Chapter 62 - Heroes Across Time Pt3 (1/2)

”How are you an ȧduŀt already!?”

'I forgot how stupid she is...' All Right (Adult Naruto) thought to himself as he cleaned out his ear, hearing Mina shouting at him in shock. He was surrounded by all of his friends in their teenage bodies, so it hadn't been hard for him to figure out that Fast Forward and Rewind had counteracted each other in a way that caused a small break in Time/Space. Two Time Quirks interacting like that violently was to be expected, the Quirks would have naturally tried to rip each other apart.

Forward and Rewind couldn't happen at the same time, naturally, so Time couldn't handle the stress of it, and simply broke.

”Naruto?”

'Wow... I guess at this point, he hasn't been healed to his prime yet...' All Right looked up and down Toshinori, who was in his true form... which was different than what All Right was used to. He didn't mention it though, since if Toshinori had this as his true form, then the world didn't know that he was All Might yet. It would be better to mention this in private. ”Time Travel, about 10 years from now, my intern used her Rewind Quirk and it interacted badly with a villain who had a Fast Forward Quirk.” Naruto explained the situation to Mina to answer her question.

Everyone who heard that seemed to kind of accept it.

”Is this like a Paradox Timeline, where everything you do and tell us is predestined, or is this like a Branching Timeline, where your actions will create a new future.” Momo was the smartest for a reason. She wanted to know if it was safe to interact with Naruto as he was, or if they needed to avoid him for the safety of their own timeline.

With a Paradox Timeline, nothing Adult Naruto did would change his past, so everything he told them was pre-destined to happen. In that case, it would be horrible to hear something that would be nasty for them. Hearing of one of their deaths, or a horrible injury, would be heart breaking.

In a Branching Timeline, nothing Adult Naruto did would change his future... meaning that he couldn't change his future, but he would be able to change their own future. His influence could change the rivers of time for the better or worse, depending completely on how they all reacted to his changes.

Mina just poked All Right in the stomach, not listening to anything.

'I can't help but look at him, and feel this sense of pride.' Toshinori stayed silent and smiled.

His nephew seemed like a fine ȧduŀt, a true pro hero.

”It doesn't matter, I don't plan on staying in the past long. The world is in danger-”

”Oh come on!” Mina screamed when she heard that line.

”-... you done?” All Right asked when he stopped for her outburst. He could understand her frustration, but she didn't need to shout in his ear. Most of the class were palming their faces.

It was like every time the world was in danger, Naruto was somehow in the middle of it all.

”... I think we all deserve an explaination.” Toshinori stepped forward and tried to take control of the situation.

All Right wasn't having it.

”The man who sent us to the past has a device that can amplify Quirks, and no doubt, with my luck he's going to find a way to get multiple Quirks.”

-With Menma-

”Now this is certainly interesting... this device is still being developed on I-Island... how strange for a completed version to exist. Here I thought only David Shield was smart enough to make this. How fortunate I found you... not to mention Fast Forward is quite the unique Quirk.” Menma spoke as he looked at the invention that Naruko was holding in her hands. A man had teleported into the middle of their base, so it was only natural that he get punished accordingly for his trespassing.

Naruko was just smiling to herself as she watched the blood on her hand drip onto the floor, having clawed the man across the ċhėst after he hit her with one of those weird attacks.

”How... you're Quirk... how...”

The man was quickly aging, having his own Quirk turned against him as he grew older against his will. His aging slowed down, before he stopped when he was close to 70 or so years old. Menma looked impassive the entire time, but not without a keen glance downwards.

”Hahahaa! Brother is a genius, there isn't a Quirk on this world that he can't find the weakness of! His brains, and my monster strength, makes us unstoppable!” Naruko giggled out, drunk on the pŀėȧsurė of being on a fresh hunt. The man had been far too easy for her to take down, but blood was blood.

Menma leaned down and stared him in the eyes.

”You're weak, far too weak to make proper use of this brilliant invention... but don't worry... I'm sure that you'll make a fine Nomu... Father might even allow you to use this Quirk Amplifier... you'll be the strongest Nomu he's ever created.” Menma looked at the man with nothing short of disdain. The man had been so arrogant as to ȧssume that just because they were teenagers, that he could beat them with his amplified Quirk.

Coward.

Only picking a fight with those he was certain he could beat, those who looked or acted weaker than him.

”I can't kill him?” Naruko seemed sad when she heard that.

She wanted to kill again.

”Patience, soon an opponent strong enough to fight you will appear. Fast Forward sounds like a strong Quirk... sad it is in the hands of a weak coward.” Menma dusted himself off and stood up straight. He didn't want to dirty his hands with the blood of somebody so beneath him. The man was useful as a Nomu, a Nomu that could be unleashed on the city.

Better idea.

”Spare me, I'm begging you... I don't want to die.”

”As weak as you are, you do serve a use, so I intend on sparing your life. I'll make sure you become the strongest Nomu, even stronger than All Might himself... far stronger than the old strongest Nomu.” Menma sighed as he placed a finger on the man's head, and teleported him to have his body modified. He was useless if his body couldn't hold at least 4 or 5 Quirks in it. Even he and Naruko both had 3 Quirks inside of their bodies, their original Quirks, and both of them had two additional Quirks that were given to them by their Father.

Naruko seemed bored, now that her fight was over, and the blood was drying on her hands she was once more bored with what was going on.

Menma was the smart one, with their Father having given him a Quirk that boosted his IQ up to nearly 500, she was just the strong one, with three Quirks made for pure combat. He was the planner, not her, she just went where he told her to do and did what he wanted.

'I want to fight again.' Naruko pouted to herself as kicked a pebble across the floor.