Villains Aren't Born

by blaszczu2500

In a world where having a superhuman ability called "Quirk" is perfectly normal and quite common, Gareth Takemura was less fortunate than other people his age and was born without one of his own. What would happen if he was brought to the absolute bottom by the people around him and was approached by a man known as All For One who would offer to give him a Quirk of his own?

9. Dabi and Himiko Toga

I don't own MHA. I only own OC's.

Sorry if you find any grammar mistakes. I'm still learning English because it's not my first language.

DuckBoi: Yup. It's time to meet the gang :)

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Not much happened after Shigaraki and Gareth were brought back into the bar by Kurogiri's portal. After finding himself back in the bar, Gareth went straight to his room to prepare himself for some much needed as he felt like he could use some sleep after this rather long day. Origami followed him to his room, wanting to learn more about the events that occured in Hosu City from him. The two of them talked with each other for a bit and Gareth shared every detail he could with her, before parting ways and going to their own rooms where they laid down on their beds and went to sleep.

After waking up in their beds the next morning, the two of them went to the bar to ask Kurogiri if he could make them something to eat for breakfast and once they arrived at the bar, they were greeted by the view of Shigaraki and Kuroigiri watching the news report about the events in Hosu City together. Curious to learn about what the media thought about the events that the events that took place in Hosu City last night, the two of them joined their fellow villains in watching the report.

It turned out that Stain was the main subject of the news and Nomus which were unleashed into the city by Shigaraki last night were just mentioned brieftly, becoming a side story of the report about the events which took place in Hosu City last night which wasn't talked about as much as the story of the Hero Killer was.

Shigaraki was left furious by this, just like Kurogiri and Gareth excepted him to be after learning of Nomus attack becoming a side story as the reason why he unleashed Nomus into the city was to take the spotlight for himself and make people forget about the Hero Killer. It instead worked the other way around and Stain took the spotlight while he and his Nomus were left in the background.

Despise Shigaraki being furious over how the things in Hosu City turned out, Gareth and Kurogiri managed to convince him that even though their involvement was secondary and was overshadowed by the Hero Killer's arrest, it was still a necessary boost. At first, Shigaraki was refusing to listen to them as he wanted to left himself in his own angered feelings but eventually Gareth and Kurogiri managed to convince him to not write off sending Nomus into Hosu City as a complete failure.

As the members of the League continued to watch the morning news together, they found out that the moment of Gareth's arrival at the water tower moments before Kurogiri transported all three of them back into the bar was documented by the news helicopter. Origami nodded her head to herself after seeing the photo of Shigaraki, Kurogiri and Gareth on the news. In the end, keeping her in the bar during all of this was a good call because otherwise her association with the League would become known.

The news helicopter noticing Shigaraki, Gareth and Kurogiri standing together on the water tower during everything that happened last night made the media believe that Stain was working with them which was of course far away from the truth as Stain displayed no interest in working with the League until Shigaraki will change his conviction. Kurogiri and Gareth didn't complain about this mistake by the media and were in fact gladdened by it as maybe this way more villains would display interest in joining the League which was quite likely considering the amount of publicity Stain gathered around himself.

On the same day, Gareth discovered that a video of Stain which explained his ideology and his life story has been uploaded into the internet by an unknown person when he was browsing the internet. The video has been removed from the internet countless times, but it was always re-uploaded by either the same person or someone else. Gareth had no way of telling it. It gave him an opportunity to watch this video a few times and read what the people thought about Stain and his ideology in the comments.

Some time has been a while since that night in Hosu City and the members of the League were in their hideout. Not much happened in the League ever since the events of Hosu City. The days passed for the members of the League in their usual way such as Gareth and Origami training together to improve their skills with nothing worth mentioning happening during all of those days.

All four members of the League were located in the bar right now, all of them were minding their own business. Kurogiri was cleaning two glasses which were just given to him by Gareth and Origami, Gareth and Origami were having a conversation with each other and Shigaraki was looking at the pictire of Izuku, the same picture he had shown Stain during their encounter in the bar. It was quite obvious to his fellow members of the League that he had taken an interest in the green haired boy.

Gareth looked away from Origami for a brief moment and looked at Shigaraki, "How's your shoulder doing, Shigaraki-kun?"

"It's completely healed at this point. So are the wounds I got at the USJ." Shigaraki replied, not taking his eyes off the picture of Izuku, "At least the shithead who wounded my shoulder is behind the bars right now. This is probably the only positive point of everything that happened in Hosu City that night."

"Remember what I and Gareth told you, Shigaraki Tomura." Kurogiri replied, setting the now clean glass on the counter, "You shouldn't write Hosu City as a complete failure. In the end, we did end up receiving some attention because

"Whatever." Shigaraki replied, angered internally because the League received this attention because of Stain not because of his Nomus as the bell jingled which was followed by someone opening the door to the bar.

"Shigaraki-san. Mask-san." Gareth, Origami and Kurogiri brought their attention towards door and saw Giran standing there with a toothy grin on his face and a cigarette in his right hand as Shigaraki continued to stare at Izuku's picture, "You all have been the talk of the town for the past few days. I hear you're starting something big."

"You brought here someone interested in joining the League?" Gareth wanted to be sure he if he understood where Giran was going with this correctly.

"You know it." Giran's nodded in confirmation, his grin growing wider, "I'm certain all of you will be satisfied with the possible new members of the League I've brought you today."

Shigaraki used his Quirk to decay Izuku's picture into small ashes, "Who are they?"

Giran chuckled as he set his eyes on Gareth, "Mask. I'd recommend you to put your mask on unless you changed your mind about showing your face to the people who aren't closely associated with the League."

Gareth nodded and grabbed his mask from his shoulder where it was attached to before putting it over his face, covering it with it as Giran walked out of the bar for a brief moment. Gareth, Shigaraki, Kurogiri and Origami kept their eyes on the entrance to the bar, waiting for Giran to return with the new recruits. Giran came back to the bar a brief moment later with two people.

The first person was teenage a girl around Gareth and Origami's age dressed in what seemed like a school uniform. From what school? Gateth and Origami had no idea. Neither of them have seen this particular school uniform before. Her blonde hair that was really messy and was tied in a bun. She was grinning at the people in front of her with really sharp fang-like canine teeth, seeming excited about meeting them like a child whenever their parents bought them some candy during shopping trip. She had eyes yellow eyes under which she had bags and a constant blush on her face.

The second person brought into the bar by Giran was a black haired young man. His most striking features were the patches of gnarled, wrinkled, purple skin that covered much of his lower face and neck, all the way down past his collarbone and much of his arms. He wore an unzipped blue jacket with a plain pale gray shirt underneath it. To this, he wore pants which matched his jacket and a pair of dark shoes.

"So, it's you, huh?" The scarred young man spoke up, his eyes set on Shigaraki, "I saw a picture of you but you look gross in person." He shifted his gaze from Shigaraki to Gareth, "You have this mask over your face even now?" He shifted his gaze to Origami, "Didn't see you on the news with the rest of them."

"I've been kept in the bar during the events of Hosu City." Origami explained, "Mask and Kurogiri thought it would be for the best since my association with the League remained a mystery to the media. In the end, they were right to be worried as my association with the League would be know right now if I went with them to Hosu City."

"Wow, the hand guy and the mask guy!" The blond haired girl exclaimed excitedly, bringing her clenched hands up and down, "You two are friends with the great Stain, right? Right?" She unclenched her hands and lifted them up to her face, doing two peace signs, "Let me join, too! The League of Villains!"

Gareth looked at the two villains brought into the bar by Giran with interest, the eyelids of his mask making sure to display his interest.

Unfortunely, Shigaraki didn't share his way of thinking and was more than ready to get rid of these possible new members of the League without even learning more about them from Giran.

"Kurogiri." He growled out in irritation as he pointed the villains brought by Giran, "Get rid of these guys. Everything I hate came together in one set. A brat and a rude guy."

"Now, now." Kurogiri tried to calm Shigaraki down, "They came all this way to visit, so let's at least hear them out, Shigaraki Tomura. Besides, that big shot broker brought them. You cannot immediately think they are useless They're bound to be valuable assets. You thought the same about Gareth on the day Master brought him into the League and he turned out to be a valuable asset."

"Kurogiri's right. We shouldn't send them away without hearing them out." Gareth agreed with Kurogiri, trying to convince his fellow villain to give these two a shot since it was the chance to recruit the new people the League has been waiting for, "We should at least give them an opportunity to introduce themselves and explain their abilities to us, Shigaraki-kun."

Giran took a long puff of his cigarette, "I don't care what you do with them, but make sure I get my commision, Kurogiri-san." He took a few steps forward, stopping between the two villains, "Just like Mask said, at least let me introduce them." He pointed the blond haired teenage girl, "First, this cute high school girl. Her name and face were kept tightly under wraps by the media but she's on the runs as the suspect in a series of deaths by blood loss."

"I'm Toga! Toga Himiko!" The girl introduced herself as Himiko Toga, her excited grin not leaving her face as she pumped her fist. Her grin grew larger with each word that left her mouth, "It's hard to live! I want the world to become an easier place to life! I want to become Mr. Stainy! I want to kill Mr. Stainy! So let me join the League of Villains, Tomura-kun!"

"I don't get her." Shigaraki muttered, "Is she crazy?"

"She can hold a conversation for the most part. I'm sure she'll be of use and I'm certain Weaponsmith will be glad to have another girl around." Giran said, titling his head towards the scarred young man as Toga continued to smile excitedly at the League members. Origami felt a chill go down her spine when Toga set her excited eyes on her, "Next, this guy over here. He hasn't committed any flashy crimes, but he holds fast to the hero killer's ideology."

"I'm not sure about this." The scarred young man glanced at Giran, "Does this organization really have just a cause?" He glanced at Toga as Toga looked back at him, "Don't tell me you're going to let this crazy woman in?"

"Hey, you. You can't even do what that crazy high school girl was able to." Shigaraki stated in irritation as Toga giggled at Dabi's words, "Give me your name first. You're an adult, right?"

"Right now I'm going by Dabi." The scarred young man introduced himself as Dabi.

"No." Shigaraki pointed at Dabi, growing more annoyed with each passing second, "I want to know your real name."

"I'll tell you when you need need to know." Dabi replied, "Anyway, I will carry out the will of the Hero Killer."

"You don't even have to say what you haven't been asked." Shigaraki's annoyance with Dabi and Toga reached it's breaking point when Dabi mentioned Stain as he got up from his seat, "Jeez. Everyone's so hung up about Stain, Stain. I don't like it!"

Kurogiri looked at Shigaraki in alarm, knowing where this was going, "You mustn't Shigaraki!..."

Shigaraki reached out his hands and lunged towards the two as Dabi and Toga, them responding by Toga pulling out a knife and Dabi also reaching out his hand, the three of them seeking to land the first blow. Before a fight between all three of them could break out, Kurogiri stepped in and used his Quirk. His Warp Gate appeared between the Shigaraki, Dabi and Toga in the blink of an eye, preventing the three of them from harming each other.

Gareth walked over to Shigaraki's side and whispered to him after Kurogiri made sure Shigaraki won't harm Toga and Dabi, intending to try to convince him to give them a chance, "Please. Calm down, Shigaraki-kun. We shouldn't just send them away without learning more about them. We need more villains to join the League and what happened with Stain gave us a great opportunity to gather new associates. We won't be able to achieve our goal with just the four of us.

"He's right. This is a great opportunity for us." Kurogiri added. He expanded his misty head and moved it towards Shigaraki's other ear, whispering to him to make sure Dabi and Toga won't hear him say this, "You must use it. All of it. And all the ideology he left behind."

"Shut up." Shigaraki snapped at his associates, putting his hands in his pockets as he started to make his way to the door.

"Where are you going?" Origami asked, watching Shigaraki walk over to the door.

"I said shut up! All of you." Shigaraki shouted at her as he stormed out of the bar, slamming the door behind him.

Giran put his hand on the back of his head, beginning to scratch it, "I don't want to complain about a client, but he's young. Too young."

"I thought he was going to kill us." Toga stated as her grin remained on her face, despise what just happened.

Dabi glanced away from the door in disgust, "He makes me sick."

"Would it be all right to give you an answer at a later date?" Kurogiri questioned a few seconds after Shigaraki walking out of the bar.

"We're sorry about him." Gareth bowed his head slightly to Dabi and Toga in a apologetic manner on Shigaraki's behalf, "I hope what just happened in here didn't make you change your mind about joining the League. I assure you Shigaraki-kun isn't always like this."

"Can I ask you something G..." Origami paused for a moment, reminding herself he shouldn't use Gareth's real name right now, "...Mask?"

Gareth looked at her, "What is it?"

"Do you think Shigaraki-kun is able to guide us towards our goal?" Origami asked, having formed those thoughts in her head after seeing how Shigaraki handled the Hero Killer. She grew slightly nervous once she felt how everyone in the bar looked at her. She waved her hands in front of herself nervously, thinking all of them jumped into one conclusion, "It's not like I'm considering leaving the League or anything. I'm just curious to know what you think about it!"

"Don't worry Weaponsmith." Kurogiri assured her, "You simply voiced your thoughts. We're not going to judge you for it."

"Okay." Origami nodded at him, relieved her words didn't anger Kurogiri or Gareth.

"To answer your question, Weaponsmith." Gareth replied, "I do believe Shigaraki is able to lead us towards our goal. Sensei choose him as his successor and as a someone to lead the League and I trust his judgement."

Dabi looked at Gareth, his eyes narrowing at the masked villain, "Sensei?"

Origami nodded at Gareth, deciding to trust him on this as she trusted his judgement. She turned to look at Kurogiri, wanting to know what Kurogiri had to say in this matter, "What about you, Kurogiri?"

"I'm of the same opinion as the Mask." Kurogiri voiced his agreement with Gareth's words, "I believe Shigaraki Tomura knows what he should do. It's because he knows that he left without saying anything. All Might. Hero Killer. He's been humbled twice already. I'm sure he will reach an answer that all of us will be satisfied with." He looked at Dabi and Toga, "Could you two remain here until Shigaraki Tomura will return to the bar? Once he will return, I'm certain he will deliver you an answer."

"We should wait for him here? This means we have some time to get to know our possible new friends!" Toga shouted excitedly as she rushed over to Gareth. Her face was inches away from his masked face as her excited eyes stared right at him. Origami reached her right hand towards her sheathed katana, feeling herself immediately become more on guard for some unknown reason to her, "You're the Mask, right?! You have no idea how glad I am actually to meet you! I was looking forward to meeting the first villain who has followed Mr. Stainy's ideology!"

"W-What?" Gareth asked, taken by suprise by this, because it was his first time hearing such a thing.

"This is why you went after Pro-Hero Cyborg on the day you made yourself known to the hero society, right?" Toga asked, "Cyborg was a hero who would be targeted by Mr. Stainy sooner or later if you didn't went after him and this is why you decided to target him, right?"

"Umm." Gareth looked at Kurogiri for a brief moment, debating with himself if he should deny it and say the truth or if he should lie to her about it. Kurogiri nodded his head at him and Gareth nodded back at him. This way they could keep up with the incorrect assumption that Stain worked with them, "Yes."

"I knew it!" Toga smiled as she leaned closer to Gareth, making him blush slightly behind his mask, because of how she was to his face right now and ran her hands along his mask. Origami didn't know why but she felt one particular feeling go through her body when it happened, "How about you take it off? I'm dying to know who's hiding behind it."

"Not right now." Gareth replied, gladdened he was wearing his mask right now because otherwise everyone would see the blush he had on his face right now, "I'm not showing my face to the people who are not associated with the League? If it was up to me, I would already accept you into the League and take my mask off but right now I have to wait for Shigaraki-kun to make his choice."

"Aww. But I want to see what kind of face is hiding behind this mask." Toga pouted in disappointment as she moved her face away from Gareth. A laugh escaped her lips as she reached into her pocket and pulled out her knife, "I wonder how are you going to look when you will bleed!~"

Gareth's eyes snapped open behind his mask in suprise as the eyelids of his mask displayed two exclamation marks. Toga lunged towards him with her knife raised in the air, having the intention of stabbing him as Origami quickly reacted to seeing this, remembering what she promised herself to do the next time when her fellow member of the League will be in danger. Gareth moved backwards to avoid getting stabbed by Toga as Origami got herself between them and grabbed Toga's hand to prevent the knife from reaching the black haired boy.

"Don't do anything to him." Origami said to Toga as soon as she grabbed her hand, suprising herself by the tone of voice she used when she spoke to the other girl.

Gareth looked at Origami with a grateful look on his face which was hidden behind his mask as he raised his hand in the air just in case if Toga would try to do something like this again to either him or Origami, red energy beginning to circle around it.

"All of you calm down." Kurogiri said to ease the tension that formed between Gareth, Origami and Toga before the situation between the three teenagers could escalate as Dab and Giran watched everything from where they stood. Dabi had an uninterested look on his face while Giran had an amused smile on his face, "We shouldn't fight among ourselves now."

"You're right." Gareth nodded, knowing Kurogiri was right as he lowered his hand, red energy vanishing from it in an instant.

Origami let go off Toga's hands with an unsure look on her face as Toga lowered her knife, putting it back in it's place. The blond haired girl quickly shifted her attention from Gareth and Origami who was now standing in front of her instead of the black haired boy. She shifted her gaze between the two of them for a few seconds before a knowing smile formed on her face as if she had just come to some kind of realization.

"Ah." She hummed, looking at the two of them with a knowing smile on her face, "I see."

"What do you mean by that?" Origami asked, confused by Toga's words.

"Nothing~" Toga replied, her knowing smile not leaving her face as she looked back at Origami, wanting to take a better look at the other girl in the bar.

Origami was slightly confused by Toga's behaviour after the blond haired girl looked at her with a curious look on her face as she excepted her to become hostile towards her after she stopped her from stabbing Gareth. Toga remained silent for the next several seconds as she eyed Origami, having taken an interest in the dark green haired girl. She felt how her eyes widened when she noticed a sheathed katana close to Origami's left hip.

"You like to use knives too?!" Toga gasped with a pleasantly suprised look on her face, "What a great coincidence! I love to use knives too! Let's be besties! You and me! It's been such a long time since I had someone I could call my bestie! What do you like to do? I like blood and to stab people! I like pomegranates too!"

"W-What?" Origami looked away from Toga and looked at Gareth, not hiding how creeped out she by the blond haired girl in front of her.

"Come on!" Toga insisted, hopping in place out of excitement she was feeling right now, "Tell me something about yourself! How are we supposed to be besties if we won't know anything about each other? It doesn't have to be a name if you don't want to share it with me or Dabi-kun! What's your name? What do you like to do? What do you like to eat?"

"I-I like to eat meat." Origami stuttered out, still creeped out by the blond haired girl in front of her as she unsheathed her katana to show it to Toga and to correct her about what kind of blade it was, "It's not a knife. It's a katana."

"A katana's a blade nevertheless." Toga pointed out as she leaned closer to Origami with a curious look on her face, "Tell me. How many people have you stabbed with it? How much blood have they lost before bleeding out after you stabbed them?"

"I didn't stab anyone with it!" Origami almost screamed in response, ignoring the memories of her younger self stabbing her father after her Quirk made a stick she was playing with turn into a sword, "I just recently joined the League. I haven't been on any big action, yet."

"None?" Toga asked, growing even more excited as she uttered the next words, "Does that mean I'll be able to see you stab someone for the first time?"

"Would you like to anything to drink as we will wait for Shigaraki Tomura to return?" Kurogiri asked before Origami could answer after seeing how Origami struggled to find an answer to his question, "It may take some time for him to return to the bar."

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It had been some time since Shigaraki left the bar after attacking Dabi and Toga after becoming furious with the two of them. Gareth, Kurogiri, Giran, Origami, Dabi and Toga remained in the bar for all this time as they continued to wait for him to return to their hideout and voice his mind if Dabi and Toga could stay and become the new members of the League.

Toga was trying repeatedly to get to know Origami and Gareth a bit better and get them to reveal their real names to her, having already accepted the former as her new bestie, even though she didn't even know her name. At some point, she took out the knife which she tried to stab Gareth with earlier and showed it off to Origami the same way the dark green haired girl showed her her katana, explaining all kinds off stuff she could do with it.

Dabi stayed silent for most of the time, occasionally making a remark or an annoyed comment whenever Toga was trying to bring him into the coversation. When Toga got close to him with her knife in an attempt to get him to join her conversation with the others, he slapped it out of her hands and she went to the floor to retrieve it, then started arguing with a smug looking Dabi about how her knives are important to her.

It took a while before Shigaraki returned to the bar and upon his return to the League's hideout everyone gathered in the bar could see that he had calmed down. There was one more thing everyone in the bar noticed about him after his return to the League's hide out. His approach to Dabi and Toga had changed for some reason unknown to them. Not long after his arrival at the bar, he immediately asked Toga and Dabi questions about their Quirks.

Toga's Quirk granted her the ability to transform into a physical lookalike of another individual, as well as copy their voice. She could only transform into people whose blood she had ingested. The more blood she drunk, the longer she had access to that person's form. Gareth and Shigaraki exchanged looks after learning what Toga was able to do with her Quirk, knowing this way she would be able to infiltrate places they wouldn't be able to.

Dabi's Quirk granted him the ability to generate highly destructive blue flames from his body. The League actually almost got a presentation of his blue flames when Shigaraki attacked him and Toga, before he was interrupted by Kurogiri. Him revealing his Quirk to be flame related caused Gareth to wonder about his scars. Could this be where he got them from? Could he be harming himself with his Quirk?

"...If you're still interested in joining us, then we are glad to have you in the League for our future actions against the heroes." Shigaraki said after hearing out everything Toga and Dabi had to say about themselves to him which wasn't much in Dabi's case as he refused to reveal his identify and many details about himself to them, accepting them as the new members of the League of Villains.

Toga rocked her heels, unable to contain her excitement as she wrapped her arm around Origami, "Looks like we'll be working together from now on, bestie! This means you can finally tell me your name."

"I'm Jakuzure Origami." Origami revealed her real name to Toga, knowing there was no point in hiding it if Shigaraki accepted them into the League.

"Origami-chan." Toga repeated her Origami's name a few times as she smiled at her, making a mental note out of it before turning around to look at Toga, remembering what he told her about telling her his real name earlier, "What about you, the Mask?"

"If Shigaraki-kun accepted you into the League, then I guess there's no reason to keep it on my face." Gareth took off his mask, having no reason to cover his face with it and to keep his identify a secret to them anymore, showing his face to Toga and Dabi. He attached his mask to his shoulder as he continued to speak to them, "Welcome to the League of Villains. My name is Takemura Gareth. I look forward to working with you in the nearby future."

"Takemura?" Dabi asked, having heard this name before as he was leaning against the wall, "Aren't you the kid from Musutafu City who went missing over a year go?"

"Yes." Gareth nodded in confirmation, seeing no point in hiding it from him, "I guess you heard about this?"

"It would be hard not to. The media couldn't stop talking about it for weeks." Dabi replied, "I remember seeing a pair of despairing parents on the TV crying and asking their beloved son to return to them."

"You saw it too? It was just an act they pulled off for the media to make themselves look like a good parents." Gareth explained, letting out a sigh as the memory of the one time when he paid his house a visit flew through his mind, "I fell for it myself. I thought they finally started caring about me like parents should care for their own I went to my house to check on my family. After arriving there, I managed to overhear them complaining about the media coverage my case getting and talking about how much they wished they never had me."

"I'm sorry to hear that, Gareth. You must have had terrible parents." Kurogiri looked at Gareth in empathy, listening to everything his fellow villain just said in interest. He was interested in hearing it out, because it was the first piece of information Gareth shared with him about his past before becoming the Mask ever since he was brought into the League by All For One. Shigaraki seemed to be interested in hearing this too.

"You know, when I'm thinking about it right now, I don't know what made believe they changed for the better after seeing them in the TV." Gareth sighed as Origami placed her hand on his shoulder to comfort him, having already heard this story from him. She smiled at him and he smiled back at her before continuing, "People around them saw them as people of success for as long as I can remember and they were obsessed with making sure that people would continue to look at them that way. This is why they gave a birth to me. I was supposed to help them maintain their image of people of success. To be their showcase. Unfortunely I wasn't doing well when it came to keeping up with their exceptions and things could get bad with them because of that, especially when I was trying to say something in my defense. I don't want to go into details when it comes that."

"You have had a hard life, Gareth. I'm truly sorry you had to go through something like this with your own parents." Kurogiri offered some words of comfort to his fellow villain.

Gareth looked at him with a grateful look on his face. Out of the corner of his eye, Gareth saw Dabi looking at him and he could have sworn he saw him send a sympathetic look towards him for a second. Even if Dabi had shown any emotion of sympathy towards him, it vanished from his face before Gareth could make sure if he wasn't just seeing things.

"Why won't you come out as the Mask if they care so much about how other people view them?" Dabi suggested a few seconds later, "Having a villainous son who is wanted for murder and attacking U.A would definitely tarnish the image they care so much about."

"I prefer to keep my identify a secret for now." Gareth replied, "It easier for me to move around the cities whenever I go out as I don't have to look around myself every five seconds to see if someone recognized me."

Dabi looked away from him, not saying anything further and Gareth took it as understanding on his reasons for wanting to keep his identify as secret from everyone outside the League now.

"You know what, Gakkun?" Toga asked with a suprisingly slightly more serious look on her face as Gareth's eyes widened upon hearing the way she called him. After all this time, it just felt for him to be called Gakkun again, "If you want to get a revenge on your parents for the way they were treating you, you can just give me a word and your home adress and I will be more happy to do the job."

"Thank you for the offer, but I don't think it will be necessary. I prefer to have my parents alive for the moment my identify as the Mask will become known." Gareth declined her offer as politely as he could, considering what this offer was.

"I see. You can always let me know if you'll change your mind. I can only imagine how much they would bleed after I would plung my knife into them." Toga replied, an excited grin forming on her face at the thought of it and the imaginery flying through her head right now.

Gareth just looked at her with a slightly nervous look on his face, trying to find a way to change the subject of the conversation, "Gakkun?"

"We're friends now, aren't we? It makes sense to call you that." Toga responded and turned around to look at Shigaraki with an excited look on her face, "Tomura-kun. What do you have planned?"

"We have plans that you might help us with but I'll fill all of you in later. For now, we have to gather more villains to put our plans into action." Shigaraki answered and turned to look at Giran, "Giran. Bring more villains who are interested in joining the League."

"It shall be done." Giran grinned, "Give me a day or two to get this done. I already have a list of villains who are interested in joining your little organization. I will choose what better morsels for you. I recently had a conversation with one guy who is looking for a place for himself in this world. I think I will pick him among a few other villains."

Shigaraki nodded at him, "I'm looking forward to meeting and interviewing all of them."

"I will get going, then." Giran nodded back at him, heading over to the door, "I have some work to do. Except me to pay you a visit again in a day or two."

Shigaraki watched how Giran left the bar through the door before turning to look at Origami, "Weaponsmith. Could you show Dabi and Toga their new rooms?"

"I can find a room myself." Dabi started to make his way out of the bar towards where he would find a room for himself, "I don't need a brat's helping in finding it."

"Can I get a room close to Origami-chan and Gakkun?" Toga asked before anyone could answer to Dabi's words as Dabi walked out of the bar in search for a room for himself.

Origami looked at her, "What?"

"I want a room close to you and Gakkun." Toga repeated her question, "How you and I are supposed to be besties if we won't have our rooms next to each other?"

"I believe there should be a free room for you in the part of the building where Gareth and Weaponsmith's room are located." Kurogiri replied as he turned to look at Gareth, "Right, Gareth?"

"Yes." Gareth nodded in confirmation, "There are two free rooms in that corridor. She can take one for herself if she wants to."

"Great!" Toga smiled widely at the news, clearly gladdened by it and looked at Origami, "Think about the fun times we will have together when living next to each other."

Origami looked at Gareth, "Are we coming?"

"Yeah." Gareth nodded, "Let's go."

"Actually I need Gareth to stay here." Shigaraki said, "There are a few important things I need to talk with him and Kurogiri about."

"I see." Origami nodded in understanding.

Gareth looked at Origami, "I'll make my way to you as soon as I will finish talking with Shigaraki-kun. I'll bring in some cleaning equipment too as we will probably have to do some cleaning in her Toga-san's room."

"Okay." Origami nodded at him and looked at Toga, "Let's go."

"I don't mind going with just you. This way we can get to know each other better." Toga said to Origami before a knowing look formed on her face, "Tell me. How did you and Gakkun meet? How close you two are? Did you ever felt a need of stabbing him? I want to know all the details of this story."

"What do you mean by that?..." Origami asked as she was left confused by Toga's questions and the looks she was giving her. Toga just gave her a knowing smile as she and Origami walked out of the bar together, heading towards her new room.

After watching how Origami and Toga walked out of the bar together, Gareth looked at Shigaraki, "What did you want to talk about?"

Shigaraki shifted his gaze between Gareth and Kurogiri, "Good job on making sure they will stay in the bar until my return, you two."

Gareth stayed silent for a second, unsure of how to respond to this praise, "...If you say so."

"It was no problem, Shigaraki Tomura. I and Gareth had what was best for our organization in mind." Kurogiri replied as he seemed pleasantly surprised by the praise.

"I did some thinking when I was out and I realized we need a team, just like you two and Sensei were telling me for all this time. Even if these guys end up just being pains in the ass, we need them if we want to succeed in our plans and the least we can do right now to keep them in here is to make them happy." Shigaraki said, "As we wait for Giran to gather us a team of villains who are interested in joining the League, we need to start forming a plan on how we with their help will lower civilians' trust in heroes. We will make a world without All Might and expose just how fragile that justice stuff is."

"You want me to help you come up with a plan?' Gareth asked in suprise. The last time when Shigaraki shared with him about his plan was before they attacked USJ and he didn't voice his second thoughts about it even after learning about Nomu, because he didn't want to say anything to anger his new associates and he doubted Shigaraki would listen to his second thoughts, because of how confident he was about this idea.

"Otherwise I wouldn't ask you to stay here." Shigaraki replied, "We're partners. Aren't we?"

Gareth smiled at Shigaraki, appreciating that he had told him something like that. Gareth, Shigaraki and Kurogiri began their discussion right after, talking about their next plans regarding their possible next move against the hero society.

Unbeknownst to the three of them, All For One was watching them and everything that happened through the TV from his hideout. A smile grew on the man's scarred face, gladdened to see how everything turned out today.

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Season 6 premiered and it's off to a great start. The animation already looks really good and I hope it will stay this way for the rest of the season. The new opening was great. The choice of artstyle and colors for it was great. Mirko's scenes (which were on the scenes I was looking forward the most to see animated from this arc) and Kaminari's big moment were great. I just hope the rest of the season will be as good the first two episodes.

The first episode of Chainsaw Man came out and it certainly lived up to the hype I got for this anime after watching the trailers and hearing from the people who read the manga about how good it is. The action was great, the character design was great, the voice actors were awesome, and the animation was amazing. I'm really looking forward to see what happens next (I'm going blind for this anime as I didn't read the manga.)

I played Entropy Zero 2 and I loved every second of it. People weren't exaggerating when they were saying how good this mod is. I don't even think we should call it a mod. For me it is it's own game and the fact we can play it for free is such a blessing.

Hope it wasn't so bad. See you in another chapter.