Okay, I decided to make this second chapter early to let people know that Izuku is NOT the Joker, alright? Izuku will be in this chapter, but he won't be as the Joker! Do I make myself clear here!?

So without further ado, here it is. :P

[EDIT 10/17/2020: Okay, I uploaded the chapter again to let you all see some of the changes I made. Just so you all know that I have a plan. Also, I made some other changes in the first chapter as well. Please go read them if you can, okay? ^^; ]


1:20 PM

Naomasa looked on as he stood there in slight confusion.

'What in Heaven's name happened here?'

Morbidly curious as he'd ever been when he's investigating a murder, Naomasa tried to piece the scene together in his mind.

When someone heard an explosion from inside the bank, they checked it out to see what was going on, but the glass doors were locked. From what they saw outside of the bank, not much was seen, but the person had a gut feeling it wasn't good, since the doors were locked during work hours. That was when they decided to call the police to check up on the situation.

When the police arrived and neared the banking establishment, they were greeted behind the glass doors by a scared hostage who came up to them with a strange-looking bomb in her hands.

Acting quickly enough, the authorities broke the glass to go inside the building.

They weren't quite prepared for the multiple dead bodies that occupied it.

Seeing that they had multiple homicides on their hands, they called in Naomasa to survey the crime scene.

Upon arriving, he first noted that there were people outside with handmade bombs in their hands, holding onto them for dear life. Naomasa was wondering how those poor people were put into that position when he passed them. He first and foremost made a call to a certain Hero and friend to see if he can help these victims out.

The second thing he noted when he was inside, was the brutally deceased bodies. Which led him to this point as of now.

Naomasa had seen dead bodies before, it's part of the job as a detective. But this almost made his stomach churned. One was just a blown up body that was only a torso and legs, while the top half was obliterated and splattered across the wall and floor.

Another body, a big guy, was on the floor, his back against the wall, looking as if he'd been slammed against the wall by the sheer force of the explosion, which he must've been close to, seeing that his skin was burnt and his clothes singed. But what really probably sealed this guy's fate was the bullet hole in his forehead.

The third body...well, it looked like overkill. The dead male apparently had bullet wounds in his left arm, shoulder, and hand. His right arm, right up to his forearm, was bent in an unnatural way, which looked to have been done by a bullet being shot by point blank range. But what really looked like it did him in, was that his skull was crushed, along with his neck being snapped. And from what he could tell, it had been a vehicle thanks to the tire marks on the body's face.

Upon going further in the back, he sees two more dead bodies that looked to be run over by the same vehicle. However, when he saw that there were a few gunshot wounds on their persons, he made the conclusion that they died from those injuries.

He also saw the hole in the wall, which could be the vehicle's entrance and exit. When he looked outside of the hole, he saw yet another dead body to his left, and while it looked like it was run over, this one also died due to a gunshot wound that was in the back of his head.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that this was a bank robbery, especially seeing the multiple torn-up ATMs that used to be filled with money. However...these victims were wearing suits reminiscent of the Yakuza, except for the one outside, who looked to be in a worker's jumpsuit. Plus, they all wore masks, some resembling ancient Japanese folklore and shounen anime characters.

From what he surveyed at the crime scene, it would seem these Yakuza-dressed victims...were the bank robbers.

Either this was the work of a very brutal vigilante, or something went wrong with the robbery.

Then, upon looking at the corpses, he turned around to see the message on the wall that he failed to notice when observing them...


"DO NOT FEAR, FOR I AM HERE!" Shouted the tall and completely well-built Hero known as All Might. "Now, what seems to be the...huh?"

When All Might entered the scene, he never expected to see a group of fearful people holding something odd in their shaking hands.

"...Wait, what are they holding?" All Might asked anyone around him, completely puzzled.

"All Might! Thank goodness you're here!" A police officer came up to him. "There was a bank robbery that just happened! Detective Tsukauchi is inside, but he wanted you to help these civilians first! They're holding onto what looked like handmade bombs! One of the hostages said that it detonates when they let go of it!"

All Might's eyes widened in shock at the claim. "What!? Who in the world would do something like that!?"

"We don't know as of yet, Mr. All Might, but Detective Tsukauchi will explain inside. For now, you need to save these people!"

"Oh, yes! Right! You're saying that if they let those devices go, they'll explode! In that case, I really do need to hurry!" All Might rushed over to the once hostages and told them. "Uh, never fear, dear citizens! I'll save you all from this situation. Now, uh, let's see…" He counted them out quickly in his mind. "Okay, nine! To all nine people who have these bombs in their hands, toss them at me all at once and I'll swat them up into the sky!"

The people holding the bombs glanced at each other in hesitation.

"Don't worry! I'll even count to three! Now when I say 'three', that's when you'll toss them at me and I'll do my thing! I can take it!" All Might reassured them.

Still feeling hesitant, but willing to try anything to get out of their predicament, they all nodded.

"Okay then! Now on the count of three: One...two...three!"

The bomb holders quickly tossed them over to All Might, which he then threw his arms upward and swatted all the bombs up into the air with all of his might(no pun intended). The action of the powerful swipe from his arms and hands hit the bombs and carried them all the way up, probably around five hundred feet…

...No explosion happened.

The officers, the people that were holding the bombs, and All Might himself just stood there...waiting for something to happen.

"...Oh. Uh...I, um...I guess they were all duds...all nine of them...or...they...weren't bombs at all in the first place, I gue-"

BOP! BOP! BOP! BOP! BOP! BOP! BOP! BOP! BOOOOP!

The explosion released an interesting display of colorful smoke, ranging from orange, green, red, purple, yellow, blue, brown, pink, and black.

The people who were once in danger yelped at the force and sound of the strong powdered sound, while All Might just looked up in surprise.

"...Oh. It was, uh...a delay? ...Wait a minute, what kind of bombs were those...?" It was then All Might looked down at the ex-hostages, "...Uh...just a quick, hopefully non-offensive question, but was this...robber a Hindu?"


Tsukauchi heard the explosions as he was examining the blown apart body. It sounded like they were right above them. He smirked and mumbled, "Well done, Yagi."

A few seconds later, All Might entered the crime scene.

"I AM HERE, DETECTI-"

He froze as he viewed the gruesome sight before him.

"What the…" All Might's eyes were wide with shock. "Oh my...good heavens, what...who did this?"

"Hello there, All Might. And at the moment, that's what we're all trying to figure out." Naomasa greeted him and told him as he walked over to where he is.

"My...My word…" As All Might glanced to his left, he blanched in horror. "I-...Is that a-"

"Yep. That's the bottom half of a person. I'm thinking he's one of the robbers."

"One of the robbers!?" All Might exclaimed in astonishment.

Naomasa nodded. "Mm-hmm. I've found some colored fabric that matched and belonged to the victim. It seems all of the victims were wearing masks as well as colorful suits reminiscent of the Yakuza."

"Do you...Do you think this is the work of the Yakuza?"

"I wouldn't think so. For one, they aren't this bold. Second, they don't particularly look 'Yakuza' material, although that's still up for question. Third, one of my men took the mask off on one of these robbers and recognized him. He had an X-Ray vision Quirk and did small-time robberies, so I'm thinking these robbers were just small-time thugs that used their Quirks for this heist. Either way, I can pretty much tell you without a doubt that these corpses used to be the bank robbers."

"H-...How do you think this happened, Detective?" All Might asked as he looked around the area.

The detective sighed. "Well, we checked around and found out that the silent alarm and the landline phones weren't working, so we can only guess that one of these robbers cut them off. One had scissors for fingers, so I'm betting it was him. And if something like that happened, I'm also betting that the connection to the security cameras are cut off as well. Look around. The lights on the cameras aren't on."

All Might glances at the cameras in the corners of the room and could see that the red lights are, in fact, not on.

"Hmm...then...what do you think happened here, old friend?" All Might asked him.

"I got two theories. One is that a vigilante did this, but that's starting to seem unlikely. He would've rescued the hostages if that were the case."

"Hm, that's true. And I wouldn't think vigilantes could be this brutal in any case for that matter." All Might nodded at that. "So what's your other theory?"

"...It may have been one of the robbers that could have done this kind of damage." Tsukauchi said as he gave out a grim look.

"Really? But, why would this robber do that? And so violently I may ask?"

"They probably wanted the money all to themselves. Also, with the ballistics in some of these victims, they were used by different guns." Tsukauchi drifted his attention to the dead Oni masked person. "This victim here seemed to be riddled by a flurry of bullets on his left arm by a machine handgun, while his right forearm arm is shot point-blank by a pistol as you can see from the bent angle. He actually died from getting his head run over it seems."

"Oh..." All Might said, feeling sick just looking at the mutilated body. Heck, it made him sick to look at all the other deceased bodies. They may have been robbers, but they were people too. "My gosh...this is inhumane."

"You're telling me." Naomasa turned to look at the half-blown off body. "This one was done in by an explosive. It seemed to have been put in some sort of cotton fabric from what my men have found."

All Might grimaced as he looked back at the lower half of the body. "So...guns, explosives, running over people with vehicles...do you think this was a Quirk user, or...or not?"

"Well, we can only rely on the eyewitness's accounts for the moment, so we hope they can give us a clue." Naomasa turned to All Might. "The person who'd done this may have used their Quirk...or they may not have used it at all…"

"Hmm…" Hummed All Might. "...Well, either way, I hope you find this guy. What this person did here was overkill."

"Actually...there's something that I found that I think you should look at, All Might." Tsukauchi told him.

"Oh? What would that be?"

"Well...follow me."

Naomasa led All Might to the wall in the bank that he was observing a while ago…

All Might stood there in shock, looking at it in partial wonder and bewilderment with his mouth agape.

On the wall, it had red graffiti on it, spray-canned to write a message...for All Might himself.

The message was littered with a few of the words 'HA' on it, being put in every angle it could around the message…

The main message on it read:

ALL MIGHT IS ALL TALK!

They stood there as they processed this information on the wall.

"...Know anyone who did this?" Tsukauchi asked his old friend.

"...No." All Might said softly, still a little stunned.

"Hm...do you think this a personal attack on you?"

"...I...don't know." All Might muttered. "I would like to think I'm well-respected...well, except for the Villains maybe, but even they would hold some ounce of respect for me...and I would think vigilantes would fight for the same reasons Heroes do."

"Which is why I'm beginning to think this may be one of the robbers' doing. This attack seems very well-calculated, like it's been planned from the start, especially with the whole security system being disconnected. This perpetrator could just be mocking you if that's the case."

All Might frowned at that. "Why though? I didn't do anything wrong to anyone, did I?"

"I wouldn't know. And I also would like to think you're well respected and even responsible in your line of work, but that doesn't mean someone could still be out there to kill you." Tsukauchi let his attention wander to the mural that was on the wall as he thought about another possibility. "...Hm. You think this could be from that League of Villains that's trying to get you? Or maybe even...you-know-who?"

All Might narrowed his eyes at that probability. "...With something like this displayed, I would think it'd be from that Shigaraki fellow, but he would have used his Quirk to take care of these poor souls...and I wouldn't think he'd commit robbery just so he would get his point across. As for him...I wouldn't think this is his style."

Naomasa put a hand to his chin to think not only the possible motives of this crime, but what the whole crime could mean. "...Well, at this moment, whether this person has a Quirk at all or not, I still have to say that you need to watch out for any potential enemies, All Might. I know you can handle it, but, just in case, of course."

Nodding to that with a small smile, All Might said, "Will do, Detective. I can never be too careful nowadays."

The detective nodded as well with a small smile. Looking behind him to see that his men are a little far off from where they are, he turned his head to his old friend and quietly asked him, "By the way, how is the other you-know-who doing?"

All Might slightly chuckled, and at the moment, his attitude became more like his real self, Yagi. Toshinori Yagi. He also answered quietly as he whispered, "Oh, he's doing mighty well. He just got out of the internship with my old teacher, dealt with a deranged Hero Killer with two of his friends, and mastered a bit of his Quirk. He can use five percent of One For All, so I would think that's a push in the right direction!" He paused for a second until he looked around the place. "No one heard that, right?"

"Don't worry, All Might, you're not that loud."

"Heh. Well, that's good! I'm just making sure."

"Heh. But either way, that's good to hear. Although, of course, the authorities at Hosu City had to cover it up, which is a shame."

"Hm...yes, it is. Those kids really deserve all the credit, honestly. But that would make them be in much bigger trouble if they did...not that I agree with that logic."

"Well, I can safely assure you that they'll make great Heroes someday in the future if they can survive and outwit a killer like Stain. By the way, thanks for helping those people out with those bombs outside."

"Oh, of course! I don't even think they were actual explosives, but I bet the force would've hurt them either way. They were more like powdered bombs."

"Powdered bombs?" Naomasa lowered his head in thought at that. "Hmm...mere party tricks, huh?" He looked back up at Toshinori. "Thanks for the tip. I may just look into some party stores to see if anyone sells something like that."

All Might grinned. "Anytime. Is there anything else you wanted me to do?"

"Nah, we can take it from here. Really, I just wanted you to rescue those hostages and take a look at this mural here."

"Ah, okay then. Well, in that case, I shall be off." Before All Might began to leave to go to the front entrance, he stopped. "...Be careful, Naomasa. I don't know what kind of individual you're looking for that might've caused this, but if they have the capability to make this kind of damage, then this person could be very dangerous."

"Heh, are you trying to return the favor of watching out for you?" Naomasa said with a smirk.

"Don't worry, I know you can handle yourself just fine, old friend. I just worry for everyone." Toshinori smirked as well.

Tsukauchi chuckled. "Then you got to stop worrying too much. It's not good for your health, you know? Plus, it wouldn't look good for your image, being the Symbol of Hope and Peace and all."

"Heh-heh...I suppose you're right on both accounts." All Might smiled. "I'll see you later, Detective."

"See ya, All Might." Tsukauchi waved at the Pro Hero.

All Might (aka) Toshinori Yagi made his way out of the front bank...he took brief glances at the dead bodies of the bank robbers as he did so.

'...These poor people...what they were doing was wrong, sure, but I don't even think they'd deserve something like this...I hope Young Midoriya won't face this type of cruelty when he faces villains someday.'

All Might exited out of the bank...only to be flooded by reporters.

"Mr. All Might! You helped the hostages from getting blown up! How did you do it!?"

"All Might! What have you found out about this robbery!? Who's behind it!?"

"All Might! Is a Villain involved!?"

"All Might! Would you like to date my daughter!? She finally dumped her husband! He was a bum anyways!"

The Ultimate Hero just looked on at the press with his mouth hung open in astonishment as he froze and sweatdropped.

'...I also hope for Young Midoriya that he won't get this much press on him.'


2:49 PM

As of now, young Midoriya Izuku was trying to think fast.

He was using his five percent of One For All to dodge the two multi-armed robots that were throwing punches at him, which he called his new ability Full Cowling. He and Iida Tenya, who was also fighting and evading them, were in the ring to try to endure the robots' onslaught. The rest of Class 1-A all sat on the sidelines as they watched Izuku's and Tenya's practice endurance test and waited until time was up for them.

"One minute left." Aizawa announced as he looked at the timer.

"Man, they're really beating the record on this thing." Kaminari commented.

"Totally, Bro. It's really cool and manly that Midoriya is getting better at controlling his Quirk. I was almost starting to worry for the guy." Kirishima said next to Kaminari.

"Not only that, but Iida seems to be back to normal...well, excluding the injured leg." Said Tokoyami. "But even then, he's doing well with it."

"GO DEKU AND INGENIUM! YEAH!" Uraraka called out to them in excitement.

Asui Tsuyu, sitting next to Uraraka, looked impressed at the spectacle. "Wow. Look at them go."

Todoroki Shouto was sitting beside Uraraka Ochako as he looked on with a slight smile on his face at his two friends dodging the robots' mechanical arms.

Bakugou Katsuki on the other hand, just sat there in-between Kirishima and Tokoyami with his arms crossed, feeling mostly annoyed.

'Hmph! Punk ass Deku and Four Eyes acting like they're so fucking cool. Tch! They along with that Icy-Hot bastard were the ones that got their asses handed to them by that lowlife Hero Killer.'

As if Bakugou's thought was a conversation starter, Uraraka turned to Todoroki and said, "Wow, who would've thought you, Midoriya, and Iida faced the Hero Killer in Hosu City? You guys must've at least given a run for his money!"

Jirou Kyouka, sitting next to Todoroki, while Momo Yaoyarozu is sitting beside her, turned to the Temperature Quirk user and said with a smirk. "Yeah. You guys are pretty strong, so you three must've been able to do something to make the other Pro Heroes win against him."

Todoroki looked down, almost a little sheepishly as he blushed just a tiny bit. "Well...we may have tired him out just a little bit."

Tsuyu joined in on the conversation. "Well, either way, you guys helped the other Pro Heroes by stopping Stain. *ribbit* That's pretty impressive in itself."

Bakugou, having heard this, growled as he mumbled. "They still got their dumb asses kicked."

Kirishima, who overheard Bakugou, said to him, "Hey come on, man, they at least tried to stop him. They even had some confidence in themselves! I would think they would earn some good respect in my book."

"I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU!" Bakugou yelled at Kirishima.

"Okay, okay, sorry. Easy, Bro." Kirishima said, raising his hands in defense as he sweatdropped with a sheepish smile.

As that went on, Momo sat there listening to them, feeling a little...downcast upon hearing all three boys' semi-accomplishments.

Ever since after the Sports Festival, Momo began to feel a lot of self-doubt. After losing quite easily against Tokoyami, it made her self-esteem drop just a little, making her feel like she wasn't worthy of any offers given to her by other Pro Heroes. She still wants to be a Hero, but how is she going to be one when she didn't get a chance to give it all her best out there? So she decided to go with Uwabami, which she has no derisive feelings towards, but she's just more of a commercialized search and rescue Hero than an actual Pro Hero. And really, all Uwabami really taught her was basically to look good and strike a pose.

When she returned from her internship, she smiled at everyone and said that it went great...and while that was true in some aspects, it really wasn't deep inside.

A sound of a loud alarm called out of her thoughtful daze.

"And time!" Aizawa called out.

Midoriya and Iida were done with their endurance test and the machines have stopped moving around. The two boys all stood next to each and heaved a sigh of relief. Izuku turned to Tenya and gave him a smile and a thumbs-up, while the other gave him the same gesture to the green haired-mopped boy.

All of Class 1-A, except Momo, and of course, Bakugou, cheered and clapped for their classmates. Izuku rubbed the back of his head with a chuckle and a bashful smile, while Tenya had his chest puffed as he felt proud to serve the Ingenium name once again.

"Okay, settle down everyone." Aizawa lazily said as he approached the two boys on the ring platform. "Well done, you two. You overrun the time limit without getting hit and knocked out of the ring. You're both progressing."

"Thank you, Aizawa-Sensei." Izuku bowed in respect.

"Yes, thank you, Sensei! We have certainly reached beyond our expectations and improved ourselves! The internship brought me back up to...well, speed, no pun intended towards myself." Tenya said as he stood straight and tall.

"Well, that's good. Maybe next time I can ante up the difficulty level a bit for you both to see if you can still catch up." Aizawa said in a monotone.

Izuku's and Tenya's mouth dropped in surprise.

"Wait, you mean...that wasn't the highest difficulty?" Izuku asked in disbelief.

"Nope. That was only the second difficulty. You only have three more difficulties to fully get a perfect score." Aizawa informed him.

"Oh...w-well, we will strive much harder to finish the third trial then! R-Right, Midoriya?" Tenya asked his friend, his tone sounding a little uneasy.

"Uh, yeah." Izuku said with a weak laugh, while feeling like he might need to work on One For All a little bit more.

"That's good to hear. Now get out the ring, wash off, and get back to class so I can announce your homework assignments." Aizawa told them.

"Yes sir!" They both said.

As soon as they both got off the ring, Uraraka, Tsuyu, and Todoroki came up to them to congratulate them.

"Way to go guys!" Ochako cheered for them.

"Great job out there. *ribbit*" complimented Tsuyu.

"Yes, it looks like you've both outdid yourselves." Shouto nodded with a small smile.

Izuku laughed sheepishly. "Ah, well, I have Gran Torino to thank for that." He then looked over to his right and spotted both Kyouka and Momo, which the former looked to be talking to her, her face looking concerned, while the latter looked...depressed?

Izuku looked on at the scene and was confused for a moment, but soon his confusion turned into concern. He frowned and asked them. "Hey, um...is everything okay over there with...uh, Yaoyorozu?"

Iida looked over at where Momo is, as Uraraka, Tsuyu, and Shouto looked behind them to see her dejected state. Frowning in concern as well, Shouto said, "Hmm...I don't particularly know. She has been kind of quiet lately, hasn't she?"

Tsuyu put a finger on her chin, "Huh. Maybe she's still a little down after that loss at the Sports Festival. *ribbit*"

"Really?" Midoriya asked, a little surprised at hearing that. "I...didn't know she was still hung up on that."

"Well, I said maybe. She hasn't really talked about her internship that much." Tsuyu corrected.

"Aww...I hope she'll be okay." Uraraka said with a sad frown.

"Hmm...we should probably do something for Yaoyorozu." Iida said to them with a hand on his chin in thought. "We shouldn't let her self-esteem go down in any case. She came here to learn, so she's here for a reason. Plus, her Quirk is really useful in any situation. She must feel confident in her abilities! As class representative, I say we need to think of a way to help her out of her funk! ...T-That's how you say it right?"

"Yeah, Iida, that's how you say it." Shouto confirmed him.

"Right!" Iida nodded.

"Okay enough chit-chat. Everyone, go to the locker rooms and clean off." Aizawa told them as he recorded the statistics on his phone.

Everyone made their way to the lockers, but as he walked over there, Izuku can't help but take a glance at Momo as she made her way to the girls' locker room.

The Quirk Inheritor frowned as he walked to his own lockers.

'Wow...I didn't know this was eating up Yaoyorozu...she looks so...depressed...almost like..."

Izuku stopped for a second.

'...like me when I found out I was Quirkless…'

...He made a decision.

He's going to make Yaoyorozu feel better.

Nodding to that with a determined look, he proceeded to the lockers.

'No one should feel like they're worthless...because they're not. She should feel like a Hero, through and through. She does have a great Quirk, and she shouldn't let one loss get to her...I feel bad for not noticing this before.'

Cause if there's one thing Izuku does know, is that depression can strike at any time and place, and it can strike hard.


3:00 PM

Once everyone got showered and cleaned off, they put on their uniforms and made their way back to their class for homeroom.

Upon walking his way there, Izuku noticed that Momo was a little ways up ahead of him. He tried to think of a way to approach her on the subject.

'Hmm...what can I say? I don't know how to even start it...but I can't let her go on everyday feeling like she doesn't amount to anything.'

As soon as everyone arrived in their classroom, Aizawa told them their assignments. Once he was done, they had ten minutes to converse with each other before the bell rings.

Izuku turned his attention to Yaoyorozu, who was sitting at a desk a little up from him to his left. She was looking down at her desk, still having the same sad and disheartened look with her face propped up on her hand.

'Oh man...I got to do this now. No second-guessing yourself. If you're gonna be a Hero, you got to help people, even if it's with emotional stuff...okay. I can do this...let's do this.'

Taking a deep breath, he sighed and got up from his seat and desk. As he made his way up to Yaoyorozu, someone else came up to her, Ashido Mina.

"Hey, Yaomomo! You okay?" Mina asked her with a concerned and curious expression.

Momo's head shot up and turned her attention to the pink girl. "Oh, um...yes, I'm fine. W-Why do you ask?"

"Well, you seem kind of...mopey lately." Mina told her.

"Oh. Well, I just...have a lot of things on my mind right now…" Momo said a little hesitantly.

"Oh, okay. Um...I mean, I was gonna ask if you can help me with some of this assignment homework that we got, but uh...if you don't feel like it…" Mina said a little sheepishly.

Momo looked at her friend in surprise a little bit, and Izuku found something on her expression that he thinks he can make out: gratitude and purpose. She gave a small smile that seemed real enough for him. "W-Well...sure. I mean, I can help you out with your homework. How about my place after school?"

Mina smiled. "Okay! Sure thing, Yaomomo! I'll just text my folks that I'll be a little late coming home!"

"Hey, can I join!?" Said the voice of Kaminari who came up to them in an instant.

Mina and Momo sweatdropped at his entrance.

"Hey, I might need help too! I mean, have you seen my grades lately?" Kaminari told them.

"Well, while that's true, I still don't trust you being around Mina and Yaomomo." Said Jirou as she came up to them. "Which means I'm coming too...besides, I might need help with my homework as well." She mumbled the last part.

"What!? Hey, come on! I'm not like Mineta or anything!" Kaminari defended himself.

"HEY! WE FORMED A PACT!" Mineta yelled.

"...I have no idea what he's talking about." Kaminari said nervously.

Jirou glared at him in suspicion.

"Look, I really need my grades up, okay? I'm not a mathematician or anything."

"...Obviously." Jirou narrowed her eyes at him.

Izuku realized that this could be a very good opportunity to maybe speak to Yaoyorozu and help her out of her depression. Plus, he does feel like he should help out his other classmates' studies as well...and maybe restrain Kaminari. He's not as bad as Mineta, but Kaminari can still act a little...lecherous every once in a while.

He pulled out his phone and texted his mom about coming home sometime later, but didn't send it yet. Once he was finished, Midoriya came up to the group. "Hey, uh, I-I can help if you all need an extra tutor."

All four kids glanced at Izuku as they blinked at his sudden offer.

"You...would, Midoriya?" Momo asked him, pleasantly surprised. She never knew too much about the boy, except that he has a stuttering problem and acted a little shy, but she liked to think he was nice. She did think he was quite smart as his grades were almost up to hers, Iida's, and Bakugou's. Besides, she would think she needed the help if she's (supposedly) tutoring three people.

"Uh, yeah, if...that's okay? I mean, if that's too crowded, then I understand! I just thought you might need some help since, you know, you got a lot of people you need to tutor." Midoriya explained.

Momo looked at him in curiosity, but then, she smiled. It looked like a true smile too. "Well...okay. I actually do need some help on rotating each person. Thank you, Midoriya."

"Oh, no problem, haha!" Izuku said as he blushed a tiny bit and rubbed the back of his head.

Jirou looked at Midoriya suspiciously for a second, but she then gave him a smirk as he looked honest enough, as well as remembering who this was. "Hey, that's cool of ya Midoriya. Maybe you can keep High Voltage Risk over here from doing anything stupid."

"Oh ha ha. I'm not gonna do anything, I swear!" Kaminari said in exasperation.

"Actually, if I may enter this conversation," Iida came up behind Izuku, startling him. "Oh! Sorry, Midoriya! Uh, anyways, if I may, I might want to contribute in helping out as well, as I have some reasonable academic knowledge of mathematics."

"Oh, uh...okay. Sure, Iida. Thanks." Momo said with a blink.

"It's no problem!" Iida said as he saluted for some reason.

"Hey, are you guys doin' like a study group?" Uraraka asked as she and Tsuyu came up to them. "Oh, that would be so much fun! I would love some help on my homework too, if that's okay? I'm not much of a math person, so maybe one of you can teach me?"

"Yeah. *ribbit* Math isn't my thing at times as well, so I might need the extra help also." Tsuyu told them.

"Well, since everyone else is forming a study group, I might as well join too." Shouto said as he came up to the other students.

"Todoroki?" Izuku said in question.

The white and red-haired boy shrugged. "Hey, sometimes math can be hard. Who knows, I might need the help as well."

Momo now blinked at the newcomers, feeling like she may have been over her head here a bit. But she didn't want to dismiss their help. Plus, she felt like she could be good for this at least, and she'll be surrounded by friends. Also, Midoriya and Iida will be there to help her out, so that's another plus. So with a smile, she said, "Sure. How about we all go to my estate after school? I'll let the workers over there know and they'll prepare the great hall for us."

'Estate? Workers? The great hall?' Izuku thought blinked at that. 'Whoa...how rich is Yaoyorozu?'

Kaminari was apparently thinking the same thing. "Whoa, great hall? How big is your house?"

"Oh, um...I think it's...uh, about four acres? Maybe five?" Momo looked thoughtful. "Somewhere around those numbers. But either way, it's big enough for us to study."

'Four or five acres!?' Everyone thought as they looked stunned.

Momo looked at them in question. "What? Is it...not big enough?"

"Uh, no, no, no! Um, that's, uh, that's great! We'll all be there!" Izuku said with an embarrassed smile. "Uh, right, everyone?" He asked everyone.

All the other students concurred after snapping out of their impressed stupor.


'Okay, I let Mom know that I'm gonna be later.' Izuku thought to himself once he sent the text message. He was walking out of the school building into the school grounds with his study group, which includes him, Iida, Todoroki, Uraraka, Asui, Ashido, Kaminari, Jirou, and Yaoyorozu, whom they were following. When Yaoyorozu led them up to the drive, she stopped, letting them stop as well.

"Uh, Yaoyorozu? Why did we stop?" Izuku asked.

Momo turned to Midoriya. "Oh, well, my limo driver is gonna pick us up here. I let him know that you were all coming, by the way."

"...Limo driver?" Midoriya blinked as his eyes looked wide.

"Whoa, really?" Uraraka said in admiration. "I've never been in a limo before!"

"You haven't?" Momo asked in honest surprise. "Oh, well...you don't need to worry. I mean, I have room for all nine of us in it. And Hoshi is an experienced driver, so it won't be bumpy."

All the other kids sweatdropped at her 'reassuring' statement.

'She...seems to not be aware of her wealth a little bit.' Izuku thought.

As soon as Momo's black limousine drove up to them, they all went inside one-by-one and sat on the leather cushions that looped around the interior of the vehicle.

"Wow, snazzy in here." Kaminari complimented.

"Yeah! This is very nice, Yaomomo!" Mina said as her eyes looked around the interior.

"Oh, thank you." Momo said to the two. "It's an old model, but it rides real smoothly."

When Izuku sat down on his seat, his phone vibrated. Getting his phone out, he saw that his mother texted him back.

-Okay, sweetie! Just be careful coming back now, alright?-

Midoriya smiled at his mother's concern and replied back to her

-Of course, Mom. I'll text you when I'm leaving. See you then! Love you!-

Upon sending the text, there was another notification that popped up on his phone. His eyes widened as he read it.

Violent Robbery Gone Wrong, Leaving Six Robbers Dead, One Still At Large.

"A vigilante?" Izuku mumbled in question. He tapped the notif with his thumb and read it up to speed.

"Midoriya?"

Izuku looked up from his phone and saw that it was Momo who called his name. She looked at him, a look of curiosity on her face.

Momo continued, "Is everything alright?"

Uraraka, as she settled on her seat, looked over at Izuku in curiosity as well, "Huh? What's wrong, Midoriya?"

"Oh! Um, no, nothing is wrong! A-And everything is fine! I was just looking at the News on my phone..." Midoriya clarified as he looked down at his phone again, reading the rest of the article.

"Oh, the news?" Iida asked as he fished out his phone and looked at the screen. "...Oh...hm." He gave out a grim frown.

Curious as to what the news said today as well, Jirou and Todoroki got their phones out and looked at the headline.

"Whoa…" Jirou said with a cringe. "Wonder what happened."

"Hmm…" Todoroki tapped the notification on his phone and read a little bit of the article. His eyes widened as he read part of the beginning. "Half of his body blown off?"

"Huh? Who's body? What does it...oh wait, I have it on my phone too." Ochako fished out her phone as well and went to the article. After reading a bit of it, she gasped slightly in shock. "Oh my gosh..."

Momo, now also curious, got her phone out and read the article. Her eyes widened as her hand went up to her mouth in shock. "Oh my…"

"Whoa, what happened?" Kaminari got his phone and read the article as well. "Something must've gone down if…" His eyes widened in dread and his face went a little pale. "...Oh, dude…"

Tsuyu, now also wanting to know, looked at her phone screen and read the article. She blinked, her eyes wide as she was one-third there. "...Whoa…that's not right…"

"Some of the robbers were already dead, but they ran over their bodies anyway?" Jirou read in disgust.

"Police suspected that the robbers were shot by their own men?" Iida murmured.

"Reports say that a bomb ripped apart half of one of the robber's bodies and threw another back against the wall for...the Buggy masked robber to shoot him when he was down?" Shouto read in disbelief.

"One robber gave the hostages powder bombs so they can be rendered defenseless?" Ochako read, a little disturbed when reading the article.

"One robber was mutilated? The Buggy robber shot his arm point-blank, and got his head run over!?" Kaminari blanched.

"An unknown woman that accompanied the robber grabbed the money while the remaining robber spray-painted a message on the wall…" Momo read uneasily.

"It read...ALL MIGHT IS ALL TALK?" Izuku read the last part out loud, stunned.

They were all silent…

...Until Mina said, "Uh...what...happened exactly? I would look, but, uh, my battery is kind of low."

Kaminari handed his phone to Mina, his eyes still looking wide with dread.

Mina read the article...and grimaced as she read half of it. "...Ooookay, I'm done reading."

Midoriya was silent for a bit, letting what he read process through his mind. He then murmured, "Well...forget the vigilante theory."

"My goodness..." Momo muttered. "This just happened at twelve in the afternoon."

"This robber was certainly brutal to his...colleagues." Iida murmured to himself.

"It says they disconnected the security cameras, as well as cut off the silent alarm." Tsuyu said. "They even disconnected the landline phones…"

"I...wonder if this robber even had a Quirk?" Todoroki asked himself.

"That would be kind of scary if he didn't." Uraraka muttered with a frown.

Hearing that, Izuku thought about that possibility. 'No...that would be impossible. He had to have used his Quirk, whatever it may be...but the eyewitnesses didn't say he used it...'

They were all silent again…

Until Midoriya spoke out. "Either way, I hope the Pro Heroes will catch this guy."

Everyone nodded to that.

Then Izuku sighed, "Well, sorry to bring the house down, guys."

"Oh no, you didn't, Deku!" Uraraka reassured him.

"Yes, no need to feel bad. This kind of thing is very much what villainous life is like, sadly." Iida reassured his friend as well.

"I bet you guys handled that firsthand with that Stain guy, huh?" Kaminari asked them, changing the subject.

"Um, yes, that we did." Shouto said, grateful for another topic to talk about, but also trying to think of white lies to make it sound like they didn't defeat the Hero Killer.

"You know, even though you guys didn't defeat him, tell us how you all wore him out!" Mina asked, back to her usual bubbly self.

Iida scratched the side of his cheek. "Uh, well, it was, um...h-hey, Todoroki! Why don't you, uh, start it off, while I tell it in the middle, and Midoriya could tell the end of it! I-Is that okay? I'm not good at starting things off!" He asked each of the two boys, almost feeling nervous to lie right off the bat.

Todoroki sighed. "No worries, Iida. Sure thing. So, uh...we were wandering around Hosu City, and-"

Midoriya listened in and prepared to think of something for when it was his turn to tell it. As he listened to Todoroki, he took a glance at Momo...and kept it there when he saw her looking down at her lap in...uncertainty?

The look on Yaoyorozu's face was what she looked like...uncertain.

Midoriya frowned. 'Okay...I got to really lift her spirits up. Maybe...when we're alone somewhere in a room or...something...oh man, this is gonna be harder than it sounds, is it?'

It was then Momo looked up and caught Izuku staring at her...and Izuku realized that he was staring at her.

The Quirk Inheritor flinched and blushed a bit, turning to look at Todoroki, who was still 'recalling' the story from his memory.

Momo blinked, a little surprised that Midoriya just stared at her. And when seeing the blush on his face...

She couldn't help but feel a little flushed as well.

'...Was...Midoriya...uh...looking at me?'

Not knowing what that means or how to take that, she just sat there feeling a little baffled.

Deciding to not look odd by staring off into space, she listened to Todoroki's version of the story for now…

But she couldn't shake off that feeling…


A tour bus was parked on the side, waiting for the limo full of kids to pass it. The kids, as well as the driver, weren't aware of the bus that was about to follow them…

"...seven, eight, nine. Nine of them. Ten if you count the driver." Said a man with thermal goggles on. "There's one with heat and cool temperatures flowing around that person. Must be Endeavour's kid."

"Haha! Nice! I can't wait to make the half and half bastard cry!"

"Heh, hell, I can't wait to see some scared little girls if there are any! Heh-heh."

"Ugh, really man? Keep your thoughts to yourself."

"Alright boys!" said a heavily accented woman who was at the driver's seat of the tour bus. "Enough chit-chat! It's time now...to start the tour."

The bus was filled with eleven people inside, but they weren't there to sightsee. Far from it. It was filled with nine rough-looking men, each Quirk users, as well as one Quirk-using woman, each of them ready to commit a crime. The nine men all had black suits on, while the woman's attire seemed to be the same as the woman who drove the flower shop van. The nine men all looked completely different from each other, as one big guy was encased with crystal skin, one looked like a chameleon, and another looked like the front of an old locomotive. There were more unusual Quirk users, but they were there for one thing and one thing only; money.

Cheers, hoots, and hollers emitted from the men inside the bus as they were all ready to cause some mayhem, and once the limo passed the bus, the woman driver drove the vehicle out of its parking spot, all the while hitting a tail light of a car. It kept its momentum as it drove its way up to follow the limo, keeping its distance away from the luxury vehicle when necessary, taking slow strides. A Quirk user that was inside the bus, the man with thermal vision, kept his eye on it though, while another, who looked almost like a robot, was checking on something that was attached onto his arm, a GPS map of some kind.

At the back of the bus, however, one lone eleventh figure sat there among the Quirk users, a white pale man with clown make-up on, carrying an actual clown mask in one of his hands, with his purple suit still on, and his lips still forming a sinister grin, showing his slightly yellow stained teeth.

The bank robbery really was just the beginning. In fact, Joker is just getting started.

Oh, there's still more to come…

And when it does come...he will be having a ball.

Honestly, he can't help but feel a little giddy right now.

So giddy, that he might just laugh.

"Hm-hm-hm-hm-hm-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-ha-ha-ha-ha-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAAAAA!"

Oh, it's going to be so much fun, indeed.


Okay, that's the second chapter! Now, do you understand? Izuku is NOT the FLIPPING JOKER. Are we good now? ...Good.

But yeah, I hope everyone's interactions were decent. Tell me how this chapter is in a review! Or if you just want to fave and follow, then that's fine too! :)

Next chapter will get intense, I'll tell you right now. But as of this moment, I will put this story...on hold! I just want to get this chapter up so all of you can stop assuming that Izuku is the Joker. XP

But yeah, again, please tell me how I did! Does it excite you? Does it thrill you? Does it make you happy? Please tell me! D:

Until then, thank you all for reading and keep on rocking everybody! ^_^

-TSP