Hi there, a few announcements before we start. First, Deku into the Multiverse, for readers of both series, will come out in the weekend.
Second, a new fic of mine, still set in MHA and called Izuku in Black will start on Monday, and then continue in the Monday-Tuesday slot.

None of this had anything to do with this fic but if you like my stories, give it a look when it comes out. You can also join my discord (which I'm not sure I can link on SB) if you want to get a notification when one of my stories comes out. A summary of Izuku in Black is included in the notes at the end of the chapter.

Thank you and now I leave you to our regularly scheduled- wait a minute...

(XX)

Masutaro took a deep breath as he saw who was calling him. "Hi Tokoyami."

"Good morning, Masutaro. It's good to hear of you. I'm glad the Abyss has not yet claimed us."

"Jesus Christ Fumi, that was almost too emo even for you…" Dark Shadow's voice interjected.

Masutaro snorted, before speaking. "So… I wanted to talk about my current… relationship."

"I see." Tokoyami nodded, "You are aware that I don't have a good history of dating."

"At least you have a history. If it's not you, then who? Mineta? Kaminari?"

"What about Midoriya or Himiko?" Tokoyami asked, "Those two seem connected by the red thread of fate."

"Ah, uhm… It's complicated. Just… I don't think they can give me the advice I need. Sorry, I can't tell you more."

"I understand, their private matters are their own. Now… Well, I'll be glad to help. So, what's up?"

Masutaro took a deep breath. He needed to express this in a calm, objective-as-possible manner. "I have no idea how to be a boyfriend, Toko! I know nothing about having a girlfriend, and I don't want to fuck up! I have known Tooru for a month and she is amazing, what if I go wrong?!"

"I mean… Only you can prevent that."

"Don't give me that, please! Throw me a bone or something!"

"Alright, alright… Ah, to be so young and naïve."

"You/We have the same age." Dark Shadow and Masutaro pointed out together.

Tokoyami coughed, "Anyway, what I mean is that I don't know Hagakure enough to suggest something specific. Instead, the best suggestion I can give you is to be kind, respectful, and understanding, and try to figure out what you'd like to do. Did you go on a date since you started dating?"

"No…"

"Then start with that. Take her out to some place you think she might like. Have fun, enjoy your day…"

"Kiss a lot…"

"Kiss a l- Dark Shadow!"

"What? It's valid advice!"

Masutaro nodded, "I understand. I should try to make sure we enjoy each other's company, right?"

"Correct. The only way to know how to make a relationship work, is knowing your partner. I could tell you what my past girlfriends liked, and what I liked about them, but the truth is that I can't ensure you that what they liked will be of Tooru's taste." Tokoyami chuckled, "My advice, Masutaro, is to be yourself. Tooru likes you already, if you keep being you she should like you. As for you… Do you like Tooru?"

"Of course! I… I think she is amazing, you know? She is always so cheerful, and I feel like her personality really shines. It's not her looks – though I bet she is beautiful – it's the way she acts, the way you can tell when she smiles, and…" He paused, suddenly very aware he was rambling. Dammit Izukun, rambling is supposed to be your thing! He coughed, "Yeah, I like her."

"Really? I couldn't tell." Dark Shadow and Tokoyami said in unison.

"Ah. Ah. Very funny." He sighed, "Alright. Thank you, that was… I guess it did help. See you soon, Toko."

"See you, Masutaro." Tokoyami replied. "I'd like to talk more, but I have to go."

"Hawks running you ragged?"

"Definitely running." Tokoyami replied, before saluting and closing the call.

Masutaro sighed. Dammit, no one ever told him having a girlfriend would be difficult. Usually getting a girlfriend was 'story end, timeskip ahead ten years to them having a nice family', not… This.

"Sako, are you ready?" Intelli shouted from outside the door, "We are going!"

"Y-Yes, I'll be right there." Masutaro replied, putting on the last part of his Hero Costume. He shook his head.

'Hopefully today something can take my mind off this.'

-x-

"So, you girls have any… romantic interest?" Gunhead asked with a chuckle.

"Wh-What?!" Yaoyorozu asked, almost spitting her lunch. After a morning of training, she hadn't expected to be suddenly hit with such a question.

"Ahah, don't worry, it's not like I'm trying to force your hand into telling me. I simply enjoy listening to my students' story, if they are willing to share. Why, one of my recent students told me quite a bit about himself. I think I know some secrets even his classmates ignore." Gunhead chuckled again, and Momo couldn't help but think his demeanor was rather cute, quite the contrast from his burly appearance.

"I don't really." Kendo casually replied, "I have a few childhood friends, but they are both idiots, and aside from them I'm not yet close to anyone in class."

"And outside of class…"

"Still nothing. But I will keep you updated." She said with a confident smile. Gunhead now laughed.

"Ah, you are a cheeky one, uh? I like it." He turned to Momo, "What about you?"

"Ah… Well, there is someone…" She coughed, "I guess you could say someone I fancy…"

"I see, still at that stage, uh? I love it. So, who is the lucky guy, if you want to tell?" He asked.

Momo pondered her options. She could say no, but maybe he had some advice? So long as she didn't name the person, Kendo would be unable to figure it out, but even if she did, being in another class, it wouldn't be that big a deal, and Momo could use some advice.

"I… I don't want to say the name. We casually met at the cinema, when he was given one of my seats by accident and we ended up bonding. He is pretty strong, and skilled. He is… rough around the edges, but a good leader. Smart too, and very sensitive if he is given the right circumstances, but otherwise he can be scary and off-putting. I… can't say much more, I suppose, or it would be too easy."

"I… assume you have competition." Kendo commented.

Momo froze. Had she realized? She must have been quite informed if she, like Momo, suspected Tsuyu of having a similar interest in Bakugo after their k-k-k-k- exchange of affection. "Ah, I… suppose that's the case, he is quite popular, but I intend to… see if we could come to see each other in… such a way."

"Well, Yaoyorozu." Gunhead interjected, "You have my full support. You say this person is strong, so you came here to train and become stronger?"

"I… Can't deny that's part of the reason."

"Excellent! I approve of having a goal like that. Romance is important in life, and if you think your beau will appreciate a fighter more, than I am going to make a warrior out of you!"

Momo blushed lightly, but she'd be lying if she said she didn't appreciate the support. "A-Alright, sir!"

Gunhead gave her a reassuring thumbs-up, and Kendo stood up. "Excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom." She said, "I'll be back soon."

"Of course Kendo." Momo said with a smile.

-x-

Kendo left the room and immediately took out the phone while walking toward the bathroom.

"Hello?" The voice on the other side asked.

"Hiryu, it's me, Itsuka."

"Oh, Itsuka. How is the experiment going?"

"Gunhead is a good teacher, I can see why the Clan has him training their Heir." She replied, "But I have important news."

"Oh?"

"I believe Midoriya is planning to seduce Yaoyorozu."

Hiryu was silent for a moment, before he spoke again, "On what grounds?" He asked carefully.

She smiled. "Well, she described having a crush for a person she 'casually met at the cinema, seating in one of the spots that should have been reserved for her'. That seems a very bizarre coincidence, given usually cinemas don't make such mistakes."

"True…"

"And then he described this individual as strong, smart, a good leader if rough around the edges, very sensitive but also scary and off-putting. I doubt there are many people that fit the bill like this, don't you?"

"Indeed. Midoriya does fit the description. But what about his current fiancée?"

"She is aware, but she hopes she could take her spot. But even if she couldn't, I doubt Midoriya would have problems having lovers, much like other Yakuza leaders do." She frowned, "I suppose the possibility of him having multiple wives also exists, though it would depend on Himiko Shig… Shimura's agreement too."

"And that way, he would control Yaoyorozu Industries. On top of that, his cousin was given an exclusive internship at Detnerat, a company no other Yakuza or Triad had ever managed to infiltrate, talking and walking around with non-other than Rikiya Yotsubashi himself." Hiryu's voice had grown more frantic, "My god, Midoriya isn't just planning to take over the Hero System, he is planting the seed to take over Japan in the next decade."

Kendo froze. "A-Are you sure?"

"All for One on his side through marriage, the two biggest and richest companies in Japan on his side, with contacts with most underground and political groups… The possibilities would be endless!"

"… This is serious, Hiryu, that guy is…"

"A master of deception and trickery unlike any others. Truly, we might be dealing with one of the smartest men in all of Japan."

-x-

Izuku yawned, looking at Hiroshima. He had never been to the city before, so everything was new. Unlike Osaka, which he had visited a couple of times as a child, here he found himself sightseeing just as much as he was patrolling. The sunset over the city was a fantastic view-

"Eyes on the prey kid!" Miruko shouted, and Izuku shook his head as he looked around to see… nothing.

"What is it?" He asked.

"Nothing, that's the problem." Miruko replied, "We aren't exactly in the most criminal part of my hometown, but if the first half of our patrol was normal, in the second half we should have run into a purse snatcher, a store robbery or at least a drug dealer, but we didn't." She glanced at the setting sun.

Izuku paused. Uh, that was true. They hadn't run in a single criminal for the last few hours, so much so he had relaxed to the point of sightseeing in the first place. "You think this means something?"

"I think it means something bad." Miruko replied, "Even if the rumor I'm around had spread in advance, there are always people willing to try their luck. No, this is bigger." She pulled out her phone and checked the Hero Network, then frowned.

"Bad news?"

"The Hero Network is far more silent than usual. Not entirely silent, reports of this or that crime are coming in, but slowly compared to normal days. Something definitely doesn't add up."

"What could it be?"

"Two options. Either someone is planning a big move and went too far in threatening lesser criminals into staying out of the picture, or all those criminals are involved in something big. Not much else I can think of."

Izuku nodded. That made sense. "So what do we do?"

"We investigate. And if I'm right…" She smiled, a grin going almost hear to hear, "We will destroy the Villains setting this up."

Izuku gulped, but he still nodded.

And they jumped off.

-x-

Shinso looked at his phone. Weird to think there were only two days left on his internship. Mister Togaraki had given him a lot to think about. The Underground Hero had taken him on a few patrols, and while they hadn't achieved much, only catching a couple of people, Shinso understood why: the man was teaching him to look for trouble.

Twice, Shinso was the one that noticed the crimes being committed, a drug sale and a mugging. The Hero clearly faked not noticing, since the moment Shinso pointed out the incident he rushed in and stopped it. The other times, he stopped a theft in a store, pretending to walk in by accident before defeating the store robber when his guard was down, and another when he pretended to ignore a robber, bumped into him, and when the man lost his footing he stepped on him, taunting him to prevent him from leaving until he was arrested.

Truly, mister Togaraki was a genius.

He glanced up at the television and frowned.

Uh, why was the broadcast down?

Then the signal came back.

Sitting on what looked like a throne was a thin man with gray hair. He looked familiar, for some reason, though Shinso couldn't quite place him. The hair was all messy, covering much of his face, but said face was also covered by a detached hand, more covering arms and legs.

Next to him, to his side, was a man with a top hat and a mask, wearing a trenchcoat.

"Hello." The man with the mask said, "And welcome. We interrupt your scheduled programming for a surprising broadcast, the first episode of the Handjob Show. No, don't take your children away from the tv, my friend here has many hands but he is not intent in using them in the kind of unsavory way you are imagining. And now, take it from here, Master Handjob."

The Villain looked up, his eyes visible through the open fingers of the hand covering his face. "Hi, Japan. I am Handjob, the leader of the League of Villain. You might remember my attack on UA of a few weeks ago." He smiled now, "That was an excellent prologue."

"You see, I learned a lot that day. Particularly, I learned that the strength of your little Heroes, is only in their numbers. One of them showed me that. I could have won, killing All Might right there… if it wasn't for the brats banding together behind a single person. He showed me, that where alone they were weak and easy picking, together they proved more dangerous."

"And now, as I sit here, I wonder… what happens if we change that?" He grinned, "What if your little Heroes are the ones on the backfoot for once? Tonight, in the first episode of the Handjob Show, I will show you that-" he frowned, for an instant, before gritting his teeth, "That the Heroes of Japan are soft." He spat.

"Every Villain I could talk to, every criminal that wished to enter the fray: tonight is the night. Let us start a true Parade of Villainy across Japan. Welcome, to the Japan Villain Festival."

-x-

"The streets of Japan look calm a moment before. But in that very moment, people all over the nation start to riot. Stores are suddenly attacked and robbed. People get mugged, Heroes are attacked, people go wild. And you know why?"

"Why?" The thief asked, trembling in the corner of the alley the man he had the misfortune of robbing had dragged him.

"Because I am here." All for One, the Symbol of Evil, replied, "See, I was the biggest Villain in Japan. And I might be weaker now, but I still have a lot of contacts. When Tomura came to me, asking me to organize a grand riot, I was so overjoyed. Dare I say I almost felt proud?"

"A-A father should always be proud of his son?"

"Pah, gibberish. Pride is earned like everything else. And…" He cringed a bit, "Handjob, name choice aside, made me proud. He came to me with a simple yet effective plan. Ah, I'm so happy he met the heir of the Green Valley Clan. I can see it now. At the USJ, using the newly obtained One for All and his power as a leader of the Clan, the heir showed Handjob what it means to organize your forces. And now…" He smiled, fondly, "Now Handjob is making his move. How could I not help?"

"Y-You are clearly an a-amazing father. Extraordinary."

"Why, thank you. I always forget what a good sycophant can do for your morale. Now, care to explain why you tried to rob me?" He asked.

"I am very bad at making life choices clearly…" The thief said, gulping awkwardly.

"Yes you are." All for One replied, taking back his wallet, and then the thieves wallet for good measure, "Now, what should the Symbol of Evil do with you?"

"Let me go and forget an insignificant ant such as me ever existed?" The thief asked.

"I was more thinking on the ground of seeing if you are a lucky one." All for One replied, "Let's play my favorite game. 'Chug, chug, chug but with Quirks"! How many can you take before you completely lose your mind, turn into a proto-Noumu, or explode?"

"Please, don't kill me."

"That's up to you." All for One replied with a grin, "Now, chug, chug, chug!"

The scream was deafening. Well, it would have been deafening if All for One hadn't activated his Sound Silencing Quirk a moment earlier.

'Ah, I really needed this vacation. I hope Tomura is also having fun.'

At four extra Quirks, the guy fell to the ground, broken. Kinda disappointing, really. He would have bet on one more at least. Eh, that would teach a thief to try and rob him. He certainly hoped no one else would try, when he moved his visit from Kleyn to Otheon.

-x-

Rody Soul felt a shiver down his spine as he looked at his haul of the day. For some reason, he had the impression that his job would put him in a very bad situation very soon.

Then again, he was a thief, that was kind of the point.

-x-

Izuku jumped in, punching in the face a large, bulky man as he was sent flying, blasted against another wall. Miruko meanwhile had taken out the two teammates of the store robbers and was finishing the other two. One of them managed to shout, 'You can't defeat the Reservoir D-" before Miruko's kick sent him fly face first in a nearby wall.

"Alright, those are out, let the Police handle them Valiant, move!"

Izuku nodded shakily, but inside his mind was running. Tomura was doing this?! That was a clear jump in quality. What had made him skip so far ahead?

And could he do something to stop him?

"We are backing around toward the main road, Valiant! Stay close to me!" Miruko shouted, and Izuku nodded, punching forward to strike another opponent, before taking a book from Miruko's fighting style and kicking another. He ran after Miruko, Full Cowling allowing him to keep up.

"What do we do?"

"We take them all out!" Miruko shouted, "Stay close and don't do anything reckless, alright? I'm giving you fighting permission, but only so long as you are in sight or you need to defend yourself." She explained, and he nodded, sticking close to the Rabbit Hero.

Well, that wasn't exactly what Izuku had planned for the day. Not that anyone could have predicted it.

-x-

Every single Vestige turned at once toward Daigoro.

"Oh come on…" He muttered, "I didn't expect to…"

"Shut. Up." Yoichi pointed a finger toward him, "Just. Shut. Up."

Daigoro huffed.

-x-

Tomura Shigaraki smiled as he left the tv station, yawning when he saw a whole bunch of police cars surrounding the place. As expected, it hadn't take them long to find out which station he had broken into to find him.

Tomura rushed forward.

The guns fired.

And he dissolved into mud, making sure to flip them the bird as he melted.

-x-

"Nice work Twice!" Compress, passing through a portal, patted Bubaigawara on the back.

"Thank you. Don't compliment me!" The man said, pointing both fingers toward Compress, "Still, glad to finally do something. I liked to slack off."

"Yeah, I get what you mean. Giran brought you in what, three weeks ago? Before the Festival for sure. You must have been tired." Compress yawned, "Either way, my part is done. As for 'Togaraki', he is probably playing the Hero. And if I'm right, phase two and three should start…"

The screams from outside the bar grew, and Compress smirked. "Now."

-x-

Izuku's eyes went wide as Noumu burst through a portal and on the main street. Its body was pitch black like the one at the USJ, but unlike that one, this Noumu had only half the face, everything above the jaw replaced by his exposed brain. The man- creature- something roared a challenge as it started going berserk.

"Is that the thing that fought off All Might for a bit?"

"It looks similar." Izuku replied, "Why- Miruko no! That thing fought All Might!'"

"See, you say that, but what I hear is 'Miruko yes! That thing fought All Might!'" The Bunny Hero shouted, "Stay back here and help the civilians escape. Take out the rioters that show up. Do not engage any serious Villain without the Heroes support, don't jump in first unless it's to save someone's life, and don't get out of sight, alright?"

"I-"

"Good work Valiant!" And she rushed forward, her kick hitting the Noumu in the sternum. Izuku gulped, but started doing what Miruko had told him.

He hoped his friends were doing well.

-x-

Endeavor threw a burning spear through the Noumu's eye socket. How many of those things were there?

"Are you sure lethal force is allowed?!" Shoto shouted, using his ice to freeze a minor villain that had tried to take Endeavor by surprise.

"Yes. This isn't public information yet, but the leading theory right now is that Noumus are not living people. The exam of the USJ Noumu showed they are completely unresponsive to any input, and they are, for all intent and purpose, dead things." Endeavor gritted his teeth, "Shoto, Uravity, you two get out of here! Join the Heroes helping the evacuation!"

"But we can-" Uraraka started, but Endeavor glared at her.

"Now!" He shouted, pointing to more Noumu, with their skin grey or pale white, rushing down the street, "Burnin', Kido, Onima, you three watch my back!"

Shot made to argue, before he was interrupted. "To all Heroes in Hosu, this is Mandalay of the Wild Wild Pussycats. I'm here with the Number Five, Edgeshot. I'm also aware that the Number Two, Endeavor, is here in the city. We believe those two are the target!"

Shoto blinked. "What?"

"The Noumu have all appeared close to Edgeshot, and Ragdoll's Search states the rest have appeared in the area near the Number Two. This is a targeted attack, aimed at the Top 10! To all Civilians, please stay away from the Top 10 Heroes!"

'The Heroes are going soft…' Shoto remembered, "Endeavor! It's what that Handjob guy was saying! He is planning to kill the Top 10 to show Heroes are weak!"

Endeavor gritted his teeth. "I see. The rioters were to spread the Heroes around the city, and now the Noumu can pick apart the Top 10 while the other Heroes are busy with the rioters." He turned to Shoto, "What are you doing still here?"

"I…"

"Shoto, he told us to leave." Uraraka said. Shoto gritted his teeth. He hated his dad, but it didn't mean he wanted him dead. Locked up maybe, definitely away from his mom and family, but not dead.

"Don't die, Endeavor." He said, and then stopped resisting and let Uraraka drag him away toward the rest of the Heroes helping the evacuation and at subduing the rioters.

"If they are attacking the Top 10…" Ochaco gasped, "Tsuyu and Bakugo are with Jeanist, Midoriya is with Miruko, Masutaro, Tokoyami with Hawks, and Hagakure are with Edgeshot! They are all…"

"In danger." Shoto nodded, before using his ice to restrain a rioter that had appeared from a street corner to attack an escaping civilian. "But we can't do anything about it. We just have to trust in them."

He could tell Uraraka didn't like the answer. But even if Mandalay was telling the truth, Edgeshot was somewhere in Hosu, about as busy as his father was fighting off all the Noumu, and both Mandalay and Ragdoll were watching over the Interns, hopefully.

Bakugo was strong, and Best Jeanist was, in his father's words, 'the most competent of that lot', referring to the Heroes behind him. He didn't know about Tsuyu, but he was sure Best Jeanist could watch over them. He had to suppose Hawks and Miruko would do the same.

-x-

The Doctor sipped his coffee as he watched his little ones fight the Heroes. Ah, to have so many deployed at once had really strained his skills. Thankfully, having been informed far in advance, he didn't have just the three he kept active on rotation in case of emergency, but had all the time to prepare the others.

Well, except his High-End, of course. Those still needed further development. The older one, his little Hood, was almost ready, but he wouldn't get hasty.

Still, this would be a fascinating experiment. How did the Top 10 fare against his various lesser Noumu? Of course, they would lose. Kurogiri would try to retrieve as many as possible, once phase 2 and 3 of Tomura's… Handjob's surprisingly well-thought-out plan were finished.

Personally, Garaki figured he was the one that deserved the credit. This kind of presentation was clearly suggested by someone, and while Compress had valid ideas, he personally thought there was a touch of Hina in all this. The girl had a penchant for design, after all, and Shigaraki's operation was very well-designed. Sure, he claimed the main source was the Green Valley child, but Garaki chose to believe this was more than a childhood rivalry with an admittedly smart teenager. 'Although, he did still One for All, I shouldn't underestimate him too much…'

He sighed. Whatever the case, Phase One and Two were ongoing, which meant phase three was also starting.

First, the rioters, recruited online and through Sensei's remaining connections. Then, the Noumu, to attack the Top 10 and drive the Hero's thoughts in a certain direction.

And then, the League's own goals in phase three.

'Truly Handjob will- Goddammit, that name instantly makes everything less serious! Why the fuck does Tomura still use it?!'

The doctor sighed.

Whatever. There was a fascinating night ahead.

(XX)

It's Handjob time baby- no wait that came out wrong. Ahem, anyway.

I love writing Hiryu and his gang. They are really good at making it sound like Izuku has a coherent master plan when he clearly doesn't.

Yeah, this is the big event, the time of reckoning cometh as Handjob pulls off his plan. Noumu, rioters, and maybe JUUUUUST a bit of mayhem.

Honestly, bet a lot of people forget this is crack taken seriously and Tomura is still trying his Villain gig. I have been waiting for a while for this to happen.

Now, the summary for Izuku in Black.
- Quirkless can't be Heroes. But All Might isn't going to end the sentence there. He knows there is something Quirkless people excel at, something that will save people. Izuku, on the other hand, really didn't expect to find out Aliens are real, get recruited by a mysterious agency, and get partnered up with another young agent. But if this can save people, he will do it.

... Yeah it's Man in Black-esque MHA. Pretty different AU, so don't expect much of UA, USJ and so on. You will see how and why if you decide to read it. Not gonna tell on who is the 'partner' here, but I might let it slip in other sources. Or you can just read the story when it comes out.