Here we go with chapter 7. ONE's infamy will only grow more and more from hear. I didn't intend for this chapter to be so long but for everything I wanted to put in it needed to be. chapter 6 got the most reviews so far and I'm hoping chapter 7 can top that so lets make it happen. For those who don't realize it yet I am a big fan of action, and this story will be full of it. Enjoy
Chapter 7 Some respect while others reject
Izuku slept great last night, he felt really good. His first day as a hero had gone off without a hitch and it was only the first of many great days to come. Getting out of his bed and doing some stretches to wake him up he heads to the bathroom to wash up before his morning workout. There was an energy in the apartment that just felt different the moment he opened his door. He walks in the living room to see his mother preparing breakfast while the news is playing on TV.
"Good morning Izuku." His mother said, smiling at him.
"Good morning mom, how are you this morning?"
"I'm fine, breakfast will be here when you finish your workout so get dressed."
"Will do." He said before walking into the bathroom. "She wants to ask how my night went. She's probably expecting to see my new hero identity in the news having done something crazy." He thought, He let out a small sigh remembering their conversation when he told her this is what he wanted to do.
Flashback one week ago
The two midoriya's are sitting at the kitchen table eating dinner in silence. The younger of the two tries to find his words as he's about to ask his mother for her approval to break the law. His mother was amazing, loving, caring and most of all, supporting. From day one she supported his dream of wanting to be a quirkless hero. She knew from the moment he was diagnosed quirkless what his life would be like, how people would treat him, the obstacles he would face. But in spite of all of that she always believed in him, she believed he really could achieve his dream and be everything he wanted to be. When his world was falling apart after his diagnoses she very easily could have apologized to him and wished that things were different. But, she didn't. She told him he could do it, but he had to be willing to work hard for it, and he did. She was right. He had obtained the strength, skills and abilities to be the hero he wanted to be, but his dream as a pro hero is unobtainable now. Surly she would understand why he wanted to do this but still. His masters supported him, his best friend supported him, he needed his mom in his corner on the path he was prepared to walk.
"Hey mom." He perked up after finishing his food.
"Yes Izuku?"
"You know that I applied to three other hero schools after the rejection from U.A right?" He asked, his green eyes meeting hers.
"Yes I know. Did one of them accept your application?" She asked, hopeful for her son.
"Well that's the thing, no. All three of them rejected my application for the same reason U.A did." He said, not trying to sound hurt at the still fresh pain of rejection.
Inko looked down, trying to fight back tears at her son's words. "I'm sorry Izuku. You've worked so hard for this, just for them to not give you a chance." she said, her words carrying anger.
"Yeah, this hurts a lot. I've been told my whole life I can't be a hero without a quirk, and that's apparently a sentiment the hero academia shares. Still, I don't want to give up on my dream."
Inko looked at her son proud of his determination but confused as his dream was now unobtainable, he's been barred by the same institution that has to give it to him. "How do you plan on being a hero Izuku?" She asked, curious at what her smart son was planning.
"I want to be a hero that can save anyone, anywhere from anything. That's what I've always wanted to be, and I know I can. I want to be that hero, more than anything, even if hero society says it's impossible for someone like me. That's why...I want to be a vigilante."
Inko was shocked at hearing this. Her son was telling her he wants to break the law, she was about to give her thoughts but he cut her off.
"I know that this must be a shock but I've thought long and hard about this. I wish I didn't have to resort to this but I can't just give up on my dream. For someone like me, taking it into my own two hands is the only way to obtain it. I have spoken with the masters and they gave their support, now I am asking for yours mom." He looked her in the eyes, his gaze almost pleading for her approval. It was very reminiscent of the look he had when he asked if he could still be a hero despite being quirkless.
Emerald eyes met as the mother cleared her throat. "Izuku, you're asking me to give you permission to break the law!" Her voice raised almost a yell. "What if you get arrested? What if you die?! What about your future?! Her worry was evident with every question.
"Mom, I really wish that it didn't have to be this way. I've worked really hard all these years and I've become really strong. I have thought of all the possible ways this can go wrong and I promise I won't let that happen. This isn't about me playing hero, this is about me taking my dream into my own hands because the world discriminates against people like me under the guise of it being for my own good. I won't let this negatively affect my future, I'll get into a great highschool and university, and I'll find a great career. I'm asking you because you always believed in me and I didn't want to go behind your back. I'm just asking you to trust me." His eyes showed the same look from the night after he was diagnosed quirkless.
Inko thought back on all the years since that day at the doctor's. She told him and firmly believed he could be a hero like All Might, still does, but the hero academia barred him from that goal. A hero was all he ever wanted to be since the day he saw All Might's debut. All the years he spent training for this one singular goal just to be told he can't have it, and to not have a chance to try and prove them wrong. She was angry that her son had to deal with this disrespectful, blatant discrimination, but a part of her was proud that in spite of that he still champions on. She didn't want anything to happen to him, but she knew she couldn't stop him, she found the perfect place to prepare him and now all she could do was support him.
"OK." She said, almost reluctantly.
"Ok? So you're ok with this? He said, thankful but still shocked by her answer.
"Yes, I kinda have to be onboard with this because even if I objected I'm sure you would still do this anyway. I am so sorry that they hurt you Izuku, and I wish that things were different. You said that you would be careful and not get arrested or worse killed, I am choosing to believe that. As much as I don't want you to risk your future by doing this I'll support you, but, If you do this then you are going to accept any and all consequences that come from this decision." she said in a stern voice and a piercing gaze.
Izuku took in his mothers response. A part of him was expecting her to say no and him breaking her heart by doing it anyway and potentially damaging their relationship, but she said yes. Though clearly worried of how this could go wrong she's having faith that he won't let that happen. He didn't want to hurt or disappoint her by failing, when her trust as well as support of this decision was all he asked for. His mother continued to believe in him and he was eternally grateful for that. Even more so he was thankful for the mother he had.
"Thank you mom, I promise I won't let you down."
"There will also be some stipulations, the biggest of which is if your grades suffer from this then you're done until they're acceptable again."
"Ok."
End flashback
After brushing his teeth and flossing, Izuku took a quick wash off before throwing on some black sweatpants, blue t-shirt and sneakers. "Be back in a bit mom." He said before closing the door behind him. He did a couple of light stretches before walking to the park down the street. For people who were up this early it wasn't uncommon for them to see him doing his morning routine of 400 push ups, sit ups, squats, ending this with a 30 kilometer run around the city. Izuku took off into the city, running at a pace that those who saw him would mistake his casual run for a sprint. He saw a lot of the city on these runs, especially when he added parkour to the mix. Sometimes he would spot villains up early and up to no good, he would have to leave it to the pros but now ONE is all over it. He ended his run at dagobah beach, he saw only one car in the parking lot as he stepped onto the platform overlooking the beach. Stopping to take in the beautiful scene of the beach and the tranquil sound of the crashing waves, he saw a man standing at the shore edge. He was really skinny with scruffy blonde hair that ran back. Izuku, having enjoyed the view, decided to head home for breakfast and take a shower before school. Unbeknownst to the boy the skinny blonde man was deep in thought. "Just barely two weeks ago this place was a dump with mountains of trash everywhere. I figured this would be a good place to train young Togata but that's been scraped. More importantly, who cleaned this place so quickly? You'd think local news would be raving about whoever restored this place to it's former beauty. This was great community service if nothing else." He thought.
Izuku returned home to the smell of a delicious breakfast, and a news report of the public thanking the unknown person who cleaned dagobah beach. He hopped in the bathroom for a quick shower and after getting dressed he finally sat down for his breakfast. The two sat in silence for a while before the mother chose to speak. "So how was your night?" She asked, genuinely curious. "It was pretty good for my first day, I think I had a really good debut." He smiled at remembering his night. "Really, what did you get into?" Her question was interrupted by the sound of the news on TV.
Who is ONE?! This sudden announcement made both the greenettes turn their attention to the TV. Three reporters, two men and one woman were sitting at a table with the headline above them. "What was first thought of as a new hero but was actually a vigilante burst on the scene last night and got himself involved in several incidents last night." One of the men said. The woman spoke next. "That's right, a villain with a fire quirk set an apartment complex on fire, some were able to make it out but many were trapped with no way out. The fire department arrived minutes after the emergency call but with the villain still inside they couldn't get in and save anyone. That was until this vigilante clad in green showed up, what he did and how efficiently he did it was incredible, we have the footage, enjoy. A clip played of the fire last night and a flash delivering people out of the fire every few seconds, it then showed the moment after he cleared out the building with his back to the camera. It played his declaration of everything being ok because he's got this before flashing a smile and thumbs up to both the cameras and then going back in the building in a flash. Next it showed him beating the arson villain, giving his name to the media and leaping away.
"Impressive, this was done all within the span of ten minutes and it was over before any pros arrived. What are our thoughts on this?" she asked her colleagues.
"While it was good that no one was killed in this situation, I can in no way condone his actions. He may have had the best of intentions but we can't condone vigilantism." One of the male reporters said.
This just looks to me like a All Might wanna be playing hero. He got lucky but this could have gone so wrong, the pros would have been just fine without his intervention." The other male reporter said.
"Well I can't say that I support his actions but I am glad that no one died. That wasn't the only incident he was involved in last night. Apparently there was a man causing chaos just to pick a fight with some heroes. Death Arms, Kamui Woods and Present Mic were all involved and while the details were not fully disclosed, both Present Mic and Death arms needed medical attention and in a statement from the police this same vigilante in green interfered and defeated the man. Kamui Woods attempted to question him but he left before he could. Thoughts?"
"As I said before, he's just an All Might wanna be playing hero, if he's watching this, I have a suggestion. Your actions, while brave, are more reckless than heroic, I suggest you stop this little game before someone gets hurt." He said, facing the camera.
Izuku finally turned away from the TV and looked at his mother. "Well, it's not like I didn't see this coming. Still, this is the furthest thing from a game to me, and I'm going to make sure the people know that.
Aldera Junior High
Izuku and Taku were talking in their corner in the back of the class before it was time to start.
"So, your first day was a success I presume" Taku asked with a sly smile.
"Yeah it all went pretty good. In all honesty the fire felt a lot longer than it actually was, the suit is awesome by the way."
Taku could only smile upon hearing that. Well of course my man. Me and grandpa put a lot of effort into making it as good for you as possible, I'm already thinking about upgrades and new designs." He said excitedly.
"Really?"
"Of course, what craftsman is satisfied with a base model? Plus every hero needs more than one costume, and if I can improve it or make it better I'm gonna do that."
"Well I think it's already great as is but if you think it'll help go for it."
"Bet. Speaking of, I saw the news this morning, must have been rough with such a harsh critique out the gate."
"Not really. I knew this was inevitable. The only thing that hurt was him claiming that this was a game, I'll prove them wrong in time though."
"Sweet. By the way, how is your girl reacting to all this?" He asked with a sly grin
Izuku narrowed his eyes at his friend. "If you're talking about Momo, I never told her." He said plainly.
The greynette was shocked to hear that. "Wait, really? I figured you would have ran to her and told her about your crushed ambition at which point she would pull you into a boobalicious, comforting hug. After all, no woman can resist a man on the verge of tears. His sly grin never wavering.
"Her boobs aside for a minute. I didn't want to tell her because it would mean I can't stay with her." He said, sadness evident in his voice.
Taku raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"We said that we would support each other and chase our dreams together, now my dream from a conventional standpoint is unobtainable. I want to keep training with her and being her friend but soon she'll be off at U.A and I'll be off who knows. Plus she's trying to be a pro and that would be conflicting if she was with me so...I just didn't want to face that until I had to.
"Well, I think you should tell her everything, honestly I think she would understand."
He took a deep breath before speaking. "You think I should?" He asked, genuinely concerned about his friend's answer.
"Yeah, you said that you two said you'd support each other, if she really meant it then given the circumstances she'll definitely support your decision." He said with a confident smile.
Izuku thought for a moment on Taku's words and he could only hope that he was right. He texted Momo if he could come over after school as this was something that needed to be said in person. She had become an invaluable friend to him in the past five months and he didn't want to lose that because he wasn't honest or didn't trust her. He didn't want to keep his life as ONE a secret from her either, god forbid he had to fight her because as a hero her job would be to catch him. So at this point all he could do was hope this goes well.
Classes ended that day and Izuku got the green light from Momo to come over. He and Taku were about to leave the class when an interesting subject came up. "Hey did you guys hear about that new vigilante?" Said a random boy. "Yeah he showed up to save people from a fire and he beat the villain that caused it, all before the pro's showed up." Said another boy. "Yeah I could actually see the fire from my window, that's how close it was, I'm just glad it didn't spread. Matter of fact, doesn't Hashiga live in that building? Asked a girl.
"Why else do you think he's not here today?" Came the voice of Tensaki.
Everyone listening to the conversation looked at the long fingered boy. "He ok? Asked a random boy. "Well most of his stuff got torched so he's not great, I was actually with him when it all happened." Everyone's attention skyrockets having heard this. "Everything was on fire! We couldn't escape at all, I seriously thought we were going to die! The villain even kicked the door in a started burning the place, we had to hide in a bathroom. Then HE showed up. Hero, vigilante, I don't care, he told us to come with him and in a flash we were safely outside. He was awesome and I wanna thank him if I ever get the chance."
Izuku smiled before exiting the class with Taku. He would never regret saving him and Hashiga but it still felt weird hearing one of his primary antagonists unknowingly praising him. Chuckling a little, Taku perked up. "Bet that felt weird?" The greenette nodded in response. "Yeah a little, even if he doesn't know who it was he wants to thank me, and he thought I was awesome. That's just crazy when you think about it."
"You plan on going out tonight." Taku asked.
"Of course, It may be a little late when I go out assuming everything goes well with Momo."
"Alright, if you need your sidekick I'm always on the line."
After giving a fist bump and walking in separate directions after leaving the school Izuku headed to the train station. After an hour's train ride he made it to Momo's front gate, he had to take a deep breath before pressing the button and asking to be let in. He passed the gate and walked the road to the mansion, he had to admit that he was a bit anxious. What was he going to say to Momo? How would she react? Hopefully she would accept it but the thought of her not only made him more hesitant. He finally made it to the front door. "I just have to man up and do this." He thought before ringing the bell with Saikawa answering the door.
"Hello Midoriya, the madam has been expecting you." He said with closed eyes.
"Hello Saikawa, how are you today?" The boy asked as he walked through the front door.
"I am doing well, yourself?"
"I've been good, though admittedly I'm a little nervous. I have to talk to Momo about something important, do you mind telling me where she is?"
"She was in the library the last I saw of her." He said, his eyes still closed.
"Thank you." Izuku bowed his head to the older man before making his way through the giant mansion to the library.
He entered the giant library and found his beautiful, black haired friend sitting in a lounge chair. "Hey Momo!" He exclaimed while waving at her.
The girl looked up from her book. "Hello Izuku, it's good to see you." She smiled at him, putting down her book.
"What are you reading?"
"It's nothing important, just a book of different fairy tales and myths."
"I didn't know you were into that kind of stuff."
"Well usually I'm not, but some of these stories are pretty interesting."
"I've actually read some pretty interesting stories like that, but the only ones that interested me were the ones about heroes." He said, smiling sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head
"Naturally." Momo said with a smile.
"Ok, let's hope this works out." He thought to himself. "Mind if we go for a walk and talk?"
"Sure, let's walk around the garden. She said as she got up and noticed that Izuku was at eye level. "Did you get taller?"
Izuku realized that he had grown a bit, he was now just as tall as Kacchan now and Momo had always been taller than him but now she had roughly a centimeter on him. "Hm, I guess so."
They left the library and began walking toward the garden. They walked in silence for a while before the girl decided to speak. "So, how have you been? I haven't heard from you in a few weeks, I was glad to get your text.
"Yeah sorry for not keeping in touch, a lot's happened over the past few weeks." He looked her in the eyes trying not to lower his head.
"Such as?" Her onyx eyes looked at him with concern.
This was it, this was the moment he had been dreading since his first rejection letter from U.A. "Hey Momo, can I ask you a honest question?"
"Of course."
My whole life, not many people looked at me or treated me like a normal person because I was quirkless. Growing up practically every attempt I made to make friends instantly died the moment I didn't have a quirk to show off. I've essentially always been a pariah at school because of that fact, couple that with my dream to be a hero and for some reason it causes people to show me the worst parts of themselves. It hurts...It really hurts to be treated like a freak and be belittled just for having dreams like everyone else. People mock me just for trying...But you never did. Why?"
The black haired girl took in her friend's words. He had been through so much. She was admittedly shocked to learn that he was quirkless at first but she didn't mind that fact at all. She couldn't possibly understand how hard his life must have been. The statistics may show that 20% of the world's population is quirkless, but what the stats don't show is that most of them are people in their golden years and couldn't care less about it. However kids born in this world built on quirks was a different story, mental health issues, self harm and suicide are very high in that demographic, especially among'st teenagers.
"I'm not the type to judge someone off something as trivial as their quirk or lack there of Izuku, you're the first and only quirkless person I have ever met so it didn't seem logical, rational or necessary to blindly discriminate against you. I had only known you for a few days when you told me you were quirkless, I thought you were a good person when we met and sensei clearly thought highly of you. Plus having a quirk has nothing to do with your character, so I guess it didn't bother me."
The boy smiled at hearing her words. "Well thank you Momo, you don't know how much that meant to me." He said, meeting her eyes with a big, grateful smile.
"You're welcome." She said, smiling back.
Her answer largely mitigated the nerves he initially had about having this conversation, Time to press on to why he came here. Walking in silence for a while before reaching the garden and walking through the landscape.
"Momo?"
"Yes."
"I'm not going to U.A."
"What, why not?" She asked, clearly confused.
"You see the thing is, two weeks ago I got a letter from U.A, basically it said that they won't allow me to take the entrance exam because I'm quirkless." His eyes met hers and his words never faltered.
The girl lowered her head for a moment, clearly sad about this news. She knew that U.A was a special school and although it was disrespectful not to give someone a chance to try when their motto is PLUS ULTRA! She knew and was afraid that they might do this, she just never wanted to tell Izuku. "Have you looked into other schools?" she said in a slightly sullen voice.
He sighed as he continued. "I did, I applied to Shiketsu, Ketsubutsu and Isamu but they all said the same thing that U.A said. They say they are protecting their school and me but it's actually just blatant discrimination."
Momo was shocked and angry that all of these respectable schools would deny him a chance to try and get into their hero department for the same reason. Izuku was one of the strongest people she knew and she was certain he would excel in any hero course, the actions of these schools were nothing less than disgraceful. She was really looking forward to them going to U.A together, training and becoming heroes together, and now it was impossible. They said that they would help and support each other in their shared goal, she had gotten much stronger with Izuku's help. He had become a cherished friend and invaluable to her progress these past few months. "What do you plan to do now?" She asked with concern.
"I have thought long and hard about this, I know exactly what direction to go in. The world discriminates, if I just accept this and let my dream die I'll never get over it. I have decided that I'm going to be a hero, no matter what anyone says. I'll use the skills I have obtained to help people in any and every way I can, so...I chose to become a vigilante." He said, his eyes never leaving hers.
"You...Want to be an illegal hero. What if you get arrested? What if you get killed?!
"I have thought about all the reasons this can go wrong and I won't let that happen. This is my dream Momo, it's all I ever wanted to be and this is the only way I can. I could really use you in my corner too." He said, almost pleading
"Too?" She said, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes, I have the support of my mom, my masters, Taku and his family, and I would really appreciate yours?"
"Ok." she said in a calm voice.
The greenette, though happy, was still shocked at her seemingly easy response. "So you really support my decision? Sorry but I was expecting a little more of a push back."
"It's as you said Izuku, this is the only way someone like you can be a hero. The hero academia blatantly discriminated against you, you tried to go the proper route but they shut the door on you. We said that we would help and support each other in becoming heroes, if this is the path that you have to take then I will support you. Just promise me that you'll be careful?" She said, her words carrying nothing but care for him.
Izuku was happy, really happy. The day of his rejection from U.A had been one of the worst days of his life, made even worse by the letters followed. His dream, his aspirations had been constantly stepped on by practically everyone, but he always championed on. Because even if others didn't believe that he could be a quirkless hero, it truly would have been impossible if HE didn't believe it. He took his dream into his own hands, he was going to become everything he dreamed of becoming, and he had all of those who believed in and acknowledged him in his corner.
"Thank you, and I promise I will be careful."
"You're welcome." She said smiling at him
They continued walking in silence for a while before Momo decided to speak again. "So do you have a costume or even a name?"
"Yeah, I have a costume, and my name is ONE."
"ONE?" The girl said with a raised eyebrow. "Why ONE? Is that supposed to mean something?"
"I chose the name one mostly because there is only one of me. Not to sound conceited but I'm certain there's no one else in the world like me. I am quirkless, but I can do things that even those with quirks can't do" He said with a confident smile.
"Ok." She said in a curious tone. She made a mental note to ask him to show her what he means later. "And what does your costume look like?"
"I'll show you." He then played with his watch for a few seconds before his body was enveloped in a green light revealing him in his costume when it faded. "So Momo, what do you think?" He said in his hero voice with a charming smile.
Momo walked around him a few times, becoming more and more mesmerized by his form the more she looked at him. She knew he was muscular, but his suit was really showing just how defined his muscles were, he looked like a god sculpted from marble. "It looks really good, Izuku. I wasn't expecting such a well made suit, I am assuming Fujiwara made this?"
"Yes, Taku and his grandfather made this suit for me, it feels amazing and it admittedly came out looking better than I hoped. It's fireproof, bulletproof, bladeproof, comes with scanners and provides maximum mobility, it feels like I'm wearing. Nothing at all!" He said in his hero voice as he did a pose.
Momo instantly brought her hand to her mouth to try and hold in her giggling. In the time she had gotten to know him she learned that though it wasn't all of the time, Izuku had no problem with being a goofball, and when he was it usually made her laugh.
"So, how often do you plan on going out and being ONE?"
"I plan on this being a daily part of my life, I actually plan on going out on patrol when I leave here."
They spent the next hour just enjoying each other's company. They talked about training and Momo had improved a lot over the past few months and she was only going to keep getting better. Izuku told her to ask Michiko if she could live at the dojo since winter break was coming up. He'd be living there like always and she could get even better if she did, to which she said she'd definitely ask her when she came tomorrow. As the sun was starting to set Izuku decided to head back home, promising next time to stay for dinner. He headed back to the train station and hopped in the train back home and immediately ran into the city.
Finding a secluded spot in an alley he donned his costume and jumped on the roof of a building ready for some action. It had gotten dark and there was a tension in the air that put him on edge as he scoured the city. Hearing the sound of chaos to the east he headed over to see that the largest bank in town had been broken into. The entrance had been blown open and there stood two villains holding large bags full of what he could only assume was cash. People were running from the scene while several were watching and recording for some stupid reason. One was average height while the other was taller,the taller one had a browny build and was wearing a mask to cover his face, metal armour covering his upper body with metal sleeves and gauntlets on his arms and hands, he also wore baggy cargo pants and black combat boots. The shorter one had a lean build and was wearing a black spandex suit that covered his whole body only exposing his mouth and white hair with a blue bolt on his chest, he also wore blue goggles.
"We could wait for the hero's to show up because reasons, how much longer do you think he's gonna be?" The white haired villain asked his partner.
"Who knows? He said he had a personal mission, it shouldn't take too long. Here, you get these back to the hideout, we'll catch up." The brawny villain said as he handed his partner his bags of cash.
ONE decided that now was the time to make his presence known, jumping from the building he was standing on, he landed as a flash behind the brawny villain. "You know, it's called a job gentlemen." His sudden arrival made both of the villains jump back in shock.
"Where the hell did you even come from?" The lean villain exclaimed.
"That doesn't matter, all that does is that you two are going to return that money and turn yourselves in for this."
"Oh yeah you're absolutely right, the only problem is that "FWOOSH!" He never finished that sentence as his body was instantly shrouded in blue lightning and he jetted down the street bags of cash in tow. "Tah! Fucking idiot! I've got the fastest speed quirk around! I've gotten away from Hawks and All Might! See you later loser!" He yelled as in less than five seconds he had made it two blocks away.
"Did I ever claim to be Hawks or All Might?" Came a voice that gave the fleeing villains chills, as suddenly the hero was right beside him to his right. "The name is ONE by the way." The hero told the running villain.
He blinked only once and the hero was gone again, when he looked forward again there he was but it was too late, with one chop to the shoulder everything went dark, the horroring realization dawning on him before he lost consciousness. "He's faster than me!"
"That's one down, one more to go, they did imply they had another partner still in the bank. Heroes should arrive soon, let's wrap this up quickly." Grabbing the bags of money and slugging the unconscious villain over his shoulder he ran back down the street in a flash stopping in front of the brawny villain and placing the money and his unconscious partner on the ground.
"I am surprised you were actually able to outpace Bolt." said the villain
"Well that confuses me, because I doubt you're as surprised as I am that you're still standing here after realizing that."
The villain smirked behind his mask. "Hm, you're clearly a rookie hero and don't know how to pick your battles so let me tell you, I'm far more powerful than Bolt, he had speed but no power." He said in a condescending tone.
"Yeah I kinda figured that. But why were you guys robbing a bank any- .
"He who strikes first wins!" The villain roared as he lunged at the hero. But his thrill of a surprise attack was instantly stunted when ONE caught his fist and gripped it like a vice.
"While there is some truth to what you just said, you're better off using a sneak attack on someone more likely to fall for it." The hero said as he cocked his fist back. The sound of crushed metal rang out as ONE shot his fist into the villain's gut, completely destroying his armor and undershirt leaving only his well toned six pack exposed.
"I see..So you're strong as well...You. Have beaten me."He said through shallow breaths through his mask. "IS THAT REALLY WHAT YOU EXPECTED ME TO SAY YOU FOOL!" He yelled as his skin began to darken. "All this armor was just a minor protective outer shell! Behold! My quirk turns my flesh into armor! Many times harder than steel! Now what will you-!
"CRUSH!" The villain's gloating was ended by the same fist sinking into his gut, much harder this time, causing excruciating pain and making him spit up blood behind his mask before everything went dark.
"My master once told me once that you can never trust the skill of those who spend more time talking than fighting. Don't know why you two felt the need to rob banks but I hope you change for the better. Oh crap I forgot to ask about their other partner!" "BOOM!" He was brought out of his thoughts as he looked up and saw that an explosion blew a hole in the top floor as the smoke cleared he saw a figure falling down followed by feminine screaming. A woman was falling from a lot of stories up, before he could even think about it he was in the air and in a flash the falling woman was in his arms. "Don't worry I got you miss." He said with confidence. "You've got me? Whose got you?! She exclaimed as they were several stories off the ground. "HAHAHA! No need to worry, Because I Got This!"
"Sky Walk!" He kicked off the air allowing him to fly across the sky. The panicked woman still clutching him was astounded. "You can fly?"
"Well, something like that." The hero replied. What even happened back there?"
"That's right, a villain is trying to break into our primary vault! You have to stop him!
"I'll get you on the ground and then I'm all over it."
After getting the woman on the ground he made a perfect jump to the hole at the top of the bank. He entered what was clearly an executive's office, the entire floor was one big suite. The smell of smoke was prevalent in the air, and he could hear the sound of someone rummaging through something in the far end of the suite. He headed down to what he thought was a vault and saw a man going through cash, merchandise, and various things in the vault. He had curly black hair and was wearing a crimson red coat, black skinny jeans, black boots and shades. "Looking for something buddy?" ONE asked, clearly rhetorical. "Obviously, but it don't seem to be here."
"Well since what you're looking for isn't here, mind telling me why you threw a woman out a window?"
"1. That wasn't a woman, that was a hoe, it's basically a freebee. And 2." He started to pick his nose as he said this to the hero's disgust. Finding a suitable bogie he flicks it at the hero who easily dodges it.
"Who does the-"BOOM!" ONE is sent flying from the force of the explosion into the safety glass behind him cracking it. "Exploding snot? That's an unusual and nasty quirk." He thought as he got back to his feet.
"Well, what I wanted isn't here so I guess I'll just kill you to vent my frustrations. Sound good hero?"
"You're welcome to try, but I doubt trying to kill me will help with YOUR problems." He said as he got into his stance.
The villain lunged first throwing a wide punch at ONE that he easily blocks with his forearm. He was suddenly surprised when a powerful explosion blasted from the point of impact. As the smoke cleared The hero stood firm completely unfazed by the explosion. "So it's not just your snot, your quirk turns your entire body into a bomb." He deduced, confident in his analysis.
"That's right, I can turn any part of my body into a powerful bomb, making you the biggest form of fool for fighting me." The villain's arrogance shining through.
"I'm not so sure about that." One stated before kicking the villain in the gut sending him flying across the suite almost out the window, the villain gets his bearings and tries to stand to his feet only to be met with a chop to the head making him drop to the floor, cracking the tile and falling unconscious.
"Well that's over. I should ask that woman what he was looking for but she's probably with the pro's by now. Oh well." He said before putting the villain on his shoulder and jumping out the window back down to the entrance at the bottom where he left the other two villains. Unsurprisingly there were heroes and police grouped and already taking the other two villains into custody with the woman from earlier talking to police. All eyes were on him when he hit the ground.
Yo! I got one more right here, he was trying to find something but fortunately it wasn't in the vault." He said as he placed the unconscious villain on the ground.
"We'll take it from here from here." Said an officer as several approached to collect the villain. He looked around to see Air Jet, Mt. Lady and Kamui Woods ice grilling him, it didn't take a genius to know what was coming next so he chose to make his leave. But the moment he took a step a long tendril of wood flew at him in an attempt to grab him, in a flash he was gone with the wooden tendril wrapping around nothing but air. "What the, where'd he go?!" The wooden hero thought, but before he could process his thoughts he felt a hand on his shoulder. "Relax a little, okay Kamui Woods. I was only leaving, you know what they say "A hero's always on the move"."
The wooden hero's face shifted, clearly annoyed by that statement. "No, you're under arrest for vigilantism." He said in a stern voice.
"Ah yes, I knew this was inevitable but a couple things. 1st, my name is ONE, please address me as that and 2, "BOOM!" In a flash followed by a sound that could only be described as several sonic booms at once he was gone, leaving the all who witnessed his departure stunned.
ONE was running through the city at a constant speed of mach 5, he could perceive everything and it all moved in slow motion. It showed that most of the time the city really was peaceful. Until it wasn't, he knew it was dangerous but he jumped into traffic and perfectly shifted across the street and he saw about a dozen men in masks robbing an electronics store. They had already loaded several tv's, speakers, computers, processors and the latest game consoles into a van and a pick up truck. No alarm was going off so he assumed one of them had a quirk that made that happen. At the distance he was he could count a dozen men rushing in and out of the store and assuming there was one man in each of the cars ready to drive off if something went wrong. Rushing to the thieves, he chose to target the ones who weren't carrying anything first, with blinding speed and a single chop to the neck, five of the thieves drop to the ground unconscious. The other's looked around shocked at seeing their allies suddenly go down but not seeing who did it, they were even more shocked to see that the merchandise they were just holding was also gone.
"What the hell is happening?!" Said one of the panicked thieves.
The thieves were still in shock when a voice came out of nowhere putting them all on edge."You know some people save up for a long time to buy this stuff, seems kinda lazy for you guys to just steal it."
The remaining thieves look into the store to see a hero in a green costume with a black cowl standing up from a crouched position, looking behind him they could see all the electronics that THEY were just holding. "So you're the one who knocked out our guys?" Growled one of the thieves as he assumed an attack stance.
"That's right. I don't know what you want with all that stuff but I'm taking it all back." ONE said, getting into his own stance.
Of the seven thieves in front of him not many of them seemed to have an offensive quirk except for three. One of them's arms morphed into giant gorilla arms, another touched the metal pole beside him and his whole body was coated in metal, and the third one's hands began to glow blue and gave off an intense vibration sound. He quickly blitzed and knocked out four of the thieves in a flash, the metal man tried to hit him with a right hook but the hero dodged and grabbed his wrist. ONE then pulls him down and brings his left knee to connect with the right side of the thieves head. "I can't have this fight in the store, some stuff could get busted if we do this in here." He thought before spinning and throwing the metal man into gorilla arms, sending them both out the store and into the street. Glowing hand got distracted from seeing his friends be sent flying so easily, the hero took this opportunity to jump at the villain with a flying kick. The power and momentum of the kick carried him out of the store but the hero kicked him again, sending him flying past his teammates and crashing into the brick wall of the building across the street. The thief's hands stopped glowing and he fell off the cracked wall hitting the ground unconscious.
The two remaining thieves looked in horror at their defeated partner. "He took down shiin without breaking a sweat!" The metal thief said in a shallow, frightened voice.
"Ok, here's the plan, I'm gonna take him while you get to the van and get out of here." Gorilla arms whispered to his partner.
"Alright, but you be right behind me."
"I'll catch up later." Gorilla arms assured
ONE, having heard that entire exchange as he was walking toward the thieves, could only look at the van and truck loaded with stolen electronics and the knocked out thieves on the ground. "So no one was a getaway driver in case something went wrong? Everyone was in there stealing something? These guys are not good thieves." The hero thought. However he didn't have time to criticize their non existing thievery skills as gorilla arms jumped at him. He brought both his arms back to try and smash the hero into the ground. ONE was prepared and simply crossed his arms above his head, the thief brought down his fists not breaking the hero's guard but cracking the concrete beneath him. ONE the parted his arms which forced the thief's arms to part as well leaving him open to a back flip kick sending him high into the air. The thief, while in intense pain, was still conscious after that one, but he had no time to react as in a flash the hero was in the air, directly in his face.
"Senju Blows!" The hero yelled out. The hero threw punches at such blinding speed that one thousand materialized, his final punch slamming the thief back to the ground cracking the sidewalk leaving him an unconscious, pummeled mess and his arms returning to normal. As ONE's feet hit the ground he heard the van's motor starting up, he rushes to the car before the thief can even switch gears the hero rips the door off and snatches the thief out of the car throwing him across the street near the knocked out glowing hands guy. "Who the hell are you?!" The thief roared. The hero smirked at his question. "You can call me ONE! And we can keep fighting or you can sit down while I call the authorities? The choice is yours?" His hero's voice stern.
The villain only grunted as he put his hand on the brick wall behind him and his body was slowly covered in it. "I'm about to knock you out, hero! Everything was going so smoothly, we were about to make a killing but you had to go and FUCK it up!" He roared as he rushed towards the hero. His assault however was instantly halted as he was forced against the brick wall. Pain shot through every nerve in his body, he was coated with brick but it didn't do a damn thing to protect him from this guy. He could see the hero looking right at him, with his fist shoved into his gut, and he could hear and feel his brick coating crumbling away. He was running to punch the hero, he blinked and he ended up like this, the darkness was beginning to take him, only able to muster the words of his shock of the past five seconds. "So. Fast." He said in a weak, shallow voice.
"Not just fast. Powerful." ONE said, in a strong confident tone.
With the thief's coating completely gone and him being knocked out one finally decided to lay him on the ground and call the cops. He jumped onto the roof of the electronics store. It felt a little weird calling the police to tell them that you just committed vigilantism but he trusted Taku that they couldn't track the phone so he went for it.
"Hello Operator. This is the hero ONE I just stopped some thieves who were robbing an electronics store, they have all been incapacitated so please come pick them up." Suddenly feeling a presence behind him he sees something heading for his right forearm, reacting more than fast enough he lowers his arm and spins to the right grabbing the item with his left hand. To his surprise it was some kind of long fabric that was leading a trail back to a man standing about ten feet behind him. "Yes you have a good day as well." He said before hanging up.
"That's not really a human way to say hello to someone, Eraserhead." He said, trying to ease what was surely going to be a tense situation.
"Maybe not. Even though that was a nice catch you still won't get away from me." His tone was 100% serious.
"Where'd you even come from?" He asked genuinely curious as he didn't notice him before he got so close.
"I was watching your entire fight."
The hero raised an eyebrow behind his cowl. "And what did you think?"
"You're under arrest for vigilantism."
"Not surprised you're saying that but come on, I'm not the bad guy here!" ONE exclaimed.
"You're committing a crime right now. So yeah, you are." The older man stated.
"That's a pretty black n white argument, and I'm not gonna get taken in."
"Then resisting arrest will be another charge placed on you."
"Well the police should be here to clean this up in a minute so make sure it goes smoothly for me would ya? And also sorry in advance." The moment these words left his lips ONE rushed at the erasure hero with blinding speed while still holding onto his scarf. In a flash he was in the older hero's face before connecting a high kick to his chin bringing him off the ground. Eraser, stunned and in pain couldn't react to ONE jumping and spinning in the air effectively wrapping the hero in his own scarf. The vigilante pulls back on the scarf making it tighten and slamming the pro to the ground with a loud thud.
"Once again, sorry for that. See you around Eraser. Bye." He said as he raised a hand with his back to the pro before leaping into the air and flying across the city with sky walk. The pro, after some wrangling, was finally able to free himself from his own scarf, and unbeknownst to ONE he was using his quirk on him the entire time. "My quirk, it doesn't affect him. Damn, this guy may turn into one hell of a problem." He thought as he finally stood up nursing his chin.
ONE was soaring through the city, performing spins and just feeling like the wind. He had first developed his sky walk technique a year and a half ago but tonight was the first time he got to use it in the field. It quickly became one of his favorite techniques and it's one of his most versatile. Soaring through the sky like this made him feel like a real Saturday morning superhero, hell even All Might can't fly, and he was proud that he, a quirkless kid, found his own way to do it. Despite how much fun this was he couldn't shake the fear that he would have many more confrontations with heroes, specifically eraserhead, he hoped he didn't hurt him too badly. It's their job to arrest him but it doesn't mean he has to try to seriously hurt them because of it, after all they're all fighting the same fight.
"Today has been quite a day. I now have everyone important to me in support of my decision, but in hindsight I can't believe I was scared to tell Momo, Taku was right again I guess. I'll patrol for another three hours or so and I'll call it a night. I almost forgot I have a Cal test tomorrow. Let's go!"
And that's the chapter ladies and gentleman. Everyone important to Izuku is on board with him being ONE so good for him. As shown if the final scene with Eraserhead, Izuku isn't against fighting pro's. While he would rather run than fight there will be times in the story where he'll have to give a beat down. And not in a bully way he take zero joy from beating hero's. Going back to Eraserhead those two are going to be a clash of ideals throughout the entire story, they are going to clash A LOT. Next time, A villain breaks out of jail, Izuku chooses a highschool, ONE's fame grows, ONE meets All Might, and a lady friend of Izuku's comes to stay.
