Arc 4 Chapter 4: Nighteye
Shigaraki was taking a look at a small needle that Overhaul gave him.
"With this device, I plan on putting an end to this so called hero society," he said, "Its still in the testing phase but soon it can destroy quirks permanently. My source of these drugs may be gone from my hands, but fortunately, I've developed a way to reproduce the source."
"Intriguing," Shigaraki said, "So why come to us if you believe you're so powerful."
"To make sure we have no loose ends," Overhaul answered, "I want a few of your pals to work for me or the time being. At least until everything is prepared. Let's get one thing straight. I'm not here to become one of you. I'm only here because we have similar plans for the world's future."
He started to walk away, but not before tossing a card to Shigaraki.
"Call me when you decide to take up my offer," he said.
The next day, Aizawa was doing his usual patrol. He saw Mina and Kirishima pretending to drive some kind of car that had Kenshi's colors on it.
"Mina stop, we got a pedestrian in the road!" Kirishima said, "Pardon us good sir!"
Aizaawa shook his head and walked past them. He noticed Kenshi doing some training with his support item.
"It seems like Sir Nighteye's gifts are getting bigger by the day," Aizawa told him.
"Yea….. he clearly doesn't know how to take no for an answer," Kenshi said.
"I have to say you amazed me at that sparring match," Aizawa said, "I'm a hard man to please but you're getting better by the day."
"Thank you sir," Kenshi said.
"So about the work study," Aizawa said, "I think I have a better person in mind."
"Who is it?" Kenshi asked.
"Do you remember a hero by the name of Blacksmith?"
"Oh yea, I had a duel with him 3 arcs ago," Kenshi said, "He's no slouch when it comes to weapons."
"Well, I've given him your report and he's taken a keen interest in you," Aizawa told the boy, "Seeing as how you mainly use weapons from your gaming inventory, I think he would be a good fit for you."
"Really sir, you don't mind?" Kenshi asked.
"Not really," Aizawa said, "This would be an opportunity to learn how to use new weapons, and on top of that improve your sword skills."
Kenshi knew this would be a good opportunity, and would be a fool to turn it down. Meanwhile, Izuku was walking with Mirio over to Sir Nighteye's work study.
"And you're sure that he'll be impressed?" Izuku asked.
"Absolutely," Mirio said, "I know you'll be a great hero. Honestly I'm glad I didn't get One For All. I do well enough with my own quirk as it is."
"I can tell," Izuku said, "A lot of my friends were amazed by your strength."
"Hehe, well I do get a lot of compliments," Mirio said smiling.
Meanwhile back at the dorms, Ochako was pacing around. She was happy that her boyfriend was going to try and get a good work study with Nighteye but she couldn't help but worry. Eri noticed this.
"Mommy, what's wrong?" Eri asked.
Ochako then turned to see the 6 year old little girl looking at her.
"Oh nothing sweetie, I just miss your daddy," Ochako answered her.
"Don't worry, Daddy will be back later today," Eri said.
She suddenly remembered something. She rushed into her room and found something she was looking for. Later she rushed back down to Ochako.
"Mommy, look what Auntie Momo made me," she said.
It was a smaller version of Deku's costume. Ochako saw how cute Eri looked in it. She scooped her up and prepped her with kisses all around, making the little girl giggle.
"You may not be blood related to Deku but you certainly look like him with that costume!" Ochako said, nuzzling her nose.
The two of them walked inside the building. They were introduced to Bubble Girl getting tickled by her feet. She was dealing with the tickle torture. Izuku was confused.
"Um….. what?"
Nighteye fixed his glasses and noticed that Izuku was in the room.
"Ahh, All Might's Son," he said.
"It's Izuku Midoriya, or Deku. Not All Might's Son." Izuku told him. "So what's going on here? What made you change your mind?"
"Make no mistake. I'm not here changing my mind about anything," Nighteye admitted, "I'm simply here to see what you are made of at first hand. Mirio tells me that you are a strong fighter, although I've never seen it for myself."
Izuku dropped his bag on a chair and got into a fighting stance.
"I will give you one opportunity to prove your worth as the future successor to All Might," Nighteye told him. "Take this stamp from my hand and stamp the paper on the dest yourself to pass. You have 5 minutes."
He had OFA flowing through his body, determined to make himself known.
"Nighteyeye, I will make you acknowledge me," he said, "Not as All Might's son, but as Deku, the symbol of Hope!"
Later Ochako was watching some stuff on TV. That is until she heard some noise. The two of them turned around and saw someone who looked like Izuku running around. They were surprised that he was home so early.
"Deku you're..." Ochako said.
She got a closer look and saw is face. It wasn't Izuku. It was Kenshi wearing a Deku costume. Ochako's excitement turned to disappointment.
"...You are not Deku," she said.
"Oh uh….. Hey girls," Kenshi said.
"Uncle Jojo why are you wearing Daddy's hero costume?" Eri asked.
"Well, when I saw Momo making that costume for you I figured, why not have one of my own," Kenshi said, "Besides, he has a lot of cool gadgets and support items!"
"You shouldn't be playing around in Deku's room while he's gone," Ochako said.
"Come on, its fun," Kenshi said.
"He would say to leave those gadgets alone, and also that its not a toy." Ochako continued.
"You know, if you're gonna talk like Deku, then perhaps you should dress like him too," Kenshi said as he opened a door reveaaling dozens of Deku costumes.
"Come on girl join in on the fun!" Mina said, wearing a Deku costume.
Back at Nighteye's agency, Izuku was continuing to fight against Nighteye. Full Cowling was activated up to 15%. He felt like it would be enough to handle him. He then lunged at Nighteye ready to throw a smash his way.
"SMASH!"
He threw his punch however he didn't hit anything. Nighteye was standing on another side of the room.
"Hurry up and show me the merit in me hiring you, and your usefulness," he said, "You're quite aware of my quirk Foresight yes? It can allow me to see what my target is going to do, the longer I can maintain touch, the longer I can predict their movements. If I get enough time to touch the target, I can see their life all the way to their death, like a movie"
Izuku was amazed by what he could do. He decided to try a different approach. He began to levitate using his grandmother's quirk float.
"So you've inherited your grandmother's ability," Nighteye saiad, "Not like its going to save you. Mirio is truly better than you and he deserves One For All."
"Mirio would not be able to handle the quirk, there is more to it than the eye can see." Izuku shouted.
Those words infuriated Izuku.
"I trained the boy specifically for One for All, so let me be the judge of that." Nighteye responded. "You are just an entitled brat that thinks he's the top dog because he is All Might's son!"
"I'm not gonna go home after being told that," Izuku said channeling up for an attack, "St Louis….. SMASH!"
A few minutes later back at the dorms, Eri was playing with Kenshi doing some kind of Deku scenario. They were pretending to save Momo from a burning building. Eri pretended to smash a wall and get Momo out of harm's way.
Mina was filming herself doing some kind of dance in her deku costume. Meanwhile Ochako was looking at herself in the mirror.
"Now I'm Deku!" she said laughing, "This costume really does look good on me."
Everybody was enjoying themselves. However their fun was cut short. Iida walked into the room and he looked pissed.
"I can't believe you guys would just barge into Midoriya's room when he's gone, dress up in his hero costume and pretend to be Deku!" he said.
Ochako and Kenshi looked down in regret. They were prepared for a serious scolding from Iida.
"Um…." They said.
"...WITHOUT ME!" he finished.
Their regret turned to excitement. Kenshi threw a uniform his way and smiled.
"Dude, suit up!"
"Yes, come Deku-ing with us!" Ochako said with aa smile.
Nighteye simply evaded the attack. Izuku's eyes began to glow. He had a vision of him attacking by throwing a few stamps his way. Izuku quickly turned around and did a breakdance move kicking all of the stamps away using his legs.
'He predicted the movement or did he…. No, it cant be, it must just be his luck.' Nighteye thought to himself as he dodged one of the stamps Izuku deflected. "It's going to take more than sheer luck to make me accept you."
"It wasn't luck. And you are going to accept me as the rightful inheritor of One for All." Izuku shouted releasing black whip, using one of the whips to grab his bag and the other to lift the desk Nighteye was near and toss both of them towards him.
"You need to see your opponent while predicting their movements. Now that you're 'blind' that stamp is mine!" Izuku shouted as he rocketed towards Nighteye, who was looking around for Izuku, carefully watching any signs of movement when suddenly he felt a slight tug at his coat pocket.
"Too fast, too fast! SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTT! Izuku said as he was unable to stop himself. 'If I turn, i risk destroying that poster and if i use Air Force, I'll break the wall and I might hurt civilians outside.' Before Izuku could decide what to do, he hit the wall face first as a timer rang out.
"I'll clear the mess and leave." Izuku said, as he got up, not having the guts to meet Nighteye in the eye.
"Good." Nighteye said, as he flipped the table upright.
"And sorry about what I said during the fight, it was a heat of the moment thing." Izuku apologised.
"Apology accepted." Nighteye said, as he placed the stamp down. "And take this sheet and give it to AIzawa."
Izuku walked to Nighteye and took the sheet of paper he was holding. "I-I dont understand, Sir."
"What's there to understand, you got the stamp from me. That was the condition I placed, so I'm accepting you as my work study intern." Nighteye told him.
"The condition was to Take the stamp and Stamp the paper myself." Izuku said, confused.
"Yes, but looking at the fact that you purposely held back and missed the important posters in the room, even if it resulted in you getting hurt. So good work." Nighteye praised him.
A few minutes later almost everyone with the exception of one student was dressed like Deku. Mina got a few girls to do a big dance number while dressed as Deku.
Ojiro was teaching Eri a few martial arts moves while Kenshi was 'smashing' a few punching bags. Aizawa heard noise going on in the dorms.
"Oh I don't even wanna know," he said walking away.
Todoroki walked into the room and was confused by everything that was going on.
"Uhhhh what exactly is going on here?" he asked, "And why are you all dressed as Deku?"
"A better question would be why 'aren't' you dressed as Deku?" Kenshi asked, "We decided to make up a new holiday called Deku Day!"
"Well…. This is disturbing," Todoroki said.
"Disturbing yet magnificent, come on and join the fun!" Mina said, "I had no idea wearing a costume like this was so much fun!"
"Yes, cosplay is a fun way to relieve yourself of stress," Iida added
"You know you wanna try it," Ochako said with a smirk.
Back at the agency, the paperwork was done. Izuku was officially a member of Nighteye's workstudy!
"Thank you sir. And dad would love if you came over. I dont really know what happened between you two earlier, but whatever it was, i dont think breaking a perfectly good bond over it." Izuku told him.
"I'll check my schedule for it." Nighteye told him as he picked up some of the papers.
"Thank you sir, and I'll see you tomorrow." Izuku told him as he placed the last of the papers on the desk. While walking out of the room, Izuku had a smile on his face, but his mind was trying to analyze the fight he just had.
'What was that earlier, it wasn't from the 15% OFA i was using. That speed was just too much.' Izuku thought to himself.
Soon the entire class was in Deku's hero costume, having some food.
"Another slice Deku?" Mina asked tossing the pizza to Kirishima.
"Well don't mind if I do Deku," Kirishima said.
Todoroki was soon in a Deku costume smiling.
"You know Dekus, I gotta admit, the suit makes me feel cool," he said.
Everyone was silent for some reason. Todoroki looked behind him and noticed Izuku. He suddenly started to blush. Izuku saw that there was food available.
"Daddy!" Eri said as she jumped into Izuku's arms.
"Oh sweet!" Izuku said.
He jumped on the couch and took some.
"You know Dekus, the costume makes me feel cool too," he said.
Everyone fell and the couch tipped over. Eri giggled at this.