I do not own MHA or its characters, that honor goes to Kohei Horikoshi

Izuku woke up to the gentle light of the sun as it rose from the horizon. He shifted slightly and sat himself up straight, taking in the bright oranges and yellows as they sat on his skin softly.

He had fallen asleep atop an abandoned building the night before and it had been a decently cold night, so it was nice to wake up to the gentle warmth of the sun. His eyes going soft as he gazed at the scenery.

It had been about 2 months since he had started living on the streets and he took in any amount of comfort when he could get it. He liked sunrises, he always had, but more-so now because it seemed to fill his empty heart with each color as the sky slowly turned a light blue.

He had adjusted to the area nicely as he was able the navigate it much easier than he did before. He wanted to get a nice layout of the part of the city he was now occupying so he could maneuver around easily if need-be. With no one to help him he had to rely on his wit so he could survive on the streets.

Then there was the problem of food.

He was able to silently ignore it up till this point because he honestly found the idea ...less than ideal. He had originally been repulsed by the idea of having to eat another person, however he new it was 'do or do more' situation, as if he went long enough without eating he would lose control of himself completely and would probably eat anyone around his vicinity until he got his full, or was subdued by a hero. Neither of those ideas appealed to him. He liked being in control of what he did thank you very much.

"GET OUT, LEAVE!", "I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A MONSTER IN MY HOUSE!"

Izuku's mother's voice replayed in his head.

"your not my son anymore, leave and never come back, I don't want to look at this monster who took my son away anymore."

He cringed as his memories of that day came flooding back like a flash flood. His quirk was monstrous, that much he knew. He was on his own. A person who had to survive on human flesh would never in a million years be accepted into human society. There was a certain moral ideal that humans shouldn't kill each other unless necessary. But what was considered 'necessary' in certain situations, like his own?

Was it wrong for him wanting to live?

He was the monster in a horror movie that should be stopped at all costs. But he wouldn't go down easy. No, he wanted to live. And he was going to stop the protagonist in this horror movie from getting their happy ending.

After snapping himself out of his train of thought, he looked out at the now blue sky as he lifted himself off the ground. It has been about a month since his last meal, so he was going to have to find someone tonight.

Jumping from the roof to another one closer to the ground he rolled last second to minimize the damage. After his time on the streets, Izuku had noticed that his overall physique had been much more durable, had much more stamina and all of his senses seemed to be heightened.

Taking a side-latter down into an alley, he made his way through the city without a real plan on where he was going. He just wanted to use his time to further familiarize himself with the city.

After walking for a good couple of hours he found himself at Kiyashi ward shopping mall. Having nothing better to do with his time he decided to stroll around the mall, he had a wallet full of money from the last meal he ate so he thought 'what a better way to spend it, maybe I can find some new clothes'. This however proved to be a terrible idea because he happens to despise crowds with passion and mentaly cursed himself for being an idiot and not remembering this was a usually busy time of the day.

Being pushed in by a large group behind him he decided he would just walk the mall in less busy parts until more people left so he could make his escape.

He started to make his way out of the crowd and found himself in a more open area of the mall. Walking by the many store windows he found himself staring at one particular store. It was hero store, and like the name intels, it sold almost exclusively merch for different heros.

Ever since the day his quirk manifested and his mother kicked him out, he was forced to accept the fact that no one would want to help him. Knowing heros helped people in need and always saved the day suddenly didn't sit well with him. Going back to the analogy he thought up earlier he had to come to terms with the fact that he was the monster of this horror movie and he was made to be foiled by the heroins. His once admiration turned into fear. He frowned at this before turning his expression into a grimace. 'If I want to live in this world I have to fight back against people like this', he thought. ``I may be a monster, but want to live'.

Shifting his gaze back forward, he maneuvered his way through the mall until he found an exit on the other side of the building and opted to leave while he could. He needed to find his dinner after all.

Earlier that day

Shigaraki Tomura was just heading back from a less than stellar meeting. He had offered a job to a certain group of villains and was harshly denied by the group because "their views didn't match" or something like that. He had wasted his time over nothing. However Kurogiri was busy with a meeting of his own at the moment, so it was up to him to make it to this meet-and-greet. Maybe he would use this time to get the newest RPG or something, he really enjoyed video games.

Leaving game-stop with game in hand he was about to make his journey home when something caught his eye.

It was a kid, maybe about 10 with green curly hair staring at whatever was behind the store glass. Whatever it was clearly didn't sit too well with the kid as he had a small frown on his face before turning slightly sour. Following the kids gaze he noticed it was a hero-merch store.

'Now this is interesting' thought Shigaraki as he watched the kid make his way to the exit of the mall. Normally kids would have their gross faces squished against the wall begging their parents for the latest hero figure or something. But not this kid, for whatever reason he had a distaste for heros and was suspiciously alone.

His curiosity piqued, he opted to use his free time to follow the kid and try to find out more about him. He couldn't let an opportunity like this pass him up.

"Where the hell is this kid going" he said to himself as he continued to follow the child. He had been following this kid around for hours and it honestly seemed like he was just kinda wandering around in an organized fashion. It was starting to get dark and he realized that wherever this kid's going, wasn't home. 'Maybe he's a runaway?' he thought. This only further cemented his interest, however. He was going to get to the bottom of this whether the kid wanted him to or not.

It had gotten dark by the time the kid had suddenly changed his walking pace. He started to briskly walk forward in a particular direction. 'Finally' he thought.

Izuku had picked up the scent of blood up ahead. He preferred the idea of taking out his prey when they were committing a crime as they would already be in a secluded area and would be distracted by whatever they were doing. Of course he could try to pick off civilian stragglers or something but he hadn't had to yet. Before the night was over, he would always be able to find a scenario like this, distracted pray too focused on the thought of what they had just done to notice a stalking beast ready to make them a meal.

'It's a nice and secluded spot too, good' he quickly thought to himself before peeking around the corner. This time it was a woman standing in front of a man she had just shot, the gun clattered to the ground as she stared at his lifeless body.

The woman's face, contorted with anger, yelled "THAT'S WHAT YOU GET YOU CHEATING BASTARD!" she was too preoccupied with what she was thinking to notice a figure creep in behind her.

Getting ready to try and dispose of the corpses in a nearby garbage canister she suddenly fell limp as her heart was cut clean through. Falling to the ground hard she died almost instantaneous.

Without wasting a second, Izuku started digging into his meal, using his kagune to help tear off limbs. He wanted to get it done and over with as fast as possible as to not attract any unwanted attention.

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Shigaraki stood there for a moment, registering what the kid he had been following was doing. He stifled a giggle, a large grin stretched across his face as he watched the kid swiftly make work of his prey. 'I thought the kid was interesting but I never thought I would see something like this', thought Shigaraki as he made his way toward the mossy green haired child.

Izuku suddenly shot up, as he heard soft footsteps approaching him. He swiftly turned around to see a slender figure with blue hair and slightly sickly looking skin. He quickly took a threatening stance, pointing his kagune (as he had named) at the figure.

Suddenly, to his surprise the man slightly raised both hands in a non-threatening manner, saying "woah, woah, calm down kid i'm not here to hurt you".

Normally, Izuku would seriously doubt something like this as it could be used as a way for heros to grab him once they got close. However, something felt different. It was the way the guy said it that puzzled him. It sounded sincere, not laced with a hint of trickery. If anything, he almost sounded ...excited?

"I'm not here to hurt you, I would actually like to help you out if you will let me". Said the man in a matter-of-fact tone.

Now this really confused him,'what did this guy mean he wanted to help me? Shouldn't he be at least a little frightened at the sight of a monster eating another human being?!' Thought izuku as he tried to piece together what he meant.

Finally speaking up, Izuku said in a quiet voice, "why would you want to help a monster like me?"

Ahh, so that's what it was, "you see kid, i've got myself a pretty nasty quirk too" he said as he leaned over to pick up a glass bottle, only for it to slowly crumble to dust. "Us monsters have to stay together kid, if we want a chance to fight back against the people and heroes who shun us for possessing something so scary". He gave the kid a grin as he looked at his face, it was contorted with that of confusion and fear.

Izuku thought about this for a moment, it would be nice to have someone he could work with instead of being by himself forever. He had convinced himself that no one would ever want to help him, even villains as they would just be disgusted or something. But here he was, face to face with someone like him, with a quirk just as destructive and dangerous, willing to give him a hand.

Crouching down to the kids level he saw his eyes soften a bit. Holding out a hand, he said "I have a place where you and me can live together, a place where we can hide from the heroes and come up with plans on taking down our hunters. Us monsters have to be smart and out wit the heroes that hunt us down like animals." He waited patiently as the small kid slowly made his way over to him. Careful of his fingers he let the kid take his hand.

Patting him on the head he led him out of the alleyway, holding back the joy he felt as he didn't want to spook the kid away. Smiling in the least threatening way possible he walked the child back to the bar where he would have a fun story to tell Kurogiri when they got back.

"Hey kid, do you like video games?"

Authors note- wow, I had a lot of fun writing the chapter! I was originally going to write a short chapter about bakugou and maybe a little preview into the next chapter but I decided to scrap that. Glad I did. Now the next chapter will probably feature bakugou a little big as has only been mentioned so far in the story. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed that chapter!