AN: Not sure where to store my pictures and so for now, the cover photo will be Todoroki's Yukihira, vigilante attire. (I'll hopefully do better when I obtain PS)
Todoroki stayed in his room lying on his futon and staring at the ceiling.
"Now that think about it...Being a vigilante with a secret identity is a lot harder than I thought."
Todoroki picked up the beanie and fox mask Shina had given to him.
"It's hard to see and breathe out of the mask. Plus, this hat is really tight, my hair can't breathe in this but…if people saw my hair it'd be pretty obvious that I'm Yukihira. White and red hair split down the middle isn't exactly common.
He then touched the burn over his left eye.
"And I need the mask for this scar. And the fact that one eye is blue and another is grey. Hmm, my face is weird now that I think about it…wait…do people find me…ugly? This is terrible. Ahhh, I'm so embarrassed."
Todoroki looked at the mirror in his room and touching his cheeks and eyes.
"I've been walking around with THIS face? With a face as weird and hideous as mine, it'd be easy to distinguish who Yukihira was without a mask. Yeah that settles it, I really do need a mask. Huh, Shina really thought out the hat and mask when she gave them to me. She expected me to use them. I'm playing right into her hands. But I'm going to head out and buy a new costume, I really don't like this mask or hat."
Todoroki opened up his closet, picking out his casual clothes for the day and began to get dressed, picking out a hoodie so he could put the hood on to hide his face.
"Wait, Yukihira is an ice quirk vigilante because using both of my quirks would also make it too obvious. That means…I can't melt the ice after a battle. Wouldn't that be problematic for everyone else? There would just be a bunch of towering ice in the middle of the streets. Either I leave it as is, hold back my powers or I need a second person there to pretend they have a heat quirk. Simple enough, I know just the person to ask for this.
"You-have-got-to-be kidding me." Yaoyorozu had just woken up. She had a bad case of bed head and was currently in the middle of brushing her teeth. "I said I would support your decision of becoming a vigilante, not support alongside you."
"Please Yaoyorozu." Todoroki groaned.
"There is a problem with having blocks of ice obstructing the roads but it can't be helped.
"It can be helped; I can melt it."
"You could just melt it in secret, or hold your powers back. Oh…Oh I see now." Yaoyorozu smiled and began poking Todoroki in a teasing, playful manner. "You don't need a partner; you just want a partner."
"Huh?!"
"And so, you came crawling over to me." Yaoyorozu was having fun with her assumption.
"Wrong." "I didn't crawl."
"Oh? Well out of all the things that would restrict you from becoming a vigilante, leaving ice behind after a battle is the least of your worries. Yet here you are, looking for a partner."
"Because I can't ask anyone else except you. No one else knows my secret. Everyone from our class would think I'm being crazy."
"I think you're being crazy!"
"Our class? Huh." Todoroki made his way for the door. "Fine, I'll find someone who's not crazy."
"You're going to drag someone else into this mess? Todoroki, just work solo."
Todoroki left Yaoyorozu's room, shutting the door behind him.
Yaoyorozu sighed, "I have a bad feeling about this whole thing…And why was he covering his face the entire time?"
Todoroki peeked his head into an unfamiliar classroom that had just finished their optional weekend class. He cupped his hands together brought them up to his lips and called out.
"Oi. Oiiiiiii."
No response.
"Hey Shinsou, I think someone's calling out to you." The classmate pointed to the door where only Todoroki's head was visible.
"Yeah I'll pass on…" Shinsou was dumbfounded, "whatever that is."
"You sure man? The way he's just staring, it's really creeping me out. Wait, that's Todoroki from the hero course. What does he want with you?"
"I really don't want to find out." Shinsou waved his hand, signaling his friend to ignore it.
"But this is a top student from the hero course! It'd be rude to pass on what he wants to say."
"And why do I have to feel honored that someone our age, wants to talk with me?" Shinsou was getting annoyed, "You know what? Fine I'll talk with him."
Shinsou stepped out the door from inside the classroom and into the hallway to confront his visitor.
"What do ya want, Todoroki?"
"I have a proposition for you." Todoroki told him.
"…" Shinsou looked at Todoroki who was staring at the ground and made hand visors. "Why are you covering your face?
"I looked in the mirror recently and have come to the conclusion that my face looks weird."
"Are you kidding me? I'll smack you. Stop covering your face, you look normal. Don't make me brainwash you."
"Yes, that's exactly what I need!" Todoroki pointed at Shinsou.
"You…want me to brainwash you…?" Shinsou tilted his head in confusion.
"No. I need a quirk like that. If I'm going to have a partner that can pretend they have a fire quirk, then their real quirk should be one that can't be easily detected."
"Partner?"
"The last time we talked, you said that you were aspiring to get into the hero course. And that by the time you did get in, you'd be in your second year."
"Yeah, I've accepted that. So what?
"That would mean you'd be entering a class full of people with a year of hero experience behind them."
"I mean, if I'm in the hero program by next year, there's at least one person without a year of hero experience." Shinsou pointed to Todoroki, "You."
"Not traditional experience anyway. But I can offer you a chance at some heroic experiences to prepare yourself for when and if you move up to the hero course."
"What are you, an infomercial? Sounds sketchy."
"I'm…" Todoroki paused for a moment. "What am I going say? No matter what I say…it just won't sound right. But this guy…someone like him…he's in a situation worse than mine. He can't even learn how to be a hero. Now that I'm thinking about it more and more…he might be the perfect partner."
"What does someone like him, want with someone like me?" Shinsou wondered as he waited for Todoroki to gather his thoughts.
"Despite my predicament, I am…still trying to be a hero. If you ignore the barriers that society has placed around you; you, someone who has only has ever dreamed of being a hero can be one, right here, right now…if you become a vigilante. A vigilante…like me."
"Heh…what? A…vigilante? Heroes that don't abide to the laws. Isn't that forbidden? It's as forbidden as your suspension!" Shinsou stared at Todoroki, Todoroki's stance did not budge. "Todoroki…he's serious."
"It's okay if you say no. I'll trust you with my secret."
"Why me? Aren't there others in the hero course you can ask?"
"They have no reason to break the hero regulations just to team up with me."
"Bakugou doesn't have his license either right? Can't you ask him?" Shinsou kept trying to think of reasons for Todoroki to ask someone else.
"…It's Bakugou."
"But you don't even know me. You said everyone in the general department was a wannabe hero devoid of talent."
"I was wrong. You aren't devoid of talent; I've experienced your brainwashing multiple times in that one meeting. And as for being a wannabe…" Todoroki chuckled, "Wannabe heroes are exactly that, they want to be heroes."
"And what is there for you to do when you become a vigilante? The heroes are doing the same thing you are but better and with a larger network."
"They can't do everything. Judging from the past 2 incidents I've been a part of. I'll be tracking down the distribution of Trigger and hunting down the users."
"Trigger? What's that?" Shinsou asked Todoroki. Unaware, that the more questions he asked, the more he was buying into Todoroki's offer.
"It's a quirk enhancing drug. You use it-"
"By injecting yourself with a needle filled with some strange vial?"
"Yeah. You've heard of it?" Todoroki was surprised, no non-hero student should have been exposed to Trigger.
"I…I have it."
"WHAT?" Todoroki's hand began to frost.
"Whoa calm down. I think that everybody in the general department secretly received this 'Trigger drug' that you're talking about."
"And how is that supposed to calm-?!" Todoroki had been shut up by Shinsou.
"Here's the story. One day, in my locker I found a box. Inside the box was a message telling me I could get stronger by injecting myself with this weird needle and one vial. My friends received the box too. So it's safe to say that most, if not all, of the general department students have one."
"Did you contact the teachers about this?"
"Are you kidding me? I am literally in the possession of an illegal drug!
"Trigger has already made its way inside Yuuei? How? Did Shina just gift everybody a Trigger? No…she's too prideful about money for her to ever do that. But I'll text her and hear her opinion on this. Get ready to pay out of your pocket Shouto."
"Since I didn't report the possession of this drug right away, there's definitely going to be a punishment waiting for me."
"And you're trusting me with this information?" Todoroki asked him with a smile.
"Aren't you trusting me with your whole vigilante shtick?"
"Hah…mine?"Todoroki brought his arm out for a handshake.
Shinsou gave Todoroki the handshake he asked for. "You cheeky little-! Fine, our vigilante shtick, partner. We have the same goal. I want to track down where the hell this Trigger came from too. And you know, if it gives me a chance to be a hero, I can have a trial run by being a vigilante."
"So it's settled then, partner." Todoroki tried to hide his smile but was failing badly. "Let's head to the dorm. I've already started writing ideas on how to deal with this Trigger outbreak."
"Is a general department student even allowed at the Heights Alliance?"
"Sure they are, let's go."
"Fine, fine. Lead the way."
Todoroki and Shinsou began walking down the hallway and towards the dorm of class 1A. After finally teaming up there was an awkward silence between the two.
"Hey you. What's your name again?"
"You bastard…this entire time? IT'S SHINSOU!"
"What the hell happened here? It's so messy."
Todoroki and Shinsou were inside the dorms, it was the night after the party and since it was still early in the day, everyone was either still sleep or too lazy to properly clean up and luckily, Iida wasn't even awake to scold them.
"There was a party." Todoroki explained.
"Why are those two tied up?" Shinsou pointed to Kaminari and Mineta.
"…They can't be trusted."
"Hey Todoroki, little help?" While Mineta was asleep, Kaminari had woken up but was still tied up with rope while in a rubber strait jacket created by an unwilling Yaoyorozu and suggested by Jirou.
Todoroki kneeled down and started to untie Kaminari from this rubber hell.
"Oh Todoroki, you're gonna wish I stayed tied up. Poor little Jirou is still asleep." Kaminari's fingers began creepily wiggling.
"Stop."
"Why would I-"
Todoroki turned towards Shinsou, "Thank you."
Shinsou broke Kaminari out of his brainwashing, "No problem."
"Oh hey, is that what it feels like to be hypnotized by Shinsou?"
Shinsou stared daggers at Todoroki, "He knows my name."
"…" Todoroki stayed silent.
"What are you doing here man?" Kaminari ignored taking action on Jirou and decided to initiate conversation with the two instead.
"Todoroki invited me over, is that okay?"
"I don't know. It's cool with me. But everyone else? They'd probably be afraid of you, your quirk screams more 'villain' than 'hero'." Kaminari awkwardly explained, trying his best not to hurt Shinsou's feelings.
"We're here to take down villains. If Shinsou does anything funny, we'll take him down." Kirishima punched into the palm of his other hand.
"I'll join in." Ojiro was acting hostile around Shinsou.
"Maybe it's best if I just leave right now." Shinsou rubbed his arm, he was afraid they would suddenly attack him out of fear.
"That won't be necessary. Deep down, Shinsou's a good person. There's no need to be scared of him." Midoriya had stepped down to the first floor for some breakfast.
"It helps that he's here with Todoroki." Kaminari pointed to Todoroki. "He can handle Shinsou all on his own."
"Wha?" Midoriya shot his head at Todoroki, "Did you make a friend all on your own Todoroki?
By his own classmates, Todoroki was seen as the strong, cool but unsocial type of student who didn't initiate any conversation. The type of person who only obtained friends if someone went to talk to him first.
"Yeah, he came to bother me about something. Sounded interesting, so here I am." Shinsou told Midoriya.
"Haha, wow. That's new. Slowly, you're growing, Todoroki." Midoriya gave a kind smile to Todoroki as he patted Todoroki on the shoulder.
Todoroki lightly slapped away Midoriya's hand, "Sorry, Midoriya. Not now." "I can't help but be a little mad at you."
"Todoroki? Did I do something wrong?" Midoriya was concerned about Todoroki's sudden change in attitude.
"One-…Nope, never mind." Todoroki began heading up the stairs and towards his room to discuss his vigilante plans with Shinsou. "Not only are you a better person than I am, but right now, you're a better hero and in the grand scheme of things, I just can't help but feel threatened by someone with One-for-All. I wish I could shake this feeling off… but I have no idea how.
Meanwhile, in some dark, secretive, underground, run down bar. Kurogiri warped himself in with a certain half white, half black haired girl.
"Shigaraki, is it true?" Shina was interrogating the villainous man with multiple hands grabbing onto his body. Tomura Shigaraki, the person in question was sitting comfortably on his personal sofa chair. "I have a contact that told me Trigger is being distributed to the lower students of Yuuei now?"
"Hah…" Shigaraki groaned from Shina's annoying questions. "You scheduled a meeting for this?
"Damn right! Well? Are you going to answer me, Shigaraki?"
"Is it even a big deal? This is what we want. If it comes out to the public that under the supervision of the 'great' All Might, Yuuei students are taking an enhancement drug, the world is going to flip its' shit."
"It is a big deal! You're giving a drug to…to…kids."
"And what's the big deal? I still don't see it." Shigaraki squinted his eyes. "Careful on what you say, Shina."
"If I sound anymore sympathetic for the heroes…he might just kill me." Shina gulped, "I-if people hear kids are getting this drug for free, then that's just bad for business. People will demand the product for free."
"Then we'll say it was a free trial or something. I don't care. The only one that cares about money…is you." Shigaraki pointed at her. "Trigger isn't even our product, it's that Overhaul character's."
"B-but…"
"That means once this whole Trigger story arc is done, it's game over for you."
"Unless I join the League?" Shina had her cheerful, smiling persona on. "Sorry~ But I enjoy being a mercenary. Joining the League isn't profitable you see."
"Hehehe, then can I go all stabby stabby on her?" A blushing Himeko Toga asked Shigaraki while panting quite loudly. She was holding her knife, practicing her stabs.
"Hah! You?" Shina smirked at the only other girl in the room, "You couldn't lay a finger on me last time."
"Nghhh." Toga snarled back. "You cheated by using your quirk! You and that phasing of yours."
"You're embarrassing yourself Toga."
"S-shut up Dabi! You're lucky I don't kill the ones with a face as messed up as yours!"
"Now now." Kurogiri tried to calm down his fellow villains.
"Is that all you want Shina? I've answered your question. That was a waste of time."
"No. I have one last question. Who's the one that gave those kids the Trigger?"
"Who? Hahahahaha. Ahahahahaha! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh MAN!"
Everyone else in the League of Villains hideout was silent as they listened onto their leader's laughter.
"I don't get it…what's so funny?" Shina's felt a sweat drop from her forehead.
"Why, our secret member. My third in-command. HaHahaHAHA. Everytime I think about it; it just makes me laugh that we managed to pull it off." Shigaraki was still trying his best to hold back his laughter. "Chehehehehe."
"Ah yes, you people haven't met that person yet." Kurogiri spoke to the other members of the League of Villains.
"A-and…how did this person get close enough to distribute the Trigger to all those students?" Shina was starting to get afraid of knowing the answer.
Shigaraki got off the couch and slowly walked over to Shina. She froze up at the sight of his hands reaching over. Shigaraki grabbed both of Shina's cheeks with one hand.
"Before I answer these annoying questions of yours. Answer mine first."
Shina could smell Shigaraki's terrible breath but that was the least of her worries. Right now, she was just happy that he hadn't disintegrated her yet.
"About this contact of yours, the only way they could know this information is if they were involved with Yuuei. If they're with Yuuei, does that mean you're with Yuuei? Are you going to relay this information back to that suspicious contact of yours? Because if you are, then Shina, I don't like having a traitor in my midst. I'd have to get rid of you."
"S-shit…did I…mess up?" Shina was shaking in fear. In the clutches of Shiragaki, she could die in this instant.
Shina regained control of herself and phased her entire body so Shiragaki couldn't grab onto her. She then took a step back to explain herself.
"Wait!" Shina was panicking, panting louder than Toga was. "I'm not a traitor! My contact…is just a previous client of mine. The person asked me for information. I have no intention of telling my contact anything about the League of Villains. I was just curious because it had the chance to cut into my Trigger business!"
"Hah…Oh Shina. Shina, Shina, Shina. I'm only telling you this because I want to trust you. That trust is why you're even allowed a glimpse at the hideout. You are a valuable asset to the Villain Alliance, whether you like it or not. I don't care who your contact is, tell them! Have them squirm! Have them doubt their fellow 'heroes'. I want them always be looking over their shoulder! I want them to know that at anytime, they could get stabbed in the back from the person they least expect! From the person they most trust! The game is much more interesting that way! I hate having a traitor in my midst, but when it's me with a traitor in their midst? It's so much fun, so fun that I can't help but die with laughter! So here's the answer to your fucking, stupid question. How did my third in-command get close enough to distribute the Trigger to all those students? The answer is simple because…they're also a Yuuei student."
