4 Chapter 4 : Receding Tides

Izuku after helping the kid up, he gave him a few words of encouragement and went home. Along the way he his mind was spinning with questions on what the pop up meant. 

'physical adaptation limiter removed... Did he have a quirk? It might mean that there was a limit to the amount of adaptations I could get from others, a limit to the potency of the adaptation or a limit to the harm that can be negated.' 

Izuku couldn't be sure as he hadn't hit a limit to any of those. For all he knew it was all three he wouldn't be able to tell. 

'If there is one then I'll get to it eventually' 

Years pass in relative normalcy. He had become the strongest person at his gym being able to pick up every weight in the building with relative ease though that's not saying much as all weights in the building add up to around 5 Tons. His trainers have told him to go to better equipped gyms to keep improving but he didn't want to as it was too far away from home and besides he's been coming by to encourage and help the newer members train. His time there had been quite fruitful. 

[Potency Increase : +^ Photographic Reflexes] 

[Potency Increase : ^Spacial Awareness] 

[Potency Increase : +^Immense Muscle Density] 

[Potency Increase : +^Immense Muscle growth] 

[Potency Increase : +^Muscle Decay Immunity] 

[Potency Increase : +^Immense Bone Density] 

[Potency Increase : +^Immense Flexibility] 

[Potency Increase : +^Immense Stamina Efficiency] 

[Potency Increase : +^Immense Stamina Regeneration] 

Some of the upperclassman have decide to test their mettle against the immovable wall of Aldera as the school calls him.

Flashback

Izuku knew he was being followed so he lead them to a secluded area under a bridge. He stopped as he watched the group slowly and wearily surround him to prevent his escape. They stood just out of arms reach fully focused on their target, their white whale. 

"Wow quite the entourage you've gathered for little ol' me. Before we begin if anyone was forced into this get outta here."

A few scared looking ones in the back turn tail and ran. This was not the first time they had attempted a group assault, though there are some people from other schools in the group this time. Izuku looked around with an almost bored look. With his arms out stretched. 

"Alright, everyone knows the rules you all get a free hit in. Come on." 

Without a word they rushed in. We've done this many times now though they've started incorporate raid boss tactics. At least their improving. Even with my adaptation and training my physic seems to grow at a normal rate for a child so I'm small enough that only 3 people can engage close range. Their plan was good. 

'But not good enough' 

After a few minutes it was over as they lay there with bruised bodies and dirtied clothes. They don't give me challenge me anymore, they don't even increase the potency of my adaptations. 

Bakugou had joined in on a few of these brawls in the beginning both with and against me. He quickly stopped joining because he and I quote "Don't need those extras to kill you bait". I let him tire himself out, he's never truly been able to hurt me after the first time in Aldera Elementary though the adaptations I got from him were becoming very potent thought their names have yet to change like the others. 

School for Izuku had been fine, always the top of the school academically though never paying too much attention in class which infuriate the teachers to no end but they can do nothing. Bakugou as always, wanted to throw down after result day. 

Other than that life was normal until one day something peculiar happened. Something he never thought possible. 

One night he had a vivid dream of a white haired man with red eyes in a suit standing with him in a void. 

Flashback

"Kurogiri are you prepared?" 

"Yes master" 

A dark purple portal opens up as the white haired man walks through to a child's bedroom. He reaches out his hand and places it on the child's head. He then found himself in a dark void around him the representations of the quirks he holds as orbs. He then looks toward the child which was floating serenely, as he gets closer to him a few of the orbs around him suddenly rush to the boy and began orbiting around him. He ignored this believing it was of no consequence. 

When he got close enough to touch the boy he saw his own quirk, all for one beginning to faze out of his hand and into the boy. He tries to pull his hand back but that slowly rips the quirk in two. This cause immense pain to him but he keeps pulling not wanting to lose more than he has. 

'Kurogiri, evac' 

A dark purple portal appears under All for One's body teleporting him back to base. He sees his separated quirk go into the boy along with many of his quirks not coming with him. As he landed, he opens his eyes with a gasp struggling he speaks. 

"Call... the doctor"

The doctor appears after a few minutes and seeing the state of his master he brings him to the lab. He is placed into bed as devices are hooked up to him to monitor his condition. 

"Bring me the backups." 

Kurogiri portals in a lump of flesh and All for One places his hand on it to recover the quirks he lost. He tries and he tries again, his heart drops. He looks into himself to assess the damage. The orb which represents his quirk was cracked and smaller, a lot smaller it looked to be about 1/5 the size it once was. He looks over to the other orbs there were only 20 left thankfully nothing too important not including some of the more powerful quirks and the quirks of the previous users are gone. He did know the true effects of the separation until he can use the other quirk safely. A shame but nothing he can't live without. 

"Master did you retrieve your quirks? " 

"No doctor, that quirk is a different beast. Now with most of all for one taken by it there's no telling what it would allow that boy to do. He must be brought to our side."

The next morning, Izuku wakes up tired and with a pounding headache which quickly clears within the next few seconds he opens his eyes to see multiple pop ups. 

[Quirk removal prevention protocol activated] 

[Disarming intruder...] 

[90% incomplete] 

[Storage...] 

[Complete] 

[Intergration...] 

[Error] 

[Partial Intergration...] 

[Success] 

[Quirk Storage Unlock] 

'So that's wasn't just a dream' 

He looks over in the corner of his vision and sees an icon of the letter Q above the envelope. He focuses. 

[Danger Sense] 

[Impact Recoil] 

[Float] 

[Kinetic Booster] 

[Ultra Strength Enhancer] 

[Duel Mental Processing] 

[Lie detector] 

[Quirk sight] 

[Regeneration] 

[All§orO%e]

'Who wanted to steal my quirk? Is that even possible? Then why would a protocol activate? Are there more protocols? Do they only activate when my quirk is at risk? Are these the quirks that they have stolen before they tried to take mine?'

Questions upon questions piled in his head. Trying to figure out this new facet of his quirk. Unconsciously he begins floating off his bed. 

"Izuku breakfast is read- How are you feeling?" 

Brought out of his crisis he fall back into bed. They are both silent for a second. He looks up at Inko. 

"Someone might have broken in last night"

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Next time 

Chapter 5 : Prelude