False Illusions

The Next Morning

RJ had just woken up with Tokoyami already up playing video games with Dark Shadow. RJ put on some fresh clothes and walked towards the door.

" Hey, Tokoyami. I'm going to head downstairs to eat breakfast with Edgeshot. You coming with?" asked RJ.

" Nah this game is addicting. This "Speaker" guy is interesting." said Tokoyami still looking at the television.

" Yeah. You're both alike… in some ways."

As soon as RJ walked outside into the hotel hallway, Pony and Uraraka were outside waiting for him catching him by surprise.

" Hey, buddy! Remember when we were talking about how not telling everyone about you and your girlfriends having sex on campus was going to cost you?" said Pony poking at RJ repeatedly.

" You were serious about that?! … What will it be? Cash, sex, copy homework?" said RJ taking out his wallet.

" You'll be our sex-ed teacher!" shouted Uraraka.

RJ was looking at them with a blank stare on his face as the girls started feeling nervous and sweating from telling him to do such a thing.

"... What the hell are you guys talking about?" sighed RJ.

" We didn't want to be too mean so we decided that you would teach all the girls in Class 1A about sex except Awata obviously. She's crazy for Bakugo weirdly," said Pony doing the weird heroic pose she did yesterday.

" No thanks… I'd rather die than do that. I'm not a tool plus I'm taken," said RJ walking away from the girls."

" Wait! Jiro and Yaoyorozu already agreed to this!" said Uraraka grabbing around RJ and making him and herself float.

" What the hell… Fine. What do I have to do? Is this actual teaching or having sex?"

" Teaching during sex. One time with each girl and then you're free," said Pony.

" Okay. But one time. I'm still thinking about what I'm going to do in the future with this relationship.

" Ah! Marriage!?" shouted both Uraraka and Pony in excitement.

" No. Ye… I don't know. It's complicated. I'm going downstairs."

RJ headed downstairs to the hotel lobby with Uraraka and Pony following him and saw Edgeshot eating breakfast with Solar Synthesis, Discharge, Jiro, and Yaoyorozu.

" Hey! You have to hurry up and eat. We're going on patrol in an hour or so. I already called Tokoyami," said Edgeshot eating a pancake.

" Can't wait. Also… BREAKFAST!" shouted Pony shocking the pro heroes.

" It's her daily routine…" said Uraraka.

RJ walked over to Jiro and threw some water into her clothes using his quirk.

" Hey! What the hell!?" shouted Jiro.

" I'd appreciate it if you would include me in your dealings with other people," whispered RJ with an irritated look on his face.

" She was really worried that they would tell everyone but I don't think Uraraka and Pony are like that," said Yaoyorozu calming down RJ.

" I do too but I don't want to take that risk."

" I'm sorry. I know this might ruin our relation…" said Jiro before being interrupted.

" It won't. I will still love you three… And the newest member…"

' Newest member?' thought Yaoyorozu.

After a while, everyone changed into their hero costumes and headed out to the streets to do hero patrolling. They split into groups with Edgeshot's group being Tokoyami, RJ, and Uraraka and Solar Synthesis' being Discharge, Jiro, Yaoyorozu, and Pony.

" So we've gotten reports of people seeing "ghosts" around this part of the city. They're not hostile but they disappear when people get near them. It's obviously somebody's quirk but we're still trying to figure out who is doing it," said Edgeshot.

" Ghosts? I don't know how I feel about this," said Uraraka looking around nervously.

" Fear is what heroes experience. It makes us stronger," said Tokoyami.

" Speaking of ghosts, there's one over there," said RJ pointing at a red and black figure floating in an alleyway.

" That's it right there…" whispered Edgeshot. "Let's observe what it does."

The "ghost" was just floating around carelessly as Edgeshot and the students were watching it. As time passed, the "ghost" came out of the alleyway and started floating towards them. They started to back up slowly until the "ghost" started to fly towards RJ fast, grabbing him and screaming in a high pitched voice. All of a sudden a red and black ball of smoke covered RJ and knocked the others back.

" What the hell!? RJ! Discharge! Solar! We need you at our location right now!" shouted Edgeshot talking on the phone with the other group.

" There's more of them!" said Tokoyami summoning Dark Shadow.

More "ghosts" started to appear around the city and turned into demonic creatures with a fire aura around them giving the resemblance of flaming skeletons. The demonic creatures started rushing through the city attacking everyone in their path.

Void

" What? Where am I? Edgeshot! Uraraka! Tokoyami!... It's so dark in here," said RJ looking around only seeing the red and black atmosphere.

" So… you're back for round 2!?" shouted a familiar voice.

" That voice… no…" said RJ turning around in fear.

" Get ready! I'm not holding back!" shouted Muscular with a red and black aura around him.

Muscular quickly dashed at RJ who quickly dodged the attack. RJ couldn't think clearly as he was getting flashbacks of what Muscular did to him at the training camp not too long ago. Muscular got in close and punched RJ; knocking him back.

" Hahaha! You're still weak! This time I'll make sure to kill you!"

" No! That will be me," said Shigaraki walking from behind Muscular alongside the rest of the League of Villains and All For One.

" All For One!? But you're in jai… what's going on. What is this?" said RJ who was traumatized at what was taking place.

" Your nightmares have come to life!" said All For One levitating towards him.

RJ started to feel the same sensation he had at the sports festival, against his fight with Shinso and saw the past holders of One For All looking at him behind the villains. Power started to flow inside RJ as One For All was being activated throughout his body. That power released and he was released from the empty void and saw the pro heroes and his classmates fighting off the demonic creatures.

" They just keep coming!" shouted Jiro blasting the creatures away using the stereos that Yaoyorozu created.

Yaoyorozu was using her flashbangs to blind and stun the creatures while everyone else was destroying the creature as they kept advancing. Pony was shooting her horns at the creatures while Uraraka was launching boulders at them using her quirk.

" Hold them back! We can't let any more of them into the city!" shouted Discharge circuiting himself into the creatures.

Discharge Quirk- Circuit: He can circuit his entire body into electrical devices and use them how he sees fit. He can also circuit himself into people to temporarily stun them.

" We need to find out who's responsible for this!" shouted Solar Synthesis blasting over one hundred creatures in one blast.

Solar Synthesis Quirk- Synthesis: She can absorb energy from the sun and blast solar energy at enemies. The power is increased based on how long she is under the sun.

" RJ! You're out of that ball of mist!" said Tokoyami looking behind him as Dark Shadow was fighting off the demonic creatures.

" Good. You're alive. Explain to us what happened later. Help us out here," said Edgeshot.

" I think that is enough. You all looked tired from all of that. I'll give you a little breather," said Nightmare walking towards the heroes with hundreds of ghosts floating behind him.

" That is definitely the guy," said Discharge.

Nightmare Quirk- Curse: ?

" A familiar face. You were one of the pro heroes at the apartment fire two years ago," said Nightmare pointing at Discharge.

" What does that have to do with this situation?"

" Revenge. All of this is for revenge!"

All the ghosts behind Nightmare started to fuse together and started to form a giant demonic creature that was a lot beefier than the other creatures. It punched the ground sending a shockwave towards the heroes and students and created a trail of demonic flames.

" This is bad! We need every pro hero in this area!" shouted Discharge.

" I don't think so…" said Nightmare standing over Discharge.

Nightmare stabbed Discharge in the stomach using his gauntlet with sharp claws on them while also crushing his intestines inside of him. RJ quickly dashed towards Nightmare, who was unaware and delivered a devastating punch to his head knocking him back.

" That was a nice punch kid. I suggest you don't try it again or else you'll be killed," said Nightmare revealing his face, after RJ destroyed the pumpkin head, which was black and red smoke coming from the inside of his body with red eyes and mouth indicating sharp teeth.

Nightmare quickly dashed at RJ at high speeds but Yaoyorozu quickly blocked him using a shield and bashed him back.

" We need to get Discharge to a hospital fast! We need to fall back!" shouted Edgeshot picking up an unconscious Discharge.

" U.A. students!" Go follow Edgeshot! Other pro heroes should be here to help out with me. I'll cover you," said Solar Synthesis.

As they ran towards the nearest hospital, a lot of pro heroes were running past them to fight off the horde of demonic beasts. RJ couldn't stop thinking of what happened to him earlier in the "void."

Hospital

The students were waiting in the lobby as Edgeshot took Discharge into the emergency room. A lot of people were in the hospital because of the villain attack that was currently happening.

" This is crazy. This is like a war," said RJ drinking his water bottle.

" They were endless. Hopefully, the pro heroes can destroy all those demons," said Jiro.

" I hope Discharge is okay," said Pony massaging her horn from the pain from using it too much,

Edgeshot came in the lobby, squeezing past everyone, to inform the students about Discharge's condition.

" He'll make it but his stomach is in a complete mess. That guy really dug deep into his stomach," said Edgeshot.

" That's good to hear. I thought the worst," said Uraraka sighing.

" Yeah, but what do we do about this? This is a complete disaster."

Edgeshot looked at the television which was broadcasting the pro heroes holding off the demonic creatures who were advancing every passing minute.

" Oh, that's right. RJ. What did you see in that ball?" asked Edgeshot.

" Oh… um… It was empty with the same aura from those ghosts and creatures. All of a sudden the League of Villains appeared out of thin air and started to attack me," said RJ.

" The League of Villains!?" questioned the students.

" I don't think they were real though. They had that same color as the ghosts on them. They didn't have the same appearance. Plus All… the villain who fought All Might was there but he's currently in prison so I was completely lost when I saw him."

" Anything else?" asked Yaoyorozu with a worried look on her face.

" It felt real though. I still felt pain when I was punched by that Muscular guy. It still kind of hurts right now."

" We should get that checked out. We need everyone healthy," said Edgeshot looking at RJ's bruised arm.

As they were walking to the front to check RJ in, the news network announced that all the creatures had disappeared leaving everyone confused and scared at what was coming next. Pro heroes were looking around injured, exhausted, and confused at a sudden surrender.

" They gave up?" asked Pony rushing to the television.

" They had the advantage. No way they gave up that easily," said Tokoyami.

" Yeah this is weird but a relief. Let's get that arm checked out before something happens again," said Edgeshot.

' That void. What was that? Why was I the only one targeted? How would that villain know about the League of Villains? But that sensation was the same back at the sports festival but I don't feel a power boost. It felt like it helped me escape from that place. One For All… what was the reason for that this time?' thought RJ.

Somewhere in a worn-down building, Nightmare was clapping alongside his demonic creatures after a successful attack.

" Well done my children! My Embers! My power has been increased drastically from that attack. Fear runs rampant in this city. Especially from this boy here," said Nightmare holding a picture of RJ from the fight earlier.

" Your spirits are drawn to people who have a lot of trouble in their lives. This boy was the first and only one they attacked today," said Abyss who took the picture from a hidden place during the attack.

" And that boy has given me so much energy compared to past subjects. With this, we'll destroy this whole city… and then I can finally rest with this energy overflowing. That man told me I can never die but I want to test that theory with this fear flowing within me. This was a successful first assault. Abyss… I believe you have some promised recruits here today.

" They're right here."

Two figures appeared from the front door of the building with a classy looking man wearing a business suit and hat smoking a cigar and a teenage girl with messy red hair poking out her hoodie with bloodstains all over her body.

" A pleasure to meet you, good sir. I heard you love... destruction," said the classy man.

Hey guys thanks for reading this chapter. It's been a long time since my last chapter. I've been drawing a lot more lately so I haven't been interested in writing lately but I think I'm back now. The wait will never be that long again I promise. Now for Nightmare. His quirk is based on fears. He absorbs fear from his enemies and releases them which turn into demonic beasts called Embers that vary in sizes. I don't want to reveal too much so I'll explain is quirk completely when this arc ends. Also, I just wanted to say this now but this story will end at the end of the Overhaul arc. I didn't expect I would write this much up to this point and feel like that will be a good place to end. I haven't thought about writing another fanfic but if I do it would involve RJ's children alongside Jiro, Hado, Ashido, and Yaoyorozu. Also, a lot of people have been messaging me about the harem thing and what I want to say is that I didn't want the chapters to feel the same with the same girls. I think that involving more girls will make each chapter unique and not feel the same which makes it better for me. Trust me if I wrote this story without the harem thing Nejire Hado would be the only love interest but I wanted to have a little fun. Those chapters might come before the overhaul or after as the last chapters. But anyways again thanks for reading this chapter and see you guys next time.