Chapter Twenty-Nine:

I felt a whirlwind of emotions I couldn't quite comprehend. But I could at least try to.

On one hand, I felt proud that I saved Deku from Shigaraki. He was this close to killing him. His hand was literally in his throat. But thanks to Tattletale and me, we saved him. I went to throw my fist into the air when Shigaraki got hit by Ballistic's projectile, but I had to conceal it. If I wanted my feelings to stay secret. But it didn't matter, we saved him…

But…

On the other hand, I felt anger at myself for letting it happen in the first place. The whole reason I did this was to prove myself to Coil that I was worthy of being his subordinate. So he would let go of Dinah or stop abusing her. And I let Deku go.

It wasn't like I wanted to hold Deku captive. It was the opposite. But as much as I wanted to let him go, I knew he would be ok after the job was set and done. We'd be richer, and Deku would be safe. We'd have bad blood with the heroes, but besides that, no harm done. But I couldn't say the same for Dinah if we failed. Now she was stuck with Coil abusing her, and there was nothing I could do about it but keep trying.

Obviously, I would, but that's beside the point.

Wasn't the whole reason I tried to hold him at arm's length so I wouldn't get close to him? Why did I spend time with him? I just felt like spending time with him while ensuring he didn't get close to me. Goddamn, it was like all my interests were paradoxical as hell. I felt the same with wanting to spend time with The Undersiders and wanting to turn them in.

But that wasn't the only thing that was paradoxical, because I didn't just feel anger at myself, I felt guilt for even feeling anger at myself. After all, I saved Deku. I really like him. He's my friend. And I wanted to use him as a bargaining chip. It made me feel like crap for even considering it.

But as I said, he would've been fine at the end. If I went along with it, he would've been safe in the end. Right?

Right?

The heroes shouldn't have attacked. And they shouldn't have been able to win. How were they that strong? That smart? Was it just the students? Was it just their training? Were we lesser than them now?

Another thing to worry about.

Where was I? In my base, with the rest of The Undersiders, who were sulking about their loss. I think this was their first loss together. So they weren't exactly…used to it. It's been an hour and everyone was silent.

I instructed all of my workers to stay out of the warehouse, to work on repairing it, and to leave me be. I needed time to think, needed time with The Undersiders. Alone. Even Sierra and Charlotte were absent.

"sooooooooooooo…That stunk." Imp said.

"They were operating at such a higher level," Grue said. "What happened?"

"It was the notebook," Tattletale held her stomach. I think she was still hurt. "One of the students, don't know which one, is a thinker. An intelligence power. He made that notebook."

Notebook? Could that be…

"This is the first time we lost," Regent said. "What do we do now?"

"Don't know," Grue said. "This never happened before. I don't even know if I want to attack the heroes to keep our rep up. They're way more competent now."

"We only lost because Skitter held back." Bitch turned to me.

Oh-no…

"What?" Grue turned to Bitch. "What are you talking about?"

"We lost because Dude Dynamite was there," Tattletale said. "There's no other reason. We would've won if it wasn't for that."

"Yeah, but-"

"Skitter could've beaten everyone there," Tattletale cut Bitch off for a second. "She could've beaten everyone there. The only reason she didn't was because of Bakugo."

"Fucking Bakugo," Imp said. "That guy almost killed Regent. I would've killed him if I wasn't tied up."

Grue crossed his arms. "And if we weren't afraid of him."

Imp sighed.

They were afraid of him? Why? Was he that powerful?

"I assume that's why you didn't attack his friends?" Grue said.

Oh shit…

"Uhhhh…what?" I said.

"You didn't attack his friends. I assume is because you didn't want to face his wrath."

Bitch whipped her head around to look at me. "That's the reason you didn't go all out?"

"I mean…" I had to lie, I couldn't let them know. "Bakugo would've killed me."

"He would've killed you anyway, you idiot!" Bitch said. "If you went all out, you could've won!"

"Shut up!" I said. "You don't get to talk to me like that!"

"It doesn't matter how she's talking to you," Grue pointed. "All that matters is if she's right. You can tell her off for the attitude while admitting she has a point."

What…He really thought that?...

Well…that doesn't mean he's right! I mean, he was rude, and…

And the only reason he hated me was…

Wait, did he really hate me because I was stupid? No, it was because he thought I screwed him over. I mean, he was happy at first, or maybe…satisfied? But…

"Speaking of which, why did you guys help Deku?" Grue asked.

"What do you mean?" Tattletale said.

"Don't play coy. You guys tried to stop Shigaraki from killing Deku."

"Yeah, we tried to protect an asset. You got a problem with that?"

"Did you really think we would still win?" Regent asked.

"All Shigaraki had to do was call his Nomu earlier, so we could escape. It was his fault.:

"Excuse me," I walked away.

"What? Where the hell are you going?" Bitch said. "We're still talking."

"I know, but I have to go. I have to talk to someone."

Later

It wasn't hard figuring out where he lived. Tattletale helped me a lot with that. I even knew his identity, but that was the easy part.

The part where I was supposed to talk to him was going to be the hard part. What should I even say? I didn't plan what I was going to say, mostly because there were so many options. But the thing is, I wanted to say only two things. The thing I was, I wasn't sure I should say one of them. But I had to. I just had to.

I thought about it for a long time, and I knew this had to be done.

I walked there in my civilian identity, with no minions, my costume in a backpack. This was between him and me. Plus, I was already in hot water for knowing Shadow Stalker's secret identity. I can't let them know I know about his identity. So I had to play this carefully.

I got to his house. It was a one-story house. Pretty small, something you expect from a middle-aged man, in a dead-end job. Not one of the top heroes of the city.

Doesn't matter though. I went behind a house and put on my costume, my mask coming last. I went to see nearly each and every window to find him. And eventually finding him. It was hard to tell in the darkness but he looked…skinny? Like he hasn't been eating in days.

I tapped on the window.

Armsmaster turned around. His eyes went wide. He said something and brought a weapon to him, a pocket knife compared to his halberd. He stood there. While I signaled him to open the window so I could talk to him.

He frowned. Obvious incredulous. But he opened the window, regardless. He had dark brown hair and green eyes. Fitting. "Skitter."

"Hello, Colin."

"Don't be coy with me." He seemed annoyed rather than angered. "I know you know who I am. Just spit it out."

"Ok, Armsmaster."

Armsmaster sighed. "What do you want?"

"You shouldn't have done it."

Armsmaster raised an arm just to let it fall. "So that's it? You came just to mock me about my mistakes?"

He was admitting they were mistakes? "You broke the Endbringer Truce, the most sacred thing to any hero. Not only that, but you tried to kill me."

"I'm not proud of it."

"Regardless, it was the stupidest thing you could've done. You killed people."

"Nazis!"

"And you sabotaged our chance of fending off an Endbringer and saving our city."

He didn't have a response.

"Why did it have to be you?"

He scratched the back of his head. "I lost my job. I needed to prove myself."

"That's not a good answer."

Armsmaster sighed. "I know."

"Your attitude is deplorable, your ideas towards hero work are trash. All you had to do was tell me politely and I would've listened…I should've listened."

Armsmaster gave me a look.

"You should've responded better. You should've just calmly told me no. But…that doesn't mean you weren't wrong."

"But?" He said.

"No, but. You were right. And I'm sorry."

Armsmaster looked at his computer, why? What was the point? "Well…if it means anything. I'm sorry too. After all, I tried to kill someone that wanted to be a hero."

I nodded. "Yes, I hope our past relationship doesn't affect me too much."

"Neither do I. I think we'd do more good together than separately…Do you…still want to do good?"

"Yes," I said. "I do."

"Do you want me to recommend you to The Wards?" He asked.

"I think I could do more good as a villain."

Armsmaster gave a baffled look. "You're kidding, right?"

"I wish."

Armsmaster pursed his lips. "Ok…so what will you do now?"

"I want to talk to someone. I need to talk to someone."

"Shadow Stalker?"

"No, someone else. The boy that I captured. Izuku Midoriya."

Later

This was the last time I was going to be talking to him. I had to make it count. Because the thing is, I didn't want to be close to him before because I was using him, but that wasn't the case anymore. I almost held him at arm's length because of what I had to do. But I wasn't proud of it. So I wanted to actually wanted to talk to him. Without feeling I was making a great mistake.

I had to come in my civilian identity. There was too great a chance of someone trying to fight me if I came in a costume. It was a good idea too. The Wards were there, and I have to act like a random civilian to hide my identity. I think they feel for it too.

I stood face to face with Deku, trying to avoid looking him in the eyes. Probably because of the guilt I was feeling. "Hey, Deku."

"Taylor," Deku stared. I looked down to avoid his gaze. But he put his hand on my chin and raised it. "I'm glad you're here."

For some reason, I couldn't think of anything. Like my mind has blown a fuse. "Um."

Deku's eyes went wide. "Uhhh…just making sure you're looking me in the eyes."

"Kay."

We looked away, then looked at each other, and said. "I wanted to tell you something."

"Ummm…" I said, not knowing if I should keep talking.

"You first," Deku smiled.

I looked away. "Well, I apologized to Armsmaster."

"You did?" Deku said. "Why?"

What? Why did he ask that? "Because I thought about it. And while Armsmaster isn't exactly the best hero, he was a jerk. I could've handled it better. So I apologized."

"Really?" Deku stood there, mouth agape. "Wow, that's so cool! But weird…"

I raised an eyebrow. "Weird how?"

"Because…I told Bakugo off for being a jerk and told him he wasn't as cool as he thinks he is."

"Wow, that's ironic."

"Yeah, pretty much."

We stood there for a bit, silently. Until Deku said. "I guess this is it…"

"Yeah…pretty much."

"We're not going to see each other again after this."

"...yes."

"Oh! I just remembered! Did Coil free Dinah?"

"No. He didn't…"

Deku stood there silently. "Was it…because I escaped?"

"No, he wasn't going to free her based on one successful mission."

"But you're hiding something." Dammit. Was it that easy to find out? "Something happened because of me."

"Well, Coil said if the mission was successful, he would stop abusing her, but I failed."

Deku looked dejected. But he quickly got a serious look on her face. "It wasn't your fault. You can blame yourself for a failure."

"Can't I? It's not I can blame you for wanting to save yourself."

"Actually, I wanted to save my friends. No offense!"

"None taken. And I'm sorry. I wanted to end on a more hopeful note than this."

Deku looked down in thought. "Maybe it can."

"What?"

"I can ask All Might to donate to you! If he knew it would help someone good, I-I mean, he already likes you! He would love to do that!"

"REALLY!? THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!" I kissed his nose.

I kissed his nose.

Deku stood there, not saying anything. Staring at me silently.

I held my hand in front of my mouth. "Oh, I'm so so…I was just happy! Excited!"

"It was no problem, except you missed."

"What? What are yo-" I was cut off by Deku kissing me on the lips.

I was just about to push him away…

Except I didn't want to.

I didn't mind.

Author Notes: THE SHIP HAD MOTHERFUCKING SAILED, BOYS! This was the whole reason I wanted to write this. It was because I wanted to ship these guys. Hope you enjoy!

This is the last official chapter. The next one is an interlude. From a certain someone perspective. If you've been paying attention, you'll probably know which one. But I'm not saying it yet.

Also, I want to announce what I was planning with this. All fiction is canon to this world, based off of sprite animation and vs. shows like One Minute Melee, or Death Battle. Mostly One Minute Melee. And I'm calling it

THE OMNIPLANET!

It's a shared universe I came up with that I will write in. but not just me, I will encourage other writers to write in it too. All you have to do is email me at TheUltimateWriting and tell me the concept for the story and maybe the first chapter, and I will approve if it sounds good. That's right, you all can write in the world that I have created! As long as you tell people about my writing.

Also, you can't crossover Worm, Rwby, or MHA. I have a plan for them. :)

That's all I had to say. This is Super Ultimate Number One, sighing out. Peace!