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Hosu's Incident - Prelude

The sun was raising and Midoriya's alarm was about to go off, but he was already up, hearing the tick from his clock. He was sitting on the ground, his back against the side of his bed, unable to sleep after today's events. Raiju was on the roof, assuming his new position as Inko's guardian, scouting for possible enemies. Midoriya's face showed nothing, his expression revealing only a small trace of sadness. He looked at his bookshelf and noticing the red book, picked up his pillow, saying:

"Switch"

He took the book in his hands and started going through the pages again, while his pillow struggled to remain inside the small compartment the book was. At this point he had already finished the whole book, every word, every power, he had understood all of it, but it still didn't stop him from doing it once again, maybe this time something would miraculously appear, a page that could solve his internal struggle, a few words from that woman, Sarada that could guide him. He was reading but not really paying attention, he just wanted a distraction. He tossed the book aside after a few minutes and sighed, wondering about what to do from now on. In a second, he got up, his face twisted in a mask of rage, but he wasn't angry with anything specifically, he was angry at himself for being so weak and confused about all this.

'Shit.'
'How about-' Raiju started but Midoriya stopped him.
'I already told you I don't want to talk right now Raiju... I just want to be alone for a while, please.'
'Right.'

He looked through his window and wondered what was happening around this city right now, how many were being killed, being assaulted, beaten, broken... He once said he would save all of them, didn't he? He said it didn't matter who he would end up fighting, even the gods themselves. He looked to his desk and saw the piece of cloth that once was All Might's smile on his costume, wondering where those days went, they looked like a dream right now... Maybe ignorance was indeed a blessing. He picked the fabric and touched it, his eyes closed as if he was trying to extract something from it, if he was asking for guidance. After a few seconds, he opened his hands, letting the piece of cloth slide to the ground.

'No. I can't ask All Might for help... I can't ask anyone for help... I'm the one who must help others. I shouldn't be asking for signals, I should be the one sending them. I can't keep behaving like a child, I need to be firm, I need to choose my way and never doubt it, but what should I choose? Should I destroy the league and put an end to their plans, or should I stop... The heroes who are breaking the laws and walking free?'
'May I present a suggestion?'

"Sigh."

'I told you to stop prying Raiju.'
'I can't help it, I can't turn our mental link off.'
'All right, all right... What were you going to say?'
'Instinct.'
'Huh?'

'Your answer could very well be instinct. Maybe instinct isn't the right word here, but it will have to do. When you saw the girl, your instinct was to save her, you didn't care about anything else, and that's who you are... When you were thinking about punishing that man, your instinct was to find another solution instead of allowing Stain to kill him, even if that was what you wanted. Even if at that moment where you were angry that you could kill him yourself, you thought about an alternative route... Although it was a harsh one as well. Maybe you should trust your instinct. Remember what Hawks once said to you? Be a villain who follows the hero code or be a hero with a dark side, it doesn't matter as long as you do what's right... Here, what you think is right. If you think what you're doing is right, do it without a doubt inside your head, follow your instincts.'

Midoriya was left without words after hearing all that and went to his bed, looking at the ceiling.

'Instinct, huh?'

Midoriya was eating breakfast when the reporter started to give yesterday news on the TV:

We have some shocking news. The pro-hero El Tigre was hospitalized today after a fight against unidentified villains. One man involved told the police he acted on behalf of the wanted criminal known as Hero Killer. El Tigre is right now in a state of coma in the heroes' caring center, but the doctors didn't give a good prognostic, they said his body had only a few bruises, but somehow, his brain suffered severe damage.

Midoriya kept chewing while looking at the smiling face of the pro-hero. If one were to look at his face for the first time they wouldn't ever suspect that a deviant was hiding behind that trustful smile. Midoriya couldn't take out of his mind the fact that he destroyed this man's entire life, but then he remembered what he tried to do to that girl and his worries vanished in the blink of an eye.

'Have you decided where are you going for your internship?'
'Not yet.'
'The deadline is today, you need to make haste.'
'I don't trust Hawks, but I wonder if it wouldn't be good to see the number three in action.'
'I don't trust him either, but with your current power, I believe you could beat him.'
'I don't know... He's pretty strong.'
'Either way, you should pick one.'
'Yea, I know.'

Midoriya finished his food and said bye to Inko, but when he opened the door, someone was already there, her hand going towards the doorbell. Midoriya instantly recognized that hair even though she was wearing different clothes. She was wearing some kind of white fedora and a monocle attached to a long gold chain, making the first thought inside Midoriya's head be about how much she really looked like royalty. They stood there, facing each other for a few seconds until a noise made by Inko pulled Midoriya out of his staring contest and brought him back to reality. He closed the door behind him, heading out, passing straight by the girl.

"I don't want to buy anything miss."
"Excuse me?"
"I don't know what you're selling but I'm late to school-"
"Is this the best you can do? Don't insult me by thinking I'd fall for that. I know it was you last night, Midoriya Izuku."

He stopped and looked over his shoulder.

"What do you want?"

His tone changed and his face became colder. She took a step back because of his intensity also noticing his new tone.

"Is this the tone you should be using? You're lucky I didn't come here with the police."
"I already apologized miss, I don't know what else can I do for you."
"My name is Saiko Intelli, not miss, and I came here to heard your version of the facts. I want to know why you did that to me yesterday."
"First, I did nothing, I saved you."
"After you helped that man kidnap me."
"I didn't help anyone."
"You were there, watching him."

"Why were you helping a villain?"

Midoriya noticed something that made him smirk while walking closer to her:

"If you want to go to the police, I won't stop you, but I had my reasons to do that. All I can do for you right now is offer my apologies. I meant it when I said I was sorry-"
"I don't want your apologies... You're a criminal."

Midoriya looked up expiring heavily and after a few seconds of thinking, said still looking up.

"In fact... I believe I am. I can't deny that."

Midoriya looked down and held her defiant glare for some time until he broke the silence:

"Well, thanks to you I lost my train, so I'll be taking my leave now. I don't know how did you find me, but please, don't come to my house again."

The girl stood in silence waiting for him to leave, but before he could go, he snorted and said:

"Also, if you're planning on recording someone, try not to be so obvious about it. I got to give it to you. Your plan was good."

Her eyes almost popped when the recorder inside her pocket made a soft pop and after she grabbed it, she saw smoke coming from it. Midoriya waited and doing a hand gesture, made the second recorder that was inside her blouse also popped since the first was just a distraction to make him feel confident. She was a chess player, planning her moves ahead of the enemy. He turned and after activating his Icarus, left without looking back at her. The girl followed his flight until he disappeared and took off her shoe, getting a small analogic recorder device out.

"You think you can outsmart me? I know what you can do, Raijin."

She whispered to herself, her face darkened and a strange expression appeared, it was devilish. She started replaying the conversation they just had a few times, but when she was about to play it again, the small device burst into flames, making her drop it by reflex. She saw the small recorder disappear in a small ball of very thin bolts of red lightning and her mouth fell open.

"What?! What you mean?!"
"That was indeed a marvelous plan. Maybe you actually can outsmart him, but you can't outsmart me, girl."

The voice came from behind her, but before she could turn she saw the gigantic wolf materializing right next to her right side, almost as tall as her, his tails next to her face. She opened her mouth, but no words came out, so Raiju became invisible after a few seconds and left, leaving the stunned girl behind.

'Saiko Intelli... What an interesting quirk you have.'

Midoriya was one of the first to arrive, walking slowly down the corridors, but a sound made him turn to the gym area. He snuck a glance to see who was training so early in the morning and his mouth fell open when he saw Bakugou fighting against Kodai Yui. He was even more shocked when he heard:

"Are you fucking kidding me Kodai? Is this the best you can do? I told you to go higher, this is called a high kick for a reason, dumbass."

'Ok... What the hell is going on here? Why is Kacchan training with someone and why is he calling her Kodai? What is happening right now? Did I miss something?'

They continued to train what looked like combat awareness and fighting styles. Kodai's fighting style was now resembling some of Bakugou's street style and Midoriya wondered what else he taught her.

"You shut the fuck up, I'm doing the best I can."

Midoriya covered his face realizing it was too late, she was already tainted.

"Oh no."

Bakugou heard his voice and turned to see who it was, locking eyes with Midoriya, but to his surprise, the blonde boy just turned back and continued his training like nothing happened, as if no one was there. That kind of hurt Midoriya a little, so he went inside the gym.

"Oy, Kacchan... What are you doing training so early?"
"The gym is occupied Deku, get out."
"Oh cmon, don't be like that-"
"I told you to get the fuck out."

Midoriya already had his Blood Moon on when Bakugou turned and lunged himself at him, screaming with his hand up. He was so simple.

"Moonlight"

Midoriya took a few steps to the right while Bakugou exploded his mirage. He was really liking that power, it was useful in many ways. Midoriya looked at Kodai who was watching them but the girl was expressionless as always. After the smoke settled, Midoriya saw Bakugou aiming at nothing, thinking he was hitting someone when he was actually in an illusion.

'I don't want to act like an asshole and bully him... Maybe I shouldn't-'

Suddenly, without any hint, a concentrated blast passed by Midoriya's face, burning his hair and his ear. He looked at Bakugou and saw his hands positioned to use his AP Shot. The most alarming fact registered on Midoriya's brain was the fact that Bakugou's face wasn't showing his usual anger, but a controlled expression while he said:

"I reserved the gym, Deku. That was a warning shot... If I wanted I could've exploded your fucking head, so take the hint and fucking leave, there's nothing for you to do here."

Midoriya stood there looking at him dumbfounded, how in the world did he manage to find him inside the illusion? He noticed Bakugou's face and didn't get it, where was is mockery smile? His shouts? He was just there staring at Midoriya with his hands inside his pockets. Before Midoriya could leave or say anything, he turned to Kodai and said:

"Sigh... Oy, Kodai... Let's get the fuck out of here, he's so shocked that I saw through his little trick that he's paralyzed, we need to go to class anyway so go take a shower or something."

"You don't have to tell me, asshole. You're the one who should go wash off all that damn sweat you have on."
"Heh."

Bakugou smiled in a different way towards the girl, and they left together, leaving a very confused Midoriya behind.

"What happened back there?" Kodai asked.
"That fucker used his power on me when I attacked, so I knew that wasn't really him, even though it felt like I was hitting something, I could still spot the difference. That retard should stop saying his techniques out loud... What a dumbass."
"What kind of power was that?"
"He calls that shit Moonlight, it's like hypnosis, but I knew I was in one, so I just had to... Find his presence."
"Is that even possible?"
"Didn't you just see? He always thinks he's one step ahead, but I can fucking read him... It's like finding someone in a dark room, it's fucking hard, but if you concentrate enough, you can almost feel their presence."
"Amazing."
"Of course I am."
"Hey, did you see his face when you told him to get out? I told you... Controlled Bakugou is way scarier than shouting Bakugou."

Bakugou just remained in silence, savoring the small victory over Midoriya, the way his dumb face showed only surprise. Yeah, he saw that.

Midoriya was walking, looking astonished while healing his ear. He walked in class but there was nobody there yet, so he took a seat. After 30 minutes, Bakugou arrived and went to his place while Midoriya saw how carefree he was, but he wanted to put that to test, so after a few minutes Midoriya instantly jumped from his chair, his unspoken Enhancement on his hand, aiming an attack directly at Bakugou's chest, but he was ready, he had already jumped, using his hands to propel himself in the air, dodging the attack and starting a counter. He moved his hand forward to explode Midoriya's face but the boy dodged with a head movement, realizing too late that wasn't an explosion attempt.

"Concussioner"

Bakugou closed his hand before the explosion went off, creating some kind of flashbang. The flash exploded near Midoriya's face but the problem wasn't the light, it was the sound.

'This shit really is a concussioner.'

Midoriya thought wildly while hearing a constant noise inside his head and having his sight affected. Even though he was stunned, he still saw the second incoming strike from Bakugou, dodging it by reflex with a jump backward. Bakugou pushed forward and faked a front attack, propelling himself up again when Midoriya made a move to block him. He was above Midoriya, aiming his next attack on his back, but Midoriya caught that with his Blood Moon, turning his body to guard, but that was a mistake. Bakugou used a controlled explosion to propel himself in the air again, rotating and coming back to his original position, spinning in place, delivering a rounded punch infused with an explosion directly at Midoriya's back, but he knew best, so he didn't stop there, he pushed forward again and after circulating Midoriya, he saw the windshield covering his back from the blast. Bakugou aimed a final explosion at the back of his head since he was trying to look over his shoulder, but when he was about to connect, Midoriya guarded without looking, only being pushed further into the class, knocking a few chairs down, his arms slightly burned. They stood there, looking at each other in silence, evaluating one another until Bakugou said:

"What the fuck are you trying to do Deku? Attacking me out of the blue, you wanna die?"

Midoriya got straight and smirked.

"I was testing something, I was thinking you really looked relaxed, so I went to put it to the test, but you were on guard the whole time... You were expecting me to attack, weren't you? You're with your guard up near me... Does that mean you're looking at me as an enemy? Does that mean you don't trust me anymore, Kacchan?"

Bakugou remained in silence and they both heard voices coming from the outside. Midoriya went and started to pick up the fallen chairs, positioning them back in line. He looked up and saw Bakugou doing the same.

"Who are you and what did you do to Bakugou?"
"Shut the fuck up... Fucking nerd."

After class, they were dismissed and the recess for the internships was called. Midoriya watched all of them thrilled by the idea to work with known pro-heroes, but inside his mind, there's only worry about what these pro-heroes were hiding. He knew he was being a little paranoid, but after what he saw he could help it but wonder what were the dirty secrets, this hero society has.

"Midoriya, have you decided which agency you'll pick yet?" Tokoyami asked.
"Not really, what about you?"
"I've picked Hawks' agency."

Midoriya glared at Tokoyami for some time before pulling his sleeve and after leaning closer, whispered:

"Yami, have you forgot what I told you about his role on my mom's kidnapping and on my sight-"
"I haven't. I won't say I trust him with my life, but he looks like a hero that I can learn a lot with, I'd say our personalities align marvelously."
"So you think of yourself as a shady hero with questionable methods and actions?"
"Kukuku, you know what I meant."
"Yami, be careful around him. I'm serious."
"I will, don't worry."

After people started leaving, Midoriya noticed Iida next to the wall, looking at his paper. Midoriya didn't like to pry, but something on his expression tipped him off, so he activated his blood moon to see what was written. Iida had picked an agency in Hosu, Tokyo.

'Hosu district in Tokyo, huh? There're very few good agencies there... What is he-'

Then his expression turned into a well-known one and Midoriya understood.

'Hosu... The district where the Hero Killer was last seen... Ingenium... He wants revenge for his brother, he's going after Stain.'

The look on his face told Midoriya everything. He wondered about Stain and Iida's brother, so he went next to Iida trying to beat around the bushes.

"Iida-kun, you're going to Tokyo? Didn't you have any other options?"

He looked up astonished as if he was brought back from another place.

"Oh, yea Midoriya-kun... I... I found one good agency there. It's perfect for me."
"Are you sure this is the best option? I mean, you could go to another agency with better heroes that would result in a better outcome, this one doesn't seem right for you."

Iida didn't seem to pick the hidden meaning in Midoriya's words.

"Yes, you're right, but I have to do this."

Midoriya wondered about the implications in those words and sighed.

"I see. Well, good luck to you."
"Thank you."

Midoriya walked away, grabbing his things and heading out of the class. He imagined what would happen if Iida was able to find Stain... Judging by Stain mastery with a sword, that would probably result in Iida's death. For a few seconds, he debated with himself about the right course of action.

'I don't even like him that much... If he wants to kill himself going after a dangerous villain, it's his problem.'

Midoriya stopped outside the room to lean on a wall, thinking about how the rage could cloud one's judgment and after taking his paper out of his bag, he signed his name next to Hawks agency that was situated near Hosu.

'Damn it, Iida-kun.'

The next day.

"Well well well, it looks like I hit the jackpot. I shot for one and got two of the best U.A first years."
"Thank you for your words, it's an honor to work with you Hawks-san."

Tokoyami slightly bowed his head and Midoriya stood behind, leaning on a wall, his arms crossed, his expression unaffected.

The other sidekicks from Hawks agency were eyeing him with shock and incredulity, they thought he was being rude, but Midoriya didn't care, he wasn't going to pretend he didn't know Hawks' true personality. Hawks pointed at Tokoyami and spoke louder to everyone present:

"You all know the second place from this year's U.A's festival... This is Tsukuyomi, Fumikage Tokoyami, and that one, that one I can already call an old friend of mine, the Raijin, Midoriya Izuku."

Midoriya vaguely reminded the class where they picked their own hero's names. The whole class was expecting him to write down Raijin on the white card they receive, even the teachers were sure there wasn't another name for him best suited for him. All that pressure made him go with the flow, he didn't even consider anything else.

Midoriya's expression didn't alter, even when a few sidekicks started to shyly clap.

"Let's get back to work, I'll handle these two stars."

The sidekicks disbanded after the short presentation and Tokoyami went to Midoriya, his voice showing disapproval:

"What are you doing, he's the number three hero... Don't be so rude."
"Yami-"

Midoriya was about to say heroes aren't exactly what Tokoyami believe them to be, but refrain himself in the last moment, biting his tongue. They turned and saw Hawks approaching with a smile on his face.

"Good to finally meet you Fumikage, and good to see you again Midoriya." He shook Fumikage's hand but didn't go for Midoriya who remained with his arms crossed.
"Now, how about we start."
"I'm sorry sir, but start with what?"
"You can call me Hawks. Let's start with the hero stuff, it's time to work, but first, I would like to talk with you alone Midoriya."
"It's fine, whatever it is you want to say, you can say in front of Yami."
"Yami? Are you two close?"
"Yea, he's my friend."

Hawks evaluated Tokoyami for a second and asked:

"I see, and what did you tell your big friend Yami-kun? I remember asking you to not share what happened to anyone."
"And I don't remember ever agreeing to that. I told him everything, I trust Yami."
"Interesting. Tell me, are you sure you don't want to talk in private?"
"I'm fine."
"All right, then I'd like to ask you why were you in contact with the League of Villains?"

'Uh-oh.'

"What?!" Tokoyami asked.
"Where did you get that information?"
"Midoriya, are you in contact with villains again? What's wrong with you?" Tokoyami covered his face, shaking his head.
"Again?" Hawks asked interested.
"I'll explain to you later Yami. Hawks, I don't know how you got this information but I won't talk about it, I already gave my report to the association-"
"I read it, that how I know about your encounter with them."
"So why are you asking me? You already have the information."
"You really think I'd buy that? Me? Hahaha... Don't worry kid, we have time to talk about this later, go put on your costumes, we're going for a walk."
"I thought we would start tomorrow Hawks-san, it's almost nightfall."
"We're going today, there are a few reports around-"

While Hawks was speaking, the door went open and a young girl stormed in, her face showing worry.

"Hawks-sama, there's a kidnapping happening 10 blocks from here, on the business center in the second avenue, there are at least 50 hostages and the situation isn't looking good... There're two casualties already."
"Who's there?"
"Best Jeanist, Thirteen, and Gang Orca, but they said they can't start an assault since the situation is too dangerous. The police surround the kidnappers but they're becoming violent. It looks like they killed a few guards. All Might and Endeavor were already contacted but they aren't responding."

"Thank you, Amane-chan, but I don't think their presence will be necessary."
"Sir? Why not?"

Hawks turned to the open window behind him and saw Midoriya crouched on the edge while Tokoyami was standing beside him, both looking at the winged hero, waiting for his signal to go. He turned back to the girl and smiled while taking his cape from the hanger.

"Tell them that Hawks, Tsukuyomi, and Raijin will take care of it."

Saying that he spread his wings and Midoriya jumped upwards using his Icarus while Tokoyami pulled himself forward using Dark Shadow's claws, followed closely by Hawks. The girl stood there, with a folder and a cellphone on her arms, amazed by the three heroes flying away.

"Wow."

"Orca-san, they are demanding a safe way out of here, but we can't allow them to leave, they already kill three guards."
"I know that, but if we don't comply they're going to start killing civilians, we already established they are capable of doing so."

From a building a figure appeared.

"I came as fast as I could, how's the situation?" Kamui Woods asked, looking at the tall building.
"At least 15 offenders and 25 hostages located until now, but we can't be sure. We have backup coming, I believe Hawks agency is nearby."
"What is going on, why is this happening?"
"Something related to this company, I don't know the exact details for sure, but the police is digging for an answer."
"Wait, you said Hawks is coming? Isn't today the first day of the internships? He's not going to bring students, right?"
"Who knows, let's wait for him to arrive." Jeanist answered.

Midoriya was jumping using his Icarus and Hawks flew by his side, looking at his feet.

"You've mastered it."
"Not completely, I can't abuse it."

Hawks looked down and saw Tokoyami jumping buildings, using his claws to pull himself forward. Midoriya suddenly saw the next building was too far for Tokoyami to jump, so he took off his silver sword and throwing it below him, next to the far building, said:

"Switch"

Tokoyami traded places with the sword, but he didn't look surprised, in fact, he was smiling at the fact Midoriya teleported him in the exact moment he was wondering if he should ask for assistance. Midoriya's sword appeared back in the building Tokoyami was, but he brought it back with a hand gesture, using his magnetism.

"Interesting." Hawks whispered to himself, paying attention to Midoriya's every action.
"Stop analyzing me."

Midoriya frowned when they stopped in the nearby rooftop. They saw the police around the building and down below, they saw what looked like a command center on the north side of the building. Before they could get to the action, Tokoyami called:

"Midoriya, I was holding this to give you as a birthday present, but now would be a better time."
"Huh?"

Tokoyami took a black indistinct shape from the inside of his vest and handed it to Midoriya who grabbed it and opened it, it looked like a dark overcoat.

"What is this?"
"It's a cape, just like mine, but yours have a few alterations, it has a knot on the inside part to help hold your swords and also looks damn cool."
"Hahahahahaha... You're really into dark things."

He answered while putting it on. It went all the way to his ankles, and it was well made, perfect to his size. It wasn't only a cape since it could be closed in the front, just like Tokoyami's signature dark cape.

"Good. The size is right." Tokoyami analyzed.
"It's perfect."
"Well, I had some help from Momo, I just draw the design and she created the details, so I guess this is a gift from both of us."
"Heh, I'll thank her later."
"I forgot to give you a few details... Momo created the material, so this isn't just a normal piece of cloth. She created a protective material, this is a derivation of kevlar, which she said can stop knife attacks and has a light resistance to fire. She said she couldn't test to see if it could block shots but we can go for a test drive right now."
"Oh yea, that would be an amazing test. Let's ask for one of them to shoot us and if it doesn't work we'll be just like: Yep, thank you for helping me with this test Mr. Criminal, guess I'll die now."
"Hehehe."

Hawks was with his finger pressed in his ear, speaking to someone and after approaching the two boys, he threw one earpiece to each one of them.

"Put it on and pay attention, this isn't a test or a class, this is real life. Those people up there are scared and hurt, waiting for a hero to help them. Their lives are on the line inside that place and there's no room for mistakes, but here's the deal, today you're the heroes who are going to save them."
"What?!" Tokoyami asked startled.
"I've always believed in learning through experience, so yes, I'll support the two of you from the outside and you two will handle strategy and the attack plan."

Tokoyami looked at Midoriya who was with a serious gaze now, facing the building.

"Nervous, Tokoyami?"
"I won't lie, I am... I don't believe myself to be ready."
"Heh, I trust in you two and I'll be right next to you to provide cover-"
"We should go Yami, we have little time. Hawks?"
"Yea, you can go. I, as a pro-hero, give you the authority to decide the course of action on my behalf."

Tokoyami jumped down, but Midoriya stopped on the edge, looking over his shoulder before jumping:

"I'll most certainly have to kill a few of them, is that a problem?"

Hawks' eyes opened wide to his words, seeing Midoriya's eyes and noticing something had changed, they were colder than before.

"Not at all."
"Good."

Tokoyami hit the ground and the four pro-heroes looked at him.

"Good evening."
"You- You're Fumikage Tokoyami."
"Good to see you again Kamui Woods-san, Gang Orca-san, Best Jeanist-san, Thirteen-sensei."

Midoriya appeared with a lightning effect behind Tokoyami, standing behind his friend, making the pro-heroes present frown.

"Midoriya Izuku?!"

Midoriya looked at them and nodded once, acknowledging all of them. Hawks appeared last.

"Are you ready?" He asked towards the two boys.
"Yes." Both answered and a police officer came closer:

"Hawks-sama, thank god you're here, the situation is not good."
"Oh, Lieutenant. Don't worry, we'll handle it."
"We?" Best Jeanist asked.
"As for this moment, the rescue operation is on Midoriya Izuku as the leading hero and Fumikage Tokoyami as his second."
"WHAT!? HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND HAWKS?"

Gang Orca lost his composure and took a step closer gesturing at the winged hero who ignored the pro-hero and said:

"Go."

Midoriya turned to the building and raised his left arm with his fist closed towards Tokoyami who gave him a fist bump before taking a deep breath. Midoriya crouched, raising his hands together, energizing them and releasing his power through the ground.

"RAIJIN'S WEB"

The energy thread started to spread, crossing the street and going up on the outside of the building while Midoriya was crouched, looking through the walls, concentrating on the flames. Tokoyami waited while the other pro-heroes observed in silence and awe.

"Lieutenant."

Midoriya spoke to the police officer next to them.

"Pay attention and pass the information forward: There are 53 hostages and 16 offenders, all scattered around the building, a few hostages are hiding on the lowers floors, while the rest are being held captive on the ninth floor. I spotted guns, but I can't tell their model, they also are using radios to maintain communication between floors. The center of this problem is the ninth floor, there are 25 hostages under gunpoint, and if we breach right now, they'll most probably start shooting."

The whole time he was speaking, his web kept pulsating through the ground, entangling itself on the building walls, leaving a pattern as if it were veins, pulsating with energy.

"What the hell?" Gang Orca said unable to believe Midoriya's power, his new black cape undulating because of the power he was emanating.

"How you wanna do this Midoriya."

"I want to go floor by floor but if we severed their communication, they may go nuts and start killing people, so we need a plan of action that will affect all of them at once. Lieutenant, what were their demands?"
"Er... They want a vehicle to get out of here and they want 25 million yen. They claim the company that owns this office owns them money. They said they were wrongfully terminated and the company must pay back, but after facial recognition, we found something disturbing."
"What is it?"
"There are two old employees who got fired, but it looks like they hired a crew to take over the building. The first time we call them, they only wanted the press present to hear their demands, but after some time, another person took over the negotiations on their end and started demanding cash."
"So this was some kind of protest that has gone wrong."
"Most likely."

Hawks crossed his arms and his expression became serious.

"Can you two handle this?"

Midoriya got up and looked at the building, feeling all the people inside through his web and turned back to face the heroes.

"Yes, we can handle it."
"You can't be serious about leaving such an important matter in the hand of children Hawks... I must agree with Orca, are you thinking straight?"
"Not now Jeanist... Midoriya, do you have a plan?"
"I just thought about one."
"Fill us in."
"Yami, pay attention. They have most of their forces on the ninth floor with the hostages, and I'm pretty sure they have some kind of explosive device on each door in the ground floor so nobody could enter, I felt a tiny frequency just like- Well I may have felt the wrong frequency but I don't think I did, so we need to watch for it. Now to the plan. I want to get the hostages out of the ninth floor first and attack the floors below, cutting any escape route and leaving them trapped on the ninth, after that we can clear floor by floor. If we cut their communication first, the people trapped on the ninth floor will pay the price, but if we save them first, we can seal that floor and swipe them one by one, going up until we reach them."
"That's a wonderful plan, but how are you going to take all the 25 hostages out of there with no casualties?" Best Jeanist asked.

Midoriya looked around for a few seconds, trying to find something he could use until his eyes stopped on Hawks' wings and he remembered his notebook, page 97. The Winged Hero.

"Hawks, you can enlarge your feathers, right?"
"Yes."

The pro-heroes present found odd the way Midoriya spoke to Hawks, calling him by his name like they were equals.

"Could you enlarge one for me right now, please?"

Hawks' wings spread and he released one single feather, starting to expand until it became bigger than anyone present, at least 3 meters tall. Midoriya held it and noticed that it wasn't that heavy, but the size could compensate.

"Tell me, can you produce 25 of these at once?"

Hawks frowned for a second and then realized, remembering what he did to Tokoyami on their way there, letting an involuntary smile spread on his face.

'I was right to help you get your eyes back, Midoriya.'

After a few minutes where Midoriya explained all the details of the plan to everyone present, Tokoyami asked:

"Are you sure you want to go this way Midoriya, the timing must be perfect and if you run out of energy, they'll fall to their deaths."

Tokoyami said after Midoriya's explanation about how he would take the people out. The pro-heroes present could only shake their heads to the absurdity of all that. Midoriya also shook his head while answering:

"If I had to switch them with rocks I'd be out of energy for sure, but with Hawks' feathers I can do it quite easily."

Midoriya walked with them to the right and stood in place, signaling that was the starting point. He looked around to the heroes and policemen watching him until he found Tokoyami, who was positioning himself to jump. Their eyes met and Midoriya pointed one finger at him, nodding once saying nothing and Tokoyami nodded back. He looked at Hawks who nodded signaling he could start and Midoriya said:

"Raijin Augment - Moonchaser Rabbit"

He felt the pressure on his face as he went up on the air, losing his momentum in front of the giant window where he instantly saw all the people on the ninth floor. The kidnappers that were spread across the floor looked at the sound of the lighting coming from Midoriya's feet and saw the boy flying outside the window but before they could point their guns, another thing came flying. The feathers flew in front of Midoriya who was looking carefully at each hostage sitting next to the wall, and after he began to fall, he said pointing his hands:

"SWITCH"

The feathers disappeared and the 25 hostages materialized out of thin air, starting to go down on a free fall while desperately screaming, most of them tied up. Midoriya moved, throwing his sword through the eight-floor window, shattering it, in the exact moment Tokoyami passed by the falling civilians, going up. Midoriya made the final switch, sending Tokoyami inside and getting his sword back while going down with the terrified citizens.

"THIS IS INSANITY- THITHEEN WE NEED TO HELP-"

Kamui said looking up, moving to get below the falling people, but Hawks pushed him back with his left wing, signaling for him to get out of the impact zone, his eyes on Midoriya alone.

Midoriya felt the drain of his powers after switching 25 individuals at once, he'd lose more energy than he'd imagined, but he had enough to finish. He could only hear the wind passing by his ears and a few screams coming from the people falling with him. When they were halfway down, Midoriya finished his plan:

"FUUJIN'S SIN - TATSUMAKI"

The giant tornado formed out of nowhere, making the people falling start to slow down, still falling in a spiral but at a controlled pace. Midoriya slowed them down a little more, making them spin two or three times until they hit the ground. A few were slightly scratched but apart from that, everyone was fine. Midoriya touched the ground a few seconds later, hearing shots coming from the inside of the building. He turned to Hawks, ignoring the pro-heroes who were with their mouths open, helping the people walk to safety.

"We need to help Yami."
"You're right, let's go."

They crossed the street towards the building entrance and Midoriya stopped. He looked back and saw everyone following close behind.

"Take cover."

He concentrated, pulling out the weight and the suffocating feeling from his insides, making smoke appear around his body. A few policemen took a step back, afraid of his power. Midoriya raised his hand, feeling his Susanoo mimicking him, but when he looked to the side, the bony hand was gone and instead a muscular hand appeared. He looked down and noticed there weren't any ribcages but a torso involving him instead.

'What?'

He didn't have time to think about that, he needed to go. He raised his left arm and punched the air, seeing his Susano arm punching the door in front of them, causing an explosion because of the traps set by the criminals. He pulled back his arm and saw the Susano's hand partially destroyed, but after concentrating his energy, the hand grew back to its original form.

"LET'S GO."

He shouted going inside through the smoke, letting go of his Susanoo and hearing the building's alarm, also getting wet by the sprinklers.

They stormed in, hearing one criminal shouting at his radio:

"THEY'RE INSIDE, DO YOU HEAR ME? THEY'RE INSIDE-"
"Raijin Chain"

Midoriya said aiming at the first criminal, sending a long energy cord that wrapped around the man, electrocuting him briefly, making him drop, pissing himself. After a few seconds, they could see only a burning mark on the man's chest.

Midoriya pointed to cabinets and to lockers, speaking to the policemen passing by him:

"There are three hostages on this floor, there, there, and there. This floor is clear of enemies."

"Are you sure, kid- I mean, are you sure, sir?"

One policeman asked, but Midoriya wasn't paying attention at him. He was looking up through the ceiling, instantly dashing towards the stairs.

"Raijin's Augment - Moonchaser Rabbit"

The policeman just watched as he jumped the lateral walls instead of walking the stairs, disappearing to the next floor. Hawks stopped next to the man and placing one hand on his shoulder, said with a smile:

"Yes, he's sure."

The winged hero opened his wings and proceed to follow him.

Midoriya pressed his earpiece after hitting another criminal with his chain:

"Yami, are you ok?"
"I'm holding them off with my shield, but if I get flanked, I won't be able to defend their attacks from both sides, I need help."
"Hold on, we're cleaning floors-"

A gunshot was heard followed by a static noise coming from his communicator and Midoriya had only one thing in mind: Tokoyami got shot.

"Yami?! YAMI?! HAWKS!"

He shouted to the winged hero who was arriving.

"What happened?"
"Something went wrong with Yami. The kidnappers are going up instead of coming down, so I think he's pinned off. I can only see hiding civilians up until the 6th floor, but I'm heading out to help Yami."
"Don't worry, we'll get them out."

Midoriya turned to the closest window and shouted while running towards it:

"Raijin Blade"

He jumped without hesitation, instantly saying:

"Icarus"

He jumped in the air twice, arriving outside the eighth floor, looking inside to see at least 10 men unloading their guns and using their quirks at Tokoyami who was now inside his dark cocoon, unable to move, being hit from every direction. Midoriya leaned his body forward, jumping one more time, blasting through the glass, making everyone look at him. The criminals changed their guns at the same moment Midoriya realized something:

"Susanoo"

Although Midoriya wasn't so sure about his Susano sturdiness, he somehow felt that his giant avatar could deflect the bullets. He saw as the ribcages appeared, being briefly involved by muscles, and felt awe as he saw the bullets hitting the giant dark torso, falling to the ground, the Susano was unscratched.

"What the fuck is that?!"
"I don't know, let's get the fuck out, move, move, move."

The ones that were behind Tokoyami tried to fall back to the lower floors, but Midoriya would not allow that. He felt the same pressure on his right eye from the moment he saved Saiko Intelli and he understood. He felt like he was pushing the Susanoo out of his own body, forcing the giant avatar to leave him and push forward. He saw the black mist involving the being as it flew through the hall, destroying the exit in one swing, sending dust everywhere. The thugs looked back at Midoriya astonished and he smiled, a tear of blood coming out of his right eye.

"You're not going anywhere."

This was magnificent. He only needed to think and his Susano obeyed, he didn't even have to do the movements with his own body anymore, he could only imagine and his Susano would do it. He punched two of the five criminals who were shooting a few seconds ago, knocking them out cold, noticing how strong that power was, noticing what the people who wrote his red book meant when they describe it as the perfect balance between offense and defense. While punching the men, inside of his mind, a voice started telling him to take it easy or he would end up killing someone, followed by a second voice who said: Who cares?

He looked at Tokoyami's enclosure and wondered if he was ok, but the men who were on the staircase leading to the ninth floor started to push down since Tokoyami wasn't attacking anymore. Midoriya had finished the last of the five men with his Susano, turning it to the stairs, and for a second imagined that his Susano was like his own version of Dark Shadow. One of the men who was coming down receive a punch but as the Susano's fist made contact, it slipped past by him, hitting the criminals behind.

'What was that? Did I miss?'

Midoriya stopped using his imagination to push the Susanoo and saw it come back to him almost instantly, returning with the feeling of pressure on his body, but this time it wasn't as heavy as before. The man who passed by him looked around and passed by Tokoyami's cocoon, fixing his eyes on Midoriya.

"You fucking did this... You're dead you motherfucker!"

He ran towards Midoriya with a strange knife in hand, and Midoriya tried to push his Susanoo again, but it didn't work. Instead, his power crumbled, the muscles disappearing, the bones turned into smoke, and his Blood Moon deactivated. He felt the world stagger, losing his balance and awareness, but this time, he was ready for this, pulling out his silver sword, making a wide horizontal swing, but for his surprise, his sword started going up for no reason when it came closer to the man, as if he was a big magnet repulsing the blade, that ending passing over his head, while he took a swing with his knife on Midoriya's chest. They passed by one another and Midoriya took a few steps back, touching his chest, but there was no blood. He felt confused for a second but remembered he was wearing a super-suit made by Momo. The man didn't wait, coming again at him, but this time others were also coming from the ninth floor. Midoriya was out of options and energy when Tokoyami got out, sending Dark Shadow against the stair, stopping their advance again. Midoriya dodged the man's attack and went next to Tokoyami, back to back.

"Yami, are you ok?"
"Yes, don't worry. What are you waiting for to defeat that one?"
"I believe he has a strange quirk, I need more information and I'm out of energy."
"Where's Raiju?"
"I can't call him."
"Why?!"
"Long story... I believe I must use my Thunderlord here but I'll be completely useless after."
"This time it may be necessary, how many are still active?"
"Can't tell, my web is off and I can't use the Blood Moon anymore... The switch and Tatsumaki back there drained me out."

The man with the strange quirk was knelt next to one of his friends, getting something from his pocket. Midoriya noticed the man was eating what that was and after a while he said:

"My plan... My fucking plan went to shit because of you two."

His eyes shone and Midoriya frowned while Tokoyami continued using the Dark Rain on the staircase, pushing people to the upper floor. Midoriya knew he would've to defeat this guy, but how? Also, that strange quirk was changing his sword's direction.

'Wait, direction?'

Midoriya advanced, his sword in piercing position but the man looked at it and the sword changed direction in the last moment, passing right next to the left side of his face and Midoriya understood.

'He can't be hit... That's his quirk... Something about evasiveness.'

Midoriya sheathed his sword and went martial, but even his punches were being deviated by the man, he was very agile.

'How am I supposed to hit something that can't be hit... It has to be some kind of weakness.'

Midoriya thought while delivering a combo, all passing by the man who kept swinging his knife, missing as Midoriya also dodged, slower than usual, but with enough speed to respond in time. Midoriya looked at the man's eyes by instinct and noticed him looking at his hands when he was attacking.

'No way.'

He started a faster combo, using his legs and projected a fake attack, followed by a sudden change that escaped the man's eyes, and then Midoriya was sure of it. His fist made contact with the man's face, dropping him to the ground.

"Yami, he can change the direction of things he can see, that's his quirk."
"Can you handle him?"

Midoriya knew what to do, so he took out his sword again and threw at the man, who rolled out of the way, looking to the weapon that was now spiked to the floor.

"You're not really a hero, are you? I can feel your bloodlust kid... You're trying to kill me, aren't you?"

Midoriya just let a smile spread on his face and the man shivered.

Midoriya went on again, but when the man started looking at his hands, Midoriya pointed it to his sword behind the man, making it sparkle with energy, redirecting the flow to the man's back. It hit him for a few seconds, and after Midoriya stopped, he went down, fainted. Midoriya took a deep breath. He used his fighting techniques while restoring a small portion of his energy to create a furtive attack and that was it. After a few seconds, Hawks flew by the broken window and saw Midoriya knelt while Tokoyami was holding the stairs. He went next to Tokoyami and putting one hand on his shoulder he said:

"Good job Tokoyami, Midoriya. Let me handle the rest."

Tokoyami stopped the Shadow Rain and Hawks spread his wings, flying to the next floor. They heard gunshots and then, nothing. Hawks came down after a few minutes and said:

"They're down. I must say, boys, I'm impressed... I just got one complaint in all this."
"What is it?" Midoriya asked.
"You were wrong with your counting, there were only 52 hostages and 15 criminals."

Midoriya felt his spine freeze when he heard that, instantly getting up and running down the stairs.

"Where are you going, it's all clear."

He stopped for a second to look back and said with a worried face:

"No, it's not... I wasn't wrong Hawks, they must be still here."

Hawks' eyes widened, and he followed Midoriya down the stairs while shouting to Tokoyami:

"TOKOYAMI, GATHER THE CRIMINALS AND TIE THEM DOWN."
"Yes, sir."

They descended the stairs, passing by policemen and pro-heroes until they arrived at the fifth floor. Midoriya knew he shouldn't force his limits but he had to, so he activated his Blood Moon one more time, looking around, up, and down the floor, until he noticed.

"He's on the sixth floor with a hostage, inside the dispenser."

He deactivated his power and rushed the stairs, followed by Hawks, Best Jeanist and a few policemen. They arrived in front of the door and Midoriya pushed it open. It was empty.

"We swiped this place clean, there's nothing in there, sir."

Midoriya took off his sword and pointed to the end of the dispenser, his eyes shining red again:

"I can see you, you won't get away from here."

Out of thin air, a man appeared holding a woman from behind, a revolver aimed at her head. An invisibility quirk.

"Stay- Stay right fucking there- If you come any closer I'll fucking kill her."
"How cliché."
"What did you say? Get away from me! GET AWAY FROM ME RIGHT FUCKING NOW!"

Best Jeanist pulled Midoriya back with his threads and assembled the nearby heroes, getting some distance between them and the man. The woman was scratched and her neck was bleeding while tears stained her face.

"We need to get a negotiator in here, he's startled and may end up killing the woman."
"I'm more interested in how nobody noticed him since we have trackers on the police team, right?"
"This is a question for another time, for now, let's focus on the hostage Kamui, the rest of the building is under control thanks to Midoriya and Tokoyami."

Midoriya noticed how Best Jeanist's voice was showing respect when saying their names.

"HEY, I KNOW YOU'RE FUCKING PLOTTING SOMETHING... I WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE OR I'LL KILL HER, I SWEAR I'LL KILL HER!"

Midoriya saw how he was shaking and had an idea.

"Can I try something?"
"You already did enough Midoriya, the rescue was a success thanks to both of you, we should wait for a negotiator to get here."
"Maybe I could restrain him using my lines-"
"I KNOW YOU BEST JEANIST... IF I SEE YOU USING YOUR THREADS I'LL KILL HER!"
"Oh my, his hearing is something else."
"May I try something instead?" Midoriya insisted."

The pro heroes looked at each other, if they had any doubts, it was washed off by the amazing saving he just did.

"What is it?"
"Listen carefully."

The man was chocking the woman tighter because of the stress he was in right now and she started to cough. Midoriya pushed the door that was partially open and stood in plain view.

"I ALREADY TOLD YOU, I WANT TO GET OUT... I WANT A CLEAR PATH OR I- I'LL KILL THIS BITCH!"
"You really are a walking cliché, aren't you? You won't get out of here, tho."
"What!? Are you nuts? I SAID I'M GONNA KILL HER!"
"Well, if you want to kill her, go ahead and do it. Go on, pull the trigger. If you kill her, I'll kill you and just bring her back with my power."
"Huh?"

The man remained in silence for a few seconds, processing what Midoriya just said.

"You can't say that... You can't say you're going to kill me... You can't bring her back from the dead, who are you? God? What the fuck are you talking about brat? Bring an adult here-"
"Do I look like someone who's lying? Do I look like someone who plays by the rules?"
"..."

Midoriya used the shred of energy he had to create an Enhancement on his right hand, showing to the man who could only stare at the form of dark energy on his hand.

"If you pull that trigger, I won't arrest you. I'll murder you right here, right now. I'll burn you to the core, there will be nothing left of you but ashes and don't think this will be painless... You'll beg for me to kill you when I begin."

The pro-heroes who got out of sight were listening to that with worry, some of them felt the pressure only a true villain could give, every word was saturated with a dark tenor, a black aura. Midoriya continued:

"If you shoot her, I'll just heal her head... Look."

He took off half of his sword and cut his arm with it, showing the blood to the man. He then applied one quick magnetic healing, starting to feel discomfort from the overuse of his energy. The man stared in shock as the cut started to close and disappeared after a few seconds.

"So, this is what will happen, you're going to drop that gun and you'll go to jail, or you can pull the trigger and die in agony, pick wisely, you have until the count of five."

The man panicked and started looking around, but Midoriya started to count:

"Fiv-"

Blem.

The sound resonated outside the room, and the pro-heroes stormed win to see Midoriya recovering the gun from the ground, the woman on her knees crying, and the criminal with his hands up, shaking from head to toe. Midoriya walked out, handing the gun to Kamui Woods while leaving and sat on the staircase, breathing heavily. After a few minutes where police officers walked up and down the floor, Tokoyami appeared, sitting next to Midoriya.

"So, everything went well."
"Not really, the switch drained almost all my energy... I can't use it recklessly... This would be much easier if I had my Blood Moon and my Raijin... I think I complicated the situation with my plan-"
"I completely disagree."

The voice came from behind the two and they saw Best Jeanist looking at them.

"Best Jeanist-san?"
"I've never seen a power like yours, Midoriya Izuku... I now see what you really are. As for your plan, I don't believe there was a better one, all the criminals had a record of being violent and a few even had murder convictions, so what you did probably saved the lives of the people here. Fumikage Tokoyami, I must admit that I misjudged you, you're really an important hero for the future of the country, both of you are. You did an amazing job and I'm sorry to push you out of your resting spot, but we need to get out of the building so the forensic team can work, Hawks is waiting for you outside."

They both didn't know how to respond to the number 4 hero praise so they just nodded and started going downstairs until they finally left the building, being surprised by Hawks' face that showed only worry as he was on the phone again. He hanged up and looked back at Midoriya and Tokoyami:

"There's an attack happening right now in Hosu... There are reports about Nomus... And they also believe it involves the Hero Killer."

Midoriya sighed unable to believe the timing. He was out of energy and Iida could very well be right now running towards Stain... The blue-haired boy was as good as dead.

'I believe it's a good thing I found a way to reach you then.'

A known voice spoke inside Midoriya's head and looked up to the red bolts of lightning brightening the sky. Everyone looked up to the strange event and instantly looked back at Midoriya, assuming he was the one responsible for it.

"Hawks, do you mind giving us the authority to act on your behalf one more time?"

Midoriya smirked and Hawks laughed for a few seconds before answering:

"You lead."

Bright white light hit the top of a building for a few seconds and after it vanished, three people could be seen: Yamamoto, Shirayuki and a man, all wearing white. They looked around and noticed the fire and smoke coming from the Nomu's attack. Yamamoto turned to the man and said:

"We couldn't have arrived in a better hour. Pay attention, Shirayuki. You're allowed to use your power, Hayama... Teach them what despair means, for the glory of Tsukuyomi."

The man smiled and raised one hand, creating sand around his body while whispering:

"May the moon reign over all existence... Let's go, Shukaku."

Author's note: I would love some reviews.