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It has been a ten long, difficult, changing years since All Might and All For One's climatic fight that symbolized the end of an era for the former Symbol of Peace, with All Might, despite his weaken, blood spurting out of his mouth form being revealed to the world, and despite the odds stacked against him, he defeated the powerful villain once and for all and sending him to police custody, declaring "It's your turn" to the world, unaware that he was really declaring this to Izuku Midoriya, his protégé.
Most of the world was heartbroken by All Might's retirement and processed it in different ways. Civilians, heroes and villains alike, with some of them trying to improve themselves in All Might's honor, and other's slipping back into old habits, going back to square one. But you know what they say:
Old habits die hard!
Chapter 1: Breaking Out of Prison!
In a prison, far away from civilization, called Tartarus, housed the worst of the worst. It imprisoned those who the justice system has decided that the death penalty wasn't enough. It has some of the most intense security measures imaginable to ensure that none of the prisoners would escape or have the capability of using their superpowers or "Quirks" as they call them in this society, while they're incarcerated there. One particular prisoner, strapped to a wall and wrapped up in an assortment of bandages for his injuries, and absolutely pissed off to a whole new degree, was doing both of those things while he was rummaging through his thoughts.
"Fame..." A tall, injured, bandaged up, nose less, male prisoner with black, unkept hair thought in his head in disgust as he continued to think to himself in the dark room he was imprisoned in.
"Rewards..." He furiously thought in his head as he began to clench his bandaged hands into fists.
"MONEY!" He thought to himself in anger as he began to grit his teeth.
"These are all things a "true" hero would NOT fight for!" He thought to himself in complete and utter hatred as he opened up his eyes, revealing his bloodstained red eyes filled with a deranged sense of dreaded determination and conviction.
"A true hero would fight to protect others and sacrifice themselves to do so instead of protecting their own ego and not desire a reward because of it!" He thought in a pissed off way as he began to breath heavily. "This society... This... warped, failed society is overrun by "false" heroes unworthy of the title and petty criminals who lack conviction and only desire the pettiest of dreams! Once I get out of this hellhole, I'll purge every single "fake" hero and petty criminal I come across! I will bathe the streets of every city I come across with those fakers blood, starting with that man-child Shigaraki! Then I'll purge that arrogant bastard Endeavor!... I will create a stronger society, no matter what it takes!" The man thought maliciously to himself before having a sudden realization in his mind.
"Except for him, what was his name again? Midoriya, right? Yeah, that's right, that's his name. He has the potential of being a true hero now that All Might has retired and that hotheaded bastard Endeavor took his spot as the #1 "Hero", so he will be spared... I wonder there are others like him. There must be. There has to be! Him, Knuckleduster, and All Might must not be the only "true" heroes out there in the world... right?" He questioned as pondered for a few minutes as he thought back to all of his fights he's had with all of those "false" heroes, petty, pathetic criminals, and the murders and crippling of all those "false" heroes and petty, pathetic criminals.
"They're must be other "true" heroes out there, not just in Japan in general but all over the world. I'm going to have to do some serious research when I get out of here... The extremist thought to himself as he then thought back to how he met and fought Midoriya when he attacked and attempted to "sacrifice" the "fakes" Tenya and Native before having a sudden realization.
"...If I get out of here..." He sadly thought to himself as he remembered the last fight he fought before was arrested.
Now who was this insane, determined as hell, criminally extreme, cast up prisoner:
This prisoner's name is Chizome Akaguro, who was known as the vigilante Stendhal, but he also now known as the Hero Killer: Stain.
"This is going to be hard to do alone. As much as I despise myself for saying or even thinking this... I. Need. Allies. But where can I find some. Definitely not going to those League of Villain bastards that's for sure..." He pondered as he suddenly began to hear the faint sounds of what it appears to be fighting coming from down the hall and a few voices coming from outside his cell door.
"I can't believe I'm finally going to meet my idol, I'm so excited! Maybe I can ask him if I'm doing his job for him the right way." A gruff, yet not so intimidating, reptilian sounding voice whispered in excitement.
"I know right, I'm surprised he's been incarcerated here since he got arrested, maybe I can get some better advice from him on my fighting style. I don't know if I can keep relying on using my quirk for every battle I'm in." Another voice, this time gruff but also a bit intimidating, whispered to "his" compatriots, to which they nodded.
"Let's hope he doesn't disappoint us. We're risking a lot getting him out. I don't know how long my clone can distract those guards back there." A jokey, yet a little serious sounding voice whispered.
"Okay, knock it off all of you, I'm excited for finally getting the chance to meet him as well. I mean he's right about one thing though: This society needs to change. It has changed since All Might retired after he defeated All For One, but it should change more. But you guys need to stay focused or we're going to fail this mission. You don't want that, right?!" A cool voice asked in a quiet yet stern tone, the two immediately shook their heads.
"Of course not Dabi/No way Dabi/Not gonna happen Dabi." The three respectively said. As the one who was now known as Dabi unlocked Chizome's cell and the four of them entered the room. Stain finally got a good look at the group.
One of them was an adult man who had a black and gray bodysuit that covers his body completely, along with gray boots. The upper half of his signature mask is gray with white eye sockets while the lower half covering his mouth is black. He also sports red and green wristbands that he stores his measuring tapes in. The majority of this guy's suit is black other than the section over his lower legs and the gray designs that appear to form a "T" and "W" over his chest. The "T" is formed by a horizontal line crossing his upper torso and a vertical line ascending from the abdomen. Another line snakes down to his lower torso and splits down to his thighs, which then ascends to his hips forming a "W".
The next person looked like one of the prison's standard guards before that form melted away, revealing her true form. This form was a petite, fair-skinned girl who's hair is a pale, dirty ash blonde and is styled into two messy buns. Her outfit consists of a plain seifuku with a Kansai collar, both the skirt and the shirt dark blue with a double white trim, which is paired with a red scarf that she ties loosely below. Over this she wears an oversized beige cardigan with a rather long hem and cuffs, and pockets on either side, the right one shown to hold a number of trinkets on either a keychain or a cellphone strap. She sports knee-length black socks and dark brown dress shoes with thick heels, the same as the outdoor uniform shoes students traditionally wear in Japanese schools She also has a piped black mask, a few boxes of knives strapped around her thighs, and a blue utility belt around her waist with more little green boxes attached to it on either side. The most noticeable feature is the loose black mask she wears around her neck, which is decorated with pieces of pale metal in the shape of a carnivorous grin. Three large silver canisters are attached to the sides of her mask, needles poking out of their tips and wires their bases, which connect them to the two larger cylinders strapped to the back of her belt, this whole mechanism used to suck people's blood for her to use with her Quirk.
The next one was a fairly tall, pale young man of a slim, somewhat lanky build, described to be in his early twenties. He has longish black hair that spikes up around his head, hanging low over his eyes, which are thin, turquoise in color, and heavily lidded. His most striking features, however, are undoubtedly the patches of gnarled, wrinkled purple skin that cover much of his lower face and neck, all the way down past his collarbone, below his eyes and on his arms and legs. These appear to be attached to the rest of his skin by multiple crude surgical staples or hoop piercings, making it impossible to tell if these scars were accidental or self-inflicted. He has several silver cartilage piercings in both ears, and a triple nostril piercing on the right side of his nose. In his first appearance, he wears a dark blue jacket with a high, ripped collar, and matching pants, cut off above his ankles, a pair of dark dress shoes on his feet. He also has a plain pale gray, scoop-neck shirt, below which a gray belt with a circular pattern wraps around his waist, a leather satchel attached at the back.
The final one was a reptilian man who has with bright green scales for skin and a face shaped like that of a lizard. His hair is relatively long and is swept backwards, and is a desaturated pink-purple, standing out from the rest of his colors. What Stain immediately noticed about him was that his clothes were a bit similar to his before his arrest: a sleeveless shirt and dark, baggy pants, along with black shoes and pale, metallic knee guards. He wears a mask made of a long, tattered strip of cloth, the same as the one worn by Stain, a red scarf and bandages wrapped around both his arms, partially covered by black wristbands, and plain black boots. He also had a katana on his back.
A moment of silence passed as the two parties looked at each other with the experienced killer looking at the four with a bit of interest in his eyes and his four liberators looking back at him with a look of awe on their faces. After that moment passed, one of them finally spoke.
"Excuse me. A-Are you the Hero Killer S-Stain?" The reptilian one asked nervously.
"Yeah, who are you guys? Are you associated with the League of Villains in anyway? Cause if you are, and if you're trying to recruit me into joining again, I suggest you screw off. Cause I'm not interested in joining you destructive monsters!" The prisoner said in distain.
"Oh on the contrary Stain, we were formerly working with Shigaraki. To cut straight to the chase hero killer, we want to work with you in order to make your dreams come true." Dabi said.
"Really? You want to work alongside me to help purge the "false" heroes from this world and create a stronger society because of it?" Stain asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Of course, you're ideology is why some of us joined that destructive psycho in the first place. I believe that if we work with you Stain, we can change this cruel world for the better." The girl said as she put on her mask.
"She's right. So what do you say? You want our help to make your vision a reality or not?" The clone maker dressed in black asked, now in a take it or leave it kind of tone.
The experienced killer thought about this for a few minutes. While he can tell right off the bat that their motivations for formerly joining that aimless destruction loving, decay Quirk using bastard Shigiraki and his portal making accomplice and wanting to make his "perfect" world were reasonable, it still didn't excuse them. Before he gave his answer, he decided to ask a few questions to his admirers of him and his cause.
"Depends, how do I know that you won't backstab me or try to kill me if I do let you four join forces with me?" He asked as he let out a deep breath of exhaustion.
"Well I knew for certain that I would never betray you Stain. You're my idol!" The reptilian one said as the dressed in black clone maker nodded in agreement.
"I won't betray you Stain. Your ideology needs to be heard through your actions." Dabi said.
When the girl finally gave her answer, it shook Stain a little.
"Personally, I don't care about your ideology Stain, but I do care about your skills in the art of killing. Just know that when this is over, I'm going to kill you then become you... HahahaHaha haha..."
The girl started to laugh maniacally for a few moments as Stain thought this over. After a few moments passed he gave a sadistic, killer (no pun intended) smirk.
"Kill me huh? You think that you can kill me? Ha! Well if you think you can, you need to get in line sister, because I'm only letting one person kill me, and that's Midoriya, a true hero and the new symbol of peace. You can't kill me girly, but I do welcome the challenge when this is over..." He said smugly to her, causing her to giggle in a creepy manner. He then asked another question.
"You guys said that you formerly worked with the League of Villains correct, what made you stop working with them?"
This question made the reptilian man and the clone maker look at the ground in guilt, shame, and anger.
"Well... let's just say that Shigaraki made us do things we're not proud of." The reptilian said clenching his fist tightly as he remembered that he reluctantly had to attack some police officers who were escorting a powerful villain named Overhaul to a hospital, even though Shigaraki said that it was a "necessary" sacrifice.
"Yeah, he used us like dogs, and when one of us was killed off, he didn't care." The clone user said, remembering how his fellow villain and comrade, Big Sis Magne, was killed by Overhaul when she refused to join and attacked the powerful crime lord alongside Shigaraki and the magician Mr. Compress, and the two-faced evildoer felt guilty for bringing that pawn using, non caring, anti social asshole to the League's hideout in the first place ever since, and he, along with his crush and fellow villain whose name is Himko Toga, the girl who wants to kill Stain (and literally become him), swore revenge on the powerful Yakuza crime boss because of it.
Stain felt a little bad for the two on the inside. He knew Shigiraki was All for One's protege and he wanted to kill All Might, Midoriya, and their worshippers, but cast his own allies' feelings like they didn't matter, that's just a new level of a lowlife scumbag... "Definitely killing that son a bitch when I get out of there", he thought to himself. After 3 whole minutes of thinking, he answered before asking another question.
"Well that's the price you pay for working with someone like Shigaraki... One more question though, how committed are you four to my cause?"
"Very committed!" They all said in unison. Pleased, the hero killer gave his answer.
"Okay, I'll let you four join forces with me but I will set some ground rules. For starters, no innocent and unnecessary bloodshed. That means no civilian casualties or basically anyone that isn't a target." The four thought about this for a moment before nodding. "Next, if we're going to be working together, we're going to need to watch each other's backs." The four nodded instantly. "Third, we strike from the shadows, So, don't attack anyone out in the open or in a public area." The four nodded. "Lastly, when we have a fake hero or petty criminal down. I decide what their fate will be. That includes death, crippling or sparing. Got that?!" He said as the four nodded, not wanting to angered the experienced murderer by disagreeing with him. "Good, now release me from this wall so we can break out of here."
The four nodded as Dabi, their leader, lit his hand in a blue flame and set the straps that were bounding the bandaged hero killer to the wall. Once they were gone, Chizome landed on his feet, though a bit hunched over, immediately ripping the bandages from his face with his right hand as he did so.
After getting up, and finally standing up straight on his own two feet, he turns his head to face his "allies" with a wicked and sadistic smile on his face.
"Now then, shall we break out of here?" Stain asked to which they all collectively nodded.
"Twice, call your clone back." Dabi ordered the clone maker to which he did as he was ordered to do as the clone, (who looked like Dabi and had his blue powerful flame quirk), was instantly teleported to where his creator and the four other convicts, turned into another version of his creator, and merged back with him.
"Alright everyone. Let's get out of here." The reptilian one says, to which everyone nodded.
A few minutes later...
After re-arming Stain with a new katana and some knives and... "taking care of some business", the squad of evildoers ran through the non lethally taking down every armed guard and Quirk disabling spy drone and turret that they came across (although reluctantly in their case though) as the alarms blared with red lighting and that insufferable noise making all around them as it was happening. They finally made it to the hallway where the exit was, however it was blocked by a platoon of Tartarus' remaining security forces, who some of them were armed with batons, others were armed with tasers and riot shields, and and a few of them were just armed with rifles and pistols with bullets that disable a person's Quirk for a couple of moments if the target is hit with the round.
"Stop them! Don't let them escape the facility!" A quirk less guard yelled to his fellow, but also quirk less yet armed officers as he began to shoot his Quirk disabling pistol at the rapidly approaching convicts, who were using their Quirks and their athletic capabilities to avoid their power disabling rounds.
"You non quirk users can't stop us!" Stain exclaimed arrogantly as he kicked a rifle out of a guard's hands, the firearm that, once it was on the floor, was then stomped on and smashed into pieces to ensure that the law enforcement officer could no longer use it. He then stabs the guard's shoulder with his spiky boot and used his other spiked boot to pin him to the ground by his head. "But I do admire your bravery officer, along with the rest of your fellow officers. You know, if you have a Quirk, you could've made a good hero... No, a true hero." He stated to his pinned to ground adversary.
With Twice, he was immediately tackled to the ground by two guards. "Ow, stop, okay, okay, I surrender! You got me!" He said in a scared tone to the guards currently holding him down. Little did the two guards realize, that this was all a ruse to distract the two so that they wouldn't notice the two clones of himself coming up from behind them. "Hands behind your back scum!" One of the guards said. "It's off to the interrogation room for you-Ah!" The other guard said, only for he and the other guard to get hit in the back of the head and knocked out cold by the two clones Twice made. "Hehehe, they should've paid more attention to their surroundings." He said in amusement.
"Can't touch me. Can't hit me. Can't kill me." Toga sang as she was jumping from one guard's head to another, using her agility and the guard's confusion and scared out of their wits mindsets to make them knock each other out with their batons and electrocuting them with their tasers trying to hit her, laughing sadistically in glee the whole time.
Dabi was just simply blowing his adversaries away and knocking them out with blue flame abilities, though not at full power as he didn't want to intentionally kill somebody, like a certain Pro Hero he dispatched of during Overhaul's intercepted and failed transport to a hospital due to the League's attack on the police escort. "Just so you officers know, it's nothing personal. It's just business." The cremation Quirk user said as blow back a group of five guards with a small fireball.
Last but not least, the reptilian one, who's name is Shuichi Iguchi, who is also called "Spinner", pinned two security guards to a nearby wall by their shoulders with a couple of knives. He made sure that they were really stuck to it before telling them something. "I don't want to do this. I really don't, but I have a job to do."
After knocking out the last of remaining security forces. The four delusional "heroes" finally walked towards the exit and opened the doors.
"Alright everyone, you ready to show the world the "Revival of Heroics". Cause once we walk out these doors and do what we need to do, there's no going back for us. So if any of you wished to walk away after leaving here, please let me know now." Stain said to the four which only Spinner, Toga, and Twice just shook their heads, effectively telling the inspirational idol no and Dabi also shook his head, also telling Stain no but decided to say something.
"Your concern for us is admirable Stain, but if we wanted to walk away, we would've never come here of our on volition. If we've wanted to walk away, we would've never broke away from the hand faced covering bastard in the first place to begin with. To top it all off, if we've wanted to walk away, we would've never joined the League in the first place in your honor and to continue your legacy." He said not only shocking the hero killer, but also confirming Dabi and the other three villains' motivations but he let out a little smirk.
"Very well. Then let's go." Stain said as he pushed the doors open and the five villains started to walk out of the prison, which had a long bridge leading to a city that's on an island 40 miles.
However, before they could one step on the bridge, they suddenly hear something from all around them.
. . .
"Oh, look at you five. Such potential...
. . .
Wasted on this world!"
This out of nowhere statement from a soothing and echoing yet devilish voice made the five villains stop in their tracks and they began to look around for the source of where the voice was coming from.
"Wait, did you guys hear that?" Spinner asked.
"Yeah, I did." Dabi said.
"So did I." Twice said.
Someone's been watching us!" Toga said.
"Who's there?! Show yourself coward!" Stain demanded.
Stain's demand was met as the group was suddenly enveloped in a red cyclone of some sort of demonic energy. The five immediately got into fighting stances or got their weapons out.
"What's going on?!" Spinner asked.
"Is this Kurogiri's doing?" Toga asked.
"No, His portals and warping Quirk are black and purple." Dabi said as Twice nodded.
"Well whatever's happening guys. Be ready!" Stain said as the five of them were lifted off their feet and felt themselves being transported away from the bridge and to somewhere else entirely.
The red cyclone suddenly arrived at some sort of floating mountain... in some sort of weird movie playing, alternate dimension, going into the top of the mountain.
Stain and the others, still gripping their weapons and still in their fighting stances, looked around to become aware of their new surroundings before finally locking eyes with the group in front of them who were also in the room, presumably they were the ones who summoned them to this strange place. One of the people in the room looked like a tall demon with lobster claws for hands and he looked incredibly flamboyant... and he had a wicked smile on his face.
He wasn't alone either as the next person was a little girl looked like she was some sort of warrior princess with curly hair, metallic armor and a crown with a jewel at the center of it on her head.
The next person was a big, fuzzy, pink hillbilly with a round, big, green nose and what looked like to be antennas on his head who was blue overalls and was armed with a shotgun.
The next group of people was a group of five boys who have green skin, all with their own shapes and sizes and were presumably in their teens.
There was another group, this time however, it was three little boys, each wearing the same type of clothing but with different colors, and they had a mean, questionable look on their faces.
The next person was a woman who had white skin, had lipstick for her lips, a red leotard with fishnet stockings, long mittens, and thigh high boots. Her most noticeable feature was her wildly unkempt hair.
The last person was a sort of green monkey with a big brain which was covered by a white and purple helmet, who was armored in blue and white clothing with white boots and a belt.
The two groups looked at each other for a few seconds, not saying a single word. After a moment has passed, Stain asked this devil looking character.
"Who are you guys?" To which Dabi and the rest of their group gripped their weapons tightly in their hands as they were still in their fighting stances just in case this confrontation got physical. To which the devil responds with.
"Why hello fellow villains. My name is HIM. I just want to ask the five of you for a few minutes of your time." The devil stated calmly before replying in a devilish tone. "We have much to discuss!"
To be continued...
What plans does this devil-man and his associates have for Chizome, Toga, Dabi, Spinner, and Twice?!
Why were they transported to this strange, new location?!
How will this meeting between the two groups of evil villains end?!
Find out on the next installment of: The Purging Fake Hero Squad!
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