Wickerstein: Here is your review: "His mood swings aren't only over the top, but completely awkward to read through.
"Woe is me!"
I can't even believe that this is Ace. One Piece can get emotional, but dear God, it feels more like you're trying to project your depression into this. Get actual help."

Wickerstein: Here is my response: You are probably the most disrespectful reviewer I have ever had. First, you leave a nasty review for a story that wasn't even mine on this one. Then you leave a nasty review AGAIN that has no constructive criticism and is just plain unnecessary. Please feel free to NOT review any of my other stories, or even read them. They almost all have someone depressed. And I've seen your reviews on other peoples' stories that aren't mine, so I'm not saying you only are rude to me. Think about how the people you review on feel when you just shit on them. Oh, and with one other comment: I refer to Thirteen as a female throughout the story. If there's one typo, it's one time. By the way, somebody else commented that they thought his emotions were over the top and I responded politely. Next time, how about don't be a complete jerk about it.


Anyways, sorry to everyone else about this rant up above. I just had to address it.


Galaxy Creator of Pisces: Thank you! I'm glad people weren't totally disappointed with Marco coming along without much fanfare. Just emotional support. Such an angel.

CatBarrier: Thank you! I contemplated making a story when Midoriya comes to OP world and goes to a marine for help and the gun just hits him in the face with the back of a gun lol. He'd be so shocked.

N1cock: I mean, he's ripped away from his family constantly when they don't feel or know any of the pain he's going through. He wants to go home and stay home, and nobody knows if this will last forever. He doesn't know if they'll all age normally while he doesn't age as fast or ages faster. He worries that something will happen to his crew while he's gone, even if it's a small amount of time for them. Plus, Ace has always been insecure inside with the whole thing about his dad being Roger and feeling like a demon child, though that's not the main issue in this one. I don't know much about alcoholism personally, so maybe it doesn't swing moods as much as it does in this one. Plus, I just love putting Ace through so much angst lol.


This chapter I think people will like a lot. It was so damn fun to write omg. Ace gets to play the villain again! And has so much fun with it. Enjoy~


The next morning, Freckles was in a good move, and trained by himself with the moves Ace and Marco had taught him. Nobody seemed to notice at first besides All Might, who made no comment, just looked surprised. When Freckles smiled at Ace, All Might seemed to have caught on. He walked to Ace, who started to sweat, hoping he wasn't in trouble.

"Did you help him?" he asked quietly.

Ace looked to the side and then back. "Yeah. I've helped him and Todoroki before. I helped him with various things." All Might looked conflicted. "If anyone else had asked, I would have. I'm not playing favorites," he said in a knowing voice.

All Might stared at him. "What? His mentor is injured, what was I supposed to do? Besides, he was the one that did the most work. I just showed him the basics." All Might laughed, saying they shouldn't tell anyone. "Well, I'd be the one in trouble, not him."

"That is true," All Might admitted as Ace got back to his collecting rocks while Marco watched from his usual spot.

"Oh, All Might. I should be leaving tomorrow some time. I won't be able to help since I need to stick with Marco like I did with you. When I come back, I'll be ready to full time work here and at Nighteye's as well," he explained. He and Marco had both lost track of time until Ace heard the date of the test and remembered he would be leaving soon.

The man nodded, saying he wished him good luck. And would see him soon, most likely. Ace nodded.

Nobody found out about Freckles' sudden increase in fighting skill but Bakugo, who just looked more angry than suspicious. He talked to Mirio that night and told him when he got back he'd be resuming his patrolling and paperwork. He'd be fine, and told Nighteye to say the same, and give his thanks.

"Sure! I hope your next two weeks are better than your previous! I'll see you soon, most likely," he said cheerfully. Ace thanked him for being so understanding. "Sure thing!"

The next day, Marco and Ace had their hands tied together like he had done with All Might all that time ago. It was months to Ace, but not that long for everybody else. He was no longer part of the time in both worlds. It didn't matter to him anymore, he'd defied everything known about it. Maybe he was time traveling between two worlds.

But it wouldn't make sense that the other world was the future as there was no record of pirates and then the planet was laid out so differently. It was when they were eating that they were suddenly on Ace's bed in his true bedroom. Ace and Marco both sighed in content.

"Thank you so much, for going with me. It was a long two weeks," Ace said, making sure his hat was with him, like always. It was his treasure, just like Luffy's straw hat was his. Marco shook his head. Luckily, he had his bag with him, too, so that arrived as well.

"It was interesting. I didn't see much, but what I did was interesting. And seeing you with kids like that was adorable," he teased. Ace shoved his shoulder. "C'mon, let's go show everyone you're back to normal." Ace nodded, and they left the room. When they went out on deck, everyone looked sad and worried. Probably because, to them, Ace had been a mess only an hour ago, if the pattern persisted.

When Pops looked up, he said their names happily. Everyone flocked to them, looking at Ace in worry. Thatch asked if he felt better. "I feel fine, now. I'm really sorry I put everyone through that. It must have been horrible to see. I won't ever be that again, I swear," he said with conviction. They started crying and hugging him. He fell to the deck as they dogpiled him.

He was smiling, and apologized again. Once he was back on his feet and no longer being crushed, he said what had happened, the big news. "I've finally accepted it. That this might not end. And guess what? It's ridiculous, but I got fan mail. And figurines and toys of myself." The deck erupted into laughter and pointing. Ace laughed along with them. It really was ridiculous, a pirate getting fan mail.

Pops was laughing as well. It was such a change from only a few hours ago when Ace was depressed and scared. When he had barely been sober after he was an alcoholic. "I'm sorry you had to dump all of the booze," Ace said sincerely. Haruta said that his health was much more important than some sake.

The youngest smiled and nodded. He was home, for however long it took. "How much longer till the island? I forget every time."

"Three weeks. Then we have a chance!" Thatch said happily. Ace nodded. Just five weeks left. He could manage. He'd accepted the situation, and he wouldn't falter again. He said something surprising to everyone, aimed at Pops.

"Pops, if I ever get how I was again, fire me from my position," he said strongly. The crew gasped. Many protested, most of the second division, saying they were okay and wanted him better, even if it was a break for his mental health. "Guys, this wasn't just me being upset. I put everyone in danger. I wasn't myself, I could have interfered in an attack. I deserted my duties as a leader here to attempt to drown my feelings out with alcohol.

"That is not what a leader can do. I have responsibilities to myself, my division, and my family. What had happened was absolutely unacceptable. And I pledge that it won't happen ever again."

Pops looked at him for a couple moments. "Alright, I will. But, I will give one warning to you if you start to falter again. Okay?" Ace nodded and thanked him. Marco was so happy to be back and he told everyone about his own time there. It hadn't been very interesting, nothing big had happened.

"I met Ace's friend there. He sure is a happy guy. He can phase through people and objects. He reminded me of Thatch," Marco said. They were sitting, having an alcohol free party. They couldn't get any more, they were out at sea after all. "I'm glad Ace has him there."

They asked how All Might was. Ace hadn't talked much about it after he fell apart. So Marco told them the state he was in. How he was emaciated and with a broken arm. "Ace told him he had to work out to look how he used to. Ace might be his personal trainer, who knows?" The others laughed. They knew Ace would not be so kind, he'd be blunt, harsh and demanding.

Ace grinned and said, "Hey, he cheated. He got buff with his quirk. Now he has to work for it. I do feel for him, since he lost his quirk that had been so important to him. But, he has to move on and live to the fullest, even if he can't be a pro-hero again. He's still a teacher, and he needs to pick himself up off the ground for the sake of himself and everyone."

The others smiled at him with a sad smile. "That's how you feel? You're projecting your feelings onto him," Izo said softly. Ace looked surprised, knowing that was how he felt, but was also All Might's situation. Marco came to his rescue, saying what Ace had said was the reality, even if it applied to himself as well.

The days there were full of cheer, and they found out that they didn't need alcohol to be happy. Sure, the booze was fun and nice, but they were now thinking of restricting just how much they could have a day. Nobody wanted any sort of thing like Ace's collapse to happen, to anybody, not just the fire user.

More unlike last time, the time went at a normal pace. Ace was no longer drunk off his ass and not being able to tell how time passed. It felt so much faster, but also agonizingly slow. Now, it felt like two weeks. Every day was spent to the fullest, and he returned perfectly back into the second division commander mentality. He was a leader again.

He really did like adults more than kids, though some of them were alright. They all teased him about the whole fan mail thing, especially when some of them were asking for his "number" so they could go on a date. He really regretted telling them that. They would leave notes all over his room asking for his number, even if they were like him and didn't really grasp how cell phones worked.

Marco was different from Ace, and looked disappointed in the den den mushis. "You can't think like that. You're not going back again." Marco nodded, and complained that he wished he could create what the other world had. And have some of the medical equipment he'd seen.

Then he changed subjects. "You know, I was thinking of doing something one the day before you left. Just in case, due to the possibility of another exhausting fight, I'll give you my blood before you leave. As a preemptive measure. How do you feel about that?"

Ace thought it was very smart, but of course Marco came to that conclusion. He was very smart, after all. "I think that's a good idea. And you have so much on hand, too." Marco nodded, and said it was probably the best discovery about his powers that he'd had in decades. Ace agreed.

They stopped at an island on their way there, and Ace gladly went around the simple village, exploring the forest, only with someone else with him to make sure he got into no trouble. But they didn't, it was just a normal forest with animals they had fun hunting and then cooking with Ace's fire.

He didn't think about the approaching fifteen day mark, when he'd be on his own again, but he was fine. He would be fine, he knew it in his heart. He just knew the worst was behind him. He was just lucky that he fell apart with his family and not where the public would see. Nobody would trust him again if he became an alcoholic for any amount of time. So, it was good it all went down at home.

When day 14 arrived, they were all eating cake like no tomorrow, and at the end of the day, Ace spent much of the time in the infirmary, getting a large dose of Marco's healing blood. It made him feel safer. Like he had a safety net. Based on the long term effects it had on All Might at least a month and half ago, two weeks shouldn't deplete it much.

They'd already tested whether the blood was burned off like most medications, but the blood cells from Marco merged with Ace's own. Not all of his blood, but enough to keep him very healthy.

Before bed, Marco measured Ace's fingernails and hair. He'd be able to tell if Ace's body aged while in the other world, something Ace worried about. That's he'd grow older faster compared to his brothers. Two weeks faster for every month. He hoped that wasn't the case. He wanted to spend as much of his life as he could with them. And if this persisted, then he'd have a normal lifespan in the real world. His world was the real world.

He slept with his hat on that night, and kept it with him at all times, still not knowing if he could leave without it. That would be terrible even if it was only away for an hour at the other place. His hat was special, and he wouldn't feel right without it.

When he woke, he happily spent the time he had left with his brothers, playing poker. He disappeared when he was going to win the match, and landed on the ground, only somebody had put a mattress down for him, covered in plastic in case it rained.

Just that little thing made him feel even better. They cared about him. Or at least All Might did. He wondered how long he was gone, and ran back to the campus, forcing himself to smile as his emotional pain flowed through a drain and away from his mind and heart. He'll see them in two weeks.

When he found All Might's presence, it was at the gym they were all training at. He ran there and found the man and all of the kids. Ace stopped next to him, asking how long he'd been gone, startling him. "An hour again. It seems this is the pattern, now. How did your two weeks go?" the former pro-hero asked.

Ace grinned and said it went very well. "The worst is behind me. I know it. I won't collapse the way I had. I didn't drink anything while there, so I've been a month sober. I'm really thankful for whoever put the mattress there for me."

"It was young Midoriya's idea. He has transferred some of his fanatic obsession with myself to you," All Might said in amusement, not sounding bothered that Freckles had been a super fan even before they met. "Oh, would you like to take place in the first test? I've seen your firefly power up close. How long can that be sustained before they burst?"

"Up to ten minutes, why?" All Might smiled.

"We'll be making the first round more deadly. Can you specify how hard they blow up?" he asked. Ace nodded. He could also determine what temperature they were. "Then you'll be of great help. It's good to have you back. After the test, you'll go back to Nighteye's?" Ace nodded, saying he wanted to get back to work and felt guilty he'd taken two weeks off. "He understood, don't worry." Ace nodded, thankful for that. Nighteye looked like an unapproachable person, but if he likes you, then he's nice with you and tries to make you laugh. Sometimes by force.

Ace was practicing his fireflies the next day before students gathered, which would be put into rubber balls. Before Ace became well known and All Might mentioned his timed and long distance shots, he wasn't to be included. But after learning of that specific attack, he'd be planting fireflies to go off at certain moments.

The rubber balls were meant to hit the target's bullseyes on their body, thrown by other students. A free for all. But some of the rubber balls would explode if you hold them too long, keeping the pace fast and unpredictable. The fireflies would activate fifteen seconds after the pressure of a hand gripping it, and the balls would blow up.

They weren't hot or explosive enough to do much damage other than shock them and leave them more vulnerable. The students needed to be able to recover quickly from the sudden event. Ace would be watching through a crack of the fencing almost directly above the training area. So, he was making thousands of balls that exploded. There were enough balls to make the test as it had been before, only more of them were mines.

When the rules were explained once all of the students from various schools and it was mentioned that Firefist's powers would be included as bombs, they all freaked out a bit. But they got over it when they were told the explosives weren't going to be dangerously strong. Just enough to throw them off badly and leave smoke in front of them.

When it started, none of the balls blew up for the first throw. There were hundreds of bomb balls already planted in places and in the six that the students got. Two of the six were bombs, so they needed to throw quickly.

The moment it started, explosions already began, and left students vulnerable, only all of them were in the same boats, trying to get used to them. Bakugo, of course, was at a huge advantage, having an explosive quirk already.

Ace watched with glee as his fireflies detonated at the correct moments. It wasn't a move he used much, but it was easy for him to make, like firewalls were simple and didn't take much energy. His bombs made everything harder for everyone, and their throws were clumsier in the beginning before they started to take advantage of the problem with their various quirks. Todoroki was lucky since he froze the balls, making them blow up a bit slower, melting the ice so that the ball was still rubber.

Freckles was a huge advantage as well. Ace's theory had come true, and so he was better at avoiding the balls than the others. That hour of training his reaction time was crucial. And also having quick reflexes to respond to sudden things was heightened. Ace wondered if it was considered being resourceful or cheating.

Well, there was no rule that they couldn't ask Ace for help.

But then he felt a familiar and unwanted presence. Somewhere in that crowd of over a thousand students. was a villain he recognized. He didn't know how, and had not recognized anybody when he was reading up about quirks of all of the students. He had asked to do that just to know what kinds of diverse quirks there were.

He closed his eyes and focused before he felt one and opened his eyes to see it was a girl from Shiketsu high school. He recognized her uniform, light brown hair, a hat, a black bodysuit with white boots. He watched her take part in the game, not looking suspicious at all. But he'd come into contact with her multiple times. He recognized the insanity that accompanied her presence. But why was she here?

He jumped off of the roof and ran to Eraser Head, the closest teacher he found. He blasted through the stands and up in his face. "Come with me," he said seriously. Eraser Head went with him, by now trusting Ace was not the sort to joke around while pretending to be serious.

They went to a corner where nobody could hear. "Toga Himiko is here. The woman in the villain league. I can sense her and she's impersonating a student from Shiketsu. I can point her out in the logs of the students."

After all three battles Ace had taken part in, all of them involved observation haki, and so they trusted that power. Eraser Head grew incredibly serious. They hurried to the teachers room, the break room, and opened the book containing all of the students' identities and quirks. "This one," he said, pointing to a girl named Utsushimi Camie. "We don't know what Toga's quirk is. She may be able to impersonate people."

"We can't let everyone know or there will be mass panic. Someone has to go in and apprehend her. But you'd be completely noticeable. You are too tall to impersonate a student." Ace thought for a moment.

"Are there any spare costumes I can use? Or just a shirt and different hat?" he asked. They didn't know what Himiko was there for, if she was going to hurt somebody.

Eraser Head said they had no hero clothes with them here. "Damn it. I can stay in the outskirts of the ring, people might not notice me if I crouch," he said. "I can find her quickly and subdue her. Like I did the others, an intense chop to the neck. And her burns should still be painful."

The pro said, "I don't like this, but we need to get her immediately. Drop through a crack in shadow behind the buildings and work your way around. If someone sees you… you have permission to knock them out."

Ace was shocked. "But those people won't be able to take part in it anymore."

"Nobody will target someone unconscious. You have to hit them while they're awake. Using an injured person is against the rules. This is important. There is always next time for them," he said seriously. Ace nodded, and climbed up the side and onto the roof.

Eraser Head was going to the entrance to wait for Ace and gather the other heroes around. He dropped down behind the biggest building, all in shadow since he left his orange hat outside of the arena so it wasn't so noticeable. He made his way out of that area, sticking to a crouch at the wall hiding as best as he could, as he made his way to the area she was hiding in. There were still many explosions going on, so they were good distractors.

She was in the perfect place for him to snatch her. He sensed Uraraka there as well, and the moment he was behind Himiko, he used a small burst of haki to daze her and then chopped down hard on her neck. How was she able to move, anyway?

She was unconscious. "Ace-san? What…?"

Ace said, "Don't say a word to anyone, okay?" She nodded, still looking concerned. Ace wrapped his haki covered arm around her neck and stomach in a hold she couldn't get out of. She didn't wake the whole time, but she had tears in her eyes as her legs dragged on the ground. Her burns were still there, but she had been faking. Faking well, to not look in pain with the injuries she had.

He found the exit, and dragged her out of the small space made between the doors. Nobody saw him but Uraraka, thankfully. She was cuffed immediately and taken from the building a bit before Eraser Head erased her quirk, thick globs of slime coming off of her until her real appearance was exposed.

She was burned all over her arms and legs, but her face had not taken much of a hit. She had a burn on half of it, but it wasn't going to scar too bad. "Damn it, how did she get here?" Vlad King asked angrily. His class didn't partake in this test, but he was here to help out regardless.

"She was posing as a student and faked it. But where's the real one?" Ace asked quietly. Eraser Head looked angry, and All Might and the other U.A. teachers came. They had it under control, they didn't need other schools to know another villain had appeared. Especially around children and had gotten past everyone so easily. Not just U.A. teachers, all of them were responsible for not noticing.

Chains were tied around her and her ankles were cuffed. Ace sighed. Eraser Head asked if he recognized any more of the League of Villains presences. "No, she's the only one. Nobody else is recognizable but the students from U.A."

Vlad King was scowling at her. "Thank you, Firefist." Ace nodded. "We're not stopping the exam. Nobody has gotten hurt and there are no more villains. The kids will panic if they know she snuck in so easily." The others nodded. "We'll take her to the police. It's not U.A.'s issue this time, but all of the hero schools are involved. No, I'll get one teacher from each school. They need to be included, too, we can't hide it from them because it might make us look bad."

Eraser Head said that he would stay and Vlad King and Midnight would go. Midnight could put her to sleep if she woke up. Ace nodded, and said he'd go back to the roof and try and keep a perimeter so he could notice if anybody else appeared. He missed most of the battle, sadly. But he did hear over the speaker that all of class 1-A passed. Well, that's what happens when you fight off villains. Even if Ace ended up doing most of the work. Maybe that was wrong, but at least they all passed.

Freckles' was one of the earliest to pass thanks to the things Ace had taught him and his own adaptability and strategy. He was smart, and on top of that he had two commanders help train him, even if it was only once.

Ace didn't feel guilty at all. He would have helped anyone who asked. Freckles was just the only one to do so. He dropped down into the arena and went to the back door for only teachers and left. He found that Himiko was no longer there, so they must have taken her to the police.

When he found one of the pro-heroes there, they thanked him, but gave him bad news. She was unconscious in the police cruiser when the warp guy showered, Kurogiri or something. Ace sounded quite the sailor's mouth. "At least we know that they are still all injured from the burns. Himiko was crying about the pain of sitting on the seat in the car."

Ace said, "They still got away. They got away with trying to mess this up."

Orca Guy said, "They didn't mess it up because you noticed. You're embarrassing us pro-heroes, you know?" Ace chuckled and said he didn't mean to.

"I don't like how much fan mail I'm getting. It takes up too much space," he joked easily. The pro-hero laughed and said they should go see the students and congratulate them.

"You're bomb balls were quite helpful in making it more difficult for them and improving their reaction time. It was good, so thanks for that." Ace chuckled and said he felt like he was being sadistic by doing that. But then again, Eraser Heads had, multiple times, scared his students into making them think they would get expelled. So he wasn't that bad.

When they tried to get to the other students, they were already filing out. Ace walked to the side, and got many glares. Ace just grinned at them. The bombs made everything harder, like they were supposed to. He was glad he was included. Feeling welcome here felt really nice. Like how he felt on the Whitebeards. Accepted and loved.

Not loved here, but accepted and welcome. And they were treating him like an important figure. But he liked being surrounded by strong people, even if he couldn't battle them in this world. Being around tons of weak people made him uncomfortable. You'd think it would be the other way around. That he'd like feeling dominant. But being stronger than everyone else wasn't always fun.

Ace was with the crowd in the big room and watched the video of the training ground being blown up for the next exercise/test. This one, Ace didn't know how he would do. He saved the kids multiple times, but the people who were supposed to be saved now were strangers. Well, they were people in the practice, so saving them wasn't a big deal. But in a real disaster, he didn't know what he'd do anymore. He didn't know. Would he leave them, or help them out?

He just didn't know anymore.

Now this one, Ace had not helped Freckles with. Everyone had to do this alone. It was based on their personalities and attitude. He couldn't help but picture Bakugo leaving someone who said anything negative to him. They learned most about rescuing from class. Ace was a fighter, was already good at that, but not a rescuer. Often, his own fires had caused disasters. That was in the beginning. Well, that was all an accident and not many people died, if any. It was five years ago, so he didn't remember too well.

"Alright, let's get into position," Gang Orca said - oh he got his name right! They were to be the villains, and Ace was to go all out. Full force. Well, not hurt anyone, but his flames would be scary enough. He'd make it look like he could burn them while not having the flames harm anybody. It took a few moments before they were allowed to go out and be their best villains. Since class 1-A knew about his flames not being painful, they had some extra actors to play things up. Ace would wrap them in fire and they'd act like they were burning to death.

"There has been a large-scale terrorist attack by villains!" the speaker said.

Ace walked on top of the nearest broken building. "Yo! Little heroes," he said in a sadistic voice, popping his neck. "Oh, looks like you got plenty of my victims. You're ruining my fun!" he said, and lit himself on fire. "Oh, this'll be fun, don't you think so?!" and he sent a huge wave of fire at them.

"He's not gonna burn us!" Freckles said.

"Oh? Are you sure?" and he covered multiple actors in fire as they screamed bloody murder. "You think too highly of me, Izuku-chan," he said with a grin.

"Run! Rescue these people and run! I'll fight him off!" Freckles said, voice shaking. He was even scared of Ace during his battle alongside All Might.

"Deku-kun, you can't fight him off!" Uraraka said. Freckles replied that he had to. Ace ran at him, and grabbed him around the throat, lifting him up. "Deku-kun!"

Ace said, "You know, I don't like the way you're treating me, little hero. Who knows if I was a villain in my other life, huh?" This freaked him out and he tried to get out of his grip. He threw him down, making sure to avoid any rocks to hit his head on.

"F-Firefist! And Gang Orca!" students screamed. The "burn victims" were now playing dead or writhing pain, saying that this wasn't part of the plan.

"I didn't like that plan," Ace said, and stepped on one as he screamed from the fake burns. "Now, let's have some fun, shall we?" the pirate said. He unleashed fire all over the area as the kids started evacuating the area, carrying the actors as they screamed in fear. Nobody was fighting Ace, he looked like he was an actual villain. Maybe he was overdoing it. The fire licked at their feet, hot enough to be scary but not burn.

"He's really gonna kill us! Ahhh!" and people ran, nobody was fighting him. Nobody rescued the burn victims, who were clearly still alive but injured. They coated themselves on coal while no one was looking to make it look like they'd at least sustained some burns.

"Don't leave us! Help, we're still alive!" the actors sobbed. The wind guy, Ace didn't know most of their names, said that he'd take Ace on, and that they should go around him to get the burn victims. He hoped they'd all forgive him for this and not think he was a real villain. But he'd saved multiple people, so he clearly wasn't actually a villain.

Some terrified but determined students sprinted around Ace, dodging the flames licking some of the rocks still, and got the burn victims out. They were damn good actors. "So, little hero, you'll take me on? Will you be able to focus?" he asked, and looked past him at an old woman who was alone and calling for help. "It's nice, to see you heroes in distress!" he said, and unleashed a fire fist at the old woman, who was screaming in fear.

The wind guy blew the flames away. Ace let him. He looked up with appraisal. "This should be fun," and he went completely after him, barely missing him over and over. His coat was singed, but Ace still had full control.

"Are you really a villain!?" the wind guy shouted, blowing away the fire again. Ace went to fight physically, using haki to avoid any attacks and punch him in the gut. He was talking, that was minus ten points.

"Who knows?" he asked with another controlled punch to the gut. "Can you fight me and save these people at the same time? Which will you choose? Will you run with your tail between your legs? Or fight like a real hero?" Wind guy glared at him but moved to help the woman get up while also blowing the flames away enough for Ace to be paused.

He hurried to the next area. "Who's fucking next!?" he demanded. He picked up a slab of stone and was pretending to throw it before someone came behind him and then sent shockwaves into the ground, making Ace lose his footing for a moment.

"Run! I'll hold him off! Get those people to safety!" he shouted. Ace turned around and swung the slab of stone at him, having weakened it in the middle so it split before it actually hit him. He sent a vibration through the air that threw Ace away, keeping himself hard. But he landed by the people running.

"Where are you aiming!?" he roared and just barely missed them with the flames. Another shockwave was sent, but it hindered the movement of some of his classmates, trying to save the actors. "I thought you wanted to help," Ace mocked. The guy was looking unsure. He'd messed up multiple times. "If you aren't going to save them, well, I'm moving on little hero."

He blasted off and landed in a completely different area. He found one of the paid actors, who had a skin colored ring around his neck for this. He was screaming when Ace wrapped his hand around it and lifted him up. "Anyone gonna save this person?!" he shouted. People looked over. The man was screaming for help, that he trusted Ace. Man, not being well known was actually making things easier to be a villain.

"Oh no! We missed that person!" Minus ten points for all of them.

"Help!" Ace was still holding him by the ring around his neck, and the actor was pretending to choke. He heard people screaming for Gang Orca to stop Ace, who was going on a rampage and using real fire.

"Isn't that what villains do?!" he shouted, making his own attack. Finally somebody got the guy from his grasp, with a ton of hair coming off of his body.

He asked the person if he was okay, who shouted, "Minus ten points! I'm very injured, run away!"

"You're still pretending that this is a simulation?" he laughed evilly. Ace released flames and then had them slide up the man's hair on his legs. It didn't burn at all, but the sight of it was enough to make him pass out. The actor was the only other one there.

"You are an amazing actor!" he shouted. "Now, continue!" Ace nodded and laughed evilly, starting to pick up the slabs of stone and throw them at people when he knew they wouldn't be there.

"Stop, little heroes!" he shouted, jumping down and laughing. Someone shouted that Ace was way too overpowered and it was unfair. "Oh, poor babies. Aren't many villains stronger than the heroes?" he taunted, throwing another slab at them. He was very careful with where he was aiming, and hurt nobody.

Had anybody realized he wasn't actually burning any of them? Seemed like the answer was a no. Behind him he heard, "Villain! I won't let you get away with this!" and the wind was back, sending him flying, only he landed on his feet and then shot off, grinning maniacally as he rushed the teen challenging him a second time.

Ace looked over his shoulder. "Looks like you left those people unattended. That's good for me!" and he shot a plume of flame, only for it to be blown away. The kid was furious, his coat singed and his hat gone. His hair was a mess and he looked pissed. "Are heroes supposed to be so emotional? Don't you have people to save?!" and he punched him in the face, hard. Minus fifteen points.

The pretend villain stomped after him, arms coated in haki. "Save me! I'm scared! Mommy, daddy!" a child actor said. The wind guy shot another burst of wind at him before running to the kid and picking him up.

He moved on from that guy and headed to the next group. They had a whole camp, so they wouldn't be defending against Ace instead of taking any away. They needed to protect the camp from him.

"Aw, look, you made a little camp! Is it just for me to come and burn to nothing?!" he grinned. He saw Gang Orca give him an acknowledgment for how he was doing. He looked back to the camp and lit his arms on fire.

"Stop him!" someone screamed and multiple kids formed a line in front of the side facing him the most. Ace grinned and let a trail of fire bypass them and turn into a huge wave on the other side, looming over him. They were all losing ten points for taking too long. People were screaming and Ace said, "I thought heroes weren't supposed to lose their cool? Or are you all just wannabes?" he taunted.

Those who were facing him suddenly looked serious, and one of them was the acid girl from class 1-A. She shot a bunch of poison at him, and he let his arm get hit and released the flames. "Keep him busy while you treat them!" Iida said, just arriving with two people in his arms and jumping into action.

"I can't believe this! How could you be this way?!" Ace grabbed his pipe on his shoulders and melted it.

"Are you supposed to have a happy relationship with a villain? Are your emotions getting the better of you, little hero?" he taunted. Iida jumped away before going right back. He wasn't giving up even though his gear had been harmed. He let Iida get a kick in that sent him flying into a wall hard. He had covered his side in haki, so it didn't hurt.

"You got him!"

"No, wait!" Iida shouted. More and more people were coming, bringing people, trusting the fighters to take care of Ace. Ideally, they would have evacuated to somewhere else, but there were too many injured to carry all of them at once. Ace let loose an explosion of flame and broke apart the building he'd been thrown into.

He made sure nobody was there, so no one got hit. He threw a slab of stone high above their heads, in a deserted area with no one in close vicinity. It only got worse for them when Gang Orca showed up. By then many had shown up, and two came at him at once. Bakugo and Kirishima.

"Aw, the friendship duo," Ace said sweetly.

"Shut up, I'll kill you!" and Ace side stepped on a bomb. He grabbed the gauntlet and Bakugo blasted away. Kirishima went to hit him, but Ace slammed a fist into his back and threw him into the nearest wall. Ace was told to go hard on the better fighters. Recovery Girl would be on the scene soon. Kirishima groaned.

Ace was still facing Bakugo. "Do you not want me to break your precious gauntlet again?" he said sweetly. Bakugo rushed in again, threatening death. Ace grabbed a hold of the gauntlet and shattered it. He'd used the move multiple times and gripped his arm. But Bakugo knew that would happen and jerked away before he could light his sweat on fire. "Aren't you too emotional, Baku-chan?"

"Shut up! I'll kill you!" People were shouting at him to hurry it up as to slow path of flames as it got closer to the camp. Now others were putting the fire out, which he let them. Bakugo pressed a hand to his chest and put forth the strongest explosion Ace had seen. He turned himself intangible and the attack went straight through his chest.

Kirishima was behind him. "Do heroes hurt their own people?"

"No way, the explosion did nothing!" the kids started shouting. God they were all losing so many points.

"Watch it, Bakugo!" Kirishima shouted angrily. Finally class 1-A banded together while the others protected the camp and kept the fires out, now split between Gang Orca and Ace. He wasn't the only one going all out. He wondered if these kids would be alright after this. He was hit with poison again, then electricity, which didn't do much, and then a few punches that only went through him. He grabbed those ones' hands, but the others protected them.

A beam was shot at his back but Ace covered his back in haki and repelled it into the sky. "What is this guy?!"

"You sure are all getting distracted. Look at what's happened to those you saved?" he asked, seeing that some of the actors were now playing dead. They started swearing. Gang Orca was closest to the camp, and was being fought off himself. It was hard, since he was large and very strong and was able to shock and repel people with his power. He threw them away easily.

Freckles arrived with more people, and looked at Ace in horror before his resolve hardened and he aimed a kick at Ace' kidney. "Nice try, little hero," he said, and grabbed him, slow enough for someone else to act. Uraraka touched him and made him float. Ace could see from above Todoroki and wind guy fighting… what? Why now? But he noticed there were no more presences around, meaning everyone had been saved.

"You can't stop me even if I'm up here!" and he formed a huge ball of fire, bigger than the erected camp. But it dissipated when the call was made that all of the people were saved. He dropped down and grinned. "Man, your guys' teamwork at the end was great!" he praised, dusting himself off. Some of his clothes had been ruined.

Everyone stared at him. "You're so mean!" someone shouted.

"Are villains supposed to be nice?" he asked with a smile.

"You burned so many people!" a girl with spiky hair accused.

Ace cocked his head. "Did I? Are any of those people burnt? Are any of you burnt?" They all looked at one another and the victims who were supposedly burnt. He was accused of throwing rocks at them, which was dangerous. "Did I hit anybody?" he prompted. "Iida, I'm sorry about your costume."

He was shocked, and blinked twice before laughing. "Now I remember. How did we not think of it?! He's already done this before, class 1-A knew!" Ace put a finger up and said he was correct. Everyone looked shocked still, that Ace was pretending the whole time. Gang Orca walked over and said, "You play the best villain, Firefist." But it was in astonishment. Ace grinned and explained when he trained with his brother, he was always the villain character. So he had plenty of practice. "Well, do you remember your scores?" Ace nodded.

"Actors, Ace, let us go count the scores," Gang Orca said as students were still trying to get their bearings. Ace asked if he knew why Todoroki and someone else were fighting one another. "I'm not sure, but they have not passed. You have incredible control over your flames. I was worried at first, that you would burn people." Ace pointed out that he would never actually burn kids to death. "That's true."

They went into the teachers lounge and counted their points. Everyone who had let one of the actors die from not paying attention lost many points. Many had lost points against Ace.

After the scores were done, twenty people did not pass. Either for letting their charges die, making bad choices or reactions, or for fighting amongst themselves. Which was only Todoroki and wind guy. What were they thinking? They fought like they were enemies. Ace was disappointed in his fellow fire user.

When the scores were put out, there was a lot of hate sent at Ace's way. He scared them all enough to let their people die. So those 20 didn't pass mostly because they were afraid of him. Everybody else passed, no matter if they were scared. As long as they kept working even if they were scared, or kept trying to calm the scared actors, they passed. 80 who passed was pretty good, according to Gang Orca. "There's always hate sent towards the reason somebody has failed, don't take it personally."

Ace wondered if he'd gone overboard. "I think you did just fine. Considering you fought the League of Villains while under the pressure of All For One, you can definitely be good at playing villain. And they need experience. After all, there are terrifying villains out there. So, nice job Firefist." Ace thanked him and said he wished he could give points. "You didn't fail many."

"I took points from the ones who left those to 'die' to fight me after they knew it was a losing battle. And points off of those that let their survivors die. I really think I might have gone too far."

Ace was glad that nobody from U.A. failed because of him, so he wouldn't get hate from them since he saw them every day. Oh, and Bakugo failed, but apparently it was because his attitude was so bad.

"Even if you did go too hard, they know what fighting a villain is like now. The fear that comes with it. You purposely didn't hurt anybody, but scared them. Even what you said is like a villain. The monologues."

Ace nodded, knowing monologues were the most annoying thing with enemies. "I don't understand why they talk instead of fight. Unless they're taunting, like I was."

"Who knows?"


So Ace went full on villain on them, but didn't harm anyone. Then he fucked up the League of Villains again. I honestly really dislike them and I wished that there were more villains in MHA, so I like ruining them and their plans. See you next week!