Chapter 19
Izuku appeared in an empty room. He quickly scanned the room and saw the piece of Iida's armor with his seal on the bed
"Of course, he looked around for my Hiraishin seal," Izuku said frustrated. He looked around and noticed that Iida's room wasn't exactly what he expected. Nothing was ordered in the normal fashion of his classmate, the bed wasn't made, and books and notebooks laying on the floor of the room along with empty bottles of orange juice.
"I should have pressed more about how he felt" Izuku muttered angrily at himself. Shaking his head he dashed outside the room towards the streets, ignoring the pit in his stomach when he passed through a vacant agency.
When he reached the streets he quickly knew where he should go, the explosions and screams in the distance were obvious indicators. Izuku was worried that if the Nomus creatures were as strong as the ones that attacked U.A. they were in serious problems.
Izuku quickly reached the place where the battle was, and he couldn't stop the scowl that appeared on his face, two Nomus causing destruction and a small group of heroes barely keeping them at bay
"At least those aren't as strong as the one on the campus, it would be a graveyard right now if they were" Izuku was brought out of his muttering by the cry of a heroine in a green and white jumpsuit was about to be crushed by a flying truck
He quickly threw a kunai beside her and in a flash, he moved her away from the danger
"Are you okay?" Izuku asked concerned
"Y-yes, what happened? Who are you? You're a kid you shouldn't be here!" The heroine sounded in panic
"Don't worry, I have a permit" She raised an eyebrow and Izuku smiled at her "Have you seen my classmate Iida Tenya? I'm looking for him" she shook his head but another voice interjected
"Iida Tenya?" Izuku nodded to the hero who talked, recognizing Manual, Iida's hero in command who was trying to extinguish a fire "He run off a few minutes before the attack started, please we'll take care of things here, just find him and bring him back!" Izuku frowned but nodded
"All right I'll bring him back safe, I have a few words for him, now please take care of my body for a while," he said to the heroine beside him, her eyes widening in confusion "But before that, Shadow Clone Technique!" The heroine and Manual almost fainted when out of nowhere ten green-haired kids exploded into existence
"Five of you help the heroes! The rest look for Tenya, now scatter!" All of the clones nodded and went to their respective jobs, Izuku sat on the ground and closed his eyes. Manual and the heroine were about to say something when roars on the battlefield made them look up from the sitting teen
In a matter of seconds, the tide of the battle turned around, the clones were pushing the creatures back with just melee attacks letting the heroes take a much-needed breath. Manual watched the battlefield with his jaw on the floor. "Just who was this kid?" He thought. After a couple of minutes, the original kid rose slowly
"I found him," he said in a serious tone. One of the clones that were fighting leaped back and took the same sitting stance on the floor that the original had "I'm getting him back Manual, please take care of this clone as much as you can" before the hero could say anything the kid already disappeared
"Who was that kid… and weren't his eyes green?"
Earlier that day
Inside a hidden bar in Kamino, three men stared at each other intently.
"So you're the ones that attacked U.A. and now you want me to join your weird club" Stain smirked at Shigaraki
"Yes. You have a lot of experience in the villain gig, Senpai" Shigaraki smirked behind the hand on his face
"I like to think myself more like a trash remover" Shigaraki's smile widened and nodded
"Yes, yes you're removing the hero trash of the streets I like that" Stain watched the childish glee on Shigaraki for a second
"What are you looking for… what is what you want?"
"Right now I just want to kill All Might" Stain's eyes narrowed "I want to destroy everything that I don't like" Shigaraki pulled a photo "Damn kids with hacks are also on my priority list to destroy" Stain's smirk vanished completely
"I guess I was stupid to even consider joining you. You're the kind of person that disgust me the most" Stain snarled
"Huh?"
"You want me to join your stupid childish delusion, what is just going around killing without a purpose, without an end!" Stain grabbed the handle of his knives
"Sensei, should I stop this?" Kurogiri asked towards a pc
"No, let this happen. This will help Tomura grow and mature" the voice on the pc answered. Shigaraki and Kurogiri stared at Stain whose aura of hate started filling the atmosphere
"I'm the one who culls the weak and the fake. Your lack of convictions makes you weak, your childish behavior and meaningless goals make you a fake villain" Stain grinned maniacally and disappeared from their sight
Shigaraki couldn't register what happened until he heard a grunt of pain from Kurogiri. He quickly turned towards his ally only to see the mist villain with three knives buried on his side and both shoulders with Stain standing in front of him licking a knife
"Kurogiri!" Shigaraki dashed towards the hero killer, his hand aiming for his head. Suddenly a searing pain in his hand made him scream. His mind almost went black when he saw his hand dropping on the bar counter "Aaagh!"
"The world is already filled with fake heroes… it doesn't need villains without convictions too" Stain stood above Shigaraki "Die" he stabbed his knife directly into the head of the fallen villain. His eyes widened a little when Shigaraki stopped the knife sacrificing his remaining hand
"You crazy bastard, Conviction… I don't have anything like that. I just want to destroy this society that stands in the hands of that buffoon!" the knife in his hand turned into dust "I'll destroy this rotten society from the ground" his hand snapped towards Stain who stopped it mid-way, his scowl turning into a blank face
"Maybe I was too quick to judge you… it seems that even if our targets are opposites… our goal is the same, the destruction of this society we live in" Stain smirked and leaped back putting away his knives "Return me to Hosu, tend those injuries, and prepare yourself more. Maybe you'll grow into someone worth killing"
"I don't have enough level to eliminate you at the moment so you'll have to wait. Kurogiri send him away I don't need someone crazy like him as a team member" Shigaraki said through gritted teeth, he stood up and put pressure on his maimed limb, Kurogiri who suddenly could move didn't hesitate and opened a portal for Stain
"Grow stronger Shigaraki Tomura, next time you and I will fight to the death… meanwhile I still have things to do in Hosu" The manic smile on Stain before disappearing made Shigaraki take a step back
"Kurogiri take Tomura to Dr. Garaki, he needs his hand reattached" The voice on the computer said calmly
"Sensei, how many Nomus do you have?" Shigaraki's voice sounded colder than normal
"Six, there aren't as strong as the ones you took to the UA but there are ready"
"Give them to me" Kurogiri could feel the rage emanating from Shigaraki
"Why?"
"I hate the hero killer… I want to destroy him, you told me I could destroy anything I hated" The voice on the computer was silent for a moment
"Okay, but you will only have 3. Give them their orders and go to Dr. Garaki to have your hand healed" Shigaraki nodded curtly
Moments later Shigaraki, Kurogiri, and the Nomus appeared on top of a building.
"Destroy everything, make the people forget the hero Killer," Shigaraki said while gripping tightly his severed hand "kill everyone in your path" The Nomus leaped from the building towards the streets. A few seconds later Shigaraki laughed maniacally when he heard the screams of terror below in the streets
"Shigaraki, we must go to Dr. Garaki now" Nodding silently, both walked through a portal seconds later
Tenya knew that there would be terrible consequences for leaving Manual's side, but after hearing that Native, the fly, and slugger were the next possible victims of Stain, when he saw the three patrolling together, along with another two heroes he didn't recognize a few blocks away from where he was, he knew he needed to tail them
If nothing happened he could just tell Manual that he didn't feel right and went to get some air
"Leaving the hero that gave me my internship and thinking about lying… w-what is happening to me" Tenya stopped for a second and shook his head "I'm doing this for my brother! There is no consequence I'm not willing to pay for him" With that thought, he kept tailing the heroes who seemed really confident confident
"I guess that when you're walking with a large group like that you would feel safe" a few minutes later an explosion made him and the heroes turn around "Someone is attacking where Manual is! I need to get back" Before he could take a step a strangled cry made him stop in his tracks
Returning his gaze towards the heroes, his blood ran cold at the sight. Slugger lay on the floor with a big knife in his chest. Tenya froze, he knew that the hero killer was ruthless, but seeing him kill a hero in a blink of an eye was something he didn't expect.
He quickly understood the difference between a hero in training and a professional one when the four heroes that remained quickly snapped out of their stupor and started an attack on the hero killer who used his sword to cut the arm of one of the heroes he didn't recognize
Tenya ran towards the fight after that, but he only stop when he saw two reporters that were filming way too close to the fight "GET OUT OF HERE IS REALLY DANGEROUS!" the reporters seemed startled and ready to say no but Tenya didn't have time to repeat his orders, he needed to get to the fight
Tenya saw two heroes get defeated in what was practically a big swipe of Stain's sword. Only Native and the fly remained, he saw an opportunity when the fly spat black goo towards the hero killer
"Recipro Burst!" his engines ignited and he reached Stain in a few leaps, aiming the most powerful kick he ever delivered towards Stain's head. The hero Killer stopped it with his bare hand and threw Tenya against the building with enough force to shatter the wall
"A kid in a suit," Stain said "Run away from here kid, this is no place for you" Stain then returned his gaze towards the heroes who were startled at Tenya's entrance. Stain used that moment to throw his knives toward the fly who fell to the floor bleeding profusely
Tenya watched intently at Stain, his outfit matched exactly as the reports said. Red scarf, blades all over his body. What didn't match the reports was his physical appearance, the reports didn't say anything about scales on his face or snake-like eyes
"You're Stain, the hero killer. I was looking for you!" Stain turned his head back towards Tenya
"Your eyes… you came for revenge right?" Stain aimed his sword towards Tenya "Chose carefully your next words. You can turn into an objective with one mistake"
"So I'm not even an objective for you" Tenya started to get up from the debris, ignoring the calls from Native to stay down or run away "I'm the brother of the hero you cut his legs off… I came to stop you in his place, remember my name hero killer. I'm Ingenium!" Tenya saw Stain's eyes narrow
"I see… you'll die tonight" Tenya tensed and prepared himself to attack when Native jumped towards Stain with his spiritual bear paws attack ready, stain jumped away from him and used a wall to jump back towards the pro hero who received a visceral cut in his chest for his boldness "It seems that the fake wanted to redeem himself buying you time… but it's too late for him"
Tenya's engines exploded and he sent a powerful kick towards Stain who effortlessly avoided it, he jumped behind Tenya and slashed his back. He could feel the blood pouring from his back, but before could do anything Stain kicked his legs making him fall to the ground
Tenya wanted to scream, but the burning sensation on his back just let him growl at the hero killer "If I didn't have the extra protection I requested from the support department after the sports festival he would have probably severed my spine with that attack"
"You're weak; you and your brother are weak because you both are fakes"
"Shut up bastard" Tenya managed to growl "My brother was an excellent hero and you destroyed his life! You had no right to do that! He was my hero, my inspiration. He gave me my dream to be a hero!"
"If being a hero was your dream why you didn't help any of the heroes here… I can sense that two of them are still alive. But instead of using your power to help the ones who needed it you came straight to me to get revenge" Stain licked his sword and Tenya's body stopped responding "You let your rage and emotions control your action and that's far from what a hero should do... And you'll die for that"
Stain took a step back and Tenya couldn't stop the tears of rage and frustration pouring from his eyes
"Your dead will let the real a possible real hero take your place"
"Shut up! No matter what happens you're just a criminal that likes to kill and end heroes' dreams!"
"Goodbye fake" Tenya closed his eyes hoping that his death would be painless, but the pain never came.
Opening his eyes he couldn't stop them from widening. In front of him was a very familiar Kunai
"I recognize that Kunai-" The hero killer started when a powerful punch sent him flying away from Tenya, who couldn't look clearly at who it was but recognized those shoes everywhere
"Don't worry Iida… I'm here"
Finally, the Toad sage and the Snake sage crossed paths
Another couple of months another chapter! Thank you guys for all the encouragement and kind words. And I'm sorry for the long wait, I don't have any excuse, honestly, I just procrastinated a lot and enjoyed some free games haha
This chapter appeared out of nowhere, I wanted to reach the fight quickly but this practically wrote itself. I have a very good idea of how I want the fight to go and I also have some good conversations (at least for me) planned, so hopefully, it won't take long!
Quick question who would you think would be the one to get One for All? I have several plans for several situations but I can't decide!
Hope you guys enjoy this chapter, and as always I'm sorry for my grammar and all the mistakes writing this
Thanks for reading, love you guys
