*Midoriya's P.O.V*
"I WILL GO OUT THERE AND BEAT MR. AIZAWA'S ASS!"
"Snrk! Bahahahaha!" Itake laughed, as I couldn't help but smile.
"Yeah, man I should be a motivational speaker. My words are magic." I said as she continued laughing. "Oh wait, look at this one." I said as I played the video of Iida being stuck in the ground.
"Gahahaha!" She laughed as we reached the point where Iida was yelling at me to 'stop recording this instant', "H-How did you take these videos?" She asked.
"I smuggled my phone into all of my matches. Like heck I'm going to miss these moments, these are going into the highlight reel." I said.
"You keep saying that. But what highlight reel?" Ashido asked.
"Oh the Year 1 highlight reel. I have a lot of ammo for it, and it'll be one to remember." I said with a smirk.
"Ha! With only 5 photos and a few videos?" Kaminari asked.
"Hehe... never underestimate me Kaminari." I said as I waved a flash drive in their faces.
"W-What is that?" Kirishima asked.
"Oh nothing... just a flashdrive that contains the videos of your singing assignment with Present Mic." I said.
*Stab*
"It WAS a flashdrive that contained those videos." Jirou said with a smirk.
"That's okay, I made copies." I said as I held out another. "Like heck I'll bring my highlight reel videos to this place without a backup plan."
"B-But that's not fair! You didn't even participate." Satou said.
"I did... I was singing in the kitchen while making that Gumbo. I aced that assignment, and I bribed Mic with a whole pot of Gumbo for the flashdrive." I said, "So... I have a lot of material... but none of 1-B." I said, "Man, I should have recorded the magic trick from the Smoothie Run we did. Oh well."
I began scrolling through the pictures. Most laughed, some were embarrassed, and one was trying to destroy my phone... rude.
"Okay, this means war then..." Uraraka said as she showed Itake her phone.
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"Pbt! Hahahahaha!" She couldn't stop laughing. It was a video of me falling flat on my butt after Uraraka removed the gravity.
"Et tu, Itake?" I exclaimed faking betrayal.
"B-But it was funny. You looked so confused. Ahahaha!"
"... W-What is this?! Are you Godfathering me? Are you taking my cannolis after you kill me? Man... I can go for a cannoli." I muttered.
Itake laughed harder, "Y-You derailed your own speech!"
"What? Cannolis are amazing." I joked.
"You know how to make cannolis?" Yaoyorozu asked.
"I know how to make a lot of things. Cannolis are one of them, in fact aside from native dishes, Mom loves italian." I said, before looking out the window.
"Oh we're here."
We stood in the middle of the Kiyashi Shopping Ward, then everyone split off to get their own things. Yaoyorozu left with Kendou to see a new store that opened up, and everyone else did everything else. Leaving only Itake and I alone.
"So, what do you need?" I asked.
"O-Oh, some stuff. What about you?" She asked.
"Oh, I was planning to walk around and
"Yeah, wanna come with? We'll hit up stores along the way if you need stuff." I said as I held out a fat stack of yen.
"W-Where did you get all that money from?" Itake asked.
"Shady business." I said... then waited a few seconds to let it sink in for a bit, "No I'm kidding. But I was saving up for this moment."
Okay that was a lie. All Might gave me money to buy stuff, weird but I'm not going to decline free money.
"So, let's roll!"
*Komori's (Itake) P.O.V*
"Bug Spray?" Midoriya asked.
"Check." I respond.
"Sleepwear?"
"7 different sets."
"Sleeping bag?"
"Own one."
"The will to live? They have it at half off."
She snorted, "Where did you draw that comparison?"
"What? If you're shopping at UNIQLO, then you pretty much lost all will to live... or at least look decent." He said before looking around, "What about Manga? I assume it's gonna be a long bus ride."
"I don't read Manga."
"Video games?"
"Not that either."
"...What do you even do in your spare time?"
"Homework. Study. Read. Like a normal student?"
"... We're changing this. Once the training camp is over, we're changing that."
"H-Huh?"
"You heard me. You must bare witness to the wonders of video games. And if you don't like it, I'll eat my patented delivery man hat... but don't say you don't like it just to see me eat my hat. I'll know." He said.
"Hahaha. Darn, there goes my master plan." I said with a smile.
Midoriya looked back for a second.
"You're being sarcastic... Sniff, I'm so proud!" Midoriya said before pulling me into a hug.
I felt my face heat up a million degrees. S-Should I say it no-
"Itake... get out of here." He whispered.
"W-What?" I whispered back.
"You know that guy from the USJ? Shigaraki, the one with the hands? He's here." Midoriya whispered.
"W-What do we do?" I asked.
"Go call someone, the police, a teacher, anyone." He whispered before pulling back, "So can you get those for me?" He asked.
I took the message. "Right, be right back." I said as I walked away.
... Please be safe.
*Midoriya's P.O.V*
"... What brings you here?" I asked turning around to face him.
"... You're sharp." Shigaraki replied.
"Yeah... and I'm sure you're not here to kill me, at least not anymore now that I know you're here. So give me a reason as to why I shouldn't kick your ass and throw you in the depths of Tartarus?" I asked.
"... I need your opinion on something." He said.
I was half tempted to punch him. But people are so close to him, even if I rush at him with all I got he could kill someone, I could strip my weights but that would give him more time to kill at least one person. Plus I can't use my Quirk in public or else I'll go to jail for vigilatism, stupid law, but a law none the less. I'll have to stall him. Maybe get some sort of information out of him subtly.
"Fine, but you're paying for lunch."
"How can I heeeeelp you?" The waitress asked as she looked at Shigaraki's face.
"Oh don't mind him. Skin condition. Heat makes his skin wrinkle, hence the hoodie." I lied. If he makes a scene then hell would break loose.
"O-Oh, I apologize sir. What would you like to order?" She asked.
"I'll take a strawberry milkshake." I said, "And a bacon double cheeseburger."
"I'll have a cola." Shigaraki said, "And a turkey sandwich."
She wrote that down, before taking our menus and walking away. Afterwards she returned without beverages.
"So... what do you wanna talk about?" I asked.
"I wanted to talk to you about the things you said at the USJ." Shigaraki said.
"They were 100% honest by the way. Even if I was stalling for All Might to come." I stated.
"So in that case, why are you a hero?" Shigaraki asked.
"I'm in it for money. Like I said at the USJ, with Endeavor flashing his Quirk around us common folk have to pay for the destruction, there are few exceptions where the Heroes pay for the damages, but that happened once in Mom and I's lifetime. So if I become a hero, I make money and she can live in comfort for the rest of her days." I explained before drinking some of my milkshake, "So what about you? Child abandonment?"
He tensed up, "H-How did you?"
"Well it was that or psychological torment. I went with the most likely one." I responded.
"... I was alone, but Sensei saved me."
Sensei... so he's not the mastermind. Good to know.
"Sensei, gave me hope. Gave me purpose. It's my goal to destory society and create my own perfect society." He muttered.
Creepy, but I could work with this, "So what?"
"What what?" Shigaraki asked.
"You need a plan to do anything." I said... this could either go great, or terribly, I need to tread lightly. "Unless you plan to destory everything that opposes you, which would end with no one else alive."
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"I don't have a plan." Shigaraki said.
... I don't know if it's a good great or a bad great. It's good because he doesn't have a plan yet. Bad, because I don't have any info.
"I have a question." He said.
"Shoot." I replied.
"What's driving you? What's your conviction?" Shigaraki asked.
"My mom, my friends, a lot of things." I said... vague answers, perfect.
"... I see now." He said.
"Wait see what?" I asked.
"I get it now... why I haven't accomplished anything yet! Friends! I need allies, powerful allies!" He exclaimed while standing up. "If I want to make this society crumble to the ground, if I want to kill All Might to show the world that they won't function without their pecious symbol... I need allies! Oh I'm so glad we had this conversation." He said as a portal appeared right behind him, "But I must be going."
"WAI-" I yelled... but it was too late. He was gone.
I punched the table. He left... I didn't get any info out of it, aside from this Sensei figure. He got inspired out of my talk... and worst of all? He left me with the fucking check!
"Damn it." I muttered as I looked at the shaking waitress.
"*Sigh* I'll take that to go please."
"Midoriya!" Itake yelled as I walked up to her. "The police are here, where's Shigaraki?" She asked.
"Gone... the warp villain, Kurogiri, got him. I talked with him, but nothing much came out of it." I said... it was a white lie. I don't want to just drop the bombshell that Shigaraki isn't the mastermind behind the League.
The police and detectives at the scene questioned everyone. I was taken to the station with All Might... in his skinny form for further questioning. I told them everything about the talk Shigaraki and I had.
"He said what?" All Might asked.
"He has a 'Sensei'. Says he picked him up while he was abandoned. He's a lot of things... but as far as I know, a liar isn't one of them. So there's someone behind the League, and I don't like that." I said... I saw All Might tense up.
"What?" I asked.
"What, what?" All Might asked.
"Don't 'what what' me. I saw you tense up. You're hiding something from me." I said.
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"Alright... I'll explain. Tsukauchi, could you step out for a moment?" All Might asked.
Tsukauchi took the hint and stepped out. "Why can't he stick around?" I asked.
"He already knows about this, but doesn't like to hear things like this twice." All Might explained, "Anyway... as much as I would like to discuss this behind closed doors, I must explain this."
"Explain what?" I asked.
"The history of One for All."
*End of Chapter*