Chapter 20:

"…the defendant is also barred from ever taking a Hero License test. Zach Sazaki, you cannot become a hero."

Zach's world started to shatter around him. He heard some people start shouting behind him, but he began just as fast as they did, "Please!" Zach shouted. "This is, becoming a hero is everything to me! It's all I've ever wanted-"

"I am sorry young man, but you have lost the trust of society. We cannot permit you to use your Quirk-"

"I have to save people!" Zach shouted. He got an angry expression on his face, and he swung his right arm out to his side before shouting, "Don't you get it?! All I've ever wanted, is to help people! To save them! I, I need to make up for all the people I've killed."

The judge's sympathetic look changed fast, and he questioned, "What do you mean, 'all?' Are you talking about the villains-"

"No," Zach said, shaking his head. His eyes clenched shut and he bit down so hard. So many emotions were rushing through him. Dread, sadness, guilt, regret, anger, he could not keep his composure with them all rushing through his head. "That's not it-" Zach started.

"Who else have you killed?" Judge Wilson questioned, his expression darkening and narrowing down at the boy.

Zach clenched his teeth and snapped his eyes open. "Please, I just- I have to be a hero. I have to make up for-"

Mr. Jenkleman stood up and called over, "How many people have you killed?"

"Hundreds!" Zach yelled. He brought his left hand up to the side of his head and squeezed it, then he yelled, "Thousands! How many?! I don't know!" Zach spun and screamed it at the chubby-faced lawyer who leaned back at Zach's furious expression. "Every night I lie away thinking of all of them! All the people my dad didn't save, all the people-" he stopped himself and his eyes opened wide as he realized what he was shouting in front of everyone. Then he decided, in that instant, that he did not care if he embarrassed himself. This was the moment that was determining the rest of his life. It was all or nothing. "My dad, he k- he died because of me!" Zach yelled, spinning back to the judge and looking him in the eyes. "Everyone he didn't save, all the people the hero Titanium couldn't save, their lives are on me! I killed all of them! It's my fault, and so many others too." Mom, he thought, unable to start talking about it because he knew he would not be able to speak anymore if he tried. "Please," he opened his eyes again and looked desperately into the judge's. "Just give me another chance. I, I won't kill anyone."

Zach said it then started shaking his head, because he had just told the judge a minute ago that he did not know if he could make that promise. Judge Wilson lost his accusing look after the boy explained what he meant, and he gained a look of regret on it but had to keep shaking his head at the boy. He figured there was likely some accident regarding the Quirk that he did not know about, and he just stared down with an unwavering gaze at the boy whose face filled with a look of distraught at that look and head shake. "The decision has been made. The Quirk Death, is too dangerous a Quirk. It is too much responsibility, for someone deemed not responsible enough to use it. The control over life and death, it is not a natural power. You…"

Is that, what it is? Zach thought. Is that what this whole thing is?! Oh my G- Is it because they figured it out?! Was this whole thing… was it because of rumors of Death?! IS THAT WHY?! Zach's head that had bowed slowly lifted up and he glared at the judge in a way that made the man freeze with his mouth open. Zach then turned his head to the side, his gaze shifting past the prosecuting attorneys who leaned away, then past all the heroes sitting in the rows who were not speaking out against the verdict. Zach's cold glare shifted over each of them and the entire room became silent in a single second. It's because of Death? Are they afraid? Is the world afraid? I haven't been out there, but is that why this is happening? Am I- is this the lynching I was always so afraid of? They found out about my power, the public learned what my hand can do… and they're afraid of me. They're so afraid, they banning me from using my power to save lives. Even though that's what I need to do. "I have to change the answer," Zach said, glaring at the people around the room.

All Might's eyes widened huge while sweat covered his face. Zach's left fist clenched so hard in front of him, and he had to hiss because speaking any louder he knew his voice would crack, "Was it good that I was born? All I want to do, is change the answer to that. And you won't let me." His voice raised at the end, so full of frustration and anger. "You won't, let me, save people?! What is-" His dark eyes filled with shock, his open mouth opened wider as his jaw dropped, and his head started turning to the left.

A dozen heroes shot out of their seats at the same time. Zach's head turned farther to the left. He stared at a big purple circle that hovered in the air next to him, touching the floor in front of the judge's bench and going higher than the top of Zach's head. The swirling darkness was a portal, one Zach recognized well as he had been through one just like it before. The courtroom erupted in noise, everyone shouting at the same time. The majority of people started sprinting out into the aisles and back towards the doors, getting in the way of heroes who were trying to run the other direction.

"Young Sazaki!" All Might shouted.

Aizawa darted his gaze around, but he could not cancel out the power of the villain who he could not see. Where is he!? Aizawa thought, then his gaze kept turning and his eyes opened huge at the cameras in the back of the room. "Turn off the cameras!" He yelled, but the cameramen had even ran away at the sight of that portal, though they left their equipment behind. He's watching us, and he can- Aizawa started turning back, and he called out, "Kamui Woods, don't-"

Kamui Woods swung his right arm forward and wood extended off of his arm towards the boy. A portal opened up in front of where his arm was extending, and another portal opened up on the side of Vlad King and Midnight who were running forward. Kamui Woods slammed his attack into them and knocked them off to the side, and he shouted, "AH! I'm sorry!"

While the room fell into panic, other portals appearing around and redirecting heroes or tossing random civilians in the air for the heroes to save, Zach stared at the portal on his left. Other portals appeared in front of him and behind and on his right. He was boxed in, but the portal did not appear right on him. They were all a few feet off, with the portal on his left being the closest one. It was also the only portal, that Zach suspected did not just lead to another place in this room. "Zach Sazaki," Kurogiri's low voice came through the portal. "Three seconds. Make your decision."

Decision? Zach thought. His huge eyes returned to normal size. His breathing slowed down, and his heart stopped pounding as hard. If this is my last act as a hero, I can save more lives. Screw it. This is, all I can do. Zach turned and walked into the portal. What decision is there to make? He thought, his expression dark and his arms down at his sides. He entered through the portal and it closed behind him.

Zach stood in a dark room, three villains in front of him. The room was narrow, and cluttered. The lights were off, but the light from the tv televising his trial was flashing and flickering, and everyone was shouting on the other side in the courtroom where all the portals had just disappeared from. The reporters who would be saying things about it had all run off expecting an attack was coming, but Zach could hear the yells of the heroes on the other side. He heard a roar of despair come from All Might, but his expression did not change as he glared at the men in front of him. Zach started lifting his right hand, then his eyes darted down and he snarled as he saw the metal box on it.

"He actually came," Kurogiri said, sounding more surprised than Zach thought considering his tone back when it came through the portal.

"I told you he would," Dabi said. The man with spikier black hair than Zach and a patched-up appearance grinned at the kid in front of him.

Shigaraki stayed quiet for a few seconds in between the two of them. His fingers were twitching at his sides, and Zach's eyes darted down to them. What did I just do? He thought, though he was not in as much panic as he thought he should be. Is he going to kill me now? I can't use my Quirk with this box on my hand. Did I just, walk in here to die?

"I'm glad you decided to come," Shigaraki Tomura said, grinning behind the hand attached to his face. Zach stared at the leader of the group of villains in confusion, then his expression darkened and he took a step forward.

"Don't do it," Dabi warned. "Or else, you'll die, and you never would have changed the answer." Zach turned his head to the left a little and glared at the man who must have just heard that on tv.

"What do you want from me?" Zach asked, his voice full of anger. His mind was still swirling with all the emotions he felt back in the courtroom, but even though he understood what the situation was that he just put himself in, he was not panicking. I just, did it again. What's it matter now though? What can they do, ban me double? They already gave me, the worst punishment I can imagine. The League of Villains though. They'll kill so many people. If my last act, is taking a bunch of them out, then fuck it. "I'll do it," Zach said before anyone could respond. "Just get this box off and I'll-"

"Be quiet for a second," Dabi said. The slender man much taller than Zach walked right up to the kid and looked down. The boy stared back up without any fear in his eyes. He just looked angry, and betrayed, and frustrated. "At the training camp, you said some things to me."

"I said them to gain your trust," Zach snapped angrily.

"Maybe you did," Dabi said. Then he smirked, and Zach saw Shigaraki Tomura lift the corners of his lips as well. "But you weren't lying. You said the civilians of that society, they call you a monster. That's what you told me. You didn't know why you were trying to be a hero for them-"

"That's just-" Zach started. He shook his head, then he yelled, "I said that because I wanted you to trust me!"

"You had Stain's words memorized," Dabi whispered. Zach's eyes opened wide, his breathing picking up speed. Dabi continued while smirking at the kid in front of him, "You said you didn't belong in the same society as your friends. You said Stain was right, that something about that society is rotten at the core. And you said that maybe with the League of Villains, you could find it." Dabi leaned down in front of Zach's face, and he continued while smirking at the boy, lifting a hand and covering it in blue flames in case Zach thought about punching him as he could see the boy was considering. "You were right."

"I didn't say it because I meant it," Zach began. "The hero society, is good!"

"Did they not just banish you, for nothing?" Kurogiri questioned.

Zach bit down hard, then started, "I'm, I'm not one of you. Don't try lumping me in with-"

Dabi straightened up in front of him and asked, "If you really meant these things you're saying, why would you be denying it so strongly?" Zach spun to him with sweat forming all over his face, taking a step back at Dabi's question. Dabi continued, "Why would you deny it, when denying it here would mean losing our trust, getting us to kill you?" Dabi chuckled and took a step towards the boy who had backed up. "It's because you're afraid that you are actually agreeing. You don't need to pretend though."

"I'm, not," Zach said in weak protest. "I'm not one of you."

"The heroes seem to think you are," Dabi said. Zach looked down, his gaze focusing on the floor while his hands unclenched at his sides. "But don't worry. You're just a villain. There's no shame in that."

"I'm not a villain," Zach said, shaking his head and looking up at Dabi with his face scrunched up. "I, I just want to help people-"

"That may be," Dabi said, "but you're still a villain, in their eyes. You fit their definition of a villain. Just like we do." Dabi continued while lowering his mouth into a flat line, "Do you really think villains are evil though? Now that you're being labelled by one. People call you a monster, but you aren't one, right?" Zach started looking at Dabi in more confusion, but his breathing was speeding up and his heart racing again. "The society that called you a monster. The society that says you can't be a hero, that says you can't use your Quirk to save lives, is the very thing we're against. So tell me, why is it you had Stain's words memorized?"

"I was there," Zach began. "I saw- I saw Stain…" he faded off, then he started shaking his head. Why am I still, trying? he thought, his fists clenching and unclenching at his sides. "I downloaded the video, and I watched it over and over again," Zach said. "But, I did that because I was…" he faded off, and his breathing picked up even more as he looked down at the ground. Why did I keep watching it? Why did I, say those things to my classmates? Why was lying to them, so easy? "I…" he started muttering, a look of realization slowly forming on his face. "I thought, I was watching the Stain video all those times, because I was afraid of what the video was doing. I thought it would make people want to follow the villains, make people think Stain was, cool. I was terrified by it because of those things, I thought, but I think what really scared me, what I was really-" he paused and his eyes opened huge as he darted them around at the three villains in front of him.

Even though he did not finish it though, Dabi did for him, "You were scared, because you agreed with what he was saying?" Zach's eyes shot open even wider and darted back to the spiky-haired villain. "The main reason that court determined that you can't use your Quirk anymore, it's because they can't pay you to use Death knowing what it could cause… but you never cared about compensation, did you?" Zach's breathing sped up even more so that he was panting in front of the villains now. "Everyone saw it. They saw you turn with that angry look on your face, a furious expression that no hero should have," Dabi smirked as Zach's panting got even heavier. "But then, while you looked that angry, you told them how you just want to save people. And yet they'll still vilify you for it."

What is going on? Zach thought, his eyes darting around at the villains, and then down to his hands that he moved in front of his body a little. Why am I listening to this? Why, does it make sense?! These are villains!

"Zach Sazaki," Shigaraki began. Zach turned and lifted his gaze back to Shigaraki's eyes behind the fingers of the attached hand on his face. "Join the League of Villains. If you do, you can do as you like," Shigaraki Tomura said.

"Wh-What do you mean?" Zach asked. Why didn't I just shout, "NO!"? Why am I humoring this- no, no it's like Dabi said, I'm just agreeing because I want them to trust me!

"You want to save people," Shigaraki said. "And I want to destroy what it means to be a hero. It's simple really. You can save as many people as you like. We'll even help you do it. I don't even want much in return." Shigaraki held up his right hand like it was a reasonable offer, and as wide as Zach's eyes were, his mind was telling him to take the deal. His eyes slowly shifted to Kurogiri whose shadowy body was giving Zach all kinds of ideas. He turned back to Dabi who nodded at him and gave the kid a small grin. "Sure, you could try killing us right away, but you'd be dead before you got more than one, at most," Shigaraki said. He smirked more behind the attached hand, "And how many people would you save by doing that? Not enough. Not to make up for what you've done."

Zach's lips pressed together, then his top row of teeth slid forward and started biting down on his bottom lip. What am I doing here? … Actually… Zach's scared look started to fade. He looked around at the three villains again. Why am I still- thinking like a student at U.A.? I just got… I can't be in the hero course anymore. After what just happened, I can't even go back to normal society now. If I do, they'll lock me up, if the villains even let me leave. And even if they don't lock me up, what then? Go to high school? Get a job? Just pretend like all this is in the past? It, can never be in the past. Even if I was able to get over everything, to forget about my crimes, now that my Quirk is known, I'll never live a normal life. Villains will always want to use my Quirk for themselves. I don't know what else Shigaraki Tomura wants from me, but it can't just be to let me be a part of his organization. He probably wants me to bring them back to life if they're killed by villains. Or something… But, if they ask me to kill for them, I won't do it- Wait! Does that mean I'm… yeah, yeah why not? Kurogiri, he could, if I get his help, then how many people could I save?

"I-" Zach began. What am I thinking? Joining the League of Villains, for real? No, no it's just tricking- what am I… No one would ever believe it, and if it's just you you're trying to convince, then why do it this time? Why not just accept, that you don't need to worry about how you're going to explain this when you get out? At this point, there is no going back. Jenny… I'm sorry. Everyone, I'm sorry. "If I join you, I won't kill anyone-" Zach started. But what if they kill people while I'm a member?! That means I'll be just sitting by and letting them-

"Alright," Shigaraki said. Just like that, Zach's thoughts were derailed and his eyes opened huge again. "You're an important piece in my plans. Now that I know how you really feel, what you really want. I'm telling you, I want you to save people. That's all." Zach's lips started trembling. "That's right," Shigaraki said, grinning at the boy. "Question what it means to be a villain. Question why the hero society wouldn't let you do it, yet I will. Why would villains want you to save people, and heroes not let you?"

"Heroes," Dabi started. "Their only jobs should be saving lives. The rest doesn't matter. How big their agencies are, how many sidekicks they have, how much they're paid every month, why are these things factors in determining how great a hero is? There is only one thing that should matter, one thing that makes a real hero that Stain would accept. And that's, saving people."

"You are an intelligent boy," Kurogiri began. "Think of what we could do, with your Quirk and mine. How could you use it to save lives, lives the hero society wouldn't be able to save without you?"

There really are, ways, Zach thought. I'm… I don't need people to think of me as a hero. That, I always wanted that, but it was never that important to me. What's really important? The only thing that really matters, is that I save people. Mom, how many could you have saved? Dad- they, they were talking shit about you. They were, they treated you like… Your memory to hero society might be a terrible legacy, but I know the kind of man you really were! Aunt Maye, she loved you so much. She saw you spiral into depression, and kill yourself, because of me! How could she not see me as a monster!? A boy with the Quirk Death, who killed her brother and his wife! How could she want me around my cousin? Dad, I know, this isn't what you'd want for me. I know, you were a great hero who respected the rules. But society shunned you, punished you when you needed help. Even a hero needs help sometimes, but instead of helping you, they kicked you out. They fired you. They made it worse! I always said I loved hero society, because the world I saw around me was based on the hero society. But, but all the peace I saw, all the happy people, could they still exist that way even if hero society is being questioned? Because, because I no longer believe in this society!

Zach lifted his left hand, and he ran it through his spiky hair over the top of his head. His expression darkened, and his eyes focused on Shigaraki Tomura. "I'll, join you," he said. "I'll, join the League of Villains."

Dabi grinned, and Shigaraki tilted his head back and started laughing, lifting his arms up at his sides. He only laughed for a few seconds before lowering his head and glaring at Zach again though, "You killed Mr. Compress." Zach's eyes widened, then Shigaraki continued, "But Ganeshi survived." Zach's face covered in confusion, then shock, as he first thought Shigaraki was going to threaten him or something. Instead, Shigaraki Tomura said, "We'll work on your Quirk while you're with us. Ganeshi is in a coma after all. It's still not perfect," Shigaraki smirked at the confused and stunned boy before him. "Question what it means to be a hero, Zach Sazaki."

Zach ran his hand through his hair some more, so many thoughts rushing through his mind at the same time. Thoughts about the possibilities of using Nightmare, different ways to use his Quirk while with the League of Villains, what the rest of society would think of him for now on, what things Jenny would hear about him. His hand kept running through his spiky hair though, and then his dark expression got even darker and he slowly moved his hand down to his side again. "I, need a haircut," Zach said.

Dabi looked at the boy in mild confusion, but Kurogiri hummed to himself. He had done research on the boy, and he knew what Zach's father looked like. "Very well," Kurogiri said. "Come over here," the portal-user told the boy. He started walking forward and Zach turned as the man walked by him, his whole body shadowy and looking like it was not solid. He eased past Zach and then Zach saw a mirror that Kurogiri grabbed a chair and slid it in front of.

"Dabi, you'll be in charge of him, since this was your idea after all," Shigaraki said while Zach walked over and took a seat in front of Kurogiri.

"That's fine," Dabi replied, glancing to his left at Shigaraki again. Something's different about him now. Now that All For One is gone. I never thought he'd agree… but he's actually being reasonable here.

Zach sat silently in front of the mirror as Kurogiri got a pair of scissors. The dark man behind Zach started cutting the spikes of his hair, cutting his hair short all around his head. Don't question it anymore, Zach thought as he watched his hair falling out the corners of his eyes, watching it in the mirror in front of him too. I was, I hesitated so often. I questioned everything. Every time a situation arose, I couldn't act quickly, because I was too worried about what everyone would say… But the Symbol of Peace is gone. All Might, looking like that, the peace we've had for so long is going to disappear. Villains are going to appear everywhere, not just the League of Villains.

Kurogiri cut off the spikes farthest forward on Zach's head, and they slid down his face before dropping to his feet. He kept staring straight forward and his eyes got darker as he stared himself in the eyes. In Hosu City, Grappler and Samurai told me not to fight. If I had though, I could have killed those Nomus. I let people get hurt, let heroes get hurt. How many people could Grappler still have saved, but I took away… I listened to them. Even though the Nomus, they don't even have proper brain functions. They're pretty much monsters, just like, Ganeshi was. Zach's mouth twisted even farther down. When I tried joining in with Bakugo. I wanted to fight alongside him, but All Might shouted at me not to. He didn't want me doing it, when I had almost killed Ganeshi. He shouted at me to stop, and Mt. Lady was killed by Ganeshi not a few minutes later! I won't hesitate anymore! I won't listen to the hero way of doing things! Hero society doesn't even want me using my healing Quirk, but, but Death is… I should be allowed to use it, and I should also be able to use it to kill. It's stupid. It frustrates me. They're willing to let terrible things happen because the hero society can't publicly allow heroes to go around killing villains. But, if killing one villain saves a bunch of people's lives, then I'm not killing, I'm saving innocents. Zach's dark eyes widened a bit, then they returned to normal size and his fists clenched harder at his sides. That's how I've always thought. Since I've always considered the people who live and die by association as ones I'm responsible for. The people who die because Titanium wasn't there to save them, I blame myself for that. The people my mom could have healed, all of them are on me. But, I can't just accept the deaths by association as my fault then. I also, have to take into account the people I may have saved. Those two villains, and Ganeshi if he's really in a coma, how many people would they have killed had I not touched them? How many people, am I saving right now with their deaths? All the people Compress, Ganeshi, and Shindeki Buda could have killed after they faced me, who they'll never be able to hurt now, I saved all those people. And I'll never know the numbers I killed or saved, I just, have to make the judgement calls.

Hair fell behind Zach's head and he felt it tickle his neck. He refocused on the mirror and realized that all his spikes were gone. Kurogiri was finishing evening up his hair, but Zach lifted his left hand and he ran it over his crew cut of black hair. The villains I kill from now on, not these villains necessarily, but what if they ask me to take out competition? If they, don't want enemies or something… I could do that. And while I help them out by taking out other villains, I'll use my Quirk to save lives at the same time. I, I can save so many people being here. I don't have to do anything I don't want to. I can do, whatever I want to! There are no rules! This is a life or death game I'm playing. Every decision could make the villains kill me, or it could get the heroes to capture me and throw me in jail. This, this is what it means to be a criminal, to be a villain. I'm on the wrong side of the law now, but I'm going to save people anyway. Ha, haha, this is crazy! I never even though about this, never thought, I could save more people outside of the rules of hero society. It's because, I always looked up to heroes, and I wanted to do things the same way as them. But with my Quirk, that was never a feasible option. I always, needed to come up with my own way of doing things. The villains are wrong. I won't be a villain like them. And the heroes are wrong too, I can still use my Quirk to save people. But I'll do it without being a hero, and I'll be doing good… and that makes me, an anti-hero! That's what I'll be! An anti-hero!

Dabi walked over to Zach after he stood back up, brushing his hands over his head to get off lingering strands of hair. "Come on, I'll give you a look around."

"The box?" Zach wondered.

"We'll see about that, in time," Dabi said, telling the kid with his words that they still did not trust him not to just go on a rampage and try killing them all.

Zach nodded his head, understanding their need to be cautious around him. After all. I showed these villains the monster inside me. I showed them Nightmare, and I could do it again. How strong am I? Can I learn to control Nightmare? Can I control Death? Can I decide who lives and who dies? I can! The power, is in my right hand!

As Zach and Dabi started walking off, Kurogiri walked back towards Shigaraki. "You have matured, Shigaraki Tomura."

"Hmph. We need Sazaki, even if I don't like him," Shigaraki responded. "Turning him against hero society, and using that Quirk of his for our own gains, though that will need some more of a push, some give and take." Shigaraki turned to Kurogiri and said, "Give the boy what he wants, for now. Once he gets a taste of what he's always wanted, we'll threaten taking it away, and that's when I'll get what I want." Shigaraki turned back and looked down the darkness of the room they were in towards the door Dabi just led Zach out of. "You were out cold, Dabi too, but I saw it." Kurogiri looked at Shigaraki in confusion, and Shigaraki Tomura smirked ear to ear behind the attached gray hand over his face. "Right before he killed Compress, he smirked. That smile, that look on his face when he decided…" Shigaraki started chuckling, and he said, "A single look, and all the villains including myself leapt away. Compress only didn't, because he was right behind him. We all stopped cold, before he had even turned into a monster."

"Why?" Kurogiri asked.

"It was the same feeling when All Might threatened us after beating the Nomu, the same thing we saw those heroes feel when Stain walked towards them that night," Shigaraki's smirk lowered down a little. "Those two have changed more about hero society than anyone. They shaped the world we're living in right now. So seeing that look, on Sazaki's face," Shigaraki frowned deeper, but then he lifted the corners of his lips back up and continued, "I bet we could shake the world, using him. So we'll use him. And we'll shape him into a villain. And if we need to do what we did with the others, treating Stain's ideology as our own, we'll do something else to get the kid to trust us. I'll use all of it. Every piece I have. Everything, sensei taught me."

A/N Thanks for reading... Zach, enters into the villains' realm once again. This time though, he's not thinking about how to get out. How will Zach adapt to his new situation? Will he be able to save people as he hopes, or will he turn into a villain? Has he already? His path is more uncertain than ever, but he considers himself in control of the situation. How will the world change, when the boy with the Quirk Death has finally joined the villains? Let me know what you think or predictions for the future in a review below!

zerom1v chapter 19 . 4h ago

what will he do now?! He can't go to UA and he can't use his quirk O.o

Well, didn't have to wait very long to find out. 2 posts in 10 hours, and I finished up another chapter too between then so I'll be able to keep up my posting through the rest of this week, hopefully. Thanks for the review!

gods-own chapter 19 . 3h ago

I like your work but I would say that you need to get a proofreader, some of your paragraphs without dialogue are to long and need to be broken down into small examples, besides that its a good story, keep up the hard work.

Lots of big paragraphs in this one, hope you can read that much. Lol, just kidding. But really, the only reason so many paragraphs are as small as they are, is because of dialogue. Can't put two different characters' dialogues in the same paragraph, or else they'd all probably be longer. As long as there's a main single idea, like Zach's thoughts as he gets a haircut, or Zach's thoughts as he finishes up getting his haircut, XD it's going to be one paragraph. Hope the style doesn't bug you too much! Glad you're enjoying the story otherwise.

Guest chapter 19 . 5h ago

It's a little worrying where your driving the story to considering everything that has happened. Nothing that comes to mind shows this to get better anytime soon. It's frightening to imagine what what Zach's future is going to be. He can't become and I doubt he could live a regular considering he is most likely a pariah due to the death of the villains. The last time something happened he practically became a shut in and he already tried to commit sucide in the past. Zach is probably feeling like he has nothing to live for.

Yeah, might be right to be a little worried there... Zach's future just became a lot more frightening, as he joins up with the villains. He doesn't think he can have a normal life anymore either, with knowledge of his Quirk out there, and just the fact that he doesn't want a normal life at all. He has to save people, so he joined the League of Villains- Well, let me know what you think of the developments. Thanks for the review, and thanks everyone for reading!