Chapter nine - White lies, pretty words, malicious temptations

Izuku woke up and was shocked that he was sleeping on the ground but then he remembered that he had nowhere else to go. Today was a good day for Izuku, though. He was feeling very happy today as today was the day he could meet his parents. He thought to himself and smiled.

Izuku decided that if he was going to leave this world and meet his parents, he would do it in the appropriate attire. Izuku got up and changed his clothing to that of the clothing his father gave him. He wore his black yukata, black geta and tabi, his samurai sword and his mask along with the bandages along his arms. He was elated, tired, depressed and relieved that he would be able to leave. With a fragile smile on his face, he walked along the deserted alleys and paths and went up to the same building that All Might said he wouldn't be a hero on. He got to the edge of the roof and inhaled a deep amount of oxygen before tiredly exhaling it out.

"So all of my life efforts have led up to this magnificent point. I'm on Cloud Nine, and my head feels light. I truly am at absolute peace." A small tear escaped his eyes and his fragile smile was soft as ever. He thought of all the memories and hardships he had faced throughout his life and the bullying he had gone through. He wondered if he'd been living a dream the whole time. What if life was a dream and when you died, you were truly awoken in divine form and were at your happiest? The mere thought of that theory made Izuku chuckle with excitement and he smiled happily with enthusiasm. Had the scene been different, Izuku would have looked like an ordinary boy smiling like he was having the time of his life.

Izuku took off his geta and neatly placed them beside him, as if he was taking off his shoes to enter his house. The breeze was flowing softly and made his hair dance in the wind. Izuku moved closer to the edge of the building.

"Looks like I'm taking your advice, Kacchan. I'm home, Mom, Dad." and with that he gracefully jumped off the building and closed his eyes.

"The pain I will feel is all but necessary if I truly want to be happy with my parents. A small sacrifice for the greater good." thought Izuku. However, his joy and peace were short-lived as a certain warp gate transported Izuku to the bar that contained Tomura Shigaraki, Sensei, Tezobi and Kurogiri.

When he arrived at the bar with an abrupt bump in the spine from the fall, he was met with a series of expressions on four different faces He observed them closely. There was the young man with hands all over his body, who he'd seen from his dream. The man's face couldn't be seen due to the hand covering his face but he grunted in an angry way. Izuku was beyond confused as to why he was real. He then saw Kurogiri, who Izuku was now familiar with as he not only saw him in his dream, but near his middle school and at his house twice. Kurogiri looked quite classy and self-possessed as usual but had an unreadable expression on his misty face. He next saw a girl who looked a few years older than him with such a scowl on her face, it rivalled Bakugou's! Her physical appearance was a complete 180 to her scowl, though. The girl had skin as white and pure as an angel or of milk. Her hair was also white, but it was short and straight but suited her delicately shaped face. Her lips were pale but had a blush of light pink to them and her eyes were also white and had white pupils and iris, but you could still tell they were her iris and not her sclera. She wore black shorts and a black tank top and her nails were naturally black. She had such a slim physique, she looked as though she would snap at any moment. The man in front of them all was the man that terrified him the most. He had no nose, lips or eyes but seemed to have a mouth that grinned in menace and slyness. Luckily, behind his mask, Izuku's facial expression wasn't seen so at the moment, the people in front of him had no idea what he was feeling. Seconds later, after his overwhelming feelings left, he was totally calm again as he had seen two of the people in front of him before. He sat up from the couch.

"What on Earth...I was in a state of calmness and happiness then suddenly I'm transported to.." he looks around. "A fucking bar? What kind of sick joke is this? Can I never be allowed to relieve my stress?"

"Where am I and why are you two here?" asked Izuku politely but with enough rage in his voice to surprise Tomura. Kurogiri was slightly amused.

"Why, I simply saved you from falling to your death on behalf of my Master, All for One." replied Kurogiri while bowing to the man with no features. That man reminded him of his dream. The dream that ended his parents.

"Oi, you." said the man with the hands. "What the fuck is with the attitude? Do you know where you are and who my Sensei is? Keep your head low, samurai boy." he angrily scratched at his neck, which was starting to bleed.

"No, I'm afraid I do not know. Nor do I care." said Izuku dryly. That earned him a scoff from the girl with white hair.

"Now, now. Settle down." as soon as the man with no features spoke the room was hushed and was flooded with a tense atmosphere. The man simply grinned and Izuku's attitude.

"Izuku Midoriya, do you know why you are here?" said the man.

Izuku only shook his head, he was too scared to speak. How did he know his name? Was he planning to do something to him? Who were these people? Why were they in his dream? A load of questions were running in Izuku's head and he wanted answers.

"My servant brought you here, on my orders. I saw that you were a useful recruit for my League. The League of Villains. Would you like to join?"

Izuku's fear was soon replaced with baffledness.

"Pardon me? Sorry, but I have no intention of joining villains or joining anyone in any matter. I was happy and about to meet my parents but your rudeness stopped me from doing so. You are the reason for my chaotic life.." spat Izuku. He was fuming with rage but didn't raise his voice, he kept a calm demeanor. He was met with a kick from the girl with white hair. The air was knocked out of Izuku's lungs as he knelt of the floor in pain. It was far more intense than Bakugou's abuse. How did all that power come from such a girl?

The girl had her foot on his neck and was ready at any moment to snap it. She glared down on Izuku as he clutched his stomach in pain.

"Tenfold." she said. "My quirk makes my power, attacks, agility and senses ten times sharper and powerful at will. Anymore bullshit from you and you'll become my new punching bag. Shut it, brat."

"Such power.." thought Izuku.

"Tezobi! Must I remind you how valuable he is to this organisation? Do not kill him." said the man, with a scary tone. She growled and cursed under her breath and went back to her former position and left Izuku's neck.

Izuku got up and sat back on the seat he was in.

"Midoriya, you said you were going to meet your parents, but they are dead." said Kurogiri, calmy changing the subject. "What were you going to do?"

Izuku had a deadpan expression on his face and remained silent.

"Sensei..why isn't he talking? He doesn't have the right to ignore..." Izuku saw that the man with the hands was angry.

"How bothersome. I guess I have to speak about it.." thought Izuku.

The rest is self-explanatory. He explains how he had no quirk, how he was bullied, how he came back with bruises and scars, how his parents died and how he was about to kill himself until he ended up in a bar.

"That's quite the life you had, Midoriya. However, the fact that you're quirkless has no meaning to me as I brought you to me because of your quirk analysing skills." said the man with no face. He then brought out different books and diagrams of Izuku's analysistic activity. "The notes and diagrams you produced are before your time and exceptional. People were foolish to disregard your raw talent. Your work would be able to help us, the League, to defeat the heroes and succeed at a quicker rate. All of this would happen if you joined."

Izuku was shocked to hear that he had been praised. All the other compliments he received were false and were used to insult him. But a stranger with the face of his nightmares was praising him. Izuku didn't want to admit it but he was quite happy.

"I have something to discuss with you later regarding your 'Quirklessness', but for now I have a question to ask you. Do you wish to join the League?"

Bakugou was on his way to U.A highschool to seal his fate in becoming the number one hero. He had a menacing and proud grin on his face as he walked into the school for the entrance exam.

"Hm! This is childsplay, and these fucking extras don't stand a chance."

He certainly didn't have the mindset or face of a hero.