CHAPTER 1 Roaring Muscles

The day after All Might gave me my ultimatum I decided to head back to the remnants of The Terrace to see what I could salvage, I have a good year and possibly ten months before I try out for the hero course so that gives me some time to not only find a place to live, but also allow me to get used to Tartarus and figure out all the specialties this suit had to offer.

Before I could even get to The Terrace I was ambushed by the team of four cat like heroes, the wild, wild pussycats. They were a rather easy group to beat, all I had to do was get in close and slice up their tendons with my wrist blades and then roast them alive with my wrist mounted flamethrowers. The only trouble was Tiger, he was by far the toughest with that damn quirk of his, but once I slammed my hand into his body and crushed his kidney he was quite an easy target. I did however keep to my word with All Might and left them alive, broken and temporarily decommissioned but alive none the less.

"damn…who was that hero…" I pondered as Tartarus confirmed that the blood samples for each member of the wild, wild pussycats was in the system.

I kept replaying the message left by doctor Minerva trying to figure it all out but I couldn't get a clear shot at the hero, just the yellow jumpsuit and the red wings. Whoever this hero was…he was at the top of my kill list. I know I promised All Might that I wouldn't go after heroes, but this was a personal vendetta that I will settle. The bastard got rid of the program that I was a part of, most of the doctors including Minerva have been sent to federal prison with no chance of parole…and Grim Strider.

I as I walked down the stairs into the catacombs of The Terrace I saw the mercenary's lifeless body slumped against the wall. Grim Strider didn't go down without a fight. I took a knee and harvested a blood sample.

Tartarus hummed to life, "Blood sample saved".

Suddenly Tartarus started to sound off warning sirens, "ALERT warp quirk interference detected!".

I was then teleported to what looked like a small bar with a TV that had no signal on it in purple writing. Tending the bar was a man made of purple smoke in a rather fancy looking suit, and in front of him was a scrawny bitch of a man with hands attached to his body.

I needed to gather information on these two so in a low tone I said, "Tartarus analyze, what am I dealing with"

Tartarus hummed to life and identified the scrawny bitch as Tenko Shimura and the purple man as an unknown entity, this unknown entity was the creep responsible for teleporting me.

Tenko chuckled and said, "well, well, well if it isn't the freak created by the Dark Legion, jango I think your name was right?"

I growled and with a flick of my wrists my hidden arm blades came out, "My name is no longer jango just call me 9292, now what the fuck do you want Tenko Shimura!"

This took them both back. I guess they weren't aware of my power or what the Tartarus was truly capable of.

Tenko growled and said, "don't you ever call me that you stupid bastard, game over!" before grabbing at my wrist.

To his surprise his little decaying quirk didn't work on me at all.

This seemed to truly scare the shit out of him as he started to tremble and I could sense the fear inside him. This was the opening I was waiting for, with a howl I grabbed his head and slammed my knee into it sending him back, and with a quick leap I stabbed him and got a sample of his blood before throwing three daggers at the other abomination which to my surprise he warped right in front of me. I was thrown back a bit into a wall. Tenko then leapt on top of me and looked me dead in the eye.

With a deranged look on his face Tenko shouted, "I won't keep you here to long little pawn, just know that you are no longer master's protégé that honor belongs to me, and once master is fully recovered and All Might is dead I will be coming to end you, Kurogiri get this piece of shit out of here!"

With a smirk on my face, I flipped him off and said, "I'll be waiting for it you hand fetish creep!" and watched as I was teleported away, back to The Terrace.

I took a deep breath in and got back up. A warp quirk and a decay quirk, deadly combo if paired together correctly. I then started to walk down to where they performed the Phase 2 surgery on me and found it just the way the communication showed.

"Tartarus start the scan for any Dead drops or equipment deemed salvageable for use" i said.

Tartarus started to scan the room giving me time to think. So Tenko Shimura…name does sound familiar somehow but I'll find out about that later, but what really matters is that this guy…his "master" was quite possibly the same guy who paid the dark legion to create me….my guess is that when Doctor Minerva didn't deliver me directly to him, he tipped off the heroes association and had them sent straight to The Terrace, that was the only reasonable explanation as to how they found out.

Tartarus then put a marker on top of a destroyed crate and said, "dead drop disk found, to play it insert it into your wrist-mounted data screen".

I nodded and walked over to it, removing my helmet so I can get a better look at it. It was just a silver flashdrive with a fang on it but I guess it must contain something.

I then inserted it into my data screen and watched as a video started out of doctor Minerva.

Doctor Minerva pulled out a cigar and smoked it before looking into the web camera and saying, "9292, if you are hearing this then the worse has already happened and the Dark Legion's Perfected Assassin program has been compromised, to prepare for this I have sent everything you will need to a house we've decided to call Olympus close to U.A high, the perfect place to lay low, a place no one will suspect, your mission is simple, find the person responsible for the termination of the Dark Legion Program by any means necessary, and terminate them, should you somehow have to enroll at U.A high we have already hacked into the hero association and made a complete record for you and bribed a well known junior high into vouching for you as one of its top students in case U.A does a background check on you, we have also changed your name from Jango Satatori to Jango Arkino to make sure people don't connect you to the fact that you are the son of two dead heroes who died in a fire, Tartarus will fill you in on the rest, good Luck 9292".

The video ended and Tartarus pulled up another marker saying, "this will take you to your personal car, codenamed: the dark Charon".

I nodded my head and was just about to leave when I was drawn to the light of a weapon I never seen before. It looked like a grenade launcher but, the loading system was breach loading for a sing shot, and the grenade launcher itself was way to small, almost like it was supposed to be a sidearm.

"Tartarus identify this weapon" I commanded.

Tartarus brought up loads of stats on it and said, "this is a dark legion prototype breaching weapon Doctor Minerva codenamed the Chimera, a grenade launcher meant to fire a specially made impact charge meant to breach walls, judging by how its been made I'm guessing it can be integrated seamlessly into the left shoulder as a hidden weapon"

It was as if the angels were singing to me, without a second thought I grabbed it and attached it into the Tartarus and grabbed some spare impact rounds as well as my helmet and followed the marker to the Dark Charon. I recognized the car, it was a modified black Senvo ST1 with the Perfect Assassin project's logo on the front, a black tear drop shield with silver bordersand a red snake's skull in the middle of it holding a silver dagger in its mouth with a cross hair on its head.

I was beyond excited, mainly because I never learned how to drive so this would be my first time, but also because I know the legion specality, hidden weapons and features so with a smile on my face I said, "Tartarus list all features and options for the Dark Charon!".

Tartarus started to list out its features. Modified interior to sit two people in the front and bench seat in the back for up to 4 people, Two hidden gatling guns in the headlights, ejector chairs in all seats, autopilot capabilities, bullet proof glass, reinforced skeleton to deal with heavy heroes, jet thrusters, homing missiles in the back, hidden guns in the glove box, fine leather seats with heaters built into them, Bluetooth connectivity, and my personal favorite, Spotify premium already installed with music specially chosen for both patrols and epic chases.

With a smile on my face, I opened the door and got inside. That new car smell filled my lungs as suddenly the entire Tartarus armor folded up into a backpack and hid inside the seat as if it was being stored away.

"wait where the hell are you going Tartarus!" I said surprised.

Tartarus then hummed to life and said, "currently charging, and additionally suit is not deployable while driving in Dark Charon"

The car then came to life as a female robotic voice greeted me saying, "hello there my name is Athena and I will be your car 9292, now then tell me where you would like to go"

I was about to say take me to Olympus when my stomach started to growl. I realized I had only a bowl of cereal and an apple all day so my body was beyond starving. Sadly, I had no money, or so I thought. When Athena heard my stomach growl she said, "doctor Minerva figured you may get hungry and need some food, so she has given you this"

A credit card with the Perfected Assassin Programs logo then popped out of the console where CDs would go in.

Athena giggled and said, "that debit card is tied to the remaining funds within the dark legion as a whole which totals way over $4.5 trillion dollars, however do not go wild with it as heroes may still be tracking remnants of the Dark Legion so big purchases may make them suspicious, so which eatery would you like me to take you too?"

With a smile I said, "take me to a ramen bar close to Olympus".

For the first time since I was indoctrinated into the Dark Legion I was happy… mainly because food was involved.

As the Car hummed to life and sped out of the The Terrace to a ramen bar I looked down at my right prosthetic arm. There had to be a reason why Doctor Minerva added these, it sure as hell wasn't to use quirk blades while in Tartarus, maybe it was in case I needed to fight outside of Tartarus…whatever the case I wanted to test something.

"Tartarus deploy an Allmight Quirk Blade" I commanded.

The moment the blade landed in my lap, my heart pounded. I was nervous since I was going to be doing this without the help of Tartarus regulating my body so that could mean anything. I took a deep breath in, grabbed the dagger and without a second thought in my mind I plunged it into my arm causing more pain than I thought imaginable.

As One For All ran through my body I could see things, visions through the eyes of All Might, Everything from his birth till now, but what was strange is that there were more visions, other holders, other people who wielded this power. That's when I came to a stunning conclusion, All For One wasn't just some strength quirk, it was a power stockpiling quirk that could be pasted on to different people willingly, it was the ultimate quirk that has been used by 8 other people. Suddenly a new memory flooded my mind, All Might passing it on to a young boy with green hair. A quirkless boy who seemed like the ultimate fanboy. This kid was the new holder of the ultimate quirk while I was just using its power temporarily…if this boy was going to hold its full power…I had to be able to match him so if he finishes the fight and kills me…at least I wont be going down without a proper fight. Everything started to go dark and my breathing became sporadic as if I was having a panic attack.

Athena then sounded an alarm and said, "warning 9292 you are currently going into cardiac arrest deploying defibrillator unit"

I then felt a shock course through my body and the darkness resided. With a swift motion I pulled out the Quirk Blade and took a deep breath. That feeling…it was unnatural.

"Athena, bring up everything you have about the quirk blade project" I commanded.

Athena complied and the car went into autopilot as a tablet appeared in front of me. That's when I saw her on the tablet. The girl we captured during phase 1.

Himiko toga.

I started to have flashbacks to the mission. We were young and this girl was a totally sociopath, killing us off one by one with her dagger and using our blood to change into us in order to try and run away but I was the one to bring her down. The fear she had in her eyes when we dragged her by her broken legs into the jeep to take her to the Terrace was an expression I wont soon forget. Sadly, I'm guessing she must have broken out when the dark legion went under…but I scrolled past it to see what was with the quirk blades. Apparently they used the DNA sample from Toga's rare blood quirk and infused with an even rarer quirk to give the wielder a temporary additional quirk. However even though this technology is amazing, it is a dark legion exclusive that only Doctor Minerva and The Pod know how to reproduce, and the side effects during the initial tests were cataclysmic.

As I continued to scroll through the entire document I came across the side effects. The quirk blades don't just give someone a quirk, its practically fusing the DNA together making the user almost like the hero or villain who wields the power in the blade. As a downside the users blood is permanently turned to plasma and in some cases the memories of both the user and the quirk fuse together, which explains why I saw the entire history of One for ALL, and im guessing Tartarus minimizes this so I don't deal with the memories and just the power.

So, the logical option would be to get used to the pain and near death experience a Quirk Blade can give and learn about every hero. However, the other downside was one I was already feeling, narcolepsy and insomnia, I was in the constant state of awake and asleep, and I know if this continues I'll be hallucinating soon.

"Athena I want you to add melatonin to a shopping list, I have a feeling im gonna need that" I muttered.

With a sigh I put away the data pad and deactivated the autopilot and turned on the radio.

The radio continued, "- association is still looking into the horrifying attack that left 8 heroes and 50 police officers dead as well as leaving both Present Mic and Endeavor unable to fight for the time being, reports say it was an unknown villain in armor, but due to quite possibly the villain's quirk any and all pictures or videos have been blurred to the point where we can't even identify any markings or even identify the armor at all so the police chief is closing this case due to a lack of evidence, that is all for the breaking news, now on to sports".

So, Mic and Endeavor survived their injuries, that's unfortunate. I have a feeling im going to have to be more careful less they attack me… I just hope All Might keeps to his word and fills in Mic and Endeavor so they don't hold a grudge against me.

Athena suddenly stopped the car.

"warning A list hero has stopped the car, deploying Tartarus"

I looked up to see a cowboy with a gas mask and a scantily clad female hero had blocked the car.

Tartarus was quickly shot onto my body and fully deployed with a dead growl, "Tartarus online".

"Tartarus analyze, who the hell are they?" I asked as Tartarus fully activated.

Tartarus brought up stats on them. "A-List Hero Snipe, quirk: homing anything he fires homes in on its target, and A list Hero Midnight quirk Somnambulist, anyone who smells her scent falls asleep".

Someone who specializes in homing weapons and gas hero….well at least Tartarus has gas filters and bullet proof plating.

I got out of my car and walked up to them, "would you two kindly get out of my way, I'm on my way to lunch and im quite hungry".

Snipe walked forward and said, "you're the vigilante who froze Mic's Vocal chords…but your just a kid"

I looked him dead in the eye through my helmet and said, "and your just an old man trying to play cowboy, now get out of my way before I run your ass over im starving".

Midnight then said, "a tiny little kid like you shouldn't be hurting heroes, now surrender or we'll"

Before she could even finish her sentence I sped forward and unsheathed my broadsword and slashed at her, aiming to chop off her head. However Snipe kept me on the defensive by shooting at, I blocked his bullets but leapt back in case midnight tried to remove my helmet.

"damn it I don't have time for this I just want to go and eat!" I groaned.

Midnight started trying to whip me and shout, "well give up now and we'll treat you to a five course meal in prison!".

I finally had enough but I didn't want to rely heavily on my quirk blade so with a flick of my wrist I activated my wrist mounted flamethrower and was about to burn them when All Might showed up.

"that is no way to treat a foreign student Midnight" the hero laughed.

Midnight was taken aback but said, "but All Might he's the kid who decommissioned both Present Mic and Endeavor!"

All Might shook his head and said, "no he isn't that was another villain from the dark legion program, now stand aside and let the kid go get some lunch!"

The heroes nodded and snipes walked up to me and said, "sorry about that kid we had you pegged for a villain…".

I wanted to stab him and take his blood to form into a quirk blade but I knew if I did all might wouldn't be able to defend my actions so I nodded my head and said, "I can say the same thing about you cowboy, carrying a gun isn't very heroic".

This made Snipe laugh a bit.

All Might then looked at me and said, "mind if I join you for lunch?"

I nodded my head and said, "just about to head to a ramen bar called Nobunaga, I heard its pretty good"

All Might laughed and said, "sure lets go" before getting into the Dark Charon.

When Tartarus retracted back into the seat and the car sped off All Might whistled and said, "where the hell did the Dark Legion get funding for things like this, they aren't even a proper hero agency and yet they can afford this car, hell not even Endeavor could buy a car this expensive!"

I smirked and said, "war, as sad as it is to say, being a hero is the second most profitable business, as long as people keep on hating each other, violence will breed violence and wars that heroes can't fight in are born, that's where PMCs like the Dark Legion come into play, being the solo survivor, all of the dark legion assets are at my disposal, including the funding, weapons and bases".

All Might's smile faded away, "so you mean even if heroes like me save millions people will still hate to the point of war?"

I nodded my head and watched as he started to steam.

"you can break the form All Might…" I said.

The look of shock on his eyes was hilarious.

Stuttering All Might said, "how do you know! Did young Midoriya talk about it!"

I laughed and said, "so that's the name of the 9th holder of One For All, nah i never even met the kid, but when I jabbed myself with a quirk blade containing One For All I saw your memories, and the memories of everyone before you who had used the power going back to Yoichi Shigaraki, kind of a side effect of blades, so no need to stay in that form besides I really don't want to deal with the attention of the press"

All Might nodded and with a puff of smoke turned into his normal weakened form.

I chuckled, "well now I wasn't expecting the mighty hero All Might to look like some meth addicted junkie underneath all that muscle!".

All Might looked at me with a shocked expression as we pulled up to the ramen bar and said, "well what about you! Underneath all that armor you're a child!"

I smirked at him and said, "that may be true but im still not in my prime yet, and yet I held my own against most heroes so far"

All might sighed and we went in to eat. The ramen was just so good I ended up eating 10 bowls of ramen before I was actually full. Once we were done me and All Might went our separate ways and I headed up to Olympus speeding pass UA. 10 months…10 months until I show off what I am truly capable of and become a hero to get All Might off my back.

Athena broke the silence and said, "approaching Olympus".

I looked over to the two-story building and whistled. I knew that it was going to be a good-sized house but this looked like it could fit a damn 6 person family.

"Athena give me the specs on Olympus what is included" I asked.

Athena beeped and said, "request acknowledged 9292, Olympus features state of the art security measures ranging from an quirk nullifying barrier should anyone try to enter, fully loaded armor piercing point defense turrets, and the entire facility is built with materials that can with stand a nuclear blast, as for indoor commodities Olympus features its own forge room complete with all the basic necessities to upgrade and replenish your arsenal and charge or configure Tartarus, an AR training room with multiple scenarios planned that can also be customized to any training you need, air conditioning and heating, a private study with noise cancelling insulation and walls of books, a gym, a whole room lined with different kind of weapons for you to get accustomed to, an indoor and outdoor pool and spa and sleeping arrangements for up to 5 people, Olympus was made by Doctor Minerva to be your specific base of operations so it is not only furbished to help you out as a warrior of the Perfected Assassin project but also as a human being as well, welcome home 9292".

The gates opened up automatically allowing Dark Charon to pass through while the point defense turrets followed the movements of the car till it was safely in the garage. Once out I watched as the seat opened to reveal that Tartarus had compacted itself into a small briefcase with the number 666 on it and with a smirk I picked it up and walked into the house. The lavish interior was decked out rather blandly. I was expecting the dark legion to make this place look high tech but it seemed like a normal Japanese home with mats lining the floor instead of hard wood, cushions, hell it looked rather boring. I rolled my eyes and placed my brief case down on the kitchen counter and walked over to the stairs. It seems like most of the facilities Athena mentioned are underground because there was a long staircase heading down. However, I was really tired and just wanted to get some sleep so I went upstairs and walked into the master bedroom and laid down on the big queen sized bed.

The ten months went by faster than I originally anticipated but I got an understanding of the weapons that would make up my main arsenal when outside of Tartarus, this included marksmanship training with my guns, hand to hand combat training, quirk training against thousands of different quirks and my personal favorite weapon training where I realized not only was I good with swords but I was especially lethal with a huge ball of spikes attached to a long rope called a meteor hammer, and a dagger attached to a rope called a rope dart. The day of the entrance exams I rushed down to the forge and decided to start getting specific Quirk Blades ready, I didn't want to bring 32 of them because I didn't want to show off to much so I limited myself to a couple, including Present Mic's, endeavors, Boreas and Poseidon Ultima. Once the blades were all made I went over to Tartarus and inserted them into the chest compartment.

With a grin on my face I packed up Tartarus put on a school uniform that I had…borrowed and walked toward U.A unfortunately there wasn't any parking outside of the school so Dark Charon which I have dubbed the blade mobile will have to wait at Olympus. As I walked to U.A I noticed a kid with green hair mumbling as a kid with blonde explosion like hair walked by.

"why does that kid look familiar" I muttered to myself.

That's when it hit me, that kid was Izuku Midoriya the kid who had inherited One For ALL, he was a bit buffer than what I saw in the vision but to my surprise he was really awkward so it didn't make him much of a threat. At the moment though I was more worried about the actual orientation because I had to show what I was capable of and make it into the hero program, if I don't All Might made it very clear he will notify the police about my whereabouts and I'll be on the run for the rest of my life, not a very glamourous life for me. Soon though I made my way into the assembly hall and saw Mic at the podium, it seems my attack on him did number because his little neck piece was now covering his entire mouth.

The lights then shut off and focused on Mic as he said, "whats up UA candidates, Thank you for tunin in to me, your school DJ!"

I chuckled, even with an injury as debilitating as the one I gave Mic he is still able to be a loud happy go lucky bastard.

Mic then raised both his hands to the air and shouted, "come on lemme hear ya!"

No one said a word.

Mic sighed and said, "keeping it mellow, huh, that's fine I'll skip straight to the main show, lets talk about how this practical exam is gonna go down, okay?"

With a wild smirk Mic took up a pose and said, "are you ready? Yeah!"

Still complete silence, I felt bad for Mic but at the same time I didn't. everyone here could easily become a potential target for me so I just kept quiet and watched what was going to happen. Though I thought I could hear someone mumbling so I looked around for where the noise was coming from and saw the Izuku a couple rows in front of me mumbling to himself about Mic.

Mic continued, "Like your application said, today you rockin boys and girls will be out there conducting ten minute mock battles in super-hip urban settings!"

The screen behind him then lit up showing 7 different areas arranged from A too G

Mic smirked and said, "gird your loins, my friends After I drop the mic here you'll head to your specified battle center, sound good?".

I looked down at my exam ticket and it said I will be in site F.

I guess Mic was hoping someone would respond because he then shouted, "Okay?".

Still silence then Mic continued, "Okay, okay let's check out your targets there are three types of faux villians in every battle center, you'll earn points based on their level of difficulty, so better choose wisely"

As soon as the robots showed up I recognized them instantly, Dark Legion assets. I guess All Might and the other heroes must have thought that repurposing Dark Legion assets was a good idea, and it was however I knew exactly how to destroy them and all their weak spots. I identified each one easily, the one pointers were called Ajax, the two pointer Perseus, and the three pointers as Aegis. what was strange was the fact that the dark legion had a fourth robot, the biggest of them all we called Achilles, I wonder if UA dismantled those instead of repurposing them.

Mic then said, "your goal in this trial is to use your Quirk to raise your score by shredding these villains like a mid-song guitar solo!"

Seemed easy enough, whats the catch though.

Mic smirked and said, "make sure your keep'n things heroic, attacking other Examinees is a UA no-no ya dig?"

Made sense.

I then heard a voice call out and say, "Excuse me, Sir, but I have a question"

I turned my attention to the voice and recognized him instantly, it was the brother to ingenium, Tenya Ida if I remember correctly, he was on my kill list that I received from the dark legion before its collapse, or at least ingenium was on the list. If Tenya was at UA…I guess it would make it easier to find out about Ingenium if I ever revert to becoming a mercenary.

With smirk on his face Mic pointed to Tenya and said, "Hit me!"

The lights turned on Tenya as he pulled out a piece of paper and said, "on the print out you've listed four types of villains. Not three"

Ahh so Tenya was one of those people, the kind who are a total stick in the mud and a total pain in the ass, I'm gonna enjoy beating the shit out of him when I get the chance.

Tenya continued and said, "With All respect, if this is an error on official UA materials, it is shameful, we are exemplary students, we expect the best from Japan's most notable school, A mistake such as this won't do".

He had a point. Back in the Legion this kind of error was considered withholding information and let to the death of a good 25 cadets who were forced into the program, as well as the scout in question getting flailed alive by Grim Strider.

Tenya then pointed to Izuku and said, "Additionally, You with the Unkempt hair".

Izuku froze up and pointed to himself.

Tenya gave him the death glare and said, "You've been muttering this entire time. Stop that. If you cant bother to take this seriously leave, You're distracting the rest of us".

This got a chuckle out of everyone.

Mic then raised his hands and said, "All right, all right Examinee number 7-1-1-1, Thanks for calling in with your request, the fourth villain type is worth zero points, that guy's just an obstacle we'll be throwing in your way, there's one in every battle center"

The screen then showed the fourth enemy, a weapon designed by the dark legion to replace heroes if the time should come….the Achilles. I guess UA didn't dismantle it.

I then muttered to myself, "I guess this just got a hell of a lot more interesting…"

Mic continued, "Think of it as a hurdle you should try to avoid, it's not that it can't be beaten, but there's..kinda no point, I recommend my listeners try to ignore it and focus on the ones toppin' the charts "

Tenya finally bowed and said, "Thank you very much. Please continue" and sat down.

Mic smirked and said, "Tha's all I got for you today, I'll sign off with a little present, A sample of our school motto"

Oh god I remember hearing about this.

Mic then said, "As General Napoleon Bonaparte once laid down, a true hero is one who overcomes life's misfortunes, Mm-hm now that's a tasty soundbite, you ready to go beyond?"

Uuugh I was tired of hearing other heroes say this before they try to land their finishing move on me.

Mic then shouted, "Let's hear a Plus Ultra!"

With that Mic sent us off to our individual battle centers.

It would be here that I would meet a girl who would become my best friend for life.

A female hero named Miss Chief