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As Izuku waited for his sensei to arrive he took the time to squeeze in some basic workouts. He took every wake minute to better himself, whether through body or mind, if he wasn't donning the suit he was pushing himself to his limit.

"You're going to burn yourself out if you don't take time to rest every once in while."

The young hero looked up from his pushups to find his mummy wrapped sensei standing over him.

"I'm just trying to get myself to be at my peak, there's nothing wrong with that is there?"

"According to the grease head, you spend almost every waking hour diving into your hero work, testing your new gadgets, or learning new martial arts and tactics. The most you spend resting is when you check on your mother or the 2 hours of sleep you get."

Izuku scratched the back of head, a little bit embarrassed to know that Mei had kept track of his daily routine.

"I understand that just because you're quirkless you have to work twice as hard, but it's alright to take it easy every once in a while. Remember you're still young, I'm sure being a hero isn't the only thing on your mind?"

'Other things?' The green hero tried to think what else could occupy his mind, but he really only thought of his investigation. While Izuku was deep in thought, the memory of the peck came creeping up in his mind making him instinctively cover his face.

"S-sorry can't really think of anything that interests me at this time!"

Izuku muffled shout just made Aizawa shake his head in disbelief, he could tell his protege was lying, but he didn't bother pressing the issue any further.

"Alright then, let's begin with our basics."

Their training lasted until dusk and left Izuku panting and exhausted from his workout. He cooled off by splashing ice cold water on the back of his head.

"I'm very impressed on how much you've grown in such a short time."

"Thank you Aizawa-Sensei, I really am giving it my all."

Although Aizawa didn't show, he was smiling internally, satisfied at the amount of progress Izuku had made. His apprentice was a far cry from the day they first met.

"So I finally got somewhere in my investigation," Izuku told his sensei, puffing out his chest with a sense of pride.

"You mean the investigation I told you to leave to the police?"

"I understand that, but I think I really made some progress! I managed to find out that a man by the name of Giran was in charge of gathering so many of the villains responsible for the attack. What's more I found out that he conducts business out of a bar called Nishiguchi." Even though Aizawa was amazed by Izuku's detective work, he knew he had to shut his protege down before he did something reckless and got himself killed. Aizawa knew firsthand how dangerous Giran was and that wasn't something he wanted Izuku to get dragged even more into.

"That's great Midoriya, I'll let the police know through an anonymous source. In the meantime, I want you to promise me you won't try anything stupid."

It was heartbreaking for the young hero to know his sensei denied him the right to bring in his suspect after all the hard work he put in, after all, what was the point of him training so hard if he was just going to sit in the sidelines?

"Fine…" he reluctantly agreed, but Aizawa had trouble believing on whether or not he would keep his word.

"Let's call it a night, try to get some sleep, and no hero work tonight," Aizawa sternly told his apprentice, to which Izuku just silently nodded in agreement. After bowing and saying his farewells Izuku made his way home, wallowing in resentment.

Once home Izuku was welcomed with a small blast of confetti, startling him into a defensive stance.

"Welcome home Izuku!"

After realizing it was only Mei, Izuku relaxed back into a normal standing position, but kept his hand over his heart, which was slowing into a normal rhythm again after that scare.

"Haha, sorry for startling you, but I wanted to surprise you! After all it's time for a celebration!"

"W-what are we celebrating?" Izuku questioned his friend, a little clueless as to the occasion.

"Wow, what kind of partner are you?! Forgetting our two month anniversary!" Mei feigned hurt and dramatically threw her hand over her chest in a faux display of shock. "We would have had a one month celebration, but the whole you being in a coma thing kinda put a damper on that plan. But I figure better late than never right?"

A small smile ran across Izuku's face, he was happy to know that Mei cherished their friendship enough to remember such an important day, meanwhile he felt like a fool for forgetting.

"Sorry Hatsume, I got so caught up in my work that I completely spaced. I should make us something good for dinner tonight then!" The young inventor placed her hand in front her partner, still filled with that unlimited energy.

"You better, and to commemorate this joyous occasion I made you these."

She handed him a box that contained what she calls their "company logo", a green crosshair with an HM in the middle. Izuku opened the box carefully to reveal it's contents, three gadgets.

"These look cool Mei, are these the ones I asked you to make?"

"That's correct! Your gas powered grappling hook, foam grenades, annnnd my personal favorite, gel bombs! Now you can go and seriously kick some but with these."

Izuku smiled, happy with his partners hard work. They kicked off their celebration with Izuku making dinner and Mei attempting to help, but really she was just making a mess. He laughed it off, joking that while she can make high quality gadgets and weapons, making something as simple as onigri or miso soup was way out of her league.

As the evening went on Mei began to suspect that something was on her partners mind by the way he acted. He was usually good at hiding whatever was bothering him, but he kept getting more and more distracted as the night went on.

"So, what's bothering the Raiju?" She finally asked, trying to keep her voice lighthearted and teasing, but still hoping for an honest answer.

"Huh? N-nothing's bothering me, what do you mean?"

"Izuku, you've been staring at that fish for the past ten minutes, clearly something's up."

"Oh, yea… Well, I told Aizawa about the information I gathered about Giran and while he was impressed with what I've learned, he wants me to step aside and let the police take him in instead."

Mei slammed her drink down, infuriated by Aizawa's decision and startling the poor boy out of his depressive state.

"Well that's a load of crap! I mean, you worked your butt off grilling low lives for weeks straight, and now he's telling you to just back off and let the police and some other hero take credit for your hard work!"

"Maybe he's got a point? He think's Giran is too dangerous for someone like me to handle on my own."

"PFFT, I've seen you take down guy's twice your size with quirks more dangerous than most heroes, and that's when you were recovering. If anyone can do it, even with their hands behind their back, it's the Raiju hero, Deku!" Izuku nodded and stood up, now filled with a fiery determination to take on this mastermind himself.

"Your right, then tomorrow I'll find him and make him tell me what he knows!"

Mei also got up with the same fortitude.

"HELL YA, LET'S GO TEAM DEKU!" She yelled as they both fist bumped.

The next night Izuku made his way to the train station to begin his search for Giran. He spent the entirety of his ride reviewing all the information he had collected up until now, and then departed at his stop. It didn't take him long to be amazed at the city around him, after all he had never traveled to a different city by himself before, let alone one as big as Yokohama City.

"Wow, Hatsume this place is huge! I don't even know where to begin to be honest." Izuku admitted, feeling just a tad bit overwhelmed.

"Don't worry my grass haired companion, I'll help you out."

Mei began searching for information online that could lead them to Giran's place of business as Izuku ventured into the city. He hadn't changed into his hero suit yet, so he approached people nearby, asking where he could find The Nishiguchi. He made up a story of how he was searching for his father who hadn't been home in a while, and while people were sympathetic to his cause, they were unable to help in his quest. It seems that no one in this city had even heard of such a place.

Mei was also unable to find anything of note, no website, no review, not even in someone's mention in a social media post, and this just baffled the duo. Izuku had gotten this information from a villian, was it possible he was lied to? He started to think of the possibility that maybe he had screwed up, or worse, possibly alerted Giran that he was on his trail, after all he wasn't really subtle with his form of questioning.

As he continued to venture deeper into the city, he overheard what sounded like a struggle going on in an alleyway. 'At least I have something to take out my aggression on.' Izuku went to the nearest secluded area to change into his suit, then made his way over to investigate.

In the alleyway five individuals surrounded one lone man who was wearing a black T-shirt with body armor on top, a large brown trench coat, blue jeans, and on his hands a huge set of brass knuckles, and to conceal his identity he wore a black mask that wrapped around the top part of his face. The group of assailants were feeling very confident in their ability to dispose of their lone enemy.

"Alright, we've finally caught up to the infamous Knuckleduster. You're kind of a hard man to track down."

The lone man, now identified as Knuckleduster, kept his composure and didn't even react like he was in any kind of danger. He crossed his arms and took a deep breath, seemingly out of annoyance.

"Are you all so weak that you need five of yourselves to try and take me on, that's pretty pathetic." He grunted in a very gravelly voice.

"SHUT UP!" One of the thugs launched themselves at Knuckleduster, only to be stopped by a quick flash of lightning. Deku sprang in between the two men and delivered a kick to the thug's face, sending him flying into another baddie.

"Hey there! It looked like you need saving!" The young vigilante stood up and looked at the older hero, he seemed more annoyed at his presence rather than thankful. 'Man, how are these guys are never thankful?' he thought.

"I don't need saving from some young punk."

The remaining three started to rush them, thinking they could still take them on if they concentrated their efforts. Deku tackled one of the villains to the ground and started to wail on him, while the other two villains dog piled on Knuckleduster, grabbing both of his arms.

One of the villains attached to Knuckleduster took a deep breath, his eyes started to shoot out a beam of red light grazing the older man. Kuckleduster grabbed the other villain attached to him and smashed them together, knocking out the latter villain.

As Deku let out a barrage of blows against his opponent, they were able to block one of his attacks and struck the Raiju right in the face with a palm strike. They then smacked both hand on the side of his head and activated their quirk, a sonicwave emitted from his palms. Deku screamed in agony while Mei on the other end threw her head back in reaction to the sound and quickly lowered the volume in what she was receiving.

The green hero backed up to escape the pain just as the villain got up to try and send another wave of sound at the vigilante. Deku rushed the villain, grabbing his arm with one hand while also dodging an attack from the villain's free hand. Deku used his elbow to place pressure on his foe's neck, trying to make his enemy pass out. Struggling to try and free himself, the thug placed his free hand once more on Deku's face and emitted a strong burst of sound directly to the side of Izuku's head. The hero tried to desperately hold on, counting the seconds in his head to blacking out his foe.

As the sound raged on, Deku's ears started to bleed, wanting the noise to stop he headbutted his foe with all his might and managed to knock him out cold. He let go of the defeated enemy to try and take a small breather, staggering from the loud noise with every movement. The young hero looked up to see that Knuckleduster has disposed of his other foe. The tall brooding man looked down at the Raiju, curious as to who he was.

"So… who the hell are you?"

"WHAT!? SORRY, THERE'S JUST A LOUD RINGING NOISE IN MY HEAD. JUST GIVE ME A SEC." The hulking man placed his hand over the young boys mouth, gesturing for him to shut up.

"Be quiet you idiot, you might alert any other surprises they might have nearby," he released Deku from his grip and began to walk away.

"Hey, wait!" Deku called out softly and ran right in front of this new hero, trying to get his attention only for the menacing veteran to simply brush him aside. 'Strong guy,' he thought. "Wait, where are you going? Don't you have to wait for the police to come?"

"Why would I do that?"

"I thought all pro's had to stand by till law enforcement came?" Knuckleduster looked at Deku, peeved at the wolf like hero's constant questions.

"Do I look like a pro hero to you?"

Deku started to think over his vast knowledge of pros that he knew, it occurred to him that he never did remember seeing one that looked so intimidating before.

"Ar-are you a vigilante?" Deku didn't seem to be picking up on the hints to back off and kept on questioning his new acquaintance.

"What the hell do you think?" He spat out very aggravated.

"Cool, so am I!"

Knuckelduster flinched at his cheerful optimism, his happy upbeat tone didn't match his dark looking helmet. Once again he tried to walk away from the younger outlaw hero before he could ask another question. Too late.

"Hey, do you mind if I ask you something?"

"Look kid, I'm kind of busy right now alright, I don't have time to play hero with some little kid."

Deku took offense to that, he placed his hand on the vigilante's shoulder in an attempt to forcefully grab his attention. Having finally had enough, Knuckleduster snapped and turned around and attempted to punch the young hero. Deku had to use both hands, but he managed to stop the man's fist.

"Heh, bad mistake." Knuckleduster told Izuku before his gloves shot electricity from the knuckles, tasering the younger hero. Deku screamed through the pain but still held on. Once he figured the younger vigilante had enough, he ceased his attack looking at his younger counterpart who was smoking slightly from the shock.

"Haha that's cool, but mine are better." Deku looked up to the veteran with his bright green eyes shining through his visor. He grabbed Knuckelduster's fist with an open palm and returned with his own lighting, shorting out the older hero's weapon.

Knuckleduster looked at his glove in disbelief, wondering just who exactly was this kid that just flashed out of the blue.

"What's your name, kid?" he asked

"It's Deku, sir."

"What's a kid like you doing trying to play hero this young? Don't they have schools for brats like you?"

Deku tried to think of a quick excuse to cover his tracks.

"Uh, I just didn't make the cut is all. I just really wanted to be a hero sir, and I wasn't going to let something as trivial as not getting accepted into a certain school get me down." Deku looked down at his hands, clenching them shut. "All I want to do is help people and I'll find a way to do that, one way or another."

"Crap, not another one," Kuckelduster muttered to himself. "Look kid, I'm only going to tell you this once. Quit while you're still green, you have no idea what you're getting yourself into. Being a hero isn't what it's marketed as, all it brings is pain and suffering. People with attitudes like yours….. Don't have what it takes to be heroes."

Hearing those words again, the same words that All-Might had said to him, still stung, but this Deku was just going to smile through it.

"Sorry, I've already heard that speech before and I've made up my mind," he said, full of confidence. Knuckleduster looked at Deku, knowing the young hero had a smile plastered across his face. "I just have one question to ask you, sir."

"What's that?" Although the older man didn't seem overly pleased with another question from Deku, he seemed resigned to just answer them, probably hoping he'd run out of questions and leave him alone already.

"You seem like you know your way around, do you know where I could find The Nishiguchi?"

The trench coat hero seemed confused at the question, why would this kid want to go there of all places?

"Sure, it's right down the street, then you want to take a left, followed by a right. It's not really advertised but when you see a what looks like a butchers shop, it's right next door to it."

Deku was pleased that he was finally getting somewhere with his quest, he bowed at his elder before following Knuckleduster"s directions.

"Hey wait, why do you even wanna go there? Everybody knows that's a villain's bar."

Deku turned around still running in the same direction to answer, "I have to look for someone named Giran and ask him a few questions!" Deku shouted out before cutting the corner away from the older hero's view. Once out of the rouge hero's line of sight Deku asked Mei to do some quick snooping.

"Giran? Is he trying to get himself killed?" Knuckleduster asked himself quietly as he contemplated stopping Deku. He didn't really want to get involved with another young hero, not after what happened to the last one he tried to mentor. He looked at his broken piece of armor, wondering if he should just move on, but there was too much conflict within himself to just move on that easily. But Deku did remind him a lot of Koichi...

"Fine, I'll just make sure he doesn't get himself killed." Knuckleduster made to follow after Deku when he was surprise tackled by one of the thugs who clung on to the masked hero with all his might.

"Your little friend has a lot of nerve trying to get in between us, once I'm done with you though, he's next."

Knuckleduster gritted his teeth before responding, "Not on your life."

He was then able to grab the thug by the back and throw him on the ground. Struggling with his injuries the punk took out a cell phone, probably to try to call for backup. Knuckleduster stomped on his hand, smashing the phone to bits, and then kneeled down as the villain sat up screaming in pain over his now broken hand. The rogue hero took this opportunity to grab the writhing villain by the neck. As he struggled in vain to free himself, Knuckleduster reached out and swiftly snapped the low life's neck, killing him instantly.

Deku slowly approached the building that housed the bar, observing that the bar seemed to be located on the third floor, while the lower levels appeared to be housing units, although that could be nothing more than a front for the bar's security and to the left of it just like Knuckleduster said a butcher's shop, it seems to be one floor lower than the bar.

Deku observed the area and across the street from the bar he noticed a tall building that would give him the high ground to scope out the area better. He rushed over to the building and activated his suit's synthetic adhesive gloves as a quieter option of scaling the building rather than using his grappling hook.

"So I got that information that you asked for Deku!" Mei said, still trying to recover from the sound blast.

"What's up?"

Through a window Deku was able to see at least four people inside the bar from his new advantageous position, he was trying to determine which one could be Giran.

"So based on what I could find it seems like our new tall, dark, and moody friend was a big deal back then, he used to roll with a three man group of vigilantes taking down guys who used that drug, Trigger."

"Oh yea, what happened to his group?" Deku asked while still observing the partons inside, he was checking their mannerisms to see if he could find someone who fit Giran's profile, and he had found one. His target had on purple blazer with matching pants, gray hair, and it looked like he was missing his front tooth.

This guy was just screaming sleazeball, it made Deku feel irate that this guy was responsible for almost killing high schoolers, and here he was just having a drink and smoking without a care in the world.

"Well…. They're dead Deku… They died about a year and a half ago, they seem to be around our age actually. Since then it seems like he went underground for the most part, only popping up here and there," Mei said looking over random news articles she had found.

"That explains his cheerful attitude towards me, he probably doesn't want to see another young would be hero run right into his death." Deku never really thought about the danger that he actually puts himself through, death to him was just something that came with the territory of his "job". He always told himself that as long as he went down helping those around him, it would all be okay for him in the end.

"Deku, it seems like he's also the suspect in a lot of villain killings… so far… fifty six of them and that may not even be all of them." Her tone shifted to that of worry and Deku caught on quick something was bothering her.

"What's wrong, Mei?"

"Just promise me you won't turn out to be like this guy."

"Hey, who do you think you're talking to? Of course I won't, I promise!"

Deku reached for the top of his "ears", allowing him to listen in on conversations despite the distance between them, and kept him focus right on Giran. Just then a very meek looking man came into the room, he was dressed as an average businessman complete with a tie and suitcase, he looked like he could just so easily blend in with the crowd.

The man sat right across from Giran, Deku got the feeling that he was about to watch one of Giran's meetings take place.

"So, is everything set for later tonight?" The businessman spoke in a rather authoritative tone, Giran sported a huge grin that stretched from ear to ear.

"Hehe you better believe everything is set, all you guys have to do is just come down by the docks and pick up your juice." Giran took a puff of his cigarette before putting it out, he then eyed the man's suit case with glee. "Now, let's talk payment."

The suited man got up and began to open his briefcase, he revealed the contents to Giran and his smile grew even wider. Deku's stomach churned as he got a first hand look at Giran's immense greed.

"There's one million in cash right now another." Giran got up and in protest, slamming his hands on the table.

"What's the big idea the deal was for two million total." The men around Giran started to unholster, unsheathe their weapons as well beginning to activating their quirks, the suited man however was not at all threatened.

"I assure you that the other million will be delivered to you once we pick up our supplies, after all we don't want an outburst between us." Apparently this answer was good enough for Giran let out a crackling laugh unable to control his joy.

"Kekeke, I can't believe you guys are willing to pay this much over some chemicals, this is the biggest gig I've done. What the hell do you guys need this stuff for anyways?" Giran questioned, his eyes never moving from the briefcase.

The business man stood up and adjusted his tie, then cleared his throat to regain Giran's attention before speaking, "I'm sorry but the money also insures our privacy. Now, good day to you and may we do business some other time." With that he bowed his head and left a very content Giran.

Once the business man had left the establishment, Deku thought it was about time he made a move. He took out two explosive gels and winded up his pitching arm.

"Alright Mei, it's showtime!"

"Good luck, and come back in one piece, Izuku."

Deku hurled the gel capsules at the widow of the bar, making them spat onto the glass. One of the bar patrons was sitting near the window and became startled by the sudden noise, jumping a bit out of his chair. Everyone else turned their attention to the man now observing the window.

"What is that?" Questioned the patron, now giving a very peculiar look to the blue splat marks. " Is it bird droppings?" He seemed to be talking to no one in particular.

The gel on the window started to flash a bright red, confusing guests further. The realization hit Giran, who grabbed his cash and ducked for cover behind a booth.

BOOM!

The villain closest to window was blown clear out of the way, Deku used the opportunity and fired the grappling hook. It stuck to the top of the roof and with a squeeze to the trigger, the device pulled him along closer to the bar. Once close enough Deku was able to cut the line and swing inside his makeshift entrance.

Deku rolled on the ground, aiming for the middle of the room. One of the low lives ran for Deku, who was still on the ground. The young vigilante managed to grab the crooks left leg and with some force Deku rolled with his leg knocking the crook on the ground and Deku back on his feet.

The Raiju scanned the room, still holding on to the small time villain's leg. Once he had found his prey he let their eyes meet for a brief moment before his own began to light up with a piercing, green glow. Without breaking his gaze, he snapped the villains leg, rendering him unable to fight and walked slowly towards the criminal broker.

The bartender grabbed the largest bottle he could find on his shelf and charged at Deku, screaming at the top of his lungs. Unfortunately, his battle cry betrayed him and Deku grabbed him by the wrist and arm and flung him across the room.

Deku could hear multiple footsteps running up the stair in the other room, he took out a small cylinder object and threw it at the door. Upon impact a large foam erupted from the canister, block the door and barring anyone from entering.

Looking back at his target, he stormed him at full stride. Once he approached the man, he grabbed Giran out of the booth he was using as a shelter and pinned him to the ground.

"Hi there, I have some questions I'd like you to answer." Deku's voice was casual, and even a little chipper.

Giran started to reach for a weapon in his blazer pocket, quickly unholstering it. Deku reacted on instinct, grabbing the criminal brokers hand and twisting it at the wrist, resulting in a loud pop.

"I'm sorry, but please don't do anything ill advised. I don't want to hurt you before I get what I came for." Deku warned, allowed his voice to take on a more serious tone this time.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!?" Giran screamed through his pain while he cradled his broken hand..

"Calm down. Answer my questions and I won't have to break the other one. Now how can I find Tomura Shigaraki?"

"W-what the hell, why do you wanna find that freak? Don't you know what he's a part of?" Giran was perplexed, his request sounded beyond comprehension.

"Well now I'm curious as to what he is he a part of." Deku continued to interrogate.

"You idiot, why the hell do you wanna get involved in the League Of Villains, they'll tear you apart!"

Deku grinned, finally after all the late nights and sleepless mornings of digging for clues, he at last had results.

"That sounds really helpful, now where can I find him!" Deku continued with his interrogations.

gritted his teeth, refusing to divulge any info to the random hero who just blasted his way inside.

"Forget it, you don't know what they'll do to me if they find out I squealed."

The Raiju's patience was running thin, he reached into his back pocket and grabbed out one of the small explosive gels.

"You see this. This is what I used to blow the hole in the wall."

"W-w-what do you think your going to do with that?" The broker's eyes widened as he talked.

"What do you think a guy like you cares about?" Izuku tossed the gel atop Girans new prize.

"Wait, no!"

"Tell me what I need to know or you can pick up your money in bits and pieces."

After balling up his fist and constant cursing, Giran gave in. "Look, I don't know exactly where they meet, but I'll tell you what I do know. They're looking to expand their numbers by trying to bring in this guy who's freaking insane, though he isn't making it easy for them, so if you can find him, you'll find Shigaraki."

"Who?"

"The Hero Killer, Stain. Last I heard he was making moves in Hosu."

Suddenly the a huge gust of wind was blowing in the room, interrupting Deku's interrogation as a string of spotlights were shining down from the sky. Deku let go of Giran and looked out a window to see that police were surrounding the building, even bringing a helicopter with them.

They looked like the Special Assault Team, a tactical unit of the police who deal with terrorist and villain activity. They were geared up and looked ready to take heavy action, but before Deku could come up with a sound strategy, one of the walls exploded. It was too late now, they breached the wall and held both Deku and Giran at gunpoint.

"HANDS IN THE AIR, AND DO NOT MOVE!" One of them screamed as Deku did as he was told, raising his hands slowly in the air.

"Crap, what are you going to do Deku? It looks like they've got you completely surrounded." Mei relayed back, biting her thumb out of stress.

"KICK THE SUITCASE OVER TO US AND REMOVE YOUR MASK!" The officer in charge thundered out these orders and Deku slowly kicked the suitcase at one of the officers, but did not comply with the second command.

One of the SAT officers put away his his rifle to pick up the suitcase and slowly opened it to view its contents.

"It looks like money sir and…. Oh crap!" The SAT officer slowly backed away from the box.

"Sir, it appears there's a bomb located under the bills."

Giran started to throw a fit, cursing and swearing up a storm.

"Those damn bastards! No wonder they wanted to pay me so much, when I get out of here I'm going to kill that pencil neck fuc- GAHH GZZZT." Giran was subsequently tased.

The green haired hero had to think of an exit strategy, or else his life of heroism would end with him behind bars with the same criminals he put away.

All of a sudden the suitcase started to beep. The room instantly became silent as they waited for confirmation of what they just heard, no one daring to make any sound.

Beep

They remained frozen in place, it was just as they figured, the bomb was counting down to detonation.

BEEP

BEEP

"You two, grab the suspects and everyone else clear out!" The captain commanded and as the room started to clear two of the SAT officers started to approach Deku. Before they could approach Deku, large pair of hands smashed threw the brick wall, grabbing Deku and pulling him out of the building.

Deku looked up to identify his mysterious guardian angel and was surprised to find Knuckleduster holding on to him as he leapt onto the next building.

"Alright kid, we'll split up from here, try and not to get arrested, alright?"

Deku nodded as they both departed in opposite directions, Deku leaving through a side window. He looked back and saw police scrambling out of the building, some with criminals in handcuffs. They were all eyeing the bar, at a safe distance and just waiting for the building to explode.

"Freeze!"

Deku froze in place, not daring to move a muscle as someone had managed to get the jump on him.

"Now turn around slowly and put your hands in the air."

Deku did as he was told, the man sounded as if he was alone so disarming him at an opportune moments should be easy. As he was turning around, Deku observed the detective, he merely wore a simple trench coat over his police attire, surely not an undercover one then. Once they came face to face, Deku's eyes widened with shock as he recognized the detective.

"Now slowly remove your mask and any and all devices you have, and don't bother using you quirk either." Deku didn't do anything the detective ordered him to do, instead he just stood there, thinking desperately of a plan to escape.

"I said TAKE OFF YOUR HELMET!" The detective raised his voice threateningly at the vigilante.

BOOM!

The bomb had finally gone off in a fiery explosion, which sent the establishment tumbling down and Deku took this moment to rush the officer, quickly disarming him and throwing the weapon out of reach. The young hero then ran to the side of the building and jumped onto a neighboring rooftop.

"I would appreciate it if you didn't follow me," Deku called out to the detective, as he ran away from all the chaos of tonight's events.