The next chapter is in progress, so I'll have it done next week once i'm done with my online classes for that week. Once that's done, I'll be updating Journey Through Kanto, then some other stories I haven't updated in awhile.
The sky looked peaceful as the white fluffy clouds drifted aimlessly without a care in the world. The sun, beaming down its warm glow on those below it, keeping them warm and hot at the same time. Calming and peaceful just as it should be. Too bad he couldn't enjoy it forever like he dreamed out. Oh, well. These thoughts were currently going through the mind of none other than Midoriya Izuku who had indeed changed from the person he used to be. The boy was about 6 feet tall now, lean muscular figure, but not too muscular and was currently enjoying whatever quiet time he could get for how long it would last. Which in his mind wasn't very long. He had his red AirPods in his ears, listening to some good music as he gazed up at the calm blue sky that didn't have a care in the world.
How he wished the same thing for him, but in this school there's always something going on and people are always bothering him. Just as the current song he was listening to went off and another one was about to start playing the door to the school roof opened and he heard a familiar voice.
"Being on the school roof five minutes before homeroom is about to start is prohibited Midoriya Izuku!" The voice said.
With a groan Izuku got up from his lying position on his back and eyed two members of the disciplinary committee, one he recognized while the other one looked new. A trainee probably. Gotta give the members of the student council credit though, they are a persistent bunch.
He let out a yawn as he jumped down from where he was watching the sky and addressed them, "Do I really have to go to class?" He whined taking his AirPods out of his ears.
The black haired ponytail female disciplinary committee member who he already knew sighed, "Yes you do. Honestly, Midoriya why do you insist on sleeping up here on the roof of all places knowing you might be late for class?"
"Because I'm in no mood to deal with Katsuki Bakugo," Izuku said dryly, "In case you forget we're in the same class."
The newbie next to known member of the disciplinary committee sweatdropped while the other member of the disciplinary committee sighed, but otherwise understood, "Be that as it may, you still need to get to class."
Izuku gave her a hard stare making the newbie nervous before dipping his head a little, "Fine...I'll go." He gave a lazy wave as he left the roof.
"Honestly, he's so stubborn." The female member huffed in amusement.
"U-um, senpai?" The male newbie spoke up for the first time.
"Hm?"
"J-Just now...that was..."
"Midoriya Izuku, also known as the, "Absolute Strongest" here in our school." She informed.
The male newbie's eyes had stars in them, "I thought so! But I'm surprised, I thought he'd be a lot scarier like Katsuki Bakugo."
She huffed, "Its rude to compare Izuku to Bakugo of all people."
"Do you mean?"
The two of them left the roof but continued the conversation, "Unlike Katsuki Bakugo, Midoriya Izuku is humble with his Quirk abilities. He never uses them on school grounds unless he has to, and when he does he always asks for our permission first." She explained.
"Wow, that is humble," he said, "Then if he's the strongest Quirk user we have in our school, then does that make Katsuki Bakugo the second strongest?"
"Unfortunately." She said with a sneer, "Katsuki Bakugo constantly declares how he's better than everyone and always giving us a hard time. He has his own little gang that hangs around him, too."
"H-He hasn't hurt anyone with his Quirk has he?" He asked fearfully.
She shook her head, "No, but he does threaten some of the students with it."
"That's dangerous!" He cried.
"Clearly, but that is why some of us disciplinary committee members deal with him, and in some cases, Midoriya Izuku helps." She said.
"Eh? He helps out the Disciplinary Committee?"
"From time to time. Everyone here knows he's the strongest and the only one capable to dealing with Katsuki Bakugo, even though doing so gives him a headache." she said, her tone filled with amusement.
"I just never thought I'd get to see him in person," he said, "At my old school he's somewhat of a celebrity."
She looked thoughtful, "Hmmm, so he's already gaining the attention of some schools has he? I wonder what he'll say to that?"
Speaking of Izuku, he was currently walking to home room very much aware of the stares he'd been getting from the students. They were looks of awe that he still found annoying. Ever since that robbery incident during Spring Break and his resolve to get stronger, he had been getting these looks ever since. He trained day and night to improve his abilities and was pleased with the results. The kids of his elementary school called him, "Absolute Strongest," which truthfully he wasn't that strong. Considering all of the Pro Heroes he knows about he wasn't anywhere near their level, not even close. Anyway, since elementary school he was dreamed the strongest while Bakugo came second . Naturally this pissed him off and he once again challenged Izuku, or at least tried to anyway. Before anything could happen Izuku knocked him out with a swift punch to the gut and then walked away.
To this day, he couldn't even remember why he looked up to Bakugo in the first place. Guess it doesn't matter now.
He spotted his home room and went in, though with great reluctance. Immediately the talking ceased as he walked over by his seat and sat down, with a bored expression.
'I miss the roof already.'
He could clearly hear the conversations all around him so he ignored all of the chatter and opted to get some relaxation in before Bakugo shows up and makes a lot of racket.
"He's here before home room starts?"
"One of the members of the Disciplinary Committee must've bothered him again."
"He's cool to look at up close isn't he?"
"I know, right?"
'I can hear you.' Izuku sighed inwardly opting to just forget about it and try to go to sleep. The door then slammed opened and in came none other than Katsuki Bakugo, 'Great and now the nuisance shows up.'
"Tch, pain in the ass Disciplinary Committee. I'll blow them to pieces one day!" Bakugo vowed.
Today was just not Izuku's day. First having his private moment disturbed, being forced to come to home room, and now Bakugo. The biggest annoyance of all. Maybe if he pretends to be asleep the blonde will leave him alone.
"Oi, wake the hell up, Deku!"
'Ignore, ignore, ignore, ignore.' He chanted in his head.
But of course...things don't always work out the way you want them too.
He felt someone kick his desk and of course the only person it could be was Bakugo, but Izuku was still pretending to be asleep so he wouldn't have to deal with the blonde.
"He's ignoring Bakugo like its no big deal!"
"There's a reason he's the strongest of our school!"
"I doubt even Bakugo could beat him in a one-on-one fight!"
Izuku's eyebrow twitched, 'Why are you people making things worse?' He could practically feel the heat coming off from Bakugo and knew what would happen next, 'What a pain...'
"Don't...SCREW WITH ME!" Bakugo screamed as he sent a glowing fist at Izuku who merely raised his hand and reflected the attack so it wouldn't hit him, but it did hit Bakugo.
"GAH!"
With a sigh Izuku lifted his head from the desk and stretched his limbs with a yawn, pretending he had been asleep and Bakugo just now woke him up. He gave the blonde a deadpanned look, "What are you doing?"
Bakugo sat up slowly, "You...fucking nerd...!"
Izuku yawned, not even the bit intimidated by Bakugo as he would have in the past, "I'm tired...those guys are so mean to wake me up from my nap and take away my peaceful oasis. Maybe in my next life I'll be a cat, so I can sleep for as long as I want."
The whole class sweat-dropped at the last part of his sentence. You think they would be used to Midoriya's sarcastic personality by now, but he always throws something new at them.
"You think your fucking funny?!" Bakugo yelled, threatening to use his Quirk on Midoriya.
Izuku meanwhile gave Bakugo a bored look, "You look like a porcupine." He didn't know why he never noticed it before but Bakugo's hair really did make him look like a porcupine, either that or a chihuahua, based on his personality.
There was complete silence before snickering could be heard, the kids in the class couldn't help but agree that with as spiky as Bakugo's hair was, he really did look like a porcupine. Even his two sidekicks started snickering along with the rest of the class. Naturally this pissed off Bakugo, obvious with how his hands were starting to glow and tiny explosions were heard. Before Bakugo could do anything though the door to the classroom opened.
"All of you take your seats!" The teacher said.
Everyone took their seats, even a glaring Bakugo who vowed inwardly to get even with Izuku. Izuku of course didn't really care and put his head down on the desk again, this time really trying to sleep in class.
"I know this is sudden, but we have a new student," the teacher said suddenly, "You can come in!" He turned to the door.
The classroom door opened and in came a young man with messy indigo hair which sticks out, and somewhat triangular purple eyes. His eyes have very dark bags underneath them, and he appears to lack visible eyelashes, and relatively tall. The boy stared at everyone with a stoic expression as if already bored even though he just got here.
"Why don't you introduce yourself." The teacher said.
With a tired sigh the new student turned towards the board and wrote his name, then turned back towards the class, "Shinsō Hitoshi...nice to meet you." He introduced.
Izuku lifted his eyes up slightly and stared at the purple haired teen with interest and noted something very interesting.
'Laid back, but stoic demeanor. Just like the underground Pro Hero Eraserhead.' Izuku noted. Doing research on underground heroes who don't like the spotlight interested him so he did his own investigation (*cough* hacking *cough*) into the hero database and looked up some unknown Pro Heroes from both the past and present. He never did get caught either, as he made sure his location was set up elsewhere, that way no would be able to track down his signal.
"Then Shinsō-kun, why don't you take your seat next to Midoriya." The teacher told him as Midoriya raised his hand slightly to alert Shinsō who he was and where he should sit.
Shinsō raised a brow at the green haired teen but said nothing as he took his seat next to him and him a side glance. When he was filing the paperwork for this school he'd heard some rumors about Midoriya Izuku aka "The Absolute Strongest." Just looking at him though, one could see the boy looked hardly strong, or even dangerous for that matter but he'd heard the name Midoriya Izuku before he came here. Japan hosts a Shogi tournament live every year and he remembered seeing Midoriya there for every one, and won all of them, too. Another rumor he heard about him was that he has a Dual Quirk that's said to be stronger than All Might, Endeavor, and some other Pro Heroes, though of course they were just rumors and not everyone believed them, but those that did would always have a desire to meet him. Now here he was seeing the guy in person, watching his facial expression express just how bored he was and that he would rather look out the window than pay attention to class.
Maybe talking to the guy won't be so bad, provided he's not stuck up and arrogant about his Quirk.
It was lunch time and Izuku approached Shinsō, "Have you been around the school yet?"
Shinsō blinked at the relaxed tone in his voice, "No, I haven't."
"Then I'll show you around," Izuku told him, "Follow me." And just like that, Shinsō found himself being dragged by Izuku out the classroom and into the hallway to explore the school. As he was being dragged around by the strongest guy in school he noticed the other students were whispering as they walked. He also noticed Izuku ignore them completely as he was more focused in showing him around the school.
"Normally the disciplinary committee would show a new student around but they're busy having a meeting right now, so you'll have to put up with me." Izuku said.
"Its fine." Shinsō said tiredly, "I'm surprised, I thought you'd be part of the disciplinary committee."
"They asked and I said, "no."
Okay, now that was interesting.
"Why not?" Shinsō couldn't resist and asked.
Izuku hummed in thought before giving his answer, "Because it would take away my personal time."
Shinsō raised a brow, "Personal time?"
Izuku stopped walking, prompting Shinsō to do the same. The green haired and eyed boy slowly turned towards Shinsō and gave a small smile, "I'll take you there."
When his tour guid said he'd take him to his "personal time" he didn't realize this is what he meant. The rooftop breeze did feel good though, he had to give Izuku props for that. Speaking of Izuku, he was currently lying down on his back and staring up at the clouds which would cover the sun every once in awhile as they drifted on by.
"Do you come up here a lot?" Shinsō Asked, having sat down next to Izuku since he didn't feel like standing.
Izuku made a satisfied noise before answering, "Yeah...the air up here feels nice, and I can get away from all the noise inside."
Shinsō could see nothing wrong with that at all. Really, he'd picture Midoriya Izuku to be the type that gets arrogant when deemed the strongest at their school, but so far he seems like a pretty laid back guy.
"Expecting something else?" Izuku said suddenly, taking Shinsō by surprise.
"What?"
Izuku sighed and sat up, "When people see the infamous Midoriya Izuku of Aldera Junior High they're surprised to see me acting like a "normal person." He made air quotes with his fingers.
Shinsō actually snorted at that, "They were probably expecting you to be arrogant with your Quirk."
"I couldn't act arrogant if I tried," Izuku snorted, "And I don't just have one Quirk either."
Shinsō whipped his head towards him sharply, "Wait, what?"
Izuku yawned, "I'm surprised you don't know. I thought rumors about me having two Quirks were known by just about everybody."
"No...I'd heard some rumors about it but didn't think it was accurate." There were people known to have Dual Quirks, but they were rare, "I'm guessing you're not the type to brag about your Quirks, huh?"
"As if," Izuku scoffed softly, "That's Bakugo's department."
"Bakugo? Ah, the porcupine."
*Snort*
Izuku's shoulders were shaking as he tried but failed to control the fit of giggles that were trying to escape and was reduced to lying on the rooftop floor to try and control his laughter.
Shinsō blinked, clearly confused, "What?"
Izuku heaved as he finally got his laughter under control, "I...I literally just called him that...not long after...you came in the classroom...h-hearing it from someone else is just too damn funny...!" He heaved out as his laughter was finally under control.
"You're a pretty cool guy." Izuku said honestly.
A small blush tinted Shinsō's cheeks at the compliment and made sure to turn his head away so Izuku wouldn't notice. He had to wonder though, would Izuku still think that way if he ever found out about his Quirk?
"We should head back, unfortunately." Izuku said, standing up.
"Yeah..." Shinsō agreed, getting up himself.
As the two boys left the roof, one of them was still in deep thought about the other walking next to him.
'Midoriya Izuku...what are you really like?'
"Oi."
Shinsō was busy staring out the window while Izuku was sleeping with his head down on his desk when Bakugo Katsuki decided to strike up a conversation. If you could even call it that. The indigo haired boy had only briefly met the guy and he could already see why Izuku found him troublesome. His personality aside, Bakugo looked at everyone as though they were beneath him, something he detests greatly. He also noticed the constant antagonist attitude towards Izuku, who would either pretend to fall asleep or compare him to another animal with anger issues, but mostly Izuku would compare him to another dog, like a Pit Bull for example.
With a reluctant sigh, he slowly turned to the Explosion Quirk user and gave him a deadpanned look, "What?"
Bakugo clicked his tongue at the drawled out response, "You, what's your Quirk?"
At this point Izuku opened his eyes slowly as he looked over at the two. Since the beginning the purple haired boy hadn't once talked about his Quirk and Izuku didn't pry about it either. It was something personal and Izuku could respect that, but as for Bakugo? He doesn't even know what the word "respect" means.
Shinsō meanwhile gave Bakugo a cold glare that could freeze any herbivore in place, but unfortunately Bakugo was no herbivore, "None of your damn business." He said coldly.
Bakugo just smirked, "What? Is it a weak Quirk? Then you better stay out of my way, extra!"
Before Shinsō could use his Quirk on Bakugo a small green electric pulse zapped near Bakugo's ear making him curse and turn to the source.
"Deku, you little...!"
Izuku didn't look the least bit scared. It was still interesting how he changed so much from what he used to be like in the past. But after that...incident, he refused to back down towards anyone.
Not even Bakugo.
"You're being annoying," Izuku said simply, "If he doesn't want to tell you what his Quirk is then he doesn't have to. Stop being annoying already."
"What was that you-!" Izuku flicked his forehead hard enough to make Bakugo hold it while it was throbbing in pain. Izuku's facial expression remained impassive.
"Like I said, stop being annoying already." He repeated again as he went back to sit down, "Oh, and if you even think about attacking me from behind then I'll send you flying out the window, even though its a pain." He muttered under his breath, taking his seat and putting his head back down on his desk.
"Thanks..." Shinsō whispered, showing real emotion in his voice.
Izuku gave him a lazy smile, "It doesn't matter what Quirk you have. Quirks don't define a person." And with that he closed his eyes falling back asleep and didn't see that his words made an impact on Shinsō.
When classes were finally over Izuku stretched both arms above his head and gathered his things, about to leave, or that was the plan anyway.
"Midoriya Izuku."
He stopped all movement and saw the Disciplinary Committee President-Kurosawa Yui. She had short light blue hair, wearing her trademark glasses, wearing the Disciplinary Committee armband with their school symbol on it. Don't let her appearance fool you, this is one girl you do not want to make angry.
"Ah, President." Izuku greeted.
Yui sighed, "Please come with me for a moment."
Izuku looked over at Shinsō for a moment, he promised he'd take the boy out to the arcade as a way of getting rid of stress.
"I'll wait." Shinsō told him.
Izuku said nothing as he left the classroom with Yui. As soon as the door closed though the chatter started.
"She called him out again."
"You think she's going to ask him to join the disciplinary committee again?"
"Well, yeah! He should definitely join!"
"I wouldn't be surprised if he became the next Disciplinary Committee President!"
"That's right, she'll be graduating this year, won't she?"
Shinsō listened to the chatter and wondered if Izuku really would join the disciplinary committee. He's be a perfect fit for it, but he would probably find it to be a pain too.
Speaking of Izuku, he and Yui were currently walking down the halls of the classroom having their own conversation.
"As you know I'm going to be graduating this year." She started.
"Congratulations," Izuku told her, "But that's not what you wanted to tell me. Let's just cut to the chase shall we, president?"
She stopped walking and turned to him, her face full of determination, "Midoriya Izuku...I am hereby to inform you that you are a candidate for the next Disciplinary Committee President!"
What would be the appropriate reaction to this?
He gave her a dry look, "Sure there's nobody else you have in mind?"
Yui crossed her arms with a small smile, "Hate to break it to you but we took a vote, and you won unanimously. No one else within the committee wanted the position and all agreed you were a perfect fit."
"I'm having a hard time believing that." He stated.
"Its the truth."
"Once again, I don't believe you."
She sighed, "Listen, I understand you don't like stuff like this but...you really are the only one we trust to have the position."
Izuku rubbed the back of his neck, "You know...if this was reversed, then Bakugo would be a choice."
"Bakugo Katsuki was never even brought up," Yui informed, "And even if he was, I doubt the student population would consider him to replace me for obvious reasons."
"Yeah...I'll think about it." He ended the conversation with that and left her standing in the hall with a small smile.
"That's all I ask."
"So it was decided that you'd be replacing Kurosawa Yui-san when she graduates?" Shinsō questions.
Izuku finished his popsicle and addressed the boy walking next to him, "I said I'd think about it, but odds are I'll probably turn it down."
Shinsō tossed his popsicle in the trash, "Its your choice, though I think it suits you."
He received a deadpanned look in response making him snort a little, "What's with that face? Don't believe me?"
"I just don't see myself as 'president' material. It looks like too much work, not to mention dealing with difficult people." Izuku complained.
"Bakugo Katsuki, huh?"
Izuku turned to him slowly, "The two of you know he'll do nothing but give me a headache if I take the position, yet you still think I should do it."
"Well...the guy is difficult, you're the only one to put him in his place." Shinsō said, trying to find something positive about it.
Izuku huffed, "Then you'll be the vice chairmen."
Shinsō snapped his head in Izuku's direction quickly, "Wait, what?"
"Then its decided, you'll be my vice chairman." Izuku gave him a mischievous smile.
Shinsō merely sighed, "Don't I get a say in this?"
"No."
"Sneaky bastard."
"Misery loves company."
Shinsō was thinking of a way to get Izuku back for this without making it look like a crime scene, "You said you two Quirks, right?"
"Yeah, I never told you what they were did I?" Izuku wondered.
Shinsō shrugged his shoulders, "You don't have to tell me."
"Its fine, my Quirks are Electrokenesis and Vector Manipulation." Izuku told him.
"Okay, I know Electrokenesis lets you manipulate electricity, but what's Vector Manipulation?" Shinsō hadn't even heard of that kind of Quirk before.
Izuku placed a finger to his chin, "How to explain this...I can manipulate the vectors of matter and its related energies. I can do a lot of damage with this Quirk so I don't use it very much unless I absolutely have to."
"Its that dangerous?"
Izuku huffed, "Let's just say the Japanese government would label me as a threat if I suddenly decide to go on a killing spree."
Shinsō's blood froze at the thought of Izuku becoming a villain, but he understood what he meant. Its still a pretty cool Quirk to have...compared to his. He stopped walking, "This is it for me. I can walk the rest of the way here by myself."
Izuku looked around the area for a few minutes before nodding, "See ya." He walked away leaving a very confused Shinsō behind.
'Why was he looking around? Does he think this neighborhood is unsafe?' Shinsō thought.
Back with Izuku, he wasn't going straight home like he should. Instead he took to the alley knowing that it was dark enough and that way no one would see him. He walked deeper and deeper into the darkness, feeling himself be swallowed up by it as he kept walking. The sound of an engine, then footsteps were soon heard, he knew who was following him and what they wanted, that's why he lead them away from Shinsō. Hopefully they won't try to break in the boy's house and use him as a hostage, hopefully.
Around seventeen individuals wearing black jackets and the insignia of some sort of species of spider got out of their van and followed the green haired kid being careful not to lose him, but alas they did.
"Find him, that little shit should still be around here!"
They started searching for Izuku but hadn't spotted him yet, which is strange because this alley was a dead end, so where the hell did he go? Before anything else was said one of the guys screamed before falling to the ground.
"What the hell?!"
Another scream was heard and another one of them collapsed, making the others become more than a little frightened. What made this worse was the fact that they still didn't know if it was the boy they were following or not.
"Show yourself you little shit!" One of the men demanded.
He was greeted with silence and the darkness of the alley didn't make things any better. There was no sound. There weren't even any rats running around like usual. It was quiet. Too quiet. This is what one would call the calm before the storm.
Izuku still stayed hidden within the shadows of the alley and slammed his fist into the wall, causing dents to appear before the invisible force hit five of the men, knocking them unconscious but not without injuries.
"Heek!"
"Wh-What kind of Quirk does that?!"
"He's going to kill us like he did with our guys back then!"
"Shut up, that damn brat's not killing anyone!"
The next line of assault came upon them with no warning, "Denkyū (Electro Ball)." Izuku announced his attack as four electro ball's rained down on the rest of the men, their cries of pain echoes throughout the alley's walls. Now there was only on remaining, the very same one who just a minute ago showed no fear but things were different now.
He slowly back away, "Wh-Where are you?! You think you're so tough, huh?!" He yelled hysterically darting his eyes around the silent alley. Then out of nowhere a hand shot out and grabbed him by the face, slamming him into the wall behind him. As he was pinned there by the hand, he realized that the person who had pinned him to the wall with just one hand was the very same boy he and his men were planning on attacking.
"Hey, why do you guys still do this?" Izuku asked.
The man said nothing, his fear dominating him over answering the question that was given to him.
"I wasn't expecting you to answer," Izuku said as green static surged around the very same hand that was pinning the thug to the wall, "And I won't bother giving you a warning either, so I'll just say this..." slowly he lifted his head, revealing glowing green eyes, "Come at me all you want, I'll still crush you."
"Mmphf!" Was the man's mumbled response being unable to say anything else clearly due to the fact that Izuku had his hand around the man's mouth.
"Kanden (Electrocution)."
And with those words the man knew only pain and a burning sensation.
Izuku sighed as he walked out of the alley, not long after he did his phone started to ring.
Caller ID: Ochako
A smile graced his lips as he answered the phone, "Hello?"
"Don't "hello" me! I was expecting your call earlier!" Ochako's pouting voice graced him, making him chuckle.
"Sorry, there's was something I needed to deal with before calling you." He told her.
"Like what?"
"Oh you know...just some spiders that needed to be squashed that's all." He said nonchalantly.
There was a sigh before she spoke again, "They're still targeting you then, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. But these constant attacks on me are starting to get on my nerves." he said.
"You still haven't figure out where they're hiding out?"
"Hatsume's been looking into it but so far we don't have anything," Izuku explained, "We could always just follow one of them into leading us to the others, but there's no telling how many will be lying there in wait."
"I thought the police force would have found their hideout and arrested them already." Ochako sighed.
"No such luck with them either, if they did then I could hack into their database and finish this already." He said.
It seems that after Izuku's rage moment when he was younger those of the Black Arachnid somehow found out he was the one that killed two of their men while Naomasa killed the other one. After that, he had become a target for them constantly, and the only good thing about this was neither his mother, nor Ochako were targets.
For now at least.
That's why he needs to end this.
Once and for all.
"How about you?"
"They haven't been following me, and my parents said they haven't seen anyone suspicious lately either."
He breathed a sigh of relief hearing that, "Good."
"But still...how did they find out it was you? The news never reported your name."
"Simple. Either the police force has a leak or these guys use the streets as their information network." Izuku stated as a simple fact.
"So it could be either or both."
"Yeah, oh yeah I meant to tell you that a new student transferred into our class today." He brought up suddenly.
"Eh, really? Boy or girl?
"Boy, his name is Shinsō Hitoshi."
"Ohhh, it sounds like the name suits him."
At that comment Izuku smiled, "Yeah, it does. Anyway, how was your day?"
"It was good. I managed to work on my Quirk a little more today and didn't puke...until five minutes later." She said that last part depressingly.
He huffed in amusement, "Baby steps I keep telling you."
"I know!" He heard her whine on the other line.
Izuku had never been more grateful to have her as a friend, and who knows maybe in the near future the two of them could...
When Izuku got his mom was understandably worried when he told her that he was once again followed by members of Black Arachnid. The bullet wound she got from one of them a long time ago had left a scar, but she didn't seem to mind it though. She even bragged about it being a battle scar and Izuku had to stifle his laughter when she said that. A battle scar, huh? Only his mother.
The next day he noticed Shinsō had been giving him subtle glances from time to time and Izuku could tell the boy wanted to ask him about his strange behavior yesterday. He supposed he owed the boy an explanation, if by some chance-god forbid, those bastard find out where Shinsō lived and tried to kidnap him or his family or even harm them then it would be his fault.
When lunch time finally came around he made his decision to tell him everything.
"You were acting weird yesterday." Shinsō stated.
Izuku made a face, 'Straight to the point. Somehow I'm not surprised.' He thought, "I was, but for a good reason."
Shinsō raised a brow, "What do you mean? Do you get followed by fan girls or something?"
"Heh, actually being followed by fan girls sounds better than being followed by wanted criminal gang." Izuku huffed.
Shinsō froze when Izuku mentioned 'wanted criminal gang' and instantly thought of the number #1 gang on the list, "You're kidding..."
"I wish."
Slowly, Shinsō lowered his chopsticks, his full attention now on Izuku, "How the hell...?"
Izuku sighed, "You remember a few years ago there was an attempted robbery in a convenience store where there still people inside and being used as hostages?"
Did he know about it? Of course he knew about it, hell everyone knew about how three members of the Black Arachnid got their asses handed to them by a kid no less...wait a minute!
"You mean..."
Izuku cut him off, "The news didn't report everything. Two members of the Black Arachnid weren't defeated...I-I killed them." Even now it still bothers him to this day, sure he didn't have nightmares about it anymore, but it still isn't pleasant to think about. He spoke again before Shinsō could say anything, "I don't remember doing it. When...when the female member shot my mom because she refused to let me be used as collateral, I sort of...snapped. When I can too, I was in the hospital and they told me what happened."
Shinsō was quiet as he waited for Izuku to say all that he had to say, "And because of that, those guys want payback."
Izuku nodded, "I don't know how they found out, my name wasn't mentioned nor was my picture. So either the police force has a leak, or its being going around the underworld network. Honestly though, I can believe both theories. You're taking this surprisingly well."
Shinsō shrugged, "They shot your mom. Trust me when I tell you that if anyone had so much as done the same thing to my mom I would torture them before killing them."
Izuku could find nothing in that sentence to disagree with for he agreed with him.
"Does it still bother you?" Shinsō asked.
"A little," Izuku admitted, "The nightmares are gone, but...you just can't forget about killing two people, even if it was technically self-defense. You know, there are times where I get scared of using my Quirks because they could hurt or kill someone I care about. But when I close my eyes and think about what will happen to my loved one if I don't do something, I find myself wanting to understand and use it more for their sake."
Something inside Shinsō seemed to finally crack, but it wasn't a bad crack-no, it was a good crack. The cracking sound was the fear and rejection he had been bottling up for years due to other people's opinion's about his Quirk.
"Sennō (Brainwashing)."
"Hm?"
Shinsō took a deep breath as he prepared to tell Izuku, someone who he hadn't even known all that long about his Quirk.
"Its the name of my Quirk," he elaborated, "When I found out what my Quirk was and what it can do I kept it to myself. But, when it was time for me to start Middle School someone had found out what my Quirk was and spread throughout the school, and I was kept isolated from everyone else."
Izuku didn't say anything and simply listened.
"The kids kept saying since it was a villains Quirk that means I'll become a villain, but I don't want to be a villain. I...I want to become a hero." Shinsō confessed his dream to Izuku, "After word got out about my Quirk I started getting harassed, the teachers there didn't bother to do anything about it because they didn't want to be bothered. It was bad, there were times where I would scared to come to school because there's no telling what they would do to me. The final straw was when someone wrote, "VILLAIN" in bold black ink on my desk."
Izuku wanted to electrocute all of his former middle school classmates but opted against it for they weren't even worth it.
Shinsō then let out a huff, "My mom raised hell when she found out all of the abuse I went through and my old man demanded why the principle didn't put a stop to the harassment. The principle tried to reason with them so they wouldn't sue the school but my parents weren't having that. The school was forced to pay up and the main instigators were punished harshly from what I was told. But after all that I had to transfer to another school, not that I was complaining because I couldn't wait to get the hell out of there."
"I bet." Izuku said, having finally spoke after just sitting there and listening the whole time, "Thanks for sharing that."
"Don't mention it. You shared with me so I thought I'd show you the same courtesy." Shinsō said.
Izuku laid down on his back, watching the clouds float by, "If you want my opinion, I think your Quirk is useful for a number of reasons. First off, you could brainwash a villain into becoming a hero. Second, you could use it to control crowds when there's a villain around causing trouble and people are practically tripping over themselves to get away. Lastly, you could help the police force with their interrogations."
Shinsō looked at Izuku in awe as he described the many useful things his Quirk could do. He hadn't even thought about it before, believing his Quirk to be dangerous to other people, but here Izuku basically sums up why his Quirk is needed.
"My grandmother told me that we don't know why we are given the Quirks that we have, but its how we use them that define us as a person." Izuku quoted from his grandmother.
Shinsō looked up at the sky with a small smile, "She sounds like a nice person..." He said, deciding to take those words to heart.
"She is," Izuku agreed, "She's also my favorite hero."
"Your grandmother was a hero?"
"Yeah, but she liked to remain unknown so not many people know about her. I kind of like underground heroes though." Izuku admitted.
"Me too, I like Eraserhead." Shinsō told him.
"Seriously? I like him, too. His Quirk aside, the guys a good fighter."
"He is, that's why I've taken up martial arts, so I can be good at hand-to-hand combat and not rely on my Quirk all the time." Shinsō said.
"Same here, but my grandfather's been teaching me," Izuku shuddered slightly, "He's brutal."
Shinsō for the first time since he's come here laughed. He laughed so hard, tears started gleaming in his eyes and he was enjoying every minute of it.
Location-Hatsume's Secret Base
In an abandoned warehouse that hadn't been used for ages, there were now various equipment stationed there and a lone figure hunched over by the computer.
This individual was a girl with yellow eyes with cross-hairs for pupils and pink locks that are styled asymmetrically, having two longer strands on the right side of her face. She was wearing protective goggles, fingerless gloves, and many of her other gadgets on her person. There was a sound from behind her but she wasn't worried because she knew who it was.
"Hey, Izuku!" She greeted.
Izuku closed the door behind him as he walked in, "Hey, Hatsume."
"Mou, I told you to call me Mei!" Mei complained.
"And I told you that I prefer calling you your surname." He said.
Mei huffed but didn't complain about it anymore, "Here about the Black Arachnid again?"
He nodded, "Have you found anything?"
"I have some good news for you!" She grinned, "After long hard hours and two days without sleep, I've finally found the hideout!"
It had been a real pain to find anything about the Black Arachnid gang nowadays because of the attempted robbery incident years ago. They'd gone underground and stayed hidden there, only coming out to try and assault Izuku but failing miserably and then go into hiding again. Mei had been working non-stop to try and find out where the bastards where hiding after they'd tried to hurt Izuku the first time. She had met both Izuku and Ochako during both teens second years of middle school and her second year of technical school. When she saw Izuku and Ochako's Quirks for the first time she instantly wanted to make some equipment for them, as well as make their costumes. Naturally the two were taken back by her assertive personality, but otherwise agreed that her 'babies' would definitely come in handy. So of course the first thing she made for them both was untraceable earpiece communicator, and it came in handy when some members of Black Arachnid had been stalking Izuku and he used the earpiece to alert Ochako to stay away while he handled them, and boy did he handle them. Hatsume was impressed with the destruction to the deserted street he caused. Both of his Quirks, Vector Manipulation and Electrokenesis were simply amazing! She was still working on his Hero costume and hoped he liked it! It was her best work yet!
"Good," He said, his tone promising pain, "They can't get to Ochako, but they can get to Shinsō since they saw us walking home together."
She gave him a folder with plenty of information on it, "Not only did I manage to find their base of operations, but I also got some background information on the most important individuals in the group."
Izuku opened the folder and saw a picture of a man with purple hair with green streaks and a wild look.
"Saito Akihisa. Age: 36, Quirk: Pyrokinesis. Position: Lieutenant," Hatsume described, "Don't let his appearance fool you, there's a reason he's ranked lieutenant. Back when the group was first active publicly he burned down a whole neighborhood without any sort of hesitation because he didn't want a witness to testify against him."
"What happened to the witness and everyone else within the neighborhood." He asked.
"26 deaths, 13 critical condition, 9 with non too severe burns." She listed off.
"Scum." Izuku growled lowly.
"The guy's completely ruthless, he puts Endeavor to shame." She said.
'Damn right.' He thought. Anyone who makes Endeavor look tame compared to them has to be someone to be taken seriously. Flipping the next page he saw a woman with red hair, with calm silver eyes.
"Suzuki Hina. Age: 27, Quirk: Geokinesis. Position: Sub-Lieutenant. She's another dangerous one this girl, she used her Quirk to bring down two large buildings just like that. The deal toll was too large just like the injured. If I didn't know otherwise I thought she was the leader." She explained.
"You're not the only one," he said flipping to the last page and saw a man with a confident smirk on his face. He had wavy brown hair, and blue eyes that showed his confidence.
"And finally, we have the leader of the group. Adachi Gou. Age: 33, Quirk: Air Manipulation. Position: Leader. This guy's been leading the group since he was a teenager. He's got more body counts on him more than anyone else in the group, and since he started Black Arachnid as a teenager that body counts gone up." She explained with a slight grimace. There were villains who didn't hesitate to kill but his guy was on a whole different level from the more serious villains, hell the guy even killed an innocent kid for merely seeing his face at the scene of a crime he committed.
Izuku gave the picture a cold stare before closed the folder, "Thanks Hatsume, sorry for making you do this."
She waved off his apology, "Its fine, its fine, I may be a technician, but I'm also good at gathering information. Never forget that."
"Yes, yes." Izuku waved as he walked away, provided with the new information he got from Hatsume.
It was time to end this.
Once and for all.
As he was walking away from Hatsume's secret hideout there was a mysterious individual watching him leave. The shadows carefully obscured this individuals face but not their voice.
"Subject found. Proceeding to make contact, UNIT SERIAL NUMBER #1 states." The individual said, voice sounding male.
"Darts?" Izuku said as once again he and Shinsō were on the roof.
Shinsō put the dart away, "Yeah, I've been thinking about using them as weapons along with something else, but this will do for now."
"Sounds reasonable, you might find yourself in a situation where your Quirk stops working all of a sudden and you need something other than hand-to-hand combat to protect you." Izuku could agree with having a weapon in case of something going wrong. He needed to get one himself.
"By the way, I noticed I was being followed today."
Izuku snapped his eyes open quickly but showed no reaction other than that, "Did you see who?"
"I couldn't see their face very well, but they were wearing black jackets that looked like it has some sort of insignia on it, it looked like some sort of insect." The blue haired boy described.
That confirms it.
Black Arachnid knows where Shinsō lives, and the fact they were following him means they were planning to use to him as a hostage to get to him. That was the final straw. He had no choice but to deal with them. Tonight.
"I wouldn't worry about it Shinsō," Izuku sat up and walked away, "You won't be seeing them again." With those parting words he left the school roof, unaware of Shinsō's eyes on his back.
Izuku put a finger to the communicator, "Hatsume, its going down tonight."
"Gotcha! I'll get ready!"
"Right." He turned the device off, keeping his expression calm despite the raging storm within him.
'Now you've made me mad.'
Izuku called his mom letting her know he was going to be out late and told her not to worry for he promised her he wouldn't be out very long. In truth, he was going to the Black Arachnids base to finish things once and for all.
The sound of screeching tires assaulted his ears as he spotted a black van out of the corner of his eye and knew it was Black Spider. Without even looking he blocked the black van from slamming into him, messing up the front but making sure to keep those within the vehicle alive. He might be really angry with them right now, but he wasn't going to kill them.
Walking over by the bent door he ripped it off and threw it at the wall behind him and saw four people within the van, the front driver made a sound of fear as he practically ripped the car door off.
"You'd think I'd be surprised that you just tried to kill me using a car, but I'm not. A gang of killers will be just that. Killers." Izuku said, grabbing the driver by the face before throwing him against the wall but made sure to hold back so he wouldn't kill him. Turning back to other three passengers, one of them pulled out a gun and started shooting at Izuku but due to his ability to manipulate vectors they bounced right off of him and ended up hitting the shooter, getting him in the arm and shoulder. Without hesitation, Izuku grabbed him by the face, slammed him to the ground before stomping on him with his foot to knock him out.
He turned to the last two passengers and saw they tried to escape but he electrocuted them before they could get too far. Both men fell to the ground but only one of them was conscious, so Izuku grabbed him by the back of the head and interrogated him, "I'm gonna take a wild guess here and say your leader Gou told you to do this, right?"
The man made a noise, "H-How do you know Boss's name?!"
He let go of the man's head, "You guys have been trying to kill me since my first year of middle school. Did you really think I wouldn't be doing any background information after all this time?" It shouldn't even be surprising at this point.
The man started grinning, "Even if you know our boss's name! He'll still kill you! What can some brat like you do on his own?!"
Before Izuku could respond to that another voice entered the scene, "He's not alone." Looking up he saw it was Shinsō, giving the conscious man a glare.
Izuku was understandably surprised, "Why are you here?"
Shinsō gave him an apologetic shrug, "Sorry, but I have to get involved now because these guys decided to try and take us hostage. Didn't work though."
"W-What?!" The downed man exclaimed.
Izuku got what Shinsō meant, "Where are they now?"
"On their way to the police station, going on their own two feet." Shinsō said with a smirk.
"What the hell?! What kind of Quirk did you use on them?!" The man demanded.
Izuku knocked the man out, "Go to sleep," he then looked at Shinsō, "I'm sorry, sorry for getting you involved."
Shinsō shrugged, "I was going to get involved sooner or later. Just thought I'd be prepared before that happened though."
"Shinsō..." Izuku didn't find this whole thing amusing.
"Its fine," Shinsō told him, "I'm not helping you deal with them because you helped me, but because you're my friend."
Izuku blushed at the bold statement but relented as he gave a small smirk, "Your Quirk, how many can you brainwash all at once?"
"Up to 20, but that's my limit."
"Good enough." Izuku left the downed men as he and Shinsō were on their way to deal with the Black Arachnid and put an end to this.
Location-Base of the Black Arachnid, 8:43 pm
Gou took chugged down his last can of beer as he waited for his men to report. He had already made his move to use that kid Shinsō Hitoshi as a hostage in order to get back at that kid-Midoriya Izuku. Ever since that incident years ago he'd been planning and waiting for the right time to have a showdown with him. He started out slow, sending some of his members to follow the kid as he started his first day of Middle School, then he'd order them to deal with him however they wanted, by leaving bruises on the kid, but leaving him alive. But that hasn't been working out too well as members of the police force would get and anonymous tip as to where to find the defeated member of Black Spider, but not tell them who took them out. This kid had allies that he had hidden in the shadows just like him. He had a source from the underground network about how it was just a small kid, Midoriya Izuku that killed two of his members a detective by the name of Naomasa Tsukauchi shot and killed the female member of the group to protect the two kids.
He was going to have some of his men kidnap Ochako Uraraka, but opted out, besides his influence hasn't reached that far yet despite having created this group when he was just sixteen.
"They're taking their time it seems." Hina said, stating the obvious.
"No shit, doll face." Akihisa said flatly.
Having finished his beer the leader of the Black Arachnid crushed the can in his hand before tossing it aside and standing up, "If they're not here by now it means they got their asses handed to them."
"Damn. What information did we get about their Quirks?" Akihisa asked.
"Not much, rumor has it the green haired kid's got two Quirks, and I don't know what kind of Quirk the blue haired kid has." Gou answered.
Hina narrowed her eyes, "A Dual-Quirk user. A rare find."
"Keh, doesn't matter to me if the brat has three Quirks! He's gonna pay for what he did to Gin and the others!" Akihisa snarled, eager to burn the kid alive.
"You aren't the only one who wants to make him pay." Hina reminded coldly.
Gou smirked, "We'll all get our payback. You can count on that."
Just then the light to the base went out, making all the members look around in confusion. A blackout? No, this was planned.
"The fuck?" Akihisa said, sounding confused.
Gou kept his smirk in place, "Looks like the kid decided to come to us this time."
Hina looked around, "Causing a blackout to confuse us before striking within the shadows, clever."
Gunshots were then heard in the dark as the small spark of light that gave the three strongest members in the group a sign that the lower members started shooting randomly in the dark like a bunch of idiots.
"What the fuck are you morons doing?!" Akihisa yelled.
"Fools." Hina said flatly.
Gou was about to tell the dumbasses to knock it off when the lights came back on and he saw about seventeen of their members were on the ground clutching bullet wounds while those who were still conscious still had guns in their hands with blank expressions. As the blank members set their guns towards the three of them Hina used her Quirk to make the earth beneath them move so they would lose their balance, and it worked for they lost their balance and were knocked out cold.
"What the actual fuck?" Akihisa walked over to the knocked out members, poking them with his foot.
"It would appear they were being manipulated before I made them lose consciousness." Hina said, once again stating the obvious.
Gou started chuckling, "Kid's already taken half of us out just like that. Not bad."
The sound of a speaker got their attention as all three looked around for the source.
"Testing, one...two...three! Can you hear me, Black Arachnid members?! Good! Sorry about this, but we're going to have to beat you guys up for trying to hurt our friend and kidnapping the other one! Nothing personal!"
Akihisa sneered, "These fucking brats!"
"It would appear they are delusional into thinking they can beat us," Hina said, "Shall we show them why they are inferior to us?"
Gou smirked, "Sounds interesting. If the wanna play this game their way then we'll humor them. Split up, this kid's friends must be with him."
"Tch, pain in the ass." Akihisa complained.
"Might as well get it over with." Hina sighed softly.
Gou waited for the two of them to leave as he decided to wait right where he was. He knew that Izuku kid would come right for him, so he wouldn't have to wait for very long for the kid to show up.
"Waiting for me?"
Gou jumped back quickly as he heard a voice behind him and saw the very same kid he was waiting for, "The hell...?"
Izuku stood there, hands in his pockets but had his guard up, "Don't look so surprised. You stayed here purposely to wait here for me, right?"
The blue eyed male chuckled as he got in a standing position, "Well aren't you full of surprises."
"So I've been told." Izuku gave him a hard stare, "Are we done talking?"
"Now, now, you don't wanna talk? I thought you'd have something to say." Gou had force himself to remain calm as a shot of green lightning nearly hit his head, but missed, though just barely.
Izuku wasn't in the talking mood it seems, "I've got nothing to say."
Gou grinned, "Looks like it."
With Shinsō and Akihisa
Shinsō had been playing with some of his darts as he waited for someone to find him. It would either be that Akihisa guy or that Hina girl. If it turns out his opponent would be that Akihisa guy then he chose right when he decided to be around a bunch of crates that had some interesting stuff inside of them. He had to plan this carefully and given what information he knows about the guy, everything should go just as he planned it.
"Well look at what I found," a crazed voice said as it walked closer to Shinsō's location, "Looks like I found me a little kitten."
Shinsō's eyes bore into the man, "Sato Akihisa, huh?"
Akihisa grinned widely, "So you've heard of me? Though from the looks of it you're not a fan."
"I don't idolize someone who likes to burn people to death for the fun of it." Shinsō said, giving the man a hard glare.
"Huh?! People die everyday kid! And besides, I kill because people don't seem to get the program." Akihisa said.
Shinsō got out some darts, "You really are scum."
Akihisa's hands were already on fire, "Your opinion, kid." He shot two fire balls in Shinsō's direction, but the teen jumped out of the way and threw three darts at him, but Akihisa set them ablaze, "Like that's gonna wor-" the three darts exploded, sending him stumbling back a little, "What the actual fuck?!"
"Explosive darts," Shinsō said, "They're effective." He made a mental note to thank Hatsume for her quick work on his darts. She works quick.
Akihisa snarled at him, "Don't get arrogant you little shit!" He charged at Shinsō quickly, sending a kick to the boy's head but Shinsō just barely ducked but he did quickly lash his leg out, tripping the man but he regained his balance quickly.
'Didn't take him long to recover. This guy's body is heavy, meaning if he'd actually kicked me I would have been sent flying.' Shinsō observed his opponent carefully, 'This guy might be crazy, and his fighting style is more of a street brawler than a real fighter, but he's still pretty good. No wonder he's ranked lieutenant.'
"Heh, not bad kid," Akihisa complemented, "Hey, why not use your Quirk? Unless you need a certain condition to activate it and I'm not giving you a chance to.
Shinsō smirked inwardly, 'Best not to use a trump too early.' He took out more darts.
"More of those damn things? Whatever...I'll just incinerate you along with those damn toys of yours!" Akihisa sent a fire ring at Shinsō who dodged and kept dodging when the man wouldn't let up, "What's wrong?! Why not use your Quirk?!" He taunted.
Shinsō for the first time smirked openly making Akihisa frown, "But why would I waste my time using it on a moron like you?"
A tick mark appeared on Akihisa's forehead, "What was that you little shi-!" He didn't get the chance to finish his sentence as his eyes became white and no more words were said. He was under Shinsō's control now.
"Looks like it was time to use my trump card," Shinsō said as he approached Akihisa, "See, my Quirk allows to control those who respond to my statement. I didn't activate it before because there was no need to, but now was the right time to use it." He explained to the brainwashed Akihisa, "You know what? When Izuku told me how you wouldn't hesitate to kill others with your Quirk I was almost tempted to order you to commit suicide by using your Quirk on these crates that are filled with explosive powder, but didn't go through with it. The last thing I want is to really be called a villain." He said walking past Akihisa before stopping at the entrance, "You guys should really be aware of what you have stored here in this hideout of yours," he threw one of his explosive darts at one of the crates and watched as it exploded, sending Akihisa flying backwards and slammed into a wall. He was already unconscious when he hit the ground.
With a sigh Shinsō walked away, leaving the man there on the ground, 'One down two to go. Can't believe I got out of that situation unscathed. Better not take my luck for granted.'
With Hatsume and Hina
Hatsume was humming a tune as she waited for her opponent to show up. Now normally one would be on edge knowing they will be going up against someone with an Earth Quirk that can kill up to hundreds, but Hatsume wasn't like most people. She was excited, and why was she excited? Simple. Because she had been working on something new and now she got to try it out. She was currently wearing her very own battle suit but not some clunky armor but something that felt like a second skin to her (Think of Moeka Kiryū's black suit). She was also wearing a black helmet to match.
"Oh, you're finally here!" she exclaimed happily.
The ground started to move as a figure slowly emerged from the ground. Hina raised a brow at the girl, "You were able to sense me?"
"Not really! I just knew you were here!" Hatsume lied. The suit had heat sensor's installed, so she knew the woman was here.
Hina stared at Hatsume as though she were insane, "What a strange child you are. Do you not understand the situation you are in, or are you just that foolish?"
Hatsume brought a finger to her chin, "Hmmm, nope! So, lets fight!"
Hina shook her head at the delusional girl, "I'll make your death quick and painless." The ground lifted as she sent earth spikes at Hatsume.
Hatsume grinned from her helmet and pointed what appeared to be a megaphone at the spikes and then clicked a button, sending a wave of sound at Hina. The woman grabbed both her ears as she lost concentration of the spikes as they crumbled like dirt.
"W-What is this?!" Hina yelled, as she grit her teeth through the pain.
"You like it?" Hatsume asked, "This is Sound Wave Version. 1! Taking an ordinary megaphone, I recreated it into a weapon that most people won't think too much about it!" she explained as Hina fell to her knees, still holding onto her ears, "I made this not too long ago, so I haven't gotten the chance to test out my new baby yet. But, thanks to you now I have that chance!"
Hina said nothing as she was down on her knees grunting in pain, 'S-She used me as a guinea pig to see what it can do?! What a dangerous girl!' If this keeps up she'll pass out, 'I have to get away!' Ignoring the pain she screamed as she planted both hands on the ground and created a hole. Once she did that she leaped in the hole and retreated.
Hatsume stopped using his new baby for a second before walking over to the hole, "Oh...so she can create tunnels to get away too? That's amazing!"
As Hatsume was busy complimenting the girl on her impressive use of her Quirk, Hina kept using the tunnel she created to get as far away from the pink haired girl as possible. She hadn't expected the girl to be so...dangerous! Taking a common megaphone and turning it into a weapon that can be effective against Quirk users! And she's just a child!
She came out of the tunnel but still stayed within the base, just went somewhere else to strategize in how to deal with the girl.
'First thing I need to do is destroy that modified weapon of hers.' She started to think about how to use her Quirk to take the brat off guard before destroying that damn megaphone.
"Found you~!" Hatsume sang as she popped her head out of the hole Hina made.
Hina turned to the girl quickly,'She followed me?!' She didn't get the chance to attack the girl because Hatsume lashed out a kick and she had to block the kick with both arms, sending her flying as a result, much to her surprise, 'Just what is that suit of her's made of?! It doesn't look all that strong at first glance but the force behind her kick isn't to be underestimated!' She re-adjusted herself and stared the girl down.
Hatsume nodded her head with a hum, "A strong Quirk and durable body! You really are the perfect person to test my babies on!"
Hina sneered at her, "Know your place!" She slammed her foot down and a chunk of the floor was sent at Hatsume who used her megaphone to block the attack and it worked, but that was what Hina had been hoping for. As if teleporting, she kicked the megaphone out of the girl's hand, "Now you have no weapon to protect yourself with! Pay for your arrogance in the after life-!" A knee to the gut cut her off from what else she was about to say and sent her flying across the room, slamming her into the wall. As she landed on the hard ground in too much pain to move she didn't understand how the girl suddenly had good reflexes.
"H-How...?" She gasped out.
Hatsume approached her downed form, "The megaphone wasn't the only baby I brought with me. This battle suit of mine is also one of my babies!"
"W-What...?"
"Heat sensors, tracking, enhancements, and reflexes to match," Hatsume explained the suits capabilities, "But like I said before, I hadn't gotten to test it out yet in order to know what it's capable of, but thanks to you now I know what my baby can do! Thank you!"
Hina had to let out a huff at the current situation, 'Ah, I see...even though we are far superior to these children they still defeated us because they know what we are capable of. From the very start...it was our loss...' and with that final thought, she lost consciousness, accepting her defeat.
Hatsume sighed as she took off her helmet, "Whew, she certainly was strong. The way she used her Quirk was really impressive!"
"Hatsume."
She addressed the one calling her, "Hey, Shinsō. How did yours go?" No he inspected him for injuries but found none, "Since I don't see any bruises on you that means my baby was helpful."
"Yeah, thanks again for the quick upgrade," he thanked, "I used my Quirk in the end though, but I'm not complaining for it came in handy and allowed me to win over him," he saw the unconscious woman on the floor, "You took her down just that fast? I thought she'd be the hardest to take down?"
"Hehehe, my babies should never be underestimated!" She states.
"Ma'am, yes ma'am," Shinsō said dryly, "Now that just leaves the leader of the pack."
There was a loud booming sound that practially shook the base they were in. It had to be coming from where Izuku and the leader was.
"Sounds like they've started," Hatsume said, sounding serious for the very first time, "Izuku won't hold back on the leader. He can't afford to."
Shinsō looked at her, "You said the guy manipulates wind, right? Think Izuku can handle him?"
"He can." She gave him a grin, "He makes the impossible, possible."
With Izuku and Gou
To say this fight was lasting longer than expected was obvious. Gou wasn't expecting the kid to even last that long against his Quirk, but he was proven wrong. The kid was good when it came to hand-to-hand combat, but he's had more experience so his blows should be doing some damage but so far he's only had both of his arms almost broken.
Just what was this kid's second Quirk?
Both combatants jumped back from each other, simply observing the other's movements. Gou had to say this though, he was impressed with the kid's skills. If things were different, the kid would be a member of Black Arachnid with skills like his.
"I gotta say kid I'm impressed," Gou said honestly, "If things were different, you'd be an honorary member of the Black Arachnid."
"Not interested." Izuku refused immediately.
The air user chuckled, "Rejected out right, huh? Are we really that bad?"
"You kill without hesitation." Izuku stated.
All amusement was gone from Gou's face as he frowned, "Not at first, kid. When I first started the gang, we were originally just a bunch of vigilantes trying to help out our community our own way, not wanting to rely on those heroes all the time. We didn't discriminate either, it didn't matter if you were Quirkless or not. You had a place here so long as you with us."
Izuku said nothing as he listened.
"But...some of the heroes got jealous of us getting more appreciation from the community than them and outed us as a gang that was trying to take the heroes jobs," his voice had a bitter tone, "But in reality, they didn't want a bunch of troublemakers looking good to the public and showing them up. We ignored it at first, until one of the Pro Heroes decided to 'make an example out of us." He said, barely holding the cold fury in his voice, "You know of Endeavor, kid?"
"Who doesn't," Izuku said, "He's ranked the #2 Pro Hero, if you can even call him that."
"Heh, not a fan of him either, huh? Smart choice," Gou said, "I didn't start this gang alone you know? I started it with my younger brother-Satoshi."
"Brother?" Hatsume didn't mention the leader had a brother. It was probably hidden information.
"We did everything together, even when we decided to start up Black Arachnid, it was still a choice we made together," Gou explained, "When Endeavor found our first hideout my brother Satoshi decided to act as decoy and let us escape. I hadn't gotten that far when we started running away, but I saw and heard everything," he clenched his fists and his whole body shook, "That bastard...even after Satoshi said he had no intention of fighting and would listen to any negotiation...that son of a bitch...HE BURNED MY BROTHER ALIVE WITHOUT HESITATION!"
Izuku's eyes narrowed in disgust at the new information. He knew Endeavor was an asshole, but to kill someone just because he can made him sick to his stomach. He didn't deserve to be a Pro Hero!
Gou calmed down but he was still full of hate, "My brother was all I had...and he took him away from me, just like that," his eyes became cold this time, "After that I decided to declare war on all Pro Heroes, I've killed a few of them too, and I don't feel bad about it. They killed my brother, so I'll kill anything they hold dear to them!"
Izuku's eyes became shadowed by his bangs as he spoke, "I think I understand you a little better now. For the longest time, I figured the Black Arachnid gang didn't start off as bad as everyone assumed, and you proved me right. You were only tying to help people with your own strength, a place to call your own, Black Arachnid became that safe haven for those who felt like they didn't belong. And it was because go you and your brother," he then lifted his head, showing his green glowing eyes, "But, I can't forgive all of the innocent people you've killed because of your hatred for Pro Heroes. Also...if your brother could see you now, he would be disappointed in you. He wouldn't want you to use his death as an excuse to start walking down this path you've started."
Gou used his air Quirk to start creating some wind, "DON'T ACT LIKE YOU KNOW EVERYTHING, KID! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MY BROTHER?!"
Izuku took out an arcade coin and flipped it in the air, "You need some sense knocked into you. I'm sure your brother won't mind if I do that for him in his place." He said, as he lifted up his left arm.
Gou created a large air ball with both hands, "Nothing personal, kid! You know how it is, right?! The strong devour the weak!" And with that he sent the air ball at Izuku.
Izuku closed his eyes, "You've been in the darkness long enough...so let me pull you out!" The arcade coin fell from the air as green electricity surged throughout his body, "Chō-Denjihō: Rērugan (Super Electromagnetic Cannon: Railgun)!" He fired the railgun cannon at Gou and watched as it tore right through the air ball he'd created and slammed right into the leader of the Black Arachnid, sending him flying backwards, creating smoke as the man was slammed into the wall. Izuku walked over to the down and defeated Gou and saw a smile on the man's face as though he were content. For some reason, he felt content himself. Maybe it was because he'd heard the man's story and the reason why he created Black Arachnid in the first place. He didn't hate the man for feeling the way he did towards the Pro Heroes and Endeavor, but he couldn't let the man continue what he was doing. Hopefully, this would wake him up.
"Izuku."
He was pulled from his thoughts as he saw both Hatsume and Shinsō standing there looking okay from what he could tell. With a sigh he turned to them completely, "Guess that means we all came out of his unscathed."
"It was touch and go for me," Shinsō said, making sure his darts were still in his pockets, "That guy was a complete psychopath, my Quirk really is useful."
"I got to test my babies out on that Hina woman and it was a success!" Hatsume grinned.
"Somehow I feel a little sorry for the woman." Izuku muttered.
"Same. So how was the leader?" Shinsō asked, looking at the defeated man in slight awe. He had no idea Izuku could do something like this with his Quirk.
Izuku looked back at the man's content smile, "I think...that in the end, you never really know a person until you fight them."
Shinsō and Hatsume were about to comment on that but heard sirens in the distance, startling them.
"We need to go!" Shinsō said as all three of them ran through the back door of the base, but Izuku sent one last look at Gou before leaving.
'I won't let your brother's death go unpunished.' He thought as they successfully left the base and managed to avoid the police force.
"Whew...we made it out!" Hatsume said, stretching both arms above her head, "I'm a little sweaty from all that running."
"Change when you get home, not out here." Shinsō told her dryly, as he saw her trying to practically rip her suit off.
Izuku huffed in amusement, "We should all get home, I know my mom's worried even though I told her I was going to be out late with a friend."
"Told my mom the same thing." Shinsō said, eyeing Izuku.
Izuku smiled, "Thanks...both you."
Hatsume grinned and Shinsō smiled.
"Let's go home, we've had a long night."
"Yes, it seems you have." A new voice entered the fray making the three teens go on the offensive. Within the shadows of the alley, footsteps were heard as the newcomer emerged from the shadows. What was visible was the green hair that matched Izuku's perfectly, same green eyes, and freckles. The only difference was the black jacket the boy was wearing, matching jeans, and shoes, "Says UNIT #1 to big brother and his friends."
Izuku's heart sped up as he stared into a face that was identical to his own. Just what the hell was he dealing with, and "big brother?" last he checked he didn't have any siblings, let alone a twin.
"Who...are you?" He said slowly, waiting to see what the copy would do.
The copy answered, "SERIAL NUMBER #1, its a pleasure to finally meet you, big brother."
Izuku still couldn't believe what he was seeing, 'Serial number...a...clone?! But who...?'
What appears before Izuku is not another enemy, yet a clone made in his own image.
~Taking The First Step~