League of Villains Hideout
Shigaraki Touma has met with two new recruits, the scarred blue flame, Dabi and the schoolgirl, Himiko and he is not happy. After being overshadowed by the Hero Killer, Stain and being assumed of being associated with him to seeing that damn smile of that damn hero, All Might! Now he has to deal with a punk and a brat, he's not having it even after finding out that they joined because of Stain. Stain this, Stain that, what's so special about that damn wannabe; none of them are true villains, none of them understand his true purpose, none shall piss him off anymore. After a attempt homicide among Shigaraki, Dabi and Himiko, Shigaraki left to cool off. Kuroguri speaks to their associate, Giran, "Is there anyone else you brought along with you?"
"As the matter of fact, yes" Giran showed his sleazy grin and calls out to someone, "Come out, Taro." Then out came a hooded teenage boy with hair black as his dead eyes, his skin as pale as snow and has sense of dead air around him, "Everyone, meet Taro. A very special boy who will be a game changer to our vanguard"
"What can a brat like him do?" Dabi asked, then Taro looks at him with his dead eyes the suddenly up to his face with a punch in Dabi's gut,
"Taro has artificially made quirk that even All Might might have trouble dealing with. No restrictions, no drawbacks. A perfect soldier for war" Dabi winces from that punch and looked at Taro with a fiery stare,
"What the hell is his quirk?"
"A quirk called Super. It maximize his strength, speed, and durability. So your flames won't even burn his skin" Taro sits down near Kuroguri and hid his face into the shadowy parts of his hood,
"Will we see more of him?" Kuroguri asked,
"Don't worry about that, he'll show his weight around here."
"Mm" Taro looked at Kuroguri, he is asking for a drink,
"What does he want?" He asked,
"Oh he wants a drink. He is still a kid after all. Well I'll leave him in your hands. Hope you have fun with this one" With that, Giran left the hideout. Kuroguri gave Taro a cola and Taro drinks it happily. Dabi isn't 100% happy with him, but he'll make use for the purge of the heroes and Himiko wants to stab him. Not because she hates him, just because she wants to.
Taro finished his drink and finally speaks with his soft and quiet voice, "So what is my first mission?" He then ask for a refill
"That remain classified till further notice" He refilled Taro's drink, "Though you have to wait for the others to arrive" Taro just drink,
"Okay. Am I going to kill?" He looked at Kuroguri with a sense of innocence left in that shell. Kuroguri was confused and find it strange for a villain to ask if he's going to kill or not, it sounds very rare it makes him want to hear it again to see if he's hearing correctly,
"What did you say?"
"Am I going to kill?"
"Y-Yes. That is the job for now" Taro looked so blank and empty, yet in the inside he didn't want to kill. He continue drinking his soda and remain quiet for a little while.
UA High
Hero(and Zero) are monitoring the students on their final exams with the school nurse, Recovery Girl, seeing the match ups and how they are more of a challenge to each pair of students. Hero was amazed by the students and teachers duking it out in their final test, Zero was bored because he doesn't have a body and nothing to do except watch a bunch of brats fighting a bunch of morons for a stinkin' grade, 'This is so damn boring! Hero, why are we doing this!?'
"Because it's my job. You know what we need if we wanna make it out here?" Hero was annoyed by Zero's whining, "Besides we need to be the guidance for the next generation of heroes"
'You mean have the kids break each other apart til they're ready to die? Because we already have enough of that back at home'
Hero couldn't help to smack himself in the head, "Zero bear with me, you'll have your own form in due time. Just be patient with me, it's not like last time. We're not at higher stakes like it was before" Hero continued to watch the student struggling against their educators, mostly Izuku and Bakugo against All Might, he is amazed how All Might earned the title, Symbol of Peace. He is powerful than he can ever imagine. Showing raw power on two students, one who got top score in his exam and the other with similar power to All Might, "Wow, this is pretty brutal, not gonna lie. These teachers are going full ham on them" Recovery nodded,
"That All Might can't even hold back on those two. Especially on Midoriya and he already in worse condition" She said with a disappointing tone,
"Worse condition?"
"Midoriya's quirk can take a toll on him, after one punch or high jump with his quirk then he completely breaks his bones" She said,
"Well how is he moving?" He asked, shocked to hear about his past conditions,
"I used to heal him, though it usually drain his stamina but it sure does the trick"
"Ah. So what's the story on the kid with the anger issues?" He looked at Bakugo and remember him talking like an angry video game nerd, "It seems he had a relationship with young Midoriya"
"I don't know what's going on with those two, it a really bad pairing because neither of them can get along"
"But they have to if they wanna pass the test. Like in life, you'll end up with someone you despise the most no matter how annoying they are" Hero laughed a bit as he was referring to someone,
'I hate you' said Zero, annoyed at everything now, 'One day. One day, Hero!'
Hero continued watching the students performing their finals, taking notes and grading them on their performance. His mind is filled with curiosity about the world he residing in, how does this government play in this society? Is being a vigilante illegal? Are comic books history books? So many questions, so little time for the red masked fighter. But he wants to go home and see his friends again, see his family. They didn't know that he disappeared without a trace and possibly never going to see him again. It feels so damn sad for Hero especially knowing that last time he left home, his foster parents died when he returned. He didn't want to come back to see that everyone that he cared about die in front of him, not ever again he promised. Zero feel his pain but there's nothing they could do to change that, nothing at all at the moment.
Soon students are starting to finishing up their exams, first are Shoto Todoroki and Momo Yaoyorozu, what Hero read is that these two were recommended to the school and got in without an entrance exam. Hero is impressed by them and their performance in the finals, they were rocky at first but managed to impress him with the trick they pull on Aizawa. The next group were Izuku and Bakugo, he can tell because they were brought over to Recovery Girl with All Might, "Sweet Prime, dude. You seriously break them"
"Sorry, can't hold back if these boys want to be heroes" All Might feeling a little weak from the exam,
"Well what's the point if you break their backs!" Recovery Girl yelled, "Any more damaged to Midoriya's back then he won't be able to walk" Hero and All Might looked at the two students, both worn out and beaten, that fight took a lot from them but they did it, they pass their exam. Zero on the other hand, took over Hero's body when he drops his guard. His eyes showed more wear of use like he stayed up too late for many days, red eyes gotten darker, hands turned black and all the to his forearms, and his hair gotten messy. He grabbed All Might's arm and give him the most crooked smile he have ever seen,
"Hey jack, wanna see who is stronger?" Zero said, Hero was shocked to find out that he lost control of his body, 'Zero, what are you doing!?'
All Might makes him let of his arm, "Sorry but I don't find allies" He tried to leave but Zero grabbed him by the neck,
"Oh you're not going anywhere" Everyone including the awaken Midoriya was shocked to see this, "Let's see how you like being beaten like a rag doll" He says some demonic chant that teleported them to the fake used in Team Midoriya/Bakugo exam. All Might is confused by what he believes are Hero's actions, he didn't want to fight because Hero is an ally and new friends and he doesn't have much time left to fight. But he had no choice but to stand his ground and knock him out in quicktime,
"Hero, I don't know what's gotten into you, but I will end it quick!" He gotten into ready fighting position, as Zero is already charging towards the star spangled man, "Detroit Smash!" He throw the first punch, but Zero countered it,
"Steel Guard" He blocks it then punches All Might, "Iron Fist!" When his fist landed on his face, he flew across the area. All Might got up with time to spare but Zero isn't giving mercy towards him, "Inferno!" A wave of fire heading towards All Might, but he quickly evaded the attack.
All Might was starting to lose breath after taking on two strong students and now a fellow teacher, "Shit...He's not show no signs of stopping" Then he is met with a tidal wave,
"Supreme Tide!" Standing on top of the wave of water, Zero stands supreme as the mightiest warrior, "Surfs up!" the water landed on him before he even get to safety. All Might could be dead. But like justice, he will never die as he stand on top of the building like the symbol of peace and justice he is, "Hero, this gone far enough!"
"Well All Might, this will never-ACK!" He started to bleed from the inside, "Fuck, what is happening to me!?" Hero mentally slapped Zero in the head, 'You already used 80% of what my body can take. Let alone using all the moisture in the air to make a wave this big at once is dangerous. Zero, you played yourself" All Might jumped and punches Zero into a building with the building falling down on him.
Under all that debris and glass lies Zero, now feeling pain from Hero's organs bleeding from the inside from the use of the powers he had. Multi color blood mixed with the broken cement, staining Zero's face and hair as more poured out of his mouth, "Fuck….can't go down. Not like this!" He pushed off the debris and struggles to get up, "I'm going to show that boy scout, who's boss!"
The air grew hot and dry as Zero looks for the hero, mad with violence, he will stop til he breaks the symbol. He yelled for All Might to come and fight him like a man, he yelled about him winning against him, he yelled that he will end his life if he doesn't comply. Then suddenly he gets smashed by the said hero, crashing him into a brick wall,
"Spoke like a true villain! I will not tolerate this any longer! Alabama Smash!" He punches Zero deep into that wall as he lie there, bleeding like fountain. Zero groans in pain and Hero is now going to real sore in the morning after all this is over, "Enough of your childish games, Hero. Get up and we'll forget about this" Hero was about to take control of his body but Zero started chanting,
"htead rouy eb lliw dne rouy eb lliw dne ehT. htead rouy eb lliw dne ehT. htead rouy eb lliw dne ehT. htead rouy eb lliw dne ehT. htead rouy eb lliw dne ehT. htead rouy eb lliw dne ehT." All Might started to walk cautiously towards him, wondering what the hell is going on with Hero, 'All Might! Stay back!' A sudden quake shakes the very ground he stands, howls of cries enters his ears and feel of something demonic surrounds Zero,
"Hero!" He tries to grab him but he gets punched into a building, and emerge from the walls, the fully armored, Zero. He wore black armor with four red eyes on his chest, black claws from his gauntlets, a helmet with four red eyes and a mouth with jagged teeth and horns. He charged towards All Might and slams him to the ground then throws his body into a window, his arm extends and pulls All Might towards him. Only to get punched some more by the demon,
"Peace has fallen, hero. You have lost" His voice was deep and demonic, "End of the Night!" He claws glows with energy and starts to strike down All Might but suddenly his blood vessel snapped and let go of him and fell to the ground, "No...not now…" He began vomiting blood as he turned back to normal. He screams in pain as the pain has gotten worse than before. He grabs on to his clothes, trying to bear with the pain, 'Zero, I'm taking control' Hero regain control over his body but he too feels the pain, "Damn...the pain is a lot worse" He lie down and let the pain take its course,
"Hero, are you okay?" All Might asked,
"Yeah...no, not really. It feels like I'm being burned alive while taking many bullets to the back" He winces and groans in agony, "Thanks to a demonic asshole who thought it be a good idea to do this shit" All Might don't understand what he is talking about but he carried Hero over his shoulder and take him to recovery where the rest of the students saw the whole thing except the ones who are still taking their exam. He lie in the bed and still groans from the injury from the inside, "Iida, Asui. Before I was force to fight, you both did well on your exam. How did I know? I perform an astral projection and viewed your fight" He gave them the thumbs up, 'Though it did bring the reason why I bled earlier.' He lie there and let the students watch the continuing efforts of their classmates. He turned his head to watch the students as well, Seeing Mineta getting close to failure when Sero, his partner is knocked out by their opponent, Midnight. Uraraka and Aoyama are trying not to be sucked by Thirteen's black hole quirk, Kirishima and Sato are trapped by their opponent, Cementoss, and Ashido and Kaminari are stuck by their principal who taking his part way too seriously.
Hero could give them all failing grades since time's almost up but willing to give them a chance to pass the exam. And he was right Mineta managed to trap Midnight with his quirk, he titled "Grape Rush" and drag Sero to the gate, making them pass their exam. Whatever did Aoyama said to Uraraka must have helped them handcuffed Thirteen and pass their exam. But alas, the time has ended and the two teams that didn't either escaped or cuffed their opponent has failed their finals. He felt little sympathy for them but can't deny that they didn't showed effort into their work, all they did is run around like headless chickens. He gives them a failing grade on their performance. Though he wished for the best for all of them.
The next day…
Hero is sleeping in the library using his jacket as his pillow and a blanket he kept in his travels, before he falls asleep, All Might, in his deflated form came to him, "Hero. We need to talk"
"All Might, Look I have no ill beef toward you. I just have to share my body with my other half"
"Other half? You share your body with a dead lover of yours?"
"What!? No! My literal half as in my dark side" The air gotten silent for a bit then All Might began to ask him to explain everything about Zero. And so Hero told All Might about Zero and how they became one (Which I am not telling you this chapter but in the next chapter).
"So how long has this been going on?" All Might asked,
"For about a couple of years. It feels nice to have company though" Hero chuckled, "But he's like a brother to me, no matter how many stupid thing he does, I will always be there for him" All Might smiled and patted his back,
"Hero, you're an interesting man. You really showed how much of a man you are. I bet you have a lady waiting for ya" Then Hero freaked out,
"A girl? Oh no no no, I just haven't found the time to date with all the whole upcoming apocalypse and all" He laugh sheepishly and tries to change the subject, but then a phone began to ring and All Might answered his phone and got news about Izuku being held hostage by a villain in the mall, Hero can read by the expression on his face that it's serious. The both ran and head to the police station to see a unharmed Izuku and an old friend of All Might and police detective; Naomasa,
"All Might, Hero. What brings you here?" Izuku asked,
"Well we heard that you were attacked by a villain today so we came to see if you're alright" Hero said with a comforting smile,
"I'm sorry for not saving you in time" Izuku remembered something that Tomura said to him in the mall, how All Might smiled so blissfully as he has no one he couldn't save,
"...All Might...was there a time you really couldn't save someone?" All Might stand there in silence for the moment til he finally answered,
"Plenty of times….there's someone hurt or dying somewhere in the world right now. It sucks but I am only human. That's why I stand tall and smile. I'm the symbol of justice, citizens….heroes….villains….I need to light a way for all of them" He said it so proud, as he knew that he couldn't save everyone but there's more for him to do, even if he couldn't save them physically but he can save them spiritually,
"Is that what Shigaraki said bugging you?" Naomasa asked, "He's probably being a sore loser. So far there's no one he can save every time he appeared." Those words in Hero's ears adds something to his thoughts. That there's more to those words, maybe there is one person that All Might didn't saved, maybe just maybe, Shigaraki holds a deeper grudge to All Might than everyone thought. Despite not know anything about who Shigaraki is, it was clear that there is some mystery between the two, "Well It's getting late, your ride is here" Naomasa said, then came Izuku's sobbing mother, Inko Midoriya,
"Mom!" Izuku yelled,
"Izuku...Enough already. Your old mom's heart can't take it" Said the worrying mother as she fears for her son's safety as he was close of being killed by a villain today,
"Mom, I'm sorry. But everything is fine, I'm not hurt or anything, so don't cry" He said, trying to calm his mother down, "The heroes and the police have been keeping a close watch on me."
Naomasa asked his comrade to have someone escort the two to their home but Hero volunteered to do it for them since he can protect them.
Hero walked the mother and her son to their home, as All Might and Naomasa began their plan to capture a villain known as All for One once and for all. During the walk, Izuku wondered about Hero, about his quirk and his sudden attack on All Might, it is so strange about the man, "Hero"
"Yeah, Midoriya?"
"Why are you called, Hero?" The name was strange to everyone, why is he called Hero? What kind of name for a man?
"Well Hero is my real name" That take strange to another level, "When I was your age, I didn't know what my name is. I didn't have no memory of my parents or who I am, till one day I helped someone and the very person said that "I'm a real hero" and soon after I helped many people on my travels and they all call me a hero. And so I decided to take that name to heart and become who I am today"
"Wow that's a great origin. Is there anymore stories you like to share" Izuku said excitedly, wanting to know more about Hero,
"Well I do but you have to wait till the summer training camp like everyone else" He said with a grin on his face,
"Okay!" He gave Hero a salute and soon he and his mother managed to go home safely tonight, "See you tomorrow, Hero"
"You too, Midoriya." He then left to returned to the school to get ready for the road to training, but his stomach growls. He can't deny the hunger that comes from his belly, he must find food and quickly he was drawn to the smell of fresh takoyaki being cooked. He managed to find a stand open late at night, "Smells so good. Um sir, one order of Takoyaki, please"
"You got it, pa!l" Said the worker.
As Hero waits for his meal to be ready, his eyes met a woman his age, blonde with purple eyes, wearing a violet and cream color suit with a mask with horns. He never been near a woman his age for a long time and this beautiful. He feels like a nerd and wanted to stay quiet but his inner spirit says otherwise, "Well hello there" He was being a bit awkward,
The women took attention to him, "Oh hi…"
"The name Red Mask, but you can call me Hero" Still awkward,
The woman thought of him as nothing more than some creepy fanboy, "Hey look if you want a picture from me then you have to pay first"
"Huh? What are you talking about?" He was confused but then again he never met this woman before,
"What? You never heard of the beautiful Mt. Lady before? Then you must be living under a rock" She laughed at him like a prom queen rejecting a nerd, then soon Hero's order came and he grabbed the small boat of eight balls. And then worker got out and leave with his cart, much to Mt. Lady's dismay of wanting to order some too, "Hey where you going!?"
"Sorry, all out for the night. Try again tomorrow." And he was gone.
Mt. Lady made a pouting face, after today's work of patrolling the city and capturing bad guys, all that lead to no takoyaki. She sighed in defeat and planned to head on home, but Hero stopped her, "Ugh what?"
"Wanna share these?" He said with the most gentle voice he has,
"Huh? After I said those things to you? You must be a strange fan boy" She said,
"No. But I am the nicest guy you'll meet and besides food taste good if you share it with someone" He gave her an innocent smile that made the giant theme heroine blush,
"O-kay" She find some good charm from him The two heroes shared the delicious octo food, even though there is only one toothpick but somehow neither of them mind that. But for a while, even she just met the guy, she can't take her eyes from him. From the fair complex of his skin to the nice raven Beatle style hair to his look of a confident hero and man. Was she head over heels for him? Hero is just a man who likes to share and making people happy with the words he chooses, "So...Hero, right?"
"Yeah"
"Are you seeing someone?" She asked, then Hero face turned red,
"Um no. I haven't in years"
"Wanna go patrolling tomorrow?" Waiting for a yes from him, not only she'll date a handsome guy but also increase her image with the media,
"Actually I'm busy tomorrow and for the week"
"Awww"
"But I will promise you this, we go out as soon as I get back" He smiled and gave her the thumbs up and she gave out a love sigh but hides it well, not to sound desperate or anything,
"Okay then, see you then." But before she leave, she gave him her phone number and Hero was frozen with this shocking revelation,
"I got a girl's phone number!' he thought, he then unknowingly float back to the school, ending his day with some new romance in his life. But little did he know that everything will not go as planned.
Wow, that was long, hope you guys like it so far. And to let you all know that there will be original arcs along with the story arcs from the series. So yeah, Hero is climbing up the mountain now. Also next chapter will explain Zero's origin and will also show Taro's line of action.
Stay tuned in: The Devil and The Traveller.