The Villain born from Shattered Dreams

Eri and the League

Everyone gathered at the hideout, it hadn't been long but Deku was glad to see everyone again.

"I still stink like Yakuza," Twice complained.

"Don't expect me to work with boring people like that again!" Toga added.

"Everyone did good, maybe too good," Shigaraki stated.

"What do you mean?" Deku asked.

"Our notoriety was high before, now they're creating groups specifically to hunt us down. We're gonna have to keep a low profile." Shigaraki answered.

"Aww that sounds boring," Toga whined.

"Unless you wanna be captured I'd have to agree" Magne chimed in.

"Moving on, I'd like Deku to explain the details about the Yakuza incident," Shigaraki said.

"Should I start with Overhaul, Eri, or the quirk formula?"Deku replied.

"Start with your quirk formula, is it replicable?"

"Without All for One's DNA it isn't, I don't know if I could make it work for anyone else. The only DNA of All for One I had was used in my prototype and only Kurogiri could get it, where is he anyway?"

"Kurogiri said he was going to get a weapon One for All left and should be back soon. I would like you to tell me more about Eri."

"Eri was a test subject, she was constantly being torn apart and repaired by Overhaul's quirk."

"The experiments Overhaul performed were about her quirk right? You mentioned she could heal but what I saw wasn't healing." 

"She can rewind living things to a previous state, she accidentally rewound her father's existence and that's what I had her do to Overhaul."

"What about the rest of her family?"

Deku turned to Eri who was in a corner with Mr. Compress, he was doing simple tricks to keep her entertained.

"Eri could you come here for a moment," Deku called out.

Eri walked to Deku before turning around and facing Mr. Compress. "Thank you for playing with me."

As Eri nervously took a seat beside Deku, Shigaraki began to speak to her. "I would like you to tell me about yourself, and your family."

Eri took a deep breath and tried to keep calm as she explained. "I don't have a family and there isn't anything about me to know. I accidentally killed my dad with my quirk, a-and" She began to tear up a bit as she continued to think back on that day "my mother got rid of me calling me a monster. My grandpa took me in and had Overhaul learn about my quirk. I think he did something to my grandpa because not long after Overhaul was in charge."

The League had mixed feelings about Eri. Despite being murderers some were sympathetic, Twice particularly seemed close to tears. Even Shigaraki showed glimpses of some kind of emotion but Deku couldn't figure out what emotion he was even showing. 

"Are you actually crying?" Toga called out as she started to hear Twice sniffle.

"There's something in my eye - I can't help it. Without my mask I always feel like I'm being torn apart, but this poor girl was torn apart constantly." Twice was trying to hold back his tears.

"Even if she does stay her quirk is a problem, since your the expert on quirks what do you suggest?" Shigaraki asked

Deku pulled out his little notebook and looked through it, the league began staring at him once he started muttering to himself. It's been a while since they heard him mutter like this, it was always a mixture of mildly annoying to slightly comedic.

"Most unstable quirks use support items, but the only information we have is that her horn glowed and then shrunk after activation. We don't have enough info to use support items but what we do know is her quirk works on living things. But what constitutes a living thing? The notes I read from Overhaul's work suggested he used rats for testing; so it works on animals but does it work on plants? What's common in a person and an animal would also be found in a clone." Deku's eyes suddenly light up. "A clone that's it, we can train her using Twice's clones!"

Shigaraki agreed it would be the best practice for her, only Eri was confused by what he meant.

"I can make a clone out of people, so if you make a mistake and they disappear I can just make another. Who should be the one that she practices on?" Twice asked.

"Why not mine? I'm sure my clone wouldn't mind helping her," Deku stated.

Twice quickly shook his head, "I can't make clones of you anymore."

"You can't, why?" Deku asked. The other members were also surprised by Twice's statement, Deku with his new quirk would be amazing to clone.

"You changed your quirk and messed with your DNA; my old mental image of you and what I see now are too different. If I try to make a clone my mind will be hung up on all the possible changes making the clone a failure." Twice explained.

"Shame, guess we will need someone else," Deku said.

"What about a clone of me?" To everyone's surprise, it was Eri who gave a suggestion. "I would feel bad if I ended up hurting anyone here, but if it's me training myself I'm sure I could do that."

"I'll just need to take some measurements then I'll be able to make a clone of you anytime." Twice said.

"Before we get too far ahead I would like to talk with her in private," Shigaraki said.

"If we're done then I have a potential member to meet with," Dabi said as he got up.

"Try not to burn them this time," Toga said sarcastically.

"I only burn trash," Dabi responded.

"Then quit trying to burn me!" Deku quickly shouted as the members chuckled at the joke. 

Deku couldn't help but have a genuine smile around these guys. Before the word trash would have made him depressed, now he's able to joke about it. Looking back he couldn't help but think how long they've been together.

With everyone out of earshot, Shigaraki removed the hand that was covering his face and took a seat beside Eri. "I'm honestly surprised by how similar we are."

Eri looked up at Shigaraki with surprise, deep down she thought no one could have gone through anything similar to what she did. 

"I can't remember much of my family but these are all that's left," he shows the girl the hand of his father. "The only thing I remember is living alone on the streets as people walked by, they all thought a hero would help but no one did. I was saved by my sensei All for One who helped raise me, almost in a similar way Deku is doing for you."

"Why did you want to tell me this alone," Eri asked curiously. The strange way that Shigaraki was opening up to her made her feel more comfortable around him.

"No one else knows this about me, everyone here has some sort of past that they don't want to talk about. I don't know about most of theirs and they don't know mine. What I want to do is the same thing my sensei did for me, help you direct your negative feelings."

Eri wasn't quite sure what he meant, she had bottled up her feelings so much that it was hard to feel happy or even angry at things anymore. "I'm not sure I'm able to feel such things."

"When you removed Overhaul didn't it feel good to finally be rid of the person that hurt you?  It wasn't your fault you were born with your quirk yet your mother abandoned you. I understand it will take time but between Deku and myself I'm sure you'll understand." Shigaraki placed the hand back on his face. "Welcome to the League Eri Midoriya."

"Midoriya?" Eri asked confused by the name.

"My name Tomura Shigaraki is a gift from my sensei using his name, I figured it would suit you since Deku's name is Izuku Midoriya."

"Midoirya," Eri smiled at Shigraki "My name is Eri Midoriya!"