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"Your saying that the Chaldean Heroes have not an ounce of heroism in their body," Stain hissed as he looked to Kurogiri and Shigaraki in rage. "Even those who helped the unfortunate?"
"You've seen first hand what they are capable of and I'm sure you've heard of what happened in the USJ," Shigaraki grumbled, leaning back bored as he swiped the dust of the disintegrated glass he once held. "They killed or captured most of the villains in that incident. The ones captured haven't been heard or seen since then and they refuse to allow them out."
It was hard to find such viable evidence, Chaldea was good at hiding their tracks and after people fall into villainy most of their family don't even really care to follow up with them or even keep int touch. But it was safe to assume considering Chaldea's rep.
"Then there is the rumor where they tortured a Commissions officer who raided India's agency despite never fully making it into the records room...there was also the decapitated head incident."
That was a pretty famous incident, not only had they followed through with the bloody threat they posted about; but the commissions willingly sent someone into the line of fire even after said threat was posted.
So it was bad on both sides.
"I had thought that maybe...no...I was a fool to see them as anything but false heroes. They parade around tricking everyone int seeing them as gods…"
"I wouldn't say that," Alter Ego mused to himself as he sat in one of the booths. "They are very aware of their...less than desirable qualities...I dare say that they are past the point of even caring. Not that I blame them...they have basically become an isolated tribe with morals that align to their self interest and their self interest only." He smiled as Stain turned to him. "I know quite a bit about them, and while deemed useless, they are not wholly immoral as most of you thin. It just takes special people to understand them."
"That's the worst defense I have ever heard," Stain growled, eyes wide as he pointed a knife at the strangely dressed man.
"So...what do you say about taking out the three that came to kill you? Izo seems to have a particular beef with you, Shigaraki hummed. "I've heard he's a ravenous dog, but he truly wants to kill you."
"That's putting it lightly," Alter Ego smothered his scoff with a sip of his Sake, cursing at it's horrid taste and it's rough journey down as he placed the cup down. Izo basically wants to maul the fake version of him down. It should make for some interesting news at least, Stain may be a hero killer...but hes no Man Slayer.
"I will not allow him to get the better of me," Stain promised himself. "I will end this false hero who tranishs the golden light that All Might allows by merely being a hero!"
'How interesting,' Alter ego mused.
He eyed the man being transported out with a light glint in his eyes and took another sip of the horrid gasoline fuel he was given.
The night would be interesting for sure.
One to remember for sure.
Blood.
Thats all Izuku could see as clangs and flashes of silver burst past him and his friends.
Insane laughter followed like a bad joke, taunting and ever present as more flashes of silver and red sialed through the air. Izuku felt sick as he watched the morbid dance of death between the two killers.
Because Izo admitted it...he was a killer and he liked it.
He was a killer...despite being a hero.
He was a killer...fighting for top spot from another killer and he was enjoying it.
"Come on you fucking fake, let's duke this out," Izo snarled as he and Stain faced off against one another. "I got stopped last time, now this time I'm not gonna stop!" He grinned manically as the three interns tried to force their quirk affected limbs to work. "I know you wanna kill me, let's see who kills the other first!"
He spread he arms out wide as he tried to gode the Hero Killer into doing something stupid. To get him to attack first as they circled one another.
"You..you're one of the worst heroes i've come across,' Stain sneered as Deku, Tenya and Shoto watched from the side, eyes flicking from left to right as they tried to find the heroes they where interning for or even the other two Chaldean Heroes. "You-"
"Cause I remind you of yourself," he sneered, swords glinting as they rushed to one another. "Well fuck you!" He snarled as they locked onto one another, each pushing to throw the other off balance. "Fuck you and your Arsenal of knives! All I need is this one," he roared, managing to throw the hero killer off his game and back a few feet. "Fuck that shit! All you need is a single blade to stab, to slash to go for the kill! I'll show you who's the real man slayer! Fuck this Hero Killer bullshit!"
The two rushed to one another again, locking swords as they pushed against one another in an intense face off.
"How did this happen?" the three teens thought as they thought back a few hours prior.
A FEW HOURS PRIOR
"You...You want to go to Hosu," Izuku asked Gran Torino as they walked to the station together dressed in hero gear. "Why?" He was nervous and jittery.
Tensions has been high in UA since Fujimaru Sensei left with most of Chaldea. B-1 and the first year support students had huddled together in a strange group that still went to Museum on the weekends.
They where their most fervent supports and where gifted Chaldea pins, consisting of two interlocking diamonds with one being open on the bottom.
Pins given to Chaldean staff.
"Chaldea sent out a message to all heroes in the area to stay back and only allow Ingenium and Kaumi Woods to help them," he grunted, cracking his neck as they waited on the platform. "I'm not one for taking orders from people like them and I have a bad feeling about tonight."
"The Hero Killer is one of their final cases before they fully head back to Antarctica," Izuku murmured. "Maybe they are trying to end on a positive note?"
"They don't care about that," Tornio grunted as he whacked Izuku on the back to get him into the carriage. "You should know by now that rankings and civilian approval rating mean squat to them."
"But their pulling back-"
'They are only doing that cause the UN and Commissions threatened to take away resources. They only care about their own wellbeing in the end," Gran warned as they found some seats to settle into. "Call your friends. I'm sure one of them is interning with Idaten and Kaumi."
"R...right!"
"I don't trust that trio of Chaldean heroes," he grumbled. "I trust Izo even less since he's a wild card. They also have a teen girl who is a full blown hero…"
"One of my classmates said that he's going to Hosu with his father. Looks like they had the same idea as us," he murmured.
"I know that Kaumi Woods and Ingenium are working with them, but they won't be able to hold that heathen Izo back," Torino grunted as he watched the city pass by.
"I have heard of Izo….is it true he's quirkless," Izuku asked.
'Hmm, that's what I heard too. And I think it's true," the older man began. "He hasn't shown any power aside from pure brute strength that can only be matched by pure rage."
"He has such skill with a blade," Izuku began to murmur. "He's so fast, it's like those samurai anime and movies where they are unnaturally fast and skilled."
"A bunch of people in chaldea are quirkless, apparently so...but the public doesn't believe them," he explained. "Even with Ritsuka Fujimaru being the quirkless director, there's been records of him fighting against villains with ease and that idea has been thrown out the window."
"Yeah...I know,' Izuku murmured. "I've seen him fight and I...I know he's a ruthless type of person."
"Is that right," Torino asked. "Get in touch with your friend who is heading to Hosu and Ingenium's little brother. It's better to get in contact with all the heroes we can."
"R...right," he nodded, moving to make a group chat with Iida and Todoroki and explain the plan to them. "Hopefully this goes well."
"It might, it might not. That's how things go down with Chaldea," Torino hummed. "Let's just hope that someone can handle the loudmouth."
"I...I've heard that he has an affinity to strike first ask questions later," Izuku mumbled as the train rushed through the country side, bringing them closer to the dome of light that was Hosu.
"He does," Torino agreed. "He killed that detective avenging his daughter and barely served any time for it. His defense was that the place he was defending was Chaldea's territory...but he should have called on for help with that monstrous bastard of a villain."
"Who would have thought that he was hiding out in such an idyllic town," Izuku mumbled, Torino letting out a grunt that had him turning to the older hero.
"I will say this about Chaldea," the old man sighed, turning to the window to see the City encapsulating them as they drew closer to Hosu Central. "They had the right idea of going to the rural towns," he admitted. "That little town? It might be reported that it has a less than 5% crime rate; but I gaurentee that it was more near 60%. People become scared when villains take over when no heroes are even close by."
"But...but that makes no sense!"
"It does," he eyed the boy who looked confused. "Things...where a lot gritty back in the day," he admitted, standing up as their stop came into view. "While I hate how they are acting, they have the right idea."
"How can that be," Izuku gasped. "They've destroyed families and reputations! They seem to take joy in it-"
"Look kid," Torino warned, Izuku stopping as they began the trek out of the station. "There is a lot more darkness than you think there is in the world of heroics. A lot of secrets and cover ups that your going to have to come to terms with. I ahte to admit it, but that teacher was right in teaching you such harsh lessons."
'But…"
"OH HELL NO!"
Izuku jolted as a loud voice yelled at them, turning to come face to face with a rather strange party.
'Izo-"
'Fuck this shit," he yelled. "NO," Izo snapped as he glared at the mass of people gathered.
"We agreed to your little brother Ingenium," Erice began with a sigh, rubbing her temple. "I get the Hero Killer is high priority...but this is our case in the end-"
"What is an intern doing acting like a bigshot," Endeavor demanded, crossing his arms.
"Ahahah! Erice isn't an Intern! She's a full fledged Chaldean hero,' Hajime smiled despite the tightened grip on his sword.
"She's a child-"
"She's 20," Hajime interrupted, glowering at the flame hero. "Chaldea is very strict on what it takes to be a hero there and we only take the best."
"Is that so," he sneered, eyeing Izo who got up from where he was leaning on the wall right into the arms of Erice and Hajime.
"You wanna say something you flaming bastard! I will fucking kill you where you stand," he roared.
"Izo," Hajime warned. "Not here!"
"Izo-san," Tensei began, trying to get closer before a katana was under his chin.
'No. Bad enough that you brought your little brother, but four more," he laughed, shaking his head. "I'd rather be paired up with Oryou without Ryoma than deal with you all."
"Bold statement," Hajime hummed as he cracked his neck. "Especially from you," he sideyed the man.
"I don't want anyone else messing with my fight with my dopple," Izo snarled as he moved to leave, he growled when Hajime grabbed his shoulder in an effort to stop him.
"Izo come on man! We can't have anymore bad rep, master will be disappointed-"
'Don't you mean your Director," Endeavor asked as he looked at the three Chaldean Heroes. "Why do you call him Master?"
"None of your damned business,' Izo roared. "So butt the fuck out!"
'Ugh, there is a reason that you are called the Master's Dog," Hajime reminded him as he began to growl some more.
"So what! Maybe I like being a master dog," he yelled out, Erice rolling her eyes as she moved to look over the area they were in. "At least I have that title that I like!"
"God...you are so stubborn,' Hajime groaned. "Let's just go. You know where he's at anyways. And we know that he's working with some unsavory people at the moment."
"Yeah yeah," he snapped. "Look," he turned to them all. "Stain has been in contact with the League in hopes that he will be able to bring us down...thats not going to happen so long as I am around," he grinned. "We think that more of those monsters are going to be released tonight so all of you will be on guard duty while use three," he motioned to Erice and Hajime, "look for the hero killer."
"I will not step back and allow a clearly unstable man and a child to fight the hero killer," Endeavor began before he stopped at the sword at his chest.
"I would rather you stop shitting on us at the moment," Hajime warned, eyes glowing in the lamplight as he looked into Enji's eyes. "I may be clamer than my demon vice commander...but I don't tolerate disrespect."
"HAJIME," Erice yelled before he whipped around and sliced at the winged being that went to grab him.
"Tch...were sitting ducks here," he growled, flciking the blood of his blade as the nomu screeched as it flew with it's sliced wing.
'A nomu," Tenya and Izuku yelled as they all jumped back as it circled back.
"You deal with those things," Hajime yelled out. "There's three of them! Two made their way to the central hub of Hosu!"
"I see you, you bastard," Izo roared before rushing off.
'Damnit! IZO," Hajime yelled as he rushed off to follow him as Erice managed to throw the flying nomu off course with her spear.
"Deal with the three beasts. We will deal with the Hero Killer," she yelled before rushing after the two men into the darkened alley.
"Shoto! Where heading to the Central Plaza now," Endeavor yelled as his son scowled before rushing after him to follow his father.
"I will be a look out," Kaumi nodded before Tensei barked at his brother to follow him to the central plaza.
"Do...so you think they forgot to tell us that this might happen," Izuku yelped as he used One for All to jump out of the way of the flying thing.
"No...I think this was their plan in the end so they can get away with getting the Hero Killer into their custody," Tornio snarled as he used his jets to shoot off the ground to the flying beast. "They were way too cooperative for my liking."
"That was cooperative," izuku asked as he kicked the flying on in he head.
"They weren't demanding we leave, so I would assume so,' Torino huffed as he landed beside the boy. "I knew they had something up their sleeve to get things to go their way."
"Of course," Izuku thought, powering up One for All to the smallest percentage possible. "They wouldn't allow the Hero Killer to run into the commission's hands when they so desperately needed him." He punched the air, sending the thing flying right into Torino's waiting kick.
"They must have known that Endeavor wasn't going to give up and ended up allowing him or leeway into the investigation while syphoning off the rest of the dirty duty to us," Torino grumbled as he kicked the thing in it's jaw before shooting off from it's swipe.
"Why wouldn't they tell us!"
'Because they knew we would be trying to apprehend them as soon as possible, tipping off the Hero Killer and getting him on higher alert," Torino snapped as he landed beside his intern. "They are tricky and smart at the same time. Makes it easy for you to hate them, but for the wrong reasons."
He's not wrong.
Just then his phone rang, he stepped back just as other heroes arrived on the scene, yelling at Torino for updates as they set about trying to take the flying monster down.
The message was nothing more than some coordinates…
Taking a look at Torino he swallowed before pocketing his phone and rushing into the alleyway that the three entered not even 10 minutes earlier.
"Izuku," Tenya called as he appeared beside him. "Come on. Their not too far from here!"
"I...Iida, what are you doing," Izuku asked as they began to rush to their location. "I know that leaving everything to the Chaldean heroes isn't ideal but…"
"They want to take Stain away without him paying for nearly ending my brother's career….I need to confront him...I need to see the man who nearly ruined my brother," Iida hissed, eyes burning with hatred as they came across Shoto.
"I don't think this is a good idea," the dual haired teen murmured. "It's intense…"
They peaked inside the alley where the three heroes where, and too their surprise Hajime and Erice where doing nothing as Izo and the Hero killer faced off against one another.
They were a dance of black, red and flashes of silver through the air as they spun around one another trying to maim their attacker.
"And here I thought'd that you'd be with the League cause I kicked your ass last time we fought," Izo laughed as he kicked the other man in the knees when he lunged to attack. The man stumbled for a moment before regaining his footing and jumped up onto the wall to try and get an overhead attacked. "Nothing more than dumb luck you got away last time...that warp fucker took you away…"
"Die!"
"Not likely," Izo laughed as he blocked the attack, the shock wave hitting the three as Stain struggled to push the seemingly immovable Izo back.
"What are you," Stain demanded as he jumped back, landing in a crouch as Hajime and Erice shifted. "No way your quirkless...no one can keep up with me with such ease!"
"Tch," Hajime sneered as he glowered at Stain who paointed his blade at him. "Ever heard of training and hard work? Must be tough to keep up with people whoi actually have tyo try,' he snapped, Izo glowering too as he unsheathed his blade from the floor he stabbed it in.
"Really stroking your feathers huh," Izo mocked as he rested his blade on his shoulders. "Im surprised someone like you can keep up with me," he gave a wolfish grin. "Not a lot of people who can do such a thing," he barked out a harsh laugh before his eyes sharpened. "I will kill you. Mark my words. Keeping you alive be damned."
"Of course," Hajime shook his head in an almost 'what can you do' manner. "Of course you had no intentions of letting him live."
"Little shit will escape any place they lock him up unless they drug him up to his eyeballs," Izo huffed, rolling his eyes before stepping back from the swipe aimed to take his head. "And what's the fun of letting such an enticing opponent rot away in a cell?"
"Don't get cocky Izo...we can't have him hurting us or taking our blood," Erice warned as she gripped her weapon tighter. "You know how master gets nowadays."
"So All for One was right...you aren't completely normal," Stain stepped back. "And everything ab out it falls on that master of yours."
"Who gives a shit! We're flesh and blood," Izo spread his arms wide as he smiled.
"Technically," Hajime sighed, crossing his arms with a bored look. .
"Technically," Shoto asked, Izuku feeling that he had the same look his did when he asked him if he was All Might's secret love child.
"Now, how about we end this," Izo cackled, rushing forward with impressive speed that had Iida jolting. The two exchanged blow after blow with sword, fist and feet in a desperate and dirty attempt to overpower the other. It was dirty, rough and very unheroic...it was pure raw anger and power.
No quirks, no special attacks….just anger and a want to destroy the other.
Stain seemingly made a mistake, allowing Izo to grab his collar and force him onto the ground, jamming his sword into his shoulder to which Stain merely flinched with a growl.
"Aha….you've been beaten and hurt before," Izo crouched down, coming face to face with the snarling man. "Then it will make your death so much sweeter to me."
"Honestly this isn't going to help our rep, but if it gets you to shut up and gets him out of our hairs then it's a win win," Hajime hummed as he tossed his sword to Izo who caught it with ease.
"Shut it you Shinsengumi bastard."
"I'm just syain."
"No," Iida growled. "I need him to pay for nearly murdering my brother!"
The three heroes turned their heads at the sound of a revving engine before Izo yelped as a foot came swinging at his head.
"OI, OI, OI," he yelled, waving his hand around frantically as he tried to understand what was going on. "The hell...that's my prey!"
'I can't allow you to kill him," Iida yeled out as ice formed a barrier between Izo and Iida.
"The fuck are you kids doing here," Izo yelped, eyeing them and the ice barrier with distaste before he turned to face them all. "I thought Erice told you to deal with those stupid monsters!"
"He needs to face justice for nearly killng my brother! I cannot allow you to kill him before that occurs," Iida slammed his foot down Stain growling from behind him as he struggled to remove the blade from his shoulder.
"I am getting justice for your brother. I am killing this fake where he stands," Izo snarled, eyes laight with ure murderous intent as he took a step closer. "I am taking back what he stole from me."
"You know him," Shoto asked, stepping back and allowing his ice to recede.
"Like hell I do...but I know his type," Izo murmured, hair falling over his face. 'Too long I worked to get my status and respect back then...all those years ago," he gave a demented giggled before ripping the sheath off and pointing the blade to Iida.
"There are no reports of a villain like Stain before him-"
'Do you know nothing of your own damn countries dark and bloody history? Have you been so blinded by this gilded age of goody two shoes and idealists that you don't know the struggle and blood that was shed in the sake of honor and pride," Izo demanded, Hajime shifted as he pursed his lips with a bob of his adams apple.
"Izo...just knock the damned kids out and finish this," Hajime stated. "That kid is looking for his own revenge...best never to give it too him before he gets addicted to it!"
"I am not-"
"Then why did you stop me? If not for revenge," Izo demanded, Tenya stilling as he was asked that. "Cause I don't hear you saying that it's wrong to kill him...deep down you want him gone so people like dearest big brother can remain safe," he smirked. "You try and hide your true desires under that goody two shoes facade...but I know what you feel. You feeling a deep burning need for revenge against the transgression against your brother. One that only you can do."
'I am not like you."
"No one can be like me," Izo snarled, eyes flashing as he took stance. "He is stealing the rightful name and title that I attempted to keep all those years ago. And I won't tolerate it."
'Murderer," Izuku gasped as the implications came out.
"So what!" Izo turned to Izuku and he saw the face of someone who was wholly content in who he was...what he was.
"IZO," Erice yelled as he stopped Stain's attack on his back. "We can't let him hurt us!"
"This is getting annoying," he bellowed out, pushing Erice back ad he kicked out at the man who grunted before being sent back. "You little shits, stay out of this."
"Sorry, but we can't let you kill him," Shoto grunted, sending a wave of ice that was slashed to bits by Hajime with ease.
"Honestly, I dont like fighting kids….Erice...deal with zoom behind me. I got Greenie and Ice boy," he jerked his head.
"Right," she nodded before rushing to Iida who yelped attempting to grab the spear but only managing to push it to the side.
"Please...just let us help you get the Hero Killer into cusotdy and-EEP," Izuku squeaked as the man suddenly appeared behind him, slashing down his back had Shoto not pulled up a wall of ice.
Even then, it had an impressive gash through it.
Could his quirk allow him to enhance his weapons?
"Shit! Kids watch out" Izo yelled out, looking frantic as Stain landed beside them all, lashing out before they where struck with a feeling of numbness. "Your fight is with me you ass hole," Izo rumbled out, rushing the other who brought his own blade up in time to stop a certain death blow.
"Erice, help me get them to the side," Hajime barked out. 'This is why you have to listen to us! Because shit like this is going to happen," he grolwed to the limp students who could only watch the things go on around them.
'Right," she nodded, grabbing Iida and rushing to where the Shinsengumi member was at.
"His quirk paralyzes a person for a set number of minutes if he ingests your blood. He must have thought incapactiting you three would put a wrench in our plans...not that we really need to be fighting him when Izo's got him…"
"Incoming," Erice stated as she pointed.
"We never get a break," Hajime sounded resigned as he managed to grab onto the nomu about to fall on them. "I really hate doing this much fieldwork," he ground out before launching the beast back into the air.
"That B level strength," Erice commented before aiming up to the sky and throwing her spear, a screech alerted them that she either hit the one about to fall on them or another one entirely.
"Torino was supposed to be keeping the flying one at bay...and Ingenium, Kaumi and Endeavor are supposed to be dealing with the ones in the plaza," Hajime sounded tired as he grabbed one of the Nomu's hands when it fell back down and pushed it deeper into the alley away from them.
"They might have become honed to our presence...I think Caster might have helped in our types detection," she gasped, her spear back in her hand as she began to focus. "Imitation Skill...Der Freischütz," she murmured, her hands glowing as she spoke before it died down as quickly as it appeared.
'Which one are you going after?"
"I will be heading to take out the one with wings. I sense it is close by," she nodded.
"Alright...you have one shot with something like that..make sure to use your first skill as well."
"Understood!"
"HAJIME-SAN," Shoto yelled, he yelled, out as the Nomu he had thrown back burst forward, Izuku felt his heart stop when he saw the man's body nealy snap in half and a fountain of blood gush from his mouth but he didn't fly back, he didn't even fall to the ground.
He stood his ground.
"That hurts," he wheezed, more blood spurting as he grabbed the meaty arm impaled inside his body before forcing it out. "It really hurts...and I like it," he gave a damn near feral grin before swinging around and throwing the monster out of the alley. "Izo, make sure the kids don't die," he spat out more blood, stumbling out of the alley with his sword in his hand.
'Bastard! I have more than enough on my damned plate," he snapped before grabbing the others hair and tossing him to the ground. He groaned when his balls where kicked and then his face, being sent to the floor with a gasp. "Fucker…"
That lead them to now.
Erice was out hunting the flying Nomu, Hajime was in a fight to the death with one other, the third was nowhere to be seen and the three of them where paralyzed as Izo and Stain fought one another to the death.
"Haven't had this much fun in ages," Izo was giggling as he pushed Stain to the ground, hand wrapped around his neck as he tried to strangle him on the ground. "Not since I came back to the homeland."
"You...unrepentant….Murderer," Stain spat, choking as the hand no doubt got tighter on his neck.
"How cute," Izo rolled his eyes before he grunted as a knife entered his stomach. "Now this is the way to fight. No bullshit...no fucking quirks," he grinned, rolling off the other and grabbing his wrist. With a simple twist he snapped the wrist with ease, breaking it with a resounding crack that had Stain gasping for air at the feeling.
"Izo...I would hurry it up and deal with him. Some help here would be greatly appreciated," Hajime grunted as he stumbled back into their line of sight, still smiling and bleeding from his wound. "I pinned that thing to the wall but it's not gonna hold!"
"Yeah, yeah." The man gasped, getting back up without much care to the sword he blocked from cracking open his head. "I thought you Shinsengumi bastards where tougher than this." He jokingly mocked the other as he kicked Staing in the stomach wound he had as welkl.
"Im just a regular dude who had the misfortune of being lumped in with two monsters disguised as humans," he spat, grinning brightly as his sword went flying back into his hand. "Master gave us the go ahead...for all three of us."
What?
"Even I don't believe it for a second," Izo laughed, uncaring as he dodged Stain's slashes with ease and indifference. "Your the undefeated one aren't you?"
"Stuff it," Saitou rolled his eyes before heading back into the fray.
"Prick," Izo rolled his eyes. "Now...I'm in a hurry to get home. And we've been given permission to prepare a little surprise if you last long enough," he spat blood out as he gave a hearty laugh. "Let's finish this!"
AN HOUR LATER
"Is...Is he dead," the police chief asked a full hour later as the three students where wheeled into the ambulance.
"No...he's alive...he might need some care though," Hajime gave a sheepish laugh at the rather large wound the hero killer was sporting through his chest. "He was being uncooperative!"
"Why do I have a feeling it's true but not to the degree you think it is…" he bemoaned, hand running down his face as he looked at the wreckage around them. "This isn't Endeavor's work.."
"Those monsters came. While the kids where unconscious, we dealt with them. Erice and I managed to lead the two of them away while a third was being dealt with with Gran Torino," Erice began informing the police as Hajime and Izo allowed themselves to be looked over by the EMT's who where confused by their lack injuries, despite the holes in their clothing.
"Heya...Mind if I talk to the kids," Hajime asked as they finished their pat-down.
"They are very stressed at the moment and their mentors are sure to scold them-"
"It's not to scold them," Hajime smiled. "I merely want to say a few things they did well."
"You have 2 minutes."
"Thanks."
He waited until the EMT left to go and try to wrangle Izo down for his checkup, the man having simply followed Hajime before refusing the check up, stating he was fine and that there was no need. Of course with the slashes in his clothes and the copious amounts of blood on them...they thought otherwise.
"Kids," Hajime began, climbing in where they where seated on on the passenger seats and gurneys respectively. "I have something I need to tell you three."
"To not tell anyone what we saw tonight," Shoto murmured, eyes flicking up to Hajime who smirked and nodded.
"Yes...Those Nomu in the end where for us and unless we used our special...attacks," he phrased. "Then we surely would have died."
"Are they your quirks.." Izuku murmured, not wanting to look them in the eye as the shock of the night began to wear on him.
"No...they aren't," he shook his head. "It's just something that we where given."
Izuku looked to the man who seemingly moved faster than the speed of light as he sliced the nomu that had gotten past his defense to kill them. He moved so fast that copies where left behind before Izuku could blink to rid himself of the copy and he was hacking at the monster. His face was filled with deadly determination and his eyes glowed brightly as if what he was doing was inhuman.
Shoto wasn't looking at him as his eyes found the nagging Izo who was pushing off the hands of yet another EMT. He was a killer, no doubt; he even admitted it. The brutality of his attack on Stain...the blood that sprayed on them all as he laughed manically, taking joy out of the fact he was killing a man right in front of them. He liked it, he reveled in it and he loved it. He enjoyed the kill, it made him look so...different from what Shoto thought a murderer would look like...he was joyous, smiling, happy. He was himself.
Tenya was mulling over what happened with Erice...he remembered a boat...fireflies...water...stalks of golden grain...then the stirring of water… Iida really didn't understand what happened, to him it seemed like they transported to another place entirely before they where back on the darkened streets of Hosu. The nomu's where on the ground, battered and beaten up...it wasn't normal...it wasn't human.
"I ask you keep this a secret between us all," he winked, making them all stare at the man who was smiln happily at them. "Today was rough, it wasn't something we expected at all," he hummed.
"You did though," Iida couldn't stop his mouth in time. "Chaldea always seems to know something will go wrong...always," he whispered.
He gave a soft smile that held much knowledge in it as he looked each of them in the eye. "Perhaps...but I wouldn't worry about competing with us...we won't be around for when you all strike out. Hell we won't last 10 years," he shrugged.
"You acknowledge your ways as wrong and the punishments that will follow," Iida gasped, looking up to the man who merely gave a indulgent smile.
"No, no," he shook his head. "I mean...we won't be around," he stressed, eyes bright as he stared at the three of them.
"Wh...what do you mean," Izuku asked, confused as he turned to look at his friends.
"Oi! You Bastard, let's go," Izo rolled his eyes, coming up beside the man with his wounds healed and his...his outfit was fixed up too.
"Really? Infront of everyone," Hajime hissed.
"You think I want to report to master looking like I just went on a murder spree! I ain't fucking Mori!"
"You could have fooled me. You sure your not a Berserker?"
"Why you...I oughta!"
"Must you do that," Erice sighed as the three moved to leave.
'WAIT!"
Izuku's yell made Shoto and Tenya jump, but the three before them merely sighed as if they expected an outburst from him or one of the others.
"Yes kid," Hajime turned to lock eyes with the panting Izuku as his hand was still reached out for them. "Something you need?"
"Will...Will you ever come back?"
"Hmm?" The glint in his eyes showed he was interested.
"Your...well your still heroes! So will you ever come back?"
To their schok the two men merely looked over at one another before bursting out laughing, they seemed to find what Izuku said as funny and worth a laugh. Izo hunched over as Hajime wiped a tear from his eye and answered.
"I'd say we already came back," he winked. "Let's go you guys. Need the first flight home."
"Yeah. yeah...come back," Izo was still chuckling as they left.
The three students sat in silence, processing his words.
I'd say we already came back…
"So...Izo," Hajime asked as they walked to the station. "What was your really beef with Stain?"
"Ha?"
"It wasn't because he was another version, albeit very different, version of you," Hajime raised a brow. "I'm not that dumb."
"I don't have to tell my reasons to a shitty shinsengumi member like you," he snapped before laughter rang behind them as he groaned in despair. "Your supposed to be back home, Ryoma!"
"Sorry, but master asked me to monitor the issue in Hosu when he realized that All for One sent not one but three nomu...and a flying one to boot," the detective winked as his wife floated beside him. "But Izo...he's not wrong. Your not that subtle you know?"
"Shut up and butt out," the man barked before Oryou stuck her tongue out. "WHY YOU!"
"He wasn't like you at all...was he," Erice suddenly said, making Izo jolt before he whipped his head to her. "It's obvious if you know the history."
"How...how did you," he stammered for the words before Ryoma hummed.
"Now that I think about it...your right," the man nodded. "Stain had a record that was way before his ideology of False Heroes," the man nodded. "So if I'm in your head at the moment, he didn't have the real drive in the beginning of his journey...like you Izo?"
"Damn you Ryoma," he snarled before looking down. "He killing for shits and giggles, it was nothing more than plain murder. I let those kids think I was the same, a murderer, that merely wanted to kill people for the thrill of it...I won't deny that I didn't not do it."
'At least your honest...unlike a certain hero killer," Hajime commented arms crossed. "He'd demented himself into his beilef so much. Built it up for something for others to follow when they could easily claim that they are simply doing so for the sake of doing murder."
"But I fought for my honor, my positon in society and to show they uppy high classbastards I am the same, if not better than them," Izo spoke through clenched teeth as his hands clenched tightly. "He fights for what? A better society in an already happy go lucky place," he spat. 'What bull is that,' he snarled, eyes feral as he stumbled back. "One is meant to fight for themselves before they fight for others. Mass murder is one way to do it. But for such a lofty goal? It's worthless."m
"It's not all sunshine and rainbows Izo," Ryoma reminded as a train passed them, eyes covered by his fedora. "The Commissions tried to hard to get into Chaldea, they try too hard to control heroes and governments alike, it's like any other point in history with political struggled."
'For what? To become invested and attached to a mortal symbol that is already dying? That the world doesn't know is dying or his own age,' Izo roared out. "All Might is human! We all were at one point but back them they knew what needed to be done when we where offed or we died," he sounded frantic. "This place...this world...I can't stand it! Relying on mortal symbols instead of immortal ideals to call others to action…"
"Your right Izo," Ryoma murmured, the man looking up to his friend who showed his face as he lowered his fedora in his hand. "All Might is an inspiration, but he does not call all to his side to a call to action...in fact he stop it most of the time. Its the power of the people that creates movements...not a few good seeds."
"Enough of this...bad enough we got booted back to the fake Chaldea-"
"We don't even know the real Chaldea," Izo rolled his eyes to Hajime who growled. "Dont forget, we have only ever know Novum."
"It's still better than that fake in a world where we're hated," Hajime snorted.
"Isn't that the same back home though," Erice asked, genuinely confused.
"I guess so...in a sense," Ryoma nodded. "But lets not forget that only the Holy Church and Association know about us, not the whole world," he winked.
"Still, both that situation and this one is a pain in our ass," Izo grumbled just as their train pulled up.
"One stop in Hosu, Japan and one way trip to Exemplum Chaldea," Reines read from her card as Trimmau was in the conductors seat.
"Our train," Ryoma nodded.
"Let's head home," Izo sighed, the others nodding as they thought of it.
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