Hero is buying lunch for him and Zero, he made sure to pack extra food for Zero due to his never ending hunger. As he walks the streets of Japan, he is met with eyes of awe and amazement from passing by citizens. The kids and fans walked to him and asked for an autograph, Hero reluctantly signed their items and began his way to UA. This newfound popularity have been kinda stress inducing since he never have this much attention in his own world, it feels good but it kinda hard not to be rude and decline their attention. He thinks about this world were heroes were basically celebrities and war heroes; people that the public looked up and sometimes it can be curse if you make the wrong move and the entire public will change views about you. While trapped in his thoughts, he hear a cry for help, he ran to the sounds of their cry and see that a supermarket have been robbed, "Where the robber went?"
The owner have point where the thief went and Hero quickly follow where the guy left. He followed the imaginary foot prints as he knows where the robber went, each turn and stop, each movement he made. He managed to caught up with the guy and see that his face is entirely robotic, no nose, no mouth, no eyes, just like a metal mask. He is wearing a blue hoodie, hiding his brown hair while holding bags and bags of food, "Stop right there"
"Please let me go….I need this to feed my siblings!" He cried,
"Siblings?"
"My little sisters...they haven't eaten a good meal for weeks. Parents mostly spent money on drugs….Please just let me go and I won't bother no one again!"
Hero eyes glowed, he read his words to find the truth. Seeing a man begging to be let go, so he can feed his siblings, is he lying to pull his heartstrings? No, the world isn't perfect. If were lying, then he would have stolen money instead of food, it's so confusing but the man's words have no lies in it. He was telling the truth, "You're free to go"
"What? You're not arresting me?" He asked,
"What's your name, son?"
"Rob. Just Rob"
"Well Rob, I have no right to take a important figure from siblings. Even though you broke the law, but you had no choice. Your parents neglect you and your sisters, so you have no choice but to steal to make sure they won't go hungry. I find your actions shameful but also admirable. I know a few heroes who used to be thieves for good intentions and I believe that you are good person." He patted his shoulder and walked away, "I put in good word for you at UA, maybe get you on the recommendation list" He smiled and left.
Rob looked so confuse, normally he thought heroes like him would break his bones before arresting him but he just let him go and told him that he is a good person. He looked at the stolen food and thought of the ultimatum that maybe, just maybe he could be a hero to his sisters, pulled out his phone and dial the number, "Hello? Child services?...Yeah, I would like to make a report…"
Meanwhile
Mightless and Taro are at the hero agency where the famous heroic family resides, known for their teamwork and their popularity as the greatest family in the world. Mightless is wearing a new costume, a contrast to his good counterpart, a red version of his Beta Costume with a jagged teeth version of his mouth piece. Taro is now wearing a old school middle school boys uniform with steel gauntlets want steel boots with a helmet that conceals his identity. Mightless gave him the signal and Taro throws a smoke bomb at the agency and both charged in. Mightless slits his wrists and black blood dripped from his open wounds and the blood turned into demonic versions of Nomus. Have the similar jagged mouths and white eyes like they're wearing masks, they have attacked the security, they used their claws to rip every piece of clothing and organs from them and began to feed on them. A few heroes quickly enter the scene and began a full out attack on the two villains. A pyro theme hero spit flames at Taro but he quickly dodged them and punched him in the throat like in Mightless' notes. The hero tries to breath but every struggle is like taking sand out of an hourglass, he's quickly losing time. Taro quickly throw some blood at the air and found an invisible heroine right in front of him, she tried to use her quirk to subdue him but he was quick and give her a blow to the guts and pierced her stomach like it was water and ripped her intestines out as she faint from shocked and later succumbed to her injuries.
Mightless quickly grabbed the arms of a stretchy hero and strangle him with his own arms, "Like that, Mr. Stretch Armstrong!?" He held his neck tighter as the hero was gasping for air, "I think not" He snapped his neck and got out of the way from a rocky build hero, "My children, end him!" He yelled. The Nomus quickly turned red and quickly run up to the hero and grabbed on to him, leading his confusion. Mightless grinned so smuggly, "Boom, boom…" Then the Nomus exploded, turning the hero into pieces, "Well that went easy as I thought" he turned to Taro, "You know for a quiet guy, you are very powerful." Taro smiled under that helmet because he like being complimented. They go upstairs and see a bunch of interns in one room, "Ready to send the message? We got about 2 minutes before the police arrived"
"But….they're just children…" He staggerly said,
"Well tell me this, were you ever chosen to be a hero?"
"No….I was quirkless…" That surprises the power villain, "I was kidnapped and was made into this. No one tried to find me….No one noticed me being gone, not even my parents...No one came to rescue me…" He teared up in his helmet, but his words were clear to him, Mightless hugged him tight,
"There there. The bad people will take responsibility. We're family, right?" Taro nodded, "Good. Think of me as your big brother. And I will make sure you will be happy" He looked at the interns, "Let's send our message" Taro followed his orders and enter the room where the bloodbath begin again.
Soon the room was filled with corpses and blood, the two villains wrote the message on the walls, saying "Time for a Change". Soon the sirens and the hollering of police become louder within each reaching moment. Mightless contacted Kuroguri and soon a portal have opened and they fled the scene.
Once the police have arrived, they were horrified by the scene of another massacre. One of the greatest teams and their sidekicks, interns, and workers are found dead from the simplest ways to the most gruesome.
Soon word spread about this, now everyone is on high alert for the worst of the worst villains they have faced to date, they call it the beginning of The Mightless Age.
At the League of Villains headquarters, Tomura was naturally pissed that Mightless is taking credit but soon calm down after Taro explained, "It's because All Might have retired. That means the age of no more All Might have taken effect. Please, boss. Mightless is just doing his job"
Tomura looked at the evil Midoriya and sighed, "Fine. But this is your only warning. Fail and I will turn you into a pile of dust" He said in a stern voice,
"Yes, sir" He simply said,
"Good, now we have an important meeting with a very interested group of mobsters in less then two weeks.
He turned to Taro, "Let's talk about your quirk" He goes to the next room over with the superhuman. Taro was kinda nervous about talking since he only speak a few words here and there, he is now facing his ally, who have a mellow but stern look on his face, "Tell me about your quirk?" He asked,
"It was artificially made, when I was kidnapped, I was taken to a lab and was experimented on" He started to remember all the days of being prodded, electrocute, stabbed, and tortured into submission, "My body couldn't take no more….I wanted to kill myself…." He started to tremble, "I kept on praying that one day, just one day someone will save me. But no one came, they left me to die alone and tormented like some kind of deranged animal. Until they injected the quirk into me. I suddenly became….Powerful." He gripped his fist and held it tight, "I have become powerful than them. So powerful, I escaped. That was their mistake, giving me this quirk."
Mightless looked at Taro with empathy and rubbed his hair in a brotherly matter, "Don't worry, we will make this world pay for ignoring us and made sure you get justice." Both of them looked at each other and see each other's lives in their eyes. They both realize that they have more things in common other than strength.
Days Later…..
Zero came out of the bathroom after hours of training, he walks so silently like he's a ghost. No one can hear them walking. He stopped to the fridge for glass of alcohol he stashed in the hidden compartment in there and planning to get drunk in misery for tomorrow's Provisional License Exam. Will he pass? He wondered if he's good enough to be considered a hero when he barely considered himself a good person with his now struggling relationship with most of Class 1-A, he walked back to his room and heard some laughter in the common room. He stealthy looked into the origin of the laughter, he sees a handful of his classmates making fun of him,
"Oh I'm Zero. I'm such a brooding asshole who like to hit women!" Kaminari mockingly said, everyone in the room laughed,
"Seriously, what chances does he have for passing this exam before being considered a criminal?" Jiro asked,
"Hardly any" Momo added, "As much as I appreciate his help weeks ago, he certainly have no promising factors in becoming a hero"
"Well that gives most of us a chance in passing this exam if he's most likely to fail" Shoji said,
"Kero. Sometimes I wondered why Hero even trusts him? Does he felt bad for him or something?" Tsuyu asked, "Because he just let him off for hurting Ochako over a few words and I can tell that he is disappointed in him." Everyone wondered about that. It was enough Zero to leave in a rush and to drink heavily in the hallways where no one can see his tears. He cursed their names and himself that he will show them that he will not be treated like this again.
The Next Day…..
Class 1-A have arrived in the arena, ready for their big moment that determined their lives. Only 100 can pass this part of the exam so they have to fight hard for what's coming to them. When they alarm went off and they see an army of other schools swarming in on them. Zero took this opportunity and take off his sweater and pulled out a knife, "Time to go big or die!" He cuts himself heavily, from the wrist of his arms to the breasts of his chest, he bled hard, "Bloody End!" The black blood morph him into a giant black beast. He roared, bringing fear to them all. He brushed off the other schools out of his way and away from his classmates like nothing but flies. Everyone saw in horror what he have done and what he's capable of doing to himself, it was sick and morbid for the public can see. Something that no right minded human being would be associated with. No one would want to stick around with Zero.
When he stopped and reduced back to his original form, he was stabbed with many glares and frighten expressions, "What?"
"Don't say what, you jackass!" Bakugo yelled, "What the fuck were you thinking!?"
"Taking care of the ambush. You're welcome, you ungrateful ass!" Zero got up in his face and Bakugo was ready to fight him, but Kirishima got in between to keep his new friend and boyfriend from killing each other. Zero looked more pissed at him and was ready to fight, until…
"Just go away!" Mina yelled, "You're just making it worse than you already made"
"Yeah. A villain like you have no right to stand with us, not after what you did Uraraka and Tsuyu" Momo yelled and Zero just stand and try to ignore their words, he took a step forward til Todoroki blocked his path, most of the class yelled out, "Get back, you demonic freak!"
Zero was triggered by those words again and he took a step back and kept going backwards until he fully ran away from the group. Mineta quickly tries to run after for his friend, but Zero suddenly vanished. The grape theme student looked at his classmates with anger but not for long when they suddenly got separated by a earth based quirk user.
Elsewhere…
Zero hides in a building where no one could find him. His fingers were locked into his hair and teeth were grinding against each other. He growled and groan for this day to end as he hear the faint voices taunting him for his mistakes. The ghost of the past stand before him, reminding him of he used to be, a villain. He screamed at the past, "This is not me anymore! I am not him!" The voices continued to taunt him, making him to lose his mind, "STOP! I AM NOT A MONSTER! I AM NOT A MONSTER! STOP PLEASE! I BEG OF YOU!" Warm, salty droplets from his eyes flow down his cheeks and onto his bare chest, "I just want to be a better person…."
Footsteps were heard and the voices disappeared as Zero tries to hide somewhere in this quiet room, but it was too late. A group have arrived to see his miserable mess. HIs own classmates, Momo Yaoyorozu, Tsuyu Asui, Jiro Kyoka, and Mezo Shoji.
Zero growled at them, "Get out!"
Jiro retorted, "No you get out!"
"I was here first, bitch!"
Momo get in between the two punks, "Everyone, now is not the time to argue. Shoji, what's happening out there?"
"I see-" The windows were shot and soon blocked off, preventing them from seeing incoming threats,
"What the hell?" Zero wondered, then feel the temperature dropped to a winter feel as Tsuyu begin to falling asleep. Momo created a blanket to keep her warm and Shoji hold her to increase the warmth to prevent her pre-hibernation. Jiro checked for anyone coming her way but a sudden noise have damaged her earphone jacks and hearing.
Zero looked around and see that the door have been welded shut, "Looks like another ambush. The only way out is possibly where our enemy is at. Waiting for us to come out and attack us all at once" He said, then everyone looked at him, "What?"
"Don't just stand there! Help us!" Jiro yelled,
"Oh I am no hero, remember. I am just a 'Demonic Freak'. Remember?" He said angrily,
"Now is not the time to put salt in our wounds, Zero. You possibly have the strength to help us. Please, help us." Momo asked, which made Zero laughed,
"You're a hypocrite! Like I help you after what I heard you say that I have no promising factors of being a hero!" Momo looked away shamefully, "You all are just everyone else I have faced, I am only good enough when they needed something from me, well fuck you all! I won't be walked over like this again" He suddenly punched both Momo and Jiro, "Time for you face the true devil!"
They both got up and were shocked that he is willing to do this again. They tried to attack and restrained him, but they suddenly got punched in the guts out of nowhere. They see that Zero is standing doing nothing. But where the source of pain coming from.
"How is he hurting us now without moving!?" JIro exclaimed,
"I don't know but we gott-" She felt a sharp pain on her cheek as she is now on the ground, bleeding from the mouth,
"Momo!" Jiro screamed,
"Zero! What have you done!?" Shoji asked,
"I am fighting the demons I see…" Zero's eyes glow dimly, "My Dark Legacy will not go to waste" he said while bleeding black blood from his mouth, "Blood Spike!" the droplet of blood turned into a small sharp spear as it hit Shoji's arm, leg and grazed his neck. Zero kicked him in the face, "Besides I am just a villain you guys wanted me to be!"
Shoji kept holding the frog theme heroine, but can barely keep conscious from the extreme pain from the blood spikes. He looked at Zero, he finally see what Zero really is. Alone and scared.
The devil went to the only exit and ripped the doors open as the girls from Seiai Academy were waiting for them, "Zero…" Momo said before the demon himself disappeared. Leaving them at the hands of the enemy.
Soon Zero went out of his way to make his new enemies get what's coming for them. By the time, all 100 students have passed. UA High School lost about half of their classmates.
A/N: Sorry for the long wait, but college and stuff have kept me busy. So yeah Zero is relapsing to his old ways. Not that he wanted to, but he is troubled, trying to make up for his past mistakes but people weren't letting him take the chance.
So anyway the ones who have passed the first round are:
Izuku, Bakugo, Kirishima, Kaminari, Mineta, Todoroki, Sero, Ochako, Koda, Zero and Ashido.
Yeah that's insane. Tell ya next time.