One day on a walk around the woods I thought I was alone. I was trying to use my power, or quirk as they call them, to get even better at it than I already was. I don't know what I expected, but I was hoping to encounter a random person with one so I could use my own, 'Borrow'. But then I heard some fighting off in the distance so I decided to see what the commotion was.
I saw three girls fighting each other, all but one of them completely messed up looking. I wasn't from U.A but I knew my fill of how messed up these powers came. But seeing one of them, a strange looking frog girl getting the upper hand and with two against one, I attempted to help.
The frog girl had her tongue around the frizzy-haired blonde girl, so I decided to intervene. "Nice job Tsu, now let's restrain her in full", encouraged the brown haired girl with her.
Running through I took the deformed girl's hand and shoved her aside, her tongue releasing the blonde girl. "Hey, what are you doing", she chastised me in a nasal voice. The blonde girl stood up and took out a bloody knife, charging at the frog girl, presumably named Tsu.
The brown haired girl came in and shoved me aside, latching her hand onto the blonde girl after avoiding the knife, said girl beginning to float up. But I wasn't done, and while the knife was obviously not good, I still felt like I should help, so I used my power to help.
Having made contact with 'Tsu', my hands and feet became deformed like hers, my own tongue puffed up and almost spilling from my mouth. With this new 'quirk', I spat out my tongue, taking the girl from the sky and pulling her down. The floating didn't stop however but with my research of various powers I had only some inexperience with certain ones, but this was not one of them.
Noting she was using 'Zero Gravity', I headed over and took both her hands, closing them forcibly, while also inadvertently gaining her power in the process. With my frog features gone along with the 'quirk', I made my move over as the girl fell to the ground. The brown haired girl yelled out to me, "She's dangerous", but I didn't really care at the moment.
I took her hand, "Are you okay", I asked with sincerity.
The girl had the craziest combination of beauty and an insane stare, as she just smiled evilly at me. "Um, hello", I tried to get her attention. The girl shoved me aside, "I already have eyes for someone cutey. You're not him, so let ME handle this. Maybe I'll come back and cut you once this is done. But nice quirk".
I just stood by watching the rest of the fight take place, me on the ground the whole rest of the time. The brown haired girl managed to restrain the blonde one herself, holding her to the ground. But unexpectedly, the girl, with all her equipment, lunged a giant needle into the other's leg.
She yelled while the blonde girl said over and over again in a psychotic fashion, "Suck suck, suck suck". I was completely silent, "This girl is a psychopath...but, why do I feel indifferent"?
The frog girl Tsu separated the two of them, with the blonde girl deciding to retreat. Running off into the woods, and having made a fool of myself I instinctually followed the blonde girl without much thought, presuming how unhappy the heroes would be with me.
Hiding in the brush, I saw her speaking to two men, one that looked like Deadpool and one with stitches running down his neck and some of his face. "What gives, weren't you supposed to get three", inquired the Deadpool looking, guy. I was silent and just let the conversation play out for a bit, at least until I fucked up and stepped on a twig.
The patched man heard it as they all did, "What was that"?
Without warning, a ton of blue flames was sent my way as a warning but without any waiting, I ran out foolishly to avoid being burnt, falling on my face only to look up and see them all looking down at me.
The girl instantly recognized me, "Ooh, you're the boy that helped me out, right? I forgot to cut you up as I promised ".
The patch guy, whose name was Dabi spoke up, "Hold on a second, you said he helped you"?
The girl admitted, "Yeah, he got me out of a bind. But he's still just a random person".
The Deadpool guy Twice gave his conflicting opinion, I'm with Toga let's kill him. But actually, maybe he could be an asset".
Dabi seemed frustrated, "I don't care what you two think, it's my choice. But, it's also what he decides. He says no, we kill him, plain and simple".
They looked at me as I got up, "So..what do you have in mind when you mean asset"?
Twice mocked me, "Someone needs to go back to school. What do you think we mean. Join us man".
The other two were silent, "Become, a villain", I asked.
Dabi nodded, "Well? Live or die, it's no skin off my neck".
My time and their patience was running out so I decided quickly, "Well...okay".
Dabi raised his index finger, "But first, I need to see what you're made of. If you'd make a good candidate".
Twice approached me, "Well, show me what you can do".
Given a free hit I did what I could, but since the power, I had relied on touch it was useless to me, so I simply grabbed his shoulder, transferring his to me.
He brushed off his shoulder and laughed before siccing copies of the girl and Dabi after me, "Let's do this".
Seeing how his worked, I experimented, touching myself and creating two more of me in the process. They were mostly quiet and with an unsure tone I yelled, "Attack"!
They did so, fending off Twice while I watched to see how things went, both of our sets of clones battled each other and while the girl and Dabi clones were obviously more than a match I took it upon myself to fight the distracted Twice. Exchanging punches I was able to beat him but not without a few bruises.
Being down but not I out I took the opportunity and snuck a touch on Dabi, gaining 'Cremation". With that I mimicked however he used it, blasting flames from my hand, engulfing the doubles until they were muddy ash.
They all took notice of this and having passed the test it seems he called off Twice. Dabi approached and was interested in what I had, "Interesting quirk. Copy, isn't it"?
I explained, "It's more like an advanced version. Mine lasts indefinitely until I make contact with someone else. I can pretty much use any power and make it my own, so long as I know how it works. The only drawback is that if I touch someone even by accident, whatever I had before is gone".
The blonde girl seemed impressed as did they all, at least as far as I could tell given their mostly expressionless faces, "That's an incredibly useful quirk you have there. I think even All For One would see you as a good villain candidate". I was silent, "Well, since you passed. Are you a friend, or enemy"?
I glanced at each of them, "What have I gotten into", I asked myself with some regret. Saying, "yes", the three of them were ready to do whatever it is they wanted with me, at least until I was caught in between another fight. A green haired kid with casts on his arms came around as well as one with multiple arms.
I was more or less in the background going unnoticed until I decided to pitch in. The six armed guy knocked back the blonde girl, which was to protect the other one from being stabbed. Not exactly being on board with killing I decided to plainly defend them all especially her.
Running over and sneaking a touch on the six armed man, I made multiple just like him. Utilizing my new power, I began to wrestle with him as the others held their own against the heroes. Having the strength tap of a lifetime I decided to play dirty once he began to overpower me.
Kneeing him in the groin, I used that advantage and followed up by socking him right in the jaw, actually knocking him out cold. As the fight continued on, me without an opponent watched as the girl handled her opponents. Going back after the green haired boy, he actually managed to beat her with some ease despite his injuries and eventually I heard Dabi call out a retreat once things seemed lost for them.
Following behind with them I ditched the multiple arms in exchange for multiple legs, running alongside them to their hideout. Once their I found myself surrounded by villains, all of who looked like they wanted to stab me in the eyes. 'Who's this", one of them shouted cautiously. Dabi told him to stand down, "Relax, he's with us. A new...addition if you want to see it that way".
As he explained everything to the others I saw the girl sit down on a stool in this bar looking place, so being on my own at this point I went over and sat with her since she was pretty much the reason I was here. I took a seat to which she noticed, "Hi". She drew her knife, placing it on the counter, "So, you think you're ready to be a villain"?
I kept my composure, "I don't know about killing just yet but, I'm as good as screwed if I go to the heroes after picking...this side".
She seemed intrigued, "Oh yeah, tell me. Exactly why did you help"?
I explained my side, "I was just wandering through the woods until I saw you having trouble. I just wanted to help, seeing two against one".
She grinned, "So, you wanted to rescue the girl, is that it"?
I was at a loss for words, "I guess, maybe. Either way, I'm stuck with you. Do you at least like my 'quirk'"?
She stared for a moment blank and serious, "I'd say you'll be an amazing villain if you could push aside these little 'morals' you have. Just by looking at you, you haven't committed a crime in your life let alone murder. With that said, you're missing out".
There was no way to convince me otherwise that this girl was a psychopath, those yellow piercing eyes, and the insane ideals she had. "What do find so nice about killing", I asked her.
She laughed, "Well, where should I start. I LOVE blood, the more they lose, the better. My quirk relies on it for another reason, but mostly I just enjoy the sight of it all. If they die, that's just what happens, but that's my main reason. I wanted to be like Stain above all else, killing heroes, and him".
I shook my head, "Listen, could you give me your name at least before we keep talking"?
She decided to indulge me, "Toga. My name's Himiko Toga".
I introduced myself properly, "Soru Koizumi".