They had finally caught the little bastard— All Might’s son was in their grasp. Albeit he was a few inches shorter, many inches. The teenage hero was now a smiley toddler, eyes wild with wonder, which quickly filled with tears upon the realisation that the people he was walking with were not people he should ever interact with. “Listen, kid, just sit still here,” Dabi kneeled down to him as Mr Compress had finally sat the boy down onto a chair. Toga couldn’t help but squeal at the sobbing boy, “He’s so cute!” “Should we get the kid some snacks, or a drink or something?” Spinner spoke, feeling clearly unnerved at the sight of Stain’s beloved hero weeping tears at the sight of them all. “The poor kid’s crying, man, it doesn’t feel right, what with him being like four versus a teenager.” Compress was clearly sympathetic to the hero-ling even though he’d be their future enemy. “Fine!” Shigaraki turned to Kurogiri as the kid began to look up, anxiously waiting to see if he could get a snack, “Give him one of the fruit juice cartons— not my special apple–flavoured ones! And get the hero-ling some crisps with this, Kurogiri.” “Of course, Master Tomura,” Kurogiri agreed, leaving to gather the aforementioned items and calm down the weeping brat. Shigaraki’s eczema-ridden face cracked open an eerie smile, beginning to let out a few creepy high-pitched screeching laughs, “Oh, this is good! We have All Might’s own successor finally in our hold— I can’t wait to see how that bastard responds!” “Kurogiri, hurry up!” “Of course, Master Tomura.” He bowed before quickly leaving speckles of mist as he teleported away. “Sensei, you made it!” Shigaraki screamed upon the arrival of purple smoke which then revealed the new-and-improved form of All For One – no longer a disfigured man with permanent scarring and bumps all across his profile – now a shockingly handsome man that Dabi would confess to looking back at twice if ever asked, with his tall figure not just menacing, but attractive— extremely so. “Ah, yes, here I am as promised,” His husky voice responded, eyes focused only on his successor, “Now what is it that you have for me?” “One For All!” Shigaraki cackled in a hearty yet macabre laugh, "I've captured the green brat who’s All Might's heir!” A smile rested upon All For One’s face, making Dabi realise that whatever One For All was, had high value to the villain. “Well done, Tomura, I’m very proud. But where is the boy?” “He’s over there in the corner with Compress— oh, and he’s now a kid because Giran hooked us up with a villain with a de-aging quirk and it made getting the plain hero-ling way easier,” Shigaraki responded gleefully. “I see,” All For One began to step forward; slowly beginning to reach the teary child, “Now One For—”

“—Daddy!”

All For One’s eyes were not the only ones that widened at the kid’s loud declaration, Dabi could see Spinner and Compress sharing each other’s gaze as their jaws opened in response to the startling revelation. “I–Izuku?” All For One was clearly baffled, bewildered with the sight of the not-longer-crying brat running over to him to then grip onto his leg with his juice-ridden hands. The brat’s eyes were shining with relief