17 Forget Me Not

It was dark again. Deku knew exactly what was about to happen. Instantly his breathing quickened, his body tensed up and his quirk began to power up. After a long day, Deku fell asleep on the couch before Toga, at what she saw was shocking to her.

Toga noticed Deku powering up and went to calm him down, but then the pens, the coffee cups, the plants, the table and the couch itself started partially float in the air.

"No way." Seeing what Deku was doing pushed her out of character. She was genuinely shocked. When Toga noticed that the couch she was sitting on was floating in the air, she started to shake Deku in the hopes that it would wake him up, "Hey, Izuku!" But Deku didn't wake up.

Toga jumped off the couch when Kurogiri appeared next to them.

"It seems Master was right." Kurogiri had a syringe in his hand that made Toga curious. The syringe went deep into the side of Deku's neck and Kurogiri injected something inside. As Kurogiri pulled the syringe back out, everything dropped.

The syringe seemed to relax Deku, causing him to feel safe and not need his quirk.

"Come with me." Kurogiri picked up Deku in his arms and handed him over to Toga. She stared at Deku, who was heavy but she could still hold him. Kurogiri opened up a portal, and Toga walked through.

They arrived at the laboratory that was used to make the Nomu, and many more were on the way. Toga walked further into the building, and Kurogiri closed his portal. The laboratory was about the size of a sports hall in a school, but with many medical equipment, doctors and desks.

"Ah, so my theory was correct." The voice of All For One came from the distance as he noticed Deku, "Just place him there." He walked over and pointed at a metal desk for Deku to lay on.

Toga placed Deku on top of the metal desk, and he was still sleeping peacefully. Kyudai Garaki, the doctor that helped create the Nomu, walked over and began analyzing Deku.

"It seems when you gave him the Amplifier quirk, he awakened a quirk of his own." Although Deku was asleep, he could still hear their voices echoing in his darkness. A quirk of his own? What did they mean?

"Wake him up, I wish to speak to him." All For One gave his orders, and Garaki followed. He grabbed a syringe and passed it to All For One.

Just like Kurogiri had done before, All For One pierced Deku's skin with the needle on the syringe and woke him up. At first, Deku was drowsy like any other person would be after waking up. Toga jumped up in the air once she saw that Deku was safe and hugged him. Deku let out an awkward smile and patted her on the head.

"Deku, I have some great news." All For One was about to tell Deku the news, Deku put his index finger up to indicate him to stop.

"I've got a quirk of my own, huh." Deku then looked down at the floor as he sat on the side of the desk, "After all these years, it finally starts to show."

"When you ask for more power, I gave you a quirk known as Amplifier. As the name suggests, it amplifies your quirk." All For One explained the situation further for Deku, "And in that process you have managed to spark up the quirk you lost, that quirk being Telekinesis from what we have seen."

Because he wasn't able to control the Amplifier quirk, he couldn't choose which quirk it amplified. Being unaware that he even had a quirk of his own, Amplifier boost the ability of that quirk instead of the one that All For One had given him.

Based on what Deku had done in training for his borrowed quirk, he knew that he needed to focus in order to gain control. Since Telekinesis was much different from the quirk he had been using, he needed to focus more than usual. Deku looked at his hands, and closed his eyes. He focused his mind on the desk he was sitting on.

"Wow!" Toga voiced her amazement, which caused Deku to open his eyes and see that he made the desk float about half a meter into the air. He was amazed as his own ability, looked over at Toga and put on a warm smile.

Before they could continue, however, one of the Nomu's that were being tested on started to get aggravated.

Deku stopped his quirk and landed back on the ground. Toga, All For One and Garaki just watched as many doctors ran away from the Nomu. With a lot of struggle, the Nomu released itself from the restraints and started crushing anything in its sight, even killing a few doctors along the way.

After hesitantly watching for a moment, Deku slowly made his way over to the Nomu. Garaki looked in confusion as the Nomu turned to Deku, and showed no signs of attacking. Deku felt like he could do something about the Nomu if he treated it like it was a pet.

"Whoa, it's okay. It's okay." Deku treated the Nomu like it was a child looking for their parents to try and calm the Nomu down. At first, the Nomu's breathing was heavy, but it eventually cooled down when Deku put out his hand.

Deku's heart was pounding in both fear and excitement, with his hand touching the side of the Nomu's face. The Nomu was almost a perfect replica of the one they used to attack the U.S.J, so Deku had some flashbacks to when he was beaten on that day. However, the Nomu was submissive to Deku, and that intrigued the doctors in that room.

"I did a thing!" Deku then turned around and celebrated. Toga clapped her hands to congratulate him. Seeing the Nomu made All For One think it was the perfect time to bring up another issue he has, one that Deku created.

"The Nomu's have taken a liking to you." All For One walked over to Deku, "But we have another matter we need to discuss as well." Deku gulped as he remembered what he had done earlier that day, "Why did you disobey my orders?"

"That's.... a good question." Deku nervously averted his eyes from All For One, then sighed to confront him, "There was no chance of me getting One For All, as well as my own personal reasons got in the way. I couldn't play hero, and I failed you." Deku bowed for his apology, and prepared for severe punishment, "I'm sorry, Master!"

What Deku didn't expect was All For Ones hand to gentle pat on his head. Surprised, Deku looked up at his Master.

"Very well. You are too valuable to let go, so I shall find another use for you." All For One turned his attention to the Nomu standing behind Deku, "You seem to have some form of connection to the Nomu, so I'll put you in charge of controlling them. You are a smart one, so you can contribute heavily to our planning. Don't fail me again." He made his point as clear as possible.

Deku warmly smiled and nodded his head to indicate that he understood. Toga blankly looked over, with worry that Deku was just putting on a facade to hide his self-hate.

"You can only do so little with your quirks as of now, so I will have you train more often. This will be easier since you have left U.A, and Kurogiri will act as your teacher." All For One moved his hand from Deku's head and back to his side, turning around and walking away.

Deku's warm smile shortly turned into a painful one as All For One vanished, and Garaki continued on with his work. The other doctors returned to their positions and the ones that were killed by the Nomu were cleared form the laboratory and discarded, being the easily replaceable people they were.

"He rarely even shows himself in front of his own son. Shigaraki has taken a liking towards you. He has put you in charge of leading the Nomu's, don't disappoint." Garaki put his hand on Deku's shoulder before walking past to put the Nomu back into it's restraints. Deku gave a silent response.

"Izuku." Toga cheerfully skipped over to Deku, who still seemed like he was in pain, "Let's go out and have fun!" This was her attempt to getting Deku to cheer up.

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It was a cold night. Deku wore his favorite green hoodie, with casual clothes underneath whilst Toga wore her usual get-up. The sky was pitch black, almost making the lights around them blinding.

"It's so quiet tonight, that's no fun!" Toga complained, pouting like a child as she sat on the edge of the tall building.

"Yeah." Deku response was brief and sounded like his mind was in another place and wasn't paying attention. He was kneeling next to Toga on the same edge, looking off and into the distance. Toga stood up and started wobbling around the edge, and Deku looked up and watched in confusion.

"You know what I think?" Toga put her arms out to balance herself with her back facing Deku, who she now had the attention of, "I think you should just follow your heart and do whatever you want! Have fun in the life you've got. It's not nice seeing so many people bringing others down!" Toga turned to face Deku, who looked up at her in awe.

"You don't need to change, Izuku. I think you're perfect just the way you are!" Hearing those words from Toga made Deku's heart beat faster.

"But- But I'm weak!" Deku just needed to hear her voice say the words from Toga that he had been secretly begging to hear for a while. Deku was now standing up, and Toga placed her hands on Deku's cheeks.

"You don't need to be strong, I think you're more than enough." She said it. She said exactly what Deku had hoped she would, word for word. Deku's heart was pounding, and he felt the dark night seem like it was the brightest hour. He did exactly what Toga had suggested, and followed his heart.

Taking just one step, Deku kissed Toga.

Toga was surprised to see Deku make that move, but it wasn't one that she was going to complain about. Deku wrapped his arms around Toga's waist and pulled her close. Naturally, they were both blushing.

"Even when I found my way, I still felt like nobody would truly understand me." Deku looked away in embarrassment as he started his confession, "But no matter what side of me I decided to show, you understood me. In fact, I there is no way our meeting was a coincidence."

Deku sighed and looked back into Toga's eyes.

"I'm sorry if-" Deku thought he may have had the wrong idea and went to apologize, but it was interrupted when Toga kissed Deku back. Deku felt like he was going to pass out from overheating, with his heart almost breaking out from his chest.

"This is the best day of my life! There are so many boring people in this world, but when I saw you all beat up like that, I couldn't help but fall in love with you!" Toga was as cheery as ever, but felt different this time, "Most of the people I fall in love with cast me aside, but I knew you were different."

Deku and Toga stared at each others eyes for a few seconds, before Deku had a great idea.

"I know how we could have the most fun!" When Deku announced it, Toga payed full attention to what Deku had to say, "How about we mess up the sports festival?" Deku's smile became psychotic, the smile that Toga loved most.

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