Heroes and Villians

by solarium2

Since he was four years old, his life became a true nightmare. When he turns fourteen, the person who is supposed to have once been his best friend tells him very directly to commit suicide. And that same day he meets his favorite hero and asks him the most important thing he has and the hero only tells him to abandon his dream and look for another since it is impossible for him.

2. Prologue: The Ramshackle Dorm

When they told him that the bedroom was abandoned, he didn't think they meant it literally.

The building in front of him was almost falling down from how old and neglected it was, the graves in the courtyard alone left a lot to be desired about death, for a moment he thought that Crowley was playing a bad joke on him.

"This is… too charming," he didn't know what to say since the man seemed very proud of the infrastructure. The two entered the bedroom to realize that the outside was prettier than the inside. From spider webs to insects and rodents. That place looked like a hive full of bugs and diseases.

"For the time being, staying here will at least keep you safe from the rain. I'll be back to investigate more so make yourself at home," he started to walk out the door but not before giving her a smile and telling her. "Don't be wandering around the school!"

Izuku couldn't believe he would do such a thing. That place was a death trap! There was no way a place like that existed in a school that looked more like a castle than anything else, he had seen the entire place completely taken care of only for this "dorm" to be about to fall down. He almost screamed as he saw a rat run over his foot and the wood of the floor almost broke. He sighed as he removed one of the sheets that covered one of the armchairs, everything in that place had to be changed, the armchairs were moldy. "I have to clean to at least sit down."

Just as Crowley said, the rain came unexpectedly. It seemed that the sky was crying for his misfortune and he knew it well when some drops began to fall on his head, the roof was leaking.

"Great, no, the building loves me," he dropped to the ground, letting the raindrops get him a little wet. I was tired and trying to process everything that was happening. The first thing was that he had died, he committed suicide, there was no doubt about that; Later he was in a coffin and is taken out by a talking raccoon and flamethrower, he is chased by it to what appears to be a library and meets the guy who dresses like a character from the Black Death and discovers that he is in a school of magic, they arrive at an entrance ceremony where they make him speak to a talking mirror which saw his soul and told him that he was as empty as a shell, the latter does not surprise him, he already imagined that this would be the result due to his condition, Grimm tries to cook him alive and the headmaster almost throws him out only to later discover thatJapan does not exist and they end up going to the library to look at the maps and discover that he is not from there but from another world or another planet, something not encouraging. "It's like life is making fun of me."

He was silent for a few moments until he heard a screech. "GIIIIGHHH! "The rain is really very strong!" he heard behind him. Izuku turned around in surprise only to see Grim who seemed to be very amused by his reaction. "Gyaahahahaha! You have that stupid look on your face like a spider attacked by water, you know."

"What are you doing here?! How did you go inside?! Hadn't they kicked you out?!", His questions only seemed to raise the ego of the creature who only limited himself to smiling and looking superior.

"I won't have any problems sneaking back to school. If you think that being expelled will make me give up on entering school, you are wrong, you know."

"Why do you want to enter this school?" I asked when I saw how desperate the animal was to be integrated.

"That's a very simple answer, you know. "I am a great genius who is destined to be a great magician of all!" His gaze became dreamy. "Always, always… I have been waiting for the dark carriage to come pick me up," then his face had been clouded by the tears contained in his eyes. "...But... but...", his gaze was dull and many emotions were identified by Midoriya. "The shadow mirror doesn't have a good eye for that, you know. That's why I came here alone on my own. Not letting me in would be a loss to the world," The freckled man highly doubted that that last bit was true. "I just don't understand humans, you know, Hyaaa!... How cold! The roof is leaking, you know!", the human sighed, it was already taking him a long time to realize that he was right under a leak. "Fgyaaa! Keep dripping more water, my adorable ears will go off at this rate!"

Where is it leaking?" Her question was stupid, but it was enough for the cat to divert the topic from her wet fur.

"With some magic you should fix it, you know."

Izuku was silent for a moment, hesitating, but he answered anyway. "I can't… use magic."

"Oh! Can't you use magic?", the animal began to mock in a sly and not pleasant way. "You can not! You suck!"

Useless.

If that was what it was.

A useless Deku without value or power.

Izuku Midoriya was very used to that term and had no doubt that every time someone looked up the wordUselessHis framed photo would appear in the dictionary.

He squeezed his hands

"Then help me!" the teenager reproaches him.

"Hey? Help you?", the creature questioned, confused. "No way. I'm just a normal monster seeking shelter from the rain. You better prepare a can of tuna before doing any work."

Another drop fell on the green-haired man's head. "I have to find a bucket."

And so he did, the young man began his search through the bedroom. He went up the stairs and entered the hallway, the windows were covered with wood and the cobwebs spread almost all over the ceiling, many paintings were on the floor and the doors were very worn and old as if they had not been occupied in a long time. time. "Hmmm… I don't like this environment," he muttered looking at the corridor, he walked down the long hallway avoiding the broken things, he would have to clean the place. A dull noise made him stop, he turned behind him and was surprised to see what was on the other side of the hallway.

There were three subjects, they were all white and their silhouettes were transparent and their sizes varied. They dressed in capes and dark-colored top hats. They were laughing as if they were amused by the situation.

"We haven't had a guest in a long time," one said with a laugh.

"I'm so eager for action," the chubby ghost's chilling tone made him shudder.

"F-Ghosts!", he almost screamed in fright, but he didn't, knowing what death was like, plus his theory that he was in the world of the dead was still present in his head.

"Why did you suddenly go crazy?" Grimm asked, scaring the young man even more. He had appeared behind him, he looked over the freckled man only to find the three supernatural beings. "AHHHHHHHHH! Fa-...Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Ghosts?!"

"The people who lived here were so scared of us that they ran away," said the smaller ghost.

"We're always looking for more ghost friends. What about you guys?" continued the chubby ghost.

"They're going to kill us!" Although he wasn't entirely surprised, he was already dead to begin with, making friends with ghosts wouldn't be a problem. But even so he didn't understand their reasoning, he was already dead, they couldn't kill him again, could they?

Grimm seemed to have a panic attack at the three individuals. "I, Great Grim, the great wizard who is not afraid of ghosts!" And with a great roar He spat fire.

"Where are you aiming?" asked a ghost, the tallest and thinnest of all, moving from place to place before the flames reached him.

"Here! "This way!", mocked another.

"Curse! "Stop appearing and disappearing!" Grim cursed them when he saw that their attacks did not reach them and with that he set the fire again.

Izuku looked at him in disbelief, it was pretty obvious that he wouldn't even give them a second thought. They were ghosts! They could be crossed and nothing would happen to them. That's when she wondered if he was really dead, since he hadn't gone through things nor looked anything like the other three. He looked at the animal only to realize that every time it shot fire it closed its eyes. "Are you shooting with your eyes closed?!"

Yes he was definitely going to die a second time.

"Be quiet! "Don't try to order me around, you know!" the bull shouted angrily.

The boy dodged one of the raccoon's attacks, which was very crazy, launching attacks left and right, for a moment he thought he was dealing with Bakugou. "I'll give you a can of tuna if you win!"

That seemed to attract attention. "That? Hmm, I'm a genius who won't leave anyone standing!", but that wasn't enough because the ghosts continued doing their thing. "You! They are momentary cowards!"

"For a moment, I'll give you one more can!" If they had a chance to get the ghosts to leave them alone they needed to work as a team. But what Grim was most interested in was the food.

"Gmmmm! Hey! You! "You better tell me where the ghosts are!" the cat shouted.

"On your left!" the teenager pointed out. Grim attacked and one of the ghosts retreated after being hit by his attack, at least Izuku already knew that they could be damaged, at least with magic.

"Oh! I gave him… Good! "We're going to chase them until we throw them out of here, you know!"

"He already gained confidence," Midoriya murmured as he saw that Grim attacked again as if he were not afraid of anything. They stayed like that for a few minutes, although it seemed like hours, trying to drive away the ghosts. Izuku was getting tired, his body had never been in as much movement as it was at that moment, and he seriously thought that the idea of exercising was not bad.

"Ghihhhhhh! "We retreat!" the three ghosts shouted. "Run away!"

And with that the three of them flew away until they crossed one of the walls causing one of the paintings to fall and hit the floor.

"Hey? "Do we win?" Grim asked himself as he watched them leave.

"Your power is amazing," I praise a little, knowing that the cat did most of the work.

"Haaa… Ighh! Fu-...It was scary-...", he said, almost scared to death but recovered quickly enough to hide his feelings. "I mean!...I wasn't afraid at all, you know! "This is nothing to the great Grim, you know!" He looked at where the ghosts had gone and shouted at them. "How about that, ghosts?! They saw it?!"

"Good night!~" Crowley greeted, scaring the other two, he had come out of nowhere. "I have kindly brought you dinner~" the adult paused for a moment before starting to rant. "Hey! but if you... You are the monster that was fighting at the entrance ceremony! I just kicked you out so… Why are you here?!"

"Hmph! I'm done with the ghost problem, you know! Be grateful!" Grim boasted, not knowing that the adult had no idea what that meant.

"Hm? "What do you mean by that?" the adult asked, confused, so the green-haired man had to explain everything that happened from the moment he left until he returned. "Now that you mention it, there were some prankster ghosts around so students stayed away from this dormitory. And that's why it's empty now. I had forgotten about that though, hmmm…" he seemed a little thoughtful at the moment. "For you two to work together to get rid of the ghosts."

"I will not ignore the comment altogether. "I was just standing there watching and I did this for a can of tuna," the angry animal noted. Izuku looked at him in disbelief when he said it because it was obvious that he couldn't do much without some power, plus he was more focused on not getting burned.vivo. "Ah! I still don't have my can of tuna."

"You two… Once again… Could you show me how the two of you exterminated those ghosts?" asked the director.

"But we already got rid of all the ghosts," Grim pointed out again, looking at the empty place. "Before that… Mi-la-ta-tuna!"

"I'll be the ghost," the duo looked at him strangely. "If they win, I'll give you cans of tuna," then he smiled. "Because I'm very kind!~" He took out a small bottle from his clothes and drank it. "Then transformation potion."

In front of them was no longer the man in the strange suit, now there was a ghost very similar to the previous ones, but the differences were somewhat noticeable; He still had the cloak, but his top hat was adorned with a gena and a crow's feather and the recognizable mask of the Black Death was still on his face.

"Ehhhh! I do not want to do it! This is annoying, I have to hang out with him again," he grumbled, a little annoyed at having to be working as a team with the useless boy without magic.

"This is your chance to enter the school," Midoriya did not miss the opportunity to try to manipulate him a little. Something told him that it would be good for the two of them to prove themselves to the director.

"This is the last time of the last time! Absolutely, you definitely have to give me tuna!" he gave in to the other's insistence. The two fought against the director although it was much more difficult since he sometimes used magic to hinder them but in the end they managed to make him return to his original form. "Eghhhh… Haaaaa how about that?" Grim asked tiredly.

"Oh. I can't believe you can order monsters," the adult became thoughtful again. "Actually, my teacher sensed the commotion during the initial ceremony. "What… You!…" he pointed to the freckled man. "You have talent as a trainer of animals and wild beasts," Izuku mocked, if that were true he would have been able to handle his bullies a long time ago. "But… No matter what,…he doesn't have any magical ability…" he muttered.

Ignoring what the adult said, Izuku said, "Can you let Grim stay here with me?"

"As you say?! To a monster?!"

"... That..."

"Please! He could be a lot of help since I don't have magic!" Izuku used that card knowing that the adult would not refuse.

"...Hmmmp... It can't be helped. Alright."

"Really?!" Grim asked happily.

"But, I can't just allow anyone, much less a monster, to enter the school that wasn't chosen by the shadow mirror. Plus you…" he looked at Izuku. "I can't let you be a free shipper here until you return to your own world."

"What's that? What a short-lived joy," and Izuku couldn't agree more.

"Well, listen to the end. About the fact that your soul was called here the school has to take responsibility as owners of the dark mirror. For the moment you will be allowed to stay in this dormitory for free but…other needs you will have to provide for yourself", he took a moment so that the minor could process what was mentioned before continuing. "As for what someone empty-handed can offer…Humm…Humm…Humm…I know…"

That smile didn't give him any confidence. "What exactly are you going to do?"

"You don't have to get defensive. I'll have you do maintenance or odd jobs around campus. From what I see you have good cleaning skills," he owed that to his mother who didn't like the house to be dirty. "What do you think of two people in a group like maintenance managers? If you do that, you will be able to go around the campus with my approval. I will let you use the library to find information on how to return to your world and also to study since I am very kind!~"

The offer itself wasn't bad, he had to give the man credit for allowing him to investigate how he got there in the first place and maybe disprove his theory of life after death. He was also aware that he was in no position to refuse since he had nothing with him and really everything rests on the decisions of the man in front of him.

"But!" Crowley suddenly raised his voice causing the other two to come out. "Only after you have finished your work."

"Ehhhh, I don't want to do that, you know," Grim started to complain, "I want to wear that cool uniform and become a student too, you know."

"If you're not satisfied with that, I can kick you out again," the director suggested.

"Understood, I just have to do it right? I will do that"

"Understood," the green-haired man simply said.

"Very good. Then, starting tomorrow, you two will be in charge of maintenance at Night Raven College," the adult said.

After that the three returned to the entrance of the dormitory and ended up devouring the food that Crowley had brought although Grim was the one who had eaten leaving Izuku a little hungry but it wasn't something the young man couldn't handle. Then they looked for a room stable enough to settle in, so they ended up in one of the rooms on the first floor, made up the bed and prepared to sleep even though the rain was still as strong as at the beginning. The first to sleep was Grim, who as soon as he touched the mattress fell into Morpheus's arms. On the other hand, Midoriya thought about everything that had happened since the moment he had decided to jump from the roof of Aldera. He looked out the window as the raindrops hit the glass and the green thunder left a light show, he could swear the sky was angry.

"He's very angry," he murmured before closing his eyes and falling into exhaustion. Tomorrow would be a very long day.

But, without knowing it, three pairs of eyes were looking at him hidden in the darkness of the room; a few hours ago they had realized something. That stain covered the body of the minor who was sleeping at that moment. They could see that recognizable color since they themselves had that stain, but he still had a corporeal body so the process had not been completely carried out and That in some way makes you happy because they did not agree with such a young life being extinguished no matter how jokey they were and wanted more company.

The Ghosts looked at each other and smiled.

They would make the child's stay in this world the best possible.

The sun barely passed through the wood that blocked the windows of the room but it was enough for Midoriya's consciousness to begin to awaken even though he was not completely awake, he was tired and the storm had not helped much because He had woken up repeatedly thinking it was a dream only to realize it was his new reality. He shifted uncomfortably in the dusty bed, Grim hadn't stopped snoring and that bothered him a little.

"Ghiheeheehee!... Don't you two have to prepare to clean the school?" A voice in the distance caught his attention a little, but he still refused to wake up.

"Hmmmm miñyaaaa…. "Five more minutes," Grim said in his sleep.

"If you rest longer you will never wake up," another voice followed closely behind.

"Just like us," the third stranger finished with a big laugh that ended up waking up the stowaway.

"Fgyaaahhh! "Is it the ghosts again?!" Grim shouted when he saw them very close to the bed, causing Izuku to stir as if nothing had happened. Grim looked at him again. "Hey you, wake up!"

And that was the signal I needed to fully wake up. He looked at the four beings in front of him and sighed. It had not been a dream, I continued in the other world.

"Will you live here?" asked the thinnest ghost of the group. "We will play many pranks on him from now on."

"Curse! Someday we will get rid of you." Grim cursed, angry at being woken up.

Footsteps were heard from the hallway until they reached the door of the room. The knocking of the door made everyone turn and look at Dire Crowley who stood with a tray of food and a package in his arms.

"Good morning to you two! Did you sleep well?"

"I was completely asleep when they surprised me out of nowhere," Grim said, crossing his legs. "How abandoned did they let this place get like this?", that was a good question. "Being woken up by ghosts is the worst, you know!"

"I didn't sleep very well," Izuku muttered to such a degree that it seemed like he hadn't said anything.

"Although you have just been expelled, you can be very cheeky. Wonderful!", congratulated the eldest. "Okay, now I came to talk to you about your work today."

He handed her the clothes and the tray of food and then left the room. Izuku knew that the changes of clothes were for him to change into. When he finished changing he looked in the mirror, the clothes were a little big on him but it was due to his short height and how thin he was, he assumed it was because of his age. He went down the stairs to the living room, where Crowley was waiting for him next to Grim who seemed so bored with having to work.

"Today your job is to clean the campus. But the campus is quite big. Cleaning everything without magic will be almost impossible. "Then I would like you to clean the Main Street to the library," at least not clean the entire castle. "Did you understand? Please watch Grim closely so that he doesn't cause a similar scene like yesterday."

"Understood," Izuku agreed.

"I count on you. You are allowed to eat lunch in the school cafeteria," that was a good thing. "So, take care of yourselves by working with enthusiasm."

"Chee… there's no way I'm going to clean, I want to go to class and do… Bang! Boom! Boom! Boom! and do a lot of amazing spells, you know."

"W-We'll study in the library after cleaning," the human reminded him, causing the opponent to mutter unintelligible things.

The two finished breakfast and went to the main street, where they found other workers who, like them, were starting their workday. Some smiled at him and gave them instructions on where to find the warehouse and cleaning supplies.

"Woahh! Incredible! "So this is the main street, yesterday I couldn't see it well, but..." Grim said, amazed by the place, just like Izuku, he had not seen the place well because it was night and it was dark but now that it was day He could completely see the place and couldn't help but compare it to some park in Musutafu. "Who are those in the statues? There are seven of them, but do they look pretty scary? "That grandmother looks pretty smug, you know," he said, pointing to a specific statue.

"Don't you know about the queen of hearts?", a voice made the duo look at the owner, he was taller than Izuku, he had dark orange hair and red eyes. Over his left eye he had a red heart-shaped spot. He was dressed in what would be the institutional uniform and had a red and red ribbon that was attached to his left arm by a brooch with the emblem that the freckled man did not recognize.

But despite his friendly appearance, there was something that didn't quite convince Izuku.

"Queen of Hearts? Is she important?" Grim asked.

"Long ago, she was the queen who lived in the Labyrinth of Roses," the three looked at the statue, it was an old, fat and very ugly woman who was dressed in a glamorous and strange dress, wearing her crown on her head. and a heart-shaped fan. "She valued rules and discipline, written in everything, from the march of the card soldiers to the color of the rose bushes. They were lands where madness lived, but everyone submitted to its rules."

"Why?" Izuku asked, not understanding much of what he was talking about.

"Why do you ask? Because otherwise she would cut off their heads," that last statement made the green-haired man shudder. That didn't sound good at all.

"That's terrifying!", and Izuku couldn't agree more.

"It's great. I like it. Because no one would listen to a queen who is nice all the time, right?"

"I wouldn't say that," the other teenager mentioned, remembering how the heroes were listened to despite their passive or happy nature, it reminded him of All Might.

"It's true. A strong leader is better," Grim's statement did not surprise him at all. "By the way, who are you?"

"I'm Ace, a fresh-faced first year. Nice to meet you," he introduced himself with a smile.

"I am Grim. A genius who will become the best magician, you know," and they came back with the same thing, sometimes it was getting tired of Grim sharing that insistence with Bakugo. "And the fool here is Izuku. "My henchman."

"I'm Izuku Midoriya, nice to meet you," the freckled man murmured.

"You have a very strange name," the orange-haired man pointed out.

"Hey, hey Ace. "So the lion over there with the scar, is it important?" The cat pointed to another of the statues.

"Of course. "This is the king of the beasts that once ruled the savannah," the one from the heart began to relate. "However, he was not born to be king, but rather took the throne with effort and elaborate planning," that sounded like usurpation. "After becoming king, he even allowed the hated hyenas to live in his kingdom without discrimination."

That last bit caught Izuku's attention.

Without discrimination.

Discrimination was a very delicate topic but little seen in their world. They were all discriminated against in different ways, whether it was because of their appearance, type of Quirk, their parents were villains, and the one who suffered peculiar discrimination. The Quirkless were the weakest in the social chain according to statistics, they are described as fragile people without any rights and even though in the past the world was full of quirkless people the world lost interest in them and they began to discriminate against them by calling them the weakest link in society.

The Quirkless are of no use in a world full of heroes and villains.

The Quirkless are nothing.

Quirkless are useless and do not deserve to live.

Izuku let out a sigh trying to calm himself, he didn't want to start crying about his problems in the middle of a street full of students heading to their morning classes. He looked at them out of the corner of his eye, some of them were murmuring while he pointed at them without concealment, others were laughing as if they were not present. He was used to that happening and felt intimidated by the wide variety of people doing it, this was not Aldera, where there were only a limited number of students, this was a school ten times larger and therefore more student body. He tried to maintain his composure as Ace continued to explain each statue Grim asked him about.

If the king of beasts had been in his world he would have really followed him.

"Ohhhh…looking at it closely? He seems to be standing proud on the rock, you know… And… Who is the lady with the octopus legs?"

"The sea witch who lives in a Cavern in the depths of the ocean Her purpose was to help all the mermaids in misfortune", another person I wish I had met. "As long as you can pay the price she asks she can transform you, you will find love, anything she can give you", Give and take. "With his ability there was no such thing as a wish he couldn't fulfill. Well, they say the price was high, but… That's how much anything costs."

He was very right about that.

"Ñyahaahh! "So, can I ask you to make me rich if I become a great magician?" the youngest asked excitedly. "So, then… Who is that old man with the big hat?"

"The sorcerer of the sand. He was a cunning grand vizier for a foolish sultan who saw through a false prince. The prince was actually a street rat who deceived the princess. Then he got a magic lamp and became the most powerful sorcerer of them all! With that power they say he became sultan."

"Hoho! "So it's important that the magicians are the center of attention, right?" the kitten reasoned and then pointed to another statue. "Ohhh! The lady over there is really beautiful."

The woman in that statue was dressed in robes and a cape along with a large crown on her head while holding an apple with a skull. "She is the beautiful map queen of the entire kingdom. Every day she checked her state of beauty in her magic mirror. And when it looked like he might fall from first place, he never hesitated to do something to get it back," that sounded quite familiar. "I guess she had a strong will to continue being the most beautiful in the world. So cool, right? They also say that she was even an expert in making poisons."

"I-It's beautiful, but… I don't need them," Grim didn't seem very comfortable talking about poisons and neither did Izuku.

"Yeah? But it's great that she has something that she would never give up," that phrase made the green-haired man stop sweeping the leaves on the road. Give up, that word gives him a bad taste in his mouth, the first time he had heard it was from the doctor who diagnosed him as Quirkless, the second time it was his mother indirectly, Bakugou repeated it to him all his life and the teachers and classmates together with society itself he repeated it every second of his life...

Even All Might told him so.

"It-...It's true. That determined character is pretty good. Over there, who is the man with fire on his head?" Grim asked, changing the subject, the three looked at the other statue at the end of the main street. "Just looking at it gives me goosebumps."

"The lord of the underworld," Ace mentioned, trying to give a mysterious voice although it didn't come out at all. Izuku looked interested and finally found something recognizable. "She is ruled by a land full of evil spirits on her own. So it's no joke that he is a powerful being. He has a terrifying face, but… he did his detestable job without ever taking a vacation, and also… The Cerberus, The Hydra, even the titans fought for him under his command."

I could already understand which lord of the underworld he was referring to. In his world they knew him as Hades, the one who ruled the underworld and all the beings that lived there. He is a Greek god, very different from the culture in which he grew up. But he never knew that the titans had fought for him, in fact according to what he had been told and read in the library, Ades and his brothers fought against the reign of the titans to overthrow their tyrant father, Kronos.

"Hmm… Hmm. So being talented doesn't mean you're arrogant, you know. Lastly, who is the one with horns?

"She is the thorn sorceress of the magical mountains. Noble and elegant. Even among the seven, she is the best at magic and curses. She can summon lightning and storms, cover a country with thorns," he began to list the things the woman could do. "His ability for magic is on another level, there was even a time when he transformed into a great dragon!"

"Ohhhhh!~ A dragon! "All of us monsters admire you, you know!" Grim commented excitedly.

"They're incredible, right?" he said dreamily and then changed his face to one that the other teenager could identify, arrogance. "Unlike a certain Apache."

And there it is his bad feeling.