Chapter 4: A tired devil.
"No, we couldn't kill you even if we wanted to." Kira handed over a piece of paper put together by an adhesive tape. "Please, do not tear it, no matter how angry you get after reading."
The man took the paper very carefully, as to not cut himself by accident. He slowly read through the rules before exhaling in relief.
"Thank goodness."
"Wait, why are you happy?!" DIO asked in confusion.
"Before getting here, I was trapped in an infinite death loop. I died in most random ways without being able to stop it. I don't even remember how long I was there. Besides, I've lived in one body with another person before, so this isn't too surprising."
"That's horrible! Who could have this to you?" The child exclaimed.
"A brat called Giorno Giovanna. After he got the requiem arrow, his stand evolved. It made my stand ability useless and put me in that loop. I suppose I should thank you for getting me out of there, even if it means trapping me here instead. So, thank you." The mysterious man smiled at his "savior".
"You are welcome." Boy tried to smile in return.
"An infinite death loop? Sounds intriguing!" DIO laughed manically. "Whoever this Giorno is, I certainly would have liked to meet him. There are quite a few people I'd give such treatment."
"D-Don't say that, DIO-san!" Izuku protested. "No one deserves such cruelty!"
"Yeah, whatever." The vampire shrugged.
Izuku walked towards his new guest, bowed to him and asked him to tell more himself. The pink haired man thought for some time before starting to talk.
"My name is Do… Dop.. Do…" His mouth betrayed him halfway through the sentence. It felt like his tongue went numb.
"You are trying to lie." Kira explained. "I had the same experience yesterday, when I tried testing the rules in private. Better tell us the truth."
"Very well" He frowned. "My name is Diavolo."
"Really? My name is DIO. I guess we are a match made in Heaven! Ha ha ha ha!"
"I created and ran a successful mafia clan in Italy. We were called Passione. It controlled everything: media, the government, and most importantly, all the criminal activities in the country. I practically ruled everything from the shadows." He clenched his fist. "It all went downhill when one of my capos' decided to betray me. He and his subordinates even managed to dispose of my elite assassins, forcing me to intervene. We ended the chasing the arrow that would let its user rule the world. Giorno got it first and killed me. The rest you already know."
"So, you are a villain?" Izuku sounded disappointed.
"Well, if you want to use childish labels, then yes."
"For someone who rules from the shadows, you are awfully chatty about your past." Kira poured himself a glass of water.
"By now I don't see a point in hiding anything. I don't regret what I did, but I am pretty tired." The ex-boss sat down. "All those deaths made me twitchy and paranoid. I don't even care about power anymore. All I now want is peace, and revenge on Giorno if possible."
"I'm glad to have someone I can relate to." Kira smirked.
"May I ask you a few questions, Diavolo-san?" Izuku mumbled while trying to avoid eye contact.
"Ask away."
"Why did you do all of those things? I mean, running a criminal organization is bad. You must have hurt so many people."
Diavolo chuckled. The idea that he had to explain his motives to a 5 year old was absurd, yet it was a reality he found himself in.
"Truth be told, I didn't care. I wanted to have all the power and remain anonymous, to have the best of both worlds. Anyone who would have been hurt in the process was a non factor to me."
The boy frowned. While Diavolo wasn't as hostile to him as DIO, he was just as evil. Still, the quirk curiosity took over his apparent disdain for the boss.
"Could you lend me your special power?"
"I could, but you must promise to do me a favor."
"Please, do not ask me to harm other people." Izuku stared at the vampire.
"You don't have to worry about that right now." The Mafioso patted the kid on the head. "For starters, I need you to look for mentions of my organization. I want to know what happened after my death."
"I can do that."
There was no alarm this time. Izuku was instead woken up by his mother asking him to come to breakfast. They were both relieved to see that boy's skin and teeth went back to normal. The taste of food also improved when he became human again. After the breakfast, the green head turned on his computer and started searching through the Internet. He tried looking up "Passione", "Giorno Giovanna", "Bruno Bucciarati" and other names suggested by the boss, but none of them brought any meaningful results. Then he tried looking up terms proposed by DIO and Kira, but those attempts were fruitless as well.
"Damn, even Morioh doesn't exist?" Kira was taken aback. "I guess this is a completely different universe from our own."
Suddenly, the telephone rang. Izuku hurried to answer the call. The voice belonged to a pink girl from the kindergarten, Mina Ashido.
"Good morning, Midori! Are you busy right now?"
"Eh, no."
"Awesome! How about we hang out in the park?"
"All right, I-I think I can go with you."
Izuku hurried to the park. He didn't really understand why Mina would call him specifically. They never hanged out like this before. When he arrived, Mina ran towards him for a hug.
"Why, Mina?" Izuku's face became red like a tomato.
"Why not?" She laughed. "That's what friends do."
"Are we friends?"
"Of course, dummy!" She knocked on his forehead. "I'm friends with everybody. Now, do you mind telling me what happened yesterday?"
"What do you mean?"
"Bakugo's ass kissers were told everyone that you kicked his butt! They also said your quirk looked differently. Tell me all the details!"
"There is not much to tell." He shrugged. "He tried to hurt someone. I had to hurt him to stop it, but I overdid it. He ended up with a bleeding head."
"Will he be okay?"
"Yes, he just needs to rest."
"And what about your quirk?"
Izuku pondered for a second. He didn't what to sound crazy by mentioning people in his head, so he needed to come up with a different explanation.
"It has different forms. The form I used yesterday was called The World."
"Cool. Can you show it to me?"
Izuku really did not want to became a vampire again, especially when outside on a sunny day.
"No, but I can show you the current form."
A red and white figure flew out of his body. Its face had a smaller face on a top of its head.
"Eu! It's so ugly!" Mina looked away. "Midori, can you call Killer Queen instead?"
After receiving permission from Kira, the kid tried to call his stand, but only the red figure kept coming out.
"I'm sorry, Mina. I think there is a limit of how fast I can change forms."
"It's alright. You can show it later. Let's go and have some fun!"
They spent the rest of the day playing hide and seek, eating ice cream and building sand castles. Izuku made a mental note to study the red and white quirk later on.