Author's note: The reason why I added Mustard in the previous chapter is because I wanted to add those who will eventually form the Vanguard Action Squad a little early on in the story. The inspiration for this idea is obviously coming from Mightless, both in the original and the rewritten versions, of course. And in case anyone wondered what Mustard fed to Lady Nagant in the previous chapter, it's a pill refined by Diablo himself by using the variety of mystical herbs to cure the toxin from Mustard's sleep-inducing gas. And yes, Izuku ate one too since he was the first to woke up. And responded to the guest named Mono 606 litezt, I planned to have Taskmaster appear but not as a member of the League of Villains. Nope! I planned to add him as a member of group of the true main antagonists of the story. As for Sandman, I have yet thought of him but I will see if it is possible or not to add him in the future. By the way, I am thinking of adding another girl into Izuku's harem and that is Valeria von Doom, who is Doctor Doom's daughter in this universe, of course. I really wanted to add her in so that Izuku can become the Prince Consort if he married her but I am also terrifying at the idea about writing Izuku has to ask for blessing and approval from Doctor Doom as well because I really have no idea how will it go. I also have the same idea with the Queen of the Dark Elves named Alflyse as well. I mean, it already escalated this much anyway. So I might just make it the "Eighteen Wives" for Izuku's harem. But at the moment, I may just add them at the potential wives' category for the time being. Also, I wanted to clarify that despite that I'm using plenty of things related to the pre-Islamic Arabian society to drawn another comparison with the Hero Society of MHA, I did not completely believe in everything written according to the Islamic history about Arabia before the advent of Islam. For example, the idea that many of the Arabs at the time of Prophet Muhammad's birth were illiterated is one of the things I am not completely convinced. In my view, this is depending on each tribe because back then because the Arabic language was not standardized and has its own variety of languages. Geography also played an important role in this as well. The Arab and the Bedouin tribes that lived up north near the frontiers and were the vassals of the Romans and the Sassanid Persians are most likely going to be literated and well-educated. So yeah, my belief about literacy during the time of pre-Islamic Arabia is that literacy was most likely common in the north, where the Arab tribes that lived there submit themselves to the wills of the Roman Autokrator and the Iranian Shah, while in the central and the southern portions of the peninsula, Yemen might be the exception since it was a port for the goods coming from China and India and also happened to be a vassal to the Kingdom of Aksum at the time, literacy was quite rare and preserved only to the wealthy elites or those who are lucky enough to be able to learn only. By the way, I've just read the latest manga of MHA and I did not expect the confrontation between Izuku and his classmates at all. But that's not the point here. The point of this is still about the relationships between Izuku and Bakugo. And if you guys remembered about what I said in the previous chapter about Bakugo did not even seek forgiveness from Izuku and that he didn't save him from Dictator out of kindness of heart, this is what it's all about. I. AM. NOT. entirely convinced! I am not convinced that Bakugo is seeking to reconcile with Izuku, let alone asking for forgiveness from him! And he mocked Izuku by calling him "All Might wannabe" has just proven my point that he didn't seek either of those like at all! And to the guest named Guest DCDGojira, one of the themes of my story is about pointing out the obvious but yet always ignored fact that hero worship is idolatry! And how much easy it is for the benefactors of the heroes can take advantage of this form of idolatry! The reasons that I have to drag Islam into this is because Islam have the right kind of restrictions and regulations about how the heroes should behave and act in my view.
Disclaimer: I don't owned My Hero Academia or anything else related Marvel. I owned nothing but my OCs.
Chapter 8 The Hand Strikes Back
After having learned that the Age of Heroes is nothing but the illusion of the New Age of Ignorance, Izuku asked Diablo how he knows so much about the early history of Islam since he is not even a Muslim and how he became a cultivator in the first place. Diablo replied back by saying that he has lived ever since when the Iberian peninsula was known as al-Andalus, after the authority of the Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba has disintegrated and al-Andalus began to fractured into the Taifa States when many Vali began to declare themselves independent from the Caliph's authority by styling themselves as Emirs. He told them that he was born during the chaotic time when al-Andalus was embroiled in a civil war, known as the Fitna of al-Andalus, and had seen many things in his life, ranging from the downfall of the Caliphate itself and the Vali of the Banu Tujib of Zaragoza, al-Mundhir ibn Yahya al-Tujibi, declared himself an Emir when he was only three-year-old. When he grown up, he became a polymath in the service of the Emirs of both the Banu Tujib and the rulers of the succeeding dynasty, the Emirs of the Banu Hud, of the Taifa of Zaragoza. As for how he came to practice the arts of cultivation, Diablo told him that in 1045, he was one of the envoys dispatched by Emir Ahmad al-Muqtadir to Constantinople, the capital of the Roman Empire at the time, to propose an alliance with the Roman Emperor. During his time in Constantinople, he came into contact with the Chinese merchants who are cultivators and learn some basic skills from them. Eager to learn more from them, he asked the other envoys to continue their journey back to Zaragoza while he decided to travel eastward with the Chinese merchants to the Great Song. There, he joined the Ten Rings Sect and established his foundation there, thus becoming a cultivator.
"Now that I told you a bit of myself. What about you two?"Asked Diablo as he's staring at Izuku and Lady Nagant, who are sitting before him on the ground just like him.
"What would you like to know about us, Alchemist?"Asked Lady Nagant
"For starter, who is this Sensei that you referred to?"Asked Diablo
"He is known as All For One."Said Lady Nagant and with that Diablo's eyes widen in surprise after hearing the name. Then suddenly, he blurts out a big laugh!
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!"Laughed Diablo
"Uhh... why are you laughing, sir?"Asked Izuku as the laughing is dying down slowly.
"Oh, it's nothing! I just never thought that he actually survived his last encounter with All Might! After his defeat, most of the villains who were under him are mainly surrender to the authorites, ran away to join someone else or become an independent villain like me."Said Diablo
"Speaking of which, how did you end up working for him instead of being with the Ten Rings Sect?"Asked Lady Nagant
"Long story short... I was... banished from the sect for killing one of the sect's elders."Said Diablo as his face is changing from a happy one to a sad one.
"You murdered someone?!"Asked Izuku, completely shock about what he just heard.
"Bloody cool!"Said Himiko, who is also sitting inside of the tent along with Izuku, Lady Nagant and Mustard.
"I didn't mean to! I was only intervening to help one of my disciples only! I asked him to let go of what happened but he refused! But then again, no grandfather can stand around and do nothing after seeing his own grandsons get killed right in front of him."Said Diablo
"WHAT?!"Asked Izuku and Lady Nagant in unison.
"Long story short, again. My disciple killed two of the sect's elder's grandsons after being bullied for years because back then, he cannot cultivate. But then one day, that disciple of mine suddenly becomes extremely powerful and beat one of those jerks, who was the younger brother of the two, after he tried to bully him again. When he refused to admit defeat, that jerk called his elder brother to deal with him and they challenged him for a fight in the arena. And like I said before, both of them are killed in the arena by my disciple. And that's when I have to intervene after their grandfather try to kill my disciple to avenge his grandsons. When he refused to listen to the fact that everyone is responsible for their own lives in the arena of life and dead, I have no choice but to kill him."Said Diablo
"And that's when you got banished?"Asked Izuku
"No, that happened when their entire family brought people with weapons to the sect and threaten to kill everyone in the sect if the Mandarin did not avenge the deaths of their relatives."Said Diablo
"THEY CAN DO THAT?!"Asked Izuku and Himiko in unison.
"Yes, they can and they did. So to solve the problem, the sect's leader, the Mandarin, have us banished from the sect."Said Diablo
"But where is your disciple now? Why is he not with you anymore?"Asked Izuku
"We went separate ways after we got banished. That's all I know."Said Diablo
"So after you got banished from the sect, you came to work for Sensei until All Might beaten him?"Asked Izuku
"Yes and after that, I became an independent villain until the Fantastic Four defeated me."Said Diablo
"And now that you know that Sensei is alive, would you like to come back with us and work with him again?"Asked Izuku
"... maybe?"Said Diablo in an unsuring tone.
"If you do not want, sir. We will not force you."Said Izuku
"I'll think about it."Said Diablo
"Oh! Oh! Oh! Can I join you guys? I wanted to stay with you, Izu-kun! Please! Please! Please!"Said Himiko as she's happily hugging Izuku tightly.
"She won't stop until you say yes."Said Mustard
"Then yes, I guess!"Said Izuku as he's feeling quite uncomfortable for having a crazy girl hugging him tightly.
"YAY!"Yelled Himiko as soon as she immediately lets go of Izuku.
"What about you, kid? Would you like to go with them?"Asked Diablo as he turned to look at Mustard.
"After hearing that the heroes are responsible for the current status of the society, I think I wanted to. But..."Said Mustard as he looks away while hanging his head down.
"You owe me nothing, Naoki. You helped me defend my domain with all you have. Besides, I've been living alone for years before you and that girl will come along. So I will be just fine."Said Diablo
"Thank you, sir."Said Mustard as he bows down in respect to the man who took him in after he ran away from home.
"You're welcome, boy. Now, you may go with them."Said Diablo as he's gesturing him and the others to leave the tent.
"May we see each other again if you decided to take the offer."Said Izuku and Diablo nodded in response.
"Lady Nagant, we're ready."Said Izuku and with that, Lady Nagant contacts Kurogiri and ask him to open the portal for them at the very exact same location.
"Alright, kid. Let's go!"Said Lady Nagant after she finished contact Kurogiri through the earpice on her left ear.
"See you later, sir."Said Izuku as he leaves the tent for the portal with Lady Nagant and two new recruits for the League of Villains. Behind them, Diablo is standing before his tent while looking at three teenagers and an adult woman leaving the forest. After some walk, all four of them made it to where the portal is. However, when Toga and Mustard showed hesitation of entering since this is the first time they see the dark purple portal, Izuku assured them that they have nothing to worry about and walk inside without a second thought. When Lady Nagant followed him inside, the blonde girl and the boy in the gas mask quickly enter before the portal will be closed, which it does when all four of them entered. When the two new recruits emerged from the portal, they found themselves in the hideout of the League of Villains.
"So this is where you guys hang out?"Asked Mustard as he looks around and see other members of the League such as Martial Hair, Needle Hair, Stitched Giant, Chomper, Invisible Wall, Sharkyonara, Tesla and Thousand Eyes.
"Who are these two?"Asked Tomura as he and Kurogiri are looking at the blonde girl and the boy in the gas mask intently.
"Here is Toga and Mustard. They asked to join our cause after we had the conversation with Diablo."Said Izuku
"Diablo? That name sounds familiar..."Said Tomura as he begins to scratch his neck with four of his fingers on his right hand while thinking about where did he hear that name from before.
"So, boy. I assumed that you did not gain only new recruits but also the answer that you were seeking as well, right?"Asked All For One
"Yes, Sensei. I did find the answer I was looking for but..."Said Izuku
"But what?"Asked All For One
"There's one thing I don't get, Sensei."Said Izuku
"What is it, boy?"Asked All For One
"If you know where Diablo is the whole time, why don't you send Kurogiri to find him and invite him to rejoin the League?"Asked Izuku
"Well, first thing first. Kurogiri does not know exactly where he is in the Umbara Forest. He could be anywhere in the forest since he is a nomad. And secondly, it is ultimately up to him that he wanted to join or not."Said All For One
"So that mean you won't force him to rejoin, Sensei?"Asked Tomura
"Correct, Tomura. If I forced him to join my cause, the possibility of him to defect when the opportunity is provided will be highly possible. This is what every good leader must do, Tomura. All leaders must maintain loyalties of their men one way or another."Said All For One
"Psst! I would just threaten those who refuse me with dead!"Said Tomura
"And this is why Kurogiri and I have to be around you to keep you in check."Thought Izuku, knowing that only he and Kurogiri can keep Shigaraki in line since he has the books related to the heroes and their quirks while the latter has a quirk that basically acted as the League's fastest mode of transportation.
"Now, let's discuss the other matters. Lady Nagant, you told Kurogiri to inform me that the Hand is plotting to return?"Asked All For One
"Yes, the Hero Killers, Black Knight and I battled them ourselves."Said Lady Nagant as she's crossing her arms while leaning against the wall.
"Despite having a successor already, it is for the best when there is no opposition."Said All For One
"You wanted us to deal with the Hand first, Sensei?"Asked Tomura
"It's for your own best interests, Tomura."Said All For One
"If that's the case, then I will go to Hosu to meet up with Stain and Lady Deathstrike and discuss about the first joint operation between the League and the Hero Killers after I made sure they become our allies."Said Izuku
"Then Sensei and I enstrusted you to take care of this operation, kid."Said Tomura as he turned to look at Izuku. Then, Kurogiri uses the mists on his hands to form a portal that will lead him to Hosu.
"I will do my best."Said Izuku and with that, he turned around and walk straight into the portal with Lady Nagant. Once on the other side, they found themselves in Hosu City.
"So where do we find them? Their previous hideout has been demolished after all."Said Izuku as he turned to look at Lady Nagant, who is standing on his right.
"Like last time, we looked for them until we found them, kid."Said Lady Nagant as she's turning her right arm into rifle. Then, she uses the scope to look around, searching for the Hero Killers. She kept moving around on from left to right until she finally spotted both of them on the rooftop of a building, looking for pro-heroes to kill as usual.
"Found them."Said Lady Nagant as she's lowering her arm turned rifle down. Then, she turned to look at Izuku.
"Better summon your horse, kid."Said Lady Nagant as she's beginning to float in the air by using her other quirk.
"ARAGORN! TO ME!"Yelled Izuku and soon, Aragorn descends down from the sky, flying straight to where his rider is at the moment. Once he landed before his rider, Izuku gets on his back and follow Lady Nagant by riding on his back. After a few minutes of flying, both of them landed behind the Hero Killers and call them by their names, getting their attentions in the process.
"Stain! Lady Deathstrike!"Said Lady Nagant as she's landing down on the rooftop along with Izuku and his mount.
"Here for the deal, huh?"Asked Stain as he's walking toward to both members of the League of Villains.
"Yes, and as promised. If our answer can satisfied you two, both of you have to become the League's allies."Said Izuku as he's getting down from his horse.
"Go ahead and say it. Let see what you can do to impress me and my partner here."Said Stain as he's crossing his arms. Then, Izuku takes a few steps closer to the male Hero Killer.
"Hero worship."Said Izuku
"Hero worship?"Asked Stain while Lady Deathstrike raises her right eyebrow in confusion.
"Yes, that is the goal of our group. We wish to bring an end to the idolatry that is hero worship."Said Izuku
"Interesting. Go on, kid. I'm listening."Said Stain as he begins to smile.
"Me either."Said Lady Deathstrike, confirming to him that she too is listening to what is he saying.
"Hero worship is the cause of the current Hero Society. The heroes have been overglorified by the public, preying on the people's desperations, becoming heroes only for fame, wealth and glory, and being perverted by their own code of conduct by remaining loyal only to the governments and not to the peoples. But yet, the peoples relied so much on the heroes to the point that they are being treated as some sort of deities and offering them their own wealth and freedoms in exchange for safety and security while in fact, they are just humans with fleshes and bloods just like all of us! In other words, the peoples have become ignorant and voluntary allowed themselves to be chained and enslaved by the heroes. And all of these are possible because of hero worship."Said Izuku and once he finished, Stain and Lady Deathstrike are left petrified and shocked at what they just heard. It takes them a moment to regain control of themselves and make sense of what they've just learned.
"So... are you two satisfied?"Asked Izuku worriedly.
"Very good. Very good and very interesting indeed!"Said Stain as he smiles once again, clearly satisfied by what the green-haired boy just said.
"So the roots of all of the problems here started with this hero worship. So tell us, kid. How do you plan to change the society by ending this idolatry that is hero worship?"Asked Lady Deathstrike
"We're planning on an attack against U.A, one of the best hero schools in Japan. If we can show the world that one of sacred places the Hero Society can be threatened, the peoples will begin to doubt the heroes."Said Izuku
"Not our style. But is still a good alternative nonetheless."Said Lady Deathstrike as she's walking up to Stain.
"So... are we both now allies?"Asked Izuku and with that said, Stain and Lady Deathstrike turn to look at one another for a brief moment. Then, they turned their heads back at the boy before them.
"Yes, we are."Said Stain with a smile, clearly satisfying that this League of Villains is sort of having a same goal like him and his partner.
"Now with that out of the way. I would like to discuss about our first joint operation together."Said Izuku
"And it is about?"Asked Lady Deathstrike
"Track down those two ninjas from the Hand and defeat them."Said Izuku
"Ooh... about them..."Said Lady Deathstrike as she begins to rub the back of her head with her right hand.
"What about them?"Asked Lady Nagant
"They're not in the city anymore."Said Lady Deathstrike nervously.
"What?!"Asked Izuku and Lady Nagant in unison.
"We saw them leave the city a few days ago in their civilian identities on the train. We were about to give a chase but they were on board the train first. So until they are back or we are finished with the fake heroes in this city, we will go after them."Said Stain
"Do you guys know where they went?"Asked Lady Nagant
"Yes, they headed down south to Okazaki."Said Stain
"I will ask Kurogiri if he can get us all there."Said Lady Nagant and then, she turned away while beginning to contact Kurogiri through the earpiece on her left ear. Soon, she got the comfirmation from the other side and then, Kurogiri appeared in person through the dark mist.
"To Okazaki, correct?"Asked Kurogiri and Lady Nagant and Izuku nodded to confirm this to him.
"As you wish."Said Kurogiri and then, he transforms himself into a swirl of darkly purple portal before them. With a portal before them, Lady Nagant, Izuku and the Hero Killers walk inside. Once inside, Kurogiri takes them all to Okazaki. A few seconds later, all of them reappeared on the rooftop of one of the buildings in Okazaki City.
"Thanks for the help, Kurogiri."Said Izuku as he turned to look back at the dark mist villain in the suit.
"Your welcome."Said Kurogiri and then, he warps himself back to the Bar with No Name in Kamino.
"Okay, now we are here in Okazaki. Where do we start our search for those two ninjas?"Asked Lady Nagant
"Before our last fight with them back in Hosu, we overheard something about stealing one of those artifacts from one of the malls in this city."Said Stain
"Do you two remember which one?"Asked Izuku but before they could receive an answer, an explosion suddenly erupted out of nowhere from the distance! They all turned to look at teh source of the explosion and found that it is coming Aeon Mall! But the smoke is not the only thing coming out from mall's rooftop becaus standing right before them is 70 feet tall version of zombie ninja in black ninja outfit known as the Fist and he is armed with what appeared to be the longest and the biggest katana anyone has ever seen!
"ROAR!"
"I guess that should answer which mall we have to go."Said Lady Nagant as she's looking at the Giant Fist that is going on rampage against anyone and anything that stand in his way! Everyone in the mall ran for their lives toward the exits while the gigantic zombie is swinging the katana around, harming anyone and destroying whatever that stand in his way. Suddenly, Mount Lady jumps out of nowhere and kick the Giant Fist from behind, making the gigantic zombie to fall to the ground with the face slam on the street! Before the giant zombie ninja could get up, hundreds and thousands of fabric stings suddenly wrapped up his body, preventing him from getting up. The zombie raises his head up and see that the source of these fabric stings originated from a blonde man who is wearing a denim waistcoat with two large breast pockets, a denim dress shirt with a very high collar which covers his face up to just below his nose and a pair of jeans. He is none other but the Fiber Hero: Best Jeanist.
"I don't know who or what you are. But your rampage stops now!"Said Best Jeanist
"This is a little too easy. Don't you think?"Asked Mount Lady as she is shrinking herself back to normal size. But before Best Jeanist could reply, the tied up giant zombie ninja suddenly exploded into white smoke, disappearing into thin air! When the smoke died down, only then the two heroes see that their enemy is longer there. As both pro-heroes are confusing about what just happened, one of the Hand's ninjas, Kirigi, is watching them from the rooftop while holding a clawed gauntlet similar to the one that they retrieved from the warehouse a few days ago.
"So easy."Said Kirigi as he's looking at the confused pro-heroes below him on the street. But as he is turning around, a shotfire suddenly occurred and a bullet hits the clawed gaunlet that he is holding in his right hand, forcing him to drop it! He then turned to his right to look at the source of the shotfire and see Lady Nagant is aiming her right arm turned rifle to him with Stain, Lady Deathstrike and Izuku, who is now donned in the Black Knight's identity, standing alongside with her.
"You and your allies are such pests, Hero Killers!"Said Kirigi with a scowl on his face as he turned to face them.
"Where are your partner?"Asked Lady Nagant, still aiming her rifle at him.
"What make you think I will tell you?"Asked Kirigi as he's raising his left hand, which has some bloods on his fingertips, and slam it on the ground and say the magic word.
"SUMMONING JUTSU!"Yelled Kirigi as small explosion occurred before him with white smoke. Once the smoke faded away, the four villains see eight of the normal version of the Fists are standing between them and the skinny Hand's ninja.
"Execute them!"Said Kirigi as he's jumps from where he stand to the nearest rooftop. Then, he proceeds to do it again and again and again while his zombie ninjas are keeping his enemies preoccupied. However, Black Knight immediately gets on Aragorn's back and follow him. But not before telling Lady Nagant and the Hero Killers what is he up to.
"You guys deal with them! I'll go after that guy!"Said Black Knight and when they heard that, all three of them nodded as the zombie ninjas are charging toward them with kanata and yari in their hands. As Kirigi is getting away from the Hero Killers and their allies, he contacts his partner, Kuroyama, through an earpiece in his right ear. However,
he is completely oblivious that he is being followed by Black Knight and Aragorn, who are flying after him by flying among the clouds to make sure he won't see them.
"Kuroyama, come in! Did you retrieve the artifact yet?"Asked Kirigi as he's touching the earpiece on his right ear, contacting his partner.
Meanwhile, Kuroyama is standing on the roof of a mansion that located somewhere else in the Okazaki City. The mansion is a large two story building and mainly while in color while the roof is brown. The mansion itself is surrounded by the gardens and the tall black iron fences. Right now, Kuroyama is trying to find the window that will lead to an empty room. But so far, all rooms are preoccupied by the maids who are cleaning those rooms at the moment. And since that he doesn't want anyone to know that he was here, he has no choice but to wait. And as he's waiting, Kirigi contacted him and ask him about the success of his mission. And since he barely begin, he has no choice but to speak truth to his partner.
"I barely begin! All rooms in the mansion are preoccupied by the maids cleaning those rooms and I don't wanted them to know that I am here, let alone calling the cops and the heroes on me!"Said Kuroyama after Kirigi contacted him via the earpiece on his right ear.
"Then distract them using the summoning jutsu! That's why I successfully ended my mission early!"Said Kirigi through the earpiece.
"You know I don't have a contract with those zombies! Plus, I'm more oriented toward the ninjutsu related to the elements!"Said Kuroyama
"Then use whatever the elements you are affliated with to do something about it! Just get the artifact and end the mission already!"Said Kirigi
"*Sigh.* If you insist..."Said Kuroyama and then he jumps down from the roof and landed on the ground. After that, he turned to face the wall while taking some steps back. Then, he begins to perform the hand signs. Then, he brings his right had to his mouth and unleash a whirlwind of fire out of his mouth and setting the mansion on fire! One the whirlwind of fire is stopped, he takes a look and the mansion that is now on fire and smile wickedly. Knowing that everyone inside will eventually descended to panic, he can use the confusing moment to sneak inside, steal the artifact and get out without anyone knowing about his presence here. So he wasted no time in jumping through one of the windows, breaking it and just like he expected the maids who were cleaning the room are no longer there. With the entire mansion descended into panic and confusion, he begins to look for artifact that he and his partner required to revive the Hand's powers in the criminal underworld of Japan. Well, at least those who are on the second floor, of course. But on the ground floor, the people who resides there are still oblivious to what is happening at the moment.
In the dining room on the ground floor of the mansion, four teenage girls are having lunch together. The first one is the girl with long hair tied into ponytail and is dressed in a pale tan shirt, pale tan dress with brown leather belt that has golden yellow head belt and long black socks. Her name is Momo Yaoyorozu, the heiress of the Yaoyorozu Corporation. The second one is a girl with long green hair, big eyes, big hands and big feet. She's wearing pale cream shirt with green stripes on the sleeves and long pale green skirt. Her name is Tsyuy Asui, the eldest daughter of the Asui family. The third one is a redhead girl with snake for head in blue shirt and dark blue skirt named Habuko Mongoose. The forth one is a girl with green hair that is shorter than Tsuyu in a pale violet shirt and pale violet skirt with brown belt. Completely oblivious that the mansion has been set on fire, they're still eating their lunch, which are fishes and chips, normally.
"Thanks for having me here while my parents are on a trip to New Mexico, Momo."Said Setsuna with a smile while she's slicing the fried fish in her dish with her knift and fork.
"It's okay."Said Momo before she will eat one the chips in her dish with a fork.
"So tell me, Setsuna. How did you and Yaoyorozu know each other?"Asked Habuko
"According from what they told me, our parents have been friends ever since they were our ages. Then one day, during the opening day of my father's museum when both of us were just 6, they introduced us to each other."Said Setsuna as she's smiling back at the snake-headed girl.
"And ever since then, we've been regularly in contact with one another via Facebook."Said Momo as she's slicing her fried fish with her knife and fork.
"So what about you two? How did you two get to know Momo?"Asked Setsuna
"Tsuyu introduced her to me."Said Habuko before she uses her fork to take one of the chips and eat it.
"My father was the Vice-chairman of her father's company. So we saw each other a lot growing up, especially when we were little because we also went to the same kindergarten back then. And whenever both our parents are on the business trips like this one, she usually invited me and my siblings to come and stay at her home."Said Tsuyu as she's picking a chip up with a fork and eat it.
"By the way, are you sure letting my little sis and my little brother to go around the mansion on their own is a good idea?"Asked Tsuyu as she's looking at the wealthy girl.
"Don't worry, my mansion's butler, Kento, is with them along with some of the maids. Besides, your siblings have been here before. So you have nothing to worry about, Asui."Said Momo
"Thanks. And call me Tsu."Said Tsuyu but inside her heart, she's still felt uncertain about leaving her little sister and brother, Satsuki and Samidare, in the hands of someone else. As she is about to continue eating, her siblings suddenly burst in through the door! The one who is a frog-like boy with black hair, Samidare, is wearing a blue shirt and cream-colored pants while Satsuki, who is the youngest one of the Asui siblings, is wearing a pale green dress. They are soon followed by a man with black hair who appeared to be in his late 40's in the butler suit named Kento, the butler of the Yaoyorozu family.
"Big Sis! Big Sis! We have to get out of here!"Said Samidare while Satsuki rushes toward Tsuyu.
"The manson is won fwire!"Said Satsuki as she's shaking her elder sister's left arm.
"What are you two talking about?!"Asked Tsuyu but then, she and the others soon smell it. They smell the burning!
"Kento, what's happening?!"Asked Momo as she's getting up from her chair along with Tsuyu, Habuko ad Setsuna.
"We do not know what happened, Young Miss. But somehow, the mansion is caught on fire!"Said Kento and as soon as he said that, a piece of burning ceiling suddenly falls down near them!
"AAAAHHHH!"Screamed Samidare and Satsuki as they immediately hug their elder sister.
"At this point, leaving this place is the best option!"Said Habuko and they all nodded and begin to run out of the dining room.
In the meantime, Kuroyama is using a mystical compass that can point to the direction where the nearest artifact is. He follows the direction from place to place in the mansion while also doing his best to hide from the panicking residents who are running around to find the nearest exits to escape from the spreading fire. The compass leads him downstairs and into the study of Momo's father. Inside, he spots the artifact, which appeared in the form of a paperweight with the ball-shaped head made out of metal. Since the compass identified the paperweight as the artifact, he immediately grabs it and get out of the room as fast as possible. However, he leaves the room a little too fast and ended up running into Momo, Setsuna, Habuko, Tsuyu and her siblings, Butler Kento and two maids with blonde hairs who appeared to be twins and are around the same ages as their Young Mistress with the ony different between them appeared to be the colors of their eyes becase the first one has purple eyes while the other one has blue eyes.
"Oh crud!"Said Kuroyama when they saw him. Having no other choice, he pulls his weapon out, ready to finish all of them off.
"Kasumi! Nanami! Take Young Miss and her friends out! I'll deal with the intruder."Said Kento
"Yes, father!"Said Kasumi and Nanami, who are the two blonde girls in maid outfits that came with them, in unison.
"Young Miss, you and your friends must come with us for your own safeties!"Said Kasumi and Nanami in unison as they are leading their Young Miss and the others away as their father ordered. But as soon as they opened the door, they encountered Kirigi and a horde of zombie ninjas behind him! With the nearest exit blocked, they all are now cornered and confined in the mansion!
"I can't believe the day that I officially gained new friends will turned out to be the last day of my life!"Said Habuko
"Bis sis! I'm scared!"Said Satsuki as she's hugging her elder sister's left leg tightly along with her elder brother. As both ninjas and the Fists are moving in closer to them, the sounds of sword slashing and horse's whinning from outside got their attentions. Kirigi and Kuroyama turned to look into the garden and see that Black Knight and Aragorn have arrived and are taking out their troops by just the two of them! Black Knight uses the Ebony Blade to slash all of the Fists who are approaching him while Aragorn either kick or stomp them with his feet. Black Knight charges up the Ebony Blade and unleash the crescent-shaped energy blade on them, slicing so many of them into half in just one swing! This resulted in the pathway to the mansion's entrance to be left opened. Seeing his chance, Black Knight immediately gets on Aragorn's back and ride toward the entrance as fast as possible while taking out the zombie ninjas that are standing his way as many as possible as well. As he's reaching the entrance, he charges the Ebony Blade up and swing another crescent-shaped orange energy blade out to his enemies, directing it to both Kirigi and Kuroyama. And as he predicted, both of them immediately jumped out of the way, letting the the enrgy blade to slam on the ground, creating long narrow crack on the ground.
"Your parents will be so mad at this when they are back, ribbit."Said Tsuyu
"If we made it out alive, of course."Said Momo
Black Knight and his mount soon arrived inside the mansion and stand between the ninjas and the civilians, thus separating both sides from one another. Once inside, Black Knight wastes no time in getting down from his horse and prepare himself for a fight against both Kirigi and Kuroyama.
"Aragorn! Take as many as civilians as you can and leave! Then, come back for the rest! I will delay these two!"Said Black Knight as he's geting into the fighting position, ready to fight against the two ninjas of the Hand. Once receive the order, Aragorn turned around and show Momo and the others his back, indicating that he wanted them to get on his back. Despite feeling a little uncertain towards the white winged steed, Tsuyu eventually relented and decide that her siblings should leave first. So Momo has Butler Kento takes her siblings with him and his daughters on Aragorn's back first, much to the dismay of the butler and his daughters. But since their Young Miss commanded them to, they cannot do anything but to obey her. So they get on Aragorn's back with Kasumi's carrying Satsuki and the butler is having Samidare sitting in front of him. With all five passengers on his back, Aragorn quickly flies into the air, heading toward into the sky and landed outside the fences of the Yaoyorozu's mansion.
"Thanks for the save, big flying white horse!"Said Satsuki after Kasumi is putting her down on the ground. After received the gratitude from a little girl, Aragorn flies up into the air and heading back toward the mansion's entrance. But as soon as he reached the entrance, Aragorn discovered that he cannot land or even get inside of the mansion since the Fists are now occupying the mansion's entrance by flooding the entire place with themselves. Inside the mansion, the two ninjas know that they have no choice but to fight their way out. Or do they have to? Obviously, not!
"SUMMONING JUTSU!"Yelled Kirigi as he's slamming his right hand, which still has his own blood on it, to the ground. And suddenly, another one of the Giant Fist appeared, tearing the ceiling and the roof apart, causing a number of burning debrises to fall down!
"That's our cue! Let's go!"Said Kirigi and he immediately throws a smoke bomb down to the ground with his left hand, disappearing into the black smoke with his partner.
"ROAR!"
After let out a big roar, the giant zombie ninja then raises his katana into the air and ready to strike it down on the mansion! But before he could do that, Black Knight once again charges up the Ebony Blade and throw another crescent-shaped orange energy blade to his right foot, slicing his right foot from his leg. With his right foot is now disconnected from the leg, the Giant Fist falls down on his back, crashing into the burning walls and roof in the process. As the Giant Fist is down at the moment, Black Knight turned around to face the remaining Fists that are entering the mansion. Despite knowing that there are too many of them, he has to fight them to make sure those four teenage girls, the young boy, the little girl, the butler and those two blonde maids will make it out alive! He immediately runs toward them and begin to slash at all incoming zombie ninjas as fast as possible to prevent them from reaching the people who he is protecting! But through sheer number, they overwhelmed him in the end! Slowly but surely, some of them managed to inflicted some wounds on Black Knight's body by either slashing or stabbing on some parts of his body like on his arms, his legs and his shoulders. One of them managed to slash at his face, making his left cheek bleeding. Now, he has plenty of wounds on his body, his cape is completely ragged and some parts of his armor are shattered. Despite his circumstance, he determines to continue to save them!
"I have to save them! No matter what!"Thought Izuku as he's gripping the sword in his hand tightly with the fierce determination to save everyone in this mansion from being killed by the zombie ninjas! And with that determination, he charges up the Ebony Blade one more time as Fists are approaching him! Once fully charged, he unleashes a massive crescent-shaped orange energy blade out from the Ebony Blade, sending it right int othe approaching zombie ninjas, killing so many of them in one swing, destroying the entrance and parts of the pathway that lead to the mansion's gate in the process! The small number of the surviving Fists see this and explode into white smokes, returning to wherever they've been summoned from along with the Giant Fist that lost one of his feet. Once the mansion is cleared of zombie ninjas, Aragorn can finally landed at the entrance and everyone can feel relief. However, they are completely forgetting about the fact that their mansion is now on fire and is falling apart! As Black Knight is turning around, he sees some burning pieces of the ceiling is falling on them rapidly and immediately alert them of the incoming danger while putting the Ebony Blade back into its scabbard!
"Everyone! Move! The ceiling is collapsing!"Said Black Knight and with that, everyone begins to run toward to the now destroyed entrance that is now widely opened to get to Aragorn before the ceiling will collapse on them! However, it is too late for them! When they heard an explosion and look up, they see a large piece of burning debris is falling down toward to Momo, Setsuna, Habuko and Tsuyu. On instinct, Black Knight immediately rushes toward all four of them and use himself to push all four of them backward while spreading his arms out to make sure that he managed to save all of them in one round. And that resulted in all four girls to fly backward a little and fall on their own back from the force he pushed upon all four of them. By the time he raises his head up to check on them is when he realized he did something completely unacceptable! His chest, his arms and his hands are pressing and touching their breasts! To make the matter worse, they all can feel their chests are being pressed against and being touched as well! Upon realizing that he has committed such perverted acts, he immediately gets up, draw the Ebony Blade out from the scabbard and hand it for one of them to take.
"If you four wanted to, you can end my life for what I just did!"Said Black Knight as he's hung his head down.
"It-it's okay, ribbit."Said Tsuyu as her cheeks are becoming redder and redder.
"You didn't mean it..."Said Momo as her cheeks are being as red as tomato. Habuko and Setsuna are also having their cheeks becoming red as well after experienced such a thing. After the girls reassured him that they do not mind, Black Knight puts his sword back into its scabbard and lead the rest of them out of mansion, doing his best to avoid the falling burning pieces and the spreading fire.
Once outside, they all thanked him for saving their lives.
"Thank you for saving us Mr... umm..."Said Setsuna and that's when she realized that he has yet to introduce himself to them.
"I'm Black Knight. As for what happened to the mansion, I apologized for not arriving to stop them sooner."Said Black Knight
"It's okay. This is not the only residence my family have."Said Momo while waving her right hand in fromt of her face, clearly indicating that she really means it.
"So... are any of you going to-"Said Black Knight but the frog girl interrupted him before he could finish what he is saying.
"Since you saved our lives and the lives of my siblings, I'll just let it go."Said Tsuyu and with that, Black Knight smiles. After that, he gets on Aragorn's back and fly away into the city to look for Lady Nagant and the Hero Killers. As for Momo and the others, she called her parents and inform them about what happened so that they move into another one of the lands they owned in the city while the others began to look around for the other maids and the other servants like the chefs and the gardeners who managed to escape from the fire. And while the mission to defeat the Hand ended in failure, Black Knight has unknowingly received the compensation for this failure as well. The four teenage girls that he just saved have developed the crushes on him after he saved them and accidentally touching the very personal parts of their bodies while he was at it!
Sometime later, inside the Bar with No Name in Kamino...
"So our first cooperation ended in failure?"Asked Tomura as she's staring at Izuku, who is now no longer in his Black Knight's attire, and Lady Nagant, who are standing before him and Kurogiri.
"We've done our best, Shigaraki."Said Lady Nagant and then, Izuku takes a few steps forward.
"You wanted to blame someone. Then, blame me. If I decided to just kill those two as soon as I entered the mansion instead of focusing on saving the civilians, we may have defeated them already."Said Izuku as he's looking down to the floor with regret.
"No need to blame yourself, boy."Said All For One
"But Sensei, isn't it his fault that the Hand managed to escape? If he prioritized the mission instead of saving the lives of those pathetic civilians, victory was most likely going to be ours!"Said Tomura
"I merely said that it is for your best interests, Tomura. I never said that the Hand will have to be defeated now."Said All For One
"Then why do you wanted us to engage them in combat in the first place, Sensei?"Asked Black Knight
"To defeat your enemy, you must know them. Not simply their battle tactics. But their history, philosophy, art. So the more we clashed with the Hand, the more we will know about them. And of course, this can be applied vice-versa as well."Said All For One
"So in the end, one side will emerged victorious in this conflict eventually."Said Lady Nagant
"Exactly. When both sides gained the fullest knowledge of one another, it is only a matter of time before the final battle will begin."Said All For One
Meanwhile, inside the Ebony Blade's pocket dimension...
"Anything?"Asked Percival as he's approaching Eobar, who is standing near another one of their descendants named Sir Henry, who was the Black Knight during the Elizabethan Era of England. Like his ancestors, he is an Englishman in black shirt, black cape, black pants with scarlet belt, black boots and black turban on his head.
"There has been no movement ever since his latest attempt."Said Eobar as he and Sir Henry are looking at the large cage that barred the Dragon of the Moon inside the cave. Suddenly, a pair of glowing demonic red eyes opened in the middle of the darkness of the cave. Then, a big ferocious roar followed!
"ROAR!"
Behind the cage, the Dragon of the Moon raises his front legs into the air and slam them into the walls on both his left and his right. After that, the energies from glowing demonic red eyes begin to spiral out of from his eyes and swirling around his front legs/arms like vines to empower his arms. Once empowered, his entire body soon begin to glow with bloody red energy with some darkly aura coming out from the energy itself. Suddenly, the glowing pale red mystical formation is formed around the cave, blocking all outsiders from entering.
"Is he trying to use that trick again?"Asked Percival
"Most likely."Said Eobar
"Then until that moment arrived, there is nothing we can do."Said Henry
"So we all have to be ready all the times! As soon as he broke free, we all must give it all we got to imprison him again!"Said Percival as he's narrowing his eyes while glaring intently at a pair of glowing demonic red eyes before him from the other side of the formation.
Author's note: You guys must be wondering that do Toga and Mustard know about Diablo's past? No, they don't because they never bothered to ask. All they know is that this guy gave them home, foods, other basic needs and do not actually care if they left the forest on some occasions to commit criminal activities or not. If he doesn't care what they do, so neither of them care about his past. Also, I've been recently thinking about how to distinguish the Nomu named Hood in MHA from the character named Hood in Marvel in the way of calling them by their names. And I've been thinking of addressing the Nomu one as Hooded Nomu while the Marvel one will still be called as the Hood. And I know that in canon, Setsuna, Tsuyu and Momo did not know each other until they got to U.A. But this is an alternate universe. So I decided to make them each other's friends long before they got into U.A. And of course, I have Habuko tagged along as well. And yes, I intentionally did not add Reiko Yanagi into this chapter. This is to show that just because they lived in the same prefecture and the same city, it did not mean that they know each other. Plus, I did not plan to add Reiko into Izuku's harem at the moment. Even more, I even discovered that many fans like to ship her with Shinsou as well. So I might for this shipping instead of adding her into the harem. By the way, I'm been thinking of how to upgrade Izuku's powers and I thought that giving him the magical powers like Proctor, aka the Black Knight of Earth-374, will be a good idea. As for how he will earn such powers, I am divided between having such powers being granted to him by the Dragon of the Moon as a way of corrupting him or his ancestors told him the secrets about how to unlock these powers for him. The reason I wanted Izuku to have them is to have him be able to fight Bakugo properly during the U.S.J Arc. Sure, he can block all the blasts from Bakugo as much as he wanted with the Ebony Blade. But he will not be able to go on the offensive if he kept letting that happen. So I need to find a way to give these magical powers to Izuku to use before the U.S.J Arc will begin. As for why I made Setsuna's civilian outfit to be entirely pale violet, that is because nobody knows what the color of her outfit really looked like when she was wearing the civilian clothing. The same case also applied to Habuko since we never see in her civilian clothing before. As for civilian outfits of Momo and Tsuyu, I don't know I use the right colors on their civilian clothing or not. But I hope I did. If not, then please inform me where did I go wrong. As for how long it will take for Dragon of the Moon to break free, it will be quite sometime. After all, he needed to establish his connection with Izuku first. And he cannot do that if he is being imprisoned behind the bars in that cave. And about Kirigi and Kuroyama suddenly changed their minds and decided to escape by using the smoke bomb is because that despite having a Giant Fist to serve as the distraction, they have to make sure their escape to be as secured as possible. So by the time the smoke died down, they're most likely among the horde of their own zombie ninjas or may even already made it out of the mansion's area already with their super speed.
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