A few minutes before the USJ Incident, beneath a dingy bar in [REDACTED]...
A large crowd of the worst Japanese society had to offer milled in and out of the shadows. These were truly scum, the common clay smeared upon the underbelly of the civilized world. Among them were arsonists, rapists, murderers, jaywalkers and candy thieves - truly the worst of the worst.
All of them stopped abruptly at the sound of a single man scratching his neck, bits of dry skin flaking off as he ascended to a small podium with a single cheap, low-quality cordless microphone mounted on it. On the far end of the room, standing next to a huge, shadowy figure, there was a much smaller but equally shadowy figure whose glowing yellow eyes were flitting around the room, making sure none of the villains could break into his prized liquor store.
The man with light-blue hair and multiple severed hands gripping his body coughed lightly into the microphone, then began his speech.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" he began, as the other villains snapped to attention. "You are about to embark on a great crusade...to stamp out runaway decency and aspirations of heroism in the hearts of the next generation of wannabe heroes!"
Pausing to glance around the room, he grinned behind the severed hand on his face. "Now, you will only be risking your lives...whilst I will only be risking the death of the Symbol of Peace...and an almost certain Japan Academy Film Prize nomination for Outstanding Acting Performance in a Leading Role. Now...raise your right hands for the pledge."
Almost every one of the minor criminals in the room raised their left hands, leading to a disappointed growl from the blue-haired figure. "I said right, dammit!" The villains put their left hands down and raised their right hands.
"Very good. Now, repeat after me: 'I'" the leader began.
"I" the crowd responded in unison.
"'Your name here'" the leader continued.
"YOUR NAME HERE" the villains responded, causing the leader to briefly remove the hand from his face long enough to facepalm with his own hand and murmur the inaudible word "Schmucks", before resuming his speech.
"'Do pledge allegiance'" he resumed.
"DO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE" the crowd responded.
"'To Tomura Shigaraki'"
"TO TENKO SHIGARAKI"
The villain leader growled. "It's TOMURA!"
"IT'S TOMURA!" the crowd responded, much to his chagrin.
"'And to the evil and villainous League'" Shigaraki resumed.
"AND TO THE EVIL AND VILLAINOUS LEAGUE!" the villains replied.
"'For which he stands!'" the ashy bluenette finished.
"FOR WHICH HE STANDS!" the crowd responded affirmatively.
Shigaraki grinned behind the hand on his face, before finishing his speech as a purple wall of Kurogiri's mist formed in front of the wall directly to his right. "Now go do that voodoo that you do SO WELL!" he shouted, the crowd of villains cheering racuously at his statement.
In the background, next to Kurogiri's main body, the massive shape began to move, revealing itself to be the Nomu. A few of the villains whispered nervously to each other about it. "All Might doesn't stand a chance - here comes Mongo!" was the general consensus between them. Shigaraki was the first to step through the curtain, followed by the remainder of his followers, all hoping to have a crack at the next generation of heroes.
NOTES:
Welcome back, everyone! It's been the better part of a year since my last update, and what a doozy of a year it's been! I dunno about you guys, but I'm getting a little tired of living through a major historical event.
Anyway, with that said, I'm anticipating resuming this story in the immediate future. The chapters will be shorter - when I was writing my on-hiatus Naruto fanfic, I found that shorter chapters don't make me lose focus or get frustrated as quickly, so I'm likely to keep cranking them out for longer.
This little omake to tide you all over is inspired by Hedley Lamarr's speech in Blazing Saddles...a movie that you REALLY couldn't get away with making today. I hope you all enjoyed this little bit before the Sports Festival resumes.
Peace,
- DVD181