"Overcome by hatred for the enemy before you, merely to satisfy your own selfish desires. That is the furthest act from the title of 'Hero'."

A noticeable squelch could be heard as the Hero Killer reclaimed his blade from Tenya's body.

"That is why you die here."

Suddenly his body froze, he couldn't move a single muscle.

"You shall be an offering for a more just world…"

"Shut up, shut up, shut up…"

Tenya was screwed.

What happened to avenging his brother?

What happened to bringing this criminal to justice?

The Hero Killer Stain…

"NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY YOU'RE JUST A CRIMINAL THAT HURT MY BROTHER!"

Disregarding Tenya's words, Stain simply raises his blade and prepares to end the fake hero.

*SLAM*

Before he was unceremoniously interrupted by…

Bento?

Someone dashed past Tenya's face.

And the Hero Killer was knocked to the ground.

The mysterious 'Bento Man' then started to drag Tenya out of the alleyway.

"Holy fuck that was officially the dumbest way I've started a fight."

"Wha?"

"Oh dammit and now I need to get more bento! Hopefully I can make it back before they clo- Wait that was all the money I had! Such misfortune!"

"Who are-"

"You know it'll be real nice if you used your legs instead! He's getting back up!"

Tenya raised his arms in exasperation. "I can't! He used his q-"

Wait, he raised his arms!

Slowly Tenya got back up on his feet.

The murderer covered in rice and nori looked menacingly over at the pair.

"Who are you boy? Another false hero like your friend over here?"

"Eh? I mean I'm not even a hero so I don't think I qualify…"

All the hero students were in the midst of their summer internships now so they should have been up and about clad in their costumes and support equipment, but upon closer inspection the green haired boy seemed to be only wearing casual summer clothes.

Wait Tenya knows him!

"You're Midoriya right? The one who fought Todoroki?"

"Eh? Is that really what I'm known for now? Such misfortune."

"So a civilian huh? Why did you get involved?"

"Huh? You were about to stab him!"

"Do you not fear death? They call me the Hero Killer y'know?"

"Eh!? You're the Hero Killer!?"

'You didn't know?' Tenya thought to himself.

"But that doesn't matter."

"Oh?" The mass murder grinned.

"It took me my bento and a solid hit. Just those things were the reason I was able to save him. It was a surprisingly low cost, but yet I saved him from just that. All I had to do was move my body and his life was saved. Me moving and not, that was the difference for me, nut for him this was life and death. Someone who murders people left and right wouldn't understand that."

Midoriya stood his ground.

"That's why I had to get involved, because if I stood by and watched, if I hesitated and moved a second later than I did then he would have been killed."

The killer chuckled. "So you don't fear death then? For the sake of this hero nobody?"

"Are you kidding? Of course I fear death, I have people I have to go back to. I have people waiting for me to return, but so does he!" Midoriya pointed at Tenya.

"So how could I stop because of that!? How could I falter because the life at stake wasn't mine!?"

Stain's grin grew wider.

"And besides… You kill heroes… And I'm just a normal college student…"

Midoriya clenched his fist.

"So you have no idea how its like to fight someone like me!"

"…It's a shame…"

Stain smiled. "You're even more heroic than any pro I've met!"

"Shut up! Did you not hear what I said? It doesn't take a Hero to save a life! Even a weak, quirkless idiot like me can do that!"

The Hero Killer drew his blade "At what cost?"

"My life if necessary!"

"GAHAHAHA! It's truly a shame to kill you here!"

Stain ran towards Midoriya intending to get him with a horizontal slash.

A normal boy like Midoriya would certainly be killed.

He didn't have extraordinary strength that could blow all his enemies away.

He didn't possess the speed required to make a run for it.

He didn't have an incredible shield that could take any blow.

So he merely dodged.

Midoriya slid underneath the mass murderer and knocked him off balance.

*BURST*

And the armoured hero student used his powerful engines to deliver a speedy blow right in Stain's face.

But the Hero Killer was nothing if not resilient.

He regained his footing and skipped backwards.

Tenya and Midoriya went in on the offfensive.

But Stain had other ideas.

Midoriya didn't seem to notice the small cut on his face.

Apparently he didn't dodge quite fast enough.

Normally a small cut would be a minuscule injury when dealing with a mass murderer.

Unless that is you were dealing with a blood quirk user.

Even the smallest drop would be a death sentence.

And when you were against The Hero Killer: Stain, you were dealing with both.

Stain licked the blades covered with Tenya and Midoriya's blood.

The successor of Ingenium froze up once again.

But not Midoriya Izuku.

*SMASH*

Confident that his enemies would be out of commission, The Hero Killer let his guard down.

And that lapse in judgement allowed Midoriya to come in with a mighty right hook to Stain's face.

The Hero Killer was knocked back by the unexpected blow, falling back to the ground.

*BANG*

Only for the recently recovered Native do deal a blow to the back of The Hero Killer's head.

Stain was confused, how did he suddenly recover so quickly? In fact how did the Ingenium kid recover so quickly?

As if foretelling the future, Tenya once again regains his mobility and swiftly moved in to give the Hero Killer a turbo charged kick to his side.

*BURST*

"Gah!" Stain coughed out blood.

Seizing the opportunity Midoriya comes in with another blow to the Hero Killer's face, slamming his whole body to the ground.

*CRACK*

The Hero Killer laid immobile on the ground, arms strewn across the ground.

Midoriya removed his fist from The Hero Killer's face and the trio let out a sigh of relief.

The battle had been won.

The Heroes were victorious.

And so they let their guard down.

*STAB*

Only for The Hero Killer to unexpectedly regain consciousness and stab Midoriya in his arm.

"Gah!" Midoriya fell over.

"MIDORIYA!"

Grabbing another knife from his pocket Stain rushes over the incapacitated Midoriya, intending to finish what he started with the newly declared successor of Ingenium.

Only to be stopped by Midoriya grabbing his leg in defiance, blood still flowing like spilt tomato juice out of his right arm.

"Grhh!" In anger and desperation to slay the false hero, The Hero Killer deals a solid blow to Midoriya's head with his steel clad boots.

Midoriya was knocked out, only managing to delay the inevitable.

But that slight delay was enough.

"RECIRPO BURST!"

Tenya was able to quickly deliver an engine enhanced kick to Stain's ribs, causing him to fly off and crash into the side of the alleyway.

Not intending to let history repeat, Tenya followed up with a Recirpo Burst from his other leg. Squaring The Hero Killer right in the face.

This time they had actually won, the Hero Killer knocked out cold.

The lives of the Pro Hero 'Native', and Intern Iida Tenya were saved.

"Hey kid you ok? Kid!"

But their naivety cost them greatly.

It was as the Hero Killer had questioned, what was the cost of the lives of two false heroes?

And the answer was Midoriya Izuku.