Here comes in one of our main characters from the BNHA world! I love him, he's an angel. He's in my top 3 including Hawks and Todoroki. And we have Ace being a little shit to a certain villain. Ah it was fun to write. Enjoy~


Ace was napping on the roof of the stadium long after everyone was gone and had cleaned up. Classes were in session at the moment and Ace just wanted to relax and feel the breeze up there. It was when he felt a presence below him that he woke.

"Who is it?" Ace asked with a yawn. It didn't feel like a negative presence. A head popped out of the stadium roof and soon arms followed as he easily pulled himself up. His hair looked similar to Thatch's, but was not nearly as long. And he was blonde.

"Oh they were right! Everybody's been saying that you know where people are without seeing them! That's impressive," the stranger said. He seemed like an upperclassman, which he hadn't met yet. He wasn't part of helping with their hero courses, just the younger ones.

Ace looked him up and down. "You seem pretty powerful. And that quirk also seems quite useful. Who are you?" he asked, now sitting cross legged. He introduced himself as Togata Mirio, but said Ace could call him Mirio. "What's your hero name?"

"Lemillion. It's nice to meet you. I heard you're pretty overpowered," Mirio said in good nature. Ace laughed, and said here he was. In his world, he was strong but definitely not near the strongest.

"You seem pretty powerful yourself. Above everyone here I've met besides the teachers. And you're better than at least a few of those," Ace said, thoroughly interested. He wondered how his quirk would work on Ace. If he could move through things like he just had, what would happen with haki. "What is your quirk?"

"Permeation. I become intangible and can phase through most things," he explained honestly.

Ace asked him to try on him. Wanting to see what would happen. "Not fight fully, but I want to know if your power works on me, since I become intangible too if something passes through me. Though I can't pass through other objects, they pass through me," Ace explained, excited to see the most powerful quirk of a student he'd seen so far.

And it wasn't just his quirk that seemed to make him strong. He looked very fit, and gave off more of a strong presence than just his power. "Sure! Why not?" he asked cheerifly and thrust his arm into Ace's stomach. It was interesting, as it seems both of their powers were reacting at the same time. It was hard to explain.

"Oh? That's interesting!" Mirio said. "I can't tell if I'm passing through you with my power or your own." Ace asked him to try again, and covered his arm in haki. Mirio was more than happy with trying his moves against Ace. He reminded him of Thatch. So cheerful seeming and harmless looking with his bright smile.

He thrust his hand at Ace's haki covered arm. It passed through, but with a great deal of resistance and then threw him back out like Ace and he were the opposite sides of magnets. "You're the first one who was able to bypass any of my armament haki," Ace said. "That's interesting, I may have someone I can actually go all out on. If we were to spar, that is," he added. He still hadn't gotten up. "So, how old are you?"

"Almost 19. I'll be graduating this year, but still have a long way to go to be a pro-hero. I just wanted to meet you, for multiple reasons. One, of course, being interested in your powers and story. Most of the school has heard something. Might not all be accurate though," Mirio said happily, sitting in front of Ace and looking completely comfortable. He really did remind Ace of Thatch. If he liked to cook, Ace would be concerned.

"What's the second reason?" Ace wondered.

Mirio smiled and said, "My master, Sir Nighteye, is very thankful for you for some reason. Something you did made him very happy, and I wanted to thank you for making him smile, even if it was small."

Ace thought about what he might have been thankful for, and there was only one reason he could think of. "Because my world healed All Might's injury? It was my brother, not me," he said. Mirio looked confused. "Oh, I guess I shouldn't have said that. Well, my brother helped All Might out with a bad injury. He's completely healed, though. All of his underlying health problems are gone as well," he said proudly.

"Wow! That's amazing! Sir Nighteye used to be All Might's sidekick, so I could see why he was thankful for that!" Mirio said enthusiastically. "Do you mind me asking how he did it? Just for curiosity's sake." Ace nodded and explained what Marco could do and had done for multiple people, including All Might.

Mirio was a nice guy, Ace could tell almost immediately. "Do you want to come meet Sir Nighteye? Then he could thank you in person," the young man asked happily. Ace shook his head.

"I'm not allowed to leave the campus. They say it's because of my safety, that the Villains are after me. I know it's because I can't be trusted. I'm not a hero and have powerful abilities. Plus, I've openly said I don't want to be a hero," Ace said truthfully. "I've only been off campus once. I didn't mind going off, but I also don't mind staying on." Mirio frowned at that, but didn't ask any questions about Ace not wanting to be a hero. For someone as enthusiastic as this guy seemed to be, he was surprised to not be asked why he doesn't want to be a hero.

He leaned back and asked, "You don't get bored? There's not much to do here most times." Ace shrugged

"Helping All Might with the kids is a good distraction. Before this time, I was mopey and depressed. It was embarrassing, but I missed my family. But, now I have a better outlook of being here. It's an adventure nobody in my world can go on besides me. It's pretty cool if I don't think about my family," he said with a smile, truly glad he wasn't depressed about it anymore. His resolve had hardened under the encouragements he'd gotten from his brothers and father.

Mirio said it was too bad he couldn't leave. "It's fine. But, if I end up staying here for weeks at a time instead of a couple days, then it will get pretty boring, so I'm hoping that won't be the case. It will be better once I start helping out Todoroki and Freckles once he gets better. That fool," Ace couldn't help but say.

The other asked what the problem was, curiously, not rudely or anything negative. "You watched the sport's festival?"

"Of course."

Ace sighed. "Freckles - Midoriya - what did you think of his fight?" Mirio frowned, agreeing with Ace that it had been foolish to damage his fingers that badly. One break was bad enough, but two or three on each finger was just masochistic.

The student said, "I think he gave it his all. But sometimes that is not the right thing to do in certain situations. I do hope he won't have long term damage. And I hope he gets control of his quirk soon. Especially since internships will be happening not long from now."

Ace's interest perked up. "Internships? Like, small jobs?" He wasn't sure how an internship would work with super powers. Plus, there wasn't anything like that at home. Well, there were cabin boys on pirate ships and marine ships. So maybe that was closest to being an intern.

Mirio nodded and explained, "Hero internships are where a student can accompany and assist a pro-hero or organization. That's why students try their very best at the sports festival. For most of them, it's a chance to shine, show what they can do so they would peak the interests of professionals."

Ace snorted. "You think anyone is gonna take Bakugo?" Mirio laughed, saying there was potential in anybody. "He needs to fix his temper. It's like he's angry at everything around him. I mean, I was like that when I was younger, but was in a very different environment. So I can sort of understand if he had family issues. Still, I didn't exactly need to make a good impression on anybody." Mirio was easy to talk to, and he listened with an open mind, his face showed that. And he was the most mature and oldest student he'd met here so far.

Mirio nodded in agreement. "There are almost always outside factors. But yes, control over yourself and your abilities is a must to be a pro-hero. I like to think everyone has capability to overcome their issues and shine."

Ace grinned. "You remind me of my brother. But less of an idiot," he said with a laugh. "I hope you don't cook or that would be too much." Mirio said he didn't cook, and curiously asked why he reminded him of his brother. "You just seem like the kind of guy you would go to if you're upset, open minded and all around nice. I know I just met you, but I feel I can read people well. So it was nice meeting you," Ace said honestly. "Plus, your hair is similar to his."

Mirio smiled. "That was very nice of you to say. You seem like a good guy as well. With determination. I admire how you've adjusted over just a few weeks since coming here. Hopefully you will get to leave campus some time."

"Thanks," Ace replied. "And even though I don't want to be and am not hero material, it would be interesting to see more of this society. Everything is so organized. And doesn't seem corrupt." Mirio looked confused, so Ace told him about the world government and marines, and how they saw the common people.

He was horrified, especially at keeping slaves. Ace nodded, saying it was a mess. And he'd only noticed it more after being here. After all, he hadn't known any different, that there could be a just government that treated everyone equally. That wasn't ruled over by snobby ingrates who didn't care for any life.

Yeah, Ace did bad things. He'd killed people. But he didn't take pleasure in being cruel to innocent people who had done nothing to die or be taken away. "I hate the celestial dragons. I hope they all die," he hissed. Then he blinked, and apologized. "I'm sorry, it's a personal issue. They killed my brother for no reason when he was 12."

Mirio said, "I completely understand. They sound like they make your world a worse place." Ace was surprised someone so enthusiastic about being a hero would be fine with someone else hoping others would die. He was interesting, and Ace hoped they could be friends. All Might was good, but he didn't feel like a "friend". Well, in the sense that Ace wanted someone close to his age.

Mirio stood up and shook Ace's hand, saying he needed to get his things to go to his job working with Sir Nighteye. "It was nice to meet you, and I hope we can become friends, Ace-kun," he said with a bright smile. Ace told him to just call him Ace. He phased down into the floor and Ace heard his footsteps going down the stairs or bleachers.

It had been a good day. He was happy about that. This visit had started out fun, and he made a friend. He laid back down on the roof and napped some more.

-x-

Ace was carrying filing cabinets from one office to another after part of the building sustained water damage, so they were moving everything to get out of the water and out of the way to fix the floor and wall. Ace had nothing else to do, as all of the students had gone to the dorms and Todoroki hadn't said when he wanted to train. He also wasn't going to work with Freckles until he was healed. He wouldn't risk hurting him, even though it might be a good lesson on what not to do.

It was two days after the sports festival and offers were still coming in for first years about the internship. He heard Cementos comment on it, and couldn't help but ask a question. "What is Sir Nighteye's agency like? Mirio really admires him, and apparently he likes me for getting All Might treatment."

After the sports festival, Ace found himself being spoken to by the instructors more than before. Maybe it was because they got a better look at who he was based on all of the conversations they'd had. Ace himself felt he'd shown he was layered and not some mopey or excited young man. But he was smart and strong and nice. And also that he wasn't afraid to admit he didn't think he was a good person.

He felt that that helped him. "Oh, you talked to young Togata?" Ace nodded, saying he thought they could be good friends and got along well. "It organizes heroes who are on duty to protect the people, hiring sidekicks. He used to be my sidekick, but we had a falling out over the injury. But since I've been healed, we've rekindled a bit. He has the power of foresight. He can see the future of any person he touches for an hour."

"So he's like a living detector for criminal futures? He can just touch someone and see their futures?" All Might said that was the jist of it. Ace wondered what he'd see of Ace's? Probably see some criminal activities. He'd asked All Might the day before if he could get in trouble with the law here for what he did in his world.

His answer had been, "No, there was no way anything like that from your old life would affect you here. Just like other countries don't usually meddle in others' business when it comes to criminals." Plus, Ace's world was lawless and full of danger. Anything he'd done there had nothing to do with anything he did here. As long as he committed no crimes in this world, the law would not be against him.

"Who got the most?" Ace asked curiously, setting both filing cabinets in the corner on a towel, since the bottoms were still wet.

"Young Todoroki and Bakugo," All Might said. Ace was surprised that Bakugo got so many. He asked if heroes were meant to be so angry. "A lot can change in a couple years. And young Bakugo does have resolve to be a wonderful hero. Just, perhaps not a charismatic one." Ace chuckled.

He slowly asked, "What about Freckles? He got pretty severely injured from the sports festival." He knew All Might had something more with Freckles than the other students, and hadn't seemed wary of Ace knowing something was up, even if he didn't know or was interested in what it was. So he did his best to talk positively about him. He was a nice kid, but Ace still couldn't believe how he had treated his body.

"Midoriya just now got one," Cementos said. All Might was excited until he read who it was. Then he was upset. Ace wondered who it was, but didn't ask. It wasn't his place, even if he was curious now. Even though he was on pretty friendly terms with the teachers, he wasn't one of them. He wasn't part of their world or lives.

He left to go fetch more things to move.

When he got back, All Might was gone, and Eraser Head was reading through the internship paperwork, where his students had chosen to work for the week. It would be a boring week, no class with nothing to do. Nobody to hang out with, they'd all be busy. And Mirio had a job, too. He felt a little useless.

He was in the hallway carrying a bookshelf to the room where the things would be stored when he ran into Principal Nezu. "Afternoon," Ace said with a smile.

"Wait, Ace. I've been thinking and wanted to ask you something," the headmaster said, and Ace paused, setting the empty bookshelf down easily. "I was wondering if you wanted to leave campus next week as well." Ace blinked twice.

"Where would I go?" he asked curiously. He lived here, but had no source of money, where would he want to go?

Nezu replied, "Sir Nighteye wished to see you. And along with the other students, you could take part in the internships." Ace was starting to say he wasn't interested in being a hero when the mouse said, "I know and Sir Nighteye knows you have no interest in that. But he wanted to give thanks for All Might's recovery, and said that one of his sidekicks had asked for you to come." Ace knew it was probably Mirio. "If I give permission, then you are free to leave campus. Plus, you'll always be around someone. Nobody can say you'll do something wrong if you're surrounded by others."

Ace thought for a moment. With no students there, he'd be bored out of his mind. To pass time, it sounded interesting. "Sure, why not?" he finally said. Nezu smiled and said the internships started Monday. It was Friday afternoon. The principal said he'd relay the information and have someone lead him there Monday morning. "Thanks. For taking my situation into consideration. I'd be bored out of my mind."

"You're welcome," he said simply, and Ace continued the manual labor. He wondered what kind of things they did there. Did they fight villains on a daily basis? Oh he hoped so. Maybe he'd get to fight, or he could see Mirio in action. They hadn't had a chance to spar, which Ace seemed to be looking forward to much more. He loved fighting, even if it wasn't to the death. It was fun and a good source of exercise.

That night, Ace couldn't sleep no matter what he did or didn't do, so he dropped out of the window and took a walk along the wall surrounding the massive campus. He felt much better after changing his mindset. He was going to try and enjoy his time here when he wasn't living his real life with his family. They would be disappointed if he slipped into depression again, so he would be strong for their sakes if he couldn't be strong for his own.

Once he was actually tired, he climbed back up the building and into his open window. He knew he was visible from the dorms when he did that, but he didn't care if anyone saw him. Besides, some of the teachers knew about his midnight walks and thought nothing of it. Ace was an adult, not a student.

When it was Monday morning, Ace showered and dressed in his normal clothes. He was envious of the new dorms since each until had its own bathroom, but he was the only one that actually lived in the old dorms so he got the bathroom to himself anyways.

He found Mirio by the school's gate, and saw him in his costume. "Yo, Ace!" he called and Ace walked over. "I'm glad they let you come!" Ace nodded, saying he kept the crimes at the minimum so no one noticed. It made Mirio laugh.

"Thanks for inviting me. I would have been bored to death by myself," Ace said, hands behind his head. "I got a question. Why do so many heros and kids dress in restricting outfits? Or heavy ones that would hinder you?" he wondered as they walked through the city. He kept his curiosity under control and took everything in at face value, asking no questions about anything. They were headed to Mirio's work, Ace wouldn't make them late.

Mirio responded, "That's easy! Because we want to be distinguishable. We want people to know who we are on sight, and having flashy and unique costumes helps us greatly with that. What kind of clothes do people in your world wear?" he asked curiously.

The answer made sense, since he could tell the kids apart better when they were in their silly or uncomfortable-looking costumes. "Normal people clothes, I guess. What is comfortable? A lot wear jackets, but those are mostly the high ranking marines or ship captains. I'm probably the most obvious one of our crew just by looks, with the obnoxious orange hat and no shirt."

Mirio asked why he didn't wear a shirt, saying he assumed no one had asked. "I like showing off my back tattoo. It's the mark of our family, so of course I want to show it off proudly. My other tattoo is a tribute to my dead brother and I don't want to cover that up either."

The blonde said, "It is quite a large tattoo. It looks like a skull and crossbones." Ace grew uneasy, but he had done research. This world had nothing called "pirates" in the sense that they were criminal sailors. Apparently pirating movies was just stealing. It was weird.

"Yeah, it's a weird mark, I guess," Ace admitted, hiding his momentary worry well. When they arrived at the correct building, Mirio walked in first and said that Nighteye would want to hear a joke. Well, that wasn't happening. The only jokes that Ace knew were offensive or just plain vulgar and would not say it in front of normal people with pure minds. So he just said okay.

They walked up the stairs and to a large double door that Mirio knocked on before opening. "Sir Nighteye, I've brought Ace," Mirio announced after bowing respectfully, which Ace did as well. The first thing Ace said was, "I don't have any jokes that aren't vulgar or offensive, so hopefully my humor will show when not on demand."

Mirio was looking at him in horror. But Sir Nighteye smiled. "I like your honesty. Do you know what we do here, Ace?"

"Look for bad guys," Ace said simply. Mirio looked like he couldn't understand how Ace could speak so informally with his mentor. Ace wasn't disrespectful at all, was polite and smiled, but he was probably showing too much comfort here. This guy was a bigtime hero. But Ace spoke like this with All Might, too, and he was a bigwig.

"In essence, yes. We patrol and help the FBI if there is a crime regarding villains. But you've already fought villains before, at USJ," Nighteye said, not seeming bothered by Ace's easy going attitude. Ace nodded. "And I heard you were able to control the nomu?"

Ace nodded. "Eh, 'control' isn't the best way to describe it. I guess making it scared of me enough to have it follow my command would be a better way of wording it," he explained.

Sir Nighteye nodded, and said it was very interesting, that he had multiple powers. "I won't ask you any in depth questions, as more of the top heroes involved with the school or USJ incident are familiar with the facts." Ace was glad of this, a bit tired of explaining it to everyone. "And we also know that you don't want to be a hero. That you don't have the right qualities." Ace nodded. "And you have no obligation to us to save us even if you did want to." He nodded again, not knowing where this was going.

Mirio was still looking nervous, the confidence and cheer gone. Well, this was his boss. Maybe he was more serious here than at the school? "But, while you are here, I think you could be of great help to us. You have experience and seem reliable." Ace was about to say that he already told everyone he didn't want to be a hero. "I know, you don't want to be a hero. But would you like to not be bored trapped on campus?"

Ace frowned, not knowing what the answer should be. It was true, boredom was probably his worst enemy, but he didn't want commitment like this. Not that he would be able to. "Have you talked to All Might?"

"Yes. He says you like to keep busy and active," Nighteye replied. Ace nodded. It was nothing personal or gossipy. He knew All Might would never speak of what he'd learned of Ace in his world. "Then would you like to help us out part time? After all, you disappear for varying amounts of time."

Ace thought for a moment. "Will I get to use my powers? Like, fight?"

Nighteye said, "If absolutely necessary. And you have other powers that would help. The super sense and knocking people out. Hand to hand would probably be the most often used method of fighting."

Ace finally answered. "Sure, sounds interesting." Mirio and the other one were looking at him in shock. He bowed. "Thanks for having me," and with a smile. Nighteye asked Mirio to take Ace on patrol with him. Before they both left, the boss quietly said, "Thank you for saving All Might."

"We were in his debt. One kind action deserves another, no matter your occupation," Ace replied before he and Mirio left, leaving Bubble Girl inside with him.

"Wow! You were so forward and blunt with him! I'm amazed," Mirio said enthusiastically. Ace chuckled. He said he wasn't easily intimidated, but always did his best to be polite, even if he was honest. "It took me a long time to be comfortable even making eye contact with him." Ace laughed again.

"So, what are we looking out for?" Ace asked, excited to actually be leaving campus. Now that he knew he was no longer confined, and didn't feel guilty making the best of this, he wanted to go everywhere and see new things. He would, even if those things would not all be explained while on patrol.

Mirio took out some papers, wanted posters. "This one is the one we're looking for most. But we can't take action against him, as we don't know his quirk. Restraining him with abilities is one thing but battling is another. The best thing to do is find him and then report the sighting," he said, suddenly serious. Well, it was to be expected. This was his duty. Ace was always serious when performing his own missions. This was just another, simpler one.

But, not unfamiliar. There had been plenty of stealth missions where Ace couldn't rely on his flashy, very noticeable devil fruit. Ace took the wanted poster. "This dude is creepy. 'Stain'. So, he goes after heroes? Why?" Ace questioned. The poster was a man with a ripped up bandana as a mask and what seemed like no nose. Well, he was pretty recognizable.

"Apparently he doesn't like that heroes get paid. He thinks that it is their duty to protect without getting paid or receiving promotion and attention," Mirio explained. Ace thought it was pretty stupid.

"People have to make a living," he said simply. Mirio nodded, and said that his opinions were in no way compatible with just killing them mindlessly. "What's his quirk?" Ace asked. Mirio shrugged, as nobody knew. He just killed in big groups. There was a list of the dead, and the most recent one had the last name of Iida, one of the kids in the class. He didn't know him well enough to think he'd do something reckless.

"This one, engine guy. He has a brother in class 1-A. Do you think he'd do something reckless?" Ace asked seriously.

Mirio said he didn't know anybody from that class well enough to know. Ace frowned. Well, he wasn't the watchdog for the kids, but this guy just looked like bad news even if he wasn't a serial murderer. "We have to look out for others as well, not just Stain," the hero said, and Ace looked through the other pages. These ones showed quirks of the criminals in the area.

"Hey, if we do run into one of these guys, do I have permission to use my power to restrain them? Make a wall around them to trap them. It won't hurt anybody or anything unless the villain walks through it," Ace said, looking through the photos a second time.

The blonde looked surprised. Ace grinned. "Not everything I do is destructive." He nodded, saying that it should be fine if it didn't hurt anybody. Ace wouldn't care if the bad guy was hurt, but didn't want to be a setback to the school for doing something wrong. Ugh, he felt like an underling.

Oh well. Maybe he'd lead a double life or something. This goodie two shoes guy in this world that helped people out, and a dangerous pirate who loved to fight and injure enemies, doing what he wanted for who he wanted to do it. It was almost funny. His brothers would think so, too.

"This is a rougher part of town, we can avoid it if you want," Mirio said when they reached the outskirts of the city. Ace looked at him with a deadpan face. The other just laughed. "I guess that's answer enough." They walked and Ace sensed people in alleyways, behind buildings or inside. It wasn't a destroyed part of town, but it was more run down and dirty, more trash on the streets.

He noticed a stronger presence in the nearest alleyway. "There, in that alley way there's somebody strong. Don't know who, but should we check it out?" Mirio nodded, face hard. He told Ace to call him by his hero name while he was dressed like this. Lemillion. "Okay, then call me FireFist," Ace said, playing along.

They both approached the alleyway, and walked past it calmly, but slow enough to look out of the corner of their eyes. It wasn't any of the big ones, and definitely not Stain, but Ace recognized the fact easily, as it was flat like Cementos, though green.

"That's one of them," Mirio muttered. "Can you trap him? I'll cover you." Ace nodded, though he didn't need covering, he appreciated it and knew it was how teams worked. You help one another even if the other didn't need it.

Ace raised his hand and soon a ring of fire was all around him. He started screaming. "There's no need to scream, you'll only get burnt if you try to escape," Ace said, hiding the glee in his voice.

Mirio took out his phone and called the police, saying that they'd apprehended a villain, and gave his name and their coordinates. People around had fled quickly when the fire roared and stayed there. "Let me the fuck out! Now or I'll kill you!"

"How are you going to kill us if your slime will evaporate the moment it touches the fire?" Ace asked, standing not far from the trapped man. This guy could spit slime (slime was a recurring theme among quirks) that immobilized anybody. So he was a known criminal, just not one under a spotlight at the moment.

The guy didn't respond but started crying about not wanting to go to jail. "If you didn't want to get in trouble, then you shouldn't have started in the first place," Ace reasoned, crouching next to the flames. He continued to cry until the police got there.

"You can walk into the flames and not be burnt. I'm if lying then that would be murder and I'd get in a lot of trouble," Ace said simpy, and the police officer shakily walked into the flames, able to cuff the guy and put a muzzle around his face.

Once Ace could tell he was restrained, he let the fire disappear. The officer thanked both of them, and Ace grinned. "We were successful on the first try," Ace said happily. Mirio grinned, saying that he was super helpful.

"How can you just banter with the villains?" he asked. "They don't make you uneasy?"

Ace shook his head. "I can detach myself from certain situations and remain calm. I don't get provoked easily unless it's a threat to a family member or friend. And just being there watching over them is kind of boring."

Mirio laughed. "You're weird, FireFist."

"I prefer to call it cool or unique," he replied, laughing back. Man he wished he could introduce him to Thatch, they'd get along great. Mirio would probably act more mature than the forty something year old. But Thatch was Thatch, and they loved him how he was. Immature or not.

On their way back, they passed a building on fire and Ace easily stuck his hand in the inferno to suck the flames away until it was only smoking and smoldering. Nobody had been inside. The blonde smiled for much of the rest of their time out. Ace was happy, too. He was kept busy all day, and hanging out with a nice person who he got along with well.

Ace had never been good at making friends, but after the Whitebeards, he was better at it. More approachable with his voice, words and body language. He always looked like he was leaving himself open, but never really was. So it didn't seem threatening, when he just had his hands in his pockets or behind his head.

But it was dark out when the serious stuff happened. "Hey, there's a huge fire over there! Can you put it out?" Mirio asked as they both were walking on a bridge not far from a huge fire burning down buildings.

Ace nodded, and they both sprinted to the scene, where Ace froze at the spot for a second before sucking all of the fire up. "Nomus. Why are there so many?" He jerked up in one direction, feeling Hand-Guy's gross presence. But the nomus were the problem at the moment. From what Ace had seen so far, and what the heroes knew about him, Hand-Guy was not good at long distance.

But when the fire was out and he stepped into view of the monsters, both of them cowered while pro-heroes failed to stop them. Like they knew what Ace had done to their fellow nomu. "FireFist, be careful!" Mirio shouted while he helped people out of the wreckage. He looked quite concerned.

"I'll be fine," Ace said before he let out haki, glad it was the end of the day. They cowered even more, one making squealing noises while the other was holding its arms over its head. It was almost pitiful if Ace didn't know what monsters they were. "Nomus, kill yourselves," he said simply, and barely moved out of the way as the portal guy appeared behind him. He side stepped it as the nomus tore themselves apart.

He really should have been more specific for them to go for the head instead of how they were leaving a bloody mess, ripping out their throats, guts, and faces. But, it got the job done as they each died.

"You again!"

"Yup, it's me," Ace said, hands in his short pockets. "Are you still being a bad boy and doing naughty things again?" he taunted, though it was in a flat and calm voice. He couldn't help it! But this time, other people were in danger, too. Him goofing around wasn't that great.

Hand-Guy was angry behind the single hand gripping his face. Honestly, how did he see like that? "Why are you always here?!"

"Maybe if you weren't covering your eyes with a stupid fake hand you would notice me quicker," Ace replied. He plucked the hand off of Hand-Guy's face. "Oh, yikes," he said when he saw his face, and put it back in place. Hand-Guy was furious, but police had arrived at the scene after probably being called about the fire and monsters.

"I'm going to fucking kill you, just you wait!" Hand-Guy swore.

"Good luck with that," Ace said, knowing vortex guy would just take him out of any flame jail he made and that he'd get in trouble for torching the guy, even if he was a villain. Which was stupid. But, oh well. Nothing he could do about it. Ace walked back to Mirio. "Is everyone okay?" he wondered.

Mirio nodded. "The fire caused some burns but nobody is dead. Man, you totally outshined me!" he said in an annoyed voice. Ace laughed at that. "But damn, those things are creepy," the blonde said looking at the remains of the nomu. "They sure were scared of you." Ace said that maybe their friend had passed it along.

"Can we go?" Ace asked, not liking being around so many law enforcers when he wasn't allowed to fight back. But there was no reason for him to fight them if they weren't targeting him. He wasn't a criminal here. He had to keep reminding himself of that. And he didn't feel the urge to hurt or steal anything. He wasn't a completely impulsive pirate that just couldn't help doing bad things.

He was a reasonable one (most times). "No, we have to give a report." Ace's shoulders slumped but the two walked to the police cars. There was nobody to arrest there, so they just talked about the fire and monsters. Ace tried to keep himself out of it as much as possible, but he was the one to do most of what happened.

He explained that he had a fire power and put the flames out himself. And that the nomus were afraid of him and killed themselves when he told them to. "What's your hero name?" Ace put his hands up.

"I'm not a hero. I was just a lucky guy to come across this situation. I don't even have a hero name," he said, insisting. They asked for his name at least. It didn't matter, his identity wasn't in any database in the world. "Portgas D. Ace." When he was asked his address, Ace told them he lived at U.A.

This was uncomfortable. But the two were able to leave without much attention, those who were at the scene too shaken up to approach them. Poor people. First there was a fire and then the creepy monsters. And there were three more of them. Meaning that the bad guys, the league of villains, had made more of them. Were they bred or created some other way? Either way, it was gross and their exposed brains were not something he thought anyone would want to see.

Mirio was shaken up, shocked by the events. "What's wrong?" Ace asked. Mirio smiled.

"We saved a lot of people today. You put out a fire and killed some monsters," he corrected. "You don't need to feel like or act like a hero. You just put out a fire and killed some creepy beasts. Right?" Ace grinned and nodded. Mirio really was a great guy.

They headed back to the headquarters, as it was late now, later than they were supposed to be back. When they got back, Nighteye was looking at his laptop, this amazing contraption that was like a video den den power upped and sent a bazillion years into the future. He had no concept of how it was made or what the internet was other than some sort of man made magic.

"Well you two sure were busy," Nighteye said. Mirio nodded, saying they'd got a villain before going to put out the fire and finding the nomu. "Ace, you were caught on camera." Ace huffed. "It showed you putting out the fire and then facing the nomu before it cut to black."

Ace sighed. "I hope this doesn't mean I'm all over the news. I don't want to be a hero, people better not start calling me one." Mirio patted his back.

Nighteye said, "Well, hero or not, you both had a successful day. I'll see you two tomorrow morning?"

"Yeah."

"Yes, sir."

And they both walked back to U.A. talking about more trivial things. Mirio tried to explain "modern technology" to Ace, who just didn't have the mindset to understand any of it. "I will probably never understand the internet, I think you should give up on it."

"I never give up."

"Even on stupid things?"

"Even on stupid things."