We'd come pretty far to try and rob this swanky mansion.

Swanky old place, the kind of super rich fake house I grew up in. And tucked away in the woods, so there was practically no way for those dumb heroes to catch us!

I was really hoping for the place to have some nice warm clothes. And some pretty ones too! Rich fancy mansion like that, they'd got to have a warm coat or two lying around, maybe a cute duffel or something. It was starting to get cold, and I didn't want to deal with another winter wandering around in nothing but my old school uniform on the streets.

Turned out the place was some kind of headquarters for another villain group. One way lamer than ours. A group of creeps who called themselves the "Creature rejection Clan".

Cuz that's what happens when the world decides there's an 'acceptable way to be'. Everyone who isn't part of that oh-so-perfect way to be? Gets thrown out in the cold. Or worse attacked by hate groups.

I mean, I used to totally think it was okay to just sit there and nod! When kids in my class or online would talk about "people getting way too uptight about people like the CRC, they just thought they were protecting people from heteromorphs" I'd actually say, "Yeah, I guess, I know." Pathetic.

If anyone said that kinda crap to me or Spinner now I'd have to cut them, and not the fun kind.

So anyway there we were facing a bunch of freaks in black robes and skull masks. So unfair they got a big mansion and we were stuck living on scraps. And there they were meeting up with other creeps to come up with ways to burn and tar and feather people they didn't even know just for fun.

And they call us the ultimate evil.

"How did you all get in here?!"

"Wait - that's the League of Villains!"

Yeah, it's us. The League of Villains. Everyone knows our name now. There's me, Himiko Toga, that blood sucker girl with the knives. There's my best friend Twice, who can make duplicates of things. And our resident magician Mr. Compress. Dabi our firepower, though he isn't here with us today, probably off roasting people. Our leader Tomura with all his severed face hands. And Spinner, who's a big Stain fanboy like me. Well, fangirl for me. Anyway, those creeps of course noticed him.

"They have a Lizard with them. How disgusting."

I saw poor Spinner flinch. Those shitheads. I'm gonna cut their throats.

"We seek things of value. Are any of these worth anything? We're running low on funding, you see - and yes, yes, I know, common burglary is hardly in vogue. I don't relish it either."

And they ran at us like idiots with actual candelabras. "Get out of here, you sins against nature!"

Morons ran right at Tomura and got his hand on their faces to decay em to nothing with a touch. What did they expect?

He told em off. "We'll leave when we're done. If you don't want us overstaying our welcome, DON'T MESS WITH US."

That was the signal, natch. Killing time!

Twice cut heads off with his tape measurer. Compress took a few arms, Spinner cut a few to pieces. I got to go nuts and just start slitting jugulars. I like jugulars, they spurt so much blood. Blood everywhere once we were done. Lovely smell. But I don't like drinking the blood pf pole I don't love or want to be, and never in a billion years do I want to be a bunch of racist shit head cult leaders.

Well, that was fun. But a huge bummer, no money. Or duffel coats.

"There's not much money in religion nowadays, huh?" Said poor Jin, rooting through drawers.

"In this economy?" Said Compress, taking a stroll along the balcony. "Everyone is just scraping by."

"Ah!" I gasped in horror looking at my needle. "It broke!"

"And my prosthetic is in dire need of repair as well," added Compress. "I shall have to request a new one from Giran."

"And where're we getting the cash for that?" Demanded Spinner, who was in a bad mood. I mean, understandably. No money, no coats, no nothing? Ah well. At least we've got each other still.

The League's my home and my only family. It's the only place I can be myself with other people just like me.

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"IT'S ENDEAVOR! HE'S BACK UP! HE'S DOING THAT POSE! IN VICTORY! NO - TO SIGNAL HIS START!"

Our new #1 hero had fought like crazy to stop one of those Nomu things from tearing the city apart. Everyone was super excited, but all we could think about in our little dorm room at Heights Alliance was our poor classmate.

We'd all rushed over to Todoroki as he fell to the ground praying, breathing really deep and just so relieved his dad wasn't dead. I wanted to reach out and hug him, but we weren't really close enough friends for that. So I just pat him on the pack a bit, being careful not to touch down all five fingers and accidentally float him to the ceiling with my quirk.

On-screen Endeavor was slumping a bit but Hawks had caught up to him and was giving him a helping hand. He sat him down gently. Things were winding down. What a rel-

"Look!" Cried out Kaminari. We all turned and I felt my stomach drop.

There was another person with them, a guy with spiky black hair and a long black trench coat. I hadn't met him myself, but I knew from TV he was one of them.

A member of the League of Villains.

And he'd surrounded our top two heroes with a big wall of flames!

"YES, THE LEAGUE OF VILLAINS IS HERE! IT'S LEAGUE MEMBER DABI! HE'S SURROUNDED ENDEAVOR AND HAWKS WITH A WALL OF FLAMES!" Said the TV.

"It's him," gasped Sensei. But out in the open like that? What's he thinking?"

Poor Todoroki looked even more freaked out than before. My heart was pounding. Oh man, please don't die, Mr. Endeavor, sir. Please, please don't die.

Don't freak out, Ochako.

He was heading towards endeavor and Hawks and -

From up above, they were saved! Our #5 hero, awesome Rabbit Hero Miruko, came barreling down and blew them in different directions with a giant kick, sending the fire into nothing!

She's just awesome!

The League guy Dabi grabbed his collar and started - barfing up black sludge? Oh, right. The transport stuff, I'd heard of it. It was surrounding him, but it didn't look like it was going to do anything to Endeavor and Hawks. Just opening up a portal gate. And pulling him away, thank goodness.

"THE CRISIS HAS PASSED! THEY HEADED OFF THE DANGER! THE THREAT IS NOW GONE! THEY CAN'T HEAR ME DOWN THERE, BUT LET ME SAY THIS! ENDEAVOR! AND YOU TOO, HAWKS! YOU RISKED YOUR LIVES TO PROTECT US ALL AND YOU WON! OUR NEW TOP HERO IS THERE! AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY TO HIM NOW IS 'THANK YOU.'"