Chapter 1: A Warped Origin
My name is Kenta Genji, and I live in a super powered world!
From people who can generate fire and those who can fly, to those with the ability to lift things with their minds and run at super speeds, over 80% of the population was born with some type of fantastic power, that we call quirks.
The sudden explosion of these quirks in the everyday society and the panic it ensued, gave rise to probably the coolest profession of all time, Superheroes. Heroes for short, are those who choose to use their quirks for the benefit of others. Selfless, brave, and honorable, these heroes embody some of the best aspects of humanity. Unfortunately it seems that just like comic books, for every hero there is someone who would rather use their gifts for their own benefits even if others suffer the consequences, a Villain. Unfortunately villainy is where my story starts.
My father, Koishi Genji is a ruthless super villain and one of the few organized crime bosses left in Japan. He is cruel yet powerful and demands authority everywhere he goes. He is most memorable for a battle against the Hellfire hero Endeavor, where he was burned so badly he was left with no use in his left arm, not that he really needs it. His quirk is called Foresight, it allows him to see up to 10 seconds into the future, making him virtually untouchable.
Let's just say my old man isn't the most understanding person in the world and because of his own success he held rather high expectations for his children.
His oldest son, my brother Sada was born with the ability to produce blades from the joints on his body, like his knees and elbows. Sada may be lacking in brains, but his quirk should allow him to become a master Assassin. My sister Okano has an amazing quirk that allows her to manipulate a persons body after kissing them. Her good looks and cunning mind make her a force to be reckoned with.
Two wonderful children to call his own, with formidable powers worthy of praise and admiration. Now you must be wondering where I the youngest child fits into this, what's my incredible power, well I'll answer that with a story of my own.
(10 years ago)
"What the hell did you just say!" I watched quietly as my father yelled at man wearing a white lab coat. He then slammed a clipboard that the man he had handed him onto the floor.
"I'm sorry sir, but we've run every test and we just can't determine the boy's quirk." The squeamish doctor quickly explained in a panic. "The joints in his pinky toes are developed correctly to suggest he has a quirk. But he's already 5 years old and no sign of a significant quirk has been discovered. A very weak
quirk like the ability to eat lots of spicy food without getting sick could have developed, but it's more likely that no quirk has develooooooopppp!"
My father quickly grabbed the poor man by the collar and hoisted him into the air. "Are you telling me that MY son is some weak quirkless loser….." His voice was compressed by his own anger but it was almost deathly threatening.
"I-I'm sorry sir but it looks like it… YAAHHH!" My father tossed the man aside as he turned away from the two of us.
I finally decided it was time to speak up. "Papa! What's going on? What are you to talking ab…" My father shot a vicious glare at me that kept me from finishing. His eyes full of shame, anger, and overwhelming disappointment.
"You!" He gestured to the doctor. "Get this weakling out of my sight!" My father then walked away, at that would be the last time I'd see my father for an ungodly amount of time.
Years past by as I was locked in my room. Hours and hours of isolation, the only social interactions I experienced were when one of the many servants that work at my father's mansion brought me my daily meal and even then they said no more than a few words to me.
I spent my time teaching myself to read and write, as books were one of the only luxuries available to a failure like me. But eventually you could only reread the same old books so many times before the stories are burned into your brain, to the point you don't even need to look at the words to know what they said. But I read on no matter and years of reading, hoping to replace the memory of dear old Dad's disappointed scowl that seemed to burn itself into my psyche permanently.
(9 years later)
In the years of solitude, I had grown into a very thin, pale individual. My nappy uncut hair reached all the way down to my shoulder's, covering most of my face but leaving a single eye visible.
One day I was sitting quietly on my bed when I suddenly heard a loud "SLAM!" and two of my father's thugs had busted down my door.
I stared up at the two menacing looking individuals and felt myself tremble. "What's going on? Who are you people?"
"Shut it kid." "Yeah we aren't here to answer your questions. All you need to know is that your coming with us." The thugs answered together, before grabbing me by each of my arms and dragging me out of my room. Any resistance on my part would've been fruitless considering my rather abysmal physical condition, so I gave in as the two men dragged me away.
(Minutes later)
The two thugs violently tossed upon reaching their destination, causing me to tumble across the floor into a brightly lit room.
When I recovered from the fall, my eyes began to adjust to the large amounts of light that I wasn't use to. When alas my vision returned I looked to see my father standing a few feet away from me, talking to a man I'd never seen before.
The man was rather tall and lanky and had long, shaggy, grey hair. He wore a mostly black outfit, with the exception of a strange pattern of white hands that clung to his body including one that covered most of his face.
"Here he is." My father said as he gestured to me. "This is the one I want you to perform the experiment on."
The word "experiment" scared me and I looked over to see what appeared to be multiple scientists working on a large amount of machinery including a large glass cylinder. As I study the strange equipment, the grey haired man walked slowly over to me.
He slowly examined my body as sat their awkwardly in fear. He walked circles around me multiple times before completing his evaluation. "Perfect…" He said, his voice very shrill and creepy. "He should work just fine." Then with a snap of his fingers two more henchmen lifted me up and began to take me towards the large glass tube.
This time I tried harder to resist verbally, as I was still unsure about the strange items that filled the room, but I was utterly ignored.
"If this works than you'll have my full support for your cause." I heard my father tell the man as they took me away.
"Oh don't worry." The stranger replied. "The boss guaranteed me this machine would work perfectly. This will be a spectacle to behold!"
With that I was placed inside the glass tube and my limbs were bound by shackles before the door was shut tightly behind me.
I was beginning to like the silver haired man less and less as he readied to begin his experiment "Are you ready?!" He asked one of his scientists who was working at the control panel, who replied to him with a nod. "Then begin!"
The scientists suddenly flipped one of the levers and started the machine. After a few seconds of engine noises and electronic buzzing, a thick purple mist began to rise from the floor of the tube and consumed everything inside it, including myself.
The feeling of the mist against my skin was painful but not unbearable. Like thousands of tiny needles puncturing my skin, I felt the strange chemicals entering my body and changing it. I tried to stay strong, but do to my own fear and the unexpected pain of the mist I let out a sharp scream.
The mist was only produced for a few short seconds and as soon as it stopped so did the pain, all that remained of the sensation was the lingering warm feeling on my skin.
"Did it work?" My father asked from outside of tube, his voice almost sounded concerned for his failure of a son.
"I don't know." The silver haired man answered honestly. "Let's find out." With that he pulled a remote with a large red button from his pocket and quickly pressed it.
Suddenly inside of the glass tube I could feel the air being sucked out of the small container from what seemed to be a vacuum. Slowly less and less air was available within the tube and it became hard to breathe.
I struggled to free myself from the shackles, but it was no use. The more I struggled the less air that was available to me. I could feel my eyes water and I became light headed as began to suffocate.
All I wanted was to get out of that tube. I wasn't ready to die. I could picture it so clearly, where I wanted to be, outside of this death trap. As my eyes began to fade black I pictured it one last time in my head, and in a split second. "Huuuuuhhhhh….." I took in a lifesaving deep breath.
I quickly looked around to find myself outside a couple yards from the glass tube that had been my prison and I couldn't believe it, I didn't move a muscle yet I traveled over a ten foot distance. I looked up at my father who had a similar stupefied look on his face.
We stood their silent and looked at each other, while the silver haired man grinned large enough that even the hand couldn't conceal it. "Perfect…." He said out loud.
"What happened? How did I…." I still had no words for what had just happened, but it felt good.
"Congratulations!" The creepy man said to me in a way that left me more disturbed than excited. "We've taken utter trash and created an absolute jewel."
"What do you mean by that?" When I turned back to my father he was standing tall over me, he was holding his katana up in the air as he prepared to brutally swing the sword. "AAAAAHHHHH!" I covered my face with my arms, but the swing never came.
I looked around to see that I was now a few feet past where my father and the strange man had been standing. I was finally starting to understand. I closed my eyes once more, and this time when I opened them I was back in front of my father and the man. "I can Teleport!"
"Well you have my undying gratitude Shigaraki-kun, and my loyalty and resources are at your disposal. You saved my son." My father addressed the man and I finally learned his name.
"Oh please, just Shigaraki. And I didn't save your son, I simply made him the perfect weapon. With a quirk that powerful not even All Might is safe." With that Shigaraki took his leave and I was left alone with my father.
I was nervous to be left with the man who had shunned me for the past nine years, and I think understandably so. But when I looked up at him I saw the last thing I was expecting, his smiling face.
"You're finally here, I finally get to meet you." His arms wrapped around me tightly in a warm hug. "My son…"
(6 months)
"Hahahah!" A fat bald man wearing an open black jacket laughed as he towered over me. "This time I'll kick your ass kid! No way are you gonna beat me again!" The man unhinged his underbite jaw and a large flaming ball flew from it directly for me.
By this time I had bulked up quite a bit as my body was lined with a healthy amount of muscle. My hair was much short now, but my jagged black bangs still tended to cover one of my eyes for the most part. I wore a skin tight black suit and was wielding a long Katana with two hands.
As the fire ball came hurtling towards me I simply vanished from the last line of fire. I appeared near the large man's massive stomach. "You talk too much." With a quick swiping kick to the giants belly, I compromised his center of gravity and caused him to stumble and fall to his back.
I pinned the man with my sword, holding it to the bottom of his so he couldn't open his grotesque weapon of a mouth. "You can gloat once you've won…" With that large lights illuminated the metal room where I had been doing most of my training.
I turned to a large one-way glass pane in the mostly bare room. "One hundred." I said to my father who I knew was watching from behind the glass, informing him on the amount of his lackies that I had beaten.
The single door to the training room slowly opened to what I thought was my exit, but I would be proven wrong as my father stepped through the threshold. "So…" His long black hair was tied up in a Japanese style ponytail and he wore his long black kimono. He held his long Katana by his working arm. "You think that your ready to on the big boys."
He glared at the fat man I'd just vanquished prompting him to exit the room in hurry. I tightened my grip on my sword. "HHHHAAAAAAAA!" I charged forward at my father and prepared a forward thrust.
He stood sturdy, not even attempting to block my strike. At the last second before impact I teleported behind my father and thrusted my sword forward, to which he simply side stepped out of the way.
His quirk is powerful, but not insurmountable. He can only see the future, which gives him a warning. An attack to powerful or fast to avoid will hit him no matter what. So I just have to be fast.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!" I teleported around him in no particular pattern, swinging randomly with my sword, but it was no use. He dodged every attack effortlessly.
After a while the rapid teleportations began to make me motion sick and I stopped to rest. "You don't know the limitations of your quirk and in these last few months you've learned to rely to heavily on it, even though increased use can make you sick." My father lectured, as I planned my next move.
"HA!" I grabbed a shuriken from a concealed compartment on my costume a quickly flung it at my father's face. The star shaped blade skated across my father's cheek, drawing blood.
I recovered from the brief sickness spell and stood to relish in my achievement. My father lightly felt the blood on his face before smirking. "Good job son. It looks like you were right, only gloat once you've won and it seems I underestimated you." I was excited to receive praise from my father but he wasn't finished. "But this fight's far from over and I think it's time I started using my quirk." His eyes began to glow a bright green and I knew I was in trouble.
"Crap!"
(Later)
I layed down spread out on my back as I was breathing heavily. "You lasted five whole five minutes, that's quite the accomplishment. I knew a lot of pro heroes who wish they could've said the same." My father said as he offered me a hand up, which I took.
My father's expression suddenly took a much more serious turn. "Shigaraki wants to see you in action. Now. He wants you to make your debut and kill a pro hero. Your siblings are already working for him and now it's your turn."
"Kill a hero…." I responded softly. It had been known to me for some time now that my purpose was to fight and kill professional heroes and the last few months had been preparing me mentally and physically for this. I just thought I'd have a bit longer to wait.
"I think you're ready." My father replied strongly. "This is a big moment for you and the league of Villains in general. I know you have what it takes." He sounded sincere in his words, but not very confident.
I wanted to make him proud I wasn't sure about murdering some hero, but I knew that the way things were with my father and the rest of our family was something I didn't want to risk losing. "I'll do it! I'm ready!"
A warm grin captured my father's face as he looked at me. "Yeah. I know you are."
(On the mission)
I leaned myself up against a chalkboard and let out a small sigh. "This sucks." To my right was a snarling 10 foot lizard man with glowing yellow eyes growled at a preschool classroom full of children and one instructor.
"We're sending Komodo with you to make sure everything goes well." The words of my father echoed in my head. "We're gonna send you into a public place to stir up trouble and when a hero comes to stop you, you finish him."
"Everyone stay down!" The hiss-like reptilian voice of Komodo echoed throughout the classroom. "Be careful! I eat little kids like you!" He shouted at the frightened school children.
"Calm down." I said calmly, trying to disguise my own nervousness. "Just wait for the hero to show up. No need to spill any extra blood."
"Don't you think you can boss me around little man." The fork like tongue of the lizard man flickered in front of me. "Just cause your dad's the boss doesn't mean your in charge."
"Don't push him!" My dad's voice rang through the high tech helmet.
"Whoa what the hell!" I freaked out as the voice caught me off guard. "How are you talking to me."
"This helmet can help you use your quirk, but it can also can keep us in contact with you. Now listen to me, you don't wanna anger this guy. He's not known for his patience." The words of warning got me to back off, but didn't do anything to help my nerves as I was still on edge.
"Yeah that's what I thought punk. Don't step outta line." The thuggish lizard said as he too backed off.
While this was happening one of the children decided he would be the one to save the day. "Hey you nasty Villains!" Komodo turned around to find a small boy whose eyes were filled with white light. "Take this!" A thin energy beam blasted into the lizard man's dress knocking him back slightly, but eventually the child ran out of stamina and Komodo overpowered the blast.
"Damn brat!" The humanoid lizard began to charge at the boy. "Your gonna pay for that!" His razor toothed jaw opened widen enough to fit the child whole and the poor kid was frozen in fear.
"Crap!" For some reason I couldn't watch this happened and jumped into action. "HA!" I teleported in front of Komodo and fired a powerful uppercut into his scaly jaw. "I told you know Innocen-AAAAHHHHH!" The lizard man grabbed me by my leg and threw me into the wall.
"What are you doing!" My father yelled at me through my helmet. "You need to stand Dow…." It turns out that Komodo's attack had damaged my helmet and the communication had been cut out.
"I'm sick and tired of you kid!" The angry reptile yelled out me. "I'm gonna eat that kid and your gonna stay out of my way or I'll rip you in half."
"Yeah. I don't think so." I teleported directly in front of the lizard and kicked him through a nearby window. "Call the cops!" I yelled as teleported outside of the building to confront Komodo.
"You're really gonna fight me wanna-be?" I found his shrill voice intimidating, but I refused to back down. I responded by unsheathing two Tantō (Japanese combat knives) each about a foot long in the blade. "Ha! That's cute." He smirked before opening his large jaw as a fireball formed in his mouth.
It felt like deja vu as I teleported away from the fireball's trajectory. I appeared behind the scaly monster and slashed at him with my twin blades, to know effect it simply bounced off the scales. The next thing I knew an 8-foot tail was slammed into my chest with the force of a moving car.
"Dammnit! Ack! Where are the cops." Blood flew from my mouth as I coughed. "That's not good." My vision suddenly went dark as my father had deactivated the helmet all together in hopes of stopping me.
I removed the helmet and was now fighting without the targeting software that helped focus my quirk. "He's just a kid!" I heard the school teacher say from the whole Komodo made in the classroom, drawing attention to himself and his students.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about dinner." Komodo said as he began to charge towards the class.
"Oh no you don't." I quickly teleport in front of the charging lizard and flung a throwing star directly into into his eye.
"AAAHHHHGGGGGGG!" The lizard man screamed as the pain warped the villain's mind back to it's more animalistic side. I quickly grabbed my Katana and slashed at his softer underside. "RRRRRAAAAAAGGGGGGGG!"
I stood still for a second, trying to figure out my next move, and this would b my biggest mistake. The powerful tail once again slammed into my stomach and there would be no getting up from that.
The snarling beast then pounced on top of me and tried to bite my head off, I stopped this just in time by holding my sword up parallel keeping the raging beast at bay. This worked briefly, but as the weight of the beast began to take its toll the sword ripped past the padded glove of my suit and into my hand causing it to bleed. "AAAAAHHHHHH!"
I had know idea what I was doing. I was there lying on the ground seconds away from dying, trying to protect people that I didn't know from a giant lizard, but I wasn't gonna run away and I wasn't about to die here. I didn't know why then but I wasn't just about to let those kids get hurt. "HHHHHAAAAAHHHHHH!"
I teleported behind the rampant lizard. "Take this!" With all my strength I kicked Komodo in scaly head and sent him tumbling to the ground, before he lost consciousness.
"Ha Ha Ha Ha." I was utterly exhausted. I struggled to calm my breathing as worried stares from concerned children fell upon me. "Ha Ha Ha.. Hey!" I called out causing the kids to jump. "Ha. Someone should… someone should time him up." That's the last thing I remember saying before I collapsed.
(Moments later)
"Hey….." An unfamiliar voice rung out in my unconscious head. "Hey kid! HEY!"
I bursted into consciousness in a confused state and when I looked up I saw a large muscular man with golden blonde hair and an enormous smile. "WHO ARE YOU!?" I screamed in a confused state.
"Who am I? Are you serious?" The man in red spandex and a blue cape asked before taking a flexing pose. "I'm All Might!"
(Author's Notes)
Hi guys it's summertime and I decided to reboot this story that I have a lot of passion about. I hope you can see how much my writing has improved at this point. This story will take up a lot of the summer, and I hope you enjoy it. Read, Rate, Review. Bye! Luv Y'all!
