Chapter 64 - Split Across Time

"His Quirk is making this process take almost no time at all."

All for One spoke as he stood before the new Nomu he was creating, with Menma standing next to him, arms behind his back as he looked at the man screaming at the top of his lungs in agony as his body was flooded with drugs and forcefully transformed. All for One had already stolen his original Quirk, and was using it to Fast Forward the man's body once the drugs were pumped into his system. Speeding his evolution into a true Nomu along so quickly that in a mere week or 2, the man would be ready and capable of fighting and destroying All Might himself.

"Prediction, 5 Strength Enhancements, Regeneration, Impact Recoil, and Bone Spear... as well as giving him back Fast Forward, surely this will be the Nomu to kill All Might-"

"-as well as Naruto Uzumaki." All for One finished for Menma, who blinked, before his eyes widened and he looked at his father figure with some surprise.

He must have misheard that.

"Naruto can prove very useful to the League of Villains, either as somebody to oppose us, or one day joining us." Menma pointed out, uncomfortable with that statement, and every part of it..

"His Hoshi no Tama was used to nearly destroy the world, his potential is far greater than even his Naruko's potential. Not to mention unlike her, he has shown to be highly powerful in his base form. The power of his 9-Tailed form would be vastly stronger than her own, if we were to gain control over his power he would become too much of a threat." All for One spoke almost playfully. He didn't consider the task of killing a fledgling hero to be worthy of his own personal actions. All Might was one thing, but this young hero just had the potential to be great.

Not to mention, he was unable to steal the Monster Fox Quirk thanks to the odd way it existed.

Most hero threats could be ended by stealing their Quirks, but heroes with One for All and Monster Fox were immune to his power, and were able to become threats to him. He needed to take care of those threats, just like he did with Kushina, and just like how he was going to do with Naruto. Naruko, thanks to him raising her to be a blood thirsty brute who only wanted to kill, was no threat to him. She would never train to grow stronger, and was completely reliant on her Quirk and the Quirks given to her. She was a powerful ȧsset to him, but at the same time, she was also no threat to him.

"... I understand... if you believe my Elder Brother should die, then it will be." Menma didn't argue, but he didn't smile either like he usually would.

All for One seemed to smirk under his mask.

"You have your doubts child."

"I do, I believe that all factors considered, Elder Brother is a great ȧsset to the future of villains. His existence, if he is allowed to live and grow, will constitute the evolution of villains. They will need to grow stronger in order to stand a chance, similar to how Toxic Chainsaw was able to stand a chance against All Might. As a Hero, his power can strengthen our own power by serving as motivation. If he becomes corrupted by his Quirk, then we gain a powerful ally." Menma spoke with calculated emotions. His plans hinged on the strongest of the strong surviving, and constantly growing stronger. The weak dying like insects were one thing, and All Might's death was completely needed for his plans to continue on track.

If the Symbol of Peace were to die, that would strike a blow to the weak heroes who looked up to him, while serving the point of forcing the strong heroes to grow in strength to fulfill the hole his death would cause.

All for One seemed to consider it.

"Your reasoning is sound, but you misunderstand One for All has been passed down, All Might is getting weaker. With how close the two seem to be, it makes sense for this boy to have gotten One for All. If that is the case, then he's too dangerous." All for One was stubborn about his views.

One for All stored power and passed it on, with the next person adding their own power to the Quirk, training with the power, and passing that on.

Whoever inherited the Quirk would get All Might's full power added to their own power, and then they could train that power and take it further. The boy already showed signs of having plenty of power without the Quirk, a great deal, so if One for All was added to his power, then he would surpass All Might just by having the Quirk, in both stats and in fighting ability. That was without considering the fact that Naruto would still have access to his own extremely powerful Quirk.

A threat like that couldn't be ignored, which meant he had to have the boy die before he mȧturėd.

-With Naruto-

"Sneeze damnit!" Naruto shouted when he felt his nose tickle again, but no sneeze come out. He was getting sick of the sensation of being sneeze-blocked by his own treacherous body. He had a Eri on his shoulders, having gone back to her room to go and get her. He had kind of ran out on her out of his anger at Izuku and Ochaco, which was mostly over now. "You okay up there Eri?" Naruto asked the girl.

She just nodded her head, rubbing the top of his head with both hands, comforting herself.

She was still very sad that she wasn't able to stay in the same room as he was, but he told her it was something she had to do, so she would do it for him.

"You want to sneeze." Ochaco questioned from Naruto's shoulder, since Naruto was carrying her and Izuku. Seeing as Naruto wanted to get away from All Better, and he believed that it was best not to hear about the future for them either, he was making sure to remove them from being around her as well. After that, he had gone and picked up Eri.

Surely, the others were almost finished with his party prep work.

"You're not going to help All Better get back to the future?" Izuku questioned Naruto, the guy who helped almost everyone.

Naruto shook his head.

"Seems like future me is around here too somewhere, and if I stay with her, I risk meeting myself... I'm really not sure what would happen if I meet future me. The universe could collapse, we could fuse, time and space could fracture even more, or nothing could happen. I'm not in a position where I'm allowed to be selfish." Naruto stated to Izuku and Ochaco, so they would both get the message. They needed to start acting like heroes, instead of worrying so much about the small stuff. He understood their interest in the future, he had stuff he wanted to know as well, but knowing the future would only put them on the path to changing the future.

If Ochaco learned she would become rich, she might end up becoming lazy by ȧssuming no matter what she did, she would become rich, and thus she would destroy her own future.

Izuku frowned.

"Eri-chan, if you could learn something from the future, what would you want to know?" Ochaco asked Eri, who looked at her in thought.

...

"Do I make you proud?" Eri asked as she looked down at Naruto, who just turned his head a little at an angle to look her in the eye.

"I'm already proud, just keep working on that smile... Nezu?" Naruto asked when he saw the mouse principle walking towards him, with a confused Momo walking behind him, the girl was in a swimsuit, though she had a towel over her shoulders. She must have been at the pool or something, and Nezu brought her from it. She didn't know what was going on, and neither did he.

What was going on?

"Naruto, I'm sorry to interrupt you, but something rather urgent has come up. I have something very important to ask you, along with her. If you'll come with me." Nezu spoke carefully, a small, grim smile.

This couldn't be good.