Inspired by the Winter Soldier, a Villain!Deku AU. Hope you guys enjoy! :p
notes: Toga and Dabi are already part of the LoV, Ochaco was in Izuku's middle school, and that's about it. Everything else will be explained in the story. Izuku's appearance is the same as canon, except for his expressions. Further details will also be explained.
I'm not sure where I'm going with this fic, but bear with me.
"Impotent, twilight, ash, four, deity."
Those words always ring in Deku's mind, reminding him of who he was.
Deku is a Noumu. Deku is the perfect Noumu. Noumus must follow his Master's orders. The only times where he spoke freely were when he gave one of his brilliant ideas.
That's all he's been for his whole life. He exists solely for Master Shigaraki, Master Kurogiri, and Sensei.
A dry, high-pitched giggle emits from behind the hand on Master Shigaraki's face. "Those brats won't know what hit them." He turns to Deku, a twisted grin on his chapped lips. "Are you ready for this, Deku?"
On the bar counter, a detailed layout of the USJ had little sticky notes, describing the plan. Deku doesn't listen to their plans. He just follows orders; he'll know when Master deems right.
"Yes, Master Shigaraki." With a curt nod, Deku responds to his question.
Master Shigaraki, Master Kurogiri, Toga-san and Dabi-san sit on the bar stools, pointing at the illustrated map. They speak animatedly, yet choose careful words. Their plan has to be perfect.
"Master Kurogiri, here are the files for each of the students." After the conversation drops low, Deku hands a folder to Master Kurogiri. Master Shigaraki is surprisingly patient, waiting while Master Kurogiri skims the files.
"Good work, Deku." Master Kurogiri pats his head, then rearranges the sticky-notes on the map.
Deku bows his head respectfully.
"Dekkun is joining us on the fun right? I want to see Dekkun fight! I want to see Dekkun pretty and bloodied up!" Toga-san's eyes glint with excitement when she remembers that the Noumu is in the room. Kurogiri sighs.
"Deku's combat will be limited. We don't want him to be seen, but I'll allow it. Shigaraki?" The man with the warp-quirk's eyes(?) travel to appear to be looking at Shigaraki.
"Deku will be allowed to rampage," The visible corners of Shigaraki's lips curl upwards, forming a malicious smile. "The more bodies, the merrier. The world will know us."
Toga jumps up in joy before Dabi coldly tells her to sit back down. Ignoring his tone, she pouts back at him playfully.
"Understood," Deku bows again, acknowledging the orders given to him.
"The mission will take place next week. Be ready by then." Kurogiri ends the briefing.
Deku ignores the coiling feeling in his gut as he walks back to his room.
Two days until the mission.
Deku looks at himself in the mirror. He sports a dark green hoodie with white stripes running horizontally across his chest, black skinny jeans and cherry red sneakers. His sneakers were worn out, having worn them since the beginning of his time. It was the only strange attachment that Master Shigaraki allowed him to keep, given that it didn't affect them in any way.
On his head, a bit of his curly green hair was tied into a small ponytail, puffing out slightly. He wore a black surgical mask to conceal most of his face. It didn't cover his freckles.
Master Kurogiri had requested more information on the heroes-in-training, allowing him to go outside and take notes.
Deku lifts his hood up, picks up his notebook and a pen and departs the bar.
As usual, the town is quiet. He moves quickly and quietly down the street, avoiding anyone he happens to cross paths with. School for UA would end in roughly about an hour. Deku checks his watch, and he's correct.
The walk is long, but Deku is used to it. Midway through his trek, he activates one of his quirks, a speed one, and carefully controls it to make him appear to be speed walking. It would be speed walking, but it takes less effort than walking at a snail's pace.
UA's large buildings come into view, and Deku checks his notebook to see who Master Kurogiri had requested to have more information on.
Uraraka Ochako.
The girl on the page has light brown eyes and rosy cheeks. Her chestnut hair surrounds her round face, and it's cut down to her shoulders.
Deku's eye twitches.
"-uku-kun-"
an echo of a memory.
Deku shook his head. Just another strange voice. He focuses on his book.
The information he has written down is simple. Quirk: Zero Gravity. Emitter-type. The Quirk's abilities are written here, but Deku notices that her page is emptier than the others. Deku curses at himself, reprimanding himself for his inability to do his job better.
Deku climbs onto a tree with ease before the school bell chimes loudly. Students rush out of the entrance, followed by heroes surveilling the area. Luckily, Deku's clothes blend in with his surroundings.
Scanning the student's faces, his eye catches on a girl with rosy cheeks, talking excitedly to the girl next to her, Tsuyu Asui. Deku enthusiastically records information into his notebook.
Deku had always found interest in analysing Quirks. In addition to that, his intelligence was extremely astounding and he was able to make amazingly accurate predictions.
He flips to the frog-girl's page, scribbling down key points for the mission, then continues with his task.
Deku follows them, and the frog girl is eventually farewelled at a train station. The area where she walked was a quiet trail with trees and lamposts lining the path.
Without warning, the girl stops in her tracks. Taken by surprise, Deku shifts in the tree he was about to jump off, making a scuttering noise. Leaves gently fall from the tree.
"Who's there?!" Uraraka quickly turns around, pebble in hand and tosses it at Deku with alarming precision. It hits his hand, causing him to let out a hissing noise. Deku grabs his face after realising the blunder he had made.
The girl picks up a much heavier rock, using her Quirk. Absentmindedly, Deku flips his notebook open again and scribbles down another note, then snaps it closed.
"Show yourself!" Uraraka glares at the shadow in the tree.
Deku needs to escape.
"It's illegal to use your Quirk without a license, and there's no danger in the first place," Deku lowly speaks. He dares not to let out a tiny bit of his identity to this girl. He musn't fail Master Kurogiri.
Her eyes narrow, and the fire in them gives Deku a small pang in his chest. Immensely confused, he drops his notebook.
"I'll report you to the police for harrassment," the girl threatens in a high-pitched tone. She's easily spooked. Deku reaches for his book, but it lays on the dirt below him. He curses.
Uraraka moves closer to the tree, hoping to grab the notebook to get an identifying key to this creep. Rock in hand, she watches warily.
Deku activates his lightning-fast Quirk and jumps down from the tree. The wind lifts and lets his hood fall as he lands.
Emerald eyes and freckles.
It's too late to register what has happened, because Ochako blinks and he's already gone.
That was too risky.
Hopefully, his Masters don't hear of the Noumu's mistake.
He must avoid this girl.
Deku deactivates his Quirk when the girl is out of sight, breathing heavily. He's usually fit enough to run this long without a Quirk and sweat, but his encounter puts him on edge.
A puff of breath escapes his lips, and he makes his way back to the bar, notebook in hand.
The pen was gone from its spine.
The strange boy had disappeared in the dust, leaving Ochako to cough harshly and drop her rock. His Quirk is crazily strong. The particles subside. A bright red pen lays on the dirt.
Ochako picks it up and observes it with wonder.
She twirls it around, looking at its features. She notices her finger covers the rest of a black line's letters, and lifts it from a different angle to look.
Scrawled in black, two letters for the boy's initials read;
I.M.
"Where's your pen?" Kurogiri asks Deku quietly. Something is wrong with his tone.
Deku panics.
"I dropped it," the Noumu manages to hold off his stutter, fear arising in his system. He has disappointed his Master.
Kurogiri looks around them. Toga and Dabi had gone off somewhere together, and Shigaraki was probably in his room playing some video games. Master sighs.
"I'll let it slide," Kurogiri decides, and Deku lets out a quiet, shaky exhale. "But do not let this happen again. Understood?"
Deku bows gratefully and holds out his notebook.
Master takes it, and places another red pen in his outstretched hand, identical to his old one, except it didn't have the foreign initials on it. "Thank you Master," Deku breathes, and walks to his room.
Kurogiri doesn't respond, and he sets the notebook on a shelf in the counter. The warp-Quirk returns to his task of cleaning the glasses.
It's been a day since Ochako's experience with the boy. It's lunchtime, but she remains in her seat, twirling the pen around her thumb.
I.M.
It's familiar, but foreign at the same time. Where had she seen this before?
Asui approaches her friend, greeting her with an unnoticed wave. "Ochako-chan, are you okay? Kero," she asks in a worrying voice.
Ochako's train of thought crashes and her eyes snap from the pen to her friend. "A-ah! Yes. Sorry to worry you, Asui-chan."
Why can't she remember?
Despite her words and her eyes, Asui can still see the confusion in the brown orbs.
"Let's go get some lunch, kero."
Ochako silently agrees and follows Asui into the cafeteria.
Another day passes, and it's already time for the mission to go underway.
Deku is ready.
I was hoping to add more content, but that's all I can squeeze in. Next up: the attack on the USJ.
Hope you guys enjoyed! Leave a review! Updates for this fic are going to be slow, but the next one will come fast. I estimate that this'll be around 20 chapters long. See ya next chapter!
P.S sorry for the Japanese honorifics. They're there to give you an insight of character's relationships with each other.