AN- And the winner of the poll is... Izuku becoming the red hood. I was actually hoping either this or the Accelerate option would win. So anyway first things first this story will begin 3 months before the beginning of the UA school year. So as such enjoy the viewing. BTW there may or may not be 'Under the Red hood' references.
"Alright spill it who bloody organized this little meet and greet!" A rather well dressed individual snarled as he was flanked by two goons with rifles.
"Wasn't me. I thought he organized this." Another more plump man said equally well dressed pointing to another across from the table everyone was surrounding.
Currently the leaders of the Six drug trade rings were in an abandoned warehouse after being told to come. Normally they would refuse but the invite said there would be something of interest there. And naturally when others show up you tend to get nervous.
"Screw this!" One of them said in anger as he turned around. "If nobody has anything worth my time I'm out of here!"
As he and the other gang leaders prepared to leave a gunshot went off and hit the table.
"SIT DOWN!" A voice from the upper levels of the warehouse ordered stepping into the light.
The person in question made the others think he was a Pro Hero due to his outfit. It was rather simple consisting of dark gray combat pants with boots. Light gray body armor, which he wore a brown leather motorcycle jacket. He also had leather gloves which had a metal attachment where the person would use to punch. But apart from that, the Ak-47 in his hands, the pistols and knife of his thighs and waist, the most offsetting part of his outfit was his face. It was simply a full head helmet, it was red with white eyepieces. It also showed the area where it opened to be taken off. But all in all he was covered in head to toe leaving no identifying features.
"Look buddy you got a death wish?" One of the gang leaders said threateningly. "Because there's easier ways to die!"
"Yeah like threatening the guy holding the AK-47." The person taunted.
"Just who the hell do you think you are!" The leader demanded.
"The guy who's bad side your getting on." The person said simply before the sound of guns being trained on him were heard.
"Well your already on mine!" The leader said smirking.
The person just sighed as he readied his weapon.
'You know you would think that the leader of the 'Black Serpents' would have more sense." The person said before the sound of gunshots filled the air.
As they dodged the gunshots they used their AK-47 to shoot a few of the armed goons, they also pulled one of their pistols and shot the rest. Meaning that the 20 men that fired on him are now dead. The gang leaders tensed at this since all of the men they brought with them were dead.
"You know 6 bullets per second each and they still couldn't hit me." The person said putting their pistol back in its holster. "Now then that all of the theatrics are out of the way lets get down to business!" They said in a more forceful tone.
"We got no business with you bub!" The gang leader said. "I'll have you killed so fast you'll-ACK!"
The gang leader fell over bleeding from his throat as a gunshot was heard.
"Good thing its opposite day then." The person said replacing the cartridge on their gun. "Anyone else want to interrupt me then take a look!"
The remaining gang leaders looked at each other and agreed to listen since they were actually smart.
"We are prepared to listen mister-" One of them said but was interrupted.
"Red Hood!" The person said. "And remember my name!"
"Yes mister Red Hood!" The gang leader said.
"Now then make no mistake! I know who all of you are!" Red Hood said loudly. "And I also know who works with you," They said as the threw a duffle bag onto the table that the remaining gang leaders were gathered around. Slowly one of them unzipped it and immediately barfed. As the others leaned to look in it they too felt sick.
"Those are the heads of all your lieutenants!" Red Hood said. "That took me 2 hours. Wanna see what I can do in a full evening!"
"What is it you want?" One of them asked.
"You see that's the question of the day isn't it." Red Hood said. "I want you all! From this point on you answer to me!" He said forcefully. "In exchange you give me a 60 percent cut and I give you protection from not only rival gangs but the pro hero's and villains as well!"
Just as he said this the Red Hood unloaded his entire new magazine into the table causing the gang leaders to duck for cover. When they looked up the Red Hood was gone.
"60 percent sounds good to me." One of them said as the others were nodding their heads.
An alarm clock was blaring in the bedroom of one Izuku Midoriya. A child born without a quirk in a super powered society. But he didn't mind it. After all he hasn't had a quirk for 11 years now. Nor has he had any friends for 11 years. Yawning and getting up Izuku pulled of his covers revealing his shirtless chest. It was quite muscular after a few months of consistent workout and exercising straight.
"Wonder what I have for breakfast?" Izuku asked himself as he got out of bed and began to walk out of his room.
Passing his closet however it was slightly open revealing a brown leather jacket inside. As Izuku walked to his father small kitchen he opened the pantry. At this point he had been living in his own for about 5 months. Of course his mother was only about a 2 mile walk away. He wanted to move out after that fateful meeting with his Ex Idol. Naturally it took some convincing for his mother to let him do it. But after getting a job at a nearby store, and meeting with his apartments building manager he was set. After agreeing to call every night to let his mom know how his day was, and that he was ok.
"Lets see Drearios, Frosted Diabetes, Unlucky Emblems," Izuku muttered to himself as he picked through the various value size cereal boxes in his pantry. "Alright Corporal Crack it is!"
As Izuku just straight up grabbed he his and say down at his kitchen tables chair he began eating from the box. What he works a full time day job and lives alone. It's not that abnormal. Anyway after about 10 handfuls of cereal he was done and ready to start his weekend off. By going to do more work to pay his bills. On the weekdays from 7a.m. to 9 30p.m. he works in the store,and on the weekends he runs errands for the store owner. It paid well so he couldn't complain. Especially since he started his midnight "expenditures".
"Guess I better shower." Izuku said as he put the box of cereal away and walked all but 8 ft before getting to his bathroom.
His apartment was rather small. The kitchen was only big enough for a small fridge and pantry. And the oven was right next to it. And apart from his bedroom and bathroom that was all there was. But he couldn't complain with how cheap it was. So after a quick shower and changing into his errand boy clothes Izuku set off to his work.
"At least I won't be late." Izuku said as he was jogging toward the store he worked at.
Glancing down at his watch he saw that he had arrived an hour earlier than he was supposed to which was one hour before opening.
"Guess I'm getting slow." Izuku joked with himself as he fished his pair of work keys out of his pockets.
Opening the employee only entrance Izuku was greeted by absolute darkness. That was until he flipped the light switch illuminating the back room. The back room was like a machine shop. There was soldering equipment, piles of different colors of cloth, and boxes full of various metals and alloys.
"Guess I'll get started" Izuku said as he began clearing spaces and moving boxes.
He had to make sure everything was ready in the back area before the store opened. And then he would be off to do errands. Normally someone would already be here to help him but that wasn't the case today. Glancing down at his watch he saw that the store was set to open in an hour.
"This will be interesting." Izuku said as he failed to notice a box on a high shelf in the back tipping over and coming falling towards him.
Before Izuku could brace for impact or dodge the box was grabbed midair by a pair of purple tentacles.
'Oh boy.' Izuku internally groaned as he looked towards the person responsible for catching the box.
She was medium height about a few inches taller the Bakugo, with long purple hair. With said purple hair having long extendable octopus like tentacles mixed in it. On top that off she was one of the few people that he worked with on the weekends and hated every moment of it.
"Looks like even gravity wants you dead today!" She said snickering as she put the box back in the top shelf before retracting her tentacles.
Izuku cringed inside as he did his best to stay polite. Wow he has developed quite the knack for having a low temper since he started his night job.
"At least gravity acknowledges my presence Ollie." Izuku remarked using his co-workers nickname.
"Olivia Olland" or "Ollie" as she was often called by her friends ,family, and a select few co-workers was what one might call... rude. Being about 5 years older than Izuku she often played the seniority card over him. As well as the fact that he was Quirkless. Still she often complained about not being able to get a date when her own quirk "Octo Hair" really didn't do much to attract any males for her flirt with.
"Whatever chump." Olivia said as she walked past him, the tentacle parts of her hair swishing as she walked.
Izuku stayed quite as Olivia entered the front of the store closing the door behind her. He was happy because it was only going to be him and her this weekend. He would be doing the deliveries and whatever other errands the owner needed done, and Olivia would be at the register and customer section of the store. He secretly smiled at this as the weekends was when the store was most active.
"Whatever chump." Izuku mockingly mimicked before snickering.
You know thinking back to himself months ago he couldn't believe the difference in him. First off he was not only stronger, enough to where if he and Bakugo fought one on one without him using his quirk he could probably win. And second he wasn't the person to take abuse like he did anymore, granted he still took some except now it was mainly from Olivia instead of Bakugo as the two hadn't seen each other for well over 4 months since Izuku had somehow been allowed to graduate early.
As Izuku returned to what he was doing he couldn't help but pull out his phone and earbuds. As he opened his phone he put it on the radio setting and soon country music was in his ears.
'And this is why I hate American radio stations!' Izuku said internally as the singer was going on about cowboys and getting right around joy. Honestly he didn't know why people in America listened to this. Yes he suffered through it because he was currently only able to afford listening to the radio instead of music because 15 dollars a week was out of his current budget. But he was hoping that was about to change. Hey you have to start small.
As Izuku just listened to the music which helped drown out Olivia's occasional complaint that made its way to the back. However soon it was opening time for the store. Which ment he and Olivia had to meet with the owner.
'Please just let this be quick and easy!' Izuku prayed as he pocketed his phone and earbuds.
As he walked over to the Owners office he didn't fail to notice Olivia beside him. And while the two had their disagreements they could agree on one thing. They hated the owner. Hated as i D! But she was the only one willing to pay for them to work there on weekends and not make to big a fuss over Izuku being Quirkless, and Olivia's past.
"Come in!" A voice yelled from inside the managers office at the exact moment Izuku and Olivia were near it.
As Olivia reluctantly opened the door, she and Izuku walked in and were met with quite the sight. Normally the atmosphere alone in the room caused them to gag, but today it was worse. The manager of owner being a relatively old woman in her late 50s was nothing special. She was a smoker,drinker, and all around jerk. Her quirk wasn't special either only allowing her to sense the vibrations of her surroundings, which is how she always knows when someone is outside of her office. But today there was paperwork piled on her desk, packs of cigarettes in the ground, and about 5 ashtrays scattered about. Then there was the box of beer behind her desk and the open bottles around her.
"Now listen here you runts," She said in her usual hacking voice the literally grated on your ears. "Its going to be a busy day today. So I'm going to need both of you manning the store instead of your usual shit!"
Izuku was slightly annoyed by this. The only good thing a bout working on the weekends beside extra pay was not having to be near this old hag. Boy was he about to hate this day.
"Yes ma'am." Olivia said quickly bowing her head, her usual demeanor disappearing with that of someone who was afraid and trying to not get in trouble.
"What about you freak!" She asked as she looked at Izuku who has stayed quite.
"Yes ma'am." Izuku grumbled as he bowed.
"Good! Now get the HELL OUT OF MY OFFICE AND BACK TO WORK!" she bellowed as Izuku and Olivia hurried out of the room followed by the sound of a shattering beer bottle.
This was usual for them. Actually usual for every employee who worked for the bitch. But they were all people that wouldn't normally be hired at other places, or were so desperate that she hired them. And to say every employee didn't share Olivia and Izuku's opinion of her was an understatement. But everything she did was legal, albeit sometimes scathing the very thin line.
As the two this time walked together to the front of the store Izuku didn't fail to take notice of Olivia slight!y shaking. While she was technically his senior in both age, and how long she had worked here. She seemed to be the most on edge both directly before and after an encounter with their boss. It actually unnerved Izuku. Sure he knew Olivia wasnt like everyone else who wanted to become a hero like Izuku once did, and ironically has in his own way. And he also knew that she didnt have the most clean history, the details of which she told to barely anyone. And Izuku didn't really care because it wasnt his business,nor was he the type to pressure people to find out.
"Guess we have a full day huh Ollie." Izuku said as the Olivia he knew and "Loved" returned.
"Dont call me that chump!" Olivia said as the tentacles in her hair stood up to emphasise her threat.
"Sure sure. Whatever." Izuku said as he and Olivia manned their battle stations.
And the two knew all to well the day they were about to have. Because not only was it a saturday, but the kids who were going to tryout for the first year at UA had just been released from school for the year. Oh boy did that spell a long days work.
AN- So I hope everyone enjoyed. I would like to thank every one for waiting patiently on this story. I also want to say that because of school the updates of this and Fear Incarnate will alternate weekly. Also I would like to know everyones opinion on Olivia, and yes I know its not a japanese name. Anyway I would like ask if people want her to become a secondary main character or the occasional side character. As always please review and enjoy reading.