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A Small Ember Can Light A Forest Ablaze

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TW: MENTIONS OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

He looked down at about a two- or three-story fall, the concrete at the bottom was cracked, small bits of grass could be seen poking through. Just as he was about to jump a man with a bird-like face mask grabbed his hands and pulled him back. “Don’t kill yourself, I can help you get revenge on all that have wronged you..” As Izuku listened to what the odd bird-mask man was saying a flicker of vengeance sparked in his mind.
Or...
What if Izuku had listened. What if on the top of a school roof, instead of jumping, Overhaul found him, and pulled him into bloody arms.

CO-CREATED BY ThatOneAxolotl

Notes:

Welcome to this mess of a depressed Izuku fic :D

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: Prologue

Chapter Text

As Izuku sat in the corner of his dark and dirty containment cell he found darkness clouding his gaze as his eyes would slip closed and become unconscious.

“Huh? Where am I?” He asked as he looked around, noticing the familiar scenery of a building's roof, gray stoned and bare. It was almost sunset, pink clouds drifting above in the orange sky. He looked down at about a two- or three-story fall, the concrete at the bottom was cracked, small bits of grass could be seen poking through. The slight breeze made it seem like it’d pull him right into a warm hug of death.

“Oh.. I remember now.” He grumbled as he realized he could speak again, his voice nearly surprising himself. As the memory reenacted itself, he got into the position of a swan dive, much like one you would see at the pool or lake. But just as he was about to jump a man with a bird-like face mask grabbed his hands and pulled him back. “What the hell?” Izuku asked, puzzled and a little annoyed at the fact he hadn’t fallen. The view of the hard concrete ground slipping out of his view as he was pulled further back from the edge. Disappointing, it would’ve been nice to end this torture.

“Don’t kill yourself, I can help you.. I can help you get revenge on all that have wronged you..” As Izuku listened to what the odd bird-mask man was saying a flicker of vengeance sparked in his mind like an ember setting ablaze.

“You would do that for me?” Izuku asked, not knowing what he was getting himself into.

“Yes, all you have to do is come with me.” The man smirked evilly under his odd bird-like mask as the young green-haired boy took his hand, allowing him to lead him to a life full of hell and agony…