As Izuku stood in the dark, with Kacchan on the floor and a mysterious man sitting somewhere in the living room, countless thoughts and ideas ran through his mind on how to deal with the situation. Based on Kacchan's snores it was obvious he wasn't dead, which meant this mystery man wasn't planning on hurting them.
Izuku knew out of all the ideas he had, two of them were the best. Fight the guy, or pick up Kacchan and run. The problem is he didn't know what this guys quirk was. What did he know? Kacchan was asleep, so the guys quirk could be similar to Midnights. But with Midnight, both of them would be unconscious since Midnight didn't control where her smoke traveled. Unless this could did have the ability to do so?
Powering up with One For All would allow Izuku to see the guy, and fight with him if necessary. And the greenette got into a fighting position to do just that, but before he could, his body froze when he heard the clicking of a gun.
"I see the look on your face. Let me guess, you were thinking of activating that special quirk of yours that lights you up like a Christmas tree in order to see me. Good in theory, but my sleep dart here would knock you out before you could even move a centimeter."
…Ok, that plan was out. But! He now had more info. This guy had a sleep dart gun, which meant his quirk wasn't like Midnights; and he could see Izuku in the dark. Night vision quirk perhaps?
"Before you do something you may regret, how about we talk this out first? Go ahead, ask me something, that way I can show you I'm no threat."
"No threat? You broke into my home and knocked my friend out! And my mom-" Izuku's eyes widened in remembrance. "What did you do with my mother?!"
"I have done nothing with you mom. She was called in by her job because they needed an extra pair of hands."
"But how do you-"
"Know? Who do you think set that up?" The guy asked.
Oh…so he thought ahead. Interesting.
"Ok, I'll bite. Who are you? Why are you here? And what do you want?" Izuku questioned.
"Three basic questions, huh? I can appreciate you wanting to get straight to the point; too many people nowadays wanna pussyfoot around." The guy grumbled. "I'm keep my full name on hold for now, but you can call me Fury. I run a secret organization that specializes in counter-terrorism and intelligence agency. We take care of the threats before they can become threats."
"And if they do become threats?"
"We have special people that takes care of them if that happens." 'Fury' informed. "As for the why and what, it's simple. I'm here for you, Izuku Midoriya."
Him? Why was he here for him? Wait! How could he trust this guy?! He could be a criminal lying to him!
"And why should I trust you? How do I know you're not a criminal?"
"A criminal would've killed your friend there and kidnapped you before you could blink. But me? I knocked your buddy out and am currently answering your questions to gain your trust. Is that something a villain would do?"
Well…not necessarily. But it could be a possibility.
"Ok, let's say I believe you. Why are you here for me? And why me specifically?"
"I've seen you fight Midoriya, and I've seen how you lead. You were impressive during the USJ, as well as the Sports Festival. Congratulations on the win, by the way." Fury informed. "I'm putting a team together, one consisting of kids around your age that I see true potential in. The best of the best."
A team of fellow teen heroes? What was the purpose of that? And why was Fury interested in him?
"Ok…what for? And why me?"
"You see…the current heroes we have running and flying around are, in my opinion, not good enough." Fury answered bluntly. "Sure they're powerful, but some are only doing this for the fame and money, some heroes aren't compatible for teamwork, and some heroes hate one another. What do you think would happen if say, Endeavor with his flames was forced to team up with Kamui Woods?"
"Well, Endeavors flames were catch Kamui Woods wood on fire, thus making them an awful pairing."
"Exactly. Now imagine if two heroes who hated on another, or at least if one hated the other, were forced to team up? Let's say Midnight and Mt. Lady, who aren't fond of each other, were forced to team up. How badly would the results be?"
"Well, potentially catastrophic. The villain or villains they're fighting could get away, and people could get hurt if say, Midnights quirk hits Mt. Lady if she's in her giant form."
"You see where I'm going with this? Why let heroes randomly team up, when we could merely send in a team of heroes that are powerful, compatible, and don't hate each other? The rate of success would triple the current rate of when random heroes team up."
Well…Fury had a point. In theory sending in a compatible and powerful team would be better than heroes teaming up at random, plus they would all show up at roughly the same time. Izuku couldn't keep track of how many times a villain either escaped or got close to escaping due to heroes being late to help out.
"With you telling me all of this, it makes it sound like you want me to be apart of this new team you're getting together. Is that correct?"
"Now only join it, Midoriya." Fury informed. "But to lead it."
Izuku spluttered, eyes wide in shock and surprise. Him lead?! He's never led anything before! Let alone a team into battle (Sports Festival doesn't count)! There were so many better people to choose from, he was sure of it!
"Why me? I-I've never led a team before! Why would you choose me over literally millions of other teens with quirks?"
"It's simple, Midoriya. Other than your power and that shield of yours, you bring something rare to the table." Fury stated. "You inspire people."
"I inspire people?" Izuku quirked an eyebrow.
"The entrance exam, the USJ, the Sports Festival are the places where I've seen it. Kids were ready to give up during these times, but the didn't. They kept fighting and trying, all because of a green haired kid with his shield. You made your classmates feel inspired and made them keep fighting as you single handedly fought that black bird motherfucker, you inspired them to keep going as you blasted your way to the top during the Sports Festival and entrance exam. When people see you doing what you do, they want to match you, to limb up to you. You are what they imagine when they think Plus Ultra, they want to go beyond because you inspire them to."
It was hard not to not smile wide and bright at that info. Did people really think that? Were people really inspired to keep going because of him? That's so sweet!
"Mr. Fury, sir. I appreciate this info and offer, but…I can't leave this place. It's my home, it's where my family, and friends, and UA are. I can't imagine leaving this place."
"I'm not asking you to leave permanently. What I am asking is that you consider my offer; come to New York with me for one week. You'll meet my team and do some training, and maybe even get sent out on low level threats to see how good you all do in a real situation. And after that, you'll give me your final decision. I'm just asking for one week, Midoriya. I advise you think it over some more; this is a huge offer, after all."
Izuku could hear Fury get up from wherever he was sitting, and listened as the mans shoes tapped against the ground.
"My number is already in your phone; don't attempt to block or delete, since I've made it impossible to do so. And don't think of getting a new phone either, because my number will automatically transfer to that one."
"But, how-"
"I have friends' allover, Midoriya. I can make some scary shit happen, so it's best to stay on my good side. Think my offer over, I want an answer in let's say, three months." Fury informed, before his shoes tapping against the floor could be heard again. It was silent for a second, before he heard the door open and close. Immediately after it did, the lights flickered and turned back on, giving him his sight back.
He used his returned sight to stare at the ground, where Kacchan lay drooling against the floor. He sighed, before picking him up and placing him onto the couch.
He would explain what had happened, later on.
(I would've finished this sooner and posted this earlier, but I binged Big Mouth season 3. So yeah, here ya go. Next chapter will probably be the date chapter.)