I do not in any way claim ownership of the numerous characters of My Hero Academia. Nor do I make profit from this in any way. This, as with all my works, is strictly for fun.

I do however, own all rights to my OC in this story: No One. You'll get why he's called that later on.

Considering the language and violence that will be seen in this story as it goes, I'm gonna have to rate this baby M for Mature.

One last thing, this story is going to take place after the kids get back from their internships when a certain trio took on Stain, who will also feature in this tale.

Ch I

"Will Izuku Midoriya, Tenya Iida, and Shoto Todoroki please report to the principal's office?" came Hizashi Yamada's (Present Mic) voice over the intercom system. The lack of pep that his voice normally carried expressed the gravity of the situation.

Class 1-A was in the middle of their morning homeroom session as the call came down. Shota Aizawa (Eraserhead), glared up at the intercom speaker before turning his attention back to the class. "You heard him. You three get out of here, but try to make it quick will you?" he grumbled before applying some fresh eye drops.

The trio in question rose from their seats, sharing a confused look with each other as their classmates whispered among themselves as to why they might have been called out. "What do you think the principal wants to see us for?" Iida asked the other two as they stepped out into the hallway and began to walk.

Midoriya's eyes looked as though he was casting his gaze down to the floor when in fact he was deep in thought. The look he normally wore when he was about to geek out and start muttering to himself. Fortunately, this wasn't the case this time. "I think it probably has to do with our fight with Stain during our internships."

Todoroki said nothing, though he was in agreement with Midoriya. It was the only reason the three of them would be called to the office together. While they'd gotten off easy with the police, they hadn't really heard anything of the incident from their teachers. As his thoughts drifted back to that fight, his left hand curled into a fist, his knuckles going white.

The boys arrived at Principal Nezu's office to find the rodent like being seated behind his desk sipping a cup of tea and a surprisingly unsmiling All Might standing behind him. That certainly didn't bode well to the trio. "Thank you for coming boys," Nezu began. "I'm sure you've probably figured out why we've called you here."

"It has to do with our encounter against Stain," Midoriya replied.

"That's right," Nezu confirmed with a nod as he set down his tea. "First, while you boys took a terrible and foolish risk that night, I want you to know how proud all of us are with you. Circumstances and the law aside, you displayed everything it means to truly be a hero."

"The reason you were called here is because we wished to inform you that Stain has escaped custody before you hear it on the evening news," All Might added, noting the visible tension that each youth showed from the information. "You will all need to be on guard at all times both on and off campus from now on until he's recaptured. There is a good chance that Stain will be looking to remedy his defeat at your hands. Don't go anywhere alone, always try to have at least one other person with you."

Before anyone could say anything else, Nezu's desk phone rang. He listened for a moment, his expression grim. Hanging up, he pressed the button for his personal intercom. "Will all students and staff please report to the arena for an emergency broadcast?" Then, he addressed those in the room with him. "Iida, would you be so kind as to turn on the TV? I somehow don't think you'll need to worry about changing the channel."

As Iida followed the request, they all watched as a news anchor, who was clearly struggling to remain calm, appeared on the screen. "... interrupt your normal programming to bring you an urgent, live report. In seems like an impossible occurrence, the hero known as Endeavor has been killed. I repeat, Endeavor has been killed. We now go live to our reporter on the scene for further details. Koji?"

The camera shot changed from the newsroom to a reporter standing on a sidewalk. Behind him, emergency vehicles, personnel, and several heroes could been seen attempting to put a few burning buildings. "As you can see behind me, the situation here is utter chaos. Reports so far are sketchy at best, but from what eye witnesses have been able to tell us, this all began when Endeavor was approached by a figure in a hoodie wearing a white mask. While there are no reports as to what might have been said between the two, we do know at one point the figure shook hands with Endeavor. This contact, for whatever reason, is when Endeavor's flames began to surge in strength, seemingly without the hero's control behind them. As the mystery person left, we are told the flames continued burning bigger and hotter, actually engulfing Endeavor who appeared to be unable to get them under control or extinguish them."

Behind the reporter, several body bags were being wheeled by on gurneys, the situation too hectic to bother shielding the sight of them from the public. One of them was far too large to be anyone but Endeavor, cementing the fact the hero was indeed gone. "Eventually, there was an explosion of flames from the late hero, setting the buildings behind me ablaze. According to witnesses, Endeavor's flames actually burned white for a few moments before he collapsed. It was mere minutes ago that the fire department and the hero Backdraft were able to extinguish Endeavor and were able to confirm that that No. 2 hero had in fact been burned to death by his own Quirk. Police are currently looking for the masked indi-"

At this point, Iida turned off the TV, no one bothering to make him turn it back on.

Midoriya looked up at Todoroki, wanting to see how his friend was taking the news that his father was dead. Yeah, they got along like cats and dogs, but they were still family. He wasn't surprised to see the normally calm and collected young man looked like a deer caught in the headlights as he stared at the blank screen. Slowly, Midoriya reached out and placed a hand on Todoroki's arm, making him jump.

"I need to go," was all Todoroki said before running from the office.

Midoriya moved to go after him, but All Might placed a hand on his shoulder. "Let him go, Young Midoriya. He needs to be with his family right now." The Symbol of Peace then turned to Principal Nezu. "This is going to cause quite the stir among both heroes and villains. Certainly the League will be swelling their ranks and making bolder attacks."

"I agree wholeheartedly. I believe it is best to cancel classes for the rest of the day. We should hold a meeting to plan out the immediate future as well. It's highly possible several of the teachers will be called back to active duty to help hunt down this killer." Nezu folded his hands together atop his desk before he grabbed a pen and began making notes on how to proceed.

"I will place a call to the police to see about arranging escorts home for the students. We should put the school into lock down until then," All Might added.

"Sir, I believe the police have more pressing matters to attend at the moment," Iida protested. Not that he felt it was a bad idea, he simply doubted they could spare the manpower in light of Endeavor's murder.

All Might held up a finger to quell any further comments. "That may be, Young Iida, but it is better to be safe than sorry. And despite your abilities to defend yourselves, the law prohibits unlicensed heroes from using their powers in public, remember?"

The two students exchanged a look before lowering their gazes to the floor. They had gotten lucky when they broke the law to take down Stain. "We understand, sir," Iida said after a moment.

"You two best return to class while we make arrangements," Nezu said, not looking up from his work to see them off.

((Meanwhile, at the Legion of Doom- Sorry, League of Villains))

Tomura Shigaraki muted the TV, absently scratching his neck as he turned his attention to Kurogiri and the various other villains gathered in their little bar. "We launch two massive attacks at UA and Hosu City and don't manage to kill a single hero. Some random guy walks up to Endeavor in broad daylight and kills him." He paused, his temper clearly about to get the better of him. "Would any like to me WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?!" he shrieked, gripping the remote with all five fingers and reducing it to dust.

"Calm down, Shigaraki," Kurogiri chided as he took a spare remote from under the bar counter and switched the television to the channel they used to communicate with their true leader, All for One. "This newcomer's presence could prove useful to us. Endeavor's death will have everyone distracted and scrambling to make sense of it for some time, allowing us to move forward with our plans more freely."

"Be that as it may, we should still exercise caution. After the initial panic, all the heroes will be ever the more watchful for it. UA in particular will be far more difficult to assault for the foreseeable future," All for One's voice advised from the monitor.

"I DON'T CARE!" Shigaraki snapped, both of his hands clawing at his throat now, eyes pinpricks of rage from between the fingers of the hand he wore over his face that he called "Father". "I'm not going to be shown up by some nobody who got lucky!" Rising from his seat, Shigaraki stormed from the bar, no doubt to go try and draw attention away from this stranger who'd stolen his spotlight.

All of the villains in the room turned their attention to Kurogiri, awaiting orders of what to do next. And Kurogiri took his directions from All for One. "How would you like us to move forward?" he asked the screen.

All for One was silent for a moment. Then, "Perhaps Shigaraki is onto something, after all. This initial chaos gives us a chance to wreak even more havoc to keep the heroes from getting their heads on straight. That will leave strategic places, and persons, vulnerable. So, my dear Kurogiri, let the children go outside and play..."

Author's Note: Right off the bat, we get thrown from the frying pan into the fire. Gird your loins for this story, True Believers. And yeah, I'll be tossing a bunch of superhero/villain/comic references into the story like what I just did there. Figure it's fitting considering the subject matter. But don't expect something like a Marvel story from this stuff. While I will give kudos to the fact Marvel can get grim, we're aiming for more of a DC level of screwed up here. Hell, I'm even considering a poll at some point to, shall we say, vote someone off. Bonus points if you know where I got that idea.

Now the big question is, will Todoroki actually run off to be with his family right now during this time of crisis? Or will he pull an Iida and go looking for his father's assailant? Personally, I'm leaning towards the former, but we'll see how things go. Don't forget to post a comment after reading. Keeps me going.

Stay tuned for more excitement and intrigue. Same Hero-Time. Same Hero-Channel.