and hightailed it out of there. Toshinori thanked god or whatever being listening that Shouta didn’t appear as they were packing his stuff because he didn’t want to face Shouta yet (also because he knew Naomasa was in a fighting mood and wanted to avoid a fight at all costs).  

Soon enough, Toshinori has a new place to call home. (On the way to Naomasa’s he said he wouldn’t burden his friend for long and would immediately look for apartments, but Naomasa took it as an insult and began saying how he will not leave unless he truly wanted to and how he’s being looking for a roommate anyway since rent is high and his salary as a cop can only hold out for so long. ((Its weird how it’s been holding out for three years now.)))

When he and Naomasa are watching a shitty horror movie and ice cream does Toshinori send Shouta a break up text. He promptly turns off his phone and goes back to listening to his friend criticize the detectives’ skills.  

It takes Shouta five days to contact him. It’s a call, the first one Shouta’s initiated after months of missing his calls and texts.  

“So, this is it, huh. You’re serious about breaking up.”

Toshinori retreats to his room when he spots Naomasa holding the knife he’s using to chop pork with menacingly. (It’s his turn to cook and he’s making katsudon.) “I am. I apologize that I did it this way, but I wouldn’t have been able to otherwise.”

He hears a sharp intake of breath, “What do you mean by that? Was I not worth telling this in person because this feels like a conversation we should have in person, Toshinori.”

Toshinori paces the width of his room and his brows furrow in anger, “Was I not worth it, Shouta, because you made it clear what my worth was to you in the last couple months.”

“Is this about Oboro again? Toshi, I told you he’s—”

“But he’s not!” Toshinori’s breath comes out quick. “He’s not just a friend to you, Shouta! He’s more. He’s so much more for you.” The anger that coursed through him dies swiftly and he’s left empty and sad. Toshinori sniffles and wipes at his eyes. He refuses to cry right now. “You’ve been emotionally cheating on me ever since Shirakumo-san came back to Japan.”

He hears something fall, but he can’t figure out what. “What?! Toshinori, you know I would never cheat on you! Please, know that.”

“I know,” Toshinori placates, “I know. Physically, you wouldn’t. But, emotionally, you did. You probably didn’t mean to, but you did, Shouta.”

“I—”

“When was the last time we had gone on a date?”

“To the art museum,” Shouta rushes, “We saw the new ikebana!”  

He sighs and pinches his nose bridge, “That was you and Shirakumo-san. The last time we went on a date was on a grocery run and even then, you stopped and left half way because Shirakumo-san needed you.”  

“No, that couldn’t be. We—we also planned on going on a picnic under the cherry blossoms like we always do!”

That brings up cherished memories that’ll stay with Toshinori for the rest of his life because how could he ever forget the sight of Shouta against the bright pink of the newly bloomed cherry blossoms. “A lovely idea, be we never made plans for that.”

It’s deathly silent on Shouta’s end now.  

“For the past half year, Shouta, it hasn’t been me that you’re dating.” Naomasa’s words come to the forefront of his mind. “Our anniversary passed and you weren’t with me. You were with your friends. With Shirakumo-san.”

“Wait! Our anniversary passed?” He hears a rustle of paper and then a soft curse. “Toshinori—”

“It’s okay,” Toshinori says, cutting Shouta off. “Well, it’s not, but I get it. Shirakumo-san is easy to fall in love with. How could you not?” He gingerly sits on the corner of his bed and grabs a pillow to squish to his chest. “He’s very, hmmm, enchanting. I would have picked him over an old fart with health issues like me any day.”

“Don’t talk about yourself like that, Toshinori! It’s—I didn’t—”

“—I get it.”

“Please, stop interrupting me because, obviously, you don’t get it! I love you! I love you, Yagi Toshinori, old age and health issues included.”

He feels his heart jump out of his chest. Toshinori knows, or knew, Shouta loved him, but it’s been so, so long since he’s heard the man say it. The dam breaks and he’s crying. He hopes Shouta can’t tell, but he knows that Shouta knew. “And, I love you, Shouta, and that’s why I have to let you go. You love me, I know, but the love you have for Shirakumo-san is greater. Please, my heart can’t take this anymore.”  

Toshinori hears the telltale signs of Shouta crying as well. It hurts that he’s hurting the love of his life, but this has to be done. He rather end it now on somewhat amicable terms then grow to resenting each other.  

“So, this is it then.”

Toshinori uses his sleeve as a napkin as he rubs at his runny nose, “It would appear so.”

He hears sniffles and a cough. “Right—I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. Please, know that I never meant for any of this to happen, Toshi—Yagi. I should probably not call you by your first name now, huh.”

Toshinori nods. “For now, yes.”

“Can—Could we remain friends? I don’t want to completely lose you.”

Shouta—no, Aizawa—sounds desperate to him, and he’s weak to deny Aizawa anything.

“We could, but I need some time. Time to get over you and heal.”

“—over me, right—Okay, I understand. Before I go, can you tell me your safe. I came back and all your stuff was gone and then I saw the text and yea—”

Toshinori smiles because how could he not? Being worried for by Aizawa is something he would never grow tired of. (Guess he has to get used to not having it now.)  

“I am.” He doesn’t offer where or with who because he has to set up some boundaries (even if the ones he has are less boundaries and more things he’s willing to let Aizawa get away with).  

“Good, that’s good.”

“Don’t worry, I’ve been eating and taking my meds. I’m right as rain.”

“You better be, Toshino—Yagi! You matter greatly to me so.”

Not enough for you to keep loving me.

Not enough to be happy with me.  

Not enough for us to be together.  

“I’ll do my best, goodbye, Aizawa.”

“See you later, Yagi.”

Toshininori hangs up first. He sits there in the darkness of the room and it doesn’t feel as oppressive as he thought it would. A knock at his door reminds him that dinner is ready for him whenever he’s ready to come out.

The sun sets, but it’ll rise again. His relationship may have ended, but this isn’t the end for him.  

Toshinori will keep going and keep living for himself.  

He’ll rise and set again, and time will past until he no longer hurts as much as he does now.  

(But, for now, he’s going to eat the katsudon his best friend made and have a good crying session.)

[thebnha-auhoard]

Tell me more about Persona?

Like worldbuilding and their actual personas! And what call backs do you have to the games? (It's a me! Cookie!)

Hehehehehehehehehehehehehe. It would be my pleasure!

In regards to the call backs to the games, I'm going to say that literally all the games are canon. All of the mainline and spinoff Persona games are canon in this au. Yes, including the Dancing Games. Hatsune Miku is canon.

This of course, has consequences to the world. For one, people are going to notice fast that something off happened when they look back at the past. Yeah a good chunk of them was forgotten due to Persona shenanigans but the Phantom Thieves of 2017? That's an interesting case.

Stealing people's Hearts? Impossible escapes? All the people of Shibuya claiming to have saw a Demon shoot a bullet through a False God? That's bound to catch historian's eye. And that's not even mentioning the papers that Dr Maruki published and the recovered research of Isshiki Wakaba!

It's something that would catch the eye of the HPSC, historians, and Quirk Researchers. The whole Cognitive Psience may be just an early version of a Quirk that mutated wildly, and that's what makes the Phantom Thieves of 2017 a subject of study once the Present Day Phantom Thieves make an appearance.

So yeah lots of callbacks to the games. A lot of callbacks to the games. In fact...you may see some familiar faces and some familiar Personas...

For Worldbuilding I like to say that there is going to be heavy emphasis on both the past and present of mha and Persona canon. So we're going to get how Yoichi got access to the Metaverse App and how the knowledge of Personas goes and effects all the characters in general.

A good one honestly would be Yagi and Torino both knowing that All For One is very much alive before canon events happen. My reasoning behind this is because Yagi would have used the Metaverse to go and gather information on All For One and his forces and Gran Torino would 100% know about the Metaverse. He was Nana's Confidant and Toshinori's teacher. He would have known.

As such, Igor would go and tell Yagi that his job is unfortunately not finished. The False Demon Lord is weakened but not killed. There is still a job to be done.

This of course makes Yagi be even more adamant on keeping up as All Might and to keep pushing despite it being clear he is reaching a limit. Some things can't change and Yagi's need to protect and save others is one of them.

As for everyone’s Personas, hehehehehehehehehehehe. Oh boy I am excited for this one. The whole class got Personas and it all happens throughout the course of the first school year and a bit into the second school year.

Everything is centered around Greek Gods/Heroes and there may be some fun familiar Personas here. Especially the last one.

Anywho- Everything under read below. Feel free to ask about the reasons why a character has a particular Persona.

Midoriya Izuku's Persona: Hades

Bakugou Katsuki's Persona: Helios

Uraraka Ochako's Persona: Gaia

Asui Tsuyu's Persona: Neptune

Kirishima Ejirou's Persona: Theseus

Hatume Mei's Persona: Hephaestus

Iida Tenya's Persona: Hermes

Yaoyaorozu Momo's Persona: Athena

Satou Rikido's Persona: Hestia

Ashido Mina's Persona: Psyche

Kaminari Denki's Persona: Dionysus

Jirou Kyoka's Persona: Orpheus

Sero Hanta's Persona: Arachne

Tokoyami Fumikage's Persona: Hypnos

Shouji Mezou's Persona: Prometheus

Ojiro Mashirao's Persona: Ares

Kouda Kouji's Persona: Pan

Aoyama Yuuga's Persona: Atropos

Todoroki Shouto's Persona: Icarus

Shinsou Hitoshi's Persona: Nyx

[hybridempress]

Listen, I say this as someone who is an All Might stan. I fucking love All Might, he's one of my favorite characters in BNHA. But he is a fundamentally god awful character in the way that he is written. All Might is one of the most poorly written characters I've seen in all my years of fandom

And like I get it, he's a superhero in a superhero manga, so we should have some leniency with plot holes or mary-sue-ish powers, but JESUS CHRIST! This man exists solely to push plot forward in the beginning of the manga and then becomes utterly useless after the second AFO fight, but he's allowed to break every single rule set up by Horikoshi's worldbuilding, just 'cuz!

Like how the HELL is All Might a UA alumn but simultaneously his identity was anonymous until after the second AFO fight? Seriously none of All Might's classmates/teachers/any heroes he might have interned with/ANYONE WHO WATCHED THE SPORTS FESTIVAL were like "hey remember that Yagi kid who won the Sports Festival, graduated from UA and then disappeared? Well he looks exactly like this new All Might fellow and their quirks are exactly the same" not to mention that the GOVERNMENT has a registry of everyone's quirks and you have to get a LEGAL LICENSE TO USE YOUR QUIRK IN PUBLIC! You also have to file incident reports every time you do any kind of hero work!

It's also speculated that his quirk gives him regenerative healing properties, but of all the abilities we are canonically informed of when it comes to All Might's version of One for All, healing powers is not one of them. This man is missing most of his internal organs. He got his guts entirely rearranged, and not in the fun way. He literally should have died, but SOMEHOW he was miraculously able to be saved and CONTINUE HERO WORK FOR SEVERAL YEARS AFTERWARDS! His quirk hadn't completely failed him until very recently! So how is it that he could stay alive after something like that, but Nighteye had to die after receiving a similar but less intense injury, and Ingenium was permanently paralyzed (and practically erased completely from the story) after getting stabbed? With the advanced technology and healing quirks needed to keep All Might alive, there's literally no way in hell either of those two other heroes should have received the lackluster treatment they did.

This post doesn't really have a point, other than that I'm here to push my Toshinori should have been homeschooled instead of a UA Alumn and Ingenium deserved to not just be plot fodder from one arc and Nighteye being a martyr served absolutely no purpose to the story. All Might in and of himself contains so many plotholes and just complete decimations of what could have been excellent worldbuilding, and these flaws become glaringly obvious the more times I reread the manga or rewatch the anime. Like bro I love him, but his writing sucks ass

[ladysunamireads]

Naming Skills and a Robbery

Naming Skills and A Robbery by Majestyrys

He always believed that he was going to become a hero, quirked or not. Quirks aren't everything. He ignored everyone who told him otherwise.

A year ago, he got into UA as the first quirkless student.

But surprise, the universe decided to be a bitch and he got expelled on the second week because he found out a classified world-level secret by accident, and now he has a homeless-looking man slash underground pro-hero always on his tail in case he ever tells another soul about the secret.

Now, he runs a cat coffee shop with sass and spite as the only thing keeping him alive.

Words: 1618, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 11 of Midoriya Izuku Shenanigans

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Characters: Midoriya Izuku, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead

Relationships: Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Midoriya Izuku

Additional Tags: Midoriya Izuku is a Little Shit, Quirkless Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku Does Not Have One for All Quirk, Midoriya Izuku Does Not Go to U.A. High School, Midoriya Izuku is Not Okay, Midoriya Izuku is Not a Hero, Coffee Shop Owner Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku with his Godly naming skills, Tired Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Dadzawa Week, Parental Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Yagi Toshinori | All Might Bashing, Bakugou Katsuki Bashing, izuku calls him something creative, BAMF Midoriya Izuku, Crack, Midoriya Izuku Has A Gun, why is that not a tag, Midoriya Izuku Has a Uno Card, Attempt at Humor, Sassy Midoriya Izuku, Humor, Vigilante Midoriya Izuku, not really but kind of??, One Shot, Short One Shot, Not Beta Read, Drabble, Midoriya Izuku is Expelled from U.A. High School

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/40619145

[radioactivepeasant]

Fic Prompts: Free Day Thursday

(Going back a bit in my Everybody Lives au to when Nana and Toshinori first reunited. Little bit angsty I guess. TW for implied death of alternate versions of major characters)

Nana woke to hear her grandson's voice outside her hospital room. There was a metallic clicking accompanying him. Was he on crutches? Using an IV stand? She'd become so bored, staring at the same four walls day to day, that she had begun trying to guess medical equipment by the sound it made rolling down the hall.

"Is my grandma awake? They said we could see her today."

Ah, he didn't sound nearly as tired as he had the last time they'd spoken. In fact, Nana thought he sounded like he was in better spirits than he had been all week!

Nana raised the bed up, eager to see Tenko. Then she heard a second voice, and her stomach dropped with dizzying speed to land somewhere around her bandaged toes.

"I'm here to chaperone young Shimura, never fear! There won't be any overexertion today!"

Toshinori.

[[MORE]]

Nana made a soft, choked sound that the nurse immediately picked up on. Super hearing wasn't always all it was cracked up to be, but it made his work at the hospital much more efficient. He opened the door quickly to check on his patient, worried that she might have been in some kind of pain or distress. In the doorway behind the nurse, Nana could see Tenko sitting in a cheap wheelchair, wearing an All Might brand jacket. Where had he gotten that? And more relevant, how were they going to convince him to take it off to be washed? As Nana considered this, she lifted her eyes to the man pushing the chair. That was...

Was...

Tears slipped down Nana's cheeks despite the smile that spread trembling over her face.

"Toshinori?" she asked, "My Toshi?"

The whip-thin man seemed to fold in on himself. His face crumpled, and it was clear that he was using every ounce of his self-control to keep from an emotional outburst of some kind. The nurse looked between the two, finished checking his patient's vitals, then very hastily stepped out to allow All Might his privacy.

"Call me if you need anything," he assured them as he shut the door.

For a moment, Toshinori stood frozen in place. This wasn't her -- but it was! Somehow, it was! -- she didn't truly know him, did she? Could he even say that he knew her?

Nana unceremoniously interrupted his thoughts when she reached out her good arm for him. "My boy," she gasped, wiping tears onto her sling, "My sunflower boy, you're here!"

Alternate timelines be blasted. This was Nana. She was here!

Toshinori fumbled to take her hand. It was warm. Flesh and blood. This was real. Nana Shimura was really, truly, alive. He made a small, helpless sound, and Nana pulled him down with a surprising strength into her arms. She buried her face in his hair and sniffled.

"I've missed you so much!" Nana pulled back and held Toshinori's face in one hand. "I thought I'd never see you again and- and here you are!"

She laughed through her tears. "One of my sons, back from the dead. I must be doing something right."

Sons.

Plural.

Sons.

Something broke in Toshinori. A wall he'd hidden behind for over half of his life. He clung to the woman and buried his face in her shoulder. And for perhaps the first time since the day he'd lost her, All Might cried.

"You...! I..." he choked and fought to clear his voice. "I- even though you had your own family, I always thought of you as my own mother," he confessed, finally able to say the words to her face.

"Hey! I am your mother," Nana whispered into his hair. "No- no matter what...what version of you...I'll always be your mom, Toshi."

It was a long time before any of their eyes were dry.

Nana spent much of the visit clinging to Toshinori as though she feared that he would melt away the moment she let go. And he, for his part, was much the same. There was much between their two timelines that didn't match up, things that wouldn't reconcile according to the laws of Flashpoint's Multi Theory. But they could compare and contrast memories later. Now was the time for catharsis.

Tenko sat on the end of Nana's bed, watching his grandmother fuss over All Might as if he were a boy again. This version of Uncle Yagi seemed flummoxed by the attention, as though he wasn't used to being doted on. Flummoxed, but Tenko could tell he was sort of shyly enjoying it. Sensing his gaze, Nana abruptly looked up at him and grinned.

"We did it, kiddo!" she laughed and choked past a lump in her throat. "We got him back!"

Tenko scooted closer to them. His eyes shone with both excitement and unshed tears. "We got more than that, Gram. The Midoriyas survived, too."

Nana turned quickly to stare up at Toshinori. "Inko's alive? And poor little Izuku?"

Toshinori was, on the one hand, curious about the hints of explanation he was hearing. But on the other hand, the conclusion they pointed to was disturbing. Once he knew the truth, Toshinori knew he would never be able to go back.

Just now, it didn't seem worth the nightmares to ask.

"Young Midoriya is 16 now," he said softly. "A wonderful, compassionate young man. He's...he's my successor."

"Ah!" Nana squeezed his hand. "I can't imagine him all grown up, I'm just picturing little chubby cheeks and curls still! But I can't imagine there being a better candidate from what I remember."

Having his predecessor blatantly and verbally affirm his choice of a successor gave Toshinori a confidence boost he hadn't realized he'd needed. Sir Nighteye's harsh words, and the protective anger they'd kindled, were muffled now. Drowned out by the opinion that mattered to him most: that of his predecessor.