WHAT?! A THIRD STORY? I got impatient, and I really hopped on the My Hero Academia bandwagon, and finished the whole anime in the span of 3 days. I also read the manga to death, and am now up to date on things, and goddamn it's good. It was during this time that I found out that my favourite character in the series was the character of Twice. Being a mix of my two favourite superheroes, Deadpool from Marvel, and Rorschach from Watchmen, I just found the character of Jin "Twice" Bubaigawara really interesting (Also Meti [NotTheBadGuy] made a video about him.). Which is why I decided to write a story about him! I'm planning this one to be shorter than the other ones, clocking in at about 15 Chapters. Either way, I do hope you enjoy.
I don't own any of the characters featured here, or the story of MHA. Now that I've said that, I don't have to say that ever again. Anyone who skips the first chapter is stupid and skips this warning is stupid.
This story takes place AFTER the Eight Precepts of Death Arc, so a spoiler warning is in effect here. So far, it's only in the manga, so go ahead and read that first.
Everything was going fine. Perfect, in fact. The heroes were all fighting Kai "Overhaul" Chisaki and his goons, and that gave the League of Villains the perfect backdoor getaway. Sneaking around the back of a few of the houses, Jin "Twice" Bubaigawara (by Jesus and Mary Chain, that was hard to spell), Atsuhiro "Mr. Compress" Sako, and Himiko Toga were on their way to the rendezvous point to meet up with Shigaraki and the rest of them. Eventually, they made it to a secluded intersection about four blocks away from the big battle only metres away. They looked on as punches were traded, and blows were thrown back and forth between Overhaul, and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya of UA. The punches created massive shockwaves, shaking the group where they stood.
Soon, a white van showed up, with Spinner driving. It skidded to a halt in front of the three, and out of the back emerged Dabi, who beckoned the group towards the truck.
"C'mon, let's get out of here. Our job's almost done." He said, motioning with his hand.
It was at this point that Overhaul looked their way, and gave a guttural screech of "TRAITORS!" And swooped in towards them. Toga and Compress climbed in fast, but Twice was the last one in, and was the closest to the door. As the group sped away, Overhaul landed in front of the truck and smashed a huge hole in the floor. This forced Spinner to go into a panicked drift, which jerked the whole crew to the side. This, coupled with the shockwave of Overhaul's rough landing, sent Twice tumbling out of the back of the truck, and out into the street.
He hit the ground hard, smacking his head against the hard pavement. Dazed, he could make out the reaching hand of Mr. Compress, and the yells of Dabi and Toga, saying that they had 'lost one' and 'Jin fell out'. He slowly got up, only to be forced back onto the ground in a heap by Overhaul, who smacked him with a big stone spike, which sent him flying backwards. He was thrown even farther away when Deku smashed into Overhaul at 100% power, creating a big shockwave. He hit his head on the pavement again. The last thing Jin saw before blacking out was the van driving away, with the staring faces of the League members looking out the back. He couldn't see much but he could make out Toga saying two words.
"I'm sorry."
Then there was a boom, and the world went dark.
"Ugh… my head hurtssssssssss." When Jin awoke, he was lying on what seemed to be a hospital bed. Next to him, he heard some chatter, mostly doctors talking medical stuff. However, on his other side, he saw a kid, staring out the window. Jin recognized him as Lemillion, the kid who had saved that girl Eri from Overhaul. Jin slowly sat up in his hospital bed, groaning as he felt the muscles in his back creaking, and he winced as he felt a sharp pain at the bottom of his back. When to turned back to his side, Lemillion was now facing him.
"You're awake." He said.
"Yeah."
"How's your head? Midoriya said you took a hard hit when you fell out of the back of the van." He asked.
"Still throbbing. Ugh, I feel like I'm gonna split even more so now. Thanks for asking. How're you holding up?"
"My Quirk's gone, but other than that, I have no long term injuries."
"Wait a minute… You lost your Quirk?" Jin asked, dumbfounded.
"Yep. I'm not getting it back either. It was neutralized by those Yakuza guy's darts." He responded, sadness evident in his voice, but it was a mere miniscule undertone.
"Well… I'm sorry."
"Thanks."
Raising the backrest of his hospital bed, Jin sat up. Seeing as he had nothing better to do, he decided to keep up small talk with the kid. It did take his mind off of everything after all.
"So, what's your name?" Asked Jin.
"Mirio. Mirio Togata." He responded. "You?"
"Jin. Jin Bubaigawara."
"That's a bit of a mouthful."
"Heh. I know. Well Mirio, we should get acquainted, seeing as we'll be here a while." He said, gesturing to the wounds they had. They both laughed a little bit. The two of them had a little bit of a friendly back and forth, chuckling a little at each other's jokes. They both acted like they hadn't just been critically injured, and more like old buddies. Everything was fun, until Togata brought it up.
"So you're Twice, huh?" He asked.
"Yeah." Jin's voice caught a little bit. No, don't bring him up! Not now! He thought.
"I don't know why you joined up with the League of Villains, because you seem like a pretty cool guy to me. And here's your mask. We had it repaired. I heard that you go kind of mental without it." Togata said, tossing the mask over to Jin.
"… Thanks." Was all he could get out before he slipped the mask over his head, feeling a form of pseudo-ecstasy as he heard the usually loud voices in his head go quiet. Sighing, Jin continued.
"Yeah, I'm Twice. I'm a villain."
"Well you don't sound like a villain to me." Togata said. "I mean, you did work for one of the most evil organizations out there, but you don't sound like you belong with them."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"The reason why I joined, was because I just couldn't take it anymore. I couldn't take the voices, I couldn't take society, and I couldn't take life itself. The League were the only ones who accepted me for who I was, helped me overcome myself. They let me let loose. Everything I had hated about the world was funnelled through the League, and out into nothingness. I felt… at home. I could use my quirk, and not feel like I was gonna split every time."
"Well, you didn't have to join up with the villains."
"Huh?"
"Why not have joined up with a hero school, or with some other agency. They would've helped you." Said Togata thoughtfully.
"I tried, but they said my quirk was 'too devious'" Jin said with a melancholy tone.
"Well that's just dumb! You'd have to be insane to turn down someone with your skill level!" The kid exclaimed, startling some of the doctors on the other side of the room.
"Well, society is dumb sometimes, so go figure." Jin said scornfully.
"Hey, I don't know if they'll let you, but you could join with us!" Togata offered.
"No, I would love to, but no. I'd be arrested the moment I set foot on school grounds."
The two sat in silence for a little bit.
"Welp. I should get going now. Before the heroes come in and completely destroy me for the second time." He said, getting up from his hospital bed. "Do you know where they put my stuff?"
"It should be downstairs."
"Thanks, Togata."
As he turned to the door, Togata got up and stopped him.
"You don't have to run, you know?" He said.
"No, I do." Jin – no, Twice – said. "It's all I can do. And it's what I will do. Thanks for the chat. I'll see you around."
"Sure. I'll… see you around. Wanna meet up at a bar sometime?"
"Sure. Thanks."
Twice walked out into the hallway, with a small grin now plastered on his face. "Mirio Togata, you're a pretty good guy." Could be heard if you were close enough.
As he left, Izuku Midoriya sped down the hallway.
"Togata! I saw Twice leave the room, as you okay? Did he attack you?" He asked frantically, his eyes in a panic.
Togata just chuckled. "I'm fine Deku. Perfectly fine." He said with a smile.
"Jin Bubaigawara, you're a pretty good guy."
"What? You sure you're okay Togata?" Asked a concerned Midoriya.
"Of course I'm fine Deku. C'mon, let's go see how little Eri is doing."
"Y-Yeah. Sure."
Downstairs, Jin grabbed his suit, his tape measurers, a holster, and an unattended pistol with a single clip of ammo and snuck out the door and out into the city. As he did, Togata's words resonated with him.
'You don't have to run, you know?'
So I won't. Thought Jin. I'm gonna turn this crappy life of mine around.
And so, this marks the beginning of the redemption of Jin Bubaigawara. From here on out, he truly was coming around again.
I hoped you enjoyed this first chapter, and if you didn't, tell me what I could do better! And before you ask, I will not be accepting any edit requests that tell me to "delete this" or "kill myself." Anyways, expect more of this spinoff stuff from me more in the future, and I will continue to work on my big projects. Thanks for reading, and have an amazingly wonderful rest of your life!
