"As a professional-"
"Before you start your little speech, you're standing on my tail."
The greenette muttered a curse before taking a long step backward, releasing the tail of the woman who'd hired her before taking a seat beside her.
Clearing his throat, Izuku allowed his verdant eyes to study the sky, the delicate moonlight swathing him in a fragile glow.
"As a professional, I never ask why, only when and where."
The mutant beside him nodded before using the tail he'd previously been standing on to hand him a picture.
"Tomorrow, at the USJ. Your target is Tomura Shigaraki."
The greenette studied the photo of his target, internalizing his features before sliding it into his shorts pocket.
Turning toward the mutant who'd hired him, the boy's expression hardened as he rose from his seated position, his bright green eyes now dull.
"Before I leave, I'm sure you've read the reviews about me on the boards."
The woman nodded, her light orange hair threatening to fall from its ponytail.
"I have."
"Then you know I don't kill."
Contrary to his expectations, the mutant before him retained her expression, unsurprised at the revelation that would normally have him kicked from a job instantly.
Standing to better meet her employee's eyes, the woman removed her sunglasses allowing her piercing brown eyes to permeate the "assassin" before her.
"I'm well aware of your policy, Seven. I don't want you to kill him, I want you to stab his eyes out."
The revelation returned the color to Izuku's eyes which instantly gained a look of surprise upon hearing his employer.
"Ok, but that's seriously messed up."
Momo was having a bad day.
It started off well enough as she managed to secure class president of 1-A before they headed off for a field trip.
It was during the field trip that the day had started going downhill.
"Kurogiri, scatter them."
As the pale blue-haired man instructed, whisps of smoke enveloped the class courtesy of the villain named Kurogiri.
When the smoke cleared, Momo, alongside her friends Denki and Kyouka, appeared in a mountainous area surrounded by villains.
Upon observing their situation, the class president came to an astute observation.
"We're fucked."
When Izuku came to the USJ, he had expected a simple sneak-in sneak-out kind of job.
Not this.
He had snuck in by transforming into a rock and once he had, he found himself smack dab in the middle of a fight between heroes and villains.
Now normally he would've hightailed it out of there and went home however his target was right there in front of him.
Or at least, he was.
Before the teen could even release the transformation, a purple mist enveloped him, sending him into a mountainous area surrounded by thugs, leading him to a certain realization.
"I'm fucked."
"We've got two high school cuties all to ourselves, boys! How about we have ourselves some fun and really put the mount in mountain zone?!"
A chorus of agreement reverberated throughout the area as the leader of the group sauntered his way up to the trio of students.
Upon hearing the man's exclamation, Izuku shifted his position and turned toward the origin of the voice
His verdant eyes settled on a man with a beard seemingly made of stone, lecherous brown eyes stripping his target mentally.
Following the man's gaze, the boy's own green eyes widened as recognition painted his expression.
"That's the cute girl from the party! I didn't know she was a Hero in training."
Rising to his feet, the assassin inched closer to the man, being careful not to get caught by the villain before him.
Upon closing the gap between himself and the villain, Izuku materialized a pair of small arms, using them to wave toward the raven.
"Psst! Over here!"
His tone was hushed as he added a few hops to make himself more visible which luckily worked.
Mono had managed to see him.
Raising her left arm, she shot a glance at her blonde teammate, stopping him from unleashing his quirk.
"Hold on for a minute Kaminari."
The blonde shot the class president a look marred with both fear and confusion as he killed the building electricity in his body.
"Wha- why? Do you have another plan?"
The raven ignored her classmate's question, her coal eyes fixated on the rock inching closer and closer to the cackling villain before them.
Ignorant of the approaching threat, the rock-bearded man raised a fist, causing the surrounding rocks to form a gauntlet around his fist.
Izuku included.
"Now how about a nice little love tap to help subdue you!"
The gauntlet came barreling toward the raven, every passing inch increasing her likelihood of death.
But Momo refused to move.
Mere inches away from her skull, the massive gauntlet halted, expressions of disbelief plaguing the faces of all present.
The crowd remained silent for what felt like hours as they stared at the cause of the halted gauntlet.
Eventually, Mr. Rock Beard spoke, his voice holding a tint of annoyance as he turned toward his fellow criminals.
"Why is there an ugly dude on my gauntlet?"
The criminals shrugged their shoulders as the bearded man returned his attention to the teen before him.
The greenette crouched on the debris-powered gauntlet furrowed his brow as an expression akin to shock plagued his face.
"Hey! I'm average at least!"
With a wave of his arm, the villain knocked Izuku off the gauntlet before resetting himself, his brown eyes holding raw vexation.
Shooting to his feet, the greenette patted himself off before taking Momo's side, ignorant to the looks of confusion plaguing the raven's classmates.
The aforementioned raven brandished a staff before shooting a glance toward the greenette, her face a mix of confusion and relief.
"Why are you here?"
The question caught Izuku off guard causing the look of irritation to vanish from his face, being replaced by one of embarrassment as he caught sight of Momo's costume.
Turning the opposite direction of the girl, the assassin brought his right hand to his cheek and scratched it, trying his hardest to keep his verdant eyes from wandering.
"A-An assassin never reveals h-his e-employer."
Upon hearing the word leave the greenettes mouth, Kyouka and Denki gasped before focusing their attention on the greenette.
"Assassin?!"
It was now Momo's turn to blush as her coal eyes remained locked on the villain before her; half to keep track of him and half to avoid looking toward her friends.
The group remained in this state for a brief moment before suddenly, Kyouka came to a realization.
"OHHHH! That's who you were texting me about!"
A look of relief flooded the rocker girl's face as a small smirk dusted her face.
She couldn't wait to tease her about this later.
The revelation only seemed to confuse Denki further, however, as his eyes darted back and forth from Momo to Izuku.
Before long, the boy gained his own look of revelation as he levied a finger at the still-blushing Izuku.
"Is he your boyfriend?!"
"ENOUGH!"
The rock villain's voice snapped the group from their bout of speculation and embarrassment, forcing all present to focus back on him.
"Now I don't know why an assassin unaffiliated with the league is here but anyone who isn't fighting for our cause can die!"
With a swing of his right arm, the man sent the debris gauntlet barreling toward Izuku's skull.
The teen leaned back, narrowly avoiding the swing before using the momentum to fall into a back handspring, his legs kicking the man in the jaw as he did so.
As though mentally linked, Momo followed the attack, jabbing the man in the stomach with her staff before retracting it and slamming it into his temple via a strong, controlled swing.
The villain crumpled to the floor unconscious as the group turned their eyes on the rest of the intruders, a new sense of confidence swelling in their stomachs.
Izuku stepped to the forefront, standing proudly before the villains as he brought his Qi Controlled Scissors to life.
"You're probably wondering how I managed to beat your friend so easily. It's because I'm the assassin known as Seven, number 17,369 on the killer rankings."
The teen punctuated his introduction with a triumphant pose, meant to inspire fear within his adversaries.
In reality, it caused only made them laugh.
"This pipsqueak is an assassin?! Yeah fucking right!"
"Alright alright, where's the cameras? Clearly, this is a prank show!"
"17,369?! Dude have you ever even killed someone?"
The jokes continued for upwards of four minutes as each villain present took a crack at Izuku, leaving the boy grumbling in irritation.
Eventually, the group stopped before refocusing their attention on the group as a whole, their Quirks fluttering to life.
A woman taller than the assassin walked to the forefront, looming over the greenette as a wide smile broke her face.
The aforementioned assassin began to sweat profusely as he turned his head upward to meet the woman's silver eyes, finding that they lacked a single tell of life.
"Can I help you, ma'am-"
The woman cut him off as she opened her mouth, revealing a full set of jagged, pointed teeth, saliva dripping from the top row.
Taking a careful step backward the greenette raised his hands as he inched away from the gaping maw before him.
"D-Do you want a snack? I think I have some peanuts in my pocket-"
The boy wasn't allowed to properly finish his sentence as he was forced to dodge the woman's attempt to bite him.
Turning on his heel, Izuku headed in the opposite direction, grabbing Momo, Kyouka, and Denki as he ran.
Turning his head back to the toothy villain, the assassin's verdant eyes widened as the woman began to speed up, forcing him to do the same.
"I DON'T TASTE GOOD LADY! I DIDN'T EVEN GET THE CHANCE TO SHOWER TODAY!"
His plea fell on deaf ears as the woman continued to chase the four, chomping away at the air as she did so.
Before long, they reached the edge of the zone, forcing Izuku to stop lest he fall down the massive cliff, taking the three students down with him.
"Oh right, mountain zone."
Turning on his heel, the boy was met with the sight of a rapidly approaching set of teeth, eagerly chomping as though to remind him of his fate.
"What to do against a teeth monster, what to do against a teeth monster…AHA!"
Dropping the four as lightly as he could, Izuku dug around in his hoodie pocket before procuring a white, plastic bag,
Which he then threw into the villain's mouth.
The effect was immediate as the woman stopped her pursuit and chewed the snack, her face reflecting her curiosity.
That was, until the spice hit.
The woman stopped chewing as her mouth began to heat and her face reddened.
Releasing a breath he wasn't aware he was holding, Izuku called forth his Qi Controlled Scissors and rushed the stunned villain.
Jumping into the air, the assassin rotated his body 180 degrees, showing his back to his opponent.
Then, with a twitch of his muscle, he shot out a devastating left back kick which sent the taller woman to the floor.
Not one to be outdone so easily, the toothy woman shot up, opening her mouth and making a mad dash toward the green-headed teen.
But the boy was prepared for that.
With a wave of his fingers, his Qi Controlled Scissors flew through the air before cutting through the woman's teeth as though they were made out of butter.
Now weaponless yet still carrying momentum, the woman could do nothing but watch as she ran head-first into Izuku's awaiting right straight knocking her out clean.
Turning his attention to the remaining villains, the assassin separated his Qi Controlled Scissors before spinning them around himself, silently threatening the remaining criminals.
A threat they chose not to ignore.
Silently debating on whether or not to collect their fallen, the group decided not to before heading away from number 17,369 on the killer rankings.
A number that seemed far more respectable to them now.
"Holy shit, what the fuck were in those peanuts?"
Turning toward the lavender-haired girl who'd asked the question, Izuku procured another bag of Huang Fei Hong Spicy Peanuts before giving them a shake, a light smile on his face.
"They're Sichuan flavored, see? It says it right here on the bag."
The boy ran his fingers along the characters of the bag, slowly pronouncing them for the rocker girl before him.
"Wanna try?"
Popping open the bag, Izuku offered the Hero student a bright red peanut which she hesitantly accepted.
A very dumb move by the way.
Popping the legume into her mouth, Kyouka immediately doubled over as she felt her heart burn as she swallowed the peanut.
By the time she'd managed to take it down, her face was red as sweat seeped from every pore, her entire body feeling as though it was lit aflame.
"W-What the fuck kind of peanut is that?!"
Sliding his hand into the bag, Izuku procured a handful of peanuts and poured them into his mouth, chewing on the snack with a smile on his face.
As he did so, Momo's coal-colored eyes studied the bag further before speaking the most pressing of her observations.
"Those are a Chinese snack, I didn't know you could understand the language."
Turning his attention away from the coughing Kyouka, Izuku offered the raven a look of confusion, as though she had said the most obvious thing in the world.
"Of course, I can understand it, I'm Chinese."
The revelation shocked the trio as their eyes widened, all three of them pouring over every detail of his face in hopes of confirming his claim.
Momo, per usual, was the first to find them.
"I can see it! Your face is a bit softer and rounder than the average Japanese male while your nasal bridge is also a little lower as well."
Izuku offered the girl a nod as he continued to eat the bag of peanuts that nearly hospitalized two people in less than two minutes.
"Mmhm mmhm."
Furrowing her brow a bit, the raven locked eyes with the assassin before her as she began to stroke her chin, as though perplexed by just one simple thing.
"But your eyes, they aren't as low as they should be. They're kinda tilted upward like Kaminari's."
The group turned their attention toward the aforementioned teen, causing the boy to point toward himself.
"Me?"
With a nod, Momo refocused herself on the greenette before suddenly it hit her.
"Your mom! She's Japanese, isn't she?"
The question wiped the soft smile present on the teen's face as an expression of melancholy replaced it.
"I dunno, I don't remember either of my parents."
For the umpteenth time that day, the students were left in a state of shock as they watched an intense sadness well up in the boy's eyes.
Momo felt especially remorseful, feeling as though her questioning was what directly led to this sadness.
Kyouka, however, retained her curiosity, leading her to settle her coal eyes on the boy and ask him something she felt was an obvious question.
"If you don't mind me asking, Seven, how do you know you're country of origin?"
Luckily for her, the greenette didn't seem offended by the question, quite the opposite actually as a small smile returned to his face.
"When I first came here, I was half-dead, didn't speak a lick of Japanese, and had some papers written entirely in Chinese. Makes sense to assume that I'm Chinese."
The group nodded, agreeing that the boy's explanation made sense as to why he'd know his country of origin.
"Buuut."
Their attention returned to the boy.
"My name is Japanese and, according to Momo, so are my eyes. There's a good chance that my mom is Japanese like you think."
The boy paused before taking in a deep breath and bringing his Scissors to life.
"Now, I've got some eyes to stab out."
"A student has escaped, we need to retreat, Tomura Shigaraki."
The pale blue-haired man turned toward the mist villain, his disapproving face hidden by the hands covering his body.
"The brat is likely headed to UA for reinforcements. This is bad, we can't handle those many high-level players!"
Kissing his teeth, Tomura nodded, silently instructing the warp villain to facilitate their exit.
Until he locked eyes with him.
Before the man stood a boy the same age as the students, however unlike those students he had no Hero costume nor did he appear on the roster.
Verdant eyes met disembodied hands as the two remained perfectly still and silent.
"Hey, you!"
Until the boy spoke, however.
The unfamiliar voice caused the remaining personnel of students and Heroes alike to focus their attention on the assassin staring down their biggest threat.
The crumpled form of Shota Aizawa shot a strained look at the boy, his already horrified eyes gaining even more fear as he watched a civilian the age of his students step in front of the man who'd just beaten him.
"Get out of here, kid! This is an active battle scene, civilians shouldn't be here!"
The aforementioned civilian ignored the man's strained voice as he continued to stare down the villain before him, waiting for a response.
Tomura didn't reply, opting to instead study the boy further in hopes of putting a name to the face.
Izuku didn't give him the chance.
With a wave of his hand, the two halves of his scissors darted straight toward the man's eyes, intent on impaling them as quickly as possible.
Something the villain just wouldn't sit and let happen.
"Nomu, kill him."
What followed those three words could only be described as debilitating pain as Izuku found a fist thicker than his torso embedded in his gut.
The punch sent the assassin flying backward, his Qi Controlled Scissors falling to the ground as blood regurgitated up through his throat and out his mouth.
Slowly rising to his feet, Izuku narrowly ducked the right hook which threatened to bisect him before jumping back, dodging the hammer fist that followed.
"It's useless to fight. My Nomu has Shock Absorption and Super Regeneration meaning anything you try won't work."
Bringing his scissors back to life, the assassin used them to slice the creature's back, briefly capturing its attention.
Using his opening, Izuku slammed down a Gaiba Egg, using it to take the appearance of a rock, allowing him to hide from the beast.
"Shock Absorption and Regeneration?! What the hell am I supposed to do against that?! Think Izuku THINK!"
The assassin watched the Nomu search for signs of his presence, silently thankful that it wasn't able to track him via scent.
Continuing to study his adversary, the greenette watched as the Nomu turned about face, exposing its back.
And exposing its weakness.
"That's it! Shock absorption is mainly for blunt force attacks meaning slashes can still permeate albeit at a reduced level. Super Regeneration would normally handle those but if I were to attack it with my Qi Controlled Scissors while hitting it with blunt force attacks then it'd be forced to use both at the same time and overwhelm the regeneration quirk. Even if it doesn't, the strain of using both will significantly reduce the effectiveness of both as it expends its energy reserves meaning my attacks will grow in effectiveness! Furthermore, if I damage the brainstem and other sensitive areas like those, then it'll be immobilized while it regenerates, letting me get in some extra hits!"
Summoning his Qi Controlled Scissors once more, Izuku sent them after the beast's right Achilles heel, slicing clean through them.
Remaining perfectly still, the assassins watched as the beast regenerated the material in a matter of moments however nonetheless, It proved he could fight the beast.
It proved he could win.
Dropping his Gaiba Egg transformation, Izuku sent the scissors after the other heel, dropping the beast to one knee.
Before it could regenerate, however, the teen ran toward the beast, jumped into the air, and landed square on the beast's shoulders.
Faster than it could react, the boy used his left hand to yank the Nomu's head back before sending two halves of his Qi Controlled Scissors into the beast's eyes, driving them in with a stamp of his feet.
In retaliation, the beast shot a right hook toward the boy's torso, forcing him to jump off lest he get hit.
From his new position, however, the assassin kicked his right leg off the ground, sending the appendage into the jaw of the beast.
While that had minimal effect, the teen had managed to come to another, far more useful realization.
The Nomu, after utilizing Super Regeneration in an attempt to heal its eyes, had grown new tissue around Izuku's scissors.
Seeing his chance, Izuku hastily made his way toward the fallen form of Shota and slung the man over his shoulder.
He then dragged the man to the doors of the USJ before raising his arm in an attempt to open them.
He didn't get the chance to.
Before his fingers could come to rest on the massive wooden doors, an external force blew them open as a hulking man stood before the assassin.
"HAVE NO FEAR, FOR I AM HERE!"
The fight wasn't even close.
The moment the number one Hero had engaged the blinded Nomu in barehanded combat, the creature had already lost.
Even its attempt to restore vision by removing the scissors was futile as Izuku ensured they stayed embedded in the creature's eyes for the duration of its fight with the Symbol of Peace.
After their strongest weapon was soundly beaten, Tomura and the warp villain retreated, escaping their arrest.
Not before Izuku was able to cut the vision out of the blue-haired one's eyes, however.
"YOUNG MAN, MAY I ASK YOUR NAME?"
The greenette turned to face the hulking man before him, the Hero's bright white smile acting as an industrial light.
The assassin brought his arm up to his eyes, covering them from the light assault threatening to evaporate his corneas.
"Smiling at a kid like that makes you look like a creep."
The comment threw the man off guard as he took a few steps back, his smile bending as though to reflect his shock.
The raven beside him giggled as she lightly slapped Izuku on the shoulder, causing the boy to wince.
All Might shook his head as he looked upon the duo, his once shocked eyes being replaced by ones of amusement.
"I ASSURE YOU I AM NOT A KID DIDDLER! I MERELY WISH TO KNOW WHO ASSISTED IN THE TAKEDOWN OF THIS VILLAIN SO THAT I MAY ATTRIBUTE CREDIT!"
Rising from his seat in the ambulance, Izuku summoned his Qi-Controlled Scissors before spinning them on his finger.
"Well, if you must know, I'm Killer Seven, number 17,369 on the Killer Rankings. My specialty is cutting bangs. I offer quality service at affordable prices and move among many social circles."
The assassin then turned to the raven who remained seated in the ambulance, a smile on his face.
"Yet somehow, I'm still single. Why don't we get a dri-"
"AHEM."
The assassin turned away from the now-blushing raven and back to the Symbol of Peace, the Heroes smile now strained.
"If what you say is true then Young Seven I must take you to the police for murder alongside partaking in organized crime!"
The man's voice was significantly lower, losing its semi-chipper tone as a deep frown replaced his once wide smile.
Before either of them could move, however, Momo put herself between the Hero and her friend, a look of concern and desperation marring her face.
"Seven isn't a killer. I've looked him up several times and he hasn't a single body to his name. Even his reviews on the boards say he refuses to kill people, it's why he's number 17,369!"
The revelation caused All Might to shift a curious eye to the assassin, the frown on his face lightening as the anger in his eyes evaporated.
"Be that as it may, I still must take him in for questioning."
"Nuh-uh."
The Pro Hero and his student turned their attention fully to the greenette before them and watched as retrieved a blue chicken from his pocket.
He then threw it into the air, allowing it to unfurl and grab him by his shorts, dragging him into the sky.
Looking down at the now-shocked Hero and Hero in training, Izuku smiled as he threw a crumpled piece of paper at the raven.
"See you later! I got a phone now so don't forget to call me! Let's get drinks!"
The boy's voice grew more and more distant as each word he spoke intensified Momo's blush further and further until eventually, he was gone and she was bright red.
Reclaiming her seat in the ambulance, the raven stared at the phone number before clutching it to her chest, a bright smile on her face.
"Soooo, the class president has an assassin boyfriend."
"Please be quiet, Mina."