In a secluded forest miles away from the town he called home, Kiriyama Ken was training himself. After quirks were becoming common, more and more dojos and self defense schools shut down. Martial arts was becoming less and less important to the hero society, so Kiriyama wasn't able to find an affordable dojo after his old one closed down a couple years back. Of course, Kiriyama continued to train and found that the forest was the perfect place. He also found a cave in the forest where he stored the wooden dummy he used to practice with so he didn't have to go through the hassle of bringing it with him from home all the time. Besides he didn't like being stared at for sitting next to a wooden dummy when he rode the train, he also wasn't fond of the giggles he was given as he carried it around.
It's been about a couple months since his alter-ego was painted as a villain and he decided to let things calm down before he stepped outside and start hunting down criminals again. He concluded that the best way he could spend his free time was to train his body. He's very quick but his upper body wasn't that strong and he wanted to improve on it. He knew that his legs could do serious damage, but he'd always decide to use his quirk rather than fight with his hands.
In thes past couple of months, a lot of things happened. Kiriyama graduated middle school and entered Bespin High School, which was a high school that did not focus on the quirks of students. Kiriyama chose to distance himself from everyone to make sure that they wouldn't get in the way of him returning to the vigilante scene. All things considered, there was not much change in Kiriyama's school life.
Kiriyama finishes his warm ups of stretches, laps of running back and forth from the cave to a gigantic tree that had been cut down, push ups, sit ups, squats, and jump-roping to warm himself up and began striking the dummy. As he was hard at work, he heard some rustling coming from the bushes.
"Kiriyama-kun?" asked the feminine voice coming from the bushes. Kiriyama recognized this voice and hastily pulled out a pocket knife and drew it closer to his index finger. A girl his age emerged from the tall bushes and gave the boy a sweet smile. She had blonde hair fashioned into two messy buns on either side of her head, yellow eyes with dark circles under them, and a high school uniform with an oversized cardigan.
"You're wearing clothes this time, Toga" said Kiriyama, causing the girl to giggle and reveal her sharp canine teeth. She takes a step forward "Kiri-"
"Take one more step and I'm shooting your leg" Kiriyama warned.
"Don't worry, Kiriyama-kun. I'm just here to tell you something." said Toga. Kiriyama raises an eyebrow and decides to let her speak.
"What do you want Toga?" he asked.
"The League of Villains and Shigaraki Tomura..." This made Kiriyama's eyes widen. In the past couple of months, the League of Villains had surfaced and were the talk of the town when they attacked U.A., though All Might did save the day. Then, a villain called 'Hero-Killer Stain' was caught on a video yelling out his ideology and ambition to kill 'false heroes' and the League of Villains were thought to be a group which carried out his ideas.
Kiriyama stood up straight, relaxed a little and lowered the knife he held. "Continue..."
Toga's lips curled into a smile and stepped forward. "Kurogiri, the second-in-command for the group asked me to get you..."
"You told him about me?" snapped Kiriyama.
"I would never snitch on you, Kiriyama-kun~! They already knew who you were before I even joined!" said Toga. Kiriyama was stunned and his eyes lead him to look at the ground as he got lost in his own thoughts. "IMPOSSIBLE... I haven't done shit since the day I met her... No... FUCK! The only way they would have found out is if they already had their eyes on Toga since before we met and they saw me that night with her! No, they didn't only see me... they heard me tell Toga my identity. This can't possibly be good"
"What did he want with me?" asked Kiriyama.
"Member." answered Toga.
"Member?"
"He wants you to join them."
"And become a villain? Do they know that I was framed? BY YOU!?" shouted Kiriyama, his face heating up out of anger. Kiriyama walked forward and closed the distance between the two teens.
"Yup, they do know that. But they also know everybody else thinks you've already made the jump from vigilante to villain. So, why not actually become a villain? Let's be villains Kiriyama-kun~! Together~! Let's kill heroes together~! And I would be able to see you bloody and beat up~!" the girl swooned. "What's wrong with this girl?" thought Kiriyama. He stepped forward once more and looked down at the girl with a scowl, attempting to intimidate her. Toga was unfazed and looked at the boy, amused at his actions.
"Be a villain by yourselves, I'm not joining. Leave me the fuck alone. I'll clear my name somehow and continue with my late night adventures." said Kiriyama, shooting daggers at Toga.
"I knew he wouldn't come willingly..." said a voice coming from up on a tree branch. Kiriyama looked up and saw a man in a large golden overcoat and top hat standing on top of a tree branch.
"Who is he?" Kiriyama asked Toga. Toga frowned and looked away.
"Mr. Compress, at your service. But we'll be teammates soon enough so I guess I'll allow you to know my real name." said the mysterious man, bowing down at Kiriyama. "My real name's Atsuhiro Sako. And I came along with Toga-chan to recruit you to our organization, though it seems like you've declined our offer..."
"I'm not a villain so I don't want to join your villain organization, it's simple. Now leave me alone." replied Kiriyama, walking away from both villains.
"I'm afraid, you'll have to come with us, Kiriyama-kun." said Atuhiro.
"Make me" snarled Kiriyama. He then cut his finger and aimed at the man in the top hat but was tackled down by Toga.
"Sorry, Kiriyama-kun." she said while on top of the boy. Kiriyama struggled around before rolling over, changing positions with the girl. Kiriyama sensed Atsuhiro attempt to touch him and Kiriyama jumped out of the way. "From his villain name, it sounds like he's got a quirk that'll 'compress' me and make it easier for him to kidnap me. So I better avoid him. A two on one, against what seem to be strong opponents, is a way too much for me. I gotta retreat." thought Kiriyama. However, it was too late as Kiriyama lost sight of the man.
"I'm a master of illusion and stealth, you won't be able to run, Kiriyama-kun." said a voice behind the teen. Then, the man slapped Kiriyama's back and turned him into a small marble.
"Let's go, Toga-chan." said Atsuhiro, as he places Kiriyama in his large overcoat's right pocket.
"I thought, Kiriyama-kun would've listened to me. Looks like I've gotta try harder to capture his heart!" said Toga as she dusts off the back of her skirt and cardigan.
"Toga-chan, you can't kill him now. He's going to be a valued teammate from now on." replied Atsuhiro.
"Aww..." Toga sighed.
Kiriyama was tied up to a chair and looked at a blue haired man with pale skin and dry, cracked lips and wrinkles around his eyes.
"I assume you're Shigaraki Tomura?" asked Kiriyama.
"Yeah, I am. And you're Kiriyama Ken, the 'Bloody Vigilante', well the 'Bloody Villain' now right?" replied Shigaraki.
"Both names are painfully terrible" cringed Kiriyama.
"Yeah... we're gonna need a better villain name for you" smiled Shigaraki causing Kiriyama to cringe again.
"I'm not joining shit, I'm a solo act and besides I catch people like you not heroes." said Kiriyama.
"Really? Cause I can sense a darkness in you... We got some info on what you're like from the guys you caught and some of your classmates. At school, you're a quiet and smart student but you've distanced yourself from your teachers and classmates, isn't that lonely, Kiriyama?"
"..."
Shigaraki's smile widened. "The small time villains and yakuza you caught told us that you were a scary guy. You threatened, beat, cut, and even shot them to extract information from them before you knocked them out and called the cops. They said your blood lust and cruel actions were more similar to a villain, not a hero."
"Fuck you, those guys were scumbags!"
"So you decided to take them down yourself because heroes weren't taking care of them? Hahaha! Come on Kiriyama! We both know you'll never be seen as a hero. Vigilantes can't switch to the hero side, they can only stay vigilantes until they're eventually caught or when they quit being one to avoid more trouble."
"..."
"Or... they can do something about this hero society we live in and join us."
Kiriyama's eyes widened at this and looked at Shigaraki, shocked.
"This society is wrong! The moment they began compensating people for protecting others, was the moment heroes stopped being heroes!" said a pink-haired, reptile-like man with green scales. "That's what Stain taught us!" Kiriyama was surprised. Not at what they were saying but at the fact that he agreed with them.
"Our 'evil' quirks get us branded as villains without doing anything. This world is hard for people like us to live in, Kiriyama-kun. I want to make it easier for us to live in!" added Toga. Kiriyama felt a lump in his throat when he thought about the bullying he suffered for having a weak quirk and when his dojo closed down because it was unneeded in this hero society. He thought about the blood lust he fought against when using his quirk, how he was unable to chase his childhood dream because of it, how he never got revenge and how there are probably kids with weak quirks or 'evil' quirks that are suffering from others.
"...I want to too..." whispered Kiriyama.
"Other people...the rules...and heroes. You don't have a place in society don't you? We've all suffered thanks to them right? You've suffered too haven't you? You want to change this society right? Get rid of these false heroes, change the rules, change SOCIETY! That's what we can offer you... the ability to change this twisted society. So how about it, Kiriyama? Join the League of Villains and help us change this world!"
Kiriyama held back his tears as he thought about abandoning his school and his family...his life. He looked up and around at all the present villains and his lips curled into a little smile as he thought about how he found a place he could finally fit in and obtain people he could call 'comrades'. "Shigaraki...Atsuhiro...Toga... I'll do my best so please take care of me."
"HAHAHA! Welcome Kiriyama Ken to our League of Villains!" cackled Shigaraki. "Untie him Toga. Let's get our friend comfortable."