The Servamp of Melancholy and his Eve

by Ren Heart

The USJ attack was under way and with both their teachers out of commission, Izuku brought it upon himself to protect his classmates. But he was too alone weak and needed help. He got exactly that but no from his hero All Might but from someone deadlier. "No one hurts my Eve and gets away with it." A fair warning to all. Never harm or attempt to harm a Servamp's Eve. Or else.

3. A hero and a villian friendship?

AN: I don't own My hero Academia or Servamp

A hero and a villain...friendship?

When I was young I did something bad. At least in the eyes of society, it was bad. I killed my father. I didn't mean to do it. It was an accident. I never knew. Since that incident, I was left alone. No one came for me. No one cared but him. Sensei saved me. Sensei gave me a purpose. Sensei cared. I want to help him change the world. Help him break this stupid hero system. I tried. I tried so hard but then he came along and ruined everything. He came out of nowhere and fought Nomu. Then Mr symbol of peace came along to finish the whole thing. If that boy wasn't there. Nomu would have killed those damn brats and destroyed the symbol of peace's will. That boy...Izuku Midoriya. I hate him so much. That feeling should be mutual, right? So why the fuck is he here?

On one side of the glass wall was the timid green hero. He sat there as he fiddled with his fingers while the chained villain stared him down at the other side. The hero slumped down at the villain's gaze. He was more than a little nervous. Terrified was more like it. Why is he even here? Shouldn't he be off doing hero stuff or something else stupid. The worst part is that Shigaraki couldn't do anything. Not with his hands completely cuffed in quirk nullification chains and guards watching nearby. Seriously, this is the worst. "So why the fuck are you here, brat? Came here to gloat about your precious All Might's victory? I swear when I get out of here I'll kill him."

Izuku jumped in his chair. He almost forgot that his classmates' memories weren't the only ones tampered with. Kurama also tampered with the villains'. So, they should remember All Might winning the day not him. He took a deep breath and forced on a smile. "Umm… I just wanted to talk to you that's all. Nothing else."

"Then fuck off brat. I don't want to say a word to you!" The villain hissed. He was immediately silenced as something whipped the glass between them with a smack.

The twin-tailed fox, Kurama, made his presence known as he walked along the transparent barrier. "Watch your words, pathetic villain. My precious Eve has graced you with his presence. Consider yourself fortunate he even bothers to care about your pitiful existence."

"Kurama," Izuku whispered harshly as he tried to put on another smile. "I'm sorry about him. He can be pretty aggressive."

"Kurama? Isn't that the name of the fucker that bashed my head into the dirt with his damn sandals!" Shigaraki yelled furiously as he had a death glare contest with the fox in question. The fox's hairs stuck up like an offended cat as he bared his fangs at the chained villain. This was going to turn into a wonderful first visit.

In the background, Izuku gulped from the pressure. Of course, he remembers Kurama. Memories of the first part of that fight should be intact still. Where it starts to get blurry is around the time his fox took a hit for him. He needs to be careful when talking about that. The memories may have been replaced but the old ones are still there. One wrong move and they'll all come flooding back. "Uh yeah that's him…he's…well…it's hard to explain."

"I'm young Izuku's quirk," Kurama stated proudly. "You don't need to know anything else but that. However, I can confirm that I am the man that pummelled you in the dirt. I can also confirm that I enjoyed every second of it." He laughed wickedly while giving a smug look the villain. He just enjoyed seeing that look on his face. His rage was just so delightful.

Then there's Izuku who rather not deal with them like this now. He quickly grabbed Kurama and trapped him in his arms. He then forced his mouth shut by using one of his hands. "Sorry, he's very difficult sometimes." He then whispered to his fox in a harsh tone. "Please behave. I just want to talk to him."

"Then you better leave!" Shigaraki hissed overhearing the young hero's words. "I hate you. I never want to talk to you. Let alone see you. Just leave already!"

"But…" Izuku wanted to argue but Kurama hushed him with his tails.

"No point wasting your breath. I know exactly how this will turn out. The more you push the more he becomes childish. He won't say anything. We should go." The hero tried to argue with the fox, but he wouldn't budge. For the precious time of his Eve, it's best that they leave now. There was no point in talking to this man-child any further.

Eventually, the hero gave up and stood up to leave. But not before looking back and called out a promise: "I'll be back tomorrow. Maybe you'll talk to me then."

He's not going to come back. The villain thought. I don't know what the hell he's planning but there's no way he'll come back. Why would he? He'll soon forget about me and that will be that. God was the villain wrong. Exactly like the hero promised he was back again the next day. And then he came back at the following. And then the next. And the next and the next.

"Hello, Shigaraki."

Why?

"I'm back. How's your day been?"

Why?

"I made some cookies today do you want some?"

Why?

"Hello. It's a nice day isn't it?"

WHY DOES HE KEEP COMING BACK!

Shigaraki glared at the hero. He can't remember how many times he's visited. It's like every day on the dot he's there with one of his stupid smiles to greet him. Why do they let him visit so often? Do they think this brat is going to reform him or something? Fat chance of that crap happening. Still, the brat put on his brightest smile and greeted him like it was just another day. A day of stupidity. "Hello, again Shigaraki. Are you doing well."

That's it the villain can't take it anymore. This hero is just too damn annoying. Way too damn annoying. As his teeth gritted themselves together the villain hissed in rage: "WHY THE FUCK DO YOU STILL COME HERE!" He just couldn't understand. It's just so illogical. Why is he trying so hard? "Every day you come here with that god damn fake grin of yours and ask me how I'm doing. I say nothing. And then you blabber on about your school life. Like I give a damn about that. I don't care about your school life. I don't even care about you. Yet you still come here and repeat yourself over and over again." It's just getting so tiresome. Every day he goes through the same crap over and over again because this kid just wouldn't give up. He must be getting tired of this to, right? He must give up eventually right? What is he even trying to accomplish?

The hero flushed and recoiled himself into a hunch. "I just wanted to talk. Maybe we can be friends?"

"FRIENDS? You? Me?" The villain laughed at the hero so hard he was falling off his chair. It was just so hilarious. The thought that they of all people could be friends. It was just so ridiculous. Was this brat really that fucking stupid. "You are a hero. I am a villain. We will never be fucking friends so get off of your long righteous horse and go home brat."

But the hero refused. "No, I'm not giving up on you," Izuku announced as he stood to from his seat. He gazed down that the half-fallen villains with eyes of burning determination. "You said heroes gave up on you before so I'm here to correct that mistake. I may not know what you've been through, but if you tell me maybe I can do something to help."

"Again, with these empty heroic speeches. Stop wasting our time brat. No matter what you say or do I'm not going to tell you anything. So, give up already," Shigaraki snapped back as he rolled his eyes. This kid truly is stupid if he thinks he can win him over with empty words.

In response, Izuku slammed his hands on the desk. "I refuse!" He yelled. "I'm not giving up. Not now not ever."

Ok, now this boy was really getting on his nerves. Why won't he just stop with this stupidity? "What the fuck are you made of? It's been… I don't know almost 2 weeks! We've been going nowhere and yet you still come here expecting something to change but nothing fucking does. You're still the delusional hero and I will forever be a villain. So just give up and go home." Still, the hero held his ground. He's not going anywhere and he's not going to let this villain's words get to him. He's never going to give up. That determined look on his face. It was just so frustrating to look ant even if his vision is partially blocked by his hand mask. It still rubbing him the wrong way. "Where the fuck do you keep all that determination? Are you the MC from undertale or something because no normal person could be filled with that much determination!"

"I'm not…" Izuku paused for a bit as his brain processed the villain's words. "Wait did you say undertale?"

Irritated, Shigaraki clicked his tongue, "Yes I said undertale. What? Are you going deaf now, hero?"

"You played undertale?"

"Well, duh. Wouldn't even mention it if I didn't."

"…do you like it?"

"Well yeah, it was one of the greatest games of its time. It was smart, the music was fucking great, the characters were cool and the medaness of it was mind…" then suddenly the obvious clicked in his brain "…blowing." The villain stopped his mini speech and looked back at the hero. His already big, green eyes grew to twice their original size as they sparkled with mini stars. With a smile was curled from to ear to ear as he bounced in place like a child looking at a present. It was disturbing, to say the least. But not as weird as one fact: "you know about undertale?"

The hero just burst out in excitement. "Well yeah, it's a gaming classic. With its amazing storytelling, fun music, and charming characters it's just one of my all-time favourite old RPGs. I mean that game was out before quirks were around. It's crazy how good it is compared to the mindless quick buck games of today. I don't know. Games around that time seemed to have a lot more heart put into them. But because it's so old no one has really heard about it let alone played it. Especially kids my age. They just like to play the newest hero game or something. They don't even bother to look at the classics. I mean I like those games too but It's a real shame. Undertale was just such an amazing game."

The villain blinked twice. "You're a gamer?"

Slightly embarrassed, the hero scratched his head. "Well, kind of. I haven't had time to game since attending U.A. But back in junior high, I use to game a lot. I just love old arcade games, RPGs, and puzzle ones the best. Especially games back before quirks were a thing. I don't know why I'm so into them. Maybe because they were made by quirkless people. Someone without powers was able to make something so amazing. Maybe I just like the thought of that." The was a tone of sadness as Izuku went on. The energy he had before slowly faded away. Still, he tried to pick it up again. "Anyway, while I don't play much anymore I do still like to play from time to time." There was silence. Complete and utter silence. Slightly concerned, Izuku shifted his eyes back to the villain who was just staring at him with a wide eye expression between the fingers of his hand mask. "I did say something wrong?"

"No," the villain stated in a daze. "But the fact you didn't say something wrong is scary and…relatable. It's so creepy. I think I'm just going to leave now." Shigaraki shot up from his own seat and bolted toward the guards. Please just take him away from this hero before could attempt to fill his friendship meter by one point.

"Wait please don't go." Izuku tried to call out to the villain "I've always wanted to talk to someone about undertale. So, won't you talk to me?" But the villain just wouldn't listen at all. So, it was Kurama's turn to talk or at this case taunt.

The fox jumped from where he was sitting and walked right up to where the glass that separated them. He let out his signature laugh which caused the villain to stop with chills. "Poor, poor Shigaraki. So, scared of a little pleasant conversation. It's not like it will hurt you or anything so what are you afraid of. What will you die from talking about a game you like? If that's so, then kept running like the man-child you are."

Swiftly, the villain turned back. He caught the smug eyes of the sniggering fox. He was laughing at him. mocking him with those eyes. "I'm not scared."

"Ha ha ha. Could have fooled me, with the way you tried to run right now. Such a pathetic sight. Just like you."

"Shut your fucking mouth."

"Oh, and what are you going to do about it. Honestly, your type is not interesting at all. So stereotypical childish villain. Why my Eve chooses to bother with you at all is beyond me. But if you're all so scared to talk run away. It's all you villains are good for."

"I'm not scared."

"Then prove it."

The second the fox said that Shigaraki was back at his seat glaring at the hero with his usual grumpy expression. "Hit me."

The hero's eyes bulged out at the sudden request. "…what?"

"Hit me with a fucking question already!" he snapped looking like he was ready to hit something. Preferably, the fox who was grinning in victory. Oh, what he would give to have the chance to disintegrate the grin right off him. "You wanted to talk let's talk. Give me a question already and we can get this over with faster.

Izuku's eyes gleam with excitement. Finally, they were getting somewhere.

And so, the days went by with Izuku coming by the prison and talk to Shigaraki. He managed to fine something they can both relate with to some degree. Although they still have some differing thoughts here and there. They are still at heart a villain and a hero. That one thing was their interest in games. They would take for hours about the games they played and what type they liked. Shigaraki seemed to be most into ones where you become mega powerful and slaughter everyone in your path as well as horror games. Meanwhile, Izuku loves classic story-driven RPGs as well as platformers and puzzles. But for some reason, the game that they seem to want to talk about the most was undertale. Perhaps because it's was just a rare thing to find someone who played it nowadays since it was such an old game. To finally find that someone just lit up a spark in them. "You've never done a pacifist run in undertale before?" Izuku gasped in shock. "Why?"

"Pacifist was so boring. I tried it once but it's such a hassle to try and figure out how not to kill everyone. There was this one time I almost made it but then that stupid flower came out and I just wanted to kill him, so I did. All that progress…gone. Still, I rather kill everything instead. Especially that stupid skeleton. Killed me like 500 times. That boss battle was such a pain to get through. Then it all ends with a game crash and this creepy jump care."

"Well yeah if you go full-on genocide Chara eases everything. The only way you can get it back is by giving them your soul."

"Who the fuck is Chara? I thought their name was frisk or something like that from what I heard"

Izuku arched an eyebrow at the villain's question. "You don't know much about the hidden lore of undertale do you?" The villain didn't even bother to hide it as he shook his head. "Well I won't spoil anything for you just in case you want to go back and do it. If you do you need to do a true reset so Chara doesn't mess with the ending. Hey, are there any other old games you like?"

"Hum…well the Zelda games are pretty classic. I remember sensei giving me one. Ocarina of time I think. That was a good game. If it wasn't for that stupid fairy," Shigaraki grumbled in his breath. "Hey, listen. Hey, listen." He mocked in the girlish high-pitched voice. "She's so fucking annoying."

With a nod of understanding, Izuku crossed his arms, "yeah Navi was pretty annoying. She doesn't even say anything useful and most of the time you can figure it out without her help. But then there's the owl."

"I know right!" Shigaraki jumped in immediately with the mentioning of that owl. "That fucking owl and his long ass explanations. I tried to do a speed run and he slowed me down so many times. Why the hell is yes, the first option you get when he asks if you want to hear it again! If I heard it once so no I don't want to hear it again."

"Yeah and he's almost unavoidable. Sometimes you don't even realise he's there and then suddenly he traps you in another one of his long explanations. Then there was this one time in the game. I was just exploring, and I suddenly got caught by him. Then for some reason, he flew me back to Hyrule castle. All that exploration progress. Gone."

"Tell me about it. I almost disintegrated my controller when that happened. I was so mad."

"but it was still a pretty good game. The ocarina music was so pretty."

"Yeah. They were pretty songs huh?"

"Midoriya your time is up. You need to go now," called out a voice beyond the doors.

A sadden frown formed on the young hero's face as he looked away. With a disappointed sigh he turned back to the villain with his usual bright smile. "Well I guess that's my cue to leave. I'll see you tomorrow Shigaraki." As the boy hopped out of his seat he made his way to the open door waiting for him. He didn't bother to wait for a goodbye. He learned it would be a waste of both their times since he knew the villain would never give it and that's fine. The little steps of progress they made thus far was good enough for him.

"Tomura." The sudden call caused the hero to stop in his tracks. Cautiously, he turned back only to see the villain facing away from him. Hearing the hero's footsteps come to a halt, the villain spoke again, "just call me Tomura," he said bluntly with no explanation what so ever. He wasn't going to give him one anyway. He doesn't have an answer himself.

Never the less, Izuku's eyes sparkled at the request as his smile became ten times brighter. "Alright. See you tomorrow, Tomura. Oh, and feel free to call me Izuku." With a skip in his step, he eventually made it to the exit and was about to go through. But not without hearing words he never would expect from the villain.

"See you tomorrow, Izuku."

For whatever reason, the boy's heart went into a frenzy. He quickly looked back, yet the villain still had his back turned to him. but that didn't matter. He was happy none the less. "Yeah, see you." and with that, the hero finally left the villain alone to his own thoughts as well as his own rapidly beating heart.

The villain stared at his cuffed hands. He then turned around and saw that yes, the hero did leave. He soon spotted his own reflection on the glass. He glared at it. "Why the fuck did you say all of that crap. You idiot. No good will come from that hero. He'll hurt you and leave you like all the others did," he told himself. Then the image of the boy's smiling face came to mind and well it melted those thoughts away. His kind words. His gentle tone. The fact he kept trying to break the walls between them even if it seems. It might as well be impossible. Almost impossible. He can feel it. The walls slowly being chipped away with every visit. Every line that comes out of his naive mouth. Every smile he gave him. "But he's so kind," he reasoned with himself. The villain was so lost in his own thoughts he didn't notice the room changing. It collapsed into a sea of red as rain suddenly fell from the heavens. Shigaraki looked up and the endless sea of red. "What the fuck?"

"You're becoming dangerously close to my Eve. Tomura Shigaraki."

The villain jumped and fell into the rain puddles below him. They felt odd. Although he could have sworn he heard a splash he didn't feel wet at all. In fact, he could barely feel the raindrops hitting his skin. It was unnatural just like this whole world. He turned around to the voice and spotted the ever so smug Kurama looking down at him. "What the fuck do you want asshole? And where the hell are we?"

"This is my world, so I get to ask the questions here." The Servamp soon formed his signature blade and pointed it at the villain's neck. "Tell me scum. What are your intentions with my Eve?"

"I don't have any. He came to me."

The Servamp hummed. The villain did have a point. It was his Eve that reached out to him for whatever reason he could never understand. He dropped his blade and glared closer to the young villain. Soon he reached out and violently grabbed his chin and yanked it up. He examined his mask hand face closely, "I don't get it. What's so special about you that caught my Eve's eye. You're just some cartoony naive villain. You have no strong ideals to fight for other than destruction…" his words faded as he heard what he was saying. It was so relatable. A smirk formed on his lips as he let out a dastardly laugh. "It's almost like looking into a mirror. A very whiney mirror." Eventually, he dropped the villain without warning. The young villain face-planted the floor with a groan. "So, young one, what are your thoughts about my Eve?"

After pealing his face off the ground, the villain spat out an answer, "He's a weirdo."

Kurama yawned boredly, "Surely you have something more interesting to say about him."

The villain spat at the Servamp as he pushed himself off the ground. He sat crossed legged amongst the puddles of red. Then he contemplated for a while and soon gave his verdict. "He's overly cheerful and naive. He always has that stupid smile on his face. Every time I see it I feel like I'll go blind. He's a try hard. Always pushing further even though it's useless. Pointless even. I bet he's the type to grind for hours just to beat all the bosses of the game. Even the optional ones."

"You're right on that regard," Kurama chuckled as a delightful memory played in his mind. "I remember this one time, during his middle school years, he grinded for hours just to beat this one boss. Even after all that grinding, he got himself handed to constantly. But he never admitted defeat. After a whole night of battle, he eventually won, cheered and fell asleep soon after. Literally, he jumped up standing and almost fell back on top of me. I had to drag him into bed and save his progress for him. It was very cute I have to say."

"I bet," the villain whisper to himself; hoping the Servamp wouldn't hear him. Then he looked up at the man in wonder. "Why is he trying so hard for me? Were supposed to be enemies. I tried to kill him and his friends. He should hate me."

The mood of the room soon matched the glum exterior of this gloomy red world. Kurama's smile faded as he looked up at the red rainclouds. Soon he sighed and plopped himself next to the young villain. "Listen Shigaraki, I don't know what my Eve is thinking, trying to talk to you at all. But I do know this: during your little bout in the USJ, you said something to him. Something the triggered the hero inside of him. He told me the look you were giving him that day was a look of someone screaming for help. This is his way to answer the call. Your call." Then Kurama sneaked a hand on Shigaraki's back. "As a hero, this is his way of trying to save you."

"…I still don't get it. It doesn't make any sense. He's so weird," he spat out mildly annoyed with an unconscious smile.

Laughing wholesomely, Kurama looked up at the gloomy red sky. "He is. But that's the part of him I love the most." He glanced back at Shigaraki. Easily, he caught that smile of his beneath the mask he wore. It was…a soft one. One that feels familiar to him. It's like the smile he made when he got close to his Eve. It will only grow the more they interact. He knows this, and it entertained him oddly enough. "An Eve is the most precious thing to a Servamp. I assure you Shigaraki I am no different to my siblings in that regard. Izuku is my everything and my reason to keep living in this cursed world. Helping him achieve his goals is the meaning of my existence." He suddenly preached. Shigaraki listened intently as he met with the Servamp's heated gaze. "I'll allow this odd bond between you two grow. You make my Eve very happy after all."

"I make him happy?" Shigaraki asked so innocently like the child he really was.

Kurama nodded with assurance. "Yes, he really does enjoy your little chats. He seems to get more and more excited with each visit. So, I will allow this to continue. However," as fast as lighting a blade became dangerously close to the young villain's neck. The sharpness allowed blood to trickle down. "One wrong move and I will have your head. Tenko Shimura."

The sudden mentioning of that name gave the villain a small heart attack. He never expected to hear that name. Ever. "How do you know?"

A wicked cackle echoed in the young villain's ears. "I wonder."

Suddenly, the blade and its owner disappeared along with the gloomy red world. He was back in the confinements of his cell as the officers were rushing around. From the sounds of it they were trying to look for him. Eventually, they found him back in his cell safe and cuffed yet again. Like he never left at all. It was odd, to say the least. But nothing as strange as that man knowing his name. His old name. "How the fuck did that bastard know?"

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The next few days flew by fast as Shigaraki and Izuku started to branch off from games into other things. Like favourite foods and movies, they liked. Izuku learned that Shigaraki did have quite the sweet tooth. So, every once and a while he would bring in something sweet for him. With the help of his sweet mother of course. Shigaraki learned that Izuku loved hero movies. No surprised there. however, he was a sucker for romantic comedies. It oddly suited him. The more they learned about the other the more they become invested in one another. There was even a moment where Izuku convinced the guard to uncuffed him when they talk. The boy noticed how they make him feel uncomfortable, so he asked them to take them off. Even more, surprising Shigaraki never tried to do anything when they talked. Maybe because they were more guards, or he was to focus on Izuku to care to try anything. Eventually, the day came were Izuku told him something important. To him anyway. "The U.A sport's festival is coming up," the young hero suddenly brought up. "Do you know about it?"

Shigaraki clicked his tongue at the question. "Well duh. It's one of the biggest events of the year. You have to live under a rock not to know about it."

"Yeah well…I'll be competing of course, so I was hoping you would watch me."

Shigaraki was confused at the boy's innocent request. "How the hell can I do that? I'm stuck here remember?"

"Oh, I worked something out. So just promise to watch me ok," the hero replied with an earnest puppy like gaze.

The villain held his hands up in defeat. "Ok fine I'll do it. But don't expect me to cheer you on, brat."

This didn't dampen the hero's spirit at all. It only made it brighter. "Thanks, I'll do my best out there."

"Tch, whatever," the villain spat with a hidden smile.

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Soon the big day arrived. I was taken to an isolated area with a single TV. Of course, I had to be chained again and wasn't alone. Although I thought security would be a little tighter, but there's just one man here. From what I have seen he's not even an officer. He's a detective. They send a detective to guard me. Should I feel insulted by that? Either way, the man sat me down with a brief greeting and explanation. I didn't really listen much nor cared to listen. All I caught that his name was Naomasa or something. I didn't even listen to the opening ceremony. It was so long and boring. Let's get to the fucking action already! Eventually, the first event started. It was simple enough. You just need to outrun each other. That was until this ice brat froze almost half the contestants. I hope Izuku wasn't one of them…the fuck am I thinking? I don't care about that damn brat!

Shigaraki grumbled in his seat as he fidgeted around. The detective in the room made quick note and glanced at the screen. "Don't worry he's fine." He said aloud. The sudden comment caused the young villain to glance over his shoulder. Naomasa gave him a polite smile. "A good friend of mine is a teacher at U.A. One of Midoriya's teachers even. He tells me that he reminds him much of himself. If that's the case that kid is going to be tough to beat. Don't you think?" The villain didn't respond and just turned back to the screen. Good thing two since Izuku came into view much to the villain's hidden relief. Still no matter how hard he tried to hide it Naomasa sharp eyes were quick to spot it. It was a good sign. Whatever that boy was doing it was working.

Soon the first obstacle appeared which just happen to be giant robots. Shigaraki's mouth dropped at the ridiculous size of them. "HE'S GOING TO DIE!" his words were soon eaten as that ice student again took charge and froze the bots. Which was good. One obstacle down but with the way he froze them they toppled over on top of the other students. Crashing all the unfortunate souls beneath it. "What a douchebag" Luckily, some of the students were able to survive but he didn't care about that. He only cared about one. With a poke of a back/green blade, a hole was made from the frozen pieces of the robot. Then out popped out Izuku with another random student. He held his hand up to them and helped pull them up along with a few others.

"AWE, SUCH AN ACT OF KINDNESS. LOOKS LIKE WE GOT A REAL GOOD SAMARITAN OUT THERE. BUT WILL THAT BE HIS DOWNFALL IN THE END? WHAT DO YOU THINK MUMMY?" ask out the overly enthusiastic announcer.

"Don't know. Don't care," spat his very not so enthusiastic cohort.

Eventually, Izuku moved on with the race. Slashing and blocking all the enemy robots that stood in his way. Shigaraki noticed something then. A little black something. "Is that Kurama?" Yes, the little black fox was perched on one of the young hero's shoulders. How did he not notice him before? "What the hell is he doing there?"

Naomasa rubbed his chin in thought. "Well, I suppose he had to. He is Izuku's quirk, so I suppose he had to come with him. Although I'm not really sure how it works fully."

Yet another mystery to think about besides how the hell that Servamp knew his old name. The next obstacle was a… precarious one. They had to make their way on ropes to an almost guarantee fall to death. "U.A is insane. Are they trying to kill their students!" Shigaraki yelled as he hunched back to his chair with a pout. "This is ridiculous." Still, Izuku miraculously made it through the area without dying surprisingly enough. However, since he couldn't go through the obstacle easily, like some other students, he was very far behind. Although the next obstacle was… "A fucking mine filed! That's it I'm convinced. U.A is trying to murder their students!"

With a small chuckle, Naomasa raised an eye brown at the villain along with a suggestive smirk. "You sure you care about the students? Or just one in particular?" The villain froze and didn't bother to speak. This confused the detective. "What no comeback or anything?" Still the villain was silence. "You really do care about that kid."

"…he's different from the others." He finally responded.

The detective hummed thoughtfully "…I see."

When they looked back on the screen, they saw said student doing something more than a little... strange. He was digging up the bombs with his shield and placed them into a shallow hole? "What the hell is he doing now?" Even the detective with all his analysis skills couldn't figure out the boy's master plan. At least not until it happened. Suddenly, there was an explosion of pink smoke and young Izuku and Kurama when flying over the competition very literally on his shield. Once he started flying down he stood on his shield like a surfboard and bluntly landed on solid ground. He started running soon after, as two other students came running to pass him. Only one thing when in the villain's mind. "The fuck just happened?"

After seeing the boy's stunt for himself, Naomasa could piece together what happened. "I see now. He used the bomb as a launching board to make him fly. Since they're weak on their own, he had to carefully gather them together and then used his shield to protect and project himself out of the blast. He said he was clever but not a mad genius. Amazing."

So Izuku was in the lead with two others close behind him. The ice user and a boy with explosive hands. For some reason, the explosive boy was in a bad mood and was screaming every second he got close to the young green hero. There was an obvious annoyance of the fox's face and he did…something no one saw coming. He hopped off the boy's shoulder and pounced on to the explosive boy with a mouth. This caused a type of wild domino effect as the boy screamed in terror forcing him to collide with the ice user. Between the two of them and their quirks they spiralled into complete chaos, as they collided with the other students who spiral into the next lot…and then the next… and then the next. Before any of that could happen completely Kurama jump off and rushed back to his master. "…well that was something right folks?" said the announcer nervously.

"You can say that again," his grumbled grumpy partner.

With that Izuku Midoriya wins the race. "Whooo!" Shigaraki cheered as he raised his arms in the air. The gestures caused the detective to chuckle slightly. Hearing the laugh the villain imminently dropped his arms and tried to act cool. Repeat the word try. "Well good for him he won." That didn't last long as it was soon announced that since he was first he won 10,000,000 points A.K.A an instant win if you beat him in the next round. "Oh no."

The next stage was also simple enough too. A cavalry battles. Team up with the other students in groups of 3 or 4 and combine the points you collected form the race as a group. The goal is to steal the other team's headband and collect points. Simple, right? That is unless you get the instant win ticket. How the hell is the kid going to get out of this one? He practically has a massive bullseye on him telling everyone 'hey if you take me out you win the game'. This is so unfair. Still, he managed to round up a team of…is one of them a bird?

Shigaraki stared at Izuku's final team which consisted of a girl with goggles, another girl with round cheeks and a guy with a bird for a head. "Well this is going to be interesting." With a bang of a gun, the teams rushed in on Izuku team because of course, they did. "Tech, assholes all of them. Picking on the kid like that. Why don't they pick on someone their own size?"

"Well it's to be expected," Naomasa said with a solemn expression. The odds don't look to well for young Izuku. Not when every student after his head. But this is pretty much normal in this society. "If you want to remain the number one you have to fight for it. That's just how the world works. Right now, Izuku is the top dog and so to knock him down others must force him down."

"That's why this world is unfair. They always pick on the weak."

"That's strange. Usually being number one means their strong." The detective interjected.

"Well but…but…shut up damn it!" Shigaraki yelled back as he sulked back in his. "Izuku doesn't look like the most intimidating kid. They'll crush him!"

"I don't think so," Naomasa augured. "the boy has quite a mind on him. I'm sure he has somewhat of a plan."

And somewhat of a plan he had. With the combination of all their strengths, they were able to make a powerful defensive team. With the power of tech and quirks, they were able to fly out of most combated scenarios. Add to that the power of this shadow bird having their flanks and Izuku's shield and it's almost like fighting an impenetrable fortress that can fly. It's near impossible to fight them. Still many tried. They targeted the group the best they could but with such a powerful defence it was hard to get a crack in their armour. It wasn't until they manage to break a piece of tech that they wore did they manage to dent it. However, at this point, many have already given up the grand prize and started to aim for each other. Except for one group. They seem oddly determined to eliminate them. Their head was the most noticeable one in the group with his white and red hair. He made the first attack as a wave of ice trapped them both in one area. Nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide. They had no choice but to fight each other…or at least that's what the audience expected. Instead, Izuku's team disappeared. Of course, everyone was at a loss. "WHAT!" Shigaraki yelled as he jumped off his seat. They were gone.

"WHOA, TEAM MIDORIYA HA COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!" the announcer yelled at his partner.

"I don't know," he spoke into the mic with a clear layer of confusion. "Is this a part of the kid's quirk?"

As the timer when down the audience began to wonder what will become of the missing team. Will they get disqualified or what. Something like this has never been seen before so there's no telling what the result will be. It even got the judges confused. At one point they changed the leader board ranks with Midoriya's team ranking question marks since no one knew what happened to them. The clock continued to click down and still, they were nowhere to be seen. "What's going to happen to them if they don't show back up?" Shigaraki questioned the detective.

Naomasa reply was a simple shoulder shrug. "I'm not sure. I'm assuming they'll get disqualified."

"But that's not fair!" the villain whined. "They still have the instant win. And they fought so hard to keep it that way. They could and should win!"

"I'm sure they will," Naomasa calmly cut through the villain's words. "If they show up again."

That is the big if. What will happen if they don't show up again? It's pretty much game over for them. "Come on, brat. Get back here." The villain whispered the villain under his breath. He wants the kid to win. He doesn't know why but he wanted him to win. Time continued to tick. Izuku wasn't there. The other students were worried about other things. Like getting top marks. So far since Izuku's team was thrown out of the loop the winning team was being batted around by Bakugou's and Todoroki's teams. They each keep stealing the other's head bands to they were getting patted around. The times when down. Still no Izuku. At this rate, the match will end, and the victor will either be Bakugou or Todoroki. It wasn't fair. It just wasn't fair. The timer went down. Still no Izuku. The villain was getting irritated. Far too irritated. "WHERE ARE YOU IZUKU!" he yelled at the computer screen.

Then just like that Izuku and co reappeared on to the scene shocking everyone who saw. They came back as mysteriously as they appeared. No one was ready nor knew what happened. But they still must roll with it. "Well, ladies and gentlemen seem like our top team has just reappeared and just in time to with under 10 secs on the clock. Talk about timing." And so the leader board imminently changed and Izuku was once again the top dog. At the announcement, both Todoroki and Bakugou team stopped fighting each other and headed towards Izuku. But it was too little too late. Raising his arm up in victory, Izuku stood complexly still as the buzzer rang their victory. "AND SO IZUKU Midoriya TEAM WINS the top place. Whoa, talk about a close match."

"Yes!" Shigaraki screamed for their victory. Yet the team themselves didn't look too victorious. They all wore glum expressions as their victory was announced. It was like they felt like it wasn't a victory at all. Even their leader, Izuku Midoriya himself didn't look all too proud. Despite his hand being held up in victory, his head was down as if he lost. The only one that seemed mildly proud was the little fox on the boy's shoulder. He smiled widely in his usual way as his tales waged his tails about. "Why does he look so sad?" The villain doesn't get it at all.

The next stage was a set of one and one battles. Your typical tournament style gameplay where the strongest with be proclaimed the victor. They just need to win all their matches and beat everyone that stood in their way. why they win was simple enough too. Either knock them out or incompact them. Or push them out of bounds. Funnily enough, the brat was the first one up. He was facing some purple haired kid who looked like he hadn't slept for weeks. There was one thing very off. That fox wasn't with him. In fact, he was nowhere to be seen. Since he was with him in the first 2 events I thought he would be with him too. But he's not. Why?

"ALRIGHT LET'S GET THIS FIRST MATCH STARTED. WE GOT IZUKU MIDORIYA OF CLASS 1-A AND HITOSHI SHINSO OF GENERAL EDUCATION. NOW, ARE YOU ALL READY FOR A BATTLE!"

"YEAH."

"LET'S GO!"

And so, the fight begins with the two students starting it off with one another. Shinso was the one to break the silence with an almost villainous smirk. "So, you can just give up like that? I just think he's an idiot for throwing away his chance like that." Izuku looked physically hurt. He growled at the other student who smiles gleefully. He opened his mouth about to yell at him then stopped. His rage simmered down as he calmly holds out his arms. Suddenly, his tattoo glowed and out came a pen and a notebook. The other students looked at the green haired boy confusedly as he wrote in the notebook with the speed of lightning.

The odd and sudden gestures confused everyone even the detective. "Now what is he doing?" he asked aloud.

"He's using his weird quirk," the villain responded. With a quick glance to the villain he sighed and explained, "Well during his fight against me he used that notebook to communicate with his fox without saying a word. From what I can tell anything he writes in that book that information is transferred to another person. I don't really know how it works." He then though back to that fight. Where the kid fought so hard to defeat them and was doing well. He and his pet caused a lot of trouble, but they were able to pin them down then All Might have to show up…wait. That doesn't feel right. That doesn't feel right at all. The villain tried to remember. He's almost sure that wasn't the end of the kid's annoying fight. He did something else…he used his sword and shield at some point. Right? The memory was so hazy. He couldn't fully remember. Why? He shook the thoughts form this head and diverted the conversation. "So, what's will sleepy eyes over there. What's this take about someone giving up?"

Naomasa raised an eyebrow at him, "Weren't you listening? Some kids felt like they didn't deserve the win. Something about not remembering what they did. So, they gave up their spots."

"Oh…well that's stupid," Shigaraki commented as he slouched further into his chair. He tried to focus on the match. At the time the two students seemed to end up doing a fist battle, but he couldn't help but let his mind wander back to that day. He tried to remember. He wanted to remember. All Might came just before Nomu could land a critical blow on the kid and his pet, right? No…he summoned his shield and stopped it…then All Might came in. Yeah, that's when he came in and sent Nomu flying…no. Something else happened. The kid did something else. What was it? For a brief second, he could hear the voices of the past.

"I'll ask again please give up Shigaraki."

All Might said that, right? More voiced came.

"It's a hero's duty to save those in need!"

The kid said that. He definitely said that…but when?

"It's a hero's job to help those in need no matter who they are. Like I said no one is going to die today. That includes you, Shigaraki."

Shigaraki felt a warm tingle on his cheeks. Like someone touched them. It was a comforting feeling. Something that he hadn't felt in years. He reached up to touch the ghostly warm feeling. Like a hand touched him. For some reason, he could see the smiling face of young Izuku Midoriya. It felt and look so real but… "When did he do that?" He was so lost in his own thoughts he didn't realise the match was over and a new one was already in progress. "Wait I dozed off. Who won?"

"Midoriya," Naomasa said with a chuckle. "He even gave this mini speech to his opponent to not give up. Such a good sport. He'll make quite the hero one day."

"Yeah…right…"

The battled when on without a hitch but no stunt really catches my eye. I'm they were all kind of cool. Especially, this one kid with explosive hands. But then this one kid come on stage. He looked cold and dead with those eyes of his. They were duel coloured. Kind of a rarity to see these days. His hair was also dual coloured with red and white. His opponent didn't seem to be very interesting those besides his overly large elbows. He continued this uninteresting streak as he was frozen in a wave of ice. Such a powerful quirk. I almost feel sorry for the next guy he was up against. I was right too as well. It wasn't as flashy of a victory as the first kid but an easy win still. All he did was froze the guy's exhaust pipes and then freeze him in place. It was kind of entertaining really to watch the kid utterly defeat anyone so easily. The poor sap he's up against next...

Shigaraki mind stopped as his eyes widen at who will fight the overpowered young hero next. On instinct, his legs hopped up off his seat as his lips quivered at the sight. "No..." the boy's next opponent was young Izuku. It was announced right after he won his second match against a girl with vines for hair. The match was easy enough for him with his sword and shield. He easily overpowered her by cutting through her hair and knocking it way. But there was no way he was going to have an easy time with this kid. Absolutely no way. "He can't fight that kid. He's too strong!" The villain yelled out with an obvious layer of worry. "Fighting him is like being a level 10 warrior going up against a level 50 boss! He'll be crushed in seconds!"

Naomasa smiled at the villain. "You really are quite a bit about that boy. Don't you?"

Immediately, Shigaraki realised his mistake and slumped back down in his chair and pouted with his arms crossed. "No," he spat out. "I'm just saying that he's too weak to go up against this boss like a kid. It's not fair."

"Sure," the detective said slyly only half believing the not so subtle villain. Then he looked back at the screen as the two young hero students walked up to the battlefield. It's not going to be an easy fight for him he knows that. However, his good friend chose this kid for a reason and he can see it right off the bat. It's the eyes. They burned with such fire and drive. "Something tells me this kid isn't going down without a fight. Just look at his eyes. Those are the type of eyes to someone who doesn't give up easily."

"His eyes?" The villain looked back at the screen and honed closer to the boy's eyes. The detective was right. He's seen those eyes often. Those were the same eyes he had on when he tried to reach out for him. He won't lose. He refused to lose. Not with lout giving this battle 100%.

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Little did any of them knew there were others watching this match. They were all waiting in anticipation. Waiting to see just how the young Eve will do against such a formidable force. A total of 14 of them in the group but 7 pairs. They all sat around the massive movie like a screen in their main pairs. Some were curious about what the child could do. Others were cautious wanting to analysis every detail in case of future conflicts. Some were excited while others looked like they didn't care at all. A certain young pianist happened to be one of them. He coldly sat beside his partner with both his arms and legs crossed. His partner tilted his head at him while leaning on one of his hands for support. With a cheeses grin, he asked his partner: " aren't you even a little bit excited. This is your little brother's match after all."

The other sighed in mild annoyance. "Shoto still refuses to use his fire side even after all this time. He's most likely to continue with this trend. So, whether he wins or loses doesn't matter if he can't see the talent he's wasting."

The other chucked at his partner's sour expression. "You certainly have a soft spot for your siblings don't you, angel cakes?" His partner did bother to respond and cut the conversation there.

Meanwhile, a skittish young man couldn't stop playing with his fingers. His eyes doted around the room while his legs twitched around like an frighten child. His partner eyed him up and down wondering if he should be worried or not. while he was usually a worrier his current state was more frantic than usual, "Hey, you feeling ok?"

"I n-n-not really" he stuttered out. Feeling all eyes on him, he slumped into his chair attempting to hide from all the eyes. Nervously, he twiddled with his fingers more. He kept his eyes down not wanting to make eye contact with anyone. "I'm a little worried for matchup. We still don't know much about this Izuku Midoriya and what's he's capable of. Knowing his opponent things might get out of hand."

Each of the pairs looked at each other. Silently, asking for other options. One spoke up eventually. The one pair that looked like completely opposite ages. Believe it or not the smallest of the two was the eldest. "You have a point?" The small 'child' said. "We know fully well that Tsubaki was made differently from the rest of us. His Eve might be different as well. We should be wary."

That's when one of them spoke up. "Don't you think you guys are taking this a little too seriously? I mean he's just a kid."

"I agree with my Eve," an older woman spoke out coldly. "The boy looks more like a rabbit rather than a deadly wolf. I highly doubt he would cause any harm."

"Have you forgotten who that boy is!" One of their comrades burst into anger. "He's the Eve of melancholy. Tsubaki must have chosen him for a reason and it can't be a good one."

"Calm down young master." His partner called out to him. "Form the reports Tsubaki seemed to have calmed down. I think this is a good opportunity to give him a chance."

"Give him a chance after everything he did? Do you? To pride? Greed even?" A solemn silence took hold of the group as unwanted memories plagued their mind. They can never forget or more, so they can't forget.

Getting sick of the silence, one of them tried to lighten the mood. "Come in now little brother. Lighten up. This kid isn't Tsubaki after all." His partner close by nodded strongly in agreement. However, his light-hearted smile soon turned to a stern one as he gave his own opinion. "While it's true that a lot of the things Tsubaki did is disputable. I learned there is such a thing as second chances. I mean just look at Tsurugi. And from the looks of things this Izuku Midoriya is the one giving this chance."

"That's right," their leader spoke up. " Form the reports and from Tsubaki himself, the boy is pretty much a goodie two shoes to the extreme. I mean he'd done so much for others."

"He attempted to save his friend from a slime villain, save a student during a practical exam while breaking several limbs and of course there's the USJ incident which not many know the truth of, to name a few," his partner cut off while listing a few of the boy's accomplishments so far. "From what we have seen the boy is no villain, but he might make a great allay if we can convince him and Tsubaki to join us."

"A big 'if'."

"You guys the match is starting." And so, they all such their mouths and watch the current match unfold.

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Just as expected, Todoroki launched a massive ice attack that froze half the stadium. Along with Izuku. "Welp that was a quick match," Shigaraki groaned. "Stupid overpowered half and half bastard." He might have said that a little too soon. Suddenly, there was a bang. It the like something was chipping the ice hammering away. Then a green and black object poked out of the ice and sliced down in all angles. Then they fell one by one. Each piece sliding on top of the other and so forth till it revealed the whole picture. And that was Izuku holding his shield and an extremely lengthy version of his blade. Now that its job was done it shrunk back to regular size. Both the villain and detective, even the entire audience was gapping in shock.

Izuku pointed his blade at Todoroki. "Is that all you got?" he taunted. The shock on the other boy's face switched to one of annoyance as he launched another blast of ice. Izuku was quick to respond as he held his shield to protect himself. It grew and expanded into a shell-like bubble the ice was able to get through and since it appeared to be a weaker blast it was easy for Izuku to slice his way free. "You're going to need to do better than that."

"WHOA!" the crowd cheered with delight. They seemed to have thought this match would end quickly as well. They were all wrong.

"Well, seems like this match is more even than I thought," Shigaraki said in awe as his eyes glued themselves to the screen. He watched every move with such intensity in his eyes. It when by so fast yet so elegantly. Todoroki would try and capture Izuku in his ice, but the boy always found a way to dodge, block and even cut his way through. It's because of this he was able to land a good hit with his shield right on top of his opponent.

"AND WITH THAT MIDORIYA LANDED THE FIRST KILLER BLOW. HAS THE EVER-POWERFUL TODOROKI MET HIS MATCH?"

No, that answer was no. He wasn't going to give up yet. Instead of trying another massive blast he made a more precise one. The frost crawled up Izuku's blade as well as his arm. Almost like frostbite itself, it tried to capture him whole in its frosty clutches. But Izuku wasn't done either. With one forceful strike Izuku was able to cut away free but bashing his shield on the ice's source. Even if the connection of ice was cut it was still a perfect opportunity for Todoroki to make another strike. So, he shot another blast of ice. At this point, Izuku had to options. Block or…Suddenly his shield disappeared, and his arm sparked with energy. With a holder of pain, he yelled at the top of his lungs, "SMASH!". That single punch was able to shatter that whole blast of ice, but it came with a painful price. "AAAHHH!" Izuku screamed in agonising pain. The arm he used when completely limp as blood sprouted out from small openings. It looked painful. It was painful. His entire arm looked like it was crushed by cinder blocks from the way it was coloured by a sickly bloody bruised colour.

"What the fuck happened?" Shigaraki asked in complete shock.

Naomasa hummed solemnly. "I was afraid of this. This is another part of Izuku's quirk. Extreme super strength. As powerful as it is It puts a hefty toll on his body. Since he's still not able to use it he constantly breaks himself. Or so I hear from a friend of mine."

"Why the hell did he use it then?" the villain snapped. "He was doing fine before. So why is he using it now? I thought he was smarter than that." he complained

Then a voice came from the TV. It was Izuku's voice. Recognising the voice immediately he whipped his head back to the screen. "It's easy to forget quirks are physical abilities. So, everyone has a limit even you." he hissed in pain as he tried to move his broken free arm. It was of no use. Still, he continued to try as if proving a point. "Listen we are all giving it our all. I'm even using this side of my quirk. Even though I know it will hurt me. All so I can beat you, Todoroki." Some way somehow, he was able to make a fist and lift his broken arm as high as he could pointing it to the very shocked Todoroki. "You haven't made a scratch on me. Yet you're already starting to freeze thanks to all the ice you were blasting about. Stop messing around Todoroki and come at me with all you got." He bravely declared as his sword materializing into his uninjured arm while his shield strapped itself on his broken arm. And so, the battle continued. It was a bloody mess of ice as Todoroki did everything in his power to freeze Izuku. But his movements were slow and even with a broken arm, Izuku was still just as fast as before. Eventually, he landed another clean hit.

"This is great," Shigaraki cheered. "That ice kid is running out of MP. He can't use his ice as fast or as powerful as before. If Izuku keeps going like this he'll win." He doesn't know why he was so happy about that. He just was. He couldn't really explain it, but he just wanted the kid to win. He wanted his victory so badly. The next time they talk he'll congratulate him fully.

Those congratulations where set on hold as Izuku said something life-changing. Life changing to Todoroki. "It's your quirk! Not his!" he said it so loudly and so proud it somehow resonated with the heart of all who heard. But not as much as it did to Todoroki. Those words. They were all he needed to hear.

Suddenly, the ice boy combusted into flames. The audience was in complete silence beside a call from the hero Endeavor but none of that mattered. Not to the two on the field. That sudden burst of flames was enough to completely melt the ice on the boy's body. This is it. Everything he has. He'll give Izuku exactly what he wanted. "AAHHH!" the boy screamed with all his might. His flames grew intense on one half of his body while the other froze him in place. Despite this terrifying and intense fight, Izuku was still smiling. He smiled through all of it like some madman. Then like that the whole stadium exploded in a glaring flash of light. No one completely knew what happened all there was, was a cloud of smoke. Was the battle over?

"Izuku!" Shigaraki screamed as he dashed the TV. He knelt down and grab the screen as he desperately shook it about. It was like he was trying to shake the smoke away. Scratch that he was trying to shake the smoke away. "Please be there, Izuku. Be ok." He said almost painfully. "You don't have to win. Just be fine!" Eventually, the smoke cleared to reveal a half-broken stage, a half shirtless Todoroki, and…a rainbow dome? "Izuku?"

There was a shock of silence as everyone's eyes landed on the rainbow dome. It shone brightly with light as the colours swirled around as if it was alive. Soon the dome dropped down to show a curled up Izuku right inside it. The was a smirk on his face as he wobbly stood up. He stared at his surprise and worn out opponent with a smile. "Thank you, Todoroki. For giving it all you got. Now it's my turn." In his unbroken hand formed a sword of radiant rainbow light like the dome that protected him. He held the blade up as high as he could and as he did it grew twice as large. "Let's end this." A massive swirl of energy appeared on the scene as he said those words. The swords light grew brighter to the point of blinding. Now for his final strike. "ONE FOR ALL!" he yelled as he slashed down the blade. It was an explosion like no other. It was enough to send a couple of people flying out of there seats as well as break the other half of the stadium. Debris flew from all sides as dusk clouds were forced to swirl rapidly with the force of power. Then there was quiet. The dusk falls and there was only one person still left on the final pieces of the battlefield. And that person was...

"GIVE IT UP TO OUR VICTOR! IZUKU MIDOIYA!"

The crowd roared for the boy's accomplishment. Never have any of them seen such a fight of such intensity and power. Not only that but he was able to beat one of the sport's festival's powerhouses. It was a sight to behold.

Back with the 7 pairs, they watched the end of the match with gaping mouths. They were all speechless. "That was amazing!" almost where speechless. One then jumped up and down on her seat like the fangirl she was, "as expected of Deku. He's so cool." She moved with such delight she accidentally kicked her sleeping partner awake.

"More please!" he yelled awake from his slumber ash held out a hand per tending that something was in it. When he realised he was still with the other company and not in dreamland he sighed in disappointment. Then looked up to see the devastation of the battle's aftermath. "Whoa… the hell happened."

"That boy," one of them said with a shakily and almost terrified voice. He wrapped his arms around his small body trying his best to stop the shaking. "He completely destroyed that other kid…"

"My Eve," his pearly said worryingly as he held his partner close to comfort him.

"So, this is the power of the Eve of melancholy. Incredible."

"Terrifying is more like it," the scared man snapped at his cohorts. "Don't you see. He's even more of a danger than we thought. With that type of power on Tsubaki's side, there's no telling what could happen."

"You have a point little brother, but don't you find that fight strange?"

The man snapped to the other man next to him. "What do you mean?"

"That kid got him on the ropes that entire match. He could have easily won at several points. But he waited for the exact moment his opponent gave everything he got. Why?"

"Hum...that is rather strange. Why did he wait for that?"

"He did it to save him."

All heads turned to the sudden voice who announced such an odd reason. His partner tilted his head at him. "Angel-cakes?"

The man has such awe and amazement in his cold eyes. That coldness melted away and became something of gratitude. All he saw was that boy in all his glory. That boy holding his blade up like the champion he was. This boy… there was a light-radiant form him. It was beautiful. Angelic even. "He saved him…he saved my brother." He could help but feel this light flutter of glee in his heart as his lips cured to a rare smile. "Izuku Midoriya…you're like me."

"WHOO HOO!" the villain cheered in his confused as he hugged the detective tight for no reason. "Did you see that! did you see that! he beat him with a bam and a slash and then I don't even fucking know how to describe it, but it was fucking awesome. WHOOOOOO!" he was so unbelievably happy for the boy's victory we couldn't contain it. He was like a hyperactive child.

Naomasa just laughed as the villains gigged energy rubbed off him. "Midoriya truly is something huh?"

"Something? Something! He was amazing out there. So, so cool!" Shigaraki's high didn't seem to waver anytime soon. Which is good. His bond with the young boy truly is something. And it will only grow strong with this. Just one more step to his rehabilitation…just don't tell him that. Let him enjoy this moment since it wasn't going to last long. Gasps of horror caught the twos attention. The turned to the TV to see Izuku had fallen and gone limp. "No…" Shigaraki slid on his keens to the screen. He watched it all go down. His pet fox was the first to get to him as he used his little paws to shake his body. No response. Then a team of medics came in to take him, but the fox wouldn't have it. It took this skeleton like man with shaggy blonde hair to rip him away from the boy. He looked like he was crying in his arms and the skeleton man did his best to comfort him. oh, how he tried. "Is he...is he ok?"

The detective was hesitant, but he had to give him an answer. "I don't know."

Soon it was announced that the final match wouldn't take place. Apparently, the kid's condition was bad. Real bad. They wouldn't let him back into the fight. This didn't sit well with his next to be opponent. The noise brat was yelling my ears out demanding he fights him. He was like a wild dog in search of a fight. Like a wild dog, he was knocked out by the hero's Midnight's quirk. The rest of the festival was uneventful as All Might gave out the medal to the top 3…well top 3 minus the second runner-up. Izuku Midoriya. He wasn't there. It looked so empty without him there. And so, comes the end of the U.A sports festival. The first-place winner by default went to Katsuki Bakugou. Third place was Shoto Todoroki and second…suppose to be…Izuku Midoriya. But because of his injuries and couldn't attend.

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The next day, the hero returned to the detention centre with a smile on his face and an arm in a cast. It was to be expected with what happened it after the damage he made to it in the sports festival. What's a villain to do? Laugh at his pain? Call him crazy? An idiot? In the end, there was only one thing he can say. Or at least want to say. "Why? Why did you try so hard?" the villain as the hero. In response, the hero flushed and cradled his broken arm. He couldn't say a thing. It was different from how he was usually like. Oh, so cheerful full of energy and nonstop talking. He didn't like it. It wasn't right. "You could have beaten that half and half kid a lot sooner if you used that sword finishing move thing at the start. What did you need to collect mana to get it charged enough?

The hero shook his head. "No. I honestly didn't know I could do that. It kind of just happened at the end." He laughed weakly trying his best to lighten the mood. But Shigaraki wasn't having it. His staled lips were kept with a frim frown. Therefore, his laughter didn't last long but he still tried to smile. "To be honest I could have properly beaten him if I didn't push him so hard. You probably couldn't see it well from the monitors, but Todoroki's body was freezing himself. If I didn't push him to use his fire, then I could have easily beaten him from his over usage of his ice."

"Then why did you?" Shigaraki asked. "What's the point in all that? If you could have won using an easier method. Why chose hard mode and make your life hell. I Mean look at yourself!" his voice was raised with every sentence. His anger seeping out bit by bit. He pointed at the hero with such a frustrated gaze. "You broke an arm."

"It's not that bad. The surgery wasn't long and recovery girl said I could take it out today when I have the time."

"YOU HAD SURGERY!" Seriously, the villain couldn't understand the hero at all. Why bother going through all the trouble. It's a waste of time and energy. "So, you're telling me you broke your arm and had surgery for no god damn reason at all!"

"I had my reasons!" Izuku insisted with the same amount frustration. Embarrassed at his loud voice he hunched back down on his chair and cradled his arm again. "You're sounding like Kurama now. It's really weird."

Now that the hero had mentioned it, his little fox companion was nowhere to be seen. It was unusual indeed. He never seen those two apart. He was always there in his lap, on his head, his shoulders or just sitting nearby. This is the first time he's seen his noticeable absence. "So where is the furball?

Izuku dropped his head with a sigh. "He's mad at me. He thinks what I did was stupid. Something that should never have happened. Apparently, from what All Might told me when Recovery girl said she needed to perform surgery he went ballistic. It took all his might to drag him out of the room." He then bit his bottom lip. Yes, he felt bad for making them all worried, but he still doesn't want to regret his decision. Even though his decision made him forfeit the whole torment he still wouldn't change a thing. The past in the past. It's time to move on. "I won't regret what I did. I just wanted to help him understand he can't just use half his power and expects to be the best. So, I used all of mine to make him understand that. Everyone was trying their hardest out there but he…he just wouldn't. It's stupid you know? If you have such an amazing quirk won't you want to use it too as its full potential? It's such a waste to just use half. And it's just downright wrong to assume you can make it to the number one with just half your strength."

There was a pause. Shigaraki thinks he kind of gets the gist of it. He's still crazy but it all boils down to this: "So you wanted to help your enemy in the middle of battle. Why?" Now that's the new million-dollar question. Why go through so much trouble for his opponent? "We're you two close or something?" That was the most logical answer. If they were friends, of course, he would try and help him. But soon his logic was shot down by a head shake. They were classmates. Nothing more. "THEN WHY THE FUCK SHOULD YOU CARE! IT'S NOT YOUR PROBLEM!"

His yelled caused the boy the flinched and on instinct he raised his arm up and curled back in his chair. It was like he was expecting to get hit. But how can he get hit if he's protected by a glass wall? Eventually, one the villain calmed and waited for the hero's response, he lowered his arm. Nervously, he twisted back to a more comfortable position and moved an inch further back. It's was like a force as telling him to leave before things get far worst. Again, he cradled his broken arm and attempted to speak. "W-w-well I'm a hero. A-and a he-ro should do what they can to help others. Even if they don't know them. That's kind of why I'm here." Now that's a surprising statement. So, the hero openly admitted to trying to reform the villain. As if that will ever happen. Still, his speech wasn't over and Shigaraki had every intention to listen through it. "I wanted to talk with you more. After what happened in the USJ. I wanted to learn more. And try and understand you. Maybe then I can help you."

In annoyance shies clicked his tongue. "Sounds like a waste of time. Why go through all the trouble for someone you hardly know let alone your enemy?"

"Why wouldn't I?" Izuku countered as he dragged a finger across his bandages. Then they looked back at the villain and met his red gaze. There was no chance of him letting go. "Let me tell you something," he started off. His face screaming with resolve. "When I was young I was bullied a lot. The teachers turned a blind eye, the other kids would either join in or laugh even my mom wouldn't help. I guess I can't blame her. I always lie about any injuries I got. All though bruise and cuts. I'll say I have fallen or something and she wouldn't question it further. But the fact till remains no one came. No one even tried to help. Sure, I had Kurama but I got him way after the bullying even started. The years continued it kept going. Kurama would comfort me lick my wounds. He would sometimes do…unnecessary things behind my back but it still never stopped. There was actually a point in my life when someone really close to me told me to kill myself."

Shigaraki's hearts stopped. Kill himself he says. Kill himself. A life without Izuku Midoriya. A life without hearing his annoying muttering, his long-winded analyses or his smile. Laughter. It's something he couldn't even imagine. "What?"

For a moment, he lost eye contact. He couldn't look at the horrid shocked eyes of the villain as he said his next word. It would be too much. "On that exact same day, I was really debating in. If I should do it or not. It was a horrible and terrifying feeling. I don't want anyone to feel that way. No one deserves to feel like that. That they're worthless. That they can't do anything in this world. Or that they're wrong to chase their dreams." His injured hand clenched into a fist as his head swung back to meet the eyes of the villain once more. The stiffness was gone form them and all that was left was the earnest fire of determination. It burned so bright the villain thought he'd go blind, yet he didn't look away. He couldn't look away. They were far too mesmerising. Beautiful. "I want to help people like that. People that are losing hope or lost all hope. No one should ever feel as helpless as I have. I want to go out there and save people with my own fearless simile. I want them to know it's ok and they don't need to be afraid. That's why I wanted to be a hero. I won't be more like him. Be some they can count on. To help them even if they are strangers. I want to help as many people as I can. As many people as I can reach." Suddenly those determined eyes were drenched in tears. "I want to show the world I can be something. I'm not useless. I'm not a useless Deku anymore." The tears just kept flowing. "But I guess I didn't really showcase that at the sports festival. I failed so hard. Even though I won I couldn't get back up for another fight. It must have been pretty pathetic." He couldn't stop. He can feel the sobs and hiccups coming in. there was no stopping it. "I really I'm stupid huh? You tried so hard for nothing. You won for nothing. You are nothing. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid!"

For a while the villain was quiet with the hero's mental breakdown. It was the first time he ever witnessed something like it. He didn't like it. He didn't like the look on his face. it wasn't right. "You're not stupid," the villain said hesitantly.

The hero's sobs stopped for a moment. His eyes were still overflowing with tears, but he was still able to make words. "What?"

"You're not stupid. You just have a few screws loose," the villain tried to explain the best he could. "You just go far beyond your job description. You're not even a hero yet and you're already trying to save people. That's insane but…cool…I guess." He couldn't really think of what to say. What could he say? A hero just tells him his sob story and burst into tears. How are you supposed to react to that? All he can really do is give his own honest thoughts. "Look most heroes out there are doing what they do for fame and money. Then there's you. You're so earnest…and I guess I like that. You're not doing this for fame or money just that you want to save people, so they'll never felt like you felt as a kid. It's cheesy. Very typical MC sad backstory and motives but that's so you. You're like a hero from a genuine video game story. I never thought I'll see one of you fuckers exist. Where are you really form? Persona? You're that goodie two shoes kid aren't you. Going around helping people you barely know with their own problems. Or are you that puffy pink marshmallow. Your cheeks are certainly pudgy enough for him."

The hero laughed. He cried too. He laughed and cried at the villain's word. "Don't be silly. ouch!" His sudden movements stated his injured arm. He quickly grabbed his free arm over it to try and stop the pain. Even so, it was enough to make him cry again.

He sure cries a lot. The villain didn't know why but he reached out to him. He wanted to touch him. Wipe the tears away. He completely forgot about what happened next. He forgot the wall that stood between them. The quirk that he had. The second he touched the clear surface the area around his hand disintegrated and formed a hole between them. Hearts stopped as a bridge between his world and their world was made. The guards were still in shock and so was the hero. His big innocent eyes gazed at him so beautifully. They shouted with curiosity. Shigaraki flinched as his hand retreated. "S...s... sorry." He stuttered.

He guards were ready to attack and apprehend the villain. It was a mistake to take him out of those chain cuffs. They shouldn't have trusted them with that sort of freedom. But before they could act Naomasa forced them back. The guards looked at him with confusion and anger. Why? What did he stop them? The detective shook his head. "They'll be fine," He assured them.

Izuku in the other hand just watched the villain curled himself away at the chair. He wanted to dissolve in the hero's gaze, so he shouldn't have to see him anymore. The young hero the gazed at his cast. With determined eyes, he ripped the bandages off much to the villains surprised. The arm was heavily wounded with scars slashing at his skin. It wasn't stable either. It shook ever so slightly as it was brought up to the hole in the glass. It was a pathetic sight to see. This small injured child putting his hand up to the villain. Still, no matter how much pain he was in he was able to put on a smile. It was kind of inspiring. "See I'm fine."

The scared hand was curled unable to straighten itself. The villain was slightly worried if he will ever be able to again. Hesitantly, he stretched out his hand. As soon as he was about to touch skin he retreated again. He didn't want to touch him. He did want another incident like that again. Not with him.

The hero gave the villain a reassuring smile. "Don't worry I know you won't hurt me." He stretched out his scared hand through the thresh hold that separated them.

He trusted him. Shigaraki didn't know whether to call him brave or an idiot. With that bravery or idiocy rubbing off him, he too stretched out. Carefully, he touched the hand keeping his fingers from touching him.

However, the hero took on step further and connected their palms. Shocked, the villain tried to retreat but the hero gripped his hand in place. Fear was in the villain's eyes as the hero just smiled at him. Why was he smiling? Why? Still, the hero gripped him tighter. He pulled back his hand to the thresh hold, but he didn't pull him beyond his side. "It's ok, see? I'm fine."

Feeling a little braver or stupider the villain curled his hand with the hero's making sure not all five fingers were touching him. It's been so long since anyone touched him in that. He remembers holding his father's hand like that. He could still remember its warmth. But this was a different type of warmth. It was a stranger, so it should be weird. Uncomfortable even. Instead it was oddly loving.

In the background of all this oddly sweet moment, Kurama watched with a grin on his face. He thought his Eve breaking and scaring his arm was a mistake. Something that should never have happened. But instead, it seemed to be a blessing in disguise. Now that villain and the hero are getting closer. Things are getting far more interesting.

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I decided to visit my mother after all these years. When I did I was met with a surprise. My older brother Licht was there too. He greeted me and complained about how late I was. I can't really blame him. I should have seen my mother sooner. He then left the room to give us some alone time. I was tempted to reach out and begged him to stay. I'm not ready to face mother alone. But he left anyway, and I was forced to face my fears. I don't know why I was so afraid before. The moment mother got the chance to talk she cried and apologised for everything. Soon after the fear was wiped away along with her tears. We talked for hours about domestic things: school life, home, how everyone was doing, all those sorts of things. Once I finished my talk with my mother I walked out to meet my brother. I'm not so sure what he wanted but whatever it was he was serious. So, I faced my bother alone in that corridor. It felt like we were staring at each other for hours. Eventually, I made the first move.

"So, what is it you wanted to talk about?"

Licht hummed as he thought of a way to form his words lightly. He then figured the bluntest option would be preferable. "That you Izuku Midoriya. You told him about you and mother didn't you."

Shoto's body stiffened. Guess nothing goes past his brother. "Yes, I did. I didn't mean to it just kind of happened. He won't say anything. he's not that kind of person," he tried to defend his friend? Can he even call Midoriya a friend? They haven't talked at all until this whole thing started. That and it's kind of his fault he got so seriously injured. What that intimidating one to one he had with his Servamp he highly doubts he would let him go near the boy so easily. That's too bad he wanted to get to know him more.

The older Todoroki grinned slyly at the younger one. The look on his face. He looked like a puppy that got scolded by his owner. Affectionately, he rubbed the boy's hair a slightly why to say not to worry. "Well, of course, he won't say anything. That boy is an angel like me."

And so, the sweet moment took a sharp turn to crazy town as the young Todoroki was shot with confusion. "Huh?"

Dramatically, his brother twirled around from him as he struck one of his signature poses. An angelic beam graced his body with pure light as his skin glistened with magic. He could have sworn he heard a choir of voices singing angels in the background. "There's no mistaking it. Another of my kind seemed to have fallen to this world. With the sole duty to tame the dreaded demon of melancholy. It seems my divine intervention will not be needed." His younger brother gape at the sight as he brother went on and on about how pure and angelic he was. And he thought he was going to have a normal conversation with him. He should have known better. "With the way, he was so desperate to save you even at the cost of damaging his mortal body. He must be an angel. No normal mortal could be so kind. For that reason, I wish to give you this." He elegantly extended his hand. In it were two golden pieces of paper. Both printed with black calligraphy

Curiously, Shoto took them. "What are these?"

"Tickets to my next show. One for you and for the boy." He explained briefly. "I want you to take the boy with you. I wish to meet him personally."

"To your next show?" Shoto questioned as he stared at the shimmering tickets.

"Yes, now if you excuse me I'll be taking my leave." And so, Licht turned way and walked off without so much as a second glace.

Meanwhile, young Shoto just stared at the tickets and wondered aloud: "Would Midoriya even liked to go with me? Is he even into classical music?" Then an image of the fight they have played in his mind. The craziness in his classmate's eyes as he continuously broke himself. He was giving that fight absolutely everything he got, on the other hand, he was only giving him half of his power. Then he said those words 'it's your quirk, not his!' For whatever reason he completely forgot about his father and used his quirk to his full potential. Even then he was still defeated. "I guess Midoriya was right. I can't just use half my power and expect to win." He glanced back at the tickets and smiled. "I guess it won't hurt to ask."

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AN: Yup. My end ship goal is Deku and Shigaraki…Bet you lot didn't saw this one coming. Anyone with a problem with that can take their leave now. As for the rest I will make this ship as fluffy as possible for there is a lack of cute Deku and Shigaraki fics. Also had to change the cover a bit since this is no longer a one shot about Izuku and Tsubaki/Kurama. Of course, we will be following them the most but to tag a long will be Shigaraki and drum roll… All Might. These four will be the focus with Izuku and Kurama being the spotlight pair. Anyway, on with the reviews.

Small edit made (17/06/2020): I have now changed the gluttony pair to true gluttony pair that has appeared in the manga. although they won't be doing much in story I thought it would be nice to have them. Side note: I will be changing up/ ignoring manga Servamp cannon for it to fit this fic I created. There are some plot threads in the manga that would make things far too complicated. For example the thing the gluttony pair and 'pride pair'. For those who have read the manga you know what I'm talking about.

luv2readgirl – as a lover of crossovers yeah, it's hard to fine good ones. But there's always a gem somewhere. Glad you think one of mine is one of them. I just find them so fun to make a imagine.

Star-The-Writer – I am one of those slow writers and I'm glad you don't mind to much. This and most of my other works will be done one day it's just going to be one hell of a wait. Also, no I didn't notice but now that you mention it I can't help but see this…

Izuku and co are walking trying to find Kacchan in their disguises. Then they accidently knock into the greed pair. Licht stares at Shoto walks up to him fix his hair a bit to make it look more like him. Then say something on the lines of: "Now you're looking like an angel." Then walks off without a care. Everyone's confused for a moment and then runs off before they could ask more questions. Meanwhile lawless ask Licht, "you sure we should let them walk around this late at night?" Licht response "Don't question an angel, demon. Besides he as another angel look out for him." "…"

.141 – well here's another petty long read. Glad you like things so far. As for the other eves and Servamp well…they're going to have a hard time getting close to Izuku. For reason's that will be explained another time. They'll pop in here and thee (mainly he sloth and greed pair) but proper intros won't be happening for a while.

Jadegem02 – well expect a lot of long written chapters. I don't know how this happens but it kind of just does. It's one of the reasons why these take awhile for me to make. And glad you liked last chapter. That scene with All Might and Tsubaki playing charades was the funniest thing I've come up with and written for this fic so far. Also, I try to make a repose as much as I can and answer any questions anyone might have. True that I can't answer ones that will be about future plot lines too much. But still feel free to ask and I'll see if I can answer.

Guest – yup Tsubaki is going to need to get use to All Might since they're pretty much both mentors for Izuku. So, they're kind of stuck with each other much to Tsubaki's displeasure. As for the sports festival…here it all his in Shigaraki pov. I'll be switching to Izuku next chapter as we see what goes on in his side as well as a bit of All Might and Tsubaki.

Sousie and DycfC – glad you both like it so far.

And that's all everyone. See you all next time as we see Izuku side of the story.