Fanfic / Time Again Series

The Time Again series is a My Hero Academia Peggy Sue fanfiction series by Wawa_Boonliang. It is ongoing and currently consists of Never and Always, Eventually and Sometimes, Every Now and Then.

Never and Always, Eventually is the main story, which follows Bakugo Katsuki's life after he watched Midoriya die and unexpectedly ends up with a second chance. It can be found here.

Sometimes, Every Now and Then is a side story consisting of a series of one shots in the Time Again universe. It can be found here.

Not to be confused with Time and Again, a Naruto Peggy Sue fanfic.

This fanfiction contains examples of:

• Accidental Murder: The thief Bakugo and Future Midoriya were chasing accidentally sends a crate falling down on a paralyzed Deku, killing him. She's horrified by what she's done and hysterically rambles that she expected him to dodge since he's Deku.
• Adapted Out: Shinso replaces Mineta in Class 1-A, removing the latter from the plot.
• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In canon (and Bakugo's first past), Bakugo's less moral actions were excused or complimented by his teachers and classmates in middle school since he was popular and had a powerful Quirk. This time around, Bakugo could not care less about his schooling and cares much more about his friendship with Deku. As a result, his relationship with other people at his middle school is much worse. He is bullied, many kids think he and Deku are dating and call them homophobic slurs, and the teachers are convinced Bakugo will become a villain because he is a "problem child". It's so bad that many are glad when "that villain" tests out and insult him for it, infuriating Midoriya.
• Adaptational Early Appearance:
  • Bakugo purposely trains with Midoriya in places Eraserhead frequents so they meet Aizawa when they are eight. He sees the potential in both of them and agrees to train them to become heroes.
  • Bakugo meets Shinso at a gym before he goes to UA. They become fast friends.
  • Uwambi appears a bit earlier in the internship arc since she replaces Midnight as Class 1-A’s art history teacher
• Adaptational Expansion: The fic explores Bakugo and Deku's childhoods in detail. This includes their time in middle school and training by Aizawa. The story does not get to UA until chapter seventeen.
• Adaptational Jerkass: Mitsuki and Masaru Bakugo's parenting can be questionable in the manga, but they are not outright neglectful as they are in the fic.
• Adaptational Karma: The heroes responsible for tying Katsuki up for the Sports Festival award ceremony will have their teaching/hero licenses evaluated and will be suspended from their classrooms for the time being. Only until they pass some recovery programs will they be able to teach again.
• Adaptational Sexuality: It's a BakuKiri and IzuShoto fic. So Izuku, Bakugo, Kirishima, and Shoto are all gay. Aizawa and Hizashi might become a couple as well.
• Adults Are Useless: Zig-zagged.
  • Played Straight. Katsuki's parents and the teachers at his middle school are absent or useless and the latter group do not see Katsuki is a good kid. Instead they see him as a troublemaker and guaranteed villain.
  • On the averted side, adults like Aizawa, Inko, All Might, and Hizashi are all helpful and invested in caring for Izuku and Katsuki. Izuku notes that Aizawa is the first adult since Inko to see Bakugo isn't a bad kid .
• Affectionate Nickname:
  • Due to hearing Izuku continuously calling Katsuki 'Kacchan’ before he found out his actual name Aizawa calls him that in his head. He tries, and fails, to remember to call him by his actual name out loud. Eventually, he just sticks with calling him Kacchan. Later Present Mic follows suit.
  • Katsuki calls Izuku ‘Deku’ here as well, but it’s because he’s used to calling him that in the original timeline as opposed to an insult
  • Katsuki calls Inko ‘Not-mom’
  • Present Mic sometimes calls Katsuki ‘Kittycat’ or ‘Kitty’
  • Katsuki takes to calling Present Mic ‘Papa Mic’
  • Katsuki also starts calling Aizawa ‘Dadzawa’
  • Katsuki calls All Might ‘Whatsit’ though after the events of the USJ it’s debatable whether it’s ‘affectionate’
  • Katsuki calls Hitoshi ‘Shitstain’
  • Class 1-A view Katsuki’s unconventional names for them as this some go as far as to make them their hero names
  • Some members of Class 1-A call Hitoshi ‘Zombie’
  • Katsuki and Hitoshi call Tenya ‘Glasses’
  • After Izuku stutters out Todoroki’s name and accidentally calls him ‘Tododo’ some members of Class 1-A, particularly Ochako and Denki, refer to him as such on occasion
  Katsuki: Whatsit this is Shitstain. Shitstain, Whatsit.
  Shinsou: Nice to know I’m not the only one he does that to.
  All Might: I believe his little nicknames are how he shows affection
• Ambiguously Gay: It's initially unclear if Aizawa and Hizashi's relationship is meant to be platonic or romantic. Midnight thinks they should get together already but this is Midnight talking. The updated tags spoil that their relationship is indeed going to be a romantic one.
• Be Careful What You Wish For: Mitsuki came to hate Aizawa and Present Mic since she felt as though they were stealing her child away from her and at one point wished one or both of them would die just to get them away from Katsuki. When Present Mic was severely injured however she regretted that wish, seeing how inconsolable Katsuki became afterwards.
• The Big Damn Kiss: Aizawa, overcome with relief and warmth, kisses Yamada after seeing him for the first time since Yamada awakened from his coma.
• Break-Up/Make-Up Scenario: Due to blaming himself for how the USJ incident turned out Katsuki distances himself from Aizawa and his classmates even acting hostile to anyone who approaches him. Eventually, Katsuki reconciles with Aizawa and Class 1-A.
  Tsuyu: I know your Papa is proud of you, kero
  Katsuki: I killed him.
  Izuku: He isn’t dead, And I’d bet, if he were here right now, he’d…I want to say he’d be upset with you for acting this way… but… we both know he’d just give you a hug
• Cliffhanger:
  • Chapter 25 ends with Kurogiri and Shigaraki arriving at UA in front of Bakugo, Kirishima, and Shinso.
  • Chapter 31 ends with All Might arriving at the USJ to see an injured and unconscious Yamada in the hands of the Nomu.
• Cruel and Unusual Death: Future Midoriya is paralyzed by a Quirk and crushed to death by a huge metal container, horrifying Bakugo and the killer.
• "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: Nezu rightfully thinks that if the teachers involved in tying Katsuki up at the Sports Festival had stopped to think about how stupid their plan was then U.A wouldn’t be facing lawsuits and general backlash from the public.
• Entertainingly Wrong: Todoroki and half the internet are convinced Midoriya and Bakugo are Aizawa and Hizashi's biological kids via unknown women. Theories vary between those that think they were the result of one-night stands and those who believe they were part of a surrogate program.
• Exact Words: Katsuki uses vague but truthful phrasing about the source of his knowledge to get around Tsukauchi's Lie Detector Quirk while being questioned after he faces Shigaraki and Kurogiri at UA.
• Kids Are Cruel: Five year-old Midoriya's classmates bully him for being Quirkless and use their Quirks to hurt him because of said Quirklessness. Bakugo protects Midoriya from them when he can but as they grow older, the kids start mocking them for "being a gay couple" ^note They are gay but they aren't a couple. and calling them homophobic slurs.
• Improbably Quick Coma Recovery: Present Mic suffered terrible injuries that under normal circumstances should have resulted in his death but due to All Might calling in renowned doctors put him in a coma. He still wakes up only two weeks later in time for the sports festival. Somewhat subverted as he struggles to walk and needs Tensei’s help to get to U.A and after a couple of hours he has to rest to recover his energy.
  Yamada: I need to be there.
  Tensei: You literally just woke up from a coma.
  Yamada: Tensei. Please. I’m not pretending I’m 100 percent… Just… Help me. I… I need to see them. I want to be there. I have to be there. Please?
• Innocently Insensitive: When Present Mic first meets Katsuki and finds out Aizawa, who hates children, is training him for U.A he asks why Aizawa would do something like that for a random kid. Which leads to Katsuki running away wondering why Aizawa puts up with him.
• Internal Reveal: In Chapter 42 Todoroki reveals his parents quirk marriage and the abuse Endeavor put him through to Izuku and Midoriya
• Irony:
  • Shinsou freaks out over the fact that Katsuki is being trained by not one but two heroes… while the third hero training Katsuki is standing right next to him in disguise.
  • Due to Katsuki sticking close to Eraserhead during the quirk assessment some members of class 1-A think that he’s trying to suck up to him, and that Eraserhead may get annoyed with him. Not knowing that father-son relationship that they share.
  • Izuku thinks to himself that someone as amazing as Kachan wouldn’t pine after someone… only for Katsuki to be pining after Eijirou.
• Late-Arrival Spoiler: The updated tags spoil future pairings such as IzuShoto, BakuKiri, and EraserMic.
• Lighter and Softer: Unlike the manga itself and many time travel fics, Time Again focuses more on slice-of-life aspects than a "save the world" plot. However, the series does have its darker moments such as Future Midoriya's death.
• Log Fic: Some portions of the story are written in the format of Discord messages
• Love at First Sight: When Eijirou sees Katsuki at the entrance exam he can’t help but stop and admire him, and when they talk during the exam Eijirou thinks that he’s cute despite his manly appearance.
• Meaningful Rename: Instead of going with the hero name he had in his previous life, ‘Overkill’, Katsuki makes his name ‘Ground Zero to symbolize that he’s starting over from zero.
• Mental Time Travel: Katsuki's mind goes back in time into his five year-old self's body.
• Mistaken for Romance: Happens to Izuku and Katsuki all the time
  • All Might thought that the two were dating due to how cuddly they were, when he brought it up to Midoriya the teen was disgusted by the insinuation.
  • When Shinsou tells Katsuki he thought him and Izuku are dating, Katsuki reacts with disgust and responds with “Deku? Deku’s my baby”
  • Kirishima, who has a crush on Katsuki, thinks that the two are dating when he sees them holding hands on the first day of class he is beyond excited when he finds out that they are not together in Chapter 28
  • Most of Class 1-A thought that Izuku and Katsuki were boyfriends and were shocked to find out that they are actually brothers
  • Present Mic and Eraserhead get hit by this a lot too! Almost anytime anyone sees them interact with Katsuki they assume that the two are together and that Katsuki is their son, with there even being online communities dedicated to ‘Eraser Mic’ and their secret family. They aren’t exactly wrong since Aizawa and Yamada do have romantic feeling for eachother and are now Katsuki’s secondary parents
  Kaminari to Katsuki: Bro, I thought he was your boo! He’s your brother?
• Mistaken for Suicidal: One day, Bakugo rudely makes Midoriya walk home alone and turns off his phone. He does this as part of a plan to eventually get Midoriya to run into the Slime Villain and All Might in a month's time, but from Midoriya's point of view he's acting incredibly out of character. Midoriya calls Aizawa and Aizawa finds Bakugo on the edge of a building. Aizawa thinks he was about to jump, but in reality Bakugo went there to think and began crying when he realized he never got to marry Kirishima and would never get the chance.
• Must Make Amends: After The Sports Festival Midnight resigns from her position as a hero and a teacher and plans to retake the necessary exams since she feels as though she doesn’t deserve to be a hero in the state she is in now.
  Midnight: I’m resigning from my position. This isn’t the first time I’ve messed up as a teacher. This isn’t the first time I’ve messed up as a hero. And I don’t want it to seem like the only reason I’m facing consequences is that I’m being forced to. I’m resigning, as a teacher and as a hero. I’m going to retake the qualification exams and reexamine who Midnight should be going forward. Until then… I don’t deserve to be a hero. And I don’t deserve to be a teacher.
• My Life Flashed Before My Eyes: Subverted When Present Mic was in the clutches of the Nomu instead of his life flashing before his eyes he saw the faces and heard the voices of his loved ones
• Not a Date: This is what Kirishima tells himself when he and Katsuki go to an owl cafe together

Ironically when Izuku and Hitoshi refer to this outing a date Katsuki doesn’t correct either of them

• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Shinsou is in disbelief seeing Katsuki blush after the entrance exam, and is able to tell right away that Katsuki has a crush on Kirishima
  • When Katsuki refers to Iida with his actual name as opposed to ‘Robocop’ the other students freeze
• Open Secret: Katsuki’s (and Izuku’s) relationship to Present Mic and Eraserhead is supposed to be kept under wraps. However there are entire fan communities in-universe dedicated to the family and members of class 1-A figure it out easily within their first few weeks at U.A.
  Kacchan (Katsuki): who the fuck told who
  Shitty Hair (Kirishima): IT WASN”T ME DON LET UR DAD KILL ME BRO
  Sweet Cheeks (Ochako): we all just kind of figured it out
  Pinky (Ashido): ur not slick, hoss
  Pika Pika Chuuuu (Kaminari): I feel like I somehow obsorbed the info through osmosis
  Pony Tail (Momo): to be perfectly honest, I can’t remember how I came to know.
  That Fucking Chicken (Tokoyami): It was a secret?
• Only Friend: Midoriya and Bakugo are each other's only friends until they meet Shinso shortly before entering UA. In middle school they were outcasts, Midoriya because he is Quirkless and Bakugo because he's "a troublemaker and potential villain".
• Parental Favoritism: Even though Aizawa and Hisashi aren’t their actual parents atleast until they legally become katsuki's secondary parents.

it’s clear to everyone that between Izuku and Katsuki the latter is the favorite, not that Izuku minds anyway.

• Parental Neglect: Mitsuki and Masaru Bakugo have little presence in their son's life and let him wander the streets without a care. Katsuki spends more time at Midoriya and Aizawa's house than his own. He calls Inko "Not-Mom", Aizawa "Dadzawa", and Present Mic "Papa Mic", implying he sees them as his parents more than his biological parents.
• Pinky Swear: While talking to Izuku Ochako reveals that she knows that Eraserhead and Present Mic are Katsuki’s fathers. She pinky promises him that she’ll keep it a secret
• Platonic Kissing: Katsuki often kisses Izuku on the cheek and is very affectionate in general, but holds no romantic feelings towards him
• Platonic Life-Partners: Past Midoriya and Bakugo have a platonic, brotherly relationship. Many outsiders mistake it for something romantic, to their annoyance and disgust since they're only kids.
• Puppy-Dog Eyes: Eight year old Katsuki uses these to get Aizawa to tell him and Izuku his hero name
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Aizawa gives one to All Might over the phone on the way to see Yamada at the hospital
  Aizawa: You imbecilic selfish bastard! Are you really so full of yourself that you had to prioritize your own swollen ego over a mission that you were specifically told was of uttermost importance? You don’t deserve your titles and you don’t deserve your positions. You’re nothing but a child with blinders on, unable to see past your own ambitions, and now my – now Hizashi might…
• Rock–Paper–Scissors: Hitoshi, Katsuki, and Shoto play this to decide who bunks with whom in a hotel room with two beds. This confuses Shoto as he has absolutely no idea what rock-paper-scissors even is and is just following the other two’s lead.
• Security Blanket: Aizawa gives Katsuki a scarf after he interrupts his ‘suicide attempt’, and afterward Katsuki wears it as much as possible
  • Aizawa describes Izuku himself as a security blanket to Katsuki.
• Set Right What Once Went Wrong: Katsuki attempts to do this to varying results

Katsuki attempts to stop Shigaraki from getting the lesson plans so he won’t break into the USJ in the first place, unfortunately he doesn’t succeed hereKatsuki warns Aizawa about the League’s plan to break into the USJ, resulting in Class 1-A being sent somewhere else and heroes being stationed at the USJ… And Present Mic nearly dying during the attack

• Shipper on Deck: Both Ochako and Todoroki are a part of online ‘Eraser Mic’ communities
• Ship Tease: Between Kirishima and Katsuki
  • Between Eraserhead and Present Mic
  • Starting in Chapter 21 Tokoyami and Shinsou are hit with this too
• Slumber Party: Todoroki, Hitoshi and Izuku sleepover at the Eraser Mic household in chapter 46
• Sneaking Out at Night: As children Izuku and Bakugo snuck out at night to do physical training for U.A, before Aizawa put a stop to that by personally training them
  • The morning after the sports festival Todoroki sneaks out to the Eraser Mic household
• The Time Traveller's Dilemma: Bakugo has a breakdown when he realizes that since he's changed the future, his version of Kirishima may never exist.
• Throwing the Fight: Near the end of the obstacle race at the Sports Festival Todoroki opts to walk the rest of the way even though other students are surpassing him and barely makes it to round two, he comes in 41st place and the cutoff is 42.
  • After Izuku punches Katsuki once in the final round of the sports festival, he is horrified that he knocked out a tooth and could have potentially broken his neck Which causes him to stop fighting back against Katsuki and even tries to just run out of bounds
• When She Smiles: Being surrounded by all of his friends after they cheered him on during the obstacle race causes Todoroki to break out a small rare smile, making his friends do a double take
• Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: After Midnight uses her quirk to sedate Katsuki and ties him to the pole for the award ceremony of the Sports Festival the general public is split on whether this is the right choice of action. The people that are on Midnight’s side are also calling for Katsuki’s expulsion and placing the entirety of the blame on him. Which is something Midnight can’t get behind as even she knows she was at least partially in the wrong.

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