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For 3 days Naruto had been in a foul mood.

Nemuri had tried to mentally bring herself to confront Naruto for 3 days about his true identity as Kurama, but it was harder than anyone could imagine. Naruto killed 11, actually a total of 12 when counting Orochimaru, people now. As a hero, Nemuri needed to confront him and bring him to justice for his actions.

At the same time, it was legitimate self-defense as well since his opponents had committed murder on national TV and attacked students. Bakugo and Tamaki had been sent to the hospital for their bullet wounds, and Mirko was in intensive care for her many broken bones and both internal and external.

Mirko wouldn't be able to return to hero work for at least 7 weeks as she recovered, and the wounds were too extensive for even Recovery Girl to use her Quirk to heal away without killing Mirko from the stamina drain of it all. She would need light physical therapy, since she needed surgery to remove bone fragments from her spine.

Naruto, at least legally speaking couldn't be punished for the murders he committed since it was a legit act of self-defense.

The same with Orochimaru.

'... He's Kurama... and he killed. At the same time, he did it to protect the children of Japan. He did something that has been weighing on his mind so heavily... how can I even bring this up to him?' Nemuri bit her lip as she watched Naruto looking at the news on the TV.

Kurama had been a icon villain in the news.

Now there was a massive controversy.

Kurama finally shows true colors?
Kurama: Anti-Hero or Villain?
Kurama, the villain we need.
Hero to children, but villain to heroes.

The people of Japan were split in their views of Kurama at the moment, just like she herself was conflicted, the news media as well were extremely conflicted. The Kurama 11 had gone on a hunt and put many heroes in critical condition. They stripped, beat, and humiliated the famous hero Mirko on national TV, killed a child and critically injured students as well. The deaths of those crazed villains was something many in the public saw as justice, something Kurama needed to be praised for.

The other half of the coin.

Many people saw Kurama's actions as needlessly cruel towards the mentally unstable, stating it wasn't Kurama's job to control the villain population. Many of the older generations saw Kurama's threat to villains, and his actions, as unforgivable since he had set an example of the Kurama 11.

"So... whatcha watching there kiddo?"

"News." Naruto's answer was swift and simple, and she sat down next to him on the couch. She twitched and fidgetted a little, and thought of how she could bring up the conversation. "It's still all about Kurama killing the Kurama 11." Naruto stated with his eyes showing a hint of the rage that had been seen in Kurama's eyes a few days previously.

The Sports Festival had been cancelled, and nobody even dared to stand in Kurama's way as he walked out of the stadium.

"... and how do you feel about that?" Nemuri asked, seeing this as her way to bring up the topic.

"The Kurama 11 should be the only people that Kurama ever has to do this too. I hope that Kurama is never forced to kill again, and this serves as a lesson to other villains that children are off limits." Naruto's voice held a hint of sadness and guilt to it.

Nemuri sighed in relief.

Naruto felt horrible that he had to take people's lives, but while he felt guilt, it was clear he didn't regret what he did either. He had a guilty conscious over what he did, but she could tell that he would do it again if he needed to. It seemed that Kurama's message had been mostly to villains, since heroes didn't attack children. Still, she found relief in the fact that he was conflicted over his own actions when he was in a cold rage.

It meant he was a good person at heart.

"I see... well, if you ever need to talk about your feelings. I know that little girl was one of your orphans. How is the family doing?" Nemuri asked, and she saw Naruto's fist grip whiten his knuckles.

"Devastated... they lost their children. No parent would ever feel good about losing their child, adopted or not. They were completely broken, they lost their only daughter. I hope other villains learn from this... I really do." Naruto gripped his fists together so tightly that his fingernails were digging into his skin.

Nemuri took a deep breath.

...

"Well, I do too. Kurama did something horrible by killing the Kurama 11, but I suppose this one time it could be classified as self-defense and justified. It was a hostage situation, and Kurama did what he needed to do to keep the hostages alive. Lets hope Kurama never needs to do this again." Nemuri made a choice as she spoke.

Naruto was her son.

She was Midnight the Hero, but even before she was a Hero, she was now this boy's Mother. She was Nemuri, and this was her son Naruto. She was going to keep his villain status a secret, and she wouldn't even bring it up to Naruto until she needed to. Naruto wasn't some crazed killer or a villain who was always out for blood, this particular time his decisions had been guided by rage and a sense of danger.

"Now, we would like to introduce a special guest. Danzo Shimura, local politition, and his words on the subject."

A wrinkled old man sat down next to the news reporter.

"Thank you. In the past, I've brought forth bills to dismantle this hero system and institute a far more efficient way of getting rid of villains. These events with Kurama show that the Heroes are growing lax and weak, while the villains are getting stronger. Do you not agree?"

"Who the hell is this guy?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow, since he had never heard of thise dude before.

Nemuri groaned in annoyance.

"Danzo Shimura, an old crackpot with a vendetta against heroes. He's always proposing far harsher restrictions on heroes. He tried to propose a bill that would require all heroes to wear a standardized uniform. He's as close to a Legal Villain as it gets with how harshly he tries to take down heroes." Nemuri could honestly saw she hated politics with a passion. She just wanted to be a hero, maybe get a small harem of cute boys to tease, and be surrounded by beautiful men who would take care of her every need, and be a good mother to her son.

This guy made a few of those things very hard for her.

"Shimura?" Naruto questioned.

"I don't deny that Heroes, in the past, have helped to regulate and control the growth of villainy across Japan. Still, I don't believe I need to explain my views on the matter. Heroes are given far too much freedom to use their Quirks for good, and because of that freedom they have become ineffecient in their duties. This Kurama Incident-"

"Kurama Incident... call it the Kurama 11 Incident..." Naruto groaned under his breath.

He hadn't been the one who decided to kill a child or take hostages at the Sports Festival.

"-shows that villains on par with our best Heroes are out there. Kurama showed that he has access to several Quirks, making Identifying him using the Quirk Registry impossible. We don't have a Hero who could catch him, and more villains will grow to become more powerful than the heroes. I believe it's time for a change for the better." Danzo spoke into the camera, his face never once changing from it's harsh expression. His smile was one of power, somebody who was doing what he was doing to take power from somebody else.

"What can you propose better than our current Hero system?"

"Now, while I would like to abolish the Hero system in it's entirety eventually. Right now I have had a lab I work closely with develop machines that should be capable of catching villains with a far higher catch rate than heroes." Danzo explained without revealing too much too soon. He waited for the reporter to give him his next question, where more would be revealed.

"Robots? Robots might have intelligence these days, but robots aren't strong or intelligent enough to ever challenge proper villains. The most intelligent robots were small robot bodies with no battle power." Nemuri couldn't see where this was going.

No machine could match the better villains out there.

"Automated Numerous Bionic Unifiers... these robots, called the ANBU, will have a linked intelligence that allow them to observe, study, and capture any villain they go up against. They have more intelligence than humans, no emotions, and are completely loyal to humanity. These machines are designed with ways to counter common Quirk types, and several uncommon ones. I've already got 350 of them built and programmed." Danzo explained with a more grim smile on his face.

"Do they work?"

"Of course not." Nemuri scoffed.

Not machine could do her job better than her.

"They need to, with villains like Kurama out there and operating in the open... these so-called heroes who protect us just don't cut it anymore. They are human, and humans make mistakes that let villains escape. With my ANBU, we can lower the total villain percentage all the way down to less than 1% in a short period of time."

Nemuri scoffed again.

Danzo pressed a button on his cane, and a floating sphere robot hovered towards the camera and floated in front of it.

The ANBU.

It was a cleak robot with a perfectly round metal shell to it. It hovered above the ground, and while the metal surrounding it was pitch black, it had 6 holes in the front and panels on either side of it. Power lines ran across the outside surface of the sphere machine, and it had visible sensors on the top, front, bottom, sides, and back to allow it to see from all directions.

"Wow, and how do they work?"

"I took the human element away from humans, studied it, and placed a perfected form of humanity into these machines. This is the future, a future where heroes aren't needed anymore, and we can have a peaceful Japan-"

*Click*

Naruto turned the TV off.

"I think I'm going to go lay down..." Naruto told Nemuri, and she nodded her head sadly. "If Momo comes, tell her she can wake me up." Naruto asked his mother a request, and she nodded again.

She didn't expect Naruto to be all smiled and sunshine for awhile.

He was still mourning the loss of one of the children he helped to raise after all.

Chapter End!
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While the UA Hero Course students will be doing their Work Studies, Naruto will be dealing with his own problems while that is going on.
Like figuring out how he stole and used a Quirk that wasn't his own, and how he has his mother's Quirk now as well.