"All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players;

They have their exits and their entrances;

And one man in his time plays many parts…"

And just like that, a character is introduced in a story where he plays his parts, some known and some unknown.

Our story begins like the fairy tales at night when the lullaby makes the kids sleep and the melody inspires the birds to make their next song,

Nukarumi Odei was born in one of the poorer parts of the city but that did not stop his parents from sending him to public school, which would ensure him a good future when he decides what he wants to be in the future.

Odei's parents were proud of him and why wouldn't they, at two and half years of age, he could speak and at three he could stand up on his own, but in this quirked society, a certain age changes a person's life forever.

Odei was four years of age when his quirk manifested. It covered his whole body in sewage, a black sludge like substance picked straight from Lovecraftian horror. Odei was horrified, not because of his quirk, but because of his friends. How would they react if they knew I was a sludge? He had already guessed what his quirk was supposed to be, what with his mother having a transformative quirk that lets her change certain body parts into the water and his father having black blood as a quirk.

But his friends. One of them had a bubble quirk that lets them control cloud-like substances, what would they say when they knew. No, they can't know what my quirk is!

But life had other plans in mind

The next day when school started, the cloud quirked friend asked Odei about his quirk,

"Oiii Nukarumi weren't you supposed to get your quirk yesterday. I heard you and aunty went to that fancy quirk doctor"

"Yeah, we did go to the doctor Shiroi. I uh did not umm manifest my quirk."

"Nonsense!" Shiroi laughed as he threw a ball towards Odei

"I have seen your legs Nukarumi, you don't have an extra toe joint"

The ball hit Odei unaware and he promptly exploded into goops of sludge all over the playground

"What the freak Odeiiiii" Shiroi screamed as he hurled goop away from his body and moved away from the mess

The rest of the students in the playground noticed and immediately called the teachers and the teachers were a sight to see.

Horrified, astonished, amazed were some of the emotions on the teacher's faces as they rushed into the playground

Odei was slowly building himself back up from the sludge present in the playground

And Shiroi, Shiroi was still screaming.

One of the teachers went to comfort him and another teacher went toward Odei to see what had happened there with an annoyed look on his face

"What happened here, Nukarumi?"

"Sensei!" Odei was not feeling well. It felt as if his whole body was on fire, as if every thing in his body was everywhere but nowhere and granted that's what happened, Odei didn't want to think about it.

"Shiroi threw a ball at me and I umm just recently manifested my quirk so umm I guess I exploded"

"We need to get you to a quirk counselor soon, what a hassle" The teacher started towards the staff room

"Go to the infirmary Nukarumi, call your mother, I don't care, don't disturb me again"

And Odei did exactly that.

His mother was ecstatic. Her baby, her sweet little baby boy…just exploded

"I am sorry baby, but we can't afford the counselor's fees now, what with your school fees and all, I am really sorry baby"

"Don't worry about it mom, I will be fine" Odei gritted his teeth as he forced himself to smile

If Odei thought this day was bad, the following days were going to be worse.

Nobody wanted to speak to him anymore. The explosion still on everyone's mind. Teachers were wary of him and Odei still couldn't control his quirk, but he tried.

Every day when Odei woke up, he tried to separate a part of his body into sludge, and slowly but surely, he made progress. A day came when his entire body was covered in sludge and yet he did not explode. Odei was so happy that day, Shiroi and the others will talk to him now.

When he went to school after a few days, he was happy. He plastered a smile on his face and went to greet the cloud user. Odei thought Shiroi would be happy to see him

His reaction was not what he expected

Shiroi flinched at the sight of Odei even when he was smiling.

"Shiroi, I can control my quirk now! Look!" Odei covered his body in sludge and extended a hand towards Shiroi

Shiroi screamed yet again, having flashbacks of that traumatizing explosion

"Get away from me"

Some of Shiroi's classmates defended him

"Yeah, sewer shit, you heard him, get away from him."

"Your quirk disgusts me"

"What are you even gonna do with your quirk? Be sewer trash."

"Yeah, that's what he is good for anyways"

The defending turned into sneering, throwing curses at Odei telling him to go the sewers, telling him to clean their toilets

Odei was disgusted, how could his friends do that to him. He worked so hard to control his quirk. He tried so hard to be friends with Shiroi again and that is what he gets. Odei couldn't take it anymore. He ran away

Odei ran, ran and ran, and finally stopped to catch his breath. He looked up to see that he had come to his house

He opened the door to hear his mother

"...an away! Why did he-Oh he is here. I will talk to you later Yamamoto san" His mother looked at him

Teardrops mixed with sludge fell on the ground. Odei didn't realize, he had not deactivated his quirk and now he was crying. Why did it have to happen to him? He could get so many other quirks, so why did it have to be one, which would destroy his life, take away his friends. Odei didn't say anything. He didn't need to. His eyes were enough.

His mother hugged him tightly and whispered in his ear

"It's okay baby! Don't cry. Go sit down, I will bring some food, and then we can talk, okay?"

Odei was tired, tired from the day and so he obeyed his mother without hesitation

A few minutes later his mother brought him hot soba and started to wipe the tear stains from his face

"It doesn't look good when such a pretty face cries, does it Odei" She gently brought the tissues down and looked at him with a small smile

"It doesn't matter what your quirk is. You are Odei and no one else. Why would you let your quirk define you?"

Odei cried once again

"S-Shiroi won't b-be my f-friend a-anymore"

"Give Shiroi kun some time. He had a traumatic experience. Do you know what a traumatic experience is don't you Odei?"

"Y-yes"

"So… give him some time. I am so proud of you for controlling your quirk. I am proud of you for smiling when you should have been crying. No matter how lonely you are, always remember I am there with you"

"T-thank you"

Odei didn't go the school for the next few days and when he went, he was taunted and cursed at by his peers for being trash, for having a villain's quirk but Odei kept a smile on his face and remembered his mother's word. Whenever he would be lonely, his mother would be there for him.

Life isn't fair and it certainly isn't kind.

Odei was 20 years old when he learned that.

"I am sorry but your mother's injury is severe. If we don't operate now, she would be dead. And even if we did operate on her, It is high risk. There is less than a 20 percent chance that she would even survive"

"Please doctor, please save my mother. I will do anything"

The elderly doctor sighed.

"Go to the reception and fill out the payment forms. It will be about… 600,000 yen"

"But…we don't have the money." Odei looked crestfallen

"Can't you do anything doctor?"

"I am sorry kid. It's nothing personal, it's just business for the hospital you know…"

Odei was shocked but what could he do. His minimum wage income would not pay the hospital bills. What was he supposed to do?

The doctor left and, in his stead, stood a young man with yellow hair, not unusual in this day and age of quirks

"Say, I suppose you don't need money do ya"

"Huh?"

"Fuck, kid I am saying Ya need money dontcha" How young did the man think he was…

"Yes Sir"

"Well, you came to the right place then didn'tcha. My Boss is a generous man, he will give ya the money. Follow me."

The man started going in some direction outside the hospital. Odei followed. They went inside a house which had a huge sign painted on it.

They were in the office of Eichi Den, the largest loan shark in the city. Most of his associates and business rivals had been mysteriously killed last year. God knows how he didn't die.

"Ohhh…new customer I see. What do you need brat?"

"Boss, he needs money"

"And I need a fucking cola, Did I fucking complain. Shut your trap you waste of space. Now, Brat what do you need?"

"I umm I need uhhh…"

"Ohhh.. out with it"

"600,000 yen"

"That's it and here I thought you killed your father and needed a illegal passport" Eichi laughed at his own joke. His voice reverberating through the whole room

"I will give you the money. What will you give me in return?"

"Umm…the 600,000 yen back?"

"Ohhhh…. you are a funny kid. Didn't you read the sign? I give loans, you know the ones with interest"

"Right, right along with the interest"

"Smart boy, go now the doctor will get his money"

"Thank you, sir, I will not disappoint"

"That you won't brat…that you won't"

Odei went out of the office while Eichi snickered at his sit.

"Stupid kid didn't even ask about the interest"

Odei's mother ultimately died

He was furious. The doctor said she would be alright. So why isn't she? She should be here, not dead. He even took a loan to save her. So why why why

The doctor was giving his condolences when Odei snapped. He couldn't take it anymore. What was that "if no one is there for you, I will always be there" bullshit. He is here, she isn't This can't be happening.

Odei pounced on the doctor, his quirk activated. Fucking doctor, couldn't even save my mother. You needed money, I gave you the fucking money, so why isn't she here, fucking incompetent asshole

Odei stopped. He was not Odei anymore, he was that doctor. He could even use the doctor's quirk. What happened, his quirk isn't possessing someone, it's sludge. So what happened and then he saw the pieces of sludge hanging from his mouth and realized what had happened.

Odei had killed the doctor and took his body. Odei killed someone.

Oh my God, Odei killed someone. What would his mother think-Oh right, his mother was dead? What was he supposed to do now? He broke down crying in the middle of the room

Doctor Odei did not notice the young man from earlier entering the room

"Yo Doc, Why the fuck you crying. You got the money, didn't you. That stupid bitch was not even supposed to survive, but we managed to make the most out of it didn't we. You got 450, 000 yen. I got the rest and that bastard brat became the scapegoat for my boss. Doc, it is perfect, do you hear me"

Odei did hear everything. He was furious. They did not even try to save his mother. And for the first time, Odei felt glad he killed that old son of a bitch. He started laughing at life's cruel excuse of a joke.

"Yo Yo Doc, why you laughing like a madman?"

And Odei pounced one again while he was talking.

The doctor kissed the young man and the sludge shifted from the Doctor's lifeless body to the new host of the young man.

Odei felt like laughing once again. He enjoyed the rush of transferring himself from one body to another. He liked using their quirks, while his was villainous, weren't theirs just a breath of fresh air.

But soon realization dawned on Odei, He killed two people. The police would take him to jail to rot there. He can't go to jail. He can't even go to Eichi. He has no money. He needs to get out of the country. He left the hospital and came across a supermarket

"Now isn't that lovely" He mused to himself

He went inside the store and in blatant daylight possessed the cashier. The customers were shocked. The security guards even more so. They couldn't even shoot the cashier. What if she was still alive? The cashier started counting all the money and put it in her purse.

A hoarse voice, surely that of the sludge called from inside her

"Don't try following me, or she gets it" The cashier left the supermarket and the sludge slowly came out of her mouth. Her lifeless body lay on the pavement. He started to leave when…

"I AM HERE. AND YOU, FREEZE"

Odei did not freeze. There was All fucking Might behind him. He should run and run he did.

Odei ran again just like that day when he was 4 years old and he found a small green-haired boy walking towards him. Odei decided he should lay low for a while and what better way to lay low than in the body of a 12-year-old. He tried to suffocate the young boy but All Might had other plans. He was blasted away from the boy by a strong gust of wind and fell unconscious.

When Odei opened his eyes. He could see that he was inside a test tube. He was caught by All Might, but suddenly the tubes slipped from the hero's pants and Odei was free once again.

He could see 3 boys there. One had spiky blond hair, the other two were not much to look at but the blond hair boy would make a perfect host. Even better than that scrawny greenette.

He tried to again make that boy his host but that boy was powerful. Explosions after explosions were blasted from his hands and yet Odei did not feel a thing. He could only imagine how a quirk perfect for a hero feels in a villain's hands.

There was a commotion around him. The heroes were not doing a goddamn thing. It was good for him, but again there was an interruption in his plans. Not in the form of All Might, no, but in the form of that little kid.

He was running towards him and hurled his bag straight at him. Huh, what would a bag do when explosions couldn't do anything and then the bag hit him in the eye. He was distracted and the greenette managed to make that blond breathe, but for how long…

He laughed to himself. There was no way a scrawny little kid could do a damn and yet again after a lifetime of interruptions from a little boy and heroes he could hear All might's Detroit smash.

It was the last thing he remembered.