Disclaimer: This is just a fan-fiction of My Hero Academia, and does not intend to infringe and affect the series. I do not own the series, and do not wish to act like I do
Izuku woke up , exhausted and completely fazed. he could not remember how he ended in this alley, or how he even survived the fall. Unless he didn't. But surely, neither Heaven nor Hell would like someone's dingy room. Maybe it did. Who was he to know anyway?
As he speculated on where he was, he understood. he understood anyway that whether he lived or not biologically wouldn't matter now. He was dead inside. No longer Izuku Midoriya. he needed a new name, a new identity. He chose the name of Deku. 'How odd', he thought, yet agreed upon it. He may have discarded his past life but that didn't mean that he couldn't learn from it. He analysed his past, dissecting it to understand his mistakes, and see whether his views now matched that from before today, or yesterday, or before he jumped. He didn't expect much of a difference, but was shocked to find the change he already witnessed in him. He earlier thought that killing was unforgivable, but now he wanted to see if he still would believe that. Maybe he wouldn't kill, for that wasn't the path to justice. The criminals would have to pay, and dearly!
Suddenly, the door opened and a man entered, covered in light.
'God has come. To either punish or reward', thought Deku.
"Kid! What kind of idiot are you? Trying to commit suicide? Don't you have any family? Anybody to love?", said the God.
"No, not anymore",said Deku. Thinking about it, he should forget about his mother, for his and her sake.
"Well, you seem too young to die...", said the God.
"Who are you? Or what are you?" , asked Deku, to the Being.
"The name's Stain. Hero Killer Stain", said the man.
Looking at him clearly, Deku realised how foolish he was. He clearly was telling them that he lived, and yet thought of him as God. What an idiot!
"My name is Deku", said Deku, shedding fully his past. Its different when one chooses to shed it away from within, and when the world is made to realise it.
"So, Deku. you don't have any home to go to. nor do you seem to have any family. Tell me, what is your opinion on the world?"
Deku thought about it for a minute, understanding that Stain wanted see his creed, his motto, and anted to see whether their creed was compatible. He has to be careful with this!
"I believe in Justice! True Justice! Not the one fake heroes peddle. I am disgusted by the way society operates, with the guilty passing judgement on to the victims. I want to change that.", said Deku, with intensity, and emotion clearly coming out from him. rage emanated from him, and he realised what he said was true. People like him, quirk-less as well as those classed as monsters by society did not deserve the fate assigned to them. They deserved a fair shot at life.
"Well said, young man. But what can you do about it now?", said the Hero Killer.
"Nothing at all", replied the youth, understanding the futility of his words. He cannot change the world in his current state. he was weak, pitiable and worthless.
"What if I gave you a chance at changing all that? What if I helped you gain the strength you need to fulfill your goal? What if I took you in my wing, to train you, and give you the means to change the world?", said Stain, deadly serious.
"Then I will gladly accept it, and will work with all my capacity to make you proud.", said Deku, matching that intensity.
"Very well, then."
And so began the training for Deku.
On the other side of town, Inko Midoriya started contacting the police. Her son was missing for full day Izuku went out, she did not even know, as she was asleep due to the tiring day she had. And she didnt bear to see what would happen to her son. She didn't want to think the only wanted to find him, and understand why he left. He didn't even leave a note, which confounded her even more.
As she was trying to find her son, she called her good friend ,Mitsuki Bakugou frantically.
As Mitsuki lifted the call, she heard tears from the line, and she left immediately to the Midoriya house.
Entering it, she saw that Inko was on the ground, wailing. It was very unlike her, especially with young Izuku around. Then she noticed. And it struck her hard too.
Where was Izuku Midoriya?
After comforting her friend for an hour, both of them went to the police station and registered a formal complaint. All the while, Mitsuki thought about Izuku's room.
'Did someone kidnap him? It looked like all the All- Might posters were shredded. Izuku would never do something like that.', she reasoned.
After an hour,Inspector Neomasa took it upon himself to solve this case. After all, kids didn't regularly go missing. Especially from middle-class families. And the clincher was the fact that the boy was quirk-less. He immediately felt like he had to help the boy. It was extremely difficult for him to live in this kind of surrounding. Quirk-less people were extremely hated.
He immediately began the search, before a call from All-Might distracted him.
The first day was Hell for Deku. Stain made him go through strength, core and stamina training. he understood it though. Grateful even. Stain put his campaign on hold for a few months, to personally train and give guidance to the upstart. As he lifted weights, he began to think about time. 6 months had passed since he came under the pupelage of Stain. He realised, suddenly, that the U.A entrance exams were to take place. He then proceeded to get even more angry, and did his routine aggresively. This was the first time in many months since he even thought about the past.
He then thought of the conditions he put to Stain:
1. He would not be expected to kill. He may hate the criminal, but wouldn't kill them. It was the easier way out for them. Torture, and physical punishment though, was not out of hand. He would carry out his sentence based on their crime. Even then, killing wasn't out of the question.
2. He would be given free time to explore and sight-see. An understanding of the city would aid him further in his activities.
he would live with Stain. This was unconditional. He couldn't go back. That would show that he still lived as Izuku Midoriya. And he left that life. He was no more Izuku Midoriya. He was Deku. More importantly, he was Masayoshi.
As the date for the U.A test began to loom, All-Might got even more jittery day-by-day. he was already a very busy man, and this raised his workload tremendously. But he was prepared for this. He needed to find a successor now more than anything. The best hero school in Japan was where he would find a successor, thought the Symbol of Peace.
He was suddenly reminded of an event 8 months ago. Of a green-haired boy with freckles, who asked him whether even he could be a hero. And he denied him then. Looking back at it, he wondered whether he was correct. He hoped the boy was doing well, and went back to work
8 months after training began, Midoriya began to get impatient. He completely changed from 8 months ago. He was no more a scrawny, weak boy. He now was taller, more sinewy, faster, more muscular, and even more driven to his goal. He was single-minded in his goal, and was more capable of achieving it now.
He finished all his strengthening exercises, and went out to practice his movements. He literally was flying through all the buildings, when he went to the designated location for sparring with Stain. He was now driving Stain to the edge, as he forced Stain to take him seriously in fights. But he always ended up losing.
As he reached the rooftop, he noticed Stain waiting for him.
"Early, aren't you, boy? Are you sure you did everything correctly?"
Deku nodded to this.
"Then arm yourself. There is something very important I need to teach you."
After Deku readied himself, Stain began to speak.
"There are many ways in which one uses their body, with or without quirks. There are many ways in which even a quirk-less may enhance themselves beyond the limits brought by the human body. They are the 'States'. These are of many types. One can bring one to enhance their reflexex. One may enance their strength, or anything they please. I will teach you a state that is common, and is also the most useful one of as 'Foresight', it will allow you to predict others' movements and will give you the means to counter them. In essence, your senses are heightened, beyond your limits,and allow you to see and react at a rate faster than normal. "
This surprised and piqued Deku's interest, who clearly wanted to learn this.
" To understand, one should improve their reflexes drastically, and be able to move instinctively. I have devised a way for you to train. This state uses all five of you senses, which means that you'll have to train them individually."
Stain took out a blind-fold, and gave it to Deku, who took it , though he was surprised.
"You shall now fight me while using your hearing only. Your eyes are adequate anyways, so we only need to work on your hearing and touch now."
"listen. this is the first and necessary state. The others are one that cannot be acquired through practice. They need to be triggered by the situation you are in, So master this as soon as it is possible for you to do so."
After placing it on his eyes, Deku took a fighting stance, signalling his intent. That he was ready.
Stain then proceeded to batter Deku from all sides, with Deku unable to even gauge which direction Stain was attacking from. Such was the pace, that he could not even react. In a minute, the match was over, Deku able to block only one strike, and he was bruised all over.
"Listen, Deku. This is not only to bring out your state, but also to enhance your other senses. This fight was just to show how much you rely on your sight. The outcome was foregone, there was no way you would be able to block more than a single strike. Analyse, like you do, and improve yourself. That is all for today.", and Stain went back home, leaving the battered and bruised body that was Deku.
He got up, after 15 minutes, and began tocool down. He didn't feel like it, but it was a necessity. He couldn't waste time on trivial matters like cramps and so then went off to explore, visiting his mother, of course without her knowledge. He'd look at her from afar, hoping that nothing bad befell her, for he still cared for her.
It took 10 minutes for him to reach his lookout point, but was surprised when he saw both Katsuki and Mitsuki Bakugou enter the house. The police were also present, maybe trying to find something to hunt him for. But that wasn't necessary, for he already destroyed any evidence suggesting that he escaped, and even wrote a fake note that night, stating that he would run away to another country, and live there. It was an idiotic letter, but one that was still believable enough for it to be taken seriously. Noting that the Bakugous were now leaving, he decided it was time for him took one last look at his mother, before leaving again.
There were only 3 months left for the U.A exams, and yet Katsuki Bakugou was still angry. Angry at that damn Deku for running away. Angry at him, for he was now bored. Angry at him, because his mother now took away from his training to aid Mrs. Midoriya.
He did not particularly hate her, rather he didn't believe that Mrs. Midoriya was actually Deku's mum. They were very different, in Bakugou's eyes, for he considered her as strong and respectable, while her son was anything but that. He left her house once again with his mum when he glimsed something extra-ordinary. He thought he saw a figure spying them, one that looked like Deku, but he couldn't believe it.
Realising that this was futile, he went back home and began to train, for the upcoming exams. he wanted to ace them, and be the first from his school to enroll into U.A. Deku would never be able to get in, and by running away, he proved it himself. He then began to lift dumbells , to improve his arm had to get into U.A now.
Once again, All-Might began thinking about that boy. The one who was quirk-less. The one whose hopes he destroyed.
"What if I was wrong?", thought the Symbol of Peace before resuming his duties couldn't think about the boy, not now, when the U.A examinations would start. He sighed once again, before putting double the effort in his work. This was going to be another long day.
It was a month to go before the U.A examinations. Deku put the blind-fold again, ready for the inevitable assault. He had just begun to activate the 'state' of Foresight. For now, he would train it while blind, to improve its basic strength.
What followed was surprising, for both his master and him. For the first time, he proceeded togain the upper hand against his Stain, who was actually losing the battle, before activating his 'state' himself. Deku, lost once again, but he learnt a lot.
"This is enough for you. You seem to have mastered Foresight, which is amazing since you did it in such a short time. We end our lessons from today. Remeber all that I have taught you and create more of your your bloodlust, and do what is right. With enough mastery over your body, you may even surpass me."
Deku nodded to his words. Stain never praised anybody, so he took his words to heart.
"Tomorrow will be our final lesson. We shall do what your duty entails you to do: Fight a Hero. After that, I will give you an address. These people are very interested in you, and you will do well to stick with them for a while to learn more. You are still young", said Stain who bowed inrespect to his student, who mastered everything that Stain threw at him. And Deku did like-wise,for he taught him more than he could learn from anybody else.
They then went home, to prepare for the next day. To prepare for Masayoshi's rise. And more importantly, for Deku to try and get used to his new armour, which he commissioned with Stain's help. he hoped it looked and functioned the exact way he wanted it to. And so they went, by each to prepare for the next day.
They woke up early, for separate reasons of course. Stain did so because it was after 10 months that he could finally resume his crusade. Deku, for a multitude of reasons. First, was the talk he had with Stain. The words stil echoed in his mind, circling him like sharks.
"Don't you think he said it for your sake? I mean, you wouldn't have found me to teach you. We met by luck. Otherwise, you would have just failed and hated yourself further. Think about it. I don't think All-Might is that sort of person. He's not like Endeavor and said so for your sake."
Deku seemed to understand the logic behind that, but still hated the man in the same way.'Forget it', he thought.
'You have your first day tomorrow'.
They had already chosen their -Arms, the 'Punching Hero'. With arms that can strengthen and power, he is said to be able to hold even the arch of a bridge in his full power. Of course, they wouldn't allow him to use it. Stain had already sent him a threat, somehow, to come to the city of Shizuoka, where Deku used to live and where he trained with Stain. It was his birth-place, both Deku's and Midoriya's. And it was to be the birth-place of Masayoshi.
At 7 in the evening, both of them set off, to a back-alley near Shizuoka University. It was in the slum though, and was uninhabited, so nobody would come and disturb them. Stain set some cameras in the nearby buildings, hidden so that they couldn't be seen, and so that he would know if Death-Arms brought any of his colleagues along.
When they arrived at the spot, they saw that he was alone, and rightfully so. He was waiting impatiently, and looked at them in anger.
Looking at Stain, he said," Wasn't I supposed to fight you? Why is this boy present with you? Is he recording my victory or something?"
" He is the one you fight. We'll see whether you even win against him."
Looking at Deku he said,"Are you sure you don't want to kill him? He seems to be worth killing."
"He deserves worse than Death. The punishments he faces from me will be proof of that.", said Deku, through the mask.
Death-Arms then glared at Desuge, glared at the other, Stain's student carefully. He was well armored, with State-of-the-art armor, that was made out of a rare material, for he hadn't seen such armor. His helmet, or mask, or a mix of the two was what set him apart. It literally looked like a demon's face, one in wrath. It looked as if in judgement, and it did its part, for Toro felt chills go down his spine. He had done is preparation. The armor was black in color, while the mask was white.
Deku spent a month detailing and building his set. All of the armor was made with kevlar and carbon fibre, with huge pieces being used in vital spots for protection. It was light, and made him feel were compartments in the waist, where he would store throwing knives and smoke bombs. The plates were made out of modern ceramic, both light and durable. The ceramic was white in color, and was used in the chest, for the knees and elbows, and he made his gloves predominantly out of those, to give protection and shock absorption. The mask was completely made out of that, and gave him a demonic could even filter out air for him, like a made him look like a hybrid, like a demon with a gas-mask fused on it. He prided himself on making it. It would easily survive a missile blast. He took out his rods. They were 3 feet long, made out of a newly dicovered alloy, immune to magnetization, and were brilliant at shock absorption. They were the most durable metal on grip was also good, fitting his hand perfectly and could absorb a lot of shock.'Lets put this to the test', he thought, before suddenly lunging at Death-Arms.
Surprised, Death-Arms parried one of the rods, but immediately, the boy rotated and the other rod smashed into his chest, before the first struck his face. Like a whirl-wind, he immediately gave a round-house kick to the hero, who couldn't even understand the ferocity and intensity with which he was being struck. By the time he responded to one attack, another two would strike him. It was brutal, and the rods struck him without mercy.
In four minutes, Death-Arms collapsed, barely unconscious, and in extreme pain. The guy,'Masayoshi', was toying with him, and he realised he had no chance of even striking him, forget winning.' I die today, huh', he thought before Masayoshi responded.
"You won't die today. You don't deserve to.", he said, surprising the hero. He sounded very young, almost 16 years old.
'How could such a kid thrash me like this?', he thought in terror.
"For your crimes, you don't deserve any mercy. You framed innocent people of committing crimes, throwing them in jail. They were poor, and unable to defend themselves, thus raising your profile. A person like you is just a con-artist, one with a license that allows them to do as they please. And you ruined the lives innocent and poor people, thus making the furthest from a hero. For that, I shall punish you by breaking each one of your fingers. One for each innocent sent to me, how many is that?". The boy said sadistically. The hero was in extreme terror, and couldn't even speak.
"Its 8. 8 of them are going to be broken."
"Please bear the pain. You'll have to", the boy said, taking the man's left arm and snapping the little finger violently with his hand. The hero began to scream. He was doing it in the most painful way possible. He felt the bones shatter when he smashed it, and couldn't bear the pain. How was he to bear it if his others were to break like that? His right arm was already broken, and he broke 4 of his ribs.
The screams continued for a while, until Deku was done with the first hand. Death- Arms went unconscious after the index finger was smashed beyond recognition. When he fell unconscious, Deku violently woke him up again, because he was to feel the went on for half an hour, unbearably for one, and normally for the other. It wasn't difficult for him. He was scarred from the day he jumped, beyond recognition.
When it finally ended, Deku and Stain went on to speak to each other.
" Congratulations, you've passed!", said Stain, in a stoic manner.
" I enjoyed teaching you, but it must come to an end. As a gift, take this card. It has your next employers' number on it. Learn, and understand this experience, and do well for yourself. I hope to see you again.", he said, turning to leave.
" All your stuff is there, in the house. Take it immediately and leave. We shouldn't rat that place out. Its useful for me."
And then he left, without giving Deku a chance to thank him. He scratched his mask, in irritation. He looked at Death-Arms, who lay on the ground, unconscious, andgeve a call on the land-line nearby.
"Is this the police? Yeah. I've just found pro-hero lying on the ground here. He looks badly injured. Please send an ambulance over too. Yes, thank you!", and now even Deku left, excited to see what lay for him.
He reached quickly, and changed. He wore a shirt and trousers, over which he wore a matching wore new gloves too, to hide his finger-prints. He removed his mask finally, and wore a dust-mask instead, to hide his face. He wore brown contact lenses, and looked in the mirror, to see if his hair still retained the black color. It did, and then he left, suitcase in hand, to the location given in the card. He wondered what was it that Stain gave him the card for. Even he looked excited.
Just as he left, he noticed something on the table. Opening the packaging of what very clearly looked like a gift, he was surprised when he saw one of Stain's prized knives in it, with a note."Take very good care of it", it said, and he would. It was a gift which he took to heart, and one which he would guard ,and use with his life.
He kept it in his pocket. He would use it in case any threat arrived. He knew that metal detectors wouldn't find it, for it was unique.
He then set off to Hosu, where this place was located.
Detective Neomasa went into the hospital room, to interrogate what was left of Death-Arms. He was beaten to a pulp, and his condition wasn't broke his right arm, his ribs were also worst of all was what happened to his fingers. In both hands, all of his fingers, other than his thumbs were absolutely shattered. They couldn't be amputated, but neither could he ever use them again. He would certainly be made to retire.
He felt bad for the man, or the husk that lay in front of barely spoke, but he did speak of the monster who broke him. Apparently with Stain, as his pupil, the 'boy', 16 years old, absolutely wrecked the hero. As per him, he couldn't land a single hit on him. He then proceeded to break his fingers, in retaliation on the rumors that he sent innocents to jail. He agreed to those charges, and would most likely go into prison as a criminal after his recovery. The acceptance shocked Neomasa, who decided to check upon this new menace. 'Masayoshi', he called himself. Whatever he did, he will have to go into prison for what he did to the hero.
A thought struck him, but he realised it was just a goose hunt. He realised that both he and the missing boy, Izuku, had green eyes, which he found from Death-Arms.
He would have to report to his superiors about this, and decided to let All-Might into this too.
It was going to be a long day.