CHAPTER ONE

Styx.

The second best prison in the world. An international prison, accepting criminals from all over the globe as well as hiring guards from each corner of the globe as well.

Most people considered Styx to be the best prison, but it was only outshined by Tartarus and how it kept its prisoners under complete lockdown among a few other factors. The only thing Tartarus didn't have was Styx's ability to house any criminal rather than the worst of the worst.

Styx could house more and did indeed house more inmates than Tartarus. Styx wasn't exactly the first choice for most criminals at times, but when they did get new inmates, they knew how to deal with them.

"It's fine now. Why?" a deep and heroic voice came from a wide screen tv that was hanging on the wall. "For I am here!" the number one hero of Japan grinned a large victorious smile as he saved the day yet again.

"Turn that off." another voice that didn't come from the tv huffed.

"Huh?" the one who was interested in the program turned to look at the one responsible. "But why, Tai?"

Tai's red eyes glanced over to the other guard.

He (Tai), like most guards was wearing the signature Styx guard uniform. The second world war military looking uniform that consisted of dark green pants and a buttoned up jacket that was of the same colour. Also sporting the knee-high black boots with the same matching military cap that shared the same dark green colour.

The fair skinned man's sharp and bright blonde hair blew gently due to the breeze from the aircon.

Tai's sharp eyes narrowed at the other guard. "Heroes are shit." his words were as sharp as his eyes. "They don't truly stop criminals. We stop criminals. We reform them and we have to deal with these criminals on a daily basis. Heroes only deal with them once, and that is when they capture them." Tai crossed his arms as he leaned back in his chair, staring at the image of the number one hero of Japan, basking in the limelight.

He could almost hear what his coworker would say next. Something about their side of the story.

"I still don't understand why you hate heroes, Tai." sighed the other guard wearing the exact same set up, but with a purple hat instead of a dark green one and how loosely the jacket was being worn, revealing a white and purple striped shirt underneath. "With your quirk, you could of easily been a hero."

"And I don't understand why you like them, Osamu." Tai shot back at Osamu. Upon better inspection, the named Osamu had short, neatly trimmed yet messy dark purple hair with a side swept fringe that had a few hairs sticking up in the front. He also had dark red almond shaped eyes with an almost stern looking face with thin black eyebrows and fair white skin. Despite the stern look, he had some baby faced facial features mixed with angular facial features, but also sported two scars: a small scar on the left side of his cheek and a diagonal small scar over his right eyebrow.

Then the intercom on the wall buzzed in within the male guard's area. "Tai Yonamine, please report to the entrance of Styx."

Standing, the blonde pulled down the brim of his hat as he walked away. "See you later, Tai."

"We rarely meet anyway." Tai huffed in response as he left the break room, not slowing down to hear whatever his fellow co-worker had to say. He did hear him sigh however on his way out.

It didn't take too long for Tai to reach the entrance of the prison. "Cutting it close there." the voice of a woman gained Tai's attention.

She was averagely short in stature for where she was from and was rather athletic in build as well as looking quite agile. This new figure also sported a rather developed chest, at least being a D-cup and she looked quite unkempt judging from her body and her dirty nails connected to a pair of old cuts, calluses and bruises on her palms.

At the moment she had a reserved look on her face as she didn't say a word as freckles spread across the bridge of her nose which brought attention to the red in her checks. Her long, unkempt hair burned a small auburn glow on top of a brunette hue, which was cut in a bob cut style haircut. Her bob cut bangs, split in the right side of her face, were definitely long enough to cover her eyes if she chose . At the end of it, her hair was tied into a side ponytail, held with a black scrunchie.

She wore the exact same uniform as he did, with little to no changes asides from the fact the jacket's buttons were undone halfway down to free her bust.

"When called, don't dilly dally. It's unprofessional and—"

"Speak for yourself, Dahlia." Tai scoffed, cutting his younger coworker off. This young woman, and Tai's junior, was Dahlia Pietyr. "Now, why are we here? New inmates?"

She mumbled something under her breath, or rather Tai chose not to actually listen to her. "New inmates. I really hope you know what to do." she sighed, glancing back to her older coworker. "Why you?"

"Shut it." he growled as his narrowing eyes stared out the front of the prison as a bus appeared on the horizon. "They're here."

Dahlia seemed to let out a sigh of her own. "Finally."

The bus was grey in colour, very bleak and lifeless. It got closer and closer to the prison before it finally stopped and the doors of said bus opened up. Letting the new arrivals to the prison out and into the place they would pretty much call home for the rest of their sentence.

There wasn't a lot of new inmates, at least in this group. It was a small group, a very small group.

Only three people got off the bus.

The first was a tall and slim young man with fair skin. Possessing short, spiky black hair and blue eyes wearing a black open jacket with the sleeves torn off with a white, sleeveless t-shirt underneath. He was also wearing a pair of back cargo pants that were tucked into a pair of black combat boots and to fit with his outfit, were the black fingerless gloves he was wearing.

The second was a very pale and glossy skinned girl with a dainty, petite build as she looked to be mildly anorexic. She had relatively large almond-shaped silver eyes and completely straight, lustrous black hair that was cut the shoulder-length on one side and all the way back to her fringe on the other. She also sported a lip piercing and three piercings on each ear.

She was wearing more of a goth-like attire and style, wearing clothes that were either black or very dark grey. This included heavy lipstick and eye-shadow. The main thing of note of her goth style was the black, grim-reaper styled hooded cape that resembled a nightgown and probably was as it looked well-padded and warm.

The third and final figure to come off the bus was another male. He was very tall and very muscular with a sculpted and athletic physique, however it seemed rather unnatural. His black haired was tinged and his possessed neon yellow skin that matched with his amber eyes. His veins were visibly larger and bulged more than other people's veins as well as appearing green. He was wearing a pair of gloves and a pair of goggles over his eyes along with a tracksuit.

Dahlia held up a clipboard that Tai never noticed she had, then again, he never really cared enough to look.

"Jin Nakamura, Demelza Brathwaite and Kagayami Li." she called out the order of names of the three that came off the bus. "Jin and Li, follow Tai. Demelza, you're with me."

She quickly took two of the three forms on her clipboard and shoved them directly into Tai's hands.

"I think I know why we're chosen for this now." said the female guard as she looked over towards Demelza who quickly took to following her, leaving Tai with Jin and Li.

"Tch. Hurry up." he grumbled as the two followed him, but not like how Demelza followed Dahlia as they entered a changing room. "Take off your clothes and get into prison uniforms."

The two got ahead and got changed into traditional looking orange jumpsuits with Li wearing one with short sleeves while Jin wore one with long sleeves as Tai continued to talk. "You can add accessories to your uniforms if you wish." the way he talked was tired and not really caring. "However, depending on both your actions and quirks, you will be forced to wear anti-quirk gadgets to suppress the ability to use your quirks, so it's best for you to be on best behaviour. Any questions?" Of course, he left out the small tidbit that not all quirks could be suppressed. It would be better for them to not know that.

Li stayed fairly silent at that but Jin decided to be the one who would ask a question. "Is there anything we should know?"

Tai grinned in response, it was quite a dark grin. "In Styx, guards like me are allowed to use their quirk to get you inmates to behave, especially if you start getting rowdy and fight your fellow inmates."

"But I thought only heroes can use their quir—"

Tai's laughter cut off Jin quite rudely, the laugh wasn't even a joyful one. If anything, the laugh was more along the lines of a mocking laugh. "I don't care. If I need to use my quirk to put you inmates in place, then I'll gladly do it. You won't be the first or the last, so don't bring up that hero shit. As I said before, Styx guards can do this legally. Not to mention there have been other cases of the use of quirks besides heroes before, if a bit uncommon. If you think we won't use our quirks on you like cops or perhaps other guards in different prisons, think again asshole. Cause I'll show you first hand if I need to."

Li glanced back and forth before he opened his mouth, but was rudely cut off before he had the chance to speak. "We cannot give you back any confiscated goods, such as weapons. You'd have to be pretty stupid if you think we'd let that happen." The tall giant shrugged now that his question was answered as the two of them placed their clothes into trays while Tai pressed a button as a gate opened.

The guard then walked forwards. "I'll show both of you to your cells. Welcome to your new home for however long you're serving here. Now hurry up inmates." Tai wanted nothing more than to get this over with.

With nothing else they could do, Jin and Li followed Tai to their new accommodations. "Just one last thing." Tai said, turning his head to face the inmates. "It bears repeating but..."

"If you cause problems to warrant me using my quirk," Suddenly Tai's face looked demonic as his eyes were dancing in madness. His pupils could hardly been seen due to the shrink in size as his grin grew large and devilish, showing off a row of sharp teeth, ready to tear into the inmates at a moment's notice. "I will break every bone in your body."

Safe to say, the message was clear: be on your best behaviour.

Dahlia looked down at the clipboard and back to Demelza, who was now wearing a traditional prison uniform of a black and white striped outfit, both the ankle-length striped pants and a long sleeved striped shirt. However, she had an added addition to her uniform and that was the black, grim-reaper styled hooded cape and an expressionless black mask that she held in her hands.

"For now you'll be placed into the female ward and if you stay on good behaviour, you'll get access to some special privileges." she carried out is a similar tone to what Tai had as she explained the last thing she had to tell the new arrival before glancing back to the piece of paper with Demelza's information. "This does explain why I was tasked with the 'Dementress'." she thought and glanced back at the new inmate whose eyes seemed to be less bright then before.

"You ready, inmate?" she asked as the masked goth girl looked towards the guard.

"Yes, ma'am!" it was a complete opposite of her goth image. A cheery and bubbly smile with a sunny reply.

Dahlia pressed a button on the wall, next to a gate. Upon pressing the button, the gate opened. "Then I'll show you to your cell." she gestured for the criminal to walk through.

The new arrival followed the guard as she took in the sight of the prison. It was...bigger than what she was expecting. On the bus ride over, she knew Styx was a big prison and had a reputation for being the second best prison in the world. There was also the fact that the guards were allowed to get their hands dirty should the inmates brought up problems.

"That's...worrying..." she briefly thought as she came face to face with her cell.

"Sink it in." she heard the guard, Dahlia called out as she also heard her footsteps get softer. "You're free to go and look around the ward." she added in at the last moment as Demelza was left alone as she watched Dahlia walk away.

"I see Dahlia just dropped you off without showing you much of the prison..."

Demelza quickly turned around to see a woman in her mid forties walk out of her own cell. She was an above-average woman with a busty (much like Dahlia) and hourglass figure as well as a heart-shaped face with milky white skin with a narrow shaped bright green eye. However, it seemed there was some mold or something on the left corner of her face.

She was wearing an closed up orange jumpsuit that was very clean and gave off a professional feel to it. The only real thing that Demelza's eyes took in fully was the fact that over her left eye was an eye patch that was black in colour and seemed to be made of metal.

"Sorry for alarming you." the woman spoke with both class and a warmth to it. She quickly took to smiling like a mother or older sister would do. "If it makes it up to you, I'm Nozomi Tendo."

Demelza was more focused on the eyepatch as she introduced her, it wasn't like the accessory of the mask she had chosen. In fact, the eyepatch seemed forced. "Demelza Brathwaite."

"Wondering about my eyepatch?" she asked. "Don't worry, it's quite a common curiosity among new arrivals."

"Oh, uh, then you don't mind sharing that?" that caused Nozomi to giggle.

"Trust me dear, if I didn't mind sharing I would've shot you down before you even thought to ask about it." Nozomi's words tone was cool and smooth, making sure what she said wouldn't be taken in a different way. "This eyepatch was given to me by the guards of Styx."

"Does that mean...?"

"If you're thinking about a loss of eye, then no. You'd be far off. It's actually quirk suppression."

"Quirk suppression?" Demelza's cheery tone continued, unfiltered. "They have that technology here?"

"Some inmates have some quirks that need to be suppressed, if they can be suppressed. Well, I guess it's better than having the guards getting physical constantly." Hearing Demelza's gulp, she decided to steer the conversation elsewhere. "Come with me, I can show you around the ward and meet some people too."

Demelza happily agreed to this as she was shown around the female ward of the prison. However there was something she was curious in. "What's that way? I don't recall that getting explained to me."

Nozomi turned her head to look. "That's the co-ed area." she briefly explained. "You won't have access to that just yet, you're a new prisoner here."

"When will I be able to get in?"

The older woman shrugged. "Don't know, it depends on your behaviour among other things. Besides, the co-ed area is more tight with procedures with the whole male and female prisoners being together there."

"Anything I should know about?"

She paused for thought. "Just be careful of your fellow inmates. Now, let's go meet some people, alright?"

The masked goth girl smiled under her mask and with a bubbly tone said, "Sure!"

The duo quickly entered what seemed to be the cafeteria for the female ward before Demelza was then brought over to two other women that were sitting at a table in the cafeteria.

"Nozomi..." the first woman took notice and quickly locked onto the new arrival to the prison. "New blood?"

This woman had a slim build with noticeable muscle, she also had short light bluish, grey hair that was styled into a deep, swept back boy cut with eyes that were a striking blue and defined cheekbones. She was wearing the long striped prison uniform, much like Demelza was, but hers was more loose and baggy, mainly the shirt though.

Nozomi nodded. "That's right, Sora. This is Demelza, I was just showing her around." Nozomi then turned back to goth girl. "This is Sora Natsumi, and the other one is Koneko Hirayama."

The second was wearing a hood that covered her head and hid most of her features before Sora grabbed hold of the hoodie. "Come on, Koneko." Sora teased. "Introduce yourself." and with a quick pull, the hoodie came off revealing her features.

She was a short, small chested and curvy girl with relatively normal feminine features except for the pair of cat like eyes and ears. She also possessed a cat like tail and short dark brown hair, with her cat like tail and ears being dark brown as well while her cat like eyes were yellow.

Underneath the hoodie that she was formerly wearing was the same striped prison uniform, but not as baggy as Sora's.

"H-Hello." Demelza barely heard the shy whimper of a hello that came from the cat girl.

"Koneko here has some privileges." Sora teased some more.

"I-It's nothing. I d-don't even know w-why, nya." the shy little cat responded, grabbing hold of her hoodie.

"Aww, her verbal tic came out."

Demelza looked between the two. "And what's the privilege?"

"Clothes mainly, normally she would be wearing her usual clothes along with her hoodie, but she only has one set of clothes that aren't prison garbs." Sora explained. "One day, one of the guards just came up told her she had now had privileges or something."

"I-I don't s-see why i-its a special p-privilege." the girl put her hoodie back on. "I t-think it's j-just clothes p-privileges."

"It has to be something." Sora rolled her eyes. "Maybe some stuff in the co-ed area, maybe."

The oldest woman of the group shook her head before looking at the new blooded prisoner. "Come sit down, we might be here for a while." Nozomi gestured to the empty seat at the table as Demelza's silver eyes lit up a little as she sat down with the others.

Meanwhile in the male ward, both Jin and Li were shown to their cells before being left to their own devices as the guard that accompanied them walked off.

Jin glanced over to the Li who just left immediately. "Don't talk to me." was the only thing Li had said to him.

"Not like I was really planning on it." Jin mumbled under his breath as his blue eyes gazed over to the main floor below.

There was nothing much else to do but go down into the male ward and explore his new residence and pray for his sentence.

During his walk around, he noticed a guy wearing a white tank top akin to what people would call a wife beater with the striped prison pants but with the white replaced with dark blue and wore a pair of black work boots. As he got closer, he features became more prominent such as the fact he had a strong build.

This man who approached him had a buzz cut, a full beard that was roughly four inches long strong jaw and he looked quite angry as his dull green eyes locked eyes with Jin's own blue eyes. The noticeable thing was the few scars scattered across his body, mainly present on his arms and the scar in his right shoulder that was looked to be caused by a bullet.

"Hey! I haven't seen you before. New arrival?" he asked with broken Japanese, very broken at that.

"I am...who are you?"

"Ah, I'm David Flannegan. Nice to meet you!" David greeted. He was a lot different that his angry looking appearance, that was for sure.

Cautious, Jin gave him a one over as he decided to return the gesture. "Jin. Jin Nakamura."

After a few seconds, David responded. "Nice to meet you Jin. Sorry if this comes off as rude but, you seem a bit young to be in prison."

Jin looked away somewhat as he muttered, "Nineteen." He quickly looked back at the older gentlemen.

"Oh, nineteen? A year younger than me." David then gestured him to follow. "I can show you around if you want. Just be careful of the others."

"That's a given though, right? This is a prison, after all." Jin thought as decided to follow the rather friendly inmate. "Guess it's better to know someone I guess."

A tall and willowy woman with silvery hair cut into choppy bob cut, a few curves and a small bust walked down the street wearing a black pea coat over a grey sweater and a pair of black pants with a pair of brown leather boots as a red scarf was wrapped around the lower half of her round face. Her amber eyes gazed from the stand of apples over towards the sound of a fight.

The youthful and pale skinned woman heard multiple sounds combat which usually meant one thing: villains and heroes.

It happened way too often.

So the delicate looking woman began to walk away as she took some apples with her skinny arms, walking away from the almost daily occurrence with her long, lithe legs.

A young woman in her mid-twenties stood in the middle of a room, it was actually an office. She had long and very messy ultra violet hair with a few lavender streaks scattered throughout as she had a lot of long strands sticking from the top and sides of her hair before said hair ended near her lower waistline. She possessed droopy round red eyes surrounded by black winged eyeliner that matched with her fair pale white and clear skin as well as her average skinny physique accompanied by her average B cup. Her fingernails were painted a deep purple colour with white swirls painted on each nail and thin black arched eyebrows, a button nose with some rosy red cheeks.

She was wearing the guard uniform, however hers was much different as the jacket she wore was a dark violet and instead of pants, she wore a skirt version instead. She still retained the knee high black boots and her cap was also changed to match her outfit as it was also dark violet and had black camo print on the design.

However she wasn't along in the room. Sitting behind a desk was a woman with burgundy hair that reached down to her shoulders in length as she wore the standard guard uniform with slight modifications. The first modification was a simple black eyepatch over her right eye which the uncovered left eye was a shimmering gold. The second modification was the black cloak like cape that was draped over shoulders.

The woman was not alone however. There was one last person in the room.

Sitting on a dark green, fancy looking leather couch was a male with chin-length, wavy black hair and a pale of pale lavender eyes. This man was wearing the Styx guard uniform much like the woman, in fact his uniform had the same black cloak that was draped over his shoulders too.

The man was holding some papers while the woman behind the desk was clasped her hands together. "Thank you for coming, Muika."

The violet dressed guard, Muika jolted a little. "I-Is there a reason f-for me to be here, ma'am?"

A small smile graced her face. "It's okay, Muika. It's nothing too important." she began as she tapped on the desk. "Just a possible readjustment of your schedule. Our three new arrivals could possibly need counselling, so I just wanted to inform you of a new schedule should any of these new arrivals require it."

"O-Oh, thank you for i-informing me." Muika mumbled timidly as she bowed politely with a small smile.

The woman, clearly of higher position than Muika smiled. "You know Muika, you should smile more. It really suits you."

Muika jolted up again as she timidly asked, "R-Really?"

"Stop teasing her, Eris." the male said from the couch, joining the conversation.

Eris just rolled her eyes at him. "Whatever you say, Seimei. Besides, that was nowhere near teasing."

The man was Seimei Tokugawa and the woman was Eris Argyris. The male and female warden on Styx respectively.

Muika looked between her two bosses. "Anyways," Eris coughed into her palm. "That is all for today really, Muika. You are free to go, unless you have questions."

"I-I got one, o-or rather two." she shyly brought up. "What if t-they don't want c-counselling and c-can't be r-reasoned with at all? and I'll s-still be accompanied by a-another person, r-right?" the ultra violet haired girl poked her fingers together.

"Yes, you will still be working alongside a fellow guard in case of an emergency if your patient is violent. So don't worry." Seimei was the one who answered that. "Should a worse case scenario occurs, Eris can use her quirk."

"Um, if that's all…I-I'll take my l-leave."

Eris gestured her hands in a way that indicated that she could go. "One last thing before you leave though. I doubt I'll see your brother today, but give him my regards."

"I'll l-let Osamu k-know." and with that, Muika had left back to her usually routine. The male warden glanced from the door and back to the female warden.

"I got an interesting email today."

That got her attention.

Kagayami walked aimlessly through the prison.

"Tch." he looked around the area. "Wonder if I can escape?" as he looked, thoughts of escaping almost died out completely.

It didn't have a reputation for the second best prison in the world for nothing.

Fixing up the goggles he was allowed to keep, he continued on, looking for something to help as a thought entered his head. "I wonder if there's one of those prisoner workshops? I might be able to do something there."

With that thought, Li's mood improved but it was ruined when he got outside, seeing many of the inmates from the same ward as him. Wondering how many of these other prisoners have strong and flashy quirks.

Turning away, he recalled the area that went unexplored.

The co-ed area.

He had no way of getting inside that place, at least not know.

Walking to a fence, Li placed his hands on it and simply tugged on it. He didn't really want to test out how high or low it would take a guard to come in and intervene, but with the quick push on the tall chain link fence that kept him away from some exercise equipment, he quickly came to realise that it wasn't normal, it was hard to even push it. He wiped his hand after receiving a minor cut. Li then focused his attention on the thick and tall concrete wall that separated parts of the prison, probably in the different wards.

"Seems I need to gain more trust for that to happen." he mused to himself thinking about how he was turned away when he tried to get into the co-ed area earlier while he was now glancing around the outdoor area. "I don't think I'm going to get anything out of this today." and with that, Li headed back indoors.

As Kagayami left, a lonely figure hidden from the sun's rays woke up as their nose seemed to hone in on something while they shifted.

"Seems we have new blood in the prison." the new figure mused as they cracked a smile. "Wonder how they'll taste?"

Big thanks to all those who submitted an OC to Guilty Act! However now sadly the SYOC is now closed...for inmates, unless you have asked for/have an extension or have messaged me about sending in a prisoner (which is like three of you). Other than that, inmates are closed. Thanks for all who sent in OCs and sorry for those who didn't make the cut. Gotta say though, you guys made some good ones.

Not everyone's character was introduced in this chapter, but don't worry. They'll come into play soon~ Gotta keep flow smooth and all that jazz. Anyways, below is the roster for the story, and brace yourself, there's a lot to go through.

INMATE ROSTER

Rin Yonaga (Assassinkai742)

Reiji Maeda (TheAmazingSwolfie)

Mariko Tsujihara (Lupus Overkill)

Gin Shinoha (Nemris)

Inyoku-Yui Shiro (R3dLuv3Singin)

Jin Nakamura (The Imprisoned of Hell)

Gousen Hikudo (TysonBR14)

Fumma Yoshitsune (alucard deathsinger)

Zuko Yamamoto (WhyDidIDecideToMakeThis)

Sae Kumiza (Despol12)

Ashita Insatsushi (mayurie)

Fushiko Karakuri (Treeja)

Chikuha Ueno (Crimson Spider Lily)

Yua Aoi (Crimson Spider Lily)

Kuroishi Yukimaru (Supreme Kai of Booty)

Koneko Hirayama (Oblivious ninja IJ)

Kagayami Li (SinghSong)

Rhys Dignam (kennysdead)

Nozomi Tendo (JackHammerMan)

Demelza Brathwaite (SinghSong)

Sora Natsumi (Kive660)

Juro Raisa (tobimadaraisawsome666)

Johnny Spade (GreenPolitical)

Akita (AridSun)

Remko Akko (gold crown dragon)

David Flannegan (FinnyFaloulou)

GUARD ROSTER

Dahlia Pietyr (ThalioTP)

Muika Yomaura (Prince PokePersona)

Osamu Yomaura (Prince PokePersona)

This is the current roster, and boy its long. I will be keeping guard submissions open for a while longer and those guard submissions are now extended to the 23rd, cutting it close to Christmas (and a second roster will appear for these characters next chapter). So if you want to send in a guard, now's the time. While I'm still accepting roles for guards, I will still be writing the story and future chapters during that extension time, and probably give an after Christmas special or something. However, there are some characters that will appear in the story that will be my OCs, like Tai, Eris and Seimei. Despite the addition of my own OCs, this story is going to focus more on the OCs sent in, think of my OCs as supporting roles.

So those who wants to send in a few guards, feel free. Just remember the date for guards is the 23rd.

Enjoy your time in Styx!