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I came up with this idea after the Deku Dark mini arc in the manga, I didn't like how quickly they did it or how it ended. so I decided to make my own version of Deku dark in a darker future of BNHA.
Much of the fic I was inspired by the batman comics and I think you'll notice that while reading, anyway I wish you all a good read!
A siren echoes as a black police car pulled up in front of an alley that had yellow tape around it and some police officers were pulling people away. After a few seconds, the car doors opened and two men got out arguing.
The first was a red-haired man with spiky hair, he had red eyes and sharp teeth, he was wearing a white dress shirt with a red tie, black pants and boots, in addition to having a gun holster on his belt, with half of his left cheek showing a very large scar that went down to the neck. The second was blond with red eyes and wore an identical outfit to his partner, but this one had a large cut that crossed his face horizontally between the nose and the eyes.
These were the former heroes known as Dynamight and Red Riot, Bakugo Katsuki and Kirishima Eijiro, now two police detectives.
"You know, sometimes it's hard to believe this is the same town I grew up in." Declares the redhead.
"A lot of shit happened Eijiro-kun, it is not surprising that the world turned out like this." Answers the blonde-haired person.
The two soon approached, passing by the tape and the other police officers until they stopped in front of three people lying on the ground tied up and covered in bruises all over their bodies. The redhead sighed looking at the trio before kneeling in front of them and examining the wounds, however something on the neck of one caught the police officer's attention.
With that, the redhead gave the blonde a look, the two glared at each other for a moment before the second nodded causing Eijiro to pull back his shirt collar and see a number written there.
"Damn, they got exposed to the update." Claims Eijiro before getting up making his partner grumble irritated.
"This is going to be a gigantic pile of paperwork." The blonde-haired person grumbles making the redhead nod.
"I see, but considering they were exposed to the update, it brings us another concern, who dropped them?" Questions a new voice behind the two men making them turn around to see the new arrival.
It was a man with black hair with a gray tint on the sides, his eyes were black and he had pale skin with a bit of beard on his face. He was dressed in a simple suit with a brown overcoat; the man quickly approached the two police officers and looked down at the three unconscious thugs.
"Commissioner Tsukauchi, what are you doing here?" Asks the blonde-haired person raising an eyebrow at the man.
Tsukauchi, instead of answering, continued to stare at the three of them before turning to the side of the alley that had a couple and a child sitting alone, clearly in shock. The man narrowed his eyes before looking around the alley to see that there was only a single light bulb lit while the others were broken.
"What exactly happened here, detectives?" Asks Tsukauchi making the two face each other.
"We are not sure yet Commissioner Tsukauchi, the central was called as soon as we received the alert that three people were found injured. However, arriving here, we saw that they were three criminals from one of the local gangs and a family in shock; it seems that these three tried to rob them and were stopped." Explains the blonde making Tsukauchi nod before sighing.
"Thanks for your explanation detective Bakugo." Thanks Tsukauchi before walking away towards the family leaving the two detectives alone.
Seeing the man walking away, the two detectives approached and started talking quietly.
"What you think? This cannot be a coincidence, it must have been him." Bakugo declares with a growl making the redhead look at blonde-haired person.
"Katsuki-kun, you and I both know that that is impossible, he died years ago." Rebuts Eijiro softly making the blonde stare angrily at him.
"I know what I am talking about, he would not die easily and here is the proof, he is alive, he always was and he's coming back." Announces Katsuki making the redhead sigh before looking around, making sure no one was paying attention.
"Even if you were right, it's still forbidden to exist heroes, it wouldn't go against the law." Argues the redhead making Katsuki growl.
"You and him came to rescue me from the league of villains that was against the law, he fought the hero killer that was against the law, and this..." With that, Katsuki pointed to the three thugs knocked out on the ground. "This is against the law."
Eijiro started to argue but closed his mouth; however that does not mean he was wrong, it was illegal to be a hero.
Due to the war against the League of Villains and the consequent loss of faith in heroes, governments around the world were suffering mass reprisals, as well as villain attacks orchestrated by the greatest villain to ever exist, All for One.
This happened not only in Japan, but in the whole world, they were almost all killed and in the end, they had to fulfill the demands of All for one, the extinction of the heroes. This was the beginning of a new era for humanity; one that people were afraid of, the police being the only crime-fighting institution still operating regularly.
Still, the number of villains increased exponentially and even with the disappearance of All for one and the members of the league of villains, a great vacuum of power was opened that tried to be occupied by any of the major gangs and criminal organizations around the globe.
It was a very turbulent time, even more so because many heroes did not accept the decision and went to face the villains, but they were in greater numbers and better equipped. Few survived and today they deny anything related to heroism out of fear.
Katsuki had to stop himself from snarling, he had lost some friends in that time, worse yet, he had lost her. Eijiro noticed the blonde-haired person's gaze turning dark and sighed before placing a comforting hand on the Bakugo shoulder.
"Detectives..." Calls Tsukauchi approaching Eijiro and Katsuki, making them stare at him. "You will want to hear this."
That made the two exchange a look before following the older man towards the couple, Tsukauchi stared at them for a few seconds and turned to the couple hugging their daughter.
"Can you tell these detectives what they told me?" Asks Tsukauchi gently making the woman nod.
(Flashback to a few hours ago.)
The family was leaning against the wall in fear looking at the three robbers, one of them armed with a knife while the others had their quirks activated; one had thorns coming out of his skin and the other had fingers made of metal.
"You will pass us all your money to us, understand!" Exclaims one of the robbers making the child cringe.
"Okay, okay, just don't hurt us." The man implores, removing his wallet and handing it to the robbers, however one of them starts to face his wife and smiles.
"Hey, why did we stop with just the money?" Comments the robber making the other two face him and making the couple widen their eyes in fear.
It was at that moment that a kind of fog began to appear in the alley and cover them, at the same time that a strange sound echoes above them making everyone raise their heads.
"What was this!? Where are you?" Exclaims one of the robbers looking around while the others looked around.
"Here." Declares a voice in the middle of the smoke before the metal-fingered assailant is pulled away with a scream.
The other thugs screamed in fright as they turned towards the direction their comrade pulled from before taking up fighting stances. The family however widened their eyes seeing what was going on, at which point what pulled into the smoke thrown in front of his partners revealing that he now quite beaten up and unconscious.
At that, a silhouette appeared in the smoke as it approached the two bandits, however its eyes glowed a ghostly green in the smoke giving it a frightening appearance, and they maintained eye contact for a few seconds before the smoke thickened making the figure disappear.
The two remaining assailants glared at each other before taking a few steps forward preparing to fight, the family watched in terror as this happened before the smoke grew even thicker preventing them from seeing anything. At that moment they heard screams of pain coming from the smoke as well as sounds of struggle, this continued for a few minutes before the smoke cleared revealing the three figures on the ground and bound.
At this, the child looked up and nudged the parents to look too. On top of the roof was the same figure, it seemed that he wore black rags with a cape, however what caught the most attention were the bright green eyes.
The figure stared at them for a few seconds before turning and walking away.
(End of the flashback.)
After hearing the story, Katsuki and Bakugo widened their eyes before looking at each other, something that was not lost on Tsukauchi, who turned to the family with a smile.
"Thanks for your help, it was useful, call us to remember something else ok?" Asks Tsukauchi giving a card to the man who waved weakly, with that the commissioner was already going towards the detectives, but the child grabbed him.
"Sir…was the person who saved us a hero? They are coming back?" Asks the child with hope making Tsukauchi look away.
"I do not know..."
Meanwhile the detectives started looking at the entire crime scene before Katsuki approached one of the thugs and noticed he was holding something. The detective bent down and carefully opened the bandit's hand to see a torn piece of fabric, quickly the blonde grabbed the fabric and put it away before walking away, drawing the attention of Kirishima who followed.
"Katsuki-kun? Did you find anything?" Asks the redhead making the blonde nod before the two get in the car and start to drive away.
The two fell silent as Katsuki removed the piece of fabric from his pocket and examined it for a few moments before sighing causing Eijiro to look at the piece of cloth with a frown.
"If that's what you think, we can't hand it over for analysis." Declares the redhead making Katsuki nod thinking about the given information.
With that, Katsuki nods before settling back in his seat and looking out the car window before he narrows his eyes and turns back to the redhead.
"I know, remember when we were from U.A? What your thought about we visit an old friend?" Comments Katsuki making his partner shake his head with a tired smile.
"Of course you would think about it." Kirishima declares with an affectionate tone before folding the car and accelerating.
(...)
A door opens revealing a tall woman with long pink hair and yellow eyes that have "+" shaped pupils, she is wearing a sleeveless black shirt with baggy green pants and boots. The woman walked across a large room until she stopped behind a sofa and leaned against it with a sigh.
"You know, you have to start letting me know when you get here Izuku, it's much easier for me to take care of you if I know you're back." Comments the woman to the costumed man who saved the family in the alley.
The man now known as Izuku sprawled out on the couch with the mask still covering his face, he slowly got up from the couch with a groan before looking down at the woman.
"Don't worry Mei, Chizome-san helped me to lie down and ensured that my cuts were treated." Responds to the figure moving away from the sofa as he went towards a wardrobe that he quickly opened and removed the mask.
Hearing the answer Mei rolled her eyes at his words before turning to a small bench that had a used first aid kit and some bloody towels. The pink one frowned before returning to face Izuku who was walking away from the wardrobe.
The vigilante costume disappeared revealing that the boy was slightly pale with black hair and emerald green eyes with freckles on his cheeks, he was wearing black pants and common shoes; in his hands was a black shirt.
However, what drew Mei's attention to him were the bruises and scars he had around his body, some of which were even new, the woman sighed before pointing to the bench making him sit there.
"At least this time it was quieter..." Mei comments with relief and some concern as she begins to examine his bruises and leaves for another room.
"Yes, yesterday night was quiet, Chizome-san noticed that too, criminals are becoming more aware of us and afraid, it may be necessary for us to start patrolling during the day as well." Declares Izuku when Mei returns with an ointment in her hands.
"I hope we don't get to that..." The girl sighs, applying the ointment to his wounds, making the boy grimace a little. "Anyway, did you find out anything about Giran?"
At that moment the door opened again revealing a man with long black hair and thin body, his eyes were red and wearing a red coat with white shirt and wide pants with running shoes of the same color as the coat. The man calmly walked over to them before sitting down on the sofa with a tired sigh.
"Don't worry about me lovebirds; I am just tired, you can continue with your shameless flirting." Grumbles the tired man receiving a look from both.
"Anyway..." Starts Izuku making the two face him. "Giran seems to be organizing a lively party this weekend, some original League member is coming to town, they must be targeting an attack on Ganbaru companies that gained a lot of popularity with their latest projects and charity events."
With that, Izuku gets up, having ensured that Mei has finished applying the ointment to him, and pulls his shirt on with an irritated grunt. After that, he waves to the two and starts walking towards a corridor, he continues his way until he stops next to some showcases that had several destroyed uniforms of several heroes and old friends.
Monoma Neito, Aoyama Yuma, Ojiro Mashirao, Kaminari Denki, Hado Nejire, Ryukyu, Kamui Woods, 13, Midnight, Ragdoll, Miruko, Hawks, among others. Izuku could not help but feel angry seeing the state of the uniforms, they all got to their feet when the league took control and formed a resistance, now there were only three left who were still fighting.
Izuku clenched his fist before taking a deep breath and relaxes, however on his face was a stern expression. He could not afford to grieve just yet, not as long as All for one and Shigaraki Tomura were breathing, when he was done with this war... Izuku would allow himself to grieve.