The hero in training never thought to see a darker version of himself, he never knew the possibility. The demon hero never thought to see those wretched creatures again or any more of Fright Night's soldiers, but it was unavoidable to know anyone desperate enough to make deals with devils in exchange for power and a wish. He dig deep into his pockets and pulled out a box, it revealed wraps with passages from the gospel and wraps blessed from a buddhist. The unholy hero covered his arms with them as the wraps burns his blood stained arms, "So? Did Fright Night send someone to do his dirty work or you come on your own?"
Mightless was surprised by his question, "How you know about Fright NIght?"
"Let's say I am a mistake through and through" His arms are fully wrapped, "But this is going to you more than it's going to hurt me" He charged towards the Bloodies, but then Gang Orca's men got in the way,
"Leave this to the pro heroes!" one of them yelled, then shoot their cement guns at the Bloodies. But it was no match when they slip out of their trap,
"You idiots! These things aren't human!" Zero exclaimed and punches one of them which made them burn up into dust, "These things need to be killed!" He keeps punching them, "Use whatever that is holy or faithful to destroy these unholy creatures!" The pro heroes present have heard it, some of them carry things that gave them faith and held it into their fists while the rest evacuate the students that are in the area
The examinees and pro heroes were running from the gremlin like creatures but were blocked by the surrounding area from the increasing growth of them. The pros blocked their path from the students, so they will be escape if the bloody monsters only attack them. They were ready for death, an honorable death. Then they hear a high screeching noise coming from the ground, it sounded angelic like. And the Bloodies were screaming in pain from it, killing each other to make it stop. Then a beam of light shine a path towards a way out, when more Bloodies came, a tongue slapped them back and a engine sounding kick knocked back to each other. The group made their way to the exit, but one of the students tripped yet still mid-air from the ground,
"Don't worry we got ya" says the floating voice, the student was suddenly floating as if she was being carried. More of those monsters came running towards them in a fast pace,
"Piercing Claw of the Dusk!"
"Jawbreaker!
"Tornado Tail Dance!" All three attack knock those little bastards down and successfully saved the group, then one of them yelled, "Now YaoMomo!" A sudden blast of harmonic angelic music played at maximum volume reached the unseen ears of the Bloodies, each and everyone of them have scream for death and kill each other in response just to end the noises in their eyeless heads. They rescue team have successfully won the battle.
Meanwhile
Mightless jumped down when his eyes catched Todoroki and started to attack him,
"Shoto Todoroki~ It's a nice surprise to see you here" He throws the first punch but been blocked by the half and half teen's wall of ice,
"I don't know who you are or why you look like MIdoriya, but you won't get away from this!" He throws a fiery fist at him, but Mightless dodged it and kicks him in the guts,
"Oh you will know and when you do, you won't like it!" He uses a German suplex on the teen, knocking him out, "But you won't live to see the answers" His grinned started to look more sinister like his masters'. He got up and his arm formed into a blade and aimed the tip at Todoroki's throat, ready to make the killing blow, 'Such a waste, at least my Todoroki put up a fight,' but suddenly he got a kick in the face by his heroic counterpart,
"Leave him alone!" Midoriya yelled, he then charged towards him,
"Always trying to play hero...You're really are my weaker side" he uses Midoriya's shooting style on him, "Axis Boot!" His boot strikes the green haired hero on the side, "All for Onnnnnnnnnne…..Full Cowling!" He punched him with such force, there is no chance for survival. But wait! The demon MIdoriya's foot is in Zero's chest, "What the!?"
"Zero!" Izuku yelled with great concern for his classmate, yet Zero laughed,
"You still have a lot to learn, punk….Blood Spike!" His open wounds have created spikes to punctured his enemy's leg, Mightless maybe a demon now but he still a human and he can scream out his lungs when he felt spikes going through his leg like butter,
"AHHH! You little bastard!" He yelled and pulled himself off, "You're fighting on the wrong side, demon. They'll reject you for your nature and appearance. Just like they did to me" He formed claws to combat someone more superior than him and strike,
Zero blocked his attempted and ask, "What are you talking about!?"
"I am Izuku MIdoriya! I am from an alternate world where everyone treated me like shit!" He scratch his face, "I was quirkless and weak. Everyone have used me as a personal punching bag!" He threw some dust and debris at his eyes, "They told me that a quirkless nobody could never be a hero!" Zero tries to get the stuff out of his eyes, then Mightless sunk his claws into his neck and chest, trying to kill him, "I was told to go kill myself! My idol even told me that I could never be a hero!" Spikes came out of Zero, "These heroes are fake!"
Izuku went into a paralyzing shock, watching Zero get killed so easily. After seeing him take many blows during his fight with All for One, but this….This is quite disturbing and terrifying to see someone die so suddenly. Yet Zero grabbed on to his arm, much to their surprise, "So what?" His hands were burning onto the villain's arms, "Have you tried being a hero? Have you try proving them wrong?"
"I have. But that all fall apart, they will never accept outcasts like us" Mightless said,
"Then keep trying!" He punched him with an ultimate move, "Twilight Strike!" The force of th punch send the villain back a few feet. Zero, although victorious at the moment, was heavily bleeding. Now on his knees, trying to heal himself with the regeneration power he has, but it is too slow to heal him fully, he can't go back to the fight in this condition. Izuku tries to help him but Zero protest, "No...help Todoroki. I will be okay"
"No, I won't leave you behind!" Zero chuckled a bit,
"Why? After I treated your friends like shit, you still try to be my friend?" Midoriya turned his head to him with a big wide smile,
"Because. I AM HERE!" He carried Todoroki over is shoulder, but they are surrounded by Bloodies. Both vicious and bloodthirsty, Zero started to breath deeply and tries to get up but the his body kept squirting blood, causing him to welp in pain. He looked around, the area is swarming in demonic gremlins, there was no way out, no way to heal quicker, and no Hero to save them, hope is lost for him. Yet, the young is ready to fight them head on, much to Zero's surprise, willing to fight while carry two people weighing him down. He looked at the brave teen, how is ready to fight, even if he has to lose some blood for it. Zero has found respect for the broccoli head now, "One for Allllllll….Full Cow-"
"GODSPEED, YOUNG HEROES!" A flash of holy light came and run through the creatures as they now turned to dust by the attack, the two heroes eyes gleamed in awe, the awesome sight of a super fast hero that came to their aid, and his name is Mach Knight! The man continued his run and take out any remaining Bloodies in their area, "Man, it's been years since we dealt with these creatures, eh Zero?"
"Dash? Holy shit! How you get here!?" He yelled, "We have been here for weeks! You guys better explained why you and Bud take your sweet ass tim-"
"That can wait. Where's Hero?" He asked then noticed Zero's arms, "Shit man!" He quickly take the holy bandages off of his hands, "You could have killed yourself man"
"Well I don't have a choice. Fright Night is back" Dash eyes widen under his helmet,
"Where is he?" He asked,
"I don't know but he has a new victim. He is powerful considering he managed to make a hole in my chest. Be careful" The fallen demon warned the speedster,
"You know me, Zero. We know each other for years" He left the three students,
'Years? We only met for at least 3 years ago' Zero thought,
"Zero, who was that man?" Midoriya asked,
"That was a friend of ours. He'll introduce himself later" His legs have strength again, he started to walk on his own, "Let's go. Everyone is waiting" Izuku nodded and both of them have taken Todoroki to where their classmates are.
"Happy Birthday, Izuku!" Two adults cheered to the now nine year old Izuku Midoriya, his mother and her new boyfriend surprised him when he came back home from school. He was happy, been happy for five years in a row since this man came into his life. He never met a man who is kind to him and his mother and loving them unconditionally, he wondered where he come from, he looked American but very fluent in Japanese. His new father gave him a special gift, it was a mask similar to his own,
"I was thinking that you might want to look like your old man" He laughed, "Or am I not as cool as All Might?"
"No way! I wanna grow up to be like you, dad!" Izuku smiled as the man gave him a hug, "But I also wanna be like All Might, saving people with a fearless smile!" His father laughed again,
"And I don't?" He jokingly asked.
Time flash forward
"So you're applying to UA?" His father asked,
"Yes. I will become a hero like you and All Might. Fearless, strong, and always saving the day with a smile" Izuku, now age 14, said,
"Well you know, me and your mother will always support your decision no matter what" He said, making Izuku look at him with a hearty smile,
"Dad, what is like to be a hero?"
"Well it is a tough job. Not going to lie, but the most rewarding part is making people sleep in peace knowing the heroes are there to protect them" He sat on his son's bed, "But remember that to be a great hero, you must do the right thing. Even when things lead to no other choice"
"What do you mean?"
"Tell me this, what you think a villain is to you?"
Izuku answered with no hesitation, "Someone who needs to be defeated everyday" his father shake his head in a disagreement, but not that he can blame him,
"A villain is someone you should help"
"Help?" The green hair teen wonder by that,
"A villain used to be like you and me. Someone who had a life and dreams, they don't wake up one day and decided to become evil. Sometimes, they lose something that break their soul and have no other choice but to...do bad things" He answered,
"Why?" He asked, "Why do they do that all of a sudden?"
His father sighed and answered again, "Take this for example, a young boy like you looked up to his father so much, he was his hero. But they were poor, not able to make the needs at the end, so the father resorted to doing bad things in order to provide for his son. Then one day, the son witness his father get killed by a bullet from a careless hero, he watched his father, his hero die in his arms. The boy was ridiculed and bullied for having a villain for a father, he grew to hate heroes and the people who hurt him. Thus creating a villain" He looked at Izuku, who had a grim look at his face that now he understands what his father meant, "Izuku, I want you to promise me"
"What is it, dad?"
"Promise to be the savior of broken, the beaten, and the damned. They need a hero as much as any citizen" He said,
"I will. I promise you that I will be the hero everyone could look up to!"
Mightless regain consciousness and got out of the debris he got buried under, 'Fuck...that dream again. What is going on with me?' He looked around and see his army slowly disintegrate from the attacks of the pro heroes, 'Dammit, it didn't go as planned! Damn heroes! Damn my good counterpart! Damn that traitorous demon!' He limped to escaped while he can, sees someone running towards him like a mad man, "What the?"
The knight in speeding armor punches the villain, "You are under arrest!"
"Screw you!" He yelled and tries to stab him, but his armor have no effect on him, "Huh?"
"Titanium with a mix of a powerful glacatic metal known as Color Alloy. Saves money on costume repairs" He punched him but got blocked by the claws of the weakened villain,
"Full Cowling!" Green and red electricity flow through his body and kicks Dash ten feet away, that alone damaged his armor,
"Shit. I forgot that you have insane demon powers from mister crazy and sinister" The knight tries to get up and regain his stance but the villain puts his foot on his chest. MIghtless' arm formed a blade from his arm and aimed at his chest, "Okay, I didn't I would die from a devil. I was hoping after eating fried chicken on my 90th birthday" One strike. One strike would have ended the life of this hero, but it was stopped but a man's hand holding the blade,
"Fear not, my friend. Why? Because I am here!" It was Hero,
"Damn, you're late for the party again!" Dash exclaimed,
"Bill me when you're not dead" He said as he punch MIghtless to the wall,
'Dammit, why am I a punching bag all of sudden!?' He gets himself out of the wall, and noticed the exit is near, 'Wow that guy is an idiot'
Zero is a far distance noticed this as well, 'Wow, Hero is an idiot' his thoughts grew a massive anger vessel within as the villain quickly escape as the last Bloodie have died. Hero was shocked in what he did and slapped himself in the face repeatedly, "STUPID! STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!"
Dash patted his back, "Hey man, we all have our off days. It happens besides there are like two holes there. I think one of them was made by that Orca over there. So we all at fault here"
Hero turned to Dash, "Dash, if you weren't so chill as a country singer, I would lost my mind a long time ago" Then a few moments realized who he was talking to, "Dash?"
"Yes?" He got pulled in for a great big bear hug,
"I can't believe you're here! I was wondering when you and Bud take your sweet ass time to get here! How did you get here?"
"I wish I can tell you, but right now. We need to catch up with Zero and explained what the hell is going on" He gestured to Zero and Class 1-A,
"Oh yeah, got it!" They both catch up to the others as the test results began.
The Hero Public Safety Commision worker, have announced who pass the exam, but he also give those who took action during the actual terrorist attack extra points for their quick thinking and performing heroic actions to help the examinees get to safety during this unforeseen circumstances, "Even this was a exam, there were brave souls from UA HIgh who took action and made sure the examinees and bystanders get to safety. It be cruel of us for not grading those who prove themselves to be heroes more than the ones who were participating the exam"
The results came in and showed that all of UA have passed their exam and earned their provisional licenses, well almost,
"What!?" Bakugo yelled, now extremely pissed that he haven't passed yet and Shoto Todoroki was disappointed in not passing the exam as well. Then another student came up to Todoroki and brutally slammed his head to the ground and apologize for his behavior towards him, the icy hot hero took part of the blame for something he done in the past that started this whole mess.
Others were excited that they passed and poke fun as Bakugo for his casual attitude that got him to fail, Zero on the other hand couldn't help but cry when he received his score sheet from the staff, he scored a 97 with comments detailing how he is like a hero already when he perform well on the rescue part of the exam. His tears stained the paper as he couldn't stop sobbing, for most of his life he was seen as a freak or a monster for the way he is and what he did in the past. But he had people who supported him and had faith in him no matter what, his new bro, Mineta see him making water works walked up to him and patted his back,
"We both did well, Zero" He showed his score sheet, a score of 64. The sobbing demon gave him a thumbs up and a toothy smile,
"Indeed Mineta" He said as he showed his impressive score,
"WHAT!? A 97! You bastard, how you managed to score so well!?"
"Years of experience" He chuckled, "we're getting a step closer in becoming heroes, bro!"
"Yeah!" They both gave each other a high five as they are coming closer to their goal, a goal filled with happiness and girls, lots of girls.
Zero received his license and goes by his real name and Hero's last name, Emmet Shimura. It was the biggest day of his life. Some of Class 1-A are having a good chat with the students from Shinketsu High, with Zero still wondering who the hell was that guy that kept apologizing and acting such a doofus. He see Izuku acting all fanboy mode with a very hairy student, he wondered if that guy is from the Addams Family, but more importantly he gazed his eyes at Izuku, how much of a adorkable guy he is. He reminds him of Hero in a way, a young hero and fanboy wanting to make a world a better place. He now have his admiration for his bravery and selfless actions,
"Bro" Mineta got his attention, "Babe at 12 o'clock" and what a looker she is, wearing a black cat suit with that curvaceous figure, her glossy lips and fawn colored hair stole the show in Zero's eyes as his thought howl like a horny wolf. Though she is ore into their fanboy classmate,
"Hey~" She said with a flirtatious tone, which made the green haired boy face turned red as a candy cane,
"Uh! Utsushimi! Nice seeing you again!" He chuckled nervously,
"I wanna say that our brawl was tight as hell yo!" She said, "We should like, hang out more often, you feel me, fam?"
"Uh…. yeah... I feel ya" She then writes down her contact information to him,
"See ya around, fam." She kiss his cheek and left with her classmates, the now stoned teen stand there in trance. Zero and Mineta grabbed his shoulders in aggression,
"MIdoriya!" Both of them yelled, both of them are ready to fight in jealousy. But that got cut short by the arrival of Hero and Dash. Class 1-A sans Izuku were wondering who the man is, he looks like a slim version of Iida's older brother. Dash took his helmet off, revealing a man with a brown eyes and crew cut haircut, his skin is fair but dirty in grease stains and smoke, he also have a short beard which surprises the brothers by the sight of it,
"Whoa Dash, did you take some hair tonic to grow that face hair?" Hero asked, "It is kinda impossible a 16 year old to grow a beard that fast"
"16? Hero, I am 45 years old"
"WHAT!?" Both Hero and Zero said,
"Yeah, our Earth is 30 years older than yours"
"'Our' Earth?" Zero asked, "What are you talking about?"
Before their old friend answer, he looked at the students behind them, "Let's finish this somewhere else where we can have a seat"
"Follow me, Dash" Hero said, "I know a place,"
Dash puts on his helmet and followed Hero to the location where he can explained the situation.
At Alliance Heights….
The brothers and students have gathered around in the main lobby of the dormitory, where Dash sets his helmet on the coffee table and began speaking, "Hero, remember when Bud tried crossing worlds and dimensions?"
"Yeah, Project Infinite. He had me test it considering my endurance, but that failed, destroying the machine he spent building"
"Well, it did destroy itself, but it wasn't a failure, a few years ago. Our Hero have went into a coma and gained some new memories of his origins, his parents and how he ended up in the care of his uncle and aunt." He sits down and look Hero in the eye, "We looked into where it came from and found out that it came from here. Where Hero or should I say, Akano was born."
"But that doesn't explain how I ended up here"
"Well here's the thing, the effect of the machine created different vibrations around your body, each vibration for each world" Momo speak up,
"Are you talking about the Multiverse Theory?"
"Yes. Each world has their vibration and the only way to enter each world is to have similar vibration to that said world. And the only way these worlds could co-exists is to be set in a different time, like one world could be a day ahead, 2 weeks ahead, or even years ahead than your own" The man pulled out a device and showed versions of Hero in different realities, "Hero got split into versions of himself in different realities, One where he is a Kamen Rider or a part of a squadron. One whether he is MARVEL or DC or some badass in IMAGE"
"So is this Hero different than yours?" Izuku asked,
"No. One thing that Project Infinite did was also send Hero to his place of origin, where he was born. And he was born in this world." He looked at the expressions of the students, knowing that he never told them about where he was born, "Of course he never told you"
"Yeah. Been trying to get my life together again" He said nervously,
"Want me to tell them your parents or should you?" He asked,
"What does it matter, they don't know who they are" He turned to the students, "My father is Kane Shimura and my mother is Nana Shimura. Both pro heroes at the time, before All Might was the well known Symbol of Peace, before he was even a hero" He hear no words from them, proving him right, but then the One for All inheritor spoke,
"You said Kane Shimura?" he asked,
"Yeah" He then get hit bombardment in questions and admiration,
"I have seen old videos of the Mafia Hero! He was the lead inspiration of Gang Orca and how he lead a group of heroes! Tell me what is his quirk? Do you also have his quirk? Does it cause the same effect on your body similar to his? Where did he come from? "
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Breathe boy!' He exclaimed, sweatdrop from on his head,
"Midoriya, you're like Hero. A huge nerd" Zero said in a deadpanned voice, "This guy get all excited whenever we go to a comic book shop whenever the newest issue of Spider-Man or Spawn or the newest volume of a manga he likes is out." Hero feel a bit more embarrassed about that remark,
"Um Hero, you never told us who this man is" Shoto said,
"Oh, this here is Dash Joanas, known as Mach Knight. His superpower is well super speed, a power that I gave him when he was proven worthy to inherit it"
"Wait, he was quirkless?" Izuku asked,
"Quirkless?" the fast man wondered,
"It usually means non-powered" Hero said,
"How did someone like you with no powers become a hero?" Kirishima asked,
"You don't need powers to be a hero. Doing the right thing and performing selfless actions with nothing in return is what makes the hero" Dash said so proudly, Ochako spoke up,
"Wait you don't get paid? How you be able to make a living?" She asked,
"Uh I got a real job. I worked in mechanics, been making cars work like new" The students find it very surprising about what he does in his world, how being a hero isn't considered as a real job,
"Is that everything in your world works?" Momo asked,
"Yeah. Though we have schools for powered individuals, it's like any other school but with courses in controlling powers"
"Kinda like UA?" the recommended student asked,
"Yeah. Mutation is a real thing, so is being born in a family of wizards and witches, or being a supernatural creatures in general have populated in our world, though they have their own worlds hidden certain parts of Earth" Kaminai face lost its color,
"When you said supernatural creatures, did you mean-"
"Vampires, werewolves, mummies, reanimated corpses, demihumans, gods, mythological creatures, aliens, demons and even Death himself are part of our united world" The speedster said so casually,
"Oh Greg became a hero too?" Hero asked,
"Yeah. Life and death are at a balance, thanks to him." The students just sit there with jaws open knowing Death himself is considered as a hero and possibly friends with their student-teacher. They whispering each other about what the fuck kind of world did those three live before getting here!? First aliens, then demons, what the hell! How is that normal!?
Dash got up and puts his helmet back on, "Well time to go, I'll see you two as soon as I can come back" He starts running without moving but nothing happen, "Huh?" He tries again, then sparks came out of his chestplate, "Oh….that's not good"
"What is it" Zero asked,
"Well my chest piece that connects to my entire armor is damaged. So I can't leave"
"Why!?"
"It regulates and mesures the vibration I need to head back, I can't carelessly run anywhere, I would end up some other world and possibly be considered as a threat"
"Shit...Well can you contact Bud? Maybe he can help" Dash quickly talked to hsi communicator on his wrists,
"Come in, Bud. Bud? Can you read me? Bud?" He wait patiently for a response, "Come in, Bud. Can you read me? This is Dash, codename, Mach Knight, requesting help" He waited for a good few minutes, but no response, "Dammit!"
Then suddenly a static voice answered, "Dassssshhh, come innnnnnn. The lab was under attack. I repeat, the lab was under attack" The three heroes eyes widen at the response,
"Who attack the lab?" The worried knight ask,
"Fright Night…" the call went dead afterwards.
Meanwhile….
MIghtless drink some hard liquor after a day of failure. Pissed off at the arrival of a few heroes who are leagues ahead of him than most villains in this bar. But what made his day is seeing the news reporting the death of a few pro heroes who bodies were found…
"...As autopsy showed that these three heroes were eaten as a result of cannibalism. Officials request all citizens to stay indoors at night and lock your doors and barricade your windows. As more villains are on the rise ever since the retirement of All Might. Earlier today, an actual terrorist attack have strike at the Provisional Hero LIcense Exam, but luckily the pro heroes and a few students fought back. Though an era has arrived, and it's called The MIghtless Era."
Fright Night laugh at the news, seeing things are coming to plan, "You did well, boy. Soon we will strike fear into them weaklings"
"Yeah. Though it would be better if more people die today" The green haired villain looked around and notice he haven't seen Taro around, "Where's Taro?"
"Don't worry, he will be back. He agreed to take in a small experiment I have planned" He let out a few cackles as he got up and walked to the back room, "Prepare for some carnage. This new recruit will be a game changer by our side"
"New recruit?" He wondered,
"Well let's say tomorrow our meeting with the Yakuza will go what Tomura has planned. I can say that he will 'rip' a new alliance!" He laugh so insanely and goes into the black void where Mightless wondered what this insane bastard have in store.
A/N:
So a lot of things happening between the students and villains. What's going to happen next? Wait til next chapter, also everyone except Bakugo and Todoroki pass like the canon. Why have them pass? Well it shows how much of a threat that Zero can be if he is pushed too far and the idea that they pass for helping those in an actual dangerous situation, because that is life. Things happen at anytime and anywhere, life can give you lemons, but it can give you miracles. Like in the exam in the very beginning of MHA, it showed everyone's true colors and sometimes you will be rewarded in the end.