Chapter 10:Eye of The Tiger

First 5 Months.

The first five months of training were actual hell for Izuku especially the first one. Waking up at 6:00 am, which made Himiko grumpy because she still had one more hour of sleep before she gets ready for work, and finishing around 8:00 pm with 1 hour of rest, Thankfully a full meal from Matteo refilled his stamina completely. He worked on his endurance, and muscle mass. He refrained himself from using his stand because otherwise what would be the point of training? Himiko left his apartment after the first week of training was over. Izuku felt genuinely sad that Himiko was leaving, he really enjoyed being with Himiko for long periods of time, and Himiko felt the same way, but it wouldn't take too long for Himiko to start training with Izuku as part of the deal she had with The Speedwagon Foundation.

Himiko after leaving Midoriya's apartment went and started to live at Matteo's house. It was a medium-size house with two floors, around 3 rooms 2 upstairs and 1 downstairs for guests, and 2 bathrooms 1 up and 1 down, with a decent-sized living room, but the main attraction was the kitchen, as Matteo's kitchen was as big as the one he has in his restaurant, he even had the same amount of tools, but with one extra thing, an actual Italian pizza oven which he himself made with the help of Zeppeli. Himiko's schedule consisted of. Waking up at 7:00 am, and leaving with Matteo for work. She would finish her shift at 4:00 pm, and go to train with Izuku and going back to her new home at 8:00. She would work from Tuesdays to Saturdays and have Sunday and Monday off, she would take the morning for herself and study for work. The rest of the afternoon she would train with Izuku. Izuku really appreciated that Himiko would train in her days off with him.

Izuku's birthday also happened. He actually took the day off from training to celebrate it. on that day. Izuku woke up to his mother making a delicious breakfast, once done with that he grabbed his notebook and a pencil and went to walk around the city to see if he could see any pro-heroes doing their work and write down as much as possible. Even if he dislikes All-Might he still likes heroes who fight for the right thing. The day ended with an Italian cream cake made by Matteo, and most of the people that Izuku knew to go and visit the restaurant to celebrate his birthday except for, of course, Bakugo. Izuku received a special gift from Himiko, a custom made dagger-knife that had his and his stand's name engraved, and it even included a sheath. It was a bit expensive, but Himiko knew that Izuku deserved it.


The first five months ended with a fight on the beach. Francesco Zeppeli against Himiko and Izuku.

"Okie dokie, today the two of you will fight against me to measure the growth you obtained from your training" Zeppeli declared in the middle of the semi-clean beach 20 meters away from his opponents

"But its two against one!" Izuku exclaimed

"Than its an even fight" He smugly answered back. While putting his hands behind his back. "Let's make the stakes higher, if either one of you bests me, I will give you my motorcycle" He pointed at the stylized Harley he had.

"OH! It's on old-man!" Himiko yelled at Zeppeli.

"Then approach me"

"I fucking will!" Himiko than rushed towards the Gigi.

"Himiko wait!" Izuku tried to stop Himiko but she was already 10 meters closer to Zeppeli.

"Hm" He smirked as he extended one of his arms forward, making his stand appear from his palm.

"[LOVE DELUXE]!" She extended her hair while running in order to grab Zeppeli.

Zeppeli used his [RIDE THE LIGHTING] to shock the sand around Himiko, crystalizing it almost immediately, making Himiko lose balance and trip. Zeppeli used this opportunity to use his electrical cables to whip the normal sand that was around Himiko blinding her for a second, enough time for Zeppeli to attach one of the cables to Himiko's chest." This is going to sting a little"

"Oh no"

Zeppeli then generated enough electricity to shock Himiko and make her pass out.

Izuku was bewildered, he knew how strong [LOVE DELUXE] and Himiko were, and for Zeppeli to simply win in a matter of seconds was insane.

"You see Izuku, strength is not everything when it comes to fighting, I know what you are thinking. Himiko and her stand are strong don't get me wrong, 8 out of 10 times she could beat me with ease, but I easily manipulated her to just jump in and fight without any planning or trying to figure out my ability, giving me the victory. She got careless something you don't do unless you know 100% that you are going to win" Zeppeli than proceeded to take out a lighter and cigar from out of his pockets and started to smoke. "Like how I know that I am going to win this fight, even if your stand can stop time"ゴゴゴゴ

"WHAT HOW DO YOU KNOW!?"

"Izuku, I always come here to check on you without you noticing, it took me a minute but I figure out how you just suddenly appeared from one point to another. Thanks to the sand"

"How did the sand help you figure it out?"

"Whenever you changed spots, the steps you took during your stop time appeared in the sand, It couldn't be invisibility, I would have noticed you taking the steps. So the only possible conclusion was time stop. Which you can only do for around two seconds.."

"You got all of that from footprints in the sand?" He incredulously asked.

Zeppeli nodded while letting the smoke out of his mouth.

"What. The. Actual. Fuck" "Is Zeppeli even human?, What's this man's IQ!?, The way he figured out [ZA WARUDO]'s ability is bullshit!"

"So are you going to fight, or are you giving up?" He put one of his hands behind his back.

"Here comes nothing" Izuku rushed, his plan was to avoid [RIDE THE LIGHTING] as much as possible and get closer. "[ZA WARUDO]" Izuku stopped time and got around 12 meters closer with the time stop. Zeppeli did nothing. Izuku than pulled out the dagger Himiko gave him. The dagger was hiding under Izuku's shirt and on his waist being held by the shorts he was wearing and by its sheath. He threw it by using [ZA WARUDO]. Zeppeli seemed surprised, yet he easily dodged it thanks to his yet untold quirk that allowed him to process things just a bit faster than the average man, this is how he is able to make such plans in small amounts of time.

Izuku ran at Zeppeli getting into his stands range of 10 meters. Zeppeli extended his stand with one arm trying to attach it to [ZA WARUDO], but Izuku stopped time and dodge it, getting even closer. 8 meters was the new distance between the two of them. Zeppeli with the other hand whip the sand hitting and blinding Izuku, with the same hand he tried to attack with his cables once again. Izuku dodged three of the five incoming cables passing through the sand in the air, the other two were caught by [ZA WARUDO]

"I win" He puffed a cloud of smoke

The cables that were being held by [ZA WARUDO] attached themselves to the hand of the time-stopping stand and shocked them, making Izuku cry in pain as his arm started to get electrocuted and became numb.

"[ZA WARU-]!" Izuku tried to stop time once more, but the first set of cables that were thrown at him retracted while he was blinded and they finally attached to the back of his head and started to immediately shock him before he had the time to stop time. He fell to the ground unconscious.

"You two are definitely stronger than before but you still have ways to go" He puffed one last cloud of smoke finishing his cigar.

30 minutes later

Izuku and Himiko woke up around the same time.

"Why does my chest hurt?" she stood up from the bench she was sitting on.

"Why do my arm and neck hurt?" he did the same.

"Why did the two of you lost so bad?" Zeppeli commented.

"Oh yea, I remember now, we got our asses handed it to us in a golden plate with a side of red wine aged in whiskey barrels" Himiko retorted

"That's oddly specific?" Izuku was confused by what Himiko just said.

"Kids what did you learn today from this fight," Asked Zeppeli

"Don't get careless" Himiko sounded disappointed

"Plan, before you fight" Izuku was still mad about how Zeppeli figured out time stop.

" Zeppeli chuckled "If that's all you got then you two still have a lot to learn before you beat me, wanna try again kiddos? Hahaha!" Zeppeli laughed out loud while the two kids dropped their heads.


The other 5 months.

In those other five months, it was time for Himiko to celebrate her birthday. She woke up to a five-star breakfast from Matteo, we got waffles, bacon-pancakes that Himiko tried to make once but failed, and varied types of omelets for the two of them, thankfully her birthday happened on a Sunday so the restaurant was closed and Matteo was able to enjoy the meal with her. After eating her breakfast she went to the beach to look for Izuku but he was nowhere to be seen. She decided to go to his apartment next, and maybe find him there, but nope he wasn't there either and neither was Inko. She decided to walk around the city to kill time. And while walking she encountered Zeppeli, he was waiting outside a construction site, it was probably the Speedwagon building, and to her luck, she was correct as when she started to talk to Zeppeli he congratulated her for the day, and told her that this where she would start working soon, as the building was near to its completion. She left the place and decided to walk around some more until it was around 6:00 pm and went back home.

When she made it there she was met with a surprise party. Made my Matteo who invited the Midoriya's and Zeppeli. That day was the day the Himiko knew that her life was now completely different, and she loved that. She had new parent figures in the form of Inko and Matteo, a good friend and hopefully something more soon in the form of Izuku, and a mentor in Zeppeli. The day ended with two special gifts this time. Matteo gave Himiko a custom made chef coat hat and apron that were decorated with pins similar to his, but instead of T's they were hearts that had strands of hair twist around them in a D.N.A sort of way, and Izuku gave her a golden necklace that was decorated with a ruby heart, Himiko loved it and asked how much it costed, and Izuku just answered with "More than I expected, less than you think."

Himiko would wear this necklace almost every day after this moment


Izuku's training changed in this other five months. He started to use [ZA WARUDO] more in his training. When he first started to use him more while practicing he felt that his stand was already a lot stronger than before. Yea his time stop-limit evolved from one to two second but even he could tell that there is still a good amount potential that he could still develop. Talking about developing, he was able to develop a technique that has yet to been named but what he does, is he uses his stand to flick a small object and shoot it like a projectile, he created this ability to be able to fight in a more long-range fight and avoid falling into traps like the one that Zeppeli used on him.

His training was almost done as by the beginning of the ninth month he was almost completely done with cleaning the public beach thanks to a combination of Himiko and using his stand a bit more.

Not only that, at the beginning of this ninth month was the beginning of Himiko's vigilantism.

It was a Sunday in the afternoon. Himiko had left the restaurant a tad earlier and met with Izuku as the two of them had a special meeting inside the new, recently built Speedwagon Foundation center, SPW For short. Once inside they were meet by Francesco himself drinking a glass of wine in front of a statue of the founder of the company. Mr. Robert.E.O Speedwagon

"Welcome to the new Speedwagon facility!, the very first one in Japan!" Zeppeli approached the two of them. "And you two are already official members!" He handed a card to both of them. "These cards will give you access to most of the facility, and allow you to go past the guards ahead, without any long check-ups.

"Wait! When did this happen?" Izuku asked. "I haven't signed a thing!"

"This happened when you decided to be friends with Himiko here, she was the one who pretty much signed you up" Zeppeli confessed. Izuku just looked at Himiko.

"What? I know you would of accepted working with me, besides it's not like you are the one being the vigilante."

"Yea I would have said yes, but how am I going to be helping you?"

"Well, Izuku you are going to be her support, Himiko's second pair of eyes." Zeppeli gave him the answer.

"Shouldn't you hire someone who is more experienced to do this?" Midoriya gave a pretty good question.

Zeppeli gave a pretty good response "Yes, and I did do that. I myself will train you to be her support, and maybe one day you could be her partner in crime."

"But I don't want to do a crime! This might get me in problems later on with U.A once and if I make it there!"

"You won't do a crime. Izuku, the world will never know that you are working as a support of a vigilante. As you see. the Speedwagon foundation has a lot of connections, not only that but you will get paid whenever you work here and get special equipment if you ever need it"

"That does sound shady and good and all but-"

"and if you help us out, The SPW will pay for your food at Matteo's whenever you eat there"

"Who do I beat up?" Izuku smiled The idea of free Matteo food convinced him quickly maybe too quickly.

"Well, it didn't take that much to convince you" Himiko retorted " And you will start today, and so am I!"

"Yes you will, but it's still too early for you to start so I am going to give you a small tour of this place."

Zeppeli started to walk the two teenagers around the SPW building and explaining what each room in it was for.

"This place has 10 levels in total. 8 above ground and 2 underground. Out of those 8, 3 are for relaxation as working here can be really difficult. We got the first floor which includes a gym, a pool, and a jacuzzi. The second has the cafe, Matteo approves of. and third, has a movie theatre with a liquor room."

"That sounds a bit excessive don't you think?" Izuku thought that this might get people distracted.

"No, we ran the data, and people do better than they used to without those rooms, plus people here are extremely determined and sometimes they won't even stop working until the next day"

"Jesus" Himiko commented

"Now for some history that will explain the other floors. The SPW was originally created around 150 years ago for medical research, quirk research, the protection of wild animals and plants, but it also was made to help the Zeppeli family in secret when it came to vigilantism when Pro-Heroes were yet a thing. And recently we added a new secret room to research the supernatural. Now the last two rooms that are under this building can only be accessed by using the elevator and putting your cards in a special slot just for them"

"So, when you say supernatural you mean stands and the arrow correct?" Izuku was one to ask a question first

"Correct, but I think we just founded something else to add to that list"

"The stone mask" Himiko joined the conversation

"Yes, but I rather tell you that info later, for now, let's go down to Vigilante room." Zeppeli led the two teenagers to the elevator and showed them how to get to the bottom floors. The special slot was located on the back wall of the elevator. Zeppeli pulled out his card and slid it across the wall and like magic a slot appeared in the middle. Zeppeli then inserted his card and above the slot, a panel opened to reveal 2 buttons with a number 1 on top and a number 2 in the bottom. Zeppeli pressed the number one. The elevator started to move down, and in just a couple of seconds it stopped and the doors opened.

"Welcome to your work station"

"Wow!" Himiko and Izuku said in a surprised Owen Wilson like manner. The place was more like a giant room more than a floor. It had multiple computer stations in the center. and each corner of this floor they were rooms. One for costume design, one for quirk practice, one for equipment testing and one for liquor and relaxation. (Zeppeli's idea)

"You guys like it?"

They both nodded with excitement.

"Good because this is basically your office, now follow me, its time for Himiko to dress in her costume"

"You already finished with it!? I gave you the design like a week ago!" Himiko was beyond impressed.

"Don't underestimate my staff"

"I won't"

They all went to the costume design area. The room looked like a locker room but futuristic.

"Himiko as the first one to have a costumed designed. Your locker will be number 0"

"The first one? you mean there are more people working as vigilantes?" Himiko asked

"But of course did you really think we were going to make a floor just for you? People who work here and want to work as vigilantes will be trained and be transferred here."

"That makes sense"

Zeppeli walked to the locker with a Zero on it, and underneath it, the letters xxii were written. He pressed a button and the locker started to slide outward. and inside of said locker, there was a box. Zeppeli grabbed it and gave it to Himiko. "Here go change. I and Izuku will wait for you in the center"

"Si signore" Himiko left.

"Izuku its time to show you what you are going to do" Zeppeli and Midoriya left the costume area and went back to the center. Then they walked to the computer station number 21.

"You can create your login info later but now sitdown" Izuku followed orders.

"At this moment you see nothing because Himiko has yet to put her costume online, once she does the screen will give you live feedback on what she is seeing, not only that but you will be able to see a mini-map with radar of her current location and have communication with her."

"I feel like I am in a movie"

"I would too, to be honest with you" Zeppeli explained with more detail how to use the computer system until Himiko walked out in her Vigillante costume.

"Sorry for taking so long. How do I look" Himiko's costume consisted of brown combat boots, black pants that looked like spandex but were actually made out of a heat and cold resistant material, on her thighs she carried two green boxes that had throwing knives inside. A dark blue skirt with a utility belt that contained 2 flashbangs and more small green boxes that contained things that Izuku needed for his map and radar. She wore a yellow sweater with a green heart on the back, to cover a small light vest made to protect her from knife wounds and small-caliber bullets. And finally, half black mask with a carnivorous smile to cover her face and hide an earpiece. For her eyes, she wore contacts that made her eyes light blue but it could also change colors whenever it was needed. These contacts also worked as Izuku's way to see what Himiko sees.

"You look badass and hot" Izuku blurted out.

"I-I wasn't expecting that all" Himiko blushed as her hair grew just a bit.

"Kids calm down the hormones and get ready for work. Himiko there is a car waiting outside for you, to drive you to Hosu. So go" Zeppeli pointed at the elevator

"Si signore!"


It was a chilly night at Hosu city, The full moon was bright giving the people who walked in the dark, Some light, cars drove by, and Himiko was jumping from building to building, swinging herself with her hair when needed.

"Nervous?" A voice came out of Himiko's earpiece.

"Yea, what about you Izuku" She jumped to another building.

"Same here, Zeppeli left and to get some wine" Izuku answered back from inside The SPW.

"Of course he did, He is just like Matteo but at least Matteo doesn't drink until he gets home"

"I didn't know he drank"

"He does, and he even shares some with me"

"But you are 15!"

"The legal drinking age in Italy is 16 so he was fine with me drinking a little, you should try some, Matteo makes his own wine"

"That sounds like him, and I bet it tastes delicious... anyways how long do you think it's going to take until you find a criminal?"

"Just because you asked, ahh, 10 seconds"

"Really because I asked?"

"Si signore" Ill show you. "10.9. 8. 7. " "HELP! SOMEBODY!" "Nevermind seven seconds, I'll try to head to where the scream came from"

"Ok, I can see something in my radar, only two signals, they are located two building ahead to your left in an alleyway"

"Got it"

"Be careful"

Himiko landed on top of the building where the signal came from and noticed a man assaulting a woman. You know the usual "All right here we go!" Himiko jumped and used her hair to slow her descent.

"Assaulting a woman, really? Couldn't you think of something less typical?" Himiko asked nonchalantly

The man who was your average ugly bastard stopped trying to do something to the lady and just pushed her aside Making the woman hit her head on the wall. "And who might you be beautiful?" The criminal licked his lips.

"You are disgusting, and that's coming from someone who likes to drink blood"

"Want to get closer and suck me dry?" The guy tried to act seductively

"Ew, Ew, please shut up"

Izuku was getting angrier and angrier and he only grew angrier whenever a word came from this man's mouth. Even [ZA WARUDO] tried to calm him down.

"Let's just fight and get this over with" Himiko all ready wanted to go back home

"With gusto" The guy arms transformed into two metal mallets that were the size of a basketball as he rushed towards Himiko.

"I'll finish this quickly [LOVE DELUXE]!" Her hair grew in size and went straight for the man, who stopped running towards her and started to run away due to the massive amounts of hair coming for him.

"No, you don't" Himiko was able to grab him from the ankles before he got away from her range. She wrapped the man with her hair and slammed him to the wall close to her. She walked towards the man and unwrapped his mouth.

"Wh-who are you?" The man asked in pain and fear.

"A hero that nobody wanted, My hair will fill you with true dread whenever you see my locks, so just call me that, Dread-Lock" She stood above him menacingly just like Izuku would. She wrapped him in hair and started to slam him multiple times while saying "ARI,ARI,ARI,ARI" For her last move she threw him out of the alley making him hit a light, which folded. "ARRIVEDERCI!" She posed... TO BE CONTINUED

So how was it? I know I kind of suck when it comes to clothing, but if you guys have any ideas for Toga's Vigilante costume 2.0 please share.

The next chapter will finally show the mask and Izuku's entrance exam.

You want vampires, I will give vampires. I think I have a good way to introduce them neatly.

I know this question is a bit early for the story but. Who should be the main duo of friends for Izuku? (Besides Himiko) because I think this Izuku is not going to connect as well with Lida and Ochako.

Thank you for reading! Please leave a review to see if you like my story and or give me some tips. Well... Hasta Luego!