Half a Year Before High School Entrance Exams
It was time. The perfect time for Deku's first masterpiece. His costume. If he was going to go with the theme of the moon still, even changing ideas to toppling hero society, then he needed to take inspiration from the Dark Knight himself again. A crescent moon on the chest, a pale grey and black color scheme. Mostly kevlar on the body, and something flexible around joints. A long cloak and hood, as well as military combat boots, and gloves. A spot for his wrist mounted computer, which had helped him gather quite a bit of money. A mask for the lower part of his face, and a belt. Always have a utility belt, even if nothing is on it yet.
So, the design portion of his costume was done. All he had to do was build it. He was a little disappointed his plan was not on schedule. He was so far behind, but it was mostly his fault. He had started studying genetics and quirk biology much sooner than he had thought he would, even having his own ideas on how to make it seem like he had a quirk or perhaps how to take one. That was still a while away and would require at least the mobile lab, if not his own building.
The first tool he needed to build would be a weapon. It can't be anything, but it must be something extreme. Something that others wouldn't be able to use with ease. Something that would make others think he would have a quirk to control it well. He only could think of one person to ask.
Deku had made his way back to a somewhat shady area, full of tech stores. They don't ask why you're buying, "As long as you don't ask why they got it!" Deku jumped from shock, and turned around to see a pair of yellow, crosshair like eyes in his face. The girl he had met the previous year in the same area. He guessed that usually she would be around here, but to find her instantly? How easy would it be to kidnap her. Not that Deku wanted to, just he had that thought. "Ah what do you mean you wouldn't want to kidnap me?" Deku's cheeks just went flush. He didn't realize he had said that outloud.
"Nothing. I was looking for you though." Deku coughed into his fist while he regained composure. He stood up straight, his body much more molded since they had last met. He had grown taller, as well as more muscular.
"What do you need? I am a busy person you know." She started to walk away, entering a nearby store and looking around.
"I had a challenging thought, and you were the only person I could think of that might have an answer. What kind of weapon would someone need to make others think that they had to have a quirk?" Deku had followed behind her. He had no choice if he wanted her opinion.
"Something that uses magnets or chemicals. Or other things that can't be produced easily. I know for a fact that there are a lot of quirks that give off a gas the user isn't immune to. I mean either one would work. There are others like devices that may expand at will. While saying that out loud gives me a new idea!" She quickly pulled out a notebook called "Journal of Babies Vol. 23 " and started to scribble down about a pair of boots with spikes, and extending poles coming out the sides.
"Just how many ideas do you have? I mean really that's a few too many journals for someone our age." As fate would have it, just as Deku said that his most recent volume of hero analysis fell out his side bag into view, reading off "Hero Analysis for the future Volume 22 " and Hatsume instantly noticed. She perked up at seeing the title and swooped in, snatching it up and reading through it. Her eyes lit up as a smile stretched across her face. She started flipping through page after page, starting to laugh as her energy lit the entire room up. It was quite eire, especially to Deku, who was wrestling her to try to get his Journal back. "Hatsume! Please give it back! Come on please! Stop reading it!" He was scrambling round her, making sure not to grab her anywhere weird. While Deku was a villain he wasn't quite malicious or mean spirited. He was just doing what he had to for the betterment of the world!
"No way! There are waaaaay too many good ideas for babies in this thing! I mean each and every strength, weakness and idea for improvements are here!" She started to spin to keep Deku off herself, leading to him landing on his ass.
"Fine, I won't show you anything else!" Deku stated loudly, at which point she turned and whined.
"Pleeeeease. I want to see all the amazing ideas for babies you have!" At which point the store clerk, an older man with a bald head and a bushy mustache, spoke up.
"If you and your girlfriend are going to talk about fucking, just please leave. I don't want to hear this." The man seemed done with their shenanigans, eyes almost faded. He pointed towards the door, and wiggled his nose. Deku's face just went flush.
"No sir! That's not what we're talking about at all! I'm so sorry to cause a disturbance!" Deku bowed to the man at which he waved his hand at the boy. Hatsume handed the journal back.
"Well then, my time here is up. There are babies to make!" She ran out of the building, and somehow left the view of the streets by the time Deku had run out to chase her.
"Ah young love." The old man stated from behind the counter.
Two Months Before High School Entrance Exams
Deku didn't find the girl again, and fearing for the worst, assumed she was kidnapped. He didn't really care, she was just a good idea source. During the fourth month period, Deku had hacked some more, but wasn't making enough money draining miniscule amounts from the rich. He still had to be stealthy about it.
He decided to call Gran while trying to up his income, and during one of their meetings Deku had dropped one of his notebooks yet again. Gran was the name of the man that had brought him home after his first escapade. Or at least the code name of the man. He had noticed the notebook and picked it up, reading through a couple of pages and smiled the whole time. From then on out, Deku was making a much larger influx of cash, selling off his analysis of different heroes brought in all sorts of big buyers. People were even buying gear from Gran to beat the heroes based on the analysis that they had bought. Till one day while Deku was counting his cut of the profits Gran spoke up, "Hey kid, one of my clients wants to meet you. One I can't decline."
"What do you mean Gran? This has been the deal for a while now. I give you the info to sell, you sell it and I take a cut. Why do I have to meet this one?" Over a few months of dealing with villains he had gotten much more casual with them and their ways. To the point of threatening one of them back when he still met the people he sold to. They had said that the just wanted to hurt the hero badly, raping his wife in front of his before finishing him off. Deku had shot down, selling him anything, and punched him in the nose. Deku seemed to hate perverts, making rapists and pedophiles even higher on his shit list. "How important could this one man be?"
"It's All for One." Deku froze leaning back in his chair, falling to the ground. Everyone who's a villain had heard the name of All for One. A god amongst men who was from the era when quirks were first becoming appearing. A myth more than a man. Someone with the ability to give and take quirks as he saw fit.
Deku stood up and looked Gran in the eyes with a stupid grin, "Holy Shit! He's real! He really does exist!" Deku started to cheer and jump for joy. All while Gran just looked at him confused. Or more like he was crazy.
"Kid, why are you so happy?" Deku froze hearing this question.
"That's right, you don't know. I'm quirkless Gran. He has nothing to take from me other than my life. Even then, I wouldn't really care. But since I have nothing to take, he can only give." Deku grinned with this train of thought. He felt like there was a chance. He could get something, anything depending on All for One of course. Gran shook his head while it was in his hand, pressing send on a message with one of his burners. A black mist enveloped Deku as he was dropped into some sort of warehouse. In a rather large chair, pipes jetting off of it, sat a man with skin wrapped over where his eyes should be. He wore a mask that reminded Deku of a rebreather. He also wore a suit.
"Welcome boy, to my home. I'm sorry but I don't have time for pleasantries at the moment. I would have prepared tea for us if this was not an urgent matter. I would like you to invade UA high as a student for us."
The man spoke out with a deeper than human voice, to which Deku could only respond with, "Eh?" Deku had a face of shock, and it seemed like he went to black and white for just a moment. "Wait why me? I'm sure you could find someone else."
"I've read your notes with my own skin. You are an impressive mind. Someone like you is far and few between, especially someone without a quirk. I have two different quirks I can offer you. I will give one of them to you on two conditions. The first is that you join the League of Villains as our top analyst and one of our top scientists. The second, is that you join UA as a spy, and become our eyes and ears. The two quirks that I can let you choose from are technical telepathy and neuron enhancement. The first allows you to command tech to a degree and communicate with it. The second increases the rate at which neurons fire, increasing reaction speed, and most likely your thought processes."
Deku sat there with his hand on his chin, deep in thought. Considering that All for One was the leader, he most likely was going to kill All Might, because what kind of criminal ruler wouldn't want him dead. "I'll take a burner and call you back in a week." Deku looked confident. He knew that All Might had been back in the area Deku lived in. He was going to walk around and see if he could ask All Might one question. If he could, his answer would decide. If not, then he would join.
Deku was sent on his merry little way, and not much to his surprise, his luck was shit. He got attacked by a villain. While his plan was to get into as much trouble as possible, trying to bait All Might, he didn't think someone would be right here. A large mass of gunk, that one might say resembles the sewer he jumped out of, with two eyes and a large smile full of teeth came leaping at Deku. "Nice! Medium lean meat puppet!" It said in a slimy, distorted voice. Deku did not like the sound of that at all, even less so when a tendril of the beast slid into his mouth. It tasted like one would think sewer gunk would. It slowly filled his mouth as it pushed its way down his throat. When Deku started to black out, he saw a chiseled man appear, with a matching face, long spiky antennae like blonde hair, and piercing blue eyes. He said something about being here, and punched at the goo surrounding the boy. It flew to pieces against the wall as Deku flew back, hitting the ground and falling unconscious.
Thwip, thwip thwip, the repeated sound of very light and fast slapping rose the boy from his rest. "Ah, Young Man! I was scared I lost you. Now that you are awake and fine, I must go! I already signed your notebook there. Remember that a hero is always fighting two things, the villains and the clock!" Right as All Might was about to jump away, Deku yelled at him.
"Wait! I have to ask you something! PLEASE!" All Might turned and shook his head no, jumping off. The wind pressure threw Deku back as he struggled to stay on his feet. He looked into his sky to see his once idol fly away. He had begged and the man had just shook his head and left. That was his answer. The final straw. He made his way home and waved to his mother, while shuffling into his bedroom. He flopped onto the bed and went over the plan in his mind. Then he remembered a quote, "No plan really survives the first contact with the enemy." Deku spoke out loud. He pulled out the burner, and called the only number on it. "I'll do it, and I want," Radio static.
"Very well Deku, welcome to the League of Villains." The voice spoke through the phone, almost sounding joyful.
"Please, once I get my quirk, call me Izuku."
Author's Note: I couldn't decide between these two, as you are the reader and want to read a cool story, I'll let you guys pick with reviews! Also hopefully now that we are on track for the canon of the story the chapters will get a little longer.
