AN: I went to take a bath, and inspiration came. I swear, the best inspiration always comes in the bathroom, there was this one Catan game that I played with family, and it looked like I was in a losing position, like totally hopeless, went to take a shit, came out with a master plan and won in two turns.

Also, with the last chapter we crossed the 20k words barrier, which is big for me, since that is my personal criteria, I usually look for 20k and upwards when searching for new fics, so I consider myself sort of leveled up. Also, we're slowly nearing towards 100 followers and favorites, so in a couple chapters we might have that, which would be great. But I've wasted enough time here, so let's start.

Chapter 10:

I wanted to have a long night of sleep, uninterrupted, but I couldn't have that.

I woke up somewhere in the middle of the night, hearing someone lurking around the house. Nobody besides me should have been here, so most likely it was a thief.

I got out of bed, broke down my arm, and quietly went out of my room. I could see him, he was in the living room searching around.

I didn't hesitate, went from behind, covered his mouth, and prepared to stab him in the heart. Except, except I stopped. I stopped myself from doing it. I lost control, and almost killed someone. It was a different kind of control, and I would have been a different kind of monster, but it would have had the same result, and I didn't want to kill a petty thief. I turned him, and looking into his eyes solidified my resolve: He was afraid, he wasn't malicious, he would have just ran away if he had heard any sound. I didn't want to kill people like this, they didn't need to die.

I didn't want him to commit more crimes however, so I told him:

"You get out of here right now, and I'll let you go. You'll never steal from anyone ever again, or this spike finds it's way into your heart. " This was the first time that I ever bluffed with a threat like this. Until this point, I always meant it, I would really have stabbed others. "Am I understood?"

He frantically nodded, and so I threw him out the door, and watched as he scurried away. I felt nice, doing something good. It didn't mean that I would let villains live, but not everyone needed to die.

(Perhaps I just wanted to feel better about myself, to prove that I was still a good person.

To show myself that I was more than the endless rage that my quirk was, that I was more than the mindless destruction it unleashed around itself on it's own.

But I will never forget,

When white hot BURNING R̵͇̺̐̓̽A̸̙͙͕͋̓͐G̸̡͎͇͆̐E̸͙͍̿̽͛

washed over me

And it gripped my heart,

And it filled my head,

And all I saw,

Was the world in red.

Anything that mattered before,

Meant anything to me, no more.

They're papers in the face of this fire,

Burning, crumbling to ashes, forgotten in this spire.)

It was in the morning, that it occurred to me that I had to do something about the class, I couldn't just go in and act like yesterday didn't happen. I didn't know what to do however, maybe give a speech? That seemed like a good idea, so I decided to go with that.

On the way to school I felt more anxious than on the first day. I couldn't help myself, I couldn't stop thinking "What if they never accept me ever again?" and other such nonsense. "Nonsense" said the logical part of my brain, the emotional part not being calmed down.

I managed to distract myself by thinking how stupid I was yesterday, trying to "fix" Shoto by turning him against his father. Endeavor was the No. 2 hero, and having him against me would be just the worst and stupidest thing that I could have done.

I arrived pretty late, and as I entered I saw that I was the last one to arrive. All discussion quieted the moment I stepped into the classroom. I knew, this was the moment that I had to use, otherwise it will be ruined forever.

"First off, I would like to apologize. Apologize to all to your for losing control, and especially to you Todoroki, for putting you in that kind of danger. Even though all of you are strong, I can't help but fear what would happen if I lost control again, how far would my quirk go, I don't even want to try. I know that the scream is the worst, and I am sorry for making you, and everyone else hear it.

But even though all of this, I can't do anything else. This is my quirk, and I am happy with it. I need to work more, it's clear, but I don't want you to judge me just because of a mistake I made. It may not be the last, but I promise you that I will always try to keep it in control, and no matter what I will never intentionally release it." It was silence, silence followed my speech. And I really thought it was good, it was all improvisation but it came from my heart. I really tried to open up, to really promise to become better, to don't just say empty words but to actually mean them.

It was Ochacho that began clapping first, followed by Momo, and everyone else. Sometimes I cursed their pure souls, but at that moment I wouldn't have changed them one bit, feeling like they were perfect just like how they were.

I wasn't done however, and I approached Shoto who was standing leaning on the wall, his eyes closed.

"Shoto, I wanted to personally apologize to you, since it was against you that I lost control, and not just that but my words earlier that day, they were stupid and inconsiderate. I don't want us to be enemies. I want us to be allies, but friends would be even better." He opened his eyes, and somehow was a little different. A little more motivated, more sure of himself.

"Even though you've lost control, I can't help but thank you. Thanks to you, I reached an epiphany. It is in a moment of life or death where you really find out what matters, and when you were there, just pure uncontrolled aggression, I didn't care about defying my old man, I only cared about surviving, so I can still be a hero. Not number one, but a good hero. If you haven't shown me this, even unintentionally, I wouldn't have found it until it was too late. For this I thank you, and accept your friendship."

I was happy. Everything worked out in the end. In the immediate vicinity of course, the general public probably still had a bad impression about me, but that didn't matter!

It was still not done however, as I noticed that Iida was missing. Come to think of it, what was the next arc after Sports Festival? Oh yeah it was Stain arc, in which Iida went to gat revenge. Revenge. Fuck me, one crisis after another.

So while Aizawa droned on about how great we were or something, I frantically thought: Okay, Stain, Stain, Stain, what did he do again? It was something with blood, I'm sure of it. And, of course he survived, it was Izuku assisting Iida not me. But this time, in this reality, it is me assisting Iida, so Stain is going to be removed permanently, one way or another. This one was a short day however, as we were dismissed shortly after this, since there was several days of pause, and this class was supposed to be done yesterday but it was rescheduled for today.

I left the class while thinking about what to do with Iida. Should I just go and kill Stain alone? I didn't have any blood for him to use, so I could just trick him with void, then when he thinks that his quirk works kill him with a surprise attack, and solve the problem without him ever knowing. On the other hand, I could try and include him, changing him a little so he would at least consider murder, in the worst cases only. I wanted to preserve the heroic sides of everyone in class 1-A.

It was a couple days later that we got our next proper class, but while I was waiting for it to start I heard everyone exclaiming how much they were recognized and congratulated. This made me think and realize that in the last couple of days, I didn't really have any problem with crowding, or just in general other people. They must go out of their way to avoid me. If it took me this long to notice then it mustn't be that noticeable.

It didn't take long for Aizawa to appear, and again, he started:

"We're having a special hero informatics class today." I swear, most people think he doesn't have a sense of humor, but these dramatic pauses indicate otherwise to me "code names. You'll be coming up with hero names." This was followed by cheering, since this was easy and personal to do. He told us that these names mattered when we were interning at pro hero agencies, and usually first years don't get such chances, so we should keep that in mind, that it's very special for us to get a lot of offers.

He showed us the offers we got, broken down into how much each individual got. Surprisingly, despite being on the first place, I didn't get very much, most of the votes were sent to the students admitted through recommendations, more so Shoto and Tenya than Momo, plus Fumikage, but he got until the finals so it was understandable. Despite all of this, I still had a healthy number of offers.

Despite the hero names being temporary, he told us to pick good ones, the idea being reinforced by one Midnight walking in, in a way that appealed to most male members of the class. She was here to check if our names were okay.

When I got the paper, I thought long and hard. Most heroes had an introduction before their actual name, like Midnight for example, the R-rated Hero. So I was the Terrifying Hero: ... , but the actual name eluded me. It was then, that I remembered a creature that strongly resembled my transformation, an animation film that was really shaking back then, Spirited Away, and from there No Face, the one who transformed. So I decided on the name: Terrifying Hero: No Face.

After another couple of minutes, Midnight told us that we would present the names in front of the whole class. The names most students picked were simple, but effective, and Midnight with her infinite cheerfulness approved each of them. It was time for mine however:

"Terrifying Hero: No Face."

"Ugh, you sure about that? It sounds pretty villainous." she sounded hesitant.

"It's intimidation!" I replied enthusiastically.

"Okay, then."

After that, a couple more students presented their names, and then Aizawa got up and finished his talk about internships, stating that they last a week, and those who got offers can choose from among them.

I checked the list, and yes! My favorite hero agency was there! Yeah boi, I'm going to ACID Hero Agency!

AN: This was a shorter chapter, but I think it fits nicely between the Sports Festival and Stain arcs, as a transition.

About ACID, yes it's an OC hero's agency that I've created, it will be revealed next chapter. It also won't be used just for this, the ACID Hero will be the main mentor of Doppo.