History Fanfic / SilentShadow

** All Might also suffers from this as he blames himself for what happened to Izuku due to his last words to him that he believes caused the boy's dream to be put down which caused his death, even now he can still recall how the boy looked like when he died and how his mother Midoriya Inko screamed after seeing the corpse of her only son. Both of them are determined to save Izuku and return him home to his mother.

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1788739 Silent Shadow]]'' is a My Hero Academia ForWantOfANail fanfic series written by ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/users/tunafishprincess/pseuds/tunafishprincess tunafishprincess]]''

!! Silent Shadow contains examples of:

* AdaptationNameChange: Because of the ForWantOfANail event, which is his death and resurrection, Izuku goes by Kuro.

** When Stain was speaking with Shigaraki about there potential alliance:
-->Stain: Will you become a tree that stands the tests of time or a mere weed among the rest of the weeds?
-->Kuro: Shigaraki's a plant?\\

** Since Izuku isn't a student at Yuuei, Shouto doesn't engage him in a fight at the Sports Festival, [[spoiler: and since he only meets Kuro there for the very first time, he isn't as strongly influenced by his words ]] and doesn't use his flames like he did in canon, and as they quickly parted ways, they don't become friends.

* AdultsAreUseless: {{Inverted| trope}}, As All Might not only believes Katsuki's whispered words during the awards ceremony; he also seeks him out and assures him the pros will be taking action to rescue Midoriya Izuku. And even though he'd rather hope it's not All For One, he shows he's not naive enough to do that.

** {{Inverted| trope}} With Katsuki, as his nickname of Izuku, 'Deku', was never intended to be affectionate.

* TheAtoner: Katsuki, starting from when Izuku saved him from the Sludge Villain. This is especially apparent in the sequel, Broken Silence [[spoiler: as Katsuki doesn't loose his cool during the Sports Festival's award ceremony (even though he came in second to Todoroki) and instead focuses on enacting his plan.]]

* CassandraTruth: It was what Katsuki was afraid of happening if he tried to tell anyone that Kuro is Midoriya Izuku [[spoiler: as he was the only one to hear him speak.]]

* ForWantOfANail: All Might is too late to stop the Sludge Villain the second time, leading to Izuku's death.

* InSpiteOfANail: Despite being practicaly forced into villainy, Kuro still keeps his heroic nature [[spoiler: shown especially when he saved Katsuki in the USJ attack]] and, in Broken Silence, [[spoiler: Tenya from Stain.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Katsuki is hit with strong guilt for everything he's done to Izuku. All Might also suffer from this as he blame himself for what happened to Izuku due to his last words to him that he believes caused the boy dream to be put down which caused his death, even now he can still recall how the boy looked like when he died and how his mother, Midoriya Inko screaming after seeing the corpse of her only son. Both of them are determined to save Izuku and return him home to his mother.

* TheSpeechless: Kuro is this as he mostly uses his phone for comunication [[spoiler: until he's finally able to say the single word 'Kacchan' during the USJ attack.]]

* StationsOfTheCanon: So far the story has included glimpses of the Slime Villain incident, the USJ attack, the League's meeting with Stain, the attack on Hosu and Tenya Iida's vigilantism.

* TrappedInVillainy: Kuro. At the end of the USJ attack, [[spoiler: he had no choice but to leave with Kurogiri, otherwise he'd risk Katsuki getting killed.]]
** Later in Broken Silence, [[spoiler: he had to reaquire the League's trust for his new plan of keeping an eye on them to work.]]

* DracoInLeatherPants: Kurogiri becomes a teacher and father figure for Izuku/Kuro. He is just as much a victim of the Doctor and All for One's experiments as Izuku is.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Katsuki is hit with strong guilt for everything he's done to Izuku. All Might also suffer from this as he blame himself for what happened to Izuku due to his last words to him that he believes caused the boy dream to be put down which caused his death, even now he can still recall how the boy looked like when he died and how his mother, Midoriya Inko screaming after seeing the corpse of her only son. Both

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Katsuki is hit with strong guilt for everything he's done to Izuku.

* TheAtoner: Katsuki, starting from when Izuku saved him from the Sludge Villain. This is especially apparent in the sequel, Broken Silence [[spoiler: as Katsuki doesn't loose his cool during the Sports Festival's award ceremony (even though he came in second to todoroki) and instead focuses on enacting his plan.]]

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* DracoinLeatherPants: Kurogiri becomes a teacher and father figure for Izuku/Kuro. He is just as much a victim of the Doctor and All for One's experiments as Izuku is.