AN: We are back with another chapter! Thank you all so much for the support on the last chapter! I won't say much this time, so without future adieu let's just jump into it.
Tell Me The Truth
The heroes were once again called for a meeting concerning Venom. "It just doesn't make sense." Said Midnight as they sat around a table. "First he attacks cops, then he saves a girl from being mugged, bites people's heads off, and now saves hostages. Does this guy want to help or make things worse?"
"That is a difficult question to answer." Said Nezu. "Unless we actually talk to the kid we won't know his motives."
"I almost had him too. If I'd just looked around at my surroundings and seen that the ceiling was unstable I could have caught him." Said All Might, voicing his frustration.
"An entire mall was completely taken over by terrorists and all the hostages walked out alive. We should be thanking this guy if I'm being honest." Said Aizawa.
"While at the end of the day he did manage to save everyone he still killed to achieve it. We only kill when it's the only option. Even then, the repercussions for doing so can ruin a hero." Explained Nezu.
"So what now?" Asked Present Mic.
"All Might, if it was just you and him. No interference, would you be able to win?" Asked Nezu.
All Might thought about it, "I don't know, the boy underneath is smart and his quirk is strong. He may be a difficult opponent, but I should be able to take him."
Nezu nodded, "Good, he usually shows up at night. I'll have the local heroes on the lookout. Once he's spotted you'll go in, if you can try to convince him to surrender, if not you may use force. Everyone else is on standby, once All Might engageds Venom we surround them both. Leave no opportunity for him to escape." Every hero in the room nodded, "This will end tonight one way or another."
Aizawa then walked over to All Might, "Hey all Might, you should know I'm still not sure if that's actually the boy's quirk. I tried to use my quirk on him but it didn't seem to affect him, so be careful."
All Might nodded, "Thanks for the heads up Aizawa, I'll keep it in mind."
Elsewhere
"Put your back into it Jiro!" Yelled out Izuku.
Jiro was currently struggling to push a large desk across the sand, "What do you think I'm doing!" Try as she might, the large desk wouldn't move an inch.
Jiro's feet dug into the sand as she gritted her teeth, "Come on!"
"Watch your footing. If your feet aren't set you'll…" Izuku then watched as Jiro slipped and fell face first into the sand. "Slip…"
Izuku could hear a loud groaning noise as Jiro slammed her hands into the sand. Lifting her head, Jiro had sand completely covering her face. "Stupid sand."
She then felt something hit her face, grabbing whatever was on her face she noticed that it was a towel. "You alright?" Asked Izuku.
Wiping away the sand Jiro nodded, "Yeah I'm fine, my pride hurts a bit but that's all."
Izuku laughed, "Well come on sandman, let's stop here for today. Wouldn't want you to get hurt right before the UA entrance exams."
Jiro rolled her eyes, "Gee thanks seaweed. And maybe it wasn't a good idea to start working out just before the exam. But seeing you doing push ups with one arm made me think it would be a good idea."
"Well I have been working out for a while now," said Izuku.
"Clearly, so, how's your arm?" asked Jiro.
Izuku moved his bandaged up arm, "It should be fine tomorrow."
Jiro nodded, "That's good. Still can't believe you cleaned so much."
Izuku jumped off the fridge he was standing on, "Yeah I even surprised myself. Speaking of surprised, I'm surprised you even showed up to work out."
Standing up Jiro wiped the sweat off of her, Izuku got a good view. Jiro wore a black cropped tank top and black workout yoga pants. As she stretched Izuku couldn't help but look, 'Wow, I've never really paid attention but Jiro has a nice figure…'
Izuku could see the sweat around Jiro's midriff gleaming in the setting sun. 'You find her attractive don't you?' asked Venom.
'S-Shut up! This is none of your business!'
'Oh but it is my business. So, are you going to make a move?' asked Venom.
'What? No!'
'But you find her attractive, so why not go for it?'
'Well, yes, but there are steps you have to take. I can't just rush things, besides, she might not even like me.'
'But she kissed you.' Izuku then thought back to the day of the mall incident and how Jiro had kissed him on the cheek.
'That's different. She was just repaying me for saving her.'
'You really are a useless Deku aren't you? You don't have the balls to do it.'
'Don't push your luck Venom, I will find a way to seperate us.'
As Izuku and Venom were arguing, Jiro spoke, "Um Midoriya, are you eyeing me?"
Izuku stopped his arguing with Venom and noticed that he didn't take his eyes off of Jiro. "S-Sorry, just kind of zoned out there."
"You were checking me out just now, weren't you?" Asked Jiro with a smug look on her face.
Jiro expected Izuku to start mumbling or even blushed but to her surprise, he didn't. "Maybe…"
Blinking a couple of times a small blush formed around Jiro's cheek's, "There's not much to check out though. I mean look at me." Jiro was self-conscious about her body. She didn't have the huge boobs that all the boys liked, or the hourglass figure. In comparison Jiro thought she was unattractive and it bothered her.
Izuku raised an eyebrow, "What are you talking about? You're pretty cute if you ask me."
Jiro turned to Izuku with a blank look on her face, "You serious?"
Izuku nodded, "Yeah. I mean every person has their type right? So it just comes down to personal preference."
"I wish I met you earlier then. All the guys in my school always made fun of me. As you can see I don't have the best body." Said Jiro, as she thought back to all the teasing she had to endure.
"Well fuck those guys, they clearly don't have good taste then. I for one think you're pretty cute. You're a bit of a tomboy but that's another good thing about you. You don't take anyone's shit, and will fight for yourself and others." Said Izuku.
"W-Wow, no one's ever told me that. Thank you Midoriya, it means a lot to hear that." Izuku nodded. "Now how about helping me up? I think it's time to go home."
Reaching out, Izuku offered Jiro a helping hand. Grabbing his hand, Izuku pulled Jiro up, "I'll walk you to the station."
The two then walked towards the station, they had a few minutes before Jiro's train arrived so they spent most of that time talking. "So Midoriya, I've been meaning to ask you. That day at the mall, that Venom guy saved us right?"
'Why is she asking that?' Thought Izuku. "Yeah he did, why do you ask?"
"Well it's just, I think I got a look at him." said Jiro.
Izuku's eyes widened, 'Shit, does she know?'
'If she does know, we will do something about it.' Izuku could feel Venom was getting ready to strike.
'No you won't. Jiro is my friend, if she does know we'll work something out.' Izuku swallowed nervously, "Did you see what he looked like?"
As Jiro was about to answer Venom began to appear behind Izuku's back. The appendage then sharpened into a spike, Venom was ready to kill Jiro to keep their secret. "Well not really. All I saw was his eyes, I think they were green. But with so much going on I'm not so sure. He looked young, maybe about our age, but that's not what caught my attention. It was the look in his eyes, they looked conflicted."
"What do you mean?" asked Izuku. "Like he was thinking about something?"
"Maybe, I don't really get it but he looked kind of lost. His voice too, it kind of reminded me of…" however before Jiro could finish the sentence the train pulled into the station. At the same time Venom put away the spike.
Jiro got up from her seat, "Looks like my train is here. I'll call you after the UA entrance exam tomorrow."
"Oh right." Izuku watched as Jiro walked towards the train. "Hey Jiro!" She looked back, "Good luck."
Jiro smiled, "Thanks!"
Izuku waved as the train pulled out of the station, 'Izuku, she knows.'
"You don't know that." answered Izuku.
'Don't be stupid Izuku, we can not risk her finding out about us. If she does, what's stopping her from turning us in?' Izuku stayed silent. 'We should take care of this before it becomes a problem.'
Izuku turned and walked away from the station, "No, we don't know for a fact that she knows. For now we'll just keep things the way they are."
What Izuku didn't know was that Jiro had actually plugged her earphone jacks into the seat and heard Izuku's heartbeat during the conversation. Looking outside the window Jiro sighed, 'His heart rate rose when I started to ask him about Venom. Could he really be Venom, or was I just imagining things.'
After getting off at her stop Jiro walked home, walking in Jiro announced her presence, "I'm home."
Popping out from the kitchen a slender woman who wore glasses and had the same short purple hair as Jiro appeared. This was Mika, her mother, "Oh Kyoka you're back. How was the work out?"
Jiro slumped her shoulders, "Terrible, even with one good arm Midoriya was still able to run circles around me. I need a shower."
"You've been talking a lot about this Midoriya kid. Is he your boyfriend or something?" teased her mother.
Jiro blushed, "N-NO! He's just a friend."
Mika smirked, "But I've been hearing you talking to someone almost every night."
Jiro was shocked, "You listen in on my conversations?"
"Yes, I got curious as to who you were talking to at 1 in the morning," said Mika. "So when do we meet him?"
"He's just a friend!" Jiro had enough of her mother's teasing. Without saying another word Jiro went upstairs to go take a shower.
The water flowed off of Jiro as she stood underneath the shower head. She couldn't help but look down at herself and think of what Izuku said. "Does he really think I'm cute? I don't see it."
Later That Night
Izuku had gone out that night to see if there was something he could do. It didn't take long for him to find a robbery in progress. Three men were attempting to rob a small family restaurant. One of the men was stuffing a bag with money as he emptied the cash register. The other man was holding the two owners at gunpoint. The last one was guarding the door making sure no one came in.
The entire entrance was basically all made of glass so the robber's could see if someone came in. "Come on hurry it up!" One of the men yelled.
"I almost have it all, give me a second!" Yelled out the man taking the cash.
The man guarding the door looked out the glass, "We should be in the clear, let's hurry up and get out of here."
"There got it! Let's go!" Zipping up the bag the man jumped over the counter. "Pleasure doing business with you two. Have a beautiful night."
However, just as they were about to leave the man at the door stopped, "Wait! I think I saw something."
The other two men then ran over to the glass, "I don't see anything."
"I'm telling you I saw something." Repeated the man.
"You're just nervous, come on let's go." The man with the cash opened the door to leave but as soon as he did a black hand grabbed him by the head.
The man yelled out in horror as he was pulled out into the dark street. The two remaining men then heard a large crunching sound. "What the fuck was that!? A hero?"
"No, there's no way that was a hero. I think the rumors are true." Said the man pointing his gun towards the glass.
"Who are you talking about?" Asked the man.
That's when one of the owners spoke, "The man in the black suit, Venom."
"But he's just a myth right?" Asked one of the robber's nervously.
However, that was when something came crashing through the glass. Shards of glass scattered in every direction as Venom landed in the store. "I can assure you, we are very real."
Panicked, the men began to open fire, shots rang out in the shop as Venom unfazed, began to stand up. Turning he faced one of the men and roared in their face, spit covered the man's face as he stood still in fear. The second man then began to fire the remaining of his bullets into Venom's back but with the same effect as before.
That's when Venom opened his mouth and bit the head of one of the men. The other could do nothing as he heard a loud crunching sound, followed by the body of his friend falling to the floor now headless. "Y-You monster!"
Venom turned around as blood stained his teeth, "We are not a monster, we are Venom!"
Throwing his hand forward, Venom's claws pierced the man's torso, completely disemboweling him. Venom then turned to the store owners, "If anyone harms you, tell them Venom will come for them."
The store owners nodded, with that Venom then left the store and jumped onto the roof of the nearby building. "The night is still young and there are more criminals to punish. Shall we keep looking?" asked Venom.
"Yeah, but can you turn down the amount of blood you spill? I'm still not used to it and it's making me sick." Venom scoffed as he jumped onto the next building.
As Venom was mid air a black portal opened up in front of him. "Venom look out!" Izuku tried to warm him but it was already too late, Venom fell into the portal.
Venom was surrounded by nothing but darkness, after a second he suddenly landed on the ground. Looking around he noticed that he was in a bar, "What is this?"
That's when a voice was heard coming from a doorway, "Welcome Venom,"
Venom turned to find a slim man with red eyes and very chapped lips appear. But the thing that struck Venom was that this guy was covered in hands. "Who are you?"
"My name is Shigaraki, and my master wishes to speak to you." said Shigaraki sitting down on a stool.
"I don't appreciate being forced into this, so tell your master if he wants to talk. He'll have to do it later." However as Venom was about to bust down a wall, someone wearing a suit stopped his path. Venom noticed that this person was made of the same stuff the portal was, "Move, unless you want to die."
"Sorry but we have to insist that you stay," said Shigaraki.
That's when Venom turned around and faster than Shigaraki could react, a tentacle grabbed him and pinned him against the wall. "Do you really think you have the strength to stop me?" asked Venom.
Shigaraki could feel the tentacle begin to squeeze him, "I thought it would end up like this. If you won't talk this out, then we'll have to use more direct measures!"
Reaching out, Shigaraki managed to touch the tentacle, Venom watched as it began to turn gray and decompose. "Venom, cut off your tentacle now! He has some sort of weird quirk!"
With his other arm Venom raised it high and turned it into a blade, throwing his arm down he sliced off the piece that was deteriorating.
Venom looked at his now severed arm, "You're going to regret that." Shigaraki saw as the stub began to regrow into a hand.
Shigaraki readied himself but just as the two were about to run at each other a voice suddenly was heard from a monitor. "Now now, why don't we all just sit around and relax."
Venom turned to the monitor, "So you're the boss huh. You have ten seconds to explain who the heck you are and what you want. If we find your answer displeasing, your pet here is going to lose an arm."
A small chuckle could be heard coming from the monitor, "You're just like the reports say you are. In simple terms we wish to hire you. You see, we work in extermination, and we would like your expertise on an upcoming job. We will pay handsomely."
Venom scoffed, "You think money is going to sway us? Sorry but no, go find some random person on the street." Venom then turned around to leave.
But as he did the person on the other side of the monitor spoke, "Really that's too bad, here I was going to offer you something you want."
Venom stopped, "How would you know what we want?"
"An individual like you doesn't just go around biting the heads off of people for no reason. There's a reason behind these killings, you have a goal. And I can help you achieve your goal, my reach is far and woven into every aspect of society. Join us for this one job and you will have access to it all." Now the person had Venom's attention.
"So what's this job exactly?" Asked Venom.
"That, we can not say. We just need your assurance that you will help us. I can even pay you up front. Kurogiri, if you will." Just then a small portal opened up in front of Venom.
Something then fell into his hand, "What is this?" Venom looked at the flashdrive.
"That my friend is the list of all the pro heroes that are hunting you. It includes names, addresses, and most important, their quirks. I assume that information will come in handy to you?" Asked the man.
Venom smiled, "Alright, you got yourself a deal. So when is this job?"
"We'll call you the night before the job, so be ready.Take this." Shigaraki then tossed a phone at Venom. "Keep that nearby."
Venom nodded, "Then that concludes our negotiations then. Pleasure doing business with you."
"Good, Kurogiri here will drop you off where you were." Venom nodded as a portal opened up behind him.
"One more thing before we go. You should really teach your pet here to know when you shouldn't fuck with someone. It just might get him killed one day." Said Venom.
Shigaraki's blood boiled, "What did you say!? I'll turn you to ash!"
Lunging at Venom, Shigaraki was just inches away from touching him when the voice boomed through the speaker, "That's enough Shigaraki. Back away now."
Shigaraki stopped, "But master!"
"I said that's enough." Said the voice.
"You heard your owner, get to it." Said Venom, mocking Shigaraki.
Frustration filled Shigaraki's face as he reluctantly retracted his hand. Venom smirked, "Like a bitch."
With that Venom walked into the portal and disappeared. Shigaraki turned to the monitor, "Master, was that really wise. We can't trust Venom, we should just eliminate him."
"We can't do that Shigaraki, not yet at least. Right now Venom is of use to us. That is, if he can pass the test." said the voice with a small laugh.
Shigaraki looked at the monitor, "Test? What test?"
"To see if he can take on a specific hero." That only confused Shigaraki even more.
With Venom
Venom re-emerged from the portal, now standing atop a building he looked around. "Who were those guys? And can we really trust them?" asked Izuku.
"I do not know, but they did give us some valuable information." Said Venom.
As Venom stood atop the building Izuku noticed something, "Hey Venom, do you hear that?"
"I don't hear anything." Said Venom.
"That's exactly my point, we are in the middle of a city. There should be at least the sound of car engines." Venom walked over to the edge and looked down.
"There's no cars, no people, no nothing. What's going on?" Asked Venom.
That's when Izuku put it together, "Venom! Move! It's a trap!"
However before Venom could even move he was punched in the back of the head. Venom's body hit the street so hard that it shattered on impact causing a crater. "Only one person has been able to hit us like that." All of a sudden something landed in front of Venom. "All Might."
Standing before him was the number one hero, "Give it up Venom, this time you won't get away. Why? Because I am here!"
Venom stood up, "Get out of our way All Might, we don't wish to fight. But if you continue to hinder us." Just then Venom's arm transformed into a black spiked ball. "We just might."
"Why are you doing this? I've heard you help people from time to time. Why kill them?" Asked All Might.
"Why? Because we can. If you just throw them in jail, you don't stop the problem, you just pause it. In order to end a problem, we make sure they won't do it again." Said Venom as his long tongue lashed out.
"Is that you talking or the boy underneath?" Asked All Might.
"It's both, we are one, we are Venom!" All Might balled his fist.
"I don't know how you got this way, but let me help you." All Might then took a step forward. "We can work something out with the police and heroes. But you have to come with me. Will you do that?" Asked All Might with his hand extended out, just waiting for Venom to take it.
Venom looked at All Might's hand, "What kind of trick are you trying to pull?"
All Might shook his head, "No tricks, no nothing. I'm just giving you the chance to end this peacefully. We can help you, if you'd just let us."
Venom then let the spike ball in his hand revert back. "Well, maybe we can try that." Much to All Might's surprise, Venom actually took his hand and shook it. However, that's when Venom smiled, "Just kidding!"
That's when Venom's hand turned to mush and completely engulfed All Might's hand up to his forearm. All Might's eyes widened as he suddenly felt himself being lifted off the ground, only to be slammed back down face first.
The street underneath them shattered as a result of the impact. Venom then flung All Might towards a building, slamming against it All Might coughed out a bit of blood. "Venom, I don't think this is a good idea!" said Izuku.
"No? If we don't get rid of him now then we won't be able to move freely. This is our chance!" Looking to his left Venom found a car, transforming his hand he sliced the vehicle in two and then grabbed each piece in each of his fists.
All Might groaned in pain as he tried to pull himself free from the wall, "So that's your answer, fine. Don't say I didn't give you a chance."
But as the number one hero looked up he saw Venom come flying at him. With a loud thoom Venom hit All Might across the face with one half of the car. The car broke into pieces from the hit, so Venom then raised his other fist and once again punched All Might with the other half of the car.
All Might hung his head, seeing this Venom thought he had won. "You lost hero."
"Seems like talking won't work on you. If words won't work, then I'll just have to use force!" Faster than Venom could react, All Might punched the symbiote under the chin.
A loud boom was heard as Venom's body was thrown several meters into the sky. "I told you! We can't take on All Might one on one!" said Izuku.
"Shut up! Let us think! I got it, once we land, we'll hide." said Venom.
However, that's when All Might appeared in mid air, "A good plan but unfortunately for you, you won't get the chance!"
Venom's eyes widned as he saw All Might's arms outstretched, "Aww crap."
"THUNDER CLAP!" Far above the city All Might clapped his hands together causing a massive shock wave of pure sound. The resulting sound wave was enough to shatter windows for several blocks, and Venom got the worst of it.
Venom screeched out in pain as he peeled off of Izuku. But that wasn't the worst of it, now without the symbiote, Izuku was powerless, which meant he had no way of stopping himself from falling.
Falling to the ground Izuku began to panic, "Venom! Come on, I need you right now!"
But Venom didn't reappear, Izuku's eyes widened as he saw the floor quickly approaching. Izuku put his arms out in front of him, but before he could hit the floor All Might caught him.
Landing on an empty, dark roof, All Might dropped Izuku, causing him to roll to a stop. Izuku looked up to the hero towering over him. "It's over kid, you lost. Now come with me."
Getting up Izuku grabbed his injured shoulder, "What is with you and roofs? This is just like last time."
All Might raised an eyebrow, "Have we met before?"
Izuku couldn't help but laugh, "Guess you wouldn't remember, I mean why would you? Everyone else does." Thanks to the darkness All Might couldn't get a good look at Izuku's face but he did see the gleam of green in his eyes. As All Might approached a helicopter suddenly appeared behind Izuku and shined a bright light behind him.
That's when a man appeared from the door of the helicopter with a Minigun pointed right at Izuku. "It's over Venom! Surrender or we will shoot!"
All Might then heard clicking behind him, turning around he saw that it was several soldiers, but instead of the Japanese flag they wore the symbol of YTC on their arms. "Who the hell are you guys!?"
Izuku smirked, "Well isn't this just great. Oh well, I guess we'll have to finish our conversation another day All Might. Later!" Izuku then turned and ran towards the edge of the roof.
"Wait kid, don't!" Yelled out All Might as he watched Izuku jump from the roof.
The soldiers quickly ran to the edge of the building, only to have two soldiers impaled in the face by black tentacles. "Shit, open fire!" one of them yelled out. The remaining soldiers all began to fire.
The helicopter moved into position and fired down the side of the building. "Venom is on the move, I repeat Venom is on the move!"
With bullets whizzing by Venom once again surrounded Izuku. "Good to have you back Venom, I was starting to get worried." said Izuku.
Landing atop a car Venom smiled, "It's good to be back, but that blast almost killed us. Right now we are weak, if we don't get out of here. I fear even those bullets will finish us off."
"Then let's get the hell out of here. But first we have to take care of that helicopter." said Izuku.
"Leave that to us, I know how we can kill two birds with one stone." Turning his attention to the helicopter Venom jumped towards the side of the building and began to scale it. The minigun operator tried to aim the gun but Venom was moving too much and too fast.
Making it to the roof Venom jumped towards the cockpit, "Shit! Target is at 12 oclock!"
The pilot tried to turn the chopper but it was too late, raising his fists Venom transformed them into hardened slabs and slammed them down. The cockpit was flattened, this sent it in a dangerous spin. The soldiers on the roof looked at the helicopter which was now heading towards them.
All Might's eyes widened, "Damn you Venom!" Jumping forward the hero managed to grab all of the soldiers and pulled them to safety. The helicopter crashed onto the roof causing a massive explosion. By the time All Might looked for Venom he was already long gone. "We've met before, but where, and who is he? Not to mention, who are these guys?" asked All Might.
That's when one of the soldiers pulled out a radio, "Sir, we lost him. The target escaped."
YTC Headquarters
Kenshin sat in his office with his chair turned around, "I see, did you learn anything?"
"Sir, it seems the symbiote has taken over a young boy. We didn't get a good look at his face though." explained the soldier.
"I already knew So you failed is what you're telling me." Kenshin sighed. "I am very disappointed in you commander, consider you and your team fired."
Turning his chair around Kenshin hung up the phone, "Failures all of them failures! They can't even find one little kid!"
Kenshin slammed his fist onto the desk in a fit of rage, however that's when the phone beeped. "Mr. Yaoyorozu, your daughter is here."
Composing himself Kenshin nodded, "Send her in."
A second later the doors to Kenshin's office opened up and in walked a tall girl with long black hair that was tied up in a ponytail, "Father."
"Momo, my daughter, you are going to UA tomorrow are you not?" Asked Kenshin.
Momo nodded, "Yes father, since I got in through recommendation, the school saw fit that I familiarize myself with the campus. Additionally, those who are taking the entrance exam's will also be present."
"Good, good, I want you to do something for me. Do not disappoint me daughter, I have spent too much money on getting you in for you to fail." Said Kenshin.
Momo bowed, "Of course father, I won't let you down."
"Very well then, that is all, you may go." With that Momo began to walk towards the door, but as she reached out to open it Kenshin spoke. "There is one more thing, I'd like for you to report any quirks that have to do with transformation. I assume you know what I'm talking about."
"I do, and I will look out for it. I'll take my leave now." Having gotten her assignment from her father, Momo walked out of his office.
As she walked down the long hallway she breathed a sigh of relief, "He only calls for me when he wants something. And now that he lost that alien thing, his demands are becoming more outlandish. At least in UA I'll finally have some alone time, and maybe make some real friends."
AN: Dun Dun Dun! Venom is going to help Shigaraki, remember he doesn't know who they are or what he is going to do. Does Jiro know that Izuku is Venom? Find out next time! Also someone asked if Izuku will go to UA, no I don't think so, but let me know what you think. In the meantime I'll see you all in the next chapter, stay safe!
